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Candidates Tournament in Berlin March 2018

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:23 am
by JustinHorton
Agon press release

If you're wondering "will they give up on the stupidity of trying to prevent other sites broadcasting the moves?" the answer appears to be "Good Lord no".
The Tournament will be broadcasted exclusively on worldchess.com and on media partners’ sites.

Re: Candidates Tournament in Berlin March 2018

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:33 am
by NickFaulks
What is going on in that picture?

Re: Candidates Tournament in Berlin March 2018

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:38 am
by PeterFarr
NickFaulks wrote:What is going on in that picture?
An interesting choice.

http://www.disappearingman.com/berlin-wall/the-kiss/

Re: Candidates Tournament in Berlin March 2018

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:38 am
by Brendan O'Gorman

Re: Candidates Tournament in Berlin March 2018

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:44 am
by Jonathan Bryant
"Over 23% of Germans play chess regularly"

Re: Candidates Tournament in Berlin March 2018

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:59 am
by NickFaulks
Thanks, I thought that was Breznhev but didn't make the connection.

Next, can someone speculate on why Agon would think this the natural backdrop for the Candidates? Beats me.

Re: Candidates Tournament in Berlin March 2018

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:09 pm
by Jonathan Bryant
Moving my comment about the World Cup to the correct thread leaves me room to give another little sigh at the ongoing taste in certain chess quarters for spouting utter cobblers about numbers of chessers.

Re: Candidates Tournament in Berlin March 2018

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:12 pm
by Mick Norris
Jonathan Bryant wrote:"Over 23% of Germans play chess regularly"
Or less than 24% of Germans play regularly, as we might prefer (probably much less than 24% :wink: )

Good place for a few Berlin endgames though :lol:

Re: Candidates Tournament in Berlin March 2018

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:24 pm
by PeterFarr
Mick Norris wrote:
Jonathan Bryant wrote:"Over 23% of Germans play chess regularly"
Or less than 24% of Germans play regularly, as we might prefer (probably much less than 24% :wink: )

Good place for a few Berlin endgames though :lol:
"regularly" includes all those who 'generally play chess least once a year' according to Agon's YouGov survey from 2012.

Also it's 23% of "adults" rather than the total population, to be thoroughly pedantic

Re: Candidates Tournament in Berlin March 2018

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:32 pm
by Roger de Coverly
PeterFarr wrote: "regularly" includes all those who 'generally play chess least once a year' according to Agon's YouGov survey from 2012.
That would include all those who might load the chess playing program on their phone, tablet or laptop once a year. Popular computer games would get equally high headcounts.

Germany does have an impressive headcount of "serious" players though, those on the domestic German list or on the FIDE list as GER.

I wonder who is the likely wildcard.

Re: Candidates Tournament in Berlin March 2018

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:35 pm
by IM Jack Rudd
The first thing I'd look at is whether there's a player from the host country who's strong enough to be the wildcard. There isn't.

Re: Candidates Tournament in Berlin March 2018

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:39 pm
by Angus French
NickFaulks wrote:Next, can someone speculate on why Agon would think this the natural backdrop for the Candidates? Beats me.
"Gens una sumus"?... Just wonder if it's part in memory of Andrew Paulson?

Re: Candidates Tournament in Berlin March 2018

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:42 pm
by Roger de Coverly
From the timetable in the Agon press release
March 28 Wednesday – Tie Breaks/Closing Ceremony
Didn't the London Candidates determine the qualifier from the results in the main tournament without using rapidplay games?

http://london2013.fide.com/en/component ... view&kid=2

Carlsen went through by virtue of having more losses (and wins) than Kramnik .

Re: Candidates Tournament in Berlin March 2018

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:47 pm
by JustinHorton
IM Jack Rudd wrote:The first thing I'd look at is whether there's a player from the host country who's strong enough to be the wildcard. There isn't.
Though do we know who's actually getting their wallet out for this one?

Re: Candidates Tournament in Berlin March 2018

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:48 pm
by JustinHorton
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