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JustinHorton wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:12 pm

Surprises me players are willing to play again so soon

Baseball players play every day. Pace Nick Burrows, chess is less tiring than baseball.

JustinHorton wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:12 pm

Surprises me players are willing to play again so soon

Even at this level, most players are quick to accept invitations if the money is right. They may fear that if they decline they won't be invited the next time.

JustinHorton wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:12 pm

Surprises me players are willing to play again so soon

You only feel exhausted when you lose. You can feel empty after a draw but after a win always great.

However, you won't be any less tired in the morning for that.

Oh yes I will! I sleep really well after a good win and feel like a million dollars the next day. After a bad loss (Kramnik style) I sleep badly and feel like crap the next day.

I wouldn't plan a professional schedule on that basis.

JustinHorton wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:12 pm

Surprises me players are willing to play again so soon

It may do Aronian some good

Caruana also plays the US Championship 9 days after Grenke and also plays Carlsen at Norway at the end of May

I do not the answer to this.

" When was the last time a Chess World Title Match was
held when both contestants were unmarried."

Unmarried = never been married.

Geoff Chandler wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 28, 2018 12:26 am

I do not the answer to this.

" When was the last time a Chess World Title Match was
held when both contestants were unmarried."

Unmarried = never been married.

Lasker-Schlechter 1910? Lasker's marriage to Martha was in 1911 while Schlechter possibly never married.

Kramnik-Topalov?

Richard Bates wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 28, 2018 5:57 am

Kramnik-Topalov?

Yes, Richard is right.

Thanks Richard,

Thought Kramnik was married when playing Topalov but it was after the match.

Was asked if I thought Caruana could be the next great American hero alongside Morphy and Fischer.
I replied without thinking (that is a gift I have) he's young and unmarried....
...That got me thinking about the last bachelor match.

Geoff Chandler wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 28, 2018 11:38 am

Thanks Richard,

Thought Kramnik was married when playing Topalov but it was after the match.

Was asked if I thought Caruana could be the next great American hero alongside Morphy and Fischer.

"No-one remembers me! I played the same number of World Championship matches as Fischer and won the same number as Morphy."

Chris Wardle wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:22 pm

JustinHorton wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:12 pm

Surprises me players are willing to play again so soon

Baseball players play every day. Pace Nick Burrows, chess is less tiring than baseball.

Starting pitchers play, on average, once every 5 days. A relief pitcher might play once every 2.5 days, but maybe only pitch 1 or 2 innings in each appearance rather than 6+. Only 5 players played in all 162 regular season games last season.

Alex Holowczak wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 28, 2018 7:29 pm

Chris Wardle wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:22 pm

JustinHorton wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:12 pm

Surprises me players are willing to play again so soon

Baseball players play every day. Pace Nick Burrows, chess is less tiring than baseball.

Starting pitchers play, on average, once every 5 days. A relief pitcher might play once every 2.5 days, but maybe only pitch 1 or 2 innings in each appearance rather than 6+. Only 5 players played in all 162 regular season games last season.

On a 25-man roster you've got 12 position players and probably your 8th- and 9th-inning guys who need to be prepared to play every day, that's more than half. And the guys who get 4 days off earn it by throwing a baseball really hard 100 times