Malcolm is one of the few people that make things happen and without them whom leave a huge, almost unfillable void. The silent heroes of chess, that silently move the gears of the machine and without them the machine falters of fails.
11:00 Yeah, a basketball game can POTENTIALLY also go on forever. Same with play-off ice hockey. A penalty shoot out in Football - same. The rules were not written badly at all. That's a terrbile point to make. What Magnus and Ian have done was disgusting and FIDE screwed up insanely hard for going along with it. Why having only two Blitz World Champions and not 4, 8 or more? A farce made out of the competition. An awful precedent to make.
Armageddon should be used only in the extreme scenario. As a tiebreak, I find it worse and more unfair than the sudden death blitz. So we can have a system with say 7 sudden death blitz games and then move to Armageddon as the final resort. Highly highly unlikely we'll have 5 straight draws in sudden death, unless both players are pre-arranging draws. Still awful by Magnus to even propose the shared title.
Fantastic interview! Malcolm made some excellent points-I don’t agree with him on everything (especially since he crushed me in a cup final a couple of years ago!😂 )-but I really admire what he has done and continues to do for chess. It’s great to see someone unapologetically sharing their opinions on important issues.
Good chat i enjoyed it! i do feel that when the guest is talking so much its not really a conversation at that point. Kinda wish Malcom was more concise with his answers to let you ask more questions. U can tell he has so much more to say! lol need to bring him back
After 'Jeansgate' I would say that Magnus Carlsen played the 'Weissenhaus Gambit' quite well. Perhaps it will lead to the 'checkmate' of Kremlin owned FIDE.
I'm sorry, but how is this guy a real chess player and saying things like the WB tiebreaks could have lasted forever without the players making short draws? It's just baffling.
Magnus is overrated on his big- and pig-headness about his self-importance in his chess skills, the rules for chess competitors applies equally to everyone. Otherwise, what is the point of having rules in ANY chess competition.
Magnus managed to make screw up both tournaments and make chess look ridiculous, again. He should retire quickly before completely destroying his legacy.
Malcolm is one of the few people that make things happen and without them whom leave a huge, almost unfillable void. The silent heroes of chess, that silently move the gears of the machine and without them the machine falters of fails.
Well said, could not agree more!
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Yeah, a basketball game can POTENTIALLY also go on forever. Same with play-off ice hockey. A penalty shoot out in Football - same. The rules were not written badly at all. That's a terrbile point to make. What Magnus and Ian have done was disgusting and FIDE screwed up insanely hard for going along with it. Why having only two Blitz World Champions and not 4, 8 or more? A farce made out of the competition.
An awful precedent to make.
Malcolm is such a class act. Having met him briefly I got a great sense about him and he's done so much. We need more people like him.
Great interview with a British chess legend. Thank you, Ben and Malcolm
Do invite Pein more often, he has such a wealth of knowledge on chess!
this was amazing! Thank you. Hearing about the auction and all those was great too
He's a bit rambly. Likes his own voice and opinions.
Armageddon should be used only in the extreme scenario. As a tiebreak, I find it worse and more unfair than the sudden death blitz.
So we can have a system with say 7 sudden death blitz games and then move to Armageddon as the final resort. Highly highly unlikely we'll have 5 straight draws in sudden death, unless both players are pre-arranging draws.
Still awful by Magnus to even propose the shared title.
I agree on all fronts!
Armageddon is a chess variant, not chess. So, fully agree.
Welcome Malcolm.
Fantastic interview! Malcolm made some excellent points-I don’t agree with him on everything (especially since he crushed me in a cup final a couple of years ago!😂 )-but I really admire what he has done and continues to do for chess. It’s great to see someone unapologetically sharing their opinions on important issues.
Good chat i enjoyed it! i do feel that when the guest is talking so much its not really a conversation at that point. Kinda wish Malcom was more concise with his answers to let you ask more questions. U can tell he has so much more to say! lol need to bring him back
Thanks for the interview, anyway.
Cheers.
After 'Jeansgate' I would say that Magnus Carlsen played the 'Weissenhaus Gambit' quite well. Perhaps it will lead to the 'checkmate' of Kremlin owned FIDE.
I'm sorry, but how is this guy a real chess player and saying things like the WB tiebreaks could have lasted forever without the players making short draws? It's just baffling.
Magnus is overrated on his big- and pig-headness about his self-importance in his chess skills, the rules for chess competitors applies equally to everyone. Otherwise, what is the point of having rules in ANY chess competition.
Magnus managed to make screw up both tournaments and make chess look ridiculous, again. He should retire quickly before completely destroying his legacy.
Thanks, totally agree. Fide are clowns. Stupid dress code and why not a armageddon. And you can't share a champion ship !
Why not Armageddon? Because Armageddon is basically not chess, it is a chess variant.