Carlsen or Nepomniachtchi – Who will win?

[AdminX]

On Friday, 26 November 2021, at 16:30 local time (13:30 CET, 7:30 ET, 12:30 UTC), the first game of the World Championship match between defending champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi will begin in Dubai. But who will win the match?

https://en.chessbase.com/post/carlsen-o ... o-will-win

I guess smart money says Carlsen, but man would I love to see a upset!

[Madeleine Birchfield]

DId they shut down the Chess Players Forum like they did with the Chess Thinkers Forum?

[MikeB]

DId they shut down the Chess Players Forum like they did with the Chess Thinkers Forum?

No, only visible when you log-in ...

[Madeleine Birchfield]

DId they shut down the Chess Players Forum like they did with the Chess Thinkers Forum?

No, only visible when you log-in ...

Well then maybe the mods could move this thread there.

[Jouni]

Surprisingly Nepo has +4 -1 =8 score vs Carlsen in classical chess. So easy win .

[Chessqueen]

Surprisingly Nepo has +4 -1 =8 score vs Carlsen in classical chess. So easy win .

My Money will go for Carlsen, at the moment I am looking where I can place a bet of at least $5,000.00 US

[j.t.]

Carlsen will lose his first white game by underestimating Непомнящий's form. After that, he will suffer from the well known anger-Elo-loss phenomenon (which I am currently victim to on Lichess, seriously I lost 150 Elo this month ), and will continue to finally lose his world champion title.

[AdminX]

Carlsen will lose his first white game by underestimating Непомнящий's form. After that, he will suffer from the well known anger-Elo-loss phenomenon (which I am currently victim to on Lichess, seriously I lost 150 Elo this month ), and will continue to finally lose his world champion title.

And here I was thinking I was the only one suffering from wild 100 point Elo swings over there.

[mvanthoor]

Carlsen will lose his first white game by underestimating Непомнящий's form. After that, he will suffer from the well known anger-Elo-loss phenomenon (which I am currently victim to on Lichess, seriously I lost 150 Elo this month ), and will continue to finally lose his world champion title.

So the same as how Kasparov lost to Kramnik in 2000? He underestimated Kramnik, who came to the board much better prepared.

[AdminX]

Carlsen vs. Nepomniachtchi: What do the experts say?

Who will win the World Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi in Dubai? In video interviews a number of top players, including Garry Kasparov and Vishy Anand, have commented on the possible outcome of the match in video interviews.

https://en.chessbase.com/post/carlsen-v ... xperts-say

PS: Here is the link to the live feed.