Champions Showdown: Carlsen - Ding (Blitz) (2017)

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Champions Showdown: Carlsen - Ding (Blitz) Match

Magnus Carlsen	8.5/12	(+6 -1 =5)	[games]
Ding Liren	3.5/12	(+1 -6 =5)	[games]

Nov-14-17		ninja warrior: first sweet let's see if magnus reached 3000 now.

Nov-15-17		offramp: What was the overall result?

Nov-15-17		rokko: Carlsen would have reached 3000 (3008 if I calculated correctly) if he had not won too many rapid games (and therefore the match with a day to spare). Very lucky for Ding's blitz rating.

Nov-15-17		offramp: I decided to answer my own question. G/30 +1 =3 -0 G/20 +3 =3 -0 G/10 +6 =1 -1 G/05 +6 =5 -1 ------------- +16 =12 -2.

Nov-16-17		Sokrates: Thanks for this overview, <offramp>. I had Carlsen as the winner before the match, but I had not imagined that Ding Liren would have won only two games of 30 by the completion of the match. What a powerful demonstration by the world champion.

Nov-16-17		Tabanus: There is a table at Game Collection: Champions Showdown 2017

Nov-16-17		offramp: Thanks, <Tabanus>. The Nakamura-Topalov G/05 blitz result stands out: 8-0 with three draws to Nakamura.

Nov-16-17		frogbert: I honestly expected the Nakamura-Topalov match to be the most one-sided of the four, since Topalov always has been relatively weak at fast time controls.

Nov-16-17		offramp: <frogbert: I honestly expected the Nakamura-Topalov match to be the most one-sided of the four, since Topalov always has been relatively weak at fast time controls.> You got that right! Topalov didn't do badly at all in the non-G/5 matches: G/30 2-1 to Naka G/20 2-0 G/10 2-2. Then he had his �boulement in the G/5 blitz.

Nov-16-17		stst: Gentlemen see the surface, the buff the underneath.

Nov-16-17		frogbert: <You got that right!> Nope. Nakamura went +11 in 30 games against Topalov, while Carlsen went +14 in his 30 games against Ding. So I was wrong.

Nov-18-17		PawnSac: just an observation... in the blitz, 5 of Magnus' 6 wins were with black, and his only loss was with white.

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