Well, except for these guys. :-)

Grischuk vs W So, 2019

Seriously, though, I think it would be hard to tell, because in events of this strength people tend to play pretty unambitiously with Black anyway.

It would be interesting to check the average length of classical games in this event versus last year's Altibox (or tournaments of similar strength). You might want to save some of your strength for Armageddon. But if they're doing that, it certainly doesn't jump off the page.

I suspect most of the players just don't know whether Armageddon favors them (or favors a particular color) so they neither steer for Armageddon nor avoid it.

If you go by rating, MC has a much bigger advantage over this field in rapid play than in classical. He's also a very strong attacker in blitz, so heading for Armageddon games seems like it might be a good strategy for him. But he doesn't seem to have done it. I'm curious to see how his classical game with Ding goes, because Ding matches up as well with Carlsen in classical as anyone playing today, but in blitz and rapid Carlsen has a huge ratings edge.

1. Carlsen
6 1 5 0 0 9.5 (3.5)

2. Yu
6 1 4 0 1 8.0 (3)

3. Aronian
6 1 3 2 0 7.5 (3.5)

4. So
6 1 2 3 0 6.5 (3.5)

5. Ding
6 1 1 4 0 5.5 (3.5)

5. Anand
6 0 3 2 1 5.5 (2.5)

7. Mamedyarov
6 1 1 3 1 5.0 (3)

7. Caruana
6 1 1 3 1 5.0 (3)

9. Vachier-Lagrave
6 0 2 3 1 4.5 (2.5)

1. Carlsen
9 2 6/1 0 13.5 (5.5)

2. Aronian
9 1 5/2 1 10 .5 (4.5)

2. Yu
9 2 4/1 2 10.5 (4.5)

4. Caruana
9 2 3/3 1 10.0 (4.5)

4. So
9 1 4/4 0 10.0 (5.0)

6. Ding
9 2 1/6 0 8.5 (5.5)

7. Anand
9 0 4/4 1 8.0 (4.0)

7. Vachier-Lavange
9 0 4/4 1 8.0 (4.0)

9. Mamedyarov
9 1 1/4 3 5.5 (3.5)

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b6? 6. Bc4

( 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Ncb5 Rc8 11. Nxa7 Rc7 12. Nab5 )

6... e6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Qe2?

( 8. Qf3 Bb7 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nxe6 Qd7 11. Nxg7+ Kf7 12. Nf5 Qe6 13. O-O-O )

8... Nbd7? 9. O-O-O?

( 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nxe6 Ba6 11. Qxa6 Qc8 12. Qxc8+ Rxc8 )

9... O-O 10. Kb1?

( 10. Nc6 Qe8 11. f4 Kh8 12. Nb5 Ba6 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. e5 )

10... Bb7 11. f4 h6 12. Bh4?

( 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Nf5 Kh7 18. Rxd5 Rg8 19. e6 fxe6 20. Qxe6 )

12... Rc8 13. Bb3?

( 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. e5 dxe5 ( 14... Nd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Nf5 dxe5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qc7 19. Rd7 ) 15. Nxe6 )

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13... Nxe4??

( 13... Rxc3 14. bxc3 Nxe4 15. Be1 Ndc5 -+)

14. Nxe4 Bxh4 15. Nxd6 Rc7 16. N4b5 Bc6

( 16... Ba6 17. Nxf7 Bxb5 18. Qxe6 Qe7 19. Nd6+ Qxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Nxb5 )

17. Nxc7

( 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Qxe6 Bxb5 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. g3 Be7 21. Rhe1 )

17... Qxc7 18. f5! exf5 19. Nxf7

( 19. Qh5 Be7 20. Nxf7 Nc5 ( 20... Nf6 21. Ne5+ Bd5 22. Bxd5+ Nxd5 23. Rxd5 ) 21. Nxh6+ )

19... Rxf7

( 19... Nc5 20. Nxh6+ Kh7 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. Rhf1!! Rxf1 ( 22... Qe5 23. Qg4 Rh5 24. Bf7 Rh6 25. Qc8 ) 23. Qh5# )

20. Qe8+ Kh7?

( 20... Nf8 21. Bxf7+ Qxf7 22. Qxc6 )

21. Bxf7 1-0

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Sad to say, that was a pretty good game by my standards. But an engine just tears it to shreds.>

I think this is a very interesting area of study.

I've found pre-computer games of mine from the 1970's, where in one I made an error at move 3 (which I would call picking a variation) but no other errors in a 42 move game. My opponent a 2100 made no errors, we drew.
(I had an 1850-ish rating)

In another game where we both were rated about 1850, I made no errors, my opponent 1 error. (from about a zero eval to +.3 in my favor, so not a large error) after about 52 moves we drew with no other errors.

I think diceman’s answer was better than mine....>

Your answer was good.

Answer of <diceman> was stupid , I would say - one has to start the process here and now , instead of waiting to reach extraordinarily high level of intelligence first. His answer was half-educated , I would say.

No offense

Cheers :)

The type of game can make a big difference, of course. The game I posted below was sharp and we were quickly out of book, giving us both lots of chances to miss tactics. Probably my most accurate OTB game was a draw with a 2450 in the 80s. But it wasn't as good as it sounds. It was a Czech Benoni where he allowed me to get a knight outpost against a bad bishop, like so (leaving out the heavy pieces):

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Liberal posters in this forum are likely to agree with what I am going to post in this post , however , I want to know what non partisan sane right wingers like <keypusher> think about it. Thank you <keypusher>, if you please :

<I have long advocated a plebiscite in Kashmir, allowing the Kashmiris to split way if they so choose, as the only moral, liberal solution. Alas, all political parties reject that…

Continuing with Article 370 of the Constitution — as many liberals and political parties want — would mean continuing the decades-old military occupation of an unwilling people, replete with human rights violations, with no end in sight. This is, frankly, a non-liberal non-solution.

....
.Assuming that the courts uphold the BJP’s move, what will Kashmir’s future be? I see three possible guiding scenarios — China’s relatively peaceful takeover of Tibet; China’s herding of one million Muslim Uighurs into concentration camps to control Xinjiang province; and Israel’s relentless creation of Jewish settlements on the Palestinian West Bank..... .....The most likely BJP approach is to mimic Israel’s Jewish settlements in Palestine. Fortified Hindu settlements plus high walls and check-posts can keep spreading, gradually converting Muslim-majority areas into isolated regions cut off from one another. Settlements will probably start by carving out Hindu-majority areas in and around Srinagar, just as Israel did in and around Jerusalem. Later settlements can be expanded to rural areas by acquiring entire villages and giving this land free to ex-servicemen willing to settle there and act as a trained self-defence force.

A demographic takeover can be much faster in Kashmir than in Palestine.... .... This will, of course, mean a militant Kashmiri rebellion backed by Pakistan and other Muslim states. It will mean decades of violence, as in Palestine. The BJP is ready for that. So are many other parties. Do not expect Congress resistance to be overwhelming. After all, the BJP is completing a takeover that Nehru began>

2)I understand your point about usa states....thanks.

The difference/point of author is that the status of all other states in India is the same as those of usa states (presumably).... ...however , Kashmir is an anamoly...all other states combined together freely to form India in 1947 . However , it is controversial/dubious to assert that kashmir joined india willingly....it was a complicated scenario.... ...So says the author.

<al wazir > <Scandalous! How can this man's criminal actions go unpunished!?>

Well , most right wingers of rogoff forum reading this post of <al wazir> would hyperventilate and spew venom that <al wazir> is partisan , left wing liberal.

However , I believe that <al wazir> is non partisan/objective , though he expresses his opinions strongly/forcefully.

However, my model for non partisan/objective posts are posts of <keypusher>.

I wish everyone in rogoff forum is as non partisan/objective as <keypusher>.

Do I get <amen> , amigos?

Cheers :)