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[Tal]

Tal, Will there be live streaming? I'm intrigued to have a gander when it starts.

Yes there will, Tonji. All on the website:
http://www.londonchessclassic.com/

If you are local or free at some stage, if you visit one chess tournament ever, this would be a good one. £15 for the day in the week; £20 at the weekend. Children (born after 1/1/97) get in free.

[kinboshi]

Thanks Tal. My question was really "were we betting against ourselves?" - if Magnus loses to Luke, was that the Magnus bet dead?

Happily, it seems we can win both ways. Possibly.

Anyway, we have a fun tenner, & we could perhaps consider more.

Might even go take a blonde railing crew to watch him in action, bust him Luuuuuuuuuuukkkee.

PRO here and at the ready if required

[tikay]

Thanks Tal. My question was really "were we betting against ourselves?" - if Magnus loses to Luke, was that the Magnus bet dead?

Happily, it seems we can win both ways. Possibly.

Anyway, we have a fun tenner, & we could perhaps consider more.

Might even go take a blonde railing crew to watch him in action, bust him Luuuuuuuuuuukkkee.

PRO here and at the ready if required

SIT DOWN!

[Tal]

^^^^^^

Confirmed [boshi is an able Second]

It doesn't kill our bet if Carlsen loses to McShane (in fact, not only would our bet still be alive, we only spent £30 on Carlsen to win, so that would be a superb freeroll).

If Carlsen wins, we have 3 points in the bag and Carlsen has won with Black, which is good for tie breaks, if needed. If it is a draw, we lose a tenner on McShane, but lose little ground on our overall winner bet.

Of the 4 games on Saturday, I would say McShane v Carlsen is the least likely to end in a draw. There, I said it!

[pokerfan]

Thanks Tal. My question was really "were we betting against ourselves?" - if Magnus loses to Luke, was that the Magnus bet dead?

Happily, it seems we can win both ways. Possibly.

Anyway, we have a fun tenner, & we could perhaps consider more.

Might even go take a blonde railing crew to watch him in action, bust him Luuuuuuuuuuukkkee.

PRO here and at the ready if required

SIT DOWN!

Shoe bombs on the rail ?

[Tal]

I'm hoping to go down on Sunday to watch Round 2. If I don't make it, I might try the following weekend.

[Doobs]

Thanks Tal. My question was really "were we betting against ourselves?" - if Magnus loses to Luke, was that the Magnus bet dead?

Happily, it seems we can win both ways. Possibly.

Anyway, we have a fun tenner, & we could perhaps consider more.

Might even go take a blonde railing crew to watch him in action, bust him Luuuuuuuuuuukkkee.

If we fancy Luke to win this the correct action would be to back Luke and then bet Carlson to win when he has drifted afterwards.  As it is, we have effectively bet both sides to win. 

[Tal]

I think Luke's price of 7/1 is wrong, but Carlsen and the draw are both more likely than Luke winning.

You might well still be right but I thought I should clarify that.

[tikay]

Doobs is right, but unfortunately, or otherwise, we backed Carlsen some weeks ago.

In view of that, maybe we should have swerved the Luke single, but never mind, all is not lost. Yet.

[Tal]

Two years ago, when Carlsen lost to McShane in the first round, he did go on to win the tournament, so if we are cross-betting by backing Luke to win the game and Carlsen to win the tournament, am I right in saying we aren't doing it by much?

Like I say, the problem is Magnus is unlikely to lose on Saturday, which means we miss out if he wins because his price shortens.

That's how in see it anyway, but this is where our betting corry pool comes in!

I'm clearly not the "how" guy...

[Ant040689]

has there been any incidences of aggressive anti railing at top chess matches?

As i think it has the potential to be amazing.

[Doobs]

Doobs is right, but unfortunately, or otherwise, we backed Carlsen some weeks ago.

In view of that, maybe we should have swerved the Luke single, but never mind, all is not lost. Yet.

I don't think we should refuse a bet because we have the other side, we should only refuse it because the price is too short.  The Luke bet would be fine if we now accepted the Carlsen bet was too short.

I don't know nearly enough about chess to decide if either of the bets is right, but know enough about betting to say they can't both be right.

[Tal]

has there been any incidences of aggressive anti railing at top chess matches?

As i think it has the potential to be amazing.

There is a strict rule of silence in the playing hall, but there have been plenty of disputes, tantrums and the odd fight between elite players over the years.

At junior tournaments, I've seen it all though, over the years. It isn't just football matches where the parents act much worse than their children.

But that's for another time (or another thread)


Doobs, thanks for that. You and the others will undoubtedly be relied on in the next week or so for stability, logic and wisdom as a calming foil to my enthusiasm.

[Ant040689]

has there been any incidences of aggressive anti railing at top chess matches?

As i think it has the potential to be amazing.

There is a strict rule of silence in the playing hall, but there have been plenty of disputes, tantrums and the odd fight between elite players over the years.

At junior tournaments, I've seen it all though, over the years. It isn't just football matches where the parents act much worse than their children.

But that's for another time (or another thread)


Doobs, thanks for that. You and the others will undoubtedly be relied on in the next week or so for stability, logic and wisdom as a calming foil to my enthusiasm.

Now searching youtube...

[Teacake]

What was the name of the poster who criticised everyone's selections, but never made any of his own?

I wanted to find one of his posts, but just spent 15 minutes looking for them and can't find him.

"AceHighSuited" - just a guess

No not Glasgow Bandit, before your time mate.

Is AceHigh Glasgow Bandit? I thought he might be and it would explain the sudden disappearance.