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The top 8 players in the tournament get invited to the next tournament. Hans Niemann got a free point from the game Carlsen resigned. That impacts the standings
by zibby8 4y ago
The top 8 players in the tournament get invited to the next tournament. Hans Niemann got a free point from the game Carlsen resigned. That impacts the standings for all the other players. It’s hard to see how they’re not impacted.
- Retric 4y agoThat ultimately impacts one player if Hans gets in instead of them, or zero players if it doesn’t change the results.
- zibby8 4y agoTalk about moving goal posts
- Retric 4y ago“all the other players” vs 0 or 1 other players.
- zibby8 4y agoIn addition to that one, very concrete impact, the situation may also have subtle effects. Players may be going into matches against Hans being down a point when they would have been tied, changing the psychology of their play style. Similarly, Hans may play more confidently being up a point. Even spending a single second thinking about the situation is an unnecessary impact forced on the other players by Magnus. Pretty unsportsmanlike.