I mean since when YU decide of the scoring system ? The players knew the rules, wang played a. Kamikaze chess and got first place. His strategy paid off. Congrats

You guys can call it like you wan't the same rules were in effect for all, Wang created chances for his opponents to go astray they did he took advantage and is the sole winner period, or perhaps we should have a scoring system based on height or score it alphabetically then maybe we have four winners? Wang is the winner sorry deal with it and give him his due.

Carlsen has often been accused of being lucky when his opponents go astray I credit him with tenacity even when Hoa pretty much gifted him a game. Nakamura got a gift but he was long over due imho he certainly had more go the otherway.

Alfonso sorry in the contest in which you expressed your opinion it sounds like your taking away from Hoa's victory. Again Magnus did play safer chess, its his precision, lack of errors and subtle understanding of chess that makes him he best player in the game today. However Hoa imho played most effectively under the agreed too rules and that strategy was effective. I try to ignore what players are involved and stick to the objective facts and my opinion would be the same no matter who finished in what position.

OK, I was wrong. I will stand up to say this.
Barcot held his own against mighty Magnus (not surprising considering Barcot's potential), Giri lost to a great player, product of the mighty Chinese Chess machine, and we have an unexpected winner, though he lots to the favorite 2/2 times.
Congrats to all the players for their top level play.
I like to be wrong this way as a Chess Fan.
PS: Giri is a GREAT player - you would not hear anything except good things about him from me - that he richly deserves.

I'm happy that Nakamura score well his last 2 games and do a pleasant rating performance.
I hope for him a good chess life!

It was a strange tournament, only Carlsen's games looked as they often do. He was undefeated once again and pressed for wins in most of the games he didn't win, ended up with +4 in 10 rounds, and gained 5.8 points. He performed Elo 2878 with a bit to spare for times when everything is going his way. Both his games against Bacrot looked winnable as did the first against Nakamura, but he missed the most promising lines and instead won with black against Wang Hao when the latter blundered, so it wasn't some kind of minimal payout either.

Nakamura had promising positions in both his games against Wang Hao and would normally not lose both and maybe even score a plus in them, but this just wasn't his tournament. If Wang Hao had blundered against Naka the way he did a couple of times against Bologan and Carlsen (in much better positions) it could have been a +6 tournament for Naka, but then he would have used up all his luck for years to come.

Giri played excellently in all his games except those against Wang Hao, who just outplayed him totally in both games. Wang was of course a very deserving winner and I would never imagine that he could win 6 games of 10 in these surroundings.

Strange debate, Congrads to Wang Hao! The deserved winner with the most pionts and played great chess!

And about Giri he played also very well as lowest rated player and ended on a great 3 place. He could have even won the tournement if he did won from Wang in the last round! So you can say he was still fighting for the nr1 position untill the last round! Over ten rounds with so many strong players. Great Giri !

Carlsen beat Hao twice.

Tournament winner doesn't necessarily mean the best player.

Maybe Hao was lucky, or maybe he was just good at putting tactical pressure on his opponents. Persistently getting gifted by blunders isn't usually an accident, and it's hard for even GM analysts to understand the extent to which another player makes his own luck.

What's this bulls*** about Hao having it easy? He won the tournament because he is good. End of story. Congrats to Hao!

Carlsen and Giri have also had a solid tournament. Congrats to them as well.

There is no doubt that Wang deserved the win. Everyone knew that they were playing under the football scoring system and we can argue that Wang tailored his play to take advantage of that. However what the football scoring system strives to achieve can be done just as well (but closer to classical results) with the slight tweak of 2 1/2 points for a win instead of 3. If the same chess were played under that system then Carlsen and Wang would have shared 1st place money with Carlsen being declared the winner on tiebreak. A +4 undefeated performance should be preferred over a +3 performance with three losses.

congrats to Wang Hao, a well deserved victory, and congrats to Magnus too for his precision play. Although a Carlsen fan, i'm happy with the results and hope to see more of Wang Hao.

congrats to wang hao and all other participants--a truly awesome and memorable tournament! drawing rate < 40 %, don't remember the last time i saw such a feast

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Congratulations to Wang Hao, who has done great and correctly won the tournament. Now, totally regardless of who scored +3 and who scored +4, I have the right to consider the football scoring system a disgrace for chess, for the simple reason that it rewards playing objectively inferior moves in quite a number of positions. As a chess fan I don't see how I could possibly accept such a system (it may be more difficult to reject for professionals who depend on tournament invitations, of course).

Wang Hao is not even the best chinese player!! Ding Liren, who is 3 times chinese champion at only 20, is the best. He would be 2850 if he was playing in west. You must accept the fact that China will dominate chess very soon.... . So sad for all Carlsen Fan Boys !!

Wow Wang Hao went from untitled player to Grandmaster in 2005 alone! Incredible.

This scoring system is fine. Life is not fair, but so what. deal with it, cry babies.

Or don't.

Either accept change and adapt or be hurt by it.

I like this scoring system as it gives an incentive to go for a win.

I think the most amazing game of the tournament was Bacrot-Morozevich. One should not forget that all the participants can play great chess.

Not sure if it was because of the time control or because of the inclusion of off form players but in general the quality of the games was quite dissapointing this tourney.

The biggest upside was that all players, with different styles, were spoiling for a fight, Carlsen and Giri being the most conservative and Wang and Bologan going all out regulary.

But with Moro's illness, the weird scoring system and the organisers mistreatment of Dominguez I still see it as a dissapointing tournament.

Wang Hao seems to be always wearing that checked shirt. Is he trying to counter Radjabov's stripes?

The football scoring system is a waste of space and time, but it isn't the fault of the players that it was used for the tournament. Obviously Wang should be congratulated for winning the tournament even with Carlsen performing better (as two wins, three losses and a draw isn't as good as six draws). Also don't forget to commend Bologan for participating in the tournament at his expense (to help the organisers) and also for being the only player to attend the post mortem after he lost a game. My full respect to this player who I'm certain will bounce back.

This is exactly why the 3 point system doesnt work. Obviously Wang Hao played fantastic Chess, but Carlsen Scored more. If they really want to make it more fighting, how about they make the 3 point system as a tiebreak. I dont care how boring or interesting a player is, A person who scored 9 draws should not have the same score as someone with 3 wins and 6 losses. (I didnt read the previous posts, So if someone has already said the same thing, my apologies)

Great Tourney...lots of ups and downs. Congrats to Wang for his impressive fighting spirit. Also a big congrats to MC who just keeps getting better. Also a congrats to Mr Giri..who had a great tourney and Mr Nakamura who pulled his socks up and scored to make it a decent outing. Congrats to Mr Bologan who gamely stepped into the lions den..got killed but still managed a swipe or two...and Congrats to mr Bacrot on surviving and keeping his heead high after two unusual blunders. This was a very fun tournament for the viewers. I congratulate the organizers for a very well run tourney. I also congratulate all the viewers for their feverish devotion to every move..(Like me). This was a great tourney with MANY winners.