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George Duke wrote on Mon, Dec 8, 2014 04:24 PM UTC:
Primitive Chess at Sochi 2014.  With primitive scoring.  Wrapped up of
course two weeks ago, post-mortems ensue.  In defense of Jeremy Good and
the result Carlsen 6.5 Anand 4.5, it doesn't matter in a match whether
each Draw counts 1/2 does it? They could point a Draw 2000 and announce
instead of Draws 7 Carlsen 3 Anand 1, a final tally count of Carlsen 14003
to Anand 14001.  Hey still the two-point margin presciently said exactly by
Kasparov beforehand, http://en.chessbase.com/post/kasparov-the-quality-of-the-games-was-not-so-high, in so many words. [Though retired
Kasparov, unlike one-trick-pony Carlsen, plays Shogi,
http://www.chessdom.com/kasparov-tokyo-promoting-chess-shogi-and-artificial-intelligence/
http://www.chessdom.com/kasparov-tokyo-promoting-chess-shogi-and-artificial-intelligence/,
too.]

Actually the above could be a solution for the fundamentalists.  Recent certain Stalemates as a win, http://en.chessbase.com/post/stalemate-the-long-and-the-short-of-it-2, is a phony new topic because Lasker advocated that 100 years ago.  Rather, enforce so-called "odds" against each defending Champion the way informal 18-C. champion Philidor gave Knight-odds, one vacated to opponent's full initial array.  

Thus differently for advanced/retarded 21st C., not a Philidor missing piece, but basically scoring for each according to his ability,  That is, each defending Champion would get just 0.4 per Draw to opposite number 0.6.  F.i.d.e. could have this purposed rigging the scoring in favor of the Challenger, not the other way around.  So then Sochi Nov.14 has as of now regardless the tally 5.8C-5.2A, and the twelfth and final game must be still played out for determinative outcome.

In Nov.2013 it was f.i.d.e. regular-pointage Draws 7, Carlsen 3, Anand 0.  Embarrassingly Anand has won only one game in two back-to-back world titles.  Yet V. Anand has to be regarded the presumptive frontrunner for November 2015 if he runs, so this discussion thread as "Chennai 2013," where it all started Chess itself included, keeps accuracy.  

If Anand doesn't compete again, as next topic which too green other candidates stand out to take on one-trick pony M. Carlsen next year?

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