first time i see chess on this part of the forum too
would be really interesting to have more discussions about gambling on chess games
are there active platforms to bet on chess games?
where is the best place to watch these?
I think the World Chess Championship deserves to be here - a rather rare event with millions of fans around the world.
And this match is a great betting opportunity - 14 consecutive games between one pair of players, and the fact that we know that in each game the probability of a draw is maximal - all this allows you to develop different strategies.
It is great to see a thread related to chess. I like the game play of Magnus Carlsen and i have viewed some of his rapid chess matches and the only comment i can tell is that he makes careless moves especially in rapid chess. If he is focused and stress free he will win the championship.
Since we have a thread, who do you think is the greatest player of all time. For me it is always Garry Kasparov and Bobby Fischer. For people who really love chess, check out game plays of Mir Sultan Khan who was a legend but not that known to the outside world because he was active during late 1920 who won major championship in England during his short reign and his game plays are extraordinary.
On a side note, if we have more chess lovers, we can conduct an online chess tournament for bitcointalk users.
Each champion was special (and those players who dominated before the official World Cup and the introduction of the World Champion title), but considering the time of dominance and the degree to which the champion was above all other players of his time, Kasparov looks like an undeniable leader.
Can we even watch a full game of chess on TV? I mean I play chess and it can be an entertaining game but it is going to be difficult to fill hours of air time when most of the time nothing happens, the commentators would have to fill the time with endless variations about what each player could do in response to what is on the board and that would be incredibly boring
Yes, but only on specialized channels - classical chess games last many hours on average. I know that most of the chess youtube and twitch channels will broadcast this event and plan to watch these games there.
however, you can check
cloudbet with odds of 1.27 vs 3.55, in favour of carlsen
Thanks for the links! These are the odds considering the 14 classic games and tiebreaks. I indicated the odds, excluding tie-breaks, in the first post.
Chess is probably my favorite game,even though I'm not a very good chess player.It's good to see other forum members,who are interested in chess.
I would never place any bets on chess games.This seems too weird to me.Chess is not gambling,even though people are betting money for other players.
Magnus Carlsen is the obvious favorite and I'm 99.9% sure that he will win.There's no point of placing bets for Nepomniachtchi or a draw.
In the previous draw of the chess crown, there was a similar situation, but Magnus was able to win only in tie-breaks.
