[Gene_Parmesan]

> Carlsen's defense against Caruana in 2018 featured 12 draws before moving into tiebreakers

I really hope they are able to figure out some not-too-unnatural way to reduce the likelihood of draws. One easy possibility I saw suggested a number of times would be to remove the increment. Give additional time at certain move thresholds like they do now, but then at some point, that's it. No more time. Time pressure should remain a legitimate possibility of a threat throughout the match. When two GMs are in the endgame, +30s each move is an eternity, and how many tiny moves did we see them make just to get another +30s?

Oh well. I know excitement isn't the main driving force, I just think it's a real shame to see a world championship matchup like Carlsen/Caruana go to 12 straight draws and be decided by tiebreakers.

[innocenat]

Strongly disagree. The main series of WCC should have players playing at the highest level, so there should not be too much time pressure. If it's all draw, that means players are equal at that level, so the tie-breaker match has more time pressure.

[notinty]

Rapid chess is almost a different game, shown by how handily Carlsen beat Caruana in the tie breakers.

[mrslave]

Perhaps white can move twice before black is allowed to make his first move?

Edit: Embarrassingly I had a good laugh at my own joke after writing this.

[austhrow743]

There’s plenty of chess tournaments with much shorter speeds. Some people only play rapid chess variants.

I don’t see why removing slower chess tournaments on top of that is necessary.