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by busyant 1654 days ago
> Playing for draws is easier than playing for wins.

This is nonsense. Neither Caruana nor Carlsen were playing for draws.

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Not playing for the win aggressivly enough ends up becoming playing for a draw ? .

At the world championship you would want to play conservatively , defensively and wait for a mistake to strike, there is a lot to lose if you try to force a mistake and play more aggressively.

It is not cheating or against the spirit of the game to do so, world championship matches have almost always been filled with draws.