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by zibby8 1363 days ago
The top 8 players in the tournament get invited to the next tournament. Hans Niemann got a free point from the game Carlsen resigned. That impacts the standings for all the other players. It’s hard to see how they’re not impacted.
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Retric 1363 days ago
That ultimately impacts one player if Hans gets in instead of them, or zero players if it doesn’t change the results.
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zibby8 1363 days ago
Talk about moving goal posts
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Retric 1363 days ago
“all the other players” vs 0 or 1 other players.
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zibby8 1363 days ago
In addition to that one, very concrete impact, the situation may also have subtle effects. Players may be going into matches against Hans being down a point when they would have been tied, changing the psychology of their play style. Similarly, Hans may play more confidently being up a point. Even spending a single second thinking about the situation is an unnecessary impact forced on the other players by Magnus. Pretty unsportsmanlike.
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