2024 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships - DAY 5

Commentators: GM Maurice Ashley and GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko

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[mich]

I like how Magnus just pokes Fide wherever he can and I'm all for it.

[kmhong]

Congrats Ian for his first world championship, good outcome for both!

[finmat]

FIDE, you're not a clown, you're an entire circus.

[helmutalexanderrubiowilson]

i am not mad with this result .. Magnus now thinks Nepos is like a an old friend. Both played many games and continue in draw.

[BobbyJean-rksf]

Congratulations, Nepo! Well deserved ❤

[fritzlange]

It's not the players fault, FIDE is to blame for all the mistakes in this tournament. I'm quite happy for two winners. Often you can't separate two players and going to 'penalties' often is unfair and an artificial end to an event.

[markjmoser]

This is a disgrace for FIDE and Chess. Not because of the draw but because of the lack of preparedness for such a situation. The organisation of this was shambles. Such a shame.

[michaelmartin]

It’s a rule issue. FIDE should have made their minds up on a decider. Most other formats have an Armageddon at some point but somehow for the Blitz WC they don’t? Their fault, I’m happy for Nepo

[vulcainvolcrom]

Fide should've been prepared. Congrats to the 2 players for helping to improve the future events

[venkateshmurali]

This is insane...
Players are finding loopholes in the rules instead of finding loopholes in opponant games...

[fritzlange]

It's another win for the players over the power of FIDE.

[markjmoser]

Congratulations Ian for your first world championship title!

[cheechaenfoo]

Magnus just completed his hattrick of trolling. Pulls out of Classic, gets thrown out of Rapid, and now this. Now he can just focus on freestyle.

[gffg]

I think it was pretty cool. This has happened in other sports in the Olympics even.

[Stuxnet]

The woman reporter should have had the stones to ask Nepo WTF was going on when she was literally right next to him

[mcawesome]

this is proof that this format was bad, if this was swiss both days with armageddon as tiebreaks then this couldn’t have happened

also, stop holding this event during NEW YEARS EVE!!

[mariamorley]

Wonderful harmonious result - lots of love from Australia

[vadimgubaidulin]

I'm glad that the commentators were also shocked by this disgraceful decision

[mukulsahu]

We were for so long to get this results, it's wrong

[KCanthem]

There was no winner this year. Better luck next year.