Talk:World Chess Championship 2024

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First match without a European player

Doesn't this depend on how you count Anand-Gelfand 2012? Gelfand was born in Europe (in Minsk to be precise), but at the time of that match, he was playing for Israel. Double sharp (talk) 04:02, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Removed the statement. Double sharp (talk) 04:14, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Match regulations announced

Here. Double sharp (talk) 05:57, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've updated the article. Double sharp (talk) 04:13, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Google

FIDE has announced that Google will be the title sponsor of the World Chess Championship 2024.^[1]^[2] 9ninety (talk) 09:09, 13 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Teoh, Melvyn (2024-09-12). "Tech giant Google to sponsor Fide World Chess Championship in Singapore". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
^ "Google announced as Title Sponsor of World Chess Championship Singapore 2024". www.fide.com. Retrieved 2024-09-13.

French Defense described as “combative”

The French Defense is described as “combative” in the recap of Game 1. Though the game ended up being combative, I don’t think many chess players would generally describe the French Defense as combative. 2603:8080:13F0:A790:A5A3:9E3C:1B7:D2E (talk) 14:07, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The word "combative" was precisely used to describe the French by ChessBase. It is very sharp in modern praxis. Double sharp (talk) 15:02, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would not say it was used “precisely” to refer to the French Defense, but rather the McCutcheon Variation therein. If we wanted to be precise we could include a reference to the McCutcheon when we say combative, but in the mean time I’m glad to see my edit was not reverted as I still think it looks weird to describe the French as combative. At least on first read it stuck out to me as odd. 184.187.142.151 (talk) 03:15, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The same word is used in the chess.com article to describe the French defense. [1] Banedon (talk) 03:23, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Gukesh's name

Why are we referring to him by his given name rather than his surname? Dommaraju is not difficult to pronounce or spell at all. Jasper Deng (talk) 07:12, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Because Gukesh's name is a Telugu name, and in this kind of name, the surname is not commonly given. Banedon (talk) 08:13, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notation: No spaces in running text?

Why wouldn't we use spaces between the dot of the move's number and the field annotation in the running text ("10.g4!?")? --KnightMove (talk) 19:42, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No space after the dot is a WP:CHESS convention for non-bolded moves. (The only consistent exception is in the ledes of openings articles, for moves that define the opening.) The convention seems to be undocumented (it probably s/b, at WP:CHESSNOTATION). As far as why, I dunno, I think it was a space-saving technique. The consensus on it predates my time on WP. Cheers, --IHTS (talk) 02:03, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Game 12 diagrams

Give that Ding finished the game in style, I think it would be appropriate to use one of the diagrams to illustrate the final move 39.Rxg7+! MaxBrowne2 (talk) 07:13, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I prefer the current two diagrams because by the time Ding played Rxg7, the game was over, and almost anything wins. The more interesting positions are earlier. Banedon (talk) 12:22, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No pgn playback . Is there an explanation?

I wonder why there is none. 2001:569:BF10:2A00:9192:4902:D942:933E (talk) 15:49, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Teoh, Melvyn (2024-09-12). "Tech giant Google to sponsor Fide World Chess Championship in Singapore". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2024-09-13.

[2] "Google announced as Title Sponsor of World Chess Championship Singapore 2024". www.fide.com. Retrieved 2024-09-13.

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