Magnus Carlsen took up where he left off last year, winning an Armageddon game. He won lots of them last year on his way to a decisive victory in the 2019 Norway Chess tournament. This year, with the different scoring system, that strategy may not prove as effective.
Above a plain of lights lay a grid of LED lights. Above a craft table of a city lay a crown-topped tower downtown, a chess piece on a checkerboard of boulevards and side streets, from which the houses...
Loving the Chess analogy Rab, I followed the Fischer v Spassky match very closely at the time. Chess is a great game and was very popular at that time and that match grabbed people’s attention due to the Cold War parallel, USA v Russia.
I mentioned a few days ago that it was coming up; today - Monday - it is here. (Or will be, in a few hours.) Better still - if and only if it's safe for all the participants and their helpers - it's a live event.