Will Magnus Carlsen lose his next tournament chess game against Hans Niemann, after he resigned after his first move in the Julius Baer Generation Cup?
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Resolves YES if Magnus Carlsen loses his next tournament chess game against Hans Niemann, after the September 19 game in the Julius Baer Generation Cup in which he resigned after his first move. Resolves NO if he wins or draws. Resolves N/A if no such game occurs by the end of 2023.

Background

https://worldchess.com/news/all/carlsen-chose-drama-against-niemann-resigned-after-move-2/

It comes without saying that after Carlsen’s withdrawal from the Sinquefield Cup 2022, and the accusations of Niemann cheating, the chess world was glued to their screens for their rematch at the Julius Baer Generation Cup. But the Norwegian GM didn’t hold the anticipation for long. He resigned with black after move 2 (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4) and shook the chess world one more time!

(To be clear, if Carlsen resigns, whether after 1 move or 100, that counts as a loss for this question.)

Sep 20, 8:59am: Will Magnus Carlsen lose his next tournament chess game against Hans Niemann? → Will Magnus Carlsen lose his next tournament chess game against Hans Niemann, after he resigned after his first move in the Julius Baer Generation Cup?

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Ben Shindel

Do blitz and rapid count?

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Jackpredicts NO
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Elias Schmiedpredicts NO

Blitz and rapid counts, yes?

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Jackpredicts NO
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Elias Schmiedpredicts NO

I assume not showing up and Niemann winning by default counts as a loss?

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Jackpredicts NO

@EliasSchmied Hmm, I would lean towards YES if the chess tournament counts it as a loss. It seems pretty equivalent to resigning after one move.

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Elias Schmiedbought Ṁ200 of NO

People here don't know how rare decisive results are in top-level chess, I guess? Carlsen had a 53-game unbeaten streak before losing to Niemann in the Sinquefield cup. He's literally the GOAT.

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Charlie

On r/chess they speculated that Magnus will from now on avoid entering a tournament that has Neimann and that the only reason he played this one was because he was already committed. Also would be a good market.

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Jackbought Ṁ80 of NO

@ahalekelly That's the same game I mentioned in the market description. I'm going to edit it to make it clearer.

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Adriansold Ṁ23 of YES

@jack oh damn, I should have read it more carefully