So, what are the odds that Aronian opens 1.e4 in game 4 against Kramnik??

[quote author=0C3B29295A0 link=1334394661/11#11 date=1334833893][quote author=0C3934123D3B303136580 link=1334394661/10#10 date=1334525689][quote author=487F6D6D1E0 link=1334394661/9#9 date=1334515493][quote author=0E3B36103F393233345A0 link=1334394661/5#5 date=1334479245][b]Anyway, if we could skip the negativity...[/b][/quote]
How to do that? When there's no real football/soccer anymore..as well as other sports, too.. And I want chess to be real!..
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 – August 20, 1153): "L'enfer est plein de bonnes volontés et désirs.")  :-[[/quote]

Sorry, I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Feel free to open a new thread to discuss whatever reality in sport & chess that you're arguing for or against.[/quote]
Well, my opinion is that betting on chess can ruin our game in the near future. Just as well as soccer was ruined.. (And sorry, but I don't want to start a new thread just to tell that many soccer encounters are pre-arranged.. And it is a well-known fact!)
Anyway, look what I've found: http://www.bet-at-home.com/start.aspx
[b]Edit[/b]: The same goes in Russia - http://www.baltbet.com/News.aspx?lang=EN[/quote]

Chess has probably involved betting ever since it was invented, or at least from the time of Greco. Besides, even without betting most tournaments have money prizes and surely corrupt players would also buy games to ensure: prize money, GM/IM norms, qualification to zonals etc etc. 
So, why do you still continue playing chess at all?

Hmm, 1,25 on Anand seems a bit low but 3,60 on Gelfand might be worth the gamble - especially if we can assume that somebody pays Anand to take a dive! :))

Anyway, a clubmate of mine will be in Vegas in May - so I'm sure he will find out if you can bet on the individual games of the match.

Vass wrote on 04/15/12 at 18:44:53:


Sorry, I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Feel free to open a new thread to discuss whatever reality in sport & chess that you're arguing for or against.

Yep, now that you mentioned it I also remember that betsson offered it, I'm not much of a gambler either so I don't know if they still have chess on the menu - though for top events like WCh, Wijk & London it's plausible.

Anyway, judging from the lack of replies it seems the Danish federation managed a real feat - hopefully it's the start of a new trend, at least around here Chess certainly needs a shot in the arm, moneywise or else it may soon be overrun by everything from Monopoly to WoW.


I'm not on ICC, but a bettingbot might be fun I suppose, though without real bets I doubt it would catch on. About a decade ago, one club here offered an online free competition where you could choose 8 players in the highest series with a combined rating of all not more than 20.000 (or something like that). The winner was the one with the best scoring team. Iirc, they even had a few bookprizes from a sponsor. - Alas, as with most things done just for fun, it faded and disappeared after 2-3 years.

ICC has a bettingbot that allows people to bet on just about anything. 

Of course, that's just for entertainment purposes and no money changes hands.

Starting to bet on chess is the fastest way to "solve chess". 

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Well, the problem with fixed games is always there. In the Italian football league there seems to be a new inquiry every year, especially in the B and C series.

On the other hand, it could create new job opportunities for chess players: setting odds, commenting on them in the papers and on the web etc, and when enough people gamble on something it will increase the demand for live coverage and commentary...