I completely agree that rapid and blitz have no place in determining the Classical Chess Champion. However, I would get too caught up in the fact there are so many Draws. Lots of Draws have always been part of long 1v1 series in chess.
There is a growing movement among the GM's to make some serious changes in the chess world.

First is to revamp the format of the Chess Championship we currently see on display. There is a lot of steam behind returning to the 24 match format or the First to 6 Wins format. Both allowed players to truly take risks and play with creativity as the series progressed. It made chess beautiful and not such a "1 mistake and I could lose everything" scenario like we see right now. Both Magnus and Fabiano are loathe to play anything truly aggressive right now. Instead it is a waiting game for one of them to play an inaccuracy or potential blunder. There is little beauty in this chess at the moment but that could change as I hope.

I personally want the "First to Win 6" format to return. Get these guys playing 2 matches per day and let them go until we have a clear winner. That is exciting to imagine. Here is one of the best lists for past world championships, the players, the formats used and the records of win/losses and draws for each.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Chess_Championships

Second, the amount of GM's is at a totally insane level and while they are all worthy of the title, the vast amount does decrease the meaning in a lot of peoples eyes. I hope they go forward with the "Super Grand Master" title or another such name. IMO, you must acknowledge the truly awesome players from the rest in the same way the "GrandMaster" title was meant in the beginning.

I posted this 3 weeks ago in another really old thread.

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I underlined in your post where I see something else

Once Black Knight to G3, White Pawn F2 Has to capture on G3
If you move Black Queen to G3 and Capture White Pawn, you get
White Pawn on G2 capture Black Knight on F3

At this point the Black Queen is alone and cannot force a checkmate. However, he can capture the 2 pawns on F3 and H3 as compensation for losing both of his Black Knights. White is not in the best situation because his King is very exposed but I would trade 3 pawns for 2 knights and take my chances as White.

Most airshots attempted in TF2 are "wasted shots" on poor choices to aim at. There are almost always better or more dangerous players to target instead. Its sweet to hit an airshot and looks great but most times it means little or nothing in the grand scheme.

That said, the best chess equivalent I can think of is capturing a pawn simply because it is undefended. It looks great on the board and you think its an advantage. However, good players will use that "wasted move" to initiate attacks as compensation for the lost piece.

maybe I can't see it but I don't see that knight move being a good exchange or a forced mate for black. Infact, that gives White the advantage after both black Knights are captured

A better move is Black Queen to G3. Force the White F2 pawn to capture, then black Knight on H5 to G3. Mate

All the top players compete here and there in various tournaments over the years but it is typically only 1 game at a time. The main difference here is that it is 12 matches (or more) against the same person. Kinda raises the bar and the excitement from game to game.

Not counting this 1st game draw, the head to head record between them in Classical Chess Only is:
33 Matches
10 Wins Carlsen
5 Wins Caruana
18 Draws

If you count other Match Sources like Blitz Chess, Rapid Chess, etc the record is
56 Matches
23 Wins Carlsen
11 Wins Caruana
22 Draws

For anyone interested, the 2018 World Chess Championship started today. Game 1 just ended in a draw about 15 mins ago. Link below for the full schedule of matches and replays.

https://www.chess.com/article/view/world-chess-championship-2018-carlsen-caruana#when

Should be an awesome Championship match, Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana. He has a huge challenge ahead of him, Carlsen is a monster, but i'll be cheering. Go Fabi!

Someone naming Virulent as their favorite team/teammate. That is screenshot material right there. :)

I love V to death but jesus christ he was a fucking difficult teammate to deal with, even back in our Quake days.

This is an open and shut case

If the code is not legit, you must acquit

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Destroyed a Stuffed Crust pizza from Pizza Hut tonight
Feel awesome about my shape right now

Was a fun game. Basically the reason I keep playing TF2.

We will fight

Get fucked IM thread. In less than 20 hours we have the lead

A person who doesn't put TF2 ahead of work and classes has some pretty fucked priorities IMO.