Answers.Body: <p>In the 4 armageddon games in the 2023 champions chess tour airthings masters the Black winning bids are (approximately)</p>
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  <li><p>Hikaru vs Wesley So - <a href="https://lichess.org/broadcast/airthings-masters--division-1/day-2--winners-sf/AQ823XpR/k3soVSU3#4" rel="nofollow noreferrer">9:30</a></p>
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  <li><p>Gukesh vs Rauf Mamedov - <a href="https://lichess.org/broadcast/airthings-masters--division-1/day-2--losers-r1/wruwMAyF/XaRT0PVR#6" rel="nofollow noreferrer">11</a></p>
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  <li><p>Hikaru vs Magnus - <a href="https://lichess.org/broadcast/airthings-masters--division-1/day-3--winners-final/9rUybzMW" rel="nofollow noreferrer">8:58</a></p>
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  <li><p>Hikaru vs Wesley So (again) - <a href="https://lichess.org/broadcast/airthings-masters--division-1/day-4--losers-final/KvSGmoWH/OauNr2c9#4" rel="nofollow noreferrer">8:05</a></p>
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  <p>Average is 9.3875min = 9min 23.25sec</p>
  <p>This is a difference of (9.3875-12.1458333333333)/9.3875 = -0.29383044829 ~ -30%. Black appears to be 30% more desirable.</p>
  
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Body: <p>All games in question are 15 minutes.</p>
  <p>In the 4 armageddon games in the 2022 (<a href="https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/41499/why-was-the-2019-wfrcc-called-slow-rapid-when-its-actually-classical-4515-6">inaugural rapid</a>, not the <em>real</em>, classical) <a href="https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/41538/armageddon-does-should-white-have-a-lower-advantage-in-chess960-compared-to-c">WFRCC (both qualifiers and final 8)</a>, the Black winning bids are: 13,13,11:10,11:25. Average is 12.1458333...min = 12min 8.75sec.</p>
  <p>What were the Black winning bids in in the 2023 Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters ?</p>
  
Tags: <chess-variants><statistics><time-control><chess960><armageddon>
Title: Armageddon: How much more desirable is black in chess than chess960 based on airthings masters 2023 vs 2022 WFRCC?
ThreadText: # Armageddon: How much more desirable is black in chess than chess960 based on airthings masters 2023 vs 2022 WFRCC?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2023-02-11)
  
  All games in question are 15 minutes.
  
  In the 4 armageddon games in the 2022 ([inaugural rapid](https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/41499/why-was-the-2019-wfrcc-called-slow-rapid-when-its-actually-classical-4515-6), not the *real*, classical) [WFRCC (both qualifiers and final 8)](https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/41538/armageddon-does-should-white-have-a-lower-advantage-in-chess960-compared-to-c), the Black winning bids are: 13,13,11:10,11:25. Average is 12.1458333...min = 12min 8.75sec.
  
  What were the Black winning bids in in the 2023 Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters ?
  
  **Tags:** chess-variants, statistics, time-control, chess960, armageddon
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2023-02-11. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  In the 4 armageddon games in the 2023 champions chess tour airthings masters the Black winning bids are (approximately)
  
  1. Hikaru vs Wesley So - [9:30](https://lichess.org/broadcast/airthings-masters--division-1/day-2--winners-sf/AQ823XpR/k3soVSU3#4)
  2. Gukesh vs Rauf Mamedov - [11](https://lichess.org/broadcast/airthings-masters--division-1/day-2--losers-r1/wruwMAyF/XaRT0PVR#6)
  3. Hikaru vs Magnus - [8:58](https://lichess.org/broadcast/airthings-masters--division-1/day-3--winners-final/9rUybzMW)
  4. Hikaru vs Wesley So (again) - [8:05](https://lichess.org/broadcast/airthings-masters--division-1/day-4--losers-final/KvSGmoWH/OauNr2c9#4)
  
  Average is 9.3875min = 9min 23.25sec
  
  This is a difference of (9.3875-12.1458333333333)/9.3875 = -0.29383044829 ~ -30%. Black appears to be 30% more desirable.
  
  
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