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I'm intrigued by the question of who the favorite is. JannLee definitely is the consensus best player in the world, and he has a plus score against every player he's played a significant number of games against. It's hard to argue against him being the favorite no matter who he's playing against, given that. However, TwelveTeen outperformed him in the candidates by a significant margin, and has scored about 50% against JannLee in recent encounters. JannLee's head to head advantage against TwelveTeen is more due to earlier matches than recent matches, so TwelveTeen is scoring progressively better against JannLee and it could be argued the momentum is on his side.

I personally think JannLee is the slight favorite, but a case can be made for either player. I was interested in hearing some other opinions on who the favorite is, if anyone's interested in sharing their thoughts. I've also included a "who's the favorite" strawpoll:
https://strawpoll.com/yge4f4a

I'm intrigued by the question of who the favorite is. JannLee definitely is the consensus best player in the world, and he has a plus score against every player he's played a significant number of games against. It's hard to argue against him being the favorite no matter who he's playing against, given that. However, TwelveTeen outperformed him in the candidates by a significant margin, and has scored about 50% against JannLee in recent encounters. JannLee's head to head advantage against TwelveTeen is more due to earlier matches than recent matches, so TwelveTeen is scoring progressively better against JannLee and it could be argued the momentum is on his side. I personally think JannLee is the slight favorite, but a case can be made for either player. I was interested in hearing some other opinions on who the favorite is, if anyone's interested in sharing their thoughts. I've also included a "who's the favorite" strawpoll: https://strawpoll.com/yge4f4a

NM FischyVishy

I think due to the reasons above, there's no clear favorite. In fact, I am completely undecided on who will win!

FatesWarning

I am weak in Crazyhouse , and sometimes I can hardly judge what the masters are doing on the board... One thing is for certain , I will enjoy the match! And I will comment with the other spectators in the chat! That's nice!
I am a fan of Jann , but TT is very strong as well...I think that predictions are impossible .

I am weak in Crazyhouse , and sometimes I can hardly judge what the masters are doing on the board... One thing is for certain , I will enjoy the match! And I will comment with the other spectators in the chat! That's nice! I am a fan of Jann , but TT is very strong as well...I think that predictions are impossible .