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Q: Could a team of us [British GMs] beat Magnus?

A: We stand a much better chance. I mean just in terms of spotting tactics or spotting ideas. But somebody would need to be the boss somehow with good clear idea of what needs to be done because obviously if you've got completely different people it could get confusing. But I do think that the team would have a better chance than individually - absolutely.

Source: Grandmaster Matthew Sadler from 'Silicon Road: TCEC Live! TCEC SuperFinal 31st July 2021: Leela-Stockfish Game 63 (Najdorf 6.Be3)' (2021Aug)

To add something original:

We've seen the Botez siblings team up against Eric Rosen to avoid adoption at least. See here or the 'in the hall of the mountain king' part.

Consider like one person has a particular tactical plan and then it's split into several moves that the opponent could respond with. Assign to each move to a team member. Tactically, I really don't see how you can't delegate here. Just get 1 person to do the strategy as Matthew Sadler seems to say.

Maybe related: https://chess.stackexchange.com/a/36747

copying from question post.

Q: Could a team of us [British GMs] beat Magnus?

A: We stand a much better chance. I mean just in terms of spotting tactics or spotting ideas. But somebody would need to be the boss somehow with good clear idea of what needs to be done because obviously if you've got completely different people it could get confusing. But I do think that the team would have a better chance than individually - absolutely.

Source: Grandmaster Matthew Sadler from 'Silicon Road: TCEC Live! TCEC SuperFinal 31st July 2021: Leela-Stockfish Game 63 (Najdorf 6.Be3)' (2021Aug)

To add something original:

We've seen the Botez siblings team up against Eric Rosen to avoid adoption at least. See here or the 'in the hall of the mountain king' part.

Consider like one person has a particular tactical plan and then it's split into several moves that the opponent could respond with. Assign to each move to a team member. Tactically, I really don't see how you can't delegate here. Just get 1 person to do the strategy as Matthew Sadler seems to say.

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copying from question post. lol.

Q: Could a team of us [British GMs] beat Magnus?

A: We stand a much better chance. I mean just in terms of spotting tactics or spotting ideas. But somebody would need to be the boss somehow with good clear idea of what needs to be done because obviously if you've got completely different people it could get confusing. But I do think that the team would have a better chance than individually - absolutely.

Source: Grandmaster Matthew Sadler from 'Silicon Road: TCEC Live! TCEC SuperFinal 31st July 2021: Leela-Stockfish Game 63 (Najdorf 6.Be3)' (2021Aug)

To add something original:

1. I disagree with the close for opinion-basedness even without the source.

2. I think even if opinion-based, we can form reasonable conjectures based on our experience. The aforementioned source is kind of just an opinion in the sense that it doesn't really cite statistics or anything: Matthew Sadler could've just created a stackexchange account and posted an answer here. This isn't a really source. It's really technically an opinion from a pro, unlike most of us who are not pro's.

3. We've seen Botez siblings team up against Eric Rosen to avoid adoption at least. See here or the 'in the hall of the mountain king' part.

4. Consider like one person has a particular tactical plan and then it's split into several moves that the opponent could respond with. Assign to each move to a team member. Tactically, I really don't see how you can't delegate here. Just get 1 person to do the strategy as Matthew Sadler seems to say.

Maybe related: https://chess.stackexchange.com/a/36747

copying from question post.

Q: Could a team of us [British GMs] beat Magnus?

A: We stand a much better chance. I mean just in terms of spotting tactics or spotting ideas. But somebody would need to be the boss somehow with good clear idea of what needs to be done because obviously if you've got completely different people it could get confusing. But I do think that the team would have a better chance than individually - absolutely.

Source: Grandmaster Matthew Sadler from 'Silicon Road: TCEC Live! TCEC SuperFinal 31st July 2021: Leela-Stockfish Game 63 (Najdorf 6.Be3)' (2021Aug)

To add something original:

We've seen the Botez siblings team up against Eric Rosen to avoid adoption at least. See here or the 'in the hall of the mountain king' part.

Consider like one person has a particular tactical plan and then it's split into several moves that the opponent could respond with. Assign to each move to a team member. Tactically, I really don't see how you can't delegate here. Just get 1 person to do the strategy as Matthew Sadler seems to say.

Maybe related: https://chess.stackexchange.com/a/36747

copying from question post. lol.

Q: Could a team of us [British GMs] beat Magnus?

A: We stand a much better chance. I mean just in terms of spotting tactics or spotting ideas. But somebody would need to be the boss somehow with good clear idea of what needs to be done because obviously if you've got completely different people it could get confusing. But I do think that the team would have a better chance than individually - absolutely.

Source: Grandmaster Matthew Sadler from 'Silicon Road: TCEC Live! TCEC SuperFinal 31st July 2021: Leela-Stockfish Game 63 (Najdorf 6.Be3)' (2021Aug)

To add something original:

1. I disagree with the close for opinion-basedness even without the source.

2. I think even if opinion-based, we can form reasonable conjectures based on our experience. The aforementioned source is kind of just an opinion in the sense that it doesn't really cite statistics or anything: Matthew Sadler could've just created a stackexchange account and posted an answer here. This isn't a really source. It's really technically an opinion from a pro, unlike most of us who are not pro's.

3. We've seen Botez siblings team up against Eric Rosen to avoid adoption at least. See here or the 'in the hall of the mountain king' part.

4. Consider like one person has a particular tactical plan and then it's split into several moves that the opponent could respond with. Assign to each move to a team member. Tactically, I really don't see how you can't delegate here. Just get 1 person to do the strategy as Matthew Sadler seems to say.

Maybe related: https://chess.stackexchange.com/a/36747

copying from question post. lol.

Q: Could a team of us [British GMs] beat Magnus?

A: We stand a much better chance. I mean just in terms of spotting tactics or spotting ideas. But somebody would need to be the boss somehow with good clear idea of what needs to be done because obviously if you've got completely different people it could get confusing. But I do think that the team would have a better chance than individually - absolutely.

Source: Grandmaster Matthew Sadler from 'Silicon Road: TCEC Live! TCEC SuperFinal 31st July 2021: Leela-Stockfish Game 63 (Najdorf 6.Be3)' (2021Aug)

To add something original:

1. I disagree with the close for opinion-basedness even without the source.

2. I think even if opinion-based, we can form reasonable conjectures based on our experience. The aforementioned source is kind of just an opinion in the sense that it doesn't really cite statistics or anything: Matthew Sadler could've just created a stackexchange account and posted an answer here. This isn't a really source. It's really technically an opinion from a pro, unlike most of us who are not pro's.

3. We've seen Botez siblings team up against Eric Rosen to avoid adoption at least. See here or the 'in the hall of the mountain king' part.

4. Consider like one person has a particular tactical plan and then it's split into several moves that the opponent could respond with. Assign to each move to a team member. Tactically, I really don't see how you can't delegate here. Just get 1 person to do the strategy as Matthew Sadler seems to say.

Maybe related: https://chess.stackexchange.com/a/36747