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Magnus Carlsen-Wesley So 0.5-1.5 (2-2 in rapid chess)
– It’s good, and good enough to beat me when I’m not at the top. And I wasn’t there this time. I felt somehow throughout the tournament that I smelled pretty strong, and now in the final I got what I deserved, really, Carlsen tells TV 2.
The chess player, who will turn 30 on Monday, opened with a resounding victory with black pieces in rapid chess.
When he was able to take a big step towards the final victory with white pieces, he suffered a surprising defeat. Two ties followed.
Thus, the final of the first Champions Chess Tour tournament was two games of blitzkrieg. There Carlsen opened with black pieces.
The chess player was in trouble from the beginning and ended up in a very twisted position. The advantage was that he was better on time than his American opponent. However, So found the necessary moves to win the match.
This is how he explains the controversial decision
The last blitzkrieg game ended in a draw. Therefore, Carlsen did not succeed in the birthday celebration he had planned. The chess player wins 135,000 crowns with second place, while So gets double 270,000 crowns.
Carlsen had the opportunity to decide the final in the last rapid chess game, but decided to take a quick draw and secure victory in blitzkrieg.
Chess expert Hans Olav Lahlum believes that Sos’ victory was deserved.
– It is clear then that the decision he made in the end when giving up the last white part in rapid chess, and entering only a variant of theory that gave a draw, comes in a bad light, says Lahlum.
After the loss, the jubilee explains the decision.
– You know what? I have done it many times. When it is successful, it seems smart. When it doesn’t work, it seems stupid, says Carlsen.
– I just felt boiled in my head. I felt like I played well in the first game, but in the second I made a mistake at first. From what I can see, I didn’t have great opportunities after that. The third was just bad. I felt like my head was slowly going away and I just needed a break, he explains.
– It didn’t work, but it might have worked another time. It is nothing new for me to make that decision. I’m old enough to live with the consequences there. I constantly think that that choice has done me good.
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Carlsen opened with black pieces. He had to choose for himself because he won the basic series, so he will end up with white during the last decisive round.
In the middle of the party, he obtained a peasant majority. The chess experts on TV 2 called it a clever exchange of blows from Carlsen.
This is how the jubilee established a very favorable position when the party went to the playoffs. There a very offensive Carlsen put the shot of mercy. So he left the party after 43 moves.
Surprising loss
In the second game, Carlsen finished defensively with white pieces. He was a farmer after the opening, and Sos’s position slowly but surely improved.
In the playoffs, the chess computer gave the American a 98 percent chance of winning. At the same time, they were both very pressed for time. So Carlsen ended up with two peasants, and then he had no choice but to quit the party.
– Now it’s So who has the positive feelings. Magnus must be furious with himself for losing to White after taking the lead in the match. It feels so unnecessary. Now anything can happen, said TV 2 chess expert Jon Ludvig Hammer.
Drama in the third
Carlsen played the third game with Black. It ended in a draw dramatically. The chess player was under very strong pressure from the beginning, and seemed to be heading for a tiebreaker in which he had to defend himself with skin and hair to save a draw.
So, however, he made a big mistake, which turned the position upside down. But then Carlsen was wrong, and then the finalists were that far off again.
Then the game ended with the first draw of the final series.
Game four ended with a quick draw, something that both Carlsen and So seemed happy with.
