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LAST DAY: Thursday, the last games of the basic series are played by Magnus Carlsen Photo: Facsimile of chess24.com
Magnus Carlsen, 29, was humiliated by Ding Liren, 27, on Thursday. But the world champion has a chance to renew the loss when the two also meet in Saturday’s semifinal.
– Then I can’t play like I did on Thursday. I have to get up. But now it is serious. I want to win, Carlsen told TV 2, before the opponent was ready.
In the second semifinal (which runs on Friday), Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana meet, who became number one and four in the “basic series”. Ding Liren was angry and Carlsen resigned.
“It didn’t go as planned,” Magnus Carlsen admitted to TV 2 after the humiliation on Thursday.
– I came out of the opening pretty well on all parts, but I made a “dollar” on three of the parts, and he brutally exploited my mistakes.
He didn’t want to reveal who he wanted to meet and not meet in the semifinals.
– You may be allowed to speculate!
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With Black in the first game, Carlsen was unlucky.
– You can’t play with these guys. They can play chess, said Jon Ludvig Hammer as an expert on TV broadcast 2.
But with White in game number two, Magnus Carlsen hit back and won after 32 moves.
Ding Liren continued to play big and won the third game, meaning he was able to make a reference in the fourth and final game on Thursday.
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But the Chinese also won this match, and therefore with numbers 3-1 according to traditional chess rules. At the table in this tournament, he gives Ding Liren three points and Carlsen zero points.
“I hope Magnus drops Ding in the semifinals,” said Hammer after Carlsen’s loss.
– He has not lost a single match in regular time.
The other matches are not finished, so the Norwegian opponent in the semifinals is not ready yet.
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