Carlsen hit back after big mistake – VG

Carlsen struggled before the last two games of the semifinal against Ding Liren in the Magnus Carlsen Invitational tournament. Matches are best played there in four games, with the fourth game now in progress.

The winner of the tournament wins $ 70,000.

In the third game, Carlsen returned the blow after being subjected to intense pressure, due to a big mistake in a second game. In the third, he defeated the Chinese, who are ranked as the third best in the world in classical chess.

– What disorder have we had. It seemed like Ding could decide the match with a game again, instead he got nervous and made some peasant moves that were definitely not advisable. Magnus has gone from being depressed and disappointed to being much more focused on the board, says Jon Ludvig Hammer, a TV 2 expert, in that battle scene that changed before the last of the four games.

But Carlsen has also responded on the way early in the tournament.

And then Carlsen smiled in the chair. But he looked completely different after the second party, as he was very upset with himself after the loss.

– What the hell was Magnus doing there? He quit the party, Jon Ludvig Hammer says on TV broadcast 2 after Carlsen noticed the roar with a move by the queen towards the end of the second game of the semifinal against Ding Liren.

It took Carlsen a while to realize his own mistake, but the clearly established reaction came when he saw that he had lost his temper.

– What the hell was Magnus watching there, asks Hans Olav Lahlum on the TV2 broadcast.

Also early in the tournament, Carlsen was upset:

– It was a big mistake for Magnus, but it’s caused by the threats Ding created, says Hammer.

Hammer believes that it has become a habit to say about Carlsen, who likes to defeat the opponent after prolonged pressure. Now Hammer thinks he sees other important players doing the same.

Liren has not played the World Cup in fast chess in recent years, but has impressed in the tournament.

Carlsen was “heard” when he lost 1-3 to Liren on Thursday. But he boasted of the creative game from the start in the semifinal against the same Chinese. The lyre is ranked number three in the world in classical chess. In this tournament, players, due to crown restrictions, have been sitting in different parts of the world and playing with each other digitally.

Carlsen was on offense from the start of the first of four games where each player had 15 minutes to decide.

– This was not Thursday’s Magnus, but Magnus at his best, says TV2 expert Jon Ludvig Hammer during the broadcast of the first party.

But at the same time, Liren continued what was called a fantastic defensive game. The first reason why Hans Olav Laghlum declared that it was impossible for any of the players to penetrate.

– The position has been transformed into a safe, says Lahlum and everyone realized this was against remis in the first of four games.