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Magnus Carlsen defeated Hikaru Nakamura 2.5-1.5 in the final, to win the online super tournament called King of Norway Chess on 3/5.
Carlsen and Nakamura continued the drive to win the White Army in the first three quick games, such as the group stage clash. In the last game, the American player dominated at the end, but did not take the opportunity. Carlsen won the championship and won the prize of $ 70,000.
Carlsen continues to maintain a unique position in chess. Photos: Chess.com.
Carlsen won games one and three, both thanks to his ability to discomfort. With only a small lead at the end, the 29-year-old Chess King still morphed into victory. Experts, including Grandmaster Alexander Grischuk, praised Carlsen. The Russian player said: “Horses get used to the old way, and Carlsen gets used to the old way.”
In the first game, Carlsen took the White Army and ended up with a tank. The flag is balanced, but White puts constant pressure on complex countries. Nakamura suffered a fine and weakened flag and was missed by a beautiful combination from Carlsen.
Black simply took the king to g6 to catch h7 well. The target is ready to surrender with the projection water of the b8 car.
The black king must catch well to prevent him from advancing. White follows the code to the f6 projection, forcing the black king to keep running at h6.
White projector on h8 black car capture and profit quality. Carlsen’s remaining homework is much easier.
Nakamura also demonstrated that he was not easily intimidated. Holding the white piece in the second game, he created a nice symmetrical structure, then switched his army again at the end of the two code fighters. Statues are often stronger than horses in the end. But with a good symmetrical structure, the code is more appreciated than the object. Nakamura took advantage of this to put the white code in the decisive position.
Having locked down the structure well, Nakamura put the code in cell e5, at the same time threatening to catch the two good blacks on c6 and g6. Carlsen cannot keep the two together.
Black also can’t avoid glitches if you change the code. At that time, the black king always had to watch out for degradation in column e. And the white king will move diagonally upwards to catch g6 well.
“I can’t defend,” said Carlsen. Chess24 about this losing game. But in the next game, the world’s number one player took the lead. He picked up the white army, choosing the complicated opening variant, which surprised Nakamura. Carlsen traded statues and codes for a car and two were good. In the middle of the game, he completely countered the two black codes, then pressed the whites to press. Nakamura spent a long time in the opening, he did not effectively defend himself at the end and dropped the flag after 52 moves.
Nakamura is expected to win the last quick game, to lead the match into the tiebreaker series. At that time, the level difference between the two players would be shortened, when Nakamura was the number one chess player in the world. Nakamura was better than a good in the end, but Carlsen defended firmly and drew a successful draw.
“I played better than the semifinal against Dinh Lap Nhan,” said Carlsen. “The last game was a little bit bad because I let Nakamura put pressure on me. I got over it anyway.”
Nakamura received the second prize with 45,000 USD. Carlsen remains cavalry with the 32-year-old man. In 40 occasions against Carlsen in standard chess, Nakamura won only one game. But you could still be satisfied with second place. “Winning or losing Carlsen in the final is also successful,” he said.
Tournament results
| TT | Player | nationality | Bonus (USD) |
| one | Carlsen | Norway | 70,000 |
| 2 | Nakamura | America | 45,000 |
| 3 | Nails | China | 30,000 |
| 3 | Caruana | America | 30,000 |
| 5 5 | Nepomniachtchi | Russia | 22,500 |
| 6 6 | Firouzja | Iran | 20,000 |
| 7 7 | Giri | Holland | 17,500 |
| 8 | Vachier-Lagrave | France | 15,000 |
The Magnus Carlsen Invitational Chess Tournament consists of eight players, who play online for 16 days, from April 18 to May 3. Players compete in a circle, with four rounds of rapid chess each. Top four players after seven rounds to the semifinals. The prize fund amounted to $ 250,000, a record for an online tournament. Carlsen says he will host online super tournaments in the same format, even when Covid-19 is under control.
Xuan Binh
