Dinh Lap Nhan conquered Carlsen

Carlsen won only one game and lost the remaining three games. In these three games, Dinh created a great advantage in the first 15 countries and won in less than 30 moves. The match ended in over two hours, at the beginning of the round.

In all four games, Carlsen used the odd opening variant. In the first game, she led the black army to the distant city, but let the husband build up well c. In the next game, Dinh tried the vehicle without success and failed. In the third game, the Norwegian chess player never appeared in international matches, even in the third country. Country 3 … h5 on the Rossolimo turn of the Sicilian Defense made Carlsen’s position out of balance to weak. In the final game, he even used the King Gambit, opening a rare game in the best games due to many disadvantages for White.

The final round did not mean much, as the four finalists went to Carlsen, Dinh, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana. But, these four players can keep their own calculations. No one wants to touch Carlsen in the semifinals. And the Norwegian chess king tried to avoid Dinh, Carlsen’s opponent who ended 12 years of Carlsen’s victory in matches to tie fast tiebreakers.

Before the final round, Carlsen, Nakamura and Caruana had 13 points, one more point than Dinh. After seven rounds, the best player reaches the fourth in the semifinals. There were two players in the middle of the match in the other semifinal. Carlsen has a good chance of avoiding Dinh in the semifinals if he loses to the Chinese player in the final round.

Meanwhile, Carlsen may come in fourth, and Dinh is hard to beat. Because Nakamura and Caruana are expected to win against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Anish Giri. After the match between Carlsen and Dinh ended, Caruana also lost to Giri a game earlier, ranking fourth after Carlsen. Nakamura was forced to win Vachier-Lagrave in the tiebreaker series to avoid Carlsen, and he did. The first four positions are Nakamura, Dinh, Carlsen and Caruana respectively. The 29-year-old chess king will round up Dinh in the semifinals, while the remaining pair belongs to two American players.

Experts suspect Carlsen wants to lose to Dinh to avoid this player in the semifinals.. Grandmaster Alexander Grischuk previously said Chess24: “I think Carlsen wants to avoid Dinh in the semifinals, so he took the initiative to lose Dinh in the final round. It is not easy to prove that I am wrong. Perhaps Carlsen needs to further improve his skills to lose himself “

After Carlsen lost to Dinh in the first game, Nakamura also lost to Vachier-Lagrave in the first game. Grischuk said that Nakamura had “lost himself”. Losing to Dinh in the final game, Carlsen smiled. Grischuk realized this. He said: “Carlsen still laughs despite losing, and the organizers immediately turn off his webcam.”

Grandmaster Peter Svidler coincided with Grischuk Chess24. And international referee Chris Bird wrote Twitter: “Grischuk was very direct, he was not afraid to speak his mind. I also think that Carlsen wants to lose to Dinh. Carlsen goes to risky countries, to losing in a logical, not explicit, way.”

After the game, Norwegian radio TV2 Ask Carlsen about this question. The world’s number one player replied, “Everything went as planned. I created a better position in the opening game in all four games against Dinh. But I made a serious mistake in three games, and Dinh made the most of it. Making those mistakes. No I want to reveal to the opponent that I want to face in the semifinals. People can be suspicious of me, too. From now on, I’m going to play seriously. “

Results of a round match

The first semifinal match between Nakamura and Caruana took place today at 9 p.m. Tomorrow Carlsen meets Dinh in the other semifinal. The final took place on 3/5.

Xuan Binh