Two in the morning. Magnus Carlsen just defeated Hans Niemann, With whom he did not face again after two years, hinted that the latter had defeated him with outside help in the St. Louis tournament, strongly 17.5-12.5 in the rapid chess semi-final What is regulated Chess.com in Paris. Instead of resting after a stressful day, he uploaded a tweet to his account, without any explanatory text, in which a photo of LeBron James and Lance Stevenson appears.
The king of the NBA and the controversial player of another level who is currently and having defended the colors of 14 teams in the development league. Nothing is punishable , but this was the reaction of the world number one to Niemann’s bravado: “don’t even bother playing if you’re not ready to fix things on the board, Cowardice leads to inevitable defeat (…) I ran, but you can’t hide anymore.”. The Norwegian was silent, he was cold during the 30 matches they played with an average of 5 + 1, 3+1 and 1+1, and he did not protest even when two matches (1+1) were suspended due to his opponent’s problems with the mouse, which he did not understand when it happened to him earlier.
Carlsen clearly dominated the 5+1 (7-2) matches, tied in the 3+1 (4-4) and 1 + 1 (6.5-6.5) matches. However, in those 1 + 1 lost five games in a row Between Niemann’s protests about his mouse and Carlsen’s desire to finish the match. A victory that would have been scandalous, but, despite this, the champion clearly showed that he is number one in all game modes and even more so against an opponent “only” ranked 19th in the world. The American declared as soon as the confrontation ended: “there is no excuse for defeat; I am determined to do whatever it takes to become the best player in the world.”
Chess speed
Tomorrow, in The final, The Iranian-born Frenchman will face Alireza firuzga, Fifth in the world, who defeated American Hikaru Nakamura by a clear score of 15.5-10.5.
Fencing will be played in Three stages start at 17: 45 hours It will be possible to follow He lives on the brand’s channel on YouTube. In the first (for 90 minutes), games of 5 minutes plus an additional 1 second per move will be played continuously; in the second (60), from 3+1; finally, in the third (30) from 1+1.
