– This is one of the best rapid chess games Carlsen has ever played. That was news expert Torstein Bae’s reaction when the fourth rapid chess game came to an end on Monday. Carlsen simply outplayed the reigning world champion, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, and took his fourth straight victory. MAJOR PLAYER: Magnus Carlsen. Photo: Christian Grieg Sander / news The match against Abdusattorov remains the clear highlight so far in the tournament. – Carlsen he downplays something colossal. Carlsen sweeps him over, Bae believes. – The rapid chess game of the times?, asks presenter Ole Rolfsrud. – Yes, it may well be. Carlsen himself was delighted after the game. When the Norwegian was asked if he agreed with Bae that this was one of his best rapid chess games, he smiled. – I don’t know, says Carlsen and continues: – I followed an old plan, which was introduced by Fischer in the 1970s. He played this opening a lot. I just attacked, so luckily it worked. There were quite a few variations to reckon with, but it is always more comfortable to attack than to defend in this type of position. Carlsen: – Extremely pleased After the first day of the World Rapid Chess Championship, Carlsen has four wins and one draw. One by one, Samvel Ter-Sahakjan, Eric Hansen, Yevgenij Tomasjevskij and Nodirbek Abdusattorov were swept off the board. In the fifth and last game of the day, Carlsen saved a draw against the great Indian talent Arjun Erigaisi. The Norwegian thus stands with 4.5 points out of a possible 5. Overall, Rapid Chess WC Magnus Carlsen (NOR), 4.5 points Jorden Van Foreest (NED), 4.5 points Arjun Erigaisi (IND), 4.5 points Vladimir Fedoseev (FID), 4.5 points Anish Giri (NED ), 4 points Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL), 4 points Sarin Nihal (IND), 4 points Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB), 4 points Giga Quparadze (GEO), 4 points Yangyi Yu (KIN), 4 points Jan Nepomnjashchij (FID ), 4 points Alexej Sarana (FID), 4 points Volodar Murzin (FID), 4 points Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (ASE), 4 points Other Norwegians: 128th place: Johan-Sebastian Christiansen, 2 points 140th place: Aryan Tari, 2 points 171st place: Benjamin Haldorsen, 0.5 points 80th place (women’s class): Monika Machlik, 1 point – It has been very good, of course. I was a bit tired at the end of the last batch so the quality dropped a bit. Overall, I am extremely satisfied, Carlsen sums up. Niemann asked news’s team to keep their distance There is not only excitement about whether Carlsen manages to take the rapid chess title back from Abdusattorov. A whole chess world is also glued to catch a possible meeting between Carlsen and American Hans Niemann. The American has summoned Carlsen and several other chess figures as a result of their having accused him of cheating. Carlsen has so far refused to play against Niemann. The young chess player has repeatedly rejected news’s team in Almaty on Monday. – Niemann has asked both an American TV team and us to keep a longer distance. But we will try to follow his party anyway. Of course with respect, reported news reporter Hans Solbakken during news’s World Cup broadcast. HARD START: Hans Niemann is in 60th place after day one. Photo: Christian Grieg Sander / news While Carlsen was wreaking havoc at the board, the American has had a much harder day. Niemann is currently in 60th place with three out of five points. Thus, a little more is needed for the two rivals to be drawn against each other. Timeline of the chess brawl between Carlsen and Niemann Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann are at the center of a harrowing chess conflict. Here is a look back at the most important events: September 4: Carlsen loses to Niemann in the third round of the Sinquefield Cup in American St. Louis. 5 September: Carlsen announces on Twitter that he is withdrawing from the Sinquefield Cup. In the message, he attaches a video in which football manager José Mourinho says in an interview: “If I say something, I’m in trouble.” It was interpreted as Carlsen implying that Niemann had cheated. September 9: Niemann is banned from Chess.com. Niemann denies that he used illegal means against Carlsen, but admits that he cheated on the website when he was 12 and 16 years old. 10 September: The head judge in the Sinquefield Cup chess tournament says that nothing has been uncovered that could indicate that cheating has taken place during this year’s tournament. 19 September: Carlsen gives up after two moves against Niemann in this year’s seventh Champions Chess Tour tournament. September 21st. Carlsen speaks out for the first time about the chess row. He will neither confirm nor deny the cheating rumours. In the interview, he also sends a jab at Niemann’s mentor, Maxim Dlugy. 23 September: Chess player Jan Nepomnjashchij states in a podcast that he warned Niemann before the Sinquefield Cup, the tournament Carlsen withdrew from. 23 September: The International Chess Federation (FIDE) criticizes Carlsen’s behavior in recent weeks. 25 September: Carlsen announces that he will make a statement about Niemann after this year’s seventh Champions Chess Tour tournament. 26 September: In a written statement, Carlsen accuses Niemann of having cheated more times and more recently than he has admitted. He also writes that he does not want to play against Niemann again. 29 September: Fide establishes an investigation into Carlsen and Niemann. Niemann is being investigated for possible cheating, Carlsen for possible false accusations. October 5: The Wall Street Journal publishes an article that an investigation by Chess.com shows that Niemann “probably cheated” in over 100 chess games. The report alleges that Niemann cheated for the Norwegian chess team “Norway Gnomes” in the Pro Chess League in 2020. October 6: Niemann states after the Chess.com report that his chess “speaks for itself” and implies that he did not cheat. 6 October: Norway’s chess president, Joachim Birger Nilsen, admits to news that he also cheated for “Norway Gnomes” during the Pro Chess League in the 2016/17 season. 7 October: Nilsen resigns as chess president. 11 October: Niemann mentor Maxim Dlugy describes Carlsen’s statements in his first interview as “defamatory accusations”. 13 October: Dlugy announces a lawsuit against Carlsen. 20 October: Niemann sues Carlsen and asks for at least 100 million dollars for tort and injury. The sum corresponds to NOK 1.07 billion at today’s exchange rate. The American is also taking legal action against Daniel Rensch and Hikaru Nakamura as well as the companies Play Magnus Group and Chess.com. 24 October: Carlsen speaks for the first time after the lawsuit. He says he wants to focus on chess before the Fischer Chess World Cup. 25 October: Play Magnus Group states that they are surprised by Niemann’s lawsuit and that they do not believe there is any basis for the accusations. (NTB) – He gets off to a slow and bad start, but it doesn’t take more than him winning a couple or three games from the start tomorrow, then he will be fully involved again, Bae says of Niemann. EXPERT: Torstein Bae. Photo: Lars Bryne / news – Can we still get a meeting between Carlsen and Niemann in the rapid chess part of the WC? – We certainly can, but that requires that he has a very good day two, Bae replies. The entire chess world is wondering what the world number one from Norway will do if the two meet across the board: Will he retire after one move as he did on the Champions Chess Tour – and potentially sacrifice a world championship title? Or will he carry out the party? Carlsen himself is tight-lipped. – You will see that when it happens, replies Carlsen.
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