Hikaru Nakamura disappointed with Magnus Carlsen

news has previously discussed the massive dissatisfaction of several of the best chess players in the world against the refereeing. – Unfortunately, we are not a serious sport, Magnus Carlsen wrote on X after chaos had arisen on the eve of yet another game during the Global Chess League tournament in London. Time problems had become a regular occurrence during the tournament, and the Norwegian had just seen a game where pieces were knocked over and illegal moves were made. Without the judges breaking in. Both Fabiano Caruana and Jan Nepomnjashchij, both former WC contenders, shared Carlsen’s displeasure. But now another world star, Hikaru Nakamura, is speaking out. – I was actually quite disappointed to hear Magnus talk about this topic, he says to ChessBase India. Unnecessary complaining Part of the “problem” during the Global Chess League has been that the players do not get time increments for each move. Thus, time passes more quickly. COUNTERMEASURE: Chess star Hikaru Nakamura does not agree with the criticism of the judges in the Global Chess League. Photo: Carina Johansen / NTB Nakamura says that it was the norm when he started playing chess, and argues that the entertainment value for the audience increases when the players make more mistakes and are under pressure. The American believes it is the responsibility of the players to read the rules before they participate in a tournament, which was part of the reason why he reacted to Carlsen’s actions. – I think that the complaint backfires badly on chess. I think it’s really unnecessary and will make people lose interest. Because that makes the chess players seem crazy, in a way, he says. news has tried to get a comment from Magnus Carlsen’s manager Henrik Carlsen. We have not received an answer. Who do you agree with on this matter? I agree with Carlsen, Caruana and Nepomnjashchij – the referees step up I’m on Nakamura’s team – the players themselves must take responsibility Show result Players’ responsibility news has spoken to several chess referees after the controversies, where everyone defends the referees. One of them is the former head of the International Chess Federation (FIDE)’s referee commission, Takis Nikolopoulos. He is fully aware that it will be completely wrong to complain about the referees in this tournament, and believes that the chess referees in “normal” tournaments are good and professional. – I think the comments that have come are completely unfair, writes Nikolopoulos in an e-mail to news. ROUTINED: Takis Nikolopoulos has been head of FIDE’s referee commission for 20 years. Photo: FIDE / David Llada [email protected] He is clear that the players who took part in such an event must adapt and see themselves as part of the show, without complaining, and without blaming the referees who are the easy target. Nikolopoulos explains that when things go as fast as in this specific tournament, a referee cannot intervene as soon as the next move is made. – The meaning of this is that an illegal move in such a game is also the players’ responsibility, and not just the referee’s, something that many players, even the best, do not know or understand. In addition, it means that if the judge is not extremely fast, and certainly not much faster than the players who move the pieces, then he cannot intervene. Then the party will persist and this agrees with the laws of chess. Here it almost goes horribly wrong for the national team runner 00:43 Attempting an incredible death record 00:48 Incredible performance: Scored from kick-off in two matches in a row 01:03 Here’s the referee’s nose: – A bit of a circus today 00:38 Show more Published 11.10. 2024, at 13.03 Updated 11.10.2024, at 13.46



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