– What is happening to Magnus Carlsen, asked a puzzled Torstein Bae in news’s chess studio. When the Blitz Chess Championship was to start, Magnus Carlsen was several minutes late and came running in seven minutes after the game was originally supposed to start. Dressed in a hoodie and sweatpants, Carlsen sat down with the board, where he now plays against Vladislav Kovaljov. Carlsen then only had around 30 seconds left on the clock. The party is in progress! – It is very unnecessary for Magnus to be late in the first round, says Bae. Chasing WC gold number 15 Magnus Carlsen took his 14th WC title when he won the WC in rapid chess on Wednesday after a dramatic and nerve-wracking finish. Less than a day later, the hunt for the 15th WC gold began. Carlsen has twice previously, in 2014 and 2019, won both rapid chess and blitz chess in the same championship. On Thursday, it was ready for day one (of two) in blitz. Magnus Carlsen entered the lightning jacket with an attitude that it was a bonus. At the same time, he had something to avenge after last year’s blitz WC, where Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won and Carlsen “only” came 12th. Carlsen has won the blitz four times before, the discipline that is often called “the Formula 1 of chess”. – For my part, to a certain extent, lightning chess is more prestigious, said Carlsen at the press conference after the rapid chess gold. Carlsen has been the big profile in chess for many years, but in blitz chess he is not ranked as the best. Going into the WC, the two American players Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana were both ranked above Carlsen.
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Arrived late for the first game in the Blitz Chess Championship – news Sport – Sports news, results and broadcast schedule
