Carlsen stands with 6 points after 7 games and leads the summary. Christiansen has 2.5 points. – I can’t remember that an 8-year-old has beaten a grandmaster before. But these geniuses are only getting younger and younger, said news expert Atle Grønn when the victory was a fact. Roman Shogdzhiev is only eight years old, but has already made a name for himself in top chess. Two months ago he won the U8 WC where he made a clean sweep and won eleven out of eleven games. MAJOR PLAYER: Roman Shogdzhiev. Photo: Helge Tvedten / news On Wednesday, Christiansen suffered a brutal loss against the 8-year-old from Russia in the first round of day two of the World Rapid Chess Championship. – This is absolutely sensational. The youngest grandmaster we have is 12 years old. It’s a world sensation, says Torstein Bae. Carlsen was put off by the 8-year-old’s performance Magnus Carlsen, who has a win and a draw after today’s two rounds, looked surprised when news told about the 8-year-old’s victory. – I did not know that. Those kids are good, says Carlsen and continues: – Very impressive. Against Christiansen, it was clear that the 8-year-old plays with confidence. During the game, Shogdzhiev got up five or six times and walked around and looked at other games nearby, while Christiansen thought it was cracking. TRAPPED AROUND: Roman Shogdzhiev walked around inside the gaming room and looked at other games while Johan Sebastian Christiansen thought and thought. Photo: Helge Tvedten / news The Norwegian thought about most things for 6 minutes and 59 seconds. Carlsen became known for doing the same when he ran amok as a youngster. – It’s fun to watch. Maybe he will be seen at the very top in a few years, says Carlsen about Shogdzhiev’s many strolls. – Works very hard Johan Sebastian Christiansen pays tribute to his opponent after the loss. The Norwegian says that he had a big advantage in the match and should have won. – I should never in my life be lost. But of course I managed to mess it up in the crunch of time. Regardless – he played at an enormously high level and in a grown-up way, says Christiansen. news spoke to Shogdzhiev’s mother after the shock victory. She was proud of her son. – He is a small boy. He likes chess very much and he wants to play against Magnus. – He beat Johan Sebastian Christiansen, how is it possible to have that talent as an eight-year-old? – He works very hard. He knows what he has to do to achieve his dream. Will beat Carlsen The mother lit up when she heard that world number one Magnus Carlsen was impressed. – It’s very cool to hear that. We want to meet him. – What is Roman’s goal? – To become world champion and beat Magnus Carlsen, she says, chuckling. She says that they did not know that her son was a great chess talent when he first started playing. – We were not aware of the talent. We work and Roman wanted to play as a child. We wanted Roman to do something for his future and his head, and not play PC games or watch YouTube. Playing chess is very good for him, says his mother. Already at the front, it was clear that Johan Sebastian Christiansen had great respect for the 8-year-old. – He is completely wild. After all, he delivered wild results yesterday as well. The wildest thing I’ve seen. I think I barely knew the rules of chess when I was 8 years old, Christiansen said before the game. All of Shogdzhiev’s games so far have been against grandmasters and he opened the championship with a victory against Jakhongir Vakhidov with black pieces. Vakhidov has a rating of 2527, slightly higher than Christiansen’s rating of 2494. Shogdzhiev himself has a rapid chess rating of 2042, which he is in the process of improving greatly.
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