Magnus Carlsen He does what he is told to do. On the board and in everyday life. For some reason it is number one in chess since on July 1, 2011 he took over the top of the world ranking and never took it again. If she wants to play a tournament, she goes and plays it. If he wants to give up his chess title after nine years of reign, he goes and gives it up. If you think that to attract more audiences you have to tend to fast-paced tournaments via streaminggoes and organizes an annual circuit… and wins it on top of that. The 33-year-old Norwegian is the king of jobs. And this Thursday he made it clear once again by conquering his fifth world title in fast pacewith games lasting 15 minutes, plus 10 seconds per move.
In distant Samarkand, the second most important city in Uzbekistan, one of the new meccas of international chess, Carlsen undefeated celebrated a new consecration with 10 points in 13 rounds, with a record of 7 wins and 6 draws. This new title adds to those he had achieved in Dubai 2014, Berlin 2015, Moscow 2019 and Almaty 2022. A relentless beast with his rivals, who took 60 thousand dollars for the championship.
“I’m very happy. Sometimes my game has been a little too safe and too technical, but I don’t think I’ve gotten into serious trouble in any game. So I feel very good,” said the Norwegian.
Carlsen took the lead of the tournament on Uzbek soil in the fifth wheel and did not abandon it again. On the last day he defeated the Slovenian with black Vladimir Fedoseev and with white to the Iranian Pouya Idaniand equalized with the Uzbek Nodirbek Abdussatorovworld champion of the specialty in Warsaw 2021, and with the Indian prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa.
Between Friday and Saturday, the Norwegian will go for another feat: to be world champion in paced games for the seventh time. blitz (lightning), three minutes per player, plus 2 seconds per move.
Meanwhile, the Russian international teacher Anastasia Bodnaruk She became world champion. And she had started the tournament as the 51st seed. The new queen of rapid chess took the tournament undefeated with 8.5 points in 11 rounds, the product of six wins and five draws.
The definition came in the tiebreaker in games at pace blitz against the indian grandmaster Humpy Koneru and Bodnaruk took 40 thousand dollars.
Faustino Oro, the wonder kid
The Argentine Faustino Oro, 10 years old, played the World Chess Championship of fast-paced games in Uzbekistan. FIDE Photo
Among so many children who competed in the Rapid Chess World Cup, the presence of the Argentine stood out Faustino Oro. Dad Alejandro and mom Romina quit their jobs as accountants in top companies and with their son they settled in Spain so that he could be close to the most important tournaments, progress as a chess player and obviously continue studying like any kid. One of the objectives was to travel with money from his savings to Uzbekistan and compete in the World Cup.
Well then, Faust He finished with 4 points in 13 rounds, the result of three wins, two draws and eight losses. On the last day he lost all four games: two against grandmasters, one against an international master and the last against a FIDE master like him.
Now he will compete in the World Cup blitza specialty in which he usually faces online against powerful grandmasters, some of whom have fallen under their clutches.
The other Argentine who participates in Samarkand is the grandmaster Alan Pichot, former Under 16 world champion, who added 7 points, thanks to five wins, four draws and four losses. Since this year it has been playing under the Spanish flag after years of conflict with the Argentine Federation. It was his third Rapid Chess World Cup, since in 2016 he finished 77th with 6.5 in 15 wheels and in 2021 he was 73rd with 6.5 in 13.
2023-12-28 15:10:56
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