Magnus Carlsen soaks in glory after instructing D Gukesh a lesson, remarks ‘he by no means had a practical probability to win’
Reigning World Champion D Gukesh crashed to a defeat in opposition to Magnus Carlsen within the last spherical of the round-robin stage on the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour first leg, on the Weissenhaus Resort in Wangels, Germany. Gukesh crumbled underneath strain in opposition to the World No. 1 and was completely outplayed by Carlsen, who was taking part in with the black items.
It was the primary assembly between the India No. 1 and the Norwegian, since Gukesh turned world champion in December. Talking to Take Take Take app after his win vs Gukesh, Carlsen analysed his recreation and felt that he put in a very good present in opposition to his opponent.
“Yeah, I used to be… I feel the sport was very first rate for a very long time. I used to be very pleased to get on this counterstriking within the heart with e4, 35. I believed… I do not know, I believed, like, my queen is controlling the diagonal. I at all times have these tips with going rook e8 after which lengthy castling, and it felt like his place was a bit shaky. That I might… Someway, I might seen that he might play d4, however I used to be, like, one, hoping perhaps he would not play it, two, hoping that I’d discover one thing and I checked it briefly afterwards truly there’s something with Queen e8 and Knight b5, I imply that is actually actually tough to seek out,” he stated.
“So after that I used to be a bit disenchanted as a result of then the place was simply equal and yeah actually after that I feel it was only a lack of expertise on his half as a result of he simply took too many possibilities after which when it was time to be slightly bit… He was actually courageous, after which when it was time to be courageous once more, he retreated. However by the point he retreated, it was very tough to carry his place in observe. And at that time, I believed my profitable possibilities had been nice.”
The sport noticed Gukesh fall underneath strain within the endgame, regardless of it initially trying like he might take it to a draw. However the Indian GM’s want to seal a win noticed him lose the sport. Carlsen was additionally reminded that he had earlier identified that endgames had been generally Gukesh’s weak point, to which he stated, “No, no, I feel the endgame itself was utterly fantastic. In fact, I’ve this protected previous bonds, however his items are so effectively positioned that he ought to by no means actually get in bother. I feel it was later, like he did not… He might have, as an example, exchanged rooks sooner or later, which is only a lifeless draw, at a few factors. And, you already know, it is a factor we talked about earlier as effectively, is that he wasn’t actually taking part in by hand. He was making an attempt to do some bit an excessive amount of.”
‘He needs to beat, you Magnus’
Then the interviewer identified to Carlsen, “He needs to beat you, Magnus. He needs to play.”
He responded, “No, I do not know. I feel, actually, there was not a single level within the recreation the place it was lifelike that he might play for a win. That hasn’t stopped him from taking part in for a win up to now, however I feel the sensible possibilities had been at all times with me, particularly with the time. What typically… occurs there’s that when issues begin going downhill, they only collapse as a result of as quickly as I get my items going, this pawn if not situated, it is simply unstoppable.”
Gukesh completed eighth within the standings, managing to qualify for the quarterfinals. He’ll face Fabiano Caruana within the quarters, in the meantime Carlsen will tackle Nodirbek Abdusattorov. Then again, Alireza Firouzja, who additionally beat Gukesh, will tackle Vincent Keymer and Javokhir Sindarov will face Hikaru Nakamura.
