Carlsen won the chess World Cup for the first time
Carlsen won right in the first fast game today, August 24, despite holding a black piece. The Norwegian player took advantage of his opponent's mistake in the late middle of the game, to put two horses up to set up a trap to show all in the first row. After 47 moves, Praggnanandhaa because it is inevitable that the statue will be lost or all mats are lost.
Praggnanandhaa took the black piece and was forced to win the second game, a tough task against the number one seed. This game ended in a quick draw, when the 18-year-old player had no chance of winning. Two quick games of chess ended in just 40 minutes, although Carlsen said he was still not fully recovered from food poisoning.
Carlsen won 2.5-1.5 on aggregate after two standard games, two fasts, in the final, and won the title for the first time. This is his fifth time at the Chess World Cup, and his previous best achievement was only third place. Carlsen became the first number one seed to win the tournament, since Boris Gelfand in 2009. The 33-year-old was also the first to win the standard, fast, and blitz worlds and the chess World Cup - the tournament that ended. all three types of flags.
In the third-place match, Caruana defeated host Nijat Abasov 3-1 to secure a spot in Candidates 2024 - a tournament for eight players to choose a challenger to reigning world champion Dinh Lap Nhan. Carlsen also has a place in the Candidates, but he said he will not play this tournament because he has to play 14 consecutive standard games. He called on the World Chess Federation (FIDE) to change the Candidates format and the world chess final, by adding a fast, lightning chess genre.
Carlsen refused to defend the Chess King title last year, so Dinh Lap Nhan was promoted to play the final match against Ian Nepomniachtchi. Finally, the Chinese player defeated the Russian representative in the tie-break series. However, according to the current standard Elo chess, Dinh is only fourth in the world, behind Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura.
The Chess World Cup takes place every two years in a knockout format, selecting three candidates for the Candidates. In each match, two players play two standard chess games, if there is a draw, they will win or lose in a series of quick tie-breaks followed by lightning.
