Carlsen won the first prize after leaving the chess throne
Not the official member of Grand Chess Tour, Carlsen still attended the match in Croatia, a few days after he announced not to play the World Chess Final 2023 with Ian Nepomniachtchi.
He was not at the top of the content of the chess quickly and lightly, but considering the total score of these two contents, the Norwegian player still won the prize. At the fast flag takes place from July 20 to July 22, Carlsen earns 11 points and ranks second after Jorden van Foreest. In the flash flag from July 23 to 247, he also ranked third with 11.5 points, less than half a point compared to Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Nepomniachtchi.
Despite losing to Alireza Firouzja in the penultimate flag, Carlsen was still sure to top a round. In the last game, he met the last player of Ivan Saric, he had to win to reclaim the number one position of the world flag from Levon Aronian. But, Carlsen lost and fell to the fifth world in this genre.
Earlier, Carlsen also lost the number one position quickly to Hikaru Nakamura, because he was deducted 13 elo because of the results in Zagreb. Carlsen is only leading the world in one content, most importantly, the standard flag. His Elo is 2,864, more than the second person Dinh Lap Nhan to 56 units. Dinh will replace Carlsen to compete for the world championship with Nepomniachtchi in 2023.
Carlsen will go to Chunai, India to attend the next tournament - Chess Olympiad from July 29 to August 9. Because China and Russia do not attend, Norway is ranked number three seeds, after the US and India. France also did not send the two strongest players, Vachier-Lagrave and Firouzja. These two players are second in Grand Chess Tour in Croatia, with half a point less than Carlsen.
Grand Chess Tour is a super prize system that brings together the world's top players, taking place many stages each year, offline fighting. Carlsen won three champions in 2015, 2017 and 2019. The 2022 tournament consists of five stages, of which Zagreb held the third stage, including fast flag. The winner of the previous two stages were Vichier-Lagrave and Jan-Krzysztof Duda. The average standard flag of 10 Zagreb players is 2,756.
