N ° 1 in the world, Magnus Carlsen was far from being impressed by the strategy of world champion of gukesh in his sifth round confrontation against Nodirbek Abdusattorov at the Tata Steel chess tournament, with the battle between the two terminations with A dead end of 66 movements that lasted more than six hours over six hours.
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The world n ° 1, Magnus Carlsen, was not impressed by the performance of the defendant world champion in turn 6 of the Tata Steel chess tournament at Wijk Aan Zee, in the Netherlands, describing his strategy as A “spectacular failure”. After having collected his second victory of the tournament by beating Vincent Keymer, Gukesh collected a draw of evil against Nodirbek Abdusattorov on Friday, sharing the point with the director general of Uzbekistan after having dragged him during the majority of the match.
Abdusattorov, playing with white pieces, seized the advantage at the start of the highly anticipated game with a series of sharp movements after the opening of the pawn of his king who developed later in a giuoco piano game. The balance of the game continued to bow in favor of Abdusattorov while the game rolled, but a resilient guests continued to fight until a draw was rehearsed, the battle for more six hours for 66 movements.
Carlsen, who criticizes Gukesh since he defeated Dingn of China to be crowned the youngest world chess champion of all time, was on the comment of Chess24 and was less impressed by the strategy of the Indian GM 18 years old.
Carlsen on the plan with 11 … H6, 12 … NH7, 13 … NG5: “Gukesh’s strategy was a spectacular failure!” #Tatasteelchess pic.twitter.com/dmj8uboiin
– Chess24 (@ chess24com) January 24, 2025
“Gukesh’s strategy was a spectacular failure,” said the five -time world champion Carlsen, who is also the most prosperous player in the history of steel chess in Tata.
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The Norwegian director general, however, congratulated Abdusattorov, who remains in the joint head with the R Praggnanandhaa of India, for his “ruthless” approach.
“As soon as he has his chance, he is ruthless. He calculates perfectly, he feels the momentum, and mentally he is there. It was very, very impressive! Carlsen said.
Gukesh remains undefeated as world champion after finding a fantastic escape against Abdusattorov! #Tatasteelchess pic.twitter.com/uampnn8snt
– Chess24 (@ chess24com) January 24, 2025
Interestingly, the game started with Abdusattorov by giving a look to his opponent. The Uzbek, after all, has a story with Gukesh, the front defeated in the Olympiad of chess in 2022 to precipitate the hope of India to gain gold.
GUKESH, who had recently dethroned Arjun Erigaisi as the best classified Indian (world n ° 4) halfway through the tournament, is currently in third place with 4 points, dragging Praggnanandhaa and Abdusattorov (4.5 points on 5) by half a point.
