“ I tried to complicate the ” – Firstpost position

Magnus Carlsen had a mixed race during the opening of the tournament he helped to create with the German entrepreneur Jan Henric Buettner. After losing three games out of five on the 1st day of the Grand Slam chess tour event in Weissenhaus, Carlsen seemed to have found the form that had made him one of the greatest players in the history of sport , if not the best.

The world n ° 1 would pass through the next three days – winning three games out of four on day 2 before making a score of 2-0 dominating against Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the quarterfinals. The race of the Norwegian chess star at Weissenhaus Private Nature Luxury Resort, however, would stop in the semi-finals after losing Vincent Keymer at home 0.5-1.5, resigning in 39 movements in match 1 before d ‘be held at a statement the next day.

Reflecting his defeat in the hands of the German Grand Master Keymer, who currently leads 1-0 against Fabiano Caruana in the final, the five-time classic world champion admitted that he had complicated his position in the semi-finals.

“I tried to complicate the position. Did not really succeed. He was certainly better, and as I said, he played the opening better. But I managed to fight (and) I’m really happy with that, “Carlsen told Take Take Take.

“Towards the end, match 1 and match 2, that’s really what it understood that it was much better with the time. It is obviously not a big sign, but that is what it is and it was certainly deserved that it passed, and if you saw its game today too, it plays very well ”, a-t -He added, greeting Keymer for his victory over Caruana on Thursday.

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Carlsen is currently fighting for third place against the director general of Uzbekistan Javokhir Sindarov, who also had a fairy tale in Weissenhaus after being included in last minute replacement for the Indian legend Viswanathan Anand.

Carlsen currently leads 1-0 after beating Sindarov in just 28 movements while playing with black pieces. And reflecting Thursday’s meeting with Sindarov, the 34 -year -old man felt that his opponent “had lost his way a bit”.

“I think that in the match, he has lost his way a bit. I think he had a hard time making decisions of worries and finally he let me come back in the game, “added Carlsen.

The Weissenhaus event – The first of the five of the Grand Chelem Freestyle tour which will take place until December – ends on Friday with the final ranking which should be decided on the eighth and last day of competition.