Magnus Carlsen moves 50 points ahead of D Gukesh on the classic notes after the victory triplet in the Norwegian team championship – FIRSTPOST

The legend of Norwegian failures Magnus Carlsen had expressed in recent months his disdain for the format of classic chess in the middle of his quarrel with the faith of the Global Organ Organ, by opting rather to the concentration of his attention on the fast formats and Blitz shorter while promoting Freestyle failures – a private visit which he co -founded in which the matches take place in the random format fischer.

Despite his aversion to the format, in which he is a world champion five times and remains the best classified player in the world, Carlsen has not yet broken the links with conventional failures – although he has clearly indicated that he will not participate in the events organized by Fide in the future.

Carlsen widens the gap with Nakamura and Gukesh in the classic notes

On Wednesday, the 34-year-old managed a return to format by scoring 3/3 for tenders on the last weekend of the Norwegian team chess championship. And in the process, the co-champion of the reigning blitz world also consolidated its advance at the top of the fided classic notes.

Carlsen beat the Grandmaster Simen Agstein as well as the international masters Kristian Stuvik Holm and Alparslan Isik to finish a hat -trick. His 100% race helped finish third in the team’s final classification with 12 points gracked with five victories, two defeats and two draws and an average note of 2475.

Valerenga, the team including GMS Kaido Kulaots and Borki Predojevic, won the title with 14 points – with the kind authorization, two draws and one defeat.

His triplet of victories also helped Carlsen to win 4.1 rating points, bringing his current note to 2837.1 – 35 points away from the American Grand Master and the popular Streamer Hikaru Nakamura.

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Carlsen is also 50 points of the brilliance of the defending world champion in Gukesh, which has traced a regular increase in classic notes in recent months and had recently entered the first three after his finalist at Tata Steel Chess in addition to his triumph on the Dingn of China in the World Championship.

As for the Norwegian team championship, Carlsen was evaluated more than 200 points higher than the next highest rated player – Agstein (2573).