Magnus Carlsen Beating Yagiz Kaan in a must-win situation in the Classics, and then beating Arjun Erigaisi twice with black stones in the blitz tie-break.As a result, Norway’s TePe Sigeman & Co. took first place in the world. Chess Championship in Malmö, Sweden on Thursday. This is Carlsen’s first Classics tournament in nearly 11 months. He was memorable after he tied Arjun for five runs.Push boundaries with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!Arjun moved to a half-point lead with 4.5 points overnight, showing great resilience against Andy Woodward in the seventh and final round of the Classic. In the precarious situation, he peppered the 15-year-old American with questions. When the teenager fumbled, Arjun eked out half a point to ensure that if Carlsen’s match against Yagiz (both sides were tied on 4 points at the time) ended in a draw, he would win the title, otherwise he would get a chance to play the winner of that match in a decider.
Forcing your opponent to make a series of correct and tricky moves is the hallmark of many great and resilient chess players. But these actions are usually an attempt to even the score out of a losing situation.But Carlsen had an extra talent – he forced his opponent to make more correct moves in the same position, thereby winning half a point. This is a show like no other in that it causes frustration among competitors.With less than two minutes left in the game, Yagiz reacted to Carlsen’s move to g6 by panicking and defending the king move (instead of pushing his own f move). This gives Carlsen a simultaneous three-man advantage in the endgame of the bishop and three pawns versus the knight and three pawns. Carlson attacks the a-7 piece with his king, giving up an advanced piece by pulling his opponent’s knight away from his other two pieces; and preventing his opponent’s piece from becoming the queen by creating a defensive line for his bishop.This is simply jaw-dropping. Yagiz shed a tear or two in front of Carlson, then reluctantly held out his hand.After a valuable draw with Woodward, Arjun lost the first of two tie-breaks against Carlsen (3 minutes + 2 seconds increment), but rebounded to win the second with a black piece.The rules of the game then brought the game into sudden death, with White’s player only having two and a half minutes and Black’s three. A tie result in such a game will require another such game of the opposite color.
