Magnus Carlsen broke down the cardinal to winning the 14-game match, wherever helium said Ding Liren has an vantage with achromatic pieces, but his quality to play agelong games was nether question. (Eng Chin An via FIDE Flickr)
Former satellite champion Magnus Carlsen was little than impressed by the mode Ding Liren, his successor connected the satellite champion’s throne, played successful the 2nd crippled wherever the Chinese grandmaster was playing with achromatic pieces a time aft winning the archetypal game. But alternatively than trying to treble his vantage against the teenage Gukesh who is playing successful his archetypal World Chess Championship match, Ding Liren opted for a harmless gully successful 23 moves.
Magnus Carlsen, who’s successful Singapore himself for a antithetic event, said that erstwhile helium saw the presumption connected the committee and the players going for a draw, helium was near lamenting wherefore helium had seldom had akin positions successful World Chess Championship games.
“It’s hard to get amended chances than this successful a World Chess Championship. Ding Liren is one-nil up. He has a risk-free position. He has an hostile who hasn’t shown him thing affirmative successful the crippled truthful far. But Ding decided not to push. That’s not surprising… This is the Ding we person been utilized to seeing, decent prep, gets a somewhat amended presumption but doesn’t effort to win. Just blessed to marque draws. Ding Liren pre-COVID was awesome. But this is simply a much caller Ding. Gets bully positions but doesn’t effort to triumph them,” Magnus Carlsen said connected the Take Take Take app earlier adding: “I would person had to beryllium having a truly atrocious time if I didn’t privation to propulsion this position.”
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Magnus Carlsen besides broke down the cardinal to winning the 14-game match, wherever helium said Ding Liren has an vantage with achromatic pieces, but his quality to play bully chess successful agelong games was nether question.
“Ding Liren has shown nary denotation that he’s susceptible of maintaining a precise precocious level if the crippled goes into the 5th and sixth hour. Gukesh has shown that is thing helium does precise well. But there’s thing to suggest that Ding cannot get different triumph with black. Ding Liren does person the accidental to triumph the lucifer adjacent if helium does not make a azygous accidental with achromatic pieces,” said Magnus Carlsen.
The Norwegian added: “Gukesh didn’t amusement immoderate aggression (in Game 2). He was conscionable trying to survive. He volition get much and much tense and much stressed successful each crippled that helium doesn’t make immoderate chances.”