Magnus Carlsen reacts to Woman FIDE Master Bristy Mukherjee touching his feet astatine the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Blitz tourney astatine the Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium successful Kolkata. (Screengrabs via Tata Steel Chess India Instagram)
Magnus Carlsen claimed the accelerated and blitz titles astatine the Tata Steel Chess India tourney connected Sunday. The tourney saw hundreds of chess fans crowding the Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium successful Kolkata. Many fans watched games connected the signifier by sitting connected the stairs successful the auditorium.
And not unexpectedly, Carlsen was mobbed by fans arsenic helium tried to permission the arena aft his duplicate victories.
A clip by ChessBase India showed Carlsen trying to permission the auditorium precocious successful the evening erstwhile abruptly determination was a roar of the assemblage arsenic fans jostled to get person to him and instrumentality a selfie. The satellite nary 1 yet did a U crook and walked backmost into the auditorium.
“It was decidedly a amusive acquisition to play (in Kolkata). It ne'er truly acceptable my docket the past fewer years. But it’s truly bully to beryllium backmost to play against these youngsters connected Indian soil. I’m blessed that I tin inactive play well,” Carlsen said.
Another measurement of however fashionable Carlsen is besides came erstwhile Woman FIDE Master Bristy Mukherjee who won the All India Women Rapid lawsuit (Event B) astatine the Tata Steel Chess India Festival 2024 touched Carlsen’s feet connected signifier to question his blessings during the closing ceremony.
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Bristy Mukherjee won the All India Women Rapid lawsuit (Event B) astatine the Tata Steel Chess India Festival 2024 with a 7/7 score.
When she was called to judge her trophy, she archetypal touched the feet of Viswanathan Anand earlier making her mode to Carlsen.
The 20-year-old past touched 33-year-old Carlsen’s feet arsenic well, arsenic the satellite nary 1 blushed and grinned from receptor to ear.