Magnus Carlsen Defeated Yegis Khan in a must-win game in the classics and then beat Arjen Erigisi twice with the black pieces in a blitz tiebreak.The result was Norwegian world number 1 TePe Sigeman & Co. Chess title in Malmö, Sweden on Thursday. It was Carlson’s first classical tournament in nearly 11 months. And he made it memorable by tying Arjun on five points.Go beyond limits with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!Arjun, led by half a point overnight with 4.5, showed great resilience in the seventh and final round of the Classic against Andy Woodward. In a critical situation, he continued to question the 15-year-old American. And when the youngster falters, Arjun gets half a point to ensure that if Karlsson vs Yagis (both on 4 points) ends in a draw or he gets to play the tiebreaker against the winner of that game.
Forcing the opponent to play a series of precise and difficult moves is a hallmark of many great and flexible players. But these moves are usually made to draw the game from a losing position.But Karlsson has an additional talent – he forces opponents to make many precise moves in even position to score half a point. This is a show like no other as it invites depression from the contestants.Yagis reacted to Carlson’s pawn push to g6 with less than two minutes remaining with a panicked defensive king move (instead of advancing his own pawn). This gave Carlson a simultaneous three advantage in the bishop and three pawns versus the knight and three pawns endgame. Carlson attacks the A-7 pawn with the king, pulling the rival knight away from his other two pawns and leaving an advanced pawn. and prevent a rival pawn from becoming a queen by creating a defensive path for his bishop.It was just jaw-dropping stuff. Yagis shed a tear or two behind his palm in front of Carlson before extending his hands in resignation.After holding Woodward to a priceless draw, Arjen lost the first of two tiebreak games (3 minutes + 2 seconds added) against Karlsson, but bounced back to win the second game with the Black Pieces.The tournament rules then took the match into sudden-death territory as the player with the white pieces only got two and a half minutes to Black’s three. A draw in such a game shall necessitate another such game in which the colors are reversed.
