Berlin (AFP) – Magnus Carlsen has lost sight of the successful title defense in Blitz Chess Championship in Berlin. The 24-year-old Norwegian played at the beginning of the second day and three draws against Teimour Radjabov also lost (Azerbaijan) and Alexander Grishchuk (Russia). Thus Carlsen fell after 16 of 21 laps back to tenth place.
Carlsen, who still won the rapid chess world championship on Monday, is two points behind the leading Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. This continued his winning run continues from the first day and is at 12.5 points sole leader. His closest rival is Sergey Karjakin (Russia), which has 12.0 points. From the German participants Daniel Fridman stands out, however rich its 9.0 points for place 50th
The World Champion is clear on Wednesday after a total of 21 laps. While the participants in the rapid chess championship for each batch were still available 15 minutes and ten seconds time bonus per train, they have to make do with the flash with three minutes and two seconds credit. With 153 grandmasters is the bestbesetzte Blitz Chess Championship of all time. The prize money amounts to 400,000 euros.
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