Jan 02, 2025 03:45 PM IST
Magnus Carlsen reacted to the match-fixing accusations thrown at him after the World Blitz Championship.
The year-ending FIDE World Fast and Blitz Championships was shrouded in controversy. The Fast Championship noticed Magnus Carlsen’s denims scandal, after which the Blitz C’ship noticed him reportedly telling Ian within the last to play quick attracts after the sudden demise did not resolve a winner. In a video which has gone viral on social media, the World No. 1 and Ian could be seen having a dialog, with the Norwegian saying, “Just play short draws until they give up”.
Magnus Carlsen spoke on the match-fixing accusations.(PTI)
The video and results of the match despatched social media right into a state of meltdown as followers, former and present chess gamers took to X to accuse Carlsen of match-fixing.
Carlsen determined to interrupt his silence on the controversy on Thursday. Retweeting a submit shared by a French Grandmaster, Carlsen denied the match-fixing accusations and revealed that his feedback within the viral video have been a ‘joke’ because of the lack of ‘decisive tiebreak rules’.
He wrote, “I’ve never prearranged a draw in my career. In the video I’m joking with Ian in a situation with lacking decisive tiebreak rules. This was obviously not an attempt to influence FIDE. It was said in the spirit that I thought FIDE would agree to our proposal. If anything it was a bad joke given the gravity of the situation.”
“I think the match itself showed two players playing high level chess, equally matched and both deserving of a win”, he added.
Carlsen started the ultimate with two wins over the Russian Grandmaster, after which simply wanted to a draw to clinch the Blitz title. Ian staged a comeback within the third sport to make it 1-2, nonetheless in favour of Carlsen. Within the fourth sport, the Russian star confirmed wonderful technique as he sacrificed his knight to seize a win which levelled proceedings, 2-2.
Within the sudden demise, each had an accuracy of 98 per cent and all three video games led to attracts. After discussions with the FIDE, Carlsen proposed that the title might be shared, and it by agreed by his opponent.
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