World number-one Magnus Carlsen posted an unimaginable 10-game profitable streak to overtake GM Wei Yi and win the 2024 Superbet Speedy & Blitz Poland regardless of beginning the day 2.5 factors behind. Carlsen caught Wei by beating him within the fourth spherical of the day. His rival did not crack, however could not sustain the tempo as he needed to accept second place, a full six factors forward of third-placed native hero GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda.
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In the long run the profitable margin was half a degree, with Carlsen making the draw he wanted within the remaining spherical towards GM Arjun Erigaisi.
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Making up a 2.5-point hole in 9 rounds is a big problem, however Carlsen revealed he felt good — and that he’d been there earlier than.
“I knew if I had day I had an opportunity and I may really feel from the second recreation on that I used to be quite a bit calmer than I used to be yesterday. So I assumed that I used to be in with a shot. I additionally knew that I’ve carried out this earlier than, within the World Blitz in 2017, I got here in 2.5 factors behind Karjakin and I erased that in 4 video games, beating him within the fourth recreation, so funnily it was precisely the identical this time. I felt very calm at present.”
I felt very calm at present.
—Magnus Carlsen
The round-four win over Wei was after all essential, and was typical of Carlsen’s play all day—he performed quick and properly, typically lacking nuances however creating sufficient possibilities that ultimately his opponent crumbled.
The ultimate phases as Magnus Carlsen wins the showdown towards Wei Yi! #GrandChessTour pic.twitter.com/iKtupu0tPQ
— chess24 (@chess24com) Might 12, 2024
There was nonetheless a whole lot of work to do, however Carlsen would go on to realize the feat of beating all 9 gamers within the event in a row, one thing he’d carried out, that point in a single day, in Zagreb in 2023.
Now @MagnusCarlsen has carried out it once more, beating all 9 rivals in a #GrandChessTour occasion in a row… and the day’s not over! 🤯 pic.twitter.com/IGY7lW5quT
— chess24 (@chess24com) Might 12, 2024
Again then Carlsen made it 11 wins in a row, whereas this time it was 10 after a remaining win over World Championship Challenger GM Gukesh Dommaraju. Two attracts within the final two rounds was sufficient to clinch victory and $40,000. As a wildcard, there have been no Grand Chess Tour factors for Carlsen.
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The 2024 Superbet Speedy & Blitz Poland is the primary occasion on the 2024 Grand Chess Tour and runs Might 8-12 within the POLIN Museum of the Historical past of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland. The ten gamers first compete in a single fast round-robin with a time management of 25 minutes plus a 10-second increment per transfer, adopted by a blitz double round-robin with a 5+2 time management.
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