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[THREAD] Excellent 1 hour interview with Carlsen by @AskildB & @OdinSjakk for NRK where the World Champ, among other things, speaks about 2018 WC match, performances in 2019, his unbeaten streak, Candidates 2020, Fischer, Norwegian chess the #FRchess WC etc. Highlights here. /1
@AskildB @OdinSjakk The interview was conducted before the tournament at Isle of Man. Asked how he is doing since their last interview before the 2018 WC match, Carlsen jokes: "My last tournament went pretty badly [STL Rapid & Blitz], so I've forgotten everything that went well!" /2
@AskildB @OdinSjakk Carlsen: "It's a very different situation now that I've had such a good year. Before the WC match, I didn't quite know what to believe. I probably felt already then that I was a bit on the right track, but I didn't manage to show it during the match."
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Courteous of Magnus to create some excitement in St. Louis by losing to Ding in the first round! He came back with two nice wins. Games: grandchesstour.org/2019-grand-che…. #STLRapidBlitz #GrandChessTour
I admit I was pleased to see Carlsen's early h4 in a nice win against Dominguez. With h5 & Qg4 and not developing his pieces, moves only a beginner or a world champion would make!
MVL-Rapport had a Frenchman playing against the French Defense, in the style of Labourdonnais in a city named for a French king! A fun game that's a good example of the excitement of rapid chess. #STLRapidBlitz
