GM Magnus Carlsen might be letting go of his world title in classical chess unless GM Alireza Firouzja will be his opponent for the next match. “If someone other than Firouzja wins the Candidates Tournament, it is unlikely that I will play the next world championship match,” the world champion said in a podcast on Tuesday. Read the rest of the article here:
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PGN OF THE GAME:
[Event “Magnus-Alireza 27th Feb”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/YFLA7VkZ“]
[Date “2021.2.27”]
[Round “12”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Firouzja, Alireza”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “2862”]
[BlackElo “2749”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “C45”]
[Opening “Scotch Game”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 { C45 Scotch Game } Qf6 5. Be3 Qg6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 Nf6 8. f3 d5 9. O-O-O dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxc6 Bd6 12. Ne5 Qf5 13. Nc4 Nf6 14. Qxd6 cxd6 15. Nxd6+ Ke7 16. Nxf5+ Bxf5 17. Bc5+ Ke8 18. Bb5+ Nd7 19. Rhe1+ Kd8 20. Bxd7 { Black resigns. } 1-0
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after Johann played excellently.
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