The play proved tricky and combative and Carlsen liked it: “Chess is science, art and sport. With Fischer Random you take away the science part. The match showed that it’s not too weird and it leads to chess without theory yet still at a reasonable level”. [Read more].
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And so, there is another global crown put upon the head of Magnus Carlsen. Photo: AFP/ABC.
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But no one in chess history, and no time in chess history, was close to Magnus Carlsen, World Champion of both classical and Fischerandom chess. His “unofficial” World Fischerandom Chess Championship match against Hikaru Nakamura in Høvikodden, Norway sold out every day, so much that the organisers have had to add extra tickets. A spectacle of the spectacle of Fischerandom chess. Photo: Eva Groves.
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Magnus Carlsen (right) vs. Hikaru Nakamura (left). Magnus said afterwards that he will play Fischerandom chess again for sure, and that he hopes for an official World Fischerandom Chess title coming soon. Photo: Berit Roald/NTB Scanpix.
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Magnus Carlsen (left) vs. Hikaru Nakamura (right). Photo: Berit Roald/NTB Scanpix.
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Playing Fischerandom chess Magnus forgot about time, or perhaps, it just flew by and he forgot about himself. Photo: Berit Roald/NTB Scanpix.
“I don’t understand what happened. Still with a few seconds left I was sure I could get a draw, but it was just stupid”, Carlsen told NRK afterwards. “I was just trying to defend myself. I’ve been lucky because earlier I came very close to losing the game”, Nakamura said. |
Magnus Carlsen (right) vs. Hikaru Nakamura (left). Photo: Berit Roald/NTB Scanpix.
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“I was in fighting mood”, a radiant Magnus Carlsen told NRK after the sixth game. Photo: NTB Scanpix.
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Magnus Carlsen seems to be thinking out loud. Photo: Berit Roald/NTB Scanpix.
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After the unlikely data points provided by Polar’s sophisticated heart rate monitors on first day (Magnus Carlsen was virtually given as dead!), apparently yesterday’s results would confirm that Hikaru Nakamura’s heart rate is constantly about 20-30 higher than Carlsen’s, who, on the other hand, would be performing below average heart rate values – provided, of course, Polar’s tracking is reliable. Nothing comparable, however, to Italy’s legendary bicycle-racing champ Fausto Coppi (30 to 40 beats per minute).
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Magnus Carlsen (right) vs. Hikaru Nakamura (left). Photo: Berit Roald/NTB Scanpix.
“I spent too much time. In the end it became too difficult to defend”, Nakamura eventually said. “I succeeded in taking advantage of more time on the clock”, Carlsen told NRK. |
Magnus Carlsen thinking with poignant intensity. Photo: Berit Roald/NTB Scanpix.
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The moment when the players get to see the starting position of the first two games. Photo & caption: Chess in Tweets (@ChessClassic).
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“Shockingly normal, because very soon the position resembled a classic one. It only took five or six moves to normalise everything”, Magnus Carlsen told NTB afterwards. “But probably it depends upon the given starting position. More exciting games will be coming!”.
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Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg making the first move in the first game of the unofficial World Fischerandom Chess Championship match between Magnus Carlsen (left) and Hikaru Nakamura (right). Photo: Thomas Rud/Budstikka.
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A few hours separate Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura from the start of their unofficial World Fischerandom Chess Championship match which will take place at the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter at Høvikodden in Bærum municipality, Norway from 9 to 14 February 2018.
For Magnus, it is a little like coming home. “Yes, it has been a few years since I’ve lived in Bærum, but I still have a connection with it”, he told Budstikka. He directly challenged at Fischer’s chess the unofficial World Champion of specialty. “No one was stronger than him at Fischerandom chess. He has a long experience with it, for sure more than me. He’s very strong in fast time controls, and generally can handle chaos on the board quite well. So he is the most exciting opponent for me”, says Carlsen, who does not want to call himself a favourite. Nakamura doesn’t want too. “Magnus is obviously a strong player. He is World Chess Champion. He has actually not played so much Fischerandom chess. Therefore, I may have a small advantage from my experience. Nevertheless, every time that a random starting position will turn into a more ‘classical’ shape, well, it will definitely be in his favour”, Hikaru said. Photo: Eva Groven. |
The photographer is already on the scene. Next Friday the unofficial World Fischerandom Chess Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura will start at the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter at Høvikodden in Bærum municipality, Norway, in a scenario mixed with classical and contemporary art, wireless networks, clouds, speakers and techno lights. Both players have accepted to wear heart rate sensors, so as to offer the audience an insight into their emotions while playing. The chess.com website will provide major coverage and live broadcasting, with English-language commentary by Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan and International Master Anna Rudolf. Photos © Lennart Ootes.
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“Helgi, do you want a male voice or a soft female voice?” Bobby asked me. “What do we need the voices for?” I asked back. “The voices will warn you if your time is running out”, Bobby said.
Helgi Ólafsson, “Bobby Fischer Comes Home: The Final Years in Iceland, a Saga of Friendship and Lost Illusions”, New In Chess, Alkmaar, 2012, p. 82.
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Next Friday the unofficial World Fischerandom Chess Championship match between Magnus Carlsen (the current World Chess Champion) and Hikaru Nakamura (the 4th and last unofficial World Fischerandom Chess Champion) will start at the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter at Høvikodden in Bærum municipality, Norway from 9 to 14 February 2018. The format will consist of 16 games: 8 one-hour-per-player games over four days, and finally 8 blitz games on the last day, with 900,000 Norwegian kroner (NOK) in prize money for the winner, and 600,000 Norwegian kroner (NOK) for the loser. For further details please visit: http://www.frchess.com/.
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There are still a few days before the unofficial World Fischerandom Chess Championship match between Magnus Carlsen (the current World Chess Champion) and Hikaru Nakamura (the 4th and last unofficial World Fischerandom Chess Champion) starts at the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter at Høvikodden in Bærum municipality, Norway from 9 to 14 February 2018. The format will consist of 16 games: 8 one-hour-per-player games over four days, and finally 8 blitz games on the last day, with 900,000 Norwegian kroner (NOK) in prize money for the winner, and 600,000 Norwegian kroner (NOK) for the loser. For further details please visit: http://www.frchess.com/.
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Everything is ready for the unofficial World Fischerandom Chess Championship match between Magnus Carlsen (the current World Chess Champion) and Hikaru Nakamura (the 4th and last unofficial World Fischerandom Chess Champion) which will take place at the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter at Høvikodden in Bærum municipality, Norway from 9 to 14 February 2018. The format will consist of 16 games: 8 one-hour-per-player games over four days, and finally 8 blitz games on the last day, with 900,000 Norwegian kroner (NOK) in prize money for the winner, and 600,000 Norwegian kroner (NOK) for the loser. For further details please visit: http://www.frchess.com/.
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The unofficial World Fischerandom Chess Championship match between Magnus Carlsen (the current World Chess Champion) and Hikaru Nakamura (the 4th and last unofficial World Fischerandom Chess Champion) will actually take place, as previously announced, in Bærum, Norway from 9 to 14 February 2018. The format will consist of 16 games: 8 one-hour-per-player games over four days, and finally 8 blitz games on the last day, with 900,000 Norwegian kroner (NOK) in prize money for the winner, and 600,000 Norwegian kroner (NOK) for the loser.
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Last Tuesday, the municipality of Bærum, Norway unanimously decided to allocate 1,500,000 Norwegian kroner (NOK) – half of the aimed money prize – to fund a Fischerandom match between 16th World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura – the 4th (and last) unofficial World Fischerandom Chess Champion – to be held in the month of February at the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter at Høvikodden in Bærum municipality.
The news was anticipated by the Budstikka website, and not denied by Carlsen’s manager Simen Agdestein. |
