Puzzle: can you mate in six, every one a check?
World No 1 Magnus Carlsen duly won last week’s Freestyle Chess invitation at the Weissenhaus resort in north Germany, though not without a scare, as the Norwegian, 33, was within one game of a quarter-final elimination by the rising talent Alireza Firouzja. In Freestyle, also known as Fischer Random or Chess 960, the back rank pieces are arranged randomly and symmetrically, thus defeating book memory of openings. Carlsen survived, and went on to defeat Fabiano Caruana in the final.
In an interview after the tournament, he talked of lack of motivation for chess and of being in hospital twice during his seven months away from the board last year. Exactly what ails him is unclear, but the upshot is that whoever wins the Candidates will be a heavy favourite to be the next world champion. The Weissenhaus event was showcased in spectacular style.
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