Fuego en el tablero!

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Na companhia de Sultan Khan, Miquirina Segundo, Raúl Capanegra, Kafil M'Oba e Carlito Dulcemano, que nos honram com suas presenças em Porto Alegre, ontem assistimos Direto de Moscou o desenrolar do Mundial de Xadrez Rápido. À exceção de alguns, notadamente Anand, Topalov e Ivanchuk, lá estão os melhores cérebros do planeta.

O prodígio norueguês, o "Mozart do Chess" Magnus Carlsen (30/11/1990) lidera, juntamente com o armênio Levon Aronian (06/10/1982), com 10 pontos, após as 14 rondas de ontem.

Para postar no Youtube imediatamente, alguém filmou com celular, cremos, o confronto entre Nakamura e Carlsen, na primeira ronda.

Loucura! No vídeo dá para sentir a tensão reinante, e o cacoete de Nakamura no "pega-larga" um infante abatido.

No dizer do site Chessdom:

Magnus Carlsen got off a fantastic start with victory against his arch rival in blitz - Hikaru Nakamura, followed by wins against the ex World Champions Ponomariov and Kramnik, and Sergei Movsesian. Just when everyone thought Carlsen is on a roll to an easy first place in day 1, the junior champion Vachier-Lagrave and the World Cup winner Boris Gelfand stole two consecutive points away from the chess prodigy. Carlsen recovered again with wins against Caruana, Karjakin, Mamedov, Svidler, and a draw against Aronian, and just then surprisingly he lost against Grachev to bring up yet another lock at the top of the table.

Aronian had a random start - draw, lose, win, draw, win, win, draw, draw to leave him with only 5,0/8, a full point behind the temporary leader Svidler. Then Aronian completed one of the longest winning streaks of the day defeating Mamedov, Grachev, Andreikin, Savchenko, and Nepomniachtchi. Everyone thought the Armenian will for sure have the lead, but Nakamura stole a full point in the last round, leaving Aronian with the same points as Carlsen.

Sultan admite que teria alguma dificuldade para vencer os mais jovens, se fosse na sua época.

A luta prossegue hoje, a partir das 10 da manhã (horário brasileiro de verão), sem quartel!

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