Carlsen won the best-of-four games match 3-1, including checkmate finishes to both his games as Black. On to this week’s Aimchess Masters, where Carlsen first overcame his aide Jorden van Foreest in a knight ending where the world No 1 sacrificed his knight for unstoppable pawns, then retreated all his king’s flank pieces to the back row before they emerged to defeat his old rival and US champion Fabiano Caruana, before defeating the rising star Nodirbek Abdusattorov to qualify for Friday’s final against Wesley So. Apart from his single loss to Viktor Korchnoi, Fischer’s play was extremely accurate, whereas in a few games Carlsen rode his luck from dubious positions – but judge for yourself. The historic gold standard for any blitz achievement is Bobby Fischer’s 19/22 at Herceg Novi 1970 in what was an unofficial world blitz championship and the strongest speed tournament of the 20th century. 3876 Eirik Gullaksen v Daniel Alsina Leal, Barcelona 2022.
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