Last updated on December 18th, 2022 at 06:35 pm
Magnus Carlsen had an undefeated victory against Fabiano Caruana in the 2022 Speed Chess Championship. He won with an 18-point lead. Also, Chess.com described it as the major blitz chess event.
For the first 90 minutes of each match, players will engage in 5+1 blitz chess (five minutes per game, plus one-second increments for each subsequent move). Then for the next 60 minutes, they will play 3+1 blitz chess. Lastly, for the final 30 minutes, they will engage in 1+1 bullet chess (the fastest form of chess, with one minute per player, plus one-second increments for each subsequent move). When tallying up scores, whoever has the most victories is declared the winner.
And on Tuesday, Carlsen dominated Caruana, 22-4, in a match that lasted four hours.
2022 Chess Championship
According to an expert of pay per head bookie services, Carlsen won 18 games and drew 8. During one stretch, he won 11 games in a row.
For a player to “adopt” their opponent in a game of speed chess, they must win ten games in a row without losing.
Carlsen said that he thought it would be cool to have no losses. Also, he felt like he was going to get an unexpected loss. However, he won all his matches in the end.
Carlsen told pay per head bookie sources that you must set goals to make long matches enjoyable. Also, some matches are decided early. He added that he understood Fabi’s agony. However, he used it as motivation to keep his level of play up.
It is easy to let go of the rope during matches. As a result, the level dropped in some matches. However, Carlsen managed to maintain it better than he usually does. According to sportsbook pay per head sources, the tournament’s final will be on December 20.
