A very quick draw between Ivanchuk and Carlsen.
At first this unexpected turn of events was a big disappointment for the fans — and for Carlsen. He joined Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam in the commentary booth and sighed:
“He just forced the draw. He's allowed to do that. He sometimes does this. (...) He's an inscrutable fellow. I'm a chess player, I like to play chess. This is not chess, this is just nonsense.”
However, maybe it wasn't so bad after all for the fans. What followed was a great interview with the world champion which lasted about an hour. Very energetically, Carlsen talked about the games, about particular players, and about chess in general.
Nun wie üblich der aktuelle Zwischenstand: Carlsen 7.5/10, So und Vachier-Lagrave 6.5, Giri, Caruana, Ivanchuk, Ding Liren 6, Radjabov und Wojtaszek 5, Aronian 4.5, van Wely 3.5, Hou Yifan und Saric 3, Jobava 1.5.
