Successful preparation can go 20 moves deep, but to do it consistently means many hours a day before games.Īt the same time, rewards in major tournaments, both online and over the board, are at historically high levels, so that a world top-10 player can earn enough to retire on within a decade or so. The hugely increased amount of openings database information means that the top grandmasters can analyse an opponent’s repertoire in great depth and, with the help of Stockfish or another engine, can highlight a potential weakness. The triggers for shrinking careers at top level are clear. Now, Carlsen is starting to ease down at 32, while Ding, at 30, implies that he will be giving up by 35.
Is this the new trend for world champions? Long ago, Emanuel Lasker and Max Euwe continued to compete into their sixties, while Garry Kasparov, Vishy Anand and Vladimir Kramnik kept going into their late forties or early fifties. On his return to Beijing, Ding told a press conference that he plans to retire in three or four years because “I can’t find more fun, and I want to find new happiness elsewhere”. There are many rounds still to go, so Carlsen has ample time to recover, but his rivals will be encouraged by his early fallibility.ĭing Liren was scheduled to compete in Poland, but China’s new world champion withdrew, citing fatigue after his marathon world title match and his failure in Bucharest earlier this month.
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Warsaw continues daily until Friday, and can be viewed live and free starting 1pm. After Wojtaszek opened up the c file for his rooks and his queen broke into the defences via the long black diagonal, Carlsen’s position collapsed. The sequel was devastating for Carlsen, as the Norwegian’s king was trapped in the centre by move 13 and subject to increasing pressure from White’s better coordinated pieces.
Evidently Wojtaszek knew Karpov v Miles well, as he chose a harmonious formation with Nbd2 to guard his e4 pawn where Karpov had preferred the less precise Qe2.
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