Magnus Carlsen, who was a five-time world chess champion, has long been betting on a more creative and challenging version of the strategy game.
He chess Singapore has been taken. From November 25 to December 13, the Asian country will be the official venue for the global tournament that aims to choose the next board game champion.
During the event organized by FIDE (International Chess Federation), the Chinese Ding Liren current champion, and the Indian Gukesh Dommaraju the fifth best player in the world, will compete in a classic chess game. But curiously, they are not the protagonists of the most anticipated duel of this month.
In reality, the battle that aroused the most expectations was that of Magnus Carlsen considered by many to be the best chess player in the world, alongside Fabiano Caruana.
The reason? Shortly before the start of the FIDE World Championship, the two masters played a game of chess which has several differences from the classic format.
This is the free chess also known as random, 960 or Fischer Random.
What is free chess
On November 21 and 22, Carlsen and Caruana played two exciting free chess games, with the former winning. The meetings took place within the framework of Free Chess Summit .
Random chess is a version first introduced in the mid-1990s by the American champion. Bobby Fischer .
It is characterized by eliminating the theory of openings and providing a more level playing field, in which it is not necessary to have prior knowledge of chess openings. underlines the site Chess base . Games require players to rely on their own creativity and solve improvised solutions.

Why Mangus Carlsen misses classical chess
For some time now, the 33-year-old Norwegian chess player has chosen to promote this innovative board game format, even founding a company in this regard, called Free Chess .
As shown The Wall Street Journal through this company, Carlsen was able to secure the backing of millions of dollars in venture capital and some of the best players in the world signed on to participate in the Freestyle Chess tournament series.
But why do you rely on free chess and leave aside the classic version?
The reasons are varied. One of them is that Carlsen is convinced that free chess can captivate a wider audience.
The Norwegian also believes that Games of this variety present a far more engaging and exciting challenge than spending so many months studying for a single duel. Remember that in 2022, he announced that he would not defend his world champion title because he did not have enough motivation to play.
“What we are playing now is, in many ways, a purer and longer game than normal classical chess,” Carlsen revealed to US media.

Who is Magnus Carlsen?
Born in 1990 in Tonsberg, Norway, Carlsen is considered one of the greatest chess players of all time and the most successful player.
His start in strategy gaming came at the age of 5, when his father taught him. According to the BBC at first he didn’t have much interest, but when he managed to defeat his sister, everything changed. “Beating her was my main motivation and in this process, chess captured me” he revealed in an interview.
Soon after, he participated in various tournaments, demonstrating his abilities on the board.
In 2004, he rose to fame after nearly knocking out Garry Kasparov. During the same year, he obtained the title of “Grand Master” which is the maximum recognition players can receive. He was only 13 years old, making him the second youngest champion in history after Kasparov.
Since then, he has become one of the greatest references in chess, becoming five times world champion. The last of them was in 2021, when he faced Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi in Dubai.
Source: Latercera

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