Magnus Carlsen finds himself as the only unbeaten player in the Granca Freestyle Chess Open 2025, with a immaculate record after five games. Carlson has an interesting incident in the German city of Carlsuhe so far, in which a game is being asked for a selfie just before a game begins. Then, before the start of another performance, Carlson had to call on an arbiter to ensure that his 53 -year -old rival takes off his wrist watch.
There are seven players who follow the back of the former world champion, some of the world 1 back 1: Alexi Sarna, Param Maghasudulu, Leon Luke Mendonka, Avander Liang, Polyus Pultinavicius, Badur Jobwa, and Mattrians Bluem.
On Saturday, Carlson played the first game of the day against the French Grandmaster Etienne Bekot, who is an eight -time French champion. But before the fight started, there was a surprising request for Carlson: Bacrot wanted a selfie on the board with a five -time world champion. It brought a smile to the Norwegian face, which was happily bound before defeating the French with black pieces in 30 tricks.
See: Carlson is called for a selfie by the opponent
8-Time French champion Etienne Bekot asked Magnus Carlsen for a selfie before his game!#Freestyleches #Grenkeches pic.twitter.com/dcdie5y9yf
– chess24 (@chess24com) 19 April, 2025
Here came out like a selfie:
Magnus Carlson !!! pic.twitter.com/z32xlya8bu
– Alphaechecs (@alphaechecs) 19 April, 2025
At the Granneke Freestyle event, all the players are playing two games a day, which meant that the world number 1 faced himself against 53 -year -old Grandmaster Victor Mikhelevsky in the fifth round, which was Carlson’s second game on Saturday.
There too, something unusual had happened just before the beginning of the game: Carlson was seen looking at a mediation before the game began. When the arbiter arrives, the world number 1 pointed to his opponent’s wrist watch. Mikhelevsky again removed it and handed it over to the arbiter.
Watch: Carlson complained to Arbiter about rival’s watch
Magnus calls the arbiter before the game because her opponent, Victor is a clock of Mikhelevsky! pic.twitter.com/ae6vv1mkkr
– chess24 (@chess24com) 19 April, 2025
In the past, Carlson has talked about him that he was distracted by a rival wearing a wrist watch. Two years ago in the Qatar Masters Chess incident, he lost to 23 -year -old Kazakh GM Alishar Sulemenov and later said that he lost his concentration as his opponent ‘wore a watch in the game’.
The world was number 1 Intense To clarify that he was not accusing Sulemenov of cheating, but it had gone to a mourning that the organizers ‘were still not taking anti-chitting seriously’.
