The rivalry between Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura has been intense for the reason that pandemic struck and made chess a severe on-line sport.
On Sunday, Hikaru Nakamura lastly defeated the one participant to have defeated him within the format — Magnus Carlsen. He has now registered 5 chess Pace Titles beneath his identify. Hikaru began off on a shocking begin 6.5:2.5in the 5-minute part in a match that proper right down to the wire.
“I can’t consider how a lot I loved the match,” mentioned Magnus regardless of dropping the sport.
Currently, folks have been evaluating the Carlsen-Nakamura rivalry to the legendary footballer’s Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo after luxurious model Louis Vuitton’s launched a marketing campaign which options each Messi and Ronaldo enjoying chess which is impressed from the sport between Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura which occurred on the Norway Chess event again in 2017.
When requested if the Messi-Ronaldo rivalry is corresponding to the Carlsen-Nakamura rivalry, Carlsen mentioned: “Not likely, however he’s good at a number of the stuff that I’m good at, for certain. It’s not the worst comparability on the earth.”
Second biggest rivalry of our time mimicking the best https://t.co/9ncVVgUnzs
— Magnus Carlsen (@MagnusCarlsen) November 19, 2022
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Earlier, Carlsen additionally reacted to the LV marketing campaign and wrote on Twitter, “Second biggest rivalry of our time mimicking the best.”
“To be sincere I used to be rooting for France, however having Messi get his World Cup title can be not a nasty consequence, so the ultimate was very fulfilling to observe. As a soccer fan it was an excellent warm-up,” mentioned chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, when requested about which crew he was rooting for within the FIFA world cup last.