Magnus Carlsen reveals he suffered meals poisoning after semi-final win at FIDE World Cup

World No 1 Magnus Carlsen revealed that he had endured a few tough days in Baku after struggling a bout of meals poisoning after his semi-final win over Nijat Abasov. Carlsen was chatting with the FIDE YouTube channel after his first sport draw in opposition to India’s R Praggnanandhaa.

The Indian began with white items and had a good-looking time benefit firstly of the sport after seeming to catch the Norwegian off guard. But quickly, Carlsen caught up and the sport resulted in a draw after 35 strikes. While Carlsen had a relaxation day after his semi-final win over Abasov, Pragg was enjoying World No 3 Fabiano Caruana in a tiebreaker to seal his spot within the last.

“Normally, I would just probably have a bit of an advantage having a rest day while he (Praggnanandhaa) had to play a tough tiebreak yesterday, but I’ve been in a pretty rough shape the last couple of days. I got some poisoning after the game against Abasov. I haven’t been able to eat for the last two days. This also meant that I was really calm cause I had no energy to be nervous,” revealed Carlsen after his sport on Tuesday.

He additionally paid the 18-year-old from India a praise when requested why he spent a lot time firstly of the sport.

“Pragg strikes round a bit together with his openings. I didn’t actually know what to anticipate. I didn’t put together for c4 (the primary transfer performed by Pragg). Then I began to play some frequent sense strikes.

At the FIDE World Cup in Baku, Carlsen, a five-time world champion, is vying to win his first ever World Cup crown, a uncommon triumph to have evaded him to date.

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INTERACTIVE: You can observe the move-by-move motion from the primary sport within the last between Praggnanandhaa and MAgnus Carlsen beneath and likewise click on on the notations on the proper of the board to retrace the best way the sport developed:

He has to date breezed into the ultimate, shedding simply as soon as to Vincent Keymer, earlier than defeating the German through tiebreak.

Praggnanandhaa has managed to defeat Hikaru Nakamura, Arjun Erigasi and Fabiano Caruana on the ongoing World Cup through tiebreak. Carlsen, although, has solely performed within the quicker time management codecs as soon as to date within the World Cup: in opposition to Vincent Keymer.