Carlsen had a clear advantage against Levon Aronian and would have won the tournament alone with a victory, but then he made a mistake and the advantage disappeared. He shook his head and was clearly dissatisfied with himself. The game ended in a draw after 58 moves.
– It was a shame, because I felt I had a good position, but then I lost some control, and then there was something I overlooked, Carlsen said to Chess24 and added that he is “mildly” disappointed.
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– It got smaller when I found out that Hikaru had also played a draw.
When Carlsen messed up the victory, Nakamura had already played a draw against Peter Svidler, something the American seemed even more dissatisfied with. He gave up with his arms in front of the video screen.
– All in all, the outcome is probably as it should be, but both me and Magnus should have won in the last game, so we are probably quite dissatisfied both, Nakamura told Chess24.
Carlsen revealed to Chess24 that he had watched the NBA playoffs first and watched the US Open final on TV while playing on Sunday.
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Carlsen was half a point behind leading Aronian after two days, but was back in a shared lead with the Armenian after he beat Svidler with white pieces in the first game on Sunday. The Russian gave up after 31 moves.
At the same time, Aronian played a draw against former world champion Garry Kasparov.
In the next game, Carlsen was with black pieces for a while in a bit of trouble against Leinier Dominguez, but he equalized the position, and it ended in a draw after 44 moves.
Aronian lost to Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and thus Carlsen and Nakamura were in a split lead before the last round. With a draw for both, victory was shared.
Six out of nine
Carlsen beat Vachier-Lagrave and Fabiano Caruana on Friday, but played a draw against Kasparov after giving up the lead with a mistake in the 43rd move. It was the first time he met Kasparov since he met him in 2004 as a 13-year-old and managed a draw.
On Saturday, Carlsen played a draw against Nakamura before he suffered his only loss in the tournament against Wesley So. He hit back with a win against Alireza Firouzja. In total, there were six points out of nine possible.
