– He does not care – NRK Sport – Sports news, results and send-it-up

– Is he a world champion worthy of the name? Grandmaster Ian Rogers TV 2 asked.

"He will hear about the rest of life," said Torstein Bae, NRK expert.

Garry Kasparov went hard on Twitter and thinks he's no longer the favorite. A day later, the chess community still discusses why Carlsen offered a shed, but the protagonist himself knows little about the storm that surrounds him.

– He is happy

In the closest support system, with Father Henrik very close, everything is done to give him a positive return and gain self-esteem. The shocked experts after the remission in Lot 12 speak for Carlsen's deaf ears.

"He's blowing in. I do not think he's getting it with him and he's plugging it," said Espen Agdestein, NRK's ​​director.

Carlsen himself had the following explanation of Monday's rebate offer:

"Magnus did not have the mentality to calculate deep variants and take risks.He was pragmatic, and then it was safer with quick failures to four.The most important thing for us is that he is happy with the decisions, "Agdestein told NRK.

– What is missing?

"It's the last night of a World Cup match and it's really up for grabs." Magnus does not like to put everything into play in a lot. Then, it is impossible to have complete control, he better controls four parts in the fast paced jacket.

Critical Phase Poster Carlsen

Carlsen and his support are in an extremely critical phase of the World Cup. Everything is done to facilitate the World Cup so he can win a new title. He prepares everything to concentrate only on what is important.

This means, among other things, not all pre-match interviews.

"We are trying to reduce the excitement, which means removing everything that helps us focus less tomorrow (Wednesday, ed.) .That can increase the excitement, so we're going to protect it now," said Agdestein. .

Tuesday afternoon, the players met to discuss the final details before the game. Wednesday, at 15h, Carlsen and Caruana will be at the table for the first part of the hunt. The Nordmann starts with white pieces.

"Now he has to turn around and be chopped, he must have the right state of mind for a quick chase, Peter and he have a plan, but I do not want to go into details," Agdestein said cryptically.