- Should be concerned about Magnus – NRK

– I’ve seen players go through long downs, and it is incredibly difficult to get out of it. He feels obviously not good for the time, says Ian Rogers told NRK.

The Australian grandmaster, who has worked as a chess journalist for many years, was present and saw Magnus Carlsen coincide on the final day of the World Championships in blitz.

Carlsen lost four of the last eleven parties, and reacted by turning out in the air, throwing the pen on the table and swearing by the board.

– I do not think he bothered the other players a lot with his behavior. It is a bigger problem for Magnus himself. It shows that he has not taken back to the Magnus we know. That is why he is so angry at himself, Rogers said.

Took 18 months

Carlsen delivered his worst tournament ever in Norway Chess summer. So he saved second place with a cry of distress in Sinquefield Cup. The experts thought Carlsen was back when he won the world championship in rapid chess, but the collapse of the blitz told a completely different story.

– I thought he had found back to itself. But no, says Rogers.

– Should we be worried?

– I think certainly we should be concerned. When Levon Aronian lost shape, it took 18 months to find it back. The mental is so important in these tournaments, and Magnus is so self-critical that he must play very well to find back to self-esteem, says chess journalist.

VIDEO: See episodes where Carlsen showed unusual anger by the board.

VIDEO: See episodes where Carlsen showed unusual anger at the board.

Owed nerves

Magnus Carlsen told by losses on Wednesday that the nerves and mental ruined for him.

– I am most disappointed that there only needed one loss to get me completely out of it. Nerves did not play as a team at all, said Carlsen.

– It went completely smoothly until defeat against Karjakin. I knew that one should not be so mad to lose the blitz. I handled it just does not. I lay there thinking of the loss, it’s just completely wrong focus. I do not know myself again at all, there is so much that goes wrong, he said.

Rogers believes Carlsen’s mental collapse testify that he has a long way to go to find chess confidence.

– He has a job to do, he said.