- It’s something I never thought we would see – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): Magnus Carlsen is in fight trouble in trying to take the gold in the world championship in blitz and five weak parties today have destroyed a solid base from the previous day.

The Norwegian started the second and decisive World Cup day with draws and losses – and he never managed to recover properly inserted.

The first five parties today ended with three draws and two losses.

– Unsuccessful

When NRK presenter Line Andersen showed the outline of the top five players, there was no Carlsen then six parties remained.

– It’s something I never thought we would see. There is a small shock that Magnus is not top five, says NRK chess expert Torstein Bae on the fly.

Four parties remain and Carlsen is now number 11.

– The whole day has been a wasted journey, says Bae told NRK.

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France leads the tournament in Berlin with 12.5 points.

Carlsen has 10.5 points. Players will through 21 parties before a world champion is decided in blitz. Right now Carlsen done 16.

– There is still a very small hope that Magnus takes the gold. But then everything fall into place, says Bae NRK studio.

Weak start

Carlsen opened with a draw against Vladimir Kramnik. In other party lost the Norwegian surprising against Teimur Radjabov of Azerbaijan.

Magnus Carlsen was in tetkampen front day two, when he had 9.5 points against leader Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 10.

• The article is updated .

This is Magnus Carlsen parties Wednesday:

Carlsen – Gawain Jones

Carlsen – Sergei Zhigalko 0.5 to 0, 5

Carlsen – Alexander Grischuk 0-1

Carlsen – Peter Svidler 0.5 to 0.5

Carlsen – Radjabov Teimour 0-1

Carlsen – Vladimir Kramnik 0.5 to 0.5