Carlsen criticised the qualify of the World C’ship, especially the nature of Liren’s blunder in the decisive game. Carlsen’s sentiments were echoed by Vladimir Kramnik too.

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But it’s also shocking from Magnus because he is someone who usually doesn’t blunder these things,” he said. Norway Chess 2025 saw Carlsen finish on top with 16 points, and Fabiano Caruana ...