Beginner's error: chess master breaks in tears after being eliminated from World Championship

With just three minutes for the whole game and two seconds added by movement, the game between Ivanchuk (55 years) and the fast Naroditsky (29) was a battle of mental strategies, reflexes and precision.Both players reached the limit of their time. Ivanchuk, had a clear chance of victory in the final moves.However, in the last seconds of the duel the pressure was too much.In a brief interval of six seconds, the Ukrainian was paralyzed.He pressed …

During the World Rapid Chess Championship, Ukrainian chess champion Vassily Ivanchuk was defeated by time and American Daniel Naroditsky.

Ukrainian chess grandmaster Vasil Ivanchuk could not stand his defeat against Daniel Naroditsky in the framework of the World Blitz Championship 2024 and burst into tears.