Madrid time and started playing hyper-bullet chess. Every game here he plays for a win, but we know sometimes the way he plays is a little bit artificial." So why was Firouzja so off his game? It may have had something to do with his preparation, by which I mean, he might have looked sloppy because he was up all night playing hundreds of games of online speed chess instead of sleeping.Īfter losing to Hikaru Nakamura on Wednesday, Firouzja logged onto around 11:00 p.m.
"I would say he played in a very optimistic manner. "I didn't really understand what was going on today from his side," Nepomniachtchi said afterward. Nepomniachtchi calmly picked Firouzja's position apart after the teenager over-leveraged himself and hung several of his pieces, forcing his opponent to resign in 35 moves. Firouzja played a very aggressive line against Nepomniachtchi's Petrov, which the Russian defender easily countered. He's lost with the white pieces twice, including a spectacular loss under concerning circumstances against defending Candidates champion and presumptive 2022 winner Ian Nepomniachtchi on Thursday. The Norwegian has already crushed everyone from his generation, and he's bored enough with clowning on them that he said he would only defend if "the next challenger represents the next generation." Unfortunately, Firouzja is in the process of a spectacular flameout after acting like, well, a teen.įirouzja currently sits in last place out of the tournament's eight players, with only 4.5 points through 14 rounds and one single win, against the player in seventh. The stakes for Firouzja were perhaps higher than those of his seven opponents, as Carlsen publicly said he would probably cede his title unless Firouzja emerged from the Candidates. The 19-year-old Iran-born tactician is the third-youngest person ever to qualify for the Candidates after Bobby Fischer and Carlsen, and he's just barely wobbled below his peak 2804 rating.
Magnus Carlsen commented on Firouzja’s decision to prepare for the Candidates game against the sole leader by playing the bullet matches: “ Now that Alireza has gone back to his bullet roots, I’m sure he’ll be inspired and win tomorrow!“.The 2022 Candidates Tournament, held to determine who wins the honor of ( maybe?) playing Magnus Carlsen for the World Chess Championship, was supposed to be a coronation for Alireza Firouzja. He logged off from at 5:45 am in the morning (local Madrid time). Before the 250-game match with Naroditsky, Firouzja tried himself against other online opponents, spending more than 5h playing bullet only hours ahead of the R11 Candidates game vs Ian Nepomniachtchi. ( Replay the game: Hikaru Nakamura – Alireza Firouzja 1-0, R10) But not only… He also suffered a massive loss against Daniel Naroditsky as they spent late-night hours playing a hyper-bullet match of 250 games (with the time control of 30 seconds per player)! Naroditsky won the match with a final result of 142-108. Alireza Firouzja yesterday suffered a tough loss to Hikaru Nakamura in the 10th round of the FIDE Candidates Chess 2022.
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