{"id":11921,"date":"2021-01-24T23:52:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T23:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/chess-world-champion-magnus-carlsen-gets-upset-by-18-year-old-prodigy-andrey-esipenko"},"modified":"2024-07-19T09:31:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T09:31:46","slug":"chess-world-champion-magnus-carlsen-gets-upset-by-18-year-old-prodigy-andrey-esipenko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/chess\/chess-world-champion-magnus-carlsen-gets-upset-by-18-year-old-prodigy-andrey-esipenko","title":{"rendered":"Chess World Champion Magnus Carlsen suffers upset at hands of prodigy Andrey Esipenko, 18"},"content":{"rendered":"

Magnus Carlsen, Chess World Champion since 2013, suffered a shock defeat against Andrey Esipenko during the Tata Steel Chess 2021<\/a> tournament in what was their first meeting.<\/p>\n

The event, which pits 14 Chess grandmasters against one another in a round-robin format, saw both players clash during Round 8. Carlsen, who had a record of one win and six draws in the previous rounds was seen as a clear favourite against Esipenko, who had the same record as him going into the match. <\/p>\n

Ranked 59 by the International Chess Federation<\/a>, the 18-year-old started the match with an aggressive move, the Sicilian Scheveningen, sacrificing a pawn to assess Carlsen’s mentality going into the match.<\/p>\n

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The moment Carlsen throws in the towel (Picture: Tata Steel)<\/span><\/p>\n

“After the opening, I thought maybe I’d have some chances because it’s really an initiative position. After I sacrificed my [pawn], I felt like I could do something in this game,” Esipenko would claim in the post-match interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was a mentally draining match for Carlsen, as the solid, methodical pace of Esipenko threw him for a loop, especially considering this is the first time both have played against one another.<\/p>\n