Stunning loss on time by Magnus Carlsen in a better position

Magnus Carlsen arrived late to the venue. He missed the announcement about the time control. In addition, for whatever reason, he never read the published rule. Because of this, he lost on time on move 60 in a near winning position.

Event Regulations

Where not otherwise specified, each event shall follow the FIDE Laws of Chess.

• Time Control: 40 moves in 2 hours, followed by the rest of the game in 1 hour with a 30-second increment from move 41.

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Round 1 results

• GM Giri, Anish vs GM Grischuk, Alexander [1-0]
• GM Carlsen, Magnus vs GM Topalov, Veselin [0-1]
• GM Anand, Viswanathan vs GM Caruana, Fabiano [1/2-1/2]
• GM Nakamura, Hikaru vs GM Hammer, Jon Ludvig [1-0]
• GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime vs GM Aronian, Levon [1-0]