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That episode led to Carlsen admitting that he was in a “deep funk”, while this week’s self-diagnosis was “a sorrily disgusting performance”. There had been no hint of what was to come in the best of three games first set on Tuesday, which Carlsen won 2.5-0.5 in commanding style, or earlier when Carlsen’s clever white tactic eliminated his old rival Hikaru Nakamura from the tournament in this week’s puzzle diagram. Even at the start of the event, Carlsen articulated an underlying worry: “It’s a matter of pride, that I cannot have people’s impression, or my own impression, being that I’m as bad as I’ve played recently. I was thinking in Tata when I was at 50% after eight rounds – this is just not who I am! How can I look myself in the mirror when I’m 50% after eight rounds? Usually I should beat this guy, I should definitely not lose to that guy, and most of all now I just want to go and prove that I can do a whole lot better than I’ve done recently.”

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