Magnus Carlsen survives 'disgusting' blunders against Daniil Dubov
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, b...