Magnus Carlsen, dan wasan chess na Norway da ke da matsayi na 1 a duniya, ya fara mota a ranar 1 ta Gasar Duniya ta Chess Rapid a shekarar 2024. Carlsen, wanda yake da Elo rating 2838, ya kasa samun nasara a wasanni biyar na farko, inda ya samu 2.5 points daga cikin 5.
Carlsen ya yi nasara a wasa daya kacal, wanda ya doke Denis Kadric na Bosnia da Herzegovina da Elo rating 2513, amma ya yi zane a wasanni uku da sauran ‘yan wasa. Ya yi zane da Awonder Liang na Amurka (Elo 2519), Gleb Dudin na Hungary (Elo 2436), da Aleksandr Shimanov na Rasha (Elo 2578).
Abin da ya sanya hali ta zama mawuya shi ne asarar da ya yi a wajen Denis Lazavik na Belarus, wanda yana da Elo rating 2553. Lazavik, wanda yake da shekaru 18, ya nuna karfin hali da kishin wasa, inda ya doke Carlsen a wasan da aka taka a karo na biyar.
Carlsen, wanda yake da tarihin nasara a gasar rapid da blitz, ya samu matsayi na 80 a ranar 1, wanda hakan ya sanya shi cikin matsayi mai wahala. Ana zarginsa da yin komai don dawo da matsayinsa a wasanni bakwai da suke saura.
