The great tragedy of Caruana

The American, who tied Carlsen in the duel for the title in 2018, wasted several winning positions in a key game

you don't have bad days?

'It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well' - Tarrasch

Caruana even missed a forced checkmate in his match against Carlsen.

Glad I don't have someone expecting me to be perfect all the time. Coffee break.

I've seen tragedies before. No comparison.

#3 he missed a forced m49 something, too

He is a good player but that mistake he made cost him something, everyone has mistakes.

This was worth the 1 year bump. It just had to be.

Caruana is a great player. He has been ranked among the top 5 players in the world for years, often 2nd behind Carlsen. If not for Carlsen, Caruana would have been world champion. He is clearly one of the strongest players in history never to be world champion.

i think Caruana is stronger than both Nepomniatchi and Liren, both of whom lost matches due to nerves.

Look at Caruana’s match with Carlsen. In classical play, Caruana held his own. I was watching the game in real time when the computer evaluation jumped, showing a mate in something like 47. No human could have solved this over the board. It was like a Sam Lloyd problem.

If not for Carlsen, Caruana would have been world champion once, in 2016. In all the other WC cycles he was stopped by someone else.

Viktor Korchnoi was undoubted number 2 in Karpov's reign, he was world number 2 for a decade and he played for the title 3 times. Caruana is extremely far away from that.

On the bright side, Caruana can still become world champion. He isn't old. Go Fabi!

“I would win this game but I lost it - it’s the reason that I did not win it”

Same applies for Caruana. “If it’s not Carlsen he would be Champion”. Good player - maybe, Champion - no. Champion is the person who stands out from the crowd of very good players. It was always like this.

you play checkers on here and you win