Magnus Carlsen shows his disgust over losing the World Blitz Championship

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"I'm taking down his poster in my room when I get home and will replace it with one of Vladimir Kramnik"

If you wanted to, I think you would find much more examples of Kramnik being rude, and directly towards his opponents rather than towards some closing ceremony. I for example recall when he lost to Nepomniachtchi in the last round of the Russian Superfinal, and stormed off in anger

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/angry-kramnik

After Anand won the World Championship Kramnik said:

"he is always lucky a little, as I noticed. He played 1-1 with both 2nd and 3rd players and had no winning chances in any of these games, this is very usual for him"

You could find quite a few things that might make Kramnik sound as no less of a bad loser than Carlsen, at the linked occasion above he didn't even attend the closing ceremony :-)

Sudden unexpected blast of  COLOR!!!

Chess players are generally a poorly behaved lot, and lets be honest we all hate losing.

The true nature of many players surfaces online, rude, refusing to resign, refusing to move when losing, etc, etc.    of course in real life most are weedy little specimens who would not say boo to a goose, but put them online and they become very brave

I guess you can't really blame Carlsen. He was probably just upset that he didn't win 1st place. Everyone has one of these kind of moments.

This is got to be one of the stupidest, saddest, most pathetic ceremonies ever. Glitter and flowers in front an completely empty arena and some Habib guy. Something worthy of middle school scout award ceremony for the yearly "most birds saved" competition.

One hell of a travesty. I mean it's still a ceremony and as a chess player who is involved in the most uncool sport out there you kind of sign up to endure these depressing ceremonies, but damn... I don't know what I'd do... lol

Carlsen was mad cause whoever played karijakin in the last round played like your mom and basically let him win. If i were leko i would have done something dumb in the last round just to dab on karjiakin

I've never refused to move or disconnected when losing!!!  I have occasionally sacked all my pieces in a moment of pure rage. 

Carlsen would do the same thing if he stunk as bad as I do.

Someone should make a gif of Carlsen's reaction.

I didn't comment on Carlsen' s reaction , because I couldn't understand how he was feeling about what happened. Today I watched this video where he's comments about Wojtaczek performance vs Karjakin does not flatered him at all! He is the number one player in the world. He can't blame others why he lost a competition neither characterize an event that gave him glory, money, prestige as a sick situation. The only one who is sick , is him self. Magnus need help before damage he's icon even more.

I didn't put the subs and I wish its fake but it doesn't look so. Magnus clearly claims that Wojtaczek tried a lot to lose he's game vs Karjakin and while watching this, he felt like Wojtaczek was losing intentionally. I think this is were sickness came up! Suddenly I remembered Fischer accusing the Russians making draws each other...only that Bobby was more near to the truth.

I don't think he cares being a role model. Unfortunately for him the World Blitz and Rapid championship was a bad historical moment. He finished twice in the first place but couldn't win none of both...it's difficult to accept someone who thrives to win competitions. What it matters most is if Magnus actually believe what he said or it just were words of anger...If he managed to make others play underachieving only to watch him lose, then he is right. It's sick!

"Magnus clearly claims that Wojtaczek tried a lot to lose"

Not really, no. In general I think it has become rather common to misrepresent what Carlsen says, the latest thing I saw concerned him making a comment in an exchange about van Wely at Tata. He said that it was a pity to have to waste a white on him, and laughed a lot about his own comment, after van Wely had said something when it was easiest to play Carlsen.

Now, if the comments were fun or not I don't know, but Carlsen clearly was having fun himself and wasn't serious. Still, the comment was posted by one of the biggest Russian chess sites together with a photo from another occasion where Carlsen looks angry, and the article talked about Carlsen being irritated with the draw and having to waste a white on van Wely...

"Magnus clearly claims that Wojtaczek tried a lot to lose he's game vs Karjakin and while watching this, he felt like Wojtaczek was losing intentionally"

Not to be too repetitive, but this type of troll posts are annoying. Carlsen never claimed that Wojtaszek lost intentionally, and when asked the straight question if he thought there was something fishy with the game he said no. Then it's another thing to use expressions like that Wojtaszek managed to find the only move that lost etc. It obviously doesn't mean that Wojtaszek was trying to find the only losing move. He just happened to lose from a position he wins nine times of ten against anyone, but this time it just was the tenth time.

@ fabelhaft

Let me disagree with you. Carlsen's comments was more than something to express he's disappointment.He clearly mentions he feels sick! for this situation. Do you understand what sick means? and how it's being translated?

SICK! SICK! Just watch the video and he's face expression and you will understand.

"Let me disagree with you"

It's not about agreeing or disagreeing, you are just lying when to state that Carlsen clearly claims that Wojtaszek tried to lose. As you well know he never said anything of the sort.

What I am saying , is what I am understand from he's words and expressions. If you know him better and you can decode what he say different than I do , that not means I am a liar. In to my eyes you are the one who tries to cover Carlsen's when it clearly demonstrates he's need to express elegant what happened these days there.

For sure he can't answer straight this question ( what you mean Sick? ) with out evidence because it's gonna cause a huge problem but apparently he pointed he's message to others.

For every reason...no one makes this interview if he doesn't feel being treated unfair. Carlsen was feeling desperate at this moment and that's not a LIE. I have evidence. Just look he's expression, he's tone. It's all about how he was feeling.

"as it seems he's saying it, then bad Carlsen"

I don't really see how he seems to be saying that Wojtaszek threw the game though, or even less that he clearly claims it. Of course he is disappointed that Wojtaszek lost from a very clear winning position when a draw would have been enough for Carlsen. But in blitz such things happen all the time, and Karjakin is very good when there are just a few seconds on the clock. So Wojtaszek blundered and Karjakin won the title, but there had been many blunders before in the tournament, and Karjakin could be equally unhappy about Jobava losing against Carlsen from a position he claimed his grandmother would have won :-)