Every cricket test match is played over the course of 5 continous days.
Fair enough. But doesn't world cup winning team/ the highest ranked team lose a test match? Doesn't the highest ranked batsmen get knocked off for a duck? It all happens. For the record, England got humiliated 0-5 in the last Ashes, and they are still a world class team.
The only reason that England remain a world class cricket team is that there are only about 8/9 nations that actually play test match cricket....we are currently nearer the bottom than the top but good form is cyclical in cricket; as one side rises another falls.
This chess tournament is asking a lot of the players as they seek to maintain a world class level but it is the same for all of the players and you will hear no complaints fron Radjabov regarding fatigue..he must be on top of the world.
I think Magnus played outside of his comfort zone today and didn't play a solid positional game as he usually does . He let an expert at the kings Indian defence play as he wanted ..Magnus will have to regroup and start playing more solidly in my very humble opinion.
I know the REASON, he is dating a girl! Certainly a recipe for a disaster, imo! Ok, he won against mahmedaryov and nakamura but they seem to be not playing well most of the times with black.
That's because they were dating the same girl, she chucked them when Magnus beat them, hooked up with MC, and this is the result. She's after Caruana and Radjubov now.