Unbelievable! Magnus Carlsen Loses Because His Opponent Made an Illegal Move

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Magnus Carlsen vs Ernesto Inarkiev
World Blitz Championship (2017), Riyadh KSA, rd 1, Dec-29
Sicilian Defense: Mengarini Variation (B20)

1. e4 c5 2. a3 Nc6 3. b4 cxb4 4. axb4 Nxb4 5. d4 d5 6. c3 Nc6 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Na3 Bf5 9. Nb5 Rc8 10. Nxa7 Nxa7 11. Rxa7 e5 12. Nf3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Nb5 Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Bc6 16. Bd3 Bc5 17. Re1+ Ne7 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 Rd8 20. Nd4 Kd7 21. Ra7 Rhe8 22. Kc2 Kc7 23. Rb1 Rb8 24. f3 Nd5 25. Nxc6 Kxc6 26. Bb5+ Kb6 27. Rxb7+ THEN FOLLOWS THE KNIGHT CHECK BY INARKIEV :)

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[Wikingking]

Ways to defeat world champion:
a) be better
b) ignore rules

[jasonhyulasya]

The "King Sacrifice" is very rare

[itethen]

Magnus: check
Inarkiev: check
Magnus: Understandable have a great day

[drakeafletcher]

He’s a Soviet:

Magnus: I Check
Ernesto: OUR check

[rusejames]

Inarkiev plays Ne3+, offering a trade of kings

[thethchromosome]

Magnus: Check
Inarkieve: Check
Magnus muttering: good move....

[DrumApe]

See kids? If you cheat, the other guy loses. Lesson learned.

[mazi_thoughts]

Actually, Magnus won. That was the final decision.

DETAILS: The initial arbiter at first awarded Inarkiev the win, but Carlsen alerted the chief arbiter, who overruled the first arbiter, and gave Inarkiev the option of resuming the game from the position arising after Carlsen’s 28.Kd3. Inarkiev refused to play and Carlsen was awarded the win. Inarkiev appealed the chief arbiter’s decision, but his claim was rejected by the appeal board and Carlsen’s win stood.

MY OPINION: If we were to talk about blame, and “paying” for wrongdoing, then logically the first person to do something wrong should be the first person to pay for the wrongdoing. Whoever entered the first invalid move should be eliminated, because it can’t even be Magnus’s turn to move if Inarkiev hasn’t validly entered in a move yet. However, in a game of chess, illegal moves shouldn’t even be executable. If you play on a computer, the computer simply won’t allow you to make an illegal move. It’s not going to just LET you make it and then say you lost because of it. Illegal moves simply can’t be entered, because they aren’t even an option. And that is why the final Arbiter gave Inarkiev the option to continue the game from where it left off before the illegal move was made.

[atcatcatc]

Inarkiev just doesn't believe in Kings and the whole monarchy system in chess, he's definitely a true comrade.

[mikso]

Damn, I would be a grandmaster too If I ignored everytime I got checked

[ronant]

Magnus should have just flicked the king of the board with his rook, that would have been epic😂

[crazysteve]

Carlson should've captured the king with his rook, then Inarkiev should've captured the king with his knight, then they should've played until someone was out of pieces like checkers.

[noahstonemusic]

"So Ernesto, did you win that game against Magnus?"

Ernesto: "Well yes, but actually no."

[jhnsnw]

Inarkiev’s Immortal ( Inarkiev’s King sacrifice ) 😂

[danwally]

Me: Just using YouTube to see how to change a toilet flush


Me 2 hours later: Ernesto you sneaky SOB

[jomz]

New tactic
Inarkiev check gambit declined

[daborshy]

the decision was overruled and the game was to be resumed from the last legal position. Inarkiev refused (because obviously he was losing), so the win was given to Magnus Carlsen. However, Inarkiev tried to file an appeal to amend the decision and give himself the win! This guy is really an "anything to win" kind of guy, isn't he? Unbelievable.

[tylertrainz]

That’s pretty dirty. Stupid call. Honestly I would be embarrassed if I were Ernesto.

[maxkorch]

What did he even say to the arbiter?
"excuse me but he kept playing after i made an illegal move, you should disqualify him"
"yeah sounds legit, Inarkiev wins"

[secondakira]

Carlsen: Check
Inarkiev: My chess pieces have a parliamentary monarchy, we don't need the king per se.