Magnus Carlsen pushed away a digital camera after dropping to Vladislav Artemiev on the FIDE World Speedy and Blitz Chess Championships in Qatar, the most recent instance of the previous world champion letting his vexation boil over.
Carlsen, world champion between 2013 and 2023, had a irritating second day on the championships in Doha on Saturday (Dec 27), splitting a degree with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave earlier than he was crushed by Artemiev.
When a photographer adopted as Carlsen stormed out of the venue, the Norwegian pushed away the digital camera.
Carlsen attracted consideration for slamming his fist on the desk after dropping to world champion Gukesh Dommaraju on the Norway Chess 2025 event.
Additionally final yr, he briefly give up the World Speedy and Blitz Chess Championships in New York when governing physique FIDE barred him from a spherical for sporting denims.
FIDE doesn’t plan any motion in opposition to Carlsen for Saturday’s outburst however will evaluation the incident if a criticism is launched, CEO Emil Sutovsky instructed Reuters.
Regardless of his defeat, Carlsen is nonetheless in rivalry for the title on the championships and sits in joint second with seven factors alongside Alexey Sarana, Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus and Nodirbek Abdusattorov.
Artemiev and Hans Niemann share the lead within the open class on 7.5.
