Published: December 28, 2018
The world No 1 lost three of his opening eight games but, despite recovering, was unable to catch the 22-year-old Russian
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Magnus Carlsen, so supreme at rapid chess when he wiped out Fabiano Caruana 3-0 in their world title tie-break in London last month, got off to a contrastingly shocking start in the $1m World Rapid championship which ended on Friday night in St Petersburg. In rapid each player has 15 minutes for the entire game, plus a 10-seconds increment for each move.
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