Alexander Grischuk: "I have the feeling that the tournament is just beginning but it's ending." Fiona Steil-Antoni: "I don't have that feeling" Sacha: "That's because you work every day - unlike me!"

Alexandra Kosteniuk is thiknking of retirement.

And she is satisfied with the organisation of the tournament.

NRK TV advertisement for Carlsen-Caruana match.

Last week Carlsen was seen in Lanzarote airport in Canary Islands.

A clip of Carlsen's camp for the world championship match.

👆Last night tweet of Magnus Carlsen!

👆And others are joking😀

⚪️#47 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Miqdad,Fadi (1964)
🔸Yarmonov,Igor (2376)
🔸Olympiad 2018 Batumi

9.e4! [White tries to open up the center as soon as possible, to exploit Black's uncastled King and lack of development.]

[9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Qxe5 11.Qd2 Qxb2 12.Nc3=; 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.e4 Nxd3 11.cxd3 dxe4 12.dxe4 Nf6 13.Nc3 0–0=]

9...f5!? [Black tries to complicate the game.]

[9...dxe4 10.Bxe4 Ndf6 11.Re1± White has a dominant position.]

10.exd5 e4 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.Bc4 Kf8 [12...exf3?? 13.Re1]

13.Ne5 [13.Re1! Qb4 14.Qe2 Ngf6 (14...exf3 15.Qe8#) 15.Bb3 a5 (15...exf3 16.Qe6 Ne5 17.Qxe5 Ne4 18.Nc3+–) 16.Ng5 a4 17.c3 Qe7 18.Ne6+ Kf7 19.Bc4 Nd5 20.Nf4+–]

13...Nxe5 14.dxe5 Be6 [14...Qxe5 15.Qd8+ Qe8 16.Rd1 h5 17.Qd6+ Qe7 18.Qxc6+–]

15.Na3 Nh6 16.Qe2 Kf7 17.Qh5+ Kg8 18.Rfd1 Nf7 19.Qh4 g5 20.Qh5 Kg7 21.Rd2? [21.Rd6! Nxd6 22.exd6 Qf6 23.Bxe6 Qxe6 24.Qxg5+ Kf7 25.Rd1±]

21...Rhd8 22.Rad1 h6 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Rxd8 Nxd8 25.Qd1 Qd7 26.Qxd7+ Bxd7 27.f3?! [27.Nb1]

27...exf3 28.gxf3 f4 29.Kf2 h5 30.gxf4 gxf4 31.c3 Kg6 32.Bd3+ Bf5 33.Bc4 Be6 34.Bd3+ Kg5 35.Bc4 Kf5 36.Bxe6+ Kxe6 37.Nc4 Nf7 38.a4 c5 39.b3 h4 40.b4 Kd5 41.e6 Kxe6 42.b5 Kd7 43.Kg2 Ng5 44.Ne5+ Kc7 45.a5 c4 46.Nxc4 h3+ 47.Kh2 Nxf3+ 48.Kxh3 Ng5+ 49.Kg4 Ne4 50.Kxf4 Nxc3 51.Na3 Kd6 52.a6 Kc5 ½–½