“Obviously, when you regularly play different types of chess: classical with a long time control, rapid, blitz, online, then you compare what is easier, more fun. Of course, six hour games are inferior to shorter ones. Also, it is likely that Magnus is not satisfied with the result in Wijk aan Zee, since after two early losses, he did not actually win. Hence such an allegory, especially in the context of recent victories at the World Rapid and Blitz Championships. But Magnus’s statement does not change the essence: classical chess remains the only “deep” option of this sport, where you can really learn and create. The less time for a party, the more it becomes a show. And the fact that the programs are now more in demand than a deep thought process is, alas, another question, ”Malakhov told Sovetsky Sport correspondent Daria Savinova.
Remember that Magnus Carlsen previously admitted to the foreign press that he was “fed up” with classical chess.
