Carlsen shows up late for the World Rapid 2025 round 1, makes officials and players wait
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Magnus Carlsen, the late variation. This is how the round 1 game of the top seeded will be remembered. Carlsen showed up late for the his first game, delaying the ceremonial move and making officials and players wait.
Carlsen was earlier in the playing hall, seen on a video captured by Norway Chess. Yet, the cameras had the option to show Dvorkovich scrolling his phone for several minutes or browse through wondering faces in the playing hall. See the video here and the board 1 closeup here