World champion Carlsen capped a near-flawless performance with a comprehensive win over young Indian grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi in the Julius Bär Generation Cup on Sept. 25. Though the younger players were strong in the early portions of the generational clash set up at this tournament, Carlsen purposefully played an “anti-youngster” approach while also crushing the players in his own age group.
He only lost two games in the entire tournament: the one he resigned after two moves against Hans Niemann, the player he’s implicitly accused of cheating recently, and one in the quarterfinals against Levon Aronian, a series he later went on to win by a score of 3-1. With 29 games played in total, this was an incredible performance even by his standards.
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