Am impressed that Carlsen won his last two games to tie for first. He looked out of it after nine straight draws. So is Carlsen's run of winning classical tournaments still ongoing, and where is Carlsen now in terms of his unbeaten run in classical games?
EDIT: From
here, Leonard Barden reported the unbeaten run had reached 84 games after round 5 (of 11), so I presume the unbeaten run is now at 90 games? Reports were saying that Carlsen had won 8 consecutive tournament victories before he lost the blitz and rapidplay event before the Sinquefield Cup, so which of those 8 were classical tournaments?
He came second in Biel last year (where Mamedyarov beat Carlsen in round 9 on 31st July 2018, the most recent loss for Carlsen in classical chess), he tied for first in the 6th Sinquefield Cup (last year), you then discount the team event (34th European Chess Club Cup) and the rapid and blitz World Championships, as well as the classical World Championship (as these are not tournaments), he then in 2019 has won Tata Steel, Shamkir Chess (the Gashimov Memorial), the Grenke Chess Classic, you discount the GCT Côte d'Ivoire Rapid & Blitz and discount the Lindores Abbey Chess Stars Tournament (which was at a rapid time limit), but you include Norway Chess and the Zagreb 2019 Grand Chess Tour (GCT) event (which was at a classical time limit), you discount the GCT St Louis Rapid & Blitz (which he failed to win), and you include this year's Sinquefield Cup (if he wins the tie-break - it has been pointed out he is
10-0 in tie-breaks going back to 2007 (but will his poor rapid form before the Sinquefield Cup still be present?).
I make that six classical tournaments he has won or tied for first in, with this year's Sinquefield Cup potentially a seventh in a row.
Where is he scheduled to play next at a classical time limit?
