Former National Expert.
With the rise of computers, tried to get opponents out of book as quickly as possible.
From what I see is that the game lasted 57 moves
Speed (clock) may have come into play in the endgame
Rook Bishop
Knight Rook endgame
Theoretically I would have had advantage white with the bishop controlling both sides of the board, and the white king centralized.
Pawn structure imbalanced
Perhaps a time pressure situation.
Thank you for commenting. It means a lot from someone who has climbed the ranks in the US.
Getting the opponents out of the book is now standard practice, especially in blitz chess.
From the games that I have watched it seems that once both players get past the book, Magnus usually has an advantage.
Maybe Magnus was way, way off yesterday and Hans was the recipient of a gift.
But most commentators are ripping Hans up. Hikaru is especially hard on the kid, and he does have a past.
Whatever the governing bodies find out in their investigation it seems that the chess world will change.
Magnus elected not to defend his title, has sold most of his online properties and now leaves the Sinquefield Cup.
Maybe it is Magnus, and Father Time continues to be undefeated.
He wouldn’t be the first world chess champion to slide into paranoia ...