Magnus Carlsen says he suffered food poisoning after semi-final win at FIDE World Cup
World number one Magnus Carlsen has revealed that he overcame a bout of food poisoning to draw the first game of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Open World Cup final in Baku, Inside The Games reports.
The Norwegian and 18-year-old Indian prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa split a point after a game which went to 35 moves and lasted three hours.
After his semi-final victory over Azerbaijan's Nijat Abasov, Carlsen told how he had contracted food poisoning which affected his preparation.
"I got some food poisoning, I havn’t been able to eat for the last two days so this also meant that I was really calm because I had no energy, so I had didn’t have any energy to be nervous with, but overall I am happy with the way I solved the problems," Carlsen said.
Carlsen is set to play as white when the match resumes today.