The 9th round of the World Rapid 2022 was an extremely important one for Magnus Carlsen. That's because he was paired with an opponent who wasn't world class. Why Giga Quparadze is a very strong GM, he is not in the category of 2700 rated players. That meant that Magnus had a chance to score a full point. And a full point in the 9th round of the event would most likely mean that he would catapult into the sole lead. That's the energy with which Magnus played the game by Giga was super quick. He