Carlsen said it was very much expected : “ Asked again whether he was surprised by Nepomniachtchi’s Petrov, Carlsen re-states that it was one of the openings

Carlsen said it was very much expected : “ Asked again whether he was surprised by Nepomniachtchi’s Petrov, Carlsen re-states that it was one of the openings he was well-prepared for. “It was one of the main openings that I expected seeing that he played it in the Candidates and also, in the first black game, he went for a more classical approach rather than a sharp one,” he says. “So it was very much expected. Couldn’t know obviously which exact Petrov line he was going to go for, but the Petrov in itself was very much expected.” “