Magnus Carlsen, the five-time world champion and world No.1, had one of the worst-ever runs of his career, suffering an astonishing fourth loss in a row on the final day of the Fide World Teams Rapid Championship on Friday.
Carlsen, part of team WR Chess, had already lost to Arjun Erigaisi and Shant Sargsyan on Thursday, and was in for two more losses on Friday in Rounds 9 and 10 against World Championship challenger Javokhir Sindarov and Aydin Suleymanli.
Against Sindarov, Carlsen's decision to sacrifice his Queen backfired and he ended up losing. He sat out the next two rounds.
Carlsen has dropped close to 30 rating points and is dangerously close to dropping below 2800 in rapid.
The Dragon Chilling team, comprising former world champion Ding Liren, took the gold in the championship, while defending champions Team MGD1 and Hexamind finished with silver and bronze respectively.
The rapid event is now over, and the championship moves to the teams blitz competition starting Saturday.
