Carlsen and a patron bet on a revolutionary form of chess. The position of the pieces is drawn before each game, making theoretical knowledge of the openings useless.

In Weissenhaus there are not 960 positions drawn, but 958: they have eliminated the classic one and the one that is the same but with the king and queen exchanged. Carlsen, undisputed number one in classical slow chess, has had a poor result in the first phase, in accordance with his level of demand.