SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 17: Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa posted his first win while compatriot Arjun Erigaisi suffered a third straight defeat in the Meltwater Champions Tour Finals here on Thursday. Praggnanandha brushed aside Vietnam’s Liem Quang Le 3-0 in the third round even as Erigaisi went down 0.5-2.5 to American Wesley So. World No.1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway continued his winning run, crushing Azerbaijan’s Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 3-0 while Poland’s Jan-Krzysztof Duda also recorded his third straight victory, beating Dutch GM […]
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Magnus Carlsen Invitational Winner Anish Giri will return to the FIDE Candidates next week.
The second annual Magnus Invitational was held March 13-21. The event is a serious one in its own right, but it s also a direct preparation for the upcoming FIDE Candidates chess tournament for some of the participants.
The Magnus Invitational players who are also preparing for the upcoming Candidates tournament included Anish Giri, Maxime Vachier Lagrave (known as MVL), and Ian Nepomniachtchi; each of them had very different trajectories in the recent tournament.
MVL, who is tied for first place with Nepomniachtchi after the first half of the Candidates, surprisingly failed to advance to the Magnus Invitational Semifinals. Saving his preparation for the Candidates, MVL avoided critical lines and instead played more innocuous lines. Unfortunately for the Frenchman, his plans backfired.
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The Opera Euro Rapid, the next stage on the $1.5 million tour, kicks off on February 6 and carries a $100,000 prize pot, Play Magnus Group revealed today.
Sixteen of the world’s top online chess players will be taking part, with the line-up topped by World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen.
But in a first for Meltwater Champions Chess Tour events, all the participants will be offered the same fast and lightweight Opera browser.
Tour Director Arne Horvei said:
Online chess is now an established eSport that requires serious tech and Opera’s browser is exactly that.
The Tour now has two tournaments in the top three most watched chess events in recent history alongside the latest World Chess Championship.