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€19.95 Five rounds to climb up the standings The format of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour events makes for a very entertaining third day of action, with top grandmasters fighting to survive by finishing at the top half of the standings table. While the lowest-rated players have struggled so far in the Magnus Carlsen Invitational (all four participants rated below 2700 are in the last spots of the standings), some big names are also on the brink of elimination.  Going into...

Anish Giri soared into an early lead as Magnus Carlsens space-themed online chess event blasted off in style

2021 Magnus Carlsen Invitational Day 1: Giri Early Leader How to watch? The games of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational preliminaries can be found here as part of our live events platform. IM Levy Rozman and IM Anna Rudolf are providing daily commentary on GM Hikaru Nakamuras Twitch channel starting at 8:00 a.m. Pacific / 17:00 Central Europe. Last year, the Magnus Carlsen Invitational was the first of what soon became a series of online super-tournaments during the pandemic. This year, the eve...

€29.90 Giri wins three in a row Anish Giri has so far played in all the events of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. The 26-year-old star did not make it into the knockout stage at the Airthings Masters and was knocked out in quarterfinals both at the Skilling Open and the Opera Euro Rapid Tournament. Now, at the Magnus Carlsen Invitational, he left a strong impression on day 1 of the preliminaries, as he beat Alan Pichot, Carlsen and Wesley So in rounds 3-5 to go into the s...

The Magnus Carlsen Invitational is taking place on March 13-21, with sixteen players fighting for Champions Chess Tour points and a share of the US$ 220,000 prize fund. | Anish Giri, Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So were the top scorers on day 2 of the preliminaries — each with 4/5 points. Giri is the sole leader going into the last five rounds of the single round robin.

The fourth event of the Champions Chess Tour, the Magnus Carlsen Invitational, will take place on March 13-21, with sixteen players fighting for Tour points and a share of the US$ 220,000 prize fund. According to their rapid ratings, Magnus Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Hikaru Nakamura are the top seeds.

€29.90 A chance to face the very best The fourth stage of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour will be played on March 13-21, with Magnus Carlsen heading a 16-player field which will include tour leaders Teimour Radjabov and Wesley So. The organizers have decided to once again use the name ‘Magnus Carlsen Invitational’, the same name used in the first online event of the 2020 online tour organized due to the pandemic. Before Tuesday’s qualifier, fourteen players had alrea...

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The 17-year-old wunderkind commented: It was a miracle. I guess it was payback for yesterday — the same thing happened yesterday, so I’m very happy for the result and I look forward for tomorrow. Firouzja referred to the chances he missed against Fabiano Caruana in round 11, when he was first in deep trouble and then got a clearly better position after the time control. No matter what happens on Sunday, Firouzja has once again proved he is not only amazingly strong but also a fearless fight...

Tata Steel Chess 2021: Giri Sole Leader Before Final Rest Day With three rounds to go, GM Anish Giri is the sole leader at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. The Dutch GM managed to beat GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek from an equal endgame after GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Magnus Carlsen drew their game. GM Alireza Firouzja also split the point with GM Nils Grandelius. How to watch? The Tata Steel Chess Tournament runs January 16-31, 2021. All rounds start at 14:00 CET (5 a.m. Pacific) except for the fin...