Magnus Carlsen storms into lead Carlsen extends unbeaten streak to 10 Nakamura moves ominously up the leaderboard Top 8 tomorrow progress, bottom 8 go out Magnus Carlsen cranked up the gears to move smoothly into the lead in the New In Chess Classic on Sunday. The World Champion said felt "comfortable" as he stretched his unbeaten run in the $100,000 online event to 10 games. Breathing down Carlsen's neck are long-time rival Hikaru Nakamura, who is also 10 unbeaten, and Iranian wunderkind Alireza Firouzja. Nakamura showed he is back in form and nearly broke through against Carlsen in the final round of the day. Firouzja, meanwhile, got himself into the mix by closing the day with two wins.