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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 the last five rounds of the all-play-all section, only Anish Giri and Magnus Carlsen can be truly c...

Anish Giri soared into an early lead as Magnus Carlsen's 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 Nakamura's 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 event is the fourth leg of the 2020-2021 Champions Chess Tour, after the Skilling Open (won by So), t...

€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 second day of action as the sole leader on 4/5 points. Carlsen and Levon Aronian also scored three wi...

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.