Tag: Wesley So
Carlsen lost the opening game of the second game to follow in the competition for the third time, but recovered with black checkers to reach the level.
Anish Giri from the Netherlands will face Ian Nepomniachtchi in the final of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational chess tournament this weekend after the Russian defeated Carlsen in a tense encounter.
Ian Nepomniachtchi will play Anish Giri at Magnus
Carlsen Invitational Final after a spectacular end to Day 2 of the semi-finals.
Magnus had to win two games on call after losing to Nepo.
but he did it after a clutch win in a thriller with a smooth play to force
a playoff. However, the good work was undone in the last blitz game as Magnus
overwhelmed and crashed to defeat. He will now play his perennial rival Wesley So
Only for 3rd place after Anish Giri mistook the US champion
her last game.
The final of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2021 will be held between GM Anish Giri and GM Ian Nepomniachtchi. While Giri defeated Wesley So twice, Nepomniachtchi lost his second match against GM Magnus Carlsen, but then won the playoffs. During the live broadcast on GM Hikaru Nakamura's Twitch channel via ...
The world champion lost the first set of his semi-finals to Ian Nepomniachtchi in the $ 200,000 Carlsen Invitational