CHESS #1357

Goryachkina and Carlsen won the Women's Candidates and the Altibox Super GM, respectively, with a round to spare, with both losing their last game

Aleksandra Goryachkina and Magnus Carlsen won the Women’s Candidates and the Altibox Super GM, respectively, with a round to spare, with both losing their last game. Goryachkina went down to Mariya Muzychuk, while Carlsen lost an Armageddon to Fabiano Caruana.

This is a breakout for the 20-year-old Russian who will challenge Ju Wenjun for the title. She and Ju get the biggest-ever payoff in women’s chess thanks to the generosity of the new Fide boss. Goryachkina scored 9.5 from 14 rounds, with one loss, to log a 2666 rating performance. Anna Muzychuk (8) was second but that doesn’t count at the