CHESS #1398

Magnus Carlsen leads in the ongoing Magnus Carlsen Invitational.

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At the Diagram, Black to Play (White: Firouzja Vs Black: Carlsen, Magnus Invitational 2020, ), Carlsen is “obviously” winning and indeed. 39. -- Qc1 39. Rd3 Bd5 is convincing. As Carlsen said, he thought 39. - Rd2? was checkmate and it is, only not for him! White played 40. Rb8+ Kh7 41. Qg4 ! Qf1+ 42. Rg2 and now the horror of Qg6+ cannot be avoided. Black resigned after 42. -Qxg2+ 43. Kxg2 (1-0).

Devangshu Datta

3 min read Last Updated : Apr 24 2020 | 10:14 PM IST

Magnus Carlsen leads in the ongoing Magnus Carlsen Invitational. This is an 8-player round robin where each match is four rapid games followed by an Armageddon tiebreak if required. The top four then play a semi-final, followed by a final. The prize fund is $250,000 with $70,000 to the winner.

Carlsen leads after three rounds with 8 match points. Hikaru Nakamura (7) is in second place with Ding Liren (6) in third. Maxime Vachier Lagrave, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Fabiano Caruana (all 5) share fourth-sixth. Anish Giri and Alireza Firouzja (0) haven’t won a match yet.

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Topics : CHESS Chess Tournament Viswanathan Anand

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