Giri hits top gear to win Magnus Carlsen Invitational in tiebreaks
Anish Giri catapulted himself up the Meltwater Champions Chess leaderboard with a dramatic win in the Magnus Carlsen Invitational today.
Hollywood star watches on as tense final is left on a knife-edge
The final of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational was touched by Hollywood stardust today as it got off to a tense start.
Russian star dumps Carlsen OUT of $220k namesake event as Dutch No.1 also makes final
World Champion Magnus Carlsen is out of his namesake tournament after two of his biggest rivals sprung surprises to make the final.
Nepomniachtchi stuns Carlsen to get one foot in the final of the champ’s own event
Russian champ Ian Nepomniachtchi was back to his powerful best as he wrestled his way into a half-time lead against Magnus Carlsen.
Magnus into semis while eating a salad; So, Nepo and Giri also through
Magnus Carlsen showed a hunger for success today as he made it into the last four of his own tournament while eating a salad.
Magnificent Magnus on brink of Magnus Carlsen Invitational semis
World Champion Magnus Carlsen brought his A-game as he dispatched Levon Aronian in just three games to take a firm grip on their quarter-final tie.
Magnus racks up record score to win prelim as 8 progress to the KOs
A frantic climax to the Magnus Carlsen Invitational’s prelim phase saw the knockout places filled and eight grandmasters eliminated.
Giri hits top gear with Carlsen in hot pursuit as rivals face elimination
Anish Giri’s hot streak got even hotter today as he nailed down a place in the Magnus Carlsen Invitational’s KO stage with five rounds still to play. The Dutch No.1 scored 4/5 points for the second day in a row and was on a run of six consecutive wins at one point in the $220,000 event’s prelim […]
Giri leads as space-themed Magnus Carlsen Invitational lifts off
Anish Giri soared into an early lead as Magnus Carlsen’s space-themed online chess event blasted off in style. The Netherlands No.1 rounded off Day 1 of the $220,000 Magnus Carlsen Invitational with three wins in a row including a stunning triumph over Carlsen. The Norwegian had looked in fine form as his own event, the fourth leg […]
Stellar line-up for space-themed Magnus Carlsen Invitational
The MCI is back having spawned a series of new tournaments that eventually became the biggest event in online chess history – the $1.5 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour.