websiteThe format has been tweaked for this major, the field has been increased from 12 to 16, in the first major 8 of the 12 players made it through to the second phase and this lead to a lot of caution being rewarded. Players: Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Levon Aronian, Anish Giri, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Wesley So, Teimour Radjabov, Alireza Firouzja, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Sergey Karjakin, Hikaru Nakamura, Daniil Dubov, Jorden van Foreest, David Anton plus two of these four: Nils Grandelius, Max Warmerdam, Alan Pichot and Aryan Tari who play in a qualifier.
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Looking forwards to it but isn't the candidates supposed to start soon?
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Grandelius and Pichot qualified
TWIC day 1 report
TWIC day 1 report
Rounds 6-10 on Sunday 14th March starting at 4pm.
1st Giri 4pts, 2nd-3rd Carlsen, Aronian 3.5pts, 4th-8th Mamedyarov, MVL, Radjabov, Dubov, Nakamura 3pts, 9th-10th So, Firouzja 2.5pts 11th Van Foreest 2pts, 12th-15th Nepomniachtchi, Anton Guijarro, Grandelius, Karjakin 1.5pts, 16th Pichot 1pt
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How the commentary team relax away from the studio: https://www.facebook.com/championschess ... 2840185649
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TWIC day 2 report
Pete Doggers round 1 and round 2The final day should be very exciting with only 8 of the 16 players going through to the KO stage. It looks to me that 7 players are chasing just 4 places if we take it the top 4 in the standings are pretty much there.
Round 10 Standings: 1st Giri 8pts, 2nd Carlsen 7.5pts, 3rd-4th So, Nakamura 6.5pts, 5th-6th Firouzja, MVL 6pts, 7th-9th Aronian, Dubov, Karjakin 5pts, 10th-11th Nepomniachtchi, Radjabov 4.5pts, 12th-13th Mamedyarov, Grandelius 4pts, 14th Van Foreest 3pts, 15th Anton Guijarro 2.5pts, 16th Pichot 2pts.
Final day starts at 4pm GMT Monday 15th March.
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TWIC day 3 report
Carlsen, Magnus vs Nakamura, Hikaru
Carlsen, Magnus vs Nakamura, Hikaru
Pete DoggersThe knockout starts at 4pm on Tuesday 16th March. Round 1: Carlsen-Aronian, Nepomniachtchi-Nakamura, So-Firouzja and MVL-Giri.
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Re: Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2021, 13-24 March
Carlsen-Aronian.
MVL-Giri.
So-Firouzja.
Nepomniachtchi-Nakamura.
MVL-Giri.
So-Firouzja.
Nepomniachtchi-Nakamura.
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TWIC day 4 report
Resumes 4pm GMTCarlsen and So lead their Carlsen Invitational Quarterfinals after day 1
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TWIC Day 5 report
Nakamura, Hikaru vs Nepomniachtchi, Ian
Nakamura, Hikaru vs Nepomniachtchi, Ian
Semifinal pairings Thursday 18th March 4pm GMT: Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi and Wesley So vs Anish Giri.
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Nepo and Giri win on day 1 of the semifinals
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That'll teach me to make a comment about the inevitable Carlsen-So final during game 3
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Re: Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2021, 13-24 March
Nepo seems to have missed a couple of reasonably straightforward chances to put Carlsen out in game three
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