Moscow GP, QF 1: Magnus on match strategy
Daniil Dubov reeling off 26 moves of home preparation against Hikaru Nakamura was perhaps the highlight of Day 1 of the Moscow FIDE Grand Prix quarterfinals, as all games ended in draws in 31 moves or less. Fortunately we had Magnus Carlsen on hand to discuss the action, with the World Champion introducing the concept of “sudden death aversion” to explain how some underdogs avoid taking risks even though that reduces their chances of overall success. We also found out what Ian Nepomniachtchi and Magnus were laughing about in Abidjan!
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9 Conclusions from the Côte d’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz
Magnus Carlsen lost to Maxime Vachier-Lagrave for a second day in a row in Abidjan, but that couldn’t stop him winning the opening event of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour with two rounds to spare. Magnus went on to win those last two ...
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Côte d’Ivoire, Day 4: MVL beats Magnus to close gap
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave took over the blitz no. 1 spot and became the first player to beat Magnus Carlsen in an official game since Alexander Zubov in Round 7 of the World Rapid Championship on December 27th last year. The win in ...
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Côte d’Ivoire, Day 3: Carlsen crosses 2900
Magnus Carlsen described his play as “better, but not perfect yet” as for a third day in a row he scored 2.5/3, crossing 2900 on the rapid rating list and taking a 3-point lead into the 18 rounds of blitz this weekend. Hikaru Nak...
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Côte d’Ivoire, Day 2: Magnus is relentless
“If players stop committing suicide against him that would be one way to stop him”, commented Fabiano Caruana, after Magnus Carlsen punished a Maxime Vachier-Lagrave blunder in Round 5 of the Côte d’Ivoire Rapid and Blitz in Abid...
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Côte d’Ivoire, Day 1: Carlsen & Wei Yi lead
Magnus Carlsen continued right where he’d left off in Baden-Baden by defeating rivals Wesley So and Ian Nepomniachtchi in the first two rounds of the Côte d’Ivoire Rapid and Blitz in Abidjan. In Round 3 Hikaru Nakamura missed a t...
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Carlsen & co. in Africa for Grand Chess Tour launch
The $1.75 million 2019 Grand Chess Tour starts today in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire’s largest city. World Champion Magnus Carlsen will begin the first 9 rounds of rapid chess against Wesley So, while in the last game of the day he pla...
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Too weak, too slow!? Fressinet's revenge!
Laurent Fressinet played his first French Banter Blitz session on chess24 on Wednesday. His boss and friend, World Champion Magnus Carlsen, couldn't resist dropping by to play a game against his second. Was Laurent finally going to ...
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Bonjour, chess24!
This May chess24 is adding French to the existing English, German and Spanish versions of the site, as we look to expand our offering in the light of the merger with PlayMagnus. Grandmaster Laurent Fressinet will be spearheading t...
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GRENKE Chess 8: Magnus leaves trail of destruction
Magnus Carlsen’s phenomenal run continues, with the World Champion now up to a live rating of 2871.2 after mating Peter Svidler in 33 moves in the penultimate round of the 2019 GRENKE Chess Classic. That wasn’t quite enough to cl...
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GRENKE Chess 7: Carlsen crushes Aronian
World Champion Magnus Carlsen eased to victory against Levon Aronian in Round 7 of the GRENKE Chess Classic to take a big step towards winning his 3rd supertournament of the year. Only Fabiano Caruana is currently within touching...
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