
Magnus Carlsen kicked off the Grand Final with back-to-back wins. In the first game, he got a considerable advantage in the middlegame, missed a chance to all but end the game on move 36, and then saw his opponent blundering in a rook and knight versus rook and bishop ending.
Carlsen got to checkmate Wesley So in the next game, but the resilient US grandmaster won on-demand in game 3, thus keeping theoretical chances of winning the match. However, the former world champion again managed to give a checkmate in game 4.
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