Express report: FTX Crypto Cup Finals - Carlsen wins!

by ChessBase
6/1/2021 – World Champion Magnus Carlsen won the FTX Crypto Cup after beating Wesley So in a dramatic final. The match on day 1 of the final ended with a 2-2 and that was also the result of the match on day 2. In the blitz-tiebreak Wesley So won the first game after a blunder by Carlsen, but Carlsen bounced back by winning on demand with Black and then also won the Armageddon game. In the match for place three Ian Nepomniachtchi won against Teimour Radjabov. Full report to follow soon. | Games and commentary.

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Mottola,M2121Diamond,C19301.53511302
Sarkar,J2305Shankar,P19661.13511297
Lee,R1971Zhu,L23021.23511298
Pressman,L2219Grischuk,A26821.33511300
Zhao,A1806Hebbar,E21751.43511301
Yu,V1885Ayyappan,S20621.63511303
Schaefer,S2050Chovanec,A18291.73511305
Berg,G1872Meduri,A20491.83511307
Nkululeko,N1978Statz,I17721.93511308
Abrahamyan,T2310Lee,A23863.21279479
Gomes,S1550Fortes,H-3.13498351
Almeida,J1591Spinola,D15553.33498354
Vaz,J1941Silva,B17602.23498338
Lopes,R1625Pereira,E18492.23498336
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Commentary by David Howell, Jovanka Houska and Kaja Snare


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