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The Magnus Carlsen Invitational involves two stages. First a round-robin and then a knockout among the top four players in the standings.
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The most talked-about rising star in the world at the moment, 16-year-old Alireza Firouzja, will be among the eight participants. The wunderkind showed what he is capable of at this year's Tata Steel Masters, getting the sole lead for a couple of rounds. Furthermore, he is known for his abilities in faster time controls, as proven during last year's World Rapid & Blitz Championships, and more recently during a 16-game match with a 3-minute-to-finish time control in which he beat the world champion.
Firouzja will nonetheless be the eighth seed, as he will be joined by the five highest-rated players in the world, perennial elite star Anish Giri and blitz specialist Hikaru Nakamura. The full line-up:
Player | Classical | World # | Rapid | World # | Blitz | World # |
Magnus Carlsen | 2863 | 1 | 2881 | 1 | 2887 | 2 |
Fabiano Caruana | 2835 | 2 | 2773 | 11 | 2711 | 35 |
Ding Liren | 2791 | 3 | 2836 | 3 | 2788 | 8 |
Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2784 | 4 | 2778 | 9 | 2785 | 9 |
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2778 | 5 | 2860 | 2 | 2822 | 3 |
Anish Giri | 2764 | 10 | 2731 | 24 | 2752 | 22 |
Hikaru Nakamura | 2736 | 18 | 2829 | 4 | 2900 | 1 |
Alireza Firouzja | 2728 | 21 | 2703 | 37 | 2750 | 24 |