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Magnus Carlsen triumphs at Magnus Carlsen Tour Final

8/21/2020 – Seven days of intense chess fights ended with Magnus Carlsen drawing the Armageddon decider with black in the deciding set of the final against Hikaru Nakamura to win the tournament and the $140,000 first prize. Carlsen won four out of the five events that made up the Magnus Carlsen Tour, a series of online tournaments organized by the world champion during the coronavirus crisis. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

Magnus Carlsen Tour Finals: Carlsen wins in Armageddon

8/20/2020 – The Finals of the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour are taking place on August 9-20, with a prize fund of US$300,000 at stake and US$140,000 reserved for the winner. Magnus Carlsen levelled the score for a third time in the sixth set. The match will be decided in Thursday’s seventh and final set (see the full report on set 6!). Action kicks off at 16:00 CEST (14:00 UTC, 10:00 ET). | Photos: David Llada / Niki Riga

MCT Finals: Carlsen’s win sets up showdown

8/20/2020 – On Wednesday, for the first time in the final, a player managed to win a set with a two-point advantage. Magnus Carlsen showed a dominant performance to level the score of the match despite having played with a back pain after getting injured while swimming before the games. It all comes down to the seventh and final set, when the whole Magnus Carlsen Tour will come to an end. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

MCT Finals: Exciting chess, Nakamura in the lead

8/19/2020 – Hikaru Nakamura is one set victory away from winning the Magnus Carlsen Tour Finals against the man himself, world champion Magnus Carlsen. Nakamura won set 5 in Armageddon after winning the second blitz tiebreaker on demand with the black pieces. | Photo: Niki Riga

MCT Finals: Carlsen bounces back again

8/18/2020 – Magnus Carlsen levelled the score of his tour’s final on Monday after getting a 2½:1½ victory over Hikaru Nakamura in the fourth set. The world champion won game three and drew the rest to even the overall score without needing tiebreaks. The match has now turned into a best-of-3 contest, with both players having obtained the exact same amount of points so far in the final. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

MCT Finals: Nakamura grabs the lead

8/17/2020 – “Yesterday I should’ve won the match and today I should’ve lost the match, so I think all is right in the world”, said Hikaru Nakamura after winning set 3 of the final against Magnus Carlsen. The American is now leading 2:1 in the match played to the best of 7 sets. | Photo: Niki Riga / World Chess

MCT Finals: Carlsen wins thrilling set, evens the score

8/16/2020 – Magnus Carlsen obtained a 3½:2½ victory in set 2 of the final against Hikaru Nakamura to level the overall score in the match played to the best of 7. Nakamura won game 1, but both times he had the white pieces he implicitly offered a draw by playing a line that led to a triple repetition as early as move 14. It all came down to the blitz tiebreaks, which saw the American blundering in his game with white. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

MCT Finals: Nakamura wins first set

8/15/2020 – Hikaru Nakamura kicked off the final of the Magnus Carlsen Tour with a 2½:1½ victory over the world champion, after winning game 2 with the black pieces and drawing the remaining three encounters of the day. The match is played to the best of 7 sets and has no scheduled rest days. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

MCT Finals: Carlsen escapes, advances to final

8/13/2020 – The fourth set of the semifinal match between Magnus Carlsen and Ding Liren saw the Chinese grandmaster missing one opportunity after another to level the score and force a fifth set. Magnus Carlsen kept his cool while under heavy pressure and managed to win the match and get a spot in the final. The world champion will face Hikaru Nakamura in a best-of-7 final showdown starting Friday. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

MCT Finals: Nakamura knocks out Dubov

8/12/2020 – Hikaru Nakamura needed only three sets to knock out Daniil Dubov in their best-of-5 semifinal match. ‘Naka’ will get two rest days before the final, where he will face either Ding Liren or Carlsen, with the latter now the favourite to advance after scoring a second consecutive 2½:½ victory over his Chinese colleague. | Photo: Justin Kellar

MCT Finals: Nakamura strikes again, Carlsen bounces back

8/11/2020 – Hikaru Nakamura defeated Daniil Dubov for a second set in a row, which means he only needs one more win in the coming three days to move on to the final of the Magnus Carlsen Tour closing event. Meanwhile, Carlsen evened the score in his matchup against Ding Liren by scoring a clear 2½:½ victory on Monday. | Photo: Lennart Ootes
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