Carlsen storms 6 points clear in Tour Finals as So beaten
Wesley So’s hopes of catching Magnus Carlsen in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals took a severe blow today as he crashed to defeat in just three games. The American suffered a painful 2.5-0.5 collapse against France’s top player Maxime Vachier-Lagrave that leaves his challenge teetering on the edge of a precipice. So’s loss was […]
Fast-start for Carlsen on first day of Finals
Magnus Carlsen declared he was “quite happy” today after getting his Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals campaign off to a perfect start. The World Champion savaged Poland’s World Cup winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda with two wins and draw to end the match with a game to spare. Carlsen began the $300,000 event with a four-point head-start over his closest […]