Magnus Carlsen wins first Meltwater Champions Chess Tour title
Magnus Carlsen has won the most viewed online chess event in history – the inaugural Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. A year of intense competition came to an end today as the Norwegian clinched first place overall in the Tour’s showpiece Finals event. Carlsen’s win was secured when closest rival Wesley So collapsed in a must-win match […]
India will face off CFR Team for the gold
After the pool stage, it was already clear that the central question in the tournament was what would be the team to challenge CFR Team for the gold. The Russian players were simply swamping the opposition, and it was almost unquestionable that, in their current form, a very serious accident should happen for them not […]