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Magnus Carlsen beat Wesley So in a hard-fought match to claim his third consecutive Champions Chess Tour title. This time around, the last event of the cycle took place in Toronto and featured eight much deserving qualified players. In the end, however, it was the king of rapid chess who once again came out on top. It was a well-deserved victory for the strongest chess player of this era. | Photo: chess.com / Thomas Tischio
Magnus Carlsen only needs a draw in the second set of the Champions Chess Tour Finals to claim his third consecutive title in the online series (he also won in 2020, when the tour was fittingly named after him). Carlsen beat Wesley So in the first set of the match for the title after scoring the one win of the set from a very balanced endgame position. | Photo: chess.com / Thomas Tischio
Magnus Carlsen and Nodirbek Abdusattorov won the first sets in the semis of the Champions Chess Tour Finals in Toronto. Carlsen defeated Fabiano Caruana in a thrilling match which featured five decisive results and the Norwegian winning from a lost position (a queen down). Abdusattorov, on his part, lost the first game against Wesley So, but then won two in a row and drew the fourth to claim overall victory. | Photo: chess.com / Thomas Tischio
Fabiano Caruana and Nodirbek Abdusattorov advanced to the semifinals of the Champions Chess Tour Finals after going through the ‘survival stage’ on Tuesday. The two players who were knocked out of the competition in this stage were Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Hikaru Nakamura, with the latter coming inches away from reaching the semis via the longest path. The U.S. star would have needed to win three matches on a single day he beat Denis Lazavik and MVL before losing in Armageddon to Abdusattorov. | Photo: chess.com / Thomas Tischio