He was close to a defeat this time but GM Magnus Carlsen turned his game with GM Sergey Karjakin around, won his fourth in a row, and became the new leader at Norway Chess with one round to go. GM Alireza Firouzja defeated GM Aryan Tari to enter the live top 10 for the first time, while GM Ian Nepomniachtchi.
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GM Richard Rapport is the only player who won a classical game so far at the Norway Chess tournament, and on Friday he won his second (calling it "pure luck"). By beating GM Alireza Firouzja the Hungarian GM gained three points and is now two and a half ahead of GM Magnus Carlsen. The world champion.
Carlsen To Face So In Opera Euro Rapid Final
GMs Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So will play the final of the Opera Euro Rapid tournament. Whereas So only needed three games in his second match to eliminate GM Teimour Radjabov, Carlsen struggled again with blunders and only beat MVL in the armageddon of the playoff.
How to watch?
The games of the Opera Euro Rapid can be found here as part of our live events platform. IM Levy Rozman and IM Anna Rudolf are providing daily commentary on GM Hikaru Nakamura s Twitch channel starting from 8:00 a.m. Pacific / 17:00 Central Europe.