Magnus Carlsen defeated two of his strongest rivals on Sunday to keep his perfect score at the Champions Chess Tour Finals. The former world champion defeated Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura in consecutive rounds. Joining him in the lead is Wesley So, who got the better of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Alireza Firouzja. | Photo: chess.com / Thomas Tischio
Three players grabbed back-to-back wins in the first two rounds of the Champions Chess Tour Finals: Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana, with Caruana prevailing twice in Armageddon to end the day sharing the lead. Notably, one of the three players who lost his first two matches is Hikaru Nakamura, who celebrated his 36th birthday on Saturday. | Photo: chess.com / Thomas Tischio
The Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest has three players sharing the lead after two rounds. Ian Nepomniachtchi and Richard Rapport joined Wesley So atop the standings after scoring wins over Bogdan-Daniel Deac and Jan-Krzysztof Duda respectively. World champion Ding Liren and Fabiano Caruana signed a 21-move draw. | Photo: Lennart Ootes
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GM Alexandr Fier and FM Juliana Sayumi Terao obtained outright victories at the Brazilian Championships (open and women’s, respectively). The events took place on December 15-23 at the Hotel Jangadeiro in Recife, the capital of Pernambuco. Fier grabbed his fourth national title by scoring 9½/11 points, while Terao dominated the women’s field and obtained a perfect 9/9 to claim her sixth national title. | Photo: <a href="https://en.chessbase.com/post/alexandr-fier-wins-second-brazilian-title">Albert Silver (2018)</a>