Opera Euro Rapid Final Tied; Radjabov Leads vs. MVL
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.
Carlsen vs. So
The players will begin with a clean slate on Valentine s Day when one match of four rapid games and a possible tiebreak will decide who can clinch the $30,000 first prize. Carlsen s second, GM Peter Heine Nielsen, might have been put to work because in the first match, So was better prepared at least in the two games that ended decisively.
Reports Feb 13, 2021 | 12:26 AMby Colin McGourty
Opera Euro Rapid SF 2: Carlsen-So final as Magnus wins thriller
Magnus Carlsen will take on Wesley So in the Opera Euro
Rapid final after the World Chess Champion was taken all the way to Armageddon by Maxime
Vachier-Lagrave. Results-wise it was almost a carbon copy of the Daniil Dubov
quarterfinal, but Magnus said he had a lot more fun and was “happy to have
played a good game at the end when it really mattered”. Wesley So, meanwhile,
cruised into the final with two draws and a convincing win over Teimour
Radjabov. It’s not over for Teimour, however, as he now plays MVL in the 3rd
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.
Published February 13, 2021, 1:46 PM
GM Wesley So and GM Magnus Carlsen (Fischer Random / Nick Barton / File Photo)
Grandmaster Wesley So made short work of Azerbaijan’s Teimour Radjabov to set up a title rematch with reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen in the Opera Euro Rapid of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Saturday, Feb. 13.
The 27-year-old So, who took the first of two four-match semifinal matches last Friday, 2.5-1.5, needed just three games to eliminate Radjabov, 2-1, and advance to the finals against Carlsen on Sunday.
Carlsen survived an upset-conscious Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France by winning the deciding Armageddon playoff for the anticipated thrilling showdown with So.
In this Power Play Show, GM Daniel King looks at two elegant endgames, one from the Tata Steel Tournament in Wijk aan Zee and one from the Opera Euro Rapid Online Tournament. | Power Play is on air most Fridays at 17:00 UTC (18:00 CET, 13:00 ET). All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer.