€29.90 Vachier-Lagrave clinches second place The longest chess tournament in history has come to an end, with three out of four games finishing decisively. Much like in the 2013 edition, when Vishy Anand secured tournament victory with a round to spare, we already knew who had won this year’s Candidates a day before the end of the event, as Ian Nepomniachtchi secured the right to face Magnus Carlsen in the next World Championship match on Monday. Both Nepomniachtchi and Anish Giri, who became the main contender for first place in the second half of the event, lost their last-round games. The two elite players confessed that they felt unmotivated after Monday’s round — either consciously or unconsciously. While Nepo was defeated by Ding Liren, Giri lost his game against Kirill Alekseenko.