An Armageddon game decided the Fischer Random World Championship 2022. In the finals of the World Championship Hikaru Nakamura played against Ian Nepomniachtchi and after a 2-2 tie in the four games of the initial mini-match, an Armageddon game had to decide. Here, Nakamura won with White to become new Fischer Random World Champion. The placement matches all ended 3:1: Magnus Carlsen won against Nodirbek Abdusattorov and came third, Vladimir Fedoseev beat Wesley So and came fifth, Matthias Blübaum made it to 7th place with his win against Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson. | Foto: FIDE / Lennart Ootes
The Fischer Random World Chess Championship 2022 will have a new champion. Wesley So did not manage to go out of the groups, finishing 3rd in the group stage. However, this takes away just a pinch of the excitement, as the semi finals will see the participants in the last World Chess Championship – the […]
The group stage of the World Fischer Random Championship came to an end on Thursday. Besides Nodirbek Abdusattorov, who secured his spot in semis on the second day of action, Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Ian Nepomniachtchi moved on to the knockout stage by finishing among the top two in each group. In Saturday’s semis, Abdusattorov will face Nakamura, while Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi will play a rematch of last year’s confrontation for the Classical World Championship title. | Photo: FIDE / David Llada
Nodirbek Abdusattorov, the youngest participant in Reykjavik, became the first player to secure a spot in the semis of the World Fischer Random Championship. The 18-year-old has a perfect 8/8 score (in match points) and has only drawn one game so far in the event. Abdusattorov’s qualification means either Wesley So or Ian Nepomniachtchi will be eliminated in group A. Meanwhile, in group B, Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura are sharing the lead, two match points ahead of Vladimir Fedoseev. | Photo: FIDE / Lennart Ootes
The first two rounds of mini-matches at the World Fischer Random Championship were played on Tuesday in Reykjavik. Nodirbek Abdusattorov (group A) and Hikaru Nakamura (group B) won both their mini-matches to take early leads. Nakamura defeated Magnus Carlsen in their direct matchup. The world champion had a faulty performance, as he blundered material both against Nakamura and Vladimir Fedoseev. | Photo: FIDE / David Llada