29 April 2020

Magnus Carlsen Invitational: Final Four Determined

Carlsen, Nakamura, Caruana and Ding Liren to fight for the main prize.


The sixth round of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational finished on Chess24.com on April 29. 

Having won games 1 and 3, Fabiano Caruana defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave with one encounter to spare. However, the French grandmaster had the final word by beating his opponent in the fourth game. 

Hikaru Nakamura and Ding Liren made four draws. The American won the Armageddon game as Black.   

The Final 4 was determined with one round to go. Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana (13 points all) and Ding Liren (12) are beyond the reach of the others.

Standings:

1-3. Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana - 13
4. Ding Liren - 12
5-6. Alireza Firouzja, Ian Nepomniachtchi - 6
7. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 5 
8. Anish Giri - 4.  
 
Round 7 pairings (April 30):

Ding Liren - Magnus Carlsen
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - Hikaru Nakamura
Ian Neapomniachtci - Alireza Firouzja
Anish Giri - Fabiano Caruana. 

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