30 April 2020
Magnus Carlsen Invitational: Round-Robin Event is Over
Semifinal matches are announced.
The qualification part of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational finished on Chess24.com on April 30, although the playoff qualifiers had been already determined.
Ding Liren beat Magnus Carlsen 3-1, while Anish Giri defeated Fabiano Caruana 2.5-1.5.
Two other matches ended in the Armageddon: Ian Nepomniachtchi bested Alireza Firouzja and Hikaru Nakamura outplayed Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.
Standings:
1-2. Hikaru Nakamura, Ding Liren - 15 points
3-4. Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana - 13
5. Ian Nepomniachtchi - 8
6-7. Alireza Firouzja, Anish Giri - 7
8. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 6.
Semi-finals:
Hikaru Nakamura - Fabiano Caruana (May 1)
Magnus Carlsen - Ding Liren (May 2).
The format for the knockout is almost the same as the robin-round one, except instead of a single Armageddon game a tie will be decided first by two 5+3 blitz games, then, if needed, by another two 5+3 blitz games, and only then by Armageddon.
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