Round-Robin Part of Skilling Open Completed
Ian Nepomniachtchi made it to the knock-out stage.
The final five rounds of the Skilling Open, the first event of Magnus Carlsen's $1.5 million Champions Chess Tour, were played on November 24 on Chess24.com. Eight best players qualified for the knock-out stage.
Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura scored 9 points out of 15. Wesley So, Ian Nepomniachtchi, and Levon Aronian are half a point behind. Five players got 8 points. Thanks to their superior tiebreaks, Teimour Radjabov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and Anish Giri advanced to the quarterfinals.
Pairings:
Carlsen - Giri
Nakamura - Vachier-Lagrave
So - Radjabov
Nepomniachtchi - Aronian
The time control is 15 minutes for all moves, with a 10-second increment from move 1. The rounds start at 8 PM (Moscow time).
The prize fund is $100,000, with a $30,000 top prize.
Games online
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