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Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura shared first place and both earned $ 31,250 after finishing blocked on 6/9 at the end of the Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX hosted by the Saint Louis Chess Club. Magnus came closer to clinching first place in the end, but he threw it in one move against Levon Aronian, while Hikaru was also upset about squandering an early lead in his final game against Peter Svidler. Garry Kasparov failed to win Rook + Bishop vs. Rook against MVL, but still finished in a respectable eighth place. (LATER)
You can replay all the games of Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX using the selector below:
And here is the live commentary from the last day, with interviews with Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Alireza Firouzja and Garry Kasparov:
When the dust settled, the final ranking looked like this:
For once, this was a Carlsen-Nakamura deadlock that would not be resolved by tiebreakers or Armageddon!
Come back later for quotes and analysis!
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