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World chess champion Norwegian Magnus Carlsen defeated American Hikaru Nakamura in the final of the online super tournament Magnus Carlsen Invitational.
Carlsen is the organizer of the tournament, which took place online on his Chess24 website.
Eight chess players participated in the competition, including Russian Jan Nepomnyashchy. According to the results of the round-robin tournament, Nakamura ranked first in the table, Carlsen third. Both reached the semifinals, where the 32-year-old American defeated his compatriot Fabiano Caruana, and the 29-year-old Norwegian defeated Chinese dean Liren.
The result of the final match is 2.5: 1.5 in favor of the owner of the world chess crown.
Congratulations to the world champion @MagnusCarlsen on winning yours #MagnusInvite tournament after beating Hikaru Nakamura in an exciting final that ended 2.5: 1.5! https://t.co/yWpKIo2mYj # c24live pic.twitter.com/T0S6yH3tbL
– chess24.com (@ chess24com) May 3, 2020
Nepomniachtchi was fifth in the all-against-all stage and was not among the semifinalists.
The accumulated prize of the tournament amounted to $ 250,000, Carlsen will receive 70,000.
Carlsen is the 16th World Chess Champion and the 1st Absolute World Champion (winner in three categories: Classic, Fast, and Bombing Chess). At the moment, the Norwegian leads the ranking in classical chess and fast chess, and in the aerial bombardment it is the second after Nakamura.
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