14 March 2021

Anish Giri Takes Lead at Magnus Carlsen Invitational

Five rounds were played on March 13.


The Magnus Carlsen Invitational, the 4th event on the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, started on Chess24.com on March 13.

Five rounds were played on the first match day. Anish Giri has taken the sole lead with 4 points scored. Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian are half a point behind. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Teimour Radjabov, Daniil Dubov, and Hikaru Nakamura have got 3 points. Wesley So and Alireza Firouzja have scored 2.5 points, Jorden Van Foreest - 2 points, while Ian Nepomniachtchi, David Anton, Nils Grandelius, and Sergey Karjakin - 1.5 points. Alan Pichot is on the 16th place with 1 point. 

Round 6 pairings:

Giri - Anton, Grandelius - Carlsen, Mamedyarov - Firouzja, Nepomniachtchi - Vachier-Lagrave, Karjakin - Van Foreest, Radjabov - Nakamura, Pichot - Dubov, So - Aronian.

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