7 February 2021

First Five Rounds of Opera Euro Rapid Played on Chess24

The leader is Magnus Carlsen.


The first five rounds of the Opera Euro Rapid online chess event, a part of the $1.5 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, were played on Chess24.com on February 6.

Standings after 5 rounds:

1. Magnus Carlsen - 4
2-3. Wesley So, Ian Nepomniachtchi - 3.5
4-6. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, Teimour Radjabov - 3
7-10. Levon Aronian, Sam Shankland, Hikaru Nakamura, Jan-Krzysztof Duda - 2.5
11-13. Daniil Dubov, Santosh Vidit, Alexander Grischuk - 2
14-15. Ding Liren, Matthias Bluebaum - 1.5
16. Leinier Dominguez - 1.

Rounds 6-10 will be played on February 7.

The games begin at 7 PM (Moscow time).

The prize fund is $100,000 prize fund, with $30,000 for 1st place.

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