TWIC is 29. First issue 17th September 1994.
Opera Euro Rapid 2021 (Day 8)
Shared first set in the final of the Opera Euro Rapid between Carlsen and So
Mark Crowther - Saturday 13th February 2021
Wesley So and Magnus Carlsen finished day one of the final honours even. Photo © | https://chess24.com
Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So drew the first set of their final 2-2 in the Opera Euro Rapid. Game one saw a draw in a Nimzo-Indian where Carlsen didn't get much if anything but the game remained complex throughout. Game 2 was a complex Two Knights where So seemed to be far better prepared than Carlsen. So has released a course on 1.e4 and they followed his suggestions until Carlsen's 21...Qxd4? which isn't good but So forgot the correct reply 22.Bc4 and immediately got into trouble, Carlsen won in 55 moves. Carlsen took a quick draw with the white pieces in game three leaving So in a must win situation in the final game. Carlsen was doing fine in the final game in one of the very most common Giuoco Piano positions, 20...Bc7?! (20...fxe5 kept his pawn structure straight) was the start of Carlsen's troubles and he just couldn't hold this extremely difficult position together.
In the 3rd fourth playoff there was a lot of action after the first drawn game. Radjabov won game two, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave struck back in game 3 and Radjabov won game 4 to take the set.
The final day of the event starts on Sunday 14th Feb at 4pm with the second set and a third tie-break set if necessary.
Meltwater Champions Chess Tour: Opera Euro Rapid. Two official commentary streams for the first dday of the finals
| Opera Euro Rapid KO 2021 chess24.com INT Sat 6th Feb 2021 - Sun 14th Feb 2021
Leading Final Round 3 Standings: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | Pts |
| Final | |||||
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
| 1 | So, Wesley | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
| 3rd-4th | |||||
| 3 | Radjabov, Teimour | 1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 0 | 0 | ||
| Semifinals | |||||
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | So, Wesley | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2 | Radjabov, Teimour | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Quarterfinals | |||||
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Dubov, Daniil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2 | Aronian, Levon | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | So, Wesley | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | Radjabov, Teimour | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Giri, Anish | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
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