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The AI Cup took place Mon 25th to Fri 29th Sep 2023. This was the final event of the online Champions Chess Tour before the finals in person in Toronto December 9 to December 16, 2023 (Carlsen, Nakamura and Abdusattorov have made it and Caruana seems a likely fourth player of the 8 player field).

Division 1 of the AI Cup has 8 players: Magnus Carlsen, Alireza Firouzja, Denis Lazavik, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Hikaru Nakamura and Anish Giri.

MVL beat Carlsen twice on the final day to win Division 1. Vladimir Fedoseev won Division 2 and Sam Sevian Division 3.

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AI Cup Div 1 W chess.com INT Mon 25th Sep 2023 - Fri 29th Sep 2023 Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Grand Final Reset
1	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2
2	Carlsen, Magnus	0
	Grand Final
1	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2.5
2	Carlsen, Magnus	1.5
	Winners Final
1	Carlsen, Magnus	2.5*
2	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2.5
	Round 2
1	Carlsen, Magnus	2.5
2	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	1.5
1	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	3.0
2	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	1.0
	Round 1
1	Carlsen, Magnus	2.5
2	Nakamura, Hikaru	0.5
1	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2.5
2	Giri, Anish	0.5
1	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	3.0
2	Firouzja, Alireza	1.0
1	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	3.0
2	Lazavik, Denis	2.0
8 players

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AI Cup Div 1 L chess.com INT Mon 25th Sep 2023 - Fri 29th Sep 2023 Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Final
1	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2.0
2	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	0.0
	Semi-final
1	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	1.5
2	Giri, Anish	0.5
	Round 2
1	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2.0
2	Firouzja, Alireza	1.0
1	Giri, Anish	2.0
2	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	0.0
	Round 1
1	Giri, Anish	2.0
2	Nakamura, Hikaru	0.0
1	Firouzja, Alireza	1.5
2	Lazavik, Denis	0.5
8 players

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AI Cup Div 2 W chess.com INT Mon 25th Sep 2023 - Fri 29th Sep 2023 Leading Round 5 (of 6) Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Grand Final
1	Fedoseev, Vladimir3	2.5
1	Artemiev, Vladislav	1.5
	Winners Final
1	Fedoseev, Vladimir3	3.0
2	Artemiev, Vladislav	2.0
	Round 3
1	Fedoseev, Vladimir3	2.5
2	Sarana, Alexey	0.5
1	Artemiev, Vladislav	2.5*
2	Andreikin, Dmitry	2.5
	Round 2
1	Sarana, Alexey	2.5
2	Caruana, Fabiano	1.5
1	Fedoseev, Vladimir3	3.0
2	Keymer, Vincent	1.0
1	Artemiev, Vladislav	2.5
2	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	1.5
1	Andreikin, Dmitry	2.5
2	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	0.5
	Round 1
1	Caruana, Fabiano	2.5
2	Gledura, Benjamin	0.5
1	Sarana, Alexey	3.0
2	Eljanov, Pavel	1.0
1	Fedoseev, Vladimir3	2.5
2	Kuzubov, Yuriy	1.5
1	Keymer, Vincent	2.5
2	Hakobyan, Aram	0.5
1	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	2.5
2	Niemann, Hans Moke	1.5
1	Artemiev, Vladislav	2.5
2	Safarli, Eltaj	0.5
1	Andreikin, Dmitry	2.5
2	Antipov, Mikhail Al.	1.5
1	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2.5
2	Saric, Ivan	1.5
16 players

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AI Cup Div 2 L chess.com INT Mon 25th Sep 2023 - Fri 29th Sep 2023 Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Final
1	Artemiev, Vladislav	1.5
2	Kuzubov, Yuriy	0.5
	Semi-final
1	Kuzubov, Yuriy	2.0
2	Caruana, Fabiano	0.0
	Quarter-final
1	Kuzubov, Yuriy	1.5
2	Sarana, Alexey	0.5
1	Caruana, Fabiano	1.5
2	Andreikin, Dmitry	0.5
	Round 3
1	Kuzubov, Yuriy	2.0
2	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	1.0
1	Caruana, Fabiano	2.0
2	Keymer, Vincent	0.0
	Round 2
1	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	1.5
2	Eljanov, Pavel	0.5
1	Kuzubov, Yuriy	1.5
2	Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	0.5
1	Keymer, Vincent	1.5
2	Niemann, Hans Moke	0.5
1	Caruana, Fabiano	2.0
2	Saric, Ivan	0.0
	Round 1
1	Eljanov, Pavel	2.0
2	Gledura, Benjamin	1.0
1	Kuzubov, Yuriy	2.0
2	Hakobyan, Aram	0.0
1	Niemann, Hans Moke	2.0
2	Safarli, Eltaj	1.0
1	Saric, Ivan	1.5
2	Antipov, Mikhail Al.	0.5
8 players

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AI Cup Div 3 W chess.com INT Mon 25th Sep 2023 - Fri 29th Sep 2023 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Grand Final Reset
1	Sevian, Samuel	1.5
2	Mamedov, Rauf	0.5
	Grand Final
1	Sevian, Samuel	2.5
2	Mamedov, Rauf	1.5
	Winners Final
1	Mamedov, Rauf	1.5
2	Alekseev, Evgeny	0.5
	Round 4
1	Alekseev, Evgeny	1.5
2	Sevian, Samuel	0.5
1	Mamedov, Rauf	2.0
2	Robson, Ray	1.0
	Round 3
1	Alekseev, Evgeny	2.0
2	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	1.0
1	Sevian, Samuel	2.0
2	Xiong, Jeffery	0.0
1	Mamedov, Rauf	2.0
2	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo	1.0
1	Robson, Ray	1.5
2	Meier, Georg	0.5
	Round 2
1	Meier, Georg	1.5
2	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	0.5
1	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	2.0
2	Esipenko, Andrey	0.0
1	Alekseev, Evgeny	2.0
2	Vaibhav, Suri	0.0
1	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo	2.0
2	Kramnik, Vladimir	0.0
1	Robson, Ray	2.0
2	Durarbayli, Vasif	1.0
1	Mamedov, Rauf	1.5
2	Malakhov, Vladimir	0.5
1	Xiong, Jeffery	1.5
2	Muradli, Mahammad	0.5
1	Sevian, Samuel	1.5
2	Paravyan, David	0.5
	Round 1
1	Meier, Georg	1.5
2	Demchenko, Anton	0.5
1	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	2.0
2	Maghsoodloo, Parham	0.0
1	Esipenko, Andrey	2.0
2	Chigaev, Maksim	0.0
1	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	2.0
2	Kobo, Ori	0.0
1	Vaibhav, Suri	2.0
32 players

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AI Cup Div 3 L chess.com INT Mon 25th Sep 2023 - Fri 29th Sep 2023 Leading Final Round 8 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Final
1	Sevian, Samuel	1.5
2	Alekseev, Evgeny	0.5
	Semi-final
1	Sevian, Samuel	2.0
2	Robson, Ray	1.0
	Round 6
1	Sevian, Samuel	2.0
2	Demchenko, Anton	0.0
1	Robson, Ray	2.0
2	Durarbayli, Vasif	0.0
	Round 5
1	Demchenko, Anton	2.0
2	Meier, Georg	0.0
1	Durarbayli, Vasif	2.0
2	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	1.0
	Round 4
1	Meier, Georg	1.5
2	Kovalev, Vladislav	0.5
1	Demchenko, Anton	1.5
2	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo	0.5
1	Durarbayli, Vasif	2.0
2	Xiong, Jeffery	0.0
1	Tomashevsky, Evgeny	2.0
2	Radjabov, Teimour	1.0
	Round 3
1	Durarbayli, Vasif	2.0
2	Beerdsen, Thomas	0.0
1	Kovalev, Vladislav	2.0
2	Muradli, Mahammad	0.0
1	Demchenko, Anton	2.0
2	Kravtsiv, Martyn	1.0
1	Radjabov, Teimour	1.5
2	Kramnik, Vladimir	0.5
	Round 2
1	Durarbayli, Vasif	1.5
2	Chigaev, Maksim	0.5
1	Beerdsen, Thomas	1.5
2	Rakhmanov, Aleksandr	0.5
1	Muradli, Mahammad	2.0
2	Guseinov, Gadir	1.0
1	Kovalev, Vladislav	2.0
2	Paravyan, David	1.0
1	Demchenko, Anton	2.0
2	Vaibhav, Suri	1.0
1	Kravtsiv, Martyn	1.5
2	Esipenko, Andrey	0.5
1	Radjabov, Teimour	1.5
2	Malakhov, Vladimir	0.5
1	Kramnik, Vladimir	1.5*
32 players

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