I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while but I’ve been super busy so here it is!!! The tournament in Paris was very unpredictable. In the first game that took place on Sunday, Carlsen started off with a loss. On the other hand, Hikaru Nakamura was the dominant player in the first games which made me super happy 😀 I do like Carlsen also though.
The tournament was a combination of Blitz and rapid games. The participants were Wesley So, Fabiano Caruana, Magnus Carlsen, Alexander Grischuk, Mamedyarov Shakhriyar, Vachier-Lagrave, Bacrot Etienne, Caruana Fabiano, Topalov Veselin and Karjakin Sergey.
After losing 4 games, Magnus scored 3 points less but managed to pull himself together in time and defeated Wesley So in the final game.
The following were the final standings
Position | Name | Fed | Rating | Points |
1 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2832 | 14 |
2 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2761 | 13 |
3 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2785 | 12 |
4 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2800 | 11 |
5 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2796 | 11 |
6 | So, Wesley | USA | 2812 | 9 |
7 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2781 | 8 |
8 | Topalov, Veselin | BUL | 2749 | 5 |
9 | Bacrot, Etienne | FRA | 2708 | 4 |
10 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2808 | 3 |
About Magnus Carlsen
Carlsen is a Norwegian grandmaster who earned his grandmaster title at the age of 13. He was the world champion in 2014 and 2015. His Paris success increased his Fide rating to 2900. Three years ago, Carlsen was considered stronger than the legends Garry Kasparov and Bobby Fischer. You may also like https://www.chessable.com/blog/2016/12/10/openings-magnus-carlsen/