Anish Giri wins the 2nd Magnus Carlsen Invitational

Anish Giri has won the Magnus Carlsen Invitational after defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi 2:0 in a blitz playoff. The Dutch no. 1 earns $60,000 and as the winner of a Major joins Teimour Radjabov as a confirmed participant in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour finals in San Francisco this September. Magnus Carlsen took 3rd place with a game to spare after beating Wesley So. Although that wasn’t what the World Champion wanted in the tournament with his name on it, he’s now just 5 points behind Wesley in the overall Tour standings.

For more details check out launch article, while we’ll be announcing the line-ups and more soon.

See also:

• Champions Chess Tour website
• All the Magnus Carlsen Invitational games: Qualifier, Prelims, Knockout
• Spaced-themed Magnus Carlsen Invitational returns
• Grandelius and Pichot complete Magnus Carlsen Invitational line-up
• Magnus Carlsen faces Firouzja and Giri on Day 1 of his Invitational
• MCI 1: Giri beats Carlsen and So to snatch lead
• MCI 2: Giri still leads Carlsen as battle heats up
• MCI 3: Carlsen top, as Radjabov, Karjakin & Dubov miss out
• MCI 4: Carlsen & So to meet again?
• MCI 5: It’s Carlsen-Nepo and So-Giri in the semi-finals
• MCI 6: Nepo and Giri shock Carlsen and So
• MCI 7: Magnus self-destructs after epic fightback
• MCI 8: Nepo escapes against Giri | Carlsen finally beats So