Nakamura gets revenge on So in the semi-finals of the Skilling Open

Hikaru Nakamura made up for losing to Wesley So in the semi-finals of the Skilling Open by defeating his US rival 13.5:12.5 to reach a Speed Chess final against either Magnus Carlsen or Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Nakamura, who was celebrating his 33rd birthday, said “in many ways he was the better player in the match”, but when they reached the bullet section level on points it was hard to bet against Hikaru. The bullet master did indeed pull away into a 3-point lead, but the games were fierce battles and Wesley got to play the move of the match.

The final will then take place at 18:00 CET on Saturday.

See also:

• Magnus Carlsen vs. Parham Maghsoodloo | All the games
• Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Nihal Sarin | All the games
• Alireza Firouzja vs. Vladimir Fedoseev | All the games
• Wesley So vs. Nodirbek Abdusattorov | All the games
• Ian Nepomniachtchi vs. Levon Aronian | All the games
• Nakamura vs. Martirosyan | All the games
• Caruana vs. Duda | All the games
• Giri vs. Artemiev | All the games
• So vs. Duda | All the games
• Aronian vs. MVL | All the games
• Carlsen vs. Artemiev | All the games
• Nakamura vs. Fedoseev | All the games
• Nakamura vs. So | All the games
• Carlsen vs. MVL | All the games
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• Carlsen demolishes Maghsoodloo 24:5
• Fedoseev shocks Firouzja in Speed Chess
• Wesley So brushes aside Abdusattorov 18:10
• Aronian beats Nepo to set up MVL quarterfinal
• Duda blows Caruana away in bullet chess
• Artemiev defeats Giri to set up Carlsen showdown
• MVL beats Aronian to reach Carlsen or Artemiev Speed Chess semi-final
• Carlsen and Nakamura remain on Speed Chess collision course