Magnus Carlsen ended the first day of blitz at the Superbet Poland tournament with five consecutive wins, thus climbing to sole second place a half point behind Jan-Krzysztof Duda. Duda scored 4½ points to remain atop the standings, as he collected three wins, three draws and three losses on Wednesday. Wesley So stands in third place, merely a half point behind Carlsen. | Photo: Lennart Ootes
Only four players in the history of chess have won 30 or more super-tournaments in their career: Anatoly Karpov (48), Garry Kasparov (43), Magnus Carlsen (37), and Viswanathan Anand (30). As more and more super-tournaments crop up each year, expect this list to expand.
A little-known 17-year-old from Uzbekistan made a clean sweep of Magnus Carlsen and the global chess elite on Tuesday, incidentally setting a world age record. Nodirbek Abdusattorov won the World
GM Magnus Carlsen won four games in the match and drew seven for a final match score of 7.5-3.5. GM Ian Nepomniachtchi played very strong chess in the first five games, which were all drawn. The sixth game of the match was the turning point—Carlsen won a historic 136-move game (the longest game in world championship history).
Winners of all World Chess Championships in 1886-2021 years.Information about chess matches, scores, champions and runners-up.Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov
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