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Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals 2022

Magnus Carlsen racked up his seventh straight rapid game win to snatch the sole lead at the half-way point of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals in San Francisco.

The World Chess Champion put on another sparkling display in Round 4 of 7 as he thrashed Dutch No.1 Anish Giri 3-0 to march on towards victory in the $1.6 million Tour's end-of-season hybrid event.

Meanwhile, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Carlsen's biggest rival in this tournament and throughout the 2022 Tour, lost a catastrophic match to Vietnam's Liem Quang Le that puts a huge hole in his hopes.

Duda and Liem played out two long draws before Liem broke through to win in 46 moves in the third. On screen, Duda looked devastated. Liem then turned the screw with 29...e5! in the fourth to win 3-1.

He climbs to third position with seven points, behind Carlsen on 12/15 and Duda on 9.

Carlsen's opening game saw him play the now rare at the top level French Defence. It was a risk and quickly the newly-installed 2022 Tour Champion found himself in what he thought was a losing position.

Carlsen admitted after: "I'd just missed his a4 move in the opening — after that I think I'm pretty busted!"

Giri didn't spot the chance to blow open the champion's centre, though. The Dutchman sacrificed a bishop but it didn't work and Carlsen took over. A wild game ended with Carlsen in front. Game 2 went worse for Giri. The Dutchman collapsed in the middlegame as he allowed Carlsen to active his bishop pair. Carlsen pinned Giri's rook and the game ended in short order. It was Carlsen's sixth rapid win in a row.

Elsewhere, Indian teen Arjun Erigaisi got off the mark with 3 points and $7,500 as he beat Azerbaijan's No.1 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Erigaisi had gone 11 games without a win in the event, but broke that run in the second and went on take the fourth too for a 3-1 score.

Finally, the US star Wesley So won his second match in a row with a 2.5-1.5 victory over Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa. Both players, who were expected to challenge at the top, have failed to live up to expectations in this event so far.

With three rounds to go, Carlsen remains the hot favourite. Yet he still has to play Duda on the final day.

Day 5 of the Tour Finals 2022 kicks off at 15:00 ET / 21:00 CET on November 18. Watch the broadcast live on chess24.com or chess24’s YouTube and Twitch channels.

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Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals 2022

Mark Crowther - Monday 21st November 2022

The Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals took place 14th to 20th November 2022. The event was played on the Chess24 platform but half the players will be based at the Ferry Building in San Francisco, the city where Meltwater is based. Carlsen had already won the whole tour but there was still $210,000 to play for. The event was a mini-match round robin. Four rapid games each day against the same opponent, the result of the mini-match, win draw or loss going into the table. Players: Magnus Carlsen, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Arjun Erigaisi, Anish Giri, Quang Liem Le, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, R Praggnanandhaa and Wesley So. Carlsen dominated throughout with only Duda keeping pace in the early rounds before he fell away. Carlsen dropped just a point against Le Quang Liem when he was taken to an Armageddon tie-break which he won. Wesley So finished in second place, a quite remarkable recovery considering he lost to Carlsen and Le in the first two rounds. Le finished third and Duda fourth.

Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals 2022 (chess24.com INT) Mon 14th Nov 2022 - Sun 20th Nov 2022 - Official Site - Live

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Magnus Carlsen wins MCCT Finals 2022 with a round to spare

Magnus Carlsen defeated R Praggnanandhhaa 2.5-0.5 to win the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals 2022 with one round to spare. Praggnanandhaa might have lost two games and the matches but he is being forged in the battlefield. This learning experience is certainly helping him to become stronger. He has already shown traits of the world champion in this event and at Asian Continental Championship 2022 too. So one should not take these losses to their hearts because Praggnanandhaa will bounce back stronger and roar louder in the days to come. Arjun Erigaisi made a short work of Liem Quang Le scoring a 2.5-0.5 win. It was once again a minimal day as all four matches needed only three games to produce an outcome. Praggnanandhaa will face Arjun in the final round 7 which starts tonight, 21st November at 1:30 a.m. IST. Photo: Champions Chess Tour

Arjun beats Liem

"I am sorry that I couldn't keep the match going a little bit longer because then people could have woken up in the morning to go watch the games. I love what you are doing Sagar, to see all of Indian both talents and fans is amazing. Huge shoutout to all of you." - Magnus Carlsen. He also added, "I enjoyed my time there. I hope to be back. Unfortunately now I have been travelling too much, I felt like I couldn't make it to Tata Steel Chess (India) but I will be following it with great interest."

Praggnanandhaa - Carlsen: 0.5-2.5

Magnus Carlsen started the day with a convincing victory over R Praggnanandhaa.

Praggnanandhaa - Carlsen, Game 1

According to Carlsen, 18...d4 was born out of necessity as 18...a5 runs into 19.Nd4 and 18...0-0 is met by 19.b4 Qb6 20.Nd2. The world no.1 felt that Praggnanandhaa pushed too hard and lost the game.

34.Nf6+ gxf6 35.Bd2+ would have led to a draw by perpetual check Kh8 36.Qh5+ Kg8 37.Qg4+ and Black cannot get out of the checks. The Norwegian expressed that it is quite difficult to spot this when you are down to seconds but it would have also been a fitting end to the game.

The second game had an exciting queen and knight endgame.

Carlsen - Praggnanandhaa, Game 2

"...I was just trying to hang on move by move. I thought that there was some precise sequence which gave him very good winning chances. I was just trying to hang on. From a human perspective, 33...Qg1+ 34.Kd3 Qxh2 was very natural but at least he has to deal with the passed pawn. So I have some chances practically speaking. Yeah that was tough sometimes," - Magnus Carlsen on the above position.

Can you find Black's final chance to save the game? Praggnanandhaa missed it but it certainly did not slip by Carlsen's mind.

Gelfand's showcase

A few weeks ago, Boris Gelfand was in Oslo having a training session with youngsters from Carlsen's chess club where he showed this position when the Norwegian stopped by. Thus, this theme was fresh on the world no.1's mind. 1.Bf5 g3! and Black draws the game by one tempo irrespective of how White captures it.

Carlsen was winning in the third game too as Praggnanandhaa was left without a choice but to push for a win by any means if he wanted a fourth game.

Praggnanandhaa - Carlsen, Game 3

The world champion saw 32...fxg6 33.Rg3 Bxf2+ 34.Kxf2 Qe8! to be winning for him but he felt it was uncalled for. Now that's what a gentleman does. He needn't score a 3-0 win to the match, a 2.5-0.5 is a win too against Praggnanandhaa.

Liem - Arjun: 0.5-2.5

Liem Quang Le made a sound queen sacrifice in the first game. However, he made a tactical error which allowed his opponent, Arjun Erigaisi to win the game.

Liem - Arjun, Game 1

Can you find out the winning continuation for Black after 37.Bd4 ?. 37.Rh1 Rxd5 38.Rhd1 Rxd3 39.Rxd3 would have given White some fighting chances.

The former World Blitz champion made a positional mistake in the second game which gave Arjun a substantial advantage in the middlegame.

Arjun - Liem, Game 2

16...Bxb6 would have been fine for Black. 16...Nxb6  was met by 17.Bxc7 Rxc7 18.h6 g6 19.Nf6+ Kh8 20.dxc5 and White is in complete control. Arjun was significantly better in the third game. However, he repeated moves and made a draw as it was enough for him to win the match.

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Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals – Day 3 live video coverage

The final event of the 1.6$ Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2022  will be held from 14-20 November in San Francisco. Eight elite chess stars will take part in the third and final major in a unique online and in-person hybrid chess event. Four players will compete from SHACK15 in San Francisco, while four will play remotely.  Newly-crowned Tour 2022 Champion  Magnus Carlsen  heads the line-up and will be in San Francisco vying for his fifth victory in the 2022 season. The field includes  Wesley So ,  Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa ,  Anish Giri ,  Jan-Krzysztof Duda ,  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov ,  Liem Le Quang  and  Arjun Erigaisi . Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals – Day 2 recap  /  LIVE games

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2024 Masters: Final round tee times

Here are the full tee times for sunday's final round at the 88th masters.

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Final-round tee times have been released for the 88th Masters. Scottie Scheffler and Collin Morikawa will play in Sunday’s final pairing at 2:35 p.m. ET.

Scheffler enters Sunday at 7-under 209, one stroke clear of Morikawa. Both players deftly navigated firm conditions Saturday afternoon at Augusta National, as Scheffler (71) and Morikawa (69) carded two of the day’s 11 under-par scores. Scheffler, who played in Saturday’s penultimate pairing, emerged from a three-way co-lead through 36 holes to assume the solo lead in chase of his second green jacket, while Morikawa ascended from Saturday’s third-to-last group into Sunday’s final pairing as he seeks his first green jacket and third major title.

The penultimate pairing, set for 2:25 p.m. ET, includes Max Homa and Ludvig Åberg. Homa, who played in Saturday’s final pairing alongside Bryson DeChambeau, recorded 17 pars in a third-round 73 that moved him from a share of the lead to two strokes off the pace, still within striking distance of his first major title. Åberg, hanging tough in his major championship debut, carded a third-round 70 that matched the day’s third-lowest score; he stands at 4-under 212, three strokes back of Scheffler.

DeChambeau (3 under) and Xander Schauffele (2 under) will compete in the third-to-last group. DeChambeau fell from the 36-hole co-lead with a third-round 75, while Schauffele carded a bogey-free, third-round 70 to move within striking distance. They’ll be preceded by Cam Davis and Nicolai Højgaard (both 2 under) in the fourth-to-last pairing.

Note: Final-round tee times run in 10-minute intervals from 9:15 a.m. to 2:35 p.m., with time-slot gaps at 10:55 a.m., 12:15 p.m. and 1:35 p.m.

Other notable pairings include:

• Cameron Young, Tommy Fleetwood (1:45 p.m. Eastern) : Two uber-talented players still seeking their first TOUR win; could one make it a major? Both carded even-par 72 on Saturday and both will begin the final round six back of Scheffler. A tall task, but not out of the realm.
• Patrick Cantlay, Lucas Glover (1:25 p.m.) : Cantlay carded a third-round 70, matching the day’s third-lowest score, to move within seven of the lead as he seeks his first major title. He’s tied at even-par 216 with Glover, the 2009 U.S. Open champion.
• Rory McIlroy, Joaquin Niemann (12:45 p.m.) : McIlroy carded a solid 1-under 71 Saturday but will begin the final round 10 strokes back of Scheffler in a long-shot attempt to complete the elusive career Grand Slam. The four-time major winner would need a career day to have a chance.
• Phil Mickelson, Shane Lowry (11:15 a.m.) : The three-time Masters winner Mickelson and the Irishman Lowry, who made the 14th hole’s first eagle since 2016 on Saturday, each trail by 13 strokes into Sunday.
• Tiger Woods, Neal Shipley (9:35 a.m.) : The five-time Masters winner Woods struggled to a third-round 82 to fall from contention, and he’ll play Sunday alongside the reigning U.S. Amateur runner-up, Ohio State’s Shipley, who has secured low amateur honors as the field’s only of five amateurs to make the cut.

Here are the full tee times for Sunday's final round:

9:15 a.m. : Adam Hadwin (Canada), Vijay Singh (Fiji) 9:25 a.m. : Grayson Murray, Jake Knapp 9:35 a.m. : Neal Shipley*, Tiger Woods 9:45 a.m. : Tom Kim (South Korea), Denny McCarthy 9:55 a.m. : Kurt Kitayama, Thorbjorn Olesen (Denmark) 10:05 a.m. : Erik van Rooyen (South Africa), Eric Cole 10:15 a.m. : Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain), Camilo Villegas (Colombia) 10:25 a.m. : Russell Henley, Jason Day (Australia) 10:35 a.m. : Keegan Bradley, Min Woo Lee (Australia) 10:45 a.m. : Si Woo Kim (Korea), J. T. Poston 11:05 a.m. : Corey Conners (Canada), Brooks Koepka 11:15 a.m. : Phil Mickelson, Shane Lowry (Ireland) 11:25 a.m. : Taylor Moore, Sahith Theegala 11:35 a.m. : Akshay Bhatia, Harris English 11:45 a.m. : Jon Rahm (Spain), Tony Finau 11:55 a.m. : Hideki Matsuyama (Japan), Luke List 12:05 p.m. : Ryan Fox (New Zealand), Rickie Fowler 12:15 p.m. : Patrick Cantlay, Neal Shipley* 12:25 p.m. : Danny Willett (England), Adam Scott (Australia) 12:35 p.m. : Will Zalatoris, Tyrrell Hatton (England) 12:45 p.m. : Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), Joaquin Niemann (Chile) 12:55 p.m. : Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland), Joaquin Niemann (Chile) 1:05 p.m. : Matt Fitzpatrick (England), Patrick Reed 1:15 p.m. : Adam Schenk, Chris Kirk 1:25 p.m. : Patrick Cantlay, Lucas Glover 1:35 p.m. : Adam Schenk, Patrick Reed 1:45 p.m. : Cameron Young, Tommy Fleetwood (England) 1:55 p.m. : Byeong Hun An (South Korea), Cameron Smith (Australia) 2:05 p.m. : Cam Davis (Australia), Nicolai Højgaard (Denmark) 2:15 p.m. : Bryson DeChambeau, Xander Schauffele 2:25 p.m. : Max Homa, Ludvig Åberg (Sweden) 2:35 p.m. : Scottie Scheffler, Collin Morikawa

* Denotes amateur