World Champion Magnus Carlsen began his Round 6 match against Ian Nepomniachtchi with an extraordinary blunder on move 7, later admitting, “I just completely blanked and couldn’t remember what to do”. Spoiling a winning position in Game 2 left Magnus even more furious with himself, but he hit back to level the match and eventually win in Armageddon. The other match saw 16-year-old Alireza Firouzja climb to 5th place after beating Anish Giri, though both players had a lot to regret in a fierce exchange of blows.
➡️read the full report: https://chess24.com/en/read/news/mci-day-11-magnus-makes-final-4-despite-meltdown
➡️Round 6, Day 1 Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_BgRLwdGEE
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