Magnus Carlsen talks to Kaja Snare, GM David Howell, and IM Jovanka Houska about the first day of quarter finals in the New in Chess Classic, the 5th event on the $1.5 million Meltwater
Champions Chess Tour! Magnus comments on the 4 draws against Teimour Radjabov in a single day on the tour.
This was always going to be a tough match, and it remains level. Teimour Radjabov dictated much of the play, with Magnus having to escape a lost position in Game 2. Magnus says, “I was just completely way off today. I think this is the first time I made 4 draws in a day.” Ultimately, however, he is satisfied with the result: “I feel like I dodged one today.”
The New in Chess Classic tournament is held from April 24th to May 3rd, 2021. The players taking part in this tournament are: current World Champion Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, Levon Aronian, Sergey Karjakin, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Alireza Firouzja, Hikaru Nakamura, Teimour Radjabov, Vidit Gujrathi, Lenier Dominguez, Le Quang Liem, Jan Kryzsztof Duda, Aryan Tari, Gawain Jones, Johan Sebastien Christiansen and R. Praggnanandhaa.
The 3-day preliminary stage sees the 16 players play each other once before the bottom 8 are eliminated while the top 8 advance to a knockout consisting of 2-day, four game rapid matches. In the event of a tie on the second day, the match advances to to blitz (5|3) and armageddon (White has five minutes, Black four with no increment) tiebreaks.
The prize fund is $100,000, with $30,000 for top place.
You can watch and analyze my QF games here: https://chess24.com/tr/watch/live-tournaments/meltwater-champions-chess-tour-new-in-chess-classic-knockout/1/1/4
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