Magnus Carlsen playing the King’s Gambit was one of his less outrageous opening choices as he lost his match against Ding Liren 3:1, but if, as Alexander Grischuk suggested, it was a ploy to avoid the same opponent in the semi-finals, it didn’t work! They play again on Saturday, while it’s Hikaru Nakamura (who beat MVL in Armageddon) vs. Fabiano Caruana (who lost to Giri) in the other semi-final on Friday. Ian Nepomniachtchi beat Alireza Firouzja in Armageddon in the battle for 5th place.
Read the full report here:
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/mci-day-13-the-chess-king-s-gambit-fails
View the full recording here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW5ImEYjy-c
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