The two will meet today.
Magnus Carlsen (photo, The Guardian)
Titleholder Magnus Carlsen and the United States champion Wesley So took the alternate way toward the original set of quarterfinal matches with Alireza Firouzja and Levon Aronian, individually, on Wednesday, March 17. Both So and Carlsen won the initial two games and afterward agreed to attracts the third for disproportionate 2.5-0.5 triumphs that push them closer toward the elimination rounds.
Interestingly, the other quarterfinal coordinates between Hikaru Nakamura and Ian Nepomniachtchi, and Anish Giri and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave wound up tied at 2-2, placing them all in must-win circumstances. Nakamura took game 1, yet Nepomniachtchi countered in game 2 preceding they agreed to attract games 3 and 4. It was a similar circumstance in the other, matching with Vachier-Lagrave taking the opener and Giri fighting back in the subsequent game. The third and fourth games were similarly drawn.
Wesley So (photo, Chess.com)
On the off chance that the top-cultivated Carlsen finishes his predominance of Aronian, he will progress against either Nakamura or Nepomniachtchi. And. on the off chance that So discards Alireza, who’s the world’s top junior, he will meet the victor among Giri and Vachier-Lagrave.
Carlsen is chomping at the bit to manage the competition bearing his name and join So and the wiped out Teimour Radjabov as leg victors in the $1.5 million (P72 million) Champions Chess Tour.
So bested the principal (Skilling Open) and third legs (Opera Euro Rapid), both over Carlsen. Radjabov won in the subsequent leg (Airthings Masters).
