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Thursday, 02 Jul 2020 19:48
Chessable Masters: Giri sets up final with Carlsen

Dutch star Anish Giri beat Russian # 1 Ian Nepomniachtchi to set up a Chessable Masters final against Magnus Carlsen. 

The World Champion Carlsen said "see you in the final!" a week ago after both he and Giri won their preliminary groups, and he did his job with a day to spare. 

Giri's match went to a decider and he fell behind after his opponent went for the jugular in the first game of the day. The Dutchman pounced on a mistake to level in game two, and then, after a war of attrition, crashed through in style in the 6th and final encounter.  

Giri has much improved on the chessboard since lockdowns began, but besides that he has always been a social media star, fighting a trash-talk war against Magnus. 

Anish commented after his win: "He's the favorite always and he's shown good chess in this tournament. He beat (world no. 2) Fabi and (world no. 3) Ding like they're babies, but they don't have active Twitter accounts and they don't have the social media skills I possess!"

The final starts Friday and continues Saturday and Sunday, with a huge online audience guaranteed. 

About the tournament 

The event, broadcast live on chess24, is the next stage of the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour which carries a total prize pot of $1 million, a record for the online game. 

The Chessable Masters, which runs until July 5, is being put on in association with Chessable and the tour's Education Partner, leading Swiss private banking group, Julius Baer.

Players were split into two groups (A and B) of six for the preliminary stage before eight progressed to the knockouts. 

The final winner will take home the top prize of $45,000 and a ticket to the $300,000 tour Grand Final. 

Coverage begins with commentary in 10 languages at 16.00 CEST. 

You can watch it live here: 
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/chessable-masters-2020-group-a#live  

Highlights English:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dpG2c-dmqs58tSDSZvxzGNqzgquJyO0g?usp=sharing

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Leon Watson
leon@chessable.com
+447786 078770