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GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda won the 2021 FIDE World Cup on Thursday, beating GM Sergey Karjakin convincingly in his white game, thereby avoiding a tiebreak. The 23-year-old Polish grandmaster finished the tournament undefeated and takes home $88,000.
Karjakin won $64,000 for coming second and, like Duda, he qualified for the 2022 FIDE Candidates Tournament.
GM Magnus Carlsen also won his second game against GM Vladimir Fedoseev to score 2-0 and come in third in the tournament, earning $48,000. Fedoseev won $40,000 for fourth place.
A full report will be posted soon.
Finals | Results
Fed | Player | Rtg | Fed | Player | Rtg | G1 | G2 | TB | |
GM Karjakin, Sergey | 2757 | – | GM Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 2738 | ½-½ | 0-1 | . | ||
GM Carlsen, Magnus | 2847 | – | GM Fedoseev, Vladimir | 2696 | 1-0 | 1-0 | . |
Games Finals, Day 2
The FIDE World Cup takes place in the Galaxy Leisure Complex in Sochi, Russia, until August 6, 2021. Each round consists of two classical games and, if necessary, a rapid/blitz tiebreak on the third day. The open section began round two with 128 players and the women’s section, 64.
Previous reports:
- FIDE World Cup Finals: Carlsen Wins Masterpiece
- FIDE World Cup R7.3: Duda Beats Carlsen To Reach Final, Candidates
- FIDE World Cup R7.2: Kosteniuk Wins Women’s Cup, Karjakin Reaches Final
- FIDE World Cup R7.1: Kosteniuk Dodges Bullet, Takes Lead
- FIDE World Cup R6.3: Karjakin, Goryachkina, Kosteniuk Through
- FIDE World Cup R6.2: Carlsen, Duda, Fedoseev Through; Karjakin Strikes Back
- FIDE World Cup R6.1: Carlsen, Shankland Strike
- FIDE World Cup R5.3: Carlsen Beats Esipenko In Epic Tiebreak
- FIDE World Cup R5.2: Shankland, Vidit Through
- FIDE World Cup R5.1: Kosteniuk, Martirosyan Only Winners
- FIDE World Cup R4.3: Carlsen, Ivic Among Final 16
- FIDE World Cup R4.2: Dzagnidze, Goryachkina Force Tiebreaks; Harikrishna Out
- FIDE World Cup R4.1: Goryachkina, Harikrishna Among 10 Players In Danger Zone
- FIDE World Cup R3.3: Giri, Mamedyarov Out; MVL Survives In Armageddon
- FIDE World Cup R3.2: Caruana Knocked Out
- FIDE World Cup R3.1: Dzagnidze, Mamedyarov, Yu In Trouble
- FIDE World Cup R2.3: Dominguez, Firouzja Out On Wild Armageddon Day
- FIDE World Cup R2.2: Nihal, Praggnanandhaa Among Qualifiers For Round 3
- FIDE World Cup R2.1: Covid-19 Hits, Aronian Withdraws
- FIDE World Cup R1.3: 14-Year-Old Murzin Through
- FIDE World Cup R1.2: 28 Matches Go To Tiebreaks
- FIDE World Cup R1.1: Chilean Brilliance
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