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GM Magnus Carlsen bounced back strongly from his lost FIDE World Cup semifinal. The world champion played a masterpiece with the black pieces on Wednesday and defeated GM Vladimir Fedoseev in the first game of the match for third place. The final of the World Cup started with a very quick draw between GM Sergey Karjakin and GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda.
A full report will be published soon.
Finals | Results
Fed | Player | Rtg | Fed | Player | Rtg | G1 | G2 | TB | |
GM Karjakin, Sergey | 2757 | – | GM Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 2738 | ½-½ | . | . | ||
GM Carlsen, Magnus | 2847 | – | GM Fedoseev, Vladimir | 2696 | 1-0 | . | . |
Finals | Games day 1
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 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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