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GMs Wesley So and Nihal Sarin confirmed their progression to the Chess.com Global Championship final after winning arduous semifinal matches on Saturday. The players will compete for the top prize of $200,000, and the winner will be crowned the inaugural champion.
The semifinal between GMs Anish Giri and Sarin was decided in an armageddon tiebreaker following a 4-4 result in the regulation games. The 18-year-old Nihal bamboozled Giri in a theoretically drawn rook endgame and secured the win, one of the most important victories of his career.
So and GM Hikaru Nakamura began the day in the same fashion as on Friday, splitting the points in their first two matches before So lashed out in game seven and won with the black pieces.
In a must-win eighth game, Nakamura found himself in a tempestuous middlegame where the material was certainly imbalanced. So handled the situation calmly, took the match 5-3, and booked his spot in the grand finale alongside Sarin.
The blockbuster final will begin on Sunday, November 6, starting at 9 a.m. PT / 17:00 CET.
Our game of the day, analyzed by GM Rafael Leitao, will be added later.
All Games Semifinals Day 2
The 2022 Chess.com Global Championship (CGC) is the first Chess.com global championship cycle open to all Chess.com verified players. Players compete in official Chess.com verified events for their share of the $1,100,000 prize fund and the Chess.com Global Champion title.
Chess legends, such as GMs Viswanathan Anand, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Vladimir Kramnik, and Veselin Topalov, compete against today’s best (online) players, including GMs Hikaru Nakamura, Ding Liren, Levon Aronian, and Jan-Krzysztof Duda, and more.
Previous coverage
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- Giri, So Miss Chances In Chaotic Semifinals
- Stunning Comebacks and Decisive Matches: Nakamura, So, Nihal, Giri Victorious
- Perfect 4-0 Day For Nakamura, Dismantles Bongcloud In CGC Finals
- How To Watch The Chess.com Global Championship Finals
- Underdogs Eliminate World Championship Challengers From CGC In Day Of Upsets
- Giri, Duda Shut Down Dark Horses, Earn Seats In Toronto Finals
- Nakamura Neutralizes Dominguez, Andreikin Upsets Caruana
- So Edges Out Xiong, Aronian Knocks Out Sevian
- Experience Bests Youth: Radjabov Knocks Out Erigaisi
- Sarana ‘Immortal’ Upsets Mamedyarov; Duda, Xiong Cruise Through
- Favorites Advance; Abdusattorov, Kramnik Eliminated
- So Sweeps Ivanchuk, Dominguez Defeats Hansen
- Sevian Scores Spectacular Upset; Caruana, Andreikin Advance
- American Favorites Clean House
- Sweet Revenge, Stunning Upsets
- Svidler Sweeps Shirov, Favorites Triumph
- Legends Fall, Prodigies Prevail
- Kramnik and Sevian Sweep Inaugural Matches
- Anand, Ivanchuk, Kramnik, Topalov Among Global Chess Championship Participants
- Announcing The $100,000 CGC Bracket Contest
- Chess.com Global Championship 2022: All The Information
