“The chess speaks for itself!” said Hans Niemann after crushing Magnus Carlsen in Game 1 of their match, but Magnus stormed back to win 3:1. Anish Giri had joked that he was babysitting Praggnanandhaa, but a blunder in the last game saw the 17-year-old Indian join Magnus on a perfect score. Levon Aronian is 3rd after beating Jan-Krzysztof Duda on tiebreaks while Alireza Firouzja picked up a first win, over Liem Le.
Day 2 of the FTX Crypto Cup, the 6th event on the $1.6 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, featured more drama, with Firouzja-Le over in three games while Duda-Aronian went to blitz tiebreaks.
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The most entertaining match was between World Champion Magnus Carlsen and the top US junior Hans Niemann.
Carlsen 3:1 Niemann
A disgruntled Hans Niemann had crashed to a 0:3 defeat to Jan-Krzysztof Duda on Day 1 in Miami, so that little was expected of him when he faced the World Champion on Day 2....
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