Magnus Carlsen beat Alireza Firouzja in playoffs to take a 2-point lead over Praggnanandhaa into the final round of the FTX Crypto Cup in Miami. Pragg suffered the heartbreak of blundering mate-in-1 against Jan-Krzysztof Duda, but the 17-year-old still knows that if he beats Magnus in rapid chess he’ll clinch victory. Firouzja is out of contention, as are Liem Le and Levon Aronian, who beat Anish Giri and Hans Niemann.
The 6th and penultimate round of the FTX Crypto Cup saw the key title match-ups, Firouzja-Carlsen and Praggnanandhaa-Duda, go to tiebreaks, while the other two matches were decided in rapid chess.
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Carlsen 3.5:2.5 Firouzja
This match got off to a bizarre start as it seemed Magnus couldn’t stop laughing, while his position collapsed around him. His queen set off on a strange adventure, first going to a5, then back to d8, then...
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