Magnus Carlsen storming through Superbet final day

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Day 5 of the 2024 Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz saw the thrilling finale in the race between overnight leader Wei Yi and Magnus Carlsen.

Carlsen won 10(!!) consecutive games to overtake Wei Yi by just half a point. This is Carlsen’s seventh tournament victory in a row, including Champions Chess Tour Final, World Rapid Championship, World Blitz Championship, Chessable Masters, Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T Challenge, Grenke Chess Classic and now Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland.

Meanwhile, Wei Yi won the Tata Steel Masters 2024.

Check out the video recap below.

Final standings:

1. GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 2828 – 26
2. GM Wei Yi CHN 2758 – 25.5
3. GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda POL 2748 – 19.5
4. GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu IND 2704 – 19
5. GM Arjun Erigaisi IND 2671 – 18
6. GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov UZB 2733 – 17.5
7. GM Kirill Shevchenko ROU 2622 – 15
8. GM Anish Giri NED 2687 – 14
9. GM Vincent Keymer GER 2647 – 13
10. GM Gukesh Dommaraju IND 2649 – 12.5