Fabiano Caruana, the world No 3 and US champion, won the Zagreb Rapid/Blitz with a record-equalling total of 27/36, and was sure of first prize with five rounds to spare
Fabiano Caruana, the world No 3 and US champion, displayed his new mastery of speed chess last week when he won the SuperUnited Zagreb Rapid and Blitz, part of the St Louis-organised Grand Chess Tour, with a 27/36 points total, equalling Magnus Carlsen’s record for the event. Caruana was sure of victory with five rounds to spare.
There were nine rounds each of rapid (G25+10) and blitz (G5+2) with the former counting double points. The total prize fund was $175,000. In nine years of the Tour there have been 10 rapid/blitz totals of 24.5 or higher, five by the dominant Carlsen and one each by Caruana, Alireza Firouzja, Hikaru Nakamura, Wei Yi, and Wesley So.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/19/chess-caruana-equals-carlsens-record-as-kasparov-criticises-world-title-match
Author : Leonard Barden
Publish date : 2024-07-19 07:00:34
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