CHENNAI:
Anish Giri
faces a huge battle to stay in the $150,000
Chessable Masters
later on Saturday with
World Champion Magnus Carlsen
on the brink of victory. The Dutch No. 1 needs to win today's vital set to level the match and take it to a decider on Sunday.
However Carlsen, having gone ahead in Friday's opener, is the hot favourite to win the second of three events on the Magnus Carlsen
Chess
Tour. Carlsen also revealed he is hoping to end the day back on top of 7.5 million people in the Fantasy Premier League.
He said: "Right now I’m sharing 8th place with a person who has the very nice username of Magnum Dong Carlsen. I’m actually sharing the place with this person, which I feel is kind of appropriate. No, I’ve activated my wildcard and it’s going to be great. It’s going to be a side plot for tomorrow."
The winner picks up $45,000 and the runner-up $27,000. If Giri wins on Sunday, then an automatic place in the $300,000 4-player Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Grand Final may well be worth more. The event, broadcast live on chess24, is the next stage of the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour which carries a total prize pot of $1 million, a record for the online game.
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