Chess: Erratic Magnus Carlsen faces Chinese challenge in invitational semis

The world champion won several games in style, but suffered eight defeats and had a lost position after seven moves with WhiteMagnus Carlsen has qualified for this weekend’s semi-finals in his $250,000 online elite invitational, but Norway’s world champion, 29, now faces strong and ambitious rivals in the context of his own erratic form.Carlsen won several games in fine style in the all-play-all preliminaries, but also suffered eight defeats, three of them to China’s world No 3, Ding Liren, who he meets again in Saturday’s semi-final. The match starts at 3pm, and can be viewed free and live online at chess24.com with move by move grandmaster and computer commentaries. Related: Teenage chess prodigy Alireza Firouzja beaten by Magnus Carlsen and wifi woes Related: Garry Kasparov to take part in online Nations Cup chess tournament Continue reading…

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