US EditionChess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen Wins at Esports World Cup
RIYADH PROVINCE, SAUDI ARABIA, AUG 1 – Magnus Carlsen earned $250,000 and led Team Liquid to the top in the inaugural Chess Esports World Cup, marking a milestone 139 years after the first chess world title.
- Number one grandmaster Magnus Carlsen won the inaugural online chess competition at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, defeating Alireza Firouzja and earning $250,000.
- Esports World Cup 2025, second staging of the event, marked its inclusion of chess this year, reaching a 'new milestone' 139 years after the first World Chess Champion was crowned.
- Structured as a best-of-three sets format, each set comprised four 10-minute games with no increment, Carlsen won both sets 3-1 to secure a 2-0 victory.
- Thanks to Carlsen’s win, Team Liquid moved to first place with a 50-point lead over Team Falcons, earning 1,000 Club Championship points.
- Carlsen said he hopes to return next year, as Week four at the Esports World Cup 2025 continues until tomorrow with the New Global Sport Conference scheduled for August 23-24.
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Asked at the press conference if he will be back next year, Carlsen said with a smile: "As long as I know how the pieces move, I will try (to play) and do my very best in the in the EWC for years to come."
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