World champion Magnus Carlsen won the Superbet Rapid and Blitz Poland 2023 event, thanks to his performance during the second day of the blitz section. * The Norwegian ended with a score of 24/36. The world no 1 pocketed a cool pay cheque of $40,000 for his win.* Carlsen — who opted to skip the recently concluded World Chess Championship and was succeeded on the throne by China’s Ding Liren as the 17th world champion — pipped local favorite and defending champion Jan-Krzyzstof Duda to the title in Warsaw. * Duda led the race until the final day, but eventually ended just a point behind Carlsen at 23/36. On the last board, he almost forced the event into a playoff by nearly beating Carlsen.* Finishing just below the two were Wesley So and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, each finishing joint third with 21½ points. Levon Aronian was fifth with 20½...Source : Indian Express
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