RECAP - chess24 Legends of Chess Semifinals Day 1

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi are currently on course to meet in the chess24 Legends of Chess final after scoring 2.5:0.5 wins on Day 1 of the semi-finals. Magnus gambled with a pawn lunge in the first game and won easily when Peter Svidler reacted badly. That game lasted 27 moves, the same number Magnus needed to wrap on victory in Game 3. Meanwhile Anish Giri enraged Nepo by playing on to move 131 in their opening draw and lived to regret it. The Russian no. 1 won the next two games with fast and powerful, if not always precise, play.

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