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Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen; born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster, No. 1 ranked player in the world and reigning World Chess Champion in classical and rapid. His peak rating is 2882, the highest in history.
Carlsen was regarded as a chess prodigy as a youngster, and became a Grandmaster in 2004, at the age of 13 years, 148 days. This made him the third youngest grandmaster in history. On 1 January 2010, at the age of 19 years, 32 days, he became the youngest chess player to be ranked FIDE world No. 1.
Magnus Carlsen wins Your Next Move 2017 – Leuven
Magnus Carlsen may have been down by 3 points when the rapid rounds of the tournament concluded against the then leader Wesley So, but after a spectacular performance of 14.5/18 in the blitz rounds, Carlsen came out the runaway winner of the second leg of the Grand Chess Tour 2017, the Your Next Move 2017, which happened in Leuven, Belgium.
This is a back-to-back tournament wins for Carlsen as he also won the the tour’s Paris leg last month. Remember that the Grand Chess Tour 2017 is composed of 5 tournaments as follows:
Carlsen and So tied for first place before the final Day 2 of blitz games in Your Next Move 2017
Magnus Carlsen was trailing Wesley So right from the start of the Blitz round of Your Next Move 2017, until the final round of the day, Round 9, when they finally faced each other and the former was just a point behind.
Replay Round 9 Blitz game between Magnus Carlsen vs. Wesley So below:[replay]
Your Next Move 2017 Blitz Rounds 1-9 Results
| Round | White | Results | Black |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kramnik, Vladimir | 1-0 | Giri, Anish |
| Anand, Viswanathan | 0-1 | Carlsen, Magnus | |
| So, Wesley | 1-0 | Jobava, Baadur | |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1-0 | Aronian, Levon | |
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | 0-1 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | |
| 2 | Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | Kramnik, Vladimir |
| Giri, Anish | ½-½ | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | |
| So, Wesley | 1-0 | Anand, Viswanathan | |
| Aronian, Levon | 1-0 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | |
| Jobava, Baadur | 0-1 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | |
| 3 | Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | So, Wesley |
| Anand, Viswanathan | 1-0 | Jobava, Baadur | |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | ½-½ | Aronian, Levon | |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 0-1 | Carlsen, Magnus | |
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | 0-1 | Giri, Anish | |
| 4 | Carlsen, Magnus | 1-0 | Ivanchuk, Vassily |
| Giri, Anish | ½-½ | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ | Kramnik, Vladimir | |
| So, Wesley | 0-1 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | |
| Jobava, Baadur | 0-1 | Aronian, Levon | |
| 5 | Kramnik, Vladimir | 1-0 | Jobava, Baadur |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 0-1 | Carlsen, Magnus | |
| Aronian, Levon | 1-0 | Giri, Anish | |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 0-1 | Anand, Viswanathan | |
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | ½-½ | So, Wesley | |
| 6 | Carlsen, Magnus | 1-0 | Aronian, Levon |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | 1-0 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ | Ivanchuk, Vassily | |
| So, Wesley | 1-0 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | |
| Jobava, Baadur | 0-1 | Giri, Anish | |
| 7 | Giri, Anish | 1-0 | Carlsen, Magnus |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | ½-½ | Anand, Viswanathan | |
| Aronian, Levon | ½-½ | So, Wesley | |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1-0 | Jobava, Baadur | |
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | ½-½ | Kramnik, Vladimir | |
| 8 | Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | Nepomniachtchi, Ian |
| Anand, Viswanathan | 1-0 | Aronian, Levon | |
| So, Wesley | 0-1 | Giri, Anish | |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1-0 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | |
| Jobava, Baadur | 0-1 | Carlsen, Magnus | |
| 9 | Carlsen, Magnus | 1-0 | So, Wesley |
| Giri, Anish | ½-½ | Anand, Viswanathan | |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 1-0 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | |
| Aronian, Levon | ½-½ | Kramnik, Vladimir | |
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | ½-½ | Jobava, Baadur |
Wesley So leads Your Next Move 2017 after the Rapid Rounds
Wesley So leads Leuven after the Rapid Rounds
After 9 rounds of rapid games, Wesley So is on top of the ranking for Your Next Move 2017, the 2nd leg of the Grand Chess Tour 2017, currently happening in Leuven, Belgium. There are 18 rounds of blitz games still left in the tournament.
Wesley So defeated former and current world champions and leads Leuven after 6 rapid rounds
Day 2 of Your Next Move 2017, the second leg of Grand Chess Tour 2017, resumed in Leuven, Belgium for Rounds 4 to 6 of Rapid games.
The Your Next Move 2017 tournament format can be best described by the following chart:
Your Next Move 2017 Tournament Format
After 6 rounds of rapid chess, 22 games were decisive against 8 draws. That’s a high 73% decisive games percentage.
Wesley So leads Your Next Move 2017 after Rapid Round 3
Your Next Move 2017 is the second leg of the Grand Chess Tour 2017, which is currently happening in the city of Leuven in Belgium. Just like the GCT Paris, Your Next Move comprises 9 rounds of rapid games and 18 blitz games. Rapid games are scored 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw, while the Blitz are scored the normal way of 1 point for a win and 1/2 for draw.
On Your Next Move 2017 Day 1, Wesley So defeated Vladimir Kramnik and Magnus Carlsen to lead the tournament after 3 rapid rounds.[replay]
Magnus Carlsen wins Grand Chess Tour Paris 2017
At the end of 9 rapid and 18 blitz rounds of Grand Chess Tour Paris 2017, Magnus Carlsen was tied with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave for first place with 24 points apiece, thus they faced off in tie-break games.
After two tie-break games, Carlsen came out victorious with 1.5 points vs. MVL’s 0.5.