On the day 11 of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational online chess tournament, Magnus Carlsen became the first to qualify for the final. The tournament is in round 6, one more round to go before the final.
In the first match, Magnus Carlsen won the first match in the Armageddon game. Ian Nepomniachtchi won the first game, the second was a draw, Carlsen won the third game, and the fourth was also a draw. Carlsen won the Armageddon game which led him to the final.
In the second game, 16 Alireza Firouzja won against Anish Giri by 2.5-1.5 which moves him to the 5th position on the points table.
In the first match, Carlsen got 2 points and Ian Nepomniachtchi got 1 point while in the second match Alireza Firouzja got 3 full points.
At the end of the Day 11 points were:
Magnus Carlsen – 13
Hikaru Nakamura – 11
Ding Liren – 11
Fabiano Caruana – 10
Alireza Firouzja – 8
Maxime Lagrave – 5
Ian Nepomniachtchi – 5
Anish Giri – 3
