Sumit Kumar 
Magnus Carlsen won the Magnus Carlsen Invitational online chess tournament. Magnus Carlsen beat the Hikaru Nakamura in the finals.
The first game between Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen was a long, 84 move game and Carlsen won it. Hikaru Nakamura won the second game to make a comeback, but Magnus Carlsen maintained his lead by winning the third game.
In the fourth game, Hikaru Nakamura ahead all round but made a mistake in the 51st move and it gave a chance to Carlsen to come back and the game ended in a draw.
MCI Final Prize Money
Carlsen won the match by 2.5-1.5 against Hikaru Nakamura. Magnus Carlsen won the $70,000 prize money while Hikaru Nakamura won $45,000 as runner-up prize money.
Prize Money won in MCI
Total prize fund for Magnus Carlsen Invitation was $250,000. Prize money split has been as follows:
Magnus Carlsen – $70,000
Hikaru Nakamura – $45,000
Ding Liren – $30,000
Fabiano Caruana – $30,000
Ian Nepomniachtchi – $22,500
Alireza Firouzja – $20,000
Anish Giri – $17,500
Maxime Lagrave – $15,000
