Overnight leaders R. Praggnanandhaa and Magnus Carlsen crashed to identical 2.5-0.5 seventh-round defeats and Jan-Krzysztof Duda crushed last-man Eric Hansen by a similar margin to win the Oslo Esports Cup rapid online chess tournament on Thursday.
A struggling Anish Giri finished seventh in the eight-man field after stopping Praggnanandhaa while Shakhriyar Mamedyarov stunned Carlsen to take the fifth spot.
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Meanwhile, Duda toyed with Hansen to take the spot. Quang needed tiebreak games to beat Jorden van Foreest 3.5-2.5 and therefore finished a point behind Duda for the second spot.
Carlsen and Praggnanandhaa tied at 12 points and finished third and fourth, respectively.
The results:
Seventh round: R. Praggnanandhaa lost to Anish Giri (Ned) 0.5-2.5; Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Aze) bt Magnus Carlsen (Nor) 2.5-0.5; Le Quang Liem (Vie) bt Jorden van Foreest (Ned) 3.5-2.5 (Quang won the blitz tiebreaker 1.5-0,5); Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Pol) bt Eric Hansen (Can) 2.5-0,5.
Final placing: 1. Duda (14 points), 2. Quang (13), 3. Carlsen (12), 4. Praggnanandhaa (12), 5. Mamedyarov (11), 6. Foreest (10), 7. Giri (9), 8. Hansen (3).
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