Magnus Carlsen crowned 2022 Tour Finals champion

SAN FRANCISCO: Magnus Carlsen showed his near complete dominance in online chess once again as he marched to victory in the 2022 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals with a round to spare.

The World champion blew away 17-year-old sensation Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa of India to seal the final event of the season held at the SHACK15 venue in San Francisco on Saturday.

Going into Sunday's Round 6 matches, only Poland's World Cup winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda stood any real chance of overtaking Carlsen on the tournament leaderboard.

But having lost on Saturday to surrender the lead to Carlsen, despite the champ dropping a point himself, Duda lost again to US star Wesley So.

Carlsen has won five of the nine events on the 11-month Tour with Duda in second place winning two. In this event, he has so far won 14 of his 16 games and is undefeated in his six matches. It has been an incredible performance. IANS

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