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MCI Day 8: Anish Giri wins a game

Anish Giri finally winning a game at his 15th attempt was the highlight of Day 8 of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational, but it was Chinese no. 1Ding Liren who won the match in Armageddon. US Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura moved into 2nd place, just one point behind Magnus Carlsen, after easing to victory against Ian Nepomniachtchi, who never recovered from the insanity of blitzing into a dead lost position in the first game of the day.

You can replay all the games from the Magnus Carlsen Invitational using the selector below (click on a result to open the game with computer analysis):

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