Hikaru Nakamura is through to the Magnus Carlsen Invitational final against either Magnus Carlsen or Ding Liren after winning an incredible battle against his US compatriot Fabiano Caruana. The day started slowly but suddenly became epic in the 4th game when Fabi managed to win on demand to force playoffs. Hikaru was distraught and admitted, “everything was starting to spiral out of control”, but a Caruana blunder in the first blitz game was the boost he needed. The final blitz game was nervy but it’s Nakamura who plays for $70,000 on Sunday.
MCI Semis: Nakamura beats Caruana in thriller
