Magnus Carlsen clinched first place in the last minutes of the thrilling April Titled Arena, in what must have been one of the most competitive to date.
1,093 FIDE titled players battled it out over two hours of bullet action, including many of the best players in the world.
GM Magnus Carlsen (@manwithavan, #1 in the world), came first after slogging it out in bullet against fellow top players, GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (@avalongamemaster, #5 in the world), GM Alexander Grischuk (@Sasha, #6 in the world, who also streamed the event for Lichess), and GM Anish Giri (@AnishGiri #10 in the world). All of whom decided a day of rapid chess wasn’t enough - and that they needed to compete against each other and the rest of the titled field. Even this wasn’t enough for some and Anish continued to play even after the event was over!
