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GMs Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So are the final gamers standing on the 2023 Champions Chess Tour Finals.  They may meet for the Title Match to battle for the $200,000 first prize.

Carlsen knocked out his 2018 world championship nemesis GM Fabiano Caruana in armageddon after simply two units. In the meantime, So vs. Nodirbek Abdusattorov went all the way down to the wire going into extra time. 

The Title Match stage begins on Friday, December 15, beginning at 12 p.m. ET / 18:00 CET / 10:30 p.m. IST.

The Semifinals format is much like tennis—three units resolve a winner. Every set consists of 4 video games and a potential armageddon tiebreak; if the gamers have an excellent rating after two units, the third will break the tie. For the total format info, learn extra right here.

In sport three of their second set, Abdusattorov and So produced an explosive duel that includes one unbelievable transfer after one other. That is our Sport of the Day, with evaluation by GM Rafael Leitao coming quickly within the full report.

The 2023 Champions Chess Tour Finals (CCT Finals) is the closing occasion of the Champions Chess Tour, Chess.com’s most essential occasion thus far. The gamers meet in Toronto, Canada, in an exhilarating final conflict for the title. The Finals characteristic a $500,000 prize fund.

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