Carlsen, the leading light of the golden 1990 generation of players, was the victor. Actually, the sporting narrative of the tournament did exactly that - in the final, we had Carlsen taking on another young super-talent, India's Arjun Erigaisi.
The event, which ended yesterday, was supposed to focus on the clash of generations in chess. It started at an event in the US and then reignited spectacularly in an elite-level tournament we (Play Magnus Group) run online, called the Julius Baer Generation Cup. Although, I have to say, it is my firm belief that intrigue and scandals, as well as engaging personalities, are part of what holds our interest in high-level sport.īut to summarise, chess has been grappling with a divisive cheating storm involving the World Champion Magnus Carlsen, founder of the Play Magnus Group, and a young American talent called Hans Niemann. Some might claim it is for negative reasons: a scandal. If you haven't read The Guardian, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, or watched CNN, CBS, BBC, FOX News, even The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, or consumed any news at all in the last eight days you may not have heard about this.īut everyone else with an interest in media should have registered somewhere on their radar the story that over the past week has thrust our creation, the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, right into the spotlight.
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