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2022

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who among the following has won the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour title in October 2022?
A
Gukesh D
B
Ian Nepomniachtchi
C
Magnus Carlsen
D
Alireza Firouzja
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -GM Magnus Carlsen finished the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals in style as he also won his seventh and final match, against GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda. The world champion scored a stunning 20/21, seven points more than runner-up GM Wesley So.

Detailed explanation-2: -GM Magnus Carlsen earned the 2022 FIDE World Blitz Championship title on Friday with a score of 16/21, one point ahead of silver medalist GM Hikaru Nakamura and bronze medalist on tiebreak, GM Haik Martirosyan.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Champions Chess Tour 2022, known for sponsorship reasons as the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, is a 9-month series of nine online chess tournaments featuring some of the world’s top players, who play for a prize money pool of US$1.6 million.

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