Caruana and Nepomniachtchi stage comeback wins in Magnus Carlsen Invitational

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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAY FOUR OF THE MAGNUS CARLSEN INVITATIONAL AS FABIANO CARUANA BEAT LIREN DING 3-2 AND IAN NEPOMNIACHTCHI BEAT MAXIME VACHIER-LAGRAVE 3-2

SHOWS: INTERNET / VARIOUS UNKNOWN LOCATIONS (APRIL 21, 2020) (CHESS24 HANDOUT - ACCESS ALL)

FABIANO CARUANA V LIREN DING

1. THIRD GAME IN PROGRESS WITH SCORES LEVEL AT 1-1

2. WHITE FLASH

3. THIRD GAME IN PROGRESS

4. WHITE FLASH

5. CARUANA WINNING THE MATCH 3-2

6. WHITE FLASH

IAN NEPOMNIACHTCHI V MAXIME VACHIER-LAGRAVE

7. OPENING GAME IN PROGRESS

8. WHITE FLASH

9. FIFTH GAME IN PROGRESS

10. WHITE FLASH

11. NEPOMNIACHTCHI WINNING THE MATCH 3-2

STORY: Day four of the Magnus Carlsen Invitational saw Fabiano Caruana and Ian Nepomniachtchi come from behind to claim respective victories against Liren Ding and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave on Tuesday (April 21).

Dubbed the richest ever online chess tournament, with a prize fund of 250,000 U.S. dollars, seven top ranked players join world number one Magnus Carlsen in competing for top honours.

Trailing 2-1 in his round 2 game against Ding, Caruana avoided an "Armageddon" tiebreaker before he clinched a 3-2 victory to move joint-top of the overall standings alongside World Champion Carlsen, who he next faces on Wednesday (April 22).

Similarly, Nepomniachtchi found himself 2-1 down before drawing level and then downing his French opponent.

(Production: Stefan Haskins)