The Casablanca Chess Variant tournament in Morocco featured top chess players including Magnus Carlsen, Vishy Anand, Hikaru Nakamura, and Bassem Amin. The event celebrated FIDE's 100th anniversary with games starting from historical positions. Carlsen emerged as the winner, defeating Nakamura in the final round.
Magnus Carlsen triumphs in the first Casablanca Chess Variant Tournament 🏆 The inaugural Casablanca Chess tournament took place over the weekend of May 18-19, 2024. This unique event featured chess grandmasters 🇳🇴 Magnus Carlsen, 🇺🇸 Hikaru Nakamura, 🇮🇳 Viswanathan Anand, and… https://t.co/Zv3Ujqv429
The FIDE President gifted a #FIDE100 torch to the organizers of the Casablanca Chess tournament 🎊 In the photo, we have Tarik Senhaji @SENHAJITarikBdC, the CEO of Casablanca Stock Exchange @BoursedeCasa; Kadiri Bouchra, the President of the Provisional Committee; Loubna… https://t.co/ANvqpm1Xfb
Magnus Carlsen conquers Casablanca Chess 2024 "Anything that has to do with chess, I usually want to be reckoned with" Top 3 🥇@MagnusCarlsen 🇳🇴 4.5/6 🥈@GMHikaru 🇺🇸 3.5/6 🥉@Vishy64theking 🇮🇳 3/6 https://t.co/pFRpVc5JaV
Magnus Carlsen is the winner of the Casablanca Chess tournament! 🔥 With 4.5/6, Magnus comfortably clinched tournament victory one point ahead of Hikaru Nakamura! Congratulations! 👏👏 https://t.co/cpKSMd0xCp
Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura draw their game in the 6th and last round; with this draw, Magnus becomes the winner of the Casablanca Chess tournament. 👏👏 https://t.co/gREPu5L2Ou
Congratulations to @MagnusCarlsen on winning Casablanca Chess 2024 a point above Hikaru Nakamura! It was another great showing by the former world champion in a new chess variant! 👏 https://t.co/tObZ0hza1g
Hikaru wins Round 4 of Casablanca Chess and is now half a point behind Magnus! The reference game for this round is Round 3 of the 1935 World Championship match between Alexander Alekhine and Max Euwe. #FIDE100 Results: Vishy Anand ½-½ Magnus Carlsen Bassem Amin 0-1 Hikaru… https://t.co/x6EU7WuwzS
⚔ Vishy Anand vs Magnus Carlsen ⚔ Bassem Amin vs Hikaru Nakamura Day 2 of the Casablanca Chess tournament has started! 🔥 ♟️ Round 4 features a position from the 1935 World Championship match between Max Euwe and Alexander Alekhine. https://t.co/MdNRy0dqiG
Watch Day 2 of Casablanca Chess with us now on YouTube and Twitch, hosted by IM Irene Sukandar, featuring live cameras from the venue! Carlsen leads, followed by Nakamura in 2nd place, Anand and Amin tied for 3rd. YouTube: https://t.co/jP0lQU0XwZ Twitch: https://t.co/WwveFVYWMZ https://t.co/BkjW1d3Fyv
2nd and Last day of Casablanca Chess here in Morocco. I'm playing @vishy64theking @MagnusCarlsen and Bassem Amin. @fionchetta and @gmjlh are doing coverage on https://t.co/8aLBKR31Tx now. Send 🍍🌻🍍 https://t.co/T5XpBxE8mk
Casablanca Chess day two (and the final day) starts in just under an hour! https://t.co/RqpJ9CmA77
An absolutely beautiful setup for the fans at the Morocco Chess Week where you have Carlsen, Nakamura, Anand and Amin playing. Not only you get to see the players LIVE, you also have the Digital board and also different camera angles on the big screen! A fantastic job done by the… https://t.co/bKhYE20mMK
Join us at 11:45pm tonight for three more games of Casablanca Chess featuring GMs Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Hikaru Nakamura and Amin Baseem! Link: https://t.co/n0smRJfn4u https://t.co/HhHPPU5udG
Magnus Carlsen is surely having a great time in Casablanca, Morocco! He is playing the Casablanca Variant, where you are given the moves from a famous game and you reach an opening position that is round about balanced with possibilities for both sides. Magnus started the day… https://t.co/pNRYgwDiwT
Casablanca Chess: Carlsen takes the lead on Day 1 Casablanca Chess made a strong impression on the first day of play in Morocco. The innovative format, where players begin in positions selected from historical games, brought excitement to both participants and spectators.… https://t.co/ZisNFp1fEr
⚔ Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen met in round 3 of the Casablanca Chess tournament to play a position from the legendary 1985 Karpov vs Kasparov match! 🔥 ℹ️ The players see the position they will play for the first time when they get to the board. The arbiter gives them a… https://t.co/fcqfxjxWsb
Casablanca Chess is on 🔥 The Round 1 position was from a game between Mikhail Chigorin and Wilhelm Steinitz played in the 1889 World Championship match. #FIDE100 Results: Magnus Carlsen 1-0 Vishy Anand Hikaru Nakamura 1-0 Bassem Amin https://t.co/WZEvwItsvm
Casablanca Chess is on 🔥 The Round 1 position was from a game between Mikhail Chigorin and Wilhelm Steinitz played in 1889. #FIDE100 Results: Magnus Carlsen 1-0 Vishy Anand Hikaru Nakamura 1-0 Bassem Amin https://t.co/3EBNnwV6gY
The first ever position of Casablanca Chess Variant! https://t.co/mpb4mAmrSU
Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand trying to guess the position for the first game at the Casablanca Chess! ❓ What is the Casablanca Chess Variant? The game starts from equal positions inspired by historical gems - some renowned, others less so. https://t.co/Gi450cQyqJ
World #1 Magnus Carlsen arriving at the Mechouar Palace, the Casablanca Chess venue! ♟️ Carlsen, together with Hikaru Nakamura, Viswanathan Anand and Amin Bassem, will try out the novel "Casablanca chess variant" designed to celebrate the history of chess. The grandmasters will… https://t.co/BtbSzBTt4K
Playing Casablanca Chess event to celebrate 100 years of @FIDE_chess starting now on https://t.co/8aLBKR31Tx with @fionchetta and @gmjlh on commentary. Playing vs @vishy64theking @MagnusCarlsen and Bassem Amin. https://t.co/2CZpjGFoPu
Watch Day 1 of the special Casablanca Chess event ft. Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Viswanathan Anand and Bassem Amin with us on Twitch and YouTube, hosted by IM Irene Sukandar, with live cameras from the beautiful venue - a Moroccan palazzo. Twitch: https://t.co/WwveFVYWMZ https://t.co/QoxWRQv7AC
Carlsen, Nakamura, Anand, and Amin will battle out epic moments from chess history at Casablanca Chess, starting in 10 min! https://t.co/UgkOi9or6P
The FIDE 100th Anniversary torch relay ceremony took place in Casablanca today! 🔥 The celebrations for the centenary of FIDE continue in Casablanca with the Morocco Chess Week 2024! The Casablanca Tournament, a simultaneous exhibition with 100 players, the 'Capture' exhibition… https://t.co/d2yNexbpzf
Get ready to experience "Casablanca Chess" featuring Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Amin Baseem from 8:45pm onwards! https://t.co/A69SDB25Cd https://t.co/zDWi8NyFLn
At the Casablanca Stock Exchange is Hikaru Nakamura with his wife Atousa Pourkashiyan! From today Hikaru takes on Vishy Anand, Magnus Carlsen and Bassem Amin in Casablanca, Morocco in the Casablanca Chess Variant! All eyes will be on him whether he will be able to finish at the… https://t.co/UxrEJ217Tl
⏩ WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE FUTURE!!! ⏪ Vishy, Magnus, Hikaru, and Bassem are playing in Casablanca Chess 2024 - with rapid time control games starting from well-known chess positions 😎👇 starting tomorrow! https://t.co/JQXdffFwyS
⏩ WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE FUTURE!!! ⏪ Vishy, Magnus, Hikaru, and Bassem are playing in Casablanca Chess 2024 - with rapid time control games starting from well-known chess positions 😎👇 https://t.co/jK6UuPKbsp
FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich and Chakib Benmoussa, Minister of National Education, Preschool Learning and Sports of Morocco, ring the bell in Bourse de Casablanca, the Casablanca Stock Exchange! The Morocco Chess Week festival has officially started! ♟️🔔 #FIDE100 https://t.co/zuRBrDWTt8
IM Sagar Shah is travelling to Morocco for the Casablanca Chess variant where we have legends like @MagnusCarlsen , @vishy64theking , @GMHikaru and @GMBassemAmin facing each other! Watch the full Casablanca Vlog: https://t.co/6FO9qfDfMR https://t.co/4XIQpikcdp
🔥 Bassem Amin comes to Casablanca for the Morocco Chess Week! 🔥 💥 Africa’s #1, together with Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Vishy Anand, will play rapid chess, trying out the new Casablanca Chess Variant from May 18-19! ❓ What is the Casablanca Chess Variant? The game… https://t.co/4phZX0mpw1
🔥 Bassem Amin comes to Casablanca for the Morocco Chess Week! 🔥 💥 Africa's #1, together with Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Bassem Amin, will play rapid chess, trying out the new Casablanca Chess Variant from May 18-19! ❓ What is the Casablanca Chess Variant? The game… https://t.co/qQUSYjUrUE
🔥 Vishy Anand comes to Casablanca for the Morocco Chess Week! 🔥 💥 5-time World Champion, together with Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Bassem Amin, will play rapid chess, trying out the new Casablanca Chess Variant from May 18-19! ❓ What is the Casablanca Chess Variant?… https://t.co/wy8Ti0WwzQ
🔥 Hikaru Nakamura comes to Casablanca for the Morocco Chess Week! 🔥 💥 The World #3, together with Magnus Carlsen, Vishy Anand and Bassem Amin, will play rapid chess, trying out the new Casablanca Chess Variant from May 18-19! ❓ What is the Casablanca Chess Variant? The game… https://t.co/GAaWPHxIfr
🔥 Magnus Carlsen comes to Casablanca for the Morocco Chess Week! 🔥 💥 The World #1, together with Hikaru Nakamura, Vishy Anand and Bassem Amin, will play rapid chess, trying out the new Casablanca Chess Variant from May 18-19! ❓ What is the Casablanca Chess Variant? The game… https://t.co/SFIazsnbc5