The first grandmaster, Magnus Carlson, has won the Inauguration of the Inaugural World Cup online. The 34 -year -old Norwegian house will take $ 250,000 (about 8 188,000).
Riyadh, one of the largest multi-feat competitions in competitive professional gaming is the Espports World Cup (EWC) held in Saudi Arabia.
In this year’s schedule, the inclusion of chess was somewhat controversial, but the organizers of the tournament argued that it was played by billions of people of all ages.
This is the second time of the EWC and it comes with a total prize pot of 70m (M 50m).
During the seven -week period, teams worldwide compete in 25 popular games, including call of duty, street fighters and leagues of legends.
The EWC has said that with chess this year, the game has reached the “new milestone” after a 139 year year after the first global chess champion crown.
In the ESPOSTS World Cup, the opponent lives directly on the stage in front of the audience, wearing a heart-by-man monitors. Like traditional games, there are big screen, big names sponsors and commentators.
Many grandparents participated in the online competition, in which the players saw the players going through the group phase before entering the playoffs.
He was the best traditional chess player in the world after defeating Alireza Ferozja, the eighth.
In Carlson is not unfamiliar to accept modernity Accepting modernity in the game?? Last year, he said he would return to a big intelligence competition after the administrative board of the game agreed Relax its dress code??
Carlson had left the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York, where he was defending his championship, when he was told that he could not keep playing while wearing jeans.
“This is an amazing event unlike anything I have seen so far,” said Carlson after picking up a golden plate EWC Trophy.
“I really hope that this is a big part of the future for chess.
“Maybe we can come to a big stage next time,” he added as he proved to be popular in the competition.
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