The global No 1, fresh from victory in the Champions Tour, faces elite US opposition and a star-studded field aiming to stop him from winning the titles for the third year in a row
Magnus Carlsen, the global No 1, stars on Wall Street this weekend as the Norwegian, 34, defends his World Rapid and Blitz crowns in New York against a host of ambitious US and international challengers.
The field of 182 for the World Rapid/Blitz includes 30 Americans and the USA’s world Nos 2 and 3, Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura, are sure to be prominent, with France’s Alireza Firouzja, Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattorov, and India’s Arjun Erigaisi leading the new generation. China has the top three seeds in the Women’s World Rapid/Blitz, which has 113 entries. The total prize fund is $1m for the open Rapid and Blitz, with $428,500 for the two women’s events.
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