Carlsen Wins Zurich Chess Challenge 2014; Caruana Tops Rapid.

by:  joeyj 5
February 2014
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The Zurich Chess Challenge (ZCC) 2014,  the strongest tournament in chess history to date whose 6-participants with an astonishing average rating of 2800.83 rounded to 2801, the 1st ever Category 23 (2801–2825 ELO/rating range) tournament,  was won by the newly crowned World Champion (WC) Magnus Carlsen in his first tournament appearance as World Champion since winning  the world title on 9-22 November 2013.

Carlsen receiving trophy from the main sponsor Oleg Skvortsov (middle pic)

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