Norway’s world No 1 beat the world champion, Gukesh Dommaraju, 5.5-0.5, and also edged the world Nos 2 and 3
The four-player Champions Showdown in St Louis was a historic event, a quadrangular tournament of the super-elite who met each other six times in three days.
Magnus Carlsen was the favourite, but after scoring 3.5/6 on the first day the Norwegian expressed dissatisfaction with his own performance: “I’m not feeling good at all. I scored about two points more than I should have, and I’m happy with that. My level of play was extremely poor.”
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