Vachier-Lagrave Beats Carlsen Twice to Win AI Cup and Qualify for Champions Chess Tour Finals

GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave beat World #1 Magnus Carlsen twice to win 2023 AI Cup and qualify for Champions Chess Tour Finals.
Vachier-Lagrave won despite losing first match, forcing a "reset" where he beat Carlsen again.
GM Vladimir Fedoseev won Division II but missed out on Finals spot due to Vachier-Lagrave's win.
GM Sam Sevian won Division III for a third time this Champions Chess Tour season.
Vachier-Lagrave joins Carlsen, Nakamura, Abdusattorov, Caruana, So, Lazavik and Firouzja in Toronto Finals in December.

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Posted 9/30/2023, 2:21:00 AM