Carlsen and Giri Victorious to Close Out the Event

Magnus Carlsen won his final game to end a great tournament, win 20 Grand Chess Tour Points, $90,000, and tie his own record for highest published rating ever at 2882. The American women weren't the only ones to win a World Cup on Sunday. Carlsen remarked: "I've never scored anything like +5 against such a field before, so it's going well!" Wesley So got a solid draw to secure second place and 15 GCT points. In the post game interview, he said: "...it feels like second place is already a victory whenever [Carlsen's] playing, because it's like with Bobby Fischer back in the 70s or 60s when he's playing the US Championship and others are just playing for second place." Here are all the games of the final round of the first ever Croatia Grand Chess Tour:

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