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GMs Wesley So and Nihal Sarin confirmed their development to the Chess.com Global Championship ultimate after successful arduous semifinal matches on Saturday. The gamers will compete for the highest prize of $200,000, and the winner will probably be topped the inaugural champion. 

The semifinal between GMs Anish Giri and Sarin was determined in an armageddon tiebreaker following a 4-4 end result within the regulation video games. The 18-year-old Nihal bamboozled Giri in a theoretically drawn rook endgame and secured the win, one of the vital necessary victories of his profession.

So and GM Hikaru Nakamura started the day in the identical style as on Friday, splitting the factors of their first two matches earlier than So lashed out in sport seven and received with the black items.

In a must-win eighth sport, Nakamura discovered himself in a tempestuous middlegame the place the fabric was actually imbalanced. So dealt with the state of affairs calmly, took the match 5-3, and booked his spot within the grand finale alongside Sarin.

The blockbuster ultimate will start on Sunday, November 6, beginning at 9 a.m. PT / 17:00 CET.