Magnus Carlsen, the world number one, and the French talent of Iranian origin Alireza firuzga, fifth, are competing from 17: 45 in the rapid chess final organized by Chess.com in Paris.
He defeated the Norwegian-American champion Hans Niemann in the semifinals by a margin of 17.5-12.5, While firuzga beat the American Hikaru Nakamura by a margin of 15.5-10.5.
A match of difficult to predict , because firuzga, 21, is a great specialist In blitz game modes he hit Carlsen, 33, many times.
The final is divided into three stages. In the first (90 minutes), games of 5 minutes plus an additional 1 second per move are played continuously; in the second (60), from 3+1; finally, in the third (30) from 1+1.
