Magnus racks up record score to win prelim as 8 progress to the KOs
The two-day quarter-finals HAVE STARTED 4pm UK TIME / 17:00 CET with Carlsen-Aronian, Nepo-Naka, So-Firouzja and MVL-Giri.
A frantic climax to the Magnus Carlsen Invitational's prelim phase today saw the knockout places filled and eight grandmasters eliminated.
Carlsen, the $220,000 tourna…
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