Number one Grandmaster, Magnus Carlsen has won the inaugural online chess competition at the ESOTS World Cup. The 34 -year -old Norwegian will take the house of $ 250,000 (about £ 188,000).
Riyadh is one of the largest multi-discipline tournaments in the ESOTS World Cup (EWC) competitive professional gaming being held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The inclusion of chess in this year’s program was somewhat controversial, but the organizers of the tournament argued that it was counted as an esport as it is played by millions of people of all ages.
This is the second time the EWC has been staged and it comes with a total award pot of $ 70m (£ 50m).
Over a period of seven weeks, teams around the world compete in 25 popular sports, including call of duty, street fighters, and league of legends.
The EWC said that this year, including chess, the game has seen the game reaching “new milestones”, 139 years later the first World Chess Champion was crowned.
In the Asports World Cup, the contestants sit on their computer in front of a live audience, wearing a heart rate monitor. There are lots of traditional sports, large screens, large name sponsors and commentators.
Several Grandmasters participated in the online competition, in which the players passed through the stage of a group, before the top-scorers made it in the playoffs.
It was the best traditional chess player in the world, pointing to the title after giving the number to eight Alirza Firuza.
Carlson is not strangers to embrace modernity Embrace of modernity in sportsLast year, he said that he would return to a large chess competition after the game’s governing body agrees to relax his dress code.
Carlson left the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship in New York, where he was defending his title, when he was told that he could not continue playing while wearing jeans.
“This is a wonderful show I have seen so far, contrary,” Carlson said after lifting the EWC Trophy, a gold colored plate.
“I really hope that this is a big part of the future for chess.
“Perhaps we can reach a big stage next time,” he said that it proved popular in the tournament.
