"I'm not feeling good at all. I scored about two points more than I should have, and I'm happy with that. My level of play was extremely poor."
"It was better than yesterday, but I would like to have more control in my games than I did today. I'll take the result, of course."
"There are still things here and there that I'm not super happy about, but there was more flow and I felt I was more on top of things, and not missing as many tricks."
The four-player $412,000 Champions Showdown in St Louis was a quadrangular event where the super-elite met six times over three days. Magnus Carlsen entered as favourite and won decisively, finishing 25.5/36 under the Clutch scoring system (day-two wins worth two points, day-three wins worth three). The Clutch totals were Carlsen 25.5, Caruana 16.5, Nakamura 14, Gukesh 10, while traditional scoring yielded Carlsen 12.5, Caruana 8.5, Nakamura 8, Gukesh 7. Carlsen struggled early, improved on day two, and swept the final day with instructive victories, including exemplary endgame play against Gukesh showcasing the bishop pair and a space advantage.
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