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Magnus Carlsen won the Esports World Cup in Paris without losing a game, defeating 19-year-old breakout star Denis Lazavik in the final.  Meanwhile, Wesley So maintains a narrow lead at the Sinquefield Cup in Saint Louis, and teenager Alice Lee scored a major upset win over Koneru Humpy at the Cairns Cup. Magnus Carlsen dominated the finals, beating Denis Lazavik 3-1 in both sets to claim the $250,000 top prize. Hikaru Nakamura took third place after Alireza Firouzja forfeited their final playoff match. Sinquefield Cup (Round 5): Wesley So leads the field, though Fabiano Caruana bounced back by defeating Levon Aronian, and Vincent Keymer beat Anish Giri to pull within half a point of the lead. Cairns Cup (Round 6): Alice Lee pulled off a surprising and brilliant win against veteran Grandmaster Koneru Humpy, while Tan Zhongyi kept the sole lead with 4.5 point

Participants grandmaster group C Name Country Rating GM Wesley So PHI 2610 GM David Howell ENG 2593 GM Abhijeet Gupta IND 2580 GM Tiger Hillarp Persson SWE 2543 GM Friso Nijboer NED 2540 GM Eduardo Iturrizaga VEN 2538 IM Manuel Leon Hoyos MEX 2535 GM Oleg Romanishin UKR 2532 GM Frank Holzke GER 2524 FM Anish Giri RUS 2466 WGM Dronavalli Harika IND 2462 IM Roeland Pruijssers NED 2458 IM Manuel Bosboom NED 2416 FM Ali Bitalzadeh NED 2370