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Carlsen beats Naka then loses to Nepo at the start of the rapid

So finishes the Rapid ahead of Carlsen TWIC

Blitz today and tomorrow

Some world class trolling by Magnus today on twitter

Magnus Carlsen wrote:Playing @HariChess in my first black game in #STLRapidBlitz today. Just to let you know, if you go 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 I will go 4...h6

Context from today's Bundesliga:
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"] [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 h6 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 O-O 8. g3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba5 10. g4 c5 11. Rg1 Nc6 12. dxc5 e5 13. Qc2 Re8 14. g5 g6 15. gxh6 e4 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. O-O-O Qf6 18. Bh3 e3 19. Bxf5 exd2+ 20. Rxd2 Re5 21. Nxf7 Qxf7 22. Bxg6 Qxf2 23. Bf7+ Kh8 24. Qg6 Rg5 25. Rxg5 Bxc3 26. Kc2 Ne7 27. Qe4 Bf6 28. Re5 Rf8 29. e3 Qf1 30. Bc4 Qa1 31. Rxe7 Qc3+ 32. Kd1 Qa1+ 33. Kc2 Qc3+ 34. Kd1 Qa1+ 35. Ke2 Bxe7 36. Qd4+ Qxd4 37. exd4 Rf4 38. Bd5 Bf6 39. Ke3 Rh4 40. Rd3 Rh3+ 41. Kd2 Rxh2+ 42. Kc3 Kh7 43. Bxb7 Rxa2 44. Kb3 Ra1 45. c6 Bd8 46. d5 Ba5 47. d6 Rc1 48. Rd5 Bd8 49. Rd4 1-0 EDIT: Hari was a spoilsport, improved on move 1 and beat Magnus.