Grand Master Magnus Carlsen won the first failure competition during the Esports World Cup

The grand master, Magnus Carlsen, won the first online chess competition during the Esports World Cup. The 34 -year -old Norwegian will bring in $ 250,000 (around £ 188,000).

The Esports World Cup (EWC) will be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is one of the largest multidisciplinary tournaments of competitive professional games.

The inclusion of failures in this year’s calendar has been somewhat controversial, but the tournament organizers argued that it had as an esport because it is played by millions of people of all ages.

This is the second time that the EEC has been staged and it has been delivered with a total pot of around $ 70 million (50 million pounds sterling).

Over a seven -week period, teams from around the world are playing 25 popular games, including Call of Duty, Street Fighter and League of Legends.

The EWC said that failures this year saw the game reaching a “new step”, 139 years after the crown of the first chess champion.

During the Esports World Cup, the competitors sit on their computer on a stage in front of a live audience, carrying heart monitors. As with traditional sport, there are large screens, large sponsors and commentators.

A number of grandmothers participated in the online competition, which saw the players go through a group phase before the best passers-by go to the playoffs.

He was the best traditional chess player in the world who targeted the title, after defeating the number eight Alireza Firouzja.

Carlsen is no stranger to embrace modernity in the kissing modernity of the game. Last year, said that he would return to a major failure competition after the sporting organ of sport has agreed to relax his dress code.

Carlsen had left the Rapid and Blitz chess championships in the world in New York, where he defended his title, when he was told that he could not continue to play while wearing jeans.

“It was an incredible show, unlike everything I have seen so far,” said Carlsen after raising the EWC trophy, a golden plate.

“I really hope it is a large part of the future for failures.

“Maybe we can get on a bigger scene next time,” he added because he turned out to be popular during the tournament.