India, Feb. 13 -- It was an epic showdown as Vincent Keymer drew to Magnus Carlsen in the second game of their Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam semi-finals, in Wangels (Germany). Keymer had already beaten Carlsen in the first game on Tuesday, and on Wednesday showcased his talent once again with a gritty draw. The result saw Keymer enter the finals, where he will face Fabiano Caruana.

On the other hand, Caruana took six games and almost eight hours to defeat Uzbek GM Javokhir Sindarov in the armageddon tiebreaker, with even scores in the previous classical, rapid and blitz games.

Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, American GM Hans Niemann posted a cryptic tweet. Initially, he wrote, "VK is a strong player", which many fans pe...