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GMs Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Wesley So, and Eduardo Iturrizaga each secured qualifying spots for the 2023 Champions Chess Tour's fourth leg, the Aimchess Rapid, on Monday after progressing through a challenging Swiss event before winning their respective rapid matches against other top-eight finishers. Aronian was unbeaten en route to a 7/9 score in the Swiss portion and was joined by Carlsen and Iturrizaga, the former of whom was defeated by one of his longtime seconds, GM Laurent Fressinet. The qualifying players will join ChessKid Cup top-finishers, GMs Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Fabiano Caruana, Jorden van Foreest, and Vladimir Fedoseev in a winner-takes-all knockout in July as they vie for their share of the $225,000 prize fund. The Aimchess Rapid Knockout will commence on Monday, July 10, starting at 8 a.m. Pacific/17:00 CEST.