Despite lacking motivation for the format and even questioning the need to play it at all, Magnus Carlsen was still superior to the world's top players at Norway Chess.

When Carlsen arrives at the playing arena, just two minutes before the start of his game against Arjun Erigaisi, there is a commotion on the 20- metre stretch between his car and the entrance of the Finansparken Bjergsted.

Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen secured his seventh Norway Chess title after American Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana defeated India's rising star D Gukesh, claiming all three points in the final round.