World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen posted two wins and a draw to take the lead on the opening day of the Casablanca Chess tournament at Casablanca, Morocco, on Saturday.
In the unique event, in which the players are given certain positions from games played already in the past, Carlsen defeated Viswanathan Anand and Hikaru Nakamura and drew with Amin Bassem.
With three rounds remaining Nakamura was in second place, on 1.5 points, after beating Bassem and drawing with Anand and Carslen. Anand and Bassem had one point each.
