Airthings Masters: Carlsen, Nakamura, Nepomniachtchi, So Eliminated
GM Magnus Carlsen suffered a shockingly early elimination at the Airthings Masters. The world champion was knocked out by GM Daniil Dubov, who won both his white games on Wednesday.
How to watch?
The games of the Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters can be found here as part of our live events platform. IM Levy Rozman and IM Anna Rudolf are providing daily commentary on GM Hikaru Nakamura s Twitch channel starting from 6:00 a.m. Pacific / 15:00 Central Europe.
Carlen vs. Dubov 0.5-2.5
Although Dubov had the better chances in his first, tied match with Carlsen, the 24-year-old Muscovite was still the underdog on day two. Against Carlsen, everyone is always the underdog.
Alas, even wins against both Karjakin and Nepomniachtchi weren t enough for Daniil to earn a medal. He finished fourth, but thrilled spectators with his creative play and desire to fight in every game. We can t wait to see him online in the Airthings Masters, which starts on 26th December, as well as in the Tata Steel Masters in Wijk aan Zee from January 16th.
Dubov played some fine games but missed out on first place after losing to Vladimir Fedoseev in the penultimate round - he said he didn t regret his choice to take risks, since wins for Ian and Sergey meant a draw wouldn t have been enough to fight for the title | photo: Eteri Kublashvili, ruchess.ru