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.