Qualification Stage Completed at Airthings Masters
Ian Nepomniachtchi and Daniil Dubov advanced to the play-off.
The preliminary qualification stage of the $200,000 Airthings Masters, the second event of the Champions Chess Tour, finished on Chess24.com. The first eight players qualified to the knockout.
Standings after 11 rounds:
1-3. Magnus Carlsen, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura - 6.5
4-5. Ian Nepomniachtchi, Teimour Radjabov - 6
6. Levon Aronian - 5.5
7-10. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Daniil Dubov, Pentala Harikrishna, Alexander Grischuk - 5
11-12. Anish Giri, David Anton - 4.5.
Quarterfinals (December 29-30):
Carlsen - Dubov
Radjabov - Nepomniachtchi
Nakamura - Aronian
Vachier-Lagrave - So.
Games online
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