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Grandmaster Wesley So of the United States was among the top favorites sent off from the Airthings Masters on Wednesday night (Manila time).
In the tight quarter-final round, world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway was eliminated by young Russian Daniil Dubov, 2.5-0.5. Rapid World Champion Hikaru Nakamura, also from the United States, was overtaken by Armenian GM Levron Aronian, while So was defeated by Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia in the other quarter-final match.
“People can have good or bad days against me, and I against them, but after another meltdown, the bottom line is that I’m in a state of depression right now and it’s really frustrating,” Carlsen posted on his Twitter. .
So he forced Vachier-Lagrabe into Armageddon to break the tie, but the former Filipino player from board 1 failed to win. Thus he won this year’s United States Chess Championship and the Skilling Open against the same elite players.
A $ 60,000 prize awaits the Airthings Masters champion. So the other three collected $ 10,000 each for reaching the quarterfinals.
In the two-day knockout round of the semi-finals, to be played from December 31 to January 1, Dubov will face Radjabov while Aronian will face Vachier-Lagrave. Game time will start at 2pm in Europe (10pm in Manila).
Airthings Masters is part of the Champions Chess Tour, a fast-paced online platform where elite players from all over the world are invited to compete.
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