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This is how he defeats Dubov, organizes a quarter-final duel against Vachier-Lagrave
Grandmaster Wesley So defeated Russian Daniil Dubov in 33 moves of a Ruy Lopez in the eleventh and final round to finish tied for first in the preliminaries of the Airthings Masters of the Champions Chess Tour on Tuesday.
So, 27, finished up front with world champion Magnus Carlsen and fellow American Hikaru Nakamura bet with 6.5 points apiece, but finished in second place after tiebreakers were enforced.
Fischer Random world champion and two-time US champion staged a showdown with No. 7 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the quarterfinals set on Wednesday.
The victory against Dubov was also pivotal for So, as he eluded Carlsen, who took the number 1 spot and will face Dubov in the other group.
It meant So could face Carlsen, whom the former beat to dominate the Skilling Open last month, in the final, assuming he beats Dubov and the winner in the duel between Nakamura and Levon Aronian of Armenia.
The other two quarterfinals were Teimour Radjabov of Azerbaijan and Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia.
More results at championschesstour.com.
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