Airthings Masters: Carlsen beats Nakamura in Armageddon

by Carlos Alberto Colodro
2/9/2023 – Magnus Carlsen advanced to the Grand Final of the Airthings Masters by beating Hikaru Nakamura in the winners’ bracket final. All four 15-minute games were drawn in the all-star showdown, leading to a sudden-death decider. Carlsen, who presented a bid merely one second shorter than Nakamura’s, drew with black in Armageddon to win the match. Nakamura will face either Wesley So or Arjun Erigaisi in the final of the losers’ bracket.

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A single second made all the difference

The first (out of six) ‘regular’ event of the 2023 Champions Chess Tour is allowing fans to get used to the new, more dynamic format of the series. Tournaments now last five days, and by the third day we already know who will be one of the players that will fight for the $30,000 top prize in the Grand Final. Meanwhile, all participants get a single chance to bounce back after a defeat in the losers’ bracket.

In the Airthings Masters, Magnus Carlsen already made it to the Grand Final, while Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So and Arjun Erigaisi are still in contention in the lower bracket.

The perennial favourites in these fast-paced online events reached the final in the winners’ bracket after barely making it through in the semifinals — Carlsen and Nakamura both drew with black in Armageddon, against Arjun Erigaisi and Wesley So respectively. Predictably, it was a close match, with five games ending in draws.

That does not tell the whole story, though, as Carlsen twice missed chances to get ahead on the scoreboard. In game 1, he had a slight edge in an endgame, while in game 2 he failed to find a tactical shot with the black pieces.

 
Nakamura vs. Carlsen - Game #2

Naka spent 51 seconds before choosing to play the risky 25.Bd7. The US grandmaster was probably calculating the lines following 25...Qe7, which would have actually given Black a large advantage. However, instead of playing the queen move that creates a discovered attack along the f6-a1 diagonal, Carlsen perhaps ‘believed his opponent’ and went for 25...Kg7 instead.

Black still had the upper hand, but White got a key tempo to neutralize his opponent’s active chances and ended up escaping with a 44-move draw.

Two quicker draws followed (lasting 25 and 21 moves), which meant it all would be decided in Armageddon. Since Nakamura had not managed to get much in his games with white, Carlsen bid a rather short amount of time for the sudden-death decider, edging Nakamura by a single second! Commentator David Howell later noted:

Hikaru’s only blunder, I would say, was bidding 8m 59s rather than 8m 57s. But fair play to Magnus, he did it — small margins, but he did deserve the win.

Carlsen bid 8m 58s! In Armageddon, Nakamura had a massive advantage on the clock and correctly tried to keep things complicated, but a cold-blooded Carlsen did not make large mistakes while progressively evening out the times left for each player.

On move 29, it was the world champion who (again) missed a chance to get a clear advantage.

 
Nakamura vs. Carlsen - Armageddon

29...Nxe5 was the killer blow, since 30.fxe5 fails to 30...Qc6+ 31.Kh2 f4 (diagram below) and White cannot both save his knight and prevent ...Rh6, grabbing the queen.

 
Analysis diagram

None of this happened, though, as Carlsen went for 29.Nb4, also threatening Qd7-c6+ albeit not with the same effect. Nonetheless, the Norwegian only needed a draw and managed to grab the pawns on c2 and d3 shortly after, simplifying into a slightly better endgame.

Nakamura never quite got winning chances and ended up offering a draw on move 60. Carlsen was happy with the win, but a bit disappointed with the level of play:

I think the chances are pretty high that I’ll be facing him again, and then I hope we both can play a bit better, because I think this was a match that was not representative of our levels.

Evidently, the world champion considers it likely that Nakamura will win the losers’ bracket on Thursday.

In the lower bracket’s semis, Arjun and So won 2-game matches against Dommaraju Gukesh and Alexey Sarana to remain in contention for tournament victory. They will face each other to decide who plays Nakamura in the fight to get the second spot in the Grand Final.

Carlsen* 2½ - 2½ Nakamura

Drew with black in Armageddon

 
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1.Nf3 4 d5 22 2.g3 3 g6 7 3.Bg2 4 Bg7 1 4.d4 5 Nf6 2 5.0-0 2 0-0 1 6.c4 15 dxc4 2 7.Na3 4 c5! 4       outshines the older 7...c3. 8.Nxc4 2:47 Be6 17 D77: Fianchetto Grünfeld: 6 0-0: Replies other than 6...c6. 9.Nfe5 1 Bd5 1:25 9...Qc8!? 10.dxc5 15 Bxg2 37 White has an edge. 11.Qxd8 44 Rxd8 0 12.Kxg2 1 Ne4 3:28 12...Na6= 13.Be3 1:28 Na6! 20
14.b4N 3:19       White has the initiative. Predecessor: 14.Nd3 Bd4 15.c6 bxc6 16.Bxd4 Rxd4 17.Rfc1 c5 18.f3 Nd6 19.Na5 Rc8 20.b3 1-0 Hoang,C (2391)-Le,H (2154) Ho Chi Minh City HD Bank op-A 6th 2016 (1) 14...Nxb4 4:18 15.Rab1 2 a5 8 16.a3 8 Nc6 6 Black should play 16...Nc2 17.Nxc6± 10 bxc6 0 18.Rb6 4 Bd4 49 19.Rxc6 1:27 Bxe3 8 20.Nxe3 1:06 Rac8 2 21.Rxc8 3 Rxc8 0
22.Rc1! 1 Rxc5 1 23.Rxc5 1 Nxc5 0       Endgame KN-KN 24.Nc4 1 a4 0 25.Kf3 1 f6 1 26.Ke3 3 e5 1 27.Nd6 38 f5 48 28.Nc4 10 Nd7 2 28...Ne4± 29.Kd2 2:17 29.Kd3+- 29...Kf7 53
30.Kc3! 5 Ke6 38 31.Kb4 5 Kd5 38 32.Ne3+ 4 Kd4 8 33.Nc2+ 24 Kd5 1 34.Kb5 17 34.Kxa4± Threatens to win with Kb5. Kc5 35.Kb3 34...Nc5 21 35.Nb4+ 3 Kd6 1 36.f3 20 Wards off Ne4 h5 30 The position is equal. 37.Kc4 7 g5 14 38.Nd5 4 Nb3 18 39.Nc3 3 Nd2+ 1 40.Kd3 1 Nf1 0 41.Nxa4 2 Nxh2 1 aiming for ...Nf1. 42.Ke3 1 g4 7 43.Kf2 7 Strongly threatening Kg2. gxf3 1 44.exf3 1 e4 1 45.fxe4 0 fxe4 0 46.Nc3 1 Ng4+ 0 47.Ke2 1 Ke5 6 48.a4 1 Nh6 2 49.a5 1 a6 is the strong threat. Kd6! 1 50.Nxe4+ 7 Kc6 1 51.Nd2 4 Kb5 5 52.Nb3 2 Nf5 13 53.Kf3 1 Ne7 5 54.Kf4 4 Nc6 1 55.Kg5 10 Kb4 1 56.Nd2 6 Kxa5 2 57.Kxh5 1 Ne5 1 58.Kg5 3 Kb5 1 59.Kf5 2 Nf7 1 60.Nf3 6 Kc5 2 61.Ne5 1 Nd6+ 4 62.Ke6 1 Ne4 4 63.g4 1 Kd4 0 64.Nf7 6 Ke3 2 65.Kf5 1 Ng3+ 7 66.Ke5 4 Ne4 0 67.Kf5 6 Ng3+ 1 68.Ke6 5 Ne4 1 69.Ke5 1 Nd2 13 70.Ng5 4 Nc4+ 2 71.Kf5 1 Kd3 4 72.Kf4 2 Ne3 0 73.Ne4 1 Nc5+ would be deadly. Nxg4 0       Deflection. Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.08 (flawless)
½–½
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Carlsen,M2852Nakamura,H2768½–½2023Airthings Masters Div 1 20233.1
Nakamura,H2768Carlsen,M2852½–½2023Airthings Masters Div 1 20233.2
Carlsen,M2852Nakamura,H2768½–½2023Airthings Masters Div 1 20233.3
Nakamura,H2768Carlsen,M2852½–½2023Airthings Masters Div 1 20233.4
Nakamura,H2768Carlsen,M2852½–½2023Airthings Masters Div 1 20233.5
 

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1.d4 4 Nf6 5 2.c4 2 e6 1 3.Nf3 1 d5 2 4.g3 0 Bb4+ 10 5.Bd2 3 Be7 1 6.Bg2 3 c6 2 7.Qc2 1 Nbd7 4 E11: Bogo-Indian. 8.Bf4 2:31 0-0 6 9.h4!? 43       Leaves trodden paths. b6 39 The position is equal. 10.Nc3 8 Bb7 19
11.e4N 38 Predecessor: 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.0-0 Rc8 13.Qb3 Ne4 14.Rac1 Nxc3 15.Rxc3 Rxc3 16.Qxc3 Ba6 17.Rc1 Bxe2 ½-½ Zhao,S (2112)-Li,R (2302) CHN-chT Div-A 2022 (1.4) 11...dxe4 29 12.Ng5 2 c5 12 13.d5 1:48 exd5 48 14.cxd5 1 Nh5 2:16 14...h6 15.d6 Nh5 16.dxe7 Qxe7 17.0-0-0 17.Ngxe4 Nxf4 18.gxf4 f5 17...Nxf4 18.Bxe4 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Qxe4 20.Ngxe4+- 14...Nxd5= 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Be3 25 15.Bxe4?! Nxf4 16.Bxh7+ Kh8= 15.Qxe4 Ndf6 16.Qc4 Nxf4 17.gxf4 Bd6 15...f5 2:02 16.Ne6 4 Qb8 4
17.g4! 33       Deflection. White is much more active. The black rooks are badly placed. fxg4 3:06 18.Bxe4 39 18.0-0-0 feels hotter. Ndf6 19.Bxe4 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Nf6 21.Bf4 18...Ndf6 14 19.Nxf8 1 Qxf8 9 20.0-0-0 4 Threatens to win with d6! Bd6 5 21.Bf5 6 Re8 3 22.Rhe1 13 Kh8 21 23.Kb1 6 a6 28 23...g3± 24.Bg5+- 20 b5 1 25.Re6 22 Rd8? 35 25...Bc8 might work better. 26.Ne4 47 Bf4 56 27.Bxf6 45 27.Nxc5 Bxd5 28.Rxa6 Ra8 29.Rxa8 Qxa8+- 27.Qxc5 Qxc5 28.Nxc5 Bc8 29.Bxf4 Nxf4+- 27...Nxf6 9 28.Nxf6 57 28.Nxc5 Bxd5 29.Rxa6 Bc4+- 28.Qxc5 Qxc5 29.Nxc5 Bc8± 28...gxf6 0 29.Qe4 1:00
And now Re7! would win. Less strong is 29.Bxg4 Bc8 30.Bf5 Bxe6 31.dxe6 31.Bxe6 c4± 31...Qe7± 29.Bxh7 Bxd5 30.Rxa6 Bf3 31.Rxd8 Qxd8+- 29...Be5 2 30.Qxg4 10 Qh5 is the strong threat. Weaker is 30.Bxh7 Bc8 31.Rc6 c4+- Not 30.Bxg4 Qg8 31.Qf3 Qg6+ 32.Bf5 Qf7+- 30...c4 1:12 30...Bc8 31.Rb6 Qg8 31.Qh5 25 Qg8 37 32.Re7 3 Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.48
1–0
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Carlsen,M2852Sarana,A26681–02023E11Airthings Masters Div 1 20231.1
Firouzja,A2785Erigaisi Arjun27010–12023C54Airthings Masters Div 1 20231.1
So,W2766Mamedov,R2646½–½2023E94Airthings Masters Div 1 20231.1
Gukesh D2718Nakamura,H27680–12023E29Airthings Masters Div 1 20231.1
Nakamura,H2768Gukesh D27181–02023A07Airthings Masters Div 1 20231.2
Erigaisi Arjun2701Firouzja,A27851–02023A48Airthings Masters Div 1 20231.2
Sarana,A2668Carlsen,M28520–12023E48Airthings Masters Div 1 20231.2
Mamedov,R2646So,W2766½–½2023C44Airthings Masters Div 1 20231.2
Carlsen,M2852Sarana,A2668½–½2023D51Airthings Masters Div 1 20231.3
Firouzja,A2785Erigaisi Arjun27010–12023A34Airthings Masters Div 1 20231.3
So,W2766Mamedov,R26461–02023E94Airthings Masters Div 1 20231.3
Gukesh D2718Nakamura,H2768½–½2023D02Airthings Masters Div 1 20231.3
Mamedov,R2646So,W2766½–½2023C54Airthings Masters Div 1 20231.4
Carlsen,M2852Erigaisi Arjun27011–02023A30Airthings Masters Div 1 20232.1
So,W2766Nakamura,H2768½–½2023C54Airthings Masters Div 1 20232.1
Nakamura,H2768So,W2766½–½2023A14Airthings Masters Div 1 20232.2
Erigaisi Arjun2701Carlsen,M2852½–½2023D22Airthings Masters Div 1 20232.2
Carlsen,M2852Erigaisi Arjun27010–12023D31Airthings Masters Div 1 20232.3
So,W2766Nakamura,H2768½–½2023C54Airthings Masters Div 1 20232.3
Nakamura,H2768So,W2766½–½2023C67Airthings Masters Div 1 20232.4
Erigaisi Arjun2701Carlsen,M2852½–½2023E48Airthings Masters Div 1 20232.4
So,W2766Nakamura,H2768½–½2023C65Airthings Masters Div 1 20232.5
Erigaisi Arjun2701Carlsen,M2852½–½2023C55Airthings Masters Div 1 20232.5
Carlsen,M2852Nakamura,H2768½–½2023D77Airthings Masters Div 1 20233.1
Nakamura,H2768Carlsen,M2852½–½2023A50Airthings Masters Div 1 20233.2
Carlsen,M2852Nakamura,H2768½–½2023E11Airthings Masters Div 1 20233.3
Nakamura,H2768Carlsen,M2852½–½2023C89Airthings Masters Div 1 20233.4
Nakamura,H2768Carlsen,M2852½–½2023A08Airthings Masters Div 1 20233.5
Carlsen,M2852Nakamura,H27681–02023D24Airthings Masters Div 1 20234.1
Nakamura,H2768Carlsen,M2852½–½2023A07Airthings Masters Div 1 20234.2
Carlsen,M2852Nakamura,H2768½–½2023B51Airthings Masters Div 1 20234.3
Nakamura,H2768Carlsen,M2852½–½2023A07Airthings Masters Div 1 20234.4
Sarana,A2668Firouzja,A27851–02023D50Airthings Masters Div 1 202351.1
Mamedov,R2646Gukesh D27180–12023B22Airthings Masters Div 1 202351.1
Firouzja,A2785Sarana,A26680–12023B90Airthings Masters Div 1 202351.2
Gukesh D2718Mamedov,R26460–12023C41Airthings Masters Div 1 202351.2
Gukesh D2718Mamedov,R26461–02023D12Airthings Masters Div 1 202351.3
So,W2766Sarana,A26681–02023D35Airthings Masters Div 1 202352.1
Erigaisi Arjun2701Gukesh D27181–02023B12Airthings Masters Div 1 202352.1
Gukesh D2718Erigaisi Arjun2701½–½2023D26Airthings Masters Div 1 202352.2
Sarana,A2668So,W27660–12023E41Airthings Masters Div 1 202352.2
So,W2766Erigaisi Arjun27011–02023C88Airthings Masters Div 1 202353.1
Erigaisi Arjun2701So,W2766½–½2023C54Airthings Masters Div 1 202353.2
So,W2766Nakamura,H2768½–½2023C54Airthings Masters Div 1 202354.1
Nakamura,H2768So,W2766½–½2023C67Airthings Masters Div 1 202354.2
So,W2766Nakamura,H27680–12023C45Airthings Masters Div 1 202354.3
 

Division II

Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik continues to impress in Division II, as he defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi and Matthias Bluebaum in back-to-back matches to reach the quarterfinals of the losers’ bracket.

Among the winners, Fabiano Caruana and Yu Yangyi made it to the final and will fight for a place in the Grand Final.

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1.e4 4 e5 7 2.Nf3 2 Nc6 2 3.Bc4 0 Nf6 4 4.d3 1 h6 5 5.Nc3 1 Bc5 57 6.h3 4 a6 5 C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo. 7.Be3 2 d6 40
8.d4N 20 Predecessor: 8.Bxc5 dxc5 9.Nd5 0-0 10.a4 Nxd5 11.Bxd5 Nb4 12.Bb3 Qd6 13.0-0 Be6 14.Bxe6 Qxe6 ½-½ Van Foreest,J (2694)-Sargissian,G (2711) Santiago de Compostela Bicapawn GP Rap rapid 2022 (6) 8...exd4 8 9.Nxd4 0 Ne5 9 10.Bb3 7 0-0 5 11.0-0 3 11.f4 is more appropriate. Ng6 12.Qd3 11...Re8 5 12.Qd2 21
12.Qe2= keeps the balance. 12...Ng6 2:42 12...Bb4! Threatens to win with ...Bxc3. 13.Nde2 Nxe4 13.f3 1:25 Nh5 1 14.Rae1 15 Nhf4 12       Deflection 15.Nd5 23 Nxd5 12 16.Bxd5 0 c6 15 17.Bb3 2 Qf6 20 18.c3 3 Bd7 48 19.Bc2 13 Re7 9 19...d5= 20.f4± 1 Rae8 19 21.f5 9 21.b4± Bb6 22.Ne2 Bxe3+ 23.Qxe3 21...Ne5= 8 22.b3 6 Inhibits Nc4. d5 18 23.exd5 18 cxd5 3 24.Kh1 7 Nc6 12 25.Bg1 35 25.a4 25...Nxd4 1:12 Better is 25...Rxe1 26.Rxe1 Rxe1 27.Qxe1 Bxd4 28.Bxd4 Nxd4 29.cxd4 Bxf5 30.Bxf5 Qxf5 26.Rxe7 28 Rxe7 4 26...Qxe7 simplifies 27.Bxd4 Bxd4 28.Qxd4 Qg5 27.Bxd4 9 Bxd4 3 28.cxd4 0 Qg5 23 29.Qf2 1:40 29.Qxg5= hxg5 30.Bd3 29...Bb5 6 30.Re1 22 Rxe1+ 3 31.Qxe1 0       Endgame KQB-KQB Qf4 8 32.a4 10 Bd7 51 33.Qe7 2 Qf1+ 11 Don't play 33...Bxf5 34.Bxf5 Qf1+ 35.Kh2 Qf4+ 36.Kg1 Qxf5 37.Qxb7= 33...Qc1+ 34.Kh2 Bc6 34.Kh2= 2 Qf4+ 2 34...Bxf5= 35.Bxf5 Qf4+ 36.Kg1 Qxf5 35.Kh1 0 Qf1+ 30 Of course not 35...Bxf5 36.Bxf5 Qf1+ 37.Kh2 Qxf5 38.Qxb7= 35...Qc1+ 36.Kh2 Bc6 36.Kh2= 1 Qf4+ 0 Black should play 36...Bxf5= 37.Bxf5 Qf4+ 38.Kh1 Qf1+ 39.Kh2 Qxf5 37.Kh1 1 Weighted Error Value: White=0.22 (precise) /Black=0.22 (precise)
½–½
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Nepomniachtchi,I2793Pichot,A2638½–½2023C50Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.1
Caruana,F2766Ghosh,D25531–02023A29Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.1
Kramnik,V2753Salem,A2677½–½2023D02Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.1
Andreikin,D2729Deac,B2700½–½2023D33Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.1
Dubov,D2708Kravtsiv,M25980–12023E11Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.1
Yakubboev,N2630Bluebaum,M26631–02023A14Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.1
Sadhwani,R2627Yu,Y27290–12023C54Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.1
Lazavik,D2541Predke,A26840–12023E11Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.1
Yu,Y2729Sadhwani,R26270–12023C48Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.2
Deac,B2700Andreikin,D2729½–½2023D37Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.2
Predke,A2684Lazavik,D25410–12023C65Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.2
Salem,A2677Kramnik,V27531–02023E11Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.2
Bluebaum,M2663Yakubboev,N26301–02023E43Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.2
Pichot,A2638Nepomniachtchi,I27930–12023C72Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.2
Kravtsiv,M2598Dubov,D2708½–½2023C56Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.2
Ghosh,D2553Caruana,F2766½–½2023D12Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.2
Nepomniachtchi,I2793Pichot,A26381–02023C50Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.3
Caruana,F2766Ghosh,D25531–02023A21Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.3
Kramnik,V2753Salem,A26770–12023A36Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.3
Andreikin,D2729Deac,B27001–02023D12Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.3
Dubov,D2708Kravtsiv,M25981–02023E11Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.3
Yakubboev,N2630Bluebaum,M26631–02023D02Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.3
Sadhwani,R2627Yu,Y27290–12023C54Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.3
Lazavik,D2541Predke,A2684½–½2023E11Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.3
Yu,Y2729Sadhwani,R2627½–½2023A81Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.4
Deac,B2700Andreikin,D2729½–½2023D37Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.4
Predke,A2684Lazavik,D25411–02023C65Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.4
Bluebaum,M2663Yakubboev,N26300–12023E48Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.4
Kravtsiv,M2598Dubov,D2708½–½2023C56Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.4
Kravtsiv,M2598Dubov,D27081–02023B84Airthings Masters Div 2 20231.5
Caruana,F2766Salem,A26771–02023C90Airthings Masters Div 2 20232.1
Andreikin,D2729Yakubboev,N26300–12023A21Airthings Masters Div 2 20232.1
Kravtsiv,M2598Yu,Y2729½–½2023C56Airthings Masters Div 2 20232.1
Yu,Y2729Kravtsiv,M25981–02023C02Airthings Masters Div 2 20232.2
Salem,A2677Caruana,F2766½–½2023E54Airthings Masters Div 2 20232.2
Yakubboev,N2630Andreikin,D2729½–½2023E06Airthings Masters Div 2 20232.2
Caruana,F2766Salem,A26771–02023C90Airthings Masters Div 2 20232.3
Andreikin,D2729Yakubboev,N2630½–½2023A19Airthings Masters Div 2 20232.3
Kravtsiv,M2598Yu,Y2729½–½2023C25Airthings Masters Div 2 20232.3
Yu,Y2729Kravtsiv,M25981–02023C01Airthings Masters Div 2 20232.4
Yakubboev,N2630Andreikin,D27290–12023A40Airthings Masters Div 2 20232.4
Andreikin,D2729Yakubboev,N2630½–½2023A34Airthings Masters Div 2 20232.5
Predke,A2684Yu,Y2729½–½2023C83Airthings Masters Div 2 20233.1
Yakubboev,N2630Caruana,F2766½–½2023A37Airthings Masters Div 2 20233.1
Caruana,F2766Yakubboev,N26301–02023D38Airthings Masters Div 2 20233.2
Yu,Y2729Predke,A2684½–½2023B48Airthings Masters Div 2 20233.2
Predke,A2684Yu,Y27290–12023C78Airthings Masters Div 2 20233.3
Yakubboev,N2630Caruana,F27660–12023A37Airthings Masters Div 2 20233.3
Yu,Y2729Predke,A26841–02023B22Airthings Masters Div 2 20233.4
Yu,Y2729Caruana,F27660–12023A12Airthings Masters Div 2 20234.1
Caruana,F2766Yu,Y2729½–½2023C41Airthings Masters Div 2 20234.2
Yu,Y2729Caruana,F27660–12023C77Airthings Masters Div 2 20234.3
Caruana,F2766Yu,Y27291–02023C70Airthings Masters Div 2 20235.1
Yu,Y2729Caruana,F27661–02023D78Airthings Masters Div 2 20235.2
Caruana,F2766Yu,Y27291–02023C84Airthings Masters Div 2 20235.3
Yu,Y2729Caruana,F2766½–½2023A04Airthings Masters Div 2 20235.4
Dubov,D2708Sadhwani,R2627½–½2023E05Airthings Masters Div 2 202351.1
Deac,B2700Bluebaum,M26630–12023C00Airthings Masters Div 2 202351.1
Pichot,A2638Lazavik,D2541½–½2023C50Airthings Masters Div 2 202351.1
Ghosh,D2553Kramnik,V27530–12023E11Airthings Masters Div 2 202351.1
Kramnik,V2753Ghosh,D2553½–½2023E14Airthings Masters Div 2 202351.2
Bluebaum,M2663Deac,B27000–12023A84Airthings Masters Div 2 202351.2
Sadhwani,R2627Dubov,D2708½–½2023Airthings Masters Div 2 202351.2
Lazavik,D2541Pichot,A26381–02023E62Airthings Masters Div 2 202351.2
Dubov,D2708Sadhwani,R26271–02023A07Airthings Masters Div 2 202351.3
Bluebaum,M2663Deac,B27001–02023D31Airthings Masters Div 2 202351.3
Nepomniachtchi,I2793Kramnik,V2753½–½2023C07Airthings Masters Div 2 202352.1
Andreikin,D2729Dubov,D27080–12023C55Airthings Masters Div 2 202352.1
Salem,A2677Lazavik,D2541½–½2023E48Airthings Masters Div 2 202352.1
Kravtsiv,M2598Bluebaum,M26630–12023C13Airthings Masters Div 2 202352.1
Kramnik,V2753Nepomniachtchi,I27931–02023E14Airthings Masters Div 2 202352.2
Dubov,D2708Andreikin,D2729½–½2023B08Airthings Masters Div 2 202352.2
Bluebaum,M2663Kravtsiv,M2598½–½2023A42Airthings Masters Div 2 202352.2
Lazavik,D2541Salem,A26772023D78Airthings Masters Div 2 202352.2
Salem,A2677Lazavik,D25410–12023E25Airthings Masters Div 2 202352.3
Bluebaum,M2663Kramnik,V27530–12023D35Airthings Masters Div 2 202353.1
Lazavik,D2541Dubov,D27081–02023D58Airthings Masters Div 2 202353.1
Kramnik,V2753Bluebaum,M2663½–½2023D30Airthings Masters Div 2 202353.2
Dubov,D2708Lazavik,D25410–12023D03Airthings Masters Div 2 202353.2
Predke,A2684Lazavik,D2541½–½2023C65Airthings Masters Div 2 202354.1
Yakubboev,N2630Kramnik,V27530–12023C50Airthings Masters Div 2 202354.1
Kramnik,V2753Yakubboev,N26300–12023A49Airthings Masters Div 2 202354.2
Lazavik,D2541Predke,A2684½–½2023E11Airthings Masters Div 2 202354.2
Predke,A2684Lazavik,D25411–02023C65Airthings Masters Div 2 202354.3
Yakubboev,N2630Kramnik,V27531–02023D10Airthings Masters Div 2 202354.3
Predke,A2684Yakubboev,N26300–12023B30Airthings Masters Div 2 202355.1
Yakubboev,N2630Predke,A26841–02023D46Airthings Masters Div 2 202355.2
Yu,Y2729Yakubboev,N2630½–½2023B30Airthings Masters Div 2 202356.1
Yakubboev,N2630Yu,Y2729½–½2023A14Airthings Masters Div 2 202356.2
Yu,Y2729Yakubboev,N26301–02023A26Airthings Masters Div 2 202356.3
 

Division III

Sam Sevian beat Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu in the final of the winners’ bracket, but will need to beat him again if he wants to win Division III of the Airthings Masters.

After losing to Sevian in Armageddon, the ever-resilient Pragg defeated Oleksandr Bortnyk in the final of the lower bracket.

Replay all games from Division III at Live.ChessBase.com

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Carlos Colodro is a Hispanic Philologist from Bolivia. He works as a freelance translator and writer since 2012. A lot of his work is done in chess-related texts, as the game is one of his biggest interests, along with literature and music.

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