Airthings Masters 2020 December 26th – January 3rd · 15:00 CET

Airthings Masters 2020
December 26th – January 3rd · 15:00 CET

 

 

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen tops the field for the Airthings Masters, the 2nd stage of the Champions Chess Tour. The 12-player event will be played online on chess24 from December 26th to January 3rd and, as the first Major of the tour, features a $200,000 prize fund with $60,000 for 1st place. The winner also qualifies directly to the Grand Final in September 2021.
The tournament starts with a 3-day preliminary stage where the players play each other once before the top 8 go forward to a knockout. The time control is 15 minutes for all moves, with a 10-second increment from move 1. No draw offers are allowed before move 40. 

 

Official website: championschesstour.com

 

Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters Knockout 2020

2020-12-29 – 2021-01-04

Each knockout match consist of 2 rapid mini matches of 4 games. Time control is 15+10. 
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If the matches end 1/1 a tiebreak of 2 blitz games follows and armageddon if necessary.

Games start every day at 14:00 UTC from 29th December – 3th of January. 

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Eredmények-results.

Airthings Masters Prelim chess24.com INT Sat 26th Dec 2020 – Sun 3rd Jan 2021 Leading Final Round 11 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Carlsen Magnus	GM	NOR	2862	*	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	6.5	6.5	1.5	2
2	So Wesley	GM	USA	2770	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	6.5	6.5	1	2
3	Nakamura Hikaru	GM	USA	2736	0	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	6.5	6.5	0.5	3
4	Nepomniachtchi Ian	GM	RUS	2784	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	½	0	½	½	6	6	0.5	2
5	Radjabov Teimour	GM	AZE	2765	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	6	6	0.5	1
6	Aronian Levon	GM	ARM	2781	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	0	5.5	5.5	0	1
7	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	GM	FRA	2784	½	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	1	0	½	5	5	2	1
8	Dubov Daniil	GM	RUS	2702	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	5	5	1.5	2
9	Harikrishna Pentala	GM	IND	2732	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	0	½	5	5	1.5	0
10	Grischuk Alexander	GM	RUS	2777	½	½	0	1	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	5	5	1	1
11	Giri Anish	GM	NED	2764	½	0	0	½	½	0	1	0	1	½	*	½	4.5	4.5	0.5	2
12	Anton Guijarro David	GM	ESP	2675	½	½	0	½	0	1	½	0	½	½	½	*	4.5	4.5	0.5	1

Round 1 (December 26, 2020)
Carlsen, Magnus	– Aronian, Levon	½-½	61	D38	QGD Ragozin
Harikrishna, Pentala	– Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	27	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Grischuk, Alexander	– Nakamura, Hikaru	0-1	64	C53	Giuoco Piano
Dubov, Daniil	– Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	36	E06	Catalan
Anton Guijarro, David	– So, Wesley	½-½	64	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Giri, Anish	– Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	42	D90	Gruenfeld Flohr
Round 2 (December 26, 2020)
So, Wesley	– Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	32	E92	King’s Indian Classical
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	– Grischuk, Alexander	0-1	59	C53	Giuoco Piano
Radjabov, Teimour	– Anton Guijarro, David	1-0	51	D38	QGD Ragozin
Aronian, Levon	– Giri, Anish	1-0	40	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Harikrishna, Pentala	– Dubov, Daniil	½-½	39	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	– Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	48	C50	Giuoco Piano
Round 3 (December 26, 2020)
Carlsen, Magnus	– Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	47	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Nakamura, Hikaru	– Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	40	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Grischuk, Alexander	– Aronian, Levon	½-½	18	C53	Giuoco Piano
Dubov, Daniil	– Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	69	A33	English Symmetrical
Anton Guijarro, David	– Harikrishna, Pentala	½-½	45	D45	Anti-Meran Variations
Giri, Anish	– So, Wesley	0-1	25	A14	Reti Opening
Round 4 (December 26, 2020)
So, Wesley	– Grischuk, Alexander	½-½	38	C42	Petroff’s Defence
Radjabov, Teimour	– Giri, Anish	½-½	38	D38	QGD Ragozin
Aronian, Levon	– Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	35	C70	Ruy Lopez
Harikrishna, Pentala	– Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	24	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	– Nepomniachtchi, Ian	0-1	69	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Dubov, Daniil	– Anton Guijarro, David	1-0	44	E04	Catalan
Round 5 (December 27, 2020)
Carlsen, Magnus	– Dubov, Daniil	1-0	58	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Nakamura, Hikaru	– So, Wesley	½-½	14	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	– Aronian, Levon	½-½	51	C45	Scotch Game
Grischuk, Alexander	– Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	46	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Anton Guijarro, David	– Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	84	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Giri, Anish	– Harikrishna, Pentala	1-0	40	D47	Queens Gambit Meran
Round 6 (December 27, 2020)
So, Wesley	– Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	25	D85	Gruenfeld Defence
Radjabov, Teimour	– Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	19	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Harikrishna, Pentala	– Grischuk, Alexander	½-½	56	B53	Sicilian Hungarian
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	– Aronian, Levon	½-½	57	A18	English Opening
Dubov, Daniil	– Giri, Anish	1-0	42	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Anton Guijarro, David	– Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	51	E46	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Round 7 (December 27, 2020)
Carlsen, Magnus	– Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	½-½	41	A15	English counter King’s Fianchetto
Nakamura, Hikaru	– Harikrishna, Pentala	½-½	41	B11	Caro Kann Two Knights
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	– Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	75	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Aronian, Levon	– So, Wesley	½-½	32	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Grischuk, Alexander	– Dubov, Daniil	½-½	47	A05	Various
Giri, Anish	– Anton Guijarro, David	½-½	57	E04	Catalan
Round 8 (December 27, 2020)
Carlsen, Magnus	– Giri, Anish	½-½	42	D94	Gruenfeld Closed
Radjabov, Teimour	– Aronian, Levon	½-½	44	D39	QGD Ragozin
Harikrishna, Pentala	– Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	37	B53	Sicilian Hungarian
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	– So, Wesley	½-½	34	C88	Ruy Lopez Closed
Dubov, Daniil	– Nakamura, Hikaru	½-½	22	E06	Catalan
Anton Guijarro, David	– Grischuk, Alexander	½-½	20	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Round 9 (December 28, 2020)
So, Wesley	– Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	19	D37	QGD 5.Bf4
Nakamura, Hikaru	– Anton Guijarro, David	1-0	32	E04	Catalan
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	– Dubov, Daniil	1-0	38	E73	King’s Indian Averbakh
Aronian, Levon	– Harikrishna, Pentala	½-½	82	D20	QGA
Grischuk, Alexander	– Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	114	D38	QGD Ragozin
Giri, Anish	– Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	1-0	65	B89	Sicilian Sozin Attack
Round 10 (December 28, 2020)
Carlsen, Magnus	– Nakamura, Hikaru	1-0	54	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Harikrishna, Pentala	– So, Wesley	½-½	44	D41	Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	– Radjabov, Teimour	½-½	60	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Dubov, Daniil	– Aronian, Levon	½-½	42	E10	Blumenfeld Counter Gambit
Anton Guijarro, David	– Nepomniachtchi, Ian	½-½	39	B53	Sicilian Hungarian
Giri, Anish	– Grischuk, Alexander	½-½	51	C53	Giuoco Piano
Round 11 (December 28, 2020)
So, Wesley	– Dubov, Daniil	1-0	35	C78	Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence
Nakamura, Hikaru	– Giri, Anish	1-0	55	A08	Barcza System
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	– Carlsen, Magnus	½-½	24	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Radjabov, Teimour	– Harikrishna, Pentala	½-½	42	D44	Anti-Meran Gambit
Aronian, Levon	– Anton Guijarro, David	0-1	60	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Grischuk, Alexander	– Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	0-1	55	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo