[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. a4 Bb7 8. axb5
axb5 9. Rxa8 Qxa8 10. Bxb5 Bxe4 11. d4 Bxb1 12. dxc5 Be4 13. Re1 e6 14. Rxe4
Qxe4 15. c6 Be7 16. Nd2 Qd5 17. cxd7+ Nxd7 18. Qa4 Qb7 19. Bc6 Qc7 20. Nc4 d5
21. Ne5 Qxe5 22. Bxd7+ Kd8 23. Qa8+ Kxd7 24. Qa4+ Kd8 25. Qa8+ Kd7 26. Qa4+ Kd8
27. Qa8+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3
dxc4 9. O-O Qxc5 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 Qf5 13. Rfd1 Bxb2 14. Qxb2
Qxe4 15. Rac1 e5 16. Nd4 Qg6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rxc4 Be6 19. Rxc6 Rab8 20. Qxe5
Rb1 21. Rcc1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bxa2 23. Qa5 Be6 24. Qxa7 Qg5 25. f4 Qb5 26. e4 g6
27. h4 Rd8 28. f5 gxf5 29. Qe7 Qb6+ 30. Kh2 fxe4 31. Qg5+ Kf8 32. Re1 Rd4 33.
Qf6 Kg8 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qf6 Kg8 36. Qg5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2285525"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ne7 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3 Ng6 12. Be3 Be7 13. Rd2 h5 14. Re1 h4
15. Ne4 Rh5 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Neg5 Bd5 19. e6 f6 20. c4 Bxc4 21.
Rd7+ Kf8 22. Rxc7 fxg5 23. e7+ Ke8 24. Nd4 g4 25. hxg4 Rg5 26. Nf5 Rxf5 27. gxf5
Nf4 28. Re4 Nd5 29. Rxb7 Ba6 30. Rb3 Nf6 31. Re1 Bc8 32. Rb4 Bxf5 33. Rxh4 Kd7
34. Rd4+ Kc7 35. g4 Bd7 36. f3 Nd5 37. Kf2 Kd6 38. Kg3 Be6 39. f4 Bf7 40. f5 Re8
41. g5 a6 42. g6 Bg8 43. Kg4 Rxe7 44. Rxe7 Kxe7 45. Kg5 Nc7 46. Re4+ Kd6 47. b3
c5 48. Rh4 Ne8 49. Ra4 Nf6 50. Rxa6+ Ke5 51. Ra7 Ne4+ 52. Kg4 Nf6+ 53. Kh4 Kxf5
54. Rxg7 c4 55. bxc4 Bxc4 56. a4 Bf1 57. a5 Bd3 58. Kh3 Kg5 59. Kg2 Kh6 60. Rc7
Kxg6 61. Kf2 Kf5 62. Ke3 Nd5+ 63. Kxd3 Nxc7 64. a6 Nxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Bd3 c5 13. a3 Ba5 14. Qxb6 Bxb6 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Kb1 Ne6 18. Be5 Bc7 19. Bxc7 Kxc7 20. Bc2 g5 21.
Bb3 Kc6 22. Rc1 Kd6 23. Nb5+ Ke5 24. Nxa7 Ne4 25. Nb5 g4 26. Rc2 Rh5 27. f3 gxf3
28. gxf3 Ng3 29. Rd1 Nf5 30. Rc3 Ne7 31. Nc7 g5 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Rc7 Nf5 34. e4
Nd4 35. Rxb7 Rxh3 36. exd5 exd5 37. Re7+ Kd6 38. Re3 Nxb3 39. Rxb3 Rf8 40. Rdd3
Rf4 41. Kc2 Ke5 42. Rb5 Rd4 43. Rxd4 Kxd4 44. Rb3 Rh2+ 45. Kb1 Rh3 46. Ka2 Kc4
47. Rc3+ Kb5 48. Kb3 d4 49. Rd3 Kc5 50. Kc2 Rg3 51. a4 Rg2+ 52. Rd2 Rg3 53. Rf2
Kb4 54. b3 g4 55. fxg4 d3+ 56. Kd2 Rxg4 57. Kxd3 Rg3+ 58. Kc2 Rc3+ 59. Kb1 Rxb3+
60. Rb2 Rxb2+ 61. Kxb2 Kxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "D90"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Qb3 a6 10. Rc1 Re8 11. Be2 Bg4 12. Qxb7 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. O-O Re7 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Nxd5 Rxb3 19. Rc8 Re8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8
21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. axb3 Bxh4 23. Ra1 Rd6 24. g3 Bf6 25. Ra2 h5 26. Be2 h4 27.
gxh4 Rd2 28. Kf1 Bxh4 29. Ra4 g5 30. f4 Rxb2 31. fxg5 Bxg5 32. Rg4 f6 33. Bxa6
Kf8 34. e4 Rxb3 35. e5 Rf3+ 36. Kg2 Rf4 37. Rxf4 Bxf4 38. exf6 Be5 39. Kf3 Bxf6
40. Ke4 Bh8 41. Kf5 Kg7 42. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
a5 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Ng3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Bd3
Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bg4 17. Be3 a4 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Kh2 Bh5 20. e6 fxe6 21. Ne5 Qe8 22.
g4 Bg6 23. Nxg6 Nxg6 24. g5 Nf4 25. gxh6 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Qh5+ 27. Kg1 c6 28. hxg7
Rf6 29. f3 Bc7 30. Bf2 Kxg7 31. Kf1 Rg6 32. g4 Qh2 33. Ke2 Bg3 34. Rf1 e5 35.
dxe5 Re8 36. Kd1 Bxf2 37. Rc2 Qxe5 38. Rcxf2 Qe3 39. Qxe3 Rxe3 40. Re2 Rge6 41.
Rfe1 Rd3+ 42. Kc2 Rxe2+ 43. Rxe2 Rxf3 44. Re7+ Rf7 45. Re6 Rf2+ 46. Kc3 Kf7 47.
Rh6 Ke7 48. g5 a3 49. b4 Rxa2 50. Kb3 Rg2 51. Kxa3 Rg3+ 52. Ka4 Rxg5 53. Rh7+
Kd6 54. Rxb7 Rg3 55. Rb8 d4 56. Rd8+ Ke5 57. Re8+ Kf4 58. Rf8+ Ke3 59. Rf6 d3
60. Kb3 Ke2 61. Rd6 Ke1 62. Re6+ Kd1 63. Rxc6 d2+ 64. Kc4 Kc2 0-1

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
a5 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Ng3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Bd3
Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bg4 17. Bc2 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Qd2 Qc7
22. Bd3 Nc6 23. Qe3 Nb4 24. Nd4 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Qb6 26. f3 Bd7 27. Qd2 a4 28. Kh2
Rfc8 29. Rad1 Rc4 30. g4 Re8 31. b3 axb3 32. axb3 Rc5 33. Qf4 Qc7 34. Rd3 Rc3
35. Rxc3 Qxc3 36. Rc1 Qa5 37. g5 hxg5 38. Qxg5 Qb6 39. Rd1 Qc7 40. f4 Ra8 41.
Rd3 Ra6 42. e6 Bxe6 43. Rg3 g6 44. Qh4 Bd7 45. Nf3 Bf5 46. Nd4 Bd7 47. Nf3 Bf5
48. Nd4 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 8. h3 Ba7
9. Na3 h6 10. Nb5 Bb6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3 Re8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Rxe4 15.
Rxe4 Nxe4 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Re1 Nf6 18. Qe3 Qd8 19. a3 Bd7 20. d5 Ne5 21. Nxe5
dxe5 22. Nc3 Qf8 23. Qg3 Qc5 24. Bd3 Qb6 25. Rxe5 Qxb2 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. Bxe4
Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qc5 29. d6 Qxd6 30. Bxb7 Rb8 31. Bf3 Rb5 32. Re3 Kf8 33. Rc3 Rc5
34. Rxc5 Qxc5 35. Qh4 Qxa3 36. Qd8+ Be8 37. Qxc7 a4 38. Bd5 Qe7 39. Qb8 Qc5 40.
Qd8 g5 41. f4 gxf4 42. Bf3 Qe5 43. Qc8 Kg7 44. Qg4+ Qg5 45. Qc8 Qe5 46. Qg4+ Kf6
47. Qc8 Ke7 48. Qa6 Qd6 49. Qe2+ Kf8 50. Qb2 a3 51. Qc3 Bd7 52. h4 Ke7 53. Qa5
Be6 54. Qa7+ Kf8 55. Qa8+ Kg7 56. Qa5 a2 57. Qc3+ f6 58. Qa5 Qe5 59. Qa7+ Bf7 0-1

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Lipnitzky attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bb3
Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. f3 Nc6 12. O-O-O Na5 13. h4 Rc8 14. Kb1 Rxc3 15.
bxc3 Qc7 16. g4 Nd7 17. g5 Ne5 18. h5 Nec4 19. Bc1 d5 20. g6 Nxa3+ 21. Bxa3 Bxa3
22. gxf7+ Rxf7 23. Rd3 Nxb3 24. cxb3 dxe4 25. fxe4 Qe5 26. b4 Bxe4 27. Nc2 Rf5
28. Re1 Bxd3 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Kf7 31. Rc5 g5 32. Rxg5 Kf6 33. Rg8 Be4 34.
h6 e5 35. Rb8 Kf5 36. Rb6 a5 37. bxa5 Bc5 38. Rxb5 Bg1 39. Kb2 Bd3 40. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Andersson variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Nd7 14. Nd2 Nb6
15. Bb3 Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Ke2 Rec6 19. Rxc6 Rxc6 20. b3 Bf8 21.
Be3 Bb4 22. a3 Bxa3 23. Ra1 Bc5 24. Rxa7 Bxe3 25. Kxe3 Rc7 26. Nc4 Nxc4+ 27.
bxc4 Rxc4 28. Rxb7 Rc3+ 29. Ke2 Rc2+ 30. Ke3 Rc3+ 31. Ke2 Rc2+ 32. Ke3 Rc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "2285525"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qc2 Qd8 13. a3 Bd6 14. Rfe1 Nf6 15.
Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. f4 d4 18. Rad1 Nxh2 19. Kxh2 Qh4+ 20. Kg1 dxc3 21.
bxc3 Bg4 22. Rb1 Rad8 23. Be4 Rd7 24. Qf2 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rfd8 26. Kg3 Be6 27. a4
b6 28. a5 b5 29. Bxc6 Rc7 30. Bxb5 Rxc3 31. Bf1 g5 32. Rb7 gxf4+ 33. Kxf4 a6 34.
Ra1 Rd2 35. Rb6 Rf2+ 36. Kg3 Rfc2 37. Rxa6 Rxe3+ 38. Kh2 Rxe5 39. Rb6 Bd5 40. a6
Rh5+ 41. Kg3 Bxg2 42. Bxg2 Rg5+ 43. Kf3 Rcxg2 44. a7 R2g3+ 45. Ke2 Rg2+ 46. Kd3
R2g3+ 47. Kc4 R5g4+ 48. Kb5 Rb3+ 49. Ka6 Rxb6+ 50. Kxb6 Rb4+ 51. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf5 d5 7. exd5 Bxf5 8.
dxc6 bxc6 9. Qf3 Qd7 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rd1 Qe6 12. Bc4 Qxc4 13. Qxf5 O-O 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Qe4 Qe6 16. O-O Rfd8 17. b3 Be7 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1
f5 21. Qe2 e4 22. g3 g6 23. Ne3 Kg7 24. Qd2 Bf6 25. h4 Kf7 26. Kg2 h5 27. a4 Be5
28. Qa5 Qe7 29. Qa6 Qd7 30. Qc4+ Kg7 31. Kf1 Qd2 32. Qxc6 Bxg3 33. fxg3 Qxe3 34.
Qc7+ Kf6 35. Qd6+ Kf7 36. Qd7+ Kf6 37. Qd6+ Kf7 38. Qd7+ Kf6 39. Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. Bf4 d6 10. O-O h6 11. Qd2 e5 12. Be3 Be6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15.
Rac1 Rac8 16. Qe1 b6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. c5 d5 19. cxb6 Be7 20. bxa7 Bb4 21. Qf1
Nxa7 22. Bc5 Qa4 23. Bxb4 Qxb4 24. Qe1 Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 d4 26. Bb7 Rb8 27. Nc5 Bd5
28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Rc2 f5 30. Rec1 e4 31. Ne6 Rd6 32. Nf4 g5 33. Nh5 d3 34. exd3
exd3 35. Rd2 Nc6 36. Rc5 Nd4 37. Kg2 Nc2 38. Rd5 Rxd5 39. Nf6+ Kf7 40. Nxd5 Rxb2
41. Kh3 Kg6 42. g4 fxg4+ 43. Kg3 Rxa2 44. Rxd3 h5 45. Ne3 Ra1 46. f3 h4+ 47.
Kxg4 Rg1+ 48. Kh3 Ne1 49. Rd6+ Kf7 50. Rd1 Kg6 51. Rd6+ Kf7 52. Rd1 Kf6 53. Nc2
Nxf3 54. Rxg1 Nxg1+ 55. Kg4 Ne2 56. Ne3 Nf4 57. Kf3 Nd3 58. Ke4 Nc5+ 59. Kf3 Kg6
60. Ng4 Ne6 61. Ke4 Nc5+ 62. Kf3 Nd7 63. Ke4 Nf6+ 64. Kf3 Nxg4 65. Kxg4 h3 66.
Kxh3 Kh5 67. Kg3 g4 68. h3 gxh3 69. Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "5...Nd7"]
[WhiteFideId "2285525"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 a6 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nge4 Be7 13. a3 Bb7 14. b4 a5 15.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Rb1 axb4 17. axb4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bd2 Bd6 20. Ra1 Qe7 21.
Qb2 Rfe8 22. Bd3 Qf8 23. Rfe1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Ra8 25. Ra3 Qb8 26. h3 Rxa3 27. Qxa3
Bc8 28. e4 dxe4 29. Bxe4 Bd7 30. d5 cxd5 31. Bxd5 Qe8 32. Qf3 Be6 33. Qe4 h5 34.
Bxe6 Qxe6 35. Qxe6 fxe6 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Kf7 38. Kg2 e5 39. Kf3 Ke6 40. Ke4
g6 41. f3 Be7 42. Bc3 Bd6 43. Bd2 Be7 44. Bc3 Bd6 45. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Be5
c6 9. Bd3 g6 10. h4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 f5 12. b4 b6 13. Na4 bxc5 14. Nxc5 Qb6 15. Rb1
a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Bxc5 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. O-O Qe7 20. Ra1 Bd7 21. Qb3 Rab8
22. Qc3 Qb4 23. Qxb4 Rxb4 24. Ra7 Rd8 25. Rc1 Rbb8 26. Nd4 Ra8 27. Rb7 Rab8 28.
Ba6 Rxb7 29. Bxb7 Kf7 30. Kf1 Rb8 31. Bxc6 Rc8 32. Ke2 Bxc6 33. Rxc6 Rxc6 34.
Nxc6 f4 35. Nd4 h6 36. Kf3 fxe3 37. Kxe3 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. g3 g4 40. Kd3 Ng7
41. Kc3 Nf5 42. Nxf5 exf5 43. Kd3 Ke7 44. Ke3 Kf7 45. Kd3 Ke7 46. Ke3 Kf7 47.
Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Qc7 11. Qb1 e5 12. e3 f5 13. Rc1 Be6 14. Qb2 Bf6 15.
Ne1 Rad8 16. d3 Bd5 17. b4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 cxb4 19. Bxb4 Rf7 20. Bc3 f4 21. exf4
exf4 22. Rab1 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Qd7 24. Qc5 Nd4 25. Rc4 f3+ 0-1

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 8. Bb3
Kh8 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Nf1 g4 12. hxg4 Nxg4 13. Be3 Nxe3 14. Nxe3 Qf6 15.
Nh2 Qg6 16. Nf3 Qf6 17. Nh2 Qg6 18. Nf3 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c4 e5 5. O-O g6 6. b4 b6 7. bxc5 bxc5 8. d3
Bg7 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Nd5 O-O 11. Rb1 Nb6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. a4 Rb8 14. a5 Na8 15.
Bg5 f6 16. Bd2 Nc7 17. Bc6 Bd7 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Qc2 Qc6 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Rb1
Rb7 22. Bc3 Bh6 23. Qa2 Kf8 24. Rb3 Na6 25. Qb1 Rxb3 26. Qxb3 Nb4 27. Ne1 f5 28.
exf5 gxf5 29. d4 exd4 30. Bxb4 Qe4 31. Kf1 cxb4 32. Qxb4 Bf4 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34.
Qxa7+ Kg6 35. Qb8 d3 36. Qg8+ Kh6 37. Qf8+ Kg6 38. Qg8+ Kh6 39. Qf8+ Kg6 40.
Qg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Nc6 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. exd5 Nb4 10. Be4 a5 11. c3 Na6 12. Bc2 g6 13. h4 h5 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Qd2
Nc5 16. c4 Bd7 17. Nc3 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Qb6 19. O-O-O Qb4 20. Rh4 a4 21. Re1 O-O
22. a3 Nb3+ 23. Bxb3 Qxb3 24. Qc2 Qxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Rfc8 26. Kd2 Kg7 27. Rc1 Bf5
28. f3 f6 29. gxf6+ Kxf6 30. g4 hxg4 31. fxg4 Kg5 32. Rh2 Bxg4 33. Ne4+ Kf4 34.
Kd3 Rh8 35. Rf2+ Bf3 36. Rg1 Rh2 37. Rxh2 Bxe4+ 38. Kd2 Bf5 39. Rf1+ Kg5 40. Rh7
b5 41. c5 dxc5 42. Rc7 c4 43. Rb7 Rh8 44. Rxb5 Rh3 45. Rb4 Rd3+ 46. Kc1 c3 47.
Rxa4 cxb2+ 48. Kxb2 Rd2+ 49. Kc1 Rxd5 50. Rg1+ Kh6 51. Rc4 Rd3 52. a4 e4 53. Kb2
e3 54. Re1 Kg5 55. a5 Rd2+ 56. Kc3 Ra2 57. Kb4 e2 58. Rc3 Kf4 59. a6 Be4 60. a7
Bf3 61. Rc7 g5 62. Kb5 Kg3 63. Re7 Kf2 64. Rb1 g4 65. Kb6 g3 66. Re8 g2 67. Rf8
Ra3 68. Rc1 e1=Q 69. Rxf3+ Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "fianchetto defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 b5 7. Bc2 exd4 8. cxd4
d5 9. exd5 Nce7 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Bg5 O-O 12. O-O Nexd5 13. a4 Bb7 14. axb5 Nxc3
15. bxc3 axb5 16. Rb1 Ra3 17. Rb3 Qa8 18. Re1 Bd5 19. Rxa3 Qxa3 20. Qd2 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 Nd5 22. Rb1 Qxc3 23. Be4 c6 24. Bxd5 Qxd2 25. Bxd2 cxd5 26. Rxb5 Bxd4 27.
Rxd5 Bf6 28. Bg5 Bxg5 29. Rxg5 Ra8 30. Rd5 Rf8 31. Kg2 Ra8 32. Rd4 Rf8 33. Rd5
Ra8 34. Rd4 Rf8 35. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, Marshall variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Bg5 Qa5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Bxe6 Qxg5
15. Nf3 Qa5 16. Bb3 Nd7 17. Qd3 Nf6 18. Rfe1 Rae8 19. g3 g6 20. h4 Kg7 21. Ng5
Qd8 22. Kg2 h6 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Re8 26. Qf3 Qf6 27. Qxf6+
Kxf6 28. Kf1 h5 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Kxe1 c5 31. dxc5 Bxc5 32. a4 a5 33. Ke2 b6 34.
Bc4 Bd6 35. Bb5 Bc5 36. Bc4 Bd6 37. Bb5 Bc5 38. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Bd7 11. Bxc4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Rfd8 13. Qa3 Qe7 14. Qb2 Na5
15. Be2 c5 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. h3 Rc7 19. Bf1 cxd4 20. cxd4 Rdc8 21.
Rac1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Nc6 24. Nd3 Qd6 25. Qc3 b6 26. Be2 Ne7 27. Ne5
f6 28. Nd3 Kf8 29. Nf4 Bd7 30. Qc2 e5 31. dxe5 fxe5 32. Nd3 Bf5 33. Qc3 Nc6 34.
a3 Bg6 35. Nb4 Ne7 36. Nd3 Nc6 37. Nb4 Ne7 38. Nd3 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3
b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. g3 g6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.
Bg2 O-O 16. O-O Qe7 17. b3 Be6 18. Qd2 f6 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Qe3 Qa7 21. Qh6 Qg7
22. Qe3 Qa7 23. Qh6 Qg7 24. Qe3 Qa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.26"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "2285525"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O b5 7. Ne5 Bb7 8. Nc3 a6
9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 a5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Rfc1
Bf6 16. Ng4 Bg5 17. f4 f5 18. d5 fxe4 19. dxe6 Bf6 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qxe4 Qe7
22. f5 Na6 23. Rxa5 h5 24. Qf3 Qh7 25. Rd1 Rad8 26. Raa1 Qh6 27. Kf2 Rd5 28.
Rxd5 cxd5 29. Ra5 d4 30. Qxb7 Qe3+ 31. Kf1 d3 32. Qf3 Qd2 33. Rxa6 Qxb2 34. Qxd3
Rc8 35. e7 Re8 36. Re6 Kf7 37. Qf3 Qc1+ 38. Kg2 Qh6 39. Qd5 Kg7 40. Qxb5 Kf7 41.
Qc4 Rxe7 42. Re4+ Ke8 43. Qg8+ Kd7 44. Rd4+ 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2285525"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bf1
e5 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Nc3 Re8 13. f3 a6 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 b5 16. a3 Bb7 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Bf2 Ncd7 19. Qd2 Ne5 20. Rcd1 Re7 21. Nc2 Rd7
22. Nb4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Qe2 Qe8 25. Rd2 Qe6 26. Red1 Rc8 27. Bd4 Re8 28.
Qf2 h5 29. Nbd5 Nxd5 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Nxd5 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Qf6 33. Qd4 Qxd4+ 34.
R5xd4 Rc8 35. h4 Rc2 36. Rxd6 Rxd6 37. Rxd6 a5 38. b3 Rc3 39. Ra6 Rxb3 40. Rxa5
b4 41. axb4 Rxb4 42. Kf2 Rb2+ 43. Kg3 Rc2 44. Ra1 Rb2 45. Rf1 Kf6 46. Rf2 Rb1
47. Kf4 Ra1 48. Rb2 Ra6 49. Rb5 Ra2 50. Rb6+ Kg7 51. g3 Rf2 52. Rb7 Rf1 53. Re7
Kf6 54. Ra7 Kg7 55. e5 Re1 56. Ra4 Rb1 57. Re4 Rb3 58. e6 fxe6 59. Rxe6 Rb4+ 60.
Re4 Rb3 61. Rd4 Rb5 62. Ke4 Kf6 63. Rd6+ Kg7 64. Rd5 Rb3 65. Kf4 Kh6 66. Rd6
Rb4+ 67. Ke5 Rb3 68. Ke4 Rb4+ 69. Rd4 Rb7 70. f4 Re7+ 71. Kf3 Kg7 72. Rd5 Ra7
73. f5 gxf5 74. Kf4 Ra4+ 75. Kxf5 Rg4 76. Rd7+ Kg8 77. Rd3 Kg7 78. Rc3 Kg8 79.
Kf6 Kh7 80. Re3 Rg6+ 81. Kf5 Rg4 82. Kf6 Rg6+ 83. Kf5 Rg4 84. Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 f6 11. h3 fxe5 12. dxe5 c5 13. b4 cxb4 14. a3 d4 15. axb4
Bb7 16. Nbd2 a5 17. Rxa5 Rxa5 18. bxa5 Qxa5 19. Nxd4 Nf5 20. N4f3 Qd5 21. Bb2
Bh6 22. e6 Rd8 23. Qe2 Qd3 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Bg7 27. Be5 Bxe5
28. Nxe5 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Kg7 30. g4 Nd6 31. Re3 g5 32. Kg2 h6 33. Nc6 Kf6 34. Rf3+
Kxe6 35. Re3+ Kf6 36. Nxe7 Nc4 37. Re4 Nd6 38. Re2 Rd3 39. Nc6 Nf7 40. Re3 Rd7
41. Ra3 Nh8 42. Nb8 Rb7 43. Ra6+ Kg7 44. Nc6 Ng6 45. Nd4 Nh4+ 46. Kg3 Rb1 47. f4
Rg1+ 48. Kf2 Rg2+ 49. Kf1 Rd2 50. Ne6+ Kf7 51. fxg5 Nf3 52. g6+ Ke7 53. Ra3 Nh2+
54. Ke1 Rd6 55. Nf4 Kf6 56. Ke2 Rd7 57. Ra6+ Ke5 58. Nh5 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Meran variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. e4 e5 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. O-O-O a6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Rhf1 h6 15.
Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 c5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Rxd6 Qxd6 20. Bxe5 Qe6 21. Ka1
Qc4 22. Rc1 Bxe4 23. b3 Qb4 24. Qb2 Bxf3 25. Bxf6 Bxg2 26. Bxh8 Kb7 27. Be5 Bf3
28. Qc2 Rd7 29. Qf5 Bc6 30. Nb1 Qe4 31. Qxe4 Bxe4 32. Nc3 Bd3 33. Bg7 h5 34. Bf6
g4 35. Re1 Kc6 36. Re7 Rxe7 37. Bxe7 f5 38. Kb2 f4 39. a3 Bf5 40. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Rd1
Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 c5 11. Bd3 a6 12. a4 Re8 13. O-O g6 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Qe2
c4 16. Bb1 Nh5 17. Bh6 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bc5 19. f4 d4 20. exd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Qh4
22. Qe1 Qxe1 23. Rfxe1 Rcd8 24. Bg5 f6 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. h3 Bxc3
28. bxc3 Ne4 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Rd6 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Rb6 Ra8 33. Re6 Bd5 34.
Rd6 Be4 35. Rd8+ Rxd8 36. Bxd8 h5 37. Ba5 Kf7 38. Kg1 Ke6 39. Kf2 Kf5 40. g3 Bc6
41. Ke3 Bg2 42. h4 Ke6 43. Bb4 Kf5 44. Ba5 Ke6 45. Bb4 Kf5 46. Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14. Qd4
Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 d6 9. c4 Nb6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. b3 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bb2 Qb4
15. Qc4 Qxc4 16. Bxc4 Bb4 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. O-O-O Bxc3 19. Bxc3 f6 20. Rd4 Kf7
21. f3 Rhe8 22. Re1 h5 23. Ra4 a6 24. Kd2 Red8 25. Ke3 Be6 26. Rc1 Rd5 27. Bd4
Rad8 28. Rc5 Rxc5 29. Bxc5 Rd5 30. Bd4 c5 31. Bb2 Rd6 32. Ba3 Rc6 33. Kd3 Bd7
34. Ra5 Rd6+ 35. Kc3 Bb5 36. Bxc5 Rd5 37. Bd4 Ke6 38. b4 g5 39. a4 Bf1 40. Rxd5
Kxd5 41. g4 hxg4 42. h5 Ke6 43. fxg4 Be2 44. h6 Kf7 45. h7 Kg7 46. Bxf6+ Kxh7
47. Bxg5 Bxg4 48. b5 axb5 49. axb5 Bf3 50. b6 Kg6 51. b7 Bxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls, Flohr variation"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. d4
e5 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. d5 Nb8 11. h4 h6 12. h5 Qa6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Bd3 Ba3 15. O-O
Qd6 16. Nh4 O-O 17. Nf5 Qf6 18. Bc2 Re8 19. g4 Bc5 20. Qf3 e4 21. Bxe4 Ne5 22.
Qf4 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Qg5 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. d6 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 c6 27. c5 Nxg4 28. Bf3
Nh6 29. Rxg5 Rxe3 30. Kf2 Rxc3 31. Rb1 b6 32. Bxc6 Rd8 33. d7 f6 34. Re1 Rc2+
35. Kf1 Rxd7 36. Bxd7 fxg5 37. c6 Kf7 38. Re3 g4 39. Ra3 a5 40. Rb3 Ke7 41. a3
Kd6 42. Rxb6 Nf7 43. Bxg4 Rxc6 44. Rb7 Rc7 45. Rb3 Ne5 46. Be2 g6 47. Rb6+ Kc5
48. Rb5+ Kd4 49. hxg6 Nxg6 50. Rxa5 Nf4 51. Bg4 Rc2 52. Ra8 Ra2 53. Rd8+ Ke3 54.
Re8+ Kd4 55. Rd8+ Ke3 56. Re8+ Kd4 57. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rxb7 Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 Bxd4 15. e5 Na6 16. Rxe7 Rad8 17. e6 fxe6 18. Qe1 Nc5 19. Be3 Nd3 20. Bxd4
Nxe1 21. Rg7+ Kh8 22. Rd7+ Kg8 23. Rg7+ Kh8 24. Rd7+ Kg8 25. Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf5 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qd4
Qd6 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Qd2 Qf6 17. Qd4 Qd6 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Rd1
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. Nc3 b6 11. Rb1 Bb7 12. Nd5 a6 13. c4 Re8 14. b3 e6 15. Nc3 Qb8
16. Ba3 Bf8 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Bf1 Rd8 19. Qe3 Nd7 20. Rbc1 Nce5 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22.
Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Rd2 Qc7 24. Rcd1 Nc5 25. b4 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Nd7 27. Qd3 Ke7 28. Qg3
Nf6 29. Qg5 Rh8 30. a3 h6 31. Qe3 g5 32. f3 Rb8 33. Kf2 Nd7 34. Na4 Bc6 35. b5
axb5 36. cxb5 Ba8 37. Qb3 Nf6 38. Rc2 Qd6 39. Qb4 Qxb4 40. axb4 Ne8 41. Bd3 Kd7
42. Rc1 Nd6 43. Nb2 Bb7 44. Ra1 Ra8 45. Rxa8 Bxa8 46. g4 Bb7 47. Nc4 Nxc4 48.
Bxc4 Ke7 49. Bd3 Bc8 50. Ke3 Kf6 51. Kf2 Kg6 52. Kg3 h5 53. Kf2 Bd7 54. Kg3 Bc8
55. Kf2 Bd7 56. Kg3 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. c3 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Be3 f6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nd2 Ba6 14. Rf3 fxe5
15. fxe5 Qd7 16. Nb3 Rxf3 17. Qxf3 Rf8 18. Qg3 Qf5 19. h3 Qc2 20. Bc5 Qxb3 21.
Bxe7 Rf7 22. Bc5 Bc8 23. Qg5 h5 24. Qd8+ Kh7 25. Qxc8 Qxb2 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27.
Kxf1 Qc1+ 28. Kf2 Qd2+ 29. Kg1 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Qxe5+ 31. Kh1 Qxc3 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33.
Bg1 a5 34. Qxh5 Qc4 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qe5 c5 37. Qxc7 d4 38. Qxa5 Qc1 39. Qd8 Qc3
40. a5 d3 41. a6 d2 42. a7 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "2285525"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O Re8 11. Rc1 Bf8 12. Ne2 Qc8 13. Qc2 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Bc3 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Qb7 17. Nf4 Rad8 18. Qa4 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Nc7 20. Rb1 Qa8 21.
c4 d4 22. exd4 cxd4 23. h3 Ne6 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Qc2 Rg6 26. Qf5 h6 27. Rb5 Rf6
28. Qd3 Ra6 29. Rd2 Ra3 30. Qf5 Qc8 31. Qxc8 Rxc8 32. Nxd4 Rxc4 33. Rb8 Rac3 34.
Nb5 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Rc8 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Nxa7 Rc5 38. g4 h5 39. Kg2 hxg4 40. hxg4
g6 41. Rb2 Rc4 42. f3 Ba3 43. Re2 Rc5 44. Kg3 Kg7 45. Kf4 Kf6 46. Ke4 Kg5 47.
Rg2 Rc4+ 48. Kd5 Rc5+ 49. Ke4 Rc4+ 50. Kd5 Rc5+ 51. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6
8. h5 g5 9. e4 e5 10. Nh2 Be6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Bg4 Kf7 13. Ke2 Nc5 14. Bxe6+ Kxe6
15. f3 Na4 16. Rb1 Be7 17. Bd2 Rhd8 18. Rhd1 Nb6 19. Ng4 Rd7 20. Be3 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Nc8 22. Nh6 b6 23. Nf5 Nd6 24. g4 Nxf5 25. exf5+ Kf7 26. Rd7 Rc8 27. b4 Ke8
28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. b5 Kd7 31. Kd3 c6 32. Kc4 Kc7 33. a4 Kb7 34. Kd3
h6 35. Ke4 Kc7 36. c4 Bb4 37. Kd3 Kd7 38. Kc2 Kd6 39. Kd3 Kd7 40. Kc2 Kd6 41.
Kd3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "2285525"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. a4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Bxb4 axb4 10. Qxc4 Qa5 11. Qc2 b5 12. b3 Bb7 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Nbd2 Qb6
15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Qb2 c5 17. axb5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Qxb5 19. Nc4 Ra8 20. dxc5 Qxc5
21. Nfe5 Nxe5 22. Rxa8+ Bxa8 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Nxe5 Be4 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Nd3
Nd2 27. Nc1 Ne4 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Ke1 Nc5 30. Kd2 Ke7 31. Kc2 Kd6 32. Nd3 Nxd3 33.
Kxd3 Kd5 34. e4+ Kc5 35. e5 Kd5 36. f4 h5 37. h3 f5 38. exf6 gxf6 39. g4 hxg4
40. hxg4 e5 41. g5 exf4 42. gxf6 Ke6 43. Ke4 Kxf6 44. Kxf4 Ke6 45. Ke4 Kd6 46.
Kd4 Kc6 47. Kc4 Kb7 48. Kxb4 Kb6 49. Kc4 Kc6 50. b4 Kb6 51. b5 Kb7 52. Kc5 Kc7
53. b6+ Kb7 54. Kb5 Kb8 55. Kc5 Kb7 56. Kb5 Kb8 57. Kc5 Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3
Nc5 9. Nd4 e5 10. Nb3 d6 11. e4 Bc8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxc5 bxc5 15.
a3 a5 16. Nb5 Qd8 17. a4 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Qh5 Bd7 20. Rae1 Be8 21. Qe2 h5
22. h4 Qe7 23. Kh2 Bf6 24. Bh3 Bg6 25. Qd2 Qg7 26. b3 Kh8 27. Rg1 Rg8 28. Rg2
Qh7 29. Reg1 Rg7 30. Rf1 Re7 31. Re1 Bg7 32. Rgg1 Bf6 33. Rg2 Qg7 34. Rgg1 e4
35. Ref1 Be5 36. f4 Bf6 37. Rg2 Qf8 38. Re1 Rg7 39. Re3 Qf7 40. Re1 Qe8 41. Ree2
Re7 42. Re3 Kh7 43. Re1 Qd7 44. Rge2 Qe8 45. Rg2 Qd7 46. Rge2 Qe8 47. Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Be2 dxe4 8. Qe3
Nbd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qf3 Bc7 13. Rd1 O-O 14. c3 Qd5
15. g3 Rad8 16. Be3 Rd7 17. Qg2 Qxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Rfd8 19. Bf3 h6 20. a4 Nd5 21.
Bd2 a5 22. h4 Nb6 23. Be1 Nd5 24. Rd2 g6 25. Re2 h5 26. Bd2 Bd6 27. Be4 Be7 28.
Bc2 Kg7 29. Bb3 Bf6 30. Bg5 Ra8 31. Bc4 Nb6 32. Bb3 Nd5 33. Rd1 Bxg5 34. hxg5 b5
35. Re5 Rb8 36. Ra1 Rdb7 37. Re2 bxa4 38. Bxd5 cxd5 39. Rxa4 Rxb2 40. Rxb2 Rxb2
41. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Nb4 12. Bd2 d5 13. exd5 Nbxd5 14. Nexd5 Nxd5
15. Qe2 Re8 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxe5 Bc6 18. Ne4 Bf8 19. Qc3 Qd5 20. b3 f5 21. Ng3
g6 22. Qb2 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Bc6 27. Bf2 c4
28. bxc4 bxc4 29. d4 Qe6 30. c3 f4 31. Nf1 g5 32. Qb8 Qd6 33. Qc8 Qd7 34. Qa6
Bd5 35. h3 Qe6 36. Qa5 Be7 37. Nd2 Kf7 38. Qc7 Qd6 39. Qc8 Qe6 40. Qc7 Qd6 41.
Qa5 Qe6 42. Qb5 h5 43. Qb1 Qg6 44. Qb8 Qd6 45. Qh8 Qg6 46. Ne4 Bxe4 47. fxe4
Qxe4 48. Qxh5+ Ke6 49. Qe8 Qb1+ 50. Kh2 Qd3 51. Qg8+ Kd7 52. d5 Qe2 53. Bd4 f3
54. Qe6+ Qxe6 55. dxe6+ Kxe6 56. gxf3 Kf5 57. Kg2 Bd6 58. Kf2 Bf4 59. Ke2 Bd6
60. Kf2 Bf4 61. Bg7 Kg6 62. Bh8 Kf5 63. Ke2 Bh2 64. Bg7 Bf4 65. Bd4 Bd6 66. Bg7
Bf4 67. Bh8 Bh2 68. Kf1 Bd6 69. Bd4 Bf4 70. Bf2 Be5 71. Be1 Bf6 72. Kf2 Bg7 73.
Bd2 Bf6 74. Ke2 Be5 75. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3 g6
15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Qe2 c6 19. Re1 Ng7 20. Be5 Bxe5 21.
Nxe5 Qd6 22. Qf3 f6 23. Ng4 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. g3 h5 26. Qe2 Kf7 27. Ne3 Qe6
28. f3 Nd6 29. Kf2 Qh3 30. Kg1 Qe6 31. Kf2 Qh3 32. Kg1 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. a5 d6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nbd2 Qc8 13. c3 Rb8 14. Nc4 Rb5 15. Bd2
Nd7 16. d4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Qe8 18. dxe5 Ndxe5 19. Ncxe5 Nxe5 20. Nd4 Rb2 21. Nxe6
Nf3+ 22. gxf3 Qg6+ 23. Kh1 Qxe6 24. Rg1 Bf6 25. Be3 Be5 26. Rg2 Qf7 27. Bd4 Qxf3
28. Bxe5 Qxd1+ 29. Rxd1 dxe5 30. Rd7 Rf7 31. Rd8+ Rf8 32. Rd7 Rf7 33. Rd8+ Rf8
34. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "D39"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin, Vienna variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4 Qb4 14.
Rh3 a6 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Rb1 Qd6 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Rxb7 Rd8 19. Qb4 Qxb4 20. Rxb4 a5
21. Rb7 O-O 22. Ra7 Ba4 23. Nb3 Rc8 24. f4 Ng6 25. f5 exf5 26. exf5 Nf4 27. Rg3+
Kh8 28. Rxa5 Nxe2 29. Kxe2 Rc2+ 30. Kf1 Rc4 31. h5 h6 32. Kg1 Rd8 33. Ra7 Rd1+
34. Kh2 Rh4+ 35. Rh3 Rxh3+ 36. Kxh3 Bxb3 37. axb3 Rd3+ 38. Kg4 Rxb3 39. Rxf7 Rb6
40. Rc7 Kg8 41. Rc8+ Kg7 42. Rc7+ Kg8 43. Rc8+ Kg7 44. Rc7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Rd1
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. a3 Qa5 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. Rab1 Qc5 14. Qf4 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Qh4 Bf6 17. Qg3 Nb6 18. Be3 Qe5 19. Qxe5 Bxe5 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21.
Rxd4 Rc5 22. Bd3 Rfc8 23. Na4 Nxa4 24. Rxa4 a6 25. c3 a5 26. h4 R8c6 27. Bf1 Rb6
28. b4 Bd7 29. b5 Bxb5 30. Rd4 Bxf1 31. Rxb6 Ba6 32. Rb3 Rc7 33. a4 Bc4 34. Rb6
Ba6 35. Rb3 Bc4 36. Rb6 Ba6 37. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Ne3 c3 11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. Nd3 Rb8 13. Nc4 b6 14. Bf4 Bb7
15. Bxb8 Bxg2 16. Bd6 Bxh1 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. f3 Bg2 19. Nf4 Bh1 20. Nd3 Bg2 21.
Nf4 Bh1 22. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Moeller defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2285525"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d4 Bb6
9. a4 Rb8 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 Bb7 12. Be3 Nxe4 13. d5 Bxe3 14. dxc6 Nxf2 15. Qd5
O-O 16. cxb7 Ne4+ 17. Kh2 Bf4+ 18. Kg1 Be3+ 19. Kh2 Bf4+ 20. Kg1 Be3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.27"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "5.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3
c5 9. O-O Bg4 10. dxc5 N6d7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nxc5 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Nd5 Nc6
15. e4 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 e6 17. Nc3 a6 18. Be3 b5 19. Rac1 Qb7 20. a4 b4 21. Ne2
Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qc2 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Rd1 Rc8 26. Qd2 Bf6 27. f3 b3
28. Bd4 Bxd4+ 29. Qxd4 Qc6 30. a5 Qc5 31. Qxc5 Rxc5 32. Rd3 Rxa5 33. Rxb3 Rc5
34. Rb8+ Kg7 35. b4 Rc2 36. b5 Rb2 37. b6 a5 38. Ra8 Rxb6 39. Rxa5 Rb1+ 40. Kh2
Rb2 41. Kg3 Re2 42. h4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "B89"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Sozin, 7.Be3"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. O-O-O Na5 10. Bd3 e5 11. Nb3 b5 12. Kb1 Be7 13. h3 Be6 14. g4 b4 15. Na4
Nc4 16. g5 Nd7 17. Nd2 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 O-O 19. h4 Rfc8 20. b3 Qa5 21. h5 Rc6 22.
g6 Nf6 23. Rdg1 Rac8 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. Nf3 h6 26. Rg6 Bf8 27. Qe2 Ke8 28. Nd2
Qc7 29. Bc4 Bxc4 30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. bxc4 Qc6 32. Rxf6 gxf6 33. Nb2 f5 34. f3 fxe4
35. fxe4 Rc7 36. Rf1 Rg7 37. c5 Qxc5 38. Qxa6 Rc7 39. Qa8+ Rc8 40. Qa4+ Qc6 41.
Qb3 Be7 42. Re1 Bg5 43. Nd3 Qc4 44. Qa4+ Kf8 45. Re2 Kg7 46. Qd7+ Kg8 47. Qxd6
Rf8 48. Qd5+ Qxd5 49. exd5 Bf6 50. Re4 Bg7 51. Nxb4 Kf7 52. c4 Kf6 53. c5 Kf5
54. Re1 Rb8 55. a3 e4 56. Kc2 Rb5 57. c6 Rc5+ 58. Kb3 Rc3+ 59. Ka4 Be5 60. Re2
e3 61. Nc2 Ke4 62. Rxe3+ Rxe3 63. Nxe3 Kxe3 64. Kb5 Kd4 65. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3
Bf5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 c6 12. Nd2 Ne4 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Rfxd8 15. a4 Nf6 16. Nf1 Ne8 17. Ng3 Bh7 18. Kd2 Nd6 19. Ra2 a5 20. Rha1 Ra7 21.
f3 Rda8 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Kxd3 b5 24. axb5 cxb5 25. e4 Nc4 26. Rb1 dxe4+ 27. fxe4
Rb8 28. Nf1 f6 29. Nd2 Nd6 30. Rba1 a4 31. Rb1 Re8 32. Rb4 Rae7 33. c4 bxc4+ 34.
Nxc4 Nxc4 35. Kxc4 Rxe4 36. Rbxa4 Kf7 37. Rd2 Rc8+ 38. Kd3 Re7 39. Rc4 Ra8 40.
d5 Ra5 41. Rd4 Ra3+ 42. Kc2 Ree3 43. d6 Ke8 44. d7+ Kd8 45. Rg4 Ra2+ 46. Kd1
Rxd2+ 47. Kxd2 Re7 48. h4 Kxd7 49. g3 Ke6 50. Ra4 Kf7 51. h5 Re5 52. g4 f5 53.
gxf5 Rxf5 54. Rh4 Re5 55. Rh1 Kf6 56. Kd3 Re7 57. Rg1 Ra7 58. Ke3 Ra4 59. Rf1+
Ke5 60. Rg1 Ra3+ 61. Kf2 Kf6 62. Kg2 Ra5 63. Rh1 Kg5 64. Kf3 Rf5+ 65. Ke3 Rf4
66. Rg1+ Rg4 67. Rh1 Rh4 68. Rg1+ Kf6 69. Rf1+ Ke5 70. Rg1 Rh3+ 71. Ke2 Kf6 72.
Rf1+ Ke7 73. Rg1 Kf7 74. Rf1+ Kg8 75. Rf5 Rg3 76. Rf1 Rg5 77. Rh1 Kf7 78. Ke3
Kf6 79. Kf4 Ra5 80. Kf3 Ra4 81. Ke3 Kg5 82. Rg1+ Rg4 83. Rh1 Rg3+ 84. Ke2 Kg4
85. Kf2 Rf3+ 86. Ke2 Rf7 87. Ke3 Ra7 88. Kf2 Re7 89. Rh2 Rf7+ 90. Ke2 Kg3 91.
Rh1 Re7+ 92. Kd3 Kg2 93. Rh4 Kf3 94. Rh3+ Kg2 95. Rh4 Ra7 96. Ke2 Ra2+ 97. Ke3
Ra3+ 98. Ke2 Rg3 99. Kd2 Kf3 100. Rh1 Rg5 101. Rh3+ Kg4 102. Rh1 Rxh5 103. Rg1+
Kf3 104. Rxg7 Re5 105. Rf7+ Kg2 106. Rg7+ Rg5 107. Rh7 h5 108. Ke3 Kg3 109. Ke2
h4 110. Kf1 h3 111. Kg1 Rg4 112. Kh1 h2 113. Rxh2 Rh4 114. Rxh4 Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "2285525"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. a4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. Qc1
O-O 9. Qxc4 Bxd2+ 10. Nbxd2 b6 11. Qb3 Ba6 12. Nc4 Nbd7 13. Nfe5 Rc8 14. Nd6
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Rb8 16. Bxc6 Nd7 17. Qe3 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Qc7 19. Bf3 Rbd8 20. Rd1
Rd7 21. O-O Rfd8 22. Nxf7 Qxe5 23. Rxd7 Qxb2 24. Nxd8 Bxe2 25. Bxe2 Qxe2 26. Rd6
h5 27. Nxe6 h4 28. Ng5 g6 29. Rxb6 Kg7 30. Ne6+ Kf7 31. Nf4 Qf3 32. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Semi-Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. f4
Neg4 9. Bd2 Nh6 10. h3 e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. g4 Re8 13. Nf3 Bd7 14. g5 Nxe4 15.
gxh6 Bxh6 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. f5 Qf8 18. O-O Rae8 19. Bd3 Re3 20. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 21.
Kg2 Bc6 22. Qe1 g5 23. Qg3 Bf4 24. Qg4 Re3 25. Rad1 Qg7 26. Rf2 Qh8 27. Qh5 Qg7
28. Kf1 Bg3 29. f6 Qxf6 30. Qxg5+ Qxg5 31. Nxg5 h6 32. Nxf7 Kg7 33. Nd8 Bxf2 34.
Kxf2 Rf3+ 35. Ke2 Rxh3 36. Rf1 Rh2+ 37. Ke3 Rxb2 38. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. a4 b4
9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rc1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ne5 Rc8 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nc4 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Bd5 19. Bf3 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Be7 21.
Be2 Rxc4 22. Bxc4 Ra8 23. g4 Ra7 24. f4 a5 25. Kf2 Rc7 26. f5 exf5 27. gxf5 Kf8
28. Kf3 Kg7 29. e4 Kf8 30. Rd5 Ra7 31. Kg4 Kg7 32. Kh5 Bf8 33. Kg4 Be7 34. Kf3
Kf8 35. Ke2 Kg7 36. Kd3 Kh6 37. Ke3 Kg5 38. Kf3 Kh6 39. Ke3 Kg5 40. Rd2 Kh6 41.
Rg2 Rd7 42. Kf3 Bc5 43. Bd5 Bb6 44. Rg8 Rd8 45. Rxd8 Bxd8 46. Bxf7 Kg5 47. Bg8
h5 48. Bf7 Bc7 49. h3 h4 50. Ke3 Bb6+ 51. Kd3 Kf4 52. Bh5 Ke5 53. Bf3 Kf4 54.
Bh5 Ke5 55. Bf3 Kf4 56. Bg2 Kg3 57. Bf1 Kf4 58. Be2 Ke5 59. Bh5 Bc7 60. Ke3 Bb6+
61. Kf3 Bd4 62. Bf7 Bc3 63. Bd5 Kd6 64. Kg4 Be1 65. Kh5 Bg3 66. Kg6 Ke7 67. Be6
Be5 68. Kh5 Bg3 69. e5 fxe5 70. Kg5 e4 71. Bc4 e3 72. f6+ Kf8 73. Kf5 Bc7 74.
Ke6 Bd8 75. f7 Bb6 76. Be2 Bd8 77. Kd7 Bg5 78. Ke6 Bd8 79. Bh5 Bg5 80. Kd7 e2
81. Bxe2 Kxf7 82. Bc4+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf5 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qd4
Qd6 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Qd2 Qf6 17. Qd4 Qd6 18. Qd2 Qf6 19. Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "623539"]
[BlackFideId "13400924"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. b3 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. e5 Ne7 7. exd6 Ng6 8.
Na3 Bxd6 9. d3 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Ba3 Qd5 13. d4 Rd8 14. Bxc5 e5 15.
Re1 Nf4 16. Ne3 Qf7 17. Nh4 Be6 18. Qf3 exd4 19. Nef5 Be5 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Nxc6
Bd5 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23. Qg4 h5 24. Qxf4 Bxf4 25. Re7 Bxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Qg8 27. Rae1
Qh7 28. Bxd4 Qxc2 29. R1e2 Qd3 30. Bxa7 Bc6 31. R2e3 Qd6+ 32. Rg3 Rg8 33. Be3 g6
34. Ra7 Be4 35. f4 Rg7 36. Ra4 Qe6 37. Bd4 Kh7 38. Ra5 Qd6 39. Be3 Qe6 40. Rc5
Qd6 41. b4 Rd7 42. a4 Qd1 43. Rc4 Qb1 44. Bc1 Bc2 45. Rgc3 Bxa4 46. Rc8 Qxb4 47.
R3c4 Qb5 48. f5 g5 49. Ng6 Qxf5 50. Nf8+ Kg7 51. Nxd7 Bxd7 52. R8c5 Qe6 53. Rd4
Kg6 54. Bxg5 fxg5 55. Rcd5 Qe1 56. Rxd7 Qe5+ 57. Kh1 Qe1+ 58. Kh2 Qe5+ 59. Kh1
Qe1+ 60. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "5007003"]
[BlackFideId "5202213"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Qd3 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Rd1 Ne7 13. e4 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Be6
15. O-O Qb6 16. e5 Rac8 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. h3 d4 19. Bd3 Bd5 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Be4
Rcd8 22. b3 a5 23. Qf4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Qc5 25. Rde1 Re6 26. h4 d3 27. Rd1 Rd5 28.
Qe3 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Qxe3 30. Rxe3 Rdxe5 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxd3 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Re2
34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Rd7 Rxf2 36. Rxb7 Rxa2 37. Rxf7 Rb2 38. Ra7 Rxb3 39. Rxa5 Rb4
40. g3 Rb2+ 41. Kh3 Rb3 42. Kh2 Rb2+ 43. Kh3 Rb3 44. Kh2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "24126055"]
[BlackFideId "13300474"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Bf1 Rc8 14. Qb3 Qe7
15. Qa4 Bc4 16. Nb5 Ne4 17. a3 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Bd6 19. Be3 f5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21.
Rc1 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 g5 23. Qc6 g4 24. Ne1 Nf8 25. Nd3 Ng6 26. Bh6 Kf7 27. h3 Nf6
28. Bg5 h5 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. e3 Qc7 31. Qxc7+ Bxc7 32. Bxf6 Kxf6 33. Be2 Bd6 34.
Kf1 Nh8 35. Nc1 Nf7 36. Na2 a5 37. Nc3 Ke7 38. Ke1 Bc7 39. Nb5 Bb8 40. Kd2 Nd6
41. Nxd6 Kxd6 42. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Opening "Sicilian, Chekhover variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2285525"]
[BlackFideId "4168119"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Qd3 Nb4 8.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Nd5 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Ne3
e6 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. c3 Ne7 17. Rd2 Qc6 18. Qc2 Bh6 19. Nd4 Qc5 20. Qd1 d5 21.
Qg4+ Ng6 22. exd5 Bxe3 23. fxe3 f5 24. Qf3 Qxd5 25. Rfd1 Qxf3 26. Nxf3 Rxd2 27.
Rxd2 Rc7 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Rd4 Kf6 30. g4 fxg4 31. Rxg4 Ke7 32. Ke2 f5 33. Ra4 a6
34. Rb4 Nf8 35. a4 Kf6 36. Rh4 Ng6 37. Rb4 Nf8 38. Rh4 Ng6 39. Rb4 Nf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1503014"]
[BlackFideId "2016192"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. Re1 d5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Qf3 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 Qd6 14. Qf3 Nf6
15. Nd2 Bg4 16. Qg3 Qxg3 17. hxg3 Rfe8 18. f3 Bd7 19. g4 h6 20. Kf2 Rxe1 21.
Rxe1 Re8 22. Rc1 c6 23. a4 Re7 24. a5 Ne8 25. Nb3 Nd6 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. b3 g6 28.
c4 dxc4 29. bxc4 Kg7 30. Bd3 f5 31. gxf5 Bxf5 32. Be2 h5 33. Nd3 Bc8 34. Nb4 Nf5
35. d5 c5 36. Nd3 Rc7 37. Nf4 h4 38. Bd3 g5 39. Ne2 Nd6 40. Nc3 Kf6 41. Re1 Bd7
42. Ne4+ Nxe4+ 43. Bxe4 b5 44. d6 Rc8 45. cxb5 Bxb5 46. Rb1 Bc4 47. Rb7 Rd8 48.
Rxa7 Rxd6 49. Rc7 Rd2+ 50. Kg1 Bd5 51. Rd7 Ke6 52. Rd8 c4 53. a6 c3 54. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "24116068"]
[BlackFideId "4126025"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. Qe2 d4 14. Bd2 b5 15. Ng3
a5 16. Bb3 a4 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Red1 a3 19. bxa3 Bb6 20. Nf5 Rxa3 21. cxd4 Nxd4
22. N3xd4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. Be3 Qd7 25. Rac1 c6 26. Rc2 Qb7 27. Bc5 Ra4 28.
a3 Nd7 29. Bb4 Qb6 30. Rdc1 Ra8 31. Rc3 Rc8 32. Qe3 Qd4 33. Kf1 Rg6 34. R3c2 Kh7
35. g4 Qxe3 36. fxe3 Re6 37. Kg2 Kg8 38. Kf3 Rf6+ 39. Ke2 Re6 40. Rc3 Kh7 41.
Kf3 Rf6+ 42. Kg2 Re6 43. R3c2 Kg8 44. Kf2 Rf6+ 45. Ke2 Re6 46. Rc3 Kh7 47. R1c2
Kg8 48. Kf2 Rf6+ 49. Kg2 Re6 50. Rc1 Kh7 51. R3c2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4126025"]
[BlackFideId "623539"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O g6 8. e5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bg7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. Nc3 Bf5 14. Bf3 Nh5
15. Be3 Bxe5 16. Bxb6 Nf6 17. Re1 Nd7 18. Ba5 Rab8 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Be4 Be6 21.
Bd5 Bxc3 22. Bxc3 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Nb6 24. Rd4 Rbc8 25. Rb4 Nd5 26. Rxb7 Nxc3 27.
bxc3 Rxc3 28. Rexe7 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Rxc2 30. g3 Rxa2 31. h4 h5 32. Ra7 a5 33. Kg2
a4 34. Kf3 Kg7 35. Ra6 a3 36. Kg2 Ra1 37. Kf3 Kf8 38. Ra7 Ke8 39. Kg2 f6 40. Ra6
Kf7 41. Kf3 Ra2 42. Ke3 g5 43. hxg5 fxg5 44. Ra5 Ra1 45. Kf3 g4+ 46. Kf4 a2 47.
Kg5 Ke6 48. Ra8 Ke5 49. Re8+ Kd4 50. Re2 Kd3 51. Rb2 Ke4 52. Re2+ Kf3 53. Rb2
Kg2 54. Rc2 Rf1 55. Rb2 0-1

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, French variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2016192"]
[BlackFideId "24116068"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
h6 9. c3 b5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. a4 b4 12. c4 Nc7 13. Nb3 Bb7 14. Be3 Na6 15. d4
cxd4 16. Nfxd4 Qc8 17. Qe2 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rd8 20. Qf3 Qxc4 21. Rac1
Qd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Rc6 Nb8 24. Rc8+ Rd8 25. Rec1 Nd7 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Rc7
Rd8 28. Rxa7 Bf6 29. a5 Bxd4 30. Nxd4 Ne5 31. a6 Rxd4 32. Ra8+ Kh7 33. a7 Nc6
34. Rh8+ Kxh8 35. a8=Q+ Nd8 36. Qa7 Rd5 37. Qb6 Kg8 38. Qxb4 Nc6 39. Qb7 Nd4 40.
Qb8+ Kh7 41. Qf8 Kg6 42. g4 h5 43. h3 hxg4 44. hxg4 e5 45. Qa8 Ne6 46. b4 Rd4
47. b5 Rxg4+ 48. Kf1 Rb4 49. Qc6 Kg5 50. b6 Nf4 51. Kg1 Rb1+ 52. Kh2 Ne6 53. Qe4
Rb5 54. b7 Nd8 55. b8=R 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4168119"]
[BlackFideId "1503014"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3
b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. g3 h5 14. h4 g6 15. Bh3 Bb7
16. Qd3 Bg7 17. Rd1 O-O 18. O-O Rb8 19. b3 Re8 20. Rfe1 Ba8 21. Nde3 Bf8 22. Nd5
Bg7 23. Nde3 Bf8 24. Nd5 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "13300474"]
[BlackFideId "2285525"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Be2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4
Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. c4 Nf6 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. a3 Ke7 13. b4 Nd4 14. Ra2 Nxe2+
15. Rxe2 Bd6 16. Nc3 Rd8 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Rd1 Bc7 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Bc5+ Ke8 21.
Rxe5 Ba4 22. Rc1 Bb3 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Rd3 25. Bb6 Rc8 26. c5 Bd5 27. Re3
Rxe3 28. fxe3 f5 29. Kf2 Kd7 30. Rd1 Kc6 31. a4 g5 32. Rb1 Ra8 33. Rd1 h5 34. e4
fxe4 35. Ke3 Rf8 36. h3 Rf7 37. Bd8 g4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Rb1 g3 40. Rb2 Rf1 41.
Bh4 Ra1 42. Bxg3 Ra3+ 43. Kf4 e5+ 44. Kg4 Be6+ 45. Kh4 e3 46. Bxe5 Bc4 47. g4 e2
48. Rb1 Rxa4 49. Bg3 Kb5 50. Be1 Ra3 51. Bg3 Rd3 52. Re1 Rd1 53. g5 Kxb4 54. g6
Kxc5 55. g7 Rxe1 56. Bxe1 Kd4 57. Kg3 Kd3 58. Kf2 b6 59. Kf3 a5 60. Kf2 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "5202213"]
[BlackFideId "24126055"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6
9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15.
Kh1 Qf6 16. Be3 exd4 17. cxd4 Ba5 18. Rg1 Rxb5 19. Ba4 Rxb2 20. Bxc6 Bb6 21. Rg4
g6 22. f4 Rb4 23. Ra4 Rxa4 24. Qxa4 Ng7 25. Bd5 Kh8 26. h3 Qe7 27. f5 gxf5 28.
exf5 Nxf5 29. Bg5 f6 30. Re4 Qg7 31. Re8 Ba7 32. Qd7 h6 33. Qc8 Rxe8 34. Qxe8+
Kh7 35. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.12.28"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "5.Bg5 dc"]
[WhiteFideId "13400924"]
[BlackFideId "5007003"]
[EventDate "2020.12.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 b5 7. axb5 cxb5 8. Nxb5
Qb6 9. Nc3 Qxb2 10. Bd2 Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Rb1 Qa2 13. e4 Bd6 14. Be2 O-O 15.
O-O dxe4 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. Rc1 Qb3 18. Bxc4 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Nd7 20. Bd5 Rae8 21.
Rc6 Be7 22. Bxe4 Nb8 23. Rc2 Bxg5 24. Bxf5 Bxd2 25. Rcxd2 g6 26. Bg4 Rd8 27. Ra2
Rfe8 28. h3 a6 29. Be2 Rd6 30. Rda1 Rxd4 31. Bxa6 Nxa6 32. Rxa6 Rde4 33. Ra8
Rxa8 34. Rxa8+ Kg7 35. Ra7 h5 36. g3 Rb4 37. h4 Rb2 38. Kg2 Rc2 39. Kg1 Rc1+ 40.
Kg2 Rc2 41. Kg1 Rc1+ 42. Kg2 Rc2 1/2-1/2

