[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

