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Airthings Masters 2022 (Games and Results)
Airthings Masters 2022
Mark Crowther - Friday 18th February 2022
The Airthings Masters is the first event in the new season of the online Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. The event is hosted by Chess24 and takes place February 19th to 26th 2022. The format is mostly the same as last season with a 16 player 15 round rapid round robin preliminary stage and an 8 player knockout phase. In the preliminaries there are three points for a win and one for a draw and money for each win. The KO phase is slightly accelerated with only one 4 game mini-match before a blitz tie-break in the quarter and semi-finals but the final is still over two mini-matches before the tie-break. Players: Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anish Giri, Levon Aronian, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Andrey Esipenko, Quang Liem Le, Vladislav Artemiev, Vincent Keymer, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Hans Moke Niemann, R Praggnanandhaa, Eric Hansen and Alexandra Kosteniuk.
Airthings Masters 2022 (chess24.com INT)
Sat 19th Feb 2022 - Sat 26th Feb 2022 -
Official Site - Live
Airthings Masters Prelim (16 players 15 Rds SRR Indiv TC:15m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Games Prelim
Airthings Masters KO 2022 (8 players 3 Rds Minimatch Indiv TC:15m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Games KO
Airthings Masters Prelim (16 players 15 Rds SRR Indiv TC: 15m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Games Prelim
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| Airthings Masters Prelim chess24.com INT Sat 19th Feb 2022 - Sat 26th Feb 2022
Leading Final Round 15 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | Rtg | Gms | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pts |
| 1 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | GM | 2773 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
| 2 | Carlsen, Magnus | GM | 2865 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 25 | |
| 3 | Artemiev, Vladislav | GM | 2700 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 24 | |
| 4 | Esipenko, Andrey | GM | 2714 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 24 | |
| 5 | Hansen, Eric | GM | 2606 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 23 | |
| 6 | Ding, Liren | GM | 2799 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 22 | |
| 7 | Le, Quang Liem | GM | 2709 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 22 | |
| 8 | Keymer, Vincent | GM | 2664 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 22 | |
| 9 | Aronian, Levon | GM | 2772 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21 | |
| 10 | Giri, Anish | GM | 2772 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | |
| 11 | Praggnanandhaa R | GM | 2612 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | |
| 12 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | GM | 2651 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 | |
| 13 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | GM | 2760 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | |
| 14 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | GM | 2767 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 17 | |
| 15 | Niemann, Hans Moke | GM | 2642 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | |
| 16 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | GM | 2516 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
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| Round 1 (February 19, 2022) | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Aronian, Levon | 0-1 | 41 | C50 | Giuoco Piano | Carlsen, Magnus | - Artemiev, Vladislav | 1-0 | 42 | A00 | Irregular Openings | Esipenko, Andrey | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 1-0 | 23 | C41 | Philidor's Defence | Keymer, Vincent | - Ding, Liren | 0-1 | 77 | A07 | Barcza System | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 33 | A28 | English Four Knights | Praggnanandhaa, R | - Le, Quang Liem | ½-½ | 35 | C55 | Two Knights Defence | Niemann, Hans Moke | - Hansen, Eric | 0-1 | 58 | A15 | English counter King's Fianchetto | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 0-1 | 45 | B51 | Sicilian Rossolimo |
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| Round 2 (February 19, 2022) | Artemiev, Vladislav | - Le, Quang Liem | 1-0 | 45 | A15 | English counter King's Fianchetto | Carlsen, Magnus | - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | ½-½ | 45 | A00 | Irregular Openings | Hansen, Eric | - Praggnanandhaa, R | 1-0 | 47 | C78 | Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence | Ding, Liren | - Niemann, Hans Moke | ½-½ | 74 | A28 | English Four Knights | Aronian, Levon | - Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 1-0 | 38 | B13 | Caro Kann Exchange | Giri, Anish | - Esipenko, Andrey | ½-½ | 58 | C85 | Ruy Lopez Steenwijker Defence | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | - Keymer, Vincent | 0-1 | 36 | A07 | Barcza System | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 0-1 | 79 | D41 | Semi-Tarrasch Defence |
| Round 3 (February 19, 2022) | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Giri, Anish | 1-0 | 53 | B92 | Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2 | Esipenko, Andrey | - Carlsen, Magnus | 1-0 | 44 | C55 | Two Knights Defence | Le, Quang Liem | - Hansen, Eric | 1-0 | 38 | A15 | English counter King's Fianchetto | Keymer, Vincent | - Aronian, Levon | ½-½ | 74 | A08 | Barcza System | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | - Artemiev, Vladislav | ½-½ | 45 | D31 | Semi-Slav Defence | Praggnanandhaa, R | - Ding, Liren | 0-1 | 32 | C50 | Giuoco Piano | Niemann, Hans Moke | - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 1-0 | 50 | D00 | Queen's Pawn Game | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 0-1 | 54 | B01 | Centre Counter |
| Round 4 (February 19, 2022) | Artemiev, Vladislav | - Hansen, Eric | ½-½ | 24 | A28 | English Four Knights | Carlsen, Magnus | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 0-1 | 68 | E06 | Catalan | Ding, Liren | - Le, Quang Liem | 1-0 | 49 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | Aronian, Levon | - Niemann, Hans Moke | 0-1 | 63 | C50 | Giuoco Piano | Giri, Anish | - Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 1-0 | 66 | C84 | Ruy Lopez Centre Attack | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | - Esipenko, Andrey | ½-½ | 65 | A21 | English Opening | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | - Praggnanandhaa, R | 1-0 | 63 | C50 | Giuoco Piano | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | - Keymer, Vincent | 0-1 | 50 | D41 | Semi-Tarrasch Defence |
| Round 5 (February 20, 2022) | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 1-0 | 48 | C50 | Giuoco Piano | Hansen, Eric | - Ding, Liren | ½-½ | 74 | B51 | Sicilian Rossolimo | Esipenko, Andrey | - Artemiev, Vladislav | 0-1 | 69 | C55 | Two Knights Defence | Le, Quang Liem | - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 1-0 | 48 | D30 | Queen's Gambit (without Nc3) | Keymer, Vincent | - Giri, Anish | 1-0 | 35 | D38 | QGD Ragozin | Praggnanandhaa, R | - Aronian, Levon | 1-0 | 80 | D38 | QGD Ragozin | Niemann, Hans Moke | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | ½-½ | 72 | A20 | English Opening | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | - Carlsen, Magnus | 0-1 | 30 | B40 | Sicilian Classical |
| Round 6 (February 20, 2022) | Artemiev, Vladislav | - Ding, Liren | 0-1 | 75 | A22 | English Opening | Carlsen, Magnus | - Keymer, Vincent | 1-0 | 52 | A07 | Barcza System | Esipenko, Andrey | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 0-1 | 47 | C50 | Giuoco Piano | Aronian, Levon | - Le, Quang Liem | ½-½ | 51 | C55 | Two Knights Defence | Giri, Anish | - Niemann, Hans Moke | 1-0 | 27 | C83 | Ruy Lopez Open | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | - Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 1-0 | 49 | A34 | English Symmetrical | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | - Hansen, Eric | 0-1 | 45 | C96 | Ruy Lopez | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | - Praggnanandhaa, R | 1-0 | 37 | A45 | Trompowsky |
| Round 7 (February 20, 2022) | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Artemiev, Vladislav | ½-½ | 53 | C50 | Giuoco Piano | Hansen, Eric | - Aronian, Levon | ½-½ | 92 | C55 | Two Knights Defence | Ding, Liren | - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | ½-½ | 54 | D41 | Semi-Tarrasch Defence | Le, Quang Liem | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 1-0 | 36 | A52 | Budapest Defence Main Line | Keymer, Vincent | - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 1-0 | 81 | D78 | Gruenfeld 3.g3 | Praggnanandhaa, R | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 38 | D02 | Queen's Pawn Game | Niemann, Hans Moke | - Carlsen, Magnus | 0-1 | 54 | A10 | Dutch, QI and KID Systems | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | - Esipenko, Andrey | 0-1 | 76 | C54 | Giuoco Piano |
| Round 8 (February 20, 2022) | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 1-0 | 20 | C36 | Kings Gambit Modern Variation | Artemiev, Vladislav | - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | ½-½ | 33 | A08 | Barcza System | Carlsen, Magnus | - Praggnanandhaa, R | 0-1 | 39 | D40 | Semi-Tarrasch Defence | Esipenko, Andrey | - Keymer, Vincent | 1-0 | 103 | B10 | Caro Kann | Aronian, Levon | - Ding, Liren | 1-0 | 50 | C59 | Two Knights Defence | Giri, Anish | - Le, Quang Liem | 1-0 | 65 | C92 | Ruy Lopez Chigorin | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | - Niemann, Hans Moke | 1-0 | 50 | A37 | English Symmetrical | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | - Hansen, Eric | 0-1 | 54 | A45 | Trompowsky |
| Round 9 (February 21, 2022) | Hansen, Eric | - Giri, Anish | 0-1 | 40 | B51 | Sicilian Rossolimo | Ding, Liren | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | ½-½ | 37 | D06 | Queen's Pawn Gambit | Le, Quang Liem | - Carlsen, Magnus | 0-1 | 62 | D27 | QGA | Keymer, Vincent | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | ½-½ | 65 | D38 | QGD Ragozin | Praggnanandhaa, R | - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | ½-½ | 64 | D90 | Gruenfeld Flohr | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | - Aronian, Levon | 0-1 | 43 | D39 | QGD Ragozin | Niemann, Hans Moke | - Esipenko, Andrey | 0-1 | 59 | A20 | English Opening | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | - Artemiev, Vladislav | 0-1 | 59 | B40 | Sicilian Classical |
| Round 10 (February 21, 2022) | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Niemann, Hans Moke | 1-0 | 34 | C55 | Two Knights Defence | Artemiev, Vladislav | - Aronian, Levon | 1-0 | 87 | E51 | Nimzo Indian | Carlsen, Magnus | - Hansen, Eric | 0-1 | 33 | C99 | Ruy Lopez Chigorin | Esipenko, Andrey | - Praggnanandhaa, R | 0-1 | 42 | B31 | Sicilian Rossolimo | Giri, Anish | - Ding, Liren | 1-0 | 23 | A07 | Barcza System | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | - Le, Quang Liem | 1-0 | 64 | D31 | Semi-Slav Defence | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | ½-½ | 18 | D16 | Slav Lasker/Smyslov | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | - Keymer, Vincent | 0-1 | 44 | B51 | Sicilian Rossolimo |
| Round 11 (February 21, 2022) | Hansen, Eric | - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 0-1 | 37 | B30 | Sicilian Rossolimo | Ding, Liren | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 11 | E60 | King's Indian without Nc3 | Aronian, Levon | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | ½-½ | 41 | C50 | Giuoco Piano | Le, Quang Liem | - Esipenko, Andrey | 1-0 | 62 | D38 | QGD Ragozin | Keymer, Vincent | - Artemiev, Vladislav | 0-1 | 51 | D12 | Slav Defence | Praggnanandhaa, R | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 0-1 | 72 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | - Giri, Anish | 1-0 | 49 | D38 | QGD Ragozin | Niemann, Hans Moke | - Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 1-0 | 48 | A45 | Trompowsky |
| Round 12 (February 21, 2022) | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Le, Quang Liem | ½-½ | 79 | C50 | Giuoco Piano | Artemiev, Vladislav | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | ½-½ | 52 | A07 | Barcza System | Carlsen, Magnus | - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 1-0 | 20 | B23 | Sicilian Closed | Esipenko, Andrey | - Hansen, Eric | ½-½ | 69 | C97 | Ruy Lopez | Giri, Anish | - Aronian, Levon | ½-½ | 30 | A08 | Barcza System | Keymer, Vincent | - Niemann, Hans Moke | 1-0 | 69 | A15 | English counter King's Fianchetto | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | - Ding, Liren | ½-½ | 56 | A28 | English Four Knights | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | - Praggnanandhaa, R | 0-1 | 63 | B31 | Sicilian Rossolimo |
| Round 13 (February 22, 2022) | Hansen, Eric | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 1-0 | 53 | B40 | Sicilian Classical | Ding, Liren | - Esipenko, Andrey | 0-1 | 59 | A28 | English Four Knights | Aronian, Levon | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 58 | B31 | Sicilian Rossolimo | Le, Quang Liem | - Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 1-0 | 39 | D38 | QGD Ragozin | Praggnanandhaa, R | - Keymer, Vincent | ½-½ | 45 | B12 | Caro Kann Advanced | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | ½-½ | 27 | D86 | Gruenfeld Simagin | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | - Giri, Anish | 1-0 | 79 | D47 | Queens Gambit Meran | Niemann, Hans Moke | - Artemiev, Vladislav | 0-1 | 49 | D00 | Queen's Pawn Game |
| Round 14 (February 22, 2022) | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Ding, Liren | ½-½ | 67 | C84 | Ruy Lopez Centre Attack | Artemiev, Vladislav | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 32 | D42 | Semi-Tarrasch Defence | Carlsen, Magnus | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 1-0 | 38 | E68 | King's Indian Fianchetto | Esipenko, Andrey | - Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | 0-1 | 71 | C50 | Giuoco Piano | Keymer, Vincent | - Le, Quang Liem | 0-1 | 68 | A15 | English counter King's Fianchetto | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | - Aronian, Levon | 0-1 | 57 | A28 | English Four Knights | Niemann, Hans Moke | - Praggnanandhaa, R | 1-0 | 43 | A20 | English Opening | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | - Hansen, Eric | 1-0 | 35 | C54 | Giuoco Piano |
| Round 15 (February 22, 2022) | Hansen, Eric | - Keymer, Vincent | ½-½ | 62 | B51 | Sicilian Rossolimo | Ding, Liren | - Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 1-0 | 32 | A34 | English Symmetrical | Aronian, Levon | - Esipenko, Andrey | 0-1 | 20 | C50 | Giuoco Piano | Giri, Anish | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 46 | C88 | Ruy Lopez Closed | Le, Quang Liem | - Niemann, Hans Moke | ½-½ | 89 | D38 | QGD Ragozin | Praggnanandhaa, R | - Artemiev, Vladislav | 1-0 | 32 | C55 | Two Knights Defence | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | ½-½ | 72 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 1-0 | 58 | E68 | King's Indian Fianchetto |
Airthings Masters KO 2022 (8 players 3 Rds Minimatch Indiv TC: 15m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Games KO
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Leading Final Round 3 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | Pts | TB1 |
| Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | GM | NOR | 2865 | 2 | 2.5 | 4.5 | |
| 2 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | GM | RUS | 2773 | 2 | 0.5 | 2.5 | |
| Semifinals | ||||||||
| 1 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | GM | RUS | 2773 | 2.5 | N/A | 2.5 | |
| 2 | Esipenko, Andrey | GM | RUS | 2714 | 0.5 | N/A | 0.5 | |
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | GM | NOR | 2865 | 2.5 | N/A | 2.5 | |
| 2 | Artemiev, Vladislav | GM | RUS | 2700 | 0.5 | N/A | 0.5 | |
| Quarterfinals | ||||||||
| 1 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | GM | RUS | 2773 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
| 2 | Keymer, Vincent | GM | GER | 2664 | 1.5 | N/A | ||
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | GM | NOR | 2865 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
| 2 | Le, Quang Liem | GM | VIE | 2709 | 1.5 | N/A | ||
| 1 | Artemiev, Vladislav | GM | RUS | 2700 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
| 2 | Ding, Liren | GM | CHN | 2799 | 1.5 | N/A | ||
| 1 | Esipenko, Andrey | GM | RUS | 2714 | 3 | N/A | ||
| 2 | Hansen, Eric | GM | CAN | 2606 | 1 | N/A | ||
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