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The Airthings Masters 2023 took place Fri 3rd Feb to Fri 10th Feb 2023. There was a preliminary qualifier on February 3rd to produce 6 qualifiers to join Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So in the Group 1 final stage. It also produced qualifiers for Group 2 and Group 3 of the event. This was a Swiss followed by a single round of matches. The final stage is a double elimination knockout. Magnus Carlsen beat Hikaru Nakamura twice to win the event. Caruana won Division 2 beating Yu Yangyi twice and Vincent Keymer beat Praggnanandaa twice to win Division 3.

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Airthings Masters Div 1 W chess.com INT Fri 3rd Feb 2023 - Fri 10th Feb 2023 Leading Round 4 (of 5) Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts	TB1
	Grand Final
1	Carlsen, Magnus	GM	2839	2.5
2	Nakamura, Hikaru	GM	2750	1.5
	Round 3
1	Carlsen, Magnus	GM	2839	2	1
2	Nakamura, Hikaru	GM	2750	2	0
	Round 2
1	Carlsen, Magnus	GM	2839	2	1
2	Erigaisi Arjun	GM	2685	2	0
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	GM	2750	2	1
2	So, Wesley	GM	2780	2	0
	Round 1
1	Carlsen, Magnus	GM	2839	2.5
2	Sarana, Alexey	GM	2643	0.5
1	Erigaisi Arjun	GM	2685	3
2	Firouzja, Alireza	GM	2745	0
1	So, Wesley	GM	2780	2.5
2	Mamedov, Rauf	GM	2632	1.5
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	GM	2750	2.5
2	Gukesh D	GM	2629	0.5
20 players

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Airthings Masters Div 1 L chess.com INT Fri 3rd Feb 2023 - Fri 10th Feb 2023 Leading Final Round 4 Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Final
1	Nakamura, Hikaru	2.0
2	So, Wesley	1.0
	Semi-final
1	So, Wesley	1.5
2	Erigaisi, Arjun	0.5
	Quarter-final
1	So, Wesley	2.0
2	Sarana, Alexey	0.0
1	Erigaisi, Arjun	1.5
2	Gukesh, D	0.5
	Round 1
1	Sarana, Alexey	2.0
2	Firouzja, Alireza	0.0
1	Gukesh, D	2.0
2	Mamedov, Rauf	1.0
16 players

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Airthings Masters Play-In chess.com INT Fri 3rd Feb 2023 - Fri 10th Feb 2023 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
1	80	IND	GM	Gukesh, D	2810	7.5	44	45.5	35.75
2	7	RUS	GM	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2813	6.5	49.5	54.5	38.5
3	8	FRA	GM	Firouzja, Alireza	2809	6.5	48.5	53.5	37.5
4	12	INT	GM	Andreikin, Dmitry	2746	6.5	47	51.5	36.75
5	15	USA	GM	Caruana, Fabiano	2758	6.5	46.5	46.5	30.25
6	23	RUS	GM	Dubov, Daniil	2706	6.5	44.5	49.5	35.25
7	13	IND	GM	Erigaisi, Arjun	2744	6.5	43.5	48	33.75
8	3	USA	GM	Nakamura, Hikaru	2805	6.5	42.5	45.5	31.5
9	16	UKR	GM	Mamedov, Rauf	2720	6.5	40.5	42.5	30.25
10	19	IND	GM	Sadhwani, Raunak	2710	6.5	39.5	40.5	26.5
11	14	INT	GM	Sarana, Alexey	2732	6.5	39	42.5	30.25
12	10	RUS	GM	Kramnik, Vladimir	2770	6	48.5	52.5	32.25
13	40	AZE	GM	Guseinov, Gadir	2688	6	46.5	46.5	28.25
14	122	INT	GM	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	2720	6	45.5	50	33.25
15	24	RUS	GM	Grischuk, Alexander	2683	6	45.5	50	32.25
16	25	VNM	GM	Le, Quang Liem	2697	6	45.5	49.5	31
17	17	BLR	GM	Lazavik, Denis	2712	6	44.5	44.5	27
18	102	GBR	GM	Predke, Alexandr	2635	6	43.5	48	31
19	56	DEU	GM	Bluebaum, Matthias	2657	6	42	43	23.75
20	42	ARE	GM	Salem, A.R. Saleh	2661	6	39.5	42.5	25.5
21	45	CHN	GM	Yu, Yangyi	2646	6	39	40	21.75
22	34	DEU	GM	Keymer, Vincent	2678	6	38.5	41	23.5
23	62	UKR	GM	Kravtsiv, Martyn	2622	6	36.5	37.5	21.5
24	78	CHN	GM	Xu, Xiangyu	2671	5.5	47	50.5	29.75
25	50	UZB	GM	Vokhidov, Shamsiddin	2633	5.5	45.5	50	29.75
26	9	USA	GM	Sevian, Samuel	2743	5.5	44.5	48.5	26.25
27	99	IND	GM	Praggnanandhaa, R	2621	5.5	44.5	46.5	25.75
28	132	AZE	GM	Safarli, Eltaj	2659	5.5	44.5	45.5	25.75
29	20	IND	GM	Ghosh, Diptayan	2680	5.5	44	47	26.75
30	95	ROU	GM	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	2605	5.5	43.5	47.5	27.75
31	70	AZE	GM	Durarbayli, Vasif	2611	5.5	42.5	43.5	21
32	68	ARG	GM	Pichot, Alan	2618	5.5	42	43.5	22.25
33	32	UKR	GM	Bortnyk, Olexandr	2641	5.5	40	42.5	23.25
34	83	CHN	GM	Tan, Zhongyi	2631	5.5	39	41.5	20.5
35	104	IND	GM	Iniyan, P	2590	5.5	39	41	25.25
36	90	RUS	GM	Demidov, Mikhail	2639	5.5	38.5	41.5	23.75
37	43	USA	GM	Oparin, Grigoriy	2632	5.5	38.5	39.5	21.75
38	109	KOR	GM	Drygalov, Sergey	2602	5.5	37.5	40.5	23
39	6	USA	GM	Aronian, Levon	2740	5.5	36.5	38.5	22.5
40	55	RUS	GM	Ponkratov, Pavel	2616	5.5	35	36	21
41	79	INT	GM	Chigaev, Maksim	2595	5.5	32.5	32.5	13.25
42	47	GRC	GM	Theodorou, Nikolas	2640	5	41.5	42.5	19.5
43	11	USA	GM	Dominguez Perez, Leinier	2685	5	40.5	43.5	23.25
44	54	IND	GM	Pranav, V	2596	5	39	40.5	18.5
45	30	IRN	GM	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2634	5	38.5	39.5	17.25
46	69	USA	GM	Robson, Ray	2597	5	38.5	39	17.25
47	72	ARM	GM	Hakobyan, Aram	2575	5	38	38	16.5
48	93	HUN	GM	Gledura, Benjamin	2553	5	37.5	38	15.25
49	29	PER	GM	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo	2626	5	36.5	37.5	22
50	51	USA	GM	Lenderman, Aleksandr	2603	5	36.5	36.5	15.75
51	21	IND	GM	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2627	5	35.5	37	16
52	37	PNG	GM	Yoo, Christopher Woojin	2613	5	35	36	17.5
53	91	SRB	GM	Indjic, Aleksandar	2555	5	34	35.5	15.75
149 players

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Airthings Masters Div 2 W chess.com INT Fri 3rd Feb 2023 - Fri 10th Feb 2023 Leading Round 5 (of 6) Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts	TB1
	Grand Final
1	Caruana, Fabiano	2.5
2	Yu, Yangyi	1.5
	Final
1	Caruana, Fabiano	2.5
2	Yu, Yangyi	0.5
	Semi-final
1	Yu, Yangyi	3.0
2	Predke, Alexandr	1.0
1	Caruana, Fabiano	2.5
2	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	0.5
	Quarter-final
1	Predke, Alexandr	3.0
2	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	0.0
1	Yu, Yangyi	3.0
2	Kravtsiv, Martyn	1.0
1	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	2.0	1
2	Andreikin, Dmitry	2.0	0
1	Caruana, Fabiano	2.5
2	Salem, A.R. Saleh	0.5
	Round 1
1	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2.5
2	Pichot, Alan	0.5
1	Predke, Alexandr	2.5
2	Lazavik, Denis	1.5
1	Kravtsiv, Martyn	3.0
2	Dubov, Daniil	2.0
1	Yu, Yangyi	2.5
2	Sadhwani, Raunak	1.5
1	Andreikin, Dmitry	2.5
2	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	1.5
1	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	3.0
2	Bluebaum, Matthias	1.0
1	Caruana, Fabiano	2.5
2	Ghosh, Diptayan	0.5
1	Salem, A.R. Saleh	2.5
2	Kramnik, Vladimir	0.5
37 players

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Airthings Masters Div 2 L chess.com INT Fri 3rd Feb 2023 - Fri 10th Feb 2023
Rk	Name	Pts
	Final
1	Yu, Yangyi	2.0
2	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	1.0
	Semi-final
1	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	2.0
2	Predke, Alexandr	0.0
	Quarter-final
1	Predke, Alexandr	2.0
2	Lazavik, Denis	1.0
1	Yakubboev, Nodirbek	2.0
2	Kramnik, Vladimir	1.0
	Round 3
1	Lazavik, Denis	2.0
2	Dubov, Daniil	0.0
1	Kramnik, Vladimir	1.5
2	Bluebaum, Matthias	0.5
	Round 2
1	Lazavik, Denis	2.0
2	Salem, A.R. Saleh	1.0
1	Dubov, Daniil	1.5
2	Andreikin, Dmitry	0.5
1	Bluebaum, Matthias	1.5
2	Kravtsiv, Martyn	0.5
1	Kramnik, Vladimir	1.5
2	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	0.5
	Round 1
1	Lazavik, Denis	1.5
2	Pichot, Alan	0.5
1	Dubov, Daniil	2.0
2	Sadhwani, Raunak	1.0
1	Bluebaum, Matthias	2.0
2	Deac, Bogdan-Daniel	1.0
1	Kramnik, Vladimir	1.5
2	Ghosh, Diptayan	0.5
34 players

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Airthings Masters Div 3 W chess.com INT Fri 3rd Feb 2023 - Fri 10th Feb 2023 Leading Round 6 (of 7) Standings:
Rk	Name	Pts
	Grand Final
1	Sevian, Samuel	2.5
2	Praggnanandhaa, R	1.5
	Final
1	Sevian, Samuel	2
2	Praggnanandhaa, R	1
	Semi-final
1	Praggnanandhaa, R	2
2	Lenderman, Aleksandr	1
1	Sevian, Samuel	1.5
2	Bortnyk, Olexandr	0.5
	Round 3
1	Praggnanandhaa, R	2
2	Pranav, V	0
1	Lenderman, Aleksandr	1.5
2	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo	0.5
1	Sevian, Samuel	1.5
2	Maghsoodloo, Parham	0.5
1	Bortnyk, Olexandr	2
2	Le, Tuan Minh	1
	Round 2
1	Pranav, V	1
2	Guseinov, Gadir	0
1	Praggnanandhaa, R	1.5
2	Antipov, Mikhail Al.	0.5
1	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo	1.5
2	Matlakov, Maxim	0.5
1	Lenderman, Aleksandr	2
1	Dreev, Alexey	1
1	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2
2	Svidler, Peter	1
1	Sevian, Samuel	1.5
2	Durarbayli, Vasif	0.5
1	Le, Tuan Minh	1.5
2	Hakobyan, Aram	0.5
1	Bortnyk, Olexandr	1.5
2	Muradli, Mahammad	0.5
	Round 1
1	Guseinov, Gadir	2
2	Sjugirov, Sanan	1
1	Pranav, V	2
2	Theodorou, Nikolas	1
1	Praggnanandhaa, R	2
2	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	1
1	Antipov, Mikhail Al.	2
2	Safarli, Eltaj	1
1	Matlakov, Maxim	1.5
2	Keymer, Vincent	0.5
1	Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo	1.5
2	Demidov, Mikhail	0.5
70 players

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