Airthings Masters QF1: Nakamura and So beaten
Hikaru Nakamura lost to Levon Aronian and Wesley So was
beaten by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave as the favourites all struggled on the first
day of the Airthings Masters quarterfinals. World Champion Magnus Carlsen got
off to a perfect start against Daniil Dubov as he ground out a win in the first
game, but Dubov hit back to level the scores in a match he called “a gift for
me”. Teimour Radjabov also came close to upsetting Ian Nepomniachtchi before
all four games ended drawn. Wesley and Hikaru now need to win on demand on
Wednesday.