Magnus Carlsen proved his superiority against Russian Daniil Dubov with a precise display in rook-pawn endgame to win their opening game of the first best-of-four-rapid-game set in the quarterfinals on Tuesday. Preliminary league: Round 11: Radjabov drew with P. Harikrishna; Nepomniachtchi drew with Carlsen; So bt Dubov; Nakamura bt Anish Giri (Ned); Alexander Grischuk (Rus) lost to Vachier; Aronian bt David Anton Guijar (Esp). Round 10: Harikrishna drew with So; Carlsen bt Nakamura; Dubov drew with Aronian; Anton drew with Nepomniachtchi; Vachier drew with Radjabov; Giri drew with Grischuk. Nepomniachtchi, Radjabov (6 each); 6. Vachier, Dubov, Harikrishna, Grischuk (5 each); 11-12.

Source: The Hindu December 29, 2020 17:01 UTC