Magnus Carlsen's inconsistent performance since his 30th birthday just a month ago took another setback on Wednesday as Russian's Daniil Dubov utilized his shrewd tactics to oust the world champion from the quarterfinals of the online tournament worth $200,000 Airthings Masters and enhance the 24-year old's status as a swashbuckling and creative fan favorite.
The other semifinalist, Levon Aronian (Armenia) beat Hikaru Nakamura (US) Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia), and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) defeated Wesley So (US).
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The semi-finals will continue at 2 pm on Friday, with live commentary from the grandmaster, Radjabov won the opening set (of two, possibly with tie-breaks) 3-1 over Dubov and Aronian beats Vachier-Lagrave with the same amount.
The world champion's performance has slowed since his birthday, which was one month ago and a Tour publicity shot featured him with a tropical ocean as background and a platter of delicious food.
Magnus Carlsen's appearance has declined after a happy Instagram post about his 30th birthday. Photograph: Magnus Carlsen/Instagram
While Dubov admittedly attributed his win due to chance, Carlsen declared it to be a "collapse" and added: "I'm in a deep funk right now." In the game that eliminated the Norwegian, the crucial error that turned a win difficult one piece ahead to an instant loss due to checkmate in the last position was made at move 34, when Qe7 was defeated while Qa5! could have been the winner.
Dubov is currently sporting a huge Plus score over Carlsen during their live tournaments during the outbreak, winning by 6-3, with four draws. However, his overall performance has seen some down days, and he's yet to make it into the top 10 overall or even qualify for the World title contenders.
The results of this week put more pressure on Carlsen to play in the next major tournament over the board in Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee which will begin at this Dutch beach resort of the same name on January 15. Carlsen has a stellar record at Wijk and the 13 players he faces include the world number 2 Fabiano Caruana, who has maintained his profile low in the online Tour, and the two emerging superstars Dubov as well Alireza Frouzja.
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In the meantime, the online British championship will play the final two rounds on Sunday and Saturday (7 pm start time, visit chessbomb.com to watch the matches). The England number one player, Michael Adams, leads with 6/7, a half-point over Matthew Turner. Adams has been awarded seven British titles across all categories However, his chances of matching Jonathan Penrose's record of ten wins are slim because the online version of his record will not be counted in official titles.
The most enthralling performance was in the championship for women. Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant who in her prime was a top player was the winner of all seven games however, second in the standings with 5/7 is Nina Pert, aged 12 with a rating of 1537. Nina Pert, a Brentwood schoolgirl, the daughter of IM Richard Pert, and the niece of the GM Nick Pert, defeated the second seed in the last round and is a promising future ahead of her.
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