Carlsen and Artemiev lead at Goldmoney Asian Rapid day 4

Magnus Carlsen described it as “massive” that he won Day 1 of his Goldmoney Asian Rapid quarterfinal match against Wesley So after a slugfest that featured just one draw. Vladislav Artemiev also took the lead with a 3:0 whitewash of Anish Giri, who joked that “playing horrible chess” might be a hitherto unknown side effect of vaccination. 17-year-old Arjun Erigaisi traded wins with world no. 5 Levon Aronian, and while Ding Liren-Duda saw all four games drawn it featured some of the day’s most combative chess.

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See also:

• Champions Chess Tour website
• All the Goldmoney Asian Rapid games with computer analysis: Prelims, Knockout
• Hou Yifan joins Magnus Carlsen for Goldmoney Asian Rapid
• Carlsen starts Goldmoney Asian Rapid against Firouzja, Hou Yifan & So
• Goldmoney Asian Rapid Day 1: Carlsen hits back after Firouzja stumble
• Goldmoney Asian Rapid Day 2: Aronian and Ding lead
• Goldmoney Asian Rapid Day 3: Aronian triumphs, faces 17-year-old Erigaisi