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The Aimchess US Rapid was the 9th event of the $1.5 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour 2020-2021. The games were played from 28 August to 5 September 2021 on the chess24 Playzone. It started with a 16-player round robin on the first three days (time control 15 minutes for all moves, with 10 seconds added per move from move 1), from which the first eight players qualified for a knockout phase on the last six days (31 August - 5 September). The action each day began at 17.00 CET | 11.00 ET | 15.00 UTC. Prize fund $100,000, with $30,000 to the winner. Tournament director: Arne Horvei. Chief arbiter: Panagiotis Nikolopoulos. Number of games played: 120 + 56 = 176. Artemiev, Carlsen, Aronian, Firouzja, So, Mamedyarov, Duda and Dominguez qualified for the knockout stage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Artemiev * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 10½
2 Carlsen ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 10
3 Aronian 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 9½
4 Firouzja ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 9½
5 So 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 9
6 Mamedyarov ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 9
7 Duda ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 9
8 Dominguez ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 8
9 Giri ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 8
10 Vachier-Lagrave 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7½
11 Vidit ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 7½
12 Naroditsky ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ 0 6
13 Le Quang Liem ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 * ½ 1 1 6
14 Van Foreest 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ * 1 1 4½
15 Hansen 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 3½
16 Liang 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 * 2½
In the knockout each match consisted of two mini-matches of up to four games each (Rapid 15 + 10), and if 1-1 a tiebreak match of two games (Blitz 5 + 3) plus if necessary an Armageddon game (5 vs 4). Magnus Carlsen beat Artemiev 2-0 in the final.Quarterfinals (31 Aug - 1 Sep) Semifinals (2-3 September) Final (4-5 September)
Carlsen 1½1- 1½1- -- - 2
Duda 0½0- 0½0- -- - 0
Carlsen ½½½½ 1½½1 -- - 1½
Aronian ½½½½ 0½½0 -- - ½
Aronian 1011 1½½- -- - 2
Mamedyarov 0100 0½½- -- - 0
Carlsen 110½ 1½1- -- - 2
Artemiev 001½ 0½0- -- - 0
Artemiev ½0½1 ½½11 -- - 1½
Dominguez ½1½0 ½½00 -- - ½
Artemiev 1½½0 ½01½ ½½ 1 2½
Firouzja 0½½1 ½10½ ½½ 0 1½
Firouzja 11½- ½100 ½1 - 2
So 00½- ½011 ½0 - 1
Match for 3rd place (4-5 September):
Aronian ---- ---- -- - +
Firouzja ---- ---- -- - - withdrew due to illness
Carlsen earned 48 tour points. Artemiev got 35 points, Aronian 21, and Firouzja 15. Standings after nine events: Carlsen 339 points, So 261, Aronian 170, Teimour Radjabov 133, Giri 123, Ian Nepomniachtchi 115, Hikaru Nakamura 90, Artemiev 87, Vachier-Lagrave 64, Firouzja 30. These ten players qualified for the tour final, but Nepomniachtchi and Firouzja withdrew from this and was replaced by Mamedyarov and Duda.
Official site: https://championschesstour.com/aimc...
Regulations: https://championschesstour.com/regu...
Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr576547....
Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/car...
ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/aimch...
chess24 1: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t...
chess24 2: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t...
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew...
Previous Champions Chess Tour event: Chessable Masters (2021). Next (and last): Meltwater Tour Final (2021)
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| Aug-28-21 | | wordfunph: King Magnus started with a big bang in round 1 against his regular customer So. |
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| Aug-29-21 | | Albertan: The games can be viewed live here:
https://chess24.com/en/dashboard
Thé official website (with live vidéo coverage) is at: https://championschesstour.com/ |
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| Aug-29-21 | | tuttifrutty: Sadly, Wesley , alone….unable to beat Carlson and his army of seconds. Wesley though, manage to beat Carlson and his entourage on his birthday and Valentine’s Day. Ouch…that’s gotta hurt… |
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| Aug-30-21 | | Albertan: Aimchess U.S. Rapid:Aronian sole leader:
https://en.chessbase.com/post/aimch... Aimchess U.S. Rapid:Artemiev shines,Naroditsky keeps it sharp: https://en.chessbase.com/post/aimch... |
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| Aug-30-21 | | Albertan: Aimchess Rapid 2:Artemiev leads as Duda and Naroditsky shine: https://chess24.com/en/read/news/ai... |
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| Aug-30-21 | | Albertan: Aimchess Rapid Day 1-2:Artemiev leads as Carlsen Returns for final leg: https://www.chess.com/news/view/aim... |
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| Aug-30-21 | | siggemannen: <Albertan>, maybe enough with just a link to chess.com? |
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Aug-31-21
 | | Tabanus: 120 games now played, k/o starts today. |
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| Aug-31-21 | | AdolfoAugusto: What is happening to Wesley So? For all his strenght he's being hit like a Mexican piñata... |
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Sep-01-21
 | | perfidious: Maybe he is not the GOAT. |
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Sep-01-21
 | | saffuna: Isn't it obvious? He's hiding his prep. |
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Sep-01-21
 | | HeMateMe: <Sadly, Wesley , alone….unable to beat Carlson and his army of seconds.> Wes needs to tell his Mom to start paying those guys MORE, dammit! Chessplayers gotta eat! |
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Sep-01-21
 | | Check It Out: Carlsen extracts revenge against his World Cup nemesis. |
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Sep-01-21
 | | chancho: Vlad the Endgamer... |
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| Sep-02-21 | | Albertan: Aimchess US Rapid:Firouzja knocks out So:
https://en.chessbase.com/post/aimch... |
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| Sep-02-21 | | Nosnibor: The top four from the preliminary tournament are through to the semi-finals. Will Aronian win again? |
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| Sep-02-21 | | Albertan: Firouzja takes down So:
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/ai... |
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| Sep-03-21 | | Albertan: Aimchess Rapid semifinal:all square:
https://en.chessbase.com/post/aimch... |
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| Sep-03-21 | | Albertan: Aimchess Rapid:Firouzja hits back against Artemiev: https://chess24.com/en/read/news/ai... |
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| Sep-03-21 | | beenthere240: Carlsen put a whuppin on Leven today. |
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| Sep-03-21 | | beenthere240: Levon |
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| Sep-04-21 | | Atking: Am I alone to be impressed by Artemiev ’s play? Sure Firoujza shows a wonderful fighting spirit and brillant ideas but obviously the logical approach of Artemiev was the key of his success. He needs to grade up his self-confidence but then I see him among the top soon.
(I mean up to 2750) |
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Sep-04-21
 | | 0ZeR0: No, <Atking>. You’re not alone. I too am most impressed with Artemiev’s play. It’s often quite instructive as well. |
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| Sep-04-21 | | Albertan: Aimchess U.S. Rapid:Carlsen and Artemiev reach final: https://en.chessbase.com/post/aimch... |
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| Sep-05-21 | | beenthere240: I guess this site is pretty much irrelevant since no one wants to comment on today’s Airchess finals. |
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