Chessable Masters quarterfinals: Carlsen, Nepomniachtchi through to semis

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World Champion Magnus Carlsen and 11 more of the world's best chess players are competing in the Chessable Masters, the third event in the $1million Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour.

Good evening! Hello and welcome to the commentary of Chessable Masters, the third event of the $1million Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour.

Ding Liren pushed Hikaru Nakamura to the brink of defeat but could not land the knockout punch in the third game of their first set of quarterfinal matches, of the $150,000 Chessable Masters on Friday.

After battling to draw the first game and then winning the second with black pieces, Liren looked upbeat. In the third, the Chinese No. 1 took a firm grip but faltered under time-pressure and forced a draw. Trailing 1-2, Nakamura now faces a must-win situation to take the first set into the blitz games.

In the other quarterfinal, involving Anish Giri and Alexander Grischuk, all four rapid games were drawn. This set now goes to a pair of blitz games.

The results: After Game Three: Ding Liren (Chn) leads Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2-1; After Game Four: Anish Giri (Ned) drew with with Alexander Grischuk (Rus) 2-2 Quarterfinal line-up Magnus Carlsen (Nor) vs Fabiano Caruana (USA); Ding Liren (Chn) vs Hikaru Nakamura (USA); Vladislav Artemiev (Rus) vs Ian Nepomniachtchi (Rus); Alexander Grischuk (Rus) vs Anish Giri (Ned).

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THE QUARTERFINALISTS:

Name	Country	Age	Rapid rating	World ranking	Blitz rating	World ranking	Classical rating	World ranking
GROUP A
Magnus Carlsen	Norway	29	2881	1	2887	2	2863	2
Alexander Grischuk	Russia	36	2774	7	2799	14	2777	14
Hikaru Nakamura	USA	32	2829	4	2900	1	2736	18
Vladislav Artemiev	Russia	22	2769	13	2783	12	2716	29
GROUP B
Fabiano Caruana	USA	27	2773	11	2711	35	2835	2
Ding Liren	China	27	2836	3	2788	8	2791	3
Ian Nepomniachtchi	Russia	29	2778	9	2785	10	2784	4
Anish Giri	Netherlands	25	2731	24	2752	22	2764	10