Opera Euro Rapid: Magnus Carlsen cruises past Daniil Dubov

Carlsen brushed aside his Russian nemesis Dubov, 2.5-0.5 by winning twice with white pieces and led 1-0 in their quarterfinal showdown on Tuesday

Magnus Carlsen brushed aside his Russian nemesis Daniil Dubov in the Opera Euro Rapid quarterfinal on Tuesday.

In search of his peak form, Magnus Carlsen brushed aside his Russian nemesis Daniil Dubov 2.5-0.5 by winning twice with white pieces and led 1-0 in their quarterfinal showdown of the $100,000 Opera Euro rapid online chess tournament on Tuesday.

Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave’s victory in the second game of the best-of-games set proved decisive in his 2.5-1.5 victory over Levon Aronian.

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Wesley So bounced back from the loss of the second game to win the next two for a 2.5-1.5 victory over Jan-Krzysztof Duda.

Anish Giri rallied from a surprise loss in the third game to win the fourth and force a 2-2 deadlock against Teimour Radjabov.