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Airthings Masters Prelim
Magnus Carlsen's games at Airthings Masters Prelim.
Quick answer · Updated October 2026
How did Magnus Carlsen do at the Airthings Masters Prelim?
In the 26 games of Magnus Carlsen at the Airthings Masters Prelim in our database he scored 15.5/26 (59.6%): 9 wins, 13 draws and 4 losses.
Score15.5 / 26 (59.6%)
Wins / draws / losses9 / 13 / 4
With White14 games: 6–5–3
With Black12 games: 3–8–1
Dates26 December 2020 to 22 February 2022
Type of eventRapid (from the event name)
Source: the Rama Chess database of 7,484 Magnus Carlsen games (2001 to 2025). It may not hold every game he played at this event, so the score is for the games listed below.
Losses
Who beat Magnus Carlsen at the Airthings Masters Prelim?
- Andrey Esipenko vs Magnus Carlsen, 1-019 February 2022 · Two Knights Defense · 44 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi, 0-119 February 2022 · Catalan Opening · 68 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs R Praggnanandhaa, 0-120 February 2022 · Queen's Gambit Declined · 39 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Eric Hansen, 0-121 February 2022 · Ruy Lopez · 33 moves
Top opponents
Carlsen against top players at the Airthings Masters Prelim
- Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian, ½-½26 December 2020 · Queen's Gambit Declined · 61 moves
- Wesley So vs Magnus Carlsen, ½-½26 December 2020 · King's Indian Defense · 32 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov, ½-½26 December 2020 · Queen's Gambit Declined · 47 moves
- Pentala Harikrishna vs Magnus Carlsen, ½-½26 December 2020 · Sicilian Defense · 24 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Daniil Dubov, 1-027 December 2020 · Sicilian Defense · 58 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, ½-½27 December 2020 · English Opening · 41 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri, ½-½27 December 2020 · Grünfeld Defense · 42 moves
- Alexander Grischuk vs Magnus Carlsen, ½-½28 December 2020 · Queen's Gambit Declined · 114 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura, 1-028 December 2020 · Ruy Lopez · 54 moves
- Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen, ½-½28 December 2020 · Sicilian Defense · 24 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Vladislav Artemiev, 1-019 February 2022 · Flank Openings · 42 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Nodirbek Abdusattorov, ½-½19 February 2022 · Flank Openings · 45 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi, 0-119 February 2022 · Catalan Opening · 68 moves
- Magnus Carlsen vs Vincent Keymer, 1-020 February 2022 · Réti Opening · 52 moves
All 26 games: Magnus Carlsen at the Airthings Masters Prelim
Year
Game
ECO
Result
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
Airthings Masters Prelim
D38
½–½
2020
Wesley So vs Magnus Carlsen
Airthings Masters Prelim
E92
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov
Airthings Masters Prelim
D37
½–½
2020
Pentala Harikrishna vs Magnus Carlsen
Airthings Masters Prelim
B33
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Daniil Dubov
Airthings Masters Prelim
B31
1–0
2020
D Anton Guijarro vs Magnus Carlsen
Airthings Masters Prelim
E46
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Airthings Masters Prelim
A15
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri
Airthings Masters Prelim
D94
½–½
2020
Alexander Grischuk vs Magnus Carlsen
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D38
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura
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C67
1–0
2020
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen
Airthings Masters Prelim
B33
½–½
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Vladislav Artemiev
Airthings Masters Prelim
A00
1–0
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Airthings Masters Prelim
A00
½–½
2022
Andrey Esipenko vs Magnus Carlsen
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C55
1–0
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi
Airthings Masters Prelim
E06
0–1
2022
A Kosteniuk vs Magnus Carlsen
Airthings Masters Prelim
B40
0–1
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Vincent Keymer
Airthings Masters Prelim
A07
1–0
2022
Hans Niemann vs Magnus Carlsen
Airthings Masters Prelim
A10
0–1
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs R Praggnanandhaa
Airthings Masters Prelim
D40
0–1
2022
Quang Liem Le vs Magnus Carlsen
Airthings Masters Prelim
D27
0–1
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Eric Hansen
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C99
0–1
2022
Ding Liren vs Magnus Carlsen
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E60
½–½
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Jan-Krzysztof Duda
Airthings Masters Prelim
B23
1–0
2022
Levon Aronian vs Magnus Carlsen
Airthings Masters Prelim
B31
½–½
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Airthings Masters Prelim
E68
1–0
2022
Anish Giri vs Magnus Carlsen
Airthings Masters Prelim
C88
½–½
Questions
Magnus Carlsen at the Airthings Masters Prelim: questions and answers
How did Magnus Carlsen do at the Airthings Masters Prelim?
In the 26 games of Magnus Carlsen at the Airthings Masters Prelim in our database he scored 15.5/26 (59.6%): 9 wins, 13 draws and 4 losses.
Who beat Magnus Carlsen at the Airthings Masters Prelim?
In our database he lost 4 games there: Andrey Esipenko (19 February 2022); Ian Nepomniachtchi (19 February 2022); R Praggnanandhaa (20 February 2022); Eric Hansen (21 February 2022).
Which top players did Carlsen face at the Airthings Masters Prelim?
Alexander Grischuk, Anish Giri, Daniil Dubov, Ding Liren, Eric Hansen, Hans Niemann, Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Pentala Harikrishna, R Praggnanandhaa, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Teimour Radjabov, Vincent Keymer, Vladislav Artemiev, Wesley So.
When was the Airthings Masters Prelim played?
The games in our database are from 26 December 2020 to 22 February 2022.
Can I replay Magnus Carlsen's games from the Airthings Masters Prelim?
Yes. All 26 games are listed on this page; each one opens on a board with the moves, engine analysis and a practice mode.