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€99.90 Aronian wins the preliminaries The preliminary stage of the Goldmoney Asian Rapid tournament came to an end on Monday. Eight out of the sixteen participants moved on to the quarterfinals, with top grandmasters Alireza Firouzja, Peter Svidler and Daniil Dubov missing the cut. On the other hand, the big surprise was 17-year-old Indian grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi making it into the knockout. The top scorers were Levon Aronian, Vladislav Artemiev and Ding Liren. Tour leader Magnus Carlsen finished tied in fourth place with Wesley So, each with 9/15 points, which means they will face each other in the most exciting matchup of the quarterfinals. Carlsen and So are placed first and second in the tour’s overall standings, as they were the finalists in 3 out of the 6 events played so far Carlsen won the last duel at the end of last month.

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