Ovaj turnir uz učešće elitnih šahista (među kojima i svjetski šampion i njegov poslednji izazivač) igra se od 16 do 24 februara preko platforme chess24. Tempo igre je 15m+10spm. Zanimljivo da je Carlsen izgubio od Esipenka, Nepomniachtchija i Praggnanandhaa-e pa je trenutno na sedmom mjestu sa 4,5 poena.
Posle 7. kola u vođstvu je Ian Nepomniachtchi sa 6,5 poena.
| 1. | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2773 | 6½ |
| 2. | Ding, Liren | g | CHN | 2799 | 5½ |
| 3. | Hansen, Eric | g | CAN | 2606 | 5½ |
| 4. | Esipenko, Andrey | g | RUS | 2714 | 5 |
| 5. | Aronian, Levon | g | USA | 2772 | 4½ |
| 6. | Keymer, Vincent | g | GER | 2664 | 4½ |
| 7. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2865 | 4½ |
| 8. | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2772 | 4½ |
| 9. | Artemiev, Vladislav | g | RUS | 2700 | 4 |
| 10. | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2709 | 4 |
| 11. | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | g | UZB | 2651 | 4 |
| 12. | Praggnanandhaa, R | g | IND | 2612 | 3 |
| 13. | Niemann, Hans Moke | g | USA | 2642 | 3 |
| 14. | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | g | POL | 2760 | 3 |
| 15. | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2767 | 2½ |
| 16. | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | g | RUS | 2516 | 0 |
Esipenko,Andrey (2714) – Carlsen,Magnus (2865) [C55]
Airthings Masters Prelim chess24.com INT (3.2), 19.02.2022
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.0–0 0–0 6.Nc3 d6 7.a4 a5 8.Re1 Nb4 9.Ne2 Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Ng3 Nc6 12.c3 Nd7 13.Be3 Nf6 14.d4 exd4 15.cxd4 d5 16.Ng5 Qd7 17.e5 Ne8 18.Nh3 Ra6 19.Qg4 Rb6 20.Nf4 Rxb2 21.Qxe6+ Qxe6 22.Nxe6 Rf7 23.Rec1 g6 24.Rab1 Rxb1 25.Rxb1 Nb4 26.Ne2 c6 27.Bh6 Rf5 28.g4 Rf3 29.Be3 Kf7 30.N6f4 g5 31.Nh5 Kg8 32.Kg2 Rf8 33.h4 h6 34.Neg3 Kf7 35.Nf5 Rh8
36.Nxe7 Kxe7 37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Bxg5+ Kf7 39.f4 Rg8 40.Kg3 Nc7 41.Nf6 Rg7 42.Bh6 Rg6 43.g5 Ne6 44.f5 Rxf6 1–0
Carlsen,Magnus (2865) – Nepomniachtchi,Ian (2773) [E06]
Airthings Masters Prelim chess24.com INT (4.7), 19.02.2022
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0–0 6.0–0 dxc4 7.Na3 Bxa3 8.bxa3 Bd7 9.a4 Bc6 10.Ba3 Re8 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.Rac1 Bd5 13.Rfe1 Rc8 14.e4 Bc6 15.Nd2 c3 16.Nb1 Nb6 17.a5 Na4 18.Nxc3
18…Qxd4 19.Nxa4 Qxa4 20.Qxa4 Bxa4 21.Bb2 b6 22.Bf1 c5 23.f3 Red8 24.Ba6 Rc6 25.Be5 Nd7 26.Bf4 e5 27.Be3 Rd6 28.Rb1 Nf8 29.f4
29…Bc2 30.fxe5 Rg6 31.Rb2 Bxe4 32.Rf1 Rd7 33.e6 Nxe6 34.axb6 axb6 35.Rxb6 h5 36.Bc4 h4 37.Bxe6 fxe6 38.Rb8+ Kh7 39.Rf4 Rd1+ 40.Kf2 Rf6 41.Bxc5 Rxf4+ 42.gxf4
42…Bd5 43.Rb2 Rd3 44.Ke1 Kg6 45.a4 Rc3 46.Bd6 Rc1+ 47.Kd2 Ra1 48.Be5 Rxa4 49.Rb1 Ra2+ 50.Rb2 Ra7 51.Rb1 Kf5 52.Ra1 Rd7 53.Rg1
53…Bg2+ 54.Ke3 h3 55.Bd4 Rb7 56.Rc1 Bd5 57.Rg1 Rb3+ 58.Kd2 g6 59.Rg5+ Ke4 60.Be5 Rf3 61.Ke1 Bc4 62.Rxg6 Rf1+ 63.Kd2 Rf2+ 64.Kc3 Bd5 65.Rh6 Rxh2 66.Kb4 Kf5 67.Kc5 Rc2+ 68.Kd6 h2
0–1