Daniil Dubov beat Sergey Karjakin 3:0 for the 2nd time in three days to set up a Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge semifinal against Ding Liren. The world no. 3 and Chinese no. 1 had to dig himself out of a hole after losing the 2nd game of the day to Yu Yangyi, but he hit back straight away and went on to win the tie in Armageddon. Dubov-Ding Liren will be played alongside Carlsen-Nakamura as the 3-day semifinals begin on Wednesday.
Dubov 3:0 Karjakin
Daniil Dubov should have wrapped up victory over Sergey Karjakin with a day to spare on Monday, but he first needlessly allowed a tactic in the 4th game of the day and then failed to win a won position in Armageddon. It seemed he wasn’t hit too hard by that, however. Partly it was because he didn’t feel he’d even really blundered in the 4th game - he’d just assumed his opponent made one move (Qf6) when Sergey in fact made another (Qe5), and then he moved automatically without calculating. There was also another factor:
