Carlsen clean sweeps Nakamura, Dubov outduels Ding in opening Lindores Abbey semis

Carlsen clean sweeps Nakamura, Dubov outduels Ding in opening Lindores Abbey semis

Magnus Carlsen storms to a clean sweep win over Hikaru Nakamura and Daniil Dubov downs Ding Liren in opening semi-final matches at the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge

SHOWS: INTERNET / UNKNOWN LOCATIONS (MAY 28, 2020) (CHESS 24 HANDOUT - ACCESS ALL) 1.

HIGHLIGHT FROM MAGNUS CARLSEN (WHITE) DEFEATING HIKARU NAKAMURA IN FIRST GAME TO TAKE 1-0 LEAD IN THEIR SEMI-FINAL MATCH 2.

HIGHLIGHT FROM CARLSEN (WHITE) WINNING AFTER NAKAMURA RESIGNS FROM THEIR THIRD GAME - CARLSEN WINS MATCH 3-0 3.

HIGHLIGHT FROM DANIIL DUBOV (BLACK) WINNING AFTER DING LIREN RESIGNS FROM THEIR THIRD GAME - DUBOV WINS MATCH 2.5 TO 1.5 STORY: World champ Magnus Carlsen stormed to a clean sweep win over Hikaru Nakamura Thursday (May 28) in the opening match of their semi-final at the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge online chess tournament.

The victory gave Norwegian Carlsen a 1-0 lead over American speed player Nakamura in the multi-day best of three format being used for the semis of the event.

The other semi-final saw Russian Daniil Dubov down China's Ding Liren 2.5 to 1.5 in a more competitive affair to grab a 1-0 opening day lead.

Both Carlsen and Dubov can advance to the final with match victories Friday (May 29) while Nakamura and Ding will need wins to force a decisive third day of semi-final play.

(Production: David Grip)