SPLIT IT OR STOP IT!! – Magnus faces Shakh’s Deadly Pawnstorm – Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Day 3

These are the Finals and by that the 3rd major (9/9) event in the 2022 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. They are held from the 14th to the 20th of November in San Francisco as an online E-sports event on chess24.

The tournament is held as a 8-player Round-robin.
Time control is 15 minutes for the whole game with a 10-second increment from move one.

The overall prize fund is $210,000.

PGN OF THE GAME:

[Event “10th Norway Chess 2022”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2022.06.06”]
[Round “6.1”]
[White “Carlsen, M.”]
[Black “Mamedyarov, S.”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “2864”]
[BlackElo “2759”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D78”]
[Opening “Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variation, Original Defense”]
[Termination “Unknown”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 { D78 Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variation, Original Defense } 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. e4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e5 11. dxe5 Nfd7 12. e6 fxe6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Bg2 Na6 15. Qe2 Nb4 16. Qxc4 Nc2 17. Nd5 cxd5 18. Qxc2 d4 19. Bd2 Rac8 20. Qb3 Nc5 21. Qa3 Qd7 22. Rac1 b6 23. e5 Bxe5?! { (0.00 → 0.57) Inaccuracy. Qa4 was best. } (23… Qa4 24. Qxa4 Nxa4 25. f4 Nxb2 26. Bb7 Rc5 27. Ba6 Rb8 28. Bb4 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Bf8 30. Bd2) 24. Rfe1 Bg7 25. b4 Na4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qb3 Nc3 28. Rxe6 Kh8 29. Kh2?! { (0.92 → 0.21) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } (29. h4) 29… Re8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Qc4 h6 32. a3 a5 33. bxa5 bxa5 34. Bf1 Qf8 35. Kg2 Ne4 36. Be1 Qxa3 37. Bd3 Nd6 38. Qa6 Nf5 39. h4 h5 40. Bxa5 Kh7 41. Qb5 Qf8 42. Qd5 Qd6 43. Qf3 Qe5 44. Bd8 Qe6 45. Qb7 Nd6 46. Qc6 Qb3?? { (0.47 → 3.68) Blunder. Bf8 was best. } (46… Bf8 47. Qc5 Kg8 48. Qc7 Qf7 49. Qc2 Kh7 50. Kg1 Nf5 51. Qc6 Bg7 52. Bg5 Bh6 53. Bc4) 47. Bxg6+ Kxg6 48. Qxd6+ Kh7 49. Qd7 Kg6 50. Qc6+ Kf7 51. Qc5 Qb7+ 52. f3 Ke8?! { (3.81 → 5.25) Inaccuracy. Kg8 was best. } (52… Kg8 53. Qxh5 Qd7 54. Ba5 Qe6 55. Qb5 Bh6 56. Bb4 Qa2+ 57. Kh3 Qe6+ 58. g4 Bf4 59. Qc5) 53. Bc7 Qb2+ 54. Kh3 d3 55. Qxh5+ Kd7 56. Qf7+ Kc6 { White wins. } 1-0