GM Magnus Carlsen won the Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters after defeating GM Hikaru Nakamura in the Grand Final. He won the first game and, despite a major scare in game three, managed to draw the rest to consolidate his victory.
The Game 1 was a brilliant Queen’s gambit Declined, Vienna Variation with deep strategic Ideas.
PGN:
[Event “Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters 2”]
[Date “2023.02.10”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Result “*”]
[WhiteElo “2852”]
[BlackElo “2768”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “600+5”]
[ECO “D37”]
[Opening “Queen’s Gambit Declined: Three Knights, Vienna Variation”]
[Termination “Unterminated”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 { D37 Queen’s Gambit Declined: Three Knights, Vienna Variation } 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. a3 Nc6 9. Be3 Qd7 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Qc2 Na5 12. Rd1 Rb8 13. Be2 Be7 14. h4 Bc6 15. h5 Ba4 16. Nxa4 Qxa4 17. Rc1 Nb3 18. Rb1 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 c5 20. h6 g6 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rh4 O-O 24. Bxc4 Rfc8 25. Bxb3 Qb5+ 26. Qe2 Qxb3 27. Rb4 Qa2 28. Rd1 a5 29. Rb5 a4 30. Qe4 Qc4+ 31. Qxc4 Nxc4 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Rd4 Rc8 34. Rd7 Nxb2 35. Ng5 Rf8 36. Rd4 Rc8 37. Rf4 Rc1+ 38. Ke2 Rc2+ 39. Ke3 Rc3+ 40. Kd2 Rc7 41. Rb4 Nc4+ 42. Ke2 Rc8 43. Rxa4 Nxe5 44. Ra7 Ng4 45. Nxf7 Rb8 46. f3 Rb2+ 47. Kd3 Nf2+ 48. Kd4 Rd2+ 49. Ke3 Ra2 50. Ng5 Nd1+ *
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