September 25 to October 4 on chess24, with World Champion Magnus Carlsen, World Cup winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Dutch no. 1 Anish Giri playing from a venue in Oslo. The players start with bonus points based on their performance over the $1.6 million tour so far and then play a match each day for a maximum of 3 points. The top scorer after 9 rounds wins $100,000 and is crowned the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour champion.
Each match features four rapid games with a time control of 15 minutes for all moves plus a 10-second increment added each move. The winner gets 3 points and the loser 0. If tied 2:2, then a blitz playoff is played, with two games where the players have 5 minutes and a 3-second increment. If still tied they play a single Armageddon game, where White has 5 minutes to Black’s 4, but a draw counts as a win for Black. The winner after a playoff gets 2 points, the loser 1. Official website: championschesstour.com
PGN OF THE GAME:
[Event “Import”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/MM3xj64e“]
[Date “2021.09.29”]
[White “?”]
[Black “?”]
[Result “1-0”]
[UTCDate “2021.09.29”]
[UTCTime “18:58:23”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “C65”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 { C65 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense } 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Qe7 9. Nbd2 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. d4 O-O-O 12. Re1 Qe6 13. c4 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Qxc4 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qb5 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qb3 Rd7 19. Rac1 Qe6?! { (0.75 → 1.37) Inaccuracy. Qb6 was best. } (19… Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Red1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Re8 24. f3 f5 25. exf5 Re2 26. Rb1) 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. Bg3 b6 22. Rc6 Re8 23. Be5 Kb7 24. Rec1 Ree7 25. f3 Ne8 26. h4 h5?! { (0.97 → 1.62) Inaccuracy. Nd6 was best. } (26… Nd6 27. b4 Nf7 28. Bg3 e5 29. h5 Rd3 30. a4 Ra3 31. a5 Nd6 32. Kh2 Ra2 33. Kh3) 27. Kh2 g6?! { (1.72 → 2.53) Inaccuracy. Nd6 was best. } (27… Nd6 28. R6c2) 28. Kg3 Rd2 29. R6c2 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Rf7 31. b4 a6 32. a4 Rf8 33. b5 axb5 34. axb5 Kc8 35. Ra2 Kd7 36. Ra8?! { (2.79 → 2.00) Inaccuracy. Rd2+ was best. } (36. Rd2+) 36… Rf7 37. Ra1 Rf8 38. Kf2?? { (2.76 → 0.63) Blunder. Rd1+ was best. } (38. Rd1+ Kc8 39. Rc1 Kd7 40. Rc6 Rf7 41. Kf2 Re7 42. Ke3 Rf7 43. Bf4 Rh7 44. Rc2 Kc8) 38… Nd6 39. Bxd6 Kxd6 40. Rd1+ Ke7?! { (0.31 → 1.06) Inaccuracy. Ke5 was best. } (40… Ke5 41. Ra1 Rc8 42. Ke3 c6 43. bxc6 Rxc6 44. Rb1 Rc3+ 45. Kf2 Rc6 46. Kg3 Kf6 47. Rb5) 41. Ke3 Ra8? { (1.46 → 2.96) Mistake. e5 was best. } (41… e5) 42. Rc1? { (2.96 → 1.62) Mistake. Kf4 was best. } (42. Kf4 Ra2) 42… Kd7?? { (1.62 → 3.62) Blunder. Ra5 was best. } (42… Ra5) 43. Kf4 Ra2 44. g4 Ra3 45. Rf1 Ke7?! { (3.95 → 5.60) Inaccuracy. Kd6 was best. } (45… Kd6 46. e5+) 46. Kg5 Kf7 47. Kh6 Rc3 48. g5 Rd3 49. Rc1 Rd7 50. Rc6 Re7 51. f4 Rd7 52. f5 gxf5 53. exf5 exf5 54. Rf6+ Kg8 55. Rxf5 Rd6+ 56. Kxh5 c6 57. bxc6 Rxc6 58. g6 Rc8 59. Kg5 Rb8 60. h5 b5?! { (60.69 → Mate in 7) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rd8 was best. } { Black resigns. } (60… Rd8 61. h6) 1-0
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