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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 h6 7. c3 d6 8. Re1 a5 9. d4 Bb6 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Nc3 Nexd5 14. Qd2 c6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Bf5 17. Re5 Bg6 18. Rg5 Nh7 19. Rg4 Re8 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Bd3 Nf8 22. Ne5 Re6 23. Bf5 Rd6 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Bxg6 Rxg6 26. Rxg6+ Nxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Qg4+ Kh7 30. Re1 Rc8 31. Re6 1-0
The Meltwater Champions Chess Tour delivers a world first for its next event – an elite-level bitcoin chess tournament.
The star-studded FTX Crypto Cup starts on May 23 and offers a record prize pot for an online tournament of $320,000.
A cool $100,000 of that is a bonus paid in crypto by new sponsor FTX. Fans will be able to track the prize pot’s value in real-time throughout the broadcast to see how it fluctuates.
The tournament is the final Major in this season’s $1.5 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, the richest and most prestigious online chess event in history.
World Champion Magnus Carlsen will take centre stage as the current Tour leader. But he will face stiff competition in a field of 16 star names, which include all the world’s top 10.
There will be a welcome return for world number 2 Fabiano Caruana, who is playing in his first Tour event this season.
However, all eyes will be on Carlsen and his friend and rival Ian Nepomniachtchi.
This will be the first encounter between Carlsen and Nepo since the Russian was installed as the official world title challenger. Who will come out on top there?
Fan favourite Hikaru Nakamura will also be aiming roar back and topple Carlsen after his defeat in the New In Chess Classic final.
And the mercurial Russian Daniil Dubov and China’s top player Ding Liren are back among the 16-player line-up.
The FTX Crypto Cup is organised by Play Magnus Group, a global leader in the chess industry, and FTX, a leading cryptocurrency exchange.
FTX has also entered into a long-term agreement with Play Magnus Group to become its Official Cryptocurrency Exchange Partner.
Carlsen, who has reigned as world number 1 for a decade, spoke of his excitement ahead of the event.
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LINE UP:
Magnus Carlsen
Fabiano Caruana
Wesley So
Teimour Radjabov
Anish Giri
Ian Nepomniachtchi
Levon Aronian
Hikaru Nakamura
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Alireza Firouzja
Daniil Dubov
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Ding Liren
Peter Svidler
Alexander Grischuk
Alan Pichot
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