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 “Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals”]
[Site “Chess.com”]
[Date “2022.11.15”]
[Round “02-03”]
[White “Giri, Anish”]
[Black “Praggnanandhaa, R”]
[Result “*”]
[WhiteElo “2764”]
[BlackElo “2678”]
[TimeControl “900+10”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. e4 d6 8. Be3
b6 9. Bd3 Na5 10. Ne2 Ba6 11. O-O Nd7 12. f4 Bxc4 13. f5 exf5 14. Ng3 fxe4 15.
Nxe4 O-O 16. Nxd6 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nc6 18. Rae1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nf6 20. Nf5 Ne5 21.
Qd1 Neg4 22. Bg5 Qc7 23. Rf4 Qc3 24. Rxg4 Nxg4 25. Bd2 Nf2 26. Kxf2 Qd3 27. Qg4
g6 28. Ne7+ Kg7 29. Qf4 Rad8 30. d5 f6 31. Kg1 Rf7 32. Bc1 Kh8 33. Bb2 Kg7 34.
h4 Rd7 35. Kh2 Qc2 36. h5 Qc7 37. h6+ Kf8 38. Qxc7 Rxc7 39. d6 Rcxe7 40. dxe7+
Rxe7 41. Rd1 Kf7 42. Rd6 Re6 43. Rd7+ Re7 44. Rxe7+ Kxe7 45. Kg3 b5 46. Bc3 Ke6
47. Kf4 f5 48. Ke3 Kd5 49. Kd3 f4 50. Bf6 a6 51. Kc3 a5 52. Kb3 Kc5 53. Bg5 a4+
54. Kc3 b4+ 55. axb4+ Kb5 56. Bxf4 a3 57. Kb3 a2 58. Be5
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