The Oslo Esports Cup is as the first major event part of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour by chess24. It is held from the 22nd to 28th of April online on chess24.
The tour consists 9 tournaments, where two regular tournaments are followed by a major one. This major tournament is an 8-player Round-robin. In every round, 4 rapid games are played. If they all end drawn two tie-break Blitz games are played, followed by an Armageddon game if necessary.
Players earn 3 points for a Rapid game win. A match win after tie-breaks earns 2 points for the winner and one point for the loser. The player with the most points at the end of the tournament is the winner.
PGN OF THE GAME:
Le Quang Liem vs Magnus Carlsen
1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bd3 a6 8. a4 Nf6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Nf3 Nh5 11. g4 Nhf6 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. O-O h5 14. g5 Nh7 15. Kh2 O-O 16. Rg1 f6 17. Nh4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. Nxg6 Rxf2+ 20. Kg3 Qf7 21. Qxh5 Rf4 22. Be2 Nf8 23. Nxf4 exf4+ 24. Kh2 Ng6 25. Raf1 b5 26. Bg4 Bxg4 27. Qxg4 b4 28. Nd1 Re8 29. Qf5 Bd4 30. Rg4 c4 31. h4 Qh7 32. Kh3 Be5 33. Rf2 Rf8 34. Qe6+ Kg7 35. Rc2 c3 36. bxc3 b3 37. Rb2 Kh8 38. Rxb3 f3 39. Nf2 Bf4 40. c4 Bxg5 41. Qxd6 Rg8 42. Rb8 1-0
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