IMMORTAL PERFORMANCE BU MAGNUS CARLSEN IN THE SUPERUNITED RAPID & BLTZ TOURNAMENT IN CROATIA. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
The SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia will be held from the 5th to the 9th of July in Zagreb, Croatia as a 10-player round robin. It is part of the Grand Chess Tour, a series of Classical, Rapid and Blitz tournaments with a total prize pool of $1,400,000.
For the Rapid and Blitz events, the games in the rapid portion are worth twice as many points as their blitz counterparts. The rapid portion is a 10-player round-robin, and the blitz portion is a 10-player double round-robin.
In the event of a tie, the two tied players will play a mini-match of 2 rapid (10+5) games. If more than two players are tied, a blitz (5+3) round-robin will be held to determine the winner.
The time control for the rapid games is 25 minutes for the entire game with a 10-second increment beginning from move 1.
The time control for the blitz games is 5 minutes for the entire game with a 2-second increment beginning from move 1.
PGN OF THE GAME:
[Event “SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia”]
[Site “Zagreb, Croatia”]
[Date “2023.07.08”]
[Round “12.5”]
[White “Gukesh, D”]
[Black “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2744”]
[BlackElo “2835”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “B48”]
[Opening “Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation, English Attack”]
[Termination “Unknown”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 { B48 Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation, English Attack } a6 7. g4 h6 8. h4 b5 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. Qd2 b4 11. Ne2 Qxe4 12. Rg1 Qc4 13. Nf4 Qc7 14. O-O-O Nf6 15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Ne4 17. Qd4 Bb7 18. Bg2 Nd6 19. Qxb4 Rc8 20. Qa4 Bxg2 21. Rxg2 Qc6 22. Qxc6 Rxc6 23. Nd3 Nf5 24. Ne5 Rc7 25. Bf4 Rh4 26. Ng6 Rc4 27. Nxf8 Kxf8 28. Be5 Ke7 29. b3 Rce4 30. Bc3 d5 31. a4 Rh3 32. Kb2 Rf3 33. Rd2 Rh3 34. Rg1 d4 35. Bb4+ Kd7 36. c3 e5 37. cxd4 Nxd4 38. Bc3 Ke6 39. Bxd4 Rxd4 40. Rxd4 exd4 41. Rc1 Kd5 42. Rc7 Rf3 43. Kc1 Rxf2 44. b4 d3 45. b5 axb5 46. axb5 Rc2+ 47. Rxc2 dxc2 48. Kxc2 Kc5 49. Kd3 Kxb5 50. Kd4 Kc6 51. Ke5 Kd7 52. Kd5 Ke7 53. Ke5 g6 54. Ke4 { Black wins. } 0-1
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