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1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Qc7 12. Re1 c4 13. Bf1 Re8 14. Bf4 Rb8 15. Bh2 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nd4 Qc5 18. Nc6 Bb7 19. Nxb8 Rxb8 20. Ra5 Bc8 21. Qa1 Ne8 22. Ra8 Bd4 23. Bg3 Nef6 24. Rxb8 Nxb8 25. Ne2 Be5 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. b4 Qxb4 28. Rb1 Qc5 29. Qxe5 Nbd7 30. Qd4 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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