The WR Chess Masters will be held from the 15th to the 26th of February in Düsseldorf, Germany, as a 10-player Round-Robin. The total prize pool is €130,000, of which €40,000 will go to the winner. The tournament will feature many of the world elite.
Time control is 120 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment beginning from move 61.
PGN OF THE GAME:
[Event “WR Chess Masters 2023”]
[Site “Chess.com”]
[Date “2023.02.17”]
[Round “02”]
[White “Abdusattorov, Nodirbek”]
[Black “Esipenko, Andrey”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “2734”]
[BlackElo “2675”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “5400+30”]
[ECO “E46”]
[Opening “Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation”]
[Termination “Unknown”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O { E46 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation } 5. Bd2 b6 6. Bd3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf3 Re8 9. Rc1 Bf8 10. O-O Bb7 11. Ne5 c5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Ne2 Ne4 14. Ng3 Nxd2 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Ng6+ Kh7 19. Nh5 Re6 20. f5 Nxf1 21. Rxf1 Qg5 22. Qxe6 Qxh5 23. Rf3 cxd4 24. Qf7 Bd6 25. Nf8+ Rxf8 26. Qxh5+ Kg8 27. f6 Ne5 28. Rf5 g6 29. Qg5 dxe3 30. Rxe5 Kf7 31. Rxe3 Bc5 32. b4 Bxe3+ 33. Qxe3 Re8 34. Qc3 Bc8 35. a4 Bf5 36. h3 Rd8 37. Qd4 Be6 38. g4 Rc8 39. g5 Rc1+ 40. Kf2 Rc2+ 41. Kg3 { White wins. } 1-0
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