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11. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Rc1 Qg6 10. h4 Rd8 11. h5 Qf6 12. Rh4 e5 13. cxd5 Rxd5 14. dxe5 Bxc3+ 15. Rxc3 Nxe5 16. Qe8+ Kh7 17. Rf4 Qd6 18. Be2 f5 19. Nd4 c6 20. Nxf5 Qd8 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Re4 Re8 24. Rc5 Nf7 25. Bd3 Kh8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. b4 Nd6 28. Bg6 Re7 29. a4 Kg8 30. Ke2 Ne4 31. Rc2 Nf6 32. b5 cxb5 33. axb5 a6 34. bxa6 bxa6 35. Rb2 Be8 36. Rb8 Kf8 37. Nf5 Re6 38. Ra8 Nd5 39. Bxe8 Rxe8 40. Rxa6 Nf4+ 41. Kf3 Nxh5 42. g4 Nf6 43. Nxh6 Ne4 44. Nf5 Ng5+ 45. Kg2 Rb8 46. Nd4 Kf7 47. Ra5 Ne4 48. Re5 Nf6 49. f3 g6 50. Kg3 Rb1 51. Rb5 Rxb5 52. Nxb5 g5 53. Nc3 Kg6 54. f4 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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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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