OMG!? – Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa vs Hikaru Nakamura – FIDE Candidates 2024 – Round 11

The FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024 takes place from the 4th to the 22nd of April in Toronto, Canada, deciding the challenger of World Champion Ding Liren in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024. The tournament is played as a double round-robin with 14 rounds.

Time control is 120 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 41.

Players cannot draw by agreement before Black’s 40th move. In the case of a tie for first place after 14 rounds, a playoff is played.

The total prize fund is €500,000.

PGN OF THE GAME:

[Event “FIDE Candidates 2024”]
[Site “Toronto, Canada”]
[Date “2024.04.17”]
[Round “11.1”]
[White “Praggnanandhaa R”]
[Black “Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2747”]
[BlackElo “2789”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D02”]
[Opening “Queen’s Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation”]
[Termination “Unknown”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 { D02 Queen’s Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation } 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8. g3 e5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bg2 a5 11. Nb5 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Ke7 13. a3 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 a4 15. Nc4 Be6 16. Rc1 Ra6 17. O-O Rd8 18. Ne3 Ra5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Nc3 Bb3 21. Nb1 Ra6 22. f4 e4 23. Kf2 Rb6 24. Nc3 g6 25. Rb1 Nd5 26. Rbc1 f5 27. g4 fxg4 28. Nxg4 Nxf4 29. Ke3 Nd5+ 30. Kxe4 Nxc3+ 31. bxc3 c5 32. Rf4 Bd5+ 33. Ke3 h5 34. c4 Ba8 35. Nh6 Re6+ 36. Kf2 Rf6 37. Kg3 Rh8 38. Rxf6 Kxf6 39. Rf1+ Kg7 40. Nf5+ gxf5 41. Rxf5 Rc8 42. Rxh5 Bb7 43. Kf4 Ba6 44. Ke5 Kg6 45. Rh4 Kg5 46. Rh3 Bxc4 47. Rg3+ Kh6 48. e4 Rc6 49. Kf5 Bf7 50. Ke5 c4 51. Kd4 Rd6+ 52. Kc5 Rd3 53. Kb4 Rb3+ 54. Kxa4 Rxg3 { Black wins. } 0-1

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