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 “Gukesh, D”]
[Black “Praggnanandhaa, R”]
[Result “*”]
[WhiteElo “2718”]
[BlackElo “2690”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “5400+30”]
[ECO “C53”]
[Opening “Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo”]
[Termination “Unterminated”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 { C53 Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo } d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bb3 c6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Bg5 d5 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. exd5 Bg4 16. Ne3 Bh5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. bxc6 e4 19. dxe4 Nh4 20. Nd5 Qh6 21. Re1 Bxh2+ 22. Kf1 Ra7 23. Qd3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qxc6 25. f4 Qh6 26. f5 Rb7 27. Rab1 Rfb8 28. Bc2 Qg5 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. e5 Rb2 31. Ne7+ Qxe7 32. f6 *
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