Leg 1 of the FIDE Grand Prix 2022 will take place from the 4th to 17th February 2022, it is held in the city centre at Under den Linden in Berlin, Germany. The event is organised by World Chess, live video is available on the official website.
The players are divided into four pools of four, the players in each pool play a double round-robin mini-tournament. The four winners of the pools progress to the knockout stage. Games 1 & 2 will be group A, 3 & 4 group B, 5 & 6 group C and 7 & 8 group D.
Time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, then an additional 30 minutes for the rest of game, with a 30-second increment from move one.
Hikaru Nakamura vs Andrey Esipenko
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Nf6 9. a3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. b4 Bb6 12. Na4 Re8 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. e3 d3 15. Qc3 Ne4 16. Qc4 Bf5 17. Bb2 Qd7 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. f3 Bc6 20. Rac1 Re7 21. Qf4 f6 22. Rc4 Rd8 23. Rfc1 Qe6 24. b5 Bxb5 25. Re4 Qf7 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Rxc7 Rd7 28. Rc8+ Rd8 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Qb4+ Qe7 33. Qxb5 Qxa3 34. Kf2 Qc5 35. Qxd3 b5 36. Qc3 Qe7 37. Ke2 Kg7 38. Qd4 Qf7 39. Qg4+ Kh8 40. Qb4 Qe8 41. Qd6 Qf7 42. Qc5 Qe8 43. g4 Kg7 44. h4 Qd7 45. h5 Kg8 46. h6
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