The Chess.com Speed Chess Championship 2023 will be played online from the 4th to the 22nd of September.
The event is held as a 16-player single elimination tournament featuring some of the world’s strongest blitz and bullet players like Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Alireza Firouzja. They will compete for a total prize fund of $140,000.
Each match consists of 3 segments:
Segment 1 lasts 90 min, time control is 5 minutes for the entire game with a 1-second increment from move 1.
Segment 2 lasts 60 min, time control is 3 minutes for the entire game with a 1-second increment from move 1.
Segment 3 lasts 30 min, time control is 1 minute for the entire game with a 1-second increment from move 1.
In case of a tie, a four-game 1+1 match will be played. If this is also tied, a bidding armageddon game with a 5-minute base time will decide the outcome of the round.
PGN OF THE GAME
[Event “SCC-2023”]
[Site “Chess.com”]
[Date “2023.09.22”]
[Round “4.10”]
[White “Magnus Carlsen”]
[Black “Hikaru Nakamura”]
[Result “*”]
[WhiteElo “3254”]
[BlackElo “3225”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “180+1”]
[ECO “E16”]
[Opening “Queen’s Indian Defense: Capablanca Variation”]
[Termination “Unterminated”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ { E16 Queen’s Indian Defense: Capablanca Variation } 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Qd3 Nxc3 10. Ng5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Nc6 12. O-O f5 13. Nc3 f4 14. Qd2 Qf6 15. Rad1 Na5 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. e3 f3 18. e4 Qg6 19. h4 Nd6 20. Qd3 Rf4 21. Rfe1 Raf8 22. Re3 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxh4 24. Rdd3 Qxg3+ *
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