September 25 to October 4 on chess24, with World Champion Magnus Carlsen, World Cup winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Dutch no. 1 Anish Giri playing from a venue in Oslo. The players start with bonus points based on their performance over the $1.6 million tour so far and then play a match each day for a maximum of 3 points. The top scorer after 9 rounds wins $100,000 and is crowned the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour champion.
Each match features four rapid games with a time control of 15 minutes for all moves plus a 10-second increment added each move. The winner gets 3 points and the loser 0. If tied 2:2, then a blitz playoff is played, with two games where the players have 5 minutes and a 3-second increment. If still tied they play a single Armageddon game, where White has 5 minutes to Black’s 4, but a draw counts as a win for Black. The winner after a playoff gets 2 points, the loser 1. Official website: championschesstour.com
PGN OF THE GAME:
Levon Aronian vs Anish Giri
Champions Chess Tour Finals ROUND 4, Game 4
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nc3 f5 6. Ne5 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be8 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Be1 a5 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. c5 Be7 15. Qb3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc8 17. Bg3 h6 18. Rfd1 Kh7 19. Rd6 Bf7 20. a4 Bxd6 21. cxd6 Rg8 22. Qb6 g5 23. Rc5 Rg7 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Qxa5 Qe8 26. Qb6 Bh5 27. Bc4 Bd1 28. b3 Bc2 29. a5 gxf4 30. exf4 Qh5 31. Qe3 Qd1+ 32. Qe1 Qd4+ 33. Bf2 Qb2 34. Bxe6 e3 35. Qxe3 Be4 36. g3 Qb1+ 37. Be1 Qd1 38. Bc4 h5 39. Qe2 Qd4+ 40. Kf1 Kh6 41. Qd2 Qxd2 42. Bxd2 h4 43. e6 hxg3 44. hxg3 1-0
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