The Aimchess Rapid Play-In will take place on June 12th on Chess.com as a 9-round Swiss followed by a 2-game match among the top finishers. In case of a tie, a bidding Armageddon game will take place to determine who joins Caruana, Abdusattorov, Fedoseev and van Foreest in the main event, as part of the Champions Chess Tour.
The time control is 10 minutes for the entire game with a 2-second increment beginning from move 1.
PGN:
[Event “Aimchess Rapid Play-In | Champions Chess Tour”]
[Site “-“]
[Date “2023.06.12”]
[Round “12”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Saric, Ivan”]
[Result “*”]
[WhiteElo “2853”]
[BlackElo “2670”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “C42”]
[Opening “Russian Game: French Attack”]
[Termination “Unterminated”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 { C42 Russian Game: French Attack } Nf6 6. d4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. c4 b6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nbd7 13. d5 Nc5 14. Bc2 Nfe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rb1 Qf6 17. Be3 a5 18. Bd4 Qf4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd4+ Qf6 21. Bxe4 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxe4 23. Rfd1 Rae8 24. f3 R4e7 25. Kf2 h5 26. h4 Kf6 27. Rbc1 Bc8 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Rxe1 30. Kxe1 Bd7 31. Kf2 g5 32. g3 gxh4 33. gxh4 Bf5 34. Ke3 Bb1 35. a4 Ba2 36. b3 Bb1 37. f4 Bf5 38. Kd2 Bd7 39. Kc3 Kg6 40. Kb2 Kf6 41. Ka3 Kg6 42. b4 axb4+ 43. Kxb4 Kf6 44. a5 bxa5+ 45. Kxa5 Bh3 46. Kb5 Bf1 47. Nc2 Bh3 48. Kc6 Kf5 49. Kxc7 Kxf4 50. Kxd6 Ke4 51. Ke7 f5 52. d6 f4 53. Ne1 Kd4 54. d7 Bxd7 55. Kxd7 Kxc4 56. Ke6 Kd4 57. Kf5 Ke3 58. Ng2+ Kf3 59. Nxf4 Kg3 60. Kg5 *
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