Amazing Theoretical Novelty In MOVE 6! - Wesley So vs Arjun Erigaisi -Slav Defense, Quiet Variation
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These are the Finals and by that the 3rd major (9/9) event in the 2022 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. They are held from the 14th to the 20th of November in San Francisco as an online E-sports event on chess24.
The tournament is held as a 8-player Round-robin.
Time control is 15 minutes for the whole game with a 10-second increment from move one.
The overall prize fund is $210,000.
PGN OF THE GAME:
[Event "Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2022.11.16"]
[Round "03-03"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Schallopp Defense"]
[Termination "Unterminated"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 { D12 Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Schallopp Defense } 5. Nh4 Bxb1 6. Rxb1 e5 7. dxe5 Bb4+?! { (0.13 → 1.20) Inaccuracy. Ne4 was best. } (7... Ne4 8. Nf3 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 d4 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. a3) 8. Ke2 Ne4?! { (0.86 → 1.92) Inaccuracy. Nfd7 was best. } (8... Nfd7) 9. g3 O-O? { (1.19 → 2.54) Mistake. Qd7 was best. } (9... Qd7 10. f3) 10. Bg2 Qc8 11. f3 Ng5?! { (2.20 → 3.34) Inaccuracy. g5 was best. } (11... g5 12. fxe4) 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Na6 14. a3 Ba5?! { (2.96 → 3.82) Inaccuracy. Be7 was best. } (14... Be7 15. f4 Qg4+ 16. Ke1 Ne6 17. Qe2 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Bxh4 19. gxh4 Nac7 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. Rxd8) 15. b4 Bb6 16. e4? { (3.73 → 2.01) Mistake. f4 was best. } (16. f4 Qg4+) 16... Ne6?! { (2.01 → 3.18) Inaccuracy. Qe6 was best. } (16... Qe6 17. Qxe6 Nxe6 18. Nf5 Rfd8 19. Be3 Nac7 20. Nd6 Nb5 21. Nxb5 cxb5 22. Rhd1 Nd4+ 23. Kf2) 17. Nf5 Qc7 18. Bb2 Rad8 19. Rhd1 c5?! { (3.76 → 4.96) Inaccuracy. Rxd1 was best. } (19... Rxd1 20. Rxd1) 20. b5 Nb8 21. f4 Ba5 22. Rd6?! { (4.97 → 3.95) Inaccuracy. Nd6 was best. } (22. Nd6 Qe7 23. Bh3 Nd7 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. f5 Qg5 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Kf2 Qh5 28. Kg1 Qf3) 22... Nd7?! { (3.95 → 5.99) Inaccuracy. Rfe8 was best. } (22... Rfe8 23. Rc1 a6 24. bxa6 Nxa6 25. Kf1 Nb8 26. Rd5 Nc6 27. Nd6 Re7 28. Bh3 g5 29. f5) 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qe7 Nxe5 26. Qxe5 Rd2+ 27. Kf3 Qxe5 28. Bxe5 Rf7 29. Bf1 Rfd7 30. Bc4 h5 31. Rb3 Rxh2 32. Nxg7 Kh7 33. Rd3 Rxd3+ 34. Bxd3 Ra2 35. Nxh5 Rxa3 36. Ke2 Ra2+ 37. Kf1 Rd2 38. Nf6+ Kh6 39. Ng4+ Kh7 40. Nf6+ Kh6 41. Be2 Rc2 42. g4 c4 43. g5+ Kg7 44. Nd5+ Kg6 45. Bf6 c3?! { (10.60 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Rc1+ was best. } (45... Rc1+ 46. Kg2 Bb6 47. f5+ Kf7 48. g6+ Ke8 49. g7 Rg1+ 50. Kf3 Bc5 51. Bxc4 a6 52. bxa6) 46. f5+ Kh7 47. g6+ Kh6 48. g7 Rc1+ 49. Kg2 Kh7?! { (18.31 → Mate in 5) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Bb6 was best. } (49... Bb6 50. Nxb6) 50. Ne7 *