Checkmate Pattern ALERT! - Alireza Firouzja vs Magnus Carlsen - Norway Chess 2021 - ARMAGEDDON
56Norway Chess is a 6-player double round-robin featuring World Champion Magnus Carlsen and taking place in the Clarion Hotel Energy in Stavanger, Norway from 7-17 September. Each of the 10 rounds consists of a classical game where a win is worth 3 points and a loss 0. If the players draw they play an Armageddon game, where the winner earns 1.5 points and the loser 1 point. No draw offers are allowed before move 30.
The classical time control is 2 hours for all moves, with a 10-second increment per move only after move 40. For Armageddon White (the same player who had White in the classical game) has 10 minutes to Black's 7, with a 1-second increment from move 41. Black wins if the game ends in a draw. A tie for 1st place will be decided by two 3+2 blitz games followed, if necessary, by a 5 vs. 4-minute Armageddon game. Official website: norwaychess.no
PGN:
Firouzja, Alireza (2754) - Carlsen, Magnus (2855)
B30 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 b6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Bb7 8.Nc3 a6 9.Bf1 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Nc6 11.Qe3 Bc5 12.Qg3 O-O 13.e5 f5 14.exf6 e.p. Rxf6 15.Bg5 Rxf2 16.Bxd8 Rf3+ 17.Kh1 Rxg3 18.Bxb6 Bxb6 19.hxg3 Bf2 20.Re2 Bxg3 21.Ne4 Be5 22.Nc5 Bc8 23.c3 d6 24.Ne4 Kf7 25.Rd1 Ke7 26.g3 Rb8 27.Bg2 d5 28.Nc5 Kd6 29.b4 a5 30.a3 axb4 31.axb4 Ra8 32.Ne4+ Kc7 33.b5 dxe4 34.Rxe4 Ra3 35.Rc4 Rxc3 36.Rxc3 Bxc3 37.Rc1 Na7 38.Rxc3+ Kb6 39.Bc6 e5 40.Kg1 Bf5 41.Be8 g6 42.Kf2 h5 43.Ra3 g5 44.Ra6+ Kb7 45.Rf6 Be4 46.Re6 h4 47.g4 Nc8 48.Rxe5 Nd6 49.Bd7 Kc7 50.Be6 Bb7 51.Ke3 h3 52.Rxg5 h2 53.Rh5 h1=Q 54.Rxh1 Bxh1 55.g5 Be4 56.Kd4 Bh7 57.Ke5 Ne4