Magnus Still Believes in Fortresses! - Magnus Carlsen vs Wesley So - Meltwater Champions Chess Tour
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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 "2022.11.14"]
[Round "01-03"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2859"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense"]
[Termination "Unterminated"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 { C65 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense } 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. c3 a5 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Bd6 10. d4 Qe7 11. Nbd2 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. h4 g4 14. dxe5 fxe5 15. Ng5 Nb6 16. a4 Bd7 17. b4 c5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Qb3 Bxa4 20. Qa2 Ra6 21. Rfb1 Bc6 22. Qb3 Ba4 23. Qb2 O-O 24. Nc4 Kh8 25. Ne3 Rfa8 26. c4 Bc6 27. Rxa6 Rxa6 28. Nd5 Qe8 29. Qc3 Nd7 30. f3 Qa8 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Nxd6 cxd6 33. Nc7 Ra3 34. Qc1 Qa5 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Ne6+ Kf7 37. Nd8+ Kf8 38. Nxc6 bxc6 39. Rb7 *
[Event "Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2022.11.14"]
[Round "01-04"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2859"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Normal"]
[Termination "Unterminated"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 { C50 Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Normal } 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Be6 9. Bb5 Ba7 10. d4 Bd7 11. Ba4 Re8 12. Bc2 h6 13. a4 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Nc3 Nxc2 16. Qxc2 c6 17. Re2 b5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. e5 dxe5 20. dxe5 Nh7 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Ng5 23. Nxg5 Qxg5 24. Rae1 Bc6 25. Ne4 Qg6 26. Nf6+ gxf6 27. Rg3 Qxg3 28. fxg3 Re6 29. Qf5 fxe5 30. Rxe5 Rae8 31. Qg4+ Rg6 32. Rxe8+ Bxe8 33. Qf4 a4 34. g4 Bc6 35. Kf2 Re6 36. Qd2 Kg7 37. g5 h5 38. Kg3 Be4 39. Qb4 Bg6 40. Qxb5 Re3+ 41. Kh2 Re4 42. g3 Kh7 43. Kg1 Rd4 44. Kf2 Rd3 45. Qxa4 Rd2+ 46. Kf3 Rxb2 47. g4 h4 48. Qd1 Ra2 49. Qe1 Ra3+ 50. Kg2 Rg3+ 51. Kh2 Kg8 52. Qe8+ Kg7 53. Qe1 Kg8 54. Qe8+ Kg7 55. Qd8 Rd3 56. Qf6+ Kg8 57. Qf2 Rg3 58. Qc5 Kg7 59. Qb4 Kg8 60. Qb2 Kh7 61. Qa1 Kg8 62. Qe5 Kh7 63. Qf6 Kg8 64. Qd6 Kg7 65. Qb8 Rd3 66. Qe5+ Kg8 67. Qb8+ Kg7 68. Qe5+ Kg8 69. Qb8+ Kg7 *