The UNWRITTEN Rules of Chess! - Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Alireza Firouzja - FIDE Candidates 2022
104The FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022 takes place from the 17th of June to the 5th of July in Madrid, Spain, deciding the challenger of World Champion Magnus Carlsen in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2023.
The tournament is played as a double Round-robin with 14 rounds.
Time control is 120 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move 61.
Players cannot draw by agreement before black ́s 40th move.
In the case of a tie for first place after 14 rounds, a playoff is played.
The total prize fund is 500.000$.
PLAYERS:
Fabiano Caruana
Hikaru Nakamura
Alireza Firouzja
Jan Krzysztof Duda
Ian Nepomniachtchi
Richard Rapport
Ding Liren
Teimour Radjabov
PGN OF THE GAME:
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5 Bc4 16. Kb1 a4 17. Nbc1 d5 18. f6 gxf6 19. gxf6 Ndxf6 20. Ng3 Bxf1 21. Rhxf1 a3 22. b3 Kh8 23. exd5 Nd6 24. Qxb4 Rc8 25. Bb6 Qd7 26. Qe1 Rb8 27. Ba5 Nc4 28. d6 Bd8 29. Bc3 Qe6 30. Nd3 Nd5 31. Nf4 Nxf4 32. Rxf4 f6 33. Qe2 Nb2 34. Rdf1 Re8 35. Rh4 f5 36. Rxh7+ Kxh7 37. Qh5+ Kg8 38. Nxf5 Bf6 39. Rg1+ 1-0