The Whole Universe is Watching This Game! - Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi - FTX Crypto Cup
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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. e5 Bb7 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. Bxb7 Qxb7 12. Qd3 Ne7 13. Bc5 Qxg2 14. O-O-O Qc6 15. Ne4 Nf5 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 17. Rhe1 Rc8 18. Kb1 f6 19. f4 fxe5 20. fxe5 h6 21. Rg1 Qd5 22. Nd6+ Ke7 23. Nxc8+ Rxc8 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. Rxd5 Ke6 26. Rd3 g5 27. a4 bxa4 28. Rg4 Rc6 29. Rxa4 h5 30. Rda3 g4 31. Kc1 Kxe5 32. Rxa6 h4 33. Rxc6 dxc6 34. Kd1 h3 35. Ke2 g3 36. Kf3 gxh2 37. Ra1 Nd4+ 38. Kg3 Nxc2 39. Rc1 Nb4 40. Kxh2 Kd4 41. b3 c5 42. Kxh3 Nc6 43. Rc4+ Kd5 44. Kg2 Ne5 45. Rc1 c4 46. bxc4+ Nxc4 47. Rxc4 Kxc4 ½-½
The Meltwater Champions Chess Tour delivers a world first for its next event – an elite-level bitcoin chess tournament.
The star-studded FTX Crypto Cup starts on May 23 and offers a record prize pot for an online tournament of $320,000.
A cool $100,000 of that is a bonus paid in crypto by new sponsor FTX. Fans will be able to track the prize pot’s value in real-time throughout the broadcast to see how it fluctuates.
The tournament is the final Major in this season’s $1.5 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, the richest and most prestigious online chess event in history.
World Champion Magnus Carlsen will take centre stage as the current Tour leader. But he will face stiff competition in a field of 16 star names, which include all the world’s top 10.
There will be a welcome return for world number 2 Fabiano Caruana, who is playing in his first Tour event this season.
However, all eyes will be on Carlsen and his friend and rival Ian Nepomniachtchi.
This will be the first encounter between Carlsen and Nepo since the Russian was installed as the official world title challenger. Who will come out on top there?
Fan favourite Hikaru Nakamura will also be aiming roar back and topple Carlsen after his defeat in the New In Chess Classic final.
And the mercurial Russian Daniil Dubov and China’s top player Ding Liren are back among the 16-player line-up.
The FTX Crypto Cup is organised by Play Magnus Group, a global leader in the chess industry, and FTX, a leading cryptocurrency exchange.
FTX has also entered into a long-term agreement with Play Magnus Group to become its Official Cryptocurrency Exchange Partner.
Carlsen, who has reigned as world number 1 for a decade, spoke of his excitement ahead of the event.
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Magnus Carlsen
Fabiano Caruana
Wesley So
Teimour Radjabov
Anish Giri
Ian Nepomniachtchi
Levon Aronian
Hikaru Nakamura
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Alireza Firouzja
Daniil Dubov
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Ding Liren
Peter Svidler
Alexander Grischuk
Alan Pichot