This is why Magnus is the ENDGAME GOAT - Nepo vs Magnus - Tech Mahindra Global Chess League
36The Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2023 is a 6-team double round-robin tournament held from the 22nd of June to the 2nd of July in Dubai. The total prize pool is $1,000,000.
Format
The teams consist of six players. Each team has one icon (board 1), two male players (boards 2 and 3), two female players (boards 4 and 5), and a junior (board 6). See the team lists for full rosters. They compete on six boards against another team simultaneously. All players from the same team will play with the same colour in a match. There are 5 days consisting of 2 matches, and 5 days consisting of 4 matches.
Game and Match Points
The Game Points (GP) are awarded in the following way: a win with black pieces is worth of 4 GP, a win with white pieces is worth of 3 GP, a draw is worth of 1 GP, and a loss is worth of 0 GP. The Match Points (MP) are awarded in the following way: 3 MP to the team that scores more GP than their opponent, 1 MP to the team that scores the same GP as their opponent, and 0 MP to the team that scores fewer GP than their opponent. The two teams with the most MP qualify to the Final (the first three tie-breaks are GP, Direct Encounter, and Extended Sonneborn-Berger). The Final is a best-of-2 match. If tied, a blitz playoff shall take place.
Time control
The time control is 15 minutes with a 10-second increment beginning from move one. The players cannot draw a game by agreement before 30 moves each have been made.
PGN:
[Event "Day 5 | Match 6.3: Ian Nepomniachtchi - Magnus Carlsen"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/EXbZ9eeL/NKDKNAqg"]
[Date "2023.06.26"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Result "*"]
[UTCDate "2023.06.26"]
[UTCTime "14:51:40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation"]
[Termination "Unterminated"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 { B22 Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation } e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Ng5 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qb3 Be6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Qxb7 Rc8 11. O-O Qd7 12. Qb5 Be7 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Qd3 Na5 15. Bd1 Rfd8 16. Bf3 dxc3 17. Nxc3 Nxc3 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. bxc3 Rxc3 20. Bb2 Rc5 21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nc4 23. Bc3 e4 24. Bd4 Ra5 25. Bxe4 Rxa2 26. g3 Nd2 27. Bc6 a5 28. Kg2 Kf7 29. Bc3 Nc4 30. Rd7 Ne3+ 31. Kf3 Ra3 32. Bb2 Rb3 33. fxe3 Rxb2 34. Ra7 Rxh2 35. Rxa5 h5 36. Ra6 Bd6 37. Bb5 Ke7 38. Bc4 g5 39. e4 Rc2 40. Ba2 Rc5 41. Ke3 h4 42. gxh4 gxh4 43. Ra7+ Kf6 44. Rh7 h3 45. Kd4 Rc2 46. Bxe6 Be5+ 47. Kd5 Rd2+ 48. Kc6 h2 49. Bg4 Rf2 50. Rh3 Kg5 51. Bf3 Rxf3 52. Rxf3 h1=Q 53. Rf5+ Kg4 54. Rxe5 Kf4 55. Re6 Qd1 56. Kc7 Qd4 57. Re7 Ke3 58. Re6 Qg7+ 59. Kd6 Qf8+ 60. Kd5 Qa8+ 61. Kc5 Qd8 62. Kc6 Qa5 63. Kd6 Kd4 64. Ke7 Qc7+ 65. Kf6 Qf4+ 66. Ke7 Kc5 67. Kd7 Qf7+ 68. Re7 Qf6 69. Re6 Qd4+ 70. Ke7 Qg7+ 71. Ke8 Qh7 72. Re7 Qg6+ 73. Kf8 Kc6 74. e5 Kd5 75. e6 Ke5 76. Rg7 Qf6+ 77. Rf7 Qd8+ 78. Kg7 Kxe6 79. Rf1 Qg5+ 80. Kf8 Qb5 81. Rf7 Qh5 82. Re7+ Kf6 *
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