Writing New Chess HISTORY!? - Hikaru Nakamura vs Alireza Firouzja - FIDE Candidates 2024 Round 12
68The FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024 takes place from the 4th to the 22nd of April in Toronto, Canada, deciding the challenger of World Champion Ding Liren in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024. The tournament is played as a double round-robin with 14 rounds.
Time control is 120 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 41.
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.
PGN OF THE GAME:
[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto, Canada"]
[Date "2024.04.18"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French Defense: Exchange Variation"]
[Termination "Unknown"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 { C01 French Defense: Exchange Variation } exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. c5 Be7 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nc3 b6 11. Be2 Nb4 12. Qd2 Bf5 13. Rc1 Ng4 14. Bf4 bxc5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. O-O Re8 17. a3 d4 18. Nb5 d3 19. Rxc5 dxe2 20. Re1 Nd3 21. Rxf5 Nxe1 22. Nxe1 Qxd2 23. Bxd2 Rad8 24. Bc3 Rd1 25. f3 Ne3 26. Nxc7 Re7 27. Rc5 f6 28. Bb4 Kf7 29. h4 h5 30. Kf2 Rb1 31. Nd5 Nd1+ 32. Kg3 Re5 33. Nd3 Re8 34. Be1 Nxb2 35. Rb5 Rd1 36. Rxb2 Rxd3 37. Rb7+ Kf8 38. Nf4 Rxa3 39. Kf2 a5 40. Ra7 Ra4 41. g3 g5 42. hxg5 fxg5 43. Nxh5 Re5 44. g4 Ke8 45. Ng7+ Kf8 46. Nf5 Ra2 47. Ra8+ Kf7 48. Nd6+ Ke6 49. Nc4 Rb5 50. Rxa5 Rbxa5 51. Nxa5 Kd5 52. Ke3
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