Magnus Carlsen Queen Sacrifice against Anish Giri | Meltwater CCT Finals (2021)

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Published 2021-10-01
Carlsen, Magnus (2855) - Giri, Anish (2712)
Scond Blitz Game, Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals 2021

[Event "Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals 2021"]
[Date "2021.10.01"]
[Round "06-05"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Be3 Nxd4 8.
a4 Nxb5 9. Bxb6 axb6 10. Nd2 Nd6 11. e5 Ndf5 12. Ne4 Nc6 13. g4 Nh4 14. f4 h5
15. h3 hxg4 16. hxg4 d5 17. exd6 Ra5 18. c4 f5 19. b4 Nxb4 20. d7+ Bxd7 21. Nd6+
Bxd6 22. Qxd6 Nc6 23. Rad1 Bc8 24. g5 Ng6 25. Rf2 Kf7 26. Qc7+ Nce7 27. Rd8 Rxd8
28. Qxd8 Rxa4 29. Qc7 e5 30. fxe5 Be6 31. Qxb7 Rxc4 32. Qxb6 Nxe5 33. Re2 Rc6
34. Qe3 N5g6 35. Kh2 Bc4 36. Rb2 Re6 37. Qf3 Re4 38. Rb7 Be6 39. Kg1 Rg4+ 40.
Kh2 Rxg5 41. Rb6 Bd5 42. Qe3 Rg2+ 43. Kh3 Rg4 44. Kh2 f4 45. Qd4 Rg5 46. Rd6 f3
47. Rd7 Rf5 48. Qg4 Be6 49. Rd1 Ne5 50. Qh4 f2 51. Kg2 Bd5+ 52. Kf1 Bc4+ 53. Kg2
f1=Q+ 0-1

The 2021 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals is a 10-player round-robin taking place from September 25 to October 4 on chess24, with World Champion Magnus Carlsen, World Cup winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Dutch no. 1 Anish Giri playing from a venue in Oslo. The players start with bonus points based on their performance over the $1.6 million tour so far and then play a match each day for a maximum of 3 points. The top scorer after 9 rounds wins $100,000 and is crowned the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour champion.

Each match features four rapid games with a time control of 15 minutes for all moves plus a 10-second increment added each move. The winner gets 3 points and the loser 0. If tied 2:2, then a blitz playoff is played, with two games where the players have 5 minutes and a 3-second increment. If still tied they play a single Armageddon game, where White has 5 minutes to Black’s 4, but a draw counts as a win for Black. The winner after a playoff gets 2 points, the loser 1.