Hikaru Nakamura is Fischer Random World Champion

by Klaus Besenthal
10/31/2022 – An Armageddon game decided the Fischer Random World Championship 2022. In the finals of the World Championship Hikaru Nakamura played against Ian Nepomniachtchi and after a 2-2 tie in the four games of the initial mini-match, an Armageddon game had to decide. Here, Nakamura won with White to become new Fischer Random World Champion. The placement matches all ended 3:1: Magnus Carlsen won against Nodirbek Abdusattorov and came third, Vladimir Fedoseev beat Wesley So and came fifth, Matthias Blübaum made it to 7th place with his win against Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson. | Foto: FIDE / Lennart Ootes
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Fischer Random World Championship

In addition to the  title, "Naka" received 100,000 USD in prize money - and a sculpture made of lava stone.

The four-game mini-match was close and brought a number of interesting games. But it was Nakamura who was the first to score: He won the first game of the match with Black.

But Nepomniachtchi hit back: after a draw in game two, he won the third game to equalize the match. With a short and bloodless draw in game four, the players indicated that they were quite willing to go into Armageddon. | Photo: FIDE / David Llada

In this tournament, the players had to make "bids" to indicate with how much time they were willing to play. The player with the higher bid would play with White. Naka had bid 14 minutes and got White, Nepo had bid 13 minutes and was to play with Black. The Armageddon game was then played with these times.

 
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1.b3 b6 2.e4 e5 3.g3 g6 4.f4 f5 5.fxe5 Bxe5 6.exf5 Bxh1 7.Bxe5 gxf5 8.Bc3 Bc6 9.Ne3 Qh5 10.Qf2 Nh6 11.Ne2 Ne6 12.Rf1 Kb7 13.d4 Ng4
The position is complicated but Black cannot complain. He is slightly better - and it is White who has to win the game! 14.Qxf5? A tactical oversight that might have cost the game. Qxf5? After the difficult to find 14...Qh6! 15.Qxg4 Rg8! White loses material. After the game continuation, Black is still better but in the game Nepomniachtchi gradually lost control. 15.Nxf5 Nxh2 16.Re1 Rf8 17.Ne3 Be4 18.d5 Ng5 19.Nf4 Rbe8 20.Kb2 Bf3 21.d6 c6 22.Nc4 Ne4 23.Ne5 Nxc3?! Better was 23...Rf5 24.Kxc3 Bg4 25.Re3 h5? This move doesn't stabilize but weakens Black's position. After the immediate 25...Bf5!= the position is roughly equal and Black would have had good chances to secure the draw. 26.Rbe1 Rxe5 White threatened 27. Rh1 and Black decides to sacrifice the exchange, hoping he can hold the endgame. But that is difficult. 26...Bf5 now costs a pawn: 27.Nxh5± 27.Rxe5 Nf3 28.Re8 Rf6 29.Rh1 Rxd6 30.Rg8 Rd2 31.Nxh5 Bf5 32.Rc1 Rh2 33.Ng7 Be4 34.Ne8
White is winning. 34...Rh6 35.Rf8 d5 36.Rf6 Rh3 37.Nd6+ Kc7 38.Nxe4 dxe4 39.Rg6 Rh2 40.Re6 Re2 41.Rh1 b5 42.a3 Re3+ 43.Kb2 Nd4 44.Rh7+ Kb6 45.Ree7 Kc5 46.Rd7 Nf3 47.b4+ Kc4 48.Rh5 1–0
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Nakamura,H2768Nepomniachtchi,I27931–02022World FRC Championship-KO 20222.5

Results

Final: 

Hikaru Nakamura – Ian Nepomniachtchi 2-2, Nakamura won the Armageddon tiebreak to become World Champion.

3rd place match:
Magnus Carlsen – Nodirbek Abdusattorov 3-1

5th place match:
Wesley So – Vladimir Fedoseev 1-3

/th play match:

Matthias Blübaum – Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson 3-1

Prrize money

  • 1: 150.000 USD
  • 2: 85.000 USD
  • 3: 55.000 USD
  • 4: 40.000 USD
  • 5: 25.000 USD
  • 6: 20.000 USD
  • 7: 15.000 USD
  • 8: 10.000 USD

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1.f4 1:04 g5 1:03 2.g4 47 gxf4 1:34 3.Rxf4 31 h5 1:27 4.Bf2 1:40 e5 1:18 5.Rb4 4:16 Nab6 58 6.Ncb3 33 f5 3:20 7.h3 5:24 Ne7 3:04 8.Nc5 3:03 Qxa2 2:16 9.Kc1 2:04 Ned5 1:12 10.Nab3 2:34 Nxb4 4:13 11.Ra1 31 Qxa1+ 2:03 12.Nxa1 31 e4 1:34 13.Bh4+ 2:17 Bf6 1:19 14.Bxf6+ Rxf6 30 15.Qd4 2:17 N4d5 49 16.c4 37 fxg4 34 17.Bg2 59 0-0-0 3:40 18.cxd5 33 Rf5 40 19.hxg4 1:09 Rxd5 38 20.Qc3 31 Bg6 41 21.Nc2 1:03 hxg4 1:19 22.Nxe4 54 Bxe4 36 23.Bxe4 31 Rg5 39 24.Bg2 42 g3 41 25.b4 52 c6 39 26.b5 1:14 Rxb5 47 27.Qxg3 31 Rf8 37 28.Ne3 42 Rc5+ 41 29.Kd1 37 Nc4 31 30.Nxc4 0 Rxc4 0 31.Bh3 0 Rcf4 0 32.Qd3 0 R8f7 0 33.Qd6 0 Rh4 0 34.Qg3 0 Rhh7 0 35.d4 0 Rhg7 0 36.Qe5 8 Re7 0 37.Qd6 28 Ref7 16 38.Kd2 1:34 Rh7 1:39 39.Bg4 34 Rhg7 33 40.Bh5 59 Rf5 45 41.Bg6 37 Rf1 55 42.e4 43 a5 59 43.Bf5 48 Rf7 26 44.Qe5 28 Kd8 1:19 45.Qxa5+ 2 Ke7 46.Qe5+ 1:17 Kd8 51 47.Qa5+ 59 Ke7 28 48.Ke2 31 Rg1 1:09 49.Qe5+ 41 Kd8 29 50.Qb8+ 42 Ke7 25 51.Qxb7 27 Kf8 1:03 52.Qb8+ 40 Kg7 31 53.Qe5+ 30 Kf8 37 54.Qd6+ 30 Kg7 25 55.Bxd7 35 Rff1 26 56.Qe7+ 45 Kh6 28 57.Bf5 40 Re1+ 36 58.Kd2 27 Rd1+ 27 59.Ke3 26 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Nakamura,H2768Abdusattorov,N27131–02022World FRC Championship-KO 20221.1
Nepomniachtchi,I2793Carlsen,M28560–12022World FRC Championship-KO 20221.2
Nepomniachtchi,I2793Nakamura,H27680–12022World FRC Championship-KO 20222.1
Nakamura,H2768Nepomniachtchi,I2793½–½2022World FRC Championship-KO 20222.1
Abdusattorov,N2713Carlsen,M28561–02022World FRC Championship-KO 20222.1
Abdusattorov,N2713Nakamura,H27680–12022World FRC Championship-KO 20222.1
Fedoseev,V2688So,W2774½–½2022World FRC Championship-KO 20222.1
Gretarsson,H2533Bluebaum,M26470–12022World FRC Championship-KO 20222.1
Carlsen,M2856Abdusattorov,N27131–02022World FRC Championship-KO 20222.2
Carlsen,M2856Nepomniachtchi,I27930–12022World FRC Championship-KO 20222.2
Carlsen,M2856Abdusattorov,N27131–02022World FRC Championship-KO 20222.3
Carlsen,M2856Nepomniachtchi,I27930–12022World FRC Championship-KO 20222.3
So,W2774Fedoseev,V26880–12022World FRC Championship-KO 20222.3
Nakamura,H2768Nepomniachtchi,I27930–12022World FRC Championship-KO 20222.3
Abdusattorov,N2713Nakamura,H27680–12022World FRC Championship-KO 20222.3
Bluebaum,M2647Gretarsson,H2533½–½2022World FRC Championship-KO 20222.3
Nepomniachtchi,I2793Nakamura,H2768½–½2022World FRC Championship-KO 20222.4
Abdusattorov,N2713Carlsen,M28560–12022World FRC Championship-KO 20222.4
Fedoseev,V2688So,W27741–02022World FRC Championship-KO 20222.4
Bluebaum,M2647Gretarsson,H2533½–½2022World FRC Championship-KO 20222.4
Gretarsson,H2533Bluebaum,M26470–12022World FRC Championship-KO 20222.4
Nakamura,H2768Nepomniachtchi,I27931–02022World FRC Championship-KO 20222.5
Nepomniachtchi,I2793Carlsen,M28561–02022World FRC Championship-KO 20224.1

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Klaus Besenthal is computer scientist, has followed and still follows the chess scene avidly since 1972 and since then has also regularly played in tournaments.
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