Julius Baer Challenger Championship - All games

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12/13/2022 – The 2021 Challengers Chess Tour Champion, Praggnanandhaa R, took on the 2022 Champion, Pranav V, in a $10,000 match held in the Tel Aviv offices of Julius Baer on December 11-13. The match was split into 4 mini-matches, 2 in rapid chess and 2 in blitz.
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Pragg beats Pranav

The match is split into 4 mini-matches, 2 in rapid chess and 2 in blitz. The rapid time control is 10 minutes for all moves plus a 5-second increment from move 1, while it is 5+2 for blitz. If needed to separate the players, a 5 vs. 4 Armageddon game will be played.

The winner gets $6,000, the loser $4,000.

Schedule

  • December 11 - Rapid match #1
  • December 12 - Rapid match #2
  • December 13 - Blitz match #1
  • December 14 - Blitz match #2

All games

 
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1.e4 1:20:50 e5 1:20:50 2.Nf3 27 Nc6 26 3.Bb5 26 a6 26 4.Ba4 26 Bc5 26 5.c3 27 Nge7 28 6.d4 47 Inhibits d5. C70: Ruy Lopez: 3...a6 4 Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann. exd4 27 7.cxd4 25 Bb4+ 25 8.Bd2 30 White is slightly better. Bxd2+ 27 9.Nbxd2 25 d5 31 10.0-0 45 dxe4 1:07 11.Nxe4 30 0-0 26 12.h3 36 Against Bg4 Bf5 1:20
13.Re1N 39 Predecessor: 13.Nc5 b6 14.d5 Nb4 15.d6 bxc5 16.dxe7 Qxe7 17.Re1 Qf6 18.Ne5 Rad8 19.Qc1 1-0 (33) Kosakowski,J (2457)-Indjic,A (2628) Chess.com INT 2022 13...h6 1:12 14.Rc1 33 Bxe4 1:20 15.Rxe4 27 Qd6 1:28 16.a3 1:50 Rad8 38 17.Qc2 37 Qf6 54 18.Rce1 2:03 Rd6 1:39 19.Ne5 2:50 b5 2:28 20.Bb3 28 Strongly threatening Ng4. 20.Ng4!? Qh4 21.Bb3 Rxd4 22.Ne5 20...Rxd4 34
20...Nxd4= 21.Qxc7 Nxb3 21.Ng4 2:31 21.Nxf7!± Rxe4 22.Ng5+ Kh8 23.Nxe4 21...Qg5 1:30 21...Qd6= was preferrable. 22.Rxd4 1:43 22.R4e3! 22...Nxd4= 27 23.Qxc7 26 Ng6 47 Against f4 24.Ba2 59 24.Qc3!= Rd8 25.Kf1 24...h5 29       25.Qc3 49 Rd8 1:23       Black is on the roll. But not 25...hxg4?! 26.Qxd4 gxh3 27.g3= 26.Re4 47 Nf4 54 Pair of Knights! 26...hxg4 27.Rxd4 Rxd4 28.Qxd4 gxh3 27.Qe3 28       Don't go for 27.Bxf7+? Kxf7 28.Kh2 28.Qc7+? Kg8-+ 28...Nde6 29.Ne5+ Kg8-+ 27.Kh2!= and White is okay. 27...hxg4-+ 39 Not 27...Nde2+ 28.Kh2 hxg4 29.g3 gxh3 30.Re8+ Rxe8 31.Qxe8+ Kh7 32.Bxf7 28.Bxf7+ 34 Kh7 30 ( -> ...Nf3+!) 29.Kh2 33
29...Nf3+! 39       30.gxf3 39
30.Qxf3 gxf3 30...gxh3! 25 Weighted Error Value: White=0.71/Black=0.13 (very precise) 0–1
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Pranav,V2545Praggnanandhaa R26780–12022C70Julius Baer Challenger-ch 20221.1
Praggnanandhaa R2678Pranav,V2545½–½2022E12Julius Baer Challenger-ch 20221.2
Pranav,V2545Praggnanandhaa R26780–12022C64Julius Baer Challenger-ch 20221.3
Praggnanandhaa R2678Pranav,V25451–02022B90Julius Baer Challenger-ch 20222.1
Pranav,V2545Praggnanandhaa R26780–12022A08Julius Baer Challenger-ch 20222.2
Pranav,V2545Praggnanandhaa R26781–02022B31Julius Baer Challenger-ch 20223.1
Praggnanandhaa R2678Pranav,V25451–02022C55Julius Baer Challenger-ch 20223.2
Pranav,V2545Praggnanandhaa R26780–12022B31Julius Baer Challenger-ch 20223.3
 

Commentary by Sagar Shah

Commentary by Judit Polgar and Pepe Cuenca

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