Magnus Carlsen Invitational: Carlsen vs Nakamura Live!

Final match: Carlsen vs Nakamura

The Magnus Carlsen Invitational involves two stages. First a round-robin and then a knockout among the top four players in the standings.

• During the round-robin, each match-up will include four rapid games (15 minutes plus 10-second increments), and in case of a tie an Armageddon game (5 v 4 minutes) will be the decider. If a players gets the victory without needing the sudden-death tiebreaker, he will get 3 points, while a win in the playoff will give the winner 2 points and the loser 1 point.
• In the semi-finals and the final, the same four-game rapid format will be employed, except that in case of a tie the contenders will play two sets of blitz games (5 minutes plus 3-second increments) before going to Armageddon. The tie can be broken in the first set of blitz encounters.

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Abrahamyan-Lee

Move	N	Result	Elo	Players

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1.e4 4 c5 19 2.Nf3 9 Nc6 9 3.Bb5 26 e6 7 4.Bxc6 57 bxc6 34 5.b3 6 e5 8 6.Bb2 4:19 B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6. d6 47 7.d3 1:04 Ne7 6:47 8.Nbd2 1:38 Ng6 4:33 9.g3N 1:27 9.h4 h5 10.Nc4 f6 11.Ne3 d5 12.g3 Be6 13.Qe2 Bd6 14.0-0 Kf7 15.Ne1 9...Bh3 5:16 10.Qe2 3:17 Be7 4:09 11.0-0-0 5:44 0-0 2:58 12.Nc4 24:42 Qd7 5:56 13.Ne3 4:21 f5! 1:11 14.exf5 2:19 Bxf5 21 15.Nd2 39 Bh3 3:59 16.Kb1 10:04 Rf7 4:05 17.f3 2:20 Raf8 50 18.Rde1 3:18 d5 9:43 19.Rhg1 6:56 Bd8 1:52 20.Ba3 6:29 Qd6 3:04 20...Re8 21.Nd1 2:45 Ba5 10:46 22.Qe3 5:26 d4 2:26 22...Rd8= remains equal. 23.Qe2!± 1:13 Qd5 14 24.Nf2 1:24 Bf5 2:39 25.Rd1 2:59 25.h4± 25...Bc3 3:50 25...Bxd2 26.Qxd2 26.Rxd2 Be6= 26...Qxf3 26.h4 21 Bxd2 14:50 27.Rxd2 12 Bd7 37 28.Ne4 3:13 Rxf3 6 29.h5 29 29.Bxc5?! R8f7= 29...Re3 3:32 29...Nh8± 30.Qh2+- 1:35 Nh8 2:10 31.Bxc5 1:30 31.h6+- Black must now prevent hxg7. Bf5 32.hxg7 32.Bxc5 Rf7 32...Kxg7 33.Bxc5 31...Rb8 3:42 31...Rff3± 32.Ba3! 2:37 32.Bxa7 Ra8± 32...Nf7 33 33.Rf1 14 Inhibits Bf5. Qa5 1:50 33...h6± 34.Bc1 56 Be6 29 35.Qh4 39 Bd5 2:04

36.h6! 58 Qd8 1:02 36...gxh6 37.Nf6+ 37.Rdf2 Bxe4 38.dxe4 Qd8+- 37...Kh8 38.Rdf2+- 36...Bxe4 37.dxe4 37.Rdf2 1:22 Qxh4 9 38.gxh4 1 Nxh6 1:05 39.Bxe3 25 dxe3 1 40.Rg2 47 Bxe4 38 40...Rf8 41.Rxf8+ Kxf8 41.dxe4 1 Endgame KRR-KRN Rd8 6 42.Re1 42 Nf7 37 43.Rxe3 7 Rd1+ 4 44.Kb2 3 Rh1 4 44...Rd7 is a better defense. 45.h5 Kf8 45.Rc3 1:28 Rxh4 2 46.Rxc6 4 g5 9 47.Rc8+ 44 Kg7 1 48.c4 5 Nd6 2:41 49.Rxg5+ 59 Kf6 8 50.Rcg8 4 Nxe4 40 51.Rg2 49 h5 21 52.Rf8+ 55 Ke7 13 53.Ra8 17 Rg4 29 54.Rxa7+ 4 Kf6 4 55.Rh2 20 h4 33 56.Rh7 23 Kg5 1 57.a4 32 Nc5 1:28 58.a5 1:32 Rg3 35 59.Rg7+ 40 Kf5 2 60.Rf7+ 36 Ke6 16 61.Rc7 16 Kd6 12

62.Rxc5? Kxc5 2

63.Rxh4? 31 KR-KR. White is two pawns up. White has to play 63.a6!+- 63...Kb4= 9

64.c5+! 55 Kxc5 1:15 65.Ra4 45 Kb5 25 The position is equal. 66.a6 29 Intending a7 and mate. Rg8 4 67.a7 17 Ra8 2 68.Re4 11 Rxa7 6 69.Rxe5+ 2 Kb4 7 70.Re4+ 5 Kb5 3 71.Kc3 7 Rc7+ 3 72.Rc4 45 Rxc4+ 6 73.bxc4+ 4 Kc5 2 74.Kc2 5 Kxc4 4 White really could win this. Weighted Error Value: White=0.16 (very precise) /Black=0.41 Mistake: White=2 Black=8 Inaccurate: White=5 Black=2 OK: White=28 Black=17 Best: White=1 Black=4 Strong: White=1 Black=1 ½–½

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St	White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res	Rnd	id

Abrahamyan,T

2310

Lee,A

2386

3.2

1279479

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Line-up and schedule

The most talked-about rising star in the world at the moment, 16-year-old Alireza Firouzja, will be among the eight participants. The wunderkind showed what he is capable of at this year's Tata Steel Masters, getting the sole lead for a couple of rounds. Furthermore, he is known for his abilities in faster time controls, as proven during last year's World Rapid & Blitz Championships, and more recently during a 16-game match with a 3-minute-to-finish time control in which he beat the world champion. 

Firouzja will nonetheless be the eighth seed, as he will be joined by the five highest-rated players in the world, perennial elite star Anish Giri and blitz specialist Hikaru Nakamura. The full line-up:

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