The Power Of Experience! - Alireza Firouzja vs Ding Liren - Magnus Carlsen invitational tournament

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The Magnus Carlsen Invitational runs from April 18 to May 3. The unprecedented event is an eight-player round robin followed by a knockout decider among the top four players in the standings. Each match-up will include four rapid games (15'+10"), and in case of a tie an Armageddon game (5 v 4 minutes) will be the decider. The action kicks off daily at 14:00 UTC (16:00 CEST, 10:00 EST).

The tournament 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.

Today I wanted to show you a great game between prodigy superstar Alireza Firouzja vs top grandmaster Ding Liren in a very agressive Najdorf Sicilian.

HERE IS THE PGN OF THE GAME:

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 b5 12. a3 Rc8 13. h3 h4 14. f4 O-O 15. f5 Bxb3 16. cxb3 Nc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Qe1 Qc7 19. g4 hxg3 20. Qxg3 Rfd8 21. Be2 Bf8 22. h4 Qb7 23. Qg2 Rd4 24. h5 Nxe4 25. Bf3 Nxc3+ 26. bxc3 e4 27. cxd4 exf3 28. Qg4 Qd5 29. Rd3 c4 30. Qxf3 Qd6 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. Rc3 Qxd4 33. Rhc1 Bxa3 34. R1c2 Be7 35. Qb7 Qd8 36. Rd2 Qf8 37. Kc2 Bf6 38. Rd7 Rb8 39. Qc7 Bxc3 40. Kxc3 Qb4+ 41. Kd4 Qd2+ 42. Kc5 Rb5+ 43. Kxc4 Qc2+ 44. Kd4 Qxc7 45. Rxc7 Rxf5 0-1