SCOTCH IS NOT A COACH || Vachier-Lagrave, M vs Giri, Anish || Superbet Chess Classic 2023-ROMANIA
Superbet Chess Classic [France-Netherlands] (4.3) 09.05.2023
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2742 - Giri, Anish 2768 1⁄2-1⁄2
Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation (C45)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.h4 d6 9.c4 Nb6 10.exd6 Qxe2+ 11.Bxe2 cxd6 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Bf3 Rc8 14.b3 Be7 15.Bg5 d5 16.cxd5 Nxd5 17.Bxe7 Kxe7 18.Bxd5 Bxd5 19.0-0-0 Rhd8 20.Rhe1+ Be6 21.Re4 Rxd1+ 22.Nxd1 Rc7 23.Ra4 Kd7 24.Nc3 Kc8 25.Ne4 Bd5 26.Nc5 Re7 27.g3 Bf3 28.Kd2 Re5 29.Nd3 Re7 30.Kc3 Kb7 31.Nc5+ Kb6 32.b4 Be2 33.Ra3 Re8 34.Nd7+ Kb7 35.Nc5+ Kb6 36.Rb3 Bg4 37.Ra3 Be2 38.Nd7+ Kb7 39.Nc5+ Kb6 1/2-1/2
The Superbet Chess Classic, held in Romania's historic capital of Bucharest, will serve as the Grand Chess Tour's official opening event in 2023.
The tournament's round-robin format, which was well-liked last year, has ten players competing for a portion of the sizeable $350,000 prize pool.
The contestants will get their first opportunity to accumulate tour points at the first of the tour's two traditional events.
The first stop on the Grand Chess Tour (GCT) for 2023 is the Superbet Chess Classic Romania.
With 10 of the top players in the world competing, the event begins on May 6 at 5 a.m. PT/14:00 CEST and offers a $350,000 prize pool.
Five events make up the Grand Chess Tour: two are classical and three are quick and blitz. One of the traditional competitions and the opening match of the tour is the Superbet Chess Classic.
It's a 10-player single round-robin competition. The time limit is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the remaining movements with an additional 30-second increment beginning on move one.
