Bullet Thriller + Standings | MVL vs Carlsen | Speed Chess Championship 2020
Channel: Mordimer's Chess Channel
Date: 2020-12-12

The decisive game of semifinals. Magnus did great catch-up, winning the 3 games in a row. Can he win one more game to force tie-breaks? Enjoy the game and one of our chess videos for intermediate players.

The 2020 Speed Chess Championship has been expanded with a brand new, multi-event qualification system and a significantly increased total prize fund of $250,000 (a $150,000 increase over the 2019 event). The main 16-player SCC Main Event has a prize fund of $100,000, which is double last year's total purse for what had been the richest online blitz tournament. The tournament will run November 1 - December 13, 2020 with a finals weekend on December 11-12 (semis) and December 13 (final). Eight players will be invited directly to the Speed Chess Championship knockout bracket, while a qualification system will determine the eight remaining spots.

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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Magnus Carlsen, Speed Chess Championship 2020
Modern Defense: Two Knights Variation [B06] 
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Be3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. e5 Bb7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Ng5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qb6 13. c4 Ngf6 14. a4 b4 15. Qe2 Ne5 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. f3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Bc8 19. Rfe1 h6 20. Nh3 g5 21. Be5 Rf8 22. Nf2 a5 23. d4 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Ba6 25. Rac1 Rd8 26. Ba1 Kf7 27. Nd3 Kg8 28. Ne5 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Nh5 30. Ng6 Rf7 31. Qxe6 Qd6 32. Nxe7+ Qxe7 33. Qxe7 Rxe7 34. Rxe7 Nf4 35. Ra7 Bxc4 36. Rxa5 1-0

Link to Study created of this game: 
https://lichess.org/study/DWIbyMiU/IH9ZdduK#0

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0:00 Start
0:07 Introduction
2:32 Chess game

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