Armageddon Rollercoaster! - Wesley So vs Magnus Carlsen - Altibox Norway Chess 2022 -ARMAGEDDON GAME

Norway Chess is one of world’s most prestigious chess tournaments annually hosting a tournament with the global top players.

Every year, the chess elite meets in Stavanger to participate in this action-packed tournament, and for many players it is perhaps the most attractive tournament they participate in.

Through the Norway Chess tournament, Stavanger has become one of the world’s chess metropolises. This annual event has become an important arena for Stavanger and the rest of the region. The organizer still has ambitious goals such as development and utilization of the opportunities it offers.

2022 Norway Chess Blitz is a 10-player round-robin tournament, held 30th of May in Stavanger, Norway. Blitz tournament functions as a seeding tournament for the classical 2022 Norway Chess tournament.

Time control is 3 minutes for the entire game with a 2-second increment starting from move 1.

2022 Norway Chess is a 10-player Round-robin tournament, held from the 30th of May to the 11th of June in Norway.

If a classical game is drawn, the players play one rapid Armageddon game. In an Armageddon game, black starts with less time on the clock than white, but wins the game even if it is drawn.

Time control is 120 minutes for the entire game with a 10-second increment, beginning from move 40.
Time control for the Armageddon game is 10 minutes for white and 7 minutes for black for the entire game with a 1-second increment starting from move 40.

Participants:
Magnus Carlsen
Viswanathan Anand
Veselin Topalov
Aryan Tari
Wesley So
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Anish Giri
Teimour Radjabov
Maxime Vachier Lagrave
Wang Hao

PGN OF THE GAME:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. c3 a6 8. a4 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Qe7 10. O-O g5 11. Bg3 Nh7 12. b4 Nf8 13. b5 Na5 14. Bd5 c6 15. Ba2 Ng6 16. Rb1 axb5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Rxb5 Nc6 19. Bd5 h5 20. h3 g4 21. hxg4 hxg4 22. Nh2 Nf4 23. d4 Nh5 24. Nb3 Nd8 25. Ra5 Nxg3 26. fxg3 Qg5 27. Re1 Nc6 28. Bxc6+ bxc6 29. Qa1 Rb8 30. Rxa7 Rxb3 31. Qa2 Rb7 32. Rxb7 Bxb7 33. Qa7 Bc8 34. Qc7 O-O 35. Nf1 exd4 36. cxd4 Qf6 37. Rd1 c5 38. dxc5 dxc5 39. Qxc5 Be6 40. Ne3 Rc8 41. Qd6 Qg5 42. Qf4 Qc5 43. e5 Ra8 44. Qg5+ Kh7 45. Kh2 Rg8 46. Qh4+ Kg7 47. Nf5+ Bxf5 48. Qf6+ Kh7 49. Qxf5+ Kg7 50. Qf6+