• Magnus Carlsen
  • vs.
  • Nodirbek Abdusattorov

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15:55

In the current round of the tournament, we have an interesting game in progress between GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, rated 2732, and World Champion GM Magnus Carlsen, rated 2853.

The game opened with Petrov's Defense but has now transitioned into the French Defense: Exchange Variation. Carlsen is leading the clock with 1 hour 47 minutes, whereas Abdusattorov has 1 hour 19 minutes.

The board at move 20 looks like this: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qe7 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. c3 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Qxe5 Bxe5 15. Nd2 Nbd7 16. Nf3 Bd6 17. g3 Rae8 18. Kg2 c6 19. a4 a5 20. Rb1.

Here's the final position:

18:26

The game is drawn by mutual agreement in the position below.