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Hikaru Nakamura vs Timur Gareyev
US Championship (2019), St Louis, MO USA, rd 6, Mar-25
Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invitation (A04)  ·  1-0

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Mar-25-19
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  tpstar: The one Knight ends up on d3 while the other Knight ends up on e3.

26 ... h5 prevents 26 ... Nh5 which would break the pin. White wins three Pawns in short order for 1-0.

Mar-26-19  mrl: Black loses by refusing to trade off the back bishops via 21 ...Nh5, or 22 ...Bh6. And then compounds the problem by removing the strong queen side rook with 22 ...ad8, allowing 23 b4 The rooK on d8 is useless, and that leads to the white queen picking up the queen side pawns. Defense is hard!
Mar-26-19
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  ajk68: 24...b6? It's like he's just moving stuff for the sake of it.
Mar-26-19  Ulhumbrus: 7 dxc5 concedes an advantage in space to Black.

One alternative to 13...Bg4 is 13...Bd7 preparing ...Ba4 and on 14 Nc5 Bc6

Mar-29-19  whiteshark: Nakamura analyses his game on his day off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgK... (~ 48 mins) ENJOY!
Mar-29-19  bubuli55: This game gives new meaning to

“Queen Checkmate”

Apr-02-19
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  Fusilli: I don't follow Nakamura... Does he often play weird stuff in the opening, or was this a one-off?

It seems to have successfully bamboozled his opponent!

Apr-18-19
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  PawnSac: < Fusilli: I don't follow Nakamura... Does he often play weird stuff in the opening, or was this a one-off? It seems to have successfully bamboozled his opponent! >

yes, and yes ! LOL

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