Hikaru played 1e4 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6 3f4!? and won an instructive game against GM Narodistky in a blitz game played on Oct 30, 2020
The Nf3,e3,b3 system is a great weapon in blitz. White puts one bishop on d3, another one on b2, and attacks the kingside.
White is literally setting the board on fire, and can bring the whole point quickly.
and here are the arrows to display where your pieces go.
and here is how Nakamura used this system to win a blitz game against Alireza Firoujza in 21 moves.
The entire game is annotated with variations and comments
https://www.uschesschamps.com/2020-us-championships/2020-us-championship/the-field
Official Website US chess Championship 2020 won by Wesley So with 9 points out of 11.
Lets take a look at a remarkable game between J. Xiong and H. Nakamura. Xiong demonstrated excellent skills a few days shy of his 20th birthday. A name to watch in the coming years !
Hikaru won the Speed Chess Championship today on chess.com
He just signed with TSM https://tsm.gg/
White to play (Hikaru is White, Alireza Firouzja is Black)
Replay here
He just signed with TSM https://tsm.gg/
got the privilege to play in a Hikaru arena and got faced with GM Hikaru Nakamura himself in a blitz 3 minutes for each player.
needless to say, I lost but this is quite an instructive loss I think.
[White "thechesscorner64"][Black "Hikaru"][WhiteElo "2402"][BlackElo "3218"]
[Result "0-1"][ECO "B01"][Date "2020.08.22"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 c5
here Hikaru surprised me with 4..c5. The best answer is 5 Nc3 to develop a piece followed by Bf4. I played 5c4 and 6 d5 which is ok.
5. c4 Qd8 6. d5 g6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Be2 Bg7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4
we reached the following position with Black to play.
Here Nakamura uncorked 12..Ne8!An excellent idea ! Black plans to relocate knight from e8 to d6. from there, Black will play Ra8-b8 and a6-b5 creating pressure on my queenside pawn. This move opens the diagonal h8-a1 for the bishop on g7.
I suggest to replay the moves in the app below.
We reached the following position after 17..Nf6, White to play
it was time to start white's counterplay on the kingside with f4-f5, starting with 18 f4! instead I played 18 Rfe1 and Black started to put further pressure
18..b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Rad1 b4 21. Na4 Black to play
Hikaru played 21..c4 and I cannot capture the pawn as I need to protect the knight on a4. I had to play 22Qf4! attacking b4 if he pushes the c pawn further. Instead I played 22 Re3 and 22.c3 give Black a large advantage which Black converted without trouble.
Here's the replay from 21 Na4
Final position after 31..c2!
