Saturday, September 19, 2020

Hikaru beats Carlsen today in St Louis Blitz


Fantastic game by GM Hikaru.
14 f5!? with expansion on kingside. 14... Rd7? big mistake by Carlsen as 15 Nd5! and Black will not be able to push d6-d5.  it is surprising as Black was not lost after 14 f5!? for instance Ne7 or my preferred move would be Qb6+ followed by Nb4 controlling d5 and preparing Nxd3.


22Qh4!! is the winning move most likely missed by Carlsen who resigned a move later. Game analysis embedded in replay window above powered by lichess.org

Team TSM 


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