Hikaru Nakamura win in the Saemisch Variation NimzoIndian Defense with Black

Hikaru beats Carlsen today in St Louis Blitz

Fantastic game by GM Hikaru.

Video replay here -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNxwzJwtQIY&t=189s

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

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Hikaru wins critical Ruy Lopez game on day 7 to level the score : details inside

Hikaru went for a sharp version of the anti-berlin 4d3. 

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. h3 Nd7 8. Nc4 a5 9. g4 Re8 10. Rg1! a411. Ne3 Bxe3 12. Bxe3 Nf8 13. h4 Qd6 14. Qd2 c5 15. h5 b5 16. Nh4 Qc6 17. Nf5!

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incredible win in Nimzo by Hikaru Nakamura against Magnus Carlsen

Armageddon game today. Hikaru must draw, Magnus must win for day 5.

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  1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8!

a very important move to prepare f7-f5 and the knight will go back to f6 or d6. Black wants to play Ba6 pressuring c5. Magnus had played this against Giri and Anand in the last months so Hikaru was prepared.

  

  10. O-O Ba6 11. f4 f5! 

White to play

 

The game continued and Hikaru increased his advantage with Black. After his move 30..Nd2! we reached the following 

White to play

If white takes the knight 31 Nxd2 31..Qe3+ wins it back with attack against the king. Magnus pieces ( queen and rook) are too far to defend the lone white king. Magnus played 31 Rd8 but the following occured:31. Rd8 Nxf1 32. Qxf1 Qe3+ 33. Kh2 Re4

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Critical position where Magnus sacrificed the exchange on move 19 with 19Rg7?!

2nd Critical position where Hikaru played 36..Kg7 with a clear plan to activate rooks as indicated by arrows and explanation below. turning point of the game 2 with Hikaru(Black) in the driver seat

Carlsen-Nakamura World Blitz 2019 Tie-Break Game reply/annotated

Magnus Carlsen- Hikaru Nakamura World Chess Blitz Championship 2019 Tie-Break Final 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8.c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. O-O b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Nbd7 14. Ba6 Nc5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Ne5 Ncd7 17. Qf3 Qa6 18. Nc6 Kh8 19. Nc4 Qxa2 20. g4 Nc5 21. Nd6 Nb3 22. Rc2 Qa4 23. Rc4 Qa6 24. g5 Nd7 25. Rh4 Nbc5 26. Nxf7+ Rxf7 27.Qxf7 Qe2 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Qxd7 Rf8 30. Rf4 1-0

Video of the game courtesy of Chessbase India
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8.c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. O-O b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Nbd7 14. Ba6 Nc5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Ne5 Ncd7 17. Qf3 Qa6 18. Nc6 Kh8 19. Nc4 Qxa2 20. g4 Nc5 21. Nd6 Nb3 22. Rc2 Qa4 23. Rc4 Qa6 24. g5 Nd7 25. Rh4 Nbc5 26. Nxf7+ Rxf7 27.Qxf7 Qe2 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Qxd7 Rf8 30. Rf4 1-0 note to self " no ' like he didn't in pgn string for chesstempo pgn viewer and no extra space" 1-0