Armageddon Game: Dubov wins against Nakamura #LindoresAbbey # Heritagechess

Lindores Abbey Heritage Chess Final Game 5 : Dubov upsets Nakamura by winning Armageddon Game.

 He tried 1e4 e5 2Nc3 Vienna Opening and reached a winning position after 16 moves.

 

Nakamura tried to play too quickly and spent no time on 12..Bd5?? which loses by force. Instead Dubov invested 30 seconds into playing 12Bd5! which was a strong move and not the natural and obvious 12Nf4. 

He saw this would cause problems for Black who hasn't castled. Nakamura failed to sense this was already a key moment and had to solve his issue around being behind in development.

 

Dubov-Nakamura Final Game 5- 3/6/2020

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Carlsen-Nakamura Armageddon (Lindores Abbey Online Rapid) #HeritageChess

Hikaru with Black won the decisive game, and the 3rd match ( he lost first match 0-3, won second 2.5-1.5, and had tied 3rd match 2-2). Hikaru will play Daniil Dubov in the final starting June 1st. https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/lindores-abbey-rapid-challenge-2020

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Nakamura-Carlsen Open Variation Ruy Lopez #HeritageChess #LindoresAbbey

Lindores Abbey Heritage Chess Semi-Final. Match 3 Game 2 : Hikaru is white and prepared based on a game played by Caruana against Giri in Shamkir 2016. Magnus Carlsen was probably aware of the game but took time to find the moves. Eventually he played a different move which wasn't losing but Hikaru increased the pressure.

Nakamura-Carlsen Semi-Final Game 2- 3rd Match 5/30/2020

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