Alireza Firouzja bullet win in Taimanov variation Aug 26 2020 Katara

 Alireza Firouzja shows us the black side of a tricky Taimanov line.

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Ndb5

6.. Qb8 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb6 !?
Black has to take it and defend.

8..axb5 9. Nxb5
-First idea 9...Ra5 10.Nc7+ Ke7 11.Qf3! Re5 12.Qa3+ d6 13.0–0–0 f6 14.Qa4. 
The queen in  this variation goes to f3 and then a3 with pressure on a3-f8 diagonal.
-The second idea is 9..Bb4+ followed by Ba5 to indirectly cover c7.
lets look at this line.
9.. Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5 11. Nc7+

11..Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Bxc7 13. g3 Nf6 14. Bg2 O-O 
How to continue here ? Lets see Alireza Firouzja in Katara Event Aug 26 2020 win easily.

Carlsen miniatures in bullet chess

Hello Magnus Carlsen won yesterday  the monthly bullet tournament on lichess


I thought I would showcase 2 super quick wins ( miniatures) against GMs.

First, Andrew Tang (US GM-penguingm1 on lichess! ) plays 1 d4 d5 2Bf4 which is a sideline -Queen's Pawn Game or London-

Here's how Black won this game Magnus, playing under DrNykterstein username

[Event "Titled Arena July '20"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2020.07.25"] [Round "?"] [White "penguingim1"] [Black "DrNykterstein"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2996"] [BlackElo "3174"] [Annotator "thechesscorner@gmail.com"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [TimeControl "60"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 Nc6 5. c3 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. Bxd6 (8. Bg3 Bxg3 9. hxg3) 8... Qxd6 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. h3 g5 12. Be2 (12. Qg4 f6) 12... Nf6 13. O-O O-O-O {sharp} 14. b4 Kb8 15. b5 Ne7 16. Re1 Ng6 $1 17. Nf1 Nf4 18. Ne3 $4 (18. Bf3) 18... Ne4 $1 19. Rc1 Nxh3+ $19 {20 gh3 Rh3 21.Ng4 Nf2! 22Nf2 Qg3+ wins} 0-1