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Showing posts with label hikaru nakamura. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hikaru nakamura. Show all posts
Saturday, December 25, 2021
Monday, May 17, 2021
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
my game against Hikaru
I played a blitz game against GM Hikaru Nakamura
I lost but this was quite instructive.
Saturday, December 12, 2020
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Hikaru Nakamura wins against Firouzja with hidden tactics
the players
the game played in skilling open (Champions Tour) on chess24.com
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Sunday, November 1, 2020
Fire on the board: playing the Nf3,e3,b3 system
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
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
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Saturday, September 19, 2020
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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Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Hikaru Nakamura against Alireza Firouzja
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
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Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
My blitz game against Hikaru Nakamura Aug 2020- Scandinavian
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!
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
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
Sunday, August 16, 2020
Berlin Wall destroyed: Hikaru Nakamura wins in 22 moves against Magnus Carlsen day 3 chess24.com finals
Berlin Wall is the position after 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 Nf6 in the www.chess24.com finals.
Hikaru chose anti-berlin 4 d3 on which Carlsen plays the most popular and active 4..Bc5
6. Nbd2 O-O (6..Bg4 was played by Carlsen before) 7. Qe2
White hasn't decided where his king will castle
7..Re8 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Bd2 b5 10. Ne3 Nf8 11. h4 Ne6? (11..a5 was safer)
White to play , what did Magnus miss with Black ? I am sure he intended 12..Nd4 but white has 13Nf7! Ne2 14Nd8 with 2 pawns up
12. Nxe5 a5? 13. Qh5! g6 14. Qf3 f6 15. Nxc6! Qd7 16. Qxf6 Qxc6 17. Bc3
Position after 17 Bc3!
White threatens 18 Qh8+ and h7, and has already 3 pawns for the piece. White can continue the attack with h4-h5 as well as 0-0-0 followed by d3-d4
17...Rf8 18. Qh8+ Kf7 19. Qxh7+ Ke8 20. Qxg6+ Kd7 21. d4 b4 22. dxc5 1-0
very convincing win by Hikaru today in the berlin
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Hikaru Nakamura wins against Danil Dubov on Magnus Final Tour tournament
Hikaru Nakamura played a quite instructive game against Daniil Dubov and scored a key win in his match.
This is a rapid game played online in the chess24.com chess24 Magnus Finals tournament, in August 2020.
The Sveshnikov Variation has become very popular in master level chess
Hikaru is White, and Dubov is Black.
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7
They reached the following position after Black played 19..Qe8 to prevent b4-b5
White has a passed pawn on the b column and played 20 Be2. Dubov started counterplay with f7-f5 which is standard in this sicilian opening.
Eventually, they reached the following with white to play
Hikaru played 31 Ne3! the best move of the game. It deprives black from the bishop pair and targets the d6 pawn. Also the knight will jump to c4-a5-c6 which will be hard to defend against, as the dark square bishop is weaker than White's knight
and here is the final key moment, White to Play
Here Hikaru played 38 Rdc1! with the idea Nc6. Black tried 38..Bf4. Hikaru continued 39 Qc8+ Rd8 40 Qxd8 queen sacrifice with advantage but either 39 Qc7 or 39Nc6 was winning on the spot .
Here's the full replay
and the game notation (PGN)
[Event "Carlsen Tour Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.10"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6
Bxf6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4 Nxb4 15. cxb4 Bd7 16. Bxa6 O-O
17. b3 axb3 18. Qxb3 Kh8 19. O-O Qe8 20. Be2 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. b5 Be6 23.
Ra6 Qf7 24. Bc4 Rfd8 25. Rd1 e4 26. b6 Rf8 27. Ra2 Bd8 28. Rb2 Qh5 29. Qc2 Bf5
30. Qd2 Be6 31. Ne3 Bxc4 32. Nxc4 Bf6 33. Rbb1 Rfd8 34. b7 d5 35. Na5 Be5 36.
g3 Qg6 37. Qc2 Rd6 38. Rdc1 Bf4 39. Qc8+ Rd8 40. Qxd8+ Rxd8 41. Rc8 Qe8 42.
Rxd8 Qxd8 43. gxf4 1-0
Monday, June 22, 2020
Nakamura-Dubov Chessable chess24.com GroupA analysis
Round 10 : Hikaru wins against Dubov and qualifies on June 22, 2020.
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Re8 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 Bd7 11. O-O Ng4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd2 d5 14. f5 Ne5
15. Qf2 e6 16. f6 Ng4 17. Qf3 Qxf6 18. Qxg4 Qd4+ 19. Rf2 f5 20. Qf3 fxe4 21.
Qf7+ Kh8 22. Qxd7 Rad8 23. Qxc6 Rf8 24. Be1 Qe3 25. Qxe6 Bd4 26. Nxd5 Qe2 27.
Qe5+ 1-0
Dubov-Nakamura Round 10: Chessable Group A
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Novelty prepared by GM Riazantsev, " Game 4 was actually a very important moment, and first of all I want to praise my friend and coach Sasha Riazantsev, who managed, while I was losing like an idiot with White, to come up with this completely new idea of c5, so it was just prepared by him between the games and I think he did a brilliant job"
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Armageddon Dubov-Nakamura chess24 LindoresAbbey #Heritage Chess Key Moments with Analysis
Dubov is white and must win. Nakamura is Black and must draw or win.
Opening was 1e4 e5 2Nc3 Vienna Opening. 
Position 1
Here the normal variation should be 12Nf4 Nf4 12Bf4 0-0 13 Qh5 with a += assessment. white's a bit better but the game goes on.
Instead, Daniil Dubov chose 12.Bd5! after thinking for 30 seconds which brings us here
Position 2
Now Black had to play 12..fg3+ 13 Ng3 Bd5 14 Qh5 Ne7 with White being better. the point of white's play is that Bd5 and Bc5 are hanging while Black hasn't castled yet. 15 Nd5 Qd5 16 Qd5 Nd5 17Rf5! 0-0-0 18c4! wins the bishop in c5. Black has only two pawns for a piece.
But Nakamura doesn't sense the danger and replied 12..Bd5 instantly
. He is definitely trying to play fast the opening. Logically the game goes on as this from diagram
12..Bd5?? 13 Nf4
Position 3
White is attacking the bishop in d5. if you retreat: 13..Be6 14 Ne6 fe6 15Qh5+ Kd7 16 Qc5 wins a piece. The bishop on c5 is loose.
So Hikaru spent 15 seconds and played 13..Ne7 on which Dubov replied 14 Qh5 c6 15Ncxd5 cd5 which brings us to the final position
Position 4
Can you spot the winning move ? with simple moves, Dubov achieved a winning position in 16 moves.
Answer is 16Ne6!
Position 5
Black is lost here. 16..Qd6 17Ng7+Kd7 18 Rf7! and White converted easily. Replay full game here.
Dubov won because he sensed this was a critical position at move 12 and invested 30 seconds to calculate and choose a dangerous move. Nakamura played instantly the obvious reply but this is lost by force. Speed is important but speed at all cost wasn't the right strategy.
Kudos to Dubov who won the event, after Nakamura eliminated Carlsen in the semi-finals. Dubov had to win against Sergey Karjakin who was also very strong in this format.
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Match2 HeritageChess Lindores Abbey Rapid: Nakamura-Dubov Game 1 June 2nd 2020
Lindores Abbey Heritage Chess Final
Game 1 : Dubov upsets Nakamura by winning first game with Black. Sicilian Alapin B22
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Dubov-Nakamura Final Game 1- 2/6/2020
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Dubov-Nakamura Game 4 (1/2-1/2) on Match 2 : Dutch Opening By Hikaru
Lindores Abbey Heritage Chess Final
Game 4 : Hikaru must win with Black but was held to a draw by Dubov
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Dubov-Nakamura Finale Game 4- 2/6/2020
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