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Hikaru Nakamura vs Alexander Onischuk : US Championships (2015) : Scotch Game

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â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime... (Show Full Description)
â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher [Event "US Championships"] [Site "0:27:33-0:06:33"] [Date "2015.04.12"] [Round "11"] [White "Hikaru Nakamura"] [Black "Alexander Onischuk"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2015.03.31"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 (4. c3 d5) 4... Nf6 (4... d6) 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc5 (10. Bxc6 Bxe3 11. fxe3 ( 11. Bxa8 Bxf2+ 12. Kf1 Ba6+) 11... Qh4+ 12. g3 Nxg3) 10... Nxc5 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. O-O (12. Qxd5 Qe7 13. O-O Rxb2 14. Na3 Rd8 15. Qf3 Ne6) 12... Rxb2 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 (13... Qe7 14. Nc3 Rd8 15. Qf3) 14. Bxd5 Rxc2 15. Na3 Re2 16. Rac1 Nd3 ( 16... Ne6 {Equal clearly according to engine!} 17. Bxe6 Bxe6 18. Rxc7 Rxe5 19. Rxa7 Rc8 20. Nb1 Re2 21. a4 Ra2) 17. Rxc7 Be6 18. Bb3 (18. Bxe6 fxe6) 18... a5 (18... Nxe5 19. Rxa7 Bxb3 20. axb3 Rb8 21. Rc7 g6 22. Nc2 Rd2 23. b4 Nd3 24. Rb1 Nxf2 25. b5 Ne4 26. h3 Rb6 {Blockade!}) 19. Ra7 (19. f4 a4 20. Bxa4 Bd5 21. Rc2 Re4 22. Bb5 Nxf4 {About equal}) 19... Bxb3 20. axb3 Rxe5 (20... Nxe5) 21. Nc4 Rb5 22. Rb1 Nc5 23. Nxa5 Re8 24. g3 g6 25. b4 Nd3 26. Nc6 Re2 27. Rd7 Nxf2 (27... Rb6 28. Rxd3 (28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nxg6+ hxg6 30. Rxd3 Rf6 31. Re3 Rexf2 32. Reb3) 28... Rxc6 29. b5 Rb6 30. Ra3) (27... Ne1 28. Kf1) (27... Ne5 28. Re7 f6 29. Kg2 Rd2 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 fxe5 32. b5 Rd7 33. b6 Rb7 34. g4 {Nice for White}) 28. Nd4 Nh3+ 29. Kh1 Nf2+ 30. Kg2 Nd1+ (30... Rd2 31. Nxb5 Rxd7 32. Kxf2) 31. Nxe2 1-0 Thumbnail Onischuk By Cei Phillian (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Onischuk_05.jpg Nakamura By Stefan64 (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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