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Super Chess GM Hikaru Nakamura notable game vs Sam Shankland : World Cup (2015) · English Opening

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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 at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Baku AZE"] [Date "2015.09.16"] [EventDate "2015.09.11"] [Round "2.4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Hikaru Nakamura"] [Black "Samuel Shankland"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "103"] 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Bf4 d6 7. Qc1 h6 8. a3 Nge7 9. Rb1 e5 10. Bd2 Be6 11. b4 Qd7 12. Nf3 cxb4 13. axb4 d5 14. b5 Nd4 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. O-O h5 20. Bb4 Kd7 21. Qf4 Bh6 22. Qh4 Bg5 23. Qh3+ f5 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Rhe8 26. Rb2 Be7 27. Bxe7 Rxe7 28. Ra1 Re5 29. Ra4 Rd5 30. h4 Kd6 31. Rc4 Re8 32. Kf3 Re7 33. Ra4 b6 34. Rc4 Rc7 35. Rxc7 Kxc7 36. Kf4 Kb7 37. Kg5 Rd6 38. Ra2 a5 39. bxa6+ Ka7 40. Kf4 Re6 41. e3 dxe3 42. fxe3 b5 43. e4 fxe4 44. dxe4 b4 45. e5 b3 46. Rb2 Rb6 47. e6 Rxe6 48. Rxb3 Kxa6 49. Kg5 Ka7 50. Rf3 Rb6 51. Kh6 Kb7 52. Rf7+ 1-0 Thumbnail Shankland By Andreas Kontokanis from Piraeus, Greece (Shankland Samuel) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shankland_Samuel_(30085388441).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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