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Hikaru Nakamura: Black vs Alexander Stripunsky - US Ch 2012 - French Defence Tarrasch

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►Playlists: http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/playlistvideosstructure.asp ►Kingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://tinyurl.com/6vvx6qe ►Play FREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net or realtime at http://www.chesscube.com Chess World.net Instructive Game: Guimard as a dangerous weapon in Tarrasch French - Stripunsky vs Nakamura Alexander Stripunsky vs Hikaru Nakamura US Championship 2012 · French Defense: Tarrasch Variation. Guimard Defense Main Line (C04) [Event "US Championship"] [Site "0:02:33-0:31:33"] [Date "2012.05.16"] [Round "8"] [White "Alexander Stripunsky"] [Black "Hikaru Nakamura"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C04"] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "2012.05.07"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 a5 7. a4 Be7 8. Bb5 Na7 9. Bd3 (9. Nxa5 c6) 9... b6 10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxc5 bxc5 13. b3 O-O 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Bb5 Qb6 16. O-O Ba6 17. c4 Bb7 18. Rad1 Nb4 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nh3 d4 21. Nf4 Kh7 22. Rfe1 Rg8 23. Nd3 Raf8 24. Nxb4 axb4 25. Qd3+ g6 26. Bf4 Kg7 27. Qh3 g5 28. Bg3 Kh7 29. Qg4 Rg6 30. h3 Kg7 31. Qh5 Rg8 32. Rd3 Qa7 33. f3 Bd8 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Ke2 Bc7 36. Kd1 Qa8 (36... f5 37. exf6 Bxg3 38. Qg4 Bxe1 39. Qxe6) 37. Kc1 f5 38. Bh2 (38. exf6 Bxg3 39. Qg4 Bxe1 40. Qxe6 Qd8) 38... Ke7 39. Rd2 f4 40. Bg1 Qf8 41. Bxd4 (41. Qg4 Qf5 42. Qxf5 exf5) 41... cxd4 42. Rxd4 Bc8 43. c5 Qg7 (43... Qf5) (43... Qf5 44. Bd3) 44. Rd6 Bxd6 45. cxd6+ Kd8 46. Bd3 Bb7 47. Qxg6 Qxg6 48. Bxg6 Rxg6 49. Rd1 Bd5 50. Rd4 Kd7 (50... Bxb3 51. Rxb4 Bd5 52. a5 Kd7) 51. Rxb4 Rg8 52. Kd2 Rf8 53. a5 h5 54. Rb6 Ra8 55. b4 g4 56. hxg4 hxg4 57. fxg4 Bxg2 58. a6 Bd5 59. Rb5 f3 60. Ke3 Rf8 61. Kf2 Rh8 62. Rxd5 exd5 63. b5 Rb8 (63... Ra8 64. g5 d4 65. Kxf3 Ke6 66. Ke4 d3 67. Kxd3 Kxe5 68. d7 Kd6 69. g6 Kxd7 70. Ke4) 64. g5 (64. a7 Ra8 65. b6 Kc6 66. g5 Kxb6 67. e6 Kc6 68. d7 Kd6) (64. a7 Ra8 65. b6 Kc6 66. g5 Kxb6 67. d7 Kc7 68. e6 Kd6 69. Kxf3 Kxe6 70. g6 Kxd7) 64... Rxb5 65. g6 Rb8 66. a7 Ra8 67. g7 Ke6 68. Kxf3 Kxe5 69. d7 Kd6 70. Kf4 Kxd7 71. Ke5 Kc6 0-1 ►Subscribe for my regular chess videos: http://goo.gl/zpktUK ►Support the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq

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