Hikaru Nakamura vs Wesley So : London Chess Classic (2016) · Gruenfeld Defense
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Hikaru Nakamura vs Wesley So : London Chess Classic (2016) · Gruenfeld Defense
Nakamura seems to misplay the White side of a Gruenfeld defence and allow black to resourcefully breach a "relativ...
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Hikaru Nakamura vs Wesley So : London Chess Classic (2016) · Gruenfeld Defense
Nakamura seems to misplay the White side of a Gruenfeld defence and allow black to resourcefully breach a "relative pin" with a fine tactical idea that leaves black simply better out of the opening and White having weak pawns. It was a Gruenfeld player's dream position but action was started with the rather quirky e5 instead of the more routine Qa5. Perhaps this game will popularise e5 as a concept to follow up with f5 which seemed very dangerous in this game for White to handle.
[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2016.12.09"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "58"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Qd2 e5 10. d5 Nd7 11. c4 f5
12. Bg5 Nf6 13. Ne2 Nxe4 14. Bxd8 Nxd2 15. Be7 Rf7 16. Bxc5
Nxf1 17. Rxf1 b6 18. Bb4 Ba6 19. f4 Rc8 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Rf3
Bxc4 22. Re3 Bg7 23. Nf4 Rd7 24. a4 Bh6 25. g3 Bxf4 26. gxf4
Rxd5 27. Re7 Rd4 28. Bd2 Kf8 29. Bb4 Re8 0-1
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Nakamura
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Wesley So
Wesley So
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