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Blitz Chess Curiosity: Hikaru Nakamura vs Magnus Carlsen - Scotch Game - Zurich 2014

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â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://goo.gl/447QLb â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher [Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Blitz)"] [Site "Zurich SUI"] [Date "2014.01.29"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Hikaru Nakamura"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "2789"] [BlackElo "2872"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2014.01.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 (11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Rfe1 Rb8 13. Rab1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6) 11... Bd6 (11... h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. c4) 12. c3 ( 12. Qf3 Be6 13. h3) 12... Re8 13. Bh4 Bg4 14. f3 (14. Qc2 h6 15. Rae1 Qc7 16. h3 Bd7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. b4) 14... Bh5 15. Qc2 Bg6 16. Rae1 Qc7 17. g4 (17. h3 Bh2+ (17... Nh5 18. Kh1 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Bg3 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Bg5 Bf2) 18. Kh1 Nh5) 17... Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nd7 (18... Bxh2+ 19. Kg2 Nd7 20. Rh1 Rxe1 21. Bxe1) 19. Qc2 Nf8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Re1 Rb8 22. Kg2 Ne6 23. Bg3 c5 24. b3 c4 25. Rd1 cxb3 26. axb3 d4 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. cxd4 Nf4+ (28... Nxd4 29. Qe4 Rd8 30. Nc3 Qc5 31. Ne2 Ne6 32. Rxd8+ Nxd8 33. Qe8+ Qf8 34. Qd7) 29. Kh1 Qd5 30. Qe4 (30. Qf2 Rxb3) 30... Qxb3 31. Re1 (31. Nc3 Qxc3 (31... Rc8) (31... g5 32. Rb1) 32. Qxf4) (31. Ra1 g5) 31... g5 (31... Qxa4 32. Qxf4) 32. Nc5 Qa2 33. Rg1 Nh3 34. Nd3 (34. Rg3 Nf2+) (34. Rg2 Qa1+) 34... Nxg1 35. Qe5 Nxf3 (35... Rb6 36. Kxg1 Qb1+) (35... Rb1 36. Qxg5+ Kf8 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qg5+) 36. Qxb8+ Kg7 37. Ne1 ( 37. Qb2 Qd5 38. Qe2 Nxd4+ 39. Qg2 Qe6 40. Nf2 a5) 37... Qa1 38. Kg2 Nxe1+ 39. Kf2 Nd3+ 40. Ke3 Qc3 0-1 â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq] Carlsen vs Nakamura Magnus Carlsen: By GFHund (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons 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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