Indian Grandmaster Shocks Nakamura With A Brutal Queen Sacrifice

Surya Ganguly (2579) vs Hikaru Nakamura (2644)
VII Dos Hermanas Internet (2006) (rapid), ICC INT, rd 2, Mar-24
French Defense: McCutcheon. Janowski Variation (C12)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 g5 8. h4 h5
9. hxg5 hxg4 10. Rxh8+ Bf8 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne2 Kd7 13. O-O-O c6 14. Ng3 Qe7
15. Nxe4 Kc7 16. Rh7 Nd7 17. g6 Qe8 18. Rxf7 Be7 19. Nf6 Bxf6 20. exf6 Qg8 21.
Bf4+ Kb6 22. Bd3 Nxf6 23. Bc7#
1-0
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Video Thumbnail Credits: By Andreas Kontokanis from Piraeus, Greece (Hikaru Nakamura) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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