Praggnanandhaa Faces The Most Solid Hippopotamus Defense

In this video I am analyzing a dramatic super blitz game played between two chess prodigies! On chess.com Junior Speed Chess Championship Indian chess prodigy GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa faced Chinese GM Wei Yi! 13-year-old Praggnanandaa showed his talent in his match with Wei Yi, which he only lost by a three-point margin with a score of 14.5-11.5. Despite the defeat, he won several nice games and showed a tough resistance! In this video I am covering one of the games from that match where Wei Yi loses on time in a sharp battle which arose from Hippopotamus Defence! In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (2627) vs. Wei Yi (2815)
Live Chess Chess.com 31 May 2019
1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bc4 e6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nc3 b6 7. a4 a6 8. Bf4 Bb7 9. Qd2 h6 10. Rad1 Nd7 11. Rfe1 g5 12. Bg3 Ng6 13. h3 Nf6 14. e5 Nh5 15. Qe3 Nxg3 16. fxg3 O-O 17. Bd3 dxe5 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Nxe5 Qe8 20. Qd3 Rd8 21. Qc4 c5 22. d5 exd5 23. Nxd5 Kh7 24. Nf3 Qf7 25. Nxb6 Qc7 26. Nd5 Qxg3 27. Re7 Rxf3 28. Rxb7 Rdf8 29. Qe4 Qf2+ 30. Kh2 Rxh3+ 31. Kxh3 Rf4 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Qe5+ Kh7 34. Qe7+ Rf7 35. Qe4
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