Must See! Duda Sacrifices His Queen Twice vs Nakamura

December 20, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Polish GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda sacrifices his Queen twice during the 2019 Speed Chess Championship Quarterfinal match vs American GM Hikaru Nakamura! While the first Queen sacrifice was not accepted, the second one forced a resignation in view of an imminent checkmate! In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Hikaru Nakamura (3160) vs Jan-Krzysztof Duda (3027)
Live chess Chess.com (11) 04.12.2019 [chessvibes]
C42 Russian Game: Karklins-Martinovsky Variation
1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nf4 Nc6 7. c3 Nf6 8.
d4 Bf5 9. Be3 d5 10. Nd2 O-O-O 11. O-O-O Qa3 12. Qb5 Qxa2 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Na5 15. Kc2 Qa4+ 16. Kb1 Kb8 17. Nf3 Rd6 18. Nd2 Ra6 19. Qc2 Qa1+
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