I’m Going To Win This Tournament

July 21, 2021 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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With a sharp attack American GM Hans Niemann destroys the French defense! In a sideline he finds a nice exchange sacrifice on which he later commented the following: “Once I saw Rxd5, I was like ‘oh’, I’m going to win this tournament”!
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Hans Moke Niemann vs Nicolas Checa
U.S. Junior Championship 2021 round 03
C11 French Defense: Burn Variation
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O-O Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qe4 Nf6 15. Qh4 Re8 16. g4 g6 17. g5 Nd5 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Bxg6 fxg5 21. Qh6 Bd7 22. Bxe8 Qxe8 23. Rhg1 Kf7 24. Rxg5 Qh8 25. Qg6+ Ke7 26. Rh5 Qf8 27. Rh7+ Kd8 28. Rf7 Qh8 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Qd6
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