Featured is an instructive quarter-final blitz chess game (#2) between Hans Niemann and Magnus Carlsen from the 2024 FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship held in New York. In reply to Carlsen’s Sicilian Defense, Niemann chooses the Rossolimo Attack. After Carlsen’s e5, a battle ensues over black’s hole on d5. Note the instructive expedited maneuver by Niemann to fight for d5. Instead of following Carlsen’s castles by castling himself, Niemann places an emphasis on a fancy knight transfer to g4 which ultimately increases his control over d5. This game finishes in a very rare way for Carlsen.
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Image of Hans Niemann by Lennart Ootes
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bc4 Be7 6. d3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Nh2 Be6 9. Ng4 Nd4 10. a4 a6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Nd5 b5 13. axb5 Nxb5 14. Bd2 Bg5 15. Ba5 Qb8 16. O-O Kh8 17. Qh5 Bd8 18. Bxd8 Qxd8 19. f4 f6 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Kh2 Nd6 22. b3 a5 23. Nc3 Nxc4 24. dxc4 Qd2 25. Na4 Qxc2 26. Nxc5 Bf7 27. Qd1 Qxd1 28. Rfxd1 Rfb8 29. Ra3 Rc8 30. Nb7 Rab8 31. Nd6 Rc7 32. Rxa5 Kg8 33. Rb5 Ra8 34. Nxf7 Kxf7 35. c5 Ra2 36. b4 Rb2 37. Rb8 Rxc5 38. Rd7+ Ke6 39. Rxg7 Rc6 40. b5 Rd6 41. Re8#