An old chess proverb says: “A player surprised is half beaten”! Relying on this well known fact, Hikaru Nakamura goes for Evans Gambit, an old opening which can be seen rarely at the top level nowadays but is perfect to drive your opponent out of preparations from move 4 and mess up the game! Nakamura’s strategy worked fine, and after facing the Evans Gambit Robert Hess started to burn time and make inaccurate moves! Nakamura wins the game with a staggering rook sacrifice! In the end of the video as usual you can solve the daily puzzle!
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Hikaru Nakamura (2775) vs Robert Lee Hess (2635)
US Championship (2012), St Louis, MO USA, rd 1, May-08
Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Stone-Ware Variation (C51)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bd6 6.d4 Qe7 7.O-O
Nf6 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Re1 Ba3 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Ne8 12.f4 Bxc1
13.Rxc1 d6 14.exd6 cxd6 15.Nf3 Bg4 16.h3 Rc8 17.Bb3 Bxf3
18.Qxf3 Rc5 19.Re3 Nc7 20.e5 dxe5 21.Qxb7 a5 22.Qe4 Ne6
23.fxe5 Re8 24.Rd1 Qc7 25.Rdd3 h6 26.Bd5 Qb6 27.c4 Qb1+ 28.Kh2 Qxa2 29.Bxe6 fxe6 30.Rd7 Kh8 31.Rxg7 Kxg7 32.Rg3+ Kf8 33.Qh7
1-0
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