Harikrishna & Adams at Gibraltar 2018 | Play Like a Pro – GM Josh Friedel

February 14, 2018 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Grandmaster Josh Friedel shows the respective last round games of Pentala Harikrishna and Michael Adams at the 2018 Gibraltar Chess Festival.

2018.02.01
Michael Adams vs Nils Grandelius, Tradewise Gibraltar (2018)
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1910450
Mariya Muzychuk vs Pentala Harikrishna, Tradewise Gibraltar (2018): E00 Catalan opening
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1910555

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