Nakamura Crushes Fedoseev 8-0 at Speed Chess! | Games of the Week – GM Jesse Kraai

December 3, 2020 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Grandmaster Jesse Kraai shows Hikaru Nakamura’ tremendous 8-0 start against Vladimir Fedoseev in the 2020 Chess.com Speed Chess Championship. The games (G5+1) are shown in sequence.

2020.12.03
Hikaru Nakamura vs. Vladimir Fedoseev, 2020: D43 Queen’s Gambit Declined semi-Slav
https://lichess.org/broadcast/the-2020-speed-chess-championship-nakamura-vs-fedoseev/78iGCEqh
Fedoseev vs. Nakamura, 2020: E06 Catalan, closed, 5.Nf3
https://lichess.org/broadcast/the-2020-speed-chess-championship-nakamura-vs-fedoseev/78iGCEqh
Nakamura vs. Fedoseev, 2020: D37 Queen’s Gambit Declined, 4.Nf3
https://lichess.org/broadcast/the-2020-speed-chess-championship-nakamura-vs-fedoseev/78iGCEqh
Fedoseev vs. Nakamura, 2020: C53 Giuoco Piano
https://lichess.org/broadcast/the-2020-speed-chess-championship-nakamura-vs-fedoseev/78iGCEqh
Nakamura vs. Fedoseev, 2020: D37 Queen’s Gambit Declined, 4.Nf3
https://lichess.org/broadcast/the-2020-speed-chess-championship-nakamura-vs-fedoseev/78iGCEqh
Fedoseev vs. Nakamura, 2020: E06 Catalan, closed, 5.Nf3
https://lichess.org/broadcast/the-2020-speed-chess-championship-nakamura-vs-fedoseev/78iGCEqh
Nakamura vs. Fedoseev, 2020: D43 Queen’s Gambit Declined semi-Slav
https://lichess.org/broadcast/the-2020-speed-chess-championship-nakamura-vs-fedoseev/78iGCEqh
Fedoseev vs. Nakamura, 2020: C53 Giuoco Piano
https://lichess.org/broadcast/the-2020-speed-chess-championship-nakamura-vs-fedoseev/78iGCEqh

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