Robert’s Brilliancy over Khanin | Double Exclam!! – GM Robert Hungaski

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GM Robert Hungaski shows some brilliant moves of his own from a game in Saint Louis against Sam Khanin, and another against Diego Valerga from Montevideo 2022.

Originally on Twitch
2022.03.28
Semen Khanin vs Robert Andrew Hungaski, Spring Chess Classic (2022): C11 French, Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2256500
Robert Hungaski vs. Diego Valerga, 2022: E25 Nimzo-Indian, Saemisch, Romanovsky variation

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