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Tani Faces Fabiano Caruana In A Blitz Game

April 4, 2019 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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Tanitoluwa Adewumi (Tani) vs GM Fabiano Caruana
B56 Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Qd2 Nxe3 8.Nxc6 Nxc2+ 9. Qxc2 bxc6 10. Bc4 e6 11. Rd1 Be7 12. e5 d5 13. Ne4 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Rb8 17. b3 Ba6 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Kd7 20. Rd4 c5 21. Rd2 c4 22. bxc4 Rb1+ 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Bxc4 25. a3 Rb8 26. Kd2 Kxd6 27. Rc1 Bd5 28. Rc3 Rb3 29. Rg3 Rxg3 30. hxg3 Bxg2 31. Ke3 g5 32. f3 h5 33. Kf2 Bh1 34. g4 h4 35. Kg1 Bxf3 36. Kh2 Ke5 37. Kh3 Kf4 38. a4 Ke3 39. a5 Kf2 40. a6 Bg2+ 41. Kh2 f5 42. gxf5 g4 43. fxe6 g3#
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8-year-old Nigerian refugee Tanitoluwa Adewumi (‘Tani’ for short) who was living with his family in a homeless shelter is a third grader who won the “Primary Championship” with a score of 5½/6. What’s most remarkable about this result is that he learned to play chess and played his first rated tournament just one year ago. In this video I am covering his blitz game against GM Fabiano Caruana. Unfortunately Tani fails to show the slightest resistance and he quickly gets a lost position.
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