Right now I’d prefer to share with you my recreation in opposition to Hikaru Nakamura. I performed my favorite 1.b3 chess opening as White and Hikaru responded very solidly.

It was a very attention-grabbing recreation with a rollercoaster of feelings. Within the middlegame, I sacrificed my pawn to launch a crushing assault in opposition to Hikaru’s king which pressured him to surrender castling.

Hikaru defended very well and I respect him for that. He by no means backs down and creates nasty methods even in fully misplaced positions. And that’s precisely what occurred within the recreation; sure, I missed two checkmate in 1 strikes at one level. 😅

Under, you’ll find the whole chess recreation: