Blindfold Chess Podcast

S1 E7 Hikaru Nakamura v A. Firoujza (2020)

Cassidy Noble Season 1 Episode 7

This week, we are looking at a game from GM Hikaru Nakamura. The internet's most popular chess streamer. 

I could not list all of his accolades due to a character limit, but some of his highlights - 
5x - US Champion
2x - Candidate for the World Championship
World's Wealthiest Chess Player
1.5 million Twitch followers
1.3 million Youtube subscribers
Countless winner of Titled Tuesday (Chess.com)
Youngest American to beat an IM (age 10) 
Youngest American to be a GM (age 15)

This week, we are looking at a game he played against World Number 3 - GM Alireza Firouzja

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bd3 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2 c5 9. a3 Nc6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. c4 a5
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qc2 a4 14. Rad1 axb3 15. Nxb3 Qb6 16. Bxf6
gxf6 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Nh4 Ne5 19. Nf5 Rxa3 20. Qe2 Ra4
21. Qh5 1-0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikaru_Nakamura

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1995646

https://www.twitch.tv/GMHikaru

http://cassidynoble.com/

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