Nakamura recaps his R3 Candidates game: Alireza Sacks a Piece Against Me!!
Hikaru Nakamura recaps his game against World No 3 Alireza Firouzja who yesterday celebrated his 19th birthday. Nakamura was surprised with Firouzja’s 1.d4 as he expected 1.e4 instead. Firouzja sacked a piece and transposed to a slightly better endgame with winning chances, but Hikaru managed to escape with a draw.
Replay R3: Ding Liren – Richard Rapport 1/2-1/2 / Fabiano Caruana – Jan-Krzysztof Duda 1/2-1/2 / Teimour Radjabov – Ian Nepomniachtchi 1/2-1/2 / Alireza Firouzja – Hikaru Nakamura 1/2-1/2
Replay R2: Richard Rapport – Alireza Firouzja 1/2-1/2 / Hikaru Nakamura – Teimour Radjabov 1-0 / Ian Nepomniachtchi – Fabiano Caruana 1/2-1/2 / Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Ding Liren 1/2-1/2
Replay R1: Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Richard Rapport 1/2-1/2 / Ding Liren – Ian Nepomniachtchi 0-1 / Fabiano Caruana – Hikaru Nakamura 1-0 / Teimour Radjabov – Alireza Firouzja 1/2-1/2
Video R3: GM Judit Polgar and GM Jan Gustafsson / Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal / GM Daniil Yuffa and IM Elisabeth Paehtz