Hikaru Nakamura – 丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén)
4th Sinquefield Cup; Saint Louis, August 14, 2016
Queen’s Gambit Declined D44
4th Sinquefield Cup; Saint Louis, August 14, 2016
Queen’s Gambit Declined D44
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be5 Qe7 14. b3 cxb3 15. axb3 a6 16. Qc1!? I guess Hikaru’s novelty is not an improvised play, since in the previous reference White could be happy only because of the outcome (due to an awful blunder of his opponent): 16. 0-0 h5 17. Re1 Bg7 18. d5 0-0 19. d6 Qd8 20. b4 Bh6 21. Bg3 Nd7 22. e5 c5 23. Bd3 cxb4 24. Ne4 Rc8 25. Qb1 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 a5 27. Qa2 a4 28. Qe2 Qb6 29. Bb1 Nc5?? (Black commits sucide; 30. ... Qd4 would have easily won the game) 30. Qc2 1 : 0 Tregubov – Motylev, 60th Russian Chess Championship, Krasnoyarsk 2007. 16. ... Rg8 17. 0-0 Nh5 18. d5! Suddenly, White’s Queen no longer seems so oddly placed! 18. ... Qxh4?? 丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén) very gravely overestimates his own chances and embarks himself on a suicide mission. 19. g3 Qg5 20. dxc6 Qxe5 21. cxb7 Rb8. Black has gained a Pawn and still dreams to attack the enemy King. Instead...
22. Nd5! This terrific blow must have been overlooked by 丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén). 22. ... exd5. This loses outright, but Stockfish’s “best” line 22. ... f6 23. Rxa6 Kf7 24. Qc7+ Qxc7 25. Nxc7 Rxb7 26. Nxe6 Be7 27. Kg2 directly puts Black in Zugzwang. 23. Qc8+ Ke7 24. Rxa6 Nxg3 25. Bxb5. Threatening Qc8-d7 mate. 25. ... Ne2+ 26. Bxe2 f6 27. Re6+ Qxe6 28. Qxb8 1 : 0.
Hikaru Nakamura (R.) vs. 丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén)
Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour
Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour
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