By Malcolm Pein, Chess correspondent, in St Louis
11:36AM BST 01 Sep 2015 Comments
Sparkling attacking play from Hikaru Nakamura was the highlight of the sixth round of the 3rd Sinquefield Cup at St Louis, Missouri.
The US champion illustrated how dangerous a player he can be in his favourite King’s Indian as he humbled Wesley So, whose naivety in the opening, to which I alluded yesterday, was demonstrated again.
So played his first 20 moves instantly, which suggests he was relying on a misleading computer assessment.
A player experienced in these positions would never take on g4, or at least be highly suspicious of it.
Full article here.
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