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Garry Kasparov vs Hikaru Nakamura, Saint Louis Blitz, 2017

Garry Kasparov vs Hikaru Nakamura

Saint Louis Blitz, 2017

Chess fans were thrilled to see Garry Kasparov return to competitive play against the world’s elite in blitz and rapid events in St Louis. Although Kasparov did not seriously challenge for first place (convincingly taken by Levon Aronian), many of his games demonstrated fabulous preparation and very high quality play.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0–0 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Nf3 dxc4 ...