Chess with Sam Collins

Jan Krzysztof Duda vs Hikaru Nakamura

Gibraltar Masters, 2018

Levon Aronian won this year’s Gibraltar Masters after a blitz playoff. One of the players tying for first, Hikaru Nakamura, started with five straight wins, including this effort against the second strongest junior in the world.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6

Nakamura is one of the strongest players to regularly play the Dragon variation.

6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0–0 8.Qd2 ...