Alireza Firouzja's Immortal Chess Game?! - Top 10 of the 2010s - Firouzja vs. Zarkovic, 2019
16-year-old Alireza Firouzja JUST finished second in the 2019 World Rapid Chess Championship, and he is sure to be a force to reckon with in the 2020s. This year, he played my 10th favorite game of the decade with a dazzling Sicilian miniature.
Top 10 Games of the 2010s
- #1: Aronian vs. Anand, 2013 (blog)
- #2: Wei Yi vs. Bruzon Bautista, 2015 (blog)
- #3: Alphazero vs. Stockfish, 2017 (blog)
- #4: Aronian vs. Kramnik, 2018 (blog)
- #5: Carlsen vs. Karjakin, 2013 (blog)
- #6: Gelfand vs. Nakamura, 2010 (blog)
- #7: Dubov vs. Giri, 2019 (blog)
- #8: Bai Jinshi vs. Ding Liren, 2017 (blog)
- #9: Aronian vs. Carlsen, 2017 (blog)
- #10: Firouzja vs. Zarkovic, 2019
What do you think the 2020s hold for Alireza? A US Championship? A World Championship? A slot on a victorious Olympiad team? A 4000 bullet chess rating on Chess.com?
Lessons:
- g3 in the open Sicilian has poison?!
- Never go for a Sicilian when death is on the line.
- Fianchettoed knights SUCK!
My brief annotations are below.
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