White just played Rxa7!! and Black resigned
Black is no slouch !
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alireza_Firouzja
so this goes to show that even an accomplished player like Alireza can lose in 9 moves.
and this was a rapid game 10 minutes played this week, not a bullet or hyper bullet.
and this was for the online tournament, so this game had value. ultimately Alireza won the match against Fabiano Caruana.
This is a reminder chess is complicated even for top GMs like Firouzja who have been at it for at least 8 years.
This is an older top 20 live chart but it tells the story.
White just played Rxa7!! and Black resigned
Black is no slouch !
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alireza_Firouzja
so this goes to show that even an accomplished player like Alireza can lose in 9 moves.
and this was a rapid game 10 minutes played this week, not a bullet or hyper bullet.
and this was for the online tournament, so this game had value. ultimately Alireza won the match against Fabiano Caruana.
This is a reminder chess is complicated even for top GMs like Firouzja who have been at it for at least 8 years.
This is an older top 20 live chart but it tells the story.