another day = 2 chances to play against Hikaru

OK first game, I was black and this was far from a one sided affair. The only thing is Hikaru plays so fast.

Hikaru wants to play a closed sicilian. I am not ready to go for the main lines (Nc6 and g6-Bg7) where he will probably do g3,Bg2,f4-f5 and Qe1-h4.

So I switch it up and play 2..a6 !?

In the position above, Hikaru plays 5d4. So he is transposing into standard sicilian, and it looks like a Kan variation, ..e6 and ..a6 except that I played b7-b5 instead of Qc7 or Nc6 (Taimanov).

We are getting a sharp variation but instead of castling long, Hikaru launches an attack. 

Here is where I could have played a stronger move to generate my own counterplay faster than in the game.

ok so I lost again. 84 accuracy versus 93. the gap is getting closer

but of course things are never simple.

in the same TSM Arena, I play Hikaru again, this time with White

and again I lost. I cannot run accuracy at 20 Depth as I am not a premium member, but one of you guys could maybe ? at any rate, Hikaru was never once in danger in this game.

This was a 3 minutes rated game with official link here : https://www.chess.com/live/game/5656096245

the first game is here :https://www.chess.com/live/game/5655846520

yeah

@GMHikaruOnTwitch 

@thechesscorner64 in the 2nd game you had 73 accuracy vs hikaru's 95 accuracy

The second game gives you an accuracy of 73.1 vs Hikaru's 95.3

eeeeeeeeeeeeee

Is dat rlly hikaru? 

thanks guys, so clearly the first game was closer. 

yes thats really Hikaru and he is really 3000+ on chess.com which is in itself amazing, considering he follows his audience while streaming and playing at the same time

no problem @thechesscorner64. I love your news posts and your games have great analyzation! Keep it up!