Yeah I watched the tournament live. Very impressive play from Hikaru as usual. I think maybe Alireza was having an off day because his rating was lower than usual and he lost in the bracket stage as well.
Hikaru wins Tuesday chess.com Speed Chess Championship- Game vs Firouzja
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What was the time control here ???
Hikaru had to win on demand against Firouzja as he was 17th and had to finish in the top 8 today to qualify for KO.
Here's the opening
and here's Alireza mistake 22..Rf4? which leads to White to play and get a big advantage
You can see it is a crazy position with kings on opposite sides and each player going for the attack.
if you want to play through the winning variations annotated and the rest of the game, here's the link to my blog on chess.com
https://www.chess.com/blog/thechesscorner64/hikaru-nakamura-beats-alireza-firouzja-in-tuesday-speed-championship
if you want to replay the game itself with no comments, its here as well