2 years ago in the same day, I played a 5 minutes game with Hikaru Nakamura and I was able to checkmate him. Let me review the game.
I played my usual queen's pawn opening, the Torre attack to build up a nice advantage in the center and later I played a4 to challenge his b5 pawn. He captured the a4 pawn and then his a-pawn became isolated which I won soon.
I got a winning endgame, but my time was low, He played very quickly and generated counterplay.
He could win back the pawn and equalize, but missed his chances.
I won a knight fir my extra pawn, but my clock went down to 20 seconds.
My position was winning, but time-wise I was losing.
When I had only 3 seconds on my clock he made a bad move, he attacked my rook, but then I gave him a checkmate in 2 moves.
The best victory of my life. It help me to believe, I can get the Grandmaster title.
The best thing happened in the best time. A good sign!
2 years ago in the same day, I played a 5 minutes game with Hikaru Nakamura and I was able to checkmate him. Let me review the game.
I played my usual queen's pawn opening, the Torre attack to build up a nice advantage in the center and later I played a4 to challenge his b5 pawn. He captured the a4 pawn and then his a-pawn became isolated which I won soon.
I got a winning endgame, but my time was low, He played very quickly and generated counterplay.
He could win back the pawn and equalize, but missed his chances.
I won a knight fir my extra pawn, but my clock went down to 20 seconds.
My position was winning, but time-wise I was losing.
When I had only 3 seconds on my clock he made a bad move, he attacked my rook, but then I gave him a checkmate in 2 moves.
The best victory of my life. It help me to believe, I can get the Grandmaster title.
The best thing happened in the best time. A good sign!
You can watch the final minute from Hikaru's stream at https://clips.twitch.tv/AnimatedLaconicReindeerUWot and from my stream at https://clips.twitch.tv/OptimisticSpineyRabbitStoneLightning
You can email me about lessons at attilaturzo@gmail.com