Nakamura v Howell Blitz

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Roger de Coverly
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Nakamura v Howell Blitz

Post by Roger de Coverly » Fri May 13, 2016 12:52 am

There's a story doing the rounds about David Howell beating Nakamura in 10 moves in an online Blitz game.

It's on Simon Williams' twitter feed at
https://twitter.com/ginger_gm

It features the Cozio defence to the Spanish



Move 10 is the blunder, with 10. Qd5 and 10. e5 maintaining an edge for white according to engines.

11. g3 avoids the mate, but allows .. Nf3+ giving a +9 assessment to Black.