SPOT ON CHESS PUZZLES For SUNDAY June 18th, 2023: ROUND ONE SWISS OPEN CRUSH LESSONS Part 2!

SPOT ON CHESS PUZZLES For SUNDAY June 18th of 2023: ROUND ONE SWISS OPEN CRUSH LESSONS Part 2!

The International man of epic chessic controversies is playing in the National Open and he too scored an impressive round one win, giving an outstanding chess lesson. I am of course referring to GM Hans Niemann, the subject of the recent chess scandal involving Magnus Carlsen which led to the withdrawal of the then World Champion from the St Louis Super GM tournament where the two were playing. But enough about that already! Let’s enjoy this game and learn a thing or two about attacking chess.

[Event "Round 1: Avi Harrison Kaplan - Hans Niemann"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/HvkHsA5n/8PYxGM1G"]
[White "Avi Harrison Kaplan"]
[Black "Hans Niemann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[UTCDate "2023.06.15"]
[UTCTime "09:23:31"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian Defense"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Arihol"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 c5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 c4 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Qb1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nc6 14. a4 Re8 15. b4 cxb3 16. Qxb3 Rc8 17. O-O Qd7 18. Kg2 Ne7 19. Rfc1 Ng6 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Bd2 Nh7 22. h4 g5 23. hxg5 Nxg5 24. Rh1 Qf5 25. Qd1 Rc2 26. e4 dxe4 27. f4 e3 28. Qh5 Qd5+ 0-1