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February 1998 Chess Scholar in the News
Ten year old chess player Hikaru Nakamura has shattered the record for the youngest American to defeat an International Master. He defeated IM Jay Bonin in the following game in a weekend tournament at the Marshall Chess Club:
Hikaru Nakamura (2019) - IM Jay Bonin
Marshall Chess Club, NY 1997
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Bb5 7.c4 Bxc4 8.Bxc4 dxc4 9.d5 exd5 10.Qxd5 Ne7 11.Qxc4 Qa6 12.Na3 Qxc4 13.Nxc4 Nf5 14.a4 Nc6 15.0-0 h6 16.Be3 0-0-0 17.Rad1 Be7
18.g4 Nfd4 19.Bxd4 cxd4 20.Nfd2 h5 21.gxh5 Rxh5 22.f4 f6 23.Nf3 g5 24.exf6 Bxf6 25.fxg5 Bxg5 26.Nxg5 Rxg5+ 27.Kh1 d3 28.b3 Ne5 29.Nb2 Rg4 30.Rfe1 Rd5 31.Re3 d2 32.Re2 Nf3 33.Rf2 Rf4 34.Nc4 Rd3
35.Nxd2 Rfd4 36.Rc1+ 1-0
For more about Hikaru, see this interview from
February 1997.
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