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Hikaru Nakamura vs Jonathan Hawkins
"Everyday I'm Hustlin'" (game of the day Oct-10-2016)
London Chess Classic (Rapid Open) (2014) (rapid), London ENG, rd 5, Dec-06
Trompowsky Attack: General (A45)  ·  1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-07-14  Bruce Graham: The case of a caged Queen.
Dec-07-14  Kaspablanca: After 8. Nf3 black should play 8...Qb2 immediately.
Dec-08-14  ajile: lol. Correct punishment for grubby pawn grab.
Dec-15-14
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Ouch. Hilarious denouement.
Oct-10-16  AlicesKnight: A Boudicca game - the Queen took poison....
Oct-10-16
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Hawkins! What are you doing back there? Are you eating sweets?
Oct-10-16  RandomVisitor: It appears that the black queen can escape from the trap with best play


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Komodo-10.1-64bit:

+0.63/32 8.Nf3 Qb2 9.Bb3 c4 10.Bxc4 Qb4+ 11.Nfd2 e6 12.c3 Qb6 13.Bd3 Qd8 14.Qf3 Nd7 15.Nc4 Nf6 16.0-0 Be7 17.Ne5 0-0 18.c4 Qa5 19.a3 Qd8 20.Nd2 Nd7 21.Qg3 Qa5 22.Rd1 Nxe5 23.Bxe5 f6 24.Bd6 Bxd6 25.Qxd6 Re8 26.f4

Oct-10-16
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  offramp: It an odd ending.


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Black went backwards with 13...Be7. White went all the way back with 14.Bc1. Black put his queen back on the square she had just escaped from 14...Qa1. White then retreated with 15.Qc2 and Black called it a day.

Oct-10-16  YetAnotherAmateur: <offramp> Not that odd.

13. ... Be7 Black doesn't have a lot of options at this point. If he doesn't move his bishop, he drops it, and white still has the black queen neatly hemmed in.

14. ... Qa1 is obvious enough: The queen is threatened, and has nowhere else she can go. 15. Qc2 isn't a retreating move, but sealing the attack on the queen. 16. Bb2 is coming, and there's absolutely nothing black can do about it.

Games like this are why most instructors tell kids not to bring out their queen early.

Oct-10-16  john barleycorn: Screamin' J Hawkins
Oct-10-16  kevin86: White develops both bishops while black 's queen is trapped in the corner. Black tries to escape but gets trapped for good. The news is bad!
Oct-10-16  morfishine: <13,,,Ba3>
Oct-10-16  Infohunter: That early foray of the Queen into the opponent's Queen Rook corner seldom ends well for the side conducting it.
Oct-10-16  wtpy: Morfishine,13..Ba3 14 Nbd2 threatening 15 Nc4 and Rb1 looks strong to me.

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