New York Knights

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GM Alex Stripunsky



Answer: Stripunsky played the shocking ...15....Qg3.



An invasive move that creates many threats, as now black plans to play to play Nde5, distracting the f3 knight which defends against ...Qh2 checkmate.
Nakamura replied with 16.Nd1



It's unclear at first as to what white's plan is after Nde5, as it almost seems as if this forces immediate resignation, however Hikaru had a trick up his sleeve as after Stripunsky's 16...Nde5, Nakamura replied with 17.Kh1!



Now it's suddenly unclear as to how Stripunsky should continue. The cute point of this move is that now black has no time to capture on f3 because white would simply play fxg3. How did Stripunsky finish the attack?

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