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Gambits for U2000 players, part 2
Let's look at the a4 variation of the Scandi b4 gambitWe looked at the Rb1 line in the previous blog post, here we look at the more obscure a4 line in a fresh example game. As a bonus I will also add two games by GM Hikaru Nakamura with the b4 gambit.
https://lichess.org/study/wLXp7rHA/yJlqTRAm#9
Here also the full game with Lichess Stockfish analysis :
https://lichess.org/bEjUIltU/white#7
GM Nakamura game 1 from 2007, a game with several mistakes from both players :
[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 8th"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "2007.03.23"]
https://lichess.org/iNKc3hnV#7
GM Nakamura game 2 from 2020, a clean and quick game by Nakamura against Alireza Firouzja :
[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"] [Site "chess24.com INT"] [Date "2020.04.22"]
https://lichess.org/nU54GU85#7
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