Niemann Pile Scariche = Principiante (Regina in Presa)

Hello everyone and welcome back to this new video Today we are talking about the 8th round of the US Championship 2023 Hans Niemann is doing great He is second in the ranking behind Caruana But something very strange has just happened Niemann with 49 minutes on the clock Against the 3 minutes of the opponent He decides inexplicably to give away the queen A move that disappointed everyone Before starting, remember to like and subscribe to the channel Thanks to all those who are subscribing Let's start Here we are, at the 8th round Hans Niemann faces with the black pieces Ray Robson, the alpha 0 human A very strong player who has about 2700 yellow points But lately he is also dedicating himself to university studies Robson opens with e4 pawn Niemann responds with e5 He plays Nf3, Nc6, Bb5 Let's go back to the Spanish match Niemann attacks the alpha with e6 pawn And after Nf4 he plays Nf6, the main variation Robson continues with a rook, puts the king on the safe He doesn't defend the e4 pawn This pawn is not so convenient to capture Because the black is still in the center So these variations are not played by great masters Niemann continues with the main move, Nf7 Robson defends the pawn with R1 He plays Nb5 Nfb3, Rook Niemann puts the king on the safe Obviously it is a theoretical variation In Spanish there is a lot of theory Robson plays Nf4 With Nf4 we go back to the anti-martial variation In order not to allow the black to play the martial pawn Robson threatens to capture the b5 pawn After Nb5 he wants to capture the rook in a8 Niemann then develops the bishop in b7 He defends the rook He plays Nd3, Nd6 and Nd2 Nd2 may seem like a strange move But it is a move that is played more and more often Niemann himself tried it So it is a theoretical move Niemann connects the rooks with Nd7 Robson plays h3 to control the g4 house He doesn't allow moves like Ng4 And Niemann here withdraws the knight in d8 His idea is to push the pawn in c Robson captures in b5 Niemann takes back the pawn He plays Nxa8, Nxa8 We return to this position of complete parity Now Robson pushes the pawn in c4 He plays in the center Niemann continues with Nf6 He tries to centralize the knight He plays Na3 The white attacks the pawn in b5 Niemann captures in c4 And after Nxc4 he plays Nb7 He wants to play Nxa8 To start playing on the side of the queen Robson withdraws the knight in c2 He plays Nxa8 He pushes the pawn in b4 This position is completely equal It is a very difficult position The black has a very solid position Without weaknesses The white seems to have a little more activity On the side of the queen Because he has several pieces on the side of the queen Niemann plays queen in a4 So he also has pieces on the side of the queen He plays Qb1 Nd7 This is a strange move Maybe this is the first inaccuracy of the game Because Niemann's idea is to jump in b6 But in this way with Nd7 The queen can no longer go back So she risks being trapped And then Robson takes advantage of it immediately He plays Nb3 He attacks the queen The queen goes to b5 Robson continues with Nc4 Then Qa3 Nb3 again Qb5 And Robson would have the possibility To equalize this game With Nc4 for triple repetition But he decides to play to win He plays Ne3 He tries to centralize the knight He wants to play Nd5 He plays Nf8 He plays Rc1 Now the white attacks the pawn in c7 Niemann tries to defend immediately So he pushes the pawn in c6 He plays Nc4 Qa4 Nb3 Qb5 Nc4 Qa4 For Niemann the draw is fine in this game Strange but true Because in this position he can't do much He wants to continue the game He plays Nb5 All this even if he has 12 minutes and 40 seconds Against Niemann's 52 minutes But it's fine It's a difficult position The white doesn't have problems In this position Niemann jumps with the knight in c5 He plays Nc6 Qc6 And Nd5 Look how strong this knight is in d5 The black's Nf8 Doesn't play It's a stable position In the sense that If he plays correctly It probably ends in equality Niemann withdraws the queen in a7 Robson plays Nf3 With Nf3 he controls the d4 house He attacks the knight He attacks the queen in Rgx He plays Rb8 Niemann now takes control of the b-column He attacks the queen in b1 After Qc2 he plays Qa3 What's the idea of this move? The idea of Qa3 Is to play Rb2 So Niemann tries to attack Rb2 He attacks the queen He controls the b-column And then he wants to play Qa4 So he's trying to Activate the pieces And make the white's move back It's a great idea He also has a lot of time Robson plays Qd1 And Niemann comes with the queen In b2 Here after the move Qc2 from Robson We come back in a critical moment Of the game This move is not so dangerous Let's say The black could simply Withdraw the queen in b7 The position remains even Robson is controlling the second board And he's attacking the queen Robson makes a big mistake He plays Qa3 Qa3 Is a beginner's mistake But really This is a mistake that Not even a national third would make With all the time he had 49 minutes Against 4 minutes of Robson Absurd It doesn't make sense The queen is trapped In fact Robson realizes it and plays Qa3 Thank you for watching Please like and subscribe Bye