Game of the Week: Anish Giri vs Ian Nepomniachtchi

Game of the Week #456

Anish Giri won the Magnus Carlsen Invitational 2021, which is very impressive after his disappointing Tata finish and with the Candidates coming up. While Giri has a reputation of a safety first player, he consistently played dynamic 1.e4 lines with White and the sharp Najdorf with Black.

In the final against Nepomniachtchi Giri first played 7.Nxc6!? against the Taimanov, but it seems that he forgot his preparation. When it counted most, he tried the new 7.g4! variation, which we studied last week by looking at a game of Nils Grandelius. Just like Grandelius Giri went on to win a smooth game.

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