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Featured is an instructive chess game between Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura from Round 7 of the 2026 Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown. Arising from the English Opening, Nakamura initiates the exchange on c4 with 3...cxd4. For a few moves from there, Caruana focuses on kingside development, while Nakamura focuses on queenside development. After 6. Qxc4, can Black safely play ...b6? By move 10, Nakamura obtains a clearly favorable position, in large part due to his clear plan to direct his pieces toward d4 and play along the half open d-file.
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PGN
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. Qc2 c5 6. Qxc4 b6 7. Nd4 Ne5 8. Qc2 Rb8 9. Nc6 Nxc6 10. Bxc6+ Bd7 11. Bg2 Ne7 12. O-O Bc6 13. b3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nf5 15. Bb2 Be7 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Rad1 Bf6 18. e3 Rb7 19. d3 Rd7 20. Qe2 Qc8 21. Rd2 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Ne7 23. Ne4 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 Nd5 25. Qf3 f5 26. Ng5 Nc3 27. Rc1 Rxd3 28. Rbc2 Nb5 29. b4 Nd4 30. Qh5 Qb7+ 31. Kh3 g6 32. Qh4 Nxc2 33. Rxc2 Rc8 34. Nxe6 Qd7 35. Nf4 Rd6 36. bxc5 bxc5 37. Kg2 c4 38. Ne2 c3 39. Nd4 Qb7+ 40. f3 Rb6 41. Kh3 Qd7 42. Qf4 Qd6 43. Qh6 Rb2 44. Rc1 Qf6 45. Qf4 g5 46. Qxf5 Qxf5+ 47. Nxf5 Rc5 48. Kg4 c2 49. Nd4 Rxa2 50. f4 Rb2 51. fxg5 a5