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GM Hikaru Nakamura won the 2022 Speed Chess Championship, his fifth, by defeating GM Magnus Carlsen in an incredibly close final on Sunday.
In our Game of the Day (annotations by GM Rafael Leitao), Carlsen strived to capitalize on his edge on the queenside while Nakamura craftily set up counterplay on the kingside. After a blunder by the world champion, the reigning Speed Chess Champion swiftly played a checkmating combination.
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Speed Chess Championship 2022 Bracket
The 2022 Speed Chess Championships Main Event started on November 23 and concluded on December 18. Top speed-chess players competed at three different time controls in a 16-player knockout as they vied for a share of the $100,000 prize fund along with the most prestigious title in online chess.
The likes of GMs Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Ding Liren, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, and many more battled it out to determine the 2022 speed chess champion.
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