All alone AGAINST the World! – Nikita Vitiugov vs Hans Niemann – “Hans Niemann against the World”

The Hans Niemann against the World 2024 – Nikita Vitiugov | Classical is a 6-round match between GMs Hans Moke Niemann and Anish Giri, held from the 8th to the 10th of August in Utrecht, Netherlands.

Time control is 90 minutes for the entire game with a 30-second increment from move 1.

[Event “Round 1: Vitiugov, Nikita – Niemann, Hans Moke”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/study/2sWyJ49x/P88IZ16r“]
[Date “2024-08-14”]
[Round “1.1”]
[White “Vitiugov, Nikita”]
[Black “Niemann, Hans Moke”]
[Result “*”]
[WhiteElo “2678”]
[BlackElo “2711”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “E49”]
[Opening “Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Botvinnik System”]
[Termination “Unterminated”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 { E49 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Botvinnik System } dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. O-O Nc6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. c4 e5 15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Na5 17. Nd2 Bc6 18. Bc3 Nb7 19. Nf1 Ne4 20. Be1 f5 21. f3 Ned6 22. Ng3 Qf7 23. f4 Qe6 24. Bd3 g6 25. Rab1 Re7 26. Bf2 Rae8 27. Qc3 Qf7 28. h3 h6 29. Rb2 g5 30. fxe5 Rxe5 31. Bb1 f4 32. Nf1 f3 33. Bg3 Ne4 34. Bxe4 Rxe4 35. Rf2 Rxc4 36. Qb2 g4 37. hxg4 Rxg4 38. gxf3 Rg6 39. e4 Kh7 40. Qc3 Bb5 41. Rg2 Reg8 42. f4 Bxf1 43. Rxf1 Nd6 44. Qf3 Rg4 45. Rff2 Qg7 46. Kh2 Qg6 47. f5 Qh5+ 48. Kg1 Nxe4 *