Hans STUNNS the World with an INCREDIBLE Endgame Idea!

The Hans Niemann against the World 2024 – Anish Giri | Rapid is a 6-round match between GMs Hans Moke Niemann and Anish Giri, held on the 11th of August in Utrecht, Netherlands.

Time control is 15 minutes for the entire game with a 10-second increment from move 1.

2 points per Rapid game will be awarded (12 points in total)
5-minute break after each game
The player with the highest total score after all 3 time controls (Blitz, Classic & Rapid) wins the match.

[Event “Round 3: Niemann, Hans Moke – Giri, Anish”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/study/OE5zaQKV/ScGaYOvD“]
[Date “2024-08-09”]
[Round “3.1”]
[White “Niemann, Hans Moke”]
[Black “Giri, Anish”]
[Result “*”]
[WhiteElo “2711”]
[BlackElo “2746”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “B90”]
[Opening “Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation”]
[Termination “Unterminated”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 { B90 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation } 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O Be6 9. f4 O-O 10. a4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Nbd7 12. Be3 Rac8 13. a5 Rfe8 14. h3 h6 15. Qe1 Nc5 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qf2 exf4 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 Bd8 20. Ncd5 Qd7 21. Qd4 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Qe6 23. Qb4 Qg6 24. Rf3 Rf8 25. Raf1 Bg5 26. Rg3 Qe6 27. Qd4 g6 28. Rxg5 hxg5 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Nd7+ f6 31. Nxf8 Rxf8 32. Bc4 Qe7 33. Bd5 Ne6 34. Qb6 Nf4 35. Qxb7 Qe5 36. Qxa6 f5 37. Qc4 Nh5 38. Rf3 Ng3+ 39. Kg1 f4 40. Kf2 Kh7 41. c3 Qe7 42. Qb4 g4 43. Qb7 Qxb7 44. Bxb7 gxf3 45. gxf3 d5 46. Bxd5 Nh5 47. a6 Nf6 48. Bc6 Ne8 49. b4 Nc7 50. b5 Rf6 51. a7 Rxc6 52. bxc6 g5 53. Ke2 Kg6 54. Kd3 Kf6 55. Kc4 Ke7 56. Kc5 Na8 57. c7 Kd7 58. c8=Q+ Kxc8 59. Kc6 Nc7 60. e5 Na8 61. e6 Kd8 62. Kb7 *