Queen Sac in ROUND 1!!! - Hikaru vs Alireza - Chess.com Speed Chess Championship SEMIFINALS

16 players will compete in the main event, with 9 invited players, 6 qualified from the Titled Cup Leaderboard, and 1 from the Play-in.
Tempo of the games:
90 minutes of 5+1 games
60 minutes of 3+1 games
30 minutes of 1+1 games
PGN OF THE GAME IN THE VIDEO:
[Event "Speed Chess Championship 2024"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2024.09.03"]
[Round "03-01"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "3213"]
[BlackElo "3158"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "300+1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Opening "King's Indian Defense: Steiner Attack"]
[Termination "Unterminated"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 { E81 King's Indian Defense: Steiner Attack } c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 e6 9. Qd2 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. Nh3 Qa5 12. Ra3 Ne5 13. Nf2 Qb4 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Bd2 Nc4 16. Rb3 Nxd2 17. Rxb4 cxb4 18. Qxd2 bxc3 19. bxc3 Bxa4 20. c4 Nd7 21. Qb4 Nc5 22. Nd3 a5 23. Qa3 Bd7 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. Be2 Rfb8 26. Kf2 Bd4+ 27. Kg3 b5 28. cxb5 Bxb5 29. Bxb5 Rxb5 30. Qa4 Rb4 31. Qc6 Rab8 32. Re1 R4b6 33. Qa4 Bc3 34. Re2 Rb4 35. Qc6 Be5+ 36. Kh3 c4 37. g3 c3 38. f4 Rb2 39. Re1 Bd4 40. d6 c2 41. d7 Rb1 42. Qxc2 Rxe1 43. Qc8+ Rxc8 44. dxc8=Q+ Kg7 45. e5 Re2 46. Qc4 Rd2 47. Qc7 Bg1 48. e6 Rxh2+ 49. Kg4 h5+ 50. Kg5 *

[@adamjuyan7605]

Alireza recklessly continued this game, maybe he thought he could disturb Hikaru's concentration.

[@yanceyward3689]

Exciting game- credit to both players.

[@azharzaman]

Firouza Destroyed Hikaru and upto final❤

[@user-np9hb8tj6q]

Hikaru's performance didn't age well after the first 3-4 games

[@anonym5160]

13:46 What happened to him?

[@anonym5160]

He died.