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A Brilliant Move On MVP Day!! | Twitch Stream Highlight

A Brilliant Move On MVP Day!! | Twitch Stream Highlight

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MVP_Chess is my Twitch channel where I play with viewers, analyze their games, and battle in the 10-minute pool. Here is a highlight from MVP Day, where we celebrated our promotion to Twitch Affiliate status! If you enjoy this content, please follow MVP Chess on Twitch by clicking the button below. Thanks for your support and enjoy!


A Brilliant Move On MVP Day!!

In my first game on the "MVP Day" stream, I had the white pieces and played the Queen's Gambit Exchange Variation. Instead of opting for the minority attack with Rab1-b4-b5, I played a more aggressive variation popularized by Botvinnik and Kasparov. In this variation, white develops with f3, Nge2, and looks to create a central pawn roller with e4!

After favorable minor pieces exchanges, I achieved a good knight vs. bad bishop position. My knight was primed to take advantage of the weak dark squares in black's position. After black's queen took a time-consuming sortie on the queenside to win a pawn, I landed a decisive blow on the kingside. Check out the move 26. Nf6!!

 You can see the highlight in the video below:

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Tom Shupe, founder of MVP Chess and Chess.com Coach of the Month, is an active tournament player with a peak USCF rating of 2025. An award-winning writer, his work has been published in print by American Chess Magazine and online by Chess.com. Subscribe to his YouTube channel for educational and instructive chess content.