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Can you win like Naka?

Can you win like Naka?

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US championship started yesterday. Nakamura played Evans gambit against Robert Hess and won.
Here is position after 28 moves:


White to move.

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I really don't like that variation Hess played.


I like 5...Be7 and then attacking white's center.


That's a good puzzle though, because the answer isn't to be found in the first move.

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Originally posted by elady
US championship started yesterday. Nakamura played Evans gambit against Robert Hess and won.
Here is position after 28 moves:

[fen]4r1k1/5pp1/4n2p/p1rBP3/2P1Q3/3RR2P/q5PK/8 w - - 2 1 [/fen]
White to move.
29.Bxe6... fxe6 30.Rd7... Kh8 31.Rxg... Kxg7 32.Rg3+... Kf8 33.Qh7