GM Nieman is he lucky or Good ?

[Chessqueen]

[towforce]

The answer is "good": he's approaching the 2700 elo barrier of the super-elites, and that doesn't happen by luck.

[Chessqueen]

The answer is "good": he's approaching the 2700 elo barrier of the super-elites, and that doesn't happen by luck.

He will hace a hard time breaking the 2700 ==> https://en.chessbase.com/post/sharjah-masters-2024-live
[pgn][Event "7th Sharjah Masters 2024"]
[White "Niemann,Hans Moke"]
[Black "Idani,Pouya"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Round "9.13"]
[Annotator ""]
[Result "*"]
[Date "2024.05.22"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} e5 {[%emt 0:1:49]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:0:12]} d6 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:1:29]} Be7 {[%emt 0:0:20]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:3:55]} f5 {[%emt 0:1:1]} 5. Bh3 {[%emt 0:0:18]} a5 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 6. dxe5 {[%emt 0:2:35] A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3.} dxe5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 7. Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:0:6]} Bxd8 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 8. e4 {[%emt 0:7:15]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:4:18]} 9. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:1:42]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 10. exf5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 11. Kf1 {[%emt 0:0:14]} Nxf5 {[%emt 0:8:14]} 12. Nf3 {[%emt 0:1:27]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 13. Ne4 {[%emt 0:4:4]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:13:46]} 14. Bd2 {[%emt 0:5:15]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:0:12]} 15. Kg2 {[%emt 0:1:44]} b6 {[%emt 0:4:54]} 16. Bc3 {[%emt 0:17:8]} Nxf3 {[%emt 0:2:15]} 17. Kxf3 {[%emt 0:0:17]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 18. Rad1 {[%emt 0:4:37]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:5:25]} 19. h4 {[%emt 0:6:44]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:24]} 20. Rd5 {[%emt 0:1:5]} Rhd8 {[%emt 0:16:8][#]} (20... Nd4+ $0 $11 { deserves consideration.} 21. Bxd4 exd4 )21. Rhd1 $1 {[%emt 0:3:58]} Nd4+ {[%emt 0:3:33]} 22. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:1:34]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 23. cxd5 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 24. Nxf6 {[%emt 0:0:45]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 25. Ke4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} c6 {[%emt 0:0:39][#]} 26. g4 $1 {[%emt 0:5:6]} exd4 {[%emt 0:13:12]} 27. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:1:50]} Re5+ {[%emt 0:0:5]} 28. Kd3 {[%emt 0:0:33]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:4:53]} 29. Rf4 {[%emt 0:1:27]} Re6 {[%emt 0:0:31][#]} (29... Rd5+ $0 $16 { was called for.} 30. Ke3 Re5+ 31. Kf3 Re6 )30. Re4 $1 {[%emt 0:1:40]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:10:8][#]} (30... Rd6+ $0 $16 31. Ke3 Kd7 )31. f4 $1 {[%emt 0:1:58]} b5 $2 {[%emt 0:0:13]} (31... a4 32. Rd4+ (32. Rxa4 Re1 $0 $18 )Kc5 33. Rxa4 Re1 )32. Rxe6+ {[%emt 0:2:8]} Kxe6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 33. Kd4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:13:52]} 34. g5 {[%emt 0:0:22]} c5+ {[%emt 0:1:28]} 35. Ke4 {[%emt 0:26:3]} a4 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 36. f5 {[%emt 0:2:45]} b4 {[%emt 0:2:36]} 37. b3 $0 $18 {[%emt 0:4:8]} ({ Stronger than} 37. gxf6 c4 38. Ke3 (38. Kd4 $2 c3 $0 $19 )c3 39. bxc3 b3 40. axb3 a3 $0 $11 )*[/pgn]