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| whatthefat: It is quite unusual for a game to essentially be a string of simple tactics, one leading into the next! Instead of 11.fxg3, Nakamura could also have tried 11.Ne6!? fxe6 12.Bxe6+ Kh8 13.fxg3 and again a clear advantage to white. |
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Mar-25-06
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| Timothy Glenn Forney: Nak'em dead kid,Nak'em dead!Naka is around 13 when he played this,amazing game. |
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| ice lemon tea: simple tactics for winning materials proved to be very crucial in endgame. |
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| EmperorAtahualpa: Beautiful tactical game!
One part I don't get...What does White do after 23...Qe7? |
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| keypusher: 24 Qh5+ picks up the knight, I think. |
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| EmperorAtahualpa: <keypusher> Oops, thanks. |
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Mar-25-06
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| Phony Benoni: Flashy, but hardly awesome. It looks like a simul game--which, since it was played in round 1 of the US Open, is what it essentially was. |
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Mar-25-06
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| kevin86: A lousy defense by black. After losing two pawns,he subjects his queen for a quick exchange-effectively ending all counterplay. |
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Mar-25-06
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| dakgootje: <A lousy defense by black.> a well, Loyte only has 1 game in the database, so probably wont be a master, and then he meets Nakamura... wouldnt expect him to defend good enough for a win or a draw i guess |
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| letekro: John Loyte is a perennial A-player with a rating that fluctuates between 1800 and 1900. I beat him about 25 years ago when I was 10 years old and rated 1500 (he was an A-player then too). Hard to get too down on him for his performance against someone as strong as Nakamura. |
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Mar-25-06
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| midknightblue: I thought you needed to be Cute, female and engaged or married to someone important to qualify for the US open with a rating less than 1900. |
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| Sneaky: <qualify for the US open> Qualify for an "open"?? |
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| letekro: John Loyte qualified for the US Open by bringing his checkbook and paying the entry fee. |
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| suenteus po 147: The question is did Nakamura have to "qualify" for the US Open in 2001, or did he get an invite? How does that work? |
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| letekro: My guess is that Nakamura "qualified" for the 2001 US Open by paying the entry fee. |
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| Fan of Leko: Rather ordinary game except for 21. Bxh7, which is a neat combination. |
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Mar-25-06
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| midknightblue: Thx for the corrections guys! I made a stupid mistake. I was thinking of the us championships. oops.
By the way, why do they have a "US open" in both tennis and golf, yet I never see my neighbor Bob competing in either. Is it simply that Bob doesn't have the cash to sign up? |
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| Mar-25-06 |
| AniamL: This game's way too complex for me. It looked awesome, though. |
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Mar-26-06
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| midknightblue: <Aniam> Don't try to sandbag us! We will not take your chess abilities so loytely! |
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| AniamL: <midknightblue> You're lucky I've been on the John, or I'd have come up with a swift comeback! |
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| letekro: <midknightblue> I think it's much easier to accomodate extra chessboards into a banquet hall than additional players onto a tennis court or golf course. Also, I don't think the US golf and tennis associations need to rely on the entry fees of other participants to pay out the prize funds (corporate sponsorships, tv deals, etc. presumably take care of that). |
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Mar-26-06
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| keypusher: <midknightblue> Good question. I think the <US Open> in golf got that name way back when to distinguish it from the US Amateur, from which professionals were excluded. But you still have to qualify, which is why you'll never see Bob paired up with Tiger Woods. |
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| Mar-26-06 |
| Jim Bartle: "Open" in all sports means it's open to all amateurs and professionals. Normally a certain number of players qualify for the draw automatically, while others have to go through a process of qualifying tournaments. The US Tennis Championships (Forest Hills) became the US Open in 1968 when pros were allowed for the first time. (Yet then-amateur Arthur Ashe won.) |
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Mar-26-06
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| midknightblue: Thx guys. So what would I need to do qualify for the US open in tennis. Incidentally, I did play tennis in college, but I am well aware that I belong across the court from Roddick about as much as I belong across the board from Nakamura. Nevertheless, where would I start. I assume winning some United States Tennis Association Singles Tournaments in Hawaii, then playing a few National USTA tournaments would still not propel me (or Bob for that matter) towards a real spot in the US open. PS Aniam - I liked your joke, although I had a delayed reaction. Once I *flushed* out the details, I thought it was hilarious. |
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| Jim Bartle: They have a qualifying tournament, called "qualies," before the US Open, with I think eight spots open in the main draw. There are different ways to qualify for the qualies. Doing well in the tournaments you mention would get you into the qualies. |
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sac: 21.Bxh7