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| Jan-02-08 |
| popski: Wow!! Really nice!! |
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Jan-02-08
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| Kola: Guys I'm having trouble understanding the continuation after 22.Kh1 instead of KXf2. Notice how black has to deal with the threat of Ne4, BXC6, and the pin on e7/e8 coupled with threat of RB8+ and the Knight emprise on d7. He also has to consider how to recapture the black bishop. What's black's continuation here...I have not analyzed it much though. |
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| Jan-02-08 |
| ztnepres: y not 25 Re5 instead of the king going g5 into deeper territory |
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| Shams: <Kola> 22.Kh1 Rxf6 23.Ne4 Qf5 24.Nxf6 Nxf6 and black is just winning. The bishop pair and the c-pawn will cost white another piece eventually. |
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Jan-02-08
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| Shams: <goldenbear> Kotov's sac is overrated, which isn't to say it isn't impressive. Sacking on h3 is practically the only active idea for black in that position! The famous sac by Nezhmetdinov (sp?) is much superior, in my opinion. |
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| Jan-02-08 |
| chessmoron: <ztnepres> 25 Rxe5 Bc8+! (not 25 . . . Rxe5??, as 26 Rb8+ Bf8 27 Ne4 turns the tables) 26 Kh4 Rxe5, mating. |
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Jan-02-08
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| Ulhumbrus: Instead of 11 Nd2, 11 Ne5 threatens Nxc6 and on 11...c5 the difference which having the N on e5 instead of on d2 makes is that White has Nc6. 11...c5 attacks the d4 pawn which Nd2 has left undefended. Krasenkow may have overlooked the Queen sacrifice 21...Qxf2+!! which begins a King hunt. Black gains a King hunt in return for his Queen, and it is worth it if the King hunt succeeds. Another fitting addition to Cozens' book on the King hunt. |
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| Jan-02-08 |
| chessmoron: <Ulhumbrus> Also 11 e5 Ne8 12 Ne2 improves for Krasenkow. |
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| Jan-02-08 |
| Manic: According to Dennis Monokroussos, Krasenkow saw 21...Qxf2+!! but missed 24...Ne5+!, which is an only move. |
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| Jan-02-08 |
| syracrophy: <Manic: According to Dennis Monokroussos, Krasenkow saw 21...Qxf2+!! but missed 24...Ne5+!, which is an only move.> I can't believe that if they see thunderbolts coming <like 21...Qxf2+!!> they don't do anything to avoid it. |
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| Jan-02-08 |
| chessmoron: White should resist with 20.Bc3 Qc5 21.Qa4 Nb6 22.Qxa5 Qxa5 23.Bxa5 Nbd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25.Re5. |
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| Jan-03-08 |
| ongyj: The thing I find very impressive about this game is that Nakamura managed to trick his GM opponent into taking a bait with an inviting tactical combination in mind, only to "prove otherwise" with superior calculation. It shows that there's much dynamics in human games, not just pure calcuations but also psychology. Black first gained a slight advantage and then "pretended" to blunder and finally does the critical "finish off" beginning from a Queen sacrifice. Its really different matters when analysing games as a 3rd party, as compared to the players themselves. I think 99% of the players would have fallen for such tricks when in diadvantage. If you see something good when you're inferior, go for it! Only to turn out as a trap! No wonder Nakamura considers it his best game so far, a demonstration of superior calculations acompanied by good understanding of human psychology! |
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Mar-31-08
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| sallom89: like woah! ;o |
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| Mar-31-08 |
| russep: wow what a game by Nakamura |
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Apr-23-08
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| positionalgenius: As good as this game was I think his real "immortal" will be much better than this. |
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| May-24-08 |
| addiction to chess: Talk about bolt from the blue! |
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| Jul-12-08 |
| invas0rX: mejor q 6.b3 estaba 6.e4 
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| Jul-12-08 |
| myschkin: cl: what is your favorite game, one that you are proud of, that you would want everyone in the chess world to see? GM Nakamura: Barcelona 2007 against Krasenkow, i’m black. (out of an interview May 28, 2008 ) |
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| Oct-26-08 |
| wvkevin: White's Nc6 is terribly unsound, I'm also bit surprised that when black captures with the rook white gets a bit too greedy and pays the price for it. |
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| Jan-15-09 |
| WhiteRook48: what was Krasenkow doing? |
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| May-31-09 |
| chillowack: Magnificent combination by Nakamura, comparable to Fischer's "Game of the Century" vs. Donald Byrne. |
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Jul-02-09
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| ToTheDeath: A modern day immortal- sure to be included in the future collections on the King Hunt. Definitely the best game I've seen from Nakamura so far. |
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| Jul-05-09 |
| Whitehat1963: Truly amazing combination. |
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| Aug-23-09 |
| tentsewang: Nakamura has a very skillful combination that will thrill even a good player like Krasenkow . Good job Hikaru! |
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| Oct-22-09 |
| TheMacMan: they should have named this game Nakas Thunderbolt! |
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sac: 21...Qxf2+