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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
 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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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| Dec-10-09 | | Halfpricemidge: Perhaps 20.Bc3 would have been better for white. |
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| Apr-21-10 | | SirChrislov: I remember seeing this game in a newspaper column. After going through it, at the end it said: "undoubtedly a game that will be included in future tactic books". White's opening has flaws, but still a thunderbolt of a combination. I'm reminded of one critic who said 'In the past, people would shower the stage with golden coins after such a game as this one.' |
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Sep-24-10
 | | sevenseaman: I have always noticed a touch of class about Nakamura, and a daring. |
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Apr-01-11
 | | Richard Taylor: Incredible game. |
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| Nov-07-11 | | Tigranny: <chillowack> Nice comparision even though I like this game more. |
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| Jan-05-12 | | onthehouse: To be sure, a beautiful thing to behold! |
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| Feb-11-12 | | piltdown man: Jeepers, what a game.
Beautifully played! |
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| May-27-12 | | jkromz: At first I could not see why 24 ...Ne5ch was not refuted by 25 Rxe5 Rxe5; that seems to put the kibosh on Naka's brilliancy. Then you see it, the zwischenzug 25 ...Bc8ch! (!!). That's a beautiful idea to see in advance --giving a check with Ne5 to clear the c8-h3 diagonal. I couldn't see it even it staring me in the face-- he saw it far ahead! Fantastic. |
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Sep-08-12
 | | Garech: Great queen Sac from Naka!
-Garech |
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Jan-27-13
 | | PhilFeeley: A terrific game from an almost completely known opening. Everything seemed perfectly ordinary up until about move 11. |
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| Feb-09-13 | | Mudphudder: Sick, sick, sick game! One of the best I've seen. |
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sac: 21...Qxf2+