Peter Svidler vs Hikaru Nakamura (2009)

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Peter Svidler vs Hikaru Nakamura
Donostia Chess Festival (2009), Donostia ESP, rd 3, Jul-09
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation (B12) · 1/2-1/2

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Jul-09-09		Marmot PFL: White could have played on. Black is somewhat cramped, isolated d pawn and disconnected rooks. Not easy to make anything of this but a bit early to draw.

Jul-09-09		acirce: I started to think Black could have. Unless White has something good in between, but Black's position seems solid enough, he could prepare ..Kd7, ..Rc8 and try to exchange rooks on the c-file and so on. If Black gets his way he will be better due to White's bad bishop.

Jul-09-09		timhortons: GM CARUANA KIBITZ AT ICC Adaptation(GM) kibitzes: most likely equal Adaptation(GM) kibitzes: after a6 what does White do?

Jul-09-09		acirce: Maybe White can try the g6 break somewhere... so maybe Black could play ..g6 himself, but then maybe Nh6 and the f7-pawn will have to keep being protected from both the knight and maybe White's rook later. So maybe that's bad. I'm not sure, though.

Jul-09-09		WhiteRook48: all Svidler does is draw

Jul-09-09		apple pi: <WhiteRook48> Like at the Russian championships last year, which he won...

Jul-09-09		percyblakeney: 17. ... Qb3 would have been interesting and maybe good for black, for example 18. Bf2 Nc2 19. Nd2 Qd3 and it doesn't look easy to coordinate things for white: click for larger view

Jul-09-09		acirce: Awkward for Black too, neither his queen nor his knight can move after 20.Nhf3 and the knight almost gets trapped. He is just in time but I can see why he avoided that. It seems it would have been something like this, with drawish simplifications nevertheless -- 20. Nhf3 Rc8 21. Rc1 O-O 22. Ra2 Rc6 23. b3 Rfc8 24. Rcxc2 Rxc2 25. Ne1 Qxd2 26. Rxc2 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Qxc2 28. Nxc2 click for larger view

Jul-09-09		percyblakeney: <drawish simplifications nevertheless> Yes, and in the end probably not better than what Nakamura played.

Jul-10-09		totololo: I don't understand the decision to draw .... White has a lot of game ahead... Did he seen the Green?

Jul-14-09		aragorn69: Nakamura's take: <Round 3: The Big Russian In the third round, I got my first black against GM Peter Svidler. As most people are aware, I have played Peter quite a few times recently and seem to see him a bit too often for my liking. We last played in the Gjovik Rapids in Norway last December when he beat me 1.5-.5 in the rapids and 1-0 in the blitz. Coming off this dreadful performance and leading this event as well, this was definitely an uphill task. Fortunately, I seemed to be up to the task for at least one day. Repeating much like we did in our first rapid game back in Norway, the opening was an advance Caro Kann. I am not sure if Peter improvised with Nh4, f4, Ndf3 or if this was all part of his plan. Nevertheless, I obtained a comfortable position and was able to equalize relatively quickly. However, upon second glance, it now appears that 17...Qb3 would have yielded me an extra pawn. Albeit, I would have given him a strong kingside attack. Therefore, I cannot complain with the result of the game as a draw with Black against Peter is nothing to be disappointed with. Now it is onto the second half of the tournament. > Source: http://www.hikarunakamura.com/main/...

Jul-14-09		kurtrichards: Sort perhaps of strategy practiced even before by the old masters - draw the big ones, win the lesser ones.

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