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| Jan-19-10 | | turbo231: It's a draw. |
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Jan-19-10
 | | Mateo: Nakamura defended well but Anand play is not agressive enough, in my opinion. |
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Jan-19-10
| | Mateo: As Ivanchuk won, he joined Nakamura. |
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| Jan-19-10 | | Fiberking: <kellmano> Yes, I agree. Would have rather seen some young talent, or Dutch hero Jan Timman, or a U.S. prize fighter, I don't know - but I am sure a short brain storm would yield better candidates than a pre-occupied Vishy. |
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| Jan-19-10 | | Ulhumbrus: Perhaps Anand overlooked the "X-ray" attack 33...Rxa3! when Black's Rook on a6 and Black's Rook on a3 extend a defence towards each other right through White's R on a4. This suggests that White cannot win Black's a4 pawn by piling up against it on the fourth rank. This suggests 31 Rb7 instead of 31 Rb4. |
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| Jan-19-10 | | whiteshark: The ♖♖endgame was drawish from the very beginning. |
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| Jan-19-10 | | Ulhumbrus: <chessgames.com> Are you going to broadcast any other games today? |
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| Jan-19-10 | | Fiberking: If we go to the Carlsen game and it is over as quickly as someone just said, there will also be time to switch to another game after that. :-) |
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| Jan-19-10 | | Fiberking: CG, what now? |
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| Jan-19-10 | | cormier: 16.Bc3 is at first sight a small concession.....tks |
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| Jan-19-10 | | Whack8888: 6. b4 is a somewhat unusual move, correct? I think that Anand may have been testing Naka a bit, trying to lure him into over aggressive play. |
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| Jan-19-10 | | Marmot PFL: Maybe Anand just wanted to avoid Nakamura's preparation. The main lines of the Leningrad seem pretty good for black to me anyway. |
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| Jan-19-10 | | RandomVisitor: As tempting as 19.Ne5 seems, this move just leads to an exchange of pieces and a loss of ability to apply positional pressure. Better might be 19.Rac1. |
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| Jan-19-10 | | GreenFacedPatzer: Dull draw. Sigh. On the other hand, if Nakamura consistantly racks up draws against Anand, Kramnik, Carlsen etc, that demonstrates that he's at least in the neighborhood of the same league that they're in. |
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| Jan-19-10 | | RandomVisitor: After the suggested improvement 16.Ne5!
click for larger view Rybka 3:
[+0.50] d=18 16...Qb6 17.Rab1 Qa6 18.Nd3 Nb6 19.Nb4 Qb7 20.Bc3 Qc7 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.Nxe4 fxe4 23.Qb5 Rfc8 24.Na6 Qc6 25.Qxc6 Rxc6 26.Nc5 Bg4 27.Bf1 [+0.50] d=18 16...Qe8 17.Bc3 Ncd6 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Bb4 Rc8 20.Rab1 Nxd2 21.Qxd2 Bxe5 22.Rxc8 Qxc8 23.dxe5 Nc4 24.Qd4 Qd7 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.h4 h6 27.h5 gxh5 28.Qh4 Nxe5 |
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| Jan-19-10 | | RandomVisitor: Final look at the suggested improvement 16.Ne5!
click for larger view Rybka 3:
<[+0.49] d=24 16...Bxe5> 17.dxe5 Nxd2 18.cxd5 Bxd5 19.Qxd2 Bxg2 20.Qxd8 Rxd8 21.Kxg2 Ra6 22.Rc4 Kf7 23.Rac1 Na7 24.e4 Rb8 25.Bd4 fxe4 26.Bc5 Ke6 27.Rxe4 Nb5 28.Rh4 h5 29.g4 Rh8 30.Kg3 Raa8 31.f3 Rh7 [+0.49] d=24 16...Qe8 17.Bc3 Ncd6 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Bb4 Rc8 20.Rab1 Nxd2 21.Qxd2 Bxe5 22.Rxc8 Qxc8 23.dxe5 Nc4 24.Qd4 Qd7 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.Qh4 Re8 27.h3 Nb2 28.Rb1 Nc4 29.Qd4 |
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| Jan-19-10 | | Poisonpawns: Hikaru Nakamura: The new champion of the Dutch Defense! |
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| Jan-19-10 | | Midas Touch: every piece he touches turns into gold...nice game Naka |
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| Jan-20-10 | | RandomVisitor: Anand might have misplayed his 6th move:
click for larger view Rybka 3:
<[+0.35] d=20 6.c4> c6 7.Nc3 d6 8.Qd3 Na6 9.a3 Bd7 10.b4 Nc7 11.Bd2 Rc8 12.Rfe1 Ne6 13.d5 [+0.34] d=20 6.Be3 d5 7.c4 dxc4 8.Qa4 Qd6 9.Nbd2 Qa6 10.Qxc4+ Qxc4 11.Nxc4 Rd8 12.Rfd1 Nc6 13.Rac1 Nd5 14.Bg5 Be6 15.Nfe5 Nxe5 20 1:01:23 202.457.295 63.682 |
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Jan-20-10
 | | Troller: <RandomVisitor: Anand might have misplayed his 6th move> It is a weird-looking move for sure, but is is actually theory. See for instance: B Grachev vs E Najer, 2006
So it is not more misplayed than 1..f5 (I guess Rybka does not approve of that either). Still, a somewhat uninspired game by Anand, he seems to take this tournament as training. |
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| Jan-20-10 | | Poisonpawns: Here is game with the move 5.b4 played
Grischuk vs Nakamura, 2010 |
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| Jan-20-10 | | mrbasso: <Anand might have misplayed his 6th move> 6.Be3 is certainly much better. OMG |
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| Jul-21-10 | | freeman8201: Hey! Kramink used to b4 too! Just look at some of this White games when he faces the dutch. Anand could have played c4 early too in spirt of the Opening. I like to rid my dark-square bishop in the dutch openining as White, because it tends to be idle. |
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| Nov-25-10 | | nigelsnoru: <kellmann> HORSE POO Speaking of horse, rather than all the fuss over b4, one should consider the 4.Nh3 line for white in the Leningrad. If I remember correctly from MCO, there is no "defense" for black that prevents White from having an edge. At first glance, I was excited to see Kramnik re-positioning his Nf3 to Nh3 against Naka's Dutch just a few days later, but in that case it was because it was being attacked... |
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| Feb-09-14 | | tranquilsimplicity: In this game White squanders the initiative of the first move by playing defensively.# |
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