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Jan-20-11
 | | e4ia: anyone have a plan for Naka?!
Perhaps best to offer a draw as he's approaching serious time control issues in a cluttered position where Pono is totally solid! |
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Jan-20-11
 | | plang: <Kramnik trust Aronians and gives back pawns instead of trying to win. He was lower on clock though.> Did you see something that Kramnik missed? It looked like Aronian had quite a bit of counterplay. |
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| Jan-20-11 | | Marmot PFL: h6 to stop Ng5 and Rf1 to prepare f5, unless black plays it first |
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Jan-20-11
 | | Strongest Force: One can say this has transposed into a true hippo/hedgehog and we can see the difficult problems it can pose for white |
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Jan-20-11
| | e4ia: just f5 here for Pono...
and what white?! |
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Jan-20-11
 | | technical draw: TD's patented 30 second evaluation says: White is better... (Of course having bet the house on Nakamura I might be a little biased) |
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Jan-20-11
| | AdrianP: White's b5 looked like a positional mistake, even more so now. |
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| Jan-20-11 | | Marmot PFL: sometimes nakamura plays better when he doesnt think too long |
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Jan-20-11
| | Strongest Force: All Nak can do now is play it safe and hope he can draw |
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Jan-20-11
| | plang: <One can say this has transposed into a true hippo/hedgehog and we can see the difficult problems it can pose for white> Except that with White's e-pawn on e2 Black is not at all cramped. |
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Jan-20-11
| | plang: <All Nak can do now is play it safe and hope he can draw> I think he has too many weaknesses to play it safe - he needs active counterplay. |
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| Jan-20-11 | | Marmot PFL: White ready to play e4 soon. |
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Jan-20-11
 | | Ulhumbrus: Black's d6 pawn is kept back and ...e5 concedes the square d5 to White's pieces. This suggests playing at some point the advance ..d5 as a pawn sacrifice or even as a blockade sacrifice ( meaning ...e5 in reply to cxd5) An alternative is ...g5. However Black may be advised well to try to catch up with White in development before doing anything else. |
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Jan-20-11
| | Strongest Force: Where is his counter play? Maybe black will over-extend...or create a masterpiece and cause Nak to hit the bottle |
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Jan-20-11
| | Achilles87: wise to decision to think things over, hammer wins |
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Jan-20-11
| | Chesschatology: Black is ready to spring at any moment. Funny how hedge-hogs "spring". It's one of chess' most beloved mixed-metaphors (after the "dragon-bishop". |
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Jan-20-11
| | Ulhumbrus: If White can play e4, Black's pawn centre may become a target instead of a weapon. |
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Jan-20-11
| | AdrianP: White is thinking about playing c5 (NB the a4 N now hangs on bc) |
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Jan-20-11
 | | Eyal: 26.e4? would have been bad because of 26...fxe4 27.Bxe4 d5! and b5 would fall. |
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Jan-20-11
| | Ulhumbrus: Here is one conceivable plan for White: Nd1-f2, Re1, e1-e4, e4-e5. |
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Jan-20-11
| | Strongest Force: What Nak has going for himself is that he is the best at setting up cheapos/pitfalls |
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Jan-20-11
 | | Domdaniel: < White is thinking about playing c5 (NB the a4 N now hangs on bc)>
Or even Ne5, while the Qe7 is unguarded.
But 26...Nb7 puts a stop to everything. Advantage Pono. |
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Jan-20-11
 | | mike1: and what to do with the c4 pawn?? |
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Jan-20-11
| | Ulhumbrus: If Black's N heads for c5 via b7, White's N can head for c6 via b4. |
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Jan-20-11
| | Domdaniel: 26...Rc7 is also strong. Naka has nothing here.
Mind you, I've said he was losing before and he found ways to survive. |
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