| May-19-11 | | Helloween: Excellent technique by Pono to convert. 21...Nf6? hurts, as Black has no compensation. |
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| May-19-11 | | Skakalec: I am glad to see Po(r)no played 13.g4! move I recently adopted and regulary played on FICS. I played tens of games with 13.g4 and none of my oponents sacced on g4, ever! Remarkable. They must have been more expirienced then young Naka :-). |
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| May-19-11 | | SamAtoms1980: Damn, Nakamura rusty... |
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| May-19-11 | | progrock64: What is the drawback if black starts with h5 instead of g5? |
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May-19-11
 | | Marmot PFL: 21...Nb6 22 Bd5 hg4 23 hg4 Bxg4 24 fg4 f3+ 25 Kg3 (Kg1 Qd7) Qf6 is the line Nakamura missed. |
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| May-20-11 | | Muk: This position would be hard, for some players, to found out what's the checkmate. This is the variation: 93... Ka6 94.Kc6 Ka7 95.Nc5 Kb8
96.Kb6 Ka8 97.Be6 Kb8 98.Na6+ Ka8 99.Bd5# |
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May-20-11
 | | Garech: Fantastic game by both sides; definitely a GOTD contender - pun is going to be tricky though! I will get my thinking cap on. -Garech |
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| May-21-11 | | DAVI DE RAFE: pono naka-ne aanem kuthirem kali padippichu |
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May-22-11
 | | Richard Taylor: I never learnt how to win with B and knight - I learnt all the other mates except that one! |
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May-22-11
 | | juan31: Super tecnica del Maestro Ruslan Ponomariov eso demuestra su Maestria en el ajedrez |
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May-23-11
 | | NM JRousselle: Was Nakamura unaware that it is possible to force mate with B and Kt? What else could explain his continued play in a dead lost position? |
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May-27-11
 | | chessicle: This is such a difficult checkmate! |
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| May-27-11 | | shalgo: <Was Nakamura unaware that it is possible to force mate with B and Kt? What else could explain his continued play in a dead lost position?> It is normal for even elite players to make their opponent demonstrate that they know the mating pattern. See, for example: Navara vs I Saric, 2011
B Finegold vs Shabalov, 2011
Ivanchuk vs Morozevich, 2011
E Alekseev vs I Cheparinov, 2009 |
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