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Sergey Karjakin vs Hikaru Nakamura
Tal Memorial (2011), Moscow RUS, rd 2, Nov-17
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Opocensky Variation (B92)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Nov-17-11  Agent Bouncy: I'm sad. Nakamura isn't fun anymore.
Nov-17-11  panzerkampf: this must be the most boring game of the year.
Nov-17-11  outplayer: I'm happy. Nakamura experience of being trained by Kasparov seems to have taught him how to play solidly.
Nov-17-11  kdogphs: <outplayer> I agree... if Naka wants to be a world champ he's got to tone down his attacking play somewhat and incorporate positional play into the equation...
Nov-17-11  Agent Bouncy: Sure, like Alekhin, Tal, and Kasparov toned down their attacking play. And look at Fischer, one of the greatest positional players ever as well as an attacking genius. No, Nakamura's "improved" positional play is pointless if it only leads to dull draw after dull draw. Whoever thought I'd be saying this about Nakamura?
Nov-17-11  kdogphs: <Agent_Bouncy> If "dull draw after dull draw" produces a shot at the World Championship, I will politely ask you what dipping sauce you would like to go with your words... I'd much rather be consistent than losing games because I made speculative attacks that didn't work...
Nov-17-11  Agent Bouncy: How does dull draw after dull draw produce a shot at the WC? You talk about not losing, but you have to win games too.
Nov-17-11  kdogphs: Consistency is the key to winning anything long-term...
Nov-17-11  Agent Bouncy: Anyway, I've gotten a bit sidetracked from my original point. Maybe Nakamura's new solidity will in the long run get him closer to the title -- who knows? I'll continue to cheer for him. But I'm sad because a couple of years ago Nakamura was playing the most exciting chess in the world, win, lose, or draw. It's not as fun anymore.
Nov-17-11  kdogphs: I will give you that <Agent_Bouncy> when I first started playing seriously and following the game passionately, he was a very exciting player to watch. With age comes maturity! Let's hope he uses it wisely. And if I offended you with the crow comment I apologize.

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