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Apr-27-14
 | | WannaBe: Beating will continue until morale improves. =) |
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| Apr-27-14 | | DcGentle: Carlsen has to blunder severely in order not to win this game now. But the probable victory sweeps some weak play of Black under the carpet. Well, Carlsen will analyze his game later and will know it. |
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| Apr-27-14 | | Memethecat: you've gotta like the champs style, 7 games and only 1 draw! Sitting on your laurels? absolutely not. |
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| Apr-27-14 | | Ulhumbrus: On the official site Houdini says that after 37...Rdc8 Black is slightly better and does not consider 38 Kh2. After 38 Kh2 it says that Black is winning. In other words 38 Kh2 instead of 38 Rb1 is a losing mistake. |
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| Apr-27-14 | | DcGentle: Nakamura resigned. |
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Apr-27-14
 | | offramp: Kh7 & Rg8. |
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Apr-27-14
| | offramp: Incredible; another Naka éboulement! |
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| Apr-27-14 | | thegoodanarchist: Thanks, cg.com! Live chess by the elites is my favorite feature of this website. |
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Apr-27-14
 | | Gypsy: <WannaBe: Beating will continue until morale improves. =)> Humor a'propos to Eastern Europe, I remember. |
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Apr-27-14
| | offramp: < thegoodanarchist: Thanks, cg.com! Live chess by the elites is my favorite feature of this website.>
Those are my thoughts EXACTLY. TV is useless for chess. We don't want to SEE the players! Chessgames.com is by far the best place to view these games. |
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| Apr-27-14 | | john barleycorn: Can somebody please provide a link to the press conference? |
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Apr-27-14
| | offramp: ... And I would use it all the time if I could afford it... |
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Apr-27-14
 | | tamar: http://www.shamkirchess.az/ |
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| Apr-27-14 | | Ulhumbrus: The advice of both Lasker and Capablanca to Nakamura would be the same: Search for the reasons why you lost - here a strong computer such as Houdini 4 can help you - and so learn what to avoid in a future game. Then you will gain something from your defeat. Why? Because then Carlsen cannot catch you in this way again. You can trip over only so many times before you start to avoid increasingly the traps. |
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| Apr-27-14 | | cro777: Nakamura: "I thought I was winning, but I missed the strong idea of Qh6." |
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| Apr-27-14 | | cro777: Carlsen: "To be honest, I didn't see b3." |
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| Apr-27-14 | | Eyal: <cro777: Nielsen (Carlsen's second) on Norwegian TV now: "I have the same feeling now that I got in Zürich."> "History repeats itself: first as tragedy, second as farce" (Karl Marx) |
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Apr-27-14
 | | chancho: So much for the law of averages... Naka is putty in Carlsen's hands. Pity. |
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| Apr-27-14 | | SirRuthless: Entertaining battle. Magnus has nerves of steel and a great poker face but nakamura has neither. I wish the best for the guy but when the heat is on he melts. Repeatedly. Sad part is he will probably play just fine tomorrow. As for Carlsen, tough cookie. Real tough cookie. |
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| Apr-27-14 | | docbenway: "Grab some pine, meat, you've been shown total ownage!" -Mike Krukow (Giants baseball commentator) |
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| Apr-27-14 | | fgh: The similarities between this game and Tarrasch vs Lasker, 1908 are fascinating (not just because they are both parts of rivalries). White had a better position out of the opening, attacking chances, and went a pawn up. Black had his pieces stuck on passive squares, and his bishop was hardly stellar. Yet move by move, black improved his bishop, and white fell apart in the endgame (even though his oppponent played a few suboptimal moves). Well, comparing Carlsen to Lasker is hardly original, so... |
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| Apr-27-14 | | Marmot PFL: <You can trip over only so many times before you start to avoid increasingly the traps.> It's much more than traps. With Carlsen Nakamurais is up against a higher level of positional understanding, as well as (usually) better nerves under stress. |
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| Apr-27-14 | | SetNoEscapeOn: The tragedy of this game is that Nakamura's worst moves came after he had survived time trouble. |
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| Apr-27-14 | | csmath: 8. ...Ne5!
[Immediately using opening on d3.]
10. ...Bd7
[clearly a Benoni bishop.]
12. ...b5
[As expected.]
13. 0-0
[13. Nxb5 Bxb5 14. Bxb5 c4! (with threat of Rb8) 15. b4 cxb3 16. a6 Be2 17. Rb8
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] 16. Bc8?!
[planning Nfd7-Nc5 but it is dubious with regard to kingside dangers.] 17. Kh1
[17. a4 a6 18. axb5 axb5 deserved attention.]
18. f4!
[White has no time to wait for kingside attack.]
20. Ne3?!
[Too slow. Immediate 21. a4 Nc5 22. Ra2 is good.
If 20....a6 then 21. axb5 axb5 22. f5! Ne5 23. f6 with strong attack.] 21. ...Nd3?
[Attractive and serious error.
21. ...f6 was necessary to slow down white kingside attack. Nd3 could wait.] 22. f5! Ngf4
[Awkward square for knigh but 22. ...Nge5? 23. f6 is invitation for disaster.
This is why 21. ...f6 was necessary.]
click for larger viewCritical position.
23. a4 a6
24. Ng4
[with threats of both f6 and Rxf4 white is clearly better.] 
click for larger view24. ...h5
[Clearly 24. ...bxa4 25. Rxf4 Nxf4 (...Rb2? 26. Qc3) 26. Qxf4 Rxb2 27. Bxa4 would be admission of bad position so world champion is trying complications.] [Continues] |
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| Apr-27-14 | | csmath: 26. Nxd3
[Immediate 26. Nxh5 deserved attention. 26. ...Nxh5 27. Nxd3 cxd3 28. a5! (28. Bxh5? bxa4! with counteratack) Rb8 29. Bxh5  ]26. ...Nxd3
27. Qe3 Rb7 (preparing doubling of rooks on e-file)
28. Nxh5?
[28. axb5! axb5 29. Nxh5 (threatening f6) Qh6 30. Qd4 Re8 31. Ra3 Re7 32. Ng3 ] And after 30 moves white has lost much of his advantage but he is still pawn up: 
click for larger view31. Bc2
[Simple 31. Rb1 was probably too timid to Nakamura.]
31. ...Ne5?
[...Nxb2 is clearly better 32. Ra6 Rd8 33. Rb1 c3 34. e5 dxe5 35. Rxh6 is hard to evaluate.
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] 32. Ra6 Rd8
33. Ng3?!
[white abandons his initiative clearly concerned about black queenside pawns. Securing king with Kg1 or h3 was better. The game drifts toward equal.] Position after 35 moves is critical:
click for larger view36. Rfa1?
[Rb1 or Nd4 was safer.]
36. ...Bb5!
37. h3 Rdc8
[Now the world champion sees his chance.]
click for larger view38. Kh2?!
[It is hard to give a good advice but 38. Rb1 c3 39. Nd4 b3 40. Nxb3 cxb2 41. Rxb2 Bd3 42. Bxd3 Nxd3 43. Rb1 Rc3 44. Ra3 Nc5 does not look attractive at all.] 38. ...c3!
[Perfect timing and white is lost.]
42. Nd4
click for larger view42. ...Rd2?
[42. ...b3! 43. Ra3 Nc4 44. Rxb3 Rxb3 45. Nxb3 Na3 wins on the spot.] 44. Ra4?
[44. Nxe5 Rxe5 45. Ra2 Rxe4 46. Rxb2 looks more resilient and possibly drawn.] 44. ...Nd3
45. Nxb4 Nf2
46. Ra2 Nd1
Here faced with the threat of fork white gave exchange but without hope of salvation he quickly lost. ===
From 21st move on both players missed proper timing but it was Nakamura that made more errors and the last one as well. |
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