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| May-05-08 |
| slomarko: great victory in the last round over Cheparinov!
[Event "Grand Prix"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.05.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GMNavara"]
[Black "GMCheparinov"]
[Result "1:0"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[ECO "D12"]
[TimeControl "7200"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8.
Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Be2 Bh5 11. O-O-O dxc4 12. Qxc4 a6 13. g4 b5 14. Qd3
Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. f4 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Kb1 Nc6 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. Nxf6+
gxf6 21. h4 Rd8 22. Qc3 Bb4 23. Qxf6 Bxd2
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24. h5! Qxe3 25. hxg6 
click for larger view25...Qe4+? <this seems like the decisive error, i think the computer like move Kd7! was better> 26. Ka1 Rf8 27. gxf7+ Kd7 28. Rxd2+ Kc7 29. Rxd8 Qxh1+ 30. Rd1 Qe4 31. Bd3 Qf3 32.Rc1 Qxd3 33. Qe7+ 1:0 |
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| May-06-08 |
| DeltaHawk: I'm glad Navara bounced back with two wins after getting four losses. He should do better next time. |
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May-06-08
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| ahmadov: <DeltaHawk: I'm glad Navara bounced back with two wins after getting four losses. He should do better next time.> Indeed... I was also very happy for his win over Chepa! |
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| May-12-08 |
| yalie: Amidst all the excitement over Ivanchuk's MTel performance, I forgot that Navara has a rapid match against Kramnik starting day after tomorrow. |
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| May-13-08 |
| yalie: I think games are at 5 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. local time on 14, 15, 17 and 18. Kramnik simul on 16. I expect a 4-2 win for Kramnik. |
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| May-14-08 |
| yalie: where are we discussing the games? anyway, here is my take game one: open catalan. the difference in class is so obvious. Kramnik has made rather obvious moves (even to me), but Navara's responses have lacked depth of analysis. Obviously I must be missing some dangers that Navara can see, but Kramnik's play reminds me so much of Karpov in his heydey. Just have pieces go to their optimal squares and it has left Navara scrambling. I see 1-0 already by move 24. |
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| May-14-08 |
| yalie: and 1-0 it is on move 33. effortless play from Kramnik. all I can say is that if navara wants to hang with Kramnik as black, he better not play the catalan ... kramnik's understanding of this is just soo much better. this game was not even a long grind. |
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| May-14-08 |
| yalie: game 2: I expect an english game with a draw in under 25 moves. ideally if he wants to draw, navara shd play e4 and face the Petroff, but I think he'll go c4 or d4. |
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| May-14-08 |
| slomarko: he played 1.e4 and then entered an interesting line of the Petroff.
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black to move |
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| May-14-08 |
| yalie: navara just makes too many mistakes .. of course it is rapid .. but.. looks like the endgame is a draw. Navara has two pawns and a knight for a rook. |
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| May-14-08 |
| yalie: just as I said that, it is Kramnik';s turn to err - Rd7? instead of rdb2 .. now can Navara capitalize? |
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| May-14-08 |
| yalie: all over 0-1. Kramnik should win after Rg4. I thought Kramnik had found a way to draw despite having an advantage, but Navara finds a way to lose even after being given several chances. |
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| May-14-08 |
| slomarko: 
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last error was in this position, Navara played Kc5? where g5 or Nd5 seems better but then again its hard to say without an engine. |
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| May-14-08 |
| aragorn69: Very poor endgame technique by Navarra, it seems. Rapid is where the soundness of instincts should show, and that doesn't seem to be Navarra's forte. |
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| May-14-08 |
| slomarko: <aragorn69> what a load of BS |
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May-14-08
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| whiteshark: You can find the <ČEZ CHESS TROPHY 2008> games here: http://www.praguechess.cz/en/porada... |
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| May-14-08 |
| Mameluk: <slomarko> 53. Nd3 seems to hold the pawns and the draw. On the other hand your 52. g5 seems to be just weak because of h5. Really looks like student vs. master in certain not so rare moments. |
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| May-14-08 |
| aragorn69: Felt the sting, <slo>, didnu?? |
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| May-14-08 |
| cannibal: Sometimes I don't understand these "notable games collections". Like, what is Radja-Navara doing up there? Wasn't that the game where Navara played like crap out of the opening and should just have lost to some nice tactics? |
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| May-14-08 |
| slomarko: <aragorn69: Felt the sting, <slo>, didnu??> not really, just wondering how stupid you must be not to even know his name properly. its simple N A V A R A. |
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| May-14-08 |
| slomarko: <Wasn't that the game where Navara played like crap out of the opening and should just have lost to some nice tactics?> no, that was an exiting game where Radjabov missed his chances and Navara punished him with the nice Qg2 move. |
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| May-14-08 |
| slomarko: <Mameluk> you are correct, i underestimated h5. |
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May-14-08
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| keypusher: <cannibal> <Sometimes I don't understand these "notable games collections". Like, what is Radja-Navara doing up there? Wasn't that the game where Navara played like crap out of the opening and should just have lost to some nice tactics?> Notable games are those appearing in the greatest number of collections put together by kibitzers. But people put together collections for all sorts of reasons: to gather all the games from a tournament, to illustrate particular tactical themes, to replicate the games reprinted in a particular book, etc. So there is no guarantee that "Notable Games" will include a player's best efforts. |
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| May-15-08 |
| aragorn69: NavaRa should stop to play rapid. His play (esp. today's game with White) is getting ridiculous. |
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| May-15-08 |
| cotdt: Navara's rapid skill is not in the same league as Kramnik's |
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