Jun-03-25
 | | HeMateMe: This seems to have some life, not a draw. |
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| Jun-03-25 | | ultrausurper: <HeMateMe> the chat over on Reddit seems to think differently, that Hikaru is playing for a draw. |
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Jun-03-25
 | | An Englishman: Good Morning: Feeling a tad surprised to see that Knight so far advanced. Can't wait for the coffee to finish brewing. |
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Jun-03-25
| | An Englishman: Good Morning: Looking at--no, wait, White *did* play 21.Rxb8, but did not continue with 22.Qe8+,Rxe8; 23.Rxe8,Qf8; 24.Rxf8+,Bxf8, draw agreed. Wondering what he sees in the position. |
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| Jun-03-25 | | Atking: Queens on the board Black could suffer of the "Bishop working on different Color" h4-h5 is the plan. |
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| Jun-03-25 | | stone free or die: It's an instructive position, I was surprised at how much an advantage White has. |
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| Jun-03-25 | | stone free or die: ("I was surprised at how much an advantage White has." - maybe shows how much more instruction I need!) |
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Jun-03-25
 | | Check It Out: This game has lots of batteries. |
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| Jun-03-25 | | Atking: Yes it's a terrible situation for Black. One side result as Karpov liked |
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| Jun-03-25 | | stone free or die: Undouble the pawns and Black is fine...
click for larger view |
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Jun-03-25
| | An Englishman: Good Morning: The Stockfish analysis surprised me with how much it likes White's position and how little it worries about ...Qf2+. Can't figure out why the silicon monster recommends ...c7-c6. |
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| Jun-03-25 | | stone free or die: RE: 25...c6 - I'm not sure either. Maybe to support ...Qd5, or to block the diagonal, but I wasn't able to convince myself. |
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Jun-03-25
| | An Englishman: Good Morning: 29.Kh3 allows the Queen to move away from defense of the a-pawn without conceding a check. 30.Qe4 seems to contain a lot of threats, especially 31.h5. Maybe 30.h5 is also a strong threat. |
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Jun-03-25
| | An Englishman: Good Morning: Drat--have to run away again when things have gotten interesting. Hope you all enjoy the rest of the game. |
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Jun-03-25
 | | MarcusBierce: What is up with Gukesh getting into such positions? The way things are going though, we may me looking at another 0-1 |
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Jun-03-25
| | MarcusBierce: Nakamura did what Carlsen and Erigasi could not. |
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Jun-03-25
| | An Englishman: Good Morning: For three consecutive rounds, after my early departures, all of the games gave the remaining viewers some high-quality fights. I don't like where this is going... Will have to await the final judgment of the silicon monsters (as always), but to this carbon-based life form, Nakamura's victory looks like it might rank among his finest. |
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Jun-03-25
 | | Atterdag: <MarcusBierce: Nakamura did what Carlsen and Erigasi could not.> What do you mean? They both beat Gukesh in their first game. |
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Jun-03-25
 | | keypusher: Looking at the final position, could see that Black was in a bad was, but was wondering how White finished the game off, then suddenly realized Bf7 is killing. |
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Jun-03-25
 | | PawnSac: yep, Bf7 is the clincher
Naka has Gukesh all tied up |
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Jun-03-25
| | MarcusBierce: < Atterdag: <MarcusBierce: Nakamura did what Carlsen and Erigasi could not.>
What do you mean? They both beat Gukesh in their first game.> Obviously talking about the last two games when Gukesh was in a significantly worse position against both. |
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| Jun-04-25 | | Atking: The weakest point of Gukesh seems the opening phase. However a great game - in Karpov style at his best - from Nakamura! |
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Jun-04-25
| | HeMateMe: Crushing final position. Nothing uglier than a Bishop trapped on the first rank |
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Jun-04-25
| | Check It Out: Great game. Nakamura is a beast. |
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Jun-04-25
| | PawnSac: < Check It Out: Great game. Nakamura is a beast. > Indeed!
<HeMateMe: Crushing final position. Nothing uglier than a Bishop trapped on the first rank > and the worst is yet to come! Bf7! cuts the communication between rook and bishop.
The Bf8 is lost. |
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