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Hikaru Nakamura vs Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Rising Stars - Experience (2010), Amsterdam NED, rd 1, Aug-12
Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian. Open (B32)  ·  1-0

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Aug-12-10  play2win: Glad to see 1. e4.

Looks like black miscalculated at the end there. Didn't look TOO BAD in the middle game.

Aug-13-10  ycbaywtb: good start for Naka
Aug-13-10  whiteshark: "Hikaru Nakamura was the first of the Rising Stars to draw blood and he did so at the expense of Ljubomir Ljubojevic.

The Serbian grandmaster was largely to be blamed for his loss himself, as his position from the opening was perfectly fine. In fact he was even somewhat better.

Therefore his first complaint when he walked out of the playing hall was that he never should have given his pawn on b6.

And turning to his opponent, who was walking next to him: <I was better, right?> Nakamura didn’t agree completely and said that he wasn’t so sure that Black had been better, but once they sat down to analyze the game he consented, although he believed that it wasn’t easy at all to exploit Black’s advantage.

In fact, Ljubojevic was still fine after he had given up his pawn on b6 (to avoid any misunderstanding, in exchange for White’s pawn on f4, he wasn’t dropping it).

His real problem was a serious shortage of time and once this led to a fearsome passed pawn for White and Black lost control, the game was soon decided in Nakamura’s favour."

-- Round 1 Report
http://nhchess.com/RoundReport1.html

Aug-13-10  harish22: i am really not sure why Nakamura is classified as a rising star. He is a proven player who will at best be a consistent top-25. Lubo should be playing on the senior circuit.He was an elite grandmaster but that was 20 years ago.

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