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Jon Ludvig Hammer vs Gata Kamsky
World Cup (2013), Tromso NOR, rd 3, Aug-17
Dutch Defense: Leningrad. Warsaw Variation (A88)  ·  0-1

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Aug-17-13  Marmot PFL: Incredible that after his fine play yesterday Hammer is lost by move 15. Trying to blast the Dutch off the board like this is amateurish.
Aug-17-13  Xeroxx: Maybe Hammer was inspired by Navaras play yesterday.
Aug-17-13  Libispusher: I could assume that Ludvig fancied his chances to be somehow more favorable engaging Gata in a tactical skirmish not unlike what he saw with the Shimanov gambit in the previous match.

But Kamsky seemed to have collected his bearings and looked very much in control of the whole situation here.

Position after 22.Bg5xe7?!


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He probably even thought about 22…Rxf2! as well but elected to tread on to a safer route to victory.

Wei-Kamsky should be one of those matches to look forward to if it pans out for both.

Aug-17-13  csmath: <I could assume that Ludvig fancied his chances to be somehow more favorable engaging Gata in a tactical skirmish not unlike what he saw with the Shimanov gambit in the previous match.>

Undoubtedly. But this time Gata did not blink so it is Hammer that got hammered.

Aug-21-13  ajile: Black has a much harder time when White plays d5 as shown here:

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1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 c6 8.Rb1 a5 9.d5


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The d5 pawn is a bone in Black's throat and makes it much harder for Black to play his freeing move ..e5 without concessions.

In this game with Kamsky as Black he had good resources to deal with 9.Re1 and 10.e4.

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