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Hikaru Nakamura vs Mariya Muzychuk
Gibraltar Masters (2016), La Caleta GIB, rd 5, Jan-30
Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation. Shabalov Attack (D45)  ·  1-0

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Jan-30-16  JoeBerylwood: Nasty.
Jan-30-16
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  chancho: Naka storming the barricades in spades.
Jan-30-16
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  tamar: The day the Muzychuk died.
Jan-30-16
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  chancho: <tamar> Brilliant!
Jan-30-16
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  tamar: chanco-Better at least than hearing Naka singing "How do you solve a problem like Mariya?"
Jan-30-16
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  tamar: Should read chancho last
Jan-30-16  zanzibar: Another example of Nakamura exploiting an x-ray of the king by the bishop via the "discovered pin" move 22.d6, and <bang!>, it's over.
Jan-30-16  dehanne: Looks like a ICC bullet game.
Jan-30-16  notyetagm: <tamar: The day the Muzychuk died.>

No, that will be later this year when she plays Hou Yifan.

:-)

Jan-30-16  notyetagm: Wow, this looks like Nakamura vs NN Gibraltar simul 2016.
Jan-30-16  althus: Yeah, I wonder if she miscalculated the tactics of 17. Nxd5 or misevaluated one of the positions down the road as holdable. Either way, things went very very wrong at that point there.
Feb-01-16  Cactusjuice: Absoultely outplayed
Feb-03-16  ChessMan94: Keep in mind Mariya is the women's world champion and still was dismantled by Naka. Well, the real women's champion is Hou. She'll regain the crown soon.
Feb-04-16  onur87: crushing pawns.
Feb-06-16
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  tpstar: 23. Qxg6+ must have been a fun move to play.

17 ... Nxd5 with a Discovery on the Nh4 looks interesting.

Feb-09-16
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  ajk68: What's wrong with 18...Nxd5, ?
Feb-28-17  Stardeliskon: 18...Nxd5 loses to 19.Qe4+ and if 19...Ne7 20.Qxa8, and if 19...Qe7, 20.Qxd5.

Of course, there is an even better move either at 19. or at 20., and that's 20.Nxg6!, which is crushing as there is no way to stop the threats of Qxg6, Bc4 and Rdf1.

Jul-22-17
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: First things first--<tamar's> Jan-30-16 post is *brilliant.* Second, this had to be an intuitive sacrifice even for Nakamura because Black had so many possible defenses. Solved it to the extent that I saw the first 3-5 moves in multiple variations.
Jul-22-17  jith1207: In the end, Black has all minor and major pieces - basically the second rank cavalry of the army - at disposal for four pawns less, but couldn't save the king.
Jul-22-17
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  al wazir: I went astray with 19. Nxg6. After 19...fxg6+, 20. Qxg6 Kf8 21. c6 Nb8 looked pretty good, but I don't see where to go from there. 19...Rg8 is probably playable too.
Jul-22-17  Ariogermano: 19.c6 ?!
Jul-22-17  agb2002: White has an extra pawn.

Black threatens bxc3 and the black queen x-rays the knight on h4.

I would probably play 17.Nxd5 cxd5 (17... Nxd5 18.exd5 Qxh4 19.dxc6 with three pawns for a knight and attack) 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Nxg6 fxg6 (19... Rg8 20.Nf4 Nxf4 21.exf4 with a similar conclusion) 20.Qxg6+ Ke7 (20... Kf8 21.Bc4 with the double threat Bxd5 and Rhf1+ looks good for White) 21.Qg7+ Ke6 (21... Ke8 22.Qxh8+) 22.e4 and White seens to have more than enough compensation (22... N5f6 23.Bc4+ Nd5 24.Bxd5#).

That's all I can do today.

Jul-22-17  goodevans: <al wazir: I went astray with 19. Nxg6>

Yes, the most surprising thing about this whole attack was that it didn't include 19.Nxg6.

Jul-22-17  RandomVisitor: After 15...Qe7 things would have been equal


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<0.00/44 16.f4 a5> 17.Be1 Ra7 18.Ng2 0-0 19.Bh4 Qe8 20.Be2 Nh7 21.Kb1 Ba6 22.b3 Kg7 23.Rdf1 Rh8 24.Rhg1 Nhf6 25.Be1 Ra8 26.Bg3 Qb8 27.Be1 Qe8

-0.18/43 16.Kb1 exf3 17.Nxf3 b4 18.Na4 a5 19.e4 Nxe4 20.Nb6 Bxb6 21.cxb6 0-0 22.Bxh6 Re8 23.Re1 Nxb6 24.Bd3 Ba6 25.Bxa6 Rxa6 26.Qxc6 Qe6 27.Qxe6 Rxe6 28.Ng5 Nxg5 29.Bxg5 Nc4 30.h4 a4 31.Kc2 b3+ 32.axb3 axb3+ 33.Kc3 Rec6 34.Be7 Nd6+ 35.Kxb3 Ne4 36.Bc5 Nxc5+ 37.dxc5 Rxc5 38.Re8+ Kg7 39.Rb8 Rf6 40.g5 Rf4 41.Rb4 Rf2 42.Ka2 Rd2 43.Kb1 Rc8 44.Rc1 Rxc1+ 45.Kxc1 Rh2 46.Rd4

-0.34/43 16.a3 0-0 17.f4 a5 18.Na2 b4 19.axb4 axb4 20.Kb1 Ba5 21.Qa4 Bb7 22.Bxb4 Bc7 23.Qc2 Rfb8 24.Bc3 Qd8 25.Rg1 Qc8 26.Nb4 Ba5 27.Kc1 Qd8 28.Na2 Bxc3 29.Nxc3 Bc8 30.Ng2 Qa5 31.Be2 Qb4 32.Rgf1 Ne8 33.Kd2 Nc7 34.f5 g5 35.Rb1 Ba6 36.Bxa6 Nxa6 37.Ke2 Qb7 38.Kf2 Nb4 39.Qe2 Kh7

Jul-22-17  latebishop: How does White's attack proceed after 26...Kg8?
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