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Hikaru Nakamura vs Sam Shankland
US Championship (2019), St Louis, MO USA, rd 8, Mar-28
Slav Defense: Soultanbeieff Variation (D16)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Mar-28-19  wordfunph: my chessbucks on Draw..
Mar-28-19
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  Dionysius1: By current form I think Nakamura will win this very quickly
Mar-28-19
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  Sally Simpson: ***

A Nakamura win. Meanwhile his other two main rivals Wes So and Caruana will be drawing with each other.

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Mar-28-19
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  offramp: I also think Nakamura will try very hard for a win and get one.
Mar-28-19  ChessHigherCat: Shankland will obviously make short work of Nakamura thanks to his Captain Electric hair-do
Mar-28-19
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  offramp: Nakamura is going down HARD to Captain I Sing The Body Are Friends Electric?
Mar-28-19  ChessHigherCat: Shankland will obviously make short work of Nakamura thanks to his Captain Electric hair-do <offramp: Nakamura is going down HARD to Captain I Sing The Body Are Friends Electric?>

Is that a mnemonic for the notes in the elektro-alien clef?

Mar-28-19  ChessHigherCat: Does Shankland play the Queen's Gambit Accepted a lot or is some kind of special prep?
Mar-28-19  ChessHigherCat: Captain Dynamo's plan is Qc7-Nc6-Rd8
Mar-28-19  not not: white normally crush through with pawn to d5. the question is when is the right moment to do so??
Mar-28-19  not not: epic fail
Mar-28-19  ChessHigherCat: If black could play Nf6 right away it would be a draw because White's LSB couldn't stay on the diagonal and black could swap queens
Mar-28-19  not not: if your oponnent plays h3 its time to play h6!!
Mar-28-19
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  offramp: <not not: epic fail>

That's odd - that was my exact comment on today's Game of the Day.

Mar-28-19  not not: ok lets reword it: Naka is colluding with Giri
Mar-28-19
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  offramp: It is good to see a q-side opening so wide open so quickly.
Mar-28-19  Marmot PFL: 10 d5 looks like what white plays when he has 2nd thoughts about the IQP and wants a quick draw.
Mar-28-19  ChessHigherCat: <Marmot PFL: 10 d5 looks like what white plays when he has 2nd thoughts about the IQP and wants a quick draw.>

But otherwise black plays the Qc7-Nc6-Rd8 plan?

Mar-28-19  not not: Karpov won some nice games with d5 push somewhere in middle game
Mar-28-19  Pedro Fernandez: A game without center is not that common.
Mar-28-19  Marmot PFL: <CHC> was thinking 10 Qe2 Nc6 11 Rd1 and meet Qc7 with Bg5 and Rac1
Mar-28-19  BOSTER: The draw till move 32.
Mar-28-19  Marmot PFL: Thought black would trade queens, maybe white can mix it up with 15 Qb3
Mar-28-19  not not: Russia, if you hear me, send Naka a book of Karpov memorable games!
Mar-28-19  Kirth Gersen: It's hard to believe Naka will win this after move 14, whatever the evals. Shankland is known for solidity and accurate calculation, and with a highly-symmetrical open structure with equal pieces it's hard to believe that he'll get anywhere
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