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NAKAMURA
WINS!

0:11:40 0:00:54
Hikaru Nakamura vs Dommaraju Gukesh
Norway Chess • Live from Stavanger NOR


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Just played: 50.Bd5  ·  1-0
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• TIME CONTROL: 120 min + 10 sec / move starting 41
Atking: The weakest point of Gukesh seems the opening phase. However a great game - in Karpov style at his best - from Nakamura!
GAME OVER - White Wins - it is now 3:22am
1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. Bg5 cxd5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nxd5 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Qe5 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Qe2 Rab8 19. Qe4 Bg6 20. Nxg6+ fxg6 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. g3 Rf8 23. Kg2 Bb6 24. h4 Qc5 25. f4 Qf5 26. Qc4 Qf6 27. Re5 Qd6 28. c3 Qa3 29. Kh3 Qd6 30. Kg2 Qa3 31. Kh3 Qd6 32. Qe4 Bc5 33. Kg2 Qb6 34. Kh3 Qd6 35. h5 Qd7+ 36. Kg2 Bd6 37. Re6 Rf6 38. Re8+ Bf8 39. Qa8 Qd6 40. Rd8 Qe7 41. hxg6 hxg6 42. Qc8 Qc5 43. Be4 g5 44. fxg5 Qf2+ 45. Kh3 Rf7 46. g6 Rf6 47. Qg4 Qf1+ 48. Bg2 Qc1 49. Qh4+ Qh6 50. Bd5 1-0

Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-03-25
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  HeMateMe: This seems to have some life, not a draw.
Jun-03-25  ultrausurper: <HeMateMe> the chat over on Reddit seems to think differently, that Hikaru is playing for a draw.
Jun-03-25
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  An Englishman: Good Morning: Feeling a tad surprised to see that Knight so far advanced. Can't wait for the coffee to finish brewing.
Jun-03-25
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  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.
Jun-03-25  Atking: Queens on the board Black could suffer of the "Bishop working on different Color" h4-h5 is the plan.
Jun-03-25  stone free or die: It's an instructive position, I was surprised at how much an advantage White has.
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!)
Jun-03-25
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  Check It Out: This game has lots of batteries.
Jun-03-25  Atking: Yes it's a terrible situation for Black. One side result as Karpov liked
Jun-03-25  stone free or die: Undouble the pawns and Black is fine...


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Jun-03-25
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  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.
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.
Jun-03-25
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  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.
Jun-03-25
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  An Englishman: Good Morning: Drat--have to run away again when things have gotten interesting. Hope you all enjoy the rest of the game.
Jun-03-25
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  MarcusBierce: What is up with Gukesh getting into such positions?

The way things are going though, we may me looking at another 0-1

Jun-03-25
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  MarcusBierce: Nakamura did what Carlsen and Erigasi could not.
Jun-03-25
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  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.

Jun-03-25
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  Atterdag: <MarcusBierce: Nakamura did what Carlsen and Erigasi could not.>

What do you mean? They both beat Gukesh in their first game.

Jun-03-25
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  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.
Jun-03-25  PawnSac: yep, Bf7 is the clincher

Naka has Gukesh all tied up

Jun-03-25
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  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.

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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