America’s top GM Hikaru Nakamura is leading Donostia by 1/2 point going into the final round. But he will have Black against former FIDE world champion Kasimdzhanov.
Another former FIDE world champion, GM Ponomariov, who is currently in 2nd place, will have White against GM Vallejo-Pons.
Will it be a quick draw on the top board to give Hikaru at least a share of 1st place or will we see a Kramnik scenario in Dortmund where he took care of business with his own victory?
Here are the final round matchups:
| Name | Elo | Res. | Name | Elo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GM | San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo | 2570 | – | GM | Karpov, Anatoly | 2644 | ||
| GM | Ponomariov, Ruslan | 2727 | – | GM | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | 2693 | ||
| GM | Granda, Julio | 2647 | – | GM | Svidler, Peter | 2739 | ||
| GM | Movsesian, Sergei | 2716 | – | GM | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2703 | ||
| GM | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | 2672 | – | GM | Nakamura, Hikaru | 2710 |
Official website: http://www.donostiachess.com/en/
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Big chance for Nakamura to establish himself in the 2700+ group of GMs and to make his name a good address for further invitations to European Super-Tournaments
Go Karpov!
quick draw
Nakamura blew it. Now He and Ponomariov will play two 5 minute blitz games, followed by armageddon if necessary
Naka drew and Ponomariov caught up with him by defeating Vallejo Pons. Great performance by both players!
Nakamura Won!
Michigan Chess Dad
2nd blitz
Ponomariov – Nakamura
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. Bf4 c5 13. e5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd5 15. Bd2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb8 17. h3 Nc6 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bb5 Rc8 20. Rfc1 Nde7 21. Kg2 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. Bxe3 a6 25. Bf1 Bc2 26. Kg3 Nd5 27. Bd2 Rc7 28. a5 Rd8 29. Ra2 Rdc8 30. Rb2 h6 (time) 0-1
naka your the best..
naka- anand rapid match will be epic!
Yes,
But is he gay or european?
@Anonymous the game didn’t finish there, they moved on more moves, but I can’t reproduce it, I’m sorry
Mikel Larreategi
Deputy Arbiter
Sicilian B81
Hikaru Nakamura
Rulan Ponomariov
Donostia Chess Tie break Blitz 1
2009
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. h3 a6 9. Be3 Ne5 10. Qe2 g5 11. f4 gxf4 12. Bxf4 Nfd7 13. O-O-O b5 14. Qf2 Bb7 15. Kb1 Qb6 16. Rhf1 Be7 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Nf3 Rh7 19. Bd4 b4 20. Na4 Nc4 21. Nd2 Rc8 22. Nxc4 Qxc4 23. b3 Qb5 24. Nb2 Ne5 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Nc4 Rxc4 27. bxc4 Qxc4 28. Qb6 Qc6 29. Qa5 f6 30. h4 Rg7 31. Bf3 Rg8 32. g5 hxg5 33. Qxe5 Kf7 34. Qg3 g4 35. Bxg4 Qc5 36. Bxe6+ 1-0
LOL.
That is NOT how the 2nd blitz game went. Nakamura did not play 21…Nxd4 – the DGT board registered it wrong. Everything from there on is wrong and wasn’t played. The official site had the final position (but not the moves) where Nakamura was clearly winning at the end. The material was even for the whole time.
That 33. Qxe5 was cool – considering blitz game. And last move was not bad also…
How many of you people know under what time controls this tournament was played?
Not many, I bet.
The players had 90 minutes for the whole game plus 30 seconds increment after each move.
So all that Nakamura has won is a “slow rapid” tournament. He has yet to prove himself in classical chess.