Short, N (2707) – Carlsen, M (2801) [B76]
London Chess Classic (7), 15.12.2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0–0 9.0–0–0 d5 10.Kb1 Nxd4 11.e5 Nf5 12.exf6 exf6 13.Bc5 d4 14.Bxf8 Qxf8 15.Nb5 Ne3 16.Rc1 Bh6 17.Qxd4 Nf5 18.Qc3 Bxc1 19.Kxc1 Bd7 20.Bd3 Rc8 21.Qd2 Bxb5 22.Bxb5 Qc5 23.Bd3 Ne3 24.Re1 Re8 25.Qf2 f5 26.f4 Qd4 27.g3 Re6 28.Qd2 Ng4 29.h3 Rxe1+ 30.Qxe1 Nf2 31.Bf1 Ne4 32.Bg2 b6 33.c3 Qd3 34.g4 Ng3 35.b3 Ne2+ 36.Kb2 Kf8 37.Bc6 fxg4 38.hxg4 h5 39.gxh5 gxh5 40.a4 a6 41.f5 h4 42.Bg2 Ng3 43.f6 Qd6 44.Qf2 Kg8 45.b4 a5 46.bxa5 bxa5 47.Kc2 Kh7 48.c4 Qa3 49.Be4+ Kg8 50.Qf4 Qxa4+ 51.Kd2 Nxe4+ 52.Qxe4 Qa2+ 53.Kc3 Qa1+ 54.Kb3 Qd1+ 55.Kb2 Qh5 56.c5 h3 57.c6 a4 58.Ka2 Qd1 59.Qe8+ Kh7 60.Qxf7+ Kh6 61.c7 Qc2+ 62.Ka3 h2 63.Qg7+ Kh5 64.Qh8+ Kg6 65.Qg8+ Kxf6 66.c8Q Qxc8 67.Qxc8 h1Q 68.Qa6+ Ke5 69.Qb5+ Qd5 70.Kxa4 Qxb5+ 71.Kxb5 ½–½
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Final round results:
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Round 7, Tue Dec 15th, 12:00 |
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Hikaru Nakamura |
½-½ |
Vladimir Kramnik |
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Ni Hua |
0-1 |
David Howell |
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Michael Adams |
1-0 |
Luke McShane |
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Nigel Short |
½-½ |
Magnus Carlsen |
Nakamura could have won this tournament. He’s just exhausted from the Oslo Blitz tournament. He needs to have better scheduling next time. Go Hikaru!
This Anonymous guy is really funny.
Why isnt Kramnik in the pic?
Btw, Is there any big tournanmet that Naka had won ever?
yeah, the same anonymous dude has been posting the same lame flame bait for the last couple of days. apparently he can’t come up with anything better anymore.
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Naka had a unique opportunity to show if he can hang with the big guys. He blew it. He’s not ready for the world elite. Maybe top 30, but certainly not top 10, not even top 20.
not a single win, 6 draws and one loss. one london newspaper had a big headline saying “H-Bomb is a ROYAL dud”
lol now that’s funny
Naka is a great player..you have to admit this for a 2700+ player….but he lacks the maturity it seems. You’re right ..he blew it…too bad. He seems to play like a Lesbian in the big events.
It is really not Naka’s fault. Here he was up against the Kasparov database which Kramnik is used to fighting against and losing to. The sad thing is that when Kasparov said he was going to retire in 2005 and open chess up to other players with lesser abilities he failed to keep his promise and created a Frankenstein that will robotically dominate the chess world for decades to come.
@Anon 1:18 p.m., LOL! Sour grapes. Magnus is the one making the moves on the board and was far from perfect in this event, but still won. All hail Magnus!
Nakamura has turned into a real gentleman, verbally, the last year. Making balanced and gentle comments about his own and others play.
Hopefully his fans will follow his example, too.
Some achivements this year:
Winner of Nanjing.
Word Champion blitz.
2nd in Tal Memorial.
Winner of London Classic.
#1 on the FIDE Elo list,
as the youngest in history.
He deserves the Chess Oscar 2009!
If on move 54, Carlsen had captured the pawn on f6, could he have converted that two pawn advantage to a win?
A commenter on the main Norwegian chess forum said that he had played through the main Rybka lines following that move, and he couldn’t see any win patterns.
@BamBam:
-No, it was still draw.
We’ll see what happens in Linares. Nakamura has time to improve and played in an original manner. As for Carlsen, I have to say that despite his coach Kasparov, he hasn’t played very dynamically in the last half of the tournament. I was surprised that so many people just expected him to squeak out a win a drawn position. Nakamura’s draws against Carlsen and Kramnik prove that he is able to at least tie the highest rated players in the world.
“Nakamura’s draws against Carlsen and Kramnik prove that he is able to at least tie the highest rated players in the world.”
On a good day, yes (he had white against Kramnik, and could easily have found himself in big trouble if Magnus hadn’t miscalculated the position in the early middle game, when he had the advantage both on the clock and the board). But statistically he’ll lose most of the time.
Let’s see what happens in Corus.
Watching Chess is like watching blind monkeys type now—the fans at home enjoy themselves looking at the errors. Or it’s a little bit like Nascar, which people watch just in case there is a fatal crash to relieve the tedium.
People look at the games, get the computer out, find the “right” answer, and understand nothing at all.
I really appreciated Adams’ play against Carlsen. There was some real adventure. Adams found a good move which took courage to play.
This is not to be compared with the way Topalov or Shirov play, where they find a crappy move that will either elicit a mistake directly or cause there opponent to use to much time and make a mistake later.
i like nakamura. i think hes a real talent. i belive hes changing froma blitz player to a classical player. this change takes sometime. this kids gonna be a force…
yo anon thats pretty good! the blind monkeys comment! hehehe. i think Adams is a sandbagger like Leko ! hehe.