[Event “2008 NATIONAL OPEN”]
[Site “Las Vegas”]
[Date “2008.06.07”]
[Round “3”]
[White “GM Friedel, Josh”]
[Black “GM Nakamura, Hikaru”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteELO “2504”]
[BlackELO “2747”]
[Source “MonRoi”]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qc7 7.Bd3 g6 8.O-O Bg7 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Qe1 Bxf3 11.Rxf3 Nbd7 12.Kh1 e6 13.Bd2 Nb6 14.f5 Nfd7 15.fxe6 fxe6 16.Qh4 Ne5 17.Rf2 Nf7 18.Qh3 Qe7 19.Be3 Nd7 20.Bc4 Nd8 21.Bb3 Rc8 22.Raf1 Rc7 23.e5 d5 24.Bd4 Qg5 25.Bxd5 exd5 26.Nxd5 Rc6 27.e6 Ne5 28.Qb3 b5 29.Be3 Qh4 30.Rf4 Ng4 31.h3 h5 32.Qd3 Nxe6 33.Qxg6 Kd8 34.Re4 Qg3 35.hxg4 hxg4 36.Kg1 Qh2 37.Kf2 Rf8 38.Ke1 Rxf1 39.Kxf1 Qh1 40.Bg1 Rxc2 41.Qxg4 Rc1 42.Ke2 Qxg1 43.Ne3 Nd4 44.Rxd4 Bxd4 45.Qxd4 Kc8 46.Qg4 Kb8 47.Qg3 Kb7 48.Qf3 Rc6 49.Qf7 Rc7 1/2-1/2
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I think Josh has Nakamura’s number.
I spent several hours last night analyzing and researching Nakamura’s 9…Bg4. The understanding that I now have about g4(Keres, English and Perenyi attacks)has definitely deepened my overall comprehension of the Sicilian Najdorf in general and the (B93)Amsterdam variation in particular.
Many thanks to you Josh and Hikaru.