GM Karjakin (2694) – GM Alekseev (2716) [B90]
08.12.2007
Rapid Playoff – Game 2
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.f3 Be6 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.g4 0–0 11.0–0–0 Qc7 12.Kb1 b5 13.g5 Nh5 14.f4 exf4 15.Bxf4 Nxf4 16.Qxf4 Rac8 17.Nd4 Nb6 18.Bd3 Qc5 19.Nf5 Rce8 20.Nxe7+ Rxe7 21.e5 d5 22.h4 Nc4? (I prefer something like 22…b4 23.Ne2 Nc4) 23.h5 d4? (Maybe 23…Qe3 is better 24.Qh4 Rc7) 24.h6 g6?? 25.Nd5 Qxd5 26.Bxc4 Qxc4 27.Qf6 White wins 1–0
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nice game by Karjakin. What has Nakamura done since beating Karjakin? It shows training helps and he should have been willing to be trained.
If u put a comma between “eliminated” and “Alekseev”, the title gives a totally different meaning. To be honest that’s what I thought in the very first place.
Why do people speak of Nakamura beating Karjakin??? He was 13 while Nakamura 17. This is huge difference in age!
Karjakin is NOW 17 and he has obviously much better level than Nakamura…