Super blitz maestro Nakamura soundly defeated young phenom Giri 2-0 in the blitz playoff to earn a berth in the next Amber super tournament.
Final standings:
Experience
| Gelfand Svidler Nielsen van Wely Ljubojevic |
7 5½ 4 4 3½ |
Rising stars
| Giri Nakamura Caruana Howell So |
6 6 * 5 4½ 4½ |
| Experience Rising stars |
24 |
* wins playoff 2-0
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Susan he ran through Giri like he playing football for the Baltimore Ravens, does naka have a twin who ran that 51 yarder? hehe.
Impressive 2-0!
Giri deserved but he mixed move order at move 22 of his slow game, unfortunately for him.
I would have been very curious to see him in Amber 2011. Nevertheless I’m sure Nakamura will play interesting games too.
It will be interesting to see how well Nakamura does in blindfold play at Amber. He does have some experience with it:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2697