Nakamura, Hikaru (2710) – Vachier Lagrave, M (2703) [B90]
City of Culture, Donostia ESP , 08.07.2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bc1 Nf6 8.f3 e6 9.Be3 b5 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.g4 h6 12.0–0–0 Bb7 13.h4 b4 14.Na4 Qa5 15.b3 Nc5 16.a3 Rc8 17.Qxb4 Qc7 18.Nxc5 dxc5 19.Qa4+ Nd7 20.Ne2 Bc6 21.Qc4 Ne5 22.Qc3 Nxf3 23.Bf4 e5 24.Qxf3 exf4 25.Qxf4 c4 26.b4 a5 27.Qxc7 Rxc7 28.c3 Bxe4 29.Rh3 Be7 30.Nd4 axb4 31.axb4 0–0 32.Nb5 Rb7 33.Nd6 Bxd6 34.Rxd6 Rc7 35.Rd4 Bb7 36.Rxc4 Re7 37.Rd4 Re1+ 38.Rd1 Rfe8 39.Bd3 Bc8 40.Rg3 g5 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 43.Kd2 Re5 44.Re3 1–0
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Round 2 results:
| Nakamura, Hikaru | – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1-0 | |||
| Movsesian, Sergei | – Vallejo Pons, Francisco | ½-½ | |||
| Granda Zuniga, Julio E | – San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo | 1-0 | |||
| Karpov, Anatoly | – Ponomariov, Ruslan | ½-½ | |||
| Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | – Svidler, Peter | ½-½ |
Standings after 2 rounds:
| 1. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2710 | 2 | |
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| 2. | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2693 | 1½ | |||||||||||
| 3-7. | Movsesian, Sergei | g | SVK | 2716 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3-7. | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2739 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3-7. | Granda Zuniga, Julio E | g | PER | 2647 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3-7. | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2727 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3-7. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2703 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 8-10. | Karpov, Anatoly | g | RUS | 2644 | ½ | |||||||||||
| 8-10. | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2672 | ½ | |||||||||||
| 8-10. | San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo | g | ESP | 2570 | ½ |
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Is Nakamura better than Kamsky?
Anonymous said…
Is Nakamura better than Kamsky?
Not historically but right now he’s very hot and Kamsky is not playing that well. Let’s see how long Nakamura can keep it up.
Karpov needs some Geritol ™.
Right now, Nakamura has a higher FIDE rating than Kamky. Gata has not been playing well and his current rating, counting all the games (including the World Open) is below 2700 FIDE. Nakamura right now has a rating of around 2723 FIDE, again, counting all the games played. He has climbed to # 17 in the World! It seems that Hikaru is getting better, as expected. He has some elite tournaments coming up, so he has a chance to eventually get into the top 10 in the World.
Keep up the good work, Hikaru!
Naka is moving up!
Way to go!
Good work Nakamura!
Interesting ending to the Nakamura game. I thought white was clearly better (better king), but I am surprised black didn’t continue at least a few more moves.
What interests me about Nakamura’s recent play is that he seems to handle transition to the endgame exceptionally well and to have good technique and perceive rather subtle opportunities for endgame advantage. Carlsen is also displaying good engame play, as witness his 2 wins at Dortmund against the Berlin.
A great game by Naka!
Keep it up!
If you look at some of the other games, van Wely won an amusing game against Fernandes today.
Nice work Nakamura. There’s a young chess master in the Philippines just forgot the name. Watch out for him.
Its now clear that Naka is next World champion.
“Right now, Nakamura has a higher FIDE rating than Kamky.”
I don’t know about Kamky, but Kamsky’s ‘FIDE rating’ is 2717 and Nakamura’s ‘FIDE rating’ is 2710, so I really don’t know what you are talking about.
You said ‘FIDE rating’ and you do know what FIDE rating is, right?
Anon 3:17
The posters are talking about the informal “live rating” which is updated after each game. The FIDE rating is republished every several months, and doesn’t reflect the most recent activity.
http://chess.liverating.org/
Brad Hoehne
He explicitly stated ‘FIDE rating’, didn’t he? Thats why I really do not know what he is talking about.