Leinier Dominguez, the best Cuban player since Capablanca, is an extremely solid player. He is a rock. He rarely loses and he also did not lose a single game in the first 10 rounds of Corus. But that changed when he faced the Norwegian wunderkind Magnus Carlsen. Magnus once again shows why he is the #1 player in the world with rating of 2800+.
Carlsen (2810) – Dominguez (2712) [D97]
Corus A (11), 29.01.2010
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0–0 7.e4 a6 8.e5 b5 9.Qb3 Nfd7 10.Ng5 Nb6 11.Be3 Nc6 12.Rd1 Bf5 13.Be2 Na5 14.Qb4 Nac4 15.0–0 f6 16.Nf3 Nxe3 17.fxe3 fxe5 18.dxe5 Qe8 19.Qc5 Rc8 20.a4 Nxa4 21.Nxa4 bxa4 22.Nd4 Rb8 23.g4 Be4 24.Ne6 Rxf1+ 25.Bxf1 c6 26.Ng5 Bd5 27.e4 Bb3 28.Bc4+ e6 29.Nxe6 Bxc4 30.Qxc4 Kh8 31.Nxg7 Kxg7 32.e6 Rb7 33.Qc3+ Kg8 34.Rd6 Re7 35.Rxc6 Qf8 36.Rc8 Re8 37.Rxe8 Qxe8 38.Qf6 Qc8 39.Kg2 Qc2+ 40.Kh3 Qc5 41.Kh4 Qb4 42.Qf7+ Kh8 43.e7 Qe1+ 44.Kg5 Qe3+ 45.Qf4 1–0
　
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Shirov and Kramnik just drew. Interesting final position. I thought, after the queenside pawns were liquidated, White could win with his remaing pawn and knight against two pawns, but I guess I need to take a longer look at the position- it must be a known textbook draw.
What a wonderful display by the kid! Every move makes sense and looks logical at hindsight. Brilliant.
Yup… Carlsen is the best. If you don’t count the game against Kramnik, he is the real victor of this tournament.
Dominguez played excellently, then went astray in time trouble.
Whooopee.
Nobody has patience today.
Go games used to take days to complete (some still do, in Japan).
There’s an opera in China which is performed over two weeks.
I get no appreciation as a spectator from watching someone fall apart because of time trouble.
It’s as interesting as watching a crash in a car race.. come to think of it, that’s why people watch those, too!
I guess that Giri game was great too, huh?
What’s a real victor if you count out the losses? Very strange. At the moment we just have two leaders. Both played ver well. If you still want to compare them you stumble over the win of Kramnik in their game, Kramnik having black …
Like I said two leaders.
Quit the fanboiiism. Carlsen lost to Kramnik and he beat Kramnik in London. They all count and they are both two of the world’s greatest players. If its Carlsen OR Kramnik who wins this tournament, it will be great for chess.