IM Jesse Kraai has earned his 3rd and final GM norm this weekend at the Foxwoods Open. En route to his GM performance, he defeated GM Nakamura and GM Shabalov. His current FIDE rating is 2477. However, he should earn additional points this weekend toward the 2500 mark for his title confirmation. Iryna Zenyuk also […]
Exciting Games
Kraai, Jesse 2561Nakamura, Hikaru 2755Source “MonRoi“Foxwoods Round 7 1.Nf3 f5 2.b3 d6 3.d4 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.e3 Nf6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nbd2 Kh8 9.Qe2 Nc6 10.Rad1 Qe7 11.Rfe1 Bd7 12.a3 Rae8 13.b4 Nh5 14.Bb3 g5 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Qf7 17.Nc4 d5 18.Nd2 b5 19.Rf1 g4 20.Bd4 Rg8 21.g3 a5 22.c3 a4 23.Bc2 Qg6 24.Bd3 […]