Round 8 results
Caruana, Fabiano vs Carlsen, Magnus [1/2-1/2]
Aronian, Levon vs Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime [1/2-1/2]
Nakamura, Hikaru vs Topalov, Veselin [0-1]
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Susan Polgar
September 5, 2014
Chess Improvement, Daily News, Major Tournaments, Scholastic Chess
8 Comments
Oh what a disaster Naka, another loss means not only to be blind but armless to win a game. What happened my friend?
Naka is just giving them a break. He used this tournament to prepare for the Candidate Match next year. He is not interested in winning this Cup, he is aiming for the World Championship.
caruana-carlsen was a superbly entertaining game for us spectators.
probably not so much for carlsen, but he did fight a good fight.
lots of bullies on this forum hating nakamura. at least have the decency to say who you are… instead of cowardly hiding behind anonymous. in any case, you will not stand a chance against him even in a simul.
My 72 year old grandpa would like to challenge Great GM Nakamura one on one and he is confident that he will dust and beat this pretender convincingly. Schedule a match.
So it is OK for Nakamura’s fans to bully other players and it’s a no no for others to go against Naka. Have you been brainwashed by the brainless Naka. Cry babies.
My 2 year old son will beat Naka one on one not in simul so he won’t have any excuses.
Naka and his fans are sour losers. Nakamura is no longer the best player in the Universe andThey can’t handle the truth.
The real story of this round was how Carlsen managed to find ..e5, ..f5. And in spite of a very bad bishop, was able to hold. Possibly because of the wrong rook moving to d1 (rcd1) ? Who knows.
The other interesting story was Aronian’s fantastic play, then a lousy blunder.
I’m not a Naka fan, or a hater. Talking about him in this round is a distraction, imho. You obviously don’t care about chess if all you care is to pull someone down (or up), irrelevant as it may be.
My $0.02. YMMV.