Nakamura 0-1 Carlsen
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Nakamura vs Carlsen Blitz Video
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Nakamura 0-1 Carlsen
How can Nakamura lose? I thought he’s the best blitz player?
I’m surprised that Naka resigned.
Nakamura lost to Svidler too. In fact, Naka didn’t win a single blitz game in the playoff!
Naka is a very strong ONLINE blitz player, but OVER THE BOARD blitz isn’t exactly the same thing.
Nakamura knows that, and this is probably the reason why he’s never participated in the World Blitz Championships: He would probably not live up to the blitz reputation that he has on ICC.
GM_Nakamura – GM_Carlsen
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxb5 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qg4 Bd5 13. h4 h6 14. Ne4 Nd7 15. h5 g5 16. Be2 a5 17. O-O b4 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. f4 bxc3 20. Nf3 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Kd7 22. Ne1 Kc6 23. Nc2 Bb4 24. Rf2 Qe7 25. Qh3 Rag8 26. Bf1 Rg7 27. Ne3 Kb7 28. Ng4 Nd7 29. Bc1 Kc6 30. Ne3 Nb6 31. Nxd5 Nxd5 32. Bxc4 Rhg8 33. Bxd5+ exd5 34. Bxh6 Rg3 35. Qf5 Qe6 36. Qxe6+ fxe6 37. Bf4 R3g4 38. Be3 Kb5 39. h6 Kc4 40. Kf1 Kd3 41. Rf3 Kc4 42. Rh3 Rf8+ 43. Kg1 Rfg8 44. Kh1 Kb3 45. Rf1 a4 46. Bd2 Rxd4 47. Bxc3 Bxc3 48. Rc1 Rc4 49. h7 Rh8 50. g4 a3 51. g5 Kb2 52. Rg1 Bxe5 53. Rg2+ Rc2{Black wins} 0-1
Naka’s strongest point on icc is his speed. At world blitz championship it is 3 2 which means you start with three minutes and get 2 second each move, so time is not as important as 3 0 games on icc, strong play is more important.
This was a really cool video, very instructive.
Carlsen played much better positional chess than Nakamura in this video from my perspective. It was clear to me that if Carlsen played coolly, he’d pass the pawns on the queenside before Naka could finish his attack. On the other hand, from the standpoint of creativity, Naka’s style was much more interesting than Carlsen’s.
I think 13.Qf4 was required, with 13.- Qc7 14.Qf6 Rg8 15.Nxh7 to follow.