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Nakamura had a won game and then dropped his queen. Agreed draw.
Kamsky said in the post-game interview that Nakamura had to give up the queen. He looks terrific in a bright orange shirt and impeccable white suit and exudes confidence.
I was impressed in particular by Sam Sevians play. Against Kamsky he refused to be out-foxed by Kamsky exchange sac (giving Kamsky the powerful two bishops) and neutralised Kamskys aggressive intentions. Who is Sam Sevian? The worlds youngest current grandmaster last year at 13 and now at age 14 quite capable of holding his own in the US Championship against an all grandmaster field. Yasser Seirawan commented that he felt that Sevian was underrated and expected him to be 2650 by this time next year!
Maurice Ashley had the great quip today, after Sevian's win against So, "The man of the hour! Except he's only fourteen."
Nakamura and So will play their 2nd ever game of classical chess this afternoon. Their only other encounter was a 27-move draw at Tata Steel 2014 with So playing White. Naka is White today and is the 37/25 betting favourite, which strikes me as decidedly excessive. So is 69/10 with the most likely outcome considered another draw, 87/100.
The only answer to those betting odds Jack is we'll see. Wesley is a fantastic resourceful player but against him is that he's black and that he lost a tension filled game yesterday. In his favor is that Hikaru messed up his game against Gata.
Id like to mention that Alejandro Ramirez was cocommentator in round 2. What a great commentator. He was witty, funny, and extremely knowledge on the intricacies of playing competitive chess and he knew all the players well. He would deliver down to earth insights into positions quickly and was not afraid to differ in opinion from Yasser when the position called for it. Perhaps the best of all was that he was the perfect foil for Yasser and made him sharper in his analysis. I hope to see more of his commentary!
In defence of Yasser is that there is no one like Yasser! what a legend! and the perfect gentleman who adds calmness, balance and yet interesting background colour to the commentary.
Rd 3 was pegged to be wild with upsets called for by Maurice and Yasser. It started with GM Gareev showing up with a funky shirt and playing as black 1,d4 d6 2.Nf3 h6 3.e4 g5. Maurice Ashley who does not mince words called this a garbage opening. GM Akobian (as white) started thinking really using time and Maurice said stop thinking and just play e4. Stop trying to read your opponents mind. Who knows whats in his mind? Nobody knows whats in Gareevs mind! Maurice brings all the passion needed to his commentary (maybe too much so) and sure creates an exciting mood!
Jennifer Shahade in response to Maurice's words above asked Yasser as a bet if he could ask his opponent to play this opening in return for deducting time from his clock, how much time would he be willing to deduct? Half an hour? Yasser without hesitation - sure! An hour? No, no, no - an hour is way too much time! and then went on to give an interesting story about that from his tournament experience.
Rd 3 What a strange round! Nazi Paikidze absolutely crushed Irina Krush with kingside threats and a central pawn storm! Poor Irina's queen was huddled all alone trying to defend her king! I have never seen her (recently) crushed like that!
Rd 3 Wesley So's play has definitely been off. He missed h4! anchoring his knight on g5 against Sevian ( a move Wesley would normally never miss) which would have stopped any counterplay. Give Sam Sevian credit - he blew up the position and created a winning counterattack with almost no time on the clock! What an upset! Wesley was the perfect gentleman after his loss - how often do you see that?
Rd 3 Hikaru Nakamura missed a golden opportunity against Gata Kamsky> He was all over Gata and must have been winning but then collapsed and Gata came up with a miracle save!! (and was close to winning!)
Rd 3 Alex Onischuk found the fantastic Nd4! against Kayden Troff and was clearly winning but couldnt pull it off (highly unusual for Alex who is world renowned for his technique!)
and now the stage is set for round 4 and the Hikaru Nakamura - Wesley So matchup! Cant wait! 2pm here we come! Grab a beer and invite Yasser and Maurice and Jen! (and all the great players!) onto the big screen in my living room! This is much better than hockey or baseball or football - chess action with great commentary! - it doesnt get better!! (ok - well live in St Louis might be a tad better0 - but then Id have to travel, deal with the border etc yadda yadda)
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