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  • Corus Rd 5: Nakamura -magnificient against Carlsen in an advantageous draw

    A very good game by Nakamura!

    What is exciting about this Ruy Lopez game is Nakamura's delayed exchange at c6. The question is, why did he wait for Black to play 4....Nf6 before playing 5.Bc6? Is he trying to improve on the great Bobby Fischer's 4.Bc6 ?

    Nakamura's attention is definitely on the kingside. After building a strong central pawn leading to the creation of a passed d pawn, Nakamura's Bc1 was impressively! He gained a knight for 3 pawns. From then on, it was bishop pair vs the knight pair.

    I felt that Nakamura has the advantage after recovering one of the pawns and the 2 knights can lock the position. But it was difficult to see the winning line. AT first glance i thought 44.Nd4 - to control c2 and centralize the knight is worth looking at, but Nakamura prefers to bring his knight at the edge of the board into some action but allowing Rc2+.

    Black's timely 49. ...h4+ saved the game for Carlsen. With the g2 pawn hanging and 2 pieces defending against the b pawn, Nakamura was happy to split the point.

    A very good game by Nakamura!! He has winning chances against one of the 4 giants!
    Last edited by Erwin Casareno; Thursday, 21st January, 2010, 06:52 PM.

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    Re: Corus Rd 5: Nakamura -magnificient against Carlsen in an advantageous draw

    Can someone post the game please? I thought that 5.Bxc6 is considered inaccurate, as White ought to wait one more move (with 5.0-0) for Black to commit himself further, with 5...Be7 (so that the bishop may not reach d6 or c5 in one move), if he wishes to delay capturing on c6.

    Karpov once won a fine game as Black when someone played 5.Bxc6 against him, I seem to recall.
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    • #3
      Re: Corus Rd 5: Nakamura -magnificient against Carlsen in an advantageous draw

      Originally posted by Kevin Pacey View Post
      Can someone post the game please?
      [Event "Corus Chess 2010"]
      [Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
      [Date "2010.01.14"]
      [Round "5"]
      [White "Nakamura"]
      [Black "Carlsen"]
      [Result "1/2-1/2"]
      [WhiteClock "0:10"]
      [BlackClock "0:18"]

      1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Nd7 10.
      Bb2 b5 11. d4 f6 12. h3 c5 13. d5 Bf7 14. a4 Nb6 15. c4 c6 16. Nh4 Re8 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. f4
      exf4 20. Qxf4 bxc4 21. bxc4 cxd5 22. cxd5
      Qb8 23. Qh4 Nxd5 24. Rab1 Qb4 25. Bc1 Qxa4
      26. exd5 Qxh4 27. Nxh4 Bxd5 28. Ba3 Re3 29. Ra1 Rd3 30. Rfd1 a5 31.
      Nhf3 a4 32. Rdc1 Kg8 33. Kf2 c4 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. Nxc4 Rb3 36. Nfd2 Rb4 37. Ra3 Rc8 38. Rac3 Be6 39. Na3 Rd8 40. Nf3 Rb3 41. Rxb3 axb3 42.
      Rc6 Bd5 43. Rb6 Rc8 44. Nb5 Rc2+ 45. Kg3 h5
      46. Nbd4 Ra2 47. Ne6+ Kf7 48. Nf4 Be4 49. Rb4
      h4+ 50. Kg4 b2 51. Nd2 Ba8 52. Nc4 g5 53. Rxb2 Rxb2 54. Nxb2 gxf4 55. Kxf4 Bxg2 56. Kg4 f5+ 57. Kxf5 Bxh3+ 58. Kg5
      Be6 59. Kxh4 1/2-1/2
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      • #4
        Re: Corus Rd 5: Nakamura -magnificient against Carlsen in an advantageous draw

        [Event "Corus Chess 2010"]
        [Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
        [Date "2010.01.14"]
        [Round "5"]
        [White "Nakamura"]
        [Black "Carlsen"]
        [Result "1/2-1/2"]
        [PlyCount "117"]
        [EventDate "2010.01.21"]

        1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8.
        O-O O-O 9. b3 Nd7 10. Bb2 b5 11. d4 f6 12. h3 c5 13. d5 Bf7 14. a4 Nb6 15. c4
        c6 16. Nh4 Re8 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. f4 exf4 20. Qxf4 bxc4 21. bxc4 cxd5
        22. cxd5 Qb8 23. Qh4 Nxd5 24. Rab1 Qb4 25. Bc1 Qxa4 26. exd5 Qxh4 27. Nxh4 Bxd5
        28. Ba3 Re3 29. Ra1 Rd3 30. Rfd1 a5 31. Nhf3 a4 32. Rdc1 Kg8 33. Kf2 c4 34.
        Bxf8 Kxf8 35. Nxc4 Rb3 36. Nfd2 Rb4 37. Ra3 Rc8 38. Rac3 Be6 39. Na3 Rd8 40.
        Nf3 Rb3 41. Rxb3 axb3 42. Rc6 Bd5 43. Rb6 Rc8 44. Nb5 Rc2+ 45. Kg3 h5 46. Nbd4
        Ra2 47. Ne6+ Kf7 48. Nf4 Be4 49. Rb4 h4+ 50. Kg4 b2 51. Nd2 Ba8 52. Nc4 g5 53.
        Rxb2 Rxb2 54. Nxb2 gxf4 55. Kxf4 Bxg2 56. Kg4 f5+ 57. Kxf5 Bxh3+ 58. Kg5 Be6
        59. Kxh4 1/2-1/2

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        • #5
          Re: Corus Rd 5: Nakamura -magnificient against Carlsen in an advantageous draw

          Originally posted by Kerry Liles View Post
          [Event "Corus Chess 2010"]
          [Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
          [Date "2010.01.14"]
          [Round "5"]
          [White "Nakamura"]
          [Black "Carlsen"]
          [Result "1/2-1/2"]
          [WhiteClock "0:10"]
          [BlackClock "0:18"]

          1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Nd7 10.Bb2 b5 11. d4 f6 12. h3 c5 13. d5 Bf7 14. a4 Nb6 15. c4 c6 16. Nh4 Re8 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. f4 exf4 20. Qxf4 bxc4 21. bxc4 cxd5 22. cxd5 Qb8 23. Qh4 Nxd5 24. Rab1 Qb4 25. Bc1 Qxa4 26. exd5 Qxh4 27. Nxh4 Bxd5 28. Ba3 Re3 29. Ra1 Rd3 30. Rfd1 a5 31.Nhf3 a4 32. Rdc1 Kg8 33. Kf2 c4 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. Nxc4 Rb3 36. Nfd2 Rb4 37. Ra3 Rc8 38. Rac3 Be6 39. Na3 Rd8 40. Nf3 Rb3 41. Rxb3 axb3 42.Rc6 Bd5 43. Rb6 Rc8 44. Nb5 Rc2+ 45. Kg3 h5 46. Nbd4 Ra2 47. Ne6+ Kf7 48. Nf4 Be4 49. Rb4 h4+ 50. Kg4 b2 51. Nd2 Ba8 52. Nc4 g5 53. Rxb2 Rxb2 54. Nxb2 gxf4 55. Kxf4 Bxg2 56. Kg4 f5+ 57. Kxf5 Bxh3+ 58. Kg5 Be6 59. Kxh4 1/2-1/2
          Thanks to you (and Bill) for posting the game. Just a comment on the opening:

          The other (old?) move for White at move six in this line is the more committal 6.Nc3, after which Black is supposed to equalize even more comfortably. Karpov, in a book on his best games I used to own, may have been critical of 5.Bxc6 because as Black he even quickly gained a slight edge against Kurajica in their Skopje 1976 olympiad game, as quoted by ECO. Not that the Delayed Exchange Deferred (5.0-0 Be7 6.Bxc6) or even the Exchange variation proper (4.Bxc6) gives Black much difficulty equalizing, in theory, either, according to ECO anyway. The problem is often obtaining winning chances.

          The possible hoped-for justification for taking on c6 at move five, as far as I can tell from ECO, would be for White to delay 0-0 (or play 0-0-0 in some cases). Meanwhile he waits to see how Black commits his pieces, and is happy that Black played 4...Nf6, so that ...f7-f6 is not immediately available to smoothly guard e5. However the tempo White gave up can be used to swing the Black knight to d7, as Carlsen did. All in all, I still don't see why taking on c6 at move five is justifiable if White wants to maximize his chances for an edge, if he intends to capture on c6 regardless. In some cases there are times when Black fianchettos the B/f8, or even develops it to e7 anyway!

          What interests me a bit is that Nakamura castled on move eight, which is not a move ECO gives in this particular variation (apparently Black could have already begun to equalize, perhaps, by playing 7...Nd7 on the previous turn, planning ...c6-c5 soon while leaving the B sitting at home serenely on c8). This may signify that White sees no point in delaying 0-0 any longer, and/or he is happy anyway, for some reason, that Black has committed his B to e6:



          The closest thing that ECO gives to the game continuation is 8.b3 (instead of Nakamura's 8.0-0; other moves are 8.Qe2 and 8.d4) 8...Nd7 9.Bb2 Bg4 (moving the B/e6 again, which apparently suffices! - this indicates to me that Carlsen possibly could have tried to get in this plan too, in the present game, and perhaps with success) 10.h3 Bh5 11.Qe2 Qe7 12.Qe3 Bc5 13.Qg5 Qxg5 14.Nxg5 Nf8!= Barlov-I.Sokolov, Santa Cruz de la Palma 2000 - Informant game 79/313.
          Last edited by Kevin Pacey; Friday, 22nd January, 2010, 03:42 PM.
          Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
          Murphy's law, by Edward A. Murphy Jr., USAF, Aerospace Engineer

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