Bu drew his fellow countryman Ni Hua while Nakamura defeated Efimenko. Both finished with the score of 8 points. Gopal and Bologan are still battling for a shot at a 1st place tie. Bologan is taking a lot of chances to try to win.
GM Nakamura (2670) – GM Efimenko (2638) [A22]
31.01.2008
Gibraltar
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 Bxc3 5.bxc3 0–0 6.d3 d6 7.e4 Nc6 8.Ne2 Bd7 9.h3 Ne8 10.0–0 a6 11.a4 b6 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Ne5 14.Nd4 g6 15.Nc2 Ng7 16.Ne3 f6 17.d4 Nf7 18.g4 c6 19.Ra2 Ne6 20.Bg3 Neg5 21.Qd3 Qe7 22.h4 Ne6 23.Rb2 Rab8 24.Rbf2 Nh6 25.c5 bxc5 26.dxc5 Nxc5 27.Qxd6 Qxd6 28.Bxd6 Nxa4 29.Bxf8 Rxf8 30.g5 Ng4 31.Nxg4 Bxg4 32.Rxf6 Rc8 33.R1f4 Bd7 34.Bf1 White wins 1–0
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nakamura gambit worked!
Nakamura just won a playoff game!! with white, I am not sure if it was the first or second
great result for Nakamura!
you can watch Nakamure on a live webcam at the offical site. He only needs to draw w/ black (but of course he will try to win) and he wins the tournament.
http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/gib2008/webcams/webcamhall.html
http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/gib2008/live/index.html