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      Foxwoods, Kraai, Nakamura


      Kraai, Jesse 2561
      Nakamura, Hikaru 2755
      Source “MonRoi“
      Foxwoods Round 7

      1.Nf3 f5 2.b3 d6 3.d4 g6 4.Bb2 Bg7 5.e3 Nf6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nbd2 Kh8 9.Qe2 Nc6 10.Rad1 Qe7 11.Rfe1 Bd7 12.a3 Rae8 13.b4 Nh5 14.Bb3 g5 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Qf7 17.Nc4 d5 18.Nd2 b5 19.Rf1 g4 20.Bd4 Rg8 21.g3 a5 22.c3 a4 23.Bc2 Qg6 24.Bd3 Rb8 25.Kg2 Bf8 26.Rh1 Ng7 27.h3 gxh3 28.Rxh3 h5 29.Rdh1 Be8 30.Kf1 Be7 31.Nf3 Qg4 32.Bc5 Bxc5 33.bxc5 Rf8 34.Rh4 Qg6 35.g4 Qh6 36.g5 Qg6 37.Rg1 Kg8 38.Nd4 Kf7 39.c6 Rb6 40.Bxb5 Kg8 41.f4 Bf7 42.c4 dxc4 43.Qxc4 Rd8 44.Qxa4 Be8 45.Kf2 Qf7 46.Rc1 Qe7 47.Rc3 Rd5 48.Qc4 Qd8 49.a4 Rb8 50.Qb4 Kh7 51.Kg3 Bg6 52.Rh2 Be8 53.Kh4 Kg6 54.Rd2 Bf7 55.Rc4 Ra8 56.Nf3 Rb8 57.Rcd4 Qe8 58.Rxd5 exd5 59.Nd4 Be6 60.Qc5 Ra8 61.Ra2 Bf7 62.Bd3 Qf8 63.Qxf8 Rxf8 64.a5 Ra8 65.a6 Be6 66.Rb2 Bc8 67.Rb7 1-0

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      Stripunsky, Alexander 2638
      Ehlvest, Jaan 2675
      Source “MonRoi”
      Foxwoods Round 7

      1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 h6 8.Bh4 Be7 9.Qf3 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Qc7 11.Be2 Rb8 12.Bg3 b5 13.e5 Bb7 14.Qf2 dxe5 15.fxe5 Ne4 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Bf3 Nc5 18.Rhe1 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Na4 20.f4 Nxb2 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Kxb2 O-O 23.Rd3 Rfd8 24.Red1 Rxd3 25.Rxd3 Rc8 26.Qd2 Bb4 27.c3 Bf8 28.Rd7 Qa5 29.Be1 Rb8 30.Qd3 b4 31.c4 Qa4 32.c5 Bxc5 33.Rd8 Rxd8 34.Qxd8 Bf8 35.Qc8 Qa3 36.Kb1 Qd3 37.Kc1 Qe3 38.Kd1 Qf3 39.Kc2 Qe4 40.Kd1 Qb1 0-1

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      2 Comments

      1. Anonymous Reply
        April 8, 2007 at 9:19 am

        Nakamura got killed again?

      2. Jud McCranie Reply
        April 8, 2007 at 9:04 pm

        What a poorly-designed set. The rook is barely taller than the pawn, and much smaller than the knight.

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