Grischuk (2736) – Nakamura (2708) [A86]
World Team Championship (3), 07.01.2010
1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.b4 c6 6.Bg2 0–0 7.0–0 Ne4 8.Bb2 d5 9.Nbd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Qc2 Nb6 12.c5 Nd7 13.Nb3 a4 14.Na5 f4 15.Nc4 g5 16.Nce5 Qe8 17.Nxd7 Bxd7 18.Ne5 Be6 19.g4 Nf6 20.h3 h5 21.f3 Nd7 22.Rae1 Nxe5 23.dxe5 Bf7 24.Bd4 Bg6 25.Qc3 e6 26.Kf2 Qe7 27.Rh1 Kf7 28.Ref1 Ke8 29.Ke1 Kd7 30.Kd2 Rh8 31.Qb2 Raf8 32.Qa1 Qd8 33.Qb2 Qa8 34.Qc3 Qa6 35.Rc1 Rh7 36.Qb2 Rfh8 37.Qc3 Ke7 38.Qb2 hxg4 39.hxg4 Rh2 40.Rxh2 Rxh2 41.Rg1 Qc4 42.Ke1 Qa6 Game drawn ½–½
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nice draw by Naka with black.
What a strange game – you would think white to be worse off with this ridiculous bishop on g2 but it turned out the black bishops did not have much scope either. Kudos to Nakamura for deploying openings such as the Dutch on this high level!