Position after 42…Rxh5
GM Petrosian (2606) – GM Nakamura (2670) [B02]
30.01.2008
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.g3 d6 4.exd6 Qxd6 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 e5 8.d3 Be7 9.Ne2 Be6 10.c4 Qd7 11.Rb1 0–0–0 12.0–0 Bh3 13.Bh1 Bxf1 14.Qxf1 f5 15.Nc3 Rdf8 16.Nd5 Bc5 17.Rb5 b6 18.c3 Nb8 19.Rb3 f4 20.d4 fxg3 21.hxg3 exd4 22.Bg2 Qf7 23.cxd4 Bxd4 24.Rf3 Qe8 25.Bf4 Rf7 26.Rd3 Bc5 27.Nc3 Re7 28.Rd1 c6 29.Bf3 Rf8 30.Qh3+ Kb7 31.Kg2 g5 32.Bxg5 Qf7 33.Rd3 Rd7 34.Rxd7+ Nxd7 35.Bf4 Ne5 36.Ne4 Nd3 37.Ng5 Nxf4+ 38.gxf4 Qxf4 39.Qh5 Rf5 40.Bxc6+ Ka6 41.Nh3 Qxf2+ 42.Nxf2 Rxh5 43.Ne4 0-1
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I’d like to see a match between Caruana and Nakamura.
Petrosian’s play even more damaged by blitz on ICC than Nakamura’s