Nakamura, Hikaru 2755
Shabalov, Alexander 2656
Foxwoods Open 2007
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Qc2 Nbd7 6.Nc3 Bd6 7.g4 h6 8.Rg1 Qe7 9.h4 dxc4 10.e4 e5 11.g5 Nh5 12.Bxc4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Nb6 14.Be2 Nf4 15.Be3 h5 16.O-O-O g6 17.Kb1 Bd7 18.Qd2 Nxe2 19.Ndxe2 Be5 20.f4 Nc4 21.Qd3 Nxe3 22.Qxe3 Bc7 23.Qd4 Rf8 24.Rge1 Bb6 25.Qc4 Qe6 26.Qxe6 Bxe6 27.f5 Bd7 28.Nf4 Bc7 29.Nce2 Rg8 30.Nd3 b6 31.Nef4 O-O-O 32.b4 Kb7 33.a3 Bc8 34.Kc2 gxf5 35.e5 Rd4 36.Re3 Rgd8 37.Rh1 a5 38.bxa5 b5 39.Nxh5 f4 40.Ndxf4 Bf5 41.Kb3 c5 42.Rc1 c4 43.Kb2 Bxa5 44.Ne2 Rd2 0-1
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Wow! Nakamura plays enterprising chess (but it didn’t work out so well this time). Another young rising star to watch is Nepomniachtchi.
Who is better? Topalov, Anand, Kramnik?
In my opinion for what it’s worth I believe these three are extremely close in chess abilities and anyone of them could win on any given moment. I do not see a Fischer 1970’s dominance here. It is more as Botvinnik use to say, first among equals. I think Kramnik is match player champ, Topalov tournament player champ and Anand Rapid player champ, but as I said, anyone of them can win at any time!
Nakamura has never had a 2755 rating. This must be wrong!
2755 is Nakamura’s USCF rating. His FIDE rating is 2663.
OK – thanks!