Hikaru is next to play the first match. His opponent is the veteran Boris Gelfand. What is your prediction?
1. Nakamura 2-0
2. Nakamura 1.5 – .5
3. Nakamura wins in playoff blitz
4. Gelfand 2-0
5. Gelfand 1.5 – .5
6. Gelfand wins in playoff blitz
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GM Gelfand – GM Nakamura [D91]
ACP rapid Odessa, Ukraine, 05.01.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bf4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.e3 Be6 9.Qb1 Qc8 10.Ng5 Bd7 11.Bxc4 e6 12.h4 h6 13.Ne4 Bc6 14.0-0 Nd7 15.Bb5 Bxe4 16.Qxe4 c6 17.Be2 0-0 18.Bd6 Re8 19.Qf3 Qd8 20.Rab1 Nb6 21.Bg3 e5 22.h5 g5 23.Bd3 Qd5 24.Be4 Qe6 25.Qf5 Qxf5 26.Bxf5 Re7 27.Rb4 Rd8 28.Rfb1 Rd5 29.c4 Rd8 30.c5 Nd5 31.Rxb7 Rxb7 32.Rxb7 exd4 33.exd4 Bxd4 34.Bd6 Re8 35.Kf1 Bc3 36.Rb8 Rxb8 37.Bxb8 a5 38.Bd7 Nb4 39.a3 Nd3 40.Bxc6 Bd4 41.Bb5 Nxc5 42.Bc7 Bc3 43.Bb6 Ne6 44.g3 Kg7 45.Bd7 Nd4 46.Bd8 Bb2 47.a4 Bc3 48.Kg2 Bb4 49.Bb6 Bc3 50.f4 gxf4 51.gxf4 Nb3 52.Kf3 Bb4 53.Bb5 Nc5 54.Ke3 Kf6 55.Kd4 Ne6+ 56.Ke4 Nc5+ 57.Kd5 Ne6 58.Be3 Be1 59.Bd3 Bg3 60.Ke4 Be1 61.f5 Nf8 62.Bxh6 Nd7 63.Be3 Bc3 64.h6 Ne5 65.Be2 Nd7 66.Bd4+ Bxd4 67.Kxd4 Nf8 68.Kc5 Kg5 69.Kb5 Kxh6 70.Kxa5 Kg5 71.Bd3 Kf6 72.Kb5 Ke5 73.Kc6 White wins 1-0
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GM Nakamura – GM Gelfand [C47]
ACP rapid Odessa, Ukraine, 05.01.2007
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.0-0 0-0 10.Bg5 c6 11.Na4 h6 12.Bh4 Bd6 13.c3 Bf4 14.Bc2 Qd6 15.g3 Bg5 16.Bxg5 hxg5 17.f4 g4 18.Qd4 Ba6 19.Rfe1 Rfe8 20.Nc5 Be2 21.Kf2 Bf3 22.Re5 Nd7 23.Nxd7 Qxd7 24.Rae1 Rxe5 25.Qxe5 Qd8 26.Kf1 Qb8 27.Qe3 Be4 28.Bxe4 dxe4 29.Re2 f5 30.Qc5 Qb5 31.Qxb5 cxb5 32.Rd2 g6 33.Rd6 Kg7 34.Ra6 Rh8 35.Rxa7+ Kf6 36.Rb7 Rxh2 37.Rxb5 e3 38.a4 Rf2+ 39.Ke1 Rg2 40.a5 Rxg3 41.a6 Rg1+ 42.Ke2 Ra1 43.Rb6+ Kg7 44.Kxe3 g5 45.fxg5 g3 46.Kf3 f4 47.a7 Rxa7 48.Rb4 Rf7 49.Rd4 Rf5 50.b4 Rxg5 51.Rd2 Kf6 52.c4 Ke7 53.c5 Rg6 54.Rg2 Rf6 55.Rd2 Rg6 56.Re2+ Kd8 57.Rg2 Rf6 58.Rd2+ Kc8 59.Ra2 Rg6 60.Rd2 Rg5 61.Rg2 Rd5 62.Ke4 Rd1 63.b5 Re1+ 64.Kd5 f3 65.Rxg3 f2 66.Rg8+ Kb7 67.Rg7+ Kc8 68.Rg8+ Kb7 69.c6+ Kb6 70.Rb8+ Kc7 0-1
what happened on the site it shows 2 games with gelfand as white and the first doesn’t have a result but looks like black won
These 2700’s have a lot of things to learn from me said Nakamura few monthes ago.
Bye,bye Nakamura.
Nakamura wins in playoff blitz.
I would normally say 2-0, but I think Nakamura will play lazy in game two, because he knows he is the a top blitz player.
Nakamura is not in the same league with these guys.
Looks like I eat my words.
Susan, in the first game Boris showed such a deep understanding of chess (especially in the endgame, of course), which deserves a great admiration.
In the second game he made a bad mistake in the endgame.
I can’t understand some of Nakamura’s moves… How possibly he could miss the win there???
It’s easy to forget that Gelfand was once one of the top 3 or 4 players in the world. He slipped a bit, but now he’s back in the top 10, even though he is approaching 40 years old.