Round 5 results:
| Svidler, Peter | 1-0 Karpov, Anatoly | ||||
| Ponomariov, Ruslan | 1/2 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | ||||
| Vallejo Pons, Francisco | 1/2 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ||||
| Granda Zuniga, Julio |
1/2 Movsesian, Sergei | ||||
| San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo | 0-1 Nakamura, Hikaru |
[White “Svidler, P.”]
[Black “Karpov, A”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Nc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Bf4 Qd7 10. Rb1 Nd8 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bg3 Bxd3 14. cxd3 h5 15. e6 Nxe6 16. Ne5 Qc8 17. f4 h4 18. Bh2 O-O 19. g5 g6 20. f5 Nxg5 21. f6 Bd6 22. Qd2 Nxh3+ 23. Kh1 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Kh7 25. Qg2 g5 26. Rf3 Rg8 27. Rxh3 Rg6 28. Rf1 Qe6 29. d4 Rag8 30. Re3 c6 31. Qe2 g4 32. Bc7 Qc8 33. Re7 Rg5 34. Rxf7+ Kg6 35. Qd3+ 1-0
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[White “San Segundo Carrillo, P.”]
[Black “Nakamura, H”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 e5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. Bh4 Qxa3 13. Bd3 exd4 14. cxd4 Qb4 15. Bg3 O-O 16. O-O a5 17. Ra1 a4 18. Qc2 Qa5 19. Bd6 Rd8 20. Rfb1 N7f6 21. Ba3 Qc3 22. Qxc3 Nxc3 23. Rc1 Nb5 24. Bxb5 cxb5 25. Rab1 Bd7 26. Ne5 Be8 27. f3 Nd5 28. Kf2 f6 29. Nd3 Nb6 30. Rc7 Nd5 31. Rc2 Rac8 32. Rbc1 Rc4 33. Ke2 Nb6 34. Nb2 Rxc2+ 35. Rxc2 Bg6 36. e4 f5 37. Rc5 fxe4 38. Rxb5 Nd5 39. Rxb7 Rc8 40. Bc5 Nf4+ 41. Ke3 Nd5+ 42. Ke2 Ra8 43. Nc4 Nf4+ 44. Kd2 Nxg2 45. fxe4 Bxe4 46. Re7 Bc6 47. Bd6 Nh4 48. Kc3 Nf5 49. Re1 Nxd6 50. Nxd6 a3 51. Nc4 a2 52. Ra1 Bd5
53. Nb6 Ra3+ 54. Kd2 Bf7 0-1
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Is Nakamura better than Kamsky?
Of course he is.
Don’t thinks so… Those opponents are not from top shelf.
some people cant accept naka is winning and barging into top 20 of chess.
sorry guys im hurtin your feelin…
Nakamura just won the US championship (ahead of Kamsky), blew away the competition in the very strong French league, tied for first in the World Open (ahead of Kamsky), and is 4.5/5 in Pamplona with TPR around 3000 (against opponents with average rating very near Kamsky’s).
Karpov is last? Time to retire…
I should have thought 12 c4 was an obvious move at the grandmaster level.
An exchange of the d5N for the g5B favors White because the Rc1 gets open. And the exchange of Qs favors white too.
But Nakamura’s opponent meekly moved played 12 Bh4 instead.
Or maybe I’m wrong.
If Naka can keep his mouth shut on ICC I think I could be one of his fans.
Good work Hikaru. Kick some ass.