This is the position after 53…Kg5
This was a basically drawn position with 54.Be5. But in severe time pressure, Narcisco played 54.Ng7?? which is a losing move. Nakamura closed the game out in style and his final score is 7 points out of 9 which is near 2850 performance. This also gives the tournament by a full point! Impressive! He pushed on and at the end, he succeeded.
GM Narciso – GM Nakamura [E43]
26.10.2007
Final round
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 0–0 7.0–0 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Be4 9.Be2 c5 10.Nd2 Bb7 11.f3 d5 12.Nb3 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Qc7 14.Qe2 Nbd7 15.Bb2 Rac8 16.Nd2 Ne8 17.Bd3 Nd6 18.c4 Rfe8 19.Rfe1 f5 20.Qf2 e5 21.d5 Re7 22.Qh4 Rce8 23.Bc2 Nf8 24.Rac1 Ng6 25.Qf2 a6 26.Bd1 Bc8 27.Be2 Bd7 28.Bf1 Bc8 29.Rc3 f4 30.Bd3 Bf5 31.Bxf5 Nxf5 32.exf4 exf4 33.Rxe7 Ngxe7 34.Ne4 Nc8 35.Rc1 Ncd6 36.Ng5 Re3 37.Ne6 Qe7 38.Ba1 h5 39.g3 Ra3 40.Re1 Nxc4 41.Nxf4 Re3 42.Ne6 Rxe1+ 43.Qxe1 Qd7 44.Qe4 Qa4 45.Qe2 Qb5 46.Qd3 Nce3 47.Qxb5 axb5 48.Nf4 Kf7 49.Kf2 g5 50.Nxh5 Nxd5 51.g4 Kg6 52.f4 gxf4 53.Kf3 Kg5 54.Ng7 Nh4+ 55.Kf2 Kxg4 56.Ne8 Nb4 57.Nf6+ Kh3 58.Nd7 Nd3+ 59.Kf1 f3 60.Ne5 Nb4 61.a3 Nc2 62.Bc3 Ne3+ 63.Kg1 f2+ 64.Kxf2 Nd1+ 65.Ke2 Nxc3+ 66.Kd3 Na4 67.Ke4 Ng2 68.Kd5 Ne3+ 69.Kc6 Nc4 70.Kxb5 Nxe5 71.Kxa4 c4 0-1
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