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| Jun-13-05 | | acirce: Radjabov is a much better player. I think he'd prove that in a match. |
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| Jun-13-05 | | PinkPanther: You never know. Many thought that Karjakin would come over and beat Naka, but in fact the opposite happened....and I'm not even a Nakamura fan. |
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| Jun-13-05 | | iron maiden: I think Radjabov is better, but I certainly don't think he's much better. |
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| Jun-13-05 | | YouRang: To me, it looked like a draw until 39... Bxa5.
Before this, white had a bad bishop and a cramped king. But after the bishop swap on move 40:
(1) white's king was able to move forward to a stronger position, and
(2) white's knight gained some room to maneuver.
In this case, with the blocked pawn arrangement, the knight was superior to black's single light-square bishop. |
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 | | al wazir: 55. Nf8 would have saved time. |
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| Jun-13-05 | | aw1988: Radjabov is certainly better. |
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| Jun-13-05 | | YouRang: Radjabov vs. Nakamura:
I think it would be an interesting match.
Currently (as of April) Radjabov's elo is 2673 while Nakaura is 2657 -- which is not a big gap. Also, Nakamura's rating went up by 44 points on the last rating list while Radjabov went up 6 points. These stats may not be very meaningful, but they suggest a competitive match. |
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| Jun-13-05 | | WillC21: It would be interesting to see a series of matches between these two, but these players probably won't cross paths in the future like many here expect them to. Nakamura with 95% chance is headed to an Ivy League college and will put professional chess behind him, while Radjabov will probably devote his life to the game. However, as of now, I think Radjabov is the slightly stronger player and would narrowly win a match against Nakamura. |
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| Jun-13-05 | | patzer2: Could find no record that Radjabov and Nakamura have ever played each other in the ChessGames.com data base. Both players are young and gaining strength and enjoy tactical situations but Nakamura's opening selection is a bit more unorthodox and might catch Radjabov off guard. In any event, it would make for an interesting match and would probably benefit both players. |
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| Jun-13-05 | | schnarre: <PinkPanther> <You never know.> True enough! |
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| Jun-13-05 | | patzer2: White's attempt to simplify to an ending with 19...Nb3? was a mistake. Better would have been 19... Bf8 20. Qxh5 Qe6 21. Qf3 Qe1+ 22. Kg2 Kb8 23. Kg1 Qe6  with a clear Black advantage |
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| Jun-13-05 | | aw1988: It may not seem like much in the ratings, but if Radjabov were to face Nakamura in say a 6 game match it is likely Nakamura would suffer perhaps 4 losses. |
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| Jun-13-05 | | aw1988: Or 3 losses 2 draws 1 loss. |
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| Jun-13-05 | | iron maiden: 4 losses? That doesn't seem likely at all. |
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| Jun-13-05 | | aw1988: No, exaggeration. Certainly not 4.
I mean 3 losses 2 draws 1 win. |
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| Jun-13-05 | | patzer2: The tactical shot 77. Nxf5! makes for an instructive endgame study. |
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| Jun-13-05 | | Rocafella: I seem to have started a debate! :) |
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| Jun-13-05 | | Rocafella: I am quite confident that Radjabov would slightly edge it over Nakamura. However, Chess is a game of stragety and tactics but to a certain extent, luck. It would really depend on how each player was feeling on the day. |
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| Jun-13-05 | | schnarre: <Rocafella> It happens, especially here on the one & only chessgames.com!!! Roll with it! |
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| Jun-13-05 | | SADDAM: Naka VS. Radga:
Nakamura is unpredictable.... Very good at swindling people, often plays with computer precision but also makes many positional errors and his opening is a weakness. Ratings are close but radga has played at the very top and naka has not! But in rapid or blitz match i would put my money on naka! And nowdays there arent that many classical mathches being played. |
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| Jun-13-05 | | Rocafella: <schnarre> You got that right!
<SADDAM> I don't think that playing in the top level would help that much here even though it is a factor. I mean at that age, playing chess against any GM is going to make you crap yourself (Excuse the language)
I do agree though that Naka would have a much better chance in a rapid or blitz match. I would still put my money on Radjabov though. |
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| Jun-13-05 | | acirce: <I mean 3 losses 2 draws 1 win.> Yes, something like that. Although instead of playing around trying to predict the exact result, I'd just say that I believe Radjabov would win quite convincingly. He's simply a better player, and Nakamura is not likely to do well against anyone near 2700. |
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| Jun-13-05 | | aw1988: That recent game vs Sasikiran for example. |
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| Jun-13-05 | | iron maiden: <Nakamura is not likely to do well against anyone near 2700.> Actually, his record this year against players rated 2650 or above is not bad at all: a win against Smirin, draws with Dreev and Aronian and only the one loss to Sasikiran. Four games is a rather small amount to make a serious judgement on, though. |
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| Jun-13-05 | | kevin86: Today is the 25th anniversary of the first Friday the 13th movie-as well as THE SHINING. For the second time in a week-a bishop is so bad,that even a piece ahead,the game can't be held. The draw was fnally avoided at move 100-where g6 is stalemate. |
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