Alexander Grischuk vs Hikaru Nakamura (2008)

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Alexander Grischuk vs Hikaru Nakamura
Dresden Olympiad (2008), Dresden GER, rd 8, Nov-21
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation. Keres Defense (E32) · 1-0

White to move.

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Nov-21-08		VaselineTopLove: Hikaru lost again to his ICC nemesis!

Nov-21-08		Riverbeast: That's ok, Nakamura still owns him in bullet!

Nov-21-08		utssb: Bullet means nothing, this is what matters.

Nov-21-08		Riverbeast: Right now Nakamura's taking Grischuk's money in a private blitz session at the hotel... Losing this game was all part of the hustle

Nov-21-08		shintaro go: Good game Grischuk.

Nov-23-08		Resignation Trap: Photo of this game at Naka's resignation: http://www.chesspro.ru/_images/mate... . Why is EVERYONE watching?

Nov-23-08		VaselineTopLove: <Why is EVERYONE watching?> As you can see..all the other tables are empty, this was probably the last game and everyone was tired and hungry and anxiously waiting for the game to get over, so they could go home and take a break! ;)

Dec-02-08		kingsindian2006: i enjoy alex's attack starting around move 25..

Jan-25-10		elohah: Notes... 23...If 23...Rxd5 24 Nb6 regains p. 23...Rb5? - There's no need to allow the rook to be tempoed after a possible 24 f4!. After the game's 23...Ra5, 24 f4 could be answered by 24...Neg4. 26...The game's only mistake - enuf to lose, apparently. 26...Qe6 looks to be a better move here. If 27 Bc4 Qf5. If 27 Rxb4 cb 28 Nc4 Ra7! (No need to push with 28...Ra1?, since 29 Rxb7! is prob. good for White.) 29 Rxb2 (29 Nxb2 Rd8 30 Nc4 will transpose) Bd5! 30 Rb4 (30 Rc2 Rc8 31 Nb6 Rxc2 32 Qxc2 Qxd6 33 Nc8 Rc7; 30 Nb6 Rb7 31 Qb1 Rfb8) 30...Rd8. Black is without problems here. Sidebar note on 29...Bd5! by COMPARISON with the 'bot-shot' dog of 29...Rc8? 29...Bd5! - Technique: MOVING THE TARGET. Another example of that (from White) defeats 29...Rc8?: 29...Rc8 30 Rb4 Nd5 (sidebar note: do not go engaging in tactics while leaving loose pieces dangling; the strongest tactical operations are where your pieces are INVIOLATE!) 31 Rb3 (forced) Ra2? (over-exuberant; it works after the immediate 32 Rxb7? Nc3! 33 Bg4 Qxc4, with lines that lead to =. But it fails to...) 32 Bg4! (immediately; ISOLATING the tactical operations from a multiplicity to a singularity: JUST the loose bishops on either side) 32 Bg4! (moving the target!) defeats 32...f5 with 33 Bxf5! etc. You will more easily be able to do this sort of ISOLATION of tactical themes by studying ENDGAMES, (must continue later)

Jan-26-10		elohah: I should say certain endgame books, that stick to a simple gradation of clear themes. NOT Speelman's 'Analyzing the Endgame', since you'll just get your reamed out again. BCE would be good. Euwe and Hooper's book. One of the better ones recently is Jesus de la Villa's '100 Endgames You Must Know'. It occurs to me that I'm doing a bit too much reaming out myself for those who aren't used to too much heavy analysis. The best advice is just to enjoy the game. Enjoy your own game, and your own development. If you aren't doing that, nothing else will work, right?

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