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Bobby Fischer vs. Hikaru Nakamura - Theoretical Match-up
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Thursday, 19 December 2013 |
By GM Daniel Gormally, England, FIDE 2504
Hikaru Nakamura, #1 chess player in the USA
Bobby Fischer, a legend of American chess, XI World Chess Champion
Hikaru Nakamura and Bobby Fischer- arguably the two strongest American chess players in history. But who would win in a match?
Hikaru Nakamura showed what a dangerous beast he is becoming at the very top of the world elite, by winning the London chess classic at the weekend.
The second rapidplay game against Kramnik was a truly epic encounter and displayed what I believe to be Naka's greatest strength- his ability to resist in even the most hopeless of situations. Even the watching Super-Grandmasters, Luke McShane and Judit Polgar, looked shocked at the end of the game, as shocked as Kramnik was, when Nakamura turned around what looked like a clear exchange down position to trick the Russian and proceed to the final.
Of course, even an exchange down Nakamura had some tricks. He had a d-pawn. And that was enough, because by using this d-pawn as a springboard for some amazing tactical resistance, he was able to utterly bamboozle Kramnik, who left the board shaking his head, astonished no doubt at the never say die attitude of the American (and no doubt also confused by his own crumpling under pressure).
Clearly there are many similarities between Nakamura, and his great American predecessor, Fischer. Comments (3)
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Instructive Endgames from London Chess Classic & Danish Championships
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5-second Tactics from London Chess Classic
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Tuesday, 17 December 2013 |
By GM Kevin Spraggett, Canada, FIDE 2544
Kevin's blog (parental advisory)
KNIGHT MOVES (I)
Sreeves, Clement
IM Panjwani, R
London Open. Position after 17 moves. The Canadian IM is closing in fast on his second GM-norm! Unfortunately, in this tournament this narrowly escaped Raja because the elo of his opponents was too low, but Raja never the less managed to play some excellent chess. This is one such example.
HERE Raja can play safely and keep a solid positional plus with the simple 18.Nxd7 and after 18Bxc3 19.Rxc3!? (19.Qxc3 is also strong) 19Qxd7 20.Qa5! when it is difficult to coordinate Blacks pieces. HOWEVER, Raja sensed that he could get more
WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN IN STYLE!
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Monday, 16 December 2013 |
Puzzle courtesy of Barry R. Clarke, columnist for The Daily Telegraph and international puzzle expert
For more puzzles check out his book "Mathematical Puzzles and Curiosities" on Amazon
Treasure Island
Blind Pugh was after hidden treasure, just like the rest of his shipmates, but could not see the map of Treasure Island. However, his hearing was shipshape, and he intended to locate the treasure from what he overheard and get there before the others. The island was divided into a 4x4 grid of equal squares, each square having a unique color. He had heard the following facts :
(1) The blue square was one square horizontally to the left of the pink square.
(2) The orange was one to the right of and one above the white.
(3) The red was one square vertically above the purple.
(4) The lavender was one square horizontally to the left of the indigo.
(5) The brown was one vertically below the green.
(6) The purple was one horizontally to the left of the gray.
(7) The violet was two horizontally to the right of the yellow.
(8) The indigo was one vertically above the white.
(9) The turquoise was two below and one to the right of the red.
(10)The crimson was one to the right of and one below the green.
Where was the gold?
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London Chess Classic: 1/2-Finals
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GM Karjakin - GM Khenkin annotated by GM Balogh
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London Chess Classic: 1/4-Finals
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David vs. Goliath: Upsets of the Week
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