Winning against Nakamura

Submitted by IM IMCheap on Mon, 11/09/2009 at 5:14am.

GM Hikaru Nakamura (FIDE 2715) aka Smallville needs no introduction - we have already published an article on his epic battle against Alexander Grischuk. IM Vlad Akselrod (FIDE 2446) aka Raix, a second of WGM Natalia Pogonina and Peter Zhdanov, has finally had a chance to play against arguably the best bullet player in the world.

Vlad lost 3 games in a row (remember that the time control was 1 min per game for each player!), but the 4th one was sweet revenge:

Raix - Smallville (click to see the game)

Bottom-line: believe in yourself, fight till the end, and you may end up winning in chess...and life in general!

Originally published at Pogonina.com

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by ivan_the_truble - 21 days ago
Ukraine

Member Since: Jan 2010
Member Points: 412

A win's a win, Natalia, so stop teasing. Nice job, Vlad!

by leonelcm - 45 days ago
Mexico City Mexico

Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 468

Interesting game, thanx for sharing...

by musiclife - 4 months ago
Portland, OR United States

Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 112

I've only recently started enjoying bullet chess, as I've realized that I have to switch mindsets from 'find the best move' to something closer to 'in the shortest time, find the least losing move,' or 'go on intuition with little to no calculation.'