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Hikaru Nakamura vs. Vladimir Kramnik - 2012 Chess Olympiad (Istanbul)

This brilliant game between USA's #1 Hikaru Nakamura and Russia's #1 Vladimir Kramnik is from Round 9 of the 2012 Chess Olympiad held in Istanbul, Turkey. Nakamura's dynamic temperament for the game has him avoiding a draw by making a highly passive and risky move (23.Nb1) in the middlegame, with the move itself being incredibly rare and almost beginner-like in nature. It's depth however soon reveals that white will be bought time to pursue a kingside attack, one that the former World Champion and strategic mastermind Vladimir Kramnik is able to quickly neutralize. The endgame acts as a whole new battle in and of itself, with an aesthetic finish to no doubt be remembered for many years to come. A historical game indeed!

Comments


  • 8 months ago

    Tai7

    Thanks for the video, great review and I especially enjoy the end game and it's possibilites.

  • 8 months ago

    chessdoggblack

    Naka is dangerous at all times. Too many people are put off by some of his chess comments, but to understand Naka and his temperment one  must be aware of...his chess plans and his chess pains. He is working hard on perfecting his chess tactics as he moves up in the [world chess rankings]. This is not an easy move to make with so many excellent present and future chess players breathing down his back for the world chess title. Yet, he certainly understands what it means by marked combative readiness in order to win and stay on top of his game. Cool

  • 8 months ago

    gabaozin

    amazing commentary, so brilliant!

  • 8 months ago

    drumdaddy

    Powerful game with brilliant underpromotion at the end. Great video!

  • 9 months ago

    PardalsemCasa

    WOW!

  • 9 months ago

    fischerandchips

    Great game and video!

  • 9 months ago

    maturner

    Thanks for the commentary on a fabulous game.

  • 9 months ago

    Lucunning

    Great Video. Thanks.

  • 9 months ago

    Mitek

    Thank you very much. it was fantastic !!!

  • 9 months ago

    ceddy28

    Doing a video lesson for free, especially for those that can't pay for various reasons (including me Foot in Mouth), ChessNetwork is really cool. Such kind of deeds really should be encouraged in other walks of life. The video also shows how simple ideas in chess can be used to best effect. This shows that the super GMs are overrated !?!

  • 9 months ago

    disorderlyknight

    Great commentary! Thanks. 

  • 9 months ago

    Adrian_Kinnersley

    Awesome. For those who want to follow along with the pgn:

    http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1688934

  • 9 months ago

    Castoriadis

    Thank you so much for this video , Jerry. Great analysis! I really enjoyed it. Greetings from Argentina.

  • 9 months ago

    dzindzifan

    Went over this wonderful and extremely creative game last night ... your analysis is Superb!  Thanks so much!! Very very nice job!

  • 9 months ago

    Lawdoginator

    Great video, with very helpful explanations. It was such an interesting game that you might want to redo the video with the correct move order at the end there. 

  • 9 months ago

    gadiper

    Thanks for the video , great commentary!

  • 9 months ago

    lovel0ve

    nice video jerry!thank you for showing tactic at 14:45.

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