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Something is causing a delay on my computer then.

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Best place to follow it seems to be here:

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/gashimovMemorial2014a/2/1/2

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Thanx, I'll watch it there.

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Nakamura is holding things together well and it looks like an all draws round.

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Exactly. .but wait. .anything can happen.

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fabelhaft hat geschrieben:

Nakamura is holding things together well and it looks like an all draws round.

Against a mortal GM this probably would be enough for a draw but not against Carlsen. My guess is that Carlsen will grind Nakamura down - black has too many weak pawns. 

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Plus they've recently been disrespecting each other on various websites. This is the 1st game between them since Carlsen responded with "I would be offended if he were a stronger chessplayer" (talking about Nakamura) or something close to that. That was a couple of months ago.

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The computer eval seems to be creeping up in favor of Magnus. 

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Not looking too comfortable for Nakamura now, he will have a pawn down endgame to defend.

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fabelhaft hat geschrieben:

Not looking too comfortable for Nakamura now, he will have a pawn down endgame to defend.

not to forget the strong bishop versus the weaker knight ....

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& all Carlsens pieces all in his face, eating up the good squares.

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9-0

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nakamura position looks totally busted atm, I knew that it would never be a draw in this rivalry lol         

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Sauron should be Magnus Carlsens new nickname in honor of Nakamura & his various comments. Also his +0 -9 =15 record against Carlsen. Don't forget Nakas comment about Naka being the one who will have to stop Carlsen. I think all that talk just makes Magnus beat him up more. I think he was 0-7 before that comment, now 0-9. Anyone else seeing a pattern?

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How do you even pronounce "Sauron"?

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solskytz wrote:

How do you even pronounce "Sauron"?

C-a-r-l-s-e-n Laughing

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Looking good for Carlsen now but far from simple endgame, and he has used more than 15 minutes on his 44th now.

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I think it's SAWron

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Ok, just looked it up & it's suggested to pronounce it like sour or sour-ron

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