He is also best chess960 player for now.
Nakamura's Time?
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Mar 4, 2016
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I don't follow too closely, who is rated favourite for the candidates? I'm guessing Carlsen is a heavy favourite to retain the title regardless of who he faces?
Mar 4, 2016
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ddmeltzer8 schreef:
All respect to NAKKA!!!
He works mainy alone and his playing style is MUCH more exiting than Carlsens or Caruanas and most of the other top players!
I think hes the player who deserves the title,themost!!
Without question.
Its about time that little brat,Magnus Carlsen(he often behaves like a small child) gets thrown of the throne!!
Nakamuras playing has also been very strong the last year and I think hes ready.
But even if hes not able to take down Carlsen,I hope some1 else do it!
May the best man win. Why are you so much against your fellow compatriot? I agree he may not be a pleasant person in interviews and all , I like Hammer more, but the fact is that he's a great ambassador for Norway. If you like self-thaught chess masters, look up for " Mir Sultan Kahn" his story is unbelievable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Sultan_Khan
Mar 4, 2016
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Sultan Khan's best games also included the slow accumulation of small advantages like Carlsen. Pretty sure I remember seeing a game where he beat Capablanca from a very nearly level pawn endgame.
uscftigerprowl wrote:
"Nakamura has boasted several times that he learned all his chess from playing continuously on chess servers -- he has not read any books on chess."
He was born in 1987. Essentially, 1988 since it was in December you could argue if you wanted.
But that still means he had almost a decade without the internet. "At age 10, Nakamura became the youngest player to achieve the title of chess master from the United States Chess Federation" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikaru_Nakamura
Lie debunked yet? I think so
His own father coached him for a while I believe, then he got a professional trainer all before internet access.
Can I have some quotes where Naka has actually said that?
Naka's present coaches are Komodo, Stockfish and Houdini. Kasparov was once his trainer for a month. If Naka can be as fit as Carlsen, he could win WCC.
Mandy711 wrote:
If Naka can be as fit as Carlsen, he could win WCC.
That's hilarious!!!
uscftigerprowl wrote:
"His own father coached him"
Was it his biological father, or his stepfather?
I looked at it afterwards and yeah it was his stepfather.
AliGGuernsey2 wrote:
Why is that hilarious Aperture???
Because even if Carlsen was 50 pounds heavier than Nakamura it wouldn't change anything between the two.....hahaha
doesn't naka only win tournaments when magnus is not playing
every tournament they play together magnus always performs much better
It's time for Naka to undergo Ninja training. With ninjalike reflexex, he could beat Carlsen and even his toughest nemesis Komodo.
izhchtinizhyschyists wrote:
Yes, all that separates Carlsen from Nakamura is fitness.
ddmeltzer8 wrote:
Yes,I know about Khan.Its a shame he had to go back to India,though!!
His story is quite amazing!
I think Carlsen has such a boring(clinical) playing style that its only players of conciderable positional streangth who can enjoy his games.
His games 4-5 years ago,though,was a completely diffrent matter!I love those!
Maybe I`ll go back and look at some Sultan Khan games...
The top ten players often looks a bit boring because they have to play rock solid to avoid punishment. When they were younger they played easier opposition, with room for more fun.
Aperture wrote:
AliGGuernsey2 wrote:
Why is that hilarious Aperture???
Because even if Carlsen was 50 pounds heavier than Nakamura it wouldn't change anything between the two.....hahaha
I diasagree. Fitness is one of the edges of Carlsen. He never gives up, and can work on dead draw positions for hours, blundrerfree, and finally win.
Carlsen has fantastic stamina, and I believe this stamina is partially buildt on fitness.
I think that when Carlsen outperformed MVL in the playoff in London , it was fitness and stamina that made most diffference. MVL was exhausted after a hard tournament and playoffgames, and didnt have the power to think long enough. He played slightly too fast.
I do not know how physically fit Nakamura is. Maybe he is very strong, maybe not.
To win in chess you need to have a good day. If you are fit, the number of good days will be as high as possible.
AdamovYuri wrote:
Nakamura is good in bullet and cheap tactics. In slow chess he is no match for the big guys
I disagree. Nakamura is among the best in the world in longchess. The only player he had huge problems with is Magnus. Maybe he is slightly to offencive to avoid punishment from the worlds best defender ever?
While Spassky had the invaluable help of that Komodo thing...
DjonniDerevnja wrote:
Aperture wrote:
AliGGuernsey2 wrote:
Why is that hilarious Aperture???
Because even if Carlsen was 50 pounds heavier than Nakamura it wouldn't change anything between the two.....hahaha
I diasagree.
That's fine.
You can disagree all you want to.
Doesn't mean your right.....or that I'm right.
Aperture wrote:
DjonniDerevnja wrote:
Aperture wrote:
AliGGuernsey2 wrote:
Why is that hilarious Aperture???
Because even if Carlsen was 50 pounds heavier than Nakamura it wouldn't change anything between the two.....hahaha
I diasagree.
That's fine.
You can disagree all you want to.
Doesn't mean your right.....or that I'm right.
I wonder if there are research done on the correlation between physical and brain fitness?
I think I had a better calculating brain back in my youth, when my oxygencapacity was at 61 , and I was competing in running in the forest with map and compass. It wasnt necessarily the oxygencapasity that made the difference, it could have been the age.
Physical work out can for some peoples make falling asleep in the evening easier. Magnus is very capable of falling asleep and sleeping. Enough sleep before the match is a huge advantage in longchess.
Interesting read.
http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=Sports&title=nakamura&8217s-time&id=123762
Of particular interest was this...(underlined):
Nakamura did a lot of playing in the Internet chess servers, most especially the Internet Chess Club (ICC, www.chessclub.com) and became the highest-rated chessplayer of all time in blitz and bullet (one- or two-minute chess) time controls. He was quite a phenomenon -- I am a witness: Nakamura would log in to the ICC and immediately a large percentage of the members online (and this comes out to several thousand players in peak hours) would follow his games. Nakamura has boasted several times that he learned all his chess from playing continuously on chess servers -- he has not read any books on chess. There is nothing that Smyslov can teach him that he can’t learn online (ouch!).