Nakamura still plays 2. Qh5?

He still plays the 2. Qh5 which is not expected from a US champ/2600 player. He lost the game though not cause of the opening.

Star Wars (3220) - Avtosh-gagash (3023)
3m + 0s, rated, 24.06.2007

1.e4 c5 2.Qh5 e6 3.f4 Nc6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qf3 d5 6.d3 Be7 7.g4 b6 8.g5 dxe4 9.dxe4 Nd7 10.Na3 Bb7 11.Be3 a6 12.0-0-0 Qc7 13.Bg2 b5 14.Nc2 0-0-0 15.Ne2 Kb8 16.Kb1 Ka8 17.Qf2 Na5 18.b3 Nb6 19.h4 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Qxd8 22.Bxc5 Qd1+ 23.Nc1 Nbc4 24.bxc4 Nxc4 25.Bxe7 Nd2+ 26.Kb2 Nc4+ 27.Kb3 Qxc1 28.Na3 Nd2+ 29.Kb4 Qb2+ 30.Ka5 Nb3+ 31.axb3 Qxf2 32.Bh3 Qxf4 33.Bd8 Qxh4 34.Bf1 Qe1 Avtosh-gagash claims flag (automatic). 0-1

Originally posted by z00t
Star Wars (3220)

Holy smokes, that's a high rating! What's the highest rating ever recorded?

And I thought I had a chance at becoming a good player... 😞

Originally posted by wittywonka
Holy smokes, that's a high rating! What's the highest rating ever recorded?

And I thought I had a chance at becoming a good player... 😞

That's probably a Playchess blitz rating and therefore completely meaningless in the real world.

Originally posted by Kepler
That's probably a Playchess blitz rating and therefore completely meaningless in the real world.

Not completely meaningless. It just isn't comparable in any way to an OTB ELO rating. But then again, what online rating is?

Originally posted by Kepler
That's probably a Playchess blitz rating and therefore completely meaningless in the real world.

if you've ever seen him blitz, he's just incredible. beating 10 GMs in a row, eating pizza or watching tv at the same time.

Originally posted by wormwood
if you've ever seen him blitz, he's just incredible. beating 10 GMs in a row, eating pizza or watching tv at the same time.

I used to watch him back in the day when I had a playchess account. He was definitely one of the most exciting GM's to watch at Blitz.

Originally posted by z00t
He still plays the 2. Qh5 which is not expected from a US champ/2600 player. He lost the game though not cause of the opening.

Star Wars (3220) - Avtosh-gagash (3023)
3m + 0s, rated, 24.06.2007

1.e4 c5 2.Qh5 e6 3.f4 Nc6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qf3 d5 6.d3 Be7 7.g4 b6 8.g5 dxe4 9.dxe4 Nd7 10.Na3 Bb7 11.Be3 a6 12.0-0-0 Qc7 13.Bg2 b5 14.Nc2 0-0-0 15.Ne2 Kb8 16.Kb1 Ka8 1 ...[text shortened]... Nb3+ 31.axb3 Qxf2 32.Bh3 Qxf4 33.Bd8 Qxh4 34.Bf1 Qe1 Avtosh-gagash claims flag (automatic). 0-1

It's a Playchess game, z00t, nobody plays their main openings in PC blitz at that level.

Originally posted by cmsMaster
It's a Playchess game, z00t, nobody plays their main openings in PC blitz at that level.

Nakamura plays 2. Qh5 in slowchess as well

[Event "13th Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Copenhagen/Malmoe DEN"]
[Date "2005.04.22"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "174"]

1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. Ne2 Bg7 6. Nbc3 d6
7. d3 Bg4 8. Qg3 Qd7 9. f3 Be6 10. Bg5 Nh5 11. Qh4 h6 12. Be3
Na5 13. Bb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 a6 15. d4 Qe7 16. Qf2 exd4 17. Bxd4
Nf6 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Nf4 Rhg8 20. Rhe1 Kb8 21. Kb1 g5
22. Nfe2 Rge8 23. g4 Qf8 24. Ng3 Nd7 25. Be3 Qh8 26. Nge2 Be5
27. h4 Qg7 28. Rh1 Nf6 29. Bd4 Nd7 30. Qe3 Qf6 31. hxg5 hxg5
32. Bxe5 Qxe5 33. Rh5 Rg8 34. Nd5 Rde8 35. Qc1 Qg7 36. Ne3 Nf6
37. Rh2 Rh8 38. Rg2 Nd7 39. Nd4 Rh3 40. c4 Qf6 41. Rf2 Reh8
42. b4 Qe5 43. c5 dxc5 44. bxc5 Nxc5 45. Qc3 f6 46. Rc2 Na4
47. Qb4 Bd7 48. Nb3 Rh1 49. Rxh1 Rxh1+ 50. Ka2 Nb6 51. Qf8+
Qe8 52. Qxe8+ Bxe8 53. Nc5 Nd7 54. Nxd7+ Bxd7 55. Kb3 Re1
56. Rc3 Be6+ 57. Kc2 Re2+ 58. Kc1 a5 59. Nc2 Rf2 60. Nd4 Bd7
61. Rc5 b6 62. Rd5 Kc8 63. e5 fxe5 64. Rxe5 c5 65. Nb3 Rf1+
66. Kd2 a4 67. Nxc5 bxc5 68. Rxc5+ Kb7 69. Rxg5 Rxf3 70. Rd5
Be6 71. Rd3 Rf1 72. Rg3 Rf2+ 73. Kc3 Kb6 74. Kb4 Rf4+ 75. Ka3
Kb5 76. Re3 Bd5 77. Rd3 Bc4 78. Re3 Rd4 79. g5 Rd1 80. b3 axb3
81. Re8 Ra1+ 82. Kb2 Ra2+ 83. Kc3 Rc2+ 84. Kd4 b2 85. Rb8+ Ka4
86. g6 Bb5 87. g7 b1=Q 0-1

Originally posted by z00t
Nakamura plays 2. Qh5 in slowchess as well

[Event "13th Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Copenhagen/Malmoe DEN"]
[Date "2005.04.22"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "174"]

1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. Ne2 Bg7 ...[text shortened]... b2 Ra2+ 83. Kc3 Rc2+ 84. Kd4 b2 85. Rb8+ Ka4
86. g6 Bb5 87. g7 b1=Q 0-1

What a rubbish opening for White.
2. Qh5?? makes threats easily countered, and not moving there is one of the first few chess rules for good play.

Originally posted by DeepRed
What a rubbish opening for White.
2. Qh5?? makes threats easily countered, and not moving there is one of the first few chess rules for good play.

Yes you would expect a GM to practice what is preached as far as chess theory is concerned. Its very hard telling newbies not to make such moves when a recognised GM does so publicly.

He isn't afraid to play it, and that's what makes him good.

Originally posted by z00t
Yes you would expect a GM [b]to practice what is preached as far as chess theory is concerned. Its very hard telling newbies not to make such moves when a recognised GM does so publicly.[/b]

Right, because GMs shouldn't be allowed to play what they want.

Originally posted by DeepRed
What a rubbish opening for White.
2. Qh5?? makes threats easily countered, and not moving there is one of the first few chess rules for good play.

This is played now and again by a 2100 rated player in Ulster.

Probably plays it purely for psychology.

ok, it's not like he uses 2. Qh5 in his main repertoire, he just decided to mess around with it a few times otb. And when you're number 1 on ICC, you can do whatever you want (that the posted game was on PC is beyond the point.)