Nakamura V Aronian

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Yeah? Look at the blockade around K, and at the attacking lines Carlsen has in his game! 🙂

Originally posted by mikelom
Yeah? Look at the blockade around K, and at the attacking lines Carlsen has in his game! 🙂

Originally posted by Marinkatomb
Yes i've been following that game too. I've played the same opening as white a number of times but never really felt it would be played at the top level. The exchanges that take place at the beginning just seem to take the tension out of the position too early for white to genuinely choose it. Guess i was wrong there then! Carlsen does seem to be a maste ...[text shortened]... m win a game from a 0.00-0.01 position after the opening is starting to get ridiculous...😀

Originally posted by mikelom
Totally agreed. He still has a love for QG when playing W. I like that too!.. 🙂

-m.

Originally posted by Marinkatomb
It's the early Nh4 that i dislike, jumping straight into exchanges just seems wrong to me..

Originally posted by mikelom
I can't and never play Nh4. An immediate Bg5 yes, to exchange with N to weaken K'side castle, if it's looking that way, which it does so I often play. Nh4 scares me, and I'd be out of my depth within 3 moves. It seems wrong cos to me it's totally a non-book move and rarely do we see it. Carlsen is developing his own collection... a force to be reckoned with for a long time I reckon.

Originally posted by Marinkatomb
Nh4 is theory, check any database and the results for white are about 55%

In my experience it's very difficult to prove that in a game though. Carlsen is Carlsen though so lets wait and see. 🙂

Originally posted by mikelom
Move 33 was inspired!

Nakamura! What a brilliant display by him today, i can't se how he can possibly not win this game. Positional masterpiece! 🙂