2011 US Chess Championship - GM Gata Kamsky Vs GM Varuzhan Akobian - Round 2

[gentilguy]

3:00 "Nb5 analysed too heavily". Am I mistaking? your analysis seems flawed, it's another pawn sac on a2 and white's rook will be in prey with check.

[Badbentham]

Would have been nice if 12...Bb4 (after 12.f5), pinning the Nc3, were mentioned, when obviously 13.R:b4 (saccing the exchange) was Kamsky`s idea. Also, 8.Qd2!? is a fairly new move, it seems. Standard for decades was 8.Na4 Qa5+ 9.c3 c:d4 10. b4 N:b4 11.c:b4 B:b4+, where black seemingly has found new ways of counterplay. Also, 8.a3 has been played by Kamsky vs. Wesley So in 2010; - a game black managed to win . ;)

[0SS666]

after on month play vs the computer i test my rating an found that i get 2100 elo is that good or i need more training ?

[Nickalispicalis]

@SleepIsMagic Is this tournament not using local ratings or is it also FIDE rated ? Often it can be both. I agree with the responding comment, that Nakamura gains nothing by competing and even winning this "Championship" Other than kamsky, weak chess.

[YtubeUserr]

@11:02 after b2 Qg5 b1=Q Bc1 Qxcl Qxcl is another continuation but u seem to be right about b2 being the better defense.

[YtubeUserr]

Are you being presumptuous by making statements on the reasons for Naka to not play the tournament?

[nomindbeats]

well done

[OnlineChessLessons]

@SleepIsMagic Naka was recently propelled to elite super-GM status with his win at the latest Tata Steel Tournament in Wijk Ann Zee in January 2011. He's not in this year's world championship cycle, but you can almost guarantee he will earn a spot into the next cycle, most likely in 2013/2014.

[OnlineChessLessons]

@SleepIsMagic nakamura is currently focused on becoming world champion. to do this, you have to be invited to the qualifying tournaments (to do that, you have to be consistently rated among the best in the world). Kamsky was the only player in the 2011 US Championship above 2700 FIDE (Nakamura is about 2774 FIDE now). So, playing/winning the US Championship would not really help Nakamura out as far as becoming World Champion.

[IBOUGHTYAMOM]

THIS GAME WAS ACTUALLY MORE LIKE AN ACTION MOVIE THAN A CHESS GAME::: i mean so WOW AWESOME SHIT!!! I MEAN THIS SHIT WAS SO GOOD, DAMN ITS BEEN A LONG TIME I hAVE SEEN SUCH A GAME... WOW THIS WAS SO AWESOME!!!!! even so i dont get why anyone plays the french defence to snatch pawns in the openings it was SO FUN!!! THANKS A LOT:::: i know expert may dont enjoy it that much, but for me its just pure awesomeness

[IBOUGHTYAMOM]

thanks from here too, but i dont get one thing.. i understand that you thought about knight takes d5 that was the first move i had in my mind as well, but what i dont get is why rook f4??? i mean why did you have it on your mind rook f3 looks so natural and springs automatically to mind, i didnt really get it why you even thought about rook f4... besides AWESOME GAME!!!!!!!!!!!! i dont know if it was correct what kamsky played BUT IT WAS SO INTERESTING!!! SO MANY GOOD MOVES IT WAS

[OnlineChessLessons]

@IBOUGHTYAMOM i was thinking Rf4 might be a little more direct to go straight for a mate, but it didn't quite work. glad you enjoyed the game!

[Sianistic]

@IBOUGHTYAMOM

as far as i can see (only hovering ~1350) the deal is that if the g5 pawn takes, the queen goes to h4 calling mate ... if g5 pawn doesn't take, white could still force a mate by saccing the queen by checking on h4, forcing the pawn to take it, retaking with the rook and blacks out of business ...

reason why it wouldn't work would be taking g7 to g6, giving the queen a spot there for retreat, but it still looks tricky at best for black from my PoV

[redfreemind]

Thank you for the review sir.

[OnlineChessLessons]

@redfreemind glad you enjoyed the game!