Monday, January 18, 2010

Nigel came up way short against Hikaru


Short (2696) - Nakamura (2708) [B58]
Corus A (3), 18.01.2010

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nf3 h6 8.0–0 Be6 9.b3 a6 10.Re1 Rc8 11.Bb2 Be7 12.Bf1 0–0 13.Nd5 Bg4 14.c4 Nxd5 15.exd5 Nb8 16.h3 Bh5 17.Be2 Nd7 18.Rc1 Bg6 19.b4 e4 20.Nd2 Qb6 21.a3 Bh4 22.c5 dxc5 23.Nc4 Qd8 24.Bh5 cxb4 25.Bxg6 fxg6 26.Rxe4 Bxf2+ 27.Kh1 b5 28.Ne5 Rxc1 29.Bxc1 Nxe5 30.Rxe5 Bg3 31.Re3 Bf4 32.Rd3 Bd6 33.axb4 Qf6 34.Be3 Qf1+ 35.Bg1 Rf4 36.g4 Qxd1 37.Rxd1 Rxb4 38.Re1 Rf4 39.Ra1 Ra4 40.Re1 b4 41.Re6 b3 42.Rxd6 Rb4 43.Rd8+ Kh7 0–1

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