[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: The Daily Update: An Ivanchuk-Nakamura final at Cap D'Agde

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
The Daily Update: An Ivanchuk-Nakamura final at Cap D'Agde
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1225482663.shtml


   And then there were two.
   In the first match of the day, Karpov-Nakamura, Nakamura was happy to
   draw the two games comfortably and head for the blitz games. At those
   time controls Karpov was a heavy underdog, and sure enough Nakamura
   won both games to advance to the final. Ivanchuk-Carlsen,
   surprisingly, was also relatively one-sided. Ivanchuk should have won
   the first game - with Black - but he allowed Carlsen to escape with
   the two rook-pawn version of the Vancura draw. (I'm thinking of making
   this ending the subject of my next [1]ChessVideos show.) Game two was
   an easy draw for Carlsen, so they also went to blitz. This time
   Ivanchuk had White in the first game and won in crushing style, and
   could have won the second game as well, but allowed Carlsen to repeat
   in a lost position to clinch the match.
   The final is tomorrow, and starts at 12:30 p.m. ET.
   Further tournament coverage [2]here.

References

   1. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/chessvideos_shows/
   2. http://www.europe-echecs.com/articles/a-la-une-8e-rencontres-du-cap-d-agde-1451.html