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Nakamura and Gelfand? I tried a couple of search engines, but simply didn't have any luck locating the game in question. Couldn't you just post the moves here, and let us scrutinize the moves that way?
You can find the game, with some analysis at: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2541 And welcome to TCVP, Matthew. We corresponded years ago when we were both in NOST. I clearly remember discussing Renaissance, and perhaps some things I was working on at the time.
I have read a bit more about the game played, and perhaps it is not a 'madness', only a very risky sequence of moves, and much more risky if you have in front one of the most solid players in the world, one with an elite rating. Here is the game: Nakamura,H (2660) - Gelfand,B (2724) GM Biel SUI (10), 27.07.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 Qb6 (!?). Here begins the main sequence: 12.Nd5 (?!) (Two pieces are in sacrifice now)... Qxd4 13.Bxf6 (?!)(A new sacrifice)... gxf6 14.Bxb5 Qc5 15.Nxf6+ Kd8 16.Nxd7 (?!). 16...Qxb5 17.Nxf8 Rxf8 18.Qa3 Rc8 19.Qxd6+ Ke8 20.c3 Qc6 21.Qb4 a5 (!). (It seems that Nakamura has not expected this one)... 22.Qxa5. White now has four pawns for the piece, but Black position is safe, solid, and Gelfand plays the end with absolute precision... 22...Ra8 23.Qg5 f6(!) 24.Qd5 Qxc3+ 25.bxc3 exd5 26.exd5+ Kd7 27.Kb1 Ra4 28.g3 Rfa8 (!) 29.Rd2 R8a5 30.d6 Be4+ 31.Ka1 h5 (!) 32.h3 Bd5 33.g4 Rxa2+ 34.Rxa2 Rxa2+ 35.Kb1 Rh2 36.Re3 h4 37.Kc1 Kxd6 38.f5 Rf2 39.Kd1 Rf3 0-1.
Thanks for posting that game between Nakamura and Gelfand. Do you know what the time control was? Is it 40 in 2 for a primary, and then 20 in 1 for the secondary time control?
Yes, it was 40/2 and next 20/1. Bad luck for Nakamura, we have to see this strong young talent in his next presentations, and he must be a bit less impulsive (or more exact) against extremely strong players, in some moment he is going to face the top elite, and more care may be needed. Imagine Anand, Topalov, Leko or Kramnik, by example, Nakamura can´t play this way against these class of players. Could Nakamura win that rare game against Gelfand?. I don´t know, but it is possible it could win against other player less rated, and lose against any other top-ten. Other to see in the future?: The boy Magnus Carlsen...
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