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May-15-12 Jason Frost : <bwarnock: White King goes to f4 than e5, White Rook on the 7th rank - will force the Black King to the back rank. -- it's not difficult.> How does that force the black king to the back rank? Black will just play Kg6 when white checks on the 7th.

May-15-12 bwarnock : <OhioChessFan: <Marmot: Might go over 100 moves.> I'm sorry for thinking "You're an idiot" when you said that 40 moves ago.> Hey - the 50 move rule doesn't kick in until move 129! (Looks like it'll be over soon though with the rook exchange.)

May-15-12 Jason Frost : Pawns are off ... charge forward!!!!

May-15-12 frogbert : didn't go *over* 100 moves...

May-15-12 Shams : Now we have to apologize for merely thinking our fellow kibitzers are idiots? This is really gonna slow things down.

May-15-12

chessgames.com : Thanks to everybody for participating in today's live broadcasts, both from the WCC in Moscow and the US Championship in St. Louis. Tomorrow is a rest day in the Anand-Gelfand World Championship, but we will be broadcasting the 8th round of the US Championship at 2:00pm tomorrow. The broadcast will be open to anybody who cares to join us. The good news for Kamsky fans is that because Kamsky defeated Stripunsky today, he is now in a dead-heat with Nakamura. Therefore, the featured game will be Lenderman-Kamsky. Hope to see you then!

May-15-12 solskytz : still could... if 100.. Ke3

May-15-12 frogbert : oh rats, shulman didn't want to go along and take the stalemate.

May-15-12 Wild Bill : <100.Kg1>

Have they shaken hands yet?

May-15-12 Marmot PFL : Childish play like this is the reason that Nakamura is not the most popular player with other GMs.

May-15-12 frogbert : shams, hehe! your iggy-approach seems more efficient.

May-15-12

Tiggler : Liked how Shulman refused to stalemate him.

May-15-12

eternaloptimist : I knew it would be a draw. Thx for the live game cg!!

May-15-12

Tiggler : Did Nakamura finally offer the draw after 101. Kxg2 ? Maybe Shulman should have made him play another 50 moves.

May-15-12 Octal : Why did Naka offer a draw? 101 ... Ke3 102 Kg3!! gains the opposition and wins.

May-16-12 jsy : Ironically, it is "childish" play like this that endears Naka to his fans and anti-fans. The opposing GM, may or may not be happy...

May-16-12 Atking : Shulmann has a positive score vs Nakamura. Maybe Nakamura tried what did Fischer to "his bete noire" Geller by winning a draw rook ending. Neverless it's right that the last moves (pawn ending part) is a bit ridiculous. One player should offer draw after the Rook exchange.

May-16-12 JoshVegas : Now these are how Championshiop games used to be played before all the cowards took over chess, yes they are lazy cowards nowadays compared to yesteryear and they are paid much mpre, maybe that is the problem in all fields.

May-16-12 RookFile : Nobody really knows what was going on here except Nakamura. Perhaps he was practicing for the type of battle he expects against Kamsky.

May-16-12

wordfunph : Naka played a finesse 97.Kg2! patzer like me would immediately capture the h-pawn.

May-16-12

FSR : The players showed an appalling lack of fighting spirit. They could have kept the game going with 97...h3+! (an important finesse, ensuring that White keeps his pawn) 98.Kf2! (likewise, 98.Kh2? would win Black's pawn) h2 99.Kg2 h1(N)! 100.Kh2 Nf2! and, with timely moves of the g-pawn the game could have continued for several hundred more moves. Indeed, if both players declined to invoke the 50-move rule, the game could have gone on forever.

May-17-12

thegoodanarchist : In Tal's autobiography he claimed that Fischer once played on two more moves with nothing but kings on the board. I guess Naka isn't as crazy as Fischer :)

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