Svenderlunk vs Nakamura blitz game
Here’s a video and a pgn of this crazy game, where Svenderlunk had 5 minutes and Nakamura only had 10 seconds for the full game.
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Posted by peter on 16 Oct 2007 at 10:51 pm #
unbelievable. but if that was the whole game, then how the other player spend five minutes that game (it seemed much shorter than that, even with the pauses)
Posted by sergey on 17 Oct 2007 at 12:57 pm #
Nakamura’s opponent clearly didn’t use up all the time he had on his clock. His strategey was, apparently, to move as quickly as he could, in order to force Nakamura to use up his 10 seconds… that’s probably why he assumed a defensive position and started shuffling his queen back and forth instead of attempting anything aggressive himself. He was hoping Nakamura would just run out of time.
Posted by peter on 18 Oct 2007 at 3:15 pm #
oh, ok, i misinterpreted what you wrote. i’m suprised svenderlunk missed the f4 block, but i don’t see how he would be at an advantage by playing f4, or even gain material for that matter, only that nakamura would have to waste more time taking more moves