Nakamura v Vachier-Lagrave

In the Tata Steel 2011 chess tournament which ends today, it is world champion Vishy Anand and US champion Hikaru Nakamura who lead the field with seven points each in Group A after ten rounds.

Three rounds were left to be played and it was difficult to predict a clear winner in the top group. Tournament favourite Magnus Carlsen is way behind with 5½ points having lost two crucial games to Anish Giri and Ian Nepomniachtchi. Here is Nakamura’s win over the French champion Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.

20110130tania — In Section C of the Tata Steel 2011 chess tournament which is currently being played in the Netherlands, Tania Sachdev registered as the lowest-rated player of all three sections, A, B, and C. With three rounds to be played, Tania is already close to achieving a coveted grandmaster norm and is currently in sixth place in Section C of the tournament, competing among male grandmasters and some international masters. In photo, Tania examines the chess board carefully during her game with J W De Jong (2437) whom she defeated in 46 moves.

Nakamura, Hikaru (2751) – Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (2715)
73rd Tata Steel GMA Wijk aan Zee NED (10), 26.1.2011

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 0-0 10.0-0 Na5 11.Bd3 b6 12.Qd2 e5 13.Bg5 Qd7 14.Bh6 Bb7 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.d5 f5 17.f3 Rf7 18.exf5 c4 19.Bc2 gxf5 20.Rad1 f4 21.g3 Qd6 22.gxf4 exf4 23.Kh1 Re8 24.Rg1+ Kf8 25.Be4 Bc8 26.Nd4 Qf6?

27.Ne6+! Bxe6 28.dxe6 Qxe6 29.Bd5 Qh3 30.Bxf7 Qxf3+ 31.Rg2 Kxf7 32.Qd7+ Kf6 33.Qg7+ Black resigns! 1-0.

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