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The Best in American Chess
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by John D. Warth Fighting Chess with Hikaru Hikaru Nakamura, by Karsten Müller and Raymund Stolze, Edition Olms 2012, Paperback, 231pp. $29.95 (ChessCafe Price $22.95)
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Playing in his first chess tournament as a child, Hikaru Nakamura said he lost every game of every round. Some might have quit, but his step-father, Sunil Weeramantry, a master-level player and renowned chess coach, told Hikaru to believe in himself and keep trying. trying. Confidence combined with perseverance perseverance and long hours studying and struggling at the board eventually won out. These fighting qualities – grit, grit, raw talent, and a love for the game – have have served him well, catapulting the now twenty-five-year-old to compete and rank among the world's best.
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Anecdotes such as this, revealed in an exclusive interview for the book, are Hikaru Nakamura among the many items that make Fighting Chess with Hikaru compelling reading. This compendium, by Karsten Müller and Raymund Stolze, catalogs Hikaru's rapid rise with games and highlights from his career, while comparing his record-breaking progress with another American prodigy, Bobby Fischer. The authors have selected Nakamura's five best games in a section of its own, a trove of endgame studies, and another of tactical puzzles – all all culled from Hikaru's games. There is also a chapter on the importance of blitz chess, the five-minute games that have so impacted his spontaneous playing style.
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In other topics, Nakamura weighs in on changes in qualifications for the Sign up to vote this title world championship cycle, the challenges of grueling tournament, team,on and match play; some changes to his opening preparation, andUseful Not useful some insight into his productive but brief tutelage under Garr y Kasparov. However, the bulk of the book is devoted to covering Nakamura's rise marked by game milestones from his career. The authors examine these games and others and recap
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sacrifice. Soon Hikaru broke another American record: he earned the grandmaster title 106 days sooner than Fischer, perhaps attributable to today's modern training methods. The authors also compare and examine playing styles. Both Fischer and Nakamura are accomplished blitz players. Both disdain playing from defensive positions. Both are champions of the King's Indian and Sicilian Defenses, among other shared playing preferences. Both men are fiercely independent. Both have trained alone to some extent, etc. However, if there is one weakness to the book, it is that the authors stretch almost beyond reason in comparing Nakamura's and Fischer's records and careers to the point that this theme nearly becomes unsustainable. Also, part of the problem of the records is that they are scattered throughout the narrative and not listed in a table. Beyond the games and records, the interview may be the best section of the book. Nakamura answers the authors' probing probing questions with depth, feeling, feeling, and candor on many subjects. T hese involve training, preparation, and a shortlist of his most dangerous rivals. Nakamura names Magnus Carlsen of Norway, Sergei Karjakan of Russia, and Levon Aronian of Armenia as his biggest threats. All three have invigorated invigorated the game with their sharp and creative playing styles. Yet what emerges from this interview is a portrait of a player who is honest with himself and others, practical, r ealistic, spontaneous, and generous in spirit from a grandmaster who loves the game but is never consumed by it. Nakamura has an objective outlook outlook about his strengths and weaknesses weaknesses and about his plans for the future. The game itself is changing, and he predicts that Chess960, a variant of FischerRandom chess, may dominate the game's future. He is confident but cautious: level-headed yet aware of his responsibilities as a role model. He seems grateful for the opportunities, successes, and recognition that chess has given him, while also modest, since being a chess professional in America is conferred without without celebrity. Nakamura's generous spirit transcends merely winning and losing. Paradoxically, he wants to promote chess am ong the young, but dislikes teaching. Chess for American youth is an activity that waxes, wanes, and often flags. Here chess struggles to compete with a huge range of enticing activities, including after-school sports, satellite TV, the distractions of Signgames. up to vote on this title mobile phones, Twitter chatter, and an explosion of video
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Bc6, which is unclear according to Kasparov. 12.Bxf6!?
Hikaru is planning to work up pressure against the e6 pawn. White's game is developing well. 12...gxf6 13.f5 Be7
If 13...Qe7? 14.Bc4 b5 15.Bd5!, then Black either loses after 15...exd5 16. exd5 or comes under intense pressure after 15...Bxd5 16.exd5 e5 17.Ne4. 14.Bc4!
This puts the bishop on the correct diagonal. 14...b5 15.Bb3 b4 16.Ne2 e5 17.Ng3
Preventing any counterplay for Black on the kingside. 17...a5 18.Kb1 a4 19.Bc4 Rc8 20.b3 Qb7 21.Qe2 Rb8 22.Rhe1 Rg8 23.h3 Qd7 24.Qd2 Rg5
This prevents 25.Qh6. 25.Nh5 Qb7?!
Black has problems in any case, but this queen move allows a pretty combination.
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An obvious pawn breakthrough, but White also had to see the pretty queen sacrifice which was linked to it. 30...Bd7
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Willy-nilly Black must accept this sacrifice. The passive 31...Bf8 leads to a nice mate: 32.e6 Bc6 33.Qf7+! Rxf7 34.exf7#. 32.exf6+ Kf8 33.fxg7+ Kxg7 34.Re7+ Kf6
If Black hides in the corner with 34...Kh8, then he has no counter-play and after 35.Rexd7 Qc6 36.R7d6 Qc7 37.f6 he must look on helplessly as White decisively advances his kingside pawns. 35.Rexd7
Of course White must avoid 35.Rdxd7?? Qh1+ 36.Kb2 a3 mate. 35...Qe4?!
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systems played on either side of the board. Nakamura also has a strong winning ratio playing as black with the King's Indian Defense. Nakamura's style has matured. He no longer takes takes the kinds of risks he was once famous for, including "dropping the H-bomb," a moniker earned when he impetuously moved his queen to the h5-square on his second move – a a Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Qh5) in which his impudence was soundly punished. Where from here? What more can we expect from Hikaru Nakamura? More importantly, what can Nakamura expect from himself? He has achieved much, but there is much left to do. With fighting spirit, drive, and a level head it seems that Hikaru Nakamura will be among those who will be around for the long term, and perhaps poised to avoid pitfalls that have plagued despairing souls whose lives have been ravaged or destroyed by the vortex of the game's all-consuming fury. America's Paul Morphy and Bobby Fischer come to mind, and perhaps England's Tony Miles, all from whom impending madness had stolen the gifts that Caissa had once bestowed. Hikaru Nakamura, Müller and Stolze have penned a In Fighting Chess with Hikaru large, readable, and entertaining work that comes loaded with anecdotes, insights, and career highlights that will put the reader inside the heart of the action. Exciting games are accented with great notes. The book itself is beautifully bound in a durable durable cover, with large, readable type type in an attractive font, with generous diagrams that m ake following the action easy. Fighting Chess succeeds as a biographical sketch, as a games collection, and as a record of comparative achievements in American chess.
The authors have compared the records and highlights of two American prodigies. Nakamura emerges as a bold-spirited, creative, creative, and inspiring player. We find in him the heart of a champion champion – a a hard-working and levelheaded realist – a a creative but practical player who represents what is best in American chess: both now and for the future.
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