Nakamura vs. Komodo

[Graham Banks]

Thanks Jesse.

[pgn][Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[White "Hikaru"]
[Black "KomodoChess"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "3200"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/ppppp1pp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[TimeControl "45|15"]
[Termination "Game drawn by agreement"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Qh5+ g6 5.Qe5+ Qe7 6.Qxe7+ Nxe7 7.Bf4 Bg7 8.c3 c5 9.dxc5 Nd7 10.Bd6 Nf5 11.Bb5 Nxd6 12.cxd6 a6 13.Ba4 O-O 14.Bb3 Nc5 15.Bxd5+ Kh8 16.Nf3 Nd3+ 17.Kf1 Bf5 18.Nbd2 Rad8 19.Bxb7 Nxb2 20.Be4 Be6 21.h4 Bxc3 22.Rc1 Na4 23.h5 g5 24.Nxg5 Bxd2 25.Nxe6 Bxc1 26.Nxf8 Rxf8 27.Bc6 Nc5 28.Rh3 Bd2 29.d7 Ba5 30.Re3 Rf6 31.Re8+ Kg7 32.Bf3 Nxd7 33.Re7+ Rf7 34.h6+ Kf8 35.Rxf7+ Kxf7 36.Be4 Bd2 37.Bxh7 Bxh6 38.g3 a5 39.f4 Nc5 40.Ke2 Bg7 41.Bd3 Nxd3 42.Kxd3 Bb2 43.Kc4 Bf6 44.Kb5 Bc3 45.a4 Kf6 46.Ka6 Kf5 47.Kb5 Bb4 48.Ka6 Ke4 49.Kb5 Be1 50.Ka6 Kf5 51.Kb5 Bc3 52.Kc4 Bb4 53.Kb5 Ke4 54.Ka6 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[Jesse Gersenson]

Game 2

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[Jesse Gersenson]

PGN after two rounds:
http://u.komodochess.com/games/Nakamura.pgn

[Graham Banks]

I reckon that Game 3 will be the key.

From what I've observed, playing with the advantage of the odds exchange plus rook on b1 is more difficult than playing with the advantage of pawn odds.

[Graham Banks]

[pgn][Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[White "KomodoChess"]
[Black "Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPP1PP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[TimeControl "45|15"]
[Termination "Game drawn by repetition"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxf4 8.exf4 Qa5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Nxc5 11.Kb1 b6 12.Rhg1 Ba6 13.g4 Rac8 14.g5 Ne8 15.h4 Nd6 16.Nd4 Bxd3 17.cxd3 Na4 18.Nxa4 Qxa4 19.Qf2 Nb5 20.Nxb5 Qxb5 21.h5 Qc5 22.Qf3 Qd4 23.Rg4 f5 24.gxf6 Qxf6 25.Re1 Rf7 26.a3 Rc6 27.Qe3 Kf8 28.Rc1 Rxc1+ 29.Qxc1 Kg8 30.Qc8+ Rf8 31.Qc7 Qf7 32.Qe5 Qf6 33.Qc7 Qf7 34.Qe5 h6 35.Rg6 Kh7 36.Ka2 Re8 37.Kb3 Re7 38.a4 Qf5 39.Qxf5 exf5 40.Kc3 Re2 41.a5 d4+ 42.Kxd4 Rxb2 43.axb6 Rxb6 44.Rg1 a5 45.Kc5 Rb3 46.d4 a4 47.d5 a3 48.Ra1 Kg8 49.d6 Kf7 50.Re1 a2 51.d7 Rd3 52.Kc6 Rc3+ 53.Kd6 Rd3+ 54.Kc6 Rc3+ 55.Kd6 Rd3+ 56.Kc6 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[mjlef]

The second game:

<pgn>[Event "Rapid 45m+30s-45m+10s"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Komodo 1539.00 64-bit"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPP1PP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[TimeControl "2700+10"]

{6144MB, 24core} 1. d4 {0.01/1 0} Nf6 {14} 2. Nf3 {0.01/1 0} d5 {19} 3. Bf4 {
0.01/1 0} e6 {23} 4. e3 {-0.33/26 61} Bd6 {21} 5. Nc3 {-0.44/27 106} O-O {35}
6. Bd3 {-0.49/30 241} c5 {16} 7. dxc5 {-0.49/32 200} Bxf4 {40 (Bxc5)} 8. exf4 {
-0.23/27 26} Qa5 {10 (Qc7)} 9. Qd2 {-0.30/28 156} Nbd7 {93 (Qxc5)} 10. O-O-O {
-0.26/30 142} Nxc5 {10} 11. Kb1 {-0.29/29 50} b6 {187 (Qc7)} 12. Rhg1 {-0.18/
30 137} Ba6 {53} 13. g4 {-0.28/31 13} Rac8 {333} 14. g5 {-0.24/34 0} Ne8 {50}
15. h4 {-0.19/32 29} Nd6 {25} 16. Nd4 {-0.16/32 51} Bxd3 {117 (Nxd3)} 17. cxd3
{-0.12/31 25} Na4 {7} 18. Nxa4 {-0.21/32 22} Qxa4 {7} 19. Qf2 {-0.12/33 80} Nb5
{12} 20. Nxb5 {-0.06/32 36} Qxb5 {34} 21. h5 {-0.01/31 6} Qc5 {44} 22. Qf3 {-0.
02/32 6} Qd4 {85 (Rc6)} 23. Rg4 {0.00/33 22} f5 {114} 24. gxf6 {0.00/37 0} Qxf6
{14} 25. Re1 {0.00/33 12} Rf7 {58 (Kh8)} 26. a3 {0.00/33 31} Rc6 {21} 27. Qe3 {
0.00/33 16} Kf8 {70 (a5)} 28. Rc1 {0.00/39 62} Rxc1+ {191} 29. Qxc1 {0.00/43 0}
Kg8 {11 (Qd8)} 30. Qc8+ {0.00/42 62} Rf8 {13} 31. Qc7 {0.00/41 26} Qf7 {109}
32. Qe5 {0.00/49 0} Qf6 {22} 33. Qc7 {0.00/44 7} Qf7 {106} 34. Qe5 {0.00/49 0}
h6 {32 (Qf6)} 35. Rg6 {0.00/40 57} Kh7 {11 (Re8)} 36. Ka2 {0.00/40 42} Re8 {104
} 37. Kb3 {0.00/37 0} Re7 {13 (Rf8)} 38. a4 {0.00/36 37} Qf5 {277} 39. Qxf5 {
0.00/42 0} exf5 {7} 40. Kc3 {0.00/35 21} Re2 {49 (Re1)} 41. a5 {0.00/37 48} d4+
{110 (bxa5)} 42. Kxd4 {0.00/36 25} Rxb2 {0} 43. axb6 {0.00/36 18} Rxb6 {287}
44. Rg1 {0.00/49 0} a5 {30 (g5)} 45. Kc5 {0.00/41 57} Rb3 {238 (Rb2)} 46. d4 {
0.00/40 49} a4 {8} 47. d5 {0.00/40 34} a3 {42 (Kg8)} 48. Ra1 {0.00/38 17} Kg8 {
205} 49. d6 {0.00/49 0} Kf7 {14 (Rd3)} 50. Re1 {0.00/45 60} a2 {323 (Rd3)} 51.
d7 {0.00/44 31} Rd3 {143} 52. Kc6 {0.00/52 0} Rc3+ {54 (Rd4)} 53. Kd6 {0.00/54
61} Rd3+ {7} 54. Kc6 {0.00/49 24} Rc3+ {12 (Rd4)} 55. Kd6 {0.00/56 27} Rd3+ {9}
56. Kc6 {0.00/64 45} 1/2-1/2
</pgn>

[JJJ]

Nice first two game. Nakamura played solid chess. Sure he couldn't find a way to get a win, but at least didn't blundered.

[Leto]

So how do you think Nakamura will do on the last two games which will be exchange odds and four move odds?

[JJJ]

no clue about four move odds.
exchange could be a draw also. tough to get a win. It's just rook against knight, probably easy to draw for Komodo.

[Jesse Gersenson]

4-move odds is going to be murder.