GM Nakamura beat karpov at Donostia

naka playing against GM Pascal Charbonneau
2008
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After winning the US championship and sharing the first prize with GM Najer in the world open,GM Nakamura once again is making a statement at Donostia by beating the former World Champion Anatoly Karpov in there first round match up.


[Event "European Cultural City 2016 Tournament"]
[Site "Donostia-San Sebastian/Spain"]
[Date "2009.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "Robot 3"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:0"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. e3
Nxc5 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. a4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 Qe8 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15.
Nd4 Rc8 16. Qf1 h6 17. Bg3 Kh8 18. h3 Bd8 19. b4 Ncd7 20. Rac1 Be7 21. Na2 Ra8
22. f3 Nd5 23. Qe1 Bg5 24. Bf2 Qe7 25. h4 Bf6 26. e4 Nf4 27. Qd2 Bxd4 28. Bxd4
b5 29. Bf1 e5 30. Bf2 Bc8 31. Rc7 Qe6 32. axb5 axb5 33. Nc3 Qg6 34. Be3 Qg3 35.
Bxf4 exf4 36. Rxd7 Bxd7 37. Qxd7 Qxh4 38. Qd2 Rad8 39. Nd5 f5 40. e5 Rfe8 41.
Qe2 Re6 42. Rd4 Qg3 43. Nc7 Rxd4 44. Nxe6 Rxb4 45. Qc2 Ra4 46. Qd2

Naka miss the force mate

(46. Qc8+
Kh7 47. Nf8+ Kg8 48. Ng6+ Kh7 49. Ne7 Qf2+ 50. Kxf2 Ra2+ 51. Be2 Ra8 52. Qxa8
h5 53. Qe8 g5 54. Qg6+ Kh8 55. Qh6#)



46... Ra1 47. Nxf4 Kh7 48. Nd3 Qh4 49. f4
Qe7 50. Qb4 Qxb4 51. Nxb4 g5 52. Kf2 Kg7 53. Nc6 Ra2+ 54. Ke3 Ra3+ 55. Kf2 Ra4
56. fxg5 Rf4+ 57. Ke1 hxg5 58. Bxb5 Kf7 59. Ke2 Ke6 60. Kd3 Kd5 61. Ne7+ Kc5
62. Bc6 Rd4+ 63. Ke3 Rb4 64. Bd7 Re4+ 65. Kf3 1-0