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Nakamura Hits Back Against Ponomariov!
Submitted by SonofPearl on Chess.com
After barely hanging on for a draw in another disappointing performance from the American in the second game, he won with the King's Indian in the third to level the match.
The match consists on six regular time control games, followed by four rapid games.
The start time for the games has been moved to 15:30 local time (CDT) in St. Louis (20:30 UTC), and the games can be followed live at this link.
All smiles at the press conference before the start of the match
Nakamura,Hi (2774) vs. Ponomariov,R (2754)
Nakamura-Ponomariov Classical Match | Saint Louis USA | Round 2| 18 May 2011 | ECO: C67 | 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd3 Qd7 11. Nd2 a5 12. Re1 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. Nb3 c5 15. Qf3 O-O 16. Be3 c4 17. Nd4 Rb8 18. Re2 Rb6 19. Rd2 c5 20. Ne2 Bb7 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qh6 Re8 23. Nf4 Bf8 24. Qh3 Qxh3 25. gxh3 Rxe5 26. Rad1 Kg7 27. Nxd5 Rd6 28. Nc7 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Be7 30. Ne8+ Kf8 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. Rxd6 Rd5 33. Rxd5 Bxd5 34. Bxc5+ Ke8 35. Bb6 Bc6 36. Bxa5 Bxa4 37. Kg2
Ponomariov,R (2754) vs. Nakamura,Hi (2774)
Nakamura-Ponomariov Classical Match | Saint Louis USA | Round 3| 19 May 2011 | ECO: E94 | 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1 c6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Qe8 12. c5 dxc5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 fxe5 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Qd6 c4 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Bg3 Rf7 19. Bxe5 Bg4 20. Bxg7 Bxd1 21. Bf6 Bg4 22. e5 Qd7 23. Ne4 Bf5 24. Qb4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Re8 26. f3 Rxf6 27. exf6 Rxe4 28. fxe4 Qd4+ 29. Kf1 Qxe4 30. Qb7 Qf5+ 31. Ke2 Qxf6 32. Qb8+ Kf7 33. Qxa7+ Ke6 34. Qb7 Qe5+ 35. Kf3 Qf5+ 36. Ke3 Qc5+ 37. Kf3 c3 38. Qc8+ Kd5 39. bxc3 Qxc3+ 40. Kg4 Qd4+ 41. Kh3 Qe3+ 42. Kh4 Qe7+ 43. Kg3 Qg5+
16 year-old Ray Robson still leads in his match with Ben Finegold after draws in games 2 and 3.
Finegold's opponent is younger than he expected!
Robson,R (2545) vs. Finegold,B (2494)
Robson-Finegold Classical Match | Saint Louis USA | Round 2| 18 May 2011 | ECO: C41 | 1/2-1/2
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1 b6 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Bb7 11. b3 Rc8 12. Re2 Nc5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bd5 Qd7 15. Ba3 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Rfd8 17. Rd1 Qg4 18. h3 Qg6 19. Bc1 h6 20. Bd2 Rd7 21. a5 bxa5 22. Ra1 Bd8 23. Kh2 Qf6 24. Bxa5 Qf4+ 25. Kg1 Bxa5 26. Rxa5 Qc1+ 27. Kh2 Qf4+ 28. Kg1 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qf4+
Finegold,B (2494) vs. Robson,R (2545)
Robson-Finegold Classical Match | Saint Louis USA | Round 3| 19 May 2011 | ECO: B52 | 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8 8. Qf3 e6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Bf4 Nfd7 12. Qg3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Ne4 Kh8 15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. Bc7 Rde8 17. Nd6 Ra8 18. Nc4 Rac8 19. Bf4 Rfe8 20. Re4 b5 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 f6 23. Bc3 b4 24. Rh4 bxc3 25. Qg6 h6 26. Rxh6+ gxh6 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Kf7 30. Qh7+ Kf8
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