Not to discredit Kramnik in any way, he is playing superb, but man did Naka's play s*ck today. Starting around move 27 he is really playing like he has given up already.

Nakamura took 50 minutes over move 18 so its not a huge suprise he seemed a little off afterwards. You cant do that with Kramnik. He had a go but you have to be at your best in the endgame in that sort of position.

kramnik in this form can steam roll any player excluding the world champ

Missed with the form there Mister Kramnik. You should had be in tip top shape during Candidate matches ;(

but nevermind, good to have Vlad back in form anyways.

Kramnik is just a tournament player :-)

Today we have witnesed another side of Kramniks talent. He defeated Ponomarev in Alekhin style, crushed Meyer With half-correct Tal sacrifice and won in Capablanca tecnical style with Nakamura. GM Zagrebelny at chesspro.ru supposed that Nakamura didn't read Nimzovich, his bad Bishop and poor endgame playing were terrible.

Kramnik, Carlsen, Aronian branched for some time, each going its own way, and predictably, each dominating its path:

Carlsen - Biel,
Kramnik - Dortmund,
Aronian - World chess team championship

If S3 says so, it must be true. Why argue with Jesus Christ our lord and savior? After all, it is o.k to have a Bc1, isolated c pawn and a hanging e5 pawn on move 20 with no problems. Right?

Super endgame play by Kramnik! White's play was a bit strange. He did not move Be3 till move 23 or so.

Carlsen, Kramnik, Aronian all at London this December. Oh yes, it will be good.

Hi,

Interesting comment. Have you heard any stories about Fischer and mirror's? It is said that wherever he stayed all mirror's would have to be removed.

Nakamura is certainly in terrible form, but this fact in no way should reduce the value of Kramnik's win.

I have seen patzers saying Carlsen is "lucky" many times because (according to them) his opponents often play weaker than they should do.

I hope those poor fellows change their minds. Chess is a game of mistakes, and this is the case even at the highest level.

In any case, Kramnik's over 3,000 performance is just superb, and I hope he will continue his success in Dortmund.

defending the Queen Bishop Isolated pawn with the only bishop on the board is shocking. Why turn a bishop into a pawn? Why indeed? Everyone says get rid of draws, and I understand that thinking, but changing the very nature of a chess battle is the change the very nature of mankind and if you do that, then throw out all the chess games prior to that change. Just like they did in baseball, the DH, more games per season, changed the game. Yes, Maris broke the Babe's HR record, but with the record came an astrik * forever.

Hex placed on USA’s Top Rated Chess Player
Posted on July 24, 2011
Hikaru Nakamura is an American professional chess player. Recently, Hikaru Nakamura has been proclaimed to be the next Bobby Fischer. Nakamura is not the next Bobby Fischer and he knows it. He is in a slump.. His last couple of tournaments has seen poor play by him and he admits it.

Why the sudden slump? Simple answer. A label has been place on him. The label says, “The next Bobby Fischer”. He is not Bobby Fischer. Nakamura is completely different than Bobby. Yes, he is very good at chess. He still has a lot to prove to the Chess World. His place in Chess History is unknown. So everyone stop saying he is the next Fischer. He is an American chess player who has a shot at becoming the World Champion and even if he becomes the champion, he does not become Bobby Fischer. If he becomes World Champion, let us hope he is the not the next Fischer. Anyone wondering why not, then just look what happened to Bobby after he defeated the Russians Chess Machine and became the Champion.

Nakamura looks in the mirror and what does he see? He see’s himself, not Fischer. If Hikaru ever becomes the chess champion of the world and then looks in the mirror he will see himself, not Fischer! What Nakamura will think at the moment is, I am Nakamura, the 2nd American who is the champion of the world.

Today, I predict that Nakamura has hit bottom. He lost a chess game today that was a draw (tie) against Vladimir Kramnik, one of the best chess players in the world. The Chess World will be report on why he lost. In chess chat rooms vicious things were said about Nakamura when it became apparent he would lose this game. Expect in the second round of the Dortmund Chess Tournament a different player.

I am not a chess expert. I am good spotting a trend on what is going on as a whole in our country and this trend is not good. As a whole, we need to come to grips with this reality and take the tough steps to reverse this downward spiral. If we do not, well who would really want to think about where we would end up?

Our country is in a slump also. We have fallen down the ranks in so many aspects that make a great country. The women’s soccer team loses to a non professional team. Does that remind you of anything? How about in Hockey when we beat the almighty Russians or when Bobby Fischer took it Spassky. What happened to the Soviet Union shortly after that? We need to start being very clever on what we write about and stop putting a fake spin on matters. Do you really believe Fischer won on talent alone when defeating the mighty Soviets?

The River Front Times has a lot of good information about Nakamura, so if you are interested in learning more about him do a search. http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2011-07-21/news/hikaru-nakamura-bobby-fis...

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Nakamura's game today is complete disaster !

LOL - Topalov is rising on the Live Ratings without playing.

Does this mean in theory you can get the worlds number one? :-)

The great game! The light-squared strategy in action. It was clear that after 19... Bc6! Black was at least OK, but after 35... Kf5! and 36... b4 it was over. If Kramnik gains 7 more points then he will back to 2800 club - www.2700chess.com

I don't quite understand how Nakamura misplayed his position so terribly. Up to Re4 he was still pretty much okay

Kramnik-Giri 1-0.Kramnik 4.5/5 !!!