Krasenkow-Nakamura Nice sacrifice

[Patatov]

Nice game played by Nakamura today.
Check your engine at move 21

[Event "Magistral d'Escacs"]
[Site "Barcelona SP"]
[Date "2007.10.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krasenkow,M"]
[Black "Nakamura,H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[EventDate "2007.10.19"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 a5 7.Nc3 c6 8.d4 Nbd7 9.Qc2 b6 10.e4 Ba6 11.Nd2 c5 12.exd5 cxd4 13.Nb5 exd5 14.Nxd4 Rc8 15.Re1 b5 16.Bb2 Re8 17.Qd1 bxc4 18.bxc4 Qb6 19.Rb1 dxc4 20.Nc6 Rxc6 21.Bxf6 Qxf2+ 22.Kxf2 Bc5+ 23.Kf3 Rxf6+ 24.Kg4 Ne5+ 25.Kg5 Rg6+ 26.Kh5 f6 27.Rxe5 Rxe5+ 28.Kh4 Bc8 0-1

[AdminX]

[d]4r1k1/3nbppp/bqr2n2/p7/2p5/6P1/PB1N1PBP/1R1QR1K1 w - - 0 21

This position was complex enough but ....

[d]4r1k1/3nbppp/bqr2B2/p7/2p5/6P1/P2N1PBP/1R1QR1K1 b - - 0 21

This Queen sac, well it's just terrific!

Thanks for sharing it!

[jdart]

It's certainly a neat move, but it's not hard for engines.

Arasan 10.0, Athlon 64X2 4400+:
"Krasenkow-Nakamura, Magistral d'Escacs 2007" bm Qxf2+
1 0.02 -- +1.56 114
1 0.02 Rxf6 +0.47 236
2 0.09 Rxf6 +0.47 407
3 0.13 Rxf6 +0.47 685
3 0.13 Nxf6 +0.47 1519
4 0.14 Nxf6 +0.03 1880
4 0.14 Rxf6 +0.03 4364
5 0.14 Rxf6 +0.22 8196
6 0.16 Rxf6 -0.16 18800
7 0.20 Rxf6 -0.16 45528
7 0.30 Qxf2+ -0.16 117616
8 0.33 Qxf2+ +0.06 140245
9 0.41 Qxf2+! +0.56 191100
9 0.56 Qxf2+ +0.58 322441
10 0.95 Qxf2+ +0.58 665110
11 2.30 Qxf2+ +0.58 1798325
12 5.97 Qxf2+ +0.58 4950528
13 10.70 Qxf2+! +1.08 8669567
13 20.50 Qxf2+ +1.59 16737088
14 55.17 Qxf2+! +2.09 39809426
14 81.80 Qxf2+ +2.56 62329269