Boris Gelfand just won a textbook ending against Hikaru Nakamura in the first round of the Grand Prix event in London:
On the queenside, Black's bishop and two pawns paralyze White's four pawns with a dark square blockade. On the kingside, Black's two connected passers are mobile, and the Black king, bishop, and pawns coordinate with each other.. (Nakamura was even up a meaningless pawn for several moves.) So the final position is an easy win, even for you and me. Opposite-color bishop endings are funny that way: you can be two pawns up and it's a dead draw, or material is equal and somebody's completely winning.I should add that I followed this game live from the new website of The Week in Chess.
P.S. Alejandro Ramirez annotates this game on ChessBase.
Chess Life Online covered yesterday's opening ceremonies.
