FUTURE GAME OF THE WEEK - WIM Nalluri Vinuthna vs FM Marcel Martinez

Garry Kasparov vs Veselin Topalov was certainly a beautiful and rewarding game, but I don't think it merits the "immortal" epithet. Familiar and simple themes resonate throughout, king safety, overloading, opening up lines for your opponent and so on;.And Gary just took advantage of this in a brutally ruthless way, as I would expect any class player to do. How it will overshadow future Quarterfinals game between Miami Sharks vs Chicago Blaze where WIM Nalluri Vinuthna destroys FM Marcel Martinez in a match is beyond me.

With a 1:21:19 vs 0:35 time advantage, Nalluri clearly had the game locked up with white, what with fourteen queens on the board and all, but I give Marcel credit for staying calm in such a bad advantage and with extreme time pressure and never conceding until he really thought it was all over. What mounted defense he thought he could put up with a rook, pawn, bishop, and boxed in king is beyond me, but what courage. Congratulations to WIM Nalluri Vinuthna for such a brilliant onslaught, and winning future game of the week.