[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Iljin, Artem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd7 10. e3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bg2 Nf6 15.
f4 Nd7 16. Be3 Ng6 17. Qh5 Qf6 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Nb5 exf4 20. Bd4 Qf7 21. Rxe8
Rxe8 22. gxf4 a6 23. Bxg7 axb5 24. Bd4 bxc4 25. Qg5 Rf8 26. Re1 Re8 27. Rxe8+
Qxe8 28. Qxf5 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qd2 30. Qe6+ Kf8 31. Be3 Qd3 32. f5 Ne7 33. f6 Nxf6
34. Qxf6+ Ke8 35. Bg5 Nf5 36. Qe6+ Kf8 37. Bh6+ Nxh6 38. Qxh6+ Kg8 39. Qe6+ Kg7
40. Qe7+ Kh6 41. Qf6+ Qg6 42. Qxg6+ Kxg6 43. Be4+ Kf6 44. Bxh7 Ke5 45. Bg8 b5
46. a3 Kf4 47. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Erdene, Ganzorig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 d6 7. f3 Be7 8.
Be3 a6 9. O-O-O c5 10. Qd2 b5 11. Bf4 b4 12. Nb1 Be6 13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. Qxd6
Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Ke7 16. e5 Nd7 17. f4 Rhd8 18. Rxa6 Rxa6 19. Bxa6 Ra8 20. Bb5
Rxa2 21. h3 h5 22. Bxd7 Bxd7 23. Rg1 Bf5 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Be4 26. Re1 Bf3
27. g5 Bg4 28. b3 Bf5 29. Re2 g6 30. Rd2 Ke8 31. Rh2 Kd7 32. Rd2+ Kc6 33. Rd6+
Kb5 34. c4+ Ka5 35. Nd2 Rc2+ 36. Kd1 Rc3 37. Rc6 Bc2+ 38. Ke2 Bxb3 39. Rxc5+
Ka6 40. f5 gxf5 41. g6 fxg6 42. e6 Ba4 43. e7 b3 44. Rb5 f4 45. Nf1 Rxc4 46.
e8=Q Bxb5 47. Qa8+ Kb6 48. Qd8+ Kc5 49. Qf8+ Kb6 50. Qb8+ Kc5 51. Nd2 b2 52.
Qe5+ Kc6 53. Qe8+ Kc5 54. Qxg6 Rc3+ 55. Kf2 Bd3 56. Qg5+ Kb4 57. Qxf4+ Ka3 58.
Qd4 Rb3 59. Qa7+ Kb4 60. Qb6+ Bb5 61. Qd4+ Ka3 62. Qc5+ Rb4 63. Nb1+ Kb3 64.
Qc3+ Ka2 65. Qxb4 Kxb1 66. Qxb5 Kc2 67. Qc4+ Kd2 68. Qb3 Kc1 69. Qc3+ Kb1 70.
Ke2 Ka2 71. Qa5+ Kb1 72. Kd3 Kc1 73. Qe1# 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bellaiche, Antony"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 Nf4 11. Bf1 f5 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. e5 h6 14. Qd2 g5 15.
exd6 cxd6 16. Nd4 Ng6 17. Rad1 Ne5 18. c5 a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4 Qf6 21. Ncb5
dxc5 22. bxc5 Bd7 23. Nc7 Rac8 24. d6 b6 25. Nd5 Qf7 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Nxc8 bxc5
28. Nf3 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Bc6 30. Ne7 Bxf3 31. Be2 Bb7 32. Qd3 g4 33. Qxf5 Qxf5
34. Nxf5 Rxf5 35. d7 Bf6 36. d8=Q+ Bxd8 37. Rxd8+ Kg7 38. Rd7+ Rf7 39. Rxf7+
Kxf7 40. Bxg4 c4 41. Rc1 Bd5 42. Be2 Kf6 43. Bxc4 Be4 44. Re1 Bf5 45. f3 h5 46.
h4 Kg6 47. Kg2 Kf6 48. Re8 Bd7 49. Rh8 Kg6 50. Bd3+ Kf6 51. Rxh5 Kg7 52. Rg5+
Kf6 53. Be4 Bc8 54. Rg4 Ke5 55. Rg8 Bd7 56. h5 Kf6 57. h6 Be6 58. h7 Bxg8 59.
hxg8=Q Ke7 60. Qg4 Kf6 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "El Mikati, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. c3 Nc6 8.
Nf3 e5 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Nxe5 Re8 13. O-O-O h6 14.
Re1 Qf4+ 15. Qe3 Qf5 16. Bd3 Qe6 17. Bc4 Qf5 18. Bxf7+ Kf8 19. Ng6+ Kxf7 20.
Qxe8+ Kf6 21. Re5 Qxe5 22. Nxe5 b6 23. Qc6+ Kxe5 24. Re1+ Kf4 25. g3+ Kg4 26.
Re4+ Kf3 27. Rf4+ Ke2 28. Qf3+ Kf1 29. Re4 Bb7 30. Qh1+ Kxf2 31. Rf4+ Ke2 32.
Qd1+ Ke3 33. Qd2# 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Eryomenko, Volodymyr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Bb5 e6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 Qf5 12. Re3 Bg6 13. Ne1 Bd6 14. Bd2
Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. c4 O-O 17. Rf3 Qh5 18. c5 Be4 19. cxd6 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 cxd6
21. Bf4 Rfd8 22. Qe2 Qf5 23. Qd2 Rac8 24. Rc1 Rc4 25. b3 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 f6 27.
Bxd6 h6 28. Bg3 g5 29. Qc7 Re8 30. Qxa7 h5 31. Kh2 h4 32. Bd6 e5 33. dxe5 Qf4+
34. Kh1 fxe5 35. Qd7 Ra8 36. Bxe5 Qe4 37. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nge7 6. O-O g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. a4 b6 10. h4 h5 11. c3 d5 12. e5 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Nf1 Nf5 15. Bg5
Kg7 16. Bxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qe2 Re8 18. Ng5 Bd7 19. Nd2 Rad8 20. Ndf3 e5 21. Rac1
Re7 22. c4 Ncd4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Qf1 Bc6 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Re3
Red7 28. Rc3 a6 29. a5 b5 30. Ne4 Qe7 31. Qc1 c4 32. Kg2 Nb3 33. Qb1 Nxa5 34.
Qa2 b4 35. dxc4 bxc3 36. cxd5 c2 37. Rc3 Qb4 38. Nc5 Qxc3 39. bxc3 c1=Q 40.
Nxd7 Qxc3 41. Nxe5 Qxe5 42. Qxa5 Qe4+ 43. Kf1 Qh1+ 44. Ke2 Qe4+ 45. Kd1 Qh1+
46. Kd2 Qg2 47. Ke3 Qf1 48. Qc7+ Kh6 49. d6 Qe1+ 50. Kd3 Qd1+ 51. Ke4 Qe2+ 52.
Kd5 Qxf2 53. d7 Qg2+ 54. Kc5 Qf2+ 55. Kc6 Qc2+ 56. Kb7 Qb3+ 57. Kc8 Qe6 58.
Qf4+ Kh7 59. Qf8 a5 60. Kd8 Qc6 61. Qe7+ Kh6 62. Ke8 a4 63. Kf8 Qf3+ 64. Kg8
Qd5+ 65. Qf7 Qa8+ 66. Qf8+ Qxf8+ 67. Kxf8 a3 68. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lepan, Marvin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. dxe5 Nfd7 8. Nf3
dxe5 9. O-O e4 10. Bxg7 exf3 11. Bxf8 fxg2 12. Kxg2 Qxf8 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. f3 Nc6
15. e4 Qh6 16. Rf2 Bh3+ 17. Kg1 Qe3 18. Qe1 Qxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Ne5 20. Rd1 Bd7 21.
Nd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 f6 23. Kg2 Bc6 24. Rd4 Re8 25. h3 Kg7 26. h4 f5 27. Kh3 Re7
28. b4 a6 29. c5 h5 30. a3 fxe4 31. fxe4 Ng4 32. Re2 Bxe4 33. a4 Ne3 34. Kh2
Bf3 35. Rb2 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Baramidze, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Ne2 e5 9. O-O Ne7 10. c3 O-O 11. cxd4 exd4 12. Bc2 Qb6 13. d3 d5 14. Ng3 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Nf5 16. Kh1 Be6 17. g4 Nd6 18. h3 f5 19. Ng5 Bd5+ 20. Kh2 Bh6 21. Bd2
Rac8 22. Ba4 fxg4 23. Bd7 Bxg5 24. Bxc8 Nxc8 25. hxg4 Qd6 26. Kg3 Bh6 27. Qe1
Qa6 28. Qe2 Nd6 29. Qe5 Qxd3+ 30. Kh4 Qxd2 31. Qxd5+ Rf7 32. g5 Qh2+ 33. Kg4
Nf5 34. Qd8+ Bf8 35. Kf3 Qg3+ 36. Ke4 Re7+ 37. Kd5 Ne3+ 38. Kxd4 Nf5+ 39. Kc4
Re4+ 40. Kb5 Nd4+ 41. Kc4 Nc6+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Djukic, Stevan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. e5 Nd7 8. d3
Be7 9. O-O a5 10. b3 Nb6 11. Ba3 c4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. bxc4 dxc4 14. Ne4 O-O 15.
d4 Nd5 16. Qd2 Ba6 17. c3 Qa3 18. Ne1 Rfb8 19. Nc2 Qb2 20. f5 exf5 21. Rxf5 Ne3
22. Qxe3 Qxc2 23. Raf1 Qxa2 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. Qh6 Qa3 26. exf6 Qf8 27. Rg5+ Kh8
28. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Hawaii op"]
[Site "Honolulu"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Au, Leslie"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bf3 Be6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Ne2 Qd7 14. Ng3 b6
15. Kh1 Bc5 16. Qd2 Ne8 17. Rad1 Nd6 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Bxd5 Rad8 20. Bxc6 Qxc6
21. Qe2 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 Qb6 23. c4 Qb4 24. b3 Qc3 25. Qe5 Qxe5 26. fxe5 Nf7 27.
Rxd8 Rxd8 28. h3 Kf8 29. Ne4 Rc8 30. Rf1 Rc7 31. Nd6 Kg8 32. Re1 Rd7 33. Ne4
Rc7 34. Kh2 h6 35. Nc3 a6 36. Kg3 Kf8 37. Re2 Rd7 38. Ne4 Rd5 39. Kh2 Rd7 40.
Nxc5 Re7 41. Nxa6 Nd8 42. b4 Rb7 43. b5 1-0

[Event "Hawaii op"]
[Site "Honolulu"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dorsch, Thomas"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Na3
O-O 9. Nb5 Qd8 10. a4 a6 11. Na3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nd5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nc4 a5 15.
Qc2 Qc7 16. Bd3 h6 17. f4 Ba6 18. Bd2 Rfd8 19. Rf3 Nf6 20. b3 Ng4 21. Raf1 Bc5+
22. Kh1 Qa7 23. f5 Nf2+ 24. R1xf2 Bxf2 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Bh7+ Kh8 27. Ne5 g6
28. Bxg6 Be2 29. Nf7+ Qxf7 30. Rxf7 Be3 31. Bxe3 1-0

[Event "Hawaii op"]
[Site "Honolulu"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Trabert, Bettina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1997.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. b3 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Rb1 Bb4 13. Qd1 Rde8+ 14. Be2
Nc3 15. Bb2 Nxe2 16. Bxf6 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "Hawaii op"]
[Site "Honolulu"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Yee, Karl Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1997.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb5 Bg7 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
d3 O-O 9. Qe1 Rb8 10. Qh4 Qb6 11. f5 gxf5 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Bd7 14. Rab1
Kh8 15. Ng5 Qd8 16. exf5 Qe8 17. Nce4 Nxe4 1-0

[Event "Hawaii op"]
[Site "Honolulu"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wolski, Thomas"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bc1 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. g3 Na6 13. Nh4 Nf6 14. f4 Qe8 15. O-O
e4 16. Be3 Bd7 17. h3 Rf7 18. Rf2 Bf8 19. Rg2 Rg7 20. g4 Qc8 21. g5 Ne8 22. Bd4
Re7 23. gxh6+ Kh7 24. Bh5 Kxh6 25. Bg6 1-0

[Event "Nassau CC-ch"]
[Site "Long Island"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goregliad, Sergei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. O-O
c5 9. h3 Na6 10. e4 e5 11. Ne1 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. f4 Nfe8 14. f5 Bd7 15. g4 h6
16. Be3 a6 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Nf3 Nf6 19. g5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 Nce8 21. Nh2 Qc7 22.
Qf2 Kg8 23. Qh4 Nh7 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Rxf8+ Nxf8 26. Rf1 Nh7 27. Ng4 Bxg4 28.
hxg4 Qd7 29. Bh3 Nc7 30. Be3 Re8 31. g5 Qe7 32. Kg2 Rf8 33. Rh1 Bh8 34. Be6+
Nxe6 35. dxe6 Qg7 36. Nd5 b5 37. e7 Re8 38. Nf6+ Nxf6 39. gxf6 g5 40. Qxh8+ 1-0

[Event "Nassau CC-ch"]
[Site "Long Island"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Chipkin, Leonard B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8.
c3 O-O 9. Qe2 f5 10. f3 c5 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. cxd4 Bd7 13. fxe4 fxe4 14. Nh3
Rc8+ 15. Kb1 Qh4 16. g3 Qh6 17. Bg2 Bc6 18. Nf4 e3 19. Rc1 Rd8 20. Rcd1 Bxg2
21. Qxg2 Nc6 22. Qe4 Rab8 23. h4 Rf8 24. Qxe3 Ne7 25. Qb3 Rxf4 26. gxf4 Qg6+
27. Ka1 Nd5 28. Rhf1 Qf5 29. Rc1 a5 30. Qb5 Nb4 31. a3 Nc2+ 32. Ka2 Nxd4 33.
Qxa5 Nc6 34. Qc7 Ra8 35. Qxb7 Nd4 36. Qxa8+ 1-0

[Event "Nassau CC-ch"]
[Site "Long Island"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Guevara, Robert N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. exd5 Bb4 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. Ne2 Bd5 12. f3 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qe7 14. Kf2 cxd4
15. cxd4 Qf6 16. Nf4 Qxd4+ 17. Kg2 Kh8 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Be4 Qxd1 20. Rhxd1 Nc6
21. Rdb1 Rab8 22. Rb5 Rfc8 23. Rab1 b6 24. Rd5 Ne7 25. Rd7 f5 26. Bd3 Nc6 27.
Bxf5 Rf8 28. Be4 Rbc8 29. Rbd1 a6 30. R1d6 Ne5 31. Re7 Nc4 32. Rdd7 Ne3+ 33.
Kh3 Nf5 34. Re5 Ne3 35. Bb7 Nxc2 {Time} 1-0

[Event "Nassau CC-ch"]
[Site "Long Island"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Panken, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. a4 a6 7. Bc4 e6 8. e5 Ne7
9. Ne4 O-O 10. c3 Ndc6 11. Nxc5 d5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. d4 b6 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Bd3
Bb7 16. O-O Rad8 17. Qe2 Nb8 18. Ne5 Nd5 19. Ng5 Bc8 20. Bd2 Nf6 21. g4 h6 22.
Ngf3 Nd5 23. c4 Ne7 24. a5 Rde8 25. Be3 bxa5 26. Qd2 Nbc6 27. f5 exf5 28. gxf5
Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Nxf5 30. Bxf5 Bxe5 31. Bxc8 Qxc8 32. dxe5 Rxe5 33. Bf4 Re4 34.
Rxa5 Rfe8 35. c5 Re2 36. Qc3 g5 37. Bg3 R8e3 38. Qf6 Qb7 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. c6
Qb3 41. Qb8 Qe6 42. Raf5 Re1 43. Bxe1 Rxe1 44. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Nassau CC-ch"]
[Site "Long Island"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Niculescu, Silvio"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2055"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Bg2 Na6 7. O-O c6 8. c4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. exf3 d5 11. c5 Nd7 12. Qe2 e5 13. dxe5 Re8 14. f4 f6 15. Qd2
Ndxc5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Na3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Rfe1 Rae8 21.
Nc2 Kf7 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 b6 25. Nf3 Nc7 26. Ne5+ Kg7 27.
Kg2 c5 28. Nd7 Qc6 29. Ne5 Qe6 30. h4 a6 31. Qe2 b5 32. h5 d4 33. hxg6 hxg6 34.
Qc2 Qd6 35. Nd3 Ne6 36. Ne5 Qd5+ 37. f3 Nf8 38. Qe4 Qe6 39. Qb7+ Kg8 40. Qe4
Kg7 41. Qb7+ Kg8 42. Qe4 Qd6 43. Kf2 Qe6 44. Kg2 b4 45. Kf2 a5 46. Qc6 Qe7 47.
Nxg6 Qe3+ 48. Kg2 Qe2+ 49. Kh3 d3 50. Nxf8 d2 51. Ne6 Kf7 52. f5 d1=Q 53. Ng5+
Ke7 54. f6+ Kf8 55. Qxc5+ Ke8 56. f7+ Kd7 57. Qa7+ Kc6 58. Qa8+ Kb6 59. Qb8+
Ka6 60. Qc8+ Kb6 61. f8=Q Qef1+ 62. Kg4 Qd4+ 63. Ne4 Qa6 64. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Nassau CC-ch"]
[Site "Long Island"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shapiro, Daniel E"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 c5 11. a4 Ne8 12. Nd2 Rxa5 13. Nb3 Ra6 14. a5 f5 15. f3
f4 16. Na4 g5 17. Ba3 Kh8 18. Qc2 Rg8 19. Rfb1 Qc7 20. Naxc5 dxc5 21. Bxc5 Rh6
22. Bb6 Qd6 23. Bf2 Qg6 24. h3 Qh5 25. Kf1 Ng6 26. Ke1 Nh4 27. Bf1 Bxh3 28.
Bxh4 Qxh4+ 29. Qf2 Bc8 30. Qxh4 gxh4 31. c5 Bf6 32. Kd2 h3 33. gxh3 Bxh3 34.
Kd3 Rg3 35. Nd2 Bc8 36. a6 bxa6 37. Rb8 Bd7 38. Rxa6 Rg8 39. c6 Bxc6 40. Rxc6
Rhg6 41. Bh3 R6g7 42. Be6 Rf8 43. d6 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 120th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zemanian, Lewis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Bd7 7. Be3 Be7 8.
f3 a6 9. f4 Qc8 10. h3 b5 11. Bf3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 O-O 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bxa8 Bh4+
15. Bf2 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Qxa8 17. Re1 Bc6 18. Qg4 f5 19. Qg3 g6 20. Kg1 Ng7 21.
Rad1 dxe5 22. Rxe5 Nh5 23. Qf2 Nf6 24. a3 Rf7 25. Re6 Nh5 26. Rde1 Nf6 27. Qd4
Ne4 28. Nxe4 fxe4 29. Qc5 Bd7 30. R6xe4 Qb7 31. Re8+ Bxe8 32. Rxe8+ Kg7 33.
Qe5+ Kh6 34. Rg8 Qb6+ 35. Kh2 Qf6 36. Qxf6 Rxf6 37. Kg3 a5 38. Kf3 Rc6 39. g4
Rxc2 40. g5+ Kh5 41. Rh8 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 120th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Felber, Joseph J"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. g3 Be6 12. Bg2 Rc8 13. c3 O-O 14. Nc2 f5
15. f3 Rb8 16. O-O Qd7 17. Nce3 Kh8 18. Kh1 fxe4 19. fxe4 Rg8 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21.
Rxf5 Rbf8 22. Qh5 Rg6 23. Raf1 Bd8 24. Bh3 Qe8 25. Nf6 Bxf6 26. Rxf6 Ne7 27.
R6f2 a5 28. Qh4 Ng8 29. Rf5 f6 30. Rh5 Rg7 31. Bf5 Rff7 32. Qh3 Re7 33. Rd1 Qc6
34. Qg2 Rc7 35. Qh3 b4 36. Qf1 bxc3 37. bxc3 Qxc3 38. Rxd6 Qb2 39. Be6 Qb4 40.
Qd3 Qe1+ 41. Kg2 Rc3 42. Qxc3 Qxc3 43. Bxg8 Kxg8 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 120th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Farrell, Gary"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. f4 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. e4 c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e5 7. c3 Nge7 8. Be3 h6
9. fxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bg7 13. Qd2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Nc3 Be6 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. O-O O-O 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxh6 Qxd4+ 20. Qxd4
Bxd4+ 21. Kg2 Rfe8 22. Kf3 Rac8 23. Rac1 Bxb2 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rf2 Ba3 26. Ke4
b5 27. Bg5 a5 28. Bf6 b4 29. Rd2 Bc1 30. Rd8+ Rxd8 31. Bxd8 a4 32. Kd3 Kf8 33.
Kc4 b3 34. axb3 Ke8 35. Bb6 axb3 36. Kxb3 Ke7 37. Kc4 Kf6 38. Kd3 Kf5 39. h3
Ba3 40. Bc7 Bc5 41. g4+ Kg5 42. Bg3 Ba3 43. Ke4 Bc1 44. Kf3 Bb2 45. Ke4 Bc3 46.
Kf3 f6 47. Bf2 Kh6 48. Be3+ Kg7 49. Bf2 Kf7 50. Ke4 Ke6 51. Bg3 Bb2 52. Bf2 Be5
53. Be1 Kd6 54. Bb4+ Ke6 55. Be1 Bb2 56. Bg3 Bc1 57. Bf2 f5+ 58. gxf5+ gxf5+
59. Kf3 Kf6 60. Be3 Bb2 61. Bd2 Kg6 62. Be3 Be5 63. Bf4 Bg7 64. Be3 Bf8 65. Bd2
Bd6 66. Bf4 Bb4 67. Be3 Bc3 68. Bc1 Kh5 69. Kf4 Kg6 70. Be3 Bf6 71. Kf3 Bh4 72.
Bf4 Kh5 73. Be3 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mac Intyre, Paul"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nge7 6. O-O g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. c3
O-O 9. a4 a6 10. Nbd2 Rb8 11. Nf1 b5 12. axb5 Rxb5 13. h4 h5 14. Qe2 Qc7 15.
N1d2 Rd8 16. Nc4 a5 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Bh3 Ba6 19. Bf4 e5 20. Bc1 Rb7 21. Ne3 Qd8
22. Ng5 Rf8 23. Nf5 d5 24. Qf3 d4 25. c4 Qc7 26. Kh1 Nc8 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Be6
Ra7 29. Bd5 Nd8 30. Rg1 Bb7 31. g4 hxg4 32. Qxg4 Ra6 33. Rg2 Ne7 34. h5 Rh8 35.
Kg1 a4 36. h6+ Kf8 37. Rh2 Bxd5 38. exd5 f6 39. Nf3 Nf7 40. Kh1 g5 41. h7 f5
42. Qh5 Ra8 43. Qh6+ Nxh6 44. Rxh6 g4 45. Ng5 Qa5 46. Ne6+ Kf7 47. Bg5 Ng6 48.
Kg2 Rhb8 49. Rah1 Rh8 50. Rxg6 Kxg6 51. Rh6+ Kf7 52. Rf6+ Ke8 53. Rf8+ Rxf8 54.
Nxf8 1-0

[Event "World op 26th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1998.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Knecht, Mark E"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Qe8 8. Bh2
e5 9. c4 Qe7 10. Nc3 c6 11. b4 Rd8 12. Qb3 e4 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. c5 dxc5 15. bxc5
Nbd5 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Qb2 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nd5 20. Qb3 b5 21. cxb6
Nxb6 22. Rac1 Nd5 23. Ba6 Nb4 24. Qa4 Bf8 25. Rc5 Rab8 26. Bxb8 Rxb8 27. Re5
Qh4 28. a3 Bd6 29. axb4 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Qe7 31. Qxc6 Qxe5 32. b5 f5 33. Rc1 Rd8
34. Qc4+ Kh8 35. Qf7 Qb2 36. Qc7 Rd3 37. b6 1-0

[Event "US op 99th"]
[Site "Kailua Kona, Hawaii"]
[Date "1998.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thinnsen, James A"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 5. Bc1 e6 6. f3 Nf6 7. c4 Qb4+ 8. Bd2
Qxc4 9. e4 Qd4 10. Nc3 exd5 11. Nge2 Qe5 12. Bf4 Qe6 13. exd5 Qb6 14. Ng3 d6
15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Qe2+ Kd8 17. O-O-O a6 18. Bd3 Be7 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Nbd7
21. Rd3 Re8 22. Re3 Qc7 23. Bg5 c4 24. Re1 Ne5 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26. d6 Bxd6 27.
Rd1 e4 28. Bf4 Ke7 29. Bxd6+ Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Kxd6 31. Nxe4+ Nxe4 32. Bxe4 Rab8
33. Qd2+ Ke7 34. Qb4+ Kd7 35. Bf5+ 1-0

[Event "US op 99th"]
[Site "Kailua Kona, Hawaii"]
[Date "1998.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1998.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qd4 Be7 12. Be2 Rb8 13. Bf3 Qb6 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Rhe1 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 Kd7 17. Red1 Kc7 18. Bg4 a5 19. Re1 h5 20. Bh3 Bf8
21. f5 b4 22. Nd1 e5 23. Rd3 Bh6+ 24. Kb1 Rb5 25. c4 Rc5 26. b3 a4 27. Nb2 axb3
28. axb3 Ra8 29. Kc2 h4 30. Bg4 Bf4 31. h3 Bg3 32. Re2 Ra1 33. Rd1 Rca5 34. Bf3
Rxd1 35. Nxd1 Ra1 36. Ne3 Kb6 37. Rd2 Kc5 38. Nd5 Bf2 39. Kb2 Rf1 40. Rd1 Bd4+
41. Kc2 Rf2+ 42. Rd2 Rf1 43. Nxf6 Ra1 44. Rd3 Ra2+ 45. Kc1 Bc3 46. Nd5 Bxd5 47.
Rxd5+ Kc6 48. Bh5 f6 49. Be8+ Kc7 50. c5 dxc5 51. Rxc5+ Kd8 52. Bh5 Rxg2 53.
Rc6 Rg1+ 54. Kc2 Rg2+ 55. Kd3 Rg3+ 56. Kc4 Rxh3 57. Rxf6 Rg3 58. Rg6 Ke7 59.
Re6+ Kd8 60. f6 Bd4 61. f7 Rc3+ 62. Kxb4 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Barrientos Chavarriaga, Sergio E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1998.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 d6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d3
e6 9. O-O Ne7 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qh4 b5 12. f5 exf5 13. Bh6 b4 14. Ne2 f6 15. Nf4
Qd7 16. Rae1 fxe4 17. dxe4 Rae8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. Rd1 Nc8 21. e5
Bxf3 22. e6 Qg7 23. Qxf3 g5 24. Nd5 Rxe6 25. Qg4 Rfe8 26. Rd3 Nb6 27. Nxb6 axb6
28. Qg3 Qe7 29. Rdf3 Kg7 30. Rd3 Re1 31. Rxd6 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Qe2+ 33. Kg1 Qxc2
34. h4 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Re1 36. Rd7+ Kg6 37. h5+ Kh6 38. Qf2 Rh1+ 39. Kg3 Rf1 40.
Qe2 Qf5 41. Rxh7+ Qxh7 42. Qxf1 Qc7+ 43. Kh3 Kxh5 44. g4+ Kg6 45. Qf5+ Kg7 46.
b3 b5 47. Qd5 c4 48. Qxb5 c3 49. Qf1 c2 50. Qc1 Qc3+ 51. Kg2 Qd3 52. Qe1 Kf7
53. Qg1 Qd1 54. Qa7+ Kg6 55. Qa8 Qxg4+ 56. Kh2 Qf4+ 57. Kg2 c1=Q 58. Qg8+ Kf5
59. Qh7+ Ke5 60. Qe7+ Kd5 61. Qf7+ Kd4 62. Qd7+ Ke3 63. Qa7+ Qd4 0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arngrimsson, Dagur"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1998.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Bb4 8.
Bg5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Qf3 d5 11. Bxf6 Bg4 12. Qg3 gxf6 13. O-O Be6 14. exd5
cxd5 15. Bd3 Ke7 16. Qe3 Rhb8 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. Be2 a5 19. Rfd1 a4 20. c4 d4 21.
Qa3+ Qd6 22. c5 Qc6 23. Rb6 Rxb6 24. cxb6+ Qd6 25. b7 Rb8 26. Qxa4 Rxb7 27. Qa8
Rc7 28. Bd3 Bd5 29. Qb8 Qc6 30. Bb5 Qxc2 31. Qe8+ Kd6 32. Ba4 Qc5 33. h3 Re7
34. Qd8+ Ke6 35. Rb1 Rb7 36. Rxb7 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kim, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.10.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. a4 a6 7. Bc4 e6 8. e5 d5
9. exd6 Nh6 10. a5 Nhf5 11. Ne4 Nxd6 12. d3 Nxc4 13. dxc4 Qc7 14. c3 Nxf3+ 15.
Qxf3 f5 16. Nf2 O-O 17. Nd3 Re8 18. O-O Bd7 19. Qf2 Rac8 20. Be3 Bf8 21. Qg3
Bc6 22. Ne5 Be4 23. Rfd1 Red8 24. h4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Ra1 Qg7 27. Kf2 Be7
28. Rh1 Kf8 29. Rh3 Rd1 30. Rh2 Rb1 31. Qh3 Rxb2+ 32. Ke1 Ra2 33. Bd2 Rxa5 34.
h5 gxh5 35. Qxh5 Bf6 36. Rh3 Ra1+ 37. Ke2 Qxg2+ 38. Ke3 Qg1+ 39. Ke2 Qf1+ 40.
Ke3 Re1+ 41. Bxe1 Qxe1+ 42. Qe2 Qxc3+ 43. Kf2 Qxh3 44. Nd7+ Ke7 45. Nxf6 Qh2+
0-1

[Event "Washington Eastern op"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "1998.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Meyer, Eugene B"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Rb1 Bg4 8. b4
Qc8 9. d3 h5 10. Bg5 Nh7 11. Bd2 e5 12. Nd5 Qd7 13. Nh4 Rac8 14. f3 Be6 15. f4
exf4 16. gxf4 Bg4 17. Qe1 Nd4 18. Nc3 Bf6 19. e3 Rce8 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Nxf6+
Qxf6 22. Qf2 Re7 23. Rbe1 Nc2 24. Rc1 Qb2 25. Bxb7 Nd4 26. Rfe1 Nc2 27. Bd5 Kg7
28. Rf1 Bh3 29. Bg2 Bd7 30. f5 g5 31. Rxc2 Qxc2 32. f6+ Kg8 33. fxe7 f6 34.
exf8=Q+ Nxf8 35. Be4 1-0

[Event "Caribbean op"]
[Site "Port of Spain"]
[Date "1999.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Denny, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. a4 a6 7. Bc4 e6 8. e5 d5
9. exd6 Qxd6 10. d3 Ne7 11. Ne4 Qc7 12. c3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 O-O 14. Be3 b6 15.
Nxc5 bxc5 16. Qxa8 Bb7 17. Qa7 Qc6 18. Qxc5 Qxg2 19. O-O-O Nf5 20. Rhg1 Qxh2
21. Bd2 h5 22. Qb6 Bf3 23. Rde1 Ng3 24. Kc2 h4 25. Qe3 Bb7 26. Qb6 Bf3 27. Qe3
Bb7 28. Qb6 Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Caribbean op"]
[Site "Port of Spain"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alvarez Marquez, Johan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nd2
c5 9. O-O a6 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 e5 13. Rab1 Nh5 14. Qd3 Bh6 15. Rfd1
f5 16. e3 Bd7 17. Ba1 Bg7 18. cxb5 e4 19. Qe2 Bxb5 20. Nxb5 Rxb5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Nc4 Rf7 23. Na3 Rb6 24. Qd2 Rb8 25. Bf1 Rc7 26. b4 Nb7 27. Qb2+ Qf6 28.
bxc5 dxc5 29. Qb6 Ra8 30. Qxc7+ Qf7 31. d6 Nf6 32. d7 Rd8 33. Bc4 Qe7 34. Rxb7
h5 35. Qd6 Kf8 36. Rb6 Qxd6 37. Rbxd6 Kg7 38. Re6 Rxd7 39. Rxd7+ Kh6 40. Rf7
Ng4 41. Rd6 Kg5 42. h3 Nh6 43. h4+ Kg4 44. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Caribbean op"]
[Site "Port of Spain"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Barker, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. f4 Qd7 12. h3 Rfb8 13. Rb1 Bf8 14. Bd4 Ne8
15. Rf3 c5 16. Bxc5 Qe6 17. Bf2 Rb7 18. f5 Qc4 19. b3 Qc6 20. Bd4 Qd7 21. Nd5
c6 22. Nf4 Qe7 23. Qe1 Nf6 24. Re3 Re8 25. Qh4 Nxe4 26. f6 Qd7 27. fxg7 Be7 28.
Qe1 d5 29. Nd3 Bg5 30. Re2 Qe7 31. Nc5 Bh4 32. Qd1 Rb5 33. Nxe4 dxe4 34. c4 Rf5
35. Qc2 c5 36. Be3 Bf6 37. a3 Kxg7 38. b4 Bd4 39. Rbe1 Re5 40. Kh1 Bxe3 41.
Rxe3 f5 42. Qc3 Kf7 43. Rd1 f4 44. Ree1 e3 45. Rf1 Rf5 46. Qc2 Qe4 47. Qe2 Rg5
48. bxc5 Reg8 49. Qf3 Qxf3 50. Rxf3 Rf5 51. Rdf1 e2 52. Re1 Re8 53. Rf2 Re4 54.
Rfxe2 Rxc4 55. Re7+ Kg6 56. R1e6+ Rf6 57. Rxf6+ Kxf6 58. Rxh7 Rxc5 59. Rxa7 Rc2
60. Kg1 Rc1+ 61. Kf2 Kf5 62. Re7 Rc2+ 63. Re2 Rc3 64. Ra2 Ke5 65. a4 Kd6 66. a5
Kc7 67. Ra4 Rc5 68. a6 Kb8 69. a7+ Ka8 70. Rxf4 Kxa7 71. Rb4 Rf5+ 72. Kg3 Rg5+
73. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Caribbean op"]
[Site "Port of Spain"]
[Date "1999.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sedgwick, David"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. c3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qb6 8. e5
dxe5 9. fxe5 Bg4 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Ng5+ Ke8 12. Qxg4 Nxd4 13. O-O Nh6 14. Qh3
Bxe5 15. Kh1 Nhf5 16. Nc3 Nc2 17. Rb1 Rd8 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Rxf4 Qe3 20. Qxe3
Nfxe3 21. Rf3 Rd2 22. Nge4 Rd4 23. Nc5 b6 24. Nb3 Rg4 25. Na1 Rf8 26. Nxc2 Nxc2
27. Rc1 Nd4 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rf1+ Ke8 30. h3 Rg5 31. Rf4 Nc6 32. b4 Rf5 33.
Rh4 h5 34. b5 Rc5 35. Ne2 Rxb5 36. Rc4 Rc5 37. Re4 Re5 38. Rc4 Rxe2 39. Rxc6
Kf7 40. a4 Re4 41. a5 bxa5 42. Ra6 a4 43. Rxa7 Kf6 44. Kh2 Rb4 45. Kg3 Rb3+ 46.
Kf4 a3 47. g4 Rxh3 48. Ra6+ Kf7 49. gxh5 gxh5 50. Kg5 Ke8 51. Ra8+ Kd7 52. Ra7+
Kd6 53. Kf5 e6+ 54. Kg5 Kc5 55. Kf6 h4 56. Kxe6 Re3+ 57. Kf5 h3 58. Kf4 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Caribbean op"]
[Site "Port of Spain"]
[Date "1999.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Resende, Antonio Carlos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kd7 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qc4
Qb6 15. Qe2 h5 16. Bd2 Raf8 17. h3 Nh6 18. O-O-O Nxf7 19. Nd5 Qa6 20. Qxa6 bxa6
21. Bc3 Rh7 22. Rhe1 Nfd8 23. Re4 Rhf7 24. Bd2 Rf5 25. Be3 a5 26. c4 Nb7 27. g3
R5f7 28. Nc3 Kc8 29. b3 Kb8 30. Nb5 Rf6 31. Nd4 Nxd4 32. Bxd4 R6f7 33. Rde1 Re8
34. Re6 h4 35. Rxg6 hxg3 36. Re4 Ref8 37. Rxg3 Rxf4 38. Rxf4 Rxf4 39. Be3 Rh4
40. Rg8+ Kc7 41. Rg7 Rxh3 42. Rxe7+ Kc6 43. Bxa7 Rh2 44. Kb1 Nc5 45. Bxc5 Kxc5
46. Re1 Kb4 47. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Caribbean op"]
[Site "Port of Spain"]
[Date "1999.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aboud, Sebastien"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nbd2
c5 9. Re1 b5 10. Qc2 bxc4 11. e4 Rb8 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Nd7 14. Rb1 Nb6 15.
Qc2 e6 16. Nd2 exd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Re8 20. Qxe8+ Qxe8 21.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Kf1 Re5 23. b4 c4 24. Nf3 Rxd5 25. Be3 c3 26. Ke2 Nc4 27. Bxa7
c2 28. Rc1 Na3 29. Be3 Bb2 30. Rf1 Nb5 31. Bc1 Nc3+ 32. Ke3 Rd1 33. Bxb2 Rxf1
34. Kd2 Nxa2 35. b5 c1=Q+ 36. Bxc1 Rxc1 37. Nd4 Rb1 38. Kc2 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Caribbean op"]
[Site "Port of Spain"]
[Date "1999.01.16"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Nogueira, Ivan Kuhlmann"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bf1 Nc6 8. Na3
b6 9. Nc2 e6 10. d4 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Be3 Qd6 14. Na3 Be6 15.
Qa4 Ne4 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Bd3 c4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Ng5 Ne5 20. Nxe4 Nd3 21. Re2
Be5 22. h3 f5 23. Ng5 Bd5 24. f4 Bxf4 25. Bxf4 Nxf4 26. Red2 Qe7 27. Nf3 Qe3+
28. Kh2 Bxf3 29. Qxc4+ Kh8 30. gxf3 Rad8 31. Nb1 Rxd2+ 32. Rxd2 Qxf3 33. Qd4+
Kg8 34. c4 Qxh3+ 35. Kg1 Re8 36. Qf2 Qg4+ 37. Kf1 Nh3 0-1

[Event "Caribbean op"]
[Site "Port of Spain"]
[Date "1999.01.17"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Urday Caceres, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Qb6 5. Bc1 g6 6. f3 Nd6 7. c3 Bg7 8. Nh3
O-O 9. Nf2 e6 10. g4 f5 11. h4 h6 12. g5 h5 13. e3 Na6 14. Na3 Nc7 15. Nc4 Nxc4
16. Bxc4 Kh7 17. dxe6 dxe6 18. e4 Qc6 19. a4 b6 20. Qe2 Bd7 21. Bd3 Rad8 22.
O-O Qd6 23. Kg2 Be5 24. Rd1 Bh2 25. Nh1 fxe4 26. fxe4 Qe5 27. Kh3 Bf4 28. Bxf4
Rxf4 29. Ng3 Rg4 30. Qf3 Rf8 31. Qe3 Nd5 32. Qe1 Rf3 33. Kg2 Rfxg3+ 34. Kf2
Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "Caribbean op"]
[Site "Port of Spain"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Reuben, Stewart"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TRI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 Be6 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. Nec3 Qe8 13. Bd2 g5 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 Kh8 16. b5 Nd8 17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bg7 19. b6 c6 20. Nc7 Qg6 21. Nxe6
Nxe6 22. Bb4 Rcd8 23. Ra1 Rf7 24. Ra7 Rfd7 25. Qe2 h6 26. g4 fxg4 27. Be4 Qf6
28. Qxg4 Rf7 29. Qh5 Rfd7 30. Qg6 Kg8 31. Qxf6 Bxf6 32. Rb1 Rc8 33. Rba1 Kf7
34. Bxd6 Rxd6 35. Rxb7+ Be7 36. Raa7 Re8 37. Bf3 Ng7 38. c5 Rf6 39. Rxe7+ Rxe7
40. b7 Rxb7 41. Rxb7+ Kf8 42. Be4 Ne6 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Bxc6 Nxc5 45. Be4 Kf7
46. Bd5+ Ke7 47. Bc4 Rd6 48. Rb5 Nd7 49. Kg2 Kf6 50. Kf3 Rc6 51. Bd5 Rd6 52.
Ke4 Ra6 53. d4 exd4 54. exd4 Kg6 55. Bb3 Rf6 56. f3 h5 57. Rb7 Rd6 58. Rc7 Kf6
59. d5 Ne5 60. Rh7 Rb6 61. Rh6+ Ng6 62. Bc4 h4 63. Kd4 Kg7 64. Rh5 Rf6 65. Rxg5
Kh6 66. Rg4 Rxf3 67. d6 Nf8 68. Rxh4+ Kg7 69. Bd5 Rf6 70. Rg4+ Rg6 71. h3 Kh6
72. Rxg6+ Kxg6 73. Bc6 Kf5 74. Kd5 Kf6 75. Bb5 Kf5 76. Be2 Kg5 77. Bg4 Kf6 78.
Bc8 Ng6 79. d7 Ke7 80. Ke4 Nf8 81. Kf5 Nxd7 82. Bxd7 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eastern Class-ch 8th"]
[Site "Woburn"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hahn, Anna"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Bb4 Ra8 13. a4 Bh6 14. Nd2 f5 15. a5
Nf6 16. c5 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Qe3 Nf5 21. Qxe4
Nd4 22. Bd1 Bf5 23. Qe3 b6 24. a6 Bc8 25. Qd3 b5 26. Bc3 Qb6 27. Bxd4 exd4 28.
Be2 Bxa6 29. Rfd1 Bb7 30. Rab1 Bxd5 31. Rxb5 Qc6 32. Qxd4 Bxg2 33. Bc4+ d5 34.
Rxd5 Bxd5 35. Bxd5+ Qxd5 36. Qxd5+ Kg7 37. Qb7+ Kh6 38. Rd3 Ra5 39. Qb4 Rg5+
40. Kf1 Rf7 41. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Eastern Class-chB 8th"]
[Site "Woburn"]
[Date "1999.03.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fang, Joseph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
f4 d6 9. O-O Qb6 10. Qd3 Qxb2 11. a3 Nxe4 12. Na4 Qxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 14. Kh1
Bf5 15. Qb3 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 Nd4 17. Qc4 Nxc2 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Qa2 Nb4 20. Qa1
Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Rc8 0-1

[Event "World op 27th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1999.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Amador, Sergio Jose"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d3 c6 7. c3 Nbd7 8. e4 e5
9. Qe2 Re8 10. Na3 Qc7 11. Kh1 a6 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Be3 b5 14. Nd2 c5 15. Rac1
Nf8 16. Nb3 Bg4 17. Bf3 Bxf3+ 18. Rxf3 N6d7 19. Qf2 Ne6 20. Rxf7 Qd6 21. Rd1 c4
22. Nc1 Ndc5 23. Rf1 Nxd3 24. Nxd3 Qxd3 25. Rxg7+ Nxg7 26. Qf7+ Kh8 27. Bh6
Qxe4+ 28. Kg1 Rg8 29. Rd1 g5 30. Rd7 Qg6 0-1

[Event "World op 27th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1999.06.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "David, Alberto"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.06.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Qe1 Ne5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Qg3 Kh8 15.
Nd4 b5 16. a3 Rac8 17. Bg5 Ned7 18. Qh4 Rce8 19. Bd3 h6 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxh6 e4
22. Nxe4 Nh7 23. Ng5 Ndf6 24. Bxg7+ Kg8 25. Bxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Financial Concept op 6th"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Paschall, William M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. Be2 h6 13. Bh4 e5 14. Qf2
exf4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxh4 17. Qxh4 Qc7 18. Rhd1 Be6 19. R5d4 Qa5 20. b3
Qe5 21. g3 fxg3 22. Qxg3 Rdc8 23. Rxd6 Qxe4 24. Bd3 Qg4 25. Qxg4 Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Financial Concept op 6th"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hebert, Jean"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1999.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. f3 Nh5 11. f4 Nf6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. b3 Ng4 15.
Bd4 Ne3 16. Bxe3 Bxc3 17. Rc1 Bg7 18. Qd2 c5 19. Rcd1 Bb7 20. e5 Bxf3 21. Rxf3
dxe5 22. Bxc5 e4 23. Re3 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 f5 25. Bxa7 Rbd8 26. Ree2 Bc3 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Be3 Kf7 29. Kf2 Ke6 30. Rc2 Rd3 31. Ke2 h6 32. Rc1 Bb4 33. Rc2 Bc3 34.
Bd2 Bf6 35. b4 Ra3 36. Bc1 Ra4 37. a3 Be7 38. Rc3 Bf6 39. Rh3 Bg7 40. Rg3 Kf7
41. Kd1 c5 42. Rb3 cxb4 43. axb4 Bd4 44. Bb2 Bg1 45. h3 g5 46. g3 Ke6 47. b5
Ra7 48. Be5 Bb6 49. Rb2 e3 50. Ke2 h5 51. c5 Bxc5 52. b6 Rb7 53. Rb5 Be7 54.
Kxe3 h4 55. gxh4 gxh4 56. Bc7 Bf6 57. Rc5 Be7 58. Re5+ Kf6 59. Rxe7 Kxe7 60.
Kd4 Ke6 1-0

[Event "Financial Concept op 6th"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1999.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Rajlich, Vasik G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1999.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 h6 12. h4 b4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 a5 15.
Kb1 a4 16. Nc1 Ra5 17. Qxb4 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Rxd5 19. Bb5 a3 20. Qa4 Rxb5 21. Qxb5
Be7 22. Ne2 O-O 23. b3 Rc8 24. c4 Rb8 25. Qd5 Nb6 26. Bxb6 Qxb6 27. Qe4 Qf2 28.
h5 Bg5 29. Kc2 d5 30. Qd3 Rb4 31. Rb1 dxc4 32. bxc4 Rxb1 33. Kxb1 Be3 34. Qd8+
Kh7 35. Qd3+ g6 36. hxg6+ Kg7 37. gxf7 Qxf3 38. f8=Q+ Kxf8 39. Qxa3+ Kf7 40.
Qd3 Qf1+ 41. Kc2 Bf4 42. c5 Qg2 43. a4 Qxg4 44. Nc3 Qg2+ 45. Kb3 Qb7+ 46. Nb5
Qc6 47. Nd6+ Ke6 48. Kb4 Qg2 49. Qf5+ Kd5 50. Qf7+ Kd4 51. Nf5+ Kd3 52. Qc4+
1-0

[Event "Financial Concept op 6th"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taylor, Gordon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E74"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 a6 8. Qc1 Qa5
9. Bd2 e6 10. Bd3 exd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. f4 Ne8 13. Nf3 f5 14. O-O Qd8 15. Ng5
Nc7 16. Re1 Nf6 17. h3 Bd7 18. Qc2 Rb8 19. a4 Re8 20. a5 b6 21. axb6 Rxb6 22.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Re1 Qb8 24. Nd1 h6 25. Nf3 Nce8 26. Nh4 Kf7 27. g4 fxg4 28.
Bxg6+ Kf8 29. Bh7 Ng8 30. Ng6+ Kf7 31. Nh8+ 1-0

[Event "Financial Concept op 6th"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Baragar, Fletcher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. c3
Nbc6 9. f4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nf5 11. Nf3 a6 12. Nc3 f6 13. Rd1 fxe5 14. fxe5 Bd7
15. Ne2 Qa5 16. Nc3 Qd8 17. Ne2 Rc8 18. Ng3 Nh4 19. Ng1 Qb6 20. a3 Na5 21. Nh3
Ba4 22. Qb4 Qxb4+ 23. axb4 Bxd1 24. bxa5 Ba4 25. Bd3 Rc1+ 26. Kd2 Rxh1 27. Nxh1
h6 28. g3 Nf3+ 29. Ke3 Nxh2 30. Nf4 Ng4+ 31. Kd2 Bd7 32. Be2 h5 33. Nxh5 Nf2
34. Nxf2 Rxf2 35. Ke3 Rh2 36. Nf4 g5 37. Nh5 Kf8 38. Nf6 Ke7 39. b3 Bb5 40. Bd1
Ra2 41. Nh7 Rg2 42. Nxg5 Rxg3+ 43. Nf3 Rg2 44. Nd2 Rg1 45. Bc2 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Financial Concept op 6th"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1999.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stroud, Mike"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. O-O h6 11. Nd2 Be6 12. c5 Nbd7 13. Na4 Ne8 14. f3 f5 15.
Bc4 Nc7 16. Rad1 Kh8 17. b4 f4 18. Bf2 g5 19. Nb3 Nf6 20. Nb2 g4 21. Bxe6 Nxe6
22. Bh4 gxf3 23. gxf3 Qf7 24. Nc4 Qh5 25. Qf2 Qg6+ 26. Qg2 Qh5 27. Qf2 Nh7 28.
Nd6 Bf6 29. Bxf6+ Rxf6 30. Nf5 Nhg5 31. Kh1 Rg8 32. Qh4 Qxh4 33. Nxh4 Nh3 34.
Rd7 Rg5 35. Rxb7 Rf8 36. Rd7 Rfg8 37. Rfd1 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Financial Concept op 6th"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1999.08.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Glinert, Stephen"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Nge7 8. Bh6
Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Nd4 10. Rc1 Qc7 11. Qg7 Rf8 12. Qxh7 Qb6 13. Nd1 Bd7 14. c3 Ndc6
15. Nf3 O-O-O 16. Qh6 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. d4 Kb8 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. O-O Rh8
21. Qe3 Qc7 22. f4 Nc6 23. Nf2 exf4 24. gxf4 g5 25. Nd3 Rdg8 26. e5 gxf4 27.
Rxf4 Ne7 28. Qc5 Bc6 29. Rf2 Nf5 30. Nb4 Be4 31. Qxc7+ Kxc7 32. Re1 Bxg2 33.
Rxg2 Nh4 34. Rxg8 Rxg8+ 35. Kf1 Nf3 36. Re2 Rh8 37. Kg2 Nh4+ 38. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "US op 100th"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bf4 d6 6. h3 c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 Nh5
9. Bd2 f5 10. e3 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Be2 Nc6 13. O-O f4 14. Nd5 Bh6 15. Ra3
Bxd5 16. cxd5 Ne7 17. e4 Nf6 18. Qb1 g5 19. a5 Ng6 20. b4 cxb4 21. Bxb4 Qe7 22.
Bd3 g4 23. Nd4 Nh4 24. hxg4 Nxg4 25. Ne6 Nf3+ 26. gxf3 Qh4 27. fxg4 Qxg4+ 28.
Kh2 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Qg4+ 30. Kh2 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Kf7 32. Bc3 b5 33. Bg7 Qg4+ 34. Kh2
f3 35. Rg1 Qh4# 0-1

[Event "US op 100th"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1999.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 h6 12. Bh4 Be6 13. c3 Bd6 14. Bc2 Re8
15. Qd4 Qe7 16. Rae1 c5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nxc5 Qxd4 19. cxd4 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Rab8
21. Bb3 Rec8 22. Rc1 Rb5 23. f4 Rbxc5 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. f5 Bd7 26. Rd1 Bc6 27.
g4 a5 28. a4 Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Ke3 Kd6 31. Re1 Bd7 32. Kd3 Rc8 33. Kd4 Rb8
34. Bxd5 Rxb2 35. Bxf7 Rxh2 36. Bb3 Rh3 37. Bc2 Rg3 38. Bd1 Ra3 39. Bc2 Rg3 40.
Bd1 Rh3 41. Bc2 Rf3 42. Re4 Rf2 43. Bb3 Rd2+ 44. Kc3 Rg2 45. Kd4 Rf2 46. Bc4
Rb2 47. Kc3 Rb4 48. Rd4+ Ke7 49. Rd5 Ke8 50. Rxa5 Rxa4 51. Re5+ Kf8 52. Rd5 Ra7
53. Kd4 Ke7 54. Ke5 Ra1 55. Bd3 Rd1 56. Bc4 Rb1 57. Rd3 Rb4 58. Rc3 Ra4 59. Be2
Ra5+ 60. Kf4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "US op 100th"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gaiffe, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1999.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Bb5 e6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. e5
d5 9. O-O c4 10. b3 Ba6 11. d3 cxd3 12. cxd3 Bf8 13. Kh1 h5 14. Ne2 Nh6 15. Qc2
Rc8 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Rfd1 Nf5 18. Bf2 c5 19. Rac1 Be7 20. Ng3 Nh6 21. Nf1 O-O
22. Ne3 Qb4 23. Be1 Qb6 24. Bf2 Qb4 25. Be1 Qb6 26. Qe2 Rfd8 27. h3 Kg7 28. Bh4
Bxh4 29. Nxh4 Qb4 30. Qf2 Qd4 31. Qg3 Kh7 32. Nf3 Qb4 33. Qg5 Qb6 34. Qf6 Rd7
35. Ng5+ Kg8 36. Nxf7 Nxf7 37. Qxg6+ Kh8 38. Qxh5+ Kg7 39. f5 Rg8 40. Qg6+ Kf8
41. Qxe6 Re7 42. Qxe7+ Kxe7 43. Nxd5+ Kf8 44. Nxb6 axb6 45. e6 Bb7 46. Rc2 Nd6
47. Kh2 Ke7 48. g4 Nb5 49. d4 Rd8 50. d5 Bxd5 51. Kg3 Nd4 52. Rcd2 Bf3 53. Rxd4
Bxd1 54. f6+ 1-0

[Event "US op 100th"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.08.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. d5
Na5 9. Qd3 c5 10. Bd2 a6 11. e4 Nd7 12. b3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
Rac1 b4 16. Nd1 e6 17. Ne3 exd5 18. exd5 f5 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Rfe1 Ne5 21. h3 Qd7
22. f4 Nf7 23. Qd3 Bd4 24. Kh2 Nb7 25. Rc2 h5 26. Nc4 Nh6 27. Re6 Qh7 28. Be3
Bc3 29. Re2 Red8 30. a4 h4 31. gxh4 Kh8 32. Bd2 Bxd2 33. Qxd2 Rf8 34. h5 gxh5
35. Qb2+ Kg8 36. Bf3 Rf7 37. Bxh5 Ng4+ 38. hxg4 fxg4 39. Kg3 Kf8 40. Rh2 Rg7
41. Qf6+ Kg8 42. Bg6 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 121st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lawson, Brian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B68"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. e5 b4 12. exf6 bxc3 13. Qxc3 gxf6 14. Rxd6
Bxd6 15. Bxf6 Bb4 16. Bxh8 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qb6 18. a3 Rc8 19. Kb1 Na5 20. Bd4 Qb7
21. Bd3 Nc4 22. Ka2 Qd5 23. b3 Bb5 24. a4 Bxa4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. bxc4 Qxc4+ 27.
Kb2 Bxc2 28. Re1 Qb3+ 29. Kc1 Bf5 30. Re2 Qb1+ 31. Kd2 Qd3+ 32. Ke1 Bg4 33. Rd2
Qe4+ 34. Kf2 Bxf3 35. Bf6 Qd5 36. Rxd5 Bxd5 37. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch 121st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Farrell, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. a4 Nh6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd3
d6 9. h3 f5 10. Bc4+ e6 11. d3 Kh8 12. Nb5 d5 13. Nbxd4 dxc4 14. Ne2 cxd3 15.
cxd3 c4 16. dxc4 fxe4 17. Ng5 Qc7 18. Qc2 e5 19. Nxe4 Be6 20. b3 exf4 21. Bb2
f3 22. Nd4 Bf5 23. Nxf3 Rae8 24. Rae1 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Nf5 26. Rfe1 Qc5+ 27. Kh2
Qd6+ 28. Kg1 Qc5+ 29. Qf2 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Rxe4 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rxe4 Rd8 33.
g4 Nd6 34. Re7+ Kf6 35. Rxh7 Ne4+ 36. Ke3 Nc5 37. g5+ Ke6 38. Nd4+ Kd6 39. b4
Nxa4 40. Rxb7 Nb6 41. c5+ Kd5 42. cxb6 axb6 43. Rxb6 Kc4 44. Rxg6 Rxd4 45. Rc6+
Kd5 46. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 121st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.09.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spraggett, Grant"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. a3 g6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. d3 a5 10. Rb1 Be6 11. Nd5 Qd7 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 e4 14. Nef4 Rac8 15.
Bb2 Ne5 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. dxe4 c6 19. exf5 gxf5 20. c5 d5 21.
Bd4 Kh8 22. b5 Nd7 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Re1 Rb8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Bh3 Rf8 27. Qh5
Be5 28. Ra1 h6 29. Ra7 Bxd4 30. exd4 Qe1+ 31. Bf1 Qe6 32. Qe2 Qf7 33. Bh3 Qg7
34. Rc7 Qf7 35. Rxc6 Qg7 36. Rc7 Rf7 37. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.09.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Waxman, Marian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.09.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Ne5 9. Be2 d6 10. f4 N5g6 11. b4 Bb6 12. Na3 Nc6 13. Nc4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 Qe7
15. b5 Nd8 16. f5 Nh8 17. Bd3 f6 18. Rf3 g6 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Ne3 c6 21. bxc6
bxc6 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rc1 Kh7 24. Bf4 Nhf7 25. Rg3 Rh8 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Qxg6+
Kf8 28. d5 c5 29. Qg7+ Ke8 30. Bb5+ Bd7 31. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.09.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1999.09.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. Bg2
Bb4 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qd3 Qc7 11. Nde2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bd6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rd1 Be7
15. Qe4 Nc6 16. Be3 e5 17. Rab1 Be6 18. Bb6 Qc8 19. Qa4 h5 20. gxh5 Bxh3 21.
Rd3 Bf5 22. Rg3 Kh8 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 f5 25. Qg2 Bf6 26. Rg6 Ne7 27. Ba5
Qc4 28. Ng3 Nxg6 29. hxg6 Qg4 30. Nxf5 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Bd8 32. Bxd8 Rxf5 33. Be7
b5 34. Rd1 Re8 35. Rd7 e4 36. Bh4 Rfe5 37. Kg3 R5e6 38. Kf4 Rxg6 39. Ke3 Rc6
40. Kd2 Rec8 41. Ra7 Rxc3 42. Rxa6 Rxc2+ 43. Ke3 R2c3+ 44. Ke2 b4 45. Be7 Rc2+
46. Kf1 Rb2 47. Bg5 Rcc2 48. Be3 Rxa2 49. Rb6 Rc4 50. Kg2 Rc3 51. Bd4 Rd3 52.
Rd6 Rad2 53. Rh6+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.09.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "El Gindy, Essam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1999.09.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.09.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Privman, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1999.09.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. b3 e5 8. Bb2 e4
9. Ne1 Bf5 10. Nc2 Bh6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nc3 Qd7 13. Qd4 Bg7 14. Qd2 Rae8 15. Ne3
Bh3 16. f4 exf3 17. exf3 Bh6 18. f4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Neg4 20. Nxg4 Nxg4 21. Rfe1
a6 22. Ne4 f5 23. Qd4 Bg7 24. Qxg7+ Qxg7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. h3 Rf7 27. Nxd6 Rxe1
28. Rxe1 cxd6 29. hxg4 fxg4 30. Re6 Rf6 31. Re3 h5 32. b4 h4 33. gxh4 Rxf4 34.
c5 Rd4 35. Re7+ Kf6 36. cxd6 Rxd5 37. Rxb7 Rxd6 38. Kg3 Rd4 39. a4 a5 40. Rb6+
Kg7 41. bxa5 Rxa4 42. a6 Kh6 43. Rb8 Rxa6 44. Kxg4 Ra4+ 45. Kg3 g5 46. hxg5+
Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "1999.10.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1999.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. h4 c4 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Rab1 b6 15.
Qf4 Qe7 16. h5 g5 17. Qe3 O-O-O 18. Nh2 f5 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Ng4 Qf5 21. Bf3
Rhe8 22. Rhe1 Re7 23. a4 Rde8 24. Nxh6 Qf6 25. Ng4 Qf5 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. Qxe5
Qf4+ 28. Qxf4 gxf4 29. Ra1 a5 30. Re5 Rh7 31. Rae1 Rg8 32. Rh1 Rh6 33. Rh4 Rf8
34. Bg4 Rff6 35. Rh1 Kc7 36. Ra1 Rf8 37. Rg5 Be8 38. Ke2 Rfh8 39. Kf3 Bxh5 40.
Bxh5 Rxh5 41. Rxh5 Rxh5 42. Kxf4 Rh4+ 43. g4 Rh8 44. Kg3 Kc6 45. Rb1 Rb8 46. g5
Rh8 47. f4 Rh7 48. Re1 Kd6 49. Re2 Rh1 50. Rg2 Ra1 51. Re2 Rf1 52. Rf2 Ra1 53.
f5 exf5 54. Rxf5 Rxa4 55. g6 Ra1 56. Kg2 Re1 57. g7 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "1999.10.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mladenov, Plamen"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1999.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Bg5 Nf6 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qxf6 Rg8 12. Rd5 Bxd5 13. Ng5 Qc7 14.
Nxd5 exd5 15. Qf5 Rc8 16. c3 Bh6 17. h4 d4 18. Qxh7 Bxg5+ 19. hxg5 Kf8 20. g6
fxg6 21. Qxg6 Qf7 0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "1999.10.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Tanrikulu, Secim Erhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1999.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nbxd2 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 d5 11. Bd3 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bf5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.
Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Rfd1 b6 17. Rac1 Na5 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. b4 Nb7 20. Ne5
Qd6 21. Qc6 a5 22. bxa5 Ra8 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "1999.10.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1999.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 c6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 f5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Rc1
a6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. g4 f4 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nc6 13. Nf3 Be7 14. O-O Rg8 15.
Kh1 Bd7 16. Qd2 Qb8 17. a3 Rxg4 18. h3 Rg6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Bxg6 Bd6 21. Bh5
Ne7 22. Ng5 Ng6 23. d5 e5 24. Rfe1 Kf8 25. Qd3 Kg7 26. Rg1 Qe8 27. Rg2 Kh6 28.
Bg4 Bxg4 29. hxg4 Kg7 30. Ne4 Qe7 31. Rh2 h6 32. Qh3 Rh8 33. Qh5 Qd8 34. f3 Qd7
35. Qf5 Qe7 36. Rc3 Qd8 37. g5 hxg5 38. Nxg5 Rxh2+ 39. Kxh2 Qe7 40. Rc2 Qf6 41.
Qg4 Be7 42. Ne4 Qb6 43. Rg2 Qd8 44. d6 Bxd6 45. Rd2 Qh8+ 46. Kg1 Be7 47. Qd7
Qh4 48. Rf2 Qh5 49. Nd6 Bxd6 50. Qxd6 Qh4 51. Qd5 Qg3+ 52. Kf1 Qh3+ 53. Rg2
Qh1+ 54. Kf2 Qh4+ 55. Ke2 Qe7 56. a4 b6 57. b3 a5 58. Kd3 Qf6 59. Qd7 Kf8 60.
Ke4 Kg7 61. Rg1 Qh4 62. Qd6 Qh5 63. Qc7 Qh2 64. Qxe5+ Kh7 65. Qd4 Qe2+ 66. Kf5
Qe6+ 67. Kg5 Qe7+ 68. Kf5 Qe6+ 69. Kg5 Qe7+ 70. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "1999.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O exf4 11. Kh1 Nh5 12. Ne1 Ne5 13. Be2 Nf6 14. Bxf4 Be6
15. Nf3 Ng6 16. Be3 Ng4 17. Bg1 Bf6 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qe7 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21.
Nd5 Qe5 22. Qd2 Rac8 23. c3 Qxe4 24. Rae1 Qxa4 25. Nb6 Qc6 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27.
Bd4 Be6 28. Qg5 h6 29. Qg3 Kh7 30. Rf2 Qd5 31. Kg1 b5 32. Rd2 Rc6 33. Red1 Qe4
34. Re1 Qf5 35. Rf2 Qh5 36. Rd2 a5 37. Ra1 a4 38. Re1 Ra6 39. Ra1 f6 40. Re1
Bc4 41. Qe3 Ra8 42. Bb6 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "1999.10.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Takhirov, Farkhad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kd7 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qc4
Qb6 15. Qe2 h5 16. h3 Nf6 17. Bd2 Raf8 18. O-O-O Rxf7 19. Rhe1 Nd8 20. Qd3 Rg8
21. Be3 Qa5 22. Qc4 Rgf8 23. Kb1 Ne8 24. Ne4 Qc7 25. Qa4+ Qc6 26. Nc5+ Kc7 27.
Qa5+ Kc8 28. Qxa7 Nc7 29. Na4 Na6 30. Qa8+ Kc7 31. Nb6 Ne6 32. Qa7 Nxf4 33.
Na8+ Kd7 34. Bxf4 Rxf4 35. Nb6+ Kd8 36. Nd5 R4f7 37. Nxe7 Rxe7 38. Qa8+ Kd7 39.
Qxf8 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "1999.10.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khusnutdinov, Rustam"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1999.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e3 Nge7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
Be6 9. Nd5 Qd7 10. Re1 f5 11. f4 Rae8 12. Rb1 Nc8 13. Bd2 Nd8 14. Bc3 c6 15.
Nb4 h6 16. b3 g5 17. d4 Qc7 18. Qd2 gxf4 19. gxf4 Bf6 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. dxe5 dxe5
22. Qb2 Kh7 23. fxe5 Bh4 24. Rf1 Bg5 25. Nf4 Qb6 26. Rbe1 Bxf4 27. exf4 Bf7 28.
Nc2 Ne6 29. Nd4 Ne7 30. Nxe6 Bxe6 31. Rd1 Ng6 32. Qf2 Qxf2 33. Rxf2 Nh4 34. Bh3
Rg8 35. Rd6 Rg6 36. Rf1 Bc8 37. Rd3 Rgg8 38. Rfd1 Ng6 39. Bd2 Be6 40. Be3 a6
41. Rd6 Rgf8 42. Kg2 Rf7 43. Kf2 Nf8 44. Rd8 Rxd8 45. Rxd8 Kg7 46. Bd4 Rd7 47.
Rxd7+ Nxd7 48. Bg2 Kf7 49. Ke3 Ke7 50. Kd3 Kd8 51. Bf2 Ke8 52. a4 Kd8 53. Bf3
Bf7 54. b4 Kc7 55. b5 axb5 56. axb5 cxb5 57. cxb5 b6 58. Be3 Nf8 59. Kc3 Be8
60. Kc4 Ne6 61. Bd5 Bd7 62. Bd2 Nd8 63. Bg8 Ne6 64. Kd5 Ng7 65. e6 Bxb5 66. Bc3
Ne8 67. Ke5 Bd3 68. Bb4 Kd8 69. Bf7 Nc7 70. Bg6 b5 71. Bxf5 Bxf5 72. Kxf5 Nd5
73. Bd6 b4 74. Ke5 b3 75. Ba3 Ne3 76. Kf6 Ke8 77. f5 Nc4 78. Bc1 Kf8 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "1999.11.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rangarajan, Sunil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2086"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1999.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Na3 Nf6 7. Be2 cxd4 8.
Nb5 Qd7 9. Nbxd4 Bc5 10. O-O Bxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 O-O 13. Be3 b6 14. Qd3
Bb7 15. Rfd1 h6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Bf4 Nd5 18. Be5 f6 19. Bg3 Nb4 20. Qb3 Qd5
21. Qxd5 Bxd5 22. a3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nc6 24. Ba6 Nxd4 25. Rc7 Rf7 26. Rc8+ Rf8
27. Rc7 Rf7 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. f3 Bb7 30. Bd3+ g6 31. Rd8 e5 32. Bf2 Ne6 33. Rd6
Nf4 34. Bf1 Nh5 35. a4 Rc7 36. b4 Bc6 37. a5 bxa5 38. bxa5 Kg7 39. a6 Bd7 40.
Rd1 Nf4 41. Rb1 Bc8 42. Rb8 Bxa6 43. Bxa6 Rc1+ 44. Be1 Rxe1+ 45. Kf2 Ra1 46.
Rb7+ Kf8 47. Rxa7 Ra2+ 48. Kf1 Nxg2 49. Ra8+ Ke7 50. Ra7+ Kd6 51. Rf7 Ne3+ 52.
Kg1 Ke6 53. Ra7 Rg2+ 54. Kh1 Rc2 55. Kg1 h5 56. Bd3 Rg2+ 57. Kh1 Rd2 58. Ra6+
Ke7 59. Ra7+ Kd6 60. Ra6+ Kc5 0-1

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "1999.11.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1999.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nxc6 Bxe3 7. fxe3 dxc6
8. Qd4 Qg6 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "1999.11.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "223"]
[EventDate "1999.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nbd2
Qc7 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qe2 Re8 12. a4 a5 13. Rfd1 b6 14. Qe3 Ba6 15.
Bf1 Ng4 16. Qe1 Bf8 17. h3 Ngf6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Nc4 b5 20. Ncd2 Nc5 21. Qe2
Qb8 22. Bc3 Bd6 23. axb5 Qxb5 24. Qxb5 cxb5 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. Bxa5 Ncxe4 27.
Nxe4 Nxe4 28. Nd2 Nf6 29. c4 Rb8 30. Rc1 bxc4 31. bxc4 Kf8 32. c5 Rb5 33. cxd6
Rxa5 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Nc4 Rd5 36. Kg2 Ne4 37. Rc6 Rd4 38. f3 Rxc4 39. Rxc4 Nxd6
40. Ra4 Nf5 41. Kf2 Ne7 42. Ra5 Kf6 43. Ra6+ Kg7 44. Ra7 Kf6 45. Ra6+ Kg7 46.
Ra1 Kf6 47. Ke2 Nf5 48. Rg1 Nd4+ 49. Ke3 Nf5+ 50. Kd3 Nd6 51. Ra1 Ke6 52. g4 h5
53. gxh5 gxh5 54. Ra6 Ke7 55. Ke3 f5 56. f4 Ke6 57. fxe5 Kxe5 58. Ra5+ Ke6 59.
Kf4 Kf6 60. Ra6 Ke6 61. Kg5 Ke5 62. Kxh5 Ne4 63. h4 f4 64. Kg4 Nf6+ 65. Kf3 Kf5
66. Ra5+ Kg6 67. Kxf4 Nh5+ 68. Kg4 Nf6+ 69. Kf3 Nh5 70. Rg5+ Kh6 71. Kg4 Nf6+
72. Kf5 Ne8 73. Rg8 Ng7+ 74. Kg4 Ne6 75. Ra8 Kg7 76. Ra7+ Kg8 77. Kf5 Nf8 78.
Kf6 Nh7+ 79. Kg6 Nf8+ 80. Kh6 Ne6 81. Ra1 Nf8 82. Rg1+ Kh8 83. Kg5 Kg7 84. Rg2
Kh7 85. Kf6 Nd7+ 86. Kg5 Kg7 87. Re2 Kf7 88. Kh6 Nf8 89. Rc2 Kg8 90. Rc7 Kh8
91. h5 Kg8 92. Kg5 Nh7+ 93. Kf5 Nf8 94. h6 Nh7 95. Rc8+ Kf7 96. Rb8 Nf8 97.
Rb7+ Kg8 98. Kf6 Nh7+ 99. Ke7 Ng5 100. Ke8 Kh8 101. Rg7 Ne4 102. Kf7 Nd6+ 103.
Kg6 Nf5 104. Rf7 Nh4+ 105. Kg5 Ng2 106. h7 Nh4 107. Ra7 Ng6 108. Kh6 Nf8 109.
Rb7 Nd7 110. Ra7 Nf8 111. Rg7 Nxh7 112. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U12"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "1999.11.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1999.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. f4 Rac8 13. Nd2 g6 14. Rf3 Ne7
15. Raf1 Kg7 16. Rh3 Nfg8 17. Qf2 Qd8 18. Ndf3 h6 19. Ng5 Qd6 20. Qg3 Nf5 21.
Bxf5 exf5 22. Ngf3 Rc7 23. Nh4 Bc8 24. Qf3 Nf6 25. Kh1 b5 26. Nd3 Ne4 27. Qd1
a5 28. Nf2 Re8 29. Nxe4 Rxe4 30. Nf3 Rxf4 31. Qd2 h5 32. g3 Re4 33. Rh4 Rce7
34. Rf2 Qe6 35. Kg2 f6 36. Kf1 Qc6 37. Kg1 Qe8 38. Rg2 Re3 39. Rf2 g5 40. Ne5
fxe5 41. Qxe3 gxh4 42. Qg5+ Kh7 43. Qxh4 exd4 44. Qxd4 Re1+ 45. Rf1 Qe3+ 46.
Qxe3 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Washington Eastern op"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "1999.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Adu, Oladapo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. f5 Be7 14. Bc4 b5
15. Bb3 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Ng3 a5 18. Kb1 a4 19. Bc4 Rc8 20. b3 Qb7 21. Qe2 Rb8
22. Rhe1 Rg8 23. h3 Qd7 24. Qd2 Rg5 25. Nh5 Qb7 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. Qxd6 Be7 28.
Qxe5 f6 29. Qe6 Rg7 30. e5 Bd7 31. Qxf6 Bxf6 32. exf6+ Kf8 33. fxg7+ Kxg7 34.
Re7+ Kf6 35. Rexd7 Qe4 36. g5+ Kxg5 37. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "Washington Eastern op"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "1999.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kaufman, Larry C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1999.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. h4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Rhb1 Qc7
15. c3 O-O-O 16. Qf4 f5 17. g4 fxg4 18. Qxg4 Rdg8 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Kb8 21.
Bxe6 h5 22. Qh3 Bxe6 23. Qxe6 Rf8 24. Qd5 Rf4 25. Rb3 Rd8 26. Qc5 Nxd4 27.
Qxc7+ Kxc7 28. Rc1+ Kb8 29. Nxd4 Rfxd4+ 30. Ke3 Rxh4 31. Rg1 Re8 32. Rxg6 Rxe5+
33. Kd2 Rd4+ 34. Kc3 Rd7 35. f4 Rc5+ 36. Kb4 b6 37. Rf3 Rd4+ 38. Kb3 Rf5 39.
Rh6 Kb7 40. Rh7+ Ka6 41. Kc2 Ra4 42. a3 Kb5 43. Kb3 a5 44. Rh3 Rfxf4 45. R7xh5+
Ka6 46. Re5 Rad4 47. Re2 a4+ 48. Kb2 Rd5 49. Rc3 Rb5+ 50. Ka2 Rf1 51. Rc4 Ka5
52. Rxa4+ Kxa4 53. Re4+ Ka5 54. Ra4+ Kxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Washington Eastern op"]
[Site "Washington DC"]
[Date "1999.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1999.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O exf4 11. Kh1 Nh5 12. Nd5 Bf6 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. Be2 g6 15.
Nb3 f3 16. Bxf3 Nxf3 17. Qxf3 Be5 18. Qf2 Bg7 19. c3 f5 20. Qe2 Qh4 21. Bf4 Be5
22. Qf3 fxe4 23. Qxe4 0-1

[Event "New Hampshire op 50th"]
[Site "New Hampshire"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Foygel, Igor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Nf3 exd5 9. b4 O-O 10. e3 Be6 11. Qb3 Nd7 12. Na4 c6 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Be2 b5 15.
Nc5 Nb6 16. O-O a5 17. a3 Bg4 18. Rfe1 axb4 19. axb4 {(D)} Nc4 20. Ra1 Bxf3 21.
Bxf3 Nd2 22. Qc2 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Qh5 25. Qe2 Rfe8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27.
f4 Qh4 28. Rc1 Qe7 29. Qg4 f5 30. Qd1 Ra2 31. Rc2 Ra3 32. Qc1 Qa7 33. Kg2 Ra2
34. Ne6 Rxc2 35. Qxc2 Qd7 36. Nc5 Qa7 37. Nd3 Qe7 38. Kf1 Qe4 39. Ke2 Qe6 40.
Qc5 Qd7 41. Qb6 Qe8 42. Kd2 Qa8 43. Qa5 Qc8 44. Qa7 Qd8 45. Qb7 Qd6 46. Qc8+
Kf7 47. Ke2 h6 {(D)} 48. Nc5 Bf6 49. Kf3 h5 50. h3 Kg7 51. Qe8 Be7 52. Kg2 h4
53. Kf1 Bf6 54. Ne6+ Kh6 55. Qg8 Qe7 56. Ng5 Qg7 57. Nf7+ Kh5 58. Qe8 Qh7 59.
Kg2 Qg7 60. Qe6 Bxd4 61. exd4 Qxd4 62. Qe2# 1-0

[Event "New Hampshire op 50th"]
[Site "New Hampshire"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nxc6 Bxe3 7. fxe3 dxc6
8. Nc3 Be6 9. Qd4 Rd8 10. Qxa7 Nh6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O-O Ng4 13. Rhe1 Qg5 14.
Kb1 Ra8 15. Qxb7 Nxe3 16. Qxc6 Nxd1 17. Rxd1 Qe5 18. g3 Rab8 19. Na4 Rfd8 20.
b3 Bd7 21. Qc5 Qe8 22. Nc3 Bc6 23. Rf1 f6 24. e5 fxe5 25. Qc4+ Kh8 26. Qh4 h6
27. Qg4 Rd4 28. Qf5 e4 29. Qc5 Rbd8 30. Bc4 Rd2 31. Bf7 Qd7 32. Bg6 Qd6 33. Qh5
Rxc2 34. Nxe4 Qd3 35. Nd2 Rc5+ 36. Bxd3 Rxh5 37. Bg6 Rg5 38. Bc2 Bb5 39. Rf3
Be2 40. Re3 Bb5 41. Nf3 Rh5 42. h4 Re8 43. Rc3 Re7 44. a4 Be8 45. g4 Rd5 46. h5
c5 47. b4 Bd7 48. Rc4 Rf7 49. Nh4 Rf1+ 50. Kb2 Rd4 51. Ng6+ Kg8 52. Bb3 Kh7 53.
Rxd4 cxd4 54. Ne5 Bc8 55. b5 Rf2+ 56. Bc2+ Kg8 57. b6 Ba6 58. Kb3 Re2 59. Nd3
Re6 60. a5 Rc6 61. Nb4 Rc3+ 62. Kb2 Bc8 63. Nd5 Rc5 64. Ne7+ Kf7 65. Nxc8 Rxa5
66. Nd6+ Ke6 67. b7 1-0

[Event "Kasparov Cadet GP"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2000.01.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.01.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Nc5 14. f6 gxf6 15.
gxf6 Bf8 16. Rg1 h5 17. Rg7 b4 18. Nd5 exd5 19. exd5 Bg4 20. Re1+ Kd8 21. Qg3
Kc8 22. Nc6 Kb7 23. h3 Bxg7 24. fxg7 Rhe8 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Qxg4
Rg8 28. Qxb4+ Ka8 29. Qa3 Qb6 30. b4 Kb7 31. bxc5 dxc5 32. Qg3 a5 33. Qg5 Qc7
34. Qf6 Ka8 35. Ne7 Rxg7 36. d6 Qd7 37. Qxg7 Qe6 38. Bg2+ Ka7 39. Qe5 Qc4 40.
Qe4 1-0

[Event "Kasparov Cadet GP"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2000.01.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.01.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. c3
Nbc6 9. f4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nf5 11. Nf3 a6 12. Nc3 f6 13. Be2 fxe5 14. dxe5 Qb6
15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Ne2 Rff8 18. Ned4 Qb4 19. g3 Rac8 20. Qxb4 Nxb4
21. Kd2 Rc7 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. a3 Nc6 25. Rc1 h6 26. b4 Kf8 27. a4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Elekes Memorial IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Senff, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. h4 Bc6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Qxe6+ Qe7
15. Qc8+ Qd8 16. Qe6+ Qe7 17. Qc8+ Qd8 18. Qe6+ Qe7 19. Qxg6+ Qf7 20. Qg4 Rg8
21. Qc8+ Ke7 22. Qc7+ Ke8 23. Qc8+ Ke7 24. Qc7+ Ke8 25. Qc8+ Ke7 26. Qc7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Elekes Memorial IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Szabo, Zsolt"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 d5 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. dxc6 Bxd4 8.
cxb7 Bxb7 9. Rc1 O-O 10. e3 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Qa5 12. a3 Na6 13. Nf3 Rac8 14. Qc2
Rxc3 15. Qxc3 Qf5 16. Qd3 Be4 17. Nd4 Qa5+ 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. f3 Bb7 20. Bc4 Rd8
21. Qc3 Nc5 22. b4 e5 23. Ne2 Nd7 24. Qb3 Qf6 25. O-O Nb6 26. f4 Nxc4 27. Qxc4
Qa6 28. b5 Qxa3 29. fxe5 Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 Bd5 31. Qh4 Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qxe2+ 33. Rf2
0-1

[Event "Elekes Memorial IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nemeth, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. f3 O-O 8. Be3
Qc7 9. Rc1 Be7 10. Be2 d6 11. O-O b6 12. f4 Bb7 13. Bf3 Nbd7 14. Qe2 Rac8 15.
b3 Rfe8 16. g4 Nc5 17. Bf2 e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Nf5 Ne6 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. Qd2
Nf4 22. Nd5 N6xd5 23. cxd5 Qd6 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Rc1 Bb7 26. Be3 g5 27. Rc4 a5
28. b4 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. b5 Qd6 31. Qc3 Kf8 32. Kf1 h6 33. Ke1 Ke7 34. Kd2
Kd8 35. Kc2 Ng6 36. Kb2 Ne7 37. Bf2 Bc8 38. Qa3 Qxa3+ 39. Kxa3 Kc7 40. d6+ Kxd6
41. Bxb6 Ng8 42. Bxa5 Kc5 43. Bc3 Nf6 44. h3 h5 45. gxh5 Bxh3 46. Bxe5 g4 47.
Bxf6 gxf3 48. Bh4 1-0

[Event "Elekes Memorial IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goldenberg, Danny"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Qc7 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 b5 11. a3 O-O 12. Kb1 Rb8 13. Nb3 h6 14. h4 Re8
15. Rde1 Nb6 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nfd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxh6 f5
21. Rh3 Bf8 22. Qg6+ Qg7 23. Qxe8 Nc7 24. Qd8 Ra8 25. g4 f4 26. h5 Bb7 27. Qd4
Bg2 28. Rh2 f3 29. g5 Qxg5 30. Rh4 Kh8 31. Rg4 Qe7 32. Rg6 Nd5 33. Re4 Qa7 34.
Reg4 Ne7 35. Qxa7 Rxa7 36. Rf6 Ra8 37. Nd4 Nf5 38. Nxf5 exf5 39. Bxf5 f2 40.
Bd3 Bd5 41. Rxf2 Bg7 42. Be4 1-0

[Event "Elekes Memorial IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Khechumyan, Gagik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2236"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qe7 8.
Qd1 Nf6 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. d6 Qe6 14. Be3 b5 15.
Be4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Qg6 17. f3 Be6 18. Qd2 Nd5 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Bc5 Rac8 21. b4
Nf4 22. a3 Rc6 23. Rfe1 Bc4 24. Kh1 Kh8 25. Ng3 f6 26. Qf2 Ne6 27. Ne4 Nxc5 28.
bxc5 Qf7 29. f4 f5 30. Qh4 Qf8 31. Nd2 Rxc5 32. fxe5 Be6 33. Nb3 Rc4 34. Qe7
Qxe7 35. dxe7 Re8 36. Rd8 Bf7 37. Nd4 Rc8 38. Rxc8 Rxc8 39. Nxf5 Re8 40. Rd1 g6
41. e6 1-0

[Event "Elekes Memorial IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "243"]
[EventDate "2000.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 7. c4 Nc7 8.
Nxc7+ Qxc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 b6 11. Ng5 Bb7 12. Ne4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Rc8 14. b3
g6 15. O-O Bg7 16. Re1 O-O 17. Ba3 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Rcd8 19. f4 Qc8 20. Qd5 Bf8
21. Qf3 d6 22. Bb2 dxe5 23. Bxe5 Qf5 24. h3 f6 25. Bc3 Qc2 26. Bb4 Rxd1 27.
Qxd1 Qf5 28. Qd5+ Qxd5 29. cxd5 a5 30. Ba3 Kf7 31. Re6 Rb8 32. Rc6 b5 33. Ra6
b4 34. Bb2 Rb5 35. Kf2 Rxd5 36. Ke2 Bh6 37. g3 g5 38. Bc1 Rc5 39. Bd2 gxf4 40.
gxf4 Rc2 41. Kd3 Rxa2 42. Bxb4 Rh2 43. Bd2 Rxh3+ 44. Ke4 Rxb3 45. Rxa5 e6 46.
Be3 Kg6 47. Ra6 f5+ 48. Kf3 Kf6 49. Kf2 Rb4 50. Kf3 Bf8 51. Ra8 Be7 52. Rh8 Kg7
53. Ra8 Rb7 54. Kg3 h5 55. Bd4+ Kf7 56. Rh8 h4+ 57. Kg2 Rb3 58. Rh7+ Kf8 59.
Rh8+ Kf7 60. Rh7+ Ke8 61. Bf2 Bd6 62. Rxh4 Kd7 63. Bg3 Rb8 64. Rh6 Rb2+ 65. Kf3
Rb3+ 66. Kg2 Re3 67. Rh1 Rd3 68. Re1 Bc5 69. Re2 Kd6 70. Bh2 Bd4 71. Bg3 Kd5
72. Bf2 Bc3 73. Be1 Bg7 74. Bf2 e5 75. fxe5 f4 76. Ra2 Bxe5 77. Be1 Ke4 78.
Ra4+ Kf5 79. Ra5 f3+ 80. Kf1 Kf4 81. Rxe5 Kxe5 82. Kf2 Ke4 83. Ba5 Ra3 84. Bb6
Ra2+ 85. Kf1 Rc2 86. Ba7 Rb2 87. Bc5 Kf4 88. Bd6+ Kg4 89. Bc5 Rd2 90. Bb6 Rd7
91. Kf2 Kf4 92. Be3+ Ke4 93. Bb6 Rd2+ 94. Kf1 Rb2 95. Bc5 Rb5 96. Ba7 Kf4 97.
Bd4 Kg3 98. Bf2+ Kf4 99. Bd4 Ke4 100. Ba7 Ra5 101. Bb6 Ra6 102. Bc5 Kd5 103.
Be3 Rc6 104. Kf2 Ke4 105. Ba7 Rg6 106. Bc5 Rg2+ 107. Kf1 Rb2 108. Ba7 Kf4 109.
Bc5 Kg4 110. Bd4 Rd2 111. Bb6 Kh3 112. Ba7 Rc2 113. Bd4 Kg3 114. Be5+ Kg4 115.
Bd4 Kf4 116. Ba7 Rd2 117. Bc5 Rc2 118. Bb6 Rb2 119. Bc5 Rb5 120. Bd4 Rh5 121.
Kf2 Rh2+ 122. Kf1 0-1

[Event "Elekes Memorial IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zimmerman, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kd7 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qc4
Qb6 15. Qe2 h5 16. Bd2 Nd4 17. Qd3 Nf5 18. Ne4 Rac8 19. Bc3 Rhf8 20. O-O-O Qe3+
21. Qxe3 Ngxe3 22. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elekes Memorial IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Friedrichs, Klaus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2000.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. a4 Nf6 14. c5 Ng6 15. a5 h5
16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nb5 g4 18. Nxa7 Bd7 19. Bb5 g3 20. Bb6 gxh2+ 21. Kh1 Qe7 22.
Rc1 Ne8 23. Nd3 h4 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Nf2 Rf7 26. Nh3 Bf6 27. Rc4 Rg7 28. Qc2
Nf8 29. Rc8 Rxc8 30. Qxc8 Qf7 31. Rf2 Kh8 32. Nb5 Kh7 33. b4 Qd7 34. Qxd7 Nxd7
35. Ba7 Bd8 36. Rc2 Ndf6 37. Bb6 Rd7 38. Ng5+ Kh6 39. Ne6 Be7 40. Rc8 Kg6 41.
Nbc7 Nxc7 42. Rxc7 Bd8 43. Rxd7 Nxd7 44. Nxd8 Nb8 45. Nxb7 Kf6 46. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Elekes Memorial IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Petran, Pal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2000.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
e5 Ng4 9. Bf4 f6 10. h3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 fxe5 12. Qh5+ Kf8 13. Qxe5 Qe7 14. Qxe7+
Bxe7 15. O-O-O Kf7 16. Ne2 Rb8 17. c3 c5 18. Bc2 c6 19. Rhe1 Bd7 20. Ng1 Bd6
21. Nf3 Kf6 22. c4 Be6 23. Kb1 h6 24. g4 Bf4 25. Nh4 Rhe8 26. Ba4 Red8 27. Bxc6
dxc4 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Nf3 g5 30. Kc2 Bf7 31. Be4 h5 32. Bf5 hxg4 33. hxg4 Bd5
34. Rd1 Rd6 35. Nd2 Be5 36. Be4 Be6 37. Bf3 Ke7 38. Re1 Bxb2 39. Nxc4 Bd4 40.
Nxd6 Kxd6 41. a4 Bxf2 42. Rb1 Ke5 43. Rf1 Bg3 44. Be2 a5 45. Kc3 Ke4 46. Rf8
Be5+ 47. Kd2 Bf4+ 48. Kc3 Be5+ 49. Kc2 Bd7 50. Kb3 Be6+ 51. Ka3 c4 52. Re8 Bd7
53. Re7 Bc8 54. Bxc4 Bxg4 55. Bd3+ Kd4 56. Kb3 Bd1+ 57. Bc2 Bf3 58. Bf5 Bd1+
59. Bc2 Bf3 60. Bf5 Bd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elekes Memorial IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.05.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lorincz, Istvan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2000.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. f3 Bh5 8. Nf4
Nf6 9. g4 Bg6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Nxd5 Qd6 12. Be4 e6 13. Ne3 O-O-O 14. Na3 a6 15.
Bd2 Be7 16. Nec4 Qc7 17. Qb3 Ng3 18. Bxc6 Nxh1 19. Bf4 Rd6 20. Nxd6+ Bxd6 21.
Qxb7+ 1-0

[Event "Elekes Memorial IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.06.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zivanic, Marko"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8.
e3 c5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Qa4 Bg4 13. Bh4 Qd7 14. Qb3 e5
15. dxe5 Rae8 16. Rfd1 Qc8 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Rb1 b6 19. Qa3 Rc8 20. Rbc1 Bxf3
21. Bxf3 Nxe5 22. Be2 b5 23. Qa6 b4 24. Be7 Rfe8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxb4 Rc6 27.
Qa5 Bf6 28. a3 Rc2 29. Bd6 Qe8 30. Bf1 Ng4 31. Rb1 Bd8 32. Qxa7 Rxf2 33. Rb8
Rd2 34. Qe7 Bxe7 35. Rxe8+ Kg7 36. Bxe7 Rd1 37. Bc5 Nf6 38. Bd4 Rxd4 39. exd4
Nxe8 40. a4 Nd6 41. a5 Nc8 42. Kf2 Kf8 43. a6 Na7 44. Bc4 Ke7 45. Ke3 f5 46.
Bg8 h6 47. Bh7 Kf6 48. d5 g5 49. Kd4 f4 50. Kc5 g4 51. Kb6 Nc8+ 52. Kb7 Nd6+
53. Kb8 Nb5 54. Bd3 g3 55. hxg3 f3 56. gxf3 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2000.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Be3 c5 11. e6 fxe6 12. dxc5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. a4 bxa4
15. Nxa4 Qd5 16. Qc4 Bc7 17. Rd1 Ba5+ 18. b4 Qxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxb4+ 20. Ke2 Ba5
21. Rb1 Kf7 22. Nb6 Ra7 23. Bd3 Bxb6 24. cxb6 Rd7 25. Rhc1 Bb7 26. Rc7 Rc8 27.
Bf4 Rcd8 28. Rbc1 Bxg2 29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. Bc7 Rc8 31. Bxa6 Ra8 32. Bc4 Bb7 33.
Rc3 Nf6 34. Bb3 Ra1 35. Be5 Ba6+ 36. Bc4 Bxc4+ 37. Rxc4 Rb1 38. Rc6 Nd5 39. Bd4
Ke8 40. Rc8+ Kd7 41. Rh8 Nxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2000.05.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Marzolo, Cyril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. a4 Nxb5 7. axb5 d6 8. O-O
Nf6 9. d3 O-O 10. Qe1 Bd7 11. Qh4 Ne8 12. f5 Nc7 13. Bh6 f6 14. fxg6 hxg6 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qg3 Rh8 17. Nh4 g5 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19. Rxf5 e6 20. Rf2 Rh6 21. Raf1
Qe7 22. Rxf6 Rxf6 23. Qxg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goldenberg, Danny"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Qc7 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Nf3 Nc5 14. Rde1
Rfd8 15. Qe3 d5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e5 Be7 18. Nd4 b4 19. axb4 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Bxb4
21. Rc1 Qb6 22. Rc2 Bc6 23. Rhc1 Rab8 24. Nd1 Ba4 25. Nc6 Qxe3 26. Nxe3 Bxc6
27. Rxc6 Bd2 28. Nc2 Bxc1 29. Kxc1 a5 30. Rc3 Rdc8 31. Kd2 Kf8 32. b3 Ke7 33.
Nd4 Kd7 34. Nf3 a4 35. Rxc8 Kxc8 36. bxa4 Rb2+ 37. Ke3 Rxg2 38. Ng5 Rxh2 39.
Nxf7 Kd7 40. Nd6 h5 41. a5 Ra2 42. Nb7 h4 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vadasz, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nh6 8. Be2 e6
9. Qd2 Bf8 10. Nd1 Qb6 11. c3 Nf5 12. Bf2 c5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 cxd4 15. g4
hxg4 16. hxg4 Rxh1+ 17. Bxh1 Ne3 18. Bxe3 dxe3 19. Nxe3 Bc5 20. Nf1 Nc6 21.
O-O-O O-O-O 22. Qe2 Qc7 23. Nd2 g5 24. Nb3 Bb6 25. fxg5 Qxe5 26. Bf3 Qxg5+ 27.
Kb1 Ne5 28. Re1 Nc4 29. Ka1 Rh8 30. a4 Qf4 31. Bg2 Ne3 32. a5 Nxg2 33. Qxg2 Rh2
34. Qxh2 Qxh2 35. axb6 axb6 36. Rf1 Qh7 37. Nd4 Kd8 38. Rf2 Ke8 39. Nf3 Qe4 40.
g5 Qe3 41. Rf1 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zivanic, Marko"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Qd2 exd5 9. Qe3+ Kf8 10. Qf4 Bf6 11. h4 h6 12. Nf3 Kg7 13. e3 Be6 14. Bd3 c6
15. O-O-O Nd7 16. Rdg1 Qb8 17. Ne2 c5 18. g4 cxd4 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Qxf4 21.
Nxf4 Be5 22. Nxe6+ fxe6 23. Bb5 Rhf8 24. Rh3 Rxf3 25. Rxf3 Nc5 26. b4 Rc8 27.
bxc5 Rxc5+ 28. Kd2 Rxb5 29. Kd3 Ra5 30. Rb1 Ra3+ 31. Rb3 Bd6 32. Rxa3 Bxa3 33.
Kxd4 Bb2+ 34. Kd3 b5 35. Rh3 a5 36. Rh1 b4 37. Kc2 Bc3 38. Rd1 Kf7 39. Kb3 Ke7
40. Rh1 d4 41. Rh7+ Ke8 42. Kc4 e5 43. Ra7 dxe3 44. fxe3 Bd2 45. Ra6 Bc3 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.06.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Resika, Nathan A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxe6 Bxd4 11. Nxb5 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Bf2+ 13. Kd1 Ne3+ 14. Ke2
Qxb5+ 15. Kxf2 Ng4+ 16. Kg3 Na6 17. Re1 Nh6 18. b3 Nf5+ 19. Kf2 h5 20. Bb2 Rg8
21. Rad1 Kd7 22. c4 Qc6 23. Ba3 Rae8 24. Qa5 Kc8 25. Rd5 Kb8 26. Red1 Qc8 27.
Re1 Qc6 28. Red1 Qc8 29. Re1 b6 30. Qd2 Nc7 31. Nxc7 Qxc7 32. Bb2 e6 33. Rd3
Kc8 34. g3 e5 35. Re4 Nd4 36. Rde3 Ref8 37. Bxd4 cxd4 38. Rf3 Rf5 39. fxe5
Rxf3+ 40. Kxf3 dxe5 41. Qg5 Qf7+ 42. Ke2 Rf8 43. Qxe5 Qf3+ 44. Kd2 Qc3+ 45. Ke2
d3+ 46. Ke3 Qe1+ 47. Kxd3 Rd8+ 48. Kc2 Rd2+ 49. Kc3 Re2+ 50. Kd4 Qd2# 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bognar, Csaba"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2246"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Nge2
Rb8 9. Nc1 e5 10. Nb3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Be2 c5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. Na3 Qa5 15.
Qxd6 Rbc8 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Nd5 Qxd2+ 18. Bxd2 Nc6 19. Bc3 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Nd4 21.
Bxd4 cxd4 22. Bd3 Nd7 23. O-O Nc5 24. Rad1 b5 25. Rf2 f5 26. Nc2 fxe4 27. fxe4
Re8 28. Re2 Rcd8 29. Nb4 Rd6 30. b3 Bf6 31. Kf1 Be5 32. g3 Rf6+ 33. Kg2 Ref8
34. Nc6 Nd7 35. Bb1 Bd6 36. Nxd4 Ne5 37. Ne6 R8f7 38. Ng5 Rf8 39. Ne6 R8f7 40.
Nf4 g5 41. Nd3 Nxd3 42. Bxd3 Be5 43. Rc2 Rf3 44. a4 Kg7 45. axb5 axb5 46. Rcd2
Bc3 47. Re2 Be5 48. Red2 Bc3 49. Rc2 Be5 50. b4 R3f6 51. Bxb5 Rb7 52. Bd3 Rxb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.06.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Keatinge Clay, Adrian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. h4 Be7 14. Nce3 Be6
15. Bd3 Qd7 16. a4 Bd8 17. axb5 axb5 18. h5 Bg5 19. Qf3 h6 20. Nf5 b4 21. Ra6
Rfe8 22. O-O bxc3 23. bxc3 g6 24. Nfe3 Kg7 25. Rd1 Ne7 26. Be2 Red8 27. Nxe7
Qxe7 28. Nc4 Bxc4 29. Bxc4 Bf6 30. Qd3 Qc7 31. Qd5 Rbc8 32. Rc6 Qe7 33. hxg6
fxg6 34. Rb1 Rxc6 35. Qxc6 Rd7 36. Qd5 h5 37. Rb8 Kh6 38. Qd2+ Kh7 39. Bg8+ Kg7
40. Bc4 Kh7 41. Qd5 Rd8 42. Rb7 Rd7 43. Rb8 Rd8 44. Rb6 Bg7 45. Qb5 Rc8 46. Rb7
Rc7 47. Rb8 Qg5 48. Bg8+ Kh6 49. Qb2 Qf4 50. g3 Qg5 51. c4 Ra7 52. Bd5 Rd7 53.
Kh2 Rd8 54. Rb7 Rf8 55. Rd7 Qf6 56. Qd2+ Kh7 57. Kg1 Kh8 58. Bc6 Rd8 59. Rxd8+
Qxd8 60. c5 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dudas, Janos"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Ne5 Nd7 8.
O-O-O Nf6 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Qd5 11. c4 Qa5 12. a3 c6 13. f3 Be6 14. Qe3 exf3
15. gxf3 O-O-O 16. b4 Qc7 17. Qc3 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. e3 f6 20. Nf3 Rhe8 21. h4
Bg4 22. Bh3 Bxh3 23. Rxh3 e5 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. d5 cxd5 26. c5 Nc4 27. e4 dxe4
28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxc4 Qd7 30. Qf1 exf3 31. Rxf3 Qd4 32. Kc2 Qxh4 33. Rf8 Qe4+
34. Kb3 Qd5+ 35. Ka4 Rxf8 36. Qxf8+ Qd8 37. Qf2 Qd7+ 38. Ka5 Kb8 39. b5 Qd8+
40. b6 axb6+ 41. Kb5 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.06.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kaposztas, Miklos"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 e5 7. d5 h5 8. Bg5
Qe8 9. Be2 Nh7 10. Be3 h4 11. Nf1 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 a5 14. Nd2 Na6 15.
Nf3 Qe7 16. O-O Bd7 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. Rae1 e4 19. Nd4 Qf7 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. Nd1 b6
22. Bf2 Qf6 23. Be3 Qf7 24. Nf2 Rb8 25. Rg1 Bf6 26. Qd1 Be7 27. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.06.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Daamen, Ferry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f3 Be7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Kb1 O-O 12. g4 b4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 a5 15.
g5 Nh5 16. Bh3 Nb6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Bf5 a4 19. Nc1 Rfb8 20. Be4 a3 21. b3 g6
22. h4 Bf8 23. Nd3 Qd4 24. Rc1 Nf4 25. c3 bxc3 26. Qxc3 Ne2 27. Qxd4 exd4 28.
Rc2 Nc3+ 29. Kc1 Bg7 30. Kd2 Ra5 31. Nf2 Nxd5 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Rhc1 h6 34.
Rc8+ Rxc8 35. Rxc8+ Kh7 36. f4 hxg5 37. hxg5 Rf5 38. Nd3 f6 39. gxf6 Bxf6 40.
Ke2 Rh5 41. Nb4 Rh3 42. Ra8 Bh4 43. Rxa3 Re3+ 44. Kd1 Rf3 45. Nd5 Bg3 46. Ra7+
Kh6 47. Re7 Rf1+ 48. Kd2 Rf2+ 49. Re2 Bxf4+ 50. Kd3 Rf1 51. Kxd4 Be5+ 52. Ke4
g5 53. Ne3 Rf4+ 54. Kd5 g4 55. Rg2 Rd4+ 56. Kc6 Kg5 57. Rxg4+ Rxg4 58. Nxg4
Kxg4 59. a4 Kf3 60. a5 Ke4 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.06.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yu, Mingyuan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bc1 Nc6 10. h3 Nh6 11. Be3 Nf7 12. d5 Ne7 13. Nd2 f5 14. f3 c5 15. g4 Bf6
16. Bf2 Bg5 17. Qc2 a6 18. h4 Bf4 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Bd3 Nh6 21. Ne2 Bxd2+ 22.
Qxd2 f4 23. Nc3 Kh8 24. h5 Neg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS06 IM-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.06.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Eperjesi, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "2"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. O-O Bh5 11. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 28th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2000.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Levin, Eugene"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2177"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "2000.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. g4 h6 11. f4 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Bf3 Nc5 14. Qg2 Nfd7 15. O-O
Nb6 16. Qe2 g5 17. e5 d5 18. f5 Qxe5 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Nb3 Nbd7 21. Na5 O-O-O
22. Nxb7 Nxb7 23. Qd2 Qxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Bc5 25. Qxc5+ Ndxc5 26. b4 Nd7 27. a4 bxa4
28. Rxa4 Nb8 29. Be2 Rd6 30. Rfa1 Rc6 31. R1a3 d4 32. Ne4 Rxc2 33. Bxa6 Nxa6
34. Rxa6 Rd8 35. Rxe6 d3 36. Ra8+ Kd7 37. Rxd8+ Kxd8 38. Rxh6 d2 39. Nf2 Rc1+
40. Kg2 d1=Q 41. Nxd1 Rxd1 42. Rh5 Rd2+ 43. Kg1 Nd6 44. Rxg5 Ke7 45. h4 Kf6 46.
b5 Rb2 47. b6 Rxb6 48. Kg2 Rb3 49. Ra5 Ne4 50. Rf5+ Ke6 51. Rf3 Rb2+ 52. Kh3
Re2 53. g5 Nd6 54. Kg4 Re4+ 55. Rf4 Re1 56. Rf3 Nf5 57. h5 Rg1+ 58. Kf4 Rh1 59.
Rf2 Rh4+ 60. Kf3 Nd4+ 61. Ke3 Ke5 62. h6 Rh3+ 63. Kd2 Nf3+ 64. Kc2 Nxg5 65. Rf8
Ne6 66. Rh8 Kd4 67. h7 Rh2+ 68. Kb3 Nc5+ 69. Kb4 Nb7 70. Kb5 Nd6+ 71. Kc6 Nf7
72. Re8 Rxh7 73. Re1 Ne5+ 74. Kb6 Nc4+ 75. Kc6 Rh6+ 76. Kc7 Kc5 77. Kd7 Nb6+
78. Ke7 Nd5+ 79. Kf7 Rf6+ 80. Kg7 Rf2 81. Kg6 Kd6 82. Kg5 Rg2+ 83. Kf5 Rf2+ 84.
Kg4 Nc7 85. Kg3 Rf7 86. Re4 Ne6 87. Rb4 Nc5 88. Rf4 Rb7 89. Rf5 Ne6 90. Rh5
Rb3+ 91. Kf2 Nc5 92. Ke2 Ne4 93. Ra5 Rh3 94. Ra8 Kd5 95. Re8 Nd6 96. Re3 Rh2+
0-1

[Event "World op 28th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2000.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2000.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 h6 12. h4 e5 13. Qd3 exf4 14. Bxf4
Be6 15. Be2 Rac8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qa4 18. c4 b5 19. Rc1 Rfe8 20. Bxh6 bxc4
21. Qg3 Bf8 22. Bf3 c3 23. b3 Ne4 24. Qg4 Rb8 25. Rc2 Rxb3+ 0-1

[Event "World op 28th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2000.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "De Palma, Angelo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Ndb5 Kd8 7. Be2 a6 8.
Nd4 Nge7 9. O-O d6 10. Nf3 Qf6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bg5 Nf4 13. Bxf6+ gxf6 14. Kh1
Rg8 15. g3 Bh3 16. Rg1 Ne6 17. Bf1 Bg4 18. h3 Bh5 19. Be2 Bg6 20. Bd3 Ke7 21.
Nh4 Bc5 22. Rf1 Ng5 23. f4 Nxh3 24. Kg2 Nxf4+ 25. Rxf4 Bd4 26. c3 Be5 27. Rg4
Bh5 28. Nf5+ Kd7 29. Rxg8 Rxg8 30. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "World op 28th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2000.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. Bc1 e6 8. c4
d6 9. e4 g6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Nge2 O-O 12. Ng3 Nbd7 13. Be2 exd5 14. cxd5 h5 15.
a4 a6 16. Nf1 Qc7 17. Ne3 Rb8 18. Nc4 Nb6 19. Na3 Qe7 20. O-O Nh7 21. a5 Nd7
22. Nc4 Ne5 23. Nb6 f5 24. f4 Ng4 25. e5 Qh4 26. Bxg4 hxg4 27. Nc4 dxe5 28.
fxe5 g3 29. hxg3 Qxg3 30. Bf4 Qh4 31. Qe1 Qh5 32. Qe2 Qxe2 33. Nxe2 g5 34. Be3
Bd7 35. Bxc5 Rfe8 36. e6 Bb5 37. Rac1 f4 38. Rfe1 Bxc4 39. Rxc4 Rbd8 40. Rd1
Rxe6 41. Bb6 Rd7 42. Rc8+ Bf8 43. dxe6 Rxd1+ 44. Kf2 Kg7 45. Rc7+ Kg6 46. e7
Bxe7 47. Rxe7 Nf6 48. Nc3 Rd2+ 49. Re2 Rd3 50. Kg1 Kf5 51. Rc2 Rg3 52. Ne2 Rg4
53. Nd4+ Ke4 54. Nf3 Rg3 55. Bd8 g4 56. Re2+ 1-0

[Event "World op 28th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2000.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zaichik, Gennadi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2000.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Bg7 5. f4 Nh6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Qd2
Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nf5 10. Bf2 Nd7 11. Bh3 e6 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. O-O-O Nf8 14. Kb1 Qa6
15. Ne2 Ne6 16. h4 h5 17. Ng1 Bh6 18. Nh3 O-O 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. fxg5 b6 21. f4
Rfd8 22. Be3 c5 23. c3 Qb7 24. Ka1 a5 25. Rb1 Rd7 26. Rhd1 Rc8 27. b3 Qc6 28.
Rdc1 Rcd8 29. Rd1 Ra7 30. Rdc1 Ra6 31. Qe2 c4 32. Kb2 b5 33. Kc2 cxb3+ 34. axb3
a4 35. bxa4 bxa4 36. Qb5 Qc8 37. Qb7 Qc4 38. Qb5 Nc7 39. Qxc4 dxc4 40. Bd2 a3
41. Rb7 Nd5 42. Ra1 Kf8 43. Ra2 Ke8 44. Bc1 Rda8 45. Rb5 Ra5 46. Rb7 R8a7 47.
Rb8+ Kd7 48. Rf8 Ke7 49. Rc8 Nc7 50. Rb8 Ke6 51. Rd8 R5a6 52. Kd2 Ra8 53. Rxa8
Rxa8 54. Kc2 Nd5 55. Bd2 Kd7 56. Kd1 Ke6 57. Kc2 Nb6 58. Kd1 Kd5 59. Kc2 0-1

[Event "World op 28th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2000.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gaprindashvili, Valerian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2000.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
Ng4 9. Nbd2 Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qc1 Qe7 12. Nc4 Nxc4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Bxc4
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. c4 Qf6 17. Be2 Bd7 18. Bf3 Bc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. b4 f4 21.
exf4 Qxf4 22. Qc2 a5 23. b5 Rf5 24. Rae1 Raf8 25. Re4 Qg5 26. bxc6 Qf6 27. Qe2
Rf7 28. Re6 Qd4 29. Re7 Rxe7 30. Qxe7+ Rf7 31. Qe2 Rf5 32. Qe7+ Rf7 33. Qe2 Rf5
34. Qc2 Rc5 35. Rc1 d5 36. Qe2 Rxc4 37. Qe7+ Kh6 38. Re1 Qc5 39. Qxc7 Qxc6 40.
Qxa5 Rd4 41. Qa3 Qf6 42. g3 Rc4 43. Qe3+ Kg7 44. Qa7+ Kh6 45. Re7 Rc1+ 46. Kg2
d4 47. Rxh7+ Kg5 48. Qa5+ Qf5 49. f4+ Kf6 50. Qd8+ Ke6 51. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Chesswise int op"]
[Site "Stratton Mountain"]
[Date "2000.07.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 Nc6 $2 9. d5 Qa5 10. Rc1 Ne5 11. Be2 O-O 12. c4 $5 (12. f4 Nd7) 12... Qc7
$6 (12... Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 b6 14. f4 Ng4 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. h3 Bd7 17. Nf3 $16)
13. f4 Ng4 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. h3 (15. f5 $2 Qe5 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Qxe4 18. Rh2
gxf5 $19) 15... Bc8 16. Nf3 b6 17. O-O Bb7 18. f5 e6 19. fxe6 $1 (19. Bh6 exf5
20. exf5 f6 $16 (20... Qd6 $2 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Ng5 $18)) 19... fxe6 20. Ng5
exd5 21. Ne6 $1 (21. Rxf8+ $6 Bxf8 22. exd5 Re8 $14) 21... Qd6 (21... Qe5 22.
exd5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Qb2 24. Qe1 $40 (24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bh8 26. Nxc5 $16))
22. exd5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Ba6 $2 (23... Be5 24. Qf2 Qe7 25. Bg5 $18) 24. Nxg7
Bxc4 (24... Kxg7 25. Bh6+ Kg8 26. Qf2 Qe7 27. d6 $18) 25. Rd1 (25. Nf5 $5 gxf5
26. Rxf5 Rf8 27. Bf4 Qe7 28. Rg5+ Kf7 29. Qc3 $18) 25... Qxd5 26. Qxd5+ Bxd5
27. Rxd5 Kxg7 28. Rd7+ Kf6 29. Rxh7 $18 Re8 30. Kf2 a6 31. Ra7 a5 32. Rb7 Re6
33. Bf4 1-0

[Event "US op 101st"]
[Site "Saint Paul"]
[Date "2000.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Munson, Curtis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2000.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Be3 Nxd4 7. Bxd4 Bxd4
8. Qxd4 d6 9. O-O-O Qe7 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxe5+ Qe7
14. Qa5 b6 15. Qa4+ Kf8 16. Rhe1 Qc5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qg5+ 19. f4 1-0

[Event "US op 101st"]
[Site "Saint Paul"]
[Date "2000.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hyatt, Doug"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. f4
Be7 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. f5 h5 14. Rhf1 Rc8
15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bd3 Rg8 17. Qe3 b4 18. Ne2 Qa5 19. Kb1 Qc5 20. Qh3 Qe5 21.
Nf4 Kf7 22. Be2 f5 23. Qxh5+ Kf8 24. Nxe6+ Qxe6 25. Rxf5+ Bf6 26. Rdf1 Ke7 27.
Rxf6 Qxf6 28. Rxf6 Kxf6 29. Qf5+ Ke7 30. Qh7+ Kf6 31. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "US op 101st"]
[Site "Saint Paul"]
[Date "2000.08.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2000.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Qb6 8. Nb3
Qc7 9. f4 b4 10. Ne2 Nf6 11. Ng3 h5 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. h3 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "US op 101st"]
[Site "Saint Paul"]
[Date "2000.08.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Adler, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2000.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. d4
Nd7 9. d5 Na5 10. Qb4 b6 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Qa3 O-O 13. b4 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 b5 15.
Na5 bxa4 16. Nc6 Bh4 17. h3 Bh5 18. g3 Bd8 19. g4 Bg6 20. Qxa4 f6 21. Be3 Be8
22. Ke2 Rf7 23. Rhc1 g6 24. f3 Kh8 25. Qb3 Nb8 26. Na5 f5 27. Na4 Bb5+ 28. Kd2
Qd7 29. Nc3 Qe8 30. a4 Bd7 31. Ke2 Qe7 32. Nb7 Qh4 33. Nxd8 Qxd8 34. b5 Qh4 35.
Bf2 Qf6 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. bxa6 Nxa6 38. Qb2 Rff8 39. Qb3 Rab8 40. Qa3 Rb4 41.
Rf1 fxe4 42. Nxe4 Qf7 43. Bh4 Qxd5 44. Bf6+ Rxf6 45. Nxf6 Qc4+ 46. Kd2 Qd4+ 47.
Ke1 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "US op 101st"]
[Site "Saint Paul"]
[Date "2000.08.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caranicas, Andy"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Nb5
Qd8 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bf4 a6 12. Nd6 Ke7 13. Nc4 b5 14. Be3 Nd7
15. Bxc5+ Nxc5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 18. O-O b4 19. cxb4 Nxb4 20. Nd4 e5
21. Nf5+ Kf8 22. Ne3 Nc6 23. b3 Nd4 24. Bc4 a5 25. f3 a4 26. bxa4 Nxa4 27. Rf2
f5 28. Bd3 Rc3 29. Rd2 Rb2 30. Rad1 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Nc5 32. Bxf5 Rxe3 33. Bxh7
Na4 34. Bd3 Re1+ 35. Kf2 Ra1 36. Bc4 Nc3 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. Kd3 Na4 39. f4 Nc5+
40. Ke3 Nf5+ 41. Ke2 Rc1 42. Bb5 Nd4+ 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 122nd"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs"]
[Date "2000.09.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Byrne, Robert Eugene"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nbc3 c6 11. b3 cxd5 12. exd5 Bg4 13. Bd2 e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15.
Rc1 Qd3 16. Be4 Qd7 17. f3 Bh3 18. Re1 Rad8 19. Bg5 Qxd1 20. Rexd1 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Bf5 22. Rd8 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch 122nd"]
[Site "Saratoga Springs"]
[Date "2000.09.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Schwartz, Ylon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nd2 O-O 8.
Nb5 d6 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Nc3 Nc5 11. O-O f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3
Rb8 15. c5+ Kh8 16. Rad1 Qh4 17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. Bxc4 dxc5 19. Bxc5 Rfd8 20. Be3
Nd4 21. Bd5 c5 22. Bf4 Rbc8 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Bxb8 Rxb8 25. Bd5 Rxb2 26. Rfe1
Bf6 27. h3 Bh4 28. g3 Bf6 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Kg2 Bd7 31. Rg8+ Kh6 32. Ne4 Be5 33.
Nxc5 Nf5 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ermochuk, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2000.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8.
Qf2 d5 9. Bd3 b6 10. exd5 exd5 11. Bb5 Bb7 12. Be3 Be7 13. O-O-O Kf8 14. Nxd5
Qb8 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nxe7 Kxe7 17. Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arngrimsson, Dagur"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2000.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2
Bb7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15.
axb4 Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. f5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Rhf1 c3
22. Qf2 Bxb4 23. fxe6 O-O-O 24. e7 Bxe7 25. Qxf7 Bd5 26. Qf5+ Kb8 27. Nb3 Qb7
28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. Qg6 Rhf8 30. Qxa6 Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Guerzhov, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2000.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f4 Qa5 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. Be2 h6 13. h4 Bd7 14. Bf3 Bc6
15. Qe3 Qc5 16. Qe1 Rac8 17. e5 dxe5 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6
21. fxe5 Be7 22. Qf2 Qc5 23. Qf4 Qc4 24. Rf1 Qxf4 25. Rxf4 Rd8 26. a3 Bc5 27.
Re4 h5 28. Ne2 Rd1+ 29. Ka2 Rd2 30. Kb3 Kf8 31. Kc3 Rd8 32. Nf4 g6 33. Nd3 Bb6
34. b4 Ke7 35. Kd2 Rd4 36. Rxd4 Bxd4 37. c3 Bb6 38. Ke2 f6 39. Kf3 g5 40. exf6+
Kxf6 41. hxg5+ Kxg5 42. Ke4 Kg4 43. Nf4 h4 44. Ne2 Bc7 45. c4 a6 46. c5 Bb8 47.
Ke3 Be5 48. a4 Bc7 49. a5 Bb8 50. Ke4 Bc7 51. Ke3 Bb8 52. Kf2 Be5 53. Kf1 Kf5
54. b5 Ke4 55. c6 bxc6 56. bxa6 Bb8 57. Ke1 Kd3 58. Nf4+ Kc4 59. Nxe6 Kb5 60.
Nd4+ Kxa6 61. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2000.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bd2 c5 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. c3
Nbc6 9. f4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nf5 11. Nf3 a6 12. Nc3 f6 13. Bd3 fxe5 14. Bxf5 Rxf5
15. dxe5 Qb6 16. Ne2 Bd7 17. Ned4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Rff8 19. O-O Bb5 20. Rfc1 Rac8
21. b3 Be2 22. Kh1 Bh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhamzin, Olzhas"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B98"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Be7 8. f4
Qc7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. Qe3 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Kb1 Bd7 14. Bh5 g6
15. Bf3 Rc8 16. Rd2 b5 17. h4 b4 18. Nce2 Na4 19. g4 Nb6 20. Qd3 e5 21. Nb3 Nc4
22. Rdd1 Bb5 23. Qd5 Ne3 24. Qd2 Nxd1 25. Qxd1 a5 26. g5 Be7 27. Bg4 Rd8 28.
Rf1 a4 29. Nbc1 hxg5 30. hxg5 Rh4 31. Rg1 Qc4 32. Qe1 Rh8 33. Bf3 Rc8 34. Qd2
Rh2 35. f5 Rf2 36. Bg4 Bxg5 37. Qxd6 Qxc2+ 38. Ka1 Qc5 39. fxg6 Qxd6 40. g7 Qg6
0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Halay, Taufik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qc5
Qb7 15. Qa3 Bf5 16. Bd3 Rab8 17. b3 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Rfc8 19. Rhd1 Qc7 20. c4 a5
21. g3 Rb4 22. Bd2 Rxc4+ 23. bxc4 Qxc4+ 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Rd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+
Kg7 27. Qb3 Qc6 28. Rd3 Bd4+ 29. Qc2 Qb6 30. Qd2 e5 31. Rb3 Qa6 32. Qd3 Qc6+
33. Kd2 a4 34. Rb4 a3 35. Qb3 Bb2 36. Rb7 Qf6 37. Ke2 Qa6+ 38. Kf2 Qf6 39. Qb4
Qc6 40. Rb8 {Time} 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bernasek, Jan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2146"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4
Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nc3 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Qe2 Bg4 13. Be3 e5 14. h3 Nd4 15.
Bxd4 exd4 16. hxg4 dxc3 17. bxc3 Bxc3 18. Rac1 Bg7 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. Nd4 Rac8
21. Nb3 Na4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Qb5 Nc3 24. Rd7 Qe8 25. Qd3 Nxa2 26. Rxb7 Ra8 27.
e5 Qxe5 28. Bd5 Rf8 29. Qf3 Nc3 30. Bxf7+ Kh8 31. Rxa7 Ne4 32. Qe3 Qb8 33. Rd7
Nf6 34. Re7 Nxg4 35. Qe2 Nf6 36. Bc4 Nh5 37. Kg2 Qd6 38. Re3 Qc6+ 39. Kg1 Qd6
40. Rf3 Rc8 41. Qe6 Qxe6 42. Bxe6 Rc2 43. Rd3 Be5 44. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qxd5 Bxc3+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qxc5 11. Rc1 Qf5 12. Nd4 Qd7 13. Qh6 Nc6 14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qg7 Rf8 16. e3 Qd5 17. Qc3 Rb8 18. Rd1 Qe4 19. a3 Bf5 20. Rc1 f6
21. f3 Qe5 22. Qxe5 fxe5 23. e4 Bd7 24. b4 Kf7 25. Rc5 Kf6 26. Bc4 Rfd8 27. Ke2
Be8 28. Rd1 Rd6 29. h4 Rbd8 30. Bb3 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 Ke6 32. Ba4 Kd6 33. Ra5 Ra8
34. Kd3 a6 35. Bb3 Bd7 36. Bc4 Bc8 37. Ke3 h6 38. Kf2 e6 39. Ke3 Bb7 40. g3 g5
41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Kf2 Rf8 43. Kg2 g4 44. fxg4 Rg8 45. Bxa6 Bxa6 46. Rxa6 Rxg4
47. Kf3 Rg7 48. b5 Kc5 49. Rxc6+ Kd4 50. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Martyn, Rafe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. g4 Ne5 11. h4 Rc8 12. h5 Qa5 13. Kb1 Nxf3 14. Nxf3 Rxc3
15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 Bxg4 17. Be2 Nxe4 18. Bd2 Nf2 19. Rdg1 Bxf3 20. Bxf3
Nxh1 21. Rxh1 Rc8 22. Kb2 d5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Kb3 Rc5 25. Re1 e5 26. Be3 Rb5+
27. Ka4 Rb2 28. Bxd5 Bf6 29. Bb3 Be7 30. Ra1 Kg7 31. Bc1 Rxb3 32. cxb3 f5 33.
Kb5 f4 34. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Borisek, Jure"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
b4 9. Na4 Bd7 10. c3 bxc3 11. Nxc3 Be7 12. f4 Nc6 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Be3 Qa5 15.
Qf3 Rac8 16. f5 Ne5 17. Qe2 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bf4 Bf6 21. Bxe5
Rfe8 22. Ne6 fxe6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Qh4 Rf8 26. fxe6 Bxe6 27. Rae1
Bg8 28. Re7 Qc5 29. Rfe1 Rc7 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31. Qd4 Qd6 32. h3 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Be7 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. O-O Bd7 13. a3 a5 14. b3 a4 15. b4
Na7 16. Nd2 Qe8 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. Bb2 Kh8 19. g4 fxg4 20. Qxg4 Nc4 21. Nxc4 dxc4
22. Be4 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Qg2 Qd7 25. d5 Bd8 26. Rac1 Qf7 27. d6 Qd7 28.
Ne4 Bb6+ 29. Kh1 Nb5 30. Bc3 Rf5 31. Rf3 Rcf8 32. Bd2 Bd4 33. Rcf1 h6 34. Be3
Bxe3 35. Rxe3 Rxf4 36. Rxf4 Rxf4 37. Nc5 Qf7 38. Re1 b6 39. Rd1 Qg8 40. d7 Rd4
41. Rxd4 Nxd4 42. Nb7 1-0

[Event "USA-ch U20"]
[Site "Tulsa"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. Qd3 Ne8 13. a4 Bg5 14. Bg4 Bxe3
15. fxe3 Nef6 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch U20"]
[Site "Tulsa"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bhat, Vinay S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 f6 8. Nf3
Qb6 9. a3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nc3 fxe5 12. fxe5 O-O 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Be3 Rb8
15. Nc3 a6 16. Bd3 b5 17. Qc2 h6 18. Ne2 Qb6 19. Qd2 Na5 20. Bc2 Nc4 21. Qd3
Rf5 22. Ng3 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Qa5+ 24. b4 Bxb4+ 25. Ke2 Bc3 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Nxf5
Bxa1 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nc6 Qc3 30. Qxc3 Bxc3 31. Nxb8 Nb6 32. Rc1 Na4 33. Nh4 a5
34. Rf1+ Kg8 35. Nc6 Bg4+ 36. Ke3 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. e6 Bxe6 39. Ne7+ Kh7 40.
Nhg6 1-0

[Event "USA-ch U20"]
[Site "Tulsa"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 b5 7. Nd5 Nxe4 8. Qf3
Nc5 9. b4 e6 10. bxc5 exd5 11. c6 Be7 12. Qxd5 O-O 13. Bd3 Bf6 14. O-O Qc7 15.
Bb2 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 f5 17. a4 b4 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Bd5 a5 20. Rfe1 Ra6 21. Qh4
Nxc6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Re7 Rg8 24. Rxg7 Rxg7 25. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch U20"]
[Site "Tulsa"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Winer, Steven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nd2 d6 7. Nf1 Be6 8. Ne3
O-O 9. O-O Nd4 10. a4 Rb8 11. Ncd5 a6 12. c3 Nc6 13. Bb3 Bxd5 14. exd5 Na7 15.
Nf5 Nc8 16. Qf3 Kh8 17. a5 Nd7 18. Qh3 Bf6 19. Ba4 b5 20. axb6 Ndxb6 21. Bc6
Na7 22. Ba4 Nxd5 23. Bc2 g6 24. Rxa6 Nc8 25. Qf3 Nc7 26. Rc6 Ne6 27. Nh6 Qe7
28. Ng4 Bg7 29. Ra6 Qb7 30. Qxb7 Rxb7 31. Ne3 Rd8 32. Ra8 Nc7 33. Ra2 f5 34.
Bd2 Ne6 35. Nd5 Nb6 36. Bb3 Nc7 37. Nxc7 Rxc7 38. Rfa1 Rb8 39. Ra7 Rxa7 40.
Rxa7 Nc8 41. Ra3 h5 42. Bc1 Kh7 43. f4 exf4 44. Bxf4 Bh6 45. Bxh6 Kxh6 46. Kf1
Kg5 47. Ke1 Ne7 48. Kd2 f4 49. Kc1 Kf6 50. Bd1 Rb6 51. Ra4 Ke5 52. Re4+ Kf6 53.
Rxf4+ Nf5 54. Ra4 Ke5 55. Bf3 d5 56. Ra5 Kd6 57. Ra8 d4 58. Rd8+ Ke6 59. Be4
Ra6 60. Kb1 dxc3 61. bxc3 Rb6+ 62. Kc1 Rb3 63. Kc2 Ra3 64. Kb2 Ra5 65. Rg8 Rb5+
66. Kc1 Kf7 67. Rc8 Ne7 68. Rc7 Ke6 69. c4 Ra5 70. Kb2 Kd6 71. Rb7 Ra6 72. Rb8
Ke5 73. Re8 Kd6 74. Kc3 Ra3+ 75. Kd2 Ra2+ 76. Ke3 Nf5+ 77. Kf4 Nh4 78. Kg3 Nf5+
79. Bxf5 gxf5 80. Rd8+ Ke6 81. Rd5 Rd2 82. h4 Rd1 83. Kf4 Rf1+ 84. Ke3 Rg1 85.
Rxc5 Rxg2 86. Rc6+ Kf7 87. Rh6 Rg4 88. Rxh5 f4+ 89. Ke4 Kg6 90. Rg5+ Rxg5 91.
hxg5 Kxg5 92. c5 Kg4 93. c6 1-0

[Event "USA-ch U20"]
[Site "Tulsa"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Asuka"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Qd2 e5 8. Nf3
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Re8 12. O-O-O Rxe4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14.
Bd3 Re8 15. g4 Bd7 16. f5 Re5 17. Rdf1 f6 18. h4 Qe7 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. h5 g5
21. h6+ Kh8 22. Qf2 Rf8 23. Qxa7 Bxg4 24. Qxb7 Be6 25. Qb4 Qf7 26. a3 c5 27.
Qd2 c4 28. Be2 c3 29. bxc3 Qa7 30. Qd3 Rb8 31. Rxf6 Qe3+ 32. Qd2 Qxe2 33. Qxe2
Rxe2 34. Rh5 Ba2 35. Kd1 Rg2 36. h7 Rb1# 0-1

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O a6 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. Re1 b5 7. c3 c4 8. Bc2
Nbd7 9. a4 Rb8 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Na3 Bd7 13. b3 Be7 14. Qe2 cxb3
15. Nxb3 O-O 16. d4 Ng6 17. Bd2 e5 18. Bd3 Qb6 19. Nc2 Rfe8 20. Nb4 Ra8 21. d5
Ra4 22. Nc6 Nf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Nbd4 Bf8 25. Rab1 Nxd5 26. Rxb5 Qc7 27. exd5
Rxe2 28. Bxe2 g6 29. Reb1 Bc8 30. Rb8 Kg7 31. h3 h5 32. Bd3 Qd7 33. Re1 Kh7 34.
Bb5 Ra3 35. Ne7 Qa7 36. Nec6 Qd7 37. Ne7 Qa7 38. Nec6 Qd7 39. Kh2 f3 40. Nxf3
Rxc3 41. Ng5+ Kg7 42. Ne6+ fxe6 43. dxe6 Qxe6 44. Rxe6 Bxe6 45. Nd4 Bf7 46. Be8
Bxe8 47. Rxe8 Kf7 48. Ra8 Rc4 49. Ra7+ Kf6 50. Nf3 Rc2 51. Kg3 Rc4 52. h4 Bh6
53. Kh3 Rc3 54. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda op 6th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2001.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2001.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 f5 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
Nd7 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. h4 Re8 11. Qd3 h6 12. Bf3 c6 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Rde1 Bd7 15.
Nd1 a6 16. Nec3 b5 17. b3 Ne4 18. h5 g5 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Qe2 Rab8 21. f3 exf3
22. Qxf3 bxc4 23. bxc4 Rb4 24. Nb2 Reb8 25. Re2 Qd8 26. Rc2 Qa5 27. Rf1 Be6 28.
Nd3 Rxc4 29. Kd2 c5 0-1

[Event "Ubeda op 6th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2001.01.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Meijers, Viesturs"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qd8 11. Bg5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bd3
Qg6 15. Qf3 Nd4 16. Qg3 Bb7 17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. c4 f5 19. cxb5 fxe4 20. bxa6 Bc6
21. Bf1 d5 22. Rc1 Bxa3 23. bxa3 Kd7 24. Bb4 Rhc8 25. Kd2 Ba4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27.
Bc3 Nf5 28. Bxe5 d4 29. Bf4 Rc2+ 30. Ke1 Rxa2 31. g3 Ra1+ 32. Ke2 Rd1 33. f3 e3
34. Bxe3 dxe3 35. a7 Rd2+ 36. Ke1 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Ubeda op 6th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2001.01.28"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2001.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8.
Be3 e6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxc5 14.
Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Ne5 a5 16. f4 Ra6 17. Rd3 Rd6 18. Rc3 Qb4 19. Rc4 Qb5 20. Bxh7+
Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Qxf7+ Kh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda op 6th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2001.01.29"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2001.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. f4 Qc7 11. O-O-O b5 12. g4 Rc8 13. f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda op 6th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2001.01.30"]
[Round "10.17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. Be3 a6 8.
Bb6 axb5 9. Nxb5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5 11. Nc7+ Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Bxc7 13. Qg4 g6 14. Bc4
Nge7 15. Qe2 b6 16. O-O O-O 17. a4 Bb7 18. b4 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 exd5
21. Rfd1 Ne5 22. f4 Nc4 23. Qe7 Rac8 24. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eger Europe Chess"]
[Site "Eger"]
[Date "2001.02.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kiss, Pal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. Qc2
g6 15. Qe2 Rfc8 16. h4 a6 17. h5 b5 18. Ne5 Ncxe5 19. dxe5 Qf8 20. f4 Nc5 21.
Bc2 Rab8 22. Qg4 Qg7 23. Qh4 b4 24. h6 Qf8 25. f5 Qd8 26. Qg4 exf5 27. Bxf5 Ne6
28. Bxe6 Qb6+ 29. Kh2 Qxe6 30. Qg5 Rc4 31. Kg3 Re8 32. Rf6 Qd7 33. cxb4 Rxb4
34. e6 Qd6+ 35. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Eger Europe Chess"]
[Site "Eger"]
[Date "2001.02.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Foldi, Istvan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5
15. Qh5 Qe7 16. Nxe6 g6 17. Qxg5 fxe6 18. f6 Qd8 19. Bh3 O-O 20. Rhf1 Ra7 21.
Qd2 Nf7 22. Ne2 Rc7 23. Nf4 Re8 24. Qg2 Ne5 25. Nd3 Nc4 26. Qf2 Rf8 27. b3 Na3+
28. Ka1 e5 29. Bxc8 Qxc8 30. Nb4 Nxc2+ 31. Nxc2 Rxc2 32. f7+ Kg7 33. Qf6+ Kh6
34. Qh4+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eger Europe Chess"]
[Site "Eger"]
[Date "2001.02.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hajnal, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nxc6 Bxe3 7. fxe3 dxc6
8. Qd4 c5 9. Qxc5 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qxe4 11. Nc3 Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Nxe7 13. Nb5 O-O 14.
Nxc7 Rb8 15. Nb5 Nd5 16. Kd2 Rd8 17. Bd3 a6 18. Nd4 Bh3 19. Rhe1 Rbc8 20. c3 b5
21. e4 Nf6 22. a4 Bd7 23. e5 Nd5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra6 b4 26. Rd6 bxc3+ 27.
bxc3 Nc7 28. Rb1 Bg4 29. Rb7 Ne6 30. Nc6 Rxc6 31. Rxc6 Bf3 32. Rbb6 Bxc6 33.
Rxc6 Kf8 34. Ke3 Rd5 35. Ke4 Ra5 36. Bc4 Nc5+ 37. Kd5 Nb7+ 38. Kd4 Nd8 39. Rc7
Ra1 40. Kc5 Rd1 41. Bd5 Rd2 42. Kd6 h5 43. Rc8 Ke8 44. h4 g6 45. c4 Rd3 46. c5
1-0

[Event "Eger Europe Chess"]
[Site "Eger"]
[Date "2001.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Rajlich, Vasik G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qc5
Qb8 15. Qa3 Be6 16. Bd3 Qe5 17. Bd2 Rab8 18. Bc3 Qg5+ 19. Kb1 Bxc3 20. Qxc3
Qxg2 21. Rdf1 Rfc8 22. Qd4 a5 23. h4 Rb4 24. Qe5 Bxa2+ 25. Kxa2 Rxc2 26. Rb1
Qd2 27. Rhd1 Rcxb2+ 28. Rxb2 Ra4+ 29. Kb3 Qxd1+ 30. Bc2 Rb4+ 31. Ka2 Rxb2+ 32.
Kxb2 Qxf3 33. Qxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eger Europe Chess"]
[Site "Eger"]
[Date "2001.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vajda, Albert"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Bc2 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Rc8 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Qd2 b5 13. a3 a5 14. Bh6 Nb6 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b4 cxb4 17. cxb4 a4 18. Rac1 e5 19. Bd1 Nd7 20. d4 Qb6 21. dxe5
Ndxe5 22. Be2 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Qd4 24. Qe2 Qe5 25. Rfd1 Nd4 26. Qe3 Nxf3+ 27.
Qxf3 Rc4 28. Rxc4 bxc4 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Rc3 Qd4 31. g4 Re8 32. Re3 d5 33. g5
Rxe4 34. Rxe4 dxe4 35. Qf4 c3 36. Qc7 e3 37. fxe3 Qxe3+ 38. Kf1 Qxg5 39. Qxc3+
Qf6+ 40. Qxf6+ Kxf6 41. Kf2 Ke5 42. Kg3 f5 43. Kf3 g5 44. Kg3 h5 45. Kf3 g4+
46. hxg4 hxg4+ 47. Kf2 f4 48. Ke2 g3 49. Ke1 f3 0-1

[Event "Eger Europe Chess"]
[Site "Eger"]
[Date "2001.02.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Illijin, Neboisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 f5 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. exd6 O-O 11. Be2 Qh4 12. c4 Nf6 13. O-O Ng4 14. h3 Ne5
15. f4 Ng6 16. Be3 a5 17. Qd4 Qf6 18. b3 Re8 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Rae1 Qxd4 21. Bxd4
Nh8 22. Re3 Nf7 23. Bc5 g6 24. Rfe1 Nh6 25. a4 Kf7 26. Kf2 Ng8 27. g4 Nf6 28.
Rg3 Rg8 29. Reg1 Ba6 30. Bd4 Rac8 31. gxf5 exf5 32. Re3 Rge8 33. Rge1 Rxe3 34.
Rxe3 Re8 35. Bxf6 Rxe3 36. Kxe3 Kxf6 37. Kd4 h6 38. h4 g5 39. hxg5+ hxg5 40.
fxg5+ Kxg5 41. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Eger Europe Chess"]
[Site "Eger"]
[Date "2001.02.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Blasko, Istvan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2001.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 c5 11. a4 Rxa5 12. Ne1 Nd7 13. Nb5 Ra6 14. Be3 f5 15. f3
Nf6 16. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eger Europe Chess"]
[Site "Eger"]
[Date "2001.02.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vajda, Szidonia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 a5 10. b3 a4 11. Bb2 axb3 12. axb3 Rxa1+ 13. Bxa1 Qa3 14. Qd1 Bb4
15. Bd3 Qa5 16. Ke2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 O-O 19. Bd4 Bb7 20. Ra1 Ra8
21. Rxa8+ Bxa8 22. c5 Nd5 23. Bf5 Nf4 24. Bxd7 Nxg2 25. e6 fxe6 26. Bxe6+ Kf8
27. Be5 Nh4 28. Bxc7 Ke7 29. Bc8 Nf3+ 30. Ke3 Ng5 31. f4 Ne6 32. Bd6+ Kf6 33.
Ke4 g6 34. b4 Nd8 35. Be5+ Ke7 36. f5 Nf7 37. Bg7 gxf5+ 38. Kxf5 Ke8 39. Ba6
Kd7 40. Kf6 Nd8 41. Bd3 Bb7 42. Bf5+ Ke8 43. Bxh7 Ba6 44. Bg6+ Kd7 45. h4 Be2
46. h5 1-0

[Event "Eger Europe Chess"]
[Site "Eger"]
[Date "2001.02.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Habibi, Ali"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2001.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. h3 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. Qb3 cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Qd1 Na5 11. Be2 Be6 12. b3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Be3 Nc6
15. O-O Qd7 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Qb4 Rab8
21. Rd2 e5 22. Rc2 b6 23. Bg4 f5 24. Be2 a5 25. Qd2 Kg7 26. Qc1 Rbc8 27. a4
Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Rc8 29. Bc4 Qe7 30. Rd1 Qc5 31. Qd2 Rd8 32. Kf1 e4 33. g3 Rd6 34.
h4 Qe5 35. Qe2 f4 36. Re1 e3 37. Qf3 Rf6 38. g4 Rf8 39. g5 Rd8 40. Kg2 Qf5 41.
fxe3 Bxe3 42. Re2 h5 43. gxh6+ Kh7 44. Kh2 Rd4 45. Rg2 Kxh6 46. Be2 Rd2 47. Qg4
Qxg4 48. Bxg4 Rd3 49. Rb2 Bd4 50. Rb1 f3 51. Rf1 f2 52. Be6 Kh5 53. Bc4 Rc3 54.
Rd1 Bc5 55. Kg2 Kxh4 56. Rd3 Rc1 57. Rh3+ Kg5 58. Bf1 Re1 59. Rg3+ Kf6 60. Rf3+
Kg7 61. Rg3 Be3 62. Rh3 Kf6 63. Rh4 Ke5 64. b4 g5 65. Rg4 Rb1 66. bxa5 bxa5 67.
Rc4 Kd5 68. Rc3 Kd4 69. Rd3+ Ke4 70. Ra3 Rd1 71. Ra2 g4 72. Rc2 g3 73. Rc8 Bd4
74. Ra8 Be5 75. Rc8 Ra1 76. Rc4+ Bd4 77. Rc8 Be5 78. Rc4+ Ke3 79. Rc5 Bf4 80.
Rc3+ Ke4 81. Rc4+ Ke3 82. Rc3+ Kd2 83. Rc4 Bb8 84. Rc8 Be5 85. Rc5 Bc3 86. Rg5
Rxa4 87. Rxg3 Bd4 88. Bb5 Rb4 89. Bf1 a4 90. Rg8 Kc2 91. Rc8+ Kb2 92. Bc4 a3
93. Bg8 a2 0-1

[Event "USA-CHN Summit"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2001.03.15"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.03.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 1]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3
b5 8. g4 h6 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3
Nxa4 15. axb4 Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. f5 Nxa4 20. fxe6 Nc3
21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Bd3 Bxb4 23. Qf2+ Kg8 24. Rdf1 Ba3+ 25. Kd2 Ne4+ (25... Bb4
26. Qf5 Ne4+ (26... Re8 27. e6 Ne4+ 28. Kd1 Qg3 29. Qf7+ Kh7 30. Rf3 Qb8 31.
Rf6 {1-0 Zulfugaryi,M-Cvitan,O/Batumi/1999/ (31)}) 27. Kd1 Rf8 (27... Qe7 28.
e6 Ng3 29. Qg6 Nxf1 30. Rxf1 Rf8 31. Nf5 Qf6 32. Nxh6+ {1-0 David,A-Kocic,S/
Lisbon/2000/ (37)}) 28. Qe6+ Kh7 29. g5 Rhg8 30. gxh6 g6 31. h5 {1-0 Grischuk,
A-Ibrahimov,R/Batumi/1999/ (35)}) 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. g5 $1 (27. Qf5 Bb4+ 28. Kd1
Qc4 29. Ne6 Qd5+ 30. Ke2 (30. Bd4 Qd7 31. Ke2 Bd5 32. Nxg7 Bc4+ 33. Ke3 Bd2+ {
0-1 Potkin,V-Vorobiov,E/Moscow/2000/ (33)}) 30... Qc4+ 31. Kd1 Qd5+ 32. Ke2
Qc4+ {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Gelfand,B/Shenyang/2000/ (32)}) 27... Rc8 (27... Bd5 $6
28. gxh6 Bb2 29. Rb1 $2 (29. Kd1 $142 $1 Qa5 30. Qf4 Rxh6 (30... Qa1+ 31. Ke2
Bc4+ 32. Kf2 Bxf1 33. hxg7 Rh7 34. Qxe4 $18) 31. Nf5 Rh5 32. Rfg1 Kh8 33. Rg5
Rh7 34. Rxg7 $1 $18) 29... Bc3+ 30. Kc1 Bxd4 31. Bxd4 e3 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,
A-Anand,V/Sydney exh/2000/ (39)}) 28. Qf5 Qc3+ {Black is losing the way in a
sharp modern line, the queen belongs to the a2-g8 diagonal.} (28... Qc4 $5 29.
Qd7 (29. e6 $2 Rf8 30. Qh3 Rd8 $19) (29. gxh6 Rxh6 30. Rfg1 Rh7 $15) 29... Bd5
30. e6 Qb4+ 31. Kd1 Qb1+ 32. Ke2 Rxc2+ 33. Nxc2 Qxc2+ 34. Bd2 Qd3+ 35. Ke1 Qb1+
36. Kf2 (36. Ke2 Qd3+ 37. Ke1 $11) 36... e3+ 37. Kg3 Qe4 38. Bc3 Qg2+ 39. Kf4
Qe4+ $11) 29. Kd1 Bd5 $2 (29... Qa1+ 30. Ke2 Qa2 31. Qd7 Qd5 $13) 30. e6 $1
Qa1+ 31. Ke2 $1 (31. Kd2 Qc3+ 32. Ke2 $2 Bc4+ 33. Kf2 Rf8 $19) 31... Bc4+ 32.
Kf2 Qxf1+ (32... Bxf1 $2 33. Qf7+ Kh7 34. g6#) 33. Rxf1 Rf8 34. g6 $3 {[%mdl
1024] Phantastic exchange sacrifice, white will be winning due to complete
domination of his forces.} (34. Ra1 Rxf5+ 35. Nxf5 Bxe6 36. Ng3 Bf8 37. Rxa6
$16) 34... Rxf5+ (34... Bxf1 35. Kxf1 (35. Qf7+ $2 Rxf7+ 36. exf7+ Kf8 37. Kxf1
Ke7 $15) 35... Rxf5+ 36. Nxf5 $16) 35. Nxf5 Bxf1 36. Kxf1 Kf8 (36... h5 37. Bd4
Rh6 38. Nxh6+ gxh6 39. c4 $18) 37. Bd4 Rg8 (37... Ke8 38. Nxg7+ (38. Bxg7 Rg8
39. h5 Rxg7 40. Nxg7+ Ke7 41. Ke2 Bb2 42. Nf5+ Kxe6 43. Nxh6 a5 $1 $132) 38...
Kd8 39. Ke2 Rg8 40. h5 $18) 38. c4 Ke8 (38... a5 39. c5 Ke8 40. Ke2 a4 41. Ke3
$18) 39. Ke2 Rf8 40. Nxg7+ Ke7 41. Ke3 Rd8 (41... Rf1 42. Kxe4 Re1+ 43. Kd5 Rf1
44. c5 a5 45. c6 Bd6 46. c7 $1 Bxc7 47. Bc5+ Kf6 48. e7 $18) 42. Kxe4 {White
can count on no less than three passed pawns!} a5 (42... Rxd4+ 43. Kxd4 Bb2+
44. Kd5 Bxg7 45. c5 a5 46. c6 Kd8 47. Kc5 a4 48. Kb6 Be5 49. Kb7 Ke7 50. c7
Bxc7 51. g7 $18) 43. c5 a4 44. Ke5 Rg8 (44... Rxd4 45. Nf5+ $18) 45. Nf5+ Kd8
46. g7 (46. g7 Kc7 47. Kf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "USA-CHN Summit"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2001.03.18"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.03.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. Na3 a6 10. O-O Be6 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Rd8 14. Qh4 Qc6
(14... h5 $142 {[%cal Re6g4]} 15. h3 f6 16. Nc2 Qc4 17. Qxc4 Nxc4 18. b3 Nd6
19. c4 Nf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Matsuura,E-Gonzalez,B/Brasilia 2000/ (36)}) 15. Nc2 (
15. Be3 e6 16. Qg3 Nd5 17. Bd4 Ne7 $1 18. Nc2 Nf5 19. Qg4 h5 20. Qh3 Rh6 $13 {
1-0 Matsuura,E-Andrade,R/Americana 2000/ (49)}) 15... e6 (15... e5 16. Re1 f6
17. Nd4 $36 {[%cal Rf2f4]}) 16. Nd4 Qc7 (16... Qc4 17. Qg3 $16) 17. Bg5 Be7 $2
(17... Rd5 18. Rae1 (18. Qh5 g6 (18... h6 $2 19. Nxe6 $18) 19. Qh4 Bg7 $11)
18... Bd6 $11 19. Nxe6 $140 $2 fxe6 20. Rxe6+ Kd7 $17) (17... Rd7 $6 18. Rae1
Be7 (18... Bd6 19. Nf5 O-O 20. Nxg7 $1 $18) 19. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 20. Rxe6 Nc8 21.
Qh5+ Kf8 (21... g6 22. Rxg6) 22. Rfe1 $36) 18. Nf5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Suddenly
White wins.} exf5 (18... Bxg5 19. Nxg7+ Kd7 20. Qxg5 {is also lost, of course.}
) 19. Bxe7 Rd7 20. Bf6 $1 {Very nice played by White.} gxf6 (20... O-O 21. Qg5
g6 22. Qh6 $18) 21. Rae1+ Re7 22. Qxf6 Rg8 23. Rxe7+ Qxe7 24. Qxb6 $18 {
After the forced line, White is a pawn up and has a winning position.} Qe4 25.
f3 Qe2 26. Qf2 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 {[%csl Rf5,Rh7] The endgame is hopeless.} Ke7 28.
Rd1 Rc8 29. Ke3 h6 30. Rd4 Rc6 31. Kf4 Kf6 32. g3 Ke6 33. Rd8 Rc4+ 34. Ke3 Rc6
35. Rh8 Ke5 36. f4+ Kd5 37. Re8 Rf6 38. Re5+ Kc6 39. c4 b6 40. b4 Kd7 41. Kd4
Kd8 42. a4 Kd7 43. a5 bxa5 44. Rxa5 Ke7 45. Re5+ Kd7 46. b5 axb5 47. cxb5 1-0

[Event "Bled op 22nd"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grilc, Andrej"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
b4 9. Na4 Bd7 10. Re1 Nc6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Bg5 Be7 13. f4 bxc3 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
Nxc3 Rb4 16. f5 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qh5+ g6 21.
Qa5 d5 22. Rf1 Qa7+ 23. Kh1 Qb6 24. Qa3 Rf8 25. Ba4+ Ke7 26. Qc3 d4 27. Qh3 Bf5
28. Qxh7+ Kf6 29. Bb3 Qd8 30. Qh4+ Kg7 31. Qe1 Qd6 32. Rd1 Rh8 33. g3 e5 34.
Qf2 e4 0-1

[Event "Bled op 22nd"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2001.03.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Laco, Giuseppe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2001.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nf3 b5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3
Qc7 9. f4 h5 10. Qf3 Nf6 11. Bd2 Ng4 12. Rae1 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Ne7 14. a4 Bc6 15.
a5 Qa7 16. Nd5 O-O-O 17. Nb6+ Kb8 18. Qe2 d5 19. f5 Qc7 20. e5 Nc8 21. fxe6 f6
22. Bc3 Be8 23. h3 fxe5 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Qxe5 Bd6 26. Qe3 Ne7 27. c3 g5 28.
Qd4 Bc6 29. Rf7 g4 30. Nc5 Bxc5 31. Qxc5 Rde8 32. Nd7+ Bxd7 33. Qxc7+ Kxc7 34.
exd7 Kxd7 35. Rf6 Nc6 36. Bf5+ Kc7 37. Rxe8 Rxe8 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Bxg4 Rh8+
40. Kg1 Rg8 41. Bf3 Ne7 42. Rxa6 b4 43. cxb4 Rb8 44. Re6 Kd7 45. Bg4 Ke8 46.
Rb6 Rxb6 47. axb6 Kd8 48. b5 d4 49. Be6 Ng6 50. g3 Ne5 51. g4 Nd3 52. Kf1 Nf4
53. Bf7 Nh3 54. Ke1 Kc8 55. Bd5 Kb8 56. Kd2 Nf4 57. Be4 Nh3 58. Bc6 Kc8 59. b3
Kb8 60. Bg2 Nf4 61. Bf3 Nh3 62. Kd3 Nf2+ 63. Kxd4 Nxg4 64. Bxg4 Kb7 65. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Bled op 22nd"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2001.03.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. h3 Re8 13. Be3 Qb6 14. g4 Bd7 15.
Rfd1 Rac8 16. a3 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Qxb2 18. Rac1 Bd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Rxc3
21. Rxc3 Qxe2 22. d6 Re4 23. Qxe4 Qxd1+ 24. Kg2 Qxd6 25. Qxb7 Nb8 26. Qb4 Qd5+
27. f3 Nc6 28. Qc5 Qe6 29. Bh6 Qe2+ 30. Qf2 Qb5 31. Qd2 f6 32. a4 Qa6 33. Qd5+
Kh8 34. Re3 Ne5 35. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Bled op 22nd"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2001.03.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hanko, Pavol"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
O-O 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 a6 11. g5 Nd7 12. Qg3 Re8 13. f5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Ne5 15.
Bh3 b5 16. g6 hxg6 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. fxg6 Bf6 19. Rdf1 Qe7 20. Rhg1 Rf8 21.
gxf7+ Rxf7 22. Bg4 Bg5+ 23. Kb1 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Bf4 25. Qh3 Bd7 26. Nd5 Qd6 27.
Nxf4 exf4 28. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Bled op 22nd"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2001.03.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Jovan, Romuald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nc5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O d5 8.
d4 Ne4 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qb3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd6 13. Bd3 Bf6 14. Qc2 h6
15. Bf4 Bg4 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Rad1 Ne8 18. Rfe1 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Ne4 Qh4 21.
Nc5 Bd5 22. Nxb7 Nf6 23. Nd6 Ng4 24. Bh7+ 1-0

[Event "Bled op 22nd"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2001.03.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 d5 6. e5 f6 7. Bb5 Qb6 8. Qe2 c4
9. Na3 a6 10. Ba4 Bf5 11. Bc2 Bxc2 12. Nxc2 Nh6 13. O-O O-O 14. Ne3 e6 15. exf6
Rxf6 16. h3 Qc7 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Re8 19. Be3 Bf8 20. g5 Rf5 21. Nh2 Nb8
22. Rf3 Bd6 23. Ng4 Nd7 24. Raf1 h5 25. gxh6 Kh7 26. Nf2 Kxh6 27. Nh3 Nf6 28.
Ng5 Kg7 29. Rh3 Rxg5 30. fxg5 Ne4 31. Qg4 Rh8 32. Rff3 Bh2+ 33. Kh1 Bd6 34.
Qxe6 Rxh3+ 35. Rxh3 Qe7 36. Qg4 Qf7 37. Rf3 Qe7 38. Qh4 Kg8 39. Kg1 b5 40. Rh3
Qg7 41. Qg4 Qf8 42. Qe6+ Kg7 43. Qxd5 Qe8 44. Qb7+ Qe7 45. Qxe7+ Bxe7 46. d5
1-0

[Event "Bled op 22nd"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2001.03.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dobrotka, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2001.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
c3 Qe7 9. Bd3 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. O-O-O a5 12. g4 g6 13. h4 h5 14. gxh5 Rxh5 15.
Ng3 Rh8 16. Be4 Ba6 17. Qe3 O-O-O 18. h5 g5 19. Nh2 Qd6 20. Ng4 Qf4 21. Bf3 Be7
22. d5 Bc4 23. b3 f5 24. dxe6 Bxe6 25. Ne2 Qxe3+ 26. Nxe3 Ne5 27. Bd5 Bd7 28.
Nd4 f4 29. Nef5 Ba3+ 30. Kb1 Ng4 31. Rd2 Nf6 32. c4 c6 33. Ng7 cxd5 34. Nde6
Rdg8 35. h6 Kb7 36. cxd5 Ng4 37. Rc2 Rc8 38. Rxc8 Bxc8 39. h7 Be7 40. Rc1 Bf6
41. Rc7+ Kb8 42. Rc6 Rxh7 43. Rxb6+ Ka7 44. Rc6 Bb7 45. Rc7 Be5 46. Re7 Kb6 47.
f3 Ne3 48. Kc1 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Bled op 22nd"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2001.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gombac, Jan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2001.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. g5
Nfd7 9. Qh5 g6 10. Qe2 b4 11. Nd1 Bb7 12. f3 d5 13. Nf2 Bg7 14. O-O-O e5 15.
exd5 exd4 16. Bd2+ Kf8 17. Bxb4+ Kg8 18. Be7 Qa5 19. Ba3 Qxd5 20. Qe8+ Nf8 21.
Qe7 Qd7 22. Ne4 Qxe7 23. Bxe7 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Nc6 25. Bd6 Ne6 26. Bc4 Rd8 27. Bg3
Be5 28. Bxa6 Bxg3 29. hxg3 Nb4 30. Bc4 Nxg5 31. c3 Nc6 32. Bd5 Ne7 33. Rxd4 Kg7
34. a4 f5 35. Rhd1 Rd7 36. a5 Ra7 37. b4 Kf6 38. c4 Rd8 39. c5 fxe4 40. Bxe4
Rxd4 41. Rxd4 Ke5 42. Rd6 Nxe4 43. Rb6 Nxc5 44. Rb5 Rc7 45. a6 Nc8 46. bxc5 Kd5
47. Rb7 Rxc5+ 48. Kd2 Ra5 49. Rc7 Nd6 50. a7 Nb5 51. Rb7 Nxa7 52. Rxh7 Nc6 53.
Ke3 Ke6 54. Kf3 Kf6 55. Rb7 Nd4+ 56. Kg4 Nf5 57. Rb6+ Kg7 58. Rb3 Kh6 59. Rc3
Ra4+ 60. Kh3 Kh5 61. Rf3 Rg4 62. Kh2 Nxg3 0-1

[Event "Bled op 22nd"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2001.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sitnik, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2001.03.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nge2 Ne7 8.
O-O h5 9. Nd1 Nd7 10. Be3 Nf5 11. Ng3 g6 12. b3 c5 13. Nxf5 gxf5 14. f4 Rc8 15.
Nc3 cxd4 16. Na4 Qc6 17. Bxd4 b5 18. Nc3 a6 19. a4 b4 20. Na2 a5 21. Rac1 Nc5
22. Qd1 Ne4 23. c3 bxc3 24. Nxc3 Ba3 25. Nxe4 Qxc1 26. Nd6+ Kd7 27. Nxc8 Qxc8
28. Qd2 Qc7 29. h3 Rb8 30. Qe2 Rb4 31. Ba1 Qb6+ 32. Kh2 h4 33. Qc2 Rxb3 34. Bc3
Be7 35. Bxa5 Rb2 36. Qc3 Rb3 37. Bxb6 Rxc3 38. a5 Kc6 39. Ra1 Kb7 40. a6+ Ka8
41. Rb1 Ra3 42. a7 Ra4 43. Bf2 d4 44. Rd1 Rxa7 45. Rxd4 Rc7 46. Ra4+ Kb7 47.
Ra2 Kc8 48. g3 hxg3+ 49. Bxg3 Kd7 50. h4 Rc8 51. Ra7+ Ke8 52. h5 Kf8 53. Kh3
Bc5 54. Rb7 Kg8 55. Bh4 Bf8 56. Bg5 Bg7 57. h6 Bh8 58. Kh4 Rf8 59. Be7 Rc8 60.
Kh5 Ra8 61. Rd7 Rc8 62. Kg5 Rc1 63. Rd8+ Kh7 64. Rf8 Rg1+ 65. Kh5 Rh1+ 66. Bh4
Rf1 67. Rxf7+ Kg8 68. Kg6 1-0

[Event "New York Mayor's Cup"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2001.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 h6 5. Bc1 Nd5 6. c4 Nb4 7. d5 d6 8. a3 N4a6
9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bd3 Nc7 12. Nge2 exd5 13. cxd5 Nd7 14. O-O Nf6 15.
Bc4 b6 16. Ng3 Be5 17. Nh5 Bb7 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Qd6 20. Qf3 Ne6 21. Nxe6
fxe6 22. Rad1 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxf3 24. Nf6+ Rxf6 25. Rxd6 Re8 26. Re1 Kf7 27. b4
cxb4 28. axb4 Re7 29. f3 Bc8 30. Rc1 Bd7 31. Ra1 Rf4 32. Rxa7 Bc8 33. Bxe6+
Bxe6 34. Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. Rxb6 Rc4 36. h3 Rc2 37. Ra6 Rb2 38. Rb6 Bc4 39. h4 Kf7
40. h5 Bd5 41. Rd6 Bc4 42. Rb6 Kg8 43. Rb8+ Kh7 44. Rb6 Bf7 45. Rb5 Be8 46. Re5
Bc6 47. Rc5 Ba4 48. Rc4 Be8 49. Rh4 Kg8 50. Kf1 Rd2 51. g4 Rb2 52. Rh1 Kf7 53.
Rh3 Kf6 54. f4 Rxb4 55. Rf3 Bd7 56. g5+ hxg5 57. fxg5+ Kxg5 58. Rg3+ Bg4 0-1

[Event "New York Mayor's Cup"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2001.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 d6 8. Nh2
a6 9. a4 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5
15. Ng4 Rad8 16. Ne3 Qd4 17. Kh1 f5 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. Nc4 Nd4 20. Qf2 b5 21. axb5
axb5 22. Ne5 Qb7 23. c3 Ne6 24. Qc2 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Bd6 26. d4 g6 27. Re1 Rfe8
28. Rf3 Bxe5 29. Rfe3 cxd4 30. cxd4 Rxd4 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 b4 33. Re8+ Kf7
34. Rh8 Kf6 35. Rf8+ Kg7 36. Rc8 Qd5 37. Qc7+ Kh6 38. Rh8 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Qd6+ 40.
Qxd6 Rxd6 41. Rb8 Rd4 42. Rb7 g5 43. Rb6+ Kh5 44. Rb5 f4 45. Rb6 Rc4 46. Rb7 h6
47. b3 Re4 48. Rb6 Rd4 49. g4+ fxg3+ 50. Kxg3 Rd3+ 51. Kh2 Rxb3 52. Kg2 Rb1 53.
Kg3 b3 54. Kf3 g4+ 55. hxg4+ Kg5 56. Kg3 b2 57. Kg2 Kxg4 58. Rb4+ Kf5 59. Rb5+
Ke4 60. Rb4+ Kd5 61. Rb5+ Kc4 62. Rb8 h5 63. Rc8+ Kd5 64. Rd8+ Kc6 65. Rb8 h4
66. Rb3 h3+ 67. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Mayor's Cup"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 b5 7. g4 Bb7 8. Bg2
e5 9. Nde2 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Qe1 a5 14. a3 Na6 15.
Bd2 Qb6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Qd2 O-O 18. g5 Rac8 19. Rfc1 e4 20. Rab1 Rfe8 21. Ng3
Qc4 22. Bf1 Qa2 23. Bxa6 Bxa6 24. axb4 axb4 25. Qxb4 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Qxb1+ 27.
Rc1 Qd3 28. Rc6 Be5 29. Qxe4 Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Bb5 31. Rc1 Qb3 32. Qf3 Bxb2 33. Rc7
Rf8 34. Bf4 Bc4 35. Qxb3 Bxb3 36. Bxd6 Bxd5+ 37. f3 Re8 38. Ne4 Bxe4 39. fxe4
Be5 40. Re7 Rxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Mayor's Cup"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nge7 5. Bc4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd5 Qe7
8. Nc3 Ne5 9. Be2 c6 10. Qd1 g5 11. Be3 d6 12. Qd2 Rg8 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Qd4
Qc7 15. h4 h6 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Rh5 Be7 18. g3 g4 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. Qd2 Qa5 21.
Qd4 Nd3+ 22. Rxd3 Qxh5 23. Bxd6 Bxd6 24. Qxd6 Qg5+ 25. Re3 Rd8 26. Qc7 Qe7 27.
Qe5 Rg5 28. Qh8+ Qf8 29. Qh4 Rg6 30. Nd5 Qd6 31. Bc4 cxd5 32. exd5 Qb4 33. Qh8+
Ke7 34. Qd4 b5 0-1

[Event "New York Mayor's Cup"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 Nf6 12. a3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Ne6 14. c5 Nxg5 15.
Nxg5 Qe7 16. b4 Nh5 17. Nf3 Nf4 18. Rfd1 c6 19. Rd6 Ne6 20. Bc4 Nd4 21. Qd1 b5
22. Bf1 Be6 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Ne2 Be5 25. Nxd4 Bd7 26. Nb3 Rad8 27. Ra2 Bxd6
28. cxd6 Qg5 29. Nc5 Bxh3 30. Qd4 Be6 31. Rd2 h5 32. e5 Bd5 33. f4 Qg4 34. Bxb5
h4 35. Bc4 h3 36. Ne4 h2+ 37. Kh1 Bxe4 38. Qxe4 Kg7 39. Qd4 c5 40. bxc5 Rb8 41.
Ba2 Qg3 42. e6+ f6 43. Rd1 Qg4 44. e7 Rh8 45. d7 Rb2 46. Bd5 Rhb8 47. e8=Q Rb1
48. Qe1 1-0

[Event "New York Mayor's Cup"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shahade, Gregory P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2001.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. f3
Bb7 9. Qd2 Nfd7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Qf2 N8d7 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Nce2 Nc5 14. Kb1 Be7
15. h4 Nba4 16. Ng3 Qc7 17. Bc1 Qb6 18. Nb3 Nxd3 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. cxd3 Kd7 21.
Be3 Na4 22. Bd4 Bf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Na5 Ba8 25. Rc1 Nc5 26. Rhd1 Ke7 27. d4
Nd7 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kxc1 d5 31. Kd2 e5 32. Nf5+ Kd8 33. Ke3
dxe4 34. fxe4 exd4+ 35. Kxd4 Ne5 36. g5 Nf3+ 37. Ke3 Ne5 38. Nh6 fxg5 39. hxg5
Ke7 40. Ng8+ Ke6 41. Nf6 h6 42. Ne8 Kd7 43. Nf6+ Ke6 44. Nh7 hxg5 45. Nxg5+ Kd6
46. Nh3 Kc5 47. Nb3+ Kd6 48. Nd2 Bc6 49. Ng5 Bd7 50. Ngf3 Nxf3 51. Nxf3 Be6 52.
a3 Kc5 53. Ne5 a5 54. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Mayor's Cup"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Simutowe, Amon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2001.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Bc6 7. Qd4 f6 8.
e3 Bg7 9. b4 a6 10. Bb2 e5 11. Qc4 Nb6 12. Qb3 Bd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5
15. a3 Nd7 16. Rc1 f5 17. Bc4 N5b6 18. Bb3 c6 19. d3 Bf6 20. e4 fxe4 21. dxe4
Nc8 22. O-O Nd6 23. Rfd1 Ke7 24. Rd3 Rhd8 25. Rcd1 Nxe4 26. Re1 Ng5 27. Nxe5
Nxe5 28. Rde3 Kf8 29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Re8 31. Kf1 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Nf7 33. Re3
Nd6 34. Rd3 Rd8 35. h4 b6 36. Rc3 Rc8 37. Rf3+ Kg7 38. Rd3 Rd8 39. Rc3 Ne4 40.
Re3 Rd4 41. Ke1 c5 42. Bc2 Nd6 43. bxc5 bxc5 44. Re7+ Kg8 45. h5 gxh5 46. Ra7
c4 47. Rxa6 Nb5 48. Ra5 Nc3 49. Rxh5 Rd7 50. Rc5 Ra7 51. Rxc4 Rxa3 52. Rc8+ Kg7
53. Rc7+ Kf6 54. Bxh7 Ra1+ 55. Kd2 Nd5 56. Rc1 Ra4 57. g3 Rd4+ 58. Ke2 Rb4 59.
Rc5 Rd4 60. Bg8 Ne7 61. Bc4 Ng6 62. Ke3 Rg4 63. Rc6+ Kg7 64. Rc7+ Kh8 65. Be6
Rg5 66. Bf7 Nf8 67. Kf4 Ra5 68. Kg4 Nh7 69. Bc4 Nf6+ 70. Kf4 Nh5+ 71. Kf3 Nf6
72. Rf7 Nh7 73. Kg4 Ra4 74. Rc7 Ra5 75. f4 Nf6+ 76. Kh3 Rh5+ 77. Kg2 Ra5 78.
Rf7 Ne4 79. Bd3 Nc5 80. Bf5 Kg8 81. Re7 Kf8 82. Re5 Ra2+ 83. Kh3 Nb7 84. Rd5
Na5 85. Rd8+ Ke7 86. Ra8 Ra3 87. Kh4 Nc4 88. Rxa3 Nxa3 89. g4 Nc4 90. g5 Nd6
91. Bd3 Kf8 92. Kg4 Nf7 93. Bc4 Nd6 94. Bd5 Nb5 95. f5 Kg7 96. Kh5 Nd6 97. f6+
Kh8 98. g6 Ne8 99. f7 Nf6+ 100. Kg5 Nd7 101. Kh6 1-0

[Event "New York Mayor's Cup"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.06.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Be2 Bg7 12. O-O f5 13. Kh1 Qc5 14. e5 dxe5 15.
Na4 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 exd4 17. Nb6 Nd7 18. Nxa8 b5 19. Bf3 Nc5 20. Nb6 Bd7 21. Rbd1
Ne4 22. Rd3 Bc6 23. a4 bxa4 24. Ra3 Bb5 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Re1 f5 27. Nxa4 Kf7
28. Ra2 Rc8 29. Nb6 Rc7 30. g3 Bf8 31. Rd1 e3 32. Kg2 e2 33. Rb1 Bb4 34. Kf2
Bc5 35. Na4 d3+ 36. Ke1 dxc2 0-1

[Event "New York Mayor's Cup"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.06.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2001.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 29th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2001.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wall, Brian D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Be2 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qe2 c6 13. c4 Nc7 14. Be3
Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Qxe7 Rac8 17. b3 Rfe8 18. Qb4 Qb6 19. Qc3 Ne6 20. Rad1
c5 21. Kh1 Nd4 22. Bd5 a5 23. Rfe1 Qc7 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. fxg3 b6 26. Rf1 Rc7 27.
Rf6 Re2 28. g4 Kg7 29. Rxb6 Rxa2 30. Rf1 f5 31. g5 Re2 32. Rb8 h6 33. h4 hxg5
34. hxg5 Ne6 35. Re8 Kf7 36. Rxe6 Rxe6 37. Re1 Rcc6 38. Re5 Ke7 39. Bxe6 Rxe6
40. Rxc5 Re3 41. Rb5 Rc3 42. Kh2 a4 43. bxa4 Rxc4 44. Rb7+ Ke6 45. a5 f4 46.
Rb5 Rc3 47. Kg1 Rc2 48. Rb4 Ra2 49. Rxf4 Rxa5 50. Rf6+ Ke7 51. Rxg6 Kf7 52. Rc6
Rxg5 53. Kf2 Kg7 54. Kf3 Ra5 55. Kg4 Rb5 56. Kh4 Ra5 57. Re6 Kf7 58. Rh6 Kg7
59. Rh5 Ra6 60. g3 Rb6 61. Rd5 Ra6 62. Rd7+ Kg8 63. Kh5 Rb6 64. Kg5 Ra6 65. Kf5
Rb6 66. Re7 Ra6 67. Re6 Ra7 68. g4 Kf7 69. Re5 Ra6 70. Kg5 Kg7 71. Rf5 Rb6 72.
Rd5 Ra6 73. Rd7+ Kg8 74. Kf5 Rb6 75. g5 Ra6 76. Re7 Rb6 77. Kg4 Ra6 78. Kh5 Rb6
79. Kh4 Ra6 80. Kg3 Ra4 81. Kf3 Rb4 82. Kg3 Ra4 83. Kh3 Rb4 84. Rd7 Ra4 85. Kg3
Rb4 86. Kf3 Ra4 87. Re7 Rb4 88. Re4 Rxe4 89. Kxe4 Kg7 90. Kf5 Kf7 91. g6+ Kg7
92. Kg5 Kg8 93. Kh6 Kh8 94. g7+ Kg8 95. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 29th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2001.07.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Patterson, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 b5 8. g4
Bb7 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. h4 Nfd7 12. Bd3 Nb6 13. Qf2 N8d7 14. Kb1 Nc5
15. Bxb5+ axb5 16. Ndxb5 Qc6 17. Nxd6+ Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Qxd6 19. Bxc5 Qb8 20. Bxb6
O-O 21. Rd1 Bc6 22. b3 Rc8 23. a4 Be8 24. Kb2 Ra6 25. a5 Qb7 26. Rd6 Rc6 27.
Qd4 Ra8 28. Rxc6 Bxc6 29. b4 1-0

[Event "World op 29th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2001.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Be3 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Ne5 12. Ng3 h5 13. Bg5 h4 14. Nge2 h3 15. Ng3
hxg2 16. Bxg2 b5 17. O-O Qb6 18. b3 Re8 19. Kh1 Nh7 20. Bh6 Bh8 21. Be3 Qa5 22.
Rac1 Ba6 23. f4 Nd3 24. Rc2 c4 25. bxc4 bxc4 26. e5 f5 27. exf6 Nxf6 28. f5 Nb4
29. Rcc1 Nd3 30. Bd4 Nxc1 31. Qg5 Qc7 32. fxg6 Nd3 33. Nf5 Ng4 34. g7 Nge5 35.
Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "World op 29th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2001.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Filatov, Leonid"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. O-O Ne4 8. c4
e5 9. Bh2 Qe7 10. Qc2 f5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nbd2 Nec5 13. Nb3 a5 14. Rad1 b6 15.
Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Bf3 e4 18. Be2 Rad8 19. Nb1 g5 20. Nc3 f4 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. cxd5 Be5 24. Bc4 Qd6 25. exf4 gxf4 26. b3 Kh8 27. Qd1
Qg6 28. Qg4 Qxg4 29. hxg4 Bd6 30. Rd1 Rg8 31. f3 h5 32. Be2 hxg4 33. fxg4 Kg7
34. Kf1 Kf6 35. Bc4 Kg6 36. Kf2 Kg5 37. Ke1 Kxg4 38. Be2+ f3 39. gxf3+ exf3 40.
Bxd6 cxd6 41. Rd4+ 0-1

[Event "World op 29th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2001.07.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Bb4 Ra8 13. a4 Bh6 14. Nd2 f5 15.
Bd3 Nf6 16. c5 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bf5 20. f3 Qd7 21. a5
Ra6 22. h3 Nc8 23. Qc3 Qe7 24. Rac1 Rf7 25. Rce1 dxc5 26. Bxc5 Nd6 27. Bxf5
Rxf5 28. g4 Rf4 29. Rxe5 Qh4 30. Kg2 Ra4 31. Rf2 Qd8 32. Rfe2 Rf4 33. Qe3 Rxa5
34. Re7 1-0

[Event "World op 29th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2001.07.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Alvarado Sepulveda, Nelson D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O Na6 8. e5
Ne8 9. Be3 Nac7 10. a4 b6 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Nb3 f6 14. exd6 Nxd6 15.
Bf2 e5 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. Bh4 Qxh4 18. Qxd6 Rf7 19. Rad1 exf4 20. Bxc6 Bf8 21.
Qd4 Bxc6 22. Qc4 Qf6 23. Nd4 Bc5 24. b4 Bxd4+ 25. Rxd4 f3 26. gxf3 Kg7 27. Ne4
Bxe4 28. fxe4 Rd8 0-1

[Event "US op 102nd"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Loyte, John W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 d4 3. Nce2 e5 4. Ng3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bc4 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nxh5 Nxh5 10. Nxd4 Ng3 11. fxg3 exd4 12. d3 Bxg3 13. Rxf7 Rxf7 14. Bxf7+
Kh8 15. Qg4 Be5 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rf1 Nd7 19. Be6 Nc5 20. Bf5 Qe7
21. Bxh7 Qxh7 22. Rf5 Rg8 23. Qf3 Rg5 24. Rxg5 fxg5 25. Qf8+ Qg8 26. Qxc5 Qg7
27. Qxa7 b6 28. Qa8+ Kh7 29. Qc8 Qe5 30. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "US op 102nd"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Warren, James E"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E86"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2
exd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bh6 Qb6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. g4 Nbd7 14. h4 Ne5
15. Be2 bxc4 16. h5 Rb8 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Na4 Qb4 19. Qxb4 Rxb4 20. Nc3 Ne8 21.
Rhf1 Rf4 22. Nc2 Rb8 23. Ne3 Be6 24. Ng2 Rf6 25. Ne3 Rf4 26. Ng2 Rf7 27. Ne3 g5
28. Nf5+ Bxf5 29. gxf5 Rfb7 30. Rd2 h5 31. f4 gxf4 32. Rxf4 Nf6 33. Rh4 Rd7 34.
Bxh5 Nd3+ 35. Kb1 Rdb7 36. Rg2+ Kf8 37. Bd1 Rxb2+ 38. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 39. Ka1 Rg2
40. a3 Nc5 41. e5 Nd5 42. Rxc4 Nxc3 43. Rxc3 Rg1 44. Rc1 Nb3+ 45. Bxb3 Rxc1+
46. Kb2 Rf1 47. exd6 Rxf5 48. d7 Ke7 49. Be6 Rf3 50. Bg4 Rg3 51. Bf5 c5 52. Ka2
Rf3 53. Bg4 Rd3 54. Bf5 Rd4 55. Kb2 Kf6 56. Bh3 Ke5 57. Kc3 Kf6 58. Kb2 Ke7 59.
Bf5 Rf4 60. Bh3 Rf2+ 61. Kb1 Rf3 0-1

[Event "US op 102nd"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Buehl, Walter M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d3 Bg7 8. O-O
e6 9. Qe1 Ne7 10. Qh4 O-O 11. Bd2 b5 12. Rae1 b4 13. Nd1 a5 14. Ne3 d5 15. Bc1
dxe4 16. dxe4 Nc8 17. Qh3 Nd6 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nxe6 Bd7 20. Nxd8 Bxh3 21. Nxf7
Rxf7 22. e5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nf5 24. Nc4 a4 25. Be3 Nxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Rd8 27. Nd6 Re7
28. Rd3 Re6 29. Ne4 Rxd3 30. cxd3 Bf8 31. Rc1 g5 32. Nxc5 Bxc5 33. Rxc5 gxf4
34. Kf3 Rg6 35. Rc4 a3 36. Rxb4 axb2 37. Rxb2 Rg1 38. Kxf4 1-0

[Event "US op 102nd"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 a5 8. Bf4
Na6 9. Qd2 Nb4 10. Rac1 Qb6 11. Bh6 Bg4 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nfd5 14. Ne4 Rad8
15. Qg5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 f6 17. Qh4 Na6 18. c4 Ndc7 19. Rc3 Qd4 20. exf6 exf6 21.
Be3 Qd7 22. Rcc1 Qe7 23. Rfe1 Qb4 24. Rcd1 f5 25. Ng5 h6 26. Nh3 Rfe8 27. Kf1
Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Ne6 29. Bxh6 Nd4 30. Qg5 Qxc4+ 31. Kg1 Qd3 32. Rc1 Nxf3+ 33. gxf3
Qxf3 34. Qxg6 Qg4+ 35. Qxg4 fxg4 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Ng5 Re2 38. f4 gxf3 39. Nxf3
Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "US op 102nd"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Doettling, Fabian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rae1 Qc7 14. Qc2
g6 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Qf4 Kg8 19. Qg5 Qd8 20. Qh6
1/2-1/2

[Event "US op 102nd"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Epstein, Esther"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2185"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Bc2 Nc6 6. d3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Nxf3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Be3 Nd7 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 14. Bb3 Nf6
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qxd8 Rexd8 18. f3 b6 19. Rac1 h6 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Bf8 22. Kf1 Kg7 23. h4 Be7 24. Ke2 Rd8 25. g4 Nd7 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5
Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "US op 102nd"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3
Bg4 $6 {I have never liked this move in King's Indian.} (8... Rb8 $142) 9. Bb2
Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. d5 (11. e3 e5 12. dxe5 Ndxe5 13. Bg2 $14 {gives a long
time edge for white.}) 11... Na5 12. Qd2 c5 13. dxc6 $1 Nxc6 (13... bxc6 14.
Rfd1 Qc7 15. Rac1 $14) 14. Nd5 $1 {White is trying to create weaknesses in
black's camp.It is very important to exchange black's oly active piece.} e6 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ne3 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Ne8 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. Qb2+ Nf6 $6 (19... Qf6 20.
Qa3 $1 {is tremendous for white.} Nd4 21. Kg2 (21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Rxd4 Qxd4 23.
Qxa6 Nc7 24. Qc6 Ne8 $1 $11 {Somehow the whites bishop is stuck there and a2
is weak due to the threat of Qa7.}) 21... Nxf3 22. exf3 $16 {xNe8}) {After
some long thought I have considered that the position should be won for white
and came up with a sequence of moves.} 20. Ng4 $1 Rfd8 21. Bxc6 $3 {To secure
an advantage in this position is a matter of taste.} (21. Rd2 $1 {Atakisi,F.
When I have shown this position to some Turkish amateurs only European
correspondence champion Fatih Atakisi came up with a relevant solution.} h5 (
21... Rd7 22. Rcd1 Rad8 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Nxf6 Qxf6 25. Qa3 d5 26. Qxa6 $16)
22. Nxf6 Qxf6 23. Qa3 a5 24. Rcd1 (24. Qa4 Ra6 25. Rcd1 Qe7 26. h4 $16) 24...
a4 25. Rxd6 axb3 26. Qxb3 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Nd4 28. Qxb7 Nxf3+ 29. exf3 Rxa2 30.
Qb3 Rb2 (30... Ra1+ $6 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Qc3 33. Qe2 $16) 31. Qe3 (31. Qd3
$2 {f2 should be defended.} h4) 31... Rc2 32. Rd4 $16) 21... bxc6 22. c5 $1 {
The point.} dxc5 (22... d5 23. Rd3 h5 24. Ne5 Rac8 25. Rf3 $1 (25. Qd4) 25...
Rf8 (25... d4 26. e3 $1 dxe3 27. fxe3 Rd5 28. e4 $1 $18) 26. h4 Rc7 27. Rf4 $16
) 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxc5 $1 {This is the move my opponent was surprised for.} (
{After the natural.} 24. Qxf6+ $2 Qxf6 25. Nxf6 Kxf6 26. Rxc5 Rd2 27. Ra5 Rxe2
28. Rxa6 Rc2 $11 {the game peters out to be a draw.}) 24... Rd1+ 25. Kg2 Qxc5
26. Qxf6+ Kf8 $8 (26... Kg8 $4 27. Nh6+ Kf8 28. Qxf7#) 27. Ne5 Qd5+ $8 ({
one of the factors which made the combination possible for white is that f7
cannot be laterally protected.} 27... Qa7 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Nxc6+ $18) 28. f3
Ke8 29. Qxf7+ Kd8 30. Qg8+ Kc7 31. Qxh7+ Kb8 32. Qg8+ Ka7 33. Qf7+ Kb8 34. Qf8+
Ka7 35. Qe7+ Ka8 (35... Kb8 36. Nxg6 $1 Rd2 37. Nf4 (37. Qb4+ Ka7 (37... Kc7
38. Nf4 Qd6 39. Nxe6+ Kd7 40. Nc5+ Ke7 (40... Kc8 41. Qg4+) 41. Qe4+ $18) 38.
Nf4 $18) 37... Qd6 38. Qxd6+ Rxd6 39. h4 Kc7 40. Nd3 Kd8 41. g4 Ke7 42. f4 $18)
36. Nc4 $1 {Black's resignation is not premature.} (36. Nc4 $1 Qd4 37. Qxe6
Rg1+ 38. Kh3 Qh8+ 39. Kg4 Qh5+ 40. Kf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "US op 102nd"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2221"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 f5 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Nd7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. e3
a5 9. h4 Bg7 10. Nh3 O-O 11. Nd5 Ne4 12. Ndf4 Re8 13. O-O h6 14. Kh2 Bd7 15.
Rc1 c5 16. f3 Nf6 17. Qd2 Bc6 18. Nd3 Qb6 19. d5 Bd7 20. Nhf2 Re7 21. Rfe1 Rae8
22. b3 Qa6 23. a4 Qb6 24. Rb1 Qd8 25. Re2 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Rbe1 Kh7 28. Nh3
Bh6 29. e4 fxe4 30. fxe4 Bxh3 31. Bxh3 g4 32. Qb2 Bg7 33. e5 dxe5 34. Bg2 e4
35. Nf2 Nxd5 36. Bxe4+ Kh8 37. Qd2 Nc3 38. Qf4 Nxe2 39. Rxe2 Qb6 40. Nxg4 Qe6
41. Qg5 Qd6 42. Qh5+ Kg8 43. Bh7+ Kf8 44. Rf2 Qc7 45. Nh6 Rd8 46. Qg5 Bxh6 47.
Qg8# 1-0

[Event "Smartchess.com 2nd"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.10.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O
15. Rb3 Qc5+ 16. Be3 Qe5 17. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Smartchess.com 2nd"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.10.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Cela, Altin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. b4 a5 7. c3 axb4 8. cxb4
Bd7 9. Qb3 Nxe5 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Bb2 Nc4 12. Nf3 Nxb2 13. Qxb2 Be7 14. O-O
Bf6 15. Nc3 Ne7 16. a4 O-O 17. a5 e5 18. Rad1 e4 19. Nd4 Nc6 20. Nce2 Rfe8 21.
Qb3 Rad8 22. Nb5 Be5 23. Nec3 Qe6 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Smartchess.com 2nd"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.10.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gonzales, Jayson"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. d3 f5 7. Nge2 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. f3 Be6 10. Nd5 Ne7 11. Bg5 c6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Rc1 Qf7 14. b3 h6 15.
Be3 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 dxe4 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21.
Rc7 Rad8 22. Qc1 Rc8 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxa7 Rxc7 25. Qxc7 Rf7 26. Qc4 Qxc4 27.
bxc4 Nc3 28. Bf2 Rc7 29. Re1 Rxc4 30. Bxb7 Rc7 31. Bf3 Nxa2 32. Rb1 Nc3 33. Rb7
Rxb7 34. Bxb7 Bd4 35. Kf1 Bxf2 36. Kxf2 Kg7 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. Kd3 Nb5 39. Bc6 Nd6
40. Kd4 Nf7 41. Bf3 Ne5 42. Bd1 Ke6 43. Bb3+ Kd6 44. Bd5 g5 45. h3 Ng6 46. Bf7
Nf8 47. Be8 Ne6+ 48. Ke3 Ke5 49. Bg6 Ng7 50. Kf3 Ne6 51. Ke3 Nc7 52. Kf3 Nb5
53. Ke3 Nd4 54. Be8 Nc2+ 55. Kd2 Nb4 56. Ke3 Nd5+ 57. Kf3 Nf6 58. Bg6 h5 59.
Bf7 h4 60. gxh4 gxh4 61. Bg6 Ne4 62. Kg2 Ng5 63. Bh5 f4 64. Bg4 Ke4 65. Kf2 f3
0-1

[Event "Smartchess.com 2nd"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.10.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zugic, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Bd2 Bf8 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bd3 Ba6 8. Nb5
Nc8 9. Be2 c6 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ne2 Qd7 13. c4 c5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
O-O Be7 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Ned4 O-O 18. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Smartchess.com 2nd"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.10.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O-O 16. Qe5 f6 17. Qe3 Nb4+ 18. Kb3 c5 19. Rc1 Nc6 20. Ka3
Nd4 21. Bd3 Kb8 22. Be4 Qd7 23. Rhd1 Qc7 24. g4 g6 25. Rd2 f5 26. Bg2 e5 27.
Rf2 e4 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Ka2 a6 30. a5 Qc6 31. Qa3 f4 32. Rxf4 Ne2 33. Rcf1
Nxf4 34. Rxf4 Rd4 35. Qg3 Ka7 36. Nb6 Rb4 37. Rf7 Qe6+ 0-1

[Event "Smartchess.com 2nd"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.10.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. Be3 Nh6
9. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Smartchess.com 2nd"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.10.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shahade, Gregory P"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4
Bb7 9. Qd2 Nfd7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Nb3 b4 12. Nb1 Nc6 13. Qf2 Na4 14. N1d2 Ne5
15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Rc8 17. Bd3 Be7 18. Kb1 Qc7 19. Qd2 Bf6 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21.
Nxd4 Qb6 22. Nb3 O-O 23. Rhe1 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. Rxe3 Rc5 27.
Be2 d5 28. e5 Rfc8 29. Rd2 d4 30. Rxd4 Rxc2 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Kxc2 g5 33. a3 a5
34. axb4 axb4 35. Rd3 Rc8+ 36. Kd2 Bd5 37. Bd1 Rc5 38. Rd4 b3 39. Rb4 Bc6 40.
Rxb3 Rxe5 41. Be2 Ra5 42. Rc3 Bd7 43. b4 Ra2+ 44. Rc2 Ra8 45. b5 Rb8 46. Rc5 h6
47. Kc3 Kf8 48. Kb4 Ke7 49. Rc2 Ra8 50. Rb2 Bc8 51. Kc5 Bb7 52. Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Smartchess.com 2nd"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.10.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nb3 a5 7. a3 d6 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Be3 a4 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Bb1 Nd4 14. Ba2 c6 15.
Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 f5 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Qg3 Be5 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21.
Qxf4 Bd3 22. Qh6 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Rf6 24. Qd2 Raf8 25. h3 Qe5 26. Qd1 Rf4 27. Bb1
Kg7 28. Ba2 Ne4 29. f3 Nxc3 30. bxc3 Qxc3 31. Qxa4 Qe3+ 32. Rf2 Rd4 33. Qc2
Qxa3 34. Re2 Rf7 35. Kh2 Rd3 36. Bb1 Re3 37. Rf2 Qc3 38. Qd1 Re1 39. Qd3 Qxd3
40. Bxd3 Rfe7 41. Rd2 Rc1 42. Kg3 Kf6 43. Kf2 Rd7 44. Rb2 d5 45. cxd5 Rxd5 46.
Be4 Rb5 47. Rd2 Ke7 48. g4 Ra5 49. Re2 Kd7 50. f4 Ra3 51. h4 Rca1 52. f5 R1a2
53. fxg6 Rxe2+ 54. Kxe2 hxg6 55. Bxg6 Rh3 56. h5 Ke7 57. Be4 Kf6 58. Bg2 Rb3
59. Be4 Kg5 60. Bf5 Rc3 61. Kd2 Rc5 62. Be6 b5 63. Bf7 b4 64. Kd3 Rc3+ 65. Kd2
Kxg4 66. h6 Kg5 67. h7 Rh3 68. Bg8 c5 69. Ke2 Kg6 70. Kd2 Rxh7 71. Kd3 Rh3+ 72.
Kc2 Kf6 73. Bd5 Ke5 74. Bg8 Kd4 75. Be6 Rg3 76. Bg8 Rxg8 0-1

[Event "Smartchess.com 2nd"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.10.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 c5 3. Nd2 g6 4. dxc5 Qa5 5. a3 Qxc5 6. b4 Qc7 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. Ne4
Qc6 9. Ng3 d6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. h4 e5 12. h5 a5 13. b5 Qc7 14. Ng5 Bg4 15. f3 Qb6
16. Qe2 Bd7 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. N3e4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 d5 20. Nc3 Be6 21. O-O-O d4
22. exd4 exd4 23. Qf2 Nd7 24. Ne4 Rfc8 25. Rxd4 Rc7 26. Qh4 Kf8 27. Rxd7 Qe3+
28. Kb1 Bxb2 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Qxd8+ Kg7 31. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2001.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hamel, Olivier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. h3 c6 13. Rab1 Nc5 14. b4 Ne6
15. b5 Nd4 16. Rfd1 Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 Be6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rbc1 Red8 20. g4 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Bxc4 22. Nc3 Be6 23. g5 Bd8 24. h4 Bc7 25. Kg2 Rb8 26. Ng1 Rb2 27.
Nge2 Kf8 28. Kg3 Ke7 29. a4 Ba5 30. Rc1 Bc4 31. Nd1 Rb3+ 32. Nec3 Be6 33. f3
Kd7 34. Kg2 0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2001.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zilka, Stepan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Qd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 Bxd5 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. c4 Be6 14.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Kc7 17. b3 Rd8 18. Be3 Bf5 19. Be2 Nd4 20. Bd1
Be4 21. f3 Bg6 22. Re1 Nc6 23. Bd2 f6 24. Re2 b6 25. Rf2 a5 26. a3 Bd3 27. a4
Nb4 28. f4 Bg6 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. fxe5 fxe5 31. h4 Kc6 32. h5 Bd3 33. Rf7 Rd7
34. Rf8 Kc5 35. Bg4 Rd6 36. Rc8+ Kd4 37. Kd2 e4 38. Re8 Bf1 39. g3 Bg2 40. Be2
Bh3 41. g4 Bg2 42. Re7 h6 43. Rxg7 e3+ 44. Ke1 Kc3 45. g5 hxg5 46. Rxg5 Bc6 47.
Rg6 Rxg6 48. hxg6 Bd7 49. g7 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2001.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 Qc7 8. Qe2
g5 9. e6 dxe6 10. Nxg5 Qe5 11. d4 cxd3 12. Bxd3 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 h6 14. Ne4 e5
15. Na3 f5 16. Ng3 e6 17. Nc2 Kd8 18. f4 e4 19. Bd2 Kc7 20. O-O-O Rg8 21. Rhg1
Nd5 22. Rgf1 a5 23. a4 Bc5 24. Kb1 Bd7 25. c4 Ndb4 26. Na3 Nd4 27. Bc3 Nxe2 28.
Be5+ Kc8 29. Nxe2 Bxa4 30. Rd2 e3 0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2001.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2001.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. Nxe4 Bxe4 6. e3 e6 7. Ne2 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Nc3 Bc6 11. Qg4 O-O 12. Bxc4 Qb4 13. Bb3 a5 14. Qe2 a4
15. Bc2 a3 16. Qd3 g6 17. O-O axb2 18. Rab1 Nd7 19. Bb3 Rfd8 20. Rxb2 Qd6 21.
Qe2 Nf6 22. Rd1 Qb4 23. Rc1 Qe7 24. Rd1 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2001.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2001.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Rc1 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Ng3 c5 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. O-O b5 14. b3 bxc4 15.
bxc4 Rb4 16. Nd1 Ba4 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. Bd2 Rb8 19. Nc3 Nb6 20. f4 e6 21. Nd1 Nb7
22. Ne3 Nd7 23. dxe6 Rxe6 24. e5 Bc6 25. Ne4 Re8 26. Rcd1 dxe5 27. f5 Bxe4 28.
Bxe4 Nd6 29. Ba5 Qe7 30. Bc6 Nf6 31. Bxe8 Rxe8 32. Bc3 Nfe4 33. Bb2 Qg5 34.
fxg6 hxg6 35. Ng4 Qh5 36. Qf3 Qf5 37. Qe2 Qh5 38. Qf3 Qf5 39. Qe2 Qh5 40. Qf3
Re6 41. Ne3 Bh6 42. Ng4 Bg7 43. Ne3 Qxf3 44. gxf3 Nf6 45. Ba3 Bh6 46. Bxc5
Bxe3+ 47. Bxe3 Nxc4 48. Kf2 e4 49. Rd8+ Ne8 50. fxe4 Ncd6 51. Rb1 Kh7 52. Kf3
Nxe4 53. Rb6 Re5 54. Rxa6 N8f6 55. Bd4 Rf5+ 56. Ke2 g5 57. a4 g4 58. a5 g3 59.
hxg3 Nxg3+ 60. Kd3 Rf3+ 61. Kc4 Nge4 62. Bxf6 Nxf6 63. Rc6 Ng4 64. Kc5 Ra3 65.
Kb5 Rb3+ 66. Ka6 Ra3 67. Kb6 Ne3 68. a6 Rb3+ 69. Kc7 Ra3 70. Kb7 Rb3+ 71. Ka8
Ra3 72. a7 f5 73. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2001.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2001.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. f3 g6 8. Be3
Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nc2 Rc8 12. Qd2 Ba6 13. Rac1 Nd7 14. b3 f5 15.
exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Kh8 17. Bf3 Na5 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Nc5 20. Na3 Ne4 21. Bxe4
fxe4 22. Qd5 Qd7 23. Qxe4 d5 24. Qd3 d4 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rd1 Qd6 27. Bxd4 Qxa3
28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qd4+ Kh6 30. b4 Nc4 31. Re1 e5 32. fxe5 Qxb4 33. Qh4+ Kg7
34. Qg4+ Kh6 35. Rc1 Qc5+ 36. Kh1 Rf8 37. h3 Qxe5 38. Qxc4 Rf4 39. Qd3 Rf6 40.
Qd8 Kg6 41. Qd7 Kh6 42. a4 Qf4 43. Ra1 Qe5 44. Rd1 Rg6 45. Qd2+ Qg5 46. Qxg5+
Rxg5 47. Rd7 a6 48. Rd6+ Kg7 49. bxa6 Ra5 50. Rxb6 Rxa4 51. Kg1 Ra2 52. Kh2 Ra3
53. h4 h5 54. Kg1 Ra2 55. Kf1 Kh7 56. g3 Ra3 57. Kf2 Kg7 58. Rb7+ Kf6 59. a7
Kf5 60. Rg7 Ke4 61. Kg2 Ra2+ 62. Kh3 Ra1 63. Rg5 Rxa7 64. Rxh5 Ra1 65. Rg5 Kf3
66. Rf5+ Ke4 67. Rf4+ Ke5 68. Kg4 Rg1 69. h5 Ke6 70. Kh4 Ke5 71. Rf8 Ke6 72. g4
Ke7 73. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2001.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 O-O 11. h4 b5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. g5 Nd7 14. h5 b4 15.
Nb1 Nc5 16. Qe3 Bb7 17. Rd2 Qa5 18. g6 Bg5 19. f4 Bh6 20. gxh7+ Kh8 21. Bg2
Qxa2 22. Rg1 Rac8 23. e5 Bxg2 24. Rdxg2 Bxf4 25. Qxf4 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2001.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gonda, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bg5 Ne4 8.
cxd5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qxd5 10. Qb3 Qe4+ 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qxb7 Rb8 13. Qa6 Rb1+ 14.
Rxb1 Qxb1+ 15. Ke2 Qc2+ 16. Bd2 Bd5 17. Ne5 Bh6 18. Qc8+ Nd8 19. Qd7+ Kf8 20.
Qxd8+ Kg7 21. Qxd5 Qxd2+ 22. Kf3 Qf4+ 23. Ke2 Qd2+ 24. Kf3 Qf4+ 25. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2001.10.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Bxc4 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nh5 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Qe2 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 a6 14. Qb4
Qd6 15. Bxe7 Qxb4 16. Bxb4 Rfe8 17. f3 Nf4 18. Rd1 Nxg2+ 19. Kf2 Nf4 20. d6
cxd6 21. Bxd6 Ne6 22. e5 Rac8 23. Kg3 h5 24. Rhe1 Rc4 25. h4 Nd4 26. Re4 Nf5+
27. Kh3 Rec8 28. Rd3 R4c6 29. Ba3 b5 30. Bb4 Rc4 31. a3 Rxe4 32. fxe4 Nh6 33.
Rd6 Bxe5 34. Nd5 a5 35. Ne7+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2001.11.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. f4 b5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. N1d2 d6 11. Nf3 e5 12. a4 O-O 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bd2 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Bf6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rad1 Bxb2 18. Bxb5 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Be5 20. Nxe5 Ncxe5
21. c4 Ra3 22. Rb1 Rfa8 23. c5 dxc5 24. h3 Ng6 25. Nd2 Nxf4 26. Qxg4 Ne6 27.
Nc4 Qc7 28. Nxa3 Rxa3 29. Be8 Nd8 30. Rbd1 Bc8 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. Rxf4 g5 33.
Rxd8 gxf4 34. Rxc8 f3 35. gxf3 Rxf3 36. Bd7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2001.11.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Megaranto, Susanto"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. f4 Qc7 11. Bf3 Nb6 12. Nd2 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nfd7 14. Bg4 Nf6
15. Bf5 O-O 16. Kh1 Bxf5 17. exf5 Nfd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Nb3 Nxf4 20. Rxf4 Bf6
21. c3 Rfe8 22. Qf3 Re5 23. Re4 Rae8 24. Rae1 Qc4 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Bxe5
27. g3 h6 28. Kg2 b5 29. Nc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Northeast Fall Getaway op"]
[Site "Chelmsford"]
[Date "2001.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Paschall, William M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2001.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2002.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O b5 11. g4 Nb6 12. g5 Nfd7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 (13... Nxd5
14. exd5 Bf5 15. Na5 Nb6 (15... Qc7 16. Nc6 Nb8 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19.
Qxd3 Qc4 20. Qxc4 bxc4 21. f4 Nd7 22. Rhe1 Rab8 23. Bd4 f6 {1/2-1/2 Ioseliani,
N-Zhu Chen/Elista 1998/ (38)}) (15... Nb8 16. h4 Qc7 17. Bh3 Bxh3 18. Rxh3 Bd8
19. Nb3 Nd7 20. f4 O-O 21. h5 Rc8 22. Rdh1 f5 {0-1 Somalo Fernandez,M-Garcia
Perez,J/Cala Galdana 1999/ (32)}) (15... O-O 16. Nc6 Qe8 17. h4 Nb8 18. Nxe7+
Qxe7 19. h5 Nd7 20. Bh3 Bxh3 21. Rxh3 f5 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Rg1 Rf7 {1/2-1/2
Gagunashvili,M-Dzagnidze,N/Batumi 2001/ (38)}) 16. Nc6 Qc7 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18.
Qxd3 Nc4 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 O-O 21. Rhe1 Rfe8 22. Qe4 Ne5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24.
Qxe5 {1-0 Ribshtein,N-Golberg,I/Petah Tiqwa 1997/ (31)}) 14. exd5 Nc4 (14...
Rc8 15. h4 Nc4 16. Qf2 (16. Qe1 Ndb6 17. Bh3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Rc4 19. Bg4 O-O 20.
Kb1 Qc7 21. Rh2 a5 22. h5 a4 {0-1 Bartel,M-Szelag,M/Poraj 1997/ (33)}) 16... a5
17. Rd3 b4 18. Nd2 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Rc5 20. Nb3 Rxd5 21. Bc4 Nb6 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23.
Re4 a4 {0-1 Papastavropoulos,A-Kaspi,A/Kavala 1996/ (72)}) 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16.
Na5 c3 (16... Rc8 17. Nc6 Qc7 18. f4 Nb6 19. fxe5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxc6 21. exd6
Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Rd8 23. Rhd1 Bf8 24. d7+ {1-0 Askarov,M-Mitrofanov,I/Toljatti
2000/ (24)}) 17. Qxc3 Bxg5 18. f4 $1 {[%mdl 128] White is bravely exploiting
his lead in the development, black king will become a target.} (18. Nc6 Bxe3+
19. Qxe3 Qf6 20. Rhg1 O-O {1/2-1/2 Mancebo Ibanez,F-Crespo,R/Valencia 1998/ 
(20)}) 18... exf4 (18... Bxf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Qxg7 $18) (18... Bh6 19. Nc6
Qc7 20. fxe5 Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 dxe5 22. Qa3 $18) 19. Nc6 Qc7 (19... Qf6 20. Bd4
$18) (19... Qc8 20. Bc5 $1 f3+ 21. Kb1 Nxc5 22. Qxg7) 20. Bd4 (20. Qxg7 Bf6 21.
Bb6 $1 Bxg7 (21... Qxb6 22. Rhe1+ $18) 22. Bxc7 $16) (20. Bc5 $6 O-O $13) 20...
f6 21. Rhg1 (21. h4 Bh6 22. Rhg1 Ne5 23. Rde1 O-O 24. h5 Rac8 25. Bxe5 f3+ 26.
Kb1 f2 {0-1 Skurzak,J-Ciolek,M/Kazimierz Dolny 2001/ (32)}) 21... Bh6 (21...
Rc8 22. Rxg5 $1 fxg5 23. Bxg7 Rg8 24. Re1+ Ne5 25. Bxe5 $18) 22. Rge1+ Ne5 (
22... Kf8 23. Re7 Re8 24. Bxf6 (24. Qe1 f3+ 25. Kb1 Qc8 26. Qe6 $18) 24... f3+
25. Kb1 gxf6 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Qxf6+ Kg8 28. Qxh6 f2 29. Qh4 $13) 23. Bxe5 fxe5
24. Rxe5+ $1 dxe5 (24... Kf8 25. Rh5 $1 Rg8 26. Rf5+ $18) 25. d6 {It took a
sacrifice of a whole rook, but the poor defenders king will be haunted over
the board.} Qd7 (25... Qb6 26. d7+ (26. Qxe5+ $6 Kd7 27. Qf5+ Kxc6 28. Qe4+ Kd7
29. Qe7+ Kc6 30. Qe4+ $11) 26... Kf7 (26... Kf8 27. d8=Q+ $18) 27. Nxe5+ Ke6
28. Re1 f3+ 29. Kb1 Qb5 30. Nc4+ Kxd7 31. Qd3+ Kc7 32. Qd6+ Kc8 33. Re7 $18)
26. Nxe5 Qb5 (26... Rc8 27. Qb3 f3+ 28. Kb1 Qf5 29. d7+ $18) (26... Qe6 27.
Qc6+ $18) 27. d7+ Ke7 (27... Kd8 28. Nc6+ Kc7 29. Nd4+ $18) 28. Qa3+ $1 Ke6 29.
Qd6+ Kf5 30. Nf3 Kg4 31. Nd4 {Nakamura need just one thing and that is
coordination of the pieces.} (31. Qe6+ Kxf3 32. Qh3+ Kf2 (32... Ke4 33. Qe6+
Kf3 $11) 33. Rd2+ Qe2 $11) 31... Qc4 (31... Qa5 32. Qe6+ Kh5 33. Rg1 $18) 32.
Rg1+ Kh3 (32... Kh5 33. Qe5+ g5 34. h4 Rhg8 35. Rh1 $18) 33. Qe5 g6 (33... Qf7
34. Qe1 f3+ 35. Kb1 Qf4 (35... f2 36. Qc3+ $18) 36. Qf1+ Kh4 37. Nxf3+ $18) 34.
Qe4 1-0

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2002.01.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2002.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nb3 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Bd2 b5 12. Rae1 b4 13. Nd1 Bb7 14. Qh3 e5 15.
Ne3 g6 16. f5 Nb8 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Bxb4 Bc8 19. Qg3 Be6 20. Bd2 Nbd7 21. Nf5
Bd8 22. Ne3 Qa7 23. Kh1 Bb6 24. Nf5 Kh8 25. Bh6 Nh5 26. Qh4 Bd8 27. Qh3 Rf7 28.
Qf3 gxf5 29. Be3 Qb7 30. Qxh5 Nf6 31. Qh3 Nxe4 32. Qh6 Rf6 33. Qh5 Bf7 34. Qh3
Bg6 35. Bxe4 fxe4 36. Rxf6 Bxf6 37. Rf1 Qe7 38. Na5 Rf8 39. Nc6 Qe8 40. Bh6 Bg7
41. Bxg7+ Kxg7 42. Rxf8 Kxf8 43. Qc3 Qf7 44. h3 Qf1+ 45. Kh2 Qb5 46. a4 Qxa4
47. Nb4 Bf5 48. Qd2 Qd7 49. Nd5 Bg6 50. c4 Qf7 51. Qa5 Qd7 52. Qxa6 Bf7 53. Nf6
Qf5 54. Qxd6+ Kg7 55. Ng4 Qf4+ 56. g3 Qc1 57. Qxe5+ Kf8 58. Qc5+ Kg8 59. Qf2
Bxc4 60. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2002.01.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d6 3. d4 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Nc3 c6 {In this order of moves black
are lossed the possibility to press on the center by means of Nb8-c6.} 6. Nge2
O-O 7. O-O e5 8. h3 {Deserves attention 8.a4 preventing eventual b7-b5.} b5 9.
Be3 Nbd7 10. dxe5 {Doesn't give nothing 10.d5 how it will be shown below.} (10.
d5 b4 $5 (10... Qc7 11. a4 $14 {0-1 Genba,V-Dyachkov,S/Moscow 1995/CBM 46 (63)}
Rb8) 11. dxc6 bxc3 12. cxd7 Ba6 $1 $132) 10... dxe5 {[%cal Ye3c5,Yd1d6]} 11.
Qd6 {White try to use the weakness of black squares in the center and on the
Queen's side.} Bb7 12. a4 (12. Rfd1 $5) 12... a6 13. g4 {White try to capture
more space and win the struggle for "d5" square.But on the other side they are
weakening their King's side.More solid line would 13.Rfd1.} Re8 {With idea of
eventual Re6 or Bf8 throwing away white's queen.} 14. g5 Nh5 15. axb5 (15. Rfd1
Nf8 16. Qc5 Qc8 $132) 15... cxb5 $8 (15... axb5 $2 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Rd1 $18)
16. Rfd1 Nf8 17. Qb4 {[%cal Yd1d8,Rc3d5] In the case of exchanging Queens
black solve all their problems.} Qb8 18. Nd5 {[%csl Yb6,Yd5,Ye7][%cal Yd5b6,
Yd5c7,Yd5e7]} Ne6 19. Nb6 {The pressure of white pieces grows.Black forced to
sacrifice pawn for getting the counterplay.} a5 $5 {[%mdl 512]} (19... Ra7 20.
Nd7 $18) 20. Rxa5 {Deserves attention 20.Qb5.} (20. Qxb5 $5 Ba6 21. Qxa5 Bxe2
22. Qxa8 Qxa8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Re1 Ra2 25. Rxe2 Rxb2 $16) 20... Rxa5 21. Qxa5
Bc6 22. Nd5 Nhf4 23. Nec3 (23. Bxf4 $5 exf4 24. h4 Bxd5 (24... Bxb2 $2 25. c3
$18) 25. Rxd5) 23... Bxd5 24. exd5 (24. Nxd5 Nxg5 $132) 24... Nd4 25. Kf1 $2 {
Weak move giving black the time to capture the initiative.} (25. Bf1 $5 Qc8 26.
Bxf4 exf4 $132) 25... Qc8 $1 $36 26. Ne4 $2 {The move probably made in a
time-trouble.} Qxc2 27. Re1 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Terrible blunder.} (27. Nc3) 27...
Nxg2 $19 28. Bxd4 (28. Kxg2 Qxe4+) 28... Nxe1 29. Qxe1 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2002.01.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Handke, Florian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2002.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 {Der Textzug sowie 8.Be3 sind Hauptfortsetzungen in dieser Stellung. Weiß
will sich mit dem Textzug verschiedene Optionen für den Bc1 offen halten und
bereitet zugleich f4 vor.} Nxd4 {Das ist schwarze Hauptfortsetzung, aber auch
8...d6 ist gut spielbar (Übergang zur Scheweninger Variante). Mit dem Textzug
gewinnt Schwarz ein Tempo für die Entwicklung seines Königsläufers.} 9. Qxd4
Bc5 10. Qd3 (10. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2g5]}) 10... b5 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bf3 h5 {Dieser
Zug schafft auf g4 einen Stützpunkt für den schwarzen Springer und führt zu
zweischneidigem Spiel.} (12... O-O {Das wäre die ruhige Variante - hier hat
Schwarz eine verteidigungsfähige Stellung, aber Weiß steht etwas aktiver.} 13.
e5 Ne8) 13. e5 Ng4 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Ne4 Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c1] Wie üblich in der
Sizilianischen Verteidigung bekommt Schwarz sein Gegenspiel auf der
halboffenen c-Linie. Die Dame steht ausgezeichnet auf b7, von hier aus
kontrolliert sie alle wichtigen weißen Felder.} 16. a4 (16. Bd2 Be7 17. Rae1
Qc6 18. Qf3 (18. c3 Nh6 19. f5 Nxf5 20. Rxf5 exf5 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. exd6+ Kf8
23. Bf4 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Kxe8 25. Qxf5 Qc4 26. h4 Kd8 {0-1 Grabarska,B-Handke,F/
Andorra 2001/CBM 83 ext (43)}) (18. Bc3 b4 19. Bd2 Nh6 20. c3 bxc3 21. Bxc3 Nf5
22. Qf3 h4 23. Rd1 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Movsesian,S-Lutz,C/Germany 2001/CBM 82 ext (41)
}) 18... Qd5 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Qxd5 exd5 21. exd6+ Kf8 22. Re7 Nf6 23. Bc3 {
1/2-1/2 Yu Shaoteng-Handke,F/Cappelle la Grande FRA 2002/(43)}) (16. b3) (16.
Nxc5 Rxc5 $11) 16... b4 17. c3 (17. c4 O-O 18. Ng5 g6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. b3 Rfd8
21. Bb2 Nh6 22. Rac1 Nf5 23. c5 Qd5 {1/2-1/2 Balcerak,P-Gurevich,V/Cappelle la
Grande FRA 2002/(32)}) (17. Bd2 Be7 18. c3 bxc3 19. Bxc3 Nh6 20. Qf3 (20. Rfe1
h4 21. Rad1 Nf5 22. Qf3 Qc6 23. a5 Qb5 24. Rd3 Rc4 25. Red1 Qc6 {1/2-1/2
Nijboer,F-Lutz,C/Venlo 2000/CBM 79 (65)}) 20... Qa8 21. Nd2 Qxf3 22. Rxf3 Nf5
23. Rd3 Rc6 24. g3 d5 25. exd6 Bxd6 {1/2-1/2 Vuckovic,B-Pavlovic,M/Belgrade
2001/CBM 82 ext (72)}) 17... bxc3 {Dieser Zug ist natürlich spielbar, aber der
sicherere Läuferzug 17...Be7 kommt auch stark in Betracht. Damit würde Schwarz
nicht die b-Linie öffnen.} (17... Be7 18. cxb4 Bxb4 19. Bd2 Be7 20. Bc3 Nh6 21.
Qf3 Rb8 22. Rad1 Nf5 23. Rd3 Qb6 24. Rfd1 Rb7 25. Bd4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Qxb2 27. f5
exf5 28. Nd6+ Bxd6 29. exd6 O-O {0-1 Abbasi,R-Ghorbani,M/Tehran 2001/EXT 2002 
(51)}) 18. bxc3 Be7 {Schwarz vermeidet das Motiv 19.Nxc5, 20.Ba3. Er möchte
seine Entwicklung nun mit der Rochade beenden. Weiß hat in dieser Stellung
Raumvorteil und positionellen Druck auf der d-Linie, dafür ist die schwarze
Bauernstruktur besser.} (18... O-O 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Ba3 Rd5 21. Qh3 (21. Qf3
Rc8 22. h3 Nh6 $13 {[%csl Yf5][%cal Gh6f5]}) (21. Qe2 Rc8 22. h3 Nh6 $13 {
[%csl Yg3][%cal Gh6f5,Gf5g3]}) 21... Rc8 22. Qxh5 Ne3 23. Rf3 Rxc3 $132 24. Rh3
$4 Rd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qxg2#) 19. Ba3 (19. h3 Nh6 {[%cal Gh6f5]}) 19... Bxa3 20. Rxa3
O-O 21. h3 $14 (21. Ng5 g6 $13) 21... Nh6 22. Nd6 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rd6b7,Rd6c8]
Der weiße Springer steht ausgezeichnet auf d6. Sein Gegenspieler auf h6 steht
passiv und hat wenig Aussichten, nach f5 zu gelangen.} Qb2 23. Nxc8 $6 (23. c4
$1 Rb8 (23... Rc7 24. Rb3 Qa2 25. Rfb1 Qxa4 26. Rb8 g6 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Rb8+
Kg7 29. Ne8+ $18) 24. c5 $16) 23... Qxa3 24. Nb6 (24. Qxa6 Nf5 $132) (24. Nd6
Qxa4 $13) 24... h4 $1 {[%csl Yg3][%cal Gh6f5,Gf5g3]} 25. Nxd7 Rc8 {[%csl Rc3]}
26. Qxa6 Qxc3 $44 {Schwarz hat einen Bauern weniger, aber er kontrolliert die
c-Linie, und sein Springer gelangt nun nach f5, so dass Weiß immer mit Ng3+
rechnen muss.} 27. Rb1 Kh7 {Schwarz vermeidet Motive auf der Grundlinie und
bereitet 28...Nf5 vor.} (27... Nf5 $2 28. Qxc8+ $1 Qxc8 29. Rb8 Qxb8 30. Nxb8
$18 {[%csl Ga4]}) 28. Qe2 Nf5 {[%csl Gf5,Yg3][%cal Rf5g3,Rg3e2,Rg3h1][%mdl
2048] Plötzlich besitzt Schwarz eine aussichtsreiche Angriffsstellung.} 29.
Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qg4 Qc2 $36 31. Rd1 (31. Qd1 Qe4 32. Rb8 Rxb8 33. Nxb8 Ng3+ 34.
Kh2 (34. Kg1 Qe3+ 35. Kh2 Qxf4 $17) 34... Qxf4 $17) (31. Ra1 Ne3 32. Nf6+ (32.
Qf3 Qc1+ 33. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 34. Kh2 Nf1+ 35. Qxf1 (35. Kg1 Nd2+ $19) 35... Rxf1 $19
) 32... Kf8 33. Nd7+ Ke7 $17) 31... Ne3 {[%cal Re3g4,Re3d1]} 32. Nf6+ Kf8 (
32... Kh8 $4 33. Qh5+) 33. Nd7+ Kg8 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Nd7+ Ke8 $1 $17 {Schwarz
gibt sich natürlich nicht mit Zugwiederholung zufrieden.} 36. Nf6+ Ke7 37. Nd5+
(37. Rd7+ Kf8 $19 {Wegen des Turms auf d7 kann Weiß nicht 38.Nd7+ spielen.})
37... Nxd5 (37... exd5 $142 $1 38. Qxh4+ Kd7 $19) 38. Qxh4+ Kf8 39. Rf1 (39.
Qh8+ Ke7 40. Qh4+ f6) 39... Kg8 40. a5 Ne3 {[%cal Rc2g2,Re3f1]} 41. Rg1 Nf5 {
[%csl Gf5]} 42. Qe1 Rc4 {Schwarz hat großen Materialvorteil und starkes
Figurenspiel.} 43. Rf1 Re4 (43... Ra4 $19) 44. Qf2 Qxf2 (44... Qc3 45. Kh2 Qxa5
$19) 45. Rxf2 {[%mdl 4096] Wei hat zwei Bauern für die Figur, aber Schwarz
gewinnt sofort den a-Bauern.} Ra4 46. g4 Ne7 47. Rf3 g5 $1 {Schwarz opfert
einen Bauern, sprengt damit aber die weiße Bauernstruktur.} 48. fxg5 Ng6 {
[%csl Ra5,Re5,Gg6] Materiell steht Weiß nicht schlecht - er hat schon drei
Bauern für die Figur, aber er verliert sehr bald den Pa5 und den Pe5.} 49. Kh2
Rxa5 50. Kg3 Nxe5 {Aufgrund des reduzierten Materials hat Weiß noch ein paar
Remischancen, aber bei technisch gutem Spiel muss Schwarz hier gewinnen.} 51.
Rc3 Kg7 52. Re3 Nc4 (52... Kg6) 53. Re4 Ra3+ 54. Kg2 Ne3+ 55. Kf2 Nd5 56. h4
Kg6 57. Kg2 Rb3 {Schwarz bereitet 58...Rb4 vor, das Endspiel danach ist leicht
gewonnen.} 58. Ra4 Nb4 (58... Rb4 $1) 59. Ra5 Nd5 60. Ra4 Rb4 61. Rxb4 Nxb4 $19
{Dieses Endspiel dauert noch lange, ist aber sicher gewonnen für Schwarz.} 62.
Kf3 Nd5 63. Ke4 Nb6 64. Kf4 Nd7 65. h5+ {Nun wird der Pg5 zum Angriffspunkt
des schwarzen Spiels.} (65. Ke4 Nf8 66. Kf3 (66. Kf4 Nh7 67. h5+ (67. Ke4 Nxg5+
68. hxg5 Kxg5 $19)) 66... f5 (66... Nh7 67. Kf4 Nxg5 68. hxg5 e5+ 69. Ke4 $1 (
69. Kxe5 $2 Kxg5 $22 70. Ke4 Kxg4 $19) 69... Kxg5 70. Kxe5 $11) 67. gxf6 Kxf6
68. Ke4 e5 69. g5+ Ke6 70. h5 Nh7 $19) 65... Kg7 66. Ke4 Nf8 67. Ke5 Kg8 68.
Kd6 (68. Kf6 Nh7+ $19 {[%cal Rh7f6,Rh7g5]}) 68... Kh7 69. Ke5 Kg7 70. Ke4 Nh7
71. Kf4 Kg8 $22 {Wei0 befindet sich in Zugzwang - nach 71.h6 kommt 71...Nf8,
und Weiß muss den Pg5 geben.} 72. g6 fxg6 73. Ke5 (73. hxg6 Nf8 74. Ke5 Kg7 $19
) 73... gxh5 74. gxh5 Nf8 75. Kf6 Kh7 76. Kg5 (76. Kf7 e5 $19) 76... Nd7 77.
Kh4 Kh6 78. Kg4 e5 (78... Nf6+ 79. Kf4 Nxh5+ 80. Ke5 Ng7 $19) 79. Kh4 Nf6 80.
Kg3 Kxh5 0-1

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2002.01.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vuckovic, Bojan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2002.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5
15. Qh5 Qe7 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. fxe6 g6 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Qh3 Kg7 20. Nd5 Qd8
21. Qc3 Ra7 22. Qa3 Qb8 23. h4 Bh6 24. h5 a5 25. Be2 b4 26. Qg3 Rf7 27. hxg6
hxg6 28. Bh5 Qf8 29. Rhg1 Bf4 30. Nxf4 Rxf4 31. Bxg6 Rg4 32. Qxe5+ dxe5 33.
Rxg4 Rh2 34. Bf5+ Kh6 35. Rg6+ Kh5 36. Rc6 Qd8 37. Rc1 Qh4 38. Rc7 Kg5 39. a4
Rh1 40. Rxh1 Qxh1+ 41. Ka2 {[#] Schwarz belagert mit weißer Hilfe erfolgreich
die einzige Schwäche im weißen Lager, den Bb2....} Kf4 42. Rc4 Qd1 43. Be6 Ke3
44. Bd5 Kd2 45. Rc8 ({Simpel war} 45. b3 Kc1 46. Bc6 $11 {[%csl Gb2][%cal
Yc6d5,Gc4d4,Gc4c3] Festung! Pendelzüge des Königs (a2-a1-a2) sind ebenso
möglich wie solche mit dem Läufer (c6-d5-c6).}) 45... Kc1 46. Bb3 Qe2 47. Rc4
$6 (47. Bd5 $142) 47... Kd2 48. Rc5 {Man kann jedoch an folgende Festung
denken:} (48. c3 bxc3 49. Rxc3 Qxe4 50. Rc5 Qf4 51. Rxa5 e4 52. Rd5+ Ke1 53.
Rc5 e3 54. Rc3 e2 55. Bc4 Kf2 56. Bxe2 Kxe2 57. Kb1 $11 {Ba4 wird nicht
benötigt.}) 48... Qxe4 49. Rxa5 Kc1 {[%cal Re4d4,Rd4b2]} 50. Rd5 Qe2 {[%csl
Gc4]} 51. a5 (51. Rb5 e4 52. Rxb4 e3 53. Bc4 Qxc2 {[%csl Rb1]} 54. Bb5 (54. a5
Qb1+ 55. Ka3 Qa1+ 56. Kb3 Qxb2+ 57. Ka4 Qc2+ 58. Kb5 e2 59. Bxe2 Qxe2+ 60. Kb6
Qe3+ {Matt in 38 (Tablebase)}) 54... e2 55. Bxe2 Qb1+ 56. Ka3 Qa1+ 57. Kb3
Qxb2+ 58. Kc4 Qxe2+ $19 {Matt in 34 (Tablebase)}) 51... e4 52. Rd6 e3 53. a6
Qg2 (53... Qh5 $1 $19 {[%csl Ra5,Re5][%cal Ra5a2,Re5b2]}) 54. Re6 (54. Bd5 Qg5
55. a7 Qe5 56. c3 Qxd6 57. a8=Q e2 58. Qe8 Qxd5+ {nebst matt}) 54... Qg7 55. c3
Qg2 0-1

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2002.01.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2002.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Nd4 (10... Ne8 11. Ncd5 Bg5 12. a3 Nc7 13. Nxc7 Qxc7 14.
Nd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 $14 {Tseshkovsky,V-Sveshnikov,E/Elista 1994/
CBM 44}) 11. a4 a6 $5 (11... Nd7 12. Ncd5 Bg5 13. c3 Nc6 14. g3 Bxe3+ 15. Bxe3
Kh8 16. Qd2 $14 {Kosten,A-Sadler,M/Hastings 1991}) (11... h6 12. Bd2 (12. g3
Qd7 13. Kh1 Kh8 14. b3 Bd8 15. Bd2 Ba5 16. Ncd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5
Bxd2 19. Qxd2 $14 {Macieja,B-Istratescu,A/Batumi 1999/CBM 74}) 12... Nh5 13.
Ncd5 Bg5 14. b4 cxb4 15. Bxb4 Nf4 $132 {Yakovich,Y-Kovalevskaya,E/Rostov 1993/
TD}) (11... Ne8 12. Ncd5 Bg5 13. c3 Nc6 14. Bd2 (14. Kh1 Bxe3 15. Bxe3 Nc7 16.
f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Bxd5 18. exd5 $14 {Yu Shaoteng-Durao,M/Beijing 1996/CBM 54 ext
}) 14... Kh8 15. b4 cxb4 16. cxb4 Rc8 17. b5 Nd4 $132 {Dembo,Y-Orso,M/Budapest
2000}) (11... Nh5 12. Ncd5 Bg5 13. c3 Nc6 14. g3 Bxe3+ 15. Bxe3 Ne7 16. Bg5
Bxd5 17. Bxd5 h6 $11 {Gurevich,I-Sherbakov,R/Hastings 1993/CBM 39}) 12. Ncd5
Nxd5 (12... b5 $2 13. axb5 axb5 $140 $2 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Nxe7+ $18) 13. Nxd5 (
13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Bg5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. Rxf4 $14) 13... Bg5
14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. c3 Bxd5 $6 {White bishops dominates the black knight so
better was to keep the bishop into play by} (15... Nc6 $5 16. f4 (16. Nc7 Bh3
17. Qe2 Rad8 $11) 16... exf4 17. Nc7 Bg4 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. Nd5 $14) 16. Bxd5 Nc6
17. Qc1 Qxc1 18. Raxc1 g6 19. f4 Kg7 20. f5 f6 21. b4 $5 {Weak spot in black's
position is a pawn on b7, so white opens up the b-file.} Ne7 (21... cxb4 $6 22.
cxb4 Nxb4 (22... Rac8 23. Be6 Rb8 24. b5 Nd4 25. Rc7+ Kh6 26. b6 $16) 23. Rc7+
Kh6 24. Bxb7 Ra7 25. Rf3 $16 {[%cal Gf3h3,Gh3h7]}) 22. bxc5 (22. Bxb7 Ra7 23.
Bd5 gxf5 {[%csl Rd5]} 24. Be6 (24. Bc4 $5) 24... fxe4 25. dxe4 Rb8 $14) 22...
Nxd5 23. exd5 dxc5 24. Rb1 Rf7 25. c4 gxf5 26. Rxf5 Re8 27. Rf2 f5 (27... e4
28. Re1 f5 29. Rf4 e3 30. Kf1 Kf6 31. Ke2 $14 {[%csl Re3,Rf5]}) 28. g4 f4 $6 {
More chances of survival would leave} (28... fxg4 $5 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rxb7+
Kf6 31. Rxh7 (31. Kf2 e4 32. Ke3 exd3+ 33. Kxd3 h5 $14) 31... e4 $14 {and
despite of being a pawn down black has excellent chances to hold the position.}
) 29. Re2 h5 30. gxh5 Kh6 31. Rb6+ Kxh5 32. Re6 $1 Rg8+ (32... Rxe6 33. dxe6
Re7 34. Rxe5+ Kg6 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Re4 $18) 33. Kf2 Kg4 34. Kf1 (34. R2xe5 $2
Rh7 $132) 34... Rh8 (34... f3 35. Re4+ Rf4 36. R6xe5 $18) 35. Rg2+ Kf5 36. Re2
f3 (36... Kg4 $5 37. R6xe5 $16) 37. R2xe5+ Kg4 (37... Kf4 38. Re4+ Kg5 39.
R6e5+ Kg6 40. Rg4+ $18) 38. Rg6+ Kh3 39. Rg3+ Kxh2 40. Kf2 {[%csl Rf3,Rh2] Now
the engame is lost for black due to position of the king on h2.} Rh3 41. Rxh3+
Kxh3 42. Rg5 Kh4 43. Rg3 b5 44. axb5 axb5 45. Rxf3 Rb7 46. Ke3 Kg5 47. d4 cxd4+
(47... b4 48. dxc5 b3 49. Rf1 b2 50. Rb1 $18 {[%cal Gc5c8,Gd5d8]}) 48. Kxd4
bxc4 49. Kxc4 Kg6 50. Kc5 Rc7+ 51. Kb6 Rc1 52. d6 Rd1 53. Kc7 Rc1+ 54. Kd8 Rd1
55. d7 Kg5 56. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2002.01.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 Qe6 $6 {
This move contradicts to the "Znosko-Borovsky rule" I mentioned in CBM86 (see
annots to the Agrest-Bacrot game). Theory and practice don't favour it either.}
(13... h6 {is the main line.}) 14. h3 $1 {The simplest course. There are two
more moves which are also promising for White:} (14. d5 Qxe4 15. Qd2 $5 (15.
Rxb7 {is less convincing in view of the strong reply} Be6 $1 (15... Nd7 $143
16. h3 Bf5 17. g4 Bxg4 18. hxg4 Qxg4+ 19. Kh1 $16) (15... h6 $5 {is
interesting, too:} 16. Rxe7 (16. Bxe7 Re8) 16... Qb4 17. Qd2 a5 $1 $10 {Avrukh}
) 16. Rb5 Bf5 17. Re1 $6 (17. Nd2 $5 Qe5 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. d6 $44 {
Azmaiparashvili,Z}) 17... a5 $1 18. Bf1 Qc2 19. Qxc2 Bxc2 20. Bxe7 Rc8 $1 21.
Rc1 a4 $13 22. Rc5 $6 Rxc5 23. Bxc5 Bf5 24. Ba3 Nd7 25. Bb5 Nb6 26. d6 Rc8 27.
Rd1 Rc3 28. Bb2 Rxf3 {0-1 Garcia Ilundain,D-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Pamplona 1996/
CBM 57 (28)}) 15... f6 (15... a5 $142 16. Rxb7 f6 17. Be3 $44 {Sakaev}) 16. Be3
a5 17. Rfc1 Rc8 18. h3 Bd7 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Bd3 Qa4 (20... Qxd5 21. Rc1 Qd7
22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Be6 $1 Qxe6 24. Qd8+ Qg8 25. Rxc8 $18 {Sakaev}) 21. Bc5 Qd7
22. Qe2 Bf8 23. Bc4 $16 {Sakaev-Bukhman, Leningrad 1989}) (14. Re1 $5 h6 15.
Bh4 Qxe4 16. Bd3 Qf4 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. d5 Nd7 19. Rb4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 $44 Qb8 $2 (
20... Qc7) 21. d6 $1 Bc3 22. Bxg6 $1 Bxb4 23. Qd5 Rf8 24. Re4 Nf6 25. Bxf6 Qxd6
26. Bh7+ {1-0 San Segundo Carrillo,P-Alonso,S/Malaga 1999/CBM 68 ext (26)})
14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qd7 {[%mdl 32] White now has a simple but very strong plan:
the advance of his e- and d-pawns. Black, being behind in development, can't
stop them.} 16. d5 $1 {It is important not to let the b8 knight out to c6.} (
16. e5 {is harmless:} Nc6 17. Qa4 Rad8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rfd1 f6 20. exf6 exf6
21. Bf4 Rfe8 22. Qa6 Re7 23. Rbc1 Re6 24. Rb1 Re7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tella,
J-Rytshagov,M/Tampere 1997/EXT 99 (36)}) 16... Na6 {This attempt to develop
the knight fails but it is not easy to give Black a good advice.} (16... b6 $2
17. e5 $1 f6 18. d6 fxg5 19. Bxa8 Na6 20. dxe7 Qxe7 21. Re1 $18 {0-1 Al Ashhab,
S-Mohsen,K/Tanta 1997/EXT 98 (38)}) (16... Be5 {here or on the next move
doesn't help in view of} 17. Bg4 {[%cal Yf2f4]}) (16... a5 {, just moving the
a-pawn as far as possible, was probably Black's best chance.}) 17. Qe2 Nc5 18.
e5 $1 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] A pair of bishops and a strong pawn centre guarantee
White a clear advantage, in spite of Black's extra pawn.} (18. Qe3 b6 19. e5
Rab8 20. Bh6 $6 Qf5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rb4 {1/2-1/2 Tella,J-Kekki,P/Helsinki
1997/EXT 98 (22).}) 18... Rae8 $6 {Black intends to attack the white centre
with ...f7-f6, which is brilliantly refuted by the young Norwegian.} (18...
Rfe8 $142) 19. Rfd1 f6 $6 20. Be3 Rc8 (20... b6 {doesn't change much, e.g.} 21.
Bxc5 bxc5 22. Qc4 $1 fxe5 23. d6+ Kh8 24. Rb7) 21. d6 $1 b6 (21... fxe5 22.
Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Qa2+ Kh8 24. Qxa7 Rc4 25. Rxb7 $18) ({Or} 21... exd6 22. Qa2+ Kh8
23. Qxa7 $18 {[%cal Re3c5,Re5d6]}) 22. Bxc5 {One of the advantages of the
bishop pair is that one of them can be traded at an appropriate moment!} Rxc5
23. e6 {[%csl Gd6,Ge6] The triumph of White's central pawns!} Qc8 {This leads
to a nice finale but} (23... Qd8 24. dxe7 Qxe7 25. Rd7 Qe8 26. Rxa7 Re5 27. Qc4
{[%cal Rb1b6,Rc4c7] is equally hopeless for Black}) 24. dxe7 Re8 {[%tqu "En",
"Find a decisive combination for White.","","","d1d8","",10]} 25. Rd8 $1 Rxd8
26. exd8=Q+ Qxd8 27. e7 Qe8 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Qxc8 $1 Qxc8 31. Rd8+
{An instructive game, purely demonstrating White's strategy in the 8.Rb1
system.} 1-0

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2002.01.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2002.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Nd5 {Usual
continuation is 6...Qe7.} 7. c4 Nb6 8. Nd2 (8. Nc3 d5 {- see the game Garma,
C-Rausis,I Goodricke op 2001/CBM 82 [Postny]}) 8... Qe7 9. Qe2 {With different
moves order the position transposed in one of the main variations.} a5 {
Other options are: 9...d5, 9...Qe6, 9...Bb7.} 10. b3 $6 {This variation is
risky for white. The alternatives are: 10.g3 - see the game Hector,J-Wedberg,T
/Sigeman & Co 2001/CBM 84 [Postny] and 10.Qe4.} a4 11. Bb2 axb3 12. axb3 Rxa1+
13. Bxa1 Qa3 14. Qd1 Bb4 15. Bd3 Qa5 ({Deserving attention} 15... Qa2 16. Bd4
Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Qxb3 $15) 16. Ke2 d6 $1 {This move was recommended by V.
Mikhalevski in his comments to the game Magem Badals,J-Hebden,M Escaldes zt
1998/CBM 68. In this game black continued 16...d5?! and eventually lost.} 17.
f4 $146 (17. Nf3 Bg4 18. Qc2 dxe5 19. Rd1 g6 20. Be4 O-O 21. Bxc6 f6 22. h3 Bf5
23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qa2+ $17 {1/2-1/2 Dovzik,J-Ambrus,E/Szeged 1998/EXT 99 
(59)}) (17. Qc2 dxe5 18. Nf3 Bg4 19. Be4 Nd7 20. h3 Bxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Qc5 22. Bf5
Nf8 23. Qe4 f6 24. Rd1 g6 25. Bc8 Kf7 26. Bb7 Qe7 27. Qxc6 Bd6 28. g3 $14 {
0-1 Butze,R-Poljanskij,A /corr.1975 (46)}) 17... dxe5 18. fxe5 Bc3 $6 (18...
Bg4+ $1 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. h3 Bxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Nxe5+ 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qe2 $15) 19.
Bxc3 Qxc3 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Qa1 Qxa1 $2 {This is certainly illogical. White has
as unsafe K in the centre and willing to exchange QQ and this exchange helps
him a lot...} (21... Qxb3 $4 22. Rb1 {[%csl Rb3]} Qa4 23. Qxa4 Nxa4 24. Rb8+
$18 {[%csl Rh8]}) ({The right move is} 21... Qb4) 22. Rxa1 $16 Ke7 (22... Kd7
23. h3 Bxf3+ 24. gxf3 $16) 23. Ra7 Nd7 {This pawn sacrifice is temporary.} 24.
Rxc7 Rb8 25. Bc2 Rb6 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge7d8]} 26. Kd2 (26. c5 $6 Rb5) 26... Kd8
27. Ra7 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Nxe5 29. f4 Nd7 30. Bf5 $2 {This move allows black to
escape for a draw.} (30. Kc3 {[%csl Gb3,Gc4][%cal Gb3b4]} g6 (30... c5 31. Bf5
Rd6 32. Rxd7+ (32. b4 cxb4+ 33. Kxb4) 32... Rxd7 33. Bxd7 Kxd7 34. b4 {and the
pawn endgame is won for white.}) 31. b4 {with good winning chances.}) 30... Nc5
{Now the mutual "pawn capture" is on. White will remain a pawn up, but the
material on the board will be strongly reduced, that makes white's winning
chances rather low.} 31. Rxf7 Rxb3 32. Rxg7 Rf3 33. Rg4 Nb3+ {Black's pieces
became active and well-coordinated, as a result of white's mistake on move 30.}
34. Ke1 h6 35. Rh4 Nd4 36. Bh3 Ke7 37. Rxh6 Rxf4 {With every exchange white's
winning chances evaporates.} 38. Kd2 Nb3+ 39. Kd3 Nc5+ 40. Kc3 Na4+ 41. Kb3
Nc5+ 42. Kb4 Nd3+ 43. Kc3 Nc5 44. Bg2 Na4+ 45. Kd3 Nc5+ 46. Ke3 Rxc4 47. Rxc6
Rc3+ 48. Kd4 (48. Kd2 Ne4+ {[%csl Gh8] swapping the RR and reaching the
theoretical draw.}) 48... Rc2 {[%csl Rg2]} 49. Rg6 Ne6+ 50. Ke3 {Black's
defensive task in this position is quite easy.It should be noticed as well,
that white has the "wrong" B, so if the RR will be swapped black can deal even
without a knight...} Rc3+ 51. Kd2 Rc5 52. Bf3 Ng5 53. Be2 Kf7 54. Ra6 Re5 55.
Ra3 Kg6 56. Ke1 Nh7 57. Kf2 Nf6 58. Bf3 Rc5 ({It looks like after} 58... Ne4+ {
a draw could be agreed.}) 59. Ra4 Rc3 60. h4 {Good progress of the position...}
Kg7 61. Kg3 Rc5 62. Ra6 Rb5 63. Be2 Rc5 64. Kf4 Nh5+ 65. Ke3 Re5+ 66. Kf2 Nf6
67. Bd3 Rd5 68. Ke3 {White probably forgot, that his K should be close to the
pawn...} Ng4+ 69. Ke2 Nf6 70. Rc6 Rd4 71. Rc7+ Kg8 72. Bc4+ Kh8 {The Ph4 is
doomed.} 73. h5 Nxh5 74. Ke3 {Fight until the end...} Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2002.01.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Qe1
O-O 9. f5 d5 10. Bb3 dxe4 11. dxe4 exf5 12. Qh4 fxe4 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nxf7 Qd4+
15. Kh1 c4 16. Nxh6+ Bxh6 17. Bxh6 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Nf5 19. Qg4 Ne5 20. Qf4 cxb3
21. axb3 Nf7 22. Rd1 Qh8 23. Bg5 Qh5 24. Bf6 Be6 25. Kg1 Re8 26. Qxe4 N5d6 27.
Qd4 b6 28. Qd2 Nb5 29. Nxb5 Qxb5 30. Rf1 Bf5 31. Rf2 Bxc2 32. Bc3 Bf5 33. Qd4
Qe5 34. Qh4 Qe7 35. Qd4 Qe5 36. Qh4 Qe7 37. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda op"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2002.02.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Richardson, Mark"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2002.02.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd1 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
h4 h5 9. Qd2 Ne5 10. Bb3 d6 11. Nf3 Neg4 12. Bg5 b5 13. Nh2 b4 14. Nd5 Nxh2 15.
Rxh2 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Bxb2 17. Rd1 Bc3+ 18. Kf1 Qc7 19. Qd3 a5 20. f4 Ba6 0-1

[Event "Bermuda op"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2002.02.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fernandez, John C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2079"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2002.02.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 Qb6 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O h6 10. Be3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Ne5 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Nf3
Nc6 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Rxf7 g5 17. Qf1 1-0

[Event "Bermuda op"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2002.02.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ernst, Sipke"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2002.02.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Bb2
e6 9. Qc2 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 O-O 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. Rhc1 Rc8 14. Qxc8
Qxc8 15. Rxc8 Rxc8 16. a3 Bf8 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Rb8 19. Nd2 Bb4 20. Rxa6
Bxd2 21. Kxd2 Rxb3 22. Ra8+ Rb8 23. Rxb8+ Nxb8 24. Bb5 Ne4+ 25. Ke2 Nd6 26. Ba4
Nc4 27. Bc3 Na6 28. Kd3 Nc7 29. Bb3 Nd6 30. Bb4 Nce8 31. Ba4 f5 32. f3 Kf7 33.
Bc6 Nc8 34. Be1 Nf6 35. Kc3 Nd6 36. Kb4 Nc4 37. Bf2 g5 38. Bb5 Nd6 39. Bd3 Nd7
40. Bg3 Ke7 41. Ka5 h6 42. Be1 Kd8 43. Bg3 Ke7 44. h3 Nf6 45. Be5 Nf7 46. Bh2
Nd6 47. Kb4 Nd7 48. g4 fxg4 49. hxg4 Nb6 50. Kc5 Nbc4 51. Bg1 Nb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda op"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2002.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shahade, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.02.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bf8 6. f4 b6 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. b4 h5
9. Bd3 Ba6 10. b5 Bb7 11. a4 c5 12. bxc6 Nbxc6 13. Nb5 Nc8 14. c3 Na5 15. O-O
g6 16. Nh4 a6 17. Na3 Ne7 18. Nb1 Nc4 19. Qb3 Qc7 20. Nd2 Rc8 21. Ndf3 Na5 22.
Qb1 Nf5 23. Bd2 Qd8 24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. Ng5 Rc6 26. Rf3 Be7 27. Rh3 Nc4 28. Bc1
Bxg5 29. fxg5 Kd7 30. Be2 h4 31. Bf4 Rh7 32. g4 fxg4 33. Qxh7 gxh3 34. g6 Rc8
35. gxf7 Qe7 36. Rf1 Rf8 37. Bh6 b5 38. Qg8 1-0

[Event "Bermuda op"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2002.02.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2002.02.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Qa5 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nf6
15. Bf3 Kf8 16. Rb1 Nbd7 17. Rxb7 Rc8 18. Bxh5 Qxc3 19. Be2 Qxc2 20. Bxa6 Qxa2
21. Bb5 Ne5 22. Re1 Qa8 23. Rb6 Qa5 24. Rb7 Qa8 25. Rb6 Qa5 26. Rxd6 exd6 27.
Qxd6+ Kg8 28. Qxe5 Rc5 29. Qxc5 Qxe1+ 30. Bf1 Qb1 31. Qe3 Rh5 32. h3 g4 33. Be5
gxh3 34. Qg3+ Kh7 35. gxh3 Ne8 36. Kg2 Qc1 37. Bf4 Qe1 38. Bd3 Kh8 39. Be5+ Kh7
40. Bf4 Kh8 41. Be5+ Kh7 42. Qg4 Qxe5 43. Qxh5+ Kg8 44. Qg5+ Qg7 45. Qg3 Nf6
46. Kf3 Kh7 47. Bc4 Nd7 48. Qh4+ Qh6 49. Qxh6+ Kxh6 50. Ke4 Nf6+ 51. Ke5 Kg7
52. Bb5 Nh5 53. Be8 Nf6 54. Bc6 Nh5 55. Bf3 Nf6 56. h4 Nd7+ 57. Kd6 Nf6 58. h5
Ng8 59. Ke5 Kh6 60. f6 Kg5 61. Be2 Nh6 62. Bd1 Kh4 63. f4 Kg3 64. Bb3 Kg4 65.
Bxf7 Nxf7+ 66. Ke6 Nd8+ 67. Kd7 Kf5 68. Kxd8 Kxf6 69. h6 Kf7 70. f5 Kf8 71. f6
Kg8 72. Ke7 Kh7 73. f7 1-0

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsipanny"]
[Date "2002.02.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dolgitser, Konstantin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2262"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2002.02.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nfd2
c5 9. Qc2 a6 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 Rb8 13. Rae1 e5 14. Nd1 Nh5 15. f4
Qe7 16. e4 bxc4 17. bxc4 Rxb2 18. Nxb2 exf4 19. Nd3 fxg3 20. h3 Bd4+ 21. Kh1
Bxh3 22. Bxh3 g2+ 23. Kxg2 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Qh4 25. Rf3 Nf4 26. Nxf4 Qxe1+ 27. Rf1
Qe3 28. Qd1 Bc3 29. Nb1 Qxe4+ 30. Qf3 Qxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Bg7 32. Nd2 Bh6 33. Bf1
Re8 34. Nb3 Nb7 35. Ng2 Re5 36. Kg1 f5 37. Bd3 Re7 38. Kf2 Nd8 39. Nf4 Bxf4 40.
Rxf4 Rb7 41. Ke3 Nf7 42. Na5 Re7+ 43. Kd2 Ne5 44. Rf2 h5 45. Bxf5 gxf5 46. Rxf5
Rh7 0-1

[Event "Linares Anibal op 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7
8. Qf4 Qe6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qxc7 Bd6 11. Qa5 b5 12. O-O Qe5 13. f4 Qd4+ 14. Kh1
Bb4 15. Qc7 Bd6 16. Qa5 Bb4 17. Qc7 Bd6 18. Qa5 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3
Qxc5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. O-O Bg4 12. Rac1 Nd7 13. Qf2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nc5
15. Bb1 Na4 16. Nxa4 Qxa4 17. Kh1 e6 18. h4 Ne7 19. h5 Qb4 20. Rc2 Rac8 21. b3
f5 22. Qh4 Kf7 23. Re2 Bf6 24. Qh2 b5 25. cxb5 Qxb5 26. Bxa7 Rc3 27. Bg1 Rg8
28. h6 Rgc8 29. Ree1 Ng8 30. a4 Qb4 31. exf5 exf5 32. Rd1 Ne7 33. a5 d5 34. a6
Rxb3 35. a7 Rb2 36. Qg3 d4 37. Bd3 Qa3 38. Rc1 Qxa7 39. Rxc8 Nxc8 40. Bc4+ Kf8
41. Qe1 Qe7 42. Qc1 Rb6 43. Re1 Qc7 44. Qa3+ Qd6 45. Qa8 Rb8 46. Qa4 Nb6 47.
Qa6 Nxc4 48. Qxc4 Qxf4 49. Qc5+ Kg8 50. Qd5+ Kh8 51. Bh2 Qxh6 52. Qc6 Rf8 53.
Re6 Bg7 54. Kg1 Qg5+ 55. Kf1 Qd8 56. Bd6 Rg8 57. Ke2 Qa8 0-1

[Event "Linares Anibal op 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 a6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b5 8.
Be2 Bb7 9. Be3 Rc8 10. Qd3 Qc7 11. O-O-O Nf6 12. Bf3 Bb4 13. Bd2 Bxc3 14. Bxc3
Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Qxf4+ 16. Kb1 Qxe4 17. Qg3 Nd5 18. Qxg7 Nxc3+ 19. bxc3 Rf8 20.
Rd6 b4 21. Rd4 Qe3 22. c4 Qc3 23. Qg4 d5 24. Rxd5 Rxc4 25. Qe2 Qxc2+ 26. Qxc2
Rxc2 27. Kxc2 exd5 28. Kb3 Kd7 29. Kxb4 Kd6 30. Rf1 f5 31. Kc3 Kc5 32. g3 Rf6
33. Kd3 Rh6 34. Rf2 Rh3 35. Ke3 Rh5 36. h4 Rh6 37. Rxf5 Rg6 38. Rf3 Kc4 39. Kd2
d4 40. h5 Rg5 41. Ra3 Rg4 42. Rxa6 Rxg3 43. Rc6+ Kd5 44. Rc8 Rg2+ 45. Kd3 Rg3+
46. Kd2 Rg2+ 47. Kd3 Rg3+ 48. Kd2 Ra3 49. Rc7 Rxa2+ 50. Kd3 Ra3+ 51. Kd2 Ra2+
52. Kd3 Ra3+ 53. Kd2 h6 54. Rh7 Ra2+ 55. Kd3 Ra3+ 56. Kd2 Ra2+ 57. Kd3 Ra3+ 58.
Kd2 Ra6 59. Kd3 Ke5 60. Re7+ Kf6 61. Rd7 Ke5 62. Re7+ Kf6 63. Rd7 Ra5 64. Rxd4
Rxh5 65. Ke2 Rf5 66. Rd3 Kg5 67. Rf3 Rb5 68. Kf2 Kg4 69. Ra3 h5 70. Kg1 Rb1+
71. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. h3
e6 9. g4 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. a3 Be7 12. O-O Nfd7 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 Nb6 15.
Ra2 O-O 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. Nb3 Nc6 18. Rd1 Rac8 19. Bf4 Rfd8 20. Nc5 Nd4 21. Rxd4
Qxc5 22. Rd3 Bg5 23. b4 Qxb4 24. Bxg5 f6 25. Bc1 Rxc3 26. Rb2 Qc4 27. Rxb6 Rxc2
28. Bd2 Bc6 29. Qe3 d5 30. exd5 exd5 31. Rc3 Rxc3 32. Qxc3 Qxc3 33. Bxc3 Bb5
34. Ba5 Rd7 35. Rb8+ Kf7 36. Rb7 Ke6 37. Rxd7 Bxd7 38. Kf1 Ke5 39. Ke2 f5 40.
Bc7+ Kd4 41. g5 h5 42. f4 g6 43. Bb6+ Kc4 44. Ke3 d4+ 45. Bxd4 a5 46. Bf1+ Kd5
47. Bd3 h4 48. Bb2 Bc6 49. Ba3 Ba4 50. Kd2 Bb3 51. Kc3 Bd1 52. Bc1 Bf3 53. Be3
Bg2 54. Bf2 Bxh3 55. Bxh4 Bg4 56. Bf2 Bf3 57. Bd4 Kc6 58. Bc4 Bd1 59. Bf7 Bh5
60. Kb3 Kb5 61. Be8+ 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 dxc3 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 Nf5 13. Rg1 Qb6 14. g4 Nc6
15. Rg2 Nfd4 16. Nxc3 Qa5 17. Rb1 O-O-O 18. Bd2 Qxa3 19. Ne4 dxe4 20. Qxa3
Nxc2+ 21. Kd1 Nxa3 22. Ra1 Nd4 23. Rxa3 Bc6 24. h3 e3 25. Rxe3 Ba4+ 26. Kc1
Nb3+ 27. Rxb3 Bxb3 28. Rg3 Ba4 29. Bg2 Bc6 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. h4 Rd4 32. h5 Rgd8
33. Rg2 Rd3 34. h6 Rh3 35. g5 Kd7 36. Rf2 Ke8 37. Bb4 Rd4 38. Bd6 Rh4 39. f5
exf5 40. Rxf5 Rdf4 41. Rxf4 Rxf4 42. e6 Rh4 43. exf7+ Kxf7 44. Kb2 Rh3 45. Bb4
Kg6 46. Bd2 a6 47. Kc2 a5 48. Bxa5 Kxg5 49. Bd2+ Kf5 50. Bc1 Ke4 51. Bg5 Kd5
52. Kd1 Ke4 53. Kd2 Rh5 54. Bf6 Rxh6 55. Bg7 Rh3 56. Kc2 Kd5 57. Kd2 Kc4 58.
Bf8 Rd3+ 59. Kc2 Rf3 60. Bd6 Rf2+ 61. Kc1 c5 62. Be7 Kc3 63. Kb1 c4 64. Bh4 Rg2
65. Be7 Kb3 66. Bc5 Rh2 67. Be3 Rh1+ 68. Bc1 Rf1 0-1

[Event "Linares Anibal op 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Nc6
9. Nxg6 fxg6 10. Ne2 Qb6 11. Nf4 cxd4 12. Bd3 Nxe5 13. Nxg6 Nxg6 14. Bxg6+ Kd7
15. gxh5 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Rf8 17. Kg2 Ne7 18. Qg4 Nxg6 19. Qxg6 d3 20. Be3 d4 21.
Qxd3 Bc5 22. c3 Rxh5 23. cxd4 Qc6+ 24. Kg1 Bd6 25. Qg6 Rhf5 26. Rc1 Qb5 27. d5
Qxd5 28. Qxg7+ R8f7 29. Qc3 Rf8 30. Qg7+ R8f7 31. Qc3 Qf3 32. Qc8+ Ke7 33. Qg8
Bc5 34. Rh3 Qxh3 35. Bxc5+ Kf6 36. Bd4+ e5 37. Qd8+ Re7 38. Qf8+ Ke6 39. Qg8+
Kf6 40. Qf8+ Ke6 41. Qg8+ Kf6 42. Qf8+ Ke6 43. Qg8+ Kf6 44. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2002.03.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kallio, Heikki"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. c5 e5 7. dxe5 Nfd7 8. f4
Nxc5 9. Nf3 f6 10. b4 Ncd7 11. a3 a5 12. Rb1 axb4 13. axb4 Na6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6
15. e6 Nb6 16. Nd4 Nc4 17. O-O Rb6 18. Qa4 f5 19. Rd1 Be7 20. b5 O-O 21. bxc6
Rxb1 22. Nxb1 Qe8 23. Na3 Nd6 24. Bb2 Bf6 25. Qb4 Qe7 26. Qc5 Bxd4 27. Bxd4
bxc6 28. Qxc6 Bxe6 29. Bc5 Rd8 30. Nb5 Qe8 31. Qxe8+ Nxe8 32. Nd4 Bd7 33. Nf3
Rc8 34. Be7 Be6 35. Ra1 h6 36. Nd4 Kf7 37. Ra7 Rc7 38. Rxc7 Nxc7 39. Bd6 Na8
40. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 3rd"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2002.03.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2002.03.22"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Bg4 5. Be2 Bxe2 6. Qxe2 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Ne4 d5 11. Ng3 c5 12. c3 g6 13. f5 gxf5 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Nh5
Nf8 16. Ng7 Nc6 17. Nxe8 Qxe8 18. Be3 Ng6 19. g3 Rc8 20. h4 Kh8 21. dxc5 Qg8
22. Kh2 Qg7 23. Bd4 Rg8 24. Rg1 Nf8 25. b4 Nd7 26. Qe3 a6 27. Raf1 Bd8 28. Re1
Qg4 29. Kh1 Qh3+ 30. Nh2 Bc7 31. Qf4 Rg4 32. Qh6 Nxd4 33. cxd4 Rxd4 34. g4 Rxg4
35. Re3 Qxh4 36. Qxh4 Rxh4 37. Reg3 Rxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Bxe5 39. Kg2 Bxg3 40. Kxg3
Kg7 41. Rc1 Ne5 42. a4 Nd3 43. Rb1 Kf6 44. Kf3 e5 45. Ke3 Nf4 46. b5 axb5 47.
axb5 d4+ 48. Kd2 Ke6 49. c6 Kd6 50. Rc1 Kc7 51. b6+ Kc8 52. c7 Nd5 53. Rc5 Nxb6
54. Kd3 f6 55. Rc1 Nd5 56. Kc4 Nxc7 57. Rh1 Kd7 58. Rh6 Ke6 59. Rxh7 Ne8 60.
Kc5 Nd6 61. Rh1 f4 62. Rb1 f3 63. Rf1 f2 64. Kb4 Ne4 65. Kc4 f5 66. Kd3 Kd5 67.
Rb1 f4 68. Ke2 Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 3rd"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2002.03.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.03.22"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 Bg7 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 f5 14. Nd2 e4 15.
Nd5 exd3 16. exd3 Nd4 17. Nf3 c6 18. Nf4 Kh7 19. b5 Ra2 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Ne2
Ba7 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Bxc6 f4 24. Nxf4 Rxf4 25. gxf4 Bh3 26. Rb7+ Kh8 27. Bg2
Bc8 28. Qb1 Bxb7 29. Qxa2 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Qc8 31. Qe2 Bd4 32. Re1 Kh7 33. Qe6 Qb8
34. Qf7+ Bg7 35. Re8 Qb2 36. Qg8# 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vajda, Levente"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. Na3 a6 10. O-O Be6 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. Re1 Qd5 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Be3 Nb5
15. Bxb6 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Nxa3 17. bxa3 e6 18. a4 Be7 19. Rd3 O-O 20. Rd7 Bg5 21.
c4 Rfc8 22. c5 Kf8 23. Rxb7 Be7 24. Rc1 Rc6 25. Rc7 Rxc7 26. Bxc7 Rc8 27. Bb6
Ke8 28. c6 Bb4 29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Rc4 Ba3 31. Ba5 Kd6 32. c7 Kd5 33. Rc3 Bd6 34.
Ke2 f5 35. h3 e5 36. g4 g6 37. f3 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Kd3 Bc5 40. Rc4 Bd6 41.
Rc2 Ke6 42. Rc6 Kd5 43. Rxa6 Bxc7 44. Bxc7 Rxc7 45. Ra5+ Ke6 46. Rb5 e4+ 47.
fxe4 fxe4+ 48. Kd4 Rc2 49. a3 Ra2 50. Rb3 Kf5 51. a5 Rd2+ 52. Ke3 Rd5 53. a4
Ke6 54. Rb6+ Kd7 55. a6 Ra5 56. Kxe4 Rxa4+ 57. Kf5 Ke7 58. Kg6 h4 59. Rf6 Ra2
60. a7 Ra3 61. Rf3 Ra5 62. Rf4 Ke6 63. Rf6+ Ke7 64. Kg7 Rg5+ 65. Kh6 Ra5 66.
Kg6 Ra3 67. Kg7 Rg3+ 68. Kh6 Ra3 69. Kg6 Rg3+ 70. Kh5 Kxf6 71. a8=Q Kg7 72. Qe4
Kg8 73. Kh6 Kf7 74. Qf4+ Ke8 75. Qxh4 Rg8 76. Kh7 Rg1 77. Qe4+ Kf7 78. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bokros, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Ne3 11. Qd3 Nf5 12. g4 Nd4 13. Bg2 Rb8 14. b3 a5 15.
Bd2 Bb7 16. Bc3 c5 17. O-O Be7 18. Qd2 a4 19. Rab1 axb3 20. axb3 Bxe4 21. Bxe4
d5 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Bxd5 O-O 24. Bc4 Qh6 25. Qg2 Rfd8 26. Kh1 Ne6 27. g5 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fogarasi, Tibor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4
Bb7 9. g5 Nfd7 10. a3 Nb6 11. Qd2 N8d7 12. f4 Nc5 13. Bd3 d5 14. e5 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 dxc4 16. Rf1 Qa5 17. Nce2 b4 18. Ng3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Kf2 c3 21. bxc3
bxc3 22. Qe2 Be7 23. Qc4 Bd5 24. Qd3 Rc8 25. Rfd1 Bc4 26. Qe4 Bd5 27. Qd3 g6
28. h4 Bc4 29. Qe4 Bd5 30. Qd3 h6 31. Kg3 Bc4 32. Qe4 Bd5 33. Qd3 hxg5 34. hxg5
Bc4 35. Qe4 Bd5 36. Qd3 Rh5 37. Nf3 Qa4 38. Nd4 Kf8 39. Rab1 Kg7 40. Rb6 Rch8
41. Rxa6 Rh2 42. Rg1 R8h3+ 43. Kg4 Qe8 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hoang, Thanh Trang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 Nce7 $5 12. O-O {It looks for me that
Black can't have to big troubles after this move.} (12. h4 $5 {leads to more
complicated game, for example.} Bd7 13. a4 f5 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. O-O c4 16. Bxg6
Nxg6 17. Qg5 e5 18. dxe5 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Rf8 20. Qg3 Qxe5 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Rfd1
Nxf3+ 23. Kf1 Rf5 24. Bxa7 Rh5 25. Ke2 Bg4 26. Rdb1 Nxh4+ {Anand,V-Lputian,S/
FIDE-Wch New Delhi/Theran 2000 1-0 (45)}) 12... c4 13. Be2 Bd7 {Black is ready
to play now f6 and Be8} 14. a4 {[%cal Ge3c1,Gc1a3]} f6 15. Rfe1 fxe5 ({Worth
considering} 15... Be8 16. exf6 (16. Qh3 Nf5) 16... gxf6 $13) 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17.
Qxe5 Qxe5 18. dxe5 {[%mdl 4096] With two bishops White has some chances for
advantage, but , I think, Black must defend without too many troubles.} Rfc8 $6
(18... Nc6 $5 19. f4 g5 $13) 19. a5 Nf5 20. Bd2 Be8 {[%cal Ge8g6]} 21. Reb1 Rc7
22. f4 Bg6 23. Kf2 Ne7 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Ge7c6]} (23... h5 24. Ra2 {[%cal Ga2b2,
Gg2g3,Gh2h3]}) 24. Ra2 Be4 25. g4 Nc6 (25... g5 $5 26. f5 h6 $13) 26. h4 $1 Rf8
27. Kg3 h5 28. Be3 hxg4 29. Bxg4 Kf7 $2 {Black puts finger into fire, after} (
29... Bf5 30. Bf3 g6 $11 31. Rab2 $140 Rff7 {he could keep more or less equal
chances.}) 30. Rab2 $1 Rb8 (30... Nxa5 31. Bxa7 $16) 31. Bc5 Rbc8 (31... Rd7
32. Bd6 Rbd8 33. Rxb7 Bxc2 34. R1b2 Be4 35. Rxd7+ Rxd7 36. a6 $1 {[%cal Gb2b7]}
) 32. Rxb7 Nxa5 33. Rxa7 Bxc2 {Mistake!} (33... Rxa7 $8 34. Bxa7 Rc7 $1 $14 {
was the last and not bad chance for Black!}) 34. Rb8 $1 Rxb8 (34... Rxa7 35.
Rxc8 {[%cal Gc8f8] doesn't help}) 35. Rxc7+ Kg6 36. Bxe6 {Now the game is over.
White keeps both material and positional advantage.} Nb3 37. Bxd5 Rb5 38. Bf7+
Kf5 39. Be3 Na5 40. e6 Ba4 41. e7 Rb3 42. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gonda, Laszlo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. Bd2 e5 12. Na2 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Qc7 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Nc3 Ng4 17. Qd6 Bc2 18. Rd2 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8
21. Be2 Ne5 22. Kf1 a5 23. f4 Nd7 24. Rc1 Bb3 25. Bd1 Bc4+ 26. Ke1 Re8 27. Kf2
Nc5 28. Bc2 Bd3 29. Kf3 f5 30. Bxd3 Nxd3 31. Rb1 h6 32. e4 fxe4+ 33. Nxe4 Rd8
34. Rd1 Ne5+ 35. Ke2 Rxd1 36. Kxd1 Nd3 {Springerendspiel mit verteilten
Bauernmehrheiten, das nach Verbrennen der meisten Bauern in ein
uninteressantes Remis zu versickern scheint....} 37. Nd6 b6 38. Nc4 b5 39. axb5
cxb5 40. Nxa5 Nxb2+ 41. Kc2 Na4 42. Nb7 Nb6 43. Nd6 b4 44. Kb3 Nd5 45. g3 Kf8
46. Kc4 Ne3+ 47. Kxb4 Nf1 48. Kc4 Ke7 49. Kd5 Nxh2 50. Nf5+ Kf6 51. Ne3 Kg6 52.
g4 $2 {Wenn es vielleicht nicht der entscheidende Fehler war, so doch ein
außerordentlich riskanter Zug.} Nxg4 $1 {Aufgeben musste man auch nicht sofort.
} (52... Nxg4 53. Nxg4 Kf5 54. Ne5 Kxf4 (54... h5 55. Nd3 h4 56. Kd4 h3 57. Ke3
$11) 55. Ke6 g5 (55... h5 56. Ng6+ Kg5 57. Kf7 $11) 56. Nd3+ {oder auch Sg6+
macht wohl remis}) 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Horvath, Adam"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. a4
b4 9. Nd5 Nxe4 10. Nb3 Nd7 11. Bf3 f5 12. a5 e6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Ra4 Be7 15. Nd4
Ndc5 16. Rxb4 O-O 17. O-O Rf6 18. Nb3 Bc6 19. Nd4 Bb7 20. Nb3 Nxb3 21. Rxb3 f4
22. Qd3 d5 23. Bd4 Rf7 24. c4 dxc4 25. Nxc4 Nc5 26. Bxc5 Qxd3 27. Rxd3 Bxf3 28.
Rxf3 Bxc5 29. Re1 Rd8 30. Ne5 Rf6 31. Rd3 Rxd3 32. Nxd3 Bd6 33. Kf1 Kf7 34.
Ne5+ Ke7 35. Nc6+ Kd7 36. Nd4 g5 37. h3 h6 38. f3 e5 39. Nb3 Rf8 40. Nd2 Rc8
41. Ne4 Bb4 42. Nc3 Ke6 43. Ke2 Rc5 44. Kd3 Bxc3 45. bxc3 Rxa5 46. Rb1 Ra2 47.
Rb6+ Kf5 48. Rxh6 Rxg2 49. Rh8 Rf2 50. Rf8+ Ke6 51. Re8+ Kf6 52. Rf8+ Kg7 53.
Ra8 Rxf3+ 54. Ke4 Re3+ 55. Kf5 f3 56. Ra7+ Kh6 57. h4 gxh4 58. Rxa6+ Kg7 59.
Ra7+ Kf8 60. Ke6 e4 61. c4 h3 62. c5 h2 63. Kf6 Ke8 64. c6 Kd8 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kallio, Heikki"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. a5
Qc7 9. Qe2 h6 10. dxe5 (10. h3 Re8 11. Be3 (11. Bd2 exd4 12. Nxd4 d5 13. Bd3
Bd6 14. Rae1 Be5 15. Nf5 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf6 $15 {1/2-1/2 De Wit,
J-Cifuentes Parada,R/NED 1994/EXT 98 (31)}) 11... Bf8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nh4 Nc5
14. Qf3 Be6 15. Bxe6 Nxe6 16. Nf5 $36 {1-0 Szalanczy,E-Varga,Z/Harkany 1993/
EXT 97 (40)}) 10... dxe5 11. Nh4 {[%cal Gh4f5,Gh4g6]} Bb4 12. Qf3 b5 (12...
Bxa5 13. Nf5 $40) 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Bd3 (14. Bb3 $5 Kh7 (14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 c5
16. Bxh6 c4 17. Ba2 Bg4 18. Qg3 $16) 15. Nf5 $36) 14... Kh7 15. Nf5 Ng8 16. Na4
(16. Na2 Be7) (16. Bd2 $5 Be6 $140 17. Nb5 cxb5 18. Bxb4 Rfd8 19. Ne3 $14)
16... Be6 17. b3 Rfe8 18. Bb2 Bf8 19. Ne3 g6 20. Qg3 Nd7 21. Nc4 Bg7 22. Ba3
$16 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Rd6]} Ngf6 23. Qe3 (23. Bd6 Qd8 24. Qe3 Nh5 25. g3 $16)
23... Bf8 24. Bb2 (24. Bxf8 $1 Rxf8 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. Qxc5 Nd7 27. Qa5 $14)
24... h5 25. Rfd1 Bh6 26. Qe1 Rac8 27. Bf1 Bf8 28. f3 Bxc4 $1 29. Bxc4 Nb6 {
Black starts counterplay on the black squares.} 30. Bd3 Nxa4 31. Rxa4 Bc5+ 32.
Kh1 Rcd8 $13 33. Bc1 Kg7 34. Qh4 (34. Qd2 $5) 34... Rd6 35. Rf1 Qd7 36. Rc4 Bb6
37. Be2 Bd8 $1 38. Qg3 Rd4 39. Bb2 h4 $1 40. Qf2 (40. Rxd4 $1 exd4 (40... hxg3
41. Rxd7 Nxd7 42. Rd1 $16) (40... Qxd4 41. Bxd4 hxg3 42. Bxa7 $16) 41. Qf2 c5
42. c3 Bb6 43. cxd4 cxd4 44. Rd1 Rd8 45. Qxh4 Qc7 $44 {[%cal Gd8h8,Yc7c2]})
40... Rxc4 41. Bxc4 Nh5 $1 {It is very difficult to prevent threat 42...Ng3
now.} 42. Ba3 (42. f4 Ng3+ $1 43. hxg3 hxg3 44. Qxg3 Rh8+ 45. Kg1 Bb6+ 46. Rf2
Qd1+ 47. Bf1 Qe1 $19) 42... Ng3+ $1 {[%mdl 64]} 43. hxg3 Bb6 $1 $19 44. gxh4 (
44. Bc5 hxg3 45. Qe3 Rh8+ 46. Kg1 Qe7 $1 47. Bxb6 Rh1+ 48. Kxh1 Qh4+ 49. Kg1
Qh2#) 44... Bxf2 45. Rxf2 Rh8 46. Bc5 Rxh4+ 47. Kg1 Rh8 48. Bd3 Qd8 49. Rf1 a5
50. Ra1 Qg5 51. Rxa5 Qc1+ 52. Bf1 Rd8 53. Ba3 Qe3+ 54. Kh2 Rh8+ 55. Kg3 Qe1+
0-1

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Markus, Robert"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 c5 11. a4 Rxa5 12. Ra3 Ne8 13. Bd2 Ra6 14. Qb3 h6 15. Ne1
f5 16. f3 f4 17. Nd3 g5 18. a5 h5 19. Na4 g4 20. Nb6 gxf3 21. Bxf3 Bg4 22. Nf2
Nf6 23. Qd1 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Rb3 Ng6 27. Kh1 Bf6 28. Rg1 Kh7
29. Qf1 Rf7 30. Nd3 Ra8 31. Nf2 Rg7 32. Qh3 Qxh3 33. Nxh3 Kh6 34. Rg2 Bd8 35.
Rb5 Ra6 36. Be1 b6 37. axb6 Rxb6 38. Rxb6 Bxb6 39. Rb2 Bd8 40. Rb8 Rd7 41. Kg2
Be7 42. Rb5 Kg7 43. Ng1 Bd8 44. Rb8 Nh8 45. Ne2 Nf7 46. Nc3 Ba5 47. Ra8 Bxc3
48. Bxc3 Rb7 49. Ra1 Rb3 50. Rc1 Ra3 51. Rc2 Ra4 52. Be1 Ng5 53. Bh4 Kg6 54.
Kf2 Nf7 55. Be7 Ra7 56. Bh4 Kg7 57. Ke2 Ra3 58. Be7 Ra7 59. Bh4 Kf8 60. Be1 Ra3
61. Bh4 Ra4 62. Bf6 Ra1 63. Kf2 Kg8 64. Be7 Kh7 65. Rb2 Ra7 66. Bh4 Kg6 67. Kg2
Ra4 68. Rc2 Ng5 69. Kf2 Ra3 70. Bxg5 Kxg5 71. Rb2 Ra6 72. Rb8 Kh4 73. Rh8 Ra2+
74. Kg1 Rc2 75. Rh6 Rxc4 76. Rxd6 Rd4 77. Rc6 c4 78. Kg2 Rd2+ 79. Kg1 Rd3 80.
Kf2 c3 81. Ke2 Re3+ 82. Kf2 Kh3 83. d6 Rd3 84. Ke2 Rd2+ 85. Ke1 Kxh2 86. Rxc3
Rxd6 87. Rc5 Re6 88. Kf2 h4 89. Ra5 h3 90. Rb5 Ra6 91. Rxe5 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Flumbort, Andras"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O Rb8 13. Rae1 O-O 14. Qc2
b5 15. b4 Rfc8 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D99"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
e4 Bg4 9. Be3 Nfd7 10. Qb3 Nb6 11. Rd1 Nc6 12. d5 Ne5 13. Be2 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3
Bh5 15. Rg1 Qd7 16. Rg3 e6 $6 $146 {[%mdl 8] Dubious novelty in a well known
position, black pieces will be too disorganized to let the white knight to d5
square.} (16... c6) (16... f5) (16... Kh8) 17. a4 $1 (17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. Qxe6
fxe6 19. f4 Bxe2 20. Kxe2 $11) 17... Qe7 (17... exd5 18. a5 Nc8 (18... d4 19.
axb6 axb6 20. Nd5 (20. Bf4 c6 21. Na4 $18) 20... Qe6 21. Bg5 h6 22. Be7 c6 23.
Bxf8 Rxf8 $14) 19. Nxd5 $16) (17... a5 18. Bxb6 cxb6 19. Qxb6 $16) (17... Rab8
18. a5 Nc8 19. dxe6 Qxe6 20. Bc4 $16) (17... Be5 18. a5 Nc8 (18... Rac8) 19.
Bh6 Re8 20. Bb5 $18) 18. a5 Nd7 (18... Nc8 19. dxe6 Nd6 20. exf7+ Qxf7 21.
Qxf7+ Rxf7 22. Bd4 $16) 19. Qxb7 Be5 (19... Rfb8 20. Qxc7 Be5 21. d6 Qe8 22. f4
$18) 20. dxe6 (20. f4 Rfb8 21. Qc6 Bxc3+ 22. bxc3 Bxe2 23. Kxe2 Nf6 24. dxe6
Qxe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Kf3 $16) 20... fxe6 (20... Bxg3 21. hxg3 Nc5 22. exf7+
Kg7 23. Qd5 $18) (20... Qxe6 21. f4 Bxe2 22. Nxe2 $18) 21. Qc6 $1 {Black pawns
are weak and white comes with new threats.} Rad8 (21... Bxg3 $2 22. Rxd7 $18)
22. f4 Bxe2 (22... Bxc3+ 23. bxc3 Bxe2 24. Kxe2 $16) 23. Kxe2 (23. Nxe2 Bxb2
24. Bxa7 $16) 23... Bxf4 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Qxc7 Rf7 26. Rgd3 a6 (26... Qf6 27.
Qxa7 Kg7 28. Qe3 $18) 27. R1d2 {The pin along the d file is deadly for the
defender, Nakamura can only dream about the counterplay.} Qe8 (27... Qf6 28.
Kd1 (28. Rxd7 $2 Qxf2+ 29. Kd1 Qxd2+ $3 30. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 31. Kxd2 Rxc7 $19) 28...
Qg5 29. b4 $18 (29. Rxd7 $2 Qxd2+ $3 $19)) 28. Qc6 Rc8 29. Qxa6 Ra8 30. Qc6 Rc8
31. Qa4 Rc7 (31... Ne5 32. Qxe8+ Rxe8 33. Rd8 $18) 32. a6 Qf8 (32... Ra7 33.
Qc6 $18) 33. Rxd7 Rxf2+ 34. Kd1 Qf3+ 35. Kc2 Qf4 36. a7 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Antal, Gergely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 {As usual Black postpone this
exchange for some time.} 6. cxd4 Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. Be2 $146 {Passive move, I
would prefer} (8. Nc3 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gf1b5]}) 8... Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Na3 f6
11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Nc2 Bd7 (12... a6 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Rad1 Be8 15. Nb4 Nxb4 16.
Qxb4 Bh5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,L-Glek,I/Tilburg(3) 1994 (60)}) 13. b4 Be8 14. b5
Ne7 15. Ne3 $146 (15. Ne5 Ng6 16. Ng4 Qg5 17. g3 h5 18. f4 Nxf4 19. Rxf4 Rxf4
20. gxf4 Qg6 21. h3 hxg4 22. Bd3 Qf6 $15 {1-0 Kirichenko,V-Borejko,Y/Ukraine
1998 (37)}) 15... Ng6 16. a4 ({Unfortunately, White can't play} 16. g3 {
because of} Bxb5 $1) 16... Nf4 {Black got active and promising position and
it's White who must think already about equalization.} 17. Ne5 Qg5 18. Bf3 (18.
g3 $5 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 $15) 18... Bxe5 ({Worth considering
also} 18... Ng6 19. Nxg6 Bxg6 {[%csl Rd4,Gg7][%cal Gf8f4]}) 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20.
Re1 Qg7 21. g3 Nh3+ (21... Bg6 $5 22. Bg4 Kh8 $1 (22... h5 23. Ng2 $8 hxg4 24.
Nxf4) 23. gxf4 h5 $36) 22. Kg2 Ng5 23. Bg4 Bg6 {Black has already rich choice.}
(23... h5 $5 24. Bxh5 Bxh5 25. Qxh5 Nf3 {[%csl Gf3]} 26. Red1 d4 27. Ng4 Rad8
$17 {also leads to clear advantage of black}) 24. f4 (24. h4 Be4+ 25. Kf1 Bf3
$1) 24... Be4+ 25. Kg1 Rxf4 $5 {[%mdl 512] Brave decision. Black is getting
for rook few pawns and long terms attack against open white's king.} (25... h5
26. fxg5 hxg4 27. Qxg4 Rae8 $17 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Ge6]}) 26. gxf4 Nh3+ 27. Kf1
Nxf4 28. Ra2 $8 {Only move} (28. Bf3 Bd3+ 29. Re2 (29. Kf2 Nh3#) 29... Rf8 $19
{lose quickly.}) 28... Rf8 29. Rf2 $8 h5 $1 (29... d4 $5) ({or} 29... Bd3+ {
also were good alternatives.}) 30. Bf3 (30. Bxe6+ Nxe6 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8+ 32. Kg1
Qg7+ 33. Kf2 Qf6+ 34. Kg1 Nf4 $19) 30... Nh3 $1 ({I think that Black rightly
avoided the line} 30... Nd3 31. Rg2 Rxf3+ 32. Kg1 Bg6 33. Nf5 $5 exf5 (33...
Qc3 $5) 34. Qxf3 Nxe1 35. Qxd5+ $11) 31. Rg2 Ng5 {[%csl Ge4,Rf1,Gf8,Gg5][%cal
Rf8f1]} 32. Qa1 (32. Nf5 Bxf5 33. h4 Bg4 $19) 32... Rxf3+ 33. Kg1 Nh3+ {
Beggining of the end, but} (33... e5 $5 34. h4 Rxe3 $1 35. Rxg5 Rg3+ $19 {
also was good enough}) 34. Kh1 Rf7 35. Qc1 (35. Qxg7+ Rxg7 36. Rc1 h6 $1 $19 {
[%csl Ge4]}) 35... Nf4 $19 36. Reg1 Nxg2 (36... Kh8) 37. Nxg2 h6 (37... Qg4 $1)
38. Qd1 Rf2 39. h4 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Czebe, Attila"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Bb5 O-O-O 14. Ne4
Be7 15. Bxd7+ Rxd7 16. Nbc5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Kc7 18. Rd3 Bc8 19. Rc3 Kb8 20. Rd3
Kc7 21. Rc3 f5 22. Nf6 Kd6 23. Nh5 Rg8 24. f4 e4 25. Nb3 Bd7 26. Rg3 Rg6 27.
Nd4 Bh4 28. Rxg6+ fxg6 {Springer- gegen Läuferpaar bei teilblockierter
Stellung.} 29. Ng3 Kd5 30. Nde2 g5 31. Kd2 gxf4 32. Nxf4+ Ke5 33. Nge2 Bf2 34.
g3 Be8 35. Nc3 Bg1 36. Ke2 h5 37. h4 Bf7 38. b3 Bc5 39. Nd1 Be7 40. Ng2 Bf8 41.
Nf4 Be7 42. Ng2 Bf8 43. Nf4 b5 44. Nc3 a6 45. a4 $6 {führt zu einer fatalen
Bauernschwäche auf a4.} Kd4 46. Nd1 bxa4 47. bxa4 Bh6 48. Ne3 Ke5 49. Kf2 $2 (
49. Nfg2 $142) 49... Bxf4 50. gxf4+ Kxf4 51. Ng2+ Ke5 52. Ke3 a5 $1 $19 {
[%csl Ra4]} 53. Nf4 Be8 54. c4 Bxa4 55. Nxh5 Be8 56. Nf4 a4 57. Nd5 a3 58. Nc3
f4+ 59. Kd2 Kd4 60. h5 e3+ 61. Kc2 Kxc4 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Rajlich, Vasik G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. g4 Rfc8 13. g5 {A line which
doesn't bring opening advantage. The game is a proof that sometimes one should
simply play the position, if understanding its subtleties. Even in an equal
position there are often ways to fight for advantage. Or the other way round -
it is very easy to spoil a good position if not being accustomed with typical
ideas.} Nh5 14. Bxg7 Nxg7 15. Nd5 Qd7 {All the recommendation of theory, which
more or less correctly evaluates the position as equal (but of course not
drawish). Black's play is connected with the pressure on the c-file and White
finds it often not so easy to protect pawn c2. For instance if he will play c3
later, then Black has additional motif to advance the b-pawn, not to mention
the weakness of the b1-h7 diagonal or second rank (after c2-c3). Also White
must be careful not to remain with the passive bishop versus knight, like in
the below given game Chandler-Watson. In my opinion the main feature of the
position is under which circumsances will Black take on d5. At one point Black
should trade the strong centralised knight, but like in the present game this
can be easily go wrong if connected with the inappropriate plan afterwards.}
16. Be2 (16. Nf4 $5 Rc5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. f4 Rf8 19. Bd3 a5 $13 {1-0 Oral,
T-Jirovsky,P/CZE 1993 (62)}) (16. c4 Rc5 17. Qd4 Rac8 18. Bd3 Bxd5 19. cxd5 e5
$1 $15 {and here the players agreed to a draw in Chandler,M-Watson,W/London
1990. White cannot take on e6 due to a loss of g5-pawn. After the next Ng7-h5
all Black pieces will come to the right squares.}) ({The next game is
important to understand better this type of positions.} 16. f4 b5 17. Be2 Rc5
18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Rc1 {First Black tied up White's pieces to protect weakness
on d2 and now it goes for the weakness on f4 and d5:} Bxd5 20. exd5 Qf5 21.
Rhf1 Nh5 $1 22. Bxh5 gxh5 $11 {In this position White quickly went down, which
proves that Black's position might even be slightly preferable.} 23. Rf2 Rxd5
24. Qe2 e6 25. Qxh5 Rd4 26. Qf3 d5 27. b3 b4 $1 28. Qe3 Re4 29. Qxa7 Rxf4 30.
Qb7 Rxf2 31. Qxc8+ Kg7 $17 {0-1 Morris,P-Hansen,S/Gausdal 1992 (44)}) 16... Rc5
17. f4 Bxd5 {Not a bad time for trade, but Black couldn't find a reasonable
follow up.} (17... Rac8 $5) (17... b5 {leads to the above given game Morris,
P-Hansen,S.}) 18. exd5 Qf5 (18... Rac8 19. Rc1 $140 Qf5 $36) 19. Rhg1 $1 {
As usual, after the trade on d5 White is trying to use the diagonal h3-c8 for
his bishop.} e6 $2 {A terrible positional mistake from several points of view.
The pawn on d5 is a weakness. Opening the center plays in White's favour as
well.} (19... Nh5 $1 {Is a typical way to increase the pressure on f4.} 20.
Bxh5 gxh5 $11 {[%csl Rc2,Rd5,Rf4][%cal Ga8c8]}) (19... Rac8 $2 20. Bg4 Qxc2+
21. Qxc2 Rxc2 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 $18) 20. dxe6 Nxe6 21. Rgf1 $16 {[%csl Rd6]
Now Black is left with the weakness on d6. Also White has active plan to
advance f-pawn, while his bishop became considerable better after the
disappearance of d5-pawn.} Rac8 22. Bd3 Qg4 23. Qe3 a5 $2 24. Be4 {Wins a pawn.
} Rd8 25. h3 Qh4 26. Bd5 {A nice move. Before taking the pawn White forces the
rook to step away from protecting pawn d6.} (26. Bxb7 {This was also possible,
of course.}) 26... Re8 27. Bxb7 Nc7 28. Qf3 d5 29. f5 Qe4 (29... Qxg5 30. fxg6
fxg6 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Rfe1 $1 $16 {/+-}) 30. Qf2 Qe3 31. fxg6 Qxf2 32. gxh7+
Kxh7 33. Rxf2 $18 Kg6 34. Rf6+ Kxg5 35. Rc6 Rxc6 36. Bxc6 Rd8 37. c4 d4 38. Bd5
Nxd5 39. Rxd4 Nc3+ 40. bxc3 Rh8 41. h4+ Kf5 42. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Chicago op 11th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2002.05.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Tsyganov, Igor M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2002.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Qa5 7. Nb3 Qd8 8.
f4 d6 9. Be2 Nf6 10. g4 O-O 11. g5 Ne8 12. h4 e5 13. h5 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15.
Qd2 a5 16. Nb5 a4 17. N3d4 a3 18. b3 d5 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. O-O-O Nxd4 21. Nxd4
Qb6 22. Bf3 Qxd4 23. Qxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Kg7 1-0

[Event "Pan American-ch U20"]
[Site "La Paz"]
[Date "2002.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Cabrejos Tovar, Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BOL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 O-O-O 10. Bb2 c5 11. g3 Nb4 12. Bg2 d5 13. O-O dxc4 14. bxc4 Qe6
15. Nd2 Nd3 16. Bc3 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 f6 18. Qh5 Qxe5 19. Bh3+ Kb8 20. Rab1+ Bb7
21. Qf3 c6 22. Qxc6 Qc7 23. Rxb7+ Qxb7 24. Rb1 Qxb1+ 25. Nxb1 Be7 26. Qb5+ Kc7
27. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Pan American-ch U20"]
[Site "La Paz"]
[Date "2002.06.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bustamante Montini, Richard"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BOL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8. e5
Nd7 9. a3 Nb6 10. Qb3 Be6 11. Qd1 c5 12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. dxc5 Nd7 14. Be3 Qb8 15.
Qe2 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Rc1 Rd8 18. b4 Bf5 19. Qxa6 Bd3 20. Qa4 Bxh2 21. b5
Be5 22. Qh4 h5 23. a4 Bf6 24. Qh2 Qc8 25. Qh3 Qc7 26. g4 Bxc3+ 27. Rxc3 Qe5 28.
Rc1 Qb2 29. Qf3 Rd4 30. gxh5 Qb4+ 31. Bd2 Re4+ 0-1

[Event "Pan American-ch U20"]
[Site "La Paz"]
[Date "2002.06.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Castellanos, Renier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BOL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. e5 Nc6 7. Bb5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. fxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. O-O-O+ Bd7 12. Bc4 Nh5 13. Be3 Kc8 14.
Nf3 Bg7 15. Bxf7 Rf8 16. Ng5 Ne5 17. Be6 h6 18. Bxd7+ Nxd7 19. Ne6 Rf6 20. Nxg7
Nxg7 21. Bxh6 Nf5 22. Bg5 Re6 23. g4 Nd6 24. Bxe7 1-0

[Event "Pan American-ch U20"]
[Site "La Paz"]
[Date "2002.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mieles Palau, Daniel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BOL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Qe1
O-O 9. f5 d5 10. Bb3 dxe4 11. f6 exf3 12. fxg7 Kxg7 13. Rxf3 Nd4 14. Rf2 Nef5
15. Ne4 h5 16. Nxc5 Qe7 17. Ne4 a5 18. c3 Nxb3 19. axb3 f6 20. b4 Rd8 21. d4 b6
22. bxa5 Rxa5 23. Rxa5 bxa5 24. Ng3 Nd6 25. Ne4 Nf5 26. Ng3 Nd6 27. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan American-ch U20"]
[Site "La Paz"]
[Date "2002.06.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Pacheco, Marco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2002.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BOL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. Nge2 Be6 8. O-O
Qd7 9. f4 O-O 10. Nd5 exf4 11. Ndxf4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Ne5 14. Be3 c5
15. Qd2 Rab8 16. b3 b5 17. Rad1 Ne8 18. cxb5 Qxb5 19. d4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Qb7 21.
Bh6 Qb4 22. Qe3 Rc8 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Rfd8 26. Rfd1 Nh5 27.
Kf2 Rc3 28. Ne2 Rc6 29. Nd4 Rc3 30. Nf3 Nxf3 31. Bxf3 Ng7 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33.
Rxd6 Ne6 34. Rd2 Kg7 35. h4 h5 36. e5 Nc5 37. Ke2 a5 38. Rb2 Nd7 39. Kf2 Nxe5
40. Be2 Nc6 41. Rd2 Ne7 42. Rd7 Kf6 43. Rd6+ Kg7 44. Ra6 Nf5 45. Rxa5 Nxg3 46.
Bc4 Nf5 47. Ra7 Nd6 48. Bd5 Rd3 49. Bf3 Nf5 50. Be4 Rd2+ 51. Ke1 Rb2 52. Bxf5
gxf5 53. Ra6 f4 54. Kf1 f6 55. Kg1 Kg6 56. Ra5 Kh6 57. Ra4 Kg6 58. Ra5 Kh6 59.
Kf1 Kg6 60. Ke1 f3 61. Kf1 Kh6 62. a3 Rxb3 63. Kf2 Kg6 64. Kg3 Kh6 65. Ra8 Kg6
66. a4 Ra3 67. a5 Kf5 68. a6 f2+ 69. Kxf2 Kg4 70. Ke2 Kxh4 71. Kd2 Kh3 72. Ke2
h4 73. Kf2 Kh2 74. a7 h3 75. Kf1 Ra2 76. Rf8 Rxa7 77. Rxf6 Ra1+ 78. Kf2 Ra2+
79. Kf1 Rg2 80. Rf3 Rg7 81. Kf2 Rg2+ 82. Kf1 Rg1+ 83. Kf2 Ra1 84. Rb3 Ra2+ 85.
Kf1 Ra1+ 86. Kf2 Ra6 87. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan American-ch U20"]
[Site "La Paz"]
[Date "2002.06.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Prasca Sosa, Rafael Felipe"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2002.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BOL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Qc7 6. Nc3 e6 7. O-O Ne7 8.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. Rd1 Ng6 10. Be3 a6 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qd3
Bc6 15. Bb6 Qe7 16. Rab1 Qb4 17. Qh3 Bd6 18. Qe3 Be7 19. f3 O-O 20. Kh1 Bb5 21.
Nxb5 Qxb5 22. c3 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. b4 Rc7 25. h3 Rfc8 26. Rd3 h6 27. Rbd1
Kh7 28. Qd2 Rc4 29. Rd7 R8c7 30. Qd6 Qa4 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Qxc7 Qxd1+ 33. Kh2
Qd2 34. Qxf7 Qxc3 35. Qxb7 Qd2 36. Qb6 Qf4+ 37. Kh1 Qc1+ 38. Qg1 Qb2 39. Qc5 h5
40. Kh2 h4 41. Qd6 Qb3 42. Qxa6 Qxb4 43. Qb6 Qe1 44. a6 Qg3+ 45. Kh1 Qe1+ 46.
Qg1 Qa5 47. a7 g5 48. Kh2 Kg6 49. Qf2 Kh6 50. Qe3 Kh5 51. Qg1 Kh6 52. Qf2 Kg6
53. Qe3 Kh5 54. Qb3 Qxa7 55. Qxe6 Qc5 56. Qf7+ Kh6 57. Qf6+ Kh5 58. Qg7 Qd6 59.
g4+ hxg3+ 60. Kxg3 Qb6 61. Qh7+ Qh6 62. Qf7+ Qg6 63. Qxg6+ Kxg6 1-0

[Event "Pan American-ch U20"]
[Site "La Paz"]
[Date "2002.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Andrade, Ulises"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2002.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BOL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Bb6 9. f4 d5 10. Bxd5 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 12. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 13. cxd4 Nxd5 14.
exd5 Re8 15. Nc3 a6 16. Rfe1 Kf8 17. Kf2 Bd7 18. h3 h5 19. Re5 g6 20. Ne4 Red8
21. Rc1 Rac8 22. Nc5 f6 23. Re2 Bf5 24. Nxb7 Rxd5 25. Rd2 a5 26. Rc5 Be6 27. a4
Rxc5 28. dxc5 Bb3 29. Rd4 Bc2 30. c6 Re8 31. Nc5 Bf5 32. b3 Ke7 33. Nb7 Ra8 34.
Rd5 Ra6 35. Nxa5 Be6 36. Rc5 Rb6 37. Rc3 Rb4 38. Ke3 Bd5 39. g3 g5 40. fxg5
fxg5 41. Kd2 Be6 42. Rc5 Kf6 43. Kc3 Re4 44. Nc4 Bxh3 45. a5 Bc8 46. b4 Rg4 47.
b5 Rxg3+ 48. Kb4 h4 49. Nd2 Rg4+ 50. Rc4 Rg1 51. b6 cxb6 52. axb6 h3 53. b7
Bxb7 54. cxb7 h2 55. b8=Q h1=Q 56. Qf8+ Kg6 57. Qe8+ Kf5 58. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Pan American-ch U20"]
[Site "La Paz"]
[Date "2002.06.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ramirez, Alonso"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BOL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
Qc7 9. O-O Be7 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. f5 Bc4 12. a4 O-O 13. g4 h6 14. g5 hxg5 15.
Bxg5 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5+ 17. Bf3 Bxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qc6 19. Qxc6 bxc6 20. Na5 Bb4 21.
Nxc6 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Rfe8 23. a5 Rac8 24. Nb4 Ne4 25. Be3 Rxc3 26. Bg1 Rc4 27.
Rfb1 Nec5 28. Nd3 Rxc2 29. Nxc5 Nxc5 30. Rb6 e4 31. Rc6 Nb3 32. Rxc2 Nxa1 33.
Rc6 e3 34. Bxe3 Rxe3 35. Rxa6 Ra3 36. Ra8+ Kh7 37. a6 Nc2 38. f6 gxf6 39. a7
Ne3 40. Kg1 Ng4 41. h3 Ne5 42. Kg2 Nc6 43. Rb8 Rxa7 44. Rb6 Rc7 45. Kg3 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Pan American-ch U20"]
[Site "La Paz"]
[Date "2002.06.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mafra, Kaiser Luiz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.06.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BOL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5 7. Ng5 f6 8.
Ne4 a6 9. Nbc3 e6 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qf3 fxe5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Nf6+ Kf7 14. Nxd5+
Kg7 15. h4 h5 16. d4 Be7 17. dxe5 Bxh4 18. Qe4 Bg5 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Nxf4 Qg5
21. O-O-O Rf8 22. g3 a5 23. Qe3 Qf5 24. Rd6 Ra6 25. Rhd1 Re8 26. Nxg6 Rxd6 27.
Rxd6 Re6 28. Ne7 Rxe7 29. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "World op 30th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2002.07.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benen, Samson"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 b5
9. Re1 d5 10. e5 Ne8 11. Bf4 Bf5 12. Na3 Nc7 13. Qd2 a5 14. Bd1 d4 15. c4 b4
16. Nb1 a4 17. Qe2 b3 18. a3 f6 19. Nbd2 Ra6 20. Bh2 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Ne4
Rc6 23. Qd2 Ne6 24. Bf3 Ra6 25. h4 Qa5 26. Rad1 Qxd2 27. Rxd2 Bh6 28. Rde2 Bf4
29. g3 Bh6 30. Kg2 Bh3+ 31. Kxh3 Rxf3 32. Kg4 Rxd3 33. f4 Bg7 34. h5 exf4 35.
gxf4 Re3 36. f5 gxf5+ 37. Kxf5 Bh6 38. Rg2+ Kf7 39. Rf1 Ng7+ 40. Ke5+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "World op 30th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2002.07.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gonzales, Jayson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 c6 6. O-O Bxf3 7. Bxf3 dxe5 8.
dxe5 e6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. c4 Ne7 11. Nc3 Qa5 12. Re1 Ng6 13. Be4 Bb4 14. Bd2 Ndxe5
15. h4 O-O-O 16. h5 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Rxd2 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Re3 Qe5 20. g3 Bc5 21.
Re2 Rd4 22. Bg2 Qh5 23. Qb3 Rd3 24. Kf1 Qh2 25. Rxe6 Rxg3 26. fxg3 Qg1+ 27. Ke2
Qf2+ 28. Kd3 Rd8+ 29. Bd5 fxe6 30. Qc4 cxd5 31. Qg4 Qf5+ 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Re1
Kd7 34. Rf1 Ke7 35. a3 Kf7 36. g4 Bd6 37. Nb5 Bg3 38. Nxa7 Be5 39. Nb5 Rc8 40.
Re1 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Windsor Bradley op 7th"]
[Site "Windsor Locks"]
[Date "2002.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Plum, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bf8 6. b4 b6 7. Nf3 c6 8. Bd3 Ba6
9. O-O Bxd3 10. cxd3 Ne7 11. Be3 Nf5 12. Qb3 Be7 13. Rfc1 O-O 14. Ne2 Qb7 15.
Bd2 Nd7 16. Ra2 g6 17. Rac2 Rfc8 18. g4 Ng7 19. Nf4 Rab8 20. Be3 Rc7 21. h4
Rbc8 22. Kg2 Qa8 23. Kg3 c5 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. dxc5 Nxc5 26. Qb5 Ne4+ 27. dxe4
Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. exd5 exd5 30. Nxd5 Bd8 31. Bg5 Bxg5 32. Nxg5 Ne6 33.
Nf6+ Kg7 34. Nxe6+ fxe6 35. Qd7+ Kf8 36. Nxh7+ Kg8 37. Ng5 Rc3+ 38. Kh2 1-0

[Event "USA-CHN Summit 2nd"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2002.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2002.07.11"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 h6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bf4 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Be3 {Intending to play f4.} (9. O-O-O Nbc6 10. Nd5 (10. Bg3 Be6 11. Nd5
a6 12. f4 Nd7 13. Nf3 Nc5 14. Qe1 $14 {Eschenbrenner,W-Gruebner,C/Germany 1993}
) (10. h3 Be6 11. Be3 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Nf3 Be6 14. Nd5 Qd7 15. Rhe1 O-O-O
$13 {Zaitsev,I-Savon,V/Yerevan 1962}) 10... Be6 11. h3 Rb8 12. Be3 b5 13. f4
Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. c3 O-O $11 {Lugovoi,A-Sakaev,K/St Petersburg 1995}) (9.
h3 Be6 10. O-O-O Qf6 11. Be3 Nbc6 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Nf3 O-O 15. Qf2
Nb4 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Qa6 18. a3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 $11 {Tseitlin,
M-Flueckiger,C/Biel 1997}) 9... Nbc6 10. h3 g5 {Trying to secure the position
of the knight on e5.} (10... Be6 11. Nd5 (11. b3 Qf6 12. Nge2 O-O-O 13. f4 Nd7
14. g4 Nc5 15. Bg2 Qe7 16. O-O-O $13 {Kotan,L-Suto,G/Hungary 1998}) 11... Ne7
12. Bd4 O-O 13. f4 Bxd5 14. exd5 $14 {Dekker,T-Pospelov,E/Zalakaros 1996}) 11.
g3 (11. O-O-O f5 12. f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 Be6 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Be2 Qd7 16. Nf3
O-O-O $11 {Lutikov,A-Parma,B/Sarajevo 1969}) 11... Be6 12. Nd5 $5 Ne7 $6 {
A bit passive. More accurate was} (12... f5 $5 13. f4 gxf4 14. Nxf4 (14. gxf4
Nd7 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. O-O-O Nf6 $11) 14... Bd7 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. O-O-O Qe7 17.
g4 Be4 $132 {with unclear position.}) 13. f4 gxf4 14. gxf4 N5c6 15. O-O-O f5 (
15... Qd7 16. Ne2 O-O-O 17. Nec3 f5 18. Rg1 Rdg8 (18... Rhg8 $2 19. Rxg7 Rxg7
20. Nf6 $18) 19. Nb5 $36 {[%csl Rc7]}) 16. Bc4 Bf7 17. exf5 Nxd5 (17... Nxf5
18. Bf2 Qd7 19. Re1+ Kf8 20. Nf3 $14 {[%csl Rf8]}) 18. Bxd5 Qd7 19. Ne2 Qxf5
20. Bxc6+ $1 {Exchanging the right piece. Now white bishops comes to d4.} bxc6
21. Bd4 Bxd4 $6 (21... Rg8 $5 22. Bxg7 (22. Rhg1 Kf8 23. Rxg7 Rxg7 24. Bxg7+
Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Kh7 26. Qxc6 Re8 $13) 22... Rxg7 23. Qc3 Kf8 24. Qxc6 Re8 $132)
22. Nxd4 Qd5 23. Qc3 Qc4 (23... O-O-O 24. Nxc6 Qxa2 25. Nxd8 $18) 24. Qxc4 Bxc4
25. Nxc6 Kf7 26. Nd4 Kf6 27. b3 Bf7 28. Rhg1 a6 $5 {[%csl Gb5]} 29. Rde1 Rhg8
30. Kd2 c5 31. Ne2 Be6 {Black has good chances to hold the position, but he
has to play accurately.} (31... a5 $5 32. c4 a4) 32. c4 h5 $6 {Serious
inaccuracy permitting white to consolidate his position.} (32... d5 33. cxd5
Bxd5 34. Kd3 Be6 $14) 33. Ng3 Bxh3 34. Nxh5+ Kf5 35. Ke3 Rae8+ 36. Kf3 Rxe1 37.
Rxg8 Rf1+ 38. Ke3 Re1+ 39. Kf3 Rf1+ 40. Ke3 Re1+ 41. Kd2 Ra1 (41... Rb1 $5 42.
Kc2 Re1) 42. a4 Ke4 (42... Bg4 $2 43. Rg5+ $18) 43. Rg6 $18 d5 44. cxd5 Kxd5
45. Rxa6 c4 46. Nf6+ Kc5 (46... Kd4 47. Rd6+ Kc5 48. Ne4+ Kb4 49. Rb6+ Ka3 50.
bxc4 $18) 47. Ra5+ Kb6 48. b4 Be6 49. Nd5+ Kc6 50. Nc3 1-0

[Event "USA-CHN Summit 2nd"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2002.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2002.07.11"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 f5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 ({
Another logical move is} 8. Qc2 {following by the plan, connected with Rb1 and
b2-b4.}) 8... Bd7 {[%cal Yd7e8,Ye8h5]} ({More popular is} 8... Nbd7 {with
possible development of the queenside B by b6 and Bb7.}) 9. Ne5 {A rare move.
The alternatives does not yield white an advantage as well.} (9. Bb2 Be8 10.
Qc1 Ne4 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. f3 $6 (13. Rd1) 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bc5+
15. Kh1 exf3 16. exf3 f4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Polugaevsky,L/Logrono
1991/EXT 97 (47)}) (9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. gxf4 Ne4 11. Qc1 Be8 12. e3 Rf6 13. Ne5 Rh6
14. f3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Nd7 16. Qe1 (16. Nxd7 $142) 16... Nxe5 17. fxe5 f4 18.
cxd5 cxd5 19. exf4 Bb5 20. Rf2 Qh4 $17 {1/2-1/2 Schmitzer,K-Arnold,L/Germany
1991/GER-chT2 (52)}) 9... Be8 10. Nd3 (10. Bf4 Qe7 11. c5 Bc7 12. b4 Nh5 13.
Qd2 a5 14. a3 h6 15. Nd3 Nxf4 16. gxf4 g5 17. e3 Qg7 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. f4 Qh6
$13 {0-1 Miralles,G-Ye Jiangchuan/Luzern 1985/MCD (47)}) 10... Nbd7 $146 (10...
Ne4 11. Bb2 g5 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. e3 h5 (13... g4) 14. Ne2 Kh8 15. f3 Nef6 16. Nc3
Bg6 17. Rae1 g4 18. f4 $14 {0-1 Dearing,E-Pcola,P/Herculane 1994/TD (35)}) 11.
cxd5 $6 {This exchange is not particularly logical, since it helps black to
get rid of his weak Pe6.} (11. c5 $5 Bc7 12. f4 $13) 11... exd5 {It can be
concluded, that black has got a comfortable position after opening.} 12. f3 ({
Possible is} 12. Bf4 Be7 {with a complicated struggle.}) 12... Bf7 13. Bh3 Bg6
({Black achieves nothing after} 13... Qb6 14. Bf4 Qxd4+ $2 15. e3 Qxc3 16. Bxd6
$16 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Rd6b4,Rd6f8]}) 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Qd2 Nh5 $15 16. Bf4 (16.
Nf4 $6 h6) 16... Nxf4 17. gxf4 $1 {[%csl Ye5][%cal Yd4e5,Yf4e5] This recapture
is stronger, than 17.Nxf4. Now white gets an opportunity to establish his N on
the strong outpost e5.} Qe7 18. e3 Qh4 $6 {The black queen has nothing to do
on h4.} ({Possible is} 18... Kh8 {with an idea to prepare the g7-g5 strike.})
19. Bg2 Rae8 20. Qf2 Qh5 (20... Qh6 $5) 21. Ne2 Re6 22. Ne5 Be8 23. Ng3 Qh4 $6
{Allowing the following small tactical trick.} ({Better was} 23... Qh6 {
keeping the queens on the board.}) {[%tqu "En","What would you suggest for
white?","","","g3e4","Now black is forced to exchange QQ, which is in white's
favour.",10]} 24. Ne4 $1 {Now black is forced to go for queens exchange, which
is in white's favour.} Qxf2+ 25. Nxf2 c5 26. Rac1 ({More precisely} 26. Rfe1 {
[%csl Rg2][%cal Yg2f1]} cxd4 27. exd4) 26... cxd4 27. exd4 Nb8 28. Nfd3 $6 (28.
Rfd1 $142 {[%cal Yg2f1]}) 28... Bb5 29. Rfd1 Bxd3 30. Rxd3 Nc6 31. Kf2 (31.
Nxc6 $2 Bxf4 $1 {[%csl Rc1,Rc6] and black wins a pawn.}) 31... Bc7 32. Rdc3 Ba5
(32... Bb6 33. Nxc6 bxc6 34. Rxc6 Bxd4+ 35. Kg3 $15) 33. Rc5 $6 {This is too
risky. Now the white king may become vulnerable.} (33. Rd3 Bb6 34. Nxc6 bxc6
35. Re1 $15) 33... Bb6 (33... Bd2 $5 34. R1c2 Bxf4 35. Nxc6 bxc6 36. Rxc6 Rxc6
37. Rxc6 Bxh2 $15) 34. Rxd5 Bxd4+ ({Interesting, but insufficient is} 34... Nb4
$6 35. Rb5 $8 (35. Rd7 $2 Rxe5 36. fxe5 Nd3+ $19) 35... Nxa2 36. Rc2 Bxd4+ 37.
Kg3 Nc3 38. Rxb7 {and white is equalizing, since now} g5 $2 {can be dangerous
only for black after} 39. Bf1 $1 gxf4+ 40. Kh4 $1 Bxe5 (40... Rxe5 41. Rg2+ Kh8
42. Rgg7) 41. Bc4 Rfe8 42. Kg5) 35. Kf1 Be3 (35... Bxe5 $6 36. fxe5 f4 37. Bh3
Rxe5 38. Rxe5 Nxe5 39. Be6+ Kh8 40. Bd5 $44) 36. Rc4 g6 $6 ({Black could just
capture the pawn:} 36... Bxf4 {since} 37. Nd7 {is strongly met by} Rfe8 $1 38.
Rxf4 Re1+ 39. Kf2 R8e2+ 40. Kg3 Rg1 {and white is in trouble.}) 37. Rd7 $6 {
Another inaccuracy. Probably both players were short of time.} ({Safer would be
} 37. Nxc6 bxc6 38. Re5) 37... Rxe5 $2 {This leads to a simplification of
position, and black's advantage decreases to a minimum.} ({After strong} 37...
Rfe8 $1 {black has a significant advantage, mainly because of bad Bg2.}) 38.
fxe5 Nxe5 39. Rxb7 Nxc4 40. bxc4 Rf7 $6 {Leads to the obvious draw.} (40... Rd8
41. Rb2 Kf7 {could still give black slight practical winning chances.}) 41.
Rxf7 Kxf7 $11 42. Ke2 Bf4 43. h3 Ke6 44. Kd3 Kd6 45. Kd4 Be5+ 46. Ke3 Kc5 47.
f4 {Finally the white bishop is waking up!} Bd4+ 48. Kd3 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters 20th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2002.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2002.08.13"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. d3 Nc6 6. O-O g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bc4 Ne8 13. b3 Nd6 14. Bb2 b5 15.
Bd3 e6 16. Ba3 Qb6 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxd6 Rfd8 19. Nf3 Rxd6 20. Qe2 a6 21. Ng5
Bd7 22. Rad1 h6 23. Nf3 Rd8 24. Bc2 Be6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Rd1 Bf6 27. h3 Rxd1+
28. Qxd1 Qc5 29. Nh2 Bh4 30. Qe2 Qa3 31. Bd3 Bd8 32. Ng4 Kg7 33. Qd2 Bg5 34.
Qc2 Qd6 35. Qc3 Bxg4 36. hxg4 Bd8 37. g3 Bb6 38. Kg2 Bd4 39. Qc2 Qf6 40. a4
bxa4 41. bxa4 a5 42. Bc4 Qc6 43. Bb3 Qf6 44. Bd5 h5 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Qe2 h4
47. Qg4+ Kf8 48. gxh4 Qxf2+ 49. Kh3 Be3 50. Qg3 Qf1+ 51. Qg2 Qf6 52. Qg3 Qf1+
53. Qg2 Qf6 54. Qg3 Bh6 55. Kg2 Bf4 56. Qg4 Be3 57. Qc8+ Kg7 58. Qg4+ Kh6 59.
Qf5 Qg7+ 60. Kf3 Bf4 61. Qxf7 Qg3+ 62. Ke2 Qe3+ 63. Kf1 Qd3+ 64. Kf2 Qg3+ 65.
Kf1 Qh3+ 66. Ke2 Qe3+ 67. Kf1 Qh3+ 68. Ke2 Qg2+ 69. Kd3 Qd2+ 70. Kc4 Qb4+ 71.
Kd3 Qd4+ 72. Ke2 Qd2+ 73. Kf1 Qd3+ 74. Kf2 Qg3+ 75. Kf1 Qf3+ 76. Ke1 Qc3+ 77.
Kf2 Qd2+ 78. Kf1 Qd3+ 79. Kf2 Qe3+ 80. Kf1 Qh3+ 81. Ke2 Qh2+ 82. Kd3 Qd2+ 83.
Kc4 Qb4+ 84. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICC-ch blitz fin"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2002.08.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3
Qb6 9. Nb3 e6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. g4 b5 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Bg2 Bb7 14. g5 Nd7 15. f4
Nb6 16. a4 b4 17. a5 Nd7 18. Na4 Nxa5 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. O-O Qb5 21. Qf2 Be7 22.
c4 Qc6 23. Rfd1 Qc7 24. Rac1 O-O 25. c5 dxc5 26. Nxc5 Nxc5 27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28.
Rxc5 Qb6 29. Rc4 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 a5 31. Rc7 Ba6 32. Ra1 Rfc8 33. Rxc8+ Bxc8 34.
e5 Ra7 35. Rd1 Rd7 36. Rc1 Ba6 37. Rc5 Rd2+ 38. Kg3 g6 39. Rxa5 Bc4 40. Rc5 Ba2
41. Rb5 Rxb2 42. h4 Bc4 43. Rb7 b3 44. Rb4 Rc2 45. Be4 Rc3+ 46. Kf2 Kg7 47. Rb7
Rc2+ 48. Kf3 Rc3+ 49. Kf2 Rh3 50. Rb4 Rc3 51. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICC-ch blitz fin"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2002.08.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rb1 b6 12. e5 Bb7 13. Bg5 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6
15. Qb3+ Kh8 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. Rbc1 Bd5 18. Qa3 Nh5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. c4 Ba8
21. Qe3 Rf7 22. Rcd1 Rdf8 23. Bh4 h6 24. Bd3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qf4 26. Qxf4 Nxf4
27. Rxe7 g5 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Bg3 Bd4 30. Be4 Kg7 31. Rb1 Re7 32. Rb8 Rf7 33.
h4 Rf8 34. Rb5 Rf7 35. Kh2 Rf8 36. a4 Rf7 37. a5 Re7 38. a6 Rf7 39. Rb8 Be5 40.
Re8 Bd4 41. Rc8 Rf8 42. Rc7+ Rf7 43. Rb7 Kf6 44. Bc6 Re7 45. Be4 Be5 46. Kh1
Ke6 47. Rb5 Kd6 48. Rb1 Rd7 49. Bf5 Rf7 50. Be4 Rd7 51. Rb5 Re7 52. Kh2 gxh4
53. Bxh4 Rg7 54. Bg3 h5 55. Rb8 h4 56. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 57. Kh3 Bg5 58. f4 Bxf4 59.
Kxh4 Ke5 60. Bd5 Kf5 61. Rf8+ Ke5 62. Re8+ Kf5 63. Be4+ Kf6 64. Kh3 Re7 65.
Rf8+ Ke5 66. Bd5 Rh7+ 67. Kg4 Rg7+ 68. Kf3 Bg5 69. Ke2 Re7 70. Kd3 Rh7 71. Rc8
Rh3+ 72. f3 Rh2 73. Rxc5 Rd2+ 74. Kc3 Ra2 75. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "ICC-ch blitz fin"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2002.08.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 O-O 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. d5 Rd8 14. Ke1
Na5 15. Bg5 Bd7 16. Bd3 Rdc8 17. Ke2 e6 18. Be3 exd5 19. exd5 b5 20. Nd2 a6 21.
Bb6 Nb7 22. Ne4 f5 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 Re8+ 25. Kf3 Re5 26. Bc2 Rxd5 27. Bb3
Be6 28. Rhd1 Rad8 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. a3 Bh6 31. Be3 Bf8 32. Rd4 Bxa3 33. Rc7 a5
34. Ke2 a4 35. Ra7 Bb2 36. Rd2 Rxd2+ 37. Bxd2 Bc4+ 38. Kd1 Bd5 39. Kc2 Bd4 40.
Ra5 Be4+ 41. Kc1 Bxf2 42. Rxb5 Bxg2 43. Ra5 Bg1 44. h4 Bc6 45. h5 Kf7 46. Ra6
Bb5 47. Ra5 Bd7 48. h6 Ke6 49. Ra8 Bd4 50. Ra6+ Kd5 51. Ra8 Ke4 52. Rd8 Bb5 53.
Rf8 a3 54. Ra8 Bb2+ 55. Kc2 f4 56. Re8+ Bxe8 0-1

[Event "ICC-ch blitz fin"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2002.08.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Be2 Rd8 11. O-O Nd7 12. c4 Qc7 13. d5 Nf6 14. Qc2 Bg4
15. Rab1 b6 16. a4 e6 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nd7 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. e5 Rab8 21.
Bg4 Nxe5 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Bg5 Rf8 24. Bd5 Nc6 25. Rbe1 Rbe8 26. Qd2 Nd4 27.
Kh1 Qd7 28. Qd1 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. g3 h6 32. Bd2 Kh7 33. Kg2
Qd7 34. Be3 a6 35. Qb1 Qd6 36. Bf4 Qd8 37. Be4 Qe8 38. h4 h5 39. Bd5 b5 40.
cxb5 axb5 41. a5 Ne2 42. Be3 Nc3 43. Qd3 c4 44. Qd2 Qd8 45. Bc6 Qxa5 46. Qd7
Ne2 47. Bd5 Qe1 48. Qf7 Qg1+ 49. Kf3 Nd4+ 50. Kf4 Ne2+ 51. Kg5 1-0

[Event "New York Masters 21st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2002.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2002.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 d5 13. Bh3 dxe4 14. g5 hxg5 15.
hxg5 exf3 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Qe1 Qa5 18. Nb6 Rd8 19. Nb3 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Qe5 21.
Qd2 Be7 22. Bf4 Qe2 23. Rh2 Qxd2+ 24. Nxd2 g5 25. Bc7 g4 26. Bxg4 Rxh2 27. Bxf3
Rxd2 28. Bxb7 Rf2 29. Bxa6 Ne4 30. Bd3 Bg5+ 31. Kd1 Rd2+ 32. Ke1 Bh4+ 33. Kf1
Rf2+ 34. Kg1 Ng5 35. a4 bxa3 36. bxa3 Nf3+ 37. Kh1 e5 38. Bxe5 Nxe5 39. Be4 f5
40. Bb7 f4 41. a4 f3 42. a5 Bg3 43. Ba6 Rxc2 44. Kg1 Rc1+ 45. Bf1 Ng4 46. a6
Bf2+ 47. Kh1 Rxf1# 0-1

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 1st"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nge2 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 d6 11. f4 Bd7 12. a4 Bc6 13. Kh1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Qd4+ f6 16. Rae1 Qb6 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Rf3 Nxb3 19. cxb3 Qb4 20. Qf2 Rf7 21.
Rg3 Rg8 22. f5 Kh8 23. fxg6 Rxg6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rxg3 26. hxg3 Qxb3 27.
Rxe7 Qxd5 28. Rxf7 Qxf7 {Damenendspiel mit einem schwarzen Mehrfreibauern.} 29.
Qf5 ({Zum Übergang zu einem interessanten Bauernendspiel führte} 29. Qb6 Qh5+
30. Kg1 Qc5+ 31. Qxc5 dxc5 32. Kf2 f5 (32... Kg7 33. Ke3 Kf7 (33... Kg6 34. Kf4
h5 35. g4 h4 $19) 34. Kd3 Ke6 35. Kc4 Kd6 36. Kb5 h5 37. Kb6 (37. Kxa5 Kc6 38.
b4 c4 $19 (38... b6+ 39. Ka6 cxb4 $19))) 33. Ke3 (33. g4 fxg4 34. Kg3 Kg7 35.
Kxg4 Kf6 36. Kh5 (36. b3 Ke5 $19) (36. Kf4 Ke6 37. Ke4 h5 38. g3 c4 $19 {
oder Kd6}) 36... c4 37. Kh6 Ke6 38. Kxh7 b5 39. axb5 a4 40. b6 Kd7 41. b7 Kc7
42. g4 c3 $19) 33... Kg7 34. Kd3 Kf6 35. Kc4 Kg5 36. Kb5 Kg4 37. Kxa5 Kxg3 38.
Kb6 Kxg2 39. Kxb7 f4 40. a5 f3 41. a6 f2 42. a7 f1=Q 43. a8=Q Qf3+ $19) 29...
b6 30. Qc8+ Kg7 31. Qd8 Qh5+ 32. Kg1 Qc5+ 33. Kh2 h5 (33... Qd4 $142 {[%cal
Gg7g6,Gg6c2] mit Königsaktivierung, nachdem alle wichtigen schwarzen Bauern
unter gleichzeitiger Zentralisierung der Dame gedeckt sind.}) 34. Qe7+ Kg6 35.
Qe8+ Kg5 36. Qd7 Qe5 37. b3 ({Hartnäckiger war} 37. Qg7+ Kf5 38. Qh7+ Ke6 39.
Qg8+ Kd7 40. Qf7+ Kc6 41. Qc4+ Qc5 42. Qe6) 37... d5 $1 38. Qg7+ Kf5 39. Qh7+
Ke6 40. Qg8+ Kd7 41. Qf7+ Kc6 42. Qf8 d4 43. Qc8+ Kd6 44. Qa6 Kc7 45. Qc4+ (45.
Qa7+ Kc6 46. Qa6 h4 $19) 45... Kd7 46. Kg1 Kd6 47. Kf1 Qf5+ 48. Ke1 Qe6+ 49.
Kd2 Qxc4 50. bxc4 Ke6 ({Logischer sieht aus:} 50... Kc5 51. Kd3 f5 52. g4 hxg4
53. g3 f4 54. gxf4 g3 55. Ke2 d3+ $19) 51. Ke2 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 1st"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. f3 Nc6 11. Bd3 ({Has a better prospect for white
following continuation:} 11. O-O-O $1 {Gelfand,B-Epishin,V/Belgrade,1999 (1-0)
(Gelfand,B)(34)}) (11. Nh3 $143 {See comments to Gulko,B-Aleksandrov,A/
Groningen,1997/CBM 63 (1/2-1/2)(Psakhis,L)(27)}) 11... h6 $5 ({White in first
place had to count with:} 11... Ne4 12. Bxd8 (12. Qxg7+ $2 Kxg7 13. Bxd8 Raxd8
14. Bxe4 d5 $36 {Hass,R-Shereshevski,M/Primorsko,1989(0-1)(31)}) 12... Nxc3 13.
Bc7 Rfc8 14. Bd6 Na4 15. b3 Nb6 16. Ne2 $14 {Horvath,C-Gyorkos,L/Zalakaros,
1997(1-0(30)}) 12. Bh4 d5 $5 $146 ({Was checked in the previous games:} 12...
Re8 {;12...Qa5;12...Ne4 and 12...Rc8.}) 13. Ne2 ({It is clear,that:} 13. Bxf6
Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 {it could be good only for black.}) 13... d4 ({It looks
pretty well:} 13... Ne4 $5 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Bc7 Nxe2 16. Bxe2 Rac8 17. Bd6
Rfd8 18. Bxc5 dxc4 $11) 14. exd4 cxd4 {This move is much better,than:} (14...
Nxd4 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 15. Nxd4 cxd4 (15... Qxd4 $143 16. Qxd4 cxd4 17. Kd2 $16 {
[%cal Gh1e1]}) 16. Qd2 $14) 15. Qd2 e5 $6 ({I recommended:} 15... a5 $5 {/\a4})
({Now it is not that good how it was before:} 15... Ne4 16. Bxd8 Nxd2 17. Kxd2
(17. Bc7 $6 Nb3) 17... Rfxd8 18. b4 $14) 16. Ng3 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gg3h5]} Ne4
$2 {How was figured out there was no reason to defence from threat Nh5:} (16...
Re8 $5 17. Nh5 $140 $6 Ne4 18. Bxd8 Nxd2 $13) ({Immediately losing the game:} 
16... g5 $4 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Qxg5+ Kh8 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Nh5 $18 Nxh5 $140 21.
Qh7#) 17. Bxd8 Nxd2 18. Kxd2 Raxd8 ({It does not make a big changes:} 18...
Rfxd8 19. b4 {with obvious advantage of white.}) 19. b4 $16 {At white,already,
there is pair of o^ PP. For black it is hard to create o^PP in center.} g6 20.
Rae1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gb4b5]} ({In my opinion it looks more logically:} 20.
Rhe1) 20... Rfe8 21. Ne4 Re7 ({It does not make a big changes:} 21... Kg7 22.
c5 {/\Nd6}) 22. c5 Bc8 ({More stubborn resistance after:} 22... Kf8 23. Nd6 Rb8
24. b5 (24. Re2 $142 {/\Rhe1 and b5.}) 24... Na5 25. c6 Bc8 $16) 23. Nd6 Be6
24. Re2 $1 {[%cal Gh1e1] White brings up their last reserves.} (24. b5 $2 Na5
25. Rxe5 $140 Nb3+ 26. Kc2 Nxc5 27. Rxc5 Rxd6 $14) 24... Kg7 25. Rhe1 $18 {
Black can not protect their weak center.} f6 (25... Red7 $144 26. Bb5 Rxd6 27.
cxd6 Rxd6 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Rxe5 Rc3 30. Ra5 $18) 26. Bb5 Rc7 27. f4 Bg4 28.
Rf2 {[%csl Yc6,Re5][%cal Gb5c6] Further resistance is impossible.} 1-0

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 1st"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 {Here we go again
with f3 against the Sicilian.} e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 {Preventing an early
g4 for white.} (8... Nbd7 9. g4) 9. Qd2 (9. g4 $2 d5 10. g5 d4 $17) 9... O-O
10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Rc8 {System popularized first on Internet and then tried
on Tiviakov in Wijk Aan Zee 2000 by GM Morozevich.} 12. g5 Nh5 {An interesting
novelty.The idea is after a possible Nd5 Bd5 ed5 to use the rook on the 4th
rank by Rg4.} 13. Rg1 $5 $146 Nd7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 a5 $1 {Though this
looks like the drawback in the system now kings castle is vulnerable.} 16. a4
Nf4 $2 {A grave positional blunder.} (16... Nb6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Bb5 Nf4 $11)
17. Kb1 Nb6 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Bb5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Rde1 $1 $16 {That is
the small trick that black has missed.} Bf8 22. Re4 Qc7 23. Rge1 {Looks like
the most natural to me.} (23. Nd4 $2 Qc5 {creates difficulties.}) (23. Rg4 g6
24. Rgxf4 Bg7 $16) 23... Qd7 ({After} 23... b5 {White has equally pleasant
choices.} 24. Rxf4 $16 (24. axb5 a4 25. Nc1 (25. Nd4 a3 26. Nc6) 25... a3 26.
b3)) 24. Qxf4 b5 25. Nd4 $1 $18 {It is almost impossible to blow such an edge,
but never say never!} bxa4 26. Nc6 {After some long thought.} ({Because I was
also attracted by a quick checkmate delivery.} 26. Nf5 $6 Qb7 (26... Re8 $4 27.
Nh6+ $1 gxh6 28. gxh6 $18) (26... Qc7) 27. Nh6+ gxh6 28. gxh6 Bg7 $1 {may turn
the tables.}) 26... Re8 27. Qg4 $6 (27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Qe4 Qxe4 (
29... Qd7 30. h4 Qh3 31. Ka2 $18) 30. fxe4 $18 {could even be simpler.}) 27...
Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Qb7 29. Rxa4 g6 30. Ka2 Bg7 31. c3 Qb6 32. Qd7 {That was
absolutely unnecessary!} (32. Qf4 Qf2) (32. h4 $18 {Patience usually delivers
the final blow in such positions.}) 32... Bxc3 $1 {Of course Nakamura takes
his chances instantly.} 33. bxc3 Qf2+ 34. Kb3 Qxf3 $1 {That is the point which
I have failed to notice.} (34... Qb6+ $2 35. Kc4 (35. Nb4 $2 Rb8 36. h4 Kg7 37.
Qg4 Kg8 $11) 35... Qc5+ 36. Kd3 Qxd5+ 37. Nd4 Qxg5 38. Rc4 $18) 35. Qg4 $4 {
Sudden collapse.} (35. Rxa5 $142 $1 {Probably the best under circumstances.}
Qd1+ (35... Rxa5 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qf6+ Qxf6 38. gxf6+ Kxf6 39. Nxa5 $18) 36.
Kb4 Qb1+ 37. Ka4 Qc2+ 38. Kb5 Qb3+ 39. Nb4 Rb8+ 40. Ka6 Qxc3 41. Nc6 Rb2 {
But I did not fancy my king around the corner besides I hate fucking knights.}
42. Qxd6 Qb3 43. Qc7 $18) (35. Rd4 $6 a4+ 36. Kb4 Qf2 $1 {That is annoying.} (
36... a3 $6 37. Qb7 (37. Nd8 Rb8+) 37... Re8 38. Qa6 Re1 $16) 37. Qxd6 (37. Kb5
a3 38. Qb7 Re8) 37... Qb2+ 38. Kc5 Qa3+ 39. Rb4 (39. Nb4 $2 Qxc3+ 40. Rc4 Rc8+
41. Qc6 {looks to fancy.} (41. Nc6 Qa5+)) 39... Qxc3+ 40. Kb5 a3 41. Rd4 Qb2+
42. Qb4 Qe2+ $11) 35... Qxd5+ 36. Qc4 (36. Rc4 Re8) 36... Qd1+ $11 {Believe or
not I have missed this!} 37. Ka3 Qa1+ 38. Kb3 Qb1+ 39. Ka3 Qa1+ 40. Kb3 Qb1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 1st"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 e5 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Be7 7. Be2 Nd4 8. b4 b6
9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Rb1 h6 12. Be3 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15.
bxc5 bxc5 16. Rb7 a6 17. Rfb1 Re8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bd2 Bf8 20. Kg2 Re7 21. R7b3
Re8 22. Rb7 Re7 23. R7b3 Re8 24. Nh2 Ra7 25. Nf1 Nh7 26. Nd5 Nf6 27. Nfe3 Nxd5
28. cxd5 f6 29. Nc4 Qd7 30. Qd1 Kh7 31. Rb6 Rc8 32. f4 Be8 33. Qf3 Kg8 34. fxe5
fxe5 35. Rb8 Qd8 36. Rxc8 Qxc8 37. Rb6 Rb7 38. Rxd6 Bb5 39. Re6 Bxc4 40. dxc4
Rb2 41. Qc3 Qb8 42. d6 Rb3 43. Qxe5 Rd3 44. Be1 Rxd6 45. Rxd6 Bxd6 46. Qd5+ {
[#] Weißer Spielplan: Raumgewinn am Königsflügel, Vorrücken des e-Freibauern,
Benutzen der Stützpunkte d5, f5, d7, f7. Taktik: Königsangriff, Fesselung} Kh7
47. Bf2 ({Folgerichtiger erscheint} 47. Bc3 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Re4e5,Re5e6]})
47... Qc7 48. Qe6 Bf8 {Alternativen:} (48... Qe7 $5 {um nach Damentausch mit
dem König nach e6 zu gehen.}) (48... g6 49. Bh4 $1 {[%cal Rh4f6,Re4e5]}) 49. h4
(49. Qxa6 Qe5 50. Qc6 Bd6 $132) (49. Qf5+ Kg8 50. Qd5+ Kh7 51. e5 {ähnlich wie
in der Partie}) 49... Qd8 50. Qd5 Qe8 51. e5 Qg6 52. Qf3 Kg8 53. Qd5+ Kh8 54.
Qf3 Kg8 55. Qf5 Qc6+ 56. Kg1 Be7 57. e6 Qd6 58. Kg2 Kh8 59. g5 Qc6+ 60. Qd5 Qe8
61. Qd7 Qf8 62. gxh6 (62. g6 $5 Qa8+ 63. Qd5 Qf8 64. h5 Qc8 65. Bg3 Qf8 66. a4
$18 {im Anakondastil}) 62... gxh6 63. Bg3 Kg8 64. a4 h5 (64... Qf6 $142) 65.
Qd5 Qe8 66. Qf5 {Die große Anzahl schwacher schwarzer Felder in der Nähe des
Königs und im Zentrum wirkt entscheidend.} Qc6+ 67. Kh2 $5 Qe8 68. Kg2 Bf8 (
68... Qc6+ 69. Kf2 Qe8 70. Ke3 $18) 69. Be5 Bh6 70. Kh3 Bf8 71. Qf6 Kh7 72.
Qh8+ Kg6 73. Qg8+ Kf5 74. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 1st"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "214"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. e4 c6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 cxd5 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15.
Nxd5 Qd8 16. Rc1 Nc6 17. Qb3 Rf7 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. h4 Bh6 20. Rc3 Kh8 21. Qa4
Qf8 22. Kh2 g5 23. a3 a6 24. Ne3 gxh4 25. Nxh4 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Nd4 27. Bh3 Bxh3
28. Kxh3 b5 29. Qa5 Qc8+ 30. Kg2 Qg4 31. Qd2 Rg8 32. Rh1 Rc7 33. Qd3 Ne6 34.
Rf3 Nf4+ 35. Rxf4 exf4 36. Qd6 Rf7 37. Qd5 Rfg7 38. Nf5 f3+ 39. Kg1 Rc7 40. Rh4
Qg5 41. Kh2 Qc1 42. Qd4 Rf8 43. Rf4 Qc5 44. Rxf3 Qxd4 45. Nxd4 Re7 46. Rf4 Kg8
47. Kg2 Rd7 48. Ne6 Rff7 49. Nc5 Rd6 50. b4 Re7 51. Rf3 Ra7 52. a4 Rd4 53. axb5
axb5 54. Rxf6 Rxb4 55. Rb6 Rb2 56. e5 Raa2 57. Ne4 Ra7 58. e6 Kg7 59. Nd6 Re2
60. e7 Raxe7 61. Nf5+ Kf7 62. Nxe7 Rxe7 63. Rxb5 Ra7 64. Rb6 Kg7 65. Rc6 Rb7
66. Ra6 Rc7 67. Kh3 Rb7 68. Rc6 Ra7 69. Rd6 Rc7 70. Re6 Ra7 71. Rc6 Rb7 72. Kg4
Ra7 73. f4 Ra3 74. Rc7+ Kh6 75. Rc6+ Kg7 76. Rd6 Rc3 77. f5 Ra3 78. Rd7+ Kg8
79. Kf4 h5 80. Re7 Rb3 81. Re3 Rb8 82. Kg5 Kf7 83. Kxh5 Kf6 84. Rf3 Rg8 85. Kh4
Rh8+ 86. Kg4 Ra8 87. Kh4 Rh8+ 88. Kg4 Ra8 89. Rf4 Rg8+ 90. Kf3 Ra8 91. g4 Kg5
92. Re4 Ra3+ 93. Ke2 Rb3 94. Kf2 Ra3 95. Kg2 Rb3 96. Kf2 Ra3 97. Ke2 Rb3 98.
Rd4 Ra3 99. Rb4 Rc3 100. Re4 Ra3 101. Kf2 Rb3 102. Re3 Rb2+ 103. Kf3 Rb4 104.
Re8 Rf4+ 105. Ke3 Rxg4 106. Rg8+ Kxf5 107. Rxg4 Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 1st"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Be3 Nd5 (8... Be7 9. Bd3 Nd5 10. Qd2 Nxe3 11. fxe3 c5 12. O-O O-O 13. c3 Bf6
14. Rf2 b6 15. Raf1 Bb7 16. Kh1 Qd6 $13 {Gdanski,J-Akopian,V/Adelaide 1988}) (
8... Bd6 9. Qd3 b6 $6 10. Ne5 $1 Bb7 11. Qb5+ $1 Nd7 12. O-O-O a6 13. Qb3 $14 {
Polgar,J-Bareev,E/Hastings 1992}) 9. Bd3 {Giving up a bishop is a typical idea
for this variation. White gets very strong center+semi-open f-file instead.} (
9. Bd2 Be7 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Qc7 13. c4 Nf4 14. Bxf4
Qxf4 15. b4 a5 16. a3 Bf6 17. Rb1 $14 {Tischbierek,R-Ellers,H/Germany 1997/
GER-chT}) 10... Nb4 11. Bc4 c6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 15. c3 $14 {
Lau,R-Backwinkel,P/Germany 1996/GER-chT}) (9. Qd3 $5) (9. Qd2 Bd6 10. O-O-O Bd7
11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qe7 13. Be2 Bc6 14. f4 O-O-O 15. Bd4 g5 16. fxg5 Qxg5 $11
{Polgar,J-Speelman,J/Hastings 1992}) 9... Nxe3 (9... c5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bb5+
Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. dxc5 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bxc5 $11 {Bagirov,R-Kacheishvili,G/
Baku 1997}) 10. fxe3 Bd6 11. e4 $6 {This move seems to be premature.} (11. O-O
O-O 12. c3 Qe7 13. Bc4 e5 14. dxe5 Bc5 15. Qb3 Bxe3+ 16. Kh1 Bb6 17. Nd4 $14 {
Arencibia,W-Rahal,M/Barbera 1996}) 11... e5 $1 {Very good reply. Black is
ready to sacrifice a pawn to break white's center.} 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Bc4 (13.
Bb5+ $5 c6 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Bc4 Ke7 16. c3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Kxe6 18. Ke2 $14)
13... Qe7 14. Qd2 O-O 15. O-O-O c6 16. Rhf1 b5 17. Bb3 a5 18. a3 ({Not so
clear was} 18. c3 b4 19. Bc4 a4 20. cxb4 Bxb4 21. Qc2 a3 22. b3 Bg4 23. Kb1 $13
) 18... a4 19. Ba2 b4 20. axb4 a3 21. b3 $6 {There is no doubt that black's
initiative is extremly dangerous, that's why white had to accept a draw after}
(21. bxc5 axb2+ 22. Kxb2 Qa7 (22... Rxa2+ 23. Kxa2 Qb7 24. Qa5 Be6+ 25. Ka1 Ra8
26. Rd8+ $18) 23. Bb3 (23. Ra1 $2 Qa3+ 24. Kb1 Be6 $19) 23... Qa3+ 24. Kc3
Qxc5+ 25. Kb2 Qa3+ $11) 21... Bxb4 22. c3 Ba5 23. b4 Bc7 $36 {[%csl Rc1][%cal
Ga3a1]} 24. Nd4 (24. Kb1 $5) 24... Qxe5 25. Nxc6 Qe8 26. Nd4 (26. Bd5) 26...
Bg4 27. Rde1 Be5 28. h3 Be6 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Rf5 (30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Kb1 Qc6
32. Re3 Rc8 33. Qf2+ Ke7 $15) 30... Bf6 31. Kb1 Kh8 32. Rf3 Be5 {Black's idea
is to attack white pawn on c3.} 33. Rd1 (33. Rxf8+ Qxf8 34. Bxe6 Qf6 $19 {
[%csl Rc3]}) 33... Qc6 34. Rd3 Rac8 35. c4 Qb6 {[%cal Gf8f2]} 36. c5 (36. Rf3
Rfd8 37. Qe1 Rxd1+ 38. Qxd1 Qxb4+ $19) 36... Rxc5 37. Rxa3 Rcc8 $19 {Despite
of material balance white's position is helpless.} 38. Rd3 Kh7 39. Rb3 Rf2 40.
Qd3 Rxg2 {[%cal Gb6f2,Gc8c2]} 0-1

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 1st"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.09.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. d4 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Rb5 cxd4 12. Rxa5 dxe3 13. Qxe3 Nxa5 14. h4
{About this line - see CBM 73,82.} Be6 15. Ng5 Bxa2 16. h5 h6 {An attempt to
gain a tempo comparing to the theoretical line:} (16... Rfc8 17. e5 h6 18. Nf3
g5 19. Nxg5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Rh3 $146 (21. Ne4 a5 $132 {1-0 Baginskaite,
C-Qin Kanying/Seattle 2001/CBM 82 (41)}) 21... a5 22. Rg3 $13 {1/2-1/2 Khenkin,
I-Naumann,A/Bad Wiessee GER 2002/The Week in Chess 417 (22)}) 17. Nf3 g5 18.
Nxg5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. e5 {White doesn't find anything better than this
move.} a5 {So, Black has saved the Rfc8 move.} 21. Nf3 a4 22. Nd2 a3 $2 {
Too fast.} (22... Be6 {was correct, with good counterplay for Black.}) 23. Nxc4
a2 24. O-O a1=Q 25. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 26. Kh2 {Black has made a poor deal giving up
his strong bishop and passed pawn for White's passive rook. Now he remains
with a passive bishop and small material deficit and must fight hard for a
draw. If now White plays f2-f4 and activates his knight, Black's position will
be very difficult.} Ra4 27. Qc5 Rb8 28. Qc7 $6 {This natural move turns out to
be inaccurate as the white queen is less active here. The most important thing
is that it lets the black b7 pawn go!} (28. Kh3 $1 {was apparently the most
accurate, e.g.} b5 29. Nb6 Re4 30. Nd7 Rc4 31. Qxe7 Rxc3+ 32. g3 Rbc8 33. Qb4 {
capturing Black's passed pawn, with good winning chances, e.g.} R3c7 34. Qxb5
Rd8 35. Nb6 {etc.}) 28... Rf8 29. g3 $6 (29. Nb6 $5 Rh4+ 30. Kg3 Rxh5 31. f4
$16) 29... b5 30. Ne3 $6 {After this White has no winning chances anymore.} (
30. Nb6 {was the last opportunity but after} Ra2 31. Kg2 e6 32. Nd7 Rfa8 {
Black should hold his position.}) 30... Re4 31. Nf5 Rxe5 32. Nxg7 Rg5 33. f4
Rxg7 34. Qxe7 ({Or} 34. Qb7 e6 35. Qxb5 Rd8 {and Black should not lose.}) 34...
Rc8 {It is known that Q+P usually don't win against 2R.} 35. Qe5 Rc4 {[%cal
Yb5b4]} 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Qe3 Kg8 38. Qe5 Kh7 39. Qf5+ Kg8 40. Qe5 Kh7 41. Qf5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 1st"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.09.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A66"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8]} 1. d4 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6.
e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. e5 {Mikenas's variation is one of the sharpest systems
against the Modern Benoni.White plays the thematic e5 break at the first
moment and manages to catch Black's king in the centre as a result. But this
does involve a pawn sacrifice and, moreover, White is obliged to launch his
attack with most of his pieses still on their original squares, so if
something goes wrong the backlash is usually disastrous.} Nfd7 9. Ne4 {
Kortschnoj: 'This maneouvre is not too dangerous for black. According to the
theory, white gets much behind in development. But perhaps this old assessment
after this game needs to be revised.'} dxe5 10. Nd6+ Ke7 {Kortschnoj: 'This
move looks more energetic than the "fearful" Kf8. Still, in the middlegame
energetic moves by the king are not recommended.'} 11. Nxc8+ Qxc8 12. Nf3 Re8 {
Kortschnoj: 'Black plays essential moves, but soon it becomes obvious that he
fails to equalize the game. It is time to look for improvements. I dare to
suggest 12...Qc7!?'} 13. fxe5 Kf8 $6 {Theory considers the main variation to
be a draw, so Black chooses an offshoot for playing to win, but this line
looks too dangerous.} ({A doubtful idea is:} 13... Bxe5 $6 14. Bc4 $1 (14. Bb5
{- see below}) 14... Kf8 15. O-O Bg7 (15... Kg7 16. Qd2 f6 17. Qh6+ Kh8 18. Bg5
$1 Qd8 19. Bd3 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bc3 21. Rxb7 $16) 16. Ng5 (16. d6 $6 Nb6 $11)
16... Bd4+ (16... f5 $140 $2 17. Kh1 Nb6 18. d6 $1 Be5 19. Bf7 $18) 17. Kh1 Nf6
18. d6 $40) ({The basic position of the variation have been reached after:} 
13... Nxe5 $5 14. Bb5 Nbd7 (14... Qg4 $6 15. O-O $1 (15. Nxe5 Qb4+) (15. Bxe8
Qxg2 16. Rf1 Kxe8 {Hartston,W}) 15... Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. Rxf3 Nd7 18. Bg5+
f6 19. Re1+ Kf7 20. Rxe8 Kxe8 21. Bxf6 $16 {Nunn,J}) 15. Nxe5 (15. O-O Kf8 $1 (
15... Nxf3+ $2 16. Qxf3 Ne5 17. Bg5+ Kf8 18. Qf2 $16) (15... c4 $6 16. Be3 Ng4
17. Ng5 $16 Nxe3 $140 18. Rxf7+ Kd8 19. Qa4 Nc5 20. Qa5+ b6 21. Qd2 c3 22. bxc3
Bh6 23. Ne6+ $18) (15... a6 $6 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. d6+ $1 Kf8 (17... Bxd6 $2 18.
Re1+ $18) 18. Qd5 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Rxf6 $1 Bxf6 22. d7 axb5
23. dxc8=Q Raxc8 24. Qxb7 Bxb2 25. Rf1 {1-0 Littlewood,J-Povah,N/England 1975})
16. d6 (16. Nxe5 Rxe5 {see below}) 16... c4 17. Kh1 a6 18. Ba4 Nd3 19. Ng5 b5
20. Qf3 N7e5 21. Qd5 Ra7 22. Be3 Rd7 23. Bd1 {Verdier,P-Daillet,E/Corr AJEC/
1172 1987} Qc6 $19) {This was the rare case, when it was possible for me to
use two novelties in the same game!} 15... Kf8 $1 {This precise order of moves
is very important, because allows Black to avoid difficulties of the previous
line.} (15... Bxe5 $6 16. O-O c4 $1 (16... Qc7 17. Qg4 $1 f6 (17... Kd6 $6 18.
Rxf7 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Ne5 20. Rf6+ Kxd5 21. Qe2 c4 {Shereshevsky,M-Kapengut,A/
Minsk 1974} (21... Rf8 $4 22. Bc4+ $18) (21... Re7 22. Bf4 $18) 22. Bf4 $18)
18. Bf4 Qd6 19. Rae1 Kd8 20. Qh4 (20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Qh4 Rf8 22. Qxh7 Rf7 23.
Qh8+ Rf8 24. Qh7 Rf7 {1/2-1/2 Baumbach,F-Espig,T/DDR-ch Frankfurt/Oder 1977})
20... h5 21. Rxe5 $5 Rxe5 $5 22. Qf2 Qxd5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Qxf6+ Kc7 25. Re1
$14) (16... Kf8 17. Qf3 f5 (17... f6 18. Qh3 Re7 19. d6 $5 Bxd6 20. Bh6+ Kg8
21. Rad1 c4 (21... Qc7 $5 22. Bxd7 $140 $6 Qxd7 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Rxf6 $4 Bxh2+
$19) 22. Kh1 a6 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Qc3 Rd8 25. Rxf6 Rf7 26. Qxc4 Qc7 27. Rdxd6
Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Qxd6 29. Qc8+ Rf8 30. Qxf8+ {1/2-1/2 Astolfi,F-Cesbron/Toulouse
Open 1989}) 18. g4 a6 (18... Bd4+ $6 19. Kh1 Ne5 20. Qg2 Rd8 21. gxf5 Kg7 22.
Bg5 $16 Rd6 23. Rae1 Rb6 24. Bf4 $1 {.} Nf7 (24... Rxb5 25. Rxe5 $1 Bxe5 26.
Bxe5+ Kg8 27. fxg6 h6 28. Rf7 $18 {Rajkovic,D}) 25. fxg6 Rxg6 26. Qf3 Qg4 27.
Qxg4 Rxg4 28. Re7 Bxb2 29. Be8 $18 {Rajkovic,D-Planinc,A/Majdanpek 21/108 1976}
) 19. Bc4 $1 (19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. gxf5 Kg7 $11) (19. Ba4 b5 20. Bc2 f4 21. Bxf4
Kg8 22. Bh6 $6 (22. d6) 22... Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Ne5 $17 {Topolski,P-Jakovljevic/JUG
corr ;CR97-88 1988}) (19. gxf5 $5 axb5 20. fxg6+ Ke7 21. Bf4 $16) 19... b5 20.
gxf5 $1 bxc4 21. fxg6+ Nf6 22. Bg5 $18 {Nunn,J}) 17. d6+ (17. Bg5+ f6 18. d6+
Kf7 19. Qd5+ Kg7 20. Rae1 Rf8 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Bf4 Rae8 23. Rxe5 $1 fxe5 24.
Bxe5+ Rxe5 25. Qxe5+ Kg8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qh8+ $18 {Sprott,G-Yianni,M/corr
1985}) 17... Kf8 18. Bh6+ $1 (18. Qd5 Qc5+ 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxe8 Kxe8 21. Re1
Nd3 22. Bf4 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 f6 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Rxe5+ Kd7 26. Re7+ $11 {
Petrosian,A-Kapengut,A/Jaroslavl VDFSO-ch 1975}) 18... Kg8 19. Qd5 Qc5+ 20.
Qxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. Rae1 $16) 16. O-O Rxe5 17. Bf4 (17. d6 c4 18. Bxd7
Qxd7 19. Qd4 Qe6 20. Bf4 Re4 21. Qd2 Re2 22. Qa5 Qe4 23. Rf3 b6 24. Qg5 h6 25.
Qg3 g5 $19 {Reis,L-Kovacevic,S/6th Young Masters, Loures POR 1998}) {Soon
after Boleslavsky and I were analyzing the game Shereshevski,M-Savon,V for
Informant and I had found [#]} 17... c4 $1 {, but according to my teacher's
advise didn't go public, and very soon I cought my opponents in two games. Now
it is impossible because of the Internet!} (17... Rf5 $6 18. Bd6+ Kg8 19. Rxf5
gxf5 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Bxc5 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Be5 23. Qd2 f6 24. d6 Qc6 25. Rc1 Rd8
$11 {Kurtin-Lobron,E/Yugoslavia 1980}) (17... Re4 $6 18. Qf3 f5 {The right
direction had occurred in one of the early games in this line between my two
students:} 19. Rae1 $1 {~/= Inf 21/(110)} (19. Bh6 $6 Nf6 20. Bxg7+ Kxg7 21.
Rae1 c4 $5 (21... Qc7 22. Qc3 Qd6 23. Rxe4 fxe4 24. Bd7 Rf8 25. Be6 h6 26. Rc1
b6 $15 {Curtin-Anderson/Malta ol 1980}) 22. Rxe4 Nxe4 23. Qe3 Qd8 24. Qd4+ Qf6
$15 {Grahn,L-El Kher,H/Copenhagen DEN 2002}) (19. g4 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Nf6 21. gxf5
Qxf5 22. Bg5 Qxf3+ 23. Rxf3 Kg7 24. Raf1 Rf8 25. d6 a6 26. Bd3 Re6 27. Bf4 b5
28. b3 Nd7 29. Bg3 Rxf3 30. Rxf3 Be5 $15 {Astolfi,F-Fernandez,An/Royan op 1989}
) 19... Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Nf6 21. Bg5 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Ng4 23. h3 Ne5 24. Qg3 a6 25.
Rxe5 $16 {Kagan,N-Artishevsky,S/Minsk 1975}) (17... Rh5 $5 18. g4 (18. Qf3 Bd4+
19. Kh1 Nf6 $15) 18... Bd4+ 19. Kg2 Rxd5 20. Bc4 Nb6 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Bh6+ Kg8
23. Qf3 Qd7 $44 {Konikowski}) (17... a6 $5 18. Bxd7 (18. Be2 Re8 19. d6 b5 20.
a4 c4 21. Bf3 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Rad8 23. axb5 axb5 24. b4 Qd4 25. Qxd4 Bxd4 26. Bh6+
Kg8 27. Rad1 Be3 28. Bxe3 Rxe3 29. Bc6 Re6 $6 (29... Rb3 $5 $17) 30. Bxb5 {
1/2-1/2 Brondum-Nunn,J /Ostende 1975}) (18. Bxe5 Nxe5 $6 (18... Bxe5 19. Qf3
$140 $2 Bd4+ $1 20. Kh1 Ne5 $15 {Marjanovic,S}) 19. Be2 c4 20. Kh1 Qc5 21. Qd2
$1 Rd8 (21... Qd6 $5 {[%cal Ga8c8,Gb7b5,Gb5b4]}) 22. Rfd1 b5 23. a4 $1 b4 24.
Rac1 Qd6 $5 25. Qf4 (25. Bxc4 $2 Ng4 26. g3 Bh6) 25... Nd3 (25... Rc8 26. Bxc4
Nxc4 27. Rxc4 Qxf4 28. Rxf4 a5 29. b3 $1 $18) 26. Qxd6+ Rxd6 27. Bxd3 cxd3 28.
Rc8+ Ke7 29. Rc7+ Kd8 (29... Rd7 $2 30. Rxd7+ Kxd7 31. b3 $18) (29... Ke8) 30.
Rxf7 $18 {Sosonko,G-Jakobsen,O/Barcelona (zt) 1975/Inf 20}) 18... Qxd7 19. Bxe5
Bxe5 20. Qf3 $1 (20. Qb3 $6 $44 Kg7 (20... Rd8 21. Rad1 b5 22. Kh1 Bd4 23. Qa3
Qxd5 24. Qxa6 Ra8 25. Qxb5 Rxa2 26. h3 $14 {Curtin,E-Quinteros,M/Providence,
RI USA 1984}) 21. Rae1 f6 22. Kh1 b5 23. Qf3 Qd6 24. Re2 Rd8 25. Rd1 h5 26. Re4
c4 27. Qe2 Rc8 28. h3 Rc5 {1/2-1/2 Shereshevski,M-Savon,V/Minsk 1974/Inf 17})
20... Bxb2 (20... Kg7 21. d6 $1 $14) 21. Rae1 $16) 18. Qd4 $8 {This wonderful
move of Kasparov's coach has restored the balance, but leads merely to a draw.}
(18. Bxe5 $140 $6 Nxe5 19. Kh1 Qc5 20. Ba4 Rd8 $44) (18. Bxd7 $6 Qc5+ $1 19.
Kh1 Rxd5 20. Qg4 (20. Be3 Qd6 $1) (20. Bd2 Qd6 (20... Rxd7 $140 $4 21. Bb4 $1))
(20. Be6 $6 Rxd1 21. Raxd1 Kg8 22. Bd6 Qh5 23. Rxf7 Kh8 24. Rdf1 Qe2 25. Bh3
Rd8 26. Bb4 Rd1 $19 {Maenner,M-Arnold,L/Schonach 1979}) 20... f5 21. Qh3 (21.
Be6 fxg4 22. Bd6+ Ke8 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rae1 Re5 25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26. Re1 Rd8 $1
$17 (26... Bxb2 $1 {Nunn,J})) 21... Rxd7 22. Qxh7 Kf7 23. Bh6 (23. Rad1 Rad8
24. Rxd7+ Rxd7 25. h4 Qe7 26. Bg5 Qe2 27. Rf3 Qe5 28. Rf1 Qe2 29. Rf3 Rd1+ 30.
Kh2 Qe5+ $1 $17 {Yuferov,S-Kapengut,A/Minsk Sokol 1975/ [Shakhmaty v SSSR 76/
7-14]}) 23... Rg8 (23... Qf8 $6 24. g4 $1 $15 {Davies,N-Nunn,J/London 1976})
24. Rae1 Re7 25. Rd1 Qe5 26. Bf4 {Shofman,M-Kapengut,A/Jaroslavl VDFSO-ch 1975}
Qf6 $1 27. Qh3 (27. Rd6 Rh8 $1) 27... Rge8 $17) 18... Rf5 $1 (18... Re2 $2 19.
Bd6+ (19. Qxc4 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxb2 21. Rad1 $16) 19... Kg8 20. Qg4 Rxb2 (20...
Qe8 21. Bxd7 Qe3+ 22. Kh1 Bxb2 23. Bf4 Qe4 24. Rad1 $18 {Tikkanen,H-Olsson,L/
Skara 2002}) 21. Bxd7 Qd8 22. Bc5 h5 23. Qh3 Qc7 24. Be3 Rf8 25. Rad1 $18 {
Szabo,B-Orosz,P/cr 1981}) (18... Rh5 19. Qxc4 (19. Bd6+ Kg8 20. Qf4 Rf5 21.
Qxc4 Nb6 22. Qxc8+ Nxc8 23. Bb4 Rxd5 24. Bc4 Rf5 $11) 19... Qxc4 (19... Nb6 $6
20. Qb4+ Kg8 21. Rac1 Qf8 22. Qb3 Rxd5 23. Be3 Qd6 24. Kh1 {Astolfi-Kovacevic,
Si/Cannes op 1989} Rd8 $11) 20. Bxc4 Nb6 21. g4 Rh4 22. Bd6+ Kg8 23. Be2 Nxd5
24. Bg3 Rh3 25. Kg2 (25. Bf3 Ne3 26. Rf2 Bd4 $17) 25... Rh6 $132) 19. Qxc4 (19.
Bh6 $2 Bxh6 20. Bxd7 Bg7 $1 21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. Bxc8 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Rxc8 $17 {
Legky,N-Shvedtchikov,A/USSR 1978}) 19... Qxc4 (19... Nb6 $6 20. Qxc8+ (20. Qb4+
$6 Kg8 21. Rac1 Qd8 22. Bc7 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Qg5 24. Rd1 Nxd5 25. Qxb7 Nxc7 26.
Qxc7 Be5 $132 {Molzahn,N-Goldberg,A/DDR-Cup8 sf01 corr 1983}) 20... Rxc8 21.
Bd6+ Kg8 22. Rxf5 gxf5 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Bc5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxa7 Bxb2 27.
a4 $1 (27. Bc4 Nb4 28. Bc5 Ba3 29. Kf1 Kg7 30. Ke2 $14 {Schebler,G-Telljohann,
S/Dortmund op-A 1992}) 27... Kg7 28. Bd7 Kg6 29. Bc8 b6 30. Bb7 Bd4+ 31. Kf1
Ne3+ 32. Ke2 Ng4 33. a5 $1 $16 {Ushanev,MM-Riemer,Wolfgang/W-ch H579 corr 1985}
) 20. Bxc4 Bxb2 $5 (20... Nb6 $6 21. g4 $1 (21. Bb3 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Bxb2 23. Rad1
Kg7 24. Be3 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Be5 26. d6 f5 27. Bxb6 axb6 28. d7 $11 {
Delrieu-Teboul,R/FRA corr 1993}) 21... Bd4+ 22. Kg2 Rf6 23. Rad1 Bxb2 24. Bb3
Rd8 25. Rf2 $16) (20... Kg8 21. g4 Bd4+ 22. Kg2 Rf6 23. Rae1 Nb6 24. Bb3 Rd8
25. Be5 Rxf1 26. Kxf1 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Kf8 $11 {Krysiak,J-Kyciak,B/Warsaw-ch corr
1993}) 21. Rab1 $5 (21. Rad1 Be5 (21... Kg7 22. g4 Rf6 23. g5 Rf5 24. d6 Be5
25. Be3 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 f5 27. gxf6+ Bxf6 28. Bd5 Re8 29. Bxa7 b6 30. Rd1 Re5
31. a4 $14 {Beecham,C-Hislop,A/corr 1982}) (21... Ne5 22. Bh6+ Ke7 23. Rxf5
gxf5 24. d6+ {1/2-1/2 Shakarov,A-Shmulenson,G/corr 1976.}) 22. Bh6+ Bg7 23.
Rxf5 gxf5 {1/2-1/2 Pripis,F-Kapengut,A/Daugavpils VDFSO-ch 1983}) 21... Bd4+
22. Kh1 Kg7 (22... Rc8 23. g4 $1 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Rxc4 25. Rd1 Rc2 26. Rfxd4 Rxa2
$14) 23. g4 Rf6 24. Rxb7 Ne5 (24... Nb6 25. g5 Rf5 26. Bd3 Rxd5 27. Be4 Rdd8
28. Bg3 $16) 25. Bh6+ $1 Kxh6 26. Rxf6 Nxc4 27. Rfxf7 Nd6 (27... Kg5 $2 28. h4+
$1 Kxh4 29. Rf4 $18 {Barreras Garcia,A-Corzo,A/Sagua la Grande 1990}) 28. Rxh7+
Kg5 29. Rb4 Bc5 30. h4+ Kf6 $11) 14. e6 $1 (14. Bb5 $6 a6 (14... c4 $5) (14...
Bxe5 15. O-O c4 $5 (15... a6 $6 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Qf3 f5 18. Bh6+ Kg8 19. Bd3
c4 20. Bxf5 $1 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 gxf5 (21... Rxf5 $2 22. Qc3 Re5 23. Rf8+ $1 $18)
22. Qg3+ Kf7 23. Qg7+ Ke8 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Qxh7+ Ke8 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Bf8+ Nxf8
28. Qxe5+ Kd8 29. Rae1 Nfd7 30. Qe6 Kc7 31. Rxf5 Qd6 32. Qe4 Nb6 33. Qd4 $18 {
Schoepper,O-Sondermann,J/Muenster op 1988}) 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Ng5 (17. Nxe5
Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Rxe5 $15) 17... Nf6 18. Rxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxh7+ Kg7 20. Nxf6 Qc5+ 21.
Kh1 Kxf6 22. b4 Qf2 $19 {PerryY-mercure/chess.net INT 1999}) 15. Bxd7 (15. Ba4
$6 b5 16. Bc2 Nxe5 17. O-O Nxf3+ (17... Nbd7 $5 18. d6 c4 $17) 18. Qxf3 Ra7 19.
Bf4 Kg8 20. Rad1 Bxb2 21. Bh6 Be5 $17 {Schoepper,O-Crisan,A/Dortmund op 1989})
(15. Qa4 $6 Nb6 16. Qa5 N8d7 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Be3 Bxe5 19. O-O Bxb2 20. Bh6+
Kg8 21. Rad1 Re2 $17 {Lynch,J-Long,J/IECG 1997}) 15... Nxd7 16. e6 $5 fxe6 17.
O-O Kg8 $15 {Nunn,J} 18. Kh1 exd5 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Ng5 Ne5 21. Be3 (21. Bf4
Qd7 22. Qxc5 Nd3 $15) 21... Qc6 22. Qxc6 Nxc6 23. Bxc5 Kg8 24. h4 (24. Rae1
Bxb2 25. Ne4 Re6 $17) 24... h6 25. Nh3 Re2 $17 {Garcia,N-Danailov,S/Alcobendas
op 1994}) 14... fxe6 15. dxe6 $1 {A very simple solution, but in my view, the
most logical. The attacking potential of White creates serious difficulties
for Black.} (15. d6 $6 Kg8 16. Bc4 Nc6 17. O-O Nb6 18. Bb3 Nd4 19. Ng5 Qc6 20.
Qg4 Nxb3 21. axb3 Qxd6 22. Bf4 Qd7 $1 $17 23. Be3 Bd4 24. Rae1 Re7 25. Kh1 e5
$19 {Vukovic,S-Petrosian,T/Bar 1980}) (15. Be2 exd5 (15... Nf6 $5 16. d6 $1 $44
) 16. O-O Nf6 17. Ng5 $1 Qc6 $1 (17... Kg8 $2 18. Rxf6 $1 Bxf6 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 (
19... Kg7 20. Qf7+ Kh8 21. Qxh7#) 20. Nf7+ Kg7 21. Bh6+ Kg8 22. Nd6+ Qe6 23.
Qxe6+ Rxe6 24. Bc4 $18 {Hardicsay,P}) 18. a4 $5 (18. Bb5 $5 Qxb5 19. Nxh7+ Kg8
(19... Ke7 20. Bg5 Nbd7 21. Qxd5 $18) 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Qxd5+ (21. Rxf6 Kg7
22. Rxg6+ $1 Kxg6 23. Qg4+ Kf7 24. Qf5+ Ke7 25. Qxd5 Kf6 26. Bh6 $18) 21... Kg7
22. Bg5 (22. Rxf6 $2 Re1+ $1) 22... Nd7 23. Rxf6 Nxf6 24. Bxf6+ Kxf6 25. Rf1+
Kg7 (25... Qxf1+ $14) 26. Qf7+ $11 {Hardicsay,P}) 18... c4 $8 19. Nxh7+ Kg8 20.
Nxf6+ (20. Rxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxf6+ (21. Qxd5+ $2 Kxh7 $1 $19) 21... Qxf6 22. Qxd5+
Qf7 23. Qxf7+ (23. Bxc4 $4 Re1+) 23... Kxf7 24. Bxc4+ Kg7 25. Bg5 $44) 20...
Bxf6 21. Rxf6 $1 Qxf6 22. Qxd5+ Qf7 23. Qxf7+ (23. Bxc4 $4 Re1+) 23... Kxf7 24.
Bxc4+ Kg7 25. b4 Nc6 26. Bb2+ Kh6 $1 27. Ra3 Rad8 (27... Nxb4 $2 28. Bf6 Kh5
29. Rh3+ Kg4 30. Bf7 $16) 28. Bf6 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Rd2+ 30. Kf1 {1/2-1/2 Sobek,
J-Hardicsay,P/Ostrava 1979/Inf 28}) 15... Rxe6+ ({Here I would recommend
instead} 15... Nb6 {Kortschnoj} 16. Be2 Qxe6 17. Ng5 {looks much stronger.} (
17. O-O {Kortschnoj} Kg8 {with chances to survive.}) {More stubborn is} 17...
Qf5 $5 (17... Qe7 $2 {Kortschnoj} 18. O-O+ {- check! black is losing.}) 18. Rf1
Nc6 19. Rxf5+ gxf5 {white's task to neutralize the activity of the black
pieces is not easy!}) 16. Be2 Qe8 $6 $146 {I think, this is an unlucky novelty.
} (16... Bf6 $6 17. O-O Kg7 18. Bc4 Re7 19. Qd2 Nc6 20. Qh6+ Kh8 21. Bg5 Qf8
22. Qh3 $40) ({In my opinion, Black needs to hide rapidly the king into a safe
place.} 16... Kg8 17. O-O Nb6 (17... c4 18. Ng5 Qc5+ (18... Re5 19. Kh1 Nf6 20.
b3 $1 $16) 19. Kh1 Re7 20. Rf4 $16) 18. a4 {The maximum that Black can obtain,
this is a shade worse ending after:} Qe8 (18... c4 19. a5 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 N6d7 (
20... Nd5 21. Ra4 b5 22. axb6 Nxb6 23. Ng5 {-20...N6d7}) 21. Ra4 b5 22. axb6
Nxb6 23. Ng5 Rd6 24. Qc2 Nc6 (24... Rc6 25. b3 c3 26. Rh4 $40) 25. Rxc4 $1 Qd5
(25... Nxc4 $140 $2 26. Bxc4+ Rd5 27. Qe4 $18) 26. Rc5 Nd4 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28.
Qe4 Rc8 29. Bc4 {1-0 Bozinovic-Fend/1991}) 19. Qb3 Kh8 20. Bb5 c4 21. Bxe8 cxb3
22. Bf7 Rc6 23. Bxb3 $14 {^^}) 17. O-O Rxe2 {Kortschnoj: 'It looks already as
the best practical chance.'} ({After} 17... Nf6 {Kortschnoj} 18. Bc4 Re4 19.
Bd5 {black is losing an exchange anyway.}) 18. Nd4+ Kg8 19. Nxe2 $16 Nc6 20.
Bd2 Nb6 21. Bc3 Rd8 22. Qe1 Ne5 $6 ({Black misses the last possibility to
attempt to rescue after:} 22... Nd4 23. Bxd4 (23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Ba5 Qxe1 25.
Raxe1 Bh6 $14) 23... cxd4 24. Nf4 Qe3+ 25. Kh1 Rf8 $5 (25... Qxe1 $6 26. Raxe1
Bh6 27. Ne6 $16) 26. Rf3 Qxe1+ 27. Rxe1 g5 28. Ne6 Rxf3 29. gxf3 Bf6 {but also
in this case Black gets the poor ending.} 30. Nxg5 $1 Bxg5 31. Rg1 $16) 23. Qh4
Nd5 (23... Na4 $6 24. Rad1 $1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nf7 (25... Nxc3 $2 26. Rd8 Nxe2+
27. Kf1 $18) 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Rf1 $18) 24. Rad1 $16 {[%csl Rd8][%cal Gd1d8,
Gc4g8] White has not only the material advantage, but also a strong initiative.
} Rd7 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 (25... Bxe5 $2 26. Qc4 $18) 26. Nc3 {[%csl Rd5,Rd7]} Nf6 (
26... Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Qxc3 29. Qa4 Rd8 30. Rxd5 $1 $18) 27. Rxd7
Nxd7 28. Qd8+ Nf8 29. Nd5 $18 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 h5 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Nd7 $1 Qc4 33.
Rxf8+ Kh7 34. h4 Bxf8 35. Nxf8+ Kg8 36. Nd7+ Kh7 37. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 1st"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.09.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6
8. Be3 e5 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Bc4 Nc5 11. b4 Ne6 12. Kc2 h5 13. Nb3 Bh6 14. Bxh6
Rxh6 15. Rhd1 Nf4 16. Bf1 b6 17. a4 Bb7 18. f3 Rd8 19. h4 g5 20. g3 Ng6 21.
hxg5 fxg5 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Bh3 h4 24. Rg1 Bc6 25. b5 Bd7 26. Bxd7 Kxd7 27.
Nd2 Ke6 28. Nf1 Ne7 29. Kd3 Nc8 30. Ne3 Nd6 31. Rh1 Rh7 32. Rh3 Nb7 33. Kc4
Nd6+ 34. Kd3 Rd7 35. Ke2 hxg3 36. Rxg3 Rg7 37. Rh3 Nf7 38. Rh1 Rg8 39. Nd5 g4
40. fxg4 Rxg4 41. Kf3 Rg6 42. Nxc7+ Kd6 43. Na6 Ng5+ 44. Ke3 Ne6 45. Kd3 Rg4
46. Rh6 Rg3+ 47. Kc4 Rg4 48. Nc7 Kxc7 49. Rxe6 Rxe4+ 50. Kd5 Rxa4 51. Re7+ Kd8
52. Rxe5 Rh4 53. Kc6 Rh7 54. c4 Rc7+ 55. Kd5 Kc8 56. Re8+ Kb7 57. Kd4 Rh7 58.
Rf8 Kc7 59. Rf6 Kb7 60. Rg6 a5 61. bxa6+ Ka7 62. Kc3 Rh1 63. Kb3 Rb1+ 64. Kc2
Ra1 65. Kb3 Rc1 66. Rf6 Rb1+ 67. Kc2 Rh1 68. Kd3 Rh5 69. Kc3 Kxa6 70. Kb4 Rh4
71. Rf7 Rh1 72. Rf5 Rb1+ 73. Kc3 Kb7 74. Rf6 Rh1 75. Kb4 Rh5 76. Rg6 Ka6 77.
Rf6 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters 26th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2002.09.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fernandez, John C"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.09.24"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
Qc7 9. g4 h6 10. g5 hxg5 11. fxg5 Nh7 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Rg1 Be7 14. h4 Nd7 15.
Be3 Nhf8 16. h5 g6 17. h6 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nh7 19. Bc4 O-O 20. Rf1 Bxg5 21. Rxf7
Kh8 22. Qe6 Ndf6 23. Rxf8+ Qxf8 24. Qh3 Nxe4 25. O-O-O Qf5 26. Rh1 Nf2 27. Qxf5
Bxe3+ 28. Kb1 gxf5 29. Rg1 Ng4 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 28th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2002.10.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2002.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
e3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 c5 11. Qb3 Rc8 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. O-O cxd4 14. exd4 d5
15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Ba6 b5 17. Bxb5 Nb6 18. Qb4 Nc4 19. Rac1 a5 20. Qa4 Nxb2 21.
Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Qxa5 Qb7 23. Rb1 Ne4 24. Bf4 Nc4 25. Qb4 Rc8 26. Rc1 h6 27. f3
Nf6 28. Rc3 g5 29. Bc1 Kg7 30. h3 Nb6 31. a4 Rxc3 32. Qxc3 Nc8 33. Ba3 Ne7 34.
Qc5 Ng6 35. a5 Nd7 36. Qb4 h5 37. a6 Qa7 38. Qd6 Nf6 39. Bc5 Qa8 40. Nc3 Bxf3
41. gxf3 Qxf3 42. Qc6 Qe3+ 43. Kf1 Nf4 44. Bf8+ Kxf8 45. a7 Qc1+ 46. Kf2 Nxh3+
47. Kg3 Qe3+ 48. Qf3 h4+ 49. Kg2 Nf4+ 50. Qxf4 Qxf4 51. a8=Q+ Kg7 52. Ne2 Qg4+
53. Kh2 Nd5 54. Qb8 Qf3 55. Qe5+ Kg6 56. Ng1 Qf2+ 57. Kh1 Nf4 58. Qe4+ Kh6 59.
Bc6 h3 60. Qe5 Ng6 61. Qe4 Qg3 62. Qf3 Qxf3+ 63. Bxf3 f5 64. Kh2 g4 65. Bc6 Kg5
66. Bd7 Nf4 67. Bc8 Kf6 68. Kg3 Nh5+ 69. Kh2 Nf4 70. Kg3 Nd5 71. Bb7 Nc3 72.
Bc6 Kg5 73. Bd7 Ne4+ 74. Kh2 Kh4 75. Nxh3 gxh3 76. Bxe6 Nd6 77. d5 Kg4 78. Bd7
Kh4 79. Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters 28th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2002.10.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. a4 Nf6 5. e3 e6 6. Bxc4 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. h3 O-O 12. Rd1 b6 13. e4 Nd7 14. e5 Ndxe5 15.
Bf4 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 e5 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nb4 Qf6 19. Nxc6 exf4 20. Nb4 Be6 21. Bd5
Rad8 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Nxa6 Bd4 24. Nc7 Bxb2 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Re1 Be5 27. Qc6
Bxc7 28. Qxc7 f3 29. Qxb6 fxg2 30. a5 e5 31. Qb3+ Kh8 32. Rd1 Rf8 33. Qe3 h6
34. Ra1 e4 35. Ra4 Qd6 36. Qxe4 Qd1+ 37. Kxg2 Qd2 38. Qd4 Qc2 39. Ra3 Qc6+ 40.
Kh2 Qc7+ 41. Kg2 Qc6+ 42. Kh2 Qc7+ 43. Rg3 Rf7 44. a6 Qa5 45. Rg6 Qc7+ 46. Kg2
Qa5 47. Rxh6+ Kg8 48. Rd6 Qg5+ 49. Qg4 Qa5 50. Qh4 Rf8 51. Qc4+ Kh7 52. Qd3+
Kg8 53. Qd5+ Qxd5+ 54. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "New York Masters 28th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2002.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2002.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Be6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Nd4
Nc6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Be2 Qa5 11. O-O Rad8 12. Qa4 Qxa4 13. Nxa4 Ne4 14. cxd5
exd5 15. Rad1 g5 16. Bg3 e6 17. Bd3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 h6 19. a3 Kf7 20. b4 Ke7 21.
Be2 Rd7 22. Rd2 Rc7 23. Rc1 Nb8 24. Nc3 a6 25. Bf3 Rd8 26. Ne2 Nd7 27. Nd4 Nf6
28. Rcd1 Rf8 29. Rc2 g4 30. Be2 h5 31. Bd3 Nd7 32. Ne2 Be5 33. Nf4 Bxf4 34.
gxf4 b6 35. cxb6 Rxc2 36. Bxc2 Nxb6 37. Bd3 Rc8 38. Bxa6 Ra8 39. b5 Nc4 40. a4
h4 41. f5 g3 42. fxe6 Kxe6 43. Bb7 Rxa4 44. Bxd5+ Ke5 45. Bxc4 Rxc4 46. Rb1 Rc7
47. b6 Rb7 48. Kf1 gxf2 49. Kxf2 Ke4 50. Rb4+ Kd3 51. Kf3 Kc3 52. Rb1 Kc2 53.
Rb5 Kc3 54. Kf4 Kc4 55. Rb1 Kd5 56. Kg4 Ke4 57. Rb3 h3 58. Kxh3 1-0

[Event "New York Masters 29th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2002.10.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Nakamura,H"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Nb3 Rc8 12. Na5 Ba8 13. a4 $5 {This rare line
has only been played two times, both games were draws.} (13. g5 Nfd7 14. a4 b4
15. Na2 Nxa4 16. Bxa6 Qxa5 17. Bxc8 Ndb6 $15 {Perez-Novikov, Aosta Open Italy
2002}) 13... Nc4 (13... d5 14. g5 Nfd7 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. axb5 Bb4 17. Nc6 Bxc6
18. bxc6 Rxc6 19. Bxb6 Rxb6 20. Qd4 O-O 21. Na4 $1 Rb8 22. Qxd7 Qxg5+ 23. f4
Qxf4+ 24. Kb1 $16 {Andreev-Voitsekhovsky, 2000}) 14. Nxc4 bxc4 15. Qd4 Qc7 16.
g5 Nd7 17. f4 $146 (17. h4 e5 18. Qa7 Qxa7 19. Bxa7 h6 20. Bh3 $14 {De la
Villa Garcia-Suba, Benasque Open 1995}) 17... h6 18. g6 $5 {The idea behind
sacking the pawn is to weaken the e6 and g6 pawns, and force black to move his
king to f7.} (18. gxh6 Rxh6 19. f5 Rh7 (19... Rh4 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Bf2 Rh7 22.
Bg3 $1 $14) 20. fxe6) 18... fxg6 {Novikov accepts the challenge. Perhaps f5
was better because once he takes on g6 his pieces get tied down, and black
ends up with a very passive position.} (18... f5 $5 19. Bg2 Nf6 $13) 19. Rg1
Kf7 (19... e5 $6 20. Qd2 g5 (20... exf4 21. Bxf4 Qb6 22. Rxg6 Rb8 23. b3 cxb3
24. Re6+ Kf7 25. Bc4 $16) (20... Qb7 21. Qd5 $1 Qxd5 22. Nxd5 $14) 21. fxg5
hxg5 22. Nd5 $14) 20. f5 gxf5 (20... exf5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Bh3 $40) 21. exf5
e5 22. Qh4 $6 {Missing a chance to get a winning position.} (22. Qg4 $1 Nf6 23.
Qg6+ Ke7 24. Bg2 $16 {[%csl Yd6,Ye7,Yf8,Yh8]}) 22... Nf6 23. Be2 {[%cal Ye2h5]}
Ke8 24. Rg6 Qf7 25. Qg3 Rb8 26. a5 $1 {[%cal Ye3b6]} Bc6 27. Bb6 h5 {This is
the only move which makes any sense here, but it allows white to win an
exchange. Maybe Novikov felt like giving up the exchange to get some
counterplay because if he does not play h5 white has all the play.} 28. Qh4 d5
29. Qg3 Qe7 30. Bd4 $1 Rxb2 $8 31. Kxb2 exd4 32. Rxd4 Qa3+ 33. Kb1 Bd6 $2 (
33... Qb4+ 34. Kc1 Bd6 $13 {After the game, when I analysed with Novikov , he
suggested this line. I did not find anything which was winning for white, and
I think that black is at least even in this position if not better.}) 34. Qe3+
Kd8 35. Nxd5 $3 $18 {Clearly Novikov did not see this brilliant tactical shot
as he used up most of his time trying to come up with a good move. In the end
he had to settle for a losing endgame down an exchange.} Qxe3 (35... Bxd5 36.
Qxa3 Bxa3 37. Bxc4 Bc5 38. Rd3 $18) (35... Qxa5 36. Nxf6 Qe1+ 37. Qc1 $18) (
35... Nxd5 36. Qxa3 Bxa3 37. Rxc6 $18) 36. Nxe3 Kc7 37. Rxg7+ Nd7 38. Nxc4 Rb8+
39. Nb6 Re8 40. Bf3 Re1+ 41. Ka2 Ra1+ $1 {Desperation} 42. Kxa1 Be5 43. c3 Bxg7
44. Bxc6 Bxd4 45. cxd4 (45. cxd4 Kxc6 46. d5+ Kd6 47. Nxd7 Kxd7 48. f6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2002.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shevelev, Dmitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nd4 7. Nge2 Nxe2 8. Bxe2
f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. g4 Bd7 11. h4 Bh6 12. Qd2 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Qf6 14. h5 g5 15.
Ne4 Qf4 16. Nxg5 Qxe3 17. fxe3 Nf6 18. Rf1 Ke7 19. Nf7 Rhg8 20. Nh6 Rg7 21.
O-O-O Ng8 22. Nf5+ Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Nh6 24. Rf2 Rf8 25. Rxf8 Kxf8 26. Rg1 Ke7 27.
Kd2 Rg5 28. Ke1 Ng8 29. Kf2 h6 30. Kg3 Nf6 31. Rh1 Rg8 32. Kh4 Ne4 33. Re1 Rf8
34. Bd3 Ng5 35. Kg3 Rf3+ 36. Kg2 Rf8 37. Bf5 a5 38. a3 Rf6 39. b4 Rf8 40. bxa5
Ra8 41. Rb1 Ra7 42. a6 Rxa6 43. Rxb7 Rxa3 44. Rxc7+ Ke8 45. c5 dxc5 46. d6 Ra2+
47. Kg3 Rd2 48. Rc8+ Kf7 49. d7 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2002.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zilberstein, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2002.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 Qb6 13. Na4 Qb4 14. Rac1 Nxd5
15. Qxd5 Qxa4 16. Qxb7 Nb4 17. Bxc5 Rfb8 18. Qc7 Nd5 19. Qd6 Rd8 20. Qa6 Qxa6
21. Bxa6 Bxb2 22. Rcd1 Nc3 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Re1 Nxa2 25. h3 Be6 26. Rb1 Bc1
27. Nd4 Bd5 28. Bxa7 Bf4 29. Bf1 Nc3 30. Re1 Ra8 31. Bc5 Ne4 32. Bb4 Rb8 33.
Nc2 Ng5 34. Be7 Ne4 35. Bd3 Nc3 36. Bf6 Na4 37. Bd4 Be6 38. Be5 Bxe5 39. Rxe5
Rd8 40. Ne1 Nb2 41. Be2 Na4 42. Re3 Nb6 43. Nf3 Nd5 44. Re4 Nf6 45. Rd4 Ra8 46.
Bc4 Bd7 47. Ne5 Be8 48. Ng4 Nh5 49. Ne3 Nf6 50. Nd5 Nxd5 51. Bxd5 Ra7 52. Bf3
Kg7 53. h4 f5 54. g3 Ra6 55. Rb4 Ra5 56. Rb7+ Bf7 57. Kg2 h6 58. Rc7 Kf6 59.
Rc6+ Be6 60. Be2 Ra4 61. Bd1 Ra3 62. Be2 Ra4 63. Bd1 Rb4 64. f4 Rb2+ 65. Rc2
Rb4 66. Rd2 g5 67. hxg5+ hxg5 68. fxg5+ Kxg5 69. Bf3 Ra4 70. Re2 Bc4 71. Rd2
Ra3 72. Kf2 Rc3 73. Kg2 Bd3 74. Kf2 Bc2 75. Bg2 Be4 76. Bxe4 fxe4 77. Rd5+ Kg4
78. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2002.10.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Bb7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
g3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nbc6 10. Qc3 d5 11. Bg2 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Qxd4 13. Qc2 Qd6 14. Be3
Nd5 15. Rc1 Nce7 16. Bd2 c5 17. O-O Rad8 18. Rfd1 Qb8 19. e4 Nf6 20. b4 Nc6 21.
bxc5 Nd4 22. Qc4 bxc5 23. Rb1 Qe5 24. Ba5 Rc8 25. f3 Qh5 26. Qf1 Nc2 27. g4 Qg5
28. Qf2 Ne3 29. Rdc1 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 c4 31. Bd2 Qe5 32. Bc3 Qf4 33. Bd2 Qc7 34.
Be3 a6 35. Rc3 Nd7 36. Rbc1 Qa5 37. Rxc4 Rxc4 38. Rxc4 Qxa3 39. Rc7 Ne5 40. Bc5
Qa5 41. Ra7 Nd3 42. Bxf8 Kxf8 43. Ra8+ Ke7 44. Qa7+ Kf6 45. Qd4+ Ne5 46. f4
Qa2+ 47. Kh3 Qa3+ 48. Kh4 h6 49. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2002.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2002.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 d6 10. Rd1 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. g3 Qg6 13. Bg2 f5 14. O-O f4 15.
c5 Bg4 16. Qb4 Nf5 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Qe4 Rf6 19. Rfe1 Raf8 20. Rd3 fxg3 21.
hxg3 Bh5 22. Rc3 R6f7 23. Nh2 Ne7 24. Qxg6 Bxg6 25. Rec1 e4 26. Rd1 Rxf2 27.
Rc7 R2f7 28. Rxb7 Nxd5 29. Rb3 Nf6 30. Rxd6 Rc7 31. Rd1 Rc2 32. Re1 Rd8 33. Nf1
Bh5 34. Rb7 a5 35. Ne3 Rxe2 36. Rxe2 Bxe2 37. Nf5 e3 38. Nxe3 Bh5 39. Bh3 Bf7
40. Nf5 Rd2 41. Nxg7 Rd1+ 42. Kf2 Kxg7 43. Be6 Ne4+ 44. Ke2 Rd6 45. Bxf7 Nxg3+
46. Kf3 Rf6+ 47. Kxg3 Rxf7 48. Rb5 a4 49. Rb4 Ra7 50. Kf4 Ra5 51. Ke3 Kg6 52.
Kd3 Kg5 53. Ke3 h5 54. Kf3 h4 55. Ke3 Re5+ 56. Kf3 Rf5+ 57. Kg2 Rf4 58. Rb8 Kg4
59. b3 h3+ 60. Kg1 axb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2002.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Guzman, Ricardo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2002.10.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Qxe4 c5 10. Bd2 Nf6 11. Qh4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Bd3 Ke7
15. Ke2 Bd7 16. Bc3 Rhd8 17. Rhd1 Bc6 18. g3 g6 19. b3 Nd7 20. Nd4 f5 21. Nxc6+
bxc6 22. Bc2 Ra7 23. f4 e5 24. Rd2 e4 25. Rad1 Bc7 26. a3 Nf8 27. Rxd8 Bxd8 28.
g4 Bc7 29. Ke3 Ne6 30. Rf1 Bd6 31. Bb4 c5 32. Bc3 Rd7 33. h4 Kf8 34. h5 Rf7 35.
gxf5 gxf5 36. h6 Ke7 37. Be5 Bxe5 38. fxe5 Nd4 39. Bd1 Ke6 40. Kf4 Nc6 41. Bh5
Rf8 42. Rg1 Nxe5 43. Rg7 Nd7 44. b4 b5 45. Be2 cxb4 46. axb4 Nb6 47. Rb7 Nxc4
48. Rxb5 Nd6 49. Re5+ Kd7 50. Ra5 Rc8 51. Ke5 Re8+ 52. Kd4 Kc7 53. Rc5+ Kd7 54.
Ra5 Kc7 55. Rc5+ Kd7 56. Ra5 Kc7 57. Rc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters 30th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2002.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2002.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. Nge2
e5 9. Bxe5 Bxe5 10. Qxd5 Nc6 11. Qxe4 Bf5 12. Qh4 Rd8 13. a3 Qxc5 14. b4 Qd6
15. Rd1 Qf6 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Qxf6+ Bxf6 18. Kd2 a5 19. b5 Ne5 20. Nd4 Be6 21.
Nxe6+ fxe6 22. Be2 Be7 23. Ra1 Nd7 24. Ne4 Nc5 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. a4 b6 27. Bd3
Ke7 28. h4 Kf6 29. Rh1 Rd8 30. Ke2 h6 31. Rh3 Bd6 32. g4 Kg7 33. f4 e5 34. f5
gxf5 35. Bxf5 Bb4 36. Bd3 Be7 37. Be4 Rf8 38. Rh1 Rd8 39. g5 hxg5 40. hxg5 Rh8
41. Rd1 Rh2+ 42. Kf3 Bxg5 43. Rd7+ Kf6 44. Rd6+ Ke7 45. Rxb6 Rh3+ 46. Kg4 Rxe3
47. Kxg5 Rxe4 48. Rc6 Kd7 49. Rc5 Kd6 50. Rc6+ Kd7 51. Kf5 Re1 52. c5 e4 53.
Rd6+ Kc8 54. c6 e3 55. b6 Rf1+ 56. Kg4 e2 57. b7+ Kc7 58. Rd7+ Kxc6 59. b8=Q
Kxd7 60. Qb5+ Kc7 61. Qxa5+ Kb7 62. Qb5+ Ka7 63. Qxe2 Rf7 64. Qb5 Rb7 65. Qc6
Rb6 66. Qc5 Ka6 67. Kf4 Rh6 68. Qb5+ Ka7 69. Qd7+ Ka6 70. Ke4 Rb6 71. Kd4 Rh6
72. Kc4 Rb6 73. Qc8+ Ka7 74. Qc7+ Ka6 75. Qd7 Rb7 76. Qd3 Ka7 77. Kc5 Ka8 78.
Kc6 Ka7 79. Qd4+ Ka8 80. Qd5 Ka7 81. Qd8 Rh7 82. Qd4+ Ka8 83. Qe3 Rb7 84. Qe4
Ka7 85. a5 Ka6 86. Qd3+ Ka7 87. Qe3+ Ka8 88. a6 Rh7 89. Qg5 Ka7 90. Qg1+ 1-0

[Event "New York Masters 30th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2002.10.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lapshun, Yury"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.10.22"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 f6 3. Bh4 Nh6 4. f3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. e3 e5 8. Nc3
Nf5 9. Bf2 Be6 10. Nge2 Bb4 11. Ng3 Qa5 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Nxf5 Bxf5
15. a3 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 exd4 17. exd4 Rfe8+ 18. Be2 Re7 19. O-O Rce8 20. Re1 Qa4
21. Rc5 Qb3 22. Bb5 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 Re6 24. Bf2 h5 25. Bf1 Ne7 26. Rb5 Qa2 27.
Rxb7 Qb1 28. Rxa7 Nc6 29. Rc7 Kh7 30. h3 Bc2 31. Kh2 Bg6 32. Bb5 Ne7 33. a4 Nf5
34. Bd3 Qa1 35. Qc2 Ne7 36. Rxe7 Rxe7 37. Bxg6+ Kh6 38. Bh7 f5 39. Qxf5 Re6 40.
Be3+ 1-0

[Event "New York Masters 34th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2002.11.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.11.19"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. a3
Be7 9. b4 cxb4 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qxb4
Ne6 15. Ba3 f5 16. Qc4 Qd7 17. d4 Nc7 18. Rfe1 Ba6 19. Qc5 Kf7 20. e4 Rhe8 21.
exf5 Bd3 22. Re3 Rxe3 23. fxe3 Nd5 24. e4 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 Bxe4 26. Re1 Re8 27.
Qc5 Kg8 28. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "New York Masters 34th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2002.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2002.11.19"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Be3 Nh6 7. h3 f5 8. Qd2 Nf7
9. f4 O-O 10. Nf3 Rb8 11. O-O e6 12. d4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 b6 14. Rad1 d5 15. Nf2
Nd6 16. c3 Nf5 17. Kh2 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Ncxd4 19. cxd4 Bd7 20. Ng4 h5 21. Nge5 h4
22. g4 Ng3 23. Rfe1 Ne4 24. Qe3 Be8 25. g5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Ng3 27. Nxh4 Nh5 28.
Rd4 Rc8 29. Bf3 Ng7 30. Bg4 Rc2+ 31. Re2 Qc7 32. Nf3 Bb5 33. Red2 Qc5 34. Kg3
Rc1 35. Rf2 Rd1 36. b4 Qc1 37. Qxc1 Rxc1 38. Rdd2 Rc3 39. Rc2 Rfc8 40. Rxc3
Rxc3 41. Rd2 Ra3 42. Kf2 Bc4 43. Nd4 Kf7 44. Rc2 a5 45. bxa5 Rxa5 46. Rb2 Rxa2
47. Rxa2 Bxa2 48. h4 Bc4 49. Ke3 Ba6 50. Nc6 Bb5 51. Nd4 Bd7 52. Kd3 Ke7 53.
Kc3 Kf7 54. Kb4 Ke7 55. Be2 Be8 56. Bg4 Bd7 57. Ne2 Be8 58. Nc3 Bd7 59. Be2 Be8
60. Bd3 Kd8 61. Ne2 Nh5 62. Ba6 Bd7 63. Bd3 Be8 64. Bc2 Ke7 65. Ba4 Bxa4 66.
Kxa4 Ng7 67. Kb5 Nf5 68. Kxb6 Nxh4 69. Kc5 Nf5 70. Nc1 Kf7 71. Nd3 Ke7 72. Kb6
Nd4 73. Kc7 Nb5+ 74. Kc8 Na7+ 75. Kb7 Nb5 76. Nb4 Kd7 77. Nc6 Nc3 78. Nd4 Ne4
79. Kb6 Nd2 80. Kb5 Nc4 81. Kc5 Ne3 82. Ne2 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Inmortales op 4th"]
[Site "Santo Domingo"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "225"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
e4 b5 9. Ne5 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. Nxc6 Qc7 12. d5 Nc5 13. Qf3 e5 14. Nb4 Bd6 15.
Nc2 f5 16. exf5 O-O 17. g4 e4 18. Qh3 Bb7 19. Ne3 Bf4 20. Be2 Bxd5 21. O-O Bb7
22. Rfd1 Nd3 23. Nc2 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Qa5 25. Nb4 Qa3 26. Qe3 Qxc3 27. Rb1 a5 28.
Nc2 b4 29. Nd4 Rfd8 30. Ne6 Rd7 31. f3 exf3 32. Bxf3 Bxf3 33. Qxf3 Rc8 34. Qe3
a4 35. Kf1 Re8 36. Rbd1 b3 37. axb3 axb3 38. Qb6 Rde7 39. Kg2 b2 40. h4 h6 41.
Qb5 Rxe6 42. fxe6 Rxe6 43. Qf5 Re8 44. Qd5+ Kh8 45. Qc6 Nf4+ 46. Kh1 Qh3+ 47.
Rh2 Qe3 48. Rxb2 Rf8 49. g5 Nd3 50. gxh6 Qh3+ 51. Kg1 Qe3+ 52. Kh1 Nxb2 53.
hxg7+ Kxg7 54. Qb7+ Kh8 55. Qxb2+ c3 56. Qg2 Rg8 57. Qf1 Qe4+ 58. Kh2 Qe5+ 59.
Kh1 c2 60. Rc1 Qe4+ 61. Kh2 Qe5+ 62. Kh1 Qd5+ 63. Kh2 Qd6+ 64. Kh1 Qc6+ 65. Kh2
Qc7+ 66. Kh1 Qb7+ 67. Kh2 Qb8+ 68. Kh1 Qa8+ 69. Kh2 Qb8+ 70. Kh1 Qb7+ 71. Kh2
Qc7+ 72. Kh1 Qc6+ 73. Kh2 Qd6+ 74. Kh1 Qd5+ 75. Kh2 Qe5+ 76. Kh1 Qe4+ 77. Kh2
Rg4 78. Qf8+ Kh7 79. Qf7+ Kh8 80. Qf8+ Kh7 81. Qf7+ Rg7 82. Qf2 Rc7 83. h5 Qd5
84. Qe2 Qd6+ 85. Kh1 Qd5+ 86. Kh2 Qf5 87. Qg2 Qf4+ 88. Qg3 Qd2+ 89. Qg2 Qxc1
90. Qg6+ Kh8 91. Qe8+ Kg7 92. Qg6+ Kf8 93. Qf6+ Ke8 94. Qe6+ Kd8 95. Qd5+ Rd7
96. Qa5+ Ke8 97. Qe5+ Kf7 98. Qf5+ Kg8 99. Qe6+ Rf7 100. Qg6+ Kh8 101. Qxf7
Qd2+ 102. Kh3 Qd3+ 103. Kg4 Qd1+ 104. Kh3 Qh1+ 105. Kg3 Qg1+ 106. Kh3 Qg8 107.
Qf6+ Qg7 108. Qd8+ Kh7 109. Qd3+ Kg8 110. Qd8+ Qf8 111. Qd5+ Qf7 112. Qd8+ Kg7
113. Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Los Inmortales op 4th"]
[Site "Santo Domingo"]
[Date "2002.12.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Oratovsky, Michael"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. b3 Ke7 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 b6 13. a3 Bb7 14. Be2 Rac8
15. b4 Bd6 16. Nc4 Bc7 17. a4 Rhd8 18. b5 a5 19. Ba3+ Ke8 20. Rac1 Ne4 21. Nd4
Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Nc6 Nc3 24. Bc4 Bxc6 25. bxc6 Rd2 26. f4 Bf6 27. Rfe1 Kd8
28. Bb5 Kc7 29. e4 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 Bf2 31. Rf1 Nxe4 32. Rc4 Rd4 33. Rc2 Be3 34.
Bb2 Rd5 35. Bxg7 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "Los Inmortales op 4th"]
[Site "Santo Domingo"]
[Date "2002.12.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 e5 10. d5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Na5 12. Qa4 b6 13. c4 Bd7 14. Qd1 c6 15.
Bb2 Rfe8 16. h3 cxd5 17. cxd5 Rad8 18. O-O e4 19. Ne5 Rxe5 20. g4 Qg5 21. h4
Qg6 22. Bxe5 Bxg4 23. Bg3 Nc4 24. Bxg4 Nxg4 25. Qe2 Nce5 26. Kg2 h5 27. Rad1
Rd6 28. Rg1 Kh7 29. Kf1 Qf5 30. Bf4 Rg6 31. Bxe5 Qxe5 32. Rg3 f5 33. Kg2 Qe7
34. Qd2 f4 35. exf4 e3 36. Qe2 Nxf2 37. Qxh5+ Rh6 38. Qf5+ g6 39. Qe6 Qg7 40.
Rf1 Qb2 41. Qe7+ Kg8 42. Rxe3 Ne4+ 43. Kh3 Qb5 44. Rc1 Rh8 45. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "New York Masters 38th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2002.12.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. e4 dxe4
15. Bxe4 Rb8 16. b3 Qa5 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nb6 19. Qd3 Rfd8 20. Qc2 Bxc3 21.
Qxc3 Qxa2 22. Ra1 Qe2 23. Qxc5 Rdc8 24. Qd6 Rd8 25. Qc7 Nd5 26. Qxa7 Nf4 27.
Rae1 Qb5 28. Qe3 Nd5 29. Qe5 Qxb3 30. Nd4 Qc3 31. Rc1 Qb2 32. Rc2 Qb3 1-0

[Event "New York Masters 38th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2002.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.12.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. d3 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8.
c3 O-O 9. d4 e6 10. h3 Qb6 11. Nbd2 Rac8 12. Qa4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qc7 14. b3 a6
15. Ba3 Rfd8 16. Bb4 Nb8 17. Qa3 Nc6 18. Rac1 a5 19. Bc3 b5 20. Ba1 Qb6 21. Qb2
Nb4 22. Qb1 Nd7 23. a3 Nc6 24. Qd3 e5 25. d5 Ne7 26. a4 Nc5 27. Qxb5 Qxb5 28.
axb5 Rb8 29. Bc3 Nd3 30. Bxa5 Nxe1 31. Nxe1 Rdc8 32. Rc7 Rxb5 33. Rxe7 Rxa5 34.
Nc4 Ra1 35. Kf1 Bf8 36. Rb7 Rb1 37. Rb5 Ra8 38. Na5 Bh6 39. Ke2 Rb2+ 40. Kf3 f5
41. Nd3 Rd2 42. Nb4 fxe4+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shahade, Jennifer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3
exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. cxd4 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. Qb3 Nc6
15. Qe3 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qf6 18. Rab1 Nxd4 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Be4 c5 21.
Bd5 g6 22. Rbe1 Rd7 23. Qh6 Re7 24. Rb1 Rbe8 25. Kh1 Ne2 26. Rb3 Nd4 27. Rbb1
Ne2 28. Rb3 Nd4 29. Rbb1 Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Watson, John L"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 Qb6 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O a6 11. b3 cxb3 12. Qxb3 Nd7 13. d5 Nc5 14. Qb1 cxd5 15.
exd5 Qa5 16. axb5 Qxc3 17. bxa6 Bxd5 18. Qb5+ Nd7 19. Rfc1 Qb4 20. Rc7 Qd6 21.
Rac1 Bh6 22. R1c6 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Qd5 24. Rc7 Rb8 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. Nd4 Bf4 27.
Ra7 Rb1+ 28. Bf1 Bb8 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Nf4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. f3 d6 10. Bd3 g6 11. O-O Nd7 12. e4 Bg5 13. Ne2 Bxc1 14. Qxc1 Qe7
15. Qe3 e5 16. Bc2 Ba6 17. Qd3 O-O 18. Ba4 Qe6 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. cxb5 d5 21.
exd5 Qxd5 22. c4 Qd6 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. dxe5 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 Nxe5 26. Rc3 Rd2 27.
Nf4 Rd4 28. Nd5 Kg7 29. Re1 Nxc4 30. Nxc7 Nd6 31. Ra3 Rc8 32. Rxa7 Kf8 33. Ra8
Rxa8 34. Nxa8 Nc4 35. a4 h5 36. Rb1 h4 37. Nc7 Rd2 38. Re1 Ra2 39. Re4 Ra1+ 40.
Kf2 Ra2+ 41. Ke1 Rxa4 42. Rxh4 Ra1+ 43. Ke2 Ra2+ 44. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Rhe1 h6 {Moves like these in a very charged
positions can be truly dangerous, since instead of developing extra piece
black is simply throwing more oil into the fire.} 12. e5 Bb7 13. Qh3 dxe5 (
13... Nxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. f4 (16. Qxe6 Qxf2 $1 $17) 16... Nc4
17. Qxe6 Qc7 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Rxd6 $40) 14. Nxe6 fxe6 (14... Rh7 15. Bxf6 Nxf6
16. f4 e4 17. Nd4 $36) 15. Bxe6 Rd8 (15... Nf8 16. Rxe5 Rd8 17. Rde1 $16) 16.
Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 (16... Nxd7 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qxg6+ Kf8 19. Qf7#) (16... Qxf2 17.
Bxf6 $3 (17. Rxd8+ $6 Kxd8 18. Rd1+ Kc7 19. Bh4 Qf4+ 20. Kb1 Rd8 $11) 17...
Qxe1+ (17... Qxf6 18. Rxb7 $18) 18. Nd1 Rxd7 (18... Qe4 19. Rxe7+ Kf8 20. Rf7+
Ke8 21. Bxd8 $18) 19. Bxd7+ Kd8 20. Bxe7+ Kc7 (20... Kxe7 21. Qe6+ Kd8 22. Qd6
$18) 21. Qe6 $18) 17. Bxf6 Rd6 $2 {It is easy to understand Nakamura's wish to
save his extra exchange, but this move loses. In comparison 17...Bxf6 seems
good enough for the full equality.} (17... Bxf6 18. Bxd7+ Ke7 $1 19. Rd1 (19.
f3 Rd8 20. Rd1 Bg5+ 21. Kb1 b4 22. Ne4 Bc8 $17) (19. Bc8 Bxc8 20. Nd5+ Kd6 21.
Qxc8 Rxc8 22. Nxb6 Rd8 23. c4 Bg5+ 24. Kc2 Kc6 25. Nd5 bxc4 $15) 19... Rd8 20.
Kb1 Qxf2 21. Qe6+ Kf8 22. Qd6+ Be7 23. Qxe5 Bxg2 $11) 18. Qh5+ Kd8 19. Bxe7+
Kxe7 20. Qxe5 Kd8 21. Nd5 $6 (21. Bd5 $1 Bxd5 (21... Rf6 22. Qe7+ Kc8 23. Qxg7
Rhf8 24. Re7 Bc6 25. Ne4 Bxd5 26. Nxf6 Qxf6 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28. Qxf6 $18) 22.
Nxd5 Qc5 23. Qxg7 $18) 21... Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Qc7 (22... Rd7 23. Bf3 Qc7 24. Qe4
$16) 23. f4 Rd7 24. Qf5 (24. Qe4 Qd6 25. c4 bxc4 26. Bxc4 Rf8 27. g3 $14) 24...
Qc5 25. Be6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Ashley has lost control of the game few moves ago,
but this natural retreat is a real losing blunder.} (25. Rd1 Rf8 26. Qe4 Rf6
27. f5 Rfd6 28. b4 Qc3 29. Rd3 Qa1+ 30. Kd2 Qb2 $11) 25... Qf2 $1 (25... Qf2 $1
26. Qe4 Qd2+ 27. Kb1 Qd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1#) 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Qd3 g6 12. Rd1 Bf8 13. Qf3 b6 14. Be4 Nce7
15. Bg5 Bb7 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Nc3 Qd7 18. Bxe7 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe7 20. d5 exd5
21. Rxd5 Qe6 22. h3 Rad8 23. Nc3 Bf6 24. Rad1 h5 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Nd5 Kg7 27.
a4 Qe5 28. b3 h4 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. Nxc3 Bf6 31. Nb5 Re7 32. Kf1 a6 33. Nd6 Bc3
34. Nc4 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. b3 cxb3 7. axb3 g6 8. Bb2
Bg7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nc3 a5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Be4 Qd8 15.
Ne1 Nd7 16. Nd3 Qb8 17. h4 Rc8 18. Rfe1 c5 19. dxc5 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qb7 21. Rf4
e6 22. b4 axb4 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Rxb4 Qc6 25. Qb3 Rb8 26. Bd4 Bf8 27. Qc3 Rc8
28. Qb3 Bxc5 29. Nxc5 Nxc5 30. Bxc5 Qxc5 31. Rxb5 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qa1 33. Qb4 Qf1
34. Rb8 Rxb8 35. Qxb8+ Kg7 36. Qb2 Qc4 37. g3 h6 38. f3 Qf1 39. Qg2 Qe1 40. Qb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. cxd5
Nxc3 9. Qd2 Qxa2 10. Rxc3 $5 {A curious exchange sacrifice completely changing
the character of the position.} (10. bxc3 {-see Agdestein-Thiel in this issue.}
) 10... O-O (10... Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qa1+ (11... f6 12. Bb5+ $1 Bd7 13. Bc4 Qb1+
14. Ke2 $44 {Stoica,V}) 12. Kd2 O-O 13. Bh6 f6 14. Nf3 Rf7 15. Rg1 Qa4 16. Bc4
Na6 17. d6 e6 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. e4 $44 {1-0 Cherepkov,A-Zdrojewski,W/Leningrad
1990/EXT 97 (44)}) 11. Bc4 Qa1+ (11... Qa5 $5 12. Rc2 Qxc5 13. d6 Qf5 14. dxe7
Re8 15. Ne2 Nc6 16. Ng3 Qf6 $11 {0-1 Dreev,A-Sutovsky,E/Internet Chess Club
blitz 2002/EXT 2003 (37)}) 12. Rc1 Qxb2 13. e4 (13. Qxb2 Bxb2 14. Rc2 Ba3 15.
Be2 (15. Bd3 Nd7 16. c6 Nc5 $15) 15... Bf5 16. Rc4 Rc8 17. e4 Bd7 18. Be3 Bb5
19. Rc2 Bb4+ 20. Kf1 Bxe2+ 21. Kxe2 $6 (21. Nxe2 Nd7 22. c6 bxc6 23. dxc6 Ne5
24. Nd4 $11 {Stoica,V}) 21... Nd7 $15 {Nutu_Gajic,D-Peptan,C/Timisoara 1993}) (
13. Nf3 $5 a5 14. Nd4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Na6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Bc7 a4 18. Rc3 Bf5
19. f3 Rc8 20. Bb6 Bd7 21. Ra3 Be5 22. Rc1 e6 $13 {0-1 Piket,J-Svidler,P/
Eurotel Trophy rapid 2002 (36)}) 13... a5 {This pawn fails to come where it
aims.} (13... Qa3 $5) 14. Ne2 a4 15. Rc2 Qa1+ (15... Qa3 16. d6 {is now quite
late.}) 16. Rc1 Qb2 17. Rc2 Qa1+ 18. Nc1 Na6 19. Be3 Qb1 20. Ba2 Qb4 21. f3
Qxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Nb4 23. Rc4 Nxa2 24. Nxa2 e6 25. d6 Bb2 $6 {Now the exchange
sac leads to a pleasant endgame for White.} (25... Bd7 $142 26. Rb1 Bc6) 26.
Rb1 a3 27. Rb4 e5 28. R4xb2 axb2 29. Rxb2 $14 {[%csl Gd6,Rf6]} Bd7 30. Nb4 Bc6
31. Nxc6 bxc6 32. Rb6 Rac8 (32... Rfc8 33. Bg5 Ra7 34. Bf6) 33. Bh6 Rfd8 34.
Bg5 Rd7 35. Bf6 Kf8 36. Bxe5 Ke8 37. Ke3 Ra7 38. Kf4 Kd7 39. Kg5 Ke6 40. Bd4
h6+ $1 (40... Ra2 $2 41. Rb7 Rxg2+ 42. Kh6 Re8 43. Kg7 $18) 41. Kf4 (41. Kxh6
f6 $1 42. Kxg6 Rg8+ 43. Kh6 Rh8+ $11) 41... Ra4 42. Ke3 Ra3+ 43. Ke2 Ra2+ 44.
Kd3 Ra3+ 45. Bc3 Ra7 46. g4 f5 47. gxf5+ gxf5 48. Kd4 Ra4+ 49. Bb4 fxe4 50.
Kxe4 {[%csl Gf3]} Rf8 51. f4 h5 (51... Ra2 52. Rb7) 52. h4 $6 (52. Rb7 Rf7 53.
Rb8 $14) 52... Re8 ({Black could have created strong counterplay by} 52... Rg8
$1 53. Rb7 Rg3 $1 ({but not} 53... Rg4 $2 54. Kd3)) 53. Kd4 (53. Rb7 $1 {
,followed by Kd3, was a better chance. White should activate his rook and get
rid of the pin.}) 53... Rf8 54. Ke4 Re8 (54... Rg8 $1) 55. Kd4 (55. Rb7 $1)
55... Rg8 $6 {Both players were probably under time pressure. Black evades the
repetition of moves trying to fish in troubled waters.} 56. Kc4 Rc8 $6 (56...
Rg4) 57. Rb7 {White has got the desired arrangement.} Ra2 58. Re7+ Kf5 59. Kb3
Ra1 60. Kb2 Ra4 61. Kb3 Ra1 62. Kb2 $6 (62. Bc3 $14 {and White could continue
playing for a win.}) 62... Ra4 63. Kb3 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 {Nach meiner Meinung stellt dieser Zug nicht die beste
Möglichkeit für Schwarz dar. Er möchte mit d7-d5 eine slawische Stellung
aufbauen, was jedoch nur nach 3.d4 oder 3.Nf3 funktioniert.} 3. e4 {Das ist
die prinzipielle Fortsetzung. Auf diese Weise bekommt Weiß die Initiative.} e5
(3... d5 4. e5 (4. exd5 cxd5 5. d4 {Mit Zugumstellung wir haben die Stellung
von Caro - Kann Verteidigung (Panov - Angriff).}) 4... d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. fxg7
cxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Bxg7 8. Qc2 $14) 4. Nf3 Qa5 (4... Bb4 5. Nxe5 Qe7 6. Nf3 Nxe4 7.
Be2 $14) 5. d3 (5. Be2 Bb4 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d5 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nxe5 Bxc3 10.
bxc3 dxe4 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Bf3 Be6 14. Bxe4 Bxc4 15. Re1 Na6 16.
Be3 f5 17. Bf3 Rad8 18. Qa4 Bd5 {1/2-1/2 Colovic,A-Volkov,S/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 
(42)}) 5... d5 {Dieser Zug ist eigentlich ein Bauernopfer. Im Folgenden sehen
wir einen taktischen Kampf.} (5... Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Bd2 Qc7 9. Kh1
d6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bf8 12. f3 a5 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Qd2 h6 15. Bh4 g6 16.
Rfd1 Kh7 17. Bf1 {1-0 Wirthensohn,H-Lederman,L/Haifa 1976/EXT 2000 (57)}) 6.
cxd5 cxd5 7. Nxe5 {Mit diesem Zug bekommt Weiß die Initiative - 7...d4 geht
nicht wegen 8.Nc4.} Bd6 (7... Bb4 8. Bd2 dxe4 9. Nc4 Qc5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3
exd3 12. Bxd3 $14 O-O 13. O-O Nc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. b4 Qg5 16. f4 {1/2-1/2
Ivanchuk,V-Dominguez,L/Yerevan 2001/CBM 86 (34)}) 8. Bf4 $14 {Weiß hat einen
Bauern mehr in der offenen Stellung. Es ist schwer für Schwarz etwas
Kompensation zu finden.} O-O (8... Bxe5 9. Bxe5 Nbd7 10. Bd6 $1 (10. Bxf6 Nxf6
$132) (10. Bd4 O-O 11. f3 $16) 10... d4 11. Qa4 $16) (8... Bb4 9. Bd2) 9. Nc4
$1 dxc4 10. Bxd6 {[%csl Gd6]} Re8 (10... Rd8 11. Be7 $16) 11. f3 $1 {Mit
diesem kleinen Bauernzug verstärkt Weiß sein Bauernzentrum. Schwarz hat
Entwicklungsvorteil, aber nichts mehr.} cxd3 12. Bxd3 Qb6 {[%cal Gb6d6,Gb6b2,
Gb6g1]} 13. Bb5 (13. Ba3 Nc6 14. Qe2 Ne5 15. O-O-O Be6 16. Kb1 Rac8 $44) 13...
Rd8 (13... Nc6 14. Qd2 $14 (14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qb3 Qe3+ 16. Ne2 Qg5 17. Ng3 Ba6
$132)) (13... Bd7 $5) 14. e5 a6 (14... Ne8 15. Bxe8 Rxe8 16. Qd2 $16) 15. Be2 (
15. Ba4 Qxb2 $13) 15... Ne8 (15... Qxb2 $2 16. Na4 $18) 16. Nd5 Qa5+ $4 {
[%mdl 8192] Schwarz verliert seinen Kopf in Komplikationen. Dieses Damenschach
verliert eigentlich eine Figur.} (16... Qxb2 $8 17. Bxb8 $2 (17. Qc1 $1 Qxc1+
18. Rxc1 Nxd6 19. exd6 (19. Nc7 Nc6 20. exd6 Rb8 21. Rd1 b5 $13) 19... Nc6 20.
Nb6 Rb8 21. Rd1 $14) (17. Rb1 Qxa2) 17... Rxd5 $1 18. Qxd5 Qxa1+ 19. Kf2 Qxh1
20. Qd8 Bd7 21. Qxd7 Rxb8 22. Bc4 Kh8 23. Qxf7 Nd6 24. exd6 Qc1 25. d7 Qd2+ $11
) 17. b4 $16 {[%csl Ra5] Nach diesem Zug findet die schwarze Dame keinen guten
Platz.} Qa3 18. Bxb8 Kh8 (18... Rxb8 19. Ne7+ $18) 19. Bd6 Nxd6 20. exd6 Rxd6
21. Qd2 (21. Qd4 $18) 21... Be6 22. Qe3 {Das ist die Pointe des weißen Spiels
- er kann seinen Nd5 retten.} Qa4 23. Nc3 Qa3 (23... Qxb4 24. O-O $18 (24. Rb1
$18)) 24. O-O Rc8 25. Nd5 Qxe3+ 26. Nxe3 $18 {[%mdl 1024] Weiß hat eine Figur
mehr - in solchen Stellung ist es besser die Partie aufzugeben...} Rd2 {
[%cal Rd2e2,Rd2a2] Mit diesem Zug Schwarz gewinnt einen Bauern zurück.} 27.
Rfe1 Bxa2 28. Bc4 $1 Bxc4 29. Nxc4 Rd4 30. Nb6 Rcd8 31. Rab1 R4d6 32. Nc4 Rd4
33. Na5 R4d7 34. Re2 Kg8 35. Kf2 f6 36. b5 Kf7 (36... axb5 37. Rxb5 $18) 37.
bxa6 bxa6 38. Rb6 Ra8 39. Ra2 Rd5 40. Nc4 Rd7 41. Rbxa6 Rxa6 42. Rxa6 {Jetzt
Weiß hat eine klare Figur mehr, der junge ambitoese Spieler "kämpft" indessen
weiter...} Ke7 43. g4 Kf7 44. Rb6 Ke7 45. h4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shahade, Gregory P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 Qxc5 10. Qb3 Qh5 (10... Nc6 11. Nb5 Qh5 {is the most popular
move order. See games Dreev-Svidler and Tregubov-Oral in CBM92.}) 11. Nb5 Na6 {
This attempt to avoid the main line} (11... Nc6) {is hardly appropriate as
this knight will have problems entering the game.} 12. Ng3 {This knight will
have to retreat.} (12. O-O $142 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Rfd1 Nec5 15. Qa3 Be6 16. f3
Qg6 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Nec3 Rfe8 19. Nd5 Bf8 20. b4 $16 {1-0 Agdestein,S-Bae,T/
Roros 2002/CBM 89 ext (27)}) 12... Qh4 13. Nd4 Nd7 14. Bxa6 bxa6 {White has
damaged Black's pawn structure but, as often happens, a pair of bishops
guarantees Black a sufficient compensation.} 15. Nge2 e5 16. Bg3 Qf6 17. Nc6
Re8 18. O-O Nb6 19. Rfd1 Bd7 (19... Bg4 $142 $1 20. f3 Bd7) 20. Qc3 Rac8 21.
Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bxe5 {[%mdl 4096] An
approximately equal ending has arisen.} 25. b3 Kf8 26. f3 Ke7 27. Kf2 Kd6 28.
e4 f6 29. Ke3 a5 30. f4 Bb2 31. Rc2 Ba3 32. Kd4 a4 33. e5+ fxe5+ 34. fxe5+ Ke7
35. Nf4 axb3 36. axb3 a5 37. g3 a4 {Black only thinks of a draw but it was
better to make White take care of it:} (37... g5 $5 38. Ra2 Bb4 39. Nd3 Be6 40.
Nxb4 axb4 41. Ra7+ Nd7 42. Rb7 Bxb3 43. Rxb4 $11) 38. bxa4 Bxa4 (38... Nxa4 {
was much simpler.}) 39. Rc7+ Bd7 40. Rb7 {Black probably missed this move
hoping for} (40. e6 Kd6 41. Rxd7+ Nxd7 42. exd7 Kxd7 $11) 40... g5 $2 {Panic
on move 40!} ({After} 40... Bb2+ {Black was still out of danger:} 41. Kc5 (41.
Kd3 Na4) (41. Ke4 Nc4) 41... Na4+ 42. Kd5 Nc3+ 43. Kc4 Nb5 $11) 41. Rxb6 gxf4
42. gxf4 {Now, with two connected passed pawns, White gradually wins
especially as Black helps him a lot.} Bf5 43. Kd5 Bc1 44. Rb7+ Ke8 $6 (44...
Kd8 $142 45. h4 $1 $18 {_|_} ({but not} 45. e6 Bxf4 46. Rd7+ Kc8 $1 47. Rf7
Bxe6+ 48. Kxe6 Bxh2)) 45. e6 h5 $2 {Resistance could be continued by} (45...
Bxf4 46. Rf7 Bxh2 47. Rxf5 Bg3 {although this endgame is theoretically winning
for White.}) 46. Ke5 Bg4 47. f5 1-0

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Seul, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Bb7 7. h4 h5 8. O-O-O
Nd7 9. Nge2 Ngf6 10. Qe3 b4 11. Nb1 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd2 Qc7 14. Nf4 Rc8
15. Bc4 Nfd7 16. Nd3 Nb6 17. Nxc5 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Qxc5 19. Qxc5 Rxc5 20. b3 Bh6
21. Bxh6 Rxh6 22. Rd4 Rh8 23. Ne3 a5 24. a3 bxa3 25. Kd2 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27.
Re1 Kd7 28. Ra4 Rg8 29. Re2 Rf8 30. Rxa3 f4 31. Nd1 e5 32. c4 Bc6 33. Nf2 a4
34. Nd3 Ra5 35. b4 Raa8 36. b5 Bb7 37. c5 Bd5 38. cxd6 e4 39. fxe4 Bb3 40. Nc5+
Kxd6 41. Nxb3 axb3 42. Rxb3 Kc5 43. Ke1 Rab8 44. Rc2+ Kd6 45. Kf2 Rg8 46. b6
Rb7 47. Rb5 Rbg7 48. Rd5+ 1-0

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dinstuhl, Volkmar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Ne5 Bh5 8. O-O
e6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. e4 Nc5 13. Qc2 cxd5 14. exd5 exd5
15. Ne2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bg6 $6 (16... Bxe2 {was to be preferred.}) 17. Qd4 b6 18.
Nf4 Be4 19. e6 $1 f6 (19... fxe6 {is strongly met} 20. Nxe6 Qd6 21. Nxf8 Rxf8
22. f3 {, with a dangerous attack.}) 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Qa4+ b5 22. Qb3 d4 23.
Rac1 dxe3 24. Rxc5 exf2+ 25. Rxf2 Re7 26. Qe3 f5 27. Rd2 Qb8 {[%tqu "En",
"Black's king has got stuck in the centre - how would you exploit this?","Play
energetically not to allow the black king to escape.","Use your d2-rook for
the decisive strike.","d2d7","That's it! The rook thrust makes White's attack
irresistible.",5]} 28. Rd7 $1 {[%csl Gd7,Ge6,Re7,Re8][%cal Ge3d4] Now the
black king is doomed.} Rxd7 29. exd7+ Kxd7 30. Qd4+ {[%csl Gc5,Gd4,Rd7,Gf4,Rg7]
[%cal Gd4g7] White's attack is irresistible.} Ke7 ({Or} 30... Qd6 31. Qxg7+ {
, winning.}) 31. Qxg7+ Kd6 32. Qd4+ Ke7 33. Re5+ Kf7 34. Qd7+ Kf6 35. Qe7# 1-0

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.01.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Moreno Carnero, Javier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 11. bxa5 f5 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. Bf1 ({Interestig is} 13.
Nb3 {-see reference to the 14th move.}) 13... fxe4 $6 {This move can't be
recommended.} (13... Rxa5 {-see detailed commentaries to the game 1-0 Golod,
V-Jaracz,P/Cappelle la Grande 2000/CBM 74 ext [Golod,V](39)}) 14. Nb3 $16 {
[%cal Gb3a5] Of course! Now Pa5 is protected. Be2 went to f1 but nevertheless
it can be captured by Nf4-d3 like in case of 13.Nb3. Anyway, instead of usual
f5-f4 Black have played f5xe4. In my opinion, Black hasn't sufficient
compensation for the P lack.} Nd3 15. Bxd3 exd3 16. Ne4 c5 17. Qxd3 h6 18. Bd2
Nf5 19. Rab1 g5 20. Nc1 Ra6 21. f3 Nh4 22. Ne2 Rf7 23. N2g3 Bf8 24. Rb5 {
Black can't arrange any serious activity and had to wait for White's
manoeuvres. Opening combat is lost by Black.} Be7 25. Reb1 Qf8 26. Rb6 Ra8 27.
R1b3 Qd8 28. Qb1 Bf8 29. Be1 Ra7 30. Ra3 {White prepares a5-a6.} Ra8 31. Nf1
Nf5 32. Ne3 Nd4 $2 {Tactical blunder.} ({In case of} 32... Ra7 33. Nxf5 Bxf5
34. Rab3 {White leaves with serious advantage.} Qc7 (34... Bc8 35. Nxd6 $18)
35. Bd2 Kg7 36. Qe1 Be7 $16) 33. Nxd6 Bxd6 34. Qg6+ Rg7 35. Qxd6 Qe8 36. Qxh6
$2 $16 {Inaccuracy. Why to give chances in completely winning position?} ({
Wins easily} 36. a6 $18) ({or} 36. Qxc5 $18) 36... e4 37. fxe4 Qxe4 38. Qh5 Bf5
39. h3 Rf8 40. Bg3 g4 $2 $18 ({More stubborn was} 40... Rh7 $1 41. Rh6 (41.
Qxg5+ $4 Rg7 42. Qxg7+ Kxg7 43. Rxb7+ Rf7 44. Rb2 Bc8 45. Kh2 Ba6 $132) 41...
Ne2+ 42. Qxe2 Rxh6 43. Rb3 Bc8 44. Qd3 $16) 41. Rh6 Bh7 42. Nxg4 Nf5 43. Rf3
Rxg4 44. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.01.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schmaltz, Roland"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. a4 Rc8 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O Nb6 13. a5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15.
Rfd1 Rc6 16. Nc1 d5 17. exd5 Rd6 18. Nd3 Nxd5 19. Ne4 Re6 20. Ndc5 Rc6 21. Bf2
f5 22. Ra4 fxe4 23. Rxc4 e3 24. Qxd5 exf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rd6 26. Qe4 Rd2+ 27. Rxd2
Qxd2+ 28. Qe2 Qxa5 29. Qxe5 Qd2+ 30. Qe2 Qxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Rh6 32. Nd3 Bd6 33. f4
Kd7 34. Kf3 Rf6 35. Nc5+ Bxc5 36. Rxc5 {Turm mit Mehrbauer} g6 37. Ke4 Rb6 38.
b3 Re6+ 39. Re5 Rc6 40. c4 Rb6 41. Rd5+ Ke7 42. Rd3 Re6+ 43. Kf3 Rc6 44. g4
hxg4+ 45. Kxg4 Kf6 46. h4 a5 47. Rd5 a4 48. bxa4 Rxc4 49. a5 Rc7 50. Rb5 Rd7
51. h5 gxh5+ 52. Rxh5 {Ein weißer Freibauer bei 1-1 am anderen Flügel.
Optimale Verteidigungsstellung mit dem König vor dem weißen Freibauern.} Rg7+
53. Rg5 Rc7 54. Rf5+ Ke6 55. Rb5 Rg7+ 56. Rg5 Rc7 57. Rg6+ Kf7 58. Rb6 Kg7 59.
f5 Kf8 60. Rb5 Kg8 61. Kg5 Kg7 62. Rb6 Rd7 63. Rg6+ Kf8 64. Rf6+ Kg8 65. Re6
Kf7 66. Re5 Rd1 67. Rb5 Rd7 68. Kf4 {Weiß sieht kein Vorwärtskommen am
"Gewinnflügel" und verlagert seine Aktivitäten zum Damenflügel. Er hofft dabei
die Absenz des schwarzen Königs ausnutzen zu können.} ({Logisch sieht} 68. f6
$1 Rc7 69. Kf5 Rd7 70. Ke5 Ke8 71. Ke6 Rc7 72. Rb6 $1 {[%cal Ra5a6]} Re7+ 73.
Kf5 Rc7 74. Kg6 $18 {aus}) 68... Re7 69. Re5 Rc7 70. Ke4 Rc4+ 71. Kd5 Rb4 (
71... Rc6 72. Re6 Rc2 73. Rb6 Rc7 74. f6 Kg6 75. Kd6 Rf7 76. Ke6 Rc7 77. Rb5
Rh7 78. Rf5 $18) 72. Kc5 Rb1 73. Re4 Ra1 74. Kb5 Kf6 75. Ra4 Rd1 76. Rb4 Kxf5
77. Kb6 Rd7 78. Rc4 Ke5 79. Rc7 Rd1 {[#] Tatsächlich ist alles gut gegangen
und der Bb7 könnte rechtzeitig genommen werden, ehe der schwarze König
wirkungsvoll eingreifen kann.} 80. Rc5+ $2 {Der erste Fehler mit großer
Auswirkung. Der schwarze König kommt zurück - Remis!} (80. Kxb7 $1 Rb1+ 81. Kc8
Ra1 82. Rh7 $1 Kd6 (82... Rc1+ 83. Kb8 Ra1 84. Rh6 $18) (82... Kd5 83. Rh6 $1 {
wie gehabt}) 83. a6 $18) 80... Kd6 81. Rb5 Rh1 82. Kxb7 Rh7+ 83. Kb6 Rh8 $8 {
[%cal Rh8b8]} 84. Rg5 Rb8+ 85. Ka7 Rb1 86. a6 Kd7 87. Rg7+ Kc8 88. Rb7 Rc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.01.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kallio, Heikki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O d5 8. Qe2
Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Rd1 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Be3 Nb4 13. Rac1 a4 14. a3 Na6 15. b4
dxc4 16. Qxc4 Nb8 17. b5 Bxa3 18. Ra1 cxb5 19. Qxb5 Ra5 20. Qb1 Be7 21. f4 a3
22. d5 Qc8 23. d6 Bd8 24. Nb5 Nd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rxa3 Rxa3 27. Nxa3 Qc6 28.
Nb5 Nd7 29. Rc1 Qb7 30. Bd4 Nf6 31. Qf5 g6 32. Qc8 Qd7 33. Bxf6 Qxc8 34. Rxc8
Bxf6 35. d7 Rd8 36. Nd6 Kg7 37. Ne8+ 1-0

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.01.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. h3 h6 11. Bh4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nf6 13. Bf3 Nh7 14. Re1 Ng5 15.
Bxg5 hxg5 16. Qd2 c6 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Bg4 Bxg4 19. hxg4 Be5 20. Nf3 Bf4 21. Qc2
Nc5 22. Ne2 Be5 23. b4 Ne6 24. c5 a5 25. a3 axb4 26. axb4 Qc7 27. Ned4 Nxd4 28.
Nxd4 Rfd8 29. Nf3 Qe7 30. g3 Qe6 31. Kg2 Ra2 32. Qc1 Bf4 33. Nxg5 Bxc1 34. Nxe6
fxe6 35. Rxc1 Rf8 36. Rf1 d5 37. exd5 exd5 38. Rcd1 Rb2 39. Rd4 g5 40. Kg1 Rf3
41. Kg2 Rf7 42. Kg1 Rf3 43. Kg2 Rc3 44. Rdd1 Rcc2 45. Rde1 Rxb4 46. Re5 Rxg4
47. Rb1 Kf7 48. Rxb7+ Kf6 49. Rbe7 Re4 50. R7e6+ Kf7 51. Re7+ Kf6 52. R7e6+ Kf7
53. Rxe4 dxe4 54. Rxe4 Rxc5 55. Kf3 Rf5+ 56. Ke3 Kf6 57. f4 gxf4+ 58. Rxf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. b3
Rb8 9. Nd5 Nh5 10. Bb2 e6 11. Nf4 Nxf4 12. gxf4 b5 13. Bc3 Bb7 14. Rc1 Ne7 15.
e3 Be4 16. Qe2 bxc4 17. Qxc4 Bc6 18. Ba5 Bb5 19. Qxc7 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Nc6 21.
Qxd8 Nxd8 22. Bc7 Rc8 23. Bxd6 Re8 24. Bc5 Nc6 25. Nd2 Bf8 26. Ne4 Be7 27. Nd6
Bxd6 28. Bxd6 Nb8 29. b4 Rc2 30. a4 Rd8 31. Be7 Re8 32. Bc5 Rc8 33. Ra1 Kg7 34.
Be4 Rd2 35. b5 axb5 36. a5 b4 37. Bxb4 Rb2 38. Bd6 Na6 39. d5 Rd2 40. Be5+ f6
41. Bd4 exd5 42. Bxd5 Rdc2 43. Ra3 Rd8 44. Bb7 Nc5 45. Bf3 Na6 46. Bb7 Rd6 47.
Kg2 Rc7 48. Bf3 Nb4 49. Bb6 Rc8 50. Bb7 Nc2 51. Ra4 Rb8 52. Bc7 Nxe3+ 53. Kf3
Rxb7 54. Bxd6 Nf5 55. Bc5 Rc7 56. Be3 Nxe3 57. fxe3 {Optimale Deckung des
Freibauern von hinten verbunden mit Raumvorteil.} Kf7 58. a6 Ra7 59. f5 {
[%csl Ye6]} (59. Ke4 $144 Ke6 60. Kd4 Kd6 61. e4 $18) 59... gxf5 60. Kf4 {
[%csl Rf5,Rf6]} Ke6 61. h3 Ke7 62. Kxf5 Kf7 63. Ra5 (63. h4 $144 h5 64. Ra5 Ke7
65. Ra1 Kf7 66. Ra4 {wie in der Partie}) 63... Ke7 64. Ra1 Kf7 65. Ra4 Ke7 66.
h4 Kf7 67. h5 Ke7 68. Re4+ {[%csl Ga6,Rf6][%cal Re4e6]} 1-0

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.02.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Ne7 $5 {Old? but not so bad move , nowadays cautious} (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 {
is more popular, but move in the game has also some advantages.}) 9. Qxg7 Rg8
10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Kd1 $5 (11. Ne2 Nbc6 12. Qh5+ Kd8 $5 {aldo leads to very
complicated game.}) 11... Bd7 {[%cal Gd7a4]} 12. Qh5+ Kd8 13. Nf3 ({White
could try to avoid complexities of this line and steer the game into more
placid channels with} 13. Ne2 dxc3 14. Qf3 Nbc6 15. Qxc3 Nxe5 16. Qxc7+ Kxc7
17. Nd4 Ng4 18. Ke1 e5 $132 {0-1 Ernst,T-Brynell,S/SVE-ch Haninge 1997 (27)
but, Black has nothing to worry about in this endgame.}) (13. h4 Qxc3 14. Ra2
Nbc6 15. Rh3 Qc5 16. Nf3 d3 17. Bxd3 Qxf2 18. Ne1 Qd4 $36 {0-1 Gongora,
M-Arencibia,W/CUB-ch Holguin 2002/The Week in Chess 387 (59)}) 13... Qxc3 14.
Ra2 (14. Rb1 Ba4 $40) 14... Nbc6 15. Rb2 Kc7 16. Rb5 $5 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Rc1b2]
White's main threat now is to catch black's queen} a6 $5 $146 {Interesting new
idea. Instead of} (16... Rh8 17. Qg5 $1 (17. Qxh8 $5 Rxh8 18. Bb2 Qxf3+ 19.
gxf3 {1-0 Tal,M-Botvinnik,M/Moscow mg#12 1961/ (41)} Rh4 $1 $44) 17... Rag8 18.
Qxg8 $1 Rxg8 19. Bb2 $14 {Berg prepared queen sacrifice.In return for the
queen, Black is getting R+N+P and attacking chances against white's exposed
king}) 17. Bb2 axb5 $1 18. Bxc3 dxc3 $44 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Ga8a3] The future of
this variation depends upon the evaluation of this position.} 19. Bxb5 (19. Qh6
Rxa3 20. Qe3 Ra1+ 21. Ke2 b4 $36) 19... Rxa3 20. Ke2 Rxg2 (20... Nxe5 21. Nxe5
Bxb5+ 22. Kf3 $13) 21. Rb1 Ra2 {[%csl Rc2]} 22. Kf1 Rg4 23. Bd3 Rb2 $6 (23...
Ng6 $142 $36 {[%cal Gg6e5,Gg6f4] and I would prefer black's position.}) 24. Rc1
Nb4 $6 {This rather mechanical move is not the most accurate. After} ({It is
not easy to assess positions arising after} 24... Ng6 $5 $132) 25. Qh6 $1 Nxd3
$2 ({The lesser evil for Black was} 25... Nec6 $5 26. h3 Rg8 $13) 26. cxd3 d4
27. h3 {[%csl Rd4] I just can't beleive, that Black missed this simple move.}
Ng8 (27... Rg6 28. Qf8) (27... Rg8 28. Nxd4) 28. Qf8 $18 Rf4 29. Qd6+ (29. Nxd4
$5 Rxd4 (29... Rbxf2+ 30. Kg1 $18) (29... Rfxf2+ 30. Ke1 $18) 30. Qc5+ $18)
29... Kd8 30. Kg2 $1 {[%cal Gg2g3]} (30. Qf8+ Be8 31. Ra1 Ne7 32. Ra8+ Nc8)
30... Ne7 31. Ra1 $6 {Strange move, after simple} (31. Kg3 Rxf3+ 32. Kxf3 $18 {
Black could just resign.}) 31... Nc8 32. Qf8+ $2 {Quite bad move, this
position requires more active decisions. After} (32. Ra8 c2 $140 33. Qf8+ Be8 (
33... Kc7 34. Rxc8+ $1) 34. Rxc8+ Kxc8 35. Qxe8+ Kc7 36. Qe7+ $18 {White still
could win game without big fight.}) 32... Kc7 33. Kg3 Rxf3+ $8 34. Kxf3 Rd2 35.
Ra8 {White missed a very good oportunity to get a big advantage} (35. Qc5+ $142
$1 Bc6+ 36. Kf4 Rxd3 37. Ra8 {[%cal Rc5f8]}) 35... Rxd3+ 36. Kf4 Rxh3 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] Berg forgot about white's main threat.} ({In the case of correct} 
36... b6 $1 37. Qb4 Kb7 $132 {black's position will be not bad at all.}) 37.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 38. Qd6# 1-0

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.02.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. d4 Bd6 7. Bf4 Bxf4 8.
gxf4 O-O 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Rc1 c5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd7
Qxd7 15. dxc5 Nxf4 16. c6 Qc7 17. e3 Ng6 18. Nf3 Rfd8 19. Qc3 Rd5 20. b4 Rad8
21. Ke2 R8d6 22. a4 a6 23. Rhg1 e5 24. h4 Rf6 25. Qc4 Ne7 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5
e4 28. Qxe4 Rdf5 29. Qxe7 Qxe7 30. c7 Rxf3 31. c8=Q+ Qf8 32. Rg2 g6 33. h5 Qxc8
34. Rxc8+ Kg7 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Rc2 R3f5 37. Rb2 Rc5 38. Rg4 Rff5 39. Rgb4 Rh5
40. Kd3 Rhd5+ 41. Ke2 Kf8 42. Kf3 Ke7 43. Ke2 Ke6 44. Re4+ Re5 45. Reb4 g5 46.
Kf3 Kf5 47. e4+ Ke6 48. Kg4 Kf6 49. Rd2 Ke7 50. Rdb2 Ke6 51. f3 f5+ 52. exf5+
Rxf5 53. Rh2 Rxb5 54. Rh6+ Kf7 55. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.02.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Paschall, William M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. Nc3
Bxe2 9. Nxe2 Ne7 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nf4 h5 12. Qd3 g6 13. Bd2 Nf5 14. Rfc1 Be7 15.
Rc2 Rd8 16. Ne2 Nb8 17. Ng3 Qa6 18. Qb3 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Nc6 20. Rf1 Rd7 21. Be3
Qb6 22. Qd3 Nb4 23. Rc8+ Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Qd2 Nc6 26. h3 Rh7 27. b3 Qa5
28. Qf2 Qc3 29. Rd1 Rh8 30. Ne1 Be7 31. Rc1 Qa5 32. Nd3 Qb5 33. Ne1 Rf8 34. Nf3
Qd3 35. Bh6 Rh8 36. Bg5 Bxg5 37. Nxg5 Rf8 38. Kh2 Qf5 39. Qd2 Rh8 40. Kg1 $1 {
[%csl Rf5][%cal Gc1f1,Gf1f5] An excellent move! White is threatening 41.Rf1,
winning the queen.} f6 {The only way to save the queen. Yet, the text move
allows White to realize a nice combination.} 41. exf6 Qxf6 {[%tqu "En",
"Black's king has got stuck in the centre - how to exploit this?","Use the
weakness of the e-file.","Use your knight for the decisive strike!","g5e6",
"This powerful blow spells a quick end for Black.",4]} 42. Nxe6 $1 {[%csl Re8,
Rf6][%cal Gc1e1,Ge1e8] Now Black is defenseless.} Kd7 {The only move. White
was threatening 43.Rf1 Qe7 44.Re1, winning the queen.} ({The knight is
invulnerable:} 42... Qxe6 43. Re1 {, winning.}) 43. Nc5+ $1 {The strongest
continuation.} Kc8 (43... Kc7 {is also strongly met by} 44. b4) 44. b4 $1 {
[%csl Rc6,Rc8][%cal Gc1c8] This eficient pawn advancement yields White a
decisive initiative.} b5 {White was threatening 45.b5.} 45. a4 $1 Kd8 (45...
bxa4 {loses after} 46. b5 Qxd4+ 47. Qxd4 Nxd4 48. Ne6+) 46. Kh2 $1 Re8 (46...
Nxd4 {falls short of} 47. Qxd4 Qxd4 48. Ne6+) 47. axb5 Ne7 (47... Qxd4 {
fails to} 48. Qg5+) 48. Ra1 Nf5 49. Qf4 Qb6 50. Ra6 $1 Qxb5 51. Rxa7 {Now mate
is inevitable.} Re7 52. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.02.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mulyar, Michael A"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qf3 Nbd7 8.
Be2 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Qg3 Qd8 14. Bd2 Ne5
15. Kb1 O-O 16. h4 Nfd7 17. Bg5 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nb6 19. Bc1 Na4 20. Ne2 Qc7 21.
f4 Nd7 22. Qe3 Bf6 23. Bd2 Rc8 24. g4 d5 25. e5 Be7 26. Bc1 d4 27. cxd4 Bxh1
28. Rxh1 b4 29. Qe4 g6 30. Ka2 bxa3 31. f5 Rb8 32. c4 Ndc5 33. dxc5 Nxc5 34.
Qf3 Qxe5 35. Bxa3 Nxd3 36. Qxd3 Bxa3 37. Nc3 Qa5 38. Qc2 Rb2+ 39. Qxb2 Bxb2+
40. Kxb2 Qb4+ 0-1

[Event "Bermuda op"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "2003.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Miller, Bruce T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2003.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Na3
Nf5 9. Nc2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd3 Kh8 12. g4 Nfxd4 13. Nfxd4 Nxd4 14. Be3 Bc5
15. b4 Bxb4 16. Nxd4 Bc5 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Qc2 b6 19. Nb3 Bb7 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21.
Qxc5 Qd7 22. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Bermuda op"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "2003.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beckwith, Paul H"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. c4 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nbc3 Nf6 6. dxc5 dxc5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.
Be3 Nbd7 9. O-O-O b6 10. f3 Ne8 11. g3 e6 12. Bh3 Ke7 13. Rhf1 Bb7 14. f4 Nd6
15. f5 Nxc4 16. fxe6 Nde5 17. Rd7+ Nxd7 18. Rxf7+ Kd6 19. Rxd7+ Kc6 20. Rxg7
Nxe3 21. Nd5 Ba6 22. Nec3 Nxd5 23. exd5+ Kd6 24. Rd7+ Ke5 25. Kd2 b5 26. Ke3 b4
27. Ne4 Bb5 28. Rc7 Bc4 29. Ng5 Rhf8 30. Rxc5 Rfc8 31. Nf7+ Kf6 32. Rxc8 Rxc8
33. Nd6 Rd8 34. Nxc4 Rxd5 35. Ke4 Rh5 0-1

[Event "Bermuda op"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "2003.02.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2003.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 Nh5 13. c5 Kh8 14. Bc4 Nf4 15. Ne6
Bxe6 16. dxe6 fxe4 17. fxe4 Nc6 18. Be3 Nd4 19. g3 Nfxe6 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. cxd6
cxd6 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nxd6 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Nxb7 Qb6 26. Nc5 d3 27. e5 Qxb4
28. Nxd3 Qd4+ 29. Kh1 Qd5+ 30. Kg1 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Qd5+ 32. Kg1 Rad8 33. Nf2 Qa5
34. Qg4 Bxe5 35. Rad1 Qc5 36. Rf1 Rxd1 37. Qxd1 Bd4 38. Qd2 Be3 39. Qe2 h5 40.
h4 Kh7 41. Kg2 Qd5+ 42. Kh2 Bc5 43. Rd1 Rxf2+ 44. Qxf2 Qxd1 45. Qxc5 Qe2+ 46.
Kg1 Qxa2 47. Qe7+ Kg8 48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. Qe5+ Kf7 50. Qf4+ Kg8 51. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda op"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "2003.02.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2003.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 b5 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 g6 9. a4 b4 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. Qxb4 Rb8 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. Qc3 Bxd5
15. Bxd5 Rg8 16. O-O Bg7 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qb6 19. Qf4 e6 20. Rfe1 Ke7 21.
Bb3 g5 22. Qg3 Rg6 23. Re3 h6 24. Rd1 Ne5 25. Re4 Qc5 26. Red4 Rd8 27. h3 f5
28. Qe3 Nc6 29. Rc4 Qxe3 30. fxe3 Kd7 31. a5 Ne5 32. Rb4 Kc7 33. Rb6 f4 34.
Rxa6 fxe3 35. Re1 g4 36. h4 Nf3+ 37. gxf3 gxf3+ 38. Kf1 e2+ 39. Rxe2 fxe2+ 40.
Kxe2 Kb7 41. Rb6+ Ka7 42. Bc4 Rg4 43. Bd3 e5 44. b4 d5 45. Kd2 e4 46. Be2 Rg2
47. Re6 Rf8 48. b5 Rff2 49. b6+ Kb8 50. a6 Rxe2+ 51. Kd1 Rd2+ 52. Ke1 Rge2+ 53.
Kf1 Rf2+ 54. Ke1 Rfe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda op"]
[Site "Southampton"]
[Date "2003.02.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2003.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 e5 11. Ne1 Ne8 12. g4 Ng6 13. Ng2 h6 14. Qf3 Nh4 15.
Qg3 Nxg2 16. Kxg2 g5 17. Rh1 Ng7 18. h4 f6 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Qf3 Kf7 21. Bxg5
Bxg4 22. Qxg4 fxg5 23. Rh6 Qe7 24. Rah1 Ke8 25. f3 Kd8 26. Rg6 Ne8 27. Qxg5
Qxg5+ 28. Rxg5 Rc8 29. Kf2 Rc7 30. Bf1 Rcf7 31. Rg3 Nf6 32. Ke3 Nd7 33. Bg2 Nb6
34. Kd3 Na4 35. Kc2 Nb6 36. Kd3 Na4 37. Rb1 Kc7 38. Rb3 a6 39. Ke3 Nb6 40. Bf1
Rh8 41. Rb2 Na4 42. Rc2 Rh1 43. Kf2 Rh2+ 44. Rg2 Rh3 45. Be2 Rh1 46. Ke3 Rb1
47. Rf2 Re1 48. Rf1 Rxf1 49. Bxf1 Rh7 50. Kd3 Rh1 51. Rf2 Rg1 52. Kc2 Nb6 53.
f4 exf4 54. Rxf4 Rg7 55. e5 dxe5 56. Rf6 Nc8 57. Re6 Rg5 58. Bh3 Rh5 59. Bg4
Rg5 60. Bh3 Rh5 61. Bg4 Rg5 62. Be2 Nd6 63. Re7+ Kd8 64. Rh7 Rg2 65. Kd1 Rg1+
66. Kc2 Rg2 67. Kd1 Rg1+ 68. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "2003.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bonin, Jay R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2003.02.15"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg4 6. d5 Ne5 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. gxf3
c6 9. Be3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. a3 Rfc8 13. b4 Qd8 14. c5 cxd5 15.
exd5 Qd7 16. f4 Neg4 17. c6 bxc6 18. dxc6 Qf5 19. Nd5 Qxd5 20. Bxg4 Qxd1 21.
Bxd1 Nd5 22. Bd2 Bb2 23. Rc2 Bxa3 24. Bf3 a5 25. Bxd5 axb4 26. Be3 e6 27. Bb3
Ra6 28. c7 Kf8 1-0

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "2003.02.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schneider, Igor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2237"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2003.02.15"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. f3
e6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. O-O Nc5 11. Qe1 Be7 12. Rd1 Nfd7 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Qc7
15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Ba2 O-O 17. Ne2 Bf6 18. c3 a5 19. Bd4 Be5 20. Nc1 Rfd8 21.
Rf2 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Qb6 23. Rd1 Na4 24. Rdd2 Bc6 25. Qd1 Rab8 26. Bb3 Nc5 27. Bc2
Bxe4 28. fxe4 Nxe4 29. Bb1 Nxf2 30. Rxf2 f5 31. Ba2 d5 32. Nd3 Qd6 33. Qe2 Rb6
34. Qe3 d4 35. cxd4 Qxd4 36. Bxe6+ Kh8 37. Qxd4 Rxd4 38. Rxf5 g6 39. Rd5 Rxd3
40. Rxd3 Rxe6 41. Rd5 Ra6 42. Rd7 Kg8 43. Rb7 h6 44. h4 Kf8 45. Kh2 a4 46. Kh3
Ke8 47. Kg4 Kd8 48. g3 Kc8 49. Rh7 a3 50. bxa3 h5+ 51. Kg5 Rxa3 52. Kxg6 Rxg3+
53. Kxh5 Kd8 54. Rf7 Ke8 55. Rf5 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.02.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Henriksen, Geir Ivar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. f3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 e6
9. Qd2 exd5 10. cxd5 Re8 11. Nge2 h5 12. Nc1 Na6 13. Be2 Nc7 14. O-O a6 15. a4
Rb8 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. Nd3 Bb5 20. Nxb5 Rxb5 21. Ra4 Ncxd5
22. exd5 Qe7 23. Nxc5 Qxe3 24. Qxe3 Rxe3 25. Bxb5 dxc5 26. Bc4 Nd7 27. b3 Nb8
28. Rb1 Bc3 29. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ahmed, Esam Aly"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2003.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5
15. Qh5 Qe7 16. Rg1 Bf6 17. fxe6 g6 18. exf7+ Nxf7 19. Qd5 Bb7 20. Qb3 Bxd4 21.
Rxd4 O-O 22. Bh3 Kg7 23. Rgd1 Ng5 24. Bg2 Rad8 25. Qb4 Rf2 26. R4d2 Rxd2 27.
Rxd2 Qe5 28. a4 Bc6 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qd4 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Ne6 32. Rb4 Rf8 33.
Nxb5 Rf2 34. Na7 Be8 35. Bh3 Nc5 36. Nc8 Rxh2 37. Nxd6 Bf7 38. Nxf7 Kxf7 39.
Bc8 Re2 40. Rc4 Nxe4 41. Rc7+ Kg8 42. b4 Nd6 43. Ba6 Re4 44. c3 g5 45. Bd3 Re1+
46. Kc2 g4 47. Rxh7 Nf7 48. Rh2 Ne5 49. Rg2 Ra1 50. Be2 Ra7 51. Kb3 Rg7 52. Rg3
Kf7 53. b5 Ke6 54. c4 Kf5 55. c5 Kf4 56. Rg1 g3 57. Kb4 Ke3 58. Rg2 Kd4 59. c6
Kd5 60. Ka5 Nxc6+ 61. bxc6 Kxc6 62. Bf3+ Kc5 63. Ka4 Kc4 64. Ka5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Collins, Sam E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3
a5 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Ne5 Nf8 13. f4 N6d7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Kh1 f6 16. Nf3 Qb4 17. Rfe1 b6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Bb7 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. Qxb4
axb4 22. Nd6 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Ba6 24. Be4 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5
15. Qh5 Qe7 16. Nxe6 g6 17. Qxg5 fxe6 18. f6 Qd8 19. Bh3 O-O 20. Rhf1 Ra7 21.
Rf2 Raf7 22. Rdf1 Qb6 23. Nd1 h6 24. Qd2 Kh7 25. Ne3 h5 26. Ng2 Nd7 27. Bxe6
Rxf6 28. Nf4 Ne5 29. Bxc8 Nc4 30. Qe1 Rxc8 31. Nd5 Rxf2 32. Rxf2 Qd4 33. c3
Qd3+ 34. Ka1 Ne5 35. a3 Kg7 36. Nf4 Qc4 37. Rg2 Kh7 38. Qh4 Rf8 39. Rxg6 Nxg6
40. Qxh5+ Kg7 41. Qxg6+ Kh8 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Qg6+ Kh8 44. Qh6+ Kg8 45. Qg5+ Kf7
46. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fernandez Romero, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 axb4 11. Bxb4 Nd7 12. Bd3 h6 13. a4 f5 14. Nd2 f4 15. Nb3
f3 16. g3 Nf6 17. Nd2 Qd7 18. Nxf3 Qh3 19. Re1 Ng4 20. Bf1 Qh5 21. h3 c5 22.
Ba3 g5 23. Nh2 Rxf2 24. Bg2 Ne3 25. Rxe3 Rxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Qxh3+ 27. Kg1 g4 28.
Bxc5 dxc5 29. d6 Ng6 30. d7 Bxd7 31. Qxd7 Nh4 32. Qd2 Rf8 33. gxh4 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Labib, Ibrahim Hasan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d4
b5 9. Bc2 O-O 10. e5 Ne8 11. Bg5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nc7 13. Qe4 Rb8 14. Qh4 Re8 15.
Nbd2 Ne6 16. Rfe1 Nxg5 17. Nxg5 Nf8 18. Ndf3 h6 19. e6 Nxe6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21.
Bxg6 Bd5 22. Be4 e6 23. Qg3 b4 24. c4 Bxc4 25. Ne5 Bb5 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. Qg6+
Kf8 28. Re3 Bd4 29. Rf3+ Ke7 30. Rf7+ Kd6 31. Qxh6 Re7 32. Qf4+ Kd7 33. Rxe7+
Kxe7 34. Re1 Qd6 35. Qh4+ Kd7 36. Qh7+ Qe7 37. Qh5 Rh8 38. Qg4 Qh4 39. Bc6+
Bxc6 0-1

[Event "Linares Anibal op 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2003.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. Rc1 h6 12. Bf4 Ne4 13. Qc2 Nxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 e6
9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. a4 dxc4 11. axb5 axb5 12. bxc4 b4 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Qa4 Qb7 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. fxe4 c5 17. Rg1 Be7 18. Rxg7 Bf6 19. Rg3 b3 20. Bd3 b2 21. Qb5
Qxb5 22. cxb5 cxd4 23. exd4 Bxd4 24. Bb1 Ke7 25. Bc3 Bxc3+ 26. Rxc3 Rg8 27. Kf1
Nb6 28. Rc2 Na4 29. Rc4 Ra8 30. e5 Nb6 31. Re4 Ra1 32. Re1 h6 33. Ke2 Nc4 34.
Kd3 Na3 35. Kc3 Rxb1 36. Rxb1 Nxb1+ 37. Kxb2 Nd2 38. f4 Nc4+ 39. Kc3 Nb6 40.
Kd4 Kd7 41. h4 h5 42. Ke4 Kc7 43. f5 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Linares Anibal op 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2003.03.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2003.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 b6 11. bxa5 Nh5 12. Re1 f5 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Bd3 Bh6 15. Nb3
Kh8 16. f3 bxa5 17. Nd2 c5 18. Nb5 a4 19. Bb2 f4 20. Nf1 g5 21. g4 Ng6 22. Nd2
Rf7 23. Kf2 Bf8 24. h3 h5 25. Rh1 Rh7 26. Be2 Be7 27. Qc2 Kg7 28. Rhg1 hxg4 29.
hxg4 Rh2+ 30. Ke1 Qh8 31. Qd3 Qh4+ 32. Kd1 Qf2 33. Rf1 Qg2 34. Re1 Nh4 35. Na3
Bd7 36. Rb1 Rh8 37. Bc3 Bc8 38. Rb8 Qf2 39. Rf1 Qg3 40. Kc1 Nxg4 41. fxg4 Rxe2
42. Qxe2 Bxg4 43. Nf3 Rxb8 44. Be1 Bxf3 45. Qd3 Be2 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 14-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Catta Preta, Daniel Martins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A99"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2134"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. b3 Qe8 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. Ng5 Bd8 10. d5 e5 11. Ne6 Rf7 12. Nb5 Nf8 13. Ng5 Re7 14. a4 h6 15. Nf3
Qh5 16. c5 dxc5 17. d6 Rd7 18. Nxe5 Rxd6 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Qxd6 Be6 21. Bxb7
Ne4 22. Qd3 Rb8 23. Bd5 g5 24. Bxe6+ Nxe6 25. Qc4 Rb6 26. a5 Rd6 27. f3 Bf6 28.
fxe4 Bxe5 29. exf5 Qh3 30. fxe6 Bxg3 31. e7+ Re6 32. e8=Q+ Kg7 33. Bb2+ 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 14-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tratar, Marko"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "257"]
[EventDate "2003.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 c5 13. Qe2 e6 14. Rfd1 Re8 15.
Rac1 cxd4 16. exd4 Nh5 17. g3 dxc4 18. bxc4 Qc7 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qc5 21.
Kg2 Red8 22. Qe4 Bh6 23. f4 Qa5 24. a3 Rd7 25. Be2 Rcd8 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Rd1
Rd2 28. Bc1 Ra2 29. Kf3 Bf8 30. g4 Ng7 31. Qxb7 Qc3+ 32. Be3 Rxa3 33. Qb6 Rb3
34. Qd4 Qxd4 35. Rxd4 a5 36. Rd8 a4 37. Ke4 Ne8 38. Rxe8 Kg7 39. Ra8 a3 40. c5
Rc3 41. Bd3 Bxc5 42. Bxc5 Rxc5 43. Rxa3 Rc1 44. g5 Rh1 45. Be2 Re1 46. Kf3 Rh1
47. Kg2 Rb1 48. Ra7 Rb2 49. Kf2 Rc2 50. Ke3 Rc3+ 51. Bd3 Rb3 52. h4 Rb2 53. Kf3
Rb3 54. Ke4 Rb4+ 55. Ke3 Rb2 56. Bc4 Kg8 57. Ra8+ Kg7 58. Ra7 Kg8 59. Be2 Rb3+
60. Kf2 Rb2 61. Ke3 Rb3+ 62. Bd3 Kg7 63. Ra1 Rb2 64. Rh1 h5 65. gxh6+ Kxh6 66.
h5 gxh5 67. Be2 Rb3+ 68. Ke4 Rb4+ 69. Ke3 Rb3+ 70. Kf2 f6 71. exf6 Kg6 72. Rxh5
Kxf6 73. Re5 Rb4 74. Kg3 Rb3+ 75. Bf3 Ra3 76. Re1 Rb3 77. Kf2 Rb2+ 78. Kg3 Rb3
79. Kg4 Ra3 80. Rb1 Ra6 81. Rb5 Ra1 82. Be2 Rg1+ 83. Kf3 Rc1 84. Bd3 Rc3 85.
Ke4 Rc1 86. Ra5 Re1+ 87. Kd4 Rd1 88. Rh5 Ke7 89. Rh3 Kf6 90. Rh6+ Ke7 91. Ke4
Re1+ 92. Kf3 Rc1 93. Ba6 Rc3+ 94. Ke4 Rc1 95. Bb5 Re1+ 96. Kd4 Rd1+ 97. Bd3 Kf7
98. Rh5 Kf6 99. Re5 Kf7 100. Ke3 Rc1 101. Kd2 Rc6 102. Bc2 Rb6 103. Kc3 Rc6+
104. Kd3 Rd6+ 105. Ke3 Rc6 106. Be4 Rb6 107. Bd3 Rb3 108. Re4 Ra3 109. Kd2 Ra2+
110. Ke3 Ra3 111. Kd4 Kf6 112. Bc4 Ra4 113. Re5 Rb4 114. Kc5 Ra4 115. Kd4 Rb4
116. Rxe6+ Kf5 117. Rd6 Ra4 118. Kc5 Kxf4 119. Kd4 Kf5 120. Rd5+ Kf6 121. Kd3
Ra1 122. Ke3 Rc1 123. Bd3 Re1+ 124. Kd4 Re7 125. Rf5+ Ke6 126. Re5+ Kf6 127.
Rh5 Rd7+ 128. Ke3 Ke6 129. Bf5+ 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 14-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Arias Torio, Sergio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 Bxg5 7. hxg5 Qxg5 8.
Nh3 Qd8 9. Qg4 g6 10. Ng5 Nf8 11. O-O-O a6 12. Bd3 Qe7 13. Rh3 Nc6 14. Rf3 Nd8
15. Rh1 c6 16. Rh6 Kd7 17. Rf6 Kc7 18. Qf4 Bd7 19. Nxf7 Nxf7 20. Rxf7 Qb4 21.
a3 Qa5 22. Qf6 Rg8 23. Qe7 Rd8 24. a4 Kc8 25. b4 Qc7 26. a5 Re8 27. Qc5 Kb8 28.
Na4 Qd8 29. g4 Qg5+ 30. f4 Qxh6 31. Bxa6 Bc8 32. Bxb7 Rg7 33. a6 Rxf7 34. a7+
Kxb7 35. Qb6+ Ka8 36. Qb8# 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 14-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pettersson, Tobias"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 e6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bd7 11. Rc1 b5 12. Bd3 Qa5 13. Bb1 Rac8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 b4 16. Ne2 Bb5 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Qd2 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. a3 f6 21. Bg3
Qa4 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 bxa3 24. bxa3 Qxa3 25. Qc2 Bd3 26. Qc6 Kf7 27. d5
exd5 28. Qxd5+ Kg6 29. Qc6 Qc5 30. Qe8+ Kh6 31. Nb3 Bb5 32. Qb8 Qd5 33. Nd4 Bd7
34. Qc7 a5 35. h4 a4 36. Bf4+ Kg6 37. g4 a3 38. h5+ Kf7 39. g5 a2 40. g6+ hxg6
41. hxg6+ Kxg6 42. Qa7 Bc5 43. Kh2 Bxa7 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 14-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nh5 8. Bg5
f6 9. Be3 Nf4 10. c5 Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 exd4 12. Nxd4 dxc5 13. Qc4+ Rf7 14. Qxc5 c6
15. Rfd1 Qe8 16. Rac1 Bf8 17. Qc4 Bd7 18. Qb3 b5 19. a4 b4 20. Nce2 a5 21. Nf4
Na6 22. Nde6 c5 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Rd1 Qc6 25. Qc4 Kh8 26. Nd8 Rd7 27. Nf7+ Kg7
28. Ne6+ Qxe6 29. Rxd7 Qxc4 30. Ne5+ Kg8 31. Nxc4 Re8 32. f3 f5 33. e5 Nb8 34.
Rc7 Na6 35. Rb7 Re7 36. Rb6 Ra7 37. Rc6 b3 38. e6 Be7 39. Bh6 Ra8 40. Nb6 Rd8
41. Nc8 Nb4 42. Nxe7+ 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 14-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Galego, Luis"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. O-O
Be7 9. f4 Qc7 10. f5 Bc4 11. Kh1 b5 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Rad1 Rac8 15.
a3 Rfe8 16. g4 h6 17. Be3 Nh7 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Rf2 Ndf6 20. Rfd2 Ng5 21. Bxg5
hxg5 22. Rd3 Bf8 23. Qg2 b4 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. Ra1 Rc6 26. Ra4 Qb8 27. h3 Rec8
28. Qd2 Rc4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Qe3 Qa8 31. Nd2 Rb4 32. b3 a5 33. Qxg5 d5 34.
Nxd5 Nxd5 35. exd5 e4 36. Rc3 Qxd5 37. Qe3 Rd4 38. Nf1 Rd1 39. Kg2 Bb4 40. Rc8+
Kh7 41. c3 Be7 42. Rc4 Ra1 43. Qxe4 Ra2+ 44. Kh1 Qd1 45. Kg1 Bd6 46. f6+ g6 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 14-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. dxc5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e3 e5 6. exd4 e4 7. d5 exf3 8. dxc6
Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bg4 10. Kc2 bxc6 11. Be3 Bf5+ 12. Kc1 Be4 13. gxf3 Bxf3 14. Rg1
Nf6 15. Nd2 Bg4 16. Bg2 Bd7 17. b4 Ng4 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Rxg4 g6 20. Bd4 Rg8
21. Bf6 Be7 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. b5 f5 24. Rd4 Bg2 25. Kc2 Rgd8 26. Re1+ Kf6 27.
Nb3 a6 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. a4 Be4+ 30. Kc3 Rd3+ 31. Kb4 axb5 32. axb5 Ke7 33. c6
Kd6 34. Nc5 Rd4 35. Nb7+ Kc7 36. Kc5 Rd2 37. b6+ Kb8 38. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 14-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrey M"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2003.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4
Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nc3 c6 11. Nd4 cxd5 12. exd5 e6 13. Nb3 Nac4 14. dxe6 Bxe6
15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Nc5 Bf5 17. Nxb7 Rc8 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Bf4 Nxb2 20. Rxe8+
Rxe8 21. Nd6 Rd8 22. Nxf5 Bxc3 23. Ne7+ Kg7 24. Nc6 Rd7 25. Rc1 Bf6 26. Ne5 Re7
27. Nc6 Rd7 28. Ne5 Re7 29. Nc6 Re8 30. Nxa7 Nd3 31. Rd1 Nxf4 32. gxf4 Re2 33.
a3 Be7 34. Bf3 Ra2 35. Nc6 Bc5 36. Rf1 Rxa3 37. Kg2 Ra2 38. Ne5 Bd4 39. Nc6 Bc5
40. Ne5 Bd4 41. Nc6 Bf6 42. Re1 Rb2 43. Re2 Rb1 44. Ne5 Rb4 45. Re4 Rb1 46. Re2
Nc8 47. h3 Nd6 48. Bg4 h5 49. Bd7 Rb4 50. Kg3 Rd4 51. Bc6 Nf5+ 52. Kf3 Rd6 53.
Be4 Nd4+ 54. Ke3 Nxe2 55. Kxe2 Re6 56. Bd5 Re7 57. Kf3 Bxe5 58. Bc4 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 14-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Reinaldo Castineira, Roi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.03.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Qa5 9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. Nf3 f5 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Qh5 Nf5 13. g4 c4 14. Be2 Nd6 15.
Ne5 Ne4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Kxd2 c5 19. Qe5 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Qc7 21. Ke3
Bb7 22. f4 Re8 23. Qe5 Qb6+ 24. Kd2 Qf2 25. Raf1 Qc5 26. Rb1 Bc6 27. Qd4 Qxa3
28. Ra1 Qd6 29. Rhf1 e5 30. fxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxa7 Re4 32. Qg1 d4 33. Bxc4+ Kh8 34.
Rxf6 gxf6 35. Qf2 dxc3+ 36. Kxc3 Qe5+ 37. Kb3 Re3+ 38. Ka2 Re1 39. c3 Qxc3 40.
Rxh7+ Kxh7 41. Qf5+ Kg7 42. Qc8 Qxc4+ 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 15-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "K, Chris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. Bd3 b5 13. h3 h4 14. f4 Qc7 15. f5
Bc4 16. Bg5 b4 17. Ne2 a5 18. Ng1 a4 19. Nc1 Bxd3 20. cxd3 Nxe4 21. dxe4 Bxg5
22. Qxg5 Qc2+ 23. Ka1 a3 24. bxa3 bxa3 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 15-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Goldsby, AJ."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. O-O c5 10. e4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. Nf3 h6 14. Rd1 Qb6 15. e5
Nd5 16. Ne4 Be7 17. a4 b4 18. a5 Qa7 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. exd6 Qb8 21. Nd4 Qxd6
22. Nf5 Qf8 23. Bc4 N7f6 24. Bf4 g6 25. Nd6+ Kd7 26. Nxb7 Kc6 27. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 15-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bobras, Piotr"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Ne5 13. Qg3 O-O 14. Bh3 b4 15.
Nce2 Kh8 16. Nf4 Rg8 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Nfxe6 Bxe6 19. Nxe6 Qc4 20. Qb3 Qxe4 21.
Rhe1 Qg6 22. Kb1 a5 23. Nd4 Bf8 24. Qd5 Rc8 25. Nf5 Nxg4 26. Qe6 Nf2 27. Qxc8
Nxd1 28. Rxd1 Qh5 29. Ne3 Bh6 30. Qf5 Qe2 31. Qxf6+ Bg7 32. Qe6 Be5 33. Qh6 Rg6
34. Qf8+ Rg8 35. Qh6 Rg6 36. Qf8+ Rg8 37. Qh6 Bg7 38. Qf4 Re8 39. Bg4 Qxe3 40.
Qxe3 Rxe3 41. Rxd6 Be5 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. h3 a4 44. Rd3 Re1+ 45. Rd1 Re4 46. a3
bxa3 47. bxa3 Rc4 48. Re1 Rc5 49. Re4 h5 50. Bd7 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 15-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "EirikG"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nh5 8. Bg5
f6 9. Be3 Nf4 10. c5 Nxe2+ 11. Qxe2 exd4 12. Nxd4 dxc5 13. Qc4+ Rf7 14. Qxc5 b6
15. Qd5 Qxd5 16. exd5 f5 17. Ne6 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxe6 19. dxe6 Re7 20. Rfd1 Na6
21. Bg5 Rxe6 22. Rd7 Rae8 23. h4 Rd6 24. Rxd6 cxd6 25. Rd1 Re6 26. Bf4 Nc5 27.
Bxd6 Na4 28. c4 Nc3 29. Rd3 Nxa2 30. Ba3 Rc6 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Rd7+ Ke6 33. Rxa7
Rxc4 34. Rxh7 Kd5 35. Rd7+ Ke4 36. Rd6 b5 37. Rxg6 b4 38. Bb2 Nc3 39. g3 Kf3
40. Rd6 f4 41. Rd3+ Ke2 42. Rd8 Kf3 43. Rd3+ Kg4 44. Kf1 fxg3 45. fxg3 Ne4 46.
Be5 Rc5 47. Bf4 Rb5 48. Rd4 Kf3 49. Rd3+ Kg4 50. Rd4 Nxg3+ 51. Bxg3+ Kxg3 52.
Ke2 b3 53. Rd1 b2 54. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Internet Section 15-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kjartansson, David"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d3 Nh6 9. Kh1 f5 10. Qe1 O-O 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 e6 13. Bxh6 Bxh6 14. Rd1 Nd4
15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Ne2 Bg7 17. Qh4 Bxe5 18. Rde1 Bf6 19. Qh6 Rac8 20. Nf4 e5 21.
Nh3 Rxc2 22. Ng5 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 15-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Ng5 f6 8. Qf3 c6
9. Nge4 f5 10. e6 Bxe6 11. Ng5 Bc8 12. Bd2 g6 13. O-O-O Bg7 14. g3 h6 15. Nh3
Be6 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Bd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bg2 e6 20. Rhe1 Qe7 21. Qxd5
exd5 22. Bxd5 g5 23. Bd6 Qxe1 24. Rxe1+ Kd7 25. Bc5 Nc6 26. Re6 Rac8 27. Rd6+
Ke8 28. Bxc6+ Kf7 29. Bd5+ Ke8 30. Re6+ Kd7 31. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 15-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 a6 5. e3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. b3
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Ne5 Bh5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6
15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 c5 17. Rad1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Rfd8 19. Qe2 Bc5 20. g3 Rd7 21.
Nf3 Rad8 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Kg2 Qd3 25. Re1 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 Bb4 27.
Rc2 Rd3 28. c5 Rc3 29. Rxc3 Bxc3 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke2 Bb4 32. c6 bxc6 33. Nd4 c5
34. Nc2 Ba5 35. Kd3 Ke7 36. Kc4 Kd6 37. Ne3 Be1 38. f3 f5 39. Kd3 Bf2 40. Nc4+
Kd5 41. Nb6+ Kc6 42. Nc4 f6 43. Ke2 Bg1 44. h3 Bd4 45. Kd3 Bf2 46. g4 fxg4 47.
hxg4 Kd5 48. Nb6+ Kc6 49. Nc4 Bd4 50. Ke4 Kc7 51. f4 Kd7 52. f5 Bg1 53. Nb6+
Kd6 54. Nc4+ Kd7 55. Nb6+ Ke7 56. Nc8+ Kd8 57. Nb6 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Internet Section 15-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11. Bc2 e5 12. O-O Bb4 13. Bd2 O-O 14. b3 Ne8 15. bxc4
bxc4 16. Ba4 Qc7 17. Bc6 Rb8 18. Rb1 Bc5 19. Qe2 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 Nd6 21. Bxd7
Bxd7 22. Nxe5 Re8 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Be3 Qc7 25. Bf4 h6 26. e5 Qa5 27. Qc2 Nb5
28. Nxb5 axb5 29. h4 Bd4 30. d6 Bxe5 31. d7 Re6 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. Rd1 Qd8 34.
Qb2 Re7 35. Qxb5 c3 36. Qc6 c2 37. Qxc2 Rxd7 38. Rxd7 Qxd7 39. a4 Qd5 40. g3 g5
41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Qc1 Qa5 43. Qa1 Kh7 44. Qd4 Kg6 45. Kg2 Qa8+ 46. Kh2 Qa5 47.
Qe4+ f5 48. Qc6+ Kh5 49. Qe8+ Kh6 50. Qb5 Qe1 51. Qxf5 Qe2 52. a5 Qa2 53. Qf6+
Kh5 54. Kh3 g4+ 55. Kh2 Qd5 56. Qh4+ Kg6 57. Qxg4+ Kh6 58. a6 Qa5 59. Qe6+ Kg5
60. Qe5+ Kg4 61. Qxa5 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 15-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Porter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. Qa4 Qb6 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. a3 c5 14. O-O cxd4 15.
exd4 Rc7 16. axb4 Bxb4 17. Qxa7 Bxd2 18. Bxb7 Bxc1 19. Qa8+ Ke7 20. Qxh8 Bxb2
21. Ra8 Rxb7 22. Qxg7 Bxd4 23. Qxh7 Rb8 24. Rxb8 Qxb8 25. Qh4+ Bf6 26. Qa4 Nc5
27. Qa3 Bd4 28. h4 Qe5 29. g3 Kf8 30. Rd1 Kg7 31. Qf3 Ne4 32. Re1 Ng5 33. hxg5
Qxe1+ 34. Kg2 Qxf2+ 35. Qxf2 Bxf2 36. Kxf2 Kg6 37. Ke3 Kxg5 38. Kf3 f5 39. Kf2
Kg4 40. Kg2 e5 41. Kh2 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 15-B"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khmelevsky, Serguei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 axb5 6. e4 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 b4 8. Na3
d6 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. a4 bxa3 12. Rxa3 Rxa3 13. bxa3 g6 14. Qa4 Bg7
15. Bd3 O-O 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. O-O Ra8 18. Qc2 Ba6 19. a4 Qa7 20. Nc3 Nh5 21. Bg5
Ne5 22. Nxe5 c4+ 23. Kh1 cxd3 24. Nxd3 Rc8 25. Bd2 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 15-B"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Chernoff, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. d3 d5 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.
O-O Bg4 9. c4 O-O-O 10. Bg5 Qf5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Bxd8 Kxd8 13. h3 Bh5 14. cxd5
Bd6 15. Qe2 Rf8 16. Qe4 Qc8 17. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 15-B"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. c3 g6 8.
d4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. a4 b4 13. Nc4 f6 14. Bh4 Kh8 15.
d5 a5 16. cxb4 axb4 17. b3 Ba6 18. Rac1 Nb6 19. Bg3 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Nxc4 21. Qxc4
Qd7 22. Nd2 Bh6 23. f4 Bg7 24. h3 Rfd8 25. Kh2 f5 26. Nf3 Bf6 27. e5 dxe5 28.
fxe5 Bg7 29. d6 e6 30. Bh4 Re8 31. Qxc5 h6 32. Bf6 Rec8 33. Qxb4 g5 34. Qd2
Rcb8 35. Rc1 Rc8 36. Rd1 Kh7 37. Qe2 Rab8 38. Nxg5+ hxg5 39. Qh5+ Kg8 40. Qxg5
Rxb3 41. Bxg7 Rxh3+ 42. Kxh3 Qxg7 43. Qxg7+ Kxg7 44. d7 Rd8 45. a5 Kf7 46. a6
Ke7 47. a7 Rh8+ 48. Kg3 Rg8+ 49. Kf3 Rd8 50. Kf4 Kf7 51. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 15-B"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ashe, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O a4 10. Nxa4 Nxe4 11. Nb5 Ra6 12. c4 d6 13. Qe2 Be6 14. Rfd1 Nf6
15. Nc5 Ra8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bg5 Qc8 18. Re1 Ne5 19. f4 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Neg4 21.
Qxe6+ Kh8 22. h3 Nf2+ 23. Kh2 Nh5 24. Bxe7 Nxf4 25. Qe3 Qh5 26. Qxf2 Nxh3 27.
Qe2 Be5+ 28. g3 Bxg3+ 29. Kxg3 Qf5 30. Bxd6 Nf4 31. Qe5+ Qxe5 32. Bxe5+ Kg8 33.
c5+ 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 15-B"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schmidt, Raul"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2003.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. Bc4 Qd7 8.
Qb3 e6 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. N2f3 O-O 11. O-O Bxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Qb5
Qc7 15. Bg5 Ne4 16. Bd3 a6 17. Qb4 Nxg5 18. Qxg4 h6 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. Qe2 Rad8
21. Qc2 e5 22. Qb3 Qc7 23. Qc4 Qb6 24. Qb3 Qc7 25. Qc4 Qe7 26. a4 Rd6 27. Bc2
Rfd8 28. Rxd6 Qxd6 29. h4 Ne6 30. Qe4 g6 31. Re1 Qb6 32. Qxe5 Rd2 33. Re2 Rxe2
34. Qxe2 Qxb2 35. Qd3 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Qg3 a5 38. Bb3 Qxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Nc5
40. Bc2 Kf8 41. Kf4 Ke7 42. Ke5 Kd7 43. Kf6 Ke8 44. h5 gxh5 45. Kg7 Ne6+ 46.
Kxh6 h4 47. Be4 Nc5 48. Bc2 Ke7 49. Kg5 Ke6 50. Kxh4 Kd5 51. Kg5 Kc4 52. Kf6
Kxc3 53. Bd1 Kd2 54. Bf3 Ke1 55. Kxf7 Kxf2 56. Ke7 Ke3 57. Kd6 Nxa4 58. Bxb7
Nc3 59. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 16-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karvinen, Kimmo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Ne4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Bc2 Qxg2 11. Qf3 Qxf3 12. Nxf3 Be7 13. Rg1 g6 14. Nbd2 b6
15. b4 Nd7 16. Be4 Bb7 17. b5 Na5 18. Bh6 Bf6 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21. Ne4
Be7 22. Nd4 Ndc5 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Ke2 Bf6 25. Nc6 a6 26. c4 Ne4 27. Rgd1 axb5
28. cxb5 Nc3+ 29. Rxc3 Bxc3 30. Rd3 Bf6 31. Ra3 Kd7 32. Rd3+ Kc7 33. Bf4+ e5
34. Nxe5 Rhe8 35. Rd7+ Kb8 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 16-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Boysan, Hasan Ferit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2003.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. e5 h5 7. Bd3 Nh6 8. Be3 Bg4
9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e6 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. g4 h4 13. Rhf1 Qa5 14. f5 O-O-O 15.
fxg6 fxg6 16. Bxg6 b5 17. Kb1 b4 18. Ne2 Nb6 19. g5 Nf5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Qxf5+
Kb8 22. b3 Rhe8 23. Qg6 Re7 24. Nf4 c5 25. Ne6 Rd6 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 16-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tratar, Marko"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2003.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nb6 9. e3 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. e4 c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Qb3+ Kh8 15.
Be3 Na5 16. Qb4 Nc6 17. Qb3 Qe8 18. Bxb6 Be6 19. Nd5 axb6 20. Qxb6 Qf7 21. Rfd1
Ra4 22. Qe3 h6 23. a3 f5 24. Nc3 Rd4 25. Qe1 Rxe4 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Qxe4 Bf5
28. Qd5 Be6 29. Qe4 Bf5 30. Qd5 Qf6 31. Qd6 Be6 32. Rf1 Rd8 33. Qc5 e4 34. Nh4
g5 35. Bxe4 gxh4 36. Rad1 Nd4 37. Bxb7 Bh3 38. Rfe1 Rf8 39. Qxd4 Qxd4 40. Rxd4
Bxd4 41. Re2 Rb8 42. Bg2 Bf5 43. gxh4 Bxb2 44. h3 Bxa3 45. Re5 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 16-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Martin Del Campo C, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2003.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Nfd7 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nc6 10. d5 Na5 11. Be2 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 e5 13. g4 b6 14. h4 Nb7 15.
Bh6 Re8 16. Qd2 Nbc5 17. Qe3 Kh8 18. h5 Rg8 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. g5 Qe7 21. Bg4
Qf7 22. Rh4 Rge8 23. Ke2 a6 24. Rah1 Re7 25. R1h3 b5 26. Rf3 Qg8 27. Rf6 bxc4
28. Qf3 Rb8 29. Kf1 Nd3 30. Kg1 Nf4 31. Bxd7 Rxd7 32. Rhxf4 exf4 33. Rxf4 Re8
34. Qe3 Rf7 35. Qd4+ Re5 36. Rf6 Rxf6 37. gxf6 Qc8 38. Bf4 Qg4+ 39. Bg3 Kg8 40.
Qa7 Qxe4 41. Qb8+ Kf7 42. Qxc7+ Kxf6 43. Qxd6+ Kf5 44. Qd7+ Kg5 45. f4+ Kh6 46.
fxe5 Qe3+ 47. Kg2 Qe2+ 48. Bf2 Qe4+ 49. Kg1 Qxe5 50. Qh3+ Kg5 51. Bh4+ 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 16-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gavrilov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2003.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. h3 Bf5 8. Nf3 e6
9. a4 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O h6 13. a5 c5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nxd5
Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Be6 17. Qe4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Qc2 Bd5 20. Bb4 Ne4 21. Bxe7
Qxe7 22. Bf3 Raa8 23. Rac1 Rfe8 24. Rfd1 Rad8 25. Qc7 Rd7 26. Qf4 Qb4 27. Bxe4
Bxe4 28. Nf5 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qb3 30. Rd7 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 16-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 f6 12. Bd2 Nh6 13. c5 c6 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15.
Qa4 Nf7 16. Rfd1 Rb8 17. b4 f5 18. Be1 f4 19. Nd2 Ng5 20. h4 Nf7 21. f3 h6 22.
Nc4 Rb7 23. Nd6 Nxd6 24. Rxd6 Rc7 25. Rad1 g5 26. Qa5 Qf7 27. Rd8 g4 28. Rxf8+
Bxf8 29. Rd8 gxf3 30. gxf3 Qg6+ 31. Kf2 Rg7 32. Ke2 Be6 33. Qxa6 Qg2+ 34. Kd1
Qxf3+ 35. Kc2 Rg2+ 36. Bd2 Qh5 37. Qxc6 Qf7 38. Qd6 Rg6 39. Nd5 f3 40. h5 Bxd5
41. hxg6 Bxe4+ 42. Kb2 Qf5 43. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 16-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. g5
Nfd7 9. a3 Bb7 10. h4 Nb6 11. Qd2 N8d7 12. f4 Rc8 13. h5 Nc5 14. Bd3 d5 15.
O-O-O dxe4 16. Be2 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Kb1 Be7 19. f5 O-O 20. Rhg1 Qc7 21. f6
Bd6 22. fxg7 Rfd8 23. g6 Be5 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rdf1+ Kg8 26. Bh6 Bg3 27. Rf8+
Rxf8 28. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 29. Qg5+ Kf7 30. Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 16-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrey M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2003.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 a5 6. Bg5 e6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3
Bf5 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. h3 Na6 13. O-O O-O 14. f3 Nb4 15.
e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Bf4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. d5 Be5 19. Bc4 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Kg7 21. Qf3
Nc2 22. Rac1 Ne3 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. b3 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 Rad8 26. Ne2 Rd6 27. h4
Rfd8 28. Ng1 Qd4 29. h5 Rh8 30. g4 Qc3 31. Qg2 Qg3 32. Qxg3 Bxg3 33. Kg2 Be5
34. Nf3 Rd7 35. hxg6 fxg6 36. g5 Re8 37. gxf6+ Bxf6 38. Re1 Rde7 39. Bd3 Be5
40. Rc1 Rd8 41. Bb1 Rb8 42. Ba2 Rb4 43. Rxc6 Rxe4 44. Bb1 Rg4+ 45. Kf2 Rf7 46.
Ke3 Bf4+ 47. Ke2 Rf6 48. Rc4 Rg2+ 49. Kd3 Rd6+ 50. Kc3 Bd2+ 51. Nxd2 Rgxd2 52.
Be4 Re2 53. Bc2 Re3+ 54. Kb2 Re5 55. Rc7+ Kf6 56. Rc8 g5 57. Rg8 Rc5 58. Rf8+
Kg7 59. Rf2 g4 60. Rg2 Rg5 61. Rg3 Rd4 62. Kc3 Rf4 63. Bd1 Kg6 64. Kd3 Kh5 65.
Rg1 Kh4 66. Ke3 Rb4 67. Kf2 Rf5+ 68. Ke3 Re5+ 69. Kf2 Rf5+ 70. Ke3 g3 71. Rh1+
Kg5 72. Rh3 Rg4 73. Bxg4 Kxg4 74. Rh8 g2 75. Ke2 g1=Q 76. Rg8+ Rg5 77. Re8 Qd4
78. Rf8 Re5+ 79. Kf1 Qd1+ 80. Kg2 Re2+ 81. Rf2 Qe1 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 17-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Annaev, Bob"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2003.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. e3 e5 5. d3 g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nbd2 Nge7 8. a3
O-O 9. Be2 e4 10. Bxg7 exf3 11. Bxf8 fxe2 12. Qxe2 Qxf8 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nxd6 Qf6
15. O-O-O Qxd6 16. d4 cxd4 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. Qe3 Nec6 19. b4 f4 20. Qe8+ Kg7
21. Rhe1 Qf6 22. Rxd4 Qxd4 23. Re7+ Kh6 24. Qf8+ Kg5 25. h4+ Kg4 26. Re3 Qa1+
0-1

[Event "Internet Section 17-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aigner, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2166"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Nxe4 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd3 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Qc7 13. c3 Ba6 14. Re1
Rad8 15. Qf3 c5 16. Rad1 Bc4 17. b3 Be6 18. c4 h5 19. h3 Qa5 20. Qe2 Rd6 21.
Bg5 Qc7 22. Bf4 Bc8 23. Bxd6 exd6 24. Bd5 Bf5 25. Qe7 Qb6 26. Re2 Qa6 27. Bb7
Qa5 28. Qxd6 Bd4 29. Bd5 Qc3 30. Qf4 Kg7 31. Rde1 Bf6 32. Qc7 a5 33. Re3 Qd2
34. R3e2 Qc3 35. Qxc5 Bd4 36. Qc7 Bd3 37. Re8 Qd2 38. R8e3 Bxe3 39. Rxe3 Bf5
40. Re7 Kh6 41. Bxf7 Rc8 42. Qe5 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Qf1 44. Qf4+ Kg7 45. Bxg6+ Kxg6
46. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 17-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "SH"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "2003.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. g4
h6 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Rc8 15. axb4
Nxb3+ 16. Nxb3 Qxa4 17. Kb2 d5 18. c3 dxe4 19. Ra1 Qd7 20. Qxd7+ Nxd7 21. Na5
Bd5 22. Bxa6 Rb8 23. fxe4 Bxe4 24. Rhe1 Bd6 25. Ba7 Ra8 26. Rxe4 Rxa7 27. Nc4
Bg3 28. Re3 Bxh4 29. Nd6+ Kf8 30. Rf1 Bf6 31. Bc4 Ne5 32. Be2 Ke7 33. Rxe5 Kxd6
34. Rc5 Rha8 35. Rd1+ Ke7 36. Bc4 Rb8 37. b5 Bg5 38. Rc6 Be3 39. Kb3 Bb6 40.
Re1 Kf8 41. Rf1 Kg8 42. Rd1 g6 43. Rdd6 Bg1 44. Rd1 Be3 45. Rd3 Bf4 46. Rd4 g5
47. Bd3 Kg7 48. c4 Rba8 49. b6 Ra3+ 50. Kb4 R3a4+ 51. Kb3 Ra3+ 52. Kb4 Ra2 53.
Kb3 Be5 54. b7 R8a3+ 55. Kb4 Bxd4 56. b8=Q Rb2+ 57. Kxa3 Rxb8 58. Rc7 Be5 59.
Rd7 Rc8 60. Kb4 Rb8+ 61. Ka4 Ra8+ 62. Kb5 Rb8+ 63. Ka4 Bc3 64. c5 Rb4+ 65. Ka3
Rxg4 66. c6 Be5 67. c7 Bxc7 68. Rxc7 Rg3 69. Rd7 h5 70. Kb2 h4 71. Be4 Re3 72.
Bc6 g4 73. Kc2 Kg6 74. Kd2 Ra3 75. Ke2 f5 76. Rd8 Kf6 77. Rh8 h3 78. Kf2 f4 79.
Rh6+ Kf5 80. Rh5+ Kg6 81. Be8+ Kf6 82. Bc6 Rc3 83. Bb7 g3+ 84. Ke2 g2 85. Bxg2
hxg2 86. Kf2 Rc2+ 87. Kg1 f3 88. Rh3 Rc1+ 89. Kf2 Rf1+ 90. Ke3 g1=Q+ 91. Ke4
Qg4+ 92. Kd3 Rd1+ 93. Ke3 Qd4+ 94. Kxf3 Rd3+ 95. Ke2 Qe4+ 96. Kf2 Qf4+ 97. Ke2
Rd2+ 98. Ke1 Qf2# 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 17-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Andrews, Todd D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. e4 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Be6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Nd5 Nc5 12. f3 a5 13. Rb1 f5 14. Nf4 Bf7 15.
exf5 gxf5 16. b3 e5 17. Nd5 Kh8 18. f4 e4 19. Qd2 Rg8 20. Rfd1 Qh4 21. Bf2 Qh6
22. Nde3 Be6 23. Nd5 Rac8 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Bxd4+ 27. Qxd4+
Qg7 28. g3 Qxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Nd7 30. Bf1 Kg7 31. a4 Rc2 32. b4 axb4 33. Rdxb4 Nc5
34. Rb6 Rd8 35. a5 Ra2 36. Bh3 Kf6 37. R1b5 e3 38. Bf1 Ke7 39. Rb1 Rxa5 40. Re1
Ra3 41. Rc1 Rda8 42. Rbb1 Ra2 43. Re1 R2a3 44. Rb2 R8a7 45. Rbe2 Ne4 46. Rxe3
Rd3 47. Bxd3 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 17-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chen, De"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2003.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. e3 Nxf4 8. exf4
g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. g3 Re8 13. Rfe1 Nf8 14. Bd3 f6 15.
Re3 Bg4 16. Rae1 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 e5 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxe5 Bxe5 21.
Qg5 Ne6 22. Qg4 Nxc5 23. h4 Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Bc2 Qd7 26. Qf3+ Qf7 27. Qe3
Qe7 28. Qf3+ Qf6 29. Qg4 Ne6 30. Ne2 Nd4 31. Bd3 Nxe2+ 32. Bxe2 Bxb2 33. h5 Bd4
34. Bf3 Kg7 35. Kg2 Bc5 36. Qh3 Qb2 37. h6+ Kf6 38. Qg4 Qxf2+ 39. Kh3 Qf1+ 40.
Kh4 Qc1 41. Kh3 Qxh6+ 42. Kg2 Qd2+ 43. Kh3 Qe3 44. Qh4+ Kg7 45. Qg4 Qe7 46. Qc8
h5 47. Kg2 d4 48. g4 h4 49. Bd1 d3 50. Bb3 Qe4+ 51. Kh2 Qf4+ 52. Kg2 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Internet Section 17-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2003.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Bxc4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Ke2 Nc6 13. Nf3 Ke7 14. e5
Ba5 15. Ne4 Bc7 16. Bd3 Rhd8 17. a3 Be8 18. Nc5 Ra7 19. Be4 a5 20. Nd3 a4 21.
Rc4 Ra5 22. Rhc1 Bb8 23. Nc5 Rb5 24. R1c2 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Nd3 Bd6 27.
Rxa4 f5 28. Bf3 e5 29. g4 e4 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Rxe4+ Kf8 32. Rd4 Bg6 33. f4
Re8+ 34. Kf3 Bc5 35. Rxc5 Bxd3 36. Rxb5 Bxb5 37. a4 Bc6+ 38. Kf2 Re4 39. Rxe4
Bxe4 40. Ke3 Bc2 41. a5 Ke7 42. b4 Ba4 43. Kd4 Kd6 44. f5 h6 45. h4 Bd7 46. Ke4
Bc6+ 47. Kf4 Kd5 48. g5 hxg5+ 49. hxg5 Bd7 50. f6 gxf6 51. gxf6 Kd6 52. Ke4 Be8
53. Kd4 Kc6 54. a6 bxa6 55. Kc3 Bf7 56. Kb2 Kd5 57. Kb1 Ke5 58. Kb2 Kxf6 59.
Ka1 Ke5 60. Kb2 Kd4 61. Ka1 Kc3 62. Kb1 Bg6+ 63. Ka1 Bd3 64. Ka2 Bc2 65. Ka1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Internet Section 17-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2003.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. g4
h6 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Rc8 15. Qxb4
Qc7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Qa4+ Nd7 18. Ne2 c4 19. Bf4 Qc6 20. Kb2 Qxa4 21. bxa4 Be7
22. Be3 Ne5 23. Rh3 c3+ 24. Nxc3 Bxa3+ 25. Kb3 Be7 26. Bd4 Rb8 27. Ka2 Nc6 28.
Bxg7 Rg8 29. Bxh6 Bf6 30. f4 Nb4+ 31. Kb3 Nd5 32. Nb5 axb5 33. Bxb5+ Bc6 34.
exd5 Bxb5 35. axb5 Rxb5+ 36. Kc4 Rb2 37. Bg5 exd5+ 38. Kxd5 Bxg5 39. hxg5 Rxc2
40. Re3+ Kf8 41. Ke4 Kg7 42. Kf3 Rh8 43. f5 Rh3+ 44. Kf4 Rc4+ 45. Re4 Rcc3 46.
Rd7 Rhf3+ 47. Ke5 Rf1 48. g6 Rc5+ 49. Kd6 Rd1+ 50. Kxc5 Rxd7 51. gxf7 Kxf7 52.
g5 Rd1 53. Re5 Rg1 54. f6 Kg6 55. Kd6 Ra1 56. Rd5 Kf7 57. Rc5 Kg6 58. Ke6 Ra6+
59. Ke7 Ra7+ 60. Kd6 Ra1 61. Rc7 Rd1+ 62. Ke7 Re1+ 63. Kf8 Kxg5 64. f7 Kf6 65.
Rc6+ Kf5 66. Kg7 Rg1+ 67. Kh7 Rh1+ 68. Rh6 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 17-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Pupo, Emilio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2003.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f3 c6 13. Be3 f4 14. Bf2 Ne8 15. c5
Bf6 16. cxd6 Bxg5 17. dxe7 Bxe7 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. Rad1 Bh4 20. g3 Qg5 21. Kg2 Nf6
22. Rg1 fxg3 23. hxg3 Nh5 24. Kh2 Rf4 25. gxf4 Qxf4+ 26. Kg2 Qg5+ 27. Kh2 Qf4+
28. Kg2 Qg5+ 29. Kh1 Bg3 30. Bxg3 Nxg3+ 31. Rxg3 Qxg3 32. Bf1 Bh3 33. Ne2 Qh4
34. Bxh3 Qxh3+ 35. Kg1 Rf8 36. Rf1 Qh4 37. Qe3 g5 38. Qf2 Qh6 39. Ng3 cxd5 40.
Nf5 Qf6 41. Qxa7 g4 42. fxg4 Rg8 43. Rf2 Rxg4+ 44. Kf1 dxe4 45. Ne3 Rf4 46.
Qb8+ Kg7 47. Qxb7+ Kg6 48. Nd1 e3 49. Qg2+ Kf7 50. Nxe3 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 17-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2003.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nde2 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O Rfc8 12. Rb1 a6 13. a4 Qd8 14. Kh1 Nd7
15. Bg5 Qa5 16. Qd2 Qb4 17. b3 e6 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. Bf4 Nc5 20. Qc2 Ne5 21. Rfd1
Rd8 22. Bd2 Qb6 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Bd4 Rac8 25. Qd2 Bg7 26. Qe3 Re8 27. h3 f5 28.
Ng3 Nxc4 29. bxc4 f4 30. Qf2 fxg3 31. Qxg3 Be5 32. f4 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 e5 34. fxe5
dxe5 35. Rdd1 Qg7 36. Qh4 Qe7 37. Qh6 Qg7 38. Qh4 Qe7 39. Qg4 Qe6 40. Qg5 Kg7
41. Nd5 Rf8 42. Rf1 Rxf1+ 43. Rxf1 Nxe4 44. Qh4 Rxc4 45. Ne3 Rd4 46. Rc1 Nf6
47. Qg5 Rd7 48. Re1 e4 49. Rf1 h6 50. Qg3 Kh7 51. Qb8 Rf7 52. Rc1 g5 53. Rc8
Rd7 54. g4 h5 55. Rh8+ Kg6 56. Qf8 Nh7 57. Rg8+ Qxg8 58. Qxg8+ Kf6 59. gxh5 Ke5
60. Qg6 Rc7 61. Qf5+ Kd4 62. Ng4 Re7 63. Qf2+ e3 64. Qb2+ Kd3 65. Qb3+ Kd2 66.
Qb4+ Kd3 67. Qxe7 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 4th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2003.03.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bf4 d6 11. O-O-O e5 12. Nb5 exf4 13. Nxc5 bxc5 14. Nxd6+ Kf8
15. e5 Nd4 16. Rxd4 cxd4 17. Nxb7 Qe7 18. exf6 Qxb7 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. Qxf4 Rb8
21. b4 Re8 22. Bd3 a5 23. c5 Qe6 24. Qxd4 gxf6 25. Bc4 Qf5 26. Bd3 Qe6 27. Bc4
Qf5 28. Bd3 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 4th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.03.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. c3 d5 6. Bg2 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O
9. e5 b5 10. Be3 c4 11. d4 b4 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. g4 Qa5 14. Qc1 Rfb8 15. Bf2 Nc8
16. Bh4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Nb6 18. Rb1 Na4 19. Rxb8+ Rxb8 20. Nb1 Nb2 21. Bf6 Nd3
22. Qe3 Qxa2 23. Nbd2 Bh6 24. Ng5 Rb2 25. Rd1 Qa5 26. Qh3 Qxc3 27. Ndf3 Rxg2+
28. Qxg2 Nxd4 29. Rb1 Nxf4 30. Rb8+ Bf8 31. Nxh7 Nxf3+ 32. Qxf3 Qe1+ 33. Qf1
Qe3+ 34. Kh1 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 4th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2003.03.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2003.03.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Na6 7. e3 e6 8. Bxc4
Nb4 9. O-O a6 10. Bd2 Be7 11. Qe2 Bg6 12. Rfd1 c5 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. Nf3 Bxc5 15.
h3 O-O 16. e4 Rfd8 17. Bg5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Nd7 19. Bh4 Nc6 20. Bg3 Qxg3 21. Rxd7
Rb8 22. Kf1 Qf4 23. g3 Qf6 24. e5 Qf5 25. Kg2 Nb4 26. Nh4 Qh5 27. Nxg6 Qxe2 28.
Bxe2 hxg6 29. Ne4 Bf8 30. Ng5 Rc8 31. Rd6 Bxd6 32. exd6 Rd8 33. Ne4 f5 34. Nc5
Rxd6 35. Nxb7 Rd2 36. Bc4 Kf7 37. Nc5 Nd5 38. Bxa6 Rxb2 39. Bc8 Nc7 40. a5 Rb5
41. Nb7 Ke7 42. h4 Nd5 43. a6 Rb2 44. Nc5 Kd6 45. Nxe6 Ra2 46. Nxg7 Ke5 47. Bb7
Nc7 48. h5 gxh5 49. Nxh5 Nxa6 50. Nf4 Nc5 51. Bd5 Rd2 52. Bf3 Nd3 53. Nxd3+
Rxd3 54. Be2 Rd2 55. Kf3 Rb2 56. Ke3 Rb3+ 57. Bd3 Ra3 58. f4+ Kd5 59. Ke2 Kd4
60. Bxf5 Rxg3 61. Kf2 Ra3 62. Bh7 Ra7 63. Bg6 Ra6 64. f5 Rf6 65. Kg3 Rxf5 66.
Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters 52nd"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.04.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2003.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Qc2 e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Bg5 Qc8 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. Rac1
Re8 15. b3 Bf5 16. Qd2 Bg4 17. Qf4 f6 18. Bxf6 Rf8 19. Ne4 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 h6 21.
Rxc6 bxc6 22. Qe5 Rxf6 23. Nxf6+ Kf7 24. Bxc6 Bxf6 25. Qf4 Rb8 26. a4 g5 27.
Qe4 Qe6 28. Rd7+ Nxd7 29. Bd5 Qxd5 30. Qxd5+ Ke7 31. Qe4+ Kd8 32. b4 Be7 33. b5
Bc5 34. h4 Rb6 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Qa8+ Ke7 37. Qg8 Rf6 38. e3 Ne5 39. Qd5 Nf3+
40. Kg2 Bd6 41. Qb7 g4 42. a5 Rh6 43. b6 axb6 44. axb6 Rh2+ 45. Kf1 Rh1+ 46.
Ke2 Re1+ 47. Kd3 Rd1+ 48. Ke4 Kf6 49. Qd5 Ng5+ 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 52nd"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Schmaltz, Roland"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. Bf4 Qc8 12. Qd2 Ba6 13. O-O Rd8 14. Rfd1 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 Qa6 16. Qe3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nd7 18. h4 Qa4 19. h5 Bf8 20. h6 g6 21. e5
b5 22. Bg5 Re8 23. d5 exd5 24. Rxd5 Nb6 25. Rd4 Qc2 26. Rc1 Qf5 27. g4 Qe6 28.
Nd2 Rac8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Ne4 Qxg4+ 31. Kh2 Qe6 32. Qf4 Nc4 33. Bf6 Nb6 34.
Bd8 Rc4 35. Bxb6 Qxb6 36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. Rxc4 bxc4 38. Nd7 Bxh6 39. Qxh6 Qxf2+
40. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters 52nd"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. h4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. g3
b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Qb1 Nd7 11. O-O Qb6 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. a4 Nb6 14. Ne4 Nd5 15.
Nc5 e6 16. Bxd5 Bxc5 17. Bxe6 Bd6 18. Bh3 O-O 19. e4 h6 20. Bd2 c5 21. d5 f5
22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Qxb5 f4 25. Qxc4 Kh8 26. Be6 Bb7 27. Rb1 fxg3
28. fxg3 Bxg3 29. Rf1 Qe7 30. Rxf8+ Qxf8 31. Qf1 Qxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Bxh4 33. Be3
Be7 34. Kf2 Ba6 35. Bd7 Bc4 36. Bc6 Bd6 37. Kf3 g5 38. Kg4 Kg7 39. Kf5 Kf7 40.
Bd7 Ke7 41. Kg6 Kxd7 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods op 05th"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2003.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Ng4 13. Rac1 Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. Qd2 Rd8 16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Bf4 e5 19. Nd5 Qf7 20. Bg3 Bh6 21. Qa5
Be6 22. Rc3 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Be2 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Nf6 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. f3
Ke6 28. Rb3 b6 29. Bf2 Nd7 30. c5 d5 31. c6 Nf6 32. c7 Rdc8 33. Rxb6+ Kf7 34.
Rc6 a5 35. Bh4 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods op 05th"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2003.04.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2003.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. dxe5 Nh5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Rfd1 Be6
15. Nh2 Nb4 16. Nd5 Nc2 17. Rac1 Nd4 18. Kf1 Rd7 19. Bg4 Rad8 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21.
Ng4 Kh8 22. f3 h5 23. Nf2 Kh7 24. Ne3 Rd4 25. Ke2 h4 26. g4 Nf4+ 27. Kf1 c6 28.
Nh3 Bf6 29. b3 Rd3 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31. Re1 Rd2 32. Nxf4 exf4 33. Nf5 Bc3 34. Re2
Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Rh1 36. a3 f6 37. c5 Kh8 38. b4 Kg8 39. Rc2 h3 40. Rxc3 h2 41. Rd3
Ra1 42. Rd8+ Kf7 43. Nd6+ Ke7 44. Rh8 h1=Q 45. Rxh1 Rxh1 46. Nxb7 Ra1 47. Na5
Kd7 48. Nc4 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Chicago op 12th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2003.05.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Geist, Mark J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2003.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3
g6 9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. O-O c4 12. Be2 h6 13. Rfb1 O-O-O 14. a4 Rdf8 15.
h4 f5 16. exf6 e5 17. Qg3 Nf5 18. Qh2 g5 19. Nxe5 Nxh4 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. g3 Nf5
22. Qh3 Rh7 23. Bg4 Rxf6 24. Re1 h5 25. Re8+ Kc7 26. Bxf5 Qxf5 27. Qxf5 Rxf5
28. Rg8 g4 29. Bf4+ Kb6 30. Rc8 Rhf7 31. Kf1 Re7 32. Rh8 Ka6 33. Rh6 Ref7 34.
Re6 R7f6 35. Ree1 Rf7 36. Ke2 h4 37. Rh1 hxg3 38. fxg3 Re7+ 39. Kd2 Rf6 40. Rh5
Rfe6 41. Rxd5 Re2+ 42. Kc1 Rg2 43. Kb2 Ree2 44. Rc1 Na5 45. Rb5 Nb3 46. Rxb3
cxb3 47. Kxb3 Kb6 48. c4 Kc6 49. Kc3 Rxg3+ 50. Bxg3 Re3+ 51. Kb4 Rxg3 52. Rh1
Rh3 53. Rg1 g3 54. Rg2 Kd6 55. Kb5 Kc7 56. c5 Rh4 57. Kc4 Rg4 58. Kd5 b6 59.
cxb6+ axb6 60. c3 Rg5+ 61. Ke4 Ra5 62. Rxg3 Rxa4 1-0

[Event "New York Masters 60th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.06.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bonin, Jay R"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2003.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e4 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. Be3
Nge7 9. a4 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nb3 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. f4 Nb4 15.
Qf2 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bb6 Qb8 18. Nxb5 Ba6 19. c4 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Rc8 21. Rd2
Ra2 22. Rfd1 Bf8 23. Nc1 Ra1 24. Ne2 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rc2 26. Ba7 Qxb5 27. Nd4
Rxf2 28. Nxb5 Rxb2 29. Nxd6 Nec6 30. Bc5 e5 31. Bf1 exf4 32. gxf4 Rc2 33. Be3
g5 34. Ne8 gxf4 35. Nf6+ Kh8 36. Bxf4 Bc5+ 37. Kh1 Rf2 38. Nh5 Nc2 39. Bb5 N6d4
40. Be5+ Kg8 41. Nf6+ Kf8 42. Nd7+ Ke7 43. Nxc5 Nxb5 44. Rd7+ Ke8 45. Rb7 f6
46. Bg3 Rf1+ 47. Kg2 Ne3+ 48. Kh3 Nd4 49. Rxh7 Kf8 50. Rd7 Nf3 51. Bd6+ Kg8 52.
Ne6 Rg1 53. Bg3 Ra1 54. Rd3 Ng1+ 55. Kh4 Ng2+ 56. Kg4 Ra4 57. Kf5 Ra7 58. Kxf6
Nf3 59. Rd8+ Kh7 60. Ng5+ Nxg5 61. Kxg5 Ne3 62. Be5 Rg7+ 63. Bxg7 Kxg7 64. Rd7+
Kf8 65. h4 Nc4 66. h5 Ne5 67. Ra7 Nc6 68. Rc7 Nd4 69. Kf6 Kg8 70. h6 Nb5 71.
Rd7 Nc3 72. h7+ 1-0

[Event "New York Masters 60th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.06.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "269"]
[EventDate "2003.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. c3 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nde7 11. Be3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. Nd2
Nc6 15. Be3 Bb7 16. Ne4 Na5 17. Bc2 Nc4 18. Bc1 Rc8 19. Bd3 h6 20. Bf1 Be7 21.
a3 O-O 22. Ng3 Nb6 23. Bd3 Rfd8 24. Bc2 a5 25. Nf1 Rd7 26. Ne3 Rcd8 27. h3 Bc6
28. Bd1 e5 29. Bg4 Rb7 30. Nf5 Bf6 31. Ng3 Na4 32. Nh5 Be7 33. Rxe5 g6 34. Ng3
h5 35. Be2 Bf6 36. Bg5 Bxe5 37. Bxd8 f6 38. Bxa5 Nxb2 39. Rb1 Na4 40. c4 h4 41.
Nf1 Bc3 42. Bb4 bxc4 43. Bxc4+ Kg7 44. Ne3 Be4 45. Rb3 Bd4 46. Bd5 Bxd5 47.
Nxd5 Rd7 48. Ne3 Rc7 49. Rb1 Nb2 50. Kf1 f5 51. Bd6 Rc6 52. Bb4 f4 53. Ng4 Rc2
54. Be7 Kf7 55. Bxh4 Nc4 56. Rd1 Bc5 57. Bg5 Bd6 58. Rd4 Ke6 59. Bxf4 Bxa3 60.
Ne3 Rc1+ 61. Ke2 Nb6 62. Rd1 Rc8 63. h4 Bc5 64. Rc1 Nd7 65. g3 Ra8 66. Rc2 Kf7
67. Ng4 Re8+ 68. Kf3 Re6 69. Rd2 Ke8 70. Rd5 Be7 71. h5 gxh5 72. Rxh5 Ra6 73.
Rh8+ Bf8 74. Bh6 Kf7 75. Bxf8 Nxf8 76. Rh5 Ra3+ 77. Kg2 Ra4 78. Kh3 Ne6 79.
Rf5+ Kg7 80. f3 Ra2 81. Ne5 Ra7 82. g4 Nd4 83. Rf4 Ne6 84. Rc4 Ra5 85. Nc6 Ra3
86. Kg3 Ng5 87. Rf4 Ra1 88. Rf5 Ne6 89. Ra5 Rg1+ 90. Kf2 Rc1 91. Ne5 Kf6 92.
Nd3 Rc3 93. Rf5+ Kg7 94. Ne5 Rc7 95. Nd3 Rc3 96. Ke3 Ra3 97. g5 Ra4 98. f4 Ra3
99. Rd5 Kf7 100. Ke4 Ra7 101. Nc5 Nf8 102. f5 Ke7 103. Ke5 Ra1 104. Rd4 Ra5
105. Rd5 Ra1 106. Ne4 Re1 107. Kf4 Rf1+ 108. Ke3 Re1+ 109. Kf3 Rf1+ 110. Ke2
Ra1 111. Re5+ Kf7 112. Nd6+ Kg8 113. Kf3 Nh7 114. Re8+ Kg7 115. Re7+ Kg8 116.
g6 Nf6 117. Rf7 Nd5 118. Ne4 Ra3+ 119. Kf2 Ra2+ 120. Ke1 Ra4 121. Nf6+ Nxf6
122. Rxf6 Ra7 123. Kf2 Kg7 124. Rb6 Kh6 125. Rb8 Kg7 126. Kf3 Kh6 127. Rh8+ Kg5
128. Rf8 Kh6 129. Kf4 Ra4+ 130. Ke5 Ra5+ 131. Ke6 Ra6+ 132. Kf7 Ra7+ 133. Kg8
Rg7+ 134. Kh8 Ra7 135. g7 1-0

[Event "World op 31st"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2003.06.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alexopoulos, Georgios"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Rd8 13. Qb4 Qc6 14. a4 Rd5
15. a5 e6 16. Qf4 Bd6 17. axb6 Bxf4 18. bxa7 Ke7 19. Bxf4 Ra8 20. Bb8 Rd8 21.
Na3 Raxb8 22. axb8=Q Rxb8 23. Nc2 Rd8 24. Nd4 Qb6 25. b4 Rc8 26. Ra3 Rc4 27.
Rd1 Qc7 28. Ne2 h5 29. Rd4 Qe5 30. Rd2 Re4 31. Raa2 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "World op 31st"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2003.07.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Benen, Samson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2251"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2003.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. d5 Ne7 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O
9. O-O a6 10. Ne1 Rb8 11. e4 c5 12. f4 b5 13. e5 Ne8 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Bf2 bxc4
16. Qe2 Nd4 17. Qxc4 Rxb2 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 dxe5 20. fxe5 exd5 21. Nxd5
Re2 22. Nf3 Bb7 23. Rfd1 Nc7 24. Nf4 Qxd4+ 25. Nxd4 Rb2 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. Nc6
Ne6 28. Nd5 Kh8 29. Rab1 Rd7 30. Nf6 Rc7 31. Rb6 Rfc8 32. Nd4 Nxd4 33. Rxd4 Bf8
34. Rbd6 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Bxd6 36. exd6 R1c2+ 37. Kh3 Kg7 38. Nd5 Rd8 39. Nb4 Rc3
40. Nxa6 Rxa3 41. Nc5 Ra5 42. Ne4 Re5 43. g4 f5 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Nd2 Kf6 46.
Kg3 Ke6 47. Rh4 Rxd6 48. Rh6+ Kd7 49. Rxh7+ Re7 50. Rxe7+ Kxe7 51. Nf3 Kf6 52.
h3 Ra6 53. Ne1 Ke5 54. Nd3+ Ke4 55. Nf2+ Ke3 56. Nd1+ Kd2 57. Nb2 Kc2 58. Kf4
Kxb2 59. Kxf5 Rh6 60. Kg4 Kc3 61. h4 Kd4 62. Kg5 Rh8 63. h5 Ke5 64. Kg6 Ke6 65.
h6 Rg8+ 66. Kh7 Rg1 67. Kh8 Kf7 68. h7 Kg6 69. Kg8 Kh6+ 70. Kh8 Ra1 0-1

[Event "World op 31st"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2003.07.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tsyganov, Igor M"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. d5 f5 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. f3 h6 13. Be3 f4 14. Bf2 g5 15. c5
Nxc5 16. b4 Na6 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Qe2 Qg6 19. Rfc1 Rf7 20. b5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Ba6
22. Rc6 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 g4 24. Kh1 Bf8 25. Qb7 Re8 26. Bxa7 Rg7 27. Qb3 h5 28. a4
Ra8 29. Bg1 h4 30. fxg4 h3 31. Qf3 hxg2+ 32. Qxg2 Nxg4 33. a5 Qh6 34. a6 Nf6
35. Qf3 Nh5 36. Bf2 Ng3+ 37. Bxg3 fxg3 38. Qg2 Ra7 39. Rac1 Qh4 40. h3 Qg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 31st"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2003.07.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Klein, Erez"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2003.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 f6 12. Bd2 Nh6 13. Rb1 c6 14. b4 Nf7 15.
Be3 Qe7 16. Qb3 Re8 17. b5 Nc5 18. Qb4 Bf8 19. Nd2 f5 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. exf5
gxf5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 Bxc5 24. Na4 Bd6 25. Nb3 Bc7 26. Rfc1 Rb8 27. Bf3
e4 28. Bh5 Rd8 29. Be2 Ne5 30. Nac5 Kf7 31. Rd1 Nd7 32. Nxd7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7+
Bxd7 34. Rd1 Bc8 35. Kf1 Ke7 36. g4 a5 37. Nd4 Kf6 38. Nxc6 Rb2 39. Na7 Be6 40.
gxf5 Bxf5 41. Bg4 Bxg4 42. hxg4 Bb6 43. Nb5 Ke5 44. Rd5+ Kf4 45. Rf5+ Kxg4 46.
Rf7 h5 47. Nc3 e3 48. fxe3 Bxe3 49. Nd1 Rb1 50. Ke2 Bc5 51. Nc3 Rb2+ 52. Kd3
Bb4 53. Rg7+ Kf5 54. Ne4 h4 55. Rh7 Be1 56. c5 Rb1 57. c6 Rc1 58. c7 Kg6 59.
Re7 Bb4 60. Nd2 Rc5 61. Ne4 Rc1 62. Nd2 Rc3+ 63. Kd4 Rc5 64. Nc4 h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters 63rd"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2003.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 d6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 h6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Ne1 g5 14. Nc2 Rb8 15. Ba3
b6 16. Nb4 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Ncd5 f4 19. Nc6 Nxc6 20. bxc6 Ra7 21. Bb2 Qe8
22. Ra1 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Qh5 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. f3 Qh3 26. Qe1 Rg6 27. Qf2 Qe6 28.
e4 Qe8 29. gxf4 gxf4+ 30. Kh1 Qxc6 31. Rg1 Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1 Qa4 33. Qd2 Kf8 34.
Kg2 Ke7 35. Kh3 Bf6 36. Bc3 c6 37. Kg4 Qa8 38. Kh3 Qc8+ 39. Kg2 Qg8+ 40. Kf1
Qa8 41. Qb2 Qa6 42. Kg2 Kd7 43. Kh3 Kc7 44. Kg2 Qa4 45. d4 Qxc4 46. dxe5 Be7
47. exd6+ Bxd6 48. Be5 Qd3 49. Bxd6+ Qxd6 50. Qg7+ Kc8 51. e5 Qd2+ 52. Kg1 Qe3+
53. Kg2 b5 54. Qf8+ Kb7 55. Qd6 Qe2+ 56. Kg1 Qxf3 57. Qd7+ Kb6 58. Qd8+ Kc5 59.
Qd6+ Kc4 60. e6 Qe3+ 61. Kf1 c5 62. Qa6 Qf3+ 63. Kg1 Qe2 64. Qa3 f3 65. Qc1+
Kd5 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 63rd"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4
Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. O-O-O N8d7 11. Ndxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Ba6 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14.
Qxd6 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Rd4 Be2 17. a4 e5 18. Rb4 Qe7 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7 20. f4
exf4 21. Bxf4 Bxg4 22. Rg1 h5 23. b3 Rhc8 24. Kb2 g6 25. Ra1 Ra5 26. Rd4 Rca8
27. Bd2 R5a6 28. a5 Ne5 29. Rd5 f6 30. Bc3 Be6 31. Rb5 Bd7 32. Rc5 Rc8 33. Rxc8
Bxc8 34. b4 Bd7 35. Bxe5 fxe5 36. c4 Be6 37. b5 Ra8 38. Kb3 Rc8 39. Rc1 g5 40.
Kb4 g4 41. c5 h4 42. b6 Bd7 43. b7 Rb8 44. a6 Bc6 45. Ka5 Bxb7 46. axb7 Rxb7
47. c6 1-0

[Event "New York Masters 63rd"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.07.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2003.07.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O d5 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Ne8 10. Bxg7 Nxg7 11. d4 Nf5 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. g4 cxd4 14. gxf5 dxe3
15. Qxd5 Bxf5 16. Na3 Rfd8 17. Qf3 Qc5 18. Nc4 Rd4 19. c3 Re4 20. Rad1 Rc8 21.
b4 Qc7 22. Rd4 Re6 23. Rfd1 Rc6 24. b5 Rc5 25. Qxe3 b6 26. Qd2 Be6 27. Rd8+
Rxd8 28. Qxd8+ Qxd8 29. Rxd8+ Kg7 30. Ne5 Rxc3 31. Rd2 Ra3 32. Nc6 Kf6 33. Kf2
Rh3 34. Kg2 Ra3 35. Kf2 h5 36. h4 Ra4 37. Ke3 Ra3+ 38. Bd3 Bxa2 39. Ne5 Bb1 40.
Kd4 Bxd3 41. Rxd3 Ra4+ 42. Ke3 Rb4 43. Rd5 Ke6 44. Nc6 Kxd5 45. Nxb4+ Kc5 46.
Nc6 a5 47. Nxe7 a4 48. Kd3 Kxb5 49. f5 gxf5 50. Nxf5 Kc5 51. Ng3 Kd5 52. Nxh5
Ke5 53. Ng3 a3 54. Kc3 Kf4 55. Kb3 Kg4 56. h5 Kg5 57. Kxa3 f5 58. Nxf5 Kxf5 59.
Kb4 b5 60. Kxb5 Kg5 61. Kc5 Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters 64th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kedyk, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2003.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. h4 g5 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Rxh8+
Bxh8 15. f5 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Qc5 17. Qd1 Ke7 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. Na4 Qe5 20. Nb6 Rb8
21. Nc4 Nxe4 22. Qe3 Qf4 23. Qxf4 gxf4 24. Rxe4 d5 25. f6+ Kxf6 26. Rxf4+ Kg5
27. Rxf7 dxc4 28. Bxc4 b5 29. Bb3 Rb6 30. Rc7 Bb7 31. Bxe6 Rxe6 32. Rxb7 Kxg4
33. Rf7 Kg5 34. b3 Kg6 35. Rf2 b4 36. Kb2 a5 37. c3 Re8 38. a4 bxc3+ 39. Kxc3
Rc8+ 40. Kd4 Rb8 41. Rf3 Kg5 42. Kc4 Rb4+ 43. Kc3 Rb8 44. Rf7 Rc8+ 45. Kb2 Kg6
46. Rb7 Kf6 47. Rb5 Ra8 48. Kc3 Ke6 49. Kc4 Kd6 50. Rb6+ Kc7 51. Kb5 Ra7 52.
Ra6 Rb7+ 53. Kc4 Rb4+ 54. Kc3 Rh4 55. Rxa5 Kb6 56. Rg5 Ka6 57. Kb2 Rf4 58. Ka3
Rh4 59. a5 Rf4 60. b4 Rf1 61. Rg6+ Kb5 62. Rb6+ Kc4 63. a6 Ra1+ 64. Kb2 Ra4 65.
b5 Rb4+ 66. Kc2 Ra4 67. Kd2 Kd4 68. Ke2 Ke4 69. Kf2 Ra2+ 70. Kg3 Ra3+ 71. Kg4
Ra1 72. Kg5 Ke5 73. Kg6 Rg1+ 74. Kf7 Rh1 75. Rb7 Kf5 76. Ke7 Ke5 77. Kd7 Kd5
78. Kc7 Kc5 79. Kb8 Rh8+ 80. Ka7 Rh6 81. b6 Kb5 82. Rg7 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Szmetan, Ricardo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 Nbd7 7. O-O Qe8 8. Bh2
e5 9. c4 Qe7 10. Nc3 e4 11. Nd2 b6 12. b4 Bb7 13. a4 c5 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. d5
Ne8 16. Qc2 f5 17. a5 Nd6 18. Rab1 Ba6 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Be5 21. Nc4 Bxh2+
22. Kxh2 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 24. g3 g5 25. Qb2 Qxb2 26. Rxb2 c4 27. Rc1 Rfc8 28.
Rbc2 a6 29. Bxc4 axb5 30. Bxb5 Rxc2 31. Rxc2 Nxb5 32. axb6 Nd6 33. Rc6 Rd8 34.
g4 fxg4 35. hxg4 Kf8 36. Kg2 Ke7 37. f3 exf3+ 38. Kxf3 Kf6 39. e4 Ke5 40. Rc7
Kd4 0-1

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Delgado, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Bg5
O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nh3 Qa5 12. Ra3 Re8 13. Nf2 Rb8 14. Be2 Qc7 15.
O-O b6 16. f4 c4 17. b4 cxb3 18. Rxb3 Nc5 19. Rb4 Rb7 20. Bf3 Qb8 21. Re1 Nfd7
22. Ng4 f6 23. Bh4 Rc7 24. Bg3 a5 25. Rbb1 Ba6 26. f5 Rcc8 27. Be2 Qa8 28. Bxd6
Bxe2 29. Rxe2 Qa6 30. Bxc5 Nxc5 31. d6 gxf5 32. exf5 Rxe2 33. Nxe2 Qc4 34. Nf4
h5 35. Nf2 Rd8 36. Nxh5 Nxa4 37. Rc1 Rxd6 38. Rxc4 Rxd2 39. Rxa4 Kf7 40. Rc4
Bh6 41. Kf1 Be3 42. Rc7+ Kf8 43. Ne4 Rd5 44. g4 a4 45. Nexf6 Rd2 46. Nh7+ Kg8
47. N5f6+ Kh8 48. Nf8 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Garcia Palermo, Carlos H"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. g3 Bg7 7. c3 e6 8. Bg2
Na6 {Very messy variation. Till certain point in the game it was very
difficult to understand what was going on, but then young american star
delivered great attack just out of the blue.} (8... O-O 9. Na3 d6 10. Qd2 e5
11. Nf3 Qd8 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rad1 Qf6 14. Qg5 e4 15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. Nh4 $14 {
Eiber,M-Kreuzer,G/Germany 1996}) (8... exd5 9. Bxd5 Nc6 10. Na3 Ne7 11. Nc4 Qc7
12. Qd2 O-O 13. Rd1 d6 14. Ne3 $14 {Stiller,J-Schindler,V/Bayern 2000}) (8...
d6 9. Nh3 e5 10. Nd2 Bh6 11. e3 Bd7 12. a4 Qc7 13. Qd1 Qd8 14. a5 Na6 15. Nc4
Bb5 16. b3 Qf6 $13 {Lerner,D-Mirabile,T/Stratton Mountain 1999}) 9. Na3 (9. Nh3
Nc7 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. e4 fxe4 12. Bxe4 d5 13. Bg2 e5 $15 {Kaloskambis,
M-Tsekouras,T/Halkidiki 2002}) 9... Nc7 10. Nc4 Qa6 11. Qf4 O-O 12. Nh3 (12.
Ne3 Qb6 13. Nc4 Qa6 14. Ne3 Qb6 15. Nh3 Qxb2 16. O-O Ne8 17. Rfc1 Qxe2 $17 {
Welling,G-Baljon,C/Leeuwarden 1997}) 12... d6 13. O-O e5 14. Qh4 f4 ({Black
could win a pawn, but it would harldy improved his chances in the forthcoming
play.} 14... e4 $6 15. Ne3 Qxe2 16. Rab1 $40 {[%cal Gh3f4,Gf4h5]}) 15. b3 b5
16. Nd2 f5 17. a4 $6 {Starting the play on the quenside white just helps black
to bring his awkwardly placed pieces to the better positions.} (17. gxf4 e4 18.
c4 bxc4 (18... Bxa1 $2 19. Ng5 $18) 19. bxc4 h6 $132) 17... bxa4 18. Nc4 Nb5
19. Rxa4 Qb7 $15 20. Na5 Qf7 21. Rc1 fxg3 (21... e4) 22. Qxg3 f4 23. Qd3 Qh5
24. Nxf4 exf4 25. Qxb5 f3 $1 {Black is getting started!} 26. exf3 (26. Bxf3 $2
Qg5+ {[%csl Rc1]}) 26... Bh3 27. Qf1 Rxf3 28. Bxh3 (28. Nc4 Bh6 29. Re1 Kh8 $19
{[%cal Ga8g8]}) 28... Rxh3 29. Qg2 Kh8 $1 $19 30. Rg4 Be5 31. Nc6 $6 (31. Rg3
$8 Bxg3 32. fxg3 Re8 {[%cal Ge8e2]} 33. Qf2 Qxd5) 31... Bxh2+ 32. Kf1 Bf4 $1
33. Ne7 Rh1+ 34. Ke2 Rxc1 35. Kd3 Qf7 0-1

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Qg4 {
The most aggressive continuation in the position.} (7. Nxc6 {- see the
annotated game Ni Hua-Tkachiev,V/Shanghai 2001/CBM 85 [Postny]}) 7... Qf6 8.
Qg3 Qg6 $1 (8... Nxd4 $2 {- see the annotated game Kasparov,G-Unzicker,W/
Zuerich 2001/CBM 83 [Postny]}) 9. Nf5 $146 (9. Nd2 Nge7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf4
Qxg3 12. Bxg3 d5 $11 {0-1 Mashinskaya,I-Zaiatz,E/ch-RUS w, Elista RUS 2003 (29)
}) 9... d6 $1 {Good pawn sacrifice.} 10. Bxb6 (10. Nxg7+ Kf8 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12.
exf5 Qxg3 13. hxg3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Nf6 $44) 10... axb6 11. Ne3 (11. Nxg7+ Kf8 12.
Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Qxf5 $132) 11... Nf6 {Black has got comfortable equality.}
12. f3 $2 {Serious mistake, which was excellently exploited by GM Goldin.} (12.
Qxg6 hxg6 13. Nd2 $11) 12... Qh6 $1 13. Qf2 $6 {White does not feel the danger.
} (13. Nd1 {was the least of the evils.}) {[%tqu "En","How should black
continue?","","","d6d5","Black correctly opening up the position using his
superiority in development.",12]} 13... d5 $1 {Black correctly opening up the
position using his superiority in development.} 14. Na3 $1 (14. exd5 Nxd5 $1 {
The point!} 15. Nxd5 Qc1+ 16. Ke2 O-O 17. Nxc7 Qxb2+ 18. Nd2 Qxa1 19. Nxa8 Re8+
20. Ne4 Qxa2+ $19) 14... dxe4 15. Nb5 O-O 16. Nxc7 Ra5 (16... exf3 $5 17. Nxa8
Re8 {looks promising for black as well.}) 17. b4 $6 {Unnecessary creating
another weakness in white's camp.} (17. f4 $142) 17... Rh5 18. f4 Ng4 (18...
Rxh2 19. Rxh2 Qxh2 $17) 19. Qg3 (19. Nxg4 Bxg4 20. Qg3 Rh4 $17) 19... Nxh2 20.
O-O-O (20. Be2 $2 Nf3+ $19 {[%csl Rh1]}) 20... Nxf1 21. Rhxf1 Nxb4 $1 22. cxb4
Qc6+ 23. Kb2 Qxc7 $19 {Black has material advantage and white's king is weak
as well.} 24. Rd4 Be6 25. Rc1 Qe7 26. Rxe4 Qf6+ 27. Re5 Rxe5 $6 {Allows white
to consolidate his position somewhat.} ({After} 27... Rd8 {black's win should
be a matter of time.}) 28. fxe5 Qh6 $6 {The queen has nothing to do on h6.} (
28... Qe7 $142) 29. Rd1 Qh5 30. Rd2 h6 31. Qf4 Rc8 32. Qg3 Ra8 33. a3 Rc8 34.
Qf4 {After a series of inaccuracies from black's side, the winning process
became far more difficult.} b5 35. Qg3 g5 {With the idea to liberate the queen
via g6.} 36. Nc2 Qh1 37. Qf3 Qh2 (37... Qh4 $142) 38. Re2 Rd8 39. Qxb7 Rd3 40.
Qe4 (40. Qxb5 $2 Rb3+ 41. Kc1 Qg1+ 42. Kd2 Rb1 $40) 40... Rb3+ 41. Kc1 Rc3 42.
Kb2 Rb3+ {Both players were probably in time-trouble.} 43. Kc1 Qg3 44. Qd4 Rd3
(44... Bf5 $142) 45. Qe4 Bg4 $6 (45... Kg7 $142) 46. Re1 (46. Re3 Rxe3 (46...
Rd1+ 47. Kb2 {[%csl Rg3,Rg4]}) 47. Nxe3 Qe1+ 48. Kb2 $13) 46... Rc3 47. Rf1 $4
{The decisive mistake.} ({Necessary was} 47. Re3 {as in the previous
commentary.}) 47... Be6 (47... Rc4 48. Qa8+ Kg7 $19) 48. Rd1 Bb3 {Now it's all
over.} 49. e6 Rxc2+ 50. Kb1 Rc8 51. e7 Bxd1 0-1

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 Nh6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O f5
9. h3 Nf7 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Kh2 Bd7 12. Bg1 Bc6 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 e5 15. c3
dxc3 16. Nxc3 exf4 17. gxf4 fxe4 18. dxe4 g5 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 gxf4 21.
Rxf4 Ne5 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Qe3 Qe7 24. Rf1 b6 25. Qf4 Re8 26. Qf6 Nc4 27. Qxe7
Rxe7 28. Rd1 Re6 29. b3 Ne3 30. Rd3 Nxg2 31. Kxg2 Rxe4 32. Kf2 Re6 33. a4 Rf6+
34. Kg3 Kf7 35. Ne2 Ke7 36. Nd4 Be4 37. Re3 d5 38. Nb5 Ke6 39. Nxa7 Ke5 40. Nb5
d4 41. Re1 Rf3+ 42. Kg4 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O e5
9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Re8 11. b4 Nf8 12. Qe1 N6d7 13. Qf2 Ne6 14. Na4 Bh6 15. f4
exd4 16. exd4 f5 17. h3 Nf6 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Qf3 Bg7 20. Kh1 Ne4 21. Be3 Nf8 22.
Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Rfd1 Ne6 24. Bg1 Ra8 25. a4 Qd7 26. Rab1 Nc7 27. Rb3 Rab8 28. Bc2
b5 29. a5 Re7 30. Bd3 Rf8 31. Be3 Kf7 32. Bc2 Ke8 33. Qf1 Kd8 34. Qe1 Ne6 35.
Qg1 Kc8 36. Nc1 Rfe8 37. g3 Qd8 38. Ne2 Bf6 39. Rbd3 Ng7 40. Rf1 Kb7 41. Rf3 h6
42. Bd1 Re6 43. Qg2 R8e7 44. Bg1 Qe8 45. Kh2 Rf7 46. Rf1 Bd8 47. Kh1 Bc7 48.
Bh2 Ref6 49. Ng1 g5 50. Nf3 Ne6 51. Ne5 Rg7 52. Qf3 Qg8 53. Qe3 gxf4 54. gxf4
Bxe5 55. dxe5 Rfg6 56. Qe1 Rg2 57. Bf3 Rb2 58. Bxe4 dxe4 59. Rd2 Rg2 60. Rxb2
Rxb2 61. Rf2 Rxf2 62. Qxf2 Qd8 63. Qe2 Qd3 64. Qh5 Qf1+ 65. Bg1 e3 0-1

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Rg8 {
Dieser Zug ist seltener als 14...Bg7, aber vielleicht nicht so schlecht.} (
14... Bg7) 15. Rad1 (15. Rfd1 $5 {kommt ebenfalls in Betracht}) (15. a4 $5 a6
16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. Bg3 Qb6 $13 {mit der Idee} 18. d5 Nc5) 15... Nd7 (15... Rg6
16. Bf4 $1 (16. Bg3 {Sakaev,K} Be7 $13) 16... Be7 17. g3 $1 (17. b3 cxb3 18.
axb3 Nd7 19. g3 e5 20. dxe5 Qb6 21. Be3 Qd8 22. Nxb5 cxb5 23. Bxb5 Bc8 24. Rd5
Rb8 25. Rfd1 Rb7 26. Rc1 Rxb5 27. Rxb5 Ba6 28. Rd5 Bb7 29. Rd4 Rc6 30. Qxc6
Bxc6 31. Rxc6 Qb8 $17 {0-1 Atalik,S-Maksimenko,A/Lvov 1999/EXT 2000 (63)})
17... a6 $2 (17... Qa5 $1 $13 {Sakaev,K}) 18. b3 $1 $16 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Khenkin,
I/Belgrade 1999/CBM 69/[Sakaev,K] (39)}) (15... Be7 16. Bxf6 $5 (16. Bf4) 16...
Bxf6 17. e5 Bxh4 18. Qh7 $36 {Sakaev,K}) 16. Bg3 e5 $146 {Schwarz strebt
direkt danach, die Lage im Zentrum zu klären.} (16... Qb6 17. b3 cxb3 18. axb3
a6 (18... Bb4 19. Na2 Be7 20. Nc3 Bb4 21. Na2 Be7 22. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Notkin,
M-Galkin,A/Maikop 1998/CBM 66/[Lutz] (22)}) 19. d5 Bg7 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Rd6
O-O-O 22. Rxe6 Qc5 23. Nd5 cxd5 24. Rc1 dxe4 25. Qd2 b4 26. Rxc5+ Nxc5 27. Qf4
Nxe6 28. Qb8+ Kd7 29. Qd6+ {1/2-1/2 Plachetka,J-Pcola,P/Nove Zamky 1999/EXT
2000 (29)}) (16... b4 17. Na4 Be7 18. Bxc4 Bxh4 19. d5 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Qe7 21.
dxe6 fxe6 22. Ba6 Bxa6 23. Qxc6 Bxf1 24. Qxa8+ Kf7 25. Rxf1+ Nf6 26. Qc6 Rg5
27. Qc4 Qd6 28. Qc1 Kg6 29. Qe3 Ra5 30. b3 Qe5 31. Qd3 Rb5 32. Kh1 Rb7 33. Nc5
Re7 34. Na6 Rh7 35. Kg1 h4 36. Nxb4 hxg3 37. Rxf6+ Kxf6 38. Nc2 Rc7 39. Qd8+
Kg7 40. Ne3 Rc1+ 41. Nf1 Qc5+ {0-1 Benkovic,P-Sedlak,N/Subotica 2000/EXT 2001 
(41)}) 17. dxe5 (17. d5 $5) 17... Qe7 18. a4 {Weiß muss jetzt schnell handeln,
da ansonsten Schwarz einfach den Pe5 zurückschlägt.} a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra1
Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Bg7 22. Ra7 Nc5 23. Bf4 $2 {Die Umgruppierung des Läufer
erscheint mir falsch. Der starke schwarzfeldrige Läufer des Schwarzen bleibt
erhalten und die weiße Dame kommt nicht ins Spiel.} (23. Qc1 $5 {erscheint mir
besser, mit Kompensation für den Bauern nach z.B.} Bxe5 24. Qe3 Bxg3 25. Qxg3
Kf8 26. Qf4 Kg7 27. Qf5 $44) 23... Bxe5 24. Be3 Ne6 $17 {Der Ne6 und der Be5
kontrollieren jetzt eine große Menge an Feldern. Kompensation für den Bauern
kann ich nicht sehen.} 25. g3 Qc7 26. Qd2 Ke7 27. Nd5+ $2 {Ein erfolgloser
Versuch, noch einmal das Spiel zu verwickeln.} (27. Na4 $5 Ra8 (27... bxa4 28.
Qb4+ c5 29. Qxb7 Qxb7 30. Rxb7+ Kf6 31. Bxc4) 28. Rxa8 Bxa8 29. Nb6 Bb7 $17)
27... cxd5 28. exd5 Ra8 $1 $19 29. Qb4+ (29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. dxe6 Qc6 $19) 29...
Bd6 30. Qxb5 Rxa7 31. Bxa7 Bxd5 32. Qxd5 Qxa7 33. Kg2 Qc5 34. Qb7+ Bc7 35. Qc8
Qe5 0-1

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 d6 {This line is a bit more
passive than the main 5...Bb4.} 6. Nde2 {This is a very rare continuation.
White wants to avoid possible exchange of knights and intends to develope his
light-squared bishop via g2. Still this move looks somewhat unnatural.} ({
More popular continuations are:} 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Nf5 Bxf5 9. exf5 O-O
10. g4 h6 11. f4 Nh7 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qf3 Bf6 14. Rad1 a6 15. Bc4 Na5 16. Bd3 b5
17. Kh1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qd7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sulskis,S-Campora,D/Gibraltar 2003 (56)}
) (6. Be2 Be7 7. Bf4 Bd7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12.
Rad1 Nd7 13. Nd5 Bf6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. f3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Popov,
V-Gubajdullin,A/St Petersburg 1999 (52)}) (6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 g6 8. Qe2 Bg7 9.
e5 dxe5 10. Qxe5+ Be6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. Rad1 Nd5 14. Qg3 Qc8 15. Nxd5
cxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S-Djuric,S/Panormo rapid 2002/CBM 90 ext (32)}) (6.
Bc4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Be3 Nb6 11. Bb3 a5 12. Na4 Nxa4
13. Bxa4 Bd7 14. c3 Rb8 15. Qe2 c5 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Rad1 Qe6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Ansell,S-Littlewood,J/Birmingham 2001/CBM 79 ext (50)}) 6... Be7 7. h3 $146 (7.
g3 h5 8. h3 Ne5 9. Bg2 c6 10. f4 Nc4 11. b3 Nb6 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. a4 a6 14. Qd2
$14 {1-0 De Jong,M-Hofman,R/Wijk aan Zee 1997/CBM 60 ext (54)}) 7... O-O 8. g4
Rb8 9. Bg2 b5 10. a3 $6 {This move is useless and can only give black a target
on the queenside.} ({The immediate} 10. O-O {is preferable.}) 10... a6 $6 ({
More consequent would have been} 10... a5) 11. O-O Re8 12. Be3 Bf8 13. Ng3 b4 {
Black realized, that he should act more decisively, otherwise he will be just
gradually squeezed.} 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. Rad1 a5 17. b3 $6 {The same
as 10.a3 - this move is useless and assists black to create a counterplay on
the queenside.} (17. f4 $142 $14) 17... Qc8 18. f4 c5 19. g5 $6 {Too hastily.}
(19. Rfe1 {should have been prefered.}) 19... Nd7 20. f5 (20. Nf5 $6 {[%csl
Rd6]} d5 $1 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Nb6 $15) 20... c4 21. Na4 $2 {Allows black
to seize the initiative.} ({More consequent was} 21. g6 cxb3 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 23.
cxb3 Nc5 $13 {with double-edged position.}) 21... d5 $5 {Logical strike in the
centre. White has a lot of weak fields in his camp.} (21... cxb3 22. cxb3 Ba6
23. Rc1 Nc5 $15) 22. Bf4 d4 $1 {[%mdl 512] Very promising exchange sacrifice.}
23. Bxb8 (23. Qxd4 Ne5 $5 24. Bxe5 Nc6 25. Qxc4 Ba6 26. Qc3 Bb4 27. Qe3 Nxe5
$44) (23. c3 $2 dxc3 24. Qxd7 c2 $19) 23... Nxb8 $2 {Black was probably too
optimistic.} ({Far more logical was} 23... Qxb8 {[%csl Rg3]} 24. Ne2 Nc5 {
with strong initiative.}) 24. Nh5 $2 {After this move white's position is
about to collapse.} ({After} 24. Qxd4 Nxc2 25. Qc3 $1 {white is better again.})
24... Bxe4 25. Nb6 (25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Qg2 Qe8 $17) 25... Qc5 26. Nxc4 d3+ (
26... Bxc2 {is another attractive option for black.}) 27. Kh1 dxc2 28. Ra1
Bxg2+ {It is important to eliminate the key defender of white's king.} ({
Worse is} 28... Bd3 $6) 29. Qxg2 N8c6 {The strong passed pawn on c2 gives
black more, than sufficient compensation for the exchange.} 30. g6 (30. f6 $142
g6 31. Nf4) 30... Qd5 $1 {After the exchange of queens the pawn c2 will become
the dominant factor in the position.} 31. gxf7+ Kxf7 32. Qxd5+ Nxd5 33. Nxa5 (
33. Rfc1 Ndb4 34. Nf4 Nd4 35. Nxa5 Bd6 36. Rf1 Bxf4 $1 37. Rxf4 Rd8 $1 $19 {
[%cal Gb4d3]}) 33... Ne3 (33... Nd4 {was strong as well.}) 34. Rfc1 (34. Nxc6
$2 Nxf1 35. Rxf1 Ba3 $19) 34... Nxa5 $2 {Illogical. Black is exchanging
white's side-placed knight and allows the rooks activity.} (34... Nd4 $1 {
[%csl Gd4,Ge3]} 35. Nc4 Nexf5 36. Nf4 Kg8 $1 {[%cal Gd4b3] It does not seem
that white can survive in this position.} (36... Nxb3 $4 37. Ra7+ {[%csl Rc2]
[%cal Gc1c2]})) 35. Rxa5 Rd8 36. Ra7+ Be7 37. Rg1 Rd1 $6 ({Black has more
winning chances after} 37... Nxf5 38. Rc7 Rd2) 38. Rc7 Kf8 39. Rc8+ Kf7 (39...
Bd8 40. Kh2 Rxg1 41. Kxg1 Ke7 42. Kf2 Bb6 43. Ke2 Kd7 44. Rc3 Bd4 45. Rxc2 Nxc2
46. Kd3 Be5 47. Kxc2 g6 48. Kd3 gxh5 $11 {[%csl Gh1]}) 40. Rc7 Kf8 41. Nf4 $6 {
It's interesting that white is the side who avoids the repetition in this
position. However this decision is quite optimistic.} (41. Rc8+ $11) 41... Bf6
42. b4 $2 (42. Ng2 $2 Bd4 $19) ({Necessary was} 42. Rc8+ Ke7 43. Ng2 $1 Bd4 44.
Re1 $1 $11) 42... Be5 43. Rc8+ (43. Ne6+ Ke8 $19) 43... Ke7 44. Ne2 Rd2 45. Re1
Nxf5 $2 {Missing the win.} (45... Kd7 $1 46. Rc5 Bd6 47. Rc3 Nd1 $1 48. Rc4
Nf2+ 49. Kg2 Nd3 $19) {[%tqu "En","What would you sugges for white?","","",
"e2d4","This unexpected tactical shot saves white's position.",8]} 46. Nd4 $1 {
This unexpected tactical shot saves white's position.} Kd7 (46... Nxd4 47.
Rxe5+ Kd7 48. Rec5 $11) 47. Rxe5 Kxc8 (47... Ng3+ 48. Kg1 Kxc8 49. Rc5+ $11)
48. Rc5+ Kd7 49. Nxc2 {Black's main trump is eliminated and the draw become
more or less obvious.} Nh4 {Threatening to create a mating net after 50...Nf3.}
50. Rc3 g5 51. b5 h5 52. Nb4 (52. b6 $6 Rd1+ 53. Kh2 Rb1 {[%csl Rb6]}) 52...
Rb2 (52... g4 {[%cal Gh4f3]} 53. hxg4 hxg4 54. Rd3+ $11) 53. Nd5 Kd6 54. Rd3
Ke5 55. Nc3 g4 56. hxg4 ({But not} 56. Rd5+ Kf4 57. Rxh5 Nf3 58. hxg4 Rc2 {
and white's king is in trouble.}) 56... hxg4 57. Kg1 Nf3+ 58. Kf1 Kf4 59. Ne2+
Ke5 60. Nc3 Kf5 61. Ne2 Kg5 62. Kf2 Rxb5 63. Rd8 {Black's extra pawn is
certainly not enough for a win. With accurate play white can avoid the endgame
R+N vs R as well.} Ne5 64. Rg8+ Kf6 65. Rf8+ Ke7 66. Ra8 Rb2 67. Ke3 Rb4 68.
Kf2 Rb3 69. Ra7+ Kf6 70. Ra6+ Kg5 71. Ra5 Rf3+ 72. Kg2 Re3 73. Kf2 Rf3+ 74. Kg2
Kf6 75. Ra6+ Ke7 76. Nd4 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Ga6e6]} Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sagalchik, Gennadij"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Atlas,V} Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 Bb4 5. Nge2 {It's hard to fight
for the opening advantage with such an unambitious move.} (5. e5) 5... dxe4 6.
a3 Be7 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nxe4 f5 9. N4c3 c6 10. g3 (10. Qd3 Nd7 (10... b6 11.
O-O-O Ba6 12. Qe3 Qc7 13. g3 Nd7 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. Rhe1 Nf6 $13 {Stock,
A-Heidenreich,M/Waldfischbach 1995}) 11. O-O-O b6 12. g3 Bb7 13. Bg2 Qc7 14.
Nf4 O-O-O 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. Rd2 a6 18. Rhd1 $14 {Roedl,L-Saemisch,F/
Dresden 1936}) 10... b6 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. Qd3 $6 {[%csl Rd3] Queen is taking
knight's place..White knight has nothing much to do on e2, so it should be
transferred to e5 via d3.} (12. O-O Nd7 13. Nf4 Nf6 14. b4 Qd7 (14... Qc7 15.
Qe2 Nd5 16. Ncxd5 cxd5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qxc4 $16 {Van Mil,
J-Apicella,M/Budapest 1991}) 15. Nce2 O-O 16. c4 Rfd8 17. Qb3 Bf8 18. Rad1 $14
{Bosboom,M-Matlak,M/Bielsko Biala 1988}) (12. Qd2 Nd7 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. f4
O-O-O 15. Qe3 Nf6 16. h3 h5 17. Bf3 Bd6 18. Kb1 Ba6 $13 {Boulanger,T-Dufrenoy,
M/FRA 1989}) (12. Nf4 Nd7 13. Qd2 (13. Qe2 Nf6 14. O-O-O Qd7 15. Nd3 Nd5 16.
Bxd5 cxd5 17. Ne5 $16 {Polgar,Z-Bosman,M/Breda 1997}) 13... Qc7 14. O-O-O O-O-O
15. Rhe1 Bd6 16. Nd3 Nf6 17. f4 h5 18. h4 Rhg8 $15 {Hernandez Basante,
F-Murillo,A/San Jose 1994}) 12... Nd7 13. Nd1 Qc7 14. c4 (14. Ne3 O-O-O 15. Nc4
(15. O-O-O $6 Nc5 16. Qc3 Ne4 17. Qe1 c5 $15) 15... c5 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. O-O-O
$13) 14... O-O-O 15. Ne3 Kb8 16. Qc2 Bd6 17. f4 $6 {[%csl Rg3] Weakening g3
for no particular reason.} (17. O-O-O f4 18. gxf4 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Qxf4 20. Qe4
Qxe4 21. Bxe4 Nf6 22. Bf3 c5 $11) 17... h5 18. h4 Nf6 19. O-O-O c5 20. d5 Rhe8
{[%cal Ge8e2]} 21. Nc3 (21. Rhe1 a6 22. Kb1) 21... a6 22. Rhe1 Rg8 23. Nf1 $6 {
Missing black's reply. It was necessary to take on e6 first with unclear
position.} (23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Bxb7 Kxb7 25. Nf1 $13) 23... Rxg3 $1 {Atlas,V:
'This exchange sacrifice yields Black a dangerous initiative.' Atlas,V:
'Dieses Qualitätsopfer verschafft Schwarz eine gefährliche Initiative.'} 24.
Nxg3 Bxf4+ 25. Kb1 Bxg3 $15 26. Re2 Bc8 27. Rd3 Be5 28. Na4 (28. dxe6 Rxd3 29.
Qxd3 fxe6 30. Qf3 Qd6 31. Qa8+ Kc7 32. Kc2 Bd4 $15) 28... Ka7 29. Rb3 Nd7 30.
Bf3 Rg8 31. Bxh5 exd5 32. cxd5 b5 33. Nc3 c4 34. Rxb5 $2 {Painfull blunder
leading to immediate loss.} ({Atlas,V: After this move Black gets a decisive
advantage. White had to play instead Atlas,V: Nach diesem Zug kommt Schwarz
entscheidend in Vorteil. Erforderlich war stattdessen} 34. Rb4 {Atlas,V: 'or
34.Nb5!?' Atlas,V: 'oder 34.Nb5!?'} Bd6 35. Rxb5 Rg1+ 36. Ka2 Rg3 37. Bxf7 Rxc3
38. Qxc3 axb5 39. Be6 $15) 34... Bxc3 35. d6 Qxd6 36. Rxf5 Rg1+ 37. Ka2 Qxa3+
$3 {Atlas,V: 'This beautiful queen sacrifice crowns Black's attack:' Atlas,V:
'Dieses wunderschöne Damenopfer krönt den schwarzen Angriff.'} 38. bxa3 {
Atlas,V} (38. Kxa3 {Atlas,V} Ra1#) (38. bxa3 Ra1#) 38... Ra1# 0-1

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. e4 d6 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rfd1 b6 13. b4 Bb7 14. Bf4 Ng4 15.
Nd2 Nge5 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Be3 Rfe8 18. Qb1 Qb8 19. Na4 Ba8 20. f4 Ng6 21. Nb3
Qb7 22. Nd2 Bd8 23. Qd3 Bc7 24. g3 Nf6 25. Bf3 Qb8 26. Bf2 Red8 27. Qe2 Nd7 28.
Nc3 Bb7 29. h4 h6 30. h5 Ngf8 31. Nb3 Nh7 32. Rd3 Ndf6 33. Rcd1 Re8 34. c5 bxc5
35. bxc5 d5 36. exd5 Nxd5 37. Nxd5 exd5 38. Re3 Nf6 39. Nd4 Qa8 40. Qb2 Rxe3
41. Bxe3 Bc6 42. Nf5 Bd8 43. Bd4 Qa7 44. Re1 Kh7 45. Qc2 Kg8 46. Qc3 Kh7 47.
Nd6 Rc7 48. Kh2 Qa8 49. Be5 d4 50. Qd3+ Kg8 51. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd7 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Levy Memorial"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "2003.09.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Firman, Nazar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.09.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.10.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. Ne4 Qd8 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Ne4
Qb6 15. Nxf6 gxf6 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nxd4 Rad8 18. c3 Rhg8 19. g3 Qxb2 20. Nf5+
Ke8 21. Qh5 Be4 22. Qxh7 Bxf5 23. Qxg8+ Ke7 24. Qg7 Rd2 25. Rf1 Bd3 26. Qh8
Rxf2 27. Rxf2 Qxa1+ 28. Kg2 Be4+ 29. Kh3 Bf5+ 30. Rxf5 exf5 31. Qb8 Qf1+ 32.
Kh4 b6 33. Qc7+ Kf8 34. Qxa7 Qc4+ 35. Kh3 Qf1+ 36. Kh4 Qg2 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. h3
Qxa2 39. Qxb6 Qd2 40. g4 Qe1+ 41. Kh5 Qg3 0-1

[Event "Levy Memorial"]
[Site "Denver"]
[Date "2003.09.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2003.09.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.10.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 f6 12. Bd2 Nh6 13. c5 Nxc5 14. Qc1 Nf7 15.
Nd5 Ne6 16. Nxc7 Nxc7 17. Qxc7 Nd8 18. Be3 Be6 19. Bc4 Rf7 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21.
Qc2 Rc8 22. Qa4 Nc6 23. Rfd1 Bf8 24. Rac1 Rfc7 25. a3 h6 26. b4 a6 27. Bb6 Rf7
28. Nd2 f5 29. Qb3 Re8 30. Qxe6 Rxe6 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Nc4 h5 33. Rd5 Rg6 34.
f3 Bh6 35. Re1 Bf4 36. Rd6 Rxd6 37. Nxd6 Rf6 38. Nc4 Re6 39. Kf1 e4 40. Bf2 Ne7
41. g3 b5 42. Ne3 Bxe3 43. Bxe3 Nd5 44. Bg5 Nb6 45. fxe4 fxe4 46. Rc1 Kf7 47.
Ke2 Kg6 48. Be3 Nc4 49. a4 Rd6 50. Bf4 Rd3 51. axb5 axb5 52. Rd1 Rb3 53. Rd5
Rxb4 54. Rg5+ Kf7 55. Rxh5 Rb2+ 56. Ke1 e3 57. Rf5+ Ke6 58. Rc5 Rb1+ 59. Ke2
Rb2+ 60. Ke1 Rh2 61. Rxb5 Na3 62. Re5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Langer, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.10.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Bg5 h6
9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Nge2 Nfd7 12. Ng3 Ne5 13. Be2 b6 14. a4 Na6 15. O-O
Nb4 16. f4 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. f5 Qh4 19. Bf4 Rad8 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nxd6 g5 22.
f6 Bxf6 23. Ndf5 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 Qh5 25. Bc7 Rde8 26. Bxb6 Rxe4 27. Ng3 Bd4+ 28.
Qxd4 cxd4 29. Nxh5 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andrianov, Nikolai Ivanovich"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2003.10.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3
Rb8 9. Be3 e6 10. Qd2 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Bh6 b4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nd1 Bb7 15.
Ne3 Qd7 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Ng4 Ng8 18. d5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Re8 20. Ng5 Ne5 21. Nxe5
Rxe5 22. Qd4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nf6 24. Nf3 Rxe2 25. Qa7 Rc8 26. Re1 Rce8 27. Rac1
Rxe1 0-1

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2003.10.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 c5 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bh4 Qe7 13. Rd1 Rad8 14. d5 Ne5 15.
Qd2 g5 16. Bg3 exd5 17. cxd5 Nh5 18. Be2 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Kg7 20. O-O f5 21. f4
Ng6 22. Bd3 Bc8 23. e4 gxf4 24. gxf4 Qh4 25. Rde1 fxe4 26. Nxe4 Rxf4 27. Qc3+
Ne5 28. Nxd6 Rxf1+ 29. Bxf1 Rxd6 30. Qxe5+ Qf6 31. Qg3+ Qg6 32. Qc3+ Qf6 33.
Re7+ Kf8 34. Rxa7 Bf5 35. Qg3 Rxd5 36. Bc4 Rd7 37. Ra8+ Ke7 38. Qe3+ Kd6 39.
Bb5 Re7 40. Qf4+ Qe5 41. Qxh6+ Be6 42. Rf8 Kc7 43. Qf4 Qxf4 44. Rxf4 Kd6 45.
Rf2 Rg7 46. Be2 c4 47. Bf3 c3 48. bxc3 Ra7 49. Rd2+ Kc5 50. Re2 Bc4 51. Re8 b5
52. Rc8+ Kb6 53. Ra8 Rxa8 54. Bxa8 Ka5 55. Kf2 Ka4 56. Ke3 Kxa3 57. Kd4 Bf1 58.
g4 Bh3 59. g5 Bf5 60. Be4 Bd7 61. g6 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "De Guzman, Ricardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.10.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 b6 8.
Qd2 Bb7 9. b4 Bxd4 10. cxd4 Qg6 11. f3 h5 12. a3 h4 13. Nc3 h3 14. g4 O-O-O 15.
d5 Ne5 16. Be2 Qf6 17. O-O Qg6 18. f4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxg4+ 20. Kh1 f5 21. Rf2
fxe4 22. Rg1 Qh5 23. d6 Nf5 24. dxc7 Rdf8 25. Bd5 Bc6 26. b5 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Kxc7
28. Qd2 Qf7 29. a4 Kb7 30. a5 Rc8 31. axb6 axb6 32. Nd5 Rh6 33. Ra1 Ra8 34.
Rxa8 Kxa8 35. Qa2+ Kb8 36. Rc2 Rh8 37. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2003.10.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2003.10.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8. e4
Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nc3 c6 11. Bg5 cxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Bf4 Nac4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters 79th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Privman, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2003.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f3 d6 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bxc5 Nd7 11. Be3 Nde5 12. Nc1 Nb4 13. Kf2 Nc2 14. Rb1
Nxe3 15. Kxe3 Bh6+ 16. f4 Nc6 17. Be2 g5 18. g3 gxf4+ 19. gxf4 e5 20. Nd3 Be6
21. Nd5 exf4+ 22. N3xf4 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Ne5 24. Rhg1+ Ng6 25. Rbf1 Kf8 26. Rxg6
hxg6 27. Kd4 Bg7+ 28. e5 Re8 29. Ne6+ Kg8 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. d6 Rh8 32. Bc4 Rh4+
33. Kd3 Rf8 34. Rf2 f5 35. e6 Rd8 36. d7 Kf6 37. Bd5 b6 38. Rc2 g5 39. a3 Ke7
40. b4 Rh3+ 41. Kd4 Rxa3 42. Ke5 f4 43. Rg2 Re3+ 44. Kd4 Kf6 45. h4 gxh4 46.
Rg4 Rxe6 47. Rxf4+ Kg5 48. Bxe6 Kxf4 49. Kd5 a5 50. b5 a4 51. Kc6 a3 52. Kc7
Rxd7+ 53. Kxd7 h3 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 79th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 d6 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Rad1 a4 13. Bc4 Bc6 14. f4 Nd7
15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 e6 17. Bc5 Qa5 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Bb5 Nxe5 20. Bxc6 bxc6
21. Ne4 Qb6+ 22. Qf2 Qxb2 23. c3 Qa3 24. h3 h6 25. Kh1 f5 26. Nc5 Re8 27. Na6
Qxc3 28. Nc7 Re7 29. Qa7 Kh7 30. Qb8 Nf7 31. Qc8 Qg3 32. Nxe6 Be5 33. Kg1 Qh2+
34. Kf2 Qg3+ 35. Kg1 Qh2+ 36. Kf2 Bg3+ 37. Kf3 Ne5+ 38. Ke3 Qxg2 39. Rd8 Qe4+
40. Kd2 Nc4+ 41. Kc3 Be5+ 42. Nd4 Nb6 43. Qa6 Nd5+ 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 79th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2003.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. Qd2 c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 e6
9. Bd3 exd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. f4 Qa5 12. Ra3 Nb6 13. Nge2 Bf5 14. O-O Qb4 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. a5 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Ra4 Qd3 19. Qc1 Rfe8 20. Rf3 Qc2 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 79th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.10.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2003.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 a6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. Be2 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Rd1 e5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Qg3 Re8 14. Rac1 b6 15.
h4 Kh8 16. Be3 Bb7 17. f3 Nd7 18. Qf2 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. b4 Ne6 21. Nd5 cxd5
22. cxd5 Qe7 23. dxe6 Qxe6 24. Rc7 Bc6 25. Qxb6 Qxa2 26. Qf2 Rec8 27. Rxc8+
Rxc8 28. Bf1 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Bb5 30. Bxb5 axb5 31. Rd5 f6 32. Rxb5 Rc2+ 33. Kg3
h5 34. Rb7 Rb2 35. b5 Kh7 36. b6 Kg6 37. Rb8 Kf7 38. Kh2 Rb1 39. b7 Kg6 40. g4
hxg4 41. fxg4 Rb2+ 42. Kg3 Rb3+ 43. Kf2 Rb2+ 44. Ke3 Rb3+ 45. Kd2 Kh7 46. Kc2
Rb6 47. h5 Rb4 48. Kc3 Rb6 49. Kc4 Rb1 50. Kd5 Rd1+ 51. Ke6 Rb1 52. Kf7 Rb6 53.
Ke7 Rb4 54. Kd6 Rb1 55. Ke6 Rb2 56. g5 fxg5 57. Kf5 Rb3 58. Kxg5 Rb4 59. Kf5
Rb5 60. Ke6 Rb1 61. Kxe5 Rb5+ 62. Ke6 g6 63. hxg6+ Kg7 64. e5 Rb1 65. Ke7 Rb5
66. e6 Rb1 67. Kd7 Rd1+ 68. Kc6 1-0

[Event "New York Masters 81th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.11.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2003.11.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. a3 Bg4
9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Nd7 12. c4 O-O 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc3 Be6 15.
Bd3 Rac8 16. Ke2 Nb6 17. h3 Bf5 18. Rhc1 f6 19. Nf3 Bxd3+ 20. Kxd3 Nf5 21. Bd2
h4 22. b3 Rc6 23. a4 Rd8 24. a5 Nd7 25. Nb5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 a6 27. Nc3 Nf8 28.
Na4 Ne6 29. Nc5 Kf7 30. Nxe6 Kxe6 31. Rc7 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Kxd7 33. Be1 Bh6 34.
Bxh4 Bxf4 35. exf6 exf6 36. Bxf6 Bc7 37. b4 Bd6 38. Kc3 Ng3 39. Be5 Ne4+ 40.
Kb3 Be7 41. Bb8 Ke6 42. Ne5 g5 43. Nd3 Kf5 44. g4+ Ke6 45. Be5 Nd2+ 46. Kc3 Nf3
47. Bg3 Ng1 48. Kd2 Nxh3 49. Ke3 Kd7 50. Kf3 Kc6 51. Kg2 Nf4+ 52. Bxf4 gxf4 53.
Kf3 Kb5 54. Kxf4 Kc4 55. Nc5 Kxd4 56. g5 Kc4 57. Kf5 Bxg5 58. Kxg5 Kxb4 59.
Nxb7 Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santo Domingo op"]
[Site "Santo Domingo"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De La Cruz, Mercedes"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
b6 9. Nb3 Bb7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Nbd2 Rfe8 14. Rad1 Nf8
15. d5 c6 16. c4 Rec8 17. Qb1 a6 18. b3 b5 19. Nf1 cxd5 20. exd5 bxc4 21. Bxc4
Nd7 22. Ng3 Bg7 23. Nd4 Nb6 24. Qd3 Qd7 25. Nf3 Nxc4 26. bxc4 a5 27. Rc1 f5 28.
Nd2 e4 29. Qe2 Bd4 30. Ngxe4 fxe4 31. Qxe4 Qg7 32. Qe6+ Qf7 33. Nf3 Bc5 34. Qg4
Re8 35. Nd4 Rxe1+ 36. Rxe1 Rf8 37. Rf1 Bc8 38. Qd1 Qf4 39. Nc6 Qxc4 40. Ne7+
Kg7 41. Nxc8 Rxc8 42. Kh1 Re8 43. Re1 Qxd5 44. Qb1 Qxa2 45. Qb7+ Qf7 46. Qb2+
Kg8 47. Rxe8+ Qxe8 48. h3 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Santo Domingo op"]
[Site "Santo Domingo"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fauland, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Be2
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rfd1 Bc6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Rac1 f5 14. b4 fxe4
15. Nxe4 d5 16. b5 e5 17. Qd2 dxe4 18. bxc6 Nc5 19. Qd5+ Qxd5 20. cxd5 exf3 21.
Bxf3 e4 22. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 23. Rxc5 exf3 24. c7 Rae8 25. d6 b6 1-0

[Event "Santo Domingo op"]
[Site "Santo Domingo"]
[Date "2003.11.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Haastert, Edwin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 h6 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Nh4 Rc8 13. Ng6 Re8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. f3 Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Rfd1 Red8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rd4
21. b3 c4 22. Kf1 b5 23. b4 Qd6 24. a3 Ne8 25. Nd5 Nc7 26. Rxd4 exd4 27. Qd2
Nxd5 28. Qxd4 Ne3+ 29. Qxe3 Qd1+ 30. Kf2 Qxc2+ 31. Kg3 Qb3 32. Qc5 c3 33. e5
Qc4 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ 0-1

[Event "Santo Domingo op"]
[Site "Santo Domingo"]
[Date "2003.11.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dominguez, Jose Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b4
Re8 9. Qb3 Bf8 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. a4 exd4 12. Nxd4 d5 13. cxd5 Qxb4 14. dxc6 Qxb3
15. Nxb3 bxc6 16. Bxc6 Rb8 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Ba3 Nc5 20. e3 Nb3 21.
Rab1 Bxa3 22. Rxb3 Rxb3 23. Nxb3 a6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 h6 26. Nd4 Rc8 27.
Kg2 Bb4 28. Rd7 Rc3 1-0

[Event "Santo Domingo op"]
[Site "Santo Domingo"]
[Date "2003.11.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
e3 b6 9. Ne2 {this strange looking move has become popular now and it occurred
(with a slightly move order) in the 2 recent Kasparov`s games.} ({Both} 9. Bd3)
({and} 9. Nf3 {look normal and natural and lead to the well-knoown positions.})
9... Bb7 10. Qd3 ({After} 10. Qc2 c5 {the white queen could become vulnerable
on the "c"-file.}) 10... a5 $5 $146 {As far as I know, the new idea in this
position. Instead of playing in the centre by e6-e5 or c7-c5, Black intends to
put his pawn on a4 first and activate the rook on a8.} (10... h6 11. Bh4 c5 12.
Nc3 Qe7 13. Be2 cxd4 14. Qxd4 (14. exd4 $5) 14... e5 15. Qd1 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bc6 {
with the unclear position in Bareev,E-Karpov,A/Cap d'Agde 2002}) (10... Ba6 11.
b4 (11. Nc3 d5 12. Qc2 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 h6 15. Bh4 c5 {led to
equality in Ivanchuk,V-Kasparov,G Rethymnon 2003}) 11... c5 12. b5 Bb7 13. Nc3
a6 14. f3 h6 15. Bh4 Qe7 16. Be2 {with a slight advantage for White , Kasparov,
G-Grischuk,A Rethymnon 2003}) 11. Nc3 (11. b3 $5 {was worth consideration
although it meant that White couldn`t castle long anymore which is important
as a part of the White`s plan. It could follow, for example:} h6 12. Bh4 c5 13.
Nc3 Qe7 {with the idea 14...cd and 15...e5.}) 11... a4 {Now the rook a8 is
ready to come into play.} 12. Qc2 Ra5 {with a tempo!} 13. Bxf6 {Giving up the
bishop and the hopes for the opening advantage.} ({But also in case of} 13. Bh4
Qa8 $1 {The queen escapes to a good square. The pawn on a4 is protected and
Black, having a very flexible position, can start to play in the centre by
choosing between e6-e5, d6-d5 and c7-c5.} 14. f3 d5 $5 {with a good position
for Black.}) 13... Nxf6 14. Nxa4 $6 ({Safer was not to give the g2-pawn:} 14.
f3 Qd7 15. Bd3 d5 16. O-O {with approximately equal chances.}) 14... Be4 {
...first chasing the queen to a less good square.} 15. Qd1 Qa8 {...and now
taking a pawn back.} 16. Nc3 ({or} 16. f3 Rxa4 17. fxe4 Qa5+ $1 (17... Nxe4 18.
Bd3 f5 19. O-O Nf6 {is also possible but 17...Qa5 is stronger}) 18. b4 (18. Qd2
Qg5 19. Bd3 Nxe4 $17) 18... Qg5 19. Qf3 (19. Qxa4 Qxe3+ $19) 19... Rfa8 {
White has too many weaknesses} 20. h4 Qg6 21. Bd3 Rxa3 22. Rd1 e5 {with a big
advantage}) 16... Bxg2 17. Rg1 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Rf5 $15 {due to uncertain
position of the white king Black has a small advantage.} 19. Rg2 g6 (19... c5
$5) 20. Kg1 {this wasn`t necessary} ({may be it was better to take more
control in the centre by playing} 20. Qd3) 20... Ne4 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Rc1 c5 {
Finally starting a counterplay in the centre. White`s problem is that the rook
g2 has to protect the king and can`t fully participate in the upcoming
developments on the other parts of the board.} 23. Rg4 Qc6 24. b4 (24. e4 {
looks active but after} Rh5 25. Rg3 Rh4 26. d5 Qd7 {Black is ready to start an
active play on the kingside whereas the white pawns on the queenside are
passive.}) 24... Ra8 25. b5 Qb7 (25... Qc7 26. a4 (26. Rc3 cxd4 27. Qxd4 (27.
exd4 $2 Rxb5) 27... Rc5)) 26. a4 {allows Black to activate his pieces.} (26. e4
Rh5 27. dxc5 (27. Rc3 cxd4 $1 28. Qxd4 Qc7 {and the white pawns are weak})
27... dxc5 28. Rc3 {White keeps control over all his pawns and the important
"d"-file and has good chances to hold the balance, for example:} Re5 29. f3 Qe7
30. Rd3 Rg5 (30... f5 $5) 31. Rg3 $11) 26... h5 27. Rg3 Qe4 $17 28. Rc3 $2 {
A blunder but the position was already very difficult anyway.} (28. dxc5 Rxc5
29. Qxd6 Rxa4 30. Qxb6 Rcxc4 31. Rd1 Rab4 $17) 28... cxd4 29. f3 ({or} 29. exd4
Rxa4 $1 30. Qxa4 (30. Rce3 Qa8) 30... Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Rxf2+ 32. Kh3 Qf1+ 33. Kh4
Rf4+ 34. Kg5 Kg7 {with mate}) 29... Rxf3 {and Hikaru resigned as he loses too
many pawns.} 0-1

[Event "Santo Domingo op"]
[Site "Santo Domingo"]
[Date "2003.12.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Socko, Monika"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Nf3 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 a5 11. O-O c6 12. a3 b5 13. Ne1 Nd7 14. Nd3 Ba6 15.
b4 axb4 16. axb4 Re8 17. Qc2 Bf8 18. Nb1 Nb6 19. Nd2 Nc4 20. Nb3 Re7 21. Ndc5
Rea7 22. Na5 Qb6 23. Rfe1 Bc8 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Qc3 Rb8 26. Ra4 Qb5 27. Rea1
Bf5 28. h3 Re8 29. R4a2 Rae7 30. Rb2 Ra7 31. Rba2 h5 32. Re2 Bd6 33. Rae1 Bxc5
34. dxc5 Bd3 35. Rb2 Rb8 36. Ra1 Re7 37. Rd1 Re6 38. Rdd2 Be4 39. Rd1 Rbe8 40.
Rd4 Re5 41. Rbd2 Kh7 42. f3 Bd3 43. e4 Kg8 44. exd5 cxd5 45. Kh2 Rf5 46. f4 Be4
47. Rf2 h4 48. Qd2 Rb8 49. Nxc4 dxc4 50. Rxe4 Qxb4 51. Re8+ Kh7 52. Qxb4 Rxb4
53. Re5 c3 54. Rxf5 gxf5 55. Rc2 Rc4 56. Kg1 Kg6 57. c6 Kf6 58. g3 hxg3 59. Kg2
Ke6 60. Kxg3 Kd5 61. h4 Rxc6 62. h5 Kc4 63. Kh4 Kb3 64. Rc1 Kb2 65. Rh1 c2 66.
Kg5 c1=Q 67. Rxc1 Kxc1 68. Kxf5 Kd2 69. Kg5 Ke3 70. f5 Ke4 71. h6 Rxh6 0-1

[Event "Santo Domingo op"]
[Site "Santo Domingo"]
[Date "2003.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne2 Re8 11. Ng3 g6 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Bb7 14. e4 Be7 15.
Bd2 c5 16. Ba5 Qb8 17. e5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nd5 19. Be4 Qb5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Rfa1
cxd4 22. Rxd4 Nxe5 23. Qxd5 a6 24. Bc3 Nc6 25. Rdd1 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Bb4 27. Bxb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Santo Domingo op"]
[Site "Santo Domingo"]
[Date "2003.12.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
Bg4 9. d5 Nc5 10. Qc2 a5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Qc8 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. b3 Nh7 15. f3
h5 16. Bf2 Bh6 17. Rab1 f5 18. a3 Nf6 19. Bf1 fxe4 20. Bxc5 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 dxc5
22. Qg5 Qe8 23. Rb2 Bf5 24. fxe4 Bd7 25. Rf2 Kg7 26. Be2 Nh7 27. Rxf8 Nxg5 28.
Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Rb1 Ra8 30. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santo Domingo op"]
[Site "Santo Domingo"]
[Date "2003.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "De Vreugt, Dennis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6
9. Ne5 e6 10. h4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. f3 f6 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. fxe4 dxe4 15.
Qc2 Bb4+ 16. Ke2 f5 17. a3 Bd6 18. Bb2 O-O 19. Bg2 Rc8 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Bh3
bxc4 22. bxc4 Qe8 23. Bc3 Rd8 24. Rag1 Qh5+ 25. Ke1 Qh6 26. Ke2 Qh5+ 27. Kd2
Rf7 28. Rf1 Bxa3 29. Qd1 Qh6 30. Qa1 Bb4 31. Ke2 Qh5+ 32. Kd2 Nxd4 33. exd4
Rxd4+ 34. Ke1 Qxh4+ 35. Ke2 Qh5+ 36. Ke1 Rfd7 37. Bxb4 Rd1+ 38. Kf2 Qf3+ 39.
Kg1 Qe3+ 40. Kh2 Rxa1 41. Rxa1 Rd3 42. Bg2 f4 43. Be1 Rd6 0-1

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 d5 6. Qe2 Ne7 7. Ba3 (7. d3
Ng6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 d4 10. Na4 e5 11. Ba3 O-O 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. Qf3 Ne6 14.
Rfe1 Qc7 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Nc4 f6 {1/2-1/2 De la Paz,F-Almeida,O/Santa Clara
2000/ (16)}) 7... Ng6 8. O-O Qa5 (8... Bd6 9. exd5 Nf4 10. Qe3 Nxd5 11. Qe4 $14
) 9. Bb2 Bd6 $5 {[%mdl 64] The young American is not afraid to take a
challenge and bravely sacrifices the pawn on g7.} (9... d4 10. e5 Ba6 11. d3
Be7 12. Qe4 $14) 10. Bxg7 Nf4 (10... Rg8 11. e5 (11. Bh6 Bf4 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13.
Nxg5 Nf4 14. Qe3 e5 15. h4 d4 $17) 11... Rxg7 12. exd6 Qd8 (12... Nf4 13. Qe5
Rxg2+ 14. Kh1 Ng6 15. Qh5 $14)) 11. Qe3 Rg8 12. e5 Nxg2 (12... Rxg7 $2 13. Qxf4
$16) 13. Qh6 (13. Kxg2 Bf8 14. Rg1 $11) 13... Ne1 (13... Nh4 $5 14. Kh1 (14.
exd6 Nf5 15. Qf6 Rxg7+ 16. Kh1 Qd8 $17) (14. Qxh4 Rxg7+ 15. Kh1 Be7 16. Qh5 $11
) 14... Nf5 15. Qf4 Rxg7 16. exd6 Qd8 $17) 14. exd6 Nxf3+ 15. Kh1 Ba6 (15...
Qd8 16. Qxh7 Kd7 17. Qh6 (17. Bb2 Qf8) 17... Ba6 18. d3 Kc8 19. Qh7 $11) 16. d3
Qd8 17. Nd2 $1 {In a very original position Sutovsky creatively finishes
development of the last light piece, the position is still roughly equal.} (17.
Qxh7 Kd7 $11) 17... Nxd2 18. Rg1 Qxd6 (18... Nf3 19. Bf6 Rxg1+ 20. Rxg1 Nxg1
21. Bxd8 $18) 19. Qxd2 O-O-O (19... d4 20. Rg5 c4 21. dxc4 c5 22. Rf1 Bb7+ 23.
f3 O-O-O 24. c3 $11) 20. Qh6 Bb7 $2 {This innaccuracy will cost Nakamura an
exchange.} (20... d4 $1 21. Qxh7 Qd5+ 22. Rg2 (22. Qe4 Qxe4+ 23. dxe4 Be2 24.
Rg3 f5 $11) 22... Qf3 23. Kg1 Qf4 24. Qe4 Qxe4 25. dxe4 Be2 $11) (20... Rde8
21. Rae1 Bb7 22. Be5 Rxg1+ 23. Kxg1 $11) 21. Bf6 $1 Rxg1+ (21... d4 22. Qxh7
Qd5+ 23. Qe4 Rde8 24. Qxd5 cxd5 25. f4 $14) 22. Rxg1 Re8 (22... Rd7 $2 23. f4
$18) 23. Qxh7 Qf4 (23... Qd7 24. Rg7 $16) 24. Rg8 Qxf6 (24... Rxg8 $2 25. Qxg8+
Kd7 26. Qd8#) 25. Rxe8+ Kd7 26. Rg8 Qxf2 27. Qh3 c4 $6 {The last moment in
which the defender choses a second rate solution and his chances are rapidly
decreasing.} (27... Qxc2 28. Qf1 Kc7 29. Rg2 Qc3 30. Qxf7+ Kb6 31. Qxe6 Qxd3
32. Rf2 c4 $14) (27... d4 28. Qg2 Qe1+ 29. Qg1 Qe2 30. Rg2 Qh5 31. Qf2 $14) 28.
Qg2 Qf4 (28... Qe1+ 29. Qg1 Qe2 30. Qxa7 Qf3+ 31. Rg2 Qd1+ 32. Qg1 $18) 29. Rg3
Qc1+ (29... cxd3 30. cxd3 Qc1+ 31. Qg1 Qf4 32. Qxa7 $16) 30. Qg1 Qxc2 31. Qxa7
Qd1+ 32. Kg2 (32. Qg1 Qe2 33. bxc4 dxc4 34. Qb1 Ba6 35. d4 $14) 32... Qe2+ 33.
Qf2 cxd3 34. Qxe2 dxe2 35. Kf2 d4 36. h4 c5 37. h5 Be4 38. Kxe2 e5 39. h6 Kc6
40. a4 1-0

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. a4
$6 {[%csl Ra4] Saying that white lost the game because of this move would be
just a too strong statement, but I have no doubts that this move is less
accurate than 8.h4. The first of all, a tempo could very precious and secondly,
the white pawn on a4 is quite vulnerable, so I see no point in creating
another weakness at such an early stage.} (8. h4) 8... Ba6 (8... O-O 9. Nf3 Ba6
10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. h4 f5 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. h5 Ne7 14. h6 g6 15. O-O $14 {
Kovacevic,A-Kajganovic,M/Vrnjacka Banja 1998}) 9. Bxa6 (9. h4 h5 10. Qg3 Bxf1
11. Kxf1 Nc6 12. Ne2 Qd7 13. Nf4 Nce7 14. Nxg6 Nxg6 15. Bg5 c5 $13 {Wegener,
M-Hund,G/Dortmund 2001}) 9... Nxa6 10. Qe2 Nb8 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. h4 h5 13. Ng5 (
13. Bg5 Qd7 14. O-O Na5 15. Nd2 Ne7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nf3 O-O 18. Ng5 g6 $15 {
Zucchelli,M-Prang,E/Arco 1999}) 13... Nge7 14. Nh3 Ng6 15. Bg5 (15. g3 Na5 16.
O-O Nc4 17. f4 Ne7 $15) 15... Qd7 16. O-O Nce7 17. c4 (17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Ng5
Nf5 19. g3 a5 20. Rfd1 Qc6 $13) 17... Nf5 18. Rfd1 Nfxh4 19. cxd5 exd5 20. c4
$6 {White insists on keeping the bishop on the board, even though it's hardly
stronger than any of black knights. More logical was} (20. Bxh4 Nxh4 21. c4 Ng6
22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. a5 $44 {with good compensation for the pawn.}) 20... Nf5 21.
cxd5 Qxd5 22. Qc2 Qd7 23. Rac1 O-O 24. Qxc7 Qxa4 25. d5 $2 {I don't know
whether this move is a blunder or a result of a wrong evaluation of the
arising position (even though the first option seems to be more likely), but
in any case white finds himself in deep troubles after it.} (25. Ra1 Qb5 26.
Qb7 $1 {[%cal Gb7f3]} (26. Rxa7 Qe2 27. Rd2 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Rxa7 29. Qxa7 Nxd4 30.
Qxb6 Ne6 $15) 26... Rfe8 27. Rxa7 (27. Qf3 $6 Qd7 28. Qxh5 Nxd4 29. Be3 Rxe5
30. Ng5 Rd5 $17) 27... Rxa7 28. Qxa7 Qd5 $15) 25... Rac8 $1 $19 26. Qxc8 Rxc8
27. Rxc8+ Kh7 28. Rcc1 (28. Re1 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Qa1+ $19) 28... Nxe5 29. d6 f6 {
Black wants to take no chances. More accurate was} (29... a5 $1) 30. Bf4 Nd7
31. Ra1 Qc6 32. Rdc1 Nc5 33. Rxa7 Nxd6 34. Be3 Nf5 35. Bxc5 bxc5 36. Ra5 Nh4
37. Nf4 ({Unfortunately for white} 37. f3 {loses to} Nxf3+ 38. gxf3 Qc7 $19)
37... Qe4 38. Raxc5 Qxf4 39. R1c4 Nf3+ 40. gxf3 Qxf3 {The rest is a very easy
technical job.} 41. Rc3 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qg4+ 43. Kh2 g5 44. Re3 Kg6 45. Rc6 Qf4+
46. Kg1 g4 47. Rc8 h4 48. Rec3 Qd4 49. R8c4 Qd1+ 50. Kh2 Kg5 51. Rc5+ f5 52.
Rc1 Qf3 53. R5c2 Qd3 54. Rc3 Qd4 55. R3c2 Qe5+ 56. Kh1 Qe4+ 57. Kg1 h3 58. f4+
Qxf4 59. Rf1 Qe3+ 60. Kh2 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O c5 7. Na3 Na6 8. dxc5
Nxc5 9. Be3 Nce4 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bd4 Ndf6 12. Qa4 Nd6 13. Rfd1 Bd7 14. Qb4
Bc6 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. e4 Qb6 18. Qc3+ Kg8 19. Ne5 Rac8 20. Nec4
Nxc4 21. Nxc4 Qc5 22. Na5 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 Nb8 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Nxc6 26. Rd7
Rb8 27. f4 Kf8 28. e5 Na5 29. b4 Nc6 30. a3 a5 31. b5 Nd8 32. b6 Ke8 33. Rc7
Ra8 34. a4 Ra6 35. Bf1 Rxb6 36. Bb5+ Nc6 37. Rc8+ Kd7 38. Ra8 Kc7 39. Kf2 Nd4
40. Rxa5 Kb8 41. Bd7 e6 42. Rc5 Rb2+ 43. Ke3 Nf5+ 44. Kd3 Rxh2 45. Rc8+ Ka7 46.
Rf8 Nh6 47. Rh8 Ng4 48. Be8 f6 49. Bxg6 Rg2 50. Bh5 Rxg3+ 51. Kd4 fxe5+ 52.
fxe5 Nxe5 53. Rxh7 Nc6+ 54. Kc5 Rd3 55. Be8 Ka6 56. Rh6 Rd5+ 57. Kc4 Re5 58.
Bd7 Nd8 59. Rh8 Nf7 60. Rf8 Nd6+ 61. Kb4 Ne4 62. Re8 Nc5 63. Bb5+ Kb6 64. a5+
Kc7 65. Kc4 Ne4 66. Re7+ Kd8 67. Re8+ Kc7 68. Re7+ Kb8 69. Re8+ Ka7 70. Rd8
Rc5+ 71. Kb4 Rc1 72. Bc4 Rb1+ 73. Ka3 Nc5 74. Re8 Re1 75. Kb4 Re5 76. Kc3 Re4
77. Rc8 Na6 78. Kd3 Re5 79. Kd4 Re1 80. Re8 Nc7 81. Re7 Kb8 82. Kc5 Kc8 83. Rh7
Kb8 84. Rh8+ Ka7 85. Rc8 Na8 86. Kd6 e5 87. Bd5 Ra1 88. Rc5 Rb1 89. Kxe5 Kb8
90. Kd6 Rg1 91. Rb5 Rg6+ 92. Kc5 b6+ 93. axb6 Nxb6 94. Rxb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Be2 b5 14. Bf3 Rb8
15. Bg3 Nd7 16. Rhd1 O-O 17. Kb1 Re8 18. a4 b4 19. Na2 a5 20. Nc1 Nb6 21. b3
Bb7 22. Ne2 Rbc8 23. R4d2 d5 24. e5 Bc5 25. Nd4 Ba6 26. Bf2 Nd7 27. Re1 Rc7 28.
Kb2 g6 29. h4 Bf8 30. h5 Nc5 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. g3 h5 33. Be3 Rh7 34. Rh1 Ne4
35. Rg2 Bc5 36. Re1 Bxd4+ 37. Bxd4 Rc8 38. Bxe4 dxe4 39. Bb6 Rb7 40. Bxa5 Rbb8
41. Rd2 Rc3 42. Rd6 Ra8 43. Rg1 Bd3 44. cxd3 Rxa5 45. dxe4 Rac5 46. Rg2 Re3 47.
Rd4 Rcc3 48. Rxb4 Rxg3 49. Rxg3 Rxg3 50. a5 Kg7 51. Ka3 Rg1 52. Ka4 1-0

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. Qc2 Bc6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. O-O e6 8. c4
$1 a6 9. Nc3 e5 10. a3 Be7 11. b4 b6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nd2 Ne8 14. Bg4 Nc7 15.
Nd5 Ne6 16. Rab1 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. f4 Qh4 21. Bg5
Qh5 22. Rf3 exf4 23. Bxf4 e5 24. Be3 Rf8 25. Rbf1 Rxf3 26. Nxf3 h6 27. b5 Bb7
28. bxa6 Rxa6 29. Qd2 g5 (29... Kh7 30. Ng5+ hxg5 31. Rf7+ $16) (29... Kg7 30.
Qf2 g5 31. h4 g4 32. Ng5 hxg5 33. Qf5 Bc6 (33... Bc8 34. Qe6 Qg6 35. Qe7+ Kh8
$8 36. Bxg5 $18) 34. Qe6 Qg6 35. Qe7+ Kh8 36. Bxg5 (36. h5 Qxh5 37. Rf7 Ra8 38.
Bxg5 Qg6 39. Bf6+ Nxf6 40. Rxf6 Qg7 41. Qxd6 Be8 42. Rh6+ Kg8 43. Qd5+ Kf8 $11)
36... Ra8 37. Bf6+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ Qf7 (38... Kh7 39. h5 Qg8 40. Qe7+ Kh6 41. Rf5
$18) 39. Qxg4+ Kh7 40. Bg5) 30. h4 (30. Nxg5 hxg5 31. Rf5) 30... gxh4 (30... g4
31. Ne1 $1 Qxh4 (31... g3 32. Rf5 Qxh4 33. Nf3 Qe7 34. Bxh6 $18) 32. g3 $1
Qxg3+ (32... Qh5 33. Bxh6 Kh7 34. Rf5 Qxh6 35. Rf7+ Kg6 36. Qf2 Qe3 $8 37. Qxe3
Kxf7 38. Nc2 $16) 33. Ng2 Nf8 $8 34. Bxc5 $1 Kg7 35. Bxd6 Nd7 36. Qb4 $18) 31.
Bxh6 Rxa3 32. Bg5 $2 (32. Qg5+ $1 Qxg5 33. Nxg5 Rxd3 34. Rf7 Bc8 35. Kf2 Rd2+
36. Ke1) 32... h3 33. Nh4 Nf8 (33... hxg2 34. Qxg2 Kh7 35. Rf3 $16) 34. Qf2 Ne6
(34... Nh7 35. Qf5 Qe8 36. Ng6 $18) 35. Qf6 (35. Qf5 $5) 35... Bc8 36. Ng6 Ra7
37. g3 (37. Bh6 $1 $18 Qxh6 (37... h2+ 38. Kh1) (37... Ng7 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39.
Nf8+ Kh8 40. Nd7+ Kh7 41. Nf6+ $18) 38. Ne7+ Kh7 (38... Rxe7 39. Qxh6 $18) 39.
Qf7+ Qg7 (39... Ng7 40. Qg8#) 40. Qf5+ Kh8 (40... Kh6 41. Qxh3+ Kg5 42. Rf5#)
41. Qh5+ Qh7 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Rf7+ Kh6 44. Rxh7+ Kxh7 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Qg8#) (
37. Ne7+ $2 Rxe7 38. Qxe7 hxg2 39. Kxg2 Qxg5+ 40. Qxg5+ Nxg5 41. Rb1 $17) 37...
h2+ 38. Kh1 Qh3 39. Bh4 (39. Bh6 Nf4 $1 $11) (39. g4 $2 Nf4 $1) (39. Qf3 Qh7
40. Qf6 Qh3 $11) 39... Nf4 $1 $11 40. Qh8+ Kf7 41. Qf6+ (41. Rxf4+ exf4 42.
Qh7+ Ke8 (42... Ke6 43. Nxf4+ $18) 43. Qg8+ Kd7 44. Qf7+ (44. Qd8+ $4 Kc6 $19)
44... Kc6 45. Qxa7 Qf1+ 46. Kxh2 Qf2+ $11) 41... Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Qb3
Ra7 9. Bd2 e6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 (13... Qxd7
14. a4 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Rfc1 Rc8 $11) 14. Rfc1 Bd6 15. Bf1 Qe7 16. e4 $5 {
Illescas is opening the center in order to get some chances to fight for an
advantage in the symmetrical position.} b5 (16... dxe4 17. Nxe4 Rd8 18. Bg5 Nf6
19. Qe3 Raa8 20. Bd3 $14) 17. e5 (17. exd5 $1 b4 (17... Bg6 18. Re1 Bf5 19.
dxe6 fxe6 $14) 18. Ne4 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qh4+ 20. Qh3 Qxe4 21. Qxh5 $18) 17... Bc7
18. Ne2 (18. a4 b4 19. Ne2 a5 20. Nf4 Bg4 21. Qg3 Bf5 $11) 18... Bxe2 19. Bxe2
Rb8 20. Qd3 Bb6 21. Be3 Qe8 22. Rc2 Rc8 23. Rac1 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Nb8 25. Qb3 Rc7
26. Rxc7 Bxc7 27. a4 $1 {White needs space for his bishops even in the endgame.
} bxa4 28. Qb7 Ba5 (28... Qd7 29. Bd1 f6 30. Bxa4 Qxa4 31. Qc8+ Kf7 32. Qxc7+
Kg6 33. h4 $14) 29. g3 h6 30. h4 Qf8 31. Bd1 Qb4 (31... Bb4 32. Bxa4 a5 33. h5
$14) 32. Qc8+ Qf8 33. Qb7 Qb4 34. Qxb4 Bxb4 35. Bxa4 Kf8 36. h5 a5 37. Bb5 $1 {
[%mdl 4096] Nakamura is left with ungrateful defensive task due to pieces
seriously constrained by the pawn structure and the opponents daring bishops.}
(37. g4 Na6 38. f4 Be7 $14) 37... Ke7 38. g4 Nd7 39. b3 Nf8 (39... Nb6 40. f4
Bc3 41. Kf2 Na8 42. g5 Nc7 43. Bd3 $16) 40. Bd3 Bc3 41. f4 f6 42. Kf2 Kf7 (
42... fxe5 $5 43. fxe5 (43. dxe5 d4 44. Bc1 Nd7 45. Ke2 Nc5 46. Bc4 Kd7 47. Ba3
Bb4 48. Bb2 d3+ 49. Bxd3 Nxb3 50. Bb5+ Ke7 51. Kd3 a4 52. Kc4 a3 53. Bxa3 Bxa3
54. Kxb3 Bc1 $11) 43... Kf7 44. Ke2 g5 45. hxg6+ Kg7 46. Bb5 Nxg6 47. Kd3 Bb4
48. Bd7 Nf8 49. Bc8 Kg6 $14) 43. Ke2 Ke7 (43... fxe5 44. fxe5 g5) 44. Ba6 Nd7
$2 {It seems, that this passive move is the decisive mistake. Black could have
resisted after the correct 44...fxe5.} (44... fxe5 45. fxe5 Kf7 $14) 45. Kd3
Bb4 46. Bb5 f5 (46... Kd8 47. Bxd7 Kxd7 48. exf6 gxf6 49. g5 hxg5 50. fxg5 fxg5
51. Bxg5 Ke8 52. Bd2 Kf7 53. Bxb4 axb4 54. Ke3 Kg7 55. Kf4 Kf6 56. h6 $18) (
46... fxe5 47. fxe5 Kd8 48. g5 hxg5 49. Bxg5+ Be7 50. Bd2 Bb4 51. Bxb4 $1 axb4
52. Bxd7 Kxd7 53. Ke3 Ke7 54. Kf4 Kf8 55. Kg5 Kf7 56. h6 $18) 47. Bf2 $1 Nf8 (
47... fxg4 48. Bh4+ Ke8 49. f5 $1 $18) 48. Bh4+ Kf7 49. gxf5 exf5 50. Bc6 Ke6
51. Bb7 $1 g6 (51... Nd7 52. Bc8 Be7 53. Bxe7 Kxe7 54. Kc3 Kd8 55. Bxd7 Kxd7
56. b4 axb4+ 57. Kxb4 Ke6 58. Kc5 g6 59. hxg6 h5 60. g7 Kf7 61. e6+ Kxg7 62.
Kd6 h4 63. e7 $18) 52. Bc8+ Kf7 53. e6+ $1 Ke8 (53... Nxe6 54. hxg6+ $18) 54.
Bd7+ Nxd7 55. hxg6 {The final combination is rather impressive, white pawns
can be restrained only at a cost of both black pieces.} (55. hxg6 Bf8 56. exd7+
Kxd7 57. Bf6 h5 58. Ke3 Kc6 59. g7 Bxg7 60. Bxg7 Kb5 61. Bf8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Bd3 a6 8.
O-O d6 9. f4 b5 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Rae1 b4 13. Na4 (13. Ne2 Rd8 (13...
O-O 14. Kh1 Rfe8 15. Qh3 e5 16. Ng3 Bc8 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. fxe5 Rxe5 19. Bg5 Bxf5
20. exf5 Nd7 21. Rd1 a5 22. Bf4 Ree8 23. Bc4 Nce5 24. Bd5 {1-0 Schmaltz,
R-Stein,A/New York 2002/ (73)}) 14. c3 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Bc1 O-O 17. Ng3 bxc3
18. bxc3 Na5 19. Nd4 Qxc3 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bxe4 Qc5+ 22. Be3 dxe4 23. Qg4 Qc6
{0-1 McKay,R-Hernandez,R/Siegen 1970/ (37)}) 13... O-O 14. Be3 Rae8 15. Qh3 (
15. c3 bxc3 16. Nxc3 Nb4 17. Bb1 d5 18. e5 d4 $11) 15... e5 (15... Qb8 16. g4
$40) 16. Nb6 Nb8 17. Nd2 $5 {Nakamura doesn't stand a great chance to build up
a kingside attack, so he concentrates on the improving his pieces on the
queenside.} Bd8 18. Nbc4 Nbd7 19. b3 Nc5 (19... exf4 $5 20. Bxf4 Ne5 21. a3 (
21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Be3 Bc8 23. Qg3 Ng4 24. Nc4 Nxe3 25. Nxe3 Qb6 $13) 21... bxa3
22. Ra1 Bc8 23. Qe3 Nxc4 24. Nxc4 Nd5 25. Qd4 Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Be7 $15) 20. fxe5
dxe5 21. Bf2 Bc8 22. Qf3 Be7 (22... Ng4 23. Bg3 Nxd3 24. cxd3 Be7 25. h3 $11)
23. h3 Ne6 24. Bg3 Bc5+ (24... Nd4 25. Qd1 Bc5 26. Kh2 Nb5 27. Nf3 $15) 25. Kh1
Nd7 26. Ne3 Bxe3 $2 {[%mdl 16384] In the positional sense this is nearly
criminal move. Pelletier has decided to give up the valuable dark squared
bishop without the slightest necessity. As a reward his position becomes
slightly endangered.} (26... Nd4 27. Qd1 Nb6 $15) 27. Qxe3 Ndc5 28. Bc4 f6 29.
Bd5 Kh8 30. Nc4 Rd8 31. a3 $1 bxa3 (31... a5 32. axb4 axb4 33. Ra1 $14) 32. b4
Na4 33. Qxa3 Nb6 (33... Bd7 34. Nxe5 $1 fxe5 35. Bxe6 Bxe6 36. Qxa4 Rxf1+ 37.
Rxf1 Qc4 38. Qa1 Qxb4 39. Bxe5 $16) 34. Ne3 (34. Nxb6 Qxb6 35. Bf2 Qc7 36. c4
$16) 34... Nf4 (34... Nxd5 35. exd5 Ng5 36. c4 Ne4 37. Bh2 Nd2 38. Rf2 Nxc4
$140 39. Qc1 $16) 35. c4 {Nakamura has achieved enormous success in the center,
white is clearly better.} Nfxd5 36. exd5 f5 (36... Nxc4 37. Qc3 $16) (36... Bb7
37. Qa2 f5 38. Bh4 $16) 37. Bh4 Rde8 (37... f4 38. Bxd8 Rxd8 39. c5 fxe3 (39...
Nxd5 40. Nxd5 Rxd5 41. Rxf4 $18) 40. cxb6 Qxb6 41. Qxe3 Qxb4 42. Qxe5 $18) 38.
c5 Nd7 39. Nxf5 Nxc5 (39... Rxf5 40. Rxf5 Nxc5 41. Rexe5 $1 $18) 40. Nxg7 $1 {
A witty tactical solution is breaking up the defensive set up of the black
king. White will still be left with two connected passed pawns.} (40. d6 Qc6
41. Ne7 Rxf1+ 42. Rxf1 Qe4 43. bxc5 Qxh4 44. c6 $18) 40... Qxg7 41. bxc5 e4 (
41... Rxf1+ 42. Rxf1 Rf8 43. Rxf8+ Qxf8 44. Bg3 Qf1+ 45. Kh2 e4 46. Be5+ Kg8
47. Qg3+ $18) 42. Rxf8+ Qxf8 43. d6 Qh6 44. Qc3+ Kg8 45. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qf4 c5 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Rhe1
cxd4 15. Qxd4 Rfd8 16. Qh4 Rac8 17. c3 h6 18. Qg3 b5 19. Bc2 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bd5
21. a3 a5 22. Rd4 Rb8 23. Rh4 h5 24. Nd7 Qxg3 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. hxg3 Bxg2 27.
Rxh5 f5 28. Rh4 Rd8 29. a4 Bc6 30. g4 fxg4 31. Rxg4+ Kf8 32. Rg5 Rd5 33. Rxd5
exd5 34. axb5 Bxb5 35. Kd2 Ke7 36. Ke3 Kd6 37. Kd4 Bc6 38. Bd1 Bd7 39. Be2 f6
40. Bd1 Be6 41. Bb3 Bf7 42. f4 Be6 43. Ba4 Bc8 44. Bb5 Bb7 45. Be8 Ba6 46. b3
Be2 47. b4 axb4 48. cxb4 Bc4 49. Bg6 Ba6 50. Bd3 Bc8 51. b5 Bg4 52. Bg6 Bd7 53.
Bd3 Bg4 54. Bf1 Bf5 55. Bg2 Bd7 56. b6 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Ne7 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Bd3 d5 14. Qe2
Bb7 15. O-O-O Qb6 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Be4 Nf4 18. Qf3 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 O-O 20. Nc2
Qe6 21. Ne3 Qxa2 22. g3 b4 23. gxf4 bxc3 24. Qb1 cxb2+ 25. Kd2 Rad8+ 26. Ke2
Qxb1 27. Rxb1 exf4 28. Rhg1+ Kh8 29. Nd1 Rd4 30. Nxb2 f3+ 31. Kxf3 Rb8 32. Rbe1
Rb3+ 33. Re3 Rxe3+ 34. fxe3 Rd2 35. Nc4 Rxh2 36. Nd6 h5 37. Ne8 Kh7 38. Rg7+
Kh6 39. Rxf7 Ra2 40. Rxf6+ Kg5 41. Rc6 Ra1 42. Nd6 Rf1+ 43. Kg2 Ra1 44. Ne4+
Kg4 45. Rc5 Ra2+ 46. Nf2+ Kh4 47. Kf3 Ra1 48. Kf4 a5 49. Rc2 a4 50. e4 Rb1 51.
Rc3 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 b6
9. Nf4 bxc5 10. bxc5 c6 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Nd3 Ba6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rb1 Bc4 15.
Bd2 Rfb8 16. Rxb8+ Rxb8 17. Nb4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Rb7 19. f3 a5 20. Nd3 Rb3 21. Qd1
Qb7 22. Qc2 Bd8 23. a4 Nb8 24. e4 Bc7 25. e5 Nfd7 26. f4 g6 27. Rc1 Qa6 28. Nb5
Rxb5 29. axb5 cxb5 30. c6 Nb6 31. f5 Nc4 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Bh6 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Bd7 8. Qe2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Rxd4 Qb6 11. Qd2 Bc6 12. Bc4 Be7 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Bc5
15. Rd3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Rb3 Qc6 18. Rd1 O-O 19. Bd3 Bg6 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21.
Be3 Rac8 22. a3 Be7 23. Rd3 Qe4 24. Rd7 Rfd8 25. Kb1 Qxe5 26. Bb6 Bf6 27. c3
Re8 28. Bd4 Qe4+ 29. Qd3 Qxd3+ 30. Rxd3 e5 31. Be3 Rcd8 32. Kc2 b5 33. Rxd8
Rxd8 34. Rxd8+ Bxd8 35. Kd3 Kf7 36. c4 bxc4+ 37. Kxc4 Ke6 38. b4 Bc7 39. Kc5 e4
40. h3 Be5 41. g4 h6 42. a4 g5 43. b5 axb5 44. axb5 g6 45. Kc6 Bd6 46. b6 Be5
47. b7 Bd6 48. Ba7 Bf4 49. Be3 Bd6 50. Bd2 Bg3 51. Ba5 Bb8 52. Bb6 h5 53. Bd4
hxg4 54. hxg4 Bh2 55. Be3 Bd6 56. Bxg5 Be5 57. Be3 Bd6 58. Bb6 Bb8 59. Bc7 Ba7
60. Bf4 Ke7 61. Kb5 e3 62. Bxe3 Bb8 63. Kc6 Ke6 64. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zhu, Chen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "363"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Bb4 8. Bd2
Qe7 9. Rg1 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Bd3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 dxc4 14. Qxc4
e5 15. Bf5 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qc5+ 17. Kb1 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Nb6 19. Bc2 g6 20. h3 f5
21. Rg3 Kg7 22. a4 c5 23. Rf4 Nd5 24. Rc4 fxg4 25. hxg4 b6 26. Re4 Bb7 27. Re5
Rae8 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Nd2 Nb4 30. f4 Rd8 31. Kc1 a6 32. Bb1 Bc6 33. b3 Nd5 34.
Ne4 Re8 35. f5 Re5 36. Kd2 h6 37. a5 Nb4 38. Nc3 bxa5 39. e4 Kf6 40. Rf3 Be8
41. Ne2 Kg5 42. Rf1 Bf7 43. Nf4 gxf5 44. gxf5 c4 45. Ng6 Rc5 46. Rg1+ Kf6 47.
e5+ Rxe5 48. Nxe5 Kxe5 49. bxc4 Bxc4 50. Rh1 Bd5 51. Rxh6 Nc6 52. Rh5 Ne7 53.
Kc3 Bf3 54. Rh3 Nd5+ 55. Kc4 Nb6+ 56. Kb3 Bd1+ 57. Kb2 Nd5 58. Rh1 Bg4 59. Re1+
Kf4 60. Re4+ Kg5 61. Re6 Kf4 62. Re4+ Kg5 63. Re5 Nb6 64. Kc3 a4 65. Re6 Nd5+
66. Kd4 Nf4 67. Re5 Ne2+ 68. Kc5 a3 69. Kd6 Nd4 70. Ra5 Kf6 71. Rxa6 Bxf5 72.
Ba2 Bd3 73. Ra7 Nf5+ 74. Kd5 Ne7+ 75. Kd4 Bf5 76. Ra6+ Kg5 77. Bc4 Ng6 78. Rxa3
Kf4 79. Bd5 Ne7 80. Bb7 Kg5 81. Rg3+ Kf6 82. Rf3 Ke6 83. Rf1 Kf6 84. Kc5 Kg5
85. Kd6 Ng6 86. Bc6 Kg4 87. Rg1+ Kf4 88. Rf1+ Kg5 89. Rg1+ Kf4 90. Be8 Nh4 91.
Bh5 Nf3 92. Rg8 Be4 93. Rb8 Ke3 94. Rb4 Nd4 95. Ra4 Nf3 96. Kc5 Ne5 97. Ra1 Nf3
98. Kc4 Kf4 99. Kc3 Nh4 100. Kd2 Nf5 101. Bg6 Ke5 102. Ra4 Nd6 103. Bh5 Nf5
104. Bg4 Kf4 105. Bh3 Ke5 106. Ke2 Ne7 107. Ra6 Nd5 108. Kd2 Kd4 109. Ra5 Ke5
110. Bf1 Kd4 111. Ra4+ Ke5 112. Be2 Nf4 113. Bc4 Nd5 114. Ba2 Ne7 115. Ra6 Nd5
116. Rh6 Kd4 117. Bb3 Ke5 118. Rh4 Ne7 119. Bc4 Nf5 120. Rg4 Ne7 121. Bd3 Bxd3
122. Kxd3 Nf5 123. Ra4 Ng3 124. Ra8 Nf5 125. Ra4 Ng3 126. Rg4 Nf5 127. Re4+ Kd5
128. Re1 Nd6 129. Ra1 Ke5 130. Ra5+ Kf4 131. Rc5 Nf5 132. Rd5 Ng3 133. Ra5 Nf5
134. Kc4 Ke4 135. Ra4 Ke5 136. Kc5 Ng3 137. Ra5 Ne4+ 138. Kc6+ Kd4 139. Ra4+
Ke5 140. Ra5+ Kd4 141. Rh5 Nf6 142. Rh1 Ne4 143. Kd7 Ke5 144. Rh5+ Kd4 145. Ra5
Nc5+ 146. Kc7 Ne4 147. Kc6 Nf6 148. Rf5 Ne4 149. Rd5+ Kc4 150. Rd8 Nc3 151. Ra8
Kd4 152. Kd6 Nb5+ 153. Kd7 Nc3 154. Ke6 Kc4 155. Rc8+ Kd4 156. Rd8+ Ke4 157.
Rh8 Kd4 158. Rh4+ Kc5 159. Rg4 Nb5 160. Rg8 Nd4+ 161. Ke5 Nc6+ 162. Ke4 Kd6
163. Rg5 Nb4 164. Rh5 Nc6 165. Rb5 Ne7 166. Ra5 Nc6 167. Rd5+ Ke6 168. Rd1 Ne7
169. Kd4 Nf5+ 170. Kc5 Ke5 171. Re1+ Kf4 172. Re8 Ne3 173. Kd4 Nf5+ 174. Kd3
Nd6 175. Re6 Nf5 176. Re4+ Kf3 177. Ra4 Ng3 178. Kd4 Kf4 179. Kd5+ Kf3 180. Ke5
Ke2 181. Kf4 Nf1 182. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. h3 Nd7 13. Be3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 b6 15.
Qd2 Nc5 16. Bc2 Na5 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Nxc4 19. Rxb6 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Bb7 21.
Nd2 Rac8 22. Kf2 Rfd8 23. Ke2 Rc7 24. Rb4 a5 25. Rd4 Rdc8 26. Rb1 Ba6+ 27. c4
Nd7 28. Ba4 Nc5 29. Bc2 Kf8 30. Rb6 Ke7 31. Bd3 Bb7 32. Nf3 Nd7 33. Rb5 f6 34.
Bc2 Ba6 35. Rxa5 Bb7 36. Bb3 e5 37. Rd1 Bxe4 38. g3 h5 39. h4 Bf5 40. Kf2 Nc5
41. Ne1 Ne4+ 42. Kg2 Nd6 43. Rc1 Be4+ 44. Kf2 Bb7 45. Kg1 Ne4 46. Kh2 Rd8 47.
Rd1 Nd2 48. Ra7 Nf1+ 49. Kg1 Nxe3 50. Rxd8 Kxd8 51. c5 Nf5 52. Kf2 Kc8 53. Ra5
Kb8 54. Rb5 Ka7 55. Ra5+ Kb8 56. Rb5 Ne7 57. Rb6 Rxc5 58. Rxf6 Rc3 59. Re6 Nf5
60. Rxe5 Nxg3 61. Bc2 Nh1+ 62. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 e5 7. f4 d6 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Bc4 Qd8 11. Rb1 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 a6 15.
a4 Qa5 16. Be1 Qd8 17. Nh4 Ne8 18. Nf5 Ndf6 19. Ne3 Be7 20. Bg3 Nd6 21. Qd3 Nd7
22. Nf5 Kh7 23. Rf3 g6 24. Nxd6 Bxd6 25. Bf2 $2 ({Allows Black to develop
dangerous initiative on the kingside.} 25. Rbf1 {was to be preferred.}) 25...
Nf6 26. h3 Nh5 27. Be3 Rb8 28. Rbf1 f6 29. Qd2 g5 30. h4 $2 ({A dubious
continuation, simplifying Black's task. More stubborn was} 30. Bd3) 30... g4
31. R3f2 f5 32. exf5 g3 33. Rf3 Qxh4 34. Re1 Qxc4 35. Bxh6 Bxf5 36. Bxf8 Rxf8
37. Qg5 Bg6 $4 ({A terrible mistake in a winning position. After} 37... Qd4+ {
or 37...Qg4 White's position is defenseless.}) {[%tqu "En","How can Whtie take
advantage of Black's last imprudent move?","Exploit an unfortunate placement
of the enemy queen and ashaky position of the black knight.","Use your e1-rook
for the decisive strike!","e1e4","This excellent move punishes Black's last
careless move and decides the game for White.",6]} 38. Re4 $3 {[%csl Rc4,Ge4,
Gf3,Gg5,Rg6,Rh5,Rh7] This unexpected thrust of the white rook yields White a
decisive advantage.} Rf5 ({The rook is invulnerable:} 38... Bxe4 39. Qxh5+ Kg7
40. Rxg3+ Kf6 41. Qh6+ Ke7 42. Rg7+ Rf7 43. Qe6+ {, with mate in three. Yet,
the text move is insufficient too.}) 39. Qxf5 $1 Bxf5 40. Rxc4 Nf4 41. Ne4 Bf8
42. Nxg3 Bd7 43. Nh5 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3
8. bxc3 c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. Bb2 Nb4 14. Ne1
{Black has excellent pieces and his only worry is white's central majority.} (
14. Ne5 Be4 15. Bh3 e6 16. f3 Bf5 17. Bf1 Bc2 18. Rdc1 Ba4 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20.
Qd2 Nc6 21. Nac4 Rd8 22. Rc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Makarov,M-Svidler,P/Togliatti 2003/ 
(22)}) 14... Bg4 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 (16. Qxf3 Qd5 17. Qxd5 Nbxd5 $15) 16...
Qd5 17. Ne5 Nxa2 (17... Rfd8 18. f3 Qe6 19. e4 Nxa2 20. Kg2 Nc3 21. Bxc3 Rxc3
22. Nb5 $11) 18. Nac4 b5 $1 (18... Nb4 19. Rxa7 $14) 19. Rxa2 bxc4 {Nakamura's
c pawn is a lone runner, but with support of black pieces could become very
dangerous.} 20. Rda1 (20. Rxa7 c3 21. Ba3 Ra8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Bxe7 Ne4 24.
Nd3 Qb7 25. Bc5 Ng5 26. Qc2 Nf3+ 27. Kf1 Nxh2+ 28. Kg1 $11) 20... c3 21. Bc1
Ne4 22. Ra5 Qe6 23. Nd3 Nd6 (23... c2 24. Rxa7 Rfd8 $15) 24. Rxa7 (24. Nc5 Qh3
25. Ba3 Rfe8 26. Qd3 Qf5 27. Qxc3 e5 28. Qb4 $11) 24... Nb5 25. Nf4 Qc6 26.
R7a5 (26. Rxe7 $6 c2 27. Ra5 Bf6 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Rxb5 Qc3 $15) 26... Rb8 27.
Nd3 Rfc8 28. Qc2 Qb6 (28... Qe4 29. R1a2 $11) 29. Nc5 Qd8 30. Qa4 {Granda
Zuniga is slowly improving his position, but chances are still about equal.}
Nc7 (30... Nd6 31. Nd7 Rb7 32. Nc5 Rbc7 33. Ra3 e5 34. Rxc3 exd4 35. exd4 Nf5
36. Bf4 Nxd4 37. Bxc7 Ne2+ 38. Kg2 Nxc3 39. Bxd8 Nxa4 $11) 31. Nd7 Ra8 (31...
Rb7 32. Qc6 $16) 32. Nb6 Rxa5 33. Qxa5 Rb8 34. Nc4 Nd5 (34... Nb5 35. Qxd8+
Rxd8 36. Rb1 $11) 35. Qxd8+ Rxd8 36. Kf1 c2 $6 {It was more exact to let white
sweat and fight for balance after} (36... Rc8 37. Ra4 c2 38. Ke1 Nc3 39. Nb6
Rb8 40. Rc4 Na2 41. Nd7 Rd8 42. Rxc2 Nxc1 43. Nc5 e5 44. Rxc1 exd4 45. e4 $11)
37. Bd2 Rc8 38. Na3 e5 39. dxe5 Bf8 (39... Bxe5 40. Rc1 f5 41. Rxc2 Rxc2 42.
Nxc2 $14) 40. Bc1 Bb4 ({It is a paradox, but black might have had to take on
a3 in order to save the half a point} 40... Bxa3 $5 41. Rxa3 Nc3 42. f3 h5 43.
h4 Kf8 44. Ke1 Ke7 $11) (40... Nb4 41. Ke2 Be7 42. e4 Rc3 43. f4 $14) 41. Ra2
Ra8 $2 (41... Bxa3 $5) 42. Rxc2 Bxa3 (42... Rxa3 43. Bxa3 Bxa3 44. e4 Ne7 45.
f4 $16) 43. Ra2 Bxc1 44. Rxa8+ Kg7 45. Ra5 {[%mdl 4096] Black pieces are
poorly coordinated so white has a fair chance of making his life difficult.}
Nc3 (45... Ne7 46. Ra7 Kf8 47. Ke2 Bb2 48. f4 $16) (45... Nxe3+ $5 {Hecht} 46.
fxe3 Bxe3 47. Ke2 Bg1 48. h3 Kf8 (48... h5 $142 {leaving the king behind und
den König hinten lassen} 49. Rb5 Kf8 50. Kf3 Bd4 51. Ke4 Bc3 52. Rb7 Kg8 53. g4
hxg4 54. hxg4 Bd2 55. Kd5 Bc3 56. e6 fxe6+ 57. Kxe6 $11 {[%csl Yf6,Yg5]}) 49.
g4 h6 50. Kf3 Ke7 51. Ke4 Bf2 52. Kd5 Be3 53. Rb5 Ke8 54. Rb7 Bf2 55. e6 fxe6+
56. Kxe6 $18) 46. Ra7 (46. Rc5 Bb2 47. Rc7 Kf8 48. Rb7 Ba1 49. g4 $16) 46...
Kg8 47. Ke1 Bb2 48. Ra5 Ne4 (48... Bc1 49. Ra8+ Kg7 50. Ra7 Kf8 51. g4 $16) 49.
Ke2 Ng5 $2 {Serious tactical mistake since white will now get the trapped
bishop on b2.} (49... f5 50. f3 (50. Kd3 Nxf2+ 51. Kc2 Bxe5 52. Rxe5 Ng4 53.
Rb5 Nxh2 54. Rb1 Ng4 55. Kd3 $16) 50... Ng5 51. h4 Nf7 52. f4 $16) 50. f4 Ne4 (
50... Ne6 51. Kd2 f6 52. Kc2 $18) 51. Ra8+ Kg7 52. Kd3 $1 Nf2+ 53. Kc2 Bxe5 54.
fxe5 Ng4 55. Ra5 Nxe3+ (55... Nxh2 56. Ra7 (56. Kd3 {(Hecht) with the
disadvantage that a white passed pawn will be created on the e-file. hat den
Nachteil, dass auf der e-Linie ein weißer Freibauer entstehen wird.}) 56... Kf8
57. Kd3 Nf1 58. g4 Nh2 59. Ra4 $18) 56. Kd3 Ng4 {Hecht: '[#] We have here a
line to compare to the variation after move 45. In rook vs. minor piece
endings, the knight is generally the weaker defensive piece because it is more
easily attacked and more prone to zugzwang. The main winning plan involves
flanking. The bishop on the other hand can be rock-solid in defence, because
it can defend pawns and squares from a distance, whilst remaining free from
attack.  ' Hecht: 'Ein Vergleich zur Variante im 45. Zug bietet sich an.  In
Endspielen mit dem Materialverhältnis Turm gegen Leichtfigur erweist sich in
der Regel der Springer als der schwächere Verteidiger, weil er leichter
angreifbar ist und in Zugzwang kommen kann. Umgehung lautet zumeist der
Gewinnplan. Mit dem Läufer dagegen läßt sich eher Verteidigungsbeton anrühren,
weil er aus der Ferne also ohne angreifbar zu sein, Bauern und Felder decken
kann. '} 57. h4 {Nakamura doesn't even have a pawn for the missing exchange,
white just needs patience to win.} h5 58. Ke4 Nh6 59. Ra7 Nf5 (59... Kf8 60.
Rd7 Nf5 61. Kf4 Ke8 62. Rb7 Kf8 63. g4 hxg4 64. Kxg4 $18) 60. e6 $1 Kf6 (60...
Nxg3+ 61. Kf4 Nf5 62. Rxf7+ Kg8 63. Rxf5 gxf5 64. Kxf5 Kg7 65. Kg5 $18) 61.
Rxf7+ (61. exf7 Nd6+ 62. Kf4 Nxf7 63. Ra6+ Kg7 $16) 61... Kxe6 62. Rf8 Nd6+ (
62... Nxg3+ 63. Kf4 Nf5 (63... Ke7 {Hecht} 64. Ra8 Nf5 65. Kg5 Kf7 66. Ra6 Ne7
{After the successful entry to g5 by the king, the knight is defending the
extra pawn. Der Springer verteidigt mit Mehrbauer Material nach erfolgtem
Königseinbruch auf g5.} 67. Rf6+ Kg7 68. Re6 Kf7 69. Rd6 Kg7 70. Rf6 Kg8 71.
Kh6 Nf5+ 72. Kxg6 Nxh4+ 73. Kxh5 Ng2 (73... Kg7 74. Rf2 Ng6 75. Rg2 $18) 74.
Rg6+ $18) 64. Kg5 Ne7 65. Rf6+ Ke5 (65... Kd7 {Hecht} 66. Ra6 Ke8 67. Kf6 Nf5
68. Ra4 $18) 66. Ra6 $18) 63. Kf4 Nf7 {Hecht: 'Here the knight is defending
entry squares.' Hecht: 'Hier verteidigt der Springer Einbruchsfelder'} 64. Ra8
Kf6 65. Ra6+ Kg7 66. Ke4 Nh6 67. Ke5 Ng4+ 68. Ke6 Kg8 69. Ra7 Kf8 70. Kd5 Kg8
71. Ke4 $1 {If the king gets to g5 the game will obviously be over.} Nf6+ (
71... Nh6 72. Ke5 Ng4+ 73. Kf4 $18) 72. Ke5 Nh7 73. Ke6 g5 74. hxg5 (74. hxg5
Nxg5+ 75. Kf5 Nf3 76. Kg6 Ne5+ 77. Kxh5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. Bd3
b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. O-O Qc8 12. h3 Qb7 13. Qc2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Ra7 {
Die Eröffnungstheorie ist heutzutage sehr weit entwickelt, und die Gegner
folgen lange Zeit der Partie Lautier-Lutz/Leon 2001.} 15. Nd2 (15. cxb6 Qxb6
16. b5 cxb5 17. Nxb5 Raa8 18. Rab1 Qa6 $11) (15. Rfc1 axb4 16. axb4 Rfa8 17.
Rab1 b5 18. Qc2 $6 (18. Nd2 $1) 18... Bd8 19. Qd1 Bc7 $11 {Galego,L-Vaganian,R/
Ohrid 2001}) ({Wenig verspricht Weiß die Linienöffnung} 15. cxb6 Nxb6 (15...
Qxb6 16. b5 cxb5 17. Nxb5 Raa8 18. Rab1 Qa6 $11) 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Rfb1 Qa7 18.
Ne5 Rc8 $11) 15... Rfa8 16. Rab1 axb4 17. axb4 Ra3 (17... Bd8 $5 18. Nb3 b5 $11
) 18. Qc2 Bd8 {Zu 18...h6 siehe meine Kommentare zu der o.g. Partie
Lautier-Lutz.} (18... h6 19. Rb2 Bd8 20. Rc1 bxc5 $6 (20... b5 21. Nb3 R3a7 $11
{/\Bc7}) 21. bxc5 Qa6 22. Rb3 Ne8 23. Rxa3 Qxa3 24. Nb3 Qb4 25. Rb1 Bf6 26. Ne2
h5 27. Nd2 Qa5 28. Nf3 $14 {Lautier,J-Lutz,C/Leon 2001/CBM}) 19. Nb3 {Erst
dieser Zug ist eine Neuerung, den die gleiche Stellung entstand bereits mit
Zugumstellung in der Partie Cyborowski-Ostrowski.} (19. Rfc1 bxc5 20. dxc5 Bc7
21. Bxc7 Qxc7 22. Nf3 Rb8 $2 23. Nd4 Raa8 24. b5 $1 Ne5 25. Na4 Nc4 26. Nb6 $1
Nxb6 27. cxb6 Rxb6 28. bxc6 $16 {Cyborowski,L-Ostrowski,L/Lubniewice 2002 Hier
sieht man, daß der Freibauer "c" gefährlich werden kann. Auch in der
Textpartie bedient sich Weiß der gleichen Strategie.}) 19... Bc7 $2 {Dieser
natürliche Zug erlaubt Weiß den Beginn eines gefährlichen strategischen Planes.
In Frage kam deswegen die Schließung der Stellung mit 19...b5, allerdings kann
sich dabei das Einschieben von Ra7-a3 als nachteilig für Schwarz erweisen.} (
19... b5 20. f3 $5 R3a7 $1 (20... Bc7 $2 21. Bxc7 Qxc7 22. Na5 e5 23. Qb2 $16)
21. g4 Bc7 $13) 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. b5 $1 {[%mdl 32] Stark gespielt! Weiß wil in
den nächsten Zügen den Druck auf der c-Linie verstärken und den Gegner zum
Schlagen b6xc5 zwingen, was ihm einen Freibauern einbringen würde. Die
schwarzen Türme auf der a-Linie erweisen sich als mißplatziert, sie werden den
Rückzug antreten müssen.} Rc8 22. Rfc1 Raa8 23. Qe2 Qd8 (23... bxc5 $2 24. dxc5
e5 25. b6 Qb7 26. Ra1 $16) 24. bxc6 Rxc6 25. Qb5 $16 {Das weiße Spiel ist
verblüffend einfach und effektiv.} Rcc8 $2 {Der Zug ist sicherlich nicht gut,
aber die Alternativen waren für Schwarz ebenfalls kein Zuckerschlecken.} (25...
Rac8 26. Na2 bxc5 27. dxc5 Ne4 28. Nb4 R6c7 29. Na6 Qh4 30. Rc2 Ra7 31. c6 Ne5
32. c7 $16) (25... Qc7 26. Ra1 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 bxc5 28. Ra8+ Nf8 29. dxc5 N6d7
30. Na2 $16) 26. c6 Nb8 27. Na4 Ra6 28. Nd2 $18 {Schwarz wird schlichtweg
überrollt.} Qc7 (28... Ne8 {rettet auch nicht:} 29. Nxb6 Nd6 30. c7 $1 Rxc7 31.
Rxc7 Qxc7 (31... Nxb5 32. Rc8 Qxc8 33. Nxc8 Ra5 34. Nd6 $18) 32. Nxd5 $18) 29.
Nxb6 {Der Rest ist einfach.} Rd8 30. Nf3 Ne4 31. Ne5 Nd6 32. Qb3 f6 33. Nd3 Ne4
34. Nf4 Nd2 35. Nxe6 Nxb3 36. Nxc7 Rxb6 37. Nxd5 (37. Nxd5 Nxc1 38. c7 Rc8 39.
Rxb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 Ng4 8. g3
Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Ne5 10. Qe2 e6 11. Bg2 d6 12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. Nd1 Nd4 15.
Qd3 Bf6 16. c3 Nc6 17. Ne3 O-O 18. Ng4 Be7 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. Red1 a5 21. d4 a4
22. Rab1 axb3 23. axb3 Ra2 24. Ne3 cxd4 25. cxd4 Bf6 26. e5 dxe5 27. dxe5 Be7
28. Nc4 Nb4 29. Nd6 Bc6 30. Qc4 Nd5 31. Bd4 Bxd6 32. exd6 Qd7 33. Bc5 Rc8 34.
Qd4 Nf6 35. Bxc6 Rxc6 36. Ra1 Rxa1 37. Rxa1 Rc8 38. Ra7 Qc6 39. Ba3 h5 40. Qb4
b5 41. Qd4 Rd8 42. Rc7 Qf3 43. d7 e5 $1 44. Qxe5 ({If} 44. Qd6 {, then} Ne4 {
, with initiative.}) 44... Qd1+ 45. Kg2 Rxd7 46. Rc5 h4 47. Qf5 Rd8 48. Bb2 Ng4
49. Rc8 Rxc8 50. Qxc8+ Kh7 51. Qf5+ Kg8 52. h3 Qxb3 53. Bxg7 $4 ({A big
mistake severely punished by Black. After} 53. Bd4 {the chances are about
equal.}) {[%tqu "En","How can Black punish White's last 'smart' move?","Watch
out for geometrical motifs!","Sacrifice your queen!","b3g3","This terrific
blow yields Black a decisive advantage.",3]} 53... Qxg3+ $1 {[%csl Rf5,Rg2,Gg3,
Gg4,Rg7] A convincing refutation of White's careless play.} 54. fxg3 Ne3+ 55.
Kf3 Nxf5 56. Bc3 hxg3 {The ending is easily winning for Black.} 57. Bb4 Kg7 58.
Bc5 Kg6 59. Kg4 g2 60. Kf3 b4 61. Kxg2 b3 62. Ba3 Ne3+ 63. Kf3 Nc4 64. Bc1 Kf5
65. h4 b2 66. Bxb2 Nxb2 67. h5 Kg5 68. Ke4 Kxh5 69. Kf5 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 Nxd5 7. cxd5 Qf6 8.
e3 Ne7 9. Ne2 c6 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Bb6 12. fxe5 Qxe5 13. d4 Qh5 14. Nf4 Qh6
15. a4 d6 16. a5 Bd8 17. Bd2 g5 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Nd3 Bh3 20. Nf2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Qe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Ne4 Nf5 24. Rac1 Rc8 25. h4 Bxa5 26. Bxa5 Nxe3+ 27. Kg1
Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Nxf1 29. Kxf1 gxh4 30. Nxd6 Rb8 31. Bc3 hxg3 32. Kg2 Kf8 33.
Kxg3 Ke7 34. Ne4 Rg8+ 35. Kf3 Rg1 36. Bb4+ Kf7 37. Bc5 a5 38. d5 Rf1+ 39. Kg2
Rb1 40. Nd6+ Ke7 41. Nc4+ Kd7 42. d6 e5 43. Ba3 Ke6 44. Nxa5 c5 45. Nb7 h5 46.
Kg3 Kd7 47. Kh4 Kc6 48. Nxc5 Rh1+ 49. Kg5 Kxd6 50. Ne4+ Kd5 51. Nf6+ Kd4 52.
Nxh5 Kd3 53. Bc5 e4 54. Nf4+ Kc4 55. b4 e3 56. Kg4 Rf1 57. Kg3 Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Nc7 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
d3 Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Ne4 Ne6 11. Re1 b6 12. a4 a5 13. Be3 f5 14. exf6 exf6 15.
Qc1 Ra7 16. Bh6 Re7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. b3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Kf1
c5 22. Qf4 Re5 23. Nd2 Bb7 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Nc4 Re6 26. f3 Bd5 27. Re1 Bxc4
28. dxc4 Rd6 29. Kg1 d3 30. cxd3 Rxd3 31. Re3 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 g5 33. Qg3 Kf7 34.
f4 Qd6 35. fxg5 fxg5 36. Qxd6 Rxd6 37. g4 Re6 38. Rd3 Re2+ 39. Kg3 Ke6 40. Kf3
Rb2 41. Re3+ Kd6 42. Kg3 Rb1 43. Kg2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 (5... d5 {is the old main
line.}) 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. c3 $1 {[%mdl 8] Making a real gambit in the spirit of
the "old days".} (7. O-O Ne6 (7... Be7 8. Rd1 Ne6 {Black wants to hold the P,
or get the ^^ for it.} (8... d5 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. b4 {White has to play
energetically, otherwise Black will finish his development.} (10. Nc3 O-O 11.
Nb5 Qg6 12. Nxc7 Bh3 13. g3 Rad8 $132) 10... d3 $1 11. cxd3 Nxb4 12. d4 Nd7 (
12... Be6 $2 {loses material after} 13. dxc5 Bxc4 14. cxd6 Bxe2 15. Re1 $16 {
Tzermiadianos-Cela, Ikaros/Thessaloniki 1997}) 13. Re1 {and Black cannot
castle!} Nb6 14. Bf4 Qd8 15. Bg5 $44 {Nogueiras-Mikhalchishin, WchT U26 Mexiko
1977}) (8... O-O 9. Nxd4 d5 10. Nb5 Be6 11. Bxd5 Bxd5 12. N1c3 a6 13. Rxd5 Qc8
14. Nd6 $1 $14 {Sax-Gligoric, Ljubljana/Portoroz 1977}) 9. Bxe6 dxe6 $13 {
- 7...Ne6} (9... fxe6 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 O-O 12. Nc3 d5 13. exd6 cxd6 $13 (
13... Bxd6 {leaves a weak isolated e P.} 14. Be3 e5 15. Rd2 $14 {V.
Gurevich-Jonkman, BL2-West 2002}))) 8. c3 (8. Rd1 d5 $1 (8... Be7 {- 7...Be7})
9. Bb5 (9. Bb3 Bc5 {Black holds his extra P with a quick development.} 10. c3
O-O 11. cxd4 Ncxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Bxd4 14. Qd3 Bxf2+ $17 {M.
Voigt-Mikhalchishin, Dortmund 1992}) 9... Bc5 10. c3 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. cxd4
Bb6 {^^} 13. Nc3 O-O $13 {Mikhalchishin}) (8. Bxe6 dxe6 9. Rd1 {The maximum
White can get is the material equality, but Black's ^^ will be dangerous.} Be7
(9... Bc5 $5 10. Nc3 (10. b4 {is overoptimistic.} Bxb4 11. c3 Bc5 12. cxd4 Be7
13. Nc3 Nb4 $15 {Kotronias-mikhalchishin, Lvov 1988}) 10... O-O 11. Ne4 $44)
10. Be3 (10. c3 O-O 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Qe8 {and White's space advantage
can probably compensate the strong ^^.} 13. Nd2 Kh8 14. Nf3 Bd7 15. Ng5 Bc6 16.
Bf4 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 f5 $11 {Schandorff-Nielsen, Danmark 1994}) 10... O-O (10...
Bd7 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Nc3 c5 14. Ndb5 a6 15. Nd6 {The N on d6 is
very strong.} Qc7 16. Nce4 Bc6 $1 {(And.Tzermiadianos-Gligoric, Panormo 1998)}
17. Rd3 $1 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxd6 19. exd6 Qd7 $14 {And.Tzermiadianos}) 11. Nxd4
Qd5 $11 {Haag-L.Lengyel, HUN-ch 1964}) 8... d5 $1 9. Bb5 dxc3 10. Nxc3 d4 (
10... a6 $5) 11. Rd1 $44 (11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bd2 O-O $13 {D.Olafsson-Finegold,
Reykjavik op 1990})) (7. Ng5 $5 Ne6 8. Nxe6 (8. Qh5 g6 $17) 8... fxe6 $5 (8...
dxe6 9. Bf4 d3 10. Qxd3 Qxd3 11. Bxd3 Bd7 {Lazic-Blagojevic, Beograd GMA op
1988} 12. a3 $14) 9. O-O Bc5 $13 {firmly holding the d P.}) 7... dxc3 (7... Ne6
{is the other way, but White's advantage of development will be the same.} 8.
cxd4 Nexd4 (8... d5 $6 9. exd6 $16) 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qe4 Ne6 11. O-O $44) 8.
Nxc3 Be7 (8... Ne6 9. O-O $44) 9. Be3 ({The aggressive} 9. Nd5 $5 {deserves
attention, for example:} O-O 10. b4 Ne6 11. b5 $36) 9... O-O (9... Ne6 10.
O-O-O O-O {- 9...0-0}) 10. O-O-O {Castling to the opposite side helps White to
use his big lead of development.} Ne6 11. Ne4 Qe8 (11... d6 12. h4 {White has
to attack on the >>.} Re8 13. h5 $44) 12. h4 d6 $1 {Black is happy to give
back the P in order to finish his development.} 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Nxd6 Bxd6 ({
missing the effective intermediate move} 14... Ned4 $1 15. Nxd4 (15. Nxe8 Nxe2+
16. Bxe2 Rxe8 $11) (15. Bxd4 Bxd6 16. Qxe8 Rxe8 17. Be3 Bc7 $11) 15... Bxd6 16.
Nb5 (16. Nf3 Qe7 17. h5 h6) 16... Be5 17. Rhe1 a6 $11) 15. Rxd6 {Black has
still problems with the development of his <<.} Na5 16. Bd3 Qa4 17. Kb1 Nf4 18.
Qc2 (18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Rd4 Qc7 20. Qe4 $16 {was the other way centralizing the
better developed pieces.}) 18... Qxc2+ 19. Bxc2 Ne6 (19... Nxg2 $2 {founders on
} 20. Bc1 b6 21. Be4 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Rd4 $18) 20. b3 $16 {Now White's
strong ^^ controls the battlefield, and Black's pieces still lack any
development.} b6 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nxe6 (22. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Be4 $16
{worsening the enemy king's position.}) 22... Bxe6 23. Be4 {The N on the edge
of the board is a pest.} Rac8 24. f3 (24. Rhd1 $5) 24... Rfe8 25. Bf4 (25. Rhd1
$5) 25... Re7 26. Rc1 Rce8 (26... Rxc1+ $1 27. Kxc1 f5 28. Bc2 Nb7 {and at
least the N can come back.}) 27. b4 Nb7 28. Rdc6 f5 29. Bd3 Kf7 30. Rc7 a5 $2 {
This loses quickly.} (30... Rd8 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. Rc7+ Rd7 33. Rxd7+ Bxd7 34.
h5 $16 {is certainly better for White because of the active ^^, but things are
far from clear.}) 31. Bb5 $1 $18 Rd8 32. Rxe7+ Kxe7 33. Rc7+ Kf6 34. Rxb7 Rd4
35. Bc1 $1 1-0

[Event "Mallorca Trophy final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2004.02.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 f5 7. d3 d6 8. Nf3 Nf6
9. b4 axb4 10. axb4 O-O 11. b5 Ne7 12. O-O h6 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Ra1 Rb8 15. Qc2
f4 16. Nd2 g5 17. Ra7 c6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Nde4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf5 21. Bc3 Kh8
22. Qa4 d5 23. Nc5 Bg8 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Nd7 d4 26. Bb4 Rxb4 27. Qxb4 Rf7 28.
Qa4 Re7 29. Nc5 Rxa7 30. Qxa7 fxg3 31. hxg3 h5 32. Qa8 Qxa8 33. Bxa8 h4 34.
gxh4 gxh4 35. Rb1 Nd6 36. Ne4 Nxe4 37. Bxe4 Bf6 38. Rb7 Ba2 39. Rh7+ Kg8 40.
Rd7 Kf8 41. Ra7 Be6 42. Ra6 Ke7 43. Kh2 Bg5 44. Bg2 Bg4 45. Bf3 Bf4+ 46. Kh1
Bxf3+ 47. exf3 h3 48. Ra7+ Kf6 49. Rh7 h2 50. Kg2 Kg6 51. Rh8 Kg7 52. Rh3 Kg6
53. Kf1 Kg7 54. Ke2 Kg6 55. Kd1 Kf6 56. Kc2 Ke6 57. Kb3 Kd5 58. Kb4 Kd6 59. Kb5
Kd5 60. Rh5 Kd6 61. Kb6 Kd5 62. Rh7 Kd6 63. Rh8 Kd5 64. Kb5 Kd6 65. Kc4 Kc6 66.
Rh5 Kd6 67. Kb3 Kc5 68. Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mallorca Trophy final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.02.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. h3 Nf6 5. g4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bg2 Qxc5 8. Nge2
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. f4 Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. c4 Nd7 15.
a3 Na6 16. Nd4 Qc7 17. Rc1 Rfe8 18. b4 Qd8 19. Kh1 Nc7 20. Re1 Nb6 21. Bg1 Rb8
22. Qd3 Qd7 23. Re2 Bh6 24. Rf1 Rbc8 25. g5 Bg7 26. h4 Qa4 27. Bh3 Rcd8 28.
Rfe1 a5 29. Nb5 Nxb5 30. cxb5 Nd7 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Rxe7 axb4 33. axb4 Nf8 34.
f5 Be5 35. fxg6 Nxg6 36. Rxb7 Qxb4 37. Qf3 Rf8 38. h5 Nh4 39. Qg4 Qe1 40. Rc7
Bg3 41. Rc2 Be5 42. b6 Qb1 43. Rc8 Rxc8 44. Qxc8+ Kg7 45. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Mallorca Trophy final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.02.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 f5 7. d3 d6 8. Nf3 h6
9. O-O Nf6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 O-O 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb2 Be6 14. Ra1 Rb8 15. Qc2
g5 16. Ra7 Ng6 17. Nd2 Qc8 18. Rfa1 h5 19. Nd5 h4 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. c5 d5 22.
c6 b6 23. e4 dxe4 24. dxe4 f4 25. Bf1 Kh7 26. Qd1 Kh6 27. Nc4 Rf7 28. Qc2 Qg8
29. Nd2 Rbf8 30. Bc4 Bxc4 31. Qxc4 fxg3 32. fxg3 Be7 33. Kh1 hxg3 34. hxg3 Qh8
35. Ra8 Kg7+ 0-1

[Event "Mallorca Trophy final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2004.02.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. h3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nce7 8. g4 f5
9. gxf5 gxf5 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Rg1 O-O 12. Bd3 f4 13. Bd2 Bxh3 14. Ng5 Bd7 15.
Bc4 Ng6 16. Qe2 Qe8 17. Bb3 f3 18. Qc4 Rc8 19. a5 Nh5 20. Qb4 Rb8 21. O-O-O b5
22. axb6 Rxb6 23. Qa3 Kh8 24. Be3 Rb8 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26. dxe6 Nhf4 27. Qxa6 Nxe6
28. Qa4 Qc8 29. Rxg6 hxg6 30. Rh1+ Kg8 31. Qc4 Re8 32. Nd5 c6 33. Nb4 d5 34.
exd5 cxd5 35. Qxc8 Rbxc8 36. Bxd5 Kf8 37. Bxf3 Nd4 38. Be4 Nf5 39. c3 Re6 40.
Kb1 Nxe3 41. fxe3 Rb8 42. Rg1 Bh6 43. Nd5 Kg7 44. b4 Ra6 45. Kc2 Rf8 46. b5 Rd6
47. c4 Rc8 48. Kb3 Kf7 49. Bxg6+ Ke6 50. Be4 1-0

[Event "Mallorca Trophy final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.02.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3
e6 9. Qe2 a5 10. Nc3 a4 11. Bc2 a3 12. O-O axb2 13. Bxb2 Be7 14. d5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Bxg7 Rg8 18. Bb2 Qh6 19. Rfe1 Be6 20. Qb5 Kf8 21.
Qxb7 Rb8 22. Qxc6 Rxg2+ 23. Kh1 Rxb2 24. Qa8+ Kg7 25. Rg1 Bh3 26. Nd4 Rxc2 27.
Nxc2 Qf4 28. Rxg2+ Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qe4+ 30. Kf1 Qc4+ 31. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mallorca Trophy final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.02.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 g5 4. Bc1 Bg7 5. f3 Nd6 6. e4 e5 7. d5 O-O 8. g4 b6
9. c4 Ba6 10. b3 h6 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Bd3 f6 13. Nge2 Nf7 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. Be3 Bb4
16. Qc1 d6 17. Kf2 Nd7 18. h4 Bc5 19. Rh2 Nf8 20. a3 Bc8 21. b4 Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3
Ng6 23. hxg5 fxg5 24. Rah1 Nf4 25. Nh5 a5 26. b5 Rf8 27. Ke1 Nxh5 28. Rxh5 Qf6
29. Ne2 Bd7 30. a4 Kg7 31. R1h3 Rh8 32. Ng3 Qf4 33. Kd2 Rh7 34. Ne2 Qxe3+ 35.
Kxe3 Nh8 36. Rh1 Ng6 37. Ng3 Nf4 38. R5h2 Kg6 39. Nh5 Rf8 40. Nxf4+ Rxf4 41.
Rh5 Kg7 42. Be2 Kg6 43. Rd1 Rhf7 44. Rb1 Kg7 45. Rc1 R7f6 46. Rd1 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mallorca Trophy final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.02.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g4 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d3 Be6 6. h3 Nge7 7. Nge2 Ng6 8. Nd5
Nh4 9. Kf1 g5 10. c3 h6 11. Ng3 Bg7 12. Nh5 O-O 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Ndf6+ Kh8 15.
Nxg7 Kxg7 16. Nh5+ Kh7 17. d4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Neg6 19. Kg1 Nf4 20. Bxf4 gxf4 21.
f3 f6 22. Qe1 Ng6 23. Qb4 Qb6 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. d5 Bd7 26. Rc1 Rac8 27. Rxc8
Bxc8 28. Kf2 Ne7 29. Rc1 Kg6 30. Rc7 Kf7 31. Ke1 Ke8 32. Kd2 Kd8 33. Rc3 Bd7
34. Bf1 Rf7 35. Ra3 Bc8 36. Bb5 Kc7 37. Ra8 Kd8 38. Kd3 Kc7 39. a4 Rf8 40. Ng7
Ng6 41. Ne8+ Rxe8 42. Bxe8 Nh4 43. Ke2 Ng2 44. b3 Ne3 45. Kd2 Nf1+ 46. Kd3 Ne3
47. Bf7 b5 48. Be6 Bd7 49. Bxd7 1-0

[Event "Mallorca Trophy final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2004.02.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Qe2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. f4 a4 16. Bc4 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Qxb2 18. Qd2 Qb4 19. Qd4+ e5 20. fxe5 dxe5
21. Nd5 Qc5 22. Qc3 Rac8 23. Bd3 Bxd5 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Rb1 Nc5
27. Bc4 Rd4 28. Bb5 Ne4 29. Rfe1 Nc3 30. Rb2 e4 31. a3 f5 32. Bf1 Rf7 33. Kg1
f4 34. Rb6 Rd2 35. Rb4 f3 36. gxf3 exf3 37. Re5 Ne2+ 38. Kf2 Nc3+ 39. Kg1 Rxc2
40. Rc4 Ne2+ 41. Bxe2 Rxe2 42. Rce4 Rxe4 43. Rxe4 f2+ 44. Kf1 b5 45. Rb4 Rf5
46. h4 Kh6 47. Rd4 Kh5 48. Rb4 h6 49. Rd4 g5 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. Rd8 g4 52. Rh8+
Kg5 53. Rg8+ Kh4 54. Rd8 b4 55. Rh8+ Kg3 56. Rd8 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Mallorca Trophy final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2004.02.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3
e6 9. Qe2 a5 10. Nc3 a4 11. Bc2 a3 12. O-O axb2 13. Bxb2 d5 14. Rfb1 Be7 15. a4
Nc4 16. Bd3 Nxb2 17. Rxb2 O-O 18. Rab1 g6 19. Bb5 Kg7 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Qe3 Ra5
22. Rb8 Qd7 23. Qf4 Ra7 24. h4 h5 25. Ng5 Bd8 26. R8b3 Rb7 27. Rxb7 Bxb7 28.
Ne2 Ba6 29. Nc1 Bc4 30. Nb3 Bxb3 31. Rxb3 Qa7 32. Ra3 c5 33. dxc5 Qxc5 34.
Qxf7+ Rxf7 35. Nxe6+ Kg8 36. Nxc5 Bxh4 37. Nd3 Be7 38. Rb3 Bd8 39. Rb8 Rf8 40.
Rb5 d4 41. a5 Bc7 42. a6 Ra8 43. Rb7 Bb8 44. f4 Ba7 45. Kf2 Bb8 46. Kf3 Ba7 47.
Ke4 Bb8 48. Nc5 Ba7 49. Nd7 d3 50. Nf6+ Kf8 51. e6 1-0

[Event "Mallorca Trophy-A"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2004.02.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Qb6 5. Bc1 g6 6. f3 Nd6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Nc3
f5 9. exf5 Nxf5 10. d6 Qxd6 11. Qxd6 Bxc3+ 12. Bd2 Nxd6 13. Bxc3 O-O 14. O-O-O
Nc6 15. h4 Nf5 16. Bd3 Ne3 17. Rd2 d5 18. Re2 d4 19. Bd2 Nf1 20. Be1 e5 21. Bf2
Bf5 22. Nh3 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Ne3 24. Bxe3 dxe3 25. Rxe3 Rad8 26. a3 Rfe8 27. Ng5
h6 28. Ne4 Kg7 29. Nxc5 Rc8 30. Kb1 b6 31. Ne4 Rcd8 32. Rc1 Re6 33. Rc3 Rd7 34.
Re1 Nd4 35. Rec1 Nf5 36. g3 Kf7 37. Rc7 Ree7 38. Rxd7 Rxd7 39. Rc6 Nd4 40. Rf6+
Kg7 41. g4 Ne2 42. Re6 Rxd3 43. Rxe5 Rxf3 44. Re7+ Rf7 45. Re5 Nd4 46. Nd6 Rd7
47. Rd5 Kf6 48. Rxd4 Ke5 49. Ra4 Kxd6 50. Kc2 Ke6 51. Re4+ Kf6 52. b4 a5 53.
Kc3 axb4+ 54. Rxb4 Rd6 55. a4 g5 56. hxg5+ Kxg5 57. Rc4 Rf6 58. Kb3 Re6 59. Kb4
Rf6 60. Kb5 Re6 61. Rc6 Re4 62. Rxb6 Rxg4 63. a5 Rg1 64. a6 Rb1+ 65. Kc6 Ra1
66. Kb7 h5 67. a7 Rxa7+ 68. Kxa7 Kg4 69. Rg6+ Kf3 70. Rh6 Kg4 71. Kb6 h4 72.
Kc5 h3 73. Kd4 Kg3 74. Ke3 Kg2 75. Rg6+ Kf1 76. Rh6 Kg2 77. Rg6+ Kf1 78. Rf6+
Kg2 79. Rf2+ Kg3 80. Rf5 h2 81. Rg5+ Kh3 82. Kf2 h1=N+ 83. Kf3 Kh2 84. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Mallorca Trophy-A"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2004.02.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. O-O
Ne8 9. Nd5 Nc7 10. Rb1 Ne6 11. b4 cxb4 12. Nxb4 Bd7 13. Nd5 b6 14. Be3 Ned4 15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qd2 e5 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Be6 19. Bg5 f6 20. Be3 Nc6 21. d4 Na5
22. Rbc1 Rc8 23. c5 b5 24. Nf4 Bd7 25. cxd6 Nc4 26. Qd3 Nxd6 27. d5 a6 28. Bc5
Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Qb6 30. Qe3 f5 31. e5 Nc4 32. Qf2 Nxe5 33. Rc2 Qxf2+ 34. Rfxf2
Ng4 35. Rfe2 Bd4+ 36. Kh1 b4 37. h3 Ne3 38. Rcd2 Ba7 39. d6 Nxg2 40. Kxg2 Rd8
41. Re7 Bc5 42. Kh2 a5 43. Ne6 Bxe6 44. Rxe6 a4 45. d7 Kf7 46. Rc6 Be7 47. Rb6
h5 48. h4 Kg7 49. Kg2 Kf7 50. Kf3 Kg7 51. Ke2 Kf7 52. Rd5 b3 53. axb3 a3 54.
Ra6 f4 55. gxf4 Bxh4 56. Rxa3 Be7 57. Ra6 h4 58. Kd3 h3 59. Ra2 Ke6 60. Ke4 Rb8
61. Ra6+ Kf7 62. f5 Rb4+ 63. Ke5 h2 64. fxg6+ Kg7 65. Ra1 Bf6+ 66. Ke6 Re4+ 67.
Kf5 Re2 68. d8=Q Bxd8 69. Rxd8 Rf2+ 70. Kg5 Rg2+ 71. Kh4 Rg1 72. Rd7+ Kf6 73.
Ra6+ Kf5 74. Rf7+ Ke5 75. Re7+ Kd5 76. Rd7+ Kc5 0-1

[Event "Mallorca Trophy-A"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.02.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 Qc7 7. b3 b5 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. Bxb7 Qxb7 10. O-O bxc4 11. bxc4 Nc6 12. Nc3 Bc5 13. Nb3 Be7 14. c5 O-O
15. Rb1 Qa7 16. Na4 Rad8 17. Bf4 Nd5 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. cxd6 f5 20. Nbc5 Rb8 21.
Qd3 Rb5 22. Rxb5 axb5 23. Qxb5 Rb8 24. Qc4 Ne5 25. Qd4 Nc6 26. Qd2 Ne5 27. Rc1
Nf7 28. Qd4 Ra8 29. Nxe6 Qxd4 30. Nxd4 Nxd6 31. Nc3 Nxc3 32. Rxc3 Ne4 33. Rc7
g6 34. Rxd7 Rxa3 35. Ne6 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 Ra2 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. Rf7 Kg8 39. Rf8# 1-0

[Event "Mallorca Trophy-A"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.02.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. d4 d6 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5+ Be7 7. O-O-O+
Bd7 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nf6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Ng3 Ke8 13. Bd3 Be6
14. b3 Kf7 15. Bf5 a5 16. a4 Rad8 17. Rhe1 Bc5 18. Bxe6+ Kxe6 19. Ne4 Ba3+ 20.
Kb1 Bb4 21. Rf1 h6 22. g4 Rdg8 23. h3 h5 24. g5 f5 25. Nf6 Rg7 26. h4 e4 27.
Nd4+ Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Bc3 29. Rd5 c6 30. Kc2 cxd5 31. cxd5+ Ke5 32. Kxc3 Rc7+ 33.
Kb2 Rhc8 34. f4+ exf3 35. Rxf3 Rc2+ 36. Ka3 Re2 37. Nxh5 Rcc2 38. b4 Ra2+ 39.
Kb3 Reb2+ 40. Kc3 axb4+ 41. Kd3 Rb3+ 0-1

[Event "Mallorca Trophy-A"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wegerle, Joerg"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2004.02.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d4
Bg4 9. f3 Bd7 10. d5 Na5 11. Qd3 c5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Qxd6 Be6 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8
15. b3 e4 16. Ba3 Rd3 17. Rad1 Rxe3 18. Bc5 Rd3 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Rad8 21.
Rxd3 Rxd3 22. Nf4 Rd2 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rf2 Rd1+ 25. Rf1 Bd4+ 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27.
e5 Nxe5 28. Bxb7 Rd2 29. Rf2 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Re2 Kf6 32. Be4 a5 33. c5 Ke7
34. Bb7 Nd3 35. c6 Rc1 36. Kh3 Nb4 37. Kg4 Nxc6 38. Bxc6 Rxc6 39. Re5 a4 40.
bxa4 Rc4+ 41. Kg5 Rxa4 42. Re2 Kf7 43. Kh6 Ra5 44. g4 Ra3 45. Rf2+ Kg8 46. Kg5
Kg7 47. Kf4 Kf6 48. g5+ Ke7 49. Rd2 Ra4+ 50. Kf3 e5 51. Kg3 Ke6 52. h4 Ra3+ 53.
Kg4 Rc3 54. Rb2 Rc4+ 55. Kg3 Ra4 56. Rb7 Kf5 57. Rf7+ Ke4 58. Rxh7 Ra3+ 59. Kg4
Rxa2 60. h5 Rg2+ 61. Kh4 gxh5 62. Kxh5 Kf5 63. Rf7+ Ke6 64. Rf1 e4 65. g6 e3
66. Re1 e2 67. g7 Kf5 68. Kh4 Kf4 69. Kh5 Kf5 70. Kh4 Kf4 71. Kh5 Kf3 72. Kh6
Kf2 73. Rxe2+ Kxe2 74. Kh7 Rh2+ 75. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mallorca Trophy-A"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wegerle, Joerg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.02.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bd2 Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Kb1 c4 12. Bf5 g6 13. Bh3 Rc8 14. Ne5 Rb8 15.
f3 O-O 16. e4 a6 17. Bf4 Ra8 18. exd5 b5 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. dxc6 Nb6 21. c7 Qe8
22. Rhe1 Nfd5 23. Bh6 Qc6 24. Bxf8 Bxf8 25. Nxd5 Qxd5 26. Qe4 Qxe4+ 27. Rxe4
Kg7 28. Re5 Bd6 29. Rc5 f5 30. Rc6 Nc8 31. g4 Kf6 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Re1 Kf7 34.
Bxf5 Ne7 35. Rxe7+ Kxe7 36. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "Mallorca Trophy-A"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Wegerle, Joerg"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2004.02.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 g6 6. Nge2 Bg7 7. d3 d6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 Be6 11. Nd5 Qd7 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Rae8 14. b5 Nd8 15.
b6 c6 16. Nc7 Re7 17. Qc2 Ne8 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. f4 Nf6 20. Bd2 Rd8 21. h3 h6
22. Bc3 exf4 23. Nxf4 Nxf4 24. exf4 Nh5 25. Kh2 Rde8 26. Bf3 Re3 27. Bxh5 gxh5
28. Rf2 Qf7 29. Rg1 Qg6 30. Rgg2 Bxc3 31. Qxc3 Kh7 32. Qd2 Qg7 33. Qd1 Qg6 34.
Re2 R8e6 35. Rxe3 Rxe3 36. Qd2 Qe6 37. Qd1 Qe8 38. Qa1 Qe7 39. Qd1 h4 40. Qh5
hxg3+ 41. Rxg3 Rxg3 42. Kxg3 Qe3+ 43. Kg2 Qd2+ 44. Kg1 Qc1+ 45. Kg2 Qc2+ 46.
Kg1 Qb1+ 47. Kg2 Qc2+ 48. Kg1 Qc1+ 49. Kg2 Qd2+ 50. Kg1 Qe1+ 51. Kg2 Qe6 52.
Kf2 Kg7 53. Qf3 Qf6 54. Qe3 Kf7 55. Ke2 Qb2+ 56. Kf1 Qb1+ 57. Kg2 Qc2+ 58. Kg3
Qd1 59. Qd4 Qe1+ 60. Kg2 Qe2+ 61. Kg3 Ke6 62. Kh4 Qf3 63. c5 Qd5 64. Qg7 Qxc5
65. Qxb7 Qf2+ 66. Kh5 Qf3+ 67. Kg6 Qg3+ 68. Kh7 Qxd3 69. Qc8+ Kd5 70. Qg8+ Ke4
71. b7 Kxf4 72. b8=Q c5 73. Qg6 Ke5 74. Qbe8+ Kf4 75. Qxh6+ Kf3 76. Qhh5+ Kg3
77. Qeg6+ Kh2 78. Qgxf5 Qe3 79. Qhg5 Qe2 80. Qgf4+ Kg2 81. Q5g4+ 1-0

[Event "Mallorca Trophy-A"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wegerle, Joerg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.02.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. h4 Bb4 11. Kd2 Nd7 12. Nge2 a5 13. Nf4 Bd6 14. Nh3
b5 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. b3 a4 17. Kc2 Kd7 18. g3 Ra7 19. Nf4 Bxf4 20. gxf4 Bxd3+ 21.
Kxd3 Rg8 22. Rag1 Raa8 23. b4 f5 24. Ne2 Nc4 25. Ng3 Nd6 26. Nh5 Ke6 27. f3 f6
28. Ng3 Rg6 29. h5 Rg7 30. h6 Rg6 31. Nh5 Kf7 32. Ng7 Rg8 33. Rc1 Rc8 34. Rc2
Rg3 35. Rf2 Rg8 36. Rc1 Rc8 37. Rfc2 Nc4 38. Nxf5 Rxf3 39. Ke2 Rh3 40. Rxc4 Rg8
41. Rxc6 Rg2+ 42. Kd3 Rxa2 43. Rc7+ Kg6 44. Ne7+ Kxh6 45. Ng8+ Kg6 46. Ne7+ Kh6
47. Nxd5 Ra3+ 48. Ke4 f5+ 49. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Mallorca Trophy-A"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.02.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 h6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e3 f5 7. Bd3 g6 8. Nge2
Bg7 9. h4 h5 10. g3 O-O 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Nf4 Ne5 13. Kf1 a6 14. a4 Qa5 15. Nb1
Qc7 16. c4 Nxd3 17. Nxd3 Bd7 18. a5 b5 19. axb6 Qxb6 20. Ra3 Rfb8 21. Nc3 a5
22. Kg2 a4 23. Rha1 Qa6 24. b3 Rb4 25. R1a2 Qb7 26. Nxa4 Rxb3 27. Naxc5 Rbxa3
28. Rxa3 dxc5 29. Nxc5 Qc8 30. Rxa8 Qxa8 31. Nxd7 Qa7 32. d6 Qxd7 33. Qd5 Bf8
34. c5 Qe6 35. Qd1 Qd7 36. Kg1 Kg7 37. Qd4+ Kh7 38. Qc4 Kg8 39. c6 Qc8 40. Qd5
Qd8 41. c7 Qd7 42. Qb7 Qxd6 43. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "Mallorca Trophy-A"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.02.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Nde2 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. f3 Rfc8 12. Be3 Qd8 13. b3 a6 14. a4 Nd7
15. Rb1 Nc5 16. Nd5 e6 17. Ndc3 Nb4 18. Rb2 Qe7 19. Rd2 Rd8 20. Bd4 Bh6 21. f4
e5 22. Be3 exf4 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. Rxf4 Re8 25. Ng3 Rad8 26. Qf3 Nxb3 27. Rb2
Nd4 28. Qe3 Ndc6 29. h4 d5 30. cxd5 Rxd5 31. Nce2 Rd1+ 32. Rf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1
Ne5 34. h5 Nc4 35. Qd4 Nxb2 36. Qxb2 Nd3 37. Qd4 Rd8 38. Qe3 Qf6+ 39. Kg1 Ne5
40. Nf4 Rd1+ 41. Nf1 g5 42. Qe2 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Mallorca Trophy-A"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2004.02.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. e3 cxd5 8.
Bb5+ Kf8 9. Nge2 Kg7 10. Qb3 e6 11. O-O a6 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Rac1 Be7 14. Na4 Na5
15. Qb6 Bd7 16. Qxd8 Bxd8 17. Nc5 Bc6 18. b4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Rxc4 Bd5 21.
Rc2 b6 22. Nd3 Be7 23. f3 Rhc8 24. Rfc1 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Bd8 26. Nc3 Bb7 27. Ne4
Rc8 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Nd6 Bd7 30. Ne5 Ba4 31. Ndxf7 Be7 32. a3 Be8 33. Nc4 b5
34. Nfd6 bxc4 35. Nxc4 Bb5 36. Nd2 a5 37. bxa5 Bxa3 38. Kf2 Bb4 39. Ne4 Bxa5
40. Nd6 Bd7 41. Ne4 Bc6 42. Ng5 Bd7 43. Ne4 Kf8 44. Nc5 Bc8 45. Nd3 Ke7 46. Ne5
Bc7 47. g3 Bxe5 48. dxe5 Ba6 49. e4 Bb5 50. h4 Ba4 51. Ke2 h6 52. g4 Kd7 53. f4
Bc2 54. Ke3 Ke7 55. Kd4 Bd1 56. g5 h5 57. Kc5 Bc2 58. Kd4 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Mallorca Trophy-A"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2004.02.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 4. Nge2 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters 91st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Molner, Mackenzie"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2004.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Bb4 8. f3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. c4 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Qc5 14. Kf2 Nd7
15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Bd3 Ne5 17. Rae1 f6 18. h4 Bd7 19. Nc5 Rad8 20. h5 Bc8 21. Rh4
Rfe8 22. h6 g6 23. Ne4 Qe7 24. Rf4 Nd7 25. c5 Rf8 26. Bc4 Kh8 27. Bb3 e5 28.
Nd6 Nxc5 29. Nf7+ Rxf7 30. Bxf7 Rf8 31. Bb3 b6 32. Rc4 Qd6 33. Rc3 Bb7 34. Bc4
Rd8 35. Re2 g5 36. Bd3 Kg8 37. Rd2 Kf8 38. Ke2 Ne6 39. Bxh7 Nd4+ 40. Kf1 Bc8
41. Be4 Bd7 42. Rcd3 Bb5 43. Kg1 Bxd3 44. Rxd3 Qc7 45. c3 Ne6 46. Rxd8+ Qxd8
47. Bd3 Nc5 48. Bc4 Qd6 49. a4 a5 50. Bb5 Kg8 51. Qe2 Kh7 52. Qc4 Qe7 53. Qd5
Kxh6 54. Qc6 Qd8 55. Kh2 Kg7 56. Bc4 Kf8 57. Qb5 Qd6 58. Qb1 e4+ 59. Kg1 f5 60.
fxe4 Nxe4 61. Bb5 Qc5+ 62. Kh2 Qe5+ 63. Kg1 Nxc3 64. Qd3 Nd5 65. Kh1 g4 66. Qc4
Kg7 67. Qc8 Qe1+ 68. Kh2 g3+ 69. Kh3 Nf4+ 70. Kh4 Nxg2+ 71. Kg5 Qe3+ 72. Kxf5
Qf4+ 73. Ke6 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 91st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2004.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nc2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 Rb8 12. Ne3 b5 13. Rc1 bxc4 14. Nxc4 Na5
15. Ne3 Bc6 16. Qd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nc6 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxb2 20. Rxc6 Bg7
21. Rxa6 Kh8 22. e4 Qd7 23. Rc1 e6 24. Ne3 Qb7 25. Rac6 Ra8 26. Kg1 h5 27. h4
Kg8 28. Qc2 Bd4 29. Rc4 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Qa7 31. a4 Qxe3+ 32. Kg2 Rfb8 33. Rc3 Qd4
34. Qe2 Qe5 35. Qf3 d5 36. exd5 exd5 37. Rd1 Ra5 38. Rf1 Ra7 39. Qf4 Qxf4 40.
Rxf4 Rab7 41. Rff3 d4 42. Rcd3 Rb4 43. Kf2 Rc8 44. Ke2 Rc2+ 45. Kd1 Rc7 46. Kd2
Kg7 47. Rf4 Rd7 48. Kc2 f6 49. Kb2 g5 50. hxg5 fxg5 51. Re4 Kf6 52. Ka3 Kf5 53.
Re1 Rb8 54. b4 h4 55. gxh4 gxh4 56. b5 Rh8 57. Rh1 Ke4 58. Rhh3 Rc7 59. b6 Rc1
60. Rb3 Kd5 61. a5 Kc6 62. Rhf3 Rc3 63. Rf6+ Kb7 64. Rf7+ Kb8 65. a6 Rxb3+ 66.
Kxb3 h3 67. Rb7+ Ka8 68. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op 21st"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2004.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5
9. cxd5 h6 10. Be3 a6 11. a4 h5 12. Nge2 Nbd7 13. Nd1 Nh7 14. Nec3 f5 15. Be2
Be5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Qf6 19. Nf2 Ne5 20. O-O Bd7 21. Ra3
Rae8 22. Rb3 Bc8 23. Rb6 Qd8 24. a5 Rf6 25. Rc1 Qc7 26. b4 Nd7 27. bxc5 Nxb6
28. axb6 Qd8 29. c6 Qxb6 30. Rb1 Rxe2 31. Qg3+ Kh8 32. h4 Rb2 33. Re1 f4 34.
Re8+ Nf8 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op 21st"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2004.03.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qd2 b6 7. Nge2 Bb7 8.
a3 Be7 9. g3 Qf3 10. Rg1 Bg5 11. Nf4 Bxf4 12. gxf4 Rg8 13. Rg3 Qh5 14. Rh3 Qg6
15. O-O-O d6 16. d5 Nd7 17. Nb5 Kd8 18. Qc3 Nc5 19. b4 Qxe4 20. bxc5 Qxf4+ 21.
Re3 Bxd5 22. cxb6 c6 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. b7 Kd7 25. bxa8=Q Rxa8 26. Bh3+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op 21st"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2004.03.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. f3 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. e4 Bg6 12. Be3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. f4
Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Nd7 16. Be2 f6 17. Bg4 Rd8 18. O-O Be7 19. Rd2 h5 20. Bh3 Bc5
21. Re1 Rf8 22. Bf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 Be7 24. Ne4 Rf7 25. Red1 Bb4 26. Rd4 Re7 27.
Bd2 Bxd2 28. R1xd2 Rb8 29. b4 axb4 30. Rxb4 Kf8 31. a5 c5 32. Rc4 b5 33. Nxc5
bxc4 34. Nxd7+ Rxd7 35. Rxd7 c3 36. Rc7 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op 21st"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2004.03.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2004.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 (6. Be3 {is another
theoretical line.}) 6... e5 (6... e6 {transforms ro Scheveningen.}) 7. Nb3 Be6
8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 h5 $5 {preventing from white to develop an initiative on
the kingside with g2-g4.} (9... b5 {is more popular option.}) 10. a4 {On the
other flank, white prevents from black to carry out b7-b5. This move is
responsible decision, as after 10.a4 white cannot castle long...} (10. O-O-O {
1-0 Apicella,M-Guidarelli,L/Aix les Bains 2003/CBM 97/[Atlas,V] (45)}) 10...
Be7 {Nakamura has already played this position. But now he prefers 10...Be7 to
10...Rc8.} (10... Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Schmaltz,R-Nakamura,H/Bermuda 2003/CBM 94/
[Hecht] (88)}) 11. Be2 {Before playing 11.Be2 I spent quite much time to
choose between the move in the game and the following continuation:} (11. a5 {
1-0 Grischuk,A-Zhang Zhong/Shanghai 2001/CBM 85/[Ftacnik] (38)}) 11... g6 {
Black doesn't want to castle now, due to "h" pawn, which compromises black's
kingside... He intends to solve the problem of his monarch, transfering it to
g7. As for rook, it will be used in the attack on the white king along "h"
file. Black tried also} (11... Rc8 {1-0 Polgar,J-Sadvakasov,D/Hoogeveen 1999/
CBM 74/[Ftacnik] (54)}) (11... Nb6 {1-0 Morozevich,A-Van Wely,L/Pamplona 1999/
CBM 69/[Atlas,V] (51)}) 12. a5 {fixing black's queenside pawns.} h4 13. O-O Kf8
14. Nd5 $5 {In this way, white is going to get a pair of bishops, and, at the
same time, he will get pawn majority on the queenside.} Bxd5 15. exd5 Rc8 16.
c4 {Now white starts to develop the initiative on the queenside.} ({Deserved
attention} 16. f4 {If now} e4 {then after} 17. c4 Kg7 18. Bd4 {White's
prospects would be better than in the game.}) 16... Kg7 (16... Nh5 17. Rfd1 Kg7
18. c5 {1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F-Sadler,M/Arnhem 1999/CBM 71/[Atlas,V] (113)}) 17.
Rac1 Nh5 18. Rfd1 {[%cal Gc4c5] Now white is ready for c4-c5 breakthrough.} Nf4
$5 ({After} 18... f5 {white succeeds to develop serious initiative on the
queenside.} 19. c5 $1 dxc5 20. d6 Bf6 21. Nxc5 $16 {1-0 Kovchan,A-Averjanov,A/
Tula 2001/EXT 2002 (30)}) 19. Bf1 $5 {too passive, in my opinion.} ({White
should go for the most principal} 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Qxf4 Ne5 (20... Bg5 21.
Qxd6 (21. Qd4+ Qf6 22. Rc2 Rhe8 23. Qxf6+ Kxf6 $14) 21... Bxc1 22. Nxc1 $14 {
[%cal Gb2b4]}) 21. Qd2 {black has some compensation, thanks to his
dark-squared bishop. But the question if it is enough? My feeling is that
white's chances here are preferable.}) 19... Bg5 {[%cal Yg5c1,Gd7f6,Gf6h5]
preventing from white to play c4-c5, and, at the same time, strengthening the
knight on f4.} 20. Na1 $2 $146 {[%cal Yb2b4,Yc4c5,Ga1b3] It is really too slow.
Black needs only 2-3 tempos to make his initiative on the kingside really
dangerous. This move was played for the first time. In the preceding game
white continued} (20. Rc3 Rh5 21. Qc1 Nf6 22. Kh1 Bh6 23. Qd2 Kh7 24. Rc2 Rf5
25. Bd3 Rg5 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. h3 Re5 28. Nd4 Nh5 $36 {0-1 Feygin,M-Sadler,M/
Netherlands 2000/CBM 76 ext (36)}) (20. Qf2 $5 {[%cal Gc4c5] comes to
consideration.}) 20... Nf6 21. b4 N6h5 22. c5 Ng3 $1 {Now black is threatening
with the transfer of the knight to f5.} 23. c6 $4 {Serious mistake, which
allows black to get decisive advantage.} (23. hxg3 $4 hxg3 24. Bc4 Rh5 $40 {
with decisive attack.}) ({Better was} 23. Bd3 $13) 23... h3 $2 {missing much
more attractive option. Black tries to win the game with direct attack.} ({
Simple} 23... Nf5 $1 {was stronger} 24. Bb6 (24. cxb7 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nh3+ $19)
24... Nh3+ $1 {This move was overlooked by me...} 25. gxh3 Bxd2 26. Bxd8 Bxc1
$17 {/-+}) 24. hxg3 ({White doesn't lose after} 24. Bc4 {as well:} hxg2 25.
hxg3 Rh1+ 26. Kf2 g1=Q+ 27. Rxg1 Rh2+ 28. Ke1 Rxd2 29. gxf4 Rb2 30. Rxg5 $13)
24... h2+ 25. Kh1 Nh5 {[%tqu "En","How would you defend white's position?","",
"","d2e1","",10]} 26. Qe1 $1 {[%mdl 256]} (26. Kxh2 {loses on the spot:} Bxe3
27. Qxe3 Nxg3+ 28. Kg1 Rh1+ 29. Kf2 Qh4 30. Rc4 e4 $1 $19) 26... Bxe3 {[%tqu
"En","And what would you play in this position?","","","g3g4","",10]} 27. g4 $1
{[%mdl 256] This move was overlooked by my opponent.} ({In case of} 27. Rc2 {
black has a resource of} Bf4 $1 28. gxf4 exf4 29. cxb7 Rxc2 30. Nxc2 Ng3+ 31.
Qxg3 fxg3 32. Bxa6 Qd7 33. Nd4 Qa4 $19) 27... Bxc1 28. gxh5 Bb2 29. Nb3 $5 {
[%mdl 1040] intending to trap black's dark-squared bishop.} ({Deserves
attention:} 29. cxb7 Rc7 30. Bxa6 Bc3 31. Qe3 $13) 29... b5 $2 {After this
move white gets a very strong pawn c6.} ({Better was} 29... bxc6 30. Bxa6 (30.
Qd2 Ba3 $3 31. Ra1 Qe7 $1 (31... Bxb4 32. Qxb4 Rb8 33. Qc4 $13 {probably with
preferable chances for white.}) 32. Rxa3 Qa7 33. Kxh2 Rxh5+ 34. Kg3 Qg1 $19)
30... cxd5 $1 31. Bxc8 Qxc8 32. Rxd5 Qc4 (32... Rxh5 33. Qd1 $13) 33. Qd1 $13)
30. Qd2 Bd4 (30... Ba3 {is already refuted by} 31. Ra1 Qe7 32. g4 $1 $16 (32.
Rxa3 Qa7 $19) 32... Qa7 33. Bg2 gxh5 34. g5 $16 {[%cal Gh1h2] with following
Kxh2.}) 31. Nxd4 exd4 32. hxg6 $1 {is much stronger than} (32. Qxd4+ Qf6 {
and black, probably, isn't worse.}) 32... fxg6 33. Qxd4+ $16 {White has bishop
and very strong pawn c6 for the rook. It should be noted, that black's pawn h2
is doomed, as well as black's rooks are very passive. Therefore, white's
chances are clearly better.} Kf7 34. Bd3 {transfering the bishop to e4.} (34.
Qa7+ {isn't so strong, as it seems, in view of} Qe7 35. Qxa6 Rb8 {[%csl Ra6]
and white's queen without moves.}) 34... Re8 35. Be4 ({Again} 35. Qa7+ {
isn't good.} Qe7 36. Qxa6 Rb8) 35... Qf6 36. Qb6 Rb8 37. Qa7+ Qe7 38. Qe3 Qf6
39. Rc1 Re7 40. Qh6 {threatening with Qh7+. By the way, last five moves were
played in time trouble...} Qg7 41. Qh3 $1 {[%cal Yh3c8,Gh3e6,Gc6c7] The best
move.} (41. Qf4+ Qf6 42. Bxg6+ $4 Kxg6 43. Qg4+ Qg5 44. c7 Rc8 $19) ({After} 
41. Qxg7+ Kxg7 42. Kxh2 $16 {white is better, but black keeps some chances.})
41... Rh8 42. Qg4 Qh6 $1 {The only move.} 43. Rc2 Qg7 44. Rc1 Qh6 45. Re1 $1 {
[%cal Ge4g6] strengthening the Be4, thus preparing f3-f4.} g5 {Black tries to
prevent white's f4-f5. But, on the other hand he allows white to transfer the
light-squared bishop to diagonal h3-c8. But it is really difficult task to
advice black something reasonable...} (45... Kg7 {doesn't change anything:} 46.
Qg3 Re5 47. f4 Ree8 (47... Re7 48. Qc3+ Kh7 49. Bxg6+) 48. c7 $1 Qh5 (48... Rc8
49. Qc3+ Kh7 50. Bxg6+ $1 Qxg6 51. Qh3+ $18) 49. Bf3 Rxe1+ 50. Qxe1 Qf5 51.
Qe7+ Kh6 52. g4 Qxf4 53. Qh4+ Kg7 54. Qxh8+ $18) 46. Rc1 $1 Rc7 47. Bf5 $18 {
Now white absolutely dominates the board, in opposite to black's pieces, which
are absolutely paralized.} Qh4 48. Bd7 {forcing black to change the queens. In
this way white gets absolutely winning endgame. The rest is a matter of an
easy technique.} Qxg4 49. Bxg4 Ke7 (49... Re8 {is met by} 50. Bh5+ $18) 50.
Re1+ Kd8 51. Re6 Rf7 (51... Re7 52. Rxe7 Kxe7 53. c7 $18) 52. Rxd6+ Kc7 53. Rg6
Rf4 54. Rg7+ Kd6 55. Rd7+ Ke5 56. c7 Rc4 (56... Rxb4 57. Bh3 Rc4 58. d6 $18) {
Black's activity is neutralized easily:} 57. Bh3 Rh6 58. Kxh2 g4 59. fxg4 Rd6
60. Rf7 Kxd5 61. g5 Rdc6 62. g6 (62. g6 Rxc7 63. g7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op 21st"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2004.03.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Pogorelov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2004.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g4 Bxc3 5. bxc3 d6 6. g5 Nfd7 7. Bg2 e5 8. d3
Nc6 9. h4 O-O 10. h5 Ne7 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. d4 b6 13. g6 fxg6 14. hxg6 Nxg6 15.
Ng5 Nf6 16. Qd3 e4 17. Bxe4 Qe8 18. Bf5 Qc6 19. d5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Qd7 21. Qxd7
Nxd7 22. Nxh7 Rfe8 23. Ng5 Nde5 24. Ne6 Re7 25. f4 Nxc4 26. Rb4 b5 27. Nd4 Re4
28. Rxb5 Rxb5 29. Nxb5 Nxf4 30. Bxf4 Rxf4 31. Nxc7 Nb6 32. Rh5 Ra4 33. Ne8 Nc8
34. Rg5 Rxa2 35. Nxg7 Kf7 36. Ne6 Nb6 37. Rf5+ Ke7 38. Nd4 a5 39. Rh5 a4 40.
Nf5+ Kd7 41. Rh7+ Kd8 42. Rh6 a3 43. Rxd6+ Kc7 44. Rc6+ Kb7 45. Nd6+ Ka7 46.
Rc5 Ka6 47. Nc4 Nxc4 48. Rxc4 Kb5 49. Rc8 Rc2 50. Ra8 a2 51. Kf2 Kc5 52. Ke3
Kxd5 53. Kd3 Rb2 54. Ra5+ Kc6 55. e3 Kb6 56. Ra8 Kc5 57. Ra5+ Kb6 58. Ra3 Kc5
59. Ke4 Kc4 60. Ke5 Kd3 61. e4 Kc2 62. c4 Kb1 63. c5 a1=Q 64. Rxa1+ Kxa1 65. c6
Rc2 66. Kd6 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op 21st"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2004.03.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schmaltz, Roland"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Rc8 12. g5 Nh5 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Qf2 b5 15.
h4 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Rcb8 18. Ra5 Qb7 19. Bc4 Nb6 20. Bd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5
f5 22. Na5 Qd7 23. exf5 Rb5 24. Qd2 Rf8 25. f6 gxf6 26. Rg1 Kh8 27. gxf6 Nxf6
28. Rxb5 Qxb5 29. Bg5 Rg8 30. Nb3 Nh5 31. Rh1 Bxg5 32. hxg5 Ng3 33. Rxh7+ Kxh7
34. Qh2+ Kg7 35. Qh6+ Kf7 36. Qf6+ Ke8 37. Qe6+ Kf8 38. Qxd6+ Ke8 39. Qe6+ Kf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op 21st"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2004.03.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2004.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nc3 f5 8.
Qc2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. h3 g6 11. f3 a6 12. e4 b5 13. Bd3 fxe4 14. fxe4 Bf4+
15. Kb1 Qxd4 16. Bxb5 Qc5 17. Bd3 Rb8 18. Nf3 Be6 19. Ne2 Qxc2+ 20. Bxc2 Bh6
21. Ned4 Rfe8 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. e5 Reb6 24. b3 Nh5 25. Rd7 Nf4 26. Rxc7 Nxg2
27. Rd1 Nf4 28. Rdd7 Ne6 29. Ra7 Rf8 30. Rd6 Rxd6 31. exd6 Rd8 32. Ne5 Rxd6 33.
Nxf7 Be3 34. Rb7 Rb6 35. Nh6+ Kh8 36. Nf7+ Kg7 37. Rd7 Nc5 38. Re7 Bd4 39. Nd8+
Kf8 40. Rxh7 Rf6 41. Kc1 Rf1+ 42. Kd2 Rf2+ 43. Kd1 Rf1+ 44. Kd2 Rf2+ 45. Kc1
Rf1+ 46. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op 21st"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2004.03.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vidarsson, Jon Gardar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2004.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. f4 a6 6. Bc4 b6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Qe2
Bb7 9. d3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ba2 Bc6 12. d4 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Kh1 Bd6 15.
Ne5 Bb7 16. Qf3 cxd4 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Nxd5 Bc5 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Qh5 Kh8 21.
Bd2 Rg8 22. Rg1 Qc6 23. Qh3 d3 24. Bxf7 Rg7 25. Bb3 Bxg1 26. Rxg1 dxc2 27. Qc3
Qxc3 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op 21st"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2004.03.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2004.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Qc1 Bd7 10. Ba3 Be8 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Na3 Bh5 13. Nc2 Nbd7 14. Rd1 Bxf3 15.
c5 Qc7 16. exf3 f4 17. Ne1 Rae8 18. Nd3 fxg3 19. hxg3 e5 20. f4 e4 21. Ne5 g5
22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. fxg5 Ng4 24. Rf1 Qf7 25. g6 Qxg6 26. Bh3 Re6 27. Kg2 Ref6 28.
Bxg4 Qxg4 29. Qd2 Rf5 30. Qe3 R8f6 31. Rae1 Rf3 32. Qc1 h5 33. Re3 h4 34. Rxf3
Rxf3 35. Qe1 e3 36. Kh2 Rxf2+ 37. Rxf2 hxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Virginia Beach Millennium op 5th"]
[Site "Virginia Beach"]
[Date "2004.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rogalski, Timothy"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Bxe7 13. Nc2 Bb7 14. Bd3
O-O 15. Ne3 Bg5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 e4 18. Bc2 e3 19. O-O exf2+ 20. Rxf2 Be3
21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Qh5 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qf6+ 24. Bf5+ Qh6 25. Qxh6+ gxh6 26. Ke3
Rfe8+ 27. Kd3 Re5 28. Be4 Rae8 29. Bf3 Re1 30. Rxe1 Rxe1 31. Kc2 Kg7 32. Kb3
Kf6 33. a4 bxa4+ 34. Kxa4 Ra1+ 35. Kb4 Ke5 36. b3 f5 37. Kc4 a5 38. Kb5 Ra3 39.
Kc4 Kf4 40. Bh5 Ra2 41. Bf3 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Virginia Beach Millennium op 5th"]
[Site "Virginia Beach"]
[Date "2004.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zisman, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Qd1 Rd8 14. e4 b6 15.
Qe2 Be8 16. Rfd1 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bd6 18. Be3 Qd7 19. e5 Be7 20. Ng5 h6 21. Ne4
Rac8 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Virginia Beach Millennium op 5th"]
[Site "Virginia Beach"]
[Date "2004.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miller, Daniel I"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2004.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. d4
O-O 9. h3 b6 10. e5 Ne8 11. Bg5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nc7 13. Nbd2 0-1

[Event "Virginia Beach Millennium op 5th"]
[Site "Virginia Beach"]
[Date "2004.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2004.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nh3 a6 8. Qd2
c6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nf2 b5 11. cxb5 cxd5 12. exd5 axb5 13. Bxb5 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6
15. O-O Qa8 16. b3 Rb8 17. Rac1 e6 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Rfe1 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21.
Qxd5 exd5 22. Re2 Rba8 23. Rd1 Rxa2 24. Rxa2 Rxa2 25. Rxd5 Rb2 26. Ne4 Rxb3 27.
Rxd6 Nf7 28. Rd1 Nxg5 29. Nxg5 Bf6 30. Ne4 Be7 31. Rd7 Kf7 32. Ra7 Ke6 33. h3
h5 34. Ra6+ Kf7 35. Nd2 Rc3 36. f4 h4 37. Nf3 Bf6 38. Ra7+ Kg8 39. Ra4 Rc1+ 40.
Kh2 Rd1 41. Ra5 Rb1 42. Ng5 Rf1 43. Ra4 Kg7 44. Nf3 Rd1 45. Re4 Kf7 46. Rb4 Kf8
47. Rb5 Rf1 48. Rb7 Kg8 49. Rd7 Ra1 50. g4 hxg3+ 51. Kxg3 Ra5 52. Rc7 Rb5 53.
Rc4 Rd5 54. Ra4 Kg7 55. h4 Rb5 56. Ra7+ Kg8 57. Nd2 Rb4 58. Rc7 Rd4 59. Nf3 Rd5
60. Rc2 Kf7 61. Nd2 Rd4 62. Nf3 Rd5 63. Re2 Kg7 64. Nd2 Rh5 65. Rh2 Rd5 66. Ne4
Rd4 67. Nc5 Kf7 68. Ra2 Rd1 69. Ra7+ Ke8 70. Ne4 Rg1+ 71. Kh3 Be7 72. Ng3 Re1
73. Ra5 Kf7 74. Kg4 Re6 75. Ra7 Ke8 76. h5 gxh5+ 77. Nxh5 Kf8 78. f5 Re4+ 79.
Kf3 Re5 80. Kf4 Rb5 81. Ra6 Kf7 82. Ng3 Rb4+ 83. Ne4 Rb1 84. Ra7 Kf8 85. f6
Bxf6 86. Nxf6 Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "Virginia Beach Millennium op 5th"]
[Site "Virginia Beach"]
[Date "2004.04.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2004.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8.
dxc5 Na6 9. Ng5 e6 10. Ne4 Bd7 11. Nbc3 Bc6 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Nc3 d4 14. Bxc6
bxc6 15. Na4 Qd5 16. Bf4 Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods op 06th"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2004.04.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goletiani, Rusudan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. c4 Qc7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Re8 10. b4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. c5 b6 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Rc1 Qb8 15.
Ng5 b5 16. Qb3 Re7 17. a4 h6 18. Nf3 bxa4 19. Nxa4 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. h3 Nd5
22. Rc4 Re6 23. Rfc1 Bf8 24. Bc3 Qb5 25. Nb2 c5 26. Rxc5 Nxc5 27. Qxd5 Qb7 28.
Qxb7 Nxb7 29. Nxe5 Nd6 30. Nbd3 Ra3 31. Bb2 Rb3 32. f4 Nf5 33. Rc8 Rd6 34. Nc5
Rxb2 35. Ncd7 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Nd6 37. Rxf8+ Kg7 38. f5 gxf5 39. Rd8 Rdd2 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods op 06th"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2004.04.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 f6 12. Bd2 Nh6 13. c5 c6 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15.
Qa4 Rb8 16. Rad1 Nf7 17. Bc1 Nd8 18. Rd6 Rf7 19. Rfd1 Be6 20. Be3 a5 21. R6d3
Nb7 22. Qc2 Bf8 23. Na4 g5 24. Nd2 Rg7 25. Nf1 Rd8 26. Ng3 Rgd7 27. b3 Rxd3 28.
Rxd3 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Bc8 30. Kh2 h5 31. Nf5 Qd7 32. Qc4+ Qe6 33. Qc3 h4 34. Bc1
Qd7 35. Ba3 Qh7 36. Qc4+ Qf7 37. Nd6 Bxd6 38. cxd6 Qxc4 39. bxc4 c5 40. d7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods op 06th"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2004.04.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Stein, Alan R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2004.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 c5 8. a3
Ba5 9. Qc4 O-O 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 Bb6 12. e3 Nc6 13. Bd3 Qh5 14. b5 Ne7 15.
Be2 Ned5 16. Ne5 Qh4 17. O-O Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Rd8 19. Bf3 Nd5 20. Qb3 Bc7 21. g3
Qe7 22. Nc4 Bd7 23. Ba3 Qe8 24. Rfb1 Rac8 25. e4 Nb6 26. Na5 Rb8 27. e5 Nd5 28.
Nc4 Rdc8 29. Bc5 b6 30. Bd6 Nc3 31. Bxc7 Rxc7 32. Rc1 Nxb5 33. Nd6 Nxd6 34.
exd6 Rcc8 35. Rc7 b5 36. Rcxa7 Qd8 37. Bb7 Rxb7 38. Rxb7 Bc6 39. Rc7 Rxc7 40.
dxc7 Qxc7 41. Qc3 Qb7 42. Rc1 Be8 43. Qc8 Qxc8 44. Rxc8 Kf8 45. Rc7 b4 46. Rb7
Bc6 47. Rxb4 g5 48. h3 Kg7 49. Kh2 Kf6 50. g4 Kg6 51. Kg3 h6 52. Rb8 Bd5 53. h4
gxh4+ 54. Kxh4 Bc4 55. Rg8+ Kh7 56. Rc8 Bd3 57. Kg3 Kg6 58. Rh8 Kg7 59. Rd8 Bc4
60. Kf4 f6 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods op 06th"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2004.04.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. e3 Nxc5 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Be5 Rc8 13. Bd4 Nfe4 14. Na4 Nd7
15. Nc3 Ndc5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Bxa2 18. b3 Nd3 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Nxe4 Nb4
21. Nc3 f6 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Rd8 25. e4 Qc7 26. Qd2 Rxd5 27.
exd5 Bxb3 28. Rc1 Qd7 29. Bc5 Bd8 30. Re1 h6 31. Qe3 Qxd5 32. Be7 Bxe7 33. Qxe7
Ba4 34. h3 Bc6 35. f3 Qd4+ 36. Kh1 Kh7 37. Qf7 Qd5 38. Qf8 Qd3 39. Re7 Qd1+ 40.
Kh2 Qd6+ 41. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Decameron op"]
[Site "Santo Domingo"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lugo, Blas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2004.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3
Nbd7 9. f4 g6 10. Bd2 Bg7 11. c5 O-O 12. Qc2 Ne8 13. O-O-O f6 14. f5 e5 15. f4
Qe7 16. h4 Nc7 17. Bh3 gxf5 18. Bxf5 Kh8 19. Rdg1 Bh6 20. Qd1 Ne6 21. Ne2 Rg8
22. Kb2 Rxg1 23. Rxg1 Rg8 24. Rxg8+ Kxg8 25. Qg1+ Kh8 26. Qg4 Ndf8 27. Bd3 e4
28. Bc2 Qg7 29. Qh3 Qd7 30. f5 Ng7 31. Ng3 Ng6 32. Bd1 Ne7 33. Bg4 a5 34. Qf1
Qc7 35. Qe1 b4 36. a3 bxa3+ 37. Kxa3 Qb7 38. Qf2 Qc7 39. Nh5 Nxh5 40. Bxh5 Qd7
41. Bg4 Qc7 42. Qe1 Qa7 43. Ka4 Qb8 44. Qe2 Qg3 45. h5 Qg1 46. Kxa5 Qa1+ 47.
Kb4 Nc8 48. Qd1 Qa2 49. Kc3 Na7 50. Be2 Bf8 51. Qc1 Nb5+ 52. Bxb5 Qa5+ 53. Kb2
Qxb5 54. Qe1 Qd3 55. Bc1 Bh6 56. Qd2 Qb5 57. Qh2 Bg5 58. h6 Kg8 59. Bd2 Qb7 60.
Qd6 Bxh6 61. Qxf6 Bg7 62. Qe6+ Qf7 63. b4 Qxe6 64. fxe6 Kf8 65. b5 1-0

[Event "Decameron op"]
[Site "Santo Domingo"]
[Date "2004.04.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2004.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. g4 Nd5 12. Ng2 Bg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krajnc, Radovan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2004.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. f4 Nh6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O f5
9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bd2 Rb8 11. h3 Nf6 12. e5 Nh5 13. exd6 Nxg3 14. dxe7 Nxe7 15.
Re1 h6 16. Ne5 Kh7 17. Kh2 Nh5 18. Qe2 b6 19. Nc4 Ng8 20. Nd5 Bb7 21. Qe6 Qh4
0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zoernpfenning, Siegfried"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. f4
Nbd7 9. O-O g6 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Bf4 Nc6 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. Qe2 Bg7 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. g4 Qxg4+ 18. Qxg4 Nxg4 19. Bd6+ Kg8 20. Rxe7
Bd4+ 21. Rf2 Bxf2+ 22. Kf1 Bh4 23. Rc7 Bf3 24. h3 Re8 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "SebFeller"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2004.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 c6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 axb4 14. axb4 bxc5 15.
bxc5 Qc7 16. f5 e5 17. dxe5 Nxc5 18. Bc2 Rfe8 19. f6 Bxf6 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21.
Bxh7+ Kf8 22. Re1 Nd7 23. Qa2 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. g3 Bb7 26. Na4 Bd6 27. Rc1
c5 28. Bd3 c4 29. Bf1 Bc6 30. Nc3 Be5 31. Ne2 Bb5 32. Qd2 Qc5 33. Qa5 d4 34.
Rb1 Rb8 35. Nc1 Bd6 36. Nb3 cxb3 37. Rxb3 d3 38. Rb1 d2 39. Qxd2 Be7 40. Qa5 g6
41. Rxb5 Rxb5 42. Bxb5 Qc1+ 43. Kg2 Qg5 44. Qa8+ Kg7 45. Bc4 Qf6 46. Qc8 Bd6
47. Bb3 Be7 48. Bd1 Qe6 49. Qc3+ Bf6 50. Qf3 Qe5 51. Bb3 Qe7 52. h4 Bg5 53.
hxg5 Qe8 54. Qf6+ Kf8 55. Qh8+ Ke7 56. Qxe8+ Kxe8 57. Kf3 Ke7 58. Ke4 f6 59. f4
f5+ 60. Ke5 Kf8 61. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Klenburg, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2004.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. g4 O-O 6. Bg2 c5 7. Nge2 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Nde2 Nc6 10. O-O a6 11. Be3 Qxb2 12. a3 Be6 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Rfb1 Nc4 15.
Rxb2 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Nd7 17. Rxb7 Nc5 18. Rxe7 Rac8 19. Re1 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Miljkovic, Miroslav M"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2004.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Nf3 Qe8 8. g3 e5
9. d5 Nc5 10. Nd2 a5 11. Bg2 Nd3+ 12. Ke2 Nc5 13. Qc2 c6 14. Nb3 Nfd7 15. Rad1
Nxb3 16. axb3 Nc5 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. Nd5 Kh8 19. Bf6 Ne6 20. Qd3 Nd4+ 21. Kf1
Be6 22. f4 Bxd5 23. exd5 Qb6 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Kg1 Nxb3+ 27. Kh2
Nc5 28. Qe3 Qd6 29. Rhe1 f6 30. Ra1 b6 31. Qc3 Rfc8 32. b4 axb4 33. Qxb4 Nb7
34. Qxd6 Nxd6 35. Rxa8 Rxa8 36. Rb1 Nxc4 37. Rb4 Rc8 38. Bf1 Ne3 39. Ba6 Rc2+
40. Kg1 Nxd5 41. Rb5 Nc7 42. Rxb6 Nxa6 43. Rxa6 h5 44. Rd6 g5 45. Re6 Kg6 46.
Ra6 Kf5 47. Ra4 Rd2 48. Rb4 Rd4 49. Rb3 h4 50. Kg2 Rd2+ 51. Kf1 hxg3 52. Rxg3
Kf4 53. Ra3 e4 54. Ke1 Rd3 55. Ra6 f5 56. Rh6 Ra3 57. h4 gxh4 58. Rxh4+ Ke5 59.
Rh8 Ra2 60. Rc8 Kd4 61. Rb8 Ke5 62. Rb3 f4 63. Rb5+ Kf6 64. Rc5 f3 65. Rc6+ Kf5
66. Rc5+ Kf4 67. Rc4 Kg3 68. Rxe4 f2+ 69. Kf1 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2004.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qd2 d5 7. e5 Qe7 8. a3
Ba5 9. b4 Bb6 10. Na4 O-O 11. f4 Bd7 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Nf3 c5 14. bxc5 bxc5 15.
Be2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Rxa3 17. Rb1 Ra7 18. O-O f5 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Qe3 Ra4 21. c3
Nc6 22. Bb5 Nxd4 23. Bxa4 Nf5 24. Qa7 Bxa4 25. Qxa4 Qxc3 26. Rxb7 Ne3 27. Rfb1
Ng4 28. h3 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Nf2+ 30. Kh2 Ne4 31. Rf1 Rxf4 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Rxf4
Qxf4+ 34. Kg1 Nd6 35. Qxe6 Nxb7 36. Qxd5 Nd6 37. Qd3+ Ne4 38. Qb1 Qf2+ 39. Kh1
Qf5 40. Kg1 Qg6 41. Qe1 Ng5 42. Qc3 Qf6 43. Qd3+ Qg6 44. Qc3 Nf7 45. Qb3 Qf6
46. Qd3+ g6 47. Qd7 Kg7 48. Qa7 Qb2 49. Qe3 Qa1+ 50. Kf2 Qe5 51. Qb3 h5 52. Kg1
Nd6 53. Qa2 Nf5 54. Qa7+ Kf6 55. Qa8 h4 56. Qh8+ Ke6 57. Qe8+ Ne7 58. Qa4 Qf6
59. Qe4+ Kf7 60. Qc4+ Kg7 61. Qc7 Kh6 62. Qb8 Nf5 63. Qf4+ Qg5 64. Qb8 Qe3+ 65.
Kh1 Qe1+ 66. Kh2 Qg3+ 67. Qxg3 Nxg3 68. Kg1 Kg5 69. Kf2 Kf4 70. Kg1 Ne4 71. Kh2
g5 72. Kg1 Kg3 73. Kh1 Nf6 74. Kg1 Nh5 75. Kf1 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2004.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. Be2 Bc6 15.
Qc2 Qb7 16. O-O-O d5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. f3 e5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. e4
Be6 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Nb6 24. Qc2 c4 25. Be1 Qc6 26. Bc3 Rfe8 27. Rd2 Na4
28. Rhd1 Nc5 29. Kb1 Nd3 30. Ka1 Rab8 31. Rxd3 cxd3 32. Qxd3 f6 33. Qd7 Qa6 34.
h3 Rec8 35. Qd2 Rc6 36. Qd3 Qa4 37. Qd7 Rbc8 38. Rd6 Qa6 39. Rxc6 Rxc6 40. Qd8+
Kh7 41. Qd7 Rd6 42. Qf7 Qc8 43. Kb1 a6 44. Qh5 Qc4 45. Qf5+ Kg8 46. f4 Rd1+ 47.
Kc2 Qd3+ 48. Kb3 Qb5+ 49. Kc2 Qa4+ 50. b3 Qd7 51. Qxd7 Rxd7 52. f5 Kf7 53. b4
g6 54. g4 h5 55. a4 gxf5 56. gxf5 Ke7 57. Bb2 Kd6 58. Kd3 Rg7 59. Kc4 Rg3 60.
Ba3 Kd7 61. b5 Rxa3 62. Kb4 Rxh3 63. bxa6 Kc6 64. a7 Kb7 65. a8=Q+ Kxa8 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polaczek, Richard"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2004.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. Bf4 Qb6 5. Nd2 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 Qxb2 7. e4 Qb6 8.
Nf3 d6 9. Rb1 Qc7 10. c4 g6 11. Bc3 f6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. h4 h5 14. Nd2 O-O 15. g4
hxg4 16. Bxg4 f5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. h5 Nd7 21. hxg6
Re5+ 22. Kf1 Nf6 23. Qb3 b6 24. Nf3 Rf5 25. Qe3 Rh8 26. Rxh8 Kxh8 27. Ng5 Qd7
28. Ne6 Rh5 29. Kg2 Qe8 30. Qg3 Ne4 31. Qg4 Nf6 32. Qg3 Kg8 33. Rh1 Rxh1 34.
Kxh1 Qa4 35. Qh4 Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Qg4+ 37. Qxg4 Nxg4 38. Nd8 Ne5 39. Nc6 Nxc4 40.
Nxe7+ Kg7 41. Kf3 Ne5+ 42. Ke4 b5 43. Nc8 Nc4 44. Nxa7 b4 45. Nb5 Kxg6 46. f4
Kf6 47. Kd3 Nb2+ 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wornath, Kai Rudolf"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nd5 e6 11. Ne7+ Nxe7 12. Bxe7 Re8 13. Ba3 Nd7 14. O-O-O
Ne5 15. b3 b6 16. Bb2 Bb7 17. Nh3 f5 18. Nf2 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Nc6
21. Rd6 Rac8 22. Be2 Bxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Ne5 24. Rf1 Rcd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Kc3 Nc6
27. Bg4 Nd4 28. e5 Kg7 29. Rd1 Nc6 30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31. Bf3 Kf7 32. b4 Ke7 33. Kd4
Kd7 34. a4 Kc7 35. c5 Nf7 36. cxb6+ axb6 37. h4 Nh6 38. g4 Nf7 39. g5 h6 40.
Be4 hxg5 41. Bxg6 Nh8 42. h5 g4 43. Ke4 Kc6 44. Kf4 Kd5 45. a5 bxa5 46. bxa5
Kc5 47. Kxg4 Kb5 48. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Beutlin, Hans Juergen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2004.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. c4 Nf6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 d4 11. Nb1 e5 12. Nd2 c5 13. h3 Bd6 14. Nf3 h6 15.
b3 Be6 16. Nh4 Qd7 17. f4 exf4 18. e5 Bxh3 19. exf6 Bg4 20. Qf2 g5 21. Bd2 Rae8
22. Rae1 Re3 23. Bxe3 dxe3 24. Qc2 Be5 25. Nf3 Bxf6 26. Rd1 Bd4 27. Be2 Bxf3
28. Rxf3 Qc7 29. Rh3 Kg7 30. Qf5 Qe5 31. Qxe5+ Bxe5 32. Rd7 a5 33. a4 Rb8 34.
Rd3 Bd4 35. g4 Kg6 36. Kg2 Rh8 37. Rd1 Rb8 38. Rb1 f6 39. Bd3+ Kg7 40. Kf3 Re8
41. Ke2 Rh8 42. Rbh1 Bc3 43. Be4 Rd8 44. Bd5 Rh8 45. Kd3 Bd4 46. b4 axb4 47. a5
b3 48. a6 Re8 49. Rxh6 e2 50. Rh7+ Kf8 51. Rf7+ Kg8 52. Rb7+ Kf8 53. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2004.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3
Nbd7 9. f4 e6 10. Bd2 bxc4 11. bxc4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. Ne2 Be7 14. O-O O-O
15. Rc1 Ne4 16. Be1 Bf6 17. Bd3 Nd6 18. dxc5 Nf5 19. Bb4 Qb8 20. Ba3 Rc8 21.
Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vovchik"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 Bh5 8. Nf4
Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Be2 e6 12. Bd2 Be7 13. O-O b4 14. Na4 Ne4 15.
Bf3 f5 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. f3 Nf6 18. c5 exf3 19. Rxf3 a5 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Qc4 Nd5
22. Na4 Rh4 23. Re1 Bf6 24. Qc2 Re4 25. Nb2 Nc7 26. Nc4 Nb5 27. a4 bxa3 28.
Bxa5 Qd5 29. Nb6 Nxd4 30. exd4 Qxd4+ 31. Kh1 Qb2 32. Rf2 a2 33. Qxb2 Rxe1+ 34.
Bxe1 Bxb2 35. Rxb2 a1=Q 36. Re2 Kf7 37. Nc4 Rd8 38. Nd6+ Rxd6 39. cxd6 Qd1 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 1st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.03"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2004.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Bb4 8. Bd2
Qe7 9. Rg1 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. O-O-O Nxc3 12. Qxc3 O-O 13. Bd3 dxc4 14. Qxc4
c5 15. Bc2 b5 16. Qxb5 Rb8 17. Qd3 g6 18. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Campayo Hernandez, Juan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2014"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. a3 Nc6 8. Rb1
Ne5 9. d3 Bg4 10. O-O Nf3+ 11. Kh1 Qd7 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Nxg4 14. hxg4 Qxg4 15.
Bxf3 Qh3+ 16. Kg1 Bxf3 17. Nf4 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Simpson, Bart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. h3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nf6 7. cxd6 Nxe4 8.
Qd4 Nf6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. dxe7 Qxe7+ 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Nf3 Re8 13. O-O Qxe2 14.
Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Qxf6 Be6 16. Nd4 Qc4 17. Rae1 Qxc3 18. Re3 Qc4 19. h4 Rad8 20. c3
h6 21. h5 g5 22. Qxh6 Rxd4 23. Qxg5+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Ke7 25. cxd4 Qxd4 26. Qg5+
Qf6 27. Qxf6+ Kxf6 28. a3 Rh8 29. Rb1 Bd5 30. Rb5 Bc6 31. Rc5 Rg8 32. Rg3 Rh8
33. f3 Ke7 34. Rh3 Kd6 35. Rc1 Bd7 36. Rh4 Be6 37. Ra4 a6 38. Rb4 Rxh5 39. Rxb7
Ra5 40. Rb6+ Ke5 41. Rcc6 Rxa3 42. Rxa6 Rd3 43. Ra1 Rd2 44. Re1+ Kd5 45. Rcc1
Rb2 46. Rcd1+ Kc6 47. Kh2 Rb5 48. g4 Rb2+ 49. Kg3 Rb3 50. Kf4 Rb5 51. Re5 Rb3
52. Re3 Rb5 53. Kg3 Rb4 54. Rc3+ Kb6 55. f4 Kb7 56. Rd2 Kb6 57. f5 Bc8 58. Rf2
Bb7 59. Kh4 Be4 60. Kg5 Bd5 61. Rg3 Kc6 62. Rf4 Rb1 63. Kf6 Ba2 64. Rc3+ Kd5
65. Ra4 Rb2 66. Rca3 Bb1 67. Rf4 Rb7 68. g5 Kd6 69. Ra6+ Kd5 70. g6 fxg6 71.
fxg6 Bc2 72. Re6 Bb3 73. Re3 Ba2 74. Re7 Rb6+ 75. Kg5 Kd6 76. Re1 Rb8 77. Rd4+
Kc5 78. Rd2 Bg8 79. Rc1+ Kb6 80. Rb2+ Ka7 81. Rxb8 Kxb8 82. Kf6 Kb7 83. Ke7 Bd5
84. g7 Kb6 85. Kf8 Kb5 86. g8=Q Bxg8 87. Kxg8 Kb4 88. Kf7 Kb3 89. Ke6 Kb2 90.
Rc4 Kb3 91. Kd5 Kb2 92. Kd4 Ka3 93. Rc8 Kb2 94. Rb8+ Ka3 95. Kc4 Ka2 96. Kc3
Ka1 97. Rb5 Ka2 98. Rb3 Ka1 99. Kc2 Ka2 100. Rc3 Ka1 101. Ra3# 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Stross, Frantisek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Bb4 8. Bd2
Qe7 9. Rg1 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. O-O-O Nxc3 12. Qxc3 O-O 13. Bd3 dxc4 14. Qxc4
c5 15. Bc2 b5 16. Qxb5 Rb8 17. Qc4 Rb6 18. Ne5 Ba6 19. Qa4 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rfb8
21. Rd2 Qb7 22. Rgd1 g6 23. Rd7 Qf3 24. Rd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Kg7 26. Qe8 Kh6 27.
Qf8+ Kg5 28. Rd2 Qh1+ 29. Bd1 Qe4 30. Qe7+ Kh6 31. Qh4+ Kg7 32. Qf6+ Kh6 33.
g5# 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eraschenkov, Denis"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Re1 Rc8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 e6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6
15. Qd2 Be7 16. Qxb4 Ba8 17. Qd2 O-O 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. c3 Rb8 20. Ba2 Qg6 21.
Qe2 Kh8 22. Bb1 Qg5 23. Qd2 Qa5 24. b3 Rdc8 25. Rc1 Bf6 26. Qd3 g6 27. h3 Bg7
28. Re2 e5 29. Nf3 Rxb3 30. Qxd6 Rcxc3 31. Ree1 Kh7 32. Ba2 Rb7 33. Rxc3 Qxc3
34. Bd5 Ra7 35. Qb6 Bxd5 36. Qxa7 Bc4 37. Qe3 Qb4 38. Rc1 Be6 39. Qc3 Qxa4 40.
Nxe5 Qxe4 41. Re1 Qd5 42. Qd3 Qa5 43. Qe3 Qc7 44. Qe4 Bf5 45. Qe3 a5 46. g4 Be6
47. Qe4 Bc8 48. h4 f5 49. Qe3 a4 50. h5 gxh5 51. gxf5 Bxf5 52. Qf3 Qc2 53. Re2
Qb1+ 54. Kg2 h4 55. Re1 h3+ 56. Kh2 Qc2 57. Re2 Qc8 58. Re3 a3 59. Qf4 a2 60.
Ra3 Qe6 61. Nf3 a1=Q 62. Rxa1 Bxa1 63. Qc7+ Bg7 64. Qf4 Qe4 65. Qxe4 Bxe4 66.
Ng1 Bf5 67. Nxh3 Be5+ 68. Kg2 Kg6 69. Ng1 Be4+ 70. f3 Bd3 71. Nh3 Kf5 72. Nf2
Ba6 73. Ng4 Bf4 74. Kf2 h5 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. Qd3 Ba6 12. Nc3 d5 13. Qd1 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4
15. Qa4 c5 16. Qxc4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Ke2 f5
21. Rhd1 Kf8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rc1 Ke7 24. b4 Nd3 25. Rc2 Ne5 26. Nb5 Rd7 27.
Nd4 f4 28. exf4 Rxd4 29. fxe5 Re4+ 30. Kd3 Rxe5 31. Rc7+ Kf6 32. Rxa7 Re1 33.
b5 Ra1 34. a4 Ra2 35. Ke3 Ra3+ 36. Ke4 Ra2 37. Kf3 e5 38. Ra6 Kf5 39. g4+ Kg5
40. Kg3 Ra3+ 41. f3 f6 42. h4+ Kg6 43. h5+ Kf7 44. Ra7+ Ke6 45. Ra6 e4 46.
Rxb6+ Ke5 47. Ra6 Rxf3+ 48. Kg2 Rb3 49. g5 hxg5 50. h6 Rb2+ 51. Kh3 Rb1 52. Kg2
Rb2+ 53. Kf1 Rh2 54. b6 Rxh6 55. Kg1 Kd6 56. Ra8 Kc6 57. a5 Rh3 58. Rc8+ Kb7
59. Rc7+ Kb8 60. a6 Rg3+ 61. Kf2 Rf3+ 62. Ke2 Ra3 63. a7+ Ka8 64. Rc8+ Kb7 65.
Rb8+ Kc6 66. a8=Q+ Rxa8 67. Rxa8 Kxb6 68. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dovramadjiev, Tihomir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2331"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d3 d6 6. e3 e5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. O-O
Be6 9. Nd5 Qd7 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 Bh3 12. Nec3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Ne7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6
15. Nd5 Bg7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. e4 f5 18. f3 Kh8 19. Bd2 a4 20. Bc3 b6 21. Qd2
Rf7 22. Rbe1 Raf8 23. f4 fxe4 24. Rxe4 Qd7 25. d4 d5 26. Rxe5 Bxe5 27. dxe5 d4
28. Qxd4 Qxd4 29. Bxd4 Rd7 30. Bc3 Kg8 31. g4 Rdf7 32. Kg3 h5 33. h3 h4+ 34.
Kxh4 Rxf4 35. Rxf4 Rxf4 36. Kg5 Rf3 37. Kxg6 Rxh3 38. e6 Re3 39. Kf5 Kf8 40.
Bf6 Rf3+ 41. Kg6 Rf4 42. g5 Rxc4 43. e7+ Ke8 44. Kg7 Rh4 45. g6 Rh5 46. Kg8 c5
47. g7 b5 48. Bc3 Kxe7 49. Bd2 Ke8 50. Ba5 Rh4 51. Bc3 b4 52. axb4 cxb4 53. Bf6
Rh3 54. Bd4 Ke7 55. Be5 Ke6 56. Bd4 Kd5 57. Kf8 Rf3+ 58. Ke8 Rg3 59. Bf6 Ke6
60. Bd4 Kd5 61. Bf6 Ke6 62. Bd4 Rg4 63. Kf8 Rf4+ 64. Ke8 Rg4 65. Kf8 Kd5 66.
Bf6 Kc4 67. g8=Q+ Rxg8+ 68. Kxg8 Kb3 69. Kf7 Kc2 70. Ke6 a3 71. bxa3 bxa3 72.
Kd5 a2 73. Kc4 a1=Q 74. Bxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Bd4 c5 10. Bxc5 O-O 11. Bd4 Qd6 12. Nge2 Nbc4 13. Qc2 Qb4 14. b3 Na3 15.
Qd2 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Nc2+ 19. Kd2 Nxd4 20. Be2 Bd7
21. Rac1 e5 22. Ke3 Rac8 23. Bc4 b5 24. Bd3 f5 25. Ne2 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Nxe2 27.
Kxe2 Kf7 28. b4 Ke7 29. Rc5 Kd6 30. Rhc1 Ra8 31. Rc7 a5 32. a3 axb4 33. axb4
Ra2+ 34. R1c2 Rfa8 35. Ke3 R8a3+ 36. R2c3 Rxc3+ 37. Rxc3 Rxh2 38. Ra3 Rb2 39.
Ra6+ Ke7 40. d6+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 f6 12. Bd2 Nh6 13. c5 c6 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15.
Qa4 Nf7 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. Bc1 Nd8 18. Rd6 Rf7 19. Rfd1 Nb7 20. R6d2 a5 21. Qc4
Bf8 22. Na4 Be6 23. Qa6 Nxc5 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Rc2 Bb6 26. b3 Rd7 27. Qe2 Rbd8
28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Rd2 Qe7 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 31. Be3 Kg7 32. Kh2 Qd6 33. Nd2 a4 34.
bxa4 Bxa2 35. Bxb6 axb6 36. Nc4 Bxc4 37. Qxc4 Qd4 38. Qxc6 Qxf2 39. Qc7+ Kh6
40. Qc6 Kg5 41. Qb7 h5 42. Qc6 Kh4 43. Qc3 Kg5 44. Qc6 Qf4+ 45. Kh1 Qe3 46. Kh2
Qf4+ 47. Kh1 Kh4 48. Qd5 g5 49. Qc6 g4 50. hxg4 hxg4 51. Qxb6 Qxe4 52. Qf2+ Kg5
53. Qd2+ Kg6 54. a5 g3 55. Kg1 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. b3 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nd4 b4 14. Ncb5 e6 15.
dxe6 fxe6 16. Nxc7 Qe7 17. Be2 h6 18. Be3 Rbc8 19. O-O g5 20. Ncb5 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 g4 22. Qxb4 gxf3 23. Nxf3 Nfg4 24. Nxe5 Bxb5 25. Bxg4 Bxe5 26. Qxb5 Qh4
27. Bxe6+ Kh8 28. Bh3 Qxe4 29. Qe2 Bf4 30. Re1 Be5 31. Bxh6 Bd4+ 32. Be3 Be5
33. Qh5+ Kg7 34. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gulko, Andrei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nd2 Qxc5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 d5
8. Nb3 Qd6 9. e3 e5 10. Be2 Be6 11. Qc2 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. h3 Kb8 14. Kb1
Rc8 15. Nh4 Qb6 16. Bg4 Be7 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Nh4 Rc7 19. Rhe1 Be7 20. Nf5 Nb4
21. Qd2 Nxa2 22. Kxa2 d4 23. Nfxd4 exd4 24. Bxe6 dxc3 25. bxc3 fxe6 26. Kb2
Rhc8 27. Qd4 Qc6 28. e4 e5 29. Qe3 Qxc3+ 30. Qxc3 Rxc3 31. Re2 R3c7 32. Red2 b6
33. g3 a5 34. f4 a4 35. Na1 Bb4 36. Rc2 Bc3+ 37. Ka3 b5 38. Rb1 b4+ 39. Kxa4
Ra7+ 40. Kb5 Rxa1 41. Rxa1 Bxa1 42. Rxc8+ Kxc8 43. Kxb4 Bd4 44. Kc4 Bf2 45.
fxe5 fxe5 46. g4 Kd7 47. Kd5 Bd4 48. h4 Ke7 49. h5 Kf6 50. Kd6 Kg5 51. Ke6 Kxg4
52. Kf7 Kxh5 53. Kg7 Kg4 54. Kxh7 Kf4 55. Kg6 Kxe4 56. Kg5 Kd3 57. Kg4 e4 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Podgaets, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 c5 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qd1 h6 14. Bh4 d5
15. cxd5 Bxf1 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Rxf1 exd5 18. Qf3 Nd3+ 19. Ke2 Qxf3+ 20. gxf3
Nxb2 21. Nxd5 Rfd8 22. e4 Na4 23. Rfc1 Nc5 24. a4 Nb3 25. Ke3 Nxa1 26. Rxa1
Rac8 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29. a5 Rc3+ 30. Ke2 b5 31. a6 b4 32. Ra5 Ra3
33. Rb5 Rxa6 34. Rxb4 g5 35. Kf1 Ra3 36. Kg2 a5 37. Rb6 Kg7 38. Ra6 a4 39. Kg3
Ra1 40. f4 a3 41. fxg5 hxg5 42. h3 a2 43. Kg2 Kf8 44. Ra7 Ke8 45. Kf3 Kd8 46.
Kg2 Kc8 47. h4 Kb8 48. Ra3 gxh4 49. f4 Kb7 50. e5 h3+ 51. Kh2 Kb6 52. f5 Rf1
53. Rxa2 Rxf5 54. Kxh3 Rxe5 55. Kg4 Kc5 56. Kf3 Kd6 57. Ra7 Ke6 58. Ra6+ Kf5
59. Ra7 f6 60. Rh7 Kg5 61. Rg7+ Kf5 62. Rh7 Kg5 63. Ra7 f5 64. Rg7+ Kf6 65. Rg8
Ra5 66. Rf8+ Kg5 67. Rg8+ Kf6 68. Rf8+ Kg5 69. Rg8+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wiggin, Ender"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Nc6 9. exd6 e6 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O Bxd6 12. Qe2 Ne7 13. c4 b6 14. Be4 Rb8
15. Bb2 O-O 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Ng6 19. Nd4 Re8 20. Qf3 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chessbolo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. h3 Be6 8. c5 g6
9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nfd7 12. Qc2 f6 13. e4 Bf7 14. Re1 b6 15. cxb6
Nxb6 16. Bf4 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Nd5 18. Bc4 Nd7 19. Bg3 N7b6 20. Bb3 a5 21. Rae1 Kh8
22. Na4 Nxa4 23. Bxa4 f5 24. R4e2 f4 25. Bh4 Qd6 26. Qxc6 Qxc6 27. Bxc6 Nb4 28.
Bb5 Bf6 29. Bxf6+ exf6 30. a4 Nd5 31. Rc2 Kg7 32. Rc5 Rd8 33. Bc4 Nb4 34. Bxf7
Kxf7 35. Rec1 Rdd7 36. Rb5 Rab7 37. Rxa5 Nd3 38. Rc3 Nxb2 39. Rb5 Nxa4 40. Rcb3
Rxb5 41. Rxb5 Nc3 42. Rb2 Ra7 43. h4 h5 44. Kh2 Ke6 45. Rb6+ Kf7 46. Rb3 Ne4
47. Rb2 Ra1 48. Rb7+ Ke6 49. Rb6+ Kd7 50. Rb2 Kc6 51. Rc2+ Kd5 52. Re2 Rd1 53.
Rb2 Rf1 54. Nd2 Nxd2 55. Rxd2 Re1 56. f3 Re6 57. Ra2 Kxd4 58. Ra4+ Ke5 59. Re4+
Kf5 60. Ra4 Rd6 61. Ra5+ Ke6 62. Ra7 g5 63. hxg5 fxg5 64. Ra5 Kf6 65. Rb5 Kg6
66. Ra5 g4 67. Ra4 Kg5 68. Ra5+ Kh4 69. Ra4 g3+ 0-1

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Haba, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O 16. Qe5 Rab8 17. a5 Rfc8 18. Be2 f6 19. Qe3 Qf5+ 20. Kc1
Nb4 21. Qc3 Qg5+ 22. Qe3 Qf5 23. Qc3 Qf4+ 24. Nd2 Nd5 25. Qc4 Qg5 26. Qg4 Qxg4
27. Bxg4 Kf7 28. Re1 Re8 29. Ra3 f5 30. Bd1 Kf6 31. Rf3 Rbd8 32. Ne4+ Kf7 33.
Bb3 h6 34. Kb1 g6 35. g4 b6 36. h4 Kg7 37. Nc3 Nxc3+ 38. Rxc3 Rd6 39. axb6 axb6
40. gxf5 gxf5 41. Rce3 Kf6 42. Re5 Re7 43. Bc4 Re8 44. Kc2 Re7 45. Kc3 Re8 46.
b4 Re7 47. Bb3 Re8 48. Bc2 Re7 49. Bxf5 c5 50. bxc5 bxc5 51. Bc2 Ra7 52. Rxc5
Ra3+ 53. Kb2 Rf3 54. h5 Rf2 55. Kc1 Rf4 56. Bg6 Ra6 57. Re2 Ra1+ 58. Kb2 Ra6
59. Rb5 e5 60. Rbxe5 Rb6+ 61. Kc3 Rc6+ 62. Kd2 Rd6+ 63. Ke1 Rb4 64. Rf5+ Kg7
65. Rf7+ Kg8 66. Re8# 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd2
Bb7 9. O-O-O c5 10. Kb1 a6 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. f4 Rc8 13. Be1 cxd4 14. exd4 Ne4 15.
Qb3 Ndf6 16. Na4 Bc7 17. Bb4 Nd6 18. Bd3 O-O 19. Rc1 Re8 20. Rc2 Nc4 21. Ka1 b5
22. Nc5 Rb8 23. Be1 Bd6 24. Nxb7 Rxb7 25. Bh4 Rc7 26. Re2 Be7 27. Rhe1 Ne4 28.
Bxe7 Rexe7 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Qd1 f5 31. g4 Nxe5 32. fxe5 Red7 33. gxf5 Rxd4 34.
Qb3+ Rcc4 35. a3 Rd3 36. Qa2 Rd1+ 37. Rxd1 Qd7 38. Qb1 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3
Nbd7 9. f4 e6 10. c5 g6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qc2 Nh5 14. O-O-O Bh4 15.
Rdg1 f5 16. Rg2 Ndf6 17. Ne2 Ra7 18. Ng1 Rg7 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Ne5 Qc8 21. Rhg1
Bd8 22. Be2 Nef6 23. Qd1 Qb7 24. a3 Kh8 25. Kc2 Rfg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Be6 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Nd4 Nxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Be2 Nd5 12. Be3 b6 13. cxb6 axb6 14. a3 Nxc3
15. Rxc3 Bd5 16. O-O b5 17. Bf3 e5 18. dxe5 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Bxe5 20. Rc2 Qf6 21.
Qd5 Rab8 22. Bc1 Rfd8 23. Qe4 Rd4 24. Qe2 Qd6 25. g3 Rd3 26. a4 Qd5 27. axb5
Rxb5 28. Bh6 Rb8 29. Rfc1 Bg7 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Rxc4 Rd2 32. Qe4 Qxe4 33. Rxe4
Rbxb2 34. Rf4 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
e3 e5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Ne2 h6 11. Bh4 Nf8 12. O-O-O e4 13. Bc2 Ng6 14. Bg3 b5 15.
d5 bxc4 16. Qxc4 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Nc3 Bf5 19. h3 Bg6 20. Rd4 Qe7 21. Rhd1
h5 22. R1d2 h4 23. Nb5 Rg5 24. Qxc7 Qxc7 25. Nxc7 Rc8 26. Nb5 Rxg2 27. Nxd6 Rc7
28. Nb5 Rd7 29. Nc3 Bf5 30. Nxe4 Rg1+ 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Nxe4 33. Bxe4 Bxh3
34. d6 g5 35. Bc6 Rd8 36. b4 Kg7 37. Ke2 Kf6 38. f4 g4 39. e4 g3 40. e5+ Kg7
41. f5 Bxf5 42. Rxh4 f6 43. Rf4 Kg6 44. exf6 Rxd6 45. Be4 Rxf6 46. Rg4+ Kh5 47.
Bxf5 g2 48. Rxg2 Rxf5 49. Rg7 a5 50. Kd3 axb4 51. axb4 Rf1 52. Kc4 Rf4+ 53. Kb5
Rf5+ 54. Ka4 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rabiega, Robert"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 e6 4. O-O Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Re1
e5 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Nf1 Qd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne3 Ne7 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nc6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Nc4 d5 20. exd5 cxd5
21. Ne5 Qd6 22. Qe2 Rab8 23. b3 Rb4 24. f3 a5 25. Rac1 a4 26. Nc6 Rb6 27. Qxe6+
Qxe6 28. Rxe6 Rc8 29. Ne7+ Kf7 30. Rxf6+ Kxe7 31. Rxc8 Kxf6 32. bxa4 Rb1+ 33.
Kf2 Rb2+ 34. Kg3 Rxa2 35. Ra8 d4 36. a5 d3 37. Rd8 d2 38. a6 Rxa6 39. Rxd2 Ra7
40. Rd5 Kg6 41. h4 h5 42. Rg5+ Kh6 43. Re5 g6 44. Kf4 Ra4+ 45. Re4 Ra2 46. g3
Ra3 47. Rd4 Ra5 48. Re4 Rf5+ 49. Ke3 Ra5 50. Rd4 Ra3+ 51. Ke4 Ra1 52. Ke5 Ra5+
53. Rd5 Ra3 54. Ke4 Ra4+ 55. Rd4 Ra3 56. Kf4 Ra6 57. g4 hxg4 58. fxg4 g5+ 59.
hxg5+ Kg6 60. Re4 Rb6 61. Rc4 Ra6 62. Rd4 Rb6 63. Kg3 Kxg5 64. Rd5+ Kg6 65. Kh4
Ra6 66. Rg5+ Kh7 67. Rd5 Kh8 68. Kh5 Ra8 69. g5 Rg8 70. Kh6 Ra8 71. Rd7 Rb8 72.
g6 Ra8 73. Rh7+ Kg8 74. Rg7+ Kh8 75. Rf7 Kg8 76. Rb7 Rc8 77. Re7 Ra8 78. Kg5
Ra5+ 79. Kf6 Ra6+ 80. Re6 Ra8 81. g7 Rb8 82. Kg6 Rb6 83. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 Ng4 8. g3
Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Ne5 10. Qe2 d6 11. Bg2 g6 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. c3 Bg7 14. d3 e6 15.
Ne3 O-O 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. a3 b5 18. b4 Bb7 19. Rad1 Nc6 20. f4 Re8 21. Kh1 Rc8
22. Rc1 Qd7 23. Qf2 a5 24. f5 exf5 25. exf5 Ne5 26. Qf1 Bxg2+ 27. Nxg2 Qxf5 28.
Qxf5 gxf5 29. Nf4 axb4 30. cxb4 Nf3 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Bc3 Nd4 33. Bxd4 Bxd4
34. Kg2 Bb2 35. Rb1 Bxa3 36. bxc5 Bxc5 37. Rxb5 Ra8 38. Nh5 Ra2+ 39. Kh1 Kf8
40. Rb8+ Ke7 41. Rb7+ Ke6 42. Nf4+ Kf6 43. Nd5+ Kg7 44. Nf4 Kf6 45. Nh5+ Kg5
46. Nf4 Kg4 47. Rb1 Rf2 48. Rd1 Bd4 49. Nd5 h5 50. Rc1 Rd2 51. Nf4 Be3 52. Nd5
Rxd3 53. Nxe3+ Rxe3 54. Rd1 Kh3 55. Kg1 Re2 56. Rxd6 Rg2+ 57. Kf1 Rxh2 58. Rf6
Kg4 59. Rxf7 Ra2 60. Kg1 Ra3 61. Kh2 Ra2+ 62. Kh1 Kxg3 63. Rg7+ Kf4 64. Rh7 h4
65. Rh8 Kf3 66. Kg1 f4 67. Rb8 Kg3 68. Rg8+ Kf3 69. Rb8 Ra3 70. Kh2 Ke3 71.
Re8+ Kf2 72. Re4 f3 73. Rxh4 Ke2 74. Re4+ Re3 75. Rf4 f2 76. Kg2 f1=Q+ 77. Rxf1
Rg3+ 78. Kxg3 Kxf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Bd6 12. h3 Be6 13. b3 h6 14. Bb2 Rc8 15.
Rac1 Bb8 16. Qb1 Qd6 17. e4 d4 18. e5 Nxe5 19. Nxd4 Bd7 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxc8
Rxc8 22. Qxe4 Qc7 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. f4 Nc6 26. Bd3 Ba7 27. Qe8+
Qf8 28. Bh7+ Kxh7 29. Qxf8 Nxd4 30. Qxc8 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd2 f6 12. Bh4 Nh6 13. f3 c6 14. Bf2 Be6 15.
a3 Nf7 16. b4 Bh6 17. Nb3 Qe7 18. Qc2 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Nd6 20. Na4 Qf7 21. Na5 Bf8
22. c5 Nb5 23. Bxb5 cxb5 24. Nc3 Bc4 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Nb8
28. Nd5 Nc6 29. Nxc4 bxc4 30. Qc2 a5 31. Qxc4 axb4 32. axb4 Kg7 33. b5 Ne7 34.
c6 bxc6 35. bxc6 Qe6 36. c7 Nc8 37. Qb5 h5 38. h3 Kf7 39. Qb8 Qd7 40. Kh2 Bh6
41. g3 h4 42. gxh4 f5 43. Kg2 fxe4 44. fxe4 Kg7 45. Nb6 Nxb6 46. Qxb6 Bf4 47.
Qb7 Qd3 48. c8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canarias en Red final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Devyatkin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4
Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.
Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 O-O 16. Qe5 Rfd8 17. Be2 Nc5 18. Rad1 Qxg2 19. Rhg1 Qe4+ 20.
Qxe4 Nxe4 21. Na5 b6 22. Bf3 bxa5 23. Bxe4 Rac8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26.
Kxd1 c5 27. Kd2 f5 28. Ba8 Kf7 29. Kd3 Ke7 30. Kc4 Kd6 31. Kb5 e5 32. Kxa5 e4
33. Ka6 g5 34. Kxa7 g4 35. Kb6 e3 36. a5 e2 37. a6 e1=Q 38. Bc6 Qb4+ 39. Bb5
Qxb2 40. a7 Qg2 41. Bd3 Qc6+ 42. Ka5 Qb7 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 102th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.05.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Qb6 Qxb6 7. Bxb6 Nf6 8.
Nc3 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. Rhe1 Rfc8 13. Bb3 Be8 14. Na4
Nb4 15. Kb1 d5 16. Bd4 Bxa4 17. Bxa4 Nxe4 18. c3 Nc6 19. Bc2 Nf6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6
21. g4 g6 22. Bb3 b5 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 g5 25. Rd3 h6 26. Rc1 Ne7 27. Rdc3
Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Rc8 29. Rc5 Kf8 30. Kc2 Ke8 31. Kc3 Kd7 32. Bc2 Nc6 33. b4 Nd8
34. Bd3 Nb7 35. Rxc8 Kxc8 36. f3 Kc7 37. Kd2 f6 38. Ke3 Nd8 39. a3 Nc6 40. Bb1
a5 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 102th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2004.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Be2
dxc4 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 b6 11. Bxc4 Bb7 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. e4 Ng4 14. h3 h5 15.
Ba2 Qg3 16. Nd1 Nde5 17. Kh1 Bxf2 18. Rxf2 Rd8 19. Be3 Bxe4 20. Kg1 Nxf3+ 21.
Rxf3 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "Chicago op 13th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2004.05.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2004.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qxd5 Bxc3+ 9. Bd2 Be6 10. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Na6 13. e3 Nxc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago op 13th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2004.05.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2004.05.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 Qb6 13. b3 Rfe8 14. Rad1 Ng4
15. Bd2 Rad8 16. Rfe1 Bd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Na4 Qc7 19. Bxg4 Qxc4 20. bxc4 Bxg4
21. f3 Bd7 22. Nb2 b5 23. Ba5 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 bxc4 25. Nxc4 Bb5 26. Rxd4 Bxc4
27. Rxc4 Rxd5 28. Bc3 Rd8 29. Bf6 Re8 30. Bd4 Nb8 31. Bxa7 Nd7 32. Bd4 Ra8 33.
Rc7 Nf8 34. Ra7 Rd8 35. Be3 Kg7 36. a4 Ne6 37. a5 Rd3 38. Kf2 Ra3 39. Bb6 Rb3
40. Ke2 Kf8 41. Kd2 Ke8 42. Kc2 Rb4 43. Kc3 Rb1 44. Be3 Ra1 45. Kb2 Ra4 46. a6
Kd8 47. Ra8+ Kd7 48. a7 h5 49. Rb8 Nc7 50. Kb3 Ra1 51. h4 Ra6 52. Bf2 Ra1 53.
Bb6 Kc6 54. Bxc7 Rxa7 55. Bf4 Kd7 56. Rb6 Ra1 57. Kc3 Rg1 58. Rb2 f6 59. Kd3
Rh1 60. g3 Ke6 61. Rb6+ Kf5 62. Bd2 Rd1 63. Ke2 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 (7...
Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 (8... Bxc6 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. Nd2 Ng6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. O-O Qc7 13.
Bd2 Bd7 14. Rae1 O-O 15. Nd4 Bc5 16. Qh5 Bxd4 17. cxd4 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Bg5
$36 {Grischuk,A-Gurevich,M/Wijk aan Zee-A 2002/CBM 87/[Psakhis,Grischuk]/1/2-1/
2 (42)}) 9. O-O f5 (9... Ne7 10. Nd2 Ng6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Re1 c5 13. Rb1 Bb5 14.
Bc2 a5 15. Ng5 Rd8 16. b3 Rd7 17. Qf3 Bd8 18. Qh3 Nf8 19. Bd2 h6 20. Nf3 $14 {
1-0 Ehlvest,J-Ibragimov,I/Las Vegas North American op 2003/ (41)}) 10. Nd2 Ne7
11. Nf3 c5 12. Re1 a5 13. Rb1 h6 14. b3 g5 15. a3 Bg7 16. b4 c4 17. Bc2 Qc7 18.
b5 O-O 19. a4 Ng6 20. Ba3 Rf7 21. Bd6 $36 {[%csl Gd6] 1-0 Shabalov,A-Akobian,V/
Denver Levy mem 2003/ (39)}) 8. Nd2 (8. O-O $5 Nbc6 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Qe2 Qc7
11. f4 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Nd2 f5 14. b4 Bb6 15. a4 a6 16. Nb3 Ne7 17. Bd2
Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Be8 19. Be3 $14 {1-0 Willemze,J-De Jong,M/Amsterdam ACT op 2004/
(90)}) 8... Nbc6 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Nf3 $146 {According to my database, this
position appeared for the first time.} ({White tried few times} 10. Qe2 Qc7 11.
Nf3 h6 12. O-O g5 (12... Be7 13. Re1 a5 14. Bf4 a4 15. Qd2 Kd8 16. Bg3 Kc8 17.
b4 Kb8 18. Qf4 Be8 19. h4 $36 {Vallejo Pons,F-Rustemov,A/ESP t-ch Mondariz
2002//1-0 (35)}) 13. h3 Bg7 14. Re1 O-O-O 15. Be3 Kb8 16. Bd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 h5
18. Rac1 g4 19. h4 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Qxe6 Bxh4 $11 {Nakamura,
H-Volkov,S/Wch KO Tripoli 2004//1-0 (74)}) 10... h6 11. h4 d4 12. O-O $5 dxc3
13. bxc3 {[%cal Ga1b1,Gb1b7]} Bc5 (13... Qa5 $5) 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Rb1 {The
players have completed their development and now White is rushing to the
attack, nevertheless, the assessment of the position is not quite clear} O-O-O
{[%csl Rc8]} (15... Ne7 $5) 16. Be3 $5 Bxe3 (16... Nxe5 17. Bxc5 (17. Be4 Nxf3+
18. Qxf3 $36) 17... Nxd3 18. Bxa7 Nf4 19. Qb2 $16) 17. Qxe3 Kb8 (17... f5 $5 {
[%csl Ge4]}) 18. Be4 {[%csl Rb7]} (18. Rb2 $5 {[%cal Gf1b1]}) 18... Na5 19. Nd4
(19. Rb4 Bc6 20. Rfb1 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 b6 $14) 19... Nc4 (19... Qxe5 20. Rxb7+ $1
(20. Bxb7 $143 Qxe3 21. Be4+ Kc7 22. fxe3 f5 $13) 20... Nxb7 21. Rb1 Qc7 (21...
Be8 22. Rxb7+ Kc8 23. Rxa7 $18) 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qf4+ e5 24. Qxe5+ Kc8 25.
Rxb7 Kxb7 26. Qxg7 $18) 20. Qe1 (20. Qe2 $5) 20... Nb6 21. f4 Rc8 (21... g5 $5)
22. Rf3 f5 (22... g5 $5) 23. Bc2 (23. exf6 gxf6 $13) 23... Nd5 $132 24. Ne2 (
24. Bb3 Nxc3 25. Rb2 Qc5 26. Qe3) 24... g5 $1 {Immediately begins an offensive
against White's king.} 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. fxg5 Rh5 (26... Qxe5 $5 27. Qg3 f4 28.
Nxf4 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Nxc3 30. Re1 $13) 27. g6 Rch8 {Black has accomplished his
strategical plan and stands better} (27... Rg5 $5 {[%cal Gg5g2]}) (27... Rg8 $5
) 28. g7 $1 Rg8 (28... Qc5+ $142 $5 29. Nd4 Rg8 $17) 29. Bb3 Qxe5 (29... Rxg7
30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Nf4 $132 {[%csl Ge5]}) 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Qg3+ $6 {But this
is little bit too much - White takes too many risks in this game, trying to
win at any cost.} (31. Nf4 $1 Qc5+ 32. Qe3 Qxe3+ 33. Rxe3 Rg5 34. Nxe6 Bxe6 35.
Rxe6 R5xg7 36. Rb2 $11) 31... e5 32. Re3 f4 33. Nxf4 $1 exf4 34. Qxf4+ Kc8 ({
Volkov could try} 34... Ka8 $5 35. Qf8+ Bc8 {and things are not that simple
for White since he is walking in a very narrow path to equality:} 36. Re8 $1
Qc6 (36... Rh1+ $2 37. Kxh1 Qh5+ 38. Kg1 Qxe8 39. Qxe8 Rxe8 40. Rf1 $1 Be6 41.
Re1 $18) 37. Qxg8 Qc5+ 38. Kf1 Qf5+ 39. Ke2 Qc2+ 40. Ke3 Qxc3+ 41. Ke2 Qc2+ $11
) 35. Qf8+ Kc7 36. Qf4+ $11 Kc6 37. Qf6+ Kc7 38. Qf4+ Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 f6 12. Bd2 Nh6 13. c5 Nxc5 14. Qc1 Nf7 15.
Nd5 Ne6 16. Nxc7 Nxc7 17. Qxc7 Nd8 18. Rfc1 Be6 19. Be3 Rf7 20. Qc3 Nc6 21. b4
Rd7 22. b5 Nd8 23. a4 Nf7 24. Nd2 f5 25. f3 Nd6 26. Nc4 Rc8 27. Qb4 Bf8 28.
Nxe5 Rdd8 29. Qe1 fxe4 30. f4 b6 31. Nc6 Rd7 32. Bg4 Bg7 33. Rab1 h5 34. Bxe6+
Qxe6 35. Rd1 Rf7 36. a5 Kh7 37. Kh1 Bf6 38. axb6 axb6 39. Ne5 Bxe5 40. fxe5
Qxe5 41. Bd4 Qg5 42. Be3 Qe5 43. Bd4 Qe8 44. Bxb6 Nxb5 45. Rb3 Qc6 46. Bg1 Re8
47. Rdb1 Nc7 48. Rb6 Qd5 49. Qg3 Re6 50. Rb7 Qe5 51. Qb3 Ref6 52. Re1 Qd5 53.
Qb4 Na6 54. Rxf7+ Rxf7 55. Qa4 Nc7 56. Rxe4 Ne6 57. Qb4 Ng7 58. Rd4 Qg5 59. Qc4
Qf6 60. Rd6 Qxd6 61. Qxf7 Qe6 62. Qa7 Qe1 63. Qc7 Kg8 64. Qc8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2
Nbc6 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nf3 h6 12. O-O g5 13. h3 Bg7 14. Re1 O-O-O
15. Be3 Kb8 16. Bd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 h5 18. Rac1 g4 19. h4 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21.
Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Qxe6 Bxh4 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 g3 25. f4 Bf6 26. Re6 Rhf8 27.
Rce1 h4 28. f5 b5 29. Rc6 d4 30. c4 bxc4 31. Rxc4 Rd6 32. Rb4+ Kc7 33. Rc4+ Kb8
34. Kf1 Bd8 35. a4 a5 36. b4 Rg8 37. Re5 Ka7 38. Rc8 Kb7 39. Rc4 Ka7 40. Be4
Rg4 41. Rc8 Rxe4 42. Rxe4 d3 43. Rc1 Bg5 44. Rd1 Rd5 45. Rg4 Rxf5+ 46. Ke1 Re5+
47. Kf1 Rf5+ 48. Ke1 d2+ 49. Ke2 axb4 50. Rxb4 Rf2+ 51. Kd3 Rxg2 52. Rg4 Bd8
53. Rxd2 Rg1 54. Ke4 Bb6 55. a5 Bc5 56. Rg6 Re1+ 57. Kf3 Re7 58. Rd5 Rf7+ 59.
Kg2 Bb4 60. Rg4 Rf2+ 61. Kg1 Rb2 62. Rxh4 Rb1+ 63. Kg2 Rb2+ 64. Kf3 Rb3+ 65.
Ke4 Rc3 66. Rh7+ Ka6 67. Rh6+ Ka7 68. Rd7+ Kb8 69. a6 Rc4+ 70. Kd3 Rc3+ 71. Kd4
Rf3 72. Rhh7 Rf4+ 73. Ke5 g2 74. Rd8# 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. d5
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 h5 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. h3 Nh6 13. g4 hxg4 14. hxg4 Qe7 15.
Nf1 Nf7 16. Ne3 Bh6 17. Bd3 Kg7 18. Qe2 Rh8 19. O-O-O c5 20. a3 Nc7 21. Kb1 a6
22. f3 b5 23. Bf2 Rab8 24. cxb5 axb5 25. b4 Na6 26. Qb2 Rhc8 27. Be2 Rb7 28.
Rc1 Bf4 29. Rc2 Qe8 30. Na2 Rbc7 31. Ng2 Bh6 32. Be3 Bxe3 33. Nxe3 Qe7 34. Bd1
Rh8 35. Rch2 Rcc8 36. Rxh8 Rxh8 37. Rxh8 Kxh8 38. Nc3 cxb4 39. axb4 Qd8 40.
Qh2+ Kg7 41. Nc2 Qb6 42. Kb2 Ng5 43. Kb3 Nc7 44. Be2 Qa7 45. Qg2 Kf7 46. Qf1
Qb6 47. Qa1 Ke7 48. Qa5 Qb7 49. Na3 f5 50. gxf5 gxf5 51. Nc2 $2 ({This
careless move allows Black to get decisive advantage by means of a nice
"petite combinaison". Diese Unvorsichtigkeit erlaubt Schwarz, mit einer
"petite combinaison" entscheidend in Vorteil zu kommen.} 51. Kb2 {was to be
preferred. war vorzuziehen.}) 51... fxe4 52. fxe4 {[%tqu "En","White was
obviously convinced of the invulnerability of his pawn chain in the center.
Yet, Black managed to prove the opposite. Can you do it too?","White's central
pawn bastions are the main target of Black's attack.","Use your g5-knight for
the decisive blow.","g5e4","This spectacular blow yields Black decisive
material advantage.",5,"De","Weiß war offensichtlich überzeugt, dass seine
Bauernkette im Zentrum unantastbar ist. Doch Schwarz konnte das Gegenteil
beweisen. Sie auch?","Die weißen Zentralbauernbastionen bilden das Hauptziel
des schwarzen Angriffs.","Versetzen Sie mit Ihrem Springer g5 den
Entscheidungsschlag.","g5e4","Dieser spektakuläre Schlag bringt Schwarz
entscheidenden Materialvorteil ein.",5]} Nxe4 $1 {[%csl Rb3,Gb7,Rc3,Rd5,Ge4]
[%cal Gb7e4] Destroying White's central bastions and obtaining decisive
material advantage. Zerschlägt die weißen Zentrumsbastionen und führt zu
entscheidendem Materialvorteil.} 53. Nxe4 Qxd5+ 54. Kb2 Qxe4 55. Bd1 ({After
Nach} 55. Qxc7 Qxe2 {White's position is hopeless. ist die weiße Stellung
hoffnungslos.}) 55... Ne6 56. Qa3 Nd4 57. Qg3 Kd8 58. Ne3 Kc7 59. Qe1 Nc6 60.
Bb3 Qd4+ 61. Ka3 Nxb4 $1 {Winning the third pawn. Gewinnt den dritten Bauern.}
62. Qc1+ Bc6 63. Qg1 Nd3 64. Qg7+ Kb6 65. Nd1 Qa1+ (65... Qa1+ {, forcing mate
in two: erzwingt ein Matt in zwei Zügen:} 66. Ba2 Qc1+ 67. Kb3 Bd5#) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "203"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. d4
Bb7 9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nd2 Bd6 12. Qg4 Qg5 13. Qh3 Qe7 14. Ne4 Ba3 15.
Qg3 O-O-O 16. c5 Bxc1 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Rfxc1 e5 19. a4 f5 20. Nd2 e4 21. Bb5
g5 22. Qe3 Nf6 23. a5 f4 24. Qe2 e3 25. fxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Qxe3 fxe3 27. Nc4 Nd5
28. a6 Ba8 29. Ne5 Rhf8 30. Be2 c5 31. dxc5 Kc7 32. Nc4 bxc5 33. Ra5 Kc6 34.
Re1 Nxc3 35. Bf3+ Rxf3 36. gxf3 e2 37. Kf2 Rd4 38. Ne5+ Kb6 39. Ra3 Nb5 40. Re3
Bd5 41. R3xe2 Kxa6 42. Rb2 Rb4 43. Rd2 Rd4 44. Rc2 c4 45. Ke3 Rh4 46. Rb1 c3
47. Nd3 Ka5 48. Ra1+ Kb6 49. Rf2 Nd4 50. Rb1+ Kc7 51. Nb4 Bxf3 52. Rc1 Ne2 53.
Rc2 Bh5 54. Nd5+ Kd6 55. Nxc3 Rh3+ 56. Kd2 Nd4 57. Rb2 Nf3+ 58. Kc1 Ne5 59.
Rf6+ Kc5 60. Ne4+ Kd4 61. Nf2 Rc3+ 62. Rc2 Rxc2+ 63. Kxc2 Bg6+ 64. Kd2 h5 65.
Ke2 g4 66. Kf1 Bc2 67. Kg2 h4 68. Rh6 h3+ 69. Kg3 Be4 70. Rd6+ Ke3 71. Nd1+ Ke2
72. Kf4 Bf3 73. Nc3+ Kf1 74. Rd2 Ng6+ 75. Kg3 Ne7 76. Nb5 Ke1 77. Ra2 Nc6 78.
Rb2 Kf1 79. Rd2 Ke1 80. Rd6 Kf1 81. Re6 Nd8 82. Re3 Nc6 83. Re8 Be2 84. Nd6 Nd4
85. Ne4 Kg1 86. Nc3 Nf5+ 87. Kf4 Bf3 88. Kxf5 Kxh2 89. Kf4 Kg2 90. Ne2 h2 91.
Ng3 Kh3 92. Rh8+ Kg2 93. Rb8 Kh3 94. Rb5 Be2 95. Rb3 Bd1 96. Ra3 Bf3 97. Nh1
Kh4 98. Nf2 Be2 99. Re3 Bd1 100. Re1 g3 101. Rxd1 g2 102. Rd6 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 dxc4 8. Bxc4
e5 $5 9. g5 Nd5 10. Ne4 $6 {Dieser Zug macht keinen überzeugenden Eindruck, da
Schwarz schnell zur Entlastung kommt.} (10. Bd2 {0-1 Radjabov,T-Shirov,A/Leon
2004/CBM 102/[Lutz] (47)}) 10... Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qe7 13. a3 (13.
Bxd5 $6 cxd5 14. Nc3 (14. Ng3 e4 15. Nf5 Qf8 16. N3h4 g6) 14... e4 15. Ne5 (15.
Nxd5 $2 Qd6 16. Qa5 b6 $19) 15... Nb6) 13... N7b6 14. Ba2 Bh3 15. Rg1 exd4 16.
Qxd4 O-O-O $36 {Schwarz übernimmt die Initiative.} 17. Ng3 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19.
Qb4 Qd7 20. Ne5 Qc7 21. Nf7 Nbd5 22. Qh4 Bg4 (22... Qxf7 $5 23. Qxh3+ Kb8 $15)
23. Nxd8 Qa5+ 24. b4 (24. Kf1 Qb5+ 25. Kg2 Nxe3+ 26. fxe3 Qxb2+ $19) 24... Qxa3
25. Kf1 Qd3+ $2 {Forciert das Unentschieden, aber es war mehr drin.} (25...
Rxd8 $1 26. Kg2 (26. h3 g5 27. Qxg5 Bxh3+ 28. Ke2 Qb2+ 29. Kf3 Rf8 $19) (26.
Bxd5 Qxa1+ 27. Kg2 Qe5 $19) 26... Nxe3+ 27. fxe3 Rd2+ $19) 26. Kg2 Nxe3+ 27.
fxe3 Qc2+ 28. Kf1 Qd3+ 29. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bc2 c4 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. Be3
O-O-O 16. Qe2 e5 17. Nf3 Nd3 18. a4 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 e4 21. Nd2 b3 22.
Bxd3 cxd3 23. Qg4+ Qd7 24. Qf4 Bxd5 25. Rfc1+ Kb7 26. Qe5 Be7 27. Nxe4 Rhe8 28.
Qd4 Ka8 29. Nd6 Bxd6 30. Qxd5+ Qb7 31. Qxb7+ Kxb7 32. Rc3 Bb4 33. Rxb3 a5 34.
Kf1 d2 35. Rd1 Kc6 36. Ke2 Kd5 37. Rd3+ Kc6 38. b3 Rb8 39. Rd4 Re5 40. Kd3 Bc5
41. Rc4 Rxb3+ 42. Kxd2 Rb2+ 43. Kc3 Rb4 44. Rdd4 h5 45. g3 g5 46. h4 g4 47. Rf4
Rxc4+ 48. Rxc4 Kb6 49. Rxc5 Rxc5+ 50. Kd3 Kc6 51. Bxc5 Kxc5 52. Ke3 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. Ng5 Bb7
9. Qh5 g6 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. Be2 h6 12. Qh3 Nd7 13. O-O Be7 14. Bg4 Nf8 15. Re1
Qb6 16. a5 Qxd4 17. Nf3 Qc5 18. Ne4 Qb4 19. a6 Bc8 20. Bg5 Bd7 21. Bxe7 Kxe7
22. Nfg5 Nh7 23. Qxh6 Nxg5 24. Qxg5+ Kf8 25. Nf6 Qe7 26. Bf3 Kg7 27. Rad1 Rad8
28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rd4 Be6 30. Rf4 Qb4 31. Rf1 Rdf8 32. h4 Rh6 33. h5 Rfh8 34.
g4 Qxb2 35. Nd7 Qa3 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Rxf7+ Bxf7 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40.
e6 Be8 41. e7 gxh5 42. Qf8+ Kh7 43. Qf5+ Kg7 44. Qe5+ Kf7 45. Qf5+ Kg7 46. Qe5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. e3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. b3 c5 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Bd3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nbd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qe2 g6 13. Rac1 Rc7 14. Rc2 Qb8 15.
Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Nf1 Bf8 17. Ne3 Bb7 18. a4 a5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Bb5 Nf4 21. Qd1
Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Bxf3 24. Bxd7 Bb7 25. Bc6 Bg7 26. d5 Nxd5 27. Bxd5
Bxd5 28. Ng4 Qd8 29. Qd2 h5 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Qc3+ f6 32. Ne3 Qd6 33. h3 Qc6
34. Qd3 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qc7+ 36. Kg1 Bb7 37. Qd2 Bc6 38. Qc3 Qd6 39. Nc4 Qc5 40.
Qd3 Bd5 41. Ne3 Kf7 42. Kh2 f5 43. f3 Ke7 44. Kh1 Bb7 45. Qd2 Ba6 46. Nc2 e5
47. b4 axb4 48. Nxb4 Bc4 49. Qe1 Kf7 50. Kh2 e4 51. fxe4 fxe4 52. Nc2 Bb3 53.
Ne3 Bxa4 54. Qg3 Bd7 55. Qf4+ Kg7 56. Qxe4 Qd6+ 57. Kh1 Bc6 58. Qc2 b5 59. Qc3+
Kh7 60. Nc2 Be4 61. Nd4 b4 62. Qe3 Bd5 63. Qd3 b3 64. Qb5 Qe5 65. Qb4 Qe4 66.
Qd2 Qxg2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 Nb6 6. exd6 exd6 7. h3 Be7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bf6 10. Nc3 Re8 11. b3 Be6 12. Ne4 d5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. c5 Nd7 15.
Be3 Bf5 16. Qd2 h6 17. Rfe1 Nf8 18. Rad1 g5 19. Ne5 Ng6 20. Nxg6 Qxg6 21. Bb5
Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 32nd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2004.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. e4 c6 13. Bf4 Bc8 14. Nde2 e5 15.
dxe6 Bxe6 16. b3 c5 17. Qc1 Qe7 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Qa3 Nc6 20. Rac1 c4 21. Bd6
Qg5 22. h4 Qa5 23. Qxa5 Nxa5 24. bxc4 Naxc4 25. Bc5 Rc8 26. Bd4 Nb2 27. Rd2
N6c4 28. Rdc2 Nd3 29. Rd1 Nb4 30. Bxg7 Nxc2 31. Bf6 Bg4 32. Rb1 Rc6 33. e5 Rb6
34. Rxb6 Nxb6 35. Bxb7 Nd7 36. Nf4 Nxe5 37. Be4 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "World op 32nd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2004.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bc2 Bd6 14. Ng5 Nf8 15. f4
h6 16. Nh3 O-O-O 17. Qe2 e5 18. f5 N8d7 19. Be3 Nb8 20. a4 b4 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22.
exd5 Bxd5 23. Bd3 Kb7 24. Nf2 Qc6 25. Qg4 h5 26. Qg5 Nd7 27. Rfc1 h4 28. h3 Nf6
29. Be2 Rd7 30. Bc4 Be7 31. Nd3 Rh5 32. Qxg7 Rxf5 33. Bxd5 Qxd5 34. Rd1 Bd6 35.
Qh6 Qc6 36. Rac1 c4 37. Qg6 Nd5 38. Qxf5 Nxe3 39. Qxd7+ Qxd7 40. Nc5+ Bxc5 41.
Rxd7+ Kc6 42. Rd2 Bd4 43. Kf2 Kc5 44. Kf3 b3 45. g4 hxg3 46. Kxg3 Nd5 47. Kf3
Kb4 48. Ke4 c3 49. bxc3+ Nxc3+ 50. Kd3 Nxa4 51. Rc4+ Ka3 52. Rxd4 exd4 53. Kxd4
b2 54. Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 32nd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2004.07.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D09"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2004.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Nge7 6. g3 Ng6 7. Bg2 Ncxe5 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. O-O Be7 10. Nf3 Nxf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 32nd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2004.07.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[EventDate "2004.07.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. f3 e6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Bf1 Bf8
15. Qf2 Qc7 16. b4 Qb8 17. a3 Be7 18. Nb3 Bd8 19. h3 Bc7 20. Kh1 h6 21. a4 d5
22. cxd5 Bg3 23. Qd2 exd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 Rcd8 26. d6 Nf6 27. Bxh6 Ne4
28. fxe4 Rxd6 29. Bf4 Bxf4 30. Qxf4 Rxd1 31. Qxb8 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rxb8 33. Rf4
Rc8 34. a5 Rc4 35. axb6 Rxb4 36. Nc5 Rxb6 37. Rf2 Bc6 38. Ra2 Bb5 39. Kg1 Rc6
40. Nb3 Bd3 41. Ra5 Rb6 42. Ra3 Bb5 43. Nd4 Rd6 44. Nf3 Rd3 45. Ra1 Re3 46. e5
Rd3 47. Rc1 Rd8 48. Rc7 Ra8 49. Nd4 Be8 50. e6 a5 51. exf7+ Bxf7 52. Nc2 a4 53.
Na3 Rd8 54. Ra7 Be8 55. Ra5 Rd3 56. Ra8 Kf7 57. Nc4 Rd4 58. Ne5+ Ke7 59. Kf2
Rd5 60. Nc4 Rc5 61. Ra7+ Ke6 62. Ra6+ Ke7 63. Ra7+ Ke6 64. Ra6+ Kd5 65. Nb6+
Kd4 66. Nxa4 Rc2+ 67. Ke1 Rxg2 68. Nb6 Rg6 69. Ra8 Re6+ 70. Kf2 Kc5 71. Na4+
Kb4 72. Nb2 Bb5 73. Nd1 Rf6+ 74. Kg3 Be2 75. Rb8+ Kc5 76. Nf2 Rf3+ 77. Kg2 Re3
78. Rf8 Kd6 79. Rf4 Ke7 80. h4 Bb5 81. Rg4 Bc6+ 82. Kh2 Rf3 83. Kg1 Kf6 84. Rb4
Kf5 85. Rg4 Kf6 86. Rg5 Bd7 87. Ne4+ Kf7 88. Rd5 Ke7 89. Re5+ Kf8 90. Nc5 Bc8
91. Rd5 Ke7 92. Rg5 Rf4 93. Re5+ Kd6 94. Rh5 Rf5 95. Ne4+ Ke5 96. Ng5 Kf4 97.
Rh8 Rc5 98. Rd8 Bf5 99. Kf2 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters 112th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qd3 c5 10. e4 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Ba6 13. a4 Qb6 14. b4 cxb4 15.
Be3 Qb7 16. Rab1 b3 17. Nd2 Bxb5 18. axb5 Rfb8 19. b6 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. Bf3
b2 22. Be2 Raxb6 23. Bxb6 Rxb6 24. Rfd1 Rb4 25. f3 Nd7 26. Nf1 Nc5 27. Kf2 Na4
28. Rd2 Nc3 29. Rbxb2 Nxe4+ 30. fxe4 Bxb2 31. Kf3 Nb3 32. Rd1 Nd4+ 33. Kf2 Nxe2
34. Kxe2 Rxe4+ 35. Kf3 Ra4 36. Ne3 Bd4 37. Nc2 Bc5 38. h4 h5 39. Rd3 Kg7 40.
Ne1 Ra2 41. g4 hxg4+ 42. Kxg4 Ra4+ 43. Kh3 e5 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 112th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2004.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Nd4 9. Nb5 c5 10. Nbxd4 exd4 11. f3 Nd7 12. f4 Nf6 13. h3 b5 14. cxb5 a6 15.
bxa6 Bxa6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Qd3 Qa8 18. a3 Re8 19. Ng3 Rb6 20. b4 Qa6 21. Qxa6
Rxa6 22. bxc5 dxc5 23. d6 Nd7 24. e5 f6 25. Ne4 fxe5 26. f5 Nf6 27. Nxc5 Rxd6
28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Bg5 e4 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. Rae1 e3 32. Re2 Bg7 33. Rd1 Rd5 34.
Nd3 Ra5 35. Ne1 Rxa3 36. g3 Ra4 37. Kg2 Kf7 38. Nd3 Rc8 39. Kf3 Ra5 40. Rb2 Rc7
41. Ke2 Rh5 42. h4 g5 43. Rf1+ Kg8 44. Rf5 Rf7 45. Rb8+ Bf8 46. Rd5 Kg7 47.
Rxd4 gxh4 48. Rg4+ Kh7 49. Rxh4 Rxh4 50. gxh4 Bh6 51. h5 Ra7 52. Rb2 Rg7 53.
Ne1 Rf7 54. Kd3 Rd7+ 55. Ke2 Rd5 56. Ng2 Rxh5 57. Rb7+ Kg6 58. Nxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "US op 105th"]
[Site "Fort Lauderdale"]
[Date "2004.08.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sagalchik, Gennadij"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 Bb4 5. Nge2 dxe4 6. a3 Be7 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
Nxe4 f5 9. N4c3 b6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. d5 Nf6 13. Nf4 exd5 14. Nfxd5
Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bg5 16. f4 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxf4+ 18. Kb1 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 O-O 20. Rxf5
Bd6 21. Bc4 Rae8 22. Rhf1 Re7 23. Rg5+ Kh8 24. Rgf5 Kg7 25. Rg5+ Kh6 26. Rgf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "US op 105th"]
[Site "Fort Lauderdale"]
[Date "2004.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Castaneda, Nelson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 dxc4 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Nd2
f5 9. Nxc4 Nd5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Na3 Bb7 14. Nb5 Qd7 15.
Rc1 Nc6 16. Nc3 Nd8 17. f4 Ne6 18. a3 a6 19. b4 c6 20. g4 g6 21. gxf5 gxf5 22.
Rf3 Kh8 23. Bd3 Rf7 24. Rh3 Rg8+ 25. Kh1 c5 26. Qh5 Nd8 27. Ne2 c4 28. Bb1 Bc8
29. Ng3 Bf8 30. Re1 h6 31. Qf3 Qe6 32. Rh5 Qg6 33. Rg1 Qh7 34. Qf1 Be6 35. Qh3
1-0

[Event "US op 105th"]
[Site "Fort Lauderdale"]
[Date "2004.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Matikozian, Andranik"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.08.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. e5 Nxb5 8.
exf6 gxf6 9. Ne4 Bg7 10. d4 f5 11. Nxc5 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxc5 13. Be3 Bf6 14. b4
Qxb4 15. Nxf5 d5 16. Rb1 Qxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Bxf5 18. Rxb7 O-O 19. Bc5 Rab8 20. Qb4
a5 21. Qb3 Rxb7 22. Qxb7 Bxc2 23. Qxd5 Rc8 24. Be3 a4 25. h4 e6 26. Qf3 Be5 27.
Qg4+ Kf8 28. Bh6+ Ke7 29. Qg5+ Kd6 30. Qe3 Bf6 31. Qb6+ Kd7 32. Bf4 Be7 33.
Qb7+ Kd8 34. Bd2 1-0

[Event "New York Masters 113th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2004.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
e3 b6 9. Ne2 Bb7 10. Qd3 Be4 11. Qd2 Bg6 12. Nc3 e5 13. Be2 Re8 14. O-O h6 15.
Bh4 Ne4 16. Bxd8 Nxd2 17. Bxc7 exd4 18. exd4 Rxe2 19. Nxe2 Nxf1 20. Kxf1 Rc8
21. Bxd6 Rxc4 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 f6 24. Na2 Kf7 25. Nc3 Bd3+ 26. Ke1 f5 27.
Be5 Bc4 28. Kd2 g5 29. g3 a6 30. Ke3 b5 31. f4 Nb6 32. Nb1 Nd5+ 33. Kf2 Bd3 34.
Nd2 Bc2 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Nf3 g4 37. Ng5+ Ke7 38. Ke2 Bb3 39. h4 gxh3 40. Nxh3
Bc4+ 41. Kf3 Bf1 42. Nf2 Ke6 43. g4 fxg4+ 44. Nxg4 Bd3 45. Bf4 Nf6 46. Nf2 Bc2
47. Ke2 Ne4 48. Nh3 Nf6 49. Bd2 Kd5 50. Be3 Bf5 51. Ng5 Kc4 52. Kd1 Nd5 53. Bf2
Kb3 54. Kc1 Nf4 55. Bh4 Nd3+ 56. Kd2 Nxb2 57. d5 Nc4+ 58. Kc1 Kxa3 59. Nf3 b4
60. Be7 a5 61. Nd4 Bd7 62. Nc2+ Kb3 63. Bf8 Kc3 64. Bg7+ Kd3 65. Nd4 Ke4 66. d6
Nxd6 67. Nb3 Nb7 68. Bf8 a4 69. Nc5+ Nxc5 70. Bxc5 b3 71. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters 113th playoff"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2004.08.17"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Nd5 Nxd5
8. exd5 a6 9. Ba4 g6 10. d3 b5 11. Bb3 Bg7 12. d6 Qc6 13. dxe7 d5 14. Qf3 Be6
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bf6 Rg8 17. Bxg7 Rxg7 18. Qf6 Rg8 19. Rfe1 Ra7 20. a4 b4 21. a5
Bd7 22. Qxd4 Rc7 23. Bxd5 Qc5 24. Qf4 Bf5 25. Bb3 Rxe7 26. d4 Qc8 27. Qd6 Qd8
28. Ba4+ Bd7 29. Bxd7+ Qxd7 30. Qb8+ Qd8 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. Re1+ Kd7 33. Qb7+
Kd6 34. Qxb4+ Kc6 35. Qc5+ Kd7 36. Qa7+ Kd6 37. Qxa6+ Kd7 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 126th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bisguier, Arthur Bernard"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. Ne5 c5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. a4 a6 10. a5 cxd4 11. exd4 b5 12. Re1 e6 13. Nd3 Nfd7 14. Bd6 Re8 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bf8 17. Bf1 Nc6 18. Qf3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rc8 20. Qf4 Bg7 21. Bd3
f6 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Qxf6 Bxf6 24. Nd1 e5 25. c3 e4 26. Bc2 Red8 27. Bb3 Kg7
28. Kf1 b4 29. Re3 bxc3 30. bxc3 d4 31. Rh3 dxc3 32. Rc1 Rd2 33. Nxc3 Bd4 34.
Ke1 e3 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 126th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karklins, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d4 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Qe8 7. Nc3 Bd8 8. b3
Qh5 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Bb2 d5 11. e3 a5 12. a3 Ne7 13. Ne5 Ng4 14. Nxg4 fxg4 15. e4
dxc4 16. bxc4 e5 17. d5 Ra6 18. Bc1 Ng6 19. Ne2 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Qc1 Qh5
22. Qe3 Raf6 23. Rac1 Nh8 24. Bh1 g5 25. Rc2 Rh6 26. h4 gxh4 27. f4 h3 28. Kh2
Rhf6 29. f5 b6 30. Nc1 Nf7 31. Nd3 Ba6 32. Rb1 Re8 33. Nf2 Kh8 34. c5 Qg5 35.
Qxg5 Nxg5 36. Nxg4 Rff8 37. Nf2 bxc5 38. Rxc5 Rb8 39. Rcc1 Rfc8 40. Nxh3 Rxb1
41. Rxb1 Nf7 42. Bf3 h6 43. Nf2 Kg7 44. Rc1 Bb7 45. Nd3 c6 46. d6 Rd8 47. Nc5
Bc8 48. d7 Bxd7 49. Rb1 Bc8 50. Rb6 Ng5 51. Bg2 Rd2 52. Kg1 Rd6 53. Kf2 Kf6 54.
Ke3 Ke7 55. Nb3 Kd8 56. Nxa5 Kc7 57. Nc4 Rd1 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 126th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nikolayev, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4
b6 9. Nge2 Bb7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nf4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Qb3 Nf6
15. c4 Rfd8 16. c5 Rab8 17. Rfc1 bxc5 18. Rxc5 g5 19. Ne2 Ba6 20. Qc2 Bxd3 21.
Qxd3 Ne4 22. Rc2 Nd6 23. Rc5 Ne4 24. Rc2 Nd6 25. Qa6 Rb6 26. Qxa7 Nc4 27. Nc3
Qd6 28. Rac1 Rdb8 29. h3 c6 30. Na4 R8b7 31. Qa8+ Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York State-ch 126th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.09.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2004.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. a4 Nd7 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 d5 7. e5 a6 8. Bd3 Bb4 9.
O-O c5 10. Na2 Ba5 11. c3 c4 12. Bc2 Ne7 13. b3 b5 14. Ba3 Nf5 15. Qe2 h5 16.
Rab1 Qc7 17. Qe1 Qa7 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Qg3 Bb7 21. Qg5 f6 22.
Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "New York Masters 117th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.09.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hoffmann, Asa"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 g6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Bg7 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. a4 a5 10. O-O Re8 11. e5 Nf8 12. Ne4 Ne6 13. Re1 b6 14. b3 f5 15.
Neg5 Nf8 16. Nd2 h6 17. Ngf3 Be6 18. Bb2 Bd5 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Nh4 Qc8 21. Nc4
Rb8 22. Bc1 g5 23. Nf3 f4 24. Bb2 Rd8 25. Bc3 Ne6 26. Ba1 Nf8 27. Ncd2 Qf5 28.
Nh2 Ng6 29. Qg4 Qxg4 30. hxg4 Be6 31. Nc4 Nf8 32. f3 Nd7 33. Nf1 Kf7 34. Nfd2
Rh8 35. Kf2 Nf8 36. Rh1 Ng6 37. Rde1 Rhd8 38. Bc3 Rd7 39. g3 fxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Nf4
41. Bb2 Kg6 42. Bc1 b5 43. Na3 Rd5 44. axb5 cxb5 45. Bb2 Rdd8 46. Ne4 c4 47. d4
cxb3 48. cxb3 Nd3 49. Nc5 Nxc5 50. dxc5 Rd3 51. Nc2 Bxb3 52. Nd4 Bd5 53. Rhf1
e6 54. c6 Rc8 55. Nxb5 Rxc6 56. Nd6 Rc2 57. Bc1 Rxc1 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 117th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.09.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.09.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 g6 6. Bd2 Bg7 7. Bc3 O-O 8.
Nbd2 Re8 9. O-O b6 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nc4 e5 13. Nd6 Re7 14. Nxc8
Rxc8 15. Qd2 Nf8 16. a3 f6 17. b4 Ne6 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. a4 Ne6 20. Qc3 Qd6 21.
Nd2 Qc5 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 23. f3 Ne6 24. Kf2 Nd4 25. Ra2 Rd7 26. Nc4 Re8 27. Rb2
Rde7 28. Nd6 Rd8 29. Nc4 Rde8 30. Nd6 Rd8 31. Nc4 Rf8 32. Nd2 Rd8 33. Nb3 Ne6
34. g3 Rf7 35. Nd2 Nc5 36. Ra2 Ne6 37. Nb3 Rdf8 38. Kg2 Re8 39. Raa1 Rd8 40.
Kf2 Rdf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters 118th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bonin, Jay R"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2004.09.21"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Ng5 Nf6 6. Nh3 Bb4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. e3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 g5 11. Qh5+ Qf7 12. Qxf7+ Kxf7 13. c5 Na5 14. f3 b6
15. fxe4 fxe4 16. Nf2 Bb7 17. Bb5 d6 18. O-O Kg7 19. Rad1 Bd5 20. Ng4 Rhf8 21.
a3 Bc4 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. d5 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Nxa3 26. Rd4 h5 27.
Nf2 Nb5 28. Rc4 a5 29. Nxe4 a4 30. Rb4 a3 31. Rb1 a2 32. Ra1 Re8 33. Nxg5 Nxc3
34. Ke1 b5 35. Kd2 b4 36. Ne6+ Kf6 37. Nd4 Ra8 38. Kc2 Nxd5 39. Kb2 Nxe3 40. g3
Ra3 41. Rxa2 Nd1+ 42. Ka1 Rd3 43. Nc6 b3 44. Re2 b2+ 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 118th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2298"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2004.09.21"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Nbd7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 e6 7. a3 Qa5+ 8.
Nbd2 Nb6 9. Ne5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Nfxd7 11. e3 Rc8 12. Qb3 Be7 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Ke2
Qa4 15. Rhc1 Qxb3 16. Nxb3 Na4 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Rb1 Ndb6 19. Na5 Bxa3 20. bxa3
Nc3+ 21. Kd2 Nxb1+ 22. Bxb1 Nc4+ 23. Nxc4 Rxc4 24. Bd3 Rc8 25. Bd6 f6 26. Bc5
a6 27. a4 Kf7 28. a5 g6 29. e4 f5 30. f3 Kf6 31. Bc2 Kf7 32. Bb3 fxe4 33. fxe4
dxe4 34. Ke3 Kf6 35. Kxe4 Rd8 36. Bd1 Rd7 37. Bf3 h6 38. h4 Rf7 39. Bd6 Rd7 40.
Bf8 Rh7 41. Bd6 Rd7 42. Be5+ Kf7 43. Kd3 Ke8 44. Kc4 Kd8 45. Be4 g5 46. h5 Kc8
47. Kc5 Kd8 48. Kb6 Kc8 49. d5 Re7 50. d6 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 13th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2004.09.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Pert, Richard G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. O-O b6 11. Re1 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bb7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Re8
15. Qd2 a6 16. Rad1 Kh7 17. f4 Qc7 18. Qf2 e6 19. Nf3 b5 20. b4 Rac8 21. Rd2
Kg8 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Nd7 24. Red1 Bc6 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. Nh2 h5 27. Ne4 Bxe5
28. Nf3 Bg7 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. Bxf6 e5 31. Qe3 Re6 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. Qxe5 Qxe5
34. Nxe5 Bf5 35. c3 f6 36. Nf3 Kf7 37. Rd6 Ra8 38. Nd4 a5 39. Nxf5 gxf5 40.
bxa5 Rxa5 41. Rb6 f4 42. Kf2 Kg6 43. Kf3 Kf5 44. b4 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 13th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2004.09.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berzinsh, Roland"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bb7 12. Nc2 Nb8 13. Nce3 Nd7 14. Qg4 h5
15. Qf3 g6 16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Bg5 18. Bc4 O-O 19. h4 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Kg7 21. b4
a5 22. Rxa5 Rxa5 23. bxa5 Qxa5 24. O-O Rc8 25. Rb1 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Rxc3 27. Qd2
Nf6 28. Qa2 Qc5 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance 13th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2004.09.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Qe2 Ng4 9. Bd2 a5 10. a4 Be7 11. h3 Nf6 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Qb5 O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance 13th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2004.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bg7 6. c4 f5 7. Nc3 e6 8. e3
Na6 9. Bd3 d6 10. a3 Bd7 11. Nge2 O-O-O 12. Qd2 Kb8 13. O-O Rdg8 14. Rab1 Bf6
15. e4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Rg4 17. Qd3 Be7 18. f4 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance 13th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2004.09.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ramesh, Ramachandran B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Nb3 Be6 11. Qd2 a5 12. a4 Rc8 13. f3 Nge5 14. Nd5 Nb4 15.
c3 Nxd5 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. exd5 Bf5 18. O-O Ng6 19. f4 g4 20. Bf2 h5 21. Bd4 Ra8
22. Rae1 h4 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Nd4 Rh5 25. Qd1 Bd7 26. f5 Ne5 27. Rxe5 dxe5 28.
Qxg4+ Kh6 29. Be2 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 13th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2004.09.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O Nf6 8. Na3
O-O 9. Nb5 Re8 10. e3 Bf5 11. e4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bc1 Nd7 14. Na3 Bd6 15. Nc2
Nc5 16. Qd2 Nb4 17. Nfe1 f6 18. f3 Qd7 19. b3 b5 20. cxb5 Nxc2 21. Nxc2 Qxb5
22. Rd1 Bf7 23. Bf1 a4 24. Na3 Qd7 25. b4 Na6 26. b5 Bb4 27. Qf2 Bxa3 28. Bxa3
Qxb5 29. Qd2 c5 30. Rab1 Qc6 31. Rdc1 Reb8 32. f4 Qd6 33. Rxb8+ Rxb8 34. Qa5
exf4 35. gxf4 f5 36. e5 Qg6+ 37. Kh2 Bd5 38. Rc2 Qc6 39. Rb2 Rxb2+ 40. Bxb2 Nc7
41. a3 Ne6 42. Bc1 h6 43. h4 Qe8 44. Qe1 Qb5 45. Qd2 Bb7 46. Qf2 Qc6 47. Bd2 c4
0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance 13th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2004.10.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Ne7 6. c3 Bg6 7. f4 h5 8. Ngf3 Nf5
9. Bf2 Qc7 10. b4 a5 11. a3 Nd7 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O b5 14. a4 axb4 15. axb5 O-O
16. Qb3 Ra3 17. Rxa3 bxa3 18. c4 dxc4 19. Nxc4 cxb5 20. Nxa3 b4 21. Nc4 Ra8 22.
Nfd2 Nb6 23. Nxb6 Qxb6 24. Qb2 Qa5 25. Bc4 Qa3 26. Qb3 Rd8 27. Nf3 Qxb3 28.
Bxb3 Rc8 29. Ra1 Rc3 30. Bd1 b3 31. Be1 Rd3 32. Ra8+ Kh7 33. Be2 Rxd4 34. Nxd4
Nxd4 35. Bc4 b2 36. Ba2 b1=Q 37. Bxb1 Bxb1 38. Kf2 Nf5 39. Rc8 Be4 40. g3 Kg6
41. Bb4 Bxb4 42. Rc4 Bd5 43. Rxb4 Nh6 44. Rb8 Kf5 45. Rh8 Kg4 46. Rc8 Kh3 47.
Kg1 Ng4 48. Rc2 h4 49. gxh4 Kxh4 50. Rc3 Nh6 51. Rg3 Nf5 52. Rg5 Bf3 53. Kf2
Bg4 54. Kg2 g6 55. h3 Bxh3+ 56. Kf3 Nd4+ 57. Ke3 Nc2+ 58. Kf3 Ne1+ 59. Ke2 Bg4+
60. Kxe1 Kg3 61. f5 exf5 62. e6 fxe6 63. Rxg6 f4 64. Rg5 f3 65. Rg8 e5 66. Rf8
Kg2 67. Kd2 f2 68. Ke3 f1=Q 69. Rxf1 Kxf1 70. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monarch Assurance 13th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2004.10.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Ne4 Bg4 18. Qg2 f5 19. Qxh3 Bxh3 20. Bd2 fxe4 21.
dxe4 Bc5 22. Be3 Rxe4 23. Bxc5 Rfe8 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Be3 Kf8 26. Re1 Nxe3 27.
fxe3 h6 28. Kf2 Bd7 29. h4 Re8 30. e4 Ke7 31. Ke3 Rf8 32. a4 Rb8 33. Re2 b4 34.
Bc4 bxc3 35. bxc3 Rb1 36. Kd4 Ra1 37. Ra2 Rg1 38. Bxa6 Rxg3 39. c4 Rb3 40. c5
Rb4+ 41. Ke5 Be6 42. Ra1 Bb3 43. Rb1 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Be2 g4 46. Bd1 g3 47.
Bxb3 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 13th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2004.10.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Nb3 Be6 14. f3 Nge5
15. Nd5 b5 16. Bf2 Rb8 17. c3 Nc4 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Be2 f5 20. O-O fxe4 21. fxe4
O-O 22. a4 Qb7 23. axb5 axb5 24. h4 g4 25. Nd2 N4e5 26. b4 Ng6 27. g3 Nge5 28.
Be3 Rbc8 29. Qa2 Nf3+ 30. Nxf3 gxf3 31. Bxf3 Ne5 32. Bh5 Rxf1+ 33. Rxf1 Rxc3
34. Qd2 Nc4 35. Qf2 Nxe3 36. Bf7+ Kh8 37. Bxe6 Nxd5 38. Bxd5 Qc8 39. Qe1 Bd4+
40. Kg2 Rc2+ 41. Kf3 h5 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 121st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rohde, Michael A"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. a3 a5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. exd4 Qxd4 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Be2 Bf5 9. d3 e5 10. Qb3 Be7 11. Qxb7 O-O 12. O-O Qd7 13. Qf3 Rab8 14. Rd1 Rfd8
15. Qg3 Qe6 16. Re1 Bd6 17. Nb5 Nd7 18. Be3 c6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Rab1 Nf8 21.
Red1 Rb3 22. c5 Qc7 23. Bg5 Rdb8 24. Qf3 Bg6 25. h4 e4 26. Qg4 exd3 27. Bf3 h5
28. Qa4 Ne6 29. Be3 d2 30. Ra1 Rxb2 31. Qxc6 Qxc6 32. Bxc6 Rd8 33. Bf3 Nd4 34.
c6 Nb3 35. c7 Rc8 36. Bf4 Bc2 37. Bb7 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 121st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. c3 Qxc5 6. Na3 d6 7. Nb5 a6 8. Be3
Qc6 9. Nbd4 Qc7 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Nc6 13. a4 d5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15.
exd5 cxd5 16. f4 h5 17. Bd4 Bg4 18. h3 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 e6 20. b4 Nd7 21. Qe3 Bxd4
22. Qxd4 Rfc8 23. Rf3 a5 24. Nb3 axb4 25. cxb4 Qd6 26. Nd2 e5 27. fxe5 Nxe5 28.
Rb3 Nc6 29. Qb2 Rab8 30. b5 Qc5+ 31. Kh1 Nd4 32. Rd3 Nf5 33. Qe5 Rd8 34. Ne4
Qe7 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Nd7+ Qxd7 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Re1+ Qe6 39. Rxe6+ Kxe6 40. Qb2
h4 41. b6 d4 42. a5 Rd6 43. b7 Kd5 44. a6 1-0

[Event "New York Masters 121st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2004.10.12"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rad1 Re8 11. Bf4 Ne4 12. Bc2 Qc8 13. Ba4 Rd8 14. Rfe1 Ndf6
15. h3 e6 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bb5 Nd6 18. Bd3 a5 19. Ne5 f6 20. Nf3 Nf7 21. e4 e5
22. dxe5 fxe5 23. Bg3 c4 24. Bc2 d4 25. cxd4 exd4 26. Ba4 Qc5 27. e5 b5 28. e6
Nh6 29. e7 Re8 30. Qe6+ Nf7 31. Bxb5 Qxb5 32. Nxd4 Qc5 33. Qd7 Bxd4 34. Qxd4
Qxd4 35. Rxd4 Rac8 36. Rd7 Bc6 37. Ra7 Ra8 38. Rc7 Rac8 39. Ra7 a4 40. Rc1 Bd5
41. Rd1 Bc6 42. Rd4 a3 43. Rxa3 Rxe7 44. Rxc4 Re6 45. Rac3 Ng5 46. f3 Rd8 47.
Rxc6 Rd1+ 48. Kh2 Nxf3+ 49. gxf3 Re2+ 50. Bf2 Rxf2+ 51. Kg3 Rxb2 52. Ra6 Rg1+
53. Kf4 Rb4+ 54. Ke3 Re1+ 55. Kf2 Re7 56. Rca3 Rb2+ 57. Kg3 Ree2 58. Ra7 Rb5
59. h4 Rbb2 60. Rc3 Rg2+ 61. Kf4 Rb4+ 62. Ke3 Rb8 63. Rcc7 Re8+ 64. Kd3 Rd8+
65. Kc3 Rgd2 66. Rg7+ Kf8 67. Rxh7 R2d3+ 68. Kc4 R3d4+ 69. Kc5 R4d5+ 70. Kc6
R5d6+ 71. Kc7 Kg8 72. Re7 Kf8 73. Rh7 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2004.10.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 Qf5 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. a4 Bf5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Re1 Bxd3 21. Nf3
h6 22. Nd4 Ra1 23. Nxc6 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2004.10.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vavrak, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. O-O Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. e4 Rc8 14. Re1 Qd7 15.
a4 Ne8 16. Ra2 Nc7 17. a5 dxc4 18. bxc4 b5 19. Nf3 Rfd8 20. Rd2 bxc4 21. Qa1
Nb5 22. Ne5 Qc7 23. Rb1 Rb8 24. Rdd1 Bf6 25. Ng4 Be7 26. Ne5 Nxc3 27. Qxc3 Rxb1
28. Rxb1 Qd6 29. Nxc4 Qxd4 30. Qxd4 Rxd4 31. Ne5 Bb5 32. Bf1 Rb4 33. Rd1 Rxe4
34. Bxb5 Rxe5 35. Rd7 Ba3 36. Bxc6 Rxa5 37. Rb7 Kf8 38. Rb8+ Ke7 39. Rb7+ Kf6
40. Be8 Be7 41. Rc7 g5 42. g4 Ra2 43. f4 h6 44. h4 Ra5 45. fxg5+ hxg5 46. h5
Rd5 47. Kg2 Rd8 48. Bd7 a5 49. Ra7 Bb4 50. Kf3 Rb8 51. Bc6 Rc8 52. Bb5 Rc3+ 53.
Kg2 Rc8 54. Kf3 Rd8 55. Kg3 Rb8 56. Ba4 Bd6+ 57. Kf3 Rb4 58. Be8 Rf4+ 59. Ke2
Be7 60. Rxa5 Rxg4 61. Ra1 Rg2+ 62. Kf3 Rh2 63. Rf1 Bd6 64. Rf2 Rh4 0-1

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qe3 Qb6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. f3 Be6 13. Kd2 Rfc8 14. b3
Kf8 15. a4 Nd7 16. Bd3 Ne5 17. Rac1 Nxd3 18. Kxd3 Bxc3 19. Kxc3 Ke8 20. Kb4 Kd7
21. Rhd1 f6 22. Be3 Kc7 23. g4 h5 24. g5 Rf8 25. Rc3 Kc6 26. gxf6 Rxf6 27. Bg5
Rf7 28. h4 Raf8 29. f4 Ra8 30. Re3 Bg4 31. Rd5 Be6 32. Rd2 Ra5 33. f5 Bd7 34.
f6 Rxg5 35. hxg5 exf6 36. Red3 fxg5 37. Rxd6+ Kc7 38. Rxg6 g4 39. Rh6 Bc6 40.
Re2 Rg7 41. Rxh5 g3 42. Rh1 Rg4 43. Rh7+ Kd6 44. e5+ Ke6 45. Rh6+ Ke7 46. Re1
g2 47. Rg1 Rg3 48. Ka3 Rg5 49. b4 Rg3+ 50. Kb2 Bxa4 51. b5 Rb3+ 52. Kc1 Rc3+
53. Kd2 Rxc4 54. Rxb6 Rc5 55. Rxb7+ Ke6 56. b6 Kxe5 57. Re7+ Kd6 58. b7 Rb5 59.
Rh7 Bb3 60. Rxg2 Bd5 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2004.10.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Bb3 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bg5 Kc7 12. O-O-O Rf8 13. Rhe1 h6 14.
Bd2 Nd7 15. Na4 a5 16. f4 h5 17. Kb1 Nb6 18. Nxb6 Kxb6 19. Be3+ Kc7 20. fxe5 a4
21. Bc4 Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Bc5 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bb4 Rd5 26. Bxe7 Rxe5
27. Rxe5 Bxe5 28. h3 Kb6 29. c4 Bd4 30. b3 axb3 31. axb3 e5 32. Kc2 e4 33. b4
c5 34. b5 Kb7 35. Kd2 Kc7 36. Ke2 Kb6 37. Kf1 Be3 38. g3 Bd4 39. Kg2 Be3 40.
Bd6 Kb7 41. Bf4 Bd4 42. Bd2 Be5 43. Be1 Kb6 44. Bd2 Kb7 45. Bf4 Bf6 46. g4 hxg4
47. hxg4 Bd4 48. g5 Kb6 49. Kg3 Kb7 50. Kg4 Kb6 51. Bd2 Be5 52. Be3 Bh2 53. Bf2
Be5 54. Bg3 Bc3 55. Kf4 Bd2+ 56. Kxe4 Bxg5 57. Ke5 Be3 58. Ke6 g5 59. Kf5 Bd2
60. Be5 Be3 61. Bf6 g4 62. Kxg4 Bf2 63. Kf3 Be1 64. Ke4 Bf2 65. Bg5 Bd4 66. Be3
Bc3 67. Kd3 Be1 68. Bd2 Bf2 69. Bc3 Bg1 70. Ke2 Bh2 71. Kf3 Bg1 72. Be5 Kb7 73.
Bf4 Kb6 74. Be3 Bh2 75. Ke4 Bd6 76. Kd5 Be7 77. Ke6 Bf8 78. Kd7 Bg7 79. Kc8 Be5
80. Bg5 Ka5 81. Bd8+ Kb4 82. b6 Kxc4 83. b7 Kd3 84. Bc7 Bxc7 85. Kxc7 c4 86.
b8=Q c3 87. Kc6 c2 88. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 c6 7. d3 Nh6 8.
Be2 g6 9. h3 Bg7 10. Be3 Qd6 11. g4 f5 12. Qd2 Nf7 13. d4 f4 14. Bxf4 Qxd4 15.
Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Rd1 e5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Ke7 19. Ne4 Be6 20. Nc5 Nd6 21. b3
Raf8 22. g5 Bc8 23. Bg4 Bf5 24. Rh2 Rf7 25. Nd3 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 Rhf8 27. Be2 Ne4
28. h4 Rf2 29. Rxf2 Nxf2 30. Rd2 Ne4 31. Rd1 Ng3 32. Bg4 Rf1+ 33. Kd2 Ne4+ 34.
Kc1 Rxd1+ 35. Bxd1 Ng3 36. Kd2 Nf5 37. h5 gxh5 38. Bxh5 Ng7 39. g6 h6 40. Bf3
Kf6 41. Be4 Nh5 42. c5 Ng3 43. Bg2 Kxg6 44. b4 Kf6 45. Bh3 Ne4+ 46. Ke1 Nc3 47.
a3 Ke7 48. Bc8 b6 49. cxb6 axb6 50. Bf5 b5 51. Kd2 Nd5 52. Bg6 Nb6 53. Kc3 Nc4
54. a4 Nxe3 55. axb5 cxb5 56. Bd3 Nc4 57. Be2 Nd6 0-1

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters 124th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.11.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2004.11.09"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 c5 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. Rd1 Be6 10. Nd4 Qxc5 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Be2 Nc6 13. O-O Rad8 14. a3 d4
15. b4 Qf5 16. Bd3 Qh5 17. Be2 Qf5 18. Bd3 Qh5 19. Be2 Qf5 20. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters 125th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schneider, Igor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 d6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Qe2 Qc7
9. Ng5 Ngf6 10. f4 b4 11. Nb1 h6 12. Nh3 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. g4 Nh7 15. Nf3 c4
16. dxc4 Rac8 17. b3 d5 18. exd5 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 exd5 20. cxd5 Ndf6 21. g5 Rfe8
22. Qd3 Nxd5 23. gxh6 Rcd8 24. Nhg5 Ndf6 25. Qc4 Nxg5 26. fxg5 Re4 27. gxf6
Rxc4 28. bxc4 g6 29. Bb2 Bf8 30. Rae1 Bxf3 31. Bxf3 Qxc4 32. Be4 Re8 33. h7+
Kxh7 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 125th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2004.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3
Rb8 9. Bb2 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Qc2 e6 12. e4 Bd7 13. e5 Nb4 14. Qd2 Nfd5 15.
Ne4 Bc6 16. Ba3 Na6 17. Rfe1 b4 18. Bb2 Rb6 19. h4 Ne7 20. exd6 cxd6 21. d5
Nxd5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. h5 Nf6 24. h6+ Kg8 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Qxd6 Rd8 27. Qe5
Qxe5 28. Nxe5 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Nc7 30. Rac1 Nd5 31. Rc4 f6 32. Nc6 Re8 33. Ree4 e5
34. Nxb4 Ne7 35. Rc7 Nf5 36. Nc6 Nxh6 37. Ra4 Nf7 38. Raa7 Ng5 39. Ne7+ Kf8 40.
Nd5 Rd6 41. Ne3 f5 42. Nc4 Rd3 43. Rd7 Rc3 44. Ne3 f4 45. gxf4 exf4 46. Nd5 f3+
47. Kh2 Rc2 48. Nf6 Rxf2+ 49. Kg3 Rg2+ 50. Kf4 Nh3+ 51. Kxf3 Rf2+ 52. Kg4 Rxf6
53. Kxh3 Re3+ 54. Kg2 Re2+ 55. Kg3 Re3+ 56. Kg2 Re2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York Masters 125th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 b5 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 Rb8 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Rae1 O-O 13. Kh1 b4 14. Nd1 a5 15.
Ne3 a4 16. Nc1 Nd4 17. Qf2 Bb7 18. c3 bxc3 19. Bxc3 Nc6 20. Qg3 g6 21. Ne2 Rfe8
22. Rc1 Ba8 23. f5 Nh5 24. Qg4 Qd7 25. e5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. fxg6 fxg6 28.
Bxg6 Ng7 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. Rf7 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.11.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Muhammad, Stephen A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. c3 Nxe4 8. d4
Na5 9. Bc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 c5 11. Nf5 d5 12. a4 Qd7 13. f3 Nd6 14. Re1+ Kd8 15.
Ne3 Ndc4 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bf5 (17. Na3 $5 {was another good option for White.
war eine weitere gute Möglichkeit für Weiß.}) 17... Nxe3 18. Bxd7 Nxd1 19. Bxb5
Bd6 (19... c4 20. Rxd1 Bc5+ 21. Kf1 Kc7 {deserved here serious attention.
verdiente hier ernste Aufmerksamkeit.}) 20. Rxd1 Kc7 21. Nd2 Bc6 22. Bd3 Rhe8
23. c4 dxc4 24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Bxc4 f6 27. Be3 Rb8 $4 ({A
terrible blunder. After Ein schrecklicher Bock. Nach} 27... Re8 {or 27...g5
Black would retain equal chances. oder 27...g5 würde Schwarz gleiche Chancen
behalten.}) {[%tqu "En","How would you punish Black's last careless move?",
"Use the disharmony in the placement of Black's pieces.","Use your rook for
the decisive blow.","d1d6","Winning a piece and the game.",3,"De","Wie würden
Sie die letzte schwarze Unvorsichtigkeit bestrafen?","Nutzen Sie die
Disharmonie der schwarzen Figuren aus.","Versetzen Sie mit Ihrem Turm den
entscheidenden Schlag.","d1d6","Gewinnt eine Figur und die Partie.",3]} 28.
Rxd6 $1 {[%csl Rb8,Rc7,Gd6,Ge3][%cal Ge3f4]} (28. Rxd6 {This thematic
sacrifice wins on the spot. Black resigned in view of the line: Dieses
thematische Opfer gewinnt auf der Stelle. Schwarz gab auf, denn nach} Kxd6 29.
Bf4+ Kd7 30. Bxb8 {, and White is a piece up. hat Weiß eine Figur mehr.}) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lakdawala, Cyrus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 {Damaging the opponent's pawn structure. On the
other hand, black usually gets a counterplay thanks to his dark squared bishop.
} gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bg7 (5... f5 6. c4 (6. g3 Bg7 7. c3 Na6 8. Bg2 Nc7 9.
Nh3 O-O 10. Qc2 Qh6 11. Nf4 e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Nd2 d5 14. Rd1 b5 15. O-O c4
$15 {0-1 Cebalo,M-Zelcic,R/Rabac 2004/CBM 102 ext (49)}) 6... Bg7 7. Nc3 d6 8.
e3 Nd7 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Nf3 {1-0 McShane,L-Sutovsky,E/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98 
[Postny,E] (36)}) (5... Na6 6. c4 f5 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. e3 e5 10. Be2 Qh6
11. Qd2 d6 12. O-O-O Nc7 $132 {0-1 Comas Fabrego,L-Khenkin,I/Andorra 2004/CBM
101 ext (68)}) 6. g3 (6. c4 f5 7. Nc3 e6 8. e3 Na6 9. Bd3 d6 10. a3 Bd7 11.
Nge2 O-O-O 12. Qd2 Kb8 13. O-O Rdg8 14. Rab1 Bf6 15. e4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Rg4 17.
Qd3 Be7 18. f4 Nc7 {1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Nakamura,H/Port Erin 2004/CBM 102 ext (18)}
) ({Another possible way of development starts with} 6. e3) 6... d6 7. Bg2 f5
8. c3 {In this setup white is trying to keep the position as closed as
possible, hoping to make use of black's damaged pawn structure in the long run.
} Nd7 9. Nd2 (9. Nh3 h5 10. Nd2 h4 11. Nf3 hxg3 12. hxg3 Nf6 13. Nh4 Bd7 14.
Qc2 Ne4 15. Nf4 O-O-O 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. O-O-O Qa6 18. Kb1 Qa4 19. Qd2 Bf6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Marinkovic,I/Cacak 1996/CBM 57 (35)}) 9... Nf6 10. Nh3 h5 $1
{Strategically correct. Black is intending to exchange his "h" pawn which
could become a potential weakness.} (10... O-O $6 11. O-O e6 12. Nf4 Bh6 13. e3
Bd7 14. Rd1 e5 15. Ne2 Rae8 16. Qc2 Qd8 17. Nc4 Qe7 18. a4 $14 {1-0 Adams,
M-Lautier,J/Paris 1995/CBM 49 ext (38)}) 11. Qc2 Bd7 {The black king will be
safe on the queenside.} (11... Qa6 12. Nf1 h4 13. Ne3 e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. g4
$1 $36 {1-0 Sargissian,G-Froehlich,P/Linares 2001/CBM 81 (30)}) 12. a4 $6 {
After this move white will be practically no longer able to make long castling,
while his attacking chances on the queenside are quite murky.} ({More to the
point is} 12. Nf4 h4 13. O-O-O {with approximate equality.}) 12... h4 13. Nf4
hxg3 14. hxg3 Rxh1+ 15. Bxh1 O-O-O {Black can be satisfied with the results of
the opening.} 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. Qd3 (17. Ne3 {[%csl Rf5]} Rh8 18. Bg2 e6 $15)
17... Rh8 18. Bg2 Kc7 19. Ra3 {Not a mistake yet, but a prelude...} (19. Ne3
Qxd3 20. Nxd3 $15) 19... Ng4 ({Another attractive continuation for black was:} 
19... e5 20. dxe6 (20. b4 $2 e4 21. b5 Bxb5 22. axb5 Qxa3 $19) 20... fxe6 21.
b4 (21. Bxb7 $2 Kxb7 $1 22. Nxd6+ Qxd6 $1 23. Qxd6 Rh1+ 24. Kd2 Ne4+ $19) 21...
d5 22. Ne5 (22. b5 dxc4 23. Qxd7+ Kxd7 24. bxa6 b6 $17) 22... c4 $15) 20. b4 $2
{This idea meets tactical refutation.} (20. Nd2 Qxd3 21. Nxd3 $15) 20... cxb4
21. cxb4 Bxa4 $1 {Looks extremely risky, but black is fine in all variations!}
22. Nxd6 {White was probably relying on this strike, but black's next move
frustrates his plans completely.} (22. f3 Nf6 23. Qd2 Nh5) {[%tqu "En","Please
enter a move for Black.","","","a6b6","",10]} 22... Qb6 $1 $19 {[%csl Rb4,Rf2]}
23. Qc4+ (23. Rxa4 Qxf2+ 24. Kd2 Kxd6 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gh8c8] and black's king
feels very comfortable in the centre, while the white one is defenceless
against the attack on the dark squares.}) 23... Kxd6 24. Qc5+ {White is forced
to exchange queens.} Qxc5 25. bxc5+ Kxc5 26. Rxa4 Bc3+ 27. Kd1 a5 28. Nd3+ Kd6
29. Rc4 Bg7 30. Bf3 Ne5 {The exchange of knights will make black's winning
process easier.} 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. Kc2 {White is going to block black's
queenside pawns, but will lose his kingside pawns...} Rh2 33. Kb3 Rxf2 34. Ka4
Bxg3 35. Kxa5 Rf1 {Two extra pawns promise black an easy victory.} 36. Rc8 Rb1
37. Ka4 Ke5 38. Rf8 Kd4 39. Ka3 Kc3 {Black's king is extremely active in this
game!} 40. Rc8+ Kd2 41. Rf8 Be5 42. Rc8 b5 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Qh4 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. h3 d6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. Qe3 Ra8 14. Rad1 Rd8
15. f4 Nd7 16. Rd2 b6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Be4 Bb7 19. fxe5 Ndxe5 20. Qxb6 Rxd2 21.
Nxd2 Qd8 22. Qe3 Qc7 23. Nf3 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Ne7 25. Bxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Bd2 e6 7. Qe2 Bb4 8.
O-O-O Nf6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qc7 11. d5 cxd5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Rxd5 O-O 14.
Rd2 Nc6 15. Nf3 Rfd8 16. Rhd1 Bg4 17. h3 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 f6 20. Qe4
Re8 21. f4 Qe7 22. Qc4 Qf7 23. Re2 h6 24. b3 a6 25. a4 e5 26. Qe4 f5 27. Qe3 e4
28. g4 Ne7 29. Be5 Nd5 30. Qg3 Rxe5 31. fxe5 f4 32. Qe1 e3 33. c4 Qc7 34. Qh1
Nc3 35. Re1 Qd7 36. Qh2 Qd4 37. e6 Ne4 38. e7 Qd2+ 39. Kb1 Nc3+ 40. Ka1 Qxh2
0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. cxd5
Nxc3 9. Qd2 Qxa2 10. Rxc3 {About this line - see CBM93, annotations to
Seirawan-Nakamura.} O-O 11. Bc4 (11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Rc2 Qa1+ 13. Qd1 Qa5+ 14. Qd2
Qa1+ 15. Qd1 Qa5+ 16. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Novikov,I-Kudrin,S/San Diego 2004/CBM 105 
(16).}) 11... Qa1+ 12. Rc1 Qxb2 13. e4 Qa3 {A new idea: to avoid the queen
exchange in this position. However, it leads to dangerous consequences for
Black.} (13... a5 14. Ne2 a4 15. Rc2 Qa1+ 16. Rc1 Qb2 17. Rc2 Qa1+ 18. Nc1 Na6
19. Be3 Qb1 20. Ba2 Qb4 21. f3 Qxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Nb4 23. Rc4 Nxa2 24. Nxa2 e6 25.
d6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Seirawan,Y-Nakamura,H/Seattle 2003/CBM 093/[Krasenkow] (63)})
14. Nf3 (14. d6 $5) 14... Qxc5 15. d6 Qa3 16. Bxf7+ $1 (16. Ng5 e6 $13) (16.
dxe7 $5 Qxe7 17. Ng5 {[%cal Rf4d6]}) 16... Kh8 $8 (16... Kxf7 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18.
Rxc8 $1 Qb3 $1 19. dxe7 $1 Rxc8 20. Qd8+ Rxd8 21. exd8=Q+ Bf8 22. O-O $18) (
16... Rxf7 17. Rxc8+ Bf8 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. Qd5 $18) 17. Bg5 {Off the target!} (
{After} 17. Ng5 $1 e5 (17... Nc6 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. Bd6 $18) (17... h6 18. dxe7
Qxe7 19. Bd6 $18) 18. Be3 Bh6 (18... h6 19. h4) 19. h4 {Black had little
chances to survive.}) 17... Nc6 18. dxe7 {Now Black is definitely out of
danger.} (18. Rxc6 bxc6 (18... Rxf7 19. dxe7) 19. dxe7 {is met by} Bh3 $3 20.
exf8=Q+ Rxf8 {although after} 21. O-O (21. Nh4 $2 Rxf7 {[%cal Rg7c3]}) 21...
Rxf7 22. Bf4 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6] White maintains a positional advantage due to
Black's weak pawns.}) 18... Nxe7 19. Rc7 Qa1+ {Black is content with a draw.} (
19... Rxf7 $5 20. Bxe7 Qa1+ 21. Rc1 Qb2 22. Qd8+ Rf8 $13) 20. Rc1 Qa3 21. Rc7
Qa1+ 22. Ke2 $6 {A desperate attempt to play for a win.} Qxh1 23. Bxe7 Bg4 {
After this move the position simplifies and a draw becomes inevitable.} (23...
b6 $1 {would have made White regret about his 22nd move.} 24. Bxf8 Ba6+ 25. Bc4
Bxc4+ 26. Rxc4 Rxf8 27. Qg5 Qb1 $17 {[%csl Ga7,Gb6,Re2]}) 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. h3
Bxf3+ 26. gxf3 Qxh3 27. Rxb7 Qc8 28. Bd5 (28. Rxa7 $4 Rxf7 29. Rxf7 Qc4+) 28...
Qc5 29. e5 $4 {A crazy, losing move.} (29. Qb4 Qc2+ 30. Qd2 $11) 29... Bxe5 (
29... Rd8 $142 $1 30. e6 Rxd5 31. Rb8+ Bf8 32. Rxf8+ Kg7 33. Rf7+ Kg8 $19) 30.
Qh6 Bc7 31. Kf1 Rb8 $4 {Missing White's reply and the win.} (31... Rf4 $1 $19 {
[%cal Rc5d5]} 32. Be4 (32. Qh3 Rf5 33. Be4 Qc1+ 34. Ke2 Qc4+ 35. Kd1 Rd5+ $1
$19) 32... Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Rg4+ 34. fxg4 Qxh6 35. Rxc7 Qf4 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. f3 a5
$19 {_|_}) 32. Qh4 $1 (32. Qg5 $143 Qd6) 32... Qc1+ (32... Qxd5 $4 33. Qf6+ Kg8
34. Rxc7 $18) 33. Kg2 Qf4 $8 34. Qxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.11.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 b5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. O-O e6 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Rfc1 O-O 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. Rc2 Nc6 14. Rac1 Rac8
15. Be1 Rc7 16. Ng3 Rfc8 17. Bd2 h6 18. Be1 g6 19. Bd2 Kg7 20. Be1 a5 21. Bd2
a4 22. Be1 Ra8 23. Bd2 Rac8 24. Be1 Qa6 25. Bd2 a3 26. bxa3 Bxa3 27. Rb1 Qa4
28. Ne1 Nb4 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Qb3 Rc4 31. Bxb4 Bxb4 32. Nd3 Bd6 33. Qxb5 Qxa2
34. Qb2 Qa5 35. Qb6 Qa3 36. Qb3 Qa8 37. Qd1 h5 38. Ra1 Qc8 39. Nf1 Rc3 40. h3
Ne4 41. Ne1 Qd8 42. Nf3 Qc7 43. Ne1 Be7 44. Nd2 Nd6 45. Nef3 Bf6 46. Rb1 Rc2
47. Ne1 Rc3 48. Nef3 Nf5 49. Nb3 Be7 50. Rc1 Ba3 51. Rxc3 Qxc3 52. Nbd2 Bd6 53.
Nf1 Bc7 54. Qa4 Nd6 55. Qd1 Ne4 56. N3d2 Qd3 57. Qb1 Qxb1 58. Nxb1 Ba5 59. f3
Nd6 60. Kf2 f6 61. Nbd2 e5 62. dxe5 fxe5 63. Ke2 h4 64. Nb3 Bb6 65. Nc1 Kf6 66.
Nd3 Ke6 67. Nf2 Nb5 68. Kd3 Nd6 69. Nh2 Nf5 70. Nf1 Ng7 71. Ke2 Nh5 72. Nd3 Ba5
73. Nc5+ Ke7 74. Nd3 Kd6 75. Nf2 g5 76. Nd3 e4 77. fxe4 dxe4 78. Nf2 Kd5 79.
Ng4 Bc3 80. Nf2 Ng3+ 81. Nxg3 hxg3 82. Nxe4 Kxe4 83. Kf1 Be5 84. Kg1 Kd3 85. e4
Ke3 86. Kf1 Kd4 87. Kg1 Kc4 88. Kh1 Kd3 89. Kg1 Ke2 90. Kh1 Bd4 91. e5 Bxe5 92.
Kg1 Ke1 93. Kh1 Kf2 94. h4 gxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 a6 12. dxc5 Na5 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Rb6 Rfd8
15. Qb1 e6 16. Bg5 Re8 17. Qb4 Nc6 18. Qa3 Ne5 19. Bf4 Bf8 20. Rbb1 Bxc5 21.
Qb3 Rab8 22. Kh1 Red8 23. Nd4 Bd6 24. Be2 Rdc8 25. Rbd1 Nc4 26. Bc1 Bf8 27. f4
Nb6 28. Rd3 Na4 29. Ba3 Bxa3 30. Qxa3 Qc5 31. Qb3 Qa5 32. Qb4 Qxb4 33. cxb4 Nc3
34. a3 Nxe4 35. Bf3 Nf6 36. g4 Ba4 37. g5 Ne8 38. Bd1 Bxd1 39. Rfxd1 Rc4 40.
Ne2 Re4 41. R1d2 Nc7 42. Nc3 Rxf4 43. Rd7 Nb5 44. Ne2 Rf1+ 45. Kg2 Rf5 46. h4
Nxa3 47. Ng3 Rd5 48. R2xd5 exd5 49. Rxd5 Nc2 50. Rd7 Nxb4 51. Ne4 a5 52. Nd6 a4
53. Nxf7 a3 54. Nh6+ Kf8 55. Rxh7 Nc6 56. h5 a2 57. Rf7+ Ke8 58. Rf1 Ra8 59.
Ra1 Nd4 60. Re1+ Kf8 61. Rf1+ Nf5 62. hxg6 a1=Q 63. Rxa1 Nh4+ 64. Kg3 Rxa1 65.
Kxh4 Rf1 66. Kg4 b5 67. Nf5 b4 68. Ne3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5
Bxd5 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Bf3 Rac8 17. c3 Rfd8 18. Be3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 b6 20. Bf4 Kf8
21. h3 a5 22. Kh1 a4 23. Nd2 Na5 24. a3 b5 25. Be2 Nc4 26. Nxc4 Bxc4 27. Bxc4
Rxc4 28. Bd6 Bxd6 29. Rxd6 Rc5 30. Rd7 Re5 31. Rb7 g5 32. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Na3 cxd4 7. cxd4
Nf5 8. Nc2 Qb6 (8... Nh4 9. Nxh4 Qxh4 10. Be2 Bd7 11. O-O f5 12. b4 Qd8 13. b5
Na5 14. Ne3 Be7 15. Bd2 O-O 16. Qe1 b6 17. f4 $14 {Motylev-Potkin, TCh-RUS,
Togliatti 2003.}) (8... Nb4 9. Be2 Nxc2+ 10. Qxc2 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Bb4 12. a3 Bxd2+
13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Bd7 15. Rac1 Ne7 16. h4 Nc6 17. h5 h6 18. Rh4 $14 {
Svidler-Luther, Bundesliga 2003.}) 9. Be2 ({Sveshnikov gives the following
game as examplary for White:} 9. Bd3 $1 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Be7 11. h4 h5 12. g3 a5
13. Kg2 Bd7 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 f4 17. Qf3 $1 $16 {
Malaniuk-Lputian, Kiev 1986.}) 9... Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Be7 11. g3 (11. h4 h5 12. Bd3
Bd7 13. Rh3 $5 Rc8 14. Kg1 a5 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Rg3 g6 17. Bg5 Qxb2 18. Nfe1
Qb6 19. Rb1 Qa6 20. Nd3 Bxg5 21. Nc5 Qc4 22. e6 Bxe6 23. Rxg5 Nd8 24. Na3 Qxa2
25. Qc1 O-O 26. Kf1 Re8 27. Ra1 Rxc5 28. dxc5 Qb3 {1/2-1/2 Szieberth,A-Farago,
I/Budapest-06 GM 2004/ChessBase}) 11... Bd7 (11... O-O 12. h4 Qd8 13. Ne3 Nxe3+
14. Bxe3 f6 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Rb1 Bd7 17. Kg2 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bf6 20.
f4 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Bb5 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Qd2 Rf7 24. Rhf1 Raf8 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26.
Rc1 {Angelopoulos,P-Spirakopoulos,I/Ambelokipi op-33 2001/ChessBase/0-1 (45)})
12. Bd2 $146 (12. b4 Nxb4 13. Rb1 Ba4 14. Bd3 Qc7 15. Rxb4 Bxb4 16. Qe2 Be7 17.
Kg2 Rc8 18. Ne3 Nxe3+ 19. Bxe3 O-O 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Qh5 h6 22. Bxg5 Qc3 23. Bb1
Bc2 24. Be3 Qd3 25. Bxc2 Rxc2 26. Re1 Rxa2 {Quiñonero Simon,J-Grau Dominguez,E/
Equipos Autonomico 2000/ChessBase/0-1 (35)}) (12. b3 O-O 13. Kg2 f6 14. g4
Nfxd4 15. Ncxd4 fxe5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rf1 Bd6 18. Bb2 Qc7 {Djuric,P-Masic,P/
Yugoslavia 1996}) (12. Kg2 O-O (12... Rc8 13. h3 Nb4 14. Nxb4 Qxb4 15. a4 Qb6
16. h4 h5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bf4 Kf7 19. Bd3 Rc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. d5 exd5 22.
Qxd5+ Be6 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. axb5 Bd5 {0-1 Morris,P-Farago,I/Hastings II 1989/
ChessBase (42)}) 13. g4 Nh4+ 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Be3 Rac8 16. Qd2 Be7 17. f4 f6
18. b3 fxe5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 Qxe3 22. Raf1 Rc8 23. Qd3 Qxe5
24. Rf2 Rc3 25. Qd2 Bc6 26. Bf3 Bd6 {Serrano Pozo,F-Mario,S/corr 1999/
ChessBase/0-1}) 12... O-O 13. h4 {[%cal Gg3g4]} (13. g4 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15.
Kg2 f6 $1) 13... f6 $1 {This is an good way to solve the opening problems} 14.
g4 Nfxd4 $5 (14... Nxh4 15. Rxh4 (15. Nxh4 fxe5 $44) 15... fxe5 {[%cal Oe7h4,
Ge5e4]} 16. Bg5 $5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 $44) 15. Ncxd4 fxe5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 $132 {
[%mdl 2560]} 17. Bc3 $5 Bd6 (17... e4 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 c5 (19... e5 $5)
20. Nb3 d4 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Bxd4 $14) (17... d4 18. Nxd4 (18. b3 $5 Bc5 $5
$132) 18... exd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Bxd4 c5 21. Be3 Bc6 $132) 18. Rh3 Rab8 ({
A very unusual position could have arisen after} 18... h5 $142 $5 19. gxh5 $140
e4 20. h6 $5 $132 (20. Bd4 c5) (20. Qd4 $2 e5 {[%cal Oe5d4,Rd7h3]})) 19. Bd3
Qc7 (19... e4 $5 20. Bxe4 e5 $44) 20. Ng5 h6 $5 (20... e4 21. Bxe4 (21. Nxe4
dxe4 22. Bxe4 Bc5 23. f3 e5 $13) 21... dxe4 22. Qd4 Bc8 (22... e5 23. Qc4+ Kh8
24. Qxe4 g6 25. h5 $40) 23. Rd1 h6 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 hxg5 26. hxg5 $36)
21. Bh7+ (21. Nh7 $6 Rf4 22. Bg6 Bc5 {looks rather artificial.}) 21... Kh8 22.
Qc2 (22. Bc2 $5 hxg5 $140 23. hxg5+ Kg8 24. g6 Bc5 25. f3 e4 26. Ke2 $132)
22... Rf4 ({Too dangerous is} 22... hxg5 23. hxg5 {- it looks like White has
at least perpetual check, but to be honest, I think that Black now can just
dream about this result.}) (22... e4 23. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 24. Qxe4 hxg5 25. hxg5+
Kg8 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. g6+ Ke8 28. Bxg7 $18) 23. Qg6 (23. Bg6 $6 hxg5 24. hxg5+
Kg8 25. Ke2 Qb6 26. f3 Bc8 $17) ({Worth considering} 23. Bg8 $5 e4 $5 (23...
Kxg8 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxg7+ Kd8 27. Nf7+ Rxf7 28. Qxf7 $36) 24.
Bxe6 Rbf8 25. Bd4 c5 $132 {with sharp and unclear game.}) 23... Rf6 $5 ({
Black could try} 23... Qb6 {but after for example} 24. Rf3 hxg5 25. Rxf4 (25.
Qh5 $6 Rxf3 26. Be4+ Kg8 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Bxf3 d4 $17) 25... gxf4 26. Qh5 d4
27. Bd2 Qxb2 28. Bg6+ Kg8 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qxg7+ Kd8 32. Ba5+ {
the initiative belongs to white.}) 24. Nf7+ (24. Qc2 Rbf8 25. Ne4 $5 dxe4 26.
Bxe4 Rf4 $36) 24... Rxf7 25. Qxf7 Kxh7 26. g5 (26. h5 $5) 26... Be8 (26... c5
$5 {[%cal Oc7f7,Rd7b5]} 27. Rf3 d4 $17) 27. g6+ Kh8 28. Qxc7 Bxc7 {White
manage to keep exhange , but Black's strong pawns in the center gives him, at
worst, sufficient compensation.} 29. h5 d4 30. Rf3 (30. Be1 e4 $1) 30... Kg8
31. Be1 c5 (31... Rxb2 32. Rb3 Rc2 (32... Rxb3 33. axb3 Bb6 34. f3 $132) 33.
Rb7 Bb6 34. a4 {I believe that Black's chances are higher, but it will be not
so easy to play this double-egged position .}) 32. Rc1 Bd6 (32... e4 $5) 33.
Rb3 $5 Rxb3 34. axb3 Bb5+ 35. Kg2 Kf8 ({Why not} 35... e4 $5 {[%csl Gc5,Gd4,
Ge4] with clear advantage.}) 36. f3 $1 Bd3 37. Bg3 Ke7 38. b4 $5 {open line
for the rook.} cxb4 (38... c4 39. Ra1 Bb8 40. Ra5 $1) 39. Rc8 {[%csl Rg7]} e4
$1 40. Rg8 $1 (40. fxe4 Bxe4+ 41. Kf2 Bxg3+ 42. Kxg3 d3 $17) 40... Bxg3 41.
Rxg7+ Kf8 42. Rf7+ Kg8 43. Kxg3 e3 {[%csl Gd4,Ge3,Gg6] It is very difficult to
evaluate this sharp endgame.} 44. Rd7 {Possibly wrong decision. Nakamura could
make a draw by playing} (44. Rxa7 $5 Bxg6 $5 45. Rd7 $1 (45. hxg6 $140 $2 d3
46. Rd7 d2 $19) 45... d3 46. Rd8+ Kg7 47. Rd7+ Kg8 (47... Kf6 48. hxg6 d2 49.
g7 e2 50. g8=Q e1=Q+ 51. Kg2 Qe2+ $11) 48. Rd8+ $11 {but he still tries to win
game.}) 44... e5 45. f4 (45. Rd8+ Kg7 46. Rd7+ Kf6 $1 47. Rd6+ Ke7) 45... exf4+
46. Kxf4 e2 47. Re7 (47. Rd8+ Kg7 48. Re8 Bb5 49. Re7+ Kf8 $19) 47... Kf8 48.
Re5 (48. g7+ Kxe7 49. g8=Q e1=Q 50. Qg7+ Kd6 $1 51. Qxd4+ Ke6 52. Qxd3 Qe5+ $19
) 48... a5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Unfortunately Ibragimov missed that after} 48...
Bb5 $1 49. Kf5 d3 50. Kf6 {he can continue} Ba4 $3 (50... d2 $2 51. g7+ Kg8 52.
Rxb5 $18) 51. Re7 e1=Q $1 52. Rxe1 d2 $19 {with an easy victory.}) 49. Kf3 a4
50. Kf2 a3 51. bxa3 b3 (51... bxa3 52. Ra5 $18) 52. g7+ $1 Kxg7 53. Re7+ Kf6
54. Rb7 Bc4 (54... Bc2 55. Kxe2 Kg5 56. Rb5+ Kg4 57. Kd2 $18) 55. Rb4 Bf7 (
55... b2 56. Rxb2 d3 57. a4 $1 (57. Rb6+ Kg5 58. Rd6 Kxh5 59. a4 $16) 57... Kg5
$140 58. Rb5+ $1 $18) 56. a4 (56. Kxe2 $5 Bxh5+ 57. Kd3 Bf7 58. Rxd4) 56... d3
57. a5 Bxh5 (57... Ke5 58. a6 Bxh5 59. Rb5+ Kd4 60. Rxh5 $18) 58. Ke1 (58. Rb6+
$2 Ke5 $1 59. Rb5+ Kd4 60. Rxh5 b2 61. Rb5 Kc3 62. a6 Kc2 $1 63. Rxb2+ $1 Kxb2
64. a7 d2 65. Kxe2 Kc2 66. a8=Q d1=Q+ 67. Kf2 $11) 58... Ke5 59. a6 $1 ({
White avoids the last trick:} 59. Rb5+ Kd4 60. Rxh5 b2 61. Rb5 Kc3 62. a6 Kc2
63. Rc5+ Kb3 64. Rb5+ Kc2 $11) 59... Bf3 $8 60. a7 h5 61. Rxb3 Kd4 62. Rb8 h4 (
62... Kc3 63. Rc8+ Kb4 64. a8=Q Bxa8 65. Rxa8 $18) 63. Rd8+ (63. Kd2 $5) 63...
Kc3 64. Rc8+ Kd4 65. Kd2 h3 66. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "USA-ch playoff"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2004.12.05"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nh3 Nh6 7. O-O O-O 8. Kh1
Kh8 9. Ng1 f5 10. Bg5 Nf7 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. Rae1 b5 14. a3 a5 15.
exf5 gxf5 16. Nh3 b4 17. Nd1 e6 18. Nf4 Re8 19. Nh5 Bf8 20. c3 bxa3 21. bxa3
Nce5 22. f4 Ng4 23. Bg1 Nf6 24. Nxf6 Qxf6 25. d4 Bb5 26. Rf2 cxd4 27. cxd4 d5
28. Rf3 a4 29. Nf2 Nd6 30. g4 Bg7 31. gxf5 exf5 32. Re5 Nc4 33. Qe1 Nxe5 34.
fxe5 Qe7 35. Nh3 Bc4 36. Qa5 Qd7 37. Ng5 Rb3 38. e6 Qe7 39. Rxf5 Rb1 40. Qd2
Qxa3 41. Nf7+ Kg8 42. Nh6+ Kh8 43. Nf7+ Kg8 44. Nh6+ Bxh6 45. Qxh6 Rxg1+ 46.
Kxg1 Qa1+ 47. Bf1 Qxd4+ 48. Rf2 Kh8 49. Bxc4 Rg8+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ch playoff"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.12.05"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 d6 9. Qe2 Nge7 10. Be3 b5 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Qe3 O-O 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 Rd7
15. a5 Bb7 16. Rfc1 Qa8 17. Ra4 e5 18. Nd2 f5 19. Nc4 Qe8 20. Nb6 Rd8 21. f3
Kh8 22. Bc4 Qg6 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Qe8 26. c4 Nd4 27. Rxb4
Bxd5 28. cxd5 Rc8 29. Rc3 Rb8 30. Rxb8 Qxb8 31. Nxd4 exd4 32. Qxd4 Qxb2 33. Rd3
Qb5 34. Qc3 h6 35. Rd4 Qb1+ 36. Kf2 Re8 37. Re4 Rb8 38. Kg3 Qb7 39. Qc6 Qxc6
40. dxc6 Rc8 41. Rb4 Kg8 42. Rb6 Kf7 43. Rxa6 Ke6 44. Rb6 Kd5 45. a6 Kc5 46.
Rb1 Rc7 47. Kf4 d5 48. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Cuernavaca m"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2004.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6
7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O {It is dangerous to take the pawn 9.dc because of
9...Bg4 with compensation for the sacrificed material} (9. dxc6 $6 Bg4 10. Be2
(10. f3 Qe8+ 11. Kf1 Bh5 $44) 10... Qe7 11. O-O Rad8 12. Bxg4 Rxd1 13. Bxd1
Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qe6 $36 {0-1 Candela Perez,J-Mitkov,N/Orense 1997/EXT 99 (37)})
9... cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 {White carries out a typical plan for this
variation which involves the advance c2-c4 with a further opening of the
c-file and the conquering of important squares on the queenside} h6 12. Bh4 Re8
{Black activizes his rook by transfering it to a more active position} 13. c4
Bd6 {[%cal Rd6h2] The black bishop is also transfered to a better position} 14.
Rc1 Rb8 {14...Bf4 deserved serious attention and as the next given below show
black has a good counterplay} (14... Bf4 $5 15. Rc2 Bg4 (15... Qd6 16. Bg3 Bxg3
17. hxg3 Bg4 18. Qc1 d4 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. gxf4 Nh5 21. g3 Bf3 $132 {1/2-1/2
Pedersen,N-Hebden,M/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 no vc (32)}) 16. f3 Be6 17. cxd5 Bxd5
18. Bc4 Qd6 19. Bxf6 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Qxf6 21. Bxd5 Bg3 22. Rc4 cxd5 $19 {0-1
Zarnicki,P-Sokolov,I/Oviedo 1993/CBM 038 ext (25)}) 15. b3 Be6 {Again 15...Bf4
deserves attention and as the games show black has a fine game} (15... Be5 16.
Bg3 Qd6 17. Re1 Bg4 18. Qc2 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Rbd8 20. Qc3 Ne4 21. Qd4 Bf5 22. cxd5
cxd5 $14 {1-0 Pedersen,N-Khruschiov,A/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (100)}) (15... Bf4 $5
16. Rc2 Qd6 17. Bg3 Bg4 (17... Bxg3 18. hxg3 Re5 19. Re1 Bg4 20. f3 Bd7 21. g4
Rg5 $132 {0-1 Zifroni,D-Zulfugarli,M/Siofok 1996/Juniors (30)}) 18. Bxf4 Qxf4
19. Qd2 (19. Qc1 Qd4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Trabert,B-Sammalvuo,T/Kuopio 1995/EXT 2000 
(25)}) 19... Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Rbd8 21. f3 dxc4 22. bxc4 Bf5 $132 {0-1 Karlovich,
A-Trabert,B/Athens GRE 2004/The Week in Chess 524 (40)}) 16. cxd5 Bxd5 {
[%csl Rc5,Rc6][%cal Ra4c5,Rc1c5]} (16... cxd5 17. Nc5 $14) 17. Bc4 {White
wants to exchange black's active bishop} Bf4 18. Rc3 Be5 {Black could probably
equalise after 18...Re4} (18... Re4 $5 19. g3 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Rxc4 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8
22. Bxf6 Rxa4 23. Bxd8 Rd4 24. Be7 Bd2 $132) 19. Rc2 Qd6 (19... Be4 $5 20. Re2
Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Bd5 $132) 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bxd5 cxd5 {As the result of the
exchanges the game to a position with a small advantage for white. He has a
potential to enlarge his advantage as a queen and a knight cooperate much
better than a queen with a bishop} 22. Nc5 Be5 (22... Re7 $5 23. Nd3 Rbe8) 23.
g3 Rbc8 24. Nd3 Bc3 (24... Bf6) 25. Nf4 d4 26. Qd3 Ba5 $6 {It was better to
play 26...Rc5 with counterplay} (26... Rc5 $5 27. Re2 Rce5) 27. Rc4 Rxc4 $6 {
Black shouldn't have exchanged on c4, allowing the white knight a possibility
to come to d5} (27... Bc3 $5) 28. bxc4 Qe5 29. Rb1 {[%cal Rb1b7] White tries
to activize his (still) passive rook} Bc3 $6 {A dubious move. On c3 the bishop
is out of play} (29... Bb6 30. Nd5 Bc5 31. Rb7 f5 $132) 30. Rb7 {[%cal Rb7a7,
Rb7f7]} Re7 (30... a5) 31. Rb5 Qd6 (31... Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. Qxe4 Rxe4 34.
Rb8+ Kh7 35. Rb7 $16) 32. Nd5 Re6 33. Rb7 {Suddenly white succeeded to create
dangerous threats. It is only left to bring the queen to the game in order to
make those threats decisive} (33. Nxc3 dxc3 34. Qxc3 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Re1 $36)
33... Re8 (33... a5 34. Qf3 Re1+ 35. Kg2 f6 36. c5 $36) 34. Qf3 Rf8 35. Rxa7
$16 {White's advantage is evident. He has an extra pawn and a much better
position} Bb4 36. Qf5 Bc5 37. Rc7 Ba3 38. c5 $1 Bxc5 (38... Qe6 39. Ne7+ Kh8
40. Qxe6 fxe6 41. Ng6+ $18) 39. Rxc5 $18 g6 (39... Qxc5 40. Nf6+ gxf6 41. Qxc5
$18) 40. Nf6+ Kg7 41. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Cuernavaca m"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2004.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Ne5 e6 8. g4
Bg6 9. h4 Bd6 10. h5 Be4 11. O-O Bd5 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. Re1 g6 14. Qe2 Bxe5 15.
dxe5 Ng8 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. c4 d4 19. Bb4 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qf3
Qc7 22. Be4 O-O-O 23. Rad1 gxh5 24. g5 h6 25. Rd3 hxg5 26. Rb3 b6 27. c5 Qxc5
28. Qxf7 Ne7 29. Qxe6+ Kb8 30. a4 Nd5 31. Rb5 Nc7 32. Qf7 Rhf8 33. Rxc5 Rxf7
34. Rc6 Re7 35. Rd6 Red7 36. Rg6 g4 37. f3 d3 38. fxg4 d2 39. Rd1 Rd4 40. Bf3
hxg4 41. Bxg4 Nd5 42. Kf2 Rf8+ 43. Bf3 Rd3 44. Rg3 Ne3 45. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 46. Kxe3
Rxb2 47. Bd5 Re8 48. e6 Kc7 49. Rg7+ Kd6 50. Rd7+ Ke5 51. a5 Rb5 52. Bc4 Rxa5
53. Kd3 Rxe6 54. Bxe6 Kxe6 55. Rh7 Kd6 56. Kc4 Kc6 57. Rh6+ Kb7 58. Rh7+ Ka6
59. Kb4 Rg5 60. Rh4 Rg7 0-1

[Event "Cuernavaca m"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2004.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 Qa5 11. Kb1 O-O 12. h4 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd4 d5
15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Qf3 Qc4 18. Nb3 Qb5 19. c3 Rfd8 20. g3 a5 21.
Nc1 Rac8 22. Ka1 Qc5 23. Nb3 Qa7 24. Nd2 b5 25. Ne4 Be7 26. g4 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1
Bxh4 28. Rh1 Qe7 29. Qd3 b4 30. c4 Rd8 31. Qe3 a4 32. Kb1 Bf6 33. Qe2 Bd4 34.
Rd1 b3 35. axb3 axb3 36. Rd3 Qb7 37. f3 Ra8 38. Kc1 Qb4 39. Nc3 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "Cuernavaca m"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2004.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4
Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. O-O-O N8d7 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Ndxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qc6 14.
Nxd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 O-O 17. Be3 Na4 18. b3 Nac5 19. a4 Na6 20.
Be2 Ne5 21. Rhd1 Nb8 22. Bc5 Ba6 23. c4 Re8 24. Be3 Bb7 25. Rb6 Bc6 26. Bf4 f6
27. Rd6 Rc8 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Rxe6 Kf7 30. Rd6 Ke7 31. c5 Ra5 32. b4 Rxa4 33.
Bc4 Ra7 34. Kb2 Rac7 35. Re6+ Kf8 36. Rxe5 Nd7 37. Rf5+ Ke8 38. Ra6 g6 39. Rf7
Bb5 40. Bxb5 Kxf7 41. Bc4+ Kg7 42. f4 Rb8 43. Kc3 Nf6 44. Bd3 Nxg4 45. c6 g5
46. Be2 Nf6 47. Bf3 gxf4 48. e5 Nd7 49. Ra5 Rb6 50. Kc4 Rbxc6+ 51. Bxc6 Rxc6+
52. Kd5 Rc7 53. Kd6 Rb7 54. Kc6 Rxb4 55. Kxd7 Rb7+ 56. Kd6 f3 57. Ra2 Rb3 58.
Kd5 Re3 59. Rf2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cuernavaca m"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2004.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. e5 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nd7 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. e6 Nf6 10. exf7+ Kxf7 11. Nf3 h6 12. Ne5+ Kg7 13. Nxc6 Qc7 14. Nb4 e5
15. Qf2 Qc4 16. a3 a5 17. Nba2 Bf5 18. b3 Qe6 19. O-O d5 20. h3 Bd6 21. Re1
Rhf8 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxh6+ Kxh6 24. Qe3+ Kg7 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Rxe5 Bxc2 27.
Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Bxb3 29. Rd3 Bxa2 30. Rxa2 Rad8 31. Rg3 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rfd8
33. Rc2 R1d3 34. Rg4 R8d4 35. Rg5 Rd5 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. Rc4 Kf6 38. Ra4 g5 39.
Kg3 Kf5 40. Kf3 Rb5 41. Re4 Rb3+ 42. Re3 a4 43. g4+ Kf6 44. Ke4 Rxe3+ 45. Kxe3
Ke5 46. Kf2 Kf6 47. Kg3 Ke6 48. h4 gxh4+ 49. Kxh4 Kf6 50. Kh5 Kg7 51. Kg5 Kh7
52. Kf6 Kh6 53. g5+ Kh7 54. Kf7 Kh8 55. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Cuernavaca m"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2004.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 b4
9. Nce2 h6 10. c4 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rc1 Nc5 13. Bg2 g6 14. Ng3 e5 15. Nde2
Be6 16. b3 a5 17. h4 a4 18. Rb1 Nfd7 19. O-O Rb8 20. Rfc1 Be7 21. h5 g5 22. Bf2
axb3 23. axb3 O-O 24. Nf1 Ra8 25. Ne3 Rfc8 26. Ng3 Bf8 27. Bf1 Rcb8 28. Rc2 Ra3
29. Rcb2 Qa5 30. Ngf5 Bxf5 31. Nxf5 Ne6 32. Nxd6 Ndc5 33. Nb5 Rd8 34. Qc2 Ra1
35. Qc1 Rxb1 36. Qxb1 Rd7 37. Be3 Qd8 38. Rf2 Nf4 39. Qc2 Rd1 40. Rd2 Rxd2 41.
Qxd2 Qxd2 42. Bxd2 Nxb3 43. Be3 Bc5 44. Kf2 Kf8 45. Bxc5+ Nxc5 46. Ke3 Nfe6 47.
Be2 Ke7 48. Bd1 Kd7 49. Bc2 Nc7 50. Kd2 Kc6 51. Na7+ Kb7 52. Nb5 Nxb5 53. cxb5
Kb6 54. Bd1 Kxb5 55. Be2+ Ka4 56. Bc4 f6 57. Kc2 Ka3 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 127th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.12.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. d5
Nb8 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Be3 Bg5 13. b4 Bxe3 14. fxe3 O-O
15. Nd2 Nh4 16. Qg4 Qg5 17. Qxg5 hxg5 18. Nb3 g4 19. c5 g6 20. c6 bxc6 21. dxc6
Nb6 22. a4 f5 23. a5 Nc8 24. Nd5 Rf7 25. Nd2 Na7 26. Rac1 Nb5 27. g3 Nf3+ 28.
Nxf3 gxf3 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Rxf3 Kg7 31. g4 Raf8 32. gxf5 Rxf5 33. Rxf5 Rxf5
34. Kg2 Rg5+ 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. h3 Ke6 37. e4 Rg7 38. Rg1 Rh7 39. Rg8 Rh4 40. Rb8
Rxe4 41. Rxb5 axb5 42. Nxc7+ Ke7 43. a6 1-0

[Event "New York Masters 127th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.12.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2004.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Bb7 9. Ng5 e6 10. Re1 Nd5 11. a4 Be7 12. axb5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxg5 14. Bxg5
axb5 15. Rxa8+ Bxa8 16. Qg4 h5 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Nb6 19. Bc1 Bd5 20. Ba3
Bc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Kf1 Nd5 23. Bb4 Kd7 24. Ke2 Rb8 25. Kd2 Rb5 26. Bf8 g6
27. Ra1 Nf6 28. f3 Rg5 29. Ke2 Nd5 30. Bh6 Rxg3 31. Kf2 h4 32. Bd2 g5 33. Rh1
Ke7 34. Ra1 Kf6 35. Re1 Ke7 36. Ra1 Kf6 37. Re1 Kg7 38. Re5 Kg6 39. Re1 Ne7 40.
Rh1 Nf5 41. Bc1 Kh5 42. Bd2 Kg6 43. Bc1 Ne7 44. Bd2 Kf5 45. Ra1 Nd5 46. Ra8 Nf4
47. Ra5+ Nd5 48. Ra8 f6 49. Ra7 g4 50. Ra8 gxf3 51. gxf3 Nf4 52. Rh8 Rg2+ 53.
Ke1 Re2+ 54. Kd1 Rh2 55. Ke1 h3 56. Rh6 Re2+ 57. Kd1 Rh2 58. Ke1 Ng2+ 59. Kf1
Rh1+ 60. Ke2 h2 61. Rh8 Nf4+ 62. Ke3 Nd5+ 63. Ke2 e5 64. dxe5 fxe5 65. Rh5+ Kg6
66. Rh6+ Kg7 67. Rh5 Kg6 68. Rh6+ Kf7 69. Rh7+ Ke6 70. Rh6+ Nf6 71. Bg5 Kf5 72.
Bd2 e4 73. Rh4 exf3+ 74. Ke3 f2 75. Kxf2 Rd1 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 129th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2005.01.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Braylovsky, Gregory"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2005.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nge2 Nf6 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 Bf5 7. b4 Qc7 8.
d4 e6 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. b5 a6 13. bxa6 Nxa6 14. a4 Nb4
15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Qd2 h6 17. Rfd1 e5 18. h3 exd4 19. Qxd4 Qe7 20. Qb6 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Nfd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 cxd5 24. Nd4 Be4 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. a5 Qe1+ 27.
Kg2 Rxa5 28. Nf3 Qa1 29. Qxb7 Qc3 30. Qd7 Qxc2 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qxa5 Qe4 33.
Qd2 Qe6 34. Qd3+ Kg8 35. g4 Qd6 36. Qd4 Qd7 37. Ne5 Qb5 38. Qa7 Qe8 39. Qd4 Qb5
40. Kg3 Qb3+ 41. Nf3 Qb7 42. Qe5 Qb5 43. Qe7 Qb8+ 44. Kg2 Qa8 45. Qd7 d4 46.
Qxd4 Qb7 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Qd3+ Kg8 49. Qd8+ Kh7 50. Qd6 Qb3 51. Qf4 Qb7 52. h4
Qc6 53. Kh3 Qc7 54. Kg3 Qb7 55. Kg2 Kg8 56. Qf5 Qa8 57. Qf4 Qb7 58. Qe5 Kh7 59.
Kg3 Qb3 60. Qe8 g6 61. Qe5 Qd1 62. Qf6 Qb3 63. Kg2 Qd5 64. Kh2 Kg8 65. Kg3 Kh7
66. Ne5 Kg8 67. Nc6 Qd3+ 68. Kh2 Qe4 69. Ne5 Qb7 70. Nxg6 fxg6 71. Qxg6+ Kh8
72. Qxh6+ Kg8 73. Qf4 Kg7 74. h5 Kg8 75. Qg5+ Kh7 76. Qg6+ Kh8 77. Qf6+ Kg8 78.
h6 1-0

[Event "New York Masters 129th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2005.01.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.01.11"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. c3 Qxc5 6. Na3 d6 7. Nb5 a6 8. Be3
Qc6 9. Na7 Qc7 10. Nxc8 Qxc8 11. Qb3 Nd7 12. Ng5 e6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bf4 Be5 15.
Be3 Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Qa4+ Ke7 18. Nxf7 b5 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Qxa8 Kxf7 21.
Rd8 Bf6 22. Rb8 Qe5 23. Rf8+ Kg7 24. O-O Qd6 25. Rc8 b4 26. Qa7+ Ne7 27. Rxc5
Ra8 28. Qxa8 Qxc5 29. cxb4 Qxb4 30. b3 Bd4 31. Qd8 e5 32. g3 Ng8 33. Qd7+ Kh8
34. Qf7 Qd2 35. a4 Bc3 36. Qf3 Qc2 37. Kg2 Qd2 38. Qf7 Qb2 39. Qc4 Qd2 40. Qc5
Bd4 41. Qd5 Kg7 42. Qd7+ Kh8 43. Qd6 Qc2 44. Qd5 Kg7 45. Qb7+ Kh6 46. Qf7 Qxe4+
47. Qf3 Qc2 48. Qf8+ Kg5 49. h4+ 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hennigan, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Na6 7. O-O c6 8. h3
e5 9. d5 Nc5 10. Bc2 a5 11. Be3 cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. a3 a4 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Bh6
b5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f4 h6 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Rxf6 Kxf6 20. Qxh6 Qb6 21. d6 Bc6
22. Kh2 Ke6 23. Qg5 Rae8 24. Rd1 Kd7 25. Qg4+ Kd8 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Re6 28.
Qg5+ Kd7 29. Qh6 Rfe8 30. Qg7 Rxd6 31. Qxf7+ Re7 32. Qxg6 Kc7 33. Qg8 Rxd5 34.
Qxd5 Ne6 35. Nc3 Nf4 36. Qxb5 Qf2 37. Nd5+ Nxd5 38. Qc4+ Kd8 39. Qxd5+ Rd7 40.
Qg8+ Ke7 41. Bxa4 Qf4+ 42. Qg3 Rd2 43. b4 Ra2 44. Bc6 Rxa3 45. Qxf4 exf4 46. b5
Rb3 47. h4 Kf6 48. h5 Rb2 49. Kg1 Kg5 50. e5 Re2 51. b6 Rxe5 52. b7 Re1+ 53.
Kf2 Rb1 54. Bf3 Rb2+ 55. Ke1 Kf5 56. Kd1 Rb6 57. Kc2 Ke5 58. h6 Kf6 59. h7 Kg7
60. Be4 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2005.01.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Ne5 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 Nbd7 9. Bf4 e6 10. O-O Nb6 11. a3 Nbd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. b4 Qa4 14. c4
dxc4 15. Nxc4 Qd7 16. Be5 Be7 17. f4 O-O 18. f5 Ng4 19. Rad1 Rac8 20. h3 Rxc4
21. hxg4 Rfc8 22. Qe3 Rc3 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 exf5 25. gxf5 f6 26. Bf4 Rd8
27. Be3 Qd5 28. Rc1 Kf8 29. Bf2 Bd6 30. Qh3 Kg8 31. Re1 Rc8 32. Qg4 b6 33. Bh4
Kf8 34. Bf2 a5 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. Qh3 Kg8 37. a4 Bb4 38. Rd1 Kh8 39. Qd3 h6 40.
Qb5 Rd8 41. Rc1 Qe4 42. Qb6 Rd5 43. Qe6 Qxf5 44. Rc8+ Kh7 45. Qg8+ Kg6 46. Qe8+
Kh7 47. Qg8+ Kg6 48. Qe8+ Kg5 49. Qe3+ Kh5 50. Rg8 Qb1+ 51. Kh2 Bd6+ 52. g3 Rg5
53. Qe2+ Kg6 54. Qe8+ Kf5 55. Qc8+ Kg6 56. Qe8+ Kf5 57. Qd7+ Ke4 58. Qc6+ Kf5
59. Qd7+ Ke4 60. Re8+ Kf3 61. Qc6+ Kg4 62. Kg2 Rf5 63. Re4+ Kg5 64. Qe8 Rxf2+
65. Kxf2 Qb2+ 66. Kf3 Qc3+ 67. Re3 Qxd4 68. Qe4 Qxe4+ 69. Rxe4 Kf5 70. g4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2005.01.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 g5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
Nge2 Nc6 9. Rd1 a6 10. a4 Bd7 11. O-O Qe7 12. Qe3 Na5 13. Bd3 c5 14. dxc5 dxc5
15. e5 Nc6 16. Be4 Nxe5 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Ne4 O-O 19. Bxa6 Rxb2 20. Qxc5 Qxc5
21. Nxc5 Bc8 22. Bb5 Rxc2 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rd8 25. a5 Bf8 26. Ng3 Rd5 27.
Nge4 Be7 28. a6 Bxa6 29. Bxa6 f5 30. Bb7 fxe4 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Nb3 Kf7 33. Rc7
Kf6 34. Kf1 Bd6 35. Ra7 Nc4 36. Rh7 Bf8 37. Rd7 Bd6 38. Nd4 Ke5 39. Nc6+ Kf6
40. Ke2 h5 41. h3 Kf5 42. Rf7+ Kg6 43. Rb7 Kf5 44. Rb5 Ke6 45. Nd8+ Ke5 46.
Nf7+ Kd4 47. Nxg5 Na3 48. Rb7 Kc3 49. Rd7 Nc4 50. Nf7 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. Ne5 Nxe5 5. Bxe5 Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4+ Nd7
8. Bg3 Be6 9. Nc3 c6 10. e4 Nb6 11. Qa5 g6 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. f4 f5 14. d5 cxd5
15. exd5 Bf7 16. Be2 O-O 17. Bf3 Nc8 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Bh4 Kf8 20. Rhe1 Rd7 21.
Nb5 a6 22. d6 exd6 23. Nxd6 Nxd6 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Be7+ Kg8 26. Bxd6 Rd8 27.
Be5 Rd7 28. a4 b6 29. Kc2 Bf8 30. Bc6 Rd3 31. Bc3 Rd6 32. Bf3 b5 33. axb5 axb5
34. Re5 Rb6 35. Bd4 Rd6 36. Bc3 Rb6 37. Bd4 Rd6 38. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Del Rio de Angelis, Salvador Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. a3 Nc6 6. Rb1 a5 7. e3 e6 8. Nge2 d5
9. b3 d4 10. Na4 Nd7 11. exd4 cxd4 12. d3 e5 13. O-O O-O 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4
Ne7 16. b5 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Bd2 Bf5 19. Bb4 Rfe8 20. Nc1 Qc7 21. Re1 Nc8
22. Nb3 Nb6 23. Ba5 Bf8 24. c5 Rxa5 25. cxb6 Qxb6 26. Nxa5 Qxa5 27. Bxb7 Bb4
28. Bc6 Re7 29. Re2 Bg4 30. f3 Bc8 31. Qb3 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Ne4 Bg4 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 f5 20. h3 Bh5 21.
Bf4 Bxf4 22. gxf4 fxe4 23. dxe4 Bf3+ 24. Kxf3 Rxf4+ 25. Kg3 Rfxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4
27. f3 Re2 28. c4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Rxb2 30. Bxa6 g5 31. a4 Kg7 32. a5 Nf4 33. Bf1
Kg6 34. h4 Kf5 35. a6 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2005.01.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D09"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg2 Ng6 7. Bg5 Qd7 8. e6
fxe6 9. a3 a5 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bc1 e5 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. b4 Nd8 15.
Qxd7 Bxd7 16. b5 a4 17. Ne1 c6 18. Rb1 cxb5 19. cxb5 Ra5 20. Be4 Nh8 21. Nd3
Nhf7 22. Nc4 Rxb5 23. Rxb5 Bxb5 24. Ncxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bd6 26. Bd5+ Kh7 27.
Be4+ Kg8 28. Bd5+ Kh7 29. Be4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2005.02.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Nf4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. f3 Nd6 12. e4 Nc6 13. e5 Nf7 14. Qf2 Rc8 15. Be3
Qe7 16. Rac1 Kh8 17. Rfe1 Na5 18. Qe2 Ba6 19. Bf2 Qg5 20. Nh3 Qh5 21. Be3 Qh4
22. Bf2 Qh5 23. Be3 Qh4 24. Red1 Rc7 25. f4 cxd4 26. cxd4 Rfc8 27. c5 Bxd3 28.
Qxd3 bxc5 29. Qb5 Nc6 30. Rxc5 Ne7 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. d5 Nxd5 33. Ng5 g6 34.
Nxf7+ Kg7 35. Nd6 Nxe3 36. Ne8+ Kh6 37. Qb4 d6 38. Nxc7 Nxd1 39. Qd2 dxe5 40.
Nxe6 exf4 41. Nxf4 Nb2 42. Nd3+ g5 43. Nxb2 Qe4 44. Nd1 f4 45. h3 f3 46. g4 Qe2
47. Qd6+ Kg7 48. Qd4+ Kg8 49. Nf2 Qxa2 50. Qd8+ Kf7 51. Qd7+ Kf8 52. Qf5+ Ke8
53. Qe4+ Kd8 54. Qxf3 a5 55. Nd3 a4 56. Qf8+ Kc7 57. Qg7+ Kc8 58. Qh8+ Kc7 59.
Qxh7+ Kc8 60. Qh8+ Kc7 61. Qe5+ Kc8 62. Qc5+ Kb7 63. Qb4+ Kc7 64. Qc3+ Kd8 65.
Nc1 Qe6 66. Kf2 Qb6+ 67. Ke2 Qg1 68. Kd2 Qg2+ 69. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2005.02.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Bd2 e6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Bb3 Nd7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14.
g3 Nb6 15. Ba5 Bd6 16. Kb1 Kb8 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. h4 Rh5 19. Bd2 Nd7 20. Be3 f5
21. Bg5 Rc8 22. c4 Ka8 23. c5 Bf8 24. f3 Rh7 25. g4 Bh6 26. Be7 Bf8 27. Bg5 Bh6
28. Be7 Bf4 29. h5 gxh5 30. gxf5 exf5 31. Bh4 Bg3 32. Bc2 Bxh4 33. Rxh4 Rhh8
34. Qe7 Qd8 35. Qxd8 Rcxd8 36. Re1 Rhe8 37. Rxe8 Rxe8 38. Bxf5 Nf6 39. Be4 Rh8
40. Kc2 Kb8 41. b4 Rh6 42. Kd3 Kc7 43. a4 Ng8 44. d5 cxd5 45. Bxd5 Rh7 46. Be4
Rh6 47. Ke3 Ne7 48. Kf4 f6 49. b5 Rh8 50. a5 a6 51. b6+ Kb8 52. Ke3 f5 53. Bc2
Rc8 54. Rxh5 Rxc5 55. Rh7 Nc8 56. Bd3 Rxa5 57. Rh8 f4+ 58. Kxf4 Rc5 59. Bf5 a5
60. Ke4 a4 61. Be6 Rc6 62. Re8 a3 63. Kd3 Rxe6 64. Rxe6 Nxb6 65. Kc3 Na4+ 66.
Kb4 a2 67. Re1 Nb6 68. Kb3 Kc7 69. Kxa2 Nd5 70. Kb3 b5 71. Kc2 Kd6 72. Kd3 Nf4+
73. Ke4 Ne6 74. Rd1+ Kc5 75. Ke5 Nf8 76. f4 b4 77. f5 b3 78. Kf6 Kc6 79. Ke7
Nh7 80. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2005.02.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Qb3 Rb8 8. Be2 e5
9. O-O Be7 10. Ne1 O-O 11. Nd3 Qc7 12. f3 Re8 13. Bd2 Bd8 14. Qd1 a5 15. b4 e4
16. Ne1 axb4 17. Nb1 exf3 18. gxf3 Nf8 19. Nc2 Nh5 20. Kh1 Ng3+ 21. hxg3 Qxg3
22. Rf2 Bc7 23. Qg1 Qh3+ 24. Rh2 Bxh2 25. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Re6 27. Nxb4 Rh6+
28. Kg1 Rg6+ 29. Kf2 Bh3 30. Bf1 Bxf1 31. Kxf1 Re8 32. Nc3 Rh6 33. Ke2 f5 34.
Kd3 Ree6 35. a4 bxa4 36. Rxa4 Rh3 37. Ra6 Rxf3 38. Rxc6 g5 39. Ncxd5 h5 40. Rc8
f4 41. c6 fxe3 42. Bxe3 g4 43. c7 g3 44. Rd8 g2 45. c8=Q Rexe3+ 46. Nxe3 g1=Q
47. Qe6+ Rf7 48. Nbc2 1-0

[Event "Virginia Beach Millennium op 6th"]
[Site "Virginia Beach"]
[Date "2005.02.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smith, Bryan G"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Re1 Rc8 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 g6 12. Nxb4 Bg7 13. Bd5 Qc7 14. c3 O-O 15.
Bg5 e6 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. f3 Ne5 18. a5 Rc5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nb3 Rb5 21. Nd4
Qa7 22. Kh1 Rb7 23. Ndc6 Nxc6 24. Nxc6 Qc5 25. Nb4 Ra8 26. f4 Rb5 27. Qf3 Bg7
28. e5 d5 29. Qe3 Qc7 30. Nd3 Rxa5 31. Rxa5 Qxa5 32. b4 Qb5 33. Ra1 Bf8 34. h3
Rc8 35. Ra5 Qc4 36. Nc5 Bxc5 37. bxc5 Rb8 38. Ra1 Rb3 39. f5 exf5 40. Qg5 Qxc5
41. Qd8+ Qf8 42. Qxd5 Rb5 43. Qd4 Qc8 44. Rxa6 0-1

[Event "Virginia Beach Millennium op 6th"]
[Site "Virginia Beach"]
[Date "2005.02.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2005.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4
Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. O-O-O N8d7 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Ndxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qc6 14.
Nxd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Rxa2 17. Kb1 Ra8 18. Bb5 Rb8 19. Rhd1 h6 20.
Be3 Ke7 21. c4 Nd5 22. Rxd7+ Bxd7 23. Bc5+ Kd8 24. exd5 Bxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Virginia Beach Millennium op 6th"]
[Site "Virginia Beach"]
[Date "2005.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d3 Nc6 5. f4 d6 6. c3 Nh6 7. Qe2 f5 8. Nd2 O-O
9. Ngf3 Nf7 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Nh4 Bd7 12. O-O e6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Be3 b6 15.
Rae1 Rae8 16. Bd2 Ncd8 17. Nf3 Bc6 18. Bh3 Qb7 19. Neg5 Bd5 20. a3 b5 21. Rf2
a5 22. Bc1 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. c4 Bxf3 25. Nxf3 Nh6 26. Ng5 Bd4 27. Be3 Nf5
28. Bxd4 Nxd4 29. Qf1 Kg7 30. g4 Nf7 31. Nf3 Nxf3+ 32. Rxf3 g5 33. Bg2 gxf4 34.
Rxf4 Qe7 35. Qe2 Ne5 36. Re4 Qf6 37. Qe3 Ng6 38. d4 cxd4 39. Rxd4 e5 40. Rd2
Nf4 41. Be4 Rd8 42. Kh1 Ne6 43. Bd5 Nd4 44. Kg2 Kh8 45. h3 Qg7 46. Rf1 Nf5 47.
Qd3 Qg5 48. Kg1 Ne3 49. Rxf8+ Rxf8 50. Rf2 Rxf2 51. Kxf2 Qf4+ 52. Ke2 Nxd5 53.
Qxd5 Qh2+ 54. Ke1 Qg3+ 55. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 6th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.03.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Nb6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. e3 Bd7 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. b3 e5 13. dxe5 Bg4 14. Bb2 Nxe5
15. Rd2 c5 16. Nb5 Qf5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Rad1 a6 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Re6 21.
h3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Rb8 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Rd6 c4 26. bxc4 Nxc4 27.
Rxe6 Kg7 28. Re7+ Kg6 29. Bxb7 a5 30. Bd5 Nd2 31. Kg2 Rb5 32. Rd7 Rb2 33. a4 h6
34. Ra7 Nb1 35. Rxa5 Nc3 36. Ra6+ Kg7 37. Bf3 Ra2 38. a5 Nb5 39. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 6th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2005.03.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Be6 8.
Qa4 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Nc5 10. Qc2 Qc8 11. O-O Be7 12. e4 O-O 13. Be3 Re8 14. Rfe1 h6
15. Rad1 Bg4 16. Rd2 Bf8 17. Nd4 Bh3 18. f3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 g6 20. Bf2 Qc7 21.
Red1 a5 22. Nde2 Ne6 23. a3 h5 24. Na4 h4 25. Be3 Bg7 26. Nf4 Qe5 27. Nb6 Rad8
28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Nc4 Nxf4+ 30. Bxf4 h3+ 31. Kf2 Qe7 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Qd2
Qxd2+ 34. Bxd2 a4 35. e5 Nd5 36. f4 Bf8 37. Na5 Bc5+ 38. Kf3 Bd4 39. Nxb7 Bxb2
40. Nc5 Bxa3 41. Nxa4 f5 42. exf6 Nxf6 43. Be3 Kf7 44. g4 Ke6 45. Nb6 Bd6 46.
Nc4 Bc7 47. Nb2 Nd5 48. Nd3 g5 49. f5+ Kf6 50. Bd4+ Kf7 51. Be5 Nb4 52. Bxc7
Nxd3 53. Bd8 c5 54. Bxg5 c4 55. Be3 c3 56. Ke4 Nb4 57. g5 c2 58. g6+ Kg7 59.
Bd4+ Kh6 60. Bb2 Na2 61. Ke5 c1=Q 62. Bxc1+ Nxc1 63. Kf6 Nd3 64. g7 Kh7 65. Kf7
Ne5+ 66. Ke6 Ng4 67. f6 Kg8 68. Kf5 Nh6+ 69. Kg5 Nf7+ 70. Kh4 Nh6 71. Kh5 Nf7
72. Kg6 Ne5+ 73. Kg5 Nf7+ 74. Kh4 Ne5 75. Kxh3 Kf7 76. Kh4 Nd7 77. Kg5 Nxf6 78.
Kh6 Ng8+ 79. Kh7 Nf6+ 80. Kh8 Kg6 81. h4 Kh5 82. g8=Q Nxg8 83. Kxg8 Kxh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 6th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.03.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
Ng4 9. Qc1 Ngxe5 10. c4 Re8 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. Qd2 a6 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rfd1 Be6
15. Rac1 h5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Re7 18. Rc2 Qd7 19. Rdc1 Rc8 20. h3 Qd8 21.
Bd4 Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qb4 b6 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. b4 b5 26. f4 Re8 27. Qa7 Ra8
28. Qxc7 Qe7 29. e4 h4 30. gxh4 Rad8 31. Rc6 Qxh4 32. Rxd6 Qxf4 33. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Friedman, Josef"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Ne5 e6 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 Qc7 11. h3 O-O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bd6 14. Re3
Bf4 15. Bg3 g5 16. Ne2 Rhg8 17. Ra3 Kb8 18. Nxf4 gxf4 19. Bh4 Rg6 20. Bf1 e5
21. c3 e4 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. c4 Rg6 24. Qh5 Bc8 25. d5 c5 26. Re1 Re8 27. Kh1
Qd8 28. Rc3 Qf6 29. a3 Re5 30. Qe2 Ka8 31. b4 Reg5 32. Qd2 e3 33. fxe3 f3 34.
g4 f2 35. Re2 Qf3+ 36. Bg2 f1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hamilton, Timothy"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 e6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Qa4 a6 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. Bg5 Rb8 8.
Qc4 b5 9. Qe2 Bb4 10. Bd2 Nge7 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 f5 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Bxc3 b4
15. Bd2 fxe4 16. Qxe4 d5 17. Qe2 e5 18. c4 Bg4 19. cxd5 Bxf3 20. Qc4 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Kh8 22. Rac1 Qd6 0-1

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Radomskyj, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 c4 7. g3 f6 8. exf6 Nxf6
9. Bg2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nbd2 Bd7 12. Qe2 Rae8 13. Ne5 Bc8 14. Kh1 Bxe5 15.
dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 Nc5 17. Nf3 Nd3 18. Rb1 Nxc1 19. Rbxc1 Bd7 20. Qc2 h6 21. Rce1
Qc7 22. Qd2 Qb6 23. g4 Ne7 24. Nd4 Nc6 25. Re3 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Bb5 27. Rf2 Rf7
28. f5 Ref8 29. Ref3 h5 30. f6 hxg4 31. Rg3 c3 32. bxc3 Bc4 33. h3 Qb1+ 34. Kh2
gxh3 35. Bxh3 Qh7 36. Rfg2 g5 37. Rxg5+ Kh8 38. Rg7 Qh5 39. R2g6 Qxe5+ 40. Kg1
1-0

[Event "Foxwoods op 07th"]
[Site "Mashantucket"]
[Date "2005.03.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Casella, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2267"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Rc1 Kh8 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O f5 11. Na4 Nxa4 12. Qxa4 Bd7 13. Qc4 Bf6 14. Nd2 Re8
15. Nb3 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bf3 Be6 19. Qa4 Rb6 20. Qxa7 Bxb3
21. Rxc7 Qb8 22. axb3 Rxb3 23. Qxb8 Rexb8 24. Rb1 g6 25. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods op 07th"]
[Site "Mashantucket"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nf3
Re8 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Bg4 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qa5 14. Kb1 Be7
15. Rhg1 Rad8 16. Rg2 Kh8 17. Rdg1 Rg8 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Nf8 20. Bc4 g5 21.
f4 Ng6 22. Be1 Nxf4 23. Nd5 Qxe1+ 24. Rxe1 cxd5 25. exd5 Bb4 26. Rf1 Rge8 27.
a3 Bd6 28. Qf5 N6h5 29. Rgg1 Kg7 30. h4 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods op 07th"]
[Site "Mashantucket"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nh3 Nh6 7. f3 Rb8 8. Be3 f6
9. Qd2 Nf7 10. Nf4 b5 11. h4 b4 12. Nd1 f5 13. h5 g5 14. h6 Bxh6 15. Nh5 fxe4
16. f4 gxf4 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Nfe5 19. Bxe4 Qa5 20. Bxc6+ Nxc6 21. O-O Kd8
22. Qh6 Bh3 23. Ne3 Bxf1 24. Nc4 Qc7 25. Rxf1 Qd7 26. Nf4 Qg4 27. Nxd6 exd6 28.
Qxd6+ Qd7 29. Qf6+ Kc7 30. Ne6+ Kb6 31. d4 cxd4 32. a4 Qd6 33. Rf5 a6 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods op 07th"]
[Site "Mashantucket"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2005.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 Nfd7 7. h4 c5 8. h5
cxd4 9. hxg6 dxc3 10. gxf7+ Rxf7 11. Bc4 Nf8 12. Ng5 e6 13. Nxf7 cxb2 14. Bxb2
Qa5+ 15. Kf1 Kxf7 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. Bd3 Qb4 18. Rb1 Bd7 19. c4 Qd2 20. Bxh7+
Nxh7 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods op 07th"]
[Site "Mashantucket"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2005.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 d6 6. b4 Bg7 7. b5 Ne7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. a4 c5 12. bxc6 Nxc6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rb1 Rc8 15. Nb5
Bf8 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Ne5 18. Nxa7 Nxd5 19. Nb5 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Nc3 21. Nxc3
Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Rxc3 23. Bb4 Rc4 24. Qd5 Qc7 25. Rfd1 Qc6 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27. Rd4
Ra8 28. Ba3 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 13th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2005.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. b3 cxb3 7. axb3 e6 (7...
Bg4 8. Nbd2 (8. Ne5 $6 Qxd4 9. Nxc6 Qxa1 10. Bxb5 Bd7 11. Bb2 Qxb2 12. Qxb2
Nxc6 13. O-O e6 $17 {0-1 Rausis,I-Szabolcsi,J/France 2000/CBM 90/[Konikowski] 
(59)}) 8... e6 9. Bd3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 O-O 13. O-O a5
14. Rfc1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Bischoff,D-Dresen,U/GER-ch Hoeckendorf 2004/(24)}) 8. Bd2
a5 9. Bd3 Bb7 (9... Na6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bxa5 Nb4 12. Bxd8 Nxc2 13. Rxa8 Bxa8
14. Bxf6 Nb4 15. Nc3 gxf6 16. Ra1 Bb7 17. Ra7 Bc8 18. Be2 $16 {Arsovic,
Z-Pajkovic,V/Vrnjacka Banja 1998/ (26)}) (9... h6 10. O-O Bb7 (10... Be7 11.
Nc3 (11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Nc3 (12. Qe2 Nbd7 $6 13. Nc3 b4 14. Na4 Qc8 15. Nd2 Ba6
16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Qb7 18. Rfc1 O-O 19. Bd3 $44 {1-0 Ivanov,M-Zierke,O/
Berlin 1999/CBM 90/[Konikowski] (50)}) 12... O-O 13. Qe2 b4 14. Na4 Nfd7 15.
Rac1 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Rfd1 Re8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qc7 20. Rd6 $44 {
1-0 Manolache,M-Itkis,B/Tusnad ROM 2005/The Week in Chess 552 (22)}) (11. Re1
Bb7 12. Nc3 Na6 13. Qc1 Nb4 14. Bb1 Rc8 15. Qd1 c5 16. Nxb5 Ba6 17. Bxb4 cxb4
18. Bd3 Qb6 19. Qe2 $11 {0-1 Bischoff,D-Gisbrecht,E/Saarbruecken 2002/CBM 93 
(31)}) 11... b4 12. Na4 O-O 13. Rfe1 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Re4 Nd7
17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Rg4+ Kh8 19. Qd2 $16 {1-0 Richter,M-Gisbrecht,E/Germany 2002/
CBM 88 ext (24)}) 11. Qc1 (11. Nc3 b4 12. Na4 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Rfd1 Nh5 15.
Be3 Nhf6 16. Ne5 Qc7 (16... Nxe5 $142) 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rac1 O-O 19. Qd2 $44 {
1-0 Rausis,I-Varga,P/Basel 1999/EXT 2000 (32)}) 11... Nbd7 12. Re1 Be7 {
1/2-1/2 Rausis,I-Kiss,P/Bern 1998/}) 10. O-O Be7 11. Bc3 (11. Nc3 Na6 (11... b4
12. e5 (12. Na4 h6 13. Rfe1 Nbd7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Bc1 Qc7 16. g3 Qb8 17. Qe2 c5
18. Bf4 Qa8 19. d5 exd5 20. e5 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. e6 $40 {1-0 Thorfinnsson,
B-Gretarsson,H/Reykjavik ISL 2004/(36)}) 12... bxc3 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bxc3 Nd7
15. Nd2 Nb6 16. Rxa5 Bxd4 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. Qc5 Nd5
$11 {1/2-1/2 Martin Vazquez,J-Escobar Dominguez,D/Seville ESP 2004/(60)}) 12.
Ne2 Nb4 13. Bxb4 Bxb4 14. Nf4 g6 15. h4 Nd7 16. e5 Be7 17. Be4 Bxh4 18. g3 $2 (
18. Nxh4 $1 Qxh4 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxc6 Rb8 21. Ne2 (21. d5 $5) 21... Qd8 22.
Nc3 Rc8 23. Qf3 Qb6 24. Ne4 O-O 25. Rfd1 $44) (18. Nd3 $5) 18... Be7 19. Kg2
Qb6 20. Nd3 Rc8 $17 {Van der Werf,M-Gurevich,M/Amsterdam NED 2002/ (31)}) 11...
h6 (11... Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Qb6 13. Ra2 c5 14. Rfa1 $14) 12. Nbd2 Nbd7 13. Ra2 O-O
14. Rfa1 b4 15. Bb2 c5 16. Nc4 a4 17. Rxa4 Rxa4 18. Rxa4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bc5 $5 {
All this was played before with good results for Black.It is not clear why
White choose this line.} (19... Nc5 $1 20. Bxc5 (20. Rxb4 Bc6 21. Bxc5 Bxc5 22.
Nfe5 Bxe4 23. Rb5 Bxd3 24. Nxd3 Bd4 $15) 20... Bxc5 21. h3 Qc7 $15 {0-1 Ivanov,
M-Lazic,M/Cutro ITA 2005/(29)}) 20. Ncd2 (20. Na5 Bxd4 21. Nxb7 Qb6 22. Nxd4
Qxd4 23. Qc4 Qxc4 24. Bxc4 Nxe4 25. Rxb4 Rb8 $17) (20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Na5 Ba8
$15) 20... Bxd4 (20... Qe7 $5 21. Bxf6 (21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Ra7 Rd8 23. Bb5 Nfxe4
$17) 21... Nxf6 22. h3 Rc8 23. Nc4 Nh5 $15) 21. Nxd4 Qb6 22. Qc4 $2 {[%mdl
8192]} (22. N4f3 Nc5 23. Nc4 Qc7 24. Ncd2 Rd8 25. Bf1 Nfxe4 26. Rxb4 Nxd2 27.
Nxd2 Qd6 $15) 22... Nc5 $2 (22... e5 $1 23. Rxb4 (23. Nf5 Ng4 $19) 23... Qxd4
24. Rxb7 Nc5 25. Qxd4 exd4 26. e5 (26. Rb4 Nxd3 27. Rxd4 Nf4 $17) 26... Nxb7
27. exf6 Nc5 $19) 23. Rxb4 Qa5 24. Bf1 Ncxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 (
26... Bd5 $2 27. Qc5 $16) 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Rxe4 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 $11 Qd2 30. Qe2
Qxe2 31. Bxe2 Rb8 32. Bc4 Rd8 33. f4 Rd2 34. f5 h5 35. h4 Kh7 36. Kh2 g6 37. f6
(37. fxg6+ $11) 37... Rf2 38. f7 Kg7 39. Kg3 Rf6 40. Kh3 Rf4 41. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 13th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2005.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Bd2 e6 {By choosing
this move order black deviates from the 7.Nd5 variation which seemed to suffer
a serious blow in the Grischuk-Bauer game. On the other hand, the line which
occured in the game appears to be very dangerous too!} 7. g4 (7. Qf3 Bb4 (7...
Bxc2 $6 8. d5 $36) 8. Qg3 Bg6 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. a3 O-O 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Qb6
$14 {Nisipeanu,L-Mueller,K/Hamburg 1998}) (7. d5 cxd5 8. Nxd5 Qd8 9. Qe2 Ne7 $2
(9... Nf6 $1 {(Wahls)}) 10. Ne3 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Bc3 $16 {
Kupreichik,V-Wahls,M/Bad Endbach 1995}) 7... Bg6 8. Qe2 (8. h4 h5 9. d5 Qc5 10.
Qe2 cxd5 11. Nxd5 hxg4 12. Bf4 Bd6 (12... Nc6 $2 13. Nc7+ Ke7 14. Nxe6 $1 {
1-0 Leyva,R-Matamoros Franco,C/Varadero 2000/CBM 76 ext (14)}) 13. b4 Qd4 14.
Rd1 Qe4 15. Bxd6 exd5 16. Bxd5 Qxe2+ 17. Nxe2 Nc6 $14) (8. Nh3 Qb6 (8... Qc7 9.
Qe2 Nd7 10. d5 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Qc6 12. Nhf4 $14 {Ahn,M-Buytaert,K/Charleroi 2001}
) 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. Nf4 $14 {Chandler,M-Forster,R/Bermuda 1999}) (
8. Nge2 Nf6 9. Nf4 Bb4 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Nfxd5 (11. Bxd5 cxd5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13.
Qxe6+ Kd8 $13 {Jurkovic,H-Mukic,J/Kastav 2002}) 11... cxd5 12. Bxd5 Nc6 13.
Bxc6+ bxc6 $44) (8. d5 $5 Qc5 (8... cxd5 9. Nxd5 Qd8 10. Qe2 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6
12. O-O-O Nc6 13. f4 O-O-O 14. Nf3 Bd6 $11) 9. Qe2 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Nf6 11. Bb4
Qc8 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Bc3 Be7 14. g5 $36 {Rasmussen,K-Mukic,J/Saint Vincent
2000}) 8... Bb4 9. f4 (9. O-O-O h5 (9... Ne7 10. Nh3 h5 (10... Nd5 $5 11. Bxd5
cxd5 12. Nf4 Nc6 13. Nfxd5 Bxc2 $1 $17 {Handke,F-Zill,C/Bad Wiessee 2003}) 11.
Nf4 hxg4 12. d5 cxd5 13. Ncxd5 Bxd2+ 14. Rxd2 exd5 15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. Rxd5 $40 {
Greger,U-Koeller,O/Germany 2000}) (9... Nf6 10. Nh3 Nbd7 11. Nf4 O-O-O 12. h4
Qc7 13. h5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Be4 15. f3 Bd5 16. Bb3 e5 $15 {Stelzer,H-Duncker,J/
Germany 2002}) (9... Ne7 $5) 10. d5 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 12. Rxd2 Nc6 13. Nf4
Nge7 14. gxh5 Bxh5 15. Nxh5 Rxh5 16. Nf3 Qc5 $132 {Koch,J-Prie,E/Chambery 1994}
) (9. Nh3 Ne7 10. Nf4 Nd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. h4 h5 13. g5 Nb6 14. Nxg6 Nxg6
15. Bxe6+ fxe6 16. Qxe6+ $16 {Baklan,V-Sjodahl,P/Germany 1999}) 9... Ne7 10.
O-O-O Nd7 (10... Qc7 11. Rf1 {[%cal Gf4f5]} (11. Nh3 h5 (11... Nd7 12. f5 exf5
13. gxf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qc4+ Ke8 16. Qxb4 Bxh3 17. Rde1 Nf6 18. Re3
$16 {Titzhoff,F-Gottschlich,C/Germany 2003}) 12. f5 exf5 13. gxf5 Bxf5 14. Ng5
Bg6 15. Nxf7 Bxf7 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Qc4+ Ke8 18. Qxb4 $16 {Titzhoff,F-David,A/
Germany 2003}) 11... Kd8 12. Nh3 h6 13. f5 exf5 14. g5 Nd7 15. gxh6 gxh6 16.
Nf4 Nb6 17. h4 h5 18. Bb3 $16 {Fedorov,A-Slovineanu,V/Eforie Nord 2000}) 11. a3
(11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Ne5 O-O-O 13. a3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ba5 15. Qf2 Bb6 16. Be3 $14 {
Nunn,J-Keitlinghaus,L/Germany/2003}) 11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Qc7 13. Nh3 {This
move is a novelty according to my database. White intends to push d5 instead
of f5 which was tried before.} (13. f5 exf5 14. gxf5 Bxf5 (14... Qf4+ $2 15.
Kb1 Qxf5 16. Re1 O-O-O 17. Qxe7 Qxc2+ 18. Ka2 Qg2 19. Ne2 Rhe8 20. Qh4 Re4 21.
Nf4 {1-0 Perez,L-Vazquez,R/Havana 1999/CBM 70 ext (21)}) 15. Re1 Nb6 16. Bb4
Nxc4 17. Qxe7+ Qxe7 18. Rxe7+ Kd8 $13 {Alvim,A-Dijksman,L/IECC Email 1999/
MegaCorr2}) 13... Nb6 14. d5 $5 exd5 $6 {A very risky decision by Nakamura. It
was safer to opt for 14...c:d5 with an unclear position:} (14... Nxc4 $6 15.
dxe6 Nd6 (15... fxe6 $2 16. Qxc4 Nd5 17. f5 $1 Nxc3 18. Qxe6+ Qe7 19. Qxe7+
Kxe7 20. bxc3 $18) 16. Bxg7 $1 (16. f5 $6 f6 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Nf4 O-O-O 19. h4
Nb5 20. Bd2 Nd4 21. Qf2 c5 $13) 16... Rg8 17. Be5 O-O-O 18. f5 fxe6 19. fxg6
Nxg6 20. Nf4 $16) (14... cxd5 15. Bxg7 Qxc4 (15... Rg8 $6 16. Bb5+ Nc6 17. Be5
Qe7 18. f5 exf5 19. g5 O-O-O 20. Bf6 Qxe2 21. Bxe2 $14) 16. Qxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxh8
Ne3 18. Rd2 Nxg4 19. Rg1 Ne3 20. Ng5 Rc8 $132) 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Be5 Qd7 17. Bd3
$6 {It was better to keep the bishop on the board with a very strong
initiative.} (17. Bb3 $1 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Bh5 (17... f5 18. g5 O-O-O 19. Ng1 Bf7
20. h4 Ng6 21. Nf3 $16) 18. gxh5 Qxh3 19. Rhe1 {[%cal Ge5f6]} Qe6 20. Qf2 $16)
17... Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Rxg4 19. Ng5 (19. Rhe1 $5 O-O-O 20. Bf6 Re8 21. Qxh7 Ng8 (
21... Ng6 22. f5 Nf4 (22... Nf8 23. Qh8 Nc4 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Bg7 $16) 23.
Nxf4 Rxf4 24. h4 Nc4 25. h5 $16 {[%cal Gh5h8]}) 22. Bd4 f6 23. Qh5 Rxe1 24.
Rxe1 $14) 19... Qf5 20. Nxh7 Nd7 21. h4 (21. Qxf5 Nxf5 22. Rdg1 Rg6 $5 $13)
21... Qxd3 22. Rxd3 Rg6 {[%cal Gf7f6,Gg6h6]} 23. h5 $6 (23. Re1 $5 Nxe5 $6 (
23... Rh6 24. Rde3 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxh7 26. Rxe7+ Kf8 27. Rxb7 Rxh4 28. Rc7 $14)
24. fxe5 (24. Rxe5 $2 f6 $15 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge8f7]}) 24... Nf5 (24... O-O-O
25. Rf3 Rg7 26. Ng5 Rh8 27. Nxf7 Rxh4 28. Nd6+ Kd7 29. Nxb7 $16) 25. Nf6+ Ke7
26. h5 Rg2 27. c4 dxc4 28. Rd7+ Ke6 29. Rxb7 Nd4 $132) 23... Rh6 24. Ng5 f6 25.
Bc3 Nf5 $5 (25... fxg5 26. fxg5 Rh7 27. Rdd1 Nf8 28. g6 Nexg6 29. hxg6 Rxh1 30.
Rxh1 Nxg6 31. Rh6 Nf8 32. Bd4 a6 $15) 26. Bb4 Nb6 (26... fxg5 27. fxg5 Re6 28.
Rf1 Ne7 29. Rdf3 O-O-O 30. Rf7 Re8 31. Bxe7 R6xe7 32. g6 $44) 27. Re1+ (27. Ne6
Kf7 (27... Kd7 28. Nc5+ Kc7 29. Ne6+ Kd7 $11) 28. Nc5 Rb8 29. b3 d4 $13) 27...
Kd7 28. Ne6 Rg8 29. b3 $6 Rxh5 $17 30. a4 Nc8 31. Nf8+ Kc7 32. c4 Rg3 33. Ne6+
Kb8 34. Rxg3 Nxg3 35. Nc5 (35. cxd5 cxd5 36. Kb2 Ne4 $17) 35... Rf5 36. Re8 (
36. cxd5) 36... b6 37. Ne6 dxc4 38. bxc4 c5 39. Bd2 Rh5 40. f5 $2 Nxf5 41. Rd8
Kb7 42. a5 Nfe7 43. Bf4 bxa5 $1 (43... Ka6 44. axb6 axb6 45. Rf8 Ka5 46. Bd2+
Ka4 47. Kc2 Rh4 48. Kc3 Rh3+ 49. Kc2 $132 {[%csl Ra4]}) 44. Rd7+ Kb6 45. Rc7
Rh3 46. Rxc5 a4 47. Bc7+ $6 (47. Rb5+ Kc6 48. Nd4+ Kd7 49. Rb7+ Ke8 50. Kb2)
47... Ka6 48. Bd8 Re3 49. Rc6+ Kb7 50. Rc7+ Kb8 51. Nc5 a3 52. Kb1 (52. Nd7+
Ka8 53. Nxf6 Re1+ 54. Kc2 a2 $19) 52... f5 53. Na6+ $6 Ka8 54. c5 Nd5 $1 $19
55. c6 (55. Rxc8+ Kb7 56. Rb8+ Kxa6 57. c6 Re1+ 58. Ka2 Nc3+ 59. Kxa3 Ra1+ 60.
Kb3 Rb1+ 61. Kxc3 Rxb8 $19) 55... Nd6 56. Rd7 Rb3+ 57. Kc2 (57. Ka2 Rb2+ 58.
Kxa3 Nc4+ 59. Ka4 Nc3#) 57... Rc3+ 58. Kb1 Rxc6 59. Nc7+ Nxc7 60. Bxc7 Nb5 61.
Be5 Re6 62. Rd5 a6 63. Rc5 Kb7 64. Bf4 Re1+ 65. Ka2 Re2+ 66. Ka1 Kb6 67. Rc8 (
67. Rxf5 Nc3 $19 {[%csl Ra1]}) 67... Nd4 68. Rc3 Kb5 69. Bd6 Nc2+ 70. Kb1 Re1+
71. Kxc2 a2 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 13th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2005.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 c4 7. g3 Bd7 8. h4 Na5 9.
Nbd2 O-O-O 10. Bh3 f5 11. exf6 gxf6 12. O-O h5 13. Re1 Nh6 14. Nh2 Nf5 15. Bxf5
exf5 16. f4 Bd6 17. Kf2 Rde8 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Nhf1 Nb3 20. Nxb3 Qxb3 21. Qxb3
cxb3 22. a4 b5 23. a5 b4 24. Bd2 bxc3 25. Bxc3 a6 26. Rc1 Kb7 27. Ne3 Be6 28.
Ke2 Rc8 29. Kd3 Rc6 30. Re1 Bf8 31. Nf1 Bd7 32. Nd2 Re6 33. Rxe6 Bxe6 34. Nxb3
Kc6 35. Kc2 Kb5 36. Nd2 Ka4 37. Nf1 Bd6 38. Ne3 Bc7 39. Nd1 Bxa5 40. Bxa5 Kxa5
41. Kb3 Kb6 42. Nc3 a5 43. Ka4 Bd7+ 44. Ka3 Bc6 45. Na4+ Kb5 46. Kb3 Bb7 47.
Nc3+ Kb6 48. Ka3 Bc6 49. b4 Ka6 50. Kb3 Kb6 51. Na4+ Kb5 52. bxa5 Kxa5 53. Nc5
Be8 54. Ne6 Bf7 55. Nd8 Be8 56. Nb7+ Kb6 57. Nd6 Bd7 58. Kb4 Kc6 59. Nb5 Kb6
60. Nc3 Bc6 61. Nb1 Bd7 62. Nd2 Bb5 63. Nb3 Bd7 64. Nc5 Be8 65. Ne6 Bf7 66. Nf8
Kc6 67. Nh7 Kd6 68. Nxf6 Bg6 69. Ng8 Bf7 70. Nf6 Bg6 71. Ng8 Bf7 72. Nh6 Be6
73. Kb5 Bd7+ 74. Ka5 Be6 75. Kb6 Kd7 76. Kc5 Kc7 77. Nxf5 Bxf5 78. Kxd5 Kd7 79.
Ke5 Bg4 80. Kf6 Kd6 81. f5 Kd7 82. Kg6 Bf3 83. d5 Bxd5 84. Kxh5 Ke7 85. Kg5 Kf7
86. g4 Bf3 87. h5 Kg7 88. Kh4 Bd1 89. g5 Bc2 90. h6+ Kh7 91. Kg4 Bb1 92. Kf4
Bc2 93. Ke5 Bd3 94. Ke6 Bc4+ 95. Ke7 Bb3 96. f6 Kg6 97. f7 Bxf7 98. h7 Kxh7 99.
Kxf7 Kh8 100. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 13th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2005.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hermansson, Emil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. h3 O-O 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Rac1 Nde5 14. Rfd1 b6 15.
Qe3 Rb8 16. Be2 Qe7 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bh6 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 e5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nd5
Qd8 22. Bg4 Bb7 23. Qxb6 h5 24. Qxd8 Rfxd8 25. Be2 Nd4 26. Rd2 Rdc8 27. Rc3 a5
28. f3 Bxd5 29. exd5 h4 30. Kf2 g5 31. Ra3 Rc5 32. Bd3 f5 33. Ke3 Kf6 34. Rc3
Ke7 35. b3 Rbc8 36. a3 Rxd5 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 Rb5 39. Rb2 Rb6 40. Ra3 Kf6
41. b5 Ne6 42. Ra7 d5 43. cxd5 Nf4 44. Bf1 Nxd5+ 45. Kf2 e4 46. fxe4 fxe4 47.
g3 Ke5 48. gxh4 Rf6+ 49. Kg1 Rc1 50. Rf2 Rxf2 51. Kxf2 e3+ 52. Ke2 gxh4 53. b6
Nf4+ 54. Kxe3 Rxf1 55. Re7+ Kf6 56. Re4 Kf5 57. Rb4 Re1+ 58. Kf3 Rf1+ 59. Ke3
Nd5+ 60. Ke2 Nxb4 61. Kxf1 Kf4 62. b7 Nc6 63. Kf2 Nb8 64. Kg2 Ke3 65. Kg1 Kf3
66. Kh2 Kf2 67. Kh1 Kg3 68. Kg1 Kxh3 69. Kh1 Kg3 70. Kg1 Nc6 71. Kh1 h3 72. Kg1
h2+ 73. Kh1 Kh3 74. b8=Q Nxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 13th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2005.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Re8 9. Qc2 Nf8 10. O-O c6 11. a3 (11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 {is a more common
move order to reach the game position.}) 11... a5 12. Rab1 {Once considered to
be White's main weapon in this system, the immediate attempt to launch the
minority's attack has been not too fashionable lately. One of the possible
reasons is the discovery of the fact that Black can slow down White's plan by
indirect means, creating some king side threats and keeping an eye on the
queen side at the same time. True, this requires a high degree of accuracy
from Black.} Bd6 $5 {This is asubtle move. Black intends to win time with 13...
Bg4 14.Nd2 Bh5, which creates the threat of winning material with 15...Bxh2+
16.Kxh2 Ng4+, while aiming to exchange the light squared bishops with ...Bg6,
thus rendering the minority's attack less dangerous.} 13. Bh4 (13. b4 Bg4 14.
Nd2 Bh5 (14... Bd7 $5 {, with the same threat, was also played, but the
practical material available is hardly relevant since White usually offered a
repetition of moves with} 15. Nf3) 15. h3 (15. Bh4 {would transpose below}) ({
White has no time for} 15. bxa5 {because of} Bxh2+) 15... axb4 16. axb4 {
(In the game, this exchange was actually carried out earlier, but for the case
of other moves than 15.h3 Black might want to keep the pressure against the
a3-pawn, see the comments on the main game.)} h6 (16... b5 $5 {/\h6, ^^, קh3}
17. e4 Ne6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 $132) 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rfe1 (18. b5 $1) 18... g5 (
18... b5 $5) 19. g3 Bg6 20. b5 h5 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Rb6 h4 23. g4 Ra3 24. Kg2
Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Ne6 26. Nf3 $14 {1-0 Gauglitz,G (2365)-Boensch,U (2460)/Dresden
1985/MCL (38)}) ({For the more sophisticated} 13. Rfe1 {Ivanchuk,V (2739)
-Bruzon Bautista,L (2669) Capablanca mem Elite 40th 2005 (7) 1/2 see the game
from this same issue}) 13... Bg4 14. Nd2 Bh5 {(/\Bxh2+)} 15. Bg3 (15. b4 {
Personally, I prefer} Bg6 $5 {for instance:} (15... Bxh2+ $2 16. Kxh2 Ng4+ {
is not working now because of} 17. Kh3 $1 (17. Kg3 $2 Qd6+ $19) 17... Qd6 (
17... g5 18. Bf5 $5)) (15... axb4 $6 {might be premature. Black should not
help White get rid of his a3-pawn, which creates him some trouble with playing
b4-b5.} 16. axb4 Bg6 17. b5 Bxh2+ $2 (17... Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ng6 19. Bg3 Bxg3 20.
hxg3 h5 21. Qf5 h4 22. g4 Ne7 23. Qf3 Qd7 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. g5 Nh7 26. Qh5 Ra3
27. Rbc1 Ng6 28. Nf3 Qf5 29. Nxh4 Nxh4 30. Qxh4 Nxg5 31. Ne2 Qf6 32. Qf4 Qxf4
33. Nxf4 $14 {/= 1/2-1/2 Volkov,S (2554)-Bocharov,D (2438)/Elista 2000/CBM 079
(84) Black is in no real danger of losing, but White enjoys a long term
advantage because of his better pawn structure.}) 18. Kxh2 Ng4+ 19. Kg3 $1 {
Curiously, if compared with the previous case when the sacrifice was examined,
the possible king moves have reversed roles here.} (19. Kh3 $2 Qd7 $1 20. Kg3
Nxe3 $1 $40 {or even 20...Rxe3+!?}) 19... Nxe3 20. Bxd8 Nxc2 21. Bxg6 Nxg6 22.
Bb6 $1 $18 {><d4}) 16. Ne2 {places the knight on a vulnerable square and
unexpectedely allows} (16. bxa5 {is a threat Black should be permanently aware
of, but here it doesn't seem to be too dangerous:} Qc7 $5 {(Once White has
made a concession regarding his pawn structure, Black can afford to spoil his
king side pawns as well, especially that the f5-square is controlled by the
bishop.)} 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. g3 Rxa5 $132 {קa3}) (16. Bxg6 Nxg6 17. Bg3 Bxg3
18. hxg3 Qd6 {offers Black chances for a king side attack:} 19. Qb3 (19. bxa5
$5) 19... axb4 20. axb4 h5 21. b5 h4 $1 $36 22. gxh4 $2 Ng4 23. g3 (23. Nf3
Nxh4 $19) 23... Rxe3 $1 $19) (16. Bg3 Re7 {transposes to the main game}) 16...
Bxh2+ $1 17. Kxh2 Ng4+ 18. Kg3 Nxe3 $1 19. fxe3 (19. Bxd8 Nxc2 $19 {פe2})
19... Rxe3+ 20. Kf2 Qxh4+ 21. Kxe3 Re8+ 22. Ne4 $8 Qg5+ 23. Nf4 Bxe4 24. Kd2
Ne6 $36) 15... Bg6 16. b4 Re7 $1 {Black defends the b7-pawn in advance, in
order to neutralize the potential threat of bxa5. In doing so, he takes
advantage of the early bishop retreat to g3, which releases the pressure
against the f6-knight.} 17. Ne2 {Not finding a constructive way to carry out
b4-b5, White decides to initiate a manoeuvring phase.} (17. Bxg6 Nxg6 18. Bxd6
Qxd6 19. Qb3 axb4 20. axb4 Ng4 21. g3 h5 $36) 17... Bxg3 18. Nxg3 {White
decides to avoid the creation of doubled king side pawns, in order to prevent
an eventual counterplay. However, his last move will drive the knight to far
from the queen side and, especially, from the b5-square.} (18. hxg3 axb4 19.
axb4 Qd6 20. b5 Ng4 $5 $132) 18... Qd6 19. Rfc1 (19. b5 $6 cxb5 $1 20. Bxg6 (
20. Rxb5 Qxa3) 20... hxg6 21. Qa2 b4 22. axb4 a4 $1 $132) (19. Bxg6 $5 hxg6 20.
Qc5 Qc7 21. b5 Ne6 22. Qc1 c5 $13) 19... Ne6 20. Nf3 (20. Ne2 Ng4 21. g3 Ng5
$36 22. Kg2 $2 Rxe3 $1 $19) 20... axb4 21. axb4 Nc7 {Now, the b5-square will
be very difficult to unblock.} 22. Ne5 (22. Ne2 {/\Nc3, b5} Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Ne4
$11) 22... Bxd3 23. Nxd3 g6 24. Ra1 Rb8 25. Ra2 Kg7 26. Rca1 h5 27. Nf1 Ne4 28.
Nd2 h4 29. h3 g5 30. Nf3 f6 31. Nc5 Qd8 32. Nd2 Nd6 {Black has arranged his
pieces in optimal way and can look with optimism into the future. The control
of the open a-file only helps White maintain the balance even.} 33. Re1 Qe8 34.
Qd3 Qh5 35. f3 Rbe8 36. Nf1 Qg6 37. Qxg6+ Kxg6 38. Kf2 Ncb5 39. Rea1 Nc3 40.
Ra3 Ncb5 41. Ra8 b6 42. Rxe8 Rxe8 43. Nb3 Nc4 44. Ke2 f5 45. Kd3 Nb2+ 46. Kc2
Nc4 47. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 13th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2005.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nc5 12. a5 Be6 13. h4 {Black is rather
exposed on the kingside, but as a compensation he exerts good control in the
center.} (13. Qf3 Ncd7 14. Bd3 h5 15. h4 g4 16. Qe2 Bh6 17. Nc4 Nf8 18. Nb6 Rd8
19. O-O Ng6 20. Ncd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 O-O 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. c4 {1/2-1/2 Yudasin,
L-Stratil,L/Gdynia 1987/ (45)}) 13... Bg7 (13... g4 14. h5 Qc6 15. Qe2 Bg7 16.
Qe3 $11) 14. Ra3 (14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Ncxe4 18.
Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Nb6 Rd8 20. Qd3 f5 21. O-O-O $13) 14... Rd8 (14... d5 15. exd5
Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. c4 Bc6 18. b4 Ne6 $15) 15. Qe2 (15. b4 Ncd7 16. Ndb1 d5
17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qd6 19. Rb3 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Bd3 $14) 15... d5 (
15... b5 16. axb6 Qxb6 17. Nd1 Qc6 18. f3 Nh5 19. Bf2 d5 $13) 16. f3 $2 {
[%mdl 16384] Positionally very bad move, nakamura will dominate the board and
white pieces will forever lack coordination.} (16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18.
Re3 Nd7 19. c4 Be6 20. b4 b6 $132) 16... d4 $1 17. Nd1 (17. Na2 Bxa2 18. hxg5
hxg5 19. Rxh8+ Bxh8 20. Rxa2 d3 21. Qd1 Ncxe4 22. fxe4 dxc2 23. Qc1 Rxd2 24.
Kxd2 Nxe4+ 25. Ke1 Nxg3 26. Bd3 Qc5 27. Qxc2 Qg1+ 28. Kd2 Qxg2+ $19) 17... Nh5
18. Qf2 (18. Bh2 Nf4 19. Qf2 Nd7 20. c3 dxc3 21. bxc3 Nc5 $19) 18... Bf6 19.
hxg5 Nxg3 20. Qxg3 Bxg5 {Th absence of dark squared bishop only adds to
Hansen's plight. Black's king is much safer in the center than his white
counterpart.} 21. Qh2 (21. Bd3 Nxd3+ 22. cxd3 Qc1 23. Qf2 Rc8 24. Nc4 Be7 25.
Rb3 b5 26. axb6 Rxc4 27. dxc4 (27. b7 Bb4+ 28. Rc3 O-O $19) 27... Qxc4 $19) (
21. Nc4 f6 22. Nf2 d3 23. cxd3 Bxc4 24. dxc4 Bd2+ $17) 21... Ke7 22. Nc4 d3 $1
23. cxd3 (23. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 24. cxd3 Bxc4 25. dxc4 Bd2+ 26. Kf1 Qxc4+ 27. Kg1 Qd4+
28. Nf2 Qxb2 $19) 23... Bxc4 24. dxc4 Bd2+ {The attacker is roaming free on
dark squares.} 25. Ke2 (25. Kf2 Bb4 26. Qh4+ Kd7 (26... Ke8 27. Ne3 Bxa3 28.
bxa3 Qe7 29. Qg3 Nd7 $15) 27. Re3 Bxa5 28. Qf6 Kc8 $17) 25... Ne6 (25... Qd6 $1
26. Qh4+ Ke8 27. f4 Bb4 $19) 26. g3 (26. Ne3 Nf4+ 27. Kf2 Bxe3+ 28. Rxe3 Qc5
$19) (26. Rd3 Qxa5 27. Ra3 Qb4 28. Kf2 Qc5+ $19) 26... Qxc4+ (26... Bb4 27. Rc3
Qd7 $19) 27. Kf2 Qc5+ 28. Ne3 (28. Kg2 Bb4 29. Rd3 Qc2+ 30. Nf2 Bc5 $19) 28...
Bxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Rd2+ 30. Be2 Rxb2 {White has lost the battle as he has no
compensation for the problems in the center.} 31. Rd1 Rb3 32. Qh4+ (32. Rdd3
Rxd3 33. Bxd3 Rd8 34. Be2 Rd2 35. Qh4+ Ke8 36. Qxh6 Nd4 37. Qh8+ Kd7 $19) 32...
f6 33. Rdd3 Rxd3 34. Bxd3 Qxa5 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 13th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2005.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. Ne2 Bg7 6. Nbc3 d6 7. d3 Bg4 8. Qg3
Qd7 9. f3 Be6 10. Bg5 Nh5 11. Qh4 h6 12. Be3 Na5 13. Bb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 a6 15.
d4 Qe7 16. Qf2 exd4 17. Bxd4 Nf6 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Nf4 Rhg8 20. Rhe1 Kb8 21.
Kb1 g5 22. Nfe2 Rge8 23. g4 Qf8 24. Ng3 Nd7 25. Be3 Qh8 26. Nge2 Be5 27. h4 Qg7
28. Rh1 Nf6 29. Bd4 Nd7 30. Qe3 Qf6 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Bxe5 Qxe5 33. Rh5 Rg8 34.
Nd5 Rde8 35. Qc1 Qg7 36. Ne3 Nf6 37. Rh2 Rh8 38. Rg2 Nd7 39. Nd4 Rh3 40. c4 Qf6
41. Rf2 Reh8 42. b4 Qe5 43. c5 dxc5 44. bxc5 Nxc5 45. Qc3 f6 46. Rc2 Na4 47.
Qb4 Bd7 48. Nb3 Rh1 49. Rxh1 Rxh1+ 50. Ka2 Nb6 51. Qf8+ Qe8 52. Qxe8+ Bxe8 53.
Nc5 Nd7 54. Nxd7+ Bxd7 55. Kb3 Re1 56. Rc3 Be6+ 57. Kc2 Re2+ 58. Kc1 a5 59. Nc2
Rf2 60. Nd4 Bd7 61. Rc5 b6 62. Rd5 Kc8 63. e5 fxe5 64. Rxe5 c5 65. Nb3 Rf1+ 66.
Kd2 a4 67. Nxc5 bxc5 68. Rxc5+ Kb7 69. Rxg5 Rxf3 70. Rd5 Be6 71. Rd3 Rf1 72.
Rg3 Rf2+ 73. Kc3 Kb6 74. Kb4 Rf4+ 75. Ka3 Kb5 76. Re3 Bd5 77. Rd3 Bc4 78. Re3
Rd4 79. g5 Rd1 80. b3 axb3 81. Re8 Ra1+ 82. Kb2 Ra2+ 83. Kc3 Rc2+ 84. Kd4 b2
85. Rb8+ Ka4 86. g6 Bb5 87. g7 b1=Q 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 13th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2005.04.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. Be2 Na5
9. Rb1 Ne7 10. O-O h6 11. Re1 O-O-O {As practice has sufficiently shown, Black
doesn't experience any serious problems in this line.} (11... Qc7 $5 {[%cal
Ge7c8,Gc8b6,Gd7a4]} 12. Nf1 Nc8 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Bg3 Ba4 15. Qc1 O-O-O 16. h4
Bb3 17. N3d2 Ba2 18. Ra1 Bb3 19. h5 Be7 20. Ne3 Kb8 21. Rf1 Ka8 22. Qe1 Ba4 23.
Kh1 g6 $13 {0-1 Haba,P-Naumkin,I/Cappelle le Grande op 1998 (75)}) 12. Qc2 (12.
h4 $6 f5 (12... Kb8 13. h5 Qc7 (13... Ka8 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. Bd1 Nc8 16. Nf1 Nb6
17. Bf4 Ba4 18. Qc1 Bb3 19. N3d2 Bxd1 20. Qxd1 Qd7 21. Ne3 Rc8 22. Bg3 Be7 23.
Qg4 Rhg8 24. Bh4 Bxh4 25. Qxh4 Na4 26. f4 Rc6 $13 {Prie,E-Renet,O/Paris APSAP
1994/1-0 (54)}) 14. Qc2 Nc8 15. Nf1 Nb6 16. Bf4 Ba4 17. Qc1 Be7 18. Bg3 Bb3 19.
N3d2 Ba4 20. Bd1 Qd7 21. Bxa4 Qxa4 $11 {Marzolo,C-Masserey,Y/Cannes op 2000/
0-1 (60)}) 13. h5 $6 (13. exf6 gxf6 {/\Be8-g6}) (13. Nf1 g6 14. Be3 Kb8 $13)
13... g5 14. hxg6 Nxg6 15. b4 cxb3 16. c4 Nf4 (16... Ba4 17. cxd5 exd5 (17...
Rxd5 18. Nc4 $40) 18. Bd3) 17. Bf1 (17. c5 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Qb5 19. Nxb3 Nxb3 20.
Qxb5 Bxb5 21. Rxb3 Bc4 $15) 17... Ba4 18. c5 Qc7 19. Rb2 (19. Nh2) 19... Rg8
$17 {0-1 Shaked,T-Shulman,Y/Halle,W-ch 1995/ChessBase (43)}) (12. Nf1 Kb8 $146
(12... f5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Ng3 Be8 15. Nh4 Ng6 16. Bg4 $1 $36 f5 17. Ngxf5) (
12... Nb3 13. Be3 Ba4 14. Ng3 (14. N1d2 $5) (14. N3d2 Nf5 15. Bg4 Be7 16. Nxb3
Bxb3 17. Qd2 Nxe3 18. fxe3 a5 {1/2-1/2 Fressinet,L-Radjabov,T/WCh B18 Oropesa
del Mar 1999 (26)}) 14... Qc6 15. Bf1 Nc5 16. Qd2 Ne4 17. Qe2 $13) ({Deserves
attention} 12... Qb3 13. h4 Ba4 {with good game, for example} 14. Qxb3 Bxb3 15.
Ne3 Nf5 16. g4 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Bc2 18. Rbc1 Bh7 19. Nd2 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Beckemeyer,W-Reefschlaeger,H/BL 1986 (19)}) 13. Bf4 g5 $5 {Interesting move,but
} ({I would prefer} 13... Bb5 $5 {[%cal Gb6c6,Gb5a4]}) 14. Bg3 Nf5 15. Ne3 Ka8
(15... Nb3 $5) 16. Nd2 {[%cal Ge2h5]} Be7 (16... Nxg3 17. hxg3 $1 (17. fxg3 Bg7
18. Bh5 (18. Rf1 $6 Bxe5 $1) 18... f6 $1) 17... Bg7 18. Bh5 f6 $140 19. exf6
Bxf6 20. Ng4 Bg7 21. Nf3 $36 {[%csl Ge5]}) 17. Bh5 Rdf8 18. Nxf5 $1 exf5 19. f4
$14 {[%csl Ra5,Rd5,Gh5] 1-0 Prie,E-Mednis,E/Cannes Masters 2000/CBM 75/
[Psakhis,L] (39)}) 12... Kb8 13. Nf1 (13. Bd1 Rc8 (13... Nc8 $5) (13... Qc7 14.
Nf1 Nc8 15. Be3 Nb6 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov-Vaiser/Sochi 1985/ChessBase}) 14. Nf1 (
14. h3 Ng6 15. Nf1 Be7 16. Ng3 Rhe8 17. Nh5 Bf8 18. Qe2 Nb3 19. Be3 Ka8 20. g4
Ba4 21. Bc2 Qc6 22. Rf1 Na5 23. Nh2 $14 {1-0 Zhigalko,S-Spice,A/ECC t-ch Izmir
2004/ (29)}) 14... Nb3 15. Bf4 Ka8 16. Ng3 Ba4 17. Qe2 Qb5 (17... g6 18. Nf1 {
/\ Ne3-g4+/-}) 18. Nh5 Na5 19. Nd2 Rc7 20. g4 $1 Nc8 21. Bxa4 Qxa4 22. Nf1 Nb6
23. Bg3 $14 {1-0 Sveshnikov,E-Casper,T/Moscow II 1987(37) 1-0}) 13... Qb3 $1 {
A very natural and logical plan, which seems to promise Black a level game.} (
13... Nb3 14. Bf4 Ba4 15. Bd1 Qc6 16. Qe2 b5 17. Ne3 Nc8 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2
Bxd1 20. Rexd1 Nb6 21. Bg3 Be7 22. f4 g6 23. Qf2 h5 24. Bh4 Qd7 25. Bxe7 Qxe7
26. b3 cxb3 27. Rxb3 a6 28. a4 {Sirotine,K-Elizarov,D/RUS-ch B16 Dagomys 2004/
EXT 2005/1-0 (46)}) 14. Bd1 $146 ({White failed to get any advantage after} 14.
Qxb3 Nxb3 15. Bf4 Nc8 16. Ng3 {1/2-1/2 Sveshnikov,E-Nikolenko,O/Moscow ch-USSR
1991/ChessBase (16)}) (14. Qd2 Qa2 $5) 14... Qxc2 15. Bxc2 Nc8 {[%cal Gc8b6,
Gd7a4] White has got nothing from the opening: Black's pieces are well
developed and coordinated.} 16. a4 {[%csl Ra4]} Nb6 17. Ra1 Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c6,
Gc6a6]} 18. N3d2 Be7 19. f4 g6 20. Ne3 h5 21. g3 Rhg8 (21... Rc6 $142 $5) 22.
h3 Rc6 23. g4 Rh8 {Black lost two tempi, but it is not so important in a
closed position.} 24. Nf3 Rcc8 25. Ra2 hxg4 26. hxg4 Rh3 27. Kg2 Rch8 28. Nf1 (
28. f5 $5 gxf5 29. gxf5 R3h5 $5 30. f6 Bf8 $13) 28... Nb3 29. a5 $8 Nxc1 30.
Rxc1 Nc8 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Ga7a6,Gc8a7,Ga7c6]} 31. Ng3 a6 32. Raa1 (32. Ba4 Kc7
33. Bxd7 Kxd7 34. f5 gxf5 35. gxf5 exf5 $5 36. Nxf5 R3h5 $13) 32... Na7 33. Rh1
Rxh1 34. Nxh1 Nc6 {Black is increasing the pressure against the main target -
White's a5 pawn.} 35. Nf2 $5 {[%cal Gf2h3,Gh3g5]} Kc8 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gc8f8]}
(35... Bd8 36. Ba4 $1) 36. Nh3 Kd8 (36... Bd8 37. Nhg5 Rf8 38. Nh7) 37. Nhg5
Ke8 38. Kg3 Bd8 39. Ba4 Nb8 (39... Ke7 40. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Gb2b3]}) 40. b3 (40.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 41. f5 gxf5 42. gxf5 exf5 43. Kf4 Nb8 44. e6 fxe6 45. Nxe6 Nc6 $132)
40... cxb3 (40... Bxa4 $142 $5 41. Rxa4 (41. bxa4 Nc6) 41... cxb3 42. Nd2 $1
Rh1 43. Nxb3 Nc6 $15) 41. Bxb3 {[%cal Gf4f5]} (41. Bxd7+ $143 Nxd7 42. Nd2 b2)
41... Bc6 (41... Nc6 42. Ba4) 42. f5 $1 gxf5 43. gxf5 exf5 44. c4 (44. Kf4 $5 {
[%csl Gb3,Gf4,Gg5]}) 44... dxc4 45. Bxc4 {[%cal Og5f7,Cf7f6,Cf6g5,Rd4d5]} Bxf3
46. Nxf7 $6 (46. Nxf3 Nc6 47. Kf4 (47. d5 Nxe5 $5 48. Nxe5 Bc7 49. Kf4 Rh4+ 50.
Kxf5 (50. Kg5 Bxe5 $1) 50... Rh5+ 51. Ke4 Rxe5+ 52. Kf3 $11) 47... Nxa5 $13)
46... Rh1 $1 47. Rxh1 Bxh1 48. Nxd8 Kxd8 49. d5 Nd7 50. Kf4 Nc5 {Leads to a
quick draw.} ({Possibly Black should have preferred} 50... Be4 $5 {but after}
51. d6 $8 (51. e6 b5 $5 52. axb6 (52. Be2 Bxd5 53. exd7 Kxd7 54. Kxf5 Kd6 $19)
(52. Ba2 Nc5 53. d6 b4 $19) 52... Nxb6 53. Bxa6 Nxd5+ 54. Ke5 Nb4 55. Bf1 Ke7
56. Bh3 Nd3+ 57. Kd4 Kxe6 $19) 51... b5 52. Bf7 $1 Nb8 53. e6 Nc6 54. Kg5 Ne7
$1 55. Kf6 Nd5+ 56. Ke5 b4 57. Kd4 {I don't see how he can improve position.})
51. Kxf5 Ke7 52. Kf4 Bg2 53. Ke3 Ne4 54. Bb3 Ng5 55. Ba2 Nf7 56. Kd4 Bf3 57.
Bb1 Bg2 58. Bf5 Kd8 59. Bd3 $11 Bxd5 60. Kxd5 Nxe5 61. Kxe5 Kc7 62. Kd5 b6 63.
axb6+ Kxb6 64. Bxa6 Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 13th"]
[Site "Malmo/Copenhagen"]
[Date "2005.04.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Palo, Davor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bf4 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Nd7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Qb3 Kh8 12. c5 f5 13. Ng5 Nb8 14. f4 fxe4 15.
Ncxe4 Nbc6 16. Rad1 Nd5 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. g3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qb6 20. Nf3 Ne7 21.
Rd2 Bd7 22. Re1 Rae8 23. Qb3 Qc7 24. Bf1 Nf5 25. Nc3 Bc6 26. d5 exd5 27. Rxe8
Rxe8 28. Nxd5 Qa5 29. Qc4 Ne3 30. Nxe3 Rxe3 31. Ng5 h6 32. Nf7+ Kh7 33. Rxd6
Qb6 0-1

[Event "Karjakin-Nakamura m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.04.29"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g4 a6 7. g5 Nfd7 8. h4
b5 9. a3 Nb6 10. h5 Bb7 11. Rh3 Qe7 12. g6 f6 13. Qg4 e5 14. Nf5 Bc8 15. Be3
Bxf5 16. Qxf5 N8d7 17. gxh7 Nc5 18. O-O-O Nba4 19. Nd5 Qf7 20. Rg3 Ne6 21. Bh3
Nc7 22. f4 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 exf4 24. Bxf4 Nb6 25. Rc3 Rd8 26. Rc6 Nxd5 27. exd5
Be7 28. Bg4 Kf8 29. Rxa6 Rb8 30. c3 Rd8 31. Rb6 Qe8 32. Qg6 Qf7 33. Be6 Qe8 34.
Rxb5 f5 35. Rb7 Rb8 36. Rxb8 1-0

[Event "Karjakin-Nakamura m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2005.04.29"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. a4 g6 12. Qd2 h4 13. Nc1 Nb6 14. a5 Nc4 15. Bxc4
Bxc4 16. Rd1 d5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Bd6 19. b3 e4 20. fxe4 O-O 21. Bd4 Re8
22. Rf1 Nxe4 23. Qh6 Be5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. c4 Nc5 26. Ra2 Qe7 27. Raf2 Rf8 28.
h3 Ne4 29. Rf4 Rh5 30. Rxe4 Qxe4 31. Qf4 Qc2 32. Qe3 Rf5 33. Rxf5 Qxf5 34. Nd3
Qf6 35. c5 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qxa5 37. d6 Qc3 38. b4 a5 39. bxa5 Qxa5 40. Qd4 Qd2 41.
Qe4 Qg5 42. Kh1 Ra8 43. Ne1 Qxc5 44. Qxb7 Ra1 45. Qb8+ Kh7 46. Qe8 Qf2 0-1

[Event "Karjakin-Nakamura m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2005.04.29"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. a4 g6 12. Qd2 h4 13. Nc1 Nb6 14. a5 Nc4 15. Bxc4
Rxc4 16. Nd3 Be7 17. b3 Rc8 18. Nb4 Qc7 19. Ncd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5
Qc6 22. c4 Qxd5 23. exd5 f5 24. Rfc1 Rh7 25. b4 g5 26. c5 g4 27. fxg4 f4 28.
Bf2 e4 29. Bd4 h3 30. c6 bxc6 31. Rxc6 Ra8 32. Re1 Rb8 33. Rb6 Rc8 34. Rc6 Rb8
35. Bb6 hxg2 36. Rxe4 f3 37. Rf4 Rf7 38. Rxf7 Kxf7 39. Rc3 Kg6 40. Rxf3 Rc8 41.
Kxg2 Rc4 42. h3 Rxb4 43. Re3 Kf7 44. Kg3 Rb5 45. Rd3 Rb1 46. h4 Bf6 47. g5 Be5+
48. Kg4 Kg6 49. h5+ Kf7 50. Rf3+ Ke7 51. h6 Rh1 52. Kf5 Kf7 53. Bd8 Rh5 54. Rb3
Rh1 55. Rb7+ Ke8 56. Bf6 Rf1+ 57. Ke6 Bxf6 58. gxf6 Re1+ 59. Kxd6 Rf1 60. h7
Rxf6+ 61. Kc5 Rh6 62. h8=Q+ Rxh8 63. Rb8+ Kd7 64. Rxh8 Kc7 65. Rh6 Kd7 66. Rxa6
Ke7 67. Rb6 Kd7 68. a6 Ke7 69. a7 1-0

[Event "Karjakin-Nakamura m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.04.29"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Be2 g6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a4 h4 12. Nc1 Rc8 13. Nd3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. b3 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. c4 Be6 19. a5 Bf5 20. Qd2 g5 21. Qe3
Bxd3 22. Bxd3 Qe7 23. Bf5 Qc5 24. Rfe1 Ke7 25. Rad1 Qxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Rc7 27. Bxd7
Rxd7 28. Rxe5+ Re6 29. Rxe6+ Kxe6 30. Rxd7 Kxd7 31. Kf2 Kc6 32. b4 Kd6 33. Ke3
Ke5 34. g3 hxg3 35. hxg3 Ke6 36. Kd4 Kd6 37. b5 f5 38. f4 g4 1-0

[Event "Karjakin-Nakamura m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.04.29"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Qh5 Nf6 3. Qh4 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. d3 e5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nd2 h6 8. Ngf3
O-O 9. Bxh6 Nxe4 10. Qh5 g6 11. Bxf8 Qxf8 12. dxe4 gxh5 13. exd5 Nd8 14. Nxe5
Bf6 15. Nef3 Qe7+ 16. Be2 Bf5 17. Kf1 b6 18. Nc4 Nb7 19. h3 Nd6 20. Ne3 Re8 21.
g4 hxg4 22. hxg4 Bg6 23. Re1 Ne4 24. Bb5 Rd8 25. Bc6 Qd6 26. Kg2 Qf4 27. Nf1
Qxg4+ 28. Ng3 Nxg3 29. fxg3 Be4 30. Rhf1 Be5 31. Rxe4 Qxe4 32. Re1 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "Karjakin-Nakamura m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2005.04.29"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Qxb5 8.
Nxb5 Nxd4 9. Nfxd4 dxe5 10. Nc7+ Kd7 11. Nxa8 exd4 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. O-O-O e6 14.
Rxd4 Bc5 15. Rc4 b6 16. Rd1 Kc6 17. Nc7 Nxf4 18. Rxf4 Kxc7 19. Rxf7+ Kc6 20. a3
a5 21. Rd2 g5 22. Rg7 Rf8 23. Rxg5 Bxf2 24. Re5 Bc5 25. Kb1 Bd6 26. Rh5 Rf7 27.
g4 a4 28. h4 Ba6 29. Rd4 b5 30. Rh6 Re7 31. g5 Kc5 32. Rd2 Bb7 33. h5 Be4 34.
Rf6 Bf5 35. Rxf5+ exf5 36. g6 hxg6 37. hxg6 Rg7 38. Rg2 f4 39. Kc1 Kd4 40. Kd2
Ke4 41. Ke1 Kf5 42. b3 Rxg6 43. Rd2 Bxa3 44. Rd5+ Kg4 45. Rxb5 axb3 46. Rxb3
Bc5 47. Rb5 Be3 48. Rb8 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Karjakin-Nakamura m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.04.29"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Qh5 e6 3. f4 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. d3 g6 6. Qf3 Bg7 7. g4 Nge7 8. Ne2 b5
9. Ng3 b4 10. h4 Qa5 11. e5 f6 12. h5 fxe5 13. h6 Bf8 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Qf6 Nf7
16. Bg2 Qc7 17. O-O Ng8 18. Qf2 Ngxh6 19. g5 Nf5 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21. c4 Bd6 22.
cxd5 e5 23. Nd2 Nxg5 24. Nc4 Rg8 25. Bxg5 Rxg5 26. Rae1 Ba6 27. Qf4 Rxg2+ 28.
Kxg2 Bxc4 29. dxc4 O-O-O 30. Qxf5+ Kb8 31. Rf3 e4 32. Rxe4 Qg7+ 33. Rg4 Qxb2+
34. Rf2 Qc3 35. Qf6 Qxf6 36. Rxf6 a5 37. Re4 a4 38. Ree6 Kc7 39. Rf7+ Rd7 40.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 41. Rh6 Be5 42. Rxh7+ Ke8 43. Ra7 b3 44. axb3 axb3 45. Rb7 b2 46.
Kf3 Kd8 47. Ke4 Kc8 48. Rb3 Bd4 49. d6 Kd7 50. Kd5 Bc3 51. Rb7+ Kc8 52. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Champions Challenge 92nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.04.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nc3 e5 8.
Qd3 Nf6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Be6 11. O-O Rb8 12. b3 Rb7 13. Rad1 Rd7 14. Na4 Be7
15. c4 O-O 16. Qe2 Nh5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Ne1 Nf4 19. Qe3 f5 20. Nd3 Nxd3 21.
Qxd3 fxe4 22. Qxe4 c5 23. Nc3 Rf4 24. Qe3 Qf8 25. f3 a6 26. Rd2 Rd4 27. Rfd1
Qf5 28. Ne2 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Qb1+ 30. Kf2 Bf7 31. Nc3 Qc1 32. Ne4 d5 33. Nxc5 d4
34. Qe1 Qxe1+ 35. Kxe1 Rd6 36. Nd3 Re6 37. Re2 1-0

[Event "Champions Challenge 92nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.04.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
Bg4 9. d5 Nc5 10. Nd2 Nd3 11. Bxg4 Nxg4 12. Rf1 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. h3 Nf6 15.
Nf3 Nxc1 16. Rxc1 Bh6 17. Rc2 Kh8 18. Ne1 Rg8 19. Ne2 Nh5 20. Nd4 Ng7 21. Ne2
f4 22. Qd3 Qh4 23. Kh2 Raf8 24. g3 Qe7 25. Nc3 Nf5 26. g4 Nd4 27. Rd2 f3 28.
Ne4 Bxd2 29. Qxd2 Rxg4 30. hxg4 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Champions Challenge 92nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Navrotescu, Catalin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.04.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. fxe5 Nd5 8. h4
c5 9. h5 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nc6 12. Bf4 Bg4 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Qd2 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Qh6 Rf7 19. Rd1 Bxb2 20. Bc4 Qa5+
21. Kf1 e6 22. Rd7 Rxc4 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Qxh7+ Bg7 25. Rh6 0-1

[Event "Champions Challenge 92nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Navrotescu, Catalin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.04.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Be3 Nfd7 10. g4 Na6 11. a3 Rb8 12. Rb1 Qe7 13. b4 Kh7 14. Bd3 c5 15. b5 Nc7
16. Qd2 Ne8 17. Ke2 b6 18. Rbg1 Ndf6 19. Kd1 Ng8 20. Kc2 Rb7 21. Rg2 Qd8 22.
Kb2 Ne7 23. h4 Ng8 24. Ne2 f5 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Ng5+ hxg5 27. hxg5+ Kg6 28.
exf5+ Bxf5 29. Bxf5+ Rxf5 30. Ng3 Qc8 31. Qe2 Kf7 32. Qg4 Ne7 33. g6+ Kf8 34.
Ne4 Nf6 35. Rh8+ Neg8 36. Nxf6 Bxf6 37. g7+ Rxg7 38. Bh6 Rxf2+ 39. Rxf2 Qxg4
40. Rxf6+ Ke7 41. Re6+ Kd7 42. Bxg7 Qxg7 43. Rh2 Nf6 44. Rf2 Ng4 45. Rg2 e4+
46. Ka2 Qd4 47. Rxg4 Qd2+ 48. Kb1 Qd1+ 49. Kb2 Qxg4 0-1

[Event "Champions Challenge 92nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.30"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Navrotescu, Catalin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.04.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. g4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bg2 Qxc5 8. Nge2
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. f4 Be6 12. g5 Nh5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb8 15.
a3 Nd7 16. Rb1 Rfc8 17. Kh2 Qd8 18. b3 a5 19. a4 Nc5 20. c4 Qd7 21. Bf3 e6 22.
dxe6 fxe6 23. Bxh5 gxh5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Ng3 h4 26. Ne4 Rc6 27. Qh5 d5 28.
Nf6+ Bxf6 29. gxf6 Kh8 30. Rg1 dxc4 31. Rg2 Rf8 32. Rbg1 1-0

[Event "Champions Challenge 92nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2005.04.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 f6 8. exf6
Nxf6 9. g3 Bd6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. Re1 Rae8 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4
15. Nf3 Qxf2+ 16. Kh1 Qb6 17. Qe2 Nf2+ 18. Kg1 Nd3+ 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Rf1 Ncxe5
21. Nd4 Nc6 22. b4 Qe5 23. Qd2 a6 24. Ne2 Qd6 25. Nf4 Nce5 26. Bd4 Nxf4 27. Bc5
Qc7 28. gxf4 Nd3 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. f5 Qe5 31. fxe6 Rxf1+ 32. Bxf1 Bxe6 33. Bxd3
cxd3 34. Qxd3 Bf5 35. Qg3 Qe6 36. Re1 Be4 37. c4 h6 38. cxd5 Qxd5 39. h3 Kh7
40. Re2 Qd1+ 41. Qe1 Qd4+ 42. Qf2 Qa1+ 43. Re1 Bb1 44. Kh2 Qa2 45. Qxa2 Bxa2
46. Rd1 Be6 47. Rd6 Bf5 48. h4 g5 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Rf6 Be4 51. Re6 Bf3 52. Kg3
g4 53. Kf4 Kg7 54. Kf5 Kf7 55. Re3 Kg7 56. Re7+ Kh6 57. Kf6 Bg2 58. Re2 Bh3 59.
Re3 Kh5 60. Kf5 Kh4 61. Kf4 Bf1 62. Re8 Kh3 63. Rh8+ Kg2 64. Kxg4 1-0

[Event "Champions Challenge 92nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.04.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8.
c3 c6 9. h3 h6 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Rfd1 Rfd8 12. g4 g5 13. Bxg5 Bxg4 14. Bxf6 Bxf3
15. Bxe7 Bxe2 16. Bxd8 Bxd1 17. Bxb6 Bxb3 18. axb3 Nxb6 19. Bf1 Bf8 20. b4 a6
21. Nb3 Nc8 22. Nc5 Nd6 23. Bd3 Be7 24. Kg2 Bd8 25. Kf3 a5 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27.
Rxa5 Bxa5 28. Kg4 Bd8 29. h4 Kg7 30. h5 Bg5 31. f4 Be7 32. Be2 Bd8 33. Bf3 b6
34. Nd3 Nc4 35. Kg3 Bc7 36. Bg4 Bd6 37. Bd7 c5 38. Bc6 cxd4 39. cxd4 Ne3 40.
Bxd5 Nxd5 0-1

[Event "Champions Challenge 92nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Markus, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.04.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Qh5 Nf6 3. Qh4 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. d3 e5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Nbd2
h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qg3 d4 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfc1 Qd6 14. a3 b5 15.
Bd1 dxc3 16. Rxc3 b4 17. Nc4 Qe7 18. Rcc1 Rfd8 19. Ba4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Na5 21.
Rcc1 bxa3 22. Rxa3 c4 23. Bb5 cxd3 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxd3 Rc1+ 26. Bf1 Qc5 27.
Nd2 Bg5 28. Rxa5 Qxa5 29. Nb3 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qb5+ 31. Kg1 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Champions Challenge 92nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.30"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Markus, Robert"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2005.04.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. h3 f6 11. Bc1 Nh6 12. Re1 c6 13. Bf1 Nf7 14. Rb1 Qe7 15. b4
Nc7 16. b5 c5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 b6 20. a4 Nd6 21. Bb2 a5 22.
bxa6 Bxa6 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Bc3 Qc7 25. Nd2 Rfa8 26. Qb3 Qa7 27. Rb2 Rb8 28.
Nc4 Nxc4 29. Qxc4 Rxa4 30. Qb5 Ra3 31. Re3 Qa4 32. Bd2 Qxb5 33. Rxb5 Rxe3 34.
Bxe3 Bf8 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Ke2 Bd6 37. Kd3 Ke7 38. Kc4 Kd7 39. g4 Kc7 40. Rb1 Ra8
41. h4 Ra4+ 42. Kd3 Ra5 43. g5 f5 44. exf5 gxf5 45. h5 e4+ 46. Ke2 f4 47. g6
hxg6 48. hxg6 fxe3 49. Rh1 Be5 50. Kxe3 Kd6 51. Kxe4 Ra4+ 0-1

[Event "Champions Challenge 92nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.30"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Markus, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2005.04.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. c4
b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rfd1 Nc6 12. f3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qc7 14. Qf2 Nd7 15.
Bf1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. b3 Ba8 18. Na4 Nc5 19. Nc3 Nd7 20. Be3 Qb8 21. b4
Bc6 22. a3 Bf6 23. Ne2 Ba8 24. Nd4 Ne5 25. Nb3 Nd7 26. Rc2 Bc6 27. Rb1 Be5 28.
g3 h6 29. Rcc1 Bf6 30. c5 dxc5 31. Bxa6 Bb7 32. Bxb7 Qxb7 33. bxc5 bxc5 34.
Nxc5 Qa8 35. Nxd7 Rxc1+ 36. Rxc1 Rxd7 37. Bc5 Rd3 38. Qe2 Rb3 39. Rc2 Rb1+ 40.
Kg2 Qa4 41. Bb4 Bd4 42. e5 g6 43. Qe4 Kg7 44. Be7 Qb5 45. Bf6+ Kh7 46. Kh3 Qf1+
47. Kh4 Qg1 48. h3 Bf2 49. Rxf2 Qxf2 50. Qa8 g5+ 51. Kh5 Rb8 52. Qe4+ Kg8 53.
Kxh6 Kf8 54. Qh7 Ke8 55. Qh8+ Kd7 56. Qxb8 Qxf3 57. Qd6+ Kc8 58. Kg7 Qxg3 59.
Qc6+ Kb8 60. a4 g4 61. h4 Qf3 62. Qb6+ Ka8 63. Qa5+ Kb7 64. Be7 g3 65. Qb5+ Kc7
66. Bd6+ Kc8 67. Qb8+ Kd7 68. Qc7+ Ke8 69. Qc8# 1-0

[Event "Champions Challenge 92nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Filippov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.04.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. Ne2 Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. h3 a6 8. Nbc3
Na5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Nxc4 11. dxc4 Be6 12. b3 O-O 13. a4 Nh7 14. g4 f5 15.
gxf5 gxf5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Rg1 Bxc2 18. Qh5 Ng5 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Rxg5 Rf7 21.
Kd2 Bh7 22. Rag1 Qf8 23. f4 Kh8 24. R1g4 Bh6 25. Rh4 Bxg5 26. fxg5 Rg7 27. g6
Qf6 28. gxh7 Rg5 29. Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Challenge 92nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.30"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Filippov, Anton"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2005.04.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. O-O b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Nb6 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. Qd2 a5 15.
Qg5+ Kd7 16. Qxg7 Qf8 17. Qf6 Rg8 18. c3 bxc3 19. Bb5+ Kc7 20. Rac1 Be6 21.
Rxc3+ Kb8 22. Rfc1 Qg7 23. Qf3 Ra7 24. Rc6 Nc8 25. g3 Qg4 26. Qd3 f5 27. Ba6
Qxe4 28. Qb5+ Ka8 29. Nxa5 1-0

[Event "Champions Challenge 92nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.30"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Filippov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.04.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. Ne2 Bg7 6. d3 d5 7. exd5 Nb4 8. Bb3
Nbxd5 9. h3 O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Nbc3 h6 12. Nxd5 hxg5 13. Ndc3 a5 14. a4 Qe7 15.
Qe3 Nh5 16. g4 Nf4 17. Nxf4 gxf4 18. Qe2 Qh4 19. Ne4 Kh8 20. Nd2 e4 21. O-O-O
exd3 22. Qxd3 Qxf2 23. Ne4 Qe3+ 24. Kb1 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 Be5 26. Re1 f6 27. Nd2 g5
28. Nf3 Re8 29. Bf7 Re7 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Bb3 b5 32. Nd4 Rb7 33. axb5 Bxd4 34.
Rxd4 Rxb5 35. Re7+ Kh6 36. Rd6 Kg6 37. Bc4 Rb7 38. Bd3+ 1-0

[Event "Champions Challenge 92nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.30"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Filippov, Anton"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2005.04.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. O-O Qc7 10. a4 b6 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Bg4 Rcd8
15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Qc7 19. c3 g6 20. a5 b5 21.
c4 bxc4 22. Rxc4 Qa7 23. Rc6 Be7 24. Qc4 Rb8 25. Rxa6 Qd7 26. Rb6 Rxb6 27. axb6
Rb8 28. Qc7 Qxc7 29. bxc7 Rc8 30. Rc1 Kf8 31. Na5 Ke8 32. b4 Bg5 33. Rb1 Rxc7
34. b5 Kd7 35. b6 Rc1+ 36. Rxc1 Bxc1 37. b7 Kc7 38. Nc4 Kxb7 39. Nxd6+ Kc6 40.
Nxf7 Kc5 41. f3 Kd4 42. Kf1 Bf4 43. g3 Bc1 44. Ke2 Ba3 45. Ng5 h6 46. Ne6+ Kc4
47. Nc7 Bd6 48. Ne8 Be7 49. Nc7 Bd6 50. Nd5 Kd4 51. Nf6 Be7 52. Ng8 Bf8 53. h4
Kc5 54. Nf6 Bg7 55. Nd5 Kd6 56. Kd3 h5 57. Kc4 Bh6 58. Kd3 Bc1 59. Ne3 Ke6 60.
Nc4 Bh6 61. Ke2 Bc1 62. Ne3 Ba3 63. Nd5 Bc1 64. Ne3 Ba3 65. Nc4 Bc1 66. Ne3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Challenge 92nd"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.04.30"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Filippov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2005.04.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. Ne2 Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. h3 d5 8. exd5
Nb4 9. Bb3 Nbxd5 10. Nbc3 c6 11. Bg5 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. g4 Nxc3 14. Nxc3 Be6
15. Be3 Qa5 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Bd2 Nd5 18. Qe4 Qb6 19. O-O-O Rxf2 20. h4 Qd4 21.
Qe1 Raf8 22. Ne4 Rg2 23. h5 Qa4 24. a3 Nb4 25. Kb1 Qxc2+ 26. Ka1 Nxd3 27. Bc3
Nxe1 28. Rdxe1 Re2 29. Rxe2 Qxe2 30. Nd2 e4 31. Nb1 Qf3 32. Re1 e3 33. Bxg7
Kxg7 34. Nc3 Qf1 35. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 36. Ka2 Rf2 37. Ne4 e2 38. Nxf2 e1=Q 39. Nd3
Qe2 40. Nb4 Qc4+ 41. Kb1 Qxg4 42. hxg6 Qxg6+ 43. Kc1 h5 44. Nc2 h4 45. Ne3 h3
46. Kd2 h2 47. Nc4 h1=Q 48. Ne3 Qd5+ 49. Kc3 Qgd3+ 50. Kb4 a5+ 51. Ka4 Q5c4+
52. b4 Qcc2+ 53. Kxa5 Qxe3 54. a4 Qb6+ 55. Kxb6 Qxa4 56. Kc5 Qb5+ 57. Kd6 Qxb4+
58. Kxe6 c5 59. Kd6 c4+ 60. Kc7 c3 61. Kc8 c2 62. Kb8 c1=Q 63. Ka7 Qa5+ 64. Kb8
Qcc7# 0-1

[Event "Champions Challenge 94th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Qe2 Nge7 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 e5 11. f4 exf4 12. Qxf4 O-O 13. N1d2 Ng6 14. Qd6
Qe7 15. Nc4 b5 16. Qxe7 Ncxe7 17. Nd6 Rb8 18. Be2 Ne5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Rb6
21. Rd1 N7c6 22. h3 g6 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Bxa6 Ra8 26. Bb5 Ra2 27.
Rb1 Nb4 28. Nd4 Kh8 29. c3 Nbd3 30. b4 Nf4 31. Bf1 d5 32. b5 dxe4 33. b6 Ra8
34. c4 Nfd3 35. Bxd3 Nxd3 36. b7 1-0

[Event "Champions Challenge 94th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. O-O d5 7. Qe2 Nbc6 8. c3
O-O 9. e5 f6 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. h4 Nf5 13. Bg5 e5 14. Nbd2 h6 15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rae1 Nd6 17. Nh2 Be6 18. Ng4 Bxg4 19. Qxg4 Qf7 20. c4 e4 21. dxe4
Ne5 22. Qe2 Nexc4 23. Nxc4 Nxc4 24. Qc2 d4 25. e5 Nxe5 26. Qxc5 Qf6 27. Re4
Rad8 28. Rfe1 d3 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Qxe5 d2 31. Bd5+ Kg7 32. Qxf6+ Kxf6 33. Rd1
Rxd5 34. Kf1 Ra5 35. a3 Rd5 36. Ke2 Re5+ 37. Kxd2 g5 38. hxg5+ hxg5 39. Rh1 Re7
40. Re1 Rd7+ 41. Kc3 g4 42. Re4 Kg5 43. Rf4 Rc7+ 44. Kb3 Re7 45. f3 Re3+ 46.
Kc2 Rxf3 47. Rb4 b6 48. Rc4 Rxg3 49. Rc7 Rf3 50. Rxa7 Rf6 51. Rg7+ Kh4 52. Kc3
g3 53. a4 Kh3 54. b4 g2 55. a5 b5 56. Rh7+ Kg3 57. Rg7+ Kf3 58. Rxg2 Kxg2 59.
Kd4 Rf5 60. a6 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Del Pilar, Reynaldo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O exf4 11. Bxf4 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Qxb2 13. Qe1 Qb6 14. Be3 Qc7
15. Bd4 Re8 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qf2 Ndf6 18. Ng5 Rf8 19. Rae1 h6 20. Nh3 Be6 21.
Qh4 Rae8 22. e5 dxe5 23. Rxe5 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8.
Bd3 Bg4 9. Be4 Nc6 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Rb1 Bf5 13. Bxf5+ Qxf5 14. Qb5
Bb4 15. Rxb4 Nxb4 16. cxb4 f6 17. d4 a6 18. Qa5 Qc2 19. Qc5 e4 20. Bf4 Rd7 21.
Qa7 Re7 22. Ne1 1-0

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 c6 6. Bd2 Bf5 7. Ne4 Qc7 8.
Nxf6+ gxf6 9. g3 e6 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Re1 Bd6 13. c4 e5 14. Nh4 Bg6
15. c5 Bf8 16. b4 exd4 17. Qb3 Kb8 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. b5 Bxc5 20. bxc6 b6 21. Rac1
Bd6 22. Red1 d3 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Rc3 Rhe8 25. a4 g5 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. Rcxd3 e4
28. Rd5 Qxc6 29. Rxg5 Bc7 30. Rgd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Qe6 32. a5 0-1

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Ne7 8.
Nc3 Nbc6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Be3 b5 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Qe3 d6 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 e5
15. a5 Ra8 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. Rfd1 f5 18. f3 Rf6 19. Rd2 Rb8 20. Rad1 fxe4 21.
fxe4 Ng6 22. h3 Qc7 23. Kh1 Nce7 24. Qd3 Qa7 25. c3 Nc6 26. Bd5 bxc3 27. bxc3
Nce7 28. Bc4 Bb7 29. Rb2 Rbf8 30. Nd2 Nc6 31. Ra1 Bc8 32. Bd5 Nce7 33. Rb6 Nh4
34. Qg3 Nhf5 35. Qd3 Nh4 36. Rg1 Qd7 37. Ng3 Neg6 38. Nh5 Rf2 39. Rb8 Qe7 40.
Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Ne4
Nb8 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Nc3 b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. O-O h6 14. Bh4 g5 15.
Bg3 Nh5 16. d5 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bf3 Rab8 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nd4
Bxd4 22. exd4 Kg7 23. Rfe1 Rbe8 24. Re3 Qd8 25. Rde1 exd5 26. Bxd5 Rxe3 27.
Rxe3 Bc8 28. Bc6 Qf6 29. Qd2 Bg4 30. b3 Rh8 31. Bf3 Bd7 32. Bd5 Rf8 33. b4 c6
34. Bf3 Rc8 35. Be2 b5 36. Rf3 Qe7 37. Re3 Qd8 38. Bd3 Qf6 39. Rf3 Qe7 40. Re3
Qd8 41. Qc3 d5 42. c5 a5 43. bxa5 Ra8 44. Bc2 g4 0-1

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nd5 (8... b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. g5 Nd5 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bd2 b4 13. Nc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5
$36 {1-0 Gelfand,B-San Segundo Carrillo,P/Madrid 1996/CBM 53/[Gelfand] (54)})
9. Bd2 b5 $6 {Die Kombination von 8...Nd5 und 9...b5 macht nicht viel Sinn.
Schwarz sollte entweder 9...b6 spielen, um eine Schwächung des Feldes c5 zu
vermeiden, oder aber gleich 8...b5 spielen.} 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Nc5 {
Weiss besetzt unmittelbar das Feld c5, so dass der Bb7 eingemauert bleibt.} (
12. g5 {wäre Zugumstellung zu Gelfand-San Segundo (siehe oben).}) 12... Nxc5
13. dxc5 $16 Qc7 14. a4 $2 {Das sieht wie ein glatter strategischer Fehler aus.
Weiss steht besser, weil er Raumvorteil hat und der Bb7 nicht mitspielt. Mit
dem Textzug öffnet sich der Damenflügel, und der schwarze Läufer kommt wieder
ins Spiel.} (14. g5 $16) (14. O-O-O $16) 14... O-O 15. h4 a5 16. Rc1 bxa4 {
Jezt geht die b-Linie auf und Schwarz kommt zu ...Ba6.} 17. Bd3 h6 18. Qxa4 Ba6
19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. b4 {Weiss spielt weiter auf beiden Flügeln auf Angriff, aber
er sollte sich eher Sorgen machen, die Partie auszugleichen.} Qa7 21. bxa5 Bd8
22. O-O Bxa5 $15 23. Bxa5 Rxa5 24. Qxc6 Ra6 25. Qb5 Rb8 26. Qe2 {Mit den
weissen Bauern auf g2 und h2 wäre die Stellung ausgeglichen...} Ra2 27. Rc2 Nc3
28. Qd3 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Qxc5 30. Rc1 Rc8 31. Kg2 Qc4 32. Nd4 $2 (32. e4 $5) 32...
e5 $17 33. Nf5 Qxg4+ 34. Kh2 Kh8 $1 35. Rg1 Qh5 36. Rxg7 $2 e4 0-1

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Qe2 Be7 8.
O-O Ngf6 9. Ng3 O-O 10. Rd1 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Bb2 Ba3 14. Bc3 Bb4
15. Bb2 Ba3 16. Bc3 Bb4 17. Bb2 Rad8 18. a3 Bd6 19. c4 Rfe8 20. Re1 Qc7 21. Bc2
Bf8 22. Re2 g6 23. Rae1 Bg7 24. h3 b5 25. Bc3 a6 26. Nf1 Nh5 27. Re4 Nhf6 28.
R4e2 Rc8 29. g4 Red8 30. Ng3 Ne8 31. Ne4 Nf8 32. Rd1 Qa7 33. Red2 a5 34. a4
bxc4 35. bxc4 Nd6 36. Nxd6 Rxd6 37. Be4 Qa6 38. c5 Rdd8 39. Bd3 Qa8 40. Be4 Nd7
41. g5 Re8 42. h4 e5 43. dxe5 Nxc5 44. Rd7 Rf8 45. R7d6 Qb7 46. Bxc6 Qb3 47.
Bd5 Qxa4 48. Rd4 Qe8 49. Rf4 Ne6 50. Rc4 Rxc4 51. Bxc4 Qa4 52. Qg4 Qa3 53. Rd3
Re8 54. Rf3 a4 55. Qe4 Qe7 56. Qc6 Rd8 57. Qxa4 Qb7 58. Be2 Qc7 59. Qc4 Qb8 60.
Qe4 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 {Nakamura is not a shy guy! In order to avoid the theoretical
discussions he deviates in move two. If an amateur plays this, we only smile...
} Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 Nf6 (4... f5 $5 {is the brave counterattack like in the
King`s Gambit.} 5. Ne2 (5. exf5 Nd4 6. Qg3 (6. Qe4 d6 $17) 6... d5 $1 (6... Qf6
$5) 7. fxg6 dxc4 8. g7 Bxg7 9. Qxg7 Qf6 10. Qxf6 Nxf6 {Black has the big lead
of development for only one P.} 11. Na3 Bf5 $44 {Sasikiran}) 5... Nf6 6. d3 d6
7. Nbc3 f4 8. h3 g5 $132 {Rios-Whatley, Dallas 2001}) 5. Ne2 d6 (5... Bg7 6.
Nbc3 {The white setup resembles to the Vienna Game, although the Q is still
vulnerable.} d6 7. d3 (7. h3) 7... Bg4 (7... O-O 8. Bg5 h6 $11) 8. Qg3 Qd7 9.
f3 Be6 10. Bg5 Nh5 11. Qh4 h6 12. Be3 Ne7 $5 (12... Na5 13. Bb3 (13. Bxe6 fxe6
14. O-O-O Nc6 15. g4 Nf6 16. g5 hxg5 17. Qxg5 Qf7 18. Qg2 O-O-O 19. Rdg1 Bh6 $1
$11 {Sasikiran}) 13... Nxb3 14. axb3 {(Nakamura-Sasikiran, Copenhagen/Malmoe
2005)} c5 15. O-O {Black has problems with his castles.} a6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17.
exd5 O-O 18. b4 cxb4 19. Qxb4 f5 $14 {Sasikiran}) 13. O-O-O d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 $5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bc5 Bf6 17. Qe4 O-O-O 18. Kb1 $5 (18. Bxa7 $6 {doesn`t look
very nice.} Bg5+ 19. f4 (19. Kb1 $2 Nhf6 20. Qxe5 Rhe8) 19... Nhxf4 20. Nxf4 f5
$5 21. Qe1 Bxf4+ 22. Kb1 Qa4 $13) 18... Kb8 $13 (18... Bg5 $5)) 6. h3 {
securing the white Queen`s place.} Bg7 7. d3 Be6 (7... O-O $13) 8. Bb3 h6 (8...
O-O {was again the simplest solution.} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 (10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3
d5 $13) 10... Bxf6 $11) 9. Be3 Bxb3 (9... d5 $5 {immediately grabbing the |^
in the [+] was also possible.}) 10. axb3 d5 11. O-O O-O {Black has a fine game.
} 12. Na3 Kh7 13. b4 a6 {defending against b4-b5 was not urgent.} (13... Re8 $5
14. b5 Nd4 $36) 14. c3 Qd7 15. Ng3 Rad8 16. Nc2 Qe6 17. Qe2 Rfe8 $13 18. Rad1
Rd7 19. Bc1 Red8 20. Rfe1 Ng8 $5 {Leaving the [+] was not necessary at all.} (
20... dxe4 21. dxe4 Qb3) 21. f4 {Now White comes out of passivity.} exf4 22.
Bxf4 Nf6 (22... d4 $5 23. c4 $14) (22... dxe4 23. Nxe4 $14) 23. e5 Ng8 24. d4
f6 {Black has to attack White`s vanguard.} 25. exf6 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 Nxf6 27. Ne1
$1 {/\ Nd3-c5 improving the passive N`s position.} a5 (27... Re8 28. Rxe8 Nxe8
29. Nd3 g5 (29... Nd6 30. Re1 $14) 30. Be5 {with some pressure in the _|_.})
28. bxa5 Nxa5 29. Nd3 Rf7 30. Rde1 (30. Ne5 {This blocks the e <->, but the N
is excellent.} Re7 31. Ra1 $14) 30... Ng8 31. Nh1 {Improving the other N`s
position, /\ Nhf2.} Nc4 32. Nhf2 Rdf8 33. Bh2 c6 34. Nc5 Ra8 35. Nfd3 {Finally
both knights look excellent, the black B is a bit passive and the e file is in
White`s hands.} Ra2 36. Rb1 (36. Ne6 $14 {deserved attention.}) 36... Nf6 37.
Nb4 Ra8 38. Rbe1 Ng8 39. b3 Nb6 {The black knights had to retreat.} 40. Nbd3
Ra3 41. Rb1 (41. Ne5 Re7 $11) 41... Nc8 $1 {Finally the black knights can
organize a counterattack against >< e4, /\ Nd6, Nf6-e4.} 42. Na4 $2 {This is
an unnecessary retreat.} (42. Be5 $14) 42... Nf6 43. Kh1 (43. Bf4 Ne4 44. Rc2
b5 45. Bc1 bxa4 46. Bxa3 Nxc3 $1 $132) 43... Ne4 $15 {Now Black grabs the |^
in the [+], the white pieces lack the coordination.} 44. Rc2 g5 45. Nac5 Ncd6
46. Ne6 (46. Be5 $15) 46... Nb5 $1 $17 47. Nxg7 Rxg7 {Black got rid of his
passive B.} 48. Be5 Rf7 49. c4 dxc4 50. bxc4 Nxd4 51. Bxd4 Rxd3 52. Be5 {
Now Black is a healthy P up.} Re7 53. Bh2 Kg6 54. Rcb2 Rc3 55. Rxb7 {A draw
agreed, but Black is clearly better in the _|_.} (55. Rxb7 Rxb7 56. Rxb7 Rxc4
57. g4 (57. Be5 Kf5) 57... h5 $17 (57... Rc1+ 58. Kg2 Rc2+ 59. Kf3)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 33rd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2005.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nur, Nawrose Farh"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2005.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nc6 6. f4 Nh6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O f5
9. h3 Nf7 10. Be3 Nd4 11. a3 Bd7 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rab1 Bc6 14. Nd5 e6 15. Bxd4
cxd4 16. Nb4 Ba4 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Rfe1 a5 19. Na2 Bd7 20. Re2 Kh8 21. Rbe1 e5
22. h4 Rg8 23. Kh2 Bh6 0-1

[Event "World op 33rd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2005.06.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2005.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 Ne7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 Nc6 8.
O-O g6 9. b4 Bg7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. b5 Na5 12. Bd3 d5 13. f4 Nc4 14. e5 Qb6 15.
Kh1 Qc5 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. d3 Rd8 18. Bd2 b6 19. Ng3 Bb7 20. Qe2 Rac8 21. Bb4
cxd3 22. cxd3 Qc2 23. Rb2 Qxe2 24. Nxe2 Bf8 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Kg1 Rc5 27. a4 g5
28. g3 g4 29. Kf2 h5 30. Rfb1 Bf3 31. h4 Ke7 32. Ng1 Bb7 33. Ke2 a5 34. Kd2 f6
35. exf6+ Kxf6 36. Ne2 Bf3 37. Nc1 e5 38. Nb3 Rcd5 39. fxe5+ Rxe5 40. Re1 Rxe1
41. Kxe1 Ke5 42. Nd2 Bd5 43. Rc2 Rf8 44. Rc7 Kd6 45. Rh7 Re8+ 46. Kf2 Re5 47.
Rh6+ Kc5 48. Nc4 Bxc4 49. Rc6+ Kd5 50. dxc4+ Ke4 51. Rxb6 Kd3 52. Rc6 Re2+ 53.
Kf1 Rb2 54. b6 Rb1+ 55. Kf2 Rb2+ 56. Kf1 Rb1+ 57. Kf2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 33rd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2005.06.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dejmek, Mark W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2005.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Qh5 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qf3 e5 6. f5 d5 7. d3 b6 8. g4 Bb7 9.
g5 dxe4 10. dxe4 Nd7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nd2 Nd4 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Bf2 Qc2 15. Bd3
Qxb2 16. Rb1 Qxa2 17. Qe2 a5 18. Ngf3 Bb4 19. O-O O-O 20. Bc4 d3 21. Qxd3 Nc5
22. Qe3 Qa4 23. g6 Rad8 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. f6 Bxd2 26. Nxd2 Nxe4 27. Nxe4 Qxe4
28. Qxe4 Bxe4 29. Rxb6 hxg6 1-0

[Event "World op 33rd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2005.06.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Qe2 Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c6 10. O-O Qc7 11. c4 O-O-O 12. Re1 c5 13. d5 Bd6 14. dxe6 Ne5
15. Qf5 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kb8 17. Be2 Rhe8 18. Qf5 Nxc4 19. Qc2 Nb6 20. Bd2 h5 21.
Bg5 Rh8 22. Bf3 h4 23. Nf5 Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 Rde8 25. Nxg7 Qxg7 26. Qf5 Nh7 27. Bd2
Bc7 28. Bc3 Qg5 29. Qf7 Ref8 30. Qe7 Qxe7 31. Rxe7 Nf6 32. Rae1 Nfd5 0-1

[Event "World op 33rd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2005.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2005.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Bxc3 4. bxc3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nh3 Bd7 8.
f3 O-O 9. O-O Ng6 10. e3 Qc8 11. Nf2 Nce7 12. Kh1 f5 13. f4 Bc6 14. Bxc6 Nxc6
15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Rb1 b6 17. h4 Rae8 18. h5 Nge7 19. h6 g6 20. e4 exf4 21. Bxf4
Ne5 22. Qg2 Ng4 23. Nxg4 fxg4 24. Bg5 Nc6 25. d4 Na5 26. c5 dxc5 27. dxc5 Nc4
28. cxb6 cxb6 29. Bf4 Qe6 30. Rbd1 Ne5 31. Bxe5 Qxe5 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Qe2
Qh5+ 34. Kg1 Qxh6 35. e5 Qg5 36. Qc4+ Kh8 37. Qd4 Kg8 38. e6 Qe7 39. Qxg4 Rf5
40. Qc4 b5 41. Rd8+ Rf8 42. Rxf8+ Kxf8 43. Qf4+ Kg7 44. Qe5+ Qf6 45. Qc7+ Kf8
46. Qc5+ Qe7 47. Qe5 Qd8 48. Qh8+ Ke7 49. Qxh7+ Kxe6 50. Qxg6+ Ke5 51. Qh5+ Ke6
52. Qxb5 Qd2 53. Qc4+ Kf5 54. Qf4+ Qxf4 55. gxf4 Kxf4 56. Kf2 Ke4 57. Ke2 Kd5
58. Kd3 Kc5 59. c4 Kc6 60. Kd4 Kd6 61. c5+ Kc7 62. Kd5 Kd7 63. c6+ Kc7 64. Kc5
Kc8 65. Kd6 Kd8 66. c7+ Kc8 67. Kc6 a6 68. Kd6 a5 69. a4 1-0

[Event "World op 33rd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2005.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "230"]
[EventDate "2005.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 a5 8. b3
h6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Re8 11. O-O e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bb2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Qe3 Qe7 16. Rad1 Nd7 17. Nh4 Rad8 18. Nf5 Qf8 19. g4 Bg6 20. Ng3 Nd4 21. Bxb7
Nc5 22. Bd5 c6 23. Bg2 Bc2 24. Rc1 Bxb3 25. Bc3 Nc2 26. Qf3 e4 27. Qf5 Nd4 28.
Qf4 Nce6 29. Qxe4 Qxa3 30. Ra1 Ba2 31. Qb1 Qxc3 32. Qxa2 Nf4 33. e3 Nxg2 34.
Kxg2 Nc2 35. Qxa5 Qd2 36. Qxd2 Rxd2 37. Kf3 Nxa1 38. Rxa1 Rc2 39. Ra4 Re6 40.
Ne4 c5 41. Ra5 Rxc4 42. Nxc5 Rf6+ 43. Kg3 Rd6 44. Kf3 Rd5 45. Nb3 Rxa5 46. Nxa5
Rc3 47. Nb7 Kf8 48. Nd6 Ke7 49. Nf5+ Kf6 50. Ng3 Rc2 51. h4 g6 52. g5+ hxg5 53.
Ne4+ Kf5 54. Nxg5 Rc7 55. Kg3 Ra7 56. Kf3 Kf6 57. Ne4+ Kg7 58. Ng5 Kh6 59. Kg3
Kg7 60. Kh3 Ra4 61. Kg3 Ra7 62. Kg4 Rb7 63. Kf4 Kg8 64. Kg4 Kf8 65. Kf4 Ke7 66.
Kg4 Rb4+ 67. Kg3 Kf6 68. Kh3 Rb7 69. Kg4 Ke5 70. Kf3 Kd5 71. Kg4 Ke5 72. Kf3
Ra7 73. Kg3 Kd5 74. Kg4 f5+ 75. Kg3 Ra4 76. f3 Ke5 77. Nh3 Ra3 78. Nf4 Kf6 79.
Kf2 Kg7 80. Nd5 Kh6 81. Nf4 Ra6 82. Kg3 Ra2 83. Kh3 Ra3 84. Ng2 Kg7 85. Kg3 Kf6
86. Kf4 Rb3 87. Kg3 Kg7 88. Kh3 Kf7 89. Kg3 Ra3 90. Kf4 Ra2 91. Kg3 Re2 92. Kh3
Ke8 93. Kg3 Kd7 94. Kh3 Kd6 95. Kg3 Ke5 96. Kh3 Kf6 97. Kg3 Kf7 98. Kh3 Rf2 99.
Kg3 Rf1 100. Nf4 Rh1 101. Ng2 Ke7 102. Nf4 Kf7 103. Ng2 Ra1 104. Nf4 Ra6 105.
Ng2 Ke6 106. Kf4 Ra1 107. Kg3 Kd5 108. Nf4+ Kc4 109. Nxg6 Rg1+ 110. Kf4 Rxg6
111. h5 Rh6 112. Kg5 Rh8 113. h6 Kd3 114. Kxf5 Rxh6 115. f4 Ra6 0-1

[Event "World op 33rd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2005.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2005.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Nh3 d6 8. f4
Ng4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qe8 11. fxe5 Ncxe5 12. Qc2 Qh5 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. d4 Ng6
15. e3 Rb8 16. Rae1 Bd7 17. Qc2 Bc6 18. d5 Bd7 19. c5 dxc5 20. c4 Rbe8 21. Bc1
Rf7 22. e4 Rfe7 23. Bg5 Rxe4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Bh4 N4e5 26. Ng5 h6 27. Ne6 Nxh4
28. Rxe4 Nhf3+ 29. Kh1 Bxe6 30. dxe6 Rxe6 31. Rf4 Rf6 32. Qe2 Qf7 33. Qe3 Rxf4
34. Qxf4 Qg6 35. Rxf3 Nxf3 36. Qxf3 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qxa2+ 38. Kh3 Qxc4 39. Qxb7
Qe6+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 41. Kg1 Qd3 42. Qxa7 c4 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Qxc7 c3 45. Qf4 c2
46. Kf2 Qd5 47. Qe3 Qc6 48. Qc1 Qb6+ 49. Ke2 Qb1 50. Kd2 Qxc1+ 51. Kxc1 Kg6 52.
Kxc2 Kf5 0-1

[Event "World op 33rd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2005.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2005.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Qd2 a6 6. a4 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 Qa5
9. Ra3 Qb4 10. e5 dxe5 11. Rb3 Qa5 12. Nxe5 b5 13. axb5 Qa1+ 14. Qc1 axb5 15.
Bxb5 e6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. O-O Qxc1 18. Rxc1 Bxb3 19. cxb3 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe5 21.
Nc3 Ra5 22. Bc4 Nd7 23. Na4 Bd4 24. Bf4 Re8 25. Kf1 Kg7 26. g3 h6 27. Rd1 Ne5
28. Re1 g5 29. Bxe5+ Rxe5 30. Rd1 Rf5 31. Rd2 g4 32. Bd3 Rf6 33. Bc2 Rb5 34.
Kg2 Rb8 35. Nc3 h5 36. Nd5 Rd6 37. Ne3 Rdd8 38. Nf5+ Kf6 39. h3 Bxb2 40. Re2
Bc1 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. f4 Re8 43. Rxe8 Rxe8 44. Kf1 Rh8 45. Nd6 Bd2 46. Kg2 Ke6
47. Nc4 Ra8 48. Bd1 Ra2 49. Bxg4+ f5 50. Bh3 Be1+ 51. Kf1 Bxg3 52. Ne3 Rf2+ 53.
Kg1 Rxf4 54. Nd1 Rb4 55. Bf1 Be5 56. Bc4+ Rxc4 57. bxc4 Bd4+ 58. Kg2 f4 59. Kf3
Kf5 0-1

[Event "World op 33rd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2005.07.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "2005.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. O-O Rb8 10. Na3 O-O 11. Qb5 b6 12. Qxc4 Ba6 13. Nb5 Qd5 14. Qxd5
exd5 15. Nc3 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Ne7 17. Rac1 Rbd8 18. a3 Nbc6 19. e3 Nb8 20. b4 c6
21. a4 Bb7 22. Ne5 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. a5 b5 25. f3 f5 26. Kf2 Red8 27. Ne2
Nc8 28. Nf4 Re7 29. Nd3 Nd6 30. Ne5 Nc4 31. f4 Rd6 32. h4 g6 33. Bf3 Bc8 34.
Rh1 h6 35. Rh2 Rg7 36. Rhh1 Kf8 37. Rh2 Rf6 38. Rhh1 Ke7 39. Rh2 Kd8 40. Rhh1
Kc7 41. Rh2 Be6 42. Ra1 Rff7 43. Rc1 Rf8 44. Rc2 Re8 45. Rc1 Rd8 46. Rhh1 Bd7
47. Rhd1 Bc8 48. Rd3 a6 49. Rdd1 Bb7 50. Rd3 Rd6 51. Ra1 Re6 52. Rdd1 Re8 53.
Rh1 Bc8 54. Rad1 Bb7 55. Ra1 Reg8 56. Rh2 Bc8 57. Rd1 Bd7 58. Ra1 Be8 59. Rah1
Bd7 60. Rd1 Bc8 61. Rdh1 Bb7 62. Rd1 Kb8 63. Rhh1 Re8 64. Rd3 Ka7 65. Rdd1 c5
66. dxc5 Nxe5 67. fxe5 Rxe5 68. Rd3 Kb8 69. Rhd1 Rd7 70. Rd4 Kc7 71. Rc1 Bc6
72. Rcd1 Kd8 73. Bg2 Ke7 74. Bf3 Kf6 75. Bg2 Rde7 76. R1d3 Ke6 77. Rd1 Rd7 78.
R1d2 Ke7 79. Rd1 Kd8 80. R1d2 Kc7 81. Rd1 Bb7 82. Bf3 Rd8 83. Bg2 Kc6 84. Bf3
Bc8 85. R4d3 Be6 86. Rd4 Bf7 87. R4d3 Rf8 88. Rd4 Be6 89. Bg2 g5 90. hxg5 hxg5
91. Rh1 Rf7 92. Rh6 Re7 93. Rg6 g4 94. Rh6 Kc7 95. Rd3 Kb8 96. Rh8+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakamura-Wirig m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Na5 9. O-O Nxb3 10. axb3 d6 11. Bg5 a6 12. f4 Ng4 13. Nd5 f6 14. Bh4 e6 15.
Qxg4 exd5 16. Qf3 dxe4 17. Qxe4 d5 18. Qd3 Qd6 19. f5 g5 20. Bg3 Qc5 21. c3 Bd7
22. b4 Qb6 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. Kh1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Ne6 Qb5 27. Qd4 Kf7 28.
h4 h6 29. Qg4 Bxe6 30. fxe6+ Ke7 31. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Wirig m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe5+ 4. Be2 c6 5. Nf3 Qc7 6. d4 Nf6 7. O-O Bf5 8.
Nh4 g6 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nxf5 gxf5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 e6 13. Qd4 Rg8 14. Bf4
Qd7 15. Qc3 Nc6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Bb5 Qc5 18. Qd2 Be7 19. Qd7+ Kf8 20. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Wirig m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Qh5 e6 3. f4 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qf3 d5 6. d3 b6 7. g4 Ba6 8. g5 dxe4
9. dxe4 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 Nd7 11. e5 Rc8 12. Be3 c4 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. Bxc5 Bxc5 15.
Ne4 O-O 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. Rd7 gxf6 19. Rxe7 Nxe7 20. gxf6 Nf5 21.
Nh3 Rcd8 22. Ng5 h6 23. Qh5 Rd2 24. Nxf7+ Kh7 25. Ng5+ Kh8 26. Qg6 hxg5 27.
Qh5+ Kg8 28. Qxg5+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. f7 Rd1+ 32. Ke2 Rxh1 33.
Qxe6 Rxh2+ 34. Kf3 Ng7 35. Qg6 Rh5 36. Ke4 Be7 37. f5 Rh4+ 38. Kd5 Rd8+ 39. Kc6
Nxf5 40. Qxf5 Rh6+ 41. Kc7 Rf8 42. Kd7 Bc5 43. e6 Kg7 44. Qe5+ Rf6 45. Qg5+ Rg6
46. Qf4 Rf6 47. Qe5 Kg6 48. Qe4+ Kg7 49. Qxc4 Kg6 50. Qg4+ Kh7 51. b4 {Temps '}
1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Wirig m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Qh5 e6 3. f4 Nf6 4. Qf3 d5 5. d3 Nc6 6. c3 b6 7. g4 Ba6 8. g5 dxe4
9. dxe4 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 Nd7 11. e5 Rc8 12. Qe4 c4 13. Be3 Nc5 14. Bxc5 Qd1+ 15.
Qe1 Qxe1+ 16. Kxe1 Bxc5 17. Nd2 b5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Nf3 O-O 20. h4 Rfd8 21. Ke2
Rd5 22. Rhd1 Rcd8 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Ng3 d4 25. cxd4 Nxd4+ 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 27. Nf5
Rd7 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Kxd1 Bc5 30. Ke2 Kf8 31. Ng3 a6 32. Ne4 Bd4 33. b3 cxb3
34. axb3 a5 35. Kd3 Bg1 36. h5 a4 37. bxa4 bxa4 38. f5 a3 39. Nc3 Bh2 40. Ke4
Bg3 41. Na2 Be1 42. g6 hxg6 43. fxg6 fxg6 44. hxg6 Ke7 45. Kd5 Bd2 46. e6 Ba5
47. Nc1 Be1 48. Ke5 Bd2 49. Na2 Be1 50. Nc1 Bc3+ 51. Kd5 Bb2 52. Na2 Bf6 53.
Nb4 Bc3 54. Na2 Bd2 55. Ke5 Ba5 56. Kd5 Bc7 57. Nb4 Ke8 58. Na2 Ba5 59. Kd6 Bd2
60. Kd5 Ke7 61. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakamura-Wirig m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qc4 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
Nc3 Be6 9. Nb5 Qd8 10. Qh4 a6 11. Nbd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd5 13. Bg5 Bg7 14. Bd3
O-O 15. O-O Qb6 16. Nb3 Qc6 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. c4 Bxg2 19. Nd4 Qd7 20. Kxg2 Rad8
21. Be3 e5 22. Rad1 exd4 23. Bg5 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Qc6+ 25. Kg1 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8
27. b3 Nd6 28. Bf4 Qd7 29. c5 Nf5 30. Qh3 Qd5 31. b4 Qxa2 32. Bxf5 gxf5 33.
Qxf5 Qe6 34. Qd3 Qg6+ 35. Qg3 f5 36. Kf1 Qxg3 37. hxg3 Kf7 38. Ke2 Ke6 39. Kd3
Kd5 40. Bd6 Bf6 41. Bf8 h5 42. f3 h4 43. gxh4 Bxh4 44. c6 bxc6 45. Bc5 Be1 46.
Bf8 Bc3 47. Bc5 Be1 48. Bf8 a5 49. bxa5 Bxa5 0-1

[Event "Nakamura-Wirig m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. f4
d5 9. e5 d4 10. a3 dxc3 11. axb4 cxb2 12. Bxb2 Nd5 13. Qg4 g6 14. Nc5 Ncxb4 15.
Ne4 h5 16. Qg3 h4 17. Qg4 h3 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. g3 Nxd3+ 20. cxd3 Ne3 21. Qe2
Ng2+ 22. Kf2 Bd7 23. Bd4 Bc6 24. Rhc1 Kg7 25. Rab1 Bd5 26. Bb6 Qg8 27. Rc7 Rf8
28. Qg4 Rh5 29. Rbc1 Kh6 30. Rc8 Bc6 31. Rc7 f5 32. exf6 Rxf6 33. Bd4 e5 34.
Bxe5 Rxe5 35. Qh4+ Nxh4 0-1

[Event "Nakamura-Wirig m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. dxc5 Na6 5. Be3 Qa5 6. Bd4 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Bxa6 bxa6 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Bxd5 12. Nf3 O-O 13. c3 a5 14. b4
Rfb8 15. a3 a6 16. Kd3 Bc6 17. Rhb1 a4 18. c4 Rb7 19. Kc3 Rd8 20. Re1 Rc7 21.
Re3 Rdc8 22. Nd2 Bxg2 23. f4 Bb7 24. h3 Rd8 25. Rae1 Bf8 26. Kb2 Rdc8 27. Rc1
Bc6 28. Nb1 Rb7 29. Nc3 d6 30. cxd6 exd6 31. e6 fxe6 32. Rxe6 Bd7 33. Re3 Rxc4
34. Nd5 Rxd4 35. Nf6+ Kf7 36. Nxh7 Bg7 37. Ng5+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Nakamura-Wirig m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 e5 8.
Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. O-O O-O 14.
Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Rxd5 17. exd5 Qd6 18. Rd1 Rc8 19. Qe4 g6 20. a3
Bg7 21. Qa4 a6 22. g3 h6 23. Qb3 b5 24. Nd2 f5 25. Nb1 e4 26. Nd2 h5 27. Nf1 h4
28. a4 Rb8 29. Ne3 f4 30. gxf4 h3 31. Ng4 bxa4 32. Qxh3 Rxb2 33. Ne5 Rb8 34.
Nc6 Re8 35. Qg4 a3 36. Qe2 Bb2 37. Qc4 Kg7 38. Qxa6 Qxf4 39. Qb7+ Kh6 40. Kf1
Rf8 41. Qb6 e3 42. Ke2 Qf3+ 43. Kd3 Qxd1+ 44. Kxe3 Re8+ 0-1

[Event "Nakamura-Wirig m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Ne7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 d6 7. O-O Nd7 8. d4
c6 9. b4 b6 10. a4 a6 11. a5 d5 12. axb6 Qxb6 13. c5 Qc7 14. Bd2 e5 15. Ra3 Bb7
16. Qc2 Nf5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nf4 Nc4 19. Ra2 d4 20. exd4 Nxd4 21. Qd3 Ne5 22.
Qb1 a5 23. bxa5 Ba6 24. Re1 Nef3+ 25. Kh1 Rab8 26. Qc1 Nb3 0-1

[Event "Nakamura-Wirig m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 e6 4. h4 Ne7 5. h5 Rg8 6. hxg6 hxg6 7. Bg5 d6 8. Qf3
a6 9. Rh7 Nbc6 10. O-O-O Qd7 11. Bf6 Bf8 12. d5 Nd8 13. e5 exd5 14. Bxe7 Bxe7
15. Nxd5 Bg5+ 16. Kb1 Kf8 17. Nh3 Ne6 18. Bc4 Rg7 19. Nxg5 Nxg5 20. Rh8+ Rg8
21. Qf6 Ne4 22. Rxg8+ Kxg8 23. Ne7+ Kf8 24. Nxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Wirig m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2005.06.10"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 Bg4 6. Be2 h5 7. h3 Bxe2 8.
Qxe2 e6 9. Nf3 Bb4 10. a3 Nc6 11. Nb1 O-O-O 12. c3 Bd6 13. O-O Qf5 14. Bg5 e5
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. d5 Ne7 17. c4 Ng6 18. Nbd2 Nf4 19. Qe4 Qd7 20. Nh4 Rdg8 21.
g3 Bc5 22. Nf5 Nxh3+ 23. Kh2 Ng5 24. Qc2 h4 25. g4 e4 26. Nxe4 Nf3+ 27. Kh1
Rxg4 28. Nxf6 Rxc4 29. Qxc4 Qxf5 30. Qg4 Qxg4 31. Nxg4 h3 32. Rac1 Bd4 33. b3
Rg8 34. Nh2 Nh4 35. Rc4 Nf5 36. Nf3 Bb6 37. Rf4 Nd6 38. Kh2 c6 39. dxc6 bxc6
40. Kxh3 f5 41. Rg1 Re8 42. Rg7 Bxf2 43. Kg2 Be3 44. Ra4 Bb6 45. Nd4 c5 46. Nc6
Nb5 47. Ne7+ Kd7 48. Nxf5+ Ke6 49. Ng3 Kf6 50. Re4 Rxe4 51. Nxe4+ Kxg7 52. b4
c4 53. Nd2 Nxa3 54. Nxc4 Nxc4 0-1

[Event "Champions Challenge 98th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.06.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Jovanovic, Zoran"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2005.06.11"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. Rd1 Bg7 8. d4
Qe7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. d5 Nb8 12. Bxd7 Nbxd7 13. c4 g5 14. Bg3 Nxe4 15.
Qxe4 f5 16. Qe2 f4 17. Nc3 e4 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Nxe4 Rae8 20. Nfd2 fxg3 21.
hxg3 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Bd4 23. Rxb7 Bb6 24. a4 a5 25. Kh2 Ne5 26. f3 g4 27. Nxd6
gxf3 28. gxf3 Nxf3+ 29. Nxf3 Re2+ 30. Kh3 Rxf3 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. Kg4 Rf6 33. Ne8
Rf8 34. d6 Rexe8 35. Rxe8 Rxe8 36. d7 Rd8 37. Kf5 c6 38. Ke6 Bc5 39. Rb1 Bb4
40. c5 Bxc5 41. Rc1 Bf2 42. g4 Rg8 43. Rxc6 Bh4 44. Rc7 Kg6 45. Rc5 Bd8 46. Rf5
Kg7 47. Rf7+ Kh8 48. Rf5 Rg6+ 49. Kf7 Rxg4 50. Re5 Rg7+ 51. Ke8 Rg8+ 52. Kf7
Kh7 53. Re8 Rg7+ 54. Ke6 Rg6+ 55. Kf5 Rg8 56. Re4 h5 57. Ke6 h4 58. Kf7 Rg6 59.
Re3 Bg5 60. Re5 Rg7+ 61. Ke8 Kh6 62. Re4 h3 63. Re3 Bxe3 64. d8=Q Rg8+ 65. Kf7
Rxd8 66. Ke6 h2 67. Kf5 h1=Q 0-1

[Event "Champions Challenge 98th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.06.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.06.11"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 Rc8 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4
Nb4 9. Nc3 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Ne7 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Bxe7 Bxe7 13. Rab1 O-O 14. Rfc1
Rc4 15. Nd1 Rfc8 16. Rxc4 dxc4 17. Qe2 c3 18. Rc1 cxb2 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Nxb2
Bd7 21. h3 Bc6 22. Nc4 Qb1+ 23. Kh2 h6 24. Nd6 Bd5 25. a4 Qb3 26. a5 Qa4 27.
Qd2 Qc6 28. Qf4 f5 29. Ne1 Qc3 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31. fxe3 Bd8 32. Nd3 Bxa5 33. Nf4
Bb4 34. Nxf5 a5 35. Ng3 a4 36. Nd3 Bd2 37. e4 Bc4 38. Nb2 Bb3 0-1

[Event "Champions Challenge 98th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.06.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.06.11"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 d6 6. g3 Qe7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 a5 10. Rc1 e5 11. d5 Nb8 12. c5 Ne4 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 b6 16. b4 a4 17. a3 Ba6 18. Bb2 Bb5 19. Rc3 Na6 20. Rfc1 Qd7 21. f4 f6 22.
e4 Rac8 23. h3 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Qb7 25. f5 Bd7 26. Bf1 Rc8 27. Qe3 Rxc1 28. Qxc1
Nc7 29. g4 Bb5 30. Bxb5 Nxb5 31. Qc4 Na7 32. b5 Qc8 33. Qxa4 Qc5+ 34. Kf1 h6
35. Qb4 Qe3 36. Kg2 Qe2+ 37. Kg3 Nxb5 38. a4 Qe3+ 39. Kg2 Nd4 40. Bxd4 Qxe4+
41. Kf2 exd4 42. Qxd6 Qe3+ 43. Kg2 d3 44. Qd8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Champions Challenge 98th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.06.11"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.06.11"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. d4 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 Na6 7. Bg2 Nc5 8. Nh3 Be7
9. O-O O-O 10. Nf4 a5 11. Be3 Qc8 12. Bxc5 Bxc5 13. dxe6 Bxg2 14. exd7 Qxd7 15.
Qxd7 Nxd7 16. Kxg2 Ne5 17. Ne6 Rf7 18. Rac1 Nxc4 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Na4 Nd2 21.
Rfd1 Nb3 22. Rc3 Rb8 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 Rxb2 25. Rd8+ Rf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8
27. Rxf5+ Ke7 28. e3 Kd6 29. Rxa5 c5 30. Kf3 c4 31. e4 c3 32. Ra8 Kc5 33. Ke3
Kc4 34. e5 Rb1 35. Rc8+ Kb3 36. Rb8+ Ka2 37. Rc8 Kb2 38. Rb8+ Ka2 39. Rc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Challenge 98th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.06.11"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.06.11"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. d4 Nc6 8. O-O
Ne7 9. Nc3 b6 10. e4 Bb7 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. d5 e5 13. b4 h6 14. Nd2 a5 15. a3 f5
16. f4 fxe4 17. Ncxe4 Nf5 18. Qd3 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Bxa1 exf4 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Qc3+ Kh7 23. gxf4 Qe7 24. Ng3 Nh4 25. Be4 Nf6 26. Bc2 Re8 27. Nde4
Nxe4 28. Nxe4 Rf8 29. Ng3 Bc8 30. Be4 Bh3 31. Rf2 Re8 32. Qd3 Qf6 33. Nf1 Bf5
34. Ng3 Bxe4 35. Nxe4 Qf5 36. Re2 Rf8 37. Rf2 Re8 38. Re2 Ra8 39. Qc3 Rf8 40.
Ng3 Qxf4 41. Re7+ Rf7 42. Rxf7+ Qxf7 43. Qd3 Nf3+ 44. Kh1 Ne5 45. Qe4 Qf2 0-1

[Event "Champions Challenge 98th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.06.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Popovic, Dusan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.06.11"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g4 Bxg4 7. Be2 Be6 8.
Rg1 g6 9. Bh6 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. O-O-O Qb8 13. f4 Qb4 14. f5 Rb8
15. b3 Bf6 16. Rg3 gxf5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Rf1 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Be6 20. Bg7 Rg8 21.
Qh6 Ne5 22. Re3 Qd4 23. c3 Nd3+ 24. Bxd3 Qxg7 25. Qh5 Qxc3+ 26. Kb1 Kd8 27.
Qh4+ Ke8 28. Qxh7 Qg7 29. Qh5 Kd7 30. Bf5 Bxf5+ 31. Qxf5+ Kd8 32. Qxf7 Qxf7 33.
Rxf7 Re8 34. Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. Rxc7 Rb5 36. Rxc6 Rh5 37. Ra6 Rxh2 38. Rxa7 Kd8 39.
a4 Kc8 40. Re7 Kb8 41. Rd7 Rh3 42. Kb2 Rd3 43. Ka3 Rd5 44. Kb4 Kc8 45. Rh7 Rd4+
46. Ka5 Rd3 47. b4 Rd4 48. b5 Rc4 49. b6 Kb8 50. Kb5 Rd4 51. a5 Rh4 52. Rxh4
1-0

[Event "Champions Challenge 98th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.06.11"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Popovic, Dusan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.06.11"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Nc4 h6 9. a4 Ne7 10. a5 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 a6 12. Bc4 Be6 13. c3 Qd7 14. Qb3 Ng6 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nf4 17. h3 c6 18. Bc4 d5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Nxe5 dxc4 21. Nxd7
cxb3 22. Nxf8 Kxf8 23. d4 Ne4 24. Rfd1 Nxc3 25. bxc3 b2 26. Rab1 Ne2+ 27. Kf1
Nxc3 28. Re1 Nxb1 29. Rxb1 Rd8 30. Rxb2 Rxd4 31. Rxb7 Ra4 32. Rb8+ Ke7 33. Rb7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Challenge 98th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.06.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Popovic, Dusan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.06.11"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. Kb1 a5 15. f4
a4 16. Nbc1 exf4 17. Nxf4 Bxg5 18. Rg1 Bf6 19. Nh5 Kh8 20. Bd3 Be5 21. Rdf1 b3
22. cxb3 axb3 23. a3 Nc5 24. Ne2 Qa5 25. Qxa5 Rxa5 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Nhf4 Bc8
28. Nc1 Bxf4 29. Rxf4 Be6 30. e5 Nc7 31. Rg3 Rb8 32. Bf5 Nd5 33. Rf2 c4 34.
Bxe6 fxe6 35. Rf7 c3 36. bxc3 b2 37. Na2 Rxa3 38. Rgxg7 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champions Challenge 98th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.06.11"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Popovic, Dusan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.06.11"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. h3
h6 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 a6 11. a5 Ba7 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf1 Ne7 14. Ng3 Ng6 15. Be3
Bxh3 16. gxh3 Qxh3 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Rae8 19. Bf1 Qd7 20. Qc2 Qg4 21. Bg2 c6
22. Nh2 Qd7 23. f4 Nh4 24. Rad1 Bb8 25. Qf2 Re7 26. e5 Ng4 27. Nxg4 Qxg4 28.
Nf1 f6 29. Nh2 Qh5 30. exd6 Bxd6 31. Bd2 Rfe8 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Re1 Rxe1+ 34.
Bxe1 Nxg2 35. Kxg2 Qg4+ 36. Nxg4 1-0

[Event "Champions Challenge 98th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.06.11"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Popovic, Dusan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.06.11"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. e5 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nh5 8. Be3
Bg7 9. Qd1 f5 10. Be2 dxe5 11. Bxh5 gxh5 12. Qxh5+ Kf8 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Nf3
Qe8 15. Qh4 Qg6 16. Nd5 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bf6 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. Qa4 Kf7 20. O-O-O
Be6 21. Rhe1 b5 22. Qf4 Rhc8 23. Bd4 Rc4 24. Qe3 f4 25. Qe2 Qf5 26. c3 Rac8 27.
Qg2 Qg6 28. Qd2 b4 29. Qxf4+ Qf5 30. Qxf5+ Bxf5 31. b3 R4c6 32. c4 a5 33. Re5
e6 34. Rxa5 Rg8 35. Ra7+ Kf8 36. Bc5+ Ke8 37. Re7+ Kf8 38. Rd8# 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2005.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. h3 Qxd1 15.
Bxd1 Be6 16. Nbd2 Nc6 17. Ng5 c4 18. a3 Rad8 19. Bc2 Bc8 20. f4 Nd7 21. Ngf3
Nc5 22. e5 Nd3 23. Bxd3 Rxd3 24. Ne4 Bf5 25. Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2005.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 $5 {The key-line of the Open variation of The Ruy
Lopez.} 11. Bxe6 {Since 11. Ng5 proved to be insufficient for obtaining
advantage White switched to this less ambitious line.} (11. Ng5 {doesn't
promise more than an equal rook endgame:} Qxg5 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14.
Qxc6 Qxe5 15. b4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3 18. Nb3 d4 19. Ba3 g6 $1 20.
Bb4 Bg7 21. a4 d3 $1 {This brilliant idea of Gymesi allows Black to equalize.}
22. axb5 d2 23. bxa6 ({An attempt to improve upon White's play with} 23. c6 $2
{is dubious in view of} Kb8 {See Shirov,A-Anand,V Maintz(rapid) 2004/CBM103 
[Postny].}) 23... c2 24. Nxd2 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Rhe8 26. Rc1 Re4 27. Bc3 Rc4 28.
Rxc2 Rd3 29. Rb2 $1 Rcxc3 30. a7 Ra3 31. Rb8+ Kd7 32. a8=Q Rxa8 33. Rxa8 Rxd2
34. g4 Kc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Ponomariov,R/Biel SUI 2004/The Week in
Chess 508 (41). (40)}) 11... Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 $1 {For the moment
this is the only try to create some problems.} Bb4 $1 {A modern way to deal
with this line.} ({Black also tested} 13... Bc5) ({and} 13... Be7) 14. axb5
Nxb5 $1 {Although the knight on b5 is not great and the a6 and c7-pawns are
potential weaknesses White didn't find a clear way for advantage.} (14... Nxf3+
$6 {is dangerous as Black doesn't have time for castling.} 15. Nxf3 axb5 16.
Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Ng5 $1 Qc6 ({The main problem of 14...Nxf3 is that after} 17...
Nxg5 18. Bxg5 O-O 19. Qg4 $18 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Gg5f6] Black can't protect both
the bishop and the king.}) 18. Qg4 Qc4 19. Qf5 Nd8 20. Rd1 Qc6 (20... Be7 21.
Be3 Qc6 22. Rxd8+ {[%csl Rf7,Rh8][%cal Gg5f7] 1-0 Ganguly,S-Iuldachev,S/Dhaka
BAN 2005/The Week in Chess 545 (22)}) 21. Nxh7 (21. Be3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf7]
[%cal Gd1d8] and White wins at least a pawn.}) 21... Be7 22. Qh5 $2 {1/2-1/2
Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo MNC 2005/The Week in Chess 541 (30). (30)}) 15.
Qb3 (15. Qa4 $5 $146 {can be found in Svidler,P-Sokolov,I, Corus Wijk aan Zee
2005/CBM 105 [Finkel,A]}) (15. Ne4 $146 {occuried in the game Shirov,A-Anand,V,
Mainz m rapid 2004/CBM103[Postny]}) 15... a5 (15... Be7 $2 {Black can't move
the bishop in view of} 16. Rxa6 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb5]}) 16. Qc4 Nbd4 {Playing
this way Black agrees with the fact that he loses a right to castle.} 17. Nxd4
Qxd4 18. Qc6+ {[%csl Ra8,Re8]} Ke7 {The only move.} 19. Nf3 Qd7 20. Qc2 h6 $5
$146 {[%csl Rg5] Nakamura comes with a new idea. He covers the g5-square.
Despite having a worse pawn structure and the king on e7 Black's position is
rather solid. His strong minor pieces: a nice knight on a good blockade square
e6 and a bishop on b4 supported by the a-pawn allow Black to hope for
equalization.} ({The only earlier game saw a quick draw after} 20... Rad8 21.
Bg5+ {White forces an exchange of the strong knight.} Nxg5 22. Nxg5 Qd3 $1 {
Sacrificing a pawn for initiative.} 23. Qxc7+ Rd7 24. Qc6 Qd5 25. Rac1 h6 26.
Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Azarov,S-Mamedyarov,S/Nakhchivan AZE 2003/The Week in Chess 452 
(26). and a draw was agreed in view of a clear superiority of the bishop over
the knight, which compensates a pawn.}) 21. Rd1 Qb5 22. Nd4 $1 {A correct idea.
White has to trade the strong e6-knight.} Nxd4 23. Rxd4 (23. Qxc7+ {seems to
lead to a beautiful perpetual check.} Ke6 24. Rxd4 Rac8 $1 {Black has to keep
the other rook on the h-file in order to control the Bxh6-sacrifice.} (24...
Rhc8 $6 {is dangerous in view of} 25. Rd6+ Bxd6 26. Qxd6+ Kf5 27. Bxh6 $1 {
[%csl Rf5]} Rc6 (27... gxh6 $2 {loses on the spot:} 28. Qf6+ Ke4 29. Re1+ Kd3
30. Qd6+ Kc2 (30... Kc4 31. Rc1+ Kb3 32. Qa3#) 31. Qd1+ Kxb2 32. Qb1+ Kc3 33.
Qxb5 $18) 28. Qe7 $1 {[%csl Rf5] and Black experiences serious problems with
the king.}) 25. Rd6+ $1 (25. Qa7) 25... Bxd6 26. Qxd6+ Kf5 27. h3 $1 Rhd8 28.
g4+ Ke4 29. f3+ $1 Kxf3 30. Ra3+ Ke4 (30... Ke2 $4 31. Re3#) 31. Re3+ Kf4 32.
Rc3+ $1 Ke4 33. Re3+ $11 {and neither side can avoid repetition of moves.})
23... Rhd8 $1 {I believe this idea was prepared by Nakamura at home. Black
sacrifices a pawn. but forces a number of exchanges and in the arisen endgame
Black has compensation for a pawn thanks to a strong bishop on b4.} 24. Qxc7+
Rd7 25. Rxd7+ Qxd7 26. Qc2 $1 ({After} 26. Qxd7+ Kxd7 {[%cal Ga8c8,Gc8c2,Gd7e6]
} 27. f4 Rc8 28. Kf2 Rc2+ 29. Kf3 Ke6 {activity of the black pieces
compensates a pawn.}) 26... Rd8 27. Be3 Qd3 28. Qxd3 (28. Qc1 Rd5 29. f4 {
doesn't look like play for a win since all white pieces are very passive.})
28... Rxd3 {[%cal Gd3b3] Now a combined attack of the e5 and b2-pawns doesn't
allow White to make progress.} 29. Kf1 Rb3 30. Bd4 Ke6 31. Ke2 g5 $1 {Black
prevents f4 and thus discannects the e-pawn for the other pawns of the
kingside.} 32. Rd1 Kd5 {[%csl Rb2,Re5] Now Black is simply waiting with the
king on the e6 and d5-squares} 33. Bc3+ Ke6 34. Bd4 Kd5 35. Rd3 {The only way
to deal with the annoying rook on b3 is to exchange it, however the arising
bishop endgames is equal.} Rxd3 36. Kxd3 a4 $1 {A very important move.
Otherwise White would fix the a5-pawn on the dark square by means of b3.} 37.
f3 h5 38. Be3 Be7 39. Bd4 Bb4 40. Be3 Be7 41. Bd4 Bb4 {White can't make
progress and so a draw was agreed. The line deserves further tests as I
believe there is a room for improvements.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2005.07.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qe2 a5 10. Qb5 O-O 11. O-O-O Qb8 12. Na4 Ra6 13. Kb1 Ne8 14. Nb6 a4 15.
Nd2 Bd8 16. Nd5 Ra5 17. Qe2 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rxd5 19. Qc4 Ra5 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Be2
a3 22. b3 Nf6 23. Bb6 Ra6 24. Bf2 Qc7 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Rd5 Ra5 27. Rhd1 Rxd5
28. Rxd5 Rc8 29. Bd3 g6 30. Be4 Kg7 31. Be3 Qe7 32. Bc1 Ra8 33. Rb5 Ra6 34. Be3
Qd7 35. Qd3 Qc7 36. c3 Ra8 37. Qc4 Rc8 38. Bc1 Qd7 39. Bxa3 Nd8 40. Qd5 Rxc3
41. Qxd6 Qe8 42. Rb6 Ne6 43. Rxb7 h5 44. Rb8 Rc8 45. Rxc8 Qxc8 46. Bb2 Nd4 47.
Qb4 Qa6 48. Qe1 h4 49. Qd1 Qb5 50. f4 Qb6 51. fxe5 Bxe5 52. a4 f6 53. Ka2 Ne6
54. Qd7+ Kh6 55. Bc1+ Bf4 56. Bxf4+ Nxf4 57. Qd2 g5 58. g3 Qe6 59. Bf3 Ng6 60.
a5 Ne5 61. Bb7 hxg3 62. hxg3 Qe7 63. Be4 Qc5 64. a6 f5 65. Bxf5 Nc6 66. Qh2+
Kg7 67. Qh7+ Kf6 68. Qg6+ Ke7 69. Qe6+ Kf8 70. Qf6+ Ke8 71. Bg6+ Kd7 72. Qf5+
Qxf5 73. Bxf5+ Kc7 74. Ka3 Kb6 75. Bd3 Ne5 76. Be2 Nc6 77. g4 Nd4 78. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2005.07.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 e6 11. e4 Bh7 12. f3 Be7 13. Bf2 Nfd7 14. Nd3 O-O 15.
Be2 Rc8 16. O-O c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Qxd8 Rxd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2005.07.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Be2 Bd7
9. O-O Ne7 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. Re1 Nc8 12. Nf1 Nb6 13. Bf4 Ba4 14. Qc1 Nb3 15. Qe3
h6 16. h4 O-O-O 17. h5 Na5 18. N3d2 Bc2 19. Rbc1 Bh7 20. Bd1 Kb8 21. Bc2 Bxc2
22. Rxc2 Be7 23. Bh2 Ka8 24. Qh3 Qd7 25. f4 g6 26. Ne3 Rdg8 27. Nf3 Nc6 28. Kh1
Bd8 29. g4 Qe8 30. Rg1 Nd7 31. Re2 gxh5 32. Qxh5 Qf8 33. f5 Bg5 34. Rf1 Qg7 35.
Ng2 Qh7 36. Ref2 Nd8 37. Ng1 Nb8 38. Ne2 Na6 39. Ng3 Re8 40. Qh3 Re7 41. Nh5
Rc7 42. Bf4 Nb8 43. Bxg5 hxg5 44. Ne3 Nbc6 45. Rh2 Ne7 46. Rf3 Rc6 47. Nf6 Qxh3
48. Rfxh3 Rxh3 49. Rxh3 b5 50. Nh7 exf5 51. gxf5 g4 52. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2005.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bh7 11. f3 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. e3 e6
15. Be2 Bd6 16. Bf2 O-O 17. Rc1 e5 18. e4 exd4 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21.
Bg3 Qb4+ 22. Qxb4 axb4 23. Kf2 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Rhd1 c5 26. Bd6 Rfc8 27.
Bc4+ Kh7 28. g4 Bg6 29. Bb5 Be8 30. Bxd7 Bxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2005.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 {Der junge ukrainische
Großmeister spielt gerne die Paulsen Variante.} 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 $5 {Dieser Zug ist in der letzten Zeit populärer, als die
Alternative 9...Bb7.} (9... Bb7 10. Bf4 (10. Qf3 Be7 11. Qg3 Kf8 12. Bd2 a5 13.
Rad1 h5 14. h3 h4 15. Qf3 Kg8 16. Bf4 a4 17. a3 Nd7 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qf3 Nd7 20.
Qg4 Nf6 21. Qe2 Nd7 22. Qg4 Nc5 (22... Nf6 $11) 23. Be5 Bf8 24. Ne2 Bc8 25. Qf3
Nd7 26. Bc3 $14 {1-0 De Vreugt,D-Bruzon Bautista,L/Santo Domingo 2003/CBM 97
ext (66)}) 10... Be7 11. Qf3 (11. e5 Nd7 12. Na4 c5 13. c4 d4 14. b3 Bg5 15.
Qg4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 h6 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 a5 19. Rad1 g6 20. Rd3 Kf8 21. Rg3
Kg7 22. h4 h5 23. Rg5 Ra7 24. Rd1 Qa8 25. Qf4 {1-0 Nijboer,F-Rublevsky,S/Bled
2002/EXT 2003 (37)}) 11... g6 (11... Qa5 $6 12. a3 $1 d4 13. e5 dxc3 14. exf6
cxb2 {[#]} 15. fxe7 $5 bxa1=Q 16. Rxa1 Kxe7 $2 (16... Qc5 17. Qg3 Qxe7 18. Qxg7
Rf8 19. Rb1 $44) 17. Rb1 $40 {[%csl Gb1,Rb7,Gd3,Re7,Gf3,Gf4] 1-0 Anand,
V-Morovic Fernandez,I/Sao Paulo 2004/CBM 103/[Ribli Zoltan] (25)}) (11... O-O
$5 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. Na4 Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. b3 c5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Qh3 g6
18. Be5 Rfe8 19. Re3 Bf8 20. Qh4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Anand,V/Cap d'Agde
2003/CBM 98 (53)}) 12. Rad1 O-O 13. Bg5 d4 14. Na4 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. e5
Rab8 17. Qe2 c5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Rxb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kolev,
A-Damljanovic,B/Bajada de la Virgen 2005/CBM 106 ext (34)}) 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Bf4
{Weiß hält die Spannung aufrecht und gegebenenfalls e4-e5 spielen. 10.Qf3 und
11.Bf4 ist die beste Möglichkeit für Weiß im Falle von 9...Bb7.} (11. Bg5 d4
12. Na4 e5 13. b3 Be6 14. Nb2 Nd7 15. Bd2 a5 16. a4 Nb6 17. Qe2 Bg5 {0-1
Kudinov,I-Taimanov,M/Stockholm 1998/EXT 99 (94)}) 11... g6 (11... Bb7 12. Rad1
Nd7 13. Na4 Nb6 {Mit Zugumstellung wäre die Variante 9...Bb7 10.Bf4 Be7 11.Qf3
0-0 erreicht.}) 12. Na4 (12. e5 Nd7 13. Bh6 Re8) (12. Bh6 Re8) 12... Bb7 13.
Rad1 (13. c4 $5 {Dieser Zug erinnert mich an die Partie Smyslov, V - Hansen,
Cu Biel (izt) 1993. Mit 13...dxe4 14.Bxe4 Nxe4behält Schwarz das Läuferpaar,
aber Weiß bekommt einen kleinen Positionsvorteil, da der Bb7 eingeschlossen
ist.} Qa5 14. Nc3 (14. b3) 14... d4 15. Ne2 e5 16. Bg5 Qd8 17. c5 $14) 13...
Qa5 $1 {[%mdl 4] Mit Tempo gespielt und im folgenden kann Schwarz, nach dem
Tausch auf e4, die d-Linie besetzen.} 14. b3 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Rad8
17. h3 (17. Be5 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Qd4 Qd5 21. Nc3 Qxd4 22.
Bxd4 c5 23. Be3 Bc6 $11 {1-0 Cheparinov,I-Firman,N/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108 (65)})
17... Qh5 $11 {[%cal Gd8d1,Gh5d1] Weiß hat zwar die bessere Bauernstruktur,
aber das schwarze Figurenspiel ist aktiv und er besitzt das Läuferpaar.} 18.
Rxd8 (18. Nc3 Bf6 $11 (18... Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Bf6 $11)) 18... Rxd8 19. c4 Rd7 $1 {
[%csl Gd7][%cal Gc6c5,Gd7b7] Schwarz verteidigt den b7-Läufer und bereitet 20..
.c5 vor.} 20. Be5 (20. c5 Bxc5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Rc1 Qd5 23. Qe3 c5 24. f3 $11)
20... c5 {[%csl Gb7,Rc5] Schwarz muss so spielen. Nach diesem Zug kann der Bb7
große Aktivitäten entfalten, jedoch wird der Pc5 schwach.} 21. Qe3 Qf5 22. Nb2
$6 (22. Nxc5 $5 Bxc5 23. Qxc5 Qg5 24. f3 (24. g3 $2 f6 25. Bd4 Qd2 $19) 24...
Rd2 (24... Bxf3) 25. g3 (25. g4 Qh4 $36) 25... Qf5 26. Qe3 Qxf3 27. Qxf3 Bxf3
$11) 22... Bg5 (22... f6 23. Bg3 (23. Bc3 e5 $15) 23... e5 $15) 23. f4 (23.
Qxc5 Bf4 $36 (23... Bd2 $44)) 23... Bh4 24. Re2 h5 25. Kh2 (25. Rd2 Rxd2 26.
Qxd2 Be7 $15 {[%cal Gh5h4]}) 25... Be7 26. Rf2 h4 $15 {[%csl Gb7,Ge7,Gh4][%cal
Gd7d1] Die weiße Verteidungsstellung ist sicher, aber Schwarz hat
Positionsvorteil, das Läuferpaar, Raumvorteil und kontrolliert die einzige
offene Linie.} 27. Bc3 Qe4 $1 28. Re2 Qxe3 29. Rxe3 g5 {[%mdl 4096]} 30. fxg5 (
30. g3 gxf4 31. gxf4 Kh7 $15) 30... Bxg5 31. Rd3 (31. Re2 Kf8 $15) 31... Rxd3
32. Nxd3 Be3 {[%csl Gb7,Ge3]} 33. Ne5 f6 34. Nf3 $6 (34. Nd7 $5 f5 (34... Bd4
35. Bxd4 cxd4 36. Nc5 $1 (36. Nxf6+ Kg7 37. Ng4 Kg6) 36... e5 37. Kg1 $132) 35.
Be5 $11) 34... Kf7 35. a4 (35. Nxh4 Be4) 35... Be4 36. b4 (36. Nxh4 Bc2 37. b4
Bxa4 38. bxc5 Bxc5 $17) 36... cxb4 37. Bxb4 Bf2 38. a5 e5 $17 {[%csl Ge4,Ge5,
Gf2] Mit Unterstützung des Läuferpaars ist der e-Bauer sehr stark.} 39. Nd2 Bc6
$2 (39... Bd3 $17) 40. Nb3 Bb7 $2 (40... e4 $17) 41. Nc5 $11 Bxc5 (41... Bc8 $2
42. Ne4 {[%cal Re4d6,Rd6f7,Rd6c8,Re4f2]} Bg3+ 43. Nxg3 hxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Be6 45.
c5 Bd5 46. Kf2 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2005.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3
b4 9. Ne2 Bd6 10. Ng3 Bb7 11. e4 Bxg3 12. hxg3 Nxe4 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rh4 Nef6 15.
Ne5 Nd5 16. dxc5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Qd7 18. Qxg7 O-O-O 19. Qe5 Ba6 20. Bxd5 exd5 21.
Rxb4 Bb5 22. c6 Qxc6 23. Be3 Rhe8 24. Qf4 d4 25. Qf5+ Kb7 26. Qxb5+ Qxb5 27.
Rxb5+ Ka6 28. Rb3 dxe3 29. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 30. fxe3 Rb8 31. b3 Rg8 32. Kf2 Rg6 33.
Rh1 h6 34. Rh4 Kb6 35. Rf4 f6 36. Rf5 Kc7 37. Kf3 Kd8 38. Kf4 Ke8 39. b4 Kf8
40. a4 Ke8 41. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2005.07.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. b5 {Das Problem dieses
Zuges ist klar: Schwarz verfügt über eine gut bekannte remisliche Variante.
Aber mein Gegner zeigte sogar im physischen Sinne eine solche Motivation am
Beginn dieser Partie, dass er mich überzeugte. Er würde nie ins Remis gehen!}
h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Qa5 $6 (15... fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18. cxd5
cxd5 19. Ba3 dxe4 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bxe7 Re8 22. Bc5 Rxe6 {führt zum eben
erwähnten Remis-Endspiel.}) 16. Bb2 (16. Bd2 $6 Qc7) (16. Qd2 Qb4) 16... fxe4 (
16... Rad8 {verdient Aufmerksamkeit.}) 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 d5 ({Wieder kam} 
18... Rad8 {ernsthaft in Frage. Das nun folgende Qualitätsopfer ist typisch
und gibt Weiß vollwertiges Spiel.}) 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rxe5 $1 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 {
[%csl Ge6][%cal Ga1h8]} Qxb5 $6 ({Auch nach} 21... Qb6 22. Bb2 Rad8 23. Qd2 Kh7
24. Re1 {hat Weiß klaren Vorteil. Aber nach dem Bauernraub auf b5 gelingt Weiß
seine Figuren rasch zu organisieren.}) 22. Rb1 Qc6 (22... Qc4 23. Rxb7 Rae8 24.
h3 $16) 23. Ba1 Rf4 (23... Qxe6 24. Qd4 Kf7 25. Bc3 $1 $40 {[%cal Gc3b4,Gb1e1]}
) 24. g3 $1 (24. Qd2 Raf8 {ist schwach, da der Nachziehende die lange
Diagonale mit einem Turm stopfen kann.}) 24... Rc4 25. Qd2 (25. Bf6 Qc7) 25...
Qc5 (25... Kh7 26. Qb2 Nf5 27. Qf6 Rg8 28. Qf7+ Ng7 29. e7 Qe8 30. Bxd5 $18) (
25... Qd6 26. Qxh6 d4 27. Rxb7 Re8 28. Be2 $18) 26. Bf6 ({Nach} 26. Bxd5 {
findet Schwarz etwas Luft im Endspiel:} Qxd5 27. Qb2 Rd4 28. Qxd4 Qxd4 29. Bxd4
b6 $16) ({Interessant war aber} 26. Be2 $5 Re4 $140 27. Qb2 d4 28. Qxb7) 26...
g5 $6 (26... Rf8 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Bxd5 Rd8 (28... Rc7 $2 29. Qxh6) 29. Qd3 $18
(29. Rxb7 $2 Qxb7 30. e7+ Rxd5 31. e8=Q+ Kh7 32. Qde1 Rd7)) (26... Kh7 27. Rxb7
) (26... Nf5 $142 27. Bxd5 Rd4 28. Bxd4 Qxd5 29. Bc3 Qxd2 30. Bxd2 b6 31. g4
Nd4 32. Bxh6 Nxe6 33. Rd1 $16) 27. Rxb7 Rc1+ (27... Re8 28. Bh5 Qc6 (28... d4
29. Bxe8 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 Qd5+ 31. f3 Rc3 32. Bf7+ Kh7 33. Qxc3 dxc3 34. Rb8 $18) (
28... Rc2 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Bxd4 Nf5 31. Bxe8 Nxd4 32. e7 $18) 29. Bf7+ Kf8 30.
Bxg5 $1 hxg5 31. Qxg5 $18) 28. Kg2 Qc4 29. Qe2 (29. Qxc1 $1 Qxc1 30. Rxe7 $18 {
[%mdl 2048]}) 29... Qxe2 30. Bxe2 Nf5 31. Bg4 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2005.07.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Qb6 12. Nd5 Qxd4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxb5
Qc5 15. Nxf6+ Kd8 $1 $146 16. Nxd7 Qxb5 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. Qa3 Rc8 19. Qxd6+ Ke8
20. c3 (20. Re3 Qc6 (20... Rg8 $2 21. Rc3 Bc6 22. f5 Rxg2 23. fxe6 Rf2 24. Rc5
Qa4 25. Rg1 {1-0 Kosten,A-Georgiev,Kr/Saint Affrique FRA 2005/The Week in
Chess 560 (25)}) 21. Qd2 Ke7 22. Qb4+ Kf6 $11) 20... Qc6 21. Qb4 a5 $1 (21...
Qb5 22. Qd4 f6 (22... Ke7 23. Qd6+ Kf6 24. e5+ Kg7 25. Qe7 $40) (22... Rg8 $5
23. f5 e5) 23. Re3 $40) (21... Rg8 22. Rd2 a5 23. Qd4 $13) 22. Qxa5 (22. Qd4 f6
$15 (22... Ke7 23. f5 Rfd8 24. Qg7 $40)) 22... Ra8 23. Qg5 (23. Qb4 Rxa2 24.
Rd6 Ra4 $1 25. Rxc6 Rxb4 26. Rc7 Rxe4 $17) (23. Qd5 $2 Qxc3+) 23... f6 (23...
h6 24. Qf6) 24. Qd5 $2 (24. Qh5+ Rf7 (24... Ke7 25. e5 Rxa2 26. Qxh7+ $18) 25.
a3 Rxa3 26. bxa3 Qxc3+ $11) (24. Qg7 Rxa2 25. Rd4 Qb5 26. b3 (26. Rb4 $2 Qd3)
26... Ra1+ 27. Kd2 Ra2+ 28. Kc1 $11 (28. Ke3 e5)) 24... Qxc3+ $1 25. bxc3 exd5
26. exd5+ Kd7 27. Kb1 Ra4 28. g3 Rfa8 $1 (28... Rb8 29. Ka1 Rba8 30. Rd2 R8a5 (
30... Ba6 31. d6) 31. d6 (31. Re6 Rxa2+) (31. c4 Rxc4 32. Re6 Rxd5) 31... Bd5
32. Re7+ Kxd6 33. Rxh7 $15) 29. Rd2 R8a5 30. d6 $2 (30. Re6 $142 Rxd5 (30...
Bxd5 31. Rxf6 Ke7 32. Rh6 Bxa2+ 33. Kc2 Bg8 $15) 31. Rde2 (31. Rxd5+ Kxe6)
31... Rd6 32. Re7+ Kc8 33. Re8+ Rd8 $17) 30... Be4+ 31. Ka1 h5 $19 32. h3 Bd5
33. g4 Rxa2+ 34. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 35. Kb1 Rh2 36. Re3 h4 37. Kc1 Kxd6 38. f5 Rf2 39.
Kd1 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Lausanne YM 6th"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2005.09.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd2 b6 12. b4 Nb7 13. Bb2 h5 14. Ne2 h4 15. Qb3
Nh5 16. f4 Bg4 17. Bf3 Qd7 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Ne4 hxg3 20. hxg3 exf4 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Qc3+ f6 23. Nxf4 Re5 24. Bxg4 Qxg4 25. Ne6+ Kf7 26. Nxf6 Qxg3+ 27.
Qxg3 Nxg3 28. Ng4+ 1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM 6th"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2005.09.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. d4 g6 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 e6 12. dxc5 Nd7 13. c4 Qa3 14. Be2 Nxc5
15. Qd6 Qa5+ 16. Bd2 Rd8 17. Bxa5 Rxd6 18. e5 Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 Rxd3 20. Bb4 b5 21.
Ke2 bxc4 22. Rxc4 Rd5 23. Rd1 a5 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Bxa5 Ra8 27.
Bb6 Rxa2+ 28. Kd3 h6 29. h4 Kf8 30. Ke3 Ke7 31. Bc7 f6 32. exf6+ Bxf6 33. Bb6
Ra3+ 34. Ke2 Ra4 35. g3 Ke6 36. Be3 Bg7 37. Ne1 Ra2+ 38. Kf3 d4 39. Bf4 Kd5 40.
Nd3 Kc4 41. Ne5+ Bxe5 42. Bxe5 d3 43. g4 h5 44. gxh5 gxh5 45. Bf6 Ra6 0-1

[Event "Lausanne YM 6th"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2005.09.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. d4 Nd7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. Nd2 Ba3 11. Bxa3 Qxa3 12. Nc4 Qe7 13. Qc2 b6 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. Qe4 Bd7 16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. dxe5 Rae8 18. f4 f6 19. Rad1 Bc8 20. Bc4+
Kh8 21. exf6 Rxe3 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 gxf6 24. Re7 Bf5 25. h3 c6 26. g4 b5
27. Bb3 Bd3 28. Rxa7 c5 29. Be6 f5 30. Rd7 c4 31. g5 Re8 32. Bd5 Be4 33. Bf7
Ra8 34. h4 b4 35. Rc7 bxc3 36. Bxc4 c2 37. Bb3 Rd8 38. Kf2 Rd2+ 39. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM 6th"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2005.09.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c5 8. e4
Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. dxc5 Na6 11. a3 Nxc5 12. b4 Ne6 13. Qb3 Nec7 14. Rd1 Bg4 15.
Nc3 e6 16. Bb2 Qb8 17. Ne4 Rd8 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. exf6 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Rd7 21. Rd3
b6 22. Be5 Qb7 23. Rc1 Rad8 24. b5 Ne8 25. Qc4 a6 26. bxa6 Qa7 27. Bxd5 exd5
28. Qb5 Nd6 29. Qxd5 Qxa6 30. Bxd6 Rxd6 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 h5 33. Rd8+ Kh7
34. Rd7 g5 35. Rxf7+ Kg6 36. Rfc7 Kxf6 37. R7c6+ Ke7 38. Rh6 Qxa3 39. Re1+ Kf7
40. Rxh5 Kg6 41. Rh8 Qc3 42. Rhe8 b5 43. R8e3 Qb2 44. Re6+ Kf7 45. Re7+ Kf8 46.
R7e2 Qb3 47. Re5 Qd3 48. h3 b4 49. Re8+ Kf7 50. R8e7+ Kf8 51. Rb7 Qc3 52. Rb8+
Kf7 53. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM 6th"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2005.09.17"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. d4 Nd7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Nd2 Bc7 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Ba3 b6 14. Qa4 a6 15.
Rab1 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. Qc2 g6 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. e4 Be6 20. Be2 Rxb1 21. Rxb1
Qd7 22. Nf3 h6 23. Bxc5 Ra8 24. Be3 Qc6 25. Nd2 Kh7 26. c4 Ng4 27. Bxg4 Bxg4
28. f3 Be6 29. c5 Rd8 30. Rc1 Qb5 31. Nc4 a5 32. h3 a4 33. Qc3 a3 34. Nxa3 Qe2
35. Qe1 Qa6 36. Nb1 Qxa2 37. Nc3 Qb3 38. Rb1 Qc4 39. Nb5 Bb8 40. Qh4 Qd3 41.
Re1 h5 42. Nd6 Bc7 43. Qg5 Ba5 44. Ra1 Ra8 45. Kh2 Kg8 46. Nb7 Qc3 47. Rxa5
Rxa5 48. Bd2 1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM 6th"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2005.09.17"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 Bg4 6. Bd3 e6 7. Nge2 Bh5 8. Bd2
Nbd7 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. h3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2 c5 14. Bf3 cxd4
15. exd4 Rc8 16. Qb3 Rc7 17. O-O Bd6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf6 20. Bf3 Qb8 21.
Rfc1 O-O 22. Rxc7 Bxc7 23. Qa3 Qa7 24. Rc1 Qxd4 25. Be3 Qe5 26. Qxa6 Qh2+ 27.
Kf1 Bf4 28. Rc8 Bxe3 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qa3+ Kg8 31. Qxe3 Qd6 32. a3 b4 33. g3
bxa3 34. bxa3 Nd7 35. Kg2 Ne5 36. a4 Qc7 37. Qb3 Qc5 38. Qb8+ Kh7 39. Qb5 Qc3
40. Be2 Nc6 41. Qc4 Qxc4 42. Bxc4 Kg8 43. Bb5 Nd4 44. Bd3 Nb3 45. Kf3 Kf8 46.
Ke3 Ke7 47. Bb5 g5 48. Bc4 Na5 49. Be2 Kd6 50. Kf3 f5 51. Ke3 e5 52. Kd3 Kc5
53. Kc3 Nc6 54. Bc4 e4 55. Bf7 Ne5 56. Be6 f4 57. g4 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lausanne YM 6th"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2005.09.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Be7 9. Re1 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. c3 O-O 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Bc1 c5
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bc2 Rad8 17. Rxd8 Bxd8 18. Nh5 Nxh5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxf7
Rf8 21. Qxf8 Nd3 22. Qf3 Nhf4 23. Bxf4 Nxe1 24. Qe4+ Kh8 25. b3 Qa6 26. Qxe1
Qxa2 27. Qd1 Bb6 28. Bg3 Qb2 29. c4 Qc3 30. Kh1 e5 31. h3 Bd4 32. Kh2 Kg8 33.
Qb1 a6 34. Bh4 Qd2 35. Qg6 Qf4+ 36. Bg3 Qf7 37. Qg5 Qe6 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qh4+
Kg8 40. Qe4 b5 41. f4 bxc4 42. fxe5 Bc5 43. bxc4 a5 44. Qa8+ Kh7 45. Qxa5 Qxc4
46. e6 Kg6 47. Qc7 Qd4 48. h4 Qg1+ 49. Kh3 Qh1+ 50. Bh2 Qc1 51. Qe5 Qa3+ 52.
Bg3 Kh7 53. h5 Be7 54. Qf5+ Kh8 55. Qg6 Bf8 56. Kh2 Qc5 57. h6 gxh6 58. Bh4
Qd6+ 59. Kh3 Bg7 60. Qe4 Kg8 61. Qf5 Qa3+ 62. Bg3 Qe7 63. Bh4 Qa3+ 64. Qf3 Qc1
65. e7 Qc8+ 66. Kh2 Qe6 67. Qh5 Qe5+ 68. Qxe5 Bxe5+ 69. Bg3 Bxg3+ 70. Kxg3 Kf7
71. Kg4 Kxe7 72. Kh5 Kf6 73. Kxh6 Kf5 74. Kh5 Kf6 75. g4 Kg7 76. Kg5 Kh7 77.
Kf6 Kh6 78. g5+ Kh7 79. Kf7 Kh8 80. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM 6th"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2005.09.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Qh5 Nf6 3. Qh4 Nc6 4. Be2 e5 5. d3 Be7 6. Qg3 d5 7. Nd2 O-O 8. c3
b5 9. Nh3 d4 10. c4 Ne8 11. cxb5 Bh4 12. Qf3 Nb4 13. Bd1 f5 14. a3 Nd6 15. axb4
fxe4 16. Qh5 Bxh3 17. g3 Qf6 18. Bb3+ Kh8 19. f3 exf3 20. Kf2 Bg5 21. Nxf3 g6
22. Bxg5 Qf5 23. Qxh3 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. f4 Qb6 7. Nb3 a5 8. a4 Bb4+
9. c3 Be7 10. Nf3 Nh6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Ng4 13. Bc1 Nh6 14. h3 Be4 15. g4 c5
16. Bb5 Rad8 17. Be3 cxd4 18. cxd4 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bd2 Bb4 21. Bxb4 axb4
22. g5 Nf5 23. gxf6 Ne3 24. Qe2 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 Rxf6 26. Ne5 Rh6 27. Qe3 Bf5 28.
Rf3 Qc7 29. Bd3 b6 30. Bxf5 exf5 31. Qd3 Rf6 32. Rf1 Rc8 33. Rc1 Qd8 34. Rxc8
Qxc8 35. Qb5 h6 36. Qxd5+ Kh7 37. Qg2 Qe8 38. a5 Qa4 39. a6 Qxb3 40. a7 Qe3+
41. Kh1 Qc1+ 42. Qg1 Qc8 43. Qg2 Qc1+ 44. Qg1 Qc8 45. Qg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 c5 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 b5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. exd4 bxc4
15. bxc4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nb6 17. Bb3 e6 18. Ne5 Nfd5 19. Rac1 Qg5 20. g3 Qf5 21.
Kh2 h5 22. h4 Rfd8 23. Kg2 Bh6 24. Rc5 Bf8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Bxc1
Nc3 28. Qf3 Qxf3+ 29. Kxf3 Nb5 30. Nc6 a6 31. Ke4 Bd6 32. Bd2 Kf8 33. Ba5 Bc7
34. Bb4+ Ke8 35. a4 Nd6+ 36. Kd3 Nb7 37. Ke4 Nd8 38. Ne5 Nd7 39. Bc4 f5+ 40.
Ke3 Nxe5 41. dxe5 Bb6+ 42. Ke2 Nc6 43. Bc3 a5 44. Bb5 Kd7 45. f4 Kc7 46. Bc4
Kd7 47. Be1 Nd4+ 48. Kd3 Nc6 49. Bb3 Ne7 50. Kc4 Kc6 51. Bd1 Nd5 52. Bf3 Bd8
53. Bc3 Bb6 54. Bd4 Bd8 55. Bc5 Bc7 56. Kd4 Bd8 57. Bg2 1-0

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. a3 Nf6 6. Rb1 a5 7. d3 O-O 8. Nf3 d6
9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 Rb8 11. O-O Bd7 12. h3 Ne8 13. Nb5 Nc7 14. Bc3 Nxb5 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. cxb5 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Qa4 Qb6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Rfc8 21. Rfc1
cxb4 22. Qxb4 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Qxb5 24. Qxe7 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. e3 Be6 27. d4
exd4 28. exd4 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Qf5 30. Qxb7 Qxf2 31. d5 Bf5 32. Qe7 Qd4 33. d6 h5
34. h4 Be6 35. Qc7 Kf6 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qc7 Kf6 38. Qd8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Nd2 c6 12. Rc1 Bg7 13. b4 a6 14. a4 a5 15. b5 Be6
16. Nb3 f5 17. e3 Kh8 18. Qe2 Bg8 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Qb6 21. Rfd1 Qc5 22. Qd2
g5 23. Nce2 Rfd8 24. Rb1 Ra7 25. Rdc1 Rc8 26. Qd3 Qe5 27. Qd2 Bf7 28. Nb3 Rca8
29. Ned4 Be8 30. b6 Ra6 31. c5 Rb8 32. Nf3 Qf6 33. cxd6 Nd5 34. d7 Bf7 35. Nc5
Rxb6 36. Rxb6 Nxb6 37. Nxb7 Nxd7 38. Qxd7 Qb2 39. Qxf7 Qxc1+ 40. Bf1 Qd1 41.
Qc7 Rxb7 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Qxf5+ Kg8 44. Qc8+ Bf8 45. Qxb7 Qxf3 46. Qb3+ Kh7 47.
Bd3+ Kg7 48. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxd7 Bxd7 8.
Bd3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. c5 Qc7 11. b4 b6 12. Bd2 O-O 13. f4 Rfb8 14. Qc2 g6 15.
Kh1 Qc8 16. Ne2 Qf8 17. a4 bxc5 18. bxc5 Bd8 19. Ng1 Ng4 20. Nf3 f5 21. a5 Bc7
22. a6 Qc8 23. h3 Nh6 24. Rg1 Nf7 25. g4 Kh8 26. g5 Qf8 27. h4 h5 28. Bc3 Kg8
29. Rgc1 Nd8 30. Kg2 Be8 31. Nd2 Qe7 32. Nb3 Bd7 33. Rab1 Bc8 34. Rb2 Kf8 35.
Rcb1 Kf7 36. Qd2 Kf8 37. Bb4 Kf7 38. Qc3 Ke8 39. Nd2 Nf7 40. Qa3 Kf8 41. Nf3
Ke8 42. Qa4 Qd7 43. Kf2 Kf8 44. Qa3 Kg8 45. Qc3 Qd8 46. Rb3 Kf8 47. Ke2 Kg8 48.
Kd1 Kf8 49. Kc2 Qe7 50. Kb2 Qd8 51. Ka2 Qe7 52. R3b2 Qd8 53. Qa3 Kg8 54. Qa4
Qd7 55. Nd2 Kg7 56. Nb3 Nd8 57. Na5 Kf7 58. Be2 Kg8 59. Bd3 Kf7 60. Bc3 Rxb2+
61. Rxb2 Rb8 62. Rxb8 Bxb8 63. Nb3 Bc7 64. Nd2 Kf8 65. Nf1 Qf7 66. Ka3 Qe7 67.
Ng3 Bd7 68. Be2 Be8 69. Nf1 Bd7 70. Ba5 Be8 71. Nd2 Nf7 72. Nb3 Qd8 73. Qb4
Bxa5 74. Nxa5 Qc7 75. Bd1 Nd8 76. Ba4 Ke7 77. Nb7 Bd7 78. Nd6 Bc8 79. Bd1 Bxa6
80. Qa4 Bf1 81. Qb4 Nf7 82. Qb7 Qxb7 83. Nxb7 Ba6 84. Na5 Kd7 85. Kb4 Nd8 86.
Ba4 Be2 87. Kc3 Bb5 88. Bb3 Be2 89. Ba4 Kc7 90. Kb4 a6 91. Kc3 Bb5 92. Bd1 Kd7
93. Bc2 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nf6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 b6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Be2 O-O 13. Ne1 Rfd8 14. Nd3
Be7 15. Nc4 Rac8 16. Rac1 Kf8 17. f3 Rc6 18. Rd2 Rc7 19. Rcd1 b5 20. Na5 Ba8
21. Kf2 Rdc8 22. a3 Nd5 23. Nb4 Nxb4 24. Rxd7 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Rxc7 Rxc7
27. Rc1 Bd6 28. e4 f6 29. b4 e5 30. Rc3 Bd7 31. g3 Ke7 32. Ke3 Rxc3+ 33. Bxc3
Bc7 34. Bf1 Bb6+ 35. Ke2 Kd6 36. g4 g6 37. h3 f5 38. Kd1 fxe4 39. fxe4 Be6 40.
Kc2 Be3 41. Bd2 Bf4 42. Be1 Be3 43. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxg4 Rg8 13. O-O b4 $6 {Dieses Abspiel
ist sehr prinzipiell, aber auch riskant: Schwarz kassiert den Pe4, zerstört
dafür aber sein Bauerngefüge am Damenflügel. Die bisherigen Ergebnisse in
dieser Variante favorisieren Weiß.} (13... Nxg4) (13... Nh5) 14. Na4 (14. Nxf6+
$6 Nxf6 15. e5 bxc3 16. exf6 cxb2 (16... Rxg3 17. fxg3 cxb2 18. Rb1 c3 19. Qd3
Qa5 20. Kh2 O-O-O 21. Qc4 Qb4 22. Qd3 Qxd4 23. Qh7 Bd6 24. Kh3 Qe5 25. Qd3 Bc7
26. Qf3 c5 27. Ba6 Rd5 28. Bxb7+ Kxb7 29. Rfc1 Ba5 30. Kh2 Kc6 31. Qf1 Bb6 32.
Rc2 Qd4 33. Qf3 Qd3 34. Qxd3 Rxd3 35. g4 Bc7+ 36. Kg1 Be5 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5
Rg3 39. Kf2 Rxg5 40. Kf3 Rg3+ 41. Ke4 Bxf6 {0-1 Kovalenko,N-Shalimov,V/Kharkov
2003/CBM 93 ext (41)}) 17. Rb1 c3 18. Qb3 Rxg3 19. Qxb7 Rb8 20. Qxa7 Rg6 21.
Bf3 Bd6 22. Bxc6+ Kf8 23. Be4 Qxf6 24. Qa6 {0-1 Cvitan,O-Pavasovic,D/Pula 2003/
CBM 94 ext (24)}) 14... Nxe4 15. Bxc4 Qa5 (15... Nxg3 16. fxg3 Qe7 $2 (16...
Qa5 $2 {Gurevich,M} 17. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 18. Qf3+ Kg7 (18... Ke7 19. Bxe6 $40) 19.
Bxe6 Kh8 20. Bxd7 Qxa4 21. Ne5 $16) (16... h5 $5 $132) 17. Nc5 $1 $16 O-O-O 18.
Nxd7 Rxd7 (18... Qxd7 19. Nf6 Qxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Rxd4 21. Nxg8 Rxc4 22. Rxf7 $18)
19. Ne5 Rg7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Qd3 $16 {1-0 Vitiugov,N-Stripunsky,A/Ruschess.
com INT 2005/CBM 109/[Lutz] (42)}) (15... h5 16. Ne3 Qa5 (16... Ndf6 17. Be5
Be7 18. Qe2 Qa5 19. Bb3 Kf8 20. Rfc1 $16 {1-0 Quinn,M-Rytshagov,M/Istanbul
2000/EXT 2001 (52)}) 17. Bh2 Ndf6 18. Bb3 Rd8 19. Qc2 Rxd4 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Bh6 22. Rd3 Ng4 23. Nc4 Qf5 24. Bc7 Bf4 25. Rf3 e5 26. Nc5 Nh2 27. Rxf4
Qxf4 28. Nxe5 Nf3+ 29. Nxf3 Qxf3 30. Qxe4+ {1-0 Bocharov,D-Lastin,A/Tomsk 2004/
CBM 102 (30)}) 16. Rc1 (16. b3 Nxg3 $6 (16... O-O-O $5 {Gurevich,M} 17. Qe2
Nxg3 18. fxg3 Qh5 $1 19. Ne5 Qxe2 20. Bxe2 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rd2 $15) 17. fxg3 Rg6
$6 (17... Qh5 $13 {Gurevich,M}) (17... Qh5 $5 {Gurevich,M}) 18. Qe2 $1 $40 {
1-0 Xu Jun-Gurevich,M/Shenyang 2000/CBM 79/[Gurevich,M] (31)}) 16... O-O-O 17.
Bh2 Bd6 $146 {Dieser Zug ist neu. Schwarz will den Bh2 neutralisieren, muss
dafür aber eine 'ewige' Schwäche auf c5 in Kauf nehmen.} (17... Qf5 18. f3 Nef6
19. Ne3 Qa5 20. Qb3 h5 21. Be2 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Rasmussen,K/Copenhagen 2003/CBM
95 ext (38)}) 18. Bd3 Bxh2+ 19. Nxh2 Ndf6 20. Bxe4 {Im 'New In Chess Magazine'
8/2005 bezeichnet Nakamura diesen und den nächsten weißen Zug als mehr oder
weniger forciert, da ansonsten Schwarz gutes Spiel erhält:} (20. Nf3 $6 Qf5 $40
{Nakamura}) (20. Qc2 $2 Rxd4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Nf3 Nd2 $3 23. Nxd4 (23. Nxd2
Qd5 $19) 23... Qd5 24. g3 Qxd4 $19 {Nakamura}) 20... Nxe4 21. Nc5 $1 Nxc5 22.
Rxc5 Qxa2 23. b3 Qb2 $2 {Diese bezeichnet Nakamura als Fehler.} (23... Rg7 {
führt "zu ungefähr gleichem Spiel, aber Schwarz hat eine leichte Initative" 
(Nakamura)} 24. g3 (24. Qf3 Qb2) 24... f5) 24. Nf3 Rg4 25. Rc2 $1 Rgxd4 (25...
Qxb3 $2 26. Rxc6+ $18) (25... Qa3 26. Ne5 Rgxd4 (26... Rdxd4 27. Rd2 Rxd2 28.
Qxd2 Rg8 29. Qd7+ Kb8 30. Qxf7 Rc8 31. Nd7+ Ka8 32. Nc5 Ba6 33. Qxe6 $18) 27.
Qf3 $40 {Nakamura}) 26. Nxd4 Qxd4 27. Qh5 $18 {Angesichts des schlechten Bb7
hat Schwraz nicht genügend Kompensation für die Minusqualität.} Qd3 28. Rc4
Qxb3 29. Rfc1 Kb8 (29... Rd7 $142 $5 30. Qxh6 a5 {Nakamura}) 30. Qxh6 Qb2 31.
Qf4+ e5 32. Rxb4 exf4 33. Rxb2 Kc7 34. Rc4 $6 (34. Rb4 $142 f3 35. Rf4 fxg2 36.
Rxf7+ $18 {Nakamura}) 34... f3 35. Rf4 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 fxg2 37. Rxf7+ Kd6 38. Kxg2
Ba6 39. Rxa7 Bc4 40. f3 Ke5 41. h5 Rd8 42. h6 Bd3 43. h7 Rh8 44. Rbb7 c5 45.
Kf2 Kd4 46. Rd7+ Kc4 47. Ke3 Bf5 48. Rf7 Bb1 49. Kf4 Kd5 50. Kg5 c4 51. f4 Be4
52. Rfd7+ Kc5 53. f5 c3 54. Rac7+ 1-0

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 bxc4 16. Bf1 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. a4 b6 10. Bc4 Bb7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. Nd2 h6 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bb3 Bc6 17. Nf1 Qb7 18. Nd5 b5 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Qf3 Bxf1 21.
Kxf1 a5 22. Qe2 Ne8 23. Rd3 Bd8 24. Rf3 a4 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 26. Bxa4 Qxb2 27. Qd1
Nf6 28. Bb3 Qd4 29. Rd3 Qxe4 30. Nxf6+ Bxf6 31. Rxd6 Be7 32. Rd7 Kf8 33. Rd3
Bf6 34. Rd7 Be7 35. Qh5 Qf4 36. g3 Qf6 37. Rd3 Rc7 38. Kg1 e4 39. Rd5 e3 40.
fxe3 Qb6 41. Kf2 Bg5 42. Qf3 g6 43. h4 Bf6 44. h5 g5 45. Kg2 Kg7 46. Rd3 Re7
47. e4 Be5 48. Qf5 Qf6 49. Qc8 Rc7 50. Qe8 Qe7 51. Qb5 Bf6 52. Qf5 Qe5 53. Rd5
Qxf5 54. Rxf5 Bc3 55. Kf3 Kf8 56. Kg4 Kg7 57. Kf3 Kf8 58. Ke2 Re7 59. Kd3 Be5
60. g4 f6 61. Rf1 Rb7 62. Bd5 Rb8 63. c3 Rc8 64. c4 Rb8 65. c5 Ke7 66. Kc4 Rb2
67. Rf3 Rb1 68. Rd3 Rg1 69. Bc6 Rc1+ 70. Kb5 Rb1+ 71. Ka6 Rc1 72. Rd7+ Ke6 73.
Rd5 Ra1+ 74. Kb6 Rb1+ 75. Bb5 Bg3 76. Kc6 Rb4 77. Rd8 Ke7 78. Rd7+ Ke6 79. Ba6
Ke5 80. Re7+ Kf4 81. Bc8 Bf2 82. Rf7 Rxe4 83. Rxf6+ Kg3 84. Rxf2 Kxf2 85. Bf5
Rc4 86. Kd5 Rc1 87. c6 Ke3 88. Kd6 Rd1+ 89. Kc5 Rc1+ 90. Kb6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. f4 Ne4 12. Be3 Qb8 $5 (12... Bb6 13. Nd2 {
In this position White cannot blockade Black's pawns on c5 and d4, c6-c5 is
inevitable. However only one black B can be active, in case of c2-c4 the b6 B
is walled up. White has to use his >> P majority for an -> after f4-f5.} c5 (
13... Nxd2 14. Qxd2 {/\ Nb3 blockading the dark squares.} c5 $1 {Now White has
a wide range of choice.} 15. Ne2 (15. Nf3 d4 16. Bf2 Bc6 17. Bh4 (17. Qd3 Qd7
18. f5 $5 {This is the P structure White is aiming for.} (18. Rfd1 {is not
very useful.} Qg4 19. Bg3 O-O 20. Ng5 Qh5 21. Bf2 f6 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Ne6 Qg6
24. Bg3 {(1/2:1/2 Apicella-Boudre, Paris-ch 1988)} Qe4 $1 25. Qf1 Rf7 $15 {
with a dangerous battery on the long /^.}) 18... Bb5 19. Qe4 (19. e6 $5 fxe6
20. Qe4 Qc6 21. Rfe1 Qxe4 22. Rxe4 O-O 23. fxe6 Bc6 $13) 19... Bc6 20. Qg4 $14
{with real threats in the [+] and the >>.}) 17... Qd7 (17... Qd5 $2 {allows}
18. f5 $16 {K.Mueller-Boog, Biel op SUI 1989}) 18. f5 (18. Rae1 $5 Qf5 19. e6
f6 20. e7 Kd7 21. Re5 $5 fxe5 22. Nxe5+ Kd6 23. Nc4+ Kd7 24. Ne5+ $11 {Klovans}
) 18... Qxf5 19. Nxd4 $1 (19. Ng5 Qg6 20. Rxf7 (20. Nxf7 {is met by the witty}
O-O $15) 20... h6 {There are some pieces hanging in the air.} (20... O-O-O 21.
Qd3 Qxd3 22. cxd3 h6 23. Ne6 Rde8 24. Nxg7 Rxe5 25. Nf5 Be8 26. Ne7+ Kb7 27.
Ng6 Bxf7 28. Nxe5 Bd5 $11 {Edelman-Klovans, Biel op 1994}) 21. Raf1 O-O-O $1
22. Nh3 Rde8 23. Bg3 c4 {and this is the P structure Black is aiming for. Now
the ^^ has an absolut power.} 24. Kh1 (24. e6 Qxe6 25. Qf4 Re7 $17 {
Masternak-Klovans, Katowice op 1993}) 24... Qe6 25. Ng1 Re7 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27.
Nf3 Rd8 $15 {Klovans}) 19... Qd7 20. Nf3 Qxd2 (20... c4+ 21. Kh1 Qg4 $13) 21.
Nxd2 O-O $11 {Klovans}) 15... d4 {The long /^ is opened for the light-squared
B.} 16. Bf2 O-O 17. c4 {This blockading move is White's main idea, otherwise
Black's ^^ would be too strong.} f6 {opening up the position is useful with
the ^^.} (17... f5 {blockades White's >> activities as well, but in a closed
position the N can better manoeuvre.} 18. a4 a5 19. h3 Bc6 20. Kh2 Qd7 21. b3
Rae8 22. Bh4 Qf7 23. Ng3 Bb7 {Black can infuse life into his dark-squared B by
c7-c6, but this would kill the other B.} 24. Rad1 Qg6 25. Qe2 Qh6 26. Nh5 Qc6
27. Rd3 Re6 28. Rg3 Rg6 29. Re1 Rxg3 30. Nxg3 $14 {Sveshnikov-Milos, Sao Paulo,
1986}) 18. Bh4 Qe8 (18... g5 $2 {is out of question:} 19. fxg5 fxe5 20. Ng3 $16
{Fernandez Garcia-Boudre, Pau op 1988}) 19. exf6 Qh5 20. Bg3 gxf6 21. Rae1 Rae8
22. Nc1 {/\ Nd3 blockading the position.} (22. Bf2 $5 Bc6 23. Ng3 Qg4 $13)
22... Bf5 $13 {Turgut-Iuldachev, Istanbul ol (Men) 2000}) 14. N4b3 Nxd2 (14...
c4 $6 {allows White to destroy Black's P structure.} 15. Bxb6 $1 (15. Nd4 $143
Nxd2 16. Qxd2 c5 $15 {and the phalanx will move ahead.}) 15... axb6 (15... Nxd2
16. Nxd2 axb6 17. f5 $1 O-O 18. f6 $14 {with annoying threats on the >>.}) (
15... cxb3 16. Nxe4 axb6 17. Qxd5 Bf5 18. Qc6+ Bd7 19. Qc4 $16) 16. Nxe4 dxe4
17. Nd2 $1 (17. Nd4 c5) 17... c3 (17... Bc6 18. Nxc4 Bb5 19. b3 O-O 20. Re1
Qxd1 21. Rexd1 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Rfd8 23. Kf2 $14 {>< e4}) 18. bxc3 Bc6 (18... e3
19. Nb3 $16) 19. Qe2 Ra4 20. Nb3 $14 {/\ f5}) 15. Qxd2 d4 (15... c4 16. Nc5 $14
{blockading the dark squares.}) 16. Bf2 Bc6 (16... Bb5 $5 17. Rfe1 Qd5 18. f5
$1 {is the logical continuation of the |^.} (18. e6 $6 {is premature} Bc6 $1 (
18... fxe6 $2 19. Rxe6+ $1 Qxe6 20. Re1 Bc4 21. Rxe6+ Bxe6 22. Qe2 Kd7 (22...
Kf7 23. Nxc5 $1 Bxc5 24. Qh5+ $18) 23. Qe5 $16) 19. exf7+ Kxf7 {White has
ruined his own [+] for nothing.} 20. Bh4 Rhe8 $1 $15 {^^ /\ c4} (20... c4 $6 {
allows} 21. Re5 $1 Qd6 22. Be7 d3+ 23. Kh1 Qg6 24. Rg5 $1 (24. Nc5 Rhe8 25.
Rae1 Qxg2+ 26. Qxg2 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2 d2 $1) 24... Qh6 25. Re1 Rhe8 26. Qb4 $1 $16
)) 18... h6 $1 (18... O-O 19. f6 $16 (19. Qg5 f6)) 19. Qf4 $1 {keeps the
central pawns, and defends >< g2 after} (19. Kh1 $6 {runs into} Bc6 20. Bg1
O-O-O 21. Qe2 f6 $1 $15 {ruining White's [+], Sveshnikov-Agzamov, SU-ch sf
Tashkent 1984.}) (19. e6 $2 {is again a blow in the air.} Bc6 20. Bg3 (20. Bh4
c4 $1 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Re7+ Kf8) 20... c4 (20... f6 $5) 21. Re5 c3 $1 $17)
19... Bc6 (19... O-O-O $5 20. a4 $1 Bc6 21. Qg4 $16) (19... O-O 20. Qg4 $16)
20. Qg4 c4 21. Nd2 O-O {Suicide?} 22. f6 g5 23. h4 $16) (16... O-O 17. c4 $1 {
White wants to kill the b6 B forever.} (17. c3 {fights against Black's [+],
but it is wiser to blockade it.} Be6 (17... Bc6 {This is connected with a
well-known positional P sacrifice.} 18. cxd4 c4 {This is the main idea, Black
has the total control over the long /^, and the other B can also breethe.} 19.
Na5 (19. Nc1 Qd5 20. Be3 f6 $44) 19... Bxg2 $1 20. Kxg2 Qd5+ 21. Kg3 Bxa5 22.
Qe2 f6 $11 {Sveshnikov-Zakharov, SU-ch sf Volgodonsk 1983}) 18. cxd4 Bxb3 19.
axb3 cxd4 20. f5 $5 (20. Rfd1 Qd5) 20... Qd5 21. Qf4 Rae8 22. Rae1 f6 $5 $13 {
Okhotnik-Brdicko, Prague Mladi-A 1988}) 17... Qe7 $142 (17... Bc6 18. f5 $5 (
18. Nc1 $14 {/\ Nd3 with an ideal blockade, Agzamov.}) 18... Qd7 19. Bg3 $16 (
19. f6 $1 $14)) 18. Qd3 $1 {fighting for the b1-h7 /^.} (18. Bg3 Bf5 $13) (18.
Nc1 Rfe8 19. Nd3 Bf5) 18... Rfe8 (18... f5 {already closes the position, which
helps for White, as it was mentioned before.} 19. Nd2 $14) 19. Bg3 a5 20. f5 a4
21. Nd2 $14 {and White's central pawns are very dangerous.}) 17. c4 (17. f5 $5
{was the other alternative following the advance on the >>.} Qd5 18. Qg5 c4 19.
Nd2) 17... Qd7 (17... dxc3 $5 18. Qxc3 Qd5 {opens up the position for the ^^,
but weakens the P structure.} 19. Qg3 O-O-O 20. Qg4+ (20. Rac1 c4 21. Bxb6 axb6
) 20... Bd7 21. Qe2 Bc6 22. Qg4+ Bd7 23. Qe2 {1/2:1/2 Jackova-Kuang Yinhui,
Wch U20 Girls 1999}) 18. Qd3 (18. Bxd4 $5 {deserved serious attention making
Black's << weaknesses vulnerable.} cxd4 19. c5 Rd8 $1 (19... Bxc5 $2 {
activates the enemy N.} 20. Nxc5 Qd5 21. Na6 Qd7 22. Rac1 $1 {keeping control
over >< c5.} (22. Rfd1 {This is not the precise R move!} Rd8 23. e6 fxe6 24.
Nc5 Qf7 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 $1 {Black is happy to "sacrifice" his Q for two rooks!} (
25... Rd6 26. f5 $16 {Garcia Elio-Pena Gomez, ESP-ch U20 Mondariz Balneario
2000}) 26. Re1 Be4 27. Rxe4 Qxe4 28. Re1 Qxe1+ 29. Qxe1+ Kf7 $11) 22... O-O (
22... Rc8 $2 23. Rfd1 $18) 23. Rc5 Bb5 24. Rxb5 Qxb5 25. Nxc7 $16 {and White
is a healthy P up.}) 20. f5 $1 {White is not hurrying to get back the piece.} (
20. cxb6 axb6) 20... Bxc5 (20... d3 21. cxb6 cxb6 22. e6 $1) 21. Nxc5 Qe7 22.
Rac1 O-O 23. Rfe1 $14 {and White's pawns are more mobile than Black's ones.}) (
18. Bh4 {/\ f5} Qf5 {Black has to blockade >< f5.} (18... Qg4 $5 19. Qf2) 19.
Rae1 a5 20. Qe2 a4 21. Nc1 O-O 22. Nd3 Rfe8 $13 {is the strong prophylactic
move.} (22... f6 $6 {is now premature:} 23. e6 $1 (23. exf6 Rae8 24. Ne5 gxf6
25. Qg4+ Qxg4 26. Nxg4 Kg7 27. Rxe8 Bxe8 28. Re1 $14 {Rizouk-Klovans, Biel op
1995}) 23... Rfe8 24. g4 Qg6 25. f5 Qh6 26. Bg3 $16)) (18. f5 $5 {deserves
also attention.} Qxf5 $1 {This P has to be eliminated.} 19. Bxd4 Qe6 $1 (19...
Qd7 20. Be3 $14) 20. Bxc5 Qxc4 (20... Bxc5+ 21. Nxc5 Qxc4 22. Nb3 $14 (22. Rfc1
Qb5 23. a4 Qb6 24. e6 $14) (22. Rac1 {- 20...Qc4})) 21. Bxb6 $142 (21. Rac1
Bxc5+ $1 (21... Qd5 22. Qg5 $1 $16 {Hagasaether-Westerinen, Jarleslaget op 1997
}) 22. Nxc5 Qxa2 23. e6 O-O $1 $13) 21... cxb6 (21... axb6 $6 22. Rac1 Qe4 (
22... Qd5 23. Rfd1 $1) 23. Rfe1 Qd5 24. Red1 Qe4 25. Nd4 $16) 22. Rac1 Qd5 23.
Qf2 $1 (23. Rfd1 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Be4 25. Rc7 O-O $11) 23... Rc8 24. e6 $1 $14)
18... O-O-O 19. f5 Rde8 20. Rae1 (20. Bg3 $5 h5 21. h3) 20... g6 21. Bg3 {
(Leyva-F.Gomez, Las Tunas 2001 CBM 083)} {Black had to take up the gauntlet
immediately on the >> by} gxf5 $1 22. Rxf5 (22. Qxf5 Qxf5 23. Rxf5 Re7) 22...
h5 23. Rf4 Reg8 24. Re2 Rg4 $13) 13. Qc1 $6 (13. b3 {is too caoutious.} O-O (
13... Bxd4 $2 14. Qxd4 $16) (13... Qb6 $5 14. Qd3 O-O 15. Nd2 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 c5
17. Bf2 Bf5 $13) 14. Qd3 (14. Nd2 Nc3 {Here we see the weakness of >< c3} 15.
Qe1 Re8 (15... Bb6 {/\ c5} 16. b4) (15... Qb6 16. Nc4 $1) 16. Qf2 Ba3 $5 $13)
14... Bb6 15. Nd2 c5 16. N4f3 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 d4 (17... Rd8 $6 18. Qxd5 $1 Bb5
19. Qf3 $44) 18. Bf2 Qc8 $1 19. Ne4 Bf5 $13) (13. Nd2 $5 Qxb2 14. Nxe4 {
- 13.Nc3}) (13. Nc3 $5 {sacrifices the b P, but finishes the development.} Qxb2
14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qd2 (15. Kh1 $2 {There is no time for such preparatory moves.
} Qc3 (15... Rd8 16. Rb1 (16. Qd2 O-O 17. a4 (17. Rfb1 Qa3) 17... Be6 $15)
16... Qxa2 (16... Qc3 $5) 17. Qe2 O-O 18. Nxc6 Bxe3 (18... Bxc6 19. Bxc5 Rfe8
$15) 19. Ne7+ (19. Nxd8 $2 {The N will be trapped here.} Bb6 $1 20. Rbd1 Rxd8
21. Qg4 Qc4 $1 $19 {Ocampo-Otero, Cuba 2000}) 19... Kh8 20. Qxe3 Qxc2 $15) 16.
Bg1 (16. e6 fxe6 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qe5 O-O 19. Qxe4 Qc4) 16... Rd8 17. Ne2 Qc4
18. Ng3 Be6 (18... Bxg1 19. Rxg1 O-O 20. Re1 Be6 $13) 19. Qh5 $1 g6 20. Qh6 Bf8
21. Qh4 $13 (21. Qg5 $4 {The Q runs into trouble after} h6 22. Qf6 Rh7 $19 {
Jankov-Isanbaev, Dresden 2000})) (15. Nf5 Bxe3+ $5 (15... Bxf5 16. Bxc5 Qc3 $1
17. Qd4 $11 (17. Bd4 Qc4 18. Be3 O-O $15)) 16. Nxe3 Qc3 17. Qe1 Qxe1 18. Raxe1
{White has a strong blockading N, but his << is vulnerable.} O-O-O 19. f5 c5
$13) 15... O-O 16. Nb3 Bxe3+ 17. Qxe3 Be6 (17... Qxc2 18. Rad1 Be6 19. f5 $40 {
with good attacking prospects on the >>.}) 18. Qc5 $14 {and Black's pawns are
very vulnerable.} (18. Nd4 c5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qxe4 Rad8 (20... Qd4+ $11) 21.
Rad1 Qxa2 22. Ra1 Qb2 23. Rxa7 Rd4 $11 {Trent-Mamedyarov, Oropesa del Mar 2001}
)) 13... Bxd4 $1 {Now Black's central pawns will advance.} (13... O-O) 14. Bxd4
c5 15. Bf2 Bb5 16. Rd1 (16. Re1 O-O) 16... Nxf2 17. Kxf2 Bc6 18. Nd2 Qb6 19. c4
$1 {White has to stop the dangerous pawns at any cost.} (19. Nb3 c4+ 20. Nd4
Bd7 $15) 19... d4 20. Qc2 O-O 21. f5 $1 {This is the only counterchance, White
has to create some threats on the >>.} (21. b3 Bb7 22. Qd3 f6 $1 $17) 21...
Rad8 22. Rf1 {/\ Kg1 reparing the defects in his position.} (22. f6 $2 gxf6 23.
Qf5 (23. exf6 Rd6) 23... Bb7 24. exf6 Kh8 $17) 22... Ba8 (22... Rfe8 23. Rae1
d3 (23... Qb7 24. g4) 24. Qc3 Qb7 25. g4 Rd4 26. Kg3 $13) 23. Kg1 d3 (23...
Rfe8 24. Rae1) 24. Qc3 Rd4 25. Rf2 {White wants to build up a blockade on the
dark squares.} (25. Rae1 Re8) 25... Re8 26. Re1 Qh6 27. Qa3 Qg5 28. g3 {[#]} (
28. Qxc5 $2 Rg4 $19) (28. Nf1 Rg4 29. g3 (29. Ng3 $2 h5 $19) 29... Re4 $15)
28... h5 $1 {creating a new target, >< g3.} 29. Qxc5 h4 $1 30. Qxd4 (30. Nf3
Bxf3 31. Rxf3 d2 32. Rd1 Qg4 $17) 30... hxg3 31. Kf1 $8 gxf2 32. Qxf2 Qg4 33.
f6 $5 (33. Re3 Qd1+ 34. Qe1 Qg4 $11) 33... gxf6 34. Re3 Qd1+ 35. Qe1 Qxe1+ 36.
Kxe1 fxe5 37. Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096] [#]} f5 $3 {Black's only hope is to advance
the connected passed pawns in the [+].} (37... Bb7 38. Rd7 Rc8 39. Nb3 Kf8 40.
Nc5 Bc6 41. Rd3 a5) 38. Rd7 e4 39. Nb3 $2 (39. Rxc7 {gave better chances to
eliminate the pawns on the << and sacrifice the N for another.} e3 40. Nf1 f4
41. Rxa7 Bg2 42. Nxe3 $1 (42. c5 $2 Bxf1 43. Kxf1 f3 $19) 42... Rxe3+ (42...
fxe3 43. b4 Bf3 44. Ra3 Re4 45. b5 $36) 43. Kf2 Bc6 44. Rc7 Be4 $15) 39... f4
40. Nd4 e3 41. Nf5 (41. Rxc7 {is already late.} f3 42. Rxa7 f2+ 43. Kf1 Be4 $1
44. Ra3 Rf8 $19) 41... Kh8 (41... Kf8 $1 {- 41...Kh8}) 42. Nh4 (42. Nh6 $2 Rf8
$1 43. Kf1 (43. Nf7+ Kg7 44. Ng5+ Kg6) 43... f3 44. Nf7+ Kg7 45. Ne5+ Kf6 46.
Ng4+ Ke6 47. Rxc7 e2+ 48. Ke1 Rd8 49. Nf2 Be4 $1 $19) (42. Rxc7 f3 (42... Bg2
43. Nxe3 $1) 43. Ng3 a5 $1 (43... f2+ 44. Kf1 Be4 (44... Rd8 45. Ke2) (44... a5
45. Rf7) 45. Rd7) 44. b3 a4 $1 45. Rd7 Bc6 46. Rd1 axb3 47. axb3 Ra8 48. Nf5
Ra2 $19) 42... Kg8 43. Ng6 (43. Nf5 Kf8) 43... f3 44. Re7 Rxe7 45. Nxe7+ Kf7
46. Nf5 e2 {White can blockade the pawns for a while, but the black K will
penetrate.} 47. Nd4 Kf6 48. Nb5 Ke5 49. Nxc7 Be4 50. Nb5 (50. Kf2 Bc6) 50...
Bd3 51. b3 Ke4 52. Nc7 (52. Kf2 e1=Q+ $19 {and the f P will be a Q.}) 52...
Bxc4 (52... Bxc4 53. bxc4 Kd3 $1 54. Nd5 f2+ 55. Kxf2 Kd2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5
axb5 9. Nc3 h6 10. Nd5 d6 11. c3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Be3 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Ne7 15.
Bb3 Bb6 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. O-O O-O 20. e5 Rc8 21. e6 Qb6
22. exf7+ Bxf7 23. Re1 Ng6 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. Qd5 Qb7 26. Qxb7 Rxb7 27. Ra6 Ne5
28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. Rc1 Rbc7 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Rb6 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rc2
34. Rxb5 Rxf2 35. Kg3 Rc2 36. Rxe5 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. O-O Ba6 11. f4 f5 12. exf5 exf5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ng3 g6
15. Be3 d6 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Qd5+ Rf7 18. Qxc6 Bb7 19. Qa4 Qf6 20. Rab1 Ng7 21.
Qd1 Re8 22. Re1 Qg6 23. Bf2 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 h5 25. h4 Rd7 26. Qd1 Kh7 27. Qa4
Qf7 28. Rd1 Ne6 29. Be3 Qg7 30. Kf2 Kg6 31. Rd2 Qe7 32. Qd1 Qxh4 33. Rxd6 Re7
34. Rd7 Qh2 35. Rxe7 Qxg2+ 36. Ke1 Qxg3+ 37. Kd2 Kf6 38. Rh7 Nxf4 39. Qf1 Ng2
40. Bxc5 Be4 41. Bd4+ Ke6 42. c5 Qg5+ 43. Kd1 Qg4+ 44. Kc1 Qg5+ 45. Kd1 Qg4+
46. Qe2 Nf4 47. Rh6+ Kd7 48. Qxg4 hxg4 49. Rh7+ Kc6 50. Rxa7 g3 51. Rg7 g2 52.
Kd2 Ne6 53. Rg8 f4 54. Bf2 f3 55. a4 Nf4 56. Ke3 Bd5 57. Rg4 Ne2 58. c4 Bf7 59.
a5 Nc3 60. Rf4 Bh5 61. Kd2 Nd1 62. Rf6+ Kc7 63. Ke1 Nb2 64. Bg3+ Kd7 65. Kf2
Nd1+ 66. Kg1 Nc3 67. Bf2 Ne4 68. c6+ Kd8 69. Re6 Nxf2 70. Kxf2 Bf7 71. a6 Bxe6
72. a7 1-0

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 Bg4 6. c4 d4 7. e3 e6 8. a3 a5
9. h3 Bh5 10. exd4 cxd4 11. Qa4 Nd7 12. Qb5 Bg6 13. Qxb7 Qc8 14. Qxc8+ Rxc8 15.
Rd1 Nc5 16. Bf1 h6 17. Nbd2 a4 18. Ne1 e5 19. Be2 Bd6 20. Rb1 Na5 21. f3 Be7
22. Ne4 Ncb3 23. g4 O-O 24. Nc2 f5 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Nb4 Bxh3 27. Nd5 Bd8 28.
Bd2 Nxd2 29. Rxd2 Nb3 30. Rc2 Rc6 31. Kh2 Bf5 32. Rg1 Nc5 33. Nb4 Bxe4 34. dxe4
Rb6 35. Bd1 Bg5 36. Rcg2 Kh7 37. Be2 Rfb8 38. Rd1 Rxb4 39. axb4 Rxb4 40. Bf1
Rb3 41. Rf2 Bh4 42. Rc2 Rxf3 43. Bh3 Bg5 44. Kg2 Rb3 45. Rf2 Bf4 46. Bc8 g6 47.
Kf1 Kg7 48. Rg2 Kf6 49. Bg4 h5 50. Bc8 Rb4 51. Rc2 g5 52. Bf5 g4 53. Ra1 d3 0-1

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb7 7. e3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 Qe7 11. e4 g5 12. Bf2 O-O-O 13. Qa4 Kb8 14. Rb1 c5
15. Be2 Rhg8 16. g4 h5 17. h3 Rh8 18. Rg1 hxg4 19. hxg4 Nh7 20. Nb3 e5 21. d5
Nhf8 22. Kd2 Ng6 23. Rh1 f6 24. Na1 Rxh1 25. Rxh1 Rh8 26. Rxh8+ Nxh8 27. Nc2
Bc8 28. Ne3 Nf8 29. Nf5 Bxf5 30. gxf5 Nf7 31. Qd1 Kc7 32. Qh1 Kd8 33. Bd1 Qb7
34. Bb3 Ke7 35. Qd1 Qa6 36. Kd3 Nd7 37. Ba4 Qc8 38. Qb3 Nb8 39. Be3 Qh8 40. Qb5
Kd8 41. Bd1 Kc7 42. Qa4 a6 43. Qc2 Qh3 44. Be2 Qh1 45. Kd2 Nd8 46. Qd1 Qxd1+
47. Kxd1 Nf7 48. Ke1 Kd8 49. Bd1 Ke7 50. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8192]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. g3 {A quite poisonous set-up in which
White scores extremely well.} (10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qb6 13. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 14. Kh1 b5 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. b3 Bb7 $13 {Rayner,F-Daly,C/Debrecen 1992/
EU-chT}) (10. Bb5 Qc7 11. O-O a6 12. Be2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b6 14. Rad1 Nb8 15. Qe3
Bd7 16. Kh1 $14 {Shaposhnikov,E-Labollita,M/Szeged 1994}) 10... Nxd4 (10... Qe7
11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Nb3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Bd7 14. Kb1 Rfc8 15. g4 Nb4 $1 16. Nd4 Rc5
17. a3 $14 {Kasparov,G-Shirov,A/Astana 2001}) (10... a6 11. Bh3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4
b5 13. O-O Qb6 14. Ne2 b4 $5 15. a3 $6 (15. Rfd1 a5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Nd4 Ba6
18. Qe3 $14) 15... Rb8 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Qe3 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxb2 $13 {Milos,
G-Leitao,R/Sao Paulo 2002}) 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 {Black has better counterchances if
White's king is on the queenside, so it's the right decision to take on d4
right away. Otherwise White could've played Ne2 with idea to take on d4 with
the knight.} (11... a6 12. Bg2 b5 13. Ne2 a5 14. a3 Bb7 (14... Bxd4 15. Nxd4
Qb6 16. O-O Nc5 17. g4 Bb7 18. Rad1 b4 19. f5 exf5 20. gxf5 Rae8 21. axb4 axb4
22. Qf4 $16 {Gofshtein,L-Gurevich,M/Noyon 2001}) 15. O-O Qb6 16. b4 Bxd4+ 17.
Nxd4 axb4 18. axb4 {[%csl Rb7]} Ra4 19. Kh1 Nb8 20. f5 $1 $40 {Dominguez,
L-Glek,I/Esbjerg 2002}) 12. Qxd4 Nb8 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Qc5 $5 {Intending to
disrupt Black's play on the queenside. On the other hand White is wasting
quite a few tempi on moving his queen, so it shouldn't be too dangerous for
Black.} (14. Qf2 Bd7 15. Kb1 Qa5 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Qe1 Nb4 18. a3 Nxd3 19. Rxd3
Rc4 20. Qd2 Rac8 21. Ne2 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 $14 {Anand,V-Shirov,A/Leon 2001}) 14...
Bd7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Qd6 Na5 $6 (16... Nb8 $5 {[%csl Gd7] deserved attention:}
17. Bd3 Qa5 18. Rhf1 Rfd8 19. Qe7 Nc6 20. Qh4 h6 $132 {[%cal Gc6b4,Gd5d4]}) 17.
Bd3 Rc6 18. Qa3 a6 19. Ne2 b5 (19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Nd4 Qb6 22. Qe3 Rfc8
23. g4 $14) 20. Nd4 Rc8 21. Rhe1 Re8 (21... Nc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Re3 $14 {
[%cal Gh2h5,Gg3g4]}) 22. Nf3 Qb6 23. Qb4 Nb7 $5 24. g4 Nc5 25. Qd2 b4 26. f5
Nxd3 27. f6 $1 Qc5 $2 {This move is a strategical resignation. It was
necessary to play} (27... Nxe5 $1 {with very sharp play.} 28. Nxe5 Ba4 29. b3 (
29. Qg5 Bxc2+ 30. Ka1 Bg6 31. fxg7 Qd8 $17) 29... gxf6 30. Nd3 Bb5 31. Nf4 Kh8
32. Nh5 Rg8 33. Nxf6 Rg7 $13) 28. cxd3 Qf8 29. Nd4 $16 a5 (29... gxf6 30. exf6
Kh8 31. Re5 $18 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Ge5g5,Gg5g7]}) 30. Rc1 h6 31. g5 $1 g6 32. h4
{Sealing the kingside.} h5 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Rc1 Ba4 35. Qe3 Qd8 36. b3 Bd7 37.
Rxc8 Qxc8 38. Nc2 Bb5 39. Kc1 Qc3 40. Qd4 Qc7 (40... Bxd3 41. Qxc3 bxc3 42. Nd4
Kf8 43. a3 Ke8 44. b4 axb4 45. axb4 Kd7 46. b5 Kc8 47. b6 Kb7 48. Nxe6 $18) 41.
Kd2 $6 Bd7 42. Kc1 Kf8 43. Kb2 Ke8 44. a3 bxa3+ 45. Nxa3 Kd8 46. Nc2 {The
minor pieces endgame is easily winning for White so Black has got no chance to
survive.} Kc8 (46... Ke8 47. Qc3 Qb6 48. d4 Bc6 49. Qc5 Qxc5 50. dxc5 Kd8 51.
Nd4 $18) 47. Qc3 Kb7 48. Qxc7+ Kxc7 49. Kc3 Kb6 50. b4 a4 (50... axb4+ 51. Kxb4
Bb5 52. Nd4 Bd7 53. Ne2 Bb5 54. Nf4 Be8 55. d4 Kc7 56. Kc5 $18) 51. Nd4 Ka6 52.
Kb2 Kb6 53. Ka3 Be8 54. Ne2 Bb5 55. Nc3 d4 (55... Bxd3 56. Nxd5+ Kb7 57. Nf4
Bf5 58. Kxa4 $18) 56. Ne2 Bxd3 57. Nxd4 Bc4 58. Kxa4 Bd5 59. Ne2 Bc6+ 60. Kb3
Bb5 61. Nf4 Be8 62. Kc4 Bb5+ 63. Kd4 Be8 64. Ne2 Bc6 65. Nc3 Bg2 66. b5 1-0

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. a3 Bg7 5. Rb1 Nf6 6. b4 d6 7. bxc5 dxc5 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Ne8 11. Nd5 Nd6 12. Bf1 e6 13. Ne3 Nd4 14. d3 Ba4 15.
Bb2 Qa5 16. Nd2 Rfd8 17. Qc1 Rac8 18. c3 b5 19. Ba1 Nc6 20. f4 Rd7 21. e5 Nf5
22. Ne4 Qb6 23. Ng4 Kh8 24. Kh1 Rcd8 25. Qb2 Rxd3 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27. Ngf2 Rd7
28. Qe2 c4 29. Qf3 Bc2 30. Rb2 Bxe4 31. Qxe4 Qc5 32. Qb1 a6 33. Ne4 Qa7 34. a4
h6 35. axb5 axb5 36. Rxb5 g5 37. fxg5 Bxe5 38. Rc5 Qc7 39. Qb5 Nfe7 40. h3 Bg3
41. Rf1 hxg5 42. Rxg5 Be5 43. Qxc4 Ng6 44. Qe2 Bf4 1-0

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. g3 h5 $5 {[%cal Yh5h4] Black has many other options, but
let's examine the following ones, as they are interesting from the point of
view of our game:} (3... d5 {Black's immediately tries to exploit White's last
move} 4. Bg2 dxe4 5. Nbc3 Nf6 (5... f5 $5 6. d3 exd3 7. Nf4 Nf6 8. Nxd3 $44) 6.
Nxe4 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 e5 8. d3 Bd6 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Qf3 Rb8 11. g4 Nf8 12. Nd5 Ne6
13. c3 Bd7 14. h4 b5 15. Be3 $14 {1-0 Vallejo Pons,F (2677)-Dunis,A (2485)/
Port Barcares 2005/CBM 107/[Bangiev] (43)}) (3... e5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. d4
Bg7 7. Be3 ({a good example of the play in this line is} 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8+
Kxd8 9. Na3 Be6 10. Be3 b6 11. f4 f6 12. f5 Bf7 13. g4 a6 14. h4 Kc7 15. Ng3
Nge7 16. Bf1 $14 {1/2 Balashov,Y (2555)-Purtov,A (2427)/Omsk 2001/EXT 2002 (66)
}) {This position with the insertion of the moves h7-h5, h2-h3 was reached in
our game and Nakamura continued} 7... b6 {what is a new move not only in our
game, but even in this known position.} (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Nh6 9. h3 f5 10.
Nbc3 O-O 11. Qb3+ Kh8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Rd1 $14 {1-0 Kupreichik,V (2466)
-Wehmeier,S (2362)/Germany 2003/EXT 2004 (70)})) 4. h3 {The typical reaction
against the advance of Black's h pawn, after h5-h4 White answers g3-g4.} (4. h4
$143 {weakens the g4 square.}) (4. d4 h4 {leads to unclear positions.}) 4... e5
({It deserves attention} 4... d5 $5 {, compared with the line above White has
worries with his h3 pawn, for example} 5. Bg2 dxe4 6. Nbc3 Nf6 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Nc6 $11 {1/2 Filipenko,A (2420)-Zheliandinov,V (2350)/Lvov 1995/CBM 050
ext (41)}) 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. c3 {White has to prepare the d2-d4 advance
immediately, otherwise Black fianchettoes his Bf8 and prevents it.} g6 7. d4
Bg7 8. Be3 b6 {As I write above, a new attempt.} 9. Na3 ({Clearly premature is
} 9. dxc5 $6 dxc5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Na3 {due to} Ba6) 9... Nge7 10. dxc5 dxc5
{The situation in the centre has clarified. Although the pawn structure is
almost identical, there is one important difference, which gives White a
permanent advantage. Black has a weakness on d5, whereas White's c pawn is
still on c3 covering the d4 square.} 11. Qxd8+ Nxd8 (11... Kxd8 12. O-O-O+ Kc7
13. Nb5+ Kb8 $14) 12. Nb5 {[%cal Yb5c7]} O-O $2 {A mistake, which gives White
full control over the d file. White can also easily transfer his Nb5 to the d5
square.} (12... Kd7 $142 13. O-O-O+ Kc6 14. Nd6 Be6 $14) 13. Nc7 Rb8 14. O-O-O
$16 Bb7 15. g4 {[%csl Gf5]} (15. Rd7 $6 Nf5) 15... Rc8 16. Rd7 {White
penetrates with his rooks to Black's position.} ({Good enough is also simple} 
16. Nd5 $16) 16... Bc6 $6 {Black doesn't want to suffer passively and rather
tries to trap White's rook.} 17. Rxe7 Bf6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxa7 Bc4 20. Ng3 $6
{An inaccuracy,} ({after} 20. Bf1 $142 $5 $16 {White keeps his rook on the 7th
rank without troubles} Nc6 21. Rb7) 20... Nc6 21. Rb7 $2 {But this is already
a serious mistake.} ({A retreat of the rook over the a file looks strange, but
anyway it keeps the advantage} 21. Ra3 $142 $16 {, for example} h4 22. Nf1 Nb4
23. Nd2) 21... h4 22. Nf1 Bd8 {[%csl Rb7] Now White's rook is trapped.} 23. Nd2
Be6 {Black goes for his goal, to capture White's rook.} ({Possible is also} 
23... Bxa2 {as it doesn't work} 24. b3 $2 {due to} Na5) 24. Bf1 Ra8 25. Bb5 Na5
26. Rd7 Bxd7 27. Bxd7 {[%cal Ye3h6]} Kg7 28. a4 $44 {Black has gained the
exchange, but White has a pawn and also the strong light squared bishop for it.
Objectively White has a symbolic advantage, but he can't convert it, Black
prevents easily any White's active intentions.} Be7 29. Kc2 Rab8 30. Bb5 Rfc8
31. Nc4 Nxc4 32. Bxc4 Ra8 33. b3 Rd8 34. Rg1 f6 35. f3 g5 36. Bd5 Ra5 37. c4 {
After blocking of the position result is obvious, a draw.} Kf8 38. Bd2 Ra7 39.
Be3 Ra5 40. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Rb8 8. Qd2
Qa5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Nb5 O-O 12. O-O-O Qb6 13. Kb1 Nc5 14. Qe3
Bd7 15. Nd6 f6 16. Bd3 fxe5 17. fxe5 h6 18. Rhe1 Be8 19. Nxe8 Rbxe8 20. Bf1 Rf7
21. c3 Ref8 22. Bd3 Na4 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. b3 a6 25. Kc1 Rf4 26. Re3 Nd7 27. Rd2
g5 28. h3 Kg7 29. Kd1 b5 30. Be2 Nc5 31. Ke1 Rc8 32. Nd4 Kf7 33. Bf3 Nxd4 34.
cxd4 Ne4 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Ke2 Rc1 37. Rd1 Rc2+ 38. Rd2 Rc1 39. Rd1 Rc8 40. Rd2
Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Qa5 12. exf6 Ba6 13. a3 O-O-O 14. Bg2 Nc5 15.
O-O Nb3 16. Qf3 Bb7 17. Rad1 b4 18. Ne4 bxa3 19. bxa3 Rd5 20. Be3 Bxa3 21. h4
c3 22. Qe2 Bb2 23. Qc2 Na1 24. Rxa1 Bxa1 25. Nc5 Rxc5 26. dxc5 Bb2 27. Rd1 Rd8
28. Be4 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 c2 30. Bxc2 Bxf6 31. Qh5 Qc7 32. Qh7 Ba6 33. Qg8+ Kb7
34. h5 Bc4 35. h6 Bd5 36. h7 Qe5 37. Qxf7+ Kc8 38. Qe8+ Kb7 39. Qd7+ Qc7 40.
Qxc7+ Kxc7 41. g4 Kd7 42. g5 Bh8 43. g6 Ke7 44. Bg5+ 1-0

[Event "USA-chT Amateur East"]
[Site "Parsippany"]
[Date "2006.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Peterson, William"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 e6 5. O-O Ne7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Be3
e5 9. Qd2 f5 10. Bh6 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Rf4 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Rad1 Qf8
15. Qxf8+ Nxf8 16. Nc3 Bg4 17. Rfe1 Nc6 18. Nd5 Rf7 19. Ng5 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Rf5
21. h4 h5 22. Nxc7 Rc8 23. Nd5 Kg7 24. b3 Nh7 25. Ne3 Nf6 26. Nxf5+ gxf5 27.
Rd6 a6 28. Red2 b5 29. cxb5 Nd4 30. f3 Nxb5 31. Rxa6 e4 32. Rb6 Nc3 33. Rdd6
Ncd5 34. Rbc6 Re8 35. Re6 Rf8 36. fxe4 fxe4 37. Nxe4 Ng4 38. Rg6+ Kh8 39. Rc5
Nf4 40. Rxh5+ Nxh5 41. Rxg4 Ra8 42. a4 Rb8 1-0

[Event "USA-ch GpA"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. Qc2 Bd6 5. Nc3 f5 6. h3 Nf6 7. g4 O-O 8. gxf5
exf5 9. b3 Qe7 10. Bb2 Na6 11. Rg1 Bd7 12. cxd5 Nb4 13. Qb1 cxd5 14. a3 Nc6 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Rxg7+ Qxg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qb2+ Rf6 20. O-O-O h6
21. d3 Kf7 22. e4 fxe4 23. dxe4 Rxf3 24. exd5 Bf4+ 25. Kb1 Bf5+ 26. Ka2 Ne5 27.
d6+ Kg6 28. Be2 Rxh3 29. Qd4 Rf8 30. Bb5 Be6 31. Qe4+ Kh5 32. Be2+ Kh4 33. d7
Bxd7 34. Rxd7 Nxd7 35. Qe7+ Bg5 36. Qxd7 Rf4 37. f3 Rh2 38. Qd3 Kg3 39. b4 Rf2
40. Kb1 Kg2 41. Bd1 Bh4 42. Qg6+ Bg3 43. Bc2 h5 44. Qxh5 Rc4 45. Be4 Rd4 46.
f4+ Rxe4 47. Qd5 Rfe2 48. Qxb7 Kg1 0-1

[Event "USA-ch GpA"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 g5 12. Be2 b6 13. Qd5 Rb8 14. Qxa5
bxa5 15. b3 Bb7 16. f3 Ra8 17. h4 h6 18. Nd5 Rg8 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Kf2 d6 21.
g3 Kf8 22. Rcd1 Bb2 23. Bf1 Bc6 24. Bh3 Bd7 25. Nc7 Nxc7 26. Bxd7 Na6 27. Bc6
Rd8 28. Bb5 Nc7 29. Bc6 Ba3 30. Bxa7 Ne6 31. Rd5 Nc5 32. Bb6 Rc8 33. Bb5 Bb4
34. Ke3 Rb8 35. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch GpA"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Baginskaite, Camilla"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qa4+ b5 6. Nxb5 Bd7 7. d6 Bxb5 8.
Qxb5+ Nd7 9. Nf3 Bxd6 10. g3 Ngf6 11. Bg2 Rb8 {Black must try to prove, that
his active center compensates for the missing light squared bishop.} (11... O-O
12. O-O Rb8 13. Qa4 Bc5 14. Rb1 e5 15. b4 e4 16. Ng5 e3 17. Rb3 exf2+ 18. Kh1
Bb6 19. Bf4 Rc8 20. Rd3 Re8 21. Qb3 Rc3 22. Rxc3 dxc3 23. Nxf7 $18 {1-0 Smolka,
A-Hammermeister,U/Recklinghausen 1999/ (29)}) 12. Qa4 e5 13. O-O O-O 14. Qxa7 (
14. Rb1 Nc5 $15) 14... Ra8 (14... Re8 15. Nd2 Nc5 16. Nc4 Nce4 $44) 15. Qb7 Nc5
(15... Rb8 16. Qa6 Nc5 17. Qc4 Qe7 $13) 16. Qb5 (16. Qb4 Qe7 17. Qc4 Rfc8 $44)
16... Qc7 17. Nd2 Rfb8 {Nakamura is now playing with a pawn and this makes his
position even more dangerous.} (17... e4 18. b4 Rfb8 19. Qc4 Ra4 20. a3 e3 21.
Qc2 exd2 22. Bxd2 $16) 18. Qc4 Ra4 19. Qc2 Qe7 (19... Ra7 $5) 20. b3 (20. Ne4
Nfxe4 21. Bxe4 g6 $13) 20... Ra6 21. Bb2 Qa7 (21... Qe6 22. Nc4 $14) 22. a3 (
22. Rfc1 Be7 23. a4 $14) 22... h5 (22... Be7 23. Rac1 $14) 23. Rac1 h4 24. b4
Na4 25. Ba1 (25. Nc4 Qd7 26. Ba1 $14) 25... Nb6 26. Bb2 Na4 27. Ba1 Qd7 $2 {
In retrospect it seems rather crazy to avoid draw by threefold repetition,
Baginskaite will now use the potential of her pieces.} (27... Nb6 28. Ne4 (28.
Bb2 Na4 $11) 28... Nxe4 29. Qxe4 hxg3 30. hxg3 Rxa3 31. b5 $11) 28. Ne4 $1 (28.
Bc6 $2 Qh3 $1 29. Bxa4 hxg3 30. hxg3 e4 31. Bd7 Nxd7 32. Qxe4 Bxg3 $17) 28...
Nxe4 29. Qxe4 h3 (29... Nb6 30. f4 $1 f6 31. Qd3 Qa7 32. Qf5 $16) 30. Bf3 Nb6
31. Bg4 $1 Qe7 32. Bb2 Na4 33. Ba1 (33. Rc8+ $5 Rxc8 34. Bxc8 Ra7 35. Bc1 Nc3
36. Qc2 $17) 33... Nb6 34. e3 $1 {The center and h3 pawn are falling, black is
in serious trouble.} Rxa3 (34... dxe3 35. Qxe3 Qa7 36. Bb2 $16) 35. exd4 Ra4 (
35... exd4 36. Qxd4 f6 37. Rc6 Be5 38. Qe4 $18) 36. dxe5 Bxb4 (36... Rxb4 37.
Qf5 g6 38. exd6 gxf5 39. dxe7 fxg4 40. Rfd1 $18) 37. e6 Bc3 38. exf7+ Qxf7 (
38... Kxf7 $2 39. Bh5+ Kf8 40. Qxe7+ Kxe7 41. Rxc3 $18) 39. Qe6 $1 {The rest
of the games is a purely technical matter.} Bxa1 40. Rxa1 Rxa1 41. Rxa1 Nd5 42.
Bxh3 Nf6 43. Ra7 Qxe6 44. Bxe6+ Kh8 45. h4 $18 Rb6 46. Bf5 Rb8 47. Kg2 Rf8 48.
Bg6 Ng4 49. f4 Kg8 50. h5 Kh8 51. Kh3 Nf6 52. Kh4 Rd8 53. g4 Rf8 54. Kg5 Ng8
55. Bf5 Nh6 56. Be6 Kh7 57. f5 Kh8 58. Kf4 Re8 59. g5 Ng8 60. Ke5 Ne7 61. Rc7
1-0

[Event "USA-ch GpA"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Epstein, Esther"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. f4 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Qh5 15.
Nf3 Bd7 16. Rae1 b5 17. e5 bxc4 18. bxc4 dxe5 19. fxe5 Ng4 20. h3 Nh6 21. Qc2
Nf5 22. Kh2 Nh4 23. Nxh4 Bxh4 24. Re4 Bg5 25. Rg4 Rab8 26. Bc3 g6 27. Qf2 Rf8
28. Qa7 Ra8 29. Qxd7 Rad8 30. Qb7 Rxd3 31. Bb4 Bh6 32. Bxf8 Qxe5+ 33. Kh1 1-0

[Event "USA-ch GpA"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schneider, Igor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nfe7 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Qc2 Qxd4 14. Nb5 Qb6 15.
bxa5 Qxb5 16. Qxc8+ Nxc8 17. Bxb5 Bxb5 18. Rc1 Ne7 19. Nb3 Bc4 20. Nd2 Ba6 21.
f4 Ng6 22. Bd4 Nxf4 23. Rc7 Be7 24. Nb3 Bd8 25. Rc2 h5 26. Kf2 Nd3+ 27. Kg2
hxg4 28. Nc5 Nf4+ 29. Kf2 Rh3 30. Nxa6 Bh4+ 31. Kg1 bxa6 32. Bf2 Rxa3 33. Bxh4
Ra1+ 34. Kf2 Rxh1 35. Bg3 Rc1 36. Ra2 g5 37. Ra3 Kf8 38. Ke3 Rc4 39. Rb3 Re4+
40. Kd2 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "USA-ch GpA"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Goletiani, Rusudan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f4
d6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Kh1 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nce2 Bb7 13. Qe3 Nbd7 14. Nb3 g6 15. Bd2
Nc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Qf3 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Be3 Qc7 20. a5 Bc5 21. Rfc1 Bxe3
22. Qxe3 O-O 23. Qd4 Qc5 24. Ra4 Rac8 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxb4 Ba8 27. Ra1 Nf2+
28. Kg1 Nxd3 29. cxd3 d4 30. Nxd4 g5 31. g3 Rfc8 32. Kf2 Kg7 33. Rb6 gxf4 34.
gxf4 Rc1 35. Rxc1 Rxc1 36. Rxa6 Bd5 37. f5 Rh1 38. fxe6 fxe6 39. Nxe6+ Bxe6 40.
Rxe6 Rxh2+ 41. Kg3 Rxb2 42. a6 Rb3 43. Rd6 Kf7 44. Kg4 Ke7 45. a7 Ra3 46. Rh6
Ra1 47. d4 Ra4 48. Kf5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch GpA"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 c4 12. Be2 Nd7 13. h4 Qe7 14. a3 b6 15. Kc1
Bb7 16. Nd2 O-O-O 17. f4 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Qh3 h5 20. Qe3 Rhf8 21. g3 Bc6
22. Re1 b5 23. Bf1 Rd6 24. Nf3 Bd7 25. Ne5 Rg8 26. Bg2 Ra6 27. Kb2 Ne8 28. Nf3
Nc7 29. Ng5 Ra4 30. Bh3 Re8 31. Qe5 a5 32. Qe3 Kb7 33. Nf3 Ra8 34. Reb1 Kc8 35.
Qe1 Rb8 36. Ne5 Be8 37. Nf3 Rb6 38. Ne5 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Rxa4 Bxa4 41. Kc1
b3 42. cxb3 Qa3+ 43. Kd2 Qa2+ 44. Ke3 Rxb3 45. Rc1 Qh2 46. Bf1 Nb5 47. Nxc4
dxc4 48. Bxc4 Rb2 49. Bxe6+ Kd8 50. f5 gxf5 51. Bxf5 Nd6 52. Bd3 Rg2 53. d5
Rxg3+ 54. Kd4 Qxh4+ 55. Kc5 Qf4 56. Qe6 Nb7+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ch GpA"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Bc4
Qb6 9. Bb5 ({The main continuation is} 9. Nf5 Qxb2 10. Nxg7+ Kf8 11. Nd5 Nxd5
12. Bxd5 Kxg7 13. O-O $44) (9. Ncb5 Qa5+ 10. c3 O-O $11) 9... Qc7 10. Nd5 Nxd5
11. exd5 a6 (11... Bxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bh6 f6 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16.
dxc6 Qxc6 17. c4 e5 18. Qd5 Qb6 19. O-O-O Qe3+ 20. Rd2 {1-0 Coppini,G (2255)
-Mauro,A/Montone 1989/EXT 99}) 12. Nxc6 ({Black equalizes after} 12. Bxc6+ bxc6
13. Nxc6 Bb7 ({or} 13... O-O) (13... Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bc3+ 15. Kf2 $14) 14. Bd4
Bxd4 15. Qxd4 O-O $11) ({Worse is} 12. Ba4 $6 Qa5+ 13. c3 Qxd5) ({or} 12. dxc6
$6 axb5 {in both cases with Black's advantage}) 12... Bxb2 $5 $146 (12... axb5
13. Bd4 (13. Nd4 Qc4 $1 $17 {0-1 Roschina,T (2245)-Podlesnik,B (2409)/Pula
1999 (37)}) 13... Bxd4 (13... bxc6 $5 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Bc3 $14 {/=}) 14. Qxd4
O-O 15. Nb4 Qc5 16. O-O-O Bf5 17. a3 Rac8 18. g4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Bd7 20. Re1 Rfe8
21. Kd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Todorovic,G (2490)-Vujacic,B (2325)/Cetinje 1991 (41)})
13. Ba4 (13. Rb1 $2 Bc3+ $17) 13... O-O $2 {The drawback of this move is that
now pawn e7 remains unprotected and Black will no longer have the resourse ...
Bd7.} ({Correct was} 13... Bd7 14. Rb1 ({After} 14. Bd4 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 Rf8 (
15... Rg8 16. Nxe7 Kxe7 17. Bb3 $5 $44 (17. Bf6+ Kf8 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. O-O g5
$15 {[%cal Gg8g6]})) (15... f6 $2 16. Bxf6 $18) 16. Bg7 Rg8 (16... bxc6 17.
Bxf8 Qa5+ 18. Kf2 Qxa4 19. Re1 $1 $36) 17. Nxe7 Rxg7 (17... Kxe7 $2 18. Qf6+
Ke8 19. Bxd7+ Qxd7 20. Kf2 $18) 18. Qxg7 Bxa4 (18... Kxe7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. O-O
$16) (18... Qa5+ 19. c3 Bxa4 20. Qg8+ (20. O-O Kxe7 21. Re1+ Kd7 22. Qxf7+ Kc8
23. Qg8+ Qd8 $17) 20... Kxe7 21. Qxa8 Qxc3+ 22. Kf2 Qd2+ 23. Kg3 Qg5+ 24. Kf2
Qd2+ $11) 19. Ng8 O-O-O 20. O-O Re8 {only Black can be better}) 14... Bc3+ (
14... Bf6 15. Bd4 bxc6 16. dxc6 Qa5+ (16... Bxc6 17. Bxf6 exf6 18. Qd5 $18) 17.
Kf2 O-O (17... Qxa4 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Re1+ Be6 20. Qxd6 $18) 18. Bxf6 exf6 19.
cxd7 Qxa4 20. Qxd6 Qxc2+ 21. Kg3 $16) 15. Bd2 Bf6 16. Ba5 (16. Rb4 $2 a5 $1 (
16... bxc6 $2 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Rc4 $18) 17. Rc4 bxc6 18. Bxc6 (18. Rxc6 Qb7
19. O-O O-O $17) (18. dxc6 O-O $17) 18... O-O 19. O-O Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Rfc8 $17)
16... Qc8 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 {with a complicated, about equal position.}) 14. Rb1
Bc3+ 15. Kf2 $1 ({Possibly Gurevich considered only} 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2
bxc6 {and Black has nothing to fear.}) 15... bxc6 (15... Qd7 16. Qd3 Bf6 17.
Rb4 $18) 16. Bb6 {Now White wins an exchange, with no compensation for Black.}
Qb8 17. Bxc6 Ra7 (17... Bb7 18. Bd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Ra7 20. Rhe1 $18) 18. Qd3
Bf6 19. Qe3 $1 {White must keep his dark-squared bishop.} ({A big mistake
would be} 19. Bxa7 $2 Qxa7+ 20. Kf1 (20. Kg3 {is not possible in view of} Be5+
21. f4 Bxf4+ $1 22. Kxf4 Qf2+ 23. Qf3 e5+ 24. dxe6 fxe6+ {and suddenly White
loses the queen}) 20... Bf5 $44) 19... Rb7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. c4 $18 Bf5 22. Rb3
Qd7 23. Bd4 $18 Qa4 24. Bxf6 exf6 25. Rc1 (25. Qe2 Re8 26. Re3 Rxe3 27. Kxe3
$18) 25... Qxa2+ 26. Kg3 h5 27. h4 {The rest is very easy. White creates a
passed pawn and Black has no counterplay at all.} Kg7 28. Rb6 Rd8 29. Qd4 Qe2
30. c5 Qe7 31. c6 a5 32. Qc3 Re8 33. c7 a4 34. Rb8 Bc8 35. Ra8 Qd7 36. Re1 Re5
37. Rxe5 fxe5 38. Qc4 f5 39. Qxa4 f4+ 40. Kf2 1-0

[Event "USA-ch GpA"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Bf4 $14 {If Black
refrains from the active lines 9...b5 or 9...Re8 10.0-0 c4, he usually gets a
passive position in the modern variation of the Benoni. Until a certain point,
this game is hardly an exception.} b6 14. Qd2 Bb7 {This is the worse possible
square for this bishop, but at least Black gets his rooks connected. Later,
after the queen's rook has crossed the c-file, the bishop can safely return to
c8. However, the weakness of the a6-square will be not that easy to be given a
reliable remedy.} 15. Bc4 {Safely blocking the c4-square, thus preventing any
possible black counterplay.} (15. Rad1 c4 16. Bc2 Rad8 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Bg5 Rc8
19. Qf4 Nfd7 20. Bh6 Bh8 $5 {[%csl Gd3,Ge5][%cal Yd7e5]} (20... Be5 21. Qd2 $14
{1-0 Polak,T (2525)-Akintola,F (2265)/Elista 1998/CBM 066 ext (59)})) 15... Nh5
16. Bh2 {White maintains the pressure against the d6-pawn.} ({If the d4-square
has not been weakened by the advance of the c-pawn, the exchange of the
dark-squared bishops with} 16. Bh6 {makes Black's position easier to defend.}
Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Nhf6 18. Nd2 Re7 19. Be2 Rae8 20. Rad1 Kh8 21. Rc1 Ng8 22. Qg5
Ngf6 23. Qh6 Ng8 {1/2-1/2 Gundrum,A (2287)-Raimer,T (2138)/ICCF email 2000/
Corr 2002}) 16... h6 $5 $146 {A rather provocative move. Black acknoledges
that he has no active plan at his disposal and invites White to disclose his
intentions.} (16... Ne5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 $14 19. Rac1 Qd6 20. Bf1
Bc8 21. Nb1 Bd7 22. b3 b5 23. Qe3 Rec8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rc2 Ra1 26. Nc3 Rxe1
27. Qxe1 c4 28. bxc4 bxc4 29. Nb1 f5 30. Nd2 c3 31. Nc4 Qb4 32. Rxc3 fxe4 33.
Rc1 $1 $16 {1-0 Kazhgaleyev,M (2596)-Glicenstein,A (2306)/Issy les Moulineaux
2004/CBM 100 ext (62)}) 17. g4 {There was no need to commit himself to such
concrete actions yet.} (17. Rad1 $14) 17... Nhf6 18. Rad1 h5 $1 {The typical
reaction to White's slightly premature advance of the g-pawn. Now, Black gets
at least some counterplay against White's king side weaknesses.} 19. g5 Nh7 20.
Bg3 Re7 21. Re2 Rae8 22. Rde1 Bc8 23. Kh2 ({The main drawback of Black's setup,
namely the weakness of the a6-pawn could have been highlighted by} 23. Qd3 $1 {
when Black would have faced problems coming up with adequate counterplay, for
instance} Bd4 24. Bxa6 (24. Nxd4 $6 cxd4 25. Qxd4 Nxg5) 24... Ne5 25. Nxe5 dxe5
26. h4 Bxa6 27. Qxa6 Qd7 28. Kg2 $14 {[%csl Gb5,Yb6]}) 23... b5 $1 $132 {
All of a sudden, Black's pieces become very active after this well-timed pawn
sacrifice.} 24. e5 (24. axb5 Nb6 25. Bd3 (25. b3 Qd7 26. Ng1 Nxg5 $132) 25...
Qd7 26. Ng1 axb5 27. Nxb5 (27. Bxb5 $6 Bxc3 $1) 27... c4 28. Nxd6 cxd3 $13)
24... h4 25. Bf4 Nxe5 $36 {In view of his perfect regroupment and of the white
king side weaknesses, Black has excellent chances.} 26. Bxe5 Qd7 27. Bxg7 Qxh3+
28. Kg1 Qg4+ 29. Kh2 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Bg4 31. Nh2 Bxe2 32. Bxe2 Kxg7 33. axb5 Re5
34. f4 Re3 35. Kh1 axb5 36. Nxb5 Rg3 37. Bf1 Rxe1 38. Qxe1 Qf5 39. Qd2 Qe4+ 40.
Bg2 Qb1+ 41. Bf1 Qe4+ 42. Bg2 Qe7 43. Nc3 Re3 44. Ng4 Re1+ 45. Kh2 f6 46. gxf6+
Nxf6 47. Nxf6 Kxf6 48. b4 cxb4 49. Qd4+ Kf7 50. Ne4 b3 51. Qb4 Re3 52. Ng5+ Kg8
53. Ne6 Rg3 54. Qb8+ Kh7 55. Ng5+ Kg7 56. Ne6+ Kh7 57. Ng5+ Rxg5 58. fxg5 Qe5+
59. Kh1 Qe1+ 60. Kh2 Qe5+ 61. Kh1 b2 62. Qb7+ Kg8 63. Qb8+ Kf7 64. Qb7+ Ke8 65.
Qb8+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 7th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Laxman, Rajaram"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.03.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 a6 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 h5 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15.
e4 g4 16. e5 Qb4 17. Be2 Nd7 18. f3 gxf3 19. Bxf3 Qxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Nxd4 21. Rae1
Nc6 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rxe6+ Kd8 25. Nxd5 Rc8 26. Rd6 Nce5 27. Nf4
Rc6 28. Rd5 Kc8 29. h3 Nc4 30. Rf2 Ne3 31. Rd3 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Re8 33. Kg3 Nf5+
34. Kh2 Ne3 35. Kg3 Nc5 36. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 37. Kh4 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 7th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Laxman, Rajaram"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2006.03.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 d6 7. e4 g6 8. Na3
Bg7 9. Nc4 Qd8 10. a4 O-O 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. Be3 b6 13. g4 Nf6 14. Ng3 e6 15. dxe6
Bxe6 16. Qxd6 Qc8 17. g5 Nfd7 18. Qf4 Nc6 19. Rd1 Nde5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Be2 f6
22. O-O fxg5 23. Qxg5 Bf6 24. Qh6 Nf7 25. Qf4 Bg5 26. Qxg5 Nxg5 27. Bxg5 Qc7
28. f4 c4 29. f5 gxf5 30. exf5 Qc5+ 31. Rd4 Bxf5 32. Bxc4+ Kh8 33. b4 Qe5 34.
Bh6 Bh3 35. Rfd1 Rae8 36. Be2 Rg8 37. Kh1 Rxg3 38. hxg3 Qxe2 39. R1d2 Qf1+ 40.
Kh2 Bf5 41. Rd8 Qh3+ 42. Kg1 Qxg3+ 43. Rg2 Qxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Rxd8 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 7th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Laxman, Rajaram"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2006.03.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nc6 8. Nc3
Bg4 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. cxd5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. h3 Bd7 14. Rc1 Qb6
15. Rc4 Bb5 16. Rc1 Rac8 17. d3 Rc5 18. Qd2 Rfc8 19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20. Qg5 Rc7 21.
h4 Qc2 22. a4 Ba6 23. Qf4 Qxe2 24. Qxd4+ f6 25. Be4 b6 26. b4 Bc8 27. Qa1 Rc2
28. Qd4 Qd2 29. a5 Qc3 30. Qe3 Qxb4 31. axb6 axb6 32. h5 Rc7 33. hxg6 hxg6 34.
Kg2 Qc5 35. Qe1 Bb7 36. Rh1 Bxd5 37. Qe2 Bxe4+ 38. dxe4 Qe5 39. Rh4 b5 40. Qa2
Rc8 41. Qb1 Rh8 42. Rxh8 Kxh8 43. Qd3 Kg7 44. f4 Qc5 45. Kh3 Qc4 46. Qe3 b4 47.
f5 b3 48. Qa7 Qxe4 49. fxg6 b2 50. Qa2 b1=Q 51. Qf7+ Kh6 52. Qf8+ Kg5 53. Qh6+
Kxh6 54. g7 Qbh1# 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 7th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Laxman, Rajaram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2006.03.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 Bg5 16. Bf2 O-O 17. h4 e4 18. Qxe4 Bf6 19. Bd4 Ne5 20. g4 Re8 21. g5
Be7 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. g6 Bf6 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. d6 Qd7 26. Qd5+ Kf8 27. Nc5 Qb5
28. d7 Rxc5 29. dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 30. Qg8+ Ke7 31. Rhe1 Qc6 32. f4 e4 33. Re2 Rb5
34. c4 Rc5 35. b3 b5 36. Rd5 Rxd5 37. cxd5 Qc3 38. Rxe4+ Kd7 39. Qe6+ Kc7 40.
Qc6+ Qxc6 41. dxc6 Kxc6 42. f5 Kd5 43. Re6 a5 44. Kc2 Bxh4 45. Kd3 Bf6 46. Ke3
Bd4+ 47. Kf4 Bf6 48. Ra6 Bc3 49. Kg5 Ke4 50. Rb6 b4 51. Rb5 Kd3 52. Kxh5 a4 53.
bxa4 Kc2 54. a5 Kb2 55. a6 Kxa2 56. a7 Kb3 57. a8=Q Kc4 58. Qd5# 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 7th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2006.03.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Nd5
Bb7 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. O-O e6 11. Bh5 Qd7 12. Qg4 Nc6 13. Qxe6+ Qxe6 14. Nxe6
Rc8 15. Nxf8 Rxf8 16. Bh6 Rg8 17. Rad1 Ne5 18. Rxd6 Bxe4 19. g3 Ke7 20. Rxa6
Rxc2 21. Re1 Bd5 22. Bf4 Kf8 23. Rxf6 Nd3 24. Bh6+ Rg7 25. Rd1 b3 26. Rxd3 Ke7
27. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 7th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2006.03.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8. d3
Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Qd7 11. Rc1 Bh3 12. Na4 Rad8 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 f6
15. Qc2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rfe8 17. Be3 Kh8 18. b4 Nd5 19. Rc1 Nce7 20. Bd2 c6 21.
Qb3 a6 22. a4 Nc7 23. R5c4 Nf5 24. Nh4 Nd4 25. Qd1 Qd5+ 26. Kg1 e4 27. Be3 Nf5
28. Rc5 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Qd7 30. d4 Nd5 31. Qd2 Qg4 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 cxb5 34.
Rxb5 b6 35. Ng2 Qd7 36. Qb2 Rc8 37. Rxc8 Rxc8 38. Qb3 Rd8 39. Kf2 g5 40. Ke1
Kg7 41. Kd2 Qc6 42. Ne1 h6 43. g4 Qd7 44. Nc2 Qc6 45. Ke1 Qd7 46. h3 Qc6 47.
Kd2 Rd6 48. Na3 Rd8 49. Ke1 Rd6 50. Nc4 Re6 51. Kf2 Qb7 52. Na5 Qc7 53. Qxd5
Qh2+ 54. Ke1 Re7 55. Rxb6 Rc7 56. Rc6 Ra7 57. Qc5 Qg1+ 58. Kd2 Rf7 59. Rc7 Qa1
60. Rxf7+ Kxf7 61. Qc3 Qa2+ 62. Kc1 Qxe2 63. Qc4+ Qxc4+ 64. Nxc4 f5 65. Nd6+
Ke6 66. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 7th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.03.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 g5 8. h4 h5
9. hxg5 hxg4 10. Rxh8+ Bf8 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne2 Kd7 13. O-O-O c6 14. Ng3 Qe7
15. Nxe4 Kc7 16. Rh7 Nd7 17. g6 Qe8 18. Rxf7 Be7 19. Nf6 Bxf6 20. exf6 Qg8 21.
Bf4+ Kb6 22. Bd3 Nxf6 23. Bc7# 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 7th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.03.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Rc1 Kh8 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O f5 11. Na4 Bd6 12. a3 f4 13. Bc5 Bg4 14. b4 Qd7 15.
Nc3 Bh3 16. Ne4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd5 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Qb3 Nce7 20. d4 fxg3 21.
fxg3 exd4 22. Nxd4 Qg4 23. Qd3 Nf4+ 24. Rxf4 Rxf4 25. Nf2 Rxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Rf8+
27. Kg2 Ng6 28. Rf1 Rxf1 29. Kxf1 Ne5 30. Qc2 h6 31. Nb5 d5 32. Nd6 Nc4 33.
Nxc4 dxc4 34. Kf2 b5 35. Ke3 Qg5+ 36. Kd4 Qf6+ 37. Kc5 Qe5+ 38. Kc6 a6 39. Kb7
Qd6 40. Qe4 c3 41. Qc2 Qd2 42. Qe4 c2 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qe4+ Kh8 45. Qe8+ Kh7
46. Qe4+ Kh8 47. Kxa6 Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "Champions Challenge 141st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.04.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Belozerov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2006.04.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nb3 a6 8. f4
b5 9. Qf3 Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rae1 Nb4 13. Kh1 Nxd3 14. cxd3 b4 15.
Ne2 a5 16. g4 Bb5 17. Nbd4 Qb6 18. f5 Nd7 19. Nxb5 Qxb5 20. d4 Rac8 21. Rc1 Qb7
22. Nf4 Nf6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. fxe6 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Nd5 Bh4 27. exf7+ Kf8
28. Be3 Nf6 29. Nb6 Rc2 30. g5 Kxf7 31. gxf6 Bxf6 32. b3 Rxa2 33. Bg5 Rb2 34.
Bxf6 gxf6 35. Rf3 Ke6 36. d5+ Kf7 37. Nc4 Ra2 38. Nxd6+ Kg6 39. Rg3+ Kh5 40.
Nf5 Rd2 41. d6 Rd5 42. Rh3+ Kg5 43. Rf3 a4 44. bxa4 b3 45. Rxb3 Rxf5 46. Rb5
1-0

[Event "Champions Challenge 141st"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.04.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Belozerov, Andrei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2006.04.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. Nf3 Nxc5 7. e3 b6 8. Bd2
O-O 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Rac1 d5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bxd2 14. Qxd2
Bxd5 15. b3 Ne4 16. Qb2 Qf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Ba6 Rc5 19. Nd4 Ra5 20. Bd3 Rxa2
21. Rc7 Nd2 22. Rd1 Nxb3 23. Nb5 a5 24. e4 Ba8 25. Bc4 a4 26. Nd6 Rd8 27. h4
Rd2 28. Rxd2 Nxd2 29. Nxf7 Nxc4 30. Nxd8 b5 31. Nxe6 Bxe4 32. Nc5 Bf5 33. Nxa4
Na3 34. Nc5 Nc4 35. f3 h5 36. Kf2 Ne5 37. Kg3 Bg6 38. Rb7 Be8 39. Rb8 Kf7 40.
Ne4 Bc6 41. Nd6+ Ke7 42. Nxb5 Nd7 43. Rh8 Bxb5 44. Rxh5 Bd3 45. Ra5 Ne5 46. h5
Kf7 47. Kf4 Nc4 48. Rc5 Kg7 49. g4 Kh6 50. Rc6 Kg7 51. h6+ Kf7 52. Rc7+ Kg8 53.
h7+ Kh8 54. g5 Nb6 55. Kg4 fxg5 56. Kxg5 Bxh7 57. Kh6 Bg8 58. f4 Nd5 59. Rc8
Ne7 60. Rxg8+ Kxg8 61. Kg5 Kf7 62. f5 Nc6 63. f6 Nd4 64. Kf4 Nc2 65. Kf3 Nb4
66. Kg2 Na6 67. Kf3 Nc5 68. Kg2 Ne4 69. Kf1 Nd2+ 70. Ke1 Nc4 71. Ke2 Ne5 72.
Ke3 Ng6 73. Ke4 Nf8 74. Ke3 Ne6 75. Ke4 Ng5+ 76. Ke3 Ke6 77. Kd2 Kf7 78. Ke2
Nh3 79. Ke1 Nf4 80. Kd1 Nd3 81. Kd2 Ne5 82. Ke3 Nc4+ 83. Kf4 Nb6 84. Kf5 Nd5
85. Kg5 Nc3 86. Kg4 Ne2 87. Kg5 Ng1 88. Kh6 Nf3 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods op 08th"]
[Site "Ledyard"]
[Date "2006.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mandiza, Farai"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Ne7 6. Qf3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. Bc2 Ng6 11. h4 Re8 12. h5 Nf8 13. Ba3 c5 14. O-O cxd4
15. cxd4 Nbd7 16. Rfc1 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qg5 18. Ba4 Re4 19. Rc7 Nc5 20. Qf3 Nce6
21. Rxf7 g6 22. Bc6 Rc8 23. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods op 08th"]
[Site "Ledyard"]
[Date "2006.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bick, John D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 Nd6 8.
Nc3 c6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. b4 Nf8 11. Nd4 Ne6 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. Qh5 Qd7 14. Bb2 Bf6
15. Rab1 Kf8 16. h3 Nf5 17. Na4 g6 18. Nc5 gxh5 19. Nxd7+ Bxd7 20. Bxf6 Rg8 21.
Re5 Nd4 22. Rxh5 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Nxd2 24. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods op 08th"]
[Site "Ledyard"]
[Date "2006.04.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Weser, Adam"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 c6 8.
Nf3 cxd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Be2 Be6 14. Nd4 Nc6
15. Bf3 Nxd4 16. exd4 Qd7 17. Qb3 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Be2 Bh6 20. Na4 b6 21.
Ba6 Rc7 22. Nc3 Qe7 23. Nb5 Rc6 24. Re1 Rc4 25. a3 Qd7 26. Rad1 Bg7 27. Re3 h5
28. Rc3 h4 29. Qc2 h3 30. b3 Bf5 31. Qd2 Rxc3 32. Qxc3 hxg2 33. Qg3 Qe7 34. Rc1
Bh6 35. Rc7 Qe1+ 36. Kxg2 Be4+ 37. f3 Qe2+ 38. Kh3 Bf5+ 39. Kh4 g5+ 40. Kh5 Qe6
0-1

[Event "Foxwoods op 08th"]
[Site "Ledyard"]
[Date "2006.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bercys, Salvijus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2006.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Qg4 Nf6 9. Qg3 d6 10. a4 Qe7 11. O-O Bd7 12. Kh1 Nd4 13. Na5 Bc6 14. b4 Bb6 15.
f4 Bxa5 16. bxa5 Rg8 17. e5 O-O-O 18. Qe1 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nd7 20. Ne2 Nxe2 21.
Qxe2 Qc5 22. Bf4 Qxa5 23. Bg3 Nc5 24. Be1 Qc7 25. Bb4 Nxd3 26. cxd3 f6 27. Bd6
Rxd6 28. exd6 Qxd6 29. d4 Rd8 30. Rfd1 Rd7 31. a5 Kd8 32. Rd2 Qd5 33. Qe3 Ke7
34. h3 Kf7 35. Qd3 Qe4 36. Qxe4 Bxe4 37. Rc1 Bc6 38. Rc5 h6 39. Kg1 Ke7 40. Kf2
Kd6 41. g4 Re7 42. Rc1 Rf7 43. Rc5 f5 44. gxf5 Bd5 45. Rd3 Rxf5+ 46. Ke1 Rf4
47. Rc8 g5 48. Rh8 Rh4 49. Rc3 g4 50. hxg4 Rxg4 51. Rxh6 Rxd4 52. Rhh3 Rb4 53.
Kd2 Rb5 54. Ra3 Kc5 55. Kc3 Rb4 56. Rh2 Rc4+ 57. Kb2 Kb5 58. Rh5 Ra4 59. Re3
Kb4 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods op 08th"]
[Site "Ledyard"]
[Date "2006.04.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anderson, Renard"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Nge2 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. a3 Ba5 8.
Qd3 dxe4 9. Qxe4 O-O 10. f4 Bd7 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. g4 Ne7 13. Rg1 Bc6 14. Qe3
Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Ng3 Rfe8 17. Qf3 g6 18. Bd3 Bb6 19. c3 Ba4 20. Bc2 Bxc2
21. Kxc2 c6 22. h4 Bc7 23. Rdf1 Qxh4 24. Rh1 Qe7 25. Rxh6 Qe3 26. Qh1 Qxg3 27.
Rh8+ Kg7 28. Qh6+ Kf6 29. Rh7 Rf8 30. g5+ Ke7 31. Qxg6 Qg2+ 32. Kb3 Qxf1 33.
Qf6+ Ke8 34. g6 Qc4+ 35. Kc2 Qe2+ 36. Kb3 Qe7 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods op 08th"]
[Site "Ledyard"]
[Date "2006.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2006.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. g4 Rd8 11. Qf2 b5 12. g5 Ne8 13. Nb3 Rb8 14. f4 Nd6 15.
Bd3 Nb4 16. Kb1 Nc4 17. Bc1 d5 18. e5 Bb7 19. Ne2 d4 20. Rhe1 Ne3 21. Rd2 Nexc2
22. Bxc2 d3 23. Bd1 dxe2 24. Rexe2 Rbc8 25. Qe3 Bd5 26. a3 Bxb3 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8
28. Bxb3 Rd3 29. Qe4 Rxb3 30. axb4 Rxb4 31. Qa8+ Bf8 32. Qxa6 Qc4 33. Rc2 Qd3
34. Qc6 Rc4 35. Qg2 h6 36. h4 h5 37. Qe2 Qf5 38. Be3 Bc5 39. Bc1 Rxc2 40. Qxc2
Bf2 41. Qxf5 exf5 42. Kc2 Bxh4 43. Kd3 Bf2 44. Ke2 Bd4 45. b3 Kf8 46. Bd2 Ke8
47. Be1 Kd7 48. Kd3 Bg1 49. Bg3 Kc6 50. g6 fxg6 51. Bh4 Kd5 52. Bg5 Bc5 53. Ke2
Ke6 0-1

[Event "Champions Challenge 144th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.04.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kiselev, Vitaliy"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2277"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2006.04.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O a6 8. h3
Rb8 9. e4 Nd7 10. Be3 e6 11. Qd2 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. b3 Re8 14. Rac1 Ne7 15.
Rfe1 Ba6 16. Bf1 Qc8 17. Nd1 c5 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Qd6 Rb6 20. Qd2 Rc6 21. Nc3
c4 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Red1 Nc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Qd7 Nc6 26. Qxc8 Rxc8 27. Na4
Ra5 28. Nb6 Rb8 29. Nxc4 Rxa2 30. Nd6 Bxf1 31. Rxf1 Nd4 32. Nxd4 Bxd4 33. Rc8+
Rxc8 34. Nxc8 Bc5 35. e5 Re2 36. Nd6 Rxe5 37. Nc4 Re2 38. Kg2 g5 39. Kf3 Ra2
40. Ne3 Kg7 41. Rc1 Ba7 42. Rc7 h5 43. g4 h4 44. Rb7 Kg6 45. Rb3 f5 46. gxf5+
exf5 47. Rd3 Bc5 48. Rc3 Ra5 49. Nc4 Rb5 50. Ne5+ Kh5 51. Nd3 g4+ 52. Kg2 Bd6
53. Rc6 Rd5 54. Rc3 Rd4 55. Rb3 Kg5 56. Nc1 Rc4 57. Nd3 g3 58. Rb2 Rc3 59. Ne1
gxf2 60. Rxf2 Rg3+ 61. Kf1 Rxh3 62. Nf3+ Kg4 63. Nh2+ Rxh2 64. Rxh2 Bxh2 65.
Kg2 Bg3 0-1

[Event "Champions Challenge 144th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.04.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Panarin, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2006.04.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Qb3 b5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. a4
b4 9. Na2 Nc6 10. Bd2 e6 11. Ne5 Na5 12. Qd1 Qb6 13. Rc1 b3 14. Nc3 Bc2 15. Qf3
Bd6 16. Be2 O-O 17. O-O Rfc8 18. Bd1 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qf4
Bd3 22. Bc3 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Qb7 24. Be2 Nc4 25. Rd1 Nb6 26. a5 Na4 27. Bd4 Rc2
28. Rb1 Rac8 29. g4 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Champions Challenge 144th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.04.29"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Panarin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.04.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Bd7 10. a4 Bc6 11. Bf3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. a5 Rfd8 15.
Nc1 Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Nb3 Bd7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bd6 20. Nd2 f5 21. g3
e4 22. Bg2 c4 23. c3 Rf8 24. Nf1 Rf6 25. f4 exf3 26. Qxf3 f4 27. g4 Rg6 28. h3
Re8 29. Re1 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 h5 32. gxh5 Rh6 33. Nh2 Rf6 34. Ng4 Rf5
35. h6 Qxa5 36. hxg7 Kxg7 37. Qf2 Qc5 38. Qh4 f3 39. Qh6+ Kf7 40. Qh7+ Kf8 41.
Qh8+ Kf7 42. Qh7+ Kf8 43. Bxf3 Rxf3 44. Qxd7 Rxh3+ 45. Kg2 Rg3+ 46. Kh1 Qxd5+
0-1

[Event "Champions Challenge 144th"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.04.29"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Panarin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2006.04.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Bf5
9. Qb3 Qc8 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Ne4 12. Nh4 e5 13. Nxf5 gxf5 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15.
dxe5 Nxc5 16. Qc3 Nd7 17. Bh3 Qe8 18. Qb3 Ra7 19. Be3 b6 20. Rac1 Nxe5 21. Qxb6
Ra8 22. b3 Qb8 23. Qxb8 Rfxb8 24. Bf4 Rb6 25. Rc2 a5 26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. Bd7 Raa6
28. Rdc1 a4 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. Bxc6 Ra5 31. Rc5 Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Bd6 33. Rc2 e3 34.
fxe3 Kg7 35. Bxd5 f6 36. Bb3 Be5 37. Kf2 Kg6 38. Kf3 Kg5 39. Rc4 h5 40. h4+ Kg6
41. Bc2+ Kh6 42. Rc8 Rb2 43. a4 Ra2 44. Rc5 Ra3 45. Rc4 Bb8 46. Bd3 Kg7 47. Rb4
Bd6 48. Rb7+ Kg8 49. Rb5 Be5 50. a5 Bc7 51. a6 Rxa6 52. Rxh5 Ra1 53. Rh6 Kg7
54. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Morocco"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MAR"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qa5+ 6. Nd2 Nc6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 e5 11. Qc2 Be6 12. a3 Qc7 13. b3 Rad8 14. Bb2 Qd7 15.
Rad1 Bxh3 16. Nf3 Qf5 17. e4 Qh5 18. Nxe5 Bg4 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. b4 Be6 21. c5
Ng4 22. Nxg4 Qxg4 23. Be5 h5 24. Qc3 h4 25. gxh4 Qxh4 26. Bc7 Rd7 27. Bb8 Bf6
28. Qc2 Bd4 29. Bd6 Bh3 30. Qe2 b6 31. Qf3 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Qg5+ 33. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Philippines"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Rb8 8. Qd2
Qa5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 Qd8 13. Ne2 Nxd3 14. cxd3 f6
15. Rac1 Bd7 16. b4 a6 17. Ned4 a5 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bc5 axb4 21.
axb4 Bxc5+ 22. bxc5 Qe7 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. Re3 Rb5 25. Qc3 Reb8 26. Nd4 Rb1 27.
Rxb1 Rxb1+ 28. Kf2 e5 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Nf3 e4 31. dxe4 dxe4 32. Qc4+ Qe6 33.
Rxe4 Rb2+ 34. Kg3 Qxc4 35. Rxc4 Be6 36. Re4 Bd5 37. Rg4+ Kf7 38. Rh4 Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 g5 10. Nxg5 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Nd1 f6 15.
exf6 Nxf6 16. Bd3 O-O 17. Rf1 Ra7 18. Nf3 Ng4 19. g3 e5 20. fxe5 Ne3 21. Nxe3
Bxe3 22. Qg2 Raf7 23. g4 Kh8 24. Rd1 d4 25. Nd2 Bf2+ 26. Rxf2 Rxf2 27. Qxf2
Rxf2 28. Kxf2 Qh6 29. Nf1 Qh4+ 30. Ng3 Bxg4 31. Rh1 Qg5 32. Nf1 Qf4+ 33. Ke1
Qxe5+ 34. Kf2 Qf4+ 35. Ke1 Qc1+ 36. Kf2 Bd1 37. Ng3 Qd2+ 38. Ne2 Bxc2 39. Bxc2
Qxc2 40. Rc1 Qf5+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nhf6 8. Rc1
g6 9. h3 Qc7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. O-O Nh5 14. Bd2 f5 15. Na4
e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Bc3 Nf7 19. e3 Be6 20. b4 Qe8 21. a4 Nf6 22.
Qe2 g5 23. Qb2 Qe7 24. b5 g4 25. Nd4 gxh3 26. Bxh3 Ng5 27. Bg2 Bd7 28. Nf3 Nge4
29. Bd4 Be6 30. Be5 Rbe8 31. bxc6 bxc6 32. Nd4 Ng4 33. Nxc6 Qf7 34. Bxe4 Qh5
35. f4 Nxe5 36. Nxe5 fxe4 37. c6 Bh3 38. Qh2 Qf5 39. g4 Bxg4 40. c7 Bh3 41.
c8=Q Rxc8 42. Nxc8 Rxc8 43. Rxc8+ Qxc8 44. Rb1 Bxe5 45. Qg3+ Bg7 46. f5 Qxf5
47. Rb8+ Kf7 48. Rb7+ Ke6 49. Qxg7 Qf1+ 50. Kh2 Qf2+ 51. Kxh3 Qxe3+ 52. Kh4
Qf2+ 53. Qg3 Qf6+ 54. Kh5 Qf5+ 55. Kh6 Qg6+ 56. Qxg6+ hxg6 57. Kxg6 e3 58. Kg5
d4 59. Kf4 e2 60. Rb1 Kd5 61. Kf3 d3 62. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 Nbd7 8. a4
b6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 Nc5 14. Bg5 Ne6 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne3 g6 17. Ncd5 Bg5 18. c3 Kh8 19. Qb3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Bxd5 21.
Qxd5 Qe7 22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. Bh3 Rc5 24. Qb3 Rc6 25. Qd5 Rc5 26. Qd3 Nc7 27. Qc2
Ne8 28. Qe2 Qb7 29. b4 Rc7 30. Bf1 Ra8 31. Qa2 Qc8 32. Qb3 Kg7 33. Be2 Qe6 34.
Qa3 h5 35. h4 Rd7 36. Kg2 Nf6 37. c4 a5 38. bxa5 bxa5 39. Rb1 Rdd8 40. Rb5 Nd7
41. Rd3 Nc5 42. Rd5 Nxe4 43. Rxa5 Rxa5 44. Rxa5 Qf5 45. Qf3 Rc8 46. Qxf5 gxf5
47. Ra7 Kg6 48. Ra6 f6 49. a5 d5 50. cxd5 Rc2 51. Kf1 Rc1+ 52. Kg2 Rc2 53. Bb5
Rxf2+ 54. Kg1 Rd2 55. Be8+ Kh6 56. Rb6 Rxd5 57. a6 Rd1+ 58. Kg2 Rd2+ 59. Kg1
Rd1+ 60. Kg2 Rd2+ 61. Kf1 Ra2 62. Ke1 Ra1+ 63. Ke2 Nxg3+ 64. Kd3 Ne4 65. Kc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. c3 Qd7 5. Nbd2 f6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nb3
e5 9. Be3 O-O-O 10. g4 Bf7 11. Bg2 e4 12. f4 g6 13. Qc2 b6 14. Bf2 Bd6 15. e3
Nge7 16. a3 g5 17. fxg5 fxg5 18. Nf5 Nxf5 19. gxf5 Rde8 20. Nd2 Bh5 21. Qa4
Rhf8 22. O-O g4 23. h4 g3 24. Be1 Na5 25. Qxd7+ Kxd7 26. Bh3 Rf6 27. b4 Nc4 28.
Nxc4 dxc4 29. Ra2 Kc6 30. Kg2 a5 31. a4 axb4 32. cxb4 Ra8 33. a5 Kb5 34. a6 c6
35. Bc3 Rf7 36. f6 Bf3+ 37. Kg1 Rxa6 38. Rxa6 Kxa6 39. Bc8+ Ka7 40. d5 Kb8 41.
Be6 Ra7 42. Ra1 Rxa1+ 43. Bxa1 cxd5 44. f7 Bf8 45. Be5+ Kb7 46. Bxd5+ Kc8 47.
Bxc4 Kd7 48. Bxg3 Bxb4 49. Be5 Bf8 50. Kf2 b5 51. Bxb5+ Ke6 52. Bf4 Kxf7 53.
Bc4+ Kg6 54. Bb5 h5 55. Bd7 Bb4 56. Bc8 Be7 57. Kg3 Bb4 58. Kf2 Bg4 59. Bb7 Bf5
60. Bc6 Kf6 61. Be8 Bg4 62. Bc6 Bf3 63. Bd7 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[PlyCount "225"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Ne2 Bg7 8. f4
Qh4+ 9. g3 Qe7 10. e5 Bd7 11. Nd2 Bc6 12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Nd7 14. Qa4 d5 15.
Nc5 b6 16. Na6 Qd8 17. Qc6 Rc8 18. c4 dxc4 19. d5 exd5 20. O-O-O O-O 21. Qxd5
Nb8 22. Qxc4 Qe8 23. Nxb8 Rxb8 24. Kb1 c5 25. Rd6 Rd8 26. Rhd1 Qe7 27. Nc3 Rxd6
28. Rxd6 Rd8 29. Rd5 g5 30. a3 Rxd5 31. Qxd5 gxf4 32. gxf4 Qh4 33. Qa8+ Kh7 34.
Qe4+ Kh8 35. Nd5 Qxh2 36. Ne7 Bf8 37. Qa8 Kg7 38. Nf5+ Kg8 39. Ne7+ Kg7 40.
Nf5+ Kg8 41. Qf3 Qg1+ 42. Ka2 Qg6 43. Ne3 Qd3 44. Qg2+ Kh8 45. Qa8 Kg7 46. Qg2+
Kh8 47. Qa8 Kg7 48. Qg2+ Kh8 49. Nd5 c4 50. Nc3 Qf5 51. Qa8 Kg7 52. Qxa7 Qxf4
53. Qxb6 Qxe5 54. a4 h5 55. a5 h4 56. a6 Bc5 57. Qb5 Qd4 58. Na4 Ba7 59. Qg5+
Kf8 60. Qh6+ Ke8 61. Qc6+ Kf8 62. Nc3 Qc5 63. Qh6+ Ke8 64. Qh8+ Kd7 65. Qf6 Ke8
66. Qh8+ Kd7 67. Qh7 Ke8 68. Qe4+ Kf8 69. Qxh4 Qa5+ 70. Kb1 Qxa6 71. Qh8+ Ke7
72. Qe5+ Kd7 73. Nd5 Qd6 74. Nf6+ Kc6 75. Qe4+ Kb5 76. Qb7+ Bb6 77. Nd5 Qc6 78.
Qxf7 Bd4 79. Qf5 Qc5 80. Qe4 Ka6 81. Kc2 Ka7 82. Qh7+ Ka6 83. Qd7 Bxb2 84. Qe6+
Kb5 85. Kxb2 Qf2+ 86. Kc3 Qg3+ 87. Ne3 Qe1+ 88. Kd4 Qd2+ 89. Ke4 Qd3+ 90. Kf4
Kb4 91. Qb6+ Kc3 92. Kf3 Qd7 93. Qc5 Qh3+ 94. Kf4 Qh2+ 95. Kf3 Qh3+ 96. Kf2
Qh4+ 97. Kg2 Qe4+ 98. Kg3 Kd3 99. Ng4 Kd2 100. Qg5+ Kc2 101. Ne3+ Kd3 102. Nd1
Kc2 103. Nf2 Qd4 104. Kf3 c3 105. Qf5+ Kb3 106. Nd3 c2 107. Qg6 Qc3 108. Qe6+
Ka3 109. Qd6+ Kb3 110. Qe6+ Ka3 111. Qe3 c1=Q 112. Qxc1+ Qxc1 113. Nxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 c4 8. Na3
b5 9. Bc2 e5 10. b3 Na5 11. d4 cxd3 12. Bxd3 Be7 13. c4 b4 14. Nc2 Nc6 15. a3
a5 16. axb4 axb4 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Ra6 Na5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Nd7
22. Be3 O-O 23. Qc2 Nb7 24. Rc6 Na5 25. Ra6 Nb7 26. Rc6 Ra8 27. Rc4 Nbc5 28.
Rxb4 Ra3 29. Rb1 Qa8 30. Bf1 Ra2 31. Qd1 f5 32. exf5 Rxf5 33. Bb5 Nf6 34. Bc6
Qf8 35. Ra1 Rxa1 36. Qxa1 e4 37. Nd4 Re5 38. Qa8 Qxa8 39. Bxa8 Nxd5 40. Rb8+
Bf8 41. Nc6 Rh5 42. g4 Rh4 43. Bxc5 dxc5 44. Ne5 Nc7 45. Bxe4 g5 46. Bf5 Kg7
47. Nf3 Rh6 48. Nxg5 Bd6 49. Rb7 Kg8 50. h3 Bf4 51. Ne4 Rxh3 52. Nxc5 Rc3 53.
Ne4 Rc1+ 54. Kg2 h6 55. b4 Kf8 56. Nc5 Bd6 57. Rb6 Bxc5 58. bxc5 h5 59. Rc6 Nd5
60. Rc8+ Kf7 61. gxh5 Nf4+ 62. Kf3 Nxh5 63. c6 Nf6 64. Rc7+ Ke8 65. Rc8+ Ke7
66. Be4 Rc4 67. Bf5 Nd5 68. Bd7 Nf6 69. Ke3 Rc3+ 70. Kd2 Rc5 71. Rc7 Kd6 72.
Ra7 Re5 73. f3 Rh5 74. Ke3 Re5+ 75. Kf2 Re7 76. Ra3 Nxd7 77. cxd7 Kxd7 78. Ra7+
Ke8 79. Rxe7+ Kxe7 80. Kg3 {[%tqu "En","How does Black save the game?","","",
"e7f7","",2,"De","Wie rettete sich Schwarz?","","","e7f7","",2]} Kf7 $1 {
[%csl Ge5,Gf5,Gg5] This defends the key squares e5, f5 and g5. Dies verteidigt
die Schlüsselfelder e5, f5 und g5.} (80... Kf6 $2 81. Kf4 Ke6 82. Kg5 Kf7 83.
Kf5 Kg7 84. Ke6 Kf8 85. f4 Ke8 86. f5 Kf8 87. Kf6 Kg8 88. Ke7 $18 {[%cal Gf5f8]
}) (80... Ke6 $2 81. Kg4 Kf6 82. Kf4 $18) 81. Kg4 Kg6 82. Kf4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. h3 b5
9. a3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. O-O Nc5 13. Bd2 e5 14. Nb3 Be7 15. f4
Ne6 16. f5 Nd4 17. Qd3 O-O 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. Nd5 Bh4
22. Rf1 c4 23. Qd1 Bxd5 24. exd5 Bg5 25. Bf2 c3 26. b3 Bd2 27. Be4 Re8 28. f6
gxf6 29. Bh4 Bg5 30. Bg3 Rc5 31. h4 Be3+ 32. Kh2 Bd2 33. g5 f5 34. Qh5 Qd6 35.
Bxf5 Nxf5 36. Rxf5 Qg6 37. Qg4 h5 38. Qe4 Rxd5 39. Raf1 Rd4 40. Qb7 Bf4 41. Rf6
Qxc2+ 42. Kh3 Rf8 43. g6 fxg6 44. Bxf4 exf4 45. Rxf8+ Kxf8 46. Qb8+ Ke7 47.
Qe5+ Kf7 48. Qxd4 Qf5+ 49. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Be3 Nxc3 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. Qh3 Qe7 13. Bg5 Qa3 14. O-O Ne4 15.
Bc1 Qc3 16. Rb1 O-O-O 17. Rb3 Qa5 18. c3 a6 19. Ra3 Qb6 20. Be3 Qb2 21. Bc1 Qb6
22. Be3 f5 23. exf6 e5 24. dxe5 Qb2 25. Bc1 Qxa3 26. Bxa3 Bxh3 27. gxh3 Kd7 28.
c4 Ng5 29. Nxg5 hxg5 30. Re1 Ke6 31. cxd5+ Rxd5 32. Bc4 Rhd8 33. h4 g4 34. h3
gxh3 35. f4 b5 36. Bxd5+ Rxd5 37. Rc1 Nd4 38. Rxc7 Nf3+ 39. Kf2 h2 40. Rc6+ Kf5
41. f7 h1=Q 42. f8=Q+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. a3 Rb8 11. O-O Nd4 12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 b5 14. Ba2 Bg5 15.
f4 exf4 16. c3 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Ne6 18. Qg4 Qe7 19. Bd2 a5 20. Rae1 b4 21. axb4
axb4 22. cxb4 cxb4 23. b3 g6 24. Kh1 Kg7 25. Bc1 Rbc8 26. Bc4 Ra8 27. d4 h5 28.
Qf3 Nxd4 29. Bb2 Bf6 30. e5 Qxe5 31. Qf2 Qc5 32. Qxf4 Nf5 33. Bxf6+ Kxf6 34.
Bd3 Rg8 35. Qh4+ Kg7 36. Bxf5 gxf5 37. Qxh5 Rae8 38. Rc1 Qe3 39. Qxf5 Qe6 40.
Qf4 Rh8 41. Rc7 Re7 42. Rxe7 Qxe7 43. Qxb4 Rh4 44. Qd2 Qe5 45. h3 Re4 46. Qf2
Qe6 47. Qg3+ Kf8 48. Qc3 Re3 49. Qh8+ Ke7 50. b4 Kd7 51. Qh4 Re4 52. Rxf7+ Qxf7
53. Qxe4 d5 54. Qf3 1-0

[Event "World op 34th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2006.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Onyekwere, Chikwere"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2006.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. exd6 cxd6 8. c4
Nb6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. c5 dxc5 13. dxc5 Nd7 14. Be3 Qc8
15. Rc1 Rd8 16. Qb3 Nde5 17. Be4 Qe6 18. Qxb7 Rab8 19. Qa6 Rxb2 20. Nd5 Rxd5
21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qc8+ Bf8 23. Rfd1 Qe6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. Bd4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Nc6
27. Rd7 Rxa2 28. Rc7 Ra6 29. Rc8 Kf7 30. Rc3 Bg7 31. Rc4 Bf6 32. g3 e5 33. Rc1
Ke6 34. Rd1 Nd4 35. Rc7 h5 36. h4 e4 37. Kg2 e3 38. fxe3 Ra2+ 39. Kf1 Nf5 40.
Rd8 Nxg3+ 41. Kg1 Kf5 42. Ra8 Rc2 43. Rcxa7 Ne4 44. Ra2 Rxc5 45. Kg2 Bxh4 46.
R8a5 Rxa5 47. Rxa5+ e5 48. Kf3 Bf6 49. Ra4 g5 50. Rb4 g4+ 51. Kg2 h4 52. Kh2
Bg5 53. Rb3 g3+ 54. Kh3 Nf2+ 55. Kg2 Kg4 0-1

[Event "World op 34th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2006.06.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Nd6 7. Nd2 c5 8. c3
cxd4 9. exd4 Bf5 10. Qc2 e6 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Bxf5 Nxf5 13. Re1 Be7 14. g4 Nh4
15. Bg3 h5 16. gxh5 Nf5 17. Ne2 Rc8 18. Nf3 Qa6 19. a3 Rxh5 20. Kb1 Rh8 21. Be5
Kd7 22. Nf4 Qa5 23. Rhg1 Rh7 24. c4 Nxe5 25. Nxe5+ Ke8 26. Nxd5 Rxh2 27. Nxe7
Kxe7 28. Qxf5 exf5 29. Nc6+ Kf6 30. Nxa5 b6 31. Nb7 Rxc4 32. Nd6 1-0

[Event "World op 34th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2006.06.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Milman, Lev"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 d5 8. Be3
f6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. exf6 exf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nbd2 Na5 14. c3 Nxb3
15. Qxb3 Be6 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. Qc1 c6 18. b3 g5 19. Nf1 Qd7 20. Ng3 Bg6 21. h4 h6
22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Nh2 Bh6 24. Bd2 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Nc8 26. Qe2 Nd6 27. Ng4 Bg7
28. Qf3 Qf7 29. Re1 a5 30. Re3 a4 31. Qe2 axb3 32. axb3 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 Bf8 34.
Nh6+ Bxh6 35. Re7 Bd3 36. Rxf7 Bxe2 37. Rxf6 Bf8 38. c4 dxc4 39. Nxe2 Ne4 40.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Bb4+ Kf7 42. bxc4 Ra4 0-1

[Event "World op 34th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2006.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qh4+ 12. Bf2 Qh5 13. c5 Qxf3 14. Rg1 Nd5
15. Bg2 Qf4 16. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 exd5 18. Bxd5 Rd8 19. Bxc6+ bxc6 20. Kc3 f5
21. b4 Kd7 22. a4 Rb8 23. Kc4 a6 24. Rge1 Ke6 25. Rab1 Be7 26. b5 axb5+ 27.
axb5 cxb5+ 28. Rxb5 c6 29. Rb6 Rxb6 30. cxb6 Rb8 31. Rb1 g5 32. b7 Kd7 33. d5
cxd5+ 34. Kxd5 Kc7 35. Bb6+ Kxb7 36. Bc5+ Kc7 1-0

[Event "World op 34th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2006.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 d6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. e4 Bg7
9. a4 Qxb6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Rb8 12. Nd2 Ne8 13. a5 Qa7 14. Nc4 Nc7 15. Na4
Nb5 16. Nab6 Nxb6 17. Nxb6 f5 18. Nxc8 Rbxc8 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Bc4 Kh8 21. Re1
Bf6 22. Qh5 Nd4 23. Ra3 Nc2 24. Rh3 e5 25. Rf1 Nd4 26. Bxa6 Rc7 27. Bd3 e4 28.
Bh6 Rg8 29. Rg3 Rcc8 30. Bc4 Be5 31. a6 f4 32. Rxg8+ Rxg8 33. Kh1 Qd7 34. g3
Nf3 35. Be2 Nd4 36. gxf4 Bg7 37. Bg4 Qe7 38. Bxg7+ Qxg7 39. h3 Ne2 40. Qf5 e3
41. Qe4 h5 42. Qxe3 hxg4 43. Qxe2 Qh6 44. f3 gxh3 45. Rg1 Rxg1+ 46. Kxg1 Qxf4
47. a7 Qd4+ 48. Kh1 Qa4 49. Qe7 Qd1+ 50. Kh2 Qc2+ 51. Kxh3 Qf5+ 52. Kg3 Qg6+
53. Kh4 1-0

[Event "World op 34th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2006.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2006.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qg4 Nf6 8.
Qg3 d6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O Ne5 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Bg5 Ng6 13. Rad1 Nh5 14. Qg4 Nf6
15. Qe2 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. f4 b5 18. a3 Rb8 19. Na5 Bb7 20. f5 Ne5 21. fxe6
Qxe6 22. Nxb7 Rxb7 23. Nd5 Re8 24. Rde1 Qg4 25. Qd2 Qg5 26. Qe2 Qg4 27. b4 Qxe2
28. Rxe2 Rc8 29. h3 Bd4 30. Rb1 Kf8 31. Rd2 Nc4 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. Re2 Rb8 34.
Rb3 Re8 35. g4 Ba7 36. Rc3 Rd4 37. Nc7 Rexe4 38. Rxe4 Rxe4 39. Nxa6 Bd4 40. Rd3
Be5 41. Nc7 Re1+ 42. Kg2 Re2+ 43. Kf3 Rxc2 44. Nxb5 Ke7 45. Ke4 Ke6 46. Rxd6+
Bxd6 47. Nd4+ Kd7 48. Nxc2 g6 49. Nd4 Bg3 50. Kd5 h5 51. gxh5 gxh5 52. a4 Kc7
53. Nb5+ Kd7 54. a5 1-0

[Event "World op 34th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2006.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2006.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Be5 Bh6 8.
e3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nd7 10. Bg3 c5 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Qd2 Nf6 13. O-O b6 14. Bh4 Bb7
15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Qb2 Rac8 17. Rfc1 Rfd8 18. a4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Bf8 20. Qb5 Bb4
21. Rab1 Bc3 22. h3 Kg7 23. Rc2 Bc6 24. Qxa5 Bxa5 25. Rbc1 Bd7 26. Bb5 Rxc2 27.
Rxc2 Rc8 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Kf1 a6 30. Bc4 Kf8 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Kd3 Bd7 33. Bxa6
Bxa4 34. e4 Bd7 35. Bc4 b5 36. Bb3 Bc7 37. Nd2 h5 38. Nb1 b4 39. Kc4 Bb6 40.
Nd2 Bc8 41. Kd3 g5 42. Nf1 f5 43. Ne3 fxe4+ 44. Kxe4 Ba5 45. g4 hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 34th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2006.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2006.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. f4 Ne7 7. Ngf3 c5 8. dxc5
Nc6 9. Nb3 Nxc5 10. Nxc5 Qb6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Qxe3+ 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. Qxe3
Bxe3 15. Ke2 Bb6 16. Rac1 Ke7 17. c3 Rac8 18. Rhe1 a6 19. Kf1 g6 20. g3 Na5 21.
b3 Rc7 22. Ke2 Rhc8 23. Kd2 Nc6 24. Rf1 Nb8 25. g4 Nd7 26. Nd4 Nc5 27. Nxc5
Bxc5 28. Ne2 f6 29. Rf3 Rf8 30. Rh3 Rf7 31. exf6+ Kxf6 32. Rf1 Ke7 33. f5 gxf5
34. gxf5 e5 35. c4 dxc4 36. bxc4 Bb4+ 37. Kd3 Kf6 38. Rh6+ Kg5 39. Rb6 Bc5 40.
Re6 Rxf5 41. Re1 Bf2 42. Rb1 Rf3+ 43. Kd2 Kf5 44. Re8 Be3+ 45. Ke1 Bf4 46. Rb8
Rxc4 47. R8xb7 Rh3 48. Nxf4 Kxf4 49. Rf7+ Ke4 50. Rf2 Rhc3 51. Re2+ Re3 52.
Rxe3+ Kxe3 53. Rb3+ Kd4 54. Ra3 Rc2 55. Rxa6 Rxh2 56. a4 Ke3 57. Kf1 e4 58. a5
Rf2+ 59. Kg1 Ra2 60. Ra8 Ke2 61. a6 e3 62. a7 Ra6 63. Kg2 Rg6+ 64. Kh3 Rg7 65.
Kh4 Rd7 66. Kg3 Kd2 67. Kf3 e2 68. Rb8 Rf7+ 69. Kg2 Rxa7 70. Rd8+ Ke1 71. Rb8
Rg7+ 0-1

[Event "World op 34th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2006.07.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Roussel Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Rf8 11. Nd5 c6 12. Ne7+ Kh8 13. Be3 Re8 14.
Nxc8 Raxc8 15. g4 Nf8 16. Nd2 Ne6 17. g5 Nd7 18. Nb3 Rc7 19. Bg4 Bf8 20. Bxe6
Rxe6 21. Rd3 c5 22. Nd2 f5 23. f3 f4 24. Bf2 h6 25. gxh6 g5 26. Nb1 Rxh6 27.
Nc3 b6 28. Kd2 Rb7 29. Ke2 Nf6 30. Rd8 Kg7 31. Nd5 Be7 32. Rc8 Rh3 33. Rg1 Nxd5
34. exd5 Rxh2 35. d6 Bf6 36. Rc7+ Rxc7 37. dxc7 Rh8 38. Kd3 Rc8 39. Ke4 Rxc7
40. Be1 Kg6 41. Rh1 Rd7 42. Bc3 g4 43. fxg4 Kg5 44. a4 a5 45. Rh5+ Kxg4 46. Rf5
Bg7 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia National op 37th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2006.11.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kis, Lorand Bela"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2006.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Qd2 Qa5 6. f4 b5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be2 b4
9. Nd1 d5 10. e5 e6 11. a3 Bf8 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 c5 14. Ne3 Bxf3 15. axb4 Qxb4
16. Qxb4 cxb4 17. Bb5+ Nd7 18. Rxf3 a5 19. Be1 Rd8 20. c4 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia National op 37th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2006.11.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Coleman, Teddy"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 a6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. e3 bxc4 6. Bxc4 g6 7. e4 d6 8. Nge2
Bg7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. f4 O-O 11. Ng3 Rb8 12. Re1 Ne8 13. Qc2 Nc7 14. Be3 Nb5 15.
Nxb5 axb5 16. Be2 Nb6 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. Rad1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. e5 dxe5 21.
fxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxc4 Bd6 23. Qc3 Bd7 24. h4 f5 25. h5 Qb6 26. Rc1 Qxb2 27. Bxc5
Qxc3 28. Rxc3 Rbc8 29. Bxd6 Rxc3 30. Rxe7 Rf7 31. Re2 Rd3 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Rb2
g5 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Be5 Rxd5 36. Bb2 Rb5 37. Rh8+ Kg6 38. Rg8+ Kh6 39. Bd4 Rd5
40. Bb2 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 f4 42. Ne4 g4 0-1

[Event "Philadelphia National op 37th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2006.11.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2006.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Nc3 Nd5 6. Ne5 Nb6 7. Nxc6 Qd6 8.
Qc2 Qxc6 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 Bc5 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Bf4 Bd4 14. Rad1 Qc5
15. Kh1 Bxe5 16. Be3 Qa5 17. f4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qa4 19. Qb1 Bd7 20. Bf3 Bc6 21.
Bd4 Qb5 22. Qc2 Qa4 23. Qf2 Bxe4 24. Qg3 g6 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. f5 c5 27. fxg6
hxg6 28. Qf3 f5 29. Bxc5 Rae8 30. Bd4 R8e7 31. Qh3 Rh7 32. Qg3 Kf7 33. Qg5 Qc6
34. Rxf5+ gxf5 35. Qxf5+ Kg8 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37. Rf1+ Ke8 38. Qg8+ Kd7 39. Qxh7+
Re7 40. Rf7 Nd5 41. h4 Qe6 42. Rxe7+ Nxe7 43. Kh2 Kc6 44. h5 Nf5 45. Qh8 Nh6
46. Qf8 b6 47. Bg7 Nf5 48. Qf6 Nxg7 49. Qxg7 Kb5 50. h6 Qd6+ 51. Kh3 Qe6+ 52.
Kh4 Qe1+ 53. Kg4 Qe4+ 54. Kh5 Qe8+ 55. Kg5 Qe3+ 56. Kf5 Ka6 57. h7 Qf2+ 58. Ke6
Qe2+ 59. Kd6 Qd3+ 60. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia National op 37th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2006.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2006.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Bc4 Bb7 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bg3 Qe7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. a4 a5 14. c3 Nf8
15. Qb3 Bc7 16. Bf1 h5 17. Nh4 Rg8 18. Nf5 Qd7 19. Ne3 Kb8 20. Rad1 f5 21. Nc4
Ka7 22. Bh4 Rc8 23. Ne5 Qe8 24. c4 c5 25. f3 cxd4 26. Bf2 f6 27. Nd3 Qc6 28.
Bxd4 Qd6 29. Qc3 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2006.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. h3 h6 8. e3 e6
9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 Qc8 12. b4 Bd8 13. Nb3 Re8 14. Bd6 e5 15. a4 Bc7
16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. b5 exd4 18. b6 Qc8 19. exd4 Nf8 20. Re1 Ng6 21. Bf1 Ne4 22.
Nxe4 dxe4 23. d5 cxd5 24. Qxd5 Re5 25. Qd4 Qe6 26. Na5 Bxh3 27. gxh3 Nh4 28.
Ra3 Qf6 29. Rg3 Nf3+ 30. Rxf3 Rg5+ 31. Kh2 Qxd4 32. Rf4 Qe5 33. Rexe4 Qa1 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qb3 h6 11. Rd1 g5 12. c5 Kh8 13. Qc4 f4 14. b4 Qe8 15. Ne4
Qh5 16. Bb2 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bg4 18. f3 fxg3 19. hxg3 Qh3 20. Kf2 Qh2+ 21. Ke3
Qxg3 22. Rg1 Qf4+ 23. Kd3 Bd7 24. Bc1 Qf6 25. a4 c6 26. Kc2 cxd5 27. Qxd5 Bc6
28. Qc4 Bxe4+ 29. Qxe4 Rad8 30. Be3 Qe6 31. Kb2 Rf4 32. Bxf4 exf4+ 33. Kc2 Qf6
34. Ra2 Qc3+ 35. Kb1 Qb3+ 36. Kc1 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2006.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. Bb2 d6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qf6 10. c4 Bd7 11. Qd2 Qg6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. f4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc6
15. Rf2 Bf6 16. Qd2 O-O 17. Re1 Rad8 18. Qe3 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. b4 d5 21. f5
d4 22. Qe2 exf5 23. exf5 Qg5 24. Bc1 Qh4 25. Rf4 d3 26. Qd2 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Qf6
28. Nd1 Rfe8 29. h3 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Bxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qc6+ 32. Kg3 Qxc1 33. Rxd4
Qc7+ 34. Rf4 d2 35. Qe3 g5 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. Kf2 Qc6 38. Qf3 Qb6+ 39. Kg2 Qe6
40. Re4 Qxa2 41. h4 Qd5 42. h5 gxh5 43. Rf4 Qe5 44. Rxf7 Qg5+ 45. Kh3 Qg4+ 46.
Kh2 Qh4+ 47. Kg2 Qg5+ 48. Kf1 Qg6 49. Rf5 Rd7 50. Rf4 Rg7 51. Qd5+ Kh7 52. Qf5
Qxf5 53. Rxf5 Rc7 54. Rd5 Rc4 55. Rxb5 Re4 56. Kf2 Re1 57. Ne3 d1=Q 58. Nxd1
Rxd1 59. Rxh5+ Kg6 60. Rc5 Kf6 61. Ke2 Rb1 62. b5 Ke6 63. Kd3 Kd6 64. Rh5 Kc7
65. Kc4 Kb6 66. Rh6+ Kb7 67. Kc5 Rc1+ 68. Kb4 Rb1+ 69. Kc5 Rc1+ 70. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Bg2 a5 7. O-O b5 8. a4
c6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rd1 Ra6 11. b3 cxb3 12. Nxb3 Nbd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7
15. Bxc6 bxa4 16. Bxa4 Qe7 17. Bb2 Nb6 18. Bb5 Ra7 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Bxd7 Rxd7
21. Nc6 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qc7 23. Nxb4 Nc4 24. Rc1 Rc8 25. Nd3 Qc6 26. Ba1 Qd7 27.
h4 h6 28. Nf4 a4 29. Qd3 Qb5 30. Rb1 Qc6 31. Qf3 Qxf3 32. exf3 a3 33. Rc1 Rb8
34. Rxc4 Rb1+ 35. Kg2 Rxa1 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Ra8 a2 38. h5 f6 39. Ng6 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nd2 e6 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. O-O
Kh8 9. Re1 Ne4 10. Qc2 d5 11. b3 g5 12. Ba3 Rf7 13. Red1 Qf6 14. e3 Bd7 15. c4
Rg8 16. Rac1 g4 17. Ne1 h5 18. Nd3 h4 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nf4 Be6 21. b4 Bh6 22.
b5 Bxf4 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. exf4 Na5 25. Qd2 b6 26. Bb4 Nb7 27. a4 Rg6 28. Rc6
Qg7 29. Rdc1 Nd8 30. f5 Bxf5 31. Rxg6 Qxg6 32. a5 h3 33. Bf1 Ne6 34. axb6 axb6
35. Qe3 Kg8 36. Ra1 Qg7 37. Bc3 Ng5 38. Be2 Be6 39. Ra8+ Kh7 40. Kh1 Qf6 41.
Kg1 Qg6 42. Bb4 Bd7 43. Rf8 Rxf8 44. Bxf8 Qf6 45. Bb4 Nf7 46. Qc3 Qd8 47. Qa3
Qf6 48. Qc3 c5 49. bxc6 Bxc6 50. Bxg4 Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2006.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 d4 4. exf6 dxc3 5. bxc3 exf6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Be3 Re8 13. dxc5 Bf8 14. Bb5 Qc8
15. Qd2 Rd8 16. Qc1 a6 17. Bxc6 Bxe2 18. Re1 Qxc6 19. Rxe2 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5
21. Qb2 Rd7 22. Rae1 g6 23. Qb4 Rc7 24. Re7 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Qf3 Bg4 16. Qg2 Rae8 17. Be3 Qh5 18. Nd2 Bh3 19. Bd1 Qf5 20. Qf3 Qxd3 21. Be2
Qc2 22. Rec1 Qg6 23. Bd4 f5 24. Bf1 Bg4 25. Qg2 f4 26. f3 Ne3 27. Bxe3 fxe3 28.
fxg4 exd2 29. Qxd2 Bc5+ 30. Kh1 Be3 31. Qd1 Bxc1 32. Rxc1 Rf2 33. Bg2 Ree2 34.
Qd8+ Qe8 35. Qxe8+ Rxe8 36. Bxc6 Ree2 37. h4 Rxb2 38. Kg1 Rfc2 39. Rf1 Rd2 40.
a3 Rd3 41. Bf3 g6 42. g5 Kg7 43. h5 gxh5 44. Kh1 Rxc3 45. Bxh5 Rxg3 46. Be8
Rh3+ 47. Kg1 Rg3+ 48. Kh1 Rh3+ 49. Kg1 Rg3+ 50. Kh1 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2006.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qg4 Nf6 8.
Qg3 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Kh1 Nh5 12. Qh4 f6 13. Bd2 g6 14. Nc3 b5 15.
Bh6 Ng7 16. f4 f5 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Rad1 Nb4 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Ne4
Nd5 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Nf6+ Rxf6 24. Bxf6 Bf5 25. Re1 Be4 26. c3 Rf8 27. Bd4 Bc5
28. Qf2 a5 29. Kg1 a4 30. Nd2 Bxd4 31. Qxd4 Rxf4 32. Nxe4 dxe4 33. Rxe4 Rxe4
34. Qxe4 Qc5+ 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Ke2 h5 37. Kd3 Kf6 38. h3 Qe5 39. b3 axb3 40.
axb3 Qg3+ 41. Kd4 Qf2+ 42. Kd3 Qf1+ 43. Qe2 Qb1+ 44. Qc2 Qxc2+ 45. Kxc2 Ke5 46.
Kd3 Kd5 47. Ke3 Ke5 48. g3 g5 49. Kd3 h4 50. gxh4 gxh4 51. Ke3 Kf5 52. Kf3 d5
53. b4 Kg5 54. Ke3 Kf5 55. Kd4 Kf4 56. Kc5 Kg3 57. Kxb5 Kxh3 58. Kc5 Kg4 59. b5
h3 60. b6 h2 61. b7 h1=Q 62. b8=Q Qc1 63. Qe5 Kf3 64. Qxd5+ Ke2 65. Qe4+ Kf2
66. Qd4+ Kf3 67. Qf6+ Ke4 68. Qd4+ Kf3 69. c4 Qa3+ 70. Kb5 Qb3+ 71. Kc6 Qa4+
72. Kd6 Qa6+ 73. Ke5 Qc8 74. Qf4+ Ke2 75. Kd4 Qd7+ 76. Kc3 Qg7+ 77. Qd4 Qg3+
78. Kb4 Qb8+ 79. Ka4 Qa8+ 80. Kb5 Qb7+ 81. Qb6 Qd7+ 82. Qc6 Qd3 83. Qg2+ Ke1
84. Qa2 Kd1 85. Qf2 Kc1 86. Kc5 Qa3+ 87. Kd5 Qa8+ 88. Ke5 Qb8+ 89. Ke4 Qb7+ 90.
Kd4 Qd7+ 91. Kc3 Qg7+ 92. Qd4 Qg3+ 93. Kb4 Qb8+ 94. Ka5 Qa8+ 95. Kb5 Qe8+ 96.
Kb4 Qb8+ 97. Ka4 Qa8+ 98. Kb5 Qe8+ 99. Ka6 Qc8+ 100. Ka5 Qa8+ 101. Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2006.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qh5 d6 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. Qh4 h6 11. Nc3 Ne5 12. Rad1 Ng6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6
15. g3 Ke7 16. Kg2 Ne5 17. Be2 Bd7 18. f4 Nc6 19. Rd2 Rhd8 20. Rfd1 Be8 21. a3
Rac8 22. Bh5 b5 23. Ne2 Bb6 24. c3 Na5 25. Nxa5 Bxa5 26. Bf3 Bb6 27. f5 a5 28.
fxe6 fxe6 29. Nf4 Rc5 30. Re2 Bf7 31. Rf1 Rh8 32. Nd3 Rc4 33. h4 Rg8 34. Kh3
Rcc8 35. Nf4 Rc5 36. Rd1 Be8 37. Red2 Bc7 38. Kh2 Bf7 39. Rf1 Rb8 40. Rdf2 Bb6
41. Bd1 Re5 42. Re2 Rc5 43. Bb3 Rg8 44. Ref2 Re5 45. Re2 Rc5 46. Nd3 Rcc8 47.
Ba2 Bh5 48. Rd2 Rg7 49. Bxe6 Be3 50. Bxc8 Bxd2 51. Nf4 Bf7 52. Ba6 Bc4 53. Rf2
Bc1 54. b3 Bxb3 55. Bxb5 Bxa3 56. c4 Bc5 57. Nd5+ Ke6 58. Rxf6+ Ke5 59. Rf3 a4
60. Kg2 Bc2 61. Nc3 a3 62. Bc6 Bb4 63. Nb5 Bxe4 64. Bxe4 Kxe4 65. Nxa3 d5 66.
cxd5 Kxd5 67. Nc2 Bd6 68. Ne3+ Ke4 69. Nf5 Rg6 70. Nxd6+ Rxd6 71. Rf8 h5 72.
Kh3 Rd5 73. Rf4+ Ke3 74. Ra4 Re5 75. g4 Kf3 76. g5 Re1 77. Ra3+ Kf4 78. g6 Re7
79. Rg3 Rg7 80. Rg5 Kf3 81. Rxh5 Rxg6 82. Rg5 Rh6 83. h5 Kf4 84. Kh4 Rh8 85.
Ra5 Rh7 86. Ra6 Kf5 87. h6 Rc7 88. Kh5 Rc1 89. Ra5+ Kf6 90. Ra6+ Kf7 91. Ra7+
Kg8 92. Ra8+ Kh7 93. Ra7+ Kh8 94. Ra8+ Kh7 95. Ra7+ Kh8 96. Ra8+ Kh7 97. Ra7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2006.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Rb1
Nbd7 9. c5 e5 10. b4 a6 11. g3 g5 12. Bg2 g6 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. dxe5
Nxe5 16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 17. Bxg5 Be7 18. Be3 f5 19. a4 Ng4 20. h4 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Rd3
22. Ke2 Ra3 23. Ra1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 g5 25. Rf1 gxh4 26. Rxf5 hxg3 27. Bxe4 Rh2+
28. Kf3 Rb2 29. Rf4 g2 30. Rg4 Rxb4 31. Rxg2 Bxc5 32. a5 Rb3 33. Kf4 Rxe3 34.
Rc2 Bd4 35. Rc4 c5 36. Bxb7 Ra3 37. Bxa6 Rxa5 38. Bb7 Kd7 39. Be4 Kd6 40. Bd3
Ra8 41. Kf3 Rg8 42. Be4 Rf8+ 43. Ke2 Ke5 44. Kd3 Rh8 45. Bb7 Rh3+ 46. Kc2 Rh2+
47. Kd3 Rh3+ 48. Kd2 Kf4 49. Rc2 Rb3 50. Bd5 Rb8 51. Kd3 Ke5 52. Bc4 Rf8 53.
Re2+ Kd6 54. Re6+ Kd7 55. Rh6 Rf3+ 56. Ke4 Re3+ 57. Kd5 Re5# 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2006.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd2 exd5 7. Qxd5 Be6 8.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 9. e3 Nb4 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Rxd7 12. Ke2 g6 13. Nf3 Bg7 14. Bd2
Nd3 15. Rab1 Ne7 16. Rhd1 O-O 17. Be1 Rfd8 18. Rd2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nc5 20. Rxd7
Rxd7 21. Rd1 Rc7 22. c4 Nc6 23. Nd4 Ne5 24. Nb5 Rc8 25. Nd6 Rd8 26. f4 Nc6 27.
e4 Ne6 28. Ke3 Ncd4 29. c5 Nc2+ 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. c3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. Bd3
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. f4 f5 14. exf6 exf6
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bc4+ Kh7 17. f5 g5 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Bg3 Rad8 20. h3 Bc6 21.
Be6 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rd2 Bf8 24. Qd1 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Qe8 26. Bc7 Be7 27. c4
Qa8 28. Bd7 Kg7 29. Be6 Qb7 30. Bg3 h5 31. Qd1 Be8 32. h4 g4 33. Bf4 Bc6 34.
Kh2 Qa8 35. Bc7 Qb7 36. Bd6 Kf8 37. Bf4 Kg7 38. a3 a6 39. Qd2 b5 40. cxb5 axb5
41. b3 Qa7 42. Qb2 Qa6 43. Qc1 Be8 44. Qd2 Qxa3 45. Bd7 Bf7 46. Be6 Be8 47. Qd5
Qa8 48. Qxa8 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2006.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5
9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Nh3 a6 11. a4 Qa5 12. Be2 b5 13. O-O b4 14. Nd1 Nb6 15. Nhf2
c4 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Bd4 Rac8 18. Ne3 c3 19. bxc3 bxc3 20. Qd3 Nxa4 21. Qxa6 Qxa6
22. Bxa6 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd4 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Ne7+ Kf8 26. Nxc8 c2 27. Nxd6 Nc3
28. Kh1 Ne2 29. Ra8+ Kg7 30. Nd3 Be3 31. Re1 Nf4 32. Rxe3 Nxd3 33. Ra1 c1=Q+
34. Rxc1 Nxc1 35. f4 Na2 36. Rb3 Be6 37. Rb7 Nc3 38. e5 Ne2 39. Rb4 Bd5 40. h3
h5 41. Kh2 h4 42. f5 g5 43. Rg4 Kh6 44. Ne4 Bxe4 45. Rxe4 Ng3 46. Ra4 Nxf5 47.
Ra6+ Kg7 48. Kg1 Nd4 49. Rf6 Ne6 50. Kf2 Nf4 51. Kf3 Ng6 52. Ke4 Nf8 53. Kf5
Nh7 54. Ra6 Kg8 55. Ra7 Kf8 56. e6 fxe6+ 57. Kg6 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. Ng3 Bb7
9. e5 Nfd7 10. Bxc4 c5 11. O-O Be7 12. Nh5 O-O 13. d5 Nb6 14. d6 Nxc4 15. dxe7
Qxe7 16. Bg5 Bxf3 17. Qc1 Qb7 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Qxc4 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Bd5 21. Nxc5
Bxc4 22. Nxb7 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Rac8 24. Be7 Rg8 25. Nd6 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 h6 7. Nf3 a5 8. b4
b5 9. cxb5 Nd5 10. Qc2 axb4 11. e4 Nb6 12. a4 c6 13. Bf4 cxb5 14. Bc7 b3 15.
Bxd8 bxc2 16. Bxb6 Rxa4 17. Rc1 b4 18. Rxc2 Ra1+ 19. Kd2 b3 20. Rb2 Ba6 21.
Bxa6 Rxh1 22. Bd3 Nc6 23. Rxb3 Rb8 24. Rb5 g5 25. h3 Ra1 26. Bc5 Ra2+ 27. Ke3
Rd8 28. Bd6 f6 29. h4 g4 30. Nh2 g3 31. Bxg3 d6 32. Ng4 Kg7 33. Rb7+ Kg6 34.
Bxd6 Nxd4 35. h5+ Kxh5 36. Rg7 f5 37. Nf6+ Kh4 38. Bg3# 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ginsburg, Gennadij"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2006.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe1 d6 8. Nc3
g6 9. Qe2 Bg7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Rad1 O-O 12. Kh1 e5 13. Nb3 Be6 14. Bg5 Rac8 15.
Qe3 Rfe8 16. h3 Nb4 17. Rfe1 d5 18. exd5 Nfxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bh6 e4 21.
Bxg7 exd3 22. Qh6 f5 23. Bc3 dxc2 24. Rc1 Nxa2 25. Rxc2 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Qxc2 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ginsburg, Gennadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 h5 6. Ne2 d5 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nf4
c5 9. d5 f5 10. Nc3 b5 11. d6 O-O 12. Be2 b4 13. Nb5 Nc6 14. Bxc4 Ba6 15. a4
Bxb2 16. Nxg6 Qf6 17. Nxf8 Bxa1 18. Nd7 Bc3+ 19. Kf1 Qg7 20. Rh3 Ne5 21. Nxe5
Bxe5 22. f4 Qg4 23. Be2 Bxb5 24. axb5 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2006.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. d5 cxd5 14. Bxd5 h6 15.
Be3 a6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Nd6 Qc7 20. Bxb7 Nc5 21. Bd5
Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Ne6 23. b3 Qc2 24. Rd2 Qc3 25. Nc4 Qb4 26. Qd1 Nd4 27. Nxe5 Nxb3
28. Qxb3 Qxb3 29. axb3 Bxe5 30. Bxh6 Rb8 31. Rd3 a5 32. f4 Bb2 33. e5 f6 34.
exf6 Bxf6 35. g3 Kf7 36. Kg2 Ke6 37. h4 Rc8 38. Kf3 Rc2 39. Bg5 Bc3 40. Kg4 Bb4
41. Bd8 Rc5 42. Re3+ Kf7 43. Be7 Rc3 44. Rxc3 Bxc3 45. Bd8 Be1 46. Kf3 Ke6 47.
g4 Kd5 48. h5 gxh5 49. gxh5 Ke6 50. Kg4 Kf7 51. Bc7 Kg7 52. Kg5 Bd2 53. Be5+
Kh7 54. Bc7 Kg7 55. Kg4 Kh6 56. Bd8 Kh7 57. Bg5 Kg7 58. Kf5 Be1 59. Ke6 Bd2 60.
Kf5 Be1 61. Kg4 Bd2 62. f5 Bc3 63. Kf3 Bb2 64. Ke4 Bc3 65. Kd5 Bd2 66. Bxd2 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2006.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. g3 Nbd7 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Rb1 Bd6 10. c5 Bc7 11. b4 e5 12. Bg2 a6 13. O-O O-O 14. f4 exd4 15.
exd4 Re8 16. Qd3 Nf8 17. Bb2 Qd7 18. f5 gxf5 19. Rxf5 Qe6 20. Rbf1 Qe3+ 21.
Qxe3 Rxe3 22. R5f3 Rae8 23. Bh3 Rxf3 24. Rxf3 Ne6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Rf2 Ng4 27.
Re2 Rxe2 28. Nxe2 a5 29. a3 axb4 30. axb4 b5 31. Bc1 Nf6 32. Kg2 Ne8 33. Kf3 f5
34. Bf4 Kf7 35. Nc1 Bxf4 36. Kxf4 Kf6 37. Nd3 g5+ 38. Ke3 Nc7 39. Ne5 Ne6 40.
Nxc6 f4+ 41. Kf3 fxg3 42. hxg3 Nc7 43. Ke3 Kf5 44. Ne5 Na6 45. g4+ Ke6 46. Nd3
Nb8 47. Kd2 Nc6 48. Kc3 Kf6 49. Nc1 Ke6 50. Ne2 Nd8 51. Ng1 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2006.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. e5 Bb7 12. Qh3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qg3 dxe5
15. fxe5 g6 16. Bd3 Bg7 17. Rde1 Rc8 18. Kb1 Qb6 19. Ne2 Qa5 20. b3 Bc4 21. Nf4
O-O 22. h4 Qc3 23. h5 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Qxe5 26. hxg6 Qxf4 27. Rxh7
Qf5 28. Qd4 Qxc2+ 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2006.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 c5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nge2
Nc7 9. a3 b5 10. cxb5 Rb8 11. b4 Nxb5 12. Nxb5 Rxb5 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Rc1 Ba6 15.
O-O Rb8 16. Re1 Qb6 17. Be3 Rfc8 18. Bh3 Qd8 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. bxc5 dxc5 21.
Bxc5 e6 22. Bd4 Rxc1 23. Nxc1 exd5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. exd5 Bb7 27.
Qxa7 Ra8 28. Qd4 Rxa3 29. Nd3 Bxd5 30. Nb4 Be6 31. Qxd7 Bxd7 32. h4 h5 33. Nd5
Be6 34. Nf4 Bf5 35. Re5 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 Bd7 37. Rc5 Kg7 38. Rc7 Bf5 39. Re7 Kf6
40. Nd5+ Kg7 41. Re3 Rd1 42. Nf4 Bd7 43. Rc3 Rd6 44. Kf3 Bc6+ 45. Ke3 Bd7 46.
Rc5 Bg4 47. f3 Be6 48. Rg5 Kf8 49. Ra5 Kg7 50. Nd3 Rb6 51. Nc5 Rc6 52. Kf4 Rd6
53. Ne4 Rb6 54. Ra7 Bf5 55. Ng5 Be6 56. Ke5 Rb5+ 57. Kd6 Rb6+ 58. Kc5 1-0

[Event "North American op 16th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2006.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Boekhoff, Andrew"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. b3 h6 8. Bb2 Qe8
9. Nbd2 g5 10. e3 c6 11. Re1 Nh7 12. e4 f4 13. e5 d5 14. Rc1 Be6 15. Ba3 Na6
16. Bf1 Rf7 17. Bd3 Nf8 18. Kg2 Qd7 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Be4 fxg3 21. fxg3 Ne6 22.
h3 Raf8 23. Qe2 Nac7 24. Rf1 h5 25. Bb2 h4 26. Nh2 hxg3 27. Kxg3 Nf4 28. Qg4
Qxg4+ 29. Kxg4 Bxe4 30. Nxe4 Nd3 31. Rxf7 Rxf7 32. Nxg5 Rf2 0-1

[Event "North American op 16th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2006.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2006.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Nc6 9. Qe2 Na5 10. Bg5 d5 11. c3 f6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bg3 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Nh2 c6 16. Nd2 Qe8 17. exf6 exf6 18. Qxe8 Rfxe8 19. f4 Bd3 20. Rf2 h6 21. fxg5
hxg5 22. h4 gxh4 23. Bxh4 Re6 24. Ng4 Nd7 25. Rf3 Be2 26. Rg3 Kf7 27. Nf3 Rh8
28. Bg5 a6 29. Kf2 c5 30. Be3 Bxf3 31. Rxf3 Re4 32. Kg3 Bf8 33. Bf4 cxd4 34.
cxd4 Rxd4 35. Ne5+ Ke6 36. Nxd7 Kxd7 37. Rc1 Rxf4 38. Rxf4 Bd6 39. Kf3 Bxf4 40.
Kxf4 Rc8 41. Rd1 Rc2 42. Rxd5+ Kc6 43. Rf5 Rxg2 44. Ke4 Rxb2 45. Rf3 Kc5 0-1

[Event "North American op 16th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2006.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. a3 Be7 8. b4
Bb7 9. c5 a5 10. Bb2 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Bxa1 Ba6 13. O-O Bb5 14. Nb1 Qc8
15. Nc3 Qa6 16. Ne5 Nc6 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Qd3 b5 20. f3 Ra8 21.
e4 Ra4 22. Bc3 Qa6 23. e5 Nd7 24. f4 f5 25. g4 g6 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Kh1 Nf8 28.
Bf3 Ng6 29. Rg1 Ra2 30. Bh5 Qa4 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32. Rxg6+ Kf7 33. Rg2 Qb3 34.
Rxa2 Qxa2 35. Bd2 Qa1+ 36. Kg2 Qd1 37. h3 Bh4 38. Qe3 c6 39. Bc3 Qc2+ 40. Kf1
Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American op 16th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2006.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yanayt, Eugene"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Rb1 a5 8. a3 e5
9. d3 O-O 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 h6 12. b5 Ne7 13. c5 Be6 14. b6 dxc5 15. bxc7
Qxc7 16. Nb5 Qd8 17. Nxe5 Ba2 18. Ra1 Nfd5 19. Ba3 Ra5 20. Rxa2 Rxb5 21. d4 Nc3
22. Qd3 Qxd4 23. Qxd4 cxd4 24. Bxe7 Re8 25. Rd2 Rxe5 26. Bd6 R5e6 27. Bb4 Nxe2+
28. Kh1 Rb6 29. Ba3 Rb5 30. h4 g5 31. Kh2 gxh4 32. Re1 hxg3+ 33. fxg3 Rbe5 34.
Bd6 Re3 35. Bxb7 Nxg3 36. Rg1 Ne2 37. Rg2 Kh7 38. Ba6 Nc3 39. Bf4 Rf3 40. Bg3
Ne4 0-1

[Event "North American op 16th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2006.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2006.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O Nbc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8.
f4 d6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. c3 O-O 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Qf2 Qc7 14. Nh4 b5 15.
Be3 Bb7 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Bb6 Bf6 18. Nf3 e5 19. g3 Bg7 20. Bb1 Nd8 21. f5 Bf8
22. Nh4 Bc6 23. a3 Qb7 24. Ba2 g5 25. Ng6 Bxe4 26. Nxf8 d5 27. Qe3 h6 28. Nd7
1-0

[Event "North American op 16th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2006.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2006.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 1st"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2007.01.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2007.01.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
e3 Be6 9. Qb1 Qc8 10. Ng5 Bd7 11. Bxc4 e6 12. h4 h6 13. Ne4 Bc6 14. O-O Nd7 15.
Bb5 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 c6 17. Be2 O-O 18. Bd6 Re8 19. Qf3 Qd8 20. Rab1 Nb6 21. Bg3
e5 22. h5 g5 23. Bd3 Qd5 24. Be4 Qe6 25. Qf5 Qxf5 26. Bxf5 Re7 27. Rb4 Rd8 28.
Rfb1 Rd5 29. c4 Rd8 30. c5 Nd5 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. Rxb7 exd4 33. exd4 Bxd4 34.
Bd6 Re8 35. Kf1 Bc3 36. Rb8 Rxb8 37. Bxb8 a5 38. Bd7 Nb4 39. a3 Nd3 40. Bxc6
Bd4 41. Bb5 Nxc5 42. Bc7 Bc3 43. Bb6 Ne6 44. g3 Kg7 45. Bd7 Nd4 46. Bd8 Bb2 47.
a4 Bc3 48. Kg2 Bb4 49. Bb6 Bc3 50. f4 gxf4 51. gxf4 Nb3 52. Kf3 Bb4 53. Bb5 Nc5
54. Ke3 Kf6 55. Kd4 Ne6+ 56. Ke4 Nc5+ 57. Kd5 Ne6 58. Be3 Be1 59. Bd3 Bg3 60.
Ke4 Be1 61. f5 Nf8 62. Bxh6 Nd7 63. Be3 Bc3 64. h6 Ne5 65. Be2 Nd7 66. Bd4+
Bxd4 67. Kxd4 Nf8 68. Kc5 Kg5 69. Kb5 Kxh6 70. Kxa5 Kg5 71. Bd3 Kf6 72. Kb5 Ke5
73. Kc6 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP 1st"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2007.01.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2007.01.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 h6 12. Bh4 Bd6 13. c3 Bf4 14. Bc2 Qd6
15. g3 Bg5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. f4 g4 18. Qd4 Ba6 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Nc5 Be2 21.
Kf2 Bf3 22. Re5 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Rae1 Rxe5 25. Qxe5 Qd8 26. Kf1 Qb8 27.
Qe3 Be4 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Re2 f5 30. Qc5 Qb5 31. Qxb5 cxb5 32. Rd2 g6 33. Rd6
Kg7 34. Ra6 Rh8 35. Rxa7+ Kf6 36. Rb7 Rxh2 37. Rxb5 e3 38. a4 Rf2+ 39. Ke1 Rg2
40. a5 Rxg3 41. a6 Rg1+ 42. Ke2 Ra1 43. Rb6+ Kg7 44. Kxe3 g5 45. fxg5 g3 46.
Kf3 f4 47. a7 Rxa7 48. Rb4 Rf7 49. Rd4 Rf5 50. b4 Rxg5 51. Rd2 Kf6 52. c4 Ke7
53. c5 Rg6 54. Rg2 Rf6 55. Rd2 Rg6 56. Re2+ Kd8 57. Rg2 Rf6 58. Rd2+ Kc8 59.
Ra2 Rg6 60. Rd2 Rg5 61. Rg2 Rd5 62. Ke4 Rd1 63. b5 Re1+ 64. Kd5 f3 65. Rxg3 f2
66. Rg8+ Kb7 67. Rg7+ Kc8 68. Rg8+ Kb7 69. c6+ Kb6 70. Rb8+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Ng5 h6 8. f4
exf4 9. Nh3 Ne5 10. Nxf4 Nxc4 11. dxc4 d6 12. b3 Ng4 13. Nfd5 Bg5 14. Qe1 Bxc1
15. Rxc1 Be6 16. Qg3 Qg5 17. Rcd1 Rad8 18. h3 Ne5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Nb5 Nc6 21.
Ndc7 Bc8 22. c3 g4 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. Rxd6 a6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Na3 Rd2 27. Rc1
Rxa2 28. Nc2 Ne5 29. Ne3 Be2 30. Ncd5 Bd3 31. Rd1 Bxe4 32. Ne7+ Kh7 33. Kh2 g6
34. Kg3 Nd3 35. N7d5 Kg7 36. Nf4 Nxf4 37. Kxf4 Bxg2 38. Nxg2 Rxg2 39. Rd6 Rf2+
40. Ke4 Rf6 41. Rd1 Rb6 42. Rb1 Rd6 43. Ke5 Rd3 44. b4 cxb4 45. cxb4 f6+ 46.
Ke6 Re3+ 47. Kd6 Kf7 48. Rh1 Re6+ 49. Kc7 Rc6+ 50. Kxb7 Rxc4 51. Rb1 f5 52.
Kxa6 f4 53. b5 Ra4+ 54. Kb7 Ke6 55. b6 g5 56. Kb8 f3 57. b7 Rf4 58. Re1+ Kf5
59. Rb1 Rc4 60. Ka8 Ra4+ 61. Kb8 Rc4 62. Ka8 Ra4+ 63. Kb8 Re4 64. Kc7 Re8 65.
Rd1 g4 66. Rd8 Rxd8 67. Kxd8 f2 68. b8=Q f1=Q 69. Qc8+ Kf4 70. Qc7+ Kf3 71.
Qf7+ Kg2 72. Qd5+ Qf3 73. Qd2+ Kf1 74. Qc1+ Ke2 75. Qc2+ Ke1 76. Kc7 g3 77.
Qc1+ Kf2 78. Qd2+ Qe2 79. Qf4+ Kg2 80. Kd6 Qa6+ 81. Kc5 Qa5+ 82. Kc6 Qc3+ 83.
Kd6 Kg1 84. Ke6 g2 85. Kf5 Qh3+ 86. Kg5 Kh1 87. Qe4 Qg3+ 88. Kf5 Kg1 89. Qb1+
Kh2 90. Qb2 Qh3+ 91. Kf4 Qg3+ 92. Kf5 Qd3+ 93. Kf4 Qd6+ 94. Kg4 Qd7+ 95. Kf4
Qc7+ 96. Kg4 Qc8+ 97. Kf3 Qa8+ 98. Kf4 Kh1 99. Qb5 g1=Q 100. Qd5+ Qg2 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Narayanan, Srinath"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Be2
Nc6 9. Rc1 O-O 10. b3 Bf5 11. Nf3 d5 12. O-O Bg4 13. c5 Nc8 14. b4 a6 15. Rb1
e6 16. a4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 N8e7 18. b5 Na5 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Qd3 Rfd8
22. bxa6 Rxa6 23. Nb5 Nc6 24. Nd6 Ra7 25. Rb6 Bxd4 26. Rxc6 Rxa4 27. Nb5 bxc6
28. Nxd4 Rc8 29. g3 e5 30. Nb3 Qf6 31. Bg2 Ra3 32. Qc2 Rb8 33. Nd2 e4 34. Qc1
Ra2 35. Bxe4 Qd4 36. Bxd5 Qxd5 37. Nc4 Qxc5 38. Qc3 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Tredinnick, Malcolm Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Qc1 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Kh1 b6 14. a3 a5 15. Bc3
Bb7 16. Qb2 Qh4 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Be7 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Nf3 Qh5 21. Be2 Qf7
22. Bb5 Nb8 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Nd4 Rc8 25. Rc1 Rc4 26. Qa1 Bc6 27. Bxc4 dxc4 28.
Nxc6 Nxc6 29. Qa8+ Nd8 30. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6 5. Be2 g6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. O-O Bg7 8. c3
O-O 9. Na3 d5 10. h3 Nc6 11. Nc2 f6 12. a4 a5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Na3 Bf7 15. Qb3
Re8 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Rfe1 h6 18. h4 Qc7 19. Qc2 Nd7 20. Nb5 Qb8 21. Qd2 Kh7 22.
Bf4 e5 23. Bg3 Re7 24. h5 g5 25. dxe5 fxe5 26. Nfd4 Nf6 27. Nf5 Rd7 28. Bd3 Kh8
29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. Bf5 Re7 31. Bxc8 Qxc8 32. Nd6 Qe6 33. Nxf7 Qxf7 34. b4 e4 35.
b5 Ne5 36. Bxe5 Rxe5 37. Qd4 Rf5 38. c4 Qxh5 39. cxd5 Kg6 40. d6 Ng4 41. Qxe4
Qh2+ 42. Kf1 Nf6 43. Qxb7 Qh1+ 44. Ke2 Qh4 45. f4 Rxf4 46. Rf1 Qg4+ 47. Kd2
Rd4+ 48. Ke3 Re4+ 49. Kd3 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ramesh, Ramachandran B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. Bc2 e5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 Bf5 12. d4 O-O 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Bg5 Bxc2
15. Qxc2 Qd6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Rd5 Rae8 18. g3 f6 19. Be3 b6 20. Red1 Qf7 21.
Nh4 Ne7 22. Rd7 Qxc4 23. Rxa7 Nd5 24. Bh6 Re7 25. Ra4 Nb4 26. Qb1 Bxc3 27. Nf5
Rc7 28. Bxg7 Rb8 29. Rc1 b5 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. Rxc4 bxc4 32. a3 Nc6 33. Qe4 c3
34. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Nde2 b6 8. Bg2
Ba6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. a4 Rc8 12. h3 Nd7 13. Nd5 Nc5 14. Ra3 e6 15. Ne3
Qe7 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. b3 Rfd8 18. c4 Bb7 19. Bb2 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Nb4 21. Rd1 Nc5
22. Nc3 h5 23. h4 Kh7 24. Raa1 g5 25. Qe2 Kh6 26. Ncd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Rd7 28.
dxe6 fxe6 29. Rd4 Kg6 30. Be4+ Kh6 31. Bg2 Kg6 32. Be4+ Kh6 33. Bf3 Rg8 34.
Bxh5 gxh4 35. Rg4 Kh7 36. Kg2 Rxg4 37. Qxg4 Qf6 38. Rh1 Rg7 39. Qxh4 Qxh4 40.
Rxh4 Kg8 41. Bd1 a5 42. Rd4 Rd7 43. f4 Kf7 44. f5 exf5 45. Nxf5 Ke6 46. g4 Nbd3
47. Kf3 Nc1 48. Rd2 N5xb3 49. Bxb3 Nxb3 50. Re2+ Kf6 51. Rb2 Nc5 52. Rxb6 Ke6
53. Nd4+ Ke5 54. Nc6+ Ke6 55. Nd4+ Ke5 56. Nc6+ Ke6 57. Rb5 Nxa4 58. Nd4+ Kf7
59. Rf5+ Kg8 60. Nb3 Nb6 61. Nxa5 Rc7 62. Rf6 Nxc4 63. Nxc4 Rxc4 64. Rxd6 Kg7
65. Kg3 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Be3 d5 8.
exd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qxg2 10. Be4 Qh3 11. Qd4 Nf6 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Rhg1 g6 14.
Rg3 Qh5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bf3 Qxh2 17. Be3 e5 18. Qa4 e4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4
Qh4 21. Nc5 b5 22. Qd4 Bf6 23. Qd5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. Be2 b6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bb7 12. c4 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Rac1 e5 15.
dxe6 fxe6 16. Rfd1 Ne5 17. Nb3 Nf7 18. Bd4 Bh6 19. Be3 Bg7 20. Rc2 Rb8 21. Kh1
Ba8 22. Nd4 e5 23. Nb3 a5 24. Bd3 a4 25. Nc1 e4 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. fxe4 Rxe4 28.
Bg1 Qc7 29. b3 Rbe8 30. Qd3 axb3 31. axb3 Nh6 32. Re2 Qc6 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34.
Bxb6 Nf5 35. Bg1 Be5 36. Qf3 Nh4 37. Qh3 Nf5 38. Bf2 Qe8 39. Qf3 Bd4 40. Nd3
Bxf2 41. Qxf2 Re3 42. Re1 Qe4 43. Rxe3 Nxe3 44. Qe2 Qd4 45. h3 h5 46. g3 Qe4+
47. Kg1 Qd4 48. Kh2 Qe4 49. Kg1 Qd4 50. Kh2 Qe4 51. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.02.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Ne2 e4 8. Bc2
Be6 9. Ng3 Bxc4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 d5 12. Bc2 O-O 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh6 Qf6
15. h4 Qg7 16. Qxg7+ Kxg7 17. Bb3 Bxb3 18. axb3 Nd7 19. c4 f5 20. Ke2 Nf6 21.
Kd3 c6 22. f3 Rfe8 23. Bd2 h5 24. Be1 Kf7 25. Bg3 a6 26. Bf4 Rec8 27. Rhc1 Ke6
28. Rc2 Rd8 29. Ra5 Rd7 30. Bg5 Kf7 31. Rc1 Re8 32. Bf4 Rdd8 33. Be5 Rd7 34.
Ke2 Red8 35. Rf1 Re7 36. Kf2 Rde8 37. Ke2 Nd7 38. Bf4 Nf6 39. Kd3 Re6 40. Bg5
Rd6 41. cxd5 Rxd5 42. Rxd5 Nxd5 43. e4 Nc7 44. Bf4 Ne6 45. Be3 Ke7 46. Kc4 Kd6
47. Rd1 fxe4 48. fxe4 Rf8 49. Kb4 Kc7 50. Rc1 Re8 51. Kc4 Kd7 52. Rf1 Rf8 53.
Rxf8 Nxf8 54. d5 cxd5+ 55. Kxd5 Ne6 56. Ke5 Ke7 57. g3 Nc7 58. Bg5+ Kf7 59. Kd6
Ne6 60. Be3 Kf6 61. b4 Kf7 62. e5 b5 63. Kc6 Ke7 64. Kb6 Kd7 65. Kxa6 Kc6 66.
Ka7 Nc7 67. Kb8 Na6+ 68. Kc8 Nxb4 69. e6 Nd5 70. Bf4 b4 71. Kd8 Nf6 72. e7 1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Nepomniashchy m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2007.02.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2007.02.28"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5
a4 16. Nbd4 b3 17. cxb3 exd4 18. Nxd4 Bxb3 19. axb3 axb3 20. Nxb3 Ne5 21. Kb1
Qd7 22. Bd4 Qa4 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Qd5 Nc7 25. Qc4 Qa2+ 26. Kc2 Ba3 27. Qc3 Nb5
28. Bxb5 Bxb2 29. Qc4 Rfc8 30. Bc6 Rxc6 31. Qxc6 Bd4+ 32. Kd3 Qxb3+ 33. Ke2
Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Nakamura-Nepomniashchy m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2007.02.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2007.02.28"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Bd7 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 a5 7. a4 Nh6 8. O-O Nf5
9. g4 Nh6 10. h3 Be7 11. Na3 c4 12. b3 Qxb3 13. Qxb3 cxb3 14. Nb5 Na6 15. Rb1
Rc8 16. Rxb3 Bc6 17. Bg5 Ng8 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Nd6 Rc7 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. Rb8
1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Nepomniashchy m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2007.02.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.02.28"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 N5b6 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. b4 Nf6 11. Rc1 Be6 12. a3 Nfd5 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Nfd2 c6
15. Nb3 f6 16. Bh4 Bf7 17. Na5 Qb6 18. Bg3 Rae8 19. Qa4 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21.
Nd6 Re7 22. e4 Nc7 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Nepomniashchy m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2007.02.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2007.02.28"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nc6 7. a3 a5 8. a4 cxd4
9. cxd4 Nh6 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. Nb5 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Be7 13. g4 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15.
Be3 Be7 16. Kg2 O-O 17. Qd2 f6 18. f4 f5 19. gxf5 Rxf5 20. Bg4 Bb4 21. Qd3 Ne7
22. Rhc1 Bc6 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. Bf2 Rf8 25. Rc2 Qd8 26. Rg1 Qe8 27. Kh1 h6 28.
b3 Qh5 29. Nc7 Qf7 30. Nb5 Qh5 31. Be1 Be7 32. Rcg2 Rf7 33. Nc7 Bd7 34. Bxa5
Bd8 35. b4 Bxc7 36. Bxc7 Bxa4 37. Bd8 Be8 38. Bf6 Kf8 39. b5 Kg8 40. b6 Bc6 41.
h3 Bb5 42. Qc3 Kh7 43. Kh2 Be2 44. Qc8 Qf3 45. Rg4 Bf1 46. Rxf1 Qxf1 47. Qxe6
Qf2+ 48. Kh1 Qf3+ 49. Kg1 Qe3+ 50. Kf1 Qd3+ 51. Kg1 Qxd4+ 52. Kh1 Qd1+ 53. Kh2
Qd2+ 54. Kh1 Qd1+ 55. Kh2 Qd2+ 56. Kg1 Qe3+ 57. Kh2 Qf2+ 58. Kh1 Qf1+ 59. Kh2
Qe2+ 60. Rg2 Qh5 61. Qxd5 gxf6 62. e6 Re7 63. Qd8 Rg7 64. Rxg7+ Nxg7 65. Qd3+
Qf5 66. Qd7 Qxe6 67. Qxb7 Qe2+ 68. Qg2 Qb5 69. b7 Nf5 70. Qe4 Kg7 71. b8=Q Qxb8
72. Qxf5 Qb2+ 73. Kg3 Qc3+ 74. Kg4 Qd2 75. Qc8 Qg2+ 76. Kh4 Qf2+ 77. Kh5 Qf3+
78. Qg4+ Qxg4+ 79. hxg4 Kh7 80. g5 fxg5 81. fxg5 hxg5 82. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nakamura-Nepomniashchy m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2007.02.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2007.02.28"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Be6 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Qa5 11. Ng5 Rfd8 12. Qe1 Qxc5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Na4 Qf5
15. Rxc4 e5 16. Bg3 Kh8 17. Nc5 Rab8 18. Qc1 Na5 19. Rc2 b6 20. Na6 Rbc8 21.
Nc7 h5 22. b4 Nb7 23. Ba6 Rb8 24. f3 Bh6 25. e4 Bxc1 26. exf5 Be3+ 27. Kh1 gxf5
28. Bxe5 Bd4 29. f4 Bxe5 30. fxe5 Ng4 31. Re2 Nh6 32. h3 Rd4 33. a3 Nd8 34. Nb5
Rd7 35. e6 Rd3 36. Rc1 Kg7 37. Rc7 Kf6 38. Rxa7 f4 39. Kh2 Ng4+ 40. hxg4 hxg4
41. Re1 Nc6 42. Rd7 Rb3 43. Nc7 Rh8+ 44. Kg1 Ne5 45. Nd5+ Kf5 46. Nxe7+ Kxe6
47. Ra7 Re3 48. Rxe3 fxe3 49. Nc8 Rf8 50. Re7+ Kd5 51. Nxb6+ Kd6 52. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Nepomniashchy m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2007.02.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2007.02.28"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. e4 Nd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. exd5 exd5 8.
Nxd5 Ne7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. h3 Bf5 12. O-O h6 13. Re1 a6 14. Qc2 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 Ng6 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. d5 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bb8 19. Bc1 Qd6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21.
Rxe4 Rfe8 22. g3 Qd7 23. Kg2 Qd6 24. h4 Ba7 25. h5 Nf8 26. Bf4 Qf6 27. Be5 Qf5
28. g4 Qd7 29. Bc3 Bb8 30. Ne5 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 Nh7 32. f3 Ng5 33. Ree1 Qa4 34. f4
Nh7 35. Bc7 Rc8 36. d6 Nf6 37. Kh3 Qxf4 38. Qg3 Qa4 39. b3 Qd7 40. Qf3 Rxe1 41.
Rxe1 Re8 42. Rxe8+ Qxe8 43. Bb6 Qe6 44. Bc7 b5 45. Kh4 g5+ 46. hxg6 fxg6 47. g5
Ne4 48. gxh6 g5+ 49. Kh5 Kh7 50. d7 Qxh6+ 51. Kg4 Nf6+ 52. Qxf6 Qxf6 53. d8=Q
Qe6+ 54. Kxg5 Qe3+ 55. Bf4 Qg1+ 56. Kf5 Qb1+ 57. Kf6 Qa1+ 58. Be5 Qf1+ 59. Ke7
1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Nepomniashchy m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2007.02.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.02.28"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Ne5 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. f4
Nbd7 9. O-O Qe7 10. b3 Bb4 11. Bb2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Bb2 Nxe5 14. fxe5 b6
15. a4 Bb7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Ba3 Qf7 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Bd3 Nc3 21.
Qd2 Qb4 22. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Nepomniashchy m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2007.02.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2007.02.28"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 a5 7. a4 Bd7 8. Bb5 cxd4
9. cxd4 Nge7 10. Be3 h6 11. O-O Nb4 12. Nc3 Nf5 13. g4 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bxb5 15.
Nxb5 Be7 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. Rc3 Na2 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Ra1 Nb4 21. Rc1
Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Qc6 23. Qc3 Nc2 24. Kf2 Bb4 25. Qxc6 bxc6 26. Na7 c5 27. Ke2 c4
28. Nc6 Kf8 29. g5 Ke8 30. gxh6 gxh6 31. h3 Kd7 32. Na7 Na1 33. Nh2 Nb3 34. Ng4
Nc1+ 35. Kd1 Nd3 36. Kc2 Ne1+ 37. Kb1 Bf8 38. Nf6+ Kd8 39. Nc6+ Kc7 40. Na7 Ng2
41. e4 dxe4 42. Nxe4 Nf4 43. Nb5+ Kd7 44. Nf6+ Kc6 45. h4 Ng6 46. h5 Nf4 47.
Kc2 Bb4 48. Nc3 Be7 49. Nce4 Nd5 50. Ng4 Bf8 51. Nd2 Nb6 52. Nf6 Be7 53. Ng4
Bg5 54. Ne4 Bf4 55. Nc3 Nd5 56. Nxd5 exd5 57. b3 cxb3+ 58. Kxb3 Bg5 59. Nf2 Kd7
60. Nd3 Ke6 61. Nc5+ Kf5 62. Nb7 Bd2 63. Nd6+ Ke6 64. Kc2 Bb4 65. Nb5 Kf5 66.
Kd3 Kg5 67. Nc7 Kxh5 68. Nxd5 Bf8 69. Nf6+ Kg6 70. Ke4 h5 71. d5 h4 72. Kf4 h3
73. Ng4 f5 74. exf6 h2 75. Nxh2 Bd6+ 76. Ke4 Bxh2 77. Kd4 Kxf6 78. Kc5 Bf4 79.
Kb5 Bd2 80. d6 Ke6 81. Kc6 Bc3 82. d7 Bf6 83. Kc7 Kd5 84. Kb6 Bd8+ 85. Kb5 Kd6
0-1

[Event "Nakamura-Nepomniashchy m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2007.02.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2007.02.28"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 bxc4 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5
d6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Nxc4 Ba6 13. Qa4 Qc8 14. Re1 Re8 15.
Bf4 Nb6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Qc6 Qd8 18. Bh3 Rb8 19. Rad1 Bb7 20. Qb5 Bf8 21. Rxe8
Nxe8 22. a4 Ba8 23. Qd7 Nc7 24. Qf5 g6 25. Qd7 f5 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Bf1 Bg7 28.
Bc4 h6 29. h4 Kf7 30. Rd2 Kf6 31. Nb5 Nxb5 32. Bxb5 g5 33. hxg5+ hxg5 34. Be3
Kg6 35. Bd3 Kf6 36. Bb1 Bb7 37. Kf1 Ra8 38. Bc2 Bc8 39. b3 Bd7 40. Bd3 Bh6 41.
Re2 b5 42. Bxb5 Bxb5 43. axb5 Rb8 44. Bd2 Bf8 45. Re6+ Kf7 46. Bxg5 Rxb5 47.
Rf6+ Ke8 48. Rxf5 Rxb3 49. Bf6 c4 50. Rf4 Rb5 51. Rxc4 Rxd5 52. g4 Kf7 53. Bc3
Be7 54. Kg2 Kg6 55. f4 Rd3 56. Be1 d5 57. Rc6+ Kf7 58. g5 d4 59. g6+ Kg7 60. f5
Re3 61. Bf2 Rd3 62. Re6 Bf6 63. Rd6 Be5 64. Re6 Bf6 65. Bg3 Rd2+ 66. Kf3 Rd3+
67. Kg4 Re3 68. Rd6 Re4+ 69. Kf3 Re3+ 70. Kg2 Re4 71. Rd7+ Kh6 72. Kf3 Re3+ 73.
Kg4 Re4+ 74. Bf4+ Bg5 75. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Nepomniashchy m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2007.02.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2007.02.28"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nd7 7. Be3 Be7
8. Qd2 Nc5 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Nd4 O-O 11. Nxe6 Nxe6 12. f4 c6 13. g4 d5 14. Qg2
Bc5 15. Bd2 Re8 16. Kb1 Qb6 17. Qh3 Ba3 18. b3 Nc5 19. Be3 Qa5 20. Bd4 Ne4 21.
Bd3 c5 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Be5 f6 24. Qd3 Rd8 25. Bb8 c4 26. bxc4 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "Nakamura-Nepomniashchy m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2007.02.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2007.02.28"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bh4
Nc6 9. O-O-O Bg4 10. Bb5 d5 11. Qf4 Be6 12. Qe3 a6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. b3 a5 15.
a4 Qd7 16. Bg3 O-O 17. h4 Bg4 18. Bf4 Kh7 19. Rde1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 h5 21. Bg5
Rae8 22. Qd3 Qf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. e6 Bxd4 25. Nd1 Kg6 26. Bf4 fxe6 27. Bxc7
Kf7 28. Rh3 Rc8 29. Bf4 Nd7 30. Rd3 Bf6 31. Bd2 e5 32. Bxa5 e4 33. Rh3 c5 34.
c4 d4 35. f3 e3 36. Re2 f4 37. Nb2 Ne5 38. Kc2 Rb8 39. Rh1 Rb7 40. Rd1 Rfb8 41.
b4 cxb4 42. Rxd4 Nc6 43. Rd5 b3+ 44. Kb1 Nxa5 45. Rxa5 Rd7 46. Rd5 Rbd8 0-1

[Event "Nakamura-Nepomniashchy m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2007.02.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.02.28"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. c4 g6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Bg7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Be2 Bf5 13. Qd1 Re8 14. Nd4 Bd7
15. Bf3 Ne4 16. Qc2 f5 17. Rad1 a6 18. Rfe1 c5 19. Ne2 Bc6 20. Nf4 Be5 21. Nd5
Ng5 22. Be2 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 f4 24. Bd2 Qf6 25. f3 Re7 26. Bf1 Rae8 27. Qd1 Ne6
28. Rd3 h5 29. Re2 g5 30. Be1 g4 31. Red2 Ng5 32. Bh4 Nxf3+ 33. Qxf3 Qxh4 34.
Qd5+ Kg7 35. Re2 f3 36. gxf3 Bd4+ 37. Rxd4 Rxe2 38. Bxe2 Rxe2 39. Qxb7+ Re7 0-1

[Event "Nakamura-Nepomniashchy m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2007.02.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2007.02.28"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. c3 g6 8. h4
h5 9. Nd2 Bg7 10. Ne4 Bg4 11. f3 Bf5 12. Ne2 d5 13. Nc5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nd7 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Bf4 Qf5 17. Qe3 O-O-O 18. O-O-O Rhe8 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 f6 21.
Rhd1 b5 22. Bh2 e6 23. Kb1 Bh6 24. Bf4 Bf8 25. Bh2 Kd7 26. Nf4 Bd6 27. Rh1 Bxf4
28. Bxf4 Rh8 29. Re1 Rde8 30. Bc1 a6 31. Rde3 Nd8 32. R3e2 Nf7 33. Bf4 Re7 34.
Kc1 Rhe8 35. Kc2 e5 36. dxe5 fxe5 37. Bh2 Kc6 38. Kd3 Re6 39. b3 Kd6 40. c4
bxc4+ 41. bxc4 Rc8 42. cxd5 Kxd5 43. Rd1 Rd6 44. Ke3+ Ke6 45. Red2 Rxd2 46.
Rxd2 Nd6 47. Ke2 Rc4 48. g3 e4 49. Bg1 exf3+ 50. Kxf3 Rc3+ 51. Kg2 Rxg3+ 52.
Kxg3 Ne4+ 53. Kf4 Nxd2 54. Be3 Nc4 55. Bd4 Nd6 56. Kg5 Kf7 57. Be3 Ne8 58. Bf2
Nc7 59. Kf4 Kf6 60. Bd4+ Ke6 61. Bh8 Nd5+ 62. Kg5 Kf7 63. Bd4 Nb4 64. a4 Nc6
65. Bc3 Ne7 66. Bb2 Nd5 67. Bd4 Nc7 68. Be5 Ne6+ 69. Kh6 Nc5 70. a5 Ke6 71.
Kxg6 Kxe5 72. Kxh5 Kf5 73. Kh6 Nb7 74. h5 Kf6 75. Kh7 Nxa5 76. h6 Nc6 77. Kh8
Ne7 78. h7 Ng6+ 79. Kg8 a5 0-1

[Event "Nakamura-Nepomniashchy m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2007.02.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2007.02.28"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. Bf1 Be6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. h3 Rc8 12. a3 Kh8 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Qg4 e5
15. Rad1 Nd4 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Nd5 e6 18. Nc3 Qb6 19. b4 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Qa6 21. b5
Qa5 22. Bd2 Nxc2 23. Rb1 Nd4 24. Ne2 Qc7 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Qxe6 Rfe8 27. Qxd6
Qxd6 0-1

[Event "Nakamura-Nepomniashchy m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2007.02.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2007.02.28"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nb6 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 dxe5 6. Nxe5 N8d7 7. d4 e6 8. g3
g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O c6 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Kh1 Nfd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15.
b3 f6 16. Nd3 Bd7 17. Nc5 Rc8 18. a4 Qe7 19. a5 Na8 20. Nxb7 Nc7 21. Nc5 Bc6
22. c4 Qe8 23. Qf3 Ba8 24. Qe2 Rf7 25. Bg1 Bf8 26. Rfe1 dxc4 27. bxc4 Bxc5 28.
dxc5 Bxg2+ 29. Qxg2 Na6 30. Rad1 Nxc5 31. Rd6 Re7 32. h4 f5 33. Kh2 Ne4 34.
Rxe4 fxe4 35. Qxe4 Rd8 36. c5 Rxd6 37. cxd6 Rf7 38. Bd4 Rf5 39. Qb7 Rf7 40. a6
Rd7 41. Bxa7 Rxd6 42. Bf2 Rd2 43. Kg2 Rd7 44. Qc6 Rd8 45. Qc3 Qb5 46. a7 Qd5+
47. Qf3 Qxf3+ 48. Kxf3 Kf7 49. Ke4 Ke7 50. Bb6 Rc8 51. Bc7 Kd7 52. Bb8 Rc4+ 53.
Ke5 Ra4 54. Kf6 Kc6 55. Kg7 Kb7 56. Kxh7 Ra3 57. g4 Rh3 58. Kxg6 Rxh4 59. Kg5
Rh8 60. Kf6 Rg8 61. g5 Re8 62. g6 Rc8 63. g7 e5 64. Kxe5 Rd8 65. Kf6 Rc8 66.
Kf7 Rc2 67. g8=Q Rc6 68. Qe8 Rh6 69. Qd7+ Kb6 70. a8=Q Rh7+ 71. Ke8 Rh8+ 72.
Ke7 Re8+ 73. Qxe8 Kc5 74. Qec6+ Kb4 75. Qab7+ Ka3 76. Qca6# 1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Nepomniashchy m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2007.02.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.02.28"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e5 7. Nf5 Be6 8. Ne3
Nbd7 9. Ned5 Rc8 10. Be2 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. O-O g6 14. Nd5 Qd8
15. c3 Bg7 16. Qa4+ Bd7 17. Qa3 Bc6 18. Rad1 O-O 19. Ne3 Bxe4 20. Rxd6 Qe7 21.
Rfd1 Rfe8 22. Qa5 Bf8 23. Rd7 Qe6 24. Bg4 f5 25. Be2 f4 26. Bg4 Qc6 27. Nd5 h5
28. Bh3 Kh8 29. Ne7 Bxe7 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Bxc8 b6 32. Qxa6 Bxg2 33. Qd3 Be4
34. Qd6 Qxc8 35. f3 Bxf3 36. Qf6+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Nakamura-Nepomniashchy m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2007.02.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.02.28"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d3 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Bxd3
Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nf6 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O a6 13. Rc1 O-O 14. b3 Nd7 15.
Nd5 e6 16. Nf4 Qe7 17. Rc2 Rfd8 18. Rd2 Nc5 19. f3 Bh6 20. Kh1 Qf8 21. Re1 e5
22. Nd5 Bxe3 23. Nxe3 Ne6 24. Bf1 Ncd4 25. Nd5 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. f4 Qg7 28.
Rd3 Kh8 29. Rg3 Qf7 30. fxe5 f4 31. Rd3 dxe5 32. Rxe5 Nc6 33. Re1 Re8 34. Rd2
Ng5 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Rf2 Ne4 37. Rf3 Ne5 38. Qd4 Ng5 39. Rxf4 Qg7 40. Nf6 Nc6
41. Nxe8 Qxd4 42. Rf8# 1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Nepomniashchy m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2007.03.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2007.02.28"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
Qe7 9. O-O Re8 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. c5 Bc7 13. Bc4 h6 14. Rfe1 e4 15.
Nd2 Nf8 16. f3 Ng6 17. Ndxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxh2+ 19. Kf1 Qd8 20. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Nepomniashchy m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2007.03.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2007.02.28"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. c5 Nf4 11. Bc4 Bg4 12. Re1 g5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bxf4 exf4 15.
Qd3 Ng6 16. Bb3 a5 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. bxa5 Qxa5 19. Rac1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Ne5 21.
Qd1 Rac8 22. Ne2 f3 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nd4 Nd3 25. Re3 Rc1 26. Rxd3 Rxd1+ 27.
Rxd1 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "Nakamura-Nepomniashchy m"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2007.03.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "204"]
[EventDate "2007.02.28"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. Nxc4
Be6 9. Ne3 Nc6 10. dxc5 Qa5 11. Bd2 Qxc5 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. b3 Ne4 14. Nc4 Qa6 15.
Qc2 Bf5 16. Qd1 Rfd8 17. a4 Rd7 18. Qe1 Rad8 19. Be3 b5 20. axb5 Qxb5 21. Nfd2
Nxd2 22. Nxd2 Na5 23. Rc5 Qb4 24. Nc4 Qxe1 25. Rxe1 Nxb3 26. Rb5 Rd1 27. Rf1
Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Nd4 29. Rb7 Nc6 30. Rc7 Be4 31. Bxa7 Nxa7 32. Rxa7 e6 33. h4 Rd1
34. Rc7 Bd4 35. Ne3 Rb1 36. Rc4 e5 37. Ng4 Kg7 38. Nxe5 Rd1 39. Nc6 Bxc6 40.
Rxc6 Ba7 41. Rc7 Bb6 42. Rb7 Bd8 43. e3 Rc1 44. Kg2 Rc7 45. Rb8 Bf6 46. Rb3 h5
47. Be2 Be5 48. Bf3 Bf6 49. Bd5 Be5 50. f4 Bf6 51. Kf3 Be7 52. e4 f6 53. Rb8
Bf8 54. Rb3 Be7 55. g4 hxg4+ 56. Kxg4 Rc1 57. Rb7 Kf8 58. Kf3 Rc3+ 59. Kg4 Rc1
60. f5 Rg1+ 61. Kh3 gxf5 62. exf5 Bd6 63. Rf7+ Ke8 64. h5 Rg5 65. h6 Rxf5 66.
h7 Rxd5 67. h8=Q+ Kxf7 68. Qh7+ Kf8 69. Qh8+ Kf7 70. Qh7+ Ke6 71. Qg8+ Ke5 72.
Qe8+ Kd4 73. Qa4+ Ke5 74. Qe8+ Kf4 75. Kg2 Rd2+ 76. Kf1 f5 77. Qe6 Rd1+ 78. Ke2
Rd4 79. Qf6 Re4+ 80. Kd3 Be5 81. Qh4+ Kf3 82. Qh1+ Kg4 83. Qg1+ Bg3 84. Qb1 Rf4
85. Qd1+ Rf3+ 86. Ke2 Rf4 87. Ke3+ Kg5 88. Qh1 Re4+ 89. Kf3 Rg4 90. Qh3 Be5 91.
Qf1 Rg3+ 92. Ke2 Rg4 93. Ke3 Re4+ 94. Kd3 Rf4 95. Kc2 Rg4 96. Qg2 Rxg2+ 97. Kd3
f4 98. Kc4 Kg4 99. Kd5 f3 100. Ke4 f2 101. Kxe5 f1=Q 102. Ke4 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 8th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.03.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2007.03.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6 5. Be2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2
Bg4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bf5 11. a4 a5 12. Re1 Nb4 13. Rc1 d5 14. Nf1 f6 15. Ne3
Bc8 16. c3 Nc6 17. c4 Nb4 18. exf6 exf6 19. Qd2 Re8 20. Bf1 c6 21. Ba3 Be6 22.
Bxb4 axb4 23. Qxb4 Qc7 24. a5 Nd7 25. cxd5 Bf7 26. Bc4 Bf8 27. Qd2 cxd5 28.
Bxd5 Qxa5 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Qxa5 Rxa5 31. Nc4 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Rb5 33. Re3 Nb8
34. Kf1 Nc6 35. Ke2 Rd5 36. Rd3 Be7 37. Ne3 Rd8 38. d5 Nb4 39. Rd4 Bc5 40. Rc4
b6 41. Nd4 Nxd5 42. Nxd5 Rxd5 43. Nc2 Re5+ 44. Ne3 b5 45. Rc3 g5 46. g4 Ke6 47.
Kf3 Kd6 48. Nf5+ Kd5 49. Rd3+ Kc6 50. Rc3 Kb6 51. Rd3 Ka5 52. Rd7 Kb4 53. Rd3
Re6 54. Ne3 Bxe3 55. fxe3 Ka3 56. e4 b4 57. Ke3 h6 58. Kf3 Kb2 59. Ke3 Kc2 60.
Rd8 Kxb3 61. Kd3 Kb2 62. Rb8 b3 63. Rb7 Ka2 64. Kc3 Rc6+ 65. Kd2 b2 66. Ra7+
Kb1 67. Ra4 Rd6+ 68. Kc3 Kc1 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 8th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.03.23"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2007.03.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 8th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.03.23"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[EventDate "2007.03.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 c5 8. dxc5
dxe5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Bc4 Ndb4 11. Nbd2 Bg4 12. a3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Na6 14. b4 Nc7
15. Re1 a6 16. Ne4 Qc8 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Kh1 Nf4 19. Rg1 h6 20. Rg4 Qf5 21. Rag1
Rad8 22. Qe3 Nd4 23. c3 Nc2 24. Qc1 Nd3 25. Qxc2 Qxf3+ 26. R1g2 Nf4 27. Nd2 Qc6
28. Rxf4 exf4 29. h3 Kh7 30. Be2 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 f3 32. Bxf3 Qxf3 33. h4 Qh3+ 34.
Kg1 Qxh4 35. Qd7 Qe4 36. Rg3 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qxb2 38. Qxb7 Qe2 39. Qf3 Qxf3+ 40.
Rxf3 e5 41. c4 e4 42. Rb3 Bd4 43. c6 a5 44. b5 Rc8 45. a4 f5 46. Rb1 Kg7 47.
Rd1 Bb6 48. Rd7+ Kf6 49. Rb7 Bc5 50. Rd7 Ke6 51. Rg7 g5 52. Rh7 Ke5 53. Rd7 Ke6
54. Rh7 f4 55. Rxh6+ Kf5 56. Rh7 e3 57. fxe3 Bxe3 58. Rd7 g4 59. Rd5+ Ke4 60.
Rd7 g3 61. Re7+ Kd4 62. Kf3 Kxc4 63. Rxe3 fxe3 64. b6 Rxc6 65. b7 Rb6 66. Kxg3
Rxb7 67. Kf3 Kd4 68. Ke2 Rb2+ 69. Kf3 Ra2 70. Kf4 Rxa4 71. Kf5 Rc4 72. Ke6 a4
73. Kd6 a3 74. Ke6 a2 75. Kf5 a1=N 76. Kf4 e2 77. Kf3 e1=B 78. Ke2 Ba5 79. Kd1
Ke4 80. Ke2 Rc1 81. Kf2 Rc3 82. Ke2 Rd3 83. Kf2 Rf3+ 84. Ke2 Nb3 85. Kd1 Nd4
86. Kc1 Rf2 87. Kb1 Kd3 88. Ka1 Rb2 89. Kxb2 Bb4 90. Kc1 Bc3 91. Kd1 Nc2 92.
Kc1 Ne3 93. Kb1 Bb4 94. Kc1 Kc3 95. Kb1 Kb3 96. Kc1 Ba5 97. Kb1 Bd2 98. Ka1
Nc2+ 99. Kb1 Na3+ 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 8th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.03.23"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Har Zvi, Ronen"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2007.03.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 c5 8.
Ng5 Nc7 9. d3 h6 10. Nge4 Nd7 11. Be3 b6 12. Rc1 e5 13. Nd6 Rb8 14. Qa4 a6 15.
Nxc8 Qxc8 16. b4 Ne6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Qxa6 Ra8 19. Qxa8 Qxa8 20. Ne7+ Kh7 21.
Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Rc2 cxb4 23. Nd5 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Rb1 Bf8 26. Nxb4 Bc5 27.
Nd5 Ra5 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Ne7 Bxe7 30. Rc7 Rd5 31. a4 Bd8 32. Rb7 Nc5 33. Ra7 Re5
34. Rb5 Rxe2 35. a5 Nxd3 36. axb6 Rxf2+ 37. Kg1 Rc2 38. b7 Bc7 39. Ra8 Ne5 40.
Rc8 Nd7 41. Rd5 Nb8 42. Rxd4 Bb6 43. Rxc2 Bxd4+ 44. Kg2 Kf6 45. Rc8 Be5 46. Kf3
Ke6 47. h4 h5 48. g4 Nd7 49. gxh5 gxh5 50. Re8+ Kf6 51. Rh8 Kg6 52. Rd8 Nb8 53.
Rg8+ Kf6 54. Rg5 Nd7 55. Rxh5 Bb8 56. Rd5 Ne5+ 57. Ke4 Ke6 58. Rd8 f5+ 59. Ke3
Nd7 60. h5 f4+ 61. Kf3 Ne5+ 62. Ke4 f3 63. Rxb8 f2 64. Re8+ Kf6 65. b8=Q Nf7
66. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 8th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.03.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Har Zvi, Ronen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2007.03.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f3 b5
9. Qd2 Bb7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15. axb4
Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. Rh3 Nxa4 20. c4 dxc4 21. Qc2 Nb6 22.
Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bxb6 Qxb6 24. Qg6+ Ke7 25. f5 Bd5 26. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 8th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.03.23"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Har Zvi, Ronen"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2007.03.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 e5 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d3 Nc6 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Rb1 a5 11. Nd2 O-O 12. a3 Be6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Rb8 15. Nd5
Bg7 16. b5 Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nb3 b6 19. Ra1 h5 20. Ra7 h4 21. Nd2 Rf7 22.
Nb1 e4 23. dxe4 Bxc4 24. Qc2 Qe6 25. Nd2 Bxe2 26. Re1 Bxb5 27. Rxc7 hxg3 28.
hxg3 Rbf8 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. Nf3 Qc4 31. Qb1 Qd3 32. Qxd3 Bxd3 33. exf5 Rxf5 34.
Re8+ Rf8 35. Re6 Rd8 36. Ng5 Bc4 37. Rxg6 b5 38. Bh3 Re8 39. Be6+ Kf8 40. Nh7+
Ke7 41. Bxc4 bxc4 42. Rxg7+ Ke6 43. Rc7 d5 44. Kf1 Kd6 45. Ra7 c3 46. Nf6 Re5
47. Rd7+ Ke6 48. Rc7 d4 49. Ng4 Ra5 50. Ke2 Ra2+ 51. Kd3 Rd2+ 52. Ke4 Kd6 53.
Rc4 c2 54. Ne5 Rxf2 55. Rxd4+ Ke6 56. Nd3 Rd2 57. Rc4 Kd6 58. Ke3 Rg2 59. g4
Kd5 60. Rc5+ Kd6 61. Rc3 Kd5 62. Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 8th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.03.23"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Har Zvi, Ronen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2007.03.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. b4 Qxb4 5. Rb1 Qd6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Nf3 a6 8.
d4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. O-O e6 11. Re1 Be7 12. Ng5 Nd5 13. Nce4 Qd7 14. Qh5 Bxg5
15. Nc5 Nf6 16. Qxg5 Qc6 17. Bxe6 O-O 18. Bb3 Nbd7 19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Qg3 Qc6
21. Bb2 Nd5 22. Qf3 N7b6 23. Ba3 Rfd8 24. Bc5 Nc4 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. Re5 Qd7 27.
h3 h6 28. Rbe1 c6 29. Qe2 c3 30. Qh5 Rab8 31. Ba3 Nf4 32. Qf3 Nd5 33. Qh5 Nf4
34. Qf3 Nd5 35. g3 Qxh3 36. Qd3 Qd7 37. Kg2 Re8 38. Qxa6 Rxe5 39. Rxe5 Qg4 40.
Bc1 Qxd4 41. Re2 Qg4 42. Qd3 Ra8 43. a3 h5 44. Re4 Qg6 45. Qd4 h4 46. Rg4 Qf6
47. Qxf6 Nxf6 48. Rxh4 Nd5 49. Rc4 Ra6 50. Kf3 f6 51. Ke4 Kf7 52. Kd4 Ke6 53.
Kc5 Kd7 54. Kd4 Kd6 55. Kd3 Ra8 56. Rg4 g5 57. a4 c5 58. Ba3 Kc6 59. Rc4 Ra5
60. g4 Nb6 61. Rxc3 Nxa4 62. Rb3 Nb6 63. c4 Ra4 64. Bb2 Rxc4 65. Rxb6+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 8th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.03.23"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Har Zvi, Ronen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.03.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Qe2 e6 8.
Bd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 a5 11. a3 Nbd5 12. Ne5 a4 13. Ba2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3
Ne4 15. Be1 Qg5+ 16. f4 Qxf4+ 17. Kb1 h5 18. Rf1 Qg5 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Qxe4 Kg6
21. Qe2 Qg4 22. Rf3 Bd6 23. Bg3 Be7 24. h3 Qe4 25. Re3 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 8th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Abbasov, Farid"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.03.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 f5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nh3 c6 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2 O-O
9. O-O Na6 10. b3 Nc7 11. Bb2 Kh8 12. d5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nd7 14. f3 exf3 15. exf3
Bf6 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. Kh1 Bd7 18. Rad1 Qe8 19. Ne2 Qf7 20. Nef4 Rfe8 21. Ne6 Nxe6
22. dxe6 Bxe6 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Rad8 25. Bxe5 h6 26. Qxh6+ Kg8 27. Qg5 d5
28. Bd4 b6 29. Rfe1 Bc8 30. f4 Bb7 31. Re5 Rxe5 32. Bxe5 Re8 33. h3 Kh7 34. Kh2
d4 35. Bxb7 Qxb7 36. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 8th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Abbasov, Farid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2007.03.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e4 dxe4 5. Bg5 Bg7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Ng3 h6 8. Be3
c5 9. d5 e6 10. Bxc5 Re8 11. Be2 exd5 12. cxd5 Nbd7 13. Be3 h5 14. O-O h4 15.
Nh1 Nb6 16. d6 Bd7 17. Bg5 h3 18. Ng3 hxg2 19. Re1 Bc6 20. a4 Re6 21. a5 Rxd6
22. Qb3 Nbd5 23. Ncxe4 Rd7 24. Bc4 Qf8 25. Rad1 Re8 26. Bxf6 Nxf6 27. Ng5 Rxe1+
28. Rxe1 Nh7 29. Nxf7 Rxf7 30. Ne4 Qe7 31. a6 b6 32. Bxf7+ Qxf7 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7
34. Nd6+ Kf6 35. Rc1 Bd5 36. h4 Bf8 37. Nb5 g5 38. Rc7 Be7 39. Nc3 Bf3 40. h5
g4 41. Rd7 Ng5 42. Ne2 Nh3+ 43. Kh2 Bxe2 44. Kxg2 Nf4+ 45. Kg3 Nxh5+ 46. Kh4
Nf4 47. Rxa7 Bd6 48. Rd7 Ng6+ 49. Kh5 g3+ 50. Kh6 gxf2 51. Rxd6+ Ke5 52. a7
f1=Q 53. a8=Q Qh3+ 54. Kxg6 Kxd6 55. Qd8+ Kc5 56. Qe7+ Kc6 57. Qxe2 Qg3+ 58.
Kf5 Qd6 59. Qa6 Qd5+ 60. Kf6 Qd4+ 61. Ke7 Qxb2 62. Qc4+ Kb7 63. Qd5+ Ka6 64.
Qa8+ Kb5 65. Qd5+ Ka4 66. Kd6 Qb5 67. Qa2+ Kb4 68. Qb2+ Ka5 69. Qa1+ Qa4 70.
Qe5+ b5 71. Kc6 Qc4+ 72. Kb7 Ka4 73. Qa1+ Kb4 74. Qe1+ Qc3 75. Qb1+ Ka4 76.
Qa2+ Qa3 77. Qc2+ Qb3 78. Qc6 Ka3 79. Qa6+ Qa4 80. Qf6 b4 81. Qa1+ Kb3 82. Qd1+
Ka3 83. Qa1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 8th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Abbasov, Farid"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.03.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nh3 Bg7 5. Nf4 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. Qb3+ Kh8 8. Bxb7
Bxb7 9. Qxb7 Nbd7 10. Ne6 Qc8 11. Qxc8 Rfxc8 12. Na3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nxg7
Kxg7 15. Nc2 Na4 16. Nd4 Rab8 17. Nb3 Nd7 18. Be3 Nxb2 19. Bxa7 Ra8 20. Be3 e5
21. O-O Nc4 22. Rfd1 Kf7 23. Bh6 Ke6 24. f4 Ndb6 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Rd3 Na4 27.
Nd2 Ncb2 28. Re3 e4 29. c4 Nxc4 30. Nxc4 Rxc4 31. Rb3 Rc2 32. Ra3 Rxe2 33. Rb1
Rc2 34. Rb4 Rd8 35. Rb1 Nc3 36. Ra6+ Kd5 37. Rb7 e3 38. Bxe3 Ke4 39. Bf2 Kf3
0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 8th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Abbasov, Farid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.03.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 e5 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. h3 Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. b3 h6 10. Ne2 Be6 11. Ng3 Qd7 12. Nh2 Nh7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Bf6
15. Rb1 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Rae8 17. Qd2 f6 18. Nf3 Be5 19. Kh2 Ng5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21.
Be3 Kh8 22. Qe2 Bxh3 23. Bxg5 Bg4 24. Qe3 hxg5 25. Qxc5 Kg8 26. Kg1 Kf7 27. Qe3
Rh8 28. b4 Rh4 29. Rb3 Be6 30. Ra3 Re7 31. Ra5 Rf4 32. Ne2 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Qc7
34. Qc5 Qb6 35. a3 Qxc5 36. Rxc5 Bd7 37. Ra5 Bc8 38. Rc5 Bd7 39. a4 Ke8 40. Ra5
Bc8 41. b5 Rc7 42. c4 Kd7 43. bxc6+ Kxc6 44. Nc3 a6 45. Rd5 Rb7 46. a5 Be6 47.
Rd8 Rb2 48. Ra8 Kc5 49. Na4+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 8th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2007.03.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. b3 Ne4 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. e3 cxd4 13. exd4 Bf5 14. Kh2 Nxc3 15.
Bxc3 Be4 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Ne1 Bg5 19. Qb2 h5 20. h4 Bh6 21. Bxe4
Rxe4 22. Ng2 Qf6 23. Re1 Rce8 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Re1 Qf3 26. Rxe4 Qxe4 27. Ne1
g6 28. Qc2 Qxc2 29. Nxc2 Bg7 30. Kg2 Kf8 31. Kf3 Ke7 32. Ke3 Ke6 33. Kd3 Ne7
34. Bd2 Nf5 35. Be3 Nd6 36. Ne1 Kf5 37. Nc2 Bf8 38. a4 Ne4 39. Ke2 Ke6 40. Bc1
a6 41. Bf4 Kd7 42. Ne3 Kc6 43. Be5 f6 44. Bb8 Bh6 45. Ng2 b5 46. Bf4 g5 47.
axb5+ Kxb5 48. Bb8 gxh4 49. gxh4 Kb4 50. Bf4 Bf8 51. f3 Nc3+ 52. Kd3 Kxb3 53.
Bd2 Bb4 54. Nf4 a5 55. Bxc3 Bxc3 56. Nxd5 Be1 57. Nb6 a4 58. Nxa4 Kxa4 59. Ke4
Bxh4 60. Kf5 Bf2 61. d5 Bb6 62. Kf4 Kb5 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 8th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2007.03.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. h3 Ne7 7. O-O h6 8. Re1
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Nf1 Qc7 11. c3 O-O-O 12. b4 g5 13. N3h2 Rdg8 14. a4 h5 15.
b5 g4 16. h4 g3 17. fxg3 Nf5 18. Bg5 Nxg3 19. bxc6 Qxc6 20. Nxg3 Bxg3 21. Re3
Qc7 22. Nf1 Bf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Qf3 Qxh4 25. a5 Rh6 26. a6 b6 27. Qf2 Qxf2+
28. Kxf2 Nf6 29. Nh2 Kd7 30. Rg1 Kd6 31. Rf3 Rc8 32. Rc1 Ne4+ 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34.
Rf4 f5 35. Nf1 Ke7 36. Ne3 Kf6 37. g3 Kg5 38. c4 Bd7 39. Rh1 b5 40. cxb5 Rb8
41. Rb1 Rxa6 42. d5 Ra2+ 43. Kg1 Ra3 44. Kf2 Rc8 45. Rb2 Rcc3 46. Nf1 Rcb3 47.
Rc2 Rxb5 48. Rc7 Rxd5 49. Ne3 Rd2+ 50. Ke1 Rdd3 51. Rxd7 Rxe3+ 52. Kf2 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 8th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2007.03.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 Rb8 14. e3 Nd7
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Ne4 c5 17. Qxc4 Rxb2 18. Qxa6 cxd4 19. exd4 Nf6 20. Nc5 Nd5
21. Rab1 Rfb8 22. Rxb2 Rxb2 23. Qc8+ Qf8 24. Qxf8+ Kxf8 25. Ra1 Ke7 26. a5 Rb8
27. a6 Kd6 28. Kf1 f6 29. Ne4+ Ke7 30. Ke2 Ra8 31. f4 Nb4 32. Nc5 Kd6 33. Ra4
Nc6 34. Kd3 e5 35. Ne4+ Ke7 36. d5 Rxa6 37. Rc4 Ra3+ 38. Kd2 Ra2+ 39. Kc1 Nd4
40. fxe5 fxe5 41. Rxc7+ Kd8 42. Rxg7 Rxh2 43. d6 h5 44. Nf6 Nb3+ 45. Kd1 Rd2+
46. Ke1 Rxd6 47. Nxh5 Nd4 48. Kf2 Ke8 49. g4 Kf8 50. Rb7 Ne6 51. Ke3 Nf4 52.
Ng7 Rg6 53. Nf5 Nd5+ 54. Kf3 Nf6 55. Ne3 Rg7 56. Rb8+ Kf7 57. Rb5 Rg5 58. Rb7+
Kg6 59. Rb6 Kf7 60. Kg3 Ne4+ 61. Kh4 Rg8 62. Rh6 Kg7 63. Nf5+ Kf7 64. Rh7+ Kg6
65. Rh5 Kf7 66. Nh6+ Kg7 67. Nxg8 Kxg8 68. Rxe5 Nf6 69. Re7 Nd5 70. Ra7 Nf4 71.
g5 Ng6+ 72. Kh5 Ne5 73. g6 Kf8 74. Kg5 Kg8 75. Kf5 Nc6 76. Rc7 Nb4 77. Rc5 Nd5
78. Rxd5 Kg7 79. Rd7+ Kh6 80. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 8th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2007.03.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. exd6 cxd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. h3 d5 10. Re1 Nc6 11. c3 f6 12. a4 a5 13. Na3 Kh8 14. Bf4 Bd7 15.
Nb5 Rc8 16. Qd2 Be8 17. h4 Bf7 18. Rad1 Qd7 19. Bg3 Rfe8 20. Re2 Bg8 21. Rde1
Nc4 22. Qc1 Bf7 23. Bc2 Nb6 24. b3 Nd8 25. Qd2 Nc6 26. Bd3 Nd8 27. Bb1 Nc6 28.
h5 Qg4 29. h6 Bf8 30. Nc7 Red8 31. Ne6 Bxe6 32. Rxe6 Qh5 33. Bf4 Na8 34. Nh2
Nc7 35. R6e3 g5 36. Rh3 Qf7 37. Bg3 e6 38. Ng4 Bd6 39. Bxd6 Rxd6 40. Rf3 f5 41.
Qxg5 Rg8 42. Qf4 Ne8 43. Ne5 Qf6 44. Rfe3 Rf8 45. g3 Ne7 46. Nd7 Rxd7 47. Rxe6
Qf7 48. Qe5+ Nf6 49. Rxe7 Rxe7 50. Qxe7 Qxe7 51. Rxe7 Ng4 52. Bxf5 Nxh6 53.
Rxh7+ Kg8 54. Rxh6 Rxf5 55. Kg2 Rf7 56. Rd6 Rc7 57. Rxd5 Rxc3 58. Rb5 Rd3 59.
Rxb7 Rxd4 60. Rb5 Kf7 61. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods op 09th"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2007.04.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mulyar, Michael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Ne5 Bb4 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nd3 Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Qe7 11. O-O Ne4 12. f3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f5 14. Qb3 Kh8
15. Re1 c5 16. c4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Rb8 18. a4 a6 19. a5 b5 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Qc2
cxd4 22. exd4 Qf6 23. f4 Bd7 24. Be3 Rbc8 25. Nc5 Bb5 26. Bf2 Nd7 27. Rac1 Bxc5
28. dxc5 Bc6 29. Bxc6 Qxc6 30. Re7 Nf6 31. Qxf5 Rcd8 32. Qe6 Qf3 33. Qe2 Qd5
34. Qxa6 Ng4 35. Qe2 Nxf2 36. Qxf2 Rf6 37. Qe3 h6 38. c6 Kh7 39. c7 Rc8 40. Qe5
1-0

[Event "Foxwoods op 09th"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2007.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bercys, Salvijus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qb3 h6 11. c5 Kh8 12. Rd1 g5 13. Qc4 e4 14. f3 exf3 15.
exf3 e5 16. dxe6 Qe7 17. f4 Bxe6 18. Qb4 a5 19. Qb5 c6 20. Qe2 Rad8 21. Rd6
Rxd6 22. cxd6 Qxd6 23. fxg5 Ng4 24. Bf4 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Bc4 26. Qd2 Nf2+ 27. Kg1
Ng4+ 28. Kh1 hxg5 29. Bxg5 f4 30. Ne4 Qb6 31. Bxf4 Rd8 32. Qc2 Bd3 33. Qc5 Qxb2
34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. Rf1 Bxf1 36. Bxf1 Qb1 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods op 09th"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2007.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. Rg1
Qe7 9. h4 dxc4 10. e4 e5 11. g5 Nh5 12. Bxc4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nb6 14. Be2 Nf4 15.
Be3 h5 16. O-O-O g6 17. Kb1 Bd7 18. Qd2 Nxe2 19. Ndxe2 Be5 20. f4 Nc4 21. Qd3
Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Bc7 23. Qd4 Rf8 24. Rge1 Bb6 25. Qc4 Qe6 26. Qxe6+ Bxe6 27. f5
Bd7 28. Nf4 Bc7 29. Nce2 Rg8 30. Nd3 b6 31. Nef4 O-O-O 32. b4 Kb7 33. a3 Bc8
34. Kc2 gxf5 35. e5 Rd4 36. Re3 Rgd8 37. Rh1 a5 38. bxa5 b5 39. Nxh5 f4 40.
Ndxf4 Bf5+ 41. Kb3 c5 42. Rc1 c4+ 43. Kb2 Bxa5 44. Ne2 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods op 09th"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hess, Robert L"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. d5 N8d7 7. Be3 g6 8. Qd2
Nf6 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. Bd4 O-O 12. Nge2 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. O-O e5 15.
Be3 Bc6 16. Ng3 Kh8 17. Rad1 Qe8 18. c5 dxc5 19. Bxc5 Rf7 20. Nge4 Rd8 21. Nxf6
Bxf6 22. Qe2 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Bxa7 Rfd7 25. Bc2 Qa8 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. Be3
Qxa2 28. Qb5 Bc6 29. Qb4 Kg7 30. Be4 Bxe4 31. Qxe4 Qxb2 32. g4 Qc3 33. g5 Be7
34. Rc1 Qa5 35. Bc5 Qc7 36. Ba3 Qa5 37. Bc5 Qc7 38. Ba3 Qa5 39. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods op 09th"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vavrak, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Ba4 Ba6 8. Nce2
Ne7 9. h4 h5 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. c3 Nd7 12. Nf4 g6 13. Nge2 Nf5 14. Bc2 Be7 15.
Bxf5 exf5 16. e6 Nf8 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Qa4+ Kd8 19. exf7 Ne6 20. Bxe7+ Kxe7 21.
Qxa6 Kxf7 22. O-O Rae8 23. Rae1 Re7 24. Nc1 Qf4 25. g3 Qg4 26. Kh2 f4 27. Qe2
g5 28. Nd3 Qf5 29. hxg5 Ree8 30. Qe5 Qxd3 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Rxe6 Rf8 33. Qg6+
Qxg6 34. Rxg6+ Kf7 35. Rf6+ Kg7 36. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods op 09th"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2007.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. b3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2
Kh8 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rad1 Qe7 11. Rfe1 Bd7 12. a3 Rae8 13. b4 Nh5 14. Bb3 g5 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qf7 17. Nc4 d5 18. Nd2 b5 19. Rf1 g4 20. Bd4 Rg8 21. g3 a5
22. c3 a4 23. Bc2 Qg6 24. Bd3 Rb8 25. Kg2 Bf8 26. Rh1 Ng7 27. h3 gxh3+ 28. Rxh3
h5 29. Rdh1 Be8 30. Kf1 Be7 31. Nf3 Qg4 32. Bc5 Bxc5 33. bxc5 Rf8 34. Rh4 Qg6
35. g4 Qh6 36. g5 Qg6 37. Rg1 Kg8 38. Nd4 Kf7 39. c6 Rb6 40. Bxb5 Kg8 41. f4
Bf7 42. c4 dxc4 43. Qxc4 Rd8 44. Qxa4 Be8 45. Kf2 Qf7 46. Rc1 Qe7 47. Rc3 Rd5
48. Qc4 Qd8 49. a4 Rb8 50. Qb4 Kh7 51. Kg3 Bg6 52. Rh2 Be8 53. Kh4 Kg6 54. Rd2
Bf7 55. Rc4 Ra8 56. Nf3 Rb8 57. Rcd4 Qe8 58. Rxd5 exd5 59. Nd4 Be6 60. Qc5 Ra8
61. Ra2 Bf7 62. Bd3 Qf8 63. Qxf8 Rxf8 64. a5 Ra8 65. a6 Be6 66. Rb2 Bc8 67. Rb7
1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2007.05.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2007.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Qxd4 a5 12. b5 b6 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15.
Bd4 Nd7 16. Bd3 g6 17. a4 Bb7 18. h4 h5 19. O-O Be7 20. Qe3 Nc5 21. g3 Rc8 22.
Nd2 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Bc5 24. Rfc1 Bxd4+ 25. Qxd4 O-O 26. Nf1 Qd8 27. Ne3 Rc5 28.
Kf2 Qe7 29. Ke2 Rfc8 30. Kd2 Qc7 31. Rc2 Kf8 32. Ra3 Qd8 33. Kc1 Rc4 34. Nxc4
Rxc4 35. Qe3 Re4 36. Qf2 d4 37. cxd4 Qe7 38. Rac3 Qb4 39. d5 Bxd5 40. Qxb6 Kg7
41. Qd8 Re1+ 42. Kd2 Rg1 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Qb6 Qb1 46. Rc1 Qb2+ 47.
R1c2 Rg2+ 48. Kd3 Rxg3+ 49. Kd4 Qb4+ 50. Rc4 Bxc4 51. Rxc4 Qa3 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2007.05.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 a5 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3 d6
9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nc2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Ne3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 c4 15.
Be1 Ne7 16. Bf2 Nf5 17. dxc4 Bxc4 18. Qa4 b5 19. Nxb5 Bxe2 20. Bxa8 Bxf1 21.
Bh1 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 e4 23. Re1 Qd2 24. b4 axb4 25. Qxb4 Bc3 26. Qxe4 Qa2 27. Rd1
Qxa3 28. g4 Ng7 29. Qd3 Bb2 30. Qxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2007.05.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. g4 Rc8 11. Kb1 Ne5 12. h3 b5 13. f4 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. f5 Qa8 18. b3 Rc5 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Rxd5 21.
Rhe1 Re5 22. Rf1 Qg2 23. Rf4 Rc8 24. g5 Rxc2 25. Nxc2 Bxf5 26. Rc4 d5 27. Rc7
Re3 28. Ka1 Qh2 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2007.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Be3 g6 7. d5 Bg7 8. Bd4
Bxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. h4 e5 11. Qd2 f5 12. Nf3 Qf6 13. Nc3 Na6 14. Qh6 Qg7 15.
Qd2 h6 16. Nb5 Rf6 17. Qa5 Nd7 18. Qa3 Qe7 19. Be2 e4 20. Nd2 Ne5 21. O-O-O Nc5
22. Kb1 Ncd3 23. Bxd3 Nxd3 24. Rhf1 Bd7 25. Nd4 Qe5 26. Qc3 b5 27. cxb5 Rf7 28.
f3 Rc8 29. Nc4 Qxd5 30. fxe4 Qxc4 31. Qxd3 Qxd3+ 32. Rxd3 fxe4 33. Rxf7 exd3
34. Rf1 Rc4 35. Nc6 d2 36. Ne7+ Kg7 37. Rd1 Kf7 38. b3 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2007.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qh4+
8. g3 Qe4+ 9. Qxe4 dxe4 10. Bf4 h6 11. Ne2 g5 12. Be3 Bg7 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. e6
fxe6 15. Nxc6 a6 16. Bc4 Bxc6 17. Bxe6 Rd8 18. O-O Bd5 19. Bf5 O-O 20. a3 b6
21. g4 Rfe8 22. h3 Bc4 23. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Be6 25. Bxe6+ Rxe6 26. a4 Kf7
27. a5 b5 28. Rd8 Be5 29. Ra8 Rc6 30. Kf1 b4 31. cxb4 Rxc2 32. b5 Bf4 33. Bg1
e3 34. bxa6 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2007.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Re8
15. h4 h6 16. g4 Qc7 17. g5 h5 18. Bc4 Rad8 19. Qf2 Rd7 20. Rd3 f5 21. gxf6
Nxf6 22. Bxe6+ Rxe6 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Rd1 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Bh6+ 26. Be3 Bxe3+ 27.
Qxe3 Qe7 28. a4 a5 29. Qb6 Qxh4 30. Qxa5 Kh7 31. Qc7+ Kh6 32. Qc8 Qf4+ 33. Kb1
Rd6 34. Rxd6 Qf1+ 35. Ka2 Qc4+ 36. Kb1 Qf1+ 37. Ka2 Qc4+ 38. Ka3 Qc5+ 39. Kb3
Qxd6 40. a5 c5 41. Qb7 Qd4 42. a6 c4+ 43. Ka2 Qc5 44. c3 Qa5+ 45. Kb1 Qd8 46.
Qd5 Qc7 47. Qb7 Qd8 48. Qd5 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2007.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2007.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O c5 10. Ne2 Bc6 11. f3 Ng5 12. f4 Ne4 13. Nbc3 f5 14. Nxe4 fxe4
15. f5 Qe7 16. Bf4 O-O-O 17. Qd2 d4 18. Qa5 c4 19. Qa6+ Bb7 20. Qxc4 Qc5 21.
Qxc5 Bxc5 22. Kh1 Rhe8 23. Rad1 e3 24. Ng3 Ba6 25. Rfe1 Bb4 26. Rg1 e2 27. Rc1
Rd5 28. a3 g5 29. fxg6 e1=Q 30. Rgxe1 Bxe1 31. Rxe1 hxg6 32. h4 Rc5 33. Re4
Rxc2 34. Rxd4 Bb7 35. Rd2 Rxd2 36. Bxd2 Rxe5 37. Bc3 Rc5 38. Kg1 Rc4 39. h5
gxh5 40. Nxh5 Rg4 41. Kf2 Rxg2+ 42. Ke3 Kd7 43. Nf6+ Ke7 44. Ne4 Bxe4 45. Kxe4
Kd6 46. Kd4 Rg4+ 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. Kc2 Kc4 49. b3+ Kd5 50. Bf6 Rg6 51. Bh8 c5 52.
Kc3 Rg3+ 53. Kb2 Rg2+ 54. Kc3 Rg3+ 55. Kb2 c4 56. bxc4+ Kxc4 57. Be5 Rb3+ 58.
Ka2 Re3 59. Bd6 Re2+ 60. Kb1 Kb3 61. Kc1 a5 62. Kd1 Re8 63. Bc5 Rc8 64. Be7 Rc7
65. Bf8 Kb2 66. Kd2 Rd7+ 67. Ke3 Kc3 68. Ke4 Rd8 69. Bc5 Kc4 70. Bb6 Re8+ 71.
Kf3 a4 72. Kf2 Kb3 73. Bc5 Kb2 74. Kf1 Rc8 75. Bd6 Rd8 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2007.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D09"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg2 Ng6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. O-O
Bc5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Qb5 Bb6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. c5 Nce5 13. Qb3 Bxc5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. Qxb7 Rc8 16. Qd5 Bb6 17. e3 Ng4 18. Bf4 dxe3 19. Qh5+ Kf8 20. fxe3 Qe8 21.
Bh6+ Ke7 22. Qh4 Qg6 23. Bf4 Be6 24. Nc3 Rcd8 25. Kh1 Rd2 26. e4 Nf2+ 27. Rxf2
Rxf2 28. e5 Kf7 29. Rd1 Ba5 30. Be4 f5 31. Nd5 Re8 32. Be3 fxe4 33. Bxf2 Qf5
34. Qf6+ Qxf6 35. Nxf6 Rb8 36. b3 Rb5 37. Bd4 e3 38. Bxe3 Rxe5 39. Bd4 Re2 40.
Nxh7 Bd5+ 41. Kg1 Rg2+ 42. Kf1 Rxh2 43. Ng5+ Kg6 44. Be3 c6 45. a3 Bc3 46. b4
Bf6 47. Rxd5 cxd5 48. Nf3 Ra2 49. Bxa7 Rxa3 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Stillwater"]
[Date "2007.05.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2007.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 f5 4. d4 fxe4 5. Nxe5 Nf6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. Nc4 Be7 8.
Ba4 d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxc6 Qe8 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. O-O Ng4 14. h3
e3 15. Bxe3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bxh3 17. Rf3 Bg4 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Qe1 Rf6 20. Nd2
Rg6 21. Qg3 Qe6 22. Qf4 Bh3 23. g3 h5 24. e4 Rg4 25. Qxc7 h4 26. Kh2 hxg3+ 27.
Kxh3 Rxe4+ 28. Kg2 Re2+ 29. Kxg3 Qe3+ 30. Kh4 Qh6+ 31. Kg3 Qg5+ 32. Kh3 Rxd2
33. Qc8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bryant, John Daniel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
d5 9. h3 Bf5 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. O-O e6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd2 O-O 15.
Nb3 Nc4 16. Qe2 Nb4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Nc5 Nc2 19. Rad1 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Qxc5 21.
Rfd1 b5 22. f4 b4 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Rfd8 25. Kf1 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxd4 27.
Rxd4 c3 28. bxc3 bxc3 29. Rd1 g5 30. fxg5 Kg7 31. Ke2 Kg6 32. Rc1 Kxg5 33. Kd3
c2 34. Kd2 Kh4 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.06.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mezentsev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nh5 7. Be5 f6 8. Bg3
Nxg3 9. hxg3 c6 10. Bd3 g6 11. Qc2 Rf7 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Ne2 Nf8 14. e4 Bd7 15.
Kb1 Rc8 16. Nf4 Bd6 17. e5 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 b6 20. Nh3 c5 21. f4 Bc6
22. Ng5 Rd7 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. Bb5 Re7 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Qc7 27. Rd6 Qb8 28.
Rhd1 c4 29. Bxc4 b5 30. Bb3 a5 31. a3 Kg7 32. g4 Rc5 33. Rd8 Qb7 34. Qe3 Qc7
35. f5 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2007.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. h4 h6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Be3
N8d7 9. Qd2 Nf6 10. Rc1 c6 11. Nf3 Ng4 12. Bc5 O-O 13. Nh2 Nxh2 14. Rxh2 f5 15.
Be3 Kh7 16. f4 h5 17. Bf3 Nd7 18. d4 Nb6 19. b3 Be6 20. Bg1 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5
22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Rc5 Qe6 24. Rf2 Rad8 25. Rf3 Rd6 26. Re3 Qd7 27. Rd3 Rd8 28.
Rc4 Qe6 29. Kf1 Qd5 30. Qe3 Re6 31. Qf3 Re4 32. Bf2 b6 33. a4 Rd6 34. Rc2 Qe6
35. Kg2 Qd7 36. Rdc3 Rde6 37. Rc4 Qd5 38. Kf1 Qd7 39. Kg2 Rd6 40. Bg1 a6 41.
Bf2 b5 42. Rc5 Bxd4 43. Bxd4 Rdxd4 44. Rxc6 Rd2 45. axb5 axb5 46. R6c5 Qd4 47.
Rxd2 Qxd2 48. Re5 Rxe5 49. fxe5 Qd4 50. Qf4 Qd3 51. Kf2 Qxb3 52. Qd4 Qc4 53.
Qa7 Qb4 54. Qb6 f4 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.06.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sevillano, Enrico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. Qxb4 Nxb4 13. Kd2 Bd7 14. a3 Nc6
15. b3 Rc8 16. Bd3 Na5 17. Rb1 Ke7 18. Ne2 a6 19. a4 g6 20. h3 Nc6 21. Rbf1 Nb4
22. Bb1 Na8 23. g4 b5 24. axb5 Bxb5 25. f5 Bxe2 26. Kxe2 Nc7 27. Ng5 gxf5 28.
gxf5 h6 29. fxe6 hxg5 30. Rxf7+ Kxe6 31. Rhf1 Ne8 32. Rb7 Nc2 33. Rb6+ Ke7 34.
Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.06.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2007.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Bd7 10. a4 Bc6 11. Nd5 Nbd7 12. f3 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nh5 14. Qd2 g6 15.
Rfc1 Ng7 16. Bd3 a5 17. Qe1 b6 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. c4 Nd7 20. Bc2 Bh4 21. g3 Bg5
22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. b4 axb4 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. Qxb4 Nf5 26. a5 bxa5 27. Qb7 Rfd8 28.
Ba4 Rab8 29. Qa7 Kf8 30. Bxd7 Qxd7 31. Qxd7 Rxd7 32. c5 dxc5 33. Rxc5 Nd4 34.
Rcxa5 Nxf3+ 35. Kg2 Nd4 36. Nf6 Rdb7 37. Rf1 Kg7 38. Ng4 e4 39. Ra4 Nf3 40.
Rxf3 exf3+ 41. Kxf3 Rb3+ 42. Ne3 Re8 43. Re4 Kf8 44. h4 h5 45. Kf4 Rxe4+ 46.
Kxe4 Ke7 47. Kd4 Rb1 48. Ke5 Re1 49. Kf4 Kd6 50. Ke4 f6 51. Kf4 Ra1 52. Ke4
Ra4+ 53. Kd3 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gonzalez, Renier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2007.06.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. g3 h6 7. b3 Ngf6 8. Bb2 Ne4
9. a3 Be7 10. Bg2 b5 11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 cxd5 13. O-O O-O 14. Qd2 a5 15.
Rfc1 Be4 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Bb2 Rfc8 18. Bf1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 b4 20. a4 Qb7 21. Bd3
Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Re1 f5 24. g4 fxg4 25. Qxg4 Qb6 26. Kh1 Bf6 27. Rg1 Nf8
28. f4 Rc7 29. Qh5 Kh8 30. Qe8 Kg8 31. Rf1 Qb7 32. Qh5 Qb6 33. Bc1 Rc3 34. Qd1
Qd6 35. Bb5 Ng6 36. Bd2 Rc8 37. Bd3 Ne7 38. Qh5 Qd7 39. Rg1 Kf8 40. Rf1 Kg8 41.
Qh3 Rc7 42. Kg1 Nf5 43. Kf2 g6 44. Rg1 Kh7 45. Qg4 Qf7 46. Ke2 Rc6 47. Kd1 Rc7
48. Qe2 Bd8 49. Bc2 Qf6 50. Qa6 Qe7 51. Kc1 Ra7 52. Qe2 Rc7 53. Kb1 Qf7 54. Bd3
Qf6 55. Bc1 Qf7 56. Bb2 Bf6 57. Ka2 Qd7 58. Bb1 Qc6 59. Qg2 Qe8 60. Bd3 Qf7 61.
Qe2 Qd7 62. Rd1 Qg7 63. Bb1 Rd7 64. Qa6 Nxe3 65. Re1 Nf5 66. Rxe6 Bxd4 67. Bxf5
gxf5 68. Bxd4 Qxd4 69. Rxh6+ Kg7 70. Qg6+ Kf8 71. Qxf5+ Ke8 72. Re6+ Kd8 73.
Qf8+ Kc7 74. Re2 Kb7 75. Qe8 Qg7 76. Rc2 Ka7 77. Qc8 Qe7 78. f5 Rb7 79. Qc6 Qd8
80. Qc5+ Ka6 81. Re2 Rb6 82. Re7 Qb8 83. Qf2 Rb7 84. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "World op 35th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2007.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2007.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ndf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Ne5 a6 9. Bg5 Qc7 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qa3
Rc8 15. Be2 Ke7 16. O-O-O Rhd8 17. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 35th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2007.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2007.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Re1 a6 8. Bf1
O-O 9. d4 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Nh5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. a4 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Qb3 h6 16. Nh4 Kh7 17. Be2 Nf4 18. Bc4 Nf6 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. e5 Ng4 21. e6 Ne5
22. Nhf3 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. e7 Rfe8 26. Rxa8 Bxa8 27. Nb6 Bxf3
28. Qxf7 Bc6 29. Re6 Qxb6 30. Rxg6 Rg8 31. Rxg7+ Rxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 35th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2007.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Be3
Be7 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Qg4 O-O 14. O-O-O Qc7
15. Ne4 Nxe5 16. Qg3 f6 17. Rhf1 Kh8 18. Ng5 Bd6 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxe5
21. Nf7+ Kg8 22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. Rfe1 Ra7 24. Rxe5 Re7 25. Rde1 Rf2 26. Rc5 Bd7
27. Rc7 Kf7 28. c4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Bb5 30. Bxe6+ Kf6 31. Rxe7 Kxe7 32. Bd5+ Kd6
33. Bf3 Bc4 34. b3 Bf1 35. Rd1+ Kc5 36. Rd2 Rxd2 37. Kxd2 Kb4 38. Bd5 Ka3 39.
Bc4 Bxg2 40. Bxa6 Kxa2 41. Kc3 g5 42. Be2 Ka3 43. b4 Bh3 44. Bb5 h5 45. Bc6 Bc8
46. b5 Ka4 47. Kc4 Ka5 48. Kc5 g4 49. Bg2 h4 50. Kc6 Bd7+ 51. Kxd7 Kxb5 52. Kd6
g3 53. h3 Kc4 54. Bc6 Kb4 55. Ke6 Kc5 56. Bg2 Kd4 57. Ba8 Kc5 58. Kd7 Kd4 59.
Kd6 Kc4 60. Bb7 Kd4 61. Bd5 Kd3 62. Ke5 Kc3 63. Kf6 Kd4 64. Ba8 Kc5 65. Ke5 Kc4
66. Kf6 Kc5 67. Ke5 Kc4 68. Bg2 Kc5 69. Bd5 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 35th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2007.07.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2007.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 h6 12. Bh4 Be6 13. c3 Bd6 14. Bc2 Re8
15. Qd4 a5 16. Rae1 Bb8 17. b3 Ba7 18. Qd1 g5 19. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "US op 108th"]
[Site "Cherry Hill"]
[Date "2007.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Simutowe, Amon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Simutowe,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 (7... c6
8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 {is another variation.}) 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. e4 (
10. Qb3 {is also playable.}) 10... f4 $5 {Typical of Nakamura.....he tries to
complicate the game whenever he can.} 11. gxf4 (11. b3 {is also possible but I
was not comfortable with the formation that follows....especially that my
opponent is very aggressive i.e.} g5 12. Ba3 g4) 11... exf4 12. Bxf4 Nxe4 (
12... Nh5 13. Bg3 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15. Qb3 {followed by Ne2 should be enough
to neutralise the powerful black bishop.}) 13. Qc1 (13. Nxe4 Rxf4 {or}) (13.
Bxe4 Rxf4 {the black dark-squared bishop would be very strong.}) 13... e5 14.
Be3 Nd6 15. Bg5 $5 {I am forced to act very fast and decisively. It was not
easy to stop Black getting in ...Nf5... with various options like ..Nd4.} Qe8
16. Nb5 $5 {Following up on the idea of the previous move.} Rf7 17. Nxd6 cxd6
18. c5 dxc5 19. Qxc5 b6 20. Qc4 Bb7 21. Bh3 {Stopping Rc8 and threatening Be6.}
Kh8 22. Be6 Rf5 23. Qh4 (23. Bxf5 gxf5 {with threats like ...Qg6 should be
fine for Black.}) 23... Qb5 24. a4 {Perhaps the only move.} Qxb2 25. Rac1 Qb3 (
{After} 25... Qd4 26. Rfd1 {the d5-pawn is very strong and the rook on f5 has
to find a hiding place.}) 26. Rc7 Bxd5 27. Rxg7 Rxg5+ (27... Kxg7 {loses for
Black after} 28. Qh6+ Kh8 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Bf6+) 28. Qxg5 Bxe6 (28... Kxg7 {
loses after} 29. Qxe5+ Kh6 30. Bxd5) 29. Qf6 1-0

[Event "US op 108th"]
[Site "Cherry Hill"]
[Date "2007.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Molner, Mackenzie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2293"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. f4 b5 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nf3
Bg4 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 b4 12. Ne2 Qa5 13. Kb1 Rab8 14. Nc1 c5
15. e5 Nd5 16. Nb3 Nc3+ 17. Qxc3 bxc3 18. Nxa5 Rxb2+ 19. Ka1 f6 20. exf6 exf6
21. Bh4 d5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Bf2 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Rxc2 25. Bd4 Rc8 26. Nb3 Bf8 27.
Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 Ba3 29. Ne2 1-0

[Event "US op 108th"]
[Site "Cherry Hill"]
[Date "2007.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E96"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 a5 10. Rb1 Re8 11. d5 Nc5 12. b3 Bd7 13. a3 a4 14. b4 Nb3 15. dxc6
bxc6 16. Qxd6 Nd4 17. Nxe5 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Bf5 19. Rxd4 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Bxe5 21.
Rxc6 Bxc3 22. Bb2 Bxb1 23. Bxc3 Rad8 24. f3 Rd1 25. Kf2 Bd3 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27.
Bf6 Rxa3 28. Ra6 Ra2+ 29. Kg3 Rc2 30. c5 Rc4 31. Rxa4 Rc8 32. Be7 Rb8 33. Bd6
Rcxb4 34. Ra6 Rc8 35. c6 Rb5 36. h4 f6 37. c7 Kf7 38. Kh3 Rb3 39. Rc6 h5 40.
Bf4 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "US op 108th"]
[Site "Cherry Hill"]
[Date "2007.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Rohde, Michael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ng3 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. c4 Re8 13. a3 Bf8 14. Rfe1 g6
15. Rad1 Bg7 16. Bc2 Qc7 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. b4 a5 19. Bb3 Ra8 20. Nf1 axb4 21.
axb4 Qb6 22. Bc3 Bf8 23. Nd2 Bxb4 24. c5 Qa5 25. Ra1 Bxc3 26. Rxa5 Bxa5 27. Rb1
Bxd2 28. Qxd2 b5 29. Qf4 e5 30. dxe5 Rxe5 31. h3 Rxc5 32. Rd1 Rf5 33. Qc7 c5
34. Rxd7 Nxd7 35. Qxd7 c4 36. Bc2 Re5 37. Qb7 Rd8 38. Be4 b4 39. Kh2 b3 40. Qc7
Rde8 41. f3 Rxe4 42. fxe4 b2 43. Qb7 c3 44. e5 h6 45. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.09.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bhat, Vinay S"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2007.08.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Qa5+ 5. c3 Ne4 6. Bh4 b4 7. c4 b3+ 8. Nbd2
bxa2 9. Qb3 Na6 10. Rxa2 Qb4 11. Qc2 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 d6 13. Ra4 Qb6 14. Qc3 f6
15. e4 g6 16. f4 Bg7 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O f5 19. e5 Re8 20. Bf3 Rb8 21. b3 Nb4
22. Re1 e6 23. Raa1 Bb7 24. dxe6 dxe5 25. fxe5 Rxe6 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. Nf3 Nc6
28. Bf2 Qe7 29. Rad1 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Bxe5 32. Qe3 Bd6 33. Qd3 Rd8
34. Qd5+ Kg7 35. Qf3 a6 36. Rd5 Qc7 37. Qc3+ Kf7 38. g3 Re8 39. Qa1 Qc6 40. Qa5
Rc8 41. Qd2 Be7 42. Rd7 Ke8 43. Rd5 Kf7 44. Rd7 Rb8 45. Qd3 Rb7 46. Rd5 a5 47.
Qf3 Qb6 48. g4 Qxb3 49. Rd3 Qxc4 50. gxf5 Rb1+ 51. Kg2 g5 52. f6 Bxf6 53. Qf5
Rb2 54. Rd7+ Kg8 55. Qxh7+ Kf8 56. Qf5 Rxf2+ 57. Kxf2 Qf4+ 58. Qxf4 gxf4 59.
Kf3 Bc3 60. Kxf4 Bb4 61. Ke4 c4 62. Rc7 c3 63. Kd3 Kg8 64. h4 Kh8 65. h5 Bd6
66. Ra7 a4 67. Rxa4 Kh7 68. Ra7+ Kg8 69. Kxc3 Bf8 70. Kd3 Bg7 71. Ke4 Kh7 72.
Kf5 Kh6 73. Rb7 Bc3 74. Rb6+ Kh7 75. Rd6 Bb2 76. Rc6 Bd4 77. Ke4 Bg7 78. Kf5
Bd4 79. Kf4 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.09.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2007.08.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. Bd3 e6 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. Nc3 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qxd4 9. exd4 Bb4 10. Nge2 f5 11. O-O-O O-O 12. d5 Na6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14.
Bd6 Rfd8 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16. Nd4 Kf7 17. Rhe1 Rac8 18. g4 g6 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20.
Ndb5 e3 21. Nd6+ Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Nxa2+ 23. Nxa2 Rxc2+ 24. Kd1 Rxb2 25. Rxe3 Rxa2
26. Rc3 Ke7 27. Rd4 h5 28. Rc7+ Kf6 29. Rxb7 Rxf2 30. h4 Ra2 31. Rc4 Ke5 32.
Rb5+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Serper, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2007.08.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 b5 8.
a4 c6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. b3 cxb3 12. Nxb3 Nbd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Nd5 15. Nc5 Qe7 16. Rfc1 a5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Qxc6 Qxc6 20. Rxc6
b4 21. Kf1 Rfc8 22. Rd6 Rc5 23. Rb6 Rac8 24. Rd1 Kf8 25. Ke1 Ke7 26. f4 g6 27.
Rd3 h5 28. Kd2 R8c7 29. Ke3 Rd7 30. h3 Rdc7 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Rc3 33. Rb5
R7c5 34. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 35. Kd4 Rc4+ 36. Kxd5 Rxf4 37. Rxa5 b3 38. e4 Rf1 39. Ra7+
Kf8 40. Rb7 Rd1+ 41. Kc5 Rc1+ 42. Kd4 Ra1 43. e6 Rxa4+ 44. Ke5 fxe6 45. Rxb3
Kg7 46. Rb7+ Kh6 47. Rb5 Kg5 48. Kxe6+ Kxg4 49. e5 g5 50. Kf6 Rf4+ 51. Kg6 Re4
52. Kf7 Kf3 53. Rb3+ Kf4 54. e6 g4 55. e7 Rxe7+ 56. Kxe7 g3 57. Kf6 g2 58. Rb1
Kf3 59. Kf5 Kf2 60. Kf4 g1=Q 61. Rb2+ Ke1 62. Rb1+ Kf2 63. Rb2+ Kf1 64. Rb1+
Kg2 65. Rxg1+ Kxg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sammour Hasbun, Jorge E"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.08.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2
a6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nc1 c5 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Nb3 Be6 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Nd5 Nd7 15.
Be2 a5 16. a4 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nb4 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. O-O b6 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Nc5
22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. Bb5 Qe7 24. Rce1 Be5 25. Bh6 Rfc8 26. Rf3 c4 27. Ref1 Qh4 28.
Bf4 Nd3 29. Bxe5 Nxe5 30. Rf4 Qe7 31. Rf6 Kg7 32. Qf2 Rc5 33. h3 Ra7 34. Kh2
Qd8 35. Qh4 Ra8 36. R1f4 c3 37. bxc3 Rxc3 38. Bc6 Rc8 39. Qf2 Kg8 40. Qa7 Qc7
41. Qxc7 Rxc7 42. Bb5 Rc2 43. Rxd6 Ra2 44. Rd8+ Kg7 45. Re8 Rcc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.10.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vovsha, Eli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2007.08.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
b4 9. Na4 Bd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. c3 Be7 13. Rc1 Nxe4 14. cxb4 Nxd4 15.
Qxd4 Nf6 16. Nb6 O-O 17. Kh1 e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Qxe5 Ng4 20. Qe4 Nxe3 21.
Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Qxe3 Bxb4 23. Qe4 Rb6 24. Rcd1 Qc7 25. Qg4 Rh6 26. h3 Bd6 27. Rc1
Qb7 28. Rf3 Rg6 29. Qd4 Be7 30. Bd5 Qb6 31. Qc4 Rf6 32. Qe2 Rxf3 33. Bxf3 Bf6
34. Rc6 Qxb2 35. Qxb2 Bxb2 36. Rxa6 Rc8 37. Kg1 g6 38. Kf2 Kg7 39. Bd5 Rc2+ 40.
Ke3 Bc1+ 41. Kd3 Rd2+ 42. Kc4 Rc2+ 43. Kb3 Rd2 44. Ra5 f5 45. a4 Kf6 46. Rc5
Rb2+ 47. Kc3 Ke5 48. a5 Kd6 49. a6 Kxc5 50. a7 Kxd5 51. a8=Q+ Ke5 52. Qd8 Rd2
53. Qe7+ Kf4 54. Qh4+ Ke5 55. Qe1+ Kf6 56. Qxc1 Rxg2 57. Qh6 Ke5 58. Qxh7 Kf4
59. Qc7+ Kg5 60. Kd3 f4 61. Qe5+ Kh4 62. Qxf4+ Kxh3 63. Qh6+ Kg3 64. Qxg6+ Kf2
65. Qb6+ Kf1 66. Ke4 Rf2 67. Ke3 Kg2 68. Qg6+ Kf1 69. Qg4 Rf8 70. Qd7 Rf2 71.
Qh3+ Kg1 72. Qg3+ Rg2 73. Qe1+ Kh2 74. Kf3 Rg8 75. Qd2+ Kg1 76. Qc1+ Kh2 77.
Qc2+ 1-0

[Event "New York State-ch 129th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2007.09.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2007.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Bd3 Bd7 8. Bc2
Rc8 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Ba4 Bxa4 12. Qxa4+ Qc6 13. Qxc6+ Rxc6 14. Nc3
Nf5 15. Rd1 Nc2 16. Rb1 Rc4 17. Ne2 h5 18. b3 Rc6 19. Bb2 Be7 20. Rbc1 g5 21.
Bc3 g4 22. Ne1 Rxc3 23. Nxc2 Rc6 24. Ne3 Nh4 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. Nf4 Kd7 27. Nd3
f6 28. Nc2 Ng6 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. Rc1 Kd6 31. g3 Ne7 32. Nc5 Nf5 33. Nb7+ Ke7
34. Nb4 Bxd4 35. Nxc6+ Kf6 36. b4 h4 37. Nc5 Rh7 38. Kg2 e5 39. Nd3 Rd7 40. b5
h3+ 41. Kf1 e4 42. Ndb4 Be5 43. Rc5 Ke6 44. a4 Bg7 45. Nb8 Rf7 46. N8c6 Rf8 47.
Ke1 e3 48. Nd3 Kd6 49. Rc2 Re8 50. Re2 Re4 51. Ra2 Bd4 52. Kf1 Bc3 53. fxe3
Rxe3 54. Ncb4 Nd4 55. Kf2 Re4 56. Ra3 Re2+ 57. Kf1 Bxb4 58. Nxb4 Rb2 59. Nd3
Rb1+ 60. Kf2 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch 129th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2007.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2007.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Qb3 Qd7 7. O-O Na5 8.
Qxc3 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 Ne7 10. Nc3 Ng6 11. Be3 c6 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Qe2 Qg4 14. f3 Qh5
15. Ncb5 cxb5 16. Nxb5 Kd8 17. Rfd1 Bd7 18. a4 Be7 19. Bxa7 Rxa7 20. Nxa7 g5
21. h3 g4 22. f4 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Rg8 24. e5 gxh3 25. g3 Rxg3 26. exd6 Bf6 27. Qc2
Rg2 0-1

[Event "Miami op"]
[Site "Miami"]
[Date "2007.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zugic, Igor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2007.09.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. g4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. h4 Ne5 12. h5 Qa5 13. Kb1 Nxf3 14. Nxf3 Rxc3
15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 Bxg4 17. h6 Bh8 18. Bg2 Nxe4 19. Rd3 Nxc3+ 20. Rxc3 Bxc3
21. Rh4 Bd7 22. Rc4 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Ng5 b6 25. Kc1 e6 26. Bd2 Be5 27.
Nf3 Bg3 28. Bg5 Bb7 29. Kd1 Bd5 30. a3 f5 31. Ne1 Bxg2 32. Nxg2 d5 33. a4 Kf7
34. Ke2 Bd6 35. Ne1 e5 36. Nf3 e4 37. Nd4 f4 38. c3 Be5 39. Kf2 Bxd4+ 40. cxd4
f3 41. Bd2 a6 42. Kg3 Ke6 43. Be1 b5 44. axb5 axb5 45. Bd2 Kf5 46. Be1 Kg5 47.
Bd2+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "Miami op"]
[Site "Miami"]
[Date "2007.09.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.09.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 h6
8. Be3 Nd5 9. Qd2 Bd6 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Be4 Nf6 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. c4
Nxe3 15. Qxe3 c5 16. Be4 O-O-O 17. Qb3 b6 18. Kb1 f5 19. Bc2 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Bc5
21. Qf3 Kb8 22. Qg3+ Kb7 23. Nf3 Bc6 24. Ne5 Bd6 25. Nxc6 Kxc6 26. Qf3+ Kc7 27.
a3 Be5 28. Ba4 Bf6 29. Bb5 Qc5 30. Rhe1 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Kxd8 33.
Qa8+ Qc8 34. Qxa7 Qc7 35. Qa8+ Qc8 36. Qf3 Ke7 37. Qe3 Qc7 38. h3 Qd6 39. Kc2
Bd4 40. Qe2 Qf4 41. f3 h5 42. b4 h4 43. Qd2 Qxd2+ 44. Kxd2 Kd6 45. Ba6 Kc7 46.
Bb5 e5 47. Be8 e4 48. fxe4 fxe4 49. Bh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Miami op"]
[Site "Miami"]
[Date "2007.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2007.09.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qg3 Nh5 13. Qh4 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Nhf6
15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. Re3 Ne5 17. Rg3 Ng6 18. Nf5 b4 19. Rxd6 Qc7 20. e5 exf5 21. h4
bxc3 22. Rxf6 Qxe5 23. Rxf5 Qe1+ 24. Kh2 cxb2 0-1

[Event "Miami op"]
[Site "Miami"]
[Date "2007.09.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2007.09.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Qe7+
8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. O-O h6 11. a3 Rd8 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bb2 Kf8 14. Rfe1
a6 15. Nb3 Bd7 16. a4 Re8 17. b5 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 axb5 19. axb5 Nb4 20. Bd4 Nxd3
21. cxd3 Bd8 22. Bc5+ Kg8 23. Nbd4 Rc8 24. Bb4 Bb6 25. h3 Ra8 26. Rc1 Nh5 27.
Bd6 g5 28. Re1 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Nf5 Kh7 31. g4 Ng7 32. Nxg7 Kxg7 33. Be5+
f6 34. Bd4 Ba5 35. b6 Bb5 36. Bc5 Bxd3 37. Nd4 Kf7 38. Kg2 Bc3 39. Kg3 Bd2 40.
Bd6 Ke8 41. Nb3 Kd7 42. Bf8 Bf4+ 43. Kf3 Bc2 44. Nc5+ Kc6 45. Ne6 Bd1+ 46. Kg2
Be5 47. Bxh6 Kxb6 48. Bg7 d4 49. Nxg5 Bb3 50. Kf1 Bd5 51. Ke2 Kc5 52. Kd3 Bc4+
53. Ke4 Bd5+ 54. Kd3 Bc4+ 55. Ke4 Bd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Miami op"]
[Site "Miami"]
[Date "2007.09.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.09.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 Ne5 12. Qg2 Rc8 13. g5 Nfd7 14. gxh6 g6 15. h5
g5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 17. Qxg5 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Rxh6 19. Ndxb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Ke7 21.
Nxd6 Rc7 22. Nxb7 Rxb7 23. Be2 Nf6 24. f4 Ned7 25. e5 Nd5 26. Rd4 Ra7 27. a3
Rc7 28. Rh3 f6 29. exf6+ Rxf6 30. h6 Rc8 31. h7 Rh8 32. Rh4 Nf8 33. Bd3 Ng6 34.
Bxg6 Rxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Miami op"]
[Site "Miami"]
[Date "2007.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bachmann, Axel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2007.09.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Be6 8.
Nbc3 Qd7 9. Ne4 Bd5 10. O-O e6 11. Be3 Rd8 12. a3 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nd5 14. Qc2
Nce7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Bxe7 Bxe7 18. Ng3 O-O 19. Nf5 Rfe8 20. f4 Bf8
21. Kh1 b6 22. Rf3 c5 23. Rg3 Kh8 24. Rd1 a5 25. Qd3 Re6 26. Nh4 cxd4 27. Nf3
Rc6 28. Nxd4 Rc4 29. b3 Rc7 30. f5 Rdc8 31. Qf1 Qe7 32. Nb5 Rc2 33. Nd6 R8c7
34. f6 gxf6 35. Ne8 R7c3 36. Nxf6 Rxg3 37. hxg3 Qxe5 38. Qd3 Qxf6 39. Qxc2 Qe5
40. Qd2 Qh5+ 41. Kg1 Bc5+ 42. Kf1 Qh1+ 43. Ke2 Qxg2+ 44. Kd3 Qe4+ 45. Kc3 Bf8
46. Kb2 Bg7+ 47. Ka2 a4 48. Rc1 d4 49. Re1 axb3+ 50. Kxb3 Qd5+ 51. Kc2 Qc4+ 52.
Kd1 d3 53. Qc1 Qxc1+ 54. Kxc1 Bc3 55. Re3 d2+ 56. Kd1 Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Miami op"]
[Site "Miami"]
[Date "2007.09.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gonzalez, Renier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2007.09.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Qd8 8.
c4 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bf3 Qc8 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Nc6 Re8 13. b4 Bf8 14. c5 a5 15.
a3 bxc5 16. dxc5 e5 17. Nxa5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21.
Qxe4 Qe6 22. Rac1 Bb6 23. Rc6 Qd7 24. Nc4 Bd4 25. b5 h5 26. h3 Qe7 27. Rb1 Ra7
28. Rb3 Ra4 29. Rg3 Qd7 30. Rh6 f5 31. Qc2 Raa8 32. Rxh5 e4 33. Qd2 f4 34. Qxf4
Bxf2+ 35. Qxf2 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qxh5 37. Qf6 Qf7 38. Qc6 Rad8 39. Ne3 Rd6 40. Qc5
Rd3 41. a4 Qf4 42. a5 Re6 43. Qc4 Qe5 44. Kh1 Kh7 45. Nf1 Rf6 46. Ne3 Qxg3 47.
Qxe4+ Qg6 48. Qh4+ Kg8 49. Qc4+ Rf7 0-1

[Event "Miami op"]
[Site "Miami"]
[Date "2007.09.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.09.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Nf3 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 c6 11. O-O Qe7 12. a3 Be6 13. b4 Nd7 14. Ne1 a5 15.
Nd3 b5 16. Qd2 a4 17. Nc5 Nb6 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Bd3 Bc8 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. Qc1 Qd6
22. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2007.10.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fluvia Poyatos, Jordi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Qb1 Qd5 9. a4 Nc6 10. Nf3 Bh6 11. Be2 g5 12. Bg3 g4 13. Nh4 f5 14. O-O O-O-O
15. Bd1 Qa5 16. Bc2 Rhf8 17. Qb2 Bg5 18. Rab1 b6 19. Rbe1 Bxh4 20. Bxh4 Bd5 21.
Bg3 h5 22. f3 gxf3 23. gxf3 f4 24. Bxf4 Nxd4 25. cxd4 Rg8+ 26. Kf2 Qd2+ 27. Re2
Rg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qxe2+ 29. Rf2 Rg8+ 30. Bg3 Bxf3+ 31. Kh3 Bg4+ 32. Kh4 Qxe3 33.
Qb5 Qxd4 34. Qe5 Qd8 35. Rd2 Bd7 36. Rd4 e6+ 37. Kxh5 Be8+ 38. Kh6 Qe7 39. Rf4
Bf7 40. Qf6 Qf8+ 41. Kh7 Kb8 42. Rf2 e5 43. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2007.10.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 a5 7. Nc3 c6 8. d4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. e4 Ba6 11. Nd2 c5 {Nakamura plays very active chess. It is
only natural that he stirs up trouble before White has managed to develop his
dark-squared bishop.} 12. exd5 (12. dxc5 d4 13. Nb5 Bxc5 14. e5 Nxe5 15. Bxa8
Qxa8 $15) 12... cxd4 13. Nb5 exd5 (13... Bxb5 14. dxe6 $1 (14. cxb5 $2 Nxd5 $17
) 14... Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Rc8 16. exf7+ Rxf7 17. Qxd4 $14) 14. Nxd4 Rc8 15. Re1 b5
16. Bb2 {This seems to be the first independent move in a situation, when both
sides are firing at the centre with most of their forces. Black is balancing
the active location of the white knight on d4 with the unpleasant pressure
against the c4 pawn.} (16. Qf5 bxc4 17. bxc4 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Rxc4 19. Bb2 Bb4 20.
Red1 Re8 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Nb6 23. Qh5 Qf6 $11 {1-0 Truskavetsky,A (2284)
-Grabinsky,V (2258)/Alushta 2002 (34)}) 16... Re8 (16... bxc4 17. bxc4 Nb6 18.
Nf5 Bc5 19. Bh3 $13) 17. Qd1 $2 {Krasenkow is becoming nervous and retreats
his queen to its initial location. Objectively speaking, it can not be the
best move, even though the refutation is spectacular.} (17. Nf5 Bc5 18. h3 Re6
$15) 17... bxc4 18. bxc4 Qb6 $1 (18... Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Rxc4 20. Nf5 Bc5 $15) (
18... dxc4 $2 19. Nc6 Qb6 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. Rxe7 Qxb2 22. Ne4 $16) 19. Rb1
dxc4 $1 {It becomes clear, that White needs a good trick to reverse the
unfavourable development of the game.} (19... Bc5 20. Ba3 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 $13)
20. Nc6 $2 (20. Bc3 Qc5 21. Qc2 $17) 20... Rxc6 21. Bxf6 (21. Bxc6 Qxc6 $19)
21... Qxf2+ $3 {[%mdl 192] A beautiful combination in the style of the old
masters. The fact that queen is unprotected and seemingly unsupported makes
the shot truly spectacular.} 22. Kxf2 (22. Kh1 Qxf6 $19) 22... Bc5+ 23. Kf3 (
23. Kf1 c3+ $1 (23... Rxf6+ $4 24. Bf3 c3+ 25. Kg2 $18) 24. Re2 c2 $19) (23.
Bd4 Bxd4+ 24. Kf3 Rf6+ 25. Kg4 Ne5+ 26. Kg5 Bc8 $19) 23... Rxf6+ 24. Kg4 Ne5+
$1 {The finale of the game is cat and mouse play. The naked white king has no
chance to survive among the pack of wild black pieces.} 25. Kg5 (25. Rxe5 Bc8+
$1 26. Rf5 Bxf5+ 27. Kh4 Rh6+ 28. Kg5 Bc8 $19) 25... Rg6+ 26. Kh5 f6 (26... Bc8
27. Ne4 Be7 $19) 27. Rxe5 Rxe5+ 28. Kh4 Bc8 $1 (28... Bc8 $1 29. g4 Bf2+ 30.
Kh3 Rh6# (30... Rh5#)) 0-1

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2007.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. e4
Bg7 9. Nc4 Nb6 10. Ne3 O-O 11. Bd3 Re8 12. O-O Nbd7 13. a4 Ne5 14. Be2 g5 15.
Rb1 h6 16. b4 b6 17. Bb5 Rf8 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Qc2 Ne8 20. Bxe8 Rxe8 21. Ne2
Ng4 22. Ng3 Qd6 23. Nc4 Qg6 24. Bb2 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 Ba6 26. Rfb1 Bxc4 27. Qxc4
Qf6 28. Qe2 Ne5 29. Nf5 c4 30. Rc2 Rac8 31. h3 Rc5 32. Rb5 Rec8 33. Rxc5 Rxc5
34. d6 Kh7 35. Qd1 Nd7 36. Ne3 c3 37. Qd3 Kg8 38. Ng4 Qe6 39. Ne3 Qf6 40. Nc4
Qe6 41. Rxc3 Rc6 42. Qd4 a6 43. e5 b5 44. axb5 axb5 45. Na3 Rxc3 46. Qxc3 Qxe5
47. Qxe5 Nxe5 48. Nxb5 Kf8 49. Nd4 Ke8 50. Nf5 Kd7 51. Nxh6 Kxd6 52. Kh2 Ke6
53. Kg3 f5 54. f4 gxf4+ 55. Kxf4 Nd3+ 56. Kg5 Ne1 57. g3 Nf3+ 58. Kg6 Ne5+ 59.
Kg7 Nd3 60. Nf7 f4 61. g4 Nf2 62. Ng5+ Ke7 63. h4 Nxg4 64. h5 Kd7 65. Ne4 f3
66. Kf7 Kc6 67. Ke6 Nh6 68. Nf2 Kc5 69. Ke5 Ng8 70. Ng4 Nh6 71. Nf2 Ng8 72.
Ne4+ Kc6 73. Ke6 Nh6 74. Ke5 Ng8 75. Nf2 Kc5 76. Kf4 Kd5 77. Kxf3 Ke5 78. Ng4+
Kf5 79. h6 Nxh6 80. Nxh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2007.10.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 c5 11. Rb1 Ne8 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 b6 14. bxc5 bxc5 15.
Nb3 f5 16. f3 f4 17. Bd2 Bd7 18. Ra1 g5 19. Nb5 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Nc8 21. g4 fxg3
22. hxg3 Qf6 23. Qc1 Qg6 24. Nc3 h6 25. Na1 Nf6 26. Nc2 g4 27. Qe1 gxf3 28.
Bxf3 Nb6 29. Ne3 Bh3 30. Bg2 Bxg2 31. Nf5 Rf7 32. Kxg2 Nxc4 33. Qe2 Nxd2 34.
Qxd2 Nxe4 35. Nxe4 Rxf5 36. Rxf5 Qxf5 37. Nxd6 Qg6 38. Nb5 Qe4+ 39. Kh2 Qb4 40.
Qe2 c4 41. Nc7 c3 42. Qa6 c2 43. Qc8+ Qf8 44. Ne8 Qxe8 45. d6 0-1

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2007.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3
c5 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Bc2 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd5 14. f4
Ng6 15. Nf3 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Rd8+ 17. Ke2 b6 18. Be4 Ba6+ 19. Kf2 Rac8 20. Rad1
Ne7 21. Nd4 Nd5 22. Bf3 h6 23. a3 Rc3 24. Rc1 Rdc8 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. f5 Nxe3
27. fxe6 fxe6 28. Re1 Nf5 29. Nxf5 exf5 30. Re7 Bd3 31. Rxa7 Be4 32. Bxe4 fxe4
33. b4 b5 34. Ra5 Kf7 35. Rxb5 e3+ 36. Ke2 Rxa3 37. h4 Ra2+ 38. Kxe3 Rxg2 39.
h5 Rg4 40. Kf3 Rc4 41. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2007.10.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2007.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Qf6
8. O-O Ne7 9. Nb3 Nbc6 10. Nfxd4 O-O 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Qc2 a5 13. a4 Qe7 14. f3
Rd8 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Bd5 Qb4 17. Qc5 Be8 18. Qxb4 axb4 19. a5 Kf8 20. Rdc1 Ra6
21. Rc4 Rda8 22. Kf2 R8a7 23. Ke3 Nxa5 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Nxa5 c6 26. Nxc6 bxc6
27. Bxc6 Bxc6 28. Rxc6 Ra2 29. Rc2 b3 30. Re2 Ra1 31. Kd2 Ra6 32. Kc3 Rb6 33.
Kc4 Ke7 34. Re3 Rh6 35. h3 Rg6 36. Re2 Rb6 37. f4 h5 38. g3 h4 39. g4 Rd6 40.
Re3 Rd2 41. Kxb3 Rf2 42. f5 f6 43. e5 fxe5 44. Rxe5+ Kf6 45. Re3 Kg5 46. Kc3
Kf4 47. Rd3 Ke4 48. b4 Rf1 49. Kc4 Rb1 50. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2007.10.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Oms Pallisse, Josep"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. a3 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 axb4 14. axb4 c6 15. Kh1
Nf6 16. Nb3 cxd5 17. cxd5 f4 18. Nb5 Nh5 19. Bd2 Ng8 20. Be1 Bf6 21. Qc2 Bh4
22. Bxh4 Qxh4 23. Kg1 Ng3 24. Rfe1 Rf6 25. Qc7 Nxe4 26. fxe4 f3 27. Bxf3 Rxf3
28. Rf1 Qxe4 29. gxf3 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Bh3 31. Nxd6 Bxf1 32. Nf7+ Kg7 33. Rxf1 Qxb3
34. Ng5+ Kh6 35. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2007.10.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Ba5 Ra7 13. Nbd2 Bd5 14. Re1 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qf4 Nf6 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bd6 19. Rac1 Nd5 20. Qd2 Ne7 21.
Nc6 Nxc6 22. Rxc6 Bb4 23. Bxb4 Qd5+ 24. f3 Qxc6 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27.
Rc5 Kg8 28. Qc3 h6 29. b4 Qd6 30. a3 a5 31. bxa5 Qa6 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Qxc7 b4
34. Kf2 bxa3 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Qb4 a2 37. Qa4 Qd6 38. a6 1-0

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2007.10.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Narciso Dublan, Marc"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2007.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Be4 9. Be2 c5 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. f3 d5 12. Nb3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Nbd7
15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Nd2 Ne8 17. Bd3 Nd6 18. c4 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 f5 20. Qf2 e5 21. d5
Re7 22. Qh4 Rce8 23. Bc2 Nf8 24. Rac1 Ng6 25. Qf2 a6 26. Bd1 Bc8 27. Be2 Bd7
28. Bf1 Bc8 29. Rc3 f4 30. Bd3 Bf5 31. Bxf5 Nxf5 32. exf4 exf4 33. Rxe7 Ngxe7
34. Ne4 Nc8 35. Rc1 Ncd6 36. Ng5 Re3 37. Ne6 Qe7 38. Ba1 h5 39. g3 Ra3 40. Re1
Nxc4 41. Nxf4 Re3 42. Ne6 Rxe1+ 43. Qxe1 Qd7 44. Qe4 Qa4 45. Qe2 Qb5 46. Qd3
Nce3 47. Qxb5 axb5 48. Nf4 Kf7 49. Kf2 g5 50. Nxh5 Nxd5 51. g4 Kg6 52. f4 gxf4
53. Kf3 Kg5 54. Ng7 Nh4+ 55. Kf2 Kxg4 56. Ne8 Nb4 57. Nf6+ Kh3 58. Nd7 Nd3+ 59.
Kf1 f3 60. Ne5 Nb4 61. a3 Nc2 62. Bc3 Ne3+ 63. Kg1 f2+ 64. Kxf2 Nd1+ 65. Ke2
Nxc3+ 66. Kd3 Na4 67. Ke4 Ng2 68. Kd5 Ne3+ 69. Kc6 Nc4 70. Kxb5 Nxe5 71. Kxa4
c4 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 11th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2007.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8.
Qb3 Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O h6 13. Qc2 Kh7 14. a3 Nd8 15.
d4 exd4 16. Bxd4 c5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rad1 Be6 19. e5 Qe7 20. Qe4 Rc8 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Ne6 23. h4 h5 24. Rd6 Nd4 25. Re1 Rcd8 26. Ng5+ Kg8 27. Bc4 Rxd6
28. exd6 Qxd6 29. Nxf7 Qf6 30. Ng5+ Kh8 31. Rf1 Qc6 32. Bd5 Ne2+ 33. Kh1 Ng3+
34. fxg3 Rxf1+ 35. Kh2 Qf6 36. Qe8+ Bf8 37. Bf7 Qe7 38. Bxg6 Qxe8 39. Bxe8 Rb1
40. Bxh5 Rxb2 41. Bf7 Bd6 42. Ne4 Be5 43. Kh3 Re2 44. Bd5 c4 45. Ng5 c3 46. Bb3
Kg7 47. Nf3 Bf6 48. g4 c2 49. Bxc2 Rxc2 50. g5 Bb2 51. h5 Rc4 52. g4 Rc3 53.
Kg2 Rxf3 54. Kxf3 Bxa3 55. Ke4 Bc1 56. Kf5 a5 57. g6 a4 58. g5 Bb2 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 11th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2007.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 g6 8. e4 Bg7
9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. Nd2 Nxb6 12. a4 Nfd7 13. Kh1 Kh8 14. a5 Na8 15. Nc4
Nc7 16. Na4 Nb5 17. Nab6 Nd4 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Bg5 Nf6 20. Rb1 e6 21. Ne3 h6 22.
Bh4 g5 23. Bg3 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 f5 25. Bd3 f4 26. Qh5 Qe8 27. Bg6 Qe7 28. Ng4 fxg3
29. Nxh6 Bxh6 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. dxe6 Nxe6 32. fxg3 Nd4 33. Bd3 d5 34. Rfe1 Qg7
35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Nd7 c4 37. Re7+ Kh8 38. Nxb8 cxd3 39. Rxb7 d2 40. Re7 Rc8
41. Rf1 Rc1 42. Re8+ Kg7 43. Re7+ Kg6 44. Ref7 d1=Q 45. R7f6+ Kh5 46. g4+ Kxg4
47. h3+ Kg3 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 11th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "224"]
[EventDate "2007.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. b3 c5 13. cxd5 cxd4 14. d6 Rxc3 15.
dxe7 Qxe7 16. Bd6 Rxc2 17. Bxe7 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Re8 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Rxd4 e5 21.
Ra4 e4 22. Bg2 Re7 23. Rd1 g6 24. Kf1 e3 25. fxe3 Kg7 26. Rd3 h5 27. Bf3 Rec7
28. h4 Nd7 29. Rad4 Ne5 30. Rd2 R2c3 31. Kf2 Rc2 32. Rxc2 Rxc2 33. Ra4 a5 34.
Be4 Rc1 35. Bf3 Rc2 36. Kf1 Kf8 37. Ke1 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. b4 Rc4 40. a3 Ng4+
41. Ke1 Kd6 42. Kd2 f5 43. Bb7 Nf6 44. Kd3 Rg4 45. Bf3 Rxg3 46. bxa5 bxa5 47.
Rxa5 Nd7 48. Kd4 Rh3 49. Ra6+ Ke7 50. Rxg6 Rxh4+ 51. Kd5 Ra4 52. Rg7+ Kd8 53.
Kd6 Nf6 54. Bc6 Ra6 55. Rb7 Ne4+ 56. Kd5 Rxa3 57. Kd4 Ng3 58. Rg7 Nxe2+ 59. Ke5
Rd3 60. Bd5 Nc3 61. Be6 Rxe3+ 62. Kf6 Ne4+ 63. Kxf5 Nd6+ 64. Kg5 Rxe6 65. Kxh5
Re1 66. Ra7 Ne4 67. Kg4 Rf1 68. Kh5 Ke8 69. Rb7 Nd6 70. Ra7 Rg1 71. Kh4 Kf8 72.
Kh3 Nf7 73. Ra3 Ke7 74. Rg3 Re1 75. Kg4 Ke6 76. Ra3 Ne5+ 77. Kg5 Rg1+ 78. Kh4
Kf5 79. Ra4 Ng6+ 80. Kh3 Nf4+ 81. Kh2 Rg2+ 82. Kh1 Rg4 83. Kh2 Rg2+ 84. Kh1 Rb2
85. Kg1 Kg4 86. Kf1 Rh2 87. Ke1 Kf3 88. Ra3+ Ke4 89. Kf1 Nd3 90. Ra8 Rf2+ 91.
Kg1 Rb2 92. Kf1 Rf2+ 93. Kg1 Rf7 94. Kg2 Kf4 95. Ra4+ Ke3 96. Kg3 Rf8 97. Kg4
Nf2+ 98. Kh5 Rg8 99. Ra6 Nh3 100. Ra3+ Kf4 101. Ra4+ Kg3 102. Ra3+ Kg2 103.
Ra2+ Nf2 104. Ra3 Ne4 105. Kh6 Nd6 106. Kh5 Nc4 107. Rc3 Ne5 108. Ra3 Nf3 109.
Kh6 Kg3 110. Ra4 Ne5 111. Kh5 Nf7 112. Rg4+ Rxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 11th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2007.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Nc6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
e4 O-O 9. e5 Be6 10. exf6 Bxc4 11. fxg7 Kxg7 12. Bxc4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14.
Be2 Qb4 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Rb1 Rd7 17. b3 Kg8 18. Na4 Rad8 19. a3 Qe4 20. Be3 b6
21. Nc3 Qe5 22. Rbc1 Rd2 23. Rfe1 c5 24. Bc4 R2d3 25. Bh6 Qh5 26. Bxd3 Qxh6 27.
Bc4 e6 28. a4 Rd2 29. Ne4 Rd4 30. Rc3 Qf4 31. Rf3 Qb8 32. Ng5 f5 33. Nxe6 Rxc4
34. bxc4 Qd6 35. h4 Qd2 36. Rfe3 Qc2 37. Ng5 Qxc4 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. R1e7+ Kf6
40. Nxh7# 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 11th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2007.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O Bb7 10. e4 e5 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qb6 15.
Rad1 c5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Nc3 c4 19. Be2 Rae8 20. Bf3 a6 21. Bg3
R5e6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 R6e7 24. b3 Rc8 25. d6 Ree8 26. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1
c3 28. b4 a5 29. a3 axb4 30. axb4 Qd4 31. Bb7 Rb8 32. Bc6 Qxb4 33. Re7 Qb2 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 11th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Na5 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 b5 14. g6 Nc5 15.
gxf7+ Rxf7 16. Kb1 Naxb3 17. Nxb3 b4 18. Nxc5 bxc3 19. Nb3 a5 20. Nd4 Qb7 21.
Bc1 cxb2 22. Bg5 Bf8 23. Rhg1 a4 24. f4 Ra5 25. h5 a3 26. e5 dxe5 27. fxe5 Qa6
28. Qe3 Qc4 29. Bf6 Rd5 30. Rg4 Rfd7 31. c3 Ba6 32. Rg2 Rb7 33. Rdg1 Qd3+ 34.
Qxd3 Bxd3+ 35. Nc2 Be4 36. Re2 Bf5 37. c4 Rc5 38. Rf2 Rxc4 39. Rxf5 exf5 40. e6
Rg4 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 11th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 b5 8. e5 g5
9. Bg3 Nd5 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Be2 Bb7 12. a4 Qb6 13. Nde4 a5 14. O-O Rd8 15. Bh5
b4 16. Qg4 Nc7 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Nf6 19. Qf3 Nxh5 20. dxc7 Rxd4 21. Qxh5
bxc3 22. bxc3 Rd3 23. Rab1 Qa6 24. Be5 Rh7 25. f4 c5 26. fxg5 Rd2 27. Rxb7 Qxb7
28. Qf3 Rd5 29. g6 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 11th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Nbd7 10. d5 Nc5 11. dxc6 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 a6 13. Be5 Be7 14. h4 g4 15. Nd4
O-O 16. f3 gxf3 17. gxf3 Ne8 18. Kf2 f6 19. Bg3 e5 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Ng7
22. Rhg1 Kh8 23. Bh2 Nxf5 24. Nd5 Rac8 25. f4 Rxc6 26. Bg4 Nd3+ 27. Kf1 Rd6 28.
Nc3 Ne3+ 29. Ke2 Nxd1 30. Rxd1 Nxf4+ 31. Bxf4 Rxd1 32. Kxd1 exf4 33. Ke2 f5 34.
Bh5 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 11th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4
b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. cxd5 Nxe5 12. d6 Qxd6 13. Bxe5 Qd7 14. Rc1 Bb7
15. Qa4 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Na6 17. a3 Nc7 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. d5 b5 20. Nxb5 cxb5 21.
Rxc7 bxa4 22. Rxb7 Bf6 23. d6 Kf8 24. e3 a5 25. Rb5 Ra6 26. d7 Ke7 27. Rb7 Rd6
28. Rxd6 Kxd6 29. Rb5 Rxd7 30. Rxa5 Rc7 31. Be4 Rc4 32. Bd3 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 Bxb2
34. Rxa4 Rc3 35. Ra6+ Rc6 36. Rxc6+ Kxc6 37. Bxh7 Kd6 38. a4 g6 39. a5 Ba3 40.
a6 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 11th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2007.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7
9. Nxh5 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bb5 d4 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qf3 Qd7 14. Ne4 Bb4+
15. Bd2 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Kf8 18. Rad1 Rb8 19. Kc1 c5 20. Rh3 Ne7
21. Nf4 Qc6 22. Qe2 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. c4 Qd8 25. Qe4 Rb4 26. b3 Rb8 27. f4
a5 28. Qc6 Rc8 29. Qb7 a4 30. f5 exf5 31. gxf5 Qc7 32. Qxc7 Rxc7 33. h5 axb3
34. axb3 Re7 35. Re1 Rh6 36. Kc2 Ke8 37. Kd3 g6 38. Ke4 d3 39. Rxd3 gxf5+ 40.
Kf4 Rxh5 41. Ree3 Rc7 42. Rh3 Rxh3 43. Rxh3 Ke7 44. Kxf5 Rd7 45. Ke4 Rd4+ 46.
Kf5 Rd1 47. Rf3 Rd2 48. Ke4 Rd4+ 49. Ke3 Rd8 50. Ke4 Rd4+ 51. Kf5 Rd1 52. Re3
Rd8 53. Rh3 Rd1 54. Rg3 Rd2 55. Rg8 Rf2+ 56. Ke4 Rd2 57. Rc8 Rb2 58. Rb8 Rd2
59. Rb5 Rd4+ 60. Ke3 Rh4 61. Kd3 Rh3+ 62. Kc2 Rh2+ 63. Kc3 Rh3+ 64. Kb2 Kd7 65.
Rxc5 Rh5 66. b4 Rh3 67. b5 Rf3 68. b6 Ke8 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 11th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2007.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 f6 7. h4 Nd7 8. f4 Bf7
9. Be3 h5 10. g5 Ne7 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Ng3 Qc7 13. Qf3 f5 14. O-O-O Bg6 15. Kb1
Nc8 16. Nce2 Nd6 17. Nc1 Ne4 18. c4 O-O-O 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nd3 Bg7 21. Bh3
Rdf8 22. Ka1 Kb8 23. Rhf1 Ka8 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Rf7 26. Bf4 Nxg3 27. Qxg3
Qe7 28. Rfe1 Qe6 29. Rc1 a6 30. Rc3 Rc8 31. Rec1 Bf8 32. Bf1 Rfc7 33. Be3 Bb4
34. R3c2 f4 35. Bxf4 c5 36. Bh3 Bxc2 37. Rxc2 Qg6 38. Rc1 cxd4 39. Bxc8 Rxc1+
40. Bxc1 Qc2 41. Qg1 Qxc8 42. g6 Bf8 43. e6 d3 44. e7 Bxe7 45. g7 Qg8 46. Qd4
Qf7 47. a3 Bxh4 48. Be3 Kb8 49. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 11th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2007.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. b3 Rc8 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Nd2 c5 15.
e3 cxd4 16. exd4 Bb4 17. Qb2 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Nd5 19. Rac1 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Bxc4 21.
bxc4 Bd6 22. f5 Qh4 23. h3 exf5 24. Qb5 Qf6 25. c5 Bf4 26. Rc4 Bc7 27. c6 Rfe8
28. d5 Rcd8 29. Qa4 a5 30. Qc2 g6 31. Qd2 Qd6 32. Rd4 h5 33. Kf1 b5 34. Qc2 b4
35. Qc4 Bb6 36. R4d2 Bc7 37. Rc2 Re7 38. Qc5 Qe5 39. Qd4 Qd6 40. Bf3 Ree8 41.
Qc5 Qf4 42. Bg2 Kh7 43. Qa7 Qd6 44. Qd4 Rb8 45. Qc5 Re7 46. Qxd6 Bxd6 47. Rb1
a4 48. Rc4 a3 49. Bf3 Kg7 50. Rb3 Kf6 51. Rc2 Rc7 52. Ke2 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 11th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2007.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 c5 12. dxc5 Qa5 13. a3 Qxc5 14. b4 Qe7
15. Bd3 a5 16. Rb1 axb4 17. axb4 Nf6 18. Qe3 O-O 19. O-O Rd8 20. Nf3 Qc7 21.
Ne5 b6 22. Rfd1 Bb7 23. Bf1 Be4 24. Nd3 Ra3 25. Ra1 Rc3 26. Qf4 Qxf4 27. Nxf4
Rxd1 28. Rxd1 g5 29. Nh3 g4 30. Nf4 Kg7 31. h3 h5 32. hxg4 hxg4 33. Rd6 e5 34.
Ne2 Rxc4 35. Rxb6 Bd3 36. Ng3 Rc1 37. Rd6 e4 38. Nf5+ Kg6 39. Ne3 g3 40. fxg3
Bxf1 41. Kf2 Bd3 42. Nd5 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters rap 11th"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2007.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qb3 Nb6 9. c5 Nc4 10. Qc2 b6 11. b3 Nxd2 12. Nbxd2 bxc5 13. dxc5 c6 14. b4 Qc7
15. e4 a5 16. a3 Ba6 17. Rfe1 Rfb8 18. e5 Nd7 19. Qc3 Bb5 20. Nd4 Nxe5 21. Nxb5
cxb5 22. Rxe5 Bf6 23. f4 axb4 24. axb4 Ra4 25. Rb1 Rba8 26. Bf1 Ra2 27. Bxb5
R8a3 28. Qd4 Rc2 29. Bf1 Raa2 30. Nf3 Qa7 31. Rd1 Qa3 32. Qxd5 g6 33. Rxe6 Qb2
34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Rd2 Qxb4 36. Qxa2 Qxc5+ 37. Kg2 Rxa2 38. Rxa2 Qd5 39. Rae2 Bc3
40. h4 h6 41. R8e3 Bb4 42. Rc2 Qd1 43. Rce2 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA tt Wildcard"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.11.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2007.11.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Bf5 9. c4 c6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. Qf5
Nf6 15. Bg5 Qc8 16. Nh4 Ne4 17. Qxd5 Nxg5 18. Qxg5 Qd8 19. Qg4 g6 20. g3 Rc8
21. Qf3 Qa5 22. Re3 Rc7 23. Rae1 Qxa2 24. Qf6 Qd5 25. Nf5 Qxf5 26. Qxd6 Qc8 27.
Re8 Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Qxc7 Qe1+ 30. Kg2 Qe4+ 31. Kg1 Kg7 32. c4 Qxd4 33.
Qxb7 Qc5 34. Qa6 Kf8 35. h4 h5 36. Kf1 Ke7 37. Ke2 Kd7 38. Kf1 Kc7 39. Kg1 Qd4
40. Qa5+ Kd6 41. Qb4+ Qc5 42. Qb8+ Ke6 43. Qe8+ Kf6 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Qd7 Kf6
46. Qd8+ Ke5 47. Qe8+ Kd4 48. Qxf7 a5 49. Qxg6 a4 50. g4 a3 51. gxh5 a2 52.
Qg7+ Kxc4 53. Qb2 Qa5 54. Qc2+ Kd4 55. Qb2+ Ke4 56. Qe2+ Kf4 57. Qe3+ Kg4 58.
Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA tt sf"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2007.11.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2007.11.19"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. a4 Nxb3 10. Nxb3 Bd7 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 c5
15. Qd2 O-O 16. Ra1 Qb7 17. Qa5 c4 18. Nbd2 cxd3 19. cxd3 Bc6 20. Nf1 Ra8 21.
Qxa8+ Qxa8 22. Rxa8+ Bxa8 23. Ne3 g6 24. Ne1 Kf8 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. N1c2 Bg5 27.
Nd5 Bxd5 28. exd5 Bc1 29. b3 Ke7 30. Nb4 Kd7 31. Kf1 Kc7 32. Nc6 Kb6 33. b4 Bg5
34. Ke2 f5 35. Kf3 h5 36. h3 Bh4 37. g4 fxg4+ 38. hxg4 hxg4+ 39. Kg2 Kc7 40.
Na5 Bg5 41. Kg3 Bd2 42. Nc6 Kb6 43. Kxg4 Bxb4 44. Nxb4 Kc5 45. Nc2 b4 46. Kf3
b3 47. Na3 Kd4 48. Ke2 Kc3 49. Ke3 b2 50. f3 Kb3 51. Nc4 Kc3 52. Nd2 Kc2 53.
Nc4 Kc3 54. Nd2 Kc2 55. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American op 17th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aigner, Michael"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Nb6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. b3 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 15. Rc1
N8e7 16. Ne2 Nf5 17. Bg4 Nh4 18. f4 h5 19. Bf3 Qa5 20. Rc2 b6 21. g4 hxg4 22.
hxg4 Nb4 23. Bd2 bxc5 24. Bxb4 cxb4 25. Bh1 Rfc8 26. Qd2 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Qb6 28.
Rd1 Bf6 29. Kh2 Kg7 30. Kg3 g5 31. Qd2 Qd6 32. Kf2 Ng6 33. fxg5 Qh2+ 34. Bg2
Qh4+ 35. Kf3 Bxg5 36. Qxb4 e5 37. Ng3 e4+ 38. Kf2 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "North American op 17th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kleiman, Jake"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2007.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. e5 Nh5 10. Be2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nd7 12. a4 Bb7 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Nxb5 g4 15.
Nd2 Bxg2 16. Rh2 Qb6 17. Rxg2 Qxb5 18. Nxc4 Qb7 19. Kf1 h5 20. Rh2 Rc8 21. Qa4
Rc7 22. Bxg4 Bb4 23. Be2 Kf8 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. exd6 Nb6 26. Qb5 Rd7 27. Qe5 Rg8
28. Rxh5 Qd5 29. Qxd5 Nxd5 30. Bb5 Rxd6 31. Rxa7 Nf6 32. Rc5 Kg7 33. Rg5+ Kh8
34. Rc5 Kg7 35. Bc4 Kg6 36. Bd3+ Kg7 37. Rg5+ Kh8 38. Rxg8+ Kxg8 39. Ra4 Nd5
40. Be4 Rb6 41. Bxd5 exd5 42. Ra5 Rxb2 43. Rxd5 Kg7 44. Rf5 Kg6 45. Rf4 f5 46.
Kg2 Kf6 47. Kf3 Ke6 48. Rh4 Kf6 49. Ke3 Ra2 50. Rh8 Kg7 51. Rd8 Kf6 52. f3 Ra3+
53. Kf4 Rd3 54. Rf8+ Kg6 55. Rxf5 Rxd4+ 56. Ke3 Ra4 57. Re5 Kf6 58. Re4 1-0

[Event "North American op 17th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2007.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg3 c6 10. Be5 f6 11. Bg3 Ba6 12. Qb3 Qd5 13. e3 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Nd7
15. Nf3 Bg7 16. Ke2 Qf7 17. Rhd1 O-O 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. a4 Rfc8 20. c4 h6 21.
e4 e6 22. Bd6 g5 23. Ra3 c5 24. d5 Re8 25. Re3 h5 26. Ne1 Bh6 27. dxe6+ Rxe6
28. f3 g4 29. Red3 gxf3+ 30. gxf3 f5 31. Bf4 Bxf4 32. Rxd7+ Kf6 33. Ng2 Bh6 34.
R1d5 fxe4 35. f4 Re7 36. Rxe7 Kxe7 37. Rxh5 Bg7 38. Ne3 Bd4 39. Nf5+ Kf6 40.
Nd6 e3 41. Rh6+ Kg7 42. Nf5+ Kf7 43. Rd6 Rh8 44. h4 Bf6 45. Nxe3 Rxh4 46. Nd5
Bd4 47. Kf3 Rh1 48. Rd7+ Ke6 49. Rxa7 Rf1+ 50. Ke4 Re1+ 51. Kd3 Ra1 52. Ra8 Kf5
53. Rf8+ Kg4 54. f5 Rxa4 55. f6 Kf5 56. Rb8 Ra3+ 57. Kc2 Bxf6 58. Rf8 Ke5 59.
Rxf6 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American op 17th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2007.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg2 Qb6 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O d6 9. Nc3 a6 10. a4 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. b3 Rc8 13. Nde2 O-O 14. Ba3 Rfd8
15. Qd2 Ne8 16. Rac1 Nc6 17. Kh1 Qa5 18. f4 b5 19. axb5 Qxa3 20. Ra1 Qc5 21.
bxc6 Rxc6 22. Ra2 Bc8 23. Na4 Qa7 24. c4 Rc7 25. Qa5 Bb7 26. Nec3 Qb8 27. Rd1
Nf6 28. Rad2 h6 29. h3 Nd7 30. Kh2 Nc5 31. Nxc5 Rxc5 32. Qa2 Rcc8 33. Rd3 Qc7
34. Ne2 Qb6 35. Nd4 Bf6 36. Nc2 a5 37. Qa3 Be7 38. Nd4 Kf8 39. Qa2 Ba6 40. f5
e5 41. f6 exd4 42. fxe7+ Kxe7 43. Rxd4 Rc5 44. Qa1 f6 45. Rd5 Bb7 46. Rxc5 dxc5
47. Rxd8 Qxd8 48. Qc3 Qb6 49. e5 Bxg2 50. Kxg2 fxe5 51. Qxe5+ Kf7 52. Qf4+ Kg8
53. Qf3 Qb4 54. Qd3 Kh8 55. h4 a4 56. bxa4 Qxa4 57. Qd8+ Kh7 58. Qd5 Qa3 59.
Kh3 Qe3 60. h5 Qg5 61. Qf7 Qe5 62. Kg4 Qe2+ 63. Kh3 Qe4 64. Qf1 Kg8 65. g4 Qe3+
66. Kg2 Qe4+ 67. Kg3 Qe5+ 68. Qf4 Qe1+ 69. Kg2 Qe2+ 70. Kh3 Qd3+ 71. Kh4 Qd8+
72. Kg3 Qd3+ 73. Kf2 Qc2+ 74. Kg3 Qd3+ 75. Kh4 Qd8+ 76. Kh3 Qd3+ 77. Kh4 Qd8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "North American op 17th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Andrews, Todd D"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. exd6 cxd6 5. c4 Nb6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. b3 Bf5 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Be2 e6 12. O-O d5 13. c5 Nc8 14. b4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3
a6 16. a4 Nc6 17. b5 Na5 18. Re1 h6 19. Bf4 Ne7 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Nf5 22.
Be2 axb5 23. axb5 Qf6 24. f4 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 Nb3 26. Qe3 d4 27. Ne4 Qxe5 28. Qf3
Qf5 29. g4 Qxe4 30. Qxe4 Nxc1 31. Bc4 d3 32. Qe3 Rfd8 33. Qd2 Ra4 34. Bxd3 Nxd3
35. c6 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "North American op 17th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. b3 Rb8 14. Bh6 Bh8 15.
f3 Ne5 16. Bc2 b5 17. h3 b4 18. Nd1 c4 19. Rc1 a5 20. Nf2 Ba6 21. Rfd1 Qb6 22.
Nd4 Nfd7 23. Be3 Nc5 24. f4 cxb3 25. fxe5 bxc2 26. Rxc2 b3 27. Rcc1 b2 28. Rb1
Qb4 29. Qxb4 Rxb4 30. Nc6 Bxe5 31. Bxc5 dxc5 32. d6 Bc8 33. Nxe5 Rxe5 34. Nd3
Rexe4 35. Nxb4 axb4 36. d7 Bxd7 37. Rxd7 Re2 38. a5 c4 39. Kf1 Rc2 40. Rdd1 c3
41. a6 1-0

[Event "North American op 17th"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2007.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Bc2 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
e5 9. a3 Ne8 10. b4 Nc7 11. d3 b6 12. Nbd2 Kh8 13. Rb1 Ne6 14. Bb3 Rb8 15. Bd5
Qc7 16. b5 Ne7 17. Ba2 Nf4 18. Nc4 Be6 19. Ng5 Rbd8 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Ne3 d5
22. Qc2 c4 23. dxc4 d4 24. Nf1 d3 25. Qd1 Ne2+ 26. Rxe2 dxe2 27. Qxe2 Ng8 28.
a4 Rfe8 29. Bg5 Bf6 30. Be3 Be7 31. Nd2 Nf6 32. Rf1 Nd7 33. c5 Nxc5 34. Qc4 Rc8
35. Nf3 Bf6 36. Rc1 Qb7 37. Bb1 Red8 38. Qb4 Kg7 39. Rf1 Qc7 40. Ng5 h6 41. Nf3
Nd3 42. Qb3 Qc4 43. Qxc4 Rxc4 44. a5 Nc5 45. Rc1 Na4 46. axb6 axb6 47. Bd2 Nxc3
48. Bxc3 Rdc8 49. Rd1 Rxc3 50. Rd7+ Kf8 51. Ba2 Rd8 52. Bxe6 Rxd7 53. Bxd7 Ke7
54. Bc6 Bg7 55. Kf1 Kf6 56. Ne1 Bf8 57. Ke2 Bb4 58. h4 Rc1 59. Nd3 Rc2+ 60. Kf3
Bc3 61. g3 Bd4 62. Bd5 Rd2 63. Bc4 h5 64. Kg2 Rc2 65. Bd5 Rc3 66. Ne1 Rc5 67.
Bc6 Rc1 68. Nd3 Rd1 69. Nb4 Rd2 70. Nd5+ Kg7 71. g4 hxg4 72. Kg3 Bxf2+ 73. Kxg4
Rd3 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 6th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2008.01.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Haastert, Edwin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
h5 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Rhe1 Rc8 12. Kb1 Be7 13. h4 Ne5 14. Bg5 O-O
15. Nce2 d5 16. exd5 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. g3 Rfd8 20. f4 Nf6
21. Nc1 Bd5 22. Qe3 Qc5 23. Re2 b4 24. Ncb3 Qc7 25. Rc1 a5 26. c4 bxc3 27. Rxc3
Qb6 28. Nc2 Qb5 29. Nbd4 Qd7 30. Re1 Be4 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Rc1 Qd5 33. a3 Ng4
34. Qg1 e5 35. fxe5 Nxe5 36. Ka1 Nd3 37. Rd1 Qc4 38. Qe3 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 6th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2008.01.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Szabo, Krisztian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. e5 Nd5 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. Be2 Nd7 12. a4 Qb6 13. O-O a5 14. Nde4 b4 15. Na2 c5
16. Bxc4 cxd4 17. Bb5 Be7 18. Nc1 h5 19. h3 Rd8 20. Nb3 Kf8 21. Rc1 Nf4 22. Re1
d3 23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Qd2 f3 26. g3 Rg8 27. Nbc5 Bxc5 28. Nxc5 Rd8
29. Qe3 Ke7 30. Red1 Ba8 31. Qf4 Rg6 32. Qh4+ Kf8 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. Nxd3 Bb7
35. Nf4 Rg8 36. Rd1 Bd5 37. Nxd5 exd5 38. Rxd5 Rg6 39. Rd3 Qc5 40. Qf4 h4 41.
Qxh4 Kg7 42. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 6th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2008.01.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. a4 b6 13. b4 Ncd7 14. Ne4 Be7 15.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. e4 Bb7 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. Qb1 Nd7 19. Re1 h6 20. Ra2 Bd6 21. e5
Bxf3 22. exd6 Bb7 23. Ra3 Rc6 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Be4 Rxd6 26. Bxb7 a5 27. bxa5
bxa5 28. Qc1 e5 29. Bc6 Re8 30. Rg3+ Kh8 31. Bb5 Ree6 32. h3 Nb6 33. Rge3 Qf6
34. Qa1 Rd4 35. Rf3 Qg7 36. Rg3 Qf6 37. Qc3 e4 38. Qxa5 Red6 39. Qc3 Nxa4 40.
Bxa4 Rxa4 41. Qxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 6th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2008.01.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2008.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Ne2 Bg7 8. f4
Qh4+ 9. g3 Qe7 10. e5 Bd7 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. Qc2 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Be8 14. Rhf1 f5
15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Rde1 Ne7 17. Ng1 Bd7 18. Ngf3 Qf7 19. Qb3 Rhe8 20. Re2 Qg8
21. Bc4 Nd5 22. Rfe1 b6 23. Ba6+ Kb8 24. Bb5 c6 25. Bd3 g5 26. fxg5 hxg5 27.
Nxg5 Bxd4 28. Nge4 Be5 29. Nc4 Bc8 30. Nxe5 dxe5 31. Qc2 Re7 32. Kb1 Red7 33.
Bc4 Qg6 34. Nf2 Qh5 35. Nd3 e4 36. Rxe4 b5 37. Bxd5 Rxd5 38. Re5 Qh7 39. Rxd5
exd5 40. Ka1 Bf5 41. Re3 Qh6 42. Qd2 Bxd3 43. Rxd3 Rf8 44. a3 Rf1+ 45. Ka2 Qxd2
46. Rxd2 Rg1 47. a4 bxa4 48. c4 dxc4 49. Rc2 Kb7 50. Ka3 a5 51. Ka2 a3 52. bxa3
Kb6 53. h4 Rxg3 54. Rh2 c3 55. Kb1 c2+ 56. Kxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 6th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2008.01.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhao, Zong Yuan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2008.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nge2 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be3 O-O 11. d5 Ne5 12. b3 Bf6 13. Rc1 Bg5 14. f4 Bh4+
15. Bf2 Bxe2 16. Bxe2 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Qf6 18. g3 Rae8 19. Re1 Ned7 20. Bf3 Nc5
21. Qd2 a6 22. Kg2 Qf5 23. Re3 Rxe3 24. Qxe3 Qd3 25. Qxd3 Nxd3 26. Rd1 Nc5 27.
Re1 Rd8 28. Re7 Ncd7 29. Be2 Kf8 30. Re3 Nb8 31. Bd3 h6 32. g4 a5 33. Nb5 Na6
34. a3 g5 35. Kf3 Nc5 36. Bc2 Na6 37. Bd3 Nc5 38. Bc2 gxf4 39. Kxf4 a4 40. Nxc7
axb3 41. Bxb3 Nbd7 42. Nb5 Ne5 43. Ba2 Ncd3+ 44. Kf5 Nc1 45. Nxd6 Ng6 46. Nxb7
Rb8 47. c5 Rxb7 48. Bc4 Rb2 49. Ke4 Ke7 50. Kd4+ Kd8 51. c6 Nf4 52. d6 Rd2+ 53.
Kc5 Ncd3+ 54. Kb6 Rc2 55. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 6th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2008.01.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caspi, Israel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nc4 Qc7 8.
g3 Nb6 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Bg2 Rd8 11. O-O g6 12. Ne2 Bg7 13. a4 O-O 14. a5 Nc4 15.
Nd3 a6 16. Ra4 Nd6 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. Be5 Nc4 19. Nef4 Bg4 20. Qe1 Nxe5 21. dxe5
Nd5 22. Nc5 Nxf4 23. Rxf4 Bh6 24. Re4 Bd2 25. Qa1 Bf5 26. Re2 Bxc2 27. e6 Bf5
28. Qa3 Bg5 29. Qb3 Kg7 30. exf7 Bf6 31. Nxb7 Qb8 32. Qb6 Bd3 33. Nxd8 Rxd8 34.
Rd2 Qxb6 35. axb6 c5 36. Rc1 Bg5 37. f4 Bf6 38. b7 Bd4+ 39. Kh1 Bb5 40. Rxd4
1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 6th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2008.01.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. Bd2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. e4 Be7 12. e5 b4 13. exf6 bxc3 14. fxe7 cxd2+
15. Nxd2 Qxe7 16. Bf3 Rb8 17. Nb3 O-O 18. O-O-O c5 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. dxc5 Rc7
21. Kb1 Nxc5 22. Rc1 Rfc8 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Qd2 Qf6 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Rg1 Rd5
27. Qe2 Qf4 28. Qe3 Qxh2 29. Rc1 Qg2 30. Qf4 f5 31. Qe3 fxg4 32. Qxe6+ Kh7 33.
a3 Qf3 34. Ka2 Qf5 35. Qe3 a5 36. Rg1 Rd3 37. Qe7 Rd2 38. Rc1 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 6th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2008.01.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
Be3 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 Qh4 11. O-O Bb6 12. N2b3 Qe7 13. Re1 O-O 14. f3
Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Nb3 Bb6 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. a4 f6 19. e6 Bxe6 20. a5 Bxe3+
21. Qxe3 Qb4 22. Qxa7 Bf5 23. Rec1 Bxc2 24. Nd4 Bd3 25. Nxc6 Qxb2 26. Qd4 Qxd4+
27. Nxd4 Bc4 28. a6 c5 29. Nc6 Re6 30. a7 Rxc6 31. a8=Q Rxa8 32. Rxa8+ Kf7 33.
Ra7+ Kg6 34. Re1 Bd3 35. Rd7 d4 36. Rc1 Ra6 37. h4 Bf5 38. Rd5 Be6 39. Rdxc5 d3
40. R5c3 Kh5 41. g3 Ra2 42. Rxd3 Bh3 43. Rc7 Kh6 44. g4 Rg2+ 45. Kh1 Rf2 46.
Rdd7 Bf1 47. Rxg7 Bd3 48. Rgd7 Rxf3 49. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 6th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2008.01.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. g3 d6 4. exd6 Qxd6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e5 8.
d3 Be7 9. Ne2 Be6 10. c4 Qd7 11. Rb1 O-O-O 12. O-O Bh3 13. Bh1 Bxf1 14. Qxf1 f5
15. Nc3 Rdf8 16. Nd5 Bc5 17. Rb5 b6 18. c3 Nb8 19. Rb3 f4 20. d4 fxg3 21. hxg3
exd4 22. Bg2 Qf7 23. cxd4 Bxd4 24. Rf3 Qe8 25. Bf4 Rf7 26. Rd3 Bc5 27. Nc3 Re7
28. Rd1 c6 29. Bf3 Rf8 30. Qh3+ Kb7 31. Kg2 g5 32. Bxg5 Qf7 33. Rd3 Rd7 34.
Rxd7+ Nxd7 35. Bf4 Ne5 36. Ne4 Nd3 37. Ng5 Nxf4+ 38. gxf4 Qxf4 39. Qh5 Rf5 40.
Bxc6+ Ka6 41. Nh3 Qxf2+ 42. Nxf2 Rxh5 43. Ne4 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 6th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2008.01.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 Bxc3 5. bxc3 O-O 6. d3 d6 7. e4 Nc6 8. Ne2
Bd7 9. h3 Ne8 10. O-O a6 11. a4 b6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Nd4 g6 15. Nc2
Ng7 16. Ne3 f6 17. d4 Nf7 18. g4 c6 19. Ra2 Ne6 20. Bg3 Neg5 21. Qd3 Qe7 22. h4
Ne6 23. Rb2 Rab8 24. Rbf2 Nh6 25. c5 bxc5 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Bxd6
Nxa4 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. g5 Ng4 31. Nxg4 Bxg4 32. Rxf6 Rc8 33. R1f4 Bd7 34. Bf1
1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 6th playoff"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2008.01.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2008.01.22"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. a4
dxc4 9. a5 Bg4 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Qc7 12. Nxc4 Nbd7 13. e4 e5 14. Be3 Rfe8
15. Rfd1 exd4 16. Bxd4 Re6 17. f3 Nh5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qc2 Rae8 20. Ne2 Ne5
21. Ne3 Nf6 22. Qc3 Kg8 23. Ng3 Rd8 24. f4 Neg4 25. Nxg4 Nxg4 26. e5 Nh6 27.
Ne4 Nf5 28. g4 Ne7 29. Ng5 Nd5 30. Qh3 h5 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. gxh5 Nxf4 33. Qh4
Rf8 34. hxg6 Qg7 35. Qh7+ Qxh7 36. gxh7+ Kxh7 37. Rd7+ Kg6 38. Rxb7 Kf5 39. Rb6
Ke4 40. Re1+ Kf3 41. Rb3+ Kg4 42. Rf1 Ne2+ 43. Kg2 Rd8 44. Rb4+ Kg5 45. Rf2 Nc1
46. h3 Nd3 47. Rg4+ Kh5 48. Rf7 Kh6 49. Rf6+ Kh5 50. Rxe6 Rb8 51. b4 Nxb4 52.
Re7 Kh6 53. Rc7 Nd5 54. Rxc6+ Kh5 55. Re4 Kg5 56. e6 Kf5 57. e7 Re8 58. Rce6
Nf4+ 59. Rxf4+ Kxe6 60. Re4+ Kd7 61. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 6th playoff"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2008.01.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2008.01.22"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2
f5 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Be6 17. e4 fxe4 18. Rxe4 Rad8 19. Rfe1 Qf6 20. Re5 Ng6
21. Ne4 Qf8 22. Neg5 Bf7 23. Nxf7 Qxf7 24. Ng5 Rxe5 25. Nxf7 Rxe1+ 26. Kf2 Rde8
27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. Kxe1 Nf3+ 29. Kf2 Nxd4 30. Qa4 Rf8+ 31. Ke3 Nf5+ 32. Ke4 a6
33. Ke5 Ne3 34. Kd6 Nd5 35. Qe4 g6 36. g4 g5 37. Qe6+ Kg7 38. Kc5 h6 39. a3 Rf7
40. b4 Re7 41. Qc8 Rc7 42. Qd8 Rf7 43. Qd6 Re7 44. a4 Rf7 45. Qe5+ Kh7 46. h4
gxh4 47. Qh5 Kg7 48. g5 hxg5 49. Qxg5+ Kf8 50. Qxh4 Ke8 51. Qh8+ Kd7 52. a5 Ke6
53. Qe8+ Re7 54. Qg6+ Nf6 55. Kb6 Rd7 56. Ka7 Re7 57. Kb8 Rd7 58. Kc8 Re7 59.
Qh6 Kf7 60. Qf4 Ke6 61. Qe3+ Kf7 62. Qh6 Ke6 63. Qg6 Rf7 64. Qd3 Re7 65. Qh3+
Kf7 66. Kd8 Re8+ 67. Kc7 Re7+ 68. Kd6 Ne4# 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. Ng5 h6
9. Nge4 b4 10. Nb1 c3 11. bxc3 bxc3 12. Ba3 c2 13. Qxc2 Nb4 14. Qc3 Qxd4 15.
Qxd4 Nc2+ 16. Kd2 Nxd4 17. Kc3 Nf5 18. Nbd2 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 Nd7 20. Nc4 O-O 21.
f4 Nb6 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Bd3 Ba6 24. Bc2 Rfd8 25. g3 Be2 26. Rb1 b5 27. Rba1
Ne3 28. axb5 Rxa3+ 29. Rxa3 cxb5 30. Bb1 Rc8+ 31. Kb3 Bd1+ 32. Ka2 Nc4 33. Ra7
Rd8 34. Nc3 g5 35. Nxb5 gxf4 36. gxf4 Rd2+ 37. Ka1 Rxh2 38. Bd3 Bb3 39. Bxc4
Bxc4 40. Nd6 Bd5 41. Rxf7 h5 42. Ra7 Kf8 43. Rf7+ Kg8 44. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. b3 Bf5 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Be2 e6 12. d5 e5 13. O-O Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Na6 15.
Be2 f5 16. f3 Nc8 17. a3 Bf6 18. Bf2 Bh4 19. g3 Bg5 20. Rc2 Nc7 21. b4 b6 22.
Re1 Bf6 23. Bf1 Kg7 24. Rd2 a5 25. Na4 axb4 26. axb4 Na6 27. Qb3 Rf7 28. Ra2
Rfa7 29. Nc3 Nc7 30. Rxa7 Rxa7 31. Na4 Rb7 32. Qc2 Qe8 33. Rd1 b5 34. cxb5 Nxb5
35. Qc6 Qxc6 36. dxc6 Rb8 37. Nb6 Nc3 38. Nxc8 Nxd1 39. Nxd6 Nxf2 40. c7 Ra8
41. Kxf2 Be7 42. c8=Q Rxc8 43. Nxc8 Bxb4 44. Bc4 Bc5+ 45. Ke2 h5 46. h3 Kf6 47.
Kd3 Bf2 48. Ke2 Bc5 49. Bd5 Kg7 50. Kd3 Kf6 51. Kc4 Bf2 52. g4 hxg4 53. fxg4 e4
54. Nd6 Bg3 55. Nf7 Bf4 56. Kd4 Bc1 57. h4 Bb2+ 58. Ke3 Bc1+ 59. Kd4 Bb2+ 60.
Kc4 fxg4 61. Ng5 Kg7 62. Nxe4 Bf6 63. Nxf6 Kxf6 64. Kd4 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2008.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. f4
b5 9. g5 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 d5 12. O-O-O dxe4 13. Qe5 Qb8 14. Nxe4 Nf5
15. Bb6 Be7 16. Rhg1 O-O 17. Qxb8 Raxb8 18. Ba7 Ra8 19. Bf2 Kh8 20. Ng3 Nxg3
21. hxg3 Bxg2 22. Rxg2 f6 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Bd4 Rad8 25. Rgd2 Kg8 26. Bxf6 Rxd2
27. Kxd2 Rxf6 28. Ke3 Rh6 29. Rd6 Rh2 30. Kd3 Rg2 31. Rxa6 Rxg3+ 32. Ke4 Rg2
33. Rb6 Rxc2 34. Rxb5 h5 35. Kf3 Kf7 36. a4 e5 37. fxe5 g5 38. a5 h4 39. Kg4
Rg2+ 40. Kh3 Rg1 41. Rb3 Rh1+ 42. Kg2 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Rb1 f6 13. e3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Rb8 15.
Qc2 Rf7 16. Rd1 Bf8 17. d4 exd4 18. Ne2 d3 19. Rxd3 Rd7 20. Be4 g6 21. Bb2 Rxd3
22. Bxd3 a4 23. Rc1 Bb3 24. Qxc7 Qxd3 25. Qxb6 Qd6 26. Qxd6 Bxd6 27. Nd4 Bd5
28. f3 f5 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. b6 Rd8 31. h3 h5 32. f4 Ke7 33. Nf3 Ra8 34. Nh4 Ra6
35. Nxg6+ Ke6 36. Bd4 Bxa3 37. Rc8 Bd6 38. Ne5 Be4 39. g4 fxg4 40. hxg4 hxg4
41. Re8+ Kd5 42. Nxg4 Bf5 43. Nh6 Bd7 44. Rd8 Kc6 45. Nf7 a3 46. Rh8 Ra4 47.
Nd8+ Kd5 48. Nxb7 Bxf4 49. Rh5+ Kc4 50. Nc5 Ra5 51. exf4 a2 52. b7 Rb5 53. Nxd7
Rxb7 54. Ra5 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2008.04.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shoker, Samy"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 f5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e5 7. d3 O-O 8. Rb1
Re8 9. b4 c6 10. Qb3 h6 11. b5 c5 12. e4 fxe4 13. dxe4 Nbd7 14. Ne1 Nf8 15. Nc2
Ne6 16. Ne3 Nd4 17. Qd1 Be6 18. a4 Qd7 19. Bb2 Rf8 20. Ncd5 Rae8 21. Bc3 b6 22.
Rb2 h5 23. h4 Bh6 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Nd5 Rf7 26. a5 Bxd5 27. exd5 e4 28. Bxd4
cxd4 29. Re2 Qg4 30. Kh2 d3 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. f3 Rxf3 33. Rxf3 Re3 34. axb6
axb6 35. c5 dxc5 36. d6 Qd4 37. Qb3+ c4 38. Qa4 d2 39. Qa8+ Kh7 40. Rf7+ Bg7
0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2008.04.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Be2 b5 13. Ne4 Qb6 14. Nxc5 Qxc5
15. Qxc5 Nxc5 16. b3 Bb7 17. Bb2 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Nd5 19. Ne1 Rc7 20. Bd4 Ne4 21.
Rxc7 Nxc7 22. f3 Nf6 23. e4 Rd8 24. Kf2 Nfe8 25. Bb6 Rxd1 26. Bxd1 e5 27. b4
Bc8 28. Nd3 f6 29. a4 bxa4 30. Bxa4 Kf7 31. Ke3 Nb5 32. Bb3+ Ke7 33. f4 exf4+
34. Nxf4 Ned6 35. Nd5+ Kd7 36. Bc5 Bb7 37. g4 Nxe4 38. Kxe4 Ke6 39. Bc4 g6 40.
Bxb5 axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2008.04.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Bc2 Qh4 12. f4 Bc7 13. Rf3 f5 14. Nxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 9th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.04.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2008.04.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. exd6 e6 10. O-O Bxd6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Be3 Ne7 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. Ne4 Bc6 15.
Nfg5 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Be7 17. Nh3 Nd5 18. Qh5 Nf6 19. Qf3 Nh4 20. Qf4 Nxe4 21.
Qxe4 Qd5 22. Qxd5 exd5 23. Rac1 Rac8 24. Nf4 Nf5 25. Nxd5 Rfd8 26. Nxe7+ Nxe7
27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 f6 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke2 Ke6 32. Kd3 Kd5 33.
Bd2 Nc6 34. Bc3 b5 35. a3 a5 36. b4 a4 37. f3 Ne7 38. g4 Nc8 39. Bd2 Nd6 40.
Be3 Nc4 41. Bc1 g6 42. Kc3 Nd6 43. Kd3 Ke6 44. Bf4 Nc4 45. Bc1 Nb6 46. Ke4 f5+
47. Kd3 Nd5 48. h3 h5 49. Bd2 Kf6 50. g5+ Ke6 51. h4 Nb6 52. Bc1 Kd5 53. Bf4
Nd7 54. Bc7 Nf8 55. Bf4 Ne6 56. Be3 f4 57. Bg1 Ng7 58. Bf2 Nf5 59. Kc3 Nd6 60.
Be1 Nc4 61. Kd3 Nxa3 62. Bd2 Nc4 63. Bxf4 a3 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 9th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.04.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.04.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. exd4
Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Nbd2 f5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Nb3 Rf6 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. c4 Rh6 17. g3 Qxb2 18. Re2 Qf6 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. cxd5 exd5
21. Qxd5+ Be6 22. Qxb7 Rf8 23. Qxa7 Qf3 24. Qe3 Qf6 25. Nd4 Bg4 26. Rd2 Bf3 27.
Rc1 Qg6 28. Nxf3 exf3 29. Rd4 Rh5 30. Rf4 Rhf5 31. Rxf5 Qxf5 32. Re1 Rb8 33. a4
h5 34. h4 Kh7 35. Kh2 Rb4 36. a5 Qxa5 37. Qd3+ Kh6 38. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 9th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.04.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2153"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.04.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6 5. c3 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. exd6
cxd6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bg3 f5 13. Qb3+ Kh8 14. Bh4 Qe8
15. Rad1 h6 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Qb5 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 a6 19. Qc5 b6 20. Qxb6 Bxc4 21.
Rd6 Bxf1 22. Rxc6 Rb8 23. Qc7 Rc8 24. Qxc8 Qxc8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Kxf1 e4 27.
Nd4 Bxd4 28. cxd4 g5 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 9th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.04.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2008.04.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Re1 Bxe4 9. Bxe4 c6 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. c3 Bd6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 O-O-O 14. Qe2 g5
15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Ne5 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Be4 Nd7 20. b4 Nf6 21.
Bf3 h5 22. b5 g4 23. Be4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 cxb5 25. a4 h4 26. gxh4 Rxh4 27. g3 Rh5
28. axb5 Rdh8 29. Rxa7 Rh1+ 30. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 31. Kxh1 Qxc3 32. Raa1 Qb2 33. Rab1
Qxf2 34. b6 Qxg3 35. Red1 Qh4+ 36. Kg2 Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Qg3+ 38. Kh1 Qf3+ 39. Kg1
Qe3+ 40. Kh1 Qe4+ 41. Kg1 Qe3+ 42. Kh1 Qh3+ 43. Kg1 Qg3+ 44. Kh1 Qh4+ 45. Kg2
g3 46. Rh1 Qe4+ 47. Kxg3 Kd7 48. Rhd1+ Ke7 49. Rdc1 f5 50. Re1 Qd3+ 51. Kf2 Kf6
52. Rb2 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 9th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.04.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.04.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. Bc1 e6 8. e4
exd5 9. e5 Qe6 10. Qe2 Ng8 11. Nh3 Nc6 12. Nf4 Qxe5 13. Nxd5 Qxe2+ 14. Bxe2 Kd8
15. Na3 Nge7 16. Nxe7 Bxe7 17. Bf4 d5 18. O-O-O Be6 19. Nb5 Rc8 20. Nd6 Bxd6
21. Bxd6 Ne7 22. Rhe1 Kd7 23. Bg3 Nf5 24. Bb5+ Ke7 25. Rxd5 Kf6 26. Be5+ Kg6
27. Rd2 h5 28. Bd3 Kh6 29. h4 Nxh4 30. Rh1 Ng6 31. Bd6 Rhd8 32. Be4 Kg5 33.
Bxb7 Rb8 34. Bxb8 Rxb8 35. Be4 h4 36. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 9th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.04.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.04.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 d5 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
c5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc8 11. O-O cxd4 12. cxd4 Ba6 13. Re1 Be7 14. Bc2 O-O
15. Bb2 Rd8 16. Qd2 Qb7 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Bb1 Qb8 19. h3 Bf8 20. d5 e5 21. d6
Re8 22. Ba2 Bc4 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Qd5 Rc5 25. Qb3 Bxd6 26. Ng5 Re7 27. Rd3 Rc8
28. Rf3 Rf8 29. Rf5 h6 30. Qg3 hxg5 31. Qxg5 Re6 32. Re3 Rg6 33. Qh5 Nf6 34.
Qf3 Re8 35. Rd3 Qc7 36. g4 Bc5 37. Kg2 Nh7 38. h4 Rd6 39. g5 g6 40. Rxe5 Rxe5
41. Bxe5 Rxd3 42. Bxc7 Rxf3 43. Kxf3 Bxa3 44. Kg4 Bc5 45. f4 a5 46. f5 a4 47.
h5 a3 48. Be5 b5 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 9th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.04.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2008.04.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
c5 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Bxb4 cxb4 12. e4 Nde7 13. a3 Rc8 14. axb4 Bb5 15.
Nc3 a6 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. Qd2 Qd6 18. Ra6 Nb8 19. Ra7 Nec6 20. Rb7 Qxb4 21. Qxb4
Nxb4 22. Rxb6 Rfd8 23. Rxb5 Nc2 24. Rd1 Nc6 25. d5 e5 26. h4 N6d4 27. Nxd4 Nxd4
28. Rb7 Rb8 29. Re7 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. b4 Rb8 32. Rb1 Kf8 33. Bf1 Nf3+ 34.
Kg2 Nd2 35. Rb2 Nxe4 36. b5 Rb6 37. Ra2 Nc3 38. Ra6 Rb8 39. d6 Ke8 40. Ra3 Ne4
41. Re3 Nxd6 42. Rxe5+ Kd7 43. Rd5 Ke6 44. Rc5 Kd7 45. Bd3 h6 46. h5 Rb6 47. f4
Rb8 48. Kf3 Ra8 49. Ke3 Ra3 50. g4 Rb3 51. g5 f6 52. g6 Nb7 53. Rd5+ Ke6 54.
Kd4 Rb4+ 55. Bc4 Na5 56. Rc5+ Kd6 57. Rd5+ Ke6 58. Rc5+ Kd6 59. Rd5+ Kc7 60.
Rc5+ Kb6 61. Kd5 Rb1 62. Rc8 Rc1 63. f5 Kb7 64. Rc5 Kb6 65. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 9th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.04.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.04.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Bg3 Nd5 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. a4 b4 12. Nce4 c3 13. Nc4 cxb2 14. Nxb2 b3 15. Bd3
Bb4+ 16. Kf1 a5 17. Qxb3 Rb8 18. Qc2 Bb7 19. h4 g4 20. h5 Qb6 21. Nc4 Qxd4 22.
Rd1 Kf8 23. Be2 Qa7 24. Rh4 Ba6 25. Rxg4 Be7 26. Ned6 N7b6 27. Nxf7 Nxc4 28.
Bxc4 Bxc4+ 29. Rxc4 Rg8 30. Rxd5 cxd5 31. Rf4 Ke8 32. Nd6+ Kd8 33. Qh7 Qc5 34.
Qxg8+ Kc7 35. Ne8+ Rxe8 36. Qxe8 Qc1+ 37. Ke2 Qc2+ 38. Ke1 Qc1+ 39. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 9th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.04.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.04.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. e4 c5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Rfd1 b5 14. Rac1 cxd4
15. Nxd4 bxc4 16. bxc4 Nb6 17. Nf5 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Rxc4 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Rxc4 Nxc4
21. Bxd5 Nd6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qf3 Nxf5 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qxf5
g6 27. Qb5 Bd4 28. Kg2 Bb6 29. Qb4 Rd4 30. Qb3+ Kf8 31. a4 Rd7 32. a5 Bd4 33.
Qb5 Ke7 34. h4 Kd8 35. h5 gxh5 36. Qxh5 Kc7 37. f4 Kc6 38. Qf5 Re7 39. Kh3 Bc5
40. Qd3 Rd7 41. Qa6+ Kd5 42. Qb5 Re7 43. f5 Kd4 44. f6 Rf7 45. Qc6 Bb4 46. Qe6
Rf8 47. f7 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 9th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.04.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2008.04.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 Nbd7
9. Nh3 Rb8 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Be2 Ne5 12. Nf2 Qa5 13. O-O Qb4 14. a5 Nxc4 15. Bxc4
Qxc4 16. Ra4 Qb3 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Ra3 Qb4 19. Nd3 Qd4+ 20. Be3 Bh6 21. Nd1 Bxe3+
22. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 23. Nxe3 b5 24. axb6 Rxb6 25. Nc4 Rbb8 26. Rxa6 Bb5 27. Ra3 Bxc4
28. Rxc4 Rb7 29. b4 cxb4 30. Rxb4 Rxb4 31. Nxb4 Nd7 32. Nc6 Ne5 33. Kf2 Kg7 34.
Ra7 Nxc6 35. dxc6 Rc8 36. Ra6 Kf6 37. Ke3 e5 38. Kd3 Ke6 39. Kc4 f5 40. Kb5
Rb8+ 41. Rb6 Rc8 42. Rb7 fxe4 43. fxe4 d5 44. exd5+ Kxd5 45. Rd7+ Ke6 46. Rxh7
e4 47. Kc5 Ra8 48. Kb6 e3 49. Rh3 Rb8+ 50. Ka7 Rb3 51. c7 Kd7 52. Rh7+ Kc8 53.
Re7 Rb2 54. h4 Rxg2 55. Kb6 Rb2+ 56. Kc6 Rc2+ 57. Kd6 Rd2+ 58. Ke6 e2 59. Kf6
Rd4 60. Kg5 Rd6 61. Rxe2 Kxc7 62. Re1 Kd7 63. Re2 Ra6 64. Re3 Rb6 65. Re4 Ra6
66. Kh6 Rb6 67. Kg7 Ra6 68. Rg4 Ke8 69. Re4+ Kd7 70. Kf7 g5 71. hxg5 Ra5 72. g6
Rf5+ 73. Kg8 Rf1 74. g7 Rh1 75. Re2 Rf1 76. Rh2 Rh1 77. Rxh1 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 9th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.04.05"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2008.04.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Nc3 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. e3 dxc4 15.
bxc4 Qe7 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Nb5 e5 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Nh4 Bxg2 21. Nxg2
Qe6 22. Qb3 Qh3 23. f3 a6 24. Nc3 e4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. fxe4 Rfe8 27. Nf4 Qg4
28. Qd3 Qf3 29. Re1 Rcd8 30. Nd5 Qxe4 31. Qxe4 Rxe4 32. Rac1 b5 33. Rcd1 Kf8
34. cxb5 axb5 35. Kf2 Re5 36. Nc3 Ra8 37. Re2 Ra3 38. Nd5 g6 39. Kf3 Kg7 40. g4
h5 41. h3 b4 42. Rdd2 Ra8 43. Rd3 Rh8 44. Rc2 hxg4+ 45. hxg4 Bd6 46. Rc6 Bb8
47. Rd4 Rh3+ 48. Kg2 Rh4 49. Kf3 Re8 50. Rxb4 Rh3+ 51. Kg2 Rh2+ 52. Kf3 Rxa2
53. Rb7 Bh2 54. Nf6 Rf8 55. g5 Bg1 56. Rcc7 Rf2+ 57. Ke4 Rf5 58. Re7 Rxg5 59.
Ne8+ Kh6 60. Nd6 Rg3 61. Nxf7+ Kh5 62. Re5+ g5 63. Kd3 Kh4 64. Nd6 Rxe3+ 65.
Rxe3 Bxe3 66. Kxe3 g4 67. Ne4 g3 68. Rh7+ Kg4 69. Rg7+ Kf5 70. Rxg3 Ke5 71.
Rg5+ Rf5 72. Rg8 Rf1 73. Re8+ Kd5 74. Rd8+ Kc6 75. Nd2 Re1+ 76. Kd3 Re7 77. Rd4
Rd7 78. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago op 17th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Parry, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Ne5 Bb4 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Ne4 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. Bb4 a5 11. Ba3 b5 12. b3 Qg5 13. g3 b4 14. Bb2 O-O
15. Bg2 f5 16. O-O h5 17. Qe1 Qe7 18. f3 Nd6 19. c5 Nf7 20. a3 Rab8 21. Qd2 e5
22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Bd4 a4 24. f4 Ng4 25. axb4 axb3 26. Rfb1 h4 27. Rxb3 hxg3 28.
hxg3 Nf6 29. Be5 Ra8 30. Rba3 Rxa3 31. Rxa3 Qe6 32. Bxf6 Qxf6 33. Ra7 Rd8 34.
b5 cxb5 35. Bxd5+ Kh7 36. Qh2+ Kg6 37. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Chicago op 17th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2008.05.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. Bg5 Nbc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Qd2 Qa5 9. Be2 Rb8 10. O-O f6 11. Be3 Ng6 12. Rab1 d5 13. f4 Bc5 14. a3 Qb6 15.
Bxc5 Qxc5+ 16. Kh1 O-O 17. b4 Qa7 18. exd5 cxd5 19. f5 exf5 20. Nxd5 Ne5 21. c4
Be6 22. Rbd1 Rfd8 23. Qd4 Qb7 24. Rd2 Rd7 25. Rfd1 Rbd8 26. Qc3 Rc8 27. Qe3 Re8
28. h3 Kh8 29. Qb6 a5 30. Qxb7 Rxb7 31. b5 Rc8 32. Nf4 Bg8 33. Rd8 Rbb8 34.
Rxc8 Rxc8 35. b6 Nxc4 36. Bxc4 Bxc4 37. Rc1 g5 38. Nd5 Kg7 39. Rxc4 Rxc4 40. b7
Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Rb1 42. Nb4 axb4 43. b8=Q b3 44. Qb4 h5 45. Qe7+ Kg6 46. Qf8 g4
47. Qg8+ Kh6 48. Kg3 f4+ 49. Kh4 gxh3 50. Qf7 Re1 51. Qxf6+ Kh7 52. gxh3 1-0

[Event "Chicago op 17th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2008.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bady, Glenn"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 c6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Nge2 e6 7. f3 Bd6 8. g4
Bg6 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. Be3 h5 11. Qd2 hxg4 12. fxg4 Nf6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Rh3
15. Rg1 Nbd7 16. g5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. g6 f5 19. Qd2 Nf6 20. Bf4 Ne4 21.
Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Qa5 Rxh2 23. O-O-O Ke7 24. Rh1 Rxe2 25. Rh7 Kf6 26. Qb5 Qf4+ 27.
Kb1 Qd2 28. Rc1 Qxc1+ 0-1

[Event "Chicago op 17th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2008.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Felecan, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2008.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. f4
Bb7 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Bc5 11. Be3 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Bxd4 Nfd7 14. O-O-O
O-O 15. Rhe1 Bxg2 16. Bf2 Rc8 17. a4 Nf8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Ra1+ 20. Kd2
Rd8+ 21. Nd6 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Ng6 23. Bb6 Rd7 24. Kc1 Nc6 25. Nc4 Rb7 26. Bf2 Rb8
27. Ba4 Bd5 28. Bxc6 Bxc6 29. Na5 Bg2 30. Bc5 Nf4 31. Bd6 Ra8 32. b4 g5 33. Kd2
h5 34. c4 h4 35. Be7 Nh3 36. c5 Nf4 37. Bxg5 Nd5 38. Rb1 Kh7 39. c6 h3 40. Nc4
Kg6 41. Bh4 Kh5 42. Bf2 Ra2+ 43. Rb2 Rxb2+ 44. Nxb2 Nxb4 45. c7 Bb7 46. Nc4 Nc6
47. Nd6 Ba6 48. Nxf7 Ne7 49. Bc5 Nd5 50. Bd6 Kg4 51. Ke1 Kf3 52. Ng5+ Kg2 53.
Nxe6 Kxh2 54. Kf2 Kh1 55. Ng5 Bc8 56. Kg3 Ne3 57. Nxh3 Nf5+ 58. Kf4 Nxd6 59.
exd6 1-0

[Event "Chicago op 17th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2008.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2008.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O e5 6. Re1 Ne7 7. c3 Ng6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. b3 Be7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Rad1 Qe8
15. Nf1 Bg4 16. Re3 c5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Qd2 Qc6 19. Ba3 Rc2 20. Qd5+ Qxd5 21.
Rxd5 Be6 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. N3xd2 Rc8 24. g3 d5 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Bxe7 Nxe7 27.
Rd3 Rc2 28. a3 Bc6 29. f3 Nf5 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. Rc8 Nd4 32. Kf2 Ra2 33. Rc7+ Kg6
34. f4 exf4 35. gxf4 Bb5 36. Ke3 Nf5+ 37. Ke4 Bxf1 38. Nxf1 Rxa3 39. Nd2 Ra2
40. Rd7 a5 41. Rd5 a4 42. bxa4 Rxa4+ 43. Kf3 Ra3+ 44. Kf2 Nh4 45. Rd7 Rh3 46.
Kg1 Kh6 47. Rd4 Kh5 48. Rd7 Nf5 49. Kg2 Kg4 50. Nf1 Rh4 51. Ng3 Kxf4 52. Nxf5
Kxf5 53. Rxg7 Rg4+ 54. Rxg4 Kxg4 55. Kf2 Kf4 56. Ke2 f5 57. Kf2 Ke4 58. Ke2 f4
59. Kf2 f3 60. Kf1 Ke3 61. Ke1 f2+ 62. Kf1 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Chicago op 17th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2008.05.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 f5 11. g3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Bg2 Be6 14. c3 O-O
15. O-O Rb8 16. Nc2 a5 17. Nce3 f5 18. Qh5 Qd7 19. Rad1 Kh8 20. f4 b4 21. fxe5
Nxe5 22. cxb4 axb4 23. Kh1 Ng6 24. b3 Be5 25. Rc1 Rb7 26. Rc4 Ra7 27. Qe2 Qb5
28. Rf2 Raf7 29. Rxb4 Qc5 30. Rc4 Qa7 31. Ra4 Qc5 32. Qf1 Ne7 33. Rc2 Nxd5 34.
Rxc5 Nxe3 35. Qe2 f4 36. gxf4 Nxg2 37. Rxe5 Bd7 38. Rg5 Bxa4 39. bxa4 Nh4 40.
Qb2+ Rf6 41. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Chicago op 17th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2008.05.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2008.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c5 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Basse"]
[Site "Evry"]
[Date "2008.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ninov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2008.05.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Nd5 exd5 11. exd5 Be7 12. g5 Nfd7 13. Nc6 Qc7 14. Nxe7 Kxe7
15. Qd4 Kf8 16. Bf4 a5 17. Rfe1 Nb6 18. Re8+ Kxe8 19. Qxg7 Bxd5 20. Qxh8+ Kd7
21. Re1 Nc6 22. Qxh7 Nd4 23. Be3 Qxc2 24. Qh5 Bxg2 25. Bxd4 Qf5 26. Kxg2 Nd5
27. Qf3 Qxg5+ 28. Kh1 Rg8 29. Qxf7+ Kc6 30. Qf3 Kb7 31. Be3 Qe5 32. Rd1 Kc6 33.
Re1 Rh8 34. Bd2 Qh5 35. Qxh5 Rxh5 36. Kg2 Kc5 37. Re4 Rf5 38. h4 a4 39. Kg3 Nf6
40. Bxb4+ Kd5 41. Re2 Ne4+ 42. Kg2 Rf8 43. f3 Rg8+ 44. Kh2 Ng3 45. Rg2 Nf1+ 46.
Kg1 Ng3 47. Be1 Ne2+ 48. Kf1 Rxg2 49. Kxg2 Nc1 50. h5 Ke6 51. Bd2 Nd3 52. b4
axb3 53. axb3 d5 54. b4 d4 55. b5 Kd5 56. f4 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Basse"]
[Site "Evry"]
[Date "2008.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2008.05.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Nc2 d6 8. Be2
Nd7 9. Bd2 Nc5 10. O-O O-O 11. f3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Na4 13. Qd2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. Kh1 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Qb6 18. Qd2 Qd4 19. Rad1 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Rac8
21. Kg1 Rf5 22. Rc1 a5 23. Kf2 a4 24. Rc3 Rc5 25. Rd5 Nb4 26. Rxc5 dxc5 27. a3
Nc6 28. Bd1 Ra8 29. Ke3 Nd4 30. Kd2 Kf7 31. Re3 Kf6 32. f4 Nf5 33. Re5 Rd8+ 34.
Ke1 b6 35. Bxa4 Rd4 36. g3 Rxc4 37. Bb3 Rc1+ 38. Kd2 Rh1 39. Re6+ Kg7 40. Rxb6
Rxh2+ 41. Kc3 Nxg3 42. Bd5 Ne2+ 43. Kc4 Nxf4 44. Bb7 Rc2+ 45. Kb3 Rc1 46. a4
Ra1 47. Rc6 h5 48. Rxc5 h4 49. a5 Ne6 50. Rd5 h3 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Basse"]
[Site "Evry"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Adla, Diego Gustavo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.05.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d3 exd3 8.
Qxd3 Nc6 9. g3 Bb4 10. Bg2 Ne5 11. Qc2 Qa5 12. Bd2 Nc4 13. a3 Nxd2 14. axb4
Qxa1+ 15. Kxd2 Qa6 16. Ncb5 O-O 17. Nc7 Qd6 18. Nxa8 Bd7 19. Nc7 Rc8 20. Rc1
Ne8 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. bxc5 Nxc7 23. c6 bxc6 24. Nxc6 Re8 25. Ne7+ Rxe7 26. Rxc7
Kf8 27. Rxa7 Be6 28. Ra8+ Re8 29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 30. Kc3 Kd7 31. Kd4 Kd6 32. b4 f6
33. Bf1 Bd7 34. Bd3 h6 35. Ba6 Bg4 36. Bb7 Be6 37. b5 Bf7 38. b6 Be6 39. Ba6
Kc6 40. b7 Kc7 41. Kc5 Bg8 42. Be2 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Basse"]
[Site "Evry"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2008.05.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Bb7 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. Nxc3 O-O 10. d5 d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2008.06.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Schuyler, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Bb4 6. Bd2 d6 7. e3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
O-O 9. Ne2 Qe8 10. h3 Be6 11. O-O Qh5 12. f4 e4 13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14. b3 exd3 15.
Qxd3 Rd8 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Qd2 c6 18. e4 Rff8 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Ne4 Na6 21. g4
Qf7 22. f5 Bc8 23. f6 Qg6 24. fxg7 Qxg7 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Rf1+ Kg8 27. Nf6+
Kh8 28. Nh5 Qe5 29. Re1 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 d5 31. Qg5 Qf8 32. Rf1 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2008.06.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Qe1 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Nbd7 12. Kh1 e6 13. Bd2 Nb6 14. f5 Nfd7
15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Qh4 Ne5 17. Rf2 Nf7 18. Qh3 Qe7 19. Be3 Nd7 20. Bc4 Nd8 21.
Bb3 Rc8 22. Raf1 Rc7 23. e5 d5 24. Bd4 Qg5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Nxd5 Rc6 27. e6
Ne5 28. Qb3 b5 29. Be3 Qh4 30. Rf4 Ng4 31. h3 h5 32. Qd3 Nxe6 33. Qxg6+ Kd8 34.
Re4 Qg3 35. hxg4 hxg4+ 36. Kg1 Qh2+ 37. Kf2 Rf8+ 38. Ke1 Rxf1+ 39. Kxf1 Qh1+
40. Bg1 Rxc2 41. Qxg4 Rc1+ 42. Ke2 Qxg1 43. Ne3 Nd4+ 44. Rxd4+ Bxd4 45. Qxd4+
Kc8 46. Qg4+ Kb8 47. Qg3+ Kb7 48. Qf3+ Rc6 49. Qf7+ Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2008.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Laylo, Darwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2008.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Rb1 Nd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. c4 Qc7 11. d3 Rb8 12. Bg5 e5 13. Qa4 h6 14. Be3 b6 15.
Nd2 Nf6 16. h3 Bd7 17. Qa3 Nh5 18. Ne4 Bc6 19. Nc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 f5 21. Kh2 Qd7
22. Bc1 Rf7 23. Bb2 Nf6 24. Rbd1 h5 25. Bc1 Rbf8 26. Rg1 Nh7 27. f3 Qe6 28. Rg2
g5 29. h4 g4 30. f4 Rd7 31. fxe5 Bxe5 32. Nd5 Rff7 33. Bf4 Bg7 34. Bd2 Be5 35.
Qc1 Nf6 36. Nf4 Bxf4 37. Bxf4 Nh7 38. Rf1 Nf8 39. Bh6 Qg6 40. Bxf8 Rxf8 41.
Rgf2 Re7 42. Qd2 Rff7 43. e3 Kg7 44. d4 Qe6 45. dxc5 bxc5 46. e4 Qh6 47. Qd5
Rxe4 48. Qxe4 fxe4 49. Rxf7+ Kg8 50. R7f2 Qe3 51. Rb2 Qd3 52. Re1 Kg7 53. Ree2
Kf6 54. Rbd2 Qxc4 55. Rf2+ Ke5 56. Rf8 Qe6 57. Kg1 c4 58. Rh8 Qb6+ 59. Kh2 c3
60. Rxh5+ Kf6 61. Rc2 Qd4 62. Rh6+ Kg7 63. Rc6 Qd2+ 64. Rxd2 cxd2 65. Rd6 e3
66. Kg2 e2 67. Rxd2 e1=Q 68. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2008.06.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Santalla, Andres"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. e4 e5 4. d3 Bg7 5. Bd2 d6 6. Qc1 h6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. b4 Nc6
9. Nd1 a6 10. f3 Qd7 11. Nf2 d5 12. Ne2 Rd8 13. O-O h5 14. Bg5 O-O 15. a3 Rde8
16. Be3 b6 17. Rd1 d4 18. Bh6 Kh7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qb2 g5 21. c3 h4 22. Qd2
Nh7 23. Rac1 f5 24. cxd4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. gxh4 f4 27. Qc2 Re7 28. Qc6 Qc8
29. Kh1 Rf6 30. e5 Rh6 31. Qe4 Rxh4 32. Qxd4 Qh8 33. Ne4 Nf8 34. Qd8 Rxh2+ 35.
Kg1 Rf7 36. Rxc7 Rxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Rxc7 39. Qxc7+ Nd7 40. Qd8 Qxf3
41. Qe7+ Kh8 42. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 15th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Daechert, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. d3 Nf6 4. Bd2 O-O 5. Qc1 d5 6. Bh6 e5 7. h4 Bg4 8. Nc3
c6 9. e4 d4 10. Nce2 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. f3 Be6 13. Bh6 Qa5+ 14. Kf1 c5 15. b3
Nc6 16. h5 Ne7 17. Qg5 Bh8 18. Bh3 Bxh3+ 19. Nxh3 Rfe8 20. Nf2 Qc7 21. Qh4 Nxh5
22. g4 Ng7 23. f4 f5 24. fxe5 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Ne6 26. Kg1 Nd5 27. Nd6 Bxe5 28.
Nxe8 Rxe8 29. Rf1 Nef4 30. Nxf4 Bxf4 31. Rh3 Be3+ 32. Kh1 Qc6 33. Bxe3 Nxe3+
34. Rff3 Qd7 35. Rhg3 Nxc2 36. Qg5 Ne3 37. Kh2 Qc7 38. Kh3 Qg7 39. Rf2 h6 40.
Qxc5 Qd7 41. Rf6 Kh7 42. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 15th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Christ, Ralf"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qa4
Qc8 9. Bd2 Nge7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. b4 a6 12. a3 h6 13. Qb3 Rd8 14. O-O Be6 15. Bc1
Rd6 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. Qb3 Be6 18. Qc2 f5 19. c5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 e4 21. Nd2 Qe8 22.
Bc4 Qf7 23. Ne2 Rd8 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Nb3 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Ne5 27. Ned4 Qd5 28.
Qc2 Nd3 29. Bb2 f4 30. Bc3 fxe3 31. fxe3 Qg5 32. Qe2 Nd5 33. Bd2 Be5 34. Nc2
Nf6 35. Ne1 Qf5 36. Nd4 Bxd4 37. exd4 Nxe1 38. Bxe1 Nd5 39. Bg3 c6 40. Be5 e3
41. h3 Qb1+ 42. Kh2 Qe4 43. Kg1 h5 44. Qf3 Qxf3 45. gxf3 Kf7 46. Kf1 Nc3 47.
Bf4 Nb5 48. Bxe3 Nxa3 49. Bd2 Nb5 50. Be3 Ke6 51. Ke2 Kf5 52. Kd3 Nc7 53. Bd2
g5 54. Kc4 Nd5 55. Be1 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 15th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Postoev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nde2 d6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2
Nf6 9. h3 h6 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Kh2 b5 14. b3 Qb7 15. f4
Rad8 16. f5 Bc8 17. g4 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Nb8 20. f6 Bxf6 21. Rxf6 gxf6
22. Bxh6 Rfe8 23. Rf1 Qe7 24. Ng3 a5 25. Nh5 Nd7 26. Nxf6+ Kh8 27. Bg7+ 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 15th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bhat, Vinay S"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 e5 5. e4 Nc6 6. Bg5 f6 7. Be3 Nh6 8. h3 O-O
9. Be2 Nf7 10. O-O f5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Ncxd8 13. Nd5 fxe4 14. Nd2 Ne6 15.
Nxe4 Nf4 16. Bf3 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bf5 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Nc5 b6 20. Ne6 c5 21. Nxg7
Kxg7 22. Rfd1 Nd6 23. Bd2 Kf7 24. Bc3 Re8 25. g4 Bc8 26. Re1 e4 27. Bg2 Bb7 28.
Rcd1 Rad8 29. g5 Ba6 30. Bf6 Rd7 31. b3 Bd3 32. f3 b5 33. h4 c4 34. Bh3 Nf5 35.
fxe4 Bxe4 36. Bxf5 gxf5 37. d6 Re6 38. Be7 c3 39. b4 c2 40. Rc1 Rb7 41. Re3 Rb8
42. Kf2 Rb6 43. Rc3 Rb7 44. h5 Rexe7 45. dxe7 Kxe7 46. R1xc2 Bxc2 47. Rxc2 Rd7
48. Ke3 Ke6 49. Rc6+ Ke5 50. Rc5+ Ke6 51. Rxb5 Rd1 52. Ra5 Rg1 53. Rxa7 Rxg5
54. Rxh7 Rg3+ 55. Kd4 Rg4+ 56. Kc5 f4 57. Rh6+ Ke7 58. Rd6 Rg5+ 59. Kc6 Rxh5
60. Rd3 Ke6 61. b5 Rh2 62. a3 Rc2+ 63. Kb7 Ke5 64. b6 Ke4 65. Rb3 f3 66. Ka7 f2
67. Rb1 Rb2 68. Rf1 Kf3 69. b7 Ra2 70. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 15th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 15th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d6 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 Bd7 6. e4 Qc8 7. h3 e5 8. Nge2
Nge7 9. Be3 f5 10. Nd5 O-O 11. Qd2 Rf7 12. Rc1 Be6 13. b3 Qd7 14. Nxe7+ Rxe7
15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxf4 Bf7 18. O-O Rxe3 19. Bxc6 Qe7 20. Bxb7 Re8
21. Kh2 Bh6 22. Qg2 Kh8 23. Rf3 Rg8 24. Rxe3 Qxe3 25. Rf1 Re8 26. Qb2+ Kg8 27.
Qf2 Bxf4 28. Qxf4 Qxd3 29. Rf2 Bg6 30. Bg2 Kg7 31. c5 Qe3 32. Qxe3 Rxe3 33.
cxd6 cxd6 34. Rd2 Kf7 35. Bd5+ Ke7 36. Kg2 Bh5 37. Kf2 f4 38. g4 Be8 39. Bf3
Rc3 40. g5 Bg6 41. Re2+ Kf7 42. Bg4 Rd3 43. Re6 d5 44. Rf6+ Ke7 45. Rxf4 Rd2+
46. Ke3 Rxa2 47. Ra4 Rb2 48. Rxa7+ Kd6 49. Rb7 Ke5 50. Re7+ Kd6 51. Rb7 Ke5 52.
Re7+ Kd6 53. Rb7 Rc2 54. b4 Rc3+ 55. Ke2 d4 56. Rd7+ Ke5 57. Kf2 Rb3 58. Bf3
Rxb4 59. Kg3 Bf5 60. Rd5+ Ke6 61. Rd8 Ke7 62. Rd5 Bg6 63. h4 Bf7 64. Re5+ Kd6
65. Rf5 Be6 66. Rf6 Ke5 67. Rf8 Rb3 68. Rd8 Bf7 69. Kg4 Rb1 70. Kg3 Rb3 71. Kg4
d3 72. h5 Rb4+ 73. Kg3 Rd4 74. Rxd4 Kxd4 75. Kf4 d2 76. Bd1 Kc3 77. Ke3 Be6 78.
g6 h6 79. Kf4 Kd4 80. g7 Bg8 81. Kf5 Kd5 82. Kg6 Ke5 83. Kxh6 Kf6 84. Bc2 Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 15th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Arutinian, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qc7 8.
Ra2 Ne7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Ne2 Bf5 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nbc6 13. Ng3 Rac8 14. f3
f5 15. Re1 Kh8 16. Rae2 b6 17. Nh5 Qd7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. c4 Qe8 20. Nxg7 Kxg7
21. cxd5 Nb8 22. e4 Qg6 23. exf5 Nxf5 24. Re4 Rce8 25. Qc3+ Kf7 26. Rxe8 Rxe8
27. Rxe8 Kxe8 28. Qe5+ Kd7 29. Qxb8 Qa6 30. h4 Qd3 31. Bg5 Qxd5 32. Qd8+ Ke6
33. Qg8+ Ke5 34. Qh8+ Ke6 35. Qe8+ Kd6 36. Bf4+ 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 15th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
g5 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. h3 Ng6 12. Rhe1 Qc7 13. Nf5 Bd7 14. Qd2 exf5
15. exf5 Ne5 16. h4 Bc6 17. Bxc6+ Qxc6 18. hxg5 Nfxg4 19. f4 Nf3 20. Bd4+ Nge5
21. Qe3 O-O-O 22. fxe5 Nxe1 23. e6 Ng2 24. Qg3 Rg8 25. g6 fxe6 26. f6 e5 27.
Qg4+ Kb8 28. f7 Rxg6 29. Qxg6 exd4 30. Rxd4 Qf3 31. Re4 Qf1+ 32. Nd1 Nf4 33.
Qg4 h5 34. Qg5 Rc8 35. Rxf4 Qe2 36. c3 Qe6 37. Qf5 Qe2 38. Qf6 d5 39. Rf2 Qe4
40. Rf4 Qe2 41. Rf2 Qe4 42. Rf4 Qe1 43. Kc2 Qe2+ 44. Kc1 Ka7 45. Qd4+ Bc5 46.
Qxc5+ Rxc5 47. f8=Q Rc6 48. Qg7 Rc8 49. Qd4+ Ka8 50. Rf2 Qe7 51. Ne3 h4 52.
Nxd5 Qg5+ 53. Kc2 Rd8 54. Rd2 Rg8 55. Nb6+ Kb8 56. Nd7+ Ka8 57. Nb6+ Kb8 58.
Qd6+ Ka7 59. Nd7 h3 60. Qd4+ Ka8 61. Qe5 Qg6+ 62. Kb3 Rd8 63. Qd4 Qe6+ 64. c4
Rg8 65. Nb6+ Ka7 66. Nd5+ Kb8 67. Qf4+ Ka7 68. Rf2 Rg4 69. Qc7 Rg8 70. Rf7 Qc8
71. Qxc8 Rxc8 72. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 15th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Polzin, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e6 11. h4 Qc7 12. h5 Nxh5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Ndb5 Qg3
15. Nxd5 Qxe1 16. Rxe1 Ng3 17. Rh4 Nf5 18. Rh2 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Bd7 20. Bc4 Ne5
21. Be2 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Rfd8 23. Nc3 h5 24. Kb1 a6 25. Be2 Rac8 26. Rh4 Nc6 27.
a3 Nd4 28. Bd3 b5 29. g4 hxg4 30. fxg4 a5 31. Be4 Rc5 32. Bd3 b4 33. Na4 Rc6
34. axb4 axb4 35. Rh1 Ra8 36. b3 Rd6 37. Bc4 Nc6 38. Rhe1 Kf8 39. Bb5 Bf6 40.
Rf1 Ra5 41. Bxc6 Rxc6 42. Re4 Bc3 43. Rf3 Kg7 44. Kc1 Rb5 45. Nxc3 bxc3 46. Re7
Rf6 47. Rxc3 Rf4 48. Rg3 Kf6 49. Re1 Kg5 50. Reg1 Re5 51. Kb2 Ree4 52. c4 Rxg4
53. Kc3 f5 54. c5 Rxg3+ 55. Rxg3+ Kf6 56. b4 f4 57. Rd3 g5 58. c6 Re8 59. b5 g4
60. c7 g3 61. Rd8 Re3+ 62. Kb4 Re4+ 63. Ka5 Rc4 64. b6 g2 65. Rg8 f3 66. b7 f2
67. c8=Q f1=Q 68. Qd8+ Ke6 69. Rg6+ Kf5 70. Qg5+ Ke4 71. Qxg2+ 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 15th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e4 e5 5. Bg5 f6 6. Be3 Nh6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. Nfd2 f5 10. f3 c5 11. Nc3 Nf7 12. h4 h5 13. g4 hxg4 14. fxg4 Bf6 15. Bf2 Ng8
16. h5 f4 17. Qc2 gxh5 18. gxh5 Ngh6 19. O-O-O Ng4 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21. Rdg1 Nh6
22. b4 b6 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Qa4+ Kf7 25. Nb3 Bd7 26. Qa6 Qb6 27. Qxb6 axb6 28.
Bh4 Ng4 29. Bxf6 Kxf6 30. Kb2 Rh6 31. Nd2 Rah8 32. Nb5 Ke7 33. Rh4 Nf6 34. Rg7+
Kf8 35. Rg5 Nxh5 36. Nxd6 Ng3 37. Rxh6 Rxh6 38. Rxe5 Rxd6 39. Rg5 Rh6 40. Kc3
Rh3 41. Kc2 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Montreal 9th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.08.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nd2 Nfd7 11. Nd3 b5 12. c5 e5 13. dxe5 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15.
b4 Bb6 16. Nb3 Qe7 17. f4 Rd8 18. Nd4 Bc8 19. O-O a5 20. a3 f5 21. Kh1 axb4 22.
axb4 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Be6 25. Bc5 Qb7 26. g4 Nd7 27. Bd6 Nb6 28. Qb1
Qf7 29. Bh3 fxg4 30. Bg2 Bf5 31. e4 dxe4 32. Bxe4 g6 33. Re1 Qe6 34. Bc7 Rd2
35. Bxb6 g3 36. Kg1 Bxe4 37. Qxe4 Qh3 38. hxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal 9th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.08.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O-O b5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14.
Rhe1 O-O 15. g4 Qb4 16. h4 Nd5 17. Qe4 Qxe4 18. Bxe4 Rfd8 19. f4 Rd6 20. Rd4
Rc8 21. Red1 f6 22. Nf3 h5 23. gxh5 Rcd8 24. f5 e5 25. R4d2 Kf7 26. Nh2 Ke7 27.
Ng4 Bc6 28. a3 Ne3 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Kxd6 31. Nxf6 Bxe4 32. Nxe4+ Ke7 33.
f6+ gxf6 34. h6 Kf7 35. h7 Kg7 36. Nxf6 Nf5 37. h5 Nh6 38. Kd2 Nf7 39. Ng4 Kxh7
40. Kd3 Nd6 41. Nxe5 Kh6 42. Kd4 Kxh5 43. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Montreal 9th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Roussel Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nf6 3. e4 d6 4. exf5 Bxf5 5. d4 Qd7 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 Nc6 9. a3 d5 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bg3 O-O 12. O-O Nh5 13. Rfe1 Rf6 14. Ne5 Bxe5
15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Nf4 17. Qd2 Raf8 18. Re3 Qf7 19. Rf1 h5 20. Kh1 h4 21.
Nd1 h3 22. g3 Ng2 23. Rb3 Rf3 24. Qe2 Rxb3 25. cxb3 e5 26. dxe5 Qf3 27. Nc3
Ne3+ 28. Qxf3 Rxf3 29. Re1 Rxf2 30. Nd1 Nxd1 31. Rxd1 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Montreal 9th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Qe2 Bd7 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Rae8 18. f3 Nf4 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Ne4 Nh3+ 21. Kg2
Nf4+ 22. Kg1 Nh3+ 23. Kg2 Nf4+ 24. Kg1 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal 9th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zugic, Igor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. c3 Nh5 5. Bg3 g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bh4
h6 9. g4 Nhf6 10. h3 Qb6 11. Qc2 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. Rg1 hxg4 14. hxg4 Nf8 15.
Nxg5 Bxg4 16. Be5 Bh5 17. Bd3 Rg8 18. Nh3 Bg4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Be2 Bxe2 21.
Rxg8 Ba6 22. Ng5 Qb5 23. O-O-O Bxg5 24. Rxg5 Qe2 25. Nb3 Qxc2+ 26. Kxc2 b6 27.
Rg8 Bc8 28. Rh1 f6 29. Kd2 Kf7 30. Rhh8 Bf5 31. Nc1 c5 32. Nd3 cxd4 33. exd4
Bxd3 34. Kxd3 Rc8 35. f4 e6 36. a4 a5 37. b3 Rd8 38. c4 Re8 39. c5 1-0

[Event "Montreal 9th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
O-O-O e6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. f4 b5 12. Kb1 h5 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Rhf1 Rb8
15. Qe1 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Nbd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bg7 19. Qe2 f5 20. Bb5 Qb6 21.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. Nf3 Qb5 23. Qd2 Rb6 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Ne5+ Kc7 26. Nc4 Rc6 27.
Nxd6 Qf6 28. Nc4 Rxc4 29. Qd7+ Kb8 30. Qb5+ Ka8 31. Qxa5+ Kb8 32. Qb6+ Ka8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal 9th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.08.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2008.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 c5 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. dxc5 Naxc5 13. Nd4 Bf6 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Nf5 Ne6 16. Bd6 Re8 17. Ba3 Be5 18. Qa4 Qf6 19. Qd7 Rab8 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21.
Rc8 Rexc8 22. Nxc8 h6 23. Be7 Nf8 24. Bxf6 Nxd7 25. Bxe5 Rxc8 26. Bc3 Nf6 27.
e3 Nd5 28. Bxe4 Nxc3 29. Bxb7 Rc7 30. bxc3 Rxb7 31. Kf1 Rc7 32. Rc1 Rc4 33. Ke2
g5 34. Kd3 Ra4 35. Rc2 Kg7 36. h3 Kf6 37. c4 Ke6 38. Rb2 Ra5 39. g4 f5 40. Rd2
Ke5 41. gxf5 Ra3+ 42. Ke2 Kxf5 43. Rc2 Ke4 44. Rd2 Ra4 45. f3+ Ke5 46. Rc2 Ra3
47. c5 bxc5 48. Rxc5+ Kf6 49. Rc2 Kf5 50. Kf2 h5 51. Rc5+ Kf6 52. Rc6+ Ke5 53.
Kg3 Rxe3 54. Ra6 Kf5 55. Ra5+ Re5 56. Rxa7 h4+ 57. Kf2 Rc5 58. a4 Kf4 59. Rf7+
Ke5 60. Re7+ Kf5 61. Re4 Rc2+ 62. Re2 Rc5 63. Rb2 Kf6 64. Ra2 Ra5 65. f4 gxf4
66. Kf3 Kf5 67. Ra1 Ke5 68. Re1+ Kf5 69. Re4 Kg5 70. Rxf4 Ra8 71. Rg4+ Kh5 72.
Re4 Kg5 73. Rg4+ Kh5 74. Rd4 Rg8 75. Rd3 Rg1 76. a5 Ra1 77. Rd5+ Kg6 78. Rd6+
Kf5 79. a6 Ra3+ 80. Ke2 Ke4 81. Rg6 Ra2+ 82. Kd1 Kd5 83. Rh6 Kc5 84. Rh5+ Kb6
85. Rxh4 Kxa6 86. Rh8 Kb5 87. h4 Kc4 88. h5 Kd3 89. Ke1 Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal 9th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.09.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2008.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 d6 4. d4 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O Qc7
9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Re1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Bf5 15.
Re1 Na6 16. Nh4 Rad8 17. Qe2 Bd3 18. Qg4 Nb4 19. Red1 e4 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. Bf1
e3 22. Bxd3 exf2+ 23. Kxf2 Nxd3+ 24. Kg1 Qb2 25. Rf1 Nf2 26. Rxf2 Qxa1+ 27. Kg2
Qe5 28. Kh3 Qe6 29. Nf5 Kh8 30. Nh6 Qxg4+ 31. Nxg4 Kg7 32. Rc2 Re4 33. Nf2 Red4
0-1

[Event "Montreal 9th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Qa4+ Nd7 9. e3 O-O 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Qb3 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 c6 13. O-O Qa5 14. a3 Bg4
15. Nd2 Qb5 16. Qb4 Rfe8 17. Rfb1 Qxb4 18. axb4 e5 19. Bg3 exd4 20. cxd4 Be2
21. Rb2 Bb5 22. h4 f6 23. Nb1 Bf8 24. Nc3 a6 25. Bc7 Rac8 26. Bb6 Bd6 27. Rd1
Bc4 28. e4 f5 29. e5 Be7 30. g3 Kf7 31. f3 Ke6 32. Kf2 h6 33. Bc5 Bd8 34. Bd6
b5 35. Rc1 a5 36. Ke3 axb4 37. Bxb4 Ra8 38. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.10.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Bg4 6. f3 Be6 7. Nh3 Bc5 8. Qe2
dxe4 9. dxe4 Qd4 10. Nd1 Bc4 11. c3 Qd3 12. Bf1 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Be6 14. Nhf2
Nbd7 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 Nb6 17. b4 Bxf2+ 18. Nxf2 Bc4 19. Rg1 O-O-O 20. Rxg7
Rhe8 21. e5 Nfd5 22. Rxf7 Nxc3 23. Bg4+ Kb8 24. Rxh7 Nbd5 25. a3 Nf6 26. Rh3
Nxg4 27. Rxc3 Nxf2 28. Rxc4 Nd3+ 29. Kf1 Rf8 30. e6 Rde8 31. Re4 Rf6 32. Ke2
Rfxe6 33. Rxe6 Nxc1+ 34. Rxc1 Rxe6+ 35. Kf3 Rh6 36. Rh1 Kc7 37. h4 Kd7 38. Kg4
Ke6 39. h5 Kf6 40. Rd1 Rh8 41. Rd6+ Ke7 42. Rg6 Kf7 43. Kg5 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.09.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2008.10.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. f4 f6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. d3 Ne7 8. Qc2 Nd7
9. e4 e5 10. f5 Qb6+ 11. Kh1 g6 12. h3 Bxf5 13. b4 Bxb4 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. exf5
Nxf5 16. Kh2 Bd6 17. Re1 O-O 18. Ba3 Rfc8 19. Qd2 Nc5 20. Nc3 Qa5 21. Bb2 d4
22. Ne4 Qxd2 23. Nfxd2 Nxd3 24. g4 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Ne3 26. Nxd6 Rc2 27. Bc1 Rd8
28. Be4 Rxd6 29. Bxc2 Nxc2 30. Re2 Rc6 31. Ne4 d3 32. Rf2 Kg7 33. Bb2 Rc4 34.
Nxf6 Nd4 35. Ne4 Nc6 36. Ng5 h6 37. Nf3 Rc5 38. Ne1 Rd5 39. Rd2 Kf7 40. Rxd3
Ra5 41. a3 Rb5 42. Bc1 Rb1 43. Rc3 Ke6 44. Nf3 h5 45. Kg3 hxg4 46. Kxg4 Rb5 47.
Be3 a6 48. Nd2 Ne7 49. Ne4 Rb2 50. Rd3 Nf5 51. Bf2 b6 52. Nd2 b5 53. Kg5 Ne7
54. Ne4 Re2 55. Rd6+ Kf7 56. Rf6+ Ke8 57. Nd6+ Kd7 58. Nb7 e4 59. Nc5+ Ke8 60.
Kg4 e3 61. Bg3 Nf5 62. Rxg6 Nd4 63. Ne6 Nb3 64. h4 Rc2 65. h5 e2 66. h6 Kf7 67.
h7 Rc8 68. Kf5 Nd4+ 69. Nxd4 Rc5+ 70. Kg4 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.10.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.10.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 Bf6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. Bd2 b5 10. O-O d6 11. f4 Nge7 12. Rae1 b4 13. Nd1 e5 14. Qh5 exf4
15. Bxf4 Be6 16. Bc1 Ng6 17. Ne3 O-O 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nce5 20. Bf5 Re8 21.
Re3 Qb6 22. Kh1 Qb5 23. Rd1 Nf8 24. Bxh7+ Nxh7 25. Rh3 Kf8 26. Qxh7 Qe2 27.
Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qh5 Qxh5 29. Rxh5 Nc4 30. Rf1 Rac8 31. Bg5 Bxg5 32. Rxg5 Kf8 33.
h3 Ne3 34. Rc1 Rxc2 35. Rxc2 Nxc2 36. Nd2 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Ne3 38. a3 Re2 39. Ne4
b3 40. Nxd6 f6 41. Rh5 Rxg2+ 42. Kh1 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bhat, Vinay S"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.10.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Nd4 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Rc8 12. f4 c6 13. Rac1 Re8 14. Kh1 Qa5
15. Bg1 cxd5 16. cxd5 Nb6 17. a3 Na4 18. Nb1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qa6 20. Qc2 Nc5 21.
Nd2 Nd3 22. Rf1 Nd7 23. b4 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Nb6 25. Qb3 Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Rc8 27. Rf1
Qe2 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. Nxf3 Rc2 30. Bxb6 axb6 31. Kg1 Ra2 32. Rc1 Rxa3 33. Rc7
Kf8 34. Rxb7 Re3 35. Rxb6 Rxe4 36. Kf2 h6 37. Rb5 e5 38. Nd2 Rd4 39. Nb3 Rc4
40. Na5 Rc2+ 41. Kf1 Rc1+ 42. Ke2 Rc2+ 43. Kd1 Rxg2 44. Rb8+ Kg7 45. b5 e4 46.
b6 Rg5 47. Ra8 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Altounian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.10.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. d3 e5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. e4 c6 6. Nh3 Bg4 7. f3 Bxh3 8. Bxh3
Qb6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Ne3 Rfe8 12. O-O Nc5 13. Kh1 Bf8 14. a4 Rad8
15. Bd2 Ne6 16. Bc3 Nd4 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Nf5 h6 20. Rae1 c5 21.
Bg2 Re6 22. f4 dxe4 23. dxe4 Qb6 24. c4 dxc3 25. Qxc3 g6 26. Nh4 Red6 27. e5
Rd3 28. Qc1 Nd5 29. e6 fxe6 30. Nxg6 Nb4 31. f5 exf5 32. Qc4+ Kg7 33. Ne5 Qf6
34. Nxd3 Nxd3 35. Re3 Nxb2 36. Qb5 Qb6 37. Rb3 Qxb5 38. Rxb5 Nxa4 39. Rxb7+ Kg6
40. Rxa7 Nc3 41. Bh3 Rd5 42. Ra6+ Kg5 43. Bxf5 Bd6 44. h4+ Kh5 45. Kg2 Ne2 46.
Be6 Rd2 47. Rf5+ Kg6 48. h5+ 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. a4 a5 14. Nd3 b6 15. Nb5 Nf6
16. Nc3 {..} 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. c4 c6 8. O-O Qa5
9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. e4 Na6 13. a3 fxe4 14. b4 Qd8 15. Nxe4
Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bf5 17. Qe3 Qd3 18. Rfe1 Qxe3 19. Rxe3 e4 20. Nd4 Rad8 21. Nxf5
Bxb2 22. Rb1 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 gxf5 24. Bf1 c5 25. bxc5 Nxc5 26. Rxa7 Rd6 27. Ra5
b6 28. Rab5 Ree6 29. R5b2 Kg7 30. Ra2 Kg6 31. Ra8 Rd2 32. Rg8+ Kf7 33. Rh8 Kg7
34. Rb8 Nd7 35. Rb7 Kf6 36. Ra7 h5 37. Ra8 Ne5 38. Rba1 Nf3+ 39. Kg2 e3 40.
R8a2 Ne1+ 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Nb5 d5 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Bc7 Qc8 13. Bd6 Qd8 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15.
Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nc7 Rac8 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qb2 Qf6 19. Qxf6 N7xf6 20. Rfc1 Nc3
21. Kf1 Rc7 22. Rc2 Rfc8 23. Nd4 Nfd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Nb5 Rd7
27. Rc1 g5 28. Rc4 Kg7 29. e4 Ne7 30. h3 a6 31. Nc7 Rd1+ 32. Ke2 Ra1 33. Rc2 a5
34. a4 Rh1 35. Na8 Rxh3 36. Nxb6 Rh1 37. Rc5 f5 38. Rc7 Kf8 39. Nc8 Ng6 40.
exf5 exf5 41. Rc5 f4 42. Rxa5 Rb1 43. Rb5 g4 44. gxf4 Nxf4+ 45. Ke3 Ng2+ 46.
Kd3 h5 47. Kc2 Rf1 48. Rf5+ Kg7 49. Rxh5 Rxf2+ 50. Kc3 Rf3+ 51. Kb4 g3 52. a5
Nf4 53. Rg5+ Kf6 54. Rg4 Nd3+ 55. Ka3 Nc5 56. Kb4 Nd3+ 57. Ka3 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bd3 h6 14. e4 e5 15.
d5 c5 16. a4 b6 17. Be3 Be7 18. Nd2 Qb8 19. Nf1 h5 20. Qd2 Nf6 21. Bg5 Ra7 22.
Bc2 Rd8 23. h4 g6 24. Ne3 Ne8 25. Nc4 f6 26. Be3 Nd6 27. b3 Bd7 28. f4 Nxc4 29.
bxc4 Bd6 30. f5 gxf5 31. exf5 e4 32. Rf1 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Rxa7 Qxa7 35. Qe2
bxc4 36. Qxh5 Be8 37. Qg4+ Qg7 38. Qxe4 Bf7 39. Bf4 Bxf4 40. Rxf4 Bxd5 41. Qe2
Kf8 42. Rg4 Qe7 43. Qd2 Qe5 44. h5 Ra8 45. h6 Ra1+ 46. Kf2 c3 47. Qe2 Qh2 48.
Be4 Ra2 49. Bxd5 Rxe2+ 50. Kxe2 Qxh6 51. Be4 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
a5 9. Bg2 Na6 10. O-O Re8 11. Nf4 c6 12. f3 Be6 13. e4 c5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Ncxd5
Bxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd4 17. f4 Bc5 18. b4 Ba7 19. Kh1 Nc7 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. Bb2 Rad8
22. Qf3 Nb6 23. Rac1 Nc4 24. bxa5 b5 25. axb6 Qxb6 26. Rxc4 Qxb2 27. Qd3 g6 28.
f5 Re7 29. e6 fxe6 30. fxg6 Qb8 31. gxh7+ Rxh7 32. Qg6+ Kh8 33. Be4 Rdd7 34.
Qf6+ Rhg7 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Qxe6+ Rgf7 37. Rxf7 Rxf7 38. Rc8+ Qxc8 39. Qxc8+ Kg7
40. Bd3 Re7 41. a4 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. e5
dxe5 9. fxe5 Nd5 10. O-O Bf5 11. Nh4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be6 13. Nf3 Na5 14. Qe1 Bc4
15. Ba3 b5 16. Nd2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qd7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bb4 Nc6 20. Rxa8 Rxa8
21. Qf3 Rf8 22. Bc5 Nd8 23. Ne4 Ne6 24. Kh1 f5 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Qd3 Nxc5 27.
Nxc5 Qc6 28. c4 bxc4 29. Qxc4+ Kh8 30. d5 Qd6 31. Ne6 Rc8 32. Qb5 c6 33. Qb7
Rb8 34. Qxc6 Qxc6 35. dxc6 Rc8 36. Rd1 Kg8 37. Rd8+ Rxd8 38. Nxd8 Be5 39. Ne6
1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3
Qe8 9. Rb1 Nc5 10. Nd4 Qf7 11. b4 e5 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxb7 Rab8
15. Bg2 Bxc4 16. Be3 Rbe8 17. Qd2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. a4 a6 20. b5 axb5 21.
axb5 Qf5 22. b6 cxb6 23. Rxb6 d5 24. Rb7 Rf7 25. Rfb1 Qf6 26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. Bf1
Qf6 28. Bg5 Qf5 29. Rb7 Ra8 30. h4 Be5 31. Re7 Rf8 32. Bf4 Bxf4 33. gxf4 Qg4+
34. Bg2 Qxh4 35. Rc7 Qxf4 36. Qxf4 Rxf4 37. e3 Rf7 38. Rc8+ Kg7 39. Rc5 Re7 40.
Rc6 Be2 41. Bh3 Ra7 42. Rd6 Bc4 43. Kg2 h5 44. Kg3 Ra1 45. Kf4 Rh1 46. Be6 Rf1
47. Kg5 Rg1+ 48. Kf4 Rg2 49. Bxd5 Rxf2+ 50. Kxe4 Bxd5+ 51. Rxd5 h4 52. Rd7+ Rf7
0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Bxc3+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Na5 13. h4 Bg4 14. h5
Bxf3 15. gxf3 e5 16. Qc3 Re8 17. Qxc5 b6 18. Qa3 Rc8 19. Bb5 Rf8 20. d6 Rc5 21.
Qd3 Qg5 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. d7 Rd8 24. Rd1 a6 25. Bxa6 Nc6 26. Qe3 Nd4 27. Qxg5
Nxf3+ 28. Kf1 Nxg5 29. Kg2 Nxe4 30. Bb7 Nf6 31. Bc8 Kf8 32. Rd6 Ke7 33. Rxb6
Nxd7 34. Bxd7 Rxd7 35. Rh7 Rc2 36. a4 Ra2 37. a5 Rxa5 38. Rxg6 Ra4 39. Rg3 Ke6
40. Rh6+ f6 41. Rf3 Rg7+ 42. Kh3 Rf7 43. Rg6 e4 44. Rb3 Ra5 45. f3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nb3
Nc8 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 a6 11. c4 Na7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nfd2 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Be4 15.
Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Bd5 17. Nb6 Nxe5 18. Nxa8 Qxa8 19. Bf4 Ng6 20. Bd6 Rd8 21.
Bd3 Nc8 22. Bxg6 Nxd6 23. cxd6 fxg6 24. Qg4 Kh7 25. Qg3 Qb8 26. d7 Qxg3 27.
fxg3 Rxd7 28. b4 g5 29. Rad1 Rc7 30. Rc1 Rd7 31. Rcd1 Rc7 32. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 Qe7 8. Qe2 Ng8
9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Nh3 c4 11. Nf4 Qc5 12. Nfxd5 Bxd5 13. Be3 Qb4 14. a3 Qa5 15. Bd2
Be6 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Qxc4 Ra7 18. Rc1 axb5 19. Nc7+ Rxc7 20. Qxc7 Nc6 21. Qxd8+
Kxd8 22. Bxb5 Nxe5 23. Ba5+ Ke7 24. Rc8 f5 25. Bb4+ d6 26. Rxf8 Kxf8 27. Bxd6+
Kf7 28. Bxe5 Nf6 29. O-O Rc8 30. a4 Nd5 31. Ra1 Rc2 32. Bd3 Rd2 33. Bc4 Rc2 34.
b3 Ne3 35. Bxe6+ Kxe6 36. Bd4 f4 37. Bxe3 fxe3 38. a5 Kd5 39. a6 Rc8 40. a7 Ra8
41. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nb3
Nc8 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 a6 11. c4 Na7 12. Be3 dxc4 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nxc4 Nb5 15.
Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Rac1 c5 19. Qe4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21.
Bxd4 Qb8 22. Be3 Rfe8 23. h4 Nf8 24. h5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rc1 Nd7 27. g3
Bc5 28. Kg2 Bxe3 29. Qxe3 Rc8 30. Rc3 Rc6 31. Qd4 Qc7 32. f4 Rc5 33. b4 Rc6 34.
Rc2 b5 35. axb6 Nxb6 36. Qd6 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nge4 Be7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rfd1 c5 15.
dxc5 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxc5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Be1 Qb6 19. Qe2 Nd6 20. Rac1 Bf6 21.
h3 a6 22. b3 Rc6 23. Qf3 Rfc8 24. Na4 Qc7 25. Ba5 Qb7 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Nc3 Qc8
28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 Rc1 30. Qd3 Qc2 31. Qxc2 Rxc2 32. Rd2 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Bc3
34. Bxc3 Rxc3 35. Kg3 Rc6 36. Kf3 g5 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Ra8 h5 39. g4 hxg4+ 40.
hxg4 Kf6 41. Ra7 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Qc2 Be4 13. Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.31"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nd5 e6 11. Ne7+ Nxe7 12. Bxe7 Rd7 13. Ba3 b6 14. Nh3 Ba6
15. e5 Ne8 16. f4 f6 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 fxe5 19. Kc2 Rc8 20. Kb3 Nf6 21.
Bd3 Rd8 22. Rd1 Ng4 23. Be2 Rxd1 24. Bxd1 Ne3 25. Be2 Nxg2 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27.
Bg4 Bxc4+ 28. Kxc4 Ne3+ 29. Kb5 Nxg4 30. Ka6 Ne3 31. Kxa7 Nc4 32. Ng5 Bxh2 33.
Nxe6 h5 34. Bb4 h4 35. b3 h3 36. Ng5 Bb8+ 37. Kxb8 h2 38. bxc4 h1=Q 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.31"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 d6 8. a3
Qa5 9. Nbd2 bxa3 10. Rxa3 Qb4 11. Rb3 Qa5 12. Ra3 Qb6 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. O-O a5
15. Rc1 Na6 16. Ne1 e5 17. Qb5 Nb4 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Nb3 Nc6 20. c5 e4 21. e3
Bd7 22. Qe2 Qe5 23. Qd2 Rfd8 24. Qc3 Qh5 25. Nd4 Bh3 26. Nxc6 bxc6 27. Qc4 Re8
28. Rca1 Rab8 29. Rxa5 Rxb2 30. Ra8 Rbb8 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Qa4 Rc8 33. Qd1 Bg4
34. Qd6 h6 35. Nc2 Bh3 36. Ne1 Ng4 37. Bxe4 Re8 38. Qxc6 Re6 39. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8
15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nbd2 Nxd2 17. Rxd2 Nxb3 18. axb3 Rc8 19. Rc1 Qb4 20. Rc5 Rab8
21. Rd3 Rb5 22. Rc6 Rb6 23. Rxb6 Qxb6 24. Qxb6 cxb6 25. Rc3 Rxc3 26. bxc3 a5
27. Nd4 Bd7 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. f4 Ke7 30. f5 h5 31. Ke2 f6 32. e6 Be8 33. h3 h4
34. Ke3 g6 35. Nf3 gxf5 36. Nxh4 Kxe6 37. g3 Bh5 38. Ng2 Bd1 39. Nf4+ Kd6 40.
b4 a4 41. Kd2 a3 42. Kc1 Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2008.10.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
c6 9. Bf4 d5 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Rfc1 c5 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. cxd5 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Bxd5 16. Qxd4 Bc5 17. Bxf6 Bxd4 18. Bxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Rc2
Rad8 21. Rac1 h6 22. Nf3 Bf6 23. e4 R5d7 24. b3 g5 25. h3 Kg7 26. Kf1 Bd4 27.
b4 Bf6 28. Ke2 h5 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Be7 31. a3 a5 32. bxa5 bxa5 33. a4 Bd6
34. Rd1 Be7 35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. Ne5 Rd4 37. Rc4 Rxc4 38. Nxc4 Bb4 39. Ne5 Bc3 40.
Nc6 f5 41. Kd3 Be1 42. f3 Kf6 43. Kc4 fxe4 44. fxe4 Bd2 45. e5+ Kf7 46. Kc5 Ke8
47. Kd6 Kf7 48. Nd8+ Ke8 49. Nxe6 Bb4+ 50. Kd5 Bd2 51. Ke4 Ke7 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT 0809"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2008.11.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Knoll, Hermann"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.11.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ansfelden"]
[BlackTeam "Wien Husek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qa4+ c6 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. g3 O-O 11. Bh3 c5 12. O-O Na6 13. Rfd1 Nc7 14. Rac1 Ne6
15. e3 Qe7 16. Bg2 Rfd8 17. Ne2 a6 18. Qb3 c4 19. Qc2 b5 20. Nf4 a5 21. Nh5 Bg5
22. Nxg5 Nxg5 23. h4 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. a4 Bc8 26. Nf4 Bg4 27. axb5 Bxd1 28.
Rxd1 Qb4 29. Qxe4 Qxb2 30. Rb1 Qd2 31. Nh5 Qd3 32. Qxd3 cxd3 33. Nf4 d2 34. Nd3
Rdb8 35. Rd1 Rxb5 36. Rxd2 a4 37. Kf1 Rb1+ 38. Ke2 Ra1 39. d5 a3 40. Nb4 Rb1
41. Na2 Rb2 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 0809"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "245"]
[EventDate "2008.11.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wien Husek"]
[BlackTeam "Holz Dohr"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Qe4 Nc6 12. Qxd5 Nd8 13. Qxd7+ Qxd7 14. Nxd7
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Kxd7 16. Rd1+ Kc6 17. Nc3 Re8 18. e4 Bf6 19. Bd2 Nb7 20. Rac1 Nd6
21. f3 Nc4 22. Bf4 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. b3 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Na3 26. Rc1 a5 27.
Kf2 Rd7 28. Ke3 f6 29. g4 b5 30. g5 b4 31. gxf6 gxf6 32. Bh6 Nb5 33. Rc2 Nc3
34. Kf4 a4 35. bxa4 Nxa4 36. Kf5 Rd3 37. Rf2 c4 38. Kxf6 b3 39. axb3 cxb3 40.
Bc1 Rd1 41. Bb2 Nc5 42. e5 Kd5 43. h4 h5 44. Re2 Rf1 45. Rd2+ Kc6 46. Kg6 Rxf3
47. Kxh5 Nd3 48. Kg4 Re3 49. h5 Nxe5+ 50. Kf4 Rh3 51. Bxe5 Rxh5 52. Rd3 Rh4+
53. Kf5 Rb4 54. Bb2 Rb8 55. Ke4 Kc5 56. Rd7 Rg8 57. Ba3+ Kc4 58. Rc7+ Kb5 59.
Kd4 Rg2 60. Rb7+ Ka4 61. Ra7+ Kb5 62. Kc3 Rg3+ 63. Kb2 Re3 64. Bf8 Kc4 65. Rc7+
Kd5 66. Bg7 Kd6 67. Ra7 Kc5 68. Bc3 Kc4 69. Ra4+ Kd5 70. Rd4+ Ke5 71. Rd8+ Ke4
72. Kxb3 Rd3 73. Re8+ Kd5 74. Kb4 Rh3 75. Rd8+ Ke4 76. Kc4 Rh7 77. Bd4 Re7 78.
Bc5 Re6 79. Rd1 Kf5 80. Bd6 Ke4 81. Re1+ Kf5 82. Rf1+ Ke4 83. Kc5 Rg6 84. Re1+
Kf3 85. Kd5 Rg2 86. Be5 Rg4 87. Ra1 Re4 88. Rf1+ Ke2 89. Rh1 Rg4 90. Rh3 Kf2
91. Bd4+ Kg2 92. Ra3 Rf4 93. Ke5 Rh4 94. Be3 Rc4 95. Bd4 Rc2 96. Ke4 Re2+ 97.
Be3 Kf1 98. Ra8 Rg2 99. Kd3 Rg4 100. Ra2 Rg3 101. Rb2 Rf3 102. Rb8 Kg2 103. Ke2
Rg3 104. Bf4 Rg6 105. Be5 Rg5 106. Re8 Kh3 107. Kf3 Rg3+ 108. Kf4 Kg2 109. Ra8
Rf3+ 110. Ke4 Rf2 111. Bd4 Rf7 112. Rg8+ Kh3 113. Rg6 Rf8 114. Be3 Rf1 115. Rg7
Kh4 116. Bf4 Kh3 117. Bg3 Kg2 118. Rg8 Kh1 119. Ke3 Rf7 120. Bf4 Rg7 121. Rh8+
Kg2 122. Rh2+ Kg1 123. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUT-chT 0809"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2008.11.09"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2008.11.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Maria Saal"]
[BlackTeam "Wien Husek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qh4+ 12. Bf2 Qf4 13. c5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 g6 17. Be3 h5 18. Bb5 Ke7 19. Bg5+ Ke6 20. Kc3 h4 21. h3
Ne7 22. f4 Nf5 23. Be2 b6 24. b4 a5 25. a3 Be7 26. Bg4 Bxg5 27. fxg5 Ke7 28.
Bf3 Rhd8 29. Rhb1 Ra7 30. Kd3 Rb8 31. b5 bxc5 32. dxc5 a4 33. Rb4 Ra5 34. Rab1
Rd8 35. Bd1 c6 36. b6 Rxc5 37. Rxa4 Rb8 38. Ra7+ Ke6 39. a4 Kxe5 40. a5 d4 41.
a6 Rc3+ 42. Kd2 Ra3 43. Rb7 Ra2+ 44. Kd3 Rc8 45. a7 c5 46. Bb3 Rh2 47. Rb8 c4+
48. Bxc4 Rxh3+ 49. Kd2 Rxc4 50. Re8+ Kf4 51. a8=Q d3 52. Rf1+ Kxg5 53. Qd8+ f6
54. Rxf5+ 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT 0809"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2009.01.22"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.11.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wien Husek"]
[BlackTeam "Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Qc2
g6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bg7 11. h4 O-O 12. h5 g5 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. O-O-O b6 15.
Qe2 Bb7 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 c5 18. Kb1 Rfd8 19. g4 cxd4 20. exd4 Qf6 21. Qd3
Qf4 22. Rhg1 Rac8 23. Ne2 Qd6 24. Nd2 Ne5 25. Qb3 Nc6 26. Ne4 Qb4 27. Qxb4 Nxb4
28. f4 gxf4 29. g5 Kf8 30. Rgf1 Nd5 31. Nxf4 Nxf4 32. Rxf4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Bxd4
34. Rf3 Ke7 35. gxh6 Rh8 36. Ra3 b5 37. Ra5 f5 38. Ng3 Bf2 39. Nh1 Bb6 40. Rxb5
Rxh6 41. a4 Rxh5 42. Ng3 Rg5 43. Ne2 Rg2 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 0809"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2009.01.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Neubauer, Martin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2008.11.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Raika St Veit/Glan"]
[BlackTeam "Wien Husek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. e4 e5 6. Be2 Nh6 7. h4 f6 8. h5 g5
9. d5 O-O 10. O-O a5 11. Nd2 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Nde4 h6 14. Bg4 b6 15. Qd3
Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Ne4 Qf7 18. Bd2 Nd4 19. Bxc8 Raxc8 20. Ng3 b5 21. Rac1
e4 22. Qxe4 bxc4 23. Rxc4 c5 24. Be3 Be5 25. Qd3 Rce8 26. Rcc1 Kh8 27. Qc4 Rb8
28. b3 Rb4 29. Qd3 Qxd5 30. Qg6 Rf6 31. Qe8+ Qg8 32. Qxg8+ Kxg8 33. Rfe1 Rb8
34. Rc4 Rbf8 35. Ne2 Nc6 36. Rd1 Re6 37. Nc3 Nb4 38. Rd2 Bxc3 39. Rxc3 Kf7 40.
Rc4 Ke7 41. Re2 Rf5 42. Kf1 Rfe5 43. Rd2 Nd5 44. Ra4 Nxe3+ 45. fxe3 Rxe3 46.
Rxa5 g4 47. Ra7+ Kf6 48. Rf2+ Kg5 49. g3 Rxg3 50. Rg7+ Kxh5 51. Rh2+ Rh3 52.
Rxh3+ gxh3 53. Kg1 Re1+ 54. Kh2 Re2+ 55. Kxh3 Rxa2 56. Rg3 Rd2 57. Rc3 Kg5 58.
Kg3 h5 59. Rf3 h4+ 60. Kh3 Rd4 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 0809"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2009.01.24"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shengelia, Davit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2008.11.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wien Husek"]
[BlackTeam "Graz Styria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nc6 4. a3 Be6 5. b4 Qd7 6. Bb2 f6 7. Nd2 a5 8. b5 Nd8
9. c4 c6 10. bxc6 bxc6 11. Ngf3 Bd6 12. O-O Ne7 13. Qa4 Nb7 14. Nb3 Nc8 15.
Nbd2 Ne7 16. d4 e4 17. Ne1 h5 18. Nc2 h4 19. Rfc1 hxg3 20. fxg3 f5 21. cxd5
cxd5 22. Qxd7+ Bxd7 23. Rcb1 Rc8 24. Ne3 f4 25. gxf4 Bxf4 26. Ndf1 Nd6 27. Rc1
Rb8 28. Rcb1 Rb3 29. Nd1 Nc4 30. Bc3 a4 31. Bb4 Nf5 32. Rxb3 axb3 33. Rb1 Kf7
34. Nc3 Bc6 35. Rxb3 Nxd4 36. Rb1 Ke6 37. Bc5 Ke5 38. Kf2 Ne6 39. Ba7 Ra8 40.
Bb8+ Kd4 41. Bxf4 Nxf4 42. Nd1 Nxg2 43. Kxg2 Rxa3 44. Kf2 e3+ 45. Kg3 Ra2 46.
Kf3 Kc5 47. Kf4 g5+ 48. Kg4 Rxe2 49. Ndxe3 Nxe3+ 50. Kf3 Nxf1 51. Kxe2 Bb5+ 52.
Kf2 d4 53. Re1 Kd5 54. Rb1 Bc4 55. Rb8 Nd2 56. Rg8 Ne4+ 57. Kf3 Bb3 58. h4 Bd1+
59. Kg2 gxh4 60. Rh8 d3 61. Rxh4 d2 62. Rh1 Be2 63. Ra1 Ke5 64. Rh1 Kf4 65.
Rh4+ Bg4 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 0809"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.11.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Absam"]
[BlackTeam "Wien Husek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Na6 9. Bf4 h6 10. h4 c6 11. Qc1 Kh7 12. Rd1 Bg4 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Qb1 Bf5 15.
e4 Bc8 16. Bf1 Nc7 17. a4 a5 18. b4 Ne6 19. Be3 Nd7 20. f4 Qb6 21. Nc4 Qd8 22.
e5 axb4 23. Qxb4 Nc7 24. d5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. Rxd5 Qe8 27. Rb5 Ra6 28. Bg2
f6 29. exf6 Nxf6 30. Re1 Bd7 31. Bxb7 Rxa4 32. Qxa4 Bxb5 33. Qb4 Qd7 34. Na3
Qxb7 35. Nxb5 Rb8 36. Rb1 Qf3 37. Bf2 Ne4 38. Qe1 Nxf2 39. Qxf2 Qd3 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 0809"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2009.03.19"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.11.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wien Husek"]
[BlackTeam "Jenbach"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O Ne5 14. Be2
Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bb5 16. Rfd1 Qd7 17. d5 exd5 18. Qb4 Rac8 19. exd5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1
Re8 21. h3 g6 22. Qf4 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. d6 b6 25. g4 Qe6 26. Qd4 h5 27.
Bd5 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 hxg4 29. Qf6 g3+ 30. Kxg3 Qg1+ 31. Kh4 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT 0809"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Miroshnichenko, Evgenij"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2008.11.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wulkaprodersdorf"]
[BlackTeam "Wien Husek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. a4 c5 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Qb2 Ne4 14. Be1 f5 15. b4
Bc6 16. a5 cxb4 17. Bxb4 bxa5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. c5 Rab8 20. Qc1 a4 21. Nc2 Rb3
22. Nce1 Bb5 23. Bf1 Rc3 24. Qb2 Rb3 25. Qc1 f4 26. gxf4 Ndf6 27. Rd3 Bxd3 28.
exd3 Nh5 29. dxe4 dxe4 30. Nd2 Rbb8 31. Nxe4 Nxf4 32. Nf3 Nd5 33. Ne5 Qh4 34.
Qe1 Rb2 35. Rxa4 Nc3 36. Qxc3 Rbxf2 37. Bh3 Qxe4 38. Ra1 Kh8 39. Re1 Qh4 40.
Qe3 Rc2 41. Rf1 Rxf1+ 42. Kxf1 a5 43. Nf7+ Kg8 44. Ng5 Kh8 45. Bxe6 Qh5 46.
Nf7+ Kg8 47. Ne5+ Kh8 48. Bg4 Qe8 49. Qb3 Rc1+ 50. Kg2 a4 51. Qb2 Re1 52. Qc3
Rb1 53. c6 Rb3 54. Qc2 Qa8 55. Be6 Re3 56. Nf7+ Kg8 57. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "AUT-chT 0809"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2008.11.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wien Husek"]
[BlackTeam "Hohenems"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. O-O Qb6 13. a4 a5 14. Nde4 b4 15. Na2
O-O-O 16. Bxc4 Nf4 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 c5 19. Bxf4 gxf4 20. Qh5 Qxd6 21.
Rfd1 Rhg8 22. f3 Rg5 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 0809"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Ruck, Robert"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2008.11.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pamhagen"]
[BlackTeam "Wien Husek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bg2 Qc8 7. O-O h5 8. h4
Nh6 9. Bg5 Ng4 10. Rc1 f6 11. Bd2 e5 12. Nd5 Be6 13. Qc2 Kf7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
b4 Nd8 16. b5 c6 17. Nc3 Bf8 18. Qa4 Bd7 19. Rfd1 a6 20. Qb3 Ne6 21. Ne4 Nc5
22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Be1 e4 24. Nd4 Re8 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Rb1 f5 27. Qb7 Ra7 28.
Qxc8 Rxc8 29. e3 Be7 30. Bf1 c5 31. Ne2 Ba4 32. Rdc1 Ne5 33. Nf4 Nf3+ 34. Kg2
g5 35. hxg5 Bxg5 36. Be2 Bxf4 37. exf4 h4 38. Bc3 Rd7 39. gxh4 Rg8+ 40. Kh3 Rg4
41. h5 Rd6 42. Rb7+ Kf8 43. Bxf3 Rd3 44. h6 Rxf3+ 45. Kh2 Rxf2+ 46. Kh3 Rf3+
47. Kh2 Rh4+ 48. Kg2 Rfh3 49. Bg7+ Ke8 50. Rg1 Rd3 51. Rgb1 Rd2+ 52. Kg1 Rg4+
53. Kf1 Rxf4+ 54. Kg1 Rg4+ 55. Kf1 e3 56. R7b2 Bc2 57. Rb8+ Kf7 58. Rf8+ Kg6
59. Rb6+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "USA tt qf"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 c5 17. d5 c4 18. b4 a5 19. a4 Qc7 20. Be3 axb4 21. cxb4 bxa4 22.
Bxa4 c3 23. Qd3 Rec8 24. Bb5 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Nb6 26. Ne1 Nbxd5 27. exd5 Nxd5 28.
Nc2 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. Bc4 Qb7 31. f3 Kg7 32. Bxd5 Qxd5 33. Qxd5 Bxd5 34.
Ne2 Bb3 35. Na1 Bc4 36. Nxc3 d5 37. Bc5 Bxc5+ 38. bxc5 Kf6 39. Nc2 Ke6 40. Nb4
d4 41. Nb1 f5 42. Na3 Bb3 43. Kf2 Ba4 44. Nc4 e4 45. f4 g5 46. g3 Bb5 47. Ne5
h5 48. h4 gxf4 49. gxf4 Ba4 50. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 {Das ist der Hauptzug gegen
den Paulsen mit e6-a6. Andere Alternativen sind 5.Nc3 und 5.c4} (5. c4 {
führt zum offenen Kampf.} Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 d6 8. Be3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. f3
Be7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rc1 O-O $132) (5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. O-O Bb7
$132 {Das ist eine ganz andere Geschichte, es entsteht ebenfalls eine Stellung
mit Chancen für beide Seiten.}) 5... Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 (6... Ba7 {Das ist eine
Alternative, die jedoch innerhalb der letzten Zeit immer weniger Anhänger
findet.} 7. Qg4 $5 {wurde seit Kurzem populär, und das nicht ohne Grund.} Nf6
8. Qg3 d6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 Nh5 12. Qf3 Qh4 13. g3 Ne5 14. Qe2 Qg4
(14... Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 Qh3 16. O-O-O $14) 15. O-O-O Nf6 (15... Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3
O-O 17. f3 Qg6 18. Qxd6 $16) 16. f4 Qxe2 17. Bxe2 Neg4 18. Be1 Ke7 19. Rd3 h5 (
19... Bd7 20. Bf3 e5 21. Nd1 Bb5 22. Rc3 $14 {Erenburg - Zhao (Pawtucket, 2008)
}) 20. Bf3 $1 h4 21. Nd1 $14 {Erenburg - Friedel (Pawtucket, 2008)}) 7. Qg4 Bf6
{Ein giftiger Zug. Es gibt keine große Theorie hier, weil sehr wenige Partien
gespielt wurden. Es sieht komisch aus, den Läufer nach f6 zu stellen, aber es
hat auch einige Vorteile.} 8. O-O (8. N1d2 $1 {Das sieht meiner Meinung nach
am besten aus. Der größte Nachteil des Zuges 7....Bf6 ist die Schwäche des
Feldes d6. Auf diese Art versucht Weiß, diese Schwäche sofort zu nutzen.} Nc6 (
8... b5 $2 9. a4 bxa4 10. Rxa4 $16) 9. Qg3 d6 (9... Nge7 10. Nc4 d5 $1 (10...
O-O 11. e5 Nf5 12. Bxf5 Bh4 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qc3 $16) 11. Nd6+ Kf8 12. Nxc8
Rxc8 13. O-O $14) 10. Nc4 e5 {Jetzt ist es klar - wenn man ...Bf6 spielt, um
danach ...e5 zu ziehen, dann ist etwas falsch an der Variante.} (10... Ne5 11.
Nxe5 Bxe5 (11... dxe5 12. h4 $1 h6 13. Be3 $16) 12. f4 Bf6 13. O-O Qc7 14. c4
$14 {/\c5-e5}) 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. c3 Nge7 14. O-O O-O $14 {Almasi -
Nakamura (Dresden, 2008)}) (8. Qg3 Nc6 9. Nc3 $6 {Ich denke, dass die richtige
Strecke für den Springer über die Felder d2 und c4 führt.} (9. N1d2 $1 {
-> 8.N1d2}) 9... Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. Qxg5 d6 13. f4 b5 $132 {
Leko - Ivanchuk (Dresden, 2008)}) 8... Nc6 9. f4 {Zu direkt. Weiß stellt sich
standardmäßig auf, doch gerade gegen diesen üblichen Aufbau ist das schwarze
Manöver Bf6-Nge7 gerichtet. Weiß kommt weder zu e5, noch zu f5.} (9. Qg3 $5
Nge7 10. N1d2 d5 11. Nf3 $13) 9... d6 10. Qg3 Qc7 11. N1d2 Nge7 12. Nf3 Ng6 $11
{Schwarz hat erfolgreich ausgeglichen. Im Zentrum hat Weiß kein Spiel.} 13. c3
(13. a4 $6 Nb4 14. Nbd4 O-O $132 {Jeden Moment kann Schwarz die Stellung
sprengen, während Weiß immer noch keinen Durchbruchsplan hat.}) 13... b5 14.
Be3 Bb7 {Beide Seiten haben sich aufgestelt, nun ist es Zeit an einem Plan zu
arbeiten.} 15. Ng5 $6 (15. Nbd4 {Mir gefällt der Springer b3 überhaupt nicht.
Bevor es zu Aktionen am Königsflügel kommt, würde ich lieber zuerst den
Springer ins Spiel bringen, um ihn zumindest auf c6 abzutauschen und damit die
schwarze Kontrolle über das Feld e5 (im Falle, dass Weiß mit f5 fortfahren
will) zu schwächen.} O-O (15... e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. a4 $36) 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17.
Rad1 Rad8 $132) (15. h4 $5 {verdient ebenfalls Betrachtung.} e5 $1 (15... h5
16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Qxg6+ Qf7 19. Qxf7+ Kxf7 20. Nxe5+ $18) (15...
O-O 16. h5 Nge7 17. Nh2 $1 $16) 16. f5 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Qxf4 Qb6+ 19. Kh1
Ne5 20. Rad1 O-O $44 {Zweifellos hat Schwarz Kompensation für den Bauern, aber
Weiß kann hier um Vorteil kämpfen.}) 15... e5 $1 (15... O-O 16. f5 $1 {Das ist
die Idee des Zuges 15.Ng5.} Nge5 (16... Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Nge5 18. Bf6 g6 19. Qh3
Nd7 20. fxe6 $16) 17. fxe6 Bxg5 (17... Nxd3 18. Rxf6 fxe6 19. Nxe6 $18) 18.
exf7+ Nxf7 19. Bxg5 Nxg5 20. Qxg5 Ne5 21. Bc2 $16) 16. fxe5 {Auch andere Züge
machen das Leben von Weiß nicht leichter.} (16. f5 Nf4 17. Bxf4 (17. Rad1 Nxd3
18. Rxd3 Ne7 $15) 17... exf4 18. Qxf4 b4 19. Nf3 bxc3 20. bxc3 Ne5 $44) (16.
Nh3 Bh4 17. Qg4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Nce5 19. Qe2 Nxf4 20. Rxf4 Bg5 21. Rff1 Bxe3+ 22.
Qxe3 O-O $15) 16... Ncxe5 17. Bc2 h6 (17... O-O $5 18. Qh3 h6 (18... Bxg5 $5
19. Bxg5 Nc4 $15) 19. Nf3 (19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Nf3 Qc8 $1 21. Qxc8 (21. Qxh6 Ng4
$19) 21... Raxc8 22. Bxh6 Rfe8 $17) 19... Nc4 20. Bc1 Rfe8 $15 {Die schwarze
Initiative sieht sehr gefährlich aus.}) 18. Nf3 Nxf3+ $6 (18... O-O $1 $15 {
sichert Schwarz ein sehr gutes Spiel im Zentrum.}) 19. Qxf3 $6 (19. Rxf3 $1 {
würde Weiß überraschend in Vorteil bringen.} Be5 (19... O-O 20. Rxf6 gxf6 21.
Nc5 $3 Bc6 22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. Bf4 Qb6 24. Bxd6 $16) 20. Qf2 {xb6} O-O 21. Na5 $3
Bc8 (21... Qxa5 22. Bb6 $18) 22. Bb6 Qd7 23. Bb3 $14) 19... Ne5 20. Qg3 Qe7 $6
(20... h5 $5 21. Nd4 h4 22. Qe1 h3 23. g3 Ng4 $132) 21. Nd4 {Jetzt kommen die
weißen Figuren schnell zu Aktivität. Schwarz dagegen muss weitere Schwächen
hinnehmen.} g6 {Man kann den Springer auf f5 nicht aushalten.} 22. Nf3 Bg7 ({
Zu verrückten Komplikationen führt} 22... Nc4 23. Bd4 Bxd4+ 24. Nxd4 Qe5 (24...
Nxb2 25. e5 dxe5 26. Rxf7 $1 $18) 25. Qh3 Nxb2 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Qd7+ Kg8 28.
Qxb7 $132 {und die weiße Kompensation scheint mehr als reichlich zu sein.}) 23.
Bb3 (23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Qf2 h5 25. Bb3 O-O 26. Bh6 Bg7 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rae1
$11) 23... Bxe4 $1 {Der einzige Zug!} (23... O-O $2 {Die Schwäche des Punktes
g6 wird nun spürbar.} 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Bf4 Qc5+ 26. Rf2 $16 {xd6,g6!}) (23...
Nxf3+ 24. Rxf3 O-O 25. Qxg6 Bxe4 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Bxf7+ Kh8 (27... Kf8 28. Qe6
$16) 28. Qe6 (28. Qh5 Rf8 29. Bb3 Bf3 $1 30. gxf3 Qxe3+ 31. Kh1 Qxf3+ 32. Qxf3
Rxf3 $11) 28... Re8 29. Qxe7 Rxe7 30. Bh5 Bxg2 31. Bxh6 $1 $16 {Eine lange,
aber forcierte Variante.}) 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Bf4 Bxf4 $5 {Schwarz spielt auf
Sieg. Ein schnelles Remis konnte er mittels 25...0-0 erreichen:} (25... O-O 26.
Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Qxe5 dxe5 28. Rfe1 (28. Rae1 Bd3 29. Rf2 e4 30. Bd5 Rad8 $17)
28... Bf5 29. Rxe5 Rfe8 30. Rae1 Kf8 $11) 26. Qxf4 (26. Rxf4 d5 27. Re1 (27. a4
O-O $15) 27... O-O-O $3 $15 {Ein Superzug! Der schwarze König ist viel
sicherer am Damenflügel als am Königsflügel. Demnächst spielt Schwarz f5 und
g5. Apropos, die kurze Rochade würde sofort verlieren:} (27... O-O 28. Rexe4
dxe4 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Rg4+ $18)) 26... f5 (26... d5 27. Rad1 Rd8
28. Rfe1 $44) 27. a4 Qe5 28. axb5 (28. Qf2 Qc5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rxa8+ Bxa8 31.
Ra1 Bc6 32. Ra7 Kd8 $15) 28... axb5 29. Rxa8+ Bxa8 30. Qd2 {Zwar hat Schwarz
einen Mehrbauern, doch sein König ist im Zentrum und seine Figuren sind
diskoordiniert. Er muss sehr genau spielen, um den kleinen Vorteil
festzuhalten.} Kd7 (30... Qc5+ $5 {Es war sehr wichtig, diese Diagonale unter
Kontrolle zu nehmen, und die Figuren besser zu platzieren.} 31. Kh1 Be4 32. h3
(32. Bc2 Bxc2 33. Qxc2 O-O 34. Re1 Kg7 $15) 32... Kd7 $15) 31. Bf7 g5 32. Qf2
$1 f4 33. b4 {Jetzt ist Schwarz zu spät dran - die weiße Initiative kann
ungemütlich werden.} (33. Qa7+ $2 {hilft Schwarz, sich zu konsolidieren.} Kc6
34. Qa6+ Kc7 35. Qa7+ Bb7 $17) 33... Qe3 (33... Bb7 34. Qb6 Qe3+ 35. Qxe3 fxe3
{->33...Qe3, nur mit dem Läufer auf b7.}) (33... Qxc3 34. Qa7+ Kc6 (34... Qc7
$4 35. Be6+ Kd8 36. Qxa8+ $18) 35. Qa6+ Kc7 36. Qa7+ Bb7 37. Bd5 $1 {Das ist
der Unterschied - das Feld d5 steht nun dem weißen Läufer zur Verfügung.} Rb8
38. Qa5+ Kd7 39. Qxb5+ Kc7 40. Qa5+ $11) 34. Qxe3 fxe3 35. Re1 Rf8 $2 {Ein
Fehler, der den Rest des Vorteils vergibt. Gute Chancen hatte Schwarz nach 35..
..Rh7!} (35... Rh7 $1 36. Bg6 Re7 37. Bd3 Bc6 38. g3 $15 {Weiß will mit dem
König nach e2 kommen. Es ist nicht zu sehen, wie Schwarz diesen Plan
verhindern kann. Wahrscheinlich ist die Stellung im remislichen Bereich.}) 36.
Bh5 Rf2 37. Re2 $1 {Das Läuferendspiel ist sofort remis, weil Weiß den
e3-Bauern gewinnen kann.} Rxe2 38. Bxe2 Bc6 39. Bg4+ Ke7 40. Kf1 Bd5 (40... Kf6
41. g3 Ke5 42. Ke2 $11) 41. Be2 Bc6 42. Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kobese, Watu"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "South Africa"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RSA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Bg4 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Be2
Nge7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. Qd2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd5 Nc8 14. Bc5 Re8
15. a5 Nd4 16. Bd1 Nd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qc3 c6 19. Nb6 Rad8 20. O-O Qf6 21.
Na4 Bf8 22. Nc5 Nb5 23. Qe3 Qf4 24. Nb3 Qxe3 25. fxe3 h5 26. Be2 Bh6 27. Rf3
Nd6 28. Nc5 h4 29. Bd3 f5 30. Ra4 f4 31. exf4 exf4 32. Rb4 Re7 33. Kf1 g5 34.
Bc4+ Nxc4 35. Rxc4 Bf8 36. Rd3 Rde8 37. Rd7 Rb8 38. Rxe7 Bxe7 39. Ke2 Kf7 40.
Nd3 Kf6 41. Rd4 Ke6 42. Kf3 b6 43. axb6 Rxb6 44. Ra4 c5 45. b3 Rc6 46. Nb2 Bf6
47. Nc4 Bc3 48. Ke2 Bd4 49. Kf3 Bc3 50. Kg4 Kf6 51. Na3 Bb2 52. Nc4 Bc3 53. Kf3
Kg6 54. Ke2 Bd4 55. Kd3 g4 56. c3 Bg7 57. hxg4 Kg5 58. e5 Kxg4 59. Ke4 Kg3 60.
Ra2 Re6 61. Kf5 Re7 62. Re2 h3 63. gxh3 f3 64. Re4 f2 65. Nd2 Bh6 66. Rg4+ Kxh3
67. Nf1 Rxe5+ 68. Kxe5 Kxg4 69. Ke4 Bf4 70. c4 a5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. d5 Bxc3 12. Bc4 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bg7 14. Qe2 Nf6
15. Rfd1 Qd7 16. h3 Rad8 17. Ne5 Qc8 18. Bb5 e6 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 exd5 21.
exd5 Qf5 22. Qf3 Ne4 23. Bc7 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Nc3 25. d6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Nxb1 27.
Rd7 Bf6 28. Bg3 c4 29. Rxa7 c3 30. Ba4 Rc8 31. Bc2 Nd2 32. Kg2 Nc4 33. Bf4 Be5
34. Bh6 Nd6 35. Re7 Bf6 36. Rd7 Nf5 37. Be3 Rc6 38. Kf1 Kf8 39. Ke2 Be7 40. Kd1
Nxe3+ 41. fxe3 Rc5 42. Bb3 Rh5 43. Rb7 Rxh3 44. Rb8+ Kg7 45. Rb7 Bb4 46. Rxf7+
Kh6 47. Rf4 Rh1+ 48. Ke2 Rh2+ 49. Kf1 Ba5 50. Rc4 Kg5 51. Rg4+ Kf6 52. Rg2 Rxg2
53. Kxg2 g5 54. a3 b5 55. f4 g4 56. Kg3 h5 57. e4 Bc7 58. a4 bxa4 59. Bxa4 Ke6
60. Bd1 Kd6 61. Kf2 h4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tsang, Hon Ki"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hong Kong"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HKG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Bd7 5. e4 Qc8 6. c3 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8. Nbd2
Nh6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nc4 f6 11. Bc5 b6 12. Ba3 Be6 13. Qa4 Qb7 14. Ne3 b5 15.
Qc2 a5 16. Bc5 Nb8 17. O-O Na6 18. b4 Nxc5 19. bxc5 O-O 20. c4 b4 21. Nd5 c6
22. Nb6 Ra7 23. a3 bxa3 24. Rxa3 Qe7 25. Na4 Rb8 26. Ne1 Rd7 27. Nd3 Rd4 28.
Nab2 f5 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. Bxc6 e4 31. Bd5+ Kh8 32. Nf4 e3 33. Nbd3 Ng4 34. f3
Nf2 35. Be4 Nxe4 36. fxe4 Qxe4 37. Qe2 g5 38. Nh5 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 b5
9. axb5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxb5 11. Ng5 Nc6 12. Qh5 Qe7 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Bg5 f6 15.
exf6 gxf6 16. Bh6 Rd8 17. Be2 e5 18. O-O Qf7 19. Qh4 Bf5 20. Ra6 Bxe4 21. Rxc6
Nf4 22. Rxf6 Nxe2+ 23. Kh1 Qb7 24. Qg5+ Bg6 25. Rxg6+ hxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27.
Bg5 Rf8 28. Bf6+ Rxf6 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Qe6+ Qf7 31. Qg4+ Qg7 32. Qxe2 exd4 33.
cxd4 Rd8 34. Rb1 Qxd4 35. Qe6+ Kg7 36. Qe7+ Kh8 37. h3 a6 38. Re1 c3 39. Re5
Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qd6 41. Qh4+ Kg7 42. Qg3+ Kf6 43. f4 c2 44. Qg5+ Kf7 45. Qf5+ Kg7
46. Qxc2 Rf8 47. Rg5+ Kf7 48. Qh7+ Ke8 49. Re5+ Kd8 50. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 Bf6 8.
N1d2 Nc6 9. Qg3 d6 10. Nc4 e5 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. c3 Nge7 14. O-O O-O
15. Rad1 Nc8 16. Nd5 Bh4 17. Qf3 Bg5 18. Be2 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 b5 20. Nc5 Qa5 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qh3 Qxa2 23. Bg4 Nd8 24. Ra1 Qxb2 25. Bxe6+ Nxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kh8
27. Nf5 Rb7 28. Rxa6 Qxc3 29. Ra8 Rbf7 30. h3 Qc7 31. Qd5 g6 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33.
Nxd6 Rd7 34. Qxe5+ Rg7 35. Qd4 Rb8 36. Rb1 Qa7 37. Qe5 Rf8 38. Ne8 Qxf2+ 39.
Kh1 Qf7 40. Nxg7 Qxg7 41. Qxb5 Qd4 42. Re1 Qc3 43. Rd1 Rf7 44. Qg5 Kg7 45. Rc1
Qd4 46. Re1 Qf6 47. Qg3 Re7 48. e5 Qe6 49. Kh2 h6 50. Kh1 Re8 51. Qf4 Re7 52.
Re3 Qf5 53. Qb4 Qe6 54. Qc5 Re8 55. Qc7+ Re7 56. Qc3 Re8 57. Re4 Re7 58. Qg3
Qf5 59. Re3 Qe6 60. Kh2 Qf5 61. Kg1 Qe6 62. Qf4 Qf5 63. Qb4 Qe6 64. h4 h5 65.
Qf4 Rf7 66. Qg5 Rf5 67. Qg3 Kh7 68. Re1 Kg7 69. Qe3 Kh7 70. Qd4 Kg7 71. Re3 Kh7
72. Re2 Kg7 73. Re1 Kh7 74. Qd6 Qxd6 75. exd6 Rd5 76. Re7+ Kh6 77. d7 g5 78.
hxg5+ Kg6 79. Kf2 Rd1 80. Ke2 Rd6 81. Kf3 Kxg5 82. Ke4 Kf6 83. Rh7 Rd1 84. Rxh5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Nc3 Rac8 $6 {This system was
examined in CBM 118, annotations to Eljanov-Najditsch. Here are some recent
examples:} (12... h6 13. Bh4 cxd4 (13... a6 14. dxc5 (14. f3 d5 15. cxd5 exd5
16. Bf2 c4 17. Be2 b5 18. O-O Bc6 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Bf1 Nb6 $13 {0-1 Arun
Prasad,S (2423)-Adhiban,B (2401)/Chennai 2008/CBM 122 Extra (61)}) 14... bxc5
15. f3 Rfd8 16. Be2 Nf8 17. O-O Ng6 18. Bf2 d5 19. Rd2 Rac8 20. Rfd1 Ne5 21.
Bg3 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. e4 Nh5 24. Ne2 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Qg5 27.
Kf2 Bc6 28. Rd6 Qe5 29. Qd2 Kh7 30. Nc3 $14 {1-0 Baburin,A (2526)-Short,P 
(2300)/Dublin IRL 2008/The Week in Chess 714 (54)}) 14. Rxd4 Ne5 (14... Rfc8
15. f3 Ne5 16. Be2 Nc6 17. Rd2 Na5 18. Qa4 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Bf2 Nc4 21.
Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Qb5 Rc5 23. Qa4 Rc4 24. Qb5 Rc5 25. Qa4 Rc4 {1/2 Zhou Jianchao 
(2604)-Meier,G (2556)/Martuni 2008/CBM 125}) (14... Rfd8 15. f3 {-see below 12.
..cxd4} (15. Be2 g5 (15... Nc5 16. O-O e5 17. Rdd1 Qe6 18. f3 g5 19. Bg3 d5 20.
cxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Qc3 f6 23. b4 $16 {1-0 Drozdovskij,Y (2587)
-Kravtsiv,M (2549)/Beijing CHN 2008/The Week in Chess 728 (36)}) 16. Bg3 e5 17.
Rd2 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Bh3 19. f4 exf4 20. exf4 Qe3 21. Bf2 Qxf4 22. Rd4 Bf5 23. Rxf4
Bxc2 24. Bd4 Nh7 $15 {1/2 Golod,V (2586)-Firman,N (2526)/Germany 2007/CBM 123 
(57)}) (15. Qd1 Ne5 16. Bg3 Rd7 17. Nb5 Rad8 18. Nxa7 Ne4 19. Nb5 Nxg3 20. hxg3
d5 $44 {1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2690)-Leko,P (2755)/Moscow 2007/EXT 2008 (42)}))
15. Be2 (15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rxd6 Rfd8 17. Nb5 Rxd6 18. Nxd6 Bc6 19. Nb5 Ng4 20.
Nd4 Be4 21. Qe2 Ne5 22. f3 Nd3+ 23. Kd1 Bg6 $40 {0-1 Gladyszev,O (2497)
-Naumkin,I (2494)/Cutro ITA 2008/The Week in Chess 704 (37)}) (15. Qd1 Rfd8 16.
f3 Ng6 17. Bg3 e5 18. Rd2 e4 19. f4 h5 20. h3 h4 21. Bh2 d5 $36 {1-0 Romanchuk,
V (2295)-Oleksienko,M (2592)/Alushta UKR 2008/The Week in Chess 708 (61)})
15... Ng6 (15... Bxg2 $5 16. Rg1 Bc6 17. Rf4 Ned7 {should be checked}) 16. Bxf6
Qxf6 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rac8 $2 19. Rxd6 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Nh4 21. e4 Ng6 22.
Qa4 Nf4 23. Bf1 $16 {1-0 Leitao,R (2601)-Tsuboi,E (2334)/Americana BRA 2007/
The Week in Chess 683 (34)}) (12... cxd4 13. Rxd4 Rfd8 (13... e5 14. Rd1 Qe6
15. Nb5 Ne8 16. e4 h6 17. Be3 Nc5 18. f3 Qg6 19. b4 Ne6 20. Qf2 f5 21. exf5
Qxf5 22. Be2 Nf4 23. O-O Rf6 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Bd3 $14 {1-0 Shishkin,V (2543)
-Socko,M (2479)/Polanica Zdroj 2007/CBM 120 ext (54)}) (13... Rac8 $5 14. Nb5
Rc5 15. Bh4 Rh5 16. Qd1 e5 17. Qxh5 exd4 18. Nxd4 Rc8 19. Bd3 Be4 20. Qd1 d5
21. O-O Bxd3 22. Qxd3 dxc4 $11 {1/2 Lysyj,I (2593)-Le Quang,L (2540)/Moscow
2008/CBM 123 (63)}) 14. f3 (14. Qd1 Ne5 15. f3 h6 16. Bh4 Ng6 17. Bf2 d5 18.
cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21. Be2 Rd8 22. Qa4 Qf6 $132 {1/2
Drozdovskij,Y (2581)-Karpov,A (2655)/Odessa UKR 2008/The Week in Chess 708 (27)
}) 14... h6 (14... Nf8 15. Be2 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. O-O Qe7 18. Rfd1 Rd7 19.
Nb5 Rad8 20. Qd2 d5 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Qb4 Qg5 23. Kf2 a5 24. Qc3 Qe7 25. e4 $14
{1/2 Karpov,A (2670)-Leko,P (2755)/Moscow 2007/EXT 2008 (59)}) (14... Ne5 $5
15. Be2 Ng6 16. O-O h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 {1/2 Roussel Roozmon,T (2489)-Polak,T 
(2553)/Brno 2008/CBM 125 Extra}) 15. Bh4 Ne5 16. Be2 Ng6 17. Bf2 e5 $146 (17...
d5 {-Eljanov-Naiditsch}) 18. Rd1 d5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. O-O Qe6 22.
Qa4 Bb3 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qxa7 Rd2 25. Qa6 Rxb2 26. Rc1 e4 $1 $11 {0-1
Zakhartsov,V (2537)-Kravtsiv,M (2549)/Lviv UKR 2008/The Week in Chess 730 (47)}
) 13. d5 $1 {That's why 12...Rac8 is inaccurate.} h6 14. Bh4 exd5 (14... e5 15.
Bd3 Rfe8 16. f3 a6 17. a4 Nf8 18. g4 g5 19. Bg3 Kg7 20. h4 Ng6 21. hxg5 hxg5
22. Bf5 Rb8 23. Rd2 Rh8 24. Rdh2 Rxh2 25. Qxh2 Rh8 26. Qg2 $14 {1-0 Turova,I 
(2385)-Porat,I (2328)/Budapest 2005/CBM 109 ext (39)}) 15. cxd5 (15. Nxd5 $143
Bxd5 16. cxd5 c4 17. Be2 b5 18. O-O Qe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. f3 Nec5 21. e4 Rfe8
22. g4 Ne5 $13 {1-0 Gladyszev,O (2485)-Berend,F (2343)/Nancy 2008/CBM 122
Extra (64)}) 15... a6 16. a4 c4 $146 {This novelty (an attempt to "justify" 12.
..Rac8) doesn't change the evaluation of the position.} (16... Ne5 17. Be2 Ng6
18. Bg3 Rfe8 19. O-O Rb8 20. Rfe1 Bc8 21. e4 Qc7 22. b3 Nf8 23. f4 $36 Bg4 24.
Bxg4 Nxg4 25. e5 $16 {1-0 Bu Xiangzhi (2671)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2581)/Doha 2006/
CBM 115 ext (45)}) 17. Rd4 Ne5 18. Qd1 (18. Be2 $142 $14) 18... Rc5 (18... b5
$5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Ba6 21. Nc3 Rb8 $44) 19. Be2 g5 20. Bg3 b5 21. axb5
axb5 22. O-O b4 23. Na4 Ra5 (23... Rxd5 $142 24. Nb6 Rxd4 25. exd4 Ng6 26. Nxc4
Ne4 27. Re1 $14) 24. Nb6 c3 (24... Qc7 25. Nxc4 Rxd5 26. f3 $16) 25. Bxe5 dxe5
26. d6 Qe8 (26... Qd8 27. Rxb4 $16) 27. d7 Qd8 28. Rxb4 cxb2 29. Rxb2 $16 {
[%csl Gd7] White has gained a pawn but surprisingly, it is still difficult for
him to win this position.} Qc7 30. Qb3 Be4 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. Bc4 $6 {Not the
best square for the bishop.} (32. Qb4 Rc5 33. f3 Bf5 34. Rbd2 $16) 32... Bg6
33. Rbd2 Kg7 34. h3 Rc5 35. Qb4 Ne4 36. Rb2 Rc6 37. Nd5 $6 Qd6 $2 {Missing a
miraculous rescue;} (37... Qxd7 $1 38. Bb5 Rb8 $1 39. Qa4 (39. Qa3 Qd6 40. Bxc6
Qxa3 41. Rxb8 Qa2 42. Rf1 Nd2 43. Re1 Ne4 $11) (39. f3 Nf6 40. Qd2 Qb7 $1)
39... Qb7 {-White can't win material!}) 38. Bb5 Rxd7 $2 (38... Qxb4 $142 39.
Nxb4 Rc7 (39... Rd6 $2 40. Rxd6 Nxd6 41. Rd2 $1 Nxb5 42. Nc6 $18) 40. Nd5 (40.
Bc6 $5 Nc5 41. Rd6 $16) 40... Rb7 41. Rb4 Bf5 42. Bc6 Rxb4 43. Nxb4 Nc5 (43...
Nf6 44. Na6 $1 Bxd7 45. Rd6 $18) 44. f4 $1 $16) 39. Bxc6 Qxc6 40. Qb5 $18 {
White converts his extra exchange without major problems.} Qxb5 41. Rxb5 h5 42.
f3 Ng3 43. e4 Ne2+ 44. Kf2 Nf4 45. Ne3 Rxd1 46. Nxd1 g4 47. hxg4 hxg4 48. Ne3
gxf3 49. gxf3 f6 50. Nd5 Nh5 51. Ke3 Bf7 52. Rb1 Be6 53. Kd3 f5 54. Rb7+ Kf8
55. Ke3 Ng3 56. Nf6 fxe4 57. fxe4 Nf1+ 58. Ke2 Bc4+ 59. Ke1 Ne3 60. Kd2 Nf1+
61. Ke1 Ne3 62. Nd7+ Ke8 63. Nxe5 Ba6 64. Ra7 Bc8 65. Kf2 Nd1+ 66. Kf3 Be6 67.
Nc6 Kf8 68. Nd4 Bf7 69. Nf5 Bb3 70. Kf4 Nf2 71. Nd4 Bf7 72. e5 Nd3+ 73. Kf5 Nb4
74. Ne6+ Ke8 75. Nc7+ Kd8 76. Na6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 g6 4. Bd2 Bg7 5. Qc1 Qd6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 O-O 8.
Nxc4 Qe6 9. Nh3 Nc6 10. Nf4 Qd7 11. Bc3 Nd4 12. h4 Re8 13. e3 Ne6 14. Qc2 Rb8
15. O-O-O Nxf4 16. gxf4 b5 17. Na5 Qe6 18. Kb1 b4 19. Bd4 Qa6 20. Qxc7 Bf5 21.
Qxa7 Bxd3+ 22. Ka1 Qxa7 23. Bxa7 Rb5 24. Rxd3 Rxa5 25. Bb6 Rb5 26. Bd8 Rc5 27.
Kb1 e5 28. Bb6 Rb5 29. Bc7 e4 30. Rd8 Rxd8 31. Bxd8 Rd5 32. Be7 Rd2 33. Bxb4
Rxf2 34. Rc1 h5 35. Rc2 Ng4 36. Rxf2 Nxf2 37. a4 Nd1 38. Bc5 Nxb2 39. a5 Na4
40. a6 Nc3+ 41. Kc2 Nb5 42. Bxe4 Bf8 43. Bxf8 Kxf8 44. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 a5 6. O-O h6 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O
9. Nc3 Re8 10. Nb5 Be6 11. c4 a4 12. Rc1 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qd7 14. e3 Bf5 15. d4
exd4 16. exd4 Bg4 17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Re8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bc5 21. Kh1
Bh3 22. f3 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 c6 24. Nc3 Bd4 25. f4 Ng4 26. Nd1 Ne3+ 27. Nxe3 Bxb2
28. Rd1 Qe7 29. Nf5 Qxa3 30. Qe2 Qb3 31. Rd7 a3 32. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 b5 11. Bf1 Rb8 12. Bg5 Ng4 13. Bc1 Nf6 14. Bg5 Ng4 15.
Bc1 Nf6 16. a4 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qc7 19. Be3 Na5 20. Qd1 Bb7 21. Nd2 f5
22. exf5 d5 23. f3 Rxf5 24. Bd3 Rf6 25. Nb3 Nc4 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Nd2 c3 28.
bxc3 bxc3 29. Nf1 e4 30. f4 a5 31. Qg4 Bd6 32. f5 Bc8 33. Ng3 Rb4 34. Red1 Bc5
35. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 36. Kh1 Rf8 37. Rf1 e3 38. Qe2 Qb6 39. Rfe1 Re8 40. Qd3 Qc5 41.
Ra3 e2 42. Raa1 Rd4 43. Qf3 Ba6 44. f6 Qd5 45. Qf2 Rd1 46. Raxd1 exd1=Q 47. f7+
Qxf7 48. Qxf7+ Kxf7 49. Rxd1 h5 50. h4 g6 51. Rd5 Re3 52. Kh2 Be2 53. Nxe2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gjovik Aker CC Rapid"]
[Site "Gjovik"]
[Date "2009.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. c3 Ne7 8. Na3 Rc8
9. Nc2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc2 11. Qxc2 Nxc5 12. Rd1 Nd7 13. Qa4 Nc6 14. Be3 a6 15. c4
dxc4 16. Qxc4 Nb4 17. Qb3 Nc2 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Rc1 Qb4 21. Rxc2
Qxb3 22. Rxc8+ Kd7 23. axb3 Kxc8 24. Nd2 Bb4 25. Ne4 Kd7 26. f4 Rc8 27. Bd3 Ke7
28. Kf2 b5 29. g4 g6 30. h4 a5 31. h5 gxh5 32. gxh5 a4 33. f5 exf5 34. Nd6 Rh8
35. Nxf5+ Ke6 36. bxa4 bxa4 37. Nxh6 a3 38. bxa3 Bxa3 39. Bc4+ Kd7 40. Bxf7 Ke7
41. Bg5+ Kf8 42. e6 Bc5+ 43. Kf3 Be7 44. Kg4 Bd6 45. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Gjovik Aker CC Rapid"]
[Site "Gjovik"]
[Date "2009.01.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lie, Kjetil A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. a3 d6 6. b4 cxb4 7. axb4 Nxb4 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Rb1 Nf6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. O-O a6 13. Ba1 Rb8 14. d3 Nd4
15. Qa2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Qc8 17. Rfc1 Bc6 18. e4 Nd7 19. d4 Bxd4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
cxd5 Bc5 22. Kg2 Qd8 23. Qb2 f6 24. Bg4 b5 25. h4 Ne5 26. Be6+ Kg7 27. Qe2 Qb6
28. f4 Nf7 29. h5 Rb7 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Rh1 Bd4 32. f5 Bxa1 33. Qg4 Ng5 34. Qh4
1-0

[Event "Gjovik Aker CC Rapid"]
[Site "Gjovik"]
[Date "2009.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qc1 c6 12. Rd1 f6 13. Bd2 f5 14. h3 Nf6 15.
exf5 Bxf5 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 e4 18. Nh4 Qe5 19. g4 Be6 20. Qe3 Rae8 21. f4
Qc5 22. Ng2 h5 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 24. Ne3 hxg4 25. hxg4 Nfd7 26. Rf1 Re7 27. Kg2 Nd3
28. Kg3 N7c5 29. b3 a6 30. Rad1 b5 31. Bxd3 exd3 32. b4 Bf7 33. Rf3 Rfe8 34.
Kf2 Ne4+ 35. Nxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxd3 bxc4 37. Rd6 R4e6 38. Rd4 Re4 39. Rd6 Rc8 40.
Nd1 Bd5 41. Nc3 Rd4 42. Kg3 Kf7 43. Nxd5 Rxd5 44. Rxd5 cxd5 45. Kf2 c3 0-1

[Event "Gjovik Aker CC Rapid"]
[Site "Gjovik"]
[Date "2009.01.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 e6 8. Be2
Ne4 9. Nd2 e5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 g6 12. b4 exd4 13. exd4 Bg7 14. Nb3 O-O 15.
g4 Be6 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. f3 h5 18. gxh5 Nxh5 19. g4 Ng3 20. Rh3 Nxe2 21. Nxe2 f5
22. g5 f4 23. Rh2 Qxg5 24. O-O-O Rae8 25. Rg1 Qf6 26. Rhg2 Bf7 27. Rg4 Re3 28.
Nxf4 Rxf3 29. Nxg6 Rf1+ 30. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 31. Qd1 Bxg6 32. Rxg6 Qc4+ 33. Kb2 Qxb4
34. Rxg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gjovik Aker CC Rapid"]
[Site "Gjovik"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lie, Kjetil A"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nd7 7. Be3 Rc8 8. O-O
c5 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ngf6 11. a5 O-O 12. Be2 Ne8 13. Qd2 Nc7 14. Rab1 b5 15.
axb6 Nxb6 16. b4 cxb4 17. Na2 Nb5 18. Rxb4 Nd7 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Rxb5 Qc7 21.
Nb4 Qc4 22. Qd3 Ne5 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. f3 f5 25. Bg5 Re8 26. exf5 gxf5 27. f4
Ng6 28. h4 h6 29. h5 hxg5 30. hxg6 Bd4+ 31. Kh2 gxf4 32. Nd3 Kg7 33. Nxf4 Be5
34. Kg3 Rec8 35. Rb3 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Gjovik Aker CC Rapid"]
[Site "Gjovik"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gjovik Aker CC Blitz"]
[Site "Gjovik"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Rf2 Rc8 13. Bf1 Rc7 14. Rd2 Qa8 15.
Nc1 Rfc8 16. N1a2 d5 17. exd5 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Nb4 Nf8 20. Nd3 Rxc3 21.
bxc3 e4 22. Nf4 Rxc3 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Rd4 Nd6 25. Rb4 Qc8 26. Qd4 Rxc2 27.
Qxb6 Qd7 28. Re1 Bc8 29. Bd3 Ra2 30. Qd4 a5 31. Rb6 Rxa4 32. Qc5 Nb7 33. Qe3
Qd8 34. Rc6 Bd7 35. Ra6 Rb4 36. h3 a4 37. d6 Qg5 38. Ra8 Rxf4 39. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Gjovik Aker CC Blitz"]
[Site "Gjovik"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxb5 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qg4 Bd5 13. h4 h6 14. Ne4 Nd7 15.
h5 g5 16. Be2 a5 17. O-O b4 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. f4 bxc3 20. Nf3 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Kd7
22. Ne1 Kc6 23. Nc2 Bb4 24. Rf2 Qe7 25. Qh3 Rag8 26. Bf1 Rg7 27. Ne3 Kb7 28.
Ng4 Nd7 29. Bc1 Kc6 30. Ne3 Nb6 31. Nxd5 Nxd5 32. Bxc4 Rhg8 33. Bxd5+ exd5 34.
Bxh6 Rg3 35. Qf5 Qe6 36. Qxe6+ fxe6 37. Bf4 R3g4 38. Be3 Kb5 39. h6 Kc4 40. Kf1
Kd3 41. Rf3 Kc4 42. Rh3 Rf8+ 43. Kg1 Rfg8 44. Kh1 Kb3 45. Rf1 a4 46. Bd2 Rxd4
47. Bxc3 Bxc3 48. Rc1 Rc4 49. h7 Rh8 50. g4 a3 51. g5 Kb2 52. Rg1 Bxe5 53. Rg2+
Rc2 0-1

[Event "Gjovik Aker CC Rapid Bronze"]
[Site "Gjovik"]
[Date "2009.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lie, Kjetil A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.01.05"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. Bc1 g6 8. e4
d6 9. c4 e6 10. Ne2 exd5 11. cxd5 Bg7 12. Nec3 O-O 13. Be2 a6 14. a4 Nbd7 15.
Na3 Qd8 16. O-O Rb8 17. Be3 Ne8 18. Qd2 Nc7 19. Rab1 Qe7 20. b4 Re8 21. Bf2 b6
22. Nc4 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Na5 Qf6 25. Rfc1 Ra8 26. Nxb5 Nxb5 27. Bxb5 cxb4
28. Qxb4 Rd8 29. Nc6 Rf8 30. Bd4 Qg5 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qxd6 Ra2 33. Qg3 Qe3+
34. Kh1 Nf6 35. Re1 Qd2 36. Re2 1-0

[Event "Gjovik Aker CC Rapid Bronze"]
[Site "Gjovik"]
[Date "2009.01.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lie, Kjetil A"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.01.05"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 Bg7 5. h3 Nf6 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 O-O 8. Bc4 Nbd7
9. O-O Ne8 10. Re1 Nc7 11. Bf4 b5 12. axb5 Nb6 13. Bf1 axb5 14. Nxb5 Nxb5 15.
Bxb5 Rb8 16. e5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Rxb5 18. exd6 exd6 19. Bxd6 Bb7 20. Qd3 Bxf3 21.
Qxb5 Qxd6 22. gxf3 Bd4 23. Kg2 Bxf2 24. Kxf2 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Qxh3+ 26. Ke2 Qh2+
27. Kd3 Rd8+ 28. Kc3 Qd2+ 29. Kb3 c4+ 30. Qxc4 Rb8+ 31. Ka3 Ra8+ 32. Kb3 Rb8+
33. Ka3 Ra8+ 34. Kb3 Rb8+ 35. Ka3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 7th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leniart, Arkadiusz"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Qd2 Nc6 8.
Nf3 d6 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Be6 11. Ng5 Ne5 12. f3 Qb6 13. Nce4 Qb4+ 14. Kd1
Ned7 15. h4 d5 16. Nd2 dxc4 17. h5 Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qxa2 19. Rc1 c3 20. Nde4 Bf5
21. hxg6 Bxg6 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 7th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsson, Pontus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. d5 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. dxe6 d6 8.
Nh3 Bxe6 9. e3 Nc6 10. b3 Qe7 11. Nf4 Ne5 12. Be2 Rae8 13. Bb2 Bf7 14. O-O Ne4
15. Qc2 Ng4 16. Bd3 Qh4 17. h3 Ngf6 18. f3 Nc5 19. Bd4 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Nh5 21.
Nxh5 Qxh5 22. c5 dxc5 23. Bxc5 Rd8 24. Qc3 Rfe8 25. Bd4 f4 26. exf4 Qd5 27.
Bxg7 Qxb3 28. Qxb3 Bxb3 29. Bf6 Rd2 30. Rf2 Rxf2 31. Kxf2 c5 32. g4 b5 33. Re1
Rxe1 34. Kxe1 Kf7 35. Bc3 Ke6 36. f5+ Kd5 37. Kd2 Ba2 38. h4 Bb1 39. h5 Kc6 40.
Ke3 Kb6 41. f6 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 7th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15.
O-O-O Ngf6 16. Kb1 O-O 17. Qc2 Ng4 18. Bc1 Ndf6 19. Rh4 Bd6 20. Nf1 Bf4 21.
Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Ne3 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Qg3 24. Rdh1 c5 25. Rf4 cxd4 26. Rh3 Qxh3 27.
gxh3 dxe3 28. Ne5 Nxh5 29. Rf3 Rac8 30. Qe2 Rc7 31. Qxe3 b6 32. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 7th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Capo Vidal, Uriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bf5 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 Bd6 9. f3 Qe7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Re1 h5 12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bg4 14. Bg5 h4
15. gxh4 Ne5 16. Qc1 Nd3 17. Qe3 Nxe1 18. Rxe1 Bc7 19. e5 Rde8 20. Qf2 Rhg8 21.
h3 Be6 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Bxf6 Qd7 24. Be5 Bxh3 25. Ng3 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Bxe5 27.
dxe5 Qg4 28. Bxh3 Qxh3 29. Nce4 Qxh4 30. Qf5+ Kb8 31. Kg2 Qe7 32. Nd6 Qh4 33.
Nde4 Qe7 34. Qf6 Qe6 35. Qxe6 fxe6 36. Nc5 Kc8 37. Kf3 b6 38. Nxe6 Re8 39. Nd4
Rxe5 40. Nxc6 Rc5 41. Nd4 Rc1 42. Ne4 Ra1 43. Nc3 Re1 44. Kf2 Rh1 45. Ke3 Rh2
46. Nde2 Kb7 47. Kd3 Kc6 48. Kc4 Kb7 49. b4 Rh4+ 50. Kb3 Rh3 51. Nf4 Rf3 52.
Ne6 Rh3 53. b5 a6 54. a4 axb5 55. axb5 Rg3 56. Kc4 Rh3 57. Ng5 Rh2 58. Nge4 Rh6
59. Nd5 Ka7 60. Kd4 Kb7 61. Ke5 Rg6 62. Ndf6 Rg1 63. Ke6 Ka7 64. Nd5 Rb1 65.
Nc7 Rh1 66. Kd7 Rh7+ 67. Kc6 Rh6+ 68. Nd6 Rg6 69. Nd5 Rh6 70. Nf4 Kb8 71. Nd3
Ka7 72. Ne5 Rf6 73. Kc7 Ka8 74. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 7th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 c5 7. dxc5 Qxd1+ 8.
Kxd1 Bxc5 9. Ke2 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. b3 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Ke7 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. Rhd1
Bd6 15. Kf1 Nc5 16. Be2 Rhd8 17. h3 b4 18. Nb1 a5 19. Nbd2 a4 20. Bc4 Nd5 21.
Nd4 a3 22. Ba1 Be5 23. Nf5+ Kf6 24. Nd4 Ke7 25. Nf5+ Kf6 26. Nd4 Kg6 27. Nxe6
Nxe6 28. Bxe5 Nb6 29. Ke2 Rc5 30. f4 Nxc4 31. Nxc4 f6 32. Bd6 Rb5 33. g4 Kf7
34. h4 h5 35. f5 Nf8 36. Bf4 Rxd1 37. Rxd1 Kg8 38. Rd8 hxg4 39. Bd6 Rxf5 40.
Rxf8+ Kh7 41. Rb8 Bf3+ 42. Kf2 Be4+ 43. Kg3 Rf3+ 44. Kxg4 f5+ 45. Kg5 Rf2 46.
Rxb4 Rxa2 47. Nxa3 Rg2+ 48. Kf4 Rg4+ 49. Ke5 Rxh4 50. Bc5 Rh5 51. Bd4 Kg6 52.
Nc4 Kg5 53. Nd6 Bd3 54. Rb7 g6 55. Rg7 Bc2 56. b4 Kg4 57. Rxg6+ Kf3 58. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 7th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Rc1 f6 9. a4 a5 10. d4 exd4 11. Bxd4 Bb4 12. Nf3 c5 13. Qb3+ Kh8 14. Be3 Qe7
15. O-O Be6 16. Qc2 Nc4 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. e4 N4e5 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
exd5 e4 22. d6 Qxd6 23. Qxe4 Rae8 24. Qc2 Qf6 25. Rcd1 Rd8 26. h4 h6 27. h5 Nd4
28. Nxd4 cxd4 29. Be4 Qe5 30. Bg6 Rf3 31. Rd3 Qf6 32. Qd1 Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Qe6 34.
Qf3 Qd5 35. Qg4 Qg5 36. Qe4 Kg8 37. g4 Bd6 38. Re1 Kf8 39. Kf1 Bb4 40. Qf3+ Qf6
41. Qxf6+ gxf6 42. Rc1 Bd6 43. Ke2 Ke7 44. Bf5 Rb8 45. Bd3 Rg8 46. Kf3 Be5 47.
Rc5 b6 48. Rc6 Rb8 49. Ke4 Kd7 50. Bb5 Kd8 51. f4 Bc7 52. Re6 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 7th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2009.02.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nemeth, Miklos"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. a3 Nd7 7. Nge2 e5 8. h3 Bg7
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Ngf6 11. g4 O-O 12. Ng3 Ne8 13. Qd3 Nd6 14. O-O-O Qh4 15.
Kb1 Rfd8 16. g5 Nf8 17. Nd5 Ne6 18. Qc3 Nc4 19. Bc1 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nf4 21. Be4
Rab8 22. Qf3 Qxg5 23. h4 Qf6 24. h5 b4 25. a4 Qb6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Qb3 Na5 28.
Qe3 b3 29. Qxb6 Rxb6 30. c3 f5 31. Bf3 Rbd6 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Ne2 g5 34. Bg2
Re8 35. Nc1 g4 36. f3 Nc4 37. Nd3 Re2 38. Rhg1 Rxd5 39. fxg4 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 7th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2009.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 Bg7 16. d5 Rc8 17. Be3 c6 18. c4 Nb6 19. Qe2 cxd5 20. cxd5 Nbxd5 21. exd5
Nxd5 22. Rac1 Nc3 23. Qd2 Nxa2 24. Ra1 Nc3 25. b4 d5 26. Bb3 Qe7 27. Bh6 Bh8
28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. f4 Ne4 30. Rxe4 dxe4 31. fxe5 Qxe5 32. Rf1 Re7 33. Rxf7 Rxf7
34. Qd7 Qe8 35. Qxb7 Rc4 36. Bxc4 bxc4 37. Qxa6 Rc7 38. Qd6 Rd7 39. Qc5 c3 40.
Qc4+ Rf7 41. Nxe4 Qd8 42. Qxc3 Qb6+ 43. Qc5 Qxc5+ 44. bxc5 Re7 45. Nd6 Re5 46.
c6 Rc5 47. Nc8 Kf7 48. Na7 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 7th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2009.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Be2 g6 8. g4
e6 9. Be3 b5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. a3 Bb7 12. O-O Rg8 13. Qd2 Nb6 14. b3 N8d7 15. Bf3
Rc8 16. Nde2 Bg7 17. Bd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Qc5 19. Rad1 Ke7 20. e5 dxe5 21. Qxc5+
Nxc5 22. fxe5 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Ncd7 24. Re3 Rc5 25. Nd4 Rgc8 26. Ne4 Rxe5 27. Nf3
Rd5 28. Rxd5 Nxd5 29. Re2 Nc5 30. Nf2 Nc3 31. Re3 Nb7 32. Ne5 Nd6 33. Nfd3 Nce4
34. h4 Rxc2 35. Nb4 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Nc5 37. Nd5+ Kf8 38. Nf6 Nf5 39. Rh3 Rc2+ 40.
Kf1 Ke7 41. Ng8+ Kd6 42. Nxf7+ Kd5 43. b4 Rc1+ 44. Kg2 Rc2+ 45. Kf1 Na4 46.
Nf6+ Kd4 47. h5 gxh5 48. Nxh7 Nc3 49. g6 Ne4 50. Nhg5 Nxg5 51. Nxg5 Ne3+ 52.
Rxe3 Kxe3 53. Nf7 h4 54. g7 h3 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 7th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2009.02.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. Nc4
O-O 9. g3 Ne8 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. a4 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bh6 Ng7 14. O-O Re8 15.
e4 Bd7 16. Qd2 Qa5 17. Rfe1 Re7 18. f4 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 f6 20. h3 Rae8 21. g4 Kh8
22. f5 Qb4 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Bf4 Be5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Re2 Rg5 28.
Rf1 Qd4 29. Ref2 Rf8 30. Qxg5 Qxf2 31. Qxg6 Qxb2 32. e5 Qxc3 33. exf6 Rf7 34.
fxg7 Rxf1+ 35. Bxf1 Qf3+ 36. Bg2 Qf4 37. Be4 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 10th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nureev, Garun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2009.03.20"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. g3 e6 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg2 h6 6. Nd2 Bh7 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4
Bb4 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Ngf3 O-O 12. O-O a5 13. a3 Qe7 14. b4 Bb6 15. Ne1
Rfd8 16. Nc4 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Bxa1 Qd7 19. Nxb6 cxb6 20. c4 Qd1 21. Qxd1
Rxd1 22. Nc2 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Ke2 f6 26. f3 Nd6 27. Kd3
Kf7 28. Bc3 g5 29. b5 Ne5+ 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. Ne3 h5 32. g4 h4 33. Nf1 e4+ 34.
fxe4 Kf6 35. Nd2 Ke5 36. Ke3 Kf6 37. Kd4 Nf7 38. Nf3 Ke7 39. c5 bxc5+ 40. Kxc5
Kd7 41. Kb6 Nd6 42. Nxg5 e5 43. Kc5 Kc7 44. b6+ Kd7 45. h3 Ke7 46. Kd5 Nc8 47.
Nf3 Kf6 48. Nxh4 Ne7+ 49. Kd6 Nc6 50. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 10th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nureev, Garun"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2009.03.20"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 b6 2. Bg2 c6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O d5 6. d3 Nh6 7. e4 O-O 8. Nc3
dxe4 9. dxe4 Ba6 10. Re1 Nd7 11. h3 Nc5 12. Qd2 Qxd2 13. Bxd2 Rad8 14. Rad1
Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Nxe4 17. Be1 Nf5 18. Ne5 Nexg3 19. Nxc6 Ne2+ 20.
Kh2 Nxf4 21. Be4 Rc8 22. Bc3 Kf8 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Rd7 Bb5 25. Rd4 Ne2 26. Nxa7
Nxd4 27. Nxc8 Nxc2 28. Nxb6 f4 29. a4 Bd3 30. Nd7+ Ke8 31. Nc5 Be2 32. a5 f3
33. Kg3 Ne3 34. a6 Bb5 35. a7 Bc6 36. Nd3 f6 37. Ne1 e5 38. Nxf3 Ke7 39. Nxe5
fxe5 40. Bxe5 Ke6 41. Bd4 Nf5+ 42. Kf4 Nxd4 43. Kg5 Nf5 44. b4 Ba8 45. b5 Ke5
46. b6 Bb7 47. h4 Bf3 48. h5 Bb7 49. h6 Bf3 50. a8=Q Bxa8 51. Kg4 Bb7 52. Kh5
Be4 53. Kg5 Bf3 54. b7 Bxb7 55. Kh5 Kf6 56. Kg4 Nxh6+ 57. Kh3 Nf7 58. Kh4 Kg6
59. Kg3 Kg5 60. Kh2 h5 61. Kg3 h4+ 62. Kh2 Kh5 63. Kg1 Kg4 64. Kh2 h3 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 10th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nureev, Garun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.03.20"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. d3 c6 5. Nbd2 Ngf6 6. e4 e6 7. e5 Ng8 8. Be2
Ne7 9. O-O c5 10. c4 d4 11. b4 Nc6 12. bxc5 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Bxc5 14. Rb1 O-O 15.
Bc1 b6 16. Bf4 Qc7 17. Re1 Rad8 18. Bf1 f6 19. Bg3 Ndxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5
fxe5 22. Qg4 Rf5 23. g3 Rdf8 24. Rb2 h5 25. Qe2 h4 26. Bh3 hxg3 27. hxg3 Rxf2
28. Bxe6+ R2f7 29. Qxe5 Bd6 30. Bxf7+ Rxf7 31. Qd5 Bxg3 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Qh5#
1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 10th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2009.03.20"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nc6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. Ne2 e5 8. d5 Ne7
9. O-O Nd7 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nxf4 c6 13. dxc6 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Nxc6 15.
Qxd6 Nd4 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Rf2 Nc5 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Rd1 Nc6 20. a4 Rad8 21. Ncd5
Bxd5 22. exd5 Ne5 23. d6 Ng4 24. Re2 Rd7 25. Bh3 h5 26. Bxg4 hxg4 27. Re7 Rfd8
28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Kg2 Kf6 30. Nd5+ Ke6 31. Nc7+ Kf5 32. a5 Ne4 33. Rd5+ Kf6 34.
axb6 Rxd6 35. Ne8+ Ke6 36. Nxd6 Kxd5 37. Nxb7 Kc6 38. Nd8+ Kxb6 39. Nxf7 Kc5
40. Ne5 Kd4 41. Nxg6 Kc3 42. Ne5 Nf6 43. Kf2 Kxc2 44. b4 Kc3 45. Ke3 Kxb4 46.
Kf4 Kc5 47. Nxg4 Nd5+ 48. Ke5 Nc3 49. Nf6 Ne2 50. g4 Ng1 51. g5 Nf3+ 52. Kf4
Nh4 53. Kg4 Ng6 54. h4 Kd6 55. h5 Ne7 56. g6 Ke6 57. Kg5 Nf5 58. h6 Nxh6 59.
Kxh6 Kxf6 60. g7 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 10th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2009.03.20"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Qe2 d5 5. exd5 Bxd5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rd1 O-O 9. c4 Bb7 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Qc8 12. Ne5 c5 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. d5 Bf6
15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Ne5 19. Be4 Nf7 20. Bh4 Rae8
21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Rd3 Nh6 23. Rad1 Nf5 24. Bg3 Nd4 25. Qe5 Rf5 26. Qd6 e5 27.
Bh4 e4 28. Re3 Rh5 29. Bg3 Nf5 30. Qd5+ Qxd5 31. Rxd5 Nxe3 32. Rxh5 Nxc4 33. b3
Rd8 34. h4 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Nd2 36. Re5 Kf7 37. Bf4 Nf1+ 38. Kh3 Re1 39. Rd5 Ke6
40. Re5+ Kf6 41. Rd5 Re2 42. Rd7 Rxf2 43. Bg5+ Ke6 44. Rxg7 Rf7 45. Rg8 Kd5 46.
Rd8+ Kc6 47. Re8 e3 48. Bxe3 Kd7 49. Re4 Nxe3 50. Rxe3 b5 51. Rf3 Rxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 10th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2009.03.20"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. e4 e5 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O
9. a4 a5 10. Na3 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Nc5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nfd2 h6 14. h3 Nh5 15. Nf1
Ne6 16. Nfe3 Nd4 17. Nd5 Rb8 18. Bc1 Nf6 19. c3 Nxd5 20. exd5 Nf5 21. Ne3 Nxe3
22. Rxe3 Qd7 23. c4 c6 24. Ba3 cxd5 25. cxd5 Rbc8 26. Re2 Rc3 27. Rc1 Rec8 28.
Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Bb2 Rc5 30. Ba3 Rc3 31. Bb2 Rc5 32. Ba3 Rc8 33. Rc2 Rxc2 34. Qxc2
Bf8 35. Qc4 Kh7 36. Bc1 Be7 37. Be3 Bd8 38. d4 exd4 39. Bxd4 Qc8 40. Qxc8 Bxc8
41. g4 Ba6 42. Bf1 Bb7 43. Bc4 f5 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. f4 Kg6 46. Kg2 Bc7 47. Bf2
h5 48. Bd4 Bc8 49. Bf2 Bd7 50. Bd4 Be8 51. Bf2 Bf7 52. Bd4 Bg8 53. Bf2 Kh6 54.
Bd4 Kg6 55. h4 Kh6 56. Bf2 Kg6 57. Kf3 Bf7 58. Ke2 Kf6 59. Kd3 Ke7 60. Bg3 Kd7
61. Bb5+ Kc8 62. Kc4 Kb7 63. Bc6+ Ka6 64. Bd7 Bg6 65. Bc8+ Ka7 66. Bd7 Ka6 67.
Bc8+ Ka7 68. Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 10th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kononenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.03.20"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. Re1 a5 10. a4 Re8 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nc5 13. e5 Nfe4 14. Nxe4 Qxd1
15. Raxd1 Bxe4 16. Nd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Na6 18. Nc6 Nb4 19. Nxb4 Bxb4 20. Re3 Red8
21. Red3 Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Kf8 23. Kf3 Ke8 24. Ke4 Rd8 25. f4 Rxd3 26. Kxd3 h5 27.
Ke4 g6 28. h3 Kd7 29. Bd4 Be1 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Bd2 32. f5 gxf5+ 33. gxf5
Bg5 34. Bf2 Bh6 35. Be1 Bg5 36. c3 Kc6 37. b4 b5 38. axb5+ Kxb5 39. bxa5 Kxa5
40. c4+ Kb6 41. Bf2+ Kc6 42. Bd4 Bd2 43. fxe6 fxe6 44. Kf3 Bb4 45. Kg4 Bc5 46.
Bb2 Bg1 47. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 10th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kononenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2009.03.20"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Qc7 8. a4
b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Kh1 Be7 12. Qe2 Rb8 13. g4 g6 14. Bd2 h5 15. g5
Ng4 16. Rae1 Rc8 17. Kg2 e5 18. Nd5 Qc4 19. Nb3 Qxe2+ 20. Rxe2 exf4 21. Bxf4
Nge5 22. c3 Nc5 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. h4 Bc6 26. Rd2 Bd8 27. Be2 Bxa4
28. Bxa6 Rb8 29. Bc4 O-O 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. Rxf6 Kg7 32. Kg3 Bb3 33. Bxb3 Rxb3
34. Rc6 Rb5 35. Rc7 Kg8 36. Kf3 Ra5 37. Kg3 Ra4 38. Kf3 Ra1 39. Rxc5 Rh1 40.
Kg3 Rg1+ 41. Kf3 Rg4 42. Rxe5 Rxh4 43. Red5 Rh3+ 44. Kf4 Rh4+ 45. Kf3 Re8 46.
Rd8 Rhxe4 47. Rxe8+ Rxe8 48. b4 Rb8 49. Rb2 f6 50. gxf6 Kf7 51. b5 Kxf6 52. c4
Ke5 53. c5 Kd5 54. c6 Kd6 55. Rd2+ Kc7 56. Rd7+ Kb6 57. Rd5 Rg8 58. Rg5 Rf8+
59. Kg3 Rf6 60. Kh4 Rf4+ 61. Kg3 Rf6 62. Rd5 Rxc6 63. Kh4 Re6 64. Kg5 Kb7 65.
Kh4 Kc7 66. Kg5 Rd6 67. Kh4 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 10th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kononenko, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.03.20"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ng5 Qc8 11. dxe4 h6 12. Nh3 Nc5 13. Qe2 a5 14. a3 Rd8 15. e5
Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qb7+ 17. Kg1 Nfe4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. Rfd1 Bc5 21.
Kg2 Ng5 22. Nf4 Ne4 23. f3 Nf2 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bc3 Nd1 26. b4 Bf8 27. Ne2
Nxc3 28. Nxc3 Rd2+ 29. Kh3 Rxc2 30. bxa5 Rxc3 31. a6 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 10th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Kononenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.03.20"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Ne2 Nf6 7. f3 Nc6 8. O-O
e5 9. Bxb4 Nxb4 10. d5 a5 11. Nbc3 O-O 12. Kh1 d6 13. b3 Nh5 14. Bb1 g6 15. a3
Na6 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Bc2 Bc8 18. Rab1 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. f4 e4 21. b4 Bd7 22.
Nd1 axb4 23. axb4 Qf6 24. Ne3 Rg8 25. Ra1 Qg7 26. Ra3 Nc5 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28.
bxc5 bxc5 29. Qc3 Ra2 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rc1 Ra3 32. Nd1 Kf6 33. Kg1 Ra2 34.
Kf2 Ng7 35. Ne3 Ne8 36. h3 h5 37. g3 Ke7 38. Rb1 Ra3 39. Bb3 Nf6 40. Nc2 Ra8
41. Ra1 Rb8 42. Ra3 c6 43. dxc6 Bxc6 44. Ne3 Ke6 45. Nc3 h4 46. g4 fxg4 47.
hxg4 Rg8 48. g5 Nh5 49. Ncd5 h3 50. Ra7 Bxd5 51. cxd5# 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "David, Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2009.03.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. f4 d6 8. Be3
Nf6 9. N1d2 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nb4 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd4 Nxd3 13. cxd3 b5 14. Rfc1 a5
15. Bf2 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. d4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 a4 20. dxe5 Nd7 21.
Nd4 Nxe5 22. Qg3 Bf6 23. Nxb5 Rb8 24. Rd1 Rxb5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rf1 h5 27. Be1
Rd3 28. Qf2 Nf3+ 29. Kh1 Rxb2 30. Qc5 Nd2 31. Bxd2 Rdxd2 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qh3
Kg8 34. Qf3 Rb5 35. a3 h4 36. h3 Rb3 37. Qf5 Rg3 38. Rc1 Rgd3 39. Rc7 Rd8 40.
Rc1 Rd1+ 41. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 42. Kh2 Bd4 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. g4 Rd2+ 45. Kh1 Rd3 46.
Qd7 Rxh3+ 47. Kg2 Rg3+ 48. Kh2 Bg1+ 49. Kh1 f6 50. Qxa4 Rxg4 51. Qd1 Rg3 52.
Qxg1 Rxa3 53. Qb1 Rh3+ 54. Kg2 Rg3+ 55. Kf2 Kh8 56. e5 fxe5 57. Qf5 Kg8 58.
Qxe5 Kh8 59. Qf5 Kg8 60. Qe4 Rg5 61. Kf3 h3 62. Kf4 Rg1 63. Qe6+ Kf8 64. Qc8+
Kf7 65. Qc4+ Kg6 66. Qd3+ Kf7 67. Qd5+ Kg6 68. Qf5+ Kh6 69. Qxh3+ Kg6 70. Qf5+
Kh6 71. Qh3+ Kg6 72. Qd3+ Kh6 73. Kf5 Kh7 74. Ke6+ Kg8 75. Qc4 Rg2 76. Ke7+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2009.05.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Marcelin, Cyril"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2009.03.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Be3 Bg7 4. Nc3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. h3 Nd7 8. Ne2 c5
9. c3 Ngf6 10. Ng3 h5 11. d5 c4 12. Bc2 Nc5 13. Ng5 h4 14. Ne2 Rh5 15. Qb1 Nfd7
16. f4 e5 17. Nf3 a5 18. O-O b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2009.05.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.03.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Qb3 Bc8 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 e6 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Nc6 10. Nge2 Bc5 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 Be7 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qa6
15. Nac3 e5 16. Bf1 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Bg5 Bg4 19. h3 Bxe2 20. Bxe2 Nd4 21.
Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Bg4 g6 23. h4 Be7 24. Nd5 Bd8 25. Rd3 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Bh3
Bf6 28. Bg2 Rac8 29. Rad1 Bg7 30. f4 exf4 31. Rxd4 Bxd4+ 32. Rxd4 fxg3 33. Bf3
f4 34. Kg2 Kh8 35. Rb4 Rf5 36. Nxf4 Kg8 37. Ne2 Kf8 38. Rb3 b5 39. Nd4 Rfc5 40.
Kxg3 Kg8 41. Kh3 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2009.05.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.03.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Be3 Bg7 4. Nc3 a6 5. f4 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. e5 c5
9. Be4 Qc8 10. Bxb7 Qxb7 11. dxc5 dxe5 12. Qd5 Qxd5 13. Nxd5 Rc8 14. Nb6 Nxb6
15. cxb6 Nf6 16. O-O-O Ng4 17. b7 Rb8 18. Bb6 f6 19. Rd8+ Kf7 20. Rd7 Bh6 21.
g3 exf4 22. Kb1 Ne5 23. Nxe5+ fxe5 24. Ba7 Ke6 25. Rhd1 f3 26. Rc7 e4 27. Rdd7
Rhe8 28. a3 Bg5 29. h4 e3 30. Bxb8 f2 31. Ba7 f1=Q+ 32. Ka2 e2 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods op"]
[Site "Ledyard"]
[Date "2009.04.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Santarius, Erik F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.04.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. b3 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Rxd5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Rc5 Rxc5 20. Qxc5 b6
21. Qb5 Re7 22. e3 g6 23. Bd5 Kg7 24. Kg2 Rc7 25. Qe2 Bb2 26. b4 Rc1 27. Rxc1
Bxc1 28. Qc2 Ba3 29. Qa4 Qd6 30. Bxf7 Qxb4 31. Qe8 Qg4 32. f3 Qf5 33. Qg8+ Kf6
34. e4 Qb5 35. Bc4 Qd7 36. e5+ 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods op"]
[Site "Ledyard"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Enkhbat, Tsendragchaa"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2253"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.04.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. a3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Nd7 7. Nge2 Ngf6 8. O-O
c5 9. d5 Bg7 10. h3 Qc7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. b3 Rad8 14. g4 e6 15. g5
Nh5 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 b4 19. axb4 cxb4 20. Na2 exd5 21. Qxb4
a5 22. Qa3 dxe4 23. Rxd6 Nd5 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Qc1 Nxf4 26. Qxf4 Be5 27. Qc1
Qc7 28. h4 e3 29. Bxb7 exf2+ 30. Rxf2 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods op"]
[Site "Ledyard"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2009.04.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. c4 Qe7+ 7. Qe2 Qxe2+
8. Kxe2 a6 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7 10. d4 Nh5 11. Kf2 O-O-O 12. Nc3 h6 13. Ne5 Be8 14. g4
fxg3+ 15. hxg3 f6 16. Nf3 g5 17. Bd2 Bg6 18. g4 Ng7 19. Rae1 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8
21. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods op"]
[Site "Ledyard"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stopa, Jacek"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.04.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nbd2 e5 8. Re1
exd4 9. cxd4 Nh5 10. Nb3 a5 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Bb5 a4 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. Bxa4 Nxd4
15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Nc4 Bg7 18. Qc2 Qa4 19. Qxa4 Rxa4 20. b3 Ra6
21. Rac1 Rxa2 22. Ne3 c6 23. Be7 Re8 24. Bxd6 Rxe4 25. Nc4 f5 26. Rxe4 fxe4 27.
Rd1 Bd4 28. Ne3 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Nf6 30. Rf1 Nd5 31. Rf8+ Kg7 32. Re8 Re2 33. Bc5
b6 34. Bd4+ Kf7 35. Rxe4 c5 36. Re5 Nb4 37. Bc3 Na2 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods op"]
[Site "Ledyard"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.04.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8.
Ndb5 f6 9. Bf4 a6 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Nf7 12. Qa3 Ne7 13. Nb5 e5 14. Bd2 d6
15. Bb4 Nf5 16. O-O-O Be6 17. Nxd6+ N7xd6 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 19. Rxd6 Qe7 20. Be2
Rc8 21. b3 Kf7 22. Kb2 Rhd8 23. Rhd1 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Rd8 25. c5 a5 26. Bh5+ g6
27. Bf3 Qc7 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Kc1 Bf5 30. b4 Qd4 31. bxa5 Qxf2 32. Qb3+ Kg7 33.
Qxb7+ Kh6 34. Qb2 Qxc5+ 35. Kd1 e4 36. Be2 e3 37. Ke1 Qxa5+ 38. Kf1 Qc7 39. Qd4
Qc1+ 40. Qd1 Qb2 41. a4 Qb4 42. Kg1 Bd7 43. Qa1 Qf4 44. Qf1 Qxf1+ 45. Kxf1 Bxa4
46. Bd3 Bd1 47. Be2 Bc2 48. Bb5 f5 49. g3 g5 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods op"]
[Site "Ledyard"]
[Date "2009.04.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.04.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. g3 Qc8 6. Bg2 Bh3 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Nb5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 h5 12. h4 c6 13. Nd4 cxd5 14. cxd5 Nf6
15. Nf3 Qc4 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Bg5 Qxd5+ 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Rac1 f6 20. Bd2 e4
21. Rc5 Rd8 22. f3 exf3+ 23. Rxf3 Kf7 24. Ra3 b6 25. Rc4 Rc8 26. Rd4 Nc7 27.
Rdd3 Rhd8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Bf4 Nb5 30. Ra6 Rd7 31. Bb8 Rb7 32. a4 Rxb8 33.
axb5 Rb7 34. Kf3 Rc7 35. Ra4 Rc5 36. Rb4 e5 37. e4 Ke6 38. Ke3 Rc2 39. Kf3 g5
40. hxg5 fxg5 41. Ke3 Kf6 42. Rb3 g4 43. Kd3 Rg2 44. Kc4 Rd2 45. Ra3 Rd7 46. b4
Kg5 47. Ra1 h4 48. gxh4+ Kxh4 49. Rh1+ Kg5 50. Rf1 g3 51. Rf8 Rd4+ 52. Kb3 Rxe4
53. Rf7 Rg4 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods op"]
[Site "Ledyard"]
[Date "2009.04.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "241"]
[EventDate "2009.04.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 Nf6 4. a3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
Qxc6+ Bd7 9. Qxc4 O-O 10. Nf3 Bh3 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nbd2 e4 14. Nxe4
Qxb2 15. Qa2 Rab8 16. Qxb2 Rxb2 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Nd4 Rfb8 19. f3 Bd7 20. Kf2
Kf8 21. Rhc1 R8b7 22. Rc2 Rxc2 23. Nxc2 Rb2 24. Nd4 Ke7 25. Ke1 Kf6 26. Kd1 Ke5
27. Kc1 Rb6 28. e3 Ra6 29. f4+ Kf6 30. Kd2 g5 31. Nc2 Rb6 32. Nb4 Be6 33. Rc1
Rb5 34. Rc6 gxf4 35. exf4 Rh5 36. h4 Kf5 37. Ke3 Kg4 38. Kf2 Rb5 39. Rxd6 a5
40. Nc6 Rb2+ 41. Ke3 Kxg3 42. Nd4 Bg4 43. Rxh6 Ra2 44. Rf6 Rxa3 45. Rxf7 Ra1
46. Rg7 Re1+ 47. Kd2 Re8 48. f5 Kxh4 49. f6 Rf8 50. f7 Kh5 51. Nc6 Be6 52. Ne5
Bd5 53. Ke3 Kh6 54. Rg6+ Kh7 55. Ra6 Bxf7 56. Ra7 Kg7 57. Ke4 a4 58. d4 Kg8 59.
Rxa4 Be6 60. Ra6 Rf6 61. Ke3 Kg7 62. Ra7+ Kf8 63. Nd3 Bd5 64. Nf4 Rf7 65. Ra5
Re7+ 66. Kd2 Be4 67. d5 Kf7 68. Kc3 Bxd5 69. Nxd5 Re4 70. Ra6 Rh4 71. Kd3 Rg4
72. Rf6+ Kg7 73. Rf5 Ra4 74. Nf4 Rb4 75. Ke3 Ra4 76. Kf3 Ra1 77. Nh5+ Kg6 78.
Rb5 Rf1+ 79. Kg4 Rg1+ 80. Ng3 Kf6 81. Kf4 Ke6 82. Re5+ Kd7 83. Re3 Kd6 84. Nf5+
Kd5 85. Rd3+ Kc4 86. Rd8 Kc5 87. Ng3 Kc4 88. Ne4 Rh1 89. Nd2+ Kc5 90. Nf3 Kc4
91. Ke4 Kc5 92. Rd5+ Kb4 93. Rg5 Rh8 94. Ne5 Rh4+ 95. Kd5 Rh8 96. Rg1 Rd8+ 97.
Ke4 Rh8 98. Nd3+ Kb5 99. Rc1 Re8+ 100. Ne5 Kb4 101. Rc7 Rh8 102. Ng6 Rh1 103.
Nf4 Rh4 104. Ke5 Kb3 105. Ng2 Rh8 106. Ne3 Rh4 107. Kd5 Rh2 108. Rb7+ Ka4 109.
Nf5 Rh5 110. Ke4 Rh1 111. Ne3 Rh4+ 112. Kd5 Rh5+ 113. Kc6 Rh6+ 114. Kc5 Rh5+
115. Nd5 Ka3 116. Rb8 Ka4 117. Kc4 Rh4+ 118. Kd3 Rh3+ 119. Ne3 Ka5 120. Kd4
Rh4+ 121. Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto PWC op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2009.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zhou, Haonan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. a3 a6 6. Rb1 Rb8 7. b4 cxb4 8. axb4
b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. d4 d5 12. Bf4 Rb6 13. Ne5 O-O 14. O-O Bf5 15.
Rb3 Ne4 16. e3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Be4 19. Bh3 Qa8 20. Qd4 Rc6 21. Rxc6
Qxc6 22. Qd2 h6 23. f3 Qc2 24. Qxc2 Bxc2 25. e6 Bd3 26. Rd1 Bc4 27. Bc7 Ra8 28.
Ba5 Kf8 29. f4 f5 30. g4 fxg4 31. Bxg4 Bf6 32. Bf3 Ra6 33. Bxd5 Bxd5 34. Rxd5
Rxe6 35. Kf2 Rd6 36. Rxb5 Rd2+ 37. Kg3 Kf7 38. Bb6 g5 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. Bc7 Ke6
41. Kf3 Rc2 42. Bg3 Rc3 43. h3 Kd7 44. Rb7+ Kc6 45. Rb8 Rb3 46. Ke4 e6 47. Rc8+
Kb5 48. Bd6 Rc3 49. Rb8+ Kc6 50. Be7 Rc4+ 51. Kd3 Rc3+ 52. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Toronto PWC op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2009.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Victor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2009.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 g6 11. Qf3 Be6 12. Qxb7 Bg7 13. O-O Bxd4 14. Nc3 Bd7
15. Qf3 Qf6 16. Qxf6 Bxf6 17. Be3 Bc6 18. Rfd1 O-O 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Rab8
21. Rad1 Rfc8 22. f3 a5 23. Rf4 e6 24. Rd2 Kg7 25. a3 Nd7 26. Ba2 Ne5 27. h4 h6
28. Ne4 Rd8 29. Nd6 Bd5 30. Nc4 Nxc4 31. Bxc4 e5 32. Rxd5 exf4 33. Rxa5 Rxb2
34. Ra7 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Rf8 36. a4 h5 37. a5 Kh6 38. Rxf7 Rxf7 39. Bxf7 Ra1 40. g3
Kg7 41. Bd5 Rxa5 42. Be4 fxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Kf6 44. Bc2 Ra7 45. Be4 Rg7 46. Bc2 Re7
47. Be4 Re6 48. Kf4 Rd6 49. Kg3 Ke5 50. Bc2 Rf6 51. Be4 Kd4 52. Kf2 Rb6 53. Kg3
Ke3 54. Bc2 Rc6 55. Be4 Ra6 56. Bc2 Ra1 57. Be4 Rg1+ 58. Kh2 Kf2 59. Bd5 Rg2+
0-1

[Event "Toronto PWC op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2009.04.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Noritsyn, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. a3 Bg7 5. Rb1 a5 6. Bb5 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 f5 12. Ned2 h6 13. Nc4 f4 14. h3 g5 15. Nfd2
Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Qh5 Qc7 19. b3 d5 20. a4 e6 21. Ba3 Qa7 22.
Rbc1 Rf7 23. Nf3 Bf8 24. Nh2 Kh7 25. Qf3 Kg6 26. Ng4 Be7 27. Nf6 Rxf6 28. exf6
Bxf6 29. c4 Bd4 30. Qe2 Rc8 31. Bb2 f3 32. gxf3 Qg7 33. Bxd4 Qxd4 34. Qe3 Qxe3
35. fxe3 Bxd3 36. Rc3 Bf5 37. e4 Bxh3 38. cxd5 cxd5 39. exd5 exd5 40. Re5 d4
41. Rcxc5 Rb8 42. Kh2 Bf1 43. Rc6+ Kh5 44. Ree6 Rh8 45. Re1 Bd3 46. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Toronto PWC op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2009.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Samsonkin, Artiom"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nf6 8. a4
b6 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Bb7 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Rae1 Nc5 13. b4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Nd7 15.
Rc1 Qd8 16. f5 e5 17. Ne6 fxe6 18. Qh5+ g6 19. fxg6 Nf6 20. g7+ Kd7 21. Qf7 Qe8
22. gxh8=N Qxh8 23. Ne2 b5 24. Bg5 Qg8 25. Rxf6 Qxg5 26. Qxe6+ Kd8 27. Rc7 Qe3+
28. Kf1 Kxc7 29. Qxe7+ Kb6 30. Qxd6+ Ka7 31. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Toronto PWC op"]
[Site "Toronto"]
[Date "2009.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Barron, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2009.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h4 Bg7 5. h5 Nxh5 6. e4 fxe4 7. Rxh5 gxh5 8.
Qxh5+ Kf8 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6+ Kg8 11. Qg5+ Kf7 12. Nxe4 Qg8 13. Qf4+ Ke8 14.
Qxc7 Nc6 15. O-O-O Qg6 16. Re1 Kf7 17. d5 Nb4 18. Nf3 d6 19. Neg5+ Kg8 20. Qd8+
Kg7 21. Rxe7+ Kh6 22. Nf7+ Kh5 23. Re5+ dxe5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Be3 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. f5 {The opening position is full of
life and White can choose between many different plans. The immediate advance
of the f-pawn is preparing a kingside attack, that is partly based on the
uncompleted black development.} (12. g4 Nc6 13. g5 Nd7 14. Nb3) (12. Qe1 Nbd7
13. Bf2 e5 14. Nf5 Rfe8) 12... e5 13. Nb3 {Nakamura is struggling with the
usual problem of proper retreat of the knight. The b3-square is orderly, but
the knight is far away from the kingside. In case of 13.Nde2 White is running
as serious risk of stumbling on his own feet as the knight stands a bit in a
way.} (13. Nde2 Nbd7 (13... Rd8 14. Ng3 Nbd7 15. Rf2 Bc6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5
b5 18. b3 Re8 19. Rd2 h6 20. h3 Nh7 21. Ne4 Ndf6 22. Re2 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Nf6 $11
{1/2-1/2 Efimenko,Z (2688)-Hou,Y (2571)/Wijk aan Zee 2009 (55)}) 14. Ng3 $6 (
14. g4 h6 15. h4 Nh7 16. Qe1 Qd8 17. Bf2 Rc8 $5 $15 (17... g5 18. Kg2 Kg7 $13))
14... Rac8 (14... Rfe8 15. Qe2 Bc6 16. Rfd1 Qb7 {1/2-1/2 Ganguly,S (2631)
-Aagaard,J (2531)/Sabadell 2008}) 15. Rf2 Qc4 {/\Qb4} 16. Nd5 (16. Rd2 Qb4 17.
Ra3 Qxb2 18. Rb3 Qxc3 $1 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 $44) 16... Bxd5 (16... Nxd5 17. exd5 Bh4
18. Rd2 $13) 17. exd5 b5 18. Rd2 Bd8 19. axb5 axb5 $2 (19... Qxb5 $1 20. c3 a5
$15) 20. Ra6 $1 (20. Be2 Qh4 21. Bxb5 Ng4 22. Nf1 Nxe3 23. Nxe3 Bb6 $17) 20...
Qh4 $6 (20... Be7 $1) 21. Nf1 $2 (21. Rxd6 Bc7 22. Rxd7 $1 (22. Rc6 e4 23. d6
exf3 24. Rxc7 $13) 22... Nxd7 23. d6 $44) 21... Be7 22. Qa1 Nc5 23. Ra5 Ng4 24.
Bxg4 Qxg4 $17 {0-1 Lutz,C (2580)-Gelfand,B (2680)/Cap d'Agde 1994/ (61)}) 13...
Nbd7 14. g4 h6 {The thematic idea of a d6-d5 counterattack is possible right
away. On the other hand Black would like to see the whole white kingside truly
exposed.} (14... d5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 e4 17. Bxe4 Bd6 18. Qd2 (18. Qd3
Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Rfe8 $13) 18... Rfe8 19. Bf3 Ne5 20. Bf4 Nxf3+ 21. Rxf3 Re4 22.
Raf1 (22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. h3 Rae8 $11) 22... Rae8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Baklan,V (2591)
-Smeets,J (2515)/Hoogeveen 2004 (29)}) 15. h4 (15. g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 b5 17. Qd2
$5 b4 $1 18. Nd5 Nxd5 (18... Bxd5 19. exd5 Rfc8 20. Rf2 e4 21. Re1 Re8 22. Bg2
Rac8 23. Rfe2 Ne5 24. Kh1 Qd7 25. Nd4 Nxd5 26. Bxe4 Nf6 $11 {1-0 Abramovic,B 
(2495)-Suba,M (2525)/Belgrade 1984 (53)}) 19. exd5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Rfc8 (20...
Qxc2 21. Rf2 $1 Qxb3 (21... f6 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rxc2 Rac8 24. Rg2+ $11) 22.
Rg2 g6 23. Qh6 Qxf3 24. Rxg6+ fxg6 25. Qxg6+ $11) 21. Kh1 Nf6 22. Rg1 {1-0
Korzubov,P-Mikhalchishin,A (2530)/Ivano Frankovsk 1982 (30)} Ne8 $11) (15. Bg2
Rac8 16. h4 Nh7 17. Qe1 Qd8 18. Bf2 Ndf6 19. Qe2 Nd7 20. Qe1 Ndf6 21. Qe2 Qc7
22. Be3 Nd7 23. Qe1 Qd8 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A (2515)-Psakhis,L (2575)/Minsk 1987
}) 15... d5 $1 {The charm of the Sicilian Defence lays in the fact, that
counterplay is often just a move away. Black may not truly equalize, but he
definitely manages to change the flow of the fight.} (15... Nh7 16. Qe1 Nc5 17.
Nxc5 dxc5 18. Qg3 Qd8 19. Bf2 Qc7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Be3 f6 22. Be2 c4 23. Qf2
$16 {1-0 Stratulat,S-Bulgakova,O/Kiev 1999 (32)}) 16. exd5 e4 17. Bg2 (17. Nxe4
$2 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qg3+ $19) 17... Qg3 $6 {Shabalov has done a right thing in
the center, but the text move is dubious. The untested bishop move might
suffice to keep the balance.} (17... Bb4 $5 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Bxc3 20. d6
Qc4 21. bxc3 Nd5 22. Qd4 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Rac8 $11) 18. Qe1 {[%mdl 4] New and
quite possibly not the most exact. The defender would have a hard time
deciding what to do with his queen after the simple 18.Bf2!} (18. Bf2 $1 Qxg4 (
18... Qe5 19. Qd4 Rfe8 (19... Nxg4 20. Qxe5 Ndxe5 21. Bxb6 Bb4 22. Nxe4 Bxd5
23. Rfd1 $16) 20. g5 hxg5 21. hxg5 Nxd5 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe4 Nxc3 24. Bxb7
Ne2+ 25. Kg2 Ra7 26. Na5 $16) 19. Nxe4 $1 Qf4 20. Bg3 Qe3+ 21. Kh2 Nxe4 22. Rf3
Nxg3 23. Rxe3 Nxf5 24. Rxe7 Nxe7 25. d6 $18 {1-0 Byrne,R (2505)-Winslow,E 
(2340)/New York 1986 (26)}) 18... Qxe1 (18... Qxg4 19. Rf4 Qh5 20. Nxe4 Nxe4
21. Bxe4 $16) 19. Rfxe1 {It made sense to spare a thought for the
centralization of the last reserve and taking with the rook from a1.} (19.
Raxe1 $5 Nxg4 (19... Nxd5 20. Bxe4 N7f6 21. Bg2 Nxc3 22. Bxb7 Ra7 23. Bg2 (23.
Na5 Nxa4 24. Bxb6 Nxb6 25. Rxe7 Rb8 26. Rd1 Nxg4 27. Rd4 Nf6 28. c4 $16) 23...
Nxa4 24. g5 hxg5 25. hxg5 Nh7 26. Rf4 Nxb2 27. Rg4 $16) 20. Bxb6 Nxb6 21. Rxe4
Ne5 22. Rxe5 Bf6 23. Ree1 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Bxd5 $14) 19... Nxg4 20. Bxb6 $5 (20.
Nxe4 Bxd5 $11) 20... Nxb6 21. Rxe4 Nxd5 {Black just needs a solid base for his
counterplay. The demaged nature of White's kingside structure and backward
queenside pawns offer scope for real resistance.} (21... Bxd5 22. Rxg4 (22.
Rxe7 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nc4 24. Re4 h5 $14) 22... Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rad8 $14) 22. Nxd5
Bxd5 23. Rxe7 Rfd8 (23... Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rfe8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Nd4 $14) 24.
Bf1 (24. Rae1 Rab8 $14) 24... Kf8 (24... Rdb8 25. a5 Bxb3 26. cxb3 Rxb3 27.
Rae1 $14) 25. Ree1 {Nakamura has no plans to use the a1-rook in the center,
even though it was a more promissing idea at this moment.} (25. Rae1 Be6 26.
Rc7 Bxf5 27. Bc4 Bg6 28. Nc5 a5 $14) 25... Rdb8 26. Ra3 (26. Bg2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2
Rb4 $14) 26... Nf6 {Shabalov came very close to equalizing the chances due to
his pressure on the queenside.} (26... Rb4 $5 27. Nc5 Rxb2 28. Rc3 Rb4 $11) 27.
Rd1 Ra7 28. Rd2 (28. c4 Be4 29. Rd6 Bxf5 30. c5 $14) 28... Be4 29. Rf2 Ng4 $2 {
A tragic slip of attention, black is losing two tempoes and enables white to
advnace his queenside pawns.} (29... h5 $1 30. a5 Ng4 31. Rf4 Bxc2 32. Nd4 Rxb2
33. Rc3 Ba4 34. Ne6+ fxe6 35. fxe6+ Nf6 36. Rxa4 Ke7 $11) 30. Rf4 Nf6 31. Nc5
Bxc2 32. Rf2 Bd1 (32... Rxb2 $2 33. Rc3 $18) 33. Nxa6 $1 {It was not strictly
necessary to force matters with exchange of two pieces for the rook, but the
idea works perfectly.} (33. a5 Re7 34. Nxa6 Rc8 35. b4 $16) 33... Rb6 34. b4
Rbxa6 35. Bxa6 Rxa6 36. a5 {Shabalov's pieces are so poorly coordinated, that
the task of holding two passed pawns falls on the shoulders of only two
defenders.} Ne4 (36... Ra7 37. a6 Bg4 38. b5 Nd7 39. Kg2 Ke7 40. Kg3 h5 41. Rb2
$16) 37. b5 $1 Rd6 (37... Nxf2 38. bxa6 $18) (37... Ra8 38. a6 Nxf2 39. b6 $18)
38. a6 {The bishop on d1 is a hopelessly misplaced hero and the pawns can not
be stopped.} Nxf2 (38... Rd8 39. a7 Ra8 40. b6 Nc5 41. Rc3 Nd7 42. Rc8+ Rxc8
43. b7 $18) 39. a7 Nh3+ 40. Rxh3 (40. Rxh3 Rd8 41. b6 $18) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d5 8. e3 c5
9. Nc3 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. d4 Rad8 13. Ne5 Qxg2+ 14. Kxg2 Nxe5+
15. f3 cxd4 16. exd4 Nc6 17. Qe2 Rd5 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Rc4 Ba6 20. Qe4 Bxc4 21.
bxc4 R5d6 22. Rd1 Bf6 23. Ba3 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Nxd4 25. Bc1 h5 26. g4 hxg4 27.
fxg4 g5 28. Be3 e5 29. a4 Rc8 30. Qd5 Ne6 31. Kf3 Be7 32. Qxe5 Rxc4 33. Qb8+
Kg7 34. Qxa7 Bd8 35. Qd7 Rb4 36. h3 Bf6 37. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Nc5 9. Qf3 O-O 10. Bg2 d6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rd1 Ba4 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Nxc5
Bxd1 15. Qxb7 Qxb7 16. Nxb7 Bxe2 17. Nxd6 Nd7 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. f4 Bf3 20. Be3
a6 21. Rb1 Bc6 22. Bd4 Kf8 23. c5 Rb8 24. Rb3 Bd5 25. c4 Bc6 26. Ra3 Ra8 27. g4
h6 28. h4 f6 29. Re3 Ke7 30. Kf2 Rb8 31. Kg3 Rb4 32. Bc3 Ra4 33. Nf5+ Kf7 34.
Nd6+ Kg8 35. Nc8 Kf7 36. Bd4 e5 37. Nd6+ Ke6 38. a3 g5 39. fxe5 fxe5 40. h5 Kf6
41. Bb2 Ke6 42. Nf5 Rxc4 43. Rd3 Rxc5 44. Rd6+ Kf7 45. Nxh6+ Ke7 46. Nf5+ Kf7
47. h6 Nf8 48. Rd8 Nh7 49. Rc8 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Bb3 Qc7 8. Qe2
Nc6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. h3 Rd8 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rxd8+ Qxd8 14. e4 Nd4
15. Qd1 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bd7 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Bc6 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Qe2 g5 21.
Bg3 Rd8 22. e5 Ne8 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Ng7 25. Bh2 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Qd7 27. Qe2
Nf5 28. g4 Nh4 29. Bg3 Qd5 30. Bxh4 gxh4 31. Bb3 Qd4 32. Kg2 Qf4 33. Bc2 Bd4
34. Qf3 Qxe5 35. b3 Qg5 36. Bd3 h5 37. Qe4 Qf6 38. Qf3 hxg4 39. Qxg4+ Kf8 40.
Qf3 Qd8 41. Qe4 a5 42. a4 b6 43. Bc4 Bf6 44. Qd3 Qc7 45. Qe4 Qc5 46. Qf3 Qg5+
47. Qg4 Qe5 48. Qe2 Qc7 49. Qe4 Ke7 50. Qg4 Qd6 51. Qe4 Bg5 52. Qb7+ Kf8 53.
Qa8+ Kg7 54. Qe4 Qc5 55. Qf3 Qe5 56. Qe2 Qf6 57. Qe4 Bf4 58. Kg1 Bc7 59. Kg2
Kf8 60. Qa8+ Ke7 61. Qe4 Qh6 62. Qf3 Qh8 63. Qe4 Qf6 64. Qg4 Bd6 65. Qe4 Bc5
66. Qb7+ Kf8 67. Qa8+ Kg7 68. Qf3 Qh6 69. Qe4 Qf6 70. Qf3 Qd8 71. Qg4+ Kf8 72.
Qf4 Qe7 73. Qb8+ Kg7 74. Qe5+ Kg8 75. Qf4 e5 76. Qg4+ Kf8 77. Qc8+ Kg7 78. Qg4+
Kh6 79. Qf5 Kg7 80. Qg4+ Kf8 81. Qc8+ Qe8 82. Qxe8+ Kxe8 83. Bd3 Ke7 84. f4
exf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 7. d4 b5 8.
Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 Bg7 10. e4 O-O 11. Be2 Be6 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. c6 Rxc6
15. Nd4 Rd6 16. Rd1 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. f3 Ne5 19. Bf2 Nc4 20. Nc6 Bxc3+ 21.
bxc3 Qc7 22. Nb4 Be6 23. O-O Rfd8 24. Bd4 a5 25. Nd3 b4 26. Nf4 Qd7 27. Rc1 Na3
28. Qf2 Nb5 29. Bc5 Rd2 30. Qh4 f6 31. cxb4 axb4 32. Qh6 Rxa2 33. Nxg6 hxg6 34.
Qxg6+ Kh8 35. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. a4 Re8 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. b5 axb5 15.
axb5 Nf8 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 N6d7 19. Nxd5 Qe6 20. e4 Nc5 21.
Qc2 Bxd5 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Bc4 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Bd5 Ra4 26. f4 g6 27. Ra1
Rb4 28. Ba3 Ra4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Be7 Kg7 31. Bf6+ Kh6 32. Bg5+ Kg7 33. Bf6+
Kh6 34. Bg5+ Kg7 35. Ra3 f5 36. exf6+ Kf7 37. Rd3 Rc4 38. g4 Rc5 39. Bh6 Ne6
40. g5 Ke8 41. Re3 Kf7 42. Rd3 Ke8 43. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. h4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc5 12. h5 Qb6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Bxc5 Nxc5
15. f5 Qc7 16. Re1 exf5 17. h6 g6 18. Nxd5 Qd8 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Qb4 Ne6 21. Rh3
Bb7 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Rd6 Be4 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Rad8 26. Rhd3 Qe7 27. Qe3
Kg8 28. Rxa6 Rxd3 29. Bxd3 Qb7 30. Rd6 Qxg2 31. Bxb5 g5 32. Rd1 Qh2 33. a4 Qxh6
34. a5 Qh2 35. Bd7 Nf4 36. b4 Kg7 37. a6 Qg2 38. b5 Rd8 39. Kb2 Qa8 40. Bc6 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brooks, Michael A"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Be3 f5 14. f3 b6
15. f4 a6 16. Nc3 exf4 17. Bxf4 Bf6 18. Be3 Bd7 19. Bd4 Rc8 20. Qd3 Qc7 21.
Bxf6 Rxf6 22. b3 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 b5 24. Rae1 bxc4 25. Qg3 cxb3 26. Ne4 fxe4 27.
Rxf6 Bf5 28. Rxd6 b2 29. Rc6 Rxc6 30. dxc6 Qc1 31. Qb3+ Kh7 32. Qd1 Qxd1 33.
Rxd1 e3 34. c7 e2 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. h3 c5 12. b3 Rb4 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Ba3 Rf4 15.
g3 Rd4 16. Nf3 Rxd3 17. cxd3 Qxd3 18. Nxe5 Qf5 19. g4 Qf4 20. d4 Rd8 21. Qe2
Rxd4 22. Bc1 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Haute"]
[Site "Le Port Marly"]
[Date "2009.05.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.05.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nd5 8.
Qd3 Ndb4 9. Qe4 Bxf3 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. gxf3 e6 12. Bd2 Qa6 13. Ne2 Nd5 14. b3
Nf6 15. Qe3 O-O-O 16. c4 Nd7 17. Bc3 c5 18. Rd1 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bc5 20. Qe4 Nb8
21. O-O Qb7 22. b4 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Nc6 24. Bc5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8
27. Qxh7 Qxf3 28. Qxg7 Qe4 29. h3 Qxc4 30. Be7 Nc6 31. Qxf7 Nd4 32. Bc5 Nf5 33.
a4 a6 34. Qg8+ Kd7 35. Qg4 Qc1+ 36. Kg2 a5 37. Qe4 Qg5+ 38. Kh2 axb4 39. Bxb4
Nd6 40. Bxd6 cxd6 41. Qb7+ Kd8 42. Qb8+ Ke7 43. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Haute"]
[Site "Le Port Marly"]
[Date "2009.05.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.05.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 Bb6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3
Ne7 9. Nf1 Ng6 10. Ng3 c6 11. O-O d5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. exd5 cxd5 15.
Bxd5 Nf4 16. Be4 Qd6 17. d4 f5 18. Bc2 e4 19. Ne5 Bc7 20. Nh5 Ng6 21. f4 exf3
22. Nxf3 Be6 23. Re1 Rae8 24. Bb3 Kh7 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Qd3 Qc6 27. d5 Qb6+ 28.
Kh1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Qxb2 30. d6 Bb6 31. c4 Qxa2 32. Qd5 Qa5 33. Qxb7 Qc3 34. Kh2
Bd4 35. Qd5 Bb6 36. Re6 Qc1 37. Qb7 Qa1 38. Re1 Qb2 39. c5 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Haute"]
[Site "Le Port Marly"]
[Date "2009.05.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2009.05.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. a4 Nh5 12. Re1 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. e5 Be6
15. Bf1 Qg5 16. Nd2 Rfd8 17. Nf3 Rxd1 18. Nxg5 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Bb3 20. a5 b6 21.
a6 Rd8 22. Nf3 c5 23. Bb5 h6 24. h3 Kf8 25. Kf1 Ke7 26. Ke2 Ke6 27. Nd2 Bd5 28.
f3 Bxe5 29. Nc4 Bc7 30. Rd1 Ke7 31. Na3 Be6 32. Rxd8 Kxd8 33. Kd3 Bd6 34. Nc4
Ke7 35. Nd2 g5 36. Ne4 f6 37. Ke2 Be5 38. Nd2 Bd7 39. Bxd7 Kxd7 40. Kd3 b5 41.
c4 b4 42. Kc2 Kc6 43. h4 f5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Nb3 Kb6 46. Nc1 Bd4 47. Nd3 Kxa6
48. Kb3 Ka5 49. Ne1 Be5 50. Nd3 Bd6 51. Nf2 Kb6 52. Ka4 Be5 53. Nd3 Bc7 54. Kb3
Kc6 55. Ka4 a6 56. Kb3 Kd6 57. Kc2 Bb6 58. Kb3 Ke6 59. Kc2 Kf6 60. Nc1 Kg6 61.
Kd2 a5 62. b3 Kf6 63. Nd3 Ke6 64. Nb2 Bd8 65. Na4 Kd6 66. Kd3 Bf6 67. Nb6 Kc6
68. Na4 Be7 69. Ke2 Kd6 70. Nb6 Ke6 71. Na4 Kf7 72. Kf1 Kg6 73. Nb2 Bf6 74. Nd3
Bd4 75. Nc1 Be3 76. Nd3 Kh5 77. Ne5 Bd4 78. Nd3 Kh4 79. Nc1 Be3 80. Nd3 Kg3 81.
Ne1 g4 82. fxg4 fxg4 83. Ke2 Bf2 84. Nd3 Bd4 85. Ne1 Be3 86. Kf1 Kh2 87. Nd3 f3
88. gxf3 g3 89. Ne1 a4 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Haute"]
[Site "Le Port Marly"]
[Date "2009.05.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2009.05.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. a3 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bb7 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. dxc6 Ne5 15.
Qxb4 Nxc6 16. Qa3 d5 17. Rb1 Bd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Bd3 Qb6 20. a5 Qa7 21. Qa4+
Kf8 22. O-O Nxf3+ 23. Kh1 Nd2 24. Rxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qf4+ Kg7 26. Qe5+ Kh6 27. Qf4+
g5 28. Qxd2 e5 29. Re1 Qe7 30. Bf5 Rad8 31. Re3 Kg7 32. Qe2 e4 33. Qxa6 Rd6 34.
Qe2 h5 35. g4 hxg4 36. Qxg4 Rh4 37. Qg3 Rf4 38. Bh3 d4 39. Re1 Qf6 40. Qg1 d3
41. cxd3 exd3 42. Rd1 d2 43. Bg2 Ra4 44. b4 Rxb4 45. a6 Rxa6 0-1

[Event "World op 37th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2009.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2009.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bc4 Nd7 7. Nf3 N7f6 8.
h3 Bf5 9. O-O e6 10. Bb3 Bd6 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nh4 Ne7 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. c3 c5
1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 37th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2009.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2009.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Bxe4 8.
Bxe4 c6 9. c4 Ngf6 10. Bc2 Qc7 11. Qe2 O-O-O 12. Rb1 h6 13. b4 g5 14. Rb3 g4
15. Nd2 h5 16. c5 Nd5 17. Ne4 Nb8 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Nd6+ Rxd6 21.
cxd6 Qxd6 22. Rd1 a6 23. a4 b5 24. h4 Nd5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Be4 Nf4 27. Qc2 f5
28. Bd3 Kb7 29. Bf1 Na6 30. Qd2 Nd5 31. Re1 f4 32. Re5 Naxb4 33. Qe1 Rh6 34.
Rg5 Kb6 35. Qb1 g3 36. fxg3 fxg3 37. Re5 Rf6 38. Rxg3 Rf4 39. Qd1 Nf6 40. Qe1
Ng4 41. Rxg4 Qxd4+ 42. Kh2 hxg4 43. Rxe6 g3+ 44. Kxg3 Rxh4 45. Qe5 Qg4+ 46. Kf2
Qf4+ 47. Qxf4 Rxf4+ 48. Ke2 Nc2 49. Rg6 b4 50. g3 Rxf1 51. Kxf1 b3 52. Rg8 Kc5
53. Rb8 Nb4 54. Rd8 b2 55. Rd1 Kc4 0-1

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. e3
Nxc5 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. a4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 Qe8 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15.
Nd4 Rc8 16. Qf1 h6 17. Bg3 Kh8 18. h3 Bd8 19. b4 Ncd7 20. Rac1 Be7 21. Na2 Ra8
22. f3 Nd5 23. Qe1 Bg5 24. Bf2 Qe7 25. h4 Bf6 26. e4 Nf4 27. Qd2 Bxd4 28. Bxd4
b5 29. Bf1 e5 30. Bf2 Bc8 31. Rc7 Qe6 32. axb5 axb5 33. Nc3 Qg6 34. Be3 Qg3 35.
Bxf4 exf4 36. Rxd7 Bxd7 37. Qxd7 Qxh4 38. Qd2 Rad8 39. Nd5 f5 40. e5 Rfe8 41.
Qe2 Re6 42. Rd4 Qg3 43. Nc7 Rxd4 44. Nxe6 Rxb4 45. Qc2 Ra4 46. Qd2 Ra1 47. Nxf4
Kh7 48. Nd3 Qh4 49. f4 Qe7 50. Qb4 Qxb4 51. Nxb4 g5 52. Kf2 Kg7 53. Nc6 Ra2+
54. Ke3 Ra3+ 55. Kf2 Ra4 56. fxg5 Rf4+ 57. Ke1 hxg5 58. Bxb5 Kf7 59. Ke2 Ke6
60. Kd3 Kd5 61. Ne7+ Kc5 62. Bc6 Rd4+ 63. Ke3 Rb4 64. Bd7 Re4+ 65. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3
e6 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. g4 h6 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. h4 b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15. b3
Nc5 16. a3 Rc8 17. Qxb4 Qc7 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Qa4+ Nd7 20. Ne2 Bc6 21. Qc4 Ne5
22. Qc3 Nxf3 23. Bf4 e5 24. Qxf3 exf4 25. Qxf4 c4 26. b4 a5 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28.
c3 Bxe4 29. Rh3 Be7 30. Nd4 axb4 31. axb4 O-O 32. Nb5 Rb7 33. Nd6 Bxd6 34. Rxd6
Rc7 35. Rd4 Bb7 36. Rxc4 Re7 37. Rd4 Re1+ 38. Rd1 Rfe8 39. Bd3 Bc8 40. Rg3 g5
41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 43. Kd2 Re5 44. Re3 1-0

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 h6 8. c3
Qc7 9. Nh4 Bh7 10. f4 c5 11. Ndf3 Nc6 12. Be3 Be7 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 Nb4 16. Qb1 Qc2 17. a3 Qxb1 18. Raxb1 Nc6 19. f5 Nf8 20. g4 h5 21. g5
exf5 22. Nxf5 Ne6 23. Rbc1 Rd8 24. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Bf4 Nd5 8.
Nxd5 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Qxd5 10. c4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Bf5 13. Kc3 e6 14.
Be2 O-O-O 15. Rad1 f6 16. Bf4 g5 17. Be3 h5 18. h3 Bd6 19. b4 Bc7 20. a4 a6 21.
Kb3 Bg6 22. Rhf1 e5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. b5 axb5 25. cxb5 cxb5 26. axb5 Kb8 27.
Bc4 Rc8 28. Kb4 Rhe8 29. b6 g4 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. Rfe1 Rc6 32. Bc5 Kc8 33. Re3
Rd8 34. Rxd8+ Kxd8 35. Bd5 Kd7 36. Kb5 Rc8 37. Bxb7 Rh8 38. Bc6+ Ke6 39. b7 1-0

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 e5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. Bh4 Qxa3 13. Bd3 exd4 14. cxd4
Qb4 15. Bg3 O-O 16. O-O a5 17. Ra1 a4 18. Qc2 Qa5 19. Bd6 Rd8 20. Rfb1 N7f6 21.
Ba3 Qc3 22. Qxc3 Nxc3 23. Rc1 Nb5 24. Bxb5 cxb5 25. Rab1 Bd7 26. Ne5 Be8 27. f3
Nd5 28. Kf2 f6 29. Nd3 Nb6 30. Rc7 Nd5 31. Rc2 Rac8 32. Rbc1 Rc4 33. Ke2 Nb6
34. Nb2 Rxc2+ 35. Rxc2 Bg6 36. e4 f5 37. Rc5 fxe4 38. Rxb5 Nd5 39. Rxb7 Rc8 40.
Bc5 Nf4+ 41. Ke3 Nd5+ 42. Ke2 Ra8 43. Nc4 Nf4+ 44. Kd2 Nxg2 45. fxe4 Bxe4 46.
Re7 Bc6 47. Bd6 Nh4 48. Kc3 Nf5 49. Re1 Nxd6 50. Nxd6 a3 51. Nc4 a2 52. Ra1 Bd5
53. Nb6 Ra3+ 54. Kd2 Bf7 0-1

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. e5 Bb7 11. Qh3 dxe5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Be7 14. Bxb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. b4 Nc6 6. b5 Na5 7. Qd3 Ne4 8. c4 c5
9. Bb2 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Nb3 d5 12. Nxa5 bxa5 13. O-O Rc8 14. Ne5 O-O 15.
Rfd1 a6 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. bxc6 Rxc4 20. Qxc4 dxc4
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Rc1 Kf6 24. Rxc4 Rc8 25. c7 Ke5 26. Rc6 Kd5 27.
Rxa6 Rxc7 28. Rxa5+ Ke6 29. e3 h5 30. Kg2 Kf6 31. Ra8 Rc2 32. a4 Ra2 33. a5 Ra1
34. a6 Kf7 35. a7 Kg7 36. g4 hxg4 37. Kg3 Ra2 38. Kxg4 Kf7 39. Kg5 Kg7 40. h4
Kf7 41. Kg4 Kg7 42. Kh3 Ra1 43. Kg3 Ra2 44. Kf4 Rxf2+ 45. Ke5 Ra2 46. Ke6 Ra5
47. Kxe7 Ra6 48. Kd7 Ra1 49. Ke6 Ra5 50. Kd6 Ra1 51. Ke5 Ra4 52. Kd5 Kh7 53.
Kc5 Ra1 54. Kd6 Kg7 55. Ke5 Ra4 56. Kf4 Kh7 57. Kg4 Ra5 58. Re8 Rxa7 59. Rxe4
Kg7 60. Rf4 Ra5 61. Kf3 Re5 62. e4 Ra5 63. e5 Rxe5 64. Ra4 g5 65. Rg4 Kg6 66.
Rxg5+ Rxg5 67. hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a6 8. Qe2
c6 9. Rd1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Nf3 Bf8 12. Be3 h6 13. Qd3 Qe7 14. Bd4 a5 15.
Nh4 Ne5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. d5
Nd6 9. b3 f5 10. Rc1 Bf6 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. Be5 Na6 13. O-O Nf7 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
e4 f4 16. Qd2 g5 17. e5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Rfe1 Qf5 20. Be4 Qh3 21. Bg2 Qf5
22. Be4 Qh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia-A playoff"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.07.16"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. h3
a6 9. Be3 Ne5 10. Qe2 g5 11. f4 gxf4 12. Bxf4 Nfd7 13. O-O-O b5 14. Qf2 Bb7 15.
Kb1 Qb6 16. Rhf1 Be7 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Nf3 Rh7 19. Bd4 b4 20. Na4 Nc4 21. Nd2 Rc8
22. Nxc4 Qxc4 23. b3 Qb5 24. Nb2 Ne5 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Nc4 Rxc4 27. bxc4 Qxc4
28. Qb6 Qc6 29. Qa5 f6 30. h4 Rg7 31. Bf3 Rg8 32. g5 hxg5 33. Qxe5 Kf7 34. Qg3
g4 35. Bxg4 Qc5 36. Bxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Donostia-A playoff"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.07.16"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. Bf4 c5 13. e5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd5 15.
Bd2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb8 17. h3 Nc6 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bb5 Rc8 20. Rfc1 Nde7 21. Kg2
Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. Bxe3 a6 25. Bf1 Bc2 26. Kg3 Nd5 27. Bd2 Rc7
28. a5 Rd8 29. Ra2 Rdc8 30. Rb2 h6 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 16th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schoenhof, Timo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 c6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be6 7. Nge2 Na6 8.
O-O Rd8 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 g6 11. Bf4 Qd7 12. Qd2 Bg7 13. c3 O-O 14. Bh6 Bxh6
15. Qxh6 Bc4 16. Nf4 f5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 c5 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Nf3 e6 21.
Rad1 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Qe7 23. Rfd1 Nc7 24. h4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 e5 26. Qe3 e4 27. Ng5
Ne8 28. Qd2 Nf6 29. Rd6 h6 30. Ne6 e3 31. Qd4 e2 32. Nxf8 e1=Q+ 33. Kg2 Q7e2
34. Rxf6 Q2f1+ 35. Kh2 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 16th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hoeffer, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nge7 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Kh7 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 f5 14. e3 Ne6 15. Bb2
c6 16. Nb3 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. d4 e4 19. Ra1 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 g5 21. Ba3 Rf7 22.
f3 exf3 23. Bxf3 b6 24. Qb1 Kh8 25. Bg2 Bb7 26. Bh3 Nf8 27. Bxf5 Nxf5 28. Rxf5
Qd7 29. Rf1 Qe6 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. Bxf8 Qxf8 32. Nd2 Qe8 33. Qd3 Qe6 34. Nf3 Qg4
35. Ne5 Qe6 36. Qg6 Qc8 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Nxh6+ Kh8 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 16th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schulz, Karsten"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2009.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Bd7 5. c3 Qc8 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Ng5 Nd8 8. e4
e5 9. Be3 Nh6 10. h3 f6 11. Nf3 Nhf7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. h4 h5 14. O-O c6 15. a4
Be6 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Rfe1 Kh7 18. Rad1 Bg4 19. Rc1 d5 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. exd5
cxd5 22. Ng5+ Nxg5 23. Bxg5 Qd7 24. Nf1 Nf7 25. Ne3 e4 26. Nxg4 Qxg4 27. Qd1
Nxg5 28. Qxg4 hxg4 29. hxg5 Rac8 30. Bf1 Re5 31. Be2 Rxg5 32. Rcd1 Rf8 33. Rf1
Bf6 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Rh1 Be7 36. Rd2 Bc5 37. Rf1 Rh8 38. Bxg4 e3 39. fxe3 Rxg4
40. Rxd5 Be7 41. Rd7 Re4 42. Rxb7 Rxe3 43. Rxa7 Rd8 44. Rf2 Kh6 45. Rf7 Rd2+
46. Kh3 Bd6 47. Rh7+ Kg5 48. Ra5+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 16th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Bd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15.
Bb2 a4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Bxd5+ Qxd5 18. Qc1 Bc5 19. b6 cxb6 20. Qc4 Qxc4 21.
Nxc4 Rfe8 22. Nxb6 Ra7 23. Rb5 Bxb6 24. Rxb6 Rxe2 25. Rc1 Kf7 26. Rd6 b5 27.
Rxd4 Rb2 28. Kg2 Rb3 29. Ra1 Rc7 30. g4 Kg6 31. Rd5 Kf7 32. h4 Ke6 33. Rd4 Rc5
34. Rd8 Ke7 35. Rd4 h5 36. gxh5 Ke6 37. Rd8 Rxh5 38. f4 Rxh4 39. Kg3 Rh6 40.
Re1+ Kf5 41. Rd5+ Kg6 42. f5+ Kh7 43. Rd7 Rh5 44. Kg4 Kh6 45. Re8 Rg5+ 46. Kf4
Kh7 47. Rdd8 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 16th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shomoev, Anton"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "219"]
[EventDate "2009.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Be3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 e6 9. O-O-O Qd8 10. Kb1 Nbd7 11. g4 Be7 12. h4 b5 13. g5 Nd5 14. Ne4 N7b6
15. Bc1 Nc4 16. h5 Qa5 17. Qb3 Ncb6 18. Rh3 O-O-O 19. f4 g6 20. Nf2 Bd6 21. Rf3
Qa4 22. Qxa4 Nxa4 23. c3 gxh5 24. Bh3 Kb8 25. Kc2 c5 26. Ne4 cxd4 27. Rxd4 Rhe8
28. f5 Be5 29. Rd1 Re7 30. fxe6 fxe6 31. g6 Rde8 32. gxh7 Rxh7 33. Ng5 Rhe7 34.
Bxe6 Nc7 35. Bf7 Rh8 36. Bb3 Nc5 37. Nf7 Rhe8 38. Bg5 Rd7 39. Nxe5 Rxe5 40.
Rxd7 Nxd7 41. Bf4 Re2+ 42. Kd1 Rxb2 43. Rg3 Rf2 44. Bd6 Rf6 45. Be7 Rc6 46. Bf7
a5 47. Bg5 Nc5 48. Re3 Na4 49. Kd2 Nb6 50. Rh3 Ncd5 51. Bxh5 Nc4+ 52. Kc2 Ne5
53. Bd2 Rf6 54. Be2 Rf2 55. Kd1 Kc7 56. Rh5 Kd6 57. Rh6+ Kc5 58. Rh8 b4 59.
Rc8+ Nc6 60. cxb4+ axb4 61. Ke1 Rf6 62. Bd3 Kd4 63. Bc2 Ne5 64. Bb3 Nd3+ 65.
Kd1 Ne3+ 66. Bxe3+ Kxe3 67. Re8+ Kd4 68. Rd8+ Kc3 69. Rc8+ Kb2 70. Kd2 Rd6 71.
Ke3 Nc1 72. Bg8 Rd3+ 73. Ke4 Rg3 74. Rb8 Kc3 75. Rc8+ Kb2 76. Rb8 Rg4+ 77. Ke3
Nxa2 78. Be6 Rh4 79. Kd2 Nc3 80. Bg8 Ne4+ 81. Ke3 Nc5 82. Rb5 Nd7 83. Be6 Nf6
84. Kd3 Nh5 85. Bc4 Nf4+ 86. Kd2 Rh2+ 87. Ke3 Kc3 88. Bf7 Nd3 89. Rb8 Rh3+ 90.
Ke4 Rh4+ 91. Ke3 Rh3+ 92. Ke4 Nc5+ 93. Kf4 Rh1 94. Bg8 Rg1 95. Ke3 Nd7 96. Rc8+
Kb2 97. Kf2 Rg6 98. Ke2 Rh6 99. Kd2 Rh2+ 100. Kd3 Rh3+ 101. Kd2 Rc3 102. Rd8
Nf6 103. Rb8 Ne4+ 104. Ke2 Ng3+ 105. Kd2 Rc2+ 106. Kd3 Rc3+ 107. Kd2 Nf1+ 108.
Ke2 Ng3+ 109. Kd2 Nf1+ 110. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 16th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g4 Bxc3 5. bxc3 d6 6. g5 Nfd7 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
d3 e5 9. h4 Nb6 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. a4 Na5 13. Nb3 Bc6 14. Nxa5 Bxg2
15. Rg1 Bh3 16. c5 Nd5 17. Nxb7 Nxe3 18. fxe3 dxc5 19. Qb3 O-O 20. Qa3 Rab8 21.
Nxc5 f5 22. Nb3 Qf7 23. Nd2 Qh5 24. Rh1 Qxh4+ 25. Kd1 Qg3 26. Qc5 Bg4 27. Kc2
Bxe2 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Qe6 Bxd3+ 30. Kxd3 Rfd8+ 31. Kc4 Rxd2 32. Qxf5 Rh2 33.
Raf1 Qh4+ 34. Kc5 Rg8 35. Rxh2 Qxh2 36. Rb1 e4 37. Qxe4 Qd6+ 38. Kc4 Qa6+ 39.
Kb3 Qb6+ 40. Ka2 Qc5 41. Rh1 g6 42. Qd4+ Qxd4 43. cxd4 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 16th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. d5 Nb8 7. f3 c6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Nge2 a6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Ne5 12. b4 Bd7 13. a4 b6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15.
Nd4 Bb7 16. Nb3 Nc6 17. b5 Nb4 18. Nd5 Nfxd5 19. cxd5 Na2 20. Rc4 axb5 21. axb5
Nc3 22. Qc1 Nxb5 23. Rb4 Rc8 24. Qd1 Nc3 25. Qe1 b5 26. Rf2 Ba6 27. Rc2 Na4 28.
Nd4 Rxc2 29. Bxc2 Nc5 30. Nc6 Qd7 31. Qf2 Bb7 32. Bxc5 dxc5 33. Qxc5 Bxc6 34.
Qxc6 Qa7+ 35. Kf1 Qe3 36. e5 Bxe5 37. Re4 Qc1+ 38. Re1 Qb2 39. g3 b4 40. Qc4
Bd6 41. Re2 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Rb8 43. h4 Qa1 44. h5 Qf6 45. hxg6 hxg6 46. f4 Kg7 47.
Re1 Rb7 48. Bd1 b3 49. Re3 b2 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 16th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Qd2 exd5 9. Qe3+ Kf8 10. Qf4 Bf6 11. h4 h6 12. Nxd5 Bxg5 13. Qe5 Rh7 14. hxg5
Nc6 15. Qe4 Bf5 16. Qf3 Nxd4 17. Qa3+ Kg7 18. Ne3 Qxg5 19. Qc5 Rd8 20. Rd1 Be6
21. Qxc7 Rhh8 22. Qc3 Qf6 23. g3 Rd6 24. Qc5 Rhd8 25. Bg2 b6 26. Qc1 h5 27. b3
Rc8 28. Nc4 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Re6 30. e3 Nf3+ 31. Bxf3 Qxf3 32. Rh4 Rf6 33. Qc2 Re8
34. Qe2 Rxe3 35. Qxe3 Re6 36. Qxe6 fxe6 37. Rd7+ Kh6 38. Kf1 e5 39. c5 bxc5 40.
Kg1 Qe2 41. Kg2 Qxa2 42. Re4 Qe6 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 16th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Nge2 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Ng3 Bg6 9. Nce4 Bxg3 10. Nxg3 Ne7 11. c3 Nd7 12. h4 h6 13. h5 Bh7 14. Qg4 Rg8
15. Qf3 Nf6 16. b4 Qc7 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Bxh6 Nf5 19. Bg5 Nxg3 20. fxg3 Ne4 21.
Bf4 g5 22. hxg6 Bxg6 23. g4 O-O-O 24. Bh2 Rh8 25. Qf4 Rxh2 26. Kxh2 Nxc3 27.
Rac1 Ne4 28. Rfd1 Qe7 29. Bd3 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 Ng3 31. Bc4 Rh8 32. Ba6 Qh2+ 33. Kf2
Ne4+ 34. Ke3 Qxf4+ 35. Kxf4 bxa6 36. Rxc6+ Kb7 37. Rdc1 Rd8 38. Rc7+ Kb8 39. g5
Nf2 40. R1c3 Nd3+ 41. Ke3 Nxb4 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 16th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2009.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Rc1 Bg4 10. Qd2 h5 11. h3 Bf5 12. Nf3 Qd7 13. h4 Bg4 14. Ng5 Nd5
15. Na4 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 O-O 17. Qe4 Qd5 18. b3 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Qd2 20. Rxc6 Qxa2 21.
Nc5 Rac8 22. Nf3 Rfd8 23. Nb7 Re8 24. Qc4 Rb8 25. Nc5 Rb6 26. Rxc7 Rf6 27. Ng1
a5 28. Qa4 Qxa4 29. bxa4 Rb6 30. Ra7 Bd4 31. Rxa5 Rc8 32. Ne4 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 Rbb1
34. Rd5 Ba7 35. Ra5 Bd4 36. Rb5 Ra1 37. Rb4 Be5 38. Nd2 Bxe2 39. Re4 Bxd3 40.
Rxe5 Rd1 41. Ndf3 e6 42. g4 hxg4 43. Nh2 g3 44. fxg3 Ra2+ 45. Kh3 Rxa4 46. Nhf3
Bf1+ 47. Kh2 Ra2+ 48. Ne2 Bxe2 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op 16th"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8.
Re1 Bb4 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qc7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Qc1 h6
15. h3 Rfe8 16. c4 b6 17. Qe3 c5 18. Rad1 Be4 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Rd4 Bxf3 21.
Qxf3 Ne5 22. Qe3 Nc6 23. b4 Qg5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. Rd1 Rc8 27. g4
Kf8 28. Kg2 Ke7 29. Bc1 Ne5 30. Bxg5 Nxc4 31. Rc1 Nd6 32. Rxc8 Nxc8 33. f4 Nd6
34. Bd3 Kf8 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Kf3 e5 37. h4 Kg7 38. g5 exf4 39. gxf6+ Kxf6 40.
Kxf4 Nc8 41. h5 Ne7 42. h6 Nd5+ 43. Ke4 Nc7 44. h7 Kg7 45. Ke5 a6 46. Kd6 Nb5+
47. Kc6 f5 48. Kxb6 f4 49. Kxa6 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Rb1 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. b3 d6
9. Nh3 Nh5 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Bb2 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. c5 dxc5 14. Na4 c4 15. Nc5
Bc8 16. f4 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Rd8+ 18. Kc1 Ng4 19. Bxc6 Rb8 20. bxc4 Rb6 21. Bb5
Bh6 22. Bc3 e5 23. Ba5 exf4 24. gxf4 Nxf4 25. Nxf4 Bxf4+ 26. Kb2 Re8 27. Bxb6
Rxe2+ 28. Ka3 axb6 29. Rbe1 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Ne3 31. Nd3 Nc2+ 32. Kb3 Nxe1 33.
Nxf4 Bb7 34. Nd5 Bxd5 35. cxd5 Kf7 36. d6 Nf3 37. Bc4+ Ke8 38. Bb5+ Kf7 39.
Bc4+ Kf6 40. Bd5 Ne5 41. Kb4 Nd7 42. Bg8 f4 43. Kb5 f3 44. Bd5 f2 45. Bg2 Ke6
46. Kc6 Ne5+ 47. Kc7 g5 48. a4 h5 49. h3 g4 50. hxg4 hxg4 51. Bf1 Nf7 52. d7
Ke7 53. Bg2 g3 54. Bf1 Nd8 55. Bh3 Ne6+ 56. Bxe6 f1=Q 57. d8=Q+ Kxe6 58. Qd6+
Kf7 59. Qxg3 Qc4+ 60. Kxb6 Qxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qd5+ 14. Qf3
Qxf3+ 15. Nxf3 Nc6 16. Rfe1 b4 17. Bd2 Be7 18. Re4 O-O 19. c3 a5 20. Rc4 bxc3
21. Bxc3 Nb4 22. Ne5 Nd5 23. Nc6 Bf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. a4 Rfc8 26. Rc5 Ra6 27.
Rxd5 Rcxc6 28. Rb5 Rab6 29. Kf3 Kg7 30. Ke3 e5 31. Ra3 Rxb5 32. axb5 Rc4 33.
Rxa5 Rb4 34. Kd3 Rxb2 35. Kc3 Rxf2 36. b6 Rf1 37. Rb5 Rc1+ 38. Kb4 e4 39. b7 e3
40. b8=Q e2 41. Rg5+ fxg5 42. Qe5+ Kf8 43. Qxe2 Rc6 44. Qe5 h6 45. Kb5 Re6 46.
Qh8+ Ke7 47. Kc5 Ra6 48. Qc3 Re6 49. Kd5 Kf8 50. Qh8+ Ke7 51. Kd4 Rc6 52. Ke4
Ra6 53. Qc3 Re6+ 54. Kf5 Kf8 55. Qh8+ Ke7 56. Qg7 Ke8 57. h4 gxh4 58. Kf4 Ke7
59. Kf3 Rg6 60. Qh8 h3 61. Qb8 h2 62. Qb4+ Ke8 63. Kg2 h1=Q+ 64. Kxh1 Re6 65.
Kg2 Rg6 66. Kh3 Re6 67. Kg3 Rg6 68. Kh4 Re6 69. Kh5 Rg6 70. Qe4+ Re6 71. Qa8+
Ke7 72. Qg8 Rc6 73. g5 hxg5 74. Qxg5+ Kf8 75. Qd8+ Kg7 76. Qd4+ Kg8 77. Qg4+
Rg6 78. Qxg6+ fxg6+ 79. Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 Ne8 10. b4 f5 11. c5 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. Nc4 g5 14. a4 Ng6 15. Ba3 Rf7
16. a5 h5 17. b5 dxc5 18. b6 g4 19. bxc7 Rxc7 20. Nb5 g3 21. Nxc7 Nxe4 22. Ne6
Bxe6 23. dxe6 gxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 Ng3 26. Bxc5 e4 27. Ra4 Rc8 28. Bxa7
b5 29. Rb4 bxc4 30. Bxc4 Qh1+ 31. Kf2 e3+ 32. Bxe3 fxe3+ 33. Kxe3 Nxf1+ 34.
Bxf1 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. e3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Re8 8.
Nge2 Bf8 9. O-O c6 10. h3 h6 11. g4 h5 12. g5 Ne4 13. h4 Nd6 14. Ng3 g6 15. e4
dxe4 16. Ncxe4 Bg7 17. Bf4 Bg4 18. Qb3 Be6 19. Qb4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qb6 21. Qxb6
axb6 22. Be5 Rd8 23. a3 Nd7 24. f4 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Bf8 26. Rfd1 Bb3 27. Rxd8 Rxd8
28. Kf2 Be7 29. Ke3 Kf8 30. Rc1 Be6 31. Bf3 Bf5 32. Rd1 Rxd1 33. Bxd1 Bxe4 34.
Kxe4 Bc5 35. a4 Bf2 36. Be2 Bxh4 37. Bf1 Be1 38. Bh3 b5 39. axb5 cxb5 40. Bf1
b4 41. b3 Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Be2 Ne7 8. O-O g5
9. Ne1 c5 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Bd3 Bxc5 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Nd3 Bb6 15.
Be3 d4 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. a4 a6 18. b4 Nd8 19. Qf3 g4 20. Qf4 Rc8 21. Rac1 Rc6 22.
f3 g3 23. Qxg3 Rg6 24. e6 Nxe6 25. Qb8+ Bd8 26. Ne5 Qc7 27. Qxc7 Bxc7 28. Nxg6
fxg6 29. c3 Kd7 30. Rfd1 Bd6 31. cxd4 Nc7 32. d5 g5 33. Be3 Re8 34. Bb6 Re2 35.
Kf1 Rb2 36. Rc4 Ne8 37. h4 Bxb4 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Bd4 Rb3 40. Bc5 Bc3 41. Rd3
Rb1+ 42. Ke2 Ba5 43. g4 fxg4 44. Rxg4 Rb2+ 45. Kd1 Ra2 46. d6 Ra1+ 47. Kc2 Nf6
48. Rxg5 Rxa4 49. Bd4 Ne8 50. Rh5 Rc4+ 51. Kb3 Rb4+ 52. Ka3 Rb5 53. Rxb5 axb5
54. Be5 Be1 55. f4 Bf2 56. Kb4 b6 57. Kxb5 Bc5 58. f5 Nxd6+ 59. Bxd6 Bxd6 60.
Re3 Bc5 61. Re2 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
Nb3 Qb4 9. Bd3 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxe4 12. O-O d6 13. Re1 Qg4 14. f3
Qh5 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Rg8 18. a4 g5 19. Rab1 b6 20. h3 Qg6 21.
a5 h5 22. axb6 axb6 23. Rxb6 g4 24. fxg4 hxg4 25. h4 Qh5 26. Qe2 Rc8 27. Reb1
Qxh4 28. Rb8 g3 29. Qb5+ Kf8 30. Qc6 Qg4 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Rf1 Rg6 33. Rf4 Qd7
34. Qe4 Kg8 35. Be3 e5 36. Rf1 f5 37. Qc4+ Qe6 38. Qc7 f4 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Ra1
Rf6 41. Bb6 Bb7 42. Ra7 Qd5 43. Qd7+ Kh6 44. Qh3+ Kg5 45. Ra1 Rf8 46. Be3 Kg6
47. c4 Qe4 48. Bb6 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. c4 c5 5. d5 Nf6 6. Bd3 b5 7. cxb5 a6 8. O-O O-O
9. Nc3 axb5 10. Bxb5 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bf4 c4 14. Qd2 Nb4 15.
Bh6 Nd3 16. Re2 e5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qe3 Qf6 20. Rd1 Rfb8 21. Rc2
Ra6 22. b3 cxb3 23. axb3 N3c5 24. Nd4 Nxb3 25. Ndb5 Qe7 26. Qg3 Rbb6 27. h4
Nbc5 28. Re2 Qf8 29. f3 e5 30. Nc7 Ra7 31. N7d5 Rb3 32. Rc2 Ne6 33. h5 Ndc5 34.
Qg4 Nd4 35. Rf2 Nde6 36. f4 exf4 37. Nxf4 Nxf4 38. Rxf4 Rf7 39. Rxf7+ Qxf7 40.
Nd5 Qe6 41. Qg5 h6 42. Qd8 Rb2 43. Rf1 Rxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Qxe4+ 45. Kg3 Qe5+ 46.
Nf4 g5 47. Kh3 Qe3+ 48. Kh2 gxf4 49. Rg1+ Kf7 50. Qg8+ Kf6 51. Rg6+ Ke5 52.
Qe8+ Kd5 53. Qa8+ Kc4 54. Qa2+ Kb5 55. Rxd6 Qg3+ 56. Kh1 Qe1+ 57. Kh2 Qg3+ 58.
Kh1 Qe1+ 59. Kh2 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. Bc2 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. Ne3 d5 13. Qe2 Re8 14. g4 f6 15. Rd1
g6 16. b3 d4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Ng2 Nd5 19. Qd2 Nc3 20. Re1 Nb4 21. Bb1 Qd7 22.
Bb2 Nxb1 23. Raxb1 Nxa2 24. Ba1 Nc3 25. Bxc3 dxc3 26. Qxc3 Rad8 27. Red1 c6 28.
Ne3 Qd6 29. Qd2 Qf4 30. Qe2 h5 31. gxh5 Bxh3 32. Kh1 g5 33. Nh2 Kf7 34. Rg1 Rh8
35. Rg3 Be6 36. Neg4 Bxg4 37. Qxg4 Qxg4 38. Nxg4 Rxh5+ 39. Kg2 Ke6 40. e5 f5
41. Nf6 Rh4 42. Rxg5 Rxd3 43. Nh5 Kxe5 44. Re1+ Re4 45. Rxe4+ Kxe4 46. Ng3+ Ke5
47. b4 Rd4 48. Rxf5+ Ke6 49. f4 Rxb4 50. Re5+ Kf7 51. Rf5+ Ke7 52. Re5+ Kd8 53.
Kf3 Bb8 54. Rf5 Ke7 55. Ne4 Rb5 56. Rc5 a5 57. Rc3 Rf5 58. Rb3 b5 59. Rc3 Rxf4+
60. Ke3 Kd7 61. Rd3+ Kc8 62. Rc3 Kb7 63. Nc5+ Ka7 64. Ne6 Rf6 65. Rxc6 a4 66.
Kd3 Be5 67. Nd8 Rd6+ 68. Rxd6 Bxd6 69. Nf7 Bf4 70. Kc3 Kb6 71. Kb4 Kc7 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qb3
Kh8 9. Rd1 Ne4 10. Be3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nd7 12. Qa3 h6 13. c5 d5 14. Nh4 Kh7 15.
f4 Nf6 16. Nf3 Bd7 17. Ne5 Be8 18. b4 Ne4 19. Qc1 e6 20. Bf3 Bf6 21. Bxe4 dxe4
22. h4 Qe7 23. Kg2 Rd8 24. a4 a6 25. Rh1 Qc7 26. Qc3 Rg8 27. Rag1 Rd5 28. Kf2
Qd8 29. Rh2 Rg7 30. a5 Kg8 31. Rgh1 Kf8 32. Kg2 Rg8 33. Kf2 Rg7 34. Kg2 Rg8 35.
Kf2 Ke7 36. Qa1 Bg7 37. Kg2 Bf7 38. Kf2 Bf6 39. Kg2 Qf8 40. Kf2 Qg7 41. Rh3 Be8
42. Ke1 Kd8 43. Kf2 Kc8 44. R1h2 Bf7 45. Rh1 Rgd8 46. R3h2 Be8 47. Rh3 Kb8 48.
R3h2 Ka7 49. Rh3 Qc7 50. R3h2 Bf7 51. Rh3 Rg8 52. R3h2 Be8 53. Rh3 Qd8 54. R3h2
g5 55. hxg5 hxg5 56. Rh6 gxf4 57. gxf4 Bxe5 58. dxe5 Bf7 59. Rg1 Qf8 60. Rh3
Rg4 61. Rxg4 fxg4 62. Rh1 Bg6 63. Kg3 Bf5 64. Rg1 Qd8 65. Qc1 Rd7 66. Rh1 Rf7
67. Qd2 Rd7 68. Qc1 Kb8 69. Qc2 Kc7 70. Qc1 Rg7 71. Qd2 Rd7 72. Qc1 Kb8 73. Qc2
Qc7 74. Qc1 Ka7 75. Rh4 Rd8 76. Rh1 Rd5 77. Qc2 Rd7 78. Qc1 Rh7 79. Rxh7 Qxh7
80. Qf1 Qd7 81. Qe1 Qd8 82. Qh1 Qd5 83. Qe1 Kb8 84. Qd2 Kc7 85. Qd4 Kd7 86. Kh4
Kc8 87. Qxd5 cxd5 88. c6 bxc6 89. Bc5 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. d5 Ne5 5. e4 d6 6. Ne2 Bg7 7. Nec3 O-O 8. Be2
e6 9. f4 Ned7 10. O-O exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. Bf3 Nc5 13. Re1 h5 14. h3 b5 15. e5
dxe5 16. fxe5 Nfd7 17. e6 Ne5 18. Nxb5 Ncd3 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Rf1 Kg8 21. Be4
Nxc1 22. Qxc1 c6 23. N5c3 Ba6 24. Re1 Ng4 25. Qd2 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Nf2+ 27. Kh2
Nxe4 28. Nxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Qxb2 30. d6 Rd8 31. d7 Be5+ 32. g3 Rxd7 0-1

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.08.31"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. d4 O-O 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. a3 f5 10. c4 Nc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Be7 13. c5 Bf6 14. Rc1 d4 15. Bc4
dxe3 16. fxe3 Re8 17. O-O Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Qc2 Qc7 21. Nf3
Bg7 22. Rfe1 Rae8 23. Qa4 Qe7 24. Kh1 Rxe3 25. h3 Bc3 26. Rxe3 Qxe3 27. Rxc3
1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.09.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barcenilla, Rogelio"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.08.31"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. b3 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Qc1 Nc7 11. Nb5 e5 12. Nxc7+ Qxc7 13. Bc3 O-O 14. d3 Rfe8
15. Rb1 Rac8 16. Qb2 b5 17. Qd2 Rcd8 18. Qc1 Qb6 19. Qc2 Nd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21.
Qd2 Rc8 22. Rbc1 Rc3 23. e3 e4 24. Nxd4 Rxd3 25. Qb4 Bxd4 26. exd4 Rxd4 27. Qc5
Qxc5 28. Rxc5 Rc8 29. Re5 a6 30. Re7 Bd5 31. Rd7 Rd3 32. Rd6 a5 33. Rb6 Rc5 34.
Re1 f5 35. g4 Kf7 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Bf1 Rd2 38. Bxb5 e3 39. fxe3 Rcc2 40. Bf1
Rxh2 0-1

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bartholomew, John"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2009.08.31"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nc3
d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Qd2 a6 13. Rac1 Rc7 14. Ne1 Qa8 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. cxd5 Rfc8 18. Nc2 b5 19. e4 Nf6 20. Ne3 Qa7 21. Rxc7
Rxc7 22. Rc1 Bc8 23. h3 h5 24. Rc3 Bd7 25. b4 Qb8 26. Qc1 Rxc3 27. Qxc3 Qc8 28.
Qxc8 Bxc8 29. h4 Ng4 30. Nc2 Ne5 31. f4 Nc4 32. Kf2 e5 33. Ne3 Nb2 34. Ke2 Na4
35. fxe5 dxe5 36. Kd2 Bg4 37. Bf1 Bf3 38. Bd3 Kf8 39. Nc2 Ke7 40. Ne1 Bh1 41.
Bc2 Nb6 42. Ke3 Nc4+ 43. Kf2 Nd6 44. Nf3 Bxf3 45. Kxf3 f5 46. Bd3 Kf6 47. Ke3
Nc8 48. exf5 gxf5 49. Be2 Kg6 50. a4 bxa4 51. Bxa6 Nb6 52. d6 a3 53. d7 Nxd7
54. Bc4 Nb6 55. Bb3 Kf6 56. Kd3 e4+ 57. Kc3 e3 58. Kd3 Ke5 59. b5 f4 60. gxf4+
Kxf4 61. Ke2 Na4 0-1

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.10.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2009.08.31"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. f3 e6 5. e4 Be7 6. e5 Ng8 7. Be3 a6 8. Nce2
b6 9. Qd2 c5 10. c3 a5 11. a3 Ba6 12. h4 Bf8 13. h5 h6 14. f4 Ne7 15. Nf3 Qc7
16. g4 a4 17. Bh3 Nc6 18. f5 Be7 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qc2 Nf8 21. Nf4 Qd7 22. Kf2
Na5 23. Ng6 Rg8 24. Kg3 Nb3 25. Rae1 O-O-O 26. Nd2 Nxd2 27. Bxd2 Nxg6 28. Qxg6
Kb8 29. g5 Bc8 30. Bf1 Rdf8 31. Bd3 c4 32. Bb1 Qb5 33. Bc1 Bxg5 34. Bxg5 hxg5
35. Re2 Qd7 36. Qxg5 Qf7 37. Qg4 Qe7 38. Bh7 Rh8 39. Bg6 Kc7 40. Rf2 Rxf2 41.
Kxf2 Bd7 42. Ke2 Kd8 43. Rf1 Rf8 44. Rg1 Be8 45. Kd1 Bxg6 46. Qxg6 Rf7 47. h6
gxh6 48. Qxh6 Kd7 49. Kc1 Rh7 50. Qd2 Qf7 51. Kb1 Qf3 52. Ka2 Qe4 53. Qf2 Qf5
54. Qxf5 exf5 55. Rg6 Ke7 56. Rxb6 Rh1 57. Rf6 Rf1 58. Rd6 f4 59. Rxd5 Ke6 60.
Rd6+ Kf5 61. Rf6+ Kg4 62. e6 Re1 63. d5 Kg5 64. Rf7 Re5 65. e7 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Burnett, Ronald"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.08.31"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 Nf6 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d3 d5 8. d4
Nbd7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Ne5 Nfe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ng4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 f5 14. Ne3
Kf7 15. Rb1 Rhd8 16. b3 Rxd1+ 17. Nxd1 Rd8 18. Be3 Na6 19. a3 Nc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5
21. b4 Rd2 22. bxc5 Bc6 23. Ne3 Bd4 24. Nd5 Bxc5 25. Nb4 Ba4 26. Na6 Bxa3 27.
f3 Bc2 28. Rb7 Rxe2 29. fxe4 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.10.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.08.31"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Ne2 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nbc3 Re8 10. Be3 Nb4 11. b3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bf6 13. Rad1 g6 14. a4 d5
15. c5 Bf5 16. Qd2 Nc8 17. Bh6 Ne7 18. h3 Be6 19. g4 Bh8 20. Qf4 Nc6 21. Qg3
Qd7 22. Bf4 Rac8 23. Rd2 a6 24. Rb1 b6 25. b4 bxc5 26. bxc5 Na5 27. Kh2 f5 28.
g5 Bf7 29. Rdd1 Qc6 30. Ng1 Nc4 31. Nf3 Bg7 32. Re1 Re4 33. Nxe4 dxe4 34. Ne5
Bxe5 35. Bxe5 Nd2 36. Qc3 Nf3+ 37. Kg3 Nxe1 38. Qxe1 Qxa4 39. Qc3 Bd5 40. c6
Qxc6 41. Qxc6 Bxc6 42. Rc1 Bd5 43. Ra1 Bc4 44. Rc1 Bd5 45. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Jelling, Erik"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aarhus/Skolerne"]
[BlackTeam "Wien Husek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2
Nh5 9. d5 f4 10. b3 cxd5 11. cxd5 Bg4 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Ne4 Rc8 14. Qd2 Bxb2 15.
Qxb2 Qb6 16. Rac1 Bf5 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. Qd2 h6 20. Nf3 Ng4 21. Qd4
Bf5 22. h3 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Ne5 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. d6 Qxd6 26. g4 f3 27. Bxf3 Nf4
28. Kh2 Kg7 29. Rc1 Ne6 30. Kg1 Ng5 31. Qe3 Nxh3+ 32. Kh2 Nxf2 33. Qxf2 e4+ 34.
Kg2 exf3+ 35. exf3 Rd8 36. Re1 b6 37. Re2 Qf6 38. Qe3 Rd7 39. Qe4 Kf7 40. Qc4+
e6 41. Qc6 Qe7 42. Qe4 Qf6 43. Qc6 Ke7 44. Qe4 h5 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Rc2 Qg5+
47. Kh3 Kf6 48. Rc4 Rd5 49. Qh4 Qxh4+ 50. Kxh4 Kf5 51. Kg3 Ke5 52. Rc7 Ra5 53.
a4 Kd4 54. Rc4+ Kd3 55. Rc7 e5 56. Kh4 e4 57. fxe4 Kxe4 58. Rc4+ Ke3 59. Rc3+
Kd2 60. Rc7 Kd3 61. Kh3 Kd4 62. Kh4 Kd5 63. Rf7 Kc6 64. Kh3 Kd6 65. Kh4 Kd5 66.
Rc7 a6 67. Rc4 Rc5 68. Rf4 Rc3 69. a5 bxa5 70. Rf5+ Kc6 71. Rxa5 Kb6 72. Rxh5
Rxb3 73. Kg4 a5 74. Kf4 a4 75. Ke4 a3 76. Rh8 Rb5 77. Rh1 Rb3 78. Kd4 a2 79.
Ra1 Ra3 80. Kc4 Ka5 81. Kc5 Ra4 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Wien Husek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. a4
Ng6 9. Re1 Rc8 10. Na3 b4 11. Nc4 Be7 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Na5 14. Ne3 O-O 15.
b3 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Bxh4 17. Bb2 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bd3 Rc6 21. Rc1
Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Bf6 23. Bxa6 Qb6 24. Bf1 Qxd4 25. Be3 Qxd1 26. Rxd1 d4 27. Bd2
Be7 28. Rb1 Bd6 29. Bd3 Re8 30. g3 g6 31. Kf1 f5 32. Re1 Rc8 33. Rc1 Rxc1+ 34.
Bxc1 Kf7 35. Ke2 Ke6 36. Kd1 Kf6 37. Kc2 g5 38. h4 h6 39. hxg5+ hxg5 40. Bb2
Ke5 41. Bc1 f4 42. gxf4+ gxf4 43. f3 Bc5 44. Bd2 Bd6 45. Bh7 d3+ 46. Bxd3 Nc6
47. Be4 Nd4+ 48. Kb2 Bc5 49. a5 Nb5 50. a6 Nc7 51. Bd3 Kd4 52. Kc2 Ke5 53. Bc4
Bd6 54. Kd3 Bc5 55. Bc1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "De Jong, Jan Willem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wien Husek"]
[BlackTeam "Leiden LSG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. g3 Be7
9. a3 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. f4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. b4 f5 14. Qb3 Kf7 15. Bd2
b6 16. Bc3 c5 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Be2 g5 19. d5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qa4 Rac8 22.
Qc6 Kg6 23. h4 Nf8 24. Qa4 g4 25. dxe6 Nxe6 26. Rd5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novoborsky"]
[BlackTeam "Wien Husek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. f3 f5 11. g4 Kh8 12. h4 c6 13. Ng2 Nf6 14. a4 a5 15. Rf2 Bd7
16. Be3 Rc8 17. Ra3 c5 18. Bd2 b6 19. Ra1 Neg8 20. Ne3 Qe7 21. Rh2 h6 22. Bd3
fxg4 23. fxg4 Nh7 24. Ng2 Rf7 25. Be2 Rcf8 26. Qe1 Qd8 27. Qg3 Qc8 28. g5 h5
29. Rf1 Qe8 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. b3 Ne7 32. Ne1 Nc8 33. Rf2 Rxf2 34. Qxf2 Kg8 35.
Nb5 Nf8 36. Nc2 Qf7 37. Qxf7+ Kxf7 38. Ne3 Ke7 39. Nf1 Kd8 40. Ng3 Be8 41. Kf2
Nd7 42. Bf3 Nb8 43. Be3 Na6 44. Ke2 Nc7 45. Nc3 Bf7 46. Kf2 Ne8 47. Bc1 Bf8 48.
Nce2 Ng7 49. Bb2 Ne8 50. Nc1 Nc7 51. Ke3 Ne7 52. Nd3 Bg7 53. Bd1 Na6 54. Nf2
Nb4 55. Nfh1 Ke8 56. Bc3 Bf8 57. Be1 Bg7 58. Kd2 Kf8 59. Bf3 Ke8 60. Bd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wien Husek"]
[BlackTeam "Gran Vesnianka"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g4 e6 4. d3 d5 5. Bg2 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bd7 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Be3
Nf6 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Nd2 Bc6 11. Bxc6+ Qxc6 12. Rg1 Nd7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14.
O-O-O h5 15. g5 f5 16. g6 fxg6 17. Rxg6 Ne5 18. Rgg1 Nf7 19. Kb1 e5 20. Nc4 Rh7
21. Bd2 Bg7 22. Bc3 Re8 23. Rde1 Bh8 24. Qe3 Kb8 25. Qh3 Qc8 26. Rg6 f4 27. Qg2
Ka7 28. Qe4 Rh6 29. Rxh6 Nxh6 30. Nd6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgrade Lasta"]
[BlackTeam "Wien Husek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YEM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. O-O-O
Qa5 9. Nd2 Nd4 10. Qf2 Nf6 11. h3 Rc8 12. g4 d5 13. g5 b4 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Nb3
Qc7 16. Nb5 axb5 17. gxf6 gxf6 18. Kb1 Bh6 19. Bg2 Qxf4 20. Qxd4 Rg8 21. Rhf1
Qe5 22. Bh1 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 dxe4 24. dxe4 Rg5 25. Rxf6 Bg7 26. Rff1 Rc4 27. e5
Bxh1 28. Rxh1 Rxe5 29. Nf3 Re3 30. Rd3 Re2 31. Rc1 Ke7 32. Rb3 Bh6 33. Rd1
Rexc2 34. a3 bxa3 35. bxa3 R2c3 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wien Husek"]
[BlackTeam "Ural Sverdlovskaya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f4 Qxe4 11. Bf2 Bxd4 12. cxd4 N5g6 13. g3 Bh3 14. Bf3 Qf5
15. Re1 d5 16. Qb3 O-O 17. Nc3 Bg4 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA tt qual"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2009.11.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd5 d6 9. Bc4 Qe7 10. Bg5 f6 11. O-O-O dxe5 12. Rhe1 1-0

[Event "Oslo BNbank Gp-B"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Flermoen, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
O-O O-O 9. d4 Nc6 10. e3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qd7 13. Bg2 Rad8 14. Qe2 e6
15. Ba3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rfe8 17. Rfc1 Rc8 18. Rab1 b6 19. Qb5 Nb8 20. Qxd7 Nxd7
21. Bc6 Rcd8 22. Bb5 a6 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Rxb6 Ra8 25. Rcc6 Rda7 26. Bc5 Bf8
27. Bxf8 Kxf8 28. a4 a5 29. Rb5 Ke7 30. Rcc5 Ra6 31. Kf1 R8a7 32. g4 Kd7 33.
Ke2 Rc6 34. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "Oslo BNbank Gp-B"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2009.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. a3
Qc7 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Nbd2 Rd8 14. e4 O-O 15.
Rac1 Qb8 16. Nc4 Bc8 17. Nb6 Nd7 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. e5 Nb6 21. h4
g6 22. h5 Bf8 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Ng5 Bh6 25. Qg4 Nxe5 26. Rxc8 Nxg4 27. Rxb8
Rxb8 28. Ne4 Bg7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Nc5 Nf6 31. Be2 Nbd5 32. Bf3 g5 33. g3 Kf8
34. Bxd5 exd5 35. Re1 g4 36. Re5 d4 37. Rf5 b6 38. Rxf6 bxc5 39. bxc5 Ke7 40.
Rd6 Rd8 41. Rb6 d3 42. Rb1 Ke6 43. Rd1 Rd4 44. Kf1 Kd5 45. Rc1 d2 46. Rd1 Kxc5
47. Ke2 Ra4 48. Rxd2 Rxa3 49. Rd7 Rf3 50. Rc7+ Kb6 51. Rc4 f5 52. Rb4+ Kc5 53.
Rb8 a5 54. Rc8+ Kb4 55. Rb8+ Ka3 0-1

[Event "Oslo BNbank Gp-B"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stokke, Kjetil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2009.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e4 e5 4. f4 g6 5. Nf3 d6 6. fxe5 Bg7 7. Bc4 dxe5 8. O-O
h6 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Nxe5+ Ke8 11. Nxc6 Qc7 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. Nc3 Bd4+ 14. Kh1
Be6 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. c3 d3 18. Qf3 0-1

[Event "Oslo BNbank Gp-B"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Flermoen, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2009.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Nxe5 Re8 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bc2 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Nxe4 12. Nbd2 Nd6 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. Bf4
Nc4 15. Rab1 Rac8 16. Bd3 N4e5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Be4 c6 19. Re1 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3
Bf5 21. Rbd1 h5 22. g3 Bh3 23. Nd4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rd8 25. Nb3 Be6 26. Nc5 Bc8
27. Rd1 Re8 28. Ne4 Be6 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. Ne4 Be5 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. Rxd6 Bh3 33.
Rd1 Kg7 34. Bg2 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Re2 36. Rb1 Rc2 37. h4 Kf6 38. Kf3 c5 39. Ke3 Ke5
40. a3 a5 41. f3 Rg2 42. f4+ Kf6 43. Kf3 Rd2 44. b4 axb4 45. axb4 c4 46. Rc1
Rd3+ 47. Kf2 b5 48. Rc2 Kf5 49. Re2 f6 50. Rc2 Kg4 51. Re2 Rf3+ 52. Kg1 Rxg3+
53. Kh2 Rh3+ 54. Kg2 Rxc3 55. Re6 Rc2+ 56. Kg1 c3 57. Rxf6 Rd2 58. Rxg6+ Kxf4
59. Rf6+ Ke4 60. Re6+ Kd5 61. Re1 c2 0-1

[Event "Oslo BNbank Gp-B"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qc7 6. Ne5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
d3 e6 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. e4 Be7 13. O-O Rad8 14. Rfe1
Rfe8 15. Nf3 d4 16. a4 Bf8 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Nc4 e5 19. Bc1 h6 20. g3 g6 21. f4
exf4 22. Bxf4 Qc6 23. Rf1 Nh5 24. Bd2 f5 25. g4 fxg4 26. Qxg4 Qe6 27. Qg2 Bg7
28. b4 cxb4 29. Bxb4 Kh7 30. a5 Rd7 31. Rab1 Rc8 32. Bd2 Rcc7 33. Rb5 Rf7 34.
Rbb1 Rxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Rf7 36. Rxf7 Qxf7 37. e5 Nf4 38. Qf3 g5 39. Bxf4 gxf4 40.
Qe4+ Qg6+ 41. Kf2 Qxe4 42. dxe4 Kg6 43. Kf3 Kg5 44. h4+ Kxh4 45. Kxf4 h5 46. e6
Bf6 47. Ne5 Kh3 48. Kf3 h4 49. Ng6 Kh2 50. e5 Bg5 51. e7 1-0

[Event "Oslo BNbank KO"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lie, Kjetil A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.11.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 d6 7. e4 g6 8. Nd2
Bg7 9. Nc4 Qd8 10. a4 O-O 11. Ne2 b6 12. Ng3 Ba6 13. h4 h5 14. Qd2 Nbd7 15. Bh6
Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Ne5 17. Be2 e6 18. c4 exd5 19. cxd5 Re8 20. Bg5 a6 21. O-O Qd7
22. Bh6 b5 23. Nh1 bxa4 24. Nf2 Rab8 25. Ra2 Rb4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Bxa6 Reb8
28. Be2 Qb7 29. Nd1 Nc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Ne3 Rb4 32. Nf5+ gxf5 33. Qg5+ Kf8
34. Qxf6 Rxb2 35. Rxa4 Rb1 36. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 37. Kh2 Qb2 38. Qxd6+ Kg7 39. exf5
Re8 40. Qg3+ Kf8 41. d6 Qd2 42. f6 1-0

[Event "Oslo BNbank KO"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lie, Kjetil A"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.11.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. b3 a5 7. Bb2 a4 8. d3 Qb6
9. Qc2 Bb4 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. e4 a3 12. Bd4 c5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Nc4 Qf6 17. d4 Bf5 18. Qd1 Nc3 19. Qd2 cxd4 20. Rfe1 b5 21. Nce5
Rad8 22. Nxd4 Bc5 23. Nec6 Bxd4 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Rac1 b4 26. Qf4 Be6 27. Qc7
Bxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Oslo BNbank KO"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.11.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Rac1 Ba7 13. Na4 Ke7 14. Be1
Rhd8 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Be8 17. Rdc1 Ne4 18. R5c2 f6 19. Nd2 Nd6 20. Nc4
Nxc4 21. Rxc4 e5 22. Rc5 Bf7 23. Bxf7 Kxf7 24. b4 Rd7 25. a4 Rad8 26. b5 axb5
27. axb5 Ne7 28. e4 Ng6 29. g3 Nf8 30. Ba5 Ra8 31. Bb4 Ne6 32. Rd5 Rad8 33.
Rxd7+ Rxd7 34. Be1 Nd4 35. b6 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Oslo BNbank KO"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.11.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nge2
Re8 9. O-O Bf8 10. a3 a5 11. f3 c5 12. g4 Nc6 13. g5 Nh5 14. f4 Bg4 15. h3 Bxe2
16. Nxe2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Ng3 19. Re1 Nf5 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Bxd5 Bc5
22. Kf2 Rad8 23. Bxb7 Rd3 24. Ba6 Rd6 25. Bb5 Re7 26. b4 Bb6 27. bxa5 Bxa5 28.
Re2 Bb6 29. a4 h5 30. a5 Ba7 31. Ba3 Rxe3 32. Rxe3 Bxe3+ 33. Kf3 Rd4 34. Bc1
Rxf4+ 35. Ke2 Rf2+ 36. Kd3 0-1

[Event "Oslo BNbank KO"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2009.11.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8.
Be3 e6 9. Nbc3 Be7 10. Be4 Bf5 11. Bf3 Nb4 12. O-O N4d5 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. Qa4+ c6 17. Qxa7 Bd3 18. Rfd1 Ba6 0-1

[Event "Oslo BNbank KO"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.11.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 c6 7. Ne2 d5 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rb1 Nb6 12. d4 Bf5 13. Rb3 Be6 14. d5
Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Rxb7 Qc8 18. Rb5 Nb6 19. Rc5 Qe6 20. Qb3
Rad8 21. Qxe6 Rxe6 22. Bc1 f6 23. Be3 Rd7 24. Rb1 Kf7 25. Rcb5 Nc4 26. Bc5 Nd8
27. R1b4 Nd2 28. Kg2 Rc6 29. Be3 Nc4 30. Rb8 Ne6 31. Bc1 Rcc7 32. Ra8 Rd1 33.
Ra4 a5 34. Be3 Nxe3+ 35. fxe3 Rd2 36. Kf1 Rb7 37. Ke1 Rbb2 38. Ra7+ Kg6 39. Nc1
Rxh2 40. Rh4 Rhg2 41. Rh1 Rxg3 42. Rxa5 Rxe3+ 43. Kd1 Rxc3 44. Ra4 Nf4 45. Ra7
Ng2 46. Rg1 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Oslo BNbank KO"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2009.11.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
Nf3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. e4 Rc8 13. Bd3 Re8 14. O-O Rc7 15.
Rad1 Qc8 16. d5 e5 17. Rfe1 Nh5 18. Nf1 Nf8 19. Ne3 Ng6 20. Bf2 Qd8 21. Bf1 Bc8
22. b4 Bd7 23. bxc5 Rxc5 24. Nf5 Rc7 25. Nxd6 Rf8 26. c5 bxc5 27. Rc1 Nhf4 28.
Qa5 c4 29. Rxc4 Qg5 30. Kh1 Rxc4 31. Nxc4 f5 32. exf5 Bxf5 33. d6 Bd3 34. Bg3
Bxf1 35. Rxf1 Ne2 36. Bxe5 Ngf4 37. Bxf4 Qxf4 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. d7 Qh4 40. Qd6
Rd8 41. Rd1 Nc3 42. Ne5 Kg8 43. Qe6+ Kh7 44. Qg6+ Kg8 45. Qe8+ Kh7 46. Qxd8
Qxd8 47. Nc6 Qb6 48. d8=Q Nxd1 49. Qxb6 axb6 50. Kg1 Nc3 51. Nd4 Kg6 52. Kf2
Kf6 53. Ke3 Ke5 54. Kd3 Nd5 55. Ne2 Kd6 56. Kd4 Nc7 57. Nc3 Ne6+ 58. Ke4 g6 59.
Nb5+ Kc5 60. Ke5 Kxb5 61. Kxe6 Ka4 62. Kf6 Kxa3 63. Kxg6 b5 64. f4 b4 65. f5 b3
66. f6 b2 67. f7 b1=Q+ 68. Kxh6 Qf5 69. Kg7 Qg5+ 70. Kh7 Qf6 71. Kg8 Qg6+ 72.
Kf8 Kb4 73. h4 Kc5 74. h5 Qxh5 75. g4 Qxg4 76. Ke7 Qg7 0-1

[Event "Oslo BNbank KO"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.11.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. d5 Bxc3 12. Bc4 Bg7 13. e5 Ba6 14. Qd3 Bxc4
15. Qxc4 Nd7 16. Re1 a6 17. Qh4 e6 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. d6 Qc6 20. Bh6 f6 21. exf6
Rxf6 22. Ng5 Nf8 23. d7 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Qxd7 25. Ne4 Rf7 26. Rxb6 c4 27. Qe3 Qd3
28. Qc1 Rd8 29. Rxa6 Qd4 30. Rc6 Qa7 31. Qxc4 Rd4 32. Qc2 Ra4 33. Re2 Qd4 34.
h3 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qe5+ 36. Ng3 Qf4 37. Rc8 Kg7 38. Qc3+ Kh6 39. f3 g5 40. Rxf8
1-0

[Event "Oslo BNbank KO"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2009.11.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8.
Nh3 b6 9. f3 Nf6 10. e3 Bb7 11. Be2 d6 12. O-O Qe7 13. b4 a5 14. Bb2 Nbd7 15.
Nf2 axb4 16. axb4 c5 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. b5 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Ne8 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21.
e4 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Ndf6 23. Nf2 Rd8 24. Re1 Qf7 25. Bf1 Nd6 26. Nd3 Nf5 27. Ne5
Qc7 28. Qe2 Nd4 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Ra1 Rd8 31. Nc6 Bxc6 32. Qxe6+ Kf8 33. bxc6
Re8 34. Qf5 Qxc6 35. Qf4 Qd7 36. Rb1 Qe6 37. h3 Kg8 38. Bd3 Rd8 39. Bf5 Qd6 40.
Qe3 Re8 41. Qf2 g6 42. Bc2 Nh5 43. Rd1 Qe5 44. Be4 Ng3 45. Bd5+ Kg7 46. Qd2
Ne2+ 47. Kh1 Ng3+ 48. Kg1 Ne2+ 49. Kf1 Qh2 50. Kf2 Qg3+ 51. Kf1 Qh2 52. Be6 Nd4
53. Bd7 Re2 54. Qxe2 Nxe2 55. Kxe2 Qxg2+ 56. Ke3 Qc2 57. Rd6 Qc3+ 58. Ke4 Qxc4+
59. Ke5 Qc3+ 60. Kd5 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "London Classic"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. a4
c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 Nb6 13. Bd3 h6 14. Qb3 Nbd5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bc4 Bd7 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Ne5 Bf6 19. Ba5 Qe8 20. Bb4 Bxa4
21. Qa3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Bb5 23. Rfe1 d4 24. Bxf8 Qxf8 25. Qxf8+ Kxf8 26. f4 d3
27. Red1 g5 28. g3 gxf4 29. gxf4 Ke7 30. Rc7+ Ke6 31. Rxb7 Rc8 32. Kf2 Rc2+ 33.
Kg3 Re2 34. Rb6+ Kd5 35. Rxb5+ axb5 36. Rxd3+ Ke4 37. Rd7 Rxb2 38. Rxf7 b4 39.
Rf8 Rc2 40. Kg4 Rc7 41. e6 b3 42. Rb8 Rg7+ 43. Kh5 Re7 44. Kg4 Rg7+ 45. Kh5 Re7
46. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2009.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2009.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 b6 {
Intending to trade the light-squared bishops.} ({The more principled line is} 
7... Nc6 8. O-O g5 {, which was played by GM Nakamura against GM Howell.}) 8.
Qe2 a5 9. a4 {Fixing Black's pawn structure on the queenside.} Ba6 10. Bxa6 $1
{White does not only prevent Black's queen from occupying the a6-square in the
near future, but also drives Back's queenside knight to an awkward position.} (
{In the preceding game White tried} 10. Bb5 Qc8 11. c4 Bb7 $6 (11... O-O {
seems more to the point. Black has nothing to worry about:} 12. cxd5 exd5 13.
O-O ({Now} 13. e6 {is not that dangerous:} Nf6 14. exf7+ Rxf7 $11) 13... Nc6
$11) 12. dxc5 O-O (12... bxc5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 (13... exd5 {is met by} 14. e6) 14.
O-O O-O 15. Nc4 $14) (12... Bxc5 13. O-O O-O 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Ne4 $14) 13.
cxb6 Nxb6 14. b3 N8d7 15. O-O Qc7 16. Bb2 dxc4 17. bxc4 Nc5 18. Nd4 Rfd8 19.
N2b3 Nbd7 20. Rad1 Bf8 21. Qe3 g6 22. h3 Be7 23. Qc1 Nxb3 24. Nxb3 Nc5 25.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Nxc5 Qxc5 27. Ba3 Qd4 28. Rd1 Qf4 29. Rd7 Be4 30. Rd4 {1-0
Fedorchuk,S (2603)-Burlai,O (2346)/Evpatoria 2007/CBM 118 ext}) 10... Nxa6 11.
O-O Qc8 {A novelty, which does not seem to be very crucial for this variation.}
(11... cxd4 {is bad because of} 12. Nxd4 $1 (12. cxd4 {allows Black to occupy
some important spots on the queenside.} Nb4) 12... Qc8 13. Qg4 $36 {[%cal
Yd2f3]}) ({Adams has already played this position, and his previous opponent
preferred} 11... Nc7 12. Re1 Nb8 {[%cal Yb8c6]} 13. Nb3 $5 {provoking the
c5-c4 advance, which will release the pressure from White's centre.} (13. Nf1
Nc6 14. Ng3 h5 {seems OK for Black.}) 13... Nc6 14. Be3 c4 ({Of course, after} 
14... cxd4 {White takes with the knight:} 15. Nbxd4) 15. Nc1 b5 $6 (15... Qb8
$1 {was better according to Caruana.}) 16. axb5 Nxb5 17. Qc2 Nba7 $1 18. g3 Nc8
19. h4 h6 20. Ne2 Nb6 21. h5 $14 {0-1 Adams,M (2734)-Caruana,F (2640)/Dresden
2008/CBM 128/[Caruana] (65)}) 12. Re1 Nc7 13. Nf1 Qa6 {It took Black four
moves to bring the queen to this position- the fact that emphasises the
quality of Adams' novelty.} 14. Qe3 O-O ({In positions with French type of
pawn structure, it is often the case that Black castles long. However, in this
particular position, Black's queenside is vulnerable and there are too many
targets on the kingside as well.} 14... O-O-O 15. Qf4 $16 {[%cal Yc1d2,Yb2b4]})
(14... Nb8 {was an interesting alternative. Black's idea is revealed if White
plays} 15. Ng3 h5 {, but, White's initiative on the kingside seems promising
after} 16. Qf4 $36 {[%cal Yf3g5]}) 15. Ng3 {[%csl Gc1,Ge3,Gf3,Gg3,Rg8][%cal
Yg3h5] Black's position becomes increasingly dangerous: White is ready to
tackle the residency of black's monarch with no less than four pieces, whereas,
Black does not have too many defenders there.} f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 ({Of course,
Black would prefer not to give up on the e5 stronghold, but, it seems that he
did not have much choice:} 16... gxf6 $2 {is just bad in view of} 17. Nf5 Bd8
18. Nh6+ Kh8 19. Qf4 $18) 17. Qg5 $1 {Preparing to develop the dark-squared
bishop to f4.} Bd6 18. Bf4 Bxf4 ({Unfortunately for the American grandmaster,} 
18... h6 19. Qh4 g5 {is refuted by the following:} 20. Nxg5 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Nfe8
22. Qe5 hxg5 23. Qxg5+ Ng7 24. Nh5 Rf7 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 (25... Kf8 26. Nh7+ Kg8
27. Qg6 $18 {[%cal Yh7g5]}) 26. Qxf6 $16) 19. Qxf4 Rac8 20. Qg5 cxd4 21. Nxd4
$14 {White is slightly better thanks tohis superior pawn structure, which
enables him to occupy the important d4 and e5 strongholds.} Rce8 22. Nh5 {
As a rule of thumb, I would recommend not to trade the pieces for the side who
possesses the space advantage. But, Adams noticed that black's kingside knight
is the most active piece of his opponent, which makes a good case for his
choice.} (22. h3 $5 {was a respectable alternative.}) 22... Nxh5 23. Qxh5 Qc8 {
Bringing the queen to the centre.} 24. Re5 ({It seemed to me that} 24. Qg4 {
was more troublesome for Black. However, the engine has found a precise way to
solve Black's problems:} Na6 $3 ({The idea of the 24.Qg4 is illustrated by the
following variation:} 24... Rf6 25. Re5 {and now it is not easy for Black to
transfer the knight to c5:} Na6 26. f4 $1 Nc5 27. f5 $16 Qc7 (27... exf5 $2 28.
Nxf5 $18) 28. Qe2 $1 ({But not} 28. Rae1 Ref8 29. h3 (29. fxe6 $4 Qxe5) 29...
Nd3 30. Nxe6 Qe7 31. R5e2 Nxe1 32. Nxf8 Qxf8 33. Rxe1 Rxf5 $11) 28... Ref8 29.
Nxe6 Nxe6 30. fxe6 Qc5+ (30... Rf2 31. Qe3 $18) 31. Qe3 $16) 25. Nxe6 Re7 26.
f4 Nc5 27. f5 Nxe6 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. fxe6 Qc5+ 30. Qd4 Qxd4+ 31. cxd4 Rf4 $11)
24... Na6 {Transferring the knight to c5.} 25. Rae1 Nc5 26. Qd1 {Both
protecting the a4-pawn and covering the d3-square.} Rf6 27. f3 {Covering the
e4-square.} Qd7 28. b3 Qd6 29. Nb5 Qf8 $5 {This seems like a blunder, but,
Nakamura is not that simple...} ({Anybody else would prefer the simpler} 29...
Qc6 $14) 30. Nc7 ({Objectively,} 30. Kh1 $14 {is safer and probably better.})
30... Re7 31. Nxd5 Rd7 {That's the point! Now White's knight is trapped.} 32.
b4 {White should have seen this move when he played 30.Nc7.} axb4 $2 ({It was
stronger to keep the pair of pawns on the board:} 32... Rd8 $1 33. Nxf6+ gxf6
34. Qc2 fxe5 35. bxc5 Qxc5+ 36. Kf1 Qc4+ {and Black's activity compensates for
his inferior pawn structure.}) (32... Rff7 33. Rxe6 (33. Qd4 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 exd5
35. bxc5 Qxc5 $11) 33... Nxe6 34. Rxe6 axb4 35. cxb4 $14) 33. cxb4 Rd8 {
Covering the last rank.} (33... Rff7 34. Qd4 $1 (34. Rxe6 {-see 32...Rff7})
34... Rf5 (34... exd5 $2 35. Re8) 35. Rxf5 Qxf5 36. bxc5 Rxd5 37. Qh4 Rxc5 (
37... bxc5 38. a5 $16) 38. Qd8+ $16) (33... Rxd5 $2 34. Rxd5 exd5 35. Qxd5+ Kh8
36. bxc5 bxc5 37. Qd7 $18) 34. Nxf6+ gxf6 35. Qc2 fxe5 (35... Nd3 {loses on
the spot after} 36. Rh5 Qf7 37. Rd1 $18) 36. bxc5 Qxc5+ 37. Qxc5 bxc5 38. Rxe5
Ra8 39. Rxe6 (39. Rxc5 {promised good winning chances as well:} Rxa4 40. Rc7)
39... Rxa4 40. Rc6 ({There was nothig wrong with the immediate activation of
the king,} 40. Kf2 {which would prepare the advance of the pawns:} Kf7 (40...
Rc4 {enables} 41. g4 {[%cal Yf2g3]}) (40... h5 41. Re5 h4 42. g4 {seems to be
winning for White. For example,} Ra2+ 43. Ke3 c4 44. h3 Rh2 45. Rc5 Rxh3 46.
Rxc4 $18) 41. Rc6 Rc4 (41... Ra2+ 42. Kg3 Rc2 43. h4 $18) 42. g4 $18) ({
I haven't found a way for Black to achieve a draw after} 40. Re7 {as well.} h5
(40... Ra2 41. Rc7 Rc2 42. h4 $18 h6 43. h5 (43. g4 Kh8 44. g5 Rc4 $11) 43...
Kh8 44. Kh2 Kg8 45. Kh3 $18) 41. Rc7 $1 (41. Re5 $6 h4 42. Re4 (42. Rxc5 Ra1+
43. Kf2 Ra2+ $11) (42. h3 Rc4 43. Rg5+ Kf7 44. Rg4 Rb4 45. f4 c4 46. Rxh4 Ke6
47. Rh5 Kd6 $1 48. Rh8 Kd7 $1 49. Kf2 c3 50. Ke2 (50. Ke3 $4 Rc4 $19) 50... Rd4
$11) 42... Ra1+ (42... Rxe4 $4 43. fxe4 Kf7 44. Kf2 Kf6 45. Ke3 Ke5 46. g4 hxg3
47. hxg3 c4 48. g4 c3 49. g5 $18 {and White is just in time to have two passed
pawns.}) 43. Kf2 Ra2+ 44. Re2 {[%cal Ye2c2]} Ra3 $1 45. Rc2 Kg7 $1 46. g3 hxg3+
47. hxg3 Ra5 {with drawish tendencies.}) 41... Rc4 (41... Ra1+ 42. Kf2 h4 43.
f4 $1 (43. g4 Ra2+ 44. Kg1 Rc2) 43... Ra2+ 44. Kf3 Rc2 (44... h3 45. g4 Rxh2
46. Rxc5 Ra2 47. Kg3 $18) 45. f5 c4 46. g4 $18) (41... h4 42. g4 $1 hxg3 43.
hxg3 $18 {[%cal Yg1g2,Yg2h3]}) 42. h4 $1 Kh8 (42... Rxh4 43. Rxc5 $18 {[%cal
Yg2g3]}) 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Kg3 Rc4 45. Re7 $18 {[%cal Ye7e5]}) 40... Rc4 41. Kf2
(41. g4 {is now met by} Rc2) (41. Rc7 $1 {leads to similar variations to those
provided for 40.Re7.}) 41... h5 $1 {Now White's pawns cannot advance easily.} (
41... Kg7 42. g4 $18) 42. Kg3 $2 {Apparently, this natural moves allows Black
to survive. With the series of precise moves Nakamura achieves the draw.} (42.
h4 Rc2+ 43. Ke3 (43. Kg3 Rc4) 43... Rxg2 {leads to the theoretical RR endgame,
which is supposed to be drawish with precise play by Black.}) ({Again White
should have cut Black's king off along the 7th rank:} 42. Rc7 $1 Rc2+ (42... h4
43. g4 $1 {[%cal Yf2g2,Yg2h3]} Rc2+ 44. Ke3 h3 (44... Rxh2 45. Rxc5 $18 {
[%cal Yc5h5]}) 45. Kf4 $18) 43. Kg3 h4+ 44. Kh3 $18) 42... Kg7 $1 {Black's
h-pawn can no longer be easily grabbed, and White is stuck on the kingside.}
43. Rd6 $6 (43. h4 {doesn't really matter:} Kh7 {and there is no obvious plan
for White to make any progress.} 44. Kh3 Rc3 $11) (43. f4 Rc2 44. h3 Kh7 45.
Kf3 (45. Kh4 Rxg2 $11) 45... Rc3+ $11) ({Apparently, the last chance to win
the game was} 43. Re6 h4+ 44. Kf2 Rc2+ 45. Re2 {That's the difference!} Rc3 46.
g3 (46. h3 Kf6 47. Re4 Rc2+ 48. Kg1 Rc1+ 49. Kh2 Kg5 $11) 46... hxg3+ 47. hxg3
Kf6 48. g4 {with winning chances.}) 43... h4+ $1 44. Kh3 Rf4 $1 $11 {Now White
has to bring the rook back to the third rank to start pushing pawns, which
gives Black valuable time to activate the king.} 45. Ra6 c4 {The same setup
works with the pawns on the fourth rank!} 46. Ra3 Kf6 47. g3 ({Unfortunately
for White,} 47. Rc3 {still leads to a draw, even though it prevents the
transfer of the black's rook to c5:} Ke5 48. g3 hxg3 49. hxg3 Rd4 (49... Kd4 $4
50. Rxc4+) 50. f4+ Kd5 51. Kg4 Rd3 52. Rc1 c3 53. f5 Rd4+ 54. Kg5 Rc4 $11)
47... hxg3 48. hxg3 Rf5 $1 {Bringing the rook behind his c-pawn.} 49. Rc3 Rc5
50. Kg4 Ke5 51. f4+ Ke4 52. f5 Rc8 53. f6 Ke5 54. f7 Kf6 55. Kf4 Kxf7 56. Ke4
Kg6 57. Kd4 Kg5 58. Rxc4 Rxc4+ 59. Kxc4 Kg4 60. Kd4 Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2009.12.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Nc6 $5
$146 {[%cal Ye6e5][%mdl 8] An original but hardly a good move, instead of the
normal} (7... O-O {or}) (7... Bb7) 8. a3 (8. Nf4 $5 Bd6 (8... e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5
10. Nfd5) 9. g3 $14) 8... Be7 9. Nf4 Bg5 $5 10. b4 {A double-edged move. White
should now reckon with ...a7-a5.} (10. Be2 $14) (10. d5 $5 Ne5 11. Nh5 $1 $14 {
[%cal Yf1e2,Yf2f4]}) 10... Bb7 11. d5 (11. Be2 a5 12. b5 Ne7 $132) 11... Ne5
12. Rc1 {It was not necessary to give up the a-file but White apparently
doesn't spoil anything.} (12. Nh5 $5 {was still possible but after} Bh6 13. Be2
Qh4 {Black now obtained good counterplay.}) (12. Be2 $5 a5 13. O-O O-O 14. Nh5
$14 {was probably the simplest way to consolidate his position and keep a
small plus.}) 12... O-O 13. Be2 a5 14. O-O axb4 15. axb4 Bxf4 (15... Be7 16.
Qb2 Bf6 17. Rfd1 $14) (15... Ng6 16. Nh5 $14) 16. exf4 Ng6 17. Rfe1 (17. g3 $5
c6 $140 18. Rfd1) 17... c6 (17... Qe7 18. Nb5) 18. g3 cxd5 19. cxd5 Ne7 20. Bf3
Ra3 21. Be4 $6 {Too slow.} (21. d6 $5 Nc6 (21... Bxf3 22. dxe7 Qxe7 23. Re3 {
[%cal Rc3d5,Re3f3]}) 22. f5 $1 $16) 21... Qa8 22. Rcd1 h6 23. Qd4 Nxd5 24. Nxd5
Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Qxd5 exd5 27. Rxd5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] The endgame is more
pleasant for White but Black eventually holds on.} Ra7 28. Rd6 Rb7 29. f5 f6
30. Red1 Rc8 31. Kg2 Rc4 32. R1d4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Rc7 34. Kf3 Rc2 35. h4 h5 36.
Rd5 Rc4 37. Rb5 Rc6 38. Rd5 Rc4 39. b5 Rb4 40. Ke3 Kf8 41. Rxd7 Rxb5 42. Rb7
Rxf5 43. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2009.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bc8 7. e3 e5 8. Bxc4
exd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nd5 12. Nf3 Be6 13. Qb3 Na6 14. Bd2 Nab4
15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Ne5 a5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Qc7 19. Bxb4 Nxb4 20. Qf3 Be6 21.
Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qb3 Qe7 23. Nf3 Nd5 24. Rac1 Rf4 25. Ne5 Raf8 26. Nd3 Rd4 27. Rc4
Rxc4 28. Qxc4 Qf6 29. g3 Rd8 30. Kg2 Qf5 31. Nc1 Rf8 32. Qe2 Nc7 33. Nd3 Rd8
34. Ne5 Rd5 35. Kg1 Rxc5 36. Nc4 Qf8 37. Rd1 Rd5 38. Rxd5 exd5 39. Qe5 dxc4 40.
Qxc7 Qb4 41. Qc8+ Kf7 42. Qf5+ Ke7 43. Qe5+ Kf7 44. Qf5+ Ke7 45. Qe5+ Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2009.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. c5 {A very sharp variation. This is a move which looks like
it should be premature, but when the position opens up the Qe8 and both
knights turn out to be on slightly silly squares whereas White's pieces
coordinate beautifully.} exd4 11. Nd5 Be6 $5 {A tricky and rare move.} 12. Be7
Bxd5 13. Bxf8 Qxf8 (13... Kxf8 $5 14. exd5 Nxc5 {deserved attention, with the
idea} 15. Nxd4 Ne3 $1) 14. exd5 dxc5 {A messy position. Black is trying to
coordinate his pieces to win the d5 pawn before White can create too many
threats.} 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. Rfe1 ({Spoiling the pawns is tempting but bad:} 16.
Bxa6 $6 bxa6 17. Qc2 Qd6 {and the d5 pawn drops off shortly.}) 16... Qd6 (16...
b5 {was a key idea which doesn't quite work here:} 17. Bxb5 c6 18. Qa4 $1 {
is good for White} (18. dxc6 Nc7 19. a4 a6 {would have been the point.})) 17.
h3 Nf6 18. Bxa6 (18. a3 $5 b5 $5 {was a critical possibility now.} 19. Bxb5 c6
20. dxc6 Nc7 21. a4 a6 22. Ne5 Qf8 $1 (22... axb5 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. axb5 {
and there are simply too many threats}) 23. Nd7 Nxd7 24. cxd7 {is the mess I
was trying to analyze during the game. Now} Qd8 $1 25. Qg3 $1 axb5 26. axb5 {
is still extremely messy.} Qxd7 27. Ra7 $1 {is the idea.}) ({But after} 18. a3
{there is nothing particularly wrong with the simpler line} c4 $5 19. Bxc4 Nc5
{and Black recovers the d5-pawn.}) 18... Qxa6 19. Rac1 (19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Nc6 $2
{doesn't work.} c4 $1 21. Qb5 a6 {and Black wins.}) 19... Bf8 20. Ne5 Qb6 $6 {
Allowing 21.d6.} (20... Bd6 $5 {was better, and then} 21. Qf3 (21. Nd3 Nd7 {
leaves White struggling for counterplay against ...b7-b5}) 21... Bxe5 22. Rxe5
Qd6 23. Rce1 Rf8 $1 {looks like giving Black slightly better chances.}) 21. Qf3
$6 {Maybe too ambitious.} (21. d6 $1 Qxb3 22. dxc7 $1 Rc8 23. axb3 Nd5 $5 {
and after the natural moves} 24. Nd3 b6 25. b4 $1 Rxc7 26. Re5 Nf6 27. bxc5
bxc5 {[%cal Yf8d6] the position looks balanced.} 28. Nxc5 $2 Bd6 $19) 21... Qd6
22. g4 {Black was threatening Kg7 (to defend the Nf6) and then Qxd5.} (22. Nxf7
$2 {leads nowhere:} Kxf7 23. Re6 Qd8 {followed by Kf7-g7 and wins.}) 22... Bh6
23. Rc2 Re8 $1 {Deflecting White's rook from the c-file is an important idea.}
(23... Rf8 $6 24. Nd3 b6 25. b4 $1 {was best avoided, intending} cxb4 $2 26.
Rc6) 24. Rce2 Rf8 {With the d5-pawn about to drop, White is in trouble.} 25.
Nc4 $5 (25. Rc2 $5 {was tricky, but Black should just play} b6 (25... Nxd5 26.
Nc4 Qd8 27. Na5 $1 {is the nifty idea, as} b6 28. Nc6 Qd6 29. Qxd5 $1 {wins})
26. Nc6 Qf4 {with the advantage.}) 25... Qxd5 26. Qxf6 Bg7 $1 {An important
intermezzo, even though White gains the extra option of retreating the queen
to f4.} (26... Qxc4 27. Re8 {it turns out this is not just a better version
for White compared with the game - he has the advantage as well!} Qd5 28. Rxf8+
Bxf8 29. Re8 {and here is the crucial difference - in the game Black could
play ...Kg7 here to defend against the threat of Qe7} Qd6 (29... Qd7 30. Rd8
Qe6 31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. Kf1 {is similarly problematic}) 30. Qxd6 cxd6 31. Ra8 {
and Black's queenside is in trouble.}) 27. Qh4 (27. Qf4 Qxc4 28. Re8 {was a
decent alternative. The c7-pawn comes under attack and the d-pawn is
temporarily pinned.} Qd5 29. Qxc7 d3 {should still give Black the better
chances.}) 27... Qxc4 28. Re8 Qd5 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Re8 Kg7 $1 {Stepping out
of the pin.} 31. g5 (31. Qd8 Qxd8 32. Rxd8 a5 {and b7-b6 / Bf8-d6 covers all
the pawns, so all the winning chances are with Black.}) 31... Qd6 {Now the
check on h6 leads nowhere.} 32. Kf1 b5 33. Ke1 c4 34. Qe4 c5 $2 {This natural
move actually gives up a fair bit of my advantage. The pawn phalanx remains
solid, but the bishop on f8 gets shut in.} (34... d3 $1 35. Qe5+ Qxe5+ 36. Rxe5
c6 {was possible. I didn't like having all my pawns on light squares but there
are important dynamic benefits, and they are not so easy to attack after all.
For example} 37. Re8 Bd6 38. Rc8 Be5 $1 39. Rxc6 Bxb2 40. Kd2 Ba3 41. Rc7 $2
Bd6 $1 42. Rxa7 Bb4+ 43. Kd1 (43. Ke3 Bc5+) 43... c3 {and White can resign.})
35. h4 $5 c3 (35... b4 {allows} 36. Qf3 $1 {threatening Qf3-f6+} Be7 37. Qa8
Bf8 38. Qf3 {which more or less forces a draw. So perhaps 35.Qf3 Be7 36.h4!?
was the toughest defence after all, although Black has other options there.})
36. bxc3 dxc3 37. Qe5+ {White has run out of attacking ideas, so has to seek
his chances without queens.} (37. Qf3 $2 Qd2+ 38. Kf1 c2 {is strong now -} 39.
Qf6+ Kg8 40. Qe7 c1=Q+ 41. Kg2 Qd5+ {wins.}) 37... Qxe5+ 38. Rxe5 a5 39. Kd1 (
39. Re8 b4 $1 (39... a4 $6 40. Ra8 {stops the pawns}) 40. Kd1 (40. Ra8 c4 $1
41. Rxa5 b3 42. Kd1 c2+ 43. Kc1 Bb4 {and Bb4-c5 comes next, winning.}) 40... a4
{would be similar to the game.}) 39... a4 40. a3 $5 {A committal decision, but
not a bad one I feel.} (40. Kc2 b4 41. Rd5 {is not obviously bad, but I can
see why this didn't appeal. Black retains the option of playing ...a4-a3 and
slowly trying to create problems on the kingside. By fixing the pawn on a4,
Black has to play with some urgency.}) 40... b4 41. Kc2 {The time control is
reached, and Black still has winning chances, but it's not easy to see how to
continue.} h6 $1 (41... f5 {was my first instinct, as its very natural to try
to bring the king over, but I realised that checks from the side would prove
quite annoying.} 42. Re8 Kf7 43. Ra8 b3+ 44. Kxc3 Bg7+ 45. Kd2 (45. Kd3 {
might have been even better}) 45... c4 46. Ra7+ {with at least a draw.}) (41...
h5 {was also possible, but it is sometimes useful to soften up the g5-square.})
42. Rd5 $2 {For a while I thought this was the losing mistake, but perhaps it
is not.} (42. Re8 {was better, and I can't find anything more than a draw} hxg5
43. hxg5 Bd6 44. Ra8 b3+ 45. Kxc3 Be5+ 46. Kd2 (46. Kd3 $2 c4+ $1 47. Kxc4 b2 {
forces a pawn through as the bishop controls b8}) 46... c4 47. Rxa4 c3+ 48. Kc1
Bd6 49. Kb1 {and now White threatens Ra4-c4, so Black has to take a draw with}
c2+ 50. Kb2 Be5+ 51. Kc1 Bd6 {neither side can make progress as the rook must
guard f4 and a3.}) 42... hxg5 43. hxg5 Kh7 $1 {Creating a space on g7 so that
the bishop defends c3.} 44. Rd7 $2 ({I think} 44. axb4 $1 {was the last chance.
After} cxb4 45. Rb5 $1 {the pawns are held up for a while.} (45. Ra5 $2 b3+ 46.
Kxc3 Bb4+ $1 {is a vital resource. After} 47. Kxb4 b2 {the pawn can't be
stopped}) 45... Kg7 46. f3 {here I cannot find a way for Black to make
progress, as the rook hassles the bishop so the king doesn't have time to get
out from g7. Omitting 42....hxg5 would allow h6-h5 in this position but I'm
not sure that helps.}) 44... Bg7 $1 45. Rxf7 b3+ 46. Kb1 ({After} 46. Kc1 Kg8
47. Ra7 Bd4 48. Rxa4 Kf7 $1 {wins just as in the game.}) 46... Kg8 ({One idea
which I considered actually loses!} 46... c4 $4 47. Ra7 c2+ 48. Kc1 c3 49. Rxa4
Bf8 {White is in a mating net, but after} 50. Rb4 $1 Bxb4 51. axb4 {it's Black
that can resign}) 47. Ra7 Bd4 $1 48. Rxa4 Kf7 $1 {With the reinforcements
finally arriving it's all over.} 49. Ra6 (49. Rxd4 cxd4 50. a4 d3 {wins.})
49... Be5 $1 {using the f4-square} 50. Ra4 Ke6 51. Rh4 Kd5 52. a4 c4 53. Rh1
c2+ 54. Kc1 c3 55. Rh4 (55. Rh3 Bf4+ 56. Re3 Bxe3+ 57. fxe3 Ke4 58. a5 Kd3 59.
a6 b2# $1 {mate.}) 55... Bd6 0-1

[Event "London Classic"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2009.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
g5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 {There is no established doctrine for which of White's pawn is
more important to eliminate. After the e5-pawn is captured, it is often the
case that White can develop a dangerous initiative via the centre.} ({In a
recent game Black did not equalise after} 9... Ndxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Nb3 Qc7
12. f4 Bxc5+ 13. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 14. Rf2 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bd7 16. Be3 Qc4 17. Qxc4 dxc4
18. fxg5 e5 19. Bc5 Rg8 20. h4 $16 {1-0 Mamedov,R (2626)-Bartel,M (2609)/Novi
Sad 2009/CBM 133 (54)}) (9... g4 10. Nd4 Ndxe5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. N2b3 h5 13. Re1
Nxd4 $2 (13... Ng6 $142 $14) 14. Qxd4 Bxb5 15. Rxe5 Bf6 16. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 17.
Rxg5 $18 {1-0 Fedorchuk,S (2655)-Carron,J (2416)/Zuerich 2009/CBM 131 Extra 
(33)}) 10. Bb5 {Not giving up on the central pawn.} (10. Bc2 Nd7 (10... g4 11.
Nd4 Nxe5 12. f4 $1 gxf3 13. N2xf3 Ng6 14. Qe2 f5 15. c4 $1 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Qb6
17. Be3 $44 {0-1 Degraeve,J (2566)-Touzane,O (2347)/France 2004/EXT 2005 (38)})
11. Re1 g4 12. Nd4 Ndxe5 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Qxg4 h5 15. Qd1 (15. Qe2 $5) 15...
e5 16. c4 Bg4 17. f3 $6 (17. Nf3 $142) 17... Be6 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Bb3 Qc5+ 20.
Kh1 O-O-O $15 {1/2-1/2 Dzhumaev,M (2529)-Volkov,S (2627)/Tashkent 2009/CBM 129
Extra (76)}) 10... h6 $146 {I don't know if this move was prepared at home or
found during the game, but its idea is obvious - to strengthen the g5-pawn and
see what White is going to do. Now Black's queen is no longer tied to the
g5-pawn.} (10... Bd7 11. Bxc6 (11. Qe2 a6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 (12... bxc6 $5) 13. Nd4
Qd7 14. N2b3 Bb5 15. Nxb5 Qxb5 16. Qxb5+ axb5 17. Nxc5 (17. Nd4 b4 18. cxb4 Nd3
$15) 17... Bxc5 18. Bxg5 $16 {1-0 Parligras,M (2605)-Di Paolo,R (2336)/France
2009/CBM 129 Extra (40)}) (11. Re1 $6 g4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nd4 Nd3 14. Re3 Nxc1
15. Rxc1 c5 $15) 11... bxc6 12. Qe2 (12. Nd4 Nd3 $1 $13) 12... Qc7 13. c4 a5
14. b3 Qb6 15. Bb2 a4 16. Bd4 h6 $2 (16... g4 $5) 17. Rfb1 axb3 18. Nxb3 Rb8
19. Qe3 dxc4 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Nxc5 $18 {1-0 Rublevsky,S (2672)-Sergeev,V 
(2417)/chessassistantclub.com INT 2004/EXT 2006 (38)}) (10... a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6
12. Nd4 (12. b4 $1 {it is important to keep c5 under control.} Nd7 13. Nb3 g4
14. Nfd4 Nxe5 15. Bf4 Qc7 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxc6 Qf4 18. Nxe7 Kxe7 19. g3 Qg5
20. Qd4 $16 {Smirin-Poldauf, Groningen 1990}) 12... Qc7 13. c4 a5 14. Qh5 Ba6
15. N2b3 O-O-O 16. Bxg5 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 dxc4 19. Qf6 Rhg8 20. Rfd1
Rg6 21. Qf3 Bb7 22. Qe3 Qe7 23. Rxa5 {1/2-1/2 Iuldachev,S (2537)-Reefat,B 
(2473)/Dhaka 2005/CBM 105 ext}) (10... Qb6 {Probably the best option. If White
takes, then the merits of the queen move compared to 10...Bd7 or 10...a6 need
no commentary.} 11. Nd4 (11. Qe2 a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 {looks Ok for Black.}) 11...
a6 $6 {Black decides to force things on the queenside, but leaving d7 free for
the knight.} ({If my analysis is correct, then the alternative} 11... Bd7 {
should be considered. White could now play as in the game, but then ...Bd7
will prove much more useful than ...a6. The only "but" to the bishop move is}
12. Nxc6 ({maybe} 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. b4 Nd3 14. N2b3 $5 {is still possible.})
12... Bxc6 (12... bxc6 13. Be2 {is good for White now. In the game Black would
have ...Nd7, and there is no way to protect the e5-pawn.}) 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14.
b3 {, which looks more comfortable for White yet still complicated.} (14. Qe2
$5)) 12. Bxc6+ (12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Nd7) 12... bxc6 13. b4 $1 Nd7 {'?!'
Postny. After a long think, my opponent decided to retreat his knight. It
seems better to move forward, keeping the option to exchange the c1 bishop off
if necessary, although this is not easy for Black either.  Postny: 'This
passive move is the source for Black's trouble.'} ({After} 13... Nd3 {an idea
we did not pay too much attention to is} 14. N2b3 $1 (14. Qh5 a5 15. N2f3 Nxc1
16. Rfxc1 h6 17. Rcb1 $14 {is quite possible as well, but less direct.}) (14.
N2f3 Nxc1 15. Rxc1 a5 $13 {The evaluation of this position might be critical
for the whole opening variation.} (15... c5 $6 16. bxc5 Qxc5 17. c4 $36)) {
believing that} 14... Nxe5 (14... Nxc1 15. Rxc1 {is clearly better for White.
Black could still try to break the queenside bind by sacrificing the a-pawn,
but I doubt this will be enough to level the chances.}) 15. Qh5 h6 {was not
clear.} (15... Rg8 16. f4 $1) {But it is here that White has a nice little
combination which gives him the advantage:} 16. Bxg5 $1 Bxg5 17. f4 Ng6 18.
fxg5 {with excellent attacking chances. The exchange of dark-squared bishops
is clearly in White´s favour, whose knights are waiting to land on c5.}) 14.
Qh5 $1 Nxe5 15. N2f3 {White now gets his pawn back in all variations, while
keeping his attacking options.} Ng6 {'?!' Postny} (15... Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Bf6 {
would not help Black much either:} 17. Be3 Qb7 (17... Qc7 18. Bd4 {and after
the exchange of dark-squared bishops the dark holes in black's camp will
become extremely vulnerable. Nevertheless, this was a better choice for black.}
) 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 $16 {and the weak dark squares, together with the
king´s exposed position, is more than the black position can tolerate.}) 16.
Bxg5 Bxg5 (16... f6 {fails to} 17. Nh4 $1) 17. Nxg5 $1 {All White needs to do
now is ram forward with his f-pawn.} c5 $2 {The decisive error, but the
position is now very difficult.} (17... a5 18. a3 $16) 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. f4 $1
Ra7 (19... Qxc3 20. Rad1 Ra7 21. Nxh7 $1 ({amazingly,} 21. f5 exf5 22. Nxh7 Re7
23. Nf6+ Kf8 24. Qg5 Re5 {is not so clear. For example,} 25. Nf3 Qc5+ 26. Kh1
Qe3) 21... Re7 22. Nf6+ Kd8 23. Qg5 $18) ({Another option that fails is} 19...
h6 20. Ngxe6 Bxe6 21. f5 Bxf5 22. Rae1+ $1 {, with a decisive attack.}) 20. Ne4
$1 {This move ends the game. Once the knight reaches f6 the king is going to
feel a bit claustrophobic.} Qc7 ({The problem with} 20... Qe7 {is} 21. Nc6 {
, which attacks the a7-rook -thus preventing ...Qh4-, which was not the case
one move earlier.} Qc7 22. Nf6+ Kf8 23. Qh6#) 21. Nf6+ Ke7 $6 (21... Kd8 22. f5
Qxc3 23. Rad1 Ne7 24. Qxf7 $18) 22. f5 Qxc3 23. Rad1 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Kxf6 25.
fxe6+ $1 Nf4 (25... Kg7 26. Nf5+) (25... Ke7 26. Nf5+) 26. Qf5+ {1-0 Arizmendi
Martinez,J (2504)-Herraiz Hidalgo,H (2471)/Sant Lluis 2005/CBM 109/[Arizmendi]}
) 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. c4 {It makes sense to open up the game when the opponent's
king is still in the centre. However, it is not easy to evaluate this position:
White has not completed development yet, mostly because of awkward location of
the knight on d2.} (12. Nb3 {deserves attention as well.} Bd7 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14.
Be3 Be7 (14... Bxe3 $2 15. Qxe3 Nxe5 $4 16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxd7+) 15. Rfe1 $14)
12... Bd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nb3 Ne6 $1 {Of course, Black does not exchange one
of his most active pieces.} (14... g4 {is too risky and inconsistent with
Black's opening strategy implemented after 10...h6.} 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nfd4 Ne4
17. f3 $36) 15. Rd1 ({Natural} 15. Bd2 {comes into consideration. If} g4 $5 (
15... a6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nfd4 c5 18. Nxe6 (18. Nf5 Nf4) 18... Bxe6 19. Rac1
Qb6 $13) {, then} 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 $1 17. Nfd4 Qc4 18. Qe3 $1 (18. Qxg4 $6 h5 19.
Qe2 Nxd4 20. Qxc4 Nf3+ $3 21. gxf3 dxc4 $17 {[%cal Yd7h3]}) 18... Nxd4 19. Qxd4
Qxd4 20. Nxd4 $14) 15... a6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Be3 {[%csl Gc5,Gd4][%cal Ya1c1]}
({The alternative} 17. Nfd4 {seems good:} Nxd4 ({Now} 17... c5 {is bad, in
view of} 18. Nf5 Nf4 19. Qc2 $16) 18. Nxd4 c5 (18... O-O {makes the engine
feel happy, but not the human being.} 19. e6 $36) 19. e6 Bc8 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21.
Qf3+ $36) 17... g4 {It is the right time! Otherwise, White would simply take
control over the dark squares.} 18. Nfd4 Qxe5 19. Qxg4 h5 (19... Nxd4 {did not
promise equality:} 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Bxd4 {and White is slightly better thanks
to the domination over the dark squares.}) 20. Qg3 $5 {Giving up on ambitions
to win the game, whereas, after} (20. Qf3 $1 {I haven't found a clear way for
Black to equalise.} Bd6 (20... Rg8 21. Re1 $14) (20... Ng5 $2 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22.
Rac1 $16) 21. g3 O-O (21... h4 $2 22. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Yd1e1]} Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Qf6
24. Re1+ Kf8 25. Ne6+ $1 $18) 22. Re1 $14) 20... Qxg3 21. hxg3 h4 22. gxh4 Rxh4
$11 {The position which has arisen is simply equal: there are not enough
resources for either side to make any progress.} 23. Rac1 Rc8 24. Nf5 Ra4 25.
Nxe7 Kxe7 26. a3 Rb8 27. Nc5 Nxc5 28. Bxc5+ Kd8 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. Bxd4 Rb3 31.
Kf1 Ke7 32. Rc3 Rxc3 33. Bxc3 c5 34. b4 Kd6 35. bxc5+ Kxc5 36. Ke2 Kc4 37. Bb4
d4 38. Kd2 f5 39. f3 Bc8 40. Bd6 a5 41. Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2009.12.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 {For this
move - see CBM 123, annotations to Socko - Gajewski. However, there have been
a lot of developments since then.} Re8 (7... a6 8. a3 Be7 9. b4 dxc4 10. Bxc4
Bd6 11. Bb2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 (12... Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Be2 Be6 15. Ne4 Bf5
16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qxc7 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 Qxb2 19. Rb1 Rac8 20. Qxc8 Qxb1+ 21. Bxb1
Rxc8 22. Kd2 $16 {1-0 Bartel,M (2588)-Colovic,A (2493)/Plovdiv 2008/CBM 124 
(39)}) 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 $1 $146 Bd6 15. O-O Re8 16. e4 Ng4 17. Qe2 (17. Qb3
$142 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. h3 $16) 17... b5 18. Bb3 (18. Ba2 $142) 18... c5 19.
h3 $14 cxb4 $6 20. axb4 Bxb4 21. hxg4 Bc5+ 22. Rf2 Qh4 23. f5 Bb7 {1-0
Krasenkow,M (2624)-Koneru,H (2603)/Mumbai 2008/CBM 124 Extra (48)} 24. Ba3 $3
$16) (7... b6 8. Be2 Ba6 9. cxd5 Bxe2 10. Kxe2 exd5 11. Rd1 Ne7 12. Bd2 c5 13.
dxc5 bxc5 14. Kf1 Rc8 15. Kg1 Qb6 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Ne4 18. Be5 $14 {
1-0 Cramling,P (2525)-Kosintseva,N (2518)/Konya TUR 2009/The Week in Chess 787
(40)}) (7... Bd6 $5 8. c5 Be7 9. Bb5 (9. h3 $6 b6 10. a3 bxc5 11. dxc5 a5 12.
Bb5 Na7 13. c6 Nxb5 14. Nxb5 Ba6 15. Nbd4 Ne4 $17 {0-1 Dworakowska,J (2335)
-Atalik,E (2409)/Plovdiv 2008/CBM 123 Extra (26)}) 9... Bd7 10. a3 Qe8 11. Bd3
a5 12. b3 b6 13. cxb6 cxb6 14. Bb2 Qb8 15. O-O Rc8 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. Nb5 Be7 18.
Rac1 Na7 $11 {1/2 Krasenkow,M (2639)-Golod,V (2578)/Helsingor 2008/CBM 125
Extra (48)}) (7... dxc4 {is probably the simplest way to equalise:} 8. Bxc4 e5
$5 (8... Bd6 $5 9. O-O (9. Ng5 h6 10. Nge4 e5 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. d5 Ne7 13. e4
Ng6 14. O-O Nh5 15. Qd1 Nf6 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. a4 Rc8 18. b3 a6 19. f3 Nh7 20. Ba3
Qe7 21. Qd2 Ng5 $11 {0-1 Moranda,W (2533)-Moiseenko,A (2632)/Polanica Zdroj
2008/CBM 126 (35)}) 9... e5 10. h3 exd4 (10... Qe7 11. a3 Bd7 12. d5 Na5 13.
Bd3 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Rd1 Rac8 16. Bd2 h6 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Qb1 Be6 19. Ne4
Bb3 20. Re1 Bd5 21. Bc3 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qe6 $11 {0-1 Najer,E (2681)
-Fressinet,L (2658)/Hamburg GER 2009/The Week in Chess 788 (41)}) 11. exd4 Nb4
(11... h6 12. a3 a6 13. Ba2 Ne7 14. Ne5 c5 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Qb3
Ned5 18. Nxd5 Be6 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 $44 {1/2 Cramling,P (2535)-Lomineishvili,M 
(2378)/Ohrid MKD 2009/The Week in Chess 779 (24)}) 12. Qd1 Bf5 13. a3 Nc6 14.
Re1 h6 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd1 17. Nxd1 Nd7 $11 {1/2 Chiburdanidze,M (2506)
-Kosintseva,T (2536)/Ningbo CHN 2009/The Week in Chess 774 (37)}) (8... a6 $143
9. O-O (9. a3 Bd6 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nge4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 e5 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. d5 Ne7
15. O-O b5 16. Bd3 f5 17. e4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf5 $11 {1-0 Gonzalez Garcia,J 
(2509)-Vehi Bach,V (2387)/Barbera ESP 2009/The Week in Chess 766 (54)}) 9...
Bd6 10. Rd1 Qe8 11. a3 e5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Qe7 15. d5 Nd8 16.
Nxd6 cxd6 17. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hillarp Persson,T-Arutinian,D/Crete 2007/CBM 121
(45)}) 9. a3 (9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Qb3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qh4 13. g3 Qh3
14. Bf1 Qh5 15. Be2 Qh3 16. Bf1 Qh5 17. Be2 {1/2 Krasenkow,M (2639)-Socko,B 
(2627)/Warsaw 2008/CBM 126}) 9... Ba5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Bd3 Bxc3+
13. Qxc3 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Bf1 Qh5 16. Be2 Qh3 17. Bf1 Qh5 18. Bg2 Nxe5 19. f4
Nf3+ 20. Kf2 Nxh2 $13 {1-0 Socko,B (2644)-Zdebskaja,N (2368)/Differdange 2008/
CBM 124 Extra (30)}) 8. Bd2 Bf8 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (8... e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10.
cxd5 $5 $14) 9. a3 (9. Be2 $5 e5 $5 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 $6 11. Ng5) (9...
Nb4 {[%cal Yc7c5]} 10. Qb3)) 9... e5 $1 $11 10. dxe5 (10. cxd5 $2 Nxd4 $1)
10... Nxe5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Ne4 Nxf3 14. gxf3 Qh4 15. Bc3 (15.
Bd3 $142 Rd8 (15... Bf5 16. Nf6+) 16. Bc3 Be7 $5 17. Rhg1 g6 $11) 15... Bf5 $1
16. Bd3 Bg6 $15 {Safely parrying White's threats along the g-file and
obtaining the better prospects due to White's damaged pawn structure.} 17. f4
Rad8 18. f5 (18. Ng3 $5) 18... Rxd3 $6 (18... Bh5 $1 19. Rdg1 Nd5 20. Rg3 Nxc3
21. Nxc3 Rd6 $17 {[%cal Ye8d8]}) 19. Nf6+ $1 (19. Qxd3 Bxf5 20. f3 Bxe4 21.
fxe4 Rxe4 $17) 19... gxf6 20. Qxd3 Qxf2 (20... Bh5 $6 21. Rdg1+ Kh8 22. Rg3 $40
) 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Bd4 (22. Rhf1 $1 Qxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Rxe3 24. Rd8 $1 Nc4 25. Bb4
Nd6 26. Bxd6 cxd6 27. Rxf6 Kg7 28. Rf2 $14) 22... Nd5 23. Kb1 c5 $6 (23... Qh4
$5 24. Bxa7 c6 $44) 24. Rhf1 (24. Bxc5 $5 Bxc5 25. Qxd5 Qxe3 26. Qxb7) 24...
Qxh2 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. Rxf6 Bg7 27. Qb5 Bxf6 (27... Qe5 28. Rfd6 b6 29. Qxe8+
Qxe8 30. Rd8 Kf8 $11) 28. Qxe8+ Kg7 29. Qb5 Qg2 30. Rd7 Qe4+ 31. Ka2 Qe6+ 32.
Kb1 Qe4+ 33. Ka2 Qe6+ 34. Kb1 Qe4+ {Black doesn't take the risk of playing for
a win.} (34... g5 $6 {M.Notkin} 35. Qxb7 g4 36. Qd5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 7th"]
[Site "Bursa"]
[Date "2010.01.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Haznedaroglu, Kivanc"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bb5 Qb6 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. g4 a6 10. Be2 b5 11. a3 h6 12. f3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Kf2 d5 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qc3 Qd8 18. Kg2 Rc8 19. Qd2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21.
Rhe1 Bc5 22. Qf2 O-O 23. Rad1 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 f5 25. Qg3 fxg4 26. Qxg4 Qf6 27.
Rf1 Rc7 28. c3 Rb7 29. Rf2 Rxb2 30. Bd2 Qe5 31. Kg1 h5 32. Qg6 Rf6 33. Qe8+ Kh7
0-1

[Event "WchT 7th"]
[Site "Bursa"]
[Date "2010.01.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 e6 7. Nh3 {Nakamura is
extremely strong practical player, but he can hardly compete with his
colleagues in theoretical positions. The knight on h3 occupies an odd square.}
Nge7 8. Be3 b6 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 {White has no efficient plan of playing for
the advantage. The retreat of the king to the corner is a slightly stereotyped
solution.} (10. Bf2 Bb7 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. Rae1 Rae8 13. g4 f5 14. gxf5 exf5 15.
Ng5 Nd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 17. Kh1 h6 18. Nf3 Bg7 19. Nh4 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V 
(2659)-Moiseenko,A (2630)/Sochi 2007}) (10. Rb1 $6 Bb7 11. Nf2 $2 (11. Kh1 $5
d5 12. Bg1 $13) 11... d5 $1 12. Bd2 Qd7 $15 13. e5 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Bh3
Rae8 16. Ne2 Nf5 17. c3 Bg7 18. g4 $6 Nh4 $17 {0-1 Padevsky,N (2425)-Mainka,R 
(2430)/Dortmund 1991/ (32)}) (10. g4 d5 11. Bf2 d4 12. Ne2 f5 13. gxf5 exf5 14.
Bh4 fxe4 15. dxe4 Bg4 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nf3 Rae8 19. a3 Kh8 20. Rae1
Rf7 $15 {0-1 Cristobal,R (2342)-Felgaer,R (2471)/Mar del Plata 2001 (46)})
10... Qd7 11. Bg1 Bb7 12. Qd2 Rae8 13. Rae1 f5 $1 {Sasikiran has all his
pieces in play and this is the moment when the player should start some action.
} 14. Ng5 Nd4 15. Nf3 {The relocation of the knight to f3-square is a silent
admission, that the experiment with 7.Nh3 was not especially successful.} Nec6
(15... Nxf3 16. Bxf3 d5 $1 17. exd5 (17. e5 d4 18. Ne2 Bxf3+ 19. Rxf3 Qc6 20.
Kg2 g5 $17) 17... Nxd5 18. Qg2 Nxc3 19. Bxb7 Nd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. c3 $15) 16.
Nxd4 (16. exf5 Rxf5 17. a3 d5 $15) 16... cxd4 (16... Nxd4 17. Be3 b5 18. a3 Bf6
$15) 17. Ne2 e5 18. c3 (18. exf5 Rxf5 19. c3 Ne7 $15) 18... exf4 $6 {The real
transition into the middlegame has found players in a situation, that is far
too complex even for very strong players. Some of the moves deserve open
criticism.} (18... dxc3 19. bxc3 fxe4 20. dxe4 Na5 $15) 19. gxf4 $2 (19. Nxf4
$1 dxc3 20. bxc3 fxe4 21. Bxe4 Ne7 $11) 19... dxc3 20. bxc3 Rc8 21. Ng3 $6 {
The knight is leaving the centre at the wrong moment as the c3-pawn will
remain quite vulnerable.} (21. Be3 Rf7 22. Kg1 Re8 $15) 21... Ne7 (21... fxe4
22. dxe4 (22. Nxe4 Ne7 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Nf5 $17) 22... Na5 23. Ne2 Rce8
24. Nd4 Bh6 $17) 22. Bd4 $6 {Consequent, but positionally a rather
compromising solution. The retreat of the knight must be an objectively
stronger solution.} (22. Ne2 Qc7 23. Nd4 Qxc3 24. Qxc3 Rxc3 25. Ne6 Rxd3 26.
Nxf8 Kxf8 27. exf5 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Nxf5 29. Rc1 Ra3 $15) 22... Bxd4 23. cxd4 Qa4
24. Qe3 Rc2 25. Rc1 Rfc8 {Black must have felt very positive about his chances.
Quite possibly the subtle control of the centre from the e8-square would have
been a stronger solution.} (25... Re8 $5 26. Rxc2 Qxc2 27. a3 Kf8 $17) 26. d5
fxe4 (26... Qxa2 27. Ra1 Qb3 28. Rfb1 Rb2 29. Rxb2 Qxb2 30. Rxa7 Rc7 $15) (
26... Rxa2 $2 27. exf5 $18) 27. dxe4 Ba6 (27... Rxa2 28. f5 Ba6 29. f6 Bxf1 30.
Rxf1 Qc2 31. f7+ Kg7 32. Qd4+ Kh6 33. Qe3+ Kg7 $11) 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. Rg1 Qxa2
(29... Rxa2 30. Qc3 Bc8 31. Qf6 Rxg2 32. Kxg2 Qc2+ 33. Kf3 Qd3+ 34. Kf2 Qc2+
35. Ne2 Qxe4 36. Rg3 $11) 30. Qd4 {White is fighting for survival as he is
down by a pawn and his pieces must politely sit at the corner. Sasikiran
should not forget about his exposed king on g8.} Qb2 (30... Qa3 31. Qf6 Rc1 32.
Qxe7 Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Qc5+ 34. Kh1 Qc1+ 35. Nf1 Bxf1 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qe7+ $11)
31. Qa4 (31. Qxb2 Rxb2 32. e5 Kf8 33. exd6 Ng8 34. Rc1 Nf6 35. Ne4 Nxd5 36. d7
Ke7 37. Rd1 Kd8 38. Nd6 Kxd7 39. Bxd5 Kxd6 40. Bb7+ Kc7 41. Bxa6 b5 42. Kg1 b4
$11) 31... Bb5 32. Qxa7 Nc8 33. Qb7 {The material balance has been restored
and Black had to start defending his weaknesses.} Qg7 (33... Be8 34. e5 dxe5
35. f5 Bf7 (35... e4 36. d6 Nxd6 37. Qe7 Rxg2 38. Rxg2 Qc1+ 39. Rg1 Qc6 40. Rf1
e3+ 41. Kg1 Qc5 42. Ne2 $14) 36. Qd7 Qb4 37. Ne4 Qe7 $11) 34. Qa8 Qc3 35. Qa1
Bd3 {The second player must have still felt that his position is fine. The
immediate swap of the queens would slightly favour Nakamura.} (35... Qxa1 36.
Rxa1 Kg7 37. Kg1 h5 38. e5 Bc4 39. h4 $14) 36. Qd1 Ne7 (36... b5 37. Qg4 Rc1
38. Qe6+ Kf8 39. Bh3 Ne7 40. f5 Qc5 $11) 37. f5 Rd2 (37... Kf8 38. Qf3 Bc4 39.
Qf4 Qf6 $11) 38. Qa4 b5 $2 {The b-pawn correctly dreams about advancing to the
b1-square, but the move opens one important diagonal.} (38... Kf7 39. Qa7 Rb2
40. Qd7 Qe5 $11) 39. Qa7 Kf8 $6 (39... Kf7 40. Qe3 Rc2 41. Qf3 (41. f6 Kxf6 42.
Qf4+ Kg7 43. Qxd6 $14) 41... Ke8 (41... gxf5 42. exf5) 42. f6 Nc8 43. e5 dxe5
44. d6 Nxd6 45. Qd5 Qc5 46. Qxd3 $16) 40. Qe3 $1 {[%mdl 128] White's queen has
demonstrated a level of mobility, that is rarely seen in chess games. Black's
king feels vulnerable.} b4 (40... Ra2 41. fxg6 hxg6 42. Qf4+ Ke8 43. Qxd6 $14)
41. Qf4 Ke8 (41... gxf5 42. Nxf5 Nxf5 43. Qxf5+ Ke7 44. Qxh7+ Kd8 45. Bf1 $18)
42. f6 $1 (42. Qxd6 Rxg2 43. Kxg2 Qd2+ 44. Kf3 gxf5 45. exf5 Bc2 46. Qe5 $16)
42... Nc8 43. Bh3 {Nakamura's pieces are springing to life with devastating
effect.} Ba6 (43... Rc2 44. Bxc8 Qxc8 45. Nf5 gxf5 46. Rg8+ Kf7 47. Rxc8 Bxe4+
48. Qxe4 fxe4 49. Rxc2 Kxf6 50. Rc4 Ke5 51. Rxb4 Kxd5 52. Kg2 $18) 44. Bxc8
Bxc8 (44... Qxc8 45. f7+ Ke7 46. Nf5+ gxf5 47. Qg5+ Kd7 48. Qg7 $18) 45. f7+
Kf8 46. Rf1 {The triumph of the practical approach to chess, White played the
final phase of the game with enviable fantasy.} 1-0

[Event "WchT 7th"]
[Site "Bursa"]
[Date "2010.01.07"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. b4 c6 {I have made a survey of this
system in my note to the game Bacrot,E (2709)-Kamsky,G (2705)/Elista 2007/CBM
119/[Marin] (0-1, 39), see below.} 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bb2 d5 9. Nbd2 a5
10. a3 {White intends to keep his queenside attack going, but with his bishop
on g2 (rather than on the f1-a6 diagonal, like in the Queen's Gambit or the
Slav) his control over the b5- and c4-squares is weaker.} (10. bxa5 Qxa5 {
would transpose to the aforementioned Bacrot,E (2709)-Kamsky,G (2705)/Elista
2007/CBM 119/[Marin] (0-1, 39), where ...a5 had been played one move earlier,
without the castles.}) 10... Nd7 $146 {Black follows the classic way of
development: knights first and then bishops.} ({The alternative is} 10... Be6 {
Black immediately increases his pressure over the c4-pawn, but his bishop may
be exposed on e6.} 11. Qc2 Nxd2 {This worked out well in the game, but I
cannot help noticing that Black gives up his strongest piece, after having
spent 3 tempi on it.} 12. Nxd2 {After this mechanical move, Black will start a
powerfull counterplay in the centre, typical for the Gruenfeld Indian.} ({
The unexpected intermediate move} 12. Ng5 {may have caused Black more problems.
For instance} Bf7 13. Qxd2 {[%cal Gf1c1,Gb4b5]} dxc4 {The only way to justify
the previous play, but opening the long light diagonal is not without risk.}
14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15. Qc3 b5 16. a4 $44 {White is better developed and the light
squares in Black's camp are weak.}) 12... dxc4 13. Nxc4 axb4 14. axb4 Na6 $36 {
Now that the e6-bishop is stable, Black exerts strong pressure over the whole
white Queenside.} 15. Rfd1 Nxb4 16. Qb3 Rxa1 17. Bxa1 b5 18. Qxb4 Bxc4 19. Bxc6
Qd6 $15 {Black has a dangerous passed pawn and his bishops are more active
than White's.} 20. Qc5 $6 Qxc5 21. dxc5 Rc8 22. Bd5+ Bxd5 23. Bxg7 Bb3 24. Rb1
Kxg7 25. Rxb3 Rxc5 $17 {Savchenko,S (2571)-Firman,N (2517)/Dresden 2007/EXT
2008 (0-1, 33)}) 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. c5 {I find this a bit premature. There was no
need to release the tension so soon, offering Black a clear plan.} (12. Rfc1 $5
Be6 ({As we will see, placing the bishop in front of the e-pawn will slow down
Black's counterplay based on ...e5. However, it is not easy to suggest an
alternative, such as a half waiting move. For instance:} 12... Kh8 $6 13. cxd5
cxd5 14. Ne5 $36 {[%cal Gc2c7] We can see that the king is badly placed in the
corner. there is a permanent danger of tactics based on Nf7+, while after an
exchange on e5 there would be a threat of e6+.}) 13. c5 Nd7 14. e3 $5 {White
consolidates his centre and prepares the manoeuvre Ne1-d3, possibly followed
by Nf3.} (14. Nb3 a4 15. Na5 Qc7 {is OK for Black, because White cannot play
Bc1-f4 quickly.}) 14... Qc7 15. Ne1 g5 16. Nd3 {[%cal Gd2f3,Ga1b1,Gb4b5] White
has better chances for an advantage than in the game.}) 12... Nd7 13. Nb3 {
White intends to clear matters on the queenside in the most favourable way.} (
13. e3 b5 (13... b6 14. b5 cxb5 15. c6 $44) 14. Ne1 {is less effective now
because of} e5 $132) 13... a4 $1 {Black evaluates correctly that White will
not be able to attack this apparently weak pawn, since the counterplay on the
other wing is quite strong.} (13... axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Rxa1 b5 16. Ra7 $16
{[%cal Gb3a5]}) 14. Na5 f4 15. Nc4 (15. Qxa4 $6 {fails to win the pawn to}
Ndxc5 $1) (15. Rab1 {, preparing Qxa4 by defending the bishop is too slow.} Qc7
16. Qxa4 Ndf6 17. Qb3 Ng4 $40) 15... g5 16. Nce5 {The knight has reached this
central square after 5 jumps, which is a common situation in the Stonewall
structures. However, the optimal knight placement would be on e5 and d3, which
would keep f4 under pressure and enable f3 at the right moment. Therefore, in
the current position White cannot claim an advantage.} Qe8 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18.
Ne5 Be6 19. g4 (19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 {is quite dangerous} Rd8 $1 {An
important move before playing ...Bd5. The main idea is to prevent the queen
retreat to d3.} (20... Bd5 21. Qd3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qh5 23. f3 fxg3 24. hxg3 Qh3
25. Rf2 {offers White some chances to retain an initiative.}) 21. Rad1 (21. f3
$2 Bf5) 21... Bd5 22. Qb1 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qh5 24. f3 g4 $40) 19... Nf6 (19...
Bxe5 $2 20. dxe5 {[%csl Ge4]} Bxg4 21. f3 $18) 20. h3 h5 21. f3 {The kingside
structure has been stabilized to Black's favour. The g2-bishop certainly is
useful for defensive purposes, but is completely cut off the rest of the board.
} Nd7 22. Rae1 (22. Qg6 Nxe5 23. Qxe6+ Qf7 24. Qxf7+ Nxf7 25. gxh5 Nh6 $44)
22... Nxe5 23. dxe5 Bf7 24. Bd4 Bg6 25. Qc3 e6 $15 {Black has completed his
regrouping and has no problems at all. In fact, his position looke quite
promissing, in view of the plan of doubling rooks on the h-file. The opening
of the queenside with b4-b5 is inoffensive, since White has not enough forces
available to take advantage of the weaknesses of the c6-pawn. Besides, with
the bishop controlling b1, it would be Black to occupy the b-file.} 26. Kf2 {
Evacuating the dangerous zone in anticipation of an intrusion along the h-file.
} (26. e3 {fails to question Black's stability on this area:} Qe7 27. exf4 $6
Rxf4 28. Be3 $6 Rc4) 26... Qe7 27. Rh1 Kf7 28. Ref1 Ke8 29. Ke1 Kd7 30. Kd2 Rh8
31. Qb2 Raf8 {The game will finish without Black making any serious winning
attempt.} ({The following plan would be interesting, but probably White can
hold his own.} 31... Rab8 32. Qa1 Qd8 33. Qb2 Qc7 34. Qa1 b6 $5 35. cxb6 Rxb6
36. Rc1 ({Accepting the sacrifice with} 36. Bxb6 $6 {would risk remaining weak
on dark squares.} Qxb6 37. Qc3 Qc7) 36... Rbb8 37. Qc3 Qb7 38. Qc5 Bf8 39. Qc3
Qb5 {Black has opened the position only partly. The break ...c5 is not easy to
carry out.}) 32. Qa1 Qd8 33. Qb2 Qa8 34. Qc3 Qa6 35. Rc1 Rh7 36. Qb2 Rfh8 37.
Qc3 Ke7 38. Qb2 hxg4 39. hxg4 Rh2 40. Rxh2 Rxh2 41. Rg1 Qc4 42. Ke1 Qa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 7th"]
[Site "Bursa"]
[Date "2010.01.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 Ne8 {The other retreat of the knight to d7 used to be considered
safer, but Nakamura loves to play sharp positions.} (9... Nd7) 10. b4 f5 11. c5
Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. Nc4 g5 14. a4 Ng6 15. Ba3 Rf7 16. b5 dxc5 {Another
symptomatic decision to give up the central structure. White will get the
chance to toy also with the d5-d6 advance, Black has won time for advancing
his kingside attack.} 17. Bxc5 h5 18. a5 g4 19. b6 g3 20. Kh1 Bf8 {The
defender has three other moves at his disposal. Very instructive are two games
won by Cvitan with the same ingenious combination after 20...Nh7.} (20... Nh7
21. d6 (21. Nb5 Qh4 22. Bg1 Bh3 23. Re1 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qh3+ 25. Kxh3 Ng5+ 26.
Kg2 Nh4+ 27. Kf1 g2+ 28. Kf2 Nh3# {0-1 Epishin,V (2570)-Cvitan,O (2570)/
Switzerland 1997}) 21... Qh4 22. Bg1 Bh3 $5 23. bxc7 $4 (23. gxh3 $1 Qxh3 24.
Rf2 gxf2 25. Bxf2 $16) 23... Bxg2+ $1 24. Kxg2 Qh3+ $3 (24... Ng5 $2 25. Rf2 $1
) 25. Kxh3 Ng5+ 26. Kg2 Nh4+ {0-1 Ftacnik,L (2585)-Cvitan,O (2570)/Germany 1997
}) (20... Ne8 21. bxc7 (21. Nb5 Bf8 22. Bg1 Qg5 23. Re1 h4 24. Bf1 h3 25. gxh3
Rg7 26. Qe2 Nh4 27. hxg3 fxg3 28. Ne3 {1/2-1/2 Siegel,G (2540)-Maiwald,J (2460)
/Germany 1998 (47)} Rf7 $15) (21. d6 axb6 22. dxc7 {1/2-1/2 Andruet,G (2370)
-Arbakov,V (2575)/France 1994}) 21... Rxc7 22. Bg1 Bf8 23. d6 Rg7 24. Qd5+ Kh7
25. Nxe5 Nf6 26. Qd4 Nxe5 27. Qxe5 Bxd6 28. Qd4 $14 {0-1 Babula,V (2594)
-Polzin,R (2497)/Austria 2004 (38)}) (20... axb6 21. axb6 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Ng4 23.
fxg4 Qh4 24. Bg1 hxg4 25. Qa8 f3 (25... Rf8 26. bxc7 f3 27. Bxf3 gxf3 28. Rxf3
$18) 26. Qxc8+ Kh7 27. Bxf3 Rxf3 28. gxf3 g2+ 29. Kxg2 Qh3+ 30. Kh1 Qxf1 31.
Nd2 {1-0 Tratar,M (2471)-Roselli Mailhe,B (2446)/Bled 2002 (35)}) 21. d6 $146 {
Gelfand is the first player to deviate from the obvious retreat of the bishop
to g1 with the help of a sharp novelty.} (21. Bg1 Nh4 (21... axb6 22. axb6 Rxa1
23. Qxa1 h4 24. h3 Bxh3 25. gxh3 Qc8 26. Kg2 Nh7 27. Nxe5 Nxe5 28. Bd4 Ng5 29.
Rh1 Nd7 30. Nb5 Nxb6 31. Qa5 $14 {1-0 Arbakov,V (2420)-Gufeld,E (2480)/Soviet
Union 1986 (43)}) 22. Re1 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 Rg7 24. Nxe5 gxh2+ 25. Kh1 Nxe4 {
0-1 Roussel Roozmon,T (2486)-Charbonneau,P (2499)/Montreal 2008}) 21... axb6
22. Bg1 (22. axb6 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 cxd6 24. Bg1 (24. Rd1 Ng4 $1 25. fxg4 Qh4 26.
Bg1 hxg4 27. Rxd6 (27. Ne3 gxh2 28. Bxh2 g3 29. Nf1 Be6 $17) 27... Bxd6 28.
Nxd6 f3 29. Bf1 Rf8 $19) 24... gxh2 25. Bxh2 h4 26. Qa2 Nh5 $17) 22... Nh4 $5 (
22... bxa5 23. dxc7 Qxc7 24. Nb5 Qe7 25. Nbd6 Rg7 26. Rxa5 Rxa5 27. Nxc8 Qc7
28. Nxa5 Qxc8 $11) (22... gxh2 23. Bxh2 bxa5 24. dxc7 Qxd1 25. Rfxd1 Rxc7 26.
Nb6 Rxc3 27. Nxa8 Bb4 $11) 23. Re1 (23. Nxe5 Bh3 $1 24. Bd4 (24. gxh3 g2#)
24... Bxg2+ 25. Kg1 Rg7 (25... Bxd6 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. axb6 Rxa1 28. Qb3+ Kg7
29. Rxa1 c5 $17) 26. Qb3+ Kh7 27. hxg3 Rxg3 28. Qf7+ Bg7 $19) (23. hxg3 $1 fxg3
24. Be3 (24. Qe1 Rg7 25. Be3 Bh3 26. Rg1 Qc8 $17) 24... Bh3 (24... Bxd6 $2 25.
Bg5 Ng6 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 27. Bc4 $16) 25. Rg1 Bxg2+ 26. Rxg2 Rg7 27. Nd5 Bxd6 28.
Nxd6 Qxd6 29. axb6 Rxa1 30. Qxa1 Nxg2 31. Kxg2 Nxd5 32. exd5 $14) (23. Ra2 Bh3
24. Bd3 Bxd6 25. gxh3 Qd7 26. Re1 bxa5 $11) 23... Nxg2 $1 {[%mdl 128] Black is
extremely creative in attacking positions and has an exceptional feeling for
the initiative.} 24. dxc7 $2 {White must have been unpleasantly shocked and
his reaction is simply insufficient.} (24. Kxg2 Rg7 25. dxc7 gxh2+ 26. Kh1 (26.
Kxh2 Ng4+ 27. fxg4 Qh4+ 28. Kg2 hxg4 29. Qd5+ Rf7 30. Bxb6 (30. Nxe5 Qh3+ 31.
Kf2 g3+ 32. Kf3 Qh1#) (30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Nxe5+ Kg7 32. Bd4 Qh3+ 33. Kg1 Bc5
$19) 30... f3+ 31. Kf1 Be6 32. Qxe6 Qh3+ 33. Kf2 g3+ 34. Ke3 Qxe6 $19) 26...
hxg1=Q+ 27. Rxg1 Qxc7 28. axb6 Rxa1 29. bxc7 Rxd1 30. Bxd1 Rxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Ne8
32. Nd5 Be6 33. Nxe5 Bd6 34. Nxf4 Nxc7 $11) 24... Nxe1 $1 25. Qxe1 (25. cxd8=Q
g2#) 25... g2+ $1 26. Kxg2 Rg7+ 27. Kh1 (27. Kf2 Bc5+ $19) 27... Bh3 28. Bf1 (
28. Qf2 Qd4 29. Bf1 Qxf2 30. Bxf2 Bxf1 31. Rxf1 Rxc7 $19) 28... Qd3 $1 {
The motif of mate on g2 is repeated in this game many times always with great
effect. Nakamura's beautiful combination will make its way into the books.} 29.
Nxe5 (29. Bxd3 Bg2#) (29. Bxh3 Qxf3+ 30. Bg2 Qxg2#) 29... Bxf1 30. Qxf1 (30.
Nxd3 Bg2#) 30... Qxc3 31. Rc1 (31. Nd3 Qxc7 $19) 31... Qxe5 32. c8=Q Rxc8 33.
Rxc8 Qe6 {A fascinating game illustrating for the umpteenth time the charms of
tactics in chess.} 0-1

[Event "WchT 7th"]
[Site "Bursa"]
[Date "2010.01.10"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Brazil"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. a3
{The quiet pawn move has a lot of merit. It prevents Bb4 idea and prepares the
building of the long and mighty white pawn chain.} Nbd7 9. g3 Be7 10. c5 e5 11.
Bg2 (11. Bd3 exd4 12. exd4 Nf8 13. Be3 Ne6 14. b4 a6 15. Ra2 Qd7 16. O-O O-O
17. f4 Rfe8 18. f5 gxf5 19. Bxf5 g6 20. Bb1 {1/2-1/2 Korobkov,P (2469)
-Shalimov,V (2439)/Kharkov 2007/ (39)}) 11... e4 (11... Nh7 12. h4 Bf6 13. b4
O-O 14. O-O Re8 15. f4 exd4 16. exd4 b6 17. Qd3 Nhf8 18. Rb1 a5 19. Nxd5 cxd5
20. c6 Ne6 21. cxd7 Qxd7 22. Be3 $11 {1-0 Eljanov,P (2686)-Lastin,A (2590)/
Sochi 2007/ (38)}) (11... g5 12. b4 g4 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. d5 f5 16.
h3 Bg5 17. hxg4 Rxh1+ 18. Bxh1 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 Qg5 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. gxf5 $16 {
1-0 Yermolinsky,A (2511)-Stripunsky,A (2569)/Stillwater 2007/ (40)}) 12. b4 Nf8
13. b5 Ne6 14. Rb1 Qd7 15. a4 {Nakamura comes up with a new idea of supporting
his queenside attack with the advance of the a-pawn.} (15. Bd2 Nh7 16. bxc6
bxc6 17. Ne2 g5 18. h3 f5 19. Rb3 O-O 20. Qb1 Bd8 21. Rb7 Bc7 22. O-O Nd8 $11 {
0-1 Moradiabadi,E (2521)-Megaranto,S (2569)/Macau 2007/ (54)}) 15... Bd8 16.
Bd2 g5 17. a5 $1 Bxa5 {Leitao decides to eliminate the danger and swap the
bishops for the knights. Unfortunately his strategy should have been
unsuccessful.} (17... cxb5 18. Nxb5 O-O 19. O-O $14) 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Nxe4
dxe4 (19... Bxd2+ 20. Nxd2 O-O 21. O-O $14) 20. Bxa5 g4 21. Qb3 $6 (21. h4 $1
gxh3 22. Rxh3 Rxh3 23. Bxh3 $16) 21... O-O $2 {[%mdl 32] Both grandmasters
have chosen to ignore the great idea bound up with the logical exploitation of
the potential of the knights.} (21... Ng5 $1 22. Qb7 Ke7 23. Bc7 Ke6 $11) 22.
h4 (22. h3 Ng5 23. hxg4 Qxg4 24. Kf1 Qc8 $14) 22... gxh3 (22... g6 23. O-O Kg7
24. Bc3 Qd5 25. Rfc1 $14) 23. Bxh3 {Something went terribly wrong for Black as
White is controlling the b-file and the c8-h3 diagonal.} Nh7 (23... g6 24. Bc3
Kg7 25. d5 cxd5 26. Qb2 Qe7 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. c6 $16) 24. Bf1 Nhg5 25. Bc4 Nf3+
(25... Qe8 26. Qd1 Rb8 27. Rxb8 Qxb8 28. Kf1 $16) 26. Kf1 Neg5 27. Qb7 Qf5 (
27... Qxb7 28. Rxb7 Rab8 29. Ba6 Ne6 30. Kg2 $16) 28. Rb2 {Nakamura is
incomparably stronger in the attack. Positions requiring defensive decisions
are much less to his liking. He could have had taken the c6-pawn and hastened
the decision.} (28. Qxc6 Rab8 29. Rb7 $1 Rxb7 (29... Nh3 30. Bxf7+ Kh8 31. Qg6
$18) 30. Qxb7 Nh3 31. Qb2 $16) 28... Rac8 29. Kg2 Nxd4 (29... Rfe8 30. Bc3 Red8
31. Rbb1 $16) 30. exd4 Qf3+ 31. Kh2 Qh5+ $6 {Black has sacrificed the knight
for some attacking chances, but now he refrains from the most annoying idea of
the advance of the e-pawn.} (31... e3 $1 32. Be1 (32. fxe3 Qh5+ 33. Kg1 Qd1+
34. Bf1 Qf3 35. Qb3 Qxg3+ 36. Bg2 Rb8 37. Qa3 Rxb2 38. Qxb2 Rb8 $132) 32...
Rce8 33. Be2 $1 (33. Qb3 $6 Qf5 $14) 33... exf2 34. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 35. Kg2 fxe1=Q
36. Rxe1 Nxe1+ 37. Kf1 $16) 32. Kg1 Qd1+ 33. Bf1 Qxd4 34. Qb4 Qe5 {Keeping the
queens, even though even thus his hopes for compensation are on the level of
wishful thinking.} (34... Qxb4 35. Rxb4 Rb8 36. Bc4 Rxb4 37. Bxb4 Rb8 38. Bc3
e3 39. fxe3 Ne4 40. Be1 Rb1 41. Kg2 Nxc5 42. Rf1 $18) 35. Qc3 Qf5 (35... Qxc3
36. Bxc3 Rb8 37. Kg2 Rxb2 38. Bxb2 Rb8 39. Bc1 Ne6 40. Be3 $18) 36. Be2 Rfe8 (
36... Rb8 37. Kg2 e3 38. f3 Rxb2 39. Qxb2 $18) 37. Qe3 Re5 (37... Rb8 38. Rxb8
Rxb8 39. Kg2 f6 40. Bc7 $18) 38. Qf4 $2 {Nakamura is demonstrating his human
side with this weak solution. White was completely winning by the simple
method of improving the pieces.} (38. Bc3 $1 Rxc5 (38... Rd5 39. Kg2 Re8 40.
Rb7 $18) 39. g4 $1 Qd5 40. Rd2 $18) 38... Qxf4 39. gxf4 Rxc5 40. Bd2 Ne6 $6 {
Leitao is only human too and he ignores the golden chance of moving to f3.
White would still be winning, but only after long and arduous play.} (40...
Nf3+ $1 41. Bxf3 exf3 42. Rh3 a5 43. Rxf3 $16) 41. Be3 Ra5 (41... Rf5 42. Bg4
Rb5 43. Ra2 $16) 42. Kg2 c5 43. Bc4 Ra4 44. Bxe6 fxe6 45. Rb7 {Five scattered
black pawns are easy targets for White's attack.} (45. Rb7 a5 46. Rh5 $18) 1-0

[Event "WchT 7th"]
[Site "Bursa"]
[Date "2010.01.11"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nd6 7. Bf4 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 c6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. c3 Nd7 12. Qc2 h6 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8
15. Re2 Bg4 16. Rxe8 Nxe8 17. Ne5 Be6 18. Re1 Nef6 19. Ng6 Qb6 20. Nxf8 Nxf8
21. h3 Re8 22. Re5 N8d7 23. Re2 Nf8 24. Re5 N8d7 25. Re3 Qa5 26. a3 Nf8 27. Be5
Qd8 28. f4 Bd7 29. Qf2 N6h7 30. Nh5 g6 31. Qg3 f5 32. c4 Kf7 33. cxd5 cxd5 34.
Be2 Ne6 35. Qf3 Bc6 36. Kh2 Qb6 37. Ng3 Nxd4 38. Qf2 Nc2 39. Nxf5 Nxe3 40.
Nxh6+ Kf8 41. Qg3 Bd7 42. Bc3 Nf5 43. Nxf5 Bxf5 44. Bf3 d4 0-1

[Event "WchT 7th"]
[Site "Bursa"]
[Date "2010.01.12"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 {Nakamura is switching his attention to the move which used to
be main line in the past.} 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. c5 g5 14. cxd6
cxd6 15. Nf2 Ng6 16. Qc2 Rf7 17. Rfc1 Ne8 18. a4 h5 19. Ncd1 $146 {White has
no waterproof method of preventing the impending kingside attack by Black. His
superiority on the queenside should help him to tie down some of the enemy
pieces. Aronian's novelty is sensible, as the knight may help his king.} (19.
h3 Bf8 (19... Nh4 20. Qd1 Bf8 21. Be1 Rg7 22. Ra3 Be7 23. a5 Bd7 24. Nb5 Qb8
25. Rac3 Bd8 26. b4 a6 27. Na3 b5 28. Nb1 {1/2-1/2 Bischoff,K (2505)-Hansson,D
(2250)/Reykjavik 1993}) 20. Nb5 Bd7 21. Qd1 Rg7 22. Kf1 Nh4 23. Be1 Be7 24. Rc3
Qb8 25. a5 Bd8 26. Rb3 a6 27. Nc3 Nc7 {0-1 Gavrilov,A (2512)-Shomoev,A (2561)/
Krasnoyarsk 2007 (74)}) (19. a5 Bf8 (19... g4 20. fxg4 Nh4 21. Qd1 hxg4 22.
Nxg4 Nf6 23. Kh1 Nxg4 24. Bxg4 f3 25. gxf3 Bxg4 26. fxg4 Nf3 27. Be3 Qh4 28.
Rc2 Qxg4 29. Rg2 Qh3 30. Qf1 Qh7 31. Qd3 {1-0 Saric,A (2472)-Brener,I (2318)/
Steinbrunn 2005 (53)}) 20. Nb5 Rg7 21. Ra3 g4 22. fxg4 hxg4 23. Nxg4 Nh4 24.
Qd1 a6 25. Nc3 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 Bxg4 27. Bxg4 Nf6 28. h3 Nxg4 29. hxg4 Qh4 {
0-1 Saric,A (2514)-Vedmediuc,S (2414)/Budva 2009 (35)}) 19... Bf8 20. Ra3 a6
21. Qc3 Bd7 22. Qa5 b6 {The exchange of queens was certainly feasible, but
Nakamura would have to defend a slightly worse position without the most
dangerous piece.} (22... Qxa5 23. Bxa5 Nf6 24. Rc7 Bc8 25. Rac3 $14) (22... Qe7
23. Qb6 $16) 23. Qb4 Rg7 24. Rac3 {Attacking the b6-pawn right away was
certainly an option, but White's advantage would remain limited.} (24. Rb3 g4
25. fxg4 (25. Qxb6 gxf3 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. gxf3 Bxa4 $14) 25... Nh4 26. Qxb6
Qxb6 27. Rxb6 hxg4 28. Rc3 (28. Rxa6 Rxa6 29. Bxa6 g3 30. hxg3 Rxg3 $11) 28...
Nf6 (28... f3 29. Rxa6 Rc8 30. Bd3 g3 31. hxg3 Rxg3 32. Rxc8 Bxc8 33. Ra8 Bd7
34. Nc3 $16) 29. g3 (29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30. Bxa6 g3 $15) 29... Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 gxf3
31. Rxf3 Bxa4 $14) 24... Nh4 25. h3 Be7 26. Be1 Qb8 (26... g4 $5 {Black is
losing heart and switches his attention to the passive defence. It would have
been more natural for Nakamura to try attacking strategy with 26...g4!?} 27.
fxg4 (27. hxg4 Nf6 28. Nd3 Nxg2 $1 29. Kxg2 hxg4 30. Kf1 Qe8 $13) 27... Nf6 28.
Rc7 b5 29. a5 Rg6 30. Qa3 Qf8 $13) 27. Kf1 Bd8 (27... b5 28. a5 Qa7 $14) 28.
Rb3 Bc7 29. Qa3 (29. Nc3 Qd8 30. Qc4 Kh7 31. Rc2 $16) 29... Qd8 30. Rbc3 Bb8 (
30... b5 31. Rxc7 Nxc7 32. Qxd6 Ne8 33. Qxe5 $16) 31. b4 Ra7 32. Rc6 $5 {
White can afford to invest some material in order to tie down his opponent's
pieces.} (32. Nb2 b5 33. Nfd3 g4 $132) 32... b5 (32... Bxc6 33. dxc6 Rgc7 34.
b5 axb5 35. Bxb5 Nf6 36. Nc3 $14) 33. axb5 axb5 34. Ra6 (34. Qb3 $5 Ra8 35. Nc3
$16) 34... Rb7 35. Rcc6 (35. Nc3 Kh8 36. Ra8 Nc7 37. Ra5 $16) 35... Bxc6 $2 {
The defender is losing heart and grabs the offered exchange. His position was
slowly deteriorating, but it was better to at least postpone the inevitable.} (
35... Nf6 36. Nd3 Bxc6 37. dxc6 Ra7 38. Bf2 Rxa6 39. Qxa6 $16) 36. dxc6 Ra7 37.
Nc3 d5 $6 (37... Rxa6 38. Qxa6 Ra7 39. Qxb5 Kg7 40. Nd3 $16) 38. Nxd5 Nf5 {
That should have had been the solution for the defender, the knight aims to
jump into the fray.} 39. exf5 (39. Bxb5 Nd4 40. Bc4 Kh7 41. b5 Rxa6 42. bxa6
Qc8 43. Qa4 Qxc6 44. Qxc6 Nxc6 45. Bb5 Rg6 46. Nd3 $16) 39... Qxd5 40. Ne4 (40.
Qa5 $5 Rgc7 (40... Bc7 41. Qxb5 Qxb5 42. Bxb5 Rxa6 43. Bxa6 Nd6 44. Bd3 $16)
41. Ne4 Rxa6 42. Qxa6 Qxc6 (42... Rxc6 43. Qa8 $18) 43. Qxc6 Rxc6 44. Bxb5 Rc8
45. Bxe8 Rxe8 46. Nf6+ Kf7 47. Nxe8 Kxe8 48. Ke2 $18) 40... Rgc7 41. Nxg5 {
Aronian has been diverted by the great tactical shot from the game. He should
not have ignored the best move 40.Qa5!? forcing he decision due to the attack
of b5-pawn.} (41. Qa5 $1 Rxa6 42. Qxa6 g4 43. Qxb5 Qxb5 44. Bxb5 $16) (41. Nc3
Rxa6 42. Qxa6 Qxc6 43. Qa2+ Rf7 44. Bxb5 Qc8 45. Bc4 Qxf5 46. Ne4 Nd6 47. Be6
Qg6 48. Bxf7+ Qxf7 49. Qa8 $16) 41... Ng7 $2 (41... Rxa6 42. Qxa6 Nd6 (42...
Qxc6 43. Qa2+ Kh8 44. Nf7+ Kh7 45. Nxe5 $16) 43. Qa1 (43. Ne6 Rc8 $1 $13 (43...
Rxc6 44. Qa8 $18)) 43... Rc8 44. f6 $16) 42. Rb6 $3 {[%mdl 64] There would
have not been this fabulous combination without the weaker 41.Nxg5 move.} Nxf5
(42... Rxa3 43. Rxb8+ Ne8 44. Rxe8+ Kg7 45. Ne6+ Kh7 (45... Kf7 46. Rf8+ Ke7
47. Bh4+ Kd6 48. Rd8+ $18) 46. Nxc7 Qxc6 47. Re7+ $18) 43. Rxb8+ Kg7 44. Qb2
Ra2 $6 {Nakamura is simply programmed for active play, this aggressive move
shoud be weaker than elimination of the c6-pawn.} (44... Rxc6 45. Rxb5 Ne3+ 46.
Kg1 Qd4 47. Qxd4 exd4 48. Rc5 $16) 45. Qb1 Rc2 46. Rxb5 Qd6 (46... Ne3+ 47. Kg1
Qxc6 48. Rc5 Rxc5 49. Qh7+ Kf8 50. Qh8+ Ke7 51. bxc5 $18) 47. Rb7 Kh6 48. Kg1
$1 Qxc6 (48... Rxe2 49. Qxf5 Rxe1+ 50. Kh2 Rxb7 51. cxb7 $18) 49. Nf7+ $1 {
The knight move in thus charged position can be truly insidious. Black can not
afford to let the steed reach the d8-square.} Rxf7 (49... Kh7 50. Nd8 $1 Qd7
51. Qxc2 $18) 50. Rxf7 Ne3 {The last real try was to give Aronian the chance
to go wrong after the desperate 50..Rxe2.} (50... Rxe2 51. Rxf5 (51. Qxf5 Qb6+
52. Kf1 (52. Kh2 $2 Qg6 $14) 52... Rxe1+ 53. Kxe1 Qe3+ 54. Kd1 Qb3+ 55. Kc1
Qc4+ 56. Qc2 Qxf7 57. b5 $18) 51... Qg6 52. Bf2 $18) 51. Ra7 $1 Qd5 52. Qa1
Nxg2 (52... Rxe2 53. Qa6+ Kg5 54. Rg7+ Kf5 55. Qg6#) 53. Qa6+ {An amazing
fight in which White was dominant all along.} (53. Qa6+ Rc6 54. Qb7 Qd4+ 55.
Bf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "WchT 7th"]
[Site "Bursa"]
[Date "2010.01.13"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. h3 Rf8 19. f4 Rad8 20. Nc3 d5 21. cxd5
Nf6 22. Rhg1 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Ke1 e6 25. gxf5 Rxf5 26. Bd4 Rf7 27. Bxg7
Rxg7 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rc7+ Kf6 30. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
h6 $5 {Stepping aside from the main stream. The h6-pawn may be useful for
slowing fown g4-g5, but in some cases the weakness of the g6-square may become
relevant.} 9. Bh4 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. f5 e5 12. Nde2 $5 {A very rare move,
which is connected with a concrete plan of setting up a domination on light
squares.} (12. Nb3 {is usually played.}) 12... b5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nd5 Qc5 $1
{For the time being, it is essential to avoid clearing the e4-square for the
reserve knight.} (14... Nxd5 $6 15. exd5 Bb7 16. Ng3 {leads to a situation
where the black king cannot find an absolutely safe location. The knight is
important for unblocking the f6-square, while Black's queenside counterplay
would be rather slow.} Rc8 17. Bd3 {[%cal Gc1b1,Gh2h4,Gg3h5,Gf5f6]}) 15. Nec3
Bb7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Nd5 Rc8 18. c3 Bxd5 $1 {Now is a good moment for this
exchange.} 19. Rxd5 (19. exd5 {is by far less effective now. Black's kingside
has become very stable after the exchange of the last knight while the white
queenside has been weakened with c3 and will be submitted to a strong attack
based on ...b4.}) 19... Qb6 20. Qd3 Rc6 21. a3 Ke7 22. Kb1 h5 {The position
has stabilized and it is hard to make any progress with either side.} 23. Be2
h4 24. Bd1 Qf2 25. Qe2 Qxe2 26. Bxe2 Rb8 27. Rhd1 Bg5 28. Kc2 Bf4 29. h3 Be3
30. R1d3 Bf4 31. Rd1 Be3 32. R1d3 Bf4 33. Rf3 Rc5 34. Rfd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Marin,M} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 {Marin,M: 'This is just one of the lines in which Black delays
...Be7, hoping that, for the practical reasons of his queenside attack, he
will be one tempo up compared to the normal lines.'} 9. Bxf6 {White gives up
the bishop in order to gain some tempi by pushing forward the g-pawn.  Marin,M:
'Nakamura seems to have an inclination towards exchanging on f6 slightly
earlier than really necessary (see also his game against Shirov, from the same
tournament).'} ({Marin,M: The usual move order is} 9. g4 b5 10. Bxf6 {when}
gxf6 {has not been played between strong players.}) ({Marin,M: For some
decades, White tried to refute Black's setup mainly with} 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3
Bb7 11. Rhe1 Qb6 12. Nd5 {without reaching a definitive conclusion.}) 9... Nxf6
10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nd7 12. O-O-O {Marin,M: 'All this last sequence based on
g4-g5 corresponds to a relatively new trend. Black can always transpose back
to the classical lines with ...Be7, while delaying the bishop's development
starts being connected with certain dangers. After all, the king is two moves
away from castling!'} Nc5 $6 {The immediate 12...b4 should be the critical
line and deserves thorough analysis.  Marin,M: 'This was considered to be the
most solid answer.'} (12... b4 13. Nd5 $1 exd5 14. exd5 $40 Bb7 15. Qe4+ Be7
16. Nf5 Nc5 17. Nxg7+ $1 Kf8 18. Qd4 Rg8 19. Nf5 b3 $1 20. Bc4 bxc2 21. Rde1
Re8 22. Re2 Bc8 23. Nh6 Qb6 $1 24. Qc3 $2 (24. Kxc2 $1 Rg7 25. b3 $1 Bd7 26.
Rhe1 $14 {Ftacnik}) 24... Na4 25. Qxc2 Rxg5 $3 26. fxg5 Bxg5+ 27. Kb1 Rxe2 28.
Bxe2 Bd7 $1 $15 {[%csl Rh6] 1-0 Radjabov,T (2728)-Volokitin,A (2662)/Biel 2006/
CBM 114/[Ftacnik] (39)}) (12... Bb7 13. Bh3 b4 14. Nd5 exd5 15. exd5 Be7 16.
Rhe1 $40 {Krivoborodov,E (2453)-Parligras,M (2547)/Bad Wiessee 2009 (1-0, 30).
Marin,M: These are just two examples in which White obtained strong attack by
means of the thematic knight sacrifice on d5.}) 13. a3 $1 $146 {This modest
move is a strong improvement. Preventing the ...b5-b4 advance, White is
preparing the assault against the black monarch.  Marin,M: 'Technically
speaking, a novelty, but it could lead to a simple transposition.'} (13. f5 b4
14. Nd5 $6 {In this version this sacrifice is less promising as Black has an
opportunity to transfer the knight to the e5-outpost and block the e-file.} (
14. Nce2 Bb7 15. Ng3 $13) 14... exd5 15. exd5 Nd7 16. Bg2 Ne5 17. Rhe1 Bb7 18.
Qb3 Be7 $17 {0-1 Hector,J (2537)-Negi,P (2515)/Malmo 2007/CBM 118 (75)}) 13...
Rb8 $6 {This move allows the typical sacrifice that now follows.  Marin,M:
'This looks a bit like playing with fire.'} (13... Bb7 14. f5 e5 15. Nb3 Nxb3+
16. cxb3 {yields White a stable edge thanks to the control over the key
d5-square.}) ({Marin,M: Maybe this would be a good moment to transpose back
with} 13... Be7 {is relatively better, but the position is in White's favour
here as well.  Marin,M: ', after having provoked a2-a3. It should be mentioned
that in the main lines White usually tries to do without this move, which
means that by employing his move order with a delayed ...Be7 Black has
obtained some sort of success.'}) 14. b4 $5 Nd7 15. Nd5 $1 {A standard piece
sacrifice; in the current case it seems especially effective.} exd5 (15... Qb7
16. Qc3 $1 exd5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Bxb5 $1 axb5 19. Rhe1+ Be7 20. Nc6 Qc4 21.
Rxe7+ Kf8 22. Qe3 $18) 16. exd5 {Compared to the aforementioned game
Radjabov-Volokitin, Black has less space on the queenside, and therefore less
counterplay.  Marin,M: 'This had been prepared by Nakamura before the game.'}
Be7 ({Marin,M: According to him, the critical line for the evaluation of the
variation is} 16... Nb6 17. Nc6 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qg2 Rc8 20. Nd4 Qc3) 17.
Re1 {Marin,M: 'White has a strong attack.'} Ne5 $6 {A desperate attempt to get
out of the squeeze.} (17... Kf8 18. Qe4 Nb6 19. Nc6 Rb7 20. Bd3 {and White is
totally dominating. It's already hard to suggest a reasonable move for Black.})
(17... Rb6 $1 {was the best reply.} {After} 18. Nf5 Ne5 $1 19. fxe5 Bxf5 20.
Qxf5 Qc3 {Black is worse, but still in the game.}) 18. fxe5 Bxg5+ 19. Kb1 dxe5
20. Nc6 Bf6 21. Bd3 $1 h5 (21... O-O 22. Rhg1 {White even doesn't have to grab
the exchange.} Kh8 23. Ref1 {[%cal Gf3e4] and Black is defenceless against the
numerous threats.}) {[%tqu "En","How White should continue his attack?","","",
"e1e5","A powerful blow. Instead of grabbing the exchange, which could leave
some practical chances for Black, Nakamura sacrifices his own rook.",20]} 22.
Rxe5+ $1 {[%mdl 512] A powerful blow. Instead of grabbing the exchange, which
could leave some practical chances for Black, Nakamura sacrifices his own rook.
} Bxe5 23. Re1 Bg4 24. Qf4 O-O 25. Rxe5 $18 g6 {The alternatives are not
better.} (25... f5 26. Qg5 Rbe8 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. h3 $1 $18) (25... Rb7 26. h3
$1 Bd1 27. Kc1 $18 {[%csl Rd1]}) 26. Qf6 Rbe8 27. Ne7+ Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Qxh2 29.
Bxg6 Qh1+ 30. Kb2 Qxd5 31. Bxf7+ (31. Be4 {was even more brutal.}) 31... Qxf7
32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Qxa6 {The rest is an agony.} Kg7 34. Qxb5 Kg6 35. Qc4 Rd7 36.
b5 Kg5 37. b6 Bf3 38. Qb5+ Rd5 39. Qb3 {An impressive game by the US champion.}
1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O
Be6 9. b3 {The white bishop on c1 doesn't have a proper square which promises
any prospects. From b2 in fianchetto style the piece can patiently wait for
the opening of the centre.} a6 10. Re1 Rc8 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Bf1 O-O 13. Nd5 {
Short has developed all his pieces and takes advantage of the moment for the
start of an active plan.} (13. h3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Rfd8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nb8
17. c4 Nbd7 18. Bd3 Re8 19. Rac1 Bf8 20. Nh2 g6 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. hxg4 $14 {
0-1 Kondratiev,P-Slepoy,I/Leningrad 1956 (65)}) (13. a4 Qc7 14. Nd2 Nd4 15. Rc1
Qa5 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra1 Qb4 20. Na2 Qc5 21. Bxd4
exd4 22. Bd3 $11 {0-1 Delmonico,N (1891)-Dupont,N (2058)/Geneve 2008 (36)})
13... Bg4 (13... b5 14. c4 Na7 15. h3 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 17. b4 f5 18. Qb3 Kh8
19. Bd3 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Bf5 21. Qd3 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Bf6 23. Nd2 $14 {0-1 Beadle,
J-Kok,F (1676)/Cobo Bay 2005 (32)}) 14. c4 {White would love to dream about
some advantage, but the positional reasons for that are absent. It might have
been smarter to grab the e7 bishop with equal chances.} (14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. c4
Rfd8 $11) 14... Nxd5 15. exd5 (15. cxd5 $6 Nd4 $1 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Be2 Bxf3
18. Bxf3 Qb6 $17) 15... Nb8 (15... Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 g6
19. Bd3 Bf6 $11) 16. h3 Bh5 17. Be2 (17. a4 Nd7 18. a5 f5 $132) 17... Nd7 18.
Rc1 (18. a3 Bg6 19. Bd3 (19. b4 e4 20. Nd4 Ne5 21. Qb3 Bf6 $15) 19... f5 20.
Qe2 Bh5 21. Qe3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 e4 23. Qg3 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 $15) 18... Bg6 {
Nakamura is a very creative player always striving for the initiative. The
bishop move prepares the action in the centre and sidesteps the equalising
line possible after 18...f5.} (18... f5 19. Nd4 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Nc5 21. Ba3 (21.
Ne6 Nxe6 22. dxe6 Bf6 23. c5 Rc6 24. Red1 Qe7 25. cxd6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27.
Qc4 Re8 $15) 21... exd4 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Qxe7 Qxe7 24. Rxe7 b5 $11) 19. b4 e4
$1 20. Nd2 (20. Nd4 Bg5 21. Rc3 (21. Ra1 Ne5 22. Qb3 Qc7 23. Qc3 Rfd8 $17)
21... Ne5 22. a3 Bf6 23. Rc1 Re8 $15) 20... Qb6 21. a3 $2 {The modest defence
of the b4-pawn fails to address the main problems in the position.} (21. Bh5 $1
Bxh5 (21... Qxb4 $6 22. Bxg6 Qxb2 23. Bf5 Rc7 24. Nxe4 $14) 22. Qxh5 f5 23. Bc3
Bg5 $15) 21... Bh4 {Both very strong grandmasters have ignored the
strategically very sound advance of the e-pawn promising the second player a
solid advantage.} (21... e3 $1 22. fxe3 Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 Bh4 24. Rf1 Bf6 $17) 22.
c5 (22. g3 e3 $1 23. c5 Nxc5 24. fxe3 (24. Bd4 exd2 25. Qxd2 Bg5 26. f4 Bf6 27.
bxc5 Bxd4+ 28. Qxd4 Rxc5 $17) 24... Ne4 25. Nc4 Qd8 26. gxh4 Qxh4 $17) 22...
dxc5 23. Nc4 (23. g3 Bf6 24. Nc4 Qd8 $17) 23... Qd8 24. Bh5 $2 {[%mdl 256] The
quality of the move often depends on perfect timing. The bishop foray would
have been perfect on move 21, but now it only helps Black.} (24. Ne3 f5 (24...
cxb4 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Qd4 Bf6 27. Qxb4 Bxb2 28. Qxb2 $13) 25. bxc5 Nxc5 26.
Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Rxc5 Qb6 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 $15) (24. d6 Qg5 (24... b5 25. Ne3 c4 26.
Bg4 $13) 25. Bf1 Qf5 26. Qd2 Qe6 $15) 24... cxb4 25. Bxg6 (25. axb4 b5 26. Ne3
Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Ne5 $17) 25... fxg6 26. Rxe4 (26. Re2 Bg5 27. Ne3 Bxe3 28. Rxe3
Rxc1 29. Qxc1 Nf6 $17) 26... Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 b5 {Nakamura must have been
struggling with the search for the best continuation to realise his huge
advantage.} (27... bxa3 28. Bxa3 Bc5 $17) 28. Ne5 (28. Ne3 bxa3 29. Bxa3 Nf6
30. Re6 Rxc1 31. Qxc1 Re8 $17) 28... Rxc1 29. Bxc1 (29. Qxc1 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Bg3
31. Re6 Qc7 $19) 29... Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Bg3 31. Re3 (31. Re4 Qf6 32. Qg1 b3 $19)
31... Bf4 32. Rd3 Bd6 (32... bxa3 33. Bxa3 Bd6 $17) 33. axb4 Qf6 {The list of
worries for White is quite long. The pawn is missing, the other one on b4
nearly doomed and the king on h1 is anything but safe.} 34. Be3 (34. g4 Qe5 35.
Rd2 Qe4+ 36. Rg2 Rf3 $19) (34. Rf3 Qe5 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $19) 34... Qf1+ 35. Bg1 (
35. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 36. Bg1 Rb1 37. g4 Rxb4 $19) 35... Rf4 36. g4 (36. Qxf1 Rxf1 37.
g4 Rb1 38. Kg2 Rxb4 $19) 36... Qxd1 37. Rxd1 Rxb4 38. Re1 {White can only
feebly try to create some counterplay with the help of his passed d-pawn.} (38.
Bh2 Bxh2 39. Kxh2 Kf7 40. d6 Ke8 $19) 38... Rf4 39. Ra1 (39. Bh2 Rf6 $19) (39.
Re6 Rf6 40. Re8+ Rf8 41. Re6 Rd8 42. Rxg6 b4 $19) 39... Ra4 40. Re1 b4 $1 {
Combinations are the soul of chess and Black manages to create a nice tactical
pattern in the endgame.} 41. Re6 (41. Bh2 Bxh2 42. Kxh2 Ra5 43. Re4 b3 44. d6
Kf7 45. d7 Ra2+ 46. Kg3 Rd2 47. Rb4 Rd3+ 48. Kf2 Ke7 $19) (41. Re4 Ra1 $19)
41... b3 42. Rxd6 Rb4 $1 {The spare piece is useless as the advance of the
b-pawn can be stopped only at a terrible cost.} 43. Rd8+ (43. Bd4 Rxd4 44. Rb6
Rd3 45. d6 Kf7 $19) 43... Kh7 (43... Kh7 44. Bd4 Rxd4 45. Rb8 Rd3 46. d6 Rxh3+
47. Kg2 Rd3 48. Rb7 Rxd6 49. Rxb3 a5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b4 Nc6 $5 {Nakamura had
a recent game against this type of plan, but with different move order. He
deviates now slightly, although the structure in the centre will become
similar to his previous game soon.} ({In case of} 6... c6 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. c4 d5 {
play would transpose to Grischuk,A (2736)-Nakamura,H (2708)/Bursa 2010/CBM 134/
[Marin] (1/2, 42).}) 7. a3 d5 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. e3 a5 11. b5 Na7 12.
Qe2 a4 13. Rfc1 c6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. c4 Nc8 16. Bc3 Ncd6 17. cxd5 Nxc3 18. Rxc3
Bxd5 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qa5 22. Rac1 Qxe5 23. Rxc6 Qb2 24. Qd3
Rfd8 25. R1c2 Qb5 26. Qxb5 Nxb5 27. Nb1 Rd3 28. Nc3 Nxc3 29. R2xc3 Rdd8 30. Rb6
Kf7 31. Rb4 Rd2 32. Rcc4 Rd3 33. Rxa4 Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 {This line is considered as
pretty harmless for Black and appears very rarely at the top level.} dxc6 6. d3
Bd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 Nd7 10. Bb2 b5 ({To my mind the plan with} 
10... c5 11. Nc4 f6 {is more sound for Black. Later on he can perform the
manoeuvre Nd7-b8-c6. The position is approximately equal.}) 11. d4 f6 12. h3 c5
$6 {This decision is also hard to approve. White is eager to push his pawn to
d5 to seize space, and Black is assisting this.} (12... Qe8 {is a logical move,
setting free the d8-square for the rook. Black gets sufficient compensation
for the structural defects. For instance:} 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 fxe5 15. Qe2
Qg6 $132) 13. d5 {Now White has a small, but stable advantage.} Bf7 14. a4 (14.
c4 {is also good.}) 14... Nb6 15. c4 c6 $1 {Black must play this, the only
real chance for any counterplay.} 16. Nh4 {Going for a kingside attack.} ({
White could adopt a more positional plan as well:} 16. Qc2 cxd5 (16... Qc7 17.
Rfc1 $14 {[%cal Gd2f1,Gf1e3]}) 17. cxd5 Qc7 18. Rfc1 $14 {[%cal Gf3e1,Ge1d3]})
16... Re8 {I don't think Black should let the knight be established on f5 so
easily.} (16... g6 17. Qg4 cxd5 $1 18. cxd5 Qd7 19. Nf5 Bxd5 (19... h5 20. Nh6+
Kg7 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Rfc1 $14) 20. a5 Be6 21. axb6 Kh8 22. Qf3
gxf5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Rfd1 Qe6 {and Black survives.}) 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Qg4 (18.
Ne3 $14 {with the idea to forward the knight to d5.}) 18... Kh8 19. f4 ({
An attempt to use the a-file doesn't yield White much:} 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8
Qxa8 21. Ra1 Qb7 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Ra7 Bg6 24. Nh4 bxc4 25. bxc4 Nc8 26. Nxg6+
hxg6 {Black is just in time to save the Pg6 and he will be only slightly worse.
}) 19... exf4 20. Qxf4 $6 {This gives Carlsen a chance to come back into the
game.} (20. Rxf4 $1 {White's initiative is very dangerous. Here one sample
spectacular line:} bxc4 21. bxc4 cxd5 22. cxd5 (22. exd5 Bg6 {followed by the
manoeuvre Nb6-d7-e5 with mutual chances.}) 22... Rb8 23. Bc3 (23. Nh6 $2 Bg6
24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. Nf7+ Kg8 26. Nxd8 Rexd8 $11) 23... Qd7 $1 {The only chance
for counterplay.} 24. a5 Na4 25. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 26. Qh4 Bg6 27. Qxf6+ Kg8 28. Rg4
c4 $1 29. Nxc4 Rxe4 $1 30. Rxg6+ $1 hxg6 31. Qxg6+ Kh8 32. Ncd6 Bxd6 33. Nxd6
Re7 34. Rf1 Rg7 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Nf5 Rxg2+ $1 37. Kxg2 Qxd5+ 38. Rf3 Rb2+ 39.
Kg3 Qe5+ 40. Kh4 Rb4+ 41. Kg5 Nc5 42. Qg6+ Kf8 43. Qd6+ Qxd6 44. Nxd6+ Ke7 45.
Nf5+ Kf7 {and Black should survive the endgame with a pawn down, thanks to the
very reduced amount of material. Long variations like this normally have
improvements along the way, but, undoubtedly, White should have recaptured
with the rook.}) 20... bxc4 21. bxc4 cxd5 22. cxd5 Qb8 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Rf4] This
is the main drawback of 20.Qxf4.} 23. Qh4 $5 (23. Bc3 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 {is
already very little for White, so Nakamura is looking for more.}) 23... Nxd5
24. Rab1 Qb4 $1 (24... Nb4 25. Nh6 (25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Rb3 Bg6 28.
Rg3 Ra7 29. Rxg6+ hxg6 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Nc4 Nd3 32. Ncd6 Bxd6 33. Nxd6 Rf8 34.
Qh6+ Kg8 35. Qg5+ Kh8 36. Qh6+ Kg8 {White has no more than a perpetual check.})
25... Ba2 26. Rxf6 Ra7 (26... Qd8 27. Qg5 gxf6 28. Bxf6+ Qxf6 29. Qxf6+ Bg7 30.
Qh4 Bxb1 31. Nxb1 {with mutual chances, but a queen + knight is well-known as
a dangerous duo, so Black has to be very careful.}) 27. Nf5 Kg8 28. Qg5 Bxb1
29. Nh6+ Kh8 30. Rf7 Rxf7 31. Nxf7+ Kg8 32. Nh6+ {with perpetual check.}) 25.
Bc1 (25. Bxf6 $2 Qxd2 26. Rbd1 Qe2 27. Nxg7 Nxf6 28. Nxe8 Nxe8 29. Rd7 Nd6 30.
Rxd6 Qe3+ 31. Kh1 Bg8 $17) 25... Qxa4 26. exd5 Qxh4 27. Nxh4 Bxd5 {The
resulting position is approximately balanced. In an endgame like position
normally three pawns overcome a knight, but here Black's pawns are not
connected and he has to be careful not to lose all of them. On the other hand,
White's knights don't have good outposts. With correct play this position
should end in a draw.} 28. Ba3 Re3 29. Ra1 Rd3 30. Rfd1 {A somewhat strange
move, the immediate 30.Nhf3 was called for.} a5 31. Nhf3 a4 32. Rdc1 Kg8 $6 (
32... g6 $1 {[%cal Gf8h6] was a nice idea. Black is at least not worse.}) 33.
Kf2 (33. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 34. Rxc5 a3 35. Kf2 Bf7 {with sufficient compensation for
the piece. A similar position arose in the game later.}) 33... c4 (33... Rc8 $2
34. Ke2 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd3]}) 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 35. Nxc4 Rb3 {Black has lost a pawn,
but the position remains playable for him with strong tendencies for a
peaceful result. White really can't get rid of the annoying a-pawn.} 36. Nfd2
Rb4 37. Ra3 Rc8 38. Rac3 Be6 39. Na3 Rd8 40. Nf3 Rb3 $1 {This exchange will
take the passed pawn closer to the promotion square.} 41. Rxb3 axb3 $11 42. Rc6
Bd5 43. Rb6 Rc8 {White's pieces lack harmony, he can't win this.} 44. Nb5 Rc2+
45. Kg3 h5 $1 46. Nbd4 Ra2 47. Ne6+ Kf7 48. Nf4 Be4 49. Rb4 (49. Rxb3 g5 50.
Nxh5 (50. Nd3 h4+ 51. Nxh4 gxh4+ 52. Kxh4 $11) 50... Kg6 {trapping the knight
with an inevitable draw.}) 49... h4+ 50. Kg4 b2 51. Nd2 Ba8 52. Nc4 (52. Nd3 $4
b1=Q 53. Nxb1 Rxg2+ 54. Kf4 (54. Kxh4 $2 Bf3 $1 $19 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Rg7g5]})
54... Rg3 55. Rd4 g5+ 56. Kf5 Rf3+ 57. Kg4 Kg6 58. Nf4+ gxf4 {and suddenly
Black is winning.}) 52... g5 53. Rxb2 {White has to give up the extra piece;
the draw is inevitable.} (53. Nd3 $4 Ra4 $1 $19) 53... Rxb2 54. Nxb2 gxf4 55.
Kxf4 Bxg2 56. Kg4 f5+ 57. Kxf5 Bxh3+ 58. Kg5 Be6 59. Kxh4 {A great fighting
game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. a5 Nc5 14. Qe1 Nb3
15. Ra4 Nc5 16. Ra1 Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Bxf6 ({An interesting moment. Exchanging on f6 without inserting the moves} 8.
Na3 b5 {offers Black additional possibilities. Could this have been a
psychologic trap set by Nakamura, aiming to tempt Shirov out of the
theoretical paths? If so, it worked out perfectly well.}) 8... gxf6 9. Na3 f5 {
This is why White usually delays the exchange. Black does not need to weaken
his queenside before launching his counterplay in the centre.} (9... b5 {
would transpose back to the normal lines.}) 10. Nc4 Nd4 {Not the only possible
move.} (10... fxe4) (10... b5 {is not really transposing to anything:} 11. Ne3
b4 12. Ncd5 fxe4) 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Ne3 Bg6 $5 ({The usual retreat in the
Sveshnikov is} 12... Be6) 13. Ncd5 Bh6 14. c3 Ne6 15. Bd3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Qb6 17.
O-O Nf4 18. Be2 Rg8 19. Bf3 Nh3+ $6 {Black has not completed his development
yet and should have refrained from such tactical operations.} (19... O-O-O {
would maintain the threat ...Nh3+xf2+ and also ...Qxb2, since Rab1 is
impossible.}) 20. Kh1 Nxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Qxe3 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Re2 Qb6 24. Bd5 $16
{White is better coordinated and the black king faces problems finding a safe
location.} Rg7 25. Qd2 f5 26. Rf1 Kd7 27. b4 f4 28. a4 a5 29. b5 Rd8 30. g3
fxg3 31. hxg3 Kc8 32. c4 Kb8 33. Rf6 Re7 34. Kh2 e4 35. Qc3 Rc8 36. Re3 Ka7 37.
Bc6 Rd8 38. c5 dxc5 39. Bxe4 Rd6 40. Rxd6 Qxd6 41. Qxa5+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O c6 8. Rb1 {
From theoretical point of view, this is less topical than 8. d5 and 8.b3, but
has a lot of strategic substance. White removes the rook from the corthe event
of the opening of the centre and prepares either a bold attack with b4-b5 or,
in some other cases, the more solid b3.} Ne4 {This is considered to be one of
Black's best replies, but after this game the evaluation may change. After all,
Black's whole queenside is undeveloped, why start exchanging already developed
pieces?} ({Kramnik had faced} 8... Na6 {15 years ago in a semi rapid game.} 9.
b4 Ne4 10. Bb2 $5 (10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Nd2 d5 12. b5 {looks more consistent,
like in Beliavsky,A (2620)-Nikolic,P (2670)/Polanica Zdroj 1996/CBM 055/
[Beliavsky] (1-0, 38)}) 10... Be6 11. b5 {This was recommended by Beliavsky in
the Chess Informant.} (11. Qb3 $2 b5 12. Nxe4 Bxc4 13. Qe3 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Nxb4
15. Bh3 Kh8 $17 {Kramnik,V (2715)-Ivanchuk,V (2700)/Monte Carlo 1995/CBM 046
ext (1/2, 51)}) 11... cxb5 $5 ({Beliavsky only analyses} 11... Nc7 12. bxc6
bxc6 13. Qa4 Rb8 14. Ba1 $1 $14) 12. cxb5 Nc7 (12... Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Nc7 14. Ng5
Bxa2 15. Rc1 d5 16. Qa4 Bc4 17. Ba5 $36 {[%cal Gc1c4]} Bxb5 18. Qb3 $16 {
[%cal Gc1c7]}) 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ng5 Bxa2 15. Rc1 Bh6 16. h4 Bd5 $13) (8... Qe8
{[%cal Ge7e5]} 9. d5 $5 Na6 (9... e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. b3 $1 {We can see the
usefulness of the Rb1.} Qe7 $14 {Black has practically lost a tempo and has
failed to get early counterplay.}) 10. b4 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5+ Kh8 13.
Bb2 $14 {Larsen,B (2540)-Kortschnoj,V (2605)/Buenos Aires 1993/CBM 035 (1-0,
43). In his youth, Korchnoi was one of the promoters of the Leningrad Dutch,
but his later tastes changed radically and it is surprising to see him on the
black side in 1993.}) (8... Qc7 9. d5 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. b3 $14 {Black has
avoided losing a tempo in this line, but his queen is not especially well
placed on c7.}) 9. Qc2 ({According to Kramnik, it was around 3 a.m. when he
realized that White should refrain from} 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Nd2 d5 11. e3 Be6 12.
b4 b5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. a4 bxa4 15. Qxa4 Nd7 16. Qa2 Bf7 17. Nb3 (17. Bb2 {
Beliavsky,A (2645)-Spraggett,K (2560)/Elista 1998/CBM 066 ext/[Hecht] (1/2, 64)
}) 17... Nb6 {Beliavsky,A (2618)-Agrest,E (2554)/Batumi 1999/CBM 074/
[Tsesarsky] (1-0, 35)}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 $1 {This move gives meaning to
White's previous play. The b-file has been opened for the rook and, since ...
e5 is unavoidable, we can also state that the white centre has been
strengthened.} (10. Qxc3 e5 {does not pose Black any problems.} 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. e4 (12. Qa3 {Adla,D (2435)-Tovillas,D (2335)/Buenos Aires 1991/EXT 2000 
(1-0, 33)} e4 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh3 Be6 15. b3 g5 $11) (12. Nxe5 Nd7 13. f4 Qe7
$15) 12... f4 13. b4 (13. b3 Qe7 14. Bb2 Bg4 15. Qa5 c5 $15 {[%cal Gb8c6,Gc6d4]
Skembris,S (2455)-Leow Leslie M (2455)/Novi Sad 1990/TD (1/2, 22)}) 13... g5
14. Bb2 Qe7 15. Rfe1 (15. Nxe5 $2 Nd7 $19) 15... Be6 (15... g4 16. Nh4 {
[%csl Gf5]}) 16. Rbd1 Nd7 17. c5 Bf6 18. a3 g4 $132 {Ionesi,C (2232)-Grunberg,
M (2403)/Predeal 2006/CBM 113 ext (0-1, 36)}) 10... e5 $146 {Black
consequently fights for space on the whole board, but his poor development
will prevent him from consolidating properly. I find it hard to recommend an
entirely adequate continuation.} (10... Qa5 11. c5 dxc5 12. Qb3+ e6 13. Bf4 Re8
14. Ne5 cxd4 15. cxd4 $32 {Giri,A (2517)-Reinderman,D (2560)/Hilversum 2009/
CBM 131 Extra (1/2, 43)}) 11. Rd1 e4 {Black is more or less forced to release
the tension. Otherwise, White would get a strong initiative.} (11... Qe7 12. c5
$1 dxc5 (12... e4 13. cxd6 Qxd6 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Ne5 $16) 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5
Qxe5 15. Bh6 ({If I reached this position in a game, I most surely would
continue with} 15. Bf4 $16 {[%cal Gf4d6,Gd6c5] but the surprising line
suggested by the computer is even better.}) 15... Re8 16. Rxb7 Bxb7 17. Qb3+
Kh8 18. Qxb7 $18) (11... Qe8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Ba3 Rf7 14. e4 $16) 12. Ng5 h6 {
This creates new weaknesses, but the white knight is incredibly versatile, as
we can notice in the following line.} (12... Na6 13. f3 exf3 14. exf3 Nc7 15.
Re1 Qf6 16. f4 $1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gg5f3,Gc1a3,Gc4c5] followed by Ba3, c5 and
the d6-pawn and the occupation of the e5-square. We can feel the power of the
doubled pawns. One of them is used for active purposes, while the other stays
back to defend the d4-pawn.}) 13. Nh3 g5 14. f3 d5 ({Once again, White would
have a clear plan of installing his knight on e5 if Black releases the tension:
} 14... exf3 15. exf3 Na6 16. f4 g4 17. Nf2 Nc7 18. Nd3 $14 {[%csl Ge5][%cal
Gc4c5]}) 15. Nf2 Kh8 {This move does not seem to be connected with any
concrete plan. In some lines Black must have feared an attack along the a2-g8
diagonal. However, it should be mentioned that the king move does not
contribute to the queenside development in any way.} (15... Rf7 $5 {[%cal
Gc8e6]} 16. Qb3 {White should delay the exchange on d5 until Black has
developed his knight, in order to avoid ...Nc6} (16. cxd5 cxd5 17. c4 Rc7 18.
c5 Nc6 $11) 16... Na6 (16... Be6 $2 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. fxe4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 $16) (
16... Qb6 $5) 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. c4 Be6 $14) 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. c4 {Black will
lose stability soon, but Nakamura had prepared an interesting trick.} e3 $5 {
Only this way can the activation of the g2-bishop be prevented. However, Black
may lose the courageous pawn later.} 18. Nd3 (18. Bxe3 $2 f4 {[%cal Gc8f5]} 19.
Bd2 Bf5 20. Qb2 (20. Nd3 $2 Nc6) 20... Bxb1 21. Rxb1 Nc6 $15) 18... Nc6 19.
Bxe3 ({The hurried} 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 {would leave the g2-bishop caged
after} f4 $44 {[%csl Gg2]}) 19... Nxd4 ({According to the joint post mortem
analysis by Kramnik and Nakamura,} 19... Qe8 {would have been better, although
they concluded that after} 20. Qc1 dxc4 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. f4 $36 {
White maintains the initiative.}) 20. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 {The position has
been opened and White has achieved a huge advance in development. However, the
situation is not entirely clear yet, because the next move will leave the
g2-bishop passive.} f4 22. Rb5 $5 {An elegant move, increasing the pressure in
the centre.} (22. Nxf4 gxf4 23. Rxd4 Bf5 {[%csl Gb1]}) (22. cxd5 Be3 {[%csl
Gg2]}) 22... Qf6 23. Rxd5 Be6 $2 {The decisive mistake, probably caused by a
miscalculation.} ({Black could have stayed in the game with} 23... Be3 $5 $14 {
consolidating his grip on the dark squares. Although White is a pawn up and
has an impressive domination in the centre, for practical purposes he is a
piece down for the time being. Probably, he should look for a way to exploit
the exposed position of the black king (to be compared with the absolutely
safe residence of his white rival), combined with the possibility of
exchanging the e3-bishop for his knight. Engines are very enthusiastic when
evaluating the position, but the passivity of the g2-bishop is something they
do not understand easily.}) 24. Nxf4 gxf4 ({He might have overlooked that after
} 24... Bxd5 25. Ng6+ Kg8 26. Nxf8 Bc6 {the knight gets out with} 27. Ne6 $1
$18) 25. R5xd4 fxg3 26. hxg3 $18 {White is two pawns up and can repel Black's
attack quite easily. The game is practically over.} Rg8 27. Rf4 Qg5 28. Rh4 Rg6
29. Qc3+ Kh7 30. f4 Qxg3 31. Qxg3 Rxg3 32. Bxb7 Rb8 33. Be4+ Kg7 34. Kh2 Re3
35. Rg1+ Kf7 36. Bg6+ Ke7 37. Bd3 Rb2 38. Rg2 Rxa2 39. Rxh6 Bf7 40. Rh7 Kf6 41.
c5 Ra4 42. c6 Rxf4 43. c7 Re8 44. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 {
Quite a rare move, compared to the usual} (7... Qa5 {and}) (7... Bxc3+) 8. bxc3
Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O (10. Nb5 $5 Nc6 11. Bf4 (11. O-O $6 a6 12. Nd6 Ne5 13.
Qd4 Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Nxc4 15. Qd4 Qc7 $17 {0-1 Colls Gelaberto,E (2203)-Vehi Bach,
V (2411)/La Massana 2008/CBM 125 Extra (41)}) 11... e5 12. Bc1 (12. Be3 d6 13.
O-O a6 14. Na3 Be6 15. Bd5 Qa5 16. Nc2 Rfc8 17. Rfb1 $14 {1/2 Sulypa,A (2478)
-Can,E (2411)/Olomouc 2007/CBM 119 ext (28)}) 12... Qa5 (12... d6 13. Ba3 Qa5
14. Bxd6 Rd8 15. Bc7 Rxd3 16. Bxa5 $14) 13. O-O d6 14. a4 Be6 15. Ba3 Rfd8 16.
Rfb1 Rac8 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 b6 19. Rd1 Qa6 20. c5 Bc4 21. Qf5 Bxe2 22. Rd2
Bc4 23. Be4 $14 {1/2 Rogozenco,D (2440)-Itkis,B (2410)/Bucharest 1995/CBM 048 
(30)}) 10... d6 (10... Nc6 11. Rd1 $5 (11. Bf4 g5 12. Be3 Ne5 13. Qe4 d6 14.
Nf3 f5 15. Qd4 Nf7 16. Rfd1 Bf6 17. Qd3 Bd7 $132 {0-1 Shchekachev,A (2530)
-Fedorchuk,S (2655)/Coubertin 2009/CBM 131 Extra (29)}) 11... Qa5 (11... Ne5 $5
12. Qe4 Qa5) 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. c5 b6 14. Bf4 e5 15. Be3 Rb8 16. Be4 h6 17. Bd5
$14 {0-1 Jianu,V (2531)-Fedorchuk,S (2671)/Plovdiv 2008/CBM 124 (60)}) (10...
Na6 $6 11. Rd1 (11. Nb5 Nc5 12. Qd4 d6 13. Rd1 e5 14. Qe3 (14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Ba3
Be6 16. Bb4 Qb6 17. Qe3 Rac8 $15 {0-1 Parker,J (2325)-Topalov,V (2495)/
Singapore 1990/EXT 1997 (46)}) 14... Re8 15. Qd2 Qa5 16. Nxd6 Rd8 17. Nxc8 $5
Raxc8 18. Bd5 Na4 19. Qd3 Nb6 20. Qf5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Qxc3 22. Be3 Qc2 {1/2
Abbasov,F (2444)-Tahirov,F (2545)/Tula 2007/EXT 2008}) (11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Bf4 d6
13. Rfd1 Rd8 {0-1 Stuart,P-Ker,A (2305)/New Zeeland 1991/EXT 1999 (59)} 14.
Rab1 $5) 11... Nc5 12. Qc2 $1 (12. Qe3 d6 (12... Qa5 $5 13. Bd2 Na4 14. Rab1
Qc7 15. Qd3 a6 16. Bf4 d6 {0-1 Kuthan,A (2220)-Schlosser,P (2556)/Austria 2009/
EXT 2010 (33)} 17. Qc2 Nc5 18. Nb3 $14) 13. Ba3 Bd7 14. Rab1 Rb8 15. Bxc5 dxc5
16. Nb5 a6 17. Nd6 Qc7 $13 {1/2 Nielsen,P (2651)-Hracek,Z (2598)/Germany 2007/
CBM 123 (41)}) 12... a6 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Bf4 d6 15. Rab1 Rb8 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17.
Qd3 e5 18. Be3 Qa3 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Bb6 g6 21. Bd5 $16 {1/2 Kravtsov,S (2438)
-Ogloblin,N (2380)/Novokuznetsk 1999/EXT 2001 (54)}) (10... a6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12.
Bf4 d6 13. c5 e5 (13... Qxc5 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Bxd6 Rd8 16. Bc5 $1 $14) 14. cxd6
Qxd6 15. Nf5 Qf6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Be3 $14 {1-0 Zhumabaev,R (2550)-Babujian,L
(2515)/Martuni 2009/CBM 132 (73)}) 11. Rd1 (11. Ba3 a6 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Nc2 Rd8
14. Ne3 Nc6 15. f4 g6 16. g4 Rb8 17. g5 Qa5 18. Bc1 Qc5 19. Kh1 b6 20. a4 Na5
21. Ba3 Qc7 22. Rab1 Bb7 {0-1 Furman,B (2263)-Tahirov,F (2545)/Hastings 2006/
CBM 116 ext (34)}) 11... a6 (11... Nd7 $5) 12. Nb3 (12. f4 Nd7 13. Ba3 Qc7 14.
Nc2 Nc5 15. Qe3 Rb8 16. Rd2 g6 17. Rad1 b6 18. g4 Bb7 $15 {0-1 Quinn,M (2429)
-Alekseev,E (2593)/Hoogeveen 2002/CBM 090 ext (40)}) (12. Be3 Nd7 13. f4 Qc7
14. Kh1 Nb6 15. Rab1 Nxc4 16. Bg1 Rb8 17. e4 Bd7 18. Bf1 Rfc8 19. Rdc1 Qa5 20.
Nb3 Qxa2 {0-1 Fogel,P (2193)-Akopian,V (2700)/Gibraltar 2007/CBM 116 ext}) (12.
Nf3 Nd7 13. Ba3 Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Ne5 Rb8 17. Rab1 Rxd1+ 18.
Rxd1 Kf8 19. Nd7+ Bxd7 20. Rxd7 b6 21. a4 Bf6 $11 {1/2 Agrest,E (2574)
-Iordachescu,V (2572)/Dresden 2008/CBM 128 (42)}) 12... Qc7 13. Bf4 e5 14. Be3
{A typical position. Which is more important: the pressure of White's bishop
and the weakness of the d5 square in Black's camp or White's doubled c3- and
c4-pawns and the c5-square? A lot depends on the position of the pieces. Here
chances are approximately equal.} Nd7 15. Nd2 f5 16. Rab1 Rb8 17. Ba7 (17. Rb2
{V.Yemelin} e4 $5) 17... Ra8 18. Be3 Rb8 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Bd5+ $6 {White
decides to play for a win. A poor idea. Black obtains the bishop pair, and all
White's attempts to create a blockade prove vain.} Kh8 21. Qe3 Nf6 22. Bb6 Qd7
(22... Nxd5 $142 23. cxd5 Qd7) 23. f4 (23. Bg2 $142) 23... Qe8 {Black prepares
kingside counterplay but his queenside is still "frozen".} 24. Nf3 Qh5 25. Kh1
Re8 26. Qg1 (26. fxe5 $5 Ng4 27. Qg1 dxe5 28. Bc7) 26... Nxd5 27. cxd5 Bf6 28.
Qf2 Bd7 (28... exf4 29. gxf4 Bxc3 $6 30. Bc7) 29. c4 Rac8 30. Rdc1 h6 31. e3
Re7 $15 {The clue to the position is that Black has possibilities to improve
it (e.g. preparing ...g7-g5), and White has none. For instance, any retreat of
the b6 bishop allows ...b7-b5. Therefore White takes the opportunity to break
through immediately (objectively it was better to wait).} 32. c5 $6 {The black
bishop now obtains the important b5-square.} (32. fxe5 dxe5 {[%cal Yf5f4] is
hardly good, too: Black's kingside attack will be more dangerous than White's
passed pawns.}) 32... exf4 33. gxf4 dxc5 34. Bxc5 Re4 $6 (34... Ree8 $142 $1
35. Rxb7 (35. Bd6 Bb5 {[%cal Yb5d3,Yd3e4]}) (35. Bd4 Rxc1+ 36. Rxc1 Bxd4 37.
Nxd4 Qf7 38. Qf3 Re4 $17 {[%csl Rd5,Re3]}) 35... Bb5 {[%cal Rb5d3,Rd3e4]} 36.
Ne5 $5 Re7 $1 37. Rxe7 Bxe7 38. e4 fxe4 $17) 35. Rxb7 $2 (35. Bd6 $142 $1 {
[%cal Yd6e5]} Rxc1+ 36. Rxc1 Qf7 37. Qd2 Qh5 38. Qf2 $11) 35... Bb5 36. Qg2 (
36. Nd2 Bc4 $1 (36... Re7 $5) 37. Nxc4 Rxc4 $1 38. Rxc4 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qxd5+ 40.
Qf3 Qxc4 $19) 36... Rc4 $1 37. Rg1 Rc2 $1 $19 (37... R4xc5 $143 38. Rxg7 Qxf3
39. Qxf3 Bxg7 $17) 38. Qg3 (38. Qxc2 Qxf3+ 39. Qg2 (39. Rg2 Qxd5 $19) 39...
Qxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Rxc5 $19) 38... Be2 $1 39. Ne1 R2xc5 40. e4 {Desperation. The
rest is clear.} (40. Rxg7 Bg4 $19) 40... fxe4 41. Rxg7 Bf3+ 42. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 43.
Qxf3 exf3 44. R7g6 Bg7 $1 45. Rxa6 (45. Rxg7 f2 $19) 45... Rc1 46. Rc6 Rxg1+
47. Kxg1 Bd4+ 48. Kh1 Rb8 (48... Rb8 49. Rc1 f2 {[%cal Rb8g8,Rg8g1]}) 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. O-O Be6 12. Rfc1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Rab1 b5
$5 {This is the standard plan in the system based on an early ...Nxd4. However,
Black usually tries to prepare it with ...Rab8 or ...Qb4.} 15. b4 Qd8 16. cxb5
axb5 17. Bxb5 Ra3 18. Nd5 (18. Bf1 Ng4 $5 {This looks like the best try for
counterplay.} (18... Rcxc3 {did not yield Black sufficient compensation for
the exchange:} 19. Rxc3 Rxa2 20. Qc1 Nxe4 21. Ra3 $14 {Ivanchuk,V (2700)
-Khalifman,A (2635)/Yalta 1995/CBM 047 ext (1-0, 42)}) 19. Bd4 Bh6 20. f4 Rcxc3
{[%csl Ga2,Gf4] Only now that White's position has become over extended this
sacrifice may be fully justified.} 21. Rxc3 (21. Bxc3 $2 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Qb6+ $19
) 21... Rxa2 22. Rc2 Bxf4 23. Rxa2 $5 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Qa8 $13 {White does not
seem to have enough stability to take advantage of his passed pawn. Black
threatens ...Qxe4 followed by ...Bd5.}) 18... Rxc1+ $146 {This was analyzed by
Mozetic in his notes for Chess Informant, but never tried in practice.} (18...
Nxd5 19. exd5 Bf5 {Nikcevic,N (2466)-Mozetic,D (2442)/Vrnjacka Banja 1999/EXT
2000 (1/2, 42)}) 19. Qxc1 Rxa2 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Bc4 Ra8 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. b5
Qd7 24. b6 {Mozetic ends up his comments at this point, evaluationg the
position as "+/-". It would be interesting to know if Nakamura had analyzed
the whole line at home, finding is safe for Black, or got here by chance. In
any case, "+/=" looks like a better evaluation, because in the game Black's
disadvantage seemed to be within bearable limits.} Kf7 25. Qd1 Rb8 26. Qf3 Ke8
27. Qg4 Kf7 28. Qf3 Ke8 29. Qg4 Kf7 30. Qd1 Qb7 31. Qd3 Rc8 32. h3 d5 33. Bd4
dxe4 34. Qe3 Bxd4 35. Qxd4 Rc6 36. Kh2 Rd6 37. Qh8 Rxb6 38. Qxh7+ Kf6 39. Qh8+
Kf7 40. Qh7+ Kf6 41. Re1 Qb8+ 42. g3 Rb2 43. Qh4+ Kf7 44. Qh7+ Kf6 45. Qh4+ Kf7
46. Kg2 Rb4 47. Qh7+ Kf6 48. Qh4+ Kf7 49. Qh7+ Kf6 50. Re3 Qf8 51. Qh4+ Kg7 52.
Rxe4 Rxe4 53. Qxe4 Qf5 54. f3 Qf6 55. h4 e5 56. Kh3 Qe6+ 57. Qg4 Qa6 58. Qe4
Qe6+ 59. g4 Qf6 60. Kg3 Qd6 61. Kg2 Qf6 62. Kh3 Qd6 63. Qe3 Qf6 64. h5 gxh5 65.
gxh5 Qf5+ 66. Kh4 Kf6 67. Qh6+ Kf7 68. Qe3 Kf6 69. Qh6+ Kf7 70. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Bxb2 11. Rb1 Bf6 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Bxc5 b6 14. Bxb6
Nd4 15. Qd1 axb6 16. Nxd4 Rxa2 17. Qb3 Rd2 18. Qb4 Ra2 19. Qb3 Rd2 20. Qb4 Ra2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be3 h5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne2 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 Bb5
15. Nd4 Bxf1 16. Rhxf1 g6 17. g3 Qc7 18. h3 O-O-O 19. g4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Rh3 21.
Rh1 Rdh8 22. Qg2 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Rxh1+ 24. Qxh1 Qc4 25. Kb1 Bc5 26. Qd1 g5 27. c3
gxf4 28. Bxf4 b5 29. a3 a5 30. g5 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. g6 fxg6 33. Nxe6 b3 34.
Nd4 Bxd4 35. cxd4 Nf8 36. Qd2 Ne6 37. Be3 Nc7 38. Qc3 Kd7 39. Kc1 Kc6 40. Kd2
Kb5 41. Qd3 Qxd3+ 42. Kxd3 Ne6 43. Kc3 Ka4 44. Bf2 g5 45. Be1 g4 46. Bh4 Ng7
47. Bf2 Nf5 48. e6 Kb5 49. Kxb3 Kc6 50. Kb4 Kd6 51. Kb5 g3 52. Bg1 Nh4 53. e7
Kxe7 54. Kc6 Nf3 55. Be3 g2 56. Kxd5 Kd7 57. b4 g1=B 58. Bxg1 Nxg1 59. b5 Ne2
60. b6 Nxd4 61. Kxd4 Kc6 62. Ke4 Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 $5 Bg4 ({White's idea is revealed in the neutral
line. The queen will be driven back anyway, without spoiling the strategic
harmony in White's camp.} 3... Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
c4 Qd8 9. Qb3 Qc8 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Be3 a6 {Kaidanov,G (2580)
-Dzindzichashvili,R (2545)/Parsippany 1996/CBM 055 (1-0, 42)} 13. Rac1 $14 {
Kaidanov}) 4. Be2 Nc6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Qe6+ 7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Nd4 9. Bd1
e5 10. O-O O-O-O 11. d3 {Black has no immediate problems and even enjoys more
space. However, White's play seems to be a bit easier, thanks to his powerfull
light-squared bishop. It is hard to give a definitive evaluation, maybe
something like =/+/= is best.} g6 12. Re1 Bg7 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. c3 Ne6 15. Nf3
Nc6 16. Bc2 Rd6 17. Ng5 Ncd8 18. Nf3 Nc6 19. Nd2 Rd7 20. Ne4 f5 21. Ng5 Nc5 22.
Rd1 h6 23. Be3 hxg5 24. Bxc5 b6 25. Be3 Bf6 26. a4 Kb7 27. Kf1 Re8 28. Re1 Red8
29. b4 a5 30. bxa5 Nxa5 31. Rab1 Ka6 32. Red1 Rd6 33. Ke2 Rc6 34. Bd2 Ka7 35.
g4 Nb7 36. Bb3 Rcd6 37. Bf7 Be7 38. Bc1 Nc5 39. Bc4 Nb7 40. Ba3 c5 41. Kf1 Na5
42. Bb5 Bf6 43. Kg2 Kb7 44. Re1 Kc7 45. Rbd1 e4 46. d4 Rd5 47. Rb1 cxd4 48.
cxd4 Rxd4 49. Ba6 Rb8 50. Rec1+ Kd7 51. Bc5 Rd5 52. Bxb6 Nc6 53. Bc4 Rd2 54.
Rd1 Bc3 55. Be3 Rxb1 56. Rxb1 Rc2 57. Bb3 Re2 58. Kf1 Rb2 59. Rxb2 Bxb2 60.
gxf5 gxf5 61. Bxg5 Nd4 62. Bd1 Bc3 63. h4 Ke6 64. h5 Kf7 65. Be3 Nc6 66. Bb3+
Kf6 67. Bd5 Ne5 68. Bb6 Kg5 69. a5 Nd7 70. Bc7 Nc5 71. Bf7 Na6 72. Bd8+ Kh6 73.
Bg6 Nc5 74. Bb6 Bb4 75. Bxf5 Kxh5 76. Bxe4 Nxe4 77. a6 Nd2+ 78. Kg2 Nc4 79. Bd4
1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Blitz Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Norowitz, Yaacov"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e3 d6 4. Be2 Nd7 5. O-O e5 6. b3 Nh6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. c4 e4
9. Nfd2 Re8 10. Nc3 f5 11. d5 Nf7 12. Nb5 Bxb2 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Blitz Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Norowitz, Yaacov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. d4 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Qd2
Qxc5 9. c4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Qd4 11. Qxd4 Nxd4 12. O-O-O Ne6 13. h3 a6 14. f4 Nh5 15.
Nge2 Rb8 16. Nd5 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Re8 18. g4 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ exf6 20. Rxd6 Nc5 21.
Nc3 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. b4 Na4+ 24. Nxa4 bxa4 25. a3 Be6 26. Rhd1 Rbc8 27.
R1d2 Kg7 28. Bf3 Rc7 29. Bd1 Bb3 30. Bxb3 axb3 31. R6d4 Rec8 32. R4d3 Rc4 33.
Re2 Rc1 34. Rxb3 Rf1 35. Rc2 Rd8 36. b5 Rdd1 37. Kc3 Rf3+ 38. Kb4 Rxf4 39. Rc4
Rd8 40. a4 Re8 41. b6 Rexe4 42. Rxe4 Rxe4+ 43. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Blitz Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Norowitz, Yaacov"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Bd7 5. O-O Qc8 6. Re1 Bh3 7. Bh1 Nc6 8. e4
h5 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Nd2 h4 12. Nc4 hxg3 13. hxg3 Bg4 14. Bf3 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Qh3 16. Qg2 Qh5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. c3 Nf6 19. Bf4 Qh5 20. e5 g5 21.
exf6 gxf4 22. Rxe7+ Kf8 23. g4 Qh4 24. Rae1 Qxf6 25. Qf3 Qxe7 26. Rxe7 Kxe7 27.
Qxf4 a5 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. Qf6 Rg8 30. f3 Re8 31. Kf2 b6 32. c4 Rg6 33. Qh4 Kg7
34. b3 f6 35. f4 Rh8 36. Qg3 Re8 37. Kf3 Kf7 38. f5 Rh6 39. g5 fxg5 40. Qxg5
Reh8 41. Ke3 Rh3+ 42. Kd2 Rh2+ 43. Kc1 Rg8 44. Qe3 Re8 45. Qg3 Ree2 46. Qg6+
Kf8 47. Qf6+ Ke8 48. Qg6+ Kd7 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Blitz Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Simonian, Hrair"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. c3 c5 8. O-O
Qc8 9. Be3 Ba6 10. Nbd2 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qa6 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. c4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 Rc8 16. Bc3 b5 17. cxb5 Qxb5 18. a4 Qa6 19. Nf3 Bb4 20. Qd2 Bxc3 21.
bxc3 O-O 22. Ra3 Rc4 23. Nd4 Nxe5 24. f4 Nc6 25. f5 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Qb6 27. Rd3
e5 28. a5 Qf6 29. dxe5 Qxe5 30. Rxd5 Rc2 31. Rxe5 Rxd2 32. Rf2 Rd7 33. f6 g6
34. Rfe2 h5 35. Re7 Rd6 36. Rxa7 Rxf6 37. g3 Rc8 38. Kg2 Rc5 39. Ra2 Kg7 40. a6
Rcc6 41. Ra8 Rb6 42. h4 Rbc6 43. Ra7 Rb6 44. Ra8 Rbc6 45. Ra7 Rc3 46. Rb7 Rff3
47. a7 Rxg3+ 48. Kh2 Rh3+ 49. Kg2 Rcg3+ 50. Kf2 Rh2+ 51. Kxg3 Rxa2 52. Kf4 Ra5
53. Kg3 Kf6 54. Rc7 Ke6 55. Rb7 Ra4 56. Kh3 f6 57. Rb6+ Ke5 58. Rb5+ Ke6 59.
Rb6+ Ke7 60. Rb7+ Kd6 61. Rb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas Blitz Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Simonian, Hrair"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d5 8. Nbd2
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 e5 13. c3 a5 14. a4 Ba6 15. Nc4
b5 16. axb5 Bxb5 17. Nfd2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 a4 19. bxa4 Bxa4 20. Rdc1 Bb5 21. Qe1
Na5 22. Ne3 Bd3 23. c4 Rab8 24. Bc3 Nc6 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. cxd5 Nd4 27. Ba5 Qc8
28. Bxd8 Bxd8 29. Bf1 Nc2 30. Qd1 Nb4 31. Bxd3 Nxd3 32. Rc3 Nb4 33. Nc4 Bf6 34.
Ra7 Qd8 35. Rca3 Nc6 36. R7a6 Nd4 37. Kg2 g6 38. Rd6 Qe7 39. Raa6 Bg7 40. Rdb6
Rf8 41. Ne3 h5 42. h4 f5 43. Rxg6 f4 44. Nf5 Nxf5 45. exf5 Rxf5 46. Rg5 f3+ 47.
Kh2 Rxg5 48. hxg5 e4 49. d6 Qxg5 50. d7 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Blitz Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Simonian, Hrair"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. b3 Bb7 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 d6 8. c4 e6
9. Nc3 Qe7 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. Rad1 Rfd8 12. Qc1 a6 13. h3 c5 14. Qc2 Rac8 15. Ba3
Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas Blitz Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Simonian, Hrair"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. d4 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. f3 Ng5
9. h4 Ne6 10. f4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qxd5 Qb6 13. Bd4 Nba6 14. Qc4 Be6 15. Qe2
Rad8 16. c3 Qa5 17. b4 Nxb4 18. cxb4 Qxb4+ 19. Bc3 Qb6 20. Nd2 Qc7 21. Kf1 Nd3
22. Bd4 Rxd4 23. Ngf3 Rdd8 24. h5 Qc3 25. Rb1 Nc5 26. Kg1 Qd3 27. Qe1 Bxa2 28.
Rc1 Rc8 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Bh3 Be6 31. Rxc5 Bxh3 32. Qf2 Rxc5 33. Qxc5 Bg4 34.
Kf2 Rc8 35. Qe3 Qxe3+ 36. Kxe3 Bxf3 37. Nxf3 h6 38. Nh4 Kf7 39. Rd1 Rc7 40. e6+
Kxe6 41. Nxg6 Kf7 42. Nh4 a5 43. Nf5 a4 44. Nxg7 Kxg7 45. Rd5 Rc3+ 46. Kf2 Rb3
47. Ra5 b5 48. Ra6 a3 49. g4 b4 50. f5 Rb2+ 51. Kf3 a2 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Blitz Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Simonian, Hrair"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O d6 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bf4
Re8 9. Qc2 Nh5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Qc1 Kh7 15.
b3 Nc5 16. Be3 Ne6 17. h4 f5 18. Qb1 e4 19. Nd4 f4 20. gxf4 Nexf4 21. Qxe4 Qf7
22. Qf3 Rf8 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. e3 Nxg2 25. Qxf7 Rxf7 26. Kxg2 c5 27. Nde2 Bf5
28. e4 Be6 29. f3 Re8 30. Nd5 Ref8 31. Rd2 Be5 32. Rd3 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Ng3
Kg6 35. Rh1 Rh8 36. Rxh8 Bxh8 37. Ne3 Bd4 38. Nef5 Be5 39. Rd8 Rd7 40. Rxd7
Bxd7 41. Ne3 Be6 42. Ngf5 Bf4 43. Nd5 Be5 44. Nde3 a6 45. Kf2 b5 46. Ke2 b4 47.
Ne7+ Kf7 48. N7d5 Bd7 49. Ng4 Bd4 50. Nde3 a5 51. Nd5 a4 52. Nge3 a3 53. Nc2
Be5 54. Ndxb4 cxb4 55. Nxb4 g4 56. fxg4 Bxg4+ 57. Kd3 Ke6 58. Nc2 Bb2 59. b4
Bh3 60. c5 Bf1+ 61. Kd2 Bc4 62. Ne3 Bxa2 63. Kc2 Ke5 64. Nd1 Bd4 65. Nc3 Be6
66. b5 a2 67. Nxa2 Bxa2 68. c6 Bb6 69. Kd3 Be6 70. Kc3 Kd6 71. Kb4 Ke5 72. Ka4
Kxe4 73. Kb4 Kd4 74. c7 Bxc7 75. b6 Bxb6 76. Kb5 Bc5 77. Ka6 Kc4 78. Kb7 Kb5
79. Kc7 Be7 80. Kb8 Kb6 81. Ka8 Bd7 82. Kb8 Bd6+ 83. Ka8 Bc6# 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Blitz Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Simonian, Hrair"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. d4 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. f3 Ng5
9. h4 Ne6 10. f4 c5 11. c3 Nc6 12. h5 cxd4 13. cxd4 b6 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Nc3
Nc7 16. Nf3 Bg4 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. Rh4 h5 19. Rxg4 hxg4 20. Nh4 g5 21. fxg5 b5 22.
Ng6 Rf5 23. Nh4 Rf8 24. Ng6 Rf5 25. Nh4 Rf7 26. g6 Rf8 27. Qg5 Nxd4 28. Qh5
Nc2+ 29. Kd1 Rf2 30. Rc1 Ne3+ 31. Ke1 Rxg2 32. Nxg2 Nxg2+ 33. Ke2 Ne6 34. Rf1
Nef4+ 35. gxf4 d4 36. Qf5 Qe8 37. Qe6+ Kf8 38. Ne4 Rc2+ 39. Kd3 Qc6 40. Qf7#
1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Blitz Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Perez Ponsa, Federico"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Qe2 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qh5 10. Ne5 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Kxd7 13. f3 Rhc8 14.
a4 c5 15. a5 c4 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. fxe4 Nxe4 18. Rhf1 f5 19. Rf3 b5 20. Bf4 a6
21. h3 g5 22. Be5 Rf8 23. Raf1 Kc6 24. g4 f4 25. h4 Ng3+ 26. Rxg3 fxg3 27. Rxf8
Rxf8 28. Bxg3 gxh4 29. Bxh4 Rf4 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Blitz Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Perez Ponsa, Federico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. d3 Nc5 8. Nd2
Nc6 9. d4 Na6 10. Ne2 f6 11. f4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 fxe5 14. dxe5 e6 15.
O-O Qe7 16. Nf3 Rad8 17. a3 Nc5 18. Nd2 a5 19. Kh2 Kh8 20. h4 d4 21. Rf3 Qd7
22. Rd1 d3 23. cxd3 Nxd3 24. Bc3 Nc5 25. Rff1 Qd3 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. Ne4 Rxd1
28. Rxd1 Nxb3 29. Rd7 Rc8 30. Bh3 Nd8 31. Re7 Bf8 32. Re8 Kg7 33. Bxe6 Nxe6 34.
Rxc8 Bxa3 35. Ng5 Nxg5 36. Rxc7+ Kh6 37. hxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Blitz Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Perez Ponsa, Federico"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Qe2 d5 5. Nd2 Nf6 6. Ngf3 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. a3 a5 11. O-O Qc8 12. Nb1 Ba6 13. Nc3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Na7 15.
Be3 Be7 16. Rac1 Qb7 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. a4 Rhc8 20. Nb5 Nxb5 21. axb5
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Qa3+ Ke8 24. Rc3 Rc7 25. Qd6 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Qc8 27. Qa3
Qc4 28. Qb2 a4 29. Nd2 Qe2 30. Qc1 a3 31. Nb3 a2 32. h3 Qxb5 33. Nd2 Qa4 34.
Qa1 b5 35. Kh2 Qc2 36. Nf3 Qb1 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Blitz Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo Rafael"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Nbd2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. a3 Qc7 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. e5 Nd7 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Rad8
15. Rfd1 b5 16. Nd6 Ncxe5 17. Nxb7 Nxd3 18. Nxd8 Nxb2 19. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Blitz Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. e3 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nd2
Rb8 9. a3 Be7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 h6 12. Be2 Be6 13. O-O Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6
15. Na4 Ne7 16. Nc5 c6 17. Qa4 a6 18. Qb4 Qc7 19. Qc3 Bc8 20. b4 Nf5 21. a4 Nd6
22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Qb4 Nc4 25. Rfd1 b6 26. Nd3 Bd7 27. Ne5 Rfc8 28.
Rb1 Be8 29. Nd3 Ra8 30. Qb3 Ra3 31. Qb4 Rca8 32. Nf3 Ra2 33. Qe1 Ne4 34. Nb4
Qd6 35. Nxa2 Rxa2 36. Ra1 Rb2 37. Ra8 Qe7 38. Ne5 g6 39. Rb1 Rxb1 40. Qxb1 Kg7
41. Qa1 Ned6 42. Nd3 Ne4 43. Ne5 Ned6 44. h3 Qe6 45. Nd3 g5 46. Bg4 Qf6 47. Ne5
Qe7 48. Bf3 Qe6 49. Bg4 Qe7 50. Ra7 Qf6 51. Bf3 Qe6 52. Qb1 Nxe5 53. dxe5 Nc4
54. Qd1 Bc6 55. Rc7 Nxe5 56. Qd4 Qf6 57. Bh5 Be8 58. Qxd5 b4 59. Qb3 Qd6 60.
Rc1 Bd7 61. Rb1 Bf5 62. Qxb4 Qf6 63. Rd1 Nd3 64. Qd4 Qxd4 65. exd4 b5 66. Bg4
Bg6 67. Be2 Nb2 68. Rd2 Nc4 69. Bxc4 bxc4 70. d5 c3 71. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Blitz Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo Rafael"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 h6 12. a3 Nce7 13. Bc2 Ng6 14. Bxg6 fxg6
15. Ne4 b6 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Ne7 21.
Nd6 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nf5 23. Bb4 Nxd6 24. Bxd6 Rc8 25. Qd1 g5 26. h3 Bd5 27. Rc2
Be4 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. Qd2 Bd5 30. f3 Qc4 31. Kh2 a5 32. Qe3 b5 33. Qa7 Qe2 34.
Kg3 h5 35. Qg1 Kf7 36. h4 g4 37. Qh1 gxf3 38. gxf3 Qxb2 39. Qe1 Qb3 40. Qe2 b4
41. axb4 axb4 42. Kf2 Qc3 43. Qe3 Qc2+ 44. Kg3 b3 45. Qf4+ Kg8 46. Qf8+ Kh7 47.
Qe8 Qf5 48. Kh2 b2 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Blitz Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo Rafael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. e4 d6
9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. c3 Nde5 12. d4 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 cxd4 14. cxd4 d5 15.
e5 Nb4 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Ne1 Ba6 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Bc3 Nc6 20. Nc2 Rc7 21. Bb2
Rfc8 22. Rac1 g6 23. h4 h5 24. Kh2 Qd8 25. Ne3 Bb4 26. Bc3 Ba3 27. Bb2 Be7 28.
Rc2 Nb4 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. a3 Nd3 31. Bf1 Nxb2 32. Qxb2 Bxf1 33. Rxf1 Qc8 34.
Rd1 Rc3 35. Rd2 Rc1 36. Rc2 Rxc2 37. Qxc2 Qa6 38. a4 Bf8 39. Kg2 Bh6 40. f4 Bf8
41. Kf2 Bb4 42. Qe2 Qc8 43. Qc2 Qc3 44. Qxc3 Bxc3 45. Nc2 Kf8 46. Ke3 a5 47.
Kd3 Bb2 48. Kd2 Ke7 49. Kd3 f6 50. Ne3 Bc1 51. Nc2 fxe5 52. dxe5 Bb2 53. Ne1
Ba3 54. Nf3 Bc5 55. Ke2 Kd7 56. Ng5 Be7 57. Nf3 Bc5 58. Ng5 Be7 59. Nf3 Bc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas Blitz Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Zinchenko, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Qe2 d5 5. e5 c5 6. c3 Qc8 7. Be3 Ba6 8. Nd2 Ne7
9. Ngf3 Nec6 10. O-O Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qa6 12. c4 Nd7 13. Rfc1 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc5
15. Qe3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 O-O 18. Qe4 Rac8 19. Nf3 Rfd8 20. h4 h6 21.
a3 b5 22. Ne3 Qb6 23. b4 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Nb6 26. Nd4 a6 27. Nc6 Rd3
28. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Blitz Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zinchenko, Yaroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Rc1 Bf5 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Be2 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. b4 Nc6 14. b5 Na5 15. O-O
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 e6 17. Be2 Ne7 18. Bd3 Nf5 19. Ne2 a6 20. a4 axb5 21. axb5 Nc4
22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Rxc4 Qd5 24. Qc2 Rfd8 25. Nf4 Qd7 26. c6 bxc6 27. bxc6 Qc7
28. Ne2 Nd6 29. Rc5 Nf5 30. Bf4 Qe7 31. c7 Rdc8 32. Be5 f6 33. Bg3 Qd7 34. Qc4
Kh8 35. Rb1 Ra4 36. Qb5 Qxb5 37. Rcxb5 Ne7 38. Bd6 Nc6 39. Rb8 Na7 40. Bc5 h5
41. Bxa7 Rxa7 42. Rxc8+ 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Blitz Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Zinchenko, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Qe2 d5 5. e5 c5 6. c3 Qc8 7. Be3 Ba6 8. Nf3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Qa6 10. Qxa6 Nxa6 11. Nbd2 Ne7 12. Ke2 Nc6 13. a3 c4 14. Ne1 f5
15. exf6 gxf6 16. f4 Bd6 17. Ndf3 Kd7 18. g3 h5 19. Ng2 Rag8 20. Rae1 Nc7 21.
Kf2 Ne7 22. Ngh4 Ne8 23. Bd2 Bc7 24. Re2 Nd6 25. Rhe1 Ne4+ 26. Kg2 f5 27. Ne5+
Bxe5 28. fxe5 b5 29. Bf4 Nc8 30. Nf3 Nb6 31. Nd2 a5 32. Kf3 Na4 33. Nf1 Rb8 34.
Ra1 Ra8 35. Ne3 Rhb8 36. h3 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. cxb4 Rxb4 39. Nd1 Rab8 40. Bc1
Rb3+ 41. Re3 Rxe3+ 42. Nxe3 Rb4 43. g4 hxg4+ 44. hxg4 fxg4+ 45. Kxg4 c3 46.
bxc3 Nexc3 47. Nc2 Rc4 48. Be3 Nb5 49. Na3 Nxa3 50. Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas Blitz Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zinchenko, Yaroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O a6 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. h4 Bb7 12. h5 h6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. g4 Qc7 15.
Rh2 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. f4 b4 18. Nb1 Qa5 19. b3 Qxa2 20. Qb2 Qa5 21. Nd2 Nc5 22.
Kb1 Qc7 23. f5 Bg5 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Rf2 a5 26. Qd4 Ba6 27. Bxa6 Nxa6 28. Nf3
a4 29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Nxg5 axb3 31. cxb3 Nc5 32. Nf7 Ne4 33. Nd6+ Nxd6 34. exd6
Qxd6 35. Qxg7 Rf8 36. Rdf1 Rxf2 37. Rxf2 Qc5 38. Qb2 d4 39. h6 Ke7 40. h7 Qg5
41. Qd2 Qg6+ 42. Kb2 Qxh7 43. Qxb4+ Kd7 44. Qxd4+ Ke8 45. Qa4+ Kd8 46. Rd2+ Kc7
47. Qa7+ Kc6 48. Qxh7 Kb5 49. Qb7+ Ka5 50. Ka3 Rc4 51. bxc4 e5 52. Qb5# 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas Blitz Final"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Zinchenko, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2010.03.19"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nd7 12. Nb3 a5 13. Bf4 a4 14. Nc1 e5 15. Bg5
f6 16. Be3 Nd4 17. Qd1 Qe7 18. Nd2 f5 19. Nd3 Nf6 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Re1 f4 22.
g4 h5 23. h3 hxg4 24. hxg4 Bc8 25. f3 Nh7 26. b4 axb3 27. Qxb3 Be6 28. Qxb6 Ng5
29. Qc5 Qf6 30. a4 Rfc8 31. Qa3 Bf8 32. c5 Nf7 33. Rec1 Kg7 34. a5 Be7 35. a6
Qh4 36. a7 Rh8 37. Nf1 Qf6 38. Qa6 Rhc8 39. c6 Bd6 40. Rab1 Qe7 41. Rb7 Rc7 42.
Qb6 Nd8 43. Rb1 Bc8 44. Rxc7 Qxc7 45. Qxc7+ Bxc7 46. Ra1 Kf6 47. Nd2 Nxc6 48.
Rc1 Bd7 49. Nc5 Be8 50. g5+ Ke7 51. Bh3 Rxa7 52. Nc4 Bd6 53. Nd3 Rc7 54. Nb6
Kd8 55. Nd5 Ra7 56. Nf6 Rc7 57. Nd5 Ra7 58. Bg4 Ne7 59. Nb6 Bb5 60. Nc5 d3 61.
Ne6+ Ke8 62. Rd1 Ra2 63. Ng7+ Kf8 64. Ne6+ Kf7 65. Nd8+ Ke8 66. Ne6 d2 67. Nd5
Nxd5 68. exd5 Be2 69. Rxd2 Rxd2 70. Kf2 Bc4+ 71. Ke1 Bb4 72. Nc7+ Ke7 73. d6+
Kxd6 74. Ne8+ Kc5 75. Nf6 Kd4 76. Ne4 Re2+ 77. Kf1 Rxe4+ 78. Kf2 Re3 79. Kg1 e4
80. fxe4 Rg3+ 81. Kf2 Rxg4 82. e5 Rxg5 83. e6 Re5 84. e7 Bxe7 85. Kf3 g5 86.
Kg4 Be6+ 87. Kh5 g4+ 88. Kg6 g3 89. Kh7 f3 90. Kh8 f2 91. Kh7 g2 92. Kh8 g1=Q
93. Kh7 f1=Q 94. Kh8 Rh5# 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2010.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Nge7 6. Na3 Nf5 7. Nc2 d4 8. Bd3
Qb6 9. Qe2 Nfe7 10. Be4 Nd5 11. g3 Bd7 12. c4 Ndb4 13. d3 Nxc2+ 14. Qxc2 f5 15.
exf6 gxf6 16. Nh4 f5 17. Bg2 O-O-O 18. Nf3 Bd6 19. Bd2 Rdg8 20. O-O-O h6 21.
Rde1 Kb8 22. Re2 Rg6 23. Rhe1 Rc8 24. Kb1 a5 25. Ka1 Kc7 26. Nh4 Rf6 27. Bxc6
Qxc6 28. Bxa5+ b6 29. Bd2 Qa8 30. Rf2 Bc6 31. Qd1 b5 32. b3 bxc4 33. bxc4 Rb8
34. Bc1 Ba4 35. Qd2 Kc8 36. Ree2 Bc7 37. Qe1 Ba5 38. Bd2 Bc2 39. Bxa5 Qxa5 40.
Rf1 Rb1+ 41. Qxb1 Bxb1 42. Rxb1 Qc3+ 43. Reb2 Rf7 44. Nf3 Rb7 45. Ne5 h5 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2010.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. b4 d6 8. Bb2
b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. d3 Rc7 13. e4 Qa8 14. Qd2 Rfc8 15.
Nh4 b5 16. cxb5 c4 17. dxc4 Bxe4 18. f3 Bb7 19. Rfc1 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 Rxc4 21. Bf1
Rc8 22. Qxd6 h6 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 g5 25. Ng2 Bxf3 26. Be3 Nb6 27. Bd4 Qd5
28. Qxd5 Nfxd5 29. Ne1 Bd1 30. Nd3 f6 31. Nb2 Bb3 32. Bg2 Kf7 33. Kf2 e5 34.
Bxd5+ Bxd5 35. Bxb6 axb6 36. Na4 f5 37. Nxb6 Ke6 38. a4 f4 39. a5 Bh1 40. Kg1
Bf3 41. a6 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2010.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The main pre-tournament favourites faced each other in round three.} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 {By calling on his old favourite, the King's Indian
Defence, Hikaru had recently scored impressive victories over Beliavsky and
Gelfand.} 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. a4 {
True to his style Gata avoids a pitched theoretical battle.} ({He wanted to
vary from} 10. c5 f5 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. Nc4 g5 14. a4 Ng6 15. Ba3 Rf7
16. b5 (16. a5 h5 17. b5 dxc5 18. b6 {Beliavsky-Nakamura, 3rd NH Tournament,
2009.}) 16... dxc5 17. Bxc5 h5 18. a5 g4 19. b6 g3 20. Kh1 Bf8 {
Gelfand-Nakamura, World team Ch, 2010.}) 10... f5 11. a5 Nf6 12. Bg5 {This has
already been played by many strong players. White intends to give Black a
fight in the centre, rather than concede the space Black needs for his
kingside attack.} Nh5 (12... Kh8 13. Rc1 Neg8 {is a typical idea in the KID,
but in the game Grischuk-Khalifman, Ordix Open (rapid), 2009 White found a way
to combat it. There followed} 14. exf5 gxf5 15. c5 h6 16. Bh4 $1 {and here the
former FIDE World Champion encountered some problems. As the game went, first
he had to lose time to move his knight to g6 to break the annoying pin,} Ne7
17. Nb5 Ng6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. g3 {and then bring it
back to cover the e6-square,} Nf8 {After} 22. Rc4 Bd7 23. Qc2 Rf7 24. Nh4 {
White was clearly better, despite the absence of his dark-squared bishop.}) 13.
Nd2 {The first independent move.} ({Ivanchuk-Radjabov, Corus, 2009 saw} 13.
exf5 gxf5 {and here White could try the Grischuk plan,} 14. Rc1 ({Ivanchuk
chose the restrictive approach,} 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. c5 Bd7 16. b5 Be8 17. c6 b6
18. Nh4 Bf7 19. Bd3 Bg6 20. f3 {and kept his advantage throughout the game
until blundering in time trouble.}) 14... h6 15. Bh4 {which in this case might
be countered by} Nf4 16. c5 Nfg6 17. Nb5 e4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nfd4 Nf4 {
with great complications.}) 13... Nf4 14. c5 h6 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Rc1 {This
position is reminiscent of the old lines of the Bayonet Attack with 9...Nh5 10.
c5, which were popular until Karpov introduced the 10.Re1 idea in the
mid-1990s. White is feeling the effects of parting with the dark-squared
bishop, but he's safe from standard kingside attacks and hopes to translate
his spatial gains on the queenside into something meaningful.} fxe4 {Hikaru
chooses the most direct method of getting his Ne7 into the game.} ({The
alternative,} 16... a6 17. Re1 g5 {might be a dead end if White plays} 18. Bh5)
17. Ndxe4 Nf5 18. Re1 Be5 $6 {Hikaru plays a "safe" move, a decision surely
dictated by tournament priorities.} ({Otherwise, we could expect to see
something like} 18... Nd4 19. cxd6 ({The same idea works in the event of} 19.
Bg4 f3 $1) 19... cxd6 20. Nb5 Nxb5 21. Bxb5 f3 $1 22. g3 Bg4) 19. Nd2 $1 {
Gata realises where the danger is coming from and takes immediate
counter-measures.} Nd4 20. Nf3 (20. Nb5 $5 f3 21. Nxf3 Rxf3 22. Nxd4 Bxh2+ 23.
Kf1 Rf7 {is interesting, but you don't want to tempt fate by playing like this
against Hikaru Nakamura.}) 20... Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 a6 {Closing the avenue
b5-c7-e6 for the white knight.} 22. Na4 {is still a choice for White here.} Bf5
23. cxd6 Bxd6 24. Nc5 Rb8 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26. dxe6 Qe7 ({I agree with Black's
decision to leave the bait alone, as} 26... Bxb4 27. Qb3 Qe7 (27... Be7 28.
Red1 Qe8 29. Rxc7 $18) 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. e7+ Kg7 30. Qxb4 Rfe8 31. h4 Rbc8 32.
Re6 {is very dangerous for Black.}) ({Unfortunately Black had no time for} 
26... c6 {on account of} 27. Qd3 Kg7 28. Rcd1 {winning.}) 27. Qd3 Kg7 28. b5 $1
axb5 29. Qxb5 Rf5 ({Better was} 29... c6 {to put up a barrier on the log
diagonal right away. Then} 30. Qb3 {could be answered by} Rf5) 30. Qb2+ Qf6 31.
Qd2 $1 {Now c7-c6 is being tampered with.} Rd8 ({I'm sure} 31... Re5 32. Rxe5
Qxe5 33. Re1 Qc5 {looked a bit shaky, but it was Black's best bet.}) 32. h3 $2
{Having so far played a near perfect game against a dangerous young rival,
Gata slips up and gives the game away.} (32. Bxb7 {was possible, and in all
likelihood would have won the game. After} f3 33. g3 {Black finds himself in a
situation where he has effectively burned his bridges and must find a tactical
solution that may not be there. The trickiest move is} c6 $1 {where White
should avoid} (33... Bxg3 {meets the resolute refutation,} 34. hxg3 Rxd2 35.
Rxc7+ Kf8 36. e7+) ({while} 33... Bf4 34. Qxd8 Qxd8 35. e7 {is equally
hopeless.}) 34. Bxc6 $2 {on account of} Bxg3) 32... h5 33. Rc4 (33. Bxb7 f3 {
is no longer clear:} 34. e7 (34. Qc3 Qxc3 35. Rxc3 Rxa5 36. Rxf3 Rf8 {and
Black should hold.}) 34... Bxe7 35. Qe3 Bd6 36. a6 fxg2 37. a7 Ra5 {White will
win the exchange but not the game.}) 33... Be7 34. Qc1 c6 35. a6 {This is a
logical way to break through, but White's winning chances disappear with the
a-pawn leaving the board.} bxa6 36. Rxc6 Re5 37. Rxa6 Rd6 {A narrow escape
from Nakamura.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2010.05.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. fxe5 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Qh4+ 7. Ke2 Bg4+
8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Qe1 Qh5 10. Kd1 Nxe5 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. Nxe5 Bxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Qxe2+
14. Kxe2 Re8 15. d4 f6 16. Be3 fxe5 17. d5 Bd6 18. c4 b6 19. a4 Rhf8 20. a5 Kd7
21. Kd3 Rf6 22. Rhf1 e4+ 23. Ke2 Bxh2 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Rh1 Bd6 26. Rxh7+ Re7
27. Rh8 Rg7 28. Kf1 Bc5 29. axb6 axb6 30. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2010.05.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2010.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 a6 7. bxa6 Bxa6 8.
g3 Nc6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O d5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Re1 Qe8 13. Bg5 Rd8 14. Rc1 c4 15.
Qa4 Ra8 16. e4 d4 17. e5 dxc3 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bh6 cxb2 20. Rxc4 Bxc4 21. Qxc4
Qg6 22. Bxf8 b1=Q 23. Qxc6 Rxf8 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 26. Bf1 Bc5 27.
Ne1 Qb7 28. Nd3 Qe7 29. Qf5 Bb6 30. Nf4 Qc5 31. Nd5 Ba7 32. Bd3 Rf7 33. Kg2 Qc6
34. Be4 Qd7 35. Qf3 Qe6 36. h4 Qe5 37. Bc2 f5 38. Nf4 Rf8 39. Qh5 Qc5 40. Qe2
Bb8 41. Ne6 Qd5+ 42. Kh2 Re8 43. Bb3 Qe4 44. Qc4 Qxc4 45. Bxc4 f4 46. gxf4
Bxf4+ 47. Kh3 Bd2 48. Kg4 Rb8 49. f4 Rb4 50. Bb3 Kg8 51. Kf5 Kf7 52. Nc7+ Kg7
53. Nd5 Rb8 54. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2010.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kraai, Jesse"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 a6 6. Ne5 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nd5 8. Bd2
Nb6 9. e3 N8d7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Ne4 Qb5 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 Qa5 14. Qe1 Bxd2
15. Qxd2 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 Bd7 17. a5 Nd5 18. Rfc1 Bb5 19. Bf1 c5 20. dxc5 Rfc8 21.
Nxc4 Rxc5 22. Nb6 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nxb6 24. axb6 Bc6 25. Bg2 Kf8 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27.
Rxc6 Rb8 28. f4 Ke7 29. e4 Kd7 30. Rc7+ Kd8 31. Rxf7 Rxb6 32. Rxg7 Rxb2 33.
Rxh7 a5 34. Ra7 Ra2 35. h4 Ke8 36. h5 Kf8 37. h6 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2010.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2010.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
g5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bb5 h6 11. Nb3 Bd7 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Qe2 Bb6 14. Be3 a6 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. b4 c5 18. Qe3 Rc8 19. Rfc1 Qc7 20. h3 Rg8 21. bxc5
Qxc5 22. Nd4 Rg6 23. Rab1 Bb5 24. Rb4 Kf8 25. Qd2 Kg8 26. a4 Be8 27. Ne2 f6 28.
Qd4 fxe5 29. Qxe5 Qc7 30. Qd4 a5 31. Rb6 Bxa4 32. Ra1 Bc2 33. Rxa5 Bd1 34. Ng3
Qxc3 35. Rxd5 Qxd4 36. Rxd4 Bc2 37. Rd7 Rf6 38. Nh5 Rf7 39. Rxf7 Kxf7 40. Rb7+
Kf8 41. Nf6 Bg6 42. Nd7+ Kg8 43. Ne5 Bh5 44. Re7 Re8 45. Rc7 Rb8 46. Nd7 Rb1+
47. Kh2 Bf7 48. Nf6+ Kg7 49. Ng4 Rb5 50. Nxh6 Kxh6 51. Rxf7 Kg6 52. Rf8 Rb4 53.
Kg3 Ra4 54. Rf3 Rb4 55. Re3 Kf5 56. Kf3 Rf4+ 57. Ke2 Ra4 58. g4+ Kf6 59. Kf3 e5
60. Rb3 Kg6 61. Rb6+ Kf7 62. Rh6 Rf4+ 63. Ke3 Ra4 64. f3 Rb4 65. Rh5 Kf6 66.
Rh6+ Kf7 67. h4 gxh4 68. Rxh4 Ra4 69. Rh6 Rb4 70. g5 Rf4 71. Ra6 Rf5 72. g6+
Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Quads"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2010.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Bf4 Bf5 8. e3 Nbd7
9. Qb3 Qc8 10. Be2 Ne4 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Bh2 Re8 14. Na4 e5 15. Rac1
exd4 16. Nxd4 Bf8 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Nb6 Nxb6 19. Qxb6 Bg7 20. Bd3 a5 21. Bf4
Be5 22. Bxh6 Qb8 23. Rc2 Re6 24. Bf4 Bxf4 25. exf4 Qxf4 26. Qxb7 Rb8 27. Qa7
Rg6 28. Bf1 Ng5 29. Rd3 Re8 30. Rg3 Re1 31. Re2 Ne4 32. Rxg6+ fxg6 33. Qe7
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Quads"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2010.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2010.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 {This is Yury's
favourite line of his beloved French Defence. He has done a tremendous amount
of work in it.} 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. h4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nge7 {Now the game
transposes to the 6...Ne7 7.h4 line, made most memorable by Kasparov - Anand,
Linares, 1992.} 11. h5 Nxd4 12. Bd3 h6 {As expected Shulman has his own ideas.}
({The stem game mentioned above went as follows:} 12... Nec6 13. Kf1 ({The
same year I had some personal experience with this position. In our game John
Fedorowicz played} 13. h6 {which allowed me to play} Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qd4 15. O-O
gxh6 {with tremendous complications. Fedorowicz-Yermolinsky, US Championship,
Durango, 1992}) 13... Nxf3 {White was threatening Rh1-h4.} (13... Nf5 14. h6 {
is another popular line.}) 14. Qxf3 b6 (14... Qd4 15. Re1 f5 16. exf6 Qxf6 17.
Qg3 O-O {with a reasonable position, Van Kampen-Dgebuadze, Noteboom Memorial,
2008}) 15. h6 Ba6 16. hxg7 Rg8 17. Bxa6 Qxa6+ 18. Kg1 Rxg7 19. Qf6 {and White
had some initiative, although Kasparov himself couldn't convert it into a win.}
) 13. Kf1 $2 {I don't think this move is necessary if White can save the
e5-pawn by other means.} ({The little known game Berzinsh-Ptrik, Slovenian
Championship, 1998 offers a viable alternative,} 13. Bb4 Nxf3+ (13... Ndc6 14.
Bd6) 14. Qxf3 Nc6 15. Qe2 ({Even} 15. O-O {is possible, for example} Nxb4 16.
Qf4 O-O 17. axb4 Qd7 18. c4 {with full compensation for a pawn.}) 15... a6 16.
Bd6 Nd4 17. Qd2 {White's chances shouldn't be underestimated.}) 13... Nxf3 14.
Qxf3 b6 $5 {An interesting concept. Shulman ignores the threat to his kingside
pawns pinning his chances on counterattack.} ({The standard} 14... O-O 15. Qg3
Nf5 16. Bxf5 exf5 {would keep Black his extra pawn at the cost of drifting
back to the defensive position} 17. Rh4 (17. Bxh6 $4 Qa6+) 17... Qc6 18. Kg1 {
although I believe Black is better here.}) 15. Qg3 Ba6 16. Qxg7 Bxd3+ 17. cxd3
Rg8 18. Qxh6 ({An attempt to preserve the d-pawn,} 18. Qh7 {would still leave
the iniative in Black's hands after} Qg4 ({or} 18... Rc8 19. g3 Rc2 20. Bb4 a5)
19. g3 Rc8) 18... Qd4 19. Re1 Qxd3+ 20. Kg1 Rc8 {Black's pieces are very
active here, while White's Rh1 suffers the consequences of 13.Kf1.} 21. Bg5 ({
The consolidating} 21. Qe3 {was much better.}) 21... Qf5 22. f4 {This looks
ugly, but it's White's best choice.} (22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Qe3 Qg5 $15) 22... Rc2
23. Rh2 $2 {Hikaru's reluctance to get the queens off cost him dearly.} ({
The ending after} 23. Qf6 Qxf6 24. exf6 Nf5 25. Rh3 Kd7 26. h6 {looks pretty
complicated and playable for both sides.}) 23... Qd3 $1 24. Qf6 Rxg5 $1 {
The most elegant solution.} (24... Nc6 {was also good.}) 25. Qxg5 (25. fxg5 Nf5
{is picturesque, as the white queen is left stranded.}) 25... Qd4+ 26. Kh1 Qe3
{with Rc3-c1 coming up next Hikaru had to resign the game and effectively
concede the title.} 0-1

[Event "USA-ch Quads"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2010.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Nxe4 Bxe4 8.
O-O O-O 9. Ne5 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 d6 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. e4 c5 13. b3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qc7
15. Bb2 Qb7 16. Qf3 Rab8 17. Rad1 a6 18. a4 Ne5 19. Qe2 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Nc6 21.
Nxc6 Qxc6 22. Qf3 Rb7 23. e5 Qxf3+ 24. Kxf3 dxe5 25. Bxe5 f6 26. Bd6 Kf7 27.
Bxe7 Kxe7 28. Rd3 Rd7 29. Rde3 Rd6 30. a5 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Banska Stiavnica m"]
[Site "Banska Stiavnica"]
[Date "2010.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.07.16"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Bg2 a6 8. h3
Qc7 9. f4 b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Re1 Be7 12. a3 Nbd7 13. Qf3 g5 14. f5 Ne5 15. Qf2
Qd7 16. Nf3 Rc8 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 h5 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Bf3 hxg4 21. hxg4 Bc5
22. Kg2 Ke7 23. Rd3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Rh4 25. Red1 Rch8 26. Qxg5 Rh2+ 27. Kf1 Bc6
28. fxe6 Qb6 29. Rd7+ Bxd7 30. Nd5+ Kf8 31. Nxb6 1-0

[Event "Banska Stiavnica m"]
[Site "Banska Stiavnica"]
[Date "2010.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2010.07.16"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 O-O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. c4 Qa5+ 8.
Bd2 Bb4 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd4 11. Nc3 Qa6 12. Be2 Nf6 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3
Nxe2 15. Qxe2 Rhe8 16. Rd1 c6 17. O-O cxd5 18. Bxe5 Nd7 19. Rxd5 f6 20. f4 fxe5
21. fxe5 Qe6 22. Re1 Nb6 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. b3 Nd7 25. Qf2 a6 26. h3 Re8 27. b4
Nxe5 28. b5 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Banska Stiavnica m blindfold"]
[Site "Banska Stiavnica"]
[Date "2010.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.07.16"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. O-O f5
9. h3 Rb8 10. a4 Bd7 11. Be3 a6 12. Nbd2 Kh8 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Bf2 b5 15. axb5
axb5 16. Ne4 b4 17. Qd2 bxc3 18. bxc3 Rb3 19. Rab1 Qb6 20. Rxb3 Qxb3 21. Nfg5
Nd8 22. g4 Nh6 23. d4 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Nhf7 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Re1 Qb6+ 27. Kh2
Bc6 28. c4 h6 29. Nxf7 Rxf7 30. f5 gxf5 31. gxf5 Rxf5 32. Ng3 Rf2 33. Rxe7+ Nf7
34. Re2 Rxe2 35. Qxe2 Ne5 36. Nf5+ Kf6 37. Nxh6 Bxg2 38. Qxg2 Qe3 39. Ng4+
Nxg4+ 40. Qxg4 Qf2+ 41. Kh1 Qf1+ 42. Kh2 Qf2+ 43. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 (4... g6 {Wenn man den
Beschleunigten Drachen spielen möchte, dann besser mit dieser Zugfolge. Der
Nachteil ist natürlich, daß Weiß 5.c4 spielen kann.} 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7.
Nc3 $14 {Maroczy gilt als stabil besser für Weiß.}) 5. Nc3 g6 {Der
Beschleunigte Drachen ist durchaus eine spielbare Variante, man muss jedoch
eine andere Zugfolge wählen. In der Partie konnte Weiß mittels 6.Nxc6 zu
klarem Vorteil kommen.} 6. Nb3 {Um den theoretischen Varianten aus dem Weg zu
gehen. Zwei Alternativen sind besser:} (6. Nxc6 $5 bxc6 7. e5 Ng8 {Das ist das
Problem - Schwarz kann den Springer nicht nach d5 ziehen!} (7... Nd5 8. Nxd5
cxd5 9. Qxd5 Rb8 {Es sieht so aus, als ob Schwarz gute Kompensation für den
Bauern hätte. Für den Bauer - ja, aber Weiß hat noch etwas mehr materiellen
Vorteil:} 10. e6 $3 fxe6 11. Qe5 $1 $18 {Einer der beiden Türme geht verloren
und Schwarz kann aufgeben.}) 8. Bc4 Bg7 9. Qf3 f5 10. Bf4 $16 {Zelcic -
Feletar (Sibenik, 2008)}) (6. Bc4 {führt zur Hauptstellung.} Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Bb3 {mit langen komplexen Varianten, wobei man sagen muss, dass Weiß wenig
Risiko eingeht.}) 6... Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6 $2 {Der Läufer auf b7 sieht
nur gut aus, eigentlich steht er einfach schlecht, weil Weiß den Bauern e4
mehr als genügend verteidigen kann. Besser ist das natürliche 8...d6.} (8... d6
9. Re1 (9. Kh1 a6 10. f4 b5 $132 {Nisipeanu - Carlsen (Foros, 2008)}) (9. Bg5
Be6 10. f4 b5 $1 11. a3 a5 12. Bf3 a4 13. Nc1 Nd7 14. Nd3 Nc5 $132 {Morozevich
- Ivanchuk (Dagomys, 2008)}) 9... a5 10. a4 Be6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 d5 13. exd5
Bxd5 14. Nc5 Nb4 $132 {Kramnik - Navara (Prague, 2008)}) 9. f4 (9. Bg5 {
Es ist nicht klar, ob der Läufer auf g5 besser steht. Ich finde den Partiezug
richtig.} Bb7 10. f4 d6 11. Bf3 Na5 $1 12. Qe2 Qc7 $132 {Van der Wiel - Bacrot
(Wijk aan Zee, 1997)}) 9... Bb7 10. Bf3 Qc8 11. Be3 (11. e5 {Dieser Zug bietet
sich an, doch ob er Weiß Vorteil bringt, ist fraglich.} Ne8 12. Bg4 {Sonst
kommt d6.} (12. Be3 d6 13. Nd4 $2 dxe5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Qd5 Qxd5
17. Nxd5 e6 18. Ne7+ Kh8 $17) 12... f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bf3 e6 $132) 11... Rd8
12. Rf2 $1 (12. e5 Ne8 $11 {und wieder gibt es keine richtige Methode, gegen
d6 zu spielen.}) 12... d5 {Wenn der weiße Turm nach d2 gekommen wäre, gefolgt
von der Umstellung Qe2-Rad1, hätte Schwarz kein leichtes Leben gehabt. Aber
auch in der Partie hat er Schwierigkeiten.} (12... d6 13. Rd2 $16) 13. exd5 e6
(13... Nxd5 $5 {führt zu einer ähnlichen Stellung.} 14. Nxd5 e6 15. c3 $1 {
Das Beste, was Weiß machen kann, ist gegen den isolierten Bauern zu spielen.} (
15. c4 exd5 16. cxd5 Ne7 17. Rd2 Rd6 $1 {/\Qd7-Rad8 und Schwarz hat mehr als
ausreichende Kompensation.}) 15... exd5 16. Qd2 Qf5 17. Re1 $14) 14. d6 Nb4 (
14... Ne8 15. Rd2 Qd7 16. Nb5 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bg7 18. c4 $1 $16) 15. Rd2 Bxf3 16.
Qxf3 Nbd5 {Schwarz bekommt den Bauern zurück, steht aber trotzdem sehr passiv.}
17. Nxd5 $2 ({Nach} 17. Bd4 $5 Rxd6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Rc6 $1 (19... Rd8 20.
Rxd5 $18) 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Rad1 Kg7 (21... Rxc2 $4 22. Rxc2 Qxc2 23. Qxa8+
$18) 22. c3 $14 {hat Weiß zwar einen kleinen Vorteil, doch bei richtigem Spiel
wird Schwarz sich leicht verteidigen können.}) 17... exd5 $6 {Stärker wäre
Nxd5.} (17... Nxd5 $1 {Es ist nicht zu sehen, wie Weiß vorankommen kann.} 18.
Rad1 Rxd6 $11) 18. c3 Rxd6 {Die Stellung ist nicht besser für Weiß, weil sein
Bauer auf f4 steht und dadurch die Felder e4 und e3 geschwächt sind. Trotzdem,
auf lange Sicht muss Schwarz aufpassen, weil er den isolierten Bauern hat.
Weiß sollte versuchen, f5 durchzuziehen, um seinen Läufer zu aktivieren.} 19.
a4 $2 {Falscher Plan. Selbst wenn Weiß a5 und axb6 spielt, wird seine Stellung
nicht besser. Er muss den f-Bauern nach vorne bringen.} (19. Re2 $1 Ne4 20. Rf1
$36 {Mit der Idee, früher oder später f5 zu spielen.}) 19... Qc4 20. Nd4 Re8 {
Der Bauer a4 ist momentan einfach schwach.} 21. Kh1 (21. a5 Ne4 22. Re2 b5 $1
$15) 21... Rd7 22. Rdd1 Rde7 {Soweit hat Schwarz alles richtig gemacht. Im
Gegensatz dazu machen die Züge von Weiß überhaupt keinen Sinn.} 23. Bg1 a6 $2 {
Der Anfang zu passiven Spiels. Warum nicht Ne4?!} (23... Ne4 24. f5 Be5 $15)
24. Qd3 Qc8 {Das kann nicht gut gehen. Der Tausch auf c4 war keine Drohung.
Wenn man einen Isolani hat, sollte man nicht anfangen, passiv zu spielen.} (
24... Ne4 25. Qxc4 dxc4 $15) 25. Nf3 Re4 (25... Nh5 $1 {wäre stärker gewesen!}
26. Qxd5 Nxf4 27. Qg5 Qb8 $17) 26. Bxb6 Rxf4 27. Bg1 Rfe4 (27... Rf5 $1 {
Das wäre der richtige Aufbau gewesen. Der Springer geht nach e4, der Turm nach
h5, und der weiße König fängt an sich unwohl zu fühlen.} 28. Re1 Ne4 29. Bd4 (
29. Nd4 Rf2 $1 $17) 29... Qb7 30. Rab1 Bxd4 31. Qxd4 Rc8 $17) 28. a5 $1 {
Weiß nutzt die Zeit, die er hat, um die schwarze Schwäche a6 zu fixieren.
Seine einzige Chance ist der Durchbruch b4-b5.} Bh6 29. Rf1 Qb7 30. b4 Ng4 $2 {
Der Zug hat wenig Sinn. Schwarz hat zu langsam gespielt.} (30... Nh5 $5 31. b5
Nf4 32. bxa6 Qd7 33. Qd1 Re2 $132 {mit einer sehr komplizierten Stellung.}) 31.
b5 $1 {Plötzlich geht die schwarze Stellung auf!} Qxb5 (31... axb5 32. a6 Qa8
33. Bd4 Ne3 34. Rfb1 $16 {Der freie a-Bauer garantiert den weißen Vorteil.})
32. Qxb5 axb5 33. Rfb1 Be3 $2 {Der letzte Fehler. Das entstehende Endspiel ist
hoffnungslos.} (33... Bg7 34. Nd4 $1 {Weiß muss diesen Zug finden.} (34. Bd4
Bxd4 35. cxd4 (35. Nxd4 $2 b4 $1 36. a6 bxc3 37. a7 Kg7 $15) 35... Rb8 36. a6
Re7 $13 {Das Spiel läuft noch.}) 34... b4 35. Rxb4 Re1 36. Rxe1 Rxe1 37. Rb8+ (
37. g3 Bxd4 38. cxd4 Ra1 $15) 37... Bf8 38. g3 $16) 34. Bxe3 Nxe3 (34... Rxe3
35. a6 Rxc3 36. Rxb5 $16) 35. a6 Kg7 {Die beiden Spieler waren wohl in Zeitnot.
} 36. Nd4 (36. a7 Ra8 37. Nd4 $18) 36... b4 37. a7 bxc3 38. Rb8 R8e7 39. a8=Q
Ng4 40. Nf3 c2 41. h3 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
e3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. b4 Ne4 12. Qc2 {The queen retreat to c2 seems
good enough, but it suffers from potential opposition along the c- file. White
players have been putting more trust in the move 12.Qb3.} (12. Qb3 Qc7 (12...
Rb8 13. Bb2 d5 (13... Qe7 14. Rfd1 d5 15. Nd2 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Nd6 17. Qd3 cxd4
18. Qxd4 e5 19. Qd3 Rfd8 20. e4 Nf8 21. Qe3 f6 22. f3 {1-0 Smyslov,V (2560)
-Arnason,J (2550)/Haninge 1989 (57)}) 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Qa4 cxb4 16. cxd5 Bxd5
17. axb4 Rfc8 18. b5 Rb7 19. Rc1 Rbc7 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Ra1 h6 22. Bf1 Qd8 23.
Qd1 Qc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Qxc1 26. Bxc1 $14 {1-0 Korotylev,A (2615)-Hou,Y 
(2509)/Moscow 2007/ (43)}) (12... Rc8 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bb2 Rfd8 15. bxc5 dxc5
16. a4 Ng5 17. Ne1 cxd4 18. exd4 a5 19. Qe3 Ne4 20. Ba3 Qe8 21. Nf3 Nef6 22.
Bb2 $16 {1-0 Belov,V (2596)-Zhigalko,S (2485)/Hengelo 2005 (39)}) 13. Nd2 Nxd2
14. Bxd2 d5 15. Rac1 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Rfc8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Bc3 Nb6 19. Qg4 f5
20. Qg5 cxb4 21. Bd4 Qd7 22. axb4 Nd5 23. b5 $16 {1-0 Sokolov,I (2695)
-Hjartarson,J (2640)/Germany 2004 (35)}) 12... cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8 14. Rd1 (14.
Nd2 f5 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Qd2 h6 18. a4 d5 19. c5 (19. cxd5 Bxd5 20.
Rfc1 Bb7 21. a5 Nf6 $14) 19... bxc5 20. bxc5 e5 21. Rfb1 Ba8 22. Ra3 $14 {
0-1 Lukov,V (2380)-Spassov,L (2430)/Albacete 1994 (59)}) 14... f5 15. Qb3 Ndf6
16. Ng5 $1 {A perfect spanner in the works as Black mounts a kingside attack.
The exchange of the pair of knights will enhance the power of White's bishops.}
Qe8 (16... Nxg5 17. Bxg5 h6 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. f3 $14) 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 (17... fxe4
18. Qg3 d5 19. c5 $16) 18. f3 Nf6 19. a4 {In the old days players would have
trusted the natural centralisation of the bishop 19.Be3!?} (19. Be3 $5 Rf7 20.
Rac1 $14) 19... Rf7 (19... e5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 (20... dxe5 21. c5+ Kh8 22. cxb6
axb6 23. Be3 $16) 21. Ra2 Rfe8 22. Rc2 $16) 20. Ba3 e5 $6 {The opening of the
centre might be desirable for Black's pieces, but it actually helps the enemy
bishops even more.} (20... Re7 21. Bf1 $14) 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Bf1 d5 23. Bb2
Qe6 (23... Qd6 24. Rac1 Re7 25. c5 $16) 24. Rac1 Rfc7 25. c5 $1 {[%mdl 2048]
This fine move avoids full symmetry on the board and keeps both bishops very
powerful.} bxc5 26. Rxc5 (26. bxc5 Nd7 27. Bd4 Qf7 28. Rb1 $16) 26... Rxc5 27.
bxc5 Bc6 28. Ba6 Re8 29. Bb5 $1 Rb8 (29... Bxb5 30. axb5 $16) 30. Qd3 a6 {
Nakamura can be devilishly dangerous in tactics, but in defence even the lion
seems to be much lesser animal.} (30... Kf7 31. Bc3 a6 32. Bxc6 Qxc6 33. Bxf6
Kxf6 34. Qxd5 $16) 31. Bxc6 Rxb2 32. Bxd5 Nxd5 33. Qxd5 Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Rb4 $6 {
The choice of the critical moment was extremely difficult, but this move loses
quite positively.} (34... Rc2 35. Rxf5 Ra2 36. Kf1 Rxa4 37. Ke2 $16) 35. Rd8+
Kf7 36. Rd7+ Kf6 37. Rd6+ Ke5 38. Rxa6 Rc4 39. Ra7 Kf6 40. Ra5 h5 41. Ra6+ (41.
Kf2 Rc2+ 42. Kg3 g5 43. Rb5 h4+ 44. Kh3 Rc3 45. a5 g4+ 46. Kxh4 gxf3 47. gxf3
Rxf3 48. c6 Rf4+ 49. Kh3 Rc4 50. Rb8 Kg5 (50... Rxc6 51. Rb6 $18) 51. a6 $18)
41... Ke5 42. Rg6 (42. c6 g5 43. Kf1 Kd6 44. h3 h4 $16) 42... Rxc5 43. Rxg7 Rc4
44. a5 Ra4 45. h4 $2 {Van Wely must have been very unhappy about this reckless
move in a completely winning position.} (45. Rh7 Kf4 46. h3 Kg5 47. Ra7 $18) (
45. h3 Kf4 46. Kh2 h4 (46... Rxa5 47. h4 $18) 47. Ra7 $18) 45... Rxh4 $1 46. a6
Ra4 47. a7 Kf4 48. Kh2 Ra2 49. Rb7 Ra6 50. Kh3 h4 $6 {The h4 square is somehow
cursed in this endgame for both players. Much better was to lock white king in
on the h-file with 50..Ra1!} (50... Ra1 $1 51. Rb4+ (51. Kh2) 51... Ke3 52. Kh4
Rxa7 53. Kxh5 f4 $14) 51. Rh7 Kg5 52. g3 $6 {The poor Dutchman must have been
pretty depressed by the spoiled position. He could still have put lot of
problems on Nakamura's plate with the 52.f4!? idea, even though it is probably
not winning.} (52. f4+ $5 Kxf4 53. Kxh4 Ra2 (53... Ra4 54. Rb7 Ke5+ 55. Kg5
Rg4+ 56. Kh6 Ra4 57. Kg6 $18) 54. g3+ Kf3 55. Rf7 Ke4 56. Kg5 Ra5 57. Kg6 Ra6+
58. Kg7 Ra5 $16) 52... hxg3 53. Kxg3 Ra2 54. Rg7+ Kf6 55. Rb7 Kg5 56. f4+ (56.
Rf7 Kg6 57. Rb7 Kg5 $11) 56... Kh5 57. Rg7 Kh6 58. Rf7 Kg6 59. Re7 Kh5 $1 {
Black will always be ready to lash out with counterplay against the f4-pawn.}
60. Rh7+ Kg6 61. Rc7 Kh5 62. Kf3 (62. Rb7 Ra3+ 63. Kf2 Kg4 $11) 62... Ra3+ 63.
Ke2 Kg4 $11 64. Kd2 Kxf4 {Many rook endgames are drawn, but rarely with one
party playing two pawns down!} 65. Kc2 Ke5 66. Kb2 Ra6 67. Kc3 Kd6 68. Rf7 Kc5
69. Rxf5+ Kb6 70. Rf6+ Kxa7 71. Rxa6+ Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 {
This move lost a lot of its popularity after the famous game Bareev - Vaganian
(2000) but now has almost regained it.} 8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3
c6 12. O-O Qc7 {More flexible than the immediate} (12... Ba6 {, which is,
however, not bad either as the following examples show:} 13. Bxa6 (13. Re1 Bxd3
14. Qxd3 g6 15. g3 Qc7 16. h4 Ra7 17. Rab1 axb4 18. axb4 Rfa8 19. h5 Ra3 20.
hxg6 hxg6 21. Qc2 Kg7 22. Kg2 Bf6 $11 {1/2 Brodsky,M (2564)-Konopka,M (2489)/
Germany 2005/EXT 2007 (40)}) (13. g3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 b5 15. h4 Re8 16. Kg2 Qc7
17. Rfb1 Bf8 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. Nd1 h6 20. Nf3 axb4 21. axb4 Nd7 22. Ne3 Qb7 $11 {
1/2 Vasiukov,E (2490)-Barua,D (2455)/Coimbatore 1987/EXT 1997 (61)}) (13. Ne5
Nxe5 14. fxe5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 axb4 16. axb4 bxc5 17. bxc5 f6 18. Qh3 f5 19. Na4
Qa5 20. Qc3 Rfb8 21. Qxa5 Rxa5 22. Nb6 Rb5 23. Rfb1 {1/2 Edouard,R (2597)
-Mirzoev,A (2559)/Pamplona 2009/CBM 131 Extra}) 13... Rxa6 14. Qd3 Qa8 15. b5
Ra7 16. cxb6 Nxb6 17. Ne5 cxb5 18. Nxb5 Rb7 19. Rfc1 Nc4 20. a4 Nd6 21. Nc6 Nc4
22. f5 Bf6 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Rxc4 dxc4 25. Qxc4 Rb6 $13 {1/2 Akobian,V (2533)
-Ambartsoumian,A (2424)/Los Angeles 2003/CBM 097 (37)}) 13. g3 (13. Qc2 g6 14.
g3 Bb7 (14... Ba6 $142) 15. h4 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Ra8 18. Rxa8+ Bxa8
19. h5 Kg7 20. Qa2 Qb8 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. fxe5 bxc5 23. bxc5 Bb7 24. Ne2 Bc8 25.
Qa3 Bd7 26. Kg2 Be8 27. Nf4 $14 {1-0 Melkumyan,H (2519)-Delgado Ramirez,N 
(2550)/ICC INT 2009/CBM 129 Extra (58)}) (13. Qd2 Ba6 14. Ne1 Bf6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6
16. Nc2 Rfa8 17. Rab1 axb4 18. axb4 R6a7 19. g3 g6 20. Qd3 Rb7 $11 {1-0 Gupta,
A (2578)-Sengupta,D (2488)/Mumbai 2009/CBM 133 Extra (36)}) 13... Ba6 $1 {
The typical bishop exchange. Black can't equalise without it:} (13... axb4 14.
axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Bb7 16. Qb2 Ra8 17. Ra1 Rxa1+ 18. Qxa1 g6 19. Ne5 Bf8 20.
Bf1 bxc5 21. bxc5 f6 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Na4 Qe7 24. Nb6 Kf7 25. Qa7 h6 26. Be2
Bg7 27. Ba6 $16 {1-0 Deforel,J (2375)-Lopez Ruiz,R (2435)/ICCF Email 2005/ICCF
CBM 126 (41)}) (13... Bb7 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Qc2 g6 16. h4 Ba6 $1 17. Bxa6 Rxa6
18. Rab1 axb4 19. axb4 b5 20. Kg2 Kg7 21. h5 Bf6 22. Rh1 Raa8 23. Qd2 $14 {
1/2 Shchekachev,A (2561)-Feller,S (2424)/Bethune 2006/CBM 116 ext (63)}) 14.
Re1 (14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 Rfa8 (15... Ra7 16. Rab1 axb4 17. axb4 Bf6 18. Rb3 {
1/2 Rychagov,A (2538)-Bakre,T (2509)/Kavala GRE 2010/The Week in Chess 822})
16. b5 cxb5 17. Nxd5 (17. c6 Qxc6 18. Nxb5 Rc8 19. Nd6 Rca8 20. Nb5 Rc8 21. Nd6
{1/2 Miton,K (2620)-Doettling,F (2544)/Evry 2008/CBM 124 Extra}) 17... exd5 18.
Qxe7 Rc8 19. c6 Nf6 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Rfb1 Rxc6 22. Rxb5 a4 23. Ne5 Rc3 24.
Rab1 h6 25. Rxb6 Rxb6 26. Rxb6 Rxa3 27. f5 Ne8 28. Rb8 Kf8 29. Rb7 Nd6 30. Rd7
Nb5 31. Rxd5 Rb3 32. Nc6 f6 33. Rd8+ Kf7 34. Rd7+ Kf8 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Rd7+ Kf8
37. Rd8+ {1/2 Rychagov,A (2528)-Azarov,S (2586)/Serpukhov 2007/EXT 2008}) (14.
Qc2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ra7 $1 (15... Rfb8 16. Rfc1 Qb7 17. Kg2 g6 18. Qc2 b5 {
Letzten Endes entscheidet sich Schwarz für diese geschlossene Struktur, die
ihm so gut wie gar keine aktiven Möglichkeiten übrigläßt.} (18... Ra7 $5 19.
Ne5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 $11 {Dautov}) 19. Rcb1 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Ra8 22.
Qb2 Ra6 23. Rxa6 Qxa6 24. Ne5 $1 $14 {1-0 Bareev,E (2702)-Vaganian,R (2623)/
New Delhi/Teheran 2000/CBM 081/[Dautov] (51)}) 16. Qc2 Rfa8 17. Qb2 Qb7 18.
Rfb1 axb4 19. axb4 bxc5 20. Rxa7 Rxa7 21. bxc5 Qxb2 22. Rxb2 Ra3 23. Rc2 Bf6
24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Bd8 26. Ne2 Bc7 27. Rb2 Ra7 28. g4 {1/2 Fier,A (2653)
-Khalifman,A (2612)/Khanty Mansiysk 2009/EXT 2010}) 14... Bf6 (14... Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Ra7 16. Rac1 axb4 17. axb4 Bf6 18. h4 bxc5 19. bxc5 Rb8 $132 {1/2
Ivanchuk,V (2741)-Bruzon Batista,L (2668)/Havana CUB 2010/The Week in Chess
814 (34)}) 15. Bc2 $6 $146 {[%mdl 8] A dubious novelty as the black bishop now
becomes extremely strong. However, White hopes to outplay his opponent in the
resulting complex position.} (15. Ne5 $142 Bxd3 (15... Bxe5 $5 16. fxe5 Bxd3
17. Qxd3 Ra7 18. Reb1 b5 19. a4 axb4 20. Rxb4 f6 $1 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Qe2 Re8
23. Re1 (23. f4 $142) 23... bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. Nxa4 Qa5 $132 {1/2
Krasenkow,M (2620)-Riazantsev,A (2634)/France 2009/CBM 129 Extra (32)}) 16.
Qxd3 Rfb8 $6 (16... b5 $1 $11) 17. Nxd7 $1 Qxd7 18. Na4 Bd8 19. f5 b5 20. Nb2
$1 Bf6 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Qe3 Re8 23. Nd3 $14 {1-0 Pogorelov R (2401)-Bruzon L 
(2573)/Mondariz Balneario 2001//Inf 82/372[Pogorelov,R] (71)}) 15... Bc4 (15...
bxc5 $5 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. dxc5 Rab8 $132 {Black has swapped his
h-pawn for White's central pawn and stands well.}) 16. Qd2 Ra7 17. Ne5 axb4 18.
axb4 bxc5 19. bxc5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Be7 21. Rab1 Rfa8 22. Rb4 Bd8 23. Ne4 Qe7 24.
Nc3 Ra3 $6 {Too aggressive.} (24... Ba5 $11 25. Rb2 f5 $5) 25. Reb1 g6 $6 {
Perhaps it was better for Black to admit his inaccuracy and bring his rook
back to the 7th rank:} (25... R3a7) 26. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Re4f6]} dxe4 {This pawn
will now be simply lost but} (26... Qf8 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. exf6 Bb5 29. Qf4 {
is quite unpleasant, too.}) 27. Rxc4 e3 $1 {Fortunately, Black obtains
counterplay against the white king.} 28. fxe3 Qg5 29. Bd3 (29. Bb3 Qg4 $132 {
[%cal Yd8g5]}) 29... h5 (29... Qh6 $142 $132 {[%cal Yd8g5]}) 30. Rcb4 $6 (30.
Qe2 $142 h4 31. Kg2 $14) 30... h4 31. Kg2 Kg7 $2 {Missing the last, really
study-like chance to escape:} (31... Ba5 $1 32. Rb8+ Rxb8 33. Rxb8+ Kg7 34. Qe2
hxg3 (34... Be1 $5 35. Qxe1 (35. g4 h3+ $1 36. Kf3 Bh4 {[%csl Rf3]}) 35... Rxd3
36. Qf2 Rxe3 37. Rb7 h3+ $1 38. Kg1 Kh6 39. Rxf7 Rd3 $1 $132) 35. hxg3 Be1 $1
36. Qxe1 Ra2+ $1 37. Kf1 $1 Qh6 38. Be2 Ra1 39. Qxa1 Qh1+ 40. Kf2 Qxa1 41. Rb6
Qa4 $11) 32. Rb7 Ra2 33. R1b2 Ba5 $6 (33... Rxb2 34. Rxb2 Ra3 35. Qe2 $16) 34.
Qf2 Rxb2 35. Rxb2 Ra7 36. Qf4 Bd8 37. Be4 $18 {White has consolidated his
position and should win easily.} h3+ $6 {Desperation.} 38. Kxh3 Qh5+ 39. Kg2
Qd1 40. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nge2 dxc4 8. Ng3
Bg6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qd2 Qb4 11. a3 Qb3 12. Nge4 Nd5 13. Rh3 Qb6 14. Bxc4 Qa5 15.
Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 Nd7 17. Rc1 Nxc3 18. Rcxc3 Nf6 19. b4 Qd8 20. Qf4 Kd7 21.
Rhe3 Re8 22. b5 Qa5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Kf1 Bf5 25. Be2 Rac8 26. Rc5 Qa4 27. Rec3
a6 28. b6 Bg6 29. Qxf6 e5 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. dxe5 Re8 32. Re3 Re6 33. Qg5 Qd4
34. Kg1 Be4 35. Qxh5 Rxe5 36. Qxf7+ Kxd6 37. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 {I was in the mood to play the Slav Defence. Ich war in der Stimmung,
die slawische Verteidigung zu spielen.} 2. e4 {But White is transposing the
game into a Panov Attack from the Caro-Kann. Aber Weiß leitet die Partie in
einen Panov-Angriff aus dem Caro-Kann über.} d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 (4. cxd5 Nf6
{is another possibility. I had to face it in June vs Ponomariov in Bazna. ist
eine andere Möglichkeit. Damit sah ich mich im Juni in Bazna gegen Ponomariov
konfrontiert.}) 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 (5... e6 {is more popular and it was a
favorite choice of Anatoly Karpov. ist beliebter und war eine bevorzugte Wahl
von Anatoly Karpov.}) 6. Bg5 (6. Nf3 Bg4 {is deeply analysed till the drawish
ending. ist tief bis in das remisliche Endspiel analysiert.}) 6... e6 {Black
has a choice on this move beetween the ultrasharp 6...Be6, Dreev's favorite 6..
.dxc4 and the move in the game. Hier hat Schwarz die Wahl zwischen dem
ultrascharfen 6...Be6, Dreevs Favoritem 6...dxc4 und dem Partiezug.} (6... dxc4
7. Bxc4 e6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a6 {This position had occurred many
times in tournament practice. Alexey Dreev for example had defended Black's
position successfully many times. I personally failed to get any advantage
against him. Diese Stellung ist in der Turnierpraxis viele Male vorgekommen.
Alexey Dreev beispielsweise hat die schwarze Stellung mehrfach erfolgreich
verteidigt. Ich persönlich schaffte es nicht, irgendeinen Vorteil gegen ihn
herauszuholen.} 11. a4 Bd7 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Ncxe7 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5
exd5 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nd3 Re8 18. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B (2703)-Dreev,A (2683)/
Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 87}) 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bd3 $2 {White is simply losing a
tempo. If he was not ready to enter a theoretical discussion after the most
principled 8.c5, then he had to prefer 8.Rc1 0-0 9.a3 as Black would take on
c4 anyway. Weiß verliert einfach ein Tempo. Wenn er nicht bereit war, sich auf
eine theoretische Diskussion nach der prinzipiellsten Fortsetzung 8.c5
einzulassen, so musste er 8.Rc1 0-0 9.a3 den Vorzug geben, da Schwarz sowieso
auf c4 nehmen würde.} dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O {Now we have a position from
Dreev's (and others) games, but it is Black's turn to move. However, it
slightly unbalanced me, as I spent a lot of time deciding if Black is ready to
fight for an advantage. Without being able to determine it, I decided to play
normally. Nun haben wir eine Stellung aus den Partien von Dreev (und anderen),
aber Schwarz ist am Zug. Allerdings brachte mich das leicht aus dem
Gleichgewicht, denn ich verbrauchte eine Menge Zeit zu entscheiden, ob Schwarz
bereit ist, um Vorteil kämpfen. Ohne dies ermitteln zu können, beschloss ich,
normal zu spielen.} a6 (10... b6 {was possible as well. war ebenfalls möglich.}
) 11. Bd3 b5 12. Qe2 $5 (12. Rc1 Bb7 {is harmless. ist harmlos.}) 12... Nxd4 $5
{I decided to spice things up. I felt that after the exchange sacrifice Black
is not risking much and hoped to outplay my opponent in a position with uneven
material balance. By the way, in this tournament I had sacrificed an exchange
also against Caruana and Giri, but in those cases I had no decent alternative.
Ich beschloss, Würze ins Spiel zu bringen. Ich spürte, dass Schwarz nach dem
Qualitätsopfer nicht viel riskiert, und hoffte, meinen Gegner in einer
Stellung mit materiellem Ungleichgewicht zu überspielen. Übrigens, in diesem
Turnier hatte ich auch gegen Caruana und Giri eine Qualität geopfert, aber
diesen Fällen hatte ich keine anständige Alternative.} ({Black is doing well
after Gut steht Schwarz nach} 12... Bb7 13. Rad1 Rc8 {as he doesn't have to
worry about , denn er braucht keine Sorgen zu haben vor} 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. d5
exd5 16. Nxd5 Re8 17. Be4 g6 $11) 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Be4 ({White doesn't have
sufficient compensation after Keine ausreichende Kompensation hat Weiß nach} 
14. Rfd1 Qa7 15. Ne4 (15. Be3 Qb8) 15... Nd5 ({or even oder sogar} 15... Nxe4
16. Bxe7 Nxf2 $1 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bc5 Qc7 20. Bxf2 Bb7)) 14...
Rb8 ({I didn't even consider seriously Ich überlegte nicht mal ernsthaft an} 
14... Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Re8 16. Nxe4 Rxe7 17. Rfd1 Qb6 {Here the strongest is Hier
ist das Stärkste} 18. Qg4 $1 ({after nach} 18. Qe3 {the computer finds an
amusing defence findet der Computer eine amüsante Verteidigung:} Qc7 19. Rac1
Rd7 $1) 18... Bb7 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Qh4 h6 21. Nd5 $18) 15. Bf4 (15. Be3 $5 {
deserved serious attention. Black would have to choose between different
versions of an exchange sac in all cases with approximately equal chances. For
example kam ernsthaft in Betracht. Schwarz müsste wählten zwischen
verschiedenen Versionen eines Qualitätsopfers, in allen Fällen mit etwa
gleichen Chancen. Zum Beispiel} Qd8 ({or or} 15... Qc4 16. Ba7 Qxe2 17. Nxe2
Nxe4 18. Bxb8 Bf6) 16. Ba7 Nxe4 17. Bxb8 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bb7) 15... Nxe4 (15...
Bd6 $6 {The Q sacrifice is not so efficient: Das Q-Opfer ist nicht so wirksam:}
16. Rfd1 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Bxf4 18. Bf3 $14) 16. Bxb8 Bb7 ({I was afraid of
White's initiative after Ich hatte Angst vor der weißen Initiative nach} 16...
Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Be5 {when White gains some important tempi by attacking
Black's Q. , wonach Weiß durch Angreifen der schwarzen Q ein paar wichtige
Tempi gewinnt.} Qb4 19. Rab1 Qh4 20. Qf3 {and White retains an initiative. und
Weiß behauptet eine Initiative.}) 17. Bg3 $6 ({The most natural idea was Die
natürlichste Idee war} 17. Nxe4 Rxb8 18. Rfe1 (18. Nc3 $44 {with a balanced
position as well , ebenfalls mit ausgewogener Stellung.}) 18... Bxe4 19. Rad1
Qf6 20. Qxe4 Qxb2 {and a draw is a very likely result. und ein Remis ist der
sehr wahrscheinliche Ausgang.}) ({I was more afraid of the energetic Größere
Angst hatte ich vor dem energischen} 17. Rfd1 $5 {Black has to avoid many
dangers here: Hier muss Schwarz viele Gefahren umschiffen:} Nxc3 ({Black is in
trouble after Schwarz ist in Schwierigkeiten nach} 17... Qxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Nxf2
19. Rd7 $1 Rxb8 ({the computer suggests der Computer schlägt vor} 19... Nh3+
20. Kf1 Rxb8 21. Rxe7 {but it hardly solves Black's problems , aber dies kann
die Probleme von Schwarz kaum lösen.}) 20. Rxe7 Ng4 21. Rd1 $1 Bxg2 (21... Bc6
22. Rd6 Ne5 23. b4 g5 24. Rc7) 22. Kxg2 (22. Red7 $5) 22... Ne3+ 23. Kf3 Nxd1
24. Nxd1 {and probably Black can save this position, but it is not fun to play
it. und diese Stellung kann Schwarz wahrscheinlich halten, aber Spaß macht sie
nicht.}) 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. Be5 Qb4 $1 {and the position is dynamically
balanced. I managed to calculate all these lines, but still was not completely
sure if White wouldn't find something in this position. Home analysis showed
that my fears were unsound. und die Stellung ist dynamisch ausgeglichen. Ich
konnte all diese Abspiele berechnen, war aber dennoch nicht gänzlich sicher,
ob Weiß in dieser Stellung nicht etwas finden würde. Die Heimanalyse zeigte,
dass meine Befürchtungen unbegründet waren.} (19... Qc6 {is weaker: is weaker:}
20. Qg4 f6 21. Rac1 Qxg2+ 22. Qxg2 Bxg2 23. Rd7 $1 Ba3 24. Rcc7 $16) 20. Rab1 (
20. Rd4 Qc5) 20... Qe4) 17... Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qd5 (18... Qxc3 19. Rac1 Qa3 {
was also possible, but I liked to force f2-f3 as this move prevents  any
potential attack on my K. war ebenfalls möglich, aber es gefiel mir, f2-f3 zu
erzwingen, da dieser Zug jeglichen potentiellen Angriff auf meinen K
unterbindet.}) 19. f3 Qc5+ 20. Bf2 ({In the event of Im Fall von} 20. Kh1 {
I intended to improve my pieces' positions before grabbing the c3-pawn: wollte
ich erst meine Figurenstellung verbessern, bevor ich mir den c3-Bauern
schnappe:} Bf6 (20... Qxc3 {is also fine ist ebenfalls gut.}) 21. Rac1 Bd5 $15)
20... Qxc3 {Now we can assess the position. Black has 2 pawns and full
compensation for the exchange and only he can play for a win. However White's
position is pretty solid. Nun können wir die Stellung einschätzen. Schwarz hat
zwei Bauern und volle Kompensation für die Qualität, und nur er kann auf
Gewinn spielen. Allerdings ist die Stellung von Weiß ziemlich fest.} 21. a4 $1
{The correct desicion. White is exchanging a 'weak pawn' and is opening lines
for his Rs. Die richtige Entscheidung. Weiß tauscht einen 'schwachen Bauern'
und öffnet Linien für seine Türme.} Bd5 ({I didn't believe that Black had any
winning chances after Keinerlei Gewinnchancen für Schwarz sah ich nach} 21...
Qc4 22. Qxc4 bxc4 23. Rfc1 Bf6 24. Rab1 Bd5 25. Be1 Rc8 26. Bc3 {but probably
Black can try , aber wahrscheinlich kann Schwarz} Bd8 27. Kf2 Bc7 28. g3 f6 {
followed by Kf7, h5, g5 etc. versuchen, gefolgt von Kf7, h5, g5 usw.}) (21...
b4 22. Rac1 Qf6 23. Rc7) 22. Rfc1 (22. axb5 Bc4 23. Qe1 Qxe1 24. Rfxe1 axb5 {
and Black keeps a minimal advantage. und Schwarz behauptet minimalen Vorteil.})
22... Qb3 (22... Bc4 23. Qe4) (22... Qb4 $5 {was more precise, preventing the
exchange of Bs. war genauer, da dies den Tausch der Läufer verhindert.}) 23.
axb5 axb5 (23... Qxb5 24. Qd2 {and the a-pawn can never become dangerous. und
der a-Bauern kann niemals gefährlich werden.}) 24. Bc5 $1 {Again a correct
decision. Without the pair of Bs Black has no real chances. Wieder eine
korrekte Entscheidung. Ohne das Läuferpaar hat Schwarz keine realen Chancen.} (
24. Rcb1 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Bxc4) 24... Bxc5+ 25. Rxc5 Qb4 26. Qe3 Qb2 (26... Bc4 27.
Qd4) 27. Rcc1 (27. Rac1 Bc4) 27... Bc4 28. Qc3 ({I would prefer to keep Qs on
the board by Ich würde lieber die Damen auf dem Brett behalten mit} 28. Rd1 $11
{With all White's pieces being active a draw is unavoidable. Da alle weißen
Figuren aktiv sind, ist ein Remis unausweichlich.}) 28... Qxc3 29. Rxc3 g5 $1 {
A classical move, enabling a nice pawn formation. Ein klassischer Zug, der
eine schöne Bauernformation ermöglicht.} 30. Rca3 Bd5 31. Rb1 Rb8 32. Rb4 Bc4
33. h4 $2 {An impatient move, which can be explained by White's eagerness to
force a draw without much suffering. Ein ungeduldiger Zug, der erklärt werden
kann durch den Eifer von Weiß, ohne großes Leiden ein Remis zu erzwingen.} ({
The simplest solution would be to transpose into a theoretically drawn ending
by Die einfachste Lösung gewesen wäre der Übergang in das theoretische
Remisendspiel mit} 33. Rc3 Rd8 34. Rbxc4 bxc4 35. Rxc4 {Recently Jacob Aagaard
had presented me with his book "Attacking manual". He correctly quotes his
trainer Henrik Mortensen, that 'you only had a winning position if you knew
how to win it'. The same maxim can apply here. The ending is drawn (especially
if White exchanges 1 more pawn by playing h4). However, you would voluntary go
for it only if you are 100% sure that you'll draw it. In some of his
interviews my opponent hasn't rated the importance of endgame knowledge too
highly and probably he had to pay a price for it in this game. Vor kurzem
hatte mir Jacob Aagaard sein Buch "Attacking manual" überreicht. Darin zitiert
er korrekt seinen Trainer Henrik Mortensen, dass 'man nur dann eine
Gewinnstellung hat, wenn man auch weiß, wie man sie gewinnt'. Dieselbe Maxime
kann auch hier gelten. Das Endspiel ist remis (vor allem, wenn Weiß mit h4
noch einen weiteren Bauern tauscht). Allerdings würde man es nur dann
freiwillig anstreben, wenn man 100% sicher ist, dass man es auch remis hält.
In manchen seiner Interviews hat mein Gegner die Bedeutung von Endspielwissen
nicht allzu hoch angesiedelt, und womöglich musste er dafür in dieser Partie
den Preis zahlen.}) ({White could simply wait by Weiß könnte einfach abwarten
mit} 33. Kf2 Rd8 34. Rb2 Kg7 35. Ra7 {but of course, Black would advance the
h-pawn and try to get his K to c5 or c3 and White would have to defend
carefully. , aber natürlich würde Schwarz den h-Bauern vorstoßen und versuchen,
seinen K nach c5 oder c3 zu bekommen, und Weiß würde sich sorgsam verteidigen
müssen.}) 33... gxh4 34. Kh2 ({It turns out that in the case of Es stellt sich
heraus, dass im Fall von} 34. Rc3 Rd8 35. Rbxc4 bxc4 36. Rxc4 h3 $1 37. gxh3
Rd2 {White's task is not so simple. die Aufgabe von Weiß nicht so einfach ist.}
) 34... Rd8 35. Re3 {/\Re4 /\Re4} f5 36. Re5 Kf7 37. Kh3 Kf6 38. Rc5 Kg5 39.
Rcxc4 $2 {But this is just panic. Aber dies ist einfach Panik.} ({I didn't see
a winning plan after Keinen Gewinnplan sah ich nach} 39. Rb1 {followed by Rc7.
nebst Rc7.}) 39... bxc4 40. Rxc4 Rd1 $1 {White cannot regain the h4-pawn. Weiß
kann den h4-Bauern nicht zurückerobern.} 41. Kh2 e5 42. Ra4 ({A curious
endgame arises after Ein kurioses Endspiel entsteht nach} 42. f4+ exf4 {
Black is 3 pawns up, but all of them are doubled. I guess that Black should
win by playing R d3, followed by h3. White cannot take because he'll be cut on
the first rank and otherwise Black would win with 3 extra pawns. However,some
technique would be required. Schwarz hat drei Bauern mehr, aber sie alle sind
verdoppelt. Ich schätze, er sollte gewinnen, indem er Rd3 nebst h3 spielt.
Weiß kann nicht nehmen, da er ansonsten auf der ersten Reihe abgeklemmt wird,
und ansonsten würde Schwarz mit seinen drei Mehrbauern gewinnen. Allerdings
wäre einiges an Technik erforderlich.}) 42... Rd6 ({The most direct path to
victory would be Der direkteste Weg zum Sieg wäre} 42... Re1 43. Ra7 h6 44. Ra4
(44. Rg7+ Kf4 45. Rf7 (45. Rh7 h3) 45... h3 46. g4 Kxf3 47. gxf5 Kg4) 44... e4
45. fxe4 fxe4 46. g3 (46. Rb4 e3 47. Re4 Kf5) 46... hxg3+ 47. Kxg3 Re3+ {
and this ending is theoretically won. und dieses Endspiel ist theoretisch
gewonnen.}) (42... Rd4 43. Ra5 Kf4 44. Ra7 h6 {is also strong enough. ist
ebenfalls stark genug.}) 43. Kg1 ({It was better to wait with Besser war das
Abwarten mit} 43. Rb4 {as , da} Re6 ({Black would have to return to the
above-mentioned plans by Schwarz müsste zu den oben genannten Plänen
zurückkehren mit} 43... Rd4) (43... Rd1) 44. Kg1 e4 45. fxe4 fxe4 46. Kf2 Kf4
47. Rb7 e3+ 48. Kf1 h5 49. Rf7+ {is not enough for a win. nicht zum Sieg
reicht.}) 43... Rd4 44. Ra7 h6 45. Rh7 ({Or Oder} 45. Kh2 e4 46. fxe4 fxe4)
45... h3 $1 46. g3 (46. gxh3 Kf4) 46... Rd3 (46... Rd2 $5) 47. Rg7+ (47. f4+
Kg6) 47... Kf6 48. Rh7 Rxf3 49. Kh2 Kg6 {The rest is simple. Der Rest ist
einfach.} 50. Re7 Re3 51. Re8 e4 52. Rf8 Rf3 53. Kxh3 Rf2 54. Re8 Kf7 55. Ra8
e3 (55... Ke6 56. Ra6+ Kd5 {was probably even simpler. war womöglich noch
einfacher.}) 56. Ra3 e2 57. Re3 f4 58. gxf4 Rf3+ $1 59. Rxf3 e1=Q 60. Kg2 Qe2+
61. Rf2 Qg4+ 62. Kh2 h5 63. f5 Kf6 64. Rg2 Qh4+ 65. Kg1 Qe1+ 66. Kh2 Kxf5 67.
Rg8 Qe5+ 68. Kh3 Qe6 69. Rg1 Kf4+ 70. Kh2 Qe4 71. Rg3 Qe2+ 72. Rg2 Qe1 73. Rg8
Kf3 74. Rg2 Qh4+ 75. Kg1 Qg4 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15.
Qd4 {An old, well-forgotten line. Black's king is uncastled but he has a
strongly centralised position.} Qb6 (15... Rc8 $6 16. O-O Qb6 17. Bc4 Nd7 18.
Qh4+ f6 19. Bd2 a5 20. Rfe1 h5 21. b3 Kf7 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Re4 $16 {1-0
Piesina,G-Kaidanov,G/Norilsk 1987/EXT 1997 (98)}) 16. Bc4 (16. Qh4+ Kf8 (16...
f6 17. Bc4 Ba6 18. O-O Bxc4 19. Qxc4 f5 {1/2 Araya,R (2275)-Donoso Velasco,P 
(2370)/Santiago de Chile 1991/EXT 2003 (23)} 20. Nd4 $36) 17. Bc4 Ne7 18. Qf4
Ng6 19. Qe3 {1-0 Titov,G (2380)-Dautov,R (2380)/Minsk 1986/EXT 2003 (40)} Rd8
$132) (16. Be2 $5 h6 $1 17. O-O (17. Nd2 $2 Nd7 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Nc4 b3 20. a3
Ra4 21. Bd2 Ba6 $17 {1/2 Razuvaev,Y (2535)-Kaidanov,G (2535)/Moscow 1988/CBM
009 (25)}) 17... Rad8 (17... Rhd8 $5 {Barbero}) 18. Bd2 g5 $5 19. Rfc1 (19. Qg4
$5) 19... Nc3 $2 (19... Nf4 20. Qxc5+ Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Nxe2+ 22. Kf1 Bxf3 23. Bxb4
$1 Bh5 $1 24. g4 $1 Bxg4 25. Rc4+ Ke8 26. Rxg4 Nf4 {Barbero} 27. Rc1 $14) 20.
Bxc3 Rxd4 21. Bxd4 Rc8 22. Nd2 $16 {1-0 Barbero,G (2305)-Bryson,D (2295)/Dubai
1986/TD (51)}) 16... Rac8 (16... Nd7 $6 17. Qh4+ $1 $16 {Ivkov} (17. Qg4 $143
h6 $1 18. O-O a5 19. Bd2 Rhc8 {0-1 Polugaevsky,L-Panno,O/Palma de Mallorca
1972/EXT 1998 (48)} 20. Rac1 $14)) (16... h6 $5 17. Bxd5 $5 (17. O-O Rhd8 18.
Bd2 a5 19. Qh4+ Kf8 20. Rfd1 Ne7 21. Be3 {1-0 Vaganian,R (2605)-Mueller,K 
(2558)/Germany 1999/GER-chT (32)} Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qc7 $15) 17... Bxd5 18. Be3
Rhc8 $1 (18... Rac8 19. Rc1 Na6 20. O-O Qxd4 21. Nxd4 $14 {1/2 Baikov,V (2412)
-Shabanov,Y (2477)/Moscow 2000/EXT 2001 (37)}) 19. O-O (19. Rc1 Nd7 $17) 19...
Kf8 $11) 17. Bg5+ (17. O-O h6 $1) 17... Ke8 (17... f6 18. Bd2 $14 {- the black
king is now more exposed.}) 18. O-O Ne7 19. Rfd1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 h6 21. Be3 Nf5
22. Qd2 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Nd7 $11 24. Qxb6 $6 {Black's king is uncastled so this
decision is illogical. In the endgame White must fight for a draw due to his
poor pawn structure.} (24. Qe2 $142 Ke7 25. f4 Rhd8 26. Rd6 Qc5 27. Bb3 Nb6 28.
f5 $13) 24... Nxb6 25. Ba6 Rd8 26. Rac1 (26. Rxd8+ $142 Kxd8 27. Rc1 $132)
26... Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096]} Ke7 28. Rd4 Nd5 29. Bb7 $2 (29. f4 $142 f6
30. Bc4 {and White should not lose.}) 29... a5 $1 30. Bxd5 $6 {The rook
endgame is clearly favorable for Black.} (30. f4 $142 {although the bishop is
not placed well on b7.}) 30... Rd8 $1 31. Rc4 (31. f4 exd5 {[%cal Re7e6]} 32.
f5 g6 $1 $17) 31... Rxd5 (31... exd5 $143 32. Rc5 $132 d4 $140 33. Kf1) 32.
Rc7+ Ke8 33. f4 g5 $1 (33... Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Ra1 35. a3 bxa3 36. bxa3 Rxa3 37. Ra7
g6 $17 {is less convincing. Such rook endings (3 vs 3 or 4 vs 4 and an outside
extra pawn, with the defender's rook behind it) have considerable drawish
tendencies.}) 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. a3 bxa3 36. bxa3 Rxe5 {Black has won a pawn
and now consequently converts his advantage using a standard plan: his rook
protects all his pawns (e.g. from f5), and his king goes forward.} 37. Kg2 Rd5
38. h3 Kf8 39. Rc4 Ke7 40. h4 {This only helps Black.} gxh4 41. Rxh4 Kd6 42.
Kf1 Kc5 43. Ke2 Rd4 44. Rh7 Re4+ 45. Kd3 Rf4 46. Ke3 e5 47. Rh8 Kb5 48. Rc8 f6
49. Rc3 Rc4 50. Rb3+ Kc5 51. Kd2 Rd4+ 52. Ke2 f5 53. Rb8 Ra4 54. Rc8+ Kd5 55.
Rc3 Re4+ 56. Kd2 Rc4 57. Rh3 Rf4 58. Ke2 Kc4 59. Rg3 a4 60. f3 Kb3 61. Rg8 Kxa3
62. Ke3 Rb4 63. Re8 e4 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 Qb6 $6 (
7... Qc7 $1) 8. Qd2 Qxb2 $2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Bxf6 $1 Nxf6 (10... gxf6 11. Nd5 Rb8
12. Rb3 Qxa2 13. Qb4 $1 a5 (13... Qa1+ 14. Kf2 a5 15. Nc7+ Kd8 16. Nde6+ fxe6
17. Nxe6+ Ke8 18. Qb5 $18 {[%cal Rb5h5]}) 14. Qc3 e6 15. Bb5 $18 {1-0 Van der
Wiel,J (2465)-Danner,G (2410)/Luzern 1982/EXT 1997 (19)}) 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5
Nd7 $2 (12... Ng4 13. Nd5 Qc5 14. Nb3 Qc6 15. Na5 Qd7 16. Nc4 e6 17. Ncb6 $6 (
17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Nb6 Qc6 19. exd6 Rb8 20. Be2 Nf6) 17... Qc6 18. Nxa8 exd5 19.
Be2 b5 20. Qa5 Ne3 21. Nc7+ Kd7 22. Nxb5 Bc5 23. Nd6 Bd4 24. c4 dxc4 25. Bf3
Nxg2+ 26. Bxg2 Qxg2 27. Rf1 Ke6 28. Qb4 Qd5 29. Nxc4 Rd8 30. Nd2 Qxe5+ 31. Kd1
f5 32. Re1 Be3 33. Qb3+ Kf6 34. Rxe3 Qxh2 35. Qc3+ Kf7 36. Qb3+ Kf6 37. Qc3+
Kf7 38. Kc2 f4 39. Rf3 Bf5+ 40. Kc1 Rc8 41. Nc4 Qg1+ 42. Kd2 Rd8+ 43. Ke2 Qxb1
44. Ne5+ Ke6 45. Qc6+ Kxe5 46. Qc7+ Rd6 47. Qxg7+ Kd5 {0-1 Smith,B (2468)
-Laznicka,V (2636)/Philadelphia 2010/CB26_2010}) 13. Nd5 $18 Qc5 14. Nb3 Qc6
15. Na5 Qc5 16. Nxb7 Qc6 (16... Bxb7 17. Rxb7 Rc8 18. Bxa6 $18) 17. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
f5 9. Qc2 Bf6 10. Rad1 Na6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bc3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 d5
15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nc6 Qd6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Nd4 Raf8 19. Rc1 h5 20. Qd2 h4 21.
Qg5 Nc5 22. b4 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Qxh4 Ba6 25. Qg4 Bc4 26. Rxc4 dxc4 27.
Bxe4 b5 28. Kg2 Qe5 29. f3 Rd8 30. Qh4 Rd2 31. Rf2 Rh6 32. Qg4 Qe6 33. Bf5 Qe3
34. h4 Rxe2 35. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 36. Kh3 Qe5 37. Bg6 Qf6 38. Qc8+ Qf8 39. Qe6+ Kh8
40. h5 Qa8 41. Kg2 c3 42. Qd7 Qg8 43. g4 c2 44. Qc7 Qc4 45. Qd8+ Qg8 46. Qc7
Qc4 47. Qd8+ Qg8 48. Qc7 Qc4 49. Qd8+ Qg8 50. Qc7 Qc4 51. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Ng5 Re7 13. d5 Na5 14. Bc2 c6 15. b4
Nc4 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nf3 h6 19. Qe2 Rc8 20. a4 Re8 21. Rd1 Qc7
22. Nd2 d5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Ne4 Bb7 25. Be3 f5 26. Nc5 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Bxc5 28.
Qxc4+ Kh8 29. bxc5 e4 30. Rab1 Ba8 31. Bb3 Qg3 32. Qe2 Rxc5 33. Rbc1 Bc6 34.
Rd4 f4 35. Qf2 Qxe3 36. Qxe3 fxe3 37. c4 e2 38. Re1 Rb8 39. Bc2 Rb4 40. Bxe4
Bxe4 41. Rxe4 Rxa4 42. R1xe2 Raxc4 43. Re8+ Kh7 44. Ra8 Ra4 45. Ra7 a5 46. Kh2
Ra3 47. Rd2 Rg5 48. Rc2 a4 49. Rd2 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 h5 12. h3 Nh6 13. g4 hxg4 (13... g5 14. Bg3 h4
{, closing the kingside completely, is the main alternative; however, White
has the upper hand on the queenside and keeps the initiative.}) 14. hxg4 Nf7
15. Qc2 {Preparing queenside castling and attack along the h-file.} (15. Qb3 {
is also played.}) 15... c5 {[%cal Ya7a6,Yb7b5]} (15... Bd7 {is the alternative
plan:} 16. O-O-O Nc8 (16... c5 17. Rh2 Nc8 18. Bg3 Bh6 19. f4 $1 {[%cal Yf4f5,
Yg4g5]} exf4 20. e5 Kg7 21. exf6+ Qxf6 22. Nce4 Qe7 (22... Qe5 23. Bh4 g5 24.
Nf3 Qe7 25. Qc3+ $18 {1-0 Peralta,F (2557)-Suarez Real,A (2417)/Leon 2008/CBM
127 Extra (29)}) 23. Bh4 g5 24. Bxg5 $1 Bxg5 (24... Nxg5 25. Rxh6 $1 Kxh6 26.
Rh1+ Kg7 27. Nxg5 $18) 25. Rh7+ $1 Kxh7 26. Nxg5+ $18 {1-0 Tegshsuren,E (2415)
-Shulman,Y (2596)/Connecticut 2002/CBM 087 ext (44)}) (16... c6 $5 {- see 15...
c6}) 17. Bg3 Bh6 18. f4 $1 (18. Rh2 Kg7 19. Rdh1 Rh8 20. Kb1 {1/2 Magerramov,E
(2556)-Fedorov,A (2590)/Dubai 2001/CBM 083}) 18... Bxf4 (18... exf4 19. e5 $1)
19. Bxf4 exf4 20. e5 $1 Nxe5 21. Rh6 Qe7 22. Rdh1 Qg7 23. Nf3 Ne7 24. Nxe5 fxe5
25. Bd3 Bxg4 26. Bxg6 $40 {1-0 Peralta,F (2509)-Spasov,V (2542)/Lorca 2004/EXT
2005 (35)}) (15... c6 16. O-O-O Bd7 17. Kb1 {1-0 Van Wely,L (2677)-Umudova,N 
(2222)/Baku 2008/CBM 124 Extra (38)} a6 $5 {[%cal Yb7b5] should be checked.})
16. O-O-O a6 (16... Bh6 $2 17. Bxf6 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Nxg5 19. Qd3 Kg7 20. Qg3 Ng8
21. Qh4 Qf6 22. f4 $1 exf4 23. Nf3 Nxf3 24. Qh7# {1-0 Wells,P (2479)
-Bromberger,S (2411)/Fuerth 2002/CBM 090 ext}) (16... Bd7 17. Rdf1 (17. Kb1 Nc8
18. Qd3 Bh6 19. Rh2 Kg7 20. Rdh1 Rh8 21. Nf1 Bf4 22. Bg3 Rxh2 23. Rxh2 Bg5 24.
Bh4 Nb6 25. Qh3 Bf4 26. Bg3 Bh6 27. f3 Qe7 $13 {1/2 Taboas Rodriguez,D (2309)
-Cheparinov,I (2531)/Dos Hermanas 2004/EXT 2005 (113)}) 17... a6 $1 (17... Nc8
$6 {[%csl Rc8]} 18. Bg3 Bh6 19. f4 $1 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rxf4 Kg7 22. Rhf1
Ne5 23. g5 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Nce4 $16 {1-0 Huzman,A (2574)-Saravanan,V 
(2412)/Biel 2000/CBM 077 ext (41)}) 18. Rh2 (18. Bg3 Bh6 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4
Bxf4 21. Rxf4 Kg7 22. Nd1 (22. Rhf1 Ng8) 22... Ne5 23. Ne3 g5 24. Rf2 Rh8 25.
Rxh8 Qxh8 26. Ndf1 {1/2 Nikitin,A (2535)-Solovjev,N (2166)/Togliatti 2001/CBM
083 ext}) 18... Nc8 19. Bg3 Bh6 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Kg7 23. Nd1
(23. Rhf2 Ng5 $1) 23... Ne7 24. Rf1 Rh8 25. Rhf2 Ng8 $13 {1/2 Avrukh,B (2591)
-Inarkiev,E (2500)/Moscow 2002/CBM 088 (61)}) 17. Rh2 (17. Rdf1 b5 18. Bg3 $6 (
18. Nd1 {[%cal Yd1e3] A.Fedorov}) 18... Bh6 19. f4 b4 20. Nd1 exf4 21. Bxf4
Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Kg7 $15 {0-1 Gelfand,B (2713)-Fedorov,A (2659)/Batumi 1999/CBM
074 (55)}) 17... Bd7 18. Rdh1 b5 (18... Qc8 19. Nd1 Bxg4 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21. Ne3
Qd7 22. Qd1 $40 Nh6 $6 23. Bg3 Kf7 24. Rxh6 Bxh6 25. Rxh6 Rh8 26. Ng4 Rxh6 27.
Nxh6+ Kg7 28. Ng4 $16 {1-0 Halkias,S (2505)-Markidis,K (2342)/Kavala 2001/EXT
2002 (40)}) 19. Kb1 {In two correspondence games White players chose different
plans and gradually outplayed their opponents:} (19. Qd3 Qa5 20. Qh3 Rfb8 21.
f4 $1 b4 (21... exf4 22. e5 $1 dxe5 23. Nde4 $40) 22. Nb3 Qc7 23. fxe5 dxe5 (
23... Nxe5 24. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 25. Rf2 $18) 24. Nb1 Qd6 25. Bf2 Rc8 26. Qh7+ Kf8
27. Be3 a5 28. N3d2 a4 29. Rf2 Ra7 30. Nf1 Ra6 31. Ng3 Qb6 32. g5 $1 $18 {
1-0 Nielsen,J (2516)-Vinot,S (2519)/ICCF Email 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM 102 (45)
}) (19. Bg3 Qc8 20. f3 b4 21. Nd1 a5 22. Bf2 Qc7 23. Qd3 a4 24. Nf1 Ng5 25. Be3
Rae8 26. f4 $1 exf4 27. Bxf4 Qb6 28. e5 $1 dxe5 29. Bxg5 fxg5 30. Nf2 Nc8 31.
Ne4 $16 {1-0 Collazo,F (2391)-Barros,I/IECC 2003/Telechess CBM 97 (59)}) 19...
Rb8 20. Bg3 Qc8 21. f3 Rb7 22. Ka1 Qc7 23. f4 Rfb8 24. fxe5 {[%mdl 32]
Probably inaccurate. Black now gets the important d6-square for his knights.} (
24. f5 $5 {, and White should break through. E.g. Nc3-d1-e3 with idea f5xg6
and Ne3-f5; if Black plays ...g6-g5, White can prepare a decisive invasion
along the h-file.}) 24... dxe5 25. Nd1 Nc8 26. Ne3 (26. Bf2 $142 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rc5][%cal Yf2c5] White's kingside attack is halted so he must exploit
the second weakness in Black's position.}) 26... Ncd6 27. Bh4 bxc4 28. Ndxc4
Bb5 29. Rb1 Bxc4 30. Nxc4 Nxc4 31. Bxc4 Nd6 32. Be1 Qd7 33. Be2 c4 34. Bc3 (34.
g5 f5 $132) 34... g5 {Black has consolidated his position, and White soon
gives up his winning attempts.} 35. Rhh1 (35. Bd1 $5 {[%cal Yc2e2,Yd1c2]} Nb5
36. Qd2 {was the last chance of regrouping.}) 35... Qe8 36. Bf3 Nb5 37. Qa4 Rc8
38. Rhc1 Bf8 39. Be1 Nd6 40. Qxe8 Rxe8 {The general conclusion is that this
opening line is strategically dangerous for Black.} (40... Rxe8 41. b3 $5 cxb3
42. Rxb3 Rxb3 43. axb3 Re7 $132 {[%cal Ye7h7]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th playoff"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.08.22"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 h6 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5
Qxb3 9. axb3 a6 10. b4 Nh5 11. Bc7 Nd7 12. b5 cxb5 13. Nxb5 Rc8 14. Nd6+ Bxd6
15. Bxd6 Nhf6 16. f3 Nb8 17. Ne2 Kd7 18. Nc3 Ne8 19. Bf4 Nc6 20. Na4 Ke7 21.
Kd2 f6 22. g4 Bg6 23. Kc3 e5 24. Bg3 Nc7 25. h4 Rcd8 26. f4 Be4 27. Rh2 exd4+
28. exd4 Nb5+ 29. Bxb5 axb5 30. Nb6 b4+ 31. Kb3 Nxd4+ 32. Kxb4 Nc2+ 33. Rxc2
Bxc2 34. Ra7 f5 35. Rxb7+ Ke6 36. Kc3 Bb1 37. Kd4 fxg4 38. b4 Rhe8 39. c6 Kd6
40. c7 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th playoff"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2010.08.22"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Nc3 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. a3 b5 15. b4
Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Rxc4 17. Rd3 e5 18. Bg5 e4 19. Rxd5 Qb6+ 20. Kf1 Nxd5 21. Nxd5
Rxc2 22. Nxb6 exf3 23. Nxd7 fxg2+ 24. Kf2 Re8 25. Be3 Bc8 26. Nc5 Bg4 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao"]
[Date "2010.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. c5
Nc7 9. b4 Bg4 10. Qb3 Nd7 11. Bb2 Rb8 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qd7
15. f4 f6 16. e4 Be6 17. Qd1 Rbd8 18. exf6 exf6 19. e5 fxe5 20. Bxe5 Bg4 21.
Qb3 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Rxe5 23. Rf4 Qe6 24. Qb2 Be2 25. Bc2 Re8 26. Ne4 dxe4 27. Bb3
Nd5 28. Qxe2 Rf5 29. Rh4 Qe5 30. h3 Kg7 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. b5 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 Ref8
34. c6 Qf6 35. Rg4 bxc6 36. bxc6 Rf1+ 37. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 38. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 39. Kh2 Rc1
40. Rg5 e3 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao"]
[Date "2010.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 h5 12. h3 Nh6 13. f3 c5 14. g4 hxg4 15. hxg4
Nf7 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Qe2 Nc8 18. Bf2 Bh6 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Kg7 21. O-O-O Rh8
22. Rdg1 Ne7 23. Qe1 Qa5 24. Rxh8 Rxh8 25. Rh1 Qd8 26. Qg1 a6 27. Rh2 Ng5 28.
Qh1 Rxh2 29. Qxh2 Qb8 30. b3 b5 31. Qh1 b4 32. Nd1 Qh8 33. Qxh8+ Kxh8 34. Nf2
Kg7 35. Kd1 a5 36. Ke1 a4 37. Kf1 a3 38. Kg2 f5 39. Kg3 Nf7 40. Be2 Ng8 41. Bd3
Nf6 42. Be2 Ng8 43. Bd3 Ne7 44. Be2 Kf6 45. Bd3 Nd8 46. Bc2 Nb7 47. Bd3 Na5 48.
Bc2 Nc8 49. exf5 gxf5 50. gxf5 Bxf5 51. Bxf5 Kxf5 52. Nfe4 Kg6 53. Kg4 Nb7 54.
Nf1 Ne7 55. Ne3 Ng8 56. f4 Nh6+ 57. Kf3 exf4 58. Kxf4 Nf7 59. Kf3 Ng5+ 60. Nxg5
Kxg5 61. Nf1 Kf5 62. Ke3 Nd8 63. Nd2 Nf7 64. Ne4 Ke5 65. Kd3 Nh6 66. Ng5 Nf5
67. Ne6 Ng3 68. Ng5 Kf4 69. Nf7 Ne4 70. Kc2 Ke3 71. Nh6 Ng3 72. Nf7 Nf5 73. Kc1
Kf4 74. Kc2 Kg4 75. Kd2 Kg3 76. Kc2 Kf4 77. Kd2 Nd4 78. Kc1 Nf5 79. Kd2 Kg4 80.
Kc2 Kh5 81. Nd8 Kg5 82. Kd2 Kf6 83. Nb7 Ke7 84. Na5 Nd4 85. Nc6+ Nxc6 86. dxc6
Kd8 87. c7+ Kc8 88. Kc2 d5 89. cxd5 Kxc7 90. Kd3 Kd7 91. Kc2 Kd6 92. Kb1 Kxd5
93. Kc2 c4 94. bxc4+ Kxc4 95. Kb1 b3 96. axb3+ Kxb3 97. Ka1 a2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao"]
[Date "2010.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Alsina Leal, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 a5 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 d4 8. Na4 O-O
9. O-O Re8 10. Rb1 Bf8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd2 Qd8 14. Nb3 Nb8 15. e3
c6 16. exd4 exd4 17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Ra7 19. Qe5 Qd6 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Nxd4
Nd7 22. Re1 Nf6 23. h3 Bd7 24. Nc3 Ra8 25. Rd1 Bd6 26. Nb3 Be6 27. Nd4 Bd7 28.
Nc2 Rd8 29. d4 Bc7 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Ra8 32. c5 Ra7 33. Bf1 b6 34. Bg2 Kf8
35. Rc1 bxc5 36. bxc5 Rb7 37. Rb1 Rxb1+ 38. Nxb1 Ba5 39. Nba3 Nd5 40. Nc4 Bc3
41. Bxd5 cxd5 42. N4e3 Bc6 43. Kg2 h5 44. Kf3 Ke7 45. Ng2 g6 46. Nf4 Kd7 47.
Ke3 Ba5 48. Na3 Bd8 49. Nc2 Ba5 50. Nd3 Ba4 51. Ncb4 Bb3 52. Ne5+ Ke6 53. Nec6
Bc7 54. Na6 Kd7 55. Nxc7 Kxc6 56. Ne8 Kd7 57. Nd6 f6 58. Kf4 Bc2 59. h4 Bd3 60.
f3 Be2 61. g4 Ke6 62. g5 fxg5+ 63. Kxg5 Bd3 64. Ne8 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Sestao"]
[Date "2010.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c6 7. e4 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Qe1 Re8 10. Nh4 Na6 11. a3 Nc5 12. b3 dxe4 13. dxe4 b5 14. Bb2 Ne6 15.
Ndf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Qc7 17. Qe2 a6 18. Rfd1 c5 19. c3 Qc6 20. Ne1 Bc7 21. Nc2
Ng5 22. h4 Ne6 23. Ne3 Nf8 24. c4 Rab8 25. Rac1 Ne6 26. Nd5 Nd4 27. Bxd4 exd4
28. b4 cxb4 29. Nxb4 Qd6 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Nc6 Rbc8 32. Nxd4 Qxa3 33. Bh3 Rxe4
34. Qc2 Bxg3 35. Qxc8+ Re8 36. Qf5 Bxh4 37. Qf3 Qb4 38. Qf4 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. b3 O-O 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Bb2 a6 12. Qe3 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rfe8 14. h3 Rac8 15.
Nd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bf8 17. Kg1 Qb8 18. Qf3 Rc7 19. Nc6 Qc8 20. Nd4 Nc5 21. Kh2
Nfd7 22. Qg2 g6 23. Nf3 Nb7 24. e3 Bg7 25. Nd4 Rd8 26. Nde2 Ne5 27. Ba3 Qb8 28.
Ne4 Rcc8 29. f4 Nc6 30. Rc2 b5 31. cxb5 axb5 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Nf6+ Bxf6 34.
Qxc6 Qa7 35. Bc1 Qxa2 36. Rd2 Qa8 37. b4 d5 38. Qxb5 Nd6 39. Qd3 Ne4 40. Rc2
Nf2 41. Qa3 Qxa3 42. Bxa3 Ra8 43. Bb2 Bxb2 44. Rxb2 Nd1 45. Rb1 Ra2 46. Rxd1
Rxe2+ 47. Kg1 Rxe3 48. Rb1 Rxg3+ 49. Kf2 Rc3 50. b5 Kf8 51. b6 Rc8 52. Ke3 Ke7
53. Kd4 Kd6 54. h4 f6 55. b7 e5+ 56. Ke3 Rb8 57. Rb6+ Kc5 58. Rxf6 exf4+ 59.
Rxf4 Rxb7 60. h5 g5 61. Rf5 Rg7 62. Kf3 Kc4 63. Rf6 g4+ 64. Kg3 d4 65. Rc6+ Kd5
66. h6 Rd7 67. Rc8 d3 68. Kf2 d2 69. Ke2 Ke4 70. Kd1 Rd6 71. Rg8 Kf3 72. Rg7
Rxh6 73. Kxd2 g3 0-1

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Nc3 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Bd2 Bb7
15. Ne5 Nhf6 16. f4 Rc8 17. Bh3 g6 18. Be3 a6 19. g4 Kh8 20. Qb3 b5 21. g5 Nh5
22. Nxf7+ Rxf7 23. Bxe6 Rf8 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Nb6 26. Qe4 Nc4 27. b3 Nxe3
28. Qxe3 Bd6 29. Nd5 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Nxf4 31. Nf6 Qe7 0-1

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.09.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 O-O 7. Nd2 Re8 8.
h3 a5 9. a4 Nd7 10. Ngf3 Qf6 11. O-O Qh6 12. e4 Re6 13. Nh2 Rg6 14. Ng4 Rxg4
15. hxg4 Nf6 16. g5 Qxg5 17. f4 Qh6 18. Nf3 Ng4 19. Re1 exf4 20. Bc1 Be6 21. e5
Bb4 22. Re4 g5 23. Qe2 Bc3 24. Rb1 Bd5 25. Bb2 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 Re8 27. c4 Bxe4
28. Qxe4 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Qg7 30. d4 f6 31. b4 fxe5 32. bxa5 Rd8 33. Qxe5 Qxe5 34.
dxe5 Ra8 35. Rxb7 Rxa5 36. e6 Kf8 37. Rxc7 Rxa4 38. Rxc6 Ke7 39. Rc7+ Kxe6 40.
Rxh7 Rxc4 41. Rh3 Rc1+ 42. Kf2 g4 43. Ra3 Rc2+ 44. Kf1 g3 45. Ra5 Rd2 46. Rb5
Rf2+ 47. Kg1 Re2 48. Kf1 Re5 49. Rb8 Kf5 50. Rf8+ Kg4 51. Rg8+ Rg5 52. Ra8 Rb5
53. Rg8+ Kf5 54. Rf8+ Ke4 55. Re8+ Re5 56. Ra8 Rc5 57. Re8+ Re5 58. Rf8 Ke3 59.
Ke1 Re7 60. Ra8 Rd7 61. Re8+ Kd3 62. Rf8 Rd4 63. Rf7 Re4+ 64. Kf1 Rc4 65. Rd7+
Rd4 66. Ra7 Kd2 67. Ra2+ Ke3 68. Re2+ Kd3 69. Re7 Kd2 70. Ra7 Rd3 71. Re7 Ra3
72. Rd7+ Ke3 73. Re7+ Kd3 74. Rd7+ Ke4 75. Re7+ Kf5 76. Re1 Ra2 77. Kg1 Rf2 78.
Re8 Rd2 79. Re1 Rd5 80. Kf1 Re5 81. Ra1 Kg4 82. Rb1 Rh5 83. Kg1 Rh8 84. Ra1 Rd8
85. Rb1 Rd6 86. Kf1 Kf5 87. Re1 Rh6 88. Kg1 Re6 89. Ra1 Re2 90. Kf1 Rf2+ 91.
Kg1 Ke4 92. Ra4+ Kd3 93. Ra3+ Kc4 94. Ra4+ Kb3 95. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nd2 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 c5 6. e4 Nxe4 7. Bc4 Qf5 8.
Bd3 Nxf2 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Kxf2 cxd4 12. Re1 Nc5 13. Kg1 Nd3 14.
Re4 Rc8 15. Qf1 Nb4 16. a3 Nc6 17. b4 Be7 18. Bb2 O-O 19. Qd3 Qd5 20. Re2 Rfd8
21. b5 Na5 22. Re5 Qd7 23. Rh5 f5 24. Re1 Bf6 25. Rh3 Rc5 26. g4 Qxb5 27. Qxb5
Rxb5 28. g5 Bxg5 29. Nxg5 Rxb2 30. Rd3 h6 31. Nxe6 Re8 32. Rxd4 Nb3 33. Nxb3
Rxb3 34. Rd7 Kh8 35. Re5 Rxa3 36. Rd1 Ra6 37. Ng5 Rxe5 38. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 g6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 Nh6 4. d4 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nd2 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxe2 8. Qxe2
Qa5 9. c3 Qxc5 10. Nb3 Qc4 11. Qxc4 dxc4 12. Nd2 Na5 13. Ngf3 Bg7 14. h3 f6 15.
e6 Nf5 16. Ne4 h5 17. Kf2 Rc8 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. Kxg3 f5 20. Be3 Rc6 21. Bxa7
Rxe6 22. Rhe1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Nc6 24. Bb6 Bf6 25. Nd2 Kf7 26. Nxc4 Rc8 27. a4 Nb4
28. Ne5+ Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Nd3 30. Rb5 h4+ 31. Kf3 Ne1+ 32. Kf2 Nd3+ 33. Ke3 Ne1
34. Bd4 Nc2+ 35. Kd3 Nxd4 36. cxd4 Rc7 37. a5 e6 38. b4 Ke7 39. Rc5 Rd7 40. b5
Kd6 41. Kc4 1-0

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.10.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Barcenilla, Rogelio"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2010.08.23"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. f4 Nge7 5. d3 d5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be2 g6 8. d4 cxd4
9. Nxd4 dxe4 10. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 11. Bxd1 Nxc6 12. Nxe4 f5 13. Nf2 Bc5 14. Nd3 Bd4
15. Bd2 e5 16. fxe5 Be6 17. Bb3 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. O-O-O Kf7 20. Be3 Rhe8
21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rec8 23. Kd2 Rc5 24. Re1 Rac8 25. Kd3 R8c6 26. h4 h6 27.
g3 Kf6 28. Re3 a5 29. a4 Rb6 30. Kc3 Rbc6 31. Ba2 g5 32. hxg5+ hxg5 33. b3 Re5
34. Rxe5 Kxe5 35. Bb1 g4 36. Rd1 f4 37. Re1+ Kf6 38. Be4 Rd6 39. gxf4 Bf5 40.
Bxb7 Rd3+ 41. Kb2 g3 42. Re5 Rd2+ 43. Ka3 g2 44. Bxg2 Rxg2 45. Rxa5 Rf2 46. Rd5
Be4 47. Rd6+ Ke7 48. Rd4 Bc2 49. Kb2 Bg6+ 50. Kc3 Rf3+ 51. Kb2 Rf2+ 52. Ka3 Bc2
53. Kb2 Bh7+ 54. Ka3 Rf3 55. Kb2 Rf2+ 56. Ka3 Rf3 57. Rd2 Rxf4 58. a5 Rf8 59.
Ka4 Bf5 60. b4 Be6 61. Rd4 Rc8 62. Kb3 Rb8 63. Kc3 Ra8 64. Kb3 Rb8 65. Kc3 Ra8
66. Kb3 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloydminster BATB op 4th"]
[Site "Lloydminster"]
[Date "2010.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Blum, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g4 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. Nh3 Nge7 7. f4 f5 8. gxf5
exf4 9. Nxf4 O-O 10. O-O gxf5 11. Nh5 Bd4+ 12. Kh1 d6 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. exd5 Qg6 16. dxc6 Qxg5 17. cxb7 Bxb7 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Lloydminster BATB op 4th"]
[Site "Lloydminster"]
[Date "2010.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yam, Alex"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 Bd7 6. Bd2 h5 7. Nf3 Qc8 8. h3
Nh6 9. Rb1 Nd8 10. b4 e5 11. c5 dxc5 12. bxc5 Bc6 13. Qb3 Ne6 14. Qc4 Qd7 15.
O-O Nf5 16. e4 Nfd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. f4 b5 19. cxb6 axb6 20. a4 Ra5 21. Kh1
Rc5 22. Qa2 h4 23. g4 exf4 24. Rbc1 f3 25. Bxf3 Nxf3 26. Rxf3 f5 27. gxf5 Rxf5
28. Rcf1 Rxf3 29. Rxf3 Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qc4 Qxh3+ 32. Kg1 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Lloydminster BATB op 4th"]
[Site "Lloydminster"]
[Date "2010.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Teplitsky, Yan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
b4 Nce4 9. Qb2 d5 10. c5 d4 11. e3 e5 12. Nf3 Nc3 13. Bc4 b5 14. cxb6 Bb7 15.
Nxe5 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bd5 17. exd4 Nfe4 18. Be3 f6 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. f3 fxe5 21.
fxe4 Nxe4 22. Rxg7 axb6 23. Qc2 exd4 24. O-O-O Qe6 25. Rxd4 Rc8 26. Rc7 Rxc7
27. Qxc7 O-O 28. Qc4 Re8 29. Qxe6+ Rxe6 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. Rd7+ Kg6 32. Rb7 b5
33. Rxb5 Nc3 34. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Lloydminster BATB op 4th"]
[Site "Lloydminster"]
[Date "2010.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 4. exf5 e4 5. Ng5 Bxf5 6. f3 exf3 7. Qxf3 Qe7+ 8.
Kd1 Qf6 9. Qxb7 Qxd4+ 10. Bd3 Qg4+ 11. Nf3 Bxd3 12. cxd3 Ne7 13. Qxa8 Nec6 14.
Qb7 Be7 15. Rg1 O-O 16. Be3 Kh8 17. Nbd2 d5 18. Rc1 Qg6 19. d4 Bb4 20. Ne5 Nxe5
21. Qxb4 Qg4+ 22. Nf3 Nbd7 23. h3 Qe4 24. Nxe5 c5 25. Qd2 cxd4 26. Qxd4 Nxe5
27. Qxe4 dxe4 28. Ke2 h6 29. Rc7 Nd3 30. Rf1 Rg8 31. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Lloydminster BATB op 4th"]
[Site "Lloydminster"]
[Date "2010.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Yoos, John C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. Bc1 e5 5. c3 f5 6. Nh3 d6 7. f3 Nf6 8. Nf2 g6
9. e4 Bg7 10. Bb5+ Kf7 11. a4 Rf8 12. b4 cxb4 13. cxb4 a6 14. Be2 a5 15. bxa5
Qxa5+ 16. Bd2 Qd8 17. Na3 Na6 18. Nc4 Kg8 19. O-O Rf7 20. Qb1 Qf8 21. Qb6 Ne8
22. Nd3 Nb8 23. Qb3 Nd7 24. Bb4 Qe7 25. a5 f4 26. Ndb2 g5 27. Na4 Rb8 28. Rac1
Ndf6 29. Nab6 Bd7 30. Nxd7 Qxd7 31. Nb6 Qd8 32. Rc4 Bf8 33. Rfc1 Rg7 34. Rc8
Rxc8 35. Rxc8 Qe7 36. Bb5 g4 37. Nc4 Rg6 38. Qa3 gxf3 39. Qxf3 Kg7 40. Bxe8
Nxe8 41. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "Lloydminster BATB op 4th"]
[Site "Lloydminster"]
[Date "2010.09.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "MacKinnon, Keith"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. e5 dxe5 15.
Be4 Bb7 16. Nxe5 Ndxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 18. Nf3 Nb4 19. Bg5 Rad8 20. Qe2 c4 21.
Bxe7 Qxe7 22. b3 Nd3 23. Red1 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qc5 25. Qh4 c3 26. Ne1 c2 27. Rxd3
Rxd3 28. Nxd3 Qc3 29. Rc1 Qxd3 30. Kh2 Qd2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ziska, Helgi Dam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Faroe Islands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FAI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. a4 a5
9. h3 Qc7 10. Be3 Na6 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rad1 Nb4 13. f4 b6 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. d5
Ba6 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Rf2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nh5 19. Qf3 f6 20. Be3 Rf8 21. dxc6 Qxc6
22. Rfd2 Rab8 23. Qf2 Qc8 24. Nb5 f5 25. Nd6 Qe6 26. Bf1 Kh8 27. Bc4 Qf6 28. g4
Nf4 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. exf5 gxf5 31. Nxf5 Qxb2 32. Nxg7 Qxg7 33. Rd7 Qe5 34. Re1
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gundavaa, Bayarsaihan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mongolia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MGL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. e4 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Be3 Ngf6 8. h3
O-O 9. c5 Qe7 10. b4 a5 11. a3 Rd8 12. Qb1 b6 13. c6 Nf8 14. b5 Ne6 15. Bc4 Nd4
16. Ng5 Rf8 17. Qa2 h6 18. Nf3 Be6 19. Bxe6 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 fxe6 21. O-O-O Rf7
22. Rd3 Ne8 23. Rd7 Qf6 24. Rhd1 Bf8 25. Rxf7 Qxf7 26. Rd7 Qf6 27. f4 Bc5 28.
Bxc5 bxc5 29. f5 gxf5 30. exf5 Qxf5 31. Qc2 Qg5+ 32. Kb2 e4 33. Qxe4 Qf6 34. f4
a4 35. Qe5 Qg6 36. Qe4 Qf6 37. Qe5 Qg6 38. f5 exf5 39. Rd3 f4 40. Rd2 f3 41.
Qd5+ Qf7 42. Rf2 Qxd5 43. Nxd5 Rd8 44. Nc3 Rd3 45. Nxa4 c4 46. Nc3 Nd6 47. a4
Kf7 48. Rh2 Ke6 49. Kc2 Ke5 50. b6 cxb6 51. c7 Nc8 52. h4 Rd7 53. Rf2 Kf4 54.
Rf1 h5 55. Rg1 Ne7 56. Nb5 f2 57. Rf1 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 Ne8 $6 10. b4 f5 11. c5 Nf6 12. a4 f4 13. Nc4 g5 {For this line -
see Werle - Vallejo in CBM 129.} 14. Ba3 g4 $6 {After this aggressive move
White wins a pawn but otherwise Black's attack can hardly succeed, e.g} (14...
Ng6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. b5 Ne8 17. Rc1 $5 (17. Bb4 $143 Nh4 18. Ra3 g4 $1 19. g3
f3 20. Bd3 Rf6 21. Ne3 $13 (21. Re1 $2 Ng2 $17 {0-1 Zamorano,J (2254)-Roselli
Mailhe,B (2420)/Mar del Plata 2008/CBM 123 Extra (50)})) 17... Nh4 18. Bh5 $1
$16) 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. b5 Ne8 17. Bxg4 Qc7 18. Be2 f3 19. b6 $1 {The simplest
way.} (19. gxf3 Bh3 20. b6 $1 Qd8 $1 21. Kh1 Bxf1 22. Bxf1 a6 23. Bh3 Ng6 {
was less clear.}) 19... axb6 (19... fxe2 20. bxc7 $5 exd1=Q 21. Rfxd1 $16 {
[%csl Gc7,Rd6]}) 20. Nb5 {But now} (20. gxf3 {was possible, e.g.} Bh3 21. Nb5
Qd8 22. Kh1 Bxf1 23. Bxf1 Rf6 24. Bh3 Ng6 25. Be6+ Kh8 26. Ncxd6 Nxd6 27. Nxd6
Nf4 28. Qb3 $1 Bf8 29. Nf7+ Rxf7 30. Bxf7 Bxa3 31. Qxa3 Qf6 32. Be6 Nxe6 33.
dxe6 b5 34. a5 Qxe6 35. f4 $1 Qg4 36. Qg3 $1 $16 {Of course, calculating such
a line or going for it without a complete calculation is far from easy.}) 20...
fxe2 21. Qxe2 Qd8 22. Nbxd6 Nxd6 23. Bxd6 $16 {[%csl Gd6] White has chosen a
simple course. Black has no more attack (it seems!), White will now recapture
a third pawn for the piece, and his pawn avalanche should decide the game.} Rf7
24. Bxe5 Ng6 25. Bxg7 Nf4 $5 {All of a sudden, Black finds a way to continue
his attack!} 26. Qe3 Qg5 27. g3 Qxg7 28. Nxb6 Bg4 $6 (28... Nh3+ $5 29. Kg2
Nxf2 30. Nxa8 Bh3+ 31. Kg1 Bxf1 32. Rxf1 Nh3+ 33. Kg2 Qb2+ 34. Kxh3 Rxf1 35.
Qg5+ Qg7 (35... Kf8 36. Nc7) (35... Kf7 36. Qh5+ $1 Kg8 37. Nc7 Rf2 38. Qe8+
Kg7 39. Ne6+ Kh6 40. Nf4 Rxh2+ 41. Kg4 Qg7+ 42. Kf5 Qg5+ 43. Ke6 $18) 36. Kg4
Qxg5+ 37. Kxg5 $16 {_|_}) 29. Nxa8 Ne2+ 30. Kg2 Bf3+ 31. Qxf3 Rxf3 32. Kxf3
Nd4+ 33. Kg2 Qf8 34. Rfe1 $2 {[%mdl 64]} (34. Rae1 $142 $1 Qxa8 (34... Qf3+ 35.
Kg1 Ne2+ 36. Rxe2 Qxe2 37. Nb6 $18 {[%cal Yd5d6]}) 35. Rc1 Qxa4 36. Rc8+ Kf7
37. Rc7+ {keeping good winning chances.}) 34... Qxa8 $2 (34... Nc2 $1 {, and
Black threatens to win the whole rook! It is now White who must make sure he
gets a draw:} 35. Nc7 Qb4 $1 36. Reb1 Qxe4+ 37. Kg1 Nd4 (37... Ne3 38. fxe3
Qxe3+ $11) 38. Rxb7 {, and Black has nothing more than a perpetual:} Nf3+ 39.
Kf1 Nxh2+ 40. Kg1 $11) 35. Red1 $2 {But White misses another tactical trick!} (
35. Rac1 Qxa4 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rec1 $16) 35... Nc2 $1 36. Rac1 (36. Ra2 Qe8 $1
{, and White can't protect the e4-pawn!}) 36... Qxa4 37. d6 {Again unable to
protect the e4-pawn, White forces a draw.} (37. Kf3 Nd4+ 38. Ke3 $6 Nb5 {
is too risky for White.}) 37... Qxe4+ 38. Kg1 Nd4 39. d7 Nf3+ 40. Kf1 Nxh2+ 41.
Kg1 Nf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Flores, Diego"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Ne5
O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nb6 13. Bxc6 Bh3 14. Re1 Rc8
15. Bf3 Bxd4 16. Nb5 Bf6 17. Nxa7 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Rc2 19. Nc6 Na4 20. Bh6 Nxb2
21. Rdc1 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Re8 23. g4 e5 24. Be2 e4 25. Rb1 Nd3 26. a4 Bh4 27. Be3
f5 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Bd4 f4 30. a5 e3 31. fxe3 Bf2+ 32. Kh1 Ne1 33. Rxe1 Bxe1
34. a6 Be6 35. Bf3 fxe3 36. Bxe3 Bc8 37. a7 Bb7 38. Ne7+ Rxe7 39. Bxb7 Re8 40.
a8=R Rxa8 41. Bxa8 Bc3 42. Kg2 Bb2 43. Kf3 Bc3 44. Ke4 Bb2 45. Kf5 Bc3 46. Ke6
Bb2 47. Kf5 Bc3 48. Kg5 Bb2 49. Kh5 Bc3 50. h4 Bb2 51. Kh6 Bc3 52. Be4 Kh8 53.
Kg5 Bb2 54. h5 Kg8 55. Bd5+ Kh8 56. Kf5 Bc3 57. h6 Bb2 58. Ke6 Kg8 59. Ke7+ Kh8
60. Kf7 Bc3 61. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vietnam"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "VIE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c5 {
This line is not so popular as it leads to the Modern Benoni structure, not
always suitable for QI adherents. However, it is quite playable.} 8. d5 $1 exd5
9. Nh4 Ne4 10. cxd5 Bxh4 11. Bxe4 Bf6 12. Nc3 (12. Qc2 {is an alternative,
played by Mamedyarov, Bacrot etc.}) 12... d6 13. Bg2 {This modest move can be
followed by two different plans: Bc1-f4, Nc3-e4, attacking the d6-pawn, or
e2-e4, f2-f4. Otherwise White must make his choice now:} (13. Bf4 Qe7 (13...
Qd7 $6 14. Qc2 g6 15. Bg2 Na6 $2 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Qc3 $18 {1-0
Socko,B (2656)-Abasov,N (2505)/Warsaw 2009/CBM 132 (30)}) (13... Bg5 14. Bxg5
Qxg5 15. Qc2 Qh6 16. Bg2 Nd7 17. e4 a6 18. Nd1 b5 19. f4 c4 20. Ne3 $36 {
1-0 Wojtkiewicz,A (2550)-Grabarczyk,M (2505)/Brzeg Dolny 1996/CBM 053 (47)}) (
13... a6 14. Qc2 (14. a4 Qe7) 14... g6 (14... h6 $142) 15. Bg2 Be7 16. e4 Bf6
17. Rad1 Re8 18. a4 Be5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. f4 $14 {1/2 Kunte,A (2551)
-Sethuraman,S (2223)/Hyderabad 2006/CBM 111 ext (49)}) 14. Bf5 (14. Qc2 h6)
14... Bc8 15. e4 Nd7 16. a4 g6 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. Qb3 g5 19. Bd2 a6 20. Qxb6
Rfb8 21. Qc7 Rxb2 22. e5 Bxe5 23. Ne4 Rc8 {1/2 Babula,V (2584)-Ivanchuk,V 
(2739)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108}) (13. Qc2 h6 $5 (13... g6 14. Bg2 Bg7 15. Ne4 Na6
16. Bg5 f6 17. Bf4 Nb4 18. Qd2 g5 19. Bxd6 Re8 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Nxc5 Bxd5 22.
Qxb4 $18 {1-0 Akopian,V (2660)-Kotsur,P (2587)/Dubai 2000/EXT 2001 (50)}) 14.
Bf4 Qe7 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Bg2 {- see game}) 13... Nd7 (13... Re8 $5 14. Ne4 Be7
15. h4 Na6 16. Nc3 Nc7 17. Qb3 Bf6 18. a4 Rb8 19. Nb5 Nxb5 20. axb5 Ra8 21. e4
a5 {1/2 Zaja,I (2449)-Lenic,L (2575)/Sibenik 2009/CBM 132 Extra}) (13... a6 $5
14. a4 Nd7) 14. Bf4 (14. e4 a6 15. a4 Re8 16. Be3 c4 17. Bd4 Nc5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6
19. Bf1 {1/2 Yevseev,D (2520)-Fedoseev,V (2428)/St Petersburg 2010/CBM 137 (31)
} Nb3 $1 20. Rb1 Nd4 21. Bg2 b5 $132) (14. Ne4 Be7 15. a4 a6 16. Bf4 Qc7 17.
Rc1 h6 18. b4 f5 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Nc3 g5 21. Bd2 Ne5 $13 {1/2 Krivoshey,S 
(2483)-Neverov,V (2562)/Kiev 2001/EXT 2002 (56)}) 14... Qe7 15. Qc2 h6 ({
Of course, not} 15... g6 16. Ne4 Be5 17. Bg5 {Generally, as you have seen, ...
h7-h6 is safer in this line than ...g7-g6.}) 16. Rad1 a6 17. a4 Rab8 (17...
Rfe8 18. Ne4 Be5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Nc3 b5 $5 (20... Bc8 21. f4 Nc4 22. e4 Bg4
23. Rc1 $14 {[%cal Yb2b3]}) 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Ba6 23. Nc3 Rab8 24. Ra1 (
24. b3 $5) 24... Bc4 25. Ra3 Qb7 26. Ne4 Bb3 27. Qc3 Nc4 28. Raa1 f5 29. Nd2
$14 {1-0 Matlakov,M (2575)-Durarbeyli,V (2456)/Kemer 2009/EXT 2010 (66) -
Black failed to prove his compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 18. Ne4 (18.
Bc1 b5 $5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 (21. Bxd5 $5 Rxb5 22. b3) 21...
Rxb5 22. Red1 Rb6 $13 {1/2 Gasanov,E (2551)-Kravtsiv,M (2511)/Alushta 2009/CBM
130 Extra (56)}) 18... Be5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. f4 Nd7 21. Nf2 (21. Nc3 $5 Qe3+
22. Kh1 {[%cal Yd1d3,Ye2e4]} c4 $2 23. Ne4) 21... b5 22. e4 c4 {Black has
obtained some counterplay but White keeps an edge and is preparing e4-e5.} 23.
Qc3 Rfe8 24. e5 $6 {Probably too early.} (24. axb5 axb5 25. Qb4 Nc5 26. e5 $36)
24... dxe5 25. fxe5 Qc5 $1 26. axb5 (26. e6 $5) 26... axb5 27. e6 Nf6 $1 28.
Qe5 (28. Re5 b4 $36) 28... fxe6 29. dxe6 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Rb6 (31...
Kf8 $5 32. Rd6 Ke7 33. Ra6 Rb7 $15) 32. Rde1 Kf8 33. h4 $6 (33. e7+ $142 Kf7
34. Ne4 b4 35. Rb5 $1 (35. Nxf6 $143 gxf6 36. Rc5 c3 $1 37. bxc3 b3 $15) 35...
Re6 36. Nxf6 Rxe1 37. Nxe8 Kxe8 38. Rxb4 $11) 33... Rc8 (33... Ke7 $5 $15) 34.
Nh3 $6 (34. Ne4 $142) 34... b4 $1 35. Nf4 c3 36. bxc3 bxc3 37. Rc1 c2 (37...
Rb2+ $142 38. Kf3 c2 {[%cal Yb2b3,Yb3c3]}) 38. Re2 Rbc6 39. e7+ Ke8 (39... Kf7
40. Nd3 R6c7 41. Nb4 $11) 40. Ne6 (40. Nd3 $6 {doesn't work now due to} Nd5)
40... Nh5 41. Nd4 Rg6 42. Re3 $2 {Black now keeps his c2-pawn, which
eventually brings him a victory.} (42. Rexc2 {was quite enough for a draw:}
Rxc2+ 43. Rxc2 Nxg3 (43... Rxg3+ 44. Kh2 $1 {[%cal Rd4f5]} g6 45. Nc6 $1 Re3
46. Rf2 Kd7 47. Rf8 Ng7 48. Rg8 $11) 44. Kf3 $1 Kxe7 45. Rg2 Rd6 $1 $11) 42...
Rd6 $1 43. Nf3 $2 (43. Rf3 $142 $1 {but after} Rc4 $1 44. Nxc2 Rd2+ 45. Rf2
Rxf2+ 46. Kxf2 g6 {it is unclear whether White can make a draw despite his
extra pawn - the consequence of the pin on the c-file.}) 43... Rd1 44. Re1 Rxc1
45. Rxc1 {[%mdl 4096]} Nf6 46. Nd4 Nd5 47. Nf5 Rc3 $1 48. Nxg7+ Kxe7 49. Nf5+
Kf6 50. Nd4 (50. Nxh6 Nb4 $19) 50... Nb4 {[%cal Rb4d3]} 51. Kh3 Ke5 52. Nxc2 (
52. Ne2 Rd3 $19 {[%cal Ye5e4,Ye4e3]}) 52... Nxc2 (52... Rxc2 $2 53. Rxc2 Nxc2
54. Kg4 Kf6 55. Kh5 Kg7 56. g4 $11) 53. Rb1 Ne3 54. Rb5+ Ke4 55. Rb4+ Kf3 56.
Rf4+ Ke2 57. h5 (57. Rf6 Rc1 58. g4 Rh1+ 59. Kg3 Rg1+ 60. Kh3 Nxg4 $19) 57...
Rc1 58. Kh2 Rc4 $1 59. Rf8 Rc5 60. g4 Nxg4+ 61. Kg3 Ne3 62. Kh4 Rg5 63. Rf6
Nf5+ 64. Kh3 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe2 Nf6 12. Ne4 Bd7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. a3 Qb6
15. Be3 Nd5 16. b4 a6 17. Nc5 Rcd8 18. Be4 Be8 19. Rfd1 Na7 20. Bg5 Nc8 21. Bb1
Bc6 22. Qe4 g6 23. Qh4 Qc7 24. Qh6 Rfe8 25. Re1 Nd6 26. a4 Rc8 27. Bxe7 Qxe7
28. Ng5 Nf6 29. Ba2 Nf5 30. Qh3 Nxd4 31. Qh4 Rcd8 32. f3 Nf5 33. Qf2 Ng4 34.
fxg4 Qxg5 35. Rc2 Qxg4 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 Bxb5 38. Ne4 Kg7 39. Rc7 Rd1 40. h3
Qe2 41. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 42. Kh2 Bc6 43. Qb2+ Qd4 44. Qxd4+ Nxd4 45. Ng5 h6 46. Rxf7+
Kg8 47. Rf4 hxg5 48. Rxd4 Kf7 49. Rd2 Ra8 50. Rf2+ Ke7 51. Re2 Bd7 52. Bb1 Be8
53. Ba2 Bd7 54. Bb1 Be8 55. Ba2 Ra6 56. Kg3 Bb5 57. Rb2 Bc6 58. Re2 Bd7 59. Bb1
Kf6 60. Rf2+ Kg7 61. Rd2 Bc6 62. Ba2 Be4 63. Re2 Bd3 64. Rb2 b5 65. Kf2 Kf6 66.
Ke3 Ra3 67. Kd4 e5+ 68. Kc5 e4 69. Kb4 Ra4+ 70. Kc3 Ke5 71. Bf7 Ra3+ 72. Kb4
Ra6 73. Kc3 Rc6+ 74. Kd2 Rf6 75. Be8 Rf2+ 76. Kc3 Rxb2 77. Kxb2 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 a5 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 d4 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Rb1 Re8 10. Ne1 a4 11. Nc2 Bf8 12. b4 axb3 13. Nxb3 h6 14. f4 e4 15. f5
Ne5 16. Ncxd4 exd3 17. exd3 Bxa3 18. Bxa3 Rxa3 19. Qd2 Ra6 20. Qc3 Neg4 21.
Rfe1 Ne3 22. Bh3 Rd6 23. Qb2 c5 24. Nf3 Rxd3 25. Nxc5 Nxc4 26. Qb4 Rxf3 27.
Qxc4 b6 28. Bg2 Rxf5 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Rfe5 31. Qd4 Rxe4 32. Qxd8 Re1+ 33.
Rxe1 Rxd8 34. Bc6 Bg4 35. Re7 Rd1+ 36. Kf2 Rd2+ 37. Ke1 Rd6 38. Rc7 Rd1+ 39.
Kf2 Rc1 40. Ke3 g5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Bd3 c5
15. Qc2 Bb7 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qc2 Rfc8 20. Rc1 Qb7 21.
Rc4 a5 22. Ne5 Kg8 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 bxc5 25. b3 Rc8 26. Nc4 Qc7 27. Rd1
Ra8 28. g3 Nd5 29. h4 Nb4 30. Qe4 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Qb1 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5
34. a3 Nc6 35. Qc2 Qd5 36. Nb6 Qd6 37. Nc4 Qd5 38. Qc3 g4 39. a4 Nb4 40. Qf6
Nc6 41. Qf4 f5 42. Qc7 Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Qf3 44. Qc8+ Kg7 45. Qd7+ Kf6 46. Kg1 Qd5
47. Qc8 Qd1+ 48. Kh2 Qf3 49. Qf8+ Kg6 50. Qg8+ Kf6 51. Qh8+ Kg6 52. Qg8+ Kf6
53. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Ne5 Bb7 10. h4 Bg7 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. Rxh8+ Bxh8 13. Qd2 b4 14. Qxg5 bxc3 15.
bxc3 Qe7 16. Nxc4 Nxe4 17. Qxe7+ Kxe7 18. Rb1 Ba6 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Bxb8 Bxc4
21. Bxc4 a5 22. Ba7 Nxc3 23. Kd2 Nb5 24. Bc5+ Kd7 25. Kd3 Bf6 26. f4 Bh4 27. f5
exf5 28. Bxf7 Be1 29. Bg6 Nd6 30. a4 Ke6 31. Ba3 Bg3 32. Bh5 Nc8 33. Be8 Ne7
34. Kc4 Bd6 35. Bc1 Bb4 36. Bh6 Kd6 37. Bf4+ Ke6 38. Bg5 Kd6 39. Bf7 Nc8 40.
Kd3 Nb6 41. Bf4+ Ke7 42. Bb3 Nd5 43. Bh6 Kf6 44. Bc1 Kg6 45. Bc2 Kh5 46. Bd1+
Kg6 47. Bf3 Kf6 48. Bh6 Kg6 49. Bc1 Kf6 50. Kc4 Nb6+ 51. Kb3 Nd5 52. Be2 Ke6
53. Bg5 Be7 54. Bh6 Bb4 55. Bg7 Ne3 56. Bf3 Nd5 57. Be2 Ne3 58. Bh6 Nd5 59. Ba6
Kd7 60. Bc4 Ke6 61. Be3 Kd7 62. Bf2 Nf4 63. Bf1 Nd5 64. Be2 Nf4 65. Bf3 Nd5 66.
Bg3 Ne3 67. Bb8 Bd6 68. Ba7 Nd5 69. Kc4 Ne3+ 70. Kc3 Nd5+ 71. Kd3 Bb4 72. Bc5
Bxc5 73. dxc5 Ke6 74. Kd4 Nb4 75. Bd1 Kf6 76. Bb3 Na6 77. Bd1 Nb4 78. Bf3 Ke6
79. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.10.03"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "273"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. b3 Bf6 13. Be3 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb7 15.
Nc3 Nc6 16. Rc1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Rc8 19. Bb1 b4 20. Ne2 Rxc1 21.
Qxc1 Re8 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Ng3 g6 24. f3 a5 25. Qd2 Qe7 26. Nf1 Nd5 27. Bd3 Nc3
28. a3 d5 29. axb4 Qxb4 30. Rc1 dxe4 31. Rxc3 exd3 32. Rxd3 Ba6 33. Re3 Rc8 34.
Qxb4 axb4 35. Nd2 Rd8 36. Ne4 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Rf1+ 38. Kg3 Kg7 39. Nc5 Bb5 40. Nd3
Rd1 41. Nxb4 Rd4 42. Nc2 Rd6 43. Rc3 Bd7 44. b4 Rd2 45. Rc5 h5 46. h4 Ba4 47.
Ne3 Rd4 48. Rxh5 Rxb4 49. Rc5 Bb3 50. Ng4 Be6 51. Nf2 Bf5 52. Nd1 Be6 53. Re5
Rb3 54. Rc5 Rd3 55. Nc3 Rd2 56. Ne4 Rd7 57. Ra5 Bf5 58. Nc3 Be6 59. Ne2 Rc7 60.
Nf4 Bc8 61. h5 Bf5 62. hxg6 Bxg6 63. Ra6 Rb7 64. Rd6 Rb4 65. Ne2 Rb2 66. Nf4
Rb4 67. Ra6 Rc4 68. Rb6 Ra4 69. Nd5 Bf5 70. Nf4 Bg6 71. Kg4 Kh6 72. Rb5 Rc4 73.
Kg3 Ra4 74. Rd5 Kg7 75. Ne2 Kf6 76. Kf2 Bf5 77. Kg3 Bg6 78. Rc5 Kg7 79. Nc3 Rb4
80. Nd5 Ra4 81. Kh3 Ra3 82. Nc3 Bd3 83. g4 Ra1 84. Nd5 Ra3 85. Kh4 Bg6 86. Nc3
Ra1 87. Ne2 Ra2 88. Re5 Ra1 89. Kg3 Ra3 90. Nf4 Rb3 91. Ng2 Ra3 92. Nh4 Bc2 93.
Re8 Rc3 94. Re1 Bg6 95. Ng2 Ra3 96. Ne3 Rb3 97. Nd5 Rd3 98. Nf4 Ra3 99. Re5 Bc2
100. Nh5+ Kf8 101. Kf2 Bd1 102. Rf5 Bc2 103. Rf4 Bg6 104. Nf6 Ke7 105. Nd5+ Ke6
106. Ne3 Ra2+ 107. Kg3 Ra3 108. Ng2 Ke7 109. Rd4 Kf6 110. Kf4 Ra5 111. Ne3 Kg7
112. Nd5 Rc5 113. g5 Bb1 114. Nf6 Rf5+ 115. Kg4 Kg6 116. f4 Ra5 117. Nd5 Bf5+
118. Kf3 Be6 119. Ne7+ Kg7 120. Ke4 f6 121. Rd6 Kf7 122. Nc6 Bf5+ 123. Kd4 Ra4+
124. Kc5 fxg5 125. fxg5 Kg7 126. Rf6 Bb1 127. Ne5 Ra7 128. Rb6 Bf5 129. Kd6 Be4
130. Ke6 Ra8 131. Rb4 Ra6+ 132. Ke7 Bd5 133. Rd4 Re6+ 134. Kd7 Rxe5 135. Kd6
Rxg5 136. Rxd5 Rxd5+ 137. Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{There are more peaceful ways to start than playing against Nakamura with the
black pieces, but ok, I had to deal with it.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Qd2 Be7 11.
f3 O-O 12. g4 Qc7 13. O-O-O Rfd8 14. g5 Nh5 15. Be3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Ne2
a5 18. Kb1 a4 19. Nbc1 {#At this moment my position ought to be fine for sure.
Nevertheless, I had already spent a few minutes, while my opponent still had
his initial 25 minutes on the clock. Sometimes I felt like pressing the clock
again and saying, "Come on, use your time, this isn't bullet here!". Still it
is awesome to face such a confident player, especially when you know that it
took him just a few seconds to see all the things for which you needed minutes!
} Be8 $1 {The best move, I believe.} (19... d5 $6 20. Ng3 $1 (20. exd5 Bc6 {
is just better for Black.}) 20... g6 21. Nxh5 gxh5 22. Nd3 {seems to be much
better for White.}) 20. Ng3 f6 21. Rhg1 $6 {A dubious move, but played so fast
that I would consider it interesting!} d5 (21... Nxg3 $5 22. Rxg3 d5 {deserves
attention, as I don't have my bishop misplaced on h5, as in the game. Black
may already be clearly better (even winning according to the engine).}) 22.
gxf6 {#This is already less clear.} Bxf6 $2 ({Of course} 22... dxe4 $1 {
was critical:} 23. fxe7 (23. Nxh5 Rxd2 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 {followed by} 25. Z0 Bf8 {
just wins for Black.}) 23... Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Nxg3 25. Rxg3 Ra5 $1 {and Black
should be better.}) 23. e5 $1 {#I overlooked how strong this was. To be honest,
I had seen 22...dxe4 earlier, but the sudden speed stunned me so much that I
just forgot about it!} Bxe5 (23... Be7 {is given equal by the computer, but
somehow I just don't trust it.}) 24. Nxh5 Bxh5 25. Rg5 Bxf3 26. Rxe5 Bxd1 27.
Qxd1 d4 28. Bd2 {#} d3 $2 {A hallucination! Some normal moves would have kept
some chances, though White is now better. I was starting to lack time and
while playing ...d3 I thought I could play 29...Rxd3 30.Nxd3 Qxd3+ followed by
...Rd8/...a3, but I overlooked that my opponent could cover the check with 31.
Qc2!!} 29. cxd3 (29. Nxd3 {also just wins.}) 29... Qc7 30. Bc3 {Now white is
just winning. The rest is a matter for technique, especially for Hikaru.
Strangely, now that I was totally lost, he began using some of his time (ok,
maybe some 3 minutes). I was wondering if he knew that I would comment the
game and was afraid of my remarks if he humiliated me too much :-)} a3 31. Qg4
axb2 32. Qxe6+ Qf7 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34. Kxb2 Ra4 35. Rb5 Rd7 36. d4 Ra6 37. Nd3
Re7 38. Ne5+ Ke8 39. Rc5 Ree6 40. Rc8+ Ke7 41. Rc7+ Kd8 42. Rxg7 Reb6+ 43. Ka1
Rf6 44. Rg2 Rab6 45. Rg1 Ke7 46. Re1 Rb5 47. d5 Ra6 48. Ng4+ Kd6 49. Nf6 Kc5
50. Rc1 Kc4 51. d6 Ra8 52. d7 {After the game Hikaru told me about the several
possibilities I had that would allow me to reach an unclear or even better
position early on. It was funny because I had the feeling that he was making a
summary of all the good positions he would also have killed me in!} 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. g3 e5 8. Bg2
Qe7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. b4 a5 11. Bb2 Re8 12. b5 Nbd7 13. Nf3 Nb6 14. Qxe5 Be6 15.
Nd2 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. e3 Ne4 19. Rc1 Bxb5 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21.
Rxc7 Bc6 22. O-O Rd8 23. Bd4 h5 24. h4 Rd5 25. Rb1 Rf5 26. Kf1 Re8 27. Ke2 f6
28. Rc1 Rd5 29. Kd3 Rb5 30. a4 Rb3+ 31. Rc3 Be4+ 32. Ke2 Rb2+ 33. Ke1 Ra2 34.
R3c4 Bf3 35. R7c5 Ra8 36. Rf5 Bg4 37. Rfc5 Be6 38. Rc1 Rxa4 39. Rxh5 Rb4 40.
Rhc5 a4 41. h5 a3 42. h6 a2 43. Rc7 Rxd4 44. Rxg7+ Kh8 45. exd4 a1=Q 46. Rxa1
Rxa1+ 47. Kd2 b5 48. Rg6 Ra2+ 49. Ke3 Ra3+ 50. Ke4 Ra6 51. d5 Bg8 52. Rg7 Rd6
53. Kf5 Bh7+ 54. Kf4 Rxd5 55. g4 Rd4+ 56. Kg3 Rd3+ 57. Kf4 Bg8 58. g5 fxg5+ 59.
Kxg5 Rd5+ 60. Kg6 Rd6+ 61. Kg5 Rb6 62. f4 b4 63. f5 b3 64. f6 b2 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 f6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. O-O O-O-O 8. Re1
Qf7 9. a3 Nge7 10. b4 Ng6 11. Bd3 fxe5 12. dxe5 Be7 13. b5 Na5 14. Bd2 b6 15.
Ne2 Bc5 16. Bb4 Nh4 17. Ned4 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Qe7 19. c3 Rdf8 20. Nd4 Rf4 21. Ra2
Rhf8 22. Qa4 Kd8 23. g3 R4f7 24. Bxh7 g5 25. Bd3 g4 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Qb4 c6
28. a4 Qe7 29. bxc6 Bxc6 30. Qxa5 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "226"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 a5 10. d4 a4 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 h6 15. Bd2
Qc8 16. Bd3 Qb7 17. Qc2 g6 18. b4 Bg7 19. a3 Rac8 20. Rac1 Kh7 21. Be3 Ng8 22.
Qe2 Rb8 23. h4 Kh8 24. dxe5 Bg4 25. exd6 cxd6 26. Qd1 Qe7 27. h5 gxh5 28. Nf5
Qf6 29. Nxg7 Qxg7 30. Be2 Ne5 31. Nxe5 dxe5 32. Bxg4 hxg4 33. c4 bxc4 34. Rxc4
g3 35. Qh5 gxf2+ 36. Bxf2 Nf6 37. Qf3 Re6 38. Rec1 Qg6 39. Qf5 Kg7 40. Rd1 Ng4
41. Rd7 Nxf2 42. Qxg6+ Rxg6 43. Kxf2 Rbb6 44. Rc3 Rbd6 45. Rxd6 Rxd6 46. b5
Rd2+ 47. Kg1 Rb2 48. Rc4 Rxb5 49. Rxa4 Rb2 50. Kf1 Kg6 51. Rb4 Ra2 52. Rb3 Kg5
53. Rf3 f6 54. Rf5+ Kg6 55. Rf3 h5 56. Rg3+ Kh6 57. Rf3 Kg5 58. Rf5+ Kg6 59.
Rf3 Rc2 60. Rg3+ Kf7 61. Rh3 Kg6 62. Rg3+ Kh6 63. Rf3 Kg5 64. Rg3+ Kh6 65. Rf3
Kg7 66. Rg3+ Kf7 67. Rh3 Rc4 68. Re3 h4 69. Kf2 Kg6 70. Kf3 Kg5 71. Rb3 Rc1 72.
Rb8 Rc3+ 73. Kf2 Rxa3 74. Rh8 Kg4 75. Rh6 Ra2+ 76. Kg1 Kg5 77. Rh8 Ra4 78. Rg8+
Kf4 79. Rh8 Rxe4 80. Rxh4+ Kf5 81. Rh8 Rf4 82. Ra8 Rb4 83. Ra6 Rb2 84. Kh2 Kg5
85. Re6 Rb5 86. Kg3 f5 87. Re8 Rb3+ 88. Kf2 Kf4 89. Ra8 Rb4 90. Ra2 e4 91. Ra3
Rb2+ 92. Kf1 e3 93. Ra8 Rf2+ 94. Kg1 Rd2 95. Kf1 Ke4 96. Ra4+ Rd4 97. Ra2 f4
98. Ke2 Rb4 99. Rc2 Rb1 100. Rc4+ Kf5 101. Rc8 Rb2+ 102. Kf1 Rf2+ 103. Kg1 Ke4
104. Ra8 Rb2 105. Kf1 Kd3 106. Rd8+ Kc3 107. Rd7 Rf2+ 108. Kg1 Rd2 109. Re7
Rd1+ 110. Kh2 Kd2 111. Rd7+ Ke1 112. Rf7 e2 113. Rxf4 Kd2 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Milliet, Sophie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. fxe5 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Qh4+ 7. Ke2 Bg4+
8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Qe1 Qh5 10. Kd1 Bxf3+ 11. gxf3 O-O-O 12. Qe4 Qxe5 13. d4 Qa5 14.
Bd2 Qb6 15. a4 Qb2 16. Bh3+ Kb8 17. Ke2 Bd6 18. Rhb1 Qxa1 19. Rxa1 Rhe8 20. Be3
Rxe4 21. fxe4 f6 22. Rg1 Bf8 23. Be6 Re8 24. Bd5 Ne7 25. Bf7 Rd8 26. c4 Nc8 27.
c5 Rd7 28. Bg8 h6 29. Rb1 Ne7 30. Be6 Rd8 31. a5 Nc6 32. a6 Nxd4+ 33. Bxd4 Rxd4
34. Rxb7+ Ka8 35. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1
Ne4 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Nd2 d5 11. e3 Nd7 12. b4 a6 13. Qb3 e6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Bb2 b5 16. f3 exf3 17. Nxf3 Nb6 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Rf1 Qe8 21. Qd1
a5 22. Bc3 axb4 23. Bxb4 Rxa2 24. Rf7 Nc4 25. Bh3 Nxe5 26. Rxb7 Nc6 27. Qg4
Ra1+ 28. Kg2 Ra2+ 29. Kg1 Ra1+ 30. Kg2 Ra2+ 31. Kg1 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-A"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kosintseva, Nadezhda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Qe2 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Be3 O-O 9. O-O-O Be6 10. f3 Nd7 11. g4 Nde5 12. Rg1 Bc4 13. Qf2 Bxf1 14. Rgxf1
Nc4 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Kb1 N4a5 17. f4 Nxb3 18. cxb3 f6 19. h4 Qe7 20. Qg2 Rae8
21. Nd5 Qxe4+ 22. Qxe4 Rxe4 23. Nxc7 Nd4 24. Nd5 Ne2 25. a3 b5 26. b4 h5 27.
gxh5 Ng3 28. Rfe1 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Nxh5 30. Re6 Rc8 31. Rxd6 Rc4 32. f5 Rxh4 33.
Rb6 Ng3 34. Ne7+ Kh7 35. Rxb5 Rh1+ 36. Kc2 Rf1 37. Rxb7 Nxf5 38. Nxf5 Rxf5 39.
b5 Kh6 40. a4 Rf2+ 41. Kb3 Rf3+ 42. Ka2 Rf4 43. Ka3 Rf1 44. b6 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Be7 8.
Nxd7 Bxd7 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qf3 Bc6 12. Qg3 Nh5 13. Qe3 Bf6 14. Bxf6
Nxf6 15. Nc3 a6 16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. d3 Qd4 18. Ne2 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Nd5 20. Rf3 f5
21. Nf4 Nc3 22. Re1 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ne2 Nd5 25. e4 fxe4 26. dxe4 Nf6 27.
Nc3 b4 28. e5 Nd7 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Na4 g5 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Re4 h5 33. Ke2 Kf7
34. h3 h4 35. Nb2 Nb6 36. Nd3 Kg6 37. Kd2 Rc8 38. Rg4 Rd8 39. Ke2 Nd7 40. Rc4
Rc8 41. Nxb4 Nb6 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Bf6 10. h3 Re8 11. Nh2 Bg5 12. Bxg5 Qxg5 13. Qg4 Qxg4 14. Nxg4
f6 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Nc5 17. Nge3 a5 18. a4 Be6 19. b3 b6 20. Rf2 Rad8 21.
Nb2 h6 22. Rf3 Kh7 23. Nf5 Bc8 24. Raf1 Ba6 25. Ra1 Bb7 26. Rf2 Rd7 27. h4 Rdd8
28. h5 Bc8 29. Rf3 Be6 30. Raf1 Rd7 31. Rg3 Rg8 32. Ne3 Bf7 33. Rh3 Rd4 34.
Nbc4 Ra8 35. Ra1 Ra6 36. Nf5 Rd7 37. g4 b5 38. Nb2 Ra8 39. Rf3 Rdd8 40. Kg2 Be6
41. Kg3 Bxf5 42. Rxf5 Ne6 43. axb5 Nd4 44. bxc6 Nxf5+ 45. gxf5 Rd6 46. Nc4 Rxc6
47. Ra4 Rca6 48. Kf4 c5 49. Nb2 Rc6 50. Rc4 Rac8 51. Ra4 Ra8 52. Rc4 Kg8 53. d4
Rac8 54. d5 Rb6 55. Ra4 Rb5 56. Nc4 Ra8 57. d6 Kf8 58. e5 fxe5+ 59. Kxe5 Kf7
60. Kd5 Kf6 61. Kc6 Rbb8 62. d7 Ke7 63. Nxa5 Ra7 64. Re4+ Kf7 65. Nb7 Raxb7 66.
d8=N+ Rxd8 67. Kxb7 Rd5 68. Rf4 Rd2 69. Rc4 Rh2 70. Rxc5 Rxh5 71. b4 Rh1 72. b5
Rb1 73. b6 h5 74. Kc7 h4 75. Rc3 Kf6 76. b7 Rxb7+ 77. Kxb7 Kxf5 78. Rh3 Kg4 79.
Rh1 g5 80. c4 Kf3 81. c5 Kg2 82. Rc1 h3 83. c6 h2 84. c7 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "197"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. a4 c5 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Qb2 Ne4 14. Be1 f5 15. e3
Bf6 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. b4 Bc6 18. Qb3 a5 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Nc4 Rfc8
22. Qd3 cxd4 23. exd4 Bc6 24. Ra1 Qd8 25. Nfe5 Bd5 26. Rac1 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Qe8
28. Nc4 Qc6 29. Ne3 Qxc1 30. Nxd5 exd5 31. Rxc1 Rxc1 32. Qe3 Ra1 33. Bf1 Rb8
34. Bc3 Rxa4 35. Qf4 Rd8 36. Qc7 Nxc3 37. Qxc3 Rxd4 38. Qxa5 g6 39. Qb6 Rf8 40.
Bb5 Kg7 41. Bc6 Rf7 42. Qc5 Rd2 43. Qa5 Rc2 44. Qxd5 Ra7 45. Ba4 Rc8 46. Bb3
Rd8 47. Qc4 Re7 48. h4 h5 49. Kg2 Kh7 50. Qc6 Bg7 51. Bd5 Bd4 52. Kf3 Kg7 53.
Bb3 Rb8 54. Qd5 Bf6 55. Kg2 Ra7 56. Qc5 Rd7 57. Qc4 Rdb7 58. Ba2 Rd8 59. Bb3
Rd2 60. Qg8+ Kh6 61. Qc4 Rbd7 62. Qe6 R2d6 63. Qe3+ Kg7 64. Qe8 Rd8 65. Qf7+
Kh6 66. Qc4 Bd4 67. Qc1+ Kg7 68. Qc4 R6d7 69. Qe6 Rc7 70. Kf1 Bf6 71. Kg2 Rf8
72. Qd6 Re7 73. Qd5 Rc8 74. Bc4 Rec7 75. Bb3 Re8 76. Qd6 Be5 77. Qd5 f4 78. Qe4
Rce7 79. Bc2 Re6 80. Ba4 R8e7 81. gxf4 Bf6 82. Qd5 Bxh4 83. Bb3 Rf6 84. Qg8+
Kh6 85. Qh8+ Rh7 86. Qb8 Re7 87. Kh3 g5 88. Qh8+ Kg6 89. Bc2+ Kf7 90. fxg5 Bxg5
91. Qxh5+ Kf8 92. Qxg5 Rf3+ 93. Kg2 Ref7 94. Qd8+ Kg7 95. Qd4+ Kf8 96. Qh8+ Ke7
97. Qh4+ Kd6 98. Qd4+ Kc7 99. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8.
Ne5 Qxb3 9. Nxb3 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f3 Bh5 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. e6 fxe6 14. Bc3
e5 15. Bb5 e6 16. Na5 a6 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Nxb7 Rb8 19. Na5 Bd6 20. Nb3 Rhc8
21. Kd2 Ke7 22. Rhf1 Be8 23. f4 d4 24. exd4 exf4 25. Rf2 g5 26. Nc1 Bc6 27. Nd3
Bd5 28. a3 Be4 29. Re1 Bf5 30. h4 h6 31. Rh1 Kf7 32. Rff1 Kg6 33. b4 a5 34. Nc5
axb4 35. axb4 e5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Ra1 exd4 38. Ra6 Rd8 39. Bxd4 Rxb4 40. Kc3
Bc8 41. Rc6 Bb7 42. Nxb7 Rxb7 43. Bb6 Rxb6 44. Rxb6 Kf5 45. Rb5+ Be5+ 46. Kc2
Rd4 47. Rh8 Rc4+ 48. Kd2 Rd4+ 49. Ke2 Re4+ 50. Kf1 Re3 51. Re8 Re4 52. Kf2 g4
53. Rf8+ Kg6 54. Kf1 Bc3 55. Rg8+ Kf6 56. Rxg4 Ra4 57. Rh4 Kg6 58. Rg4+ Kf6 59.
Rg8 Bb4 60. Rc8 Bd6 61. Rc6 Rd4 62. Ke2 Ke6 63. Ra6 Re4+ 64. Kf2 Rd4 65. Rb3
Kd5 66. Kf3 Ke6 67. Rbb6 Ke5 68. Rxd6 Rxd6 69. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. d3 d5 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. c3 a5 6. e4 Bc5 7. Ngf3 dxe4 8. dxe4
O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Qc2 Be6 11. a4 Qd7 12. Re1 Rfd8 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Be3 Qd3 15.
Qxd3 Rxd3 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. Nbd2 Rad8 18. Nf1 Nd7 19. Ne3 Nc5 20. Bf1 R3d7 21.
Nc4 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Kf8 23. Bb5 f6 24. Kg2 Rd6 25. Rab1 Na7 26. b4 axb4 27. cxb4
Ne6 28. Bc4 Nd4 29. Nh4 g5 30. Ng6+ Ke8 31. h4 g4 32. h5 Nac6 33. Rec1 Ra8 34.
a5 bxa5 35. bxa5 Nxa5 36. Bd5 Rd7 37. Rb6 Ndc6 38. Nh4 Ne7 39. Rxf6 Nxd5 40.
exd5 Ra6 41. Rc8+ Ke7 42. Rxa6 bxa6 43. Nf5+ Kf6 44. Ne3 Kg5 45. Rg8+ Kxh5 46.
Nxg4 Rf7 47. Kh3 Nc4 48. Nf6+ Rxf6 49. g4# 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Ne5 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxe5 15.
fxe5 Rxa6 16. Qd3 Raa8 17. g3 Rfb8 18. Na4 axb4 19. cxb6 Qd8 20. axb4 Bxb4 21.
Rfb1 Be7 22. Qc2 Qc8 23. Rc1 Bd8 24. Rab1 Ra5 25. Rb4 Be7 26. Rbb1 Bd8 27. Kg2
h5 28. h4 g6 29. Rb4 Be7 30. Nc5 Rb5 31. Rxb5 cxb5 32. Qb1 Rxb6 33. Nd3 Rc6 34.
Nc5 Qb8 35. Qb4 Qb6 36. Rc3 Rc7 37. Kh3 Bxc5 38. dxc5 Qc6 39. Qd4 Ra7 40. Rf3
Ra4 41. Qe3 Rg4 42. Qa3 Ra4 43. Qe3 Rg4 44. Kh2 d4 45. Qa3 b4 46. Qd3 Qxc5 47.
Qa6 Qe7 48. Qb6 Re4 49. Qb8+ Kg7 50. Rd3 Qc5 51. Rf3 Rxe5 52. Qd8 Rf5 53. Rxf5
exf5 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.31"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 {One can imagine the audience mentally rubbing their hands in
glee as this appeared on the overhead displays: the first game of the final
wasn't going to be some stodgy Queen's Gambit Declined, or other, but rather a
romantic King's Gambit!} Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d3 (4. exf5 e4 5. Ne5 Nxe5 6. fxe5
Qe7 7. Qh5+ Kd8 8. d4 exd3 9. Bxd3 Qxe5+ 10. Kd1 Nf6 11. Qf3 Bc5 12. Nc3 Qd4
13. Re1 Qf2 14. Qxf2 Bxf2 15. Re2 Bd4 16. Bg5 c6 17. Kd2 Re8 18. Rae1 Rxe2+ 19.
Rxe2 d5 {0-1 (56 moves) Fier,A (2590)-Hammer,J (2532)/ICC INT 2009/CBM 129
Extra}) 4... d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3
O-O 11. O-O fxe4 12. dxe4 Be6 {#Assuredly not what anyone had expected. Twelve
moves and the position is almost perfectly symmetrical.} 13. a3 Kh7 14. Kh1 a6
15. Bg1 Rf7 16. Qe2 Nd4 17. Qd3 Nxf3 18. Qxf3 Rd7 19. Rad1 Bg4 20. Rxd7 Bxf3
21. Rxd8 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Rxd8 23. Be3 g5 24. h3 Kg6 25. g4 c6 26. Rf2 b5 27. Rd2
Rxd2+ 28. Bxd2 Bf8 29. Kf3 h5 30. Ne2 hxg4+ 31. hxg4 Nd7 32. Nc1 c5 33. Na2 Nb8
$6 (33... c4 $1) 34. c4 $1 bxc4 35. Nc3 Nc6 36. Nd5 Nd4+ 37. Ke3 Kf7 38. Nb6
Ke6 39. Nxc4 Be7 40. Ba5 Nb5 41. Kd3 Nd6 $4 42. Nxd6 (42. Nxd6 Kxd6 43. Kc4 Kc6
44. Bd2 Bf6 45. Be3 Be7 46. b3 a5 47. a4 $1 {and Black is in zugzwang and must
lose a pawn and the game.}) 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Trophee KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2010.10.31"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C38"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2010.10.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 h6 6. d4 d6 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O g4
9. Ne1 Qxh4 10. Bxf4 Nf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 g3 13. Bxg3 Qxg3 14. exf6 Bf8 15.
Nd3 Bd6 16. Qh5 Bg4 17. Bxf7+ Kf8 18. Qg6 Qh2+ 19. Kf2 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 c5
15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. dxc5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 bxc5 19. Qc2 Bb7 20. e4 f5 21.
exf5 Rxf5 22. Nd2 Qf6 23. Nc4 Ba6 24. b3 Rf4 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. h3 Bxc4 27. Rxc4
Rxc4 28. Qxc4 Rd2 29. Qxc5 Rxa2 30. Rc4 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Ra2 32. Kg1 Ra1+ 33. Kh2
Ra2 34. f4 a5 35. Qc6 Kh7 36. Qe4+ Qf5 37. Qxf5+ exf5 38. Rc5 Kg6 39. Rc6+ Kf7
40. Rc7+ Kf6 41. Rc6+ Kf7 42. Rc7+ Kf6 43. Rc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Nakamura,H"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Today, I had white against Eljanov. Coming off yesterday, I wanted to win, or
to at least put pressure on him.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 {
The opening was a bit unusual, and he surprised me. I wasn't expecting c5, but
I played normal moves and the next five or six are pretty standard.} 5. dxc5
Bxc5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8. O-O d5 {This was the first position of the game
where either of us had to think, and I used quite a bit of time here.} 9. e3 {
I spent maybe 25 to 30 minutes on this move, mostly looking at variations with
...b6 and ...Ba6.} Qe7 {The after only a minute or two of thinking he played 9.
...Qe7 and I was very surprised by it. It is not a mistake and is completely
playable, I just don't think it is best.} 10. cxd5 {Here I spent another 15 to
20 minutes before taking on d5, because I couldn't find a good plan, and then
I saw the plan with a4 followed by Nd4 and Qb3.} exd5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. a4 a6 13.
Nbd4 Bg4 {Again, these moves are quite normal, and there is little to
calculate. You just play the moves that feel the most natural.} 14. Qb3 Ba7 15.
Bd2 Ne4 16. Bc3 {This was the second position where he had a decision to make
and I think he made a mistake.} Nxc3 $2 {After this he will be worse for the
rest of the game.} 17. bxc3 {Although his move may look fairly normal, it
leaves weaknesses on d5 and b7 that I can attack.} Rfd8 18. Nd2 {This is an
imprecision, possibly even a mistake.} ({Instead I should have played} 18. Ne2
{immediately and then headed to f4 as I later did in the game.}) 18... Na5 19.
Qa2 ({As a matter of fact, I had miscalculated and saw too late that after 18.
Nd2 Na5} 19. Qb4 Qxb4 20. cxb4 Bxd4 21. exd4 Nc6 {wins a pawn.}) 19... Qd7 20.
N2f3 {Pretty much I realized my whole idea was incorrect so I went back to f3
planning to play Ne2-f4.} Qe7 {I was surprised by this, and had been expecting}
(20... Nc4 21. Ne2 Qf5 {If this were to happen, it is unclear. I am probably
still a bit better since the d5 pawn is still weak.}) 21. Ne2 Bf5 22. Nf4 Be4
23. Rfd1 {I actually thought his maneuver of Bf5-e4 was correct here.} Qc5 {
This is a big mistake.} ({Variations I had considered were} 23... Nc4 24. Nd2
Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Bxe3 {I wasn't sure about this variation.} 26. Nxc4 (26. fxe3
Nxe3+ 27. Kh1 Nxd1 28. Rxd1 d4 {Here too I wasn't sure what was going on in
the position. Maybe I'm better, maybe I'm worse.}) 26... Bxf4 27. Nb6 Rab8 28.
gxf4 Rd6 {with the idea of Rg6 and Qe4. It could be winning for me, but I
wasn't sure.}) 24. Ng5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 {This looks nothing special at first.} h6
{#} (25... Nc4 {is not possible, since after} 26. Qb1 {a pawn is hanging.}) 26.
Rxd5 $1 {I actually saw this move when I played Ng5, but I spent a long time
calculating it since it is very unusual.} Rxd5 27. Ne4 {And this is the whole
point.} Qc4 {I think Pavel played the correct move.} ({If he had played} 27...
Qe7 {instead, then} 28. Qxd5 Rd8 29. Qf5 Nc4 30. Nd5 {with a bit of an attack.}
) 28. Qxc4 Nxc4 29. Nxd5 Re8 {The correct move.} (29... Rd8 {seems close to
winning, but it doesn't quite work after} 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Nf5 g6 32. Nd4 (32.
Nxh6 f5 33. Ng5 Rd2) 32... Re8 (32... f5 $2 33. Ne6+) 33. Nf6 Rd8 {and White
is up a pawn. Should be winning.}) 30. Nef6+ {Completely forced.} gxf6 31.
Nxf6+ Kf8 32. Nxe8 Kxe8 33. Rb1 {#The real question now is whether black
should play passively, as Pavel played in the game, or actively.} Nd6 ({
I think the active plan doesn't work after} 33... b5 34. axb5 a5 {and here I
had planned} 35. Rd1 {with the point of preventing Kd7} (35. Ra1 Bb6 36. Kf3
Kd7 {and the position is very unclear. Maybe it is winning, maybe it is losing,
but it seemed very dangerous to play.}) 35... a4 36. Kf3 a3 37. Ke4 {followed
by Kd5, winning.}) 34. e4 {This move doesn't give Black time to bring the king
to c6. If he does, the pawns supported by the king and pieces can go very fast.
} b6 $4 {A blunder, after which Eljanov is losing.} ({Though things are bad
even after} 34... f6 35. f4 Nxe4 36. Rxb7 Bc5 37. Rb8+ Kf7 38. Ra8) 35. e5 Nb7
({I suspect that Pavel forgot that after} 35... Ne4 36. Rb4 Nxc3 {is not
possible because of} 37. Rc4 Nd5 38. Rc8+ Kd7 39. Ra8 {and the bishop is
trapped.}) 36. Rb4 {The idea is Rh4 obviously.} Nc5 (36... Kf8 {fails to} 37.
Rd4 {threatening Rd7 so} Ke8 38. Rh4) 37. Rh4 Kf8 (37... Bb8 38. f4 Nxa4 39.
Rxh6 Bc7 40. Rh8+ Ke7 41. h4 {and I think the h-pawn is too fast here.}) 38.
Rxh6 Kg7 39. Rc6 Nxa4 (39... Bb8 40. f4 Nxa4 41. Rc8 Ba7 42. Ra8 {Trapping the
bishop once more.}) 40. e6 (40. e6 fxe6 (40... Bb8 41. e7) 41. Rc7+) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Bc4 14.
Rfe1 Rd8 15. b3 Bd5 16. Nce4 Bxe4 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Rxe4 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 h4 20.
Rf4 Rh5 21. Rxf5 g6 22. Rf4 Rxg5 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rxh4 Rd5 25. Kf1 Rd2 26. Rc4
Rd1+ 27. Ke2 Rc1 28. Kf3 Ke7 29. Kg4 Kf6 30. f4 Rd1 31. g3 Rd2 32. h4 Rf2 33.
a4 a5 34. Rc5 Rd2 35. Rxa5 Rxc2 36. Ra7 b6 37. Rxc7 Rb2 38. Rxc6 Rxb3 39. Rc4
b5 40. axb5 Rxb5 41. Rc3 Ra5 42. Re3 Rb5 43. Kf3 Ra5 44. g4 Ra7 45. Rb3 Kf7 46.
Rb4 Ke7 47. Ke4 Kf6 48. Rc4 Ra5 49. g5+ Kf7 50. Rc7+ Kf8 51. Rh7 Rf5 52. h5
gxh5 53. Rxh5 Kg7 54. Rh6 Kf7 55. Rh7+ Ke8 56. Rb7 Kf8 57. Rb6 Ke7 58. Ra6 Kf7
59. Ra1 Kg7 60. Re1 Kg6 61. Ra1 Kf7 62. Ra7+ Ke8 63. g6 Kf8 64. Rb7 Rf6 65. g7+
Kg8 66. Re7 Kh7 67. Ke5 Rf5+ 68. Ke4 Rf6 69. Ke5 Rf5+ 70. Ke4 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Re8 {#In spite of the fact that Gelfand has played this
more than once and got nothing but misery for his insistence, Kramnik decides
to try his hand at this line and see whether he cannot do better.} 10. h4 c6
11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Rde1 d5 13. Bd4 c5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qf4 Be6 16. Ng5 g6 17. Bb5
Rf8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6 Bxc3 20. Qg4 Bg7 {#} 21. h5 $1 {Hardly encouraging
for Black.} c4 {A computer might coldly analyze this to a clear evaluation,
but a human will unquestionably worry about a6-b5 capturing the bishop.} 22.
hxg6 h6 23. Rd1 (23. Rhe1 $1 {was stronger, threatening Re7.} a6 {no longer
works due to} 24. Be8 {and Bf7+}) 23... Qa5 (23... a6 $2 24. Bxc4 $1) 24. Rxd5
Qxa2 25. Bxc4 Qxb2+ 26. Kd1 Kh8 27. f3 a5 28. Rd7 a4 {#The engines affirm this
is clearly better for white, but let's face it, this position could EASILY go
sour.} 29. Qh4 Qb1+ 30. Kd2 Qb4+ 31. Kd1 Qb1+ 32. Kd2 Qb4+ 33. Kd1 Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Ng5 Ke7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Nge4 Rd8 13. Bf4 b6 14. h3
g6 15. g4 Nd4 16. Bg3 g5 17. f4 Nxc2 18. Rac1 Ne3 19. Re1 Rd3 20. Nf2 Rxc3 21.
bxc3 gxf4 22. Bxf4 Nc4 23. Ne4 Kd8 24. Nf6 Kc8 25. Kg2 a5 26. Kg3 a4 27. Re2 a3
28. Rcc2 b5 29. h4 c5 30. h5 Kb7 31. g5 hxg5 32. Bxg5 Bg7 33. Kf4 Nb2 34. Rxb2
axb2 35. Rxb2 Bxf6 36. Bxf6 Rxh5 37. Rxb5+ Kc6 38. Ra5 Rh3 39. Ra3 Bd5 40. Bd8
Kb6 41. Be7 Rf3+ 42. Kg4 Re3 43. Kf4 Re4+ 44. Kf5 Re2 45. Kf6 Rg2 46. Bd8 Rf2+
47. Kg7 Be6 48. Kf8 Re2 49. Bf6 Re3 50. Ke8 Rd3 51. Bd8 Re3 52. Bf6 Rg3 53. Kd8
Rg2 54. Ke8 Kc6 55. Ra6+ Kd5 56. Kd8 Rc2 57. Ra3 Kc6 58. Ra6+ Kb7 59. Ra3 Rd2+
60. Ke8 Kc6 61. Bd8 Rd5 62. Bf6 Rd1 63. Bd8 Re1 64. Bf6 Rb1 65. Ra6+ Kd5 66.
Kd8 Rc1 67. Ra3 Kc6 68. Ra6+ Kb5 69. Ra3 c6 70. Be7 Rc2 71. Ke8 Bd5 72. Bd6 Re2
73. Kf8 Kc4 74. Ra5 Kxc3 75. Rxc5+ Kd4 76. a4 Rxe5 77. Rxc6 Bxc6 78. Bxe5+ Kxe5
79. Kxf7 Bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Bd3 b4 10. Na4 c4 11. Be2 c3 12. Qd1 cxb2 13. Nxb2 Nb6 14. O-O Be7 15. Bd3
Bd7 16. Ng5 g6 17. Rf3 Na5 18. Rh3 Nbc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Bc1 Ba4 21. Qe1 Qb6
22. Qf2 Na3 23. Bb2 Nc4 24. Bc1 Na3 25. Bb2 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 Bh6 13. Ba1 Bf5 14. e4 Bg4 15. f3
Be3+ 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Ne2 e5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxe5
Rc8 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Ne4 Qe7 24. Qd3 Bh6 25. f4 Bc6 26. Rbd1 Nb7 27. Qe3 b4
28. Nc1 Bd5 29. Nd3 c4 30. bxc4 Bxc4 31. Qb6 Rfd8 32. Nxb4 Bxf1 33. Rxf1 Rf8
34. a4 Kh8 35. h4 Bg7 36. a5 Qc7 37. Ng5 Nxa5 38. Qxc7 Rxc7 39. Nxe6 Rc3 40.
Nd5 Rxg3 41. Nxf8 Bxf8 42. Rc1 Rg4 43. Kh2 Rxh4+ 44. Kg3 g5 45. Rc8 Kg7 46. Ra8
Nc6 47. fxg5 Rd4 48. Nf6 Ne7 49. Be4 h6 50. Nh5+ Kf7 51. Bb1 hxg5 52. Ba2+ Kg6
53. Ra6+ Kxh5 54. Bf7+ Ng6 55. Rxg6 Rd3+ 56. Kg2 Kh4 57. Be6 Rg3+ 58. Kh2 Rc3
59. Kg2 Rc6 60. Bf5 Rxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Rc1 Be7 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 Rd8 13. O-O Nd5 14. Qb3
Bd7 15. Ne5 Qb6 16. Qc2 Be8 17. a3 Rac8 18. Nd3 Qc7 19. Ne2 Nf6 20. Rfd1 Qb8
21. b4 a5 22. bxa5 Qa7 23. Rb1 Rc7 24. Rb3 c5 25. Rc3 Qxa5 26. Rc1 b6 27. dxc5
bxc5 28. Nxc5 Rdc8 29. Nb3 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Qxc3 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. Nxc3 Bxa3 33.
Nd4 Bd7 34. Ne4 Ng4 35. Nf3 Bc6 36. Ned2 Bb4 37. h3 Nf6 38. Nc4 Bd5 39. Nce5
Bc3 40. Nd4 Ne4 41. Nd3 Kf8 42. Ne2 Bf6 43. f4 Ke7 44. Nf2 Nxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 c6 8. Nbd2
a5 9. c4 Na6 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. a3 Re8 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Nh4 Bxe4 15.
Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 e5 17. dxe5 Qb6 18. Qc2 dxe5 19. Bc1 Nc5 20. Rb1 Ne6 21. Be3
Nd4 22. Qe4 Qc5 23. a4 Qb4 24. Kg2 Re7 25. Nf3 Nf5 26. Rfd1 Nxe3+ 27. fxe3 Rf8
28. Rf1 Qa3 29. h4 Ref7 30. Qc2 Qc5 31. Rbe1 Bh6 32. Qe4 Qb4 33. Rb1 Qc3 34.
Rbd1 Qxb3 35. Rd3 Qc2+ 36. Rf2 Qb1 37. Rf1 Qc2+ 38. Rf2 Qxa4 39. h5 gxh5 40.
Rd6 Bg7 41. Kh3 h6 42. Rg6 Qb4 43. Nh4 Qe7 44. Rd2 Rf6 45. c5 Qe6+ 46. Kg2 Rxg6
47. Nxg6 Ra8 48. Qb1 Qf7 49. Rf2 Qd7 50. Kh2 Qe6 51. Qxb7 Re8 52. Nh4 Rf8 53.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 54. Qa8 Qa2+ 55. Ng2 Qd5 56. Qxa5 Qxc5 57. Qa8 Kg7 58. Nh4 Qc2+ 59.
Kh3 Qe4 60. Qb7+ Kf6 61. Kh2 Be7 62. Qa8 Kf7 63. Qb7 Qc4 64. Qc7 Qe2+ 65. Ng2
Qb5 66. Nh4 Qb2+ 67. Kh3 Qc1 68. Kh2 Qd2+ 69. Kh3 Qd6 70. Qb7 Ke6 71. Nf3 Bf6
72. e4 Qd7 73. Qb8 Kf7+ 74. Kg2 Qe6 75. Kh2 Kg7 76. Qc7+ Kg6 77. Qb8 c5 78. Qf8
c4 79. Qc5 h4 80. Nd2 Qg4 81. Nxc4 Qe2+ 82. Kh3 Qxe4 83. Kh2 Qe2+ 84. Kh3 {
Der falsche Randbauer Wenn noch mehr Figuren auf dem Brett sind führt er nicht
automatisch ins Remis:} Qf3 $2 {Nakamura lässt seinen e-Bauern im Stich.} ({Mit
} 84... Qe1 85. Nxe5+ Bxe5 86. Qb6+ (86. Qc6+ $6 Kg5 $19) 86... Bf6 {konnte er
trotz des falschen Randbauern gewinnen, weil Weiß keinen Damentausch erzwingen
kann z.B.} 87. gxh4 Qxh4+ 88. Kg2 Qe4+ 89. Kh2 h5 90. Qg1+ Kh6 91. Qb6 Qf3 92.
Qd6 h4 93. Qf8+ Kg6 94. Qg8+ Bg7 95. Qe6+ Kh5 96. Qe8+ Kh6 97. Qe6+ Bf6 98. Qd6
h3 99. Qf8+ Kg6 100. Qe8+ Kg7 101. Qd7+ Kf8 102. Qc8+ Kf7 103. Qd7+ Be7 104.
Qxh3 Bd6+ $19) 85. Nxe5+ Bxe5 86. Qxe5 Qh1+ 87. Kg4 Qd1+ 88. Kh3 (88. Kxh4 $4 {
wird nett widerlegt:} Qh1+ 89. Kg4 h5+ 90. Kf4 Qf1+ 91. Ke3 Qe1+ 92. Kf4 Qxe5+
93. Kxe5 Kg5 $19 {(Baburin in Chess Today 3659)}) 88... Qh1+ 89. Kg4 Qd1+ 90.
Kh3 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Nbd2 Ba7 7. Bb3 d6 8. h3
Be6 9. Bc2 O-O 10. O-O d5 11. Re1 dxe4 12. dxe4 Qe7 13. Nf1 Rad8 14. Qe2 Ne8
15. Ne3 f6 16. a4 Qf7 17. b4 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Nd6 19. Qc5 Nb8 20. b5 b6 21. Qb4 a5
22. Qb1 Nd7 23. Ba3 Rfe8 24. Nd2 Nb7 25. Nf1 Ndc5 26. Ne3 Rd2 27. Bc1 Rd7 28.
Nf5 Red8 29. Be3 Kh8 30. Kh2 Bc4 31. f4 exf4 32. Bxf4 Nd3 33. Rf1 Nxf4 34. Rxf4
Qe6 35. Qe1 Qe5 36. Qg3 Nc5 37. Ne3 Be6 38. Rf2 Qxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Kg8 40. Kf3 Rd2
41. Re2 Kf7 42. Kf2 Bb3 43. Bxb3+ Nxb3 44. Ra3 Nc1 45. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 46. Kf3 Ke6
47. Nf5 g6 48. Nd4+ Kd6 49. Ra1 Rd3+ 50. Kf2 Rxc3 51. Nc6 Nd3+ 52. Ke2 Nc5 53.
Rd1+ Ke6 54. Rd4 Ra3 55. Nd8+ Ke7 56. Nc6+ Kf7 57. Nd8+ Ke8 58. Nc6 Rxa4 59.
Rd8+ Kf7 60. Rc8 Ne6 61. Ke3 Rc4 62. Rh8 Kg7 63. Re8 Nc5 64. e5 fxe5 65. Re7+
Kf6 66. Rxc7 Rc3+ 67. Kd2 Rg3 68. Rxh7 Rxg2+ 69. Kc3 Ne4+ 70. Kd3 Nd6 71. Rd7
Rg3+ 72. Kd2 Nxb5 73. Rb7 Nd6 74. Rd7 Ne4+ 75. Ke2 Rxh3 76. Rb7 Rb3 77. Nxa5
Nc5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. fxe5 Nd5 8. h4
Bg4 9. h5 c5 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Rh4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nb4 13. Bc4 e6 14. Qh3 Nxc2+
15. Kf1 Nxd4 16. Ne4 Nf5 17. Bg5 Qd4 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Rxd4 Bxg5 20. Rg4 Bh6
21. Bd3 Ne3+ 22. Kf2 Nxg4+ 23. Qxg4 Nc6 24. Rh1 Bg7 25. Qh4 Rfd8 26. Bxg6 fxg6
27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Rf1 Rd7 29. Qxg6 Rf7+ 30. Ke1 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Ne2 c5 7. c3 b6 8. O-O
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Nf4 Nc7 11. Nf3 h5 12. Nh3 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Re1 Kf7
15. Bf4 Nf8 16. Qd3 Bd6 17. Re2 Ng6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rae1 c4 20. Qc2 Rag8 21.
Kh1 h4 22. Re3 Ne7 23. Nd2 Rh5 24. Rf3 Rf5 25. Ree3 Ne8 26. g3 hxg3 27. hxg3
Rxf3 28. Qh7+ Rg7 29. Qh5+ Kf8 30. Rxf3 Qd7 31. Kg2 Kg8 32. Nf1 e5 33. dxe5
fxe5 34. Qxe5 Ng6 35. Qd4 Nc7 36. Ne3 Ne6 37. Qf6 Ne7 38. Qh6 Rh7 39. Qf6 Rg7
40. Kh2 d4 41. cxd4 Nxd4 42. Rf4 Ne6 43. Rxc4 Nf8 44. Rd4 Qc8 45. Rh4 Neg6 46.
Rh6 Rf7 47. Rxg6+ Nxg6 48. Qxg6+ Kf8 49. Nf4 Qd7 50. Ned5 Rh7+ 51. Kg2 Rf7 52.
Ne6+ Ke8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 b6 7. c3 Bb7 8. Nbd2
c5 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. e4 d4 11. Re1 Rc8 12. c4 e5 13. Bh3 Rc7 14. f5 Bc8 15. g4 Ne8
16. Nf1 Nd6 17. Ng3 b5 18. b3 a5 19. Bf1 a4 20. h4 Bd7 21. h5 Ra7 22. Bd2 Nb4
23. Qb2 Qa8 24. a3 Nc6 25. bxa4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
g5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bb5 Nd7 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Nb3 h6 13. Qe2 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
c4 a5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. a4 Ba6 18. Qd1 Bc4 19. h3 Rb8 20. Nbd4 Nc5 21. Re3 Ne4
22. b3 Ba6 23. Ba3 Bxa3 24. Rxa3 Rc8 25. Ra1 Qb6 26. Nh2 h5 27. g4 hxg4 28.
Nxg4 Ke7 29. Kg2 Rc7 30. f3 Nc5 31. Qd2 Qb4 32. Rc3 Kf8 33. Rac1 Nd7 34. Qe3
Rxc3 35. Rxc3 Qa3 36. Rc7 Qa1 37. Nh2 Ke8 38. Ra7 Bc8 39. Ra8 Kd8 40. Nc6+ Kc7
41. Nxa5 Qb2+ 42. Qf2 Qxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Nxe5 44. Ng4 Nxg4+ 45. hxg4 e5 46. b4 Rd8
47. b5 d4 48. Nc6 Rd5 49. Rxc8+ Kb6 50. Rb8+ Kc5 51. Ke2 f5 52. gxf5 g4 53.
fxg4 e4 54. Re8 e3 55. Re5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Na3
Rb8 9. Qe1 b5 10. Nc2 b4 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Ng4 13. cxb4 cxb4 14. d4 Qb6 15.
e3 Bf5 16. Qd1 Rbc8 17. Ne1 Bh6 18. Rf4 Bxf4 19. gxf4 Qe6 20. Bd2 f6 21. Qb3
Rc4 22. Nd3 fxe5 23. dxe5 a5 24. Ne1 Be4 25. Bh3 h5 26. a3 Qb6 27. axb4 Rxf4
28. Qa4 Rf8 29. Qxa5 Qe6 30. Ng2 Bxg2 31. Bxg2 Qxe5 32. Qxd5+ e6 33. Qxe5 Nxe5
34. Bc3 Nf3+ 35. Kh1 g5 36. b5 g4 37. Ra6 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. d5 Nb4 8.
Nc3 Bf5 9. a3 Na6 10. Nge2 g6 11. Be5 f6 12. Bg3 Qb6 13. O-O Rd8 14. h3 e6 15.
Bh2 Bg7 16. g4 Bxg4 17. hxg4 exd5 18. Nxd5 Qe6 19. Nef4 Qf7 20. c4 f5 21. f3
O-O 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. fxe4 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Be5 25. exf5 Kh8 26. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 e5 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Re1 Bh3 15. Bh1
Ng4 16. Qb3 f5 17. Ra1 Rab8 18. c5+ d5 19. e4 c6 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5
22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxe5 Bxe5 24. Qxd5+ Qxd5 25. Bxd5+ Kh7 26. Bxe5 Ra8 27. Rxa8
Rxa8 28. Bxb7 Ra5 29. Bc6 f4 30. gxf4 Ra2 31. b6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. a3 Bd6 8. g3
c6 9. Bg2 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. f3 c5 12. g4 h6 13. h3 Re8 14. f4 Nc7 15. a4 b6
16. Ng3 Ba6 17. Rf2 Qd7 18. Bd2 Rad8 19. Qf3 Bd3 20. g5 hxg5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22.
fxg5 Ne4 23. Ngxe4 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Qh5 g6 26. Qh4 Qxd2 27. Rxd2 Rxd2 28.
Kh1 Nd5 29. Qe1 Rxg2 30. Kxg2 Nxe3+ 31. Kg3 Nc2 32. Qe2 Nxa1 33. h4 Nb3 34. h5
Nd4 35. Qc4 Nf5+ 36. Kh3 Kg7 37. h6+ Kg8 38. Qc3 e3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. a3 Nd7 6. Bd3 e6 7. Nge2 h6 8. Bf4
Ngf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Na4 Qd8 11. b3 b5 12. Nb2 a6 13. c4 O-O 14. a4 b4 15. a5 c5
16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nc4 Bb7 18. Bg3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5 20. Ne5 Rc8 21. Bc4 Bf6 22.
Qe2 Kh7 23. Rfc1 Nc3 24. Qe1 Bd5 25. Rc2 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxc4 27. bxc4 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Ne2 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. O-O exd4 8.
Re1 Be7 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nbc3 Qd8 11. a3 Bg4 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Be3 Bd6 14. h3 Bh5
15. Bg5 Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Qa4 c6 19. Rad1 b5 20. Qc2 a6 21. Nc1
Nc4 22. d5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Bh2+ 25. Kxh2 Qxd5 26. Bh4 g5 27. Bg3
Rd8 28. Re2 Qd1 29. Na2 Qxc2 30. Rxc2 Ne4 31. Nb4 a5 32. Nc6 Rd2 33. Rxd2 Nexd2
34. Nd4 Nxb2 35. Nxb5 Nbc4 36. Bc7 f5 37. Bd8 g4 38. hxg4 fxg4 39. Kg3 Ne4+ 40.
Kxg4 Nxf2+ 41. Kf3 Nd3 42. Ke4 Ndb2 43. Kd4 Kf7 44. Kc3 Ke6 45. Bxa5 Kd5 46.
Bb4 Nd1+ 47. Kd3 Ndb2+ 48. Ke2 Na4 49. Kf3 Ne5+ 50. Ke2 Nb6 51. Bc3 g6 52. Nc7+
Ke4 53. Ne6 Nec4 54. Bb4 Nd5 55. Bf8 Nc3+ 56. Ke1 Nb2 57. Bg7 Nd3+ 58. Kf1 Na4
59. Bf8 Ne5 60. Nc5+ Nxc5 61. Bxc5 Nd3 62. Bf8 Nb2 63. Ke2 Na4 64. Bb4 Nb6 65.
Bc5 Na4 66. Bd6 Nc3+ 67. Kd2 Na4 68. Kc2 Kd5 69. Kb3 Nb6 70. Bf8 Nd7 71. Bb4 g5
72. a4 g4 73. Kc3 Nf6 74. Kd3 Ne4 75. a5 Ng3 76. a6 Kc6 77. Be1 Nf5 78. Ke4
Nd6+ 79. Ke5 Nc4+ 80. Kf4 Kb6 81. Bf2+ Kxa6 82. Kxg4 Kb5 83. Kf5 Kc6 84. Ke6
Nd2 85. g4 Nf3 86. Be3 Kc7 87. Bc1 Kc6 88. Bf4 Nd4+ 89. Kf6 Nf3 90. Ke6 Nd4+
91. Ke5 Nf3+ 92. Ke4 Nh4 93. Bg5 Ng6 94. Kf5 Nf8 95. Be7 Nd7 96. g5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. e4 d4 16. Rxd4 Bc5 17. Rd2 Bb7 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. h4 Qe7 20. a3 a5 21. Na4 h6
22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Be3 Bb5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Qb3 Rxe5 26. Rd6 Qc7 27. a4 Bc6 28.
R6d4 Rc5 29. Rc4 Rb8 30. Rdc1 Qd8 31. Rxc5 bxc5 32. Qc2 Rb4 33. Qxc5 Bxa4 34.
Rc4 Rxb2 35. Rd4 Qe8 36. Qxa5 Bd7 37. Qc7 Qa8 38. Rxd7 Qa1+ 39. Bf1 Qe1 40. Qc5
Rb1 41. Qc4 Rb2 42. Qd4 Rb1 43. Qd3 Rb2 44. Qf3 f6 45. Qe3 Qa1 46. Kg2 Rb1 47.
Qd3 Rb2 48. Qc4 Kh7 49. Qxe6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 h6 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Nf3 Ngf6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. h3 Ne4 10. c5 Qxb3 11. axb3 a6 12. b4 Rc8 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Nd2 Be7 15.
Nb3 Bd8 16. Na5 Bxa5 17. bxa5 e5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 O-O 20. Kd2 Rce8 21. f3
Bg6 22. f4 f6 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Ra3 Rfe6 25. g3 Kf8 26. Rh2 d4 27. exd4 Re4 28.
Ra4 Rd8 29. f5 Bf7 30. Kd3 Re5 31. Kc3 Re3+ 32. Bd3 Rxg3 33. Rb4 Rd7 34. Kd2 h5
35. f6 gxf6 36. Rf2 Kg7 37. Bf5 Re7 38. Bc8 h4 39. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Bd2 e6 8. h3
Nbd7 9. O-O Bb4 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qc7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Qe2 b5 14. Bb3 a5 15.
Ne5 a4 16. Ba2 Rfe8 17. Rac1 Ne4 18. Nxd7 Nxc3 19. Nf6+ gxf6 20. bxc3 Qd6 21.
Ra1 Qxa3 22. Qf3 Qe7 23. Qxc6 Rab8 24. Qf3 Bg6 25. h4 h6 26. h5 Bh7 27. Qf4 Kh8
28. Qxh6 Rg8 29. Qf4 Rbc8 30. Re3 Rg5 31. Rae1 Rf5 32. Qh4 Qc7 33. h6 Rg8 34.
d5 e5 35. Rg3 Bg6 36. h7 Rc8 37. Rd1 Qd6 38. c4 bxc4 39. Qh6 Rh5 40. Qe3 f5 41.
Qc3 f4 42. Rh3 Rxh3 43. Qxh3 Rc7 44. Qh6 Rc8 45. c3 a3 46. Re1 Rb8 47. Bxc4 Re8
48. Bd3 e4 49. Bc4 e3 50. fxe3 fxe3 51. Ba2 e2 52. Qh4 Qc5+ 53. Qf2 Qxc3 54.
Rxe2 Rxe2 55. Qxe2 Kxh7 56. Qf2 Qb2 57. d6 Qa1+ 58. Kh2 Qe5+ 59. Qg3 Qxg3+ 60.
Kxg3 Bf5 61. Bxf7 Kg7 62. Ba2 Kf6 63. Kf4 Be6 64. Bb1 Bf5 65. Ba2 Be6 66. Bb1
Bf5 67. Ba2 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. g3 b6 8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Bg5 Ne4 13. Be3 Nf6 14. a4 a5
15. c3 h6 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. h3 Be4 18. Bf1 Qb7 19. Nd2 Bc6 20. b3 Ba3 21. Rc2
Nd5 22. Nc4 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Be7 24. Ne5 Rab8 25. Re1 Bf6 26. f4 Bxe5 27. fxe5 b5
28. axb5 Bxb5 29. c4 Be8 30. Rc3 Qb6 31. Rd3 a4 32. bxa4 Bxa4 33. Bg2 Qb4 34.
Rc1 Qb2 35. Qd2 Qxd2 36. Rxd2 Rb4 37. Rc3 Bb3 38. Bf1 c5 39. Rb2 Bd1 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. h4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nbd2 Ne4 6. e3 b6 7. Nxe4 fxe4 8.
Nd2 Bb7 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qg4 h5 11. Bxe7 hxg4 12. Bxd8 Kxd8 13. Be2 Nc6 14. Bxg4
Nb4 15. Bd1 Ke7 16. a3 Na6 17. Be2 d5 18. f3 c5 19. fxe4 cxd4 20. exd4 dxe4 21.
O-O-O Nc7 22. Rde1 Raf8 23. Bd1 Nb5 24. c3 Nd6 25. Bc2 Rf2 26. Bxe4 Nxe4 27.
Nxe4 Rxg2 28. Rh3 Rf8 29. Rhe3 Bd5 30. R3e2 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 Rf4 32. Nd2 Rxh4 33.
c4 Bb7 34. d5 Bc8 35. Kc2 Kd8 36. dxe6 Ke7 37. Kc3 Bxe6 38. b3 Kd7 39. Nf3 Rh3
40. Re3 Kd6 41. Kd4 Bg4 42. Ng5 Rxe3 43. Kxe3 Ke5 44. Nf7+ Ke6 45. Nd8+ Kd7 46.
Nf7 Bf5 47. b4 Ke7 48. Ne5 Kd6 49. Kd4 Bb1 50. Nf3 Ke6 51. a4 Kf5 52. a5 bxa5
53. bxa5 Kf4 54. Ne5 g5 55. c5 g4 56. Nxg4 Kxg4 57. Ke5 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Na5 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Bd7 11. Nb3 Rc8 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Bf3 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5
15. exd5 Rc4 16. c3 Rfc8 17. Re1 b5 18. a3 Qc7 19. Qe2 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21.
Qxb5 Rb8 22. Qd3 f5 23. Re2 Rb3 24. Rae1 Qb7 25. Bc1 Qb6+ 26. Kf1 Rxe2 27. Rxe2
Bf6 28. h3 Kf7 29. g4 Qb5 30. Qf3 fxg4 31. hxg4 Qc4 32. g5 Bxc3 33. bxc3 Rxc3
34. Be3 Rxa3 35. Kf2 Rd3 36. Qh3 Qxd5 37. Qxh7+ Ke8 38. Qxg6+ Kd7 39. Qh5 Rd1
40. Qg4+ Kd8 41. Rc2 Qb7 42. Qxd1 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd2 Bf5 7. Bc4 e6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Bb3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. h4
O-O-O 15. O-O-O Bh6 16. Bxh6 Rxh6 17. g3 Rdh8 18. Rhe1 g5 19. hxg5 fxg5 20. Qe3
Qd8 21. c4 Kb8 22. d5 cxd5 23. cxd5 e5 24. d6 f5 25. Kb1 Qb6 26. Qxb6 axb6 27.
Ba4 Nc5 28. Bc2 e4 29. g4 fxg4 30. b4 Nd7 31. Bxe4 Rf8 32. Re2 Rff6 33. Red2
Rf4 34. Rd4 Rxf2 35. Rc4 Re6 36. Rc7 Rxe4 37. Rxd7 Rxb4+ 38. Ka1 Rbb2 39. Rd8+
Ka7 40. d7 Rbd2 41. Rxd2 Rxd2 42. Rg8 Rxd7 43. Rxg5 Rd4 44. Kb2 Ka6 45. Kc3 Ra4
46. Kb3 b5 47. a3 Rf4 48. Rg8 Ka5 49. Rg6 Rf3+ 50. Kb2 g3 51. Rg4 Rf2+ 52. Kb3
g2 53. Rg6 Re2 54. Kc3 b6 55. Kb3 Rf2 56. Rg7 Ka6 57. Kc3 Re2 58. Kb3 Rf2 59.
Kc3 b4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 g5 10. fxg5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ncxe5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Bg7 14. Nce2 Ng4 15.
Kh1 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qe7 17. Ng3 Be5 18. c3 Rg8 19. h4 h6 20. Ngf5 exf5 21. Nxf5
Qc5 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 23. Nxh6 Rh8 24. Bc2 f6 25. Rae1 Rxh6 26. gxh6 Ne4 27. Kg1
Ke7 28. Rf5 Rh8 29. Rh5 Kf7 30. g4 Bf4 31. Bb3 Nd2 32. Bd1 Rxh6 33. Rxh6 Bxh6
34. Bc2 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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Nf3 e6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Re1 c5 8. d5 exd5
9. Nh4 Ne4 10. cxd5 Bxh4 11. Bxe4 Bf6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bf4 d6 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Bg2
Nd7 16. a4 Rfe8 17. Nc4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Qb3 Ba6 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. e3 c4
22. Qc3 Rac8 23. e4 Qxc3 24. bxc3 Rc5 25. f4 Bb7 26. Rad1 Ra5 27. e5 Rxa4 28.
exd6 Rd8 29. Re7 Bc8 30. Rc7 Bf5 31. Re1 Rxd6 32. h3 h5 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4
Bxg4 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Rxf7 Bh5 37. Be4+ Bg6 38. Bxg6+ Kxg6 39. Ree7 Rxd5 40.
Rxg7+ Kf5 41. Rg5+ Kf6 42. Rxd5 Kxe7 43. Rd4 b5 44. Kf2 Ra3 45. Re4+ Kf6 46.
Re3 a5 47. Re5 Rb3 48. Ke2 a4 49. Kd2 a3 50. Kc2 a2 51. Re1 Rb1 52. Rxb1
axb1=Q+ 53. Kxb1 Kf5 54. Kb2 Kxf4 55. Ka3 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Be7 5. h3 h5 6. g3 c6 7. a4 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7
9. O-O Nbd7 10. f4 a6 11. b3 Qc7 12. Kh1 Rd8 13. Ba3 c5 14. d5 h4 15. fxe5 Nxe5
16. g4 Bc8 17. Qd2 Nh7 18. Nd1 Bg5 19. Qe1 Nf8 20. Nf2 Nfg6 21. Nd3 Qe7 22. Ng1
O-O 23. Bb2 Rfe8 24. Qf2 Bf6 25. Rae1 Bd7 26. Bc1 Nxd3 27. cxd3 b5 28. axb5
Bxb5 29. Rd1 Ne5 30. Qe3 g6 31. Nf3 Rb8 32. g5 Bg7 33. Nxh4 Bd7 34. d4 cxd4 35.
Rxd4 Rec8 36. Rd2 Bb5 37. Rfd1 Rc7 38. Nf3 Rbc8 39. Bb2 Nxf3 40. Bxf3 Bxb2 41.
Rxb2 Qe5 42. Qd4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
g5 9. a3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. b4 g4 12. Ne1 Qxd4 13. Nb3 Qxe5 14. Rb1 Qg7 15.
Bb5 O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nd3 Ba6 20. Re1 Rab8 21.
Ne5 Ne4 22. Qd4 Bb5 23. Rbc1 Rbc8 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. Rxc5 f6 26. Nxg4 e5 27. Qd1
d4 28. f3 Kh8 29. a4 Ba6 30. Qd2 Rg8 31. Nh6 Rgf8 32. Rec1 Qd7 33. g4 Bb7 34.
h4 e4 35. fxe4 d3 36. R1c4 Ba6 37. Rc1 Qd4+ 38. Qf2 Qxe4 39. Re1 Qxb4 40. Rf5
Qb6 41. Re3 Rce8 42. Rxf6 Qc5 43. Rf7 Qxe3 44. Rxf8+ Kg7 45. Nf5+ Kxf8 46.
Nxe3+ Kg8 47. Nf5 Bc8 48. Qd4 Bxf5 49. gxf5 Kf7 50. Qxd3 Kf6 51. Qd6+ Kxf5 52.
Qxc6 Re7 53. h5 Kg5 54. h6 Rf7 55. a5 Rf6 56. Qc5+ Kxh6 57. Qxa7 Kg5 58. a6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Na3 d4
9. e4 Bg4 10. c4 e5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 exf4 13. gxf4 Nh5 14. Nc2 f5 15. e5
Qe7 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Rab1 b6 18. b4 Kh8 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Qf2 Bh6 21. Kh2 Nd8
22. Bd5 Ne6 23. Rb7 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Nxc7 25. Ne1 Rb8 26. Bc1 Qd7 27. Qf3 Rb1 28.
Ng2 Ra1 29. Qe2 Rb1 30. Qc2 Rb8 31. Bf3 Ng7 32. Bd2 Nge6 33. Rb1 Qc8 34. h4 Rb6
35. Rxb6 axb6 36. Qa4 Qa6 37. Qxa6 Nxa6 38. Bd5 Nec7 39. Kg3 Kg7 40. Ne1 Kf8
41. Bb7 Ke7 42. Nc2 Nb8 43. Ne1 Kd7 44. Bf3 Nc6 45. Bxc6+ Kxc6 46. a4 Ne6 47.
Nc2 Bf8 48. a5 bxa5 49. Bxa5 h6 50. Ne1 Be7 51. Nf3 h5 52. Ne1 Kb7 53. Nc2 Ka6
54. Bd2 Bd8 55. Ne1 Ba5 56. Bxa5 Kxa5 57. Nf3 Kb4 58. Kf2 Nd8 59. Ng5 Ka5 60.
e6 Nc6 61. Ke2 Kb6 62. Nf7 Kc7 63. Kf3 Ne7 64. Ke2 Nc6 65. Kd2 Ne7 66. Kc2 Nc6
67. Kc1 Nb4 68. Kd2 Nc6 69. Kd1 Ne7 70. Kc2 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4
d5 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 Be6 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Bxb3 14. axb3 Qd7
15. Rd1 Qe6 16. b4 Bd6 17. Be3 f6 18. Ne1 Reb8 19. Nc2 Rb7 20. h3 a5 21. Rd5
Rbb8 22. bxa5 Nxa5 23. Rxb5 Qc4 24. Qxc4+ Nxc4 25. Rxb8+ Rxb8 26. b4 Nxe3 27.
Nxe3 c5 28. Rd1 Bf8 29. bxc5 Bxc5 30. Rd3 Rb2 31. g3 Kf7 32. Kg2 Ke6 33. Kf3
Rb3 34. Nc4 Bd4 35. Ke2 Rxc3 36. Rxc3 Bxc3 37. Ne3 g6 38. g4 Bd4 39. Nd5 f5 40.
gxf5+ gxf5 41. f3 f4 42. Kf1 Bc5 43. Kg2 Bf8 44. Kf1 Kd6 45. Kg2 Kc5 46. Nf6
Kd6 47. Nxh7 Be7 48. h4 Bxh4 49. Kh3 Be7 50. Kg4 Ke6 51. Ng5+ Kf6 52. Kh5 Bd8
53. Nh3 Bb6 54. Kh6 Bc5 55. Ng5 Bf8+ 56. Kh5 Bc5 57. Nh7+ Kg7 58. Ng5 Kf6 59.
Nh3 Bd4 60. Kh6 Bc5 61. Kh5 Bd4 62. Ng5 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nbd2 e6 8. c4
Be7 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. c5 Qc7 11. Bf4 Qc8 12. O-O O-O 13. Rac1 Bg6 14. Be2 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Nd2 Bg6 17. Qc3 f6 18. b4 a6 19. a4 Re8 20. Bg3 e5 21. Rfe1 Bf8
22. Qb3 Bf7 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Qd8 25. b6 Ra5 26. Bg4 h5 27. Bf5 g6 28. Bc2
Qa8 29. Qc3 Ra3 30. Nb3 Bg7 31. Ra1 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Qc8 33. Ra7 f5 34. f4 exd4
35. exd4 Nf6 36. Qd3 Ne4 37. Bh4 Bf6 38. Bxf6 Nxf6 39. Qd2 Ne4 40. Qc1 Ng3 41.
Bd3 Re7 42. Kf2 h4 43. Nd2 Ne4+ 44. Kg1 Nxd2 45. Qxd2 Qe8 46. Kf2 Kh7 47. Be2
Qd8 48. Bf3 Qe8 49. Ra1 Qb8 50. Kg1 Qh8 51. Qf2 Qf6 52. Ra7 Kg7 53. Be2 Be6 54.
Ba6 Bc8 55. Ra8 Qe6 56. Qxh4 Re8 57. Ra7 Re7 58. Kh2 Rf7 59. Bf1 Qe3 60. Ra8
Rf8 61. Qg5 Qxd4 62. h4 Qf6 63. Kg3 Qxg5+ 64. fxg5 f4+ 65. Kf2 d4 66. Ra7 Rd8
67. Bd3 Rd5 68. Ra8 Bf5 69. Bxf5 Rxf5 70. Ra7 Rf7 71. Ke2 Rd7 72. Kd3 Kf7 73.
Ra4 Rd5 74. Rxd4 Rxc5 75. Rxf4+ Kg7 76. Rd4 Kf7 77. Rd7+ Ke6 78. Rxb7 Rb5 79.
Rb8 Kf5 80. Rf8+ Kg4 81. Rf6 Rxb6 82. Rxg6 Kxh4 83. Rg8 Rb5 84. g6 Kh5 85. Ke4
Rg5 86. Kf4 Rxg6 87. Rh8+ Rh6 88. g4+ Kg6 89. Rc8 Kg7 90. Rc7+ Kg8 91. Kf5 c5
92. Rc8+ Kg7 93. Rxc5 Rf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. h4 d6 5. h5 Nxh5 6. e4 c6 7. exf5 Bg7 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. fxg6 hxg6 10. Rxh8+ Bxh8 11. Nge2 Bf5 12. f3 Nbd7 13. g4 Be6 14. Nf4 Bf7
15. g5 Nh7 16. Qd3 Nhf8 17. Be3 e5 18. Nfe2 d5 19. O-O-O Qe7 20. Bh3 Ne6 21. f4
e4 22. Qd2 Ng7 23. Rh1 O-O-O 24. Na4 Kb8 25. Ng3 Be6 26. Bxe6 Nxe6 27. f5 gxf5
28. Nxf5 Qf8 29. Rf1 Ka8 30. a3 b5 31. Nc3 Nb6 32. Ng3 Qg8 33. b3 Bg7 34. Nf5
Bf8 35. Kb2 Rb8 36. Na2 Qh8 37. c3 c5 38. g6 c4 39. Nb4 cxb3 40. Kxb3 a5 41.
Na6 Rc8 42. Qe2 Nc4 43. Bc1 Kb7 44. g7 Bxg7 45. Nc5+ Rxc5 46. dxc5 Nxc5+ 47.
Kc2 Bxc3 48. Qg4 b4 49. axb4 axb4 50. Ne7 b3+ 51. Kb1 Qa8 52. Qe2 Qa1# 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. Qc1 d4 7. Nd1 h5 8. h4 c5
9. e4 Nc6 10. f4 e5 11. Nf3 Ng4 12. Nf2 Nxf2 13. Kxf2 Bg4 14. Rf1 Qd7 15. Kg1
O-O-O 16. a3 f5 17. Ng5 Bf6 18. b4 Bxg5 19. fxg5 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Bf5 21. Qe1 c4
22. dxc4 Rhf8 23. b5 Nb8 24. Bb4 Rf7 25. Bd5 Re8 26. Qe2 Rg7 27. a4 Qd8 28. a5
Nd7 29. Qg2 e4 30. Rad1 Ne5 31. Rxd4 Nf3+ 32. Rxf3 exf3 33. Qxf3 Qc7 34. a6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 O-O 6. e4 fxe4 7. dxe4 e5 8. Nge2
d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. h3 Nc5 11. Be3 Be6 12. b4 Ncd7 13. c5 dxc5 14. bxc5 c6 15.
Rb1 Rb8 16. Qa4 a6 17. f4 Ne8 18. Rbd1 Qe7 19. Qc2 Nc7 20. f5 Bc4 21. g4 g5 22.
Rf2 h6 23. Ng3 Nf6 24. Rfd2 Nb5 25. Na4 Bf7 26. Nb6 Rbd8 27. Ne2 Rfe8 28. a4
Nd4 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. Rxd4 Nd5 31. Nxd5 cxd5 32. R4d2 Rc8 33. Bf2 dxe4 34. Rd7
Qe5 35. Be3 Re7 36. Qb1 Rxd7 37. Rxd7 Qc3 38. Kf2 Be8 39. Rxb7 Bc6 40. Rb3 Qe5
41. Qc1 Bxa4 42. Rb6 Bb5 43. Qd2 Rxc5 44. Rg6 Rc7 45. f6 Rf7 46. Rxg7+ Rxg7 47.
fxg7 Bd3 48. Qb4 Qxg7 49. Qd4 Qf7+ 50. Kg1 Qe6 51. Qd8+ Kf7 52. Qc7+ Ke8 53.
Qb6 Kd7 54. Qxe6+ Kxe6 55. Bd2 Kd5 56. h4 Kd4 57. Kf2 gxh4 58. Bxh6 a5 59. Bg7+
Kd5 60. Ke3 a4 61. g5 Ke6 62. Bh3+ Kf7 63. Bb2 Kg6 64. Kf4 e3 65. Kxe3 Bf5 66.
Bxf5+ Kxf5 67. Bf6 a3 68. Kf3 a2 69. Kg2 a1=B 70. Bxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. Ngf3 Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. Re1
b6 9. e5 Qc7 10. Qe2 h6 11. h4 g5 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Nxg5 Qxe5 14. Qxe5 Nxe5 15.
Ngf3 N5c6 16. c3 Ba6 17. Bf1 Ng6 18. a4 Kd7 19. Rd1 Bf6 20. Rb1 Rh5 21. b4 cxb4
22. cxb4 Bb7 23. b5 Nce5 24. d4 Nc4 25. Bg2 Rc8 26. Nf1 Ne7 27. N1h2 Bg7 28.
Ng4 f6 29. Nh4 Nf5 30. Nxf5 Rxf5 31. Rb3 Rh5 32. Nh2 Nd6 33. Nf1 Bh6 34. Bf3
Bxc1 35. Bxh5 Bh6 36. Bg4 Rc4 37. Ra3 f5 38. Be2 Rc2 39. Bd3 Rc8 40. Nh2 Nc4
41. Ra2 Kd6 42. Nf3 Rc7 43. Re1 Bc8 44. Kg2 Bg7 45. Rh1 Bf6 46. Rh6 Rf7 47. Re2
Bd7 48. Kg1 Rf8 49. Rh7 Rc8 50. Rh6 Rf8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Bd2 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bf4
Bd6 9. Ne5 Ne7 10. e3 Ng6 11. Bg3 Qe7 12. Qh5 O-O 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. f4 Bxe5 15.
fxe5 f6 16. O-O fxe5 17. dxe5 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Ndxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qf3 Be6
21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Ne2 Re8 23. b4 Bf5 24. g4 Be4 25. Qf7+ Kh7 26. Nd4 Qe7 27.
Qxe7 Rxe7 28. g5 Kg8 29. h4 Bd3 30. Rf3 Re4 31. Kf2 Rxh4 32. Kg3 Re4 33. a3 Re5
34. Kf4 Re7 35. Kg3 Be4 36. Rf1 Bf5 37. Rf3 Re4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. b3
Rb8 9. Bb2 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Rc1 b4 12. Na4 Na7 13. d5 e5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15.
Qc2 c5 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Rxd6 Bb7 18. Rdd1 Rbc8 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nb5 21.
Kg1 Nd5 22. e4 Ndc3 23. Rd7 Qf6 24. f4 Nd4 25. Qg2 Nce2+ 26. Kh1 Nxc1 27. Ng4
Qd8 28. Rxd8 Rfxd8 29. Bxc1 Nxb3 30. axb3 Rd1+ 31. Qg1 Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1 c4 33. e5
cxb3 34. Bb2 Ra8 35. Nc5 Bf8 36. Nxb3 Ra2 37. Bd4 Ra3 38. Nd2 b3 39. Nf2 Bb4
40. Nc4 Ra4 41. Nb2 Ra1+ 42. Kg2 Rc1 43. Nbd3 Rc4 44. Bb2 Ba5 45. Kf3 Rc2 46.
Bd4 Rd2 47. Ke3 Rc2 48. Ne4 Kf7 49. Nec5 b2 50. Nxb2 Rxh2 51. Nc4 Be1 52. Nd6+
Ke7 53. Nce4 h5 54. Bc5 Kd7 55. Nf7 Kc6 56. Be7 Kd5 57. Bh4 Ba5 58. Nf6+ Kc4
59. Nd6+ Kb4 60. Nfe4 Bb6+ 61. Kd3 Rh1 62. Ng5 Kc5 63. Nxe6+ Kd5 64. Nf8 g5 65.
Bxg5 Bf2 66. Ne4 Bxg3 67. Nxg3 Rh3 68. e6 Rxg3+ 69. Ke2 Kd4 70. e7 Re3+ 71. Kf2
Re4 72. f5 Kd5 73. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. fxe5 Ng4 10. Nd5 Na6 11. Bg5 Re8 12. h3 Nxe5 13. Nf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Nc4
15. Kf2 Nb4 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. a3 Na6 18. Ne2 Bc6 19. Nc3 Nc5 20. Rhe1 Nxb2 21. e5
Nc4 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Nb6 24. Ba2 Nbd7 25. Kf3 Nxf6 26. exf6 Nd7 27. g4
Nxf6 28. g5 Nd7 29. Rcd1 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Kf8 31. Rd1 Nc5 32. Kf4 Re8 33. Rd5 b6
34. Kf3 Kg7 35. h4 h6 36. gxh6+ Kxh6 37. h5 Kg7 38. Rg5 Kf6 39. Rd5 Rh8 40.
hxg6 fxg6 41. Kg2 Rh5 42. Rd1 Re5 43. Kf3 Rf5+ 44. Kg2 g5 45. Bd5 Rf4 46. Bc6
Rc4 47. Rf1+ Ke5 48. Re1+ Ne4 49. Ba8 Rxc2+ 50. Kf3 Rf2+ 51. Ke3 Rf4 52. Rd1
Nd6 53. Rd5+ Kf6 54. Bc6 Rc4 55. Bd7 Rc3+ 56. Ke2 Rxa3 57. Rd1 Ke5 58. Bc6 g4
59. Rd5+ Kf6 60. Rd4 g3 61. Rg4 Nf5 62. Be4 Nd4+ 63. Kd2 Ke5 64. Bb7 c6 65. Ke1
Ra2 66. Rxg3 b5 67. Kd1 a5 68. Rc3 Kd6 69. Rd3 c5 70. Rh3 c4 71. Rh5 Kc7 72.
Ba6 Kb6 73. Rh6+ Kc5 74. Rh5+ Kb4 75. Rh4 Ra1+ 76. Kd2 Nb3+ 77. Ke2 Nc5 78. Bc8
a4 79. Kd2 a3 80. Kc2 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "35"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. h3 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bf4 Bb7 6. e3 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be2 Be7
9. O-O O-O 10. c4 Nb4 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. a5 Bf6 13. Nb5 d6 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2
e5 16. Bh2 a6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Nd6 bxa5 19. Rfd1 Bc8 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. e4 f4
22. Bg4 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Rcd8 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. Bd5 Nc6 26. f3 Nd4 27. Rd3 Rb8 28.
Ra2 Ne2+ 29. Kf1 Nc1 30. Rda3 Nxa2 31. Rxa2 a4 32. Bg1 Be7 33. Bf2 Rb4 34. Be1
Rb6 35. Bc3 Bd6 36. Rxa4 Rfb8 37. Ke1 g5 38. Kd1 Kg7 39. Kc2 Kf6 40. Ra1 h5 41.
Rh1 Bc7 42. Ra1 Rd6 43. Rh1 a5 44. Ra1 Ra6 45. Ra3 g4 46. hxg4 hxg4 47. Kd3 Kg5
48. Ra1 Rh8 49. fxg4 Rh2 50. Ke2 Rxg2+ 51. Kf3 Rg3+ 52. Kf2 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "36"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C37"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Bh6 7. d4 Qh4 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. Nd5 Kd8 10. c3 d6 11. Nxf4 Nge7 12. g3 Qg4 13. Qg2 Bd7 14. h3 Qg8
15. Nh5 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 Qg5 17. g4 Ng6 18. Rce1 Rf8 19. Qg3 Qh4 20. Qxh4+ Nxh4
21. Nf6 Ng6 22. Nxh7 Rh8 23. Ng5 Be8 24. Bxf7 Ke7 25. Kg2 Rf8 26. Bb3 Bd7 27.
Kg3 Na5 28. Bf7 Nh8 29. e5 Nxf7 30. exd6+ Kxd6 31. Rf6+ Kd5 32. Nxf7 Nc6 33. b3
Rae8 34. Rc1 Ke4 35. d5 Ne5 36. Re1+ Kxd5 37. Rd1+ Ke4 38. Rf4+ Ke3 39. Re1+
Kd2 40. Rxe5 Bc6 41. Rxe8 Rxe8 42. g5 Re3+ 43. Kh4 Bd7 44. Rd4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "37"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Qe2 Nf6 8.
Ne5 Nbd7 9. O-O Bb4 10. Nxd7 Kxd7 11. Bd2 Rad8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qc7 14. a4
Kc8 15. h3 h5 16. a5 Rh6 17. Ra3 Rg6 18. Kh1 Rh8 19. Bd2 Ng4 20. f4 Nf6 21. Be1
h4 22. Bd3 Qd6 23. Qe5 Qd5 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. c4 Nf6 27. Bf2 Ne4
28. d5 c5 29. Kh2 Re8 30. Bxh4 Nd2 31. Rc1 Re2 32. Rg3 Rxg3 33. Kxg3 Ne4+ 34.
Kf3 Rxb2 35. g4 g6 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Be1 Nf6 38. Ke3 Rh2 39. h4 Rh3+ 40. Ke2
Nh5 41. Rc3 Nxf4+ 42. Kd1 Rh1 43. Kd2 Ng6 44. Re3 Kd7 45. Rb3 Kc8 46. Bf2 Ne5
47. Bxc5 Nxc4+ 48. Ke2 Nxa5 49. Re3 b6 50. Be7 Kd7 51. Bf6 Nc4 52. Re7+ Kd6 53.
Rxa7 Kxd5 54. Rxf7 b5 55. Rf8 Ke6 56. Bg7 Nd6 57. Rh8 b4 58. Rb8 Rxh4 59. Bf8
Re4+ 60. Kf3 Kd5 61. Rb6 Nc4 62. Rb5+ Ke6 63. Rxb4 Ne5+ 64. Kg2 Re2+ 65. Kf1
Ra2 66. Rb6+ Kd5 67. Rb5+ Ke4 68. Rb4+ Kf3 69. Rb3+ Kg4 70. Bd6 Nc4 71. Rb4 Rc2
72. Bc7 Kf3 73. Rb3+ Ne3+ 74. Ke1 Re2# 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "38"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Qc7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bf3 Rac8 15.
Re1 Rfd8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. a5 Nd7 19. c3 Bh7 20. Ra4 Rf8 21. Nc4 f5
22. Nb6 Nxb6 23. Bxb6 Qd7 24. Rb4 Bf6 25. Qb3 Rf7 26. Bh5 g6 27. Be2 Kh8 28.
Rc4 Bg8 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. c4 e4 31. Qe3 g5 32. b4 Re7 33. Qb3 f4 34. Bg4 Qe8
35. Qd1 Bc3 36. Bd4+ Bxd4 37. Qxd4+ Re5 38. Rxe4 Kg7 39. c5 Bxd5 40. Re2 Kg6
41. Qd3+ Kf6 42. Qd4 dxc5 43. bxc5 Qe7 44. Qc3 Bc6 45. Qd4 Bb5 46. Re1 Qxc5 47.
Qd8+ Kg7 48. Rd1 Qe7 49. Qd4 Qc5 50. Qd8 Qe7 51. Qd4 Kg6 52. Qb6+ Bc6 53. Kh2
h5 54. Bd7 g4 55. Bxc6 bxc6 56. Qxc6+ Re6 57. Qc3 Qg5 58. Qc8 g3+ 59. Kh1 Qe7
60. Qg8+ Kh6 61. Qh8+ Kg6 62. Qg8+ Kh6 63. fxg3 Re1+ 64. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 65. Kh2
fxg3+ 66. Qxg3 Qxa5 67. Qd6+ Kg7 68. Qe7+ Kg6 69. Qe6+ Kg7 70. h4 Qc7+ 71. Kh3
Qc3+ 72. g3 Qa5 73. Qe7+ Kg6 74. Qe8+ Kf6 75. Qe2 Qf5+ 76. Kh2 a5 77. Qa6+ Ke7
78. Qa7+ Kd6 79. Qb6+ Ke7 80. Qa7+ Kf6 81. Qb6+ Kg7 82. Qa7+ Kg6 83. Qb6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Oslo BNbank Gp-A"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. d3 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. Na3
Rb8 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bg4 14. Re1
Rfd8 15. f5 gxf5 16. h3 Bd1 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Raxd1 fxg5 20. exf5 Rxd1
21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rd5 b6 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Bd5+ Kf8 25. Kf2 e4 26. Ke3 Be5 27.
g4 Bf4+ 28. Kxe4 Bc1 29. Nc4 b5 30. Nd6 Bxb2 31. Nxb5 a6 32. Nc7 Bxc3 33. Nxa6
Bd4 34. a4 Ke7 35. Nc7 Bc3 36. Nb5 Bb4 37. Ke5 Nf7+ 38. Bxf7 Kxf7 39. Nd6+ Ke7
40. Nc4 Bc3+ 41. Kd5 Bd4 42. a5 Kd7 43. a6 Kc7 44. Ke6 Kc6 45. f6 Bc3 46. Nd6
Kb6 47. a7 1-0

[Event "Oslo BNbank Gp-A"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Daskevics, Vadims"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Bd7 5. O-O Qc8 6. e4 Bh3 7. Nc3 h5 8. Bxh3
Qxh3 9. Ng5 Qd7 10. h4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nh6 12. d5 Nd8 13. Kg2 Ng4 14. Bd4 f6 15.
Nh3 c5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. f3 Ne5 18. Qe2 Rb8 19. Rab1 O-O 20. Nf4 Qe8 21. Bxa7
Ra8 22. Bg1 e6 23. Nd3 Nd7 24. f4 f5 25. Rbe1 Rxa2 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Nb4 Ra8
28. Qf3 Rc8 29. Ra1 c5 30. Nd3 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Oslo BNbank Gp-A"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mohsen, Abdulla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qxd5 Qxd5 7. cxd5 Nxe5 8.
Bf4 Ng6 9. Bg3 Nf6 10. Nc3 a6 11. h4 h5 12. Bd3 b5 13. Nf3 b4 14. Na4 Nxd5 15.
Bxg6 fxg6 16. O-O-O Be6 17. Rhe1 Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Oslo BNbank Gp-A"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Royset, Jon Kristian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. e4 fxe4 7. f3 Qa5 8. Qd2
Nf6 9. Rb1 d6 10. Rb5 Qc7 11. fxe4 O-O 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qe3 b6 14. Nf3 e4 15.
Ng5 Qe5 16. Rb3 h6 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Ng4 19. Qg3 Qxg3+ 20. hxg3 h5 21. Be2
Nc6 22. Bxg4 hxg4 23. Bf4 Rf6 24. Rh4 Rxe6 25. Rxg4 Na5 26. Rb1 Nxc4 27. Rd1
Nb2 28. Rd7 Nd3+ 29. Ke2 b5 30. Be3 a5 31. Rd5 b4 32. Bxc5 bxc3 33. Rxe4 c2 34.
Rxe6 c1=Q 35. Rxd3 Qxc5 36. Rxg6+ Kf7 37. Rg4 0-1

[Event "Oslo BNbank Gp-A"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schmidt, Joshua Paul"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 e4 3. b5 d5 4. e3 Nf6 5. g3 h5 6. Bg2 h4 7. Ne2 h3 8. Bf1 Bg4
9. Qc1 Bf3 10. Rg1 Ng4 11. Nd4 Nxh2 12. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 13. Ke2 Nxg1+ 0-1

[Event "Oslo BNbank Gp-A"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 c6 5. d3 Bf5 6. h3 e6 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. Bd2
Nbd7 9. Nf3 Bg6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nf4 Bd6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. O-O-O b5 14. Bb3 a5
15. a3 Nc5 16. Ba2 b4 17. d4 Nce4 18. a4 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Bf4 20. g3 Bxd2+ 21.
Rxd2 Qd6 22. h4 Nd5 23. Bc4 Kd7 24. Qf3 Qe7 25. Re1 0-1

[Event "Oslo BNbank Gp-A"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Daskevics, Vadims"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 d6 7. e4 g6 8. Nd2
Bg7 9. Nc4 Qd8 10. a4 O-O 11. Ne2 Na6 12. g4 Nc7 13. Ng3 b6 14. Qd2 Ba6 15. h4
Nd7 16. h5 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Ne5 18. Be2 e6 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Be3 c4 21. f4 Nd3+
22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Qxd3 Qc7 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. f5 Nc5 26. Qd5 Be5 27. Kf2 Qb7 28.
Qxb7 Nxb7 29. Kf3 Rfe8 30. Rh6 Bg7 31. Rh2 Rac8 32. g5 Be5 33. f6 Re6 34. Bd4
1-0

[Event "Oslo BNbank Gp-A"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Royset, Jon Kristian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qe2 d5 6. exd5+ Be7 7. d4 O-O 8.
Bxf4 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. c3 Re8 12. Be3 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qe7 14. Kf2
Bd6 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Rae1 Nc6 17. h3 Bh5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Qc2 Qf6 20. Bg5 Bxd3 21.
Qxd3 Qg6 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. Nh4 f6 24. Bd2 Kf7 25. Ng2 g5 26. Kf3 Rxe1 27. Nxe1
Re8 28. Nc2 Ne7 29. h4 gxh4 30. Rxh4 Ng6 31. Rh5 Ne7 32. Ne3 Ke6 33. b3 b6 34.
c4 dxc4 35. bxc4 Kf7 36. a4 Ng6 37. Nf5 Bf8 38. Rh1 Rc8 39. Rc1 Ba3 40. Rc3 Bb4
41. Rc2 Bxd2 42. Nd6+ Ke6 43. Nxc8 Ba5 44. Nxa7 Kd7 45. c5 bxc5 46. dxc5 Ne5+
47. Ke4 g6 48. c6+ Kc7 49. g5 1-0

[Event "Oslo BNbank KO"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. g4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. g5 Nfd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nxd5 Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Nxd4 Nde5 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14.
Bc5 Qxg5 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. Qd2 Qf6 17. Bg2 Bf5 18. O-O Rd8 19. Qc3 Nd4 20. Rfe1
Qg6 21. Qg3 Qa6 22. Kh1 Re8 23. e4 Nc2 24. Rec1 Nxa1 25. exf5 Qxa2 26. f6 gxf6
1-0

[Event "Oslo BNbank KO"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. d5 e5
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Nd4 Bf7 13. Rb1 d5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Ba3 Re8 16. e3 Nd7 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. Rfc1 Qa5 19. Bb2 Ne5 20. Qb5 Qxa2 21. Ba1
Nd3 22. Rf1 Re7 23. f3 Rc5 24. Qa4 Qd2 25. fxe4 Ra5 0-1

[Event "Oslo BNbank KO"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O b5 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. Nb3
Nbd7 9. Na5 Qc8 10. Nd4 a6 11. Ndc6 Re8 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 e5 14. Bh3 exf4
15. Rxf4 Bxc6 16. Nxc6 Qb7 17. Bxd7 Qb6+ 18. Kg2 Rxe4 19. Rxe4 Nxe4 20. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Oslo BNbank KO"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. d5 e5
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Nd4 Bf7 13. Rb1 Re8 14. Bb2 Nd7 15.
Nc2 Nf6 16. Ne3 a5 17. a4 Qe7 18. Qd2 Red8 19. Rfd1 d5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5
Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Oslo BNbank KO"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Ne4 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. Qd1 e5 13. O-O Na5 14. Bd3 e4
15. Bc2 Re8 16. Bb3 Bg4 17. Qc2 Nxb3 18. axb3 a6 19. c4 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qd7 21.
Ra5 c6 22. f4 f5 23. Rd1 Bc7 24. Raa1 Qf7 25. Be1 h6 26. Bc3 g5 27. g3 gxf4 28.
gxf4 Kh7 29. d5 cxd5 30. Rxd5 Rad8 31. Rad1 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Rd8 33. Qd2 Rxd5 34.
cxd5 Qg6+ 35. Kf1 Bb6 36. Bd4 Bxd4 37. Qxd4 Qd6 38. Ke2 Kg6 39. Kd2 a5 40. Kc3
b5 41. h4 Qa3 42. Qb6+ Kh5 43. Qxb5 a4 44. Kd4 Qc1 45. Ke5 Qd2 46. d6 Qc3+ 47.
Kxf5 Qd4 48. Qe2+ 1-0

[Event "Oslo BNbank KO"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 Bg7 5. b4 Nc6 6. Bb2 Nxb4 7. Nh3 Nh5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 e6 10. e4 Nc6 11. e5 d6 12. f4 dxe5 13. dxe5 Na5 14. Qa4 Qd4+ 15.
Nf2 Nxc4 16. Nb5 Qxb2 17. Qxc4 Bd7 18. Nxc7 Rac8 19. Rab1 Qa3 20. Bxb7 Nxg3 21.
hxg3 Qxg3+ 22. Bg2 Rf7 23. Rb3 Qh4 24. Bb7 Bxe5 25. Bxc8 Bxf4 26. Nh3 Bh2+ 27.
Kxh2 Qxc4 28. Bxd7 Qxc7+ 29. Nf4 Rxd7 0-1

[Event "Oslo BNbank KO"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 Qe7 8. a4 a5
9. Ba3 b6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Qc1 Na6 12. Na3 O-O 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. Nc2 Ne4 15.
Nce1 f4 16. Nd3 fxg3 17. hxg3 c5 18. Qe3 Rad8 19. cxd5 exd5 0-1

[Event "Oslo BNbank KO"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. h4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Ne2 c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Bb5 Nd8 12. a3 Nf7 13. Nf4 b6 14. Ba4 Ba6 15. Bc2
Rad8 16. Bd3 Bc8 17. Qc2 Nf6 18. a4 a5 19. b3 Bb7 20. h5 Rc8 21. O-O cxd4 22.
exd4 Ne4 23. c4 Qd6 24. Qc1 1-0

[Event "London Classic 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2010.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2010.12.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 (11. Bf4 $5 Kc8 12. Rad1 $1 (12. a3
$2 {ist einfach zu langsam.} b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Rfe1 c5 $132 {Motylev -
Ponomariov (Motril, 2008). Schwarz plant Bc6-Kb7 mit guter Stellung.}) 12... b6
13. Rd3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Kb7 15. b3 $14 {und Schwarz hatte Probleme mit seiner
Entwicklung in Anand - Topalov (Monte Carlo, 2005).}) 11... Kc8 (11... c5 $5 {
Dieser Zug wird selten gespielt, doch er ist nicht viel schlechter als die
Partiefortsetzung.} 12. Rd1 ({Betrachtung verdient} 12. Bb2 $5 {mit der Idee,
den anderen Turm nach d1 zu stellen. Womöglich hat Schwarz die Möglichkeit 12..
..Nd4!?} Nd4 13. Nxd4 (13. Rad1 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Kc8 15. Kg2 Be6 $15 {Schwarz
kann nur besser stehen.}) 13... cxd4 14. Ne4 c5 15. c3 $1 {Man muss dynamisch
spielen, ansonsten wird man einfacht schlecht stehen.} dxc3 16. Bxc3 Kc7 17.
Rad1 Be7 18. Nd6 Bxd6 $3 (18... Be6 19. f4 g6 20. Nxf7 $3 Bxf7 21. e6 Bxe6 22.
Bxh8 Rxh8 23. Rfe1 $18) 19. exd6+ Kc6 20. Bxg7 Rhg8 21. Be5 Bxh3 22. Bg3 Be6
$11 {Es sieht so aus, dass Schwarz sich halten kann.}) 12... Kc8 {Es ist
offensichtlich, dass mit dieser Zugfolge Schwarz etwas gewonnen hat, nämlich
dass der weiße Turm a1 nicht so leicht ins Spiel kommt.} 13. a4 (13. Bb2 Be6
14. Nd5 g5 15. c4 b6 16. Rd2 Kb7 17. Rad1 Ne7 18. Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Motylev - Zhou
Jianchao (Ningbo, 2010)}) 13... a5 14. Nd5 ({Auch nichts bringt} 14. g4 Ne7 15.
Rd3 Bc6 $1 $11 ({Aber nicht} 15... g5 $2 16. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 17. Rad1 $18)) 14...
g5 $1 {Schwarz kann das Feld f6 aufgeben - der weiße Springer wird hübsch
aussehen und keine Beschäftigung haben.} 15. Bb2 Be6 {Der Läufer e6 ist
unantastbar - die Felder d4 und f4 sind beide unter Kontrolle der schwarzen
Bauern.} 16. c4 b6 $132 {Svidler (2735) - Ponomariov (Astrakhan, 2010)}) 12.
Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 {Dies gilt als Hauptzug, eine gute Alternative ist ...c5.
Weiß hat nun mehrere Fortsetzungsmöglichkeiten.} (13... c5 14. Rfe1 ({Nach} 14.
Nd5 a5 $1 15. a4 c4 $1 {wurde Weiß praktisch gezwungen, den Bauer zu opfern:}
16. e6 fxe6 17. Nf4 cxb3 18. cxb3 Bd6 19. Ng6 Rg8 20. Nfe5 Be8 $15 {, wonach
Schwarz eindeutig besser stand in Stellwagen - Efimenko (Wattenscheid, 2008).})
14... a5 $5 $146 {Der Zug ist vielleicht nicht schlecht, aber mir gefällt die
sofortige Überführung des Springers nach g6 besser.} (14... Ne7 {Die
Überführung des Springers nach g6 ist ein typisches Manöver - von dort aus
kontrolliert er das Feld f4.} 15. Nd2 (15. Ne2 Ng6 $11 {Leko - Jakovenko 
(Jermuk, 2009)}) 15... Be6 16. Nde4 c4 17. Kh2 cxb3 18. cxb3 Ng6 19. Nb5 Bd7
20. Nec3 Bc5 21. Ba3 Bxa3 22. Nxa3 Re8 $11 {Motylev - Volokitin (Wijk aan Zee,
2009)}) 15. a4 {Weiß kann vielleicht Schwarz erlauben, a4 zu spielen.} (15. g4
$5 Ne7 16. Nd2 h5 17. f3 a4 18. Kg2 $14) 15... Ne7 {Nachdem die Züge a5 und a4
gespielt wurden, ist es sogar noch besser für Schwarz.} 16. Ne2 Ng6 $132 {
und Schwarz hatte gutes Gegenspiel in Motylev - Ponomariov (Khanty-Mansiysk,
2009).}) 14. Rfe1 (14. Rd2 c5 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Ne2 g5 $132 {Anand - Kramnik 
(Mainz, 2001)}) (14. Ne2 Ng6 15. Ng3 (15. Ne1 h5 16. Nd3 c5 17. c4 a5 18. a4 h4
$11 {Kasparov - Kramnik (London, 2000)}) 15... Nf4 16. Nd4 a5 17. a4 b5 18. Kh2
bxa4 19. bxa4 Nd5 20. Rd3 Nb6 $132 {Shirov - Kramnik (Astana, 2001)}) (14. Nd4
$5 c5 15. Nde2 a5 16. Rd2 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Nf4 Bf5 19. g4 $1 $16 {Efimenko
- Naiditsch (Subotica, 2008)}) 14... c5 15. Ne2 Ng6 16. h4 $2 {Erstaunlich. Es
gab schon eine Partie, in der Weiß h4 gezogen hat und überhaupt nichts hatte.
Die Schwächung der weißen Felder darf man nicht zulassen, selbst wenn der
Computer die Stellung als gut bewertet!} (16. Ng3 $5 Be6 (16... Bc6 $6 17. Re3
Kb7 (17... Be7 $2 18. Nf5 $14) 18. e6 $14) 17. Nh5 Rg8 18. g4 Be7 $132) 16...
Be7 {Eine Neuerung, unklar wozu man sie braucht, wenn Schwarz nach 16...Bg4
besser steht?!} (16... Bg4 $1 {Die nächsten Züge sind forciert, Weiß landet in
einem schlechten Endspiel.} 17. Nh2 (17. Rd3 $2 {hat keine selbstständige
Bedeutung, Weiß kann sowieso kein h5 spielen.} Kb7 $15) 17... Bxe2 18. Rxe2
Nxh4 {Schwarz will nun Rg8-g5-Bg7 spielen.} 19. Re4 Be7 20. e6 (20. g3 Ng6 21.
e6 f5 22. Ree1 Rg8 23. Rd7 Kb7 $15 {Die weiße Initiative kompensiert nicht den
Bauern.}) 20... fxe6 21. Rxe6 (21. Bxg7 $2 Rg8 $17) 21... Bd6 22. Bxg7 Rg8 23.
Rxh6 (23. Bxh6 $4 Rxg2+ 24. Kf1 Rxh2 25. Re8+ Kb7 $19) 23... Nxg2 24. Kxg2
Rxg7+ 25. Kf1 Kb7 $15 {Leko - Jakovenko (Jermuk, 2009). Schwarz hat klar die
besseren Aussichten. Bei richtigem Spiel muss sich Weiß jedoch verteidigen
können.}) 17. e6 {Eine interessante Abwicklung. Weiß bekommt am Ende das etwas
bessere Endspiel, doch es ist fraglich, ob es gewonnen ist.} (17. h5 $5 Nh4 (
17... Nf8 18. Nf4 Bg4 19. Kh2 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Kb7 21. Nd5 Bd8 22. f4 $14) 18.
Nxh4 Bxh4 19. e6 Bxe6 20. Bxg7 Rh7 21. Bc3 Kb7 $11 {und die schwarze Stellung
ist in Ordnung.}) 17... Bxe6 (17... fxe6 $2 18. h5 (18. Bxg7 Rh7 19. Bc3 Nxh4
20. Nxh4 Bxh4 21. Nf4 Kb7 22. Nxe6 Bc6 $132) 18... Nh4 19. Nxh4 Bxh4 20. Bxg7
Rh7 21. Be5 $16) 18. h5 $1 {Man kann auf g7 nicht gleich nehmen, weil der
Bauer h4 hängt.} (18. Bxg7 Rg8 $1 {Stärker als 18...Rh7, weil von nun an
Schwarz auf Vorteil spielt.} (18... Rh7 19. Bc3 Nxh4 20. Nf4 $1 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3
Kb7 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxe6 $11) 19. Bxh6 Nxh4 20. Nxh4 Bxh4 21. Nf4 Bf5 $15)
18... Nh4 19. Nf4 $1 (19. Nxh4 Bxh4 20. Bxg7 Rh7 (20... Rg8 21. Bxh6 Rh8 22.
Bc1 Rxh5 23. Nf4 $18) 21. Bb2 Bg4 22. Rd5 Kb7 $11) 19... Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 {
Das Problem für Schwarz ist, dass seine Läufer gefesselt sind.} Bd6 (20... Bf6
21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nxe6 Rg8+ 23. Kf1 (23. Kh2 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Rg5 25. Rxf6 Rxh5+
26. Kg3 Kb7 $11) 23... fxe6 24. Rxe6 Rg5 25. Rxf6 Rxh5 26. f4 Kb7 27. Rd7 $14)
21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 Rf8 23. Bxg7 ({Vielleicht konnte man versuchen, auf
langzeitige Initiative zu spielen:} 23. Rd5 $5 Rf7 (23... Rxf3 24. Bxg7 $18)
24. Rg6 Bf8 25. Kg2 Kb7 26. Be5 Re8 27. f4 $14 {Offensichtlich hat Weiß einen
stabilen Vorteil, die schwierige Frage ist nun, wie man weiterkommt.}) 23...
Rf5 24. Re8+ {Es ist notwendig einen Turm zu tauschen, weil sonst der weiße
König unter Beschuss kommen wird.} (24. Rxh6 $4 Rg5+ $19) (24. Bxh6 Rxh5 25.
Kf1 (25. Re8+ {führt zu Zugumstellung, aber auch nicht weiter.}) 25... Kd7 26.
Rg6 Re8 $11) 24... Kb7 25. Rxa8 Kxa8 {Der andere Vorteil des Türmetausches ist,
dass der schwarze König nun so weit wie möglich vom Zentrum entfernt ist.} 26.
Bxh6 Rxh5 27. Be3 Kb7 28. c4 Kc6 29. Kg2 {Es gibt nichts Besseres. Weiß hat
die Absicht, mittels Rh1 die Türme zu tauschen, weil mit den Türmen seine
Chancen schlechter aussehen.} (29. f4 $2 Rf5 $11) (29. Rd3 a6 30. Kg2 Rh4 $11 {
/\b5 - es gibt kein Durchkommen für Weiß.}) 29... Rh2+ 30. Kf1 Rh1+ 31. Ke2
Rxd1 32. Kxd1 {Das entstehende Endspiel ist nun wirklich leicht zu halten: der
schwarze König kommt nach f5, Schwarz spielt a6-c6-b5, tauscht einen Bauer,
kann danach sogar den Bauern c5 aufgeben - der weiße König wird nicht in die
schwarze Stellung eindringen können.} Kd7 33. Bg5 Ke6 34. a4 c6 35. a5 $5 {
Weiß will a6 spielen, und den Bauern a7 fixieren, wonach er taktische Motive
wie Bd8-Bb6 haben wird.} bxa5 $1 {Richtige Entscheidung!} (35... Kf5 $4 36. Bd8
bxa5 37. Bxa5 Kf4 38. Ke2 $18 {Wenn die Bauern auf b3 und c4 stehen, ist das
Endspiel verloren. Wenn sie auf a4 und c4 stehen, dann ist es Remis.}) 36. Kc2
a4 $1 37. bxa4 Kf5 38. Be3 a6 $1 $11 {Nun kann Weiß machen was immer er will,
er wird die schwarzen Barrikaden nicht stürmen können.} 39. Kd3 Be7 40. Ke2 Bf8
41. Kf1 Be7 42. Kg2 Bd6 43. Kh3 Be7 44. Kg3 Bf6 $1 {Es ist viel wichtiger, dem
weißen König nicht zu erlauben, über die h-Linie bis nach h7 durchzukommen.} (
44... Bd6+ 45. Kh4 Be7+ 46. Kh5 Bd6 47. Kh6 Kf6 48. Kh7 Kf7 49. Bg5 Be5 50. Kh6
$18 {Der König kehrt zurück und Weiß kommt zu f4-f5.}) 45. Bxc5 Bd8 46. Be3 Be7
47. Kg2 Bd8 48. Kf1 Bc7 49. Ke2 Bd8 50. Kd3 Ba5 51. Kd4 Bb6+ 52. Kd3 Ba5 53.
Ba7 Be1 {Der weiße König kommt nicht nach d4 oder b4.} 54. Bb6 Kf4 {Schwarz
hat drei Felder für seinen König - e5, f5, und f4.} 55. Be3+ Ke5 56. Bc5 Kf4
57. Ke2 Ba5 58. Ba7 Kf5 59. Ke3 Be1 60. Bb6 Bc3 61. Bc7 Be1 62. Bd6 Bc3 63. f4
Be1 64. Be5 Ba5 65. Bd4 Bb4 66. Be5 Bc5+ 67. Bd4 Bb4 68. Ba7 Bc3 69. Kd3 Be1
70. Be3 Ba5 71. Kd4 Bb6+ 72. Kc3 Ba5+ 73. Kd3 Bc7 74. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2010.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2010.12.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
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[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d4 {White
plays d2-d4 now, instead of move 1, but it is still a well-known Nimzo-Indian
position which arises.} Bxc3 {Alternatives:} (7... Nc6 8. d5 $1) (7... Nbd7) 8.
bxc3 Qe7 {Here, too,} (8... Nc6 {is quite common.}) 9. dxc5 {White often does
without this exchange:} (9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Rfd1 Bd7 13.
dxc5 dxc5 14. Ne5 Ba4 15. Qd6 Rfe8 16. Rd2 Rac8 17. Rb1 b6 18. Rbb2 Qxd6 19.
Rxd6 Red8 20. Rd3 Kf8 21. Rbd2 {1/2 Georgiev,K (2677)-Anand,V (2803)/Turin
2006/CBM 113}) (9. Qd3 Nc6 10. Rd1 h6 11. Ba3 Bd7 12. Nd2 Rac8 13. f4 b6 14.
Nf1 e5 $6 (14... Na5 $5) 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Ne3 $14 {1/2 Gupta,A 
(2495)-Kunte,A (2550)/Ooty 2008/CBM 123 Extra (29)}) (9. Nh4 $5 e5 10. d5 e4
11. f4 Re8 12. a4 Na6 13. h3 Nh5 14. Kh2 f5 15. e3 Nf6 16. Rf2 Kh8 17. Bf1 Rg8
18. Be2 $14 {1-0 Milov,V (2595)-Djuric,S (2488)/Genova 2003/CBM 095 ext (61)})
(9. Bf4 $5 Rd8 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Rfd1 cxd4 (11... d5 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Bg5 h6 14.
Bxf6 Qxf6 15. cxd5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxb7 $16 {1/2 Stocek,J
(2480)-Balashov,Y (2505)/Passau 1995/EXT 1999 (44)}) 12. cxd4 Bd7 13. Qb2 $14 {
1/2 Moehring,G (2405)-Augustin,J (2445)/Stary Smokovec 1977/MCD (30)}) (9. Nd2
$5 e5 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. e4 cxd4 $6 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Ba3 Ne5 14. Qb3 Nfd7 15. f4
Nc6 16. e5 Nc5 17. Qf3 $14 {0-1 Kindermann,S (2455)-Kuzmin,G (2545)/Dortmund
1981/MCD (32)}) 9... dxc5 10. Ne5 $6 {This knight route is hardly the best.} (
10. Bf4 $5 Rd8 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 13. Rxd1 e5 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Nd2 Bf5 (
15... Rd8 $5) 16. Nf1 $1 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Qa4 $16 {1/2
Dvirnyy,D (2457)-Leniart,A (2423)/Chotowa 2010/CBM 137 Extra (56)}) 10... Qc7 (
10... Nbd7 $5 11. Nd3 (11. Nxd7 Nxd7 {[%cal Ya8b8,Yb7b6]}) 11... e5 {[%csl Rd3]
} 12. Qb3 Rb8 {[%cal Yb7b6]}) 11. Bf4 (11. Nd3 Nbd7 {[%cal Ya8b8,Yb7b6]} 12.
Qa4 a6) 11... Nh5 {White now loses his bishop pair, and his destroyed pawn
structure will be quite painful. Therefore he goes in for a risky piece
sacrifice.} 12. Qd2 $6 {[%mdl 512]} (12. e3 {was a quiet alternative:} Nxf4 13.
exf4 Nd7 14. Nd3 {The activity of White's pieces should be enough for equality.
}) 12... g5 13. Bxg5 Qxe5 14. Rad1 $6 (14. g4 $142 Ng7 15. Rad1 (15. Bd8 {
[%cal Rf2f4]} Nc6 $1 {liquidates into a favorable ending for Black:} 16. f4
Rxd8 17. Qxd8+ Nxd8 18. fxe5 Bd7 $17) 15... Nd7 16. e4 $44 {Theoretically
Black should consolidate his position but it is not an easy task in practice!})
14... f6 15. Bh6 Ng7 16. Bf4 Qh5 {White's pieces are very active but he has no
real target. Black gradually completes his development keeping - at least
partly - his material advantage.} 17. Bd6 Re8 18. Qf4 Nd7 19. g4 Qf7 20. Rd3 e5
21. Qh6 Qg6 22. Qxg6 hxg6 $19 {After the queen exchange the rest looks
relatively easy; still, Black has to overcome some technical problems.} 23. Be4
Kf7 (23... Nb6 $142 $1 $19 24. Bxg6 $140 Bxg4 25. Bxe8 Bxe2 26. Bg6 Bxd3 27.
Bxd3 Rd8 {K.Sakaev}) 24. f4 exf4 25. Bd5+ Ne6 26. Bxf4 Nb6 $6 {This move gives
White an unpleasant attack.} (26... Kg7 $1 27. Re3 Nb6 $19 {K.Sakaev}) 27. Be5
Nxd5 (27... Nd7 28. Bxf6 $1 Nxf6 29. g5) 28. cxd5 Nf8 (28... Nf4 $5 29. Bxf4
Bxg4 {, then winning the e2 pawn, was safe and simple but opposite-coloured
bishops gave White some drawing chances.}) 29. Rxf6+ Kg8 30. Bd6 Kg7 31. Rf4 g5
32. Rf2 b6 (32... Ng6 $144 33. h3 (33. Rdf3 Bxg4 34. Rf7+ Kh6 35. Rxb7 Bxe2 36.
Rff7 Rh8 {, and Black should win.}) 33... b6 34. Rdf3 Ba6 35. Rf7+ Kh6) 33.
Rdf3 Ng6 34. Rf7+ Kh6 35. h3 (35. R2f6 $5 Bxg4 36. e4 Rxe4 37. Bf8+ Rxf8 38.
Rxf8 Bh3 $1 39. Rh8+ (39. Kf2 Kh5 $1) 39... Kg7 40. Rxg6+ Kxg6 41. Rxh3 {
The rook ending is better for Black but still far from winning.}) 35... Ba6 36.
R2f6 Bxe2 37. Be7 $1 (37. Kf2 Bc4 38. h4 $1 Re2+ 39. Kf3 Bxd5+ 40. Kxe2 Bxf7
41. Rxf7 gxh4 $17 {K.Sakaev}) 37... Bc4 38. Rd6 Bxd5 $6 {Nothing was really
threatened, so Black could have started moving his pawns:} (38... b5 $17 {e.g.}
39. Kf2 a5 40. Kg3 {now threatening 41.Bxg5+! Kxg5 42.h4+!} Bd3 $1 {[%cal
Yb5b4]}) 39. Bxg5+ Kxg5 40. Rxd5+ Kh4 41. Rf3 $2 {White collapses when
salvation is not far away.} (41. Kg2 $1 Re2+ $1 (41... Re5 42. Rxe5 Nxe5 43.
Rf5 Nxg4 44. Rf4 $1 {- the simplest -} Rg8 45. hxg4 Rxg4+ 46. Kf3 Rxf4+ 47.
Kxf4 $11) (41... Rh8 $4 42. Rff5) 42. Kf3 Re5 43. Rh7+ Kg5 44. h4+ $1 Kf6 (
44... Nxh4+ $2 45. Rxh4 Rxd5 46. Rh5+) 45. Rd6+ Re6 46. g5+ Ke5 47. Rxe6+ Kxe6
48. h5 {(indicated by GM K.Sakaev)} Ne7 49. Kg4 {with excellent drawing
chances due to his strong passed pawns. A possible line:} Rf8 50. h6 Ng6 51.
Rg7 Ne5+ 52. Kg3 $1 Kf5 53. h7 Ng6 (53... Rh8 54. Kh4) 54. Rg8 Rf7 $8 55. Rxg6
Rxh7 56. Rg8 {, and White should not lose.}) 41... Re5 $1 42. Rxe5 (42. Rd6 Rf8
$1) 42... Nxe5 43. Rf5 Nd3 44. Kh2 Rh8 $19 {Black's rook is tied up but he has
enough pieces and pawns to decide the game on the queenside.} 45. a4 Rh6 46.
Kg2 a5 47. Kf3 Nb2 48. Kf4 Nxa4 49. c4 Nc3 50. Ke3 a4 51. Kd3 Nd1 52. Rf8 Kxh3
53. g5 Rd6+ 54. Ke4 Kg4 0-1

[Event "London Classic 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2010.12.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.12.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. d5 e6 10. Nec3 Na6 11. a4 Nb4 {This move was introduced by Kasparov in
his blitz match vs. Karpov. The present game is its maiden test at the
"serious" level.} (11... exd5 12. exd5 Bf5 {is usually played here; however,
White has an interesting possibility:} 13. g4 $5 (13. Na3 Nb4 {is the main
line, quite satisfactory for Black}) 13... Bd7 14. Nd2 $1 f5 (14... Qh4 15. h3
f5 16. Nf3 Qd8 17. Ng5 fxg4 18. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 19. dxe6 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Rae8 21. a5
$16 {1-0 Jirka,J (2202)-Bernasek,J (2164)/Chudenice 2000/EXT 2003 (40)}) 15. a5
Nc8 16. Nc4 $1 fxg4 17. Be3 (17. Ne4 $143 Bb5 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Rc1 Bxc4 20. Rxc4
Nd6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Re4 Rae8 $13 {1/2 Chiburdanidze,M (2525)-Krupkova,P 
(2315)/Elista 1998/CBM 066 ext (44)}) (17. d6 $5) 17... Qh4 (17... Rb8 $5) 18.
d6 Rb8 19. Qd5+ Kh8 20. Ne5 Bc6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Qe6 $16 {1-0 Bukal,V (2390)
-Fercec,N (2491)/Rijeka CRO 2010/The Week in Chess 837 (44)}) 12. Be3 (12. Na3
exd5 13. exd5 Bf5 {transposes into the 11...exd5 line, Black having avoided
the dangerous 13.g4 - see above.}) 12... Bd4 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Na2 (14. Nb5 $5
exd5 (14... e5 15. a5 Bd7 16. N1a3 Nc8 {0-1 Karpov,A (2619)-Carlsen,M (2801)/
Moscow 2009/EXT 2010 (32)} (16... Nc4 $5 $14) 17. Qb3 $16) 15. a5 Nc4 16. exd5
Bd7 17. N5a3 Qxa5 18. Qxd4 Nd6 19. Nd2 Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Ndc4 Nxc4 22. Nxc4
$14 {1/2 Karpov,A (2619)-Kasparov,G (2812)/Valencia 2009/CBM 132 Extra (25)})
14... Nxa2 15. Rxa2 e5 {Black has no better option. The resulting position is
rather favorable for White due to the poor position of the black pieces,
especially the b6 knight.} (15... exd5 16. a5 $1 Nd7 17. exd5 $16 {[%csl Rd4]})
16. b3 $1 $146 {[%csl Rb6][%mdl 8]} (16. Nd2 $143 {[%csl Ra2]} a5 17. Qb3 Qd6
18. f4 f6 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Nf3 Nd7 $11 {0-1 Karpov,A (2619)
-Kasparov,G (2812)/Valencia 2009/CBM 132 Extra (36)}) 16... Bd7 17. f4 f6 18.
Raf2 Qe7 19. a5 Nc8 20. fxe5 Qxe5 $14 {[%csl Rd4] A typical picture: White has
transformed his temporary advantage into a permanent plus, however, far from a
decisive one.} 21. Nd2 Nd6 {[%csl Gd6]} 22. Nf3 $1 (22. Re1 {[%cal Rd2f3]} d3
$1 23. Nc4 Nxc4 24. bxc4 Qc3 $11) 22... Qxe4 23. Re2 (23. Nxd4 Qe3 $1 24. Re1
Qc3 {, and Black should hold on due to his blockading d6 knight.}) 23... Qxd5
24. Ne5 Qxe5 (24... Qb5 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Qxd4 {is clearly better for White
due to his strong bishop.}) 25. Rxe5 fxe5 {Materially Black is OK but his
pawns are quite weak so White keeps up the pressure.} 26. Bd5+ $6 (26. a6 $5
Bc6 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Qc2 {may give White some more winning chances.}) 26...
Kg7 27. a6 Bc6 28. Rxf8 Rxf8 29. Qe1 {looks attractive but Black sets up an
unassailable fortress.} Bxd5 30. Qxe5+ Rf6 31. Qxd5 bxa6 32. Qxd4 h5 33. Qxa7+
Nf7 34. h4 Kg8 35. Qe7 Kg7 36. b4 Rf5 37. Qc7 Rf6 38. Kg2 Kg8 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40.
Qc7 Kg8 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qc7 {In conclusion: 11...Nb4 doesn't guarantee Black
equal chances.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2010.12.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Carlsen,M"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2010.12.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e3 {After a less than perfect start
it seemed appropriate not to discuss topical theory today, even in the Dutch
Defence. Nach einem weniger als perfekten Start schien es angemessen, heute
keine aktuelle Theorie zu diskutieren, nicht einmal in der holländischen
Verteidigung.} Bg7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O e5 8. b3 Nbd7 (8... Nc6 {would lead to a
well-known position from the closed Sicilian, with White a tempo up obviously.
Whether the extra tempo actually makes a difference is, of course, an entirely
different matter. würde zu einer bekannten Stellung aus dem Geschlossenen
Sizilianer führen, wobei Weiß offensichtlich ein Tempo mehr hat. Ob das
Extratempo tatsächlich einen Unterschied macht, ist, natürlich, eine ganz
andere Frage.}) 9. d3 {I thought it would be sensible to postpone the
devolopment of the bishop, and for that purpose I also prepared another
waiting move, Qd2. I thought that d4 here or during the next few moves would
be wrong, as Black can simply answer e4. I would then have to play f3 and
later try to get e4 in, but it seemed to me that Black is always ready for
this Ich hielt es für vernünftig, die Entwicklung des Läufers zu verzögern,
und zu diesem Zweck bereitete ich auch noch einen weiteren Wartezug vor, Qd2.
Die Fortsetzung d4 hier oder in den nächsten paar Zügen hielt ich für falsch,
da Schwarz einfach e4 antworten kann. Darauf würde ich f3 spielen und später
versuchen müssen, e4 durchzusetzen, aber mir schien, dass Schwarz immer dafür
gewappet ist.} c6 10. Ba3 Qc7 (10... Qe7 {is also possible, but it makes sense
not to put the queen in the line of fire of the white bishop. ist ebenfalls
möglich, aber es ist sinnvoll, die Dame nicht in die Schusslinie des weißen
Läufers zu stellen.}) 11. Qd2 Re8 {White is well prepared for a pawn storm on
the kingside, as g5 can always be met with f4. Therefore, putting this rook on
e8, and later the other one on d8, makes perfect sense. Für einen Bauernsturm
am Königsflügel ist Weiß gut gewappnet, da g5 immer mit f4 beantwortet werden
kann. Daher ist das Platzieren dieses Turmes auf e8 und später die des anderen
auf d8 absolut sinnvoll.} 12. Rae1 {I was very unsure of where to put the rook.
Basically, White has three ways of breaking in the centre, d4, e4 and f4. As I
said, I felt that d4 is usually not very good.  Clearly, the rook would be
better placed on the d-file if I'm going to play e4, but I think Black is well
prepared for this: Ich war sehr unsicher, wo ich den Turm hinstellen sollte.
Im Grunde hat Weiß drei Möglichkeiten, im Zentrum durchzubrechen, d4, e4 und
f4. Dabei schien mir, wie gesagt, dass d4 meist nicht sehr gut ist.  Wenn ich
e4 spielen will, stünde der Turm eindeutig besser in der d-Linie, aber ich
denke, dass Schwarz dafür gut gewappnet ist.} (12. Rad1 Nc5 13. e4 (13. d4 Nce4
14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qc2 Nf6 $1 16. d5 c5 {looks excellent for Black sieht
ausgezeichnet aus für Schwarz.}) 13... a5 (13... f4 $5 {with the idea of mit
der Idee} 14. gxf4 Bh6 15. d4 Ne6 $1 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bd6 Qf7 18. Bxe5 Nh5 {
also might be interesting könnte ebenfalls interessant sein.}) 14. exf5 {
The idea behind my previous move. Maybe h3, which would be very useful in the
following line would be more prudent, but then the f4!? idea becomes even more
tempting for Black. Die Idee hinter meinem vorigen Zug. Womöglich ist h3, was
in dem folgenden Abspiel sehr nützlich wäre, klüger, aber dann wird die Idee
f4!? noch verlockender für Schwarz.} Bxf5 15. d4 Nd3 16. h3 h5 {and Black is
just too active. und Schwarz ist einfach zu aktiv.}) 12... Nc5 13. h3 {I was
very happy with this prophylactic move. Mit diesem prophylaktischen Zug war
ich sehr zufrieden.} ({The problem with the immediate Das Problem bei dem
sofortigen} 13. f4 {is ist} e4 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. dxe4 fxe4 16. h3 h5 {when the
Pe4 cannot be won, and White is stuck with a relatively passive position due
to the cramping effect of that very same pawn. With the pawn already on h3, it
all would be very different, as White would then have g4, followed be either
Ng3 or g5, rounding up the e4-pawn. , wonach der Pe4 nicht erobert werden kann,
und Weiß aufgrund der einengenden Wirkung eben jenes Bauern eine relativ
passive Stellung am Hals hat. Mit dem Bauern bereits auf h3 wäre alles ganz
anders, da Weiß dann g4 hätte, gefolgt von entweder Ng3 oder g5, mit
Einkreisung des e4-Bauern.}) 13... e4 {My opponent decides to simplify the
position a bit, possibly due the fact that he had already spent quite a bit of
time. Mein Gegner beschließt, die Stellung ein wenig zu vereinfachen,
womöglich aufgrund der Tatsache, dass er bereits einiges an Zeit verbraucht
hatte.} ({Mobilising the rest of his army with Das Mobilisieren seiner
restlichen Armee mit} 13... Bd7 14. f4 a5 {was obviously quite reasonable as
well, and Black is quite ok. war offenbar ebenfalls ganz vernünftig, und
Schwarz steht recht ordentlich.}) 14. dxe4 (14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. dxe4 fxe4 16. g4
{looks much less convincing now that the white pawn is not on f4, but even
here Black has to act quickly because Ng3 is coming. wirkt weit weniger
überzeugend jetzt, da der weiße Bauer nicht auf f4 steht, doch selbst hier
muss Schwarz schnell handeln, da Ng3 kommt.} Qe5 (16... Bxg4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18.
Ng3 Qe7 {is something I didn't see at all during the game, and is probably
worse due to ist etwas, was ich während der Partie überhaupt nicht sah, und
vermutlich auch schlechter wegen} 19. Bh3 Ne5 20. Qc2 Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Nxe1+ 22.
Rxe1 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 {and White must be better. und Weiß muss besser stehen.})
17. Rd1 (17. Ng3 Nxg4) 17... h5 18. gxh5 Qxh5 {and I thought that Black must
be doing quite well. True, the engines point out und ich dachte, dass Schwarz
recht gut stehen muss. Schön, die Engines weisen auf} 19. Qd6 {when Bxh3 is
met by Nf4, but the follow up with Qh2 somehow fails to convince me... hin,
worauf Bxh3 mit Nf4 beantwortet wird, aber die anschließende Fortsetzung mit
Qh2 kann mich irgendwie nicht überzeugen...} (19. Ng3 Qh4)) 14... Nfxe4 (14...
fxe4 15. Rd1 Bf8 16. g4 {is clearly not to be recommended for Black. ist
eindeutig nicht zu empfehlen für Schwarz.}) 15. Qc2 (15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4
fxe4 17. Bxd6 Qf7 18. Kh2 g5 {gives plenty of compensation for the pawn, and
is not something to enter when there is a very reasonable alternative. gibt
jede Menge Kompensation für den Bauern und ist nichts, worauf man sich
einlassen sollte, wenn es eine sehr vernünftige Alternative gibt.}) 15... Nxc3
16. Nxc3 Be6 17. Rd1 Rad8 {Now we have reached a type of position which is
quite typical for the Leningrad Dutch. It looks a little better for White, who
has no real weaknesses and a harmonious enough position, but in reality it's
probably closer to equal, as Black has enough influence in the centre, and his
only weakness on d6 can be easily defended.  Damit haben wir einen
Stellungstyp erreicht, der für den holländischen Leningrader ziemlich
charakteristisch ist. Es sieht ein bisschen besser aus für Weiß, der keine
echten Schwächen hat und harmonisch genug steht, in Wirklichkeit aber ist es
vermutlich eher ausgeglichen, da Schwarz genügend Einfluss im Zentrum hat und
sich seine einzige Schwäche auf d6 leicht verteidigen lässt.} 18. Bb2 Bf7 19.
Rd2 {While the d6-pawn is certainly not falling any time soon, piling up the
rooks on the d-file to keep Black on his toes certainly can't hurt. Obwohl der
d6-Bauer in nächster Zeit bestimmt nicht fallen wird, kann das Verdoppeln der
Türme in der d-Linie, um Schwarz auf Trab zu halten, gewiss nicht schaden.} a5
20. Rfd1 Be5 21. Ne2 a4 {Hikaru, true to his style, decides to sharpen the
game a bit. With a weakness on b3 I would certainly not have anything real, so
in a sense my next move is forced. Hikaru, seinem Stil treu, beschließt, die
Partie ein wenig zu verschärfen. Mit einer Schwäche auf b3 hätte ich sicher
nichts Reales, daher ist mein nächster Zug gewissermaßen erzwungen.} (21... Qb6
22. Bc3) 22. b4 Nd7 (22... Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Ne4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 (24... Rxe4 25. c5
d5 26. Nc3 {wins a pawn. gewinnt einen Bauern.}) 25. Qc2 {seems to leave Black
with more weaknesses than White, and Black is not active enough to exploit the
absence of my g2-bishop scheint bei Schwarz mehr Schwächen zu hinterlassen als
bei Weiß, und Schwarz steht nicht aktiv genug, um die Abwesenheit meines
g2-Läufers ausnutzen.}) 23. Bd4 Nb6 {An interesting point, as White has three
different options. Ein interessanter Punkt, denn Weiß hat drei verschiedene
Optionen.} 24. Bxb6 (24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. c5 Nc4 28.
Qxa4 Qd2 {clearly isn't worth going for, misplacing the queen and activating
the black pieces is too high a price for the a-pawn. lohnt eindeutig keinen
Versuch; das Deplatzieren der Dame und Aktivieren der schwarzen Figuren ist
ein zu hoher Preis für den a-Bauern.}) (24. c5 {however, is rather more
demanding for Black, and something I considered very seriously dagegen ist
deutlich anspruchsvoller für Schwarz, und etwas, was ich sehr ernsthaft erwog.}
dxc5 25. bxc5 Nc4 26. Rd3 Bxd4 27. exd4 {Now Black will have to act quickly,
as if the black knight gets kicked from c4 or White gets in d5, Black will be
in serious trouble Nun wird Schwarz schnell handeln müssen, denn wenn sein
Springer von c4 vertrieben wird oder Weiß zu d5 kommt, wird er ernsthaft in
der Klemme sitzen.} (27. Rxd4 Qa5 $1 {is very much ok for Black ist vollauf
okay für Schwarz.}) 27... a3 $1 (27... Qa5 {is also quite interesting, as Rc3
can now be met with Rxe2. However White will now have time to get in a3 and
deny the black knight the b2-square. ist ebenfalls recht interessant, da auf
Rc3 nun Rxe2 folgen kann. Doch Weiß wird jetzt Zeit haben, zu a3 zu kommen und
dem schwarzen Springer das b2-Feld zu verwehren.} 28. Rb1 Re7 29. a3 $1 Rde8
30. Bf1 {and White is very close to achieving something real. und Weiß steht
dicht davor, etwas Reales zu erreichen.}) 28. Rb1 (28. d5 Nb2) 28... Ra8 $1 {
The only move as otherwise Rc3 would be very unpleasant. Now however, Black
seems to have enough counterplay with precise play. Der einzige Zug, denn
andernfalls wäre Rc3 sehr unangenehm. Jetzt dagegen scheint Schwarz bei
genauem Vorgehen genug Gegenspiel zu haben.} 29. d5 Nb2 30. Rd4 {I stopped
around here, as I could not really figure out what was going on, and the game
continuation looked quite good. Additionally this is the kind of messy
position my opponent is considered to excel in. However, the position is quite
dangerous for Black if White can coordinate his pieces. Hier irgendwo stoppte
ich, da mir nicht wirklich klar wurde, was los war, und die Partiefortsetzung
ganz gut aussah. Außerdem ist diese Art von undurchsichtiger Stellung genau
das, worin mein Gegner als überragend gilt. Allerdings ist die Position
ziemlich gefährlich für Schwarz, wenn Weiß seine Figuren koordinieren kann.}
Re5 $1 (30... Rad8 31. d6 Qa5 32. Nc1 $8 Re1+ 33. Kh2 {with Nb3 to come looks
good for White. nebst Nb3 sieht gut aus für Weiß.}) (30... Qe5 31. dxc6 $1) (
30... cxd5 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Qf7 33. Nf4 Rad8 34. Qb3 {looks promising
for White. wirkt aussichtsreich für Weiß.}) 31. Nf4 (31. Nc3 Qa5 32. dxc6 bxc6
33. Bxc6 Qxc5 34. Bxa8 Qxd4 $15) 31... Qa5 32. Kh2 Rae8 33. h4 {with a
complicated position, but it's probably easier to play for White. mit
komplizierter Stellung, die allerdings wohl für Weiß leichter zu spielen ist.})
24... Qxb6 25. Rb1 {Now the game has changed character a bit. Black has gained
a serious asset, the bishop pair, but in return my bishop has become quite a
bit stronger, especially in connection with b5 at some point. Additionally,
while I always have watch out for Bxg3 if the knight moves, the white king
will almost certainly be the safer one when the position inevitably opens up.
Nun hat die Partie einen etwas anderen Charakter angenommen. Schwarz hat einen
ernsten Trumpf erobert, das Läuferpaar, aber dafür ist mein Läufer ein ganzes
Stück stärker geworfen, vor allem in Verbindung mit b5 an irgendeinem Punkt.
Außerdem muss ich zwar Bxg3 aufpassen, wenn der Springer zieht, doch wird der
weiße König von Weiß fast garantiert der sicherere sein, wenn sich die
Stellung unweigerlich öffnet.} Qc7 (25... a3 {was a sharper, but not very good
try: war ein schärferer, aber nicht besonders guter Versuch:} 26. Nd4 {,
otherwise Bb2 might be unpleasant , ansonsten könnte Bb2 unangenehm sein} d5 {
, the point, now that the knight has been lured to d4 , die Pointe, jetzt, da
der Springer nach d4 gelockt wurde.} 27. c5 Qc7 28. b5 {and White is clearly
on top. und Weiß ist klar obenauf.}) 26. Nd4 Rc8 $1 {A nice prophylactic move.
Ein hübscher prophylaktischer Zug.} (26... Qe7 {immediately would be
considerably weaker due to b5, when the white squares in the black camp are
really soft. sofort wäre beträchtlich schwächer wegen b5, wonach die weißen
Felder im schwarzen Lager wirklich weich sind.}) 27. Rc1 {Now I'm threathening
to take the a4-pawn. Nun drohe ich, den a4-Bauern zu nehmen.} Qe7 28. Rd3 {
Qxa4 obviously failed to Bxg3. Qxa4 scheiterte offensichtlich an Bxg3.} c5 $1 {
It turned out that that there was also another idea connected with Rc8. It is
also essentially the only move, as Es stellte sich heraus, dass mit Rc8 auch
noch eine andere Idee verbunden war. Es ist auch im Kern der einzige Zug, denn}
(28... Ra8 29. b5 {leaves Black under serious positional pressure. belässt
Schwarz unter ernstem positionellen Druck.}) 29. bxc5 Rxc5 30. Qxa4 Rec8 $6 {
The most obvious move, which my opponent played very quickly. However, now
White retains some pressure without any risk. Der offensichtlichste Zug,
welchen mein Gegner sehr schnell spielte. Nun aber behält Weiß einigen Druck
ohne jedes Risiko.} (30... d5 {was more interesting. war interessanter.} 31.
Ne2 (31. Nf3 b5 $1) 31... dxc4 32. Rd7 Ra5 $1 33. Qd1 Qf6 34. Bxb7 Ra7 35. Bf3
Rxd7 36. Qxd7 Rd8 37. Qb5 Rd2 {and Black should not lose. und Schwarz sollte
nicht verlieren.}) 31. Rb1 $1 (31. Rb3 {looks tempting, but after wirkt
verlockend, aber nach} Rxc4 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Qa8+ Qf8 {it's just a draw. ist
es einfach remis.}) 31... Rxc4 32. Qd1 {Now Black has some problems as White
is once again well coordinated, and b7 and d6 are weak. Hikaru was also
getting seriously short on time. Nun hat Schwarz einige Probleme, da Weiß
wieder gut koordiniert ist und b7 sowie d6 schwach sind. Außerdem wurde bei
Hikaru die Zeit ernstlich knapp.} b6 ({Exchanging with Abtauschen mit} 32...
Bxd4 33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34. Qxd4 Qe5 35. Qb6 Bxa2 36. Qxb7 Be6 37. Rd1 {doesn't
really solve all Black's problems either as he will inevitably lose the
d6-pawn. löst nicht wirklich alle Probleme, da er unweigerlich den d6-Bauern
verlieren wird.}) 33. Nb5 R4c5 $6 (33... Rd8 {was indicated by Hikaru after
the game as stronger. wurde von Hikaru nach der Partie als stärker angegeben.}
34. f4 (34. a4 Rc5 35. f4 Bc4 $1 36. fxe5 Bxd3 37. Qxd3 dxe5 38. Qe2 Qd7 {
must be fine for Black. muss ordentlich sein für Schwarz.}) 34... Bf6 35. Nxd6
Rc3 36. Rxb6 Qc7 37. Rxc3 Qxb6 {This is probably the strongest. Dies ist
vermutlich am stärksten.} (37... Qxc3 {is what we looked at after the game,
but here White keeps serious pressure with ist, was wir nach der Partie
betrachteten, aber hier behält Weiß ernsten Druck mit} 38. Qe2 Bd4 $1 39. exd4
Qxd4+ 40. Qf2 Rxd6 41. Rxd6 Qxd6 42. Qf3 $1 {and White will keep the extra
pawn with winning chances und Weiß wird den Extrabauer behaupten, mit
Gewinnchancen} (42. Qa7 g5 {gives Black counterplay gibt Schwarz Gegenspiel.}))
38. Rd3 Bxa2 39. Qd2 Be6 40. Nb5 Rxd3 41. Qxd3 {and while White can certainly
try, is unlikely that it's enough to win. und während Weiß es sicher versuchen
kann, ist unwahrscheinlich, dass es zum Gewinn reicht.}) 34. Nxd6 {I have to
take, as Ich muss nehmen, denn} (34. Rd2 Rd8 {followed by d5 is just too
little. nebst d5 ist einfach zu wenig.}) 34... Bxd6 35. Rxd6 Bxa2 36. Ra1 {
Now White will win a pawn. Nun wird Weiß einen Bauern gewinnen.} Rc1 (36... Bf7
37. Rxb6 {also leaves Black with the cheerless task of defending a pawn down,
although with real chances of success. beschert Schwarz ebenfalls die
freudlose Aufgabe, sich mit Minusbauern zu verteidigen, allerdings mit realen
Chancen auf Erfolg.}) 37. Rxc1 Rxc1 38. Rxg6+ {Without this interpolation 
(which Hikaru had missed when he went for the line with R4c5) it would
obviously just have been a draw. Black still has drawing chances, but it's
very difficult now. Ohne diese Einschaltung (welche Hikaru übersehen hatte,
als er das Abspiel mit R4c5 einschlug) wäre es offensichtlich einfach remis.
Schwarz hat noch immer Remischancen, aber jetzt ist es sehr schwierig.} hxg6
39. Qxc1 Qd6 40. h4 Bf7 $6 {After this typical 40th move inaccuracy Black is
probably lost. Nach dieser typischen Ungenauigkeit im 40. Zug ist Schwarz
wahrscheinlich verloren.} (40... Be6 {was considerably more tenacious. Hikaru
feared that an endgame after Qc6 would be lost here, but I am still not sure
about that. I would probably have gone for e4 here, which is met by war
erheblich hartnäckiger. Hikaru fürchtete, dass ein Endspiel nach Qc6 an dieser
Stelle verloren wäre, aber ich bin da noch immer nicht so sicher. Ich hätte
hier vermutlich e4 gewählt, was mit} 41. e4 fxe4 42. Bxe4 Bf7 {and it might
still be within the drawing range. beantwortet wird, und es könnte noch immer
innerhalb der Remisbreite sein.}) 41. h5 $1 Kh7 (41... Qc5 {is the move I had
to calculate while making my last move. However, since the Black passer will
now be on c5, where it's considerably easier to approach for the white king,
White must be winning now. ist der Zug, den ich bei meinem letzten Zug
berechnen musste. Doch da der schwarze Freibauer jetzt auf c5 steht, wo der
weiße König beträchlich leichter an ihn herankommt, muss Weiß jetzt auf Gewinn
stehen.} 42. Qxc5 bxc5 43. hxg6 Bxg6 44. Kf1 Kf7 45. Ke2 Ke7 46. f4 Kd6 47. Kd3
Bf7 48. e4 fxe4+ 49. Bxe4 {and White wins.}) 42. hxg6+ Kxg6 43. Qc2 b5 (43...
Kf6 44. Qb2+ Kg6 45. Bf3 {can hardly be held either, as the black king is too
weak for him to create any real counterplay. ist auch kaum zu halten, da der
schwarze König zu schwach steht, als dass er reales Gegenspiel aufziehen
könnte.}) 44. g4 Qe5 (44... b4 45. Qxf5+ Kg7 46. Qg5+ Kf8 47. Be4 b3 48. Qf5 b2
49. g5 {and Black's pawn will not go any further, as Kg7 with the idea of Bg6
is met by Qh7+. und der schwarze Bauer kommt nicht mehr weiter, da Kg7 mit der
Idee Bg6 durch Qh7+ beanwortet wird.}) 45. gxf5+ Kg7 46. Qe4 $1 {Without this
move, which kicks the black queen from its dominating position, it would not
have been easy to win. It's not immediately apparent that the bishop ending is
won, but, as becomes clear in the game, the black pawn can be stopped. Ohne
diesen Zug, welcher die schwarze Dame aus ihrer dominierenden Stellung kickt,
wäre es nicht einfach gewesen zu gewinnen. Es springt nicht sofort ins Auge,
dass das Läuferendspiel gewonnen ist, aber, wie in der Partie klar wird, der
schwarze Bauer kann gestoppt werden.} Qd6 47. Qh4 Bc4 (47... b4 48. f6+ {
was the point of my previous move. Black has to take on f6, after which it's
obviously plain sailing. war die Pointe meines vorigen Zuges. Schwarz muss auf
f6 nehmen, wonach die Sache offensichtlich klar ist.}) 48. Bf3 Qf6 (48... Qe5 {
was the last try. war der letzte Versuch.} 49. Qg5+ Kf8 50. Qh6+ Ke7 51. e4 {
and White will gradually win. Importantly, und Weiß wird allmählich gewinnen.
Wichtig ist, dass} b4 52. Qb6 $1 b3 53. Qb4+ Kd8 54. Qxc4 Qa1+ 55. Kg2 b2 56.
Qd5+ Kc7 57. Qc5+ {wins for White, for instance für Weiß gewinnt, zum Beispiel}
Kd7 58. f6 $1 {with Bg4 to come. und es kommt Bg4.}) 49. Qxf6+ Kxf6 50. Be4 {
The endgame is easily winning, thanks to a little trick. Das Endspiel ist
leicht gewonnen, dank eines kleinen Tricks.} Ba2 51. f4 b4 52. Kf2 b3 53. Bd5
$1 Kxf5 54. Kf3 {And there are no chances left for Black. Und es gibt keine
Chancen mehr für Schwarz.} Kf6 55. e4 Kg6 56. Ke3 Kh5 57. Kd4 Kg4 58. f5 Kg5
59. Ke5 1-0

[Event "London Classic 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Saunders,J"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.12.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 {The Marshall. Nigel has played this a handful of times over the years but
Hikaru was probably not expecting it.} 9. exd5 e4 $5 {#The Steiner variation.
It may be that, after GMs have analysed this game thoroughly, that the
exclamation and question marks shown here swap places. "This is the sort of
recklessness that happens when you've got 1/2/4" (Short). "I had an idea Nigel
would play something a little bit crazy" (Nakamura). Nigel claimed that
Malcolm Pein plays this line and jokingly suggested that he played it in his
honour but no game by our esteemed tournament director could be found on the
Mega database.} 10. dxc6 exf3 11. g3 ({This logical continuation, simply
aiming at emerging from the opening with an extra pawn, was more or less
improvised by Hikaru at the board. It has been played before but barely
mentioned in books on this line. "The book recommendation is} 11. d4 {- maybe
there will be a new book recommendation after this game" (Short)}) (11. Qxf3 {
is another way to play and one chosen by Bobby Fischer a couple of times.})
11... Re8 12. d4 ({Black's innocuous-looking last move actually carried a
payload of venom. If} 12. Qxf3 $2 Bc5 $1 {and White is suddenly vulnerable to
tricks against his rook and back rank, e.g.} 13. Rf1 Bg4 $1 14. Qg2 Qc8 {, etc.
}) 12... Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 (13... Qd6 14. Qd3 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd2 Qxc6 17.
Qg6 $5 Be6 18. Qh5 {rounds up the f3 pawn and ensures White keeps his one-pawn
advantage.}) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 {White's decision to give up his dark-squared
bishop wasn't too problematic as the residual black dark-squared bishop
doesn't have much of a future against White's preponderance of pawns on black
squares.} 15. Nd2 Qd6 16. h3 $1 Bh5 (16... Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Bxh3 18. Qe4 {
and White will soon be a pawn up once again, with an enhanced positional
advantage.}) 17. Qc2 $1 {With the threat of Qf5, embarrassing the h5 bishop.}
Bg5 18. Ne4 Qxc6 ({If} 18... Qg6 {White can step up the pressure with} 19. Qd3
{and then 11 Bc2, while Black has only succeeded in bottling up his own pieces
on the kingside.}) 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. Qf5 {#Nigel told us that, paradoxically,
he still had some belief in his position while he was a pawn down, but now the
material was level, he completely despaired of it.} Rxe1+ (20... Qg6 21. Qxg6
Bxg6 22. Bd5 {wins the f3 pawn, leading to a comfortable technical win.}) 21.
Rxe1 Re8 22. Re5 ({Not} 22. Rxe8+ $2 Qxe8 {when the back rank threat would
necessitate} 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24. dxe5 {and White has endangered his winning
chances.}) 22... Rxe5 23. dxe5 Bg6 ({Once again} 23... Qg6 {allows} 24. Qxg6
Bxg6 25. Bd5 {and the f3 pawn drops off.}) 24. Qxg5 Qe4 25. Qd8+ Kh7 26. Qh4+
Qxh4 27. gxh4 f6 ({Annoyingly for Black, the doubled h-pawns almost help
White's cause. If he tries to defend his f-pawn with} 27... Bh5 {the white
king can now march out to attack it via h2 and g3 and then play Bd1 to win it.}
) 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Bd5 a5 30. b4 axb4 31. cxb4 Bd3 32. Kh2 Bc4 33. Be4+ (33.
Bxc4 $4 {we can discount}) (33. Bxf3 $2 {is also sub-optimal as after} Bxa2 {
Black might have a few tricks based on driving the b-pawn through (on a very
good day, anyway).}) 33... Kh6 34. a3 (34. a3 {#At this point in the
commentary room, Nigel concluded the session with a short snatch of song with
the first line "What do you get when you sac a pawn?" to the tune of the 1960s
hit "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" by Bobbie Gentry (http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=EIVOjfadGf0). It was a show-stopping rendition, with the crowd on
their feet begging for more and throwing garlands of flowers. A whole new
career suddenly opens up for Nigel - this year Olympia, next year the Albert
Hall. You can hear it for yourself on video 5.3 at the website. Nigel
graciously attributed the libretto to former British champion and joker
extraordinaire GM Jonathan Mestel. But, returning reluctantly to the chess,
Black is right to quit at this point:} Be6 35. Bxf3 Kg6 36. Kg3 f5 37. Kf4 Bd7
38. h5+ Kf6 39. Be2 Bc6 40. Bd3 Bd7 41. h6 {is hopeless.}) 1-0

[Event "London Classic 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2010.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.12.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 {This way of starting the game is not too popular at grandmaster level,
but the move is not bad at all. The only psychological drawback consists of
the fact that it gives Black the possibility of choosing between the Reti
Opening and the English Opening.} e5 (1... d5 2. Nf3 {could lead to a Reti
Opening.}) 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 {This is somewhat old-fashioned.} (9... Be6 {is by far more
popular.}) 10. d3 Bf8 11. Bb2 ({Since Black's main plan consists of 11...a5 12.
b5 Nd4, when ...c6 is one of his strategic threats, I find the alternative} 11.
Rb1 {preferable.}) 11... a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 c6 $1 (13... a4 {is too slow,
allowing White to gain territory in the centre} 14. e3 Ne6 15. Nf3 $36 {
Gulko,B (2615)-Short,N (2655)/New York 1994/CBM 042/[Ribli] (1-0, 24)}) 14.
bxc6 Nxc6 {Apparently, Black's queenside operation has left him with only
weaknesses along the b-file. However, a closer look will convince us that
White's development is incomplete, leaving him with problems stabilising that
wing. After a predictable ...Be6, all Black's minor pieces would target the
white queenside, while the a3-pawn is vulnerable.} 15. Nc4 $146 {This novelty
does not look like an improvement over the existing theory.} ({White's main
tries for an advantage were so far connected with} 15. Nb5 a4 16. Rb1 Be6 (
16... Bg4 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Ba1 {Huebner,R (2628)-Ruck,R (2569)/Leipzig 2002/CBM
089/[Ribli] (1-0, 41)}) 17. Ba1 Qd7 18. Qc2 Rec8 19. Qb2 f6 20. d4 {Markowski,
T (2549)-Huebner,R (2640)/Germany 2003/CBM 093/[Ribli] (1/2, 30)}) 15... Be6 {
A logical developing move, forcing White to release the tension.} (15... Nxc4
16. dxc4 {Offers White increased stability on the dark squares, with chances
to exploit the weaknesses along the b-file.} Bg4 17. h3 {followed by Nd5, with
some space advantage in the centre.}) 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Rb1 Qa6 18. Bc1 {
This is equivalent with admitting that 11.Bb2 has not been accurate and
practically leads to the loss of two tempi.} (18. a4 $5 {is more logical.} Rac8
({After} 18... Nd4 19. e3 Bb3 {the queen will be able to escape perpetual
harassment:} 20. Qh5 g6 21. Qg4 Be6 22. Qg5 {and the e5-pawn is hanging,
leaving the long diagonal vulnerable.}) 19. Nb5 Bb4 20. e3 {preparing d3-d4.
Black's position certainly looks active, but if White manages to regroup, his
position would be strategically superior.}) 18... Rac8 (18... a4 $5 $15 {
strongly comes into consideration.}) 19. Re1 $6 {Very passive.} (19. Be3 $5 {
, completing the activation of the bishop, looks more consequent and may offer
White reasonable compensation for the pawn after} Bxa3 20. Rb6 Qa8 21. Qa4 $44
{All White's pieces will target the enemy queenside (after Rb1 or Ra1), with
similar play to in the Benko Gambit.}) 19... b6 20. Bd2 (20. Nd5 b5 $15) ({
Now that the b-pawn has evacuated the long diagonal,} 20. Be3 {can be met by}
Nd4 $15) 20... Red8 21. a4 Nd4 22. Nb5 Bc5 $15 {Black is better developed,
which makes the blockade on b5 instable and the a4-pawn vulnerable.} 23. Nxd4
Bxd4 24. Be3 {Hoping to ease his position by simplifications.} Rc5 {Not
wishing to offer the opponent any space at all.} (24... Bxe3 25. fxe3 Rc5 {
also looks promising.}) 25. Bxd4 {White keeps exchanging pieces while also
trying to prevent the dangerous pawn break ...b5, which would leave Black with
a dangerous passed pawn.} (25. Qd2 b5 $36) 25... exd4 26. Rc1 Qc8 $1 {Simple
chess. Black keeps regrouping, inviting White to carry out the exchanges
himself.} (26... Rxc1 27. Qxc1 b5 {offers White counterplay:} 28. Qg5 Rb8 29.
Qe5 Qb6 30. axb5 Qxb5 31. Qxd4 Qb4 $5 32. Qxb4 axb4 $44 {The pawn looks very
dangerous, but White can work out his way to a draw:} 33. Rb1 b3 34. d4 b2 35.
d5 Bg4 36. e3 (36. Kf1 $2 Rc8 $1 37. Be4 f5 $1) 36... Be2 37. Bf1 Bf3 38. Bg2
Bd1 39. Rxd1 $1 b1=Q 40. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 41. Bf1 {and White should not lose this
ending.}) 27. Rxc5 Qxc5 28. Qa1 Rc8 {Maintaining the control of the only open
file.} 29. h4 Qc3 30. Bb7 Rc7 31. Be4 f5 ({At some later point, the
vulnerability of the a2-g8 diagonal will become a main theme. Therefore, the
immediate} 31... Bb3 {comes into consideration, with complete white paralysis.}
) 32. Bf3 {There is little this bishop can do, while its counterpart has the
precise function of attacking the a4-pawn and covering the b-file at the same
time.} Bb3 33. Kf1 Kf8 {The king courageously starts his march, preparing for
the ending.} (33... Kf7 $6 34. Qa3 $1 $132 Qb4 $2 35. Qxb4 axb4 36. Rb1 $16 Rc3
$2 37. Rxb3 $1 $18) 34. e3 $6 {Desperation.} (34. Qa3+ Qb4 35. Qxb4+ axb4 36.
Rb1 Rc3 $17) (34. Rb1 Qxa1 35. Rxa1 Ke7 $17) 34... Qxd3+ $6 (34... dxe3 $1 {
would have been by far more convincing.} 35. fxe3 (35. Qxc3 Rxc3 36. Rxe3 Bxa4
$19) (35. Qa3+ Qb4 36. Qxb4+ axb4 37. Rb1 Bc2 38. Rxb4 Bxd3+ {and the e-pawn
is an irresistible force.}) 35... Qxd3+ $19) 35. Kg2 Qc3 (35... dxe3 $2 {
does not work now:} 36. Qa3+ {followed by Rxe3, winning the bishop, for
instance} Re7 37. Rxe3 $18) 36. Qa3+ {The last chance.} Ke8 $2 {This looks
like premature centralisation, since the queens are still on the board.} (36...
Qb4 $1 37. Qxb4+ axb4 38. Rb1 Rc3 39. exd4 Ke7 {The more active king and the
favourable queenside situation offer Black excellent winning chances.}) 37. Qd6
$132 {With such an open king, the perpetual check is hard to avoid.} Rd7 38.
Qe5+ Re7 39. Qb5+ Kf8 40. Qxf5+ Rf7 41. Qe5 Rxf3 42. Kxf3 Qxe1 43. Qb8+ Ke7 44.
Qc7+ Kf6 45. Qd8+ Kf7 46. Qd7+ Kf8 47. Qd8+ Kf7 48. Qc7+ Kf6 49. Qd8+ Kf7 50.
Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2010.12.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2010.12.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3 ({At the present
stage of theory, this modest advance seems to face Black with bigger problems
than the classical} 13. d4 {. The text move delays the weakening of the
e4-square (I say "delays" and not "prevents" because the pawn is vulnerable on
d3 and likely to be eliminated at a later stage) and does not obstruct its own
dark-squared bishop.}) 13... Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. a4 $5
$146 {This is a typical Spanish move and even more typical in the classic main
lines of the Marshall Attack. Curiously, it has not been played in this
concrete position yet.} (17. Bf4 {is not too effective because White cannot
carry out the exchange of the dark-squared bishops without weakening his
kingside structure:} Bg4 $1 18. Qg2 Bxf4 19. Qxh3 (19. gxf4 d4 20. Qg3 $2 Rad8
21. c4 Rd6 22. Re5 f5 23. Nd2 Rg6 $19 {Kotronias,V (2607)-Grischuk,A (2719)/
Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 (0-1, 37)}) 19... Bxh3 20. gxf4 d4 21. Nd2 {It is best to
maintain the tension and keep developing.} (21. cxd4 $6 Rfd8 22. Re3 Bf5 23. a4
b4 24. Nd2 Rxd4 25. Ne4 g6 26. Rc1 Rad8 $15 {Grischuk,A (2702)-Tkachiev,V 
(2633)/Prague 2002/CBM 089 (1/2, 55)}) 21... Rfd8 (21... dxc3 $6 {releases the
tension too soon, removing the control over the e3-square.} 22. bxc3 Rfd8 23.
Re3 $1 {This move is not available in the main line.} Bf5 24. Ne4 Rac8 25. a4
$14 {Bauer,C (2582)-Adams,M (2723)/Senat 2003/CBM 094 ext (1/2, 33)}) 22. c4
Rd6 23. Re5 (23. Kh1 Rg6 24. Rg1 Rf6 25. Rg3 Bd7 $13 {[%csl Gf4]}) 23... bxc4 (
23... f5 $2 24. Kh1 $16) 24. Nxc4 Rg6+ $1 {since Black has no time to play ...
f5, he has to find another way of creating immediate threats.} 25. Rg5 Rf6 {
It appears that the white rook has been attracted to a square from where it is
impossible to defend Pf4.} 26. Rh5 Rg6+ 27. Rg5 $11) (17. Qxd5 Rad8 18. Qg2 {
has caused Black some occasional defeats over the past years.} Qh5 {looks more
critical.} (18... Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Bxd3 20. Be3 {leads to a rather one-sided
queenless middlegame in which the white king feels relatively safe, but
converting the extra pawn remains far from easy.} Be4+ {This seems to be the
latest trend. The bishop retreats to the long diagonal before it is too late.}
(20... Rfe8 21. Nd2 f6 22. Bb6 Rb8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Nb3 Bc4 25. Rd1 Bf8 26.
Be3 Kf7 27. Na5 Be6 28. a3 $14 {Shirov,A (2739)-Karjakin,S (2694)/
Khanty-Mansiysk 2007/CBM 122 (1-0, 70). Black's bishops are temporarily
passive, thus leaving White a free hand to develop his initiative.}) 21. f3 Bc6
22. Nd2 Rfe8 23. Bd4 h5 24. Kf2 f6 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Nf1 Kf7 27. Ne3 Rd8 28.
a3 Bc7 29. Re1 Rd7 {and White did not manage to breakthrough in Leko,P (2741)
-Aronian,L (2763)/Yerevan 2008/CBM 124 Extra (1/2, 41)}) 19. Be3 Bh3 {leads to
sharper play. Black is in no hurry to diminish the material diasdvantage, but
plays for the attack.} (19... Bxd3 {aims to keep the material disadvantage
within tolerable limits.} 20. Nd2 Bf5 $6 {This loses too much time.} (20... b4
$5 {, as played in a little known old correspondence game may offer better
chances to question White's stability in the centre, Odehnal,M (2450)-Zacek,J 
(2305)/corr 1998/Corr 2000 (1/2, 24)}) 21. Qc6 Be6 22. Qxa6 Qd5 23. Qb6 Bh3 24.
f3 f5 25. Qd4 Qc6 26. Qh4 Bc5 27. Bd4 $16 {Shirov,A (2739)-Jakovenko,D (2710)/
Khanty-Mansiysk 2007/CBM 122 (1-0, 43). White has parried the attack and can
enjoy his material advantage.}) 20. Qh1 f5 21. Bb6 (21. f4 {prevents ...f4
physically, but weakens the light squares too much.} Bc7 22. Nd2 Rxd3 23. Nb3
Bg4 $1 {The start of a long regrouping, aimed at creating a strong battery
along the long light diagonal.} 24. Qg2 Bf3 25. Qf2 Ba8 26. Nc5 Rd6 27. Bd4 Qf7
$44 {Shirov,A (2740)-Jakovenko,D (2711)/Dagomys 2008/CBM 124 (1/2, 48)}) 21...
Rd7 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Nd2 Bxg3 24. Qxd7 Bf4 {A critical position for this line.
White has a huge material advantage, but his king is insecure. There are no
clear threats from either side, which makes the position difficult to analyse.}
25. Qb7 Bxd2 26. Bd4 Rg8 27. Re7 Bc1 $1 28. Re1 Bf4 {Sutovsky,E (2654)
-Jakovenko,D (2709)/Poikovsky 2008/CBM 125 (1/2, 38)}) 17... Rae8 (17... b4 {
, preventing the activation of the a1-rook, deserves being investigated.} 18.
Qxd5 Rad8 {The position is similar to that examined in the previous comment
and I am not sure that the insertion of the moves a4 and ...b4 really favours
White.}) 18. Bd2 $8 {Not a very natural way to develop, but the only way to
avoid problems.} (18. Be3 Bxd3) (18. Rxe8 $6 {gives up the control of the
e-file without reason.} Rxe8 19. Bd2 Bc5 $36 {/\...Bg4, ...Re2}) 18... Bg4 19.
Qxd5 Rd8 20. d4 (20. Qc6 {does not achieve much, because the queen has to keep
the f3-square defended in order to prevent ...Bf3.} Rc8 21. Qe4 Rce8) ({
I see no obvious reason to refrain from} 20. axb5 {, though, since} Bxg3 21.
Qg2 {will leave White with a dangerous mass of passed pawns after bxa6 or Rxa6.
In the event of}) (20. axb5 axb5 21. d4 Bxg3 22. Qg2 {transposes to the note
to Black's 20th move.}) 20... b4 {This eventually worked out well, but it
seems that it is not the best moment to block the queenside.} (20... Bxg3 {
leads to a slightly inferior version of the game ending, because it allows the
opening of the a-file.} 21. Qg2 Bc7 22. Qxh3 Bxh3 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra6 $5 $14
{Having prevented the black rook's activation along the sixth rank, White can
hope to capitalise on his material advantage.}) 21. Be3 ({Once the a6-f1
diagonal has been cleared,} 21. Qc6 $1 {certainly makes sense.} Rc8 22. Qxa6 $1
Bf3 23. Qf1 {Black still has some pressure, but he has lost another pawn on
the way.}) 21... bxc3 22. bxc3 Bxg3 23. Qg2 Bc7 24. Qxh3 Bxh3 25. Nd2 Rd6 $44 {
Black's compensation seemt entirely adequate. Black's bishops are strong, the
white king is weak and the central pawns cannot easily be advanced and may
even be subjected to serious pressure.} 26. Kh1 Ba5 {An unpleasant pin. It
should be noticed that this move is possible only because White did not open
the a-file when allowed.} 27. Rac1 Be6 28. Bf4 Rc6 29. Re3 Rd8 30. Kg2 {
The king has somewhat improved its state of security, but making progress
remains difficult because of the dominating black bishops.} h6 31. Ne4 Bd5 32.
f3 Rc4 33. Nc5 {This will lead to drawish simplifications.} Bb6 34. Nxa6 Bxd4
35. Rd3 Bf6 36. Nb4 Bb7 37. Rxd8+ Bxd8 38. Rd1 Ba5 {The bishop returns to this
square after a long tour.} 39. Bd2 g5 {Since everything is under control on
the queenside, Black starts advancing his kingside majority, renewing the
threats against the white king.} 40. h3 Rc5 41. Re1 Rf5 42. Re3 h5 43. Nc2 Kf8
44. Nd4 Rd5 45. Bc1 Bb6 46. Ba3+ Kg7 47. Re7 Bxd4 48. Rxb7 Bxc3 $11 {Finally,
the danger of getting an opposite coloured bishops ending has dissapeared, but
the extra pawn also has vanished. The outside passed pawn does not offer
winning chances because of the unfavourable kingside structure.} 49. Bc1 Kg6
50. Rb5 Rxb5 51. axb5 Bd4 52. Bd2 Bb6 53. Be1 Kf5 54. Bf2 Bxf2 55. Kxf2 Ke6 56.
f4 (56. Ke3 f5 $11) 56... f6 57. b6 Kd7 58. Kf3 Kc6 59. fxg5 fxg5 60. Ke4 {
Fully in accordance of the Sofia rule.} Kxb6 61. Kf5 g4 62. hxg4 hxg4 63. Kxg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. Rc1 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nd4 Qxc5 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Qc2
h6 15. f3 Nf6 16. g4 Re8 17. Kf2 Nc4 18. h4 Bxg4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. fxg4 Nxg4+
21. Kf3 Ne5+ 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Kf2 Rae8 24. Rh3 b5 25. Rg1 Re4 26. Qd1 b4 27.
Qf3 Rxe3 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qg4+ Kf8 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. Kxe3 bxc3 32. Ke2 Qe5+
33. Kd1 Qh2 34. Ne2 Qd6+ 35. Qd4 Qxd4+ 36. Nxd4 Kg7 37. Nc6 a6 38. Nb8 a5 39.
a4 Kf6 40. Nc6 Ke6 41. Nxa5 Kd5 42. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. b3 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Ba3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nc6 17. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. d5 Ne7 14. Bc2 Qd7 (
14... Qe8 15. Na3 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 17. Bd3 e4 18. Be2 exf3 19. Bxf3 Qh5 20. Nc4
{Motylev offered a draw here to Serbian GM Todorovic whose initials are also
GM (Goran M?)} Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Nxd5 23. Rd1 Nf6 24. b4 $14 {
and White may really press here due to bad bishop on b6.} (24. Ra6 Nd7)) 15.
Na3 Nexd5 16. h3 Bh5 17. exd5 e4 18. Bg5 (18. g4 Nxg4 19. Ng5 Nf6 20. Qd2 Rfe8
21. Qf4 (21. Nc4 h6 22. Ba4 Qf5 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Nxb6 cxb6 25. Qf4 Qxf4 26.
Bxf4 hxg5 27. Bxg5 Nxd5 $44) 21... Be2 22. Re1 Bd3 23. Bxd3 exd3 24. Bd2 h6 25.
Ne4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Qxh3 27. Qg4 Qxg4+ 28. Rxg4 Re2 $44) 18... Bxf3 19. Qd2 e3
20. Bxe3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Be4 22. Rxf6 Bxc2 23. Rf4 Bg6 24. Nc4 {Now the other
bishop becomes bad!} Ra8 25. Na5 Rfe8 26. Ra3 Be4 27. c4 g5 $1 {Excellent!
Black has to play very aggressively on the kingside to exploit the inertia of
the Na5.} 28. Rf1 g4 29. h4 $6 (29. hxg4 Qxg4 30. Nc6 Rxa3 31. bxa3 Bg6 32. Rf4
Qg3 33. Rf3 Qg4 34. Nd4 Qe4 $44) 29... Qe7 30. Qf2 Bg6 31. b4 h5 32. Rc3 Qe5
33. Rb3 Qe4 34. Rc3 Qe5 35. Rfc1 Be4 36. Qf4 g3 37. Qxe5 Rxe5 38. Ra3 Kg7 39.
Rf1 Ree8 40. Rfa1 Re5 $2 {A critical moment for the game.} (40... Bg6 $1 $11
41. e4 $140 $2 Rxe4 42. Rxg3 Rxc4 $17) 41. Nb3 Rxa3 42. Rxa3 Bxd5 $1 43. Nd2 (
43. cxd5 $2 Rxe3 44. Kf1 Kg6 $17 {with the eternal pin on the knight things
may become ugly for White.}) 43... Be6 44. e4 Bg4 45. Rxg3 f5 46. Re3 Re8 47.
Kf2 Ra8 48. exf5 Ra2 49. Rd3 Bxf5 50. Rd5 Be6 51. Rg5+ Kh6 52. Ke3 Ra3+ 53. Kd4
Ra1 54. g3 Rd1 55. Kc3 Rg1 56. b5 Rc1+ 57. Kd3 Bf7 58. Nb3 $3 {The only way to
make any progress in the position.} Rd1+ (58... Bxc4+ 59. Kd2 Rf1 60. Nd4 {
and the bishop cannot return to a square which can protect Black against the
lethal check on f5.}) 59. Ke2 Rb1 60. Nd4 Bxc4+ 61. Kd2 d5 62. Nf5+ Kh7 63.
Rxh5+ Kg6 64. Rg5+ Kf6 65. Ne3 Rb2+ 66. Kd1 Be2+ 67. Kc1 Rxb5 68. Kd2 $1 (68.
Nxd5+ $2 Kf7 69. Rf5+ Ke6 70. Rf2 Rxd5 71. Rxe2+ Kf5 72. Re8 Kg4 73. Rg8+ Kh5
$11) 68... Rb2+ 69. Kc3 Rb5 70. Nxd5+ Kf7 71. Re5 Bg4 72. Re7+ {Excellent play
by White and Black is losing since the king has no square it can occupy around
the g3, h4 tandem.} Kf8 73. Re4 Bf5 (73... Rxd5 74. Rxg4 {should win.}) 74.
Nxc7 Rc5+ 75. Rc4 Re5 76. Rf4 Ke7 77. Kd4 Ra5 78. Nd5+ Ke6 79. Nc3 $18 Ra8 80.
g4 Bh7 81. Ke3 Rc8 82. Ne2 Ke5 83. Ra4 Rb8 84. Nd4 Rb1 85. Ra5+ Kf6 86. Kf4
Rf1+ 87. Nf3 Bc2 88. Kg3 Rb1 89. Ra6+ Kg7 90. Nd4 Bd3 91. Rd6 Kf7 92. Kf4 Ra1
93. h5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bc1 O-O 12. Bg2 d6 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. O-O Rd8
15. Bb4 Qb6 16. a4 Na5 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Bxa5 Qxa5 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Bd5 Rbc8
21. Qf3 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Qa6 23. Qe4 Rc6 24. c5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. Qxe5 Qb7
27. Rb1 Bf6 28. Qf5 Qc6 29. Nxa7 Qxa4 30. Qxc5 Qa2 31. Re1 Qd2 32. Kf1 Bxc3 33.
Rb1 Bd4 34. Qe7 Bxa7 35. Qxa7 Qd5 36. Kg1 Qa8 37. Qxa8 Rxa8 38. Rb5 f6 39. h4
Re8 40. Kf1 g6 41. g4 Re4 42. f3 Ra4 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Rb7+ Kg8 45. Kf2 Ra5 46.
Kg3 h6 47. Rd7 h5 48. gxh5 Rxh5 49. e4 g5 50. hxg5 Rxg5+ 51. Kf4 Ra5 52. Rc7
Kf8 53. Rd7 Kg8 54. Rd5 Ra3 55. Kg4 Re3 56. Rd7 Kf8 57. Ra7 Kg8 58. f4 Rxe4 59.
Kf5 Re8 60. Kg6 f5 61. Rg7+ Kh8 62. Rh7+ Kg8 63. Rg7+ Kh8 64. Rf7 Kg8 65. Rxf5
Re7 66. Rg5 Rf7 67. Kh6+ Kf8 68. f5 Rf6+ 69. Kh5 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. Nc2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 d6 13. b4 Rd8 14. Kh1
Bd7 15. Ne3 Bf8 16. b5 Na5 17. f4 Qc7 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Ne4 b6 20. Rc2 h6 21.
Rf1 f5 22. Nf2 g6 23. Nd3 Bg7 24. Rfc1 Be8 25. Nd1 Qe7 26. Qb4 Rc7 27. e4 fxe4
28. Bxe4 Qf6 29. Bf3 Bf7 30. N1f2 Qd4 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Qxe5 33. Ng4 Qg7
34. Rd1 h5 35. Nf2 Qe5 36. Re1 Qd4 37. Rd1 Qe5 38. Re1 Qf5 39. Be4 Qc5 40. Qb2
Qg5 41. Bd3 e5 42. Ne4 Qe7 43. Rf1 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 7. cxb5 c6 8.
Bg5 cxb5 9. e3 Bb7 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bh4 a6 12. Bd3 d6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rfc1 Qb6
15. Qc7 (15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Qc7 Nxg3 17. Qxd7 Nh5 18. Qc7 Qxc7 19. Rxc7 Rab8 20.
Rac1 Nf6 21. Nd2 Rfc8 22. Nb3 Kf8 23. Na5 Ne8 24. R7c3 Ke7 25. f3 Kd7 26. Kf2
Rc7 27. e4 Ba8 28. Ke3 Rbc8 29. Rxc7+ Nxc7 {1/2-1/2 Wang Yue (2689)-Mamedyarov,
S (2752)/Baku 2008/CBM 124 (48)}) 15... Rfc8 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Bg3 Rxc1+ 18.
Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Nxc8 20. h3 Ne4 21. Bh2 Kf8 22. Ne1 {#This imprecision may
seem almost innocuous, but it allows Hikaru to his opponent far more trouble
than you'd think. The problem stems simply from two immediate factors, the
white squares on the queenside and Black's numerical advantage. With the white
king temporarily restrained and the bishop locked away on h2, it is a 3-2
fight.} Nd2 $1 23. f3 f5 24. Nc2 Ke7 25. Kf2 Nb6 26. Ke2 Nb3 27. Nb4 Na5 28.
Bc2 Nac4 29. Nd3 a5 30. Bg3 Nd5 31. Bf2 g5 32. g4 {#} a4 $1 {Inch by inch
Nakamura has been weeding his way in and gaining space on both sides of the
board. By fixing the panws on a3-b2, he not only robs the biship of a square,
but not forces L'Ami to constantly check tactics there as the sacrificial
motifs abound.} 33. e4 fxe4 34. fxe4 Ndb6 {#There is only one way to avoid
losing, can you find it? It is not easy frankly, and no doubt the Dutch GM was
also short of time.} 35. e5 $2 {Alas this doesn't do it, and Kf3 fails to Nd2+.
} ({The move is} 35. d5 $1 {The idea is that after} exd5 {White has the
resource} 36. e5 $3 dxe5 37. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 38. Bxb6 {and White's bishop pair
combined with Black's bad bishop compensates the extra pawn. After the bishop
goes to d4 there will be no chance of winning as Bg7 will always be threatened.
}) 35... Be4 36. exd6+ Kxd6 37. Bg3+ Ke7 38. Kd1 Bxd3 39. Bxd3 Nxb2+ 40. Ke2
Nd5 41. Be4 (41. Bxb5 Nc3+) 41... Nc3+ 42. Kf3 b4 43. Be1 Nbd1 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Bf4 {A relatively rare move
in this deeply-explored position.} (19. Be3 {is the main move.}) ({Practice
has also seen:} 19. Qg4) (19. Re1) (19. h4) (19. Qd4) 19... Bh6 (19... Bc6 $6
20. Re1 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Re7 $1 Qb6 23. Ra6 Bxf2+ 24. Kf1 Rxh2 25. Rxb6
Bxb6 26. Qg4+ Bd7 27. Qg5 Bb5 28. Qe5 {1-0 Gozzoli,Y (2503)-Brunner,N (2413)/
Nancy 2009/CBM 129}) (19... Nc5 $6 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. h4 $5 (21. Re1 {[%cal
Ye1e7]} Qd7 $1 (21... Rde8 $2 {1-0 Zakhartsov,V (2541)-Petr,M (2478)/Stare
Mesto 2009/EXT 2010/[Zakhartsov] (28)} 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 (22... Rxe8 23. Qh5) 23.
Bxd5 $18) (21... a6 $2 22. Re7 $1 Bxe7 23. fxe7 Rdg8 24. Qd4 Kd7 25. Qe5 Qc5
26. Bf3 Ke8 27. Rd1 {1-0 Strangmueller,A (2335)-Sakai,K (2510)/IECG 2005/
Telechess CBM 115}) 22. Ra5 Bb6 23. Re7 Bxa5 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. h4 Bc7 26. Bh3
Bxf4 27. Qa4 Rhd8 28. gxf4 d4 29. Qxb4 Kb8 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Qxc4 d3 $132 {
V.Zakhartsov}) 21... Bc6 22. Re1 d4 23. Qg4+ Kb7 (23... Rd7 24. Ra5 $1 Qb6 25.
Qf5 Bxg2 26. Rxc5+ Bc6 27. Re7 $18 {1-0 Porper,E (2462)-Lock,G (2226)/Grand
Harve Bay 2006/EXT 2007 (40)}) 24. Re7+ $1 Bxe7 25. fxe7 $16) 20. Qd2 $1 (20.
Bxh6 Rxh6 21. Qd4 Rxf6 $13) (20. Bd6 Bf8 21. Be7 Re8 22. Qd4 (22. Re1 Bxe7 23.
fxe7 Rh7 24. b3 c3 25. Qc2 f5 26. Nxc3 bxc3 27. Qxc3+ Kb8 28. Ra5 Qc6 29. Qxc6
Bxc6 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rhxe7 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxf5 Kc7 $11 {1/2 Hadet,E 
(2507)-Peli,G (2293)/Lechenicher SchachServer 2009/Telechess CBM 139 (45)})
22... Bxe7 23. fxe7 Rh6 24. b3 Rxe7 25. Rfc1 Ne5 26. Nc5 c3 27. Rxa7 Nc6 28.
Qg4+ Rhe6 29. Nxe6 fxe6 $44 {1/2 Giri,A (2686)-Smeets,J (2662)/Wijk aan Zee
NED 2011/The Week in Chess 845 (38)}) 20... Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Bc6 $6 {This move
ignores White's main positional threat (Rf1-e1-e7).} (21... Nc5 $2 22. Nxc5
Qxc5 23. Rfe1 Rd7 {1/2 Zakhartsov,V (2602)-Michalczak,T (2370)/Guben GER 2011/
The Week in Chess 843 (39)} 24. h4 $18) (21... Qc6 $5 {[%cal Rc6f6]} 22. Rfc1
$36) (21... Rhe8 $5 {V.Zakhartsov}) 22. Qd4 $6 (22. Rfe1 $142 $16) 22... Kb8 $6
{Both sides underestimate the importance of the e-file!} (22... Rde8 $142 $1
23. Qxa7 d4 $1 24. Qxd4 (24. Nc5 Qxc5 25. Qxc5 Nxc5 26. Bxc6 Rd8 27. Ra5 Rh5
$132) 24... Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qc6+ 26. f3 (26. Kg1 $2 Rxh2) 26... Re2+ 27. Rf2
Rxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Rh6 $1 $132 {[%cal Yh6f6,Yd7e5]}) 23. Rfe1 {Finally!} Rhe8 24.
Re7 (24. Qf4+ $5 Kc8 25. Re7 $16) 24... Qa5 $1 25. Rxf7 $5 {[%mdl 512]} (25.
Qf4+ Qc7 26. Qe3 $16) 25... Bxa4 26. Bxd5 $6 (26. h4 $142 $1 {[%csl Gh4][%cal
Yh4h5,Yh5h6,Yh6h7]}) 26... Qc5 $1 27. Qf4+ Ne5 28. Be4 Rd7 29. Rg7 {[%csl Gf6]}
Bb5 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Bg6 Rf8 32. Re1 Qd6 33. Qxe5 Rxf6 34. Qxd6+ Rxd6 {
[%mdl 4096] White has obtained an extra pawn in the endgame but Black's pawns
are more advanced.} 35. Bf7 Rd2 36. Bxc4 Rxb2 37. h4 Bg4 $2 {Wrong! Black
can't prevent h4-h5 anyway, and now White gets an important possibility
Re1-e5-b5. It was essential to advance the a-pawn:} (37... a5 38. h5 Rc2 $1 39.
Bd3 Rc6 {is far from clear.}) 38. Kg2 (38. Bf7 $5 a5 39. h5) (38. Re5 $5 Bf3
39. h5) 38... a5 39. Re5 Rc2 (39... a4 40. h5) 40. Rb5+ (40. Bf7 $142) 40...
Kc7 41. Bd5 Rd2 42. Bf7 Bd7 $5 (42... Rd7 43. Bg6 Rd6 44. h5 Ra6 45. Bd3 Rd6
46. Be4 Ra6 47. Rg5 Be2 48. Rg7+ Kd8 49. Bg6 $18) 43. Rxa5 Bc6+ 44. Kf1 Bf3 45.
Ra1 {White is temporarily passive but he manages to successfully overcome
technical problems and convert his material advantage:} Kd6 46. Bb3 Rd3 47. Rb1
Kc5 48. Ke1 Kb5 49. Bd1 Bxd1 50. Rxd1 Rc3 51. h5 b3 52. Kd2 Rc8 53. Rc1 Rf8 54.
f4 Kb4 55. Rh1 Ka3 56. Ke3 b2 57. g4 Rc8 58. Rb1 Ka2 59. Rxb2+ Kxb2 60. h6 Kc3
61. g5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
{A tricky move order.} ({After one sees the game, a legitimate question is if
White can't play} 8. g4 {immediately. This is also nothing new, as Black
hasn't castled yet, he can afford to play} h6 $1 {After} 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4
Nc6 11. h3 Be6 12. Qd2 d5 13. O-O-O dxe4 14. Qe3 Qc8 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 {
Black has opened the [+] for his <=>, so} O-O {is already appropriate.} 17. Kb1
f5 18. Qe3 Nb4 19. Bd3 fxg4 20. Be4 Bf5 21. Nd4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qc4 23. b3 Qf7
24. Ne6 {Shirov,A (2700)-Van Wely,L (2655)/Tilburg/1997/} {should have led to
a balanced _|_ after} Qf5 $1 $11) ({For the standard} 8. O-O {see the notes to
Ponomariov-Anand, Wijk aan Zee 2011.}) 8... O-O (8... b5 $6 {prematurely
weakens the << and} 9. a4 $1 b4 10. Nd5 $16 {causes serious problems.}) ({
However,} 8... Be6 $142 $1 {is safer than the text move, as now} 9. g4 (9. O-O
O-O {-8.0-0}) {allows [+]<=> with} 9... d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. O-O
Nc6 (12... O-O 13. Nc5 (13. c4 Bc6 14. Qxd8 Bxd8 15. Nc5 {Peresipkin,V-Bukhman,
E/Kaliningrad /1972/} a5 $5 {[%cal Yb7b6,Yb8d7] /\b6,Nd7=}) 13... Bc6 14. Qxd8
Rxd8 15. Rfd1 Re8 (15... Nd7 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Rxd7 Bxd7 18. Bf3 Rc8 19. c3 Bc6
20. Bxc6 Rxc6 $11) 16. c4 a5 17. Rac1 b6 18. Nd3 Nd7 19. a3 Bf8 20. Rb1 Nc5 $11
{Firman,N (2551)-Yilmaz,M (2477)/Kharkov/2011/}) 13. c3 (13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5
h5 $13) 13... O-O 14. Qc2 $6 (14. Nc5 $13) 14... Qc7 15. Rad1 Be6 16. f3 Rad8
17. Bd3 g6 $15 {[%csl Rf3,Rg4] ׻, Ninclaus,W-Baert,J/Gent/2010/}) 9. g4 $1 Be6
{Around here the surprised Nakamura started thinking.} (9... Nc6 10. g5 Nxe4
11. Nxe4 d5 12. Ng3 d4 13. Bd2 a5 14. h4 a4 15. Nc1 Be6 16. Bd3 Bb4 17. a3
Bxd2+ 18. Qxd2 f5 19. gxf6 Qxf6 20. Be4 Bg4 21. Nd3 Bf3 22. Bxf3 Qxf3 23. Qe2
$18 {Yemelin,V (2530)-Nevostrujev,V (2490)/Kazan/2005/}) (9... a5 10. g5 Nfd7
11. h4 a4 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. Bxb6 $1 Qxb6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Nc4 Nc6 16. c3 b5 17.
Nce3 Rb8 18. Rg1 Kh8 19. a3 f6 20. Bg4 fxg5 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Qg4 Rf4 23. Nxf4
exf4 24. Nd5 Ne5 25. Qe6 Nf3+ 26. Ke2 Nxg1+ 27. Rxg1 $18 {[%csl Gd5] Yemelin,V
(2522)-Loginov,V (2499)/St Petersburg/2001/}) ({There is hardly anything
better than the natural text move.} 9... h6 $6 {is suicidal:} 10. h4 $1 $40)
10. g5 Nfd7 ({Dolmatov has had excellent results with this line and his games
are very instructive, e.g.} 10... Ne8 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. f4 g6 13. O-O-O Ng7 14.
h4 Rc8 15. Kb1 f5 16. h5 $40 gxh5 17. Bxh5 fxe4 18. Qh2 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Bf5 20.
Bg4 $1 Bxg4 21. Qxh7+ Kf7 22. Rdf1 Bf3 23. Rh6 Rg8 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Qxe4 Ke8
26. Rxf3 Nxf3 27. Qxf3 Bxg5 28. Qd5 $1 {1-0,Dolmatov,S (2600)-Zakharov,A (2426)
/Linares/2000/ See the notes by Ftacnik in CBM 75.}) 11. h4 $5 {This extremely
aggressive move order might be in fact more testing than the more usual
continuation} (11. Qd2 {and now:} a5 $142 $5 (11... Nb6 12. O-O-O N8d7 {
is rather slow, after} 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. h4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 {White has a
pleasant choice of attacking continuations:} 16. f3 {[%cal Yc3d5] /\Nd5} (16.
h5 $5 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Nd5 (18. g6 $14) 18... Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Rxg5 20. Ne3
Rc6 21. Na5 Rb6 22. Nac4 $36) (16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Nd4 Qc8 19. Nd5 (
19. h5 $142 $36 {is similar to Carlsen's set-up} Rb4 $2 {runs into} 20. Nf5 $1
Bxf5 21. Nd5 $18) 19... Bxd5 20. exd5 $14 (20. Nf5 $6 Re8 21. Qxd5 Bf8 $132 {
Stellwagen,D (2585)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2573)/Wijk aan Zee B /2007/})) 16... Qc7
(16... f5 17. Nd5 $1 {/\} fxe4 18. Na5 $16) 17. h5 b5 (17... Rc8 18. g6 fxg6
19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. c3 R4c6 22. Rdg1 Nf8 23. f4 exf4 24. Nxf4 $40 {
Rogers,I (2575)-Huebner,R (2595)/Wellington/1988/}) 18. g6 Nf6 (18... b4 $5 19.
Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Nf6 $14) 19. Rdg1 b4 20. Na4 $1 (20. Bh6 bxc3 21. gxh7+ Nxh7
$8 22. Rxg7+ (22. Qg2 Bg5 23. Bxg5 f6 $13) 22... Kh8 23. Qg2 Bf6 24. Rg1 Qd8 {
Williams,B-Frost,L/corr/1997/} 25. Rg3 Rc8 26. Bxf8 Qxf8 $13) 20... Rc6 21. Bh6
Ne8 22. Bxg7 (22. gxh7+ Kxh7 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. h6 Ne8 25. Qg2 d5 $1 {/\} 26.
Qg7+ Nxg7 27. hxg7+ Bh3 28. Rxh3+ Rh6 $19) 22... Kxg7 23. h6+ Kg8 24. g7 $16 {
Hellers,F (2520)-Gavrikov,V (2580)/Brocco/1990/}) 12. f4 (12. a4 Nc6 {[%cal
Yc6b4] The outpost on b4 guarantees Black at least reasonable <=>, Carlsen at
his post-game press-conference admitted he was worried about a5 motifs and
wanted to avoid such situations.} (12... Na6 {is also possible, only after} 13.
Nd5 {Black should play} Nb4 $1 $132 (13... Bxd5 $6 14. exd5 Nac5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5
16. h4 Qc8 17. Bb5 Bd8 18. Qe2 Bb6 19. O-O-O Nb3+ 20. Kb1 Nd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22.
c3 Bc5 23. Bd3 f5 24. gxf6 Rxf6 25. Qe4 Rh6 26. f4 $36 {[%csl Rc5,Gd3] ^-->,
Dolmatov,S (2565)-Ljubojevic,L (2610)/Madrid/1988/ Another model Dolmatov game,
in which White's attack suceeded because of his better B and despite the
simplification.})) 13. f4 (13. h4 Nc5 (13... Nb4 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. Kb1 Nb6 16.
Na1 f5 17. gxf6 Rxf6 18. Rhg1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. h5 Qf8 $13 {Mertens,M 
(2454)-Tiemann,H (2492)/corr/2006/}) 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Nb5 Nd4
17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Bd2 b6 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. Ke2 f5 $15 {Vogt,L (2480)-Balashov,Y 
(2545)/Halle /1976/}) (13. Nd5 Nb4 $1 14. Nxa5 $2 Bxd5 15. Qxb4 Be6 16. Bd2 d5
17. Qb5 dxe4 18. Bc4 Bxg5 19. Bb4 e3 $19 {->,Antal,G (2473)-Vajda,L (2537)/
Budapest/2003/}) (13. O-O-O Nb4 14. Kb1 f5 $5 15. gxf6 Nxf6 16. Rhg1 Rc8 17.
Bh6 Rf7 18. Bf3 Qd7 19. Rg3 d5 $1 $15 {Sheretyuk,A (2426)-Ljubicic,L (2516)/
corr/2008/}) 13... f5 (13... Nb4 14. f5 Bxb3 15. cxb3 d5 16. exd5 $14 (16. Nxd5
Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qxd7 Qh4+ $11)) (13... exf4 $5 14. Bxf4
Bxb3 15. cxb3 Nc5 16. Bc4 Ne5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. h4 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Ne6 $11) 14.
exf5 (14. gxf6 $5 Bxf6 15. O-O-O) 14... Bxf5 15. fxe5 dxe5 (15... Ndxe5 16.
O-O-O Nb4 17. Nd4 Bh3 $13) 16. O-O-O Nb4 17. Rhf1 Be6 18. Rxf8+ Qxf8 19. Rf1
Qc8 20. Bb5 Qc7 21. Bxd7 {1/2,Khalifman,A (2628)-Gelfand,B (2713)/FIDE WCh Las
Vegas/1999/} Qxd7 $11) (12. Bb5 Na6 13. O-O-O {Sadvakasov,D (2509)-Ashley,M 
(2482)/Los Angeles/2000/} Nc7 $132) 12... a4 13. f5 axb3 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. cxb3
Nc6 16. h4 (16. Bc4 Nd4 $1 17. O-O-O Nb6 $132) 16... Nc5 17. Bc4 Na5 (17... Qc8
$5) 18. Bxc5 Nxc4 19. bxc4 dxc5 20. O-O-O Qxd2+ {Even despite the seemingly
miserable Be7 White doesn't have an advantage, as his >> is vulnerable and
Black's R are active.} 21. Kxd2 (21. Rxd2 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. b3 Kf7 24. Ne2
Kg6 $132 {[%csl Rg5,Rh4] Stefan,C (2111)-Zirek,M (2137)/corr/2002/}) 21...
Rad8+ 22. Ke2 Rd4 23. Rhf1 Rfd8 24. b3 h6 $11 25. gxh6 gxh6 26. h5 Bg5 $11 {
Dolmatov,S (2550)-Gelfand,B (2585)/Klaipeda/1988/}) 11... Nb6 $6 (11... Nc6
$142 $5 {White can maybe avoid this with} 12. f4 {, but} (12. Qd2 a5 $132 (
12... Rc8 13. Nd5 f5 $6 14. f3 Kh8 15. O-O-O f4 16. Bf2 Re8 17. Nxe7 Nxe7 18.
Qxd6 $16 {Romanishin,O-Marjanovic,S/Yerevan /1971/}) {, now} 13. a4 {only
transposes to the above note.} (13. f4 a4 14. f5 axb3 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. cxb3
Nc5 $13 {/\} 17. O-O-O $2 Rxa2)) 12... f5 {is far from clear.}) (11... a5 12.
f4 exf4 (12... a4 13. f5 $36 {is a better version of the above line, as White
has already played the useful h4.}) 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Nd4 Nbc6 15. Qd2 $5 $14 (
15. Ndb5 f5 16. Nd5 fxe4 17. Nbc7 Bxd5 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Ne6 Qb6 20. Nxf8 Rxf8
21. Bxe5 Qf2+ 22. Kd1 dxe5 23. Rf1 {Delchev,A (2583)-Colovic,A (2385)/Subotica/
2003/} Qxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Rxf1+ 25. Ke2 Rxa1 26. Qd7 Nd4+ 27. Kf2 e3+ 28. Kg2 (28.
Kxe3 Rf1) 28... Bf8 29. Qc8 (29. Qf7 $2 Ne6 $1 30. Qxe6 e2 31. Qf7 Rf1) 29...
Kg8 30. Qc4+ $11)) (11... b5 {allows White to profit from his Q on d1 with} 12.
Bg4 (12. Nd5 $5) 12... Nc5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. g6 h6 15. Qg4 Qc8 16. O-O-O Na4
17. Ne2 Nc6 18. Kb1 Rf6 19. Rh3 d5 20. Qh5 Bf8 21. Rf3 Rxf3 22. Qxf3 d4 23.
Bxh6 $40 {Smagin,S (2535)-Gallagher,J (2445)/Hastings/1990/}) 12. Qd2 ({
Carlsen didn't like the immediate} 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 {due to} d5 $1 (13...
Nc6 14. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 15. exd5 Ne5 16. Qd4 Rc8 17. O-O-O Nbc4 18. Nd2 b5 19. Nxc4
Nxc4 20. Bd3 Re8 21. Kb1 Ne5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Qg4 e4 24. Bxe4 Rc4 25. Qg2 Bd6
26. Bd3 $16 {Dolmatov,S (2600)-Ye Jiangchuan (2593)/Shenyang/1999/}) 14. Nd4
Nc6 15. e5 Nd7 16. Nf3 Qb6 17. Nxd5 Qa5+ 18. Nc3 Ndxe5 $36 {Tseitlin,M (2540)
-Degraeve,J (2515)/Budapest/1996/}) (12. Nd5 Nxd5 (12... N8d7 13. Qd3 Bxd5 14.
exd5 Rc8 15. Nd2 f5 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. c4 Na4 18. Qa3 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Bxb5
Nb6 $13 {Milos,G (2620)-Mekhitarian,K (2280)/Guarulhos/2005/}) 13. exd5 Bf5 14.
Bd3 Qd7 15. Rg1 a5 16. a4 Na6 17. c3 Nc7 $132 {Schmidt Schaeffer,S (2275)
-Gallagher,J (2500)/SIU-chT/1993/}) 12... N8d7 (12... a5 $5 13. f4 (13. a4 Nc6
{Smagin,S (2355)-Rashkovsky,N (2470)/Moscow/1984/} 14. O-O-O Nb4 15. f4 $5 {
is a suggestion by Shipov, who likes White's chances.}) 13... a4 (13... exf4
14. Bxf4 Nc6 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. b3 (16. O-O-O $14 {is better, later White can
kick the N away after it occupies c4.}) 16... a4 17. h5 axb3 18. cxb3 Nbd7 19.
g6 Bh4+ 20. Kd1 Nc5 21. Kc2 Bf6 22. h6 Nxg6 23. hxg7 Re8 24. Be3 Bxg7 25. Bb5
Bg4 26. Qg2 h5 27. Bc4 b5 28. Bxb5 Qa5 29. a4 Rac8 30. Bc4 Nxb3 31. Qf1 Ne5 32.
Nxb3 Nxc4 33. Bd4 Ne3+ {0-1 Yevseev,D (2589)-Rashkovsky,N (2510)/Krasnoyarsk
2003/CBM 098}) 14. f5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 (15. Qc1 $6 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 d5 $1 $15) 15...
Bxc4 16. Nc1 {[%csl Gf5,Gg5,Gh4][%cal Yb2b3,Yc3d5] is probably the critical
position. White's >>() in connection with ides like b3 and Nd5 could give him
an edge, if he manages to consolidate, but this is not so simple after} Nc6 {/\
} 17. b3 axb3 18. cxb3 d5 $1 19. exd5 Nd4 $1 $44) 13. f4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A
promising novelty.} ({Previously White played almost exclusively} 13. O-O-O {
, but Carlsen wanted to gain access to the d4 square and once and for all stop
the} a5 $5 {ideas.} (13... Rc8 14. Kb1 $36 {leads to a position we have
already considered above in the note to 11.h4!?}) 14. Kb1 a4 15. Nc1 Rc8 (15...
Qc8 16. a3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. N1a2 f5 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. f3 Rf7 21. Nb4 $14 {
Horvath,A (2464)-Flumbort,A (2436)/Budapest/2002/}) (15... f5 $5) 16. a3 f5 17.
Nd5 (17. f3 $5 {[%cal Yc1a2,Ya2b4] /\N1a2-b4+/=}) 17... Bxd5 18. exd5 Nc4 $11 {
Andersen,M (2020)-Flumbort,A (2499)/Gausdal/2008/}) (13. h5 Rc8 (13... a5 $142
$1) 14. O-O-O Qc7 15. g6 Rfd8 16. Rdg1 d5 {Maslik,W-Kammel,H/corr/1986/} 17.
gxh7+ Kh8 18. Bh6 $1 $18) 13... exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. O-O-O $14 {Ponomariov,R 
(2723)-Karjakin,S (2678) Corus Wijk aan Zee 2007 (9) 1-0 Now the position
resembles games from the 6.Be3 e5 line, in which White has been able to play
f4 in one go. One possible model example from White's point of view is} Rc8 (
15... Nbc4 16. Bxc4 $5 (16. Qd4 Rc8 17. Kb1 f6 $5 $132) 16... Nxc4 17. Qd3 $14
{[%cal Yb3d4,Yd4f5,Yc3d5] /\Nd4-f5,Nd5}) 16. Kb1 Qc7 {I think Black shouldn't
have hesitated so long with the N sortie. Here} (16... Nbc4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18.
Qd3 f6 19. Nd4 Bg4 20. Rdg1 fxg5 21. Bxg5 h5 $5 $14 {deserves attention.}) 17.
h5 (17. Nd4 Nbc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Qd3 Qb6 {forces the N to return, or a
weakening of the << with} 20. b3 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2]}) (17. Ka1 $5 $14) 17... Rfe8
$6 ({Again Black should have considered} 17... Nbc4 $5 18. Bxc4 (18. Qd4 $5
Na3+ 19. Kc1) 18... Nxc4 19. Qd3 (19. Qg2 $2 Nxb2) 19... Na3+ 20. Kc1 Qc4 $132)
18. Ka1 $1 {A nice prophylactic move, designed to take the sting out of the
line} (18. Nd4 Nbc4 19. Qe1 Qb6 20. Bc1 $2 Na3+ 21. Ka1 Qxd4 $1 $17) 18... Bf8
(18... Nbc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qd3 $14 {is less effective now, but still seems
preferable to the text move.}) 19. Nd4 $36 {[%mdl 128] White finally activates
his N and his |^ inexorably grows, culminating in a combinational atttack.} Qc5
({In the post-mortem Nakamura suggested} 19... g6 $5 {/\Bg7 , but this fails to
} 20. hxg6 (20. h6) 20... hxg6 (20... fxg6 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Nd5
$18) 21. Bxe5 (21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Be3 Bg7 (22... Nbc4 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Bd4 Bg7
25. Qh2 $18) 23. Bd4 $40) 21... dxe5 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 (22... fxe6 23. Qe3 $18 {
[%cal Re3h3,Re2g4,Rd1f1,Rf1f6] ><e6,g6,/\Qh3,Bg4,Rdf1-f6}) 23. Bg4 Rd6 24. Qh2
Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 $18) (19... Nbc4 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Qd3 Qb6 22. Bc1 $1 $36 {
/\g6-> protects everything important and White is ready to roll.}) 20. g6 $1
$40 Nec4 (20... fxg6 21. hxg6 Nxg6 (21... h6 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Bxe5 dxe5 (23...
Rxe5 24. Qf4 Qc7 25. Bg4 Rb8 26. Rdf1 $18) 24. Bg4 Rxg6 (24... Rd6 25. Bxc8
Rxd2 26. Be6+ Kh8 27. Rxd2 $18 {[%csl Rh8] עh8}) 25. Bxc8 $16) 22. Nxe6 Rxe6
23. Bg4 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Rf6 25. Qh2 $16) 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. Qd3 {Here Carlsen
considered Black's position beyond saving - in a practical game it's certainly
almost impossible to defend and Nakamura quckly went down in flames.} fxg6 ({
Slightly more resilient was} 22... h6 $5 {, but after} 23. Qg3 $16 {White is
still clearly on top.}) (22... b5 23. gxh7+ Kh8 24. h6 g6 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 (25...
fxe6 26. e5 $1 $18) 26. Nd5 $16 {/+-}) 23. hxg6 (23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Qh3 Rce8 25.
hxg6 h6 26. Nd5 {[%cal Rh3f5,Rf5f7] /\Qf5-f7} Rxg6 27. Qf5 Ree6 28. Rdf1 {
[%cal Rf5f8,Rf4h6]} Ref6 29. Nxf6+ Rxf6 $16 {is promising, but Carlsen already
wants more and sees no need to force matters.}) 23... h6 24. Qg3 Qb6 (24...
Nxb2 25. Kxb2 Qb4+ 26. Nb3 d5 27. exd5 Qa3+ 28. Kb1 $19 {is just desperation.})
25. Bc1 Qa5 $6 {[%cal Yc8c3,Yc4b2] Black toys with ideas as Nb2 and Rc3, but
his Q goes offside.} (25... Ne5 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 $40 {gives him an extra
tempo in comparison with the game, but White's attack is still very strong.})
26. Rdf1 $1 {Carlsen refrains from} (26. Nxe6 Rxe6 27. Nd5 $16 {and calmly
piles up the pressure.}) 26... Ne5 {[%cal Rc8c3] /\Rc3} (26... Nxb2 27. Nxe6
Qxc3 (27... Rxc3 28. Qf2 $18) 28. Qxc3 Rxc3 29. Kxb2 $18) (26... Qe5 27. Qf2 $1
Qc5 (27... Rc7 28. Nxe6 Qxe6 29. Nd5 Rd7 30. Bxh6 $18) (27... Re7 28. Rh4 $5
$18 (28. Nxe6 Qxe6 29. Nd5 $18 {[%cal Rc1h6] /\Bh6})) 28. Rhg1 $1 {[%cal Rc1h6]
/\Bh6,g7+-}) 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. exd5 $18 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Rd4f5] /\Nf5,><h6} Qxd5
(28... Qa4 29. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 30. g7 Bxg7 31. Rf4 $1 (31. Nf5 $6 Qg4) 31... Qd7
32. Nf5 h5 33. Nh6+ Kh7 34. Rxh5 Ng6 (34... Bxh6 35. Rxh6+ Kxh6 36. Rh4#) 35.
Rf7 Rxc2 36. a3 Ree2 37. Nf5+ Kg8 38. Rxg7+ Qxg7 39. Nxg7 Rg2 (39... Kxg7 40.
Rg5 $18) 40. Qxd6 Rxb2 41. Qd8+ Kxg7 42. Qc7+ Kg8 43. Rf5 $18) 29. Bxh6 $1 {
[%mdl 64] With all forces aiming at Black's K, the tactics logically work in
White's favour.} gxh6 (29... Qxd4 30. Be3 $18 {[%cal Rh1h8,Re3d4] /\Bd4,Rh8}) (
29... Qe4 30. Bc1 (30. Nf5 $18) 30... Qxg6 (30... Nxg6 31. Qh3 $18) 31. Qh3 Nf7
32. Rfg1 Qe4 33. Nf5 $18) 30. g7 Be7 (30... Bxg7 31. Nf5 Rc7 32. Nxh6+ Kh7 33.
Ng4+ Kg8 34. Nf6+ $18) 31. Rxh6 Nf7 32. Qg6 $1 (32. Rh8+ $2 Nxh8 33. gxh8=Q+
Kxh8 {and as h1 is protected, White has only a perpetual.}) 32... Nxh6 33. Qxh6
Bf6 34. Qh8+ (34. Qxf6 Qh5 35. Ne6 Kh7 36. Nf4 Qh6 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Nh5 $18 {
wins as well, but the text move is more forceful.}) 34... Kf7 35. g8=Q+ Rxg8
36. Qxf6+ Ke8 37. Re1+ (37. Re1+ Kd7 38. Qe7#) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. e3 d6 10. Bd3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 f5 12. d5 {White must play dynamically,
otherwise Black will be better due to his superior pawn structure.} Na6 (12...
Nd7 {is the main continuation here but the text move usually leads to similar
positions as the knight comes to c5 anyway.}) 13. h4 $6 $146 {A dubious
novelty.} ({Here is the variation, in which 12...Na6 makes difference
comparing to 12...Nd7:} 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Qf6 15. O-O O-O-O (15... Nc5 {
leads to the 12...Nd7 line}) 16. Qxe6+ Qxe6 17. dxe6 Bxf3 {(which would be
impossible with the knight on d7 due to 18.exd7+)} 18. gxf3 Nc5 19. h4 (19. e4
Nxe6 20. Rfe1 h5 21. h3 h4 22. Bh2 Rdf8 23. Kg2 Rh5 24. Rad1 Nf4+ 25. Bxf4 gxf4
26. Rd5 Re5 $11 {1/2 Porper,E (2476)-Friedel,J (2524)/Edmonton 2008/CBM 125
Extra (47)}) (19. f4 gxf4 20. Bxf4 Nxe6 21. Bg3 h5 22. f4 Nc5 23. Rad1 Rde8 $15
{1-0 Tregubov,P (2649)-Maletin,P (2576)/Ulan Ude 2009/CBM 132 (58)}) 19... Nxe6
20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Kg2 Rhf8 22. Rad1 Rf5 23. Rd5 Rdf8 $11 {1/2 Wang Yue (2689)
-Adams,M (2729)/Baku 2008/CBM 124 (33)}) (13. Nd4 Nac5 {again leads to the
main 12...Nd7 line.}) 13... Qf6 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxc3+ 16. Ke2 Nc5 17.
Qg6+ Ke7 $17 {Black's king is much safer than White's.} 18. Rac1 Qf6 19. Qxf6+
Kxf6 20. Rhd1 exd5 $6 {Perhaps it was better to refrain from this capture as
now the c5 knight can't move.} (20... Rae8 $17) 21. cxd5 Ba6+ 22. Ke1 Rae8 (
22... Nd3+ $6 23. Rxd3 Bxd3 24. Rxc7 $44) 23. Rc3 Re4 (23... Rh7 {[%cal Rc5e4]}
24. Ra3 $1) 24. Rd4 Rhe8 25. Ra3 Bc8 $6 {Unnecessarily giving up the a7-pawn,
after which White equalises.} (25... Kf5 $5 $36 26. Rxe4 $140 Kxe4) 26. hxg5+
hxg5 27. Rxa7 R8e7 28. Kf1 Bg4 29. Nd2 Rxd4 30. exd4 Nd3 31. f3 Bf5 32. a3 Nf4
33. Bxf4 gxf4 34. Ne4+ $1 Bxe4 35. fxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxc7 Rxd4 37. Rc6 Ke5 38. Rxb6
Rd1+ 39. Ke2 Ra1 40. Rb3 Kxd5 41. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 e5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Bh6 Bb7
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. d5 f5 17. f3 Rf7 18. exf5 c4 19. Bc2 gxf5 20. Rad1 f4 21. g3
Qd6 22. gxf4 exf4 23. Kh1 Re8 24. Rg1+ Kf8 25. Be4 Bc8 26. Nd4 Qf6 27. Ne6+
Bxe6 28. dxe6 Qxe6 29. Bd5 Qh3 30. Bxf7 Qxf3+ 31. Rg2 Kxf7 32. Qd7+ Kf6 33.
Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 ({In his days, Botvinnik preferred} 4...
h6 5. g4 Bd7) 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nge2 Bg4 $5 $146 {Nakamura confessed that
he had seen this idea in some comments of Karpov (specifically, they can be
found in the notes for Informant to his game against Adams, where 7...dxc4 was
played).} ({Nakamura had had the following unpleasant experience with this
line:} 7... dxc4 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qd2 Qb4 11. a3 Qb3 12. Nge4 Nd5 13.
Rh3 $1 {Svidler,P (2734)-Nakamura,H (2729)/Amsterdam 2010/CBM 138 (1-0, 37)})
8. f3 Bf5 9. Ng3 Bg6 {Black's main achievement is to have forced the
obstruction of the d1-h5 diagonal, which removes the danger against the
h5-pawn after Be2. One more aspect will be revealed later.} 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Qd2
Nd7 12. a3 {Following Svidler's plan, without noticing an important difference.
} (12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rd8 14. Qf2 f6 15. Be3 Nd5 $11 {(Nakamura) This and
the following variations were indicated by Nakamura during his press
conference following to his win.}) 12... f6 13. Be3 Qb3 $1 {It appears that
the third rank was obstructed by the pawn, too, depriving White of the
resource Rh3.} 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 (15... cxd5 16. Rc1 fxe5 17. dxe5
Nxe5 18. Rc3 Qa4 19. Rc7 $44 {Nakamura}) 16. Rc1 Nb6 {Black has a stable
position and reasonable development. His position may be preferable already,
so White decided to look for attacking chances.} 17. Ne2 $5 (17. exf6 gxf6 18.
Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 O-O-O 20. Ne2 $15 {Nakamura}) 17... fxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 (18...
Qxd2+ 19. Bxd2 O-O-O 20. Nf4 Bf5 21. Be2 $13 {/+/= Nakamura}) 19. Bd4 Qc7 20.
Qg5 Bf5 (20... Bf7 21. Bxg7 Rg8 22. Be5 Rxg5 23. Bxc7 Rb5 $132) 21. g4 (21. Ng3
Be7 22. Qxg7 Rh7 23. Bxb6 Bb4+ $1 (23... Qxb6 24. Qg8+) 24. axb4 Qxg7 $19 {
Nakamura}) 21... hxg4 22. fxg4 Be4 23. Rh3 Be7 24. Qxg7 (24. Qe3 Bd5 25. h5
O-O-O 26. Nc3 $44 {Nakamura} Bf6 $5) 24... Rh7 25. Qe5 (25. Bxb6 Bxh4+ $1 {
Nakamura}) (25. Qg8+ Kd7 26. Bxb6 Rxg8 27. Bxc7 Kxc7 28. g5 Bf5 29. Rh1 Bxg5
$19 {Nakamura}) 25... Qxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxh4+ $17 27. Ng3 Nd7 28. Bd4 Bf3 29. g5
Bg4 30. g6 Rh6 31. Rxh4 Rxh4 32. Rc3 Bf3 33. Rxf3 Rxd4 34. Bh3 Ne5 35. Rf6 Nd3+
36. Ke2 Nf4+ 37. Ke3 e5 38. Rf7 Rd3+ 39. Ke4 Rxg3 40. Bd7+ Kd8 41. Bf5 Nxg6 42.
Rg7 Rb8 43. b4 b5 44. Bxg6 Rg5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Nf5 13. Bd3 d5 14. Bf4
c6 15. Nd2 Nh4 16. Qe2 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. Re1 Qxe2 20. Rxe2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. a4 a6 {By the time the last round started, it was not
clear yet whether Nakamura needed a win or a draw to claim the first prize.
Since Anand had White against Nepomniachtchi, there was a danger that a draw
would not be enough. This justifies the choice of the opening in this crucial
game.} 11. Re1 $5 {Not the most critical line.} (11. Bf4) (11. h3) (11. Nd2)
11... Ne4 {A logical reaction. Facing the positional threat e2-e4, Black
occupies the e4-square himself, even though only temporarily.} 12. Ra3 (12.
Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Nd2 Rb4 $1 {This manoeuvre is typical for the Fianchetto Benoni.
Every time I played it, I had to put/leave the rook under the attack of one of
the white bishops and was rather frustrated by the fact that my opponents
usually ignored it!} 14. Ra2 Nd7 15. b3 b5 16. Ba3 a5 $1 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Ne4
Nf6 $44 {Postny,E (2556)-Macieja,B (2613)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108 (0-1, 58)}) 12...
Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. c4 Rb8 15. a5 b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Bf4 Qc7 18. e4 Rb4 19.
Bf1 a5 {White's centre looks impressive, but the outside passed pawn should
not be underestimated.} 20. Bd2 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bc3 Bd7 {Black's
position looks promising, but by this time it became clear that Anand could
not win his ending. therefore, Nakamura offered a draw, which was accepted.} (
22... Bd7 23. Bxe5 (23. f4 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 a4 $132) 23... dxe5 $5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bc2 Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. a3 Qa5 13. Qd2 h6 14. Bh4 Rd8
15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. b4 Qh5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Nf4 Qb5 20. d5 Ne5 21.
Bb3 Rac8 22. Qe1 Qb6 23. dxe6 Bxe6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Ng5 Bxg5 26. Qxe5 Kh8 27.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rf1 a5 29. Qe4 axb4 30. Bc2 Kg8 31. axb4 Bf6 32. Bb3 Rd4 33. Qg6
Kf8 34. b5 Rd6 35. Qh5 Rd3 36. Bc4 Rd4 37. Qe2 Qc5 38. Bxe6 Qe5 39. Qxe5 Bxe5
40. g3 Rb4 41. Rd1 Rxb5 42. Rd7 Rb6 43. Bf5 Ke8 44. Rc7 Kd8 45. Rd7+ Ke8 46.
Rc7 Kd8 47. Rf7 Ke8 48. Bg6 Kd8 49. Be4 Ke8 50. Rxb7 Rxb7 51. Bxb7 Kf8 52. Kg2
g5 53. Kf3 Kg7 54. Kg4 Bc7 55. h4 Bb6 56. f3 Bf2 57. hxg5 hxg5 58. Kxg5 Bxg3
59. f4 Bxf4+ 60. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Ne5 O-O 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Nd3 Bxd4 10. h3 Nf6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. e3 Bb6 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Na4 Bc7 15.
Rc1 Bd6 16. Nc3 e6 17. Nb5 Bf8 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Bc7 Qd7 20. Qa4 a6 21. Bb6 Nb4
22. Nxb4 Qxb5 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. Bc5 Nf6 25. a3 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Bd7 27. Rfc1 Red8
28. f3 Ne8 29. e4 dxe4 30. fxe4 Nd6 31. e5 Nc4 32. Bxb7 Rab8 33. Rc7 Na5 34.
Be4 Be8 35. Bd3 Kg7 36. R1c2 Nc4 37. Rc5 Rd4 38. Bxc4 bxc4 39. R5xc4 Rd1+ 40.
Kg2 Ba4 41. Rf2 Rbd8 42. Rc7 Be8 43. Rfc2 Ba4 44. Rf2 Be8 45. Rfc2 R8d4 46. Kf3
Rf1+ 47. Ke3 Rdd1 48. Rd2 Rfe1+ 49. Re2 Rg1 50. Kf3 Bb5 51. Rf2 Rde1 52. Rc5
Ba4 53. Nc2 Rc1 54. b4 Rgd1 55. Rc7 Rd5 56. Ke4 Be8 57. Re7 Rd8 58. Nd4 Kf8 59.
Ra7 Re1+ 60. Ne2 Bb5 61. Rfxf7+ Kg8 62. Rg7+ Kf8 63. Rxh7 Rxe2+ 64. Kf4 Rf2+
65. Ke3 Re2+ 66. Kf4 Rf2+ 67. Ke3 Re2+ 68. Kf3 Kg8 69. Rag7+ Kf8 70. Rc7 Kg8
71. Rc4 Bxc4 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bg5
dxe4 9. dxe4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nbd2 Qf6 13. Nc4 Nf4 14. b4 Bb6 15.
Nxb6 axb6 16. Nd2 Be6 17. f3 h5 18. a4 Red8 19. Rae1 Ne7 20. Bf2 h4 21. Be3 h3
22. g3 Ng2 23. Re2 c6 24. Bd3 b5 25. a5 Rd7 26. Bb6 Nc8 27. Bc5 Qd8 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Be3 Bc6 14. a5 a6 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rdc1 Qc7 17. Na4 Nfd5 18. Bd2 Rfb8 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Nf4 21.
Qe4 Nbd5 22. b3 Ng6 23. Qe2 Qb7 24. Ra4 Rd8 25. g3 Nge7 26. Rb1 Nf5 27. Bd3 Qd7
28. Bc2 Nc7 29. Rd1 Nb5 30. Qe4 h5 31. Bg5 Qxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Kg2 Rd5 34.
Rc4 Ra7 35. Qf3 f6 36. Be3 Rad7 37. Re4 Re7 38. Bf4 Nfd4 39. Qd3 Nf5 40. Qf3
Nfd4 41. Qd3 Nf5 42. Qc2 e5 43. Be3 Red7 44. Qe2 g6 45. Qc4 Kg7 46. f4 Nxe3+
47. Rxe3 Rd2+ 48. Re2 e4 49. Kf2 f5 50. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 51. Ke1 Rd5 52. h3 Kf6 53.
g4 h4 54. b4 Rd8 55. gxf5 gxf5 56. Qe2 Nc3 57. Qh5 Rd1+ 58. Kf2 Rd2+ 59. Ke1
Rd1+ 60. Kf2 Rd2+ 61. Ke1 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nf1 Bf6 15.
Be3 Bb7 16. Ng3 g6 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Bb1 Re8 19. Qd2 Qa5 20. e5 cxd4 21. Rxc6
Qxd2 22. Bxd2 Bxc6 23. exf6 Bxf3 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. gxf3 d5 26. b3 Ne5 27. Kf1
Nxf3 28. Bb4 Re6 29. Ne2 Rxf6 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Kg3 g5 32. Kg2 Nh4+ 33. Kf1 Rc6
34. Ba3 Nf3 35. Bb4 Kf6 36. Kg2 Nh4+ 37. Kg3 Ke5 38. Bd2 Rf6 39. f4+ gxf4+ 40.
Bxf4+ Rxf4 41. Nxf4 Ng6 42. Nxg6+ fxg6 43. Bd3 b4 44. Kg4 a5 45. h4 Kf6 46. Kf4
h6 47. Kg4 Kf7 48. Kf3 Kg7 49. Kg3 Kf7 50. Kg4 Kg7 51. h5 g5 52. Kf5 Kf7 53.
Be2 Ke7 54. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4
e5 9. h3 Qb6 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Re2 Nc5 13. Be3 Qa6 14. Bf4 Qxc4 15.
Rc2 Nfxe4 16. Nxe4 Qxd4 17. Nxd6 Rd8 18. Rd2 Qb4 19. Rc1 Ne6 20. Be3 Qa5 21.
Qb3 Qxd2 22. Bxd2 Rxd6 23. Be3 Nd4 24. Qb4 Rd8 25. Kh2 a5 26. Qe7 Bd7 27. Bxd4
Bxd4 28. Rd1 Be6 29. Qxb7 Rab8 30. Qc7 Rdc8 31. Qxc8+ Rxc8 32. Rxd4 Bxa2 33.
Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Ne2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. f4 Qe7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 c5 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. f5 c4 17. Bxc4 Qc5+ 18. Rf2 Nf6 19. Bd5 Rad8 20. Ng3 gxf5 21. Qe2
fxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Rd2 24. Raf1 Rxb2 25. Nf5 Kh8 26. Qh4 Rxf2 27. Rxf2
Qxc3 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Qf6+ Kh7 30. Qe7 Qc8 31. Rf6 b6 32. Qxe5 Qc5+ 33. Qxc5
bxc5 34. Rc6 Re8 35. Rxc5 Re7 36. Kf2 Kg7 37. a4 Kg6 38. Ra5 h5 39. Kg3 f6 40.
Kf3 Rc7 41. Ke4 h4 42. Kf3 Rc3+ 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Rc1+ 45. Kh2 Rc7 46. g4
Rc2+ 47. Kg1 Rc3 48. Kg2 Rc2+ 49. Kh1 Rc1+ 50. Kg2 Rc2+ 51. Kg1 Rc1+ 52. Kg2
Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. Nb5 Na6 5. c4 e6 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. g3 Bd7 8. Nc3
Bc6 9. Bg2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Nb4 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Nbd5 14. Ne5 Bxe5
15. Bxe5 Qd7 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rc4 a5 18. Rfc1 Ra6 19. Rc5 a4 20. Qa3 Rb6 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. R5c2 Rf7 23. Qe3 h6 24. h3 Rb4 25. f3 Qe6 26. Qd3 Bb5 27. Qd2 Rc4
28. Kh2 c6 29. Rg1 Qe7 30. g4 f4 31. Rxc4 Bxc4 32. Rg2 Qg5 33. a3 b5 34. Qa5 c5
35. Qb6 b4 36. axb4 cxb4 37. Qxb4 Bb3 38. Qd6 Kh7 39. Qb4 Ra7 40. Qb6 Qe7 41.
g5 hxg5 42. h4 a3 43. Rxg5 a2 44. Rh5+ Kg8 45. Qb8+ Kf7 46. Qxb3 Qd8 47. Qd3
a1=Q 48. Qf5+ Ke7 49. Rh7 Qg8 50. Bxg7 Qxh7 51. Qxh7 Qe1 52. Be5+ Ke8 53. Qg8+
Ke7 54. Qg7+ Ke8 55. Qg6+ Rf7 56. Qe6+ Kf8 57. Bd6+ Kg7 58. Be5+ Kf8 59. Qc8+
Ke7 60. Qc7+ Ke8 61. Qc6+ Ke7 62. Qb7+ Ke8 63. Qc8+ Ke7 64. Qc5+ Ke8 65. Qc6+
Ke7 66. Qd6+ Ke8 67. Qe6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 c5 8. d5
O-O 9. O-O e6 10. Nec3 Na6 11. a4 exd5 12. exd5 Nc4 13. Na3 Ne5 14. h3 Nb4 15.
Be3 b6 16. Qe2 Bf5 17. Rfd1 Qd7 18. Kh2 Rae8 19. Qd2 h5 20. Bh6 h4 21. g4 Bxg4
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. hxg4 h3 24. Be4 Nxg4+ 25. Kh1 f5 26. Bf3 Qd6 27. Bxg4 fxg4
28. Rg1 Qf6 29. Rg3 Qxf2 30. Qxf2 Rxf2 31. Rd1 Rf4 32. Nab5 Re7 33. d6 Rd7 34.
Re3 Nc6 35. Nd5 Rf2 36. Rg3 Ne5 37. Ne3 Rf4 38. Rd5 Kf6 39. b3 a6 40. Nc7 Re4
41. a5 bxa5 42. Nxa6 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "247"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7
15. Rxb7 Qh4+ 16. Bf2 Qd8 17. O-O Qc8 18. Rb3 Qc4 19. Ne2 Be7 20. Rfb1 O-O 21.
Rb7 Qc8 22. Qc3 Bd8 23. Qxc8 Bxc8 24. Rb8 Rxb8 25. Rxb8 Bc7 26. Ra8 Bd7 27. Ra7
Rc8 28. Nc3 g5 29. g3 gxf4 30. gxf4 Kg7 31. f5 Kh6 32. Be3+ Kh5 33. Ne2 Kg4 34.
Nd4 exf5 35. Kg2 f4 36. h3+ Kg5 37. Bf2 Bf5 38. Bh4+ Kg6 39. Rxa6+ Be6 40. Nxe6
fxe6 41. Rc6 Kh5 42. Bf6 Rg8+ 43. Kf3 Ba5 44. Kxf4 Bd2+ 45. Kf3 Re8 46. Rc7 Ra8
47. Ke2 Bf4 48. Rc6 Rxa2 49. Kd3 Ra3+ 50. c3 Ra2 51. Kd4 Kg6 52. Rxe6 Kf5 53.
Re8 Rd2+ 54. Kc5 Rd3 55. Bg7 Rxc3+ 56. Kd4 Rxh3 57. Rf8+ Kg4 58. e6 Re3 59.
Kxd5 Bg5 60. Be5 Ra3 61. Bd6 Re3 62. Rf7 h5 63. e7 Bxe7 64. Bxe7 h4 65. Rg7+
Kh5 66. Kd4 Re6 67. Kd5 Re2 68. Bf6 Re3 69. Rg5+ Kh6 70. Rg8 h3 71. Bd4 Ra3 72.
Ke4 h2 73. Rh8+ Kg6 74. Rxh2 Ra4 75. Rf2 Ra8 76. Rg2+ Kf7 77. Rg7+ Ke6 78. Rg6+
Kf7 79. Rh6 Ra4 80. Rd6 Ke7 81. Rc6 Kd7 82. Rh6 Ke7 83. Kd5 Ra5+ 84. Bc5+ Kf7
85. Rc6 Ra8 86. Ke5 Ra1 87. Rf6+ Kg7 88. Bf8+ Kg8 89. Bh6 Re1+ 90. Kf5 Rg1 91.
Bg5 Rf1+ 92. Bf4 Kg7 93. Rb6 Kf7 94. Rb7+ Kf8 95. Ra7 Rf2 96. Ke5 Kg8 97. Bg5
Rf7 98. Ra6 Kg7 99. Bf6+ Kg6 100. Rc6 Ra7 101. Bd8+ Kf7 102. Kf5 Ke8 103. Bf6
Kd7 104. Rc4 Ra5+ 105. Be5 Ra7 106. Rc2 Rb7 107. Rd2+ Kc6 108. Ke6 Rb5 109. Bd4
Rh5 110. Rc2+ Kb5 111. Be5 Kb4 112. Kd5 Kb3 113. Rb2+ Ka3 114. Rb8 Rg5 115. Kd4
Ka4 116. Bd6 Rb5 117. Rc8 Kb3 118. Rc3+ Kb2 119. Kc4 Rh5 120. Rf3 Rh4+ 121. Bf4
Rg4 122. Rf2+ Ka3 123. Kc3 Ka4 124. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. h4 e6 8.
Nge2 Nd7 9. g4 Qb6 10. h5 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 c5 12. Qb5 Rc8 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. O-O-O
Rg8 15. Rdg1 Nc4 16. Nd1 cxd4 17. exd4 b5 18. f4 Bb4 19. Rh3 Ke7 20. Rd3 Rc6
21. Rg2 a5 22. g5 f5 23. Ng1 Bd6 24. Rf2 Rgc8 25. Rg3 b4 26. Ne3 Nxe3 27. Rxe3
Bxf4 28. Rxf4 Rxc2+ 29. Kd1 Rc1+ 30. Kd2 R8c2+ 31. Kd3 Rxb2 32. Re2 Rc3# 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd2 {White is
finding it difficult to get some advantage against his opponent's flexible
setup. The most popular move is still 7.b3.} (7. b3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bd6
10. O-O O-O 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd5 h6 13. Bb2 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nf6 15. Nxd4 Nxd5 16.
Nf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Grigorov,G (2479)-Georgiev,V (2582)/Bansko 2010
(102)}) 7... dxc4 8. a4 c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. exd4 Nb6 {Nakamura plays the line
also with the white pieces and is well aware of the fact that Black has some
work to do before he can claim equality.} (10... Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 (12.
Rad1 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Bg5 Bc6 15. Ne5 Nbd5 16. Qe2 Qd6 17. Rd3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Schlosser,P (2534)-Gustafsson,J (2566)/Austria 2003}) 12... Nb6 13. Bd3 Nbd5 (
13... h6 14. Qb3 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bc4 Bd7 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Ne5 {The
pressure of white pieces is pretty unpleasant despite the symmetrical pawn
structure.} Bf6 19. Ba5 $1 Qe8 20. Bb4 Bxa4 21. Qa3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Bb5 23. Rfe1
$16 {1/2-1/2 Nakamura,H (2715)-Ni Hua (2665)/London 2009 (46)}) 14. Nxd5 Qxd5
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Qa5 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Bd7 21.
Qc7 Qxc7 22. Rxc7 Bxa4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Schlosser,P (2557)-Buhmann,R (2591)/
Austria 2010 (30)}) 11. Bd3 $146 {Carlsen comes up with a new move and it can
well be called a fresh concept. The bishop from the d3-square is eying the
h7-pawn.} (11. Bb3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Qd3 Bc6 16.
Nxc6 Rxc6 17. a5 Na8 (17... Rd6 18. Ne2 Nbd5 19. Rc2 Qb8 20. Rfc1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Meier,G (2659)-Acs,P (2601)/Germany 2010 (59)}) 18. Rfd1 Rc8 19. d5 Nc7 20. Qg3
Nfxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Bc3 f6 25. Rxd5 Rd8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Gervasio,R (2369)-Velikov,P (2492)/Clichy 1999 (66)}) 11... Nbd5 12.
Nxd5 Nxd5 {Recapturing with the black queen is not easy to punish, but White
would have kept some edge.} (12... exd5 13. O-O Be7 14. Rfe1 O-O 15. Rac1 $16)
(12... Qxd5 $5 13. O-O Bd7 14. Bc4 Qh5 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. f4 Ng4 17. h3 Nxe5 18.
fxe5 $14) 13. O-O Nb4 $6 {The golden rule of caution with active plans when
behind in development has been violated a thousand times - even by very strong
players. Can Black afford to exchange one of the white bishops?} (13... Bd6 14.
Be4 (14. Rac1 Nf4 15. Bc4 O-O 16. Rfe1 (16. g3 b5 $1 $13) 16... b5 $1 17. axb5
Bb7 $11) 14... Nf6 15. Rfc1 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O 17. a5 f6 $14) 14. Bxb4 Bxb4 15.
Bxh7 $1 g6 (15... Bd6 16. Bd3 Bd7 (16... Bxh2+ $2 17. Nxh2 Qh4 18. Qc7 $18) 17.
Qe2 Rc8 18. h3 $16) 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kf8 {The American chess star is
very confident. Not every player would dare to play such a dangerous position
against the top player of the FIDE rating list.} (17... Kd7 18. Qg7+ Kd6 19.
Rfc1 $18) 18. Ne5 Qe7 {White is much better, so the defender has to play with
caution in order to keep some counterplay.} (18... Qe8 19. Qf6+ Kg8 20. Qg5+
Kf8 (20... Kh7 21. Rfc1 Rg8 22. Rc7+ Bd7 23. Qh4+ $18) 21. Ng6+ Kg7 22. Nxh8+
Kxh8 23. Rfc1 $18) 19. Rac1 Qh7 (19... Rg8 20. Qh5 Qg7 21. g3 Bd6 22. Rfd1 Ke7
23. Rd3 $16) 20. Qg3 {It would be more difficult to find the courage for the
transition into a promising endgame.} (20. h4 $5 Qxg6 21. Nxg6+ Kg8 22. Nxh8
Kxh8 23. Rc7 Bd6 24. Rfc1 Bxc7 25. Rxc7 b5 26. a5 $16) 20... Ke8 21. d5 $1 {
[%mdl 128] Carlsen has a clear goal - to attack the black king. The defender's
pieces are poorly coordinated.} Bd6 (21... exd5 22. Ng6 Be6 23. Qe5 Qxg6 24.
Qxh8+ Qg8 25. Qe5 $18) 22. Rfe1 Bd7 (22... Qg8 23. Qf3 Qh7 24. h3 $16) 23. h3 {
The white queen deserves a better future than serving as a passive defender of
the kingside.} Bxe5 (23... Rf8 24. dxe6 Bc6 (24... Bxe6 25. Qe3 Be7 26. Nf3 Bd7
27. Rc7 $18) 25. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 26. Qc3 Rc8 27. Nd7 $18) 24. Rxe5 Rg8 25. Qe3 Rg6
(25... Qg6 26. g4 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. dxe6 $18) 26. dxe6 Bc6 (26... Bc8 27.
Rd1 Qg7 28. Qe4 $18) 27. Rxc6 $1 {Excellent chess understanding has enabled
White to destroy the dangerous bishop without hesitation. Black will go under
due to the lack of piece coordination.} bxc6 28. Qe4 Qg7 (28... Rc8 29. Rg5 $1
Rg7 30. Qxh7 Rxh7 31. Rg8+ Ke7 32. Rxc8 $18) (28... Ke7 29. Qxc6 Rxg2+ 30. Qxg2
(30. Kxg2 Qg7+ 31. Kf1 Qxe5 32. Qxa8 $18) 30... Rg8 31. Rg5 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Rxg5
33. Qxg5+ Kxe6 34. b4 $18) 29. Qxc6+ Ke7 30. Qc5+ Ke8 31. Qc6+ Ke7 32. Re3 $1 {
The rook retreats to a safe square, but still keeps the mobility along the 3rd
rank.} Ra7 (32... Rg8 33. Qc5+ Ke8 34. Rb3 Rxe6 35. Rb8+ Kf7 36. Rb7+ $18) (
32... Rd8 33. Qb7+ Ke8 34. e7 Rxg2+ 35. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2 $18) 33. Qc5+ (33.
Qb6 $1) 33... Ke8 34. Qc6+ Ke7 35. Qb6 $1 {The white queen dominates the rook
on a7, so it makes sense to sacrifice the important g2-pawn.} Rxg2+ 36. Kf1
Rg1+ 37. Ke2 Ra8 38. Qb7+ Kd6 (38... Kf8 39. Qxa8+ $18) (38... Kf6 39. Qxa8 $18
) 39. Rd3+ Kxe6 (39... Kc5 40. b4+ Kc4 41. Qe4+ Qd4 42. Qxd4#) (39... Ke5 40.
Qxa8 $18) 40. Qc6+ {The black king ends its life in the centre hunted by the
two unrestrained white major pieces.} (40. Qc6+ Kf5 41. Rd5+ Qe5+ 42. Rxe5+
Kxe5 43. Qxa8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nb5 Re8 11. Re1 Ng4 12. h3 a6 13. hxg4 axb5 14. cxb5 Qh4
15. g3 Qxg4 16. Qxg4 Bxg4 17. Bf4 $146 {[%cal Rb5b6][%mdl 8] A new and
original idea in this well-known theoretical position. However, Black finds a
good reply.} (17. Kg2 {is played automatically, and it is not easy for Black
to equalise, due to White's potential passed a-pawn, e.g.} f5 $1 (17... Bd7 18.
a4 f5 19. f3 fxe4 20. fxe4 Bf6 21. Bd2 g5 22. Rec1 Rec8 23. Rh1 Re8 24. a5 $16
{1-0 Godard,M (2344)-Hamdouchi,H (2609)/Marrakesh 2010/CBM 137 Extra (36)}) 18.
a4 (18. f3 $6 fxe4 19. fxe4 (19. Rxe4 Bf5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Kf2
d3 23. Be3 Re5 (23... Ra8 $5 $15) 24. a4 Rxd5 25. Rb1 Re5 26. Rd1 Rd5 27. Rb1
Re5 {1/2 Del Rey,D (2340)-Strikovic,A (2445)/La Coruna 1995/EXT 1997}) 19...
Rf8 20. a4 b6 21. Rf1 Rxf1 22. Bxf1 Be5 23. b4 d3 24. Ra2 (24. Ra3 $2 Bb2 $1
25. Bxb2 d2 26. Rd3 d1=Q 27. Rxd1 Bxd1 $19 {0-1 Sagalchik,G (2475)-Lesiege,A 
(2375)/New York 1992/TD (39)}) 24... Bc3 25. Bxd3 Bxb4 $15) 18... fxe4 19. Rxe4
(19. Bxe4 $5 d3 (19... Bd1 $6 20. Rxd1 Rxe4 21. Bf4 g5 $6 (21... b6 22. b3 $14)
22. Kf3 Re7 23. Bxg5 Re5 24. Bf4 Rxd5 25. Rdc1 $16 {1-0 Aleksandrov,A (2530)
-Zaitsev,I (2415)/Voskresensk 1993/CBM 038 (55)}) 20. f3 Bd7 21. Ra3 Ra7 22. b3
Bc3 23. Rd1 d2 24. Bxd2 Bxd2 25. Rxd2 Bxb5 26. Ra1 Re7 27. Rc2 Be8 28. a5 Bb5
29. b4 $14 {1/2 Dumitrache,D (2400)-Istratescu,A (2450)/Romania 1992/EXT 1997 
(68)}) 19... Rxe4 20. Bxe4 Be2 21. Ra3 Kf7 (21... d3 $6 22. a5 d2 23. Bxd2 Bxb5
24. b4 (24. Rb3 Ba6 25. Bd3 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 b6 27. b4 $14) 24... Bf6 25. Bd3 Be8
26. b5 Bd4 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Kf8 29. Kf3 $16 {1/2 Olafsson,H (2525)
-Damljanovic,B (2565)/Sochi 1988/TD (41)}) (21... b6 22. f3 Bd1 23. b3 Be2 24.
Kf2 d3 25. b4 d2 26. Bxd2 Bxb5 27. a5 $14 {1-0 Marin,M (2515)-Llanos,G (2340)/
Badalona 1993/EXT 2000 (42)}) 22. f3 (22. Bf3 Bc4 $13) 22... h5 23. Kf2 d3 24.
a5 d2 $5 (24... h4 $2 25. gxh4 Bf6 26. Kg3 $18 {1-0 Jussupow,A (2645)-Ehlvest,
J (2445)/Minsk 1987/URS-ch/[Chekhov] (40)}) 25. Bxd2 Bxb5 26. Bc3 $1 $14 (26.
Rb3 Bd4+ 27. Kg2 Ba6 28. Bd3 $140 Re8 $1)) 17... Bf3 18. b6 g5 $1 19. Bxg5 Re5
20. Bh4 cxb6 {[%csl Gf3] Black's pawns are totally destroyed but his f3-bishop
dominates the board.} 21. Rac1 (21. a4 $5) 21... Rae8 (21... Bh6 $5 22. Rc7
Rxa2 23. g4 (23. Bf6 Rh5) 23... Rxb2 24. Bf6 Re8 25. Bxd4 Rd2 26. Be3 Rxd3 27.
Bxh6 Bxg4 28. Kg2 Bh5 $11) 22. Bb5 Rf8 23. Bd3 Bh6 24. Rc4 f5 25. Rxd4 fxe4 26.
Rexe4 $6 (26. Bxe4 $142 Rfe8 27. Bxf3 Rxe1+ 28. Kg2 $44) 26... Bxe4 27. Bxe4
Bc1 $1 28. Rc4 Bxb2 29. f3 Ba3 $17 30. Rc7 Rf7 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. g4 Rxe4 33.
fxe4 Rf4 {[%mdl 4096]} 34. Rc7+ Kg6 35. Kg2 Rxg4+ 36. Bg3 Rxe4 37. Rxb7 Rb4 38.
Kf3 Rb5 39. Bf2 Rxd5 40. Rxb6 Kf5 41. Rb3 Ra5 42. Be1 Ra4 43. Bf2 Bc5 $2 {
The rook endgame proves to be drawn.} (43... Bc1 $17 44. Rd3 $140 Bf4) 44. Bxc5
dxc5 45. Rb5 $1 Rc4 (45... Ra3+ 46. Ke2 Rxa2+ 47. Kd3 $11 {_|_}) 46. a4 Rc3+
47. Ke2 Ke4 48. a5 c4 49. Rh5 Rc2+ 50. Kd1 Ra2 51. Rxh7 Rxa5 52. Kc2 c3 53.
Rh4+ Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 a6 6. Bd3 c4 7. Be2 Bd6 8. c3
Ne7 9. b3 b5 10. a4 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bb2 Nbc6 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Bf1 Rae8 15.
g3 Bc8 16. Bg2 Bf5 17. axb5 axb5 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Nf1 Ra8 20. Ne3 Bd3 21. Bf1
Bxf1 22. Nxf1 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Qb7 24. Re2 Ra8 25. Qc1 h6 26. Ne3 Ra2 27. Kf1 Qb3
28. Nd1 Qa4 29. Qb1 Na5 30. Ne1 Qb3 31. Nc2 Nac6 32. Na1 Qa4 33. Ne3 Nd8 34.
Nac2 Qb3 35. Na1 Qa4 36. Nac2 Ne6 37. f4 h5 38. Bc1 Qb3 39. Qxb3 cxb3 40. Ne1
Nc7 41. Bb2 Nb5 42. Nd3 Ba3 43. Nd1 Nc6 44. Nc1 Bxb2 45. Nxb3 g6 46. Rc2 Kg7
47. Rxb2 Rxb2 48. Nxb2 Nxc3 49. Kf2 Kf6 50. Nd3 Kf5 51. Kf3 Nb5 52. Ke3 Nd6 53.
h3 f6 54. Kf3 Nb5 55. g4+ hxg4+ 56. hxg4+ Ke6 57. Ke3 Nd6 58. Ndc5+ Ke7 59. Na4
Ne4 60. Nac5 Nd6 61. Na4 Ne4 62. Nac5 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 $5 {Together with Bc1,
this is one of the alternatives becoming more fashionable than the old Bd2.
Black has to be careful and ready to fight in all the crazy lines. Naturally,
this is not an issue for the two highly creative players involved in this game.
} Ne4 7. Qg4 g6 {One of the possible choices:} (7... g5 $5 8. a3 h5 9. Qd1
Bxc3+ (9... Nxc3 10. Qd2 $13 {isn't chess lovely?}) 10. bxc3 $13) (7... Kf8 8.
a3 (8. Bd3 Nxc3 9. Bd2 Nxa2 10. c3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 12. h4 $44 {with kingside
possibilities}) 8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 Nxc3 (10... Qa5 $2 11. Ne2 cxd4
12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. O-O $16) 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Nf3 f5 {is the main line, when
Black apparently is not facing real trouble:} 13. Qh5 Qe8 14. Qh3 Kg8 $13) 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxc3 (9... c5 10. Bd3 h5 11. Qf4 g5 12. Qf3 Nxc3 13. dxc5 $13
{similar to the 'main line' starting with 7...Kf8, but now Black has the K on
e8, and advanced pawns on the kingside. Again, the position remains unclear.})
10. Bd3 b6 $5 {Nakamura choses a rare continuation. Black is trying to
exchange light-squared bishops, reducing the direct attack against his king.}
11. h4 Ba6 12. h5 g5 13. f4 gxf4 14. Bxf4 $5 {Gashimov prefers to keep the
tension with the queens instead of:} (14. Qg7 $5 {was seen in 2006} Kd7 15.
Qxf7+ Qe7 16. Qxe7+ Kxe7 17. Bxf4 $14 {Naiditsch,A (2657)-Stellwagen,D (2573)
Corus-B Wijk aan Zee 2006 (1) 1-0 with a slight plus for White, since Black
has to be watching his h6-weakness. White eventually won convincingly.}) 14...
Kd7 $1 {A strong idea, that will be clear soon:} 15. Bd2 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17.
Qxe4 Kc8 $1 {Now the black king is looking safe, and in practice White's
position seems much harder to play already, since it's not clear where is his
king will stay in the middle of the chaos.} 18. Nf3 Bb7 19. Qf4 Rh7 (19... Bd5
$5 {avoiding the queenside advance} 20. Qxf7 (20. Rc1 $1 Bc4 $1 21. Qxf7 Kb7
$44 {Now the B is a little bit misplaced on c4, but once again there's a good
compensation}) 20... Nc6 $36 {Kb7, Rf8 with amazing play for Black.}) 20. O-O-O
(20. c4 $5 {followed by O-O (or Kf2), Rac1 and eventually d5 could be an idea
to build a direct attack against Black's king.}) 20... Qd5 21. Qg4 Kd7 $2 {
Correct plan, bad timing.} (21... Qa2 $1 {was the correct order:} 22. Qg8+ Kd7
{transposing to the game.}) 22. Qg8 $2 (22. Bxh6 $1 {was missed by both
players, after what Black would have needed to seek for a quick compensation
in order to survive.} Nc6 (22... Qa2 $2 23. d5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5+ $18) (22... Rxh6
$2 23. Qg7 $18) 23. Bg7 {with Bf6-h6 to follow} Ne7 24. h6 Qa2 25. Ng5 Qxa3+
26. Kd2 Qb4+ 27. Ke2 {when White escapes from the checks and needs to take
some care to avoid real counterplay:} Qc4+ 28. Ke1 Qxc2 (28... Qc3+ 29. Rd2
Rxg7 30. hxg7 Rg8 31. Nh7 Qa1+ 32. Qd1 Qxd1+ 33. Kxd1 Rxg7 34. Nf6+ Kc6 35. c4
$18) 29. Nxh7 Qxh7 30. Rf1 Ke8 31. Rd2 $1 $18 {/\ Qh5} (31. Qh5 $2 Qe4+ $132))
22... Qa2 $1 23. Bc3 Be4 24. Bb2 Qc4 25. Rd2 Na6 26. Qg4 Bd5 $13 {Once again,
it's hard to evaluate the position. Black maintains his strong central
blockade, but in the other hand, h6 is still a problem, and will be for a long
time.} 27. Rd3 {/\ Nd2, Kb1, c4} Qc6 28. Nd2 Rf8 29. Rc3 (29. Kb1 $5 {/\ c4}
Rhh8 $1 30. c4 $6 Bxc4 31. Rc3 Rhg8 $1 32. Qh3 b5 $13 {and with the Q on g4,
now d5! would work, since after 33.d5 Qxd5 34.Nxc4 bxc4 35.Rd1 wins} 33. d5)
29... Qb7 30. Re3 b5 31. Ne4 $1 {An interesting positional decision. The
b2-bishop is passive for now, but slowly White will break down Black's central
blockade and get real attacking chances.} Bxe4 32. Rxe4 c6 {Aiming for Nc7-d5.}
33. Bc3 (33. Qg3 $1 Nc7 34. Rg4 Nd5 35. Rg7 Rhh8 36. Rf1 Kc8 37. Qf3 Qd7 38.
Bc3 $1 $16 {now Bb4/Bd2 coming adds pressure to Black's restrained position,
that will soon fall apart. The d5-N itself is a strong piece, but can't solve
all problems.}) 33... Qc8 34. Rf1 Rg8 35. Qh3 Nc7 36. Ref4 Rgg7 {This bizarre
defensive method proves to be effective, since Nd5 and Qg8 will follow,
creating some kind of harmony.} 37. Bb4 Nd5 38. R4f2 Qg8 39. Bc5 a5 40. Qd3 a4
(40... Rxg2 $1 {forces an endgame, leaves black king out of danger and gives
Black amazing counterplay:} 41. Qxh7 Qxh7 42. Rxf7+ Qxf7 43. Rxf7+ Ke8 44. Rf8+
Kd7 45. Rh8 Ne3 $132) 41. g4 Qd8 $6 (41... Rxg4 $1 {similar to 40...Rxg2:} 42.
Qxh7 Qxh7 43. Rxf7+ Qxf7 44. Rxf7+ Ke8 45. Rf8+ Kd7 46. Rh8 Rg1+ 47. Kb2 Ne3 $1
$132) 42. c4 Qg5+ $2 (42... bxc4 $5 43. Qxc4 Qa5 {the black queen controls
some important squares near the black king from a5. Qc3+ is also an idea,
forcing the endgame, and making both Black's rooks not so miserable anymore (..
.Rxg4 will come, and the strong N on d5 compensates the h6-weakness)}) 43. Rd2
$6 (43. Kb1 $1 bxc4 44. Qxc4 $18 {Now Rb2 comes with decisive effects.}) 43...
bxc4 44. Qxc4 Qe3 45. Qa6 $2 (45. Qxa4 $142 Rxg4 (45... Qc3+ $2 46. Rc2 $1 {
the key} Qa1+ 47. Kd2 Qxf1 48. Qa7+ Nc7 49. Bd6 {and White runs from the
perpetual easily:} Qf2+ 50. Kc3 Qe3+ 51. Kb2 $18) 46. Qa7+ $40) 45... Nc7 $1
46. Qxa4 (46. Qb7 Qc3+ 47. Rc2 Qa1+ 48. Kd2 Qxf1 49. Bd6 Qf4+ $1 {now the
a4-pawn makes it a draw:} 50. Kd3 Qf3+ 51. Kc4 $4 (51. Kd2 $11) 51... Qb3+ $19)
46... Rxg4 47. Qc2 Rg2 {The worst has passed for Nakamura, now a double-edged
endgame (that should be around equal) takes place:} 48. d5 Qxd2+ 49. Qxd2 Rxd2
50. Kxd2 exd5 51. Be3 Ne6 52. Rf6 Rg7 53. Bxh6 Rg2+ 54. Ke1 Ke7 55. Rf2 Rg1+
56. Rf1 Rg3 57. Rh1 $2 {Probably in time trouble, White overstimates the
strength of his own h-P.} (57. Bc1 $142 Rh3 58. h6 $13 {now the a-P helps to
create counterplay.}) 57... Rxa3 58. Bc1 Ra1 59. Kf2 Ra2+ 60. Kg3 Kf8 $1 $19 {
Finally, this should be over. Black plays Kg8-Kh7 to stop White's P, and then
advances his own passed Ps.} 61. h6 Kg8 62. Rf1 Ra7 63. Rd1 Rd7 64. Kg4 c5 65.
Kf5 Kh7 66. Be3 d4 67. Bf2 c4 68. Ke4 c3 69. Kd3 Nc5+ 70. Kc4 c2 71. Rc1 d3 72.
Be3 Ne4 73. Kb3 d2 74. Bxd2 Rxd2 75. Rxc2 Rxc2 76. Kxc2 Kxh6 {A very
complicated game, with a rare structure/piece formation, but well conducted by
both of the players during a great part of the game, showing why they are
among the best in the world.} 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Qd2 exd5 9. Qe3+ Kf8 10. Qf4 Bf6 11. h4 h6 12. Nf3 Kg7 13. g3 c6 14. Bg2 Na6
15. O-O-O Qc7 16. Qe3 Bf5 17. Ne5 Rae8 18. f4 Bd8 19. Qf3 h5 20. Bh3 f6 21.
Bxf5 fxe5 22. Bc2 exd4 23. Rxd4 Bf6 24. Qd3 Qf7 25. e4 Nc5 26. Qe3 dxe4 27. Rd6
Nd3+ 28. Bxd3 exd3 29. Qxd3 Rd8 30. Re1 Rxd6 31. Qxd6 Re8 32. Rxe8 Qxe8 33. Kd2
Kf7 34. Kd3 Bxc3 35. bxc3 Qe6 36. Qc7+ Qe7 37. Qb8 Qd7+ 38. Kc2 b6 39. Qa8 Qf5+
40. Kc1 Qd7 41. f5 gxf5 42. Qh8 Qd3 43. Qxh5+ Kg7 44. Qg5+ Kf7 45. Kb2 Qb5+ 46.
Kc2 Qd5 47. Kb2 Qb5+ 48. Kc1 Qd3 49. Kb2 Qb5+ 50. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 {
The developemnt of the knight to e2 seems to be a bit passive, but it keeps
open the option of a central advance with f3, e4.} Re8 8. O-O Bf8 9. Bd2 b6 10.
Rc1 (10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nf4 Nc6 13. Bb5 Bb7 14. Na4 Rc8 15. Rfd1 a6
16. Bf1 Ne5 17. Be1 Qc7 18. Rac1 Ng6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. h3 Bd6 $15 {1/2-1/2
Kacheishvili,G (2505)-Dizdar,G (2550)/Pula 1997/ (37)}) (10. Ng3 Ba6 11. Bxa6
Nxa6 12. Qa4 Nb8 13. Rfc1 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b4 Nbd7 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. Qd4
Ne6 18. Qa4 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Richter,M (2431)-Seils,J (2366)/Germany 2005/}) 10...
c5 {Gelfand is not afraid of White's massive piece mobilisation, as the forces
seem rather passive.} (10... Bb7 11. Ng3 (11. Qa4 c6 12. Ng3 Nbd7 13. Nce2 a5
14. Bb1 g6 15. a3 b5 16. Qc2 Nb6 17. Nf4 Nc4 18. Nd3 Bd6 19. Qd1 Qe7 20. Be1
Bc8 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxc6 Bxb2 $17 {1/2-1/2 Soos,B-Haag,E/
Bucharest 1967/ (32)}) 11... c5 12. Nce2 Nc6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qa4 Ne5 15. Bb5
Re7 16. Ba5 Qb8 17. Nf4 a6 18. Be2 Re8 19. Bc3 Qa7 20. Rfd1 Rad8 $2 21. Bb5 {
1-0 Gislason,G (2295)-Akesson,R (2445)/Reykjavik 1988/ (48)}) 11. Nf4 (11. dxc5
bxc5 12. Qa4 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 a6 14. Nf4 Ne5 15. Bb5 Re7 16. Be1 Bb7 17. Bf1 Rd7
18. Nce2 Bc6 19. Qa5 Qb8 20. b3 Raa7 {1-0 Aleksandrov,A (2650)-Georgiev,K 
(2650)/Budva 2002/ (51)}) 11... Ba6 {It is no secret that the white bishop on
d3 is currently White's most valuable piece and will be sorely missed.} 12. Qf3
(12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qf3 Nc7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Na4 Ne4 (15... g5 16. Nh5 Nxh5 17.
Qxh5 Ne6 18. Qg4 $14) 16. Ba5 d4 17. exd4 Qxd4 18. Bxc7 Qxa4 $14) 12... Bxd3
13. Nxd3 Nc6 14. dxc5 $6 {Nakamura knows no fear and by creating hanging pawns
in the centre he opens up the decisive phase of the fight.} (14. Nf4 cxd4 15.
exd4 (15. Ncxd5 Ne4 $15) 15... Nxd4 16. Qd3 Nc6 17. Ncxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Ne7 $11
) 14... bxc5 15. Rfd1 c4 (15... Rc8 16. b3 d4 17. Ne2 $11) 16. Nf4 (16. Ne1 Rb8
17. Rb1 Ne5 18. Qh3 Bc5 $17) 16... Ne5 17. Qh3 (17. Qg3 Bd6 18. Ncxd5 Nxd5 19.
Nxd5 Nd3 20. Qf3 Nxc1 21. Bxc1 Qg5 $15) 17... Rb8 18. Rc2 $2 {The American
star is very strong in active play, but not outstanding when the task is of a
defensive nature. Objectively stronger was the subversive 18.b3!} (18. b3 $1
Rb7 (18... cxb3 19. axb3 Rxb3 20. Be1 Ba3 21. Rc2 Qc8 22. Qxc8 Rxc8 23. Ra2 $11
) 19. Be1 Rd7 $15) 18... Nd3 $1 19. Qf3 (19. b3 Nxf4 20. exf4 d4 21. Na4 Ne4
$19) (19. Nxd3 cxd3 20. Rcc1 Bd6 $1 (20... Rxb2 21. Be1 $15) 21. g3 (21. b3 Ba3
22. Rb1 d4 23. exd4 Qxd4 $17) 21... Rxb2 22. Qf1 Qd7 $17) 19... d4 $1 {The
blows are coming in quick succession. Even the cluster of white pieces around
c-e files can not prevent his falling behind.} 20. exd4 (20. Na4 Qd7 21. Nxd3
Qxa4 22. Ne1 Qxa2 $17) 20... Rxb2 21. Rxb2 Nxb2 22. Rc1 (22. Rb1 Qxd4 23. Be1 (
23. Rxb2 $2 Qxd2 $19) 23... Nd3 $17) 22... Qxd4 23. Be3 Qe5 {Gelfand did not
have to pay any positional price for his spare pawn on c4, his chances of
success are very good.} 24. g3 (24. Ncd5 Ne4 25. h4 Nd3 $17) 24... Nd3 25. Nxd3
(25. Rc2 $2 Ne1 $19) 25... cxd3 26. Bd2 (26. Kg2 Bb4 27. Bd2 Rd8 $19) 26... Qd4
27. Rb1 Qc4 28. Rb3 Bb4 $1 {Putting pressure on the cluster of white pieces is
a very efficient method of fighting the potential counterplay.} 29. Kg2 (29.
Qf4 Qxf4 30. Bxf4 Ba5 31. Ra3 Bb6 32. Kf1 Rd8 $17) 29... a5 30. Nb1 (30. Qf4
Qe6 31. Qd4 Nd7 $19) 30... Rd8 $1 {The main trump for Black is d3 and it
deserves close attention.} 31. Bxb4 axb4 32. Nd2 Qc2 33. Qf4 (33. Nf1 Nd5 34.
Qe4 h5 35. Qd4 Qxa2 36. Rxd3 Nf4+ 37. Qxf4 Rxd3 38. Qxb4 Qd5+ $19) 33... Nd5
34. Qh4 f6 35. Qc4 $2 {Difficult defence can wear down even the best player.
Nakamura under pressure makes a serious tactical oversight.} (35. Nc4 d2 $19)
35... Qxd2 (35... Qxd2 36. Rxd3 Qxd3 $1 37. Qxd3 Nf4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 (9. Qf4 $5 {is an interesting try, as we can check:} c5 10. Bd3 Nxd2
11. Qxd2 $14 {this is the key idea. White will maintain castling possibilities,
and still try to pressure Black's weakened kingside.}) (9. Bc1 $5 c5 10. Bd3
Nxc3 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. h3 Ne4 14. Ne2 Nxc5 15. Qf3 $13 {As in the
1981 game Tal-Vooremaa, another great performance by the great Ex-World
Champion, even tho Black's position should be around ok here.}) 9... Nxd2 10.
Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 (11. h4 {among other ideas, this is a direct try against
Black's king. For example:} Nc6 12. h5 $5 g5 13. f4 {Funny thing - I just
realised this was the idea I used to play all the time on the Internet against
this variation, when I was just a kid. Of course, I thought I was a genius for
that, since I used to win many games in the following endgame:} cxd4 (13... c4
$5 14. Be2 f5 $1 $13) 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. fxg5 Qxg5+ (15... Qa5+ 16. c3 Nb3+ 17.
axb3 Qxa1 18. g6 $13) 16. Qxg5 hxg5 17. g4 $13 {followed by c3-Nf3, creating
some pressure on the g5-weakness. Back then, it was so exciting to get to move
17 without making a single move from my head!}) 11... Nc6 {As in many
positions in the French Defence, both sides have a big variety of moves and
plans to follow, specially in this Winawer structures (arriving mostly after 1.
e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3). Just to show how rich the
position is, White has tried moves like Rab1, Rhb1, h4, Qf4, Bb5, as well as
the game move, dxc5.} (11... Bd7 $5 {is also possible, with the idea of
Bc6-Nd7-Qe7and O-O-O.}) 12. dxc5 {White releases the central tension, and will
try to create play in the b-file, and consolidate a blockade with Qf4-Nd4.
With 12.dxc5, Anand chooses to play this structure, since he avoids any ...
cxd4 ideas (when cxd4 would be forced, and Black could play something like
Qa5+/b6-Ba6.} Qa5 13. Qf4 Qxc5 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Rhb1 O-O-O $2 (15... b6 $5 {
and suddenly castling kingside becomes an option, since White's forces are
focused on the queenside.} 16. Qf6 (16. Nb5 O-O $1 17. h4 Ne7 $13) 16... O-O
17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Rb4 Rfc8 19. Bxg6 $2 (19. Rh4 Qf8 $1 {that's why Rfc8} 20.
Bxg6 fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Qg7 22. Qxe6+ Kh7 23. Rg4 Qf8 $13) 19... Be8 $3 $17 {
[X c3, Bg6]}) 16. Rb5 $2 (16. Nb5 $1 {Now Black couldn't stop White's activity:
} Kb8 17. Nd6 b6 18. Rb5 Qa3 (18... g5 19. Qg3 Qa3 20. Rb3 Qc5 21. Nxf7 Na5 22.
Qe3 $1 Nxb3+ 23. axb3 $16) 19. Qe3 $1 {Rxb6 coming, and Nxf7 as well, since
Rhf8 is not pinning the N anymore} Ka8 20. Rb3 Qc5 21. Nxf7 $18) 16... Qe7 17.
Rab1 b6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. R5b4 g5 20. Qe3 Qc5 {Nakamura was able to hold the
position so far, and the endgame won't present any problems for him.} 21. f4
gxf4 (21... Qxe3+ $5 22. Kxe3 Kc7 $11 {was another way to treat the position,
Rhg8 to come.}) 22. Rxf4 Rhg8 (22... Qxe3+ 23. Kxe3 Be8 24. g3 Rd7 $1 $11 {
/\ Kd8-e7, Rc7}) 23. g3 (23. Qxc5 $6 {winning the pawn could backire:} bxc5 24.
Ba6+ Kc7 25. Rxf7+ Rd7 26. Rf2 c4 $1 $44 {when the B on b5 remains out of play.
Besides, Rg5 comes and e5 becomes a real weakness as well.}) 23... Qxe3+ 24.
Kxe3 Rg5 $2 {Nakamura's will to play actively could have been punished, had
Anand reacted correctly on his 27th move.} (24... Be8 $142 25. Rh4 Rh8 26. Rf1
$14 {[X h6]}) 25. Rxf7 Rxe5+ 26. Kf4 Rh5 27. g4 $2 (27. h4 $1 {it's hard to
believe Anand didn't play this appealing move, leaving the h5-R out of play
for a decent time.} d4 {forced to let the R live} (27... Rg8 $2 {could have
been the reason why Anand played 27.g4} 28. Bh7 $1 e5+ 29. Kf3 d4+ 30. Kf2 $18
{[X Rh5]}) 28. Rxa7 b5 29. a4 $1 Rc5 30. Bxb5 $16 (30. axb5 $4 {as my grandma
says - it's never too late for something to go wrong:} Rf8+ 31. Kg4 Bg2 {
and the subtle h5# threat decides in Black's favour:} 32. Rh7 Rg8+ 33. Kf4 $19
{with e5-e4 to follow})) 27... Rxh2 28. Rxa7 Rd7 $1 {Nakamura takes his
chances and precisely equalises within the next moves:} 29. Ra6 (29. Rxd7 Kxd7
30. Rxb6 Kc7 31. Rb1 Kd6 $13 {and Black's central advance clearly compensates
for his pawn down.}) 29... Kc7 30. Kg3 (30. Raxb6 $6 Rh3 $1 $132 {when White's
K could become a target for Black.}) 30... Rd2 31. Rbxb6 Bb7 32. Rxb7+ Kxb7 33.
Rxe6 {The best possible chance for Anand, but not enough for a win.} Rc7 34.
Rxh6 Rxc3 35. Kf4 Rf2+ 36. Ke5 Rg2 37. Rg6 Ra3 38. Kxd5 Rxa2 {Starting here,
White holds the initiative with the pawns, but the position must be a
confortable draw already.} 39. Be4 Re2 40. c4 Rad2+ 41. Ke5+ Kc7 42. Kf5 Rf2+
43. Kg5 Rd4 44. Bd5 Kd7 45. Kh6 Re2 46. Rg7+ Kd6 47. g5 Re5 48. Rf7 Rh4+ 49.
Kg6 Rg4 50. Rf5 Rg1 51. Kf6 Rxf5+ 52. Kxf5 Rf1+ 53. Kg6 Ke5 54. Kg7 Rf4 55. g6
Kf5 56. Bf7 Rd4 57. c5 Rd8 58. c6 Rc8 59. Bd5 Rc7+ 60. Kh6 Kf6 61. Kh5 Ra7 62.
Bf7 Kg7 63. Kg5 Ra5+ 64. Kf4 Rc5 65. Be8 Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Nh2 Na6
9. Ng4 Qe8 10. Ne3 Kh8 11. a3 f5 12. b4 Nf6 13. Bd3 c5 14. Rb1 f4 15. Nf1 Bd7
16. Nh2 Qe7 17. Bd2 g5 18. Ng4 Ng8 19. h4 gxh4 20. Nh2 Bf6 21. Nb5 Rf7 22. Be2
Nh6 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. Bxg4 Rg7 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Qf3 cxb4 27. axb4 Nc7 28. Na3
Rag8 29. Rh2 b6 30. Kf1 Ne8 31. Ra1 Qc8 32. Rc1 Qd7 33. Nc2 Be7 34. Ne1 Nf6 35.
Bc3 Rc8 36. Qe2 Qe8 37. Nf3 Qg6 38. Re1 Ng4 39. Rh3 a5 40. bxa5 b5 41. a6 Bd8
42. Ra1 Bb6 43. Nxh4 Qg5 44. Be1 Rxc4 45. Nf5 Rg8 46. Nxd6 Rc7 47. Qf3 Bd4 48.
Rc1 Ra7 49. Rc6 b4 50. Nb5 Rf7 51. a7 b3 52. Nxd4 exd4 53. Qd3 Ne5 54. Qxd4
Qxg2+ 55. Ke2 Qg4+ 56. f3 Qg7 57. Bc3 Re7 58. Rh5 Nxc6 59. dxc6 b2 60. Qxg7+
Rexg7 61. Bxb2 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 {Apart from this logical exchange
Black can try the firm, but very passive knight retreat.} (11... Ndb8) 12. Bxd4
a6 {Testing the light-squared bishop is not the main line, but it definitely
makes sense if Black wants to complete his piece development.} (12... Bb4 {
White is not able to refute this pesky move, but it dos not mean that the
defender is playing with fire.} 13. O-O (13. Rb3 Qa5 14. a3 Be7 15. f5 exf5 (
15... b6 16. O-O Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Nb5 O-O-O 19. fxe6 Nc5 20. Rxf7 Nxb3 21.
Qe2 Kb8 22. cxb3 Rhe8 23. a4 Qc8 24. h3 Qxe6 25. Rxg7 Rg8 26. Rxh7 Rc8 27. a5
Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Qg6 29. Rxe7 Qg3# {0-1/Mencinger,V-Rogulj,B/Bled op (7)/1992/})
16. Nxd5 (16. e6 fxe6 17. Bxg7 Rg8 18. Qh6 Kf7 19. Bxd7 Bxd7 20. Be5 d4 21.
Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Bf4 Rxg2 23. Bh6+ Ke8 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Qh7+ {Van der Wiel,J-Ree,
H/Nederland/1986/}) 16... Bh4+ (16... Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Bd8 18. Rg3 a6 19. Bxd7+
Bxd7 20. Rxg7 {0.5/De Wit,J-Ree,H/Amsterdam II/1985/} (20. Rxg7 Be6 21. Nf6+
Kf8 $1 $10 {_|_})) 17. Kd1 (17. g3 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Bd8 19. Rf1 O-O 20. Bxd7 Bxd7
21. Rxb7 Bc6 22. Ne7+ Bxe7 23. Rxe7 Rfd8 $15) 17... Qd8 $2 (17... Qxd2+ 18.
Kxd2 Bd8) 18. Nf6+ $3 gxf6 (18... Kf8 19. Bc5+ $18) (18... Ke7 19. Qb4+) (18...
Bxf6 19. exf6 O-O (19... gxf6 20. Re1+ Kf8 21. Qh6+ $18) 20. Bxd7 (20. fxg7 Re8
21. Rh3 $40) 20... Qxd7 21. Rg3 g6 22. Kc1 f4 23. Qxf4 Kh8 24. Qh6 Rg8 25. Rh3
$18) 19. exf6 O-O (19... Bxf6 20. Re1+ Be7 (20... Kf8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Rg3+)
21. Bxh8 $18) (19... h6 $8 20. Qe3+ Kf8 21. Qe7+ Qxe7 22. fxe7+ Bxe7 23. Bxh8
f6 24. Rg3 $18) 20. Rg3+ $1 Kh8 (20... Bxg3 21. Qg5+) 21. Qh6 Rg8 (21... Bxf6
22. Qg7+ $1 Bxg7 23. Bxg7+ Kg8 24. Bf6#) 22. Rg7 Nf8 {1-0 De Firmian,N (2605)
-Huebner,R (2630)/Polanica Zdroj 1995} (22... Nxf6 23. Rxh7#) (22... Nf8 23.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 24. Qg7#)) (13. f5 exf5 14. O-O (14. Rb3 Qa5 15. a3 Qxb5 16. Nxb5
Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 O-O 18. Nc7 Rb8 19. Bxa7 Rd8 20. Re1 d4 21. Rb4 {1-0 Garcia,
G-Armas,J/Camaguey-B 1987}) 14... O-O 15. Rf3 Bc5 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Nxd5 Qxa2
18. Rfb3 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Be6 20. Ra1 Qxa1+ $2 (20... Qxc2 $1 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22.
Rg3+ Kh8 23. Qh4 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Qxe5 $19) 21. Qxa1 Bxd5 {0.5/Nunn,J-Zueger,B/
London/1987/}) 13... O-O (13... a6 14. Rb3 Qa5 15. Rfb1 (15. Bxd7+ $6 Bxd7 16.
Rfb1 Bc5 17. Rxb7 Rc8 18. R1b3 Ba4 19. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Kh1 Qc4 $1 (20... Bxb3
21. Ne4 Qxc2 22. Nd6+ Kf8 23. Qxc2 $1 Rxc2 24. Rb8+ Ke7 25. Rb7+ $10) 21. Rb1
O-O 22. Nxa4 Qxa4 $15 {Georgiev,Kir-Ehlvest,J/Reggio Emilia/1989/0-1 (61) ><c2,
f4}) 15... Ba3 (15... Be7 $5 16. Bxd7+ Bxd7 17. Kh1 b5 18. f5 $44) (15... Qxb5
16. Rxb4 Qc6 17. f5 h6 18. f6 gxf6 19. exf6 Qd6 20. a4 b5 21. Rxb5 Rg8 (21...
axb5 22. Nxb5 Qc6 23. Qb4 $16) 22. Re1 axb5 23. Nxb5 Qc6 24. Qb4 Nc5 25. Bxc5
Rxa4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K (2605)-Dolmatov,S (2620)/Moscow 1990 (32)}) 16.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 17. Kh1 (17. Rxb7 Rc8 18. Kh1 Bc5 $15) (17. Qe3 Rc8 18. Rxb7 Rc4 19.
f5 Bc8 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Rxg7 Rxd4 22. Qg5 Qxc3 23. Qh5+ Kd8 24. Qg5+ Ke8 25.
Qh5+ {1/2-1/2 Santo Roman,M-Zueger,B/Moscow olm (10) FRA-SUI 1994}) 17... Bc5 (
17... b5 $2 18. Qe3 Rb8 19. Nxd5 $16) 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Rxb7 Rd8 $1 (19... Rc8
$4 20. Ne4 $18) 20. Ne2 Qf2 21. R1b3 {~/= Magem Badals,J-Zueger,B/Horgen II 61/
(284) 1994} (21. Qe1 Qxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rc8 23. Nd4 Ke7 $1 24. Reb1 Rc4 25. R1b4
Rhc8 $15) (21. R1b3 Qf1+ 22. Ng1 O-O 23. Rb1 Qc4 $10)) 14. Rb3 Qa5 15. Qe3 (15.
Qf2 f5 (15... Nb6 $2 16. a3 Be7 17. Ne4 $1 Nc4 18. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 19. exf6 Qd2
20. fxg7 $18 {Ziatdinov,R-Zueger,B/Biel op/1994/}) 16. Rfb1 Be7 17. Bxd7 Bxd7
18. Rxb7 Qd8 (18... Rfd8 19. Nb5 Rab8 20. Nd6 Rxb7 21. Rxb7 Qxa2 22. h3 Qa4 23.
Rxa7 Qc6 {1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Zueger,B/Mitropa-Cup (6) SWZ-GER [2] 1991}) 19. Bc5
Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Bc8 21. Rb8 Rxb8 22. Rxb8 d4 23. Ne2 Qd7 24. Nxd4 Rd8 25. Qd6 {
1-0 Kruppa,Y-Kaidanov,G/URS-chT 1988}) 15... Nb6 16. Qg3 Nc4 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,
V (2705)-Dreev,A (2570)/Biel 1993}) 13. Rb3 {Topalov and his team obviously
judge the natural idea of grabbing the b7-pawn to be positionally not sound
enough for a real advantage for White.} (13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7 15. Rxb7
Qh4+ (15... Qd8 16. O-O Qc8 17. Rb3 Bc5 18. f5 exf5 19. Nxd5 O-O 20. Nf6+ Kh8
21. Rh3 Bxd4+ 22. Kh1 {1-0 Golubev,M (2570)-Zakharov,V (2355)/Moscow 1995}) 16.
Qf2 (16. Bf2 Qd8 17. O-O Qc8 18. Rb3 Qc4 19. Ne2 Be7 20. Rfb1 O-O 21. Rb7 Qc8
22. Qc3 Bd8 23. Qxc8 Bxc8 24. Rb8 Rxb8 25. Rxb8 Bc7 26. Ra8 Bd7 27. Ra7 Rc8 {
1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2776)-Nakamura,H (2774)/Monte Carlo 2011 (124)}) 16... Qd8
17. Bb6 Qc8 18. Rc7 Qd8 (18... Qb8 19. Qd4 Be7 20. Rxd7 Bh4+ 21. g3 Kxd7 22.
Qa4+ Ke7 23. Bc5+ Kd8 24. gxh4 Qc7 25. Qd4 $18 {1-0 Brkic,A (2558)-Bitalzadeh,
A (2370)/Rijeka 2008 (28)}) 19. Rb7 Qc8 20. Rc7 Qd8 21. O-O Rc8 22. Rxc8 Qxc8
23. Qd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z (2707)-Meier,G (2659)/Lubbock 2010 (38)}) 13...
Qe7 14. Ba4 $146 {The first independent move should improve upon the idea that
Cheparinov has already tested - without grabbing the b-pawn.} (14. O-O axb5 15.
Nxb5 Qd8 16. Qc3 Qa5 17. Nc7+ Kd8 18. Nxa8 Qxa8 19. f5 b6 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Qe3
Qc6 $15 {0-1 Cheparinov,I (2696)-Vallejo Pons,F (2664)/Dresden 2008 (50)})
14... b5 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qd8 {In the future it may be wise for Black to
open up the a8-h1 diagonal first.} (16... Rxa2 $2 17. Nd6+ Kd8 18. Qc3 $18) (
16... Qh4+ $5 17. g3 Qd8 18. Qc3 Qa5 19. Nc7+ Kd8 20. Nxa8 Qxa8 21. O-O $13)
17. Qc3 Qa5 (17... Nc5 18. Bxc5 Qa5 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Bxd6 $16) 18. Nc7+ Kd8
19. Nxa8 Qxa8 20. O-O {[%mdl 4] White has certainly analysed the position in
his extensive opening preparation. White can not claim a direct advantage, but
the position remains dangerous for Black.} Qa4 21. Kh1 (21. f5 Qxd4+ $1 22.
Qxd4 Bc5 23. c3 exf5 24. Rb5 Bxd4+ 25. cxd4 Ke7 $11) 21... Be7 (21... Ba6 22.
Rfb1 Qc4 23. Qa5+ Ke8 24. Rb8+ Nxb8 (24... Bc8 25. Ra8 f6 26. Qb5 Qxc2 27. Be3
$18) 25. Rxb8+ Bc8 26. Qb6 Kd7 27. Qa7+ Qc7 28. Qa4+ Qc6 29. Qxc6+ Kxc6 30.
Rxc8+ $18) (21... Qc4 22. Rfb1 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 Be7 24. Rc6 f6 25. Bc3 $14) 22.
Rfb1 f6 {Nakamura suffers, when he can not play at least a bit actively. His
attempt at undermining the cenre will weaken his defence.} (22... h6 23. Rb6
Qa3 24. Rc6 Qxc3 25. Bxc3 Bc5 26. Ba5+ Ke7 27. Rxc5 Nxc5 28. Bb4 $14) 23. exf6
gxf6 $2 (23... Bxf6 24. Bxf6+ Nxf6 25. Rb8 Qc4 $11) 24. Rb6 $1 {A fine move,
that is aiming to punish Black for his undue optimism.} Qxa2 (24... e5 25. fxe5
fxe5 26. Bxe5 Nxb6 27. Qc7+ Ke8 28. Bxh8 $18) 25. Re1 (25. R1b3 Qa8 26. Rxe6
$16) 25... Qc4 26. Rbxe6 Bb4 $2 {Black is just too self confident, he should
learn to experience some fear at the board.} (26... Qxc3 27. Bxc3 Ne5 28. fxe5
Bxe6 29. exf6 Kd7 30. fxe7 $16) 27. Bxf6+ Nxf6 (27... Kc7 28. Qxc4+ dxc4 29.
Bxh8 $18) 28. Qxf6+ Kc7 29. Re7+ $6 {Topalov could not believe his luck and
loses concentration. The same idea from the game would simply win after the
intermediate check on e5.} (29. Qe5+ $1 Kb7 30. Qg7+ Qc7 31. Re7 $18) 29... Bd7
(29... Bxe7 30. Qxe7+ Bd7 31. Qe5+ $18) 30. Qe5+ Kc6 31. Qxh8 Bxe7 (31... Bxe1
$2 32. Qa8+ Kd6 33. Rxe1 $18) 32. Qa8+ Kc7 (32... Kb6 33. Rb1+ Bb5 34. Qb8+ Kc6
35. Qe8+ $18) 33. Qa7+ Kd8 (33... Kc6 34. Rxe7 Qf1+ 35. Qg1 $18) 34. Qb8+ Bc8 (
34... Qc8 35. Qb6+ Ke8 36. Qd6 Qd8 37. Qxd5 $18) 35. Qe5 {White is not able to
win, but defence is still very difficult for the naked king helped by two
bishops.} Bc5 (35... Qc5 36. Qh8+ Bf8 37. Rd1 $16) 36. f5 $1 Qxc2 37. f6 Qf5
38. Qe8+ Kc7 39. Rc1 Kb6 (39... Bd7 40. Rxc5+ Kb7 41. Qe1 $18) 40. f7 {It
becomes clear that Black will not be able to handle all the problems.} d4 41.
Qd8+ Kb5 (41... Kb7 42. h3 Qxf7 43. Rxc5 Qf1+ 44. Kh2 Qf4+ 45. Kg1 $18) 42. Qc7
1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O g5 12. Bc1 Ne5 13. Qc2 Nxc4 14. e4 Qa5
15. Rb1 Na3 16. Bxa3 Qxa3 17. e5 d5 18. f4 gxf4 19. Rxf4 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21.
Rbf1 Qe7 22. Qf2 Bg7 23. Qe3 Bd7 24. Bxd5 Rxf4 25. Rxf4 Qc5 26. Bxe6+ Bxe6 27.
Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Kg2 Qxc3 29. Nf3 Qc2+ 30. Kh3 Qc8 31. Qxc8+ Rxc8 32. Rf7 Rb8 33.
Ng5 a5 34. Ne6 Bb2 35. Kg4 a4 36. Kf5 b5 37. Ra7 a3 38. Ng5 Rf8+ 39. Ke4 Re8+
40. Kd3 Rd8+ 41. Kc2 Rd5 42. Rxh7+ Kg8 43. Rh5 b4 44. g4 Rd2+ 45. Kb3 Bc3 46.
Ne4 Rb2+ 47. Kc4 Rxa2 48. Nxc3 bxc3 49. Kxc3 Rg2 50. Ra5 Rxg4 51. Rxa3 Rh4 52.
Rb3 Rh3+ 53. Kb4 Rxb3+ 54. Kxb3 Kg7 55. h4 Kg6 56. h5+ Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Kh8 11. Rb1 Nd7 12. b4 f5 13. f3 f4 14. Nb5 {Other
popular moves in this position:} (14. c5 {(a direct breakthrough with a pawn
sacrifice)}) (14. Na4) (14. Qc2) (14. Nb3) 14... b6 (14... g5 15. Qc2 axb4 (
15... b6 16. c5 $1 bxc5 17. bxc5 dxc5 (17... Nxc5 18. a4 {[%cal Yc1a3]}) 18.
Nc4 c6 19. d6 cxb5 20. dxe7 Qxe7 21. Rxb5 a4 22. Rd1 $16 {1-0 Rohde,W (2533)
-Danek,L (2546)/ICCF 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM 100 (53)}) 16. axb4 Nf6 17. c5 Ne8
18. Bb2 h5 19. Ra1 Rb8 20. Na7 Bd7 21. b5 dxc5 22. Qxc5 Ng6 {0-1 Tratar,M 
(2420)-Freitag,M (2385)/Frohnleiten 1998/CBM 064 ext/[Bulletin] (44)} 23. Nc4 {
[%cal Rc4e5]} Rg8 24. b6 $14) 15. Qc2 (15. c5 bxc5 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. a4 c6 $1 (
17... g5 18. Ba3 Na6 19. Qc2 Rf7 20. Rfc1 $16 {1-0 Vladimirov,E (2550)
-Temirbaev,S (2390)/Alma-Ata 1989/EXT 1997 (41)}) 18. dxc6 Nxc6 19. Nc4 Nd4 20.
Rf2 Bd7 21. Bf1 Bxb5 22. axb5 Qc7 23. Ra2 a4 24. b6 Qc6 25. Ba3 {1/2 Muschalek,
I-Jorgensen,A (2460)/ICCF 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM 112}) (15. Bb2 g5 16. Qc2 h5
17. Nb3 axb4 18. axb4 Nf6 19. Ra1 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 g4 21. c5 gxf3 22. Bxf3 Bg4 23.
Ra6 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nexd5 $1 25. exd5 Nxd5 $44 {1/2 Parwicz,W (2080)-Hardy,D 
(2110)/IECG 2006/Telechess CBM 127 (45)}) 15... a4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A curious
idea. Instead of opening the a-file for White, Black prevents a3-a4 and Bc1-a3.
The a4-pawn can be captured but that will take a lot of time.} (15... axb4 16.
axb4 g5 17. Bb2 h5 18. Ra1 Ra6 19. Na7 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Bb7 21. Nb5 Nc8 22. Nb3
Rg8 23. c5 dxc5 24. bxc5 c6 25. dxc6 Bxc6 26. Bc4 Rf8 27. Qf2 Qf6 28. Nc3 $14 {
1/2 Tratar,M (2451)-Magoo/Dos Hermanas 2003/EXT 2004 (76)}) 16. Rd1 (16. Nc3 {
was still logical.}) 16... g5 17. g4 h5 18. h3 Rf6 19. Bb2 Rh6 20. Kg2 Ng6 21.
Rh1 Bf8 {Both sides have taken prophylactical measures against the opponent's
attack.} 22. Kf2 Nf6 23. c5 $1 {[%mdl 32] The only way to break Black's
defence.} dxc5 24. Nc4 Bd6 25. Bc3 $6 (25. h4 $1 {apparently gave White good
chances, e.g.} hxg4 (25... Nxg4+ 26. fxg4 hxg4 27. h5 g3+ 28. Kg1) 26. hxg5
Rxh1 27. Rxh1+ Nh7 28. Qc1 $1 {[%cal Rh1h7]}) 25... Kg7 26. Qb2 (26. h4 $5)
26... cxb4 27. axb4 Qe7 28. Rbg1 $2 (28. Nbxd6 cxd6 29. b5 $1 $13) 28... Bd7
29. Nbxd6 cxd6 30. h4 {Too late!} ({As well as} 30. b5 Rah8) 30... hxg4 31.
hxg5 Nxe4+ $1 {It is now Black who obtains a decisive attack on the kingside}
32. fxe4 Rxh1 33. Rxh1 f3 34. Nxb6 g3+ $1 35. Kxf3 Rf8+ 36. Ke3 Qxg5+ 37. Kd3
Bb5+ 38. Kc2 Rf2 39. Bd2 Rxe2 40. Qc3 g2 41. Rg1 a3 42. Kc1 Rxd2 43. Qxd2 a2
44. Kc2 Qxd2+ 45. Kxd2 Bf1 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis m1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2011.05.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. g4 h5 14. h3 Rf6 {This
rather closed position has not attracted the attention of strong players in
the past. Nakamura has his own ideas about the King's Indian Defence, so his
choice of the line could make a difference.} 15. Nd3 Rh6 16. Kg2 c5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] The radical attempt to slow down White's advance on the queenside has
not been played in a known game.} (16... Ng6 17. Rh1 Nh4+ 18. Kf1 (18. Bxh4
gxh4 19. Kh2 (19. Kf2 hxg4 20. hxg4 h3 21. Ke1 Bf6 22. Kd2 Bh4 23. Qf1 h2 $11 {
0-1 Oliveira,H-Guimaraes,D (2179)/Petrolina 2009 (70)}) 19... hxg4 20. hxg4 a6
21. Bf1 Nf8 22. Nf2 c6 23. Rg1 Nh7 24. Nh3 Ng5 25. Nxg5 Qxg5 $11 {1-0 Amoyal,P
(2226)-Berube,R (2305)/St Lorrain 2003 (45)}) 18... b6 19. b4 Bf8 20. Rb1 a5
21. a3 Be7 22. Ke1 Kf7 23. Kd2 axb4 24. axb4 Ba6 25. Qb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Monteau,
L-Vlcek,S (2326)/Parthenay 2000 (47)}) (16... Kf7 17. c5 Nf6 18. Rc1 (18. Rh1
Qh8 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Nb5 Ne8 21. Rc1 Qh7 22. Nc7 Nxc7 23. Rxc7 hxg4 24. hxg4
Rxh1 25. Qxh1 Qxh1+ 26. Kxh1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Kleeschaetzky,R (2235)-Sawatzki,J 
(2230)/Germany 2008 (59)}) 18... Bd7 19. Qb3 Ng6 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Qxb7 Qh8 22.
Nb5 Nh4+ 23. Bxh4 gxh4 24. Nxd6+ {1-0 Fedorovsky,M (2305)-Svab,J/Decin 1997}) (
16... Nf6 17. c5 b6 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. a4 Bd7 20. Nb5 Ne8 21. Rc1 Qb8 22. Qb3
Kf8 23. Rc3 a6 24. Na3 b5 25. axb5 axb5 {1-0 Szymanski,M (2359)-Misiuga,A 
(2193)/Karvina 2001 (58)} 26. Nb4 $16) 17. dxc6 Nxc6 (17... bxc6 18. Rh1 $14)
18. c5 $1 {Ponomariov knows very well, that he can not win on the kingside.
Pushing ahead on the opposite flank is simply compulsory for him.} dxc5 (18...
Nd4 19. cxd6 Nb6 (19... Rxd6 20. Nb5 Nxb5 21. Qb3+ Kh7 22. Qxb5 $16) 20. Nb5
Nxb5 21. Qb3+ Be6 22. Qxb5 Qxd6 23. Nc5 $16) 19. Nxc5 Nd4 {Black could have
tried to equalise with the simple means of a knight exchange 19...Nxc5!?, but
he has higher ambitions.} (19... Nxc5 $5 20. Qxd8+ (20. Bxc5 Bd7 21. Qd5+ Kh7
22. Rfd1 Nd4 $11) 20... Nxd8 21. Bxc5 Ne6 22. Bc4 Kh7 23. Be7 Kg6 $11) 20. Bc4+
(20. Nb3 $5 Nxe2 21. Qxe2 Nf6 (21... Nb6 22. Nc5 Qe7 23. Rfd1 $14) 22. Nb5 $14)
20... Kh7 21. Nb3 Nf6 $2 {It is no secret, that Nakamura thrives on tactics,
so his choice of a knight move towards g4-pawn seems more than logical.
Unfortunately it can be easily refuted, so Black is thrown off balance.} (21...
Nb6 $1 22. Bd3 Be6 $11) 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. e5 $1 (23. Bxd4 $2 hxg4 24. hxg4 Nxg4
$1 $17) 23... hxg4 (23... Nd7 24. Qd3+ Kh8 25. Bxd4 Nb8 26. Rfe1 Nc6 27. Rad1
$16) (23... Ng8 24. Qd3+ Kh8 25. Bxd4 $16) 24. hxg4 Nxg4 {For better or worse
now Black has to sacrifice a piece in order to play on.} (24... Bxg4 25. fxg4
dxc3 26. exf6 $18) (24... Nd7 25. Qd3+ Kh8 26. Bxd4 $18) 25. fxg4 Bxe5 (25...
Bxg4 26. Qxg4 dxc3 27. Qf5+ Kh8 28. Rh1 $18) 26. Rh1 Qd7 27. Ne4 {Ponomariov
has understood, that he has won the game. His next few choices are directed
towards safety, not the highest efficiency.} (27. Be2 $1 dxc3 28. Qc2+ Kg7 29.
Rxh6 $18) 27... Rxh1 28. Qxh1+ Kg7 29. Qh5 (29. Be2 Qd5 30. Qb1 d3 31. Qxd3
Qxd3 32. Bxd3 Bxg4 33. Nxg5 $18) 29... Qxg4+ 30. Qxg4 Bxg4 31. Nxg5 d3 {
Black has a miserable two pawns for the piece, so the rest is a matter of
technique. As a tactical wizard he is looking at least for chances to fight on.
} (31... Rc8 32. Be6 Bxe6 33. Nxe6+ Kf7 34. Nxd4 $18) 32. Bxd3 Rd8 33. Be2 (33.
Be4 Bf6 34. Nf3 Re8 35. Re1 $18) 33... Bf5 (33... Bxe2 34. Ne6+ Kf6 35. Nxd8
$18) 34. Rd1 (34. Rg1 Bxb2 35. Nh3 Rd2 36. Nxf4 $18) 34... Rxd1 35. Bxd1 Bxb2
36. Bxa7 {Unless Black manages to exchange the last white pawn his survival
chances are close to zero.} Kf6 37. Nf3 (37. Nh3 Bc1 38. Bd4+ Ke6 39. Bb3+ Kd6
40. Ng5 $18) 37... Bd3 38. Kf2 Bc1 39. Bb3 Be4 (39... b5 40. Bd4+ Ke7 41. Ng5
Bg6 42. Kf3 Bh5+ 43. Ke4 Bg6+ 44. Ke5 Bh5 45. Nh3 f3 46. Bd5 $18) 40. Ke2 Ke7
41. Bb8 Be3 42. Be5 Kd7 43. Ng5 Bc6 44. Bc4 Bc1 45. Nf3 Be3 46. Bc3 Kd6 47.
Bb4+ Kc7 48. Ne5 Be8 (48... Be4 49. Nd3 Kc6 50. Bd2 $18) 49. Bd5 Bh5+ 50. Kd3
Bc1 51. Bc5 b5 (51... b6 52. Bd4 Kd6 53. Ke4 b5 54. Bf7 Bd1 55. Nd3 Bc2 56. Be8
$18) 52. Ke4 Bd2 53. Nf3 Bg6+ 54. Ke5 Be3 55. Bxe3 fxe3 56. Kd4 e2 57. Ke3 Kd6
58. Bg8 Kc5 59. Kxe2 {This might have been the magical moment for resigning
after a heroic defence, but Black manages 33 more moves.} Bh5 60. Ke3 Kb4 61.
Nd4 Bg6 62. Kd2 Kc5 63. Nc2 Bf5 64. Kc3 Be4 65. a3 Kb6 (65... Bxc2 66. Kxc2 b4
67. a4 $18) 66. Nd4 Ka5 67. Bb3 Bg2 68. Bc2 Bf1 69. Nb3+ Ka4 (69... Kb6 70. Kb4
$18) 70. Nd2+ Kxa3 71. Bb3 Bd3 (71... b4+ 72. Kc2 Bd3+ (72... Bb5 73. Nb1#) 73.
Kxd3 $18) 72. Kxd3 Kb2 73. Be6 Kc1 74. Nb3+ Kb2 75. Kd2 b4 76. Kd3 Ka3 77. Kc4
Ka4 78. Bf5 Ka3 79. Nc5 Kb2 80. Kxb4 Ka2 81. Kc3 Ka1 82. Nb3+ Ka2 83. Be4 Ka3
84. Bb1 Ka4 85. Nd4 Ka5 86. Kc4 Kb6 87. Nb5 Kb7 88. Bf5 Kc6 89. Bc8 Kb6 90. Bd7
Kb7 91. Kc5 Ka6 92. Nd6 Ka5 93. Nb7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis m1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.05.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd3 Qd7 11. Nd2 a5 12. Re1 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. Nb3 c5
15. Qf3 O-O 16. Be3 c4 17. Nd4 Rb8 18. Re2 Rb6 19. Rd2 c5 20. Ne2 Bb7 21. Qh5
g6 22. Qh6 Re8 23. Nf4 Bf8 24. Qh3 Qxh3 25. gxh3 Rxe5 26. Rad1 Kg7 27. Nxd5 Rd6
28. Nc7 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Be7 30. Ne8+ Kf8 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. Rxd6 Rd5 33. Rxd5 Bxd5
34. Bxc5+ Ke8 35. Bb6 Bc6 36. Bxa5 Bxa4 37. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis m1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.05.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
c6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Qe8 12. c5 {White is rushing to create crises
on the board, since both black knight can easily dream up better locations.
The c-pawn advance was played in nearly all the games where this position has
arisen.} dxc5 (12... exd4 13. Nxd4 (13. Bxa6 dxc3 14. Bc4+ Be6 15. Bxe6+ Qxe6
16. Qxd6 Qf7 17. bxc3 h5 {1/2-1/2 Hoegy,K (2145)-Bracker,A (2219)/Wismar 2009}
18. h3 Rad8 19. Qg3 Nh6 20. e5 $16) 13... dxc5 14. Nb3 h5 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Bg3
c4 17. Na5 Be6 18. Qa4 Ne5 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Qxc6 Qf7 (20... Rb8 21. Re2 Rb6
22. Qxe8 Rxe8 23. Rd1 Rc8 $11) 21. Re2 Rac8 22. Qxa6 h4 23. h3 Rfd8 24. Rd1 Rd4
25. Rxd4 exd4 26. Nd5 d3 27. Rd2 {1-0 Bilobrk,F (2372)-Viskic,P (2222)/Sibenik
2008 (36)} Qe8 28. Ne3 Bh6 $11) 13. dxe5 (13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. d5 Nh6 15. dxc6
Qxc6 16. Qd5+ Qxd5 17. Nxd5 g5 18. Bg3 Rf7 19. Rac1 Bf8 20. b4 $2 (20. h4 gxh4
21. Bxh4 Kg7 $11) 20... cxb4 21. Rc6 Bg7 $17 {0-1 Schildt,R (2001)-Meissner,H 
(2221)/Berlin 2007 (64)}) 13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 fxe5 $6 {[%mdl 4] Recapturing
with the pawn on e5 is strategically risky. Black is ready to defend the
position with 2 doubled and 5 isolated pawns.} (14... Qxe5 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16.
Qa4 f5 17. Qxc6 Rb8 18. exf5 Qxf5 19. Nd5 Kh8 20. Ne7 Qd7 21. Qxc5 Rxb2 22.
Rad1 Qb5 $11 {1-0 Gavrilov,A (2484)-Shimanov,A (2520)/Moscow 2011 (51)}) 15.
Bxa6 bxa6 16. Qd6 (16. Na4 $5 c4 (16... Rb8 17. Qc2 c4 18. Qxc4+ Rf7 19. f3 $16
) 17. Qc2 Be6 18. Nc5 $14) 16... c4 17. Rad1 Be6 $6 {Even the
supergrandmasters are finding it difficult to play this complicated position
with any degree of precision.} (17... Rf7 18. Qa3 Bf8 19. Qa5 $14) 18. Bg3 (18.
Be7 $1 Bg4 19. f3 Rf7 20. fxg4 Rxe7 21. Qc5 Bf8 22. Qxc4+ Rf7 23. h3 $14) 18...
Rf7 (18... Rb8 19. Bxe5 (19. Re2 $6 Rd8 $15) 19... Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Rxb2 21. Nd5
Rbxf2 22. Nc7 Rxg2+ 23. Kh1 Qf7 24. Rf1 Rf2 25. Rxf2 Qxf2 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27.
Qe5+ Kg8 $11) 19. Bxe5 (19. f3 Rd7 (19... Rb8 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Rxb2 22.
Rd6 $14) 20. Qc5 Bf8 21. Qxe5 Rd3 $132) 19... Bg4 20. Bxg7 Bxd1 21. Bf6 $6 {
Ponomariov must have felt, that the dark squares are promising him enough
counterplay for the sacrificed pawn. Unfortunately his choice of solution is
among the least precise in the position.} (21. Rxd1 Kxg7 22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. e5
Qe6 24. Ne4 Qd5 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. exf6 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Rb8 $11) (21. Be5 Rd8 22.
Qc5 Bc2 23. f3 $11) 21... Bg4 22. e5 Qd7 $6 {Nakamura is handling the position
by intuition and also misses the most exact continuations.} (22... Bf5 23. Bg5
Qe6 24. Qb4 Rc8 $15) 23. Ne4 (23. Qc5 $1 Be6 (23... Rb8 24. Qxc4 Qe6 25. Qxe6
Bxe6 26. b3 $11) 24. h3 Rb8 25. Re2 $11) 23... Bf5 24. Qb4 (24. Rd1 Re8 25.
Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Nd6 Rb8 27. f3 $15) 24... Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Re8 $1 {Finally the
tactical idea, that Black can understand well. White has to worry about the
back rank as well as about the e-file.} (25... Qd1+ 26. Re1 c5 27. Qa5 Qd5 (
27... Qd4 28. Qxa6 Rb8 29. h3 Qxb2 30. Qxc4 Qb4 31. Qc1 $11) 28. h3 Rb8 $15)
26. f3 (26. Re1 Qd4 27. Rf1 c5 28. Qa4 Rb8 29. Qxa6 Qxb2 30. Qxc4 Qd4 $17)
26... Rxf6 27. exf6 Rxe4 28. fxe4 Qd4+ 29. Kf1 Qxe4 {Black is only a pawn up
in the queen ending, but his lady is active and the f6-pawn can be eliminated.}
30. Qb7 (30. Qb8+ Kf7 31. Qxa7+ Kxf6 32. Qb8 Qf5+ 33. Kg1 Qc5+ 34. Kf1 Qd5 $17)
30... Qf5+ 31. Ke2 Qxf6 32. Qb8+ Kf7 33. Qxa7+ Ke6 34. Qb7 (34. Qxa6 Qxb2+ 35.
Kd1 Qd4+ $17) 34... Qe5+ (34... Kf5 $5 $17) 35. Kf3 Qf5+ 36. Ke3 Qc5+ 37. Kf3
$2 {Tired by the unpleasant defence Ponomariov makes a serious mistake. The
quiet king's retreat to e2 would make the realisation of the advantage very
difficult.} (37. Ke2 Qd5 (37... Qb5 38. Qc8+ Kf6 39. Qf8+ Kg5 40. Qe7+ $13) 38.
Ke3 $15) 37... c3 $1 38. Qc8+ Kd5 39. bxc3 Qxc3+ 40. Kg4 {White is now doomed,
as he cannot prevent further pawn losses or the exchange of queens.} (40. Kf2
Qf6+ 41. Kg1 (41. Ke2 Qe6+ $19) 41... Qd4+ 42. Kf1 Qf4+ 43. Ke1 Qe3+ 44. Kf1
Qd3+ 45. Kf2 Qf5+ $19) 40... Qd4+ 41. Kh3 Qe3+ 42. Kh4 (42. g3 Qe6+ $19) 42...
Qe7+ 43. Kg3 Qg5+ (43... Qg5+ 44. Kf3 Qf5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis m1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2011.05.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 Nf6 9. Nge2 Nh5 10. Bxb8 Rxb8 11. f3 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. a3 a6 14. b4 Qd7
15. Rae1 Rbe8 16. Nc1 a5 17. bxa5 Bxa3 18. Nxd5 Bxc1 19. Nb6 Qe6 20. Rxc1 Qxe3+
21. Qxe3 Rxe3 22. d5 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Re5 24. Rfd1 Nf6 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Rd7 Rf7
27. Rcc7 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Rxa5 29. Rxb7 Ra1+ 30. Kf2 Ra2+ 31. Kg3 f4+ 32. Kxf4
Rxg2 33. h4 Rh2 34. Kg4 Rh1 35. f4 Rh2 36. Rc7 Rh1 37. Ra7 Rh2 38. Ra1 Kg7 39.
Ra5 Rh1 40. Ra2 Kg6 41. f5+ Kh6 42. Ra6 Rg1+ 43. Kf4 Rf1+ 44. Kg4 Rg1+ 45. Kh3
Kg7 46. Ra7+ Kg8 47. Ra8+ Kf7 48. Ra7+ Kg8 49. Ra8+ Kg7 50. Ra7+ Kg8 51. Ra8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis m1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.05.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
c6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. h3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Qb6 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. hxg4 Bxd4
15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Nc5 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Rd1 Rfe8 19. b3 a5 20. Qd4 Rd7 21.
g3 Qd8 22. f4 f6 23. Kg2 Qe7 24. Rde1 Qe6 25. Kf3 Rg7 26. Nd1 h5 27. Nf2 Rh7
28. Rd1 Rd7 29. gxh5 gxh5 30. Rh1 Rh7 31. Rh4 b6 32. Kg2 d5 33. cxd5 cxd5 34.
e5 f5 35. Nh3 Ne4 36. Rxe4 dxe4 37. Ng5 Qd7 38. Qc4+ Kh8 39. Qe2 Rh6 40. e6
Rexe6 41. Nxe6 Qxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis m1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.05.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
e3 Qg6 9. Qxg6 hxg6 10. b4 a6 11. f3 Nd7 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Nge2 g5 14. Kf2 Nf6
15. g4 Kd8 16. Kg3 Bd7 17. a4 Nc8 18. h3 Re8 19. Kf2 Nd6 20. a5 Re7 21. Rac1
Nfe8 22. Ng3 g6 23. h4 gxh4 24. Rxh4 f5 25. gxf5 Nxf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Rh8 Rb8
28. Na4 Kc7 29. Nb6 Be6 30. Rf8 Rf7 31. Rxf7+ Bxf7 32. Bxf5 Nd6 33. Bd3 Rh8 34.
Rg1 Kd8 35. Na4 Nc4 36. Nc5 Rh2+ 37. Rg2 Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Kc7 39. Bxc4 dxc4 40.
Na4 Be8 41. Nc3 b6 42. e4 Kb7 43. Kf2 c5 44. bxc5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis m1 rap"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.05.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2011.05.24"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e6
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Na6 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. e3 Nb4 15.
Qb1 a5 16. Ng5 Bc8 17. Ne2 Ng4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. a3 Na6 21. b4 Be6
22. Rc1 axb4 23. axb4 Bf7 24. Ned4 c5 25. bxc5 dxc5 26. Nb5 b6 27. h3 Ne5 28.
Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Qa2 Nb4 30. Qa7 Qb8 31. Qxb8 Rxb8 32. Nd6 Red8 33. Nxf7 Kxf7 34.
Rfd1 Ke7 35. e4 f4 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. gxf4 Nd3 38. Rb1 Nxf4 39. Rxb6 Rd4 40. Bf1
h5 41. f3 Rd2 42. h4 Ne6 43. Bh3 Nf4 44. Bf1 Rc2 45. e5 Ne6 46. Bd3 Rc3 47.
Bxg6 Rxf3 48. Rb7+ Kf8 49. Be4 Re3 50. Bd5 Rxe5 51. Kf2 Ke8 52. Kf3 Kf8 53. Rh7
Ng7 54. Kf4 Re1 55. Kg5 Rg1+ 56. Kf6 Ne8+ 57. Kf5 Rf1+ 58. Kg5 Rg1+ 59. Kh6 Ng7
60. Be4 Kf7 61. Rh8 Rg4 62. Bd5+ Kf6 63. Rf8+ Ke5 64. Rf7 Nf5+ 65. Kxh5 Rxh4+
66. Kg5 Rf4 67. Be6 Nd4 68. Bd5 Nf3+ 69. Kg6 Rg4+ 70. Kh5 Rh4+ 71. Kg6 Nd2 72.
Rf5+ Kd4 73. Be6 Ne4 74. Rd5+ Kc3 75. Kf5 Kb4 76. Rd1 Nc3 77. Re1 Rh5+ 78. Kf6
Na4 79. Ke7 Nb2 80. Re4 Rh7+ 81. Kd6 Rh6 82. Kd5 Nd1 83. Rf4 Nb2 84. Re4 Na4
85. Ke5 Rh1 86. Rf4 Rd1 87. Rf8 Nb2 88. Rb8+ Kc3 89. Kf6 Ra1 90. Rb5 Nd3 91.
Bf5 Ra6+ 92. Ke7 Rc6 93. Kd7 Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis m1 rap"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.05.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2011.05.24"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 O-O 7. Nd2 Re8 8.
e4 Nd7 9. Ne2 Nf8 10. O-O Ne6 11. Kh1 c5 12. Nc4 f6 13. Ne3 a5 14. a4 Nd4 15.
Ng3 Be6 16. Nef5 Bf8 17. f4 Bxf5 18. exf5 exf4 19. Ne4 Nxf5 20. Rxf4 Nd4 21.
Bxd4 cxd4 22. Rf5 Ra6 23. Qf3 Rc6 24. Qf2 Bd6 25. Rxa5 Be5 26. Rc5 Rxc5 27.
Nxc5 Qd5 28. Ne4 Re6 29. Re1 g6 30. g4 Kg7 31. Qf3 c6 32. Re2 Re7 33. Nd2 Qc5
34. Ne4 Qd5 35. h3 b5 36. a5 b4 37. g5 f5 38. Nd2 Qxa5 39. Qxc6 Bd6 40. Rxe7+
Bxe7 41. Nf3 Qa1+ 42. Kg2 Qc3 43. Qc4 Kf8 44. h4 Bc5 45. Kf1 Ke7 46. Ke2 Kd6
47. Qf7 Qxc2+ 48. Nd2 Ke5 49. Qc7+ Kd5 50. Qxh7 Ke5 51. Qc7+ Ke6 52. Qc6+ Ke5
53. Qxg6 Kf4 54. Qc6 Qc1 55. Qf3+ Ke5 56. Nc4+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis m1 rap"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.05.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2011.05.24"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. e4
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 a6 10. a4 Bb4 11. Bd3 c5 12. axb5 axb5 13. O-O c4 14. Be2 Rc8 15.
d5 Qb6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Bg3 O-O 19. Ng5 Rf5 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Bg4
Ne3 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Nf3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nc5 25. Rfd1 h5 26. Ra7 h4 27. Bf4 Qg6+
0-1

[Event "Saint Louis m1 rap"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.05.24"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Bg7 7. Bg2 d6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Nf3 Nxa6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Re1 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qa5
15. e4 Nb4 16. a3 Nd3 17. Re3 Qa6 18. Qc2 Nb4 19. Qd1 c4 20. Rb1 Nd3 21. Nxc4
Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Qxc4 23. b3 Qd4 24. Qd3 Rfc8 25. Kg2 Qb6 26. b4 Rc3 27. Qe2 Raxa3
28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. b5 Qc5 30. Bd2 Rc2 31. b6 Qd4 32. b7 Rxd2 33. b8=Q+ Bf8 34.
Qxd2 Qxd2+ 35. Kh3 Qe2 36. Qc8 h5 37. Rb8 Kh7 38. Qxf8 Qf1+ 39. Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICC op final 1st"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Altounian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2011.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4 10. a3 Ba5 11. b4 Bc7 12. Nc3 Qd8 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. d5 O-O 15.
dxe6 fxe6 16. Nd4 Bf7 17. Bc4 Re8 18. Re1 Ne5 19. Bb5 Re7 20. Ne4 Bb6 21. Nxf6+
gxf6 22. Bxf6 Bxd4 23. Bxe7 Qb6 24. Bc5 Bxc5 25. bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qe2 Ng6 27. Rac1
Qxa3 28. Rc7 Rb8 29. Bc4 Qd6 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Qf3+ Kg7 32. Rxe6 Qb4 33. Rxg6+
hxg6 34. Qf7+ Kh6 35. Qf4+ g5 36. Qf6+ Kh7 37. Bd3+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39. Qf6+
Kg8 40. Qxg5+ Kf7 41. Qg6+ Ke7 42. Qg7+ Ke6 43. Qg6+ Kd7 44. Bf5+ Kc7 45. Qf7+
Kb6 46. Qe6+ Kc7 47. Qf7+ Kc6 48. Qe6+ Qd6 49. Qc4+ Kb6 50. Qb3+ Kc6 51. Qc4+
Qc5 52. Qe6+ Kc7 53. Qf7+ Kb6 54. Qb3+ Qb5 55. Qe6+ Ka5 56. Qa2+ Qa4 57. Qd5+
b5 58. Qc5 Rb6 59. g4 Qb4 60. Qc7 a6 61. h4 Qe1+ 62. Kg2 b4 63. Qc5+ Rb5 64.
Qc7+ Ka4 65. Bd7 Qe4+ 66. Kg3 b3 67. Bxb5+ Kxb5 68. Qb8+ Ka4 69. Qa7 Qd3+ 70.
f3 b2 71. Qb6 b1=Q 72. Qc6+ Qbb5 73. Qf6 Qd6+ 74. Qf4+ Qbb4 0-1

[Event "ICC op final 1st"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Altounian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Bxg7 Kxg7 8.
d4 c5 9. dxc5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Nf6 11. b4 Qc7 12. Ne2 Rd8 13. Qc1 Bg4 14. f3 Bf5 15.
O-O Bd3 16. Re1 e5 17. Nd2 b6 18. Nb3 Nbd7 19. Qe3 Bc4 20. Nd2 Nd5 21. Qf2 Bxe2
22. Qxe2 bxc5 23. b5 N7f6 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Nxc3 26. Nc4 Nxb5 27. Rxc5
Rac8 28. Rxb5 Rxc4 29. Ra5 Rd2 30. Rxa7 Rcc2 31. Bf1 Nd5 32. Re1 Rxh2 33. a4 h5
34. Rd7 Rhd2 35. a5 h4 36. gxh4 Kh6 37. a6 Ra2 38. Rxf7 Nc3 39. Ree7 g5 40.
Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "ICC op final 1st"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Altounian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2011.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Ne3 Be7 7. Nd2 O-O 8.
Bd3 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 g6 10. h4 Bxh4 11. Qf3 c6 12. O-O-O Bg5 13. Rh2 Nd7 14. Rdh1
h6 15. Rxh6 Bxh6 16. Rxh6 Nf6 17. Qg3 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Bc3 Kg7 20. Qh2 Kf6
21. Qe5# 1-0

[Event "ICC op final 1st"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Altounian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "266"]
[EventDate "2011.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. c3 f5 8.
Nd2 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Ngf3 Qc7 13. Nb3 Be7 14. O-O-O
O-O-O 15. Kb1 Bf6 16. Rd2 a6 17. Bd3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qxe5 Bxe5 20. g3 Bc6
21. Re1 Bf6 22. Bf1 Be4+ 23. Kc1 h5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Nd2 Bd5 26. Bc4 Bc6 27.
h4 f4 28. Ne4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 fxg3 30. fxg3 Be7 31. Be2 Rh8 32. Re5 Bd6 33. Rxh5
Rxh5 34. Bxh5 f5 35. g4 Bg3 36. gxf5 exf5 37. Bg6 Bxh4 38. Bxf5+ Kc7 39. Kc2
Bf6 40. a4 a5 41. Kb3 b6 42. Kc4 Be7 43. Kb5 Bd6 44. Bg4 Be7 45. Bh3 Bf8 46.
Bg2 Be7 47. Bh1 Bf8 48. Bf3 Be7 49. Be2 Bf8 50. Bd1 Bh6 51. Bc2 Bc1 52. b3 Bd2
53. Kc4 Be1 54. Bd1 Bd2 55. Be2 Be1 56. Bf1 Bd2 57. Bg2 Be1 58. Kd3 Bg3 59. Bh3
Bd6 60. Bg4 Be7 61. Bh5 Bf8 62. Bg6 Be7 63. Bh7 Bd6 64. Bg8 Be7 65. Bf7 Bd6 66.
Be6 Be7 67. Bd5 Bd6 68. Be4 Be7 69. Bf3 Bd6 70. Kc4 Be7 71. Be2 Bd6 72. Bd3 Be7
73. Bc2 Bf6 74. Bb1 Be7 75. Ba2 Bd6 76. Bb1 Be7 77. Be4 Bd6 78. Bg6 Be7 79. Bh5
Bd6 80. Bd1 Be7 81. Bf3 Bd6 82. Bg4 Be7 83. Bf5 Bd6 84. Bg6 Be5 85. Be8 Bf6 86.
Bb5 Be5 87. Ba6 Bf6 88. Kd3 Bg7 89. Bc4 Bf6 90. Bd5 Bg7 91. Ba8 Bf6 92. Kc4 Bg7
93. Bf3 Bf6 94. Bg4 Bg7 95. b4 Bf6 96. Bf3 Bg7 97. Be2 Bf6 98. Bd1 Bg7 99. Bc2
Bf6 100. Bb1 Bg7 101. Ba2 Bf6 102. Bb3 Bg7 103. Bc2 Bf6 104. Bd3 Bg7 105. b5
Bf6 106. Be4 Kd6 107. Bf3 Be7 108. Be2 Bf6 109. Bd1 Be5 110. Bc2 Bf6 111. Bb3
Be5 112. Ba2 Kd7 113. Bb1 Bd6 114. Kd5 Bc5 115. Bf5+ Kc7 116. Be6 Kd8 117. Kc6
Ke7 118. Bd5 Kf6 119. Be4 Ke5 120. Bd5 Kf4 121. Bb3 Ke3 122. Kd5 Kd2 123. c4
Kc3 124. Bd1 Kd2 125. Bh5 Kc3 126. Bg4 Kb4 127. Bd1 Kc3 128. Bh5 Kd2 129. Bg4
Kc3 130. Bh5 Kd2 131. Bg4 Kc3 132. Bf3 Kb3 133. Bd1+ Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICC op final 1st"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. O-O Nf6 7. c4 Qd8 8. Nc3
Be7 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qh5 h6
15. Re3 Qg5 16. Qxg5 hxg5 17. b4 a5 18. b5 Rad8 19. Rae1 Nc5 20. Bc2 Rd4 21.
Rh3 g6 22. Bb3 Rfd8 23. Rhe3 Rg4 24. Rg3 Rxg3 25. hxg3 Rd3 26. Re3 Rxe3 27.
fxe3 Nd3 28. Na4 Kf8 29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Ke2 Nxe5 31. c5 bxc5 32. Nxc5 Bxg2 33. Bc2
Bd5 34. a4 Kd6 0-1

[Event "ICC op final 1st"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2011.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Be6 8.
e4 Qe7 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ng3 g6 11. Nd2 Ba3 12. Qc1 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 a5 14. a4 f6 15.
Qc3 Qc5 16. Qxc5 Nxc5 17. f4 exf4 18. Rxf4 Kg7 19. d4 Nd7 20. Ngf1 c5 21. d5
Bf7 22. Ne3 Ne5 23. Nec4 Nxc4 24. Nxc4 b6 25. g4 Rae8 26. Nd2 g5 27. Rf3 Bg6
28. Re1 Re7 29. Rfe3 Rfe8 30. h3 h5 31. Kg2 hxg4 32. hxg4 Rh8 33. Rh1 Rxh1 34.
Kxh1 f5 35. gxf5 Bxf5 36. Kg2 Bg6 37. Kg3 Kf6 38. c4 Bh5 39. Re1 Ke5 40. Rh1
Rh7 41. Nf3+ Kf6 42. e5+ Kf5 43. e6 Kf6 44. Rf1 Bxf3 45. Rxf3+ Ke5 46. Rf7 Rh1
47. Rxc7 Re1 48. Rc6 Re3+ 49. Kg4 Kf6 50. Rxb6 Re4+ 51. Kf3 Kf5 52. Rb8 g4+ 53.
Kf2 Kf4 54. Rf8+ Kg5 55. d6 Rxe6 56. d7 Rd6 57. d8=Q+ Rxd8 58. Rxd8 Kf4 59. Rd5
g3+ 60. Kg2 Ke4 61. Rxc5 Kd4 62. Rxa5 Ke4 63. Rb5 Kd4 64. a5 Kc3 65. a6 Kd4 66.
a7 Kc3 67. a8=Q Kd4 68. Qd5+ Kc3 69. c5 Kc2 70. c6 Kc3 71. c7 Kb2 72. Rc5 Ka3
73. c8=Q Kb2 74. b4 Ka3 75. b5 Kb4 76. b6 Ka4 77. b7 Kb4 78. b8=Q+ Ka4 79. Qxg3
1-0

[Event "ICC op final 1st"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 c5 6. c3 Ne7 7. O-O Nec6 8. a3 Ba6
9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. b4 Nc7 11. Be3 c4 12. a4 Be7 13. Nbd2 Qd7 14. Bg5 O-O-O 15.
Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nb1 a6 17. Qd2 Rdf8 18. Qg5 Ne8 19. Nbd2 f5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Qh5
Ng6 22. g3 Ng7 23. Qh3 e5 24. Qxd7+ Kxd7 25. dxe5 fxe5 26. Rfe1 Re8 27. Rad1
Kc6 28. h4 h5 29. Ng5 Rhf8 30. Nf1 Nf5 31. Ne3 Nxe3 32. Rxe3 b5 33. axb5+ axb5
34. Ra1 Ra8 35. Rxa8 Rxa8 36. Rf3 d4 37. Rf6+ Kd5 38. f3 dxc3 39. Ne4 Kd4 40.
Rxg6 c2 41. Kf2 Rd8 42. Rg8 Rxg8 0-1

[Event "ICC op final 1st"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Simonian, Hrair"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3
a5 9. Re1 Ba6 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Nf1 c5 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Nh5 Rc8 15.
a3 a4 16. Qe3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Na5 18. Nxg7 Rxc1 19. Raxc1 Kxg7 20. Qf4 Nc4 21.
Rc3 Kh8 22. Qh6 Rg8 23. Qh5 Rg6 24. Re2 b5 25. Nd2 Qg8 26. Rg3 Nxb2 27. Ree3
Nc4 28. Nxc4 dxc4 29. Qf3 Nb6 30. Rxg6 Qxg6 31. h4 Nd5 32. Re1 Bxh4 33. g3 Be7
34. Kg2 c3 35. Rh1 Bxa3 36. Rh4 Be7 37. Rg4 Qf5 38. Qe2 c2 0-1

[Event "ICC op final 1st"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Simonian, Hrair"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 c5 8. e4 d5
9. Nbd2 d4 10. Ne1 Nc6 11. f4 Qc7 12. h3 b5 13. Nef3 e5 14. f5 Na5 15. c4 dxc3
16. Bxc3 Nc6 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Ba6 19. Bb2 Nh5 20. Kh2 g6 21. Qe3 Nd4 22.
Rac1 Rfe8 23. b4 Bd6 24. bxc5 Bxc5 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Qg5 h6 27. Qg4 Nf6 28. Qh4
Nd7 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Qxh6 Qb6 31. Ng5 Nf8 32. Rf1 1-0

[Event "ICC op final 1st"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Simonian, Hrair"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2011.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 d6 10. Rb3 Ba5 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. d5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
dxe5 15. Bb5 c6 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. Bc4 Qf5 18. Bxf7+ Kd7 19. Qh5 g6 20. Rf3 gxh5
21. Rxf5 Raf8 22. Rd1+ Kc8 23. Be7 Kc7 24. Bd6+ 1-0

[Event "ICC op final 1st"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Simonian, Hrair"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2011.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. e3 d5 8. d3 c5
9. c4 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICC op final 1st"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Simonian, Hrair"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2011.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Qe1
O-O 9. f5 d5 10. Bb3 dxe4 11. f6 exf3 12. fxg7 Qd4+ 13. Rf2 Qxg7 14. Rxf3 Nd4
15. Rf2 b6 16. Bf4 f6 17. Bd6 Re8 18. Ba4 Rd8 19. Ne4 Nef5 20. c3 Bb7 21. cxd4
Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Nxd6 23. Qxe6+ Qf7 24. Rxf6 Qxe6 25. Rxe6 cxd4 26. Rc1 Rac8 27.
Rxc8 Nxc8 28. Rc6 Nd6 29. Rc7 a5 30. Bb3+ Kh8 31. g4 g5 32. Kg2 b5 33. Kg3 Re8
34. Rd7 a4 35. Bd5 Nc8 36. Be4 h6 37. Rh7+ Kg8 38. Rxh6 Re5 39. Rc6 Ne7 40. Rd6
Rc5 41. Rxd4 Kf7 42. Rb4 Nc8 43. d4 Rc7 44. Rxb5 Nd6 45. Re5 Rc1 46. Bd5+ Kf8
47. Rxg5 Rc2 48. h4 Rxb2 49. h5 Rb5 1-0

[Event "ICC op final 1st"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Simonian, Hrair"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2011.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. f3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Ne2 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Qd2 Rc8
15. Rab1 Na5 16. Rfc1 Qd7 17. Bb5 Rxc1+ 18. Qxc1 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 20. Qc2 Na5
21. Rc1 Ba3 22. Qc7 Qa4 23. Rc2 b5 24. Qc3 Nc4 25. Kf2 f5 26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Qb3
Qa6 28. Nc3 Be7 29. Ne4 Rd5 30. Nc3 Rf5 31. Ne4 Rd5 32. Nd2 Nxd2 33. Rxd2 Bf6
34. g3 Qd6 35. Rc2 Qd7 36. Qc3 Bxd4 37. Qc8+ Qxc8 38. Rxc8+ Kf7 39. Rc7+ Kf6
40. Bxd4+ Rxd4 41. Rxa7 Rd2+ 42. Ke3 Rxh2 43. a4 Ra2 44. a5 b4 45. Rb7 Rxa5 46.
Rxb4 Ra3+ 47. Kf2 Ra5 48. g4 h6 49. Kg3 g5 50. Rc4 Rd5 51. Rb4 Rd3 52. Ra4 Rb3
53. Rc4 Kg6 54. Re4 Kf6 55. Rc4 Kg6 56. Re4 Rb6 57. Rc4 h5 58. Re4 h4+ 59. Kg2
Kf6 60. Ra4 Rb2+ 61. Kg1 Rc2 62. Re4 e5 63. Ra4 Ke6 64. Ra6+ Kd5 65. Rg6 Kd4
66. Rxg5 Ke3 67. Rf5 h3 68. Kh1 Rd2 69. g5 Rg2 70. Rxe5+ Kxf3 71. Re1 Rxg5 72.
Kh2 Kg4 73. Rg1+ Kh4 74. Rxg5 Kxg5 75. Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICC op final 1st"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Simonian, Hrair"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2011.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7
8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. b3 c6 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. Re1 d5 13. Qf3 Nc7 14. Re2 Ne6
15. Rae1 Nd4 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6 Nxe2+ 18. Rxe2 Bg5 19. Nxd5 Bxh6 20. Ne7+ Qxe7
21. Rxe7 Bg5 22. Re2 0-1

[Event "ICC op final 1st"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Simonian, Hrair"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2011.06.05"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O d5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Qe2
Bd6 9. d4 O-O 10. c4 Rc8 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Nc3 Ncb4
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rac1 Ba3 17. Nd4 h6 18. Nb5 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 a6 20. Nc3 Nf6 21.
Ne2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qb7+ 23. Kg1 Ne4 24. Nd4 Ng5 25. h4 Ne4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rc1
e5 28. Nf5 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Qd7 30. g4 Nf6 31. f3 h5 32. Qc8+ Qxc8 33. Ne7+ Kf8
34. Nxc8 hxg4 35. fxg4 Nxg4 36. Nxb6 Nxe3 37. Nd7+ Ke7 38. Nxe5 Nf5 39. h5 Ng3
40. h6 gxh6 41. a4 Ne4 42. b4 Nc3 43. b5 axb5 44. axb5 Nxb5 45. Kg2 Kf6 46. Nf3
Kg6 47. Kg3 Nd6 48. Kf4 Ne8 49. Ne5+ Kg7 50. Nf3 Nf6 51. Nh4 Ng8 52. Kf5 Ne7+
53. Kg4 Kf6 54. Kh5 Nf5 55. Nf3 Kg7 56. Kg4 Ne3+ 57. Kh5 Nd5 58. Nd4 Nf6+ 59.
Kh4 Kg6 60. Nf3 Kf5 61. Nd4+ Ke5 62. Nc6+ Kf5 63. Nd8 Kg6 64. Nc6 Nd7 65. Ne7+
Kf6 66. Ng8+ Kg7 67. Ne7 Nf8 68. Kh5 Kf6 69. Ng8+ Kg7 70. Nxh6 Ng6 71. Nxf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 {The Queen's Gambit Declined became fashionable
again on the very top level thanks to the Candidates matches in Kazan, where
Black was able to neutralise White's opening advantage. Carlsen was happy that
he found a way to break through this rock solid classical opening.} 4. cxd5
exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 {This is a popular move order: White prevents his
opponent from developing the bishop on f5. Recently Nakamura himself played
this move against Ponomariov.} Bg4 {[%cal Gg4h5,Gh5g6] A rare move. Black
insists on transferring the bishop to the diagonal b1-h7. Magnus Carlsen
admitted after the game that the move was new to him.} (6... Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6
8. e3 Qg6 9. Qxg6 hxg6 10. b4 a6 11. f3 Nd7 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Nge2 g5 14. Kf2 Nf6
15. g4 Kd8 16. Kg3 Bd7 17. a4 Nc8 18. h3 Re8 19. Kf2 Nd6 20. a5 Re7 21. Rac1
Nfe8 22. Ng3 g6 23. h4 {and the American converted his advantage into a full
point in the game Nakamura,H (2774)-Ponomariov,R (2754)/Saint Louis 2011}) 7.
e3 Bh5 8. Bd3 Bg6 9. Bxg6 $1 {An important change of structure for the
strategy of White, who will be able to open the h-file later on. From this
point of view the similarity with the aforementioned game is amazing.} hxg6 10.
O-O-O Nf6 11. f3 $1 {[%cal Ge3e4] #} Nbd7 12. Nge2 ({The immediate} 12. e4 {
runs into} Nh5 {and White can't keep the bishop} 13. Be3 {due to} Ng3 $1) 12...
b5 {Nakamura's desire to postpone short castling is understandable, since then
at some moment White will start advancing the h-pawn. However, Black's problem
is that sooner or later he will have to hide the king anyway, since White's
play in the centre is simple and clear.} 13. e4 b4 14. Na4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Qa5
16. Kb1 ({Carlsen wasn't satisfied with the alternative} 16. e5 Nd5 17. e6 fxe6
18. Qxc6 Kf7 19. Qxd7 Rhd8 {where} 20. Qc6 {runs into} Rac8) 16... O-O {
So finally Black could not avoid the inevitable castling..} 17. h4 $1 {And the
reaction is very natural: White plans e4-e5 followed by h4-h5.} Rfe8 18. e5 Nd5
19. h5 g5 {The position is highly complicated, but Carlsen rightly felt that
White's attacking prospetcs should be higher.} 20. h6 g6 21. Bc1 {[%csl Ra4,
Gc5] Black has a much weaker king and a worse pawn structure. White's only
problem is his badly placed knight on a4.} ({The variation preferred by the
computer} 21. e6 gxf4 22. exd7 Red8 23. Qxc6 Ne3 24. Nc5 Nxd1 25. Rxd1 {
with advantage for White would always appear unclear for a human in a
practical game.}) 21... N7b6 {A bad decision, allowing White to place the
knight on c5.} (21... N5b6 {was preferable, after which Black can still fight
on, although his position remains worse anyway.}) 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5 b3 (
23... Nd7 24. e6 $1 Rxe6 25. Nd4 {with the idea} Ree8 26. Nxc6 Qxc5 27. Qxc5
Nxc5 28. Rxd5 {wins a piece for White.}) 24. Qxb3 Qxc5 25. Nd4 Rxe5 26. Nf3 Re2
$2 {The second mistake, after which it is hardly possible to save Black's
position any longer. The rook is seemingly active, but in many variations it
is unstable and it needs protection on e2.} (26... Rf5 {was the right way to
put up resistance. It must be said that Nakamura was already starting to
experience problems with time.}) 27. Nxg5 Qe7 28. Qd3 $1 {[%csl Rg6][%cal
Gg5f7,Gd1f1]} Rf8 29. Rdf1 f5 (29... f6 30. Re1 $1 Rxe1 31. Rxe1 Qxe1 32. Qxg6+
{and mate}) 30. g4 Na4 31. Qd4 (31. gxf5 {wins quicker, but Magnus admitted
that he missed something after Black's answer.}) 31... Qe5 $1 {Being short of
time Nakamura finds interesting tactical ideas. Unfortunately for him Black's
position is just too bad and White still has ways to keep the decisive
advantage.} 32. Qxe5 $1 (32. Qxa4 {suddently runs into} Nc3+ $1 33. bxc3 Rb8+ {
and White must give up his queen:} 34. Qb4 Rxb4+ 35. cxb4 Qd5 $1 {The move
missed by Carlsen when he played 31.Qd4. Black is not worse.}) 32... Rxe5 33.
gxf5 gxf5 34. Nf3 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf1g1,Gg1g7,Gf3g5] Even in an endgame the
vulnerability of his king is fatal for Black.} Re7 ({Or} 34... Re6 35. h7+ Kh8
36. Bh6 Rb8 37. Rfg1 {winning}) 35. Rfg1+ Kh7 (35... Kh8 36. Nh4) 36. Rg7+ $1
Kh8 (36... Rxg7 37. hxg7+ Kxg7 38. Bh6+) 37. Rhg1 Rfe8 38. Nh4 Rxg7 {and
without awaiting the opponent's answer Nakamura resigned. Both 39.hxg7+ and 39.
Rxg7 win easily for White.} 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {"I spent all my time preparing other things than this
whole Ruy Lopez" - Nakamura} 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. d5 (12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6
14. Nf1 Bf6 15. Be3 Bb7 16. Ng3 g6 {was about equal in Giri,A (2690) -Nakamura,
H (2774)/Monte Carlo 2011 (54)}) ({White got some advantage after} 12. b3 Bf6
13. Be3 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb7 15. Nc3 Nc6 16. Rc1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 {
Dominguez Perez,L (2716)-Nakamura,H (2733)/Khanty Mansiysk 2010.}) 12... Nb6
13. Nbd2 g6 14. b4 Nb7 ({After the game Anand-Carlsen, Morelia/Linares 2007
Black started to experience problems after the natural} 14... cxb4 15. cxb4
Nac4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bb3 $1) 15. Nf1 a5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. a3 Bd7 {This natural
continuation is a new move. Black prepares massive exchanges on the a-file.}
18. Ng3 Qc7 19. Bd3 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Ra8 22. Qb1 c4 23. Bc2 f6 24.
Be3 Nd8 25. Nd2 Nf7 26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4 Ne5 ({An interesting alternative was
to prevent the white bishop from coming to the diagonal a7-g1 by continuing} 
27... Na4 28. Ne2 Qb6+ 29. Kh2 Ne5 {with a very complex middlegame, where both
sides have their chances.}) 28. Be3 $1 Ra3 $1 {A strong answer by Nisipeanu,
which cost the Romanian grandmaster a lot of time: before placing the knight
on a4 Black activates his rook.} 29. Ne2 Na4 30. Bd4 Bf8 {The rook on a3 looks
shaky, but White cannot exploit this factor. The position is about equal.} 31.
Rf1 Qd8 32. Qc1 Ra2 33. Nf3 (33. Bb1 Ra1 {(or even 33...Rb2) and the rook
cannot be attacked.}) 33... Bg7 34. Nxe5 fxe5 35. Be3 Nb6 36. Kh2 Be8 37. Ng1
h6 38. Bb1 Ra1 39. Qb2 Ra8 40. Bc2 Nd7 {Both players assessed this to be an
inaccuracy.} ({Nakamura considered that after} 40... Na4 {the position is
close to equal.}) 41. Ra1 Rxa1 42. Qxa1 Nf6 43. Qa6 {Now White has built some
pressure, although Black is still very solid and close to equal.} Bf8 44. Nf3
Bd7 45. Nd2 Nh5 46. Nf3 Nf6 47. Kg1 Qc8 48. Qa1 Qb8 49. Kf1 Nh5 50. g4 Nf4 {
A very responsible decision.} ({The simple} 50... Nf6 {was perfectly playable.}
) 51. Bxf4 exf4 52. e5 dxe5 53. Qa6 Qd6 54. Qxd6 Bxd6 55. Bxg6 Kg7 56. Be4 h5 {
The endgame should be a draw, but Nisipeanu was in time trouble and started to
produce mistakes.} 57. Nh2 $1 {The best way to keep the pressure.} Kh6 58. Kg2
hxg4 {Completely unnecessary, giving the h3-square to White's king.} ({After} 
58... Bc7 {Black has no problems whatsoever.}) 59. hxg4 Kg5 60. Kh3 f3 $2 {
Blundering with the last move before the time-control is always very painful.}
({It is not clear if White has something real after} 60... Bc7 61. Nf3+ Kf6 62.
Kh4 Kg7) 61. Kg3 f2 62. Nf3+ {Probably missed by Nisipeanu when he played 60...
f3.} ({Not} 62. Kxf2 $2 Kf4 {and it is Black who can win.}) 62... Kh6 63. g5+
Kh5 64. Kxf2 {White has won a pawn and the rest is a matter of technique.} Be8
65. Ke3 Bf7 66. g6 Bxg6 67. Bxg6+ Kxg6 68. Ke4 Kf6 69. Nd2 Bf8 70. Nb1 Bh6 71.
Na3 Bc1 72. Nxb5 Bd2 73. Nd6 Bxc3 74. b5 Ke7 75. Nxc4 Be1 76. Kxe5 Bg3+ 77. Kd4
Bf2+ 78. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Be6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Nd5 {A new
move, which, however, didn't surprise the American GM.} ({After} 14. O-O-O {
Black had scored good results in practice.}) 14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd5 16. exd5
Qc7 {All the previous moves were blitzed out by Nakamura.} 17. c3 ({White
would like to play} 17. c4 {but then Black has a nice tactical possibility to
sacrifice the rook:} Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxd4 $1 19. Qxd4 Qxc4 $1 20. Qxh8+ Kd7 {
and with the rook up White must think about excaping, which can be achieved by
21.Qh7, because} 21. Qxh6 {suddenly loses:} Qd3 22. Qxg5 Rc2 {These variations
still belonged to Hikaru's home preparation. Quite impressive.}) 17... Qa5 {
Attacking the d5-pawn. That's why Black provoked the move 17.c3.} 18. Be3 Nc4
19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. O-O {[%cal Gf3f4]} Be5 $1 (20... O-O {would be a big mistake,
allowing White to exploit the weaknesses on his opponent's kingside by playing}
21. f4) 21. Qd3 ({Now} 21. f4 {is bad:} gxf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Rxf4 24.
Qxf4 Qxd5 {with a healthy pawn up.}) 21... Qb5 22. Rac1 Ra4 $1 {Nakamura plays
very precisely. In the resulting endgame Black is out of danger.} ({After} 
22... Rb4 23. c4 $1 Qa4 {White has a pleasant choice between} 24. b3 ({or} 24.
Qf5) 24... Qxa2 25. Rb1 {with compensation for the pawn.}) 23. Qxb5+ axb5 24.
a3 Kd7 25. Kf2 Rc8 26. Rcd1 f5 27. Ke2 Rg8 28. Kd3 h5 29. Rde1 h4 30. Bf2 Bf6 (
{Karjakin showed that after} 30... g4 {White has} 31. hxg4 fxg4 32. Bxh4 gxf3
33. g3 $1 {with advantage, since} Bxg3 34. Rxe7+ {is clearly better for White.}
) 31. Rh1 Rh8 {In this approximately equal position it looks like that there
are plenty fighting resources, but the players thought that after massive
exchanges soon it should be a draw and they agreed to it immediately.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 {As usual Ivanchuk finds unexpected
ways to surprise his opponents. Although the move 4...Nc6 has been played many
time before, it is much less popular than the main continuations. Black's
intention is to follow up quickly with e6-e5.} 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. e4 (8. O-O O-O 9. e4 Nb6 {is just a transposition to the same position
as in the game, but Nakamura's move order makes more sense, not allowing Black
to play 8...exd4.}) 8... Nb6 (8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bd6 10. O-O {is also slightly
better for White.}) 9. d5 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Kh8 {A mysterious king move.
As Ivanchuk explained later, he wanted to play ...f7-f6 and removed the king
from the dangerous diagonal.} ({The logical} 11... a6 {in order to keep the
dark-squared bishop alive has been played before, although even here White
keeps a more pleasant position. For example:} 12. Ng3 h6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Rc1 {
Sherbakov,R (2510)-Kogan,A (2470)/Budapest 1994}) (11... c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 {
leads to a stable plus for White thanks to his superior pawn formation.}) 12.
a3 (12. Qb3 {looks more convincing:} Bd6 ({or} 12... Bc5 13. Nb5 $1 a6 14. Rac1
Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 axb5 16. Bxb5) 13. Nb5 h6 (13... c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Nxd6 Qxd6
16. Rfd1 {is clearly better for White.}) 14. Be3 {and unlike in the game Black
cannot continue 14...c6 in view of 15.Nxa7!. Also} f5 15. f3 f4 16. Bf2 g5 17.
a4 $5 {seems to be objectively better for White} ({or} 17. Rac1)) 12... Bd6 13.
Nb5 h6 ({After the immediate} 13... f6 14. Be3 c6 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Qb3 {
Ivanchuk didn't like that he cannot play} Be6) 14. Be3 c6 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16.
Nxd6 ({With the pawn on f7 the move} 16. Qb3 {obviously is met with} Be6) 16...
Qxd6 17. Qc2 Rd8 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Bb5 Qe7 20. Qc3 f6 {Ivanchuk gives up a pawn
and enters a four-rooks endgame, which the Ukrainian was pretty sure was a
draw.} (20... Rdc8 21. Bc5 Qg5 {was a perfectly playable alternative.} 22. b4
a6 23. Be3 Qf6 {and Black is okay.}) 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Qxc6 Rdc8
24. Qd6 (24. Qxb6 Rab8 25. Qd6 (25. Qa5 Rxb2 26. Ng3 Ra2 $11) 25... Qxd6 26.
Rxd6 Rxb2 27. Rxe6 Rxe2 {allows Black immediately to return the pawn.}) 24...
Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Bc4 26. Rd2 b5 27. f3 b4 28. axb4 Bxe2 29. Rxe2 Rab8 30. b3 Rxb4
31. Rb1 h5 32. Kf2 h4 33. Rbb2 Kh7 34. Re3 Kg6 35. Rd3 Kg5 36. Ke3 g6 37. Ra2
Rcb8 38. Ra3 f5 39. exf5 gxf5 40. Kd2 Kf4 41. Kc3 R4b7 42. Ra4+ e4 43. fxe4
Rxb3+ 44. Kc4 Rxd3 45. Kxd3 Rd8+ 46. Ke2 fxe4 47. g3+ hxg3 48. hxg3+ Kxg3 49.
Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {The Sicilian Najdorf is
extremely complex and it often leads to very sharp positions. The present game
is just another proof of this.} 6. Bg5 Nbd7 ({The main move is} 6... e6) 7. f4
e5 8. Nf5 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Be2 {As a compensation for the
sacrificed pawn White has an obvious lead in development and very active
pieces. Black must continue to play very sharply in order to justify his risky
opening plan.} h6 12. Bh4 exf4 13. O-O {A new move in this wild position. As
Radjabov put it after the game: "These days you can't remember all the
variations. It is important to know the general ideas". Indeed, the
Azerbaijani GM managed very well to cope with Nakamura's outstanding opening
preparation.} ({In the only game played so far (Ganguly,S (2651)-Spoelman,W 
(2547)/Wijk aan Zee 2011) White was successful with} 13. Bf2 Nc5 14. O-O Bxf5
15. exf5 Be7 16. Bd4 O-O 17. Rf3 {but there are certainly many ways to improve
for Black.}) 13... g6 ({After} 13... g5 14. Bf2 {White's compensation for the
two sacrificed pawns is enormous. The immediate threat is 15.Rb3 followed by
16.Nxd6.}) 14. Rxf4 $1 {White must play actively and the piece sacrifice is a
logical follow-up to the previous play.} g5 (14... gxf5 15. Rxf5 {is bad,
since White is not only threatening to recapture the knight on f6, but also to
catch the queen with 16.Rb3:}) 15. Rb3 Qa5 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxd6 gxf4 (17...
gxh4 18. Rxf6 {is hardly an option for Black.}) 18. Ra3 ({After} 18. Bxf6 Nxf6
19. Qxf6 Rg8 {the position remains double-edged. The important point is that}
20. Nd5 {is answered by} Qe1+ 21. Bf1 Rxg2+ $1 22. Kxg2 Qxe4+ 23. Kf2 Qxd5 {
and Black is better:}) 18... Qb6+ 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Bxf6 Rg8 21. Rb3 Nd7 22.
Nd5 Rg6 23. Bd4 {Until this moment Nakamura had played all the moves extremely
quickly, spending less than 10 minutes altogether and openly showing that this
was his home preparation. Only now for the first time did the American stop
blitzing out moves and took about 15 minutes before continuing.} ({After the
game Nakamura revealed that his opening preparation went as far as this:} 23.
Nc7+ Kf8 24. Bb2 Ra7 25. Ba3+ Kg7 26. Ne8+ Kh7 27. Nd6 Ra8 28. Bh5 Rg7 29. Bxf7
Ne5 30. Bd5 f3 31. g3 Bh3 32. Bb2 Rf8 33. Nf5 Re7 34. Bg8+ Kh8 35. Bd5 Kh7 {
with repetition and a draw. All these moves are the best for both sides! There
is little to comment on that... Except maybe that chess has become very deep
these days indeed and that the homework in opening preparation fully pays off.}
) 23... Rc6 24. c4 b5 25. cxb5 ({Radjabov thought that} 25. c5 Rb8 26. Nxf4 b4
{would favour Black. At least from the practical point of view taking on b5
was certainly a wiser decision: with little time there was no point in
complicating matters.}) 25... axb5 26. Nc3 ({Both players thought that} 26.
Bxb5 Rc1+ 27. Kf2 Rxa2+ 28. Kf3 Kd8 {would favour Black.}) 26... Ba6 27. Kf2 {
Here Nakamura missed the chance to set more serious problems to his opponent.}
Rd6 ({After} 27... Nc5 {White's task would have been more complicated, since
there are many possibilities, but no clear way to achieve equality.}) 28. Rb4
$1 {White is still a clear exchange down, but the strong bishop on d4 together
with weak black pawns provide White sufficient compensation to keep the
balance.} f6 (28... Rc8 {is hardly an improvement:} 29. Nxb5 Bxb5 30. Bxb5 Rc2+
31. Kf3 Rxa2 32. Kxf4 {with the idea} Rxg2 33. e5 Rdg6 34. Ra4 {and White gets
counterplay.}) 29. Kf3 Rc8 (29... Ne5+ 30. Kxf4 Nc6 {would have kept some
practical chances for a win.}) 30. Nxb5 Bxb5 31. Bxb5 Ke7 {After 32.a4 White
has nothing to fear, so the players agreed to a draw. It must be said that
some spectators felt sorry that in the tournament regulations the players are
allowed to agree to a draw after move 30.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 {The knight goes to d7 freeing the path for the c-pawn.} 10. d4
Nbd7 {With plenty of strategical ideas for both sides the Breyer Variation of
the Ruy Lopez is a classical opening line, which Magnus Carlsen had played
many times before.} 11. c4 {Nakamura certainly relied on the surprise factor
of this move.} ({In the vast majority of games White plays here} 11. Nbd2)
11... c6 12. Nc3 {"I was very happy when I saw this move, as now I can
conveniently close the position", said Carlsen after the game.} (12. a3 {
would have kept somewhat more tension in the position.}) 12... b4 13. Na4 c5
14. d5 {In this close position the main battlefield is going to be the
kingside.} Re8 $5 {[%csl Ra4,Rf4][%cal Gd7f8,Gf8g6] A somewhat unexpected move
in such positions. Usually in this structure Black is trying to prepare ...
f7-f5 and therefore he needs the rook on f8 for that. However, Carlsen had
another plan in mind - he wanted to transfer the knight to g6.} 15. Bc2 Nf8 16.
a3 a5 17. b3 {The knight from a4 is coming to d3.} Ng6 18. Nb2 Bd7 {[%cal
Gb2d3,Gf3h2,Yh2g4,Yh2f1]} 19. Nh2 {Now Nakamura improves the position of the
other knight.} h6 {And Carlsen is doing the same - the knight from f6 needs a
square in order to prepare the favourable (for Black) exchange of the
dark-squared bishops via g5.} 20. Nf1 Nh7 21. Ne3 Bg5 22. axb4 axb4 23. Rxa8
Qxa8 24. Nf5 Bxc1 25. Qxc1 Bxf5 {Continuing to exchanges pieces. Black wasn't
obliged to hurry and could keep a comfortable position with 25...Qa6 - a move
which Magnus, as he admitted, would have normally played, had he not been
feeling tired.} 26. exf5 Ngf8 {Already around here Carlsen saw the possible
repetition of moves and he just went for it without second thought.} 27. Nd1
Nf6 28. f3 Qa2 29. g4 Ra8 30. Nf2 Qa3 {White cannot really avoid the
repetition. At this moment both sides must have been happy with the outcome.}
31. Qb1 (31. Qd2 {allows Black to improve with} Qb2) ({while the only
reasonable attempt} 31. h4 {can bring White nothing but troubles in the
resulting endgame mentioned by Carlsen:} Qxc1 32. Rxc1 g5 33. fxg6 Nxg6 34.
Bxg6 fxg6 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Nh5 37. Ne4 Ra6 {and with his rook on the open
file only Black can play for a win.}) 31... Qa2 32. Qc1 Qa3 33. Qb1 Qa2 34. Qc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 {So far Nakamura is the only player in Medias who sticks to the
Sicilian Defence. For some reason other players prefer to answer 1.e4 with 1...
e5.} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {The Najdorf Sicilian. Hikaru
drew already with it against Karjakin and Radjabov. In those games Black was
absolutely fine after the opening. This time things got worse for the American
though, and after the game he was visibly unhappy with the outcome of the
opening.} 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 (8... Be6 {"is just equal",
according to Nakamura.}) 9. a4 h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. Nd2 $1 {A new and strong move.
Similarly to his game versus Ivanchuk from the third round, Nisipeanu improves
the position of the knight, transferring it to the e3-square.} (11. Bc4 {
is the usual continuation, but then the knight remains misplaced on b3.}) 11...
Bb7 12. Nc4 Qc7 (12... g5 13. Bg3 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. f3 Bb7 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6
17. Qxd6 {clearly favours White.}) 13. Ne3 O-O (13... Nxe4 {loses due to} 14.
Ncd5) 14. O-O Rfe8 15. Bc4 Qc5 {The key square in such pawn formations is d5,
which is excellently controlled by White. In order to keep the advantage
Nisipeanu had to continue to develop the pieces in the centre, after which
Black would have had problems to get any sort of counterplay.} ({Again} 15...
Nxe4 {is bad. The simplest solution for White is} 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe7 Rxe7
18. Bd5 {winning an exchange.}) 16. Bxf6 (16. Qd3 $1 {secures White a pleasant
advantage. For instance:} Qd4 17. Nf5 Qxd3 18. Nxe7+ ({or} 18. cxd3 Bf8 19.
Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ne3 {with firm control of the d5-square.}) 18... Rxe7 19. cxd3 {
and the bishop pair secure White better prospects.}) 16... Nxf6 17. Qf3 Rac8
18. Ncd5 ({A better try was} 18. Bb3 Qb4 19. Ned5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5
Bf6 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. Bxb3 {where White can claim an edge thanks to his better
bishop and superior pawn formation. However, the opposite-coloured bishops
make the position drawish.}) 18... Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxc2 {White's
knight clearly dominates the opponent's bishop, but Black's extra pawn
compensates for it. The position is equal.} 21. Nxb6 (21. b4 Bd8 $11) 21... Rb8
22. Nd5 (22. a5 Bd8 $11) 22... Qxb2 23. g3 Bg5 ({Nakamura's move is stronger
than} 23... Bd8 24. Qd3 Qd4 25. Qxa6 {because Black cannot take on e4:} Qxe4 $2
{runs into} 26. Qc6 {(threatening besides taking the rook also a check on e7)}
Kf8 27. Qxd6+ Be7 28. Nxe7 {and White wins}) 24. h4 Bd2 $1 {It is funny how
the bishop from d2 is trying to limit the influence of the knight on d5.} 25.
Rad1 Bb4 {This allows White to force a draw. However, the position was about
equal anyway.} (25... Qc2 26. Qe2 Rb2 27. Qxa6 {and again Black cannot take on
e4 because of 28.Qc6.}) (25... Qd4 26. Qe2 Rb2 27. Qxa6 {can be worse only for
Black.}) 26. Rb1 Qa3 27. Ne7+ Kf8 {Black cannot avoid the repetition.} ({Both} 
27... Rxe7 $2 28. Qxa3 Bxa3 29. Rxb8+) ({or} 27... Kh8 28. Qxf7 {are just bad
for Black.}) 28. Ng6+ Kg8 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Ng6+ Kg8 31. Ne7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 {The Petrosian Variation. White prepares
Nc3 and wants to avoid the pin after ...Bb4.} Bb7 5. Nc3 {[#]} d5 {Otherwise
White will play d4-d5 himself.} ({For instance} 5... Be7 6. d5 {followed by
e2-e4 secures White an advantage in the centre. Here one can notice the
importance for White of not being pinned with ...Bb4.}) 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2
Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7 ({Another standard plan in
this variation is} 11... Qc8 12. Qe2 Ba6) 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Be3 ({After} 13. d5
exd5 14. exd5 {Black can consider a positional pawn sacrifice:} c4 $5 15. Bxc4
Na5 16. Ba2 Bf6 17. Bb2 Rac8 {with the idea of 18...Nc4. Then White should
probably prevent it with} 18. Nd2 {It remains unclear if Black has full
compensation. Probably only future practice can give an answer to the question.
}) 13... Rfd8 14. h4 {White is trying to expend on the kingside.} e5 $1 15. d5
Na5 16. h5 ({Of course White would be happy to fortify his centre with} 16. c4
{but this would allow} Nb3 17. Rab1 Nd4) 16... c4 17. Bc2 Nb3 $1 ({After} 17...
h6 18. Nd2 $1 {White prevents the manoeuvre Na5-b3-c5.}) 18. Ra2 ({As the
players established after the game, in the event of} 18. Bxb3 cxb3 19. c4 f5 $1
20. exf5 b5 $1 21. cxb5 Bxd5 {Black is doing fine.}) 18... h6 19. Nh2 {The
American GM transfers the knight to f5, but as we'll see this doesn't promise
White much. The position is about equal.} Bd6 20. Rb1 Nc5 21. Nf1 (21. Qxc4 Ba6
22. Qb4 {leaves Black with many attractive options. One possibility is} Nd3 23.
Qa4 Bc4 24. Bb3 b5 25. Qa6 Bxb3 26. Rxb3 Qc4 27. Qxb5 Qxe4 {with initiative.})
21... Ba6 ({A more ambitious continuation is} 21... f5 $5) 22. Ng3 Bf8 23. Nf5
Nd3 24. g3 ({At this moment Hikaru missed a good chance to get an advantage by
continuing} 24. a4 {If then} Bc8 25. Bxd3 cxd3 26. Qxd3 Bxf5 27. exf5 Rac8 {
White continues} 28. a5 $1 {and in the event of} (28. Rb3 Qc6 $1) 28... Qxc3 (
28... bxa5 $1) 29. Qxc3 Rxc3 30. axb6 axb6 31. Bxb6 Rxd5 32. Ra8 {Black has
serious back rank problems.}) (24. Qg4 {doesn't achieve anything due to the
obvious} Kh8 ({or} 24... Kh7)) 24... Bc8 25. Qf3 Bxf5 26. Qxf5 (26. exf5 Qd7 $1
27. f6 Qxd5 28. Qg4 Rd6 29. fxg7 Bxg7 {is just better for Black.}) 26... Bc5
27. Qf3 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Nc5 29. Rb4 Nb7 30. Ba4 Nd6 31. Bc6 Rab8 {Neither side
can do much in this equal position.} 32. a4 Rf8 33. g4 Kh7 34. f3 Qe7 35. Rh2
Qf6 36. Kf2 Rbc8 37. Ke1 Rc7 38. Kd1 Rd8 39. Ke2 Qe7 40. Rh1 Qf6 41. Ra1 Qh4
42. Rbb1 Qh2+ 43. Qf2 Qf4 44. Qe3 Qh2+ 45. Qf2 Qf4 46. Qe3 Qh2+ 47. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nge7 (8... Nf6 9. Bg5 {transposes to a Sveshnikov Sicilian.}) 9. c4 Nxd5 10.
cxd5 (10. Qxd5 Bd7) (10. exd5 Nd4 11. cxb5 Be7 12. Be3 Nf5 13. Bd2 e4 14. bxa6
O-O 15. Be2 Bf6 16. Nc4 Bxa6 17. O-O Nd4 18. Rc1 Bb5 19. Bc3 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2
Rxa2 21. Qxe4 {1/2-1/2 Carlsen,M (2690)-Radjabov,T (2729)/Wijk aan Zee 2007})
10... Nd4 11. Bd3 g6 12. Nc2 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 (14. Nxd4 exd4 15. a4 Bd7
{is about equal.}) 14... Kh8 15. Rc1 f5 16. f3 Bd7 17. Qd2 f4 18. Bf2 g5 {
Radjabov allows his opponent to win the pawn on d4, rightly assessing that
after the exchange of most of the pieces Black will be able to achieve a draw.}
19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Be2 Qb6 21. Rfd1 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. b4 ({After the game
Nakamura tried to look for an advantage by advancing the pawn on the kingside
with} 23. h4 {but Black still keeps the balance:} h6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. g3 Be5
26. gxf4 gxf4 {and if} 27. Bd3 {(with the idea to run with the king to e2),
then Black even manages to take over the initiative with} Bh3 $1) (23. Kf1 {
deserves attention first, and if} b4 {then} (23... Be5 {is probably better.})
24. h4) 23... Be5 24. a3 Kg7 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Ke1 Qc7 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28. Qxd4
Qc3+ 29. Qxc3 Rxc3 30. Rd3 Rxd3 31. Bxd3 {White is a pawn up and as Nakamura
admitted at the press conference, he was quite optimistic during the game
about his chances here. But with accurate defence Black is able to achieve the
draw.} h5 32. g3 h4 $1 (32... Kf6 33. gxf4 gxf4 34. h4 $1 {looks risky for
Black, since unlike in the game he doesn't have the h5-square for the bishop.})
33. gxf4 gxf4 34. Kd2 Kf6 35. Kc3 Ke5 36. a4 Be8 37. Be2 Bd7 38. Bf1 Be8 39.
axb5 axb5 40. Kd3 ({After} 40. Bh3 {Black has the reply} Bh5 {That's why the
zugzwang ideas don't really work in this endgame.}) 40... Bd7 41. Ke2 Kd4 42.
Kd2 Ke5 ({There is no point for Black to go for} 42... Be8 43. Bh3 Kc4 44. Bc8)
43. Kd3 Bc8 44. Kc3 Bd7 45. Kd3 Bc8 46. Kc3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Qb3 $5 ({
The main line goes} 7. e3 e6 {and here after} 8. Qb3 {Black's best answer is}
Bb4) 7... Qb6 (7... Na5 {is preferable:} 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6) 8. Qxb6 axb6 9.
e3 e6 10. a3 Be7 11. Be2 {Why does the bishop go to e2 instead of b5? First of
all because White keeps the square b5 vacated for the knight; and secondly
from e2 the bishop indirectly fights against Black's idea of Nf6-h5 (see the
comments on Black's 14th move below).} O-O 12. O-O Rfc8 13. Rfc1 {[%csl Rb5,
Gb6,Gb7] The main drawback of doubled pawns is their lack of flexibility.
Furthermore, here White has also complete control over the b5-square. And
finally, the isolated doubled pawns can easily become a target later on. All
this gives White hopes to play for advantage.} Nh5 14. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 ({After} 
14... f6 {White plays} 15. Nh4 $1 {attacking the knight on h5. If then} fxg5
16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Bxh5 g4 {with the idea to catch the bishop, White takes the
pawn} 18. Nxd5 Rd8 (18... Bd8 19. Be8 $1) 19. Nxe7+ Nxe7 20. Rc7 Kf8 21. h3 g6
22. hxg4 gxh5 23. gxf5 {and Black is struggling to survive.}) 15. Nxg5 Nf6 16.
Nf3 Bg4 17. Nb5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rd8 19. Kf1 Kf8 20. Rc3 Ke7 21. Rac1 Rdc8 22. Ke1
Kd7 23. h3 h5 $6 (23... h6) 24. h4 $1 {This is very tricky from Ivanchuk: to
play h3 followed immediately by h4. Now the black pawns are blockaded on the
light squares, which can be a problem in different kind of endgames.} g6 25. g3
Ra5 26. Be2 Ne8 27. Rb3 $1 Rd8 (27... Nxd4 {doesn't work:} 28. Rxc8 Nxb3 29.
Rc3 Na1 (29... Nc5 30. b4) 30. b4 {and sooner or later the knight will die on
a1.}) 28. f3 Nf6 29. Nc3 Kc7 30. Na2 Ng8 {According to Ivanchuk this is a bad
mistake.} (30... Rc8 31. Nb4 Nd7 {was called for, keeping the e5-square under
control.}) 31. Nb4 Nge7 32. Nd3 Raa8 33. Ne5 Rf8 ({After} 33... f6 34. Nd3 {
followed by Nf4 at some point (and eventually Bf1-h3) Black will have problems
with the pawn e6.}) 34. Bd3 f5 {After this move White is strategically winning.
Black has too many pawn weaknesses (b6, e6 and g6).} 35. Bb5 Rac8 36. Kf2 (36.
Rbc3 Kd6) 36... Rg8 37. Ba4 Rgf8 38. Rc2 Rfd8 (38... Rg8 {loses by force:} 39.
Rbc3 Kd6 40. Nf7+ Kd7 41. Rb3 Kc7 42. Ng5 {and Black is unable to protect the
e6-pawn.}) 39. Rbc3 Rd6 40. b4 Kb8 41. Bxc6 bxc6 42. b5 {The game is over.
Black is losing a pawn and remains with a lot of other weaknesses.} Kb7 43.
bxc6+ Kc7 44. a4 Rdd8 45. Rb2 Ra8 46. Rcb3 Nc8 47. Ra2 Rg8 48. a5 b5 49. Rxb5
Nd6 50. Rb4 Ra6 51. Kg2 g5 52. hxg5 Rxg5 53. Kh3 Rg8 54. Kh4 Rh8 55. Rab2 Ra7
56. Rb6 Rha8 57. Kxh5 Rg8 58. a6 Rga8 59. Rb7+ Nxb7 60. axb7 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 c6 9. h3 Re8 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. O-O Ng6 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qc2 Re7
15. Rb1 Bd7 16. b4 b6 17. b5 cxb5 18. Bxb5 Bc8 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Rfc1 Ne4 21. Qa4
f5 22. Nb5 Qd8 23. g3 a6 24. Nc3 b5 25. Qb3 Rc8 26. Ne2 Rc4 27. h4 Rec7 28. Rc2
Nf8 29. Nf4 h6 30. h5 Qe8 31. Rbc1 Nd7 32. a4 bxa4 33. Qb2 Rxc2 34. Rxc2 Qc8
35. Ne1 Ndf6 36. Qb6 Rc6 37. Qa5 Rxc2 38. Nxc2 Qe8 39. Be2 Kh7 40. Kg2 Qe7 41.
Bd3 Qd7 42. Qb4 Nd6 43. Ne1 Bc8 44. Nf3 a5 45. Qxa5 Nc4 46. Qc5 a3 47. Nh4 a2
48. Bxf5+ Qxf5 49. Nxf5 a1=Q 50. Qxc8 Nd2 51. Nh4 Qf1+ 52. Kh2 Qxf2+ 53. Kh3
Qf1+ 54. Kh2 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. Bd2 Re8 8. Nge2 a6
9. a4 exd5 10. cxd5 Nh5 11. g3 f5 12. Bg2 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf6 14. Bxb4 cxb4 15.
Qd2 Nxe4 16. fxe4 a5 17. Nd4 Na6 18. O-O Nc5 19. Qf4 Nd3 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Qf4
Nd3 22. Qd2 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Bb2 Re8 {A rare continuation instead of the main} (10...
dxc4) 11. h3 (11. a4 Na5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 Rxe5 $5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. e4 Bg4
16. f3 dxe4 17. Qe2 Be6 $13 {1-0 Wang Hao (2718)-Harikrishna,P (2669)/Ningbo
CHN 2011/The Week in Chess 872 (59)}) (11. Qc2 Na5 12. Ne5 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 dxc4
14. Bxc4 Bd7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qe2 e5 17. f3 b5 18. Ba2 c4 19. e4 Nh5 20. g3 f5
$132 {1/2 Peralta,F (2603)-Marin,M (2555)/Barcelona ESP 2011/The Week in Chess
854 (45)}) (11. Rc1 dxc4 (11... Na5 $5) 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Ng5 Bg4 14. f3 $6 (14.
Qc2 Bh5 15. Bd3 Bg6 $11) 14... Bh5 15. g4 $6 h6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Bg6 $15 {
1/2 Rabar,B-Janosevic,D/Sarajevo 1951/EXT 2002 (41)}) (11. Qe2 dxc4 (11... Na5
$5) 12. Bxc4 e5 13. h3 Bf5 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Bb5 e4 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Ne5 Rb8
18. a4 Nd5 $11 {1-0 Swiercz,D (2488)-Arutinian,D (2576)/Rijeka 2010/CBM 136 
(31)}) 11... Na5 (11... b6 $5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 Na5 14. Qa4 bxc5 15. c4
Bd7 16. Qc2 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Ne4 $11 {1/2 Zhukova,N (2499)
-Kosintseva,N (2533)/Moscow 2010/CBM 138 Extra (42)}) (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 b6
13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rac1 Ne7 15. Rfd1 Ng6 16. Ba2 Qc6 17. c4 cxd4 18. Rxd4 e5 19.
Rdd1 Ne4 $11 {1-0 Kasimdzhanov,R (2652)-Groszpeter,A (2508)/Deizisau 2004/CBM
099 ext (50)}) 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nd2 (13. Ne5 c4 14. Bc2 Ne4 (14... Nc6 15.
Nxc6 Qxc6 16. a4 {1/2 Jakab,A (2417)-Lukacs,P (2423)/Hungary 2009/EXT 2010})
15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 Bf5 (16... Nd6 17. Qf4 Qe7 18. Rae1 Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. f3
Rb8 21. Bc1 Rb3 22. e4 $36 {1-0 Stocek,J (2578)-Votava,J (2546)/Czechia 2008/
EXT 2009 (42)}) 17. f3 Ng3 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Qf4 Rac8 {[%csl Gc7]} 20. e4 f6
21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Rae1 Rce7 $11 {1/2 Jakovenko,D 
(2725)-Leko,P (2735)/Astrakhan 2010/CBM 137/[Marin,M] (42)}) 13... Be6 14. Rc1
$6 {An inaccuracy allowing a strong reply.} (14. Qe2 Rac8 15. a4 a6 16. Ba3 c4
17. Bc2 Qd7 18. Qf3 Nb3 19. Nxb3 cxb3 20. Bxb3 Rxc3 21. Rfb1 Bf5 22. Bb4 Rc6
23. Rb2 Qc7 24. Bd2 Be4 25. Qe2 Rb8 {1/2 Pappier,C (2400)-Schulze,M (2436)/
IECG 2002/Telechess CBM 95}) 14... b5 $1 {Preventing c3-c4 and seizing the
c4-square completely.} 15. dxc5 (15. Bxb5 $4 Reb8) 15... Nc4 $15 {[%csl Rb2,
Gc4][%mdl 32]} 16. Rb1 (16. Nxc4 $142 dxc4 (16... bxc4 $5 17. Bc2 Rab8 $15) 17.
Bc2 Rad8 18. Qe2 Nd7 $15 {[%cal Yd7c5,Yc5d3]}) 16... Qxc5 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Bc1
a6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Bc2 Rac8 21. Ne2 Qe5 22. Ng3 {An incorrect pawn sacrifice
but what to do?} (22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 $17 {[%csl Ra3,Rc3,
Rd3]}) 22... Qxc3 23. Rb3 Qe5 24. Bb1 a5 25. Rd3 Qe7 26. Re1 b4 27. axb4 Qxb4
28. Bd2 Nxd2 29. Qxd2 g6 30. Ba2 Bb5 31. Rb1 Qxd2 32. Rxd2 Rc5 33. Rb3 a4 34.
Ra3 Ra8 35. f3 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 $2 {[%csl Rf2]} (36. Kh2 $142 $17) 36... Rac8 37.
e4 R8c2 38. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 39. Ke3 Rxg2 40. Kf4 Kg7 41. h4 h6 {[%cal Rg6g5]} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 {As expected. Since Hikaru has
started working with Kasparov this has become his favourite weapon against the
Nimzo Indian.} cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. Qb3 {A rather forgotten line
nowadays, but it was played by Kasparov several times in the eighties.} (8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 {is the most fashionable nowadays.}) 8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nc6
10. cxd5 Na5 11. Qc2 Nxd5 12. O-O (12. Qd3 {was Garry's choice in this
position, but after} Qc7 {was found, the whole line went out of fashion} 13.
Nb5 Qc6) 12... Qc7 (12... Bd7 {is a serious alternative here.}) 13. Re1 {
This makes sense, but it's hard to believe that White can seriously pretend to
be better with such a slow move.} (13. e4 Nxc3 {I guess that it is what Hikaru
did not like} (13... Nb6 {is always an option, of course}) 14. Bb2 (14. Bd2
Ne2+ 15. Kh1 Qxc2 16. Nxc2 Nc6) 14... Nb5 15. Qxc7 Nxc7 {and although White
definitely has enough play for the pawn, it seems very drawish.}) 13... Bd7 {
Logical.} (13... Rd8 14. e4) 14. e4 Nb6 (14... Nxc3 {is already not working
here:} 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. Rac1) 15. e5 {So far White had not spent any time on
his moves, so I started to search for a decent move which would make him think.
} Ba4 {Right choice! Nakamura started to think here finally!} (15... Rfc8 {
is perfectly playable, of course, but too logical to be a surprise :)}) 16. Qd3
Qc4 {That is the point, I start to bother his pieces immediatly, not allowing
White to gather his forces around my king.} (16... Rac8 17. Be4 $36) 17. Qf3 (
17. Qxc4 {might be the best choice actually, but somehow I was sure Hikaru
would not do it :)} Nbxc4 18. Rb1 Rab8 19. f4 {might be little better for
White, but nothing to worry about really, I thought.}) 17... Nc6 {The move
which I had to see in advance, otherwise Black's operation would not make
sense at all.} 18. Re4 {Probably the best move, played after ve-e-e-ery long
reflection, approximately one hour! Usually experience shows, that after such
a long thought a player comes up with a bad move, but this time it is an
exception to the rule.} (18. Qg4 {was possible, but gives me a wide choise of
interesting options:} Bc2 (18... Kh8 {might be the simplest}) (18... h5 19. Qh4
$13 Qxc3 (19... Nd5)) 19. Ba3 (19. Bh6 Bg6) 19... Rfc8) 18... Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Bc6
{Again a very important move which I had to have foreseen in advance, solving
all problems, if there were any at all.} 20. Rxc4 {There is no other sensible
way for White to play for advantage.} Bxf3 21. Rc7 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rab8 23. Rb1
Rfc8 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rb3 {Already strange, since White obviously can't win
anymore.} (25. Be3 {was a forced draw:} Rxc3 26. Bxb6 axb6 27. Rxb6 Rc7) 25...
h5 26. Be3 Nd5 27. Bd4 $2 {Probably the voice of the blood. Hikaru, like a
true samurai, is making hara-kiri :)} (27. Bxa7 {leads to a draw in all lines:}
Rxc3 28. Rxc3 (28. Rxb7 Ra3) 28... Nxc3 29. a3) 27... b6 {Obviously Black is
just much better here. Plus Nakamura was already getting into time trouble.}
28. f4 {I would prefer to leave this pawn on f2.} (28. Kf3 $142) 28... Rc4 {
Very important. Now my rook gets to a4 and White's position starts to collapse
slowly but surely.} 29. Kf1 (29. Ra3 $142 a5 {/\a4} 30. Rb3 a4 (30... Kh7 31.
Kf3 a4) 31. Rb2 Nxc3 32. Bxb6 Nd5 33. Bf2 {with some drawing chances} Kh7)
29... Ra4 30. Rb2 (30. a3 Ne7 $1 {/\ Nc6, Na5} 31. Be3 Nc6 $17 32. Bc1 Re4)
30... Kh7 {No need to hurry, Black gets his king into play with decisive
effect.} 31. Kf2 Kg6 32. Rc2 Ra3 33. h3 b5 34. Rb2 a6 35. Rc2 Kf5 (35... h4 {
is not bad either, but I decided that it is time to force matters already.})
36. Kf3 b4 37. g4+ hxg4+ 38. hxg4+ Kg6 39. Ke4 bxc3 40. Rh2 (40. f5+ Kg5 41.
fxe6 fxe6 42. Kf3 Ra4 $19) 40... Ra4 41. Rf2 a5 {Strangely enough White is in
some kind of zugzwang here, therefore I decided to ask him to move.} 42. Kd3 (
42. Rc2 Nxf4) (42. f5+ Kg5) 42... c2 {This is the end of the story.} 43. f5+
Kg5 44. Bb2 Nb4+ 45. Kc3 Rxa2 46. Rf1 Kxg4 47. fxe6 fxe6 {I am very strong in
such positions, so Hikaru resigned here.} 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "299"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 {Nichts anderes hatte ich von Nakamura erwartet
und genau wie Hikaru sah ich in dieser Partie eine große Chance auf den ersten
Sieg.} 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 {Ich glaube aus weißer
Sicht an dieses System, deshalb habe ich noch nichts anderes gegen
Königsindisch versucht.} Ne7 {Was allerdings ab hier der beste Weg für Weiß
sein soll, ist für mich noch völlig unklar, in letzter Zeit probiere ich noch
alle Möglichkeiten durch.} 9. Ne1 ({Meine letzte Partie sah} 9. Nd2 Ne8 10. b4
f5 11. c5 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. Nc4 g5 14. a4 Ng6 15. Ba3 Rf7 16. b5 Bf8 17. b6
dxc5 18. bxc7 Rxc7 19. d6 Rg7 20. Nb5 Be6 21. Bb2 a6 22. Nc7 Rxc7 23. dxc7 Qxc7
24. Qb3 Nd7 25. Qc3 Re8 26. a5 $16 {1-0 Meier,G (2650)-Williams,S (2520)/
Mulhouse 2011/CB22_2011 (54)}) 9... Nd7 10. Be3 {In meinen Partien neu,} ({
zuvor griff ich zu} 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 ({oder} 11. f3)) 10... f5 11. f3 {
Im Unterschied zu anderen Varianten erreicht Weiß sofort eine perfekte
Koordination für das Spiel am Damenflügel, jedoch eröffnet der Läufer auf f2
Schwarz später auch die wichtige Ressource g4-g3.} f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Nd3 (13.
g4) ({und} 13. Nb5 {sind interessante Alternativen.}) 13... Nf6 14. c5 Ng6 15.
Rc1 Rf7 16. a4 {Bis hierher konnte ich meiner Vorbereitung folgen, was meinem
Gegner gar nicht behagte. Hikaru begann zu überlegen, wie er die mir
offensichtlich bekannten Pfade verlassen könnte.} Bf8 {Normalerweise verlässt
der Läufer erst später g7, um den Weg für den Turm freizumachen.} ({Üblich ist
} 16... h5 17. a5 g4) 17. a5 {Nun ist Weiß bereit zu cxd6 nebst Sb5, denn
a7-a6 würde jetzt immer mit Lf2-b6 bestraft werden.} h5 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Nb5
g4 20. Nxa7 Bd7 {Droht ...Qb8.} 21. Qb3 g3 {Diese Ressource hält das schwarze
Gegenspiel leider immer am Leben.} 22. Bb6 {Bisher verlief das Spiel beider
Seiten in meinen Augen äußerst logisch.} Qe7 $2 {Mir war klar, dass dies der
strategische Verlustzug sein könnte und ich verwendete nun gute 40 Minuten um
eine Entscheidung zu treffen.} (22... gxh2+ 23. Kh1 {sollte zuerst geschehen.}
(23. Kxh2 $4 Ng4+ 24. fxg4 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 hxg4 {mit durschlagendem Angriff})) 23.
Rc7 $2 ({Letzten Endes konnte ich nicht zu einem klaren Urteil über} 23. h3 $1
Bxh3 24. gxh3 Nh7 {gelangen. Schwarz ist bereit, mit allem was er hat den
Köigsflügel zu belagern, und das führt nicht selten im Königsinder zum Matt.} (
{während ich verstand, dass} 24... Qd7 {an} 25. Nf2 $1 gxf2+ 26. Kh2 {
scheitert, was die schwarze Initiative ein für allemal auslöscht. Die Hoheit
über die weißen Felder macht den weißen Königsflügel uneinnehmbar.}) {
Tatsächlich verfügt Weiß über einen geradezu fantastischen Weg den
Königsflügel zu stabilisieren.} 25. Kh1 $1 Qd7 (25... Nh4 26. Rg1 Ng5 27. Ne1
Nxh3 28. Bf1) 26. Nf2 Nh4 27. Rg1 Rg7 28. Rc7 Qe8 29. Rxg7+ Bxg7 30. Nb5 Qg6
31. Bf1 Ng5 32. Bg2 Rxa5 33. Nxd6 Ra6 34. Nc4 Qf7 35. Rd1 $16) 23... Ne8 (23...
gxh2+ 24. Kh1 h4 25. Nc6 $1 bxc6 26. dxc6 $36) 24. Rxd7 gxh2+ 25. Kh1 Qxd7 26.
Rc1 {Diese Stellung gefiel mir in der Vorausberechnung für Weiß. Der
Königsflügel ist kaum zu stürmen, denn mit dem Läufer d7 ist eines der
wichtigsten schwarzen Angriffsmittel eliminiert. Gleichzeitig hat Weiß eine
Majorität am Damenflügel, die mit der Zeit immer mehr an Gewicht gewinnen
sollte.} Rg7 27. Bf1 Nh4 28. Rc3 Qe7 ({Wir hatten beide den Eindruck, dass} 
28... Nxg2 $1 29. Bxg2 Rxg2 30. Kxg2 Qh3+ $1 31. Kh1 Qxf3+ 32. Kxh2 Qg3+ 33.
Kh1 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 Qg3+ 35. Kf1 {gut ist für Weiß, tatsächlich zeigt sich der
Computer wenig beeindruckt:} f3 36. Qc2 (36. Nf2 Qg2+ 37. Ke1 Qg1+ 38. Kd2 Bh6+
39. Kd3 Qf1+ 40. Kc2 Qc1+ $11) 36... Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Qg4+ {0.00...} 38. Kh1 $2 Nf6
$40) 29. Qc2 Qg5 {[%cal Rh4f3,Rg5g1]} 30. Ne1 {Ich musste ein paar Schritte
rückwarts machen (Ne1, Bf1), konnte aber gleichzeitig das Eindringen auf der
c-Linie und den Vormarsch des b-Bauern vorbereiten.} Ng6 31. Nd3 {Ich wollte
einmal die Züge wiederholen. In Dortmund wollten meine Gegner dies aber sogar
in in schlechteren Stellungen immer vermeiden...} (31. Rc8 Rxc8 32. Qxc8) 31...
Nh4 32. Ne1 Kh7 33. b4 Be7 34. Bf2 Bd8 35. Rc8 Rxc8 36. Qxc8 {Nakamura steht
bereits mit dem Rücken zur Wand, denn Weiß ist kurz davor, entscheidendes
Übergewicht am Damenflügel zu erzielen.} Ng6 (36... Rc7 37. Qb8) (36... Nf6 37.
Nb5 (37. Qxd8 Nxe4 38. Bxh4 Ng3+ 39. Kxh2 Nxf1+ 40. Kg1 Qxd8 41. Bxd8 Ne3 42.
b5 Nxd5 43. Nc8 Rg8 44. Nxd6 Rxd8 45. Nxb7 Rb8 46. Nd6 Kg7 47. Nd3 Kf6)) 37. a6
$1 {Hikarus Körpersprache brachte sofort seine Enttäuschung zum Ausdruck. Er
fing an, seinen ganzen Körper zu schütteln und wie wild auf die Uhr
einzudreschen, dass sollte übrigens noch einige Male in dieser Partie
geschehen, immer dann, wenn er den Eindruck hatte, dass es gleich vorbei ist...
} Qe7 38. axb7 Qxb7 39. Qxd8 Qxb4 {Der berühmte 40. Zug... Vielleicht war mein
Selbstbewusstein durch die groben Fehler in den Runden zuvor schon zu sehr
angegriffen, denn ich sah, dass Nc6 stark ist, konnte mich aber nicht
durchringen von der offensichtlichen Partiefortsetzung Abstand zu nehmen, denn
2 Figuren gg. Turm sollten mit Leichtigkeit gewinnen, wozu also
"Experimente"?!...} 40. Qxe8 $2 (40. Nc6 {hätte sicherlich weiteres
Grimassenspiel auf der anderen Seite und eine baldige Aufgabe erzwungen... :(})
40... Qb2 41. Nd3 Qb1 42. Be1 Rxa7 43. Qc6 (43. Kxh2 $1 Ra3 44. Qd7+ Kh6 45.
Bh4 $3 {war der letzte direkte Weg zum Sieg, aber ich spürte nicht, dass es
gewisse technische Schwierigkeiten in der Partie geben würde.}) 43... Ra3 44.
Qc1 Qb6 45. Kxh2 Ra2 46. Nb4 Ra4 47. Qc3 h4 $1 {Hikaru begann zähen Widerstand
zu leisten.} 48. Nc2 (48. Nd3 h3) 48... h3 49. gxh3 Qb1 50. Qd2 $2 {Warum ich
ohne Not das Eindringen nach a2 zulasse, ist mir nach wie vor ein Rätsel.} (50.
Bc4 $1) 50... Ra2 (50... Nh4 $5 51. Bxh4 Qxf1 52. Ne1 Qc4) 51. Bd3 Kh6 52. h4 (
52. Kg2 Kh5 53. Kf1) 52... Nf8 53. Bf2 Qb3 54. Kg2 Ng6 55. Qd1 Nf8 56. Kh3 Ng6
57. Qf1 {Ich war bereit, die zwei Figuren gegen den Turm abzugeben, da ich
nicht sehen konnte, wie sonst Fortschritte zu erzielen sind.} Qc3 58. Be1 Qc8+
59. Kh2 Kh5 60. Qf2 $2 {Dies zerstört die weiße Koordination endgültig.} ({
Der Computer zeigt eine fantastische Idee:} 60. Qh1 $1 {Weiß ist nun bereit,
sich mit Bf2 und Kg1 umzugruppieren.} Rxc2+ 61. Bxc2 Qxc2+ 62. Qg2 Qxg2+ 63.
Kxg2 Nxh4+ 64. Kf2 $16 {nebst Bb4.}) 60... Rb2 61. Qa7 Rxc2+ {Tut mir einen
großen Gefallen, denn nach} (61... Rb7 $1 62. Qf2 (62. Qg1 Nxh4 63. Qf2 Qd8 (
63... Rh7 64. Qxh4+ Kg6 65. Qxh7+ Kxh7)) 62... Rb2 {hätte ich mich kaum noch
entknoten können.}) 62. Bxc2 Qxc2+ 63. Kg1 Kh6 64. Qf2 {Jetzt beginnt eine
lange Phase des Lavierens in der Weiß ein klares Ziel vor Augen hat. Ich
wollte eine Aufstellung mit Kg2 und Bf2 erreichen, um den Königsflügel zu
stabilisieren, danach ist die weiße Dame frei, um in die gegnerische Stellung
einzudrigen und Zugeständnisse zu erzwingen.} Qb1 65. Kh2 Nh8 66. Qg1 Nf7 67.
Bf2 Qc2 68. Qg2 Qb2 69. Bg1 Qc3 70. Kh3 Qc1 71. Bb6 Qc8+ 72. Qg4 Qa6 73. Bf2
Qf1+ 74. Qg2 Qc1 75. Kh2 Qc2 76. Bg1 Qd1 77. Qh3 Qd2+ 78. Kh1 Qe2 79. Bb6 Qb2
80. Qe6+ Kg7 81. Qg4+ Kf8 82. Bg1 Qe2 83. Qg2 Qe1 84. Qf2 Qc1 85. Kh2 Kg7 86.
Qe2 Kh6 87. Bf2 Qc3 88. Kg2 {Endlich ist Phase 1 des Plans abgeschlossen...}
Qc8 89. Qb5 Qg8+ 90. Kh2 Qd8 91. Qb6 Qd7 {Langsam wunderte ich mich, warum
Hikaru sein Partieformular studierte... Und mir wurde klar, dass ich vor Zug
112 etwas unternehmen musste (50-Züge-Regel !)} 92. Qa6 Qd8 93. Qf1 $1 {
Endlich fand ich die richtige Route!} Qc8 94. Qh3 {Ich denke, das Endspiel
sollte nach Damentausch gewonnen sein für Weiß, das Eindringen der weißen Dame
sollte jedoch ebenso großen Schaden verursachen...} Qf8 95. Qe6+ Kh5 96. Qf5+
Kh6 97. Qf6+ (97. h5 $1 Qg7 98. Bh4 Ng5 {war mir nicht ganz klar, es darf
nicht vergessen werden, dass mir immer nur sehr wenig Zeit für meine
Entscheidungen blieb. Abgesehen von der einsetzenden Erschöpfung spielte ich
auf Basis des 30 sek-Inkrements.} 99. Qg4 $1 {Bindet Schwarz an Händen und
Füßen! Danach kann Weiß in Ruhe den König auf die Reise Richtung d6 schicken
und im richtigen Moment in ein gewonnenes Bauernendspiel liquidieren.} Qf6 100.
Kg2 Qg7 101. Kf1 $18) 97... Kh5 98. Kg2 Qg8+ 99. Kf1 Qf8 100. Bb6 Qg8 101. Bc7
Qg6 102. Qxg6+ Kxg6 103. Kg2 Kf6 104. Kh3 Kg6 105. Ba5 Kf6 106. Kg4 Nh6+ 107.
Kh5 Nf7 108. Be1 Kg7 109. Kg4 Kf6 110. Kh3 Nh6 111. Kg2 Kg6 112. Kf1 {Ich
wartete schon lange auf den richtigen Moment für h5, aber irgendwie dachte ich
immer, dass ein noch besserer Moment kommen würde...} Kf7 113. Ke2 (113. h5 Ng8
{Hier hatte ich} 114. Bb4 {für einen Moment nicht auf dem Radar und keine Zeit
mir über} (114. Bh4 Nf6 115. h6 Kg6 {klar zu werden})) 113... Ng8 114. Bb4 Ke7
115. Ke1 $4 {Die Sekunden liefen gegen 0 und ich vergaß irgendwie, dass
Schwarz bereits eine endgültige Blockade droht.} (115. h5 {Sollte gewinnen.})
115... Nf6 {Nakamura zog nach Ausführung des Zuges sofort sein Jackett an und
ich wäre am liebsten an die Decke gesprungen....} 116. Kf2 {Der Rest ist pure
Agonie.} Kd7 117. Kg2 Ke7 118. Kh3 Kd7 119. Be1 Ke7 120. Bf2 Kf7 121. Ba7 Ke7
122. Bb6 Ke8 123. Bf2 Kf7 124. Be1 Ke7 125. h5 Nxh5 126. Kg4 Nf6+ 127. Kf5 Nd7
128. Bh4+ Kf7 129. Bd8 Nc5 130. Bg5 Nb3 131. Kg4 Nd4 132. Bh4 Nc2 133. Kg5 Ne3
134. Bf2 Ke7 135. Kh4 Kd7 136. Kh3 Kc7 137. Bh4 Kb6 138. Be7 Kc5 139. Kh2 Nc4
140. Kg2 Kd4 141. Kf2 Kd3 142. Bf8 Kd2 143. Be7 Kd1 144. Bf8 Kd2 145. Be7 Kd3
146. Bf8 Nd2 147. Bxd6 Nxe4+ 148. fxe4 Kxe4 149. Bxe5 Kxd5 150. Bxf4 {8
Stunden dauerte diese Nervenschlacht mit desaströsem Ausgang für mich,
tatsächlich hatten einige Zuschauer bis zum Ende im Schauspielhaus ausgeharrt.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Bg5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. c4 h6
15. Bd2 Ng4 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Ngf6 18. Qe2 Qc6 19. a4 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Qe4 21.
Be3 Rc7 22. a5 Rfc8 23. Nd2 Qf5 24. axb6 axb6 25. f3 e5 26. Rcb1 exd4 27. Bxd4
Qf4 28. Qf2 Rc6 29. Re1 Rd6 30. Be3 Qf5 31. Bxh6 Rdc6 32. Be3 Ne5 33. Red1 Nfd7
34. Ra7 Qc2 35. Rda1 Nf8 36. h3 Nxc4 37. Nxc4 Rxc4 38. Qxc2 Rxc2 39. Bxb6 Rb2
40. Bc7 Ne6 41. Ra8 Rxa8 42. Rxa8+ Kh7 43. Be5 Re2 44. Ra5 g5 45. Rb5 Kg6 46.
Kf1 Rc2 47. Rb2 Rxb2 48. Bxb2 f5 49. g3 g4 50. fxg4 fxg4 51. h4 Nc5 52. Ke2 Ne4
53. Be5 Kf5 54. Bc7 Nf6 55. Kd3 Ne4 56. Bb8 Nf6 57. Kd4 Ne4 58. Bf4 Nf6 59. Be5
Ne4 60. Kd5 Nd2 61. Bf4 Nf1 62. h5 Nxg3 63. h6 Nh5 64. Bc7 Kg6 65. Ke4 Kxh6 66.
Kf5 g3 67. Bb6 g2 68. Bg1 Ng3+ 69. Kf4 Ne2+ 70. Kf3 Nxg1+ 71. Kf2 Nf3 72. Kxg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Le Quang Liem"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Bd2 {This line has been quite
topical lately, with most of the games being played in 2010 and 2011.} (12. Ne4
Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bd3 c5) 12... c5 13. dxc5 (13. Ne4 c4 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15.
Be2 Bb7 16. b3 {is another theoretical discussion. For more details - see the
article in CMB 142.}) 13... Qxc5 ({The natural} 13... Nxc5 {runs into} 14. Bxb5
Bb7 (14... axb5 15. Nxb5 Qb6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Bb4) 15. Be2 Ng4 16. h3 Bh2+ 17.
Kf1 Nxf2 18. Kxf2 Ne4+ 19. Qxe4 $14) 14. b4 $146 {This new move creates no
problem for Black.} ({The game Ivanchuk - Leko, Khanty Mansiysk 2010 saw} 14.
a4 bxa4 (14... b4 $5 {is also playable.}) 15. Rxa4 Bb7 16. Rc4 Qa7 ({Black
could have improved with} 16... Bxf3 $1 17. Rxc5 Bxd1 18. Qxd1 Nxc5 $11) 17.
Ne4 $1 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rac8 20. Qd4 Bc5 21. Qc3 {and later on, the
Ukrainian managed to convert his slight positional advantage into a full point.
However, it is clear that Black was fine after the opening.}) (14. Ne4 Qxc2 15.
Bxc2 Be7) 14... Qc7 15. a4 bxa4 16. Qxa4 $6 {White's queen is not well placed
on the queenside.} (16. Nxa4 Qxc2 17. Bxc2 Bb7 $11) 16... Bb7 17. Qa5 Qb8 $36 {
Black's position is already more comfortable, with all his pieces being very
active and aiming at several targets.} 18. Be2 Rc8 (18... Bxf3 {is premature,
as after} 19. Bxf3 Bxh2+ (19... Bxb4 20. Qa4 Nc5 21. Qc2 Ra7 22. Rab1) 20. Kf1
Bc7 21. Qa2 {White has good compensation for the pawn.}) 19. Rdc1 (19. b5 $2 {
is bad because of} Rc5) 19... Ne5 (19... Ng4 $5 20. h3 (20. g3 Nge5 21. Nxe5
Nxe5 22. e4 Nc4 $15) 20... Bxf3 (20... Bh2+ 21. Kf1 Bxf3 22. gxf3 $1 Nxf2 $2
23. f4 Nxh3 24. Qh5) (20... Nge5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5) 21. Bxf3 Bh2+ 22. Kf1 Bc7 23.
Qb5 $1 (23. Qa4 Nh2+ 24. Ke2 Nxf3 25. gxf3 Nb6 26. Qb3 Be5 $15) 23... axb5 24.
Rxa8 Nh2+ 25. Ke2 Qxa8 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Nxb5 Bd8 28. Rh1 Be7 29. Rxh2 Ra2 30.
Nc3 Rb2 31. Nd1 $11) 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. f4 (21. h3 {is probably more solid.
White just has to play accurately to hold the balance.}) 21... Bc7 22. Qa3 g5
$5 (22... e5 23. f5 e4 24. h3 Bh2+ 25. Kh1 Be5 {also looks promising for Black,
but I slightly prefer the text move.}) 23. Rf1 (23. Na4 $1 {is the way to
equality. It requires precise calculations, while Nakamura was in time trouble
here.} Rd8 (23... Ne4 24. Nc5 $1 Nxd2 25. Nd7 Qa7 26. Nf6+ Kg7 (26... Kh8 27.
Qd3 Ne4 28. Nxe4 gxf4 29. Rc5) 27. Nh5+ Kg8 (27... Kh8 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Qb2+
f6 30. Qxf6+ Kg8 31. Qxg5+ Kf8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qxe6+ Rf7 34. Rd1 Be4 35. Kf2
Rd8 36. Rxd2 Rxd2 37. Nf6+ Kh8 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Nh5+ Kh6 40. Qxe4 $14) 28. Nf6+
$11) (23... gxf4 24. exf4 Bxf4 (24... Ne4 25. Nc5 Nxd2 26. Qg3+ Kh8 27. Qc3+
Kg8 28. Qg3+ $11) 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Bxf4 Qxf4 27. Rf1 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 $44) 24.
Bc3 Ne4 (24... Nd5 25. Bb2 a5 (25... gxf4 $2 26. e4) 26. b5 $13) 25. Nc5 gxf4
26. Bf3 Nxc5 (26... Nxc3 27. Nxb7 Nb5 28. Qa2) 27. bxc5 Bxf3 28. Rab1 Qc8 29.
gxf3 $11) (23. g3 $2 gxf4 24. gxf4 Kh8 $17) 23... Rd8 24. Rad1 Bc6 25. Kh1 $6 {
Natural, but gives Black a nice advantage. However, it is difficult to suggest
a sensible move for White.} ({Of course} 25. fxg5 $4 {is horrible, because
White will be mated soon after} Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 Qg3 27. Bf3 Bg1 $1 28. Kxg1 Ng4)
({Perhaps the best move is} 25. Qc1 $5 {In spite of his unpleasant position.
White is still holding,}) 25... Qb7 26. Bf3 g4 (26... Bxf3 27. Rxf3 (27. gxf3
g4 28. e4 (28. Na4 gxf3 29. Nc5 Qd5 30. e4 Nxe4) 28... Rd3 29. Be1 Rxd1 30.
Nxd1 Qb5 31. Rg1 Qe2 32. Qe3 Qxd1 33. Bh4 Bb6 $1 34. Rxd1 Bxe3 35. Bxf6 gxf3
$15) 27... g4 (27... Rd3 28. Be1 Rxd1 29. Nxd1 g4 30. Rf1 $15) 28. Rff1 Rac8 {
with more or less similar play to the game continuation.}) 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28.
Qa2 Rd3 29. Rc1 Rad8 30. Be1 Rxe3 $2 {Hasty! This mistake throws away Black's
advantage.} (30... Nd5 $1 {would have keept good winning chances instead} 31.
Ne2 (31. Nxd5 Qxc1 32. Nf6+ Kf8 $1 $19) 31... Qb7 32. e4 Ne3 33. Rg1 Rd1 34.
Qb1 Rxc1 35. Qxc1 Bb6 $17 {Black's pieces dominate the board.}) 31. Qf2 (31.
Qb2 $1 {is stronger:} Ne4 32. Nxe4 (32. Nd1 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Qb5 34. Bh4 Qh5 35.
Rc1 Qxh4 36. Rxc7 Ng3+ 37. Kg1 Ne2+ 38. Kh1 $11) 32... Qxe4 33. Qf6 Re2 34.
Qg5+ Kf8 35. Bf2 Qg6 36. Bc5+ Kg7 37. Qe7 Qe4 38. Bf2 Bxf4 39. Qxd8 Bxc1 40.
Bd4+ Kg6 41. Qf6+ Kh5 42. Qxf7+ Kg5 43. Qf6+ Kh5 44. Qf7+ $11 {and this long
forced line ends up in perpetual check!}) 31... Qc4 (31... Rdd3 32. b5 $1 axb5
33. Qh4 Bd8 (33... Rxc3 34. Qxf6 Rxc1 35. Qg5+ $11 {(this's the reason why
White had to play 32.b5! - to take the b4-square for the bishop)} Kf8 36. Bb4+
Bd6 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qg5+) 34. Qg5+ Kh8 35. Bf2 Rh3 36. Ne2 Qb7 37. Qc5 Rh6 38.
Qf8+ Ng8 39. Bd4+ Rxd4 40. Nxd4 Qd5 41. Nf5 Qxf5 42. Qxd8 Qh5 43. h3 gxh3 44.
g3 $11) (31... Rh3 $2 32. Ne2 Qb7 33. Rxc7 $18) 32. Bd2 Red3 33. Nb1 {White is
out of danger now.} Qd5 34. Rxc7 Ne4 35. Qh4 (35. Qa7 $2 Ra8 $1 (35... Qh5 36.
Be1 g3 37. h3 Qe2 38. Qg1 $8 (38. Kg1 Nf2 $1 39. Bxf2 Rd1 $19) 38... Rd1 39.
Nc3 Rxe1 40. Nxe2 Nf2+ 41. Qxf2 gxf2 42. Ng3 Rdd1 43. Kh2 Rxf1 44. Nxf1 Rxf1
45. Kg3 Rb1 $15) 36. Qb6 Nxd2 37. Nxd2 Rxd2 $17) 35... Nxd2 36. Qxg4+ Kh8 37.
Qh4 Qf5 38. Nxd2 Rxd2 {The position is simplified to an equal ending. Black's
king is a bit exposed, but that should not be a big problem if he plays
carefully.} 39. h3 Qg6 40. Rf2 Kg7 41. Kh2 h6 42. Rc6 Rxf2 43. Qxf2 Qd3 44. f5
Qxf5 45. Qxf5 exf5 46. Rxa6 {The draw is inevitable.} Rd3 47. Rc6 Rb3 48. Rc4
Kg6 49. g3 Rb2+ 50. Kg1 Kg5 51. Kf1 Kf6 52. Ke1 Ke5 53. Kf1 Rb3 54. Kf2 Rb2+
55. Kf1 Rb3 56. Kf2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 Qxd1 10. Rfxd1 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5
f5 15. Kf1 Rf7 16. Rac1 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bf8 18. Rd3 Bd6 19. Be3 Nf5 20. Bd2 a5
21. Rf3 b6 22. g4 Ne7 23. Rfc3 Rd8 24. Bg5 Rd7 25. h4 Rf8 26. Bh6 Rf7 27. Ke2
Kh8 28. Bg5 Rf8 29. f3 Ng8 30. Rh1 Nf6 31. Bxf6+ Rxf6 32. g5 Rf4 33. h5 Kg8 34.
hxg6 hxg6 35. Rh6 Rg7 36. Bxg6 Rb4 37. b3 a4 38. Rc1 axb3 39. axb3 Rxb3 40.
Rch1 Kf8 41. Rh8+ Rg8 42. Be4 Rb2+ 43. Kf1 Be7 44. g6 Bf6 45. R8h7 Bg7 46. R1h5
Ke7 47. Rxe5+ Kd6 48. Re6+ Kc5 49. Re7 Ra8 50. Rxc7+ Kd6 51. Rc1 Bd4 52. f4 Bc5
53. Rc2 Rb1+ 54. Kg2 Rg1+ 55. Kh2 Rg4 56. Bf5 Rxf4 57. Be6 Rf6 58. g7 Rxe6 59.
dxe6 Rg8 60. Re2 Ke7 61. Re4 b5 62. Kh3 b4 63. Rh5 Bd6 64. Rb5 Kf6 65. e7 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Bd6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nfd2 Be7 8. c4
dxc4 9. dxc4 Qd7 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. O-O h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. Ne4 Be7
15. Qa4 O-O 16. e3 f5 17. Nec3 Bd6 18. Rad1 Qf7 19. Qb5 e4 20. c5 Be5 21. Qxb7
Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Ne5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nb5 Bc4 25. Ra1 Bxb5 26. Qxb5 Rd2 27. b4
Nd3 28. Rf1 h5 29. c6 g6 30. h4 Kh7 31. Qb8 a6 32. a4 Ra2 33. b5 Rxa4 34. b6
1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. c5 Nf4 11. a4 {Hardly a worthwhile experiment.} (11. Bxf4
exf4 12. Rc1 {is the most common continuation here.}) 11... f5 12. Bc4 fxe4 13.
Nxe4 h6 {[%csl Gf4]} 14. Re1 (14. g3 Nh3+ $1 (14... Nh5 15. Nfd2 Kh8 16. Ra3 a6
17. cxd6 cxd6 18. b5 Bf5 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. Qe2 $14 {0-1 Bareev,E (2677)
-Amonatov,F (2649)/Dagomys 2008/CBM 124 (36)}) 15. Kh1 Bg4 16. Ra3 Qd7 $132 {
S.Zagrebelny}) 14... Bg4 15. Ra3 g5 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. g3 Rf8 19. a5
Kh8 20. Kg2 Rb8 21. Qd2 (21. h4 $5 gxh4 22. Rh1 Nf5 23. Qb1 {K.Landa} dxc5 $5
24. bxc5 b5 $13) 21... b6 22. axb6 axb6 $11 {Despite White's control of the
e4-square, Black's strong light-squared bishop guarantees him sufficient
counterplay.} 23. Nfxg5 $5 {[%mdl 512] A risky but interesting piece sacrifice.
} (23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Bb5 Ra8 $132) 23... hxg5 24. Qxg5 Bg6 25. cxd6 cxd6 26.
Ra7 Rc8 (26... Rf7 $5 27. f3 b5 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Qxg6 bxc4 30. Ng5 Kg8 31.
Nxf7 Qxf7 32. Qxd6 Rb5 {K.Landa} 33. Rd1 {- White is fighting for a draw here.}
) 27. Rxe7 Rxc4 28. f3 Rc2+ (28... Rxb4 29. h4 b5 30. Re2 $132 {[%cal Rh4h5]})
29. Kg1 Rc8 30. Ra1 (30. h4 $5 {was recommended by K.Landa:} Rf7 31. Qxg6 Rxe7
32. Ng5 Bf8 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Qg6+ $11 {since} Bg7 $2 35. h5 {is favourable for
White.}) {The text move is also enough for a draw.} 30... Rf7 31. Qxg6 Qxe7 (
31... Rxe7 32. Ng5 $11) 32. Ng5 $2 (32. Nxd6 {was indicated by many
commentators. After} Rcf8 33. Nxf7+ Qxf7 34. Qxf7 Rxf7 35. Kg2 {, with 3 pawns
for a piece, White should not lose.}) 32... Kg8 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Ne6+ Ke8 35.
Qh5 Bf6 (35... Qf6 $142 $1 {[%cal Re5e4] although Black still has a lot of
work to do to consolidate his position, e.g.} 36. Qg4 $1 Rd7 37. f4 $5 e4 ({
but not} 37... exf4 38. Re1 $1) 38. Ra2 {etc.}) 36. g4 $2 {Wrong! Surprisingly,
it is very difficult for Black to make any progress after} (36. Ra2 {(K.Landa)}
) ({or} 36. Qg6 Qb7 37. Ra2 {[%cal Yh3h4]} b5 38. Kg2) 36... Qb7 {Quite
sufficient but} (36... e4 $142 $1 37. Rf1 exf3 38. Rxf3 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 Rc2+ 40.
Kh1 Qa7 $19) 37. Rd1 (37. Qg6 b5 {[%cal Rb7b6] White has no time for the Kg2,
Ra2 setup.} 38. Kh1 $1 (38. Ra2 Bd8 $1 {[%cal Rf7f3,Rb7d5]} 39. Qg8+ Ke7 40.
Qg5+ Kd7 41. Qg6 Rf6) 38... e4 39. Re1 Qxd5 40. Qg8+ Ke7 41. Qxc8 Qxe6 42. Rxe4
Be5 $19) 37... Qa6 {[%cal Ra6e2]} 38. Qg6 Ke7 39. g5 Bh8 40. Re1 Qa3 41. Nd4
Qxb4 (41... Rc1 {is simpler:} 42. Qe6+ Kf8 43. Qxd6+ Kg8 $19) 42. Nf5+ Kf8 43.
Rd1 (43. Qxd6+ Qxd6 44. Nxd6 Rd8 45. Nxf7 Kxf7 $19 {_|_}) 43... Rc2 44. Nd4
exd4 45. Qxc2 Qc3 46. Qe4 Qe3+ 47. Qxe3 dxe3 48. Kg2 Bc3 49. Kf1 Rxf3+ 50. Ke2
Rxh3 0-1

[Event "US op 112th"]
[Site "Orlando"]
[Date "2011.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Perkovich, Kyle A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2011.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 h6 8. c4
O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Rc1 Na5 11. c5 b6 12. b4 Nb7 13. Ba6 Qb8 14. Ne5 bxc5 15.
Nc6 Qc8 16. dxc5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. c6 1-0

[Event "US op 112th"]
[Site "Orlando"]
[Date "2011.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rosenthal, Nicholas"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. Re1 d5 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h4 e5 10. Nh2 h6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 b6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qd6 15.
Ng4 h5 16. Ne3 Bd7 17. Rb1 Rae8 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Qf3 Kh7 20. a4 Nd8 21. Ra1 Bc6
22. Qd1 f5 23. f4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qc6+ 25. Kh2 exf4 26. gxf4 Bxc3 27. Rxe8 Rxe8
28. Bb2 Bxb2 29. Nxb2 Qf6 30. Nc4 Qxh4+ 31. Kg2 Ne6 32. Qf3 Nxf4+ 33. Kf1 Qg4
34. Qb7+ Kh6 35. Nd6 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "US op 112th"]
[Site "Orlando"]
[Date "2011.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. a3 O-O 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Ba2 Bb7 14. O-O Rac8
15. b4 Bd6 16. Qb2 Ng4 17. h3 Nce5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21.
Ne2 Rfc8 22. Bc3 Bd5 23. Rd2 f6 24. Bd4 Qc7 25. Rfd1 Be7 26. Ng3 Rc2 27. Rxc2
Qxc2 28. Rd2 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qxb2 30. Bxb2 Rc4 31. Ne2 Kf7 32. Kg3 h6 33. Kf2 a5
34. bxa5 b4 35. axb4 Bxb4 36. Rd4 Bxa5 37. Rxc4 Bxc4 38. Nd4 Bb6 39. Nf3 Bd5
40. g4 Bxf3 41. Kxf3 f5 42. e4 g6 43. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "US op 112th"]
[Site "Orlando"]
[Date "2011.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Esserman, Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2011.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Rc1 Nf6 10. Bd3 b6 11. Ne2 e5 12. f3 c5 13. O-O Be6 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15.
dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bf4 Qh5 17. Bb5 Bh6 18. Bc6 Rac8 19. e5 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Qf5 21.
Qxf5 gxf5 22. Ba4 Nd5 23. Kf2 f6 24. c4 Nc7 25. exf6 Kf7 26. Nf4 Rcd8 27. Bb3
Kxf6 28. h3 Bf7 29. g4 fxg4 30. hxg4 Ne6 31. Nxe6 Bxe6 32. Kg3 Bf7 33. f4 h6
34. Kh4 Rfe8 35. Kg3 Re3+ 36. Kf2 Red3 37. Rh1 Rd2+ 38. Kg3 R8d3+ 39. Kh4 Rd4
40. Rhf1 Re2 41. Rf3 Bg6 42. Rff1 Bf7 43. Rcd1 Ree4 44. Kg3 Re3+ 45. Kf2 Ree4
46. Kg3 Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US op 112th"]
[Site "Orlando"]
[Date "2011.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2011.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 c6 8. c4 Qc7
9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Qc2 Na6 11. a3 e5 12. c5 e4 13. cxd6 Qxd6 14. Ne5 Be6 15. b4
Bd5 16. Ndc4 Qe6 17. Bc1 Ng4 18. Nxg4 Bxc4 19. Ne5 Bb3 20. Qc3 Ba4 21. g4 fxg4
22. Bxe4 Nc7 23. f4 gxf3 24. Qxf3 Nb5 25. Bb2 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Qxe5
28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Bd3 Re7 30. Qf6+ Qxf6 31. Rxf6 Rd8 32. Raf1 Kg7 33. Bc4 Rdd7
34. Be6 Rd1 35. Bc4 Rxf1+ 36. Rxf1 a6 37. Rf4 Bc2 38. Kf2 Be4 39. Ke3 Bd5+ 40.
Kd3 g5 41. Rd4 Bxc4+ 42. Rxc4 Rd7+ 43. Ke3 h5 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. h3 Rd5 46. Rc3
Ke6 47. Re3+ Kd6 48. Re8 Rf5+ 49. Ke4 Rf4+ 50. Kd3 Rh4 51. Re3 a5 52. Kc3 axb4+
53. axb4 b5 54. Rg3 Rc4+ 55. Kd2 Rxb4 56. Rxg5 Rh4 57. Rg3 Kc5 58. Kd3 Rd4+ 59.
Kc3 b4+ 60. Kb3 Kb5 61. Rg5+ c5 62. Rxh5 Re4 63. h4 Re3+ 64. Kc2 Rxe2+ 65. Kd3
Rh2 66. Rh8 c4+ 67. Kd4 c3 68. h5 c2 69. Rc8 b3 0-1

[Event "US op 112th"]
[Site "Orlando"]
[Date "2011.08.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. Qa4+ c6 8.
Qxc4 Bg7 9. e3 Nd7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Qb4 b6 12. Be2 c5 13. Qa4 a6 14. Qb3 b5 15.
O-O c4 16. Qc2 Nb6 17. Be5 f6 18. Bg3 Bb7 19. Nd2 e5 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Rad1 Qe7
22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Na4 24. Rd5 Rad8 25. Rfd1 e4 26. Bh4 Bf6 27. Rxd8 Rxd8
28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Qxe4 Nxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA tt"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.09.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2011.08.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis"]
[BlackTeam "Los Angeles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. g3 d5 2. f4 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Qe1
Bg4 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 e5 11. Nh4 exf4 12. gxf4 Re8 13. e5 Nh5 14. Qf2 f6 15.
h3 Be6 16. Bf3 Bxh3 17. Rd1 Qc8 18. Na3 fxe5 19. Nb5 Nxf4 20. Nd6 Qc7 21. Nxe8
Rxe8 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Qxc5 Bf6 24. Re1 Re5 25. Bd5+ Kg7 26. Nf3 Rxd5 27. Qxd5
Qb6+ 28. Kh1 Qxb2 29. Ng5 Bxg5 30. Qxg5 h6 31. Re7+ Nxe7 32. Qxe7+ Kg8 33. Qe8+
Kg7 34. Qe5+ Kh7 35. Rg1 g5 36. Qe4+ Kg7 37. Re1 Qb6 38. Rb1 Qe3 39. Rxb7+ Kf6
40. Qxe3 fxe3 41. Kg1 g4 42. c4 Ke5 43. Re7+ Kd4 44. Kh2 Bf1 45. Kg3 h5 46. Kf4
e2 47. Re4+ Kd3 48. c5 Bg2 49. Re7 Kd2 50. Rd7+ Ke1 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Kings-Queens 960"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.09.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fierro Baquero, Martha Lorena"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[EventDate "2011.09.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Queens"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Rb1 Bd7 6. Nf3 Qc8 7. Nd5 Nd8 8. O-O
c6 9. Nc3 Bh3 10. d3 h5 11. Bxh3 Qxh3 12. Ng5 Qd7 13. h4 f6 14. Nf3 Qh3 15. e4
Nh6 16. Qe2 e5 17. Rd1 Ne6 18. Qf1 Qxf1+ 19. Kxf1 f5 20. Ng5 Nxg5 21. Bxg5 Kd7
22. Kg2 Rhf8 23. Ne2 Rae8 24. b4 Rf7 25. b5 c5 26. Rb3 Kc8 27. a4 Ref8 28. Rf1
Rd7 29. Nc3 Nf7 30. Nd5 Nxg5 31. hxg5 f4 32. gxf4 exf4 33. Kf3 Be5 34. a5 Rdf7
35. b6 a6 36. Rbb1 Kd7 37. Rg1 Re8 38. Rg2 Bg7 39. Rh1 Ref8 40. Rd1 Ke6 41. Rb1
Ke5 42. Rb3 Rh8 43. Rh2 Ke6 44. Rh4 Be5 45. Rh1 Kd7 46. Rh4 Re8 47. Rh1 Bd4 48.
Rbb1 Rc8 49. Rh4 Be5 50. Rhh1 Rh7 51. Rh4 Rf8 52. Rg1 Ke6 53. Rb1 Rhf7 54. Rg1
Bg7 55. Rb1 Ke5 56. Rb3 Rd8 57. Rb1 Rdf8 58. Rb3 Kd4 59. Ra3 Rh8 60. Rb3 Rh7
61. Ra3 Rh8 62. Rb3 Rd8 63. Ra3 Re8 64. Rb3 Rff8 65. Rh1 Re5 66. Rg1 Rh8 67.
Rg2 Ree8 68. Rh2 Re5 69. Rg2 Ree8 70. Rh2 Rhf8 71. Rh1 Rf7 72. Rh4 Bh8 73. Ra3
Rd8 74. Rb3 Bg7 75. Ra3 Rdd7 76. Rb3 Ke5 77. Rb1 Rf8 78. Rb3 Kd4 79. Ra3 Rdf7
80. Rb3 Re8 81. Ra3 Re5 82. Rxf4 Rd7 83. Nf6 Bxf6 84. gxf6 Rf7 85. Ke2 g5 86.
Rf3 g4 87. Rf4 Rg5 88. Ra1 Ke5 89. Ke3 Rxf6 90. Rxf6 Kxf6 91. d4 cxd4+ 92. Kxd4
h4 93. Rh1 g3 94. fxg3 hxg3 95. Rg1 g2 96. Ke3 Ke5 97. Kf3 Rg7 98. Ke3 Rg3+ 99.
Kf2 Rg7 100. Ke3 Rg8 101. Kf3 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Kings-Queens 960"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.09.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.09.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Queens"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. O-O c5 8. c3
Nc6 9. Re1 g5 10. h3 h5 11. Nf1 g4 12. Ng5 Bh6 13. h4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15.
Bf4 Nc6 16. Rc1 Bg7 17. Bg6 Qe7 18. Nxf7 O-O 19. Bg5 Qb4 20. Nd6 Ncxe5 21. Nxb7
Nxg6 22. Rxe6 Nf4 23. Re7 Ne5 24. Rcc7 Rf7 25. Rxf7 Nxf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Bxf4
Qxf4 28. Qxd5+ Kg6 29. Nd8 Rxd8 30. Qxd8 Bd4 31. Qe8+ Kg7 32. Qe7+ Kg8 33. Qe8+
Kg7 34. Qe7+ Kg8 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Kings-Queens 960"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.09.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.09.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Queens"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. c4 Qe7+ 7. Qe2 a6 8.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. Ne5 O-O-O 10. d4 Re8 11. Bxf4 Ng4 12. h3 Nh6 13. Nc3 f6 14. O-O-O
fxe5 15. dxe5 g5 16. Bh2 Bg7 17. Rhe1 Qb4 18. a3 Qb3 19. Qe3 Bf5 20. Rd2 Nf7
21. e6 Nd6 22. Qa7 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qxc3+ 26. Kd1 Qb3+
27. Ke1 Kd7 28. Rdxd6+ cxd6 29. Rxd6+ Ke7 30. Qc5 Re8 31. Qe5+ Kf7 32. Rf6+ Kg7
33. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Kings-Queens 960"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.09.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2011.09.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Queens"]
[BlackTeam "Kings"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. Be3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nce2 Nf6 7. Ng3 Nbd7 8. Nf3
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bc4 Bg7 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Bb7 14. Ng5 Rf8
15. Nxh7 Nxh7 16. Qxh7 Qf6 17. Qh6 Qf4 18. Qxf4 exf4 19. Ne2 f3 20. gxf3 Ne5
21. Bd5 Nxf3+ 22. Kf1 c6 23. Bb3 Nd2+ 24. Kg2 O-O-O 25. Rad1 Nxe4 26. Nf4 Nd2
27. Kg3 c5 28. Bd5 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Kings-Queens 960"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.09.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2011.09.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kings"]
[BlackTeam "Queens"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Nd7 4. Bc4 e6 5. Qe2 Ngf6 6. Ng5 Nb6 7. Bb3 h6 8.
N5f3 a5 9. a4 Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Ngf3 Nfd5 12. O-O Bd7 13. d4 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Rd1 Nf6 16. g4 Qe7 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Rfd8 19. Kh1 Bc6 20. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 bxc6 22. Ne5 Qc7 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Nxf7 Nd5 25. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. a3 Be7 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Ngf3 a5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nb1 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Bb5+ Nc6 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 Rc8
15. Rb1 Nd7 16. Nxd5 Ndxe5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Re1 Nc4 20. Qa4
Nxe3 21. Rxe3 b6 22. Bd3 Rfd8 23. Bf5 Qd7 24. Qxd7 Bxd7 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. g3 g6
27. b4 axb4 28. Rxb4 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
{The fashionable Moscow system. It is one of the most complicated lines
nowadays, so who else did you expect to play this?!} 9. Ne5 Nbd7 {A rare
choice by Anand.} 10. Nxc6 Qb6 11. d5 Bb7 12. a4 a6 13. Be2 Bxc6 $146 {This
perfectly logical move is a novelty. The other alternative has also been a
successful one in practice, nevertheless there might be something in there
that Anand did not like!} (13... Bg7 14. dxe6 (14. O-O O-O 15. Bf3 {Was this
what caused Anand to refrain from this continuation?}) 14... Bxc6 15. exd7+
Nxd7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. O-O Ne5 19. Nd5 Qc5 20. Kh1 O-O 21. f4
gxf4 22. Bxf4 f5 23. b4 Qd6 24. Bf3 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Rd8 26. Rf2 c3 27. Rf3 Bxd5
28. Rd3 Nxd3 {0-1 (28) Kasimdzhanov,R (2695)-Gelfand,B (2733) Nalchik 2009})
14. dxc6 Qxc6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8+ Qxa8 17. O-O (17. Nxb5 $6 {does not
yield anything after} Bb4+ {and castles.}) 17... Qc6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 (19.
Bf3 N7b6 20. Ne4 Bc5 21. Kh1 b4 22. Qe2 {White plans to move his bishop and
play f4, hoping for a devastating attack. Black is a pawn up and has a very
strong majority on the queenside, which is balanced by his exposed king,
making the position unclear.}) 19... Qxd5 20. Qa1 Bg7 21. Rd1 Qc5 $1 {Covers
the a3-f8 diagonal.} 22. Qa8+ Ke7 23. Qb7 Rd8 24. Bf3 Bxe5 $2 (24... Qc8 25.
Qxb5 Qc7 26. Qb4+ Ke8 {seems quiet safe for Black.}) 25. Bxe5 $2 {Returns the
favour.} (25. Bc6 Kf6 (25... Bxg3 26. hxg3 b4 (26... Kf6 $4 {losing to} 27. Qc7
$18) 27. Rxd7+ Rxd7 28. Qxd7+ Kf6 {seems like a piece up position for White to
me!}) 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Bxd7 Bxg3 28. hxg3 b4 29. Be8 Qf8 30. Ba4 Qd6 31. Qf3+
Kg7 32. Qe3 {also seems like a piece up position to me! The position is far
from winning but it seems more promising for White than the game.}) 25... Qxe5
26. Bc6 Kf6 $1 27. Bxd7 Qxb2 28. Rf1 c3 29. Qc7 Ra8 (29... Rxd7 30. Qxd7 c2 31.
Qd2 b4 32. f4 Kg6 {is also drawish.}) 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. f4 Ra1 32. fxg5+ Kxg5
33. Qg7+ Kh5 34. Qf7+ Kg5 35. Qf6+ Kh5 36. Qf7+ Kg5 37. Qg7+ Kh5 38. Qf7+ {
A nice battle!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.09.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. b3 a5 12. Bf1 Qb8 13. Bd2 Rd8 14. Be1 Ne8 15.
Rab1 Nd6 16. Qe2 Re8 17. Qc2 h5 18. Be2 Qd8 19. Bf3 Rb8 20. Qd3 Qe7 21. Qf1 Nf5
22. Be2 Ra8 23. Bd3 Nd6 24. Rbc1 Qd8 25. Bb1 Bh6 26. Na4 Bf8 27. Nc5 Qc7 28.
Nd3 a4 29. Nf4 axb3 30. axb3 Qd8 31. Bb4 Nc8 32. Bxf8 Nxf8 33. Bd3 Ra3 34. b4
Nb6 35. b5 Qe7 36. bxc6 bxc6 37. cxd5 cxd5 38. Rc6 Nbd7 39. Ra6 Rxa6 40. Bxa6
Rb8 41. Rb1 Rxb1 42. Qxb1 Qd6 43. Be2 Qb8 44. Qxb8 Nxb8 45. Bb5 Nbd7 46. Bxd7
Nxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Bb3 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. h3 Re8 15.
Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Bf5 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. g4 Be6 20. f4 Qb6 21. Rd1
Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Re8 23. f5 f6 24. Qf4 Bf7 25. Qf2 Qb4 26. Kg2 Re4 27. Rd2 Qd6 28.
Bd1 Kf8 29. Bf3 Re7 30. Re2 Rxe2 31. Qxe2 Be8 32. Qe3 Bc6 33. a3 Qe7 34. Qc3 a6
35. b4 Ke8 36. a4 Qd7 37. a5 Qd6 38. Qc5 Qf4 39. Bxd5 Qd2+ 40. Kf3 Qd3+ 41. Kf2
Qd2+ 42. Kf3 Qd3+ 43. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 a6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. b3 Ba7 8. Bb2
Rb8 9. d3 Bf5 10. Qd2 Qd7 11. h3 O-O 12. f4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 12. Rc1 h6 13.
Nd5 Nd8 14. d4 c6 15. Ndc3 Qc7 16. O-O Ne6 17. d5 Nc5 18. e4 Bh7 19. b4 Nd7 20.
c5 cxd5 21. exd5 Nf6 22. Na4 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 Be4 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Qe3 Qd7 26.
Qxe4 Qxa4 27. cxd6 Ng6 28. Nc3 Qd7 29. Qg4 Bd4 30. Qxd7 Rxd7 31. Na4 Bxb2 32.
Nxb2 Rxd6 33. Nc4 Rd7 34. Nb6 Rd6 35. Nc4 Rd7 36. Ne3 Ne7 37. Rc2 Rbd8 38. Rcd2
f6 39. Kg2 Kf7 40. Kf3 Rc8 41. Ke4 b5 {Moreno Ruiz,J (2459)-Anton Guijarro,D 
(2302)/Madrid 2010/CBM 135 Extra/1-0 (64)}) 12... Be6 13. d4 Nf5 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. O-O-O exd4 16. exd4 Ne7 17. g4 f5 18. g5 Bf7 19. Ng3 a5 20. h4 a4 21. Nxa4
Bxc4 22. bxc4 c5 23. Nc3 Rb4 24. Qd3 cxd4 25. Nb5 d5 26. Nxa7 c5 27. cxd5 Qxa7
28. a3 Rb6 29. Qc4 Nc8 $2 ({Black has fought back, temporarily investing two
minor pieces in his queenside attack. He had good chances of holding the
position with} 29... Qb7 30. d6+ Nd5) 30. d6+ Kh8 31. d7 (31. Qxc5 {would have
finished off the opponent more quickly.}) 31... Qxd7 32. Rh2 Qb7 33. Rc2 Rb5
34. Nxf5 Rxf5 35. Rxd4 Rf8 36. Rdd2 Ne7 37. h5 Nf5 38. h6 Rxb2 39. hxg7+ Kxg7
40. Qc3+ Nd4 41. Rxb2 Qd5 42. Qh3 Re8 43. Rb6 Kg8 44. Kb2 Qf7 45. Qh6 Qxf4 46.
Rh2 Re7 47. g6 Qxh6 48. Rxh6 Re2+ 49. Kc3 hxg6 50. Rhxg6+ Kf7 51. Rbf6+ Ke7 52.
Ra6 Ne6 53. a4 Kd7 54. a5 Nc7 55. Ra7 Re7 56. a6 Ke8 57. Rb7 Kf7 58. Rc6 Nd5+
59. Kc4 {A wonderfully tactical game that deserves further analysis.} 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8. Nb3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d6 (9... Qxc3+ $2 10. Bd2 Qc6 11. Qe2 {gives White huge
compensation.}) 10. Ba3 O-O 11. Qd2 Rd8 12. O-O Nc6 13. Rf3 b5 14. Rg3 Kh8 15.
Rf1 Bb7 16. f5 Rg8 17. Qg5 e5 $6 {A tempting move: closing the position and
aiming to play ...d5 very soon. Of course, Nakamura is taking risks, playing
sharp positions as always, which is more than pleasant for the spectators.} ({
I think the brave} 17... exf5 18. Rxf5 Qd8 $1 {should simply be fine for Black,
since after} 19. Qh4 {(with the idea of e5! opening the diagonal for the
d3-bishop) Black is in time to play} (19. Rh3 $2 Bc8 {or even just 19...Ne5}
20. e5 $2 Nxe5 21. Rxf6 Bxh3 $19) 19... Ne5) 18. Qh4 Ne7 $2 {A losing move in
a very complicated position.} ({Black had to play} 18... Nb8 $1 {with the idea
of} 19. Rh3 (19. Rxg7 Rxg7 20. Qxf6 Nd7 $13) 19... Nbd7 $1 20. Bc1 {and now
Black would be able to realise his plan with} d5 $1 21. exd5 (21. g4 dxe4 22.
Be2 Nf8 {is good for Black.}) 21... Qd6 {and the position is quite unclear. Of
course Black had to find only moves, and will probably need to find more!}) 19.
Rh3 $1 {A good move, though 19.Bc1 is also very strong.} (19. Bc1 $5 d5 $8 {
Otherwise Bg5 just wins.} 20. Nd4 $1 {This is purely a computer move, and
while not the only strong move, it is the best: so let's put it as a main move,
even though it is completely impossible to find without assistance :) I
checked several lines with my engine, but as it wasn't extremely deep, there
might be mistakes!} (20. Rh3 $5 Rgd8 $8 21. g4 (21. Bg5 $2 Neg8 $132) 21...
dxe4 22. Be2 {and Black wants to reply ...Nxf5! if White pushes g5 followed by
...Bc8, but White can even prepare slowly (starting with Be3) and I don't see
what Black can do. It seems winning for White.} (22. g5 Nxf5 23. Rxf5 Bc8 24.
Rxf6 Bxh3 25. Qxe4 (25. Bxe4 Rd1+ 26. Kf2 Rf1+ 27. Kg3 Rg1+ 28. Kxh3 Qc8+ 29.
Bf5 Qxc3+ 30. Bd3 Qc8+ 31. Rf5 g6 32. Qf2 Rxc1 33. Nxc1 gxf5 {is not entirely
clear.}) 25... g6 26. Bb2 $16)) (20. Bg5 Qb6+ 21. Be3 $1 Qd6 (21... Qc7 22. Rh3
Rgd8 23. g4 dxe4 24. g5 Nxf5 25. Rxf5 Bc8 26. Rxf6 Bxh3 27. Bxe4 Rd1+ 28. Kf2
Rf1+ 29. Kg3 $18) 22. Rh3 dxe4 (22... Rgc8 23. g4 $18) 23. Bg5 Ned5 24. c4 (24.
Bxe4 Rgc8 {is not so clear.}) 24... bxc4 25. Bxc4 e3 $8 26. Rff3 Qb6 27. Bxd5
e2+ 28. Be3 Qd6 29. c4 Rgc8 30. Bd2 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Rc2 32. Re3 a5 33. Rxe2 a4
34. Nc1 Rxd2 35. Rxd2 Qc5+ 36. Kf1 Qxc1+ 37. Qe1 $16) 20... dxe4 (20... exd4
$140 $2 21. Bg5 Qd6 22. Rh3 $18) (20... Qd6 21. Rh3 $1 Rge8 22. g4 dxe4 23. g5
$18) (20... Qb6 21. Be3 $18) (20... Qxc3 21. Nf3 $18) 21. Bg5 Qd6 22. Rh3 Ned5
23. Bxe4 Rgb8 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Nf3 $18) 19... d5 20. Nc5 $6 {Only "dubious",
even though the evaluation of the position drops down a lot. In my opinion
this is a brillant conception by Ivanchuk, though the game is going to carry
on longer!} (20. Rff3 $1 {just wins, though Black can get "only" a lost
endgame after finding some genius moves:} Rgc8 $1 {Far from easy to find in my
opinion!! But anyway, all lines are pretty computer-like, so Ivanchuk must
have miscalculated something, since 20.Rff3 is a very attractive and logical
move.} (20... dxe4 $2 21. Qxh7+ {Oops!} Nxh7 22. Rxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rh3#) (20... h6
21. Bc1 $18) (20... Rgd8 $2 21. g4 Neg8 22. g5 dxe4 23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Rfg3 $1
$18) 21. Bxe7 (21. g4 Neg8 22. g5 dxe4 23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Rfg3 Qb6+ {The rook
on c8 prevents Bc5!} 25. Kf1 exd3 26. Rxg7 Kxg7 27. Rg3+ Kh8 28. Qh6 Rg8 29.
Be7 Rxg3 30. Bxf6+ Qxf6 31. Qxf6+ Rg7 32. cxd3 {is not entirely clear.}) 21...
Qxe7 22. g4 h6 (22... dxe4 23. g5 h6 24. gxf6 Qxf6 25. Bxe4 $18) 23. g5 Nh7 (
23... Ng8 24. f6 Qf8 25. fxg7+ Qxg7 26. Rfg3 $18) 24. f6 Qf8 $8 25. exd5 (25.
Rfg3 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Rc4 27. Nd2 Rxe4 28. Nxe4 Bc8 29. fxg7+ Qxg7 30. Qxh6 $16)
25... Bxd5 26. Rfg3 e4 $8 27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Re8 29. Qf3 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Rae8
31. Nd4 R8e3 32. fxg7+ Qxg7 33. gxh6 Qxg3+ 34. Rxg3 Rxf3 35. Rxf3 {should be
winning.}) (20. g4 dxe4 21. Be2 Ned5 22. g5 e3 {is not so clear.}) (20. Bc1 $5)
20... dxe4 (20... Rac8 21. Rff3 $1 (21. g4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Qa7+ {
preventing Bc5 is, once again, the idea of playing ...Rc8.}) 21... Qb6 22. Kh1
Rgd8 $8 23. Nxb7 Qxb7 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. g4 h6 $8 26. g5 Nxe4 27. f6 Qf8 28.
Bxe4 dxe4 29. fxg7+ Qxg7 30. Rf6 $18) 21. Bxe4 Bd5 22. g4 h6 (22... Qb6 {
should be best, but White is much better:} 23. Rf2 $1 (23. g5 $4 Bxe4 $19) (23.
Bxd5 Nexd5 24. g5 Rac8 25. gxf6 Nxf6 26. Qf2 Ng4 27. Qh4 Nf6 $11) 23... Rgd8 (
23... h6 24. Bd3 e4 25. Bc1 Nxg4 26. Qxg4 exd3 27. cxd3 $16) 24. Nd3 $1 h6 $8 (
24... Bxe4 25. Bxe7 $18) 25. Bxd5 Nexd5 26. g5 Nf4 27. Nxf4 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Qc6+
29. Rhf3 Ne4 30. Nh3 Nxf2 31. Nxf2 Rg1+ 32. Kxg1 Qxf3 33. f6 h5 {and the
position is not entirely clear, but of course Black had to defend like crazy
and find very difficult moves.}) 23. g5 Nh7 (23... Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4
Rad8 26. f6 Ng6 27. Bc1 {is better for White, and probably better than the
game.}) 24. f6 Ng6 25. fxg7+ $2 {In these kinds of positions, it's easy to
blunder with Black, but not only...} ({White should go} 25. Qg4 $1 {in order
to play fxg7+ and then take with the rook on h6, which is a much better plan.})
25... Rxg7 26. Qxh6 Rd8 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Rf6 Qc8 29. Rh4 Bf7 $2 {Black misses
a way to escape!} ({After} 29... Bg8 $1 {Black seems to be fine:} 30. Ne4 ({
With the idea} 30. Rxg6 $2 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Bd5+ 32. Ne4 Rf7 $1 $19) (30. Nd3 Qxc3
$13) 30... Qc4 $1 31. Bf8 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Rf7 {is not clear.}) 30. Nd3 $2 {
White misses a way to win!} (30. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Ga3d6,Ge4d6]} Rd1+ (30... Qb7
31. Bd6 Qd5 32. Be7 Re8 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34. Bf6+ $18) 31. Kg2 $1 (31. Kf2 $2 Qc4
$1 $11) 31... Qb7 (31... Qc4 32. Bf8 $18) (31... Re1 32. Qxg7+ $1 (32. Kf2 $18)
32... Kxg7 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7 34. Nd6+ $18) 32. Bf8 $18) 30... Kg8 $2 {And...
Black misses a way to escape!} (30... Rxd3 $1 31. cxd3 Qxc3 {seems to be
enough to make a draw!}) 31. Bd6 $1 e4 $2 (31... Re8 $8 32. Nxe5 Qxc3 33. Qxg7+
$1 (33. Rxf7 Qe3+ 34. Rf2 Qb6 {is less clear: thank you, engine!}) 33... Kxg7
34. Rxf7+ Kg8 35. Rhxh7 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qe2+ 37. Kh3 Qe3+ 38. Rf3 Qxf3+ 39. Nxf3
Kxh7 40. Be5 {and I suppose this should be winning for White...}) 32. Be5 $18 {
Now it's over.} Rd5 33. Rc6 Qf8 34. Bxg7 {Just for chess beauty?} (34. Rc8 $18)
34... Qxg7 35. Rxe4 Rxg5+ 36. Qxg5 $1 Nxg5 37. Rc8+ Be8 38. Rcxe8+ Kh7 39. Rh4+
1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3
Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Nxh4 19. f3 Rd8 20. Rxd8+
$146 (20. Kf2 {was played in Motylev-Malakhov 2011, with a draw a few moves
later.}) 20... Kxd8 21. Kf2 Nf5 22. Rh1 Ng7 23. Bd2 (23. b3 $5 {was the way to
keep all the pawns:} Bf5 24. Nd1 $1 {The c2-pawn is untouchable. But White's
knight is still far from the f4/h4-squares, and I believe Black should hold
just playing passively. For example:} Be6 (24... Bxc2 $2 25. Ne3 Bf5 {The only
move.} 26. Ng2 $1 $16) 25. Bc1 b6 {and Black will face} 26. Ne3 {by playing}
Bf7 ({or} 26... Rg5 $5) 27. Ng2 Ne8 28. Nf4 Rg5 {and I don't see how White can
get more than some strategical draw. Black's rook still has many squares,
especially f5.}) 23... Bf5 24. Nd1 Bxc2 25. Ne3 Bd3 26. Ng2 Ne6 {Black had to
give up the h-pawn, which is a good achievement by White (by far worth the
c2-pawn). Even so, Black is up a pawn, though I think the position is a dead
draw. White cannot risk too much on the kingside since he's a pawn down, and
Black cannot insist either, since White's majority is simply stronger than
Black's. Furthermore, White is simply much more active. My feeling is that the
position is equal.} 27. Rxh5 Rg7 28. Bc3 Ke7 29. Rh6 Rf7 30. g4 Bb1 31. a3 f5 {
A drawish move, and though he is not worse by any means, Black can never hope
for more.} 32. g5 $1 {Giving a second pawn, but White clearly has enough
activity to draw.} Nxg5 33. Nf4 Ke8 34. Rg6 Nh7 35. Rg8+ Rf8 36. Rg7 Rf7 {
Naka's famous comment after the game, "Thanks to Kramnik I was able to just
play something silly like the Berlin and draw against the World Champion
relatively effortlessly." actually says a lot : )} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 {The main
line, actually!} Be6 8. h4 (8. h3 $5 {is the other option where White's plan
is to play Bd3, Qc2, Nge2, 0-0-0 and so on.}) 8... Nd7 9. h5 Nh6 10. Be2 Nb6
11. Nh3 g5 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Bg3 $146 (13. f3 Bh4+ {[%cal Gg6g5,Gf7f5]
followed by ...g5 and ...f5 was usually played - and very fine for Black.})
13... Qd7 ({Was Naka's novelty pure bluff? It seems that after the brillant} 
13... Nxg4 $3 14. Bxg4 Qd7 {Black is actually better!}) 14. Nf4 O-O-O 15. Nxe6
Qxe6 16. Rg1 Bd6 17. Qc2 Bxg3 18. Rxg3 f5 19. O-O-O Nxg4 20. Bxg4 fxg4 21. Rdg1
Rh4 22. Qe2 Rf8 23. Nd1 Rf4 24. Kd2 $5 Nc4+ 25. Ke1 {Till there, apart from
the 13...Nxg4 possibility, everything has proceeded normally. Black is doing
very well, and got a very pleasant equality, however Aronian's next move was a
bit surprising: too soft or too light. I call it surprising, since it goes, in
my opinion, against Aronian's superb active style.} Rf3 $6 (25... Rf6 26. Rxg4
Rh2 {and Black is never going to be worse. For example:} 27. e4 {(the only way
to try anything)} Qd6 $5 (27... Qe7 28. a3 Re6 29. Ne3 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Qxe4 31.
Nxc4 Qxe2+ 32. Kxe2 dxc4 33. Rxg6 Rh3 $11) 28. a3 Re6 29. Kf1 Qd7 30. Ne3 (30.
e5 c5 31. b3 Nd6 $15) 30... Rf6 (30... Nxe3+ 31. Qxe3 dxe4 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33.
Qxe4 Qf7 34. Qg4+ $11) 31. Nd1 {and White probably holds, though he's
definitely not trying to win.}) 26. Rxf3 gxf3 27. Qxf3 Qf5 $6 (27... Kd7 $5 28.
b3 Nd6 {and Black still has no problem at all.}) 28. Qg3 $1 Rh6 29. b3 Nb6 30.
Qg4 $1 {Already White's position is a bit easier to play.} Nd7 31. Qxf5 gxf5
32. Nc3 Nf6 33. Ne2 Ng4 $6 {Too inoffensive again in my opinion. Black should
try to take a bit of control of the queenside, and find some stable setup,
otherwise White is going to dominate everywhere as in the game.} (33... Rh2 $5
34. Nf4 a5 $1 35. Nd3 Ne4 {and maybe here Black just holds. Some tactics out
of White's queenside pawns are a plus for Black's defence.}) 34. Nf4 Rh2 35.
Nd3 {The right place for White's knight. Now White's king is going to g3 and
f4. Somehow Black's plan is wrong.} Kd8 $6 {Maybe this move is not actually
the dubious one, but the mark is for the plan behind the next moves. White
went very fast from slightly better to winning.} ({Maybe} 35... a5 36. Ke2 Rh3
{should be a good defence. Of course after} 37. Rg2 {followed by f3, Black has
some problems to solve (maybe 37...Rh1!? to find counterplay), but it is
somehow better than letting White's king advance.}) 36. b4 (36. Ke2 $5) 36...
Ke7 $6 (36... Kc7 {followed by ...Kb6 and ...a5 seems to give Black
counterplay, though White is still better. I would have preferred 36.Ke2.}) 37.
a4 b6 38. Ke2 Kd6 39. Kf3 a5 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Kg3 Kc7 42. Rc1 {Now White's
position is just crushing.} Rh7 43. Kf4 Re7 44. Rc2 Re4+ 45. Kg5 $18 (45. Kxf5
{was possible but Black can go} Rxe3 46. Ne5 Nxe5 47. fxe3 Nc4 48. Kf4 Nd6 {
which should be winning for White, though it also gives Black unnecessary
chances to draw.}) 45... Re8 46. Rb2 Rf8 47. Nc5 Kc8 48. Kf4 {The rest is just
a matter of technique.} Rh8 49. f3 Nh2 50. Rf2 Rh3 51. Nb3 Kc7 52. Nxa5 Kb6 53.
Nb3 Ka6 54. Nc1 Ka5 55. Ne2 Kxa4 56. Ng1 Rh6 57. Kg3 Ng4 58. fxg4 fxg4 59. Rf5
Rh1 60. Kg2 Rh4 61. Ne2 Kb5 62. Nf4 Rh8 63. Kg3 Rg8 64. Re5 Kc4 65. Re6 Kb5 66.
Re7 Kb4 67. Nd3+ Kc3 68. Ne5 c5 69. dxc5 d4 70. exd4 Kxd4 71. Nd7 Rd8 72. c6
Rc8 73. Re6 Rc7 74. Rd6+ Kc4 75. Kxg4 Kb5 76. Ne5 Rh7 77. Rd7 Rh8 78. Kf5 Kb6
79. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+10:3600+10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 {A side-line.
Nakamura is a fighter! Ok, everyone knows it.} 7. Be3 e5 8. O-O Re8 9. dxe5
dxe5 10. b4 c6 11. c5 Nh5 $146 12. Nd2 Nf4 13. Nc4 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Qe7 15. Rab1
Nf8 16. Nd6 Rd8 {Black is slightly worse, but these kinds of positions are not
at all easy to break with White.} 17. Na4 (17. b5 $5 Ne6 18. Rfd1 Nd4 19. Qd3 {
is one way to play. White is better, but I don't know how much.}) 17... Ne6 18.
Nb2 b5 19. a4 a6 20. Ra1 Rb8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra3 (22. Nd3 {with the idea of
facing} Nf4 {with} 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. e5 $1 {is a decent idea, and after} Bf5 $1
25. Ra6 (25. Nxf5 gxf5 {breaks Black's pawn structure but also solves many of
his problems: White doesn't have much advantage here.}) 25... Bxd3 26. Qxd3
Qxe5 27. Rxc6 Bf8 28. Rd1 {White is surely a bit better, but Black should get
a draw, by playing ...Rd7 & ...Rbd8 and taking on ...d6 at some well chosen
point.}) 22... Nf4 23. Qd2 Be6 24. g3 Nh5 $6 (24... Nh3+ 25. Kg2 Nf4+ $1 {
seems like a draw:} 26. Kh1 (26. gxf4 Qh4 $11) 26... Nh3 {and White should
repeat or some ...f5 moves are coming. Difficult to say if Nakamura missed
this line or deliberately chose not to play it.}) 25. Rfa1 Nf6 26. Bg5 Qf8 {
Here White seems much better, but actually he needs to be very precise.} 27.
Bxf6 $6 {Too early.} (27. Qd3 {looks great, but after} h6 (27... Rd7 28. Ra6
$16) 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Ra6 Be7 30. Rxc6 Bd7 {somehow it looks like Black more
or less holds:} 31. Rca6 (31. Rc7 Bxd6 32. Qxd6 Qxd6 33. cxd6 Rb6 34. Nd3 Rxd6
35. Nxe5 Bh3 36. f3 Rd2 37. Nxf7 Rg2+ 38. Kh1 Ra2 $1 39. Nxh6+ Kf8 40. Rcc1 Rb2
{should be drawn.}) 31... Bc8 32. Ra8 Bxd6 33. cxd6 Rb6 (33... Rxd6 $4 34. Rxb8
$18 {The deep point of playing Qd3 first: the queen is protected.}) 34. d7 $1
Rxd7 35. Rc1 (35. Qc3 Rd8 36. Rd1 Re8 37. f3 Bh3 38. Rxe8 Qxe8 39. Nd3 Rd6 $11)
35... Rxd3 36. Rcxc8 Rd2 $1 {(a lucky move!)} 37. Rxf8+ Kg7 38. Rg8+ Kf6 $1 {
and Black should escape.}) (27. Qc2 $5 {should simply be the best:} h6 (27...
Ra8 28. Ra5 {and Black is still under huge pressure.}) 28. Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Nd3
Be7 30. Nxe5 Bxd6 31. cxd6 (31. Nxc6 Bc7 32. f4 {is maybe good too, due to
Black's bishop's passivity.}) 31... Rxd6 32. Qc5 {and White is definitely
slightly better.}) 27... Bxf6 28. Nd3 (28. Ra6 Be7 29. Rxc6 Bd7 {is fine for
Black for the same reasons that 27.Qd3 was (as the d2-queen is not protected
like on d3, it is actually even easier for Black!).}) 28... Be7 29. Nxe5 Bxd6
30. cxd6 Rxd6 31. Qc3 Rbd8 {Now Black is definitely all right!} 32. h4 Qe8 33.
Ra6 f6 34. Nf3 Bg4 35. Qb3+ Kh8 36. Nh2 $2 (36. Qe3 $1 Rd3 37. Qf4 Bxf3 38.
Qxf6+ Kg8 39. Ra7 Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Qf8 41. Qe6+ Kh8 42. Rf7 $5 (42. Qe5+ Kg8 $11)
42... Qd6 43. Qxd6 R8xd6 44. Ra8+ Rd8 45. Rxd8+ Rxd8 46. Rxf3 Rd4 $11) 36...
Qxe4 {Strange!} (36... Rd1+ {just wins a pawn:} 37. Nf1 $8 (37. Rxd1 $2 Rxd1+
38. Nf1 Be2 $19) 37... Qxe4 (37... Be2 $2 38. Qc2 $11) 38. Rxd1 Rxd1 39. Ra8+
Kg7 40. Ra7+ Rd7 {and Black is up a big pawn, and a probably winning position.}
) 37. Nxg4 Qxg4 38. Qf7 Qf3 39. Rf1 Rd1 40. Ra1 {time. Drama! Everyone knows
the rest.} (40. Ra1 R1d7 {and Black is up a pawn, with all the winning chances
on his side.}) 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.10.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 Be6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bd3 c5 14. Qa3 Kf8
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Bb5 Nd7 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. O-O a5 19. Rfd1 Be6 20. Rc3 a4 21.
h3 Rab8 22. Rd2 Rb4 23. Rdc2 c4 24. b3 axb3 25. axb3 Rbb8 26. Qxe7+ Kxe7 27.
bxc4 Rxc4 28. Nd2 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 d4 30. exd4 Rb4 31. Rd3 Kd6 32. Nf3 Bd5 33. Kh2
Be4 34. Ra3 f6 35. Ra6+ Ke7 36. Ra7+ Kf8 37. Rd7 Bc6 38. Rd6 Bxf3 39. gxf3 Ke7
40. Rd5 Ke6 41. Rd8 Ke7 42. Rd5 Ke6 43. Rd8 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Be2
Nxf4 9. exf4 c6 10. O-O b6 11. b4 a5 12. a3 Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Ne5
Bxe5 16. fxe5 Qb7 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Qe2 axb4 19. axb4 Rfa8 20. Rab1 Ra3 21.
Rec1 bxc5 22. bxc5 Qa7 23. Kg2 h6 24. h4 Rb8 25. Rxb8+ Qxb8 26. Rb1 Qa7 27. Qc2
Qa6 28. Ne2 Ra2 29. Rb2 Ra1 30. h5 Qa5 31. Qd2 Qa6 32. Qc2 Qa5 33. Qd2 Qa6 34.
Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Qb6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4
Qxd4 15. Qxd4 exd4 16. f4 h5 17. a4 Kd7 18. a5 Rae8 19. Bd3 h4 20. g4 hxg3 21.
hxg3 g5 22. b4 gxf4 23. gxf4 Kc7 24. Kb2 Rxh1 25. Rxh1 Rh8 26. Rf1 b5 27. axb6+
Kxb6 28. Kb3 Ra8 29. Ra1 Bg7 30. Re1 Bf6 31. Rg1 Rb8 32. Re1 Ra8 33. Kb2 Rh8
34. Ra1 Ra8 35. Kc1 Bg7 36. Kd1 Bh6 37. f5 Bg7 38. Ra5 Ra7 39. Ke2 Bf6 40. Kf3
Ra8 41. Ra1 a5 42. bxa5+ Rxa5 43. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 {One of the tabiya's of the 80's, this
position has arisen hundreds of times. However, Black recently has shied away
from what used to be the "only move", Na5, in favour of more restrained
development.} Bd7 (11... Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 {
has been the subject of much debate.}) 12. Rb1 Qc7 {Maybe the most natural
move, but actually not the most popular. Areschenko had used ...Qc7 earlier in
2011, but ...Rc8 still has more adherents.} (12... Rc8 13. Bd3 (13. dxc5 $5 Qc7
14. Nd4 {Radjabov-Brkic, 2006 EU Cup}) 13... Qc7 14. Qd2 Rfd8 15. Rfc1 Be8 16.
d5 Ne5 {and Black has good counterchances, like in Erdos-Brkic, 2011.}) 13. Bd3
(13. Bf4 {seems to be the move that puts 'the question' to the immediate Qc7.}
e5 (13... Qc8 $5 {may have been what Svidler intended, as it was Areschenko's
choice in his game against Koch. Luring the B to f4 does have its pluses, but
the R on a8 doesn't seem to have an easy future. Future tests are needed.}) 14.
Bg3 cxd4 (14... Rad8 15. Bd5 {is similar}) 15. cxd4 Rad8 16. Bd5 $14 {seems to
favour White a little. It's interesting to see what Svidler had intended to
play in that case.}) 13... Rfd8 {As opposed to the variation above in
Erdos-Brkic, Black has played Rfd8 instead of Rac8. This seems to me like it's
a very slight improvement for Black.} 14. Qd2 a6 15. f4 e6 16. dxc5 {Hikaru
feels it is time to snatch the pawn, something that becomes necessary sooner
or later if Black doesn't take on d4 himself. This always comes with risk,
however, as his structure is shattered and he is vulnerable down the d-file.
However, in this specific instance he also does get the d4 square for his N,
which is quite powerful.} Na5 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gd7b5,Gd8d2,Gb5d3] The most
logical, with the threat of Bb5.} 17. Nd4 e5 18. fxe5 Qxe5 {This is an
interesting Grünfeld scenario. Black is down a pawn, and it is certainly
unclear if he will ever regain it. For the time being, White has a certain
dominance over the centre with his minor pieces, and his rooks seem active,
but these points might be illusory. First, the rooks are possibly on the best
squares, but without coordination with the other pieces it is hard to believe
they will cause much trouble. This draws attention to the fact that White's
pieces in the centre look nice but are quite stuck. The B on e3 defending c5,
the one on d3 defending e4. True, the N is powerful and controls a lot of
squares, but its primordial role is to block the d-file. Black's game just
seems easier.} 19. Qb2 $2 {Not a bad move, but coupled with thesubsequent
moves, definitely the wrong idea.} (19. Qf2 Qe7 20. h4 $5 {was a better way to
proceed, and the game would've been rather interesting. White is very loose
everywhere but still holds his pluses.}) 19... Rac8 20. Qb4 {This was Hikaru's
idea. To stubbornly defend the c5-pawn, as it seems it is poisoned. The
problem with devoting yourself to the protection of a pawn, is that if for one
reason or another this pawn is taken, the position frequently collapses.} Qxc5
21. Qxc5 Rxc5 {From a strategic point of view, it doesn't make any sense to
exchange queens. However, Hikaru is relying on a simple tactical sequence to
win material. What he might not have realised is that this material is more
than compensated for; a fact that is far from obvious.} 22. Ne2 {[%csl Ga5,Gd8]
[%cal Re3b6,Ra5d8] Aha, so this is the young American's idea, however Svidler
has seen further.} Rc6 23. Bb6 Rxb6 24. Rxb6 Bc6 {Sadly for White, his
coordination is gone and all his pawns are weak. If he could hold on to all of
them he would be doing great with his extra exchange, but that is just not
going to happen. Svidler begins an initiative that does not stop until the end
of the game.} 25. Rf3 (25. Bb1 Bb5 $17 {is oh so unpleasant, for example} 26.
Kf2 (26. Rf2 $2 Rd1+ 27. Rf1 Bxe2 $19) 26... Rd2 27. Rxb5 axb5 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3,
Re4][%cal Ga2h2] and the question is not who is better... the only question is
how many moves will White survive.}) 25... f5 {White's pieces are just in all
sorts of awkward places. Hikaru gives back the exchange, but it is too late
and insufficient to equalise.} 26. Rb4 Bf8 27. Rd4 Bc5 28. Re3 (28. Rf4 {
was a much better move, because it allows White to force Black's hand in the
centre sooner. It doesn't equalise, but it certainly was a more stubborn move.}
fxe4 29. Bxe4 Bb5 {This was probably what Hikaru was afraid of, as the N on e2
now has no defence. However White has a nifty resource here.} 30. Kh1 $1 Bxd4
31. Nxd4 Bc4 $15 {and Black is again better, with a better structure and more
targets, but the win is still far away.}) 28... Re8 $1 {Increasing the
pressure. White is out of moves.} 29. e5 Bd5 30. Kf2 $6 (30. a4 Nc6 $17 31. Kf1
Bb3 {drops the a-pawn anyway. However this also was a better way of returning
the exchange, for example:} 32. Rg3 Bxd4 (32... Nxe5 33. Bxf5 Bxd4 34. cxd4 Nc4
$15) 33. cxd4 Bxa4 34. Bc4+ Kf8 {The extra pawn will eventually tell, but
Black has to overcome some technical difficulties.}) 30... Bxa2 31. Ra4 (31.
Ke1 Nc6 $17 {is to no one's liking. Hikaru sacrifices another pawn in hopes
that it will confuse Svidler.}) 31... Bxe3+ 32. Kxe3 Rxe5+ 33. Kf4 Bb3 {
Of course, everything had been cooly calculated. This move saves the piece and
leaves Black in a winning endgame.} 34. Kxe5 Bxa4 {The king activity just
doesn't compensate for the two pawns, Svidler with great technique wraps up
the game.} 35. Kd6 Bc6 36. g3 Kg7 37. Nd4 Be4 38. Bxe4 fxe4 39. Nc2 (39. Kd5 e3
40. Nc2 e2 41. Ke4 Kf6 42. Kd3 Ke5 43. Kxe2 Nc4 {is a very basic endgame, as
the outside passed pawn will divert too much attention, not to mention it is
Black who is more active now.}) 39... Nc4+ 40. Kd5 Nd2 41. Kc5 Kf6 42. Kb6 Ke5
43. Kxb7 Kd5 44. Ne3+ Kc5 45. Kxa6 {White has manged to recover his lost
material, but at a great cost. His king is far away from the fight and the
lone N is no match for the combined forces of Black's passed e-pawn, N and K.}
Nb1 46. Kb7 Nxc3 47. Kc8 Kd4 48. Ng2 Kd3 {A very instructive exchange
sacrifice by Svidler. He punished Hikaru's over-eagerness to defend his
c5-pawn and after a couple of small inaccuracies after that, he was just
relentless in his technique.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:00] The American
super star is going out for blood in this game! The Tal Memorial hadn't been
good for Hikaru, and his game against Svidler was very one-sided in favour of
the Russian, so he brings out all of his fighting spirit against Ian!} 6. Be2 {
[%emt 0:05:30] Perhaps a slight disappointment for the spectators. The game
steers away from the razor-sharp lines of the Yugoslav attack, but this
doesn't mean the game will be any less interesting.} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 7.
O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:30]} 8. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 9. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 10. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:30]}
a5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 11. Nd2 $6 {[%emt 0:08:30] A strange novelty. The more
common move is} (11. a4 Bxb3 12. cxb3 Nb4 {with the idea of ...e6 next move,
which is considered to be fine for Black.}) 11... a4 {[%emt 0:08:30]} (11... d5
12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 {looked like a slight edge for Black already,
however the move played in the game is just as ambitious.}) 12. Ndb1 {[%emt 0:
01:30] Although original, this anti-development manoeuvre of the knight cannot
be recommended. It is not heading for any particularly useful square.} Ra5 {
[%emt 0:15:30]} 13. Na3 {[%emt 0:02:30]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 14. exd5 {[%emt 0:
01:30]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:06:30]} 15. Ncb5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:23:30]}
16. c3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:03:30] There should be almost no doubt
that Black has achieved an excellent position from the opening.} 17. Qe2 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:02:30] The position is relatively quiet, and
Black has many ways to proceed and all of them should give him a slight edge.
White's pieces are just clumsy. Be5 also came to mind.} 18. Rd1 {[%emt 0:06:30]
} Nxb5 {[%emt 0:06:30]} 19. Nxb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 20. Na3
{[%emt 0:07:30] Retreating again to the side of the board...} (20. Nd4 $6 Bc4
$1 21. Qe1 Bxf1 22. Qxf1 Rad5 {followed by ...a3 gave Black a dominating
position. Black has exchanged White's passive bishop on f1 but in exchange he
has absolute control over the d-file.}) 20... Rad5 {[%emt 0:09:30]} 21. Rxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 22. Be3 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:03:
30]} 23. h3 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 24. Qxe3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Qc6 $15 {[%emt 0:02:30] / -/+ Nakamura has now established a stable advantage.
He holds the open d-file, the pair of bishops and is overall more active.
Although he is still far from winning, he has punished Ian for his dubious
play.} 25. Nc2 {[%emt 0:05:00]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:06:41]} (25... Qd7 {with the idea
of penetrating directly on the d-file was worth considering.} 26. a3 (26. Nb4
Rd1 (26... Rd2 $2 27. Nd3 {makes the rook quite uncomfortable.}) 27. Rxd1 Qxd1
28. Qe2 Qb1 29. a3 Bh6 $15 {with strong pressure over the queenside, but White
is solid and will probably hold.}) 26... Rd2 {seems terrible, so White must do
something.}) 26. a3 {[%emt 0:02:30] This move finishes the solidification of
the queenside. Of course, this also means that he will never be able to
advance the pawns in a dangerous way. Black has all the trumps, and White will
be happy to survive. At the moment he will have a good square for his N on b4,
which is very stable, but sadly far away from the kingside if anything happens
there.} Be5 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 27. Nb4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 28.
Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Bf5 {
[%emt 0:01:41]} 30. g3 {[%emt 0:05:30]} Bxd3 $5 {[%emt 0:07:54] Nakamura tries
to dismantle Ian's position in an opposite coloured game where he will hold
the initiative. It was also possible to tend to the position in a more calm
and subtle matter, as he is holding all the trump cards.} (30... h5 31. h4 Kg7
{with the idea of f6 and e5 comes to mind.}) 31. Bxd3 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Bc5 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} 32. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:19] The point, now
the f2 AND b2 pawns will be under fire.} 33. Re4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:
04:08]} 34. Bc4 $6 {[%emt 0:01:30]} (34. Re2 Rf6 35. Qg2 {looks unpleasant but
I don't see how Black makes progress. White simply maintains his pieces where
they are and there is an insufficient amount of viable targets.}) 34... e6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 35. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxa3 36. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxb2 $6
{[%emt 0:01:18]} (36... Rxb2 {Although it is usually not advisable to trade
pieces when the opposite coloured bishops are on the board and you are trying
to play for a win, I believe this was a better move. Although Hikaru has won
some queenside pawns, the initiative on the kingside is lost, which means he
has to be careful concerning his own king. The combined power of the passed
a-pawn and the pressure he can exert over f2 might still allow him to win this
game.} 37. Ba2 Rxe2 38. Qxe2 Kg7 39. Kg2 Bd6 40. Qc4 Qxc4 41. Bxc4 Be5 {
is two extra pawns, but not an easy task.}) 37. Bxf7+ $5 {[%emt 0:01:30] The
evaluation is more for the practical value of the move than for its objective
value. Of course, this move should lose, but figuring out how is not easy when
all that remains are seconds on the clock.} (37. Ba2 Bxc3 $2 (37... Ba3 38. Re4
$1 $17 {and this is the problem variation. How does Black defend his a4-pawn?
The only viable solution seems to be the following:} Rb2 39. Bd5 $1 Kg7 (39...
Bc5 $2 40. Re8+ Kg7 41. Rc8 $1 $11 {A fabulous resource, which you can't blame
the players for missing in such time pressure.}) 40. Rxa4 Bc5 41. Ra2 $1 Bxf2+
42. Kg2 $15 {This forces the trade of the rooks, and the endgame is unpleasant
for White but holdable.}) 38. Bxf7+ Qxf7 39. Qxc3 {leaves the king way too
vulnerable to consider winning.}) 37... Qxf7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 38. Qd3 {[%emt 0:
00:30]} Re6 $2 {[%emt 0:03:45] And Nakamura falters. It is hard to blame him
with little time left. It was absolutely essential to take control of d8.} (
38... Qc7 $1 39. Re8+ (39. Qd5+ Kf8 $1 40. Qe4 (40. Re3 Rf6 41. Qd4 Kg7 $19 {
and Black consolidated.}) 40... Ba3 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Qxa4 Be7 $19 {and Black
has nothing to worry about.}) 39... Kg7 $1 40. Qd4+ Rf6 41. Rd8 $1 (41. Qd5
Qxc3 42. Qg8+ Kh6 $19 {is no more than a silly check on g8, after which Black
is obviously winning.}) 41... Qxc3 42. Rd7+ Kg8 43. Rd8+ Rf8 44. Rxf8+ Kxf8 45.
Qd8+ Kf7 46. Qd7+ Kf6 47. Qd6+ Kf5 $19 {and Black isn't only not getting mated,
the checks run out soon and his extra material should tell.}) 39. Qd8+ {
[%emt 0:00:30]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 40. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 41. Qd8+ {[%emt 0:01:00]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:39:40]} 42. Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:30]}
Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:04] Trying to win. The rook is quite poisoned.} 43. Qxd6 {
[%emt 0:01:30]} (43. Qxe6+ Qxe6 44. Rxe6 Kf8 $1 {and since the R can't make it
to the a-file, this becomes incredibly dangerous for White.} 45. Rd6 Ke8 46.
Re6+ Kd8 47. Rf6 Kc7 $1 48. Rf8 b5 $19) 43... Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 44. Rxb2 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} a3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 45. Ra2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:
04] Like in the previous part of the game, Black is the one holding all the
trump cards, however he is still far from winning. His a3-pawn is quite
vulnerable and the pawn count will be dangerously reduced.} 46. Kf1 {[%emt 0:
00:30]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 47. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 48.
Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 49. f4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} h5 {[%emt 0:
03:27]} (49... Ra4 {to cut off White on the 4th rank was probably a good
winning attempt.} 50. c4+ (50. g4 $1 b5 $1 {controlling c4, now White is very
passive.} 51. g5 $1 {seemingly a horrible concession, but what else? - however,
how does Black proceed?} Ra8 52. Kc2 $11 Ke4 53. Kb3 Kxf4 54. Rxa3 $11) 50...
Kc5 51. g4 b6 {has the same idea as h6, but solidifies the b-pawn.} (51... h6 {
Black is making White move, he has no choice but to weaken his f-pawn.} 52. f5
gxf5 53. gxf5 Kb4 54. Kc2 Ra5 55. Ra1 $1 {Unfortunately White still has this
resource, which allows him basically to draw the game.} Rxf5 56. Rb1+ Kxc4 57.
Rxb7 $11) 52. f5 {now fails to...} (52. h4 {A subtle difference, changing the
position of the pawn.} b5 $1 (52... h6 53. f5 gxf5 54. gxf5 Kb4 55. Kc2 Ra5 56.
Ra1 Rxf5 57. Rb1+ Ka5 58. Kb3 $11 {is now drawn.}) 53. cxb5 Rxf4 $19 {and
White's kingside falls.}) 52... gxf5 53. gxf5 Kb4 54. Kc2 Ra5 55. Ra1 Rxf5 56.
Rb1+ Ka5 $1 $19 {and the extra pawns tilt the balance in favour of Black, who
is winning this position without any doubt.} 57. Kb3 Rf3+ 58. Ka2 Rxh3 $19) 50.
g4 {[%emt 0:19:30]} h4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:05] I like this move, as it makes h3
into another weakness, specially considering what White's only resource in
this position is.} 51. c4+ {[%emt 0:08:30]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 52. Kc3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Re6 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 53. Rf2 $1 {[%emt 0:00:00] I think this
move is very important, since Black's rook is considerably more active on the
e-file, White must create as many problems as possible. He will advance his
f-pawn in hopes of creating sufficient counterplay.} Re3+ {[%emt 0:00:43]} 54.
Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kxc4 {[%emt 0:05:07]} (54... Kc6 $5 {was an interesting
study-like move. The idea is to try to catch the f-pawn with the K, while
allowing the R to defend and capture pawns. However it might still not be
enough.} 55. f5 gxf5 56. gxf5 Kd7 57. Kb1 Rxh3 58. Ka2 Ke7 59. Rf4 $1 (59. f6+
$2 Kf7 60. Rf4 b6 {Zugzwang.}) 59... b6 60. Rd4 Kf6 61. Rf4 {and the game is
still not won.}) (54... Kd6 55. Rd2+ {is awkward for Black.}) 55. f5 {[%emt 0:
00:30]} g5 {[%emt 0:03:39] Controlling the important f4-square.} 56. f6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} (56... Rb3 57. Rf4+ $2 {Overly cute.} (57.
Rf1 $11) 57... gxf4 58. f7 Rc3+ $19) 57. f7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 58. Kb1 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} (58... b5 59. Rf5 b4 60. Ka2
$11 {And Black can't make any progress in this position.} Kc3 61. Rc5+ Kd4 62.
Rf5 Kc4 63. Rf6 $11) 59. Rf5+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 60. Rxg5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Rh5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:04:
42]} (61... Rf2 62. Rxh4 b5 63. g5 $1 $11 (63. Rh5 $4 b4 64. Rb5 Rb2+ 65. Ka1
Kd6 $19)) 62. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rf3 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 63. Rb6+ {[%emt 0:03:
30]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 64. Rb5+ {[%emt 0:01:30]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:02:30]} (64...
Kd4 65. Ka2 Rxh3 66. g5 $11) 65. Rb6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 66.
g5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxh3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 67. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke5 {
[%emt 0:01:06] This endgame with the split pawns is, unfortunately for Hikaru,
drawn. It is reminiscent of the Botvinnik-Fischer endgame from the 1962
Olympiad. The defensive task is not incredibly difficult.} 68. g6 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 69. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 70. Ka2
{[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 71. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:06:
53]} 72. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 73. Rb4 {[%emt 0:04:30]} h3
{[%emt 0:01:57]} 74. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kxg6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} (74... h2 75.
Rh3 Kxg6 76. Rh8 {is a simple draw, since the a3-pawn does not help Black.})
75. Rg3+ {[%emt 0:01:30]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 76. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ke5 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} 77. Rxa3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} 78. Ka1 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 79. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rh1+ {[%emt 0:01:
39]} 80. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 81. Ka1 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Rh1+ {[%emt 0:00:54]} 82. Ka2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 83. Rb4+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 84. Rb3+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 85. Rb4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:03] Hikaru had the advantage
the entire game, it seemed like he was about to win on several occasions, but
Ian's combination of resourcefulness and sheer desperation allowed him to
scrape a draw from an atrocious opening.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4
Nd7 9. Bg3 $146 {A new but hardly theoretically important move.} (9. h5 {
was played in dozens of games including the previous clash between the same
players:} Nh6 10. Be2 (10. f3 f5 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. gxf5 Bxf5 13. Bd3 Bh4+ 14.
Ke2 Bxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Qe7 16. f4 Rg8 17. Kd2 Rg2+ 18. Nge2 Bf2 19. Rh3 O-O-O 20.
Rf1 Kb8 21. Rf3 Bh4 22. Kc1 Rdg8 23. Qf5 Ka8 24. Rh1 Bf6 25. Qd3 Nb6 $132 {
1/2 Maksimenko,A (2540)-Talla,V (2452)/Legnica 2010/CBM 139 Extra (30)}) 10...
Nb6 11. Nh3 g5 $1 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Bg3 Qd7 14. Nf4 O-O-O 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Rg1
Bd6 17. Qc2 Bxg3 18. Rxg3 f5 19. O-O-O Nxg4 20. Bxg4 fxg4 21. Rdg1 Rh4 22. Qe2
Rf8 23. Nd1 Rf4 $132 {1-0 Nakamura,H (2753)-Aronian,L (2807)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao
BRA/ESP 2011/The Week in Chess 883 (79)}) 9... Nb6 {The standard plan.} 10. f3
Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qc2 Ne7 13. Bd3 h5 {Exploiting the fact that White has
not played h4-h5.} 14. g5 O-O-O 15. Nge2 Kb8 16. Kf2 g6 {[%cal Ye6f5]} 17. a4
a5 {Black doesn't want to allow a4-a5-a6.} (17... Bf5 18. a5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nd7
20. a6) 18. Ng3 {Preventing ...Be6-f5 but Black has another plan: to open up
the f-file and start an attack.} Rdf8 19. Qd2 (19. Nce2 $143 f6 20. Qc5 Qxc5
21. dxc5 Nd7 22. Nf4 Nxc5 23. Bxg6 fxg5 24. hxg5 Rxf4 25. exf4 Nxg6 26. f5 h4
$1 27. fxe6 hxg3+ 28. Kxg3 Rxh1 29. Rxh1 Nxe6 $17 {[%csl Gd5]}) 19... f6 (19...
Nd7 $5 20. Nce2 $1 f6 21. gxf6 Rxf6 22. Nf4 Rhf8 {[%cal Yf6f4]}) 20. gxf6 Rxf6
{[%mdl 512] This exchange sacrifice is not forced but it gives Black a strong
initiative.} (20... Nf5 $5 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 $1 22. Nxf5 gxf5 23. b3 $13 ({but not
} 23. Ne2 Nc4 24. Qd3 Re8)) 21. Nce4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Rxf3+ 23. Kxf3 $44 {[%csl
Rf3]} Qd5 (23... Rf8+ $5 24. Ke2 Bg4+ 25. Ke1 Qd8 {[%cal Ye7f5,Yb6d5]}) 24.
Qh2+ Ka7 25. Qe5 (25. Qd6 $5 Qf5+ 26. Qf4 Bd5 $1 $44) 25... Rf8+ 26. Ke2 Qxe5
27. dxe5 Nd7 {Black recaptures a pawn and retains dangerous threats.} 28. Nd2 (
28. Ng5 $5) 28... Nxe5 (28... Bg4+ $5 29. Ke1 Nxe5) 29. Be4 (29. e4 $142 Rd8 (
29... Bg4+ 30. Ke3) 30. Ra3 {firmly defending.}) 29... Bg4+ 30. Ke1 Nd5 {
This is the moment when Black apparently missed his chance.} (30... Nf5 $142 $1
{forcing the exchange of White's important bishop:} 31. Bxf5 (31. Ra3 Ng3)
31... Bxf5 $17 {[%cal Re5d3]}) 31. Ra3 Rd8 32. Rh2 Nb4 33. Kf1 Bd1 34. Rg2 Bg4
35. Rh2 Bf5 36. Bxf5 gxf5 37. Rg2 Ng4 38. Nc4 Re8 39. Re2 {White has managed
to consolidate his position.} Nd5 40. Ke1 Re6 41. Rd3 f4 42. e4 Nde3 43. Nxe3
Nxe3 44. Rd7 Rxe4 45. Kf2 Rb4 46. Rh7 Rb3 47. Rxh5 Ng4+ 48. Kf1 f3 49. Rd2 Rb4
50. Rxa5+ Kb6 51. Rg5 Rxa4 52. Rxg4 Rxg4 53. Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8.
Qa3 Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 a5 11. O-O Nb4 12. Rfc1 c6 13. Be5 Bh6 14. Ne4 Nd7
15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. Rxc5 Nd5 17. Bc4 Qb6 18. e4 Nf6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Rc2 Qb4 21.
Qd3 Rac8 22. Ne1 Nd7 23. Bg3 c5 24. d5 Nf6 25. d6 Qxe4 26. dxe7 Rfe8 27. Qb5
Qb4 28. Qf1 Rxe7 29. Nd3 Qb6 30. Ne5 Nd5 31. Qe2 Nb4 32. Rc4 Bg7 33. Bh4 Ree8
34. Rd1 Nc6 35. Nd7 Qxb2 36. Qxb2 Bxb2 37. Rxc5 Rc7 38. Bg3 Rcc8 39. Rb5 Bg7
40. Rxb7 Nb4 41. a4 Nd5 42. Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {The Grünfeld seemed to have had a resurgence in
the Tal Memorial. Maybe it's the new fashion, again.} 4. Bf4 {Nakamura decides
to switch variations after not getting much more than a very complex position
against Svidler with 4. cxd5.} Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 (6... c5) (6... c6 {
are more common moves.}) 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 (7... c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 {transposes back to
a very topical line of the Grünfeld, which has been the subject of much debate
since the 80s.}) 8. Nb5 $6 {It's hard to criticise a 2750's 8th move, but I
have a hard time understanding this move. The queen's knight in the Grünfeld
sometimes has some interesting stories. It is not unusual for the N to go to
b5, then to c7, boldly take the rook on a8 while Black opens up the centre and
counterattacks against the king to compensate for the material deficit.
However this is just not one of those cases: the N clearly can't go to c7
after 8... c6. Hikaru's idea lies elsewhere, but it seems dubious.} (8. Nf3 Nh5
9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 {might not have been to Hikaru's
liking.}) (8. h3 c5 $11 {is too slow.}) 8... c6 9. Bc7 Qe8 10. Nc3 {Hikaru
might have reached this position in his mind and thought that Black would have
a hard time developing. If, for example, he decideds to play 10...Nb6, he
would lose control over both c5 and e5 making his breaks that much harder to
achieve. He may have thought that 10...e5 lost to 11.Bd6, but Vassily
disagreed.} e5 $1 11. dxe5 (11. Bd6 exd4 12. Bxf8 (12. Qxd4 $2 Ne4 $1 $17 {
and the N is taboo.}) 12... Qxf8 (12... dxc3 13. Bxg7 cxb2 14. Rc2 Kxg7 15.
Rxb2 Qe4 16. Bf1 {also provides obvious compensation.}) 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bb3
Bg4 $44) 11... Nxe5 12. Be2 Bf5 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Rc8 {Black has got a
dream position out of the opening. His pieces are active and he is slightly
better developed. Hikaru is only slightly worse, but having this situation
after only 14 moves with White is very unpleasant.} 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 (16.
Nxe4 $6 Bxe4 {leaves too many diagonals open against the queenside.}) 16...
Bxe4 17. O-O Rd8 18. Qa4 Bd3 19. Rfd1 b5 20. Qa5 (20. Qxa7 b4 21. Na4 Bc2 22.
Rxd8 Qxd8 $17 {is majorly unpleasant.}) 20... Rd7 21. Rd2 Qe7 22. Rcd1 Rfd8 {
Pair of bishops, queenside majority, queenside pressure. Black is still only
slightly better but there is no doubt that the pull is quite lasting.} 23. a3
h5 24. h3 h4 25. Bh2 Kh7 $6 (25... Bf6 26. Bc7 Rxc7 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Rd7
29. Rxd7 Qxd7 $17) 26. Bc7 $1 {A nice stroke, forcing the exchange of a pair
of bishops. This gives White some breathing space. And eliminates the pair of
bishops. Not sufficient to equalise, but White is improving his game little by
little.} Rxc7 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Bf6 (28... Rd7 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Qb4 $11 {
and White's just in time to defend everything because h4 is hanging.}) 29. Rd2
$6 (29. Qb4 Qxb4 30. axb4 {gave White great drawing chances thanks to his
dominating rook.}) 29... Rd7 30. Rc2 (30. Rxd7 Qxd7 {[%csl Rb2,Rf2,Rh2][%cal
Rf6b2,Rf6e5,Re5h2,Gd7d2,Gd2e1] was possible but the white Q is so out of play
that Black's advantage is considerable. White will have problems defending f2
and b2.}) 30... Qe6 31. Qb4 a5 32. Qf4 (32. Qxa5 $2 Qb3 $17) 32... Kg7 33. Rc1
{Another strange move in a series of strange decisions. This allows the black
rook access to the 2nd rank.} a4 (33... Rd2 34. Ne4 Bxb2 {was completely
winning. Time pressure is the only explanation.}) 34. Qb4 Rd3 35. Rc2 $2 {
The last bad move seals the deal. Ivanchuk doesn't let this opportunity escape.
} (35. Kf1 {was necessary to start trying to patch up some of the weaknesses.
However it is difficult to play this move, as it seems the K is simply getting
weaker.} Be7 $17) 35... Qb3 36. Qxb3 axb3 37. Rc1 Bxc3 38. bxc3 c5 39. Kf1 c4
40. Ke2 Rxc3 {Not Hikaru's brightest game. Really marked by mistakes and Black
never had a worry in the world.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. f3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Ng3 a6
9. a4 h5 {This looks a bit too early.} 10. Bg5 exd5 11. cxd5 Qc7 {[%cal Yf6h7]}
(11... Nbd7 $144 12. Be2 Qc7 13. Qd2) 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Be2 Rb8 (13... Re8 {
is the main theoretical line.} 14. O-O Nh7 (14... Nf8 15. Rac1 N8h7 16. Be3 Qe7
17. Nh1 Bd7 18. Nf2 Reb8 19. Nd3 Ne8 20. b4 c4 21. Ne1 b5 22. axb5 (22. Nc2
$142) 22... axb5 23. Nc2 Nc7 24. Ra1 f5 25. Nd4 fxe4 26. fxe4 Nf6 27. Bf3 Qe5
$132 {0-1 Gallagher,J (2509)-Huschenbeth,N (2279)/Dresden 2007/CBM 118 (34)}) (
14... Rb8 {[%cal Yc5c4,Yb7b5]} 15. Rfc1 Nh7 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Rab1 Ne5 18. Be3 h4
19. Nh1 f5 20. Nf2 Qa5 21. b4 cxb4 22. Na2 fxe4 23. f4 Nd3 24. Nxd3 exd3 25.
Bxd3 Bf5 26. Rxb4 b5 $13 {1/2 Jussupow,A (2665)-Kotronias,V (2615)/Germany
1996/GER-chT (90)}) 15. Bh6 (15. Be3 $5 f5 16. Rad1 h4 17. Nh1 fxe4 18. Nxe4
Ndf6 19. Nhf2 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf6 21. Nc3 Qa5 (21... h3 $5) 22. Bd3 Bf5 23. Bxf5
gxf5 24. Bh6 Qc7 25. Kh1 Re5 26. Bf4 Re7 27. Qf2 $16 {1-0 Svetushkin,D (2571)
-Vouldis,A (2539)/Kallithea 2003/CBM 095 ext (42)}) 15... Bh8 (15... Bd4+ 16.
Be3 Bg7 17. Rfc1 b6 18. Rab1 f5 19. b4 h4 20. Nh1 Ndf8 21. a5 b5 22. bxc5 dxc5
23. d6 Qxa5 24. Bxc5 $16 {1-0 Thaler,T (2506)-Butze,R (2457)/ICCF 1999/CBM 114
(41)}) 16. Rac1 (16. Be3 f5 17. Rad1 h4 18. Nh1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 fxe4 20. f4 Ndf6
21. h3 Bd7 22. f5 Bxf5 23. Qe1 $44 {1-0 Svetushkin,D (2491)-Dochev,D (2391)/
Kavala 2002/CBM 089 ext (33)}) (16. Nh1 $5 Ne5 17. Nf2 Qe7 18. Be3 f5 19. Rae1
Qf8 20. Kh1 Bd7 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Nh3 Nf6 23. Rb1 Re7 24. b4 $14 {0-1
Dragomarezkij,E (2490)-Kovalev,A (2440)/Minsk 1998/CBM 064 ext (53)}) 16... Qa5
(16... Rb8 17. Nh1 Qa5 18. Nf2 Ne5 19. Qc2 Bd7 20. Bd2 Qd8 21. Rb1 b5 22. b4 c4
23. Be3 Qe7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra1 Ra8 26. Rfb1 Qf6 27. Bd2 g5 28. Ra5 Rab8 29.
Rba1 $14 {1-0 Haika,G (2339)-Mikrut,D/ICCF Email 2002/ICCF Telechess CBM 103 
(40)}) 17. Nh1 c4 $6 (17... Ne5 $5 18. Nf2 f5 {A.Dreev}) 18. Ra1 Nc5 (18... Qb4
$5) 19. Bxc4 Qb4 20. Qe2 g5 21. h4 gxh4 22. Bd2 Qb6 23. Nf2 Bd4 24. a5 Qd8 25.
Be3 $16 {1-0 Dreev,A (2679)-Kotronias,V (2536)/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 072 (58)}) ({
Other options:} 13... Nh7 14. Bh6 h4 (14... Rb8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. O-O Kg8 17.
Qh6 Qd8 18. Nh1 c4 $6 19. Bxc4 Ne5 20. Be2 Qb6+ 21. Nf2 Qxb2 22. Qe3 Qb4 23.
Bxa6 $1 $18 {1-0 Gallagher,J (2514)-Balogh,T (2421)/Charleville 2000/CBM 079
ext (29)}) 15. Bxg7 (15. Nf1 Ndf6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ne3 Bd7 18. a5 Rae8 19. Nc4
Bb5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Nb6 b4 22. O-O h3 23. g3 Qe7 24. Bb5 Rd8 25. Rfe1 Rfe8
26. Bxe8 {1-0 Linna,A (2505)-Scuderi,A (2336)/ICCF 1999/CBM 114}) 15... Kxg7
16. Nf1 Qd8 17. Ne3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 Ndf6 20. O-O Bd7 21. Nc4 Ne8 22. a5
Rb8 23. Nb6 Nc7 24. b4 cxb4 25. Qd4+ Nf6 26. Qxb4 $16 {1-0 Iljushin,A (2520)
-Marholev,D (2402)/Figueres 2007/CBM 120 ext (48)}) (13... c4 $5 {deserves
serious attention:} 14. Bh6 (14. O-O $142 Rb8 {- game}) 14... Rb8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7
16. O-O h4 17. Nh1 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nf2 Nc5 20. Qg5 b4 21. Na2 Nb3 22. Rad1
c3 23. bxc3 bxc3 24. Rd3 c2 25. Qe3 Qb6 $17 {0-1 Quinteros,M (2510)-Moreno
Carnero,J (2370)/Villa Ballester 1997/EXT 1998 (57)}) 14. O-O c4 15. Be3 (15.
f4 $6 Nh7 16. Bh4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. e5 dxe5 19. f5 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Qd4 $17 {
0-1 Campos Moreno,J (2498)-Marholev,D (2407)/Binissalem 2004/EXT 2006 (36)}) (
15. Bh6 h4 16. Nh1 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nf2 b4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Na4 Nc5 21.
Nxc5 Qxc5 {1/2 Christiansen,L (2590)-Fedorowicz,J (2555)/San Francisco 1991/
CBM 023}) (15. Rfc1 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. b4 cxb3 $1 {[%csl Ra1,Rc1][%cal Yb3b2]
} 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Nxb5 Qb6 20. Rab1 Nfd7 21. Nf1 Ba6 22. Nd4 b2 23. Rc2 Nb3 24.
Nxb3 Qxb3 25. Bxa6 Qa2 26. Qd1 Qxa6 $17 {0-1 Salvador Marques,C (2375)
-Cutillas Ripoll,P (2457)/ICCF 2003/CBM 110 (48)}) (15. Rac1 b5 16. axb5 (16.
b4 $5 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Nb6 (17... Ne5 $5) 18. Nb2 Nfxd5 $2 19. exd5 c3 20. Nd1 Na4
21. Kh1 f5 22. Qf4 Re8 23. Bd3 Qb6 {1/2 Svetushkin,D (2530)-Shirazi,K (2399)/
Metz 2005/CBM 105 ext (32)} 24. Bc2 $18) 16... axb5 17. b4 Nh7 18. Be3 h4 19.
Nh1 f5 20. Nf2 (20. exf5 gxf5 21. Nf2 Ne5 22. Rfe1 Qf7 23. f4 (23. Nh3 Re8 24.
Nf4 Ng6) 23... Ng4 24. Bd4 Nxf2 25. Bxf2 h3 $132 {0-1 Bosch,J (2465)
-Stellwagen,D (2543)/Hilversum 2006/CBM 113 (41)}) 20... Qd8 21. f4 fxe4 22.
Nfxe4 Ndf6 23. Nf2 Bd7 24. Bf3 Ra8 25. Ra1 Nh5 26. Nfe4 Qe7 27. Rfe1 N7f6 $132
{1-0 Sachdev,T (2419)-Gomes,M (2325)/Chennai IND 2011/The Week in Chess 888 
(37)}) 15... h4 16. Nh1 h3 $146 (16... Nc5 17. Bxc4 Ncxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19.
fxe4 Qxc4 20. Nf2 Qc7 21. Ba7 Ra8 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Re8 24. Nd3 Qe7 25.
Rae1 Bd7 26. e5 $14 {1-0 Svetushkin,D (2569)-Markidis,K (2370)/Kavala 2006/CBM
113 ext (60)}) 17. Nf2 hxg2 18. Kxg2 Nh5 19. f4 Nhf6 {The position is very
complicated. White has a space advantage but his king is quite weak.} 20. Bf3 (
20. a5 $5) 20... Re8 (20... Nc5 $5) 21. a5 Qd8 $6 (21... b5 $142 22. axb6 Nxb6
23. Bd4 Nbd7 {[%cal Yd7c5]}) 22. Ne2 $6 (22. Na4 $1 $14 {[%csl Gb6] was a way
to exploit Black's inaccuracy.}) 22... Nh7 23. Ng3 b6 24. axb6 Nxb6 25. Bd4
Bxd4 26. Qxd4 Qf6 27. Ne2 Qxd4 28. Nxd4 Bb7 29. Ra3 Nf6 30. Nc6 Rbc8 31. Na5
Ba8 32. Nc6 {It was quite possible to play on by means of, say,} (32. Rc1 {
[%cal Yb2b3]}) {but GM V.Anand was apparently just looking for any excuse to
make a draw in nearly every game of the Tal Memorial.} 32... Bb7 33. Na5 Ba8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ $5 {An interesting
transposition to the Catalan, avoiding the dangerous lines with ...c5 and
d4-d5.} 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O (8. c5 $5 {has scored quite well in
practice and is logical, too, from the structural point of view.} O-O 9. Na3
Bb7 (9... d5 10. cxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O {[%cal Ga6e2,Gd2f4]} Rc8 12. Rfe1 Bb7 13.
Nc4 $16 {Shulman,Y (2632)-Friedel,J (2516)/Ledyard 2009/CBM 129 Extra (1-0, 31)
}) 10. b4 a5 11. Nc4 Nd5 12. Rb1 axb4 13. Nxb6 Nxb6 14. Rxb4 Ra6 15. Qb3 d5 16.
Rxb6 Rxb6 17. cxb6 c5 18. O-O c4 19. Qb2 Nc6 20. a4 $16 {Topalov,V (2791)
-Zhigalko,S (2592)/Dresden 2008/CBM 128 (1-0, 40)}) 8... d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 ({
Delaying this knight retreat offers White additional possibilities:} 9... O-O
10. Rd1 Nfd7 (10... Qc8 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Bf4 g5 16. Bxd5 $1 {Ponomariov,R (2734)-Kramnik,V (2790) Dortmund 2010 CBM
138 [Ponomariov] (1-0, 36)}) 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e4 $1 {This is the difference!
The e-pawn is not pinned any more.} (12. Bf4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 {transposes}) 12...
Nf6 (12... Nxe5 13. exd5 $1 $36 {Dzagnidze,N (2551)-Skripchenko,A (2460)
Antakya 2010 CBM 140 [Marin,M] (0-1, 29)}) 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Rac1 (
15. Qb3 Nd7 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Bf6 20. Qf5 Qxd4
21. Bc3 Qc5 22. Qxc5 bxc5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rac1 Rab8 25. b3 $16 {Llanes
Hurtado,M (2446)-Guliev,L (2454) Santa Cruz de la Palma 2007 (1-0, 45)}) 15...
a6 16. Qb3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd5+ 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Bd2 $16 {Gupta,A
(2590)-Zeng,C (2377) Chennai 2011 (1-0, 45)}) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12.
dxe5 O-O 13. Rd1 {This position has proven quite viable for Black. It is quite
possible that Nakamura did not expect this course of events at all, since the
novelty he produced one move later hardly changes the evaluation.} Bb7 (13...
Qd7 {is also playable.} 14. Nc3 Rc8 (14... Nc6 $2 15. Bxd5 $1 exd5 16. Nxd5 $16
{Bogdanovski,V (2435)-Mitkov,N (2492)/Gevgelija 2002/CBM 087 ext (1-0, 41)})
15. Rac1 Bb7 (15... Nc6 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. h4 a6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxd5 {Banusz,T
(2517)-Bokros,A (2479)/Szentgotthard 2010/CBM 135 (1/2, 62)} Bf8 $5) 16. h4 Nc6
17. Qd2 Rd8 18. e3 Rac8 19. Qe2 Qe8 20. h5 h6 21. Qg4 Kh8 $11 {Prudnikova,S 
(2407)-Ioseliani,N (2491)/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (1/2, 43)}) ({But} 13... g5 $6 {
is obviously premature, since the e5-pawn is not attacked yet.} 14. Be3 Nd7 15.
Bd4 Rc8 16. Nc3 Qc7 17. e4 $36 {Koneru,H (2603)-Thejkumar,M (2414)/Mumbai 2008/
CBM 124 Extra (1-0, 27)}) 14. Nd2 $146 {Not that great a square for the knight.
} ({Black did not face big problems after} 14. Nc3 {either:} Nc6 15. h4 (15.
Nxd5 $6 exd5 16. Bxd5 Qe8 17. Qe4 Rd8 18. Rac1 Ba8 $17 {Feller,S (2424)-Palac,
M (2582)/Cap d'Agde 2006/EXT 2007 (0-1, 45)}) 15... Rc8 {The most logical
developing move.} (15... h6 {An unnecessary weakening.} 16. e4 d4 17. Qe2 Qb8
18. Nb5 Rd8 19. Qg4 Kf8 $6 (19... g6 20. Rac1 Nxe5 $13) 20. Rac1 a6 (20... Nxe5
$6 21. Qh5 $1 Bf6 22. Nc7 $16) 21. Nd6 $16 {Razuvaev,Y (2560)-Nikolenko,O 
(2475)/Pardubice 1993/TD (1-0, 34)}) 16. Rac1 (16. e4 d4 17. Qe2 Qe8 18. Nb5
Bc5 19. a3 Rd8 20. b4 Be7 21. Qb2 d3 22. Bg5 $13 {Rahman,Z (2538)-Roktim,B 
(2389)/Dhaka 2005/CBM 105 ext (1/2, 64)}) 16... a6 17. Qb1 Qe8 18. Rc2 (18. Na4
Bd8 19. b3 Bc7 20. Be3 Nxe5 21. Bxb6 Bxb6 {1/2 Damljanovic,B (2585)-Roiz,M 
(2605)/Valjevo 2007/CBM 119}) 18... b5 19. a3 b4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Rcc1 Bc5 22.
Na2 Nxa2 23. Qxa2 Qb5 24. e3 a5 $36 {Lastin,A (2590)-Tkachiev,V (2605)/Sochi
2005/CBM 107 (1/2, 42)}) 14... Nc6 (14... Na6 $5 15. e4 Rc8 16. Qb1 Nb4 17.
exd5 Bxd5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Qe8 20. Nc3 (20. Nd6 $13) 20... Qc6 21. a3 Na6
22. Ne4 Nc5 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 $11 {Iskusnyh,S (2455)-Lastin,A (2611)/Samara 2011/ 
(1/2, 35)}) 15. Nf3 $6 {Underestimating the force of the next move.} (15. h4
$142 {Carlsen} Rc8 $36) 15... g5 $1 {I cannot help remembering another
occasion in which a plan based on ...g7-g5 yielded Carlsen a great win. It was
the Hedgehog from Kramnik,V (2799)-Carlsen,M (2733) Wijk aan Zee 2008 CBM 122 
[Marin,M] (0-1, 57)} 16. Be3 g4 {Well, here everything is simpler: Black wins
a pawn. However, one should also pay attention to his stability in the centre,
ensured precisely by the far advanced pawn.} 17. Nd4 Nxe5 $15 18. Bh6 Re8 19.
e4 Bc5 20. Nb3 Rc8 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Qa4 Bc6 23. Qd4 Qf6 $17 24. Bf4 dxe4 25.
Bxe4 Nf3+ $3 {If my endgame analysis is correct, this is a brilliant move,
leading almost by force to a won position, despite the presence of
opposite-coloured bishops..} (25... Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Nf3+ 27. Kg2 h5 $17 {would
have been a reasonable alternative.}) 26. Bxf3 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Bxf3 28. Rd7 Rd5
29. Rxd5 (29. Rxa7 Red8 $19) 29... exd5 30. Be3 Re4 31. Re1 d4 32. Bd2 Rxe1+ {
(!) The same comment applies to this move.} (32... Be2 $17) 33. Bxe1 Be2 $1 {
Caging the enemy king.} 34. f4 {White cannot do without this freeing move,
which allows Black to create a second far advanced passed pawn.} (34. Bd2 Kg7
35. Kg2 Kg6 36. h3 h5 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Bf4 (38. f4 gxf3+ 39. Kf2 Kf5 40. Bf4
Ke4 41. Bb8 a6 42. Ba7 b5 43. Bb8 Bc4 44. a3 Bd5 45. Bf4 Kd3 46. Be5 Kc4 47.
Bf6 d3 48. Ke3 Be4 $19) 38... Kf5 39. Bh6 Ke4 40. Bg7 b5 41. Bf6 a6 42. Bg7 Bc4
{Just as in the game, it is important to clear the way for the king. With the
actual structure, the space for invasion is too narrow.} 43. a3 (43. b3 Bd3 44.
Bf6 Bb1 45. a3 Bc2 46. b4 Bd3 47. Bg7 Be2 48. Bf6 Kd3 49. Bg7 Kc4 $19) 43...
Be2 44. Bf6 Kd3 45. Be5 Kc4 46. Bf6 d3 47. Bc3 Kb3 $19) 34... gxf3 35. Bf2 d3
36. Be1 Kg7 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. Ke3 Kf5 39. h3 {Another important decision.} ({
Keeping the pawn on h2 would not save him, either:} 39. Bc3 Kg4 40. Kf2 Kh3 41.
Kg1 Bd1 42. Bd2 ({The attempt to keep the bishop prisoner with} 42. b3 {
fails to} Bc2 43. Kf2 Bb1 44. a3 Ba2 45. b4 Bd5 {The bishop is right in time
to defend f3.} 46. Kg1 b5 47. Bd2 Be4 {We will see a lot of this setup, with
two pawns close to the promotion square and defended by the bishop.} 48. Bc3
Kg4 $19) 42... Ba4 (42... Bc2 {is less effective now:} 43. Kf2 Bb1 $6 44. a3
Kxh2 45. Kxf3 {White cannot be sure of a draw at all, but Black's winning plan
is less obvious here.}) 43. Bc3 Bc6 44. Bd2 Bd5 45. b3 a5 46. Be1 (46. Be3 b5
47. Bd2 b4 48. Be3 Bxb3 $1) 46... Bc6 (46... a4 $6 47. bxa4 Bxa2 48. a5 b5 49.
a6 Bd5 50. a7 Kg4 51. Kf2 {White can hold all the enemy pawns, while the black
bishop is partly restricted.}) 47. Bd2 a4 $1 {Weakening the light squares in
order to prepare the king's invasion.} 48. bxa4 Bxa4 49. Kf2 Bc6 50. Kg1 b5 51.
Be3 Bd5 52. a3 Be4 53. Bd2 Kg4 54. Kf2 Kf5 55. h3 Ke6 56. Be3 Kd5 57. Ke1 Kc4
58. Kd2 Kb3 59. Bc5 h5 $22 $19 60. Kd1 b4 $1 {><b4} 61. axb4 Kc3 $19) 39... h5
40. Bd2 Bf1 41. Be1 ({Here is another possible ending with the same familiar
winning method:} 41. h4 Kg4 42. Kf2 (42. Be1 Be2 {/\...f5-f4}) 42... Be2 43.
Bf4 Bd1 44. Ke3 Bc2 45. Kf2 Bb1 46. a3 Ba2 47. Bc1 Bd5 48. Bf4 b5 49. Bd2 a6
50. Bc3 Be4 51. Bd2 Kf5 52. Ke3 Ke6 53. b3 {Hoping to create a barrier, but it
will not last for long.} Kf5 54. a4 Kg4 55. axb5 axb5 56. Kf2 Bd5 57. b4 Be4 {
A familiar setup.} 58. Be3 Kf5 {Now, everything is ready for the invasion.} 59.
Bf4 Ke6 60. Bd2 Kd5 61. Ke3 Kc4 62. Kf2 Kb3 63. Ke3 Kc2 64. Be1 f2 $19) 41...
Bxh3 42. Kxd3 ({The most fantastic win arises after} 42. Kxf3 Bg4+ 43. Ke3 Be2
44. Bc3 Kg4 45. Be1 f6 {Playing for zugzwang.} 46. Bf2 f5 47. b3 (47. Be1 f4+
48. gxf4 h4 49. f5 h3 50. f6 h2 51. f7 h1=Q 52. f8=Q Qxe1 $19) 47... b5 (47...
f4+ 48. gxf4 h4 49. f5 $1) 48. a3 a6 49. b4 {The tempi have been exhausted,
but now the queenside configuration is lethal for the white king.} f4+ $1 50.
gxf4 h4 51. f5 h3 52. f6 d2 $1 53. Kxd2 (53. Kxe2 h2 54. f7 d1=Q+ $1) 53... h2
(53... Bc4 54. Bg1 Kg3 55. Bb6 h2 56. Bc7+ Kg2 57. Bxh2 Kxh2 58. Kc3 $11) 54.
f7 h1=Q 55. f8=Q Qd1+ 56. Kc3 Qd3+ 57. Kb2 Qd2+ $19 {with mate to follow soon.
Quite an unexpected finish!!}) 42... Bf1+ 43. Ke3 Kg4 44. Kf2 Bb5 45. Bc3 Bc6
46. Be5 b5 47. Bb8 a6 48. Bc7 f5 49. b3 Bd5 50. Bd6 f4 51. gxf4 (51. Bxf4 h4
$19) 51... h4 52. f5 Kxf5 53. Ke3 Kg4 54. Kf2 h3 55. Ke3 Be4 56. Kf2 Bb1 {
The already known plan of widening the area for infiltration.} 57. a3 Ba2 58.
b4 Bf7 $1 ({Black's plan is familiar to us: with two pawns close to promoting
and sustained by the bishop, Black keeps both white pieces busy and can
quietly march in with the king.} 58... Bf7 59. Bc7 Bh5 60. Bb8 Kf5 61. Bc7 Ke4
62. Bd6 Kd3 63. Bb8 (63. Kg3 $2 h2) ({The black bishop's placement is
explained by the following variation:} 63. Bh2 Kc2 64. Kg3 Bg4 65. Bg1 Kb3 {
Once again this setup. Black's kingside group remains untouchable. The bishop
on g2 would be less effective, because Black could not re-activate it if
necessary. Besides, Nakamura has kept the f1-square defended, so there was no
way to get it there.}) 63... Kc3 64. Kg1 Kb3 65. Bc7 Kxa3 66. Ba5 Bg4 $22 $19)
0-1

[Event "London Classic 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2011.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. O-O Rb8 10. Na3 O-O 11. Qb5 b6 12. Qxc4 Ba6 13. Nb5 Qd5 14. Qxd5
Nxd5 15. a4 Na5 16. Ne5 Rbd8 17. Nxa7 Nb4 18. Rac1 Rxd4 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. axb5
f6 21. e3 Rdd8 22. Nf3 Rf7 23. Bh3 Re7 24. Rc3 Kf7 25. Ra1 Rd3 26. Bf1 Rxc3 27.
bxc3 Nd5 28. c4 Nc3 29. c5 Rd7 30. Nd4 Ne4 31. cxb6 cxb6 32. Rc1 Nc5 33. f4 Ke7
34. Nc6+ Nxc6 35. bxc6 Ra7 36. Rd1 Rc7 37. Bg2 e5 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Rb1 e4 40.
Rxb6 Kd6 41. Rb4 Kd5 42. Rd4+ Ke5 43. Rc4 Kd5 44. Rd4+ Ke5 45. Rc4 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2011.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7 8.
Ng3 Bg6 9. Be2 Nb6 10. Be5 Nf6 11. h4 h6 12. h5 Bh7 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7
15. Qc2+ Kh8 16. Nf5 Nc4 17. b3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ng4 19. f4 Qd7 20. O-O-O f6 21.
e4 fxe5 22. Qe2 Nf6 23. Nh4 exf4 24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Nxf8 Bxf8 26. exd5 cxd5 27.
Qd3 Rd8 28. Kb1 Bc5 29. Rhf1 Be3 30. g3 d4 31. gxf4 Qe7 32. Rde1 Rd7 33. Nd1
Nd5 34. Nxe3 dxe3 35. Rc1 Rd8 36. Qf5 Qe8 37. Rfe1 b6 38. a3 $6 (38. Ka1 Qf8
39. Qe5 $16) 38... Kh8 39. Kb2 a5 $2 (39... e2 40. Rc2 Qe3 $14) 40. Rc4 $6 (40.
Rcd1 Qg8 41. Qe5 $18) 40... Nf6 $16 41. Qe5 Qf8 42. Qxe3 b5 43. Rd4 b4 44. a4
Rxd4 45. Qxd4 Nxh5 46. Re5 Nxf4 47. Rxa5 Ne6 48. Qd2 g5 49. Ra6 Qf6+ 50. Ka2
Qe5 51. Qb2 Qxb2+ 52. Kxb2 Nf4 53. Rxh6+ Kg7 54. Rd6 1-0

[Event "London Classic 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2011.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Saunders,J"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 ({Anyone hoping for something brash like} 
4. Ng5 {or 4 d4 would have been disappointed. Magnus is not trying to provoke
a slugging match because his opponent would love that. He is going to play it
nice and slow. His style reminds me of those weird cycling races where they
start by pootling round the track like old grannies doing their shopping, and
only start pedalling furiously during the last couple of laps.}) 4... Bc5 5. c3
d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. Nbd2 Ba7 {Beginners are always told by their coaches not to
move a piece twice in the opening unless they have to. And yet Magnus and
Hikaru have both done it already. But they know what they are doing, just as
the ancients who developed this line did when they called it the Giuoco Piano
- 'quiet game'.} 8. Nf1 h6 9. Ng3 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. h3 Qd7 ({Perhaps Hikaru
would have been better off trying to provoke something a bit sharper with} 
11... d5 {here. As played, Magnus gradually works his way towards the sort of
manoeuvring position he favours.}) 12. Be3 {"I was pretty happy to get in Be3"
(Carlsen)} Ne7 13. Nh4 Ng6 ({When you've played h3, you always have to make
sure you are in control if your opponent plays} 13... Bxh3 {. In this case,
White's plan is to continue} 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15. gxh3 Qxh3 16. Ng2 $1 (16. Nf3 $2
{loses to} Ng6 $1) 16... Ng4 17. Re1 Qh2+ 18. Kf1 Qh3 {and now} 19. f3 $1 {
secures White a winning advantage. Both players had foreseen this. However,
the move played is also a little suspect as it cedes White a tiny plus. And a
tiny plus is sometimes all Magnus Carlsen needs to work on.}) 14. Nhf5 Ne7 15.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. f4 c5 {"I think it's easier to play for White" 
(Carlsen). Nakamura later admitted he spent too much time thinking around
moves 14 and 15 - a sign that he wasn't in his comfort zone.} 18. Bc2 $5 ({
Magnus said he was thinking about} 18. a4 {instead, while Vlad Kramnik
expressed surprise that he should have retreated his bishop from b3. My
analysis engine is a little surprised too. Perhaps it is these small, filigree
differences between Magnus and the other top players which define his unique
style.}) 18... b5 19. Qd2 Rb7 20. a3 a5 21. Rf2 {"I think this position should
be fine. I'm a little confused as to what happened" (Nakamura). Incidentally,
it was very good of Hikaru to come to the commentary room after his defeat,
and honest of him to make such a candid confession.} b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Raf1
bxc3 24. bxc3 exf4 25. Rxf4 Nh7 26. d4 cxd4 27. cxd4 Qg5 28. Kh2 Nf6 29. Bd1
Rfb8 ({"I guess it's losing. It's a little bit strange," said a bemused
Nakamura in the commentary, still unable to understand quite why he lost. He
had seen the exchange sacrifice coming but wasn't concerned about it during
the game. It would be no consolation but chess engines don't seem to
understand this position either. Nakamura wondered about} 29... Ra8 {so that if
} 30. h4 {Black can play} Qa5 {and offer a queen exchange.}) (29... Ng4+ $5 {
was another Nakamura suggestion in the commentary room.}) 30. h4 Qg6 {[diag]}
31. Rxf6 $1 {Not conclusive by any means but it complicates the game and gives
Magnus the sort of game he likes to play. For the exchange, White has weakened
the black pawns and he will have some dangerous piece play against Nakamura's
king and queen. Meanwhile the two black rooks are some way from reaching posts
where they can threaten retribution.} gxf6 32. Qf4 (32. d5 Bd7 33. Qc3 {
is what Deep Rybka advocates here but 'Deep Carlsen' has other ideas.}) 32...
Rb2 ({Nakamura's instincts are to be active but with hindsight one wonders
whether he might have been better off digging in with a move like} 32... Rd8)
33. Bh5 Qg7 34. Bf3 Ra8 $2 ({Hikaru starts to wilt under pressure of clock and
position.} 34... Rd8 35. Nh5 Qg6 36. d5 Bc8 37. Nxf6+ {is good for White but
Black is still in the game.}) 35. d5 Bc8 36. Nh5 Qf8 (36... Qg6 37. Qxd6 {
is also very difficult for Black.}) 37. Nxf6+ Kh8 {[diag] If you count the
material, Black is still OK but the black king is very weak while its opposite
number is rock solid. And White has piece which is not doing much which he can
deploy very effectively.} 38. Rc1 $1 {It seems a little ironic, because White
only has one rook to his opponent's two, but the c1 rook packs the more
powerful punch. It's coming to c7, to threaten Rxf7 followed by Qxh6+ and mate,
or Rc6 and simply Rxd6.} Kg7 ({If, for example, the a8 rook moves forward with
} 38... Ra6 {, then White plays} 39. Rxc8 $1 {followed by 40 Qxh6 mate.}) 39.
e5 $1 {Opening the long diagonal but also giving his bishop the use of the e4
square. The black pieces find themselves out of play and the end is in sight.}
dxe5 40. Nh5+ (40. Qxe5 {wins in much the same way.}) 40... Kh7 41. Be4+ (41.
Be4+ Kg8 42. Qg3+ Kh8 43. Qxe5+ f6 44. Qxb2 {is crushing.}) 1-0

[Event "London Classic 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2011.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. c5 f5 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. a4 g5 13. Nc4 h6 14. f3 f4 15. Ba3 Ng6
16. b5 dxc5 17. Bxc5 Rf7 18. a5 h5 19. b6 g4 20. Nb5 cxb6 21. axb6 g3 22. Kh1
Bf8 23. d6 a6 24. Nc7 Rb8 25. Na5 Kh8 26. Bc4 Rg7 27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. Bxe6 gxh2
29. Nc4 $2 (29. Rc1 Nd7 30. Bf2 $18) 29... Qe8 $11 30. Bd5 h4 31. Rf2 h3 32.
gxh3 Rc8 33. Ra5 $6 (33. d7 Qxd7 34. Bxf8 $17) 33... Nh4 $19 34. Kxh2 $2 (34.
Rxh2 Nxd5) 34... Nd7 $2 (34... Nxd5 35. exd5 Qg6 $19) 35. Bb4 $17 Rg3 36. Qf1
Qh5 37. Ra3 a5 $6 (37... Nxb6 $1 38. Rc3 Nxd5 $19) 38. Be1 $11 Rxc4 39. Bxc4
Bxd6 40. Rxa5 $2 (40. Rd3 Bc5 41. Be6 $11) 40... Bc5 $19 41. Be2 Bxb6 42. Rb5
Bd4 $2 (42... Bxf2 43. Bxf2 Nxf3+ $19) 43. Bd1 $2 (43. Rd5 Nf6 44. Rd8+ $17)
43... Bxf2 $19 44. Bxf2 Nxf3+ 45. Bxf3 Qxf3 46. Rb1 Rg6 47. Rxb7 Nf6 48. Rb8+
Kh7 49. Rb7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "London Classic 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2011.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
d3 e4 9. Nd4 exd3 10. exd3 Nxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. Be3 h6 13. h3 b6 14. Rc1 Qd7
15. Bf4 Bb7 16. Be5 Nh7 17. c5 Rac8 18. h4 Nf8 19. Kh2 bxc5 20. Bh3 Ne6 21.
Rxc5 f6 22. Bf4 Qd8 23. Ra5 c5 24. Rxa7 Qb6 25. Ra4 Nxd4 26. Qh5 Qc6 $2 (26...
f5 27. Be3 g6 $11) 27. Rb1 Ra8 $2 (27... Ba6 28. Bxc8 Bxc8) 28. Rxa8 $18 Rxa8
29. Bg2 (29. Re1 Kf8 30. Bxh6 $1) 29... Ne6 $2 (29... f5 30. Be5 Rf8) 30. Rxb7
$1 $18 Qxb7 31. Bxd5 Qc8 32. Bxh6 Ra6 33. Be3 Rd6 34. Bxc5 $5 Rxd5 35. Qxd5 Kf7
36. Be3 Qa6 37. Qc4 Qa8 38. d4 1-0

[Event "London Classic 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Saunders,J"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 $5 {Unusual, but it has been played by quite a number
of elite players as a surprise weapon. In the 'olden days' of the 1960s and
1970s, it could be used as a way of reaching the King's Indian Attack but that
is not how it tends to be treated in the modern era.} d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6
6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 Be6 (9... Nc6 {has been played here
before and transposes after} 10. Nc3 (10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxd5 {is risky because
of} Qxb2 12. Nbd2 {and now even} Bxf2+ $5) 10... Be6 {, etc.}) 10. Nc3 Nc6 11.
Rb1 {Moving a rook to a square behind a pawn is sometimes called a 'mysterious
rook move'. Here, though, White's intentions are fairly clear - the b2-b4
advance.} d4 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. b4 Qb5 {[diag]} (15...
Nxb4 $2 16. Qxd4 {would be bad for Black as White would get his pawn back with
good play.}) 16. a4 $5 ({White is trying to lure the black queen offside.} 16.
Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Rfd8 18. Qh4 {also comes into the reckoning here.}) 16...
Qxa4 17. b5 Ne7 18. Nxd4 Rfd8 {By forcing White to defend his knight, Black
secures a queen exchange.} 19. c3 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 {White has obtained quite a
useful advantage out of the opening.} Bd5 21. Bf1 $5 {There are other options
but Magnus Carlsen was attracted to this. Luke McShane took a long time over
it, perhaps because there are some underlying tactical sequences to analyse.}
a5 ({Magnus demonstrated a deadly trick after} 21... Rac8 22. c4 $1 {when
Black cannot play} Bxc4 $4 {because of} 23. Bxc4 Rxc4 24. Nc6 $3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1
Ng6 26. Rd8+ Nf8 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Rxf8# {mate.}) 22. bxa6 bxa6 23. Re1 ({
Black seems to equalise fairly easily after this. Perhaps} 23. Ra1 {retains
some pressure.}) 23... Kf8 24. c4 Nc6 $1 {[diag] Magnus had already foreseen
this and wondered whether Luke might have missed it in his calculations.} 25.
Nb3 (25. cxd5 Nxd4 26. Bg2 Rab8 {turns out to be equal.}) 25... Be6 26. Bg2
Rac8 27. Nc5 Bf5 ({After} 27... Bxc4 {, there is a long forcing sequence to
reach a drawn position:} 28. Nb7 Rd4 29. Bxc6 Rxc6 30. Na5 Re6 31. Rb8+ Ke7 32.
Rxe6+ Kxe6 33. Nxc4 Rxc4 34. Rb6+ {, etc.}) 28. Nb7 Bxb1 29. Nxd8 Nxd8 30. Rxb1
Rxc4 31. Ra1 {White regains the pawn and the resultant position with pawns all
on one side of the board is drawn.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 f5 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nge2 a5 8. b3 c6
9. Bb2 Na6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. h3 Be6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. d4 Rad8 15. Na4
b6 16. Qc1 Bf7 17. Qa1 Rd7 18. Nac3 g5 19. d5 c5 20. e4 f4 21. g4 h5 22. f3 Bg6
23. Kf2 Bf8 24. Ke1 Rh7 25. Kd2 Qd7 26. Rh1 Nc7 27. Rdg1 Kf7 28. Qf1 Bh6 29.
Nc1 Rb8 30. Nb5 Nxb5 31. cxb5 hxg4 32. hxg4 Bg7 33. Rxh7 Bxh7 34. a4 Rh8 35.
Nd3 Qc7 36. Nf2 Nd7 37. Rh1 Bg6 38. Nh3 Qd8 39. Bc3 Bf6 40. Kc1 Kg7 41. Kb2 Bf7
42. Ka2 Nf8 43. Rg1 Ng6 44. Qd3 Rh6 45. Ka3 Qh8 46. Qf1 Bd8 47. Nf2 Bc7 48. Nd3
Rh2 49. Nb2 Nf8 50. Nc4 Nd7 51. Be1 Kf6 52. Qf2 Ke7 53. Rf1 Rh6 54. Qg1 Bg6 55.
Ka2 Bf7 56. Rf2 Bg6 57. Rd2 Bf7 58. Bf2 Qb8 59. Qc1 Qa7 60. Rc2 Kf6 61. Bg1 Qa8
62. Nb2 Bd8 63. Bf1 Kg7 64. Nc4 Qb8 65. Bg2 Rh8 66. Bf2 Rh6 67. Be1 Rh8 68. Bc3
Rh6 69. Qe1 Qa7 70. Qg1 Qb8 71. Bf1 Bc7 72. Rh2 Rxh2+ 73. Qxh2 Qd8 74. Kb2 Bg6
75. Kc1 Bf7 76. Nb2 Qh8 77. Qg2 Qd8 78. Kd1 Qh8 79. Bd3 Qd8 80. Ke1 Bg6 81. Kf1
Kf7 82. Kg1 Kg7 83. Nc4 Bf7 84. Qh2 Bg6 85. Kf2 Bf7 86. Ke2 Bg6 87. Qh1 Bf7 88.
Qh2 Bg6 89. Qh1 Bf7 90. Qh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2011.12.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nxd5 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb3 c5 8.
Kh1 Nc6 9. d4 c4 10. Ba4 Bd6 11. b3 c3 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nxc3 Re8
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. c4 Be4 17. Qc3 a5 18. a3 f6 19. Bb2 Ra7 20. Rad1 Rae7 21. b4
axb4 22. axb4 Kh8 23. Qb3 Rb7 24. Bc3 Qb8 25. b5 cxb5 26. c5 b4 27. Bd2 Bf8 28.
Rde1 g5 29. Qc4 g4 30. Nh4 $2 (30. c6 Rg7 31. Ne5 $15) 30... f3 $2 (30... b3
31. c6 Rbe7 $19) 31. d5 $17 fxg2+ 32. Nxg2 Bf3 33. Kg1 Rc8 34. c6 Rb5 35. Nf4
Bc5+ $2 (35... b3 36. Qc3 b2 $19) 36. Be3 $17 Bxe3+ $2 (36... Qb6 37. Qc1 Bxe3+
$17) 37. Rxe3 $14 Qb6 38. Rfe1 b3 $2 (38... Ra5 39. Kf1 Ra1 $1 $14) 39. Qc3 $18
Rf8 40. Ne6 b2 41. c7 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 {A
harmless continuation.} c5 (7... dxc4 {(the most common move) looks more
logical to me. There is no need for Black to suffer with an isolated pawn.}) 8.
cxd5 (8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 {gives Black an additional option of}
Qxd5 $5 11. Qxd5 exd5 {, e.g.} 12. O-O Be6 13. Be5 Rac8 14. Rfc1 Ne4 15. Nd4
Nd6 16. b3 a6 17. Bf3 Ne4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. g4 Ba3 21. Rxc8 Rxc8
22. Rd1 Rc1 $11 {1/2 Malakhatko,V (2557)-Del Rio Angelis,S (2489)/Leon 2001/
CBM 086 (54)}) 8... Nxd5 (8... exd5 9. O-O a6 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12.
Qxd4 Be6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. a3 Qd7 15. Be5 Rfd8 16. h3 b5 17. Qf4 Qb7 18. Qg3 $14
{1/2 Ibragimov,I (2554)-Shabalov,A (2566)/Bad Wiessee 1999/EXT 2001 (36)}) 9.
Nxd5 exd5 10. O-O (10. dxc5 $142 Nxc5 11. Be5 {This position usually arises in
the 5...c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.e3 Nxc5 line. White keeps a small plus. Here is a
recent example:} Be6 12. O-O Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Rfc8 16.
Rad1 Kf8 17. g4 a6 18. f3 Rc7 19. Rd2 Rac8 20. Bd1 Bd7 21. Re1 g6 22. Kf2 a5
23. h3 Na4 24. Be2 Nb6 25. b3 a4 26. Red1 axb3 27. axb3 Ra8 28. f4 Nc8 29. Bf3
Ne7 30. Rb2 Ra6 31. Rdd2 Rb6 32. Ra2 Rc3 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. Rd8 Be6 35. Re8 Rc7
36. Ra2 $14 {1/2 Nisipeanu,L (2659)-Le Roux,J (2523)/Mulhouse FRA 2011/The
Week in Chess 864 (65)}) 10... c4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Black immediately takes a
chance to avoid the position with the isolated pawn.} (10... Qb6 11. Qc2 Nf6
12. Rfc1 c4 13. b3 cxb3 14. Qxb3 Qxb3 15. axb3 Ne4 16. Bd3 f6 17. Rc7 (17. Bxe4
dxe4 18. Nd2 $14 Bf5 $140 19. Rc7 Bb4 20. Nc4) 17... Bd8 18. Rc2 Be6 19. b4 g5
20. Bc7 Be7 21. b5 Rfc8 $132 {0-1 Diamant,A (2497)-Akobian,V (2628)/Bursa 2010/
CBM 134 (38)}) (10... a6 11. dxc5 (11. Qc2 c4 12. a4 Bb4 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. Be5 g6
15. e4 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nf3 Be6 18. Ne5 Rfd8 $11 {1/2 Yermolinsky,A (2617)
-Zilberstein,D (2424)/Reno 2004/EXT 2009 (51)}) 11... Nxc5 12. Nd4 (12. Be5
$142) 12... Bf6 13. Bf3 Ne6 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rac1
Rac8 18. h3 Rc6 19. Rxc6 Qxc6 $11 {1/2 Tregubov,P (2620)-Karpov,A (2699)/Cap
d'Agde 2000/CBM 080 (29)}) 11. b3 Nb6 12. bxc4 dxc4 {[%mdl 32] A typical
question in such positions: is the c4-pawn strong or weak? I think, rather
strong as it is not being successfully blockaded.} 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Rab1 Rc8 15.
a4 a5 16. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 f6 18. Bh4 c3 19. Bd3 h6 20. Bb5 $2 {White
underestimates the danger created by Black's passed pawn. Black now prepares
its further advance, with great effect.} (20. Rfc1 $142 {although Black has
good counterchances after, say,} Nd5 (20... Rf7 $5) 21. Rxb7 Nb4 22. Qb1 Qd5
23. Be4 Qa2) 20... Nd5 {[%cal Yd5b4,Yc3c2]} 21. Qe4 Qd6 {This strange loss of
a tempo doesn't harm Black too much.} (21... Qe7 $142 $17 {[%cal Yd5b4]}) 22.
Bg3 Qe7 23. Rbc1 Nb4 24. d5 {White tries to activate his rooks at the cost of
this pawn.} Nxd5 25. Rfd1 Rfd8 26. Rd4 f5 27. Qe5 Qf6 28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. h3 Kf7
30. Bc4 Ke7 31. e4 $6 {Leads to a hopeless endgame but Black should win anyway,
e.g.} (31. Kh2 c2 $1 32. Rxc2 Nb4 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Bxe6 Nxc2 35. Bxf5 Rd2 36.
Be4 Nb4 37. Bxb7 Ra2 {etc.}) 31... Nf4 $1 {[%mdl 64]} 32. Rxd8 Rxc4 $1 {
[%cal Rf4e2,Re7d8]} 33. Bxf4 Kxd8 34. exf5 Bxf5 35. Be3 (35. Bxh6 c2 {[%cal
Yc4a4] , and Black's queenside pawns decide the game.}) 35... c2 36. g4 Be4 37.
Bb6+ Kd7 38. Bxa5 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 {A tricky move order. White retains the possibility
of offering a transposition to the Four Knights variation, but only after
Black chooses his setup.} ({After} 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 {, the simplifying} Nd4 {
may be kind of boring.}) 3... Bb4 ({White could delay Ng1-f3 or even switch to
some other way of developing the knight after} 3... Bc5) ({or} 3... d5 4. cxd5
Nxd5 {, too.}) ({He has to be ready for the old Keres line:} 3... c6) 4. Nf3 {
This is the best moment to develop this knight.} ({After} 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 {
Black could maintain his absolute flexibility with} Re8 $1) 4... Qe7 {This is
more committal than ...Re8, of course.} (4... e4 {is likely to lead to a Four
Knights tabyia after a long transposition:} 5. Nd4 Nc6 6. Nc2 Bxc3 7. dxc3 h6
8. Bg2 d6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O) (4... Nc6 {is an immediate transposition, of
course.}) 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. e4 $5 $146 {Tactically, this is obviously
correct, but the only open question which remains is whether defining the
central structure so soon really favours White.} (7. Qb3 Na6 8. d3 (8. d4 $5)
8... h6 {After ...Qe7, the threat of Bg5 has to be taken seriously. There is
no ...Be7 available, and an exchange on f6 would lead to considerable loss of
time for Black, who would have to move with the queen for the second time
before completing his development.} 9. Bd2 Rd8 10. e4 Bxc3 $6 {An unnecessary
concession.} 11. Bxc3 d6 12. Rfe1 Bg4 13. Nh4 Nc5 14. Qc2 g6 15. d4 Ncd7 16. h3
exd4 17. Bxd4 Be6 18. f4 (18. Nf5 Qf8 19. Be3 $16) 18... Nb6 19. b3 $16 {
Psakhis,L (2605)-Myrvold,T (2310)/Gausdal 1994/EXT 97 (1-0, 39)}) (7. d3 Rd8 ({
The following game is a classical example of playing with a massive centre and
the bishop pair:} 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 h6 9. e4 d6 10. Nh4 Na6 11. f4 exf4 12.
Rxf4 Nc5 13. Be3 Nh7 14. Qd2 Ng5 15. Kh1 Bd7 16. Raf1 Rae8 17. g4 Qd8 18. Nf5
Bxf5 19. gxf5 $16 {Portisch,L (2650)-Kavalek,L (2550)/Amsterdam 1981/MCL (1-0,
28)}) 8. Qb3 $1 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Gf3e5]} (8. Qc2 {exerts less pressure.} d5 9.
Bg5 dxc4 10. dxc4 Nbd7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Re8 13. Nd2 h6 14. Be3 Ng4 $11 {
Markowski,T (2558)-Campora,D (2547)/Ciudad Real 2004/CBM 102 ext (1/2, 38)})
8... Ba5 (8... d5 $2 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nxe5 $1 $16 {Black cannot take advantage
of the apparently hanging position of the e5-knight:} Bxc3 11. Qxc3 d4 12. Qa5
b6 $2 13. Qa3 $18 {[%cal Gg2a8]}) 9. Bd2 Bc7 (9... d5 $2 10. Nxd5 $1 $16) 10.
e4 Na6 11. d4 d6 12. Qa3 Qe8 $6 {Too passive.} (12... exd4 13. Nxd4 Bb6 {
offers better possibilities for counterplay.}) 13. Bg5 Qe6 14. d5 Qe7 15. b4 c5
16. b5 Nb8 17. Nh4 $16 {Psakhis,L (2555)-Lev,R (2420)/Tel Aviv 1991/CBM 027
ext (1-0, 40)}) 7... d6 (7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxe4 $6 {is obviously premature,
and the punishment is elegant:} (8... d6 9. Nh4 $14) 9. Re1 d5 10. d3 Nxc3 11.
Qb3 d4 12. Ba3 c5 13. Nxd4 $5 $16 {A nice way of taking advantage of the
double pin.}) 8. d3 a6 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 9. Qb3 {White obstinately goes for the
bishop pair, thus losing a lot of time.} (9. Nh4 $5 Bc5 (9... b5 10. Nf5 Bxf5
11. exf5 $36) 10. Kh1 {[%cal Gd1e1,Gf2f4,Gh4f5]}) 9... Bc5 10. Na4 Ba7 11. Nb6
Bxb6 12. Qxb6 c5 $5 {[%cal Gb8c6,Gc6d4]} 13. Ne1 {[%cal Gf2f4,Ge1c2,Gc2e3]} Bg4
$5 (13... Nc6 14. Nc2 h6 15. f4 (15. b4 {is premature:} Nd7 16. Qc7 cxb4 17.
Rb1 a5 18. a3 Nc5 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. axb4 Nxd3) (15. Bd2 {, preparing b4,
leaves the queen in some danger after} a5 {/\...a4, ףb6}) 15... a5 16. Qb3 a4
17. Qc3 $36) 14. f3 Be6 15. Bg5 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Gg5f6,Gg7f6] This will prove
ineffective after Black's careful defence.} (15. f4 $5 {is an important
alternative.}) 15... Nbd7 (15... Nc6 16. Nc2 Rab8 {[%csl Gb7]} 17. f4 h6 18.
fxe5 hxg5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Rad1 $14 {[%cal Gd3d4]}) 16. Qa5 (16. Qxb7 Rfb8 17.
Qc7 (17. Qc6 $2 Nb6 $1 $17 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Gb8b7,Ga8c8] /\...Rb7, ...Rc8})
17... Rb6 $1 18. f4 Qf8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. f5 Rc8 $11 {with perpetual pursuit
of the queen.}) (16. Qb3 b5 $132) 16... h6 17. Bd2 Nb8 $1 {Returning to the
initial plan. The exposed position of the white queen helps Black in getting
back some of the time lost on the going back and forth with his knight.} 18.
Nc2 Nc6 19. Qc3 (19. Qb6 a5 $5 20. Qb3 a4 21. Qc3 Rfb8 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) 19... b5
20. Ne3 (20. b3 $5 {would avoid the weakening of the e4-pawn, thus making the
plan based on f3-f4 more realistic than in the game.}) 20... Nd4 21. Rae1 Rab8
22. Qc1 ({This was the last moment at which} 22. b3 $5 {could have changed the
course of the game.}) 22... bxc4 23. dxc4 Qd7 24. Rf2 Rfe8 25. Bc3 a5 26. Qd1
a4 27. Bf1 Ra8 28. Bd3 Kh8 {White has regrouped harmoniously, but cannot make
progress easily. The only constructive plan is f3-f4, but this would weaken
the e4-pawn. The game will end in a draw without any special adventures.} 29.
Kh1 Qb7 30. h4 Rf8 31. Kh2 Qd7 32. Ref1 (32. f4 Bg4 33. Qc1 Nf3+ $17) 32...
Rae8 33. a3 (33. f4 Ng4+ 34. Nxg4 Bxg4 35. Qd2 f6 36. f5 Qf7 {White will not
be able to unblock the kingside structure.}) 33... Ra8 34. Qd2 Nb3 35. Qd1 Nd4
36. Rg1 Rae8 37. Qf1 Qd8 38. Qd1 Qd7 39. Nd5 Bxd5 40. cxd5 Rc8 41. Re1 Ra8 42.
Bf1 Qe7 43. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 c6 7. h3 O-O 8. Bf4
Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. e3 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. O-O c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Qf5 Rfd8 17. Qe5 Qxe5 18. Nxe5 a5 19. Bg4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Ne6
21. Ne2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 d4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. exd4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Likavsky,T"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 {The King's Indian
Defence is the good one among the openings against 1.d4 - in it Black has
counterplay usually and so he can play for victory. Of course there is one
option for White just now - to take on e5 then on d8 then to offer draw and to
look like a real clown...} 7. O-O Nc6 {Black needs the centre closed with
d4-d5. Then he can get the counterplay easily. Therefore 7...Nbd7 or 7...Na6
are not so theoretically well-founded.} 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 ({The main line
nowadays is 9.b4. But Hikaru has also been very successful there:} 9. b4 Nh5 (
9... Ne8 10. c5 f5 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. a4 g5 13. Nc4 h6 14. f3 f4 15. Ba3 Ng6 16.
b5 dxc5 17. Bxc5 Rf7 18. a5 h5 19. b6 g4 20. Nb5 cxb6 21. axb6 g3 22. Kh1 Bf8
23. d6 a6 24. Nc7 Rb8 25. Na5 Kh8 26. Bc4 Rg7 27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. Bxe6 gxh2 29.
Nc4 Qe8 30. Bd5 h4 31. Rf2 h3 32. gxh3 Rc8 33. Ra5 Nh4 34. Kxh2 Nd7 35. Bb4 Rg3
36. Qf1 Qh5 37. Ra3 a5 38. Be1 Rxc4 39. Bxc4 Bxd6 40. Rxa5 Bc5 41. Be2 Bxb6 42.
Rb5 Bd4 43. Bd1 Bxf2 44. Bxf2 Nxf3+ 45. Bxf3 Qxf3 46. Rb1 Rg6 47. Rxb7 Nf6 48.
Rb8+ Kh7 49. Rb7+ Kh6 {0-1 Anand,V (2811)-Nakamura,H (2758)/London ENG 2011/
The Week in Chess 892}) 10. c5 Nf4 11. a4 f5 12. Bc4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 h6 14. Re1
Bg4 15. Ra3 g5 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. g3 Rf8 19. a5 Kh8 20. Kg2 Rb8 21.
Qd2 b6 22. axb6 axb6 23. Nfxg5 hxg5 24. Qxg5 Bg6 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Ra7 Rc8 27.
Rxe7 Rxc4 28. f3 Rc2+ 29. Kg1 Rc8 30. Ra1 Rf7 31. Qxg6 Qxe7 32. Ng5 Kg8 {
0-1 Kramnik,V (2781)-Nakamura,H (2770)/Dortmund GER 2011/The Week in Chess 873
(50)}) 9... Nd7 10. f3 f5 {This is the move which starts the counterplay I was
speaking about. Black's plan is ...f5-f4, ...g6-g5, then later to prepare ...
g5-g4-g3 and ...Qh4...} 11. Be3 {We know the Black's plan, thus why give him
the tempo ...f5-f4? The reason is that the Be3 will carry out both attacking 
(to support c4-c5, to impact on a7 and b6) and defending duties (the well
known plan Kh1, vBe3-g1 to cover h2 in the case of the presence the black pawn
on g3 and the black queen on h4) on the /^ g1-a7.} f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 {
White wants to play c4-c5 and cxd6, so c1 is a good square for the rook.} ({
It's important to know that} 13. b4 $6 {is just a waste of time. Black would
like to play} Nf6 {anyway to help ...g5-g4, so White will not need any more
support for the advance c4-c5. It's much better to play more useful moves (Rc1,
a4,...). White still has such moves.}) ({I also don't like} 13. Nd3 {so much
for the same reason. The knight standing on e1 could protect g2 in some lines,
though now the f1-rook can move...}) (13. a4 {/\a4-a5, Nb5 is rather frequent,
when} a5 $1 {is critical.}) ({And finally} 13. g4 {with a different idea - to
close the kingside or to change the pawn structure completely (after 13...fxg3)
. The latest high level results are promising for White:} h5 (13... fxg3 14.
hxg3 Ng6 15. Ng2 Nf6 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. Ne3 Ngf4 18. Kh2 Nxe2 19. Qxe2 Qf6 20. Nf5
Bxf5 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. g4 Qf4+ 23. Kg2 e4 24. Nxe4 Rae8 25. Rae1 Rxe4 26. Qxe4
Be5 27. Rh1 Qxe4 28. Rxe4 Nf4+ 29. Kf1 Nd3 30. Be3 Nxb2 31. Kg2 Na4 32. Bxg5
Nc5 {1-0 Ponomariov,R (2754)-Korobov,A (2660)/Kiev 2011} (32... Nc5 33. Rxe5
dxe5 34. Be7)) 14. h3 Rf6 15. Nd3 Rh6 16. Kg2 c5 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. c5 dxc5 19.
Nxc5 Nd4 20. Bc4+ Kh7 21. Nb3 Nf6 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. e5 hxg4 24. hxg4 Nxg4 25.
fxg4 Bxe5 26. Rh1 Qd7 27. Ne4 Rxh1 28. Qxh1+ Kg7 29. Qh5 Qxg4+ 30. Qxg4 Bxg4
31. Nxg5 {1-0 Ponomariov,R (2754)-Nakamura,H (2774)/Saint Louis 2011/Mega2011 
(93)}) 13... Ng6 {Understanding the ideas of White, Black does not play 13...
Nf6 and prefers 13...Ng6 as a move, which is going to be played sooner or
later anyway.} (13... Rf6 $5 {/\Rf6-h6, Qd8-e8-h5, /\Rf6-g6}) (13... Nf6 $143
$2 14. c5) 14. Nb5 {Hm, somehow I don't believe that this is good.} ({But the
logical (we already know that White doesn't want to waste time for b4 or Nd3.)
and common sacrifice} 14. c5 {is maybe out of fashion:} Nxc5 15. b4 Na6 16. Nd3
Rf7 17. Nb5 b6 $1 18. Be1 Bf6 19. Nf2 h5 20. h3 (20. a3 Qd7 21. Rc3 Bd8 22. Qc2
Nb8 23. a4 a6 24. Na3 Qe8 25. Nc4 Bb7 26. Bd2 Nd7 27. Rc1 Nf6 28. Be1 Rg7 29.
h3 Nh8 30. Nd2 Qg6 31. Nf1 Bc8 32. Nh2 Ne8 33. Kf1 Nf7 34. Qd1 Nh6 35. Rc4 Kh8
36. R1c3 Bb7 37. Qc2 Qf7 38. Bd2 Bf6 39. Ke1 b5 40. Rc6 Bxc6 41. Rxc6 Ng8 42.
axb5 axb5 43. Bxb5 g4 44. hxg4 Bh4 45. Bc3 Nef6 46. g5 Rxg5 47. Kf1 Bxf2 48.
Qxf2 Qg7 49. Ra6 Rxa6 (49... Rb8 50. Bc4 Ne7 51. Ra2 Rg8 $19) 50. Bxa6 {
1/2 Nielsen,P (2651)-Likavsky,T (2492)/Germany 2007/CBM 123 (72)}) 20... Bb7
21. Rc2 Qd7 22. Qd3 Bd8 23. Bd2 Nb8 24. Rfc1 Ba6 25. Rc3 Rg7 26. Ra3 Ne7 27.
Be1 Nc8 28. Rac3 Rh7 29. Nd1 Rg7 30. Bf2 Kh7 31. Nb2 Kh6 32. Kf1 Kh7 33. Ke1
Kh6 34. R3c2 Rf7 35. Nd1 Rg7 36. Bf1 Kh7 37. Rc3 Kg8 38. R1c2 Kh7 39. Kd2 Kg8
40. Kc1 Kh7 41. Kb2 Kg8 42. Rc1 Kh7 43. R3c2 Kg8 44. Ndc3 Qe8 45. Nb1 Bxb5 46.
Qxb5 Qf8 {1/2 Topalov,V (2813)-Radjabov,T (2757)/Nanjing 2009/CBM 133 (95)})
14... b6 $1 {Weakening c6, but gaining plenty of time.} (14... a6 $2 15. Na7 {
/\Nxc8 killing the dangerous bishop and} Rxa7 $2 {doesn't work:} 16. Bxa7 b6
17. b4 Bb7 18. c5 dxc5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Rxc5 $16) (14... Nf6 $6 {is also good
for White after the surprising sacrifice of a piece:} 15. c5 a6 (15... Rf7 16.
cxd6 cxd6 17. Qc2 g4 18. Nc7 g3 19. Nxa8 Bd7 20. Nc7 Nh5 21. Kh1 Qh4 22. Bg1
gxh2 23. Bf2 Ng3+ 24. Bxg3 fxg3 25. Bb5 Bxb5 26. Nxb5 Bf8 27. Nd3 Qg5 28. Nc7
h5 29. Ne6 Qe3 30. Rce1 Qb6 31. Qd2 {1-0 Lenderman,A (2581)-Haast,A (2268)/
Wijk aan Zee NED 2011/The Week in Chess 890}) 16. cxd6 axb5 17. dxc7 Qe8 18.
Qb3 $16 g4 19. Bxb5 Bd7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Qxb7 (21. d6+ $5) 21... g3 22. hxg3
fxg3 23. Bxg3 Rac8 24. Qc6 Rf7 25. Nd3 {1/2 Sarkar,J (2418)-Berg,E (2627)/
Caleta 2011 (47)}) 15. b4 a6 16. Nc3 Rf7 {Very clever attacking/defending
setup. Always the same story in this game. Black has still a few good moves
like ...Bf8, ...Rg7, ...h5 to prepare ...g4, but holding the knight on d7 to
cover c5 and b6 (the white Na4 would very much like to go to b6 to take Bc8)
for some time.} (16... Nf6 17. c5 Rb8 18. Nd3 bxc5 $6 19. bxc5 h5 20. cxd6 cxd6
21. Qc2 g4 22. Rb1 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 h4 24. fxg4 Nxg4 25. Nd1 h3 26. Rb8 Nxf2 27.
N1xf2 Qg5 28. Ne1 Ne7 29. Bf3 Bf6 30. Qc7 Kg7 31. Qxd6 Rh8 32. Qc7 hxg2 33.
Bxg2 $18 {1/2 Miroshnichenko,E (2651)-Mamedov,N (2587)/Konya TUR 2011/The Week
in Chess 869 (65)}) 17. Nd3 h5 18. c5 Bf8 19. cxb6 cxb6 20. b5 {Now Black can
plug the only gap, the c-file, with the patient knight - the hero of this game.
But Black was already at least fine from my point of view.} (20. Nb2 Nf6 (20...
Rg7 $5) 21. Nc4 Rb8 $132 {/\g5-g4-g3}) (20. Na4 $2 {/\Rc6} b5 $1 21. Nc3 Nf6
22. a4 Bd7 $17 {and g5-g4-g3.}) 20... a5 $1 21. Na4 {/\Rc6} Nc5 $1 {White,
understanding the problem, decided to open the position at any cost. But he
failed after all...} 22. Ndxc5 dxc5 {/\Bd6} 23. d6 $6 Be6 24. Bxc5 $2 {
Desperation or simply miscalculation.} bxc5 25. Nxc5 Bxa2 $1 26. Qa4 Bxd6 27.
Qxa2 Bxc5+ $17 28. Kh1 (28. Rxc5 $2 Qd4+) 28... Bd4 (28... Be3 $1 {should be
stronger.}) 29. Bc4 Raa7 30. Bxf7+ Rxf7 31. Qd5 $2 {The final mistake.} ({After
} 31. Rc6 $1 {White can still continue. The black king is exposed, the rook
pinned, and the white b-pawn not harmless...}) 31... Qxd5 32. exd5 $19 {
The game is over now. Black leaves his opponent with no hope in the further
course of events.} Ne7 $1 33. d6 Nf5 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Rc6 a4 $1 36. Rfc1 a3 37.
Ra6 a2 38. Rxa2 Nxd6 39. b6 Bxb6 40. Rc6 Rc7 41. Rxc7+ Bxc7 42. Ra7 Ne8 43. g3
Kg6 44. Kg2 Bd6 45. Ra6 Kf5 46. Rc6 g4 47. gxf4 exf4 48. fxg4+ hxg4 49. h3 g3
50. Kf3 Be5 51. Rh6 Ng7 52. h4 Ne6 53. Rh5+ Kf6 54. Kg2 Nd4 55. Kh3 f3 56. Rh8
g2 57. Rg8 Ne2 58. Rg6+ Kxg6 59. h5+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3 (4... Qe7 {was played in Nakamura,H 
(2758)-Caruana,F (2727) Reggio Emilia 2011 CBM 146 [Marin] (1/2, 43). In my
comments to that game I also mentioned some subtleties of the move order
chosen by White.}) 5. bxc3 d6 (5... e4 {1/2 Kamsky,G (2714)-Gelfand,B (2736)/
Moscow 2007/CBM 122/[Marin,M] (29)}) 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 {Black plays a
flexible game, delaying the development of his queen's knight. White has to
permanently count with the threat ...e4. With the knight on c6, this would be
slightly less effective, because of the pressure created by Nf3-d4.} 8. Ne1 $5
(8. d4 Nbd7 ({After the weakening of the c4-square, I would consider} 8... e4
$5 {fighting for a blockade on the light squares.}) 9. Qc2 Qe7 (9... e4 $5) 10.
e4 $5 exd4 11. cxd4 Qxe4 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. Re1 Qd8 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Bf4 h6 16.
a4 a5 17. c5 $44 {Rechlis,G (2473)-Tunik,G (2473)/Israel 2008/EXT 2009 (1/2,
22)}) (8. d3 e4 {The critical continuation.} (8... Nbd7 9. e4 {offers White
the possibility of building up a strong centre, with chances for an advantage.}
c6 10. Nh4 Qa5 11. Qc2 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. c4 Ne7 15. Bb2 Nc6
16. Rfe1 $14 {Shahtahtinsky,A (2380)-Ibragimov,I (2550)/Ano Liosia 1993/EXT
1997 (1/2, 78)}) 9. Ng5 (9. Nd4 Nbd7 {[%cal Gd7c5]}) 9... exd3 10. exd3 Nbd7
11. Rb1 Rb8 {Black's position looks completely normal, but he is slightly
underdeveloped. This gives White the possibility of starting a surprisingly
dangerous kingside attack.} 12. Rb2 $1 {A typical way of activating the rook,
for its later transfer to the kingside.} b6 13. f4 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. Qf3
Qa8 {Neutralising the pressure along the long diagonal has cost Black some
additional time.} 16. g4 $1 {The first signal to the real attack, clearing the
third rank for the queen at the same time.} Rbb8 17. Qh3 Nc5 18. Rg2 (18. Nxf7
$5 Kxf7 19. g5 Nfd7 20. f5 $44) 18... d5 (18... Re7 19. Be3 Rbe8 20. Bd4 Ncd7
21. Nf3 c5 22. g5 $36) 19. Be3 (19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. g5 $36) 19... Ncd7 20. Bd4 (
20. Nxf7 $5) 20... dxc4 21. Nxf7 {Finally!} Kxf7 22. g5 Qc6 23. dxc4 $44 {
Khismatullin,D (2601)-Efimenko,Z (2682)/Dagomys 2009/CBM 130 (1/2, 52)}) 8...
c6 (8... Nc6 {would transpose back to lines with an earlier ...Nc6. The
absence of the threat of ...d5 allows White to consolidate his spatial
advantage.} 9. e4 a6 (9... Nd7 10. d3 Nc5 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 f5 13. Qh5 g6
14. Qh6 $36 {Sengupta,D (2563)-Bryzgalin,K (2469)/Pardubice 2011 (1-0, 25)})
10. a4 Rb8 11. Rb1 Bd7 12. d3 Na5 13. f4 h6 14. c5 b6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Nf3 $36
{Jobava,B (2669)-Kobalia,M (2634)/Budva 2009/CBM 130 (1-0, 39)}) 9. d3 h6 (9...
d5 $6 {is premature.} 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bg5 {Black has no favourable way of
avoiding the spoiling his kingside structure.} Be6 12. Rb1 b6 13. c4 $14) 10.
Rb1 d5 11. Qb3 b6 $1 {Neutralising the pressure along the b-file.} (11... Na6
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ba3 $5 {[%csl Ga6]}) (11... Nbd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ba3 $14 {
[%csl Gd7]}) (11... dxc4 12. Qxc4 Be6 13. Qh4 b5 14. a4 a6 15. Nc2 $14) 12.
cxd5 {This is a small success for Black, who will get the c6-square for his
knight.} (12. Nc2 Be6 (12... dxc4 13. Qxc4 Be6 14. Qa4 Bd5 15. e4 $14) 13. Ne3
dxc4 14. dxc4 e4 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Ba3 c5 (16... Bh3 {achieves little after} 17.
Bh1) 17. Nd5 Nbd7 $13 {White's position looks active, but he needs time to
recycle his a3-bishop.}) 12... cxd5 13. Nc2 Nc6 14. h3 $6 {I cannot understand
this move, giving away a tempo and weakening the kingside.} (14. Ne3 Be6 15. f4
d4 16. Qb5 $13) 14... Bb7 15. Nb4 Na5 16. Qb2 d4 17. c4 Rc8 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 $15 {
Black's opening has been a complete success. He has exchanged the active
g2-bishop and neutralised the other, he has a lead in development and more
space.} 19. e4 {[%csl Gd5] Fighting for space, but weakening his position even
more.} dxe3 20. Bxe3 Qd7 21. Kh2 Nd6 22. Rbc1 Nf5 23. Rfd1 h5 24. Qe2 h4 $40
25. Nc2 (25. g4 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 Qd6 $17 {[%cal Gd6b4,Gd6h2,Re5e4]}) 25... b5 {
Opening a second active front, in the best classic fashion.} 26. Qf3 bxc4 27.
dxc4 hxg3+ 28. fxg3 Qe6 29. c5 Red8 30. Bf2 e4 31. Qb3 Qe5 32. Ne3 Rxd1 33.
Qxd1 Rxc5 $1 $17 34. Nc4 {White probably thought that this double attack would
keep the c5-pawn defended indirectly, but he was wrong.} Qc7 35. Bxc5 Qxg3+ $1
$40 {A winning rook sacrifice, which should have crowned a well played game.}
36. Kh1 Qxh3+ 37. Kg1 Qg3+ $2 $44 ({He should have simply brought his knights
closer to the king.} 37... Ng4 $1 $19 38. Qe2 Nh4 39. Nd2 Qg3+ 40. Kh1 Nf3 $1 {
The effects of this move were not easy to anticipate a few moves earlier.} ({
However, he had a safety net in view of} 40... Qh3+ {, with a draw by
perpetual.}) 41. Nxf3 exf3 42. Qe8+ (42. Qd2 f2 $19) 42... Kh7 43. Rc2 f2 44.
Rxf2 {Sadly, there is nothing better than that.} Nxf2+ 45. Bxf2 Qxf2 $19 {
With "just" a winning queen ending.}) 38. Kf1 $1 Ng4 (38... e3 $44) (38... Qf4+
39. Ke1 e3 $44) 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qd5 Qf3+ $2 $16 {The king escapes now
definitively.} (40... Nh2+ 41. Ke2 Nd4+ $3 {A brilliant move, forcing White to
either obstruct the d-file, or place the queen on a vulnerable square.} 42.
Qxd4 (42. Bxd4 Qf3+ 43. Ke1 Qf1+ 44. Kd2 Qd3+ $11) 42... Qg4+ 43. Ke3 Qg3+ (
43... Qf3+ $2 44. Kd2 $18) 44. Kxe4 ({One of the points behind 41...Nd4!!+ is
that} 44. Kd2 $2 {loses the queen to} Nf3+) 44... Qf3+ 45. Ke5 Qf6+ $1 $11 {
White has to take the perpetual, since} 46. Kd5 $2 {leads to an unexpected
finish:} Qe6#) 41. Ke1 Ng3 42. Rc2 f5 43. Kd2 $16 {With good winning chances
already.} Nf6 44. Qd8 Ne2 45. Ke1 f4 46. Rxe2 Qc3+ 47. Kd1 Qxc4 48. Qd4 Qb5 49.
Rh2+ Kg6 50. Kc2 a5 51. Be7 Qc6+ 52. Qc5 Qa4+ 53. Kc1 f3 54. Bxf6 Kxf6 55. Rd2
g6 56. Rd6+ Kg7 57. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 {A very interesting moment in the development of this line. Long
castling is not faring so well and White players have invested a lot of love
in the 9.Be2 line. Black seems to be holding after 9...b6, so the exchange on
c5 makes sense at this very moment.} (9. Be2 b6) 9... Nxc5 {Black has two
major ways of recapturing the c5-pawn. If he does it with the bishop the
missing defender on the kingside might become a problem.} (9... Bxc5 10. Bxc5
Nxc5 11. O-O-O Qa5) 10. O-O-O Qc7 {The counterplay with the advance of the
b7-pawn may not be sufficient for equality. Thus it makes sense to try a
speedy development of the pieces, enhancing the control of the centre.} (10...
a6 11. f5 (11. Kb1 b6 12. Qe1 Qc7 13. f5 Ne4 14. f6 gxf6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bh6
Kh8 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Bxf8 exf3 19. Bd6 Qd7 20. Qe4 Bg7 21. Qxf3 Bb7 22. Bf8 {
1-0 (26) Cheparinov,I (2679)-Bruno,F (2461) Budva 2009}) (11. Qf2 Qa5 12. Kb1
Bd7 13. h4 Rfc8 14. h5 Na7 15. Qe1 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nb5 17. h6 g6 18. Rh3 Ne4 19.
Nxe4 Nxd4 20. Nc3 Nb5 $15 {0-1 (42) Kabanov,N (2483)-Riazantsev,A (2656)
Belgorod 2008}) 11... Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. f6 gxf6 14. Qe1 Qa5 15. Qxa5 Nxa5
16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Nd2 Be7 18. Bb6 e3 19. Nf3 Nc6 20. Bc4 Bd8 21. Bxe3 $14 {
1-0 (72) Najer,E (2670)-Maslak,K (2521) Pardubice 2008}) (10... Qa5 11. Kb1 Rd8
(11... a6 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. Qf2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nb3 b5 16. g3 Bb7 17. Bb6
Qc8 18. Bg2 Nb4 19. Bc5 Re8 20. Bxb4 Bxb4 21. Qd4 $14 {1-0 (68) Li,C (2633)
-Kalezic,B (2449) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 12. Nd4 Kh8 (12... Bf8 13. g4 Rb8 14.
Qf2 Bd7 15. Bg2 Rbc8 16. Rhf1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 b5 18. f5 b4 19. Ne2 Rc6 20. Nf4
Ra6 21. fxe6 Bxe6 22. a3 Rd7 $11 {0-1 (40) Timoshenko,G (2572)-Volkov,S (2614)
Livigno 2011}) 13. h4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bd7 15. Rh3 Rab8 16. h5 b5 17. h6 g6 18.
Qe3 b4 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. e6+ Kg8 21. exd7 Ne4 22. Bd3 $14 {1-0 (26) Najer,E 
(2677)-Kovacevic,B (2490) Pardubice 2006}) 11. Kb1 b6 {The chances at this
early stage are most likely about even. Black may have to invest some energy
in the rather disturbing move 11...Ne4!?} (11... Ne4 $5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd4
Rd8 $11) 12. Bb5 Bb7 (12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Qd6 Qxd6 16.
exd6 Bxf4 17. Bxc6 Bxe3 18. Bxa8 f5 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. d7 Bxd7 21. Rxd7 $14) 13.
h4 Na5 $6 {Vitiugov is anxious to start real counterplay, but I would strongly
prefer to look into completing the development.} (13... Rfd8 14. Nd4 Rac8 $13)
14. Bd4 Rac8 (14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qe2 $14) 15. Ng5 $5 {Nakamura has a
reputation of a very dangerous player. He is definitely not moving the knight
to g5 just for fun.} Nc4 (15... h6 $2 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Qd3 hxg5 18. hxg5 Rfe8
19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. g6 $18) 16. Qe2 h6 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Bxc5 $1 Bxc5 {A huge
transformation of the strategic character of the position has taken place
within just two moves. White has parted with both of his bishops in the hope
of establishing the knight in the centre.} (18... Qxc5 19. Nge4 Qc6 20. a3 Rcd8
21. g4 $14) 19. Nge4 Bb4 20. Nd6 $5 Rcd8 (20... Bxc3 21. Nxc8 Bxb2 22. Nd6 c3
23. Nxb7 Qxb7 24. Rd4 $14) 21. Rh3 {The young American might have been
frustrated by the minimal advantage after the move of the second knight to b5.
Despite the emotions, it was probably the strongest continuation.} (21. Ncb5 $5
Qc6 22. Nxb7 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qxb5 (23... Qxb7 $2 24. Qxc4 Bc5 25. Qe2 $16) 24.
Nd6 Bxd6 25. exd6 Rd8 $14) 21... Bxd6 $2 {The defender is also beset by
trepidation. His decision to grab the g2-pawn is objectively not bad, but it
is tied to a huge load of risk. The subtle pawn move 21..a6!? would have
equalised the chances immediately.} (21... a6 $5 22. Rg3 (22. Nxc4 Bxg2 23.
Qxg2 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Qxc4 25. Rg3 Qxf4 26. Rxg7+ Kh8 27. Rg4 Rd8 28. a3 Qd2 $11)
22... Bxd6 23. exd6 Rxd6 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Rg4 b5 27. a3 $11) 22.
Nb5 $1 Qc6 23. Nxd6 Qxg2 (23... f6 24. Rg3 Qc7 25. h5 $14) 24. Qe3 {The player
who is so attack-minded is not willing to part with his queen so easily.} (24.
Qxg2 Bxg2 25. Rg3 Bd5 26. Rdg1 g6 27. h5 Rd7 28. b3 cxb3 29. axb3 $14) 24...
Be4 25. Rc1 f5 {Vitiugov has made his own life difficult as he now has to
guess what line promises the best defensive chances.} (25... Bf5 26. Rg3 Qh2
27. Nxf5 exf5 28. Rcg1 Kh8 29. Rxg7 Rg8 30. Rxg8+ Rxg8 31. Rd1 $14) (25... Bh7
$6 26. Rg3 Qh2 27. Rcg1 Qxc2+ 28. Ka1 g5 (28... Kh8 29. f5 c3 30. bxc3 exf5 31.
Rxg7 f4 32. Qd4 $18) (28... g6 29. f5 exf5 30. Qxh6 Qf2 31. h5 Rxd6 32. exd6
Re8 33. Qc1 $18) 29. Rc1 Qa4 30. fxg5 h5 31. Qf4 $16) 26. Rg3 Qh2 27. Qg1 Qxg1
(27... Qxh4 $2 28. Rxg7+ Kh8 29. Qg6 $18) 28. Rcxg1 Rd7 29. Rg6 Re7 (29... Bd5
30. Rxh6 $14) 30. Rxh6 c3 $6 {[%mdl 4096] Defending a worse endgame type of
position with a structural deficiency (the bishop of wrong colour) is not an
enviable task. Black is eager to complicate matters and get rid of his c4-pawn,
but it will backfire in the medium term.} (30... Rb8 31. h5 Bd5 32. c3 $14) 31.
bxc3 Bf3 (31... b5 32. Rhg6 $14) 32. Rhg6 Bg4 33. Rg5 Kh7 34. h5 Kh6 (34... Rh8
35. Rh1 b5 36. Kb2 Rb8 37. Rh2 $14) 35. Rh1 Rd8 {Black misse one of the last
chances to complicate matters with the annoying move of the b-pawn.} (35... b5
$5) 36. c4 $1 Bf3 (36... Rdd7 37. Kb2 Rd8 38. Kc3 $16) 37. Rh2 Bg4 38. Kb2 Rb8
39. Kc3 Rd8 40. Kd4 Rb8 41. Ke3 Kh7 42. Kf2 Rh8 43. Kg3 {The king is ready to
march all the way to the g5-square in order to advance the h-pawn.} Kg8 (43...
Rd8 44. Kh4 Rh8 45. Rg6 Kg8 46. Kg5 Bf3 47. h6 Rh7 48. Rh4 $16) 44. h6 Rh7 45.
Rg6 (45. hxg7 Rxh2 46. Kxh2 Rxg7 47. Rxg7+ Kxg7 48. Kg3 $16) 45... Bd1 46. c3
Bg4 47. Kf2 Kf8 48. Ke3 gxh6 49. Rhxh6 Rxh6 50. Rxh6 Kg7 51. Rh2 (51. Rf6 Bd1
52. Kd4 Kg8 53. c5 $18) 51... Rd7 52. Kd4 Bf3 {Black is unable to prevent the
advance of White's c-pawn.} 53. Rh3 Bg4 54. Rh1 Bf3 55. Rg1+ Bg4 (55... Kf8 56.
Rg6 Re7 57. Rf6+ Kg7 58. c5 $18) 56. c5 $1 {Finally Nakamura is able to prove
beyond doubt that he is playing the ending with an extra pawn.} bxc5+ (56...
Kg6 57. Rb1 bxc5+ 58. Kxc5 Rc7+ 59. Kd4 $16) 57. Kxc5 Rc7+ 58. Kb4 {It might
have been easier to realise the advantage with the centralised king. The
transfer of the knight to c5 would simplify the task.} (58. Kd4 Rc6 59. Rb1 Ra6
60. Nb7 $1 Rxa2 61. Nc5 a5 62. Rb7+ Kh8 63. Nxe6 a4 64. Ra7 a3 65. Kc5 $18)
58... Rc6 59. Nb5 Kf8 (59... Rb6 60. c4 a6 61. Kc5 Rb8 62. Nd4 Kf7 63. Rh1 $18)
60. a4 a5+ {Black correctly feels, that he has nothing left to lose. In the
event of passive defense the white c-pawn would simply progress.} (60... Be2
61. Nd4 Rb6+ 62. Kc5 Bd3 63. a5 Ra6 64. Rd1 $18) 61. Kxa5 Rc4 62. Nd4 $1 Rxc3 (
62... Kf7 63. Rb1 Rxc3 64. Rb7+ $18) 63. Rb1 {The final phase is rather
instructive. Black is unable to defend the weak e6-pawn, his bishop on g4 is a
mere by-stander.} Rc8 (63... Ke8 64. Nxe6 Kf7 65. Ng5+ $18) 64. Rb6 Kf7 65.
Nxe6 Rc4 66. Ng5+ (66. Rc6 $1 Rxc6 67. Nd8+ Kg8 68. Nxc6 $18) (66. Ng5+ Ke7 67.
Rb7+ Ke8 68. Nf7 Rxf4 69. Nd6+ Kf8 70. e6 Re4 71. Nxe4 fxe4 72. Rf7+ Ke8 73.
Rf4 Bf3 74. Rf5 Ke7 75. Re5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O e5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Nf5 g6 10. Ne3 Bc5 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. b4 Ba7 13. a4 d6 14. a5 Be6 15. Bc4
O-O 16. Qd3 Nc6 17. c3 Ne7 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Rac1 Kg7 20. Kh1 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Qe7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 (
{Die bekanntere Alternative ist} 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4
Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 O-O (13... b6) {z.B.:} 14. Bd3 b5 15. Nb2 Nb6 {
Mit unklarerer Situation. Ein aktuelles Beispiel:} 16. a4 Qc3 17. Qc2 Nc4 18.
Ra2 Ne3 19. Qb1 Nxg2+ 20. Kd1 b4 21. a5 Nxf4 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Rf1 Qe3 24. Bd3
Qxe5 25. Kc2 Qc7+ 26. Kd1 e5 27. Qc2 Bg4+ 28. Kc1 Qd6 29. Kb1 Rac8 30. Qb3 Rc3
{0-1 (30) Gao Rui (2464)-Ding,L (2547) Hefei 2010}) 8... Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5
{Sieht improvisiert aus.} ({Kamsky spielte kürzlich} 10. Bb5 Qa5 ({Eine
bessere Statistik hat gleich} 10... c4) 11. O-O c4 12. f5 {und hatte Erfolg in
einer wilden Partie nach} Nb6 (12... Bb4 $5) 13. Qe1 exf5 14. a4 Be6 15. Bd2
Bb4 16. Rxb4 Qxb4 17. Ne4 $5 (17. Nxd5 Qb2 18. Nc7+ Kd7 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Bc1
Qxc2 21. Qb4 Qe4 22. Qd6+ Kc8 23. Qf8+ Kd7 24. Qd6+ $11) 17... Qb2 18. Nd6+ Kf8
19. Bc3 Qxc2 20. Nxb7 Nxa4 $2 (20... Nd8 $5) 21. Bb4+ Kg8 (21... Nxb4 22. Qxb4+
Kg8 23. Bxa4 a5 24. Nxa5 Qd3 25. Bc6 Rf8 $14) 22. Bxc6 Rc8 23. Rf2 Qb3 24. Na5
Rxc6 25. Nxc6 h6 26. Ne7+ Kh7 27. Ng5+ hxg5 28. Rf3 g6 29. Rxb3 cxb3 30. Ba3
Rb8 31. Qg3 g4 32. Qh4+ Kg7 33. Qf6+ Kh7 34. Bc1 {1-0 (34) Kamsky,G (2733)
-Akobian,V (2611) Saint Louis 2011}) ({Oder} 10. Nb5 $5 Qxa2 11. Rc1 Rb8 12.
Be2 cxd4 13. Nfxd4 Bb4 14. c3 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bc5 16. Rb1 Na5 17. Ra1 Bxd4 18.
Rxa5 Bxe3+ 19. Kxe3 a6 20. Nd6+ Ke7 {mit vermutlich zuwenig Kompensation für
die beiden Bauern.}) 10... a6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Kh1 (
14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Kh1 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Qc5 $17) 14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ndxe5 16. Rb3
Rxf1+ 17. Bxf1 Qd6 $19 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 {Der weiße Entwicklungsvorsprung ist
zuwenig Kompensation für den Materialverlust.} 19. Na4 b5 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Bf4
e5 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Bg3 Qe6 24. Rb1 e4 25. a4 bxa4 26. Bxa6 Rf8 27. c3 a3 28.
Be2 Bd6 29. Bh4 Rb8 30. Rxb8+ Bxb8 31. Qa2 Qd6 32. Bg3 Qc5 (32... Qc5 33. Bh4
$2 Ba7 34. Qa1 a2) 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before this game, by beating Nikita Vitiugov, I just managed to get onto the
+1 situation and even though I was having black in this game and my opponent
was the tournament leader, I did have some small hopes to get into the fight
for the first place. Vor dieser Partie, durch den Sieg über Nikita Vitiugov,
hatte ich es gerade geschafft, in die +1-Situation zu kommen, und obwohl ich
in dieser Partie Schwarz hatte und mein Gegner der Führende im Turnier war,
hegte ich doch etwas Hoffnung, in den Kampf um den ersten Platz einzusteigen.} 
1. e4 {It was no surprise that Hikaru would go again for his beloved 1.e4,
even after his painful loss the day before to Morozevich, which started with 1.
e4 as well. Es war keine Überraschung, dass Hikaru erneut sein geliebtes 1.e4
wählen würde, selbst nach seiner schmerzlichen Niederlage am Vortag gegen
Morozevich, die ebenfalls mit 1.e4 begann.} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Normally speaking
this choice of opening suggests that Black is in a defensive mood, but somehow
I tend to win more and more games with this backhand approach (and obviously
with a bunch of luck...). Normalerweise lässt diese Eröffnungswahl darauf
schließen, dass Schwarz auf Defensive gepolt ist, aber irgendwie neige ich mit
diesem Rückhandaufschlag (und offensichtlich einem Haufen Glück...) dazu, mehr
und mehr Partien zu gewinnen.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 {This line has
established itself as kind of main lately. As a result I did spend quite some
time swimming in all the variations that arise and trying to find the best
place to get out of this pool. Dieses Abspiel hat sich in letzter Zeit als
eine Art Hauptpfad etabliert. Daher verbrachte ich doch ganz erhebliche Zeit
damit, in all den entstehenden Varianten zu schwimmen und zu versuchen, den
besten Platz zu finden, aus diesem Becken herauszukommen.} Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7.
Be3 Nd7 $5 {Till this game I almost exclusively went for long castle (after ...
Nc6). In fact there are two types of Petroff players, once that castle short
and others that castle long. While big guys like Kramnik and Gelfand belong to
the first category, I previously belonged to the second, accompanied by
Chinese experts, Wang Yue and Li Chao. Usually my 'team' made draws after some
suffering and Kramnik with Gelfand were having more exciting times, but got
occasionally mated. After having carefully checked that Black is not getting
mated (at least not by force), I decided to try to play with the fire as well.
Bis zu dieser Partie entschied ich mich fast ausschließlich für die lange
Rochade (nach ...Nc6). Es gibt nämlich zwei Typen von Russisch-Spielern, jene,
die kurz rochieren und andere, die lang rochieren. Während schwere Jungs wie
Kramnik und Gelfand der ersten Kategorie angehören, war ich bis dato Mitglied
der zweiten, gemeinsam mit den chinesischen Experten Wang Yue und Li Chao.
Gewöhnlich schaffte mein 'Team' nach einigem Leiden Remisen, während Kramnik
und Gelfand aufregendere Zeiten hatten, aber gelegentlich auch mattgesetzt
wurden. Nachdem ich sorgsam gecheckt hatte, dass Schwarz nicht mattgesetzt
wird (zumindest nicht forciert), beschloss ich, ebenfalls mit dem Feuer zu
spielen.} 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O c6 10. h4 Re8 11. Bd3 d5 $5 {A new move and a
new idea. Previously Black has played ...Qa5 and ...Nf6, both of them were
played by noone less than Kramnik, but after both of them, Black didn't fully
solve his problems it seemed to me. I decided to wait with deciding where to
put my knight, as besides f6 it has interesting career on c5 as well as on f8.
Ein neuer Zug und eine neue Idee. Zuvor wurde von Schwarz ...Qa5 und ...Nf6
gespielt, beides von keinem Geringeren als Kramnik, doch mir schien, dass der
Nachziehende nach beiden Fortsetzungen seine Probleme nicht vollständig lösen
konnte. Ich beschloss, mit der Entscheidung zu warten, wohin mein Springer
ziehen soll, da er neben c5 auch auf c5 sowie f8 eine interessante Karriere
hat.} 12. Ng5 $6 {Hikaru decided that there is no difference and that he can
mate me by the usual scheme. Obviously now I use the flexibility of my knight
- Hikaru entschied, dass es keinen Unterschied macht und er mich mit dem
üblichen Schema mattsetzen kann. Natürlich nutze ich jetzt die Flexibilität
meines Springers -} Nf8 $1 13. h5 {I would prefer Kb1, but this is possible
too. Ich würde Kb1 bevorzugen, aber dies ist auch möglich.} Bf6 ({After Nach} 
13... h6 14. Nf3 {Black can't fully block White and thus is in some danger of
getting under either g4 or maybe even some Bxh6. kann Schwarz Weiß nicht
vollständige blockieren und schwebt damit in einiger Gefahr, entweder in g4
oder vielleicht sogar Bxh6 zu laufen.} Ne6 $6 15. g4 Ng5 $2 {fails to
scheitert an} 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. f4 $1) 14. Nf3 {Now it seems that Black has
won 2 tempi. Strictly speaking White can afford it, but he can definetely
forget about fighting for advantage this way. Nun scheint es so, dass Schwarz
zwei Tempi gewonnen hat. Streng genommen kann sich Weiß das erlauben, aber er
kann auf dieses Weise definitiv vergessen, um Vorteil zu kämpfen.} Bg4 {
Black is developping pretty harmoniously. Schwarz entwickelt sich ziemlich
harmonisch.} 15. Rde1 {A normal move, played quickly by Hikaru, but I would
prefer a more ambitious Rdg1!?. Ein normaler Zug, von Hikaru schnell gespielt,
allerdings würde ich das ehrgeizigere Rdg1!? bevorzugen.} (15. Rdg1 $5 {
Here Black lacks a clear idea in fact, so I was even thinking about ...Rc8, ...
c5 or even moves like ...b5, ...a5 which don't have a clear threat yet, but
may produce some sweat of your opponent. Hier mangelt es Schwarz im Grunde an
einer klaren Idee, daher dachte ich an ...Rc8, ...c5 oder gar Züge wie ...b5, .
..a5 , welche noch keine klare Drohung haben, aber vielleicht den Gegner ein
wenig zum Schwitzen bringen.} Bxf3 {however is not so good here as however is
not so good here as} (15... Rc8 $5) (15... b5 $5) 16. gxf3 {leads to a better
version for White. leads to a better version for White.}) 15... Bxf3 {I wanted
to create some weaknesses, as I felt that I can maybe already try to show some
ambitions of my own, thanks to my solid centre and pretty safe king, thanks to
bishop on f6 and knight on f8(e6). Ich wollte ein paar Schwächen schaffen, da
ich fühlte, dass ich vielleicht bereits versuchen kann, eigene Ambitionen zu
zeigen, dank meines soliden Zentrums und des ziemlich sicheren Königs, des
Läufers auf f6 und des Springers auf f8(e6).} 16. gxf3 {Played after 5 minutes,
so a draw offer that followed was no surprise. Nach 5 Minuten gespielt, daher
war das anschließende Remisangebot keine Überraschung.} Ne6 {I took some 10-15
minutes to make sure I am absolutely safe here and to annoy Hikaru a bit, as
for 10-15 minutes he was in an uncertain state :-). Ich nahm mir etwa 10-15
Minuten, um mich zu vergewissern, dass ich hier absolut sicher stehe, und um
Hikaru ein wenig zu ärgern, da er 10-15 Minuten lang im Ungewissen blieb :-).}
17. f4 $6 {A very ugly move to me, played with a visible confidence. Hikaru
was probably trying to regain that psychological advantage that he had given
me one move ago by offering a draw. Ein für mich potthässlicher Zug, mit
erkennbarer Zuversicht gespielt. Hikaru versuchte wahrscheinlich, den
psychologischen Vorteil zurückzuerobern, den er mir einen Zug zuvor durch das
Remisangebot verschafft hatte.} (17. Kb1 {was better. I can't imagine Black
can be any better here objectively, even though the game is complex. war
stärker. Ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, dass Schwarz hier objektiv irgendwie
besser stehen kann, obwohl die Partie komplex ist.}) (17. h6 {was an improved
way to play Hikaru's idea, which in itself was not bad. war eine verbesserte
Umsetzung für Hikarus Idee, welche an sich nicht schlecht war.} g6 18. f4 {
and after f5 White will get rid of his doubled pawns. und nach f5 wird Weiß
seinen Doppelbauern los.} Qd6 19. f5 Nc5 {and it should be level, as Black has
a pretty safe king. und es sollte ausgeglichen sein, da Schwarz einen ziemlich
sicheren König hat.}) 17... h6 $1 {I was happy to play this move, which is
only possible once white closes the c1-h6 diagonal. The point is that after f5
I always have the weird, but very effective blocking ...Ng5. Ich war glücklich,
diesen Zug zu machen, der erst möglich ist, nachdem Weiß die Daigonale c1-h6
schließt. Die Pointe lautet, dass ich nach f5 immer den seltsamen, aber hoch
wirkamen Blockadezug ...Ng5 habe.} 18. a3 {Hikaru was worried about ...Qa5
followed by ...d4, but it anyway wasn't my intention as I thought that it
would lead to a dead equality and I was already trying to be more ambitious.
Hikaru sorgte sich wegen ...Qa5 nebst ...d4, doch dies war sowieso nicht meine
Absicht, da ich meinte, dass es zu totem Ausgleich führen würde, und ich
bereits versuchte, ehrgeiziger zu sein.} Qa5 {It took me some time to realize
that this move is good, as the previous move kind of anticipates it. In fact
White should probably anyway play Kb1, I thought, so it wouldn't matter. Ich
brauchte einige Zeit, um zu begreifen, dass diese Fortsetzung gut ist, da der
vorangegangene Zug sie ja sozusagen antizipiert. Tatsächlich sollte Weiß
vermutlich trotzdem Kb1 spielten, dachte ich, daher würde es nichts ausmachen.}
19. Qd1 {I was getting more and more happy with each move by this point, but
White is still solid enough. An diesem Punkt wurde ich mit jedem Zug
zufriedener, aber Weiß steht noch immer solide genug.} Nc5 (19... c5 $5 {
was another way to start something that could turn into an attack. war ein
weiterer Weg, etwas zu beginnen, woraus ein Angriff werden könnte.}) 20. Bf5 $5
{Played after a long think. At first I thought it was too optimistic, but
after a long think, I realized that it's not so simple. Nach langem Nachdenken
gespielt. Zuerst dachte ich, dass es zu optimistisch wäre, aber nach einigem
Brüten stellte ich fest, dass es nicht so einfach ist.} (20. Rhg1 {was another
option as after war eine weitere Möglichkeit, da ich nach} Na4 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22.
cxd4 Qb6 23. b3 Nc3 24. Qd2 {I can't win the pawn due to the Bh7+ trick. nicht
den Bauern gewinnen kann wegen des Tricks Bh7+.}) 20... Na4 21. Qd3 (21. Bd4 $5
{was practically a genius move as ...Qb5 transposes to a position discussed
later on. war praktisch ein Geniezug, da ...Qb5 zu einer Stellung führt, die
später erörtert wird.}) 21... Nc5 $5 {I think it was a right decision not to
grab the pawn. Obviously we both saw the Nxc3!? trick and even though I had
calculated all the lines pretty carefully, I just didn't trust it and decided
that with the time I have, which was less than 20 minutes for 20 moves, I
would be better off with a small but a stable edge. Ich denke, es war eine
richtige Entscheidung, den Bauern nicht zu schnappen. Natürlich sahen wir
beide den Trick Nxc3!?, und obwohl ich alle Abspiele ziemlich sorgsam
berechnet hatte, traute ich dem Braten einfach nicht und beschloss, dass ich
bei der Zeit, die ich habe, sprich weniger als 20 Minuten für 20 Züge, mit
einem geringen, aber stabilen Plus besser fahren würde.} (21... Nxc3 $1 {
obviously was the first move that came to my mind- war offensichtlich der
erste Zug, der mir in den Sinn kam -} 22. Bd2 $1 (22. bxc3 Bxc3 23. Kd1 d4 $1 {
just wins, as the bishop on f5 is also under attack after Bd2. gewinnt einfach,
da nach Bd2 auch der Läufer auf f5 angegriffen ist.}) 22... d4 $1 {Initially I
stopped here, but after a long think I realized that after for example
Ursprünglich stoppte ich hier, aber nach langem Nachdenken wurde mir klar,
dass nach beispielsweise} 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Re1 Rd8 {the position is close to
a mutual zugzwang, as Black has no threat. While I did realize that it should
be to my advantage I was worried that there is some strange idea that I could
be missing, so I decided to play it safe. die Stellung beiderseitigem Zugzwang
nahekommt, da Schwarz keine Drohung hat. Zwar verstand ich durchaus, dass dies
zu meinem Vorteil sein sollte, doch war ich besorgt, dass es irgendeine
seltsame Idee gibt, die ich vielleicht übersehe, daher beschloss ich, auf
Nummer sicher zu gehen.} 25. Re5 $5 {worried me for a while, but after machte
mir eine Zeitlang Sorge, doch nach} Bxe5 26. fxe5 Rd5 $1 {which I saw, Black
should be on top. He will probably lose the knight eventually, but he will
have too many pawns. , was ich sah, sollte Schwarz obenauf sein. Er wird
vermutlich am Ende den Springer verlieren, aber zu viele Bauern haben.}) 22.
Qd1 Qb5 $6 {During and shortly after the game I thought it was strong, but
after analyzing it carefully, things seemed 'a bit' different (as usual).
Während und kurz nach der Partie hielt ich dies für stark, doch nach
sorgfältiger Analyse sahen die Dinge 'ein bisschen' anders aus (wie üblich).} (
22... Ne4 {was also a good option, but I missed that after war ebenfalls eine
gute Möglichkeit, doch ich übersah, dass ich nach} 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 {
I have a very strong das bärenstarke} Qc7 $1 {habe.}) 23. Qe2 $6 {The only
move I had expected, but there was an evil trap, which we both missed. Even my
coolhearted Houdini takes a while to find the way for White. Der einzige Zug,
den ich erwartet hatte, es gab jedoch eine böse Falle, die wir beide übersahen.
Selbst mein kaltherziger Houdini braucht eine Weile, um den Weg für Weiß zu
finden.} (23. Bd4 $3 {- a trully genius idea, that we obviously missed - -
eine wahrlich geniale Idee, die wir offenkundig übersahen -} Na4 $2 24. b3 Nxc3
25. Bxf6 $3 {I can forgive myself for missing this one... Ich kann mir
verzeihen, dies nicht gesehen zu haben...} Nxd1 26. Reg1 {and being a queen
down White is just mating by force - und mit einer Dame weniger setzt Weiß
einfach forciert matt -} Kf8 27. Rxg7 Re6 {- otherwise Rh7 - - sonst Rh7 -} 28.
Bxe6 fxe6 29. Rhg1 {followed by Be5 and mate. To my defence I can say that 23..
.Bxd4! would equalize. nebst Be5 und Matt.  Zu meiner Verteidigung kann ich
sagen, dass 23...Bxd4! ausgleichen würde.}) (23. Bd3 {was suggested by Hikaru
after the game as a lesser evil. Maybe, but after wurde von Hikaru nach der
Partie als geringeres Übel vorgeschlagen. Mag sein, aber nach} Nxd3+ 24. Qxd3
Qxd3 25. cxd3 {Black still has a very pleasant endgame ahead of him. hat
Schwarz trotzdem ein sehr angenehmes Endspiel vor sich.}) 23... Qa4 {As I
missed the 24...Qc7! idea after 22...Ne4, I thought this was a nice way to
avoid Bd4. Da ich die Idee 24...Qc7! nach 22...Ne4 übersehen hatte, hielt ich
dies für eine schöne Methode, Bd4 zu vermeiden.} 24. Qd1 {Not needed it seems,
but the move I expected. Offenbar nicht nötig, aber der Zug, den ich erwartet
hatte.} (24. Rhg1 {was stronger, as after war stärker, da nach} Ne4 25. Qg4 {
Black can't take on c3 due to Bd3 followed by Qf5. A more solid move would
keep the position around equal, since compared to the position in the game,
White does have some ideas connected to the attack on the kingside. Schwarz
nicht auf c3 nehmen kann wegen Bd3 nebst Qf5. Ein soliderer Zug würde die
Stellung etwa im Gleichgewicht halten, da im Vergleich zu der Partiestellung
Weiß doch einige Ideen in Verbindung mit dem Angriff am Königsflügel hat.})
24... Ne4 {Now Black gets a small but stable advantage. Nun erhält Schwarz
einen geringen, aber stabilen Vorteil.} 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Rhg1 (26. f3 {
would be strong, with idea Bd4 if Black drops the rook, but it fails to mit
der Idee Bd4 wäre stark, falls Schwarz den Turm wegzieht, scheitert aber an}
Rxe3 $1 27. Rxe3 Qxf4 28. Qd2 (28. Rhe1 d4 $1) 28... Bg5 29. Rhe1 Qf5 {winning
back the exchange, ending up with a pawn more. mit Rückgewinn der Qualität,
wonach Schwarz am Ende einen Bauern mehr behält.}) 26... Rae8 27. Rg3 {Hikaru
tries to annoy me a bit on the kingside, but now Black is already solid enough.
Hikaru versucht, mich ein wenig am Königsflügel zu ärgern, aber jetzt steht
Schwarz bereits solide genug.} Kh8 28. Reg1 Qc4 $1 29. Kb1 c5 $1 {Just in time.
Now White should be careful already, as Black is ready to start some action.
Gerade rechtzeitig. Jetzt sollte Weiß bereits aufpassen, da Schwarz bereit
steht, irgendwelche Aktionen zu starten.} 30. Qd3 {Agreeing to his faith. Now
it's clear White is just hoping to suffer and survive. Fügt sich in sein
Schicksal. Jetzt ist klar, dass Weiß einfach hofft, zu leiden und zu überleben.
} (30. Qf3 $5 {was too risky, but at least it stops d4. war zu riskant,
verhindert aber immerhin ...d4.} R4e6 (30... d4 $2 31. Qg2 $1) (30... Qb5 $5
31. Qg2 Rg8 32. Bc1) 31. Qg2 Rb6 32. Bc1 Rg8 {and in view of ...d4 White is
not in time with his tricks, which could start after f5. und angesichts von ...
d4 kommt Weiß nicht rechtzeitig mit seinen Tricks, die nach f5 beginnen
könnten.}) 30... b6 31. Qxc4 {It was maybe more precise to play Rd1 first, but
then maybe Hikaru was worried that I will not change queens anymore.
Vielleicht war es genauer, erst Rd1 zu spielen, aber andererseits hatte Hikaru
vielleicht sorge, dass ich dann die Damen nicht mehr tausche.} (31. Rd1 $5 Qa4
$5) 31... Rxc4 $1 {It's better to keep the d5-d4 resource. Es ist besser, sich
die Ressource d5-d4 zu bewahren.} 32. Rd1 {Probably realizing that d5-d4
followed by ...Re2 would be too much to bare, Nakamura chose to force me to
sac an exchange in hope that the arising position will by miracle be holdable.
Vermutlich in der Erkenntnis, dass d5-d4 nebst ...Re2 nicht zu ertragen wäre,
entschied sich Nakamura dafür, mich zu einem Qualitätsopfer zu zwingen, in der
Hoffnung, dass die entstehende Stellung wie durch ein Wunder haltbar sein wird.
} d4 $1 {I saw no reason to refrain from the sequence. Ich sah keinen Grund,
von der Sequenz Abstand zu nehmen.} 33. cxd4 cxd4 34. b3 dxe3 $1 35. bxc4 exf2
36. Rf3 (36. Rh3 {is another way to stop the pawn, but after ist ein anderer
Weg, den Bauern aufzuhalten, doch nach} Re1 37. Rh1 Bh4 $1 38. f5 g5 $1 {
White is absolutely lost as well. ist Weiß ebenfalls absolut verloren.}) 36...
Re1 37. Kc1 Bd4 38. c3 Be3+ 39. Kc2 f5 $1 {Now it's clear that eventually
Black will play g6 and the h-pawn will distract White from the f-pawn. Nun ist
klar, dass Schwarz am Ende ...g6 spielen und der h-Bauer Weiß von dem f-Bauern
ablenken wird.} 40. a4 a5 41. c5 Bxc5 {...and the Petroff defense won again. ..
.und die Russische Verteidigung gewann erneut.} 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 54th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2012.01.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 {Funny
coincidence! In the last round of the Bazna 2011 tournament, Nakamura also
chose to play with doubled pawns against Ivanchuk (who was just as out of form
as in Reggio), and failed to hold a slightly worse ending.} 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Rd1 (11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rfd1 {Svidler,P (2735)
-Leko,P (2735)/Astrakhan 2010/CBM 137/[Marin,M] (1/2, 28)}) (11. Bf4 Be7 12.
Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 {Anand,V (2817)-Nakamura,H (2753)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao 2011/
CBM 145/[Edouard,R] (1/2, 36)}) 11... Be7 12. Ne2 (12. Ne4 Bd7 13. b3 h4 14.
Bg5 {Polgar,J (2699)-Karjakin,S (2788)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2011/CBM 145/[Ftacnik] 
(1-0, 49)}) 12... Bd7 $6 $146 {A somewhat slow plan of solving the problem of
the unconnected rooks by exchanging one of them.} (12... Be6 13. Nf4 Bc8 14. b3
g5 15. Ne2 Rg8 {Timofeev,A (2690)-Pashikian,A (2639)/Khanty Mansiysk 2010/CBM
139/[Marin,M] (0-1, 43)}) 13. Bg5 Rd8 14. Nf4 Bc8 ({Now and on the next moves,
it would not be possible to trap the bishop with} 14... f6 {because of the
intermediate} 15. Ng6 Rg8 ({After} 15... fxg5 16. Nxh8 {there is no way to
prevent the knight from coming out. The threat is Ng6xe7, while the bishop
cannot move because it has to defend g5, which is supposed to keep the net
tight against the knight.}) 16. Nxe7 Kxe7 17. Bf4 $14) 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Rd1+
Ke8 17. g3 Rh7 $5 {Finally creating the threat of ...f6, thus inducing the
following exchange.} ({A similar position could have been reached after} 17...
Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Rh6 19. h4 c5 20. c3 a5 {The only difference comes from the
black knight's placement. It is understandable that Nakamura preferred to keep
the d5-square defended, although} 21. Nd5 Rc6 {is nothing special for White.})
18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Ng5 Rh6 20. h4 {Tying the rook up to the defence of the
h5-pawn.} c5 21. c3 a5 22. Rd2 Be6 {There was no way of transferring the rook
to the queenside, but Black can use the third rank activity to occupy the
blocking e6-square. Still, the resulting ending is very much on the edge for
Black.} ({Maybe he should have preferred something neutral such as} 22... a4) (
{or} 22... Bf5 {, leaving White with the task of proving an active plan.}) 23.
Ngxe6 (23. a3 Bc4) (23. b3 Bf5 $5 {[%csl Ga2,Gb3]}) 23... fxe6 {Berlin Wall
specialists tend to know by heart which endings are drawn and which are
dangerous for them. I am not sure of having seen this ending before, R + N vs
R + N. Nakamura defended well in the next phase of the game, but Ivanchuk's
play could be improved upon in at least two ways suggested by Rainer Knaak.}
24. Kg2 Nc6 25. Re2 Nd8 {There was little to be done on the queenside, so that
the knight hurries to contribute to the kingside stability.} 26. Kh3 ({Rainer
Knaak suggested the king's transfer to e4 as an improvement. Here is a
possible continuation:} 26. Kf3 Nf7 27. Re1 Ke7 28. Ke4 Ke8 29. a4 Ke7 30. b3 {
White will need the d3-square for his knight slightly later.} b6 31. Rh1 Kf8
32. f3 Ke7 33. Nd3 {Black's aim at preventing being pushed back would have
been be ...g5 at a slightly earlier moment, aiming for a repetition with ...
Ng5+ Ke3 ...Nf7 (><e5) Ke4. Still this also weakens h5, so the active defence
may well fail.} Rh8 34. g4 hxg4 35. fxg4 Ng5+ 36. Kf4 Nf7 37. g5 {and White
kept making progress.}) 26... Nf7 27. Re3 Kd7 (27... g5 $2 28. hxg5 Nxg5+ 29.
Kh4 $18) 28. f3 b6 29. a3 Kc6 {Not really threatening with queenside
counterplay, but just marking time.} 30. g4 ({In principle, it would be nice
to carry out this pawn break at a moment when ...hxg4 can be adequately met
with fxg4. White needs to retreat the knight from f4, but not before taking
the d5-square under control in order to safely prevent ...Kd5. Here is a
possible line:} 30. c4 a4 31. Nd3 Rh8 32. g4 hxg4+ 33. fxg4 Kd7 34. Kg3 Ke7 35.
g5 Rd8 $132 {Black's counterplay is stronger than White would have wished,
which explains Ivanchuk's decision to keep his knight on f4, defending the
fourth rank and preventing the rook's activation.}) 30... hxg4+ 31. Kxg4 ({
As strange as it may seem, after} 31. fxg4 g5 32. Nh5 Rg6 {the weakness of the
e5-pawn causes White big problems with making progress:} 33. Nf6 gxh4 34. Kxh4
Rg5) 31... Kd7 $1 {The king retreats to the defence of the e6-pawn, an
essential defensive step.} (31... Kb5 $6 32. h5 (32. Re4 $5) 32... Nh8 (32...
Kc4 33. Ng6 Kb3 34. Re2 b5 35. f4 $40 Rh7 $6 {[%cal Gf7h6,Gh6f5]} 36. Nf8 $1)
33. Re2 (33. Rd3 $6 Nf7 34. Ng6 $2 Rxg6+ $1) 33... Kc6 34. Rd2 Nf7 35. Ng6 $16
{[%cal Gf3f5]}) 32. h5 Rh8 33. Rd3+ Kc6 34. Ng6 Re8 {This is Black's best
regrouping. The rook guards e7, and the king prevents Rd7. Surprisingly, the
knight alone should be able to defend the kingside.} (34... Rd8 $2 35. Ne7+ $1
Kb5 36. Rxd8 Nxd8 37. Kg5 $18) 35. f4 $2 {As pointed out by Rainer Knaak, this
move unnecessarily takes the f4-square away from his own knight.} ({White
could have played a consolidating move like} 35. a4 {and then put Black in a
series of partial zugzwangs:} Nh6+ (35... Rb8 $2 36. Ne7+ Kb7 37. f4 Re8 38.
Rd7 $16) 36. Kf4 Nf7 37. Rd2 Nh6 38. Ke4 Nf5 39. Rg2 Kd7 40. Nf4 {Black cannot
hold his position any more.} Re7 41. Nxe6 $1 Nd6+ $8 (41... Kxe6 42. Rg6+ $18)
42. exd6 Rxe6+ 43. Kd3 (43. Kf5 Rf6+) 43... Rxd6+ 44. Kc4 {with good winning
chances.}) 35... b5 36. a4 Nh6+ 37. Kg5 Nf7+ 38. Kh4 b4 {Not spoiling anything
yet, but giving up any hopes for counterplay.} (38... bxa4 $5 39. c4 Nh6 40.
Ra3 Nf5+ 41. Kg5 Rb8 $132) 39. c4 Nh6 40. Kg5 Nf7+ 41. Kg4 Nh6+ 42. Kh4 {
It may seem that Black is in some sort of zugzwang, but there are moves left
still. The only way to find them is by the method of elimination.} Nf7 $2 (
42... Rb8 $2 43. Ne7+ Kb7 44. Rg3 Re8 45. Rxg7 Rxe7 46. Rxe7 Nf5+ 47. Kg5 Nxe7
48. h6 $18) (42... Nf5+ $6 43. Kg5 Nd4 (43... Rg8 $2 44. h6 $1 gxh6+ 45. Kf6
$18) (43... Rb8 44. Nh4 $16) (43... Nh6 44. Nh4 $16) 44. h6 gxh6+ 45. Kf6 $36)
(42... Kb7 $1 43. Rd7 (43. Kg5 Nf7+) 43... Kc6 {[%csl Ge7,Gg7,Gh4][%cal Gh6f5]}
) (42... Kb6 $1 {is similar.}) 43. f5 $1 {Grabbing his chance.} exf5 44. Rd5 b3
$6 {Black will fail to generate any queenside counterplay, and the b3-pawn
will be lost soon. It would have been somewhat better to aim for the same
position, but with the pawn on b4.} (44... Nd8 45. Kg5 Ne6+ 46. Kxf5 Nd4+ 47.
Ke4 {Still, White's advantage would be unquestionable.}) 45. Kg3 Ng5 46. Kf4
Ne6+ 47. Kxf5 Nd4+ 48. Ke4 Ne6 49. Rd3 Ng5+ (49... Nd4 50. Nf4 Re7 51. Rg3 $16)
50. Ke3 Ne6 51. Rxb3 Nd4 52. Rd3 Rb8 53. b3 $1 {The pawn is taboo for the time
being, but even its elimination would fail to create a black passed pawn.} Kd7
(53... Rxb3 54. Rxb3 Nxb3 55. Nf8 $1 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Gf8e6]} Nd4 $8 56. Kf4
$18) (53... Nxb3 $2 54. Ne7+ $1 $18) 54. Ke4 c6 (54... Rxb3 55. Rxb3 Nxb3 56.
Nf4 {looks like a very promising (probably won) knight ending.}) 55. Nh4 Ke6
56. Rg3 Kf7 57. Nf5 Ne6 58. Rd3 Ng5+ 59. Kf4 Ne6+ 60. Kg4 Nd4 {A desperate
attempt. The threat of a rook invasion was too strong.} 61. Nxd4 cxd4 62. Rxd4
Rxb3 63. Rd7+ Ke6 (63... Kg8 64. e6 $18) (63... Kf8 64. Kf5 Rf3+ 65. Ke6 $18)
64. Rxg7 Rb4 (64... Kxe5 65. Rg5+ $18 {[%csl Ga5]}) 65. h6 Rxc4+ 66. Kh5 Rc1
67. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. g3 b5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. Ne5 (7. O-O Nd7
8. Ne5 Qc8 {- this move order was seen in the old game Aronian - Galkin (see
below).}) 7... Qc8 {A rare but possible move preparing ...Nb8-d7.} (7... a6 {
is played more often.}) 8. O-O Nd7 9. b3 $1 (9. a4 Ngf6 10. a5 a6 11. b3 cxb3
12. Qxb3 c5 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Rac1 O-O
18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ne4 Rac8 20. Qb2 Kg7 21. g4 Qd5 22. Ng3 Qe5 $17 {0-1 Aronian,
L (2610)-Galkin,A (2568)/Moscow 2003/CBM 094 (79)}) 9... b4 $146 {Hardly an
improvement. Black should look for a more convincing way to obtain sufficient
counterchances.} (9... cxb3 10. Qxb3 Ngf6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nxd7
Qxd7 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Rfd1 Rd8 {0-1 Romero Holmes,A (2560)-Dizdarevic,E (2491)/
Istanbul 2003/CBM 096 (38)} 16. a4 $36) 10. Ne4 Nxe5 (10... c3 $2 11. Nc4) 11.
dxe5 c3 12. Qd3 $44 {White has a huge development advantage; moreover, it is
difficult for Black to complete his development and evacuate his king from the
centre. However, White should play precisely to keep his initiative -
something he fails to do.} a5 (12... f5 $142) 13. Be3 {An inaccurate move. It
is still unclear whether this bishop will be more useful on e3, f4, or g5;
therefore, at this point it is better to play} (13. Rd1 $142 $16) 13... f5 14.
exf6 Nxf6 15. Nxf6+ (15. Rfd1 Nd5) 15... gxf6 16. Bf3 Kf7 17. Rfd1 $2 (17. Bh5+
Kg7 {[%cal Yh8g8,Yg7h8]} 18. Rad1 Rg8 19. Qd7+ Kh8 20. Qf7 c5 $1 21. Qxf6+ Bg7
$13) 17... h5 18. a4 Rb8 $6 {Black offers a repetition of moves when it was
quite time for him to play for a win:} (18... Be7 $17 {[%cal Yc6c5]} 19. Qd7
$140 c2 $1 20. Rd2 Qxd7 21. Rxd7 Rad8 $1 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rc1 Rd1+ 24. Kg2
Rxc1 25. Bxc1 f5 $1 {(preventing Bf3-e4), and Black's queenside pawns should
decide the game.}) 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Be3 Rb8 21. Ba7 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qb3 {
This move came into the limelight on the occasion of the KO match between
Korchnoi and Dolmatov, Las Vegas 1999.} Kh8 9. Rd1 Na6 10. Qa3 Nc7 11. d5 c5
12. b4 $146 {White opens the queenside before Black gets to do it with ...b5.}
(12. Rb1 {was played before in a couple of games.}) 12... cxb4 13. Qxb4 Na6 14.
Qb1 Bd7 15. Nb5 Rc8 16. Nd2 Qb6 17. e3 Nc5 18. a4 Qa5 19. Ba3 a6 20. Bb4 Qd8
21. Nd4 Nxa4 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Qe8 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Bxa6 $5 {At first
sight, this looks impossible.} Nc3 26. Bxc3 $1 Rxb1 27. Rdxb1 {With his better
coordination and the molesting e6-pawn, White has excellent compensation for
the small material investment.} g5 28. Rb7 Ng8 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rb5 Qg6 31.
c5 dxc5 32. Rxc5 Qxe6 {Judging from the ulterior course of the game, vacating
this square for the enemy knight does not seem like a good idea.} (32... f4 $5)
33. Nf3 Qd6 34. Nd4 Kh8 35. Rc6 Qd7 36. Rac1 f4 37. Bc8 Qa7 38. Ne6 {This is
starting to look like a general invasion already. White's position is easier
to play already, if not objectively better.} Rf6 39. exf4 gxf4 40. Rc7 Qa4 41.
Nxf4 Rd6 42. Be6 Rd1+ 43. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 44. Kg2 Nf6 45. Rxe7 $16 Qe1 46. Rf7 Qe4+
47. f3 Qd4 48. Kh3 Qe5 49. Kh4 Qd4 50. Bg4 Qe5 51. Ne6 h6 52. Rf8+ Ng8 53. f4
Qb2 54. Kh3 Qa1 55. Bh5 Kh7 56. Rf7+ Kh8 57. Bg6 Nf6 58. Rf8+ Ng8 59. Bf7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 e5 13. Bh6 exd4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. cxd4 cxd4 16. f4 f6 17. f5 {A popular attacking continuation.} (17. e5 Bd7
$5 18. exf6+ Qxf6 19. Ng3 Kh8 20. f5 gxf5 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Qd6 23. Raf1
Nc6 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. Qh6 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Ne5 $13 {1/2 Topalov,V (2796)-Kamsky,G 
(2725)/Sofia 2009/CBM 129/[Marin,M] (36)}) (17. Rac1 Bg4 18. Ng3 Rc8 $1 19. f5
Nc6 $13) 17... Nc6 {The most logical move. The following games show problems
Black can face here:} (17... Bd7 18. Nf4 Nc6 19. Bb5 Ne5 20. Qxd4 g5 21. Ne6+
Bxe6 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23. fxe6 Ng6 24. Rac1 Rac8 25. e5 $1 fxe5 26. Rf7+ Kg8 27.
Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxa7 $18 {1-0 Najer,E (2665)-Safarli,E (2594)/Moscow 2010/CBM
135 (38)}) (17... Qd6 18. Nf4 $1 gxf5 (18... g5 19. e5 $1 Qxe5 20. Rae1 $40)
19. exf5 Nc6 20. Rae1 Ne5 21. Rxe5 $1 Qxe5 22. Re1 Qc7 23. Qf2 Qf7 24. Qg3+ Kh6
25. Re6 $1 $18 {1-0 Korobov,A (2657)-Smith,A (2416)/Pardubice 2010/CBM 137
Extra (30)}) 18. Bb5 Ne5 19. Nxd4 gxf5 {Black intends to benefit from the
opening of the g-file.} (19... a6 $6 {just pushes White's bishop to a better
position:} 20. Ba4 Qe7 21. Rac1 Rd8 22. Bb3 Ra7 23. Be6 $1 Bb7 24. Bd5 Bc8 25.
Be6 Bb7 26. Qe3 Qd6 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Rfd1 Qe7 29. Bh3 $16 {1-0 Giri,A (2642)
-Bok,B (2430)/Eindhoven 2010/CBM 137 (37)}) 20. Rad1 $5 $146 ({Black obtained
a comfortable position in the following game:} 20. exf5 Kh8 21. Rad1 Bb7 22.
Rf4 Qd5 23. Bf1 Rg8 24. Kh1 Rad8 25. Qf2 Rg4 26. Rd2 Rdg8 27. Ne6 Qc6 $132 {
0-1 Rodshtein,M (2609)-So,W (2674)/Biel 2010/CBM 138 (39)}) 20... Qe7 (20...
fxe4 $5 {e.g.} 21. Qf4 Qe7 22. Qxe4 Bb7 $1 {and Black is apparently OK.}) 21.
Ba6 $5 Bd7 22. exf5 Kh8 {Black's position is less favourable now than in the
20.exf5 line as his bishop can't come out to the a8-h1 diagonal. Still, his
strong e5-knight guarantees him sure equality.} 23. Qc3 Rae8 24. Rf4 Rg8 25.
Bf1 Rc8 26. Qe1 Bc6 {Finally!} 27. h3 $6 {After this move the Black seizes the
initiative.} (27. Nxc6 {was nearly a must, e.g.} Rxc6 28. Kh1 Rc2 29. Rd2 $11)
27... Bd5 28. a4 Rg7 (28... Qa3 $5) 29. Qf2 Rcg8 30. Ne6 $1 {[%mdl 512] White
corrects his mistake. Black will have no winning chances despite his extra
pawn, due to the weakness of his f6-pawn and the fact that the position opens
up (therefore White's bishop will be stronger than Black's knight).} Bxe6 31.
fxe6 Qxe6 32. Kh1 Rg6 33. Rd2 Qe7 34. Rfd4 Rc8 35. Rd1 Rgg8 36. Qd2 Qg7 37. Qf2
Qe7 38. Qd2 Rg3 39. Rf4 Rg6 40. a5 bxa5 41. Qxa5 Rgg8 42. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {Die Drachenvariante kommt
heute wieder öfter in der Praxis vor.} 6. Be3 {Weiß wählt die Hauptvariante,
was eindeutig richtig ist.} (6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Nde2 Bd7 10. h3
Rc8 $132) (6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 $132) 6... Bg7 7. f3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 {Wieder die Hauptvariante. Hier gibt es jedoch auch eine
gute Alternative für Weiß, nämlich 9.0-0-0:} (9. O-O-O $5 d5 $1 {Schwarz muss
den Bauer opfern, in anderen Varianten steht er schlechter.} (9... Nxd4 10.
Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Qc7 {Schwarz muss Zeit verlieren.} (11... Qa5 12. Nd5 Qxd2 13.
Nxe7+ Kh8 14. Rxd2 Rfe8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 $16) 12. h4 Rfc8 13. g4 Qa5 14.
Qg5 $1 $14) 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 $1 {Weiss sollte den Opfer
nicht annehmen.} (12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qc5 (14. Qxa8 Bf5 15. Qxf8+
Kxf8 $36) 14... Qb7 15. Qa3 Bf5 $44) 12... e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 $1 {Wieder
soll Weiß nicht nach Material streben.} (14. Bxf8 Qxf8 15. Nxd5 cxd5 $44) 14...
Re8 15. h4 $14 {Die weiße Stellung ist strategisch besser.}) 9... Nxd4 (9...
Bd7 {Das ist der Hauptzug.} 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 {und in dieser Stellung gibt
es viele Varianten für Schwarz:} Ne5 (11... Nxd4 $5 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 a5 14.
Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. exd5 b4 $1 $132) (11... Na5 12. Kb1 Nxb3 13. cxb3
$14) 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 $36) 10. Bxd4 Be6 $5 {Die Idee von
Schwarz ist, dass nach dem Nehmen auf e6 das Feld d5 unter Kontrolle genommen
wird.} 11. Bb3 (11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 Rac8 14. h4 Rc4 $132 {
Calzetta - Andersson (Villarrobledo, 1998)}) 11... Qa5 (11... Rc8 12. O-O-O
Bxb3 13. cxb3 Rc6 14. Kb1 Qd7 15. g4 Rfc8 16. h4 $40 {Svidler - Pigusov (Mainz,
2002)}) 12. O-O-O {Die Alternative 12.0-0 sieht nicht logisch aus.} (12. O-O
Rfc8 13. Rad1 Bc4 14. Rfe1 Rc6 $11 {Blehm - Markowski (Warsaw, 2001)}) 12...
Rfc8 (12... b5 13. Kb1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Qb5 16. Rhe1 a5 17. Qe2 Qxe2
18. Rxe2 a4 19. Bc4 $14 {Areshchenko - Zvjaginsev (Sochi, 2005)}) 13. Kb1 b5 (
13... Bxb3 14. cxb3 Rc6 15. h4 h5 16. a3 Rac8 17. b4 Qd8 18. g4 $40 {Antonio -
Gomez (Makati, 2002)}) 14. Bxf6 $6 {Das führt wohl sofort zu einem remislichen
Endspiel. Der Zug Rhe1 sieht besser aus.} (14. Rhe1 Bxb3 (14... b4 15. Nd5 Bxd5
16. exd5 $14) 15. cxb3 b4 16. Bxf6 bxc3 (16... Bxf6 17. Nd5 $16) 17. Bxc3 Bxc3
18. bxc3 Rxc3 19. Re3 Rac8 20. Rxc3 Rxc3 21. Kb2 Rc5 22. Qxa5 Rxa5 $14 {
Golubev - Zazuliak (Mukachevo, 2009). Und Weiß hat Vorteil dank dem entfernten
Freibauern auf dem Damenflügel und dem aktiveren König.}) 14... Bxf6 15. Nd5
Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ {Es wäre alles gut, wenn Schwarz nun nehmen müsste, jedoch...}
Kg7 $1 {und der weiße Vorteil ist weg.} 17. Nh5+ (17. Rxd2 Kxf6 $11) 17... gxh5
18. Rxd2 Rc5 $11 {Man könnte sicherlich das Endspiel weiterspielen, aber die
Stellung von Weiß ist auf keinen Fall besser.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. e3 $5 ({An interesting
way to deviate from the well known paths, continuing with} 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O {
The game move prepares Nge2, when White retains the possibility of breaking
the centre with either f2-f4 or d2-d4.}) 6... c5 {Since White has not attacked
e5 in time, this is a logical reaction, gaining space in the centre and taking
measures against a possible d2-d4. This move has two main drawbacks: it
weakens d5 and it spends valuable time in the opening.} (6... Nc6 7. Nge2 {
Zvjaginsev,V (2663)-Mikhalevski,V (2584)/Aix-les-Bains 2011/CBM 142/
[Mikhalevski,V] (1-0, 39)}) 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 {The most flexible
continuation.} ({The seemingly active} 8... Bd6 {, aimed to prepare against
f2-f4, allows the break from the other side:} 9. d4 cxd4 (9... O-O 10. d5 $14)
(9... exd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Ne4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Be7 14. Qe5 $14)
10. exd4 O-O (10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. Rd1 $16) 11. dxe5 (11.
d5 $5 Ne7 12. a4 $14) 11... Nxe5 $6 (11... Bxe5 $5) 12. Bf4 $14 {Scheidegger,
U-Habibi,A (2255)/Bad Ragaz 1990/EXT 97 (1/2, 46)}) 9. f4 ({Here, too} 9. d4 {
is possible, but it offers less chances for an advantage than after 8...Bd6.}
cxd4 10. exd4 exd4 (10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nb5 d3 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Rc1 $44
) 11. Nb5 (11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nxd4 Qd7) 11... d3 12. Nf4 Bf5 $13) 9... exf4
$146 {This allows the activation of the e2-knight, which will create dangerous
threats soon.} ({However, maintaining the tension is not an entirely adequate
solution, either, since it allows White to advance his d-pawn with gain of
time and space.} 9... O-O 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. d4 Ng4 12. h3 Nf6 13. d5 Nc4 14. b3
Ne5 15. Bb2 Bd6 16. Nb5 Re8 17. Rc1 b6 18. Nec3 a6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Rc2 $14 {
Soffer,R (2472)-Greenfeld,A (2585) Tel Aviv 2011 (1-0, 29)}) 10. Nxf4 O-O 11.
b3 $1 {This move is quite natural, of course, but the exclamation mark refers
to White's whole strategy in the following phase of the game. White's position
does not look too threatening, but it offers possibilities for systematic
development and activating. Black has some problems doing the same, since his
b6-knight is passive and he has no safe way to develop his c8-bishop.} Bf5 12.
Bb2 Qd7 13. Ne4 Rad8 14. Rf2 {Not only defending the second rank, but also
preparing a mysterious queen manoeuvre.} Nb4 15. Qf1 $1 $36 {It is interesting
to follow the queen manoeuvres from this moment until the end. The f1-square
will act as an excellent operational base, allowing to create threats along
the f-file or the f1-h3 and f1-a6 diagonals. For the moment, the pressure
along the f-file prevents Black from playing ...Nd5 or ...Nd3, while creating
such threats as Nh5 or, in some cases, even Bxg7.} Bxe4 ({A few weeks later,} 
15... Bg6 $146 {was played. I do not think that it solves all Black's problems,
though.} 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. d4 cxd4 18. exd4 N6d5 19. Nc5 (19. Re1 $5 Nxa2 $140
20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Ndb4 22. Qc4 $36) 19... Qc7 (19... Bxc5 20. dxc5 Ne3 21.
Qe1 Nbd5 $11) 20. a3 (20. Rc1 $5 $36) 20... Ne3 21. Qb5 Bxc5 22. Rc1 Qd7 23.
Rxc5 Nxg2 24. Qxb4 Ne3 $132 {Griffiths,R (2310)-Howell,D (2633)/Sunningdale
2012 (0-1, 58)}) 16. Bxe4 N6d5 {This fails to neutralise White's initiative,
but so do other moves, too.} (16... f5 17. Bg2 Bf6 {(+/= Golubev, Chess Today)}
18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. a3 Nd3 (19... N4d5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qc4 b6 22. b4 $16) 20.
Nxd3 Qxd3 21. Qxd3 Rxd3 22. b4 c4 23. Bxb7 $14) (16... N4d5 {avoids the
stability problems from the game, but releases the pressure against White's
queenside, allowing the simple} 17. Rc1 $5 $14 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gf4d3]}) ({
Maybe a prophylactic non-committal move like} 16... g6 $5 {would have been
best.}) 17. Nh5 g6 18. a3 {This causes Black to lose stability in the centre.}
Na6 $6 {Black probably wanted to consolidate his central knight with ...Nac7,
but he will not be given the time for it.} (18... Nc6 {is relatively better.
He might have been afraid of} 19. Rf5 $5 ({In fact, the simple} 19. Qd3 $1 $14
{/\Raf1 is better, leading to a pleasant ending after} f5 20. Bxd5+ Qxd5 21.
Qc3 Qe5 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 gxh5 24. Raf1 Rd5 25. Bc3 $14) {Since there is
no adequate way to defend the d5-knight, Black has to accept the sacrifice,
but this is apparently possible:} 19... gxf5 20. Bxf5 Qd6 21. Qh3 h6 (21... Ne5
22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Be4 $40) 22. Nf6+ $1 (22. Qg4+ Bg5 23. h4 Ne5 $1) 22... Nxf6
23. Qxh6 Ne5 24. Rf1 Rfe8 $1 ({The position is so sharp that losing a tempo
can be fatal:} 24... Qd5 $2 25. Rf4 Rfe8 26. d3 $3 {removing the pawn from the
vulnerable d2-square in order to prepare Bxe5 without fearing ...Rxd2.} b5 {
Or anything else.} 27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Rh4 Qa1+ 29. Kg2 {Sadly, there is no ...
Rxd2+ available.} Qb2+ 30. Kh3 $18) 25. Qg5+ Kf8 $8 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Qh6+ Kg8
$11 {White has nothing better than a perpetual.}) (18... f5 19. Bxf5 $5 Rxf5
20. Rxf5 Qxf5 21. Qxf5 gxf5 22. axb4 Nxb4 23. Rxa7 Rxd2 24. Rxb7 $14 {Golubev 
(Chess Today)}) 19. Bxd5 $1 {The simplest way to start a devastating attack.} (
19. Rf5 $5 {can be met with} Nac7 $1 ({With the a6-knight far from the
kingside,} 19... gxf5 $2 {loses:} 20. Bxf5 Qc6 21. Qh3 h6 22. Qg4+ Bg5 23. h4
$18 {since there is no ...Ne5 available.}) 20. Rxd5 (20. Bxd5 Qxf5 $1) 20...
Nxd5 21. Bxd5 gxh5 $1 22. e4 $44 {White has obvious compensation for the
exchange, but Black is in the game.}) 19... Qxd5 20. Bf6 $40 Qd6 21. Bxe7 Qxe7
22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Qc4 $1 {/\24.Qc3, /\24.Qh4 h5 25.Nxh5!+} Qe5 (23... Qe6 24.
Qc3 $18) 24. Raf1 h5 (24... Rd6 25. Nxh7 Kxh7 26. Rxf7+ Rxf7 27. Rxf7+ Kh6 28.
Qh4+ Qh5 29. Qf4+ g5 30. Qxd6+ $18) 25. Nxh5+ $1 (25. Qh4 $18) 25... Qxh5 (
25... gxh5 26. Rxf7+ Rxf7 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Rf6 $18) 26. Rxf7+ Rxf7 27. Rxf7+
Kh6 (27... Kh8 28. Qc3+ $1 $18) 28. Qf4+ g5 (28... Qg5 29. Rh7+ $1 $18) 29.
Qf6+ Qg6 30. Qf1 $1 {The queen returns to base, threatening Rf6 or Qh3+. It
also keeps an eye on the enemy knight.} Qh5 31. Rxb7 (31. h4 $5 $18 {Golubev 
(Chess Today)}) 31... c4 32. Qf6+ Qg6 33. Qxd8 Qb1+ 34. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O c6 8. d5 {
Gelfand chooses the classic old line.} ({One would expect that Nakamura had
found a viable plan for Black after} 8. Rb1 {Kramnik,V (2788)-Nakamura,H (2708)
/Wijk aan Zee 2010/CBM 135/[Marin,M] (1-0, 44)}) 8... e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 {
This is the most flexible way to defend c4, since the instant weakening of the
long diagonal is not really dangerous.} (10. Qd3 {places the queen on a
vulnerable square, while b2-b3 will be necessary at a later stage anyway.} Re8
11. Ng5 Nbd7 {Chuchelov,V (2540)-Renner,C (2445) Berlin 1997 CBM 059 ext 
[Chuchelov] (1-0, 40). According to the winner's comments, Black was doing
fine in this game.}) 10... Re8 ({I see no difference between this move order
and} 10... Na6 11. Bb2 Re8 {, as Nakamura had played against Ponomariov.}) (
10... Ne4 {is considered to be risky, but Nakamura played it twice in blitz
games:} 11. Nxe4 ({One of the games is saved as} 11. Nd4 $4 Bf7 $4 {They might
have played so quickly that the moves 11.Nxe4 dxe4 were not perceived by the
sensors.}) 11... fxe4 (11... Bxa1 12. Nxd6 $16 {has long been known to be good
for White.}) 12. Nd4 Bf7 13. Rb1 d5 (13... Re8 14. Bb2 Nd7 15. Nc2 Nf6 16. Ne3
a5 17. a4 Qe7 18. Qd2 Red8 19. Rfd1 d5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 $11 {
Agdestein,S (2570)-Nakamura,H (2741)/Oslo 2010/CBM 139 Extra (1-0)}) 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Ba3 Re8 16. e3 Nd7 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. Rfc1 Qa5 19. Bb2 Ne5 $36 {
Johannessen,L (2514)-Nakamura,H (2741)/Oslo 2010/CBM 139 Extra (0-1, 25).
Although Nakamura did not play this line in games at normal time rate, we can
infer that he likes the structure with a pawn on e4, the same as in our main
game.}) 11. Bb2 Na6 12. Ng5 {The critical continuation. By exchanging the
e6-bishop, White hopes to add force to his thematic queenside attack b4-b5.} (
12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. e3 Nb4 15. Qb1 a5 16. Ng5 Bc8 {Black has
regrouped flexibly and preserved the bishop pair at the same time. White needs
to find a way to prepare the queenside attack.} 17. Ne2 Ng4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19.
Nf3 Qf6 20. a3 Na6 21. b4 Be6 22. Rc1 axb4 23. axb4 Bf7 24. Ned4 c5 $1 25. bxc5
dxc5 26. Nb5 b6 27. h3 Ne5 28. Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Qa2 Nb4 $132 {Ponomariov,R (2754)
-Nakamura,H (2774)/Saint Louis 2011/CBM 142 Extra (1/2, 93)}) (12. Nd4 Rc8 $6 (
12... Bf7) 13. e4 $1 $36 {Gheorghiu,F (2525)-Zimmer/Baden-Baden 1987/TD (1-0,
27)}) 12... Qe7 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. e3 {So far, both
sides have played natural moves. Having completed the development, they need
to take concrete decisions. For Black, it is important to choose in which way
he will make use of the e4-square, controlled by the majority of his pieces.}
Nce4 (16... Ng4 {is likely to lead to loss of time.} 17. Rfe1 Qf7 18. h3 Nf6
19. b4 Nce4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxg7 Qxg7 22. b5 Qe5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Rd4 Rd7
25. Red1 {Black is in no immediate danger yet, but my feeling when having this
structure is that the defence is sometimes hanging by a thread. Any wrong step
may result in losing the coordination.} h5 $6 26. h4 Kh7 $6 27. Qa4 $2 (27.
Bxe4 $1 fxe4 28. Qa4 Rc8 29. c5 $1 Qxc5 30. Rd5 $1 $16) 27... Qc5 $2 (27...
Nxf2 $1 28. Kxf2 Qxe3+ 29. Kf1 Qxg3 $132) 28. Rd5 $1 $16 {Carlsen,M (2801)
-Cmilyte,V (2480)/Oslo 2009/CBM 133 Extra (1-0, 31)}) (16... Nfe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4
(17... fxe4 $6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rd4 d5 {Laxman,R (2511)-Chua Zheng Yuan,T 
(2256)/Kolkata 2009/CBM 133 Extra (1-0, 51)} 20. cxd5 $1 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Qxd5 22.
Rd1 Qe5 23. Rd4 $16) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 {1/2 Sosonko,G (2525)-Dolmatov,S (2630)/
Polanica Zdroj 1993/CBM 037. In fact, Dolmatov managed to defend Black's point
of view in this line more than once. However, Black is struggling slightly,
even without having lost two tempi like in the game above.} 19. Rd4 Ng5 20.
Rfd1 Qf6 21. b4 Re7 22. a4 Qe5 23. b5 Qc5 24. Qb2 Kg8 25. a5 $36 {Gomez
Esteban,J (2400)-Santo Roman,M (2500)/Las Palmas 1991/EXT 1997 (1-0, 41)}) 17.
Nxe4 fxe4 {This is what Nakamura had in mind: the same structure as in his
blitz games above. Although optically speaking Black's centre seems weak, it
is no less important that the g2-bishop is restricted. There is no effective
minority attack (b4-b5) available and the weakness of the f3- and d3-squares
may tell.} 18. Rd2 $146 {A novelty suggested by Tsesarsky.} ({Black did fine
after} 18. Rd4 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Qd2 Rd7 21. Rd1 Nh5 22. Ra4 Bxb2 23. Qxb2
a6 24. Rad4 Nf6 $11 {Huzman,A (2581)-Neiksans,A (2378)/Batumi 1999/CBM 074/
[Tsesarsky] (1-0, 55)}) 18... d5 {Completely neutralising White's space
advantage.} 19. cxd5 cxd5 {With the e4-pawn on f5 still, the d5-pawn would be
chronically weak.} 20. Qc5 {Hoping to get some benefit from weakening the
enemy queenside.} (20. Rfd1 Re7 {[%cal Ge7d7]}) 20... b6 21. Qb5 {With the
g2-bishop restricted by two black pawns, the weakness of the c6-square is not
that relevant.} Nh5 {In order to reach absolute stability on the dark squares,
Black needs to exchange the bishops.} 22. Ba3 (22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rc1 Nf6 24.
Rc7+ Re7 25. Bh3 Qd6 26. Rxe7+ Qxe7 $11) 22... Bf8 23. Bb2 Bg7 24. Ba3 Be5 $5 {
It seems that Nakamura trusted his position a lot, since he avoids taking an
immediate draw by repetition.} (24... d4 $5 25. exd4 Bxd4 26. Bb2 $11) 25. Rc1
Nf6 26. Rdc2 d4 27. Rc6 (27. exd4 Bxd4 28. Re2 {looks more cautious.}) 27...
Qf5 28. exd4 Bxd4 29. Qxf5 gxf5 {Black has some initiative now.} 30. Bh3 e3 31.
Bxf5 exf2+ 32. Kf1 Be3 33. Rb1 Ne4 34. Bxe4 Rxe4 35. Rc2 $2 {losing
immediately.} (35. Bb2 $15 {[%csl Gd4]}) 35... Red4 $1 36. Ke2 Rd1 $1 37. Rxd1
Rxd1 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 f5
15. Qf3 Qb7 16. Qe2 b4 17. Nc2 f4 18. b3 Be6 19. Qd2 Rfb8 20. a3 bxa3 21. Rxa3
Bf6 22. Kh1 Kh8 23. Rfa1 a5 24. Be2 Be7 25. Bf3 Bd7 26. Bh5 Be6 27. Bf3 Bd7 28.
Bh5 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A97"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 {The old
Ilyin Zhenevsky system is not too fashionable, but Nakamura managed to make it
work for this game.} Qe8 ({One of the main lines in old theory books goes} 7...
a5 8. b3 Qe8 9. Bb2 {, when the game Gligoric,S-Maric,R/Vinkovci 1970/MCL/
[Belov] (1-0, 41) is frequently quoted.}) 8. b4 {This is the modern
continuation, but the resolute pawn advance is double-edged.} ({There is
nothing wrong with the solid} 8. b3 {The modern way of avoiding a
transposition to the old game quoted above is} Ne4 {but this does not seem to
promise easy equality:} 9. Nxe4 $1 {The most challenging move.} (9. Qc2 Nxc3
10. Qxc3 Nc6 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. b4 e5 $132 {Kozlov,R (2337)-Amin,B (2504)/Yerevan
2006/CBM 114 ext (0-1, 45)}) (9. Bb2 Qg6 10. e3 Nd7 11. Rc1 c6 12. Ba3 Nxc3 13.
Rxc3 Re8 14. Qc2 Qf6 15. Rd1 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. e4 Nf8 $132 {
Bodiroga,P (2410)-Amin,B (2559)/Rijeka 2009/CBM 132 Extra (1/2, 29)}) 9... fxe4
10. Ne1 Qg6 (10... d5 11. f3 dxc4 12. bxc4 e5 13. dxe5 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 Qxe5 15.
Bf4 Qh5 16. fxe4 Be6 17. Nd3 $14 {Rowson,J (2558)-Williams,S (2427)/
Scarborough 2004/CBM 101 ext (1-0, 26)}) 11. Qc2 d5 12. Bf4 (12. f3 Nc6 {
Filipovich,D (2209)-Stevens,C (2264)/Toronto 2004/EXT 2005 (1/2, 15)} 13. Be3
$5) 12... Na6 13. f3 Nb4 14. Qd2 c5 15. fxe4 dxe4 16. Nc2 $14 {Gil Gonzales,J 
(2435)-Herrero Sabartes,J (2370) Spain 1998 (1-0, 40)}) ({Knowing the way
Nakamura reacted to 8.b4, we should mention the same plan against} 8. b3 {
as well.} Bd8 {is rather unpopular (it was played in one important game only),
but makes sense nonetheless.} 9. Ba3 {The only way to prevent ...e5.} Nc6 (9...
a5 $5 10. Qc2 Nc6 {is a better move order.}) 10. Qc2 ({Missing his chance:} 10.
d5 $1 $14) 10... a5 $1 11. e4 (11. Rad1 Bd7) 11... Nb4 12. Qe2 {Uhlmann,
W-Franz,J/Zwickau 1955/EXT 2004 (1/2, 28)} fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bf6 15.
Bb2 Bd7 {With normal play for Black.}) ({Nothing essentially new has been
discovered after the straightforward} 8. Re1 {either:} Qg6 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4
Nxe4 11. Rxe4 e5 ({One of the first things I got to learn about the Dutch
defence, more than 30 years ago, was that} 11... Qxe4 $2 12. Nh4 {traps the
queen. By some sort of tortuous psychological mechanism, this caused me to
like the Ilyin Zhenevsky for Black.}) 12. Re1 Nc6 13. dxe5 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 dxe5 16. Be4 Qf6 17. Be3 Kh8 (17... Rad8 $14 {Van Wely,L (2629)-Minasian,
A (2600)/Batumi 1999/CBM 074/[Meulders] (0-1, 36)}) 18. Qg4 Nd4 19. Rad1 Rad8
20. Kg2 (20. Bxb7 c6 $44) 20... c6 21. Qh5 g6 22. Bxg6 $1 Qf3+ $1 (22... Qxg6
23. Qxg6 hxg6 24. Bxd4 $16) 23. Kh2 (23. Qxf3 Nxf3 24. Be4 $44) 23... Qxh5 24.
Bxh5 Nc2 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Re2 $14 {Melkumyan,H (2507)-Amin,B (2561)/Martuni
2008/CBM 125 (1/2, 45)}) 8... Bd8 {A typical regrouping for the Ilyin
Zhenevsky system. Black defends c7 just in case and prepares ...e5. The bishop
will be re-activated later via c7. Curiously this has been played on just a
few occasions.} (8... c6 9. a4 e5 10. dxe5 (10. d5 $5 {is more ambitious,
since ...c6-c5 is not an option.}) 10... dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxb4 12. Qb3 a5 13. Nd3
Na6 14. Ba3 Qe7 15. Rfb1 {Petursson,M (2535)-Thorhallsson,G/Akureyri 1987/EXT
99 (1-0, 33)} Bxa3 16. Qxa3 Qxa3 17. Rxa3 Rd8 $11) (8... Qh5 9. c5 a6 10. Rb1
h6 11. e3 g5 12. Nd2 $14 {Gomez Esteban,J (2476)-Pomes Marcet,J (2393)/Cala
Galdana 1999/EXT 2000 (1-0, 54). This is the kind of plan which may extinguish
the enthusiasm of the Ilyin Zhenevsky adherents.}) 9. c5 (9. Bb2 e5 10. dxe5
dxe5 11. e4 fxe4 (11... c6 $5 {[%cal Gd8c7] covering d5 and following the
model of the game may be better.}) 12. Nxe4 $1 Nbd7 (12... Nxe4 13. Qd5+) 13.
Re1 $16 {Zaltsman,V (2405)-Fridjonsson,J (2260)/Reykjavik 1982/MCD (1-0, 29)})
9... e5 (9... Nc6 {helps White to gain even more queenside space.} 10. b5 Ne7
11. a4 $5 {The most consistent continuation, aiming to attack with all his
forces.} (11. cxd6 cxd6 12. Ba3 Ne4 13. Qc2 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Nd5 15. Qb3 Be7 $132)
(11. Ba3 Ne4 12. Qc2 d5 $5 {[%csl Ga3][%cal Gc7c6]}) 11... Ned5 12. Nxd5 exd5
$5 (12... Nxd5 13. Qb3 $14) 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Qb3 $14) 10. dxe5 (10. cxd6 cxd6
{[%cal Gd8b6]} 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. b5 {[%cal Gc1a3]} Nbd7 13. Ba3 Be7 $132 {
[%csl Gg2][%cal Ge5e4]}) 10... dxe5 11. e4 c6 $5 $146 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gd8c7]
A planful move.} (11... Kh8 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Re1 e4 (13... Nbd7 14. Bf4 $16)
14. Ng5 $16 {Pezerovic,E (2447)-Rasidovic,S (2340)/Bihac 1999/EXT 2000 (1-0,
44)}) (11... fxe4 {leads to active white play:} 12. Nxe4 $1 (12. Ng5 $6 Nc6
$132 {[%csl Gd4]}) 12... Nxe4 13. Qd5+ Kh8 14. Qxe4 Nc6 (14... a5 15. b5 $1
Qxb5 16. Nxe5 $14) 15. b5 Bf5 16. Qc4 $36) 12. exf5 {This helps Black to
develop. Maybe this is the right place to look for an opening improvement.} (
12. Re1 a5 13. b5 $5) (12. Bb2 $5) 12... Bxf5 13. Ng5 (13. Re1 Nbd7 14. Bf4 (
14. Nd4 Bg6 15. Bh3 a5 $132) 14... Bc7 $11) 13... Nbd7 14. Bb2 Bc7 15. Qb3+ Kh8
16. Rad1 {White's position seems more active, but Black is quite solid.
Besides, the far advanced queenside pawns offer a comfortable target.} a5 $1
$132 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Qg6 19. Nge4 Rab8 ({Simpler was} 19... Nxe4 $5 20.
Nxe4 Nf6 21. Nxf6 (21. Nd6 $2 Bc2 $17) 21... Qxf6 $11 {In the absence of
knights, Black's small structural defecl becomes completely irrelevant.}) 20.
Qc4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 b6 22. Nd6 Be6 23. Qc1 bxc5 24. bxc5 Bg4 25. Rd2 Bf3 26. Bxf3
Rxf3 27. Qd1 Rff8 28. Nc4 Nxc5 29. Nxe5 (29. Bxe5 {would have led to a more
active regrouping than in the game:} Rb4 30. Bxc7 Rxc4 31. Be5 $14) 29... Bxe5
30. Bxe5 Rbe8 31. Bd6 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 {At the time I wrote the English
1...e5 CD for ChessBase, I was firmly convinced that the Keres system offered
White pleasant play at no risk. I had no occasion to check this while working
on the English books, since the repertoire given there does not include an
early Nb1-c3. Still, one painful loss to Bacrot revealed to me that the
position is not so simple to play over the board with White. Black has several
move orders at his disposal and White's best reactions are not always the same.
So, even memorising the variations is slightly tricky.} Qb6 {Black can also
choose the opposite move order, with ...d5 followed by ...Qb6.} (5... d5 6.
cxd5 Qb6 7. Nb3 {In view of more recent games,} a5 {is probably better. After
beating me, Bacrot confessed that he had prepared this line for his training
match against Korchnoi, but did not get to use it since the living legend
constantly played 2.g3.} (7... cxd5 {There are some classic games starting
with this position, favouring White:} 8. Bg2 Bf5 (8... a5 9. d3 a4 10. Be3 Qb4
11. Nd4 a3 12. Nc2 Qxb2 13. Bd4 Bb4 14. Nxb4 Qxb4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. O-O Be6 17.
Rc1 $16 {Botvinnik,M-Tal,M/Moscow 1961/MainBase (1-0, 73)}) 9. d3 Bb4 10. O-O
Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. c4 Rad8 {Reshevsky,S-Keres,P/Los
Angeles 1963/MCL/[Dolmatov] (1-0, 41)}) 8. d3 a4 9. Nd2 ({My choice in that
game was rather poor:} 9. Be3 $6 {I must confess that, having been caught by
surprise, I imagined that we were still following the Botvinnik-Tal game!!!}
Qb4 10. Nd4 Nxd5 11. Qd2 Nxe3 12. fxe3 exd3 13. exd3 g6 14. Bg2 Bh6 $17 {
Marin,M (2533)-Bacrot,E (2709)/Torrelavega 2007/CBM 119 (0-1, 30)}) 9... cxd5
10. dxe4 dxe4 11. Bg2 a3 $6 (11... e3 $5 12. fxe3 Nc6 $44) 12. Qb3 $1 Qxb3 13.
axb3 axb2 14. Bxb2 Rxa1+ 15. Bxa1 e3 16. fxe3 Nc6 17. O-O Bc5 18. Nc4 $14 {
Sorokin,M (2550)-Raetsky,A (2460)/Pardubice 1992/EXT 2000 (1/2, 27)}) 6. Nb3 {
One of the few possible continuations.} (6. e3 {gives the game a slower
character.} d5 7. Qc2 (7. cxd5 $6 {prematurely clears the c6-square.} cxd5 8.
d3 Nc6 $1 9. dxe4 dxe4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qa4 Bb4 {Naranja,R (2274)
-Kacheishvili,G (2572)/New York 2008 (0-1, 37)}) 7... Bd7 8. a3 Be7 9. b4 O-O
10. Bb2 Na6 11. c5 Qc7 12. f3 exf3 13. Nxf3 Rae8 14. Bd3 Nb8 15. O-O $14 {
White has managed to outplay his opponent, but there are probably improvements
available for Black along the way.} Bh3 $2 16. Ng5 $1 Bxf1 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18.
Rxf1 Nbd7 19. Ne2 (19. Rf4 $16) (19. Nxd5 $1 {[%cal Gb2f6]} cxd5 20. Qf5 $18)
19... Bd8 (19... Ne5 $16) 20. Qf5 $18 {Najdorf,M-Rossetto,H/Buenos Aires 1968/
MCD (1-0, 23)}) ({It is interesting to mention that} 6. Nc2 {was Bacrot's
choice when playing this line with White!} d5 7. Bg2 (7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Bg2 Be6
9. d3 Nc6 10. O-O Rd8 $11 {Loeffler,S (2305)-Schneider,B (2475) Germany 1989 
(1-0, 41)}) 7... dxc4 8. O-O Be6 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nd7 11. Ne3 Nf6 (11...
Qd4 12. Bf5 Bxf5 13. Nxf5 Qe4 14. Ne3 Bc5 15. b3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Nc5 17. bxc4
Qxc4 18. Ba3 $36 {Dorfman,J-Karasev,V Minsk 1976 (1-0, 29)}) 12. Bf5 Bxf5 13.
Nxf5 Qb5 14. Qc2 O-O-O 15. Ne3 Re8 16. Re1 Re4 17. b3 Qh5 18. Bb2 $14 {Bacrot,
E (2613)-Svidler,P (2689) New Delhi/Teheran 2000 (0-1, 29)}) 6... a5 7. d3 a4
8. Nd2 {Black has pushed his pawns light-heartidly, but now needs to clear
things up.} exd3 (8... e3 $6 9. fxe3 Ng4 {is refuted in a very original way:}
10. Nde4 Nxe3 11. Qd2 $3 (11. Bxe3 Qxe3 12. Nxa4 d5 13. cxd5 Qd4 14. Nac3 cxd5
$36 {Honfi,K-Barczay,L/Budapest 1964/MCD (0-1, 54)}) 11... Nxf1 {It is quite
frustrating that 1/2 Hofland,L-Sosonko,G (2575)/Leeuwarden 1978/EXT 98 ended
in a draw at the most interesting moment!} 12. Qf4 $1 (12. Rxf1 Be7 13. Qf4 O-O
$14) 12... d6 (12... Be7 13. Qe5 f6 14. Nd6+ Kd8 15. Nxc8 $1 $18) 13. Rxf1 Qc7
14. c5 $16) 9. exd3 $6 {After this careless move Black takes over the
initiative.} ({White should have developed at any cost, ignoring the enemy
pawn.} 9. Bg2 $1 d5 (9... dxe2 $6 10. Qxe2+ Be7 11. O-O $36) 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3
dxe2 12. Nxe2 Be6 13. Nf4 $44 {White has the initiative and can hardly be
worse, which will not be the case in the game.}) 9... Bc5 10. Qe2+ (10. Nce4
Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 O-O $15 {[%cal Gf8e8]}) 10... Kd8 11. Nde4 Re8 12.
Be3 $146 {A novelty that doesnot change anything.} (12. Bg5 {Barks-Del Pozo
Hernandez, IECC email 2000 (0-1, 18)} a3 $5 13. b3 h6 $15) 12... Bxe3 13. fxe3
a3 14. Rb1 d5 $15 {Both kings are in the centre, but Black has the initiative.
White's central pawns are vulnerable and so is his queenside.} 15. c5 $8 (15.
cxd5 $2 cxd5 16. bxa3 Qc6 $1 $19) (15. bxa3 $2 Qa5 16. cxd5 Nxe4 $19) 15... Qb4
16. Nxf6 gxf6 17. Qd2 axb2 18. Nd1 Qxc5 19. d4 Qd6 20. Rxb2 b5 (20... h5 $5)
21. Bd3 Bh3 22. Nc3 Nd7 23. Kf2 Nb6 24. a4 $5 {A desperate attempt to change
the course of events.} Nxa4 25. Ra1 Re7 $2 {Careless.} (25... Nb6 $17) (25...
Ke7 26. Rba2 Nb6) 26. Rba2 Rea7 27. Qc2 h6 28. Nxa4 bxa4 29. Rxa4 Rxa4 30. Rxa4
Rxa4 31. Qxa4 Ke7 32. Qa7+ Kf8 33. Qc5 Qxc5 34. dxc5 Bg4 35. Bc2 Ke7 36. Ba4
Kd7 37. Ke1 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bf4 {By far not the main
line. There are three more popular continuations:} (6. Bg5 {Bu Xiangzhi (2714)
-Movsesian,S (2732)/Nanjing 2008/CBM 128/[Rogozenco] (1-0, 62)}) (6. e3 {
Inkiov,V (2495)-Gurevich,M (2634)/Utrecht 2005/CBM 106 ext/[Gutman] (1-0, 32)})
(6. g3 dxc4 (6... Bb4 {Wells,P (2489)-Houska,J (2418)/Sheffield 2011/CBM 143
Extra/[Martin,A] (1/2, 36)}) 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O (8. dxc5 {Moiseenko,A (2679)
-Postny,E (2612)/Mulhouse 2011/CBM 142 Extra/[Postny] (1/2, 80)}) 8... cxd4 9.
Nxd4 Bc5 {Mamedyarov,S (2763)-Gashimov,V (2734)/Astrakhan 2010/CBM 137/[Postny]
(1/2, 43)}) 6... Be7 {A rare continuation. It is worth mentioning that Carlsen
had played this line with White.} (6... c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 cxd4
10. exd4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Nb4 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nbxd5 16.
Bxd5 Bg4 17. Nxg4 Nxd5 18. Nh6+ Kh8 19. Nf5 Nxf4 20. Rxe7 g6 21. Qxd8 Raxd8 22.
Ne3 $14 {Carlsen,M (2786)-Movsesian,S (2732)/Kallithea 2008/CBM 127/[Krasenkow]
(0-1, 76)}) (6... a5 7. e3 Na6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O Nb4 {Carlsen,M (2775)-Kamsky,
G (2723)/Moscow 2008/CBM 126 Extra (1/2, 94)}) 7. e3 Nh5 $146 {The move is new,
but the idea is typical in the 5.Bf4 Queen's Gambit.} (7... O-O) 8. Bd3 Nxf4 9.
exf4 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. Rc1 Nb4 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb1 Bf6 14. Re1 b6 15. cxd5 cxd5
16. Na2 Nxa2 17. Bxa2 Ba6 18. Bb1 g6 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rc8 21. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4
Qc7 {This is the second most popular continuation.} (14... Qa5 {is by far the
most frequent move. See for instance} 15. b3 Qc7 {Howell,D (2611)-McShane,L 
(2645)/London 2010/CBM 140/[McShane] (1/2, 38)}) 15. Bc4 Rb8 $5 $146 ({Before
this game,} 15... Rd8 {was almost exclusively played. Here is the most recent
example:} 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Nc5 Nf4 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Qe3 Nf4 20. g3 Nd5 21. Qg5
e6 22. Rd4 Rd7 23. Rhd1 {1/2 Adams,M (2715)-Nielsen,P (2681)/Khanty-Mansiysk
2011/CBM 145}) 16. Rhe1 {This centralising move will cost White a pawn.} Rb4
17. b3 Qxh2 18. a3 Rb7 {Playing safe.} ({I would be tempted to try} 18... Rxa4
19. bxa4 Qxg2 $44) 19. Nc5 Rc7 20. g4 Qf4+ 21. Qxf4 Nxf4 22. b4 Kg7 {Both
sides have wonderful knights, and there is certain symmetry in the position.
With one exception, though: Black is a pawn up.} 23. Ba6 Ne6 24. Nxe6+ (24.
Bxc8 Nxc5 $1) 24... Bxe6 25. Re5 Rh8 26. Rc5 h5 $15 27. Be2 Rd7 (27... h4 $15)
(27... hxg4 28. fxg4 Rh3 $15) 28. Rh1 hxg4 29. Rxh8 Kxh8 30. fxg4 Bd5 31. b5
Rd6 (31... cxb5 32. Bxb5 Rd6 33. Rc7 $132) 32. c4 Bg2 33. a4 Kg7 34. a5 cxb5
35. cxb5 Rd7 36. Bc4 e6 37. Kc2 Kf6 38. g5+ Ke7 39. Kc3 Kd6 40. Kb4 Re7 41. Rc8
Rb7 42. a6 Rd7 43. Bb3 Rc7 44. Rxc7 Kxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. b3 Bg5 14. g3 O-O 15.
Bg2 a5 16. O-O Ne7 17. h4 Bh6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qd5 Qc7 20. Rad1 Rd8 21. Kh2
Bg4 22. Rde1 Bd7 23. Qd3 Qc5 24. Rd1 Bc6 25. Qe2 Ra8 26. Ne1 Qb6 27. Nd3 Qb7
28. Rfe1 g6 29. f3 Bg7 30. Nf2 h5 31. Rd3 Bh6 32. Red1 Qe7 33. Nh3 Rd7 34. Qf2
Rb8 35. Ng5 Bxg5 36. hxg5 Qxg5 37. Bh3 Rc7 38. Rxd6 Kg7 39. f4 exf4 40. gxf4
Qe7 41. e5 a4 42. e6 axb3 43. axb3 Be8 44. f5 g5 45. Qd4+ f6 46. Bg2 h4 47. c5
Rbc8 48. c6 Rxc6 49. Bxc6 Rxc6 50. Rxc6 Bxc6 51. Qb6 Be8 52. Rc1 Kh6 53. Rc7
Qf8 54. Qd4 g4 55. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Re1 Qb8 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. e5 Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Victoria Grand Pacific op 6th"]
[Site "Victoria"]
[Date "2012.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Han, Yiming"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2012.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Ng5 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. O-O
Bc5+ 9. Kh1 O-O 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Nxf7 Rxf7 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Qh5+
1-0

[Event "Victoria Grand Pacific op 6th"]
[Site "Victoria"]
[Date "2012.04.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Patterson, Roger"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nf3
Qb6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rb1 Nc6 11. Be3 Qa5 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nd7 15.
Bd2 Rac8 16. g4 Nc5 17. Kg2 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Qxa2 20. Qf2 f6 21. Qb6
Nd8 22. Ra1 Qf7 23. f5 Rc5 24. Rf3 Rb5 25. Qe3 Nc6 26. Raf1 gxf5 27. gxf5 Qh5
28. Kh2 Kf7 29. Rg3 Ke8 30. Rf2 Kd8 31. d4 d5 32. exd5 Rxd5 33. Qe4 Qf7 34. Rg7
Qxg7 35. Qxd5+ Ke8 36. Rg2 Qf7 37. Qc5 Kd7 38. d5 Ne5 39. Bxe5 fxe5 40. d6 exd6
41. Rd2 Qe7 42. Qb6 Kc8 43. Qa7 Qc7 44. Qa8+ Qb8 0-1

[Event "Victoria Grand Pacific op 6th"]
[Site "Victoria"]
[Date "2012.04.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gluckie, Jamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2098"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 a5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Ng5 Na6 12. Rb1 Kh8 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 Nc5 15.
b4 axb4 16. axb4 Nxe6 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bg2 e4 19. Rd1 c6 20. Bh3 g6 21. b5 Qc7
22. Bb2 Kg8 23. Qd2 Nc5 24. Ba1 Rfd8 25. e3 d5 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Ne2 Nd3 28.
Nf4 Ne5 29. Bg2 Qd6 30. Qc3 Nc4 31. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Victoria Grand Pacific op 6th"]
[Site "Victoria"]
[Date "2012.04.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kenney, Jason"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O h6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. a3 Re8 10. Nb5 Ne4 11. Nxd6 Nxd6 12. Ne5 Ne7 13. b3 c6 14. a4 a5 15. Ba3
Nef5 16. e3 Ne4 17. b4 axb4 18. Bxb4 Nfd6 19. Qe2 f6 20. Nd3 b6 21. Rfc1 Nc4
22. Nf4 Qd7 23. Rxc4 Ba6 24. Bh3 Qf7 25. Bf5 Bxc4 26. Qg4 c5 27. Be1 cxd4 28.
exd4 g5 29. Bb4 h5 30. Nxh5 Nxf2 0-1

[Event "Victoria Grand Pacific op 6th"]
[Site "Victoria"]
[Date "2012.04.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Maisuradze, Nino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e5 4. Nd5 Nge7 5. Nec3 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Ne7 7. Ne3 d6
8. Bc4 Be6 9. d3 Qd7 10. O-O g6 11. a4 Bg7 12. Bb5 Nc6 13. Nd5 O-O 14. a5 Kh8
15. a6 b6 16. c3 Qc8 17. f4 f5 18. Qa4 Nd8 19. Bd2 Nf7 20. Rae1 Qd8 21. Kh1 g5
22. Bc6 Rb8 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. fxg5 Bxd3 25. Rf6 Bxf6 26. Nxf6 Nxg5 27. Nd7 b5
28. Qd1 Rg8 29. Nxb8 Bf5 30. Bd5 Rg7 31. Nc6 Qf6 32. Rf1 Qg6 33. Bxg5 Qxg5 34.
Qf3 1-0

[Event "Victoria Grand Pacific op 6th"]
[Site "Victoria"]
[Date "2012.04.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Haynes, Nicolas"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2192"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. dxc5 Nc6 4. c4 e6 5. e3 Bxc5 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
a5 9. b3 Qe7 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nb5 Bg4 13. Bb2 Rac8 14. Nfd4 Bd7
15. Bf3 Ne5 16. Nc3 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qe5 18. Qg3 Qh5 19. Nde2 Qh6 20. h4 Bg4 21.
Nf4 d4 22. Ncd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Be6 24. Nf4 dxe3 25. fxe3 Bxb3 26. Bd4 Rxd4 27.
exd4 Bxd4+ 28. Kh2 Bxa1 29. Rxa1 a4 30. Re1 Qd6 31. Qg4 Be6 32. Rd1 Bxg4 33.
Rxd6 b5 34. Nd5 Kf8 35. Rb6 Bd7 36. Kg3 f6 37. Kf4 Rc4+ 38. Ke3 Rxh4 39. Rb8+
Kf7 40. Rb7 Ke6 41. Nc7+ 0-1

[Event "ITA-chT"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2012.04.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "David, Alberto"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2012.04.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Milanese"]
[BlackTeam "Padova Obiettivo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 Bb7 9. b3 d6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Rae8 13. d5 e5 14. Nh4 g6
15. Nf3 Nh5 16. e3 h6 17. Nh4 Kh7 18. f4 e4 19. b4 Ra8 20. Rc1 a5 21. a3 Ndf6
22. Rfd1 axb4 23. axb4 b5 24. Bf1 bxc4 25. Bxc4 Qf7 26. Qd4 Ng7 27. Bb3 Nge8
28. Rc2 Nd7 29. h3 Ndf6 30. Rg2 Bc8 31. Rc2 g5 32. Ng2 Rg8 33. Rdc1 Nh5 34.
fxg5 hxg5 35. g4 fxg4 36. Qxe4+ Bf5 37. Rf2 Ng3 38. Qxf5+ Qxf5 39. Rxf5 Nxf5
40. Bc2 gxh3 41. Bxf5+ Kh6 42. Ne1 g4 43. Rc4 Ra2 44. Nd3 Rg5 45. Rf4 Ng7 46.
Be4 Rxb2 47. Nxb2 Nh5 48. Rf7 Re5 49. Bf5 Rxe3 50. Nd3 Kg5 51. Rf8 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "ITA-chT"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2012.04.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2012.04.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova Obiettivo"]
[BlackTeam "Pesaro Scavolini Datagest"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. f4 d5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c6 7. Kh1 Bg4 8. Ne5
Be6 9. Nd2 Qc8 10. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-chT"]
[Site "Arvier"]
[Date "2012.04.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2012.04.27"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chieti"]
[BlackTeam "Padova Obiettivo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. cxd4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Bd7 8.
Bd3 Nf6 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. O-O Bc6 11. Bc4 Bd5 12. Qb3 Bxc4 13. Qxc4 Nc6 14. d5
Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. Be3 O-O-O 17. Rac1 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bd6 6. d4 Qe7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Ba3 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. f4 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 d6 14. exd6
cxd6 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. h3 Rc8 17. Bb3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rc5 19. Re3 Nc7 20. e5 dxe5
21. Qxb7 a5 22. Qe4 Ne6 23. fxe5 Re8 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. Rdd3 h6 26. Bd5 Qb6 27. c4
Qb1+ 28. Kh2 Qxa2 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Rd7 Kh8 31. Rxg7 Kxg7 32. Rg3+ Kf8 33. Qh7
1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 Re8 11. Kh2 Qc8 12. Re1 e5 13. d5 Na5 14. e4 c6 15. b3
cxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Nc6 18. Ng5 Nd8 19. Rd1 Bc6 20. Qc4 h6 21. Nf3 b5
22. Qe2 Qb7 23. Re1 Ne6 24. Bb2 Nd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Rad1 Rad8 27. Rd2 f5 28.
Qd1 Re7 29. Bxd4 $6 (29. f3 fxe4 30. fxe4 $15) 29... Red7 $19 30. Be3 Bc3 31.
Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Qc1 Bxe1 33. Qxe1 Bxe4 34. Bxe4 Qxe4 35. Qc1 Kf7 $6 (35... Kh7
36. h4 g5 $19) 36. Bxh6 $17 Qf3 37. Qc5 Ke6 38. Be3 a6 39. Qc8 Qd5 40. Qg8+ Kf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. g4 Be6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Be2 Qc8 13. h4 Nfd7 14. f4 Nc4
15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. e5 Nb6 17. h5 dxe5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qh2 Rxf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4+
21. Kb1 Qxh2 22. Rxh2 Rf8 23. Ne4 Rf4 24. Ng5 Rxg4 25. Nxe6 Bf6 26. b3 Nc8 27.
c4 Nd6 28. c5 Nb5 29. Rd7 Kf7 30. Rxb7 Rg1+ 31. Kc2 Na3+ 32. Kb2 Nb1 33. Nd8+
Ke8 34. Nc6 e4+ 35. Kc2 Na3+ 36. Kd2 Nb1+ 37. Ke3 Re1+ 38. Kf2 Rc1 39. Rh7 Rc2+
40. Kg3 Rc3+ 41. Kg4 e3 42. Nxe7 e2 43. Nd5 Rg3+ 44. Kf4 Bg5+ 45. Ke5 e1=Q+ 46.
Kd6 Bf4+ 47. Nxf4 Rd3+ 48. Nxd3 Qg3+ 49. Ne5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. f3 Ne7 6. Bd3 f5 7. Nge2 fxe4 8. fxe4
O-O 9. Be3 e5 10. d5 Na6 11. Qd2 Nc5 12. Bc2 Nc8 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nd6 15.
Ng3 a5 16. O-O-O a4 17. Nf5 Ncxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxf5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. g4 Rf3 21.
Qxe5 Qe8 22. Bd4 Qxe5 23. Bxe5 d6 24. Bc3 Ba6 25. Rd4 Re8 26. c5 bxc5 27. Rxa4
Bb5 28. Ra7 Rf7 29. Re1 Rc8 30. Re4 Kf8 31. Kd2 Bf1 32. Rea4 Ke7 33. Ra8 Kd7
34. Rxc8 Kxc8 35. Ra8+ Kb7 36. Rh8 g6 37. g5 Rf5 38. h4 Rf7 39. Bf6 Bg2 40. Re8
Bxd5 41. Re7 Rxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Na3 cxd4 8.
Nxc4 Bc5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nce5 Bb6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. e3
Qb6 15. exd4 Rfd8 16. Rd3 Rd7 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Rb3 Qa5 19. Bd2 Qd8 20. Qc5 h6
21. Rc1 Nb6 22. Be3 Nd5 23. a4 a5 24. Bd2 Ne7 25. Bc3 Nd5 26. h3 Ne7 27. Kh2
Nd5 28. Be1 Ne7 29. Qe5 Nf5 30. Bc3 Qg5 31. Rc2 Ne7 32. Qe1 Ra7 33. Re2 Nf5 34.
Rd2 Ne7 35. Qe5 Qxe5 36. dxe5 Nd5 37. Bd4 Ra8 38. Bc5 Ba6 39. Rc2 Rb7 40. Rxb7
Bxb7 41. Bd4 Kf8 42. f4 Ke8 43. Rc5 Kd7 44. Kg1 Kc7 45. Bf2 Bc8 46. Bf1 h5 47.
h4 g6 48. b3 Bb7 49. Bd3 Bc8 50. Kg2 Bd7 51. Kf3 Bc8 52. g4 hxg4+ 53. Kxg4 Bd7
54. Kg5 Kb7 55. Be4 Rh8 56. Bf3 Ra8 57. Rc4 Kc7 58. Bc5 Rh8 59. Rc1 Bc8 60. Bf2
Bd7 61. f5 Rg8 62. f6 Rh8 63. Rc5 Ra8 64. Kh6 Nf4 65. Be3 Nh5 66. Bxh5 gxh5 67.
Kg7 Be8 68. Kf8 Kb7 69. Ke7 Kc7 70. Bd2 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 c6 6. d5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qe7 8.
dxe6 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Bg2 Qxe6 12. Qxe6 fxe6 13. O-O-O d5 14. f4
Nbd7 15. Rhe1 Rac8 16. Kb1 Bc5 17. f5 exf5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxf2 20. Rf1
Bc5 21. Rxf5 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Bc3 Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. Kc2 Re2+ 26. Rd2
Rxd2+ 27. Kxd2 Kf7 28. Ke3 Bd6 29. Bd4 g6 30. Ke4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+
8. Be2 Na6 9. Ba5 Bd7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. O-O Qf5 12. Bc3 Ne4 13. Bxg7 Rg8 14. Bh6
O-O-O 15. Qc1 c5 16. Qe3 Bc6 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Nb4 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. Bxf4
f6 21. Ne1 Ba4 22. Ra1 e5 23. Be3 b6 24. a3 Nc6 25. Bd3 f5 26. b4 Nd4 27. f4
exf4 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Nf3 a5 30. Nh4 Bd7 31. Rf1 axb4 32. axb4 Kc7 33. Rxf4
Ra8 34. Bxe4 fxe4 35. Rxe4 Ra4 36. Rxd4 Rxb4 37. Nf3 b5 38. cxb5 Rxb5 39. Kf2
Kd8 40. Re4 Bf5 41. Re2 Rb4 42. Re5 Bg6 43. h4 Re4 44. Ra5 Rb4 45. g3 Ke7 46.
Ke3 Re4+ 47. Kf2 Rb4 48. Ra2 Kf6 49. Nd2 Bb1 50. Ra6+ Kg7 51. Rd6 Bf5 52. Nf3
Re4 53. Ng5 Re7 54. Rd4 h5 55. Kf3 Bg4+ 56. Kf4 Re1 57. Rd3 Rf1+ 58. Ke5 Re1+
59. Ne4 Kg6 60. Rb3 Kg7 61. Ra3 Kg6 62. Rc3 Kg7 63. Kd4 Rd1+ 64. Kc5 Bf5 65.
Nd6 Kg6 66. Rf3 Be6 67. Re3 Bf5 68. Re5 Rc1+ 69. Kb4 Rf1 70. Re3 Kf6 71. Kc3
Rd1 72. Nb5 Bg4 73. Nd4 Rc1+ 74. Kd3 Rd1+ 75. Ke4 Ra1 76. Rb3 Re1+ 77. Kd5 Be6+
78. Nxe6 Re5+ 79. Kd4 Rxe6 80. Rb5 Kg6 81. Re5 Ra6 82. Ke4 Ra4+ 83. Kf3 Ra3+
84. Kf4 Ra4+ 85. Re4 Ra6 86. Re8 Ra4+ 87. Ke5 Ra5+ 88. Kd4 Ra4+ 89. Kc5 Ra3 90.
Rg8+ Kh7 91. Rg5 Ra5+ 92. Kd4 Rxg5 93. hxg5 Kg6 94. Ke4 Kxg5 95. Ke3 Kg4 96.
Kf2 h4 97. Kg2 hxg3 98. Kg1 Kf3 99. Kf1 g2+ 100. Kg1 Ke2 101. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.05.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 a5 7. a4 Be7 8. Bb5
Na7 9. Bd3 b6 10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxc5 bxc5 13. b3 O-O 14. Qe2 Nc6 15.
Bb5 Qb6 16. O-O Ba6 17. c4 Bb7 18. Rad1 Nb4 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nh3 d4 21. Nf4 Kh7
22. Rfe1 Rg8 23. Nd3 Raf8 24. Nxb4 axb4 25. Qd3+ g6 26. Bf4 Kg7 27. Qh3 g5 28.
Bg3 Kh7 29. Qg4 Rg6 30. h3 Kg7 31. Qh5 Rg8 32. Rd3 Qa7 33. f3 Bd8 34. Kf2 Kf8
35. Ke2 Bc7 36. Kd1 Qa8 37. Kc1 f5 38. Bh2 Ke7 39. Rd2 f4 40. Bg1 Qf8 41. Bxd4
cxd4 42. Rxd4 Bc8 43. c5 Qg7 44. Rd6 Bxd6 45. cxd6+ Kd8 46. Bd3 Bb7 $1 47. Qxg6
Qxg6 48. Bxg6 Rxg6 49. Rd1 Bd5 50. Rd4 Kd7 51. Rxb4 Rg8 52. Kd2 Rf8 53. a5 h5
54. Rb6 Ra8 $6 (54... Rf5 55. a6 Rxe5 $17) 55. b4 g4 56. hxg4 hxg4 57. fxg4
Bxg2 58. a6 Bd5 59. Rb5 f3 60. Ke3 Rf8 61. Kf2 Rh8 62. Rxd5 $4 (62. Rc5 Rh2+
63. Kf1 $11) 62... exd5 $19 63. b5 Rb8 64. g5 Rxb5 65. g6 Rb8 66. a7 Ra8 67. g7
Ke6 68. Kxf3 Kxe5 69. d7 Kd6 70. Kf4 Kxd7 71. Ke5 Kc6 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "242"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8.
Nd2 c6 9. e3 Nf8 10. Bd3 Ng6 11. Bg3 Bd6 12. Qc2 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Ne7 14. O-O-O
Be6 15. f3 Qc7 16. g4 O-O-O 17. Nb3 Kb8 18. Kb1 Rhe8 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. Qf2 Ka8
21. Ka1 f6 22. Ne2 Nc8 23. Nc5 Bf7 24. Bf5 Ncb6 25. b3 Re7 26. Rc3 Rde8 27.
Rhc1 Nf8 28. Ng3 Ne6 29. Bb1 Bg8 30. Nf5 Rf7 31. Nd3 Bh7 32. a4 Nc8 33. Nb4 Qa5
34. Na2 Nf8 35. Rc5 Qd8 36. Nb4 Bxf5 37. gxf5 Nd6 38. R5c3 Rfe7 39. g4 Qa5 40.
Na2 Nd7 41. Re1 Nb8 42. Bd3 Na6 43. Qd2 Qb6 44. Nc1 Nf7 45. Bc2 Ng5 46. Bd1 Qc7
47. Qf2 Nb4 48. Rh1 Qd6 49. Ne2 b6 50. Nf4 Kb7 51. Qd2 a5 52. Kb1 Ka7 53. Be2
Kb7 54. Re1 Ka7 55. Rec1 Kb8 56. Bd1 Ka7 57. Qf2 Kb8 58. Qg1 Ka7 59. Qf2 Kb8
60. Be2 Ka7 61. Bf1 Ka8 62. Bg2 Ka7 63. Nh5 Qc7 64. Ng3 Kb7 65. Re1 Ka7 66. Re2
Kb8 67. Kc1 Qd6 68. Rd2 Ka7 69. Kd1 Kb8 70. Ke1 Ka7 71. Kf1 Kb8 72. Kg1 Ka7 73.
Nh5 Qc7 74. Rd1 Kb8 75. Re1 Kb7 76. Re2 Qd6 77. Qg3 Qd7 78. Qf4 Qd8 79. Rd2 Rd7
80. Ng3 Ka7 81. Rc1 Ree7 82. Rcd1 Qg8 83. Ne2 Re8 84. Nc3 Rde7 85. Na2 Na6 86.
Rd3 Kb7 87. Re1 Rd7 88. Rc3 Qf8 89. Rec1 Qa3 90. R1c2 Rc8 91. Bf1 Nb4 92. Nxb4
Qxb4 93. Kg2 Nf7 94. Qg3 Nd6 95. Bd3 Rdc7 96. Qh2 Ka7 97. Kh3 Kb7 98. Bf1 Ka7
99. Qe2 c5 100. dxc5 Rxc5 101. Rxc5 Rxc5 102. Rxc5 Qxc5 103. Qd3 Nf7 104. f4 h5
105. gxh5 Nh6 106. Bg2 d4 107. Be4 Qc3 108. Qxd4 Qxd4 109. exd4 Kb8 110. Kg3
Kc7 111. Kf3 Nf7 112. Ke3 Nd6 113. d5 Kd8 114. Bd3 Kc7 115. Kd4 Kd8 116. Kc3
Kc7 117. Kc2 Kd8 118. Kd1 Kc7 119. Bb1 Kd8 120. Kc1 Kc7 121. b4 axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.05.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Bg5 Na5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Bd5 Rc8 14. Nd2 Qc7
15. Re1 Bg5 16. Nf1 Qb6 17. Rb1 Nc4 18. Qe2 Bh6 19. h4 Qb4 20. g3 Rc7 21. Kg2
Nb6 22. Bb3 Bxb3 23. cxb3 Qxb3 24. a5 Na4 25. Nh2 g6 26. Ng4 Bg7 27. Nd5 Rc2
28. Qe3 Nc5 29. h5 Qxe3 30. Ngxe3 Rd2 31. Nc4 Rd4 32. Nxd6 Rd8 33. b4 Nd3 34.
Nxb7 Nxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Ra8 36. f3 Bf8 37. Rc1 Bxb4 38. Rc7 gxh5 39. Kh3 Kg7 40.
Kh4 Ra7 41. Kxh5 Rxd5 42. exd5 Bxa5 43. Re7 Bb6 44. d6 a5 45. Kg5 a4 46. Kf5 a3
47. Nd8 a2 48. Ne6+ Kh6 49. Ng5 a1=Q 50. Nxf7+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.05.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Nge7 6. Na3 Nf5 7. Nc2 h5 8. Bd3 g6
9. O-O Be7 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. d4 h4 12. dxc5 Bxc5+ 13. Be3 Be7 14. h3 b6 15. Qe2
Nb8 16. Rfd1 Ba6 17. Qe1 Nd7 18. b4 Nf8 19. a4 Bc4 20. Ncd4 Qd7 21. b5 Ng6 22.
Nc6 Kf8 23. Nd2 Bd3 24. c4 Kg7 25. cxd5 exd5 26. Nb1 Bc4 27. Qc3 Qe6 28. Nd2
Rhc8 29. Nd4 Qd7 30. e6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e4 d5 6. e5 g5 7. Bg3 Nfd7 8. h4 g4
9. dxc5 h5 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Nf4 Ndxe5 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. c3 Qf6 14. Bb5 a6 15. Ba4
Bh6 16. Nd3 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 O-O 18. O-O Bf4 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Qe2 Ne5 21. Bxd7
Rxd7 22. Nd4 Ng6 23. c6 bxc6 24. Nxc6 e5 25. Nb4 Rfd8 26. Qxa6 Rd6 27. Qb5 d4
28. cxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Nd5 Qd6 31. Nc3 Kg7 32. a4 e4 33. Bxf4 Nxf4 34.
Qg5+ Kf8 35. Nb5 Ne2+ 36. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCvz8ZLT8ew} 1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4.
Bg2 f5 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. d3 Rb8 11.
Ba3 Re8 12. c5 bxc5 13. Bxc5 Ne5 14. Bxa7 Bxf3 15. Qxb8 Qxb8 16. Bxb8 Bxg2 17.
Rfb1 Ba8 18. Bxc7 Nc6 19. c4 d5 20. a5 dxc4 21. dxc4 Rc8 22. Bb6 g5 23. a6 Kf7
24. a7 e5 25. f3 h5 26. Bc5 Nd7 27. Bd6 Ke6 28. c5 g4 29. Kf2 gxf3 30. exf3 e4
31. Ra6 Kd5 32. Rd1+ Kc4 33. Raa1 Nb4 34. Rac1+ Kb5 35. Ke3 exf3 36. c6 Nxc6
37. Bf4 Nb6 38. Rb1+ Nb4 39. Bd6 Nc4+ 40. Kf4 Nxd6 41. Rxd6 f2 42. Rd2 Ka5 43.
Kg5 f4 44. Rxf2 Rg8+ 45. Kxh5 f3 46. g4 Be4 47. Rb3 Nd5 48. Rbxf3 Bxf3 49. Rxf3
Kb6 50. Rf5 Nc7 51. g5 Kxa7 52. h4 Kb6 53. g6 Kc6 54. Kg5 Kd6 55. h5 Ne6+ 56.
Kg4 Ke7 57. Rf7+ Kd6 58. Ra7 Ke5 59. Ra5+ Kd6 60. Ra6+ Ke5 61. Ra5+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Missing moves added. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejiA91zO--4} 1. b3 c5 2.
Bb2 Nc6 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb5 Bg7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O
O-O 10. Re1 d6 11. h3 a5 12. c4 Re8 13. a4 Bf5 14. d4 dxe5 15. Nxe5 cxd4 16.
Qxd4 Nd7 17. Qe3 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Rb8 20. Ra3 Qd6 21. Qb2 Qb4 22.
Nd2 Red8 23. Nf3 Rd3 24. Qa1 Rbd8 25. Ne5 R3d6 26. Kh2 Re6 27. Re3 Rd2 28. Ra2
Rxa2 29. Qxa2 Qd6 30. f4 f6 31. g4 Bb1 32. Qb2 fxe5 33. fxe5 Qd1 34. Qf2 Qd4
35. Qe1 Bc2 36. Kg3 g5 37. Kg2 Bg6 38. Re2 c5 39. Re3 Rb6 40. Kg3 Rb8 41. Kg2
Rf8 42. Re2 Rf4 43. Rd2 Qe4+ 44. Qxe4 Bxe4+ 45. Kg1 Rf3 46. e6 Kg7 47. Rd7 Kf6
48. Ra7 Rxh3 49. Rxa5 Rxb3 50. Rxc5 Rg3+ 51. Kf2 Rxg4 52. a5 h5 53. a6 h4 54.
Rc8 h3 55. Rh8 Rh4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 d6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Nh3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. e4 O-O 10. exf5 gxf5 11. O-O h6 12. Be3 c6 13. f3 Nb6 14. Qe2 Be6 15.
b3 Qe7 16. Nf2 Nfd7 17. Rad1 a5 18. Qc2 a4 19. f4 e4 20. Ne2 axb3 21. axb3 Ra3
22. Nd4 Bxc4 23. bxc4 Rxe3 24. Bh3 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Nc5 26. Rfd1 Rb3 27. Rd6 Qg7
28. Qe2 Nc8 29. Rd8 Ne7 30. Rxf8+ Qxf8 31. Rd6 e3 32. Nd1 Ne4 33. Rd3 Rb1 34.
Qxe3 Qf7 35. Bf1 Kh7 36. Nf2 Qxc4 37. Rd1 Qc2 38. Rd7 Qc5 39. Rxe7+ Kg6 40. Kg2
Kf6 41. Re8 Rb2 42. Kg1 Rb1 43. Kg2 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Qd7 7. e3 Bxc3 8. bxc3
f5 9. d3 Nf6 10. Nd2 b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. e4 O-O-O 13. Re1 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 Rhe8 16. Qf3 e6 17. Qf2 d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Bg2 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 d4 21. Qf1
Ne7 22. c4 Nf5 23. Bd2 Re8 24. Re1 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Kb7 27. Kf2 h5
28. Qd1 Ka6 29. a4 Qe8 30. Qb3 Qe6 31. a5 Ne3 32. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 33. Kf1 Qf3+ 34.
Kg1 Qe3+ 35. Kf1 Kb7 36. axb6 axb6 37. Qd1 Kc6 38. Kg2 b5 39. Qa4 Kb6 40. Qb3
Kc6 41. Qc2 Kd6 42. Kh3 Qe6+ 43. Kg2 Qe3 44. Kh3 Qe6+ 45. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Qc7
9. Ba3 Re8 10. Qc1 a5 11. Rd1 Na6 12. Ne1 Nb4 13. Nc2 Nxc2 14. Qxc2 e5 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Bd6 Qf7 17. Na4 Nd7 18. e4 f4 19. c5 Bf8 20. f3 Kg7 21. Qc3 fxg3 22.
hxg3 Qf6 23. Rac1 h5 24. f4 exf4 25. gxf4 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 Nf6 27. Nb6 Bg4 28. Rd4
Rad8 29. e5 Ng8 30. Rcd3 Kf7 31. Bxf8 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxf8 33. Nc4 Ne7 34. Nxa5
Ra8 35. b4 Be6 36. a3 Bd5 37. Bh3 Nf5 38. Rd3 Ke6 39. Nxb7 g5 40. Nd6 g4 41.
Bf1 h4 42. b5 h3 43. Rxh3 gxh3 44. Bxh3 cxb5 45. Bxf5+ Ke7 46. Nxb5 Bc4 47. Nd6
Bd5 48. Bg6 Rxa3 49. f5 Rc3 50. f6+ Kf8 51. Be4 Rxc5 52. Bxd5 Rxd5 53. Ne4 Rxe5
54. Ng3 Kf7 55. Kf2 Kxf6 56. Kf3 Ra5 57. Ne4+ Ke5 58. Nf2 Ra4 59. Kg3 Kf5 60.
Kf3 Ra3+ 61. Ke2 Kf4 62. Nd3+ Ke4 63. Nf2+ Kd4 64. Ng4 Rg3 65. Nf2 Re3+ 66. Kf1
Re8 67. Kg2 Rf8 68. Kg3 Kd5 69. Ng4 Ke4 70. Nf2+ Rxf2 71. Kxf2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e4 h6 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. c3 d6 7. f4 e5 8. Ngf3
Nc6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Bh4+ 13. g3 Bg5 14. Nb3 Qe7
15. Qd4 Bg4 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. O-O Rfe8 18. Rf4 Bh3 19. Na5 Rad8 20. Qf2 Re6 21.
Nb3 Qxe5 22. Nd4 Red6 23. Re1 Be6 24. b4 Bc4 25. Rf5 Qe8 26. a3 a6 27. Rc5 Rf6
28. Rf5 Rxf5 29. exf5 Qd7 30. Qe3 Qd5 31. Qe5 Rd6 32. Qxd5 cxd5 33. Re8+ Kh7
34. Re7 Rf6 35. Rxc7 Bd3 36. g4 g6 37. Rc6 Rxc6 38. Nxc6 gxf5 39. gxf5 Bxf5 40.
a4 Bc2 41. a5 Ba4 42. Nd4 Bd7 43. Kf2 Kg6 44. Kg3 f6 45. Kf4 Kf7 46. h4 h5 47.
b5 Bc8 48. b6 Ke7 49. Nf5+ Kd7 50. Ng7 Kc6 51. Nxh5 Kb5 52. Nxf6 Kxa5 53. h5
1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Qc2 Bg7 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. h4 O-O 8. e3
Qe8 9. Nb5 Qd8 10. O-O-O c6 11. Nc3 Qe8 12. c5 d5 13. Bf4 b6 14. cxb6 axb6 15.
Ne5 Bb7 16. Be2 Ne4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. a3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 h6 20. f3 c5 21. fxe4
dxe4 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Be6 Bc6 24. Kb1 Qb8 25. Bd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Qb7 27. Rhd1
Qc6 28. Rd7 Rfe8 29. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Rd1 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e6 11. Qb3 Nh5 12. d5 Ne5 13. Be2 Qf6 14. dxe6
fxe6 15. Kd2 Nf4 16. Kc2 Nxe2 17. Nxe2 Nxf3 18. Rd7 Rad8 19. Rhd1 Rxd7 20. Rxd7
Ne5 21. Bd4 c5 22. Bc3 Qf3 23. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 $5 {Aronian refrains from the ambitious plan based on an early
advance of the b-pawn (with or without d2-d3 in between), which has been long
considered White's main chance for an advantage. Instead, he chooses a setup
that is typical for the Classical Dragon. Well, having an extra tempo with
reversed colours in what is considered a safe line for Black cannot hurt.} f5 (
9... Be6 {is more popular. Here is an example at a high level from recentt
years; true, it was played in a rapid game.} 10. Rc1 ({One of the main
problems when playing lines with reversed colours is that what is excellent
for Black does not always suit White. For instance, the freeing break} 10. d4 {
leads to easy equality, but nothing more than that.} exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12.
Qxd4 Qxd4 {1/2 Morovic Fernandez,I (2540)-Sokolov,A (2605)/Las Palmas 1989/EXT
1997}) 10... f6 11. a3 Nd4 12. Ne4 Bb3 13. Qd2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bd5 15. Qc2 c6
16. Nd2 Kh8 17. Rfd1 f5 18. b4 {Black somehow did not manage to neutralise
White's queenside play and his kingside attack is not easy to develop.} Bg5 19.
Bxg5 Qxg5 20. a4 Qe7 21. a5 Bxf3 22. Nxf3 e4 23. dxe4 fxe4 24. Nd2 e3 25. axb6
exd2 26. Rxd2 axb6 27. Rd4 $14 {Ivanchuk,V (2779)-Kramnik,V (2759)/Nice 2009/
CBM 129 Extra (1/2, 65)}) 10. Rc1 Kh8 {It is interesting that Nakamura delays
the development of his c8-bishop, probably fearing the standard manoeuvre
Nc3-a4-c5.} ({Aronian had faced} 10... Be6 {a ve-e-ery long time ago:} 11. a3
f4 {This hands over the e4-square too easily.} (11... Bf6 {spares White any
worries about ...f5-f4, allowing} 12. Nd2 {with some lasting queenside
pressure:} Rb8 13. Bc5 Re8 14. b4 Qd7 15. Nb3 {Szabo,L-Kluger,G/Budapest 1954/
MCD (1-0, 46)}) 12. Bd2 g5 $6 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Rxc6 $1 {This is a well-known
trick from the Classical Dragon.} bxc6 15. Bc3 $14 {Aronian,L (2455)-Del Rio
Angelis,S (2395)/Linares 1998/CBM 062 ext (1-0, 34)}) 11. a3 Bf6 ({As
mentioned above,} 11... Be6 {can be met with} 12. Na4 {, see for instance
Ibragimov,I (2540)-Schwartzman,G (2455)/Odorheiu Secuiesc 1993/CBM 036/[Belov]
(1-0, 51)}) 12. Bc5 {Immediately taking the available space.} ({With the
b7-pawn defended (...Be6 not played yet) Szabo's manoeuvre} 12. Nd2 {is less
effective because of} Nd4 {followed by ...c6.}) 12... Re8 13. b4 Be6 {Now that
there is no danger of Na4-c5, Black finally develops his bishop. Still, White
has made some significant progress in the meanwhile.} 14. Re1 $5 $146 {A
hyper-flexible, but maybe too slow move.} (14. Nd2 {worked out well in the
only previous game with this position:} Nd5 $6 {Inviting White to carry out a
favourable operation in the centre.} (14... a6 $5) 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. e4 fxe4
17. Nxe4 $14 {With excellent piece play for White in Onischuk,A (2495)
-Fogarasi,T (2440)/Budapest 1993/CBM 037 ext (1-0, 75)}) ({If Aronian wanted
to play e2-e4 anyway, I believe that} 14. e4 {would have been a more
restrictive move order.}) 14... Qd7 ({Black could have tried} 14... Nd7 {
when after} 15. e4 Nxc5 16. bxc5 {the queenside structural modifications do
not favour White.}) 15. e4 $14 {Everything returns to normal now. White has a
very pleasant position.} a6 {Black cannot prevent White from installing his
queen's knight on e4.} (15... f4 $6 16. gxf4 exf4 17. d4 $16 {leaves White
with a massive centre.}) (15... g6 $6 {does not really keep the control over
e4, since after} 16. exf5 gxf5 $6 17. b5 {White wins a pawn.}) 16. Bh3 $6 {
This is asking too much.} ({After the simple} 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Ne4 $14 {
White has a great position. For instance, the threat against the d3-pawn
created with} Rad8 {can be parried with} 18. Nfg5 {, in view of the possible
fork on f7.}) 16... g6 $1 $11 {Now White can forget about the e4-square, while
the weaknesses induced by Black's last move are not too relevant.} (16... fxe4
17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Nxe4 $14 {Still, I prefer the position from the previous
comment, with the bishops on the board.}) (16... Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Ne2 fxe4
19. Bxe6 Rxe6 (19... Qxe6 20. dxe4 Qxe4 21. Nf4 Qf5 22. Rxc7 $36) 20. Nf4 Ree8
21. dxe4 $14 {[%csl Gd3]}) ({In fact, the centralising} 16... Rad8 {would have
been entirely possible.} 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Ne4 Nd5 {For once,
Black's activity compensates for the strong e4-knight.}) 17. Be3 Qg7 18. Ng5 {
Played apparently without a clear plan.} (18. Qc2 $5) 18... Bg8 19. Nf3 {
The knight has nothing to do on g5 and is exposed to ...f5-f4. Besides, the
d4-square is crying for defence.} f4 $5 {Black does not care for a repetition
of moves already.} 20. Bxb6 cxb6 21. Nd5 g5 $2 (21... Rad8 22. Nxb6 h5 $44 {
[%cal Gg6g5]} ({After the careless} 22... g5 $6 23. Bg4 $1 {Black cannot
unblock his kingside easily.})) 22. Bd7 $1 {What a shock! Black is in trouble
already.} Re6 $5 {Desperation.} (22... Red8 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Rxc6 {I find
this best.} ({The greedy} 24. Nxb6 Ra7 25. Rxc6 g4 {offers Black some play for
the pawns.}) 24... Bxd5 25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Qc2 $36 {White's pieces are more
active and his king is safer.}) 23. Bxe6 Bxe6 24. Nxf6 Qxf6 25. Rxc6 $5 {
A technical decision, in the spirit of another great Armenian player, Tigran
Vartanovich Petrosian.} bxc6 26. Qa1 $18 {White wins the central pawn and,
inevitably, the game.} a5 27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Nxe5 axb4 29. axb4 c5 30. bxc5 bxc5
31. gxf4 gxf4 32. Kg2 Ra3 33. Kf3 c4 34. Kxf4 cxd3 35. Rd1 Ra2 36. Nxd3 Bc4 37.
f3 Rxh2 38. Ne5 Ba2 39. Rd7 Rh6 40. Nf7+ Bxf7 41. Rxf7 Kg8 42. Rf5 Rh1 43. e5
h5 44. Rg5+ Kf8 45. Kf5 h4 46. Rh5 Kg7 47. f4 h3 48. Ke6 Kg6 49. Rg5+ Kh6 50.
Kf5 Rh2 51. Rg8 Rh1 52. e6 h2 53. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "214"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. a4 Nf6 5. e3 e6 6. Bxc4 b6 {This move order
is a kind of positional challenge. Black delays ...c7-c5 in favour of quick
development. He can face problems if White stops ...c7-c5 altogether. However,
in the present game Black's concept works perfectly.} 7. O-O Bb7 8. Qe2 (8. Nc3
{here or on move 9 is more common}) 8... Nbd7 9. Rd1 Bb4 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (9...
c5 10. Nc3 {still leads to a common theoretical position.}) (9... Qb8 10. b3 (
10. e4 $5 Bxe4 11. d5) 10... c5 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. exd4 Bb4 13. Bb2 O-O $11 {
1-0 Jolly,J (2392)-Guliyev,N (2534)/Elancourt 2009/CBM 129 Extra (71)}) 10. Bd2
(10. Nc3 $5) (10. Bd3 $5 {[%cal Ye3e4]} c5 11. Bd2) 10... Bd6 $1 {As often
happens in various openings, the "development" of White's bishop to d2 rather
disrupts the harmony of his setup.} 11. Nc3 (11. Bc3 $5 O-O 12. Nbd2 {looks
more logical although Black has hardly any problems after} c5 ({or} 12... Nd5))
11... c5 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qb8 (13... Qc7 $143 14. Bxe6 $1) (13... O-O {
was, however, more solid, e.g.} 14. f4 Nc5 $1 15. e5 Bxe5 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17.
fxe5 Qd4+ 18. Be3 Qxe5 19. Bxb6 Qg5 $1 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qxe6+ Rf7 22. Qh3 Nh5
$44) 14. g3 {Here, too, the piece sacrifice deserved serious attention:} (14.
Bxe6 $1 fxe6 15. Nxe6 $44 {[%csl Re8]}) 14... O-O 15. f3 {Perhaps too early.} (
15. Rac1) (15. Ba2) 15... Ne5 16. Bb3 Bc5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Rd2 h6 19. Rad1 Rad8
20. Bf2 g5 $15 {Black has obtained a "dream QGA" position. The most important
thing is that White's king is unsafe. However, White plays accurately, and
Black never gets real winning chances.} 21. h3 Ng6 22. Bc4 Ne5 23. Kg2 Qc8 24.
Bb3 Kh8 25. Nc2 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Bxf2 27. Kxf2 Qc5+ 28. Qd4 Rb8 29. Ne3 Kg7 30.
Nc4 Qxd4+ 31. Rxd4 Nc6 32. Rd2 Ba8 33. Nd6 Kf8 34. Bc4 Nb4 35. Na2 Nxa2 36.
Bxa2 Rd8 37. e5 Nd7 38. f4 gxf4 39. gxf4 a5 40. Rd4 Ke7 41. Bb1 f6 42. Nc4 Bd5
43. exf6+ Nxf6 44. Bd3 Nd7 45. Be2 Rf8 46. Bf3 Bxc4 47. Rxc4 Nc5 48. Ke3 Rd8
49. b4 axb4 50. Rxb4 Rd3+ 51. Ke2 Ra3 52. Rxb6 Rxa4 53. f5 Ra2+ 54. Ke3 Ra3+
55. Ke2 exf5 56. Rxh6 Ne6 {Well, this is not rapid chess and not WCh match
tie-break so Black's efforts eventually prove vain.} 57. Rh4 Kd6 58. Kf2 Ke5
59. Rc4 Nd4 60. Bg2 Ra2+ 61. Kf1 Rd2 62. Rc3 Kf4 63. Ra3 Kg5 64. Rg3+ Kh4 65.
Rg8 Nc2 66. Kg1 Ne1 67. Rg7 Rb2 68. Rg8 Nd3 69. Rg7 Nf4 70. Rg8 Ne6 71. Kh2 Kh5
72. Kg1 Kh6 73. Rg3 Nf4 74. Bf3 Rb3 75. Kh2 Rb2+ 76. Kg1 Ra2 77. Kh1 Ng6 78.
Bd5 Rd2 79. Bb7 Kg7 80. Rg2 Rd3 81. Kh2 Kf6 82. Rf2 Nh4 83. Be4 Re3 84. Bg2 Ke5
85. Bb7 Kf6 86. Bg2 Rc3 87. Bb7 Kg5 88. Bg2 f4 89. Bb7 Nf5 90. Be4 Ne3 91. h4+
Kf6 92. Bf3 Kf5 93. h5 Ra3 94. Rb2 Nc4 95. Rb5+ Ne5 96. Kg2 Kf6 97. Rb6+ Kg5
98. Rb5 Re3 99. Bd1 Rg3+ 100. Kf1 Re3 101. Ra5 f3 102. Kf2 Kf4 103. Ra4+ Re4
104. Rxe4+ Kxe4 105. Bxf3+ Nxf3 106. h6 Ng5 107. h7 Nxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 $5 {Das Königsgambit trifft man heute sehr selten in den
Partien der Supergroßmeister, daher ist es immer sehr interessant zu sehen,
wie diese alte Eröffnung heute gespielt wird.} d5 {Das gilt als der sicherste
Weg zum theoretischen Ausgleich.} (2... exf4 {Schwarz kann versuchen, den
Bauer zu nehmen und gleich um Vorteil zu kämpfen, doch die entstehenden
Stellungen sind zweischneidig.} 3. Nf3 d6 (3... d5 4. exd5 Nf6 {-> siehe die
Partie.}) 4. d4 g5 5. Bc4 h6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 Nc6 8. g3 Bh3 $132) 3. exd5 exf4
4. Nf3 (4. Bc4 {Das Problem mit diesem Zug ist, dass Weiß die Rochade verliert.
} Qh4+ $1 5. Kf1 Bd6 {Offensichtlich wird Schwarz keine Schwierigkeiten haben,
weil er seine Figuren leicht entwickeln kann.} 6. Nf3 Qh5 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. d4 O-O
9. Kf2 Nd7 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nexd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. c4 Ne3 14. Bxe3 fxe3+
15. Rxe3 Bf5 $132 {Polgar - Topalov (Mexico City, 2010)}) 4... Nf6 5. Be2 {
Dieser Zug scheint nicht zu ambitiös.} (5. Bb5+ c6 (5... Nbd7 6. c4 Qe7+ 7. Qe2
a6 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. Ne5 O-O-O 10. d4 Re8 11. Bxf4 Ng4 12. h3 Nh6 13. Nc3 f6 14.
O-O-O fxe5 15. dxe5 g5 16. Bh2 Bg7 17. Rhe1 $44 {und Weiß hatte gute
Kompensation in Nakamura - Kosteniuk (Saint Louis, 2011)}) 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. d4
Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. c4 Ne7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Ba4 b5 $5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bxb5 Bb7
$44 {Schwarz bekam gutes Spiel in Savchenko - Goganov (Moskau, 2012)}) (5. Bc4
{führt zu gleichem Spiel:} Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. Bxd5 Qxd5 9. Bxf4 Qd8
10. c4 Bf5 11. Nc3 c6 12. Kh1 Nd7 $11 {Shulman - Onischuk (Lindsborg, 2002)}) (
5. c4 c6 6. d4 ({Das Nehmen auf c6 ist zu gefährlich:} 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 Bb4+
8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bd2 O-O $1 10. Nxe4 Re8 11. Bxb4 (11. Bd3 f5 $17) 11... Rxe4+ 12.
Kf2 Nxb4 13. Qd2 Bg4 $1 $15 {Grafl - Berzinsh (Germany, 2003)}) 6... Bb4+ 7.
Nc3 cxd5 8. Bxf4 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. O-O Bg4 $132 {Schwarz hatte
keine Probleme in Zeller - Jussupow (Switzerland, 2009)}) 5... Nxd5 6. c4 $1 {
Es ist wichtig c4 zu spielen, bevor Schwarz seinen Läufer nach d6 stellt, so
dass er nicht Ne7 spielen kann.} (6. O-O Bd6 7. c4 Ne7 $1 {und Schwarz steht
schon etwas besser, weil Weiß den Bauern f4 nicht so leicht zurück gewinnen
kann.} 8. d4 c6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd3 Ng6 11. Re1 Bg4 $15 {Baer - Stefan (ICCF
corr 1995/Corr 2002)}) 6... Nf6 7. d4 Bd6 8. c5 {Das ist vermutlich eine
kleine Ungenauigkeit, weil Weiß zu früh das Feld d5 aufgibt.} (8. O-O $5 O-O 9.
Nc3 c6 10. Ne5 $132) 8... Be7 9. Nc3 (9. Bxf4 Nd5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12.
Nc3 Bf6 13. Bc4 Be6 $11) 9... Be6 10. Bxf4 Nd5 11. Bg3 O-O {Es ist schwer
vorstellbar, dass Schwarz Probleme haben kann, wenn er das Feld d5 unter
Kontrolle hat.} 12. Qd2 (12. Qb3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nc6 $1 {Der Springer geht nach
c6, um den Bauern d4 anzugreifen.} 14. O-O Bf6 15. Rad1 Bd5 16. Ne5 Re8 $132)
12... Nd7 13. O-O c6 $11 {Schwarz hat sich sehr solide aufgebaut und hat die
Stellung völlig ausgeglichen.} 14. Ne4 $6 {Das führt zu Vereinfachungen und
erlaubt Schwarz sogar aktiv zu werden.} (14. Rae1 $5 N7f6 (14... Nxc3 15. bxc3
Qa5 (15... b6 $2 16. Ba6 bxc5 17. Bb7 $16) 16. Bd3 g6 (16... b6 17. Qc2 g6 18.
Bxg6 hxg6 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Qxe6+ $18) 17. Rxe6 fxe6
18. Bc4 $44) 15. Ng5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bd5 17. Bd3 h6 18. Nf3 Re8 $11) 14... N7f6
15. Bd3 $6 {Ein weiterer Fehlgriff. Besser war 15.Neg5.} (15. Neg5 Bf5 16. Bc4
h6 17. Ne5 Bc8 18. Ngf3 Ne4 19. Qe1 Bf5 $11) 15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 $1 {
Nun übernimmt Schwarz die Initiative.} 17. Bc2 (17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Ne5 (18. Rae1
Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Bxc5 $17) 18... Be4 19. Rac1 Bf6 $15) 17... f4 {Schwarz hat
Raumvorteil am Königsflügel gewonnen.} 18. Bf2 Bf5 $1 {Es ist richtig die
weißfeldrigen Läufer zu tauschen, um Weiß mit dem schlechten Läufer f2 zu
belassen.} 19. Bb3 Kh8 (19... g5 {Das sieht sicherlich interessant aus, ist
jedoch etwas riskant.} 20. Ne5 Bf6 21. Rae1 $132 {Schwarz hat den König
geschwächt, kommt jedoch noch nicht voran.}) 20. Rae1 Bf6 21. Ne5 (21. Bxd5
Qxd5 22. Bh4 (22. Qxf4 Bd3 $17) 22... Qxa2 23. Qxf4 Be6 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 $11)
21... g5 {Schwarz spielt aggressiv. Er könnte nach 21...Bg5 vermutlich
Zugwiederholung erzwingen.} (21... Bg5 {Es droht f4-f3, Weiß hat nichts
Besseres, als mit dem Springer zurückzugehen.} 22. Nf3 Bf6 $11) 22. Qd1 Qc7 23.
Nc4 (23. Qh5 $5 Kg7 (23... Qg7 24. h4 $14 {Schwarz kann nicht g4 spielen, weil
der Läufer f5 hängt.}) 24. h4 h6 25. g3 $5 Qd8 $11) 23... Bg6 24. Nd6 Ne3 $1 {
Sehr stark gespielt. Nun bekommt Weiß Probleme mit dem Bauern d4.} 25. Bxe3 ({
Betrachtung verdient das Qualitätsopfer} 25. Rxe3 $5 fxe3 26. Bxe3 Qg7 27. Qg4
$44) 25... fxe3 26. Rxe3 Qg7 27. Kh1 Bxd4 28. Ref3 Rxf3 {Schwarz muss ein Paar
Türme tauschen, um den Druck auf der f-Linie loszuwerden.} (28... Bxb2 29. Rf7
Bxf7 30. Nxf7+ Rxf7 (30... Kg8 31. Nd8+ Kh8 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Nf7+ Kg8 (33...
Kg7 34. Qh5 $18) 34. Nxg5+ Kh8 35. Nf7+ Kg8 36. Qd7 $18 {/\Ng5-Qxh7#}) 31. Rxf7
Qg6 32. Rd7 $44 {Weiß hat Kompensation Dank der Aktivität seiner Figuren.}) 29.
Rxf3 {Nach 29. Qf3 steht Schwarz etwas besser.} (29. Qxf3 Bxc5 30. Nf7+ Bxf7
31. Qxf7 Bd4 32. Qxg7+ Bxg7 33. Rf7 Rb8 $15) 29... Bf6 (29... Bxb2 30. Nf7+
Bxf7 31. Rxf7 Qg6 32. Rd7 $44) 30. Qf1 Be7 (30... Rf8 $2 31. Nf7+ Bxf7 32. Rxf6
Kg8 33. Qf5 Bxb3 34. Rxf8+ Qxf8 35. Qxg5+ Kh8 36. Qe5+ Kg8 37. Qg3+ Kh8 38.
Qc3+ Kg8 39. Qxb3+ $16) 31. Qe1 ({Weiß konnte das Remis sofort festhalten:} 31.
Nf7+ Bxf7 32. Rxf7 Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Qxf8 34. Qxf8+ Bxf8 35. Be6 Bxc5 36. Bc8 b6
37. Bb7 Bd4 38. Bxc6 Bxb2 39. g4 $11) 31... Bf6 32. Qf2 {Weiß versucht auf
Vorteil zu spielen.} (32. Qf1 Be7 $11) 32... Bd4 33. Qd2 (33. Qe2 Rf8 34. Nxb7
Rxf3 35. Qxf3 Qe7 36. Qd1 Bxb2 37. Qd8+ Qxd8 38. Nxd8 Bd4 39. Nxc6 Bxc5 40. Ne5
$11) 33... Bxc5 34. Nf7+ Bxf7 35. Rxf7 Rf8 {Es kann nur Schwarz auf Gewinn
spielen, doch weil Türme und Damen getauscht werden, ist die Stellung remis.}
36. Rxf8+ Bxf8 37. Qd8 $1 Qe7 38. Qd4+ Bg7 39. Qxa7 Qe1+ 40. Qg1 Qxg1+ 41. Kxg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. f4 Qc7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Nb3 Na5 {The knight move to the edge
of the board deserves some explanation. White was threatening with 13.a5! and
the only other sensible alternative lies in 12...b6. Black admits, that for
once the white knight on b3 in a Scheveningen is not a miserable piece!} (12...
b6 13. Bf3 Rab8 14. g4 Bc8 15. g5 Nd7 16. Bg2) 13. e5 Ne8 (13... dxe5 14. fxe5
Nd5 (14... Qxe5 $2 15. Bf4 Qf5 16. Bd6 $18) 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. c3
$14) 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. a5 {Fixing the pawn structure on the
queenside competes with the immediate centralisation of the white bishop. It
seems, that the game move is the more annoying possibility.} (16. Bd4 f6 (16...
Bc6 17. Bd3 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxf6 (19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Qe1 Rae8 21. a5 $14)
19... Nxf6 20. Nxd6 Nd5 (20... g6 $1 21. Nc4 Nh5 $15) 21. Qh5 Nf6 22. Qe5 Qd7
23. Rae1 Rad8 24. Nc4 Bxa4 25. Nb6 Qc6 26. Nxa4 Qxa4 27. Qxe6+ $16 {1-0
Gurevich,I (2495)-Villanueva,H/Los Angeles 1991 (32)}) 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bd3 e5
(18... Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bf6 20. c3 Bc6 21. Bc2 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Bd5 23. f5 Qc6 24.
Qg4 exf5 25. Bxf5 Rf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Pavlovic,M (2505)-Chibukhchian,A (2415)/
Panormo 1998 (32)}) 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Bc3 Bc6 22. Qg4 e4 23.
Bxe4 Bxc3 24. bxc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kharlov,A (2555)-Newerovski,G (2370)/Smolensk
1997 (57)}) 16... Bc6 {The black pieces form a compact bunch, but all of them
are fairly passive. The whole system requires exact play from the defender,
otherwise he may end up in a difficult position.} (16... Rc8 17. Bb6 (17. Nc3
Bc6 18. Bb6 Qb8 19. Qd4 Bd8 20. Rad1 Bc7 21. Bxc7 Rxc7 22. Bf3 dxe5 23. Qxe5
Qc8 24. Qd4 Nf6 $11 {0-1 Netzer,J (2230)-Relange,E (2459)/Guingamp 2010 (42)})
17... Qb8 (17... Qxc2 18. exd6 Bf6 19. Bf3 $16) 18. c4 Bc6 19. Qd4 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Garcia Martinez,S (2353)-Gamundi Salamanca,A (2453)/Alcudia 2003}) 17.
Bb6 Qb8 (17... Qd7 18. Bf3 Rc8 19. c4 f5 20. exd6 fxe4 21. dxe7 Qxe7 22. Be2 e5
23. Bg4 Ra8 24. f5 Nf6 25. Be2 {1-0 Kononenko,D (2457)-Tishin,D (2372)/Alushta
2004 (38)} Qb4 $14) 18. Qd4 d5 $6 {[%mdl 4] Nakamura must have been rather
unhappy with his position, otherwise he would not choose a move that leaves
him in a difficult bind. The f-pawn move 18...f6 proved to be unsufficient,
but the untried 18...f5!? deserves the benefit of the doubt. White may not be
able to get more than a small advantage.} (18... f6 19. exd6 Nxd6 20. Nxd6 Qxd6
21. Qxd6 Bxd6 22. Rad1 Bb8 23. Bc4 Re8 24. f5 Be5 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. c3 $16 {
0-1 Kasimdzhanov,R (2672)-Dao Thien Hai (2557)/Doha 2006 (58)}) (18... f5 $5
19. Nc3 (19. exd6 Nxd6 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Qxd6 Bxd6 22. Rad1 Be7 $14) 19... dxe5
20. fxe5 Nc7 21. Bc4 Kh8 $14) 19. Nc5 Qc8 (19... Nc7 20. Qf2 Nb5 21. c4 Nc7 22.
Rac1 $16) 20. Bf3 (20. Rf3 $5 Nc7 21. Rh3 Nb5 22. Qf2 h6 23. Rd1 $16) 20... g6
21. c4 $5 {McShane is rushing to open up the position, as his active pieces
and the mobility of his rooks promise chances for an advantage.} Ng7 (21...
dxc4 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qd7 $1 Bxc5 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. Bxc5 $16) 22. cxd5 exd5 (
22... Bxd5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Qxd5 $16) 23. Rac1 (23. Bxd5 $2 Nf5 24. Qd3 Bxd5
25. Qxd5 Ne3 $17) 23... Bd8 {The ability to defend in an unpleasant position
is a great asset for any chess player. Nakamura is working hard on limiting
the damage done by the dubious opening solution.} (23... Qf5 24. g4 Qc8 25. Qd2
Ne6 26. Nb3 $16) (23... Ne6 24. Qd2 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Qe6 27. Qd4
Rad8 28. Re1 f6 29. g3 $16) 24. Rfd1 $6 (24. Bxd8 $1 Qxd8 25. Qb4 Ne6 26. Rfd1
Qe7 27. Nd3 Qxb4 28. Nxb4 Ba4 29. Rxd5 Nxf4 30. Rd6 $16) 24... Ne6 (24... Bxb6
25. axb6 Ne6 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Rc3 Qd8 $14) 25. Qd2 $2 {White is somehow
forgetting the maxim, that even in great positions it pays to look for the
most precise solutions. The second meagre move is kissing his advantage good
bye.} (25. Qb4 Bxb6 26. Qxb6 Nxc5 27. Qxc5 Qf5 28. Qd4 $16) 25... Bxb6 26. axb6
Qd8 27. Bxd5 (27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Bg4 Qe7 29. Qe3 Kg7 $11) 27... Nxc5 28. Rxc5
Qxb6 {The defender has finally managed to solve all the problems and can start
to dream about getting some play.} 29. b4 (29. Qc3 Rad8 30. h3 Bxd5 31. Rcxd5
Rxd5 32. Rxd5 $11) 29... Rad8 30. Qe1 {The first player has spoiled his
position to such a degree, that he must start worrying about his own safety.
Most likely a better solution was to put the white queen to the c3-square.} (
30. Qc3 h5 31. h3 Bxd5 32. Rcxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 $11) (30. e6 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5
32. Qxd5 Qxe6 (32... Qxb4 $2 33. Qd7 fxe6 34. Qxe6+ $11) 33. Qxb7 Qb3 34. Rf1
a5 35. b5 a4 $15) 30... Bxd5 31. Rcxd5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Rc8 33. h3 Qe6 {It is no
secret that Nakamura works hard on chess and it must entail also learning
about acceptable risk. The rookmove to c4 must have been very tempting for
this aggressive player, but Black was surely concerned about the dangers of
the 34.f5! advance.} (33... Rc4 34. f5 $1 Rxb4 (34... gxf5 35. Rd6 Rc6 36. Qg3+
Kf8 37. Qf4 $11) 35. Kh2 Rb5 36. Rd6 Rb1 37. Qd2 Qg1+ 38. Kg3 Rb3+ 39. Kg4
gxf5+ 40. Kh5 Qe3 41. Rd8+ Kg7 42. Rg8+ Kxg8 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. Qf6+ $11) 34. Rd4
h5 35. Kh2 Qf5 36. Qh4 Kg7 37. Rd6 {McShane must have been perfectly aware,
that even in simplified positions his aggressive opponent is able to generate
a lot of heat. Shortly before the time control he decides to simplify into a
slightly worse rook ending.} (37. Qe7 b5 38. Qd6 Rc4 39. Qd5 Rc1 40. Qd8 Rf1
41. Kg3 $11) 37... Rc4 38. Qf6+ Qxf6 (38... Kh7 39. Qxf5 gxf5 40. Rb6 Rxf4 41.
Rxb7 Kg6 42. Rb6+ $11) 39. exf6+ Kh6 40. Rb6 (40. Rd7 Rxb4 41. Rxf7 Rxf4 42.
Rxb7 Rxf6 43. h4 $15) 40... Rxf4 41. Rxb7 Rxf6 42. b5 axb5 (42... a5 43. Ra7
$11) 43. Rxb5 Rf4 $15 {Black has obtained an advantage for the first time in
the game, but realising the extra pawn on the same flank is next to impossible
in a rook ending.} 44. Kg3 g5 45. Rb6+ Kg7 (45... f6 46. h4 $1 Rxh4 47. Rxf6+
Kg7 48. Ra6 $15) 46. Kh2 Ra4 47. Kg1 Ra3 48. Kf2 f6 49. Rb7+ Kg6 50. Rb5 Ra2+
51. Kf1 Rd2 52. Ra5 h4 53. Rb5 f5 54. Rb6+ Kf7 (54... Kh5 55. Rb5 f4 56. Rb6
$15) 55. Ra6 Rd4 56. Kf2 Re4 57. Rb6 Re6 58. Rb5 Kf6 59. Ra5 Rd6 60. Ra2 Ke5
61. Re2+ Kf4 62. Ra2 Rd4 63. Rb2 Rd3 {Black knows all too well that advancing
the pawns might bring the situation to the immediate drawish outcome.} (63...
g4 64. hxg4 fxg4 65. g3+ $1 hxg3+ 66. Kg2 $11) 64. Ra2 g4 65. Ra4+ Kg5 66. hxg4
fxg4 67. Ra5+ Kf4 68. Ra4+ Kf5 69. Ra5+ Ke4 70. Ra4+ Rd4 71. Rxd4+ $1 {The
gifted English player knows, that despite the absence of the pawn his king can
safely hide in the corner.} Kxd4 72. Ke2 Ke4 73. Ke1 Kd3 74. Kf1 Kd2 75. Kf2
g3+ 76. Kg1 $1 (76. Kf3 $2 Ke1 77. Kg4 Kf2 78. Kh3 Kg1) 76... Ke1 77. Kh1 h3
78. Kg1 h2+ 79. Kh1 Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 {This used to be
Korchnoi's favourite variation in his Candidates' matches about three decades
ago.} ({Later he came up with the then virtually unexamined} 6. a3 $5) 6... d5
{The most principled reaction, fighting for space in the centre and inviting
White to justify his early display of piece activity. This was Portisch'
constant choice in his (curiously) only match against Korchnoi.} ({In his
second match with Korchnoi, Polugaevsky preferred the developing} 6... Bb4) 7.
Bf4 e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Rd1+ ({Korchnoi managed to
surprise his opponent with} 11. Nd4 {in the first match game Kortschnoj,V 
(2600)-Portisch,L (2620) Bad Kissingen 1983 (1-0, 35). Despite the favourable
result, he returned to the known game move.}) 11... Bd7 12. Nd6 {The forced
sequence has come to an end and we can make a first description of the
strategic plot. White has managed to spoil Black's structure on both wings and
can hope to reach a favourable endgame in the long run. Besides, he has a
powerful threat (Nxf7+). However, his seeming initiative is about to vanish.
He needs several tempi to complete the kingside development, while Black has
better possibilities for rapid piece mobilisation. Practice has shown that
Black's greater activity compensates for the static drawbacks of the position.}
Kc7 {A rather aggressive continuation. Black ignores the threat on f7 for the
sake of speeding up his counterplay along the b-file.} ({The obvious
alternative is} 12... Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Rb8 14. Rd2 Re8 $1 {It is important to
take measures against White's planned g2-g3.} (14... Kc7 15. g3 {offers White
some initiative.} fxg3 16. hxg3 Rb4 17. Bg2 {Huebner,R (2580)-Sax,G (2486)/
Leon 2011/CBM 145 Extra (1-0, 31). It is interesting that both players had
been at their best in the times when the theory in this whole line was just
builidng up.}) 15. f3 $5 (15. g3 {allows} f3 {, when Black seems to equalise:}
16. Kd1 fxe2+ 17. Bxe2 Kc7 18. Bc4 Bg4+ 19. Kc2 Re7 20. b3 Rd8 21. Rxd8 Kxd8
22. f4 Bf5+ 23. Kc1 Kc7 24. Nd1 Ne8 25. Kd2 Nd6 $11 {1/2 Karpov,A (2700)
-Polugaevsky,L (2615)/London 1984/MCL. Black has regrouped properly, fighting
against the blockade on c4 and controlling the main weakness in White's camp,
namely e4.}) 15... Kc7 16. g3 Be6 $5 {This indirect defence of the pawn is the
best.} (16... Nh5 {was played at grandmaster level, but leaves White with some
advantage:} 17. Kf2 Re5 18. Bg2 Be6 19. Rc1 h6 20. b3 $14 {Gurevich,D (2503)
-De Firmian,N (2547)/San Diego 2006/CBM 112 (1/2, 30)}) 17. b3 ({Black's point
is revealed after} 17. gxf4 Nd5 18. Nxd5+ Bxd5 $11 {[%csl Ga2,Gf3]}) 17... Nd5
(17... Rb4 $5) 18. Nxd5+ Bxd5 19. Kf2 Rb4 {Gasthofer,V (2333)-Mueller,R (2337)
Germany 2005 (1-0, 45). After the exchange of knights, the weakness of the
c6-pawn becomes less relevant.}) 13. Nxf7 Rg8 14. Ne5 {The knight hurries back
into play and intends to eliminate the d7-bishop, which is an important
defender of the c6-pawn.} ({The following classical game is a good example
about the way how Black can build up his counterplay with natural moves after} 
14. g3 Rb8 15. Rd2 Bb4 16. Bg2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rb1+ 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Ng4
$132 {Andersson,U (2635)-Tal,M (2620)/Malmo 1983/IZT (1/2, 27)}) 14... Rb8 $1 {
Black has to play everything on the card of his advance in development.} ({
There is no time to for neutral moves such as} 14... Bf5 $6 15. g3 fxg3 16.
hxg3 Re8 17. Nd3 Ne4 18. Bg2 $16 {Yartsev,P (2175)-Raznikov,D (2314) Israel
2010 (1-0, 51)}) 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 {White has achieved most of his strategic aims,
but the time has come to think about developing. He still is two tempi behind.}
16. g3 {Returning the pawn for the sake of gaining time.} (16. Rd2 $6 {helps
Black to develop his initiative.} Ne5 {[%cal Ge5c4]} 17. e3 (17. b3 Bb4 18. Rc2
Rge8 $36 {[%cal Ge5d3]}) 17... fxe3 18. fxe3 Bb4 19. Be2 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rb1+ 21.
Rd1 Rb2 22. Rf1 Rxa2 23. Rf5 Re8 24. Rd4 Ra5 25. g4 Rc5 $13 {Rubinetti,J (2445)
-Velimirovic,D (2520)/Lucerne 1982/EXT 97-B (1-0, 42)}) 16... Rxb2 17. Bh3 {
Gaining another important tempo, but the bishop does not get on the most
active diagonal at once.} Nf6 {The best way to keep the paths open for the
other pieces (the a3-f8 diagonal and the b-file).} ({After} 17... Nc5 {White
can forget about the threats ...Bb4 and ...Ba3, which allowed him consolidate
in the following classical game:} 18. O-O Rc2 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 fxg3 21.
hxg3 {The material is equal, but White's structure is better.} Be7 22. Bg2 Rb8
23. Rc2 Rb4 24. e3 Rc4 25. Bf1 Rb4 {It became obvious that Black's activity
has reached a dead end.} 26. Ne2 Rb1 27. Nd4 Kb6 28. Nf3 Nd3 29. Kg2 Nb4 (29...
Ne1+ 30. Nxe1 Rxe1 31. Rb2+ Kc7 32. Ba6 $36) 30. Rd2 Kc7 31. Bc4 $14 {
Kortschnoj,V (2600)-Portisch,L (2620)/Bad Kissingen 1983/Candidates (1/2, 52).
White has regrouped properly and his advantage is beyond doubt.}) 18. O-O Bb4
19. Rc1 Rd8 {White has managed to almost complete his development (the f1-rook
needs to be activated still), but Black's activity is overwhelming.} 20. Bg2 {
Hoping to prove that the black king is not that safe behind the c6-pawn.} Rdd2
{The most natural and possibly best move. Black does not need to release the
tension in any way yet. However, there are worthy alternatives available.} (
20... Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Nd5 22. Ra3 Kb6 {The king takes an active part in events,
compensating for the queenside weaknesses.} 23. Rc1 a5 24. Rb3+ Rxb3 25. axb3
fxg3 26. hxg3 Nb4 $11 {Prudnikova,S (2421)-Maksimovic,S (2278)/Herceg Novi
2000/CBM 075 ext (1-0, 42)}) (20... fxg3 21. hxg3 Rdd2 {Compared to the game,
this gives up the control over the e3-square and offers White the possibility
to regroup with Nd1-e3.} 22. a3 Be7 (22... Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Rbc2) (22... Bxa3 $2
23. Nb1 $18) 23. Nd1 Rb6 (23... Rbc2 24. Ne3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxe2 $11 {Adorjan})
24. Ne3 Rxe2 25. a4 $44 {Adorjan,A (2535)-Cebalo,M (2475)/Vrsac 1983/MCD (1-0,
43)}) 21. gxf4 $146 {This novelty doesnot change the evaluation of the whole
variation as comfortable for Black.} (21. a3 Bd6 22. gxf4 Rbc2 23. a4 Ba3 24.
Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Nb1 Bb2 26. e3 a5 27. Bf3 Rc4 $13 {Krivonosovs,V (2490)-Lepikhov,
A (2515)/W-Cup7 fin corr 1994/Corr 2002 (1/2, 64)}) 21... Rbc2 22. Ne4 Rxe2 23.
Nxf6 gxf6 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Be4 Rxa2 26. Rc1 c5 27. Bxh7 Rd2 28. h4 a5 {
Only Black can be better here, of course, but a draw is the most probable
result.} 29. h5 Rd8 30. Kg2 a4 31. h6 Rh8 32. Bc2 Rxh6 33. Bxa4 Rh8 34. Bb3 Rd8
35. Rd1 Bd2 36. Ba2 Bxf4 37. Rxd8 Kxd8 38. Kf3 Be5 39. Ke4 Kd7 40. f4 Bxf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 {Nowadays almost the most famous move against Queens
Gambit Accepted.} Nf6 {One of the most popular defences against the 3.e4
attack.} 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 (6. Bb3 $5 {is the other possibility.})
6... Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 (8... Bh5 {which is the engine suggestion, has
also been tried in the past:} 9. Nbc3 (9. e6 fxe6 10. Nbc3 Qd7 11. Bf4 g5 $1
12. Bxg5 {was played in Al Sayed-Filippov (2010) while here probably} O-O-O {
[%cal Gh8g8] would have been best, with an unclear position.}) 9... e6 10. Be4
$5 (10. Bb5 $5 {An interesting idea played only once in 2011.} Qd7 {(maybe not
the best reaction)} 11. h4 $1 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Bf4 Rg8 15. Kf2
$5 O-O-O 16. Rc1 Qd5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qd3 $40 {1-0 (44) Evdokimov,A (2533)
-Papin,V (2569) Armavir RUS 2011}) 10... Bg6 11. O-O Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Bf2
Qd7 14. Nf4 {was unpleasant for Black in Wojtaszek-Socko (2009).}) 9. Nbc3 Qd7
(9... Bc4 {used to be sort of a main move:} 10. Bxc4 Nxc4 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. Be3
$1 (12. e6 fxe6 {followed by ...Qd7 was proven to be rather fine for Black.})
12... e6 13. O-O Nb4 (13... Qd7 14. Rad1 Nb4 15. Nf4 c6 16. Nh5 $16 {1-0 (44)
Kasimdzhanov,R (2678)-Ismagambetov,A (2500) UZB 2011}) 14. f4 $5 {[%cal Gf4f5]}
(14. Nf4 $5) 14... N4d5 15. Bd2 Qd7 16. a4 a5 17. Ne4 Bb4 $6 (17... Be7 18. Nc5
$14) 18. Nc5 Qc8 $6 19. Bxb4 Nxb4 20. f5 $1 exf5 21. e6 $18 {1-0 (25) Edouard,
R (2617)-Sumets,A (2614) FRA 2010}) 10. Ne4 Bd5 11. Nc5 Qc8 12. a3 e6 13. Qc2
Bxc5 14. dxc5 {An interesting treatment of the position, which is almost new,
but that should objectively be wrong.} ({Normally White goes} 14. Qxc5 Qd7 15.
O-O (15. Bg5 $5 h6 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Qc3 Qh4+ 18. Bf2 Qg5 19. Kf1 $5 h5 20. h4
Qe7 21. b4 a6 22. Nf4 $40 {1-0 (38) Zherebukh,Y (2541)-Tzermiadianos,A (2447)
Budapest HUN 2009}) 15... a6 16. Qc3 Ne7 {followed by ...Bc6, and Black is
extremely solid, though after} 17. b3 Bc6 18. a4 {White is supposed to be a
little bit better (after all, Black can put only one piece on the d5-square!).}
) 14... Nd7 15. f4 Bxg2 (15... Qd8 $1 {with the idea of} 16. O-O Bb3 $1 {
followed by ...Nxc5 seems immediately good for Black:} 17. Qc3 Nxc5 18. Bb5 Qd5
$8 {and probably Black is just better, e.g.} 19. Be3 Ne4 20. Bxc6+ bxc6 21. Qc1
O-O 22. Nd4 Ba4 23. b3 c5 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. bxa4 Rad8 $15 {It is quite likely
that Morozevich studied the position after 14.dxc5 and thought chances his
opponent doesn't find 15...Qd8 were quite high, while after the text move
White has interesting ideas.}) 16. Rg1 Bf3 $5 17. Be3 $5 {White wants to
castle long as fast as possible in order to launch an attack, since for the
moment it is not so clear where Black is going to castle.} (17. Rxg7 Qd8 {
followed by ...Qh4, ...0-0-0 should be fine for Black.}) 17... g6 18. O-O-O Ne7
19. Be4 $5 {Black's bishop is a strong defensive piece, so it is obviously
interesting to get rid off it immediately, though not so logical purely
strategically speaking.} (19. Rg3 Bxe2 $5 ({The more logical} 19... Bd5 {
followed by ...c6, ...Qc7, ...0-0-0, also seems quite unclear to me.}) 20. Bxe2
c6 21. Rd6 {looks unpleasant for Black, but after} Nf5 22. Rh3 b6 {it may
happen that White is not better at all! For instance:} 23. cxb6 Nxd6 24. exd6
Nxb6 25. f5 gxf5 26. Bd4 Kd7 $132) 19... Bxe4 20. Qxe4 b6 $5 {Black needs to
find counterplay somewhere!} (20... Nd5 $5) 21. Nc3 O-O ({The less human} 21...
c6 {also makes sense:} 22. Qf3 Nd5 23. Ne4 O-O 24. cxb6 axb6 25. h4 Qa6 $1 {
and Black will go ...Nc5 at some point and White's attack might just be too
slow.}) 22. c6 Nb8 23. f5 $1 {A natural way to get counterplay. Now Black's
position is most probably fine, but unpleasant.} Nxf5 ({After} 23... Nbxc6 24.
Bg5 {White obviously has huge compensations.}) 24. Bg5 Qe8 {Black has to hurry
up not to get mated!} 25. Qf4 $5 ({The natural} 25. Rd8 {is just a draw:} Qxd8
(25... Qxc6 $2 26. Rxb8 Qxe4 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Nxe4 $16) 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. Nb5
a6 28. Nxc7 Ra7 29. Na8 Nxc6 30. Qxc6 Raxa8 31. Qxb6 Rdb8 $11) 25... f6 {
The most natural move, but objectively maybe a bit dubious.} (25... Qxc6 26.
Kb1 {followed by Ne4, h4, obviously gives White a strong attack, but the
position mayb be holdable for Black, e.g.} Nd7 27. Ne4 Nc5 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Qg4
Rg8 $1 {and after} 30. Qh3 Rg7 31. Bh6 Nxh6 32. Qxh6 {White can make a draw at
any moment (e.g. Nh5-f6) but probably nothing more.}) 26. Bxf6 Qxc6 27. Kb1 Nd7
28. Ne4 {Black's position is already very unpleasant.} Nc5 $2 (28... Rf7 $1 {
should be best:} 29. h4 $1 (29. Ng5 $6 Nxf6 $1 30. Nxf7 Nd5 31. Nh6+ Kh8 $132)
29... Nc5 30. Nf2 $1 (30. Ng5 $2 Rd7 $15) 30... Rd7 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. h5 {
and after} Qd4 33. Qxd4 Nxd4 34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Rh1 Rf8 $8 36. Rh8+ Kf7 37. Rh7+
Ke8 38. Rxc7 a5 {White is better but Black might be able to make a draw.}) 29.
Nxc5 $2 {A strange move, but of course this position is extremely difficult to
play for both sides.} ({After} 29. Ng5 $1 h6 (29... Nd7 $2 30. Rc1 $40) 30. h4
$1 {I believe Black has serious problems, e.g.} Qe8 (30... hxg5 31. Qxg5 Qe4+
32. Ka2 $1 Rf7 (32... Qc4+ 33. Ka1 Nb3+ 34. Kb1 $18) 33. Qxg6+ Ng7 34. Qxg7+ $1
{(not the only winning move, but definitely the strongest and most beautiful
one!)} Rxg7 35. Rxg7+ Kf8 36. Rdg1 Qc4+ 37. Kb1 Qe4+ 38. Ka1 Nb3+ 39. Ka2 $18)
(30... Rae8 31. h5 $18 {[%cal Gg5h3,Gg5f3]}) 31. Nh3 Kh7 32. h5 Rg8 $8 (32...
g5 $2 33. Rxg5 $1 hxg5 34. Nxg5+ Kg8 35. Rg1 $18) 33. hxg6+ Rxg6 34. Qf3 $1 {
and White wins, e.g.} Rb8 35. Ka2 $1 Rxg1 36. Rxg1 Qd7 37. Ng5+ hxg5 38. Qh5+
Nh6 39. Bxg5 Qd5+ 40. Ka1 Nb3+ 41. Kb1 Qd3+ 42. Ka2 Qg6 43. Qh1 Nd4 44. Be3 $18
) 29... bxc5 {Suddenly Black is completely fine.} 30. h4 Rf7 (30... Rab8 $1 {
was very strong, since after} 31. h5 $6 c4 $1 32. hxg6 h6 {followed by ...c3
White is just totally lost.}) 31. h5 Rd7 $8 32. hxg6 h6 {The right idea, but
only sort of drawing, while it could have been killing in the event of 30...
Rab8.} 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. Qf3 Rb8 35. Rd1 Qe8 36. Rd2 c4 37. Ka2 a5 {The
position was about equal again, but White suddenly made a big mistake.} 38. Qd1
$2 ({After something like} 38. Qc3 Qa4 39. Ka1 {nothing would happen.}) 38...
c3 $1 {White should never have allowed such a move.} 39. bxc3 Ne3 40. Qe2 $2 {
The last mistake!} (40. Qc1 Qxg6 $17) 40... Nd5 41. Qd3 a4 $1 $19 {Now White
is lost.} 42. Rb2 Rxb2+ 43. Kxb2 Qb8+ 44. Kc1 Qb3 45. Qa6 Qxc3+ 46. Kd1 Ne3+
47. Ke2 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O
b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 {
The structure is reminiscent of the Cambridge Springs Queen's Gambit, with one
important difference: the white kingside structure has been spoiled. This will
increase the danger of a perpetual check, but also face White with certain
dangers in the endgame, when the h2-pawn may become a target for the king.} Qc7
15. e3 Rad8 16. Rd2 $5 {"Almost" a novelty, played only once before. White
prepares to keep the tension on d5 after the inevitable pawn break ...c5.} (16.
Rac1 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 ({If} 18. Bxd5 Nf6 {White cannot maintain his
outpost, as in Grischuk,A (2771)-Kramnik,V (2791)/Moscow (blitz) 2010 (1/2, 44)
}) 18... Bxd5 19. Rxd5 b5 $132 {Drenchev,P (2499)-Mastrovasilis,D (2631)/
Skopje 2012/CBM 147 Extra (1/2, 25)}) 16... Nf6 ({The idea behind White's
previous move is revealed after} 16... c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Nf6 19. Rad1 {
, although it is far from clear whether this offers an advantage:} Nxd5 20.
Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Rd8 23. Qd3 Rxd5 24. Qxd5 Qd8 25. Qb7 Qd1+ {
1/2 Berkes,F (2693)-Wojtaszek,R (2721)/Paks 2011/CBM 143}) 17. Rad1 c5 18. d5
exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 g6 21. Ne5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Rd8 24. Qc4
Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Bf6 26. Nd7 Kg7 27. b3 Bc3 28. a4 {White has some domination,
but, as mentioned above, the weakness of the white kingside offers Black a
clear plan for counterplay.} Qd8 29. Qd6 Bf6 30. Kf1 Qe7 31. Qd5 Bc3 32. Ke2
Qh4 33. Kd3 Ba1 34. Ne5 Bxe5 35. Qxe5+ Kh6 36. Qc7 Qxf2 37. Qxf7 Qf1+ 38. Ke4
Qb1+ 39. Kf3 Qh1+ 40. Kg3 Qg1+ 41. Kf3 Qh1+ 42. Kg3 Qg1+ 43. Kf3 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Milos,G"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. g4 {This is as good as 9.0-0-0 and 9.Bc4.} ({An important detail to
understand the variations without Bc4 is} 9. O-O-O Nxd4 (9... d5 {is
considered the move.}) 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 $1 {A very important move
preventing Black's idea ...Qa5-Rfc8.} Qa5 $2 12. Nd5 Qxd2 13. Nxe7+ $16) 9...
Nxd4 (9... Be6 {is an important alternative here,} {the modern game
Short-McShane 2010 followed} 10. Nxe6 (10. O-O-O {was the choice of Anand
against Kasparov in their match of 1995. Theory considers the position as
equal after} Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 $1 12. Kb1 {Threatening Nd5.} Rfc8 13. a3 (13.
Nd5 Qxd2 14. Nxe7+ $2 Kf8 {winning a piece.}) 13... Rab8) 10... fxe6 11. O-O-O
Rc8 12. Bc4 Qd7 13. Bb3 Na5 14. h4 Nc4 15. Qd3 Qc6 {with a double edged
position.}) 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Nd5 $1 {Karpov played this good idea against
Mestel in 1982. This is probably the only way to get an advantage.} (11. O-O-O
Qa5 $1) 11... Bxd5 12. exd5 Qc7 13. h4 Rac8 14. Rh2 $1 {Very good. Protecting
c2 and preparing to double in the h-file later.} (14. O-O-O $2 Nxd5) 14... e5 {
It is difficult to suggest another move for Black.} (14... Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7
16. O-O-O {followed by h5 with a strong attack.}) 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. O-O-O $1 {
An important detail.} ({The natural} 16. h5 {would be answered with} d5 $1 {
Mestel played ...Qc6 and lost against Karpov.} 17. O-O-O Ne4 18. fxe4 Bxd4 {
with good play for Black.}) 16... e5 {It seems that occupying the center with
pawns is not important in this position.} ({Black should play} 16... Nd5 $1 17.
Bxg7 (17. h5 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 g5) 17... Qxg7 {as in the game Oll-Georgiev Ki,
Biel, 1993. Black's king is more protected here and there is an importante
defensive idea here after} 18. h5 g5 $1) 17. Be3 Qf7 18. Kb1 d5 {Continuing
with the occupation of the centre.} ({An important and probably better option
was} 18... Nxg4 19. fxg4 Qxf1 {winning a pawn, but White can continue his
attack and is better after} 20. h5) 19. h5 e4 (19... d4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bh6 {
is excellent for White.}) (19... Nxg4 {is worse here than before.} 20. fxg4
Qxf1 21. Qxd5+ Qf7 22. hxg6 (22. Qd6 {is also good.}) 22... hxg6 23. Qxf7+ Rxf7
24. Bxa7 {with a clear pawn up.}) 20. hxg6 {This is good and human.} ({The
computer already gives a decisive advantage to White after the strange} 20. h6
Bh8 21. g5 Nh5 (21... Nd7 22. Rf2 exf3 23. Rxf3 Qxf3 24. Bg2 Qf5 25. Bxd5+ Rf7
26. Bxf7+ Qxf7 27. Qxd7) 22. Bh3 Rcd8 23. fxe4) 20... hxg6 21. Be2 Qe6 (21...
exf3 22. Bxf3 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 {is a better defence but White is much better
after} 24. Rhh1 $1 {protecting the first rank and threatening Qh2.} (24. Rdh1
$2 Qf1+)) 22. Bd4 Rc7 23. Rdh1 {This is a dream for White. All pieces playing,
decisive attack and the king is completely protected.} Rff7 24. a3 {
Prophylaxis protecting the eight rank. Qg5 wins immediately.} b6 25. fxe4 {
From now on Grischuk plays perfectly until the end. There were other ways to
win but he gave no chances to his opponent.} Qxe4 (25... Nxe4 26. Rh8+ Bxh8 27.
Rxh8#) 26. g5 Nh5 (26... Nh7 27. Rh4 $1 (27. Rxh7 Qxd4) 27... Qe6 28. Rxh7 {
winning a piece.}) 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Bxh5 gxh5 29. Rxh5 Qc4 {Nakamura tries
some ideas but the position is completely lost.} 30. Qd1 Qe4 31. g6 Rfe7 (31...
Kxg6 32. Rg1+ Kf6 33. Rh6+ Ke5 34. Re1) 32. R5h4 Qe5 33. Rh7+ Kg8 34. R7h5 Qe4
35. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. b3 {Diese Variante wird selten gespielt und
das zurecht.} Nge7 {Dieser Zug sieht sehr logisch aus. Jetzt will Schwarz ...
a6 spielen, und dann, falls Weiß auf c6 nimmt, mit dem Springer zurücknehmen.}
5. O-O (5. Bb2 a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. O-O {-> siehe die Partie.}) 5... a6 6. Bxc6
Nxc6 7. Bb2 b6 $5 {Vorsichtig gespielt. Meistens geht der Bauer nach b5, aber
dann kann er nach a4 Angriffsziel der weißen Figuren werden.} (7... b5 8. a4 b4
9. d3 d6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd2 $14 {Sjugirov-Nuri 
(Aix-les-Bains, 2011)}) 8. Qe2 {Man kann diesen Zug als Experiment bezeichnen.
Im weiteren Verlauf hat Weiß überhaupt nichts erreicht.} (8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4
Bb7 10. Nd2 f6 $1 {Schwarz kann sonst seinen schwarzfeldrigen Läufer nicht
entwickeln.} (10... Bc5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxg7 Rg8 13. Be5 Qg5 14. Bg3 h5 15.
Nf3 Qg4 16. Ne5 Qxe4 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qxh5 $16) 11. Qg4 Kf7 {Solches Spiel
ist nur möglich, weil Weiß keinen weißfeldrigen Läufer mehr hat.} 12. Rad1 Qc7
13. Nc4 b5 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Ne3 Ne5 16. Nf3 Ng6 17. Qg4 Rd8 $132 {
Adams-Edouard (Rijeka, 2010)}) (8. c4 Bb7 9. Re1 (9. Qe2 Qc7 10. d4 cxd4 11.
Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Nd2 (13. Bxg7 Rg8 14. Bf6 Qxe4 $15) 13... O-O 14.
Qg4 f6 15. a3 a5 $11 {Minasian-Shabalov (Los Angeles, 2003)}) 9... Qc7 10. Nc3
(10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qh5 O-O 14. Nd2 f6 $11 {Peng
Xiaomin-Wu Wenjin (Tianjing, 2003)}) 10... Bd6 11. Nd5 exd5 12. exd5+ Ne7 13.
Bxg7 Rg8 14. Bf6 Rg6 15. Bxe7 Bxe7 16. Nh4 Kf8 17. Nxg6+ hxg6 18. Qf3 $132 {
Movsesian-Timofeev (Sarajevo, 2007)}) 8... Bb7 9. Rd1 {Dieser und der nächste
Zug von Weiß sind nicht konsequent.} (9. c3 Be7 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. d5
exd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Nc3 Bf6 $15) 9... Qc7 10. c3 {Was der Turm nun auf d1
macht, ist eine große Frage.} (10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 $15)
10... Ne5 $1 {Richtig gespielt. Es kann sein, dass Weiß auf 10...Be7 hoffte.} (
10... Be7 $6 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 d5 (12... O-O 13. d5 $14) 13. Nc3 dxe4 14.
Nxe4 O-O 15. d5 exd5 16. Nc3 $14 {Hier sieht man, dass der Turm auf d1 seinen
Platz gefunden hat.}) 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 {Nun kann Weiß nicht gleich d4 spielen.}
12. d3 (12. d4 $4 Qxe4 13. Qxe4 Bxe4 $19) (12. f3 $2 {Schwarz entwickelt eine
sehr starke Initiative am Königsflügel.} Bd6 13. g3 O-O 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4
Qh5 16. Nd2 f5 $15) 12... d5 {Ebenfalls spielbar ist ...Bd6.} (12... Bd6 13. g3
Qg5 14. Nd2 O-O $11) 13. Nd2 Bd6 14. g3 Be7 {Es ist immer gut, die Schwäche
der weißen Felder zu provozieren.} 15. d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qc7 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. e5
$15 {Weiß muss das Zentrum schließen, sonst wird die lange Diagonale geöffnet.
Nun haben wir eine typische französische Bauernstruktur auf dem Brett, nur hat
Weiß seinen guten weißfeldrigen Läufer schon abgetauscht und hat dadurch
überhaupt kein Spiel. Schwarz steht einfach besser.} O-O 19. Nb1 {Weiß will
die schwarzfeldrigen Läufer tauschen.} b5 {Schwarz will nach Ba3 einfach ...b4
spielen.} (19... a5 $5 20. Ba3 Bb4 $1 (20... Bxa3 21. Nxa3 Ba6 22. Qe3 Rac8 $11
{Der schwarze Läufer ist aktiv geworden und dadurch ist der Ausgleich
garantiert.}) 21. Bxb4 $1 axb4 22. Qd2 Qe7 23. Rc2 $1 {Weiß hat genug Zeit, um
die Initiative von Schwarz zu neutralisieren.} Rfc8 24. Rdc1 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 h6
26. Nd2 Rc8 27. Qb2 Rc7 28. Rc2 Ba6 29. Qc1 Ra7 $132) 20. Nc3 {Nun kann
Schwarz nicht ...b4 spielen.} (20. Ba3 b4 21. Bb2 a5 $17) 20... Bc6 (20... b4
21. Na4 Qb5 22. Qxb5 axb5 23. Rc7 Rfe8 24. Rxb7 bxa4 25. Rc1 axb3 26. axb3 Kf8
(26... Ra2 $4 27. Rxe7 $18) 27. Rcc7 Ra2 28. Bc1 $14) 21. Qg4 f5 $1 {Sonst
bekommt Weiß eine gewisse Initiative.} (21... b4 22. Ne2 a5 23. Nf4 Kh8 24. Nh5
Rg8 25. Rc2 $36) 22. exf6 {Erzwungen. Wenn Weiß mit der Dame zurückgeht, dann
wird er überhaupt kein Spiel haben.} Rxf6 (22... Bxf6 23. Ne2 $36 {/\Nf4}) 23.
Ne2 Bd6 {Auch 23....Rg6 sieht nicht schlecht aus.} (23... Rg6 24. Qf3 Bd6 $15 {
/\Rf8}) 24. Rc2 $1 {Sehr starker Zug! Die Idee davon ist nicht Rdc1 zu spielen,
sondern Nc1-Nd3-Nc5/Ne5! Das Feld c1 wurde für den Springer frei gemacht.} b4
$1 {Schwarz muss das Springermanoever verhindern.} (24... Raf8 $6 25. Nc1 Rf3
26. Nd3 Qf7 27. Rf1 Rxd3 28. Qe2 $1 (28. Rxc6 Rd2 29. Rxd6 Rxf2 $19) 28... Rf3
29. Rxc6 $16) 25. Nc1 Bb5 $1 26. Nd3 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 {Nach einer Folge der
stärksten Züge für beide Seiten ist die Stellung ausgeglichen.} Rc8 28. Rdd2
Rff8 {Nun werden alle Türme auf der c-Linie abgetauscht und die Partie endet
in einem remislichen Endspiel.} 29. Qe2 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Rc8 31. Bc1 Rxc2 32. Qxc2
$11 {Keiner kann in dieser Stellung auf Gewinn spielen, weil beide Seiten ihre
Schwächen haben, die sich ausgleichen.} Qe8 33. f4 g6 34. Be3 Kf7 35. Kg2 Qd7
36. Bf2 Be7 37. Be3 Bd6 38. Bf2 Be7 39. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel exh blitz"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.07.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bg7 6. c3 O-O 7. Qb3+ e6 8. Ng5
d5 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Nh3 Nxf4 11. Nxf4 c6 12. Nd2 Qe7 13. c4 Nd7 14. Nf3 dxc4 15.
Qxc4 Re8 16. Rfe1 Nf6 17. e3 Bd7 18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Ne5 Bc8 20. b4 a6 21. a4 Nd7
22. Nxd7 Bxd7 23. Nd3 Kh8 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 cxb5 27. Qxb5 e5 28.
dxe5 Qxe5 29. Bxb7 Be6 30. Bc6 Rf8 31. Nxe6 Qxe6 32. Red1 Qe5 33. Qxe5 Bxe5 34.
h4 Bb2 35. Rb1 Rxd1+ 36. Rxd1 Rc8 37. Bf3 Rc1 38. Kg2 Rxd1 39. Bxd1 Kg7 40. g4
fxg4 41. Bxg4 h6 42. f4 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel exh blitz"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2012.07.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxe6 Bxd4 11. Nxb5 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Bf2+ 13. Kd1 Ne3+ 14. Ke2
Qxb5+ 15. Kxf2 Ng4+ 16. Kg3 Qd7 17. Re1 Nc6 18. b3 Nh6 19. Bb2 Nf5+ 20. Kf2
Ncd4 21. g4 Nh6 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. h3 Rc8 24. Rac1 Qc6 25. Qxd4 Qb6 26. Qxb6
axb6 27. c4 Kd7 28. Re2 b5 29. c5 b6 30. b4 bxc5 31. bxc5 Nf7 32. Rb1 dxc5 33.
Rxb5 Nd6 34. Rxc5 Ra8 35. Rc7+ Ke8 36. Nd4 Nc8 37. Nc6 Rf8 1-0

[Event "Biel exh blitz"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2012.07.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Re8 9. Nc3 b6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nd2 f5 15.
Nf3 Rf8 16. Rfe1 Rf6 17. Qf1 Rh6 18. Ne2 g5 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5
Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. b4 Rf8 24. Ng3 Rhf6 25. Rc2 c5 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Rb1 Qc7
28. Qc1 c4 29. Qb2 Bc8 30. Qd4 Rd6 31. Qe5 h6 32. Rd1 Rfd8 33. Rcd2 Rc6 34. Qc3
Rcd6 35. Qe5 Rc6 36. Qc3 Rcd6 37. Rb1 Qg7 38. Rd4 Rf8 39. Qd2 Rdf6 40. Nh5 Qf7
41. Nxf6+ Qxf6 42. Rxd5 c3 43. Qc2 Be6 44. Rc5 g4 45. hxg4 Bxg4 46. Rb7 Bf3 47.
Rcc7 Bh5 48. Rxc3 Bg6 49. Rc6 Qg5 50. Qc4+ Bf7 51. Rxf7 Rxf7 52. Rc7 Qh5 53.
Qxf7+ Qxf7 54. Rxf7 Kxf7 55. f4 h5 56. Kh2 Kf6 57. Kh3 Kf5 58. Kh4 Kg6 59. g4
hxg4 60. Kxg4 Kf6 61. f5 1-0

[Event "Biel exh blitz"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2012.07.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 f6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bc1 Bg4 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8. b4
Qd6 9. b5 Nd8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. exf3 e5 12. Bd3 Qd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Qc2 g6 15.
Rd1 Bd6 16. Nd2 Ne7 17. f4 Ne6 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. c4 O-O 20. Nb3 Nf4 21. Bf1 b6
22. a4 Kg7 23. Bb2 Rf5 24. Rd2 Rg5 25. Kh1 Qb7 26. Re1 Kf8 27. Qd1 Nxh3 28.
cxd5 Nf4 29. g3 Nh5 30. Bg2 Rc4 31. Rc2 Qc7 32. Ree2 Nf6 33. Kg1 Rxc2 34. Rxc2
Qd7 35. Rc6 Ne8 36. Nd2 e4 37. Nxe4 Rxd5 38. Qf3+ Rf5 39. Qc3 Be5 40. Qc2 Nxc6
41. bxc6 Qe7 42. Bc1 Kg7 43. Be3 h5 44. Bh3 Rf8 45. Bd7 Nc7 46. Qd2 Rh8 47. Bg5
Qf7 48. Qe3 Nd5 49. Qe1 h4 50. g4 h3 51. Ng3 h2+ 52. Kg2 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "Biel exh blitz"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.07.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O Ng6 7. Bc2 O-O 8. d4
Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh3 Nc6 12. f4 f5 13. d5 Nce7 14. dxe6 fxe4 15.
Qg4 Rf5 16. Nf2 d5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Nxe4 Bxe6 19. Ng3 Qf8 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21.
Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 Nxf5 23. g4 Nd6 24. f5 Ne5 25. h3 Nec4 26. f6 g5 27. h4 Kf7
28. hxg5 hxg5 29. a4 Rh8 30. Ra2 Rh4 31. Bxg5 Rxg4+ 32. Rg2 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Ne4
34. Bh6 c5 35. Rf3 a6 36. Kh3 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Kg4 Ne5+ 39. Kf5 Nxf3 40.
Kxe4 b4 41. Kxf3 bxc3 42. Bg5 c2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel exh blitz"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.07.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qb6 7. Nb3 a5 8. d3 a4
9. Nd2 exd3 10. Bg2 Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc4 Qd8 13. dxc6 dxe2 14. Qxe2 Nxc6 15.
Rd1 Qe7 16. Qxe7 Bxe7 17. Nb6 Ra6 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. a3 Kf8 20. Be3 Rb8 21. Bf1
Raa8 22. Bb5 Na5 23. Bxa4 Nc4 24. Bc1 Rc8 25. Bb3 Nxa3 26. Bd2 Rd8 27. bxa3 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd1 Bg4 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Nc3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Be2 Nc5 14. f3 Rc8 15.
Kh1 e5 16. Nd5 Ne6 17. Qd2 Ncd4 18. Bd3 Nc7 19. Bg5 f6 20. Be3 Nxd5 21. cxd5
Qb6 22. Rc3 Rc5 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Rcc1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rf7 26. Rc8+ Rf8 27. Rc4
Rf7 28. Qc1 Bf8 29. g3 Be7 30. Kg2 Bd8 31. Rc8 Kg7 32. Qd2 Bc7 33. h4 Rf8 34.
Rxf8 Kxf8 35. h5 Kg7 36. h6+ Kf7 37. f4 Bd8 38. Qf2 Qc5 39. Qe2 Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 O-O 7. Bg2 b6 8.
O-O Bb7 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. e4 Bb7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 h6 14. Rc1 Qe7
15. a3 a5 16. Nfd2 Rad8 17. Nc4 Nb8 18. Ne3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 c5 20. Qg4 Bxe4 21.
Bxe4 Rc8 22. Rcd1 Nd7 23. Bb1 b5 24. Qe4 f5 25. Qb7 Rb8 26. Qa7 Ra8 27. Qb7
Rab8 28. Qa7 Ra8 29. Qc7 c4 30. Rf1 Rfc8 31. Qd6 Qxd6 32. exd6 Nf6 33. g4 g6
34. gxf5 exf5 35. e4 Nxe4 36. Bxe4 fxe4 37. Rf6 Kg7 38. Re6 Rf8 39. Rxe4 Rad8
40. Re7+ Rf7 41. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 {
Die Problemvariante hier heute ist 7...Qb6.} (7... Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3
10. f5 (10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3
Qxe5 16. Be2 Bc5 17. Bg3 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qa5+ 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Bd6 Nc6 21. O-O
Nce5 22. Rdd1 f5 $132 {Karjakin - Kokarev (Sochi, 2012)}) 10... Nc6 11. fxe6
fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rb3 Qc5+ 16. Be3 $44 {Ivanchuk
- Grischuk (Nice, 2010)}) 8. e5 {Hier sieht der Zug Qf3 nicht so gut aus, weil
Schwarz gleich seinen Läufer nach b7 entwickeln kann.} (8. Qf3 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7
10. O-O-O Rc8 {Schwarz hat an Qc7 Zeit gespart.} 11. Rhe1 Be7 12. Kb1 Rxc3 13.
bxc3 Qc7 $44 {Lane - Zhao (Canberra, 2010)}) 8... dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 (9... h6 10.
Bh4 g5 11. exf6 gxh4 12. Qf3 Ra7 13. O-O-O $18) 10. exf6 {Das ist der Hauptzug.
Etwas schwächer ist 10.Qe2.} (10. Qe2 Nfd7 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Qg4 Qb6 13. Be2
Nxe5 14. Qh3 Nbd7 $132 {Vallejo Pons - Bromberger (Bahia Feliz, 2011)}) 10...
Qe5+ 11. Be2 (11. Qe2 Qxg5 12. Ne4 Qe5 13. O-O-O Ra7 14. Qf3 Rd7 15. c3 Bb7
$132 {Bindrich - Vorobiov (Cappelle la Grande, 2010)}) 11... Qxg5 12. O-O {
Weiß kann die Dame nicht gleich angreifen:} (12. Ne4 Qh4+ 13. Ng3 gxf6 $15)
12... Ra7 {Die Idee von Schwarz ist es, den Turm ins Zentrum zu bringen, und
erst dann Bb7 zu spielen.} (12... Qe5 13. Nf3 Qe3+ 14. Kh1 Nd7 (14... Bb7 15.
Re1 Qf4 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5+ Bc6 18. Qd5 $3 Ra6 19. Rad1 $18 {Kokarev -
Smirnov (Samara, 2012)}) 15. Re1 Qa7 16. fxg7 Bxg7 17. Qd6 Qb6 18. Qg3 O-O 19.
Rad1 Ra7 20. Ne4 $44 {Leko - Ivanchuk (Monte Carlo, 2001)}) (12... gxf6 13. Bf3
Ra7 14. Ne4 Qe3+ 15. Kh1 Be7 16. Nf5 exf5 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Qxd6 $44) 13. Qd3
Rd7 14. Ne4 Qe5 15. Nf3 {Wenig bringt 15.c3, wobei auch dort Weiß eine gewisse
Kompensation besitzt.} (15. c3 Bb7 16. Bf3 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 gxf6 18. Rae1 Bc5 19.
Kh1 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Qxd4 21. Qg3 Ke7 $1 $132 {Kogan - Smirin (Maalot-Tarshiha,
2008)}) 15... Qc7 {Das Spiel in dieser Variante verläuft sehr forciert - ein
falscher Zug und man gerät unter sehr starken Angriff.} (15... Qxb2 16. Qe3 Bb7
17. a4 b4 18. Rab1 Qxc2 19. Nfg5 Qc7 20. Rxb4 $3 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxb4 22. fxg7
$16 {Leko - Ghaem Maghami (Yerevan, 2001)}) 16. Qe3 Bb7 (16... g6 17. c4 b4 18.
Bd1 $16) 17. Nfg5 h6 {Diese Stellung wurde schon ein Mal gespielt und Weiß
opferte den Springer auf e6. Wang Hao spielte besser.} 18. Qh3 (18. Nxe6 fxe6
19. Bh5+ Kd8 $17 {und Schwarz hat sich leicht verteidigt in Pegoraro - Guliyev
(Villa San Giovanni, 2005).}) (18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Ng5+ hxg5 20. fxg7+ Kxg7 21.
Qxg5+ Kh7 22. Bd3+ Rxd3 23. Qh5+ Kg7 (23... Kg8 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Qxh8+ Ke7
26. Qh7+ Kd8 27. Qxd3+ $16) 24. Qg5+ Kh7 25. Qh5+ $11) 18... g6 {Der Zug 18...
Qe5 sieht logisch aus, doch Weiß hat auch dann eine starke Initiative.} (18...
Qe5 $5 19. Bd3 Rg8 20. Rae1 hxg5 21. Qh7 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Qxb2 23. Qxg8 gxf6 24.
a4 $36) 19. Bd3 {Weiß will früher oder später auf e6 opfern und bereitet sich
für das Opfer vor.} (19. Nxe6 $2 Qb6+ $1 $19) 19... Nc6 20. Kh1 {Auch hier
käme das Opfer zu früh.} (20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kd8 22. f7 Qe5 23. Qxg6 Kc7
$15) (20. Rae1 Kd8 $13) 20... Ne5 (20... Kd8 21. a4 b4 22. Rad1 $14) 21. Rae1 (
21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kd8 $15) 21... Bb4 {Stattdessen hätte Schwarz seinen
König evakuieren können, was zu einer unklaren Stellung führen würde.} (21...
Kd8 22. Nxe6+ fxe6 23. Ng5 $1 Bd5 24. Be4 $1 hxg5 25. Qxh8 Rf7 26. Rd1 $36 {
Weiß hat ausgezeichnetes Spiel auch in dieser Stellung.}) (21... Nxd3 $2 {
Das würde allerdings verlieren.} 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kd8 24. Qe8+ $3 {
Hübsch!} Kxe8 25. Nd6+ Kd8 26. Re8#) 22. Re3 Bd5 {Nun wäre das Nehmen auf d3
eine Alternative.} (22... Nxd3 $5 23. cxd3 (23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kd8 25.
cxd3 Bd5 26. Qxa6 Qb7 $17) 23... Bd5 $13 {Zum einen hat Weiß keinen Plan, wie
er die schwarze Festung stürmen soll. Auf der anderen Seite kann auch Schwarz
wenig machen, weil sein Turm h8 aus dem Spiel ausgeschaltet ist. Die Stellung
ist zweischneidig.}) 23. Be2 Nc4 {Interessante Stellungen entstehen nach 23...
Nxc4:} (23... Qxc2 24. a3 Bf8 25. Nc3 Nc4 26. Nxe6 Nxe3 27. Ng7+ Kd8 (27...
Bxg7 28. fxg7 Rg8 29. Qxe3+ Re7 30. Qg3 Rxg7 31. Nxd5 $18) 28. Qxe3 $44) 24.
Rd3 (24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Rc1 (25. Rd1 Bxe4 $19) 25... Qxa2 $17) 24... Qe5 $1 {
Schwarz spielt auf Sieg. Er hat auch allen Grund dafür, denn der weiße Angriff
hat viel an Potenzial verloren.} (24... Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 O-O 27. Qh3
$14) 25. a3 Ba5 26. Bg4 Nd6 $2 {Das ist der Fehler, der Schwarz die Partie
kostet. Nach 26...Bxe4 hätte Weiß eine schwere Zeit gehabt:} (26... Bxe4 27.
Nxe4 (27. Rxd7 Qxg5 $3 28. Re7+ Kf8 29. Qg3 Ne5 $19 {Weiß kann nichts gegen
die Drohung ...Bd8 machen, seine Stellung ist verloren.}) 27... Qxe4 28. Bf3
Qf5 (28... Rxd3 29. cxd3 Qd4 (29... Qxd3 30. Bc6+ $18) 30. Bc6+ Kf8 31. dxc4
Qxc4 32. Qf3 $44) 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. Bc6 Ne5 31. Bxd7+ Nxd7 32. Rd6 Nb8 $1 $19 {
/\Bc7}) 27. Rxd5 $1 {Die Stellung von Schwarz fällt auseinander.} Qxd5 (27...
exd5 $4 28. Bxd7+ Kf8 29. Nxd6 $18) 28. Bxe6 $1 (28. Nxe6 Nxe4 29. Ng7+ Kf8 30.
Bxd7 Nf2+ 31. Rxf2 Qd1+ $19) 28... fxe6 29. f7+ Kd8 (29... Ke7 30. Qxh6 $1 Rdd8
(30... Rf8 31. Qxf8+ Kxf8 32. Nh7+ Kg7 33. f8=Q+ Kxh7 34. Nf6#) 31. f8=Q+ Rdxf8
32. Qg7+ Kd8 (32... Ke8 33. Nf6+ Rxf6 34. Qxh8+ Kd7 35. Qxf6 $18) 33. Rxf8+
Rxf8 34. Qxf8+ Kc7 35. Qxd6+ Qxd6 36. Nxd6 Kxd6 37. Kg1 $18) (29... Kf8 30.
Nxe6+ Ke7 31. Qh4+ g5 32. Qxh6 $18) 30. Nxe6+ Kc8 31. f8=Q+ Rxf8 32. Rxf8+ Bd8
{Schwarz ist in eine total verlorene Stellung gezwungen.} (32... Kb7 33. N6c5+
Ka7 34. Qxd7+ $18) 33. Nxd6+ Kb8 $1 {Sonst kann man gleich nach Hause gehen.} (
33... Qxd6 34. Rxd8+ Rxd8 35. Nxd8+ Kxd8 36. Qd3 $18) (33... Rxd6 34. Nxd8+ Kc7
35. Qc3+ Kb6 36. Qe3+ $18) 34. Rf1 $1 {Die einfachste Lösung.} Rxd6 (34... Qxd6
35. Nxd8 Rxd8 36. Qxh6 $18) 35. Nxd8 Qc4 {Schwarz versucht es mit taktischen
Tricks, aber die Stellung ist zu einfach und Weiß bringt den Punkt sicher nach
Hause.} (35... Rxd8 36. Qxh6 $18) 36. Rg1 Rxd8 37. Qg3+ Kb7 38. Qxg6 $18 {
Die Stellung ist gewonnen. Nicht nur hat Schwarz zwei Bauern weniger, sein
König ist auch noch schwach.} Rd2 39. Qxh6 Rxc2 40. Qg7+ Kb6 41. b4 Qd3 42. Re1
Qe3 43. Qf6+ Kc7 44. Qf1 Rf2 45. Qg1 Qf4 46. h3 Qg3 47. Qh2 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8.
Ne2 e6 9. Nbc3 Qd7 10. a3 O-O-O 11. Rc1 Kb8 12. O-O Qe8 13. Ba4 Nxa4 14. Qxa4
Bd3 15. d5 exd5 16. Rfd1 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Be7 18. Rxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxa7+ Kc8 20. Nd4
Qa6 21. Qxa6 bxa6 22. Nc6 Rd7 23. b4 Kb7 24. Rc1 d4 25. Bxd4 f6 26. f4 fxe5 27.
fxe5 Bg5 28. Rc4 Re8 29. Kf2 Rf7+ 30. Ke2 Re6 31. Na5+ Kc8 32. g3 Rh6 33. h4
Bd8 34. Be3 Re6 35. Bf4 Bf6 36. Re4 Rfe7 37. Nc4 g6 38. Re3 Bg7 39. Kf3 Rc6 40.
Na5 Rce6 41. Nc4 h6 42. g4 Rd7 43. Ke4 Bf8 44. Rf3 Rf7 45. Rc3 Rd7 46. Be3 Kd8
47. Rb3 Ke8 48. h5 gxh5 49. gxh5 Rc6 50. Nb2 Rc2 51. Bf4 Rf7 52. a4 Re2+ 53.
Be3 Rf1 54. Nd3 Be7 55. Nf4 Ra2 56. Nd5 Bd8 57. a5 c6 58. Nf4 Rh2 59. Ne6 Rh4+
60. Kd3 Rd1+ 61. Kc2 Re1 62. Rd3 Bg5 63. Nc7+ Ke7 64. Bc5+ Kf7 65. Nxa6 Rh2+
66. Kb3 Rb1+ 67. Kc4 Rh4+ 68. Kc3 Ra1 69. Kb2 Rhh1 70. Nb8 Rhb1+ 71. Kc3 Rc1+
72. Kd4 Ke6 73. Nxc6 Rc2 74. Ke4 Re1+ 75. Kf3 Rf1+ 76. Kg4 Rg2+ 77. Kh3 Ra2 78.
a6 Kf5 79. Nd4+ Ke4 80. Rf3 Rh1+ 81. Kg3 Bh4+ 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. O-O h5 12. a3 Bd7 13. b3 Nh7 14. f3 f5 {This plan
of an immediate kingside storm is much less common than the classic} (14... Bh6
) {Not without reason, as the present game shows.} 15. Rb1 {[%mdl 4]} (15. Bf2
Bh6 {leads to one of the 14...Bh6 lines}) (15. exf5 gxf5 16. Qc2 (16. f4 $2
exf4 17. Rc1 Nf6 18. h3 Nc5 $17 {0-1 Polak,T (2410)-Arakhamia Grant,K (2485)/
Oakham 1994/EXT 2000 (32)}) (16. Rc1 Bf6 17. Qe1 Qg6 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. Bxg3 h4
20. Bf2 Bg5 21. Rc2 Nf6 $36 {0-1 Priehoda,V (2420)-Van Wely,L (2525)/Novy
Smokovec 1992/CBM 033 (59)}) 16... Qg6 17. Kh1 {1-0 Camarena Gimenez,R (2387)
-Andres Flores,A (2058)/Ayamonte 2002/EXT 2005 (49)} Bh6 {looks OK for Black})
(15. Nb5 $5 g5 16. Bf2 f4 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Qg6 19. c5 {1/2 Horvath,I (2291)
-Ibar,M (2266)/IECG 2001/Telechess CBM 87 'Forfeited. Draw for rating purposes.
'}) 15... g5 (15... Nc5 {may be much better, e.g.} 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. cxb5 fxe4 (
17... Bh6 18. exf5 gxf5 19. b6 cxb6 20. Nc4 $14 {0-1 Kramnik,V (2730)-Kasparov,
G (2795)/Paris 1995/CBM 049 ext (31)}) 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Rf4 20. Bf2 Ng5
21. Qc2 Bh6 22. Bd3 Qd7 23. Kh1 Raf8 {1/2 Huss,A (2304)-Gerber,R (2412)/
Switzerland SUI 2012/The Week in Chess 913}) (15... Bh6 16. Bf2 {again leads
to 14...Bh6}) 16. Bf2 f4 $6 (16... Qg6 $5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 g4 {should be
checked as a possible way to rehabilitate this variation}) 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4
Qg6 (18... b6 $5 19. Qb3 g4 20. Kh1 Qg6 {0-1 Banusz,T (2491)-Tatar Kis,S (2375)
/Hungary 2007/EXT 2009 (39) ; still, after} 21. c5 $5 {White apparently breaks
through first}) 19. c5 g4 20. c6 (20. Kh1 $6 g3 21. Bg1 h4 22. Re1 {[#]} h3 23.
Bf1 Ng5 $40 {1-0 Lisanti,A (2345)-Valet,R (2190)/Biel 1993/TD (38)}) 20... bxc6
(20... g3 21. cxd7 gxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Nf6 (22... Bf6 23. Bxa6 bxa6 24. Qa4 Kh8 25.
Qc6 Bh4 26. Re2 Rg8 27. Qxc7 Ng5 28. Kf1 $18 {1-0 Porper,E (2435)-Quan Zhe 
(2303)/Kitchener 2003/CBM 095 ext (54)}) 23. Bxa6 bxa6 24. Qa4 Qf7 25. Nc4 Nxd7
26. Ra2 Bf6 27. Qc6 $16 {1-0 Letelier Martner,R (2235)-Barria Zuniga,D (2285)/
Santiago de Chile 1995/EXT 2001 (35)}) 21. dxc6 Be6 22. b5 {It is clear that
White surpasses Black in his attack.} Nb8 {[%csl Rb8]} (22... Nc5 23. b6 cxb6
24. Rxb6 {[%cal Rc6c7] is hardly much more pleasant for Black}) 23. Nd5 Bxd5
24. exd5 g3 25. Be1 Ng5 26. Rb4 (26. hxg3 $5 fxg3 27. Rb4) 26... h4 27. Ne4 h3
{Desperation. Of course, Black's pieces are not ready for this assault.} 28.
hxg3 fxg3 29. Qd2 {There was nothing wrong with} (29. Nxg3 {, e.g.} e4 30. f4
Ra1 31. Rb1 Rxb1 32. Qxb1 Bd4+ 33. Kh2 hxg2 34. Kxg2 $18) 29... Rf4 (29... hxg2
30. Kxg2 Nh3 31. Bxg3 Bh6 32. Qb2 Nf4+ 33. Kh1 {successfully defending.}) 30.
Nxg5 (30. Nxg3 $18) 30... Qxg5 (30... Rxb4 31. Qxb4 Qxg5 32. Qe4 Ra4 $5 33.
Qxa4 Qe3+ 34. Bf2 gxf2+ 35. Rxf2 h2+ 36. Kxh2 Qxf2 37. Qe4 $18 {[%cal Ye2d3]})
31. gxh3 Qf5 32. Bxg3 Qxh3 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c6 {
A rare, rather passive continuation but in the hands of GM Magnus Carlsen it
becomes quite playable!} (7... c5 {and}) (7... O-O {are usually played}) 8. e3
O-O 9. cxd5 $6 {This move, giving the c6-square back to Black's knight, is
rather harmless. Practice has seen other options posing more problems to Black:
} (9. Bd3 $5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd7 11. O-O Nb6 12. Bb3 Nd5 13. Ne5 Nxf4 14. exf4
Qd6 15. Re1 e6 16. Qf3 Re8 17. h4 $1 $40 {1-0 Spassky,B-Byvshev,V/Leningrad
1955/EXT 1999 (30)}) (9. Be2 dxc4 (9... Qa5 10. Qb3 Nd7 11. O-O e5 12. Bg3 dxc4
13. Bxc4 e4 14. Nd2 b5 15. Be2 Nf6 16. a4 $16 {1-0 Malaniuk,V (2615)-Markowski,
D (2305)/Koszalin 1997/CBM 059 ext (28)}) (9... Nd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. c5 Nd7 12.
c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Be2 a5 15. Rc1 Nf6 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Bf3 Nd5 18. Bg3 $14
{1-0 Movsziszian,K (2525)-Kuehn,P (2230)/Hamburg 1994/EXT 1997 (35)}) 10. Bxc4
{- 9.Bd3}) (9. h3 $5 Qa5 10. Qb3 Nd7 11. a4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 Nb6 14.
O-O Nxa4 15. c4 a6 16. Rfc1 Ra7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Qd8 19. Qc2 Bd7 20. h4
$40 {1-0 Gabriel,C (2555)-Gauglitz,G (2400)/Germany 1998/GER-chT (27)}) 9...
cxd5 10. c4 (10. Bd3 {is safer.}) 10... Nc6 11. c5 Bg4 (11... f6 $5 {[%cal
Ye7e5] , and Black can even fight for the initiative.}) 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3
e5 {A classic equalising plan. The position quickly simplifies.} 14. dxe5 Bxe5
15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. O-O Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Rc8 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Qe2 Rc6
21. Qb2 Rdc8 22. Qa3 b6 23. cxb6 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 axb6 26. Qb2 Qc6
27. h3 h5 28. a4 Qxa4 29. Qxb6 Qa1+ 30. Kh2 Qe5+ 31. Kg1 Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Qe5+ 33.
Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 a5 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5
15. h3 Re8 16. Be3 Bd4 17. Rfe1 b4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxa8 Bxa8
21. Na4 Re5 22. Rc1 Bb7 23. Qc4 Qxc4 24. Rxc4 Ba6 25. Rc5 Rxc5 26. Nxc5 Bxd3
27. Nxd3 Nxe4 28. Nxb4 c5 29. Nc2 Kf8 30. Kf1 Nd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 a5 7. d3 a4 8. Be3 Qd8
9. Nd2 exd3 10. Nxa4 d5 11. Bb6 Qe7 12. Bc5 Qc7 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. Qb3 Nbd7 15.
cxd5 Qa5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Nc3 Nc5 18. Qc4 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Qf4 Ne6 21.
Qd6+ Kg8 22. e3 Ba6 23. Bg2 Rd8 24. Qe5 h5 25. h4 Rh6 26. a3 Qb6 27. b4 d4 28.
e4 Nc7 29. O-O Re8 30. Qg5 Nb5 31. Nb3 Nc3 32. Nd2 Qd6 33. Nf3 Nxe4 34. Rfe1
Rhe6 35. Qxh5 d2 36. Red1 Be2 37. Qa5 Bxd1 38. Rxd1 Nxg3 39. Rxd2 Re1+ 40. Nxe1
Rxe1+ 41. Bf1 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.08.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. e4 {White tries to use this rare move order (without
castling for either side) for an immediate advance in the centre. A
double-edged continuation!} e5 11. dxe5 (11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. O-O (13.
Rd1 $5) 13... exd4 14. Nxd4 {0-1 Meskovs,N (2347)-Olsarova,T (2244)/Pardubice
CZE 2012/The Week in Chess 925 (30)} Qc7 $11) (11. O-O O-O {leads to a
well-known position, usually arising from other move orders, with earlier
castling.}) 11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 (13. h3 Qe7 14. O-O a6 15. a4 O-O
16. Be3 Rfe8 17. Ne2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bb8 19. Rfe1 h6 20. Bc5 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Rxd6
22. f4 Rdd8 23. Ng3 Qb4 24. Nf5 c5 25. e5 c4 26. Bf1 Ne4 $132 {1-0 Moskalenko,
V (2534)-Barrientos Chavarriaga,S (2433)/Barcelona 2005/CBM 108 ext (69)}) (13.
Ne2 $5 Bd6 (13... O-O $142) (13... Qd6 $5 14. f4 $140 Qb4+) 14. Bd2 Nd7 $6 (
14... O-O) 15. Ng3 Ne5 16. Be2 O-O 17. f4 Nd7 18. e5 Bc7 19. O-O-O a6 20. Bb4
Re8 21. Bg4 {1-0 Zherebukh,Y (2563)-Versporten,W (2092)/Plovdiv 2010/CBM 139})
13... Bd4 14. e5 Nd5 $146 (14... Ng4 $6 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Nd6 Ba6 17. Bxh7+ Kh8
18. Bf5 b4 19. Qxc6 Bb6 20. Qf3 Nh6 21. Be4 Rb8 22. f5 $18 {0-1 Zueger,B (2413)
-Bosiocic,M (2555)/Sibenik CRO 2012/The Week in Chess 917 (29)}) 15. Ne4 (15.
Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Be4 Qc4 $1 (16... Qd7 17. Bd2 $14) 17. Qxc4 bxc4 $132 {[%csl Rb2]
}) 15... Nb4 16. Qb3 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 O-O 18. Nd6 Bc5 19. Be3 Bxd6 20. exd6 Qh4+
21. g3 Qh5 $132 22. Rc1 $6 {It was safer to evacuate the king:} (22. O-O c5 $1
23. f5 $1 $13 Qh3 $140 24. Rf2) 22... c5 $6 (22... Qh3 $142 23. Rc5 Rad8 $36 {
[%cal Yb7c8]}) 23. Rxc5 Qh3 24. Rg1 Qxh2 25. Rc2 Qh3 26. Rc7 {[%csl Gc7,Gd6]}
Bf3 27. Kd2 (27. d7 Bg4 {[%cal Yf8d8]}) (27. Kf2 $5 Bh1 (27... Bg4 28. Qd5) 28.
d7 {retaining better prospects due to his strong d7-pawn, which paralyses
Black's rooks.}) 27... Qe6 (27... Rfd8 28. Bc5 $14) 28. Bc5 Bg4 29. b3 Bf5 30.
Re1 $4 {[%mdl 8192] White has consolidated his position; his d6-pawn
guarantees him good chances. But now he suddenly blunders a rook!} (30. Qe3
Qd5+ 31. Kc1 $14) 30... Qxe1+ 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 45th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2012.08.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. a4 Qb6 13. Qe2 Rfb8 14. Bd2 Ne8
15. Rhb1 Nc7 16. Nd1 Qa6 17. Qxa6 Rxa6 18. a5 f5 19. exf5 Nxd5 20. fxg6 hxg6
21. Ra4 Nb4 22. Ne3 Rb5 23. b3 e6 24. Bxb4 Rxb4 25. Rxb4 cxb4 26. Rc1 Nc5 27.
Rc4 Bc3 28. Nd1 Nxb3 29. Nxc3 bxc3 30. Rxc3 Nc5 31. Ra3 e5 32. Nd2 d5 33. Nf3
Nd7 34. Ne1 Nb8 35. Rb3 Nc6 36. Rb6 Rxb6 37. axb6 Kf7 38. b7 Ke6 39. h4 Kd6 40.
g4 e4 41. h5 gxh5 42. gxh5 Kc7 43. h6 Ne5 44. h7 Nf7 45. Kg3 Kxb7 46. Nc2 Kc6
47. Kf4 Kd6 48. Kf5 Ke7 49. Kg6 Kf8 50. Kf6 Nh8 51. Nd4 Ke8 52. Kg7 Ke7 53.
Kxh8 Kf8 54. Ne2 Kf7 55. Nc3 d4 56. Nxe4 d3 57. Nd2 Kf8 58. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "213"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 {Black is trying to exploit the seemingly awkward
position of White's knight. The idea is that if White responds with a2-a4,
then Black's queenside knight is going to occupy the b4-spot. If, on the other
hand, Bb5 is played, then Black is going to transfer his knight to c7 via a6.}
11. Bb5 Na6 12. Kb1 {[%cal Yb3c1] A good waiting and prophylactic move.
White's king feels a lot safer on b1 and the c1-square is prepared for the
knight.} Nc7 13. Bb6 Nd7 {This one is relatively rare. Usually Black does not
retreat his knight from f6 unless it is driven away from there. More common
are 13...Qb8 and Qc8:} (13... Qb8 14. Ba4 (14. a4 Nxb5 15. Nxb5 Rc8 $1 16. Nc3
Ra6 17. Be3 Rac6 $1 18. g4 Rxc3 19. bxc3 b5 $40 {0-1 Petr,M (2523)-Zakhartsov,
V (2578)/Pardubice 2011/CBM 143 Extra (25)}) (14. g4 Nxb5 15. Nxb5 a4 16. Nc1
Rc8 17. Ne2 (17. g5 $142 Nd7 18. Be3 $11) 17... d5 $1 18. g5 Nd7 19. exd5 $2 (
19. Bf2 d4 20. Bg3 Nb6 21. Nbxd4 Nc4 $44 {[%cal Ye7c5]}) 19... Bf5 20. Bc7 Rxc7
21. Nxc7 Qxc7 22. d6 Bxd6 23. Ng3 Bb4 24. Qxb4 Bxc2+ 25. Ka1 Nc5 $1 $19 {
[%cal Yc5b3]} 26. a3 Nb3+ {1/2-1/2 Sebag,M (2533)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2716)/Cap
d'Agde 2008/EXT 2009 (56)} (26... Qc6 $1 $19 {[%cal Yc5b3,Gc6e6]})) 14... d5
15. Bxc7 (15. Nc5 $5 d4 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Nb5 Qc4 19. b3 Qc5 20.
c3 $13) 15... Qxc7 16. exd5 Rfd8 17. dxe6 $5 Rxd2 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Nxd2 Rd8
20. a3 Kg6 21. Bb5 Bxa3 22. Bd3+ {[%cal Yc3b5]} Rxd3 23. cxd3 Bb4 24. Nde4 $13
{1/2-1/2 Svidler,P (2750)-Najer,E (2648)/Moscow 2006/CBM 116 (35)}) (13... Qc8
14. Bxc7 (14. Ba4 Nd7 (14... Rd8 $5) 15. Bxc7 $6 (15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Nc5 Qc6 17.
Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. a4 $14 {[%cal Yc3b5,Gd2e2]}) 15... Qxc7 16. Bxd7
Qxd7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Rfc8 19. Nc1 Qc7 20. Rd2 Ra6 21. h4 Rc6 22. Qd3 b5
23. Ne2 b4 24. g3 a4 $15 {1-0 Landa,K (2571)-Popovic,P (2501)/Belgium 2004/EXT
2006 (56)}) 14... Qxc7 15. Nc1 Rfd8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19.
Ne2 b5 20. f4 b4 21. Rc1 Qb6 22. Rhf1 Bf6 $15 {0-1 Gwaze,R (2429)-Shirov,A 
(2739)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2007/CBM 122}) 14. Bxc7 $146 ({In the preceding game,
White continued} 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Nc5 Qc6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Nb5
Qc6 19. a4 Rfd8 20. Qc3 (20. Qe3 $5 Bf6 21. Qb3 $14) 20... Qxc3 21. Nxc3 Rac8
22. Rd3 Rc4 23. b3 Rd4 24. Rxd4 exd4 25. Nb5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Goloshchapov,A (2446)
-Neverov,V (2528)/Kharkov 1999/EXT 2006 (34)}) 14... Qxc7 15. a4 {I am not
sure how good this idea is to keep Black's knight alive. It seems to me
counter-intuitive to let Black carry out the breakthrough in the centre, which
would be impossible if White traded his bishop.} (15. Bxd7 {leads to the 14.
Bxd7 line.}) 15... Nb6 16. g4 Rfd8 17. Qe2 {Nakamura's idea is to follow the
light-squared strategy: he prepares the series of the outposts along the
diaonals d3-a6 and d3-h7 for his minor pieces.} d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5
20. Nd2 {Bringing the knight to e4. Although it seems that Black has solved
all his opening problems, the truth is that he still has to play very
carefully. There is not a clear plan for Black, while White can advance his
h-pawn after transferring the knight to the centre.} Rac8 21. Ne4 Be6 22. Rxd8+
Rxd8 23. h4 Qb6 24. c3 Bd7 $6 ({I would not rush with trading the bishops.
Black could have followed the waiting strategy, since White's attack is more
dummy than real:} 24... Bd5 $5 25. h5 Qc7 $11) 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Kc2 Qc6 27. b3
{Now White has a long term advantage thanks to the strong knight against a
somewhat passive bishop.} h6 28. h5 Qe6 29. Nd2 {Transferring the knight to c4.
} (29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 f5 31. gxf5 Qxf5 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33. Qxa5 Qxf3 34. Qa8+
Kh7 35. Qxb7 Qg2+ 36. Kd3 Qf1+ $11) (29. Qc4 $1 Qb6 30. Qb5 $14) 29... Bg5 30.
Nc4 f5 31. gxf5 Qxf5+ 32. Qe4 Qf7 33. Kb2 ({Surprisingly, but} 33. Nxa5 {
was playable!} Rd2+ 34. Kb1 b6 35. Nc4 Rf2 36. Re1 $14) 33... Rd5 {[%cal Yb7b5]
Now Black gets dangerous counterplay.} 34. Rh2 Bf4 35. Rg2 b5 ({Perhaps} 35...
Qd7 {was better. For example,} 36. Rc2 Qe6 {and although White is better, I do
not see an obvious way to make progress.}) 36. Nxa5 $6 ({White could get an
obvious advantage after} 36. axb5 Rxb5 37. Qc6 Rb8 38. Nxa5) 36... bxa4 37.
Qxa4 (37. b4 Bg5) 37... Qxh5 38. Nc4 Kh7 {Now with material equality Black
should not be worse. Both sides are going to push their passed pawns to
promotion and with such a game on both flanks, B could be more powerful than
White's N.} (38... Qxf3 $4 39. Qe8+) 39. Qc6 Qf7 ({Of course not} 39... Qxf3 $4
40. Qg6+) 40. Nd6 $2 (40. b4 $142) 40... Qe6 $2 {Both opponents missed a nice
tactical trick:} (40... Bc1+ $3 41. Kxc1 Qxf3 42. Rxg7+ (42. Rd2 Qh1+ $19)
42... Kxg7 43. Nf5+ Kf7 44. Nxh6+ Kf8 45. Qc8+ Kg7 46. Qg4+ Qxg4 47. Nxg4 e4
$17 {with excellent winning chances.}) 41. Qb7 Bg5 42. Ne4 Be7 43. c4 Rd7 44.
Qb5 Qh3 45. Rf2 Bh4 46. Rc2 Rd3 47. Nf2 (47. c5 Qxf3 48. Rd2 Rxd2+ 49. Nxd2 Qd5
50. Kc2 Bf2 51. b4 Qa2+ $11) 47... Bxf2 48. Rxf2 Qh4 $1 {[%cal Gh4d4]} (48...
Rxf3 49. Rxf3 Qxf3 50. Qxe5 (50. c5 Qf2+ $11) 50... h5 $11) 49. Qb6 Qf4 (49...
Qg3 {was more precise, since it does not allow White to place the rook on the
open g-file.} 50. Rc2 e4 51. fxe4 Qe5+ $13) 50. Rg2 g5 51. Qb7+ Kg6 52. Qc6+
Kg7 53. Qb7+ Kg6 54. Qb6+ Kg7 ({Black could play for a win after} 54... Kh5 55.
Rc2 (55. c5 Rxf3 56. c6 Qf6 $1 {[%cal Ye5e4]}) 55... Rxf3 56. Qe6 Rf1 {[%cal
Yf4d4]} 57. Qh3+ Kg6 58. Qe6+ $11) 55. Re2 {Nakamura wants more than a draw!}
Rxf3 56. Qc7+ Kg6 57. Qc6+ Kh5 58. c5 Qd4+ 59. Ka2 Rf2 60. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 61. Ka3
g4 {There is no way White should win this. But Nakamura finds some practical
chances in this complicated endgame.} 62. Qe8+ Kh4 63. Qe7+ Kh3 64. c6 Qb6 65.
Qd7 Qb5 66. Qd6 Qa6+ $1 67. Kb2 h5 $2 (67... g3 $1 68. Qxh6+ (68. Qd7+ Kh2 69.
c7 g2) 68... Kg4 69. Qg7+ Kf4 70. c7 Qe2+ 71. Ka3 Qa6+ $11) 68. Qd5 $1 {
White places his queen ideally. It stops the advance of Black's pawns and at
the same time assists with the promotion of his c-pawn.} Qb6 $2 ({Better was} 
68... Qe2+ 69. Kc3 Qe1+ 70. Qd2 Qa1+ 71. Kb4 Qa7 $1 72. Qd7 Qb6+ 73. Kc4 Qa6+
74. Kc3 Qa5+ 75. b4 Qa3+ 76. Kc4 {Now it seems that White is winning, but} Qa4
$3 {apparently saves the day.}) 69. Qd3+ $2 {White has just missed the chance
to win the game.} ({There was a way to bring the queen to the c-file with
checks:} 69. Qh1+ Kg3 70. Qe1+ Kh3 71. Qc3+ g3 72. c7 Qf2+ 73. Qc2 Qd4+ 74. Ka2
Qa7+ 75. Kb1 Qg1+ 76. Qc1 $18) 69... g3 70. Qf5+ Kh4 71. Qe4+ Kh3 {Now it
seems like a draw. Not if you ask Nakamura.} 72. b4 $6 (72. Qh1+ $11) 72... g2
$6 {One always runs risks when one tries to win a drawish position. It could
cost White the game if Maliskauskas found} (72... Qf2+ $1 73. Kc3 g2 74. c7
g1=Q 75. c8=Q+ Qg4 $15) 73. Qf3+ Kh2 74. Qxh5+ Kg1 75. Qd1+ Kf2 76. Qc2+ Kf1
77. Qc4+ Ke1 78. c7 g1=Q $6 ({It was better to play} 78... Qf2+ 79. Kb3 Qe3+
80. Qc3+ (80. Ka4 Qa7+ $11) 80... Qxc3+ 81. Kxc3 g1=Q 82. c8=Q Qe3+ {[%cal
Ye5e4] and Black can't lose this one.}) 79. Qc3+ Kd1 80. Qc1+ Ke2 81. Qc4+ Kf3
82. c8=Q Qgd4+ 83. Qc3+ Qxc3+ 84. Qxc3+ Kf4 85. Qd2+ Kf3 86. Qd3+ Kf4 87. Qf1+
Kg3 88. Qd3+ Kf4 89. Qd2+ Kf3 90. Qd5+ e4 91. b5 Kf4 92. Kc1 $1 e3 93. Kd1 {
Although the position is objectively a draw, White creates some problems:
Black's king is cut off and can't help to stop White's passed pawn. White's
monarch, on the other hand, is participating in taking care of Black's pawn.}
Qa5 94. Ke2 Qc3 $6 (94... Qb4 $1 $11 {[%cal Yb4b2] was the right move. In this
case, there is no way for White to make progress.}) 95. Qf7+ (95. Qd6+ Qe5 96.
Qb4+ Kf5 97. b6 Qh2+ 98. Kxe3 Ke6 {According to the Nalimov databases, this is
a draw, but in the actual game I bet Nakamura would win it.}) 95... Ke4 96.
Qe6+ Kf4 (96... Qe5 97. Qc4+ Kf5 98. Qb4 Ke6 99. b6 Kd7 $11 {Once again,
Nalimov says it's a draw.}) 97. Qd6+ Qe5 98. Qb4+ Kf5 99. b6 Qh2+ 100. Kxe3
Qg1+ $2 (100... Ke6 $1 101. b7 Qg3+ 102. Kd4 Qf4+ 103. Kc3 (103. Kc5 Qc7+)
103... Qf3+ 104. Kb2 Qe2+ 105. Ka3 Qa6+ 106. Kb3 Qd3+ $11) 101. Kd3 $18 {
After a series of inaccuracies from the black side, a Q+P vs Q endgame has
arisen. In this kind of endgames the weak side should either have the king
really close to the passed pawn or place it in one of the corners. In this
particular position, Black's monarch is completely misplaced on f5, since it
helps White to run away from the checks, i.e. Black's king blocks some
important line and diagonals for his own queen and disallows many checks
because of the threat of trading queens.} Qf1+ (101... Qd1+ 102. Kc4 Qe2+ 103.
Kb3 Qd3+ 104. Ka4 Ke6 105. Qc5) 102. Kd4 Qg1+ 103. Kc4 Ke6 104. b7 Qf1+ 105.
Kc5 Qf8+ 106. Kb5 Qf1+ (106... Qb8 107. Qc4+ Ke7 108. Qc8 $18) 107. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Venezuela"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "VEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Be6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Qd7 8.
a3 g5 9. f4 Bd6 10. Qd2 h6 11. O-O g4 12. Rfc1 a6 13. Nd1 Ne7 14. b3 Kf7 15. c4
c6 16. c5 Bc7 17. b4 h5 18. Ndc3 h4 19. a4 h3 20. g3 Rhb8 21. Rab1 Qe8 22. Kf2
Bd7 23. Rc2 Nc8 24. a5 Ne7 25. Na4 Rd8 26. Nb6 Rab8 27. Nc3 Be6 28. Rcc1 Nc8
29. Re1 Ne7 30. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. O-O-O g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. h4 g4 14. Kb1 Bg7
15. Qe3 Rde8 16. Re1 c5 17. a4 d6 18. a5 Nd7 19. Nb5 Nxe5 20. Qb3 Ba8 21. f4
gxf3 22. gxf3 Qf6 23. Nxa7+ Kd8 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Qb8+ Kd7 26. Bh3+ Re6 27.
Qb5+ Ke7 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Rhg1 Rd8 30. Nc6+ Bxc6 31. Rxg7+ Qxg7 32. Qxc6 Qd4
33. a6 Qd3+ 34. Ka1 Qd2 35. Qe4 Kd7 36. a7 Ra8 37. Kb1 Rxa7 38. Qxe6+ Kc6 39.
Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2
Nbc6 9. N2f3 Bg4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Qc7 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nf5 14. Bf4 Be7
15. Rc1 O-O 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Bd3 Nfd4 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19. Be3 Rd7 20. f4 Rad8 21.
Be4 Qa5 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. b3 Qb5 24. Qc4 Qa5 25. Qe2 Qb5 26. Qc4 Qa5 27. Qe2
Qb5 28. Qc4 Qa5 29. Qe2 Qb5 30. Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. h4 Nf6 7. f3 Nbd7 8. Nh3
Bb7 9. Nf4 h5 10. O-O-O e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nfd5 Bxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5
O-O 15. Be2 Nd7 16. Kb1 Rb8 17. f4 Nb6 18. Bxb6 Rxb6 19. Qg5 Qe8 20. Bf3 b4 21.
Rd5 Rb5 22. Rxb5 axb5 23. g4 hxg4 24. Qxg4 Qe6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Bg4 Rxf4 27.
Bxe6+ Kh7 28. Bd7 Rxe4 29. Bxb5 Kh6 30. Bd3 Rg4 31. Be2 Rd4 32. a4 bxa3 33.
bxa3 Bf6 34. h5 g5 35. Rg1 Re4 36. Bd1 c5 37. Ka2 c4 38. a4 Bc3 39. Rg4 Rf4 40.
Rxf4 gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Solak, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. Nh4 {Nakamura is not
trying to win the game from the opening, but rather is looking for a long
struggle in which he has the bishop pair.} Bg6 {This one is more solid than} (
6... Bg4 {, which has not neen played very often by strong grandmasters.} 7. h3
Bh5 8. Nd2 Be7 9. Qe1 Nfd7 10. f4 Bxh4 11. gxh4 O-O 12. e4 Re8 13. Qg3 f5 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Kalinitschew,S (2489)-Potkin,V (2612)/Germany 2007/CBM 123}) 7. Nxg6 {
Sometimes White waits with the capture of Black's bishop, but usually it does
not take long to take it eventually, as after White advances his e-pawn, Black
has the resource of playing ...Bh5.} (7. Nd2 Be7 8. Nxg6 (8. e4 Bh5) 8... hxg6
9. e4 a5 10. c3 (10. Qe2 $5) 10... Nbd7 11. Qe2 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Qc7
14. Rd1 O-O 15. Bf4 e5 16. Be3 a4 17. h4 Nf6 18. Bf3 Rfd8 {In this kind of
position, almost every piece of software gives White a slight advantage due to
his bishop pair. However, Black's position is solid enough to hold it and have
counter-chances.} 19. Kg2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Qd3 $14 {
/=. 0-1 Ehlvest,J (2600)-Grachev,B (2653)/Moscow 2010/CBM 135 (47)}) 7... hxg6
8. Nd2 ({White has tried to outplay his opponent in the endgame that is
obtained after} 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 {, but probably, with precise
play, Black should be able to hold it.} Nbd7 11. h3 Bc5 12. Nd2 O-O-O 13. Nb3
Bb6 14. Kf1 Nc5 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Ke2 e5 18. Bg5 Kc7 $14 {
/=. 1/2-1/2 Roiz,M (2659)-Laznicka,V (2578)/Plovdiv 2008/CBM 124 (67)}) 8...
Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 $146 {White's novelty should not come as a surprise.
Nakamura has some space advantage, so it makes sense to keep as many pieces as
possible on the board.} ({I don't think White can get anything without a pair
of knights on the board:} 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bd6 12. Bg2 f5 $2 (12... Nf6
$11) 13. d4 Qf6 14. c4 g5 15. Re1 O-O-O 16. Bd2 g4 17. d5 $14 {1-0 Markowski,T
(2549)-Langheinrich,F (2363)/Germany 2002/CBM 093 (40)}) 10... e5 {Black has
just fixed the pawn structure on the kingside, so that White's light-squared
bishop will not operate along the long diagonal.} 11. Qe2 Bc5 12. Nf3 Qc7 13.
h4 $1 {Emphasising the drawbacks of Black's pawn structure. White's knight is
going to occupy the g5-outpost and the light-squared bishop will operate along
the h3-c8 diagonal.} O-O 14. Bh3 Rfe8 15. Kg2 Nf8 16. Ng5 $14 {Nakamura has
managed to get a slight advantage from the opening that seemed to be
completely harmless for Black. It's not just the pair of bishops that make the
difference, but rather the pawn structure on the kingside. White's knight can
not be easily driven away from g5 and White has some prospects for developing
an initiative on that side of the board.} Rad8 17. a3 {Covering the b4-square,
from where Black would try to trade the dark-squared bishops.} Qe7 ({Maybe it
was better to play the immediate} 17... N8h7 18. Bd2 Nxg5 19. Bxg5 Rd6 $14) 18.
Bd2 N8h7 19. Rae1 {Preparing the f2-f4 breakthrough potentially. Note that
White's rooks have nothing to do on the open d-file, because Black can't
create the counterplay using it. Although Black's position is still solid and
White is not threatening with anything particular harmful, it is very
unpleasant to play this position for Black.} Nxg5 20. Bxg5 Qc7 $6 {This allows
White to get the long-term advantage.} ({Probably, the strange looking} 20...
Rd6 {was better:} 21. f4 exf4 22. e5 Qc7 $1 23. b4 Bb6 24. Bxf4 Nh5 25. Kh1 Qb8
26. Qf3 $14) 21. h5 $1 gxh5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Bf5 (23. Qxh5 Kf8 $14) 23... Kf8
24. Rh1 Ke7 25. Rxh5 Rh8 26. g4 $1 Rdg8 $2 ({It was necessary to cover the
c4-square:} 26... b5 27. Reh1 Rhg8 $140 28. Rh7 Qd6 $14) 27. Kf3 $1 $16 {
White is going to take control over the h-file without exchanging a pair of
rooks. Obviously, exchanging on h5 is out of the question for Black, since it
creates a passed pawn for White.} Rd8 28. Reh1 Rhf8 29. Rh7 Qa5 $2 (29... Qd6
30. b4 Bb6 {[%cal Yd6d2]} 31. Qc4 {[%cal Yg4g5,Gh1h6]} Bxf2 32. g5 $1 (32. Kxf2
Qd2+ 33. Qe2 Qf4+ 34. Ke1 Qc1+ $11) 32... fxg5 33. R7h6 b5 (33... Qd2 34. Re6+
Kd7 35. Rxc6+ $18) 34. Rxd6 bxc4 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Kxf2 Rd2+ $16 {+-}) ({
It was not too late to cover the c4-square and keep some chances of survival:} 
29... b5 $1 30. b4 Bb6 31. Kg2 $16 {[%cal Yc2c4]}) 30. Qc4 $18 {Now White's
attack is unstoppable.} Qb5 $2 {A blunder in a lost position.} ({Black is lost
anyway after} 30... Rd6 31. Bg6 Re6 32. Rd1 Qb5 33. Qa2 $18 {[%cal Yg6f5]}) 31.
Qe6# 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qb3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 e6 11. e4 Nc6 12. O-O Na5 13. Qd1 Qc7 14. Qf3 b6 15.
Ba3 Rd8 16. e5 Ba6 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Bb4 Bh6 19. Qd1 Nc6 20. Ba3 Na5 21. Bb4
Nc6 22. Ba3 Na5 23. Nb1 b5 24. h4 Nc6 25. Bc5 Qb8 26. Qe2 Na5 27. Nd2 Rxc5 28.
dxc5 Qc8 29. Nf3 Qxc5 30. Nh2 Bg7 31. h5 g5 32. h6 Bxh6 33. Qh5 Bg7 34. Qxg5
Nc6 35. Ng4 Qe7 36. Qxe7 Nxe7 37. a4 d4 38. axb5 Bxb5 39. Rxa7 d3 40. Rxe7 d2
41. Rd1 Be2 42. Ne3 Bxe5 43. c4 h5 44. Ra7 h4 45. Ra2 Bxd1 46. Nxd1 hxg3 47.
fxg3 Bxg3 48. c5 f5 49. Ra7 e5 50. c6 e4 51. Bh3 Rc8 52. Ra6 Rf8 53. Ra5 f4 54.
Kf1 e3 55. Ke2 Rf6 56. Ra8+ Kg7 57. Ra7+ Rf7 58. Rb7 Kf6 59. Kf3 Re7 60. Rxe7
Kxe7 61. c7 e2 62. c8=N+ Kf6 63. Kxe2 Ke5 64. Nb6 Kd4 65. Bg2 Be1 66. Nd5 Ke5
67. Nb4 Bh4 68. Nd3+ Kf5 69. Kxd2 Kg4 70. Ke2 Bf6 71. N1f2+ Kg3 72. Bf3 Bd8 73.
Ne4+ Kh4 74. Ne5 Bc7 75. Ng6+ Kh3 76. Ne7 Bd8 77. Nf5 Bb6 78. Kf1 Kh2 79. Bg4
f3 80. Nh4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2
Kb8 15. gxf4 Nc4 16. e3 Nc5 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Qa5+ 19. Nc3 Qb6 20. O-O
Qxb2 21. Qxb2 Nxb2 22. Rb1 Ncd3 23. Be4 Kc7 24. Kf1 a5 25. Bxd3 Nxd3 26. Ke2
Nc5 27. h4 Ne6 28. Ne4 Nc5 29. Nc3 Ne6 30. Rc1 Bb4 31. Ne4 h6 32. h5 b6 33. Rg1
b5 34. Ra1 bxa4 35. Rxa4 Nf8 36. Nf6 Nd7 37. Nxd7 Kxd7 38. Kd3 c5 39. Kc4 Ke6
40. e4 Rd8 41. f3 Rd1 42. Nxh6 Rd4+ 43. Kb5 Rd3 44. Nf5 Rxf3 45. h6 Bd2 46.
Kxc5 Rh3 47. Nd4+ Kd7 48. f5 Rxh6 49. e5 Rh4 50. e6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 g6 8. Nc3
Nb4 9. Be4 c6 10. Nf3 N4d5 11. Bd2 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 f6 14. h3 Kh8 15.
Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bd3 Nc4 17. Bc3 Na5 18. exf6 exf6 19. Bb4 Rf7 20. Nh4 f5 21. Nf3
Nc6 22. Ba3 Bd7 23. Qb3 Be8 24. Bb5 Rc7 25. Bxc6 Bxc6 26. Re2 Rcc8 27. Re7 Qb6
28. Qe3 Re8 29. Re1 Rxe7 30. Bxe7 Qc7 31. Qg5 Kg8 32. Bf6 Bf8 33. Ne5 Re8 34.
Re3 Bg7 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Rg3 Bd7 37. h4 Qd8 38. Qf4 Rf8 39. h5 Be8 40. h6+ Kg8
41. Rc3 Qd6 42. Rc8 Bf7 43. Qc1 Be6 44. Rc7 f4 45. Rxb7 g5 46. Rxa7 g4 47. Qc7
Qxc7 48. Rxc7 Rf6 49. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 {
Nakamura does not choose the most popular line to avoid Gelfand's quality
preparation for the World Championship in which he played recently.} Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 {By retreating the knight to b8, Black hopes to occupy the c5-outpost
one day.} 9. a4 {Once again, Nakamura avoids playing the main line 9.c4. His
idea to have the a3-square available for the knight, from where it can be
transferred to c4.} Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Kh1 {White has got a pawn
majority on the queenside, while Black has one in the centre. So, Nakamura
will try to develop an initiative on the queenside by pushing his pawns
forward, while Gelfand will be advancing his e- and f-pawns. It is often the
case that White has to stop Black's expansion with f2-f4 or f2-f3, which opens
the g1-a7 diagonal, from where Black can create some tactical threats. That's
why 12.Kh1 is a good prophylactic move. White has also tried:} (12. Be3 a6 13.
Na3 f5 {By playing 12.Be3, White committed to meet f7-f5 with 14.f3, since
otherwise it makes no sense to move the bishop twice.} 14. f3 (14. f4 exf4)
14... f4 15. Bf2 Qe8 {Now Black brings all his forces to the kingside.} 16. Nc4
Qh5 17. Kh1 Rf6 $36 {0-1 Rowson,J (2485)-Adams,M (2670)/London 1998/CBM 065 
(29)}) (12. f4 a6 13. Na3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Bg5 $6 {In general, trading the
dark-squared bishops is a typical idea for this kind of pawn structure, but in
this particular position, White is better prepared for the open fight.} (14...
Ne5 15. Kh1 f5 {leads to the game.}) 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Nc4 Nb6 17. Qd4 Bh3 18.
Rf2 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 $14 {1-0 Kaidanov,G (2596)-Kotronias,V (2611)/Gausdal 2008/
CBM 124 (37)}) 12... f5 13. f4 a6 14. Na3 exf4 {Gelfand is preparing the
e5-outpost for his knight. In fact, Black is consistent with his strategy of
taking control over the dark squares in the centre. The alternatives, which
seem a little slower than the move in the text, are:} (14... Bf6 15. Nc4 Nb6
16. Nxb6 (16. fxe5 $5 dxe5 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. a5 Qc5 19. c4 e4 20. Ra3 (20. Qb3
Bd4 21. Bf4) 20... Be5 21. Be3 Qe7 22. c5 f4 23. Bc4 (23. d6 Qe8 24. Bd4 (24.
Ra4 Bd7 25. Rxe4 Bc6 26. Bc4+ Kh8) 24... Bd7 25. Qb3+ Be6 26. Qb4 $14) 23...
Kh8 24. d6 Qg5 $132 {0-1 Nataf,I (2583)-Antic,D (2512)/Vrnjacka Banja 2005/EXT
2006 (34)}) 16... Qxb6 17. a5 Qc7 18. c3 Bd7 19. Be3 Rae8 {1/2-1/2 Gallagher,J
(2544)-Spasov,V (2551)/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109}) (14... b6 $6 {That's exactly
what White was waiting for: a clear target on the queenside.} 15. a5 $1 b5 16.
c4 Qxa5 (16... bxc4 17. Nxc4 e4 18. Be3 Rb8 19. Rc1 Bb7 20. Qd2 $14) 17. Bd2
Qb6 18. Nxb5 Qb8 19. Nc3 exf4 20. Bxf4 Qxb2 21. Nb5 Qb4 22. Nc7 Rb8 23. Ne6 $44
{1-0 Gallagher,J (2565)-Cherniaev,A (2503)/Saas Almagell 2005/CBM 107 ext (65)}
) 15. Bxf4 Ne5 ({Black can always further expand on the kingside, but there is
a cost to it: the king become more vulnerable due to potential weakness of the
light squares in the black camp.} 15... g5 $5 16. Bc1 Ne5 17. c4 f4 18. Nc2 Bf5
(18... Bf6 19. Nd4 Qe7 20. Ra3 Bd7 $13) 19. Nd4 Qc8 20. Ra3 a5 21. Rc3 Bf6 22.
c5 $1 dxc5 23. Nxf5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sengupta,D (2466)-Reinderman,D (2560)/
Parramatta 2009/CBM 129 Extra (58)}) 16. Qd2 $146 {[%cal Yd2b4] White connects
the rooks and is about to bring the queen to the queenside.} ({In the
preceding game, White got nothing special after} 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Bf6 18.
c3 g5 19. Be3 Be5 20. Bd4 Qf6 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. d6+ Be6 23. Qb3 Bxc4 24. Qxc4+
Rf7 25. Rad1 Rd8 26. Qd5 e4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gallagher,J (2544)-Parligras,M (2571)/
Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109 (57)}) 16... Bd7 17. Qb4 {Nakamura is trying to
prevent Black's normal setup of development, an essential part of which would
be ...Bf6. In fact, he had a deeper idea in mind: Black is provoked to move
his pawns on the queenside, which would create some weaknesses in his camp.}
Rb8 $1 {No targets for White's attacks.} (17... a5 $6 18. Qb3 $14 {[%cal Ye2b5,
Ya3b5]} ({But not} 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qa7 Rxb2)) (17... b6 $6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19.
d6 Bf6 20. Bxa6 $14) (17... Qc7 $4 18. Bxe5 a5 19. Qc3 $18) 18. c4 {White is
trying to carry out the breakthrough on the queenside, but maybe he had to
further build up for it.} (18. a5 $5 Be8 $1 {[%cal Yg7g5]} (18... g5 19. Bxe5
dxe5 20. d6 Bf6 21. Nc4 {[%cal Yc4b6]} e4 22. Nb6 Kh8 23. Rad1 $14) 19. Nc4 Bb5
20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. d6 Bxd6 22. Nxd6 Bxe2 23. Rxf5 Rxf5 24. Nxf5 Qf6 $11) 18...
a5 $1 {Now that White's light squared bishop can not get to b5, Gelfand
interrupts Nakamura's plans on the queenside.} 19. Qb3 {The threat of c4-c5 is
now being created.} Ng6 (19... Bf6 $6 20. c5 dxc5 21. Nc4 $14) (19... b6 $5 20.
Bxe5 $140 $6 dxe5 21. d6 Bf6 22. c5+ Kh8 $15) 20. Be3 b6 {Black has managed to
fix the pawn structure on the queenside, which leaves White with no clear plan.
Black, on the other hand, will continue his expansion on the kingside by
occupying the dark squares in the centre.} 21. Nb5 ({I feel that White should
have kept his knight on the board and brought it to the centre:} 21. Nc2 $5 {
[%cal Yc2d4]} Bf6 $11 {[%cal Yg6e5]}) 21... Bxb5 22. axb5 Bg5 23. Bg1 Ne5 $15 {
/=. Black has managed to neutralise White's activity on the queenside and
occupy the dark squares in the centre. Although Black has a more comfortable
game, White is not much worse yet. Nakamura has a pair of bishops, one of
which creates some trouble for Black, namely the dark-squared one. Black's
pawn on b6 is somewhat weak and requires some looking after by other pieces.}
24. Qa3 $6 {It may be the case that Nakamura overlooked next Black's move,
which allowed Gelfand to bring the bishop to c5.} (24. Qc3 {was perhaps better:
} Qc7 (24... Qf6 25. b4) 25. Bd4 (25. b4 axb4 26. Qxb4 Nd7 {[%cal Yd7c5]})
25... g6 $11 (25... Rbe8 26. Qg3 Bd2 $140 $2 27. Qf2 $16)) 24... Bd2 $1 25.
Rad1 Bb4 26. Qh3 Qg5 (26... g6 {might have been slightly more precise.}) 27.
Be3 Qf6 28. Bd4 ({White had to take advantage of his chance and equalise with} 
28. g4 $1 {This forces Black to trade his excellent knight:} Nxg4 (28... g6 $4
29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Bd3 $1 $18) 29. Bxg4 fxg4 30. Rxf6 (30. Qxg4 Qxf1+ 31. Rxf1
Rxf1+ 32. Kg2 Rf6 $13) 30... gxh3 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Rf1+ Kg8 {[%cal Yb4c5]}
33. Kg1 Rc8 $11) 28... Bc5 29. Bc3 Qg5 {At this point, Gelfand had little time,
so I can imagine that he was trying to postpone any decisive actions until
after the first time control. Nakamura, on the other hand, felt that it was
his chance to mess things up, so he continued} 30. Bxe5 $6 ({Objectively
speaking,} 30. Bd2 {, following the waiting strategy, was better:} Qf6 31. Bc3
g6 $15 {/=}) 30... dxe5 31. g4 {White has given up on the dark squares, but he
hopes to activate his light-squared bishop.} fxg4 $6 {Under time pressure,
Gelfand decides to keep things simple, even though he was clearly better after}
(31... f4 32. Bd3 g6 33. Be4 Bd4 34. b3 Kg7 $36 {[%cal Yf8h8]}) 32. Qxg4 Qxg4
33. Bxg4 Bd6 34. Be6+ Kh8 {The endgames with opposite coloured bishops have
strong drawish tendencies. Also, Gelfand had just a few seconds to make his
last 6 moves, so, it might be the case that Nakamura felt that he was out of
danger. However, this endgame is tricky, and White has to play carefully to
hold it. First of all, White's queenside pawns are completely useless: while
he has the numerical advantage of 4 vs. 2, he can't create a single passed
pawn. Black, on the other hand, has a pawn majority in the centre-kingside
with 3 vs. 1. It should be obvious that White's best shot is the endgame
without rooks on the board.} 35. Kg2 g6 36. b3 Kg7 37. h3 $6 {Nakamura places
his pawns on the light squares, so that they couldn't be captured by Black's
bishop.} ({However, it was more important to prevent the advance of Black's
pawn in the centre with} 37. Rde1 {and White should hold this endgame.}) 37...
e4 38. Bg4 $6 {At this point, it was absolutely necessary to force Black to
trade ALL the rooks. Instead, Nakamura brings his light-squared bishop to a
very passive position.} (38. Rde1 $1 Rxf1 (38... Bc5 39. Rxe4 Rxf1 40. Kxf1
Rf8+ 41. Ke1 Rf3 42. Kd2 Rxb3 $140 43. d6) 39. Rxf1 (39. Kxf1 Rf8+ 40. Kg2 Rf3)
39... Rf8 40. Rxf8 Bxf8 41. Kf2 Kf6 42. Ke2 Bc5 43. Kd2 Ke5 (43... Kg5 44. d6
Bxd6 45. Ke3) 44. Bg8 $1 h6 45. Bf7 $1 g5 (45... Kd4 46. Bxg6 e3+ 47. Kc2 e2
48. Kd2 e1=B+ 49. Kxe1 Kc3 50. Bf7 Bd6 51. c5 $1 Bxc5 (51... bxc5 52. b6 Kxb3
53. Bh5 Bf4 54. b7 a4 55. Bd1+ Kb4 56. d6 Bxd6 57. Kd2 $11) 52. d6 $1 $11) 46.
Be8 Kd4 (46... Kf4 47. Bh5 Kg3 48. Bg4 h5 (48... Kf2 49. Kd1) 49. Bxh5 Kxh3 50.
Bg6 g4 51. Bxe4 g3 52. Kd3 $1 Kh2 (52... g2 $2 53. Bxg2+ {[%cal Yd3e4]}) 53.
Bf3 Kg1 54. Ke4 Kf2 55. Bh1 $11) 47. Bh5 Bb4+ 48. Kc2 Ke3 49. Bg4 Kf2 50. Kd1
Bc5 51. Kd2 Kg3 52. d6 (52. Ke2 $11) 52... Bxd6 53. Ke3 h5 54. Bd7 g4 55. hxg4
hxg4 56. Kxe4 $11) 38... h5 39. Be2 $2 {It was absolutely crucial to keep
control over the f5-square. After this mistake, White is lost.} (39. Be6 Bb4
40. Rxf8 Rxf8 41. Rf1 Rxf1 42. Kxf1 Kf6 43. Ke2 g5 44. Kd1 (44. Bd7 Ke5 45. Be8
h4 46. Bd7 Kd4) 44... Ke5 45. Ke2 (45. Bf7 g4) 45... Kd4 46. Bf7 Bd6 47. Bxh5
Kc3 48. Ke3 (48. c5 Bxc5 49. d6 Bxd6 50. Bf7 Bc5) 48... Kxb3 49. Kxe4 Kxc4)
39... Rf6 {A time trouble inaccuracy.} (39... Rf5 $1 {was stronger and was
played on the next move.}) 40. Rde1 ({I think that even after} 40. Rxf6 Kxf6
41. Rf1+ Ke5 42. Rf7 Rf8 $19 {[%cal Ye5d4,Yd4c3] Black is winning, since he
gets access to White's b3-pawn.}) 40... Rf5 $1 {How many people in the world
can stay cool when they have seconds to make the last move? Well, Gelfand
definitely has the right genes! White is going to be forced to take on f5, and
with the connected pawns, it's an easy win for the World Championship
runner-up.} 41. Bd1 (41. Rxf5 gxf5 42. Bxh5 Kf6 $19) 41... Rbf8 42. Rxf5 {
White has no better moves to play:} (42. Bc2 Rg5+ 43. Kh1 Rf3 $1 $19) 42...
gxf5 43. Bxh5 Kf6 $19 {White is a pawn up, but completely lost. The quality
overcomes the quantity. Nothing can stop Black's connected pawns and moreover,
even the endgame with the opposite coloured bishops is lost for White.} 44. Rh1
(44. Rg1 Bc5 45. Rf1 Rg8+ 46. Kh1 Ke5 $19) 44... Kg5 45. Bd1 Kh4 46. Rf1 Rg8+
47. Kh1 Rg5 48. Bc2 Kxh3 49. Rf2 Kg3 50. Rh2 Rg4 51. Rg2+ Kf4 52. Rf2+ Kg5 53.
Rd2 Rg3 54. Re2 Rh3+ 55. Kg1 Kf4 56. Kg2 Rh2+ $1 57. Kf1 (57. Kxh2 Kf3+) 57...
Rxe2 58. Kxe2 Ke5 0-1

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. Nb5 b6 15. b4 a6
16. Nc3 Rf7 17. Nd3 h5 18. c5 bxc5 19. bxc5 Bf8 20. cxd6 Bxd6 21. Na4 Nf6 22.
Ndc5 Rg7 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. dxe6 Qe7 25. Nc5 Kh8 26. Nb7 Ba3 27. Rc3 Bb4 28. Rd3
Qxe6 29. Qb3 Qxb3 30. Rxb3 a5 31. Rc1 g4 32. Kf1 g3 33. hxg3 fxg3 34. Bxg3 h4
35. Bf2 Nh5 36. f4 Nhxf4 37. Bg4 Rf8 38. a3 Bd6 39. Nxa5 Ne7 40. Bf3 h3 41.
gxh3 Nxh3 42. Ke2 Ng5 43. Nc4 Ng6 44. Rh1+ Kg8 45. Nd2 Nf4+ 46. Kd1 Ra8 47. Nc4
Ra4 48. Nxd6 cxd6 49. Rh6 Rf7 50. Rxd6 Nfh3 51. Ke2 Rc4 52. Bb6 Rc2+ 53. Kd1
Rh2 54. Be2 Nxe4 55. Rd8+ Kg7 56. Re3 Nhg5 57. a4 Rf6 58. Rd7+ Kg6 59. a5 Rc6
60. Bd3 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. b3 Ne4 7. d4 d5 8. Bb2
Bf5 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bh3 14. Rfe1 Qc7
15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Bc2 Rad8 17. Qe3 Rfe8 18. Bc3 Qc8 19. Rad1 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5
21. Kg2 Qc8 22. h3 Qc7 23. Qe5 Nd5 24. Qxc7 Nxc7 25. Ba5 Rd7 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27.
dxe5 Red8 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Bxc7 Rxc7 30. Rd1 c5 31. g4 a6 32. Kf3 Kg7 33. Ke4
f6 34. Rd8 Kf7 35. Rh8 Kg7 36. Rd8 Kf7 37. Rh8 Kg7 38. Rb8 Kf7 39. Kd5 fxe5 40.
Kxe5 b5 41. Kd5 bxc4 42. Kxc4 Rd7 43. Ra8 Rd2 44. Rxa6 Rc2+ 45. Kb5 h5 46. gxh5
gxh5 47. h4 Rxf2 48. a4 Rb2 49. Kc4 e5 50. Rh6 e4 51. Rxh5 Rc2+ 52. Kd5 Rc3 53.
Rh7+ Kf6 54. Kxe4 Rxb3 55. Kd5 Ra3 56. Ra7 Rh3 57. Rh7 Ra3 58. Ra7 Rh3 59. a5
Rxh4 60. Kxc5 Rh1 61. Rb7 Ke6 62. Rg7 Rc1+ 63. Kb6 Kd6 64. Kb7 Rb1+ 65. Kc8 Rh1
66. Rg6+ Kc5 67. Kb7 Kb5 68. Rg5+ Kb4 69. a6 Rh7+ 70. Kb6 Rh6+ 71. Kb7 Rh7+ 72.
Kb6 Rh6+ 73. Kb7 Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. Be3 c4 8. b3
cxb3 9. axb3 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 a6 12. Nbd2 Bf5 13. Bf1 Rc8 14. Nh4 Be6
15. Bd3 Ng6 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Nf1 Qf6 18. f3 Bf5 19. Bf2 Ne7 20. Rc1 Bxd3 21.
Qxd3 Nf5 22. c4 Bf4 23. Rc2 Qf7 24. c5 Ne7 25. b4 Nc6 26. Qb3 Rfe8 27. Rd1 Re7
28. b5 axb5 29. Qxb5 Rce8 30. Ra2 h5 31. Rda1 Kh7 32. Ra8 Rxa8 33. Rxa8 Bg5 34.
Ra2 Qf4 35. Rd2 Bf6 36. Qd3 Qf5 37. Qxf5 gxf5 38. Ng3 g6 39. Ne2 h4 40. Nc3 Rd7
41. Na4 g5 42. Nb6 Rd8 43. h3 Kg6 44. Kf1 g4 45. fxg4 fxg4 46. hxg4 Kg5 47. Rd3
Kxg4 48. Kg1 Ne7 49. Ra3 Nc6 50. Rd3 Ne7 51. Ra3 Nc6 52. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Be2 exd4 8. Nd5
Ne5 9. Qxd4 c5 10. Qd1 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Be6 12. Qd1 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. c3 Qb6 15.
Ng5 Bc8 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Rd1 Rad8 18. Nf3 Ng6 19. a4 Bc6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Be3
Rfe8 22. Nd2 Bf8 23. c4 b4 24. Bf1 Be7 25. f3 Nf8 26. Nb3 Ne6 27. Nc1 Bf6 28.
Ne2 Be5 29. Qd2 Ra8 30. g3 Ba4 31. Rdc1 g6 32. Bg2 Bg7 33. Bh3 Qc7 34. Rab1 Bb3
35. Bf1 Qe7 36. Nf4 Nd4 37. Kg2 Qf6 38. Be2 Ba2 39. Nd5 Qd8 40. Bxd4 Bxd4 41.
Ra1 b3 42. Re1 Qa5 43. Rad1 Bg7 44. Qxa5 Rxa5 45. Rd2 Ra7 46. Bd3 f5 47. Rde2
fxe4 48. Bxe4 Kf8 49. h4 Bd4 50. g4 Kg7 51. g5 Rf7 52. Kg3 Rff8 53. Kg4 Re5 54.
Rh1 h6 55. Rhe1 Rfe8 56. Nc7 Rf8 57. Nd5 Rf7 58. Rd2 Re8 59. Ree2 Ref8 60. f4
Rh8 61. Kg3 Ra7 62. Kg2 Re8 63. Bd3 Rxe2+ 64. Rxe2 hxg5 65. hxg5 Kf7 66. Kf3
Bg7 67. Kg4 Rb7 68. Rh2 Rb8 69. Re2 Rb7 70. Rh2 Rb8 71. Nf6 Rh8 72. Rxh8 Bxh8
73. f5 gxf5+ 74. Kxf5 Bg7 75. Be4 Bh8 76. Bd5+ Ke7 77. Be4 Kf7 78. Kf4 Bxf6 79.
gxf6 Kxf6 80. Bd3 Ke6 81. Ke4 d5+ 82. cxd5+ Kd6 83. Bc4 Bb1+ 84. Ke3 Bc2 85.
Kd2 Be4 86. Bxb3 Bxd5 87. Bxd5 Kxd5 88. Kc3 c4 89. b3 cxb3 90. Kxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 c5 6. c4 d4 7. b4 O-O 8. d3 Nc6
9. b5 Nb8 10. O-O Ne8 11. Nbd2 Nd6 12. Nb3 Nd7 13. Qc2 a5 14. Rae1 e5 15. e3
dxe3 16. fxe3 Qc7 17. Nfd2 Re8 18. Bc3 a4 19. Nc1 Nb6 20. a3 Be6 21. e4 Red8
22. Rf2 Qd7 23. Nf3 f6 24. Bf1 Ne8 25. Bd2 Nc7 26. Be3 Qd6 27. Na2 Bf7 28. Nc3
Ne6 29. Nd2 Nd4 30. Qd1 Be6 31. Nd5 Rf8 32. Bg2 Rf7 33. Ref1 Nd7 34. Nb1 Bxd5
35. exd5 f5 36. g4 Raf8 37. Bc1 e4 38. dxe4 f4 39. g5 f3 40. Bxf3 Be5 41. Kh1
Bxh2 42. Rxh2 Nxf3 43. Rh3 Nde5 44. Nc3 Ng4 45. Nxa4 Nfh2 46. Rxf7 Rxf7 47. Qe2
Rf2 0-1

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 h6 12. Kh2 {A good prophylactic move.
Other options:} (12. Rb1) (12. Nb3) (12. b3) 12... Bd7 13. Rb1 a6 {Black
starts preparing ...b7-b5.} (13... a5 {is the classic setup.}) 14. a3 {This
move is slightly mysterious. White wants to play b2-b4 keeping his c3-knight
protected for a while. However, it should not be dangerous for Black.} (14. a4
a5 15. Ndb5 Bc6 16. Qc2 h5 17. Bd2 Nfd7 18. f4 {1-0 Georgiev,K (2658)-Spasov,V
(2570)/Plovdiv BUL 2012/The Week in Chess 900 (64)} Nf6 $132) (14. Nb3 Na4 15.
Bd2 c5 (15... Rb8 $5) 16. Qc1 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Qc7 18. Nd2 Re6 19. Qc2 Rae8 20. f3
Nh5 21. Nf1 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Bc6 23. Qd2 Kh7 24. Rbd1 $14 {0-1 Tkachiev,V (2609)
-Greenfeld,A (2549)/Coventry 2005/CBM 105 ext (40)}) (14. Re3 Rb8 15. b4 Ne6
16. Nb3 h5 17. Rd3 h4 18. g4 Nh7 19. Ne2 g5 $11 {1/2 Ilincic,Z (2542)-Markovic,
M (2539)/Herceg Novi 2001/CBM 082 ext (31)}) (14. b3 Re5 15. f3 b5 16. cxb5
axb5 17. Ncxb5 Rh5 18. Be3 Ncxe4 19. fxe4 {1/2 Timoscenko,G (2455)-Yurtaev,L 
(2485)/Barnaul 1988/TD}) (14. f4 Rb8 (14... Re7 15. b4 Ne6 16. Be3 a5 17. a3
axb4 18. axb4 Qe8 19. e5 $16 {1/2 Izoria,Z (2600)-Nalbandian,T (2504)/Yerevan
2004/CBM 103 ext (30)}) 15. b4 Ne6 16. Be3 (16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Nd5 b5 $1 $132 {
1/2 Gaprindashvili,V (2390)-Naumann,A (2478)/Yerevan 1999/CBM 072 ext (43)})
16... b5 17. c5 dxc5 18. bxc5 Nxd4 (18... b4 19. c6 Nxd4 20. cxd7 Qxd7 21. Bxd4
bxc3 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Bxc3 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Ng4+ 25. hxg4 Bxc3 26. Rd7 c5 27. e5
$14 {1/2 Khotenashvili,B (2440)-Spasov,V (2590)/Cappelle la Grande 2011/CBM
141 Extra (82)}) 19. Bxd4 Be6 $11) (14. b4 Ne6 15. Be3 (15. Nb3 Ng4+ 16. hxg4
Bxc3 17. Bd2 Bg7 $15 {0-1 Lekic,D (2355)-Nataf,I (2583)/Vrnjacka Banja 2005/
EXT 2006 (41)}) (15. Nf3 {0-1 Grabarczyk,M (2508)-Greenfeld,A (2556)/Rethymnon
2003/CBM 098 (32)} Ng4+ 16. hxg4 Bxc3 $11 17. Bxh6 $2 Bxe1 18. Qxe1 g5) 15...
a5 $1 (15... Rb8 16. f4 (16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Rbd1 Ng5 18. f3 $14 {1-0 Izeta
Txabarri,F (2495)-Lezcano Jaen,P (2340)/Las Palmas 1995/EXT 1998 (67)}) 16...
b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Rc1 Nf8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Ra8 21. Qd2 Ra3 $132 {
1-0 Grabarczyk,M (2435)-Umansky,V (2265)/Jaroslawec 1994/EXT 2010 (32)}) (15...
Ng5 16. f3 Qc8 17. h4 Ne6 18. Nd5 (18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Nb3 $14 {1-0 Danielsen,H 
(2430)-Mortensen,E (2500)/Copenhagen 1995/CBM 048 (34)}) 18... Qd8 (18... b5 $2
19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxh6 $1 $16 {1/2 Kengis,E (2580)-Antonio,R (2490)/Moscow
1994/CBM 045/[Dautov] (40)}) (18... Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Qd8 20. f4 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Bg4
22. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Romanko,M (2226)-Vojinovic,J (2296)/Rijeka 2010/CBM 135 Extra
(39)}) 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Qd2 Kh7 21. Bd4 Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. f4
Bxd5 25. cxd5 Qf6 26. Qc4 Rac8 27. Bh3 $16 {1-0 Blagojevic,D (2485)-Markovic,M
(2520)/Niksic 1997/EXT 2002 (50)}) 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 {1-0 Jukic,B (2360)
-Cvitan,O (2575)/Pula 1993/EXT 2000 (41)} Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Be6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20.
cxd5 Bd7 $14 {[%cal Ga8a1] /=}) 14... Qc8 (14... Rb8 15. b4 Ne6 16. Be3 Ng5 17.
f3 c5 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Nde2 Qc8 20. Nf4 b5 21. h4 Ne6 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nxe6
Rxe6 {0-1 Guliev,S-Itkis,B (2310)/Frunze 1989/TD (46)} 24. Qd2 $14) (14... a5
$5 {is possible but not very logical.}) 15. f4 Rb8 16. b4 Ne6 17. Nf3 c5 $6 (
17... b5 $5 {was more to the point. If} 18. e5 {then} Nh5 $5 19. Nd5 c6 (19...
bxc4 $143 20. f5 gxf5 21. Nh4 Nxg3 22. Kxg3 f4+ 23. Kh2 dxe5 24. Nf5 $16) 20.
Ne3 (20. Nc3 bxc4 21. Ne4 d5 22. Nd6 Qc7 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 $44) 20... Nhxf4 $5 (
20... dxe5 21. Nxe5) 21. gxf4 Nxf4 22. exd6 Bxh3 $13) 18. e5 $1 {[%mdl 32]
White seizes the initiative.} dxe5 (18... Nh5 19. Ne4) 19. Nxe5 $1 {Even
stronger than} (19. fxe5 $5 Nh7 20. Ne4 Rd8 21. Nd6 Qc7 22. Qe2 Bc6 23. Bb2 $14
) 19... cxb4 20. axb4 Nf8 21. Bb2 Be6 22. Nd5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5]} Qd8 23. Qb3 h5
24. Rbd1 {[%csl Gd1,Ge1]} Bxd5 25. cxd5 h4 {Black can't create any counterplay.
} 26. d6 $1 hxg3+ 27. Qxg3 Nh5 28. Qg4 (28. Qf2 $142) 28... f5 29. Qf3 (29. Qg5
$1 Qxg5 (29... Bf6 30. Qh6 Bg7 31. Bd5+) 30. fxg5 Bxe5+ 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Bxe5
Nd7 33. Bd4 $18 {[%csl Gd4,Gg2]}) 29... Qh4 30. d7 Red8 (30... Re6 $142 {
but after} 31. Nxg6 $1 Rxg6 32. Re8 Rd8 33. Rxd8 Qxd8 34. Qxh5 Bxb2 35. Qxf5 {
White's d7-pawn and the weakness of Black's king should decide the game anyway.
}) 31. Rf1 Kh7 32. Qe3 (32. Rd6 $18 {[%csl Gd6]} Qe7 $140 33. Nxg6) 32... Qe7 (
32... Bh6 33. Bc1) 33. Qc5 Qxc5 {Black can't avoid the exchange of queens:} (
33... Qh4 34. Qf2 $1) 34. bxc5 Ne6 35. Ba3 Nhxf4 36. Nf7 Rf8 37. Rxf4 $1 Rxf7
38. Rh4+ Kg8 39. Bd5 $18 Nd8 40. Re1 Bf6 41. Re8+ Kg7 42. Rhh8 Be5+ 43. Rxe5
1-0

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.09.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 {It is difficult to
shake off the impression, that Nakamura came to the game without real
ambitions. Form played tricks on him in London, but here he choses a somewhat
controversial method for his moderate goals. The early exchange of the queens
robs him of the chance to use his gift for tactics. What is even worse the
position seriously resembles a pleasant form of the currently very resilient
Berlin Defence.} exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nc3 O-O-O 10. Be3 Bd6 11.
Rfd1 {White is able to gather his pieces in the centre, but that cannot really
harm his great opponent.} (11. Rad1 Ne7 12. Nb3 (12. Nde2 Ng6 13. f3 Rhe8 14.
Bf2 Nf4 15. Nxf4 Bxf4 16. Bg3 Be3+ 17. Bf2 Bf4 18. Bg3 {1/2-1/2 Ignatiev,F 
(2415)-Plachetka,J (2470)/Odessa 1976}) 12... Rhe8 13. Nc5 Ng6 14. Nxd7 Rxd7
15. f3 Red8 16. g3 Ne5 17. b3 g5 18. Kg2 h5 19. Ne2 g4 20. fxg4 Nxg4 21. Bc1
Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Abbasifar,H (2411)-Novikov,M (2505)/Kimovsk 2011 (37)}) 11...
Re8 12. Rd2 Ne7 13. Nb3 (13. Rad1 Ng6 14. f3 Ne5 $11) 13... Be6 14. Nc5 (14.
Bc5 Rd8 15. Rad1 Bxb3 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. axb3 Rhd8 $11) 14... Ng6 {The position
is easy for Ivanchuk as he does not have to cope with any serious threats and
can try to improve his position.} 15. f3 (15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Rad1 Ne5 $15) 15...
Bf7 16. Nd3 b6 17. Bf2 Rd8 18. Rad1 Rd7 19. b3 {The American star is
struggling in the position which does not suit his style. Just when Nakamura
has reached the coveted setup he falters and seems a bit lost. It was much
more sensible to exchange the dark-squared bishops with 19.Bg3! keeping equal
chances.} (19. Bg3 $1 Rhd8 20. Bxd6 Rxd6 21. Kf2 $11) 19... Rhd8 20. Nb1 (20.
Be3 Ne5 $15) (20. Bg3 $2 Bb4 $19) 20... Be6 {Ivanchuk was also somewhat out of
form in London, so the situation has found him slightly slow to get out of the
startiong blocks. At his full strength he would probably have guessed that the
radical advance on the queenside would promise the serious advantage of an
efficient bishop pair.} (20... c5 $1 21. c4 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 $15) 21. c4 f5 (
21... Ne5 $1 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 $15) 22. c5 fxe4 23. cxd6 (23. fxe4 Be7 24. Nb4 Kb7
$17) 23... exd3 24. Rxd3 c5 25. dxc7 Kxc7 (25... Rxd3 26. cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 27.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Bg3 Kd7 29. Nd2 Kc6 30. Kf2 b5 $15) 26. Rxd7+ Rxd7 27. Rxd7+
Kxd7 {The position features bishops of opposite colours, but that does a
slight initiative on the queenside.} 28. Bg3 $6 {It seems that Nakamura did
not appreciate the danger and his fiirst move is imprecise. He had more
chances for the successful elimination of the threats with 28.Nc3!?} (28. Nc3
$5 Kc6 29. Be3 a5 30. Kf2 b5 (30... Ne5 31. Ke2 b5 32. Ne4 c4 33. Bd4 Nf7 $11)
31. Ne4 c4 32. bxc4 Bxc4 33. a3 Ne5 34. Bd2 $11) 28... a5 29. Kf2 b5 30. Nd2 b4
31. Ke2 Kc6 32. Kd1 (32. Kd3 a4 $15) 32... a4 33. Kc2 (33. bxa4 Bxa2 34. Kc2 c4
35. h4 Ne7 36. Bf2 Nd5 37. Bd4 g6 $17) 33... a3 {Even an untrained eye would
be able to realise, that White will have to defend a very unpleasant position.}
34. Nf1 (34. Kd3 Bf5+ 35. Ne4 Kd5 36. h3 Ne7 37. Bf2 Nc6 $17) 34... c4 $1 35.
Ne3 (35. bxc4 $2 Bxc4 36. Nd2 Bxa2 37. Nb3 Ne7 $19) (35. Nd2 Bf5+ 36. Kc1 cxb3
37. Nxb3 Kd5 $17) 35... cxb3+ 36. axb3 Nf8 {IVanchuk needs to improve the
position of his pieces and his opponent will need to be very careful about any
unpleasant threat.} 37. Be5 g6 38. Bg7 (38. h4 Nd7 39. Bd4 Nc5 $19) 38... Nd7
39. Nf1 Nc5 40. Nd2 h5 41. Bf8 Kd5 42. h3 {Nakamura must have suffered from
the fact, that he can not afford to exchange Black's annoying knight.} (42.
Bxc5 Kxc5 43. Ne4+ Kd4 44. Nd2 Bf5+ $19) 42... Bf5+ 43. Kc1 Nd3+ 44. Kb1 Kd4 {
Black has achieved enormous progress and after the break in of his king the
defence will become untenable for White.} 45. g4 (45. Bg7+ Ke3 46. Nc4+ Kf4 47.
g4 Be6 $19) 45... Be6 46. Kc2 (46. Ka2 Bd5 47. gxh5 gxh5 48. Bg7+ Ke3 49. Bh6+
Ke2 50. Nc4 Be6 51. h4 Kxf3 $19) 46... Ne1+ 47. Kb1 (47. Kd1 Ng2 48. Kc2 Ne3+
49. Kb1 Nd5 50. Ne4 hxg4 51. hxg4 Bxg4 52. Bc5+ Ke5 53. Bd6+ Kf5 54. Nd2 Ke6
$17) 47... Nd3 48. Kc2 h4 $1 {At long last Ivanchuk has realised that White
will not be able to take the h4-pawn without grave consequences. After the
fall of the h3-pawn the fate of the game will be sealed.} 49. Bg7+ (49. Be7 a2
50. Bf6+ Ke3 51. Nc4+ (51. Nf1+ Ke2 52. Nd2 Bd5 $19) 51... Bxc4 52. bxc4 Nc5
53. Kb2 b3 54. Bxh4 Na4+ 55. Ka1 Kd2 56. Bf6 Kc2 57. h4 Nc3 58. Bxc3 Kxc3 59.
h5 Kc2 $19) 49... Ke3 50. Bh6+ Ke2 51. Kb1 (51. Bg7 Nf4 52. Bf6 a2 53. Nc4 g5
54. Kb2 Nxh3 55. Kxa2 Kxf3 $19) 51... Nf2 $1 {The Ukrainian chess genius is
handling the pieces in exemplary manner. The knight was assigned the task of
dealing with the h3-pawn.} 52. Nc4 Nxh3 53. Ne5 g5 54. Nc6 (54. Ka2 Nf2 55.
Bxg5 h3 56. Bf4 Nd3 $19) 54... Bd5 (54... Bxb3 55. Nd4+ Kf2 56. Nxb3 Kxf3 $19)
55. Nxb4 Bxb3 56. Nc6 Ke3 57. Ne5 Kf4 58. Ng6+ Kg3 $1 {Ivanchuk has created a
beautiful example of clever conversion of an endgame advantage. Remarkably
even the presence of opposite coloured bishops did not save the day.} (58...
Kxf3 59. Bxg5 Nxg5 60. Nxh4+ $19) (58... Kg3 59. Ka1 Nf4 $19) 0-1

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.10.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Qc7 {A very flexible move.
Black keeps all the options open. Depending on what White is going to do,
Black can either castle short or long, or even leave the king in the centre
and carry out the c6-c5 counter-strike in the centre.} 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Kb1 {
White is making a good prophylactic move and waiting for targets to be
clarified.} Rd8 {Now it's clear that Black is going to castle short, sooner or
later. All this is theory, but Black's last move is considered to be a bit off
the mainstream.} 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Qe2 {White is prepared to push the g-pawn
forward. Black won't be able to capture it, as after Rg1, f5 won't be playable,
since the e6-pawn is under attack.} c5 {This line had a good reputation before
this game. However, the guru of Caro-Kann continued} (16... Qb6 {and equalised
after} 17. Bc1 Qb5 {That's the idea! The Black is transferring his queen to
the kingside.} 18. c4 Qf5+ 19. Ka1 Nxh5 (19... O-O 20. Ne5 c5 21. f3 $1 Rxd4
22. g4 Qh7 23. Be3 $44) 20. Ne5 (20. d5 $1 {[%cal Yf3d4]} Nf6 21. dxc6 bxc6 22.
Ne5 Qe4 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. f3 $14) 20... Nf4 21. Qe3 Ng6 22. g4 Qf6 23. f4 {
1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F (2677)-Dreev,A (2705)/Albox 2005/CBM 106 ext} (23. f4
Nxe5 24. dxe5 Qg6 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Qa3 Qe4 $1 $11)) 17. dxc5 Qxc5 {Black
preferred to take on c5 with the queen, leaving the bishop on e7, from where
it covers some important dark squares.} ({It seems too risky to castle right
now:} 17... O-O 18. g4 $1 Qxc5 19. g5 hxg5 20. h6 g6 21. Nxg5 $36 {1-0
Aveskulov,V (2532)-Harutjunyan,G (2423)/Kharkov 2008/CBM 123 Extra (62)}) (
17... Bxc5 18. Ne5 (18. Bc3 $5) 18... O-O 19. g4 Bd4 (19... Rd4 $5 {[%cal
Yd4e4,Yf8d8]}) 20. Nd3 Rd5 21. Rhg1 Rc8 $2 (21... Qc4 $1) 22. c3 Bc5 23. g5 $40
{1-0 Xie Jun (2569)-Kachiani Gersinska,K (2441)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 102 ext (43)}
) 18. Ne5 (18. g4 {is met by} Nxg4 19. Rhg1 (19. Rdg1 Qxf2 20. Qe4 (20. Qb5+
Rd7) 20... f5 21. Qxe6 Qxf3 22. Bb4 Rd7 23. Bxe7 Qd5 24. Qg6+ Qf7 $15) 19...
Qxh5 {and Black seems to be fine.} (19... Qxf2 20. Qb5+)) 18... Rd4 {Black is
trying to undermine White's superiority in the centre.} ({The more natural
move does not seem to make a significant difference:} 18... O-O 19. f4 (19. g4
Rd4 $1) 19... b5 (19... Qb6 20. g4) 20. g4 Rd5 21. Rhe1 (21. g5 $5 hxg5 22. Ng6
$1 Rfd8 23. fxg5 Ne4 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. Qxe4 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. g6 $14)
21... Rc8 22. c3 Rcd8 $6 (22... Bd6 $142) 23. g5 hxg5 24. fxg5 Ne4 25. Qxe4
Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Rxd2 27. g6 $18 {1/2-1/2 Mamedov,N (2392)-Maherramzade,J (2459)/
Baku 2001/EXT 2002 (33)}) {It makes sense to leave the knight in the centre
and continue building up the attack on the kingside.} 19. f4 $1 $146 ({In the
preceding game, White got nothing after} 19. Nd3 Qb5 20. Bc3 Ra4 21. b3 O-O
$132 {1/2-1/2 Hou,Y (2513)-Kachiani Gersinska,K (2375)/Ekaterinburg 2007/CBM
118 ext (22)}) 19... O-O {Black is about to double his rook along the d-file,
which would stop White's attack. But Adams had other plans...} 20. c3 $1 {
Driving away the rook from the active position.} Ra4 $4 {Although Black did
not blunder anything, he created disharmony in his position. I think that the
rook had to be kept on the d-file.} ({Although after} 20... Rd5 {I was not
able to find the way to equalise for Black, his position is still solid:} 21.
g4 Bd6 (21... Rfd8 22. g5 hxg5 23. h6 $1 gxh6 24. Rxh6 {[%cal Ye2h2]} Rxd2 25.
Rxd2 Qg1+ 26. Kc2 Rxd2+ 27. Qxd2 Nd5 28. Nf3 $1 Qg4 29. Qd3 Qf5 30. Qxf5 Ne3+
31. Kd3 Nxf5 32. Rh2 gxf4 33. Rd2 $14 {[%cal Yd3e4]}) 22. c4 Rd4 23. Bc3 $1
Bxe5 (23... Rxf4 24. Nd3) 24. fxe5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Nh7 26. b3 Ng5 27. Kb2 $14 (
27. Rd7 b5)) (20... Re4 21. Qf3 Rd8 22. g4 $36) 21. c4 $1 {Not only is Black's
rook out of the game, White is going to place his bishop on the long diagonal
and take control over the only open file. I think that Nakamura did not
realise that he has no way to create any threats on the queenside when he
played 20...Ra4.} Bd6 {In bad position, all the moves are bad. Black is trying
to trade some of White's active pieces. The problem is that there are way too
many of them...} ({Unfortunately for Nakamura, Black fails to create any kind
of counterplay here:} 21... b5 22. Be3 $1 Qc7 23. b3 Ra5 (23... Ra3 24. cxb5
Nd5 25. Bd4 $18 {[%cal Ye5c4]}) 24. cxb5 Nd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Rc1 $16 {
[%cal Ya2a4]}) 22. Bc3 $16 {/+-. White completely dominates the board and
Black has no counterplay whatsoever. Now White is in ideal position to proceed
with the attack on the kingside by pushing his g-pawn forward. I suspect that
by not giving White a decisive advantage, I'm being unfair to Adams, since I
could not come up with any serious improvement for Nakamura's play...} Bxe5 (
22... Qc7 {would not change anything, since after} 23. b3 Ra6 24. g4 $40 {
White's attack is unlikely to be parried.}) (22... b5 23. b3 Ra3 (23... Ra6 24.
Bd4 $18) 24. Bd4 $18) 23. fxe5 Nh7 24. b3 Ra6 25. Rd7 {Yes, Black did get to
stop the attack, but at what cost? Black's pieces are completely uncoordinated,
White controls the only open file and is ready to turn his positional
advantage into a material one.} Ng5 26. Rhd1 Rb8 $2 {A blunder in a lost
position, which facilitates White's job.} ({The last practical chance was} 
26... b5 27. Bd4 Qc6 28. cxb5 Qxd7 29. Bc5 $18) 27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Kh7 29.
Qc2+ $18 {White wins with the direct attack on the black monarch.} g6 30. Rd7
Kg8 31. hxg6 Kg7 32. gxf7 Nxf7 33. Qe2 Kg8 34. Qf3 Qf8 35. Rxb7 Qg7 36. Kb2 1-0

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.10.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 h6 11. Re1 Rd8 12. Nd4 Bf8 13. Bf3 c6 14. b4 Nbd7
15. g3 Nb6 16. Bg2 a5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. a4 Nbd7 19. Nb3 Ra6 20. a5 Nc5 21. Nxc5
dxc5 22. Ra4 Nd5 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Bf4 Bd7 25. Raa1 Bc6 26. Bc7 Rc8 27. Bb6 Bd6
28. h4 Raa8 29. Bh3 Rcb8 30. c3 Kf8 31. h5 Re8 32. Bg2 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Rc8 34.
Rd1 Be7 35. f4 f6 36. Kf2 d4 37. Bh3 Ra8 38. c4 Bd6 39. Re1 Re8 40. Be6 Re7 41.
g4 Re8 42. f5 Re7 43. Re2 Re8 44. Rb2 Ra8 45. Rb1 Ke8 46. Re1 Be5 47. g5 hxg5
48. h6 gxh6 49. Rxe5 fxe5 50. f6 Bd7 51. f7+ Ke7 52. Bxd7 Kxd7 53. Bxc5 h5 54.
f8=Q Rxf8+ 55. Bxf8 h4 56. Bh6 g4 57. Bg5 h3 58. Bh4 Kd6 59. Bg3 Ke6 60. Ke2
Kd6 61. Kd2 Kc5 62. Bxe5 Kb4 63. Kc2 Kxa5 64. Kb3 Kb6 65. Bxd4+ 1-0

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.10.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Bb3 Qa5 12. O-O-O Rfc8 13. Kb1 b5 14. Rhe1
Bxb3 15. cxb3 Rab8 16. Rc1 a6 17. g4 Rc6 18. h4 Rbc8 19. a3 b4 20. Na2 Rxc1+
21. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22. Nxc1 h5 23. g5 Nd7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Nd3 Ne5 26. Nxb4 Nxf3
27. Qc3+ Ne5 28. Qc8 Nf3 29. Qc3+ Ne5 30. Qc8 Nf3 31. Qc3+ Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[BlackTeam "Risarcimento Obiettivo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Be3 Nc5
9. Nd2 a5 10. Be2 Bd7 11. g4 a4 12. g5 Ne8 13. h4 a3 14. b4 Na6 15. b5 Nc5 16.
Nb3 b6 17. h5 Qe7 18. Kd2 f5 19. gxf6 Rxf6 20. hxg6 Rxg6 21. Bh5 Rf6 22. Kc2
Na4 23. Qg1 Nxc3 24. Kxc3 Rf4 25. Qh2 Nf6 26. f3 Be8 27. Bxe8 Rxf3 28. Qe2
Nxe4+ 29. Kc2 Qxe8 30. Qxf3 Qg6 31. Qh5 Ra4 32. Qxg6 hxg6 33. Nd2 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tammer Shakki"]
[BlackTeam "Risarcimento Obiettivo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 b6 7. Bxc4 Bb7 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bc3 Nd7 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Qe2 c5
15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. exd4 Qd6 17. Qe3 Rac8 18. Bb3 Rfd8 19. Nd2 b5 20. axb5 axb5
21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 b4 23. Be1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bxd4 25. Qh4 Nf6 26. Rd1 h6 27.
Qh3 Qb6 28. Kf1 Nd7 29. Bc4 Ne5 30. Be2 Nc6 31. Qb3 Rb8 32. Bd3 Bf6 33. Bb1
Qb5+ 34. Bd3 Qe5 35. Qc4 Ne7 36. Bxb4 Nd5 37. Ba3 Qxh2 38. Qe4 g6 39. g3 Be7
40. Rd2 Bxa3 41. bxa3 Rb3 42. a4 Rb4 43. Qe5 Rxa4 44. Rc2 Qh1+ 45. Ke2 Qh5+ 46.
Qxh5 gxh5 47. Bc4 Ne7 48. Rc1 Kg7 49. Kf1 Ng6 50. Kg2 h4 51. Rc3 hxg3 52. fxg3
Ne5 53. Bb3 Ra3 54. Kh3 Nc6 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Popilski, Gil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Risarcimento Obiettivo"]
[BlackTeam "Rishon Le Zion"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd2 Rb7 14. Nc3 Nd7 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qc7 17. c3 Nb6 18. Qd3 Qc4 19. Qc2 Qc6 20. Rfd1 Bd8 21. Rd3
Nc4 22. Bc1 Nb6 23. b3 Nd7 24. Qd2 Be7 25. Ba3 Rd8 26. Rd1 Nf6 27. Bb4 h6 28.
Ba5 Rdb8 29. Qe3 Ne8 30. f4 Nf6 31. Bf3 Rd7 32. Kg2 Re8 33. Qe2 Bd8 34. Bb4 Bc7
35. f5 Qb6 36. Kh1 d5 37. Bg2 a5 38. Ba3 b4 39. cxb4 axb4 40. Bc1 Qb5 41. exd5
e4 42. R3d2 Rxd5 43. Qxb5 Rxb5 44. Rc2 Bb6 45. Rd6 Rc5 46. Rxc5 Bxc5 47. Rc6
Ba7 48. Bf1 Re5 49. Bc4 Rxf5 50. Rc7 Ra5 51. Bxh6 Kh7 52. Bg5 Ng4 53. h3 Ne5
54. Bf4 Nf3 55. Bd5 Rxd5 56. Rxa7 g5 57. Be3 Rd3 58. Bf2 Kg6 59. Kg2 Rd2 60. g4
Nd4 61. Kf1 Rd1+ 62. Kg2 Rd2 63. Kf1 Rd1+ 64. Kg2 Rd2 65. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Leer Salvesen, Bjarte"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOSS"]
[BlackTeam "Risarcimento Obiettivo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. O-O dxc4 6. a4 Qd5 7. Qc2 e5 8. Ng5
Qc5 9. Na3 h6 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Be6 12. Nb5 Na6 13. b4 Qd5 14. Qe3 Qd7 15.
Na3 Bxb4 16. Qxe5 O-O 17. Bb2 f6 18. Qe4 Nc5 19. Qh4 Qxd2 20. Nxc4 Qxe2 21. Ne3
a5 22. Bd4 Nb3 23. Rad1 Nd2 24. Rfe1 Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Moen, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Risarcimento Obiettivo"]
[BlackTeam "Oslo Schakselskap"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 c6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nh4
Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. g5 Ne8 12. h4 Nd7 13. Qg4 Nc7 14. Nf3 Qe8 15.
Bd2 Bd6 16. O-O-O e5 17. h5 Qe6 18. Qh4 gxh5 19. Qxh5 Qg6 20. Qh3 Rf7 21. e4
Nf8 22. Nh4 Qe6 23. Nf5 Bc5 24. g6 Qxg6 25. Bf3 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Qe6 27. Kb1 Kh8
28. f4 exf4 29. Qh5 Nd5 30. Nh4 Kg8 31. Nf3 g6 32. Qh6 Be7 33. Rdg1 Bf6 34. c4
Bg7 35. Qh2 Qf6 36. Be1 Ne3 37. Ng5 Re7 38. Bb4 Rae8 39. Nxh7 Qd4 40. Nxf8 Rxe4
41. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Williams, Simon Kim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Martin,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Risarcimento Obiettivo"]
[BlackTeam "Jutes of Kent"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 {It is best to describe this line as a
wolf in sheep's clothing. Outwardly, White's set up is very modest, but there
are some dangerous attacking options based on the move c2-c4! Another point in
White's favour is that the nature of the position changes to something
resembling an open game and this might not be what the French player is used
to. Certainly, in our featured game 3.exd5 is a shrewd choice against a
fearless attacking opponent such as Williams. Rather than any aggression, he
has to think about how to equalize.} c6 (4... Bd6 {is one of the main lines,
but then White puts his plan with c2-c4 into operation. He may delay this ,
with 5 h3, or play it right away:} 5. h3 $5 {The point is to prevent ...Bg4,
so that there is less pressure on d4. Very safe.} (5. c4 {Immediately!} c6 6.
Nc3 Ne7 7. Bd3 (7. c5 $5 {is yet another option when Black does not take on c4
immediately. This time White pawn storms the queenside!} Bc7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O
Bf5 10. Re1 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Ng6 12. b4 b6 13. b5 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Bxf4 15. bxc6 bxc5
16. dxc5 d4 17. Rad1 Nxc6 18. Qe4 Qa5 19. Ne2 d3 20. Nxf4 {1-0 Dolzhikova,K 
(2309)-Baraeva,I (2177)/Moscow 2013/CB06_2013}) 7... Bg4 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4
O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 $1 {This way round White has allowed ...Bg4
in the hope that pushing the Bishop to g6 will promote a kingside pawn storm.
Another dangerous plan that Black has to deal with in this variation.} Kh8 (
12... Nd7 13. f4 $16) 13. h4 f6 14. Nxg6+ Nxg6 (14... hxg6 15. Kg2 Nd7 16. Rh1
Nb6 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. g5 $1 {intends h4-h5 in short order}) 15. h5 Nf4 16. Ne4 $6
({White should sacrifice a pawn here:} 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. Qf3 $1 Qxd4 18. Bd3
Bg5 19. Rad1 Qc5 20. Bb1 Na6 21. Rd7 {with very good compensation}) 16... f5
17. Ng3 Qh4 {Suddenly, Black has the attack!} 18. gxf5 Nh3+ 19. Kg2 Nxf2 20.
Rxf2 Bxg3 21. Rf3 Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Rxf5 23. Rxf5 Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Bh2+ 25. Kf2 Qxf5+
26. Qf3 Bg1+ 27. Kg2 Qxf3+ 28. Kxf3 Bxd4 29. Bf4 Nd7 30. Rd1 c5 ({Clearly,
White should not win this and} 30... Ne5+ 31. Bxe5 Bxe5 {was the clearest way,
with a technical ending for Black to try and win. However, White goes on to
pull off a swindle.}) 31. b4 b6 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Bd6 Nb6 34. Bb3 Re8 35. Kg4
Nd7 36. Kf5 Nf6 37. Bf7 Rc8 38. Bc4 Rc6 39. Rb1 g6+ 40. Ke6 Ne4 41. Rb8+ Kg7
42. Kd5 Rxd6+ 43. Kxe4 Rd7 44. Rg8+ Kh6 45. hxg6 hxg6 46. Be6 Re7 47. Kd5 Kh7
48. Rb8 Kh6 49. Kd6 Rg7 50. Rh8+ Kg5 51. Rh1 Kf4 52. Rf1+ Kg3 53. Kd5 g5 54.
Ke4 a5 55. Rf3+ Kg2 56. Bh3+ Kh2 57. Bg4 Re7+ 58. Kd5 Re5+ 59. Kc6 Re4 60. Bf5
Rf4 61. Rxf4 gxf4 62. Kb5 Kg3 63. Bd3 Kf2 64. Kxa5 Ke3 65. Bc4 f3 66. a4 Kd2
67. Kb5 Ke1 68. a5 Be5 69. a6 Bb8 70. Kb6 f2 71. Kb7 Ba7 72. Kxa7 {1-0
Shkapenko,P (2407)-Sharankov,G (2189)/Tallinn 2013}) 5... Ne7 6. c4 $1 c6 7.
Nc3 O-O 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bf5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 h6 12. Bd2 Nb6 13. Bb3 Ng6
14. Ne5 {An absolutely typical sequence has led to another key point in the
game, where the white knight hops into e5. ideas such as Qf3 or f4 follow.
Positions like these hase made the line more attractive from White's
perspective in recent times.} Qf6 ({Maybe Black should just capture:} 14...
Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qh4 {but he is still not quite equal after} 16. Be3 $1) 15. Qe2
Rae8 16. f4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qg6 18. Kh2 Bc5 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 h5 21. Rad1 $16
Rd8 22. Qf2 Be6 23. Bc2 Bf5 24. Qh4 $1 Nd5 (24... Rxd1 25. Bxd1 Qh6 26. Ne4
Bxe4 27. Rxe4 g6 28. Bb3 {with the idea of Rd4, leaves White well on top.}) 25.
Bb3 Rd7 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. Nxd5 Bc2 28. Nf6+ gxf6 29. Rxd7 Be4 30. Rd2 f5 31.
Re3 {1-0 Muzychuk,M (2471)-Villuendas Valero,A (2301)/Caleta 2013. A deceptive
game, where Black never really got into it.}) 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O Ne7 {Black
puts his knight on e7 to facilitate ...Bf5.} 7. c4 O-O 8. h3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd7
10. Nc3 Nb6 11. Bb3 h6 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Ne5 $1 {The key points of this move: 1)
White prepares to deploy his queen either to f3 or h5. 2) White increases the
pressure on f7. 3) White possibly intends f2-f4.} Bxe5 ({After} 13... Qc7 14.
Qf3 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qg4 Nf5 17. Ng6 Rfe8 18. Ne4 {White continues to
enjoy a clear edge.}) 14. Rxe5 Qd7 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Qe4 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18.
Bc2 $1 f5 (18... Nf6 19. Qh4 {just gives White too many attacking options:}
Rfd8 (19... Rad8 20. Bxh6 Qxd4 21. Qg3 Ng4 $5 22. hxg4 gxh6 23. g5 Qg4 24. Qxg4
Bxg4 25. gxh6 Rd2 26. Rc1 Be6 27. b3 $16) 20. Bxh6 Qxd4 (20... gxh6 21. Qxh6
Qe7 22. Rg5#) 21. Qg3 Ne8 22. Rae1 Qxb2 23. Rxe6 $3 fxe6 24. Bb3 Rd6 25. Bf4
$16) 19. Qe2 Rf6 20. Bd2 {It is interesting to see how strong this piece
becomes.} Nb6 21. Re1 {Steady and very easy play by Nakamura has seen White
increasing his advantage. Black's kingside is weakened and he cannot prevent
White from penetrating to the seventh rank.} Bc4 22. Qe3 Qf7 23. b3 Bd5 24. Re7
Qg6 25. f3 Rf7 26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. Qe5 {[%csl Yf5]} a5 (27... Rf8 28. Bb4) 28.
Qxf5 Qxf5 29. Bxf5 Kf7 30. h4 a4 31. h5 (31. Bf4 {was maybe stronger, with a
coordinated attack after} Kf6 32. g4 axb3 33. axb3 Nc8 34. Be5+) 31... axb3 32.
axb3 Kf6 (32... Bxb3 33. Bg6+ Kf6 34. Rb1) 33. Bd3 $1 Bxb3 34. Bf4 Bc4 35. Bg6
Nd7 (35... Be6 36. Be5+ Ke7 37. Bxg7) 36. Bg3 Kg5 37. Re4 {White has fashioned
a forced mate.  A very typical game in this variation. White sets up an IQP
position, which is not so easy to handle.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Raznikov, Danny"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "254"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kfar Saba"]
[BlackTeam "Risarcimento Obiettivo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 c6 8. Nbd2
Qc7 9. Qe1 a5 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 a4 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Qxa5 Rxa5
15. b4 Rf5 16. Rae1 Bg7 17. Nd2 R5f7 18. Nc4 b5 19. Ne3 g5 20. c3 h6 21. Re2 d5
22. Bc1 Nd7 23. Ng4 h5 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 g4 26. Bg5 Be6 27. Rfe1 Kh7 28.
Be3 Bf5 29. e6 Rf6 30. Bd4 Rg6 31. a3 h4 32. Re3 Bh6 33. R3e2 h3 34. Bf1 Be4
35. Rxe4 dxe4 36. Rxe4 Bg7 37. Bd3 Kh8 38. f4 Rd8 39. Kf2 Rd6 40. f5 Rg5 41.
Rf4 Bxd4+ 42. cxd4 Kg7 43. Be2 Kf6 44. Bxg4 Rd8 45. Ke3 Rdg8 46. Bf3 Rxf5 47.
Bxc6 Rxf4 48. Kxf4 Kxe6 49. Bxb5 Kd5 50. Bxa4 Ra8 51. Bd7 Rxa3 52. Bxh3 Ra2 53.
Bg4 Rxh2 54. Ke3 Rb2 55. Bf3+ Ke6 56. Be4 Rxb4 57. Bf3 Kf5 58. g4+ Kf6 59. Be2
Kg5 60. Ke4 Rb6 61. Ke3 Rf6 62. Ke4 Rc6 63. Ke3 Rc1 64. Kf3 Rc3+ 65. Ke4 Ra3
66. Bf3 Ra4 67. Be2 Ra1 68. Ke3 Kh4 69. Kf4 Ra2 70. Bf3 Ra6 71. g5 Ra5 72. g6
Rg5 73. Be4 Kh5 74. Bf5 Rg1 75. Ke5 Re1+ 76. Be4 Kh6 77. Kf5 Kg7 78. Ke5 Ra1
79. Ke6 Kf8 80. Ke5 Re1 81. Kf5 Ke8 82. Bd5 Rf1+ 83. Ke5 Rg1 84. Be4 Re1 85.
Kf5 Kd8 86. Bd5 Rg1 87. Be4 Kd7 88. Ke5 Re1 89. Kd5 Ra1 90. Ke5 Ke8 91. Ke6 Kf8
92. Ke5 Ra4 93. Bf5 Ra5+ 94. Ke6 Rb5 95. Be4 Rb2 96. Ke5 Re2 97. Kf5 e6+ 98.
Ke5 Ke7 99. d5 exd5 100. Kxd5 Kf6 101. Kd4 Ra2 102. Bd3 Ra4+ 103. Kd5 Ra8 104.
Kd4 Rd8+ 105. Kc3 Rd7 106. Kc4 Ke5 107. Kc3 Rc7+ 108. Kb2 Kd4 109. Bf5 Re7 110.
Kb3 Re2 111. Bc2 Rf2 112. Kb2 Rd2 113. Kb3 Rg2 114. Bf5 Rg5 115. Bc2 Rg3+ 116.
Kb4 Rg2 117. Kb3 Rg1 118. Kb4 Ke5 119. Kc3 Kf6 120. Kd4 Kg7 121. Be4 Rg5 122.
Bd3 Rh5 123. Be4 Rg5 124. Bd3 Rh5 125. Be4 Rh4 126. Ke5 Rxe4+ 127. Kxe4 Kxg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 16th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2012.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Safarli,E"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 {White chooses a solid continuation.
Recently 11.Bf4 has become extremely popular.} (11. Bf4 $5 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8
13. Nc3 Bxd4 14. Nd5 c6 $5 15. Ne7+ Kf8 16. Nxc8 Qf6 17. Qb4+ c5 18. Qd2 Rxc8
19. c3 Be5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Qxd7 Qc7 22. Rd1 Qxd7 23. Rxd7 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Nxc7
25. Bd3 h6 26. f4 Ne8 27. Kf2 Nd6 28. Ke3 Ke7 29. g3 b6 30. Be2 Ke6 31. Bg4+
Ke7 32. Be2 Ke6 33. Bg4+ Ke7 34. Be2 {1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2684)-Leko,P 
(2737) London ENG 2012}) 11... Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Nf5 (12... Qe8 13. Qxe8+ Nxe8 14.
Bf4 {is just very slightly better for White.}) 13. Bf4 c6 ({Of course not} 
13... d5 $4 {and White wins.}) 14. a4 $5 {is interesting. White wants to gain
more space on the queenside.} (14. Nd2 d5 15. Bd3) 14... a5 {Black is
weakening his pawn structure. It looks a bit dubious to me because a4-a5 was
not dangerous for Black. I like 14...d5. For example :} (14... d5 15. a5 (15.
Nd2 Nh4) 15... Nh4 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Nb3 h6 18. Nc5 b6 19. axb6 axb6 20. Nb7 Qf8)
15. Bc7 $5 Qf8 16. Bd3 (16. Nd2 d5 17. Nb3 Bd8 $1 $11) 16... d5 17. Bb6 (17.
Nd2 {was probably better. White's idea is just to bring his rook into the game
after Qe2, Re1 and probably Nf3 or Nb3 with a normal position where White
stands slightly better.} Nh4 ({Black doesn't have} 17... Nd6 $4 {17...Nd6 as
in the game because of} 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qe8+ Qf8 20. Bxh7+ $1 $18) (17... Bd7
18. Nb3 Bd8 19. Bxd8 Qxd8 20. Nc5 b6 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Qb1 $5) 18. Qe2 Bf5 19.
Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Re1 $14) 17... Nd6 18. Nd2 Be6 ({After} 18... Bf5 {White has
some initiative:} 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Nb3 Bd8 21. Bc5 Be7 22. Qe5 $5) 19. Qb1 $5
{An interesting try.} (19. Nb3 Bd8 20. Bxd8 Qxd8 21. Nc5 Bc8 {followed by ...
b6 with an equal position}) 19... g6 20. b4 axb4 21. Qxb4 Bf5 22. Bc5 {At
first glance I thought White could take advantage of Black's weaknesses, but
now it looks like Black can hold the position.} (22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Bc5 Qc8 24.
Rb1 Kg7 $11) 22... Bxd3 23. Bxd6 Qe8 $5 (23... Qc8 24. Nb3 (24. Re1 Qd7 25. Nf3
Ba6 {followed by ...Re8 with equality}) 24... Qd7 25. Nc5 Qxd6 26. Qxb7 Rb8 27.
Qd7 Qf4 28. Nxd3 Qd2 29. Qd6 Rb3 30. Qxf6 Qxd3 $11) 24. Nf3 ({Now} 24. Nb3 $6 {
is not so good because of} b6 $1 $15 25. h3 (25. Qxb6 Rxa4 $1)) (24. Qxb7 Rxa4
25. Qb2 Rxa1+ 26. Qxa1 Bb5 $15 {/=}) 24... Ba6 25. Be5 Be7 {It seems soon the
game will end in a draw by repetition.} (25... Bd8 $5 26. Re1 Qd7 27. Bf4 (27.
Bd6 Bf6 28. Be7 Bg7 29. Ne5 Qf5) 27... Bf6 28. Qb1 Re8 29. Ne5 $11) 26. Bd6 Bf6
27. Re1 {Nakamura thought for a while and played Re1. He actually thinks that
he can play on. Well, the position was balanced, so now let's just see what
happens next.} Qd7 28. Be7 Bg7 29. Ne5 Qf5 $6 ({I think that after} 29... Qe6
$1 {Black wouldn't face any problems. It looks very strong - the black queen
controls the d6-square and will be playing ...Re8 next.} 30. Nf3 (30. Nd3 Qf5 (
30... Qd7 $6 31. Nc5 $1) 31. Nc5 Re8 32. g3 (32. Nxa6 bxa6) 32... Bf6 33. Nxa6
bxa6 34. Re3 $11) 30... Qd7 31. Ne5 Qe6 $11) 30. Qd6 $1 {Now White has a small
initiative.} (30. h3 f6 31. Ng4 (31. g4 Qc8 32. Nf3 Qd7 33. Qd6 Rd8 34. Qxd7
Rxd7) 31... h5 32. Ne3 Qd7) 30... Re8 (30... h6 31. h3 (31. Bd8 $5)) (30... f6
$4 31. g4) (30... Qe6 31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. Nd7) 31. h3 Qe6 {Black chooses a
passive defence in the endgame. It's probably a reasonable decision, since he
stands slightly weaker. However, the position is still quite defensible.} 32.
Qxe6 fxe6 $14 33. Bc5 (33. Bb4 {was better.}) 33... g5 $6 {I don't like this
move. It creates new weaknesses and also in the future White may play g4, Kg2,
Kg3, h4 or f4.} ({Probably it was better to take on e5:} 33... Bxe5 {But
anyway, playing a position like this with Black is quite tough} 34. Rxe5 Kf7
35. f3 Bc4 36. a5 $14) 34. Bb4 $5 (34. g4) 34... h6 35. Nd7 $1 Kf7 36. Re3 $1
Kg6 37. Bd6 $1 $16 h5 38. Nc5 Bf6 39. g4 ({It was possible just to take the
pawn, but White chose to play 39.g4 and slowly strengthen the position after
Kg2-Kg3 etc.} 39. Nxe6 h4 $5) 39... hxg4 40. hxg4 Kf7 41. Kg2 Ra8 42. a5 Re8
43. Re1 $6 {This move doesn't cost the advantage, but I think just 43.Kg3
would be better.} ({Black can't take the a5-pawn, for example} 43. Kg3 Bd8 44.
Rf3+ Kg7 (44... Kg8 45. Nxe6 $1) 45. Nd7 $1 Be2 (45... Bxa5 46. Be5+ Kh6 47.
Rf6+ Kh7 48. Nf8+ Kg8 49. Nxe6) 46. Be5+ Kg8 47. Re3 Bb5 48. Nf6+ Bxf6 49. Bxf6
Ra8 50. Bxg5 $18) (43. Bc7 $5 $16) 43... Bd8 $1 44. Ra1 (44. Rb1 Bxa5 45. Nxb7
Bxc3) 44... Rh8 45. Be5 Rh7 46. Bd6 Rh8 47. f3 Rh6 48. Be5 $6 (48. Rb1 Bxa5 49.
Rb3 $1 $16) 48... Rh7 49. Kg3 Rh6 $2 ({Anish didn't take his last chance. Most
probably after} 49... Be7 $1 {it was a draw.} 50. Nxb7 (50. Nxa6 bxa6 51. c4 (
51. Rb1 Bd8 $1 52. Rb7+ Kg6) 51... dxc4 52. Rc1 Bd8 53. Rxc4 Bxa5 54. Rxc6 Be1+
$1 55. Kg2 a5) 50... Bxb7 51. a6 Bxa6 52. Rxa6 c5 53. Ra7 Kg6) 50. Rb1 Bxa5 51.
Nxb7 Bxb7 (51... Bxc3 52. Nd6+ Ke7 53. Rb6 $1) 52. Rxb7+ Ke8 53. Rg7 $1 Bd8 (
53... Bxc3 54. Rxg5 Rh1 55. Rg6 Kf7 56. Rg7+ Ke8 57. Rc7 $18) 54. Kg2 $6 {
This is just a waste of time. After 54.Rg8 White could easily win.} (54. Rg8+
$1 Kd7 55. f4 gxf4+ 56. Bxf4 Rh1 57. Kg2 Rb1 58. g5 $18) 54... Be7 55. Rg8+ Kd7
56. Ra8 c5 {After White's inaccuracy on the 54th move, Black has chances to
survive again.} 57. Rg8 cxd4 58. cxd4 Rh7 59. f4 gxf4 $2 {In time trouble both
players took turns making mistakes.} (59... Rh4 $1 60. Kg3 (60. Kf3 Rh3+ $1 61.
Kf2 gxf4 62. g5 Bd6 63. Bf6 Rg3 64. g6 e5 $1) 60... gxf4+ 61. Kxf4 Rh1 62. g5
Bd6 63. Rg7+ Kc6 64. g6 Rg1 65. Rg8 Kd7 {with a draw.}) 60. g5 Bd6 (60... f3+
61. Kxf3 Rh3+ 62. Kf4 Bd6 63. Rg7+ Kc6 64. g6 $18) 61. Bf6 (61. g6 Rh6 62. Rg7+
Kc6 63. Kf3 Rh1 64. Rg8 Bxe5 65. dxe5 Rg1 66. g7 (66. Kxf4 Kc5) 66... Kb7 67.
Kxf4 d4 68. Ke4 Rg4+ 69. Kd3 Ka7 $11) 61... Be7 (61... Rf7 62. Kf3) ({Black
had good chances to save the game after} 61... f3+ $1 62. Kxf3 Rh4 $1 63. Ra8
Rf4+ 64. Kg2 Rh4 (64... Rf5 65. Ra7+ Ke8 66. Kh3) 65. Rd8+ Kc7 66. Rg8 Rf4 67.
Bh8 $5 {However, I am not sure if it's a draw} Rg4+ 68. Kh3 Rg3+ 69. Kh4) 62.
g6 f3+ 63. Kxf3 Rh5 (63... Rh3+ 64. Kg4 Bxf6 65. Kxh3 Ke7 66. Kg4 $1 Bxd4 67.
Kh5 $18) 64. Be5 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 16th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2012.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O a6 12. a4 e6 13. Nde2 Rac8 14. Rc1 Rfe8
15. Bf2 Qe7 16. b3 Nd7 17. Nd4 Nb4 18. Kh1 Nc5 19. Bg1 h5 20. Rb1 Qd8 21. Nde2
Qc7 22. Qd2 Red8 23. Nd1 Nc6 24. Ne3 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. Nc2 Qf7 27. Nf4 Ne7
28. Ne3 Bh6 29. Nd3 Nxd3 30. Qxd3 d5 31. cxd5 Nxd5 32. Nxd5 Rxd5 33. Qe2 Rd2
34. Qe5 Rcc2 35. Rf2 Rxf2 36. Bxf2 Kh7 37. Kg1 Bg7 38. Qd6 e5 39. Qd3 Ra2 40.
h3 e4 41. Qe3 Bh6 42. Qc3 Bd2 43. Qe5 exf3 44. gxf3 Bh6 45. Rd1 Rc2 46. Qd5
Qg6+ 47. Kf1 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 16th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2012.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Safarli,E"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 (7. h4 Nc6
8. Rg1 h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Bg5 Nf6 {is the main line. Hundreds of games have
been played here and most are extremely important.}) 7... e5 $6 {This move
weakens Black's position and probably she does not have sufficient counterplay.
} (7... Nc6 {is I think the best for Black.} 8. Be3 {Probably this was
Hikaru's plan during his preparation.} (8. h4 h5 {transposes to the main lines}
)) 8. Bb5+ Nbd7 (8... Bd7 $6 {is dubious because after} 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (9...
Nbxd7 10. Nf5 Nc5 11. Qf3 {and I don't like Black's position here.}) 10. Nf5 g6
(10... h5 $2 {now it doesn't work because after} 11. Bg5 {White is almost
winning.}) 11. Ne3 $14 {White is just much better.}) 9. Nf5 a6 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7
11. g5 (11. Qf3 $5 {was also possible.}) 11... Nxe4 12. Nxg7+ $1 Bxg7 13. Nxe4
Qc6 14. Qd3 $1 {I liked this quiet move. First I was looking at 14.Nxd6+, but
it seems that Black is okay there, compared to the game.} (14. Nxd6+ Ke7 15.
Nxc8+ Raxc8 16. c3 Rcd8 17. Qg4 hxg5 18. Bxg5+ Bf6 19. h4 Bxg5 20. Qxg5+ Qf6 {
with a good chances to save the game.}) 14... Ke7 15. gxh6 Bxh6 16. Bxh6 Rxh6
17. Qe3 $1 Rh5 $8 18. Rd1 $1 ({A little lapse in caution after} 18. O-O-O Bf5
19. Nc3 Rah8 20. Rd2 Kf8 {could take Black to an okay position.}) 18... Bf5 19.
Ng3 Bxc2 $2 (19... Rah8 $1 {was the last chance for Hou Yifan} 20. h3 $1 {
This seems very strong and it's the first line of my engine. I doubt that
White wanted to play it.} (20. Nxh5 $6 Rxh5 $132 {Here Black has enough
compensation.}) 20... Bxh3 21. Nxh5 Rxh5 22. Kd2 $1 Bf5 23. Qc3 Qb6 24. Kc1 Rh2
25. Rgf1 {White is better here, but anyway it's not so easy.}) 20. Nxh5 Bxd1
21. Kxd1 Qd5+ 22. Ke2 Qxa2 23. Qg5+ Kd7 24. Qf5+ ({White could have won the
game by force after} 24. Rc1 $1 Qxb2+ 25. Kf1 $18) 24... Ke7 25. Qc2 Qa5 26.
Ng3 Qb5+ 27. Kf3 Qc6+ 28. Qe4 Rh8 29. Nf5+ Kd7 30. h4 {White has an
overwhelming advantage. In a few moves Black is obliged to confess to being
defeated.} Qb5 31. Rd1 Qxb2 32. Nxd6 Kc7 33. Nc4 Qb5 34. Nxe5 f6 35. Rc1+ Kb8
36. Rb1 f5 37. Qxf5 Qd5+ 38. Qe4 Rf8+ 39. Ke3 Qc5+ 40. Qd4 Qxd4+ 41. Kxd4 Rf4+
42. Ke3 Rxh4 43. f4 Kc7 44. f5 Kd6 45. Ng6 Rh7 46. Rd1+ Kc7 47. Kf4 b5 48. f6
Rf7 49. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 16th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2012.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5
Nc6 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nb5 Na7 12. a3 Bd6 13. Nc3 b5 14. a4 Bb7 15.
axb5 Bb4 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qd8 18. Kg1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nxb5 20. Qc2 Qd5 21.
e4 Qd6 22. Rfc1 c5 23. Nxc4 Qc7 24. d5 exd5 25. exd5 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 16th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2012.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Safarli,E"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 e5 {Black chose to play 4...e5, but I
don't really like it - because it weakens Black's position.} ({The most normal
and main line is:} 4... Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9.
O-O-O {etc.}) 5. Qd1 Nf6 6. Nc3 (6. Bd3 $5 {was another setup, where White had
a solid and slightly better position} Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 {etc.}) 6... h6 7.
Bc4 Be6 8. Bb3 (8. Bxe6 {would be possible as well, but it seems that after}
fxe6 9. Nh4 Rg8 (9... Kf7 $2 10. f4 $1 exf4 11. e5 $1 Nfd7 12. Qh5+ Kg8 13.
Bxf4 $16) 10. Ng6 Nc6 11. O-O Kf7 12. Nxf8 Rxf8 {Black has a reasonable
position with equal chances.}) 8... Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Na5 12.
Rfd1 Qc7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Nc4 15. c3 Rac8 16. Rac1 a6 ({I think} 16... Qa5
$1 {would be strong, with equality.}) 17. b3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 $14 Bd7 19. Rc2 Kh7
20. Nd2 g6 $6 (20... b5 {was better}) 21. Qa7 $1 Rb8 22. Nc4 $1 f5 ({It's
funny that even after} 22... Bd8 {White can play} 23. Nb6 $1) 23. Qb6 {White
decided to simplify the position.} ({Perhaps Black would find it harder to
defend with a queen on the board after:} 23. Nb6) 23... Rfc8 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25.
Nb6 Bc6 26. f3 Bg5 27. Nc4 (27. Kf2 {I think it would be better. In this case
White saves the knight. This would have made it harder for Black to defend})
27... b5 $1 28. Bxc6 (28. Nxd6 {leads to a draw after} Rd8 29. c4 $1 Be3+ (
29... Rxd6 $2 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Bg8+ $1 Kxg8 32. Rxd6 $18) 30. Kh1 b4 31. c5
Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Bxc5 33. Rcxc5 Rxc5 34. Rxc5 Rxd6 $11) 28... bxc4 29. Bd5 cxb3
30. axb3 {The position is also good for White. Anyway, Black still has to work
for a draw.} Rb6 31. Kf2 a5 32. Ra1 Rc5 33. Ke2 Kg7 34. Kd3 Rb8 35. Ra4 Bd8 36.
b4 axb4 37. cxb4 Rxc2 38. Kxc2 Bb6 39. Kb3 Kf6 40. Kc4 Ke7 {So, after the
first time control White has some chances to win. However I thought Hikaru
would hold the position without too much difficulty.} 41. h3 Kd7 42. Bf7 fxe4
43. fxe4 Ke7 44. Bd5 Kd7 45. Ra3 Rf8 46. Ra6 Kc7 47. Ra2 g5 48. Rc2 Rf2 49.
Rxf2 Bxf2 50. g4 Be1 51. Be6 d5+ {This is interesting, but I think unnecessary.
} 52. exd5 e4 53. Kd4 Bxb4 54. Kxe4 Kd6 55. Kf5 Ba5 56. Kg6 Bd8 57. Kxh6 Ke5
58. Kg6 Be7 59. Kf7 Bb4 60. Ke8 Kd6 61. Bg8 Bd2 62. Kf8 Ba5 63. Kg7 Ke5 64. Kg6
Bd8 65. Kg7 Be7 66. Kf7 Bb4 67. Kg6 Be7 68. Be6 Bd8 69. Kf7 Kd6 70. Ke8 Ba5 71.
Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 16th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2012.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Safarli,E"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 {When Hikaru played this opening it felt
like we were going to see approximately the same structure as in the
well-known position, indicated below, of the 11th World Champion. However,
Sergey played...} g6 {...and then 5.d4, and everything changed, or rather went
in a different direction.} (4... d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5 Nd7
9. Re1 b5 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 a5 12. Bf4 a4 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Na5 15. Ne3 Ba6
16. Bh3 d4 17. Nf1 Nb6 18. Ng5 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qd7 21. Qh5 Rfc8 22.
Nd2 Nc3 23. Bf6 Qe8 24. Ne4 g6 25. Qg5 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 c4 27. h5 cxd3 28. Rh4 Ra7
29. Bg2 dxc2 30. Qh6 Qf8 31. Qxh7+ {1-0 Fischer,R-Myagmarsuren,L Sousse 1967})
5. d4 $5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 ({It seems Black is unable to play} 6... Bg7 $5 {
but this was better. Let's check:} 7. Nb5 d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. Qxd5 Qe7+ 10. Be2
Be5 $5 {with strong compensation for Black} (10... Be6 11. Qd6) (10... Bh3) (
10... Bg4)) 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 {In my opinion Black's position is now a little
bit unpleasant, since his position is passive and doesn't have much
counterplay.} Bg7 9. Bg2 Ne7 10. O-O d6 (10... f5 {I like this continuation
better than the move that was played. However, even this way Black would not
manage to equalise the position. But at least his position would have become a
little more active, though many weak points had risen along the way.} 11. Nc3
fxe4 12. Nxe4 d5 13. cxd5 (13. Nc5 O-O 14. Re1 Qd6) 13... exd5 14. Nc3 O-O 15.
Bg5) 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Rac1 c5 16. b3 Bb7
17. h4 h5 18. Qd3 Bc6 19. Qe2 Be8 20. Rd3 {Looks like a strong idea to me.
White consolidates by doubling and even tripling along the d-file.} Rdc8 21.
Qd2 Rb6 22. Bf4 Be5 23. Rd1 Kh7 24. Kh1 Ng8 25. Be3 Bg7 26. Ne2 Rd8 27. Bf4 {
27...Be5 or 27...Bf8 is no longer possible, and Black is obliged to weaken his
position, which leads to a crucial advantage for White.} e5 28. Bg5 f6 29. Be3
$16 Ne7 30. Nc3 Qc8 31. Kh2 Rc6 32. f4 $18 Qb7 33. fxe5 fxe5 34. Bg5 Rd7 35.
Bh3 Rdc7 36. Rf1 Bd7 37. Bg2 Bg4 38. Rxd6 Rxd6 39. Qxd6 {A good game played by
Hikaru. Perhaps Black made some inaccurate moves in the beginning and faced an
unpleasant situation, where he didn't have any great counterplay, taking into
account that defending passively is quite unpleasant. Afterwards White
weakened his opponent's position by making relatively ordinary, strenghtening
moves, which crushed Sergey's position. I congratulate Hikaru on the victory
in this tournament! Thanks to everyone!} 1-0

[Event "London Classic 4th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 e5 6. Nb5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a6 8.
N5c3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 Be6 11. O-O Nb6 12. Be3 Nc4 13. Qc1 O-O 14. Rd1
Qc7 15. a3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Ba5 17. Nd2 Bb6 18. Qf3 Rad8 19. Na4 Ba7 20. Qc3 Rd4
21. Qc2 f5 22. e3 Rdd8 23. b4 e4 24. Nb3 Qf7 25. Nbc5 Bd5 26. Rd2 b6 27. Rxd5
Rxd5 28. Nxa6 Ne5 29. Rd1 Rfd8 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Nb2 Qd2 32. Qc7 Ng4 0-1

[Event "London Classic 4th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.12.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qe2 d6 7. g3 Be7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. c4 Nd7 11. Be3 Bf6 12. Qc2 Ne5 13. Nd2 Ng4 14. Rae1 Rb8
15. b3 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 c5 17. h3 a5 18. Kh2 a4 19. f4 Bd4 20. Re2 g6 21. Nf3 axb3
22. axb3 Bg7 23. Rd1 Rb6 24. e5 Bb7 25. Rdd2 Qa8 26. exd6 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Rxd6
28. Ne5 Bxg2 29. Rxg2 Bxe5 30. fxe5 Re6 31. Re2 Qf3 32. Qd2 Qxb3 33. Qd8+ Kg7
34. Qxc7 Qf3 35. Rg2 Qe3 36. Qa7 h5 37. h4 Rxe5 38. Qa1 Kh7 39. Qb2 Rf5 40. Re2
Qf3 41. Qc2 Qf1 42. Qd2 Rf6 43. Qc2 Rf3 44. Qb2 Rf5 45. Qc2 Rf6 46. Rd2 Kg7 47.
Qc3 Kh7 48. Qc2 Qa1 49. Rf2 Kg7 50. Rxf6 Qxf6 51. Qe2 Qd4 52. Kg2 Kf8 53. Kh2
Qg4 54. Qd3 Ke7 55. Qe3+ Kd6 56. Qd3+ Qd4 57. Qe2 Qe5 58. Qd3+ Ke6 59. Kg2 g5
60. hxg5 Qxg5 61. Qe4+ Qe5 62. Qc6+ Ke7 63. Qb7+ Kf8 64. Qa8+ Kg7 65. Qf3 Kg6
66. Qd3+ Qf5 67. Qd6+ f6 68. Qe7 Qc2+ 69. Kh3 Qxc4 70. Qe8+ Qf7 71. Qe4+ Kg7
72. Qf5 c4 73. Kg2 Qb7+ 74. Kh2 Qb2+ 75. Kh3 Qe5 76. Qc8 c3 77. Qc4 Qe1 78.
Qc7+ Kg6 79. Qc6 Qf1+ 80. Kh4 Qe2 81. Kh3 c2 82. g4 Qe3+ 83. Kh4 Qg5+ 84. Kg3
Qxg4+ 85. Kf2 Qf4+ 86. Kg2 c1=Q 87. Qe8+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "London Classic 4th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.12.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. d6 Be6 14. Qh4 Qb4
15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Be7 Qxh4 17. Bxh4 Nb4 18. Rd2 a6 19. Ng5 Nd5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21.
Nxd5 Rxe2 22. Ne7+ Rxe7 23. dxe7 Re8 24. Ne4 f6 25. Re1 Rxe7 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27.
Rxe7 Bxe7 28. Bxe7 Kf7 29. Bg5 Ne5 30. Kf1 Nd3 31. b3 Nb4 32. a4 Ke6 33. Ke2
Kd5 34. Kd2 c4 35. Kc3 cxb3 36. Kxb3 Nd3 37. Be3 Ne1 38. g3 b5 39. axb5 axb5
40. Bb6 Kc6 41. Ba7 Nf3 42. h4 Ne5 43. Kb4 Ng4 44. Bc5 Nf6 45. Bd4 Nd5+ 46. Ka5
Nc7 47. Kb4 Na6+ 48. Ka5 Nc5 49. Kb4 Nd3+ 50. Kc3 Ne1 51. Ba7 Nf3 52. Kb3 h6
53. Be3 h5 54. Ba7 Ne5 55. Kb4 Ng4 56. Bc5 Kd5 57. Kxb5 Ke4 58. Kc6 Kf3 59. Kd5
Nxf2 60. Ke6 Ne4 61. Be7 Kg4 62. Bd8 Nxg3 63. Kf7 Kf5 64. Kg7 Ne4 65. Kh6 Nc5
66. Bg5 Ne6 67. Be7 Nd4 68. Bg5 Nc6 69. Kg7 Nd4 70. Kh6 Nf3 71. Bd8 Ne5 72. Kg7
Nf3 73. Kh6 Kg4 74. Kxg6 Nxh4+ 75. Kh6 Nf3 76. Bf6 Nd2 77. Kg6 Nc4 78. Kh6 Nd6
79. Kg6 h4 80. Bxh4 Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 4th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 c6 7. Bf4 g6 {
A typical idea. Black prepares ...Bc8-f5 just in time so that White lacks a
tempo to prevent it by means of e2-e3 and Bf1-d3.} 8. Ne5 {[%cal Yf2f3,Ye2e4]
An ambitious continuation.} (8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 {, although played more often,
is essentially harmless}) 8... Bf5 9. Qd2 (9. Qb3 Qb6 $11 {V.Milov}) 9... Ne4 (
9... Nbd7 10. f3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. g4 Be6 13. h4 Nd7 14. Bg3 Nb6 (14... c5
$5) 15. e3 f5 $6 (15... Rc8 $142 16. Bd3 c5 $132 {[+] V.Milov}) 16. g5 Bf7 17.
O-O-O Nc4 $6 (17... Rc8 $142 18. Be5 c5 19. f4 $36 {[%cal Yh4h5] V.Milov}) 18.
Bxc4 dxc4 19. Be5 $16 {1-0 Kogan,A (2540)-Arencibia Rodriguez,W (2540)/Havana
2002/CBM 089/[Milov,V] (30)}) 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 (10... dxe4 {is equally good:} 11.
e3 g5 $5 (11... f6 12. Nc4 Na6 13. a3 Be6 {1-0 Kogan,A (2504)-Zumsande,M (2360)
/Senden 2000/EXT 2001 (41)} 14. Na5 Qb6 15. Rc1 $14) 12. Bg3 h5 13. h3 h4 14.
Bh2 Nd7 15. Bc4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 f6 17. Bh2 Qd7 18. Rc1 g4 19. hxg4 Bxg4 20. Bf4
h3 21. gxh3 Rxh3 22. Rxh3 Bxh3 23. Qa5 Qf5 24. Qxf5 Bxf5 25. f3 Kd7 26. Kf2 Rh8
$11 {1/2 Persson,C (2526)-Ugge,A (2528)/ICCF Postal 2002/ICCF CBM 120 (41)})
11. f3 Bf5 12. e4 $1 Be6 (12... dxe4 $6 13. Bc4 O-O 14. fxe4 Bxe4 15. O-O $40)
13. Be2 Nd7 (13... O-O 14. O-O Nd7 15. Nd3 Re8 (15... c5 $1 $11) 16. Be3 dxe4
17. fxe4 Nf6 18. Nf2 a5 19. b3 a4 20. b4 a3 21. Rac1 Qd7 22. b5 $14 {1-0 Kogan,
A (2475)-Barsov,A (2475)/Vlissingen 1996/CBM 053 ext (42)}) (13... f6 14. Ng4
Nd7 (14... Bxg4 15. fxg4 dxe4 16. O-O Qd5 17. Rac1 $36 {V.Milov}) 15. Ne3 (15.
Nh6 $5) 15... Nb6 16. O-O O-O 17. b4 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. a4 Be6 20. Bh6 Rf7
21. a5 Nd7 22. Nd1 Bd6 23. f4 Qe7 24. b5 c5 25. a6 {1/2 Kogan,A-Narciso Dublan,
M/Lisbon 2001/EXT 2002 (25)}) 14. Nd3 (14. Ng4 {is poor now due to} Bxg4 15.
fxg4 Nf6 $1 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. O-O O-O 18. Bh6 Re8 $15 {[%csl Gd5] 0-1 Grooten,
H (2350)-Janssen,R (2513)/Hilversum 2008/EXT 2010 (40)}) 14... O-O 15. Be3 $6 {
GM Hikaru Nakamura tries to prevent ...c6-c5 but loses an important tempo.
Black obtains an even more comfortable position undermining White's pawn
centre from the other flank.} (15. O-O c5 $11) 15... dxe4 16. fxe4 Nb6 17. b3
f5 $1 {[%mdl 32]} 18. Nf4 Qd7 19. d5 {[%mdl 512]} (19. e5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 $15
{[%csl Gd5]}) 19... cxd5 $6 (19... Bf7 $142 {, and White can't complete his
development without material losses:} 20. exf5 Nxd5 $1 21. O-O (21. Nxd5 Bxd5
22. fxg6 hxg6 23. O-O-O $6 Qf5 {[%csl Rc1] is hardly a good idea}) 21... Bb4 (
21... Qxf5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Qc3 {[%cal Re2c4] is less convincing}) 22. Qd3 (
22. Nxd5 Bxd2 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Nxd7 Bxe3+ 25. Kh1 Rfe8 $17 {[%csl Ge3,Gf7]})
22... Qxf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 {with reasonable winning chances for
Black}) 20. e5 $1 {White now has a sufficient compensation for the missing
pawn: blockade on d4 and passive position of Black's pieces. Sooner or later
Black will have to give his material advantage back by means of ...d5-d4.} Bg5
21. Rd1 d4 {At once!} 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxf4 {There was no need to hurry
giving up this bishop.} (23... Rfe8 $5 $11 {[%cal Ye6f7]}) 24. Bxf4 Rad8 (24...
Rac8 $5) 25. Rd6 Kf7 26. Kf2 Nd5 27. Bg5 Rxd6 28. exd6 {[%mdl 4096]} h6 29.
Bxh6 Rd8 30. Bf3 Rxd6 $14 {/= White's bishop pair is definitely an advantage
but it is hardly possible to convert it for two reasons: 1) Black's knight has
strongholds in the centre; 2) there are too few pawns on the board.} 31. Rd1
Rd7 32. Kg3 (32. Rd4 $142 b6 33. Bd2 {restricting Black's knight}) 32... b6 33.
a3 Nc3 34. Rxd7+ Bxd7 35. Bf4 Be6 36. Bb8 Bxb3 37. Bxa7 Nb5 38. Bxb6 Nxa3 {
With pawns on the same side Black's defence is trivial.} 39. Kf4 Be6 40. Bc6
Nc4 41. Bd4 Nd6 42. h4 Nc4 43. Bf3 Nd2 44. Bc6 Nc4 45. Bc3 Ke7 46. Bf3 Kf7 47.
Bd1 Bd5 48. g3 Be6 49. h5 gxh5 50. Bxh5+ Ke7 51. Kg5 Ne3 52. Bb4+ Kd7 53. Be2
f4 {Of course, there was no need for such a drastic measure but GM Michael
Adams calculated everything accurately.} (53... Bc4 $144 54. Bxc4 (54. Bh5 Nf1)
54... Nxc4 55. Kxf5 {, and now, say,} Ke8 56. Kf6 Ne3 $11) 54. Bb5+ (54. gxf4
Nd5) 54... Kc8 55. Kxf4 Nd5+ 56. Ke5 Nxb4 57. Kxe6 Nc2 58. Bd7+ (58. g4 Nd4+)
58... Kd8 59. g4 Nd4+ 60. Kd6 Nf3 61. Bc6 Ng5 62. Ba4 Ne4+ 63. Ke6 Nc5+ 64. Kf7
Nxa4 65. g5 Nb6 66. g6 Nd5 67. g7 Ne7 68. g8=R+ Nxg8 69. Kxg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 4th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5
axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qc3 Ne7 14. Nd2 O-O
15. e5 Nfd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qd4 Bb7 18. Ne4 f5 19. Ng5 Qd7 20. Nf3 Ra8 21.
Bd2 c5 22. Qd3 c4 23. Qd4 dxe5 24. Nxe5 Qc7 25. Rfd1 h6 26. Be1 Rfe8 27. Bd2
Red8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. h3 Ra2 30. Rb1 Nf6 31. Bb4 Be4 32. Re1 Bxc2 33. g4 Qa7
34. Qxa7 Rxa7 35. Nc6 Ra6 36. Ne7+ Kf7 37. g5 hxg5 38. fxg5 Ne4 39. Nxf5 Nxg5
40. Re7+ Kg6 41. Nd4 Bd3 42. Rb7 Nxh3+ 43. Kh2 Ng5 44. Nxb5 Rf6 45. Bc5 Rf4 46.
Nc3 Rg4 47. Nd1 Bf1 0-1

[Event "London Classic 4th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.12.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2848"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 d6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. a3 Rd8 12. b4 a6 13. Bd3 b5 14. h4 dxe5 15. dxe5
Bb7 16. Ra2 Ndxb4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Rad2 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rd8 21.
Qe2 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qxe5 24. Qd7 Bf8 25. Be3 a5 26. Qe8 h6 27. Kg2
a4 28. Na3 b4 29. Nc4 Qc7 30. Nb6 Qe7 31. Qxa4 Qxh4 32. Qa8 Qe7 33. Qc8 b3 34.
Nd7 b2 35. Nxf8 Qxf8 36. Qb7 e5 37. Qxb2 f6 38. Qc2 Qf7 39. Qf5 Kh8 40. Bd2 Kg8
41. Kg3 Kh8 42. Be3 Kg8 43. Kh2 Kh8 44. Kg2 Kg8 45. Qd3 Kh8 46. f4 exf4 47.
Bxf4 Kg8 48. Qe4 Kh8 49. Be3 Kg8 50. Bd4 Kh8 51. f4 Kg8 52. Kg3 Kh8 53. Be3 Kg8
54. Bd4 Kh8 55. Be3 Kg8 56. Bd4 Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 4th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nec3 {Anand has had some direct experience
with the line as Black, even though his opponent has chosen a less logical
setup with 11...c3.} (11. c3 Nd7 12. h4 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Be7 14. g3 O-O 15. Bh3
Nf6 16. Qd3 b5 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. O-O a5 19. Bg2 Rfc8 20. Bf3 $11 {0-1 Naiditsch,
A (2689)-Anand,V (2788)/Moscow 2009 (54)}) 11... Nd7 {We may easily witness
the splitting of players into two distict groups depending on their preference
for the black knight's move. The main atraction for the d7-square seems to be
the control of the b6-square and the prospect of a timely Nf6. With 11...Nc6
Black is controlling the vulnerable spot d4 with better chances for active
counterplay.} (11... Nc6 12. Be2 (12. Ne3 g6 13. Ncd5 Bh6 14. c3 O-O 15. Bc4
Rc8 16. O-O Nb8 17. Bb3 Nd7 18. Qe2 Qh4 19. Rad1 Kg7 20. Nc4 Nc5 21. Ncb6 {
1-0 Vallejo Pons,F (2705)-Shabalov,A (2523)/Las Vegas 2011 (30)} Rc6 $11) (12.
Bc4 g6 13. Ne3 Bg7 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. O-O Qc7 16. Ne2 O-O 17. c3 Bh6 18. Qd3
Rad8 19. Rad1 Kh7 20. b4 Ne7 21. c4 Bg5 $11 {1-0 Predke,A (2450)-Lastin,A 
(2611)/Samara 2011 (51)}) 12... g6 13. Ne3 (13. O-O Bh6 14. Na4 b5 15. Nab6 Rb8
16. a4 O-O 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ra6 Kg7 19. c3 Ne7 20. Qd3 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Brkic,A (2592)-Fercec,N (2452)/Zagreb 2011 (66)}) 13... Bh6 14. Ncd5
Bxe3 15. Nxe3 Qb6 16. Qb1 f5 17. c3 fxe4 18. Bc4 Bf5 19. Bd5 Ne7 20. Bxe4 Bxe4
21. Qxe4 Qxb2 22. O-O Qxc3 23. Rfc1 Qd4 24. Qxb7 $14 {1-0 Demchenko,A (2578)
-Gabrielian,A (2545)/Belorechensk 2012 (56)}) (11... g6 12. Bc4 Bh6 13. a3 (13.
O-O O-O 14. a4 Nc6 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. Ba2 (16. Rfd1 Kg7 17. Bb3 Qh4 18. Nb6 Rcd8
19. Bd5 Nb4 20. Qe2 Nxd5 21. Nbxd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Heberla,B (2531)-Olszewski,M 
(2526)/Warsaw 2012 (60)}) 16... Kh8 17. Rad1 Qa5 18. Ne2 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxa4 20.
Bb3 Qb4 21. Qxd6 Qxe4 22. Nc3 Qf5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Hou,Y (2617)-Ju,W (2518)/Jermuk
2012 (42)}) 13... O-O 14. Ba2 Nc6 15. Qd3 Rc8 16. O-O Nd4 17. Kh1 Qh4 18. Kg1
Kh8 19. Rae1 b5 20. Nb4 a5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Fedorchuk,S (2639)-Van Kampen,R (2565)/
Korinthia 2012}) 12. Bc4 {It does not make sense to play active moves for
their own sake, but in our position the bishop should rather go to the a2-g8
diagonal.} (12. Be2 g6 13. O-O Bh6 14. a4 Rc8 (14... b6 15. Bc4 Qc8 16. Qd3 Kf8
17. Ne3 Qc5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nc4 Qd4 20. Rfd1 Qxd3 21. Rxd3 $16 {1-0 Smith,B 
(2444)-Shyam,N (2502)/Philadelphia 2012 (30)}) 15. a5 O-O 16. b4 Nf6 17. Re1
Kg7 18. Ra3 Rc6 19. Bf1 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 $14 {1-0 Saric,I (2586)
-Cvitan,O (2554)/Otocac 2010 (83)}) 12... g6 13. a4 Bh6 (13... Rc8 14. Ba2 Bh6
15. O-O O-O 16. Qe2 Qh4 17. Rfd1 Kh8 18. a5 Rg8 19. Nb6 Nxb6 20. axb6 Rc6 21.
Nd5 Rf8 22. Rd3 {1-0 Heberla,B (2539)-Nitin,S (2387)/Mumbai 2011 (67)} Bxd5 23.
Bxd5 Rxb6 24. b3 Qe7 $11) 14. a5 Rc8 15. Ba2 (15. Qe2 Qg5 16. Ne3 Bxc4 17. Nxc4
Qxg2 18. Nxd6+ Kf8 19. Nxc8 Qxh1+ 20. Qf1 $11) 15... O-O 16. O-O Kg7 {The
position is well defined, with White's main asset in firm control of the
d5-square. Black is ready to generate counterplay on the kingside, but he has
to worry about the safety of the d6-pawn. The king steps away from problems
along the light-squared diagonal as well as avoiding moves of the knight from
d5.} 17. b4 (17. Re1 Qh4 18. Ne3 Qe7 $14) 17... Rc6 18. Qd3 Qg5 19. Rfd1 Rfc8
20. Bb3 f5 {Nakamura is a tactical virtuoso, he is usually striving for lots
of dynamic contact between pieces. A more positional player woul have used the
moment for the swap of one knight on d5 with 20...Nf6!} (20... Nf6 $1 21. Qf3 (
21. Nxf6 Rxc3 22. Ne8+ Kh8 $19) 21... Nxd5 22. Nxd5 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 $11) 21.
exf5 gxf5 {The American player has no aversion to taking risks, otherwise he
would have strongly considered the alternative 21...Bxf5!? with even chances.}
(21... Bxf5 $5 22. Ne4 Qh4 23. f3 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Nf6 25. Rf1 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Be3+
27. Kh1 Bd4 $11) 22. Ne2 (22. Ba4 e4 (22... Rc4 23. Ne2 e4 24. Qa3 $16) 23.
Qd4+ Kf7 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Nb6 Rg8 26. g3 h4 27. Nxd7 hxg3 28. Qf6+ Qxf6 29.
Nxf6 Kxf6 30. Rxd6 gxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Rc8 $11) 22... f4 (22... e4 23. Qg3 $1 (23.
Nef4 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Qxf4 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Qxd7 Bg7 27. Rab1 h4 $11) (23. Qd4+
Ne5 24. Qa7 Kh8 25. Qxb7 Rg8 26. g3 Rg7 $11) 23... Qxg3 24. Nxg3 Kf7 25. Nxh5
$14) 23. Ndxf4 $6 {Anand is the world champion, but his tender age of over 40
is sometimes felt in the ease of his decisions. It is very tempting to try
conquering the dangerous adversary on his own tactical turf. The combination
is original, attractive but objectively much weaker than the positional
solution with 23.Nec3!} (23. Nec3 $1 Bf5 (23... Nf6 24. Nxf6 Rxc3 25. Qxd6 Qxf6
26. Bxe6 $16) 24. Ne4 Qg6 25. f3 $16) 23... Bxb3 24. h4 Qg4 (24... Bxc2 $2 25.
hxg5 Bxd3 26. gxh6+ Kxh6 27. Nxd3 $18) (24... Qe7 $2 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Qxh6+ $18
) (24... Qxh4 25. Qg6+ $18) 25. f3 Bxc2 26. fxg4 Bxd3 27. Nxh5+ (27. Nxd3 hxg4
$17) 27... Kg8 28. Rxd3 {The smoke has cleared and White even managed to win a
pawn. Unfortunately the black pieces are coordinated so well, that he does not
have to fear the future.} Bf8 29. Kh2 (29. g5 Rc4 30. g3 Rxb4 31. Rc3 Rc6 $11)
29... Rc4 30. Kh3 Rxb4 (30... Re4 31. Neg3 Rxb4 32. Nf5 Rc6 33. Rad1 Nc5 34.
Re3 $14) 31. Rf3 Rc2 (31... e4 32. Re3 d5 33. Rd1 Rc5 34. Nhf4 $14) 32. Nc3 {
Anand keeps playing with ambition, otherwise he would probably have accepted
near equality after the clever move 32.Raf1!?} (32. Raf1 $5 Rxe2 33. Rf7 Re1 $1
34. Rxf8+ (34. R1f5 Rh1+ 35. Kg3 Rb3+ 36. Kf2 d5 37. Rxd7 Bc5+ 38. Ke2 Rb2+ 39.
Kf3 Rf1+ 40. Kg3 Rb3+ 41. Kh2 Bg1+ 42. Kh1 Bf2+ $11) 34... Nxf8 35. Rxe1 b5 36.
axb6 Rxb6 37. Nf6+ $14) 32... e4 $1 33. Rg3 Rd2 34. Re1 d5 35. Nf4 Rbd4 36.
Ncxd5 {The dangerous pawn mass is eliminated and White will hope for the
better coordination of his pieces in the sharp endgame.} (36. g5 Bd6 $15) (36.
Nfxd5 Bd6 37. Rge3 Rxd5 38. Nxd5 Rxd5 39. Rxe4 Rxa5 40. Re8+ Kf7 41. g5 $11)
36... Rxd5 37. Nxd5 Rxd5 38. Rxe4 Rxa5 39. g5 {[%mdl 4096]} (39. Rd3 Nc5 40.
Re5 Nxd3 41. Rxa5 Nc5 42. Ra1 b5 43. Rb1 Nb7 44. g5 b4 $17) 39... Ra3 $2 {
Time trouble has spoiled more games than anybody could possibly count.
Nakamura is hoping to ease his situation with the help of a rook exchange.
Unfortunately his impulsive decision is completely wrong and pushes him to the
edge of a losing position.} (39... Rd5 $1 40. Re8 Kf7 41. Ra8 Kg6 $11) 40. Re8
$6 {The champion must have been quite unhappy about letting his golden chance
slip away. The best was to accept the challenge and swap on a3 with excellent
chances for a win.} (40. Rxa3 $1 Bxa3 41. h5 Bf8 (41... b5 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Re6
Nc5 44. Re7+ Kg8 45. Kg4 $18) 42. h6 a5 43. Re8 Kf7 44. Ra8 b6 45. Ra7 Ke6 46.
Kg4 Ne5+ 47. Kh5 $18) 40... Rxg3+ 41. Kxg3 b5 42. Rd8 {It is simply impossible
to calculate the position all the way to the solution over the board, so the
players must use their intution. Anand will do fine, but on several instances
better lines will escape his attention.} (42. h5 $1 b4 (42... Kf7 43. Ra8 b4
44. Rxa6 b3 45. Ra7 Ke6 46. Rb7 Nc5 47. Rb6+ Ke5 48. h6 $18) 43. Rd8 Nc5 44.
Kg4 b3 45. h6 b2 46. Rb8 Nd3 47. g6 b1=Q 48. h7+ Kg7 49. Rxb1 Ne5+ 50. Kh5 Nxg6
51. Rb6 Nf4+ 52. Kg5 Nd5 53. Rb8 $16) 42... Nc5 (42... Ne5 43. Ra8 b4 44. h5
Nd7 45. Rd8 Ne5 46. Kf4 Nc6 47. Rc8 Ne7 48. Rb8 a5 49. Ke4 $16) 43. Rb8 {
It is easy to criticise after analysing the position with the help of engines.
Let us just agree on the fact, that 43.Kg4! would have been challenging for
the defender.} (43. Kg4 $1 b4 44. h5 b3 45. h6 b2 46. Rb8 Nd3 47. g6 $16) 43...
Kf7 (43... Nd7 44. Rb7 Nc5 45. Rb6 Nd7 46. Rxa6 b4 47. Ra5 $16) 44. g6+ (44.
Rb6 b4 45. Rxb4 a5 46. Rb5 a4 47. Kg4 $16) 44... Kg7 45. Kg4 b4 (45... Ne4 46.
h5 b4 47. Rb7+ Kg8 48. g7 Bxg7 49. Rxb4 $16) 46. h5 $2 {The chess game is
eternally rich and charming, since even world champions can miss the best
continuations. After this wrong choice White will not be able to win any more.}
(46. Rxb4 Kxg6 47. h5+ Kh7 48. Rb8 $16) 46... b3 47. Kf5 (47. h6+ Kxh6 48. Rxf8
Kxg6 49. Kf3 a5 50. Ke3 a4 51. Kd2 $11) 47... Bd6 48. Rb4 $2 {We all know the
frustration, when a good position is slipping away and a bit is missing for
the success. Anand got so frustrated, that he now overstepped the line dividng
safety from risk.} (48. Rb6 $1 Be5 49. Kg5 (49. g4 Kh6 50. Rxb3 Nxb3 51. Kxe5
Kg7 52. Kd5 $11) 49... Ne4+ 50. Kf5 Nd6+ 51. Ke6 b2 52. Rb3 Nc4 53. Rb7+ Kh6
54. Rh7+ Kg5 55. g7 b1=Q 56. g8=Q+ Kh4 57. Qd8+ Kg4 58. Qg8+ Kh4 $11) 48... a5
49. Rb6 (49. Rh4 Kh6 50. g4 Be7 51. Rh2 Nd3 $19) 49... a4 $1 50. Rxd6 (50. h6+
Kxh6 51. Kf6 Be5+ 52. Kf5 a3 $19) 50... b2 51. Rb6 (51. Rd1 a3 52. Re1 Kf8 $19)
51... a3 {Suddenly White finds himself gazing at the unusual exception to the
rule. Rook and extra pawn, advanced structure on the kingside - it all
miraculously pales against the rolling black pawns supported with the
perfectly placed knight.} (51... Nb3 $4 52. Rb7+ Kg8 53. Kf6 $18) 52. Kg5 Ne4+
53. Kf4 a2 54. Rb7+ Kf8 55. Rxb2 (55. Rb8+ Ke7 56. g7 Nf6 57. Rb7+ Ke8 58.
g8=Q+ Nxg8 59. Rb8+ Kf7 $19) 55... a1=Q 56. Rb8+ Ke7 $1 57. Kxe4 Qe1+ $6 {
The game is so rich in missed opportunities, that the final nervous play of
Nakamura can be viewed as somewhat justified conclusion to the game. Naturally
the queen would have won in the fight against the rook.} (57... Qa4+ $1 58. Ke5
(58. Kd3 Qd7+ 59. Ke3 Qe6+ 60. Kf3 Qf5+ 61. Kg3 Qe5+ $19) (58. Kf5 Qc2+ 59. Kg5
Qd2+ 60. Kf5 Qd5+ $19) 58... Qc6 $1 59. g7 (59. Rb1 Qc3+ 60. Kf4 Qd2+ 61. Kf5
Qc2+ $19) (59. Rb2 Qf6+ $19) 59... Qd6+ $19) 58. Kf3 Qc3+ $2 {After this move
the tragedy is complete and the point will be split. White could still have
won with the exact check 58...Qd1!} (58... Qd1+ $1 59. Ke3 (59. Kg3 $6 Qd6+ $19
) 59... Qc1+ 60. Kd3 (60. Kf3 Qc6+ 61. Ke3 Qe6+ 62. Kf3 Qf5+ 63. Ke3 Qe5+ $19)
60... Qf1+ 61. Ke3 Qxg2 62. Rb5 Qc6 63. g7 Kf7 64. Rg5 Qc1+ $19) 59. Kg4 $1
Qd4+ 60. Kh3 $1 Qd3+ {White could have build up a fortress after the better
check 60...Qe3+. The fight is fortunately over.} (60... Qe3+ 61. g3 Qe5 62.
Rb7+ Kf6 63. g7 Qxh5+ 64. Kg2 Qd5+ 65. Kf2 Kg6 66. g8=Q+ Qxg8 67. Rb4 Qf7+ 68.
Rf4 $11) 61. Kh4 Qe4+ 62. g4 Qe1+ 63. Kh3 Qe3+ 64. Kh4 Qe1+ 65. Kh3 Qe3+ {
In many respects a fascinating game, despite the mistakes and omissions!}
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 4th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.12.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Rd1 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. e4 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15.
Bf4 Re8 16. Na4 a5 17. Nb6 Ra6 18. Qf2 Be6 19. Bf1 Rxb6 20. cxb6 Qe7 21. Be3
Nd7 22. Bd4 dxe4 23. fxe4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Nxb6 25. b3 Nd7 26. Rad1 Ne5 27. h3 h5
28. Bg2 Kh7 29. Qf4 Bd7 30. Kh2 c5 31. Rd6 a4 32. R1d5 Kg7 33. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Nf3 Nb4 10. Be4 Bf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. e6 fxe6 13. Ng5 Qd6 14. Nb5 Qc6
15. Nxc7+ Qxc7 16. Nxe6 Qc4 17. Qh5+ Kd7 18. Nc5+ Kd8 19. Qxf5 Qd5 20. Ne6+ Kd7
21. Nxg7+ Qxf5 22. Nxf5 Nc2+ 23. Ke2 Nxa1 24. Rxa1 Rac8 25. Kd3 Nd5 26. Bd2
Rhf8 27. Ne3 Nf4+ 28. Ke4 Nxg2 29. Ng4 Rc2 30. Bh6 Rg8 31. h3 Nh4 32. b4 Ng6
33. Kd3 Rgc8 34. Bd2 h5 35. Ne5+ Nxe5+ 36. dxe5 Ke6 37. Rg1 Rxa2 38. Be3 Kd5
39. e6 Ra3+ 40. Ke2 Kxe6 41. Rg5 Rh8 42. Kf3 a6 43. Ke4 Ra4 44. Bc5 Kf7 45.
Rf5+ Ke8 46. Re5 Rh7 47. Kf5 b6 48. Bxb6 Rxb4 49. Bc5 Rb5 50. Kg6 Rf7 51. Rxh5
Rf6+ 52. Kg7 a5 53. Rh8+ Kd7 54. Be3 Ra6 55. Rh4 a4 56. Rd4+ Ke8 57. h4 a3 58.
Rd1 a2 59. Ra1 Rb1 60. Bd4 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Be7 8. Bf4
O-O 9. Nd2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 a5 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Qg4 Kh8 13. a3 b5 14. Nf3 Na6 15.
Ne2 Nac5 16. Ned4 Qc8 17. Rfe1 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. b3 Ra3 20. Rad1 Ra2 21. Qh5
Nb7 22. Bg5 Bc5 23. Bd2 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 c5 25. Nf3 Qe8 26. Rc1 f5 27. Qh4 d4 28.
Ra1 Rxc2 29. Ra7 Nd8 30. Ra8 Kg8 31. Bg5 h6 32. Rxd8 Qf7 33. Be7 Rxd8 34. Bxd8
Rc3 35. Ra1 Rxd3 36. Ra7 Rxb3 37. Qe7 Qxe7 38. Bxe7 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 b3 40. Nd2 Rb2
41. Nxb3 Nxe5 42. Nxc5 d3 43. Ra8+ Kf7 44. Bd6 d2 45. Ra7+ Kg8 46. Bxe5 d1=Q
47. Rxg7+ Kf8 48. Nd7+ Ke8 49. Bxb2 Qd2 50. Be5 Qxf2 51. Nf6+ Kd8 52. Bd6 Kc8
53. Rc7+ Kd8 54. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. h3
e6 9. e3 Be7 10. Nh4 Be4 11. Be2 h6 12. Nf3 Bh7 13. O-O O-O 14. Na4 Bd8 15. Ne5
Bc7 16. Rac1 Rb8 17. Nb6 Qd8 18. Bxa6 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ne4 20. Bd3 Nxc5 21. Bxh7+
Kxh7 22. Qc2+ Kg8 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxc5 Qxa2 25. b4 Qd5 26. Qxd5 exd5 27. b5
Rfe8 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Rxc6 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Rd6 Kf8 32. Rd1 Rb5 33. Rd7
Ke8 34. Ra7 Rb8 35. Ra5 Rd8 36. Rd4 Ke7 37. Kf1 Rd7 38. Ke2 g5 39. Kd3 Rf5 40.
Ke2 h5 41. g3 Rb7 42. Raxd5 Rb2+ 43. Rd2 Rxd5 44. Rxb2 Kf6 45. f3 Kg6 46. Rb4
Ra5 47. h4 Ra2+ 48. Kf1 gxh4 49. Rxh4 Ra3 50. Re4 f5 51. Re5 Ra2 52. Re6+ Kg7
53. e4 fxe4 54. Rxe4 Kf6 55. Re2 Ra3 56. Kg2 Ra4 57. Rb2 Ra3 58. Rb6+ Kg7 59.
Re6 Ra1 60. Kf2 Ra3 61. Re1 Kg6 62. Kg2 Kg5 63. Rb1 Kg6 64. f4 Ra2+ 65. Kh3 Rf2
66. Rb6+ Kg7 67. Kh4 Rh2+ 68. Kg5 Rh3 69. Rb3 Rh1 70. f5 Rf1 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "208"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bf4 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2
f5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 d6 11. Rab1 Nd7 12. c5 dxc5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qe7
15. f3 Nf6 16. Rfe1 cxd4 17. exd4 Nd5 18. Bc4 f4 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. c4 Bb7 21.
Qa4 Rf5 22. Rb2 a6 23. Qb4 Qd7 24. Rbe2 Re8 25. h3 h6 26. Rc1 Bc6 27. Rce1 Ref8
28. Qa3 Bb7 29. Rc2 R8f7 30. c5 Qc6 31. Qc3 b5 32. d5 Qxd5 33. Rd2 Qc4 34. Rd8+
Kh7 35. Qxc4 bxc4 36. Bc3 Bd5 37. Rc8 Rd7 38. Re5 Rff7 39. Rb8 Rfe7 40. Rb4 Rd8
41. Kf2 g5 42. h4 Kg6 43. Rb1 Ree8 44. Rbe1 Rf8 45. Rh1 Rb8 46. Ke2 Rb5 47.
hxg5 hxg5 48. Rg1 Rf5 49. Rxf5 Kxf5 50. Rh1 e5 51. Rh8 Rxc5 52. Rf8+ Kg6 53.
Re8 e4 54. fxe4 Bf7 55. Re7 g4 56. a3 Rb5 57. Rxc7 Rb3 58. Rc6+ Kh7 59. Be5
Re3+ 60. Kd2 Rxe4 61. Rf6 Bh5 62. Bxf4 Kg7 63. Bg5 g3 64. Rxa6 Re2+ 65. Kc3
Rxg2 66. Bf4 Bf7 67. Be5+ Kf8 68. Bd6+ Ke8 69. Bc5 Rh2 70. Ra7 g2 71. Re7+ Kf8
72. Re3+ Kg7 73. Rg3+ Kf6 74. Bg1 Rh1 75. Rxg2 Rh3+ 76. Kb4 Rb3+ 77. Kc5 Rxa3
78. Bd4+ Ke7 79. Re2+ Kd7 80. Re3 Ra8 81. Rh3 Rc8+ 82. Kb5 Kd6 83. Kb4 Rb8+ 84.
Ka3 Be6 85. Re3 Kd5 86. Bg7 Bf7 87. Re5+ Kc6 88. Re3 Bg8 89. Rh3 Rb7 90. Bh8
Bh7 91. Rh6+ Kd5 92. Rh5+ Ke4 93. Rh4+ Kd5 94. Rh5+ Ke6 95. Rh6+ Kf5 96. Rh4
Rb3+ 97. Ka4 Bg8 98. Rh5+ Ke4 99. Rc5 Bd5 100. Ka5 Rb8 101. Bg7 Rg8 102. Bf6
Rg6 103. Bh8 Rc6 104. Rxc6 Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Bf5 8.
O-O Qd3 9. f4 e4 10. a3 Be7 11. b4 Bf6 12. Ra2 O-O-O 13. Qc2 Rhe8 14. h3 h5 15.
Kh2 g6 16. Rf2 Bg7 17. Kg1 Kb8 18. Kh2 Kc8 19. Kg1 Kb8 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4
Bxg4 22. Bxe4 Qd7 23. Bg2 Bh3 24. Bf3 Bg4 25. Bg2 Bh3 26. Bf3 Bg4 27. Bh1 Rh8
28. Ne4 Bxe2 29. Bg2 Bd3 30. Nc5 Bxc2 31. Nxd7+ Rxd7 32. Rxc2 Re8 33. Bxc6 bxc6
34. Rxc6 Kb7 35. Rc2 Rd3 36. f5 Rd5 37. fxg6 fxg6 38. Rg2 Re6 39. Kf2 Rf5+ 40.
Kg1 a5 41. bxa5 Rxa5 42. Bb2 Bxb2 43. Rxb2 Rxa3 44. Kf2 Kc8 45. Rc2 Ra5 46. Ke2
Rh5 47. Rc1 Nd5 48. Rc4 Kd7 49. Rcg4 c5 50. Ra4 Ne7 51. Ra7+ Ke8 52. Kd3 Rh4
53. Rc7 Rd6+ 54. Kc2 Rh5 55. Rb7 Rd7 56. Rb8+ Kf7 57. Rf2+ Kg7 58. Rg2 Rhd5 59.
Rb6 R5d6 60. Rb5 Rc7 61. Rg4 Nf5 62. Ra5 Kf6 63. Ra8 Rcd7 64. Rg2 Kf7 65. Rf2
Kg7 66. Rg2 Rc6 67. Ra5 Kf7 68. Rf2 Rf6 69. Rh2 Rc6 70. Rf2 Re7 71. Rf4 Kg7 72.
Rf2 c4 73. Rg2 Kf7 74. Ra3 Nd6 75. Ra8 c3 76. Rf2+ Nf5 77. dxc3 Rxe3 78. Ra3
Kf6 79. Kd2 Rd6+ 80. Kc2 Rde6 81. Kd2 R3e5 82. Ra8 Kg7 83. Ra7+ Re7 84. Ra6
Rd7+ 85. Kc1 Rc7 86. Ra3 Ng3 87. Rg2 Ne4 88. Ra6 Rxc3+ 89. Kb2 Rb5+ 90. Ka2 Rg3
91. Ra7+ Kf6 92. Rh2 Nc3+ 93. Ka3 Nd5+ 94. Ka2 Nb4+ 95. Ka1 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 g6 7. Nd2 Nf4 8. Bc4
Be6 9. Bxe6 Nxe6 10. Qf3 f6 11. Qb3 Qxd4 12. Ndf3 Qe4+ 13. Be3 fxe5 14. Qxe6
Nd7 15. O-O-O Qf5 16. Qb3 Nb6 17. Ng5 Nd5 18. Rxd5 cxd5 19. Qxd5 Rc8 20. c3 Bh6
21. Ne6 Bxe3+ 22. fxe3 Qf6 23. Rd1 h5 24. Qb5+ Kf7 25. Rf1 Qxf1+ 26. Qxf1+ Kxe6
27. Qd3 Kf6 28. Qd7 Rb8 29. Kc2 Rhc8 30. a4 Rc6 31. a5 a6 32. h4 Rc5 33. g3 Rc6
34. Kb1 Rc5 35. Kc2 Rc4 36. Kb3 Rc6 37. g4 hxg4 38. Qxg4 Rc5 39. Qd7 b6 40. Qa7
bxa5+ 41. Qxb8 Rb5+ 42. Qxb5 axb5 43. c4 bxc4+ 44. Kxc4 Kf5 45. Kb5 Ke4 46.
Kxa5 Kxe3 47. b4 e4 48. b5 Kf3 49. b6 e3 50. b7 e2 51. b8=Q e1=Q+ 52. Ka6 Qa1+
0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4
Bg6 9. Nh4 Nbd7 10. e3 Bd6 11. f4 Ng8 12. Qe1 Ne7 13. e4 dxe4 14. f5 exf5 15.
gxf5 Bh5 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Qg3 O-O-O 20. Be5 Ne8 21.
Qf2 f6 22. Bg3 Qd4 23. Rae1 Qxf2+ 24. Bxf2 Rd7 25. Bxa7 Nd6 26. Bc5 Kc7 27. Rf4
Ndc8 28. a4 b6 29. Bf2 Re8 30. Rfe4 Kd8 31. Rc4 Rc7 32. b4 Bf7 33. Rd4+ Rd7 34.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 35. c4 b5 36. cxb5 cxb5 37. axb5 Bd5 38. b6 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 Nd6 40.
Bc5 Rb8 41. Ra1 Nec8 42. Ra6 Rb7 43. Nf3 Nxf5 44. Nd2 Nfe7 45. Ra7 Nxa7 46.
bxa7 Rxa7 47. Bxa7 Nd5 48. Bc5 Nf4+ 49. Kf3 Nxd3 50. Ke4 Ne5 51. b5 Nf7 52. Kd5
Ng5 53. b6 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
e3 b6 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Ne2 c5 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bh4 Qc7 13. Nc3 a6 14. Be2 cxd4 15.
Rxd4 d5 16. Bg3 e5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qd1 N5f6 19. O-O b5 20. Rd2 Nc5 21. Qc2
Rac8 22. Rc1 Qe7 23. f3 Na4 24. Qb3 e4 25. Bd6 Qd8 26. Rcd1 Nxc3 27. bxc3 Re8
28. f4 Qb6 29. Kf2 Nd7 30. c4 Bc6 31. cxb5 axb5 32. Bb4 Nc5 33. Bxc5 Qxc5 34.
Qb4 Qa7 35. Rd6 Rc7 36. R1d2 Ra8 37. f5 Be8 38. Rd8 Rcc8 39. Rxc8 Rxc8 40. f6
gxf6 41. Qd6 Kg7 42. Qg3+ Kf8 43. Qf4 Kg7 44. Rd6 Qe7 45. Qg4+ Kf8 46. Qxc8
Qxd6 47. Bxb5 Qd2+ 48. Be2 Qa5 49. Qc1 Qf5+ 50. Kg1 Qa5 51. Qa1 Qd2 52. Kf2 Qd6
53. h3 Ba4 54. Qc3 Kg7 55. Qb4 Qc6 56. Qc4 Qa8 57. Qc7 Bb3 58. Qg3+ Kf8 59.
Qd6+ Kg7 60. Qb4 Ba4 61. Bc4 Qa7 62. Qd6 Bc2 63. Bb5 Qa5 64. Bc4 Qf5+ 65. Ke1
Bd3 66. Qg3+ Kf8 67. Qd6+ Kg7 68. Qg3+ Kf8 69. Bxd3 exd3 70. Qd6+ Kg7 71. Qg3+
Kh7 72. Qf4 Qa5+ 73. Kd1 Qc3 74. Qa4 f5 75. g4 Qb2 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. h4 f6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qd3 Kf7 13. Be3 Bb4 14. h5 gxh5
15. gxh5 Nge7 16. a3 Bxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Qa5 18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. Bd3 Nf5 20. b3 Nc6
21. Bxf5 exf5 22. O-O-O Rhe8 23. Rd3 Re4 24. f3 Re6 25. Kd2 Rce8 26. Rh4 Rh8
27. c4 Ne7 28. Bf4 Ke8 29. Rh2 Kd7 30. Rg2 Rh7 31. a4 a5 32. Rc3 Rc6 33. Kd3
Ke6 34. Rc1 Kf7 35. Rcg1 Rb6 36. Kc3 Rc6 37. c5 Re6 38. b4 axb4+ 39. Kxb4 Nc6+
40. Kc3 Re7 41. Kd3 Nb4+ 42. Kc3 Nc6 43. Rh2 Ke8 44. Rb1 Kd8 45. a5 Kc8 46. Ra2
Rxh5 47. a6 Rh3 48. axb7+ Rxb7 49. Ra8+ Nb8 50. Rxb8+ Rxb8 51. Rxb8+ Kd7 52.
Rb7+ Ke6 53. Bd6 Rxf3+ 54. Kb4 f4 55. Rxg7 Rd3 56. Re7+ Kf5 57. c6 f3 58. Re1
Rxd4+ 59. Kb5 Rc4 60. Bc5 Rg4 61. Re8 Rg7 62. Kb6 Kf4 63. c7 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4
Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. e3 Ne8 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O h6 13. e4 Rb8 14. Re1 Qe7 15. Qb3
Nc7 16. Bf1 b6 17. Bh2 g5 18. Ne2 b5 19. Ng3 Ne5 20. Nh5 Bh8 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22.
Bxe5 Qxe5 23. axb5 Nxb5 24. Bxb5 Rxb5 25. Qc3 f6 26. Ra2 Kf7 27. g4 Re8 28. Re3
Ke7 29. Ng7 Qxc3 30. bxc3 Rh8 31. Rf3 Rh7 32. Nf5+ Kd7 33. Ne3 Rf7 34. Nc4 Kc7
35. e5 dxe5 36. d6+ Kd8 37. Nxe5 Rf8 38. Ng6 Bb7 39. Nxf8 Bxf3 40. Rxa6 Rb1+
41. Kh2 Bb7 42. Ra7 Rh1+ 43. Kg3 Rg1+ 44. Kh2 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. g3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
Qxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Bxc4 Bd7 11. e5 Nc6 12. Nf3 Ng4 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Be2 f6 15.
exf6 gxf6 16. h3 Nh6 17. Ne4 Ng8 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Nge7 20. Bd3 Nf5 21.
Bxf5 exf5 22. O-O Kf7 23. Ra3 Rhd8 24. b4 b6 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Na5 27. Bb4
Bxb5 28. Re1 Nc6 29. Bd2 Bc4 30. Be3 b5 31. Nh4 Be6 32. Ra6 b4 33. Rb6 Rd7 34.
Rc1 b3 35. Kh2 Rdc7 36. Bf4 Ne5 37. Rxc7+ Rxc7 38. Bxe5 fxe5 39. Nf3 Kf6 40. g4
fxg4 41. hxg4 h6 42. Nd2 Rc2 43. Ne4+ Ke7 44. Rb7+ Kd8 45. g5 hxg5 46. Nxg5 Bd5
47. Rb5 Rd2 48. Nf3 Bxf3 49. Rxb3 e4 50. Kg3 Ke7 51. Rb6 Rd6 52. Rb5 Kf6 53.
Kf4 Re6 54. Rf5+ Ke7 55. Ra5 Rc6 56. Re5+ Kd6 57. Ra5 Rc2 58. Kg3 Rc5 59. Ra6+
Ke5 60. Ra8 Rc6 61. Rg8 Kf5 62. Rb8 Rg6+ 63. Kh3 Rg2 64. Rf8+ Ke5 65. Re8+ Kd4
66. Rd8+ Kc3 67. Rc8+ Kd2 68. Ra8 Ke1 69. Ra2 Rxf2 70. Ra1+ Bd1 71. Kg3 Rf3+
72. Kg2 Rc3 73. Ra6 e3 74. Rd6 Ke2 75. Rd8 Bc2 76. Rd7 Rd3 77. Re7 Kd2 78. Kf1
Rd8 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
a6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bd3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. O-O-O Nb4 14. Qd2
Qa5 15. Bd4 Nxa2+ 16. Nxa2 Qxa2 17. Qc3 O-O 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Qc7
Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Qxb2 22. Ke2 Bb5+ 23. Kf2 Rac8 24. Qd6 e5 25. Qxd5+ Kh8 26. Nxb5
Rxc2+ 27. Kg1 Rg8 28. g3 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 a5 12. h5 Ba6 13. h6 g6 14. N1h2 a4 15. a3 bxa3
16. bxa3 Rb8 17. Ng4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. Qf3 Rfc8 21. Qf4 Qd8 22.
Qxd4 Rxc2 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. axb4 Bb5 25. Bf3 Rbc8 26. Qf4 Bxd3 27. Rxa4 R2c4 28.
Qd2 Bf5 29. Ne3 Nxe5 30. Bg2 Be4 31. Nxc4 Nxc4 32. Qa2 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Qf8 34.
Rh1 Nd6 35. Qb2 Nf5 36. b5 Nxh6 37. b6 Nf5 38. b7 Rb8 39. Rha1 Nd6 40. Ra8 Nxb7
41. Rxb8 Qxb8 42. Rb1 Qd8 43. Qxb7 Qg5 44. Qb8+ Kg7 45. Qb2+ e5 46. f4 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 d6 12. e4 f4 13. f3 Nd7 14. a4 e5 15.
a5 Qf6 16. Qb2 Kh8 17. Ra3 c5 18. d5 Qd8 19. Rfa1 Qc7 20. Bc2 Rfb8 21. Ba4 Nf6
22. Qa2 bxa5 23. Bd1 a6 24. Rxa5 g5 25. Ra3 g4 26. Rb1 gxf3 27. Bxf3 Bc8 28.
Be1 Rxb1 29. Qxb1 Rb8 30. Rb3 Rxb3 31. Qxb3 Kg7 32. Bh4 a5 33. h3 Bd7 34. Qb2
Be8 35. Kf2 a4 36. Ke2 Qa7 37. Qa3 Qa6 38. Kd3 Nd7 39. Bd8 Nb6 40. Bxb6 Qxb6
41. Kc2 Kf6 42. h4 Qa6 43. Kd3 Qb6 44. Kc2 Kg7 45. Be2 Qd8 46. Qb2 Qc7 47. Kb1
Qa7 48. Ka2 Bg6 49. Bf3 Be8 50. Be2 Bd7 51. Ka3 Qa5 52. Ka2 Qd8 53. Qb7 Kh6 54.
Bf3 Be8 55. h5 Qd7 56. Qb6 Kg5 57. Qb8 Kh4 58. Ka3 Bxh5 59. Bxh5 Kxh5 60. Qg8
Kh4 61. Qe6 Qb7 62. Kxa4 Qa6+ 63. Kb3 Qb6+ 64. Kc2 Qa6 65. Qh3+ Kg5 66. Qf5+
Kh4 67. Qh3+ Kg5 68. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Nd2 Bg4 5. f3 Bf5 6. c4 Nbd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
Qb3 Qb6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Rc1 e6 12. e4 Bg6 13. exd5 Qxb3 14. Nxb3
exd5 15. Rc7 Rb8 16. Bf4 Nb6 17. Kf2 Be7 18. Nh3 Bf5 19. Re1 Be6 20. Nc5 Bxc5
21. dxc5 Na8 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Ng5+ Ke7 24. Rxe6+ Kd7 25. Bxb8 Rxb8 26. Rd6+
Ke7 27. Rxd5 Nc7 28. Re5+ Kf6 29. f4 h6 30. Ne4+ Kg6 31. g4 a5 32. Re7 Nd5 33.
f5+ Kh7 34. Rd7 Re8 35. Kf3 Rxe4 36. Rxd5 Rb4 37. b3 a4 38. Rd3 Rb5 39. Rc3
axb3 40. axb3 Kg8 41. Ke4 Rb4+ 42. Kd5 Rxg4 43. Rc4 Rg5 44. Ke6 Rg2 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 Bf5 6. Nc3 dxe5 7. fxe5 e6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Be4 Nc6 11. c5 Nd5 12. O-O Qd7 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bc2 b6 15.
cxb6 axb6 16. a3 Bh5 17. Kh1 Nd8 18. Be3 Bg6 19. Rc1 Ne6 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qc2
c5 22. Qf2 c4 23. Ng1 f6 24. Qg3 g5 25. Nf3 b5 26. Rce1 O-O-O 27. Bd2 Rde8 28.
Bb4 Bxb4 29. axb4 Nf4 30. Ra1 Kb7 31. Ra5 Ra8 32. Rfa1 Rxa5 33. Rxa5 Nd3 34. h3
g4 35. Ng1 Qf5 36. Rxb5+ Kc6 37. Rc5+ Nxc5 38. bxc5 fxe5 39. dxe5 gxh3 40. Nxh3
Re8 41. Qa3 Qxe5 42. Qa6+ Kxc5 43. Qa7+ Kd6 44. Qb6+ Ke7 45. Qc5+ Kf7 46. Qb5
Kg8 47. Ng5 Rf8 48. Nf3 Qe4 49. Kg1 Qe3+ 50. Kh2 Rf5 51. Kg3 Kh7 52. Qd7 Qf4+
53. Kf2 d4 54. Kg1 d3 55. Qd8 Qe3+ 56. Kh2 Qf4+ 57. Kg1 Qh6 58. Qd4 Qc1+ 59.
Kf2 Qd2+ 60. Kg3 Qh6 61. Qxc4 Qd6+ 62. Kg4 Qg6+ 63. Kh3 Rh5+ 64. Nh4 Qf5+ 65.
g4 Qf3+ 66. Kh2 Rxh4+ 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A19"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qe4 f5 8. Qe2
Bb4 9. Bd2 Nge7 10. Nf3 a6 11. a3 Bc5 12. b4 Ba7 13. Be3 Bb8 14. Bc5 Ng6 15.
Bd6 Bxd6 16. exd6 O-O 17. Rc1 b6 18. Qe3 e5 19. Nd5 Rb8 20. h4 e4 21. Ng5 f4
22. Qc3 Re8 23. Be2 h6 24. Bh5 Nce5 25. Nxe4 Bb7 26. f3 b5 27. Qd4 Nxh4 28. Kf2
Nf5 29. Qc3 bxc4 30. Bxe8 Nd3+ 31. Kg1 Bxd5 32. Bg6 Nxc1 33. Qxc1 Nxd6 34. Qxf4
Nxe4 35. fxe4 Qb6+ 36. Kh2 Be6 37. Rf1 Rc8 38. Bf5 c3 39. Bxe6+ Qxe6 40. Rc1 c2
41. Qe3 Qe5+ 42. Kh1 Qb2 43. Qd2 Kh8 44. e5 Qxa3 45. Rxc2 Rxc2 46. Qxc2 Qa1+
47. Kh2 Qxe5+ 48. g3 Qe6 49. Qc8+ Kh7 50. Qc2+ g6 51. Qd2 h5 52. Qd3 Kg7 53.
Qd4+ Kh7 54. Qd3 d5 55. Qd4 Qe2+ 56. Kg1 Qf3 57. Kh2 Qf7 58. Qb6 Qe7 59. Qxa6
Qxb4 60. Qa7+ Kh6 61. Qe3+ Kh7 62. Qa7+ Kg8 63. Qa8+ Kg7 64. Qxd5 Qb2+ 65. Kh3
Qf6 66. Qd2 g5 67. Kh2 Kh6 68. Qc2 Qd6 69. Kg2 Qd5+ 70. Kh2 Qe6 71. Kg2 Qf6 72.
Kh2 h4 73. gxh4 Qf4+ 74. Kg1 Qg3+ 75. Kh1 Qxh4+ 76. Kg1 Qg3+ 77. Kh1 Qe1+ 78.
Kg2 Qe6 79. Qf2 Kh5 80. Qg3 Qe2+ 81. Kg1 Qg4 82. Qxg4+ Kxg4 83. Kg2 Kf4 84. Kf2
g4 85. Kg2 g3 86. Kg1 Kf3 87. Kf1 g2+ 88. Kg1 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. f4 b6 10. Bf3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Rd1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. h4 Nc5
15. h5 Na4 16. Bd2 Nb8 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Qf2 Nd7 19. Qd4 Nac5 20. c4 e5 21. Qe3
exf4 22. Qxf4 Rae8 23. Re1 Ne5 24. Bc3 Ne6 25. Qh4 Qxc4 26. Re3 Kg7 27. Rd1 Qc7
28. Bb4 Nc5 29. Nd4 Qe7 30. Qg3 Bc8 31. Bc3 f6 32. Nb5 Rd8 33. Ba1 Rh8 34. Nd4
Bd7 35. Be2 Rh6 36. Nf5+ Bxf5 37. exf5 Rdh8 38. Kf2 g5 39. Bd4 Rh4 40. Bxc5
Rf4+ 41. Kg1 dxc5 42. Bb5 Rd8 43. Rde1 c4 44. a4 Qc5 45. R1e2 Ng4 46. Re1 Nxe3
47. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 48. Rxe3 Kf8 49. Rh3 Rd1+ 50. Kh2 Rh4 51. Rxh4 gxh4 52. Bxc4 Rd4
53. Bb3 Kg7 54. g3 Kh6 55. gxh4 Rxh4+ 56. Kg3 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "222"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 a5 7. a4 b6 8. Bb5
Ncb8 9. O-O Be7 10. c3 c5 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bf4 Ba6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Bg5 Qd8 15.
h4 cxd4 16. Nbxd4 Nc5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qg5 Ra7 19. g3 Rc8 20. Red1 h6 21. Qe3
Rac7 22. Bxa6 Nbxa6 23. Nb5 Rd7 24. Nd6 Rf8 25. b4 axb4 26. cxb4 Nxb4 27. Rab1
Nca6 28. Qxb6 f6 29. Nb5 Rb7 30. Qe3 Nc6 31. Nbd4 Ncb4 32. exf6 Qxf6 33. Re1
Nc5 34. a5 Ncd3 35. Qxe6+ Qxe6 36. Rxe6 Ra7 37. Ra1 Rfa8 38. Nf5 Rxa5 39. Rxa5
Rxa5 40. Re7 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 Ra2 42. Rxg7+ Kh8 43. N3d4 Rxf2+ 44. Kh3 Nc6 45. Rg6
Nce5 46. Rxh6+ Kg8 47. Rf6 Ra2 48. h5 Nf2+ 49. Kh4 Ne4 50. Rg6+ Kf8 51. Ne6+
Ke8 52. Neg7+ Kd7 53. Kh3 Nf2+ 54. Kg2 Ne4+ 55. Kh3 Nxg6 56. hxg6 Ra6 57. Nh4
d4 58. Ngf5 d3 59. g7 Nf6 60. Ne3 d2 61. Nhf5 Ng8 62. Nd1 Ke6 63. Nfe3 Ra1 64.
Kg4 Nf6+ 65. Kf3 Kf7 66. Ke2 Ne4 67. Kd3 Ra4 68. Nc4 Nc5+ 69. Kc3 Ne4+ 70. Kd3
Ra1 71. Kxe4 Rxd1 72. Kd3 Rg1 73. Nxd2 Rxg3+ 74. Kd4 Rxg7 75. Ne4 Ke6 76. Nc5+
Kf5 77. Kd5 Rg1 78. Kd4 Rd1+ 79. Kc4 Rd8 80. Nd3 Ke4 81. Nc5+ Ke3 82. Kb5 Rc8
83. Kc4 Rd8 84. Kb5 Rh8 85. Kc4 Rh4+ 86. Kd5 Rh5+ 87. Kc4 Rh4+ 88. Kd5 Rd4+ 89.
Ke5 Rd8 90. Ne6 Ra8 91. Kd5 Ra5+ 92. Nc5 Kf4 93. Kd4 Ra8 94. Kd5 Rd8+ 95. Kc4
Ke5 96. Nd3+ Kd6 97. Kd4 Rh8 98. Ke4 Rh5 99. Nf4 Re5+ 100. Kd4 Ra5 101. Ke4
Ra4+ 102. Kf5 Rd4 103. Ne2 Rd5+ 104. Kf4 Kc5 105. Ke4 Kc4 106. Nf4 Ra5 107. Ne6
Ra1 108. Ke5 Rd1 109. Nf4 Re1+ 110. Kf5 Kc5 111. Ne6+ Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. O-O e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. e4 Ne7 8. h3
Bh5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 a5 11. a4 Qb6 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Qc2 c5 14. exd5 exd5 15.
Nb3 Nc6 16. Be3 c4 17. Nbd2 Qc7 18. b3 cxb3 19. Qxb3 Nf6 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Rab1
Rb8 22. Nh4 Qd7 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Bxd5 Rfc8 26. Nf5 Bg6 27. Be4
Rc7 28. Nd6 Na7 29. Rb3 Be7 30. Nf5 Bf8 31. Ne3 b5 32. Bxg6 hxg6 33. Reb1 b4
34. c4 Nc6 35. Nf3 Rd8 36. Rd1 Re7 37. Rbd3 Re4 38. c5 Nb8 39. Ng5 Re7 40. d5
Re5 41. Nf3 Rxe3 42. fxe3 Bxc5 43. Ne5 Re8 44. Nc4 Nd7 45. Nxa5 Ra8 46. Nb3
Rxa4 47. Nxc5 Nxc5 48. Rd4 Kf8 49. Rc4 Nd7 50. d6 f6 51. Rc7 Ke8 52. Rd4 Ra1+
53. Kf2 b3 54. Rb7 Ra2+ 55. Ke1 b2 56. Kd1 Ne5 57. Kc2 Nc6 58. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
a6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Be2 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. O-O O-O 14. Nd4 Rad8 15.
Qe1 f6 16. b4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Ne4 18. Bd3 fxe5 19. Bxe5 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Nxc3 21.
Qxc3 d4 22. Qe1 Bf6 23. Kg1 Qc6 24. Rd2 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Rf6 26. Re2 Qb6 27. Qh5
h6 28. Qg4 Rdf8 29. Ref2 Bd5 30. h4 Bc4 31. Rf3 Qc7 32. f5 Bd5 33. R3f2 e5 34.
Re1 R6f7 35. Rfe2 e4 36. Bxe4 Bxe4 37. Rxe4 Qxc2 38. Rxd4 Rxf5 39. Rd7 Qf2+ 40.
Kh2 R5f7 41. Ree7 Rxe7 42. Rxe7 Qf4+ 43. Qxf4 Rxf4 44. Re6 a5 45. g3 Rf2+ 46.
Kh3 axb4 47. axb4 Rb2 48. Rb6 Rxb4 49. h5 Kf7 50. g4 Rb1 51. Kg3 b4 52. Rb7+
Kf6 53. Rb6+ Ke5 54. Rb7 b3 55. Kg2 Kd4 56. Rxg7 Re1 57. Rb7 Kc3 58. Kf3 b2 59.
Kf4 Rf1+ 60. Ke5 b1=Q 61. Rxb1 Rxb1 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blitz"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5 Na6 10. Bg5 Rd6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Rc1 Bd8 13. c5 Re6 14. a3
Nb8 15. O-O Re8 16. b4 Bg4 17. Nd4 exd4 18. Bxg4 c6 19. Bc8 a5 20. Bxb7 Ra7 21.
Bxc6 Nxc6 22. b5 Ne5 23. c6 a4 24. b6 Bxb6 25. Nxb6 Rc7 26. Nd5 Rxc6 27. Rxc6
Nxc6 28. Nf6+ Kf8 29. Nxe8 Kxe8 30. Rc1 Kd7 31. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. c5 Nbd7 7. b4 g6 8. f4 Bg7
9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nf3 b6 11. Rb1 a5 12. a3 axb4 13. axb4 bxc5 14. bxc5 Ba6 15. O-O
Qc7 16. Ne5 Rfb8 17. Rxb8+ Nxb8 18. Bd2 Nfd7 19. e4 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nf6 21. exd5
Nxd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. f5 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. f6 Bf8 26. h3 h5 27. Re1 Re8
28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. g4 Qe6 30. Qf3 Qc8 31. gxh5 Qb7 32. Qd3 Kh7 33. h4 Qd7 34.
Kf2 Qg4 35. hxg6+ fxg6 36. Bg5 Bh6 37. Qe3 Bf8 38. Ke1 Kg8 39. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Nbd2 N5f6 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Rac1 c5 13. Qb1 Rc7 14. dxc5 Rxc5
15. Rxc5 Bxc5 16. b4 Be7 17. a3 Qa8 18. Rc1 Rd8 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 a5 21.
Nf3 axb4 22. axb4 h6 23. Ne3 Rc8 24. b5 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Bc5 26. Bd4 Qa2 27. Qc4
Qb1+ 28. Kg2 Ne4 29. Qc2 Qxc2 30. Nxc2 f6 31. Bxc5 bxc5 32. Na3 Kf7 33. Kf1 e5
34. Ke1 Ke6 35. Nd2 Nc3 36. e4 Nb6 37. f3 c4 38. h4 h5 39. g4 g6 40. gxh5 gxh5
41. Nf1 f5 42. Kd2 Nca4 43. Ng3 f4 44. Nf5 Kd7 45. Ng7 Ke7 46. Kc2 Kf7 47. Nf5
Ke6 48. Nb1 Nc8 49. Nc3 Nxc3 50. Kxc3 Nb6 51. Kb4 Kd7 52. Ng7 Ke7 53. Nf5+ Kd7
54. Kc3 Ke6 55. Ng7+ Kf7 56. Nf5 Ke6 57. Kd2 Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 g6 8.
Nc3 Qd6 9. Ne5 Bg7 10. Bf4 Qd8 11. Bf3 O-O 12. O-O Ne8 13. Rc1 Nc7 14. Na4 Nb5
15. Be3 Nd6 16. Qb3 Nd7 17. Bf4 Nb5 18. Rfd1 Qe8 19. Qe3 Nd6 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21.
Nb6 Nf5 22. Qe4 Rd8 23. Bc7 Bb5 24. Bxd8 Qxd8 25. Qxb7 Bxd4 26. a4 Qxb6 27.
Qxb6 Bxb6 28. axb5 axb5 29. Rd7 Rb8 30. Rb7 Rxb7 31. Bxb7 Nd6 32. Bd5 b4 33.
Rd1 e5 34. Rc1 Bd4 35. Rc7 e4 36. Rc6 Nf5 37. Bxe4 Ne7 38. Rc7 Kf8 39. b3 f5
40. Bd3 Kf7 41. Rb7 Bc3 42. f4 h6 43. Kf2 Kf6 44. Kf3 g5 45. Rb6+ Kg7 46. Re6
Bf6 47. g4 fxg4+ 48. Kxg4 gxf4 49. Kxf4 Nd5+ 50. Kg4 Bc3 51. Kf5 Bf6 52. Kg4
h5+ 53. Kf5 Ne7+ 54. Ke4 h4 55. Rb6 Bc3 56. Bc4 Ng6 57. Kf5 Ne5 58. Bd5 h3 59.
Re6 Nd3 60. Re7+ Kf8 61. Rh7 Nf2 62. Kf4 Bg7 63. Kf3 Nd3 64. Rxh3 Ke7 65. Rh5
Kf6 66. Be4 Ne5+ 67. Kf4 Ke6 68. Rh7 Bf8 69. h4 Nf7 70. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. f4 Qh4+ 6. g3 Qe7 7. Nf3 f6 8. Nc3
d4 9. Nd5 Qf7 10. fxe5 fxe5 11. O-O Qxd5 12. Bc4 Qa5 13. Ng5 Nh6 14. Qh5+ Kd8
15. Rf7 Qxd2 16. Raf1 Qxe3+ 17. Kg2 Bg4 18. Qh4 Kc8 19. Rxg7 Rf8 20. Bc1 Qc3
21. Nf7 Qxc2+ 22. Kg1 Nxf7 23. Qxg4+ Kb8 24. Rgxf7 Re8 25. Qe6 Rd8 26. Bg5 a6
27. R7f2 Qc3 28. Bxd8 Nxd8 29. Qd7 Nc6 30. Qxh7 Ka7 31. Kg2 Nb4 32. a3 Nc6 33.
Qe4 Bxa3 34. h4 Rh8 35. Rf3 Qa5 36. Kh3 Bd6 37. Rf7 Qd2 38. R1f6 Qb4 39. Rd7
Na5 40. Bd5 Qb5 41. Rdf7 Rd8 42. Rf3 Bb4 43. Bc4 Nxc4 44. bxc4 Qxc4 45. g4 Qd5
46. Qxd5 Rxd5 47. g5 d3 48. Rf1 e4 49. g6 e3 50. g7 Rd8 51. Rxc7 e2 52. Rff7
Kb6 53. Rxb7+ Ka5 54. Rbd7 e1=Q 55. Rxd8 Qe6+ 56. Kg3 Bd6+ 57. Kg2 Qg6+ 58. Kh3
0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Kh1 Ne8 10. Ne1 f5 11. exf5 Nxf5 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Nc2 Bd7 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bd2 Qe7 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. Rae1 Qd8 18. Qd1 Nh4 19. f3 Nf5 20. g4 Nh4 21. g5 Nh5
22. gxh6 Bf6 23. Rg1 Kh7 24. Ne4 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Qe2 Kxh6 27. Qf2 Rh8 28.
Re2 b6 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Re5 31. Nf2 Qf6 32. Be4 Nf5 33. Ng4+ Kg7 34. Qc3
1-0

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Qc2 g6 6. h4 h6 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8.
O-O-O c6 9. Nh3 Qa5 10. e3 e5 11. Be2 Be6 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. h5 g5 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. g4 fxg4 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Qg6+ Ke7 18. Qg7+ Bxg7 0-1

[Event "Beijing Sportaccord blindfold"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 c6 11. Bc4 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Bg5 Rd7 14. Rc1 a5
15. a3 a4 16. Ba2 cxd5 17. Bxd5 Na6 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Ke2 b4 20. Rc4 Bf8 21.
Nxe5 bxa3 22. bxa3 Rb2+ 23. Kf3 Rb3+ 24. Be3 Nc5 25. Ra1 Ne6 26. Nd7 Bg7 27. e5
Bh6 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Ng4 Bxe3 30. Nxe3 Rb5 31. Rd1 Rb3 32. Ra1 Rb5 33. Rd1 Rb3
34. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 {Black wants to get the
bishops pair, which may tell later taking into account the white weaknesses
along the c-file. In doing so, he neglects his kingside development slightly.}
({The by far most popular move is} 12... Bb4 {See for instance two games
annotated by Finkel:} 13. O-O O-O (13... a6 {Degraeve,J (2586)-Lampen,T (2315)
Chalkidiki 2002 CBM 092 [Finkel,A] (0-1, 29)}) 14. Rb3 {Rechlis,G (2525)
-Zueger,B (2448) Ohrid 2001 CBM 084 [Finkel,A] (1-0, 63)}) 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14.
Rb3 Qe7 15. Rxb7 {White has an excellent blockade on dark squares and some
lead in development. However, Black has some long term plusses, such as his
bishops pair and the more compact structure.} Qh4+ 16. Bf2 (16. Qf2 Be7 17.
Qxh4 Bxh4+ 18. Kd2 Bd8 19. Rhb1 Bc6 20. Rb8 Rxb8 21. Rxb8 O-O 22. Rc8 Bb7 23.
Rb8 Bc6 24. Rc8 Bb7 {1/2 Shirov,A (2714)-Morozevich,A (2694) Biel 2011. Now
and in other positions below, the bishops will provide the vulnerable
queenside with entirely adequate defence.}) 16... Qd8 17. Bb6 {Deviating from
a previous game of Nakamura.} (17. O-O Qc8 18. Rb3 Qc4 19. Ne2 Be7 20. Rfb1 O-O
21. Rb7 Qc8 22. Qc3 Bd8 {Typically, the bishops can display effective activity
from the back rank, especially if they act in tandem.} 23. Qxc8 Bxc8 24. Rb8
Rxb8 25. Rxb8 Bc7 26. Ra8 Bd7 27. Ra7 Rc8 28. Nc3 g5 $132 {Karjakin,S (2776)
-Nakamura,H (2774) Monaco 2011 (1/2, 124)}) 17... Qc8 18. Rc7 Qd8 19. Qd4 Rc8 (
19... Rb8 20. O-O Rc8 {does not make much sense to me: why would he lose one
tempo when behind in development already?} 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. f5 $36 {Kurnosov,
I (2657)-Andreikin,D (2689) Sochi 2012 (1-0, 55)}) 20. Rxc8 $146 (20. Ra7 Qh4+
21. g3 Qh3 22. Rxd7 {Nice, but enough for a draw by perpetual (at least
judjing from the course of this game)} Kxd7 23. Qa4+ Rc6 24. Qxa6 $8 {[%cal
Ga6b7]} Rxc3 25. Qb7+ Ke8 26. Qa8+ Kd7 27. Qa4+ Kc8 28. Qa6+ Kd7 29. Qa4+ Kc8
30. Qa6+ Kd7 31. Qa4+ {1/2 Solodovnichenko,Y (2598)-Ikonnikov,V (2537) Ghent
BEL 2012}) 20... Qxc8 21. O-O Qc6 22. Rb1 $6 {This is much too slow. White
will need two (!) more tempi to free the b6-square for his rook, leading to
the complete loss of his advance in development.} ({To me, the critical
continuation is} 22. f5 Be7 (22... exf5 $2 23. Nxd5 $18) 23. Rf3 {, when Black
would still have to find a way to bring his king into safety.}) 22... Be7 23.
Qe3 (23. f5 f6 $1) 23... O-O 24. Bd4 Rc8 {Black has completed his development
and retains some strategic trumps. Therefore, White starts the peace
negotiations.} 25. Rb6 Qc4 26. Rb7 Qc6 27. Rb6 Qc4 28. Rb7 Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Nc6 6. Nc2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
Bg2 d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. f3 exf3 11. Bxf3 Qa5 12. Bg2 Bf5 13. O-O Be4 14. Ne3
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Rfe8 16. Rf5 Re5 17. Qf1 Rae8 18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. Qxf6 R8e6 20. Qf3
Ne7 21. Qxb7 Nf5 22. c4 Qc5 23. Qb3 Re4 24. Qd3 Nxe3+ 25. dxe3 Qxc4 26. Qd8+
Kg7 27. Bb2+ f6 28. Rf1 Qc6 29. Kg1 Qd6 30. Qxd6 Rxd6 31. Rc1 Rxe3 32. Rxc7+
Kg6 33. Kf2 Ree6 34. Rc2 Rc6 35. Rd2 Red6 36. Rxd6 Rxd6 37. a3 a5 38. Bc3 a4
39. Bb4 Rb6 40. Bc5 Rb5 41. Bd6 Rb3 42. h4 Kf5 43. Be7 Kg4 44. Bd6 f5 45. Kg2
h6 46. Kf2 h5 47. Kg2 f4 48. gxf4 Kxh4 49. e4 Kg4 50. f5 Rd3 51. Bb4 h4 52. f6
h3+ 53. Kh2 Rf3 54. e5 Rf2+ 55. Kh1 Kh5 56. Bc5 Rf3 57. Kh2 Kg4 58. Bb4 Rf2+
59. Kh1 h2 60. f7 Rxf7 61. Kxh2 Rf2+ 62. Kg1 Re2 63. Bd6 Kf3 64. Kf1 Re4 65.
Kg1 Re1+ 66. Kh2 Rd1 67. Bb4 Rd4 68. Bd6 Rh4+ 69. Kg1 Rh6 70. Bf8 Rh8 71. Bd6
Rh6 72. Bf8 Rb6 73. Bd6 Rb1+ 74. Kh2 Re1 75. Bc7 Ra1 76. Bd6 Rd1 77. Bb4 Rd4
78. Bd6 Rg4 79. e6 Rg2+ 80. Kh1 Re2 81. e7 Kg4 82. Kg1 Kf5 83. Kf1 Re6 84. Kf2
Kg6 85. Kf3 Kf7 86. Bb4 Ke8 87. Bc5 Kd7 88. Bb4 Rb6 89. Bc5 Rc6 90. Bb4 Rc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nbxd4
Nxd4 15. cxd4 Re8 16. Re1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nh5 18. f4 Qh4 19. Ra3 Nxf4 20. Rg3 Qf6
21. Qf3 Nd5 22. Ba4 Qxf3 23. Rxf3 Re7 24. Bd2 Nf6 25. e5 dxe5 26. dxe5 Nd7 27.
Bc3 Nc5 28. Bc2 Rd7 29. Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5
c5 9. Nb3 {A rare move in this well-known theoretical position. White refrains
from committal continuations like} (9. dxc5 {or}) (9. cxd5) {and continues his
development.} 9... Bb7 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Bg5 $146 (11. cxd5 {is harmless due to
} Bxd5 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Qc2 Bxg2 $142 $1 (13... Na6 14. e4 Nb4 15. Qe2 Bb7 16.
Nc4 Qb5 17. Nba5 (17. a4 Qa6 18. Nba5 Bc6 19. Be5 Rad8 20. Bc3 Ba8 21. Rfd1 Ne8
22. b3 Nd6 23. Rac1 Nxc4 24. Nxc4 Nc6 25. Qb2 f6 26. Rxd8 {1/2 (26) Dothan,Y 
(2576)-Winckelmann,T (2521) ICCF Email 2003}) 17... Ba6 18. a3 Qxa5 19. axb4
Qb5 $6 (19... Bxc4 $1 20. Qxc4 Qxb4 21. Qxb4 cxb4 22. Rfd1 $44 {G.Sosonko}) 20.
Rfc1 cxb4 21. Qe1 $36 {1-0 (32) Sosonko,G (2585)-Portisch,L (2620) Tilburg 1981
}) 14. Kxg2 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6+ 16. Kg1 Nd5 17. Na5 Qa6 18. Nc4 Nxf4 19. gxf4
Rad8 $11 {1/2 (32) Jussupow,A (2555)-Polugaevsky,L (2610) Toluca 1982}) 11...
Na6 (11... Qc7 $5 12. cxd5 $1 Rd8 $1 (12... Qxe5 $143 13. d6 $1 Bxg2 14. dxe7
Re8 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Kxg2 Qxe7 17. Qc2 $14) 13. Bf4 Nxd5 14. Nxf7 $5 Nxf4 15.
Nxd8 Bxg2 16. Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Kxg2 Qc6+ 18. Kg1 a5 $132) 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rac1 Qc7
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ng4 Be7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qa5 (17. Bxd5 Rfd8 18. e4 Nb4 19.
Ne3 Ba6 20. Rfd1 Nxa2 $11 {K.Landa}) 17... Qd7 (17... Qb6 $142 $11) 18. Ne3 d4
$6 (18... c4 $5 19. Nd4 Bg5 $132) 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Nf5 Rfe8 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22.
Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Rxc5 h6 $6 {After a lot of minor inaccuracies - a major one.
White now keeps an extra pawn.} (23... Rce8 $142 $1 {, and White has hardly
anything better than} 24. Rc2 (24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Rxb5 Rxe2 26. Rd1 Re1+ 27. Rxe1
Rxe1+ 28. Kg2 Kf8 $11) 24... h6 25. Qd2 (25. Rb1 $144 Re5 26. Qd2 Rxe2 27. Qxe2
Rxe2 28. Rxe2 Qa6) 25... Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Qa6 28. Rd2 Qxa2 29. Rfd1
Qb3 30. Rxd4 Qxb2 31. Ra4 {[%cal Yd1a1,Ya4a7] (K.Landa) Generally, the endgame
2R+3p vs Q+3p with pawns on the same side is theoretically drawn but defence
is not easy.}) 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Re1 Qa8 26. f3 (26. Qf5 $142 {K.Landa}) 26...
Qc8 27. Qd5 Rd7 28. Qf5 g6 29. Qd3 {[%cal Ye1d1,Ye2e4]} Rd5 {It was better for
Black to prevent e2-e4:} (29... Qc5 $5 30. Rd1 Kg7 31. Kg2 Re7 32. Kf1 Rd7 33.
e4 $140 $6 dxe3 $1 34. Qxd7 Qc2 35. Qd4+ Kg8 36. Qxe3 Qxd1+ 37. Kg2 a5 {
[%csl Rg2]}) 30. e4 Rc5 31. Re2 Rc4 (31... Qh3 32. Rd2 $1 Rc1+ 33. Rd1) 32. Kg2
Qc5 33. e5 Kg7 34. Qe4 (34. g4 $5 {K.Landa} Rc1 35. Kh3 {[%cal Re5e6]}) 34...
Rc1 35. f4 Qc4 36. e6 fxe6 37. b3 Qc5 38. Qxe6 Rc2 39. Qe4 Rxe2+ 40. Qxe2 {
[%mdl 4096]} Qc3 {In this queen endgame Black's d-pawn gives him good drawing
chances.} 41. Qe7+ Kg8 42. Qe4 d3 $5 {This sacrifice looks risky but Black's
conclusion that White can't stop his d-pawn is apparently correct.} (42... Kg7
43. Qb7+ Kf6 44. Qa6+ Kf7 45. Qxa7+ Kf6 {may be also enough for a draw.}) 43.
Qxg6+ ({The immediate} 43. Kf3 Qc2 $1 {, and now} 44. Qc4+ {is not dangerous
for Black:} Kg7 45. Ke3 Qe2+ 46. Kd4 Qxa2 47. Kxd3 Qxh2 {K.Landa} 48. Qd4+ Kg8
49. Qd5+ Kg7 50. Qb7+ Kf6 $11) 43... Kf8 44. f5 $6 (44. Kf3 $5 {brings the
king closer to Black's pawn; however, after} Qc2 $1 {White has plenty of
checks but can't make any progress. If} 45. Qxh6+ Kf7 46. Qh7+ Kf8 {[%cal
Rc2e2,Rd3d2]} 47. Qe4 {then} Qd1+ 48. Kg2 Qc2+ 49. Kh3 Qe2) 44... Qc2+ 45. Kf3
d2 {, and White must give a perpetual:} 46. Qxh6+ Ke8 47. Qe6+ Kd8 48. Qd6+ Kc8
49. Qe6+ Kc7 50. Qe7+ Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a6 9. f3 d6 10. Qd2 Na5 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 e5 13. Nde2 b5 14. Qd2 b4 15.
Na4 Nxb3 16. axb3 a5 17. O-O-O Ra6 18. h4 Be6 19. h5 Qe7 20. g4 Nd7 21. f4 Bxg4
22. f5 gxf5 23. exf5 Kh8 24. Qd3 Rc6 25. Rd2 Nf6 26. Ng3 e4 27. Qe3 Qe5 28. Rf1
Bf3 29. Ne2 Ng4 30. Qd4 Rfc8 31. c4 Bxe2 32. Qxe5+ Nxe5 33. Rxe2 d5 34. Kb1
dxc4 35. Rxe4 f6 36. bxc4 Rxc4 37. Re2 Rh4 38. Nb6 Rd8 39. Rc2 b3 40. Rc3 Rb4
41. Rc8 Rxc8 42. Nxc8 Kg7 43. Rg1+ Rg4 44. Re1 Rg2 45. Nd6 Kh6 46. Rd1 a4 47.
Kc1 Rc2+ 48. Kb1 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{A couple of years ago, Nakamura beat L'Ami from a completely equal endgame.
This year I expected Hikaru to press for a long time against the Dutchman, but
surprisingly Erwin seemed to be the higher rated player as he made his
position better with every move. A solid Caro-Kann allowed him to outmaneuver
the American.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nc8 7.
Nbd2 Be7 8. c4 O-O 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Ne1 Na6 13. Qh3 Qd7
14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Ndf3 Nb6 16. Bg5 Rae8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nd3 Rf5 19. Rac1 Nd7
20. Rc2 Ndb8 21. Rc3 Nc6 22. Nc1 Nab8 23. Ne2 Nd7 24. a3 Nb6 25. Nd2 g5 26. Rf3
Ref8 27. Rxf5 Rxf5 28. Rc1 h6 29. Qd3 Rf8 30. Qg6 Na4 31. b3 Nb6 32. a4 Nd7 33.
Nf1 Rf7 34. Ne3 Nf8 35. Qd3 Qb4 36. g3 Rc7 37. Kg2 a6 38. f4 gxf4 39. gxf4 Rf7
40. Kh1 Ne7 41. Rf1 (41. Rf1 {The only question I have about the game is if
Black had any chances to push in the final position with} Nfg6 $5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. e4
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Qb6 10. a4 a6 (10... Bb4 {, developing another piece, is probably
more logical. The whole system was examined in my survey in CBM 150:} 11. Bd3 (
11. Be2 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. O-O Bxd2 $5 14. Nxd2 (14. Qxd2 Nxe4 15. Qe3 Nf6
$13) 14... Qxd4 15. Nb3 Qxe4 {1/2 Marin,M (2604)-Fressinet,L (2581)/Bucharest
2001/CBM 150/[Krasenkow,Michal]} (15... Qxe4 16. Qxe4 Nxe4 17. Na5 Rb8 18. axb5
cxb5 19. Bxb5+ Ke7 20. Bc6 Ba8 $13)) 11... h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nb3
bxa4 15. Rxa4 a5 (15... O-O 16. Rc1 c5 $11 {0-1 Kuzmin,A (2587)-Kharlov,A 
(2616)/Dubai 2000/EXT 2001 (46)}) 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Bf1 Rfc8 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19.
dxc5 Qa7 20. Ne5 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Qxa6 22. Nd3 {1/2 Mchedlishvili,M (2560)
-Tregubov,P (2632)/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096}) 11. axb5 $6 {Hardly a good move,
opening up the diagonal for Black's bishop.} (11. Bd3 Rc8 (11... c5 $5) 12. O-O
(12. Qb3 $1) 12... c5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. d5 c4 15. Be2 {0-1 Zakhartsov,V (2486)
-Popov,V (2557)/Korolev 2000/EXT 2002 (53)} Bd6 $132) (11. Be2 $142 Bb4 $5 (
11... c5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rc1 h6 16. Be3 Ng4 17.
dxc5 Nxe3 18. cxb6 Nxc2 19. Rxc2 $16 {1-0 Krasenkow,M (2661)-Markowski,T (2531)
/Plock 2000/CBM 078/[Huzman] (55)}) 12. O-O O-O {[%cal Yc6c5]} 13. Bxf6 gxf6
14. e5 $5) 11... cxb5 (11... axb5 $6 12. Rxa8+ Bxa8 13. Be2 h6 (13... Bb4 $5)
14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. O-O Be7 16. Qc3 O-O $6 17. b4 $16 {1-0 Dyachkov,S (2545)
-Arzumanian,G (2455)/Serpukhov 2003/EXT 2004 (30)}) 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Qb1 (13.
Qb3 $6 e5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ng4 16. O-O Bc5) 13... h6 (13... e5 14. d5)
14. Be3 Ng4 15. O-O (15. Bf4 e5 $1) (15. e5 $5) 15... Nxe3 16. fxe3 e5 $1 {
Black has obtained an excellent position. His bishop pair is quite formidable.}
17. Nb3 Bb4 18. Qa2 {This flank action just worsens White's position.} (18. Qd1
$142) 18... O-O 19. Na5 Ba8 (19... Bxa5 20. Qxa5 Qxa5 21. Rxa5 f5 {is not
dangerous here due to} 22. Nd2) 20. Kh1 (20. Nb3 a5 $1 21. Nxa5 exd4 22. exd4
Ne5 $1 23. Nxe5 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 Qxe5 $19) 20... Bxa5 21. Qxa5 Qxa5 22. Rxa5 f5 $1
{Now this action is appropriate.} 23. Rxa6 (23. Nd2 $2 {doesn't work now due
to the weakness of the back rank after} fxe4) 23... fxe4 24. Rxa8 $8 Rxa8 25.
Bxe4 Rad8 26. Ra1 exd4 27. exd4 Nb6 28. Ra5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A final blunder.
It was possible to continue resistance by means of} (28. h3) 28... Rxd4 $19 29.
Bc2 Rb4 30. Bd3 Ra8 31. Rxb5 Ra1+ 32. Ng1 Rxb5 33. Bxb5 Rb1 34. h3 Rxb2 35. Bc6
Kf7 36. Nf3 Kf6 37. Kh2 Nc4 38. Kg3 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
exd4 9. Bxd4 O-O 10. a3 Bc5 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Qc2 c6 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. h3 Ne5 {
This is a rather superficial centralisation: placing the knight in the centre
is visually good, but in reality deprives Black of queenside activity and it
will be White who'll get better play in the centre. Dies ist eine recht
oberflächliche Zentralisierung: Den Springer in der Mitte zu platzieren, ist
optisch gut, beraubt aber in Wirklichkeit Schwarz seiner Damenflügelaktivität,
und es wird der Weiße, der das bessere Spiel im Zentrum bekommt.} (14... Nb6 $1
{is stronger. The idea of this move is to provoke b2-b3 in order to be able to
get counterplay on the queenside by means of a5-a4. ist stärker. Die Idee
dieses Zuges lautet, b2-b3 zu provozieren, um mittels a5-a4 am Damenflügel
Gegenspiel bekommen zu können.} 15. Bxc5 ({Or Oder} 15. b3 a4 16. b4 Bxd4 17.
Rxd4 Be6 18. Nd2 Nfd7 $11 {[%cal Gd7e5]}) 15... dxc5 16. b3 a4 $132) 15. Bxc5 {
By exchanging on c5 White gets the mobile pawn majority in the centre. If he
had played 14...Nb6 here Black would have got counterplay on the queenside,
which he now doesn't. Durch Tauschen auf c5 erhält Weiß die mobile
Bauernmehrheit im Zentrum. Wenn er 14...Nb6 gespielt hätte, hätte Schwarz hier
Gegenspiel am Damenflügel bekommen, was jetzt nicht der Fall ist.} Nxf3+ (15...
dxc5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 {is similar to the game. ist ähnlich der Partie.}) 16. Bxf3
dxc5 17. Bg2 Qe5 (17... Be6 18. Na4 $14 ({Here even Hier sichert sogar} 18. b3
$14 {secures White an edge, since Black does not control the a4-square for the
advance a5-a4. Weiß ein Plus, da Schwarz nicht das a4-Feld für den Vorstoß
a5-a4 kontrolliert.})) 18. e4 {White has an easy game by advancing the central
pawns. He intends f2-f4 followed by e4-e5. With his answer Black rightly
prevents it. Mit dem Vorrücken der Zentralbauern hat Weiß ein leichtes Spiel.
Er beabsichtigt f2-f4 nebst e4-e5. Mit seiner Antwort verhindert Schwarz dies
zu Recht.} g5 $1 {After this move such factors like kings' safety and
weaknesses of the pawn formation on the kingside will play a considerable role
for the correct evaluation of the position. Black must play very precisely to
justify this kingside pawn advance, which, however represents the best way to
fight against White's pawn majority in the centre. Nach diesem Zug werden
Faktoren wie Königssicherheit und Schwächen der Bauernformation am
Königsflügel für die korrekte Bewertung der Stellung eine Rolle erhebliche
spielen. Schwarz muss sehr präzise spielen, um diesen Bauernvorstoß am
Königsflügel zu rechtfertigen, welcher aber dennoch den besten Weg darstellt,
die weiße Bauernmajorität im Zentrum zu bekämpfen.} 19. Qd2 g4 (19... Be6 20.
f4 $36 gxf4 21. gxf4 Qh5 22. f5 $1 Bxc4 23. Qf4 Kh8 24. Rd6 Ng8 25. Bf3 Qxh3
26. Kf2 $18) 20. h4 (20. hxg4 $5 Bxg4 21. f3 Be6 22. f4 Qh5 23. e5 Ng4 24. Bf3
Bxc4 25. Ne4 $36) 20... Nd7 (20... Be6 $142 21. b3 {White is still slightly
better, but unlike in the game the position remains more complicated and Black
has more chances for counterplay. Weiß steht immer noch leicht besser, aber im
Gegensatz zur Partie bleibt die Stellung komplizierter, und Schwarz hat mehr
Chancen zu Gegenspiel.}) 21. Na4 $1 Nf8 (21... b5 22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Nc3 Rb8 (
23... b4 24. axb4 cxb4 25. Nd5) 24. Nd5 $16) 22. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Ne6 24.
e5 Kg7 25. Re1 $14 {White is practically playing with a pawn up and although
his task in converting positional advantage is anything but simple; it is
clear that Black has a tough fight for the draw. Weiß spielt praktisch mit
einem Bauern mehr, und obwohl seine Aufgabe bei der Verwertung des
positionellen Vorteils alles andere als einfach ist, ist klar, dass Schwarz
ein harter Kampf ums Remis bevorsteht.} Ra6 26. Re4 h5 27. f3 gxf3 28. Bxf3 Rh8
29. Be2 b6 30. Kf2 Nd4 31. Bd1 Ne6 32. Be2 Nd4 33. Bd1 Ne6 34. Nc3 Ra7 35. Ne2
(35. Ba4 $16) 35... Rd7 36. Rxd7 Bxd7 37. Nf4 Nxf4 38. gxf4 Bf5 39. Re3 Rd8 40.
Bxh5 Rd2+ 41. Re2 Rd4 42. Kg3 Rxc4 43. Bg4 Bd3 44. Re3 Rd4 45. h5 c4 46. f5 Rd8
47. f6+ Kh6 48. e6 fxe6 49. Rxe6 Kg5 50. f7 ({Possibly White missed that after
Womöglich übersah Weiß, dass nach} 50. Rxc6 Be4 {(threatening check on d3) he
has (drohend Schach auf d3) er die Möglichkeit hat} 51. Re6 $1 (51. Rxb6 $2
Rd3+ 52. Kf2 Kxg4 {[%cal Gd3f3]}) 51... Rd3+ 52. Kf2 $18) 50... Rf8 51. Rxc6
Rxf7 52. Rxb6 Rf1 53. Rb5+ Kh6 54. Rxa5 Rb1 55. Kf4 Rxb2 56. Ra6+ Kg7 57. Ke3
Rg2 58. Bf3 Rg3 59. a4 Kh7 60. Rc6 Bc2 61. Rxc4 Bd1 62. Rf4 Rxf3+ 63. Rxf3 Bxa4
64. Rf6 Be8 65. h6 Bg6 66. Rxg6 Kxg6 67. h7 Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. c4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Rd1 Rd8 11. Ba3 Nc6 12. Qe3 Ng4 13. Qd2 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
Bb2 b4 16. Na4 Bd7 17. Nd4 Nce5 18. Qxb4 Rdb8 19. Qc3 Qb7 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 21. Qg3
Qxe4 22. Nc3 Qg6 23. a4 d5 24. Ba3 Bf6 25. h3 Ne5 26. Qxg6 Nxg6 27. Rab1 e5 28.
Nde2 d4 29. Ne4 Bd8 30. N2g3 f6 31. Nc5 Bc8 32. Nge4 Be7 33. Ra1 f5 34. Nd2 Nf4
35. Nd7 Bxd7 36. Bxe7 Ra6 37. Nc4 Rg6 38. Nxe5 Rxg2+ 39. Kf1 Rh2 40. Kg1 Rg2+
41. Kf1 Rh2 42. Kg1 Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Bc2
Ne8 9. O-O Nc7 10. a4 Na6 11. f4 Nb4 12. Be3 e6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Qd2 Nf6 15.
Rad1 Ng4 16. Bb1 Nc6 17. Kh1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Nd4 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Rxf1+ 21.
Rxf1 Bd7 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Bc6 24. Qg4 Qe7 25. b3 Bxe5 26. Ne2 Rd8 27. Be4
Be8 28. Qf3 b6 29. Nf4 Bf7 30. Nd3 Bd6 31. Qe3 Qh4 32. h3 Qg3 33. Qxg3 Bxg3 34.
Rf3 Bc7 35. Kg1 Rd4 36. Re3 g5 37. Kf2 h5 38. Re2 a5 39. Ke3 Rd8 40. Bf3 Kg7
41. Rb2 Bd6 42. Rb1 Kf6 43. Rf1 Ke7 44. Be4 Rg8 45. Rh1 h4 46. Bf3 Rf8 47. Rd1
Rd8 48. Rf1 Bg6 49. Be4 Bh5 50. Bf3 Rf8 51. Nf2 Bg6 52. Ne4 Bc5+ 53. Kd3 Rd8+
54. Kc2 g4 55. hxg4 h3 56. Rd1 Rf8 57. Kd3 h2 58. Rh1 Bg1 59. Ke2 Bxe4 60. Bxe4
Kf6 61. Bf3 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Na4 b5 8. cxb6
Nxb6 9. Bd2 Nxa4 10. Qxa4 Bd7 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. Bd3 Qxb2 14. O-O Bd6
15. Ne5 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 c5 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxa6 c4 19. a4 Bb4 20. Bc1 Nf6 21.
f3 O-O 22. e4 Ne8 23. Bb5 Rb6 24. Bf4 Nd6 25. Rb1 Ba5 26. Kf1 f6 27. Rcb2 Rfb8
28. h4 c3 29. Re2 e5 30. dxe5 Nxb5 31. axb5 d4 32. Rd1 Rxb5 33. Rc2 d3 34. Rxd3
Rb1+ 35. Bc1 R8b2 36. Rcxc3 Bxc3 37. Rxc3 Rd2 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Rc7+ Ke6 40.
exf6 gxf6 41. Kg1 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 Rbxc1 43. Rxh7 Rd7 44. Rh6 Rcc7 45. Rh8 Rh7 46.
Re8+ Kf7 47. Ra8 Rxh4+ 48. Kg3 Rh1 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
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{One of the most keenly awaited clashes in the chess world these days, is the
quite regular battles between the Norwegian Wunderkind Magnus Carlsen, and the
highly entertaining, often explosive, American player Hikaru Nakamura.  The
only problem is from Nakamura's point of view, these clashes have become
worryingly one-sided. For all Nakamura's incredible talent, he has yet to beat
Carlsen in a classical game - a fact that must frustrate the American, who has
defeated pretty much everyone else at the top of the world's elite at some
time or another.  So you may ask, why is this clash so interesting? Well I
think Nakamura brings out the best in Carlsen, as the American's ultra
aggressive style tends to force Magnus into full combat from an early stage of
the game, when most of the time the Norwegian is happy enough grinding away in
an endgame.   Their round 12 clash in Wijk aan Zee was a good example of this
- Nakamura played an adventurous opening, but Carlsen soon clamped down on his
aggressive ideas, before quickly turning to his own deadly intentions.} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 {Probably not the opening
Carlsen was expecting, but Nakamura is very similar to Ivanchuk - he can play
pretty much anything, and play it pretty well.} 6. g3 $1 {Very typical of
Carlsen's style - he is not actively trying to refute openings, like a
Kasparov, but rather just building up a slight advantage, before viciously
outplaying the opposition in the middlegame and endgame. But beware of drawing
him into a battle - just because his natural style is to grind, doesn't mean
he can't mix it with the best of them.   Aware of the dangers of being ground
down in 80 moves, Nakamura now lashes out with a spiky lunge on the kingside -
however this is a risky strategy, as his king will never now be completely
safe in any part of the board.} h5 $5 {I used to play some guy on the Internet
chess club, in the one minute pool, who would thrust his h-pawn down the board
at any opportunity. In fact he rarely bothered to wait this long, he would
invariably start with 1..h5! (I think his name was something like Soong Loong,
and he would gleefully mock me everytime he beat me with one of his horrible
openings.)  Funnily enough his strategy was far more dangerous than it seemed
at first glance - particularly when you only have 1 minute on your clock!
Doubtless Nakamura himself has had to face down Soong Loong many times as well,
as a one time regular visitor of the ICC.  In this particular example though
you could argue that Nakamura's advance makes perfect sense- with White
already commited to an early fianchetto - he is looking to soften up Carlsen's
kingside and get some action going down the h-file.} (6... Be6 {was a more
passive approach - if Black is not careful White will nurse a strategic
advantage to the end of the game, due to the long-term hole on d5.} 7. Bg2 Be7
8. N1c3 Nf6 9. Nd5 O-O 10. O-O Qc8 11. a4 Qd7 12. Na3 Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Be3
Rfd8 15. c3 h6 16. Qd3 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Bg5 18. Rfe1 Rd7 19. Rad1 Ne7 20. Qb3 Bxe3
21. Rxe3 a6 22. Nc2 Qe6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Red3 d5 25. Ne3 Rad8 26. Nc4 Ng6 27.
a5 d4 28. Nb6 Rd6 29. h4 h5 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. b4 Nf8 33. Nc4 Rc6 34.
Nxe5 Rxc3 35. Rxc3 dxc3 36. Rxd8 Kxd8 37. Kd3 Ke7 38. Kxc3 Kd6 39. Kd4 {
1-0 Ivanchuk,V (2735)-Maidla,V (2370)/Tallinn 1996/CBM 050 ext}) 7. N1c3 a6 8.
Na3 b5 (8... h4 9. Bg2 h3 $5 (9... Nf6 {keeping the tension, was also possible}
10. Bg5 hxg3 11. hxg3 Rxh1+ 12. Bxh1 Be7 {when Black seems fine}) 10. Bf1 b5
11. Nd5 Nce7 $6 {slightly eccentric play which backfires -} (11... Nf6 12. Bg5
Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qd8 {and White probably has nothing better than returning to g5
with the bishop}) 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 Rb8 15. O-O-O Ne7 16. Qxd6
Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Nf5 18. Rb6 Rxb6 19. Bxb6 Nd6 20. f3 Be6 21. Bc5 Be7 22. Be2 Nb7
23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. b3 Nd6 25. c3 g6 26. Nc2 a5 27. Rd1 f5 28. exf5 gxf5 29. Bf1
f4 30. gxf4 exf4 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. Ne2 Bc6 33. Nxf4 Bxf3 {1-0 Nunn,J (2600)
-Short,N (2635)/Wijk aan Zee 1990/CBM 017}) 9. Nd5 {White now has ideas of
playing Be3 and c4 - threatening to make speedy progress on the queenside, a
very typical strategy for White in these sorts of systems. By contrast, what
aggressive plan can Black muster? Not such an easy question to answer, and
even the ever-inventive Nakamura can't seem to provide an convincing recipe.}
Nge7 10. Bg2 Bg4 $6 ({In the after game press conference, Carlsen explained
that he expected} 10... Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne7 {which he seemed to think was fairly
acceptable for Black.} 12. c4 Bd7 {and with ideas like ...h4 and also Nf5-d4
coming, Black is more than ok, although of course the game remains very sharp.
Instead of this, Naka seems to "drift".}) 11. f3 Be6 12. c3 h4 13. Nc2 {
Magnus is building up slowly, ignoring Black's aggressive intentions on the
kingside - he doesn't believe that it's going to go anywhere. Before he
commits to any actions on the queenside, he first takes the d4-square under
control - now a4 is in the air.} Bxd5 $6 {This exchange is only risky for
Black, as the light-square weaknesses in his position now become appreciable.}
({Black could of course exchange rooks on the h-file, but that would only work
out in White's favour -} 13... hxg3 14. hxg3 Rxh1+ 15. Bxh1 {and now while
White has ideas of playing a4, or even f4, Black really lacks a plan.}) ({
It looks unpleasant, but perhaps} 13... f6 {with the idea of putting the king
on f7 would have been the safest, as then} 14. f4 {is not particularly
dangerous, as f5 will lead nowhere and the e5-square is solidly defended.}) 14.
exd5 Na5 15. f4 $1 {Of course! Carlsen now switches to full Kasparov turbo
boost mode, his intentions becoming every more aggressive with every passing
move.} Nf5 $6 ({Carlsen felt that} 15... hxg3 16. hxg3 Rxh1+ 17. Bxh1 Qd7 {
was more accurate, with the idea of ...Qh3.} 18. Bg2 exf4 19. Bxf4 Ng6 {
seems ok for Black.}) 16. g4 $1 h3 17. Be4 Nh4 {Kasparov, commenting on the
game afterwards, seemed to elude to the idea that this was the decisive error,
suggesting that Black needed to play} (17... Qh4+ 18. Kf1 Ne7 ({The misguided
attempt to "attack" with} 18... Nh6 19. g5 Ng4 {only backfires on Black, after}
20. Qe2 {White is already threatening Bf5, trapping the errant knight}) {
However after the calm reply} 19. Qe2 {it is not obvious what Black's
follow-up is.  In fact as we shall see, Black has not stepped over the line
just yet.}) 18. O-O g6 19. Kh1 {A useful prophylatic move. Just in case, White
tidies his king away.} Bg7 ({Carlsen was not afraid of} 19... f5 {indicating
that after} 20. Bd3 e4 21. Be2 {Black's "initiative" has come to a halt and
the weakness incurred on e6 is likely to become significant, with Nd4 coming.})
20. f5 $5 {I admit that this probably wouldn't have been my choice, but then
I'm not the world number one!} ({White had a number of useful options,
including the immediate} 20. Nb4) 20... gxf5 21. gxf5 Ng2 $2 {But only this
mistake really sends Black plummeting over the precipice. Nakamura tries to
increase his control over the dark squares, but this turns out to be far too
slow.} ({The game would have remained reasonably unclear after either} 21...
Bf6) ({Or} 21... Bh6) 22. f6 $1 {Probably the single greatest reason why
Carlsen has risen to such giddy heights lately, and now holds an unshakeable
grip over the world number one spot.  Unlike other elite grandmasters, who
occasionally let tactical mistakes by their opponents go by, Carlsen seems to
have a shark-like ability to smell the blood in the water - and subsequently
he will ruthlessly pounce on the slightest slip. This he has in common with
the great champions of sport - like Federer, Messi and Woods - his ruthless
streak and instinctive ability to sense when his opponent is weakening, and
subsequently likely to make a mistake.  It would seem that Carlsen has
Nakamura's "number" and seems to know exactly when the American will err. 
(talking about "having someone's number", I believe I've lost pretty much
every blitz game I've ever played against Nakamura since he became a strong
grandmaster, which just gives an example of the difference between these top
guys and lesser mortals like myself.)  This impetuous pawn wanders deep into
the black kingside, forcing the ignomonious retreat of the black bishop.} Bf8 {
A sorry retreat, but there was little better.} ({Black loses material after} 
22... Bxf6 23. Qf3 Rh4 24. Bg5 $1) ({And} 22... Bh6 {is no longer possible -
White wins on the spot with} 23. Qh5 {as ...Qf6 is clearly no longer possible.}
) 23. Qf3 {Looking at Black's useless knights on g2 and a5, the phrase
"knights on the rim are dim" never seemed more pertinent. Completely devoid of
any meaningful counterplay, all Black can do now is thrash around uselessly
waiting for the killer blow.} Qc7 24. Nb4 Nb7 25. Nc6 {The final nail in
Black's coffin. The knight on c6 and pawn on f6 form an unbreakable cage
around the black king.} Nc5 26. Bf5 Nd7 27. Bg5 Rg8 28. Qh5 Nb6 29. Be6 Rxg5
30. Qxg5 fxe6 31. dxe6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 e5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Nc3 c6 6. O-O O-O 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4
Re8 9. Qe2 Bf8 10. Nh4 g6 11. Bg5 Bg7 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. a5 Nc5 15.
h3 Be6 16. Qe3 Qf8 17. Qf3 Ncd7 18. Bf1 b5 19. a6 Rac8 20. Kh2 Rb8 21. Ng2 Rec8
22. Ne1 Ne8 23. Nd3 Nc7 24. b4 Rb6 25. Be3 Rxa6 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. Bxc5 Qe8 28.
Qe3 Bf8 29. f4 f6 30. fxe5 fxe5 31. Ne2 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 a6 33. Nc1 Bxc5 34. Qxc5
Qf8 35. Nd3 Qxc5 36. Nxc5 Rd8 37. Kg1 Bc8 38. Nd3 Re8 39. h4 Kg7 40. Ra3 Kf6
41. Rc3 Bd7 42. Bh3 Ke7 43. Bxd7 Kxd7 44. Nc5+ Kc8 45. Nd3 Kd7 46. Nc5+ Kc8 47.
Nb3 Kd7 48. Rd3+ Kc8 49. Rf3 Ne6 50. Rf7 h5 51. Rf6 Kd7 52. Rxg6 Rc8 53. Rh6 c5
54. bxc5 Nxc5 55. Rxh5 Nxe4 56. g4 Nf6 57. Rxe5 Nxg4 58. Rc5 Rxc5 59. Nxc5+ Ke7
60. Nxa6 Ne3 61. Nb4 Nf5 62. h5 Ne3 63. Kf2 Nxc2 64. Nxc2 Kf6 65. Nd4 Kg5 66.
Nxb5 Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "213"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 $5 {Nakamura is a big expert on this 8...Qb6 system. Recently he has had a
few games with it.} 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 {Black has lost three tempi for
the b2 P, which lookes a poisoned one, but Black's position is very stable and
it is not so easy to destroy.} 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 {This is the main line
and the critical position in this system.} (12... Bb4 {is another line and
White usually plays} 13. Rb3) 13. Bxd7+ (13. Rb3 {is a more difficult and
sharper line} Qe7 (13... Qa5 $4 {loses immediately after} 14. Bxd7+ Bxd7 15.
Bb6 $18 {and the Q is trapped.}) 14. Ba4 $5 (14. O-O $6 axb5 15. Nxb5 Qd8 16.
Qc3 Qa5 17. Nc7+ Kd8 18. Nxa8 Qxa8 19. f5 b6 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Qe3 Qc6 {
Cheparinov-Vallejo Pons, Dresden ol 2008; with a very unclear position, but
looks nice for Black.}) 14... Qd8 (14... b5 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 {White has
sacrificed a piece, but he has a huge advantage of development.} Qd8 17. Qc3
Qa5 18. Nc7+ Kd8 19. Nxa8 Qxa8 20. O-O Qa4 21. Kh1 $1 {A very important move,
otherwise Black can play Qxd4 and Bc5 with the exchange of Q.} Be7 22. Rfb1 f6
23. exf6 Bxf6 (23... gxf6 $6 24. Rb6 $1 $16 {Topalov-Nakamura, Monaco rapid
2011; with a strong initiative for White.}) 24. Bxf6+ Nxf6 25. Rb8 Qc4 26. Qxc4
dxc4 27. Ra8 $14) 15. Bb6 {This is forced.} ({In the event of} 15. O-O $2 b5 {
Black is much better than in the previous line.}) 15... Qh4+ 16. g3 Qg4 17. Ne4
$5 (17. Nd1 $6 {is too slow, Black has enough time to castle.} Be7 18. Nf2 Qg6
19. Rc3 O-O 20. Bxd7 Bxd7 21. Rc7 Bd8 22. Rxd7 Bxb6 23. Rxb7 Rab8 $17 {
Grischuk-Morozevich, Astana blitz 2012; and Black is better.}) 17... Qf5 (17...
dxe4 $2 18. Rc3 $1 $18 {followed by Rxc8!}) 18. Re3 $44 {and White has good
compensation for the P.}) 13... Bxd7 14. Rb3 ({In the case of} 14. Rxb7 $6 Bb4
{and Black looks very nicely placed.}) 14... Qe7 15. Rxb7 Qd8 {A rare move,
but very similar.} ({2 rounds later Nakamura again tried} 15... Qh4+ {against
Leko.} 16. Bf2 Qd8 17. Bb6 (17. O-O Qc8 18. Rfb1 (18. Rb3 Qc4 19. Ne2 Be7 20.
Rfb1 O-O $132 {with a double-edged fight, Karjakin-Nakamura, Monaco blind 2011.
}) 18... Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Kh1 {with some pressure.}) 17... Qc8 18. Rc7
Qd8 19. Qd4 Rc8 (19... Ba3 20. Nb1 $5 {is an unexpected, but a very logical
move. White attacks the B and immediately takes Black's centre under fire
after c4.} Be7 21. c4 Rb8 22. Nd2 (22. O-O $5) 22... O-O 23. cxd5 exd5 24. O-O
{and White has gained some space, Leko-Nakamura, Zug 2013.}) 20. Rxc8 (20. Rc6
Rxc6 21. Bxd8 Bc5) 20... Qxc8 21. O-O Qc6 22. Rb1 Be7 23. Qe3 O-O 24. Bd4 Rc8
25. Rb6 Qc4 26. Rb7 Qc6 27. Rb6 Qc4 28. Rb7 Qc6 {1/2 Anand-Nakamura, Wijk aan
Zee 2013}) 16. f5 $146 {First novelty, Karjakin immeditely tries to attack,
but this move allows the activation of Black's Q from c8 to c4 to prevent
White's castling.} (16. Bb6 {tranposes to 15...Qh4.}) 16... Qc8 $1 17. Rb3 Qc4
18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rf1 {White can't castle, but Karjakin brings his R to the
open f-line.} (19. Nd1 {was an interesting alternative.} Be7 20. Ne3 (20. Nb2
Qc7) 20... Qa4 21. O-O Bb5 $132 {Black also has good counterplay.}) 19... Be7
20. Qd3 {White couldn't continue the attacking plan, so he decided to exchange
the Q, but without that Black looks very nicely placed.} ({now} 20. Nd1 $6 {
is too late, as} Bb5 21. Ne3 Qa4 $17 {and Black is better.}) 20... Rc8 21. Kd2
Rf8 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Rb8+ Bc8 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. Ne2 Kd7 {Now already Black
is slightly better; we will see a long period of torture. On the other hand
White's position is stable and against a great player such as Karjakin, it is
too difficult to win.} 26. c3 Ra4 27. Nc1 Kc7 28. Rb1 Bd7 29. Ra1 Bb5 30. Nb3
Kc6 31. Kc2 Bc4 32. Kb2 Bd3 33. a3 Be7 34. Nd2 Kb5 35. g3 h5 36. Kb3 g5 37. Kb2
g4 {Black has gained some space, but White has protected the a3 weakness, it
is not so easy to continue the pressure for Black.} 38. Be3 Bf8 39. Bd4 Bf5 40.
Kb3 Bh6 41. Rd1 Bd3 42. Kb2 Bf8 43. Ra1 Be7 44. Be3 h4 45. Bd4 h3 46. Be3 Bf5
47. Kb3 Bf8 48. Kb2 Bg7 49. Bd4 Bh6 50. Rd1 Bg6 51. Kb3 Bf5 52. Kb2 Bg5 53. Kb3
Kc6 54. Nf1 Ra5 55. Ne3 Rb5+ 56. Ka2 Be4 57. Re1 Bf3 58. a4 Rb7 59. Rb1 Rxb1
60. Kxb1 a5 61. Kc2 Bd8 62. Kd2 Kd7 63. Nc2 Ke8 64. Be3 Bc7 65. Bf4 Be4 66. Nd4
Kd7 67. Kc1 Bg6 68. Kb2 Be8 69. Kb3 Bg6 70. Kb2 Bd3 71. Kb3 Bb6 72. Kb2 Ke7 73.
Kb3 Kf7 74. Kb2 Ba6 75. Kb3 Kg6 76. Bd2 Bc8 77. Kb2 Bd7 78. Kb3 Bc5 79. Bc1
Bxd4 {Finally Nakamura takes the N, otherwise his K cannot invade White's
position. On the other hand thanks to the opposite coloured B, White can hold
the endgame even with two P down.} 80. cxd4 Kf5 81. Kc3 Ke4 82. Ba3 Bxa4 83.
Bb2 Ke3 84. Ba3 Bb5 85. Bb2 a4 86. Ba3 Bc4 87. Bb2 Bb3 88. Ba3 Ke2 89. Bb2 Bd1
90. Ba3 Kf2 91. Kd2 Kg2 92. Ke1 Bb3 93. Bb2 Kf3 94. Kd2 Ba2 95. Ba3 Bc4 96. Bb2
Ke4 97. Kc3 Kf3 98. Kd2 Kg2 99. Ke1 Kxh2 100. Kf2 $1 Kh1 101. Ba3 Be2 102. Bb2
h2 103. Ba3 Bd1 104. Bb2 Be2 105. Ba3 Bd1 106. Bb2 Be2 107. Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nbxd2 d6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Re8 8.
O-O e5 9. e4 a5 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Qc3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Rfe1 c6 14. b3 Bd7
15. h3 h6 16. Re3 Qc7 17. Rae1 Re7 18. f4 Rae8 19. a3 h5 20. Nc2 Bc8 21. b4
axb4 22. axb4 Ne6 23. Rf1 b6 24. Nf3 Nf8 25. Ng5 N8h7 26. Nxh7 Kxh7 27. Qd3 Kg8
28. Nd4 Bd7 29. Rfe1 c5 30. bxc5 Qxc5 31. Nb3 Qc7 32. Qd4 Bc6 33. Nd2 b5 34.
cxb5 Bxb5 35. Nb1 Qa7 36. Qxa7 Rxa7 37. Nc3 Bc6 38. Rd1 Rd7 39. Rd4 Ra8 40. Bf3
Ra3 41. Kf2 Kf8 42. Rc4 Bb7 43. e5 Ne8 44. Bxb7 Rxb7 45. Rc8 dxe5 46. Rxe5 Re7
47. Nd5 Rxe5 48. fxe5 Ra5 49. Rd8 Rc5 50. Kf3 Rc6 51. Kf4 Rc1 52. Ra8 Rf1+ 53.
Kg5 Re1 54. Kf5 Rf1+ 55. Nf4 Rf3 56. g4 hxg4 57. hxg4 Rf1 58. g5 Ke7 59. Ra7+
Kf8 60. Rd7 g6+ 61. Ke4 Re1+ 62. Kd5 Rd1+ 63. Kc6 Rxd7 64. Kxd7 Ng7 65. e6 Nf5
66. Nd5 fxe6 67. Kxe6 Nd4+ 68. Kf6 Nf3 69. Nf4 Nxg5 70. Kxg5 Kf7 71. Nxg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7
15. Rxb7 Qh4+ 16. Bf2 Qd8 17. Bb6 Qc8 18. Rc7 Qd8 19. Qd4 Ba3 20. Nb1 Be7 21.
c4 Rb8 22. Nd2 O-O 23. cxd5 exd5 24. O-O Bf5 25. Nb3 Ba3 26. Rb7 Qc8 27. Rc7
Qd8 28. h3 Qh4 29. Kh2 Bb2 30. Qxb2 Rxb6 31. Qf2 Qxf2 32. Rxf2 Rb4 33. g4 Bb1
34. Nc5 d4 35. Rd7 Rb5 36. Nxa6 d3 37. Rd4 g5 38. Nb4 gxf4 39. Nxd3 Bxd3 40.
Rxd3 Rxe5 41. Rd4 Ra8 42. a4 Re3 43. Rdxf4 Ra3 44. Rxf7 R3xa4 45. Kg3 R4a7 46.
R7f5 Ra5 47. Re2 Rxf5 48. gxf5 Kf7 49. Kf4 Ra6 50. Kg5 h6+ 51. Kh5 Kf6 52. Rf2
Ra4 53. h4 Rb4 54. Rh2 Kxf5 55. Kxh6 Rb6+ 56. Kg7 Rb7+ 57. Kh6 Rb6+ 58. Kg7
Rb7+ 59. Kh6 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bb3 c5 11. dxc5 Bb7 12. e4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. a4 b4 16. Nd2 Bd3 17. Nc4 Be2 18. Re1 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nc6 20. Rb1 Bd4 21. Bd5
Rac8 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxe7 Rxc5 24. Rd7 Bg7 25. Be3 Rcc8 26. Rd6 Rfd8 27. Rxa6
Bd4 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. b3 Rc2 30. Rf6 h5 31. g3 Kg7 32. Rf3 g5 33. Kg2 Kg6 34.
Re1 g4 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Rf4 Rxf4 37. gxf4 Rb2 38. Re3 f5 39. Kg3 Kf6 40. f3
gxf3 41. Kxf3 Rd2 42. Kg3 Rc2 43. a5 Ra2 44. Rd3 Rxa5 45. Rd6+ Ke7 46. Rb6 Ra2
47. Rxb4 Rd2 48. Kh4 Rg2 49. Rd4 Ke6 50. b4 Rg1 51. Kh3 Rg8 52. b5 Rh8+ 53. Kg3
Rg8+ 54. Kh4 Rh8+ 55. Kg5 Rg8+ 56. Kh6 Rb8 57. Ra4 Rxb5 58. Kg6 Rc5 59. Ra7 Rb5
60. Rf7 Ra5 61. Rf8 Ke7 62. Rb8 Ra6+ 63. Kxf5 Kf7 64. Rb7+ Kf8 65. Kg5 Rc6 66.
f5 Ra6 67. Rb8+ Kf7 68. Rb7+ Kf8 69. Rb8+ Kf7 70. Rb7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 Bg4 {
This move is not so popular nowadays.} (7... O-O {is more common.}) 8. Re1 {
This may also arise via C87 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.d3.} Nd7 {Immediately
transferring the N to the <<.} (8... O-O {is the main alternative.}) 9. h3 ({
The another lines are} 9. Be3) ({and} 9. Nbd2) 9... Bh5 ({Black's main plan is
} 9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 {and} Bg5 {to exchange the dark-squared B} 11. Be3 {
is similar to the game.} (11. Qg3 {looks more ambitious, but after} Bxc1 12.
Qxg7 Bxb2 13. Qxh8+ Ke7 (13... Nf8 $6 14. Nd2 Bxa1 15. Rxa1 Qg5 16. Nf3 {
with some pressure.}) 14. Qxd8+ Nxd8 15. Nd2 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 $11 {Black is
closer to an equal endgame.})) 10. Be3 (10. Nbd2 {is also possible, but first
White develops his B.}) 10... b5 ({7 years ago, Topalov had a game with} 10...
h6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nbd2 h5 13. g5 Nb6 14. Bb3 h4 15. a4 d5 $1 16. a5 d4 17. cxd4
exd4 18. Bf4 Nd7 $13 {Topalov-Mamedyarov, Wijk aan Zee 2006; with a very
unclear struggle.}) 11. Bc2 (11. Bb3 {is another alternative keeping the B on
the a2-g8 diagonal.}) 11... Nb6 $146 (11... h6 {preparing Bg5} 12. Nbd2 Bg5 13.
Nf1 Qf6 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Qd2 Qf3 17. Ng3 Rxh3 18. Bd1 Rxg3+ 19.
fxg3 Qxg3+ 20. Kf1 Nc5 $44 {Palac-I.Sokolov, Sibenik 2011}) 12. Nbd2 O-O 13.
Nf1 Rb8 {It lookes like a strange move, but Black protects his N and prepares
for d5.} ({The immediate} 13... d5 $6 {could have been met by} 14. Bxb6 $1 cxb6
15. d4 $1 exd4 16. exd5 Na5 (16... Qxd5 17. Be4 $18 {loses a piece.}) 17. Ng3
Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Bf6 (18... dxc3 $2 19. Qe4 $18) 19. Ne4 $16 {and White is better.
}) 14. Ng3 (14. a3 $5 {is a very interesting prophylactic move. White prepares
for Bb3 and in the event of Na5 he can reply with Ba2.} Bxf3 ({in the event of
} 14... d5 15. Bxb6 Rxb6 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Ne3 Qd8 18. Bb3 {White is very
active. The b3 B and e3 N work well together.}) 15. Qxf3 Bg5 16. Bb3 (16. b4 $5
) 16... Na5 17. Ba2 $14 {showing the main idea of a3.}) 14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bg5
16. Nf5 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 ({After} 17. fxe3 {the white P wouldn't be so flexible.})
17... Ne7 18. d4 c5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. h4 $5 {A very ambitious move. It
prevents Ng6 and causes some unpleasant problems for Black to avoid h5-h6.} Qd6
21. Red1 Qe6 22. a4 $1 {A very good move. Since Black is preventing White's
h5-h6 threats, Topalov suddenly starts to play on the queenside.} Rfd8 ({
In the case of} 22... Nxa4 23. Bxa4 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rxb2 25. Nc4 $36 {followed
by Rd6 with a strong initiative.}) 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Ra6 Qc6 26.
c4 $1 b4 27. Ba4 $1 {Topalov improves his B and protects his Q side with Bb5.}
({The computer suggests} 27. Nd5 {, but after} Nexd5 28. exd5 Qb7 29. Ra1 Ra8
30. Rxa8+ Qxa8 {Black can hold the position.}) 27... Qb7 28. Bb5 Nbc8 29. Ng4
Nd6 30. Nxe5 Qxe4 31. Qxe4 Nxe4 32. f3 Ng3 33. Kf2 {White's advantage is
undeniable, as all of his pieces are more active than Black's and the B is
also stronger than the N.} Ngf5 (33... Nh1+ 34. Ke1 $14) 34. h5 f6 35. Nd7 Rc8
36. Ba4 $1 {Threatening with Ra5.} Nd4 37. h6 $1 f5 38. Ke3 (38. hxg7 Kxg7 39.
Ke3 b3 {transposes to the game.}) 38... b3 ({If} 38... gxh6 39. Nxc5 Nxf3 40.
gxf3 (40. Kxf3 Rxc5 41. Rb6 $16) 40... Rxc5 41. Kd4 Rc8 42. c5 $16 {then White
is also better.}) 39. hxg7 Kxg7 40. Kd3 Nc2 41. Kc3 f4 42. Ra7 Kg6 43. Bxb3 $18
Ne3 44. Nxc5 $1 N7f5 45. Ra6+ Kh5 46. Ne6 Kh4 47. Nxf4 Kg3 48. Nd3 Kxg2 49. c5
Kxf3 50. Be6 Rd8 51. Bxf5 Nxf5 52. Rf6 Ke4 53. Re6+ Kf3 54. b4 h5 55. Ne5+ Kf4
56. Nf7 Rf8 57. Nd6 Nxd6 58. Rxd6 Rh8 59. b5 h4 60. b6 h3 61. b7 h2 62. Rd1 Ke4
63. Kc2 $1 {A very good practical move.} ({Topalov avoids the Q vs R ending.
After} 63. c6 h1=Q 64. Rxh1 Rxh1 65. b8=Q Rc1+ 66. Kd2 Rxc6 {which is also
winning, but the text move is easier.}) 63... Rg8 64. c6 Rg2+ 65. Kc3 Rg3+ 66.
Kc4 Rg1 67. b8=Q h1=Q 68. Rd4+ Kf5 69. Qf4+ Kg6 70. Rd6+ Kh7 71. Qf5+ Kh8 72.
Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 d6 (4... g6 {is the main line and White
usually plays} 5. d4 exd4 6. Nd5 Bg7 7. Bg5 {etc.}) 5. d4 a6 6. Be2 ({Last
year Nakamura already tried this sideline with Black, but his opponent
Dominguez played} 6. Bc4 b5 7. Be2 exd4 8. Nd5 Ne5 9. Qxd4 c5 10. Qd1 Nxd5 11.
Qxd5 Be6 12. Qd1 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. c3 Qb6 {with a comfortable position for
Black, Dominguez Perez-Nakamura, London 2012}) 6... exd4 (6... Nxd4 {was the
main move, probably Black doesn't want to allow Nd5 after exd4.} 7. Nxd4 exd4
8. Qxd4 {transposes to the game.}) 7. Nxd4 (7. Nd5 $5 {was an interesting
alternative, similar to the Belgrade Gambit} Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne5 9. Nxd4 Be7 {
Black's position looks solid, on the other hand White has gained some space.})
7... Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qe3 (9. Qd3 {was also tried} g6 10. h4 Bg7 11. Bg5 f6
12. Be3 Be6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. O-O-O f5 15. h5 $14 {Inarkiev-I.Sokolov, Plovdiv
2012.}) 9... g6 10. Qg5 $5 $146 {A logical novelty. Kasimdzhanov offers the
exchange of the Q, because the c7 P can become weak.} (10. Qg3 Be6 (10... Bg7 {
is also very similar.} 11. Bc4 Be6) 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Qd7 14.
O-O-O Qf7 15. h4 f5 $132 {and Black looks nicely placed, Milov-Heimrath, Bad
Wiessee 2010.}) 10... h6 11. Qg3 $5 {In comparison to 10.Qg3 Black has an
extra h6. It is difficult to say that this is advantageous or not for White.} (
11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 (11... Nxd8 $6 12. Nd5 Ne6 13. f4 $14 {with a slight advantage
for White.}) 12. Be3 Bg7 {and Black's chances are not worse.}) 11... Be6 {
This move prevents Bc4.} ({After the natural} 11... Bg7 12. Bc4 {thanks to h6
now Black hasn't Be6, as the g6 P is hanging.} O-O 13. O-O (13. Qxg6 $2 {
could have been met by} Ne5 $1) 13... Ne5 14. Bb3 Be6 ({in case of} 14... Kh7 {
White can get the initiative after} 15. f4 Nc6 16. f5 {with some pressure.})
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qh3 {with a double attack on h6 and e6.}) 12. O-O Ne7 {
Probably Nakamura didn't want to allow Nd5.} ({On the other hand, after} 12...
Bg7 13. Nd5 O-O 14. c3 Re8 {Black hasn't got any problems.}) 13. Be3 ({The
cheeky engine here also suggests} 13. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 (13... Bg7 14. Nf4) 14. exd5
Bxd5 15. Re1 Be7 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 $44 {with huge compensation for the P.})
13... Bg7 14. Rad1 Qd7 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 O-O-O {An interesting change in
the game. Nakamura has suddenly castled on the Q side.} 17. b4 $1 {
Kasimdzhanov immediately starts the attack against the opponent's K.} Qc6 ({
After the greedy} 17... Nc6 18. Rd2 Nxb4 19. Rb1 Nc6 20. Nd5 {White has good
attacking chances.}) 18. Rfd1 {It was important to protecting the d4 R.} (18.
a4 {could have been met by} Qb6 19. Rfd1 Nc6 $132) 18... g5 {The plan is Ng6
and e5 or f4.} 19. a4 Ng6 20. Bf1 {A prophylatic move. White simply avoids Nf4.
} Ne5 21. Qe3 $6 {An inaccurate move.} ({White should continue the plan with} 
21. b5 $1 axb5 22. axb5 Qc5 23. Na4 $1 Qxc2 24. b6 {with a dangerous attack.})
21... Qb6 22. a5 Qa7 23. Nd5 Kb8 24. Qc3 Rc8 {Black has protected his weakness
on c7, and now it is not so easy to continue with White.} 25. Ne7 {
Kasimdzhanov starts a very exciting sacrifice.} Rce8 26. Rxd6 $5 {This
sacrifice is objectively not so good, but a very creative one.} cxd6 27. Rxd6
Ng4 $1 28. Rb6 $1 {Closes the a7 diagonal and threatens Bxa6.} Ka8 29. Bxa6 $1
Rxe7 30. Qxh8+ Qb8 31. Qxb8+ Kxb8 32. Be2 Nf6 {Black has successfully defended
against White's attack. The N is stronger than 3 P, so Black's chances are
better.} 33. a6 $6 {A nervous move, which unnecessarily throws away the e4 P.}
(33. f3 Nd7 34. Rb5 f6 35. Kf2 {with a hope of holding the position.}) 33...
Nxe4 34. Bf3 Bd5 (34... Nd2 $5 35. Rxb7+ Rxb7 36. Bxb7 Ka7 {was also an
attractive possibility.}) 35. h4 f5 $6 {An inaccuracy, which again gives
chances for the draw.} ({Probably Nakamura didn't want to reduce the material
after} 35... gxh4 $1 {, but} 36. Rxh6 bxa6 37. Rxa6 Nc3 38. Bxd5 Nxd5 39. Rh6
Nxb4 40. Rxh4 Nxc2 41. Rf4 Rd7 42. g4 Nd4 {should be winning for Black!}) 36.
Rxh6 g4 37. Be2 $2 {Loses immediately, but White's position was already
difficult.} (37. Bxe4 {was the only way} Bxe4 38. Rh8+ Ka7 39. axb7 Rxb7 40. c3
{with some chances to reach the draw.}) 37... Nd2 $1 38. Bd3 f4 $1 {Nakamura
creates a wonderful mating net.} 39. Kh2 Re1 40. Rh8+ Ka7 41. axb7 Kxb7 {
and White resigned, because he can't prevent Nf3! For example:} (41... Kxb7 42.
Rh7+ Kb6 43. Rh6+ Kc7 44. Rh7+ Kd6 45. Rh6+ Ke7 46. Rh7+ Kf8 47. Rh8+ Kg7 48.
Rh7+ Kg8 $19 {followed by Nf3.}) 0-1

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. h4 Be6 14. g3 a5 15.
b3 a4 16. Rb1 axb3 17. axb3 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Na5 19. Bh3 Qb6 20. Qd2 Rfb8 21. O-O
Ra7 22. Rfc1 Rc7 23. Ne3 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Bd8 25. Qb2 g6 26. Bd7 Qa7 27. Bc6 Bb6
28. Ng4 Qe7 29. Qd2 h5 30. Ne3 Bc5 31. Kg2 Kg7 32. Ba4 Rc8 33. Nc2 Rb8 34. Qd3
Qc7 35. Ne1 Bd4 36. Qe2 Nb7 37. Nd3 Nc5 38. Rc1 Qa7 39. Nxc5 Bxc5 40. Rc2 Qe7
41. Bc6 Rh8 42. Ra2 g5 43. hxg5 Qxg5 44. Bd7 h4 45. Qg4 Qxg4 46. Bxg4 hxg3 47.
fxg3 Rb8 48. Bd7 Rb7 49. Bg4 Ra7 50. Rxa7 Bxa7 51. Bd7 Bc5 52. Bg4 Ba7 53. Bd7
Bc5 54. Bg4 Ba7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Nb3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. Bd3 Qd7 16. O-O O-O 17. f4 Bxd3 18. cxd3 gxf4 19. Bxf4 a5 20. h3 a4 21.
Nxa4 Rxa4 22. hxg4 Qe6 23. Rae1 Qg6 24. a3 e5 25. Bh2 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Rxg4 27.
Rf3 d5 28. Qe2 h5 29. Kh1 h4 30. Bg1 Ne7 31. Nd4 Rg3 32. Nc2 Nf5 33. Bh2 Rg5
34. Rh3 Ng3+ 35. Bxg3 hxg3 36. Qe3 d4 37. Qf3 Rf5 38. Qxg3 Qxg3 39. Rxg3 Rf2
40. Nb4 Rxb2 41. Kh2 Kf7 42. Kh3 Rb3 43. Kg4 Ke6 44. Kf3 Bf6 45. Ke4 Rxa3 46.
Nd5 Ra1 47. Nc7+ Kd7 48. Rg6 Rf1 49. Nd5 Ke6 50. Nc7+ Kd7 51. Nd5 Ke6 52. Nc7+
Kf7 53. Rh6 Rf4+ 54. Kd5 e4 55. dxe4 d3 56. Rh1 d2 57. Rd1 Rf2 58. Kc4 Bg5 59.
Nb5 Re2 60. Kd3 Re1 61. Kc2 Bf4 62. g3 Bxg3 63. Rxd2 Rxe4 64. Nd6+ Bxd6 65.
Rxd6 Ke8 66. Kb3 Re7 67. Kb4 Rd7 68. Rxd7 Kxd7 69. Kb5 Kc7 70. Kc5 b6+ 71. Kb5
Kb7 72. Kb4 Kc6 73. Kc4 b5+ 74. Kb4 Kb6 75. Kb3 Ka5 76. Ka3 b4+ 77. Kb3 Kb5 78.
Kb2 Kc4 79. Kc2 b3+ 80. Kb2 Kb4 81. Kb1 Ka3 82. Ka1 b2+ 83. Kb1 Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. d5 (7. O-O cxd4
(7... Nc6 8. d5 Na5) 8. Nxd4 Nc6 {leads to a Maroczy setup.}) 7... e6 (7... e5
8. O-O Ne8 9. Ne1 f5 10. Nd3 Nf6 11. f3 f4 12. g4 h5 13. h3 Nh7 14. Kg2 Nd7 15.
Bd2 Ndf6 16. Nf2 Ne8 17. Rh1 Bf6 18. Qg1 a6 19. a3 Bd7 20. b4 b6 21. Rb1 Bh4
$13 {Postny,E-Mamedov,R 8th World teams Ningbo CHN 2011 1-0 (46)}) 8. O-O Re8
9. Nd2 Na6 10. Re1 Nc7 {It seems to me that this variation is better than its
reputation. Maybe eventually it will become more popular.} 11. Rb1 $6 {White
doesn't threaten to push 12.b4 due to 12...cxb4 13.Rxb4 Nfxd5!. Another
drawback of this move is the vulnerability of the a2-pawn, which is evident in
some tactical complications. So I can't recommend 11.Rb1.} (11. a4 b6 (11...
Na6 12. Bf1 Nb4 13. h3 b6 14. a5 bxa5 15. Nb3 Ba6 16. e5 $1 dxe5 17. d6 $1 {
Not so clear another capture} (17. dxe6 Qc7 18. exf7+ Qxf7 19. Nxa5 e4 {
with some counterplay}) 17... Rc8 18. Bg5 Rc6 19. Ne4 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxa5
Rb6 22. Nb3 $18 {1-0 Nyzhnyk,I-Vocaturo,D 74th Tata Steel GMB Wijk aan Zee NED
2012 1-0 (34)}) 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. b3 a6 14. Bb2 exd5 15. cxd5 b5 $132 16. axb5 (
16. Qc2) 16... axb5 17. Bf1 $2 Ng4 18. Nf3 (18. h3 $2 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Bd4+ 20.
Kg3 Qf6 $17) 18... f5 19. h3 $2 (19. exf5 Rxe1 20. Qxe1 Bxf5 21. Ra1 $15) 19...
Ne5 $2 (19... b4 $1 20. Na2 fxe4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nd2 Nf6 $19) 20. Nxe5 Bxe5
$15 {Smyslov,V-Polugaevsky,LURS-ChT Riga 1975 0-1 (38)}) (11. Bf1 Rb8 12. a4 b6
13. Nb3 a6 14. Bg5 (14. e5 $1 dxe5 15. d6 Na8 16. a5 Nd7 17. Na4 $16) 14... h6
15. Bh4 e5 16. Bd3 Rf8 17. f3 Qe8 18. Bf2 Nh5 19. g3 Bh3 20. Nd2 Qd8 21. Bf1
Bc8 22. Rb1 a5 $13 {0-1 Reshevsky,S-Damljanovic,B GMA Baleares op Palma de
Mallorca 1989 0-1 (84)}) 11... exd5 (11... Bd7 12. b4 $6 (12. e5 $5 dxe5 13. d6
Na6 14. Nb3 Bc6 15. Bg5 b6 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 $44) 12... cxb4 13. Rxb4 b6 (
13... Nfxd5 $1 14. Nxd5 Na6 15. Rxb7 exd5 16. cxd5 (16. exd5 Nc5 17. Rb1 Na4
$17) 16... Nc5 17. Rb4 Qa5 18. Rc4 (18. a3 Bc3 19. Rc4 Ba4 $17) 18... Qxa2 $15)
14. Rb3 Na6 15. Ba3 (15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. cxb5 Nc5 17. dxe6 $1 Rxe6 18. Re3 $13)
15... Nc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 $15 {Browne,W-Dzindzichashvili,R
American Open Los Angeles 1989 1-0 (48)}) (11... b5 $5 {M.Golubev}) 12. cxd5 (
12. exd5 $2 Bf5) 12... a6 13. a4 $6 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. b4 (15. Bxb5 $6 Nxb5
16. Nxb5 Ba6 17. Na3 (17. Nc3 Bd3) 17... Bd3 $17) (15. Nxb5 Nxe4 $15) (15. f3
Bd7 16. b4 Nh5 17. Qc2 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Qh4 $19) 15... Ng4 $1 {I believe that this
is stronger than 15...cxb4 which also was quite good for Black to achieve an
opening advantage.} (15... cxb4 16. Rxb4 Ng4 17. Qb3 (17. Ndb1 Qh4 18. Bxg4
Bxg4 19. Qd3 Bd7 20. g3 Qf6 $15) (17. Nxb5 Nxb5 18. Rxb5 Nxf2 $17 19. Kxf2 $2
Bd4+ 20. Kf1 Qh4 $19) 17... Nxf2 18. Nxb5 Ng4 $15) 16. Bxg4 (16. Qc2 $2 Nxf2
17. Nxb5 (17. Kxf2 Qh4+ 18. Kf1 Bd4 19. Nd1 Qxh2 20. Bf3 Nxd5) 17... Nxd5 $1
18. exd5 Bf5 19. Qc4 Nd3 20. Bxd3 Rxe1+ 21. Kf2 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Rd1 23. Ke2 Rh1
$19) 16... Bxg4 17. Qxg4 (17. Qc2 cxb4 18. Rxb4 Rc8 $5 {a more precise move} (
18... Bxc3 $5 19. Qxc3 Nxd5 20. Qd4 Nxb4 21. Bb2 f6 22. Qxb4 d5 {must be
enough for Black to win the game}) 19. Qb3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Nxd5 21. Qd4 Nxb4 22.
Bb2 f6 23. Qxb4 d5) (17. Qb3 cxb4 18. Qxb4 Na6 19. Qb3 b4 20. Na2 Nc5 21. Qc4
b3 22. Nxb3 Ra4 23. Nb4 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Nxe4 25. Nd2 (25. Qxe4 Bf5 $19) 25... Nc3
$1 26. Qxg4 Qe8 27. Kf1 Nxb1 28. Nxb1 Qb5+ $19) 17... Bxc3 18. bxc5 dxc5 19.
Qf3 $6 {That's interesting - why does Nakamura provoke ...b4? Maybe he is
hoping for ...Nxd5.} b4 $1 (19... Nxd5 $2 {Greediness leads to a draw:} 20. Rd1
Bxd2 21. Bxd2 (21. Rxd2 Qa5 22. h4 Nb6 23. Qf6 Nc4) 21... Nc7 22. Bc3 Qe7 23.
Rd7 Qxd7 24. Qf6 Kf8 25. Qg7+ Ke7 26. Qf6+ $11) 20. Rd1 Nb5 $1 $17 21. Nc4 $1 {
Even if this move loses White has to play it. Other opportunities are quite
joyless.} (21. Qd3 Nd6 22. Bb2 (22. f3 Ra2 23. Nc4 Qh4 $1 24. Be3 (24. Rf1 Nxc4
25. Qxc4 Be5 26. f4 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Rf2 $19) 24... f5 $1 25. Nxd6 Be5 26. h3 Bxd6
$19) 22... Bxd2 $5 (22... Qf6 23. Bxc3 bxc3 24. Nf3 Nxe4 25. Re1 Qa6 26. Qxa6
Rxa6 27. Ng5 Nf6 $17) 23. Qxd2 Rxe4 24. Rbc1 Ra5 (24... Nc4 $6 25. Rxc4 Rxc4
26. d6) 25. f3 Re8 $17) (21. Nf1 Bd4 22. Bd2 Ra3 23. Ne3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Nd6 $19)
21... Bd4 {Black's main problem is the large number of attractive
opportunities. Probably he has not just one single way to win the game. Trying
to find the best way or the most reliable one, achessplayer can miscalculate
and miss the winning Morozevich lost the game.} (21... Ra2 $1 22. d6 Bd4 23.
Be3 Nc3 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Re1 Nxb1 26. Rxb1 Qd7 27. h3 Qc6 28. Rxb4 Rc2 29. Qd3
Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Qc5 $19) 22. Bd2 Nc3 $6 (22... Ra6 $5 23. Rf1 Na3 $1 24. Rbc1 f5
25. exf5 Nxc4 26. Rxc4 Ra3 27. Be3 Raxe3 28. fxe3 Rxe3 29. Qd1 Qxd5 30. Rxd4
Qxd4 31. Qxd4 cxd4 32. fxg6 d3 $19) (22... Na3 $5 23. Rbc1 (23. Nxa3 bxa3 $19)
23... Nxc4 24. Rxc4 Ra3 25. Be3 f5 26. e5 Bxe3 (26... Rxe5 27. Bxd4 Re4 (27...
Rxf3 $2 28. Bxe5 Ra3 29. Rxc5 $11) 28. Rxc5 Rxf3 29. gxf3 Qg5+ 30. Kf1 Qh5 31.
Rc8+ Kf7 32. Kg2 Rf4 33. Rd3 Rxf3 34. Rxf3 Qg4+ 35. Rg3 Qxd4 36. Rb8 $17) 27.
fxe3 Rxe5 28. Rxc5 Raxe3 29. Qf4 b3 $17 {I believe Black would win this
position.}) 23. Bxc3 bxc3 24. Rbc1 Ra4 25. Ne3 Ra6 $6 (25... Bg7 26. g3 (26. d6
$5 Raxe4 27. g3 (27. d7 $2 R8e6 28. g3 Bd4 $19) 27... Bd4 28. Nd5 Qxd6 29. Nxc3
Re3 $1 30. fxe3 Rxe3 31. Rxd4 Qxd4 $19) 26... Raxe4 27. Kg2 Bd4 $17) 26. Nc2 $1
Bg7 $5 (26... Rf6 27. Nxd4 $1 Rxf3 28. Nxf3 Rxe4 29. Rxc3 Qd6 {In the final
position I believe White is closer to a draw than Black to a win.}) 27. Ra1
Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Qb6 $6 (28... Qg5 $1 29. Kf1 (29. g3 Qd2 30. Ra2 Rf8 31. Kg2 f5
$17) (29. Rd1 Bd4 30. g3 Qe5 $17) 29... Qd2 30. Qe2 f5 31. Qxd2 cxd2 32. Rd1
Bh6 33. Ne3 Rxe4 34. Rxd2 Kf7 35. d6 Ke8 36. Rd5 $15) 29. g3 $11 Qb2 30. Qd1
Bh6 $6 {Black has spoiled a winning position. Maybe Morozevich believed that
this position couldn't be lost by Black. He should have played more precisely.}
(30... Qb3 31. Qd3 (31. d6 $2 Rd8 32. Kg2 Qe6 $17) 31... c4 32. Qe2 Qb5 33. Qf3
Qb2 34. Qd1 Qb5 {I don't see how White could improve his position.}) 31. f4 $1
Rxe4 $4 {It is hard to explain this blunder. Now White wins easily.} (31... g5
$1 32. d6 (32. Ra6 Bg7 33. e5 Rd8 34. d6 Qb7 35. Ra4 f6 $1 {This move looks
ugly, but it looks like Black is out of danger here} 36. Rc4 (36. e6 $2 Bf8 37.
d7 Qc6 $17) (36. fxg5 fxe5 37. Ne3 e4 38. Ng4 Bd4+ 39. Rxd4 cxd4 40. Qxd4 Qb1+
41. Kg2 Qa2+ 42. Kg1 Qb1+ 43. Kg2 Qa2+ $11) 36... fxe5 37. fxg5 Bf8 38. Rxc3
Rxd6 $11) 32... gxf4 33. gxf4) 32. Ra8+ Kg7 (32... Bf8 33. d6 Qb7 (33... Rd4
34. Nxd4 cxd4 35. d7 c2 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. d8=Q+ Kg7 38. Q1xd4+) 34. d7 Qxa8 (
34... Rd4 35. Qxd4 cxd4 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. d8=Q+ Kg7 38. Qxd4+ Kg8 39. Qxc3 $18
) 35. d8=Q $18) 33. d6 Rd4 (33... Qb7 34. d7 Rd4 35. Nxd4 Qxd7 36. Rd8 $1 $18)
34. Nxd4 {The result of the game doesn't seem fair. But it should be noted
that despite the bad position Nakamura kept fighting and eventually he was
rewarded.} 1-0

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Margvelashvili,G"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {This is one of those tournaments that Mamedyarov will want to forget.
Today was clearly not his day.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6.
Nce2 (6. Ne4 {is the most popular move, but Mamedyarov has already played 6.
Nce2 once and decisively beat his opponent.}) 6... Nf6 (6... Qd5 7. Ng3 Nf6 8.
Be2 e5 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nd2 c3 12. bxc3 bxc3 13. e4 Qe6 14. Nf5 O-O
15. Bc4 Nd5 16. Nf3 N7b6 17. Bb3 Ba6 18. Re1 Bc7 19. dxe5 {1-0 Mamedyarov,S 
(2733)-Brunello,S (2575)Porto Carras 2011}) 7. Nf3 Ba6 8. Ng3 c5 $1 {A strong
improvement by Nakamura. I think this move calls into question Mamedyarov's
whole opening plan.} 9. Bd2 (9. Ne5 e6 10. Nh5 $5 {is suggested by chess
engines.} Nbd7 11. Bxc4 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Rc8 {and Black has solved all the
opening problems.}) 9... e6 10. Rc1 Qd5 11. Ne5 (11. dxc5 Nbd7 12. Bxb4 Nxc5
13. Bc3 Rb8 {leads to a slightly better endgame for Black.}) 11... cxd4 12.
Nxc4 Nbd7 13. Be2 $1 {Good move by Mamedyarov.} Rc8 (13... Qxg2 $4 14. Bf3 {
is losing for Black.}) (13... Bxc4 $1 14. Bxc4 (14. Rxc4 {is also possible} d3
15. Qc1 $1 Rd8 (15... dxe2 $2 16. Rc8+ Rxc8 17. Qxc8+ Ke7 18. Bxb4+ $18) 16.
Bf3 Qa5 17. Ne4 {with some, but clearly not enough compensation for the
sacrificed pawn.}) 14... Qxg2 15. Bb5 Rd8 16. Bc6 Qh3 17. exd4 Bd6 18. Qf3 O-O
{with advantage for Black.}) 14. Bf3 Qc5 15. b3 Be7 16. Ne2 $6 {This is an
inaccuracy.} (16. O-O $1 {would be a lot stronger, since after} O-O 17. exd4
Qxd4 18. Ne2 Qd3 19. Nf4 Qd4 20. Ne2 {White forces a draw.}) 16... d3 $1 17.
Nf4 O-O 18. Nxd3 Qf5 $1 {Now Mamedyarov is dangerously behind in development.}
19. e4 $2 {A terrible blunder. Such blunders sometimes happen when player is
clearly unsatisfied with his previous play and is psychologically stressed.
There is no other way to explain this blunder by Mamedyarov, who is one of the
strongest players in the world.} (19. Nxb4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Rxc4 21. bxc4 Ne5 22.
Nc6 $1 Nxc6 23. Bxc6 {would give Mamedyarov excellent drawing chances.}) 19...
Nxe4 20. g4 Qd5 {I do not know what Mamedyarov overlooked, but nothing works
here for White.} 21. Qe2 f5 {Nakamura has an extra pawn and a winning position.
} 22. O-O Rxc4 $6 {Not the best move, but one which surprisingly led to
Mamedyarov's resignation.} (22... Bxc4 $1 23. bxc4 Qb7 24. Rfe1 Ndc5 {would
give Black a winning position.}) (22... Rxc4 $6 23. bxc4 Bxc4 24. Nxb4 $1 {
Probably both players overlooked this resource that saves White from immediate
disaster.} Bxe2 (24... Bxb4 25. Rxc4 Bxd2 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Rxe4 {is worse for
White, but the position is still playable.}) 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Bxe2 Nxd2 27.
Rc7 Nf6 28. Rxe7 Nxf1 29. Kxf1 Rf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. gxf5 {This endgame looks
winning for Black, but White has some drawing chances. Good win for Nakamura
and a game to forget for Mamedyarov.}) 0-1

[Event "Zug FIDE GP"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2013.04.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. a3 Bh5 12. Na4 Nd7 13. Qb3 Ra7 14. Bg3 Bg6
15. Nf4 Na5 16. Qa2 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 Nc4 18. Nac5 b6 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. a4 Rc8 21.
b3 Nd6 22. a5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. axb6 Qxb6 26. Qc2 h6 27. h3
Bf8 28. Bf4 Qb5 29. g4 Ne4 30. f3 Nf6 31. h4 h5 32. g5 Nd7 33. Bc7 g6 34. Kf2
Be7 35. Qc3 Nb8 36. Bxb8 Qxb8 37. Ne5 Qb7 38. Qc6 Qxc6 39. Nxc6 Bd6 40. e4 Kf8
41. Ne5 Ke8 42. Nd3 a5 43. exd5 exd5 44. f4 f6 45. gxf6 Kf7 46. f5 Kxf6 47.
fxg6 Kxg6 48. Ke3 Kf5 49. Kf3 Bc7 50. Nc1 Bd8 51. Ne2 Bxh4 52. Nf4 Bf6 53. Nxd5
Bxd4 54. Ne7+ Kg5 55. Nc6 Bc3 56. Nxa5 Bxa5 57. b4 Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. a3 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Qc2 Bd7 10. Nd2 exd3 11. Bxd3 Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5
15. Bb2 h6 16. Nb3 Ra8 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Bd4 Re8 19. Qc3 Ng4 20. h3 Nh2 21. Bxg7
Nxf1 22. Bf6 Qb6 23. Bd4 Qa5 24. Qc2 Nd2 25. Rd1 Ne4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Nxe4
Rxe4 28. Qxe4 Bf5 29. Qxc6 Rd8 30. Bb6 Qa6 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Qxd6 Qc4 33. Qd8+
Kh7 34. Bd4 Be6 35. Qh8+ Kg6 36. Qg7+ Kh5 37. g4+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. g3 d5 8. Bg2
O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Re8 11. h3 Na5 12. b3 Be6 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. e3 Bd6 15.
Qd3 Qd7 16. Ncb5 Be5 17. g4 a6 18. f4 axb5 19. fxe5 Ne4 20. Nxb5 Nxb3 21. Rad1
Nbc5 22. Qe2 Ng3 23. Qf2 Qxb5 24. Bd4 Nxf1 25. Bxf1 Qa4 26. Rb1 Ne4 27. Qb2 Qc2
28. Qxc2 Rxc2 29. Rxb7 h5 30. a4 Ra2 31. gxh5 Rc8 32. Rb1 Nd2 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Nd4 Nc5 10. b3 Bd7 11. Bb2 c6 12. Rb1 a5 13. Ba3 Nfe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
Bb2 cxd5 16. cxd5 a4 17. Ne6 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Bxe6 19. dxe6 Qb5 20. Qd4 Qc5 21.
Qxc5 Nxc5 22. b4 Ne4 23. Rc1 a3 24. Rb3 b5 25. Rc7 Rfc8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Bxe4
fxe4 28. Rxa3 Kg7 29. Ra7 Kf6 30. Rb7 Rc2 31. e3 Rxa2 32. Rxb5 Kxe6 33. Rb7 Rb2
34. g4 h5 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. Kg2 Kf6 37. b5 d5 38. b6 e5 39. Rb8 d4 40. exd4
exd4 41. b7 Kg7 42. Rd8 Rxb7 43. Rxd4 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. g3
b6 9. Bg2 Ba6 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. b4 Bb7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bb2 d6 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Qa4
Rfd8 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Nde4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Nb8 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Bd4 f5 21. Nd2
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rb7 23. e4 g6 24. exf5 gxf5 25. f4 Nd7 26. Re1 Kf7 27. Rc3 b5 28.
Rce3 Nf8 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Nf3 Rc2+ 31. R1e2 Rxe2+ 32. Rxe2 Ng6 33. Rc2 Bf6 34.
Be3 Ne7 35. h3 h5 36. Bd4 Bxd4 37. Nxd4 e5 38. fxe5 dxe5 39. Nf3 e4 40. Nd4 Kf6
41. h4 Ke5 42. Ne2 Ra7 43. Rc5+ Kd6 44. Nd4 Rd7 45. Rxb5 Rc7 46. Nxf5+ Nxf5 47.
Rxf5 Rc2+ 48. Rf2 Rc3 49. Ra2 Rb3 50. a4 Rxb4 51. a5 Kc7 52. a6 Kb8 53. Ra5
Rb2+ 54. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. f3 c6 7. Qd2 h5 8. Bd3 a5
9. Nge2 Na6 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 e5 12. Bc4 Nb4 13. Bb3 Qc7 14. Bh6 Kh7 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Nb1 Rad8 20. Qc3 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Nd2 Na2 24. Qe3 Nb4 25. Qc3 Na2 26. Qe3 Nd7 27. Kg1
Qb6 28. Qxb6 Nxb6 29. b3 Nb4 30. c3 Nd3 31. Kf1 Nd7 32. Nc4 b6 33. g3 Kf6 34.
h4 Ke7 35. Kg2 Kd8 36. f4 N3c5 37. fxe5 Nxb3 38. Nf4 Nbc5 39. Nxg6 Nxe4 40. g4
b5 41. gxh5 Ke8 42. h6 Nf8 43. Nd6+ Nxd6 44. Nxf8 Nf7 45. Nxe6 bxa4 46. h7 a3
47. Nd4 a2 48. Nc2 Ke7 49. Kf2 Ke6 50. Ke2 Kxe5 51. Kd2 Ke4 52. Kc1 Kd3 53. Kb2
c5 54. h5 a4 55. Na3 a1=Q+ 56. Kxa1 Kxc3 57. Nb5+ Kd3 58. Kb2 c4 59. Ka3 c3 60.
Nxc3 Kxc3 61. Kxa4 Kc4 62. Ka3 Kd5 63. Kb4 Ke5 64. Kc5 Kf6 65. Kd5 Kg7 66. Ke6
Ng5+ 67. Kf5 Kxh7 68. Kxg5 Kg7 69. h6+ Kh7 70. Kf4 Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e3 d6 3. b3 e5 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 e4 7. Nfd2 d5 8. f3
exf3 9. Qxf3 Nb6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Qf2 Bh5 12. c5 Nbd7 13. O-O Be7 14. b4 Bg6 15.
Bxg6 hxg6 16. h3 Nf8 17. Nc3 Ne6 18. Nf3 O-O 19. a4 Qb8 20. b5 Bd8 21. Ba3 Bc7
22. Rab1 Bg3 23. Qc2 Qd8 24. Ne2 Bc7 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Rb7 Ne4 27. Nc3 Ng3 28.
Rfb1 Re8 29. Qf2 Re7 30. a5 Nf5 31. a6 Bg3 32. Qd2 Qa5 33. Rxe7 Nxe7 34. Nxd5
Qd8 35. Nxe7+ Qxe7 36. e4 Nc7 37. Qd3 Rd8 38. Rb7 Qe6 39. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2868"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. Nf3 e5 4. O-O c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. a3 O-O 8. b4
cxb4 9. axb4 e4 10. Ng5 f5 11. b5 Ne5 12. Qb3 h6 13. d4 exd3 14. Nf3 dxe2 15.
Re1 d6 16. Rxe2 Be6 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Rxa7 Qd4 20. Be3 Qxc4 21.
Qxc4 Bxc4 22. Rd2 Nc8 23. Ra4 Rxb7 24. Rxc4 e4 25. Nd5 Nd6 26. Ne7+ Rxe7 27.
Rxd6 g5 28. Bc5 Rb7 29. Rd5 Rxb5 30. Bxf8 Rxd5 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. g4 fxg4 33.
Rxe4 h5 34. Re6 Rf5 35. Kg2 Rf6 36. Re5 Kg6 37. Ra5 h4 38. Ra1 h3+ 39. Kg1 Rb6
40. Kf1 Rb5 41. Rc1 Kf5 42. Ra1 Rb4 43. Ra5+ Kf4 44. Ra1 Rb3 45. Ke2 Kf5 46.
Kf1 Rb2 47. Ra5+ Kg6 48. Ra6+ Kh5 49. Ra1 g3 50. hxg3 Rb3 51. Kg1 Kg4 52. Kh2
Kf3 53. Ra5 Kxf2 54. Rxg5 Kf3 55. Kxh3 Rb8 56. Rf5+ Ke4 57. g4 Rh8+ 58. Kg3 Rh1
59. Ra5 Rh8 60. g5 Rh1 61. Kg4 Rh2 62. g6 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. a3 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Be2 exd3 10. Qxd3 Nc6 11. O-O Nxd4 12. exd4 Be7 13. Bf4 a6 14. Rac1 Bd7
15. Bf3 Bc6 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Be5 Qd7 18. Re2 Ng4 19. Bf4 Bf8 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bh4
g5 22. Bg3 Bg7 23. h3 Rxe2 24. Nxe2 Nf6 25. Be5 Ne4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Bxe4 dxe4
28. Qc3 Bd5 29. g4 h5 30. Qc7 Qxc7 31. Rxc7 hxg4 32. hxg4 Be6 33. Ng3 Rd8 34.
Nxe4 Rxd4 35. f3 Bxg4 36. Nxg5 Kf6 37. Ne4+ Ke5 38. Kf2 Be6 39. Ke3 Rd5 40.
Rxb7 Kf5 41. Rb6 a5 42. f4 a4 43. Nc3 Rc5 44. Nxa4 Rc4 45. Rb5+ Kg4 46. Rg5+
Kh4 47. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. b3 Nfd7 8. Bb2
f5 9. e4 f4 10. e5 Nb6 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Ne4 d5 13. Neg5 h6 14. Nh3 Qe8 15. Ba3
g5 16. Bxf8 Bxf8 17. c3 Be7 18. g3 Qh5 19. Bf1 Bd7 20. Nd2 Qxd1 21. Raxd1 Rf8
22. f3 fxg3 23. hxg3 Be8 24. Nf2 Nb8 25. Nd3 Bg6 26. f4 N8d7 27. Re3 g4 28. Nf2
h5 29. Bd3 Kg7 30. Bxg6 Kxg6 31. Nf1 Nc8 32. Re2 Bd8 33. Ne3 Ne7 34. Rf1 c5 35.
dxc5 Nxc5 36. Kg2 Bb6 37. Rd1 Nd7 38. c4 Bxe3 39. Rxe3 Nb6 40. Nd3 Nf5 41. Re2
dxc4 42. Nc5 Rc8 43. Nxe6 cxb3 44. Nd4 Nxd4 45. Rxd4 Rc2 46. f5+ Kxf5 47. Rf4+
Ke6 48. Rf6+ Kd5 49. Rd6+ Kc5 50. Rdd2 Rxd2 51. Rxd2 Nc4 52. Re2 b2 53. Re1
Nxe5 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 {In this known position, Black usually chooses between 8...Nc6 and 8...
Nd7, with possible transposition to each other after a further ...Ne5.} b6 $146
({Even if you do not know too much about this line, the list of annotated
games below will give you an image of the intensity of the theoretical duel
over the past few years.} 8... Nc6 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 (10. Nd4 {Kramnik,V 
(2715)-Kasparov,G (2805)/New York 1995/CBM 047 ext/[Vaisser] (1/2, 66)}) (10.
Be2 {1/2 Naiditsch,A (2612)-Kramnik,V (2744)/Dortmund 2005/CBM 108/[Huzman] 
(58)}) 10... c6 (10... Bg4 {Topalov,V (2778)-Kramnik,V (2753)/Sofia 2005/CBM
107/[Huzman] (1/2, 52)}) (10... Re8 {Svidler,P (2740)-Kramnik,V (2739)/Moscow
2005/CBM 111 (1-0, 48)}) 11. c4 (11. Kb1 Bg4 12. Be2 Nxf3 13. Bxf3 (13. gxf3 {
Karjakin,S (2760)-Gelfand,B (2739)/Moscow 2010/CBM 139/[Mueller,Karsten] (1-0,
57)}) 13... Bxf3 {Jakovenko,D (2725)-Gelfand,B (2741)/Astrakhan 2010/CBM 137/
[Kritz] (1/2, 53)}) (11. h5 {Nisipeanu,L (2672)-Gelfand,B (2741)/Medias 2010/
CBM 137/[Rogozenco] (0-1, 40)}) (11. Bg5 {Caruana,F (2736)-Gelfand,B (2739)/
Wijk aan Zee 2012/CBM 147/[Marin,M] (1-0, 48)}) 11... Be6 12. Ng5 Nxc4 (12...
Bf5 {Karjakin,S (2760)-Kramnik,V (2790)/Moscow 2010/CBM 139/[Stohl] (1-0, 32)})
13. Qd3 {Gashimov,V (2734)-Gelfand,B (2741)/Astrakhan 2010/CBM 137/[Kritz] (1/
2, 29)}) (8... Nd7 9. O-O-O Re8 10. h4 c6 11. Bd3 {Nakamura,H (2758)-Giri,A 
(2714)/Reggio Emilia 2012/CBM 146/[Giri,A] (0-1, 41)}) 9. O-O-O Bb7 {Black's
position looks flexible, but it has an organic defect: the f5-square is left
undefended.} 10. Nd4 Nc6 11. Nf5 Bf6 12. h4 Re8 $6 {Too slow.} ({Black should
have started fighting against the knight with} 12... Qd7 $5) 13. Bg5 Ne5 ({
The following lines offer an image of the potential of White's attack:} 13...
h6 14. Bxh6 $1 Bc8 (14... gxh6 15. Rh3 $40) (14... Qd7 15. Qf4) (14... Re5 15.
Bd3) 15. g4 gxh6 16. Nxh6+ Kf8 17. g5 Bg7 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Qd5+ Be6 20. Qxc6)
14. f4 Ng4 15. Bb5 Re4 16. Ng3 Re6 17. Rde1 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 $14 h6 19. Qe2 (19.
Re8+ Qxe8 20. Bxe8 Rxe8 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 $14 {Black's fortress may not be easy to
crack.}) 19... Qc8 20. Bd3 Qe6 (20... hxg5 21. Bf5 Qd8 22. hxg5 Bxg5 23. Qxg4
$40) 21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Rxe6 Bxg2 24. Re7 $16 Nd5 25. Bc4 Kf8 26.
Bxd5 Kxe7 27. Bxg2 Rf8 28. f5 Kf6 29. Kd2 d5 30. Ke3 Ke5 31. Bh3 Rd8 32. Ne2 c5
33. Kf3 Rd7 34. Nf4 Kf6 35. h5 a6 36. b3 Rd8 37. Ne6 Rd7 38. Kf4 a5 39. Bf1 c4
40. a4 Rd6 41. Bg2 Rd7 42. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 {Nowadays the Slav Exchange Variation is getting
more and more popular among the elite players. It is strange, isn't it?} cxd5
4. Bf4 {An interesting move order. In my opinion White wanted to avoid an
aggressive setup by Black such as} (4. Nc3 Nc6 ({or} 4... Nf6 5. Nf3 (5. Bf4 $1
) 5... Nc6 6. Bf4 Nh5 $5) 5. Bf4 e5 $5 6. dxe5 d4 7. Ne4 Qa5+ (7... Bf5 $5) (
7... Qb6 $5) 8. Nd2 Nge7 9. Ngf3 h6 10. h4 Bg4 11. g3 Bxf3 12. exf3 Nxe5 13.
Qe2 N7c6 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5+ Nxe5 16. Bb5+ Nc6 17. Rc1 Bb4 18. a3 Bxd2+ 19.
Kxd2 O-O 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rxc6 $16 {Ghaem Maghami,E-Yu Yangyi Jakarta INA
2011 1-0 (41); and White won this endgame.}) 4... Nc6 (4... Qb6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6.
e3 Qxb2 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. Nge2 {see the game Morozevich,
A-Mamedyarov,S FIDE Gp Tashkent 2012.}) 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8. Qa4+
Bd7 9. Bb5 (9. Qc2 {The main continuation. Recently this position, as well as
all exchange variations, has become popular among strong players..} e6 (9...
Rc8 10. Nf3 g6 $6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. h3 b5 13. a3 Nc4 14. O-O O-O 15. Rfc1 a6 16.
Qe2 Bf5 17. Ne5 Nd7 $6 (17... Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Ne4 19. a4 $14) 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19.
Nd3 e6 20. a4 $16 {1-0 Zhou Weiqi-Ma Qun/Xinghua CHN 2013 (49)}) 10. Bd3 Rc8
11. Nf3 Bb4 12. O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Qb3 Qa5 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17.
a3 Bxc3 18. Qxb7 O-O 19. bxc3 Nb6 20. Bc7 Qb5 (20... Qxc3 21. Bxb6 axb6 22.
Qxb6 $16) (20... Qa4 $1 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Qxb6 Rxc3 $14) 21. Qxa7 Nc4 22. Bg3
Ra8 23. Qe7 Rfc8 24. h3 Qa5 25. Qb4 $16 {Kramnik,V-Aronian,L/Shanghai CHN 2010
1-0 (45)}) 9... Nc6 10. Qd1 $5 {I believe this is White's best chance to get
an edge. Mainly, Black has a better version of the line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5
cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 e6 because he has already developed his light-squared
bishop. Sooner or later White should play Bd3 so Black will get an extra tempo
compared with the above-mentioned line.} (10. Nf3 {this continuation is not
dangerous at all.} e6 (10... a6 11. Be2 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. h3 O-O 14. Qd1 Rc8
15. Rc1 Na5 16. Ne5 Nc4 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. Bf3 Qb6 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21.
Qxd5 Bc6 $11 {Fridman,D-Ter Sahakyan,S EU-Ch Aix-les-Bains FRA 2011 1/2-1/2 
(34)}) 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 a6 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14. Bg3 Be7 15. O-O b5 16. Qc2
O-O 17. a4 b4 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Rfc1 Qb7 21. b3 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rc8
23. Qd2 Nb6 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,M-Sumets,A Guben GER 2012}) 10... a6
(10... e6 {If you wanted my opinion I would recommend. It is not so bad to
play a theoretical position with an extra tempo.} 11. Nf3 (11. Bd3 Be7 12. g4
$6 {A very aggressive approach. In my opinion White has no good reason to play
so aggressively.} Qb6 13. g5 $6 (13. Rb1 e5 14. dxe5 Nxg4 15. Nf3 (15. Nxd5 $2
Qa5+ 16. Nc3 Ncxe5 $17) 15... d4 16. exd4 Nxd4 17. O-O $13) 13... Nh5 $1 14.
Qxh5 Qxb2 $17 15. Rd1 Qxc3+ 16. Kf1 Nb4 17. Bb1 Ba4 18. Re1 Nd3 19. Bxd3 Qxd3+
20. Kg2 O-O 21. Ne2 Qe4+ 22. f3 Qc2 23. Kg3 Bb5 24. Nc1 Rac8 25. Be5 Qf5 26. h4
f6 {0-1 Shomoev,A-Dreev,A/Kirov RUS 2012}) 11... Be7 12. h3 Ne4 $6 {A dubious
move.} (12... O-O 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 Rac8 15. Bd3 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Be8 17. Rfd1 (
17. g4 $6 Nb4 18. Bb1 Ne4 $132) (17. Na4 Nxd4 18. Nxb6 Nxe2+ 19. Bxe2 Rxc1 20.
Rxc1 axb6 21. Rc7 Rd7 22. Rc8 Rd8 23. Rc7 $11) 17... a6 18. Bb1 Na5 19. Ne5 Nc4
20. Nxc4 Rxc4 $11 {0-1 Stefanova,A-Sargissian,G/Antwerp 2009/CBM 133 (71)}) 13.
Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Bb4 15. a3 Bxd2+ 16. Qxd2 Ne7 17. Be2 Qb6 18. O-O O-O 19.
Rfc1 Nd5 20. Bg3 $14 {Potkin,V-Esen,B/Legnica POL 2013 0-1 (65). White has a
comfortable edge. The result of the game had nothing to do with the outcome of
the opening.}) 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Nge2 e6 13. O-O Be7 $146 (13... Bxe2 $6 {
This is too cynical to be recommended. Despite the fact that White couldn't
win the game he had an edge throughout the whole game.} 14. Qxe2 Bd6 15. Bxd6 (
15. Bg5 $5) 15... Qxd6 16. Rac1 O-O 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Nc5 (18. a3 $5 Rfc8 19. Rc3
Ne7 20. Rfc1 h6 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Qc7 23. b4 $14) 18... Nxc5 19. Rxc5 Rfc8
20. Rfc1 g6 21. b4 Qd7 22. b5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Qd6 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26.
g3 Qa3 27. Rxc6 Qxa2 28. Qxa2 Rxa2 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Rc7 h5 {1/2-1/2 Brunello,
S-Michalik,P/Meissen GER 2013}) 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Na4 Rc8 $6 {I believe that
Black's problems began with this move} (15... Nd7 {Recently Nakamura played a
very similar position against Caruana. Nakamura played with the white pieces.
It seems to me that White has very little chances to gain an advantage.} 16.
Qb3 (16. a3 Rc8 17. h3 (17. Qb3 $6 b5 18. Nc5 $2 Nxc5 19. dxc5 e5 20. Bg3 e4
$19) (17. f3 Bh5 18. b4 Bg6 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. bxc5 e5 $5 21. Bg3 exd4 22. exd4
Re8) 17... Bh5 18. b4 Bg6 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. bxc5 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 b6 22. cxb6 (22.
Qxa6 bxc5 23. dxc5 Qd7 24. Qd3 Na5 25. e4 Bxc5 $11) 22... Qxb6 $11) 16... e5 $5
(16... Ra7) 17. dxe5 Ndxe5 18. Bxe5 (18. Rfd1 $2 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Nb4 20. Qd2 Nxa2
21. Rc7 Bd6 $15) 18... Nxe5 19. Rfd1 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qa5 21. Nac3 Rfd8 22. h3 Be6
23. Nd4 Rac8 $11) 16. f3 Bh5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 (17... e5 $5 {The most interesting
and probably the strongest continuation. It can lead to enormous complications}
18. Nxb7 (18. Bg3 e4 19. fxe4 (19. Bb1 exf3 20. gxf3 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Bg6 22. Bxg6
hxg6 $11) 19... dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bg5 22. Qd3 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Qe7 24.
Bxc6 Qxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 26. Kh1 Bxc1 27. Bxb7 Bxb2 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 $11) 18...
Qb6 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Bf5 (20. Bxe5 $2 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 Qxe5) 20... Rc4 21. Rxc4
dxc4 22. Qd4 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Qxb7 $11) ({Black doesn't get full compensation
for an exchange after} 17... Qb6 18. g4 Bg6 19. g5 Nh5 20. Nd7 Qxb2 21. Nxf8
Bxf8 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qc2 Qa3 24. Kf2 $14) 18. dxc5 $1 {It is much easier for
Black to equalise after Rc5:} (18. Rxc5 Bg6 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Qb3 Qe7 21. Rfc1
Nh5 $11) 18... e5 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 {I think this is not White's best option}
(20. Bh4 $1 e4 {and now Houdini prompts} (20... Rc7 $6 21. Ng3 Bg6 22. Bxf6
gxf6 23. Qd2 $16) (20... g5 21. Bg3 Qe7 22. a3 Rfd8 23. h4 $40) 21. Ng3 $1 (21.
fxe4 dxe4 22. Bc2 Qxd1 23. Bxd1 Nd5 24. Nc3 Nxc3 25. Bxh5 Nxa2 26. Rcd1 Nab4
27. Rd7 g6 28. Be2 Nd3 29. Bxd3 exd3 30. Rxd3 Ne5 31. Rd5 Rfe8 $11) 21... Bxf3
22. Be2 $1 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 g5 24. Bg3 $40 {White has a strong attack for the
pawn.} Ne8 (24... Nb4 25. Qd4 Nd3 26. Rxf6 Nxc1 27. Nc3 $1 (27. Nxc1 $2 Rxc5
$13) 27... Kh7 28. Bd6 Rc6 29. Rf1 $18) 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Qxd4 Qd7 27. Rcd1 $14)
20... Qxf6 21. Ng3 Qg5 22. Qd2 $1 (22. Nxh5 Qxh5 23. Qb3 Qg5 24. Bb1 Rfd8 25.
Qxb7 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 Na5 27. Qxa6 Nc4 28. b4 Ra8 29. Qb7 Rab8 30. Qe7 Rdc8 31.
Qd7 Rd8 32. Qe7 Rdc8 $11) 22... d4 $8 {The only move otherwise Black gets into
troubles.} (22... Rfd8 23. f4 exf4 24. exf4 Qh4 25. a3 Rc7 26. Nf5 Qf6 27. Nd6
$16) (22... Bg6 23. Bxg6 Qxg6 24. Qxd5 Rfd8 25. Qb3 Rd3 26. Qxb7 Rb8 27. Qxa6
Rxb2 28. Rfd1 $16) 23. Qe1 dxe3 $2 {Likely this was the decisive mistake.} (
23... Bg6 24. f4 exf4 (24... Qh4 25. f5 Bh7 26. Qe2 dxe3 27. Rc4 Nd4 28. Qxe3
Rfe8 29. Ne4 Nxf5 $2 30. Rxf5 Bxf5 31. Nd6 $18) 25. exf4 Qd5 26. f5 Bh7 27. Be4
Qe5 28. f6 $40) (23... Rcd8 24. f4 Qh4 25. Be4 Rfe8 26. Qf2 Bg6 27. f5 Bh7 28.
Rce1 $14) 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. Nd6 Rc7 26. Qxe3 Bg6 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Rfe1 $16 {
Black's position is completely joyless.} Qe6 29. a3 g5 30. Rc4 Qd5 31. Qe4 $1
Qxe4 ({Black could have tried} 31... Qd2 $5 32. Rc2 Qd4+ 33. Qxd4 Nxd4 34. Rc4
Nf5 $16) 32. Rcxe4 Rd8 33. R1e3 Kh7 34. Kf2 a5 (34... Re7 35. Rb3 Rdd7 36. Rb6
Nd4 37. b4 $16 {Black's position is very difficult.}) 35. Rc3 Ra8 36. Ke3 Ra6
37. Nc4 Ne7 38. Nb6 a4 39. Kd2 Ra5 40. Nxa4 {White has several attractive
options. It is not easy to point out the best one.} (40. Rxe5 $5 Ng6 41. Ree3
Rcxc5 42. Rxc5 Rxc5 43. Nxa4 $16) (40. Rxa4 Raxc5 41. Rac4 Rxc4 42. Rxc4 Nc6 (
42... Rxc4 43. Nxc4 Nc6 44. Nd6 Nd8 45. a4 Kg6 46. a5 $18) 43. Rc5 Kg6 44. b4
$16) 40... Nd5 41. Rc2 Nf4 42. Kc1 Rc6 43. Kb1 g4 $6 {Black loses a second
pawn. Anyway his position was bad and his defeat was a question of time.} 44.
fxg4 Nd3 45. Re3 Nf4 46. b3 Re6 47. Kb2 Nd5 48. Re4 Nf6 49. Rec4 $18 {White is
completely winning, only a miracle can help Black.} e4 50. Nb6 Nxg4 51. b4 Ra6
52. Re2 Nxh2 53. Rcxe4 Rg6 54. Re7 Ra7 55. a4 Nf1 56. b5 Ng3 57. Rf2 Rg5 58. c6
{Here Black could have admitted his defeat but who among us wants to resign?}
Rxa4 59. Nxa4 Rxb5+ 60. Kc2 bxc6 61. Nc3 Ra5 62. Rff7 Nf5 63. Ra7 Re5 64. g4
Nd4+ 65. Kd2 Ne6 66. Rf5 Nd4 67. Rxe5 Nf3+ 68. Ke3 Nxe5 69. Kf4 Ng6+ 70. Ke4
1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2868"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Nge2 Be7 ({In the last and
decisive game of an old Candidates' quarter-final, Black hurried with the
exchange of bishops exchange, thus offering White a wider choice at a later
moment.} 5... Nxc4 6. dxc4 Be7 7. O-O d6 {Now, 8.f4 would transpose to our
game, but Larsen thought} 8. b3 {to be more flexible and he eventually proved
to be right, at least from a practical point of view, see Larsen,B-Portisch,L/
Porec 1968/Candidates/[ChessBase] (1-0, 28)}) 6. O-O d6 7. f4 ({With the
bishop alive, it would make little sense to bury it with} 7. b3 $2) 7... Nxc4
8. dxc4 c6 9. Kh1 O-O $146 {Not fearing the kingside attack.} ({I did not find
anything wrong with the more cautious} 9... h5 10. f5 h4 11. Qd3 Bd7 12. h3 Qc7
13. Be3 O-O-O {Zinn,L (2410)-Kovacs,L (2385)/Decin 1975/EXT 2003 (1/2, 21)})
10. f5 {If allowed to play g4-g5, White would get a very strong attack. With
the d5-square under firm control of the white pawns, a breakthrough seems to
be difficult to cary out, but Carlsen thought differently.} b5 $5 11. cxb5 d5
12. exd5 (12. bxc6 d4 13. Na4 Nxe4 $17) 12... cxd5 13. Bg5 Bb7 $44 {A brief
glance at the position reveals Black's compensation. However, the ulterior
course of the game proves that White's position is easier to handle, since
Black cannot advance any of his pawns without giving away part of his dynamic
potential.} 14. Ng3 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qe2 Qe7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nh5 e4 19.
Nxf6+ ({It would have made some sense to keep the tension. The h5-knight may
cause some troubles still, for instance with Nxg7, while the f6-bishop is not
going to run away.} 19. Qg4 $5) 19... Qxf6 20. Na4 Ba8 (20... Bc8 $5 {[%csl
Gf5]}) 21. c3 d4 22. cxd4 Rxd4 23. Nc3 Rxd1 24. Nxd1 Rd8 25. Qe3 a6 26. a4 axb5
27. axb5 Rd3 28. Qa7 Bd5 29. Nc3 e3 30. Nxd5 Rxd5 31. Qxe3 Qxb2 32. Qe8+ Kh7
33. Qxf7 Qxb5 34. Qg6+ Kg8 35. Ra1 Rxf5 36. Ra8+ Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. h3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 {This line is very popular nowadays. White wants to avoid the sharp
8.a4 lines and tries to play positionally.} O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 ({The other main
lines are} 10... Bb7) ({and} 10... h6) 11. Re1 ({One month ago} 11. h3 {
was tried} Na5 12. Bc2 Bb7 (12... c5 13. dxc5 (13. d5 c4) (13. Re1 {transposes
to 11.Re1.}) 13... dxc5 14. Qe2 {is similar to the text move.}) 13. Qb1 (13.
Re1 exd4 14. Bxd4 c5 15. Be3 h6 $13) 13... exd4 (13... h6 14. Re1) 14. cxd4 Nc4
15. Nxc4 bxc4 16. Nd2 (16. e5 dxe5 (16... Bxf3 $2 17. exf6) 17. dxe5 Bxf3 18.
exf6 Bxg2 $1 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20. Kg1 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Rxe3 (21... Qg5+ 22. Kh1 Qd5+
23. e4 Qh5 {with perpetual checks.}) 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. fxg7+ Kxg7 24. Rf2 Rg3+
25. Kh2 Qd6 $13 {with a very unclear fight.}) 16... Rb8 17. Nxc4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4
Nxe4 19. Qd3 Qd7 20. Rfc1 Nf6 21. Bd2 Ba7 $13 {and Black looks OK,
Ponomariov-Giri, Zug 2013.}) 11... Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. dxc5 $146 {A logical
novelty.} (13. h3 cxd4 {Probably Anand didn't want to allow this move.} (13...
Nc6 14. d5 (14. dxc5 dxc5 (14... Bxc5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4) 15. a4 Rb8 16. axb5
axb5 {and Black hasn't got any problems.}) 14... Ne7 (14... Na5 15. b3 $14) 15.
a4 Bd7 {with a typical Ruy Lopez middlegame.}) 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 (15. Bxd4
Bb7 $11) 15... Bb7 16. Nf5 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 g6 {and Black looks nicely placed.})
13... dxc5 14. Qe2 Ng4 {Nakamura would like to take advantage of White's
missing h3 immediately.} 15. Nf1 Be6 16. Ng5 (16. h3 {was an interesting
alternative} Nxe3 ({or} 16... Bc4 17. Qd2 Nxe3 (17... Qxd2 18. Bxd2) 18. Qxd8 (
18. Nxe3 Qxd2 19. Nxd2 Be6 20. Nf3 f6 21. Nd5 Nc4 $11) 18... Raxd8 19. Nxe3 Bc7
(19... Be6 $2 20. Nxe5) 20. b4 cxb4 21. cxb4 Nc6 22. Nxc4 bxc4 23. Ba4 Re6 24.
Rac1 $14 {and White is slightly better.}) 17. Nxe3 Nc4 18. Red1 Qc7 19. Nd5
Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Nxb2 21. Bb3 c4 22. Qxb2 cxb3 23. axb3 f6 {with a nearly equal
position.}) 16... Nxe3 17. Nxe6 fxe6 (17... Rxe6 $6 {is dubious because of} 18.
Nxe3 $14 {followed by Nd5.}) 18. Nxe3 c4 19. Qh5 Qc7 20. Ng4 Rf8 {A very
unusual position in Ruy Lopez. Black has doubles e-pawns, but thanks to the
weak f2 P he gets enough counterplay.} 21. Re2 (21. Rad1 Nc6 $11) 21... Rad8 $1
22. Rd1 (22. Qxe5 $2 {doesn't work because of} Qxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxf2 $1 24. Rxf2
Rd2 $15 {and White is in a big trouble.}) 22... Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Rd8 (23... Qd6
24. Bc2 Nc6 $11) 24. Bc2 (24. Rd2 $5 Nc6 $11) 24... b4 $2 {A very ambitious
move, but he missed White's strong answer.} ({The simple} 24... Nc6 {was the
correct} 25. Rd2 Qe7 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. h3 Kf8 $1 28. Qxh7 Qd2 $44 {and Black
has good counterchances.}) 25. cxb4 $2 {Spoiling the sudden chance.} (25. Rd2
$1 {was the strongest move:} Nc6 26. Ba4 $1 bxc3 27. bxc3 g6 28. Qh6 Rxd2 29.
Qxd2 $16 {and Black faces a very unpleasant endgame.}) 25... Nc6 (25... c3 {
was also possible, but after} 26. bxc3 (26. bxa5 $2 cxb2) 26... Qxc3 27. h3 (
27. h4 $5) 27... Nc6 28. Bb3 Nd4 29. Re3 Qxb4 30. Nxe5 Rf8 31. Qg4 {it is very
difficult to play with Black.}) 26. Ba4 $6 ({Still} 26. Rd2 {gives the best
chance} Nd4 27. Ne3 a5 $44) 26... Nxb4 27. Qxe5 Qe7 $1 {A very strong
cold-blooded move by Nakamura!} 28. Qh5 Nxa2 (28... Nd3) ({or} 28... Rf8 {
were also promising for Black.}) 29. g3 $2 {A decisive mistake probably in
time trouble.} (29. Ne5 {was the last chance, which sometimes threatens with
Nc6 fork.} g6 (29... Nc1 30. Rc2) 30. Qg4 Qd6 31. Nf3 Nc1 32. Rd2 Nd3 33. Bc2 {
and White can hold his position.}) 29... Nc1 $1 $19 {A very strong N move,
followed by Nd3. White's position is already hopeless.} 30. Rc2 Nd3 31. e5 Rf8
32. Rxc4 (32. Bc6 Rf5 33. Qe8+ Qxe8 34. Bxe8 h5 $19) 32... Bxf2+ 33. Kg2 (33.
Nxf2 Qa7 $1 $19) 33... Bc5 34. Bc6 Rf5 35. Qh4 Ne1+ 36. Kh3 Qf7 37. Rxc5 Rh5
38. Bg2 Rxh4+ 39. gxh4 Qf5 {A great win by Nakamura!} 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. g4
d5 {A radical attempt to prevent the typical kingside attack. Black has a wide
range of alternatives in the true spirit of the Scheveningen variation, while
now play takes on the contours of the Rubinstein French Defence.} (8... h6) (
8... Nc6 9. g5 Nd7 {Bologan,V (2585)-Atalik,S (2585)/Timisu de Sus 1998/EXT
2002/[Atalik] (1-0, 58)}) (8... b5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. a3 $5 Bxg5 11. Qd2 Bf6 12.
O-O-O Bb7 13. Rhg1 Nc5 14. e5 Bxe5 15. Ndxb5 $40 {Ivanchuk,V (2739)-Negi,P 
(2634)/Peristeri 2010/CBM 137 Extra (1-0, 21)}) 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11.
Bf3 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 {A superficial glance would suggest the
following evaluation: White has an advance in development and kingside space
advantage. However, the latter will turn into a drawback, allowing Black to
catch up in development.} Nd7 14. O-O-O Ne5 {Now is when the drawbacks of the
early g2-g4 come to tell: with the pawn on g3, White could retreat with his
bishop to g2, preventing Black's queenside development.} 15. Be2 Bd7 16. f4 {
1/2 Tiviakov,S (2628)-Nielsen,P (2626)/Esbjerg 2002/CBM 091} Nc6 $146 {The
novelty consists of the fact that, unlike in the previous game, the struggle
went on for a while.} 17. Nb3 O-O-O 18. Bf3 Kc7 19. a3 Na7 20. Nd4 Nb5 21. Be3
Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bc6 23. Rhf1 f6 24. Be2 h6 25. h4 b5 26. h5 Be4 27. Rd2 Kc6 28.
Rfd1 Rd7 29. Be3 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 e5 31. c4 b4 32. axb4 Bxb4 33. Rd1 Re8 34. fxe5
Rxe5 35. Bd2 Bxd2+ 36. Kxd2 a5 37. Ra1 Kb6 38. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 {Deviating from the games played in Wijk aan Zee
2013.} (3... Nf6 4. d4 d5 (4... exd4 5. e5 {Hou,Y (2603)-Carlsen,M (2861)/Wijk
aan Zee 2013/CBM 153/[Marin,M] (0-1, 66)}) 5. Bb5 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 {
Carlsen,M (2861)-Harikrishna,P (2698)/Wijk aan Zee 2013/CBM 153/[Marin,M] (1-0,
49)}) 4. Qa4 {Quite provocative. Contrary to any principles of development,
the queen is one of the first pieces to develop. Is the prize of one pawn
reward enough for such a concession?} Nf6 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. d3 O-O 8.
Be2 Re8 9. Nd2 Bg4 $146 (9... Bf4 10. O-O Bxd2 11. Bxd2 dxe4 12. d4 Qd6 13. Qa3
(13. h3 $5) (13. Rfe1 Bg4 14. Bf1) 13... Bg4 $11 {Ghaem Maghami,E (2603)
-Harikrishna,P (2672)/Ha Long City 2009/CBM 133 Extra (1/2, 30)}) 10. Qd1 Bxe2
11. Qxe2 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qh4 14. g4 f5 15. Be3 Rxe4 16. gxf5 Qh3 (
16... Rae8 {would be simpler:} 17. O-O-O Bf4 18. Rd3 Qg5 {[%cal Gg5f5]}) 17. f6
(17. O-O-O Qxf5 $15) 17... Qe6 18. fxg7 Rb8 19. b3 {The g7-pawn is the black
king's best friend, covering it against any dangers.} a5 $44 20. Rd1 a4 21. Qf3
axb3 22. axb3 Re8 23. Rd4 Rxd4 24. cxd4 Qxb3 25. Qxc6 Rxe3+ 26. fxe3 Qxe3+ 27.
Kf1 Qd3+ 28. Kf2 Qd2+ 29. Kf1 Qd3+ 30. Kf2 Qd2+ 31. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 {The knight
move to d7 is currently the most topical line against White's unpleasant
attack with the immediate 6.Bg5.} 7. Qe2 g6 8. O-O-O Bg7 9. f4 Qa5 {Nakamura
must know what he is doing against the best world players he regulary meets at
supertournaments. His solution has not been tested in practice even though the
queen foray is unpleasant for White.} (9... O-O 10. g4 (10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5
Qa5 12. Nf3 Ng4 13. Rd5 b5 14. h3 Nh6 15. Kb1 Nf5 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. g4 Bb7 18.
Rxd7 Qxd7 19. gxf5 Qxf5 20. Ned2 Bxe5 21. Qe3 Qe6 22. Rg1 Bg7 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24.
Be2 $11 {1/2 (41) Alekseev,E (2673)-Grischuk,A (2763) Moscow 2012}) (10. Kb1
Qc7 11. Nf3 e5 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14. Rxd6 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4
Rxe4 17. Bg3 Bf8 18. Rd1 b5 19. Bd3 Re8 20. Rhe1 Rxe1 21. Nxe1 Nc5 22. Be2 Bf5
$11 {1/2 (48) Balogh,C (2668)-Navara,D (2691) Sibenik 2012}) (10. f5 Ne5 11. h4
Bd7 12. h5 Rc8 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Qe1 Rf7 15. Rh3 b5 16. Qh4 Qa5 17. Nd5 gxf5
18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxf6 Rg7 21. Qxd6 fxe4 22. Qd5+ Nf7 {1-0 (22)
Castellanos Rodriguez,R (2515)-Asis Gargatagli,H (2474) Leon 2012}) 10... h6
11. Bh4 e5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nf3 Qa5 15. Rxd6 Be6 16. Nd4 Bc4 17.
Qf2 Ne8 18. Rd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nc7 20. Be7 Nxd5 21. Nb3 Qb6 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23.
Bxf8 Rxf8 $11 {1/2 (77) Kosintseva,T (2517)-Ushenina,A (2477) Huashan City 2013
}) (9... Qc7 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Bg4 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Nd5 Qc5 15.
Qe4 Rc8 16. Nc3 Bf5 17. Qxb7 O-O 18. Rxd7 Bxd7 19. Qxd7 Rfd8 20. Qa4 Qe3+ 21.
Kb1 Rxc3 $17 {0-1 (36) Sommerbauer,N (2427)-Czebe,A (2494) Oberwart 2005}) 10.
g3 (10. Kb1 O-O 11. g4 Qc7 12. f5 Ne5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Nxf6+ exf6
16. Qg2 $14) 10... h6 {Irritating the bishop is a very important feature of
the plan. Karjakin could not have been happy about the necessity to make a
choice. Parting with the knight saves time but has positional drawbacks.} (
10... O-O 11. Bg2 h6 12. Bh4 Nc5 13. Kb1 $14) 11. Bxf6 (11. Bh4 Qc5 12. Nf3 b5
13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 (14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nxe5 Bb7 16. Bg2 Bxg2 17. Qxg2 O-O $11)
14... Ng4 15. e6 Nb6 16. exf7+ Kxf7 $11) 11... Nxf6 (11... Bxf6 12. Nb3 Qc7 13.
Nd5 Qd8 14. e5 $1 dxe5 15. Nxf6+ exf6 16. fxe5 Qe7 (16... fxe5 17. Rxd7 Kxd7
18. Bh3+ Ke7 19. Qxe5+ Be6 20. Rf1 $18) 17. exf6 Qxe2 18. Bxe2 Nxf6 19. Rhe1
O-O 20. Rd6 $14) 12. Bg2 {It is difficult to imagine a lesser player resisting
the chance for the advance of the e-pawn 12.e5. The dangers for Black can not
be underestimated, but White's advantage would be rather elusive.} (12. e5 dxe5
13. Nb3 Qc7 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Bg2 Nxe5 16. Nd5 Qd6 17. h3 O-O 18. Rhe1 $11)
12... Bg4 13. Bf3 (13. Nf3 Nd7 $15) 13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 (14. Nxf3 O-O 15. e5
Nd7 $11) 14... O-O 15. Rhe1 {White cannot claim that he has achieved any
palpable advantage, but his neatly centralised pieces are offering chances for
active play.} Nd7 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. h4 Rc8 {Nakamura finds it hard
to believe that White's initiative could amount to anything real. A more
careful player would probably spend more time on the cautious approach with 18.
..h5.} (18... h5 19. Qd3 Rc8 20. Kb1 Nb6 $11) 19. h5 $1 e6 (19... gxh5 $5 20.
Qxh5 e6 21. Ne3 Qc7 22. Kb1 $14) 20. Nc3 (20. Ne3 $5 Qf6 21. Nd4 (21. e5 $2
Nxe5 $15) 21... b5 22. Kb1 $14) 20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qf6 22. hxg6 {The tactical
phase of the game required great caution from both players. Each move can
alter the value of the position, which is objectively somewhat better for
White.} (22. Rxd6 Rxc3 23. Qf2 Ne5 24. Qd4 Nd3+ 25. Kd2 Qxd4 26. Nxd4 Nxe1 27.
Kxc3 gxh5 $11) 22... fxg6 (22... Rxc3 23. Qg4 (23. gxf7+ Rxf7 24. Qf2 e5 $11)
23... Qxg6 24. Qxg6+ fxg6 25. Rxd6 Nf6 (25... Rf7 26. Rxe6 Rxg3 27. e5 $14) 26.
Nd4 Rxg3 27. e5 $14) 23. Rxd6 Ne5 $2 {The American grandmaster certainly knows
how to apply his tactical magic in attacking positions. Unfortunately
defensive tasks are generally much less attractive and it shows in his last
choice.} (23... Rxc3 24. e5 Rxf3 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Rexe6 Kg7 27. Nd4 Rxg3 28.
Re7+ Kh8 29. Rxb7 $14) 24. Qh1 $6 {[%mdl 64] Karjakin was definitely happy in
this position and was probably spoiled for choice. It is a bit risky to claim
something definite, but it seems that the more centralising retreat 24.Qd1!
would have led to a winning position.} (24. Qd1 $1 Nc4 25. e5 Qf7 (25... Qf5
26. Nd4 Qf7 27. Nxe6 Nxd6 28. exd6 $18) 26. Rd7 Qe8 27. Qd3 Nb6 (27... b5 28.
Rh1 $18) 28. Rxb7 Na4 29. Qxa6 $18) 24... Nc4 25. e5 Qf7 26. Rd4 (26. Qxh6 Nxd6
27. exd6 Rfd8 28. Nd2 Rxd6 29. Ne4 Rd7 30. Rh1 Qg7 31. Qg5 Rf8 32. Rh6 Kf7 33.
Qh4 Kg8 $11) 26... h5 27. Qe4 {The queen is rushing back to the centre
indirectly vindicating our note about the merits of the 24th move.} b5 28. Red1
(28. Qd3 Rc7 29. Nd2 Nxd2 30. Qxd2 Rfc8 31. Re3 $16) 28... Rc7 (28... Qf5 29.
Qxf5 Rxf5 30. Rd7 Rff8 31. Ra7 Ra8 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Rd7 $16) 29. Nc5 $1 {
Chess would certainly be very dull without small combinations. White is using
a trojan horse in order to penetrate the enemy ranks.} Rxc5 (29... Re8 30. Rd7
Re7 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Qd4 $18) 30. Rd7 Rc7 (30... Qe8 31. Qb7 Rf7
32. Rxf7 Qxf7 33. Rd8+ Kg7 34. Rd7 $18) 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. g4 $1 {Karjakin can
prove the might of his major pieces only under one condition, if they start to
play to their maximum. Opening the kingside is surely the right strategy.} hxg4
(32... h4 33. Rh1 Rh8 34. f5 $18) 33. Rh1 Kg7 (33... Rg8 34. Rh7+ Rg7 35. Rh8
$1 Nb6 36. Qg2 $18) 34. Qg2 (34. Rh4 Rf5 35. Qh1 Rh5 36. Rxh5 gxh5 37. Qxh5 $18
) 34... Rh8 (34... Rxf4 $2 35. Qh2 Rf5 36. Qh8+ Kf7 37. Rh7#) 35. Rxh8 (35. Re1
Na3 36. Qxg4 Rh2 37. Rg1 Rxc2+ 38. Kd1 Rd7+ 39. Ke1 Rc1+ 40. Kf2 Rxg1 41. Kxg1
$18) 35... Kxh8 36. Qxg4 Rh7 {Black can suddenly entertain some mild hopes as
the white king is trapped in an unfortunate position on the back rank.} 37. Qd1
(37. Qg1 Rh3 38. a4 $18) 37... Rf7 38. Qd4 (38. Qg4 Kg7 39. Qxe6 Rxf4 40. Kd1
$18) 38... Kg7 (38... g5 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qxg5 $18) 39. Kd1 {At long last
White's majesty is getting the chance to win some breathing space.} g5 40. fxg5
(40. Qg1 Rf5 41. Qa7+ Kf8 42. Qxa6 gxf4 43. Qxe6 Rf7 44. Ke2 Nxe5 45. Kf2 $18)
40... Kg6 41. Qh4 Nxe5 (41... Rh7 42. Qe4+ Kg7 43. Qf3 Kg8 44. Qc6 $18) 42. Qh3
(42. Qh6+ Kf5 43. Qh3+ Kxg5 44. Qxe6 $18) 42... Kxg5 43. Qxe6 {Nakamura has
managed to eliminate two white pawns, but it came at a serious cost. The
coordination of his pieces is so bad, that he will have to play very
creatively in order to continue resistance.} Rf5 44. Qxa6 Nc4 45. Ke2 Re5+ 46.
Kf2 (46. Kd3 Rf5 47. Kd4 Rf4+ 48. Kc5 Rf5+ 49. Kb4 Ne3 50. Kb3 $18) 46... Ne3 (
46... Rf5+ 47. Kg3 Ne3 48. Qa7 $18) 47. Qa7 Ng4+ 48. Kf3 Rf5+ 49. Ke2 (49. Kg3
Nf6 50. Qe3+ Kh5 51. Qd4 Kg6 52. c4 $18) 49... Re5+ 50. Kd2 Rd5+ 51. Kc1 Kf4 {
Black's pieces are dreaming about a position in which they would be able to
pull in the same direction.} 52. Qf7+ (52. a4 $1 bxa4 53. c4 Re5 54. c5 $18)
52... Ke4 53. Qh7+ Kf4 54. Qh4 {The white queen has excellent mobility that
can be used even for pinning a piece.} (54. c4 bxc4 55. a4 Ne5 56. Qc7 $18)
54... Re5 55. Kb2 Kf3 56. c4 $1 {It was no secret that White would want to
create and exploit passed pawns on the queenside.} Ne3 (56... bxc4 57. Qh3+ Kf4
58. Qf1+ Ke3 59. Qxc4 $18) 57. Qf6+ Ke4 58. Qc6+ Kd4 59. Qd6+ (59. Qd6+ Ke4 60.
Qd3+ Kf4 61. cxb5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nf6 {This is an open invitation to transposing to the Sveshnikov, but I
somehow fail to see the point of using a different move order. Which lines did
Black wish to avoid? Not the topical ones, for sure, since they all are
connected with the position arising after 9.Bg5.} (8... Nge7 {would be in the
spirit of the Kalashnikov move order.}) 9. c4 $5 {A plan that is known from
the lines with 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 and only now 11.c4.} b4 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6
11. Nc2 Be7 {A rare move, advocated by the pioneer of the Kalashnikov and
Sveshnikov variation.} (11... Qg6 12. Ne3 (12. Qd5 {Anand,V (2757)-Shirov,A 
(2715)/Linares 2002/CBM 088/[Ftacnik] (1-0, 31)}) 12... Be7 13. g3 O-O (13...
h5 {Grischuk,A (2701)-Fedorov,A (2604)/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096/[Postny] (1/2, 35)
}) 14. Bg2 {Bologan,V (2652)-Tregubov,P (2627)/Belfort 2002/CBM 090/[Bologan] 
(1-0, 30)}) 12. g3 h5 $146 {I wonder which were Nakamura's feeling when seeing
this move. At Wijk aan Zee he lost badly against Carlsen using the same
radical advance of he h-pawn in a similar position.} (12... O-O 13. Bg2 Bb7 14.
O-O Qg6 (14... Bd8 15. Be3 a5 {1/2 Stefansson,H (2549)-Sveshnikov,E (2508)/
Riga 2004/CBM 101 ext (29)}) 15. b3 a5 {1-0 Shirov,A (2736)-Sveshnikov,E (2557)
/Tallinn 2004/CBM 100 (40)}) 13. h3 Qg6 14. Bg2 h4 15. g4 O-O 16. O-O Be6 17.
Ne3 Rac8 18. b3 Rfd8 19. a3 $14 {Despite the weaknesses on f4 and d4, White
controls the position firmly. Black has no favourable pawn breaks and his
queen is passive.} bxa3 20. Nf5 Bg5 21. Rxa3 a5 22. Bb2 Rd7 23. Bc3 Bd8 24. Kh1
Qh7 25. f4 Bb6 26. Ra2 Bc5 27. Rd2 f6 28. Nxd6 Rb8 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Nf5 g6 31.
Nh6+ Kh8 32. Rf6 Rxd2 33. Bxd2 Qd7 34. Qe1 Kg7 35. Rf1 Rxb3 36. Bg5 Qd3 37. Nf7
Qg3 38. Qd2 Bxc4 39. Bf6+ Kf8 40. Nxe5 Qxh3+ 41. Bxh3 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Bb4 7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Nbd7
15. Nd2 Qc7 ({I recommended} 15... e5 {- see CBM 148. However, the text move
is possible, too.}) 16. f4 {A seemingly logical move preventing 16...e5.
However, it allows Black's queenside pawns to move forward.} (16. f3 $142 {
- see Jakovenko - Grigoryan in CBM 142}) 16... a4 $1 17. Rb1 (17. Rxa4 $4 Qc6)
(17. e4 a3 18. Bc1 Rfd8 19. e5 {1-0 (27) Kasparov,G (2805)-Tyomkin,D (2310)
Tel Aviv 1994} Nc5 $1 20. dxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Kh1 Rxd3 22. exf6 Qd4 $19) 17... Rfd8
{[%cal Rd7c5]} (17... Rfb8 18. e4 Nf8 19. e5 N6d7 20. f5 exf5 21. Rxf5 $36 {
1/2 (51) Horvath,D (2386)-Berczes,D (2528) Budapest 2012}) 18. Qe2 b3 (18...
Nf8 19. e4 N6d7 20. Qe3 (20. e5 f5 $1 21. exf6 (21. h3 Nc5 $1 22. dxc5 Qd7)
21... Nxf6 22. Qe3 {0-1 (92) Breder,D (2435)-Rombaldoni,D (2465) Budapest 2009}
Re8 $13) 20... f6 21. Ba1 b3 22. Be2 e5 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. d5 Ng6 25. Bg4 Qc5
26. Rbe1 Qxe3+ 27. Rxe3 Nc5 28. Bf5 $36 {1-0 (45) Lyukmanov,V (2353)-Altanoch,
G (2034) ICCF WS 2006}) 19. Ba1 (19. Ra1 $5 Nb8 20. c5 $13 {[%cal Yd2c4] needs
analysis.}) 19... Qd6 $146 {Black renews the ...Nc5 threat. However, e3-e4-e5
now gains in strength. Practice has seen:} (19... Qb6 20. e4 (20. Kh1 Nf8 21.
f5 Re8 22. e4 exf5 23. Rxf5 Rad8 24. d5 N6d7 25. e5 Ng6 $13 {1-0 (38) Yevseev,
D (2557)-Zinchenko,Y (2501) Cappelle la Grande 2006}) 20... Nf8 21. e5 Ng4 $1
22. c5 (22. Qxg4 $2 Rxd4) 22... Qb4 23. Nc4 Nh6 $13 {D.Yevseev}) (19... Nf8 20.
e4 $13 (20. f5 e5 21. dxe5 {0-1 (31) Soppe,G (2480)-Varela,G (2290) Boca 1997}
N6d7 $1 22. e6 Nc5 $36)) (19... Nb8 $5 {[%cal Yb8c6]} 20. f5 (20. d5 Nbd7 21.
e4 {0-1 (51) Duzhakov,I (2267)-Kosov,I (2405) Peterhof 2008} exd5 22. cxd5 Qb6+
23. Kh1 Ba6 $15) (20. e4 Nc6 21. d5 Nb4 22. Rf3 (22. Bxf6 gxf6 $13 {V.Malakhov}
) 22... exd5 23. exd5 Qb6+ 24. Qf2 $2 (24. Kh1 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Bc8 $13 {V.
Malakhov}) 24... Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Nfxd5 $1 $17 {0-1 (39) Cramling,P (2488)
-Turova,I (2413) Dresden 2004}) 20... Nbd7 {[%cal Ye6e5]} (20... Nc6 21. fxe6
fxe6 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Qg4+ Qg7 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Be4 Re8 26. Qh3 $13 {1/2 (34)
Jakovljevic,V (2461)-Delabaca,R (2164) Kemer 2007}) 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Nf3 (22.
c5 $5 {[%cal Yd2c4]}) 22... Be4 23. Ng5 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Ne5 25. Qc3 Neg4 26. Rf4
{0-1 (46) Har Zvi,R (2510)-Kantsler,B (2475) Tel Aviv 1996 CBM 053 [Kantsler]}
Qa5 $1 27. Qxa5 Rxa5 28. Nxe6 Rb8 $17) 20. e4 Nc5 21. e5 Qc6 22. exf6 Nxd3 23.
Qg4 $2 (23. Rf3 $1 b2 (23... Nb4 24. Qe5 g6 25. Qg5 Qe8 26. Rh3 $40 {M.Golubev}
) 24. Rxd3 bxa1=Q 25. Rxa1 gxf6 26. f5 $13) 23... g6 24. Rf3 b2 $1 {[%mdl 320]}
25. Qg5 (25. Rxd3 bxa1=Q 26. Rxa1 {now loses due to} Rxd4 $1 27. Rxd4 Qc5 28.
f5 Rd8 $19 {M.Golubev}) 25... bxa1=Q 26. Rxa1 Qb6 $1 {This move parries
White's attack.} 27. Rxd3 (27. c5 Qb2 28. Rxd3 Qxa1+ 29. Kf2 (29. Nf1 Kf8)
29... Rxd4 30. Qh6 Rxf4+ 31. Qxf4 h5 $19 {M.Golubev}) 27... Rxd4 28. Rb1 Qd8
29. Rxb7 Rxd3 30. Nf3 a3 31. Rxf7 Qb6+ 32. c5 Qb1+ 33. Kf2 Rxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3 Nh5
9. O-O e5 10. Re1 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nd7 14. Nf3 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Nf6 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. Re5 f5 18. Rae1 Qd6 19. Bc2 Bd7 20. Qd1 a6 21. Ba4 b5
22. Bb3 Rae8 23. cxb5 axb5 24. c4 b4 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Qa1 Nf6
28. Qe5 Qxe5 29. Nxe5 Nd7 30. Nd3 Kf8 31. Nxf4 Ke7 32. Nd3 Kd6 33. f4 Nf6 34.
Kf2 Bd7 35. Ke3 Bc8 36. Ne5 Ke7 37. Bc2 Ne8 38. g4 Nd6 39. g5 Bd7 40. Kd2 Nc8
41. Kc1 Nb6 42. Kb2 Na4+ 43. Bxa4 Bxa4 44. a3 bxa3+ 45. Kxa3 Bc2 46. Kb2 Ba4
47. Nd3 Kd6 48. Nf2 Ke7 49. Kc3 Kd6 50. h4 Ke7 51. Nd3 Kd6 52. Nb2 Be8 53. Nd1
Ba4 54. Ne3 Bd7 55. Nf1 Ba4 56. h5 Bd7 57. Ng3 Be8 58. Kd2 Ke7 59. Kc3 Kd6 60.
Kd3 Ke7 61. Ke2 Ba4 62. Nf1 Bd7 63. Kf2 Ba4 64. Kg3 Bd1 65. h6 Ba4 66. Ne3 Kf7
67. d6 Bc6 68. d7 Bxd7 69. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "241"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. a4 Rb8 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nbxd4
Nxd4 15. cxd4 Re8 16. Re1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nh5 18. Ba4 Rf8 19. Bc6 Qf6 20. Ra4 Nf4
21. Kh1 d5 22. exd5 Ng6 23. Re4 Ne7 24. Rc4 Qd6 25. Bf4 Qd8 26. Bg5 f6 27. Bf4
Nxd5 28. Bxd5+ Qxd5 29. Qe2 Rf7 30. Kg2 Rbf8 31. Qc2 g5 32. Be3 Ra8 33. b3 Kg7
34. Rc6 Ra5 35. Qc4 Rb5 36. h4 h6 37. Rce6 Ba5 38. Re8 c6 39. Ra8 Bb4 40. Re6
gxh4 41. Qxc6 Qxc6 42. Rxc6 Bf8 43. Rc3 Rfb7 44. Rcc8 Be7 45. Rg8+ Kf7 46. Rh8
h5 47. Rh7+ Kg6 48. Rh6+ Kf7 49. Rah8 Bf8 50. Rxh5 Rxh5 51. Rxh5 Rxb3 52. Rxh4
Rb5 53. Kf1 Ke6 54. Ke2 Bd6 55. Kd3 Rb3+ 56. Kc4 Rb4+ 57. Kc3 Rb5 58. Rh6 Ra5
59. Kd3 Bf8 60. Rh8 Bd6 61. Kc4 Ra4+ 62. Kb3 Ra3+ 63. Kb2 Ra5 64. Bd2 Rf5 65.
Rh3 Bf4 66. Be3 Bd6 67. Kc3 Ra5 68. Rh6 Ra3+ 69. Kc4 Ra4+ 70. Kd3 Bf8 71. Rh5
Ra3+ 72. Ke4 Ra4 73. f4 Be7 74. Rb5 Bd6 75. f5+ Kd7 76. Rb7+ Ke8 77. Kd5 Be7
78. Rb5 Ra2 79. Rb8+ Kd7 80. Rb7+ Ke8 81. Ke4 Bd6 82. Kd3 Ra5 83. Ke4 Ra2 84.
f3 Be7 85. Bf4 Ra4 86. Bd2 Kd8 87. Kd5 Ke8 88. Rb5 Kd7 89. Ra5 Rxa5+ 90. Bxa5
Ba3 91. Bb6 Bc1 92. Bc5 Be3 93. Bb4 Bf2 94. Bf8 Be3 95. Bc5 Bg1 96. Ba3 Be3 97.
Ke4 Bd2 98. Bc5 Ke8 99. d5 Kd7 100. Be3 Ba5 101. Bd4 Bd8 102. Bc3 Be7 103. Kf4
Bd6+ 104. Kg4 Ke7 105. Bd2 Bc5 106. Bf4 Bb4 107. Kh5 Kf7 108. Bg3 Bc5 109. d6
Bd4 110. Bh4 Bb6 111. d7 Bd8 112. Kh6 Ba5 113. Be1 Bb6 114. Bb4 Bd8 115. Kh5
Kg7 116. Bd6 Kh7 117. Kh4 Kh6 118. Kg4 Kg7 119. Kf4 Kh6 120. Ke4 Kg5 121. Bf4+
1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Na4 Bb6 6. Nxb6 axb6 7. Ne2 Be6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Nd4 11. O-O g5 12. Bg3 Bxc4 13. dxc4 Ne6 14. f3 h5
15. Bf2 h4 16. Be3 Nh5 17. a4 Nhf4 18. b3 f6 19. Qd2 Qd7 20. Nd1 O-O 21. Nf2 f5
22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. h3 Kg7 25. Ne4 Kg6 26. Nc3 Qe6 27. Rfe1 Kh6 28.
Re4 Rf7 29. Nd5 Kh7 30. Qe3 Qg6 31. Qd2 Raf8 32. Re3 Ra8 33. Ree1 Ne6 34. Re2
Nf4 35. Nxf4 Rxf4 36. Qd5 Ra7 37. Re4 Kg7 38. Rae1 Qf7 39. Qd2 Ra8 40. Qb4 Ra5
41. Qd2 Ra8 42. Rxf4 gxf4 43. Ra1 Kf6 44. Qe1 Qh7 45. a5 Rxa5 46. Rxa5 bxa5 47.
Qxa5 Ke6 48. Qd2 b6 49. b4 Kd7 50. c5 bxc5 51. bxc5 Kc6 52. cxd6 cxd6 53. Qc3+
Kb5 54. Qc8 Qa7+ 55. Kh2 Qe7 56. Qb8+ Kc6 57. Kg1 Qc7 58. Qe8+ Kd5 59. Qg8+ Kd4
60. Qg5 Qxc2 61. Qxh4 Qd1+ 62. Kh2 Ke3 63. Qe7 Qe1 64. Qa7+ Ke2 65. Qa6+ Kf2
66. Qa7+ Ke2 67. Qa2+ Kf1 68. Qa6+ Kf2 69. Qb6+ Ke2 70. Qxd6 Qg3+ 71. Kg1 Qe1+
72. Kh2 Qg3+ 73. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. a3 Bb7 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. h4 d5 13. Rg1 dxe4 14. g5 hxg5 15.
hxg5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. g6 f5 18. fxe4 fxe4 19. Kb1 Ne5 20. Nxb5 Nf3 21. Qf2
Qf6 22. Qg3 axb5 23. Bxb5+ Ke7 24. c4 Rh2 25. Qxh2 Nxh2 26. cxd5 Qf5 27. Bg5+
Kd6 28. dxe6+ Ke5 29. Bd7 e3+ 30. Ka1 Bxa3 31. Bxc8 Qc2 32. bxa3 Qc3+ 33. Ka2
Qxc8 34. e7 Qc2+ 35. Ka1 Qc3+ 36. Ka2 Qc2+ 37. Ka1 Qc3+ 38. Ka2 Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 e6 6. Qa3 c6 7. Nf3 a5 {This
sytem was examined many years ago in CBM 77, annotations to
Kortschnoj-Krasenkow (Lviv 2000). Black is threatening 8...dxc4 and preparing .
..Nb8-a6-b4. Eventually, White's queen will have to retreat from its powerful
position on a3.} 8. b3 Na6 9. Be2 (9. c5 Nd7 10. Bxa6 Rxa6 11. Na4 O-O (11...
g5 $5 12. O-O g4 13. Ne1 h5 14. Nd3 Qg5 15. Qb2 e5 16. e4 Qg6 {0-1 (40)
Kortschnoj,V (2620)-Van Wely,L (2643) Istanbul 2000 EXT 2001 [Krasenkow,M]} 17.
Re1 $13 {L.Van Wely}) 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. O-O Re8 14. Rac1 Bf8 15. Ba1 b5 16. Nb2
b4 17. Qa4 Bb7 18. a3 bxa3 19. Qxa3 Raa8 20. Rfe1 Bg7 21. Na4 Ba6 22. Bc3 Bb5
23. Nb2 e5 $36 {1/2 (60) Kortschnoj,V (2629)-Kurnosov,I (2580) Cheliabinsk 2007
}) (9. Bd2 $5 Nb4 (9... Ne4 10. Qb2 O-O 11. Be2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qe7
14. O-O Rd8 15. Rab1 Rb8 16. Rfd1 e5 $11 {1/2 (34) Baumgartner,U (2242)-Siger,
I (2093) Lechenicher SchachServer 2008}) 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Be2 b6 12. Na4 Na6 13.
c5 bxc5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Rxc5 {1-0 (55) Krizsany,L (2385)-Wapner,J (2155)
Budapest 1994} a4 $1 $13) 9... Ne4 (9... Nb4 10. Qb2 c5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 b6
13. a3 Nc6 14. Qc2 cxd4 15. exd4 Bb7 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. c5 (17. h3 Qe7 18. Bg5 h6
19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Qb2 Qd6 $11 {0-1 (67) Jakobsen,O (2402)-Ruck,R
(2472) Koszeg 2000}) 17... bxc5 (17... Nd7 $1 $13) 18. dxc5 d4 19. Bc4 h6 20.
Nb5 Nd5 21. Bg3 Ba6 22. Nd6 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Nc3 24. Nxc8 Nxd1 25. Rxd1 Qxc8 26.
b4 $16 {1-0 (38) Ringoir,T (2468)-Greenfeld,A (2540) Amsterdam NED 2013}) 10.
Qb2 (10. Na4 Nb4 (10... Bd7 11. c5 O-O 12. Bb2 Nc7 13. Nb6 Ra7 14. b4 Be8 15.
bxa5 f6 16. O-O g5 17. Bc3 Bg6 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Ba1 $14 {1-0 (31) Gabriel,C 
(2553)-Moor,R (2391) Switzerland 2005}) 11. Qb2 c5 $5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rd1 cxd4
14. exd4 dxc4 15. bxc4 Bd7 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Ba4 $1 18. Rd2 Qc7 $11 {
1/2 (42) Kortschnoj,V (2659)-Krasenkow,M (2661) Lvov 2000 CBM 077 [Krasenkow,M]
}) 10... O-O 11. O-O b6 (11... c5 12. Rd1 b6 13. Bd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 cxd4 15.
exd4 Bb7 16. Rac1 Re8 17. Na4 dxc4 18. bxc4 Bc6 19. Qc2 Re7 $11 {0-1 (36)
Vorobiov,E (2581)-Cernousek,L (2440) Teplice 2012}) (11... Nac5 $5) 12. Rd1 Bb7
13. Bd2 Nxd2 (13... c5 {is also possible. In any case Black has no problems.})
14. Qxd2 Nb8 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. Na4 Qe7 17. Ne1 Rfd8 {Threatening ...d5xc4 and ..
.e6-e6 or ...c6-c5, Black practically forces c4xd5, which clarifies the
position in the centre.} 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nd3 {[%mdl 32] Taking into
consideration what happened in the game, I would suggest another plan for
White:} (19. Nf3 {[%cal Yh2h4,Yg2g3] restricting Black's dark-squared bishop
and stopping his h-pawn. Such a plan would hardly be good if Black's knight
could join his attack (say, ...Nd7-f6-e4) but here it is tied to the b6-pawn.})
19... Re8 20. Rc2 h5 $1 21. Bf1 h4 22. Qc1 Qe6 23. h3 Bf8 24. Be2 Bd6 {A
typical manoeuvre. White's position becomes dubious.} 25. Nf4 Qe7 26. Qb1 Kg7 (
26... Bb8 $5 {[%cal Ye7d6] (H.Nakamura). White can't protect the naked b8-h2
diagonal.}) 27. Nd3 {White must just build up a defensive set-up and wait} Rac8
28. Ne1 f5 29. Bd3 Qf6 30. Re2 Re7 31. Qc2 Rf8 {[%cal Yg6g5]} 32. f4 {A
desperate attempt to change the unfavourable course of events. However, the
e3-pawn now becomes weak.} (32. Nf3 g5 33. Nh2 Kg8 {[%cal Ye7g7,Yg5g4]}) 32...
Rfe8 33. Qd2 g5 (33... b5 $5 34. Nc3 (34. Nb2 c5 $1 35. Bxb5 cxd4 36. Qxd4 (36.
exd4 Rxe2 37. Bxe2 Bb4 38. Qd3 Re6 $17 {[%cal Rb7a6]}) (36. Bxd7 dxe3 $17 37.
Rxe3 $140 $2 Bc5) 36... Rxe3 $1 37. Rxe3 Rxe3 38. Qxf6+ Nxf6 $17) 34... b4 35.
Na4 c5 36. Nxc5 Nxc5 37. dxc5 Bxc5 38. Nc2 Qb6 39. Rde1 Bc6 $15) (33... c5 $5)
34. Nf3 $5 gxf4 35. exf4 Rxe2 36. Bxe2 Bb4 (36... Qh6 $5 37. Ne5 Nf6 {[%cal
Yf6e4]} 38. Bd3 Nh5 $1) 37. Qc2 Re4 38. Nb2 (38. Ne5 $142 $15) 38... Nf8 $1 {
[%cal Yf8e6] The knight becomes extremely powerful.} 39. Nd3 Bd6 40. Nde5 Ne6
41. Bd3 Nxd4 {The first material gains.} 42. Qc1 Nxf3+ 43. gxf3 Bxe5 44. fxe5
Rxe5 $19 {It is hard to believe that a super-GM will not be able to convert
two extra pawns.} 45. Qf4 c5 $2 {Black underestimates the only chance of his
opponent: counterplay along the g-file.} (45... Kf7 $142 $1 46. Kf2 (46. Kh2
Qd6) 46... Bc8 47. Rg1 Re7 {with full consolidation. If} 48. Rg5 {then} Qa1)
46. Kh2 Kf7 (46... Qd6 47. Qg5+) (46... Kg6 $5 47. Rg1+ Kh5) 47. Rg1 Bc8 48.
Rg5 Qd6 49. Rg4 Re6 50. Qxd6 Rxd6 51. Rxh4 {[%mdl 4096] White has recaptured
one of the pawns but Black should still win this ending.} Rg6 $6 (51... Be6 $1
{[%cal Yf7f6,Yf6e5]}) 52. Rh8 Rg8 {After the exchange of rooks, surprisingly,
Black faces serious problems breaking down White's defence.} 53. Rxg8 Kxg8 54.
Kg3 Kg7 55. Kf4 Kf6 56. Bb5 Be6 57. h4 c4 $2 (57... d4 $1 {was probably the
right course:} 58. Be8 (58. Bc6 Ke7 59. Ke5 d3 60. Bb5 d2 61. Be2 a4 62. bxa4
Bxa2 63. Bd1 c4 $19) 58... Ke7 59. Bb5 Bd7 60. Bd3 (60. Bc4 Kf6 {followed by ..
.a5-a4 and ...Bd7-e6.} 61. h5 a4 62. h6 Kg6 {doesn't help.}) (60. Be2 a4 61.
Ke5 Be6 62. Bd1 Bxb3 $1 63. axb3 a3 $19) 60... a4 $1 61. Ke5 (61. Bc2 axb3 62.
axb3 Kf6 63. h5 b5 64. Bd3 Be6 $19) 61... Be6 62. bxa4 c4 63. Bf1 d3 64. Kd4 f4
$1 {, and Black should win.}) 58. bxc4 dxc4 59. Ke3 c3 (59... Ke5 60. f4+ Kd5
61. h5 Bf7 62. h6 Bg6 63. Be8 Bh7 64. a4 Kc5 65. Bh5 Kb4 66. Bd1 {, and Black
can't make progress.}) 60. a3 Bd5 61. Ba4 Bb7 (61... f4+ 62. Kxf4 b5 63. Ke3 $1
b4 64. axb4 axb4 65. Kd4 $11) 62. f4 Be4 63. Bb5 Kg6 64. Be8+ Kh6 65. a4 Bb1
66. Ke2 Bc2 67. Ke3 Be4 68. Ke2 Kg7 69. Ke3 Kf8 70. Bd7 Ke7 71. Bb5 Kd6 72. Be8
Ke6 73. Ke2 Kf6 74. Ke3 Kg7 75. Ke2 Kh6 76. Ke3 Bb1 77. Ke2 Bc2 78. Ke3 Bb3 79.
Kd3 c2 80. Kd2 Kg7 81. Kc1 Kf6 82. Kd2 Kg7 83. Kc1 Kf6 84. Kd2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 e6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qg3 Qc7 11. Re1 Nb6 12. Qf3 Bb4 13. Bh6 gxh6 14. Qxf6
Rf8 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd5 17. Qxh6 Nxc3 18. Qh4 Qe7 19. Qxh7 Nb5 20. Red1
Rd8 21. Nf3 Qf6 22. Qd3 Rg8 23. Rab1 b6 24. g3 Rg4 25. c3 Qf5 26. a4 Qxd3 27.
Rxd3 Na3 28. Re1 Nc4 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Rd5 31. f4 Ke7 32. Kf2 Rg8 33. c4
Rd7 34. f5 Rg5 35. fxe6 Rxe5 36. exd7 Ra5 37. Rf3 Kxd7 38. Rxf7+ Ke6 39. Rf4
Rxa4 40. d5+ Kd7 41. dxc6+ Kxc6 42. g4 Ra2+ 43. Kg3 Ra1 44. g5 Rg1+ 45. Kh4 a5
46. Rg4 Rxg4+ 47. Kxg4 Kd6 48. Kh5 a4 49. g6 a3 50. g7 a2 51. g8=Q a1=Q 52.
Qd8+ Kc6 53. Qc8+ Kd6 54. Qd8+ Kc6 55. Qd5+ Kc7 56. Qf7+ Kd6 57. h4 Qe5+ 58.
Kh6 b5 59. cxb5 Qxb5 60. h5 Ke5 61. Kg7 Qc6 62. h6 Qg2+ 63. Qg6 Qb7+ 64. Qf7
Qg2+ 65. Kh8 Qa8+ 66. Qg8 Qf3 67. Qg6 Qf8+ 68. Kh7 Qf3 69. Qg7+ Ke6 70. Kg8 Qh5
71. h7 Qe8+ 72. Qf8 Qg6+ 73. Kh8 Qf7 74. Qc8+ Ke7 75. Qc7+ Ke8 76. Qe5+ Kd7 77.
Qb5+ Ke7 78. Qg5+ Ke8 79. Qg8+ Qf8 80. Qxf8+ Kxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 {The classical line
is still quite rare in Nakamura's practice, who until now has mainly
alternated between the sharp lines as 6.Bg5, 6.Bc4 and 6.Be3.} ({Although the
English Attack is still popular, the latest encounters between top players
with some exceptions mostly confirm the dynamic balance and it seems that they
are just checking the opponent's homework:} 6. Be3 e6 (6... e5 {is the main
and fully playable alternative, which occurs even more often.}) 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 Qc7 12. h4 d5 {Currently the most testing
try is} 13. Bf4 $1 (13. Bh3 $143 $6 Nb6 14. b3 (14. g5 Nc4 15. Qd3 hxg5 16.
hxg5 Nd7 $17) 14... dxe4 15. g5 Nfd5 16. fxe4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 hxg5 18. hxg5 g6
19. Kb1 Bg7 20. Rhf1 Qe5 21. Qf2 Ra7 $36 {[%csl Gc8,Gg7][%cal Gg7a1,Gh8h1]
Karjakin,S (2763)-Cheparinov,I (2650)/EU-chT Porto Carras/2011/}) 13... e5 14.
Bh2 dxe4 15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Rxh2 17. Rxh2 exd4 18. Rh8 (18. Rh4 Ng4 $5 $146 (
18... b3 19. axb3 Nc5 20. Nxd4 Nd5 21. fxe4 Nb4 {Leko,P (2737)-Grischuk,A 
(2754)/London/2012/} 22. Bc4 $16 {[%csl Re8] ->}) 19. Rxg4 Nc5 20. Rh4 d3 (
20... b3 $2 21. Kb1 e3 22. Qc1 d3 23. Qxe3+ Be6 24. axb3 dxe2 25. Bxe2 Rd8 26.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Bc4 a5 28. g6 $16 {Saric,I (2622)-Korobov,A (2705)/EU-ch
Legnica/2013/}) 21. Nd4 Bb7 22. Rh8 O-O-O (22... Rd8 {[%cal Rd8d4]} 23. Nb3 $8
Ne6 24. Re1 (24. fxe4 Bxe4 25. Re1 dxc2 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qxb4+ Qd6 28. Qxd6+
Rxd6 29. Rxe4 Rd1+ 30. Kxc2 Rxf1 31. Ra4 $132 {/=}) 24... Rc8 25. fxe4 Qxc2+
26. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 27. Kb1 d2 28. Rd1 Bxe4 29. Ka1 $13) 23. Kb1 $1 dxc2+ 24. Qxc2
exf3 25. Qd2 Be4+ 26. Ka1 Kb7 27. Bc4 b3 28. Rc1 Qd6 $2 (28... bxa2 $1 $132)
29. Nxf3 $16 {Jakovenko,D (2713)-Artemiev,V (2524)/Yekaterinburg/2013/}) 18...
Nd5 19. Qxd4 Bb7 20. fxe4 (20. Qxe4+ Ne7 21. Qxb4 Ng6 22. Rg8 Ne7 23. Rh8 Ng6
24. Rg8 Ne7 25. Rh8 {1/2, Kasimdzhanov,R (2699)-Grischuk,A (2779)/Thessaloniki/
2013/}) 20... N5b6 21. Qxb4 (21. Bh3 O-O-O 22. Kb1 Kb8 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Rxf8
Rxf8 25. Qxd7 Bxe4 26. Qa4 a5 27. Qb5+ Kc8 28. Qa6+ (28. Nd4 Rd8 $11) 28... Kb8
29. Qb5+ Kc8 30. Qa6+ Kb8 31. Qb5+ Kc8 {1/2, Dominguez Perez,L (2723)-Korobov,
A (2698)/RUS-chT Loo/2013/}) 21... O-O-O 22. Qb3 (22. Qd4 Qc5 23. e5 Qxd4 24.
Nxd4 Nxe5 25. Ne6 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Ng6 27. Rxf8+ Nxf8 28. Nxf8 Kd8 29. Bd3 Ke7
30. Nh7 Na4 31. Kc1 Nc5 32. Bf5 Be4 $44 {Dosi,A (2585)-Hansen,O (2499)/corr/
2009/}) 22... Bxe4 $1 (22... Bc5 $2 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qxf7 Qxg5+ 25. Kb1 Qe5
26. Bh3 $16 {Jarmula,L (2149)-Zaczek,J (2096)/Warsaw/2012/}) 23. Nc3 Qf4+ 24.
Kb1 Kc7 25. Bxa6 Nc5 26. Nb5+ Kc6 27. Na7+ $8 Kc7 28. Nb5+ Kc6 29. Na7+ Kc7 {
1/2, Karjakin,S (2776)-Grischuk,A (2780)/Beijing/2013/}) ({An interesting
sideline, which Nakamura also used to play, is} 6. h3 {A recent spectacular
encounter went} e5 7. Nde2 h5 $5 8. g3 Be7 9. Bg2 b5 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Nec3 Bb7
12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. Bg5 Qe6 14. O-O Rc8 15. Re1 b4 16. Na4 Rc4 17. f3 h4 (17...
Bc6 $5 18. b3 Rd4) 18. g4 d5 19. b3 Rd4 (19... Rc7 20. a3 $5 $14 {/~~}) 20.
Qxd4 $1 exd4 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Rxe6+ fxe6 23. Rd1 e5 24. f4 Ne3 25. Bxb7 Nxd1
26. Bc6 exf4 27. Nc5 O-O 28. Nxd7 Re8 29. Kf1 Re3 30. Bxf4 Rxh3 {Leko,P (2737)
-Mamedyarov,S (2761)/Beijing/2013/} 31. Bd5+ Kh8 32. Ne5 $36) 6... e5 ({
Two weeks earlier in Norway in their encounter Topalov opted for the
Scheveningen continuation} 6... e6 7. Be3 Be7 (7... Qc7 {/\} 8. g4 d5 $5 9.
exd5 Bb4 10. Qd3 $146 (10. dxe6 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 fxe6 $13) 10...
Nxd5 11. Bd2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 Nd7 15. O-O-O Nc5 16.
Bf3 Bd7 17. Nb3 Rc8 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 19. Bxb7 Bb5 20. Rd6 Ke7 21. Rhd1 h5 22. a4
Bxa4 23. Rxa6 Bb5 24. Ra5 hxg4 25. c4 Rxc4 26. Rxb5 Rxh2 $11 {Hou,Y (2595)
-Navara,D (2707)/Prague m/2013/}) 8. g4 d5 (8... b5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. a3 Bxg5 11.
Qd2 Bf6 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Rhg1 Nc5 $2 (13... O-O $142 $13) 14. e5 $1 Bxe5 15.
Ndxb5 Nb3+ 16. cxb3 axb5 17. Bxb5+ Bc6 18. Bd4 Qc8 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Kb1 Rg8
21. Ne4 {1-0, Ivanchuk,V (2739)-Negi,P (2634)/GRE-chT Peristeri/2010/}) 9. exd5
Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bf3 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Nd7 14. O-O-O Ne5 15.
Be2 Bd7 16. f4 (16. Rhe1 $14) 16... Nc6 17. Nb3 O-O-O 18. Bf3 Kc7 19. a3 $6 (
19. Bc3 $14) (19. Rhe1 $5) 19... Na7 20. Nd4 Nb5 21. Be3 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bc6 23.
Rhf1 f6 24. Be2 h6 25. h4 b5 $11 {Nakamura,H (2775)-Topalov,V (2793)/Stavanger/
2013/ Although the game was drawn in the end, the endgame was more comfortable
for White. Therefore an early deviation is no major surprise, Topalov has
already played both main moves in the past.}) 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6
10. Qd3 ({The main move here is definitely} 10. Qd2 {, which is covered in
more detail in the notes to Ponomariov-Anand, Wijk aan Zee 2011 in CBM 141. I
will add just one personal experience:} Nbd7 11. a4 Nb6 $5 ({A viable
alternative to} 11... Qc7 {and the more common}) (11... Rc8) 12. a5 Nc4 13.
Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. f3 Rc6 16. Qf2 Qc8 (16... Nd7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5
f5 19. exf5 Qc8 20. Rd2 Rxf5 21. Qe2 Rf7 22. Ra4 Nf6 23. c4 Bf8 24. Rd1 Rfc7
$132 {Mostowik,D (2059)-Auzins,M (2419)/corr/2011/}) 17. Nc1 Qe6 18. Nd3 d5 19.
exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bc5 Bc4 22. c3 Bxd3 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Rxd3 Rd8 25.
Rad1 Rcd6 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. h3 g6 $11 {1/2, Petrik,T (2534)
-Stohl,I (2518)/CZE-chT/2013/}) ({Another (and possibly more flexible) way to
achieve the game position is} 10. Nd5 Nbd7 ({Was Nakamura worried about the
sacrificial} 10... Nxe4 $5 11. Bb6 Qd7 12. Nc7 Nc6 13. Nxa8 Rxa8 14. f3 Nf6 15.
Bf2 h6 16. c4 Rd8 17. Bb6 (17. Qd2 $5) 17... Rc8 18. Rc1 $6 d5 $1 19. cxd5 Nxd5
20. Bf2 Bg5 21. Nc5 Qe7 22. Nxe6 Bxc1 23. Qxd5 fxe6 24. Qe4 Bxb2 25. Bd3 Kf8
26. Qh7 Nd8 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. g3 Qf6 29. Kg2 Bd4 30. Be1 Ke7 $15 {Globa,
V-Babushkin,I (2267)/corr/2011/}) 11. Qd3 {This move order was actually
featured in Ponomariov-Anand.}) 10... Nbd7 ({Natural development, but Black
can consider also the other knight move} 10... Nc6 {This is more popular in
postal games and should also suffice for equality after} 11. a3 {and now:} (11.
Rfd1 Rc8 12. a3 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bd7 16. b4 Qd8 17. c4
f5 18. f4 Bf6 19. Rac1 Re8 20. Re1 exf4 21. Bxf4 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Re4 $15 {Zvara,P
(2419)-Swiercz,D (2611)/CZE-chT/2013/}) 11... Rc8 (11... d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13.
Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Rad1 Qxd3 (14... Rfd8 15. Qxd5 Rxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxd5 17. Rd1 Bxb3
18. cxb3 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. b4 $14 {[%cal Yb4b5]}) 15. Bxd3 f5 (15... Rfd8
16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Rac8 18. Bb6 Rd7 19. Rfe1 f6 20. Bc4 Re7 21. Bd3 Rd7 22.
f3 Kf7 23. c3 Ne7 24. Bc2 Nd5 25. Bf2 Rcd8 26. g3 b5 27. Rd2 h5 $11 {Brodt,A 
(2396)-Gueci,A (2469)/corr/2011/}) 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Rfe8 18. f3 b5 19. b3
Rad8 20. Rfe1 Rd7 21. a4 bxa4 22. bxa4 Rd5 23. Bb6 Nb4 24. Bf1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1
Rc8 26. Ba5 Nd5 27. Bxa6 Rxc2 $132 {Voiculescu,C (2545)-Demetrio,A (2510)/corr/
2009/ Facing the bishop pair in an endgame is not necessarily ideal, but
Black's position is probably defensible.}) (11... Na5 12. Nd2 (12. Nd5 Nxd5 13.
exd5 Bd7 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. b4 Qc7 16. c4 f5 17. f3 b6 18. Qc2 g6 19. Bd3 Bh4
20. Rac1 f4 $13 21. Bf2 {1/2, Schmidt,T (2597)-Lounek,J (2520)/corr/2008/})
12... d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxd5 16. Bb6 Bd8 17. Bc5 Re8 18.
b4 Rc8 19. c4 Be6 20. Rac1 f5 21. Be3 Nc6 22. f3 {Yemelin,V (2515)-Karasev,V 
(2405)/St Petersburg/1995/} a5 $5 $132) 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 e4 14. Qd2 Ne5
15. Rac1 Re8 16. c4 Nfd7 17. Rc2 (17. h3 h6 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Rc3 Qd7 20. b4 Ncd3
21. Qc2 Bg5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. f3 b5 24. cxb5 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Rc8 26. Nc6 Nf4 27.
Qc2 Nxe2+ 28. Qxe2 exf3 29. Qc2 fxg2 30. Ne7+ Qxe7 31. Qxc8+ Kh7 32. Kxg2 axb5
33. Qf5+ Kh6 34. Qe4 g6 $44 {1/2, Cornejo,W (2551)-Dronov,A (2680)/corr/2011/})
17... Bh4 (17... Rc7 18. h3 Qc8 19. Rfc1 Bf8 20. a4 h6 21. Rc3 Nc5 22. Nxc5
dxc5 23. a5 Bd6 24. Rb3 Rd7 25. Qc2 f5 26. Rb6 $14 {Voiculescu,C (2583)
-Ljubicic,L (2575)/corr/2010/}) (17... h6 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Nf5 Qd7 20. Nxe7+
Qxe7 21. Qd4 f5 22. b4 Ncd7 23. c5 Qf7 24. c6 Nf6 25. Rd1 g5 $14 {/<=>,
Voiculescu,C (2547)-Nefedov,S (2447)/corr/2011/}) 18. Rd1 b6 19. Nd4 Qf6 20.
Rc3 h6 21. Qc2 Nc5 22. b4 Ncd3 23. g3 Qg6 24. Nc6 Bf6 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Bxb6
Nf3+ 27. Rxf3 exf3 28. Qxg6 fxg6 29. Bd3 Bd8 $1 $11 {Voiculescu,C (2547)
-Avotins,M (2446)/corr/2011/}) 11. Nd5 Bxd5 {Black rarely plays anything else.}
({However, there is the interesting} 11... b5 $5 12. a4 Bxd5 13. exd5 Qc7 14.
Rfc1 Nc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qxb5 Nxd5 18. Bd2 Nf4 19. Bf1 Rab8 20.
Qa5 Rb6 21. Qc3 Ne6 22. Re1 Nd4 23. b3 Rd8 24. Ra2 Rg6 $132 {Pezikov,E (2337)
-Gerasimov,V (2379)/corr/2010/}) 12. exd5 Nc5 {A radical solution, Black wants
to change the pawn structure so that he doesn't have to worry about the
expansion b4,c4-c5 in the future.} (12... Re8 13. c4 Bf8 14. Nd2 a5 15. Bd1 Nc5
16. Qe2 g6 17. Nb1 Nh5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qd2 Ng7 20. Ba4 Re7 21. d6 Re6 22. d7
$36 {[%csl Gd7] Hovhannisyan,R (2589)-Andriasian,Z (2624)/Yerevan/2012/}) ({
Similar to the game is} 12... Rc8 13. c4 Nc5 $5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. f4 (15. d6
Qxd6 16. Qxd6 Bxd6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Bg5 e4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bg4 Rb8 21. b3
Be5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ {1/2, Sulskis,S (2550)-Vovk,A (2567)/Hastings/
2013/}) (15. Bf3 $5 {is analogous to the game and possibly better.}) 15... Bd6
16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Rab1 Qd6 18. h3 Rce8 19. Bf3 b6 20. Kh1 Re7 21. b4 cxb4 22.
a3 a5 23. axb4 axb4 24. Bd2 Nd7 $11 {Andrijevic,M (2384)-Pavlovic,M (2461)/
Vrsac op/2000/}) 13. Nxc5 {White agrees to resolve the tension.} ({In the
aforementioned game Ponomariov played} 13. Qd2 Nfe4 (13... b6 14. f3 Nh5 15.
Rfd1 f5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. c3 Bh4 18. Bd3 g6 19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4 Bf6 21. Rab1
e4 22. fxe4 Be5 23. Bf2 f4 24. Be2 Nf6 25. Qd3 g5 26. Qh3 $36 {Efimenko,Z 
(2683)-Safarli,E (2607)/Khanty-Mansiysk olm/2010/ For more details about this
game see the notes by Ftacnik in CBM 139.}) 14. Qb4 a5 15. Qb5 Qc7 16. Qc4 Rac8
{and camr under pressure after the slow} 17. Rfd1 $6 (17. f3 $11) 17... f5 $1
18. c3 Qd8 19. Qb5 b6 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Bxd2 Bf6 22. Rab1 e4 23. b4 Nd7 24. Rb3
Be5 $36 {Ponomariov,R (2744)-Anand,V (2810)/Wijk aan Zee/2011/}) 13... dxc5 {
[%csl Gd5,Gd6,Ge2,Ge3][%cal Yf6e8,Ye8d6,Ye7d6][%mdl 32] A strategically
interesting position. White has a central passed pawn and two bishops, but
this doesn't necessarily give him an edge, as the blockade on d6 is very
strong.} 14. Bf3 $5 {In the notes to Ponomariov-Anand I mentioned only} (14.
Rad1) ({and} 14. c4 {The drawback of these otherwise natural moves is that
Black can get in the e5-e4 advance with more concrete counterplay. Nakamura's
move prevents it at least for the near future; even purely statistically it
promises White the best practical results.}) 14... Qc7 (14... Bd6 15. Bg5 h6
16. Bh4 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. Re3 g6 19. Rae1 Kg7 20. c4 Qc7 21. Bd1 Nd7 22.
Ba4 (22. g4 $5) 22... f5 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 (23... e4 $5 24. Qc3+ Be5 25. Bg3 f4 26.
Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Bxe8 Bxc3 28. bxc3 $13) 24. f3 g5 25. Bf2 Re7 26. R3e2 Qc7 27.
Bg3 h5 28. Qc3 f4 29. Bf2 Kh6 30. h3 Rg8 $14 {/<=>, Solak,D (2599)-Amonatov,F 
(2610)/Istanbul olm/2012/}) 15. c4 g6 $146 {Although this new move is
basically useful, the timing is dubious. Black should try to stabilise his
setup as soon as possible:} (15... Rfe8 16. g3 Bd6 17. Bg2 Qd7 (17... e4 $142
18. Qc2 Ng4 19. Bxe4 Nxe3 20. fxe3 g6 $44 {/+/=}) 18. Rfe1 b5 19. Bd2 Qg4 20.
b3 e4 21. Qc2 Ra7 22. Re3 Be5 23. h3 Qg6 24. Bxe4 $1 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 f5 26. Qxe5
Rxe5 27. Rxe5 $36 {Ghyssens,D (2264)-Stolz,P (2130)/corr/2009/}) (15... Ne8 16.
Be4 h6 (16... g6 17. Bh6 Ng7 (17... f5 18. d6 Nxd6 19. Bd5+ $14 {/+/-}) 18.
Rae1 Bd6 (18... f5 19. d6 Bxd6 20. Bxb7 $36) 19. g3 b5 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Rfe1
Rfb8 22. Re2 Ra7 23. b3 b4 24. Ra1 f6 25. Bd2 a5 26. a4 {1-0 Dutra Neto,A 
(2416)-Rizzardi,J (2355)/ICCF email 2011/Corr 2013 (51)} f5 27. Bg2 e4 28. Qc2
$14 {[%cal Rf2f3]}) 17. Qc2 Nd6 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Bd3 f5 20. f3 Rae8 21. Rae1
Bf6 22. Bf2 Qc8 23. Re2 Re7 24. b4 b6 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Bg3 Qd7 27. Rfe1 $14 {
[%csl Rc5,Re5] Turov,V (2539)-Ferreira,N (2405)/corr/2010/ Transferring the
knight to d6 costs time and allows White to build up pressure against the Pe5 
(or on the e-file).}) (15... Bd6 $142 $1 16. g3 (16. h3 Rae8 17. Be2 e4 18. Qb3
Nd7 19. Rad1 f5 20. Bd2 Nf6 21. g3 e3 22. Bxe3 Bxg3 23. Bf3 Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Ne4
25. Rfe1 Bd6 $36 {[%csl Rh1] O'Brien,A (1870)-Ohl,K (1800)/corr/2004/}) 16...
Rae8 17. Qc2 e4 18. Bg2 Ng4 19. Bxe4 Nxe3 20. fxe3 g6 $44 {[%csl Gd6,Re4]
leads to a position in which Black's dark-square control and the opposite
coloured bishops should give him sufficient compensation for the pawn to hold
the balance:} 21. Rae1 (21. Rf3 Re7 (21... f5 22. Bd3 Be5 23. Raf1 Bg7 24. Kg2
Re7 25. e4 fxe4 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 27. Bxe4 Qe5 28. Bf3 $14 {Karpanov,V (2134)
-Myakonikikh,D (2338)/corr/2009/}) 22. Bd3 Rfe8 23. e4 Be5 24. Raf1 Rb8 25. Qd2
Kg7 26. Kg2 (26. b4 b5 27. Kh1 bxc4 28. Bxc4 f6 29. Rb1 h5 30. Be2 cxb4 31.
Rxb4 Rxb4 32. Qxb4 a5 {1/2, Voiculescu,C (2565)-Bellmann,H (2484)/corr/2009/})
26... b5 27. b3 b4 28. g4 h6 29. Rh3 Rh8 30. Qe3 Bd4 31. Qf3 f6 32. Rg3 Be5 33.
Bc2 Ree8 $11 {Voiculescu,C (2538)-Ljubicic,A (2505)/corr/2011/}) 21... Re7 22.
Bd3 f5 (22... Rfe8 23. Qd2 Be5 24. Kg2 Rb8 25. a3 Qd6 26. b3 ({A similar line
is} 26. Rf3 b5 27. b3 Kg7 28. Ref1 bxc4 29. Bxc4 f5 30. Re1 Bf6 31. a4 Re5 32.
Re2 h5 33. Qa5 Bd8 34. Qc3 Bf6 $132 {Moreira,J (2399)-Muukkonen,K (2397)/corr/
2011/}) 26... Kg7 27. Rb1 b5 28. Rf3 bxc4 29. Bxc4 f5 30. Qa5 h5 31. h4 Qf6 32.
Qd2 Bd6 33. Qd3 Rbe8 34. Bxa6 Re4 35. Bb5 R8e7 36. Rc1 {1/2, O'Hare,C (2438)
-Muukkonen,K (2397)/corr/2011/} Rg4 $44 {[%csl Rh4]}) 23. a3 Rfe8 24. Rf3 Re5
25. Kg2 Bf8 26. Re2 Qe7 27. Qb3 Qc7 28. Qc2 Qe7 29. Qb3 Bh6 30. Bc2 Qc7 31. Kf2
R5e7 32. Kg2 Qd6 33. Kf2 Bg7 34. Qd3 Re5 35. Qd2 b5 $132 {Demchenko,A (2639)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2717)/Yekaterinburg/2013/ This is until now the only
non-postal game, which featured the position after move 20. It's also the only
one Black lost, as he got overambitious later on.}) 16. Rae1 h5 $6 {Loses a
pawn almost by force.} (16... Bd6 $142 17. g3 Nd7 $14 (17... Rae8 $2 18. Bh6))
17. Bg5 {[%cal Rd5d6]} Ne8 (17... Qd6 18. Be4 $5 {[%cal Rf2f4,Re4g6]} Nxe4 (
18... b5 19. b3 $16) 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qxe4 $16 {[%csl Re5]}) 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19.
Qe3 Nd6 $5 {The best chance. Black doesn't insist on protecting the pawn and
hopes to build a fortress.} (19... f6 20. b4 $1 Rc8 (20... b6 $2 21. d6 $18) (
20... cxb4 21. c5 $16 {/+-}) 21. bxc5 Qxc5 (21... Rxc5 22. d6 $1 Qxd6 $8 23.
Qh6 f5 24. Rd1 Qf6 25. Rd7 $18) 22. Qh6 Kf7 23. d6 Nxd6 24. Bd5+ $40) 20. b3
Rfc8 (20... Rfe8 21. Qxc5 b5 22. Qb4 a5 23. Qc3 bxc4 24. bxc4 Rac8 25. Be2 $14
{/+/-}) 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rc1 (24. Ra1 $5 {/\} b5
25. cxb5 axb5 26. a4 $36) 24... a5 {Topalov defends passively. As he fails to
hold in the end, perhaps it was worth trying} (24... b5 $5 25. g3 (25. b4 $5
cxb4 26. c5 Rc8 $14) 25... bxc4 26. bxc4 Rb8 $14) 25. Kf1 $16 {[%mdl 4096]
It's still not simple to convert the extra pawn, but Nakamura shows patience
and good endgame technique.} Kg7 (25... h4 26. g3 hxg3 27. fxg3 $16) 26. h4 b6
27. g3 Kf6 28. Be2 Re7 29. Rc3 Re8 30. Ke1 Ra8 31. Bd1 Re8+ 32. Kf1 Ke5 33. Bc2
Kf6 34. f3 Re7 35. Kf2 Re8 36. Re3 $1 {White needs a rook swap to make further
progress - this enables him to activate his king.} Rxe3 (36... Rh8 $5 $16 {
is more resilient}) 37. Kxe3 Kg7 (37... Ke7 38. g4 $36 {[%csl Rh5]}) 38. Kf4 f6
39. g4 a4 ({Marking time with} 39... Kf7 40. Bd3 Kg7 41. g5 $5 Kf7 42. gxf6
Kxf6 43. Ke3 $16 {[%cal Yf3f4,Ye3d2,Yd2c3,Ya2a3,Yb3b4] /+- is similar to the
game.}) 40. Bd3 axb3 41. axb3 Kh6 42. g5+ Kg7 (42... fxg5+ 43. hxg5+ Kg7 44.
Kg3 Kf7 45. f4 Kg7 46. Kh4 Kf7 47. f5 $18) 43. gxf6+ Kxf6 44. Ke3 g5 ({Black
can't sit and wait, a sample line is} 44... Nf7 45. f4 Nd6 46. Kd2 Nf7 47. Kc3
Nd6 48. b4 Nb7 49. bxc5 Nxc5 50. Bc2 Nb7 51. Kb4 Nd6 52. c5 $18) 45. hxg5+ Kxg5
46. f4+ Kh6 (46... Kg4 47. Be2+ Kh4 (47... Kf5 48. Bxh5 b5 49. Be2 $18) 48. Bd1
$22) 47. Kf3 Kg7 48. Kg3 Kh6 49. Kh4 Ne8 50. f5 Nd6 (50... Nf6 51. d6 (51. Be2
$18) 51... Kg7 52. Be2 Kf8 53. Bf3 Ke8 54. Kg5 $18) 51. f6 $18 Nf7 (51... Nc8
52. Kg3 Nd6 53. Kf4 {[%cal Rf4e5]} Nf7 54. Kf5 $18) 52. Be2 {[%csl Rh5]} Nd6
53. Bxh5 b5 54. cxb5 {The blockade is broken and White already has a wider
choice.} (54. f7 Kg7 55. cxb5 Nxb5 56. Kg5 Nd6 57. Kf4 $18 {also wins.}) 54...
Nxb5 55. Be2 (55. f7 $142 $18) (55. Kg4 {[%cal Rf6f7,Rg4f5]} Nd4 56. d6 $18)
55... Nd4 56. Bh5 $1 (56. Bd3 $6 Nf3+ 57. Kg3 Ne5 58. d6 Kg5 $14) 56... Nxb3
57. d6 Nd4 58. d7 Ne6 (58... Nc6 59. Bf7 Nd8 60. Bd5 Kg6 61. f7 Kg7 62. Kg5 Kf8
63. Kf6 c4 64. Bxc4 Nxf7 65. Bb3 Nd8 66. Bd5 Nf7 67. Ke6 Nd8+ 68. Kd6 $22 {+-})
59. Bg4 ({Faster is} 59. Bf7 Nd8 60. Bd5 $18 {- 58...Nc6}) 59... Nd8 60. Bf5 c4
61. Kg4 c3 62. Kf4 Nf7 63. Bd3 Nd8 64. Bc2 Kh5 65. Kf5 Kh6 66. Bb3 Kh7 67. Kg5
Nc6 68. Ba4 Nd8 69. Bc2+ Kg8 70. Kg6 Kf8 71. Bb3 Nc6 72. Kf5 Nd8 73. Ke5 Nb7
74. Kd4 {[%cal Rd4c3] The Pc3 falls and White's king returns to support its
pawns.} 1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 (4. Bd3) ({and} 4. Ngf3 {are the main lines.
}) 4... c5 5. e5 (5. dxc5 {is the more popular alternative.}) 5... Nc6 6. Bd3
cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 (7... Nxd4 $2 {is a typical mistake, as} 8. Qg4 $1 $18 {
and Black can't protect g7.}) 8. Ndf3 (8. Ne2 Nf5 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. O-O Qb6 11.
Kh1 h6 12. a3 g5 13. h3 O-O-O 14. b4 f6 15. b5 Na5 16. Nc3 $16 {and White has
a lot of threats, Bruzon Batista-Prasca Sosa, Istanbul ol 2012.}) 8... f6 (8...
Nf5 9. Ne2 {transposes to the 8.Ne2 line.}) 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Ne2 Qb6 $146 {
A new move.} (10... Qa5+ 11. Nc3 $1 (11. Kf1 Bd7 12. a3 {(Rivero Ojeda-Bartel,
Cork 2005)} fxe5 13. dxe5 Rf8 ({or} 13... O-O-O)) 11... fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13.
dxe5 Bd7 14. Qh5+ Kd8 15. O-O $36 {with some initiative.}) (10... fxe5 11. Nxe5
Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qc7 13. O-O Qxe5 14. Bb5+ Kf7 15. Re1 $36 {and White has a
strong initiative.}) 11. O-O ({In the event of} 11. exf6 Bxf6 (11... Qb4+ 12.
Nc3 Bxf6 13. O-O O-O 14. a3 Qd6 15. Re1 $14) 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd2 Bg7 {the
computer evaluates White to have advantage, but by human measures, in my view
Black's position is solid and White has to bear Rxf3 in mind all the time.})
11... Bd7 (11... fxe5 {was an alternative} 12. Nxe5 (12. dxe5 Bd7) 12... Nxe5
13. dxe5 Bd7 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Nd4 Rf4 {with some counterplay.}) 12. b4 $1 {
A pretty ambitious move. This move only looks a P sacrifice, because Black
can't take with any pieces.} ({The engine suggests} 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Qd2 Bg7
14. Qf4 O-O-O {, but I think Black hasn't got any problem.}) 12... a6 (12...
Nxb4 $6 {is weak, as} 13. Rb1 $16 {and Black is in a big trouble.}) ({In case
of} 12... fxe5 13. b5 $1 Nxd4 14. Nxe5 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 $16 {the black K is very
bad.}) 13. Qd2 (13. a4 {is also logical to continue the b5 plan, but I prefer
the text move.} fxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 O-O (15... Qxb4 16. a5 $44) 16. a5
Qxb4 (16... Qc7 $5) 17. Rb1 Qxa5 18. Rxb7 Qd8 19. Nd4 Rf4 $13 {with an unclear
fight.}) 13... fxe5 14. dxe5 Qxb4 15. Qxh6 Qa3 $2 {A mistake, Black misses
White's subsequent continuation.} (15... Qg4 {was better to prevent Bg6, but
Black's position isn't enviable.} 16. Rab1 Bf8 (16... O-O-O $2 {is too
dangerous, because of} 17. Qe3 $1 $18 {and White has a huge attack.}) (16...
Nb4 17. Rxb4 $1 {a very strong exchange sacrifice!} Bxb4 18. Ng5 Be7 19. Bg6+
$1 $16 {with a decisive attack!}) 17. Qe3 $36 {and the Black K can't find its
place.}) 16. Bg6+ Kd8 17. Bf7 $1 $18 {Black can't defend the e6 P. Probably
Nakamura missed this move.} Rf8 18. Bxe6 Rxf3 {Nakamura tries to create some
practical problems for Kamsky.} 19. gxf3 Qxf3 20. Ng3 (20. Rab1 $18 {was also
very strong.}) 20... Nxe5 21. Rae1 (21. Rad1 $1 {was the best move, because
the R is more useful on d1. For example:} Bc6 22. Qxh7 $18 {and White wins.})
21... Qf6 22. Qxf6 Bxf6 23. Bxd5 Bb5 24. Rd1 Kc7 25. Rc1+ Kb6 26. Rfd1 Nc6 27.
Be4 h6 28. Rd7 {White is a simple exchange up, the rest is not so difficult.}
Rb8 29. Rb1 Ka5 30. Kg2 Bh8 31. Rh7 Nb4 32. a3 Na2 33. Rxb7 Rxb7 34. Bxb7 Ka4
35. Ne4 Kxa3 36. Nc5 Nc3 37. Rb3+ Ka2 38. Bxa6 Bc6+ 39. Kg1 Bd5 40. Rb4 Ka3 41.
Rh4 Bg7 42. Bc4 Bf3 43. Ne6 Be5 44. Rxh6 Kb2 45. Nc5 Bd4 46. Nd3+ Kb1 47. Rd6
Ba7 48. Rd7 Bb6 49. Ne5 Ba8 50. h4 1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.06.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd3 h6 5. Bh4 e6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Be7 8.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Nf3 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Rg1 c5 14.
dxc5 bxc5 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Re1 Kf8 17. g4 Rd4 18. Rg3 Rf4 19. Rb3 Rb4 20.
Ree3 Rc8 21. c4 Rxb3 22. Rxb3 Rc7 23. Ra3 a6 24. Kd2 Ke7 25. Be2 Nd7 26. Nd3
Kd6 27. Ke3 g5 28. h3 Ne5 29. Nxe5 Kxe5 30. Rb3 f5 31. f3 f4+ 32. Kf2 Bc6 33.
Rb8 Rb7 34. Rc8 Kd6 35. b3 a5 36. Rh8 a4 37. Rxh6 axb3 38. axb3 Rxb3 39. Rg6
Rb2 40. Rxg5 Ba4 41. Rg8 Ke7 42. Kf1 Rb1+ 43. Kf2 Rb2 44. Ke1 Rb1+ 45. Kd2 Rb2+
46. Kd3 Rb3+ 47. Kd2 Rb2+ 48. Kd3 Rb3+ 49. Kd2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.06.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 h5 13. Rae1 bxc4 14. bxc4 e5 15.
Rb1 h4 16. Ba3 Rxb1 17. Rxb1 hxg3 18. hxg3 Ng4 19. Na4 f5 20. Nb6 e4 21. e3 Bd7
22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Bh3 Ne5 24. Bb2 g5 25. Bc3 g4 26. Bf1 Nb7 27. Rb6 Nd8 28.
Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Rxa6 Nf7 30. Qa4 Qxa4 31. Rxa4 Rb8 32. Nb3 Bc3 33. Ra6 Kf8 34.
Be2 Ke7 35. Ra7+ Kf6 36. Ra6 Ke7 37. Ra7+ Kf6 38. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.06.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Ng5 8.
a3 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Nc6 10. Qe3 Bf8 11. b4 Bg7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. f4 d6 14. O-O-O
dxe5 15. fxe5 Qh4 16. b5 Ne7 17. Qg3 Qh5 18. f4 a6 19. a4 axb5 20. axb5 Bg4 21.
Re1 Rfd8 22. Rg1 Be6 23. Be2 Qf5 24. Bg4 Qxg4 25. Qxg4 Bxg4 26. Rxg4 Nf5 27.
Rg2 Rd3 28. Ne4 Ra4 29. Rc2 Re3 30. Kd1 Rd3+ 31. Kc1 Ne3 32. Nc5 Nxc2 33. Kxc2
Rxc4+ 34. Kxd3 Rxc5 35. Ra1 Rxb5 36. Ra8+ Bf8 37. Bd4 h6 38. Rc8 c6 39. Bc3
Rd5+ 40. Ke4 Rc5 41. Kd3 Rb5 42. h4 h5 43. Bd2 Rd5+ 44. Kc2 Rc5+ 45. Kd3 Rd5+
46. Kc2 g5 47. f5 gxh4 48. Bc3 Kg7 49. e6+ f6 50. Rc7+ Kg8 51. Rc8 Kg7 52. Rc7+
Kg8 53. Bxf6 Rxf5 54. Rc8 Rf2+ 55. Kd3 Rf3+ 56. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. d3 Bg7 4. e4 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 d5 8. e5 Nd7
9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb6 11. h3 Bf5 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Nh4 Be6 14. f4 f5 15. Nf3
Bd7 16. Qe2 e6 17. g4 a6 18. gxf5 exf5 19. h4 h6 20. Be3 Be6 21. h5 gxh5 22.
Bf2 Nc4 23. Kh1 Qb6 24. b3 Na3 25. Na4 Qb5 26. Qd1 b6 27. Rg1 Ne7 28. Bf1 Qc6
29. Bxa6 Rc7 30. Bd3 Rf7 31. Nh4 Nc4 32. Kh2 Kh7 33. Rc1 Ra7 34. Be2 b5 35. Nc3
Qd7 36. bxc4 b4 37. cxd5 Nxd5 38. Nxd5 Bxd5 39. Rc2 Bf8 40. Bd3 Be7 41. Qxh5
1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Ne2
Nh5 9. c4 e6 10. Bd6 dxc4 11. Bc2 Nb6 12. Ba3 Nd5 13. b3 c3 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Nc4
b5 16. Nd6+ Kd8 17. Bc5 Bf8 18. e4 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Nxc3
Bd7 22. Qd2 Rc8 23. Rac1 Ke7 24. Rfe1 Kf7 25. Bd3 a6 26. Bf1 Nf6 27. f3 Rc6 28.
Ne2 Rxc1 29. Nxc1 Bc6 30. Nd3 Kg7 31. Nc5 Bd7 32. Qe3 Rc8 33. Nxe6+ Bxe6 34.
Qxe6 Rc6 35. Qxd6 Rxd6 36. a4 bxa4 37. bxa4 a5 38. Re7+ Kf8 39. Ra7 Rb6 40. Bb5
Re6 41. Kf2 f4 42. Rxa5 Re3 43. Ra8+ Kf7 44. a5 Ra3 45. a6 Ra2+ 46. Be2 Ne8 47.
Rd8 Ng7 48. Rxd5 Ke6 49. Re5+ Kd6 50. g4 Ne6 51. Re4 Kd5 52. Re5+ Kd6 53. Re4
Kd5 54. Re5+ Kd6 55. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 g6 8.
Nge2 f5 9. h3 h5 10. f3 Nd7 11. e4 fxe4 12. fxe4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Qa5+ 14. c3 Be7
15. O-O f5 16. Nf4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Qf5 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Nd3 Qg5 20. Qe6+ Kh8 21.
Rfe1 Rae8 22. Qxd7 Qg3 23. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2864"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. e4 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Nh5 11. Re1 Nf4 12. Bf1 Nd3 13. Re3 Nde5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5
15. Nc4 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Bc7 17. e5 Be6 18. f4 b5 19. Nd2 c4 20. Bf2 Rfd8 21. Ree1
Bg4 22. Be2 Bxe2 23. Rxe2 Rd5 24. Rf1 g5 25. g3 gxf4 26. gxf4 f5 27. Nf3 e6 28.
a4 a6 29. Ra1 b4 30. cxb4 Rb8 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Rdxb5 33. Rc2 Na5 34. Nd4
Nb3 35. Nxb3 Rxb3 36. Rxc4 Bb6 37. Bxb6 R3xb6 38. Kh1 Rxb2 39. Rg1+ Kf8 40. Rc6
R2b6 41. Rxb6 Rxb6 42. Rg6 Rb4 43. Rxh6 Kf7 44. Rh4 Kg6 45. Kg2 Rb2+ 46. Kf3
Rb3+ 47. Ke2 Rb2+ 48. Ke3 Kg7 49. Kd4 Rd2+ 50. Kc5 Rd5+ 51. Kc6 Rd2 52. Rh3 Rd4
53. Ra3 Kf7 54. Ra7+ Kg6 55. Re7 Rxf4 56. Rxe6+ Kf7 57. Kd7 Rd4+ 58. Rd6 Rxd6+
59. Kxd6 f4 60. Kd7 f3 61. e6+ Kg7 62. e7 f2 63. e8=Q f1=Q 64. Qe5+ Qf6 65.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 66. h4 Kg6 67. h5+ Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c6 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. f4 e6 8. f5
exf5 9. Nh3 Qe7 10. Qf3 Bh6 11. Nf4 Nd7 12. h4 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 h5 14. O-O-O O-O-O
15. Rde1 Nb6 16. Bxf5+ Bxf5 17. Qxf5+ Qe6 18. Rhf1 Rh6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Rxe4
Qxf5 21. Rxf5 Nc4 22. Rf2 f5 23. Re1 Rxd4 24. Rxf5 Nd6 25. Ra5 Rxh4 26. Rxa7
Kb8 27. Ra5 Rg4 28. Re2 h4 29. b3 Re6 30. Rd2 f5 31. Nd1 Kc7 32. Ra8 Ne4 33.
Rdd8 Nd6 34. Rh8 Rxg2 35. Rh7+ Kb6 36. Nc3 Kc5 37. Rxh4 Ne4 38. Na4+ Kd4 39.
Rf8 Re5 40. Nb6 Kc3 41. Na4+ Kd4 42. Nb6 Rc5 43. Nc4 b5 44. Rd8+ Rd5 45. Nd6
Kc3 46. Nxe4+ fxe4 47. Rh3+ Kd4 48. Re8 Rc5 49. Rd8+ Rd5 50. Re8 Rc5 51. Rd8+
Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 c6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Qa6 8.
Ne5 e6 9. Nc4 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Qf3 Rad8 14. Rfd1 Nb6
15. Ne3 Ba3 16. Bxa3 Qxa3 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Nd5 19. Qd3 Nf4 20. Nc4 Qe7 21.
Qf3 Qf6 22. g3 Nd5 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Kf1 Rd7 25. Rd3 Rfd8 26. c3 Rc8 27. Ne3 c5
28. dxc5 Nxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Rxc5 30. c4 b5 31. cxb5 Rxb5 32. Rc1 Ra5 33. Rc2 f5 34.
f4 Kg7 35. Ree2 Rad5 36. Kf2 h5 37. h4 Kf6 38. Rc3 Rd1 39. Rcc2 a5 40. Rc5 a4
41. bxa4 R1d4 42. a5 Ra4 43. Rec2 Rd3 44. R5c3 Rd1 45. Rc5 Ra3 46. Rb5 Rh1 47.
Kg2 Ra1 48. Rd2 Kg6 49. Re2 Kf6 50. Rd2 Rc1 51. Re2 Rc8 52. Kh2 Rc1 53. Kg2 Ra1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 c6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Nf3 Nd7 9. Qc2 Bc7 10. Bd3 h6 11. h4 Nb6 12. h5 Nd5 13. a3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Re8
15. Rb1 Qd6 16. a4 b6 17. Nh4 c5 18. Nf5 Qc6 19. O-O Qe6 20. c4 cxd4 21. exd4
Bb7 22. d5 Qd7 23. Qd1 Re5 24. Qg4 Rxf5 25. Bxf5 Qd6 26. g3 Ba6 27. Rfe1 Rd8
28. Re2 Qc5 29. Rbe1 Be5 30. Bd3 Bc8 31. Qe4 Kf8 32. Kg2 Qd4 33. Qh7 Bg4 34.
Rxe5 fxe5 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qxg7 Bf3+ 37. Kxf3 Qxd3+ 38. Kg2 Qxc4 39. Rxe5+ Kd6
40. Qf6+ Kc7 41. Qxf7+ Rd7 42. d6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd3 h6 5. Bh4 e6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Be7 8.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Qe3 c5 12. O-O-O cxd4 13. Rxd4 Nb6 14.
c4 Bd7 15. Ne5 Rad8 16. Be2 Ba4 17. Rf4 Qe7 18. Rg4 Kh8 19. h4 Nd7 20. Rh3 Nxe5
21. Qxe5 f6 22. Qa5 Bc6 23. Rhg3 Rf7 24. Qxa7 e5 25. Rd3 Rxd3 26. Bxd3 f5 27.
Rg6 e4 28. Bc2 Qc7 29. Qd4 Kh7 30. Rd6 Qa5 31. a3 Qe1+ 32. Bd1 f4 33. h5 Re7
34. Qd2 Qxd2+ 35. Kxd2 Re5 36. Bc2 Kg8 37. b4 e3+ 38. fxe3 fxe3+ 39. Ke2 Bxg2
40. Bg6 Kf8 41. Rd8+ Ke7 42. Re8+ Kf6 43. Rxe5 Kxe5 44. Kxe3 b6 45. a4 Bc6 46.
a5 bxa5 47. bxa5 Bb7 48. c5 Bc8 49. Be4 Ba6 50. Bd3 Bc8 51. a6 Kd5 52. a7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Qa6 8.
Qxa6 Nxa6 9. Bd2 e6 10. Ne4 Nb4 11. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. a4 a5 14. Ne5 Nf6
15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Nd3 f5 17. O-O-O Bd6 18. Kc2 Ke7 19. g3 h5 20. h4 Rhg8 21.
Rde1 Kf6 22. Re3 Rad8 23. Rhe1 Rg4 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rd5 26. Kd3 f4 27.
R5e4 Rf5 28. R1e2 fxg3 29. Rxg4 gxf2 30. Rxf2 hxg4 31. Rg2 Rf4 32. Ke3 Kf5 33.
h5 Rf3+ 34. Ke2 Kg5 35. h6 Rh3 36. Rf2 f5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rad1 (10. Qc2 {leads to the main line of this system
examined in the theoretical survey in CBM 153. The text move is hardly a good
alternative. Generally, White's rook will be vulnerable on d1 after the
eventual ...Bc8-g4 (after ...e6-e5, of course).}) (10. Rfe1 {makes more sense
but Black has no serious problems anyway:} e5 11. d5 Ne7 (11... e4 $143 12.
Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxc6 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qxd2 16. cxb7 Bxb7 17. Kg1 Rab8
18. Qa3 Rbd8 19. Qc5 Qd6 20. Qxd6 Rxd6 21. Rac1 $14 {1/2 (52) Lenic,L (2595)
-Moiseenko,A (2677) Moscow 2010}) 12. e4 h6 13. Qd1 Ng6 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Bf1 c5
{1/2 (15) Lenic,L (2602)-Arutinian,D (2573) Martuni 2010}) 10... e5 (10... Qe7
11. e4 e5 12. Bg5 exd4 (12... Qe8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd5 Kg7 15. dxe5 fxe5 16.
Qb3 $14 {1-0 (40) Lampert,J (2333)-Sumets,A (2590) Wunsiedel 2013}) 13. Nd5
Qxe4 14. Nxf6+ (14. Bxf6 b5 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Qxa8 Qxd5 17. Bxd4 Bg4 $17) 14...
gxf6 15. Bd3 Qe6 $13) 11. dxe5 (11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 h6 13. Be2 Ng6 14. Ne1 Nf4
15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nd3 Nd7 17. Nb1 Re8 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Qc2 Bd6 $11
{1/2 (49) Gagunashvili,M (2625)-Serper,G (2507) Las Vegas 2007}) 11... Nxe5 12.
Be2 (12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Qh4 Bc6 15. Bc1 Qe7 16. f3 Rad8 17. Qc4 Bd6
18. e4 Qe5 19. g3 Bc5+ 20. Kg2 b5 21. Qb3 h6 $132 {1-0 (50) Raicevic,V (2446)
-Stevanovic,S (2253) Serbia 2006}) 12... Qe7 13. Ng5 $6 {Hardly a good
manoeuvre since the knight doesn't reach the e4 square.} ({It was time to
simplify the game, aiming for equality:} 13. Ne4 $5) 13... Bf5 $1 14. e4 ({
In the event of} 14. Nge4 $2 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 b5 $1 16. Qc2 {the knight is pinned,
and Black obtains a big advantage, e.g.} Rfe8 17. f3 Ng4 $1 {etc.}) 14... Bd7
15. Qc2 h6 16. Nf3 {An inglorious retreat.} Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Rad8 18. g3 $6 (18.
h3 $142 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Qe5 20. g3 {since} Bxh3 $6 {is risky due to} 21. Bf4 {
[%cal Ye4e5]}) 18... Neg4 $1 19. h3 $6 ({Of course, after} 19. Bd3 Bc5 20. Re2
Bc6 {White's position is unpleasant but now it just collapses.}) 19... Nxf2 $1
{[%mdl 640]} 20. Kxf2 Bxh3 {[%cal Rd6c5]} 21. Kg1 (21. Nd4 Bc5 22. Be3 Qe5 {
with deadly threats}) 21... Bxg3 22. Bf1 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 Bg4 24. Bg2 Bxf3 25.
Bxf3 Qd6 26. Re2 Qg3+ 27. Bg2 Ng4 {White's king is naked and helpless.} 28. Nd1
Re6 29. Ne3 Rc6 30. Qb1 Qh2+ 31. Kf1 Qf4+ (31... Qf4+ 32. Ke1 (32. Kg1 Rxd2)
32... Qg3+ 33. Kf1 Nh2+ 34. Kg1 Nf3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 ({In the not so distant past Kramnik used to counter
Nakamura's King's Indian with his favourite Classical System, but from the
basic position after} 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 {he scored only a meagre 0,5/3, despite having promising positions. All
these games were annotated by Krasenkow in CBM 139, 142 and 144 respectively.
However, already the Candidates in London indicated that Vladimir incorporated
the Fianchetto System in his repertoire.}) 3... Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3
Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. b3 {A rather rare move, which however doesn't mean White
doesn't want to occupy the centre - he is only postponing the e4 advance.} ({
The usual continuation is} 8. e4 {Nakamura's only previous experience with
this line wasn't too pleasant:} exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 h6 12. Kh2
Bd7 13. Rb1 a6 14. a3 {is rather restrained:} (14. a4 a5 15. Ndb5 $1 Bc6 16.
Qc2 h5 17. Bd2 Nfd7 18. f4 Ne6 19. Nd5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Rbd1 Bg7 22. b3
Nf6 23. Bc3 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Bd7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. e5 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5]
Georgiev,K (2658)-Spasov,V (2570)/Plovdiv/2012/}) (14. b4 $5 Ne6 15. Be3 a5 $5
(15... Ng5 16. f3 Qc8 17. h4 Ne6 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Qd2 Kh7 21. Bd4
Nd7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. f4 $14 {Blagojevic,D (2485)-Markovic,M 
(2520)/Niksic/1997/}) 16. b5 (16. a3 $142) 16... h5 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe6 Bxe6
19. Bxb7 Bxc4 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. b6 cxb6 22. Rxb6 Rc8 $44 {Janev,T (2412)
-Spasov,V (2566)/BUL-ch Bankia/2013/}) 14... Qc8 $146 (14... Rb8 15. b4 (15. f4
b5 $132 {with counterplay}) 15... Ne6 16. Be3 Ng5 (16... b5 $5 $132) 17. f3 c5
18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Nde2 (19. Nb3 $5 $14) 19... Qc8 20. Nf4 (20. h4 $2 Ngxe4 $1
21. Nxe4 Rxe4 $36) 20... b5 21. h4 $6 (21. Ncd5 $142 $1 $13 {/+/=}) 21... Ne6
22. cxb5 axb5 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Qc1 b4 $36 {Guliev,S-Itkis,B (2310)/Frunze/
1989/}) 15. f4 Rb8 16. b4 Ne6 17. Nf3 c5 $6 (17... b5 $142 18. e5 Nh7 $5 $14 (
18... Nh5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Nh4 $36 {[%cal Rf4f5]})) 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 cxb4
20. axb4 Nf8 21. Bb2 Be6 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Qb3 h5 24. Rbd1 Bxd5 25. cxd5 h4 26.
d6 {Mamedyarov,S (2729)-Nakamura,H (2783)/London/2012/ For more details about
this game see the notes by Krasenkow in CBM 151.}) 8... Re8 ({A more accurate
move is} 8... c6 {A more testing reply is} 9. e4 {, but even here Black has
the sortie} ({Black doesn't have to worry unduly about} 9. Ba3 exd4 10. Nxd4
Qa5 (10... Nc5 $5 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rad1 Qb6 $132 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qxd6 Nfd7 15.
Bxc6 {Kupreichik,V (2515)-Shulman,Y (2425)/Minsk/1994/} Bb7 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 $13 {
/=/+}) 11. Bb2 Re8 12. e4 Nb6 (12... Nc5 13. Qc2 Qb6 $132 {[%cal Ya7a4]}) 13.
h3 d5 $2 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Ncb5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17. Bc3 Qxc3 18. Nxc3 Rxd4
19. Qf3 Bxh3 20. c5 Nd7 21. Nxd5 Ne5 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Qxb7 Rad8 24. Qh1 $1 $18
{Agdestein,S (2590)-Shirov,A (2655)/Gausdal/1992/}) 9... Qb6 $5 {with
counterplay:} 10. Bb2 (10. d5 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Nc5 13. Be3 Bd7 14.
Nd2 Rac8 $5 (14... Rfc8 15. Re1 Qd8 16. Nc4 Be8 17. Qd2 a5 18. Rac1 b5 19. Nb2
Bf8 20. Rc2 a4 $6 21. b4 Na6 22. Rec1 Bd7 23. a3 Be7 24. Bf1 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Qb8
26. h4 $36 {Dautov,R (2595)-Olsson,A (2416)/Gothenburg/2005/ See the notes to
this game by Dautov in CBM 109.}) 15. Rc1 f5 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Rc2
Rc7 19. Qd2 e4 20. Qa5 Qxa5 21. Nxa5 b6 22. Nc4 Nd3 23. a4 b5 24. axb5 Bxb5 25.
Ra2 Ne5 26. Rxa7 Rxa7 27. Bxa7 Nxc4 28. bxc4 Bxc4 $11 {/=/+, Grigorov,G (2488)
-Kotronias,V (2610)/Chalkidiki/2009/}) 10... exd4 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Qxd4 Re8 13.
Rad1 Nb6 14. Nc3 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qc8 17. Qxd6 Qxh3 18. Qf4 {Navara,D 
(2620)-Kotronias,V (2599)/Mallorca olm/2004/ For more details about this game
see the notes in CBM 104, here Navara gives} Nh5 $1 19. Qg4 (19. Qe3 Nf6 $132)
19... Qxg4 20. Bxg4 Nf6 21. Bf3 Nfd7 $5 $132 {as sufficient for equality.} (
21... Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxb2 23. Nd6 Re7 24. Nxb7 $1 $14)) 9. e4 {The most
consistent move.} (9. d5 Nc5 10. b4 Nce4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bb2 a5 13. a3 Bd7
14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 axb4 16. axb4 Qe7 17. e3 f5 18. Rfc1 e4 19. Bf1 Bxb2 20.
Qxb2 Qg7 21. Qb1 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Qxa1 23. Rxa1 Kf8 24. Ra7 Rb8 {Wang Yue (2752)
-Nisipeanu,L (2672)/Medias/2010/} 25. b5 $11) 9... c6 ({Subsequently Kramnik
had to face} 9... exd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Qd2 ({White stubbornly
refuses to "waste time" on} 12. h3 {, but this prophylactic move is in fact
his best chance for an advantage. The direct} c5 13. Nde2 b5 14. Qxd6 b4 15.
Na4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxa1 17. Rxa1 Rxe4 18. Nxc5 Re8 19. Rd1 $44 {gives him a
promising initiative.}) 12... c5 13. Nde2 b5 14. Qxd6 Ng4 15. Bf4 bxc4 (15...
g5 $142 $1 $36) 16. Rad1 (16. Rab1 Nge5 $13) 16... Qa5 $2 (16... cxb3 $1 17.
Qxb8 (17. axb3 Rxb3 $11) 17... Nxb8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. axb3 (19. Bxb8 bxa2 $15 {
[%cal Rc8e6]}) 19... Nc6 $132) 17. Nd5 cxb3 18. axb3 (18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nxc8
Rbxc8 20. Qxd7 bxa2 21. Qxg4 $16) 18... Nge5 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Nxc8 $2 (20. Rd5
$1 $18) 20... Rbxc8 21. Nc1 Rc6 22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 c4 24. bxc4 Nb6 25. Rfd1
Nexc4 26. Ra2 a5 $13 {Kramnik,V (2803)-Mamedyarov,S (2753)/Geneve rpd/2013/})
10. Be3 ({Once again Kramnik is unwilling to play the typical} 10. h3 exd4 11.
Nxd4 Nc5 12. Re1 a5 13. Bf4 $5 $14 {However, even the text move promises White
a pull.}) 10... exd4 (10... Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 (11... Qa5 12. Bd2 Qc7 (12... exd4
13. Nb5 $36) 13. d5 f5 14. Ng5 Nc5 15. b4 Nxe4 16. Ncxe4 fxe4 17. dxc6 bxc6 18.
Nxe4 Bf5 19. b5 $1 $36 {Juerges,K-Peetoom,F (1799)/corr/2003/}) 12. Bc1 f5 13.
exf5 gxf5 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Rc1 Nh6 16. d5 Nf7 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. Ng5 (
19. dxc6 $5 bxc6 20. Ng5 $36 {[%csl Rc6,Rd6]}) 19... Nxg5 20. Bxg5 c5 21. Nb5
Qd7 22. a3 a6 23. Nc3 b5 24. Rb1 $14 {Mujica,H (1872)-Pott,B (1768)/Telechess/
2010/}) 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. f3 {Now White must protect the Pe4 like this.} (12.
Qc2 $2 {runs into} Ng4 $17) 12... Qe7 {Despite White's rather undesirable last
move Black must quickly create effective counterplay to prevent full
consolidation.} ({In practical games he tried to challenge White's slow
build-up with the direct} 12... d5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxc5 dxc4 (14... Nxe4 15.
fxe4 Bxc3 16. exd5 Bxa1 17. Qxa1 Bf5 18. dxc6 Be4 19. Bf8 $1 Rxf8 20. Bxe4 $16)
15. f4 $142 $1 (15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rad1 (16. Rfd1 Be6 17. bxc4 Nd7 18. Bd4 Ne5
19. Nd5 cxd5 20. cxd5 Bh3 $6 (20... Bd7 21. f4 Nc4 $15 {McNab}) 21. Bxe5 Bxe5
22. Bxh3 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Rab8 24. Kf2 Rb2+ 25. Ke3 Rxh2 26. Bf1 $44 {Kortschnoj,
V (2635)-McNab,C (2360)/London/1982/}) 16... Be6 (16... Rd3 $2 17. bxc4 $16)
17. Rxd8+ {1/2, Barsov,A (2475)-McNab,C (2445)/Oxford/1998/} Rxd8 18. Bxa7 Nd7
19. Rc1 cxb3 20. axb3 Ne5 21. Rd1 Ra8 22. Bf2 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Bxc3 $11) (15.
bxc4 Nd7 16. Bd4 Ne5 17. Ne2 Ba6 $36) 15... Bg4 (15... Nd7 16. Bd4 $14) 16.
Qxd8 Rexd8 (16... Raxd8 17. e5 Nd7 18. Bxa7 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Rac1 $14) 17.
e5 Nd7 18. Bd6 (18. Be7 $1 Re8 19. Bd6 $16 {Huzman}) 18... Nb6 19. Ne4 (19.
Bxc6 Rac8 20. Bb7 cxb3 $1 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Nd1 Nc4 $44) (19. Rac1 $6 $36)
19... Be6 20. Rac1 cxb3 $14 {1/2, Ionescu,C (2515)-Nisipeanu,L (2545)/
Bucharest/1997/}) ({Nakamura's choice is similar to the usual} 12... a5 13. Qc2
{, which is rather slow:} h5 $5 (13... Qe7 14. Rad1 Nfd7 15. Rfe1 (15. Bf2 Nb6
16. Nde2 Be6 17. Nf4 Bc8 18. Rd2 Qc7 19. Rfd1 Bf8 20. Nd3 Nbd7 21. f4 b6 22.
Be3 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Nc5 24. Qe2 f5 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. e5 $1 dxe5 27. Nb5 $14 {
Brodt,A (2394)-Moiseev,N (2264)/corr/2009/}) 15... Nb6 16. Bf1 Nbd7 17. h3 Na6
18. Bg2 Ndc5 19. a3 Bd7 20. Kh2 Nc7 21. f4 N7e6 22. Nde2 Rad8 23. b4 axb4 24.
axb4 Na6 25. Bb6 Ra8 26. Qb1 $14 {Van Oosterom,J (2779)-Soberano,J (2607)/corr/
2006/}) 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Nde2 (15. Rfe1 $14) 15... Nh7 16. Qd2 Bf8 17. Bh6 Bxh6
18. Qxh6 a4 19. b4 Na6 {Delchev,A (2587)-Moreno Carnero,J (2506)/FRA-chT/2001/}
20. b5 Nc5 21. Qd2 $14) 13. Re1 a5 (13... Nfd7 14. Qc2 Ne5 15. Rad1 a5 16. h3
a4 17. f4 axb3 18. axb3 Ned7 19. b4 Ne6 20. Nde2 (20. Nf3 $5 $14 {()}) 20... h5
21. Rd3 h4 22. gxh4 (22. g4 g5 23. f5 $14) 22... Qxh4 23. Bf2 Qh6 24. Qd2 g5 {
0-1 O'Kelly de Galway,A-Eliskases,E/Sao Paulo 1948/EXT 2012 (40)} 25. f5 Nf4
26. Rxd6 Nxh3+ $13) 14. Qc2 Be6 $146 (14... h5 15. Rad1 h4 16. Qd2 hxg3 17.
hxg3 Nfd7 18. Nde2 Bf8 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bh6 Rd8 21. Be3 Re8 22. Bh6 Rd8 23. Bxf8
Nxf8 24. Kf2 Be6 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. Rh1 $16 {Ubilava,E (2500)-Apicella,M (2370)/
Belgrade/1988/}) 15. Rad1 (15. Nf5 gxf5 (15... Bxf5 16. exf5 $14 {[%csl Ge3,
Gg2]}) 16. exf5 Bd7 17. Bxc5 Qxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 19. Kf2 Bxf5 $1 20. Qxf5 (20.
Ne4 Bxe4 21. fxe4 Ra1 22. Bxd6 Ng4+ $132) 20... Re5 $11) 15... a4 {Objectively
a dubious attempt to create immediate counterplay.} ({However, one can
understand that Nakamura was unwilling to defend passively with e.g.} 15...
Rad8 $14) 16. b4 Ncd7 (16... Na6 17. b5 $5 (17. a3 {[%csl Ra4]} Bxc4 18. Nxa4
Be6 19. Nb6 Rad8 20. b5 cxb5 21. Nxb5 $16 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ye3f4]}) 17... Nb4
18. Qb1 (18. Qe2 a3 $132) 18... c5 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. a3 Qxc4 21. Rc1 Qd3 22.
axb4 Qxb1 23. Rxb1 Ng4 24. Bd2 Ne5 25. Nd5 $16) 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Nxa4 Ne5 (
18... Ra6 19. b5 Ra5 20. Nb6 Nxb6 (20... cxb5 21. e5 $1 Nxe5 22. f4 bxc4 (22...
Nxc4 23. Bd2) 23. fxe5 Rxe5 24. Bf2 $16) 21. Bxb6 Ra3 22. Re3 Rxe3 23. Bxe3 d5
24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Qb3 Qe7 26. e5 $1 Qxe5 27. Bd4 $36 {[%csl Gd4,Gg2][%cal
Ya2a5]}) 19. c5 (19. Nb6 Ra3 20. Rb1 Nfd7 21. Rb3 Ra6 (21... Nxb6 22. Rxa3
Nbxc4 23. Rc3 Nxe3 24. Rexe3 $14 {/+/-}) 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. a3 b5 $5 $14) 19...
Qc4 (19... dxc5 {gives White a wider, but mostly pleasant choice:} 20. f4 $1 (
20. Nxc5 Qxa2 21. Qxa2 Rxa2 22. Nxb7 Bf8 23. Nc5 $36) (20. Bxc5 $5 b5 21. Nb6
Rxa2 22. Qb1 {[%cal Yf3f4,Ye4e5,Rd1d6]} Ra3 23. Rd6 (23. f4 Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 Rxf3
25. e5 $36) 23... Qb3 24. Qxb3 Rxb3 25. Red1 h5 (25... Nxf3+ 26. Bxf3 Rxf3 27.
Rd8 Bf8 28. e5 $18) 26. f4 Nf3+ 27. Bxf3 Rxf3 28. e5 $16) 20... cxb4 $5 (20...
Nc4 21. Bc1 $5 {[%cal Ra4c5]} (21. Bxc5 b5 22. Nc3 Nd7 23. Bd4 $16) 21... Nd7
22. bxc5 $16 {[%cal Rd1d7,Rg2f1]}) 21. fxe5 Ng4 22. Bf4 Bxe5 $16 {/<=>}) 20.
Qb3 $1 $16 {[%mdl 64] For the time being Kramnik curbs the tactics well,
perhaps Nakamura underestimated this strong move...} (20. Qxc4 Nxc4 21. Nb6
Nxb6 22. cxb6 d5 $14) 20... dxc5 (20... d5 21. Nb6 Qxb3 22. axb3 Ra3 23. exd5
Rxb3 24. Bf2 cxd5 25. f4 $16) (20... Qxb3 21. axb3 d5 22. Nb6 {- 20...d5}) 21.
Nb6 (21. f4 $142 $5 Qxb3 22. axb3 Neg4 23. Bxc5 $18) 21... Qxb3 (21... Qxb4 22.
Nxa8 Rxa8 23. f4 Nc4 24. e5 Nxe3 (24... Ng4 25. Bc1 $18) 25. Rxe3 Ng4 26. Re4 {
and Black's compensation is clearly insufficient.}) 22. axb3 Rad8 (22... Ra3
23. f4 cxb4 (23... Neg4 24. Bxc5 Rxb3 25. e5 Nh5 26. Rd7 $18) 24. fxe5 Ng4 25.
e6 fxe6 26. Bc5 Rxb3 27. Nd7 Ne5 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Rb1 $16) 23. bxc5 Nfd7 24.
Na4 (24. Nxd7 Nxd7 25. Re2 $16) 24... Nf8 25. Rd6 $6 {The first step in the
wrong direction.} (25. Kf1 $5 Ne6 26. Ke2 $16 {[%cal Yg2h3]}) 25... Ne6 26.
Red1 Ra8 $1 {[%csl Rd6]} 27. h3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] An oversight, which squanders
any remaining advantage.} (27. Bf2 Bf8 28. f4 (28. R6d2 Ng5 $1 $15) 28... Ng4
29. e5 $44) (27. Bf4 Nc4 28. Rd7 Nxf4 29. gxf4 Bh6 30. Bf1 Ne3 31. R1d6 Bxf4
32. Rf6 Rad8 $5 33. Rfxf7 Rxd7 34. Rxd7 Re5 $14 {/<=>}) (27. f4 $5 Ng4 (27...
Nc4 28. bxc4 Rxa4 29. f5 gxf5 (29... Nc7 30. Rb1 $16) 30. exf5 Nf8 31. Bf2 Rxc4
32. Rb1 $16) 28. Bc1 Bf8 29. e5 Bxd6 30. cxd6 $44) 27... Nc4 $1 $132 28. bxc4 (
28. Kf2 Nxe3 (28... Nxd6 29. cxd6 $44) 29. Kxe3 Bf8 $11) 28... Rxa4 29. Rd7 (
29. Rb1 $142 Rxc4 (29... Be5 30. f4 Bxd6 31. cxd6 $13) 30. Rxb7 Ra8 $1 $132 {
[%cal Ya8a2,Yg7f8]}) (29. Bf1 Bf8 30. f4 Ra2 $5 $13) 29... Rb4 {[%csl Rc4,Rc5]}
30. f4 Bf8 31. Kh2 Bxc5 32. Bc1 (32. Bd2 Rxc4 (32... Rb3 33. Be1 Ra8 $11 {/=/+}
) 33. f5 gxf5 34. exf5 Nf8 $15 {/\} 35. Rxb7 Rc2 36. Bb4 (36. Re1 Ra8 37. Bb4
Bd4 $40) 36... Rb2 37. Bxc5 Rxb7 $15) 32... Ra8 $15 {The tide has turned
completely and it's White who has to seek counterplay. Kramnik was in bad form
and didn't manage to adapt.} 33. f5 (33. Bd2 Rb3 $36) 33... Nf8 34. R7d3 (34.
Rd8 $2 Rxd8 35. Rxd8 Rb1 $1 36. Rd1 Ba3 $19) 34... Rxc4 35. Bh6 Be7 36. R1d2 (
36. g4 $5 Bf6 37. Bf4 $15) 36... b5 37. Rf3 b4 38. e5 gxf5 39. Rxf5 Ng6 $17 40.
Rdf2 ({More resilient was} 40. Rb2 $142) 40... Bf8 $1 (40... b3 $5 41. Rxf7 Bf8
$19 {is roughly equivalent}) 41. Bg5 (41. Bxf8 Rxf8 42. h4 Re8 $19) 41... b3
42. Rxf7 (42. Rb2 Ra2 $1 43. Rff2 (43. Rxb3 Rcc2) 43... h6 44. Be3 Rc3 45. Bd4
Rxb2 46. Rxb2 Rd3 $19 {[%cal Rg6e5]}) 42... Rb8 $19 {[%cal Rb3b2]} ({More
forcing than} 42... Nxe5 43. R7f5 (43. R7f4 Rc3 $19) 43... Bg7 $19) 43. Bf1 Rc3
44. e6 (44. R7f3 Rxf3 45. Bc4+ (45. Rxf3 Nxe5) 45... Kh8 46. Rxf3 b2 47. Bd3
b1=Q (47... Nxe5 48. Bf6+ Bg7 $19) 48. Bxb1 Rb2+ $19) 44... b2 45. Bf6 b1=Q 46.
Bxc3 Qb3 47. R7f3 Bc5 {Slightly prolongs the struggle, but still safe enough.}
(47... Qxe6 48. Re3 Qb3 49. Bd4 (49. Bb2 Qa2 $19) 49... Qa4 $19 {wins on the
spot.}) 48. Rb2 Qxb2+ 49. Bxb2 Rxb2+ 50. Bg2 Be7 51. h4 Re2 52. Rc3 (52. h5 Nf8
) 52... c5 53. Kh3 Kg7 54. Bd5 Ne5 {[%cal Yh7h5,Ye5g4]} 55. g4 Ng6 56. Rf3 Bd6
{[%cal Re2h2,Rg6f4]} 57. Rf7+ Kh8 58. g5 Rh2+ 59. Kg4 (59. Kg4 Rxh4+ 60. Kf3 (
60. Kf5 Rf4#) 60... Ne5+ 61. Kg3 Rd4 $19 {[%csl Rd5,Rf7]}) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 c5 8.
d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nf3 {According to modern theory, this is not the most
prinicipled continuation. At the moment the most principled lines start with
10.Qd2 or 10.Bc4.} (10. Qd2 $5 e6 (10... Qd6 11. f4 (11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Ng1 {
1/2-1/2 Arutinian,D-Kasimdzhanov,R/Konya TUR 2011}) 11... Nd7 12. e5 Qc7 13. h4
c4 14. h5 Nb6 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Ng5 Rad8 18. d6 exd6 19. Rxh7 Qc5
20. Rh6 dxe5 21. Rxg6+ Kh8 22. Nf7+ (22. Rh6+ Kg8 23. Rg6+ $11) 22... Kh7 23.
Rh6+ (23. f5 $1 Rxd2 24. Ng5+ Kh8 25. Rh6+ Kg8 26. Rg6+ $11) 23... Kg7 $19 24.
Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Rh4 Rxd2 26. Rxg4+ Kf8 27. Kxd2 Qf2+ 28. Be2 Nd5 29. Rh1 Qe3+ 30.
Ke1 Qxc3+ 31. Kf2 Qe3+ 32. Ke1 Nxf4 33. Rh8+ Kf7 34. Rxf4+ exf4 35. Rh7+ Kf6
36. Rxb7 c3 {0-1 Riazantsev,A-Edouard,R TCh-FRA Top12 Belfort 2012}) 11. d6 e5
12. h4 Be6 13. Nh3 {See the game Anand,V-Hammer,J NOR 2013.} (13. h5 g5 14. h6
(14. Nf3 f6 15. Be2 Nc6 16. O-O Rf7 17. Rfd1 Rd7 {You don't need to bea GM to
understand that the computer overestimates this position. Computer assessment
is around +0.5. I think the position is in Black's favour.}) 14... Kh8 15. Nf3
f6 16. Be2 Nc6 17. Nh2 Qd7 18. Nf1 Nd8 19. Rd1 Nf7 20. Bh5 Qc6 21. Ng3 Rad8 22.
Bxf7 Rxf7 $17 {Akesson,R-Boros,D FS05 Budapest 2008 1-0 (48)})) (10. Bc4 Qd6 (
10... b5 11. Bxb5 Qa5 12. Rb1 (12. Qd3 $1 Nd7 13. Nf3 Rb8 14. Bxd7 Bxd7 15. O-O
$16 Rb2 16. Ne5 Bb5 17. c4 Ba6 18. Nc6 Qc7 19. Qa3 Qb6 20. Nxe7+ Kg7 21. Nc6 f6
22. Qc3 Re2 23. Rab1 Qc7 24. Rfe1 Rxa2 25. e5 {1-0 Sambuev,B-Umansky,V Tula
2004}) 12... Bd7 13. Bd3 Qxc3+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 e6 16. Ne2 exd5 17. exd5
Rd8 (17... Bc8 18. Nc3 Nd7 19. Rhe1 $14) 18. Rhc1 Bc8 19. Rxc5 Nd7 20. Ra5 $16
{Stocek,J-Khismatullin,D 11th EICC Men Rijeka CRO 2010 1/2-1/2 (50)}) 11. Nf3
Bg4 12. e5 Qc7 13. O-O Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxe5 15. Rab1 Nd7 (15... b6 $2 16. d6 Nd7
17. Rfe1 Qxd6 18. Rbd1 Ne5 (18... Qc7 19. Rxe7 $18) 19. Bxf7+ Nxf7 20. Rxd6 $18
) 16. Rfe1 Qd6 17. Rxb7 Rfb8 $11 18. Rb3 Ne5 19. Qe4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Rxb3 21.
axb3 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Grachev,B-Vachier Lagrave,M Aeroflot Open A Moscow RUS 2010})
10... e6 {Another option is 10...Bg4:} (10... Bg4 11. Be2 (11. Qd2 Bxf3 12.
gxf3 Qd6 13. f4 e6 14. c4 e5 15. f5 Nd7 16. Rg1 Kh8 17. Qh6 Rg8 18. Rb1 Qa6 19.
Bd3 Rab8 20. fxg6 Rxg6 21. Rxg6 fxg6 22. Qh3 Qd6 23. Be2 b6 24. Qa3 a5 (24...
Qc7 $5 25. h4 Nf6 26. Qe3 Rf8 27. Kd2 Ne8 $11) 25. Rb3 Nf6 26. Qb2 Nxe4 $2 27.
f4 $16 Re8 $2 28. Re3 {1-0 Sokolov,I-Brkic,A Sibenik 2007}) 11... Bxf3 (11...
Qd6 $5 12. Nd2 $1 (12. h3 $6 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd7 14. O-O b5) (12. e5 Qc7 13. O-O
Nd7 14. d6 exd6 15. exd6 Qc6 $132) 12... Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nd7 14. O-O $14) 12.
Bxf3 Nd7 13. O-O Qc7 (13... b5 $5 14. Be2 Rb8 15. f4 c4 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Rad1
Rfd8 {Black has good counterplay.}) 14. c4 Rad8 15. Qb3 e5 16. Rfb1 Rb8 17. Qa3
b6 18. Rd1 Nf6 19. Qc3 Rfd8 20. a4 Qe7 $11 {Radjabov,T-Kamsky,G FIDE GP Sochi
2008 1/2-1/2 (50)}) 11. Be2 {White didn't get any advantage after 11.Bc4:} (11.
Bc4 b5 12. Bxb5 Qa5 13. Bc4 $1 (13. Qd3 exd5 14. exd5 a6 15. Bc4 Re8+ 16. Kf1
Bf5 17. Qd2 Nd7 $44) 13... Qxc3+ (13... Ba6 $5 14. Bxa6 Qxc3+ 15. Nd2 Nxa6 16.
dxe6 fxe6 17. O-O Rad8 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. axb3 Rxd2 20. Rxa6 Rb8 21. Rxa7 Rxb3
22. g3 Rbb2 $11) 14. Nd2 Ba6 15. Rc1 Qe5 16. Qe2 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Qg5 18. Ne3 (18.
O-O $1 exd5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Rfd1 Qc6 21. Rd6 $44) 18... exd5 19. exd5 Nd7 20.
O-O Rfe8 $11 {Karpov,A-Timofeev,A RUS-ChT Sochi 2007 1/2-1/2 (35)}) 11... exd5
12. exd5 Bg4 13. O-O Nd7 (13... Qd6 {Black's standard plan in such kind of
positions is} 14. Rb1 (14. c4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd7 16. Re1 Rfe8 $11) 14... Nd7 $1
(14... b6 $6) 15. Rxb7 Nb6 {threatening ...Bc8} 16. Qd2 $1 Qxd5 (16... Kg7 $5
17. Ne5 (17. Qg5 Bc8 18. Qe7 Qxe7 19. Rxe7 Nxd5 20. Re5 Nxc3 21. Bc4 Bb7 22.
Rc1 Ne4 23. Re7 $44) 17... Bxe2 (17... Bc8 $2 18. Rxf7+ $1 Rxf7 19. Qh6+ Kg8 $8
20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Bd3 $16) 18. Qxe2 Qxd5 19. Re7 Qd6) (16... Bc8
$2 17. Qh6) 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Bc4 Bxf3 (18... Nb6 $6 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Rxf7
Kxf7 21. Ne5+ Ke6 22. Nxg4 Rd8 23. Re1+ Kf7 24. Ne5+ Kf6 $44 {The activity of
the black pieces could be enough for a draw.}) 19. gxf3 Nb6 20. Be2 Rfb8 21.
Rc7 Rc8 22. Rb7 Rcb8 $11) 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 Qd6 17. Rb1 $1 b6 $2
18. Re1 $6 {An inaccurate move.} (18. Ba6 $1 Rfe8 19. Re1 Nd7 20. c4 Nf6 21.
Bb5 $16) 18... Rfd8 $2 (18... a6 $1 {It seems to me that this is the best
setup for Black.} 19. a4 Nd7 {M.Golubev} 20. Bf1 Nf6 21. c4 Rab8 22. Qb3 Rfe8
23. Qb2 $14) (18... c4 19. Qd4 Rac8 20. f4 Nd3 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22. Rbd1 Rfd8 23.
Rxd3 Qc5 24. Qxc5 $6 (24. Ree3 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Rc5 26. c4 Kg7 27. Kf2 $16) 24...
Rxc5 $44 {Nezar,M-Marzolo,C Nancy 2005 1-0 (64). Black chances to make draw
are higher than White's chances to win the game.}) 19. Ba6 $1 Rab8 20. c4 Nd7 (
20... Re8 21. Bb5 Re7 22. Qd2 f6 {In order to put the knight on d6 Black needs
to weaken his kingside. Black's position is cramped and very difficult. If you
have a lack of space, then passive rooks are the common problem. For example,
if Black managed to swap one pair of rooks his position would be defendable.
If he managed to swap all the rooks his position would be better.} 23. Re2 Rf8
24. a4 g5 25. f4 gxf4 26. Qxf4 $16) 21. Bb5 $1 $16 (21. Rb3 Re8 $1 22. Rbe3
Rxe3 23. Rxe3 Kf8 24. Bb5 Re8 $5 (24... Nf6 25. Bc6 Rc8 26. Qa1 $1 $16) 25.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 26. Qa4 Qc7 {Black's next move is ...Ke7. It is not so clear if
White can achieve something.}) 21... Nf6 (21... Re8 $1 {As was mentioned above,
Black needs to trade rooks.} 22. Qd2 (22. Qa4 $5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rb7 24. Re8+
Kg7 25. Rd8 $6 {It seems that White gains a piece} Qf4 $1 26. Qd1 $6 (26. Qc2
$1 Ne5 27. Re8 Qd4 28. Qe2 $14) 26... Ne5 27. d6 a6 28. Bxa6 Ra7 29. d7 $8 (29.
Bb5 $2 Rxa2 30. Qf1 Qf6 $19) 29... Kh6 $1 30. Bb5 Rxa2 31. Qe1 Nf3+ 32. gxf3
Qg5+ 33. Kh2 Qxd8 34. Qe3+ Kg7 35. Qe5+ Kh6 36. Qe3+ Kg7 $11) 22... Rxe1+ 23.
Rxe1 Nf6 24. a4 Kg7 25. a5 $16 {At least Sergey would have more practical
chances than he had in the game.}) 22. Qe2 Rb7 23. Rb3 Nh5 24. Re3 {White has
a strategically winning position.} Ng7 25. g4 $5 {Usually if you see a move
like g4 you don't want to consider other options. Nevertheless 25.Re7 deserves
attention. At least White wins a pawn.} (25. Re7 $5 Rxe7 26. Qxe7 Nf5 27. Qxa7
Qb8 28. Qxb8 Rxb8 29. a4 $16) 25... Kf8 26. a4 {Nakamura even doesn't want to
think about Black's opportunity ...a6, ...b5.} f5 $5 {Sergey is trying to play
actively.} 27. Re5 $6 (27. Qb2 $1 Kg8 28. gxf5 $1 Rf7 (28... Nxf5 29. Re8+ Rxe8
30. Rxe8+ Kf7 31. Qh8 $18) 29. fxg6 hxg6 (29... Qxg6+ 30. Rg3 $18) 30. Be8 $1
Rc7 31. Re4 $18 {Black doesn't have any reasonable moves} Nf5 $2 32. Re6) 27...
fxg4 28. hxg4 Rf7 {Black's position has improved significantly. He has some
counterplay on the f-file. However we should admit that Black's position is
bad. The knight on e8 is out of play.} 29. Qe3 Qf6 30. Re2 Qf4 31. Qxf4 (31.
Re4 Qxe3 32. R2xe3 {White keeps rooks on the board. It is not easy to
determine where Black's position is more difficult.} h5 33. f3 Rd6 34. Kg2 Rdf6
35. Kg3 $16) 31... Rxf4 32. R5e4 $8 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 h5 34. f3 Kf7 35. Kg2 Kf6 36.
Re1 g5 {Sooner or later Black had to make this move.} 37. Kg3 Rh8 38. Bc6 Kf7
39. d6 h4+ $2 (39... hxg4 $8 {The only chance to continue resistance was} 40.
fxg4 (40. Kxg4 $2 Kf6 41. Bd5 Rh4+ 42. Kg3 Rh8 $11 43. a5 $2 Rd8) 40... Kf6 41.
Re7 Rd8 42. Bd7 $22 Rh8 $8 (42... Kg6 $2 43. Kf3 Kf6 44. Ke4 $18) 43. Kf3 Rh2
44. Bc6 (44. Ke4 $2 Re2+) 44... Ne6 $8 45. Bd5 Nd4+ 46. Kg3 Rh8 $1 47. Rxa7 Rd8
$16 {and White needs to choose between} 48. Ra6 $5 {or} (48. Rf7+ Ke5 49. d7 {
It is not obvious if White can win the endgame or not.})) 40. Kh2 Kf6 41. d7
Ne6 42. Bd5 $6 {The key to the win is the breakthrough f4. Fortunately for
Nakamura he managed to find it later.} (42. f4 $1 gxf4 43. g5+ Kf5 44. Bd5 Nc7
45. g6 Kxg6 (45... Kf6 46. g7 $1 Kxg7 47. Bg8 $3) 46. Bg8 $3 $18 {An amazing
line, isn't it?}) 42... Nc7 43. Be4 Ne6 44. Bd5 Nc7 45. f4 $1 $18 ({Nakamura
could postpone the breakthrough:} 45. Bc6 Ne6 46. f4 $1 gxf4 47. g5+ Kf5 48.
Bd5 Ng7 49. Re7 Kg6 50. Bf7+ Kxg5 51. Be8 $18) 45... gxf4 46. g5+ Kg6 (46...
Kf5 47. g6 $1 Kxg6 48. Bg8 $1 $18) 47. Re5 Rd8 48. Be4+ Kf7 49. Bf5 Rh8 50. Kg2
a5 51. Kf2 f3 52. Re1 $22 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 {A very interesting and popular line nowadays. Black avoids White's main
attacking plan by g4, so after this play becomes positional.} 9. Qd2 (9. Nd5 {
is similar to the game, but in the event of} Nxd5 10. exd5 Bf5 {White has an
extra} 11. Bd3 {and he doesn't lose a tempo with Qd2.}) 9... Nbd7 10. Nd5 (10.
O-O-O {is another main line.}) 10... Nxd5 (10... Bxd5 {is more common.} 11.
exd5 g6 $5 {a very interesing idea by Topalov.} 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Qa5 Bh6 $1 {
This is the point of 11...g6.} 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Kb1 Rc8 (15... Kf8 $5) 16. Qb4
$1 {Prepares for c4.} Kf8 17. c4 Kg7 18. g3 Rh8 19. Rc1 Qc7 20. Bh3 $1 Rce8 21.
Rhd1 Re7 22. a3 Rd8 23. Nd2 {(Anand-Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 2008)} e4 $1 {
and Black has some counterplay, for example:} 24. Qc3 ({or} 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25.
fxe4 Rxe4) 24... Na4 25. Qc2 (25. Qd4 exf3 26. Rf1 Qc5 $15) 25... Nc5 $132) 11.
exd5 Bf5 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Rc1 $146 {Novelty. Caruana prepares for c4 and the R
can be useful on c1.} ({Immediately} 13. c4 {is very similar} Qh4+ 14. Bf2 Qf6
15. O-O h4 16. Be3 Be7 17. Na5 Rc7 18. b4 Qg6 (18... O-O $5) 19. Rad1 {This
move is also prepares for the break-through by c5!} Bc2 (19... e4 20. c5 $1)
20. Rc1 Bf5 21. c5 $1 $36 {Maliangkay-Hiltunen, Czechia 2003.}) 13... Qh4+ $1 {
A nice provoking move. Black wants to create weaknesses on White's K side.} 14.
g3 ({In the event of} 14. Bf2 Qf6 {.}) 14... Qf6 {Now White has to calculate
with h4 after all moves.} 15. O-O Be7 ({Still} 15... h4 $2 {doesn't work, as}
16. g4 $1 Bh7 17. Bg5 Qg6 18. Bd3 $18 {and the Q is trapped.}) 16. Na5 Rc7 17.
Bd3 (17. c4 O-O 18. Bd3 {transposes to the game.}) 17... O-O 18. c4 Bxd3 19.
Qxd3 Re8 20. b4 Bf8 21. Rce1 (21. Kg2 $5 {improves the K's position and
prepares h3, which can be useful in case of ...e4 f4.} g6 (21... e4 22. fxe4
Qb2+ 23. Qd2 Qxd2+ 24. Bxd2 Rxe4 25. Bf4 {The _|_ can be slightly better for
White.}) 22. Nb3 $5 (22. Rc2 e4 (22... Qe7 23. Qd2 e4 24. f4 Nf6 25. h3 $14)
23. fxe4 Qe7 24. Bf4 Qxe4+ 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. Rd1 Nb6)) 21... g6 22. Qd2 ({Still
} 22. Kg2 $5 {is also interesting} e4 23. Qb3 (23. fxe4 Qb2+ 24. Qd2 Qxd2+ 25.
Bxd2 Ne5 26. Rc1 Nd3 $132 {with some counterplay.}) 23... exf3+ 24. Rxf3 {
and White looks nicely placed.}) 22... Qf5 (22... Bg7 $6 {is dubious, because}
23. c5 $1 $16 {is working.}) 23. a4 (23. Kg2 b5 (23... Nf6 24. h3 $14) 24. Nc6)
23... Nf6 24. Bb6 ({After} 24. Kg2 b5 $1 $132 {is very strong.}) (24. c5 h4 25.
c6 (25. g4 Nxg4 $1 26. fxg4 Qxg4+ 27. Kh1 Qe4+ 28. Kg1 (28. Qg2 Qxb4 $132)
28... Qg4+ $11 {and Black has perpetual checks.}) 25... hxg3 26. hxg3 bxc6 27.
dxc6 Rb8 28. Rb1 d5 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 d4 $13 {with a double-edged fight,
because Black looks also very fast.}) 24... Rcc8 25. f4 $6 (25. Kg2 $5) 25...
e4 26. Bd4 Rc7 27. h3 $6 {Dubious, but White's position is already difficult.}
({Now} 27. Bb6 $6 {is not effective because of} Rce7 $15) ({Maybe} 27. Re2 {
was the best, but after} h4 {Black has a nice initiative.}) 27... Bg7 28. Qg2 (
28. Kg2 {is too late, as} b5 $1 $17) (28. Qb2 b5) 28... b5 $1 {A very strong
break-through by Nakamura!} 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4
Bd4+ 33. Kh2 Qf6 34. Nc6 Bb6 35. g5 Qf5 36. c5 (36. Qh3 bxc4 37. Qxf5 gxf5 {
is also hopeless for White.}) 36... dxc5 37. Ne5 cxb4 38. d6 Rc3 39. Rxe4 Kg7 {
A great win by Nakamura!} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Bf4 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
Nxc5 9. Rd1 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Nce4 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Rc8 14. Qb3 Nh5
15. Be5 Qc7 16. Bd4 Nf6 17. Nd2 d5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Qa4 Bc6 20. Qb3 Bd5 21.
Qa4 Bc6 22. Qb3 Bd5 23. Qa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 {A sideline, but nowadays the Ruy Lopez quite
often even at the highest level isn't only about the Berlin and classical
closed systems (Chigorin, Breyer etc.). Nakamura himself lately successfully
experimented with other systems:} (3... a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 (4... d6 5. c3 Bd7 {
is the Deferred Steinitz, which usually leads to a heavy manoeuvring struggle
after} 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. h3 ({Only one of the numerous options. In his
book "Dynamic Opening Strategy" Jansa recommends} 8. Re1 Nge7 9. Be3 O-O 10. d5
Nb8 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 12. Nfd2 f5 13. f3 {with a King's Indian without the
light-squared bishops. Although this should give White an edge, Black has} Rf7
$5 14. c4 Qf8 15. Nc3 Bh6 16. Bf2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 f4 18. b4 g5 19. c5 Rg7 20. Qe2
Nf6 21. Kh1 Kh8 22. Na4 Qf7 23. Rac1 Rag8 $132 {Stehno,P (2366)-Radulski,J 
(2502)/Brno/2005/}) 8... Nf6 (8... h6 9. Be3 Nge7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Bc5 Re8 13. Re1 b6 14. Ba3 Na7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Nc4 Qe6 17. Ne3 Nb5 18.
Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Qa4 Nd6 20. Qc6 Rc8 21. Rad1 Kh7 22. Rd2 Ne8 23. Qb7 Nd6 24. Rxd6
$5 cxd6 25. Qxa6 $44 {Caruana,F (2774)-Ivanchuk,V (2755)/Thessaloniki/2013/})
9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Bc2 Qe7 12. Nf1 Qf8 $5 13. Ng3 Rad8 14. d5 (14. Be3
Bc8 15. Qe2 Bh6 16. Qd2 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Qg7 18. Rad1 Kh8 19. Qc1 h6 20. Ba4 b5
21. Bc2 Nh5 22. Nxh5 gxh5 23. Kh1 Rg8 24. Rg1 Qf6 25. Qe3 Rg6 26. dxe5 Nxe5 27.
Nxe5 dxe5 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Rd1 Qe7 30. Rd3 Kg7 31. b4 Be6 32. Bb3 Qg5 $11 {
Landa,K (2570)-Yandemirov,V (2500)/Novgorod/1997/}) 14... Ne7 15. Nh2 Bh6 16.
Qf3 Bxc1 17. Raxc1 Qg7 18. Qe3 Nh5 $5 19. Nxh5 gxh5 20. Kh1 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5
22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Qd3 Rf8 24. Nf3 Ne7 $132 {Caruana,F (2774)-Andreikin,D (2713)
/Moscow/2013/}) 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 {is the Neoarkhangelsk,
with Shirov, Caruana and Nakamura being the most prominent members of the fan
club:} {Another important branch is} 9. a4 ({After} 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 {
the currently most topical move is} Re8 $5 ({Caruana used to play} 10... h6 11.
h3 Re8 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bc2 Rb8 14. Rc1 Nh7 15. Bd3 Qf6 16. Nb3 Nf8 17. Kh2 g5
18. d5 Ne7 19. c4 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 c5 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Kg1 Nfg6 $13 {Anand,V 
(2780)-Caruana,F (2757)/Zurich/2013/ For details see the notes to this game in
CBM 153.}) (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. dxe5 $5 dxe5 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. Rfd1 Na5 15.
Nf1 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qe6 17. b4 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Ne1 $1 $36 {
[%csl Rh5] Movsesian,S (2700)-Onischuk,A (2675)/WChT Ningbo/2011/ This
impressive strategic game was annotated by Movsesian in CBM 144.}) 11. Re1 (11.
h3 Na5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Qb1 exd4 14. cxd4 Nc4 15. Nxc4 bxc4 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Nxc4
Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Qd3 Qd7 20. Rfc1 Nf6 21. Bd2 Ba7 $11 {Ponomariov,R 
(2733)-Giri,A (2727)/Zug/2013/}) 11... Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 (13. dxc5 dxc5 14.
Qe2 Ng4 $5 15. Nf1 Be6 16. Ng5 Nxe3 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Nxe3 c4 19. Qh5 Qc7 20.
Ng4 Rf8 21. Re2 Rad8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Rd8 24. Bc2 b4 {by ucinne celilo
25.Vd2!, slabsie} (24... Nc6 $142 $11) 25. cxb4 $6 (25. Rd2 $1 $14 {[%csl Re5]}
) 25... Nc6 26. Ba4 Nxb4 27. Qxe5 Qe7 $36 {Anand,V (2783)-Nakamura,H (2775)/
Stavanger/2013/ Nakamura went on to win an impressive game.}) 13... Nc6 14.
dxc5 dxc5 15. a4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. c4 Nb4 (17... b4 18. Ba4 Bd7 $11) (17...
Nd4 18. cxb5 Ba5 $5 $132) 18. cxb5 Bd7 19. Nc4 Bxb5 20. Nfd2 Bc7 21. Ra3 Bxc4 (
21... Qe7 $5 $11) 22. Nxc4 Qxd1 23. Bxd1 Nxe4 24. Ra7 Nd6 $6 (24... Nd5 25. Bf3
Nxe3 26. fxe3 Nd6 $11 {still holds the balance}) 25. Ba4 Rec8 26. Nxe5 Nb5 27.
Bxb5 Rxb5 28. Bd2 Nc2 29. Nc6 $1 $36 {Ponomariov,R (2733)-Caruana,F (2772)/Zug/
2013/}) 9... Rb8 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 ({Black
doesn't trust the positions after} 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. f4 {anymore.})
14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Re8 ({Nakamura's idea, but even after the older} 15...
Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Be3 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rg1 Nf4 21. Bb3 Ne6
22. Bxe6 {the novelty} Qxe6 $5 {promises Black sufficient compensation and
counterplay after} 23. d5 Qf6 24. Qe2 Bxe3 25. fxe3 h6 26. Rc1 Rb8 27. Rc3 Ra8
{1/2, Craciunescu,V (2513)-Parushev,A (2259)/corr/2011/}) 16. Re1 Bxf3 17. gxf3
Nh5 18. Ba4 $5 (18. f4 Qh4 19. Ra3 Nxf4 20. Rg3 Qf6 21. Qf3 Nd5 22. Ba4 Qxf3
23. Rxf3 Re7 24. Bd2 Nf6 25. e5 dxe5 26. dxe5 Nd7 $11 {Leko,P (2735)-Nakamura,
H (2769)/Wijk aan Zee/2013/}) 18... Rf8 (18... Re6 $142 $5 19. Kh1 Qh4 {
seems more critical}) 19. Bc6 Qf6 20. Ra4 Nf4 21. Kh1 d5 22. exd5 Ng6 23. Re4
Ne7 24. Rc4 Qd6 25. Bf4 Qd8 26. Bg5 f6 27. Bf4 Nxd5 28. Bxd5+ Qxd5 29. Qe2 $14
{Grischuk,A (2779)-Nakamura,H (2775)/Thessaloniki/2013/ Although at this point
White's extra pawn doesn't play a decisive role, Black is the one who must
fight for a draw - and he didn't manage to hold the position after protracted
defence.}) ({Although Nakamura hasn't tried the text move yet, he has already
employed the similar} 3... Nge7 4. Nc3 $5 (4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7 7. d4
{is a line, which could arise also in the game - we will have a closer look at
it below.}) 4... d6 ({But} 4... g6 {is rather unpleasant for Black\;} 5. d4
exd4 6. Nd5 $5 Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bf6 Bxf6 9. Nxf6+ Kf8 10. O-O Kg7 11. Nd5 d6
12. Bxc6 Nxc6 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. Nb5 Rxe4 15. Nbxc7 $14 {Svidler,P (2750)
-Aronian,L (2782)/Nice rpd/2010/}) 5. d4 a6 6. Be2 $5 (6. Bc4 b5 7. Be2 exd4 8.
Nd5 Ne5 9. Qxd4 c5 10. Qd1 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Be6 12. Qd1 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. c3 Qb6
15. Ng5 Bc8 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Rd1 Rad8 18. Nf3 Ng6 19. a4 Bc6 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Be3 Rfe8 $11 {Dominguez Perez,L (2725)-Nakamura,H (2783)/London/2012/ Black
has comfortable equality here and got into trouble only later by trying too
hard.}) 6... exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qe3 g6 10. Qg5 h6 11. Qg3 Be6 (
11... Bg7 $142) 12. O-O Ne7 $6 13. Be3 Bg7 14. Rad1 (14. f4 $5) 14... Qd7 15.
Bd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 O-O-O 17. b4 Qc6 (17... Nc6 $5) 18. Rfd1 g5 19. a4 Ng6 20.
Bf1 Ne5 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2709)-Nakamura,H (2767)/Zug/2013/} 21. b5 $40) 4. O-O
(4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Bg7 (5... d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 {is the Deferred Steinitz
from the previous note}) 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bb3 Nge7 {gives White the
interesting extra option} 9. d5 $5 (9. O-O {can transpose from 4.0-0.}) 9...
Na5 10. Bd2 c5 $5 {Probably the best.} (10... Bxb2 $2 11. Bxa5 Bxa1 12. Nc3
Bxc3+ (12... Bb2 $2 13. Qc2 $1 Ba3 14. Nb1 Bd6 15. e5 $18) 13. Bxc3 Rf8 14. Ng5
$40) (10... Nxb3 11. Qxb3 O-O 12. Bc3 d6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. O-O Bd7 15. Nc3 Rb8
16. Qb4 Re8 17. Rac1 Ng8 18. Rfe1 $14 {Duda,J (2380)-Dragun,K (2420)/Warsaw/
2012/}) 11. d6 Nec6 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Bd5 Bb7 14. Qd2 (14. O-O $5 $14 {seems
more flexible}) 14... Nb4 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. O-O Nc6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nc3 b4
19. Na4 Qa5 20. b3 c4 21. Qe3 {Ponomariov,R (2734)-Blagojevic,D (2514)/
Istanbul olm/2012/} Rae8 $5 $132 {/\} 22. Nb6 Nxd6 23. Nxd7 Rxe4 24. Qd2 Rd8 $1
25. Qxd6 Re6 $11 {[%csl Rd7] /=/+}) (4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bxc6
dxc6 8. Qxd4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. O-O-O Bxf3 11. gxf3 O-O 12. Qe3 (12. f4 Nh5 13.
f5 Rfe8 14. Qe3 Qe5 15. Rd7 $6 Nf6 16. f4 Qxf5 17. exf5 Rxe3 18. Rxc7 Rb8 $15 {
Volokitin,A (2558)-Malaniuk,V (2556)/Warsaw rpd/2002/}) 12... Rfe8 13. f4 Rad8
14. f5 a5 15. Rxd8 Qxd8 16. f4 b5 $6 (16... Nd5 $5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. exd5 Rxe3
19. dxc6 bxc6 $132) 17. Rd1 Qc8 $6 18. Qd4 Nh5 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. f5 b4 21. Na4
$40 {Gopal,G (2604)-Sokolov,I (2654)/Sarajevo/2010/}) 4... Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6
$5 {A rare move, which Anand played very fast. White obviously wants to avoid
the following unclear modern line, but the position he is heading for is no
less complex in a strategic sense.} (6. Ba4 Nge7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 b5 9. Bb3 (
9. Bc2 O-O ({White has to reckon with} 9... d5 $5 10. exd5 Nb4 $132 {as well.})
10. d5 Na5 11. Nc3 (11. a4 b4 12. Nbd2 d6 13. Nb3 c5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Nd2 Qd8
16. Nc4 a5 17. Re1 Ba6 18. Bb3 Nc8 19. Rb1 {Palac,M (2475)-Arkhipov,S (2500)/
Kecskemet/1991/} Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nb6 21. Bb5 c4 $132) 11... d6 {gives White an
extra tempo compared to 9.Bb3. However, it's still not easy to prove an
unequivocal advantage:} 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Rb1 c5 14. dxc6 Naxc6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16.
Be3 Rc8 17. a4 Nb4 18. Bb3 bxa4 19. Bxa4 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22.
Qxd5 Bxd5 $11 {Brodsky,M (2545)-Murey,J (2440)/Rishon Le Ziyyon/1998/}) 9...
O-O 10. Nc3 Na5 (10... d6 {allows} 11. Nd5 $5 {[%cal Yc1g5]} h6 12. Nxe7+ Nxe7
13. Be3 Kh7 14. Rc1 f5 15. Qd3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc7,Rh7] /\} Bb7 $4 16. Ng5+ $1
hxg5 17. Bxg5 d5 18. exd5 $18 {[%cal Rd3h3,Rd5d6]}) 11. Bc2 d6 12. h3 (12. d5
Nc4 13. Re1 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Rb1 h6 16. Nd5 Be6 17. b3 N4e5 18. Nxe5 dxe5
19. Ba3 Re8 20. Bc5 Rc8 21. b4 Nd4 $11 {Karjakin,S (2723)-Aronian,L (2786)/
Moscow blitz/2009/}) 12... c5 {A more testing move is} 13. Bg5 $5 (13. dxc5
dxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Be3 Nb7 16. e5 Bf5 17. Be4 (17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Bg5 Re8 19.
g4 Bd7 20. Nf6+ $6 Bxf6 21. exf6 Nb4 22. Bd1 Bc6 $15 {Smeets,J (2651)-Karjakin,
S (2725)/Nice rpd blindfold/2010/}) 17... Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Rd5 19. Bg5 Nc6 20.
Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Bxf6 {Smeets,J (2651)-Aronian,L (2782)/Nice rpd blindfold/2010/}
c4 $1 {[%cal Yb7c5,Yc5d3]} 22. Rad1 Nb4 $15) 13... h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 cxd4
$5 (15... Nc4 16. b3 Na3 17. Bd3 Nc6 18. Nd5 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Qh5 Kg7 $5
(20... Bg7 $6 21. Rad1 c4 22. Be2 c3 23. Nxc3 Bxc3 24. Bxd6 $16 {Polgar,J 
(2710)-Banusz,T (2563)/Warsaw rpd/2011/}) 21. Rad1 Be6 22. Kh1 {[%cal Yf2f4] /\
} Ra7 $6 23. f4 f6 24. e5 $1 Bxd5 25. fxg5 $40) 16. Nxd4 Nc4 17. Rb1 Re8 $1
$132 {A.Kuzmin} (17... Bb7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qb6 20. Qd3 Rfe8 21. Rfd1 Bxd4
22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Rac8 24. Re1 Kg7 25. Bd3 $14 {Gopal,G (2584)-Nezad,H 
(2408)/Caleta/2010/})) (6. Bc4 Nge7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 b5 {leads to the same
position after the natural} 9. Bb3 O-O) 6... dxc6 7. d4 {Logical central play.}
(7. d3 {is too tame:} Ne7 8. h3 c5 9. Na3 Nc6 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Rfe1
b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Nc4 f6 15. Bh6 Qf7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b3 Rfe8 18. Nh2 Rad8
19. f4 b5 20. Nb2 f5 $5 $132 {Zagrebelny,S (2510)-Margolin,B (2385)/Alushta/
1994/}) 7... exd4 {A natural reaction.} (7... Bg4 $143 8. dxe5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1
Bxe5 10. Na3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 b5 12. Nc2 $14 {leads to an inferior endgame:} Ne7
13. Be3 g5 14. Bc5 Rg8 15. h3 Rg6 16. a4 Bd6 $6 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 18. Rxd6 cxd6 19.
axb5 cxb5 20. Nd4 {[%csl Rb5]} Kd7 21. Ra2 $14 {/+/-, Stanojoski,Z (2450)
-Mitkov,M (2398)/Struga/2005/}) 8. cxd4 Ne7 9. h3 {Although the text move has
still been played, we are gradually entering less charted waters.} (9. Nc3 Bg4
$5 (9... O-O 10. Be3 h6 11. Qb3 b6 12. d5 $6 (12. Ne5 $5 c5 13. Rad1 $14) 12...
cxd5 13. exd5 Nf5 14. Bf4 g5 15. Be5 Nh4 16. Nxh4 $6 (16. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3
Kxg7 18. Rad1 $13) 16... Bxe5 17. Nf3 Bg7 18. Rfe1 Bb7 19. Rad1 Re8 20. Rxe8+
Qxe8 21. h4 g4 22. Nh2 {Abergel,T (2517)-Kosten,A (2497)/Nimes/2009/} g3 $36 {
[%csl Gb7,Gg7]}) 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 f5 (12... Bxd4 13. Rad1 c5
14. b4 Qe8 (14... b6 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. Na4 $16) 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Rxd4 $14) 13.
Bg5 Qd7 (13... fxe4 $142 $1 14. Qxe4 Rf7 15. Rfe1 Qd7 $11 {/=/+} 16. Bxe7 $6
Re8) 14. Bxe7 (14. e5 $5) 14... Qxe7 15. e5 Rad8 16. Rad1 c5 17. Nd5 Qf7 18.
dxc5 Bxe5 19. Rfe1 Rde8 {1/2, Chandler,M (2535)-Spassky,B (2610)/Vienna/1986/})
9... O-O 10. Nc3 h6 {[%csl Gc8,Gd4,Ge4,Gg7][%cal Yc8e6,Yf7f5] Patiently
prepares Be6, or f5. Although White has a mobile pawn centre, the position is
not fully clear, as advancing the pawns could enhance the strength of Black's
bishop pair.} 11. Qb3 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty, which complicates
Black's development.} (11. Be3 f5 (11... Be6 $5) 12. Qd2 $2 (12. Qb3+ Kh8 $13)
12... fxe4 13. Nxe4 {Cuartas,J (2517)-Panesso Rivera,H (2335)/Pamplona/2012/}
Rxf3 $1 14. gxf3 Nf5 $40) ({A possibly promising alternative is} 11. Bf4 $5 {
[%cal Yf4e5]}) 11... g5 $5 {A dynamic and provocative reaction.} (11... Qd6 {
also prevents Bf4, but Black lacks other active ideas after} 12. Rd1 {Nakamura
seeks more direct counterplay.}) 12. Rd1 (12. Be3 {is somewhat more flexible,
as White has no better square for his bishop, while his rooks might still be
deployed differently.}) 12... b6 {[%csl Rc6] A calm and slow move, which
nevertheless has a drawback - c6 becomes potentially vulnerable.} ({Engines
recommend the straightforward} 12... Be6 $5 13. d5 (13. Qxb7 a5 {[%cal Rd8d7,
Rf8b8]} 14. d5 $8 cxd5 15. exd5 Rb8 16. Qa7 Nxd5 17. Qxa5 c6 $44 {[%csl Ge6,
Gg7]}) 13... cxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. Qxb7 (15. Be3 g4 $5 $132) 15... Qd6 16. Qb3
Rab8 17. Qc4 Rfe8 $32 {~~ Black has good compensation for the sacrificed pawn,
but it's still not easy to opt for such a radical solution.}) 13. a4 {In a
distant endgame the insertion of a4 and a5 can be advantageous for White, but
it doesn't substantially improve his chances in a complex middlegame.} (13. Qc2
{[%cal Gc2c6] allows} f5 $132) ({More logical was} 13. Be3 Qd6 (13... Be6 14.
d5 $36) 14. Rac1 $14 {[%cal Yd4d5,Yh3h4] It seems that White is slightly
better, future active plans can be well timed pawn advances as d5, or h4.})
13... a5 14. Be3 Ng6 {Risky, Black leaves Pc6 unattended.} (14... Qd6 $5 {
[%cal Yd6b4,Yd6g6] deserves attention, the queen aims for g6, or even b4. After
} 15. d5 g4 $132 {the position remains very unclear.}) 15. d5 {Stabilising the
centre, but Black is ideally placed to control the e5-square.} ({More
dangerous for Black was} 15. Ne2 $142 $1 $14 {[%cal Ye2g3,Yg3h5,Ya1c1,Gc1c7] /\
} Qf6 16. Qc2 Bxh3 17. Ne5 $1 $36) 15... c5 16. Nb5 g4 $5 {Just as in move 11,
a very dynamic and concrete continuation.} (16... Ba6 17. d6 (17. Nd2 Qd7 $11)
17... Bxb5 18. dxc7 Qxc7 19. Qxb5 Rfd8 $132 {is roughly balanced - Black's
active pieces compensate for the holes in his pawn structure. Nakamura is more
ambitious.}) 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Bd2 {A safe move.} (18. d6 Bxf3 19. gxf3 (19.
dxc7 $2 Qh4 20. gxf3 Qh3 $19) 19... Qf6 (19... Qh4 $5 20. Kg2 (20. Kf1 Ne5 $132
) 20... Qf6 21. dxc7 Nh4+ 22. Kf1 Qxf3 $11 {is similar to the main line.}) 20.
dxc7 Qxf3 {[%csl Gc7,Rg1] gives White a powerful passed pawn, but his king is
very exposed. An unforced sample line is} 21. Qd5 Nh4 22. Kf1 Rae8 23. Nd6 Re6
24. c8=Q Rxc8 25. Nxc8 Rxe4 26. Nd6 Qg2+ 27. Ke2 Qf3+ $11 {/\} 28. Kd2 $4 Rd4+
$19) (18. Bc1 {is a computer idea, but it's not without risk - White can miss
the Ra1 on the kingside:} Nh4 (18... Qd7 $5 19. d6 c6 20. Nc7 Rab8 $13) 19.
Nxh4 Qxh4 (19... Bxd1 $2 20. Qg3 $18 {[%cal Rc1h6,Rh4f5]}) 20. Re1 (20. f3 Qg3
21. Qe3 Bd7 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Bxb5 24. axb5 f5 $11) 20... Be5 21. g3 Qh5
22. Ra3 $1 $13) 18... Qd7 $1 {A good positional move, preparing c6.} (18... Ne5
19. Nxe5 Bxe5 (19... Bxd1 $2 20. Qg3 $18 {[%cal Ra1d1,Rd2h6,Re5c6]}) 20. f3 Bh5
21. Bxh6 Qh4 22. Qe3 $1 $14) (18... Nh4 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. f3 (20. Re1 $5 {
[%cal Yd2c3,Yd2f4] might be even stronger}) 20... Bd7 21. Bc3 $14) 19. Rac1 $6
{Loses a tempo} ({A more useful move was} 19. Re1 $142 $5 {/\} c6 20. dxc6 Qxc6
21. Nh2 (21. Bc3 Bxf3 22. Bxg7 Nh4 $5 23. gxf3 Kxg7 24. Kf1 $11) 21... Be6 22.
Qc2 $13 {[%cal Yd2c3]}) 19... c6 {Direct, but Black could also have played} (
19... Rad8 $5) ({, or} 19... Rfe8 20. Re1 c6 $15) 20. dxc6 (20. Na3 Rfe8 $5 21.
Nc4 Rab8 $36 {and White has no obvious way to advantageously retain the
central tension.}) 20... Qxc6 21. Bc3 $6 {This could have cost White an
exchange.} (21. Qe3 $142 Rfe8 22. Re1 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Bg7 24. Bc3 $15 {/<=>
Black's extra pawn doesn't play a major role yet and White has counterplay.})
21... Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rad8 $5 {[%mdl 32] Nakamura plays for a strategic
advantage.} (22... Nf4 $1 {with the forced follow-up} 23. Rd6 Qc8 24. Bd2 Ne2+
25. Kg2 Nxc1 26. Bxc1 {nets Black an exchange. Not a difficult line to
calculate, but the evaluation of the final position is not so simple.
Nevertheless it seems Black has reasonable winning chances after} Rd8 27. Qd5
$5 (27. Rxb6 c4 $17) 27... Rb8 28. Bxh6 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Bxh6 30. Qxh6 Qe6 $15 {
/-/+}) 23. Rxd8 (23. Bxg7 $2 {runs into} Nf4 24. Nd6 {The beautiful point is}
Rxd6 $1 (24... Kxg7 25. Qc3+ f6 (25... Kh7 $2 26. Qf6 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Nxc1 28. Rd5
$18) 26. Nf5+ $132) (24... Ne2+ 25. Kg2 Nxc1 26. Qc3 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28.
Bxf8 Qg6+ 29. Kf1 Na2 30. Qc4 $11) 25. Bxf8 Rd2 $3 (25... Rxd1+ $2 26. Rxd1 $16
) 26. Kh1 $8 (26. Rxd2 Qg6+ 27. Kf1 Qg2+ 28. Ke1 Qg1#) 26... Qd7 27. Rg1+ Kxf8
28. Rg3 (28. Rg4 Nd3 $19 {is similar}) 28... Qd8 $1 29. Rg4 Nd3 $19 {Black
wins all the material back with interest and a continuing attack.}) 23... Rxd8
24. Rd1 Rd7 $15 {Fights for the open file, but Black had also the simple} (
24... Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Bxc3 26. bxc3 (26. Nxc3 Nf4 $36) 26... Qf6 $15 {The
distant passed Ph6 gives him an advantage in almost any endgame.}) 25. Rxd7
Qxd7 26. Qd5 $6 {[%mdl 4096] Transposing to a knight endgame only increases
Black's advantage.} (26. Bxg7 $142 Kxg7 27. Qc3+ f6 28. Qe3 Qh3 29. Nd6 Nh4 (
29... Ne5 30. Nf5+ $11 {[%cal Yf5g3]}) 30. Nf5+ Nxf5 31. exf5 Qxf5 32. Qe7+ Kg6
33. Qe8+ Kg5 {doesn't lead to a perpetual, but after} 34. Kg2 $15 {Black faces
a very tough technical task.}) 26... Qxd5 27. exd5 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Ne5 $6 (28...
Kf8 $142 $1 {is more flexible and stronger, after the analogous} 29. Nd6 {
Black's knight has an alternative route} Nf4 $1 30. c4 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Nc3 $19 {
[%csl Ga5,Gh6][%cal Rc3a4]}) 29. Nd6 Kf8 30. Kh2 $2 {White was fighting for a
draw and decentralising the king doesn't feel right, moreover it fails
tactically.} ({It is probably insufficient to play} 30. Kf1 b5 $1 (30... Ke7
31. Nc8+ Kd7 32. Nxb6+ Kc7 33. f4 $11 {already works, as Black doesn't have
the manoeuvre from the game.}) (30... Nxf3 31. Ke2 Ne5 32. f4 $44 {allows
White to achieve full coordination with excellent drawing chances.}) 31. Nxb5 (
31. axb5 a4 32. Nb7 a3 33. Nxc5 a2 34. Nb3 Ke7 $19 {[%csl Ga2,Rb5,Rd5,Gh6]
[%cal Ye7d6] and White's pawns are blockaded, while Black's will decide.})
31... Nc4 $17 {[%cal Rc4b6,Rb6a4] Black will take the Pa4, transfer his knight
to d6 and support one of his passed pawns with his king - he should win this
in the long run.}) ({It seems that the best try was} 30. f4 Nd3 31. Nc8 Nxf4
32. Nxb6 (32. c4 Ke8 33. Nxb6 Kd8 34. d6 Ne6 35. Kg2 Ng7 36. Kh3 Ne8 37. d7 Nf6
38. Kh4 Ke7 $1 $17 {and Black takes on d7 only after White moves his Pf2})
32... Ke7 33. Kf1 h5 34. d6+ Kxd6 35. Nc4+ {although even here} Kc7 $5 (35...
Ke6 36. Nxa5 Nd5 37. Nb7 c4 38. Nd8+ Kf6 39. Nb7 Nxc3 40. Nd6 $15) 36. Nxa5 Nd5
37. Nb3 Kd6 $17 {gives Black good winning chances.}) 30... Ke7 $1 31. Nc8+ (31.
Nf5+ Kd7 32. Nxh6 b5 33. axb5 a4 34. Nf5 a3 35. Ne3 Nxf3+ 36. Kg3 Ne1 $19 {
[%csl Ga3][%cal Ga3a1]}) 31... Kd7 32. Nxb6+ Kc7 33. f4 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Nd2 $1 $19
{[%csl Rb6]} 35. Na8+ Kb7 36. d6 {White must ditch the passed pawn for free to
save his knight, the resulting endgame is hopeless.} Kc6 37. Nc7 Kxd6 38. Nb5+
Kd5 39. Kg3 Kc4 (39... Nc4 $1 $19 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Rc4b6] is simpler}) 40. Nd6+
(40. f3 f6 $5 41. f5 Nb1 42. Nd6+ Kd3 43. Ne4 c4 44. Nxf6 Nxc3 45. Nd7 Nd5 {/\}
46. f6 Nxf6 $1 47. Nxf6 c3 $19) 40... Kxc3 41. Nxf7 c4 ({An easier win was} 
41... Kd4 $1 42. Nd6 (42. f5 c4 $19 {transposes to the game}) 42... Ne4+ 43.
Nxe4 Kxe4 44. Kg4 c4 45. f5 Ke5 $19 ({, or} 45... h5+ 46. Kg5 c3 47. f6 c2 48.
f7 c1=Q+)) 42. f5 (42. Nd6 $5 {is better, but also loses by force to} Kd3 $1
43. f5 (43. Nb5 c3 $19) 43... c3 44. f6 c2 45. f7 c1=Q 46. f8=Q Qg1+ 47. Kh3 (
47. Kh4 Qh2+ 48. Kg4 Qg2+ 49. Kh4 Nf3+ $19) 47... Qh1+ 48. Kg3 Nf1+ 49. Kf4
Qh2+ 50. Kg4 Qg2+ 51. Kh4 Qg5+ 52. Kh3 Qh5+ 53. Kg2 Qh2+ $1 54. Kf3 (54. Kxf1
Qh1#) 54... Nd2+ 55. Kg4 Qg2+ $19 {- White gets mated, or loses his queen.})
42... Kd4 43. Nd6 ({As} 43. f6 {fails to} Ne4+ {, Black's win is already
trivial.}) 43... Ke5 44. Nb5 Kxf5 45. f3 h5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Gelfand/Huzman"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 7th round, when Nakamura was leading after an
impressive series of wins, while I was half a point behind. Diese Partie wurde
in der 7. Runde gespielt, als Nakamura nach einer beeindruckenden Siegesserie
führte, während ich einen halben Punkt zurücklag.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {
Sveshnikov! Most of my opponents decided on the Rossolimo system by 3.Bb5.
Sveshnikov! Die meisten meiner Gegner entschieden sich mit 3.Bb5 für das
Rossolimo-System} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9.
Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c4 {A small surprise. There had been only one game on
the top level with this move. Eine kleine Überraschung. Auf Spitzenebene hatte
es mit diesem Zug nur eine einzige Partie gegeben.} b4 {After a long period of
thought I decided to stick to spirit of the line. Nach langem Nachdenken
beschloss ich, weiter im Geist des Abspiels zu bleiben.} ({Pavel Eljanov had
reacted in a different way, but also got a good game: Pavel Eljanov hatte
anders reagiert, aber ebenfalls gutes Spiel bekommen:} 11... Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+
13. Kxd2 Bh6+ 14. Kd1 O-O 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Nd4 18. Ne7+ Kg7
19. Nxf5+ Nxf5 20. Bd3 Ne7 21. Nb5 d5 22. Ke2 e4 23. Bc2 Rab8 24. a4 f5 {
1-0 Volokitin,A (2704)-Eljanov,P (2693)/Kiev UKR 2012 (50)}) 12. Nc2 ({The
attempt to win an exchange is too naive, as Black gets impressive pawns in the
centre: Der Versuch, die Qualität zu gewinnen, ist zu naiv, denn Schwarz
bekommt beeindruckende Bauern im Zentrum:} 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Nb5 axb5 14. Qxa8
Qxa8 15. Nc7+ Kd8 16. Nxa8 Nd4 17. Rd1 fxe4 18. cxb5 d5 $17) 12... fxe4 13. g3
Bg7 ({Engines recommend Engines empfehlen} 13... h5 14. Bg2 f5 (14... Bg4 15.
f3 exf3 16. Bxf3 $44) 15. f3 {with a complicated game. mit kompliziertem Spiel.
}) 14. Bg2 O-O 15. Bxe4 {Other moves are not dangerous: Andere Züge sind nicht
gefährlich:} (15. Ncxb4 Nd4 16. Bxe4 Bh3 17. Qh5 f5) (15. Ndxb4 Qa5 16. Qxd6
Nxb4 17. Qxb4 Qxb4+ 18. Nxb4 Rb8 19. a3 a5 20. Nd5 Rxb2) 15... Rb8 16. b3 (16.
g4 Qh4 $5 $36 ({or or} 16... b3 17. axb3 Rxb3)) (16. Nde3 Ne7 17. g4 b3 $132) (
16. O-O f5 17. Bg2 b3 $132) 16... f5 17. Bg2 e4 {Here I had to make a decision
and after a long thought I decided for a risky-looking grab of the a2-pawn.
However I couldn't find anything which refuted this idea. The point is that
after the a2-pawn had been taken, Black wouldn't have problems in almost any
endgame as he'll have counterplay connected with a5-a4. Hier musste ich eine
Entscheidung treffen, und nach langem Nachdenken wählte ich einen riskant
wirkenden Raub des a2-Bauern. Allerdings konnte ich nichts finden, was diese
Idee widerlegte. Der Punkt ist, dass nachdem der a2-Bauer genommen wurde,
Schwarz in praktisch jedem Endspiel keine Probleme hätte, da er Gegenspiel in
Verbindung mit a5-a4 haben wird.} (17... Kh8 18. O-O Be6 19. Qe2 a5 20. Rad1
Qd7 21. Rd2 {would lead to a normal game, typical for this opening. würde zu
einer normalen Partie führen, typisch für diese Eröffnung.}) 18. Rb1 Qa5 $5 ({
The trivial Das triviale} 18... Ne7 19. O-O Nxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Rbd1 Be5 22.
Qd2 Qb6 $132 {was also possible. war ebenfalls möglich.}) 19. O-O Qxa2 20. Nde3
{The most natural move. Der natürlichste Zug.} ({I also considered Ich erwog
auch} 20. Nf4 $5 {when Black has to ignore the d6-pawn and develop his bishop
by ...Bd7 or ...Bb7: , wonach Schwarz den d6-Bauern ignorieren und seinen
Läufer mit  ...Bd7 oder ...Bb7 entwickeln muss:} Bb7 $5 (20... Be5 21. f3 exf3
22. Rxf3 Qa5 23. Rf2 $36) (20... Bd7 $5 21. f3 (21. Qxd6 Be8 22. Qd5+ Rf7 $132)
21... a5 $1 22. fxe4 a4 23. Qxd6 axb3 24. Ne3 Rbd8 $132) 21. f3 e3 $5 (21...
exf3 22. Bxf3 Be5 23. Rf2 Qa5 $13) 22. Re1 Rbe8 23. Re2 (23. Nxe3 Rxe3 $17)
23... Qa5 24. Nd5 Ne7 $5 ({or stylish oder schick} 24... f4 $5 25. Nxf4 Kh8 26.
Nd5 Qc5 27. f4 Bc8 $44 28. Bf3 Bf5 29. Kg2 Bg6 {and the pair of bishops is a
good compensation for the pawn. und das Läuferpaar ist ein guter Ersatz für
den Bauern.}) 25. Nxe7+ (25. Ncxe3 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 f4
{and Black is fine und Schwarz steht gut}) (25. Nf4 Ng6) 25... Rxe7 26. Qxd6
Qd8 $1 27. Rd1 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 f4 $132) ({The most energetic option was Die
energischste Option war} 20. f3 $1 {trying to open the game while the
opponent's queen is far away: im Bestreben, das Spiel zu öffnen, während die
gegnerische Dame weit weg ist:} {the correct reply is Die richtige Antwort
lautet} exf3 (20... Bd7 {is not so precise: ist nicht so genau:} 21. fxe4 $1 (
21. Nde3 exf3 22. Rxf3 Be5 {- ok for black. - okay für Schwarz.}) 21... fxe4
22. Nf4 {White would grab the e4-pawn and have a dangerous attack Weiß würde
den e4-Bauern abholen und hätte gefährlichen Angriff.}) 21. Bxf3 {is more
dangerous ist gefährlicher.} ({after nach} 21. Rxf3 {Black should exploit
dynamic factors: sollte Schwarz dynamische Faktoren ausspielen:} f4 $1 ({
or consolidate by oder Konsolidierung mit} 21... Qa5 22. Kh1 Qc5 23. Rf1 $44)
22. Rxf4 Rxf4 23. Nxf4 Bg4 $1 24. Qd5+ $8 Kh8 25. Rc1 Ne5 26. Qxd6 Re8 $44 {
Black got all his pieces into the game and had at least sufficient
compensation for the pawn Schwarz hat all seine Figuren im Spiel und
mindestens ausreichende Kompensation für den Bauern.}) {Now it is better to
leave one's queen on a2 where it is in safety, while disturbing the opponent's
pieces Nun ist es besser, die eigene Dame auf a2 zu belassen, wo sie in
Sicherheit ist und gleichzeitig die gegnerischen Figuren stört.} 21... Bd7 $5 (
{possible is possible is} 21... Qa5 $5) 22. Ncxb4 (22. Nde3 Ne5 23. Bg2 a5 $132
) 22... Nxb4 23. Nxb4 Rxb4 24. Qxd6 Rxb3 25. Rxb3 Qxb3 26. Qxd7 {and draw is a
likely outcome. und ein Remis ist ein wahrscheinlicher Ausgang.}) 20... Qa5 21.
Qxd6 Rf6 {The most natural reply, but Die natürlichste Erwiderung, aber} ({
another interesting move was ein weiterer interessanter Zug war} 21... Bb7 $5 {
so the Bg7 would control the long diagonal: , damit der Bg7 die lange
Diagonale kontrolliert:} 22. Rbd1 (22. Nd5 Rbd8 23. Qf4 (23. Ne7+ Nxe7 24. Qxe7
Rf7 25. Qxb4 (25. Qg5 Rdf8 $132) 25... Qxb4 26. Nxb4 a5 (26... Bc3 27. Nc2 Rd2
28. Ne3 f4 $44) 27. Nc2 Rd2 28. Ne3 f4 29. gxf4 Rxf4 $44) 23... Qc5 $11) 22...
Qe5 {with a rather balanced position. mit einer recht ausgewogenen Stellung.})
22. Qf4 ({I rather expected Ich erwartete eher} 22. Qd2 Be6 ({but maybe even
simpler is aber einfacher ist vielleicht} 22... Qc5 23. Nd5 (23. Rbd1 a5) 23...
Rf7 24. Qg5 $13 {with a complicated game, where both sides have their chances
mit kompliziertem Spiel, wo beide Seiten ihre Chancen haben.}) 23. Rfd1 (23.
Nd5 Bxd5 24. Ra1 Qb6 25. Qxd5+ Kh8 $11) 23... Rd8 24. Qe2 Rff8 {and Black
shouldn't worry too much. und Schwarz sollte sich nicht allzu sehr sorgen.})
22... Qe5 {A natural response. Eine natürliche Erwiderung.} ({After Nach} 22...
Qc5 23. Rbd1 {Black's position can be dangerous: kann die schwarze Stellung
gefährlich sein:} Be6 24. Rd5 $1 Qf8 25. Rd6 $1) 23. Qxe5 {Black can hardly
have any problems after the queen exchange. Nach dem Damentausch kann Schwarz
kaum irgendwelche Probleme haben.} (23. Nd5 Rf7 24. Qe3 (24. Qd2 a5 $132 (24...
Be6 $2 25. f4 $1 exf3 26. Rfe1)) 24... a5 $5 25. Rfd1 Ba6 {with an unclear
game in both cases. , mit unklarem Spiel in beiden Fällen.}) 23... Nxe5 24. Nd5
$6 {A step in the wrong direction. Ein Schritt in die falsche Richtung.} ({
Better was Besser war} 24. Rfd1 $5 Rf7 {/\f4} (24... Nd3 25. Nd4 Bf8 26. Bf1)
25. Ra1 (25. Rd8+ Rf8 26. Rd5 f4 $132) 25... f4 $5 26. gxf4 Nf3+ 27. Bxf3 exf3
{and due to the bishop pair Black's chances are not worse. , und aufgrund des
Läuferpaars sind die schwarzen Chancen nicht schlechter.} (27... Bxa1 28. Bxe4
Rg7+ 29. Kf1 Bc3 {and White has excellent compensation for the exchange. und
Weiß hat ausgezeichnete Kompensation für die Qualität.})) (24. f3 exf3 25. Bxf3
Nxf3+ 26. Rxf3 Rf7 {is ok for Black. ist okay für Schwarz.}) 24... Rf7 25.
Ncxb4 a5 $1 26. Nc2 Rfb7 {White wasted 2 moves to win the b4-pawn and gave
Black strong pressure along the b-file. Weiß hat zwei Züge verschwendet, um
den b4-Bauern zu gewinnen, und Schwarz starken Druck in der b-Linie gegeben.}
27. Nce3 $2 {Now Black is seizing the initiative. Nun ergreift Schwarz die
Initiative.} ({After Nach} 27. Rbd1 $1 Nd3 (27... Kf7 28. Nd4) (27... Rxb3 28.
Ne7+ (28. Nd4 a4) 28... Kf8 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. Nd4 a4 31. Nxf5 $11) 28. Nce3 {
Black hardly has more than a repetition of moves: hat Schwarz kaum mehr als
eine Zugwiederholung:} (28. f3 Bf8 $1) 28... Rf7 (28... Be6 29. g4 fxg4 30.
Bxe4 Nc5 31. Nf4) 29. Rb1 Rfb7 $11) ({I had expected Erwartet hatte ich} 27.
Nd4 {and was hesitating between either und schwankte dann zwischen entweder} {
big complications after großen Komplikationen nach} a4 ({or simplifications,
leading to a draw after oder zum Remis führenden Vereinfachungen nach} 27...
Nxc4 28. Nc6 Nd2 $11 29. Nde7+ Kf7 30. Nxb8 Rxb8 31. Nxc8 Nxb1 32. Nd6+ (32.
Rxb1 Rxc8 $11) 32... Ke6 33. Nxf5 Kxf5 34. Rxb1 Bc3 $11) 28. c5 $1 a3 29. c6 $1
Rf7 30. Ra1 {I had the feeling that Black should be fine here, however the
lines are very complicated. Here are few sample lines discovered with the big
help of a computer. Ich hatte das Gefühl, dass Schwarz danach ordentlich
stehen sollte, allerdings sind die Abspiele sehr kompliziert. Hier ein paar
Beispielvarianten, entdeckt mit der großen Hilfe eines Computers.} Nd3 $1 (
30... Nf3+ 31. Nxf3 Bxa1 32. Rxa1 exf3 33. Bf1 $1 (33. Bxf3 Ra7 34. b4 Kg7 $15)
33... Ra7 (33... Be6 34. Bc4) 34. Bc4 Kf8 35. c7 Rbb7 36. Kf1 $11) 31. c7 $1
Rb7 $1 (31... Ra8 32. Nb6 Ra6 33. Nxc8 Rxc7 34. Rxa3 Rxa3 35. Nxf5 $11) 32.
Nxf5 $8 Bxf5 (32... Bxa1 33. Nh6+ (33. Bxe4 Bg7 34. Nfe7+ Kh8 35. Nxc8 Rxf2 36.
Rd1 a2 $17) 33... Kf8 34. Nxf7 Bd4 35. Nd6 $5 (35. Bxe4 Kxf7 36. Bxd3 Ra7 $15)
35... Bxf2+ $1 36. Kh1 e3 37. Bf3 (37. Nxe3 Rxc7 38. Nb5 {should also be
sufficient. sollte ebenfalls ausreichen.}) 37... Rxc7 $1 38. Nxc7 Ne1 $1 39.
Nd5 a2 40. Nxe3 a1=Q 41. Rxf2 Nxf3+ 42. Kg2 Be6 43. Rxf3+ Kg8 44. Ndf5 $11 {
/\g4, '}) 33. Rxa3 Rfxc7 34. Nxc7 Rxc7 35. Ra4 Re7 {and Black is slightly
better. und Schwarz steht leicht besser.}) (27. Ra1 Nc6 $15) 27... Nc6 {
I liked this move, consolidating my position, but even stronger was the direct
Mir gefiel dieser Zug, da er meine Stellung konsolidiert, aber noch stärker
war das direkte} (27... a4 28. b4 Be6 $1 29. Rbd1 $8 (29. c5 a3 $17) 29... a3
30. Bh3 Rf8 $1 $17 {and White is in real trouble. und Weiß steckt in echten
Schwierigkeiten.}) 28. c5 ({I had thought about Nachgedacht hatte ich auch über
} 28. Bh3 a4 29. Bxf5 Bxf5 30. Nxf5 Rxb3 31. Rxb3 Rxb3 32. Nxg7 Kxg7 $15) ({
Both of us had missed that after the N had left e5 White could break Black's
centre by Wir beide hatten übersehen, dass nachdem der N das Feld e5
verhlassen hat, Weiß das schwarze Zentrum aufhebeln konnte mit} 28. g4 $1 fxg4
(28... a4 29. Nxf5 Bxf5 30. gxf5 Be5 31. Bxe4 a3 32. b4 a2 33. Ra1 $11 {/= /=})
29. Bxe4 Rxb3 30. Rxb3 Rxb3 31. c5 $132 {and when White's bishop gets into the
game he has equal chances. , und wenn der Läufer von Weiß ins Spiel kommt, hat
er gleiche Chancen.}) 28... Rxb3 29. Nb6 $2 {It was still time to return to
the correct idea: Es war noch immer Zeit, zur richtigen Idee zurückzukehren:} (
29. Rxb3 Rxb3 30. g4 $1 Ba6 (30... fxg4 31. Bxe4 {cf7 cf7}) (30... a4 31. Nxf5
Bxf5 32. gxf5 Bd4 33. Bxe4 a3 34. Nf4) 31. Re1 fxg4 32. Bxe4 $132) 29... Rxb1
30. Rxb1 Be6 ({A more precise way was Ein genauerer Weg war} 30... Bd4 31. Rc1
(31. Rb5 Ba6 $19) 31... Be6 $17 {but it is hard to realise that White's rook
is better placed on b5 than on c1. The difference is that the a5-pawn would be
under attack. , aber es ist schwer zu erkennen, dass der weiße Turm auf b5
besser steht als auf c1 . Der Unterschied ist, dass der a5-Bauer angegriffen
wäre.}) 31. Bf1 Bd4 ({I rejected Ich verwarf} 31... a4 32. Bb5 ({or oder} 32.
Bc4 $5 Bxc4 33. Nexc4 Bd4 34. Rd1 Bxc5 35. Nxa4 Bd4 36. Nab6 $1 Bxb6 37. Rd6
Bxf2+ 38. Kxf2 {with excellent drawing chances. mit ausgezeichneten
Remischancen.}) 32... a3 33. Bxc6 a2 34. Rf1 a1=Q 35. Rxa1 Bxa1 36. Bd5 Kf7 37.
Nxf5 Bxd5 38. Nxd5 {and White should be able to hold. und Weiß sollte sich
halten können.}) 32. Rb5 Kf7 (32... Bxe3 33. fxe3 Rd8 34. g4 fxg4 35. Bg2 {
makes White's task easier and who would voluntarily exchange such a bishop?
erleichtert die weiße Aufgabe, und wer würde freiwillig einen solchen Läufer
abtauschen?}) 33. Nec4 {When I faced this move I panicked first, but it turns
out to be a waste of time. Als ich diesen Zug vorgesetzt bekam, geriet ich
zuerst in Panik, aber er erweist sich als Zeitverschwendung.} ({For some
reason, after Aus irgendeinem Grund ist es nach} 33. Kg2 $5 {it is hard for
Black to achieve anything substantial: für Schwarz schwer, irgendetwas
Substanzielles zu erreichen:} Rd8 (33... Bxe3 34. fxe3 Rd8 35. Nc4) (33... Ke7
34. Nbd5+) (33... Bxc5 34. Rxc5 Rxb6 35. Bc4) 34. Nbc4 a4 35. Rb6 Bd7 36. Nd5
$132 Bxc5 37. Ra6 {and the activity of White's pieces should be enough for a
draw. , und die Aktivität der Figuren von Weiß sollte zum Remis ausreichen.})
33... Kg7 $1 34. Nd6 (34. Nxa5 Na7 {leads to big material losses führt zu
großen Materialverlusten}) (34. Ne3 Bxe3 {Again Black should dare to exchange
his powerful bishop, except with an extra tempo. Hier sollte Schwarz es wagen,
seinen mächtigen Läufer zu tauschen, allerdings mit einem Extraempo.} 35. fxe3
Rd8 $17) 34... Kf6 {Natural and strong Natürlich und stark.} (34... Bxc5 35.
Rxc5 Rxb6 36. Bc4 Kf6 37. g4 $1 a4 38. gxf5 Bxc4 39. Nxe4+ Kg7 40. Rxc4 a3 41.
Nc3 Ra6 42. Na2 {with good drawing chances. mit guten Remischancen.}) ({
The computer also indicates Der Computer zeigt auch} 34... Be5 $5 35. Ndc4 (35.
Nbc4 Bxd6 36. Nxd6 a4 $19) 35... Bc3 $17) 35. Na4 (35. Kg2 $142 Bc3 $17) 35...
e3 $1 {Suddenly a mating attack is started with the limited material remaining
on the board. Plötzlich wird mit dem begrenzten Restmaterial auf dem Brett ein
Mattangriff eingeleitet.} 36. fxe3 Bxe3+ 37. Kg2 (37. Kh1 Bd5+ 38. Bg2 Rxb5 39.
Nxb5 Ke5 $19) 37... Bd5+ 38. Kh3 Rxb5 39. Bxb5 Ne5 40. Nc3 (40. Nb6 {would
require some technique from Black würde Schwarz einige Technik abverlangen.}
Bf3 $1 {Keeping the king in the cage. Lässt den König im Käfig.} ({or oder} 
40... Be6 41. Ne8+ Kg5 42. Nc7 Bb3 43. Na4 f4 44. gxf4+ Kxf4 45. Kg2 Bd4 {
and Black is close to victory, but due to the limited material left, some
difficulties are possible. und Schwarz steht dicht vor dem Sieg, aber aufgrund
des begrenzten Restmaterials sind noch ein paar Schwierigkeiten möglich.}) 41.
Ndc4 Nxc4 (41... Ng4 42. Nxe3 Nxe3 43. g4 Ke5 $1 {is too sophisticated ist zu
hochgestochen} ({while , während} 43... f4 44. Kh4 Bxg4 45. Nd5+ Nxd5 46. Kxg4
Ke5 47. Kf3 Nc3 48. Bd3 h6 49. c6 Kd6 50. Kxf4 a4 51. Ke3 a3 52. Bc4 Kxc6 53.
Kd3 {lets White escape. Weiß entkommen lässt.})) 42. Bxc4 (42. Nxc4 Be2 $19)
42... Kg5 43. Nd7 (43. Na4 Bc6 44. Bb3 Kf6 $19) 43... a4 44. Ne5 Bg4+ $1 45.
Nxg4 fxg4+ 46. Kg2 Bxc5 $19 {leads to victory as White's king has to protect
the weak pawns and cannot run to the queenside. führt zum Sieg, denn der weiße
König muss die schwachen Bauern schützen und kann nicht zum Damenflügel laufen.
}) 40... Bf3 $1 41. Be2 (41. Nc4 Bxc5 $19) 41... Bxe2 42. Nd5+ (42. Nxe2 Bxc5
$19) 42... Kg5 43. Nxe3 Ng4 $1 ({Black had the nice alternative Schwarz hatte
die schöne Alternative} 43... Bf3 $1 {/\Ng4-+}) 44. Kg2 (44. Ndxf5 Bf3 $19 {
An amazing position! A mating attack with just a few pieces on the board. Eine
verblüffende Stellung! Ein Mattangriff mit nur wenigen Figuren auf dem Brett.})
44... Nxe3+ 45. Kf2 Nc4 ({The computer indicates also Der Computer zeigt auch} 
45... a4 $19 46. Kxe3 a3 47. Kxe2 a2 48. c6 a1=Q 49. c7 Qa6+) ({But what could
be simpler than a won pawn ending? Aber was könnte einfacher sein als ein
gewonnenes Bauernendspiel?} 45... Nc4 46. Kxe2 Nxd6 47. cxd6 Kf6 48. Kd3 Ke6
49. Kc4 Kxd6 50. Kb5 Kd5 51. Kxa5 Ke4 52. Kb5 Kf3 53. Kc5 Kg2 54. Kd4 Kxh2 55.
Ke5 Kxg3 56. Kxf5 h5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2864"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. d4 a6 10. Ne5 Qb6 {A rare and probably less accurate continuation
instead of the main move} (10... Nxe5 {, examined in my survey in CBM 150.
After that White sometimes sacrifices his e5-pawn obtaining a positional
compensation (active pieces etc.). However, in future Black's queenside pawn
advantage can become essential. Here are some recent games:} 11. dxe5 Nd5 12.
Nc3 Be7 13. Ne4 O-O $5 {[%cal Yc6c5] is probably simpler:} (13... Qc7 14. Nd6+
$5 (14. Bf4 Nxf4 15. gxf4 O-O 16. a4 Rad8 17. Rfc1 Rd4 $132 {1/2 (31) Ni Hua 
(2641)-Frolyanov,D (2555) Moscow 2012}) (14. Bg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Qxe5 16. Ne4 O-O
17. Nc5 {[%csl Gd5]} Qc7 18. Rfc1 Rad8 19. Qc2 Bc8 20. Nd3 Bb7 $13 {1-0 (52)
Bruzon Batista,L (2694)-Leitao,R (2623) Quito 2012 CBM 150 [Krasenkow,Michal]})
14... Bxd6 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Rd1 (16. e4 Nb6 $13) 16... Qe7 17. e4 Nb6 18. Qc3
O-O 19. b3 c5 (19... Nd7 {[%cal Ye6e5,Yc6c5] may be a bit more accurate}) 20.
Qa5 Qc7 21. Bf4 e5 22. Be3 Rac8 23. Rac1 (23. Bh3 $1 Rcd8 24. f3 $14) 23... Nd7
24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Bh3 Bc8 26. Bxd7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Bxd7 28. Rxc5 f6 $11 {1/2 (31)
Maletin,P (2567)-Yudin,S (2546) Kirov 2012}) 14. Be3 (14. Rd1 c5 15. a4 c4 $13)
14... Nxe3 15. Qxe3 c5 16. Rac1 c4 (16... Bxe4 $5) 17. b3 Qc7 18. bxc4 Qxe5 19.
Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Qxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxb7 Ra7 $11 {1/2 (25) Shyam,S (2484)-Vaibhav,S 
(2494) Kolkata 2012}) 11. Be3 c5 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. d5 e5 $2 {[%mdl 32] A big
positional mistake.} (13... exd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Rd8 (15... Rc8 16. a4
b4 (16... Be7 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nc3 $36 {- Black can't castle}) 17. Nd2 Nf6 18.
Qe5+ Qe6 19. Qxe6+ fxe6 20. Rac1 Be7 21. Nc4 O-O 22. f3 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 $14 {
1-0 (59) Smirnov,P (2599)-Zontakh,A (2556) Sochi 2012}) 16. a4 Be7 17. axb5
axb5 18. Nc3 O-O 19. b4 (19. Qe4 $142 $14) 19... Qf6 20. Nxb5 cxb4 21. Ra7 Nc5
$11 {1/2 (44) Meier,G (2656)-Ponomariov,R (2764) Dortmund 2011}) 14. a4 {
Black will be forced to play ...b5-b4 or ...b5xa4 weakening his position.} b4 (
14... Bd6 {is even worse:} 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8+ Bxa8 17. Nc3 b4 18. Qa4 $1
$16) ({If} 14... c4 {then} 15. Bxb6 cxb3 16. Bc7 Bb4 (16... Rc8 17. d6) 17.
axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8+ Bxa8 19. Rc1 O-O 20. Nc3 $16) 15. Nd2 Bd6 16. Nc4 {[%csl
Gc4]} (16. Rac1 $5 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Yd2e4]}) 16... Qc7 17. f4 (17. Bh3 $5 Nf6 (
17... Bxd5 18. Rfd1 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nf6 20. Bg2 $16) 18. Bg5 Bxd5 (18... Nxd5 19.
Rad1 h6 20. Bh4) (18... Ne4 19. Bh4 {[%cal Yh3g2]}) 19. Rfd1 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 $16)
17... O-O (17... exf4 $143 18. Nxd6+ Qxd6 19. Bxf4 Qg6 20. Qe3+) 18. Rac1 exf4
(18... Rae8 $5 19. fxe5 Bxe5 {may be more stubborn.}) 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. gxf4 {
[%cal Ye2e4,Ye4e5]} a5 21. e4 Rae8 (21... Ra6 $1 {was the only chance to put
up resistance. If} 22. e5 ({or} 22. d6 Rxd6 23. Nxd6 Qxd6) {then} 22... Rg6)
22. e5 $18 {White's pawns now just sweep Black's pieces away.} Ba6 23. Rfe1 Kh8
(23... Bxc4 {was equally hopeless.}) 24. Nd6 Re7 (24... Rd8 $2 25. Nxf7+ Rxf7
26. d6 $18) 25. Qe3 (25. Qh3 $5 c4 26. Nxc4 Bxc4 27. d6 Qc5+ 28. Qe3 $18 Ree8
$140 29. Qxc5 Nxc5 30. Rxc4 Nxa4 31. Bc6 Rc8 32. d7 Rc7 33. Rd4 $1) 25... Qd8 (
25... g5 26. Nf5 Ree8 (26... gxf4 27. Qxf4 Rxe5 28. d6 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Qd8 30.
Re7 $18 {->}) 27. Qg3 $18) 26. b3 $1 {A good prophylactical move stopping ...
c5-c4.} g5 27. Kh1 (27. Nf5 Ree8 28. Qg3 $18 {was more energetic} Rg8 $140 29.
Nh6) 27... Qb8 28. Qf2 gxf4 (28... Bd3 29. Nb7 $1 gxf4 30. Nxc5 $18) 29. Qxf4
Bd3 30. Re3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A tactical oversight, however, not taken advantage
of by Black.} (30. Bh3 $1 {, liquidating the main defender of Black's position
(the Nd7), was the best way to finish the game off.} {If} Qa8 {then} 31. Rxc5
$1 (31. Qf3 {is also possible}) 31... Nxc5 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Rg1+ Bg6 34. Nf5
Qxd5+ 35. Bg2 $18) 30... Bg6 $4 (30... Rxe5 $1 31. Rxe5 Qxd6 32. Rf5 Qxf4 33.
Rxf4 c4 $1 {, and the position becomes unclear.}) 31. Rf1 $2 ({Again} 31. Bh3 {
was winning}) 31... Rxe5 $1 {This is less effective than a move earlier but
still creates serious problems for White.} 32. Rxe5 Qxd6 33. Re8 (33. Re3 {
deserved attention, not exchanging Black's passive rook.}) 33... Qxf4 34. Rxf8+
Kg7 35. Rxf4 Kxf8 {[%cal Yf8e7][%mdl 4096]} 36. d6 $1 Ne5 {[%cal Yf8e8,Ye8d7]}
37. Bf1 $1 Bc2 38. Bb5 f5 (38... Bxb3 39. Rf5 f6 40. Rxf6+ Nf7 41. d7 $1 Ke7
42. Rf5 Be6 43. Rxc5 {, and White should win.}) 39. Kg2 c4 $2 {This
miscalculation hastens Black's defeat.} (39... Nf7 $142 40. d7 Ke7 41. Rf2 $1
Bxb3 42. Rxf5 {etc. like in the previous annotation.}) 40. Bxc4 Be4+ 41. Kg3
Nxc4 42. bxc4 Ke8 {Or else:} (42... b3 43. Rf2 Bc2 44. Re2 $1 b2 45. d7 b1=Q
46. d8=Q+ $18) (42... Kf7 43. c5 (43. Rf2 $143 Ke6 44. c5 Bc6) 43... b3 (43...
Ke6 44. Rh4 $3 b3 45. Rh6+ Kd7 46. Rxh7+ Kd8 (46... Ke6 47. d7) 47. Rh8+ Kd7
48. Rb8 $18) 44. Rf2 Bc2 (44... Ke6 45. Rb2 Bc2 46. Kf4 h6 47. h3 h5 48. h4 $18
) 45. d7 b2 (45... Ke7 46. Rd2 Kd8 47. c6) 46. d8=Q b1=Q 47. Qd7+ Kf8 48. Qd4
Qg1+ 49. Kh4 $18) 43. c5 Bc6 (43... b3 44. Rf2 Kd7 (44... Bc2 45. c6 b2 46. c7
Kd7 47. Rxc2 $18) 45. Rb2 Bc2 46. Kf4 Ke6 47. h3 h6 48. h4 h5 {is not a
reciprocal zugzwang as White can play} 49. Kg5 $18) 44. Rxf5 Bxa4 45. Re5+ Kd8
46. Re7 Bc6 47. Rc7 (47. Rc7 Bd5 48. c6 b3 49. Rd7+ $1 Kc8 50. Rxh7 Bxc6 51.
Rc7+ Kd8 52. Rxc6 a4 53. Rb6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 {An interesting way to avoid the Vienna
Variation or the Ragozin Variation.} Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. e3 {A very rare line.
Usually grandmasters have preferred 6.Qc2 or 6.Qa4.} (6. Qc2 b5 (6... Qd5 $5 7.
Bxf6 gxf6 8. Rd1 $6 (8. a3 $5 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 Qxd4 10. Nxc4 Nc6 11. Rd1 Qc5 12.
b4 Qe7 13. e3 $44) 8... f5 9. g3 $2 Nc6 10. a3 Ba5 11. Bg2 Nxd4 $17 {
Chatalbashev,B-Iotov,V Bul - ChT Sunny Beach 2009 0-1 (39)}) 7. a4 c6 8. e4 {
I wouldn't recommend this. White could get an even worse position. In my
opinion White's best setup is connected with g3 and Bg2. Let's see 2 examples:}
(8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 a5 11. O-O Nd7 12. b3 cxb3 13. Nxb3 bxa4 14.
Rxa4 c5 15. Nxc5 $6 {A strange move. White would not have a bad position if he
played 15.dxc5} (15. dxc5 Rc8 16. Rd1 $13) 15... Nxc5 16. dxc5 Rc8 17. Rxb4
axb4 18. Qa4+ Bc6 19. Qxb4 O-O $15 {Vovk,Y-Moiseenko,A UKR-Ch Kiev UKR 2011
0-1 (56)}) (8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Qc8 11. b3 c3 12. Ne4 (12. Nb1 $2 c5
13. axb5 Be4 14. Qc1 Nd5 $17 {Postny,E}) 12... Nxe4 13. Qxe4 c5 14. Qg4 h5 15.
Qh4 f6 16. Be3 $44 {Mamedyarov,S-Eljanov,P FIDE GP Elista 20081-0 (40)}) 8...
h6 $1 (8... Nbd7 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. e5 g4 14. Nh4
Nxg3 15. fxg3 Nxe5 16. Qe4 Qd5 17. dxe5 Bxd2 18. Qxg4 Qxe5 19. axb5 cxb5 20.
Bf3 h5 21. Qh3 Be4 22. Kh1 a5 23. Rad1 Rd8 24. g4 Rd3 25. gxh5 Qxh5 26. Bxh5
Rxh3 27. Bxf7+ Ke7 28. Bg6 R3xh4 29. Rf7+ Ke8 30. Rf5+ Kd7 31. Rxd2+ Kc6 32.
Rf6 Rxh2+ 33. Kg1 Bd5 34. Be4 Kc5 35. Bxd5 exd5 36. Rf5 Rh1+ 37. Kf2 Rd8 38.
Re2 Kb4 39. Kg3 Rb1 40. Kh2 d4 41. Rff2 d3 42. Rd2 Rd5 43. g4 Kb3 44. Rg2 b4
45. g5 c3 46. bxc3 bxc3 {0-1 Houska,J-Vovk,Y/Hastings ENG 2012}) 9. Bxf6 (9.
Bh4 $6 g5 10. Bg3 g4 11. Ne5 Qxd4 $17) 9... Qxf6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. b3
(12. axb5 cxb5 13. b3 e5 14. bxc4 exd4 15. cxb5 Bb7 $15) 12... c3 $1 (12...
cxb3 $6 13. Nxb3 Bb7 14. axb5 Rfc8 15. Qd3 $11) 13. e5 Qe7 14. Ne4 bxa4 15.
Rxa4 a5 16. Nxc3 Bb7 17. Ne4 c5 $15 {0-1 Sandipan,C-Morozevich,A/Dresden 2008/
CBM 128 (34)}) (6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. a3 (7. e3 Bd7 8. Qc2 b5 9. a3 (9. b3 $5 cxb3 10.
axb3 a6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. O-O Nb4 14. Qc3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bc6 16.
Rfc1 $44) 9... Be7 10. b3 Na5 (10... cxb3 11. Nxb3 a6 12. Bd3 $44) 11. bxc4
Nxc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. O-O c5 14. dxc5 Rc8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rfd1 Rxc5 17. Ne4
Rc7 18. Rd4 O-O $11 {Salgado Lopez,I-Delorme,A W Jun Chotowa POL 2010 0-1 (42)}
) 7... Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Qd5 9. Qc2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Bc3 Qg4 (11... Qc5 $5
12. e3 Bd7 13. Bb4 Qc6 {White doesn't have enough compensation for the pawn})
12. f3 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qh6 14. e4 Bd7 15. Bxc4 Bc6 16. Qf2 O-O 17. O-O $44 {
Carlsen,M-Morozevich,A Memorial Tal Blitz Moscow 2008 1-0 (46)}) 6... b5 (6...
c3 $6 {is a risky move. White will get very good compensation.} 7. bxc3 Bxc3 8.
Rc1 Bb4 9. Bd3 (9. Qa4+ $5 {an interesting attempt} Nc6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bxf6
Qxf6 12. Bxc6 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Bxc6 (13... bxc6 $6 14. Qa5 $16) 14. Rxc6 bxc6 15.
Qxc6+ Ke7 16. Nc4 Rhc8 17. Ne5 $44) 9... Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bb1 $6 (11. Rxc6
$1 bxc6 12. Ne5 Bb7 $8 (12... Bxd2 13. Nxc6 $1 Qd6 14. Bxf6 Re8 (14... gxf6 15.
Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qh4 f5 17. Qf6+ Kg8 18. Ne7+ $18) 15. Qg4 Qf8 16. Ne7+ Rxe7 17.
Qe4 g6 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qxa8 $18) 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 (14... gxf6 15.
Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 16. Qh5 $18) 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nd7 Qe7 17. Nxf8 Rxf8 18. Qb1 $16)
11... Be7 12. Qb3 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rc5 a5 15. a3 a4 16. Qd3 g6 17. Ba2 Rd8
18. Rfc1 Ra5 19. h4 Nf6 20. Ne4 Rxc5 21. Nxc5 b6 22. Nxa4 Bb7 23. Nb2 Ra8 24.
Nc4 Nb4 25. axb4 Rxa2 26. Qb3 Ra8 27. Nce5 {1/2-1/2 Epishin,V-Rotstein,A/Di
Roseto ITA 2010}) 7. a4 $146 c6 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. Be2 Nbd7 (9... h6 10. Bxf6 $5 (
10. Bh4) 10... Qxf6 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. Bf3 O-O 13. O-O $44 {White has excellent
compensation for the pawn.}) 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 $1 (11. Ne4 $6 h6 12. Bh4 Be7
13. Rfd1 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qxe4 a6 $17) (11. Rfd1 h6 12. Bh4 a6 {Black
will play ...c5 soon. I don't see compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 11...
c3 $1 {Morozevich doesn't want to wait with his own counterplay. Black's pawn
on c3 will divert White.} (11... cxb3 12. Nxb3 (12. Qxb3 Bxd2 13. Nxd2 a6 14.
e4 (14. Ne4 $5 Qe7 15. Rfd1 $44) 14... h6 15. Be3 Qe7) 12... Rc8 13. Qb2 a5 14.
Ne5 $44) (11... c5 $6 {looks interesting but it seems to be that this option
is in White's favour} 12. axb5 c3 13. Nc4 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Be4 16. Qc1 Nd5
17. Nfe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 $16) 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bh4 $5 {If White regained the pawn
the position would be equal. After the text move White obtains good chances to
launch a strong attack. Everything will depend on his opponent's tactical
ability .} (13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nxc3 c5 $5 (14... bxa4 $6 15. Nxa4 {Black should
forget about ...c5}) (14... a6 $5 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Bf3 (16. Nd3 $6 c5) 16... Qe7
17. Ne4 c5 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Ng6 fxg6 20. Qxg6+ $11 {with perpetual check})
15. Nxb5 cxd4 16. Nbxd4 (16. Nfxd4 Rc8 17. Bc4 Qa5 $44) 16... Rc8 17. Bc4 Be4
18. Qe2 Nd5 $44 {Black has good compensation for the pawn.}) 13... g5 $8 14.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 (14... Qxf6 $5 {deserves attention} 15. Bg3 bxa4 16. Rxa4 a5 17. Ne5
Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qe7 19. f4 f6 20. Rxb4 axb4 21. Bd6 Qxd6 22. Qg6+ $11) 15. Bg3 c5
$1 {As it was mentioned above, both players had to calculate a lot. The
position is very complicated even if you use computer help.} (15... a6 16. Ne5
(16. h4 $5) 16... c5 17. dxc5 Be4 18. Bd3 Qd5 19. Rfd1 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Bxc5 21.
Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Bd6 Qc6 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. axb5 axb5 25. h4 Rc8 26. hxg5 hxg5 {
This position is still difficult to estimate. I think that the vulnerable
position of Black's king gives better chances to White.}) (15... bxa4 $5 16.
Rxa4 (16. bxa4 $6 c5) 16... a5 17. h4 g4 18. Ne5 c5 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. dxc5 Qxc5
21. Rd4 h5 22. Nd3 Qc6 23. Bf1 Rfd8 24. Rc4 Qd5 25. Be5 Ne4 26. Rd4 Qc6 27. Rc4
Qd5 28. Rd4 $11) 16. Bxb5 (16. dxc5 Be4 17. Qc1 bxa4 18. Rxa4 a5 19. Bd6 Bd5 (
19... Re8 $6 20. Bb5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nd7 22. e4 Qc8 23. c6 $16) 20. Bxf8 Qxf8 21.
Qc2 Nd7 $15 {The strong passed pawn gives Black an advantage.}) (16. axb5 $5 {
could be a stronger continuation than Bxb5:} Be4 17. Bd3 (17. Qc1 c2 18. dxc5
Bxc5 19. Ra4 Qd5 20. Rc4 Rfd8 $13) 17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 cxd4 19. Ra4 Bc5 (19...
Nd5 $2 20. Be5 $1 f5 21. e4 $18) 20. exd4 Bxd4 21. Rd1 e5 22. Bc4 Kg7 $1 23.
Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxd8 Raxd8 25. Qf5 Rd1+ 26. Kg2 Bd4 $13) (16. Rfd1 Be4 17. Bd3 (
17. Qc1 $2 c2 18. Rf1 Bc3 $17) 17... Bxd3 (17... Bxf3 $5 18. gxf3 cxd4 19. Bxb5
Bc5 20. b4 (20. Be5 Nd5 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Qf6 23. Bc6 Rad8 24. Bxd5 Rxd5
25. Qxc3 Qxf3 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. Rc1 $11) 20... Bxb4 21. Rxd4 Qe7 22. Be5 a5 23.
h4 Rfd8 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Kg2 $44) 18. Rxd3 c4 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Rdd1 a5 21.
Ne5 Rc8 22. h4 Nh5 $15 {it seems that Black defuses White's attack.}) 16... Be4
17. Qe2 Rc8 18. Ba6 cxd4 (18... Qd5 $5 {Alexander Morozevich indicated this
move at the press conference.} 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. Qa6 $1 Qb7 (20... Rc6 $2 21.
Qxa7 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qxf3 23. Qb7 h5 24. h3 h4 25. Be5 Kg7 (25... g4 26. Bxf6
gxh3 27. Qb8+ Kh7 28. Qh8+ Kg6 29. Qg7+ Kh5 30. Qg5#) 26. Qe7 $18) (20... Qa8
$5 21. Be5 Nd7 22. Rfc1 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Nc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 $44 {The position is
very complicated but it seems that Black has sufficient compensation for the
exchange.}) 21. Qxb7 Bxb7 22. dxc5 Ne4 23. Rfc1 Rxc5 $44 {Black's chances
aren't worse.}) 19. Nxd4 (19. Bxc8 $2 d3 $19) (19. exd4 $6 Qd5 $1 20. Bxc8 (20.
Bc4 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qxd4 22. Be5 Qd8 23. Rfd1 Qe7 24. f4 Rfd8 25. fxg5 hxg5 26.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qf3 Nd7 28. Bxc3 Bxc3 29. Qxc3 Nf8 30. Bf1 Ng6 $15) 20... Rxc8
21. Qa6 Qb7 22. Qxb7 Bxb7 $44 {(Morozevich). This leads to a better version of
the endgame I indicated before.}) 19... Rc5 20. Rad1 $1 (20. f3 {The idea to
bring the bishop on to the g1-a7 diagonal g1-seems to be wrong} Bg6 21. Bf2 Nd5
22. e4 Nf4 23. Qc2 Qf6 24. Bc4 (24. Ne2 $2 Rd5 $1 25. Rad1 Rfd8 26. Nxf4 Qxf4
27. Bd3 R5d7 $17) 24... Rd8 25. Rad1 Rcc8 26. Ne2 (26. Nb5 $6 g4 $1 27. Nxa7
Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxc4 29. bxc4 gxf3 30. Nc6 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 fxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Bh5 33.
Rd8+ Bf8 $19) 26... Rd2 27. Rxd2 cxd2 28. Nxf4 Qxf4 29. Qd3 Qc7 30. Rd1 Rd8 $15
) 20... Nd5 $2 {After this move Morozevich could have got into trouble. The
current position on the board is very complicated and even the computer can
make mistakes here. So we shouldn't criticise the top GMs for the mistakes
that they have made. A human brain can't calculate everything till the end. He
has to trust his intuition.} (20... Qb6 $1 {it seems that after this strong
move Black is out of danger.} 21. f3 (21. Bc4 Bg6 22. Nc2 Ne4 23. Rd4 a5 24.
Rfd1 e5 25. Rd7 Bf5 26. R7d5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Nd2 28. Bd3 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 e4 $17)
21... Bg6 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Rd8 24. Bf2 Rcd5 25. Rfd1 Qa6 26. Nb5 $11) 21.
Nc2 Qb6 22. Bc4 (22. Bd3 $1 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 a5 24. Be5 $1 {White has a very
strong attack.} Qa6 25. Rfd1 f6 26. Qh5 $1 Kg7 (26... fxe5 $4 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28.
Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. e4 $18) 27. h4 $1 fxe5 28. hxg5 Rc7 29. Qxh6+ Kg8
30. Nxb4 axb4 31. Rxd5 c2 32. Rc1 $18) 22... a5 23. Rd4 Bg6 24. h4 Rcc8 {
A logical human move. Black needs to put his bishop on e7 to protect his king.
The computer move 24...Rd8 doesn't fall in with human logic but is stronger
than 24...Rcc8.} (24... Rd8 $5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Rfd1 (26. Rg4 $2 Nf6 27. Rd4
Ne4 $17) (26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 Nf6 28. e4 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Rc8 $11) 26... Rcc8
27. e4 Nf4 28. Bxf4 gxf4 29. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 30. Qg4 Kf7 31. Qxf4+ Ke8 32. Qf6 Bf7
33. Nxb4 (33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qh4+ Ke8) 33... Rxd4 34. Rxd4 axb4 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36.
Qh4+ Ke8 37. Qh8+ $11) 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Rg4 Be7 27. e4 Nf4 (27... f5 $2 28.
exd5 fxg4 29. d6 Bxd6 30. Qxe6+ Kh7 31. Bxd6 Bxc2 32. Bxf8 Qxe6 33. Bxe6 Rxf8
34. Rc1 Bf5 35. Bxf5+ Rxf5 36. Rxc3 $16) 28. Bxf4 gxf4 29. e5 $2 (29. Qd3 $1 {
White is going to take the annoying pawn.} e5 (29... Rfd8 30. Qxc3 Qd6 31. e5
$16) 30. g3 $1 Rfd8 31. Qxc3 $16 {White gains a pawn and still has chances to
launch an attack.}) 29... Kg7 30. Bd3 $2 {Too late. He should have played Bd3
on the 22nd move.} (30. Qe4 $1 {The position is still unclear.} Rfd8 (30... Rh8
$5 31. Nd4 c2 32. Nxe6+ (32. Nxc2 $6 Rh5 33. Nd4 Rch8 34. g3 R8h6 $17) 32...
Qxe6 33. Bxe6 c1=Q 34. Bxc8 Qxc8 35. Qxf4 $13) 31. Bd3 Kf8 32. Rxg6 fxg6 33.
Qxg6 $44 Rxd3 34. Qxd3 Qxb3 35. Qh7 Rd8 36. Qh8+ Kf7 37. Qh7+ Ke8 38. Qg6+ Kd7
39. Qd3+ Ke8 (39... Kc7 $2 40. Nd4 $16) 40. Qg6+ $11) 30... Rh8 31. g3 Rh6 $17
{Black is ready to launch a decisive counter-attack.} 32. Be4 (32. Rxf4 Rch8
33. Bxg6 fxg6 34. Qf3 Rh1+ 35. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 36. Kxh1 Qxb3 37. Nd4 Qd5+ 38. Kg1
Bc5 39. Nc2 Qd3 40. Ne3 c2 $19) 32... Rch8 33. Qc4 fxg3 34. Rxg3 Rh4 $1 35. Qc6
(35. Ne3 $5 {was the last chance. The position is very clear to a computer,
but a human player could have miscalculated somewhere. Especially if he was in
time trouble.} R8h5 36. Qd3 Kh8 37. Bxg6 fxg6 38. Qd7 Bf8 39. Qc8 Qb4 40. Qa8
c2 41. Nxc2 Rh1+ 42. Kg2 (42. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 43. Kxh1 Qe4+ 44. Kg1 Qxc2 $19) 42...
R5h2+ 43. Kf3 Qc5 44. Rxh1 Qxf2+ 45. Ke4 Qxc2+ 46. Kd4 Qd2+ 47. Kc4 Qb4+ 48.
Kd3 Qxb3+ 49. Kd4 Qxa4+ 50. Kd3 Qb3+ 51. Kd4 Qb4+ 52. Kd3 Qd2+ 53. Kc4 Qd5+ 54.
Qxd5 exd5+ 55. Kxd5 Rxh1 $19) 35... Qxc6 36. Bxc6 Bc5 {The endgame is
completely winning for Black.} 37. Rc1 (37. Rxc3 Rg4+ 38. Bg2 Be4 39. Ne1 Bd4
40. Rc4 Bd5 41. Rc1 Bxe5 $19) 37... Rf4 38. Ne3 Bd4 $19 39. Bb5 Kf8 40. Bc6
Bxe5 41. Nd1 Rb4 42. Rxg6 (42. Rgxc3 Bxc3 43. Rxc3 Kg7 $19) 42... fxg6 43. Nxc3
Ke7 44. Bg2 Rxb3 45. Ne4 Rd8 46. Re1 Rbd3 47. Kf1 Rd1 48. Nc5 Rxe1+ 49. Kxe1
Rd4 0-1

[Event "Geneve Masters GpB"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "2013.06.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 b6 7. Bxc4 Bb7 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Bd3 c5 12. Na2 Nc6 13. Nxb4 Nxb4 14. Bb1 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Rfd8 16. Bd2 g6 17. Qe1 a5 18. Bxb4 axb4 19. Bd3 e5 20. Nc2 b3 21. Qb4
Qe6 22. Ne1 Bd5 23. e4 Bc6 24. Bc4 Qe8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Nf3 Qc7 27. Ng5 Be8
28. Bxb3 Ra5 29. Rd1 Rc5 30. h3 Kg7 31. Kh2 h6 32. Nf3 Bc6 33. Nd2 Bb7 34. Re1
Ba6 35. Nb1 Rc1 36. Qd2 Rxe1 37. Qxe1 Qc5 38. Nc3 Bc4 39. Bxc4 Qxc4 40. Qe3 Qb4
41. Qe2 h5 42. h4 Qd4 43. g3 Nd7 44. Kg2 Nc5 45. Qc2 Qc4 46. Qd1 Qd4 47. Qc2
Nd3 48. Qe2 Nc5 49. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneve Masters GpB"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "2013.06.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2013.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Bd6 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. f4 O-O 7. Ngf3 Nbc6 8. O-O
b5 9. Re1 c4 10. d4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. c3 Nd5 13. b3 Be7 14. bxc4 bxc4 15.
Qc2 h6 16. Ned2 Rc8 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Nf1 Rfd8 19. Ne3 Nxe3 20. Bxe3 Bf8 21. f5
exf5 22. Bf4 Bd6 23. Ne5 Ba8 24. Qxf5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Re8 27. Qf3
Bxe5 28. Rb7 Qc6 29. dxe5 Qxf3+ 30. Kxf3 a6 31. Re4 Rc5 32. Rf4 Rf8 33. Ra7 Ra5
34. Rxc4 Rxa2 35. h4 Re8 36. Rcc7 Ra1 37. Rc5 h5 38. c4 Rf1+ 39. Kg2 Rf5 40. e6
Rxc5 41. exf7+ Kf8 42. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 43. Rxg7 a5 44. Ra7 Rf5 45. Kh3 Rc5 46. Kh2
Re5 47. Kg1 Rf5 48. Kg2 Kd8 49. Rg7 Ke8 50. Rb7 Kd8 51. Rh7 Ke8 52. Rg7 Kf8 53.
Rg5 Rxg5 54. hxg5 a4 55. c5 a3 56. c6 a2 57. c7 a1=Q 58. c8=Q+ Kg7 59. Qe8 Qd1
60. Qe7+ Kg8 61. Qe6+ Kg7 62. Qf6+ Kg8 63. Qg6+ Kf8 64. Qf5+ Kg7 65. Qf4 Qd5+
66. Kh2 Qc6 67. Qf5 Qd6 68. Kh3 Qc6 69. Kh2 Qd6 70. Kh3 Qc6 71. Qf1 Kg6 72. g4
hxg4+ 73. Kh4 Qe6 74. Qd3+ Qf5 75. Qd6+ Kg7 76. Qc7+ Kg6 77. Qc6+ Kg7 78. Kh5
g3 79. Qc3+ Kf7 80. Qc7+ Kg8 81. Qxg3 Qh7+ 82. Kg4 Qe4+ 83. Qf4 Qxf4+ 84. Kxf4
Kf7 85. Kf5 Kg7 86. g6 Kg8 87. Kf6 Kf8 88. g7+ Kg8 89. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneve Masters GpB"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "2013.06.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 c6 6. a3 Bd6 7. Nge2 Nf6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. Bxf5 Nbd7 12. Qf3 Qc7 13. g3 Nf8 14. Bg5
N6d7 15. Rad1 Ne6 16. Bc1 Qb6 17. h4 Ndf8 18. Ne2 Qd8 19. c3 Qf6 20. Qd3 g6 21.
Bh3 Qg7 22. Kg2 Nd7 23. Ng1 Nf6 24. Nf3 Ne4 25. c4 Re7 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Qb3
Nf6 28. Rfe1 Rae8 29. Re3 b6 30. Rde1 Nc7 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Rxe7 Bxe7 33. Qa4
1-0

[Event "Geneve Masters GpB"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "2013.06.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2013.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3 Qa5
9. Qd2 e5 10. Rd1 Re8 11. a4 Qc7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Ba3 e4 14. Bd6 Qd8 15. Ne5
Nbd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. c5 e3 18. fxe3 a5 19. Rab1 Qe6 20. Bf4 Bf8 21. Bd6 Bh6
22. Bf4 Bf8 23. Qd4 Bg7 24. Qc4 Qxc4 25. bxc4 Bf8 26. Bd6 Rxe3 27. Rd3 Re8 28.
Bf3 Nd7 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Kf2 Nxc5 31. Rdd1 Be6 32. Ke3 Rad8 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34.
Kf4 Bxc4 35. e4 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Geneve Masters GpB"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "2013.06.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2013.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4 7. Qxe4 Nd7 8.
g3 g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O Ne7 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Rd1 Nb6 13. c3 a5 14. Qc2 a4 15.
Nf4 Nc4 16. Nd3 Qc8 17. Nc5 Nb6 18. Bg5 Ned5 19. c4 Nf6 20. Be3 Rd8 21. Rd3 Ne8
22. Ne4 Qc7 23. Rad1 h6 24. h4 Nd7 25. Bf4 Qa5 26. Bd2 Qc7 27. Nc3 Nb6 28. c5
Nc8 29. Nxa4 e5 30. d5 cxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Bxd5 Ne7 33. Bg2 Nc6 34. b3 Nd4
35. Qc4 Rd8 36. Bc3 Qc8 37. Bxd4 exd4 38. Nb2 Nc7 39. Nd3 Re8 40. b4 Qg4 41.
Rf1 Bf6 42. b5 Kg7 43. b6 Ne6 44. Re1 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. c6 bxc6 47. b7 Rb8
48. Qxc6 Qf5 49. Qc8 Rxb7 50. Qxb7 Qxd3 51. Rxe6 Qd1+ 52. Bf1 d3 53. Rxf6 Kxf6
54. Qa6+ 1-0

[Event "Geneve Masters GpB"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "2013.06.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2013.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf1 Rd8 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Ng3 Bg6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Ne6 18. Nf5 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Qf3 O-O 21. Qg3
f6 22. Bd2 fxe5 23. Qxe5 Rde8 24. Ne3 Bxe3 25. Bxg6 Bxf2+ 26. Kh1 hxg6 0-1

[Event "Geneve Masters GpB"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "2013.06.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2013.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qc5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. Bd3 Bc6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Be3
Qc7 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. N5d4 Ba4 17. Qe2 O-O 18. f4 e5 19. Nf5 Bxb3 20. axb3 Bc5
21. Rac1 Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 exf4 23. Rxf4 Qe5 24. Rcf1 b5 25. Rh4 g6 26. Qh6 gxf5
27. Rxf5 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Kh8 29. h3 Rg8 30. Rxf6 Nxf6 31. e5 Qxd3 32. Qxf6+ Rg7
33. Rg4 Rag8 34. e6 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Geneve Masters GpB"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "2013.06.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2013.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 Be7 7. Nb5 Na6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nfxd4 e5 12. Nc2 Be6 13. b3 Rfc8 14. c4 Nc5
15. Bb2 a6 16. Nc3 a5 17. Ba3 Kf8 18. Bf3 Rab8 19. Rfe1 Nd3 20. Bxe7+ Kxe7 21.
Re3 Nb4 22. Na3 Nd7 23. Rae1 f6 24. Be4 f5 25. Bb1 Nc6 26. Nab5 Nf6 27. f3 g6
28. Na4 Rd8 29. Nc5 Rd2 30. Rxe5 Nxe5 31. Rxe5 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Rxb1 33. Rxe6+ Kf7
34. Nd6+ Kg7 35. Re7+ Kh8 36. Ne6 Rb2+ 37. Ke3 Rxg2 38. h4 Nh5 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40.
Nh6+ Kh8 41. a4 f4+ 42. Kd3 Nf6 43. Nf7+ Kg8 44. Nh6+ Kh8 45. Nf7+ Kg8 46. Ne5
Nh5 47. Ng4 Kh8 48. Ng5 Rd8+ 49. Kc3 Rd1 50. Rxh7+ Kg8 51. Rf7 Rxg4 52. fxg4
Ng3 53. Rxf4 Ne2+ 54. Kc2 Nxf4 55. Kxd1 Ng2 56. Ke2 Nxh4 57. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Geneve Masters KO"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "2013.06.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.06.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. Ne5
c5 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qf4 Nh5 13. Qf3 Nhf6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15. Rad1 Bc6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. e3 Rac8 18. Qf4 Qe6 19. Qh4 Ne4 20. Nxd5 f5 21.
Bxe4 fxe4 22. Qg5 Rf7 23. Nf4 Qe7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Rd2 Rd7 26. Rc2 Re8 27.
Rfc1 Bb5 28. Kg2 Kf7 29. a4 Ba6 30. h4 Red8 31. g4 Bd6 32. Nh5 Bd3 33. Rc8 Rxc8
34. Rxc8 Be2 35. Ng3 Bf3+ 36. Kh3 Bc5 37. Bd4 Bxd4 38. exd4 g6 39. Nf1 Bd1 40.
Rc3 Rxd4 41. Ne3 h5 42. g5 Bg4+ 43. Kg3 Be6 44. Kf4 Rd2 45. Ke5 Rd7 46. b4 Re7
47. Kf4 Ke8 48. a5 bxa5 49. bxa5 Rb7 50. Ke5 Ke7 51. Rc5 a6 52. Kxe4 Kd6 53.
Kd4 Rf7 54. Nc4+ Bxc4 55. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneve Masters KO"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "2013.06.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.06.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. c3 d5 13. Bd3 c6 14. Bf4
g6 15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Qxf5 Nxf5 20. Nf3 Ng7
21. Bg5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 f6 23. Nf3 Kf7 24. g3 a5 25. Kf1 Nf5 26. Ke2 a4 27. Kd3
Nd6 28. Nd2 b5 29. Re2 g5 30. Nf1 h5 31. Ne3 Rh8 32. Nc2 Nc8 33. Nb4 Ne7 34. f3
h4 35. g4 Ng6 36. Kd2 Nf4 37. Re1 Rc8 38. Nd3 Ne6 39. Ke3 Re8 40. Kf2 Nf4 41.
Nxf4 Rxe1 42. Kxe1 gxf4 43. b4 h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneve Masters KO"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "2013.06.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2013.06.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 f5 6. Bd3 g6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qe7 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. Nd2 Rd8 14. Re1 Bc7 15.
Qb3 b5 16. Be2 Be6 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Nb3 Bd6 19. Bf3 h5 20. Rad1 a6 21. e4 fxe4
22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Qf6 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bxa2 27. b3 Qe6
28. Qxa2 Qxe4 29. Qxa6 Re8 30. h3 Qc2 31. Qa1 Qxc5 32. Qf6 Qc2 33. Rd7 Qxb3 34.
Qxc6 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qf5 36. Rd1 Qe5+ 37. g3 b4 38. Rd7 Qf5 39. Rd2 Rb8 40. Qc7
Qc8 41. Qe5 b3 42. Rb2 Qb7 43. h4 Qb5 44. Qc3 Qb6 45. Qe5 Rc8 46. Qe4 Qf6 47.
Rxb3 Qxf2+ 48. Qg2 Qd4 49. Qe2 Qd6 50. Rd3 Qc7 51. Re3 Qb8 52. Re4 Qa8 53. Re3
Rb8 54. Re7 Qc6 55. Re3 Qa4 56. Re4 Qc6 57. Re3 Kg7 58. Rf3 Qe6 59. Qxe6 fxe6
60. Kg2 Rb2+ 61. Kf1 Rc2 62. Ke1 Rc5 63. Ke2 Rf5 64. Ra3 Kf6 65. Ra8 Ke5 66.
Ke3 g5 67. hxg5 Rxg5 68. Kf3 Rf5+ 69. Ke3 Kf6 70. Rh8 Kg7 71. Re8 Kf7 72. Rh8
Kf6 73. Rf8+ Ke5 74. Rg8 Kf6 75. g4 Re5+ 76. Kf4 hxg4 77. Rxg4 Re1 78. Kf3 e5
79. Ra4 Kf5 80. Rb4 e4+ 81. Kf2 Ra1 82. Rb8 Ra2+ 83. Ke3 Ra3+ 84. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneve Masters KO"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "2013.06.29"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.06.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 Ne7 7. O-O d6 8. Be3
Nd7 9. Qd2 h6 10. d5 e5 11. b4 f5 12. c5 bxc5 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Rab1 Rb8 15.
Bb5 O-O 16. d6 cxd6 17. Qxd6 Nb6 18. Bxc5 Bf6 19. Nxe5 Qxd6 20. Bxd6 Kg7 21.
exf5 Rbc8 22. Bxe7 Bxe7 23. Nxg6 Rxc3 24. Nxe7 Kf6 25. Rfe1 Rd8 26. a4 Ra3 27.
Re6+ Kf7 28. Rbe1 Nxa4 29. Rxh6 Be4 30. Bc4+ Kxe7 31. Rxe4+ Kd7 32. Rd4+ Kc7
33. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Cori Tello, Deysi Estella"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qc2 Nf6 12. Ne4 Bxd2 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bxh7+
Kh8 15. Be4 Rc8 16. Qd3 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nc6 18. Nxd2 Qxd4 19. Rfd1 Qxb2 20. Nc4
Qb4 21. Rab1 Qa4 22. Qe2 Rd8 23. Nd6 Kg8 24. Rbc1 Ne7 25. Qf3 Nf5 26. Rc7 Rab8
27. Rc4 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Cori Tello, Deysi Estella"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Rc1 e5 10. Nf3 c6 11. Be2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nf6 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Bd3 Ng4
15. O-O Be6 16. Nf3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 a5 18. Qc2 Kh8 19. h4 f6 20. Qf2 Bg4 21. Qg3
Qd7 22. a4 f5 23. Ng5 h6 24. Nf7+ Qxf7 25. Qxg4 Qb3 26. Qe2 Qxa4 27. e5 Rad8
28. Bc4 Rf8 29. h5 g5 30. Bd3 Qa3 31. Rcd1 Qe7 32. Rxf5 Rxf5 33. Bxf5 c5 34.
Bc2 a4 35. Qf3 cxd4 36. exd4 b5 37. Qe4 Bf8 38. d5 b4 39. d6 Qa7+ 40. Kh1 b3
41. Bd3 a3 42. Qf5 Qg7 43. Bc4 a2 44. Bxb3 Bxd6 45. Bxa2 Rf8 46. Qe6 Bxe5 47.
Bb1 Qf6 48. Qxf6+ Rxf6 49. g4 Rd6 50. Re1 Kg7 51. Kg2 Kf6 52. Rc1 Rb6 53. Bd3
Bf4 54. Rc5 Rd6 55. Bf5 Be3 56. Rc7 Bb6 57. Rb7 Ke5 58. Kf3 Kd4 59. Re7 Rc6 60.
Ke2 Bc5 61. Re4+ Kd5 62. Re8 Ra6 63. Rd8+ Ke5 64. Rc8 Kd4 65. Re8 Ra2+ 66. Kd1
Ra6 67. Bg6 Kc3 68. Ke2 Ra2+ 69. Kf3 Ra4 70. Be4 Ra3 71. Bf5 Kd4+ 72. Ke2 Ra6
73. Rh8 Ke5 74. Kd3 Kf4 75. Kc4 Ba3 76. Re8 Kf3 77. Kd5 Bb2 78. Re6 Rxe6 79.
Kxe6 Kf4 80. Kf7 Ke5 81. Kg7 Ba3 82. Kxh6 Kf6 83. Bg6 Bb2 84. Kh7 Ba3 85. Kg8
Bb4 86. Bf5 Bc3 87. h6 Ke7 88. h7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 {Free Style!} 4. Nc3 (4. e4 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3
dxe4 7. fxe4 Bb4 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Bb5+ c6 12. Be2 Nd7 13.
O-O $1 Qe7 14. Qc1 O-O-O 15. Qf4 f5 16. Nb5 cxb5 17. Rac1+ Nc5 18. exf5 Qxe2
19. Qxg4 gxf5 20. Qxf5+ Kb8 21. dxc5 Rhf8 22. Qe5+ Qxe5 23. Nxe5 Rfe8 24. c6
Rd2 25. Rf5 Bd6 26. Nd7+ Kc8 27. Nf6 Re5 28. Rxe5 Bxe5 29. Ne4 Rxb2 30. cxb7+
Kxb7 31. Nc5+ Ka8 32. Rd1 Bc7 33. Re1 a5 34. Re6 Rc2 35. Nd3 h5 36. Rh6 Rxa2
37. Rxh5 Rd2 38. Nc5 a4 39. Rh6 Rd6 40. Rh8+ Ka7 41. Kf1 Rc6 {0-1 (41) Svidler,
P (2747)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2722) Paris/St Petersburg 2013}) 4... d5 5. Bg5 h6
(5... Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. dxc5 dxc4 10. e4 Qa5 11. Bf2 b5 12.
cxb6 axb6 13. Bxc4 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Nge2 Nb4 16. Qb1 Rfd8 17. O-O Bf8 18.
a3 Nd3 19. b4 Qa6 20. Be3 Bg7 21. Ra2 Rac8 22. Qb3 Nd7 23. Rd1 N7e5 24. Na4 b5
25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 Nc4 27. h3 Bf6 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. f4 e5 30. a4 Nd2 31.
Qe3 exf4 32. Nxf4 Nc4 33. Qb3 Bg5 34. Nd5 Qe6 35. Re2 Rxd5 36. exd5 Qxe2 37.
axb5 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Bf4+ 39. g3 Ne3 40. gxf4 Qf2+ {0-1 (40) Zhu Chen (2491)
-Cmilyte,V (2514) Huashan City 2013}) 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Qd2 Nbd7 (7... dxc4 8. e4
a6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bxc4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. Ne2 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15.
O-O Nc6 16. Be4 Kf8 17. Nf4 Kg7 18. Qf2 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rhd8 20. Rfd1 Nb4 21.
Rac1 Rac8 22. Qb2 Nd5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Nd3 Qg5 26. Qd2 Qxd2 27.
Rxd2 Rc4 28. Nc5 a5 29. Kf2 Rc3 30. Rb2 b4 31. Ke2 g5 32. Kd2 Rc4 33. Ke3 Kg6
34. Nb3 a4 35. Na5 Rc3+ 36. Kd2 Ra3 37. Kc1 b3 {0-1 (37) Arngrimsson,D (2390)
-Petr,M (2523) Legnica 2013}) 8. Bg3 c6 9. e4 dxe4 10. fxe4 Bb4 11. Bd3 e5 12.
a3 Ba5 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 Nc5 (14... Kf8 $5 15. Nf3 Kg7) 15. b4 Nxd3+ 16.
Qxd3 Bb6 17. Nf3 O-O 18. Nxe5 a5 {Schwarz hat Kompensation für den Bauern.
Die Frage ist nur, ob es reicht.} 19. b5 a4 20. Nc4 Bc5 21. O-O-O {Die Rochade
zur anderen Seite versperrt, also wählt Nakamura die lange Rochade, auch wenn
die weiße Stellung dort luftig wirkt.} Bg4 22. Rd2 Qe7 23. d6 Qe6 24. Nd5 Nxd5
(24... Rac8 25. Nxf6+ (25. Nc7 Qxe4) 25... Qxf6 26. Kb1 (26. e5 Qe6 27. Kb2 Bf5
$19) 26... Be6 27. Rc1 Rfd8 28. Be5 Qg5 29. Bb2 {und Weiß konsolidiert sich.})
25. Qxd5 Rac8 26. Kb1 Qxd5 (26... Rfd8 $5) 27. Rxd5 {Verbunden mit einem
Qualitäts"opfer".} (27. exd5 Rfe8 $11) 27... Be6 28. Rhd1 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Bxd6
$2 ({Zäher war} 29... Bg1 30. Na5 $16) 30. Nxd6 Rc3 31. Kb2 ({Gut war auch} 
31. Nxb7 Rb3+ 32. Kc2 Rc8+ 33. Kd2 Rxa3 34. Nc5 $18) 31... Rb3+ 32. Ka2 Rd8 33.
Rd4 h5 (33... f6 34. Bf4 g5 35. Bc1 Rc3 36. Bd2 $18) 34. Bh4 Rd7 35. Bf6 Kh7
36. e5 (36. e5 Rc7 37. Rxa4 Rbc3 38. Ra8 Rc2+ 39. Kb3 R7c3+ 40. Kb4 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Re1 O-O 16. b4 Qd7 17. Bg5 Rfd8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Re3 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Rxa5
Nxa5 22. Nd4 Bg6 23. e6 Nc4 24. Rxd3 Re8 25. Rf3 c5 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Rf7 Qd6
28. Rd7 Qe5 29. Nxb5 Nxb2 30. Rd8 Qxe6 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33. g3 h6
34. Nd6 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qxc3 36. Nf7+ Kh7 37. Qa8 g5 38. Qe4+ Kg8 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40.
Qe4+ Kg8 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. Be3 O-O-O 10. O-O-O Ne7 11. Nb3 b6 12. f4 Ng6 13. a3 c5 14. Rhf1
Bd6 15. Nd2 Rhe8 16. Nc4 Bf8 17. f5 Nh8 18. a4 Nf7 19. Bf4 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Nd2 Bc6 22. Rde1 Nd6 23. Bxd6 Bxd6 24. g3 Be5 25. Nd1 Kb7 26. Nf3 Bd6 27. Nf2
Ra8 28. Kd2 Ra2 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Rxe4 32. Kd3 Rb4 33. Kc3
Kc6 34. Rd1 g5 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. b3 g5 37. Rf1 g4 38. Nd2 Rd4 39. Nb1 Be5 40.
Rf5 Rd8+ 41. Rxe5 b4+ 42. Kb2 fxe5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O {GM Adhiban is a brave
player. He lost the first game and he needed to win the second game to keep
fighting in the World Cup. What is the best opening if you want revenge? Of
course the King's Indian.} 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 {This is not the most ambitious
option. However if a draw is enough to qualify for the next round, you don't
need to be very ambitious.} dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5 {Another option is 9.Bg5.}
(9. Bg5 Na6 (9... Nbd7) (9... Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 b5) 10. Nd5
Rd6 11. Nd2 (11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Rxf6 13. Nxe5 Re6 14. f4 Nc5 15. O-O-O f6
16. Ng4 Nxe4 17. Bf3 Kg7 18. Rd8 h5 19. Ne3 Nd6 20. c5 (20. Re1 Nf7 21. Rxc8
Rxc8 22. Nf5+ $16) 20... Nf7 21. Rd3 Rb8 $11 {Grigoryan,A (2506)-Salem,A (2473)
Moscow 2009 1-0 (56)}) 11... c6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Be3 Bd8 14. O-O-O (14. c5
Re6 15. O-O-O Be7 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Nc4 $14) 14... Be7 15. Nb3 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1
c5 17. h3 b6 18. Bg4 f5 19. Bf3 f4 $15 {Mchedlishvili,M (2586)-Jobava,B (2687)
Tbilisi 2009 0-1 (40)}) 9... Nxd5 (9... Rd7 $5 {More than 60 years ago Mikhail
Tal won a beautiful game against Borislav Ivkov. Nowadays this line is not
very popular as well as all lines that start after 7.dxe5.} 10. Nxe5 Nxd5 11.
Nxd7 Nb4 12. Nxb8 Nc2+ 13. Kd1 Nxa1 14. Bf4 Bxb2 {Another option is} (14...
Rxb8 15. Bxc7 Ra8 16. Kc1 Be6) 15. Bxc7 a5 16. Kd2 a4 17. f4 f6 18. g4 a3 19.
f5 Nb3+ 20. Ke3 Nc1 21. Rd1 Nxa2 22. Rd8+ Kg7 23. c5 (23. Rxc8 Nc3 24. Bd6 a2
25. Rc7+ Kg8 26. Rc8+ $11) 23... Ra4 $17 {Naumann,A (2360)-Istratescu,A (2505)
Halle 1995 1/2 (46)}) 10. cxd5 c6 11. Bc4 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Bg5 Rd7 {Black
could have opted for 13...Rc8. Advancing 14.d6 doesn't look dangerous for
Black.} (13... Rc8 14. Rc1 ({Of course White can't play} 14. dxc6 $2 Nxc6 15.
Bd5 Na5 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Nd2 Rc2 $17 {Korobkov,P-Timoshenko,G (2537) Alushta
2001 0-1 (36)}) (14. d6 $6 c5 15. Rd1 c4 $15) 14... c5 15. O-O Nd7 16. Be3 Bf8
$11 17. Bd1 c4 18. Be2 Bd6 19. Nd2 Rc7 20. b3 f5 21. exf5 $6 (21. f3 f4 22. Bf2
c3 23. Bxb5 cxd2 24. Rxc7 Bxc7 25. d6 (25. Bxd7 $2 Ba6 26. Rd1 Ba5) 25... Bxd6
26. Bxd7 Ba6 27. Rd1 Bb4 28. Be6+ Kg7 29. Bc4 Bxc4 30. bxc4 Rc8 31. c5 $11)
21... gxf5 22. f4 Re8 23. fxe5 $2 Rxe5 24. Kf2 c3 $17 {Bluvshtein,M (2354)
-Kotronias,V (2568) Gausdal 2002 0-1 (36)}) 14. Rc1 (14. dxc6 $6 Nxc6 15. Bd5
Nb4 16. Bxb7 Nc2+ (16... Rxb7 $5 17. Ke2 f5) 17. Ke2 Rxb7 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Rhd1
f6 20. Bd2 Rbc7 21. Bc3 Nb4 22. Ra1 Bf8 $11 {Papaioannou,I (2470)-Cela,A (2450)
Athens 1997 0-1 (56)}) 14... a5 15. Ke2 h6 {I don't think that it is the best
option.} ({A more reliable way was} 15... a4 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Bd5 Nd4+ 18.
Nxd4 exd4 19. Rc5 h6 20. Bf4 d3+ 21. Kxd3 Rad8 22. Kc2 Bxd5 23. exd5 Rxd5 $11)
16. Be3 a4 $8 17. dxc6 $8 Nxc6 18. Bd5 Nd4+ 19. Bxd4 Bxd5 20. exd5 exd4 21. Rc5
Rb8 22. Kd3 Rdd8 {Probably 22...Bf8 gave Black better practical chances than
he had in the game} (22... Bf8 $5 23. Ne5 (23. Rhc1 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Re7 25. Nxd4
Re1 26. d6 Rd8 27. Nxb5 Rd1+) 23... Rdd8 24. Kxd4 (24. Rhc1 {transposition})
24... Bxc5+ 25. Kxc5 Re8 26. Nc6 Rb7 27. Rd1 Re2 28. Nb4 Rxb2 29. d6 Rd7 30. a3
Kf8 31. Nc6) 23. Rhc1 Bf8 24. Ne5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 $44 {Black has an extra
exchange but his chances to win the game are very small.} Rd6 26. Kxd4 Kf8 27.
f4 Ke8 28. h4 Kf8 {Adhiban offered a draw but Nakamura can continue the game
without any risk.} 29. g4 Ke8 $6 (29... b4 $5 30. g5 h5 31. Rc7 Rbd8 32. Rxf7+
Kg8 33. Ra7 Rxd5+ 34. Ke3 R5d6 35. Rxa4 $14) 30. g5 h5 31. Ke4 $16 {Black
hasn't any active moves.} f6 (31... b4 32. Nc6 Rc8 33. Rb5 a3 34. Rxb4 axb2 35.
Rxb2 $16) 32. Rc6 f5+ (32... Rxc6 {It is not easy to suggest a good move for
Black.} 33. Nxc6 Ra8 34. gxf6 Kf7 35. Ke5 Rc8 36. f5 $18) (32... a3 33. bxa3 (
33. Rxd6 $4 axb2 $19) 33... f5+ 34. Kd4 Rbd8 35. Rxd6 Rxd6 36. Nc6 $18) 33. Kd4
Rbd8 34. Rxd6 $1 Rxd6 35. Kc5 Ke7 36. a3 $18 Ra6 37. Nc6+ Ke8 38. Kd6 Kf7 39.
Kc7 Ra8 40. d6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. a5 Rfe8 14. f3 h6 15.
Nc1 Bf8 16. Bf1 Red8 17. Qe1 Qc6 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Qe1 Qc6 20. Qd2 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nf3 f5 6. Bd3 Nh6 {One of possible
setups for Black in the "Semi-Slav Stonewall"; however, it is slightly passive.
} 7. Qc2 (7. cxd5 exd5 {was the idea of Black's last move.}) (7. h3 Bb4 8. g4
O-O 9. g5 Nf7 10. Rg1 {is premature due to} e5 $1 11. Bxf5 e4 12. Nh4 Nde5 $1
13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. dxe5 Nxe5 $19 {1-0 (47) Fiorito,F (2435)-Vera
Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2465) Guarapuava 1991}) (7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. f4 d4
10. exd4 Qxd4 11. Qe2 {1/2 (37) Beni,A-Kinzel,A Vienna 1952} b6 12. h3 Nf2 $1
$15) (7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2 {- this plan is hardly dangerous as Black firmly
controls the crucial e5-square:} O-O 9. O-O (9. Qc1 Qe7 10. Ne2 Nf7 11. cxd5
cxd5 12. O-O b6 13. a4 a5 14. Ba3 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Nf4 g5 17. Nd3 Raa8 18.
Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qb2 Rfc8 $11 {1/2 (40) Levin,E (2508)-Popov,V (2557) St
Petersburg RUS 2013}) 9... Qe7 (9... Nf6 10. Ne2 Ne4 11. Ne5 Nf7 12. f3 Nf6 13.
Rc1 g6 14. c5 Be7 15. b4 $14 {1-0 (53) Golombek,H-Erdelyi,S Trencianske
Teplice 1949}) (9... g5 10. Ne2 g4 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 {0-1 (34)
Yewdokimov,O (2380)-Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2495) Oviedo 1992} 13. Nf4 $14 {
[%cal Yf2f3]}) (9... Rf6 10. Qc2 Nf7 {0-1 (40) Aronian,L (2825)-Morozevich,A 
(2769) Moscow 2012 CBM 149 [Ramirez Alvarez]} 11. cxd5 $1 exd5 12. Ne2 $14) 10.
a4 Kh8 11. Qc1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. g3 Qe7 16. Ba3
Be6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rd1 Qe7 $11 {1-0 (47) Savchenko,S (2571)-Richter,M (2399)
Istanbul 2007}) (7. O-O Bd6 8. Rb1 Qe7 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12.
Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qc2 Be6 $11 {1/2 (43) Kalinitschew,S (2469)-Richter,M (2411)
Berlin 2008}) (7. Rb1 $5 Bd6 8. b4 O-O 9. b5 Kh8 10. bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Ba6 12.
cxd5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 cxd5 14. Qa6 $14 {1-0 (33) Figura,A (2349)-Meister,J (2480)
Berlin 2012}) 7... a6 $6 {Hardly a necessary move.} (7... Qf6 {[%csl Rf6]} 8.
b3 (8. Bd2 Bd6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O-O Kh8 {1-0 (55) Lont,A (2335)-Van der Vorm,T 
(2405) Netherlands 1996} 11. Ne2 $36) 8... Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. O-O-O b6 11. h3
Qe7 12. g4 dxc4 13. bxc4 Bb7 14. Rhg1 fxg4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. hxg4 Rxf3 17. g5
Nf7 18. Rh1 $40 {1/2 (34) Prystensky,A (2425)-Hedrera,M (2432) corr CAPA 1998})
(7... Bd6 {is quite possible:} 8. Bd2 $5 (8. cxd5 exd5 9. b3 (9. Bxf5 $2 Nxf5
10. Qxf5 Ne5 11. Qc2 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 O-O $17) 9... Qe7 10. Bb2 Nf6 11. h3 Ne4
12. O-O-O Nf7 13. Kb1 Ba3 14. Ba1 Bd7 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. g4 {
0-1 (56) Udovcic,M-Kinzel,A Venice 1953} Nfd6 $11) (8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Qe7 (9...
Kh8 10. h3 a6 $5 11. O-O-O b5 12. c5 Bc7 13. Ne2 Qf6 14. Kb1 a5 15. a3 Ba6 16.
b4 axb4 17. axb4 Ra7 18. Qc3 Nf7 19. Kc2 Rfa8 20. Ra1 Kg8 $11 {0-1 (28)
Kortschnoj,V (2639)-Popov,V (2545) St Petersburg 2001}) 10. O-O-O (10. h3 Kh8
11. O-O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 {1-0 (34) Simagin,V-Terpugov,E Moscow 1951} b5 13. Bd3
Bb7 $132) 10... a6 $5 (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bd3 e5 (12... Bb7 $5 {
[%cal Yb5b4,Yc6c5]} 13. e4 b4 14. Na4 c5 $1) 13. e4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. exf5
Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Bf4+ 17. Kb1 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 {0-1 (44) Rasic,G (2246)
-Colovic,D (2374) Vrnjacka Banja 2004} 19. Rhe1 $14) (10... b6 11. Kb1 Bb7 12.
h3 Rac8 13. Qe2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 15. Bd3 {1-0 (57) Balashov,Y (2477)-Fotin,V 
(2265) Izhevsk RUS 2013} Nb6 $132 {[%cal Rb5b4]}) 11. Kb1 b5 12. cxd5 $6 (12.
c5 Bc7 13. h3 $13) 12... cxd5 13. h3 Bb7 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Qd1 Nf6 16. Ne5 Ne4
17. Qe2 Nf7 $36 {1/2 (39) Lehmann,H (2290)-Bagirov,V (2510) Berlin 1994}) 8...
O-O 9. O-O-O e5 $6 (9... a6 $5) (9... Nf6 $5) 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 {
1-0 (42) Di Berardino,D (2490)-Matsuura,E (2483) Guarapari 2012} 12. cxd5 $16)
8. h3 $1 {[%cal Yg2g4] This plan, combined with long castling, is probably the
most appropriate after ...Ng8-h6.} (8. O-O Bd6 9. Rb1 Qe7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. b4
Kh8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Na4 {1-0 (28) Filip,M-Szabo,L Marianske Lazne 1961} Nf6
$1 $11 14. Nb6 $140 Rb8 15. Nxc8 $6 Rbxc8 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Qxf5 Ne4) 8... Qf6
9. Be2 $5 {Not a bad idea. White loses a tempo but keeps preparing g2-g4.} Nf7
10. g4 g6 (10... dxc4 11. e4 $1 $36) 11. gxf5 Qxf5 (11... gxf5 12. Rg1 {
[%cal Gg1g8]}) 12. e4 (12. Qxf5 gxf5 13. Rg1 {, without queens, may be
insufficient for a real advantage.}) 12... dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf6 (13... Bb4+ 14.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Nfxd2 O-O 16. Bg4 Qf4 17. Qc3 e5 18. Qe3 $14) 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.
Bd2 $6 ({After} 15. Be3 {White obviously feared} Bb4+ 16. Nd2 e5 {; however,
it was quite good for him after} 17. O-O-O $1 Bf5 (17... exd4 18. Ne4) 18. Ne4
Qe7 19. d5 Rc8 (19... cxd5 20. Rxd5) 20. Bg4 $1 cxd5 $140 21. Rxd5 b5 22. c5 $1
) 15... Bg7 16. O-O-O O-O 17. Bb4 Re8 {[%cal Ye6e5]} 18. Ne5 $6 {This pawn
sacrifice is not dangerous but it had a strange effect: Black decided to reply
in an unorthodox way!} b6 $6 (18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Bd6 Qf6 21. f4 e5 $1
22. fxe5 (22. Bxe5 Qf5) 22... Qf4+ 23. Kb1 Bxe5 {, and it is not easy for
White to prove his compensation.}) 19. Ng4 Qf5 $6 (19... Qf4+ $142 20. Bd2 Qc7
{[%cal Ye6e5]}) 20. Bd3 Qh5 (20... Qf4+ 21. Bd2 Qd6 ({or} 21... Qc7) {is
already too late; White's bishop is much more active, and he starts an attack
by means of} 22. Rhg1 {[%cal Rd3g6]}) 21. f4 Bb7 (21... c5 22. Be4 $16) 22. c5
$1 {[%csl Rb7][%mdl 32] Sealing up Black's bishop.} b5 (22... a5 $142 23. Bc3
b5 ({but not} 23... bxc5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 $2 25. Bxg6 $3 $18)) 23. Ba5 $1 {
[%csl Ga5] Black's position is completely passive.} Re7 24. Be4 Rf8 25. Bf3 Qf5
26. Qxf5 {White decides to convert his advantage in the endgame.} exf5 27. Ne5
Rc8 (27... Bh6 28. Nxc6 Bxf4+ 29. Kb1 {[%csl Gc5,Gd4]}) 28. Rde1 (28. h4 $1 {
is probably more accurate.}) 28... Bh6 29. Bd2 Nd8 (29... Nxe5 30. fxe5 $5 Kg7
31. Bxh6+ Kxh6 32. Kd2 $16) 30. Bd1 $1 Ne6 31. Bb3 Rce8 32. h4 $1 {White
starts a decisive assault.} Kg7 33. Bxe6 {Getting rid of Black's only active
piece.} Rxe6 34. h5 {The rest is easy.} Rh8 35. Kc2 Kg8 36. Rhg1 Bg7 37. hxg6
hxg6 38. Nxg6 Rxe1 39. Rxe1 Rh7 40. Ne7+ Kf7 41. d5 $1 cxd5 42. c6 Ba8 43. c7
Bb7 44. c8=Q Bxc8 45. Nxc8 Rh6 46. Ne7 Rh2 47. b4 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 1st"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2013.09.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.09.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Aronian was the last person on his board, arriving only a few minutes before
the opening moves.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1
b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nbd2 {The players
confidently blitzed to this position, but here Aronian began to think. Maybe
he was not anticipating this in his preparation, but it seemed that he wasn't
out of his own book as he quickly replied...} Nfd7 12. Nd4 c5 13. Nf5 {Hikaru
has nothing to complain out of the opening. His powerful control of the
lightsquares a dangerous knight on f5 should give him the better position.} Nf6
14. Ne3 (14. Nf3 $5 {was maybe a better move, trying to mobilize all of
White's pieces, but Black can try to create counterplay after} Bxf5 15. exf5
Qc7 {preparing c4.} (15... c4 $2 {this move immediately does not work because}
16. Nxe5 cxb3 17. Nc6 {is a deadly fork.})) 14... Bb7 15. f3 Ng6 $6 {White
retains strong pressure after this. Levon spent a lot of time on this move but
maybe he was not confident in his calculations nonetheless.} (15... d5 $1 {
Breaking in the center is the only reason to put the bishop on b7.} 16. exd5
Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxe5 Bxb3 19. Rxe7 $1 (19. cxb3 $2 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Qxe5 {
and Black wins.}) 19... Qxe7 20. Nxb3 Rad8 21. Qf1 c4 $1 22. Nd2 Qc5+ $1 23.
Qf2 Qe5 {Despite White's material advantage, it's very hard to see how exactly
he will untangle. It is more pleasant to be Black, but maybe Aronian was
worried that White would be able to develop and utilize his material advantage.
}) 16. Ndc4 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nf5 Qc7 19. Nxe7+ Ngxe7 20. Bg5 {White's pair
of bishops secures him a slight but stable advantage. Also, Black's pawn
structure on the queenside is not the best.} Nf5 21. c3 (21. Na5 $5 {would've
been a very interesting move, since after} Qxa5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 {
White's pieces are clearly dominating the board.}) 21... bxc3 22. bxc3 h6 23.
Qd3 g6 24. Bd2 Rad8 25. Qe2 Nf4 {It seems that with this move Black starts
regaining control of the position and equality. White's only advantage is the
pair of bishops and without it Black should hold without problems.} 26. Bxf4
Qxf4 27. Rad1 Bd5 28. Nd2 Bxb3 29. Nxb3 Qxa4 30. Nxc5 Qb5 $4 {A stunning
blunder!} (30... Qc6 31. Ne4 {would have led to an easy draw.}) 31. Qxb5 axb5
32. Nd7 {Nakamura played this instantly, after which Aronian was visibly
shaken. He might have completely forgotten about this resource which wins an
exchange. The Armenian was very fidgety before he decided his best chance was
to immediately take on d7.} Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Ra8 {Without the queenside pawns
Black might have some hope of holding the draw.} 34. Kf2 Ra6 35. g4 Nh4 36. f4
Rc6 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Ree7 Rf6 39. Kg3 g5 40. f5 h5 41. Re6 {Nakamura starts
the tournament with an unexpected win.} 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 1st"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2013.09.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.09.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 {A small surprise. Kamsky has used the Sicilian many times in the
past, but he is better known as a Spanish player.} 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 {Interestingly, both players
have had this position with Black.} 9. Re1 (9. Qe2 $6 Bc5 10. e5 Bd4 $1 11. Rd1
Qb6 {with adequate counterplay in Felgaer-Kamsky, 2010.}) 9... Qb8 10. a4 (10.
Qe2 Bd6 11. e5 Bc7 {was the end of the game in Gashimov-Nakamura, Tata Steel
2012. The game still has lot of life left, of course.}) 10... b4 11. Nd5 {
The knight is obviously taboo, but it isn't immediately threatening anything
by itself - the main point is that it is supporting the move Bf4.} Bd6 12. Qh5
Ne7 13. Nxe7 Bxe7 14. b3 a5 $6 {Kamsky played this move very quickly, but it
is hard to justify exactly why a5 was necessary.} (14... O-O $5 15. Bb2 f6 {
looks dangerous, but might be entirely playable as at some point Black might
play e5 to close White's bishops, or at least he will be ready to meet e5 with
f5 closing the diagonals in that way.}) 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. e5 {
Black has a lot of weakness and will have to prove that his activity can
compensate for this and hold his position together.} Rg8 18. g3 Rg5 19. Qh6
Rxe5 20. Qxf6 Rh5 $1 {An important move, without this Black would quickly lose
the h7 pawn without compensation.} 21. Be4 $1 {Nakamura uses the fact that the
security of the king is a prime factor in major piece endgames - and it is
clear that the e8 king is not a happy camper.} Qd8 22. Qf3 Rc5 23. Qe3 {
A strange choice, as now Kamsky could simplify the position significantly.} (
23. Bxc6 {was more in tune with White's plans.} dxc6 (23... Rxc6 $2 24. Re4 $1
{and immediately Black has serious problems with his king and the h7-pawn.})
24. Rad1 Qg5 (24... Rd5 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Qf6 {and again the h7-pawn is the
issue}) 25. Rd6 {and it seems impossible to defend c6, which nets White an
extra pawn.}) 23... Qe7 (23... Re5 24. Qd4 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 h6 $11 {
and Black is barely holding, but his counterplay against the weak c2 pawn
seems to keep him alive and almost equal.}) 24. Bxh7 $5 {The only way to fight
for an advantage. This comes with some risk as the bishop will be trapped and
out of play for a long time, while the pawn advantage will not be of use for
many moves.} f5 {This is of course Black's point} 25. Bg6+ Kd8 {The king heads
to safer grounds, while it will allow the a8-rook to swing back to the game.}
26. Rac1 $5 {A "mysterious" rook move as Nimzowitsch would say. The idea is
that a potential c3 break might be very powerful.} Kc7 27. Bh5 e5 $5 {Very
optimistic.} ({Black could also have played...} 27... Qd6 $5 28. Rcd1 f4 $1 {
and the game turns to be quite interesting as White has to play carefully to
not get into hot water.}) 28. f4 $6 {Not a move that Nakamura wanted to play,
but he thought it was necessary to stop Black's play.} (28. c4 $5 {Securing
the queenside structure} f4 29. Qe2 e4 $1 {Black obtains a strong attack.})
28... Qd6 $1 {With Nakamura down to only four minutes - an extremely unusual
event - Kamsky has secured both good counterplay and dangerous tactical
chances against his opponent.} 29. Rf1 exf4 30. Qxf4 Be4 31. Qf2 Rc3 32. Be2
Kb7 $6 {An unfortunate decision. Kamsky was clearly worried about the queen's
opportunities on the f2-a7 diagonal, but now his own queen will be tied down
to the d7-pawn - not a position it wants to be in.} 33. Rcd1 Qe6 34. Bc4 d5 35.
Qc5 $1 {Nakamura is such a resourceful player! Here the bishop is poisoned.}
Rd8 (35... dxc4 $2 36. Rd6 $1 {and the threats will soon be lethal on the king,
so Black must give up his queen.}) 36. Qxa5 $1 {Amazing! Despite the fact that
it looks like White has no time to do this, he is just barely able to take
Black's pawns on time.} Rxc2 $2 {Maybe the losing move.} (36... Qb6+ 37. Qxb6+
Kxb6 38. Bd3 Kc5 {still is difficult for White as Black is very active.}) 37.
Rf2 $1 {Very important not to go for the intermezzo yet:} (37. Qxb4+ $6 Qb6+
38. Qxb6+ Kxb6 39. Rf2 dxc4 $1 {and White will have many problems with the
passed b-pawn after} 40. Rxd8 Rc1+ $1 41. Rf1 Rxf1+ 42. Kxf1 cxb3 {with an
unclear position that should end in a draw.}) 37... Rxf2 38. Qxd8 $1 (38. Qxb4+
Qb6 39. Qxb6+ Kxb6 40. Kxf2 Kc5 {is still unclear as Black's pieces are very
active.}) 38... Rg2+ 39. Kf1 Rb2 (39... Rxh2 {was no better since after} 40.
Bxd5+ Bxd5 41. Qxd5+ Qxd5 42. Rxd5 {the b4-pawn cannot be saved.}) 40. Bxd5+
Bxd5 41. Qxd5+ Qxd5 42. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 1st"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2013.09.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.09.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 {Nakamura comes to the game
in fighting spirits. This slugfest was expected, and the American's
step-father, FM Sunil Weeramantry, had predicted that this would be a game
full of fighting chess.} 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Rb8 8. Bf4 {In a very common
position Carlsen decides to play in a slightly unusual way. h3 and b3 are by
more common ideas, but this move coupled with Rc1 has been seen more and more
in the recent past. The Bf4, like in the game that Carlsen played yesterday
with Black, has the problem that it might be bothered by the e5 break.} a6 9.
Rc1 h6 $5 {This move allows Black to sometimes play g5 if the time is right.}
10. b3 (10. Qd3 Ng4 $5 11. Bd2 e5 {was the game between Vachier-Lagrave and
Ding Liren from 2012 which ended in a draw.}) (10. h3 {is also interesting, to
avoid g4 after g5.}) 10... g5 $1 {Of course, Nakamura wouldn't back down from
such an opportunity. White is forced to go for the line that was played in the
game} 11. d5 (11. Bd2 g4 12. Nh4 Nxd4 {does not give White enough compensation
for the pawn.}) 11... gxf4 12. dxc6 fxg3 13. hxg3 {Black cannot win a pawn
here after...} b5 (13... bxc6 $6 14. Nd4 Bd7 (14... c5 $2 15. Nc6 {and Black
loses}) 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxc6 {is certainly more pleasant for White.}) 14.
cxb5 axb5 15. b4 {White fixes the weakness on b5, but at the same time his
pawn on b4 is somewhat lose. He has to worry about Black's pair of bishops and
the potential pawns on the center rolling down. On the other hand he has
pressure on b5 and a majority on the queenside that might be problematic for
Black.} d5 16. Qd3 Qd6 17. Nd4 Qxb4 18. a4 {Both players are happy with this
exchange. b4 is lost, and the bishops gain a little more scope in the open
game, but for the other hand White will obtain a passed pawn on the a-file.}
Ne4 $5 {Nakamura spent 17 minutes in this move, a difficult position not only
because of the many variations, but because none of them are necessarily
clearly evaluated.} (18... bxa4 19. Rb1 Ba6 $1 20. Rxb4 Bxd3 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22.
exd3 {leaves Black down a piece, and although he has a powerful passed pawn on
the a-file and a strong bishop supporting it from g7, it seems unlikely that
there is quite enough.}) 19. Ndxb5 $5 (19. Nxd5 Nxf2 $1 (19... Qxd4 20. Qxd4 $1
Bxd4 21. Bxe4 {gives chances to retain the advantage with pressure on e7 and c7
}) 20. Rxf2 Qxd4 21. Qxd4 Bxd4 {is nearly equal.}) 19... Nxc3 20. Nxc3 Bxc3 21.
Rxc3 (21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 e6 {gives Black some chances to win as White's
a-pawn is weaker than it is dangerous.}) 21... Bf5 22. Qxd5 Qxc3 23. Qxf5 {
A strange position. Neither side will be able to make much progress as Black
has more material but his king is permanently weak and the white bishop will
hold down the position comfortably.} Rfd8 24. Bf3 Ra8 25. Qe4 Qf6 26. Qb4 Ra7
27. Kg2 Rda8 28. Qg4+ Kf8 29. Qd7 e6 30. Rd1 Qe5 31. Rh1 Kg7 32. Rb1 Rxa4 33.
Rb7 {Black has managed to round up the a pawn but now has to deal with the
weakness on c7. He in reality has made no progress.} R4a7 34. Qe7 Rxb7 {
The only way to continue, but allowing a pawn that is protected on b7 is sad.}
35. cxb7 {White on the other hand can also make no progress as b8 will be
permanently defended.} Rb8 36. Qd7 c5 37. Qc6 Kf6 38. Kh2 Ke7 39. Kg2 f5 40.
Qc8 Qd6 41. e3 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 1st"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2013.09.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2013.09.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 {Aronian quickly
played this move. Maybe sensing that Hikaru was out for blood, the Armenian
prepared something against Nakamura's King's Indian Defence.} c5 {The most
common reply, transposing back into Benoni waters.} 7. d5 a6 8. Bd3 $5 (8. a4 {
preventing b5 is by far the most common idea. Levon has the notion that the b5
advance is not dangerous in itself, and White can allow it as long as he
obtains quick development.}) 8... b5 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O h6 {This move isn't
something black wants to play as it is a weakness and it makes the e6 break
harder as a swap of pawns on that square will severely weaken g6. However the
bishop on the g5-d8 diagonal can prove to be very annoying.} (10... b4 {
closing the queenside is always possible, but never desirable.} 11. Ne2 a5 12.
Re1 $14 {and White will slowly but surely work on getting the e5 break in.})
11. Be3 bxc4 12. Bxc4 a5 13. a4 Nb6 14. Bd3 Ne8 $5 {A typical maneouver in the
Benko Gambit - which is very similar to the position on the board. If someone
asked an experienced grandmaster which opening this position originated from,
a b6 Benko is definitely one of the possible answers.} 15. Re1 Nc7 16. Rc1 Na6
$6 {The knight marches towards b4, its perfect outpost - though it is possible
that on c7 the knight was already well placed as it controlled b5 and allowed
Black to take on e6 with the knight.} (16... Ba6 $1 {It is known that
exchanging bishops is good for Black in these setups.} 17. Bb1 $2 (17. b3 Bxd3
18. Qxd3 Na6 {and no h4-h5 will really be as dangerous.}) 17... Nc4 $15) 17. b3
Nb4 18. Bb1 Bb7 {Probably the beginning of some problems.} (18... e6 $2 19.
dxe6 Bxe6 20. Nb5 $16 {its impossible to defend d6.}) 19. Ne2 Rc8 20. h4 c4 $2
{This is just asking for trouble.} (20... h5 21. Ng5 $5 Bb2 $6 (21... Nd7 $1 {
regrouping the knight, is far more solid and to the point}) 22. Nf4 {gives
White a huge initiative with sacrifice possibilities; however maybe Black can
somehow complicate the issue.}) 21. h5 cxb3 22. Qxb3 {White's plan is very
simple: attack on Black's weakened lightsquares on the kingside.} g5 23. Ng3 {
Obviously the knight is headed to f5. Black cannot allow this, once the knight
gets there the game is over as the pressure would become unbearable.} N6xd5 {
Desperation. Aronian from now on sweeps the game without any issues.} 24. exd5
Bxd5 25. Rxc8 Bxb3 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nf5 {If Black had time to regoup, to take
a4, and maybe set up his pawns on e6 and d5 he would be ok, but that's not
going to happen.} Bf8 28. Bb6 Rb8 29. Bc7 Rc8 {Nakamura plays in the most
cunning way, always placing his opponent little traps that he might fall for.
The game isn't won just yet, but it is a huge advantage for White.} 30. Bxa5 (
30. Nxe7+ Bxe7 31. Rxe7 Nd5 {and suddenly it is White who is against the ropes.
}) 30... Nc6 31. Bc3 Bxa4 32. Ba2 Rc7 33. Nh2 $6 (33. Ne3 {was another
interesting regrouping, probably stronger than the one in the game. Aronian is
focused on the h6-pawn though.}) 33... Ne5 $1 {Probably the best practical
chance. Nakamura will try to defend a position in which he is down a piece for
a pawn, but he will have a solid pawn structure and will simply try to build
an impenetrable position.} 34. Bxe5 dxe5 35. Ng4 e6 36. Ng3 (36. Nfxh6+ Kg7 37.
Rxe5 $2 (37. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 38. Nxe5+ Kg7 39. Bxe6 {is a healthy two pawns, but
the reduced amount of material might give Black some hope.}) 37... Rc1+ 38. Kh2
Bd6 {is Hikaru's "point".}) 36... Kg7 37. Nxe5 Ba3 {The issue for Aronian now
is to create a clear plan of making progress. The pawns are creating a perfect
barrier against the knights, so its likely that a sacrifice at some point will
be necessary.} 38. Ne4 Rc2 39. Bb1 Rc1 40. Rxc1 Bxc1 41. Nd6 $1 {Forcing the
f-pawn to advance is a key part of this endgame. With this weakness it becomes
hard for Black to hold his kingside.} f5 42. Ndc4 Bf4 43. Nd3 $1 {The easiest
solution. Aronian shows remarkable technique.} Be8 44. Nxf4 gxf4 45. g3 fxg3
46. f4 Bxh5 47. Kg2 Kf6 48. Kxg3 Be8 49. Kh4 Bb5 50. Ne5 Be8 51. Bc2 Ke7 52.
Bd1 Kf6 53. Bf3 Ba4 54. Bc6 Bd1 55. Bd7 $1 {Beautiful. It is the transfer of
the bishop to d7 that will win the game thanks to a clever set of zugzwangs
and knight maneouvers.} Be2 56. Ba4 $1 {At the right time. The bishop comes
back to b3 when Black doesn't have the time to protect h5 and bring his bishop
to e8.} Ke7 57. Bb3 Kd6 (57... Kf6 58. Bc4 Bd1 59. Nd7+ Ke7 60. Nc5 {loses
immediately.}) 58. Kg3 $6 {Transfering the king is slow and clumsy, much
better was:} (58. Ba2 Bd1 59. Bc4 $1 {With this Zugzwang the bishop cannot
move because of Kh5.} Ke7 60. Bb5 Kd6 61. Bc6 $1 Ke7 62. Bf3 $1 {with a
winning advantage.}) 58... Bh5 59. Kf2 Bg4 $2 {Returning the favor} (59... Be8
{would've forced Levon to show exactly where his king was going.}) 60. Ke3 (60.
Nxg4 fxg4 61. Kg3 h5 62. Bc2 {was easily winning, but requires some
calculation. Levon is still confident in his plan.}) 60... h5 $2 {Making
things easy for White.} 61. Nf7+ {With Ng5 wrapping up the pawn and the game.}
1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 1st"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2013.09.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2862"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2013.09.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 {Nakamura uses a line that has given Carlsen some problems in the past,
both sides seemed to have been very well prepared.} O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6
11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. g3 {Only this
move is actually new. Moving the bishop to the h3-f5 diagonal can cause Black
some problems, or at least that was the American's original plan. Carlsen
ignores this and obtains an acceptable position.} Nd6 (16... Qd7 17. d3 Nf6 18.
Qf3 {is slightly more pleasant for White due to the pair of bishops, without
it being anything special.}) 17. Bh3 f5 18. d3 (18. d4 $6 {takes control of e5,
but is not as important as the fact that it loses control of e4.}) 18... Qf6
19. c3 (19. Bf4 Qxb2 20. Be5 Qa3 21. Qh5 Kg8 22. Qg5 {gives White some
compensation, but of course Black doesn't have to take on b2.}) 19... Rce8 20.
Bd2 Nf7 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Qf1 f4 23. Re1 Rf8 24. Qe2 h6 25. Kh1 Ng5 26. Bg4 Bd6
{Black has solved most of his problems because White has to consistently pay
attention to his kingside. The only way of kicking the knight out of g5 is
with h4, which will weaken g3 and increase the power of the d6-bishop.} 27. h4
Nh7 28. Kg2 Qg6 29. Bh5 Qf5 30. Bg4 Qg6 31. Bh5 Qf5 32. Bg4 Qg6 {Neither side
is really playing for anything, and with White's kingside weaknesses it's
fully understandable that he immediately agreed to a draw. With this important
results Carlsen goes into the last round with an extra half a point.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 1st"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2013.09.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.09.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 (10... Ne5 {is more common, after the move in the
game Kamsky started thinking.}) 11. Bc4 Qb6 {Exploiting the diagonal is part
of Black's idea in this set-up. Without activity on the dark squares none of
Black's moves make sense.} 12. Bb3 Nc6 (12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qxd4 14. Qe2 $16 {
is just asking for trouble.}) 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. O-O g4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. Qd2 {
Black has problems as he will never find a safe haven for his king. Hikaru
wanted a double edged position to fight for first with a win, but Kamsky can
hold his own in complicated games.} Nd7 17. Nd5 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Be5 {Almost
forced.} (18... Bg7 19. Nxe7 Kxe7 20. Bd5 Qc5 21. Qf4 $1 {with an initiative.
This is not the only way White can play.}) 19. f4 Bg7 20. e5 $1 Nc5 21. Bh4
dxe5 $2 {Too optimistic.} (21... e6 {taking advantage that White can't play
Nf6:} 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Ne4 {and Black's structure is solid and he
retains an extra pawn.}) 22. fxe5 Be6 23. Nxe7 Nxb3 24. cxb3 $6 (24. Rxb3 $1
Qc5+ 25. Kh1 $1 {is complex but better for White.}) 24... Qb6+ $2 (24... Qc5+
25. Kh1 Rd8 26. Qe1 Rd4 27. Bf6 Bxf6 28. exf6 Qh5+ 29. Kg1 Rh4 $11 {this
swinging of pieces to the kingside is of paramount importance.}) 25. Kh1 Rd8
26. Qe1 Rd4 27. Bf6 Bxf6 28. exf6 {Now there is no Qh5+.} Kd7 29. Rd1 $2 {
Letting the advantage slip.} (29. Rc1 $1 {The point of this move is that any
retreat of the knight cannot be answered with Bxf5 as Qe7 will be checkmate.}
Rd8 $6 30. Nf5 $1 Rd5 31. Qe4 $1 {is for example just winning.}) 29... Rd8 30.
Qg3 Ke8 31. Qg8+ Kd7 32. Qg3 Ke8 33. Qg8+ Kd7 34. Qg3 {Probably White has
little better than a perpetual. A crazy game that proved that even top level
chess players can go wrong with too many complications.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} dxe4
{[%emt 0:00:46]} 5. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 6. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 7. Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxe4+ {[%emt 0:
00:09]} 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Na6 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 9. Bc3 {[%emt 0:06:56]} f6
{[%emt 0:16:10]} 10. Qd6 {[%emt 0:22:15] Despite the fact that tis is a very
sharp variation, there are still many lines that are almost completely
unxplored. This one specifically has never been see in high level chess} Nh6 $5
{[%emt 1:00:42] Tomashevsky must have foreseen the upcoming complications
before playing this move.} 11. Bxf6 $5 {[%emt 0:36:45]} (11. O-O-O Nf7 {
[%cal Gf7d6] and white has no time for Bf6} 12. Qg3 $44) 11... gxf6 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} 12. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} (12. Rd1 $4 Nf7) 12... Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:40]}
(12... Nf7 13. Bh5 {[%csl Re8,Rf7][%cal Gh5e8] and Black gets promptly mated,
so he cannot do this.}) (12... Rg8 13. Bh5+ Rg6 14. Qd8+ Kf7 15. Qh8 {Gives
White a decisive attack. This last move is key in the variation}) 13. Qd8+ {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 14. Qxh8 {[%emt 0:00:06] White now has
more material, but it is also he that comes under a swift attack.} Nb4 {
[%emt 0:00:04][%cal Gg6c2]} 15. Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:10] The only move to stop the
threat of Qc2 mate} Nxa2+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 16. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxh5 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 17. Qxh7+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. Qh8+ {
[%emt 0:00:12]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 19. Qh7+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 20. Nf3 {[%emt 0:46:07] White again is down material and his king is on
d2, but he senses he has the opportunity to keep attacking as Black's king is
still weak and Black's pieces are very discoordinated.} e5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 21.
Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:41]} (21. h3 $5 {This is an absolutely amazing computer move,
though the point is simple. g4 is threatened and Black must react appropiately.
e4 only move} e4 $8 22. Kc2 $1 {The king ends up being better going back to
the kingside, despite e1 being visually a safer position} Be6 $1 (22... Nb4+
23. Kb3 Be6 24. Nd4 $1 Bf7 25. Qh8+ Ng8 26. Qxh5 Bxh5 27. Kxb4 Bxd1 28. Rxd1 {
[%csl Ra8,Gd1,Rg8,Gh3][%cal Gh3h8] and the endgame heavily favors White as his
pieces are much more active and he has a passed pawn on the kingside}) 23. g4
Nb4+ 24. Kc1 Qa5 (24... Qc5 $13 {is probably even better.}) 25. Qxh6+ Ke7 $13 {
And White is again up an exchange, but Black isn't out of the game yet and
anything can happen.}) 21... Bg4 {[%emt 0:14:43]} 22. h3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 23. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} (23. Qh8+ Ng8 24. hxg4 Qxh8 25. Rxh8
exf3 {is not better for White.}) 23... Re8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 24. Qh8+ {[%emt 0:
00:37]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 25. Qh7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26.
Ra1 $6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} e3 {[%emt 0:13:54]} (26... Nb4 $5 {would have put
Nakamura's last move to question. Suddenly Black doesn't want to agree to a
perpetual and wants to use his extra material.}) 27. Qh8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf7
{[%emt 0:00:31]} 28. Qh7+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. Qh8+ {
[%emt 0:00:19]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 30. Qh7+ {[%emt 0:00:02] not a perfect
game, but a very exciting one with possibilities for both sides. A great start
to the Paris Grand Prix!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07] Nakamura showed an impressive
preparation and was able to obtain a good position against Dominguez's Spanish.
He continued to play quickly but Dominguez position was still solid and
Nakamura was unable to do anything with his huge time advantage. He finished
the game with over two hours on the clock, despite starting the game with only
two hours (he was added an extra one when they crossed move 40).} 2. Nf3 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:08]
} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:02:01]} Nxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 8. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. Be3 {
[%emt 0:02:36]} Be7 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 10. c3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:
38]} 11. Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 12. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:24]}
Ndxe5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 13. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 14. Bd4
{[%emt 0:00:16]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 15. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:04:52]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 16. Bxg6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Rxg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 17. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 18. Re2 {[%emt 0:04:54]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 19.
Nd2 {[%emt 0:10:39]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 20. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Bf6 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 21. Qd3 {[%emt 0:16:38]} (21. a4 Kg7 22. Qb3 c6 23. Qb4 Rh8 24.
Rae1 bxa4 25. h3 Qc7 26. Qxa4 c5 27. Ne5 Rhe8 28. Ng4 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Qd6 30.
Nxf6 {1/2-1/2 (30) Ponomariov,R (2758)-Roiz,M (2668) Saratov 2011}) 21... Kg7 {
[%emt 0:11:32]} 22. a4 $146 {[%emt 0:09:09]} (22. Rae1 Rh5 23. g4 {Timoshenko,
G (2569)-Grandadam,N (2361) Cappelle op 28th 2012 (1) 1-0}) 22... c6 {[%emt 0:
01:32]} 23. h3 {[%emt 0:06:36]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 24. Ne5 {[%emt 0:08:39]}
Qd6 {[%emt 0:22:28]} 25. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rhe8 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 26. axb5 {
[%emt 0:03:19]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 27. Rxa8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Rxa8 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} 28. g3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 29. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:04:03]}
Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 30. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 31. b4 {
[%emt 0:03:04]} Ra3 $11 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 32. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} 33. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 34. Qc5 {[%emt 0:
06:54]} dxe3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 35. fxe3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Qb2+ {[%emt 0:00:23]}
36. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qh2 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 37. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:01:44]} Kg8 {
[%emt 0:01:36]} 38. Qd8+ {[%emt 0:05:47]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 39. Qd4+ {
[%emt 0:00:11]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 40. Qd7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 41. Qe8 {[%emt 0:16:33]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:00:59]} 42. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:02]}
Qh2+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 43. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Qh1+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 44. Kf2 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} Qh2+ {[%emt 0:02:14]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 {Naka
likes this line which has some similarities with the ultra-sharp advance
variation of the Caro-Kann. White elects to gain space on the kingside while
also pushing around the bishop on f5, which has to lose time. It is not
difficult to surmise that Nakamura's adoption of this line has something to do
with the admittedly rather short time he spent working with Kasparov, who
played this as early ago as 1985.} Be6 8. h4 Nd7 9. Bg3 {An interesting idea,
which had only been played in one game before. But of course it looks very
logical. Now not only does White defend the pawn on h4, but he introduces a
possible idea of Nh3-f4, (admittedly this cannot be played immediately, as the
h4-pawn would be enprise) putting further pressure on the Black position.} (9.
h5 {is perhaps the main line. White grabs some useful space, cramping the
black kingside.} Nh6 10. Be2 Nb6 11. Nh3 ({Kasparov had already tried} 11. Rc1
{many years ago, in his 1985 match with Karpov. That game ended in a draw})
11... g5 $5 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Bg3 Qd7 14. Nf4 O-O-O 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Rg1 Bd6
17. Qc2 Bxg3 18. Rxg3 f5 {Chances were roughly balanced in the game Nakamura,H
(2753)-Aronian,L (2807) Sao Paulo Bilbao 2011.}) (9. g5 $5 {is another option,
again grabbing some useful space. White now has the possibility of playing Bh3
and exchanging off this useful defensive piece on e6.} h6 10. g6 Ngf6 11. gxf7+
Bxf7 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nge2 O-O 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Rg1 Kh8 17. Be5 Qa5
18. Nf4 $40 {and with the open g-file, and strong bishop on e5, White had good
attacking chances in the game Nepomniachtchi,I (2717)-Ponomariov,R (2756) Riga
2013.}) 9... Ngf6 ({The solid} 9... Nb6 {can also be played.} 10. f3 Bd6 $1 {
A useful exchange, as the bishop on g3 is a very potent weapon for White
should Black ever think of castling queenside.} 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qc2 Ne7 13.
Bd3 h5 14. g5 O-O-O 15. Nge2 Kb8 16. Kf2 $5 {This looks risky but the king is
quite safe here for the moment. White wants to retain the possibility of
attacking on the queenside with his pawns, which would be an unlikely plan if
he castled on that side. Chances were again about equal in the game Nakamura,H
(2758)-Aronian,L (2802) Moscow 2011.}) 10. f3 $1 {If you didn't know anything
about this opening you'd assume it was a beginner playing White, as he has
only developed two pieces, while pushing many of his pawns. But these pawns
control some useful squares, limiting Black's ability to undertake active
measures.} Nb6 11. Bd3 Nc4 ({It may have been more sensible to fall back on
the plan that Aronian adopted, with} 11... Bd6 {my guess is then Naka would
have gone for something like} 12. Bxd6 (12. Bf2 $5 {retaining as many pieces
as possible is certainly not out of the question, although it looks a little
passive}) 12... Qxd6 13. Nge2 {followed by Qc2, and then Kf2 like in the
Aronian game, which no doubt Naka had already studied very closely. Of course
White could also simply castle queenside, as with his kingside pawns already
so advanced, he would have good chances of developing an intiative on that
side of the board.}) 12. Qe2 (12. Bxc4 {would rather play into White's hands.}
dxc4 13. e4 b5 14. Nge2 b4 15. Na4 Qa5 $36 {with excellent play for Black.})
12... c5 $2 {Given that White has taken liberties with his development, this
might seem quite logical. Try to open up the position while the opponent is
still slumbering, right? Unfortunately for Bacrot, it fails for tactical
reasons. Tactical reasons, which to be completely frank, at this level,
shouldn't have been particularly difficult to foresee.} (12... Bd6 {would have
avoided any immediate disaster, but I feel that White is better here as well.}
13. Bxd6 Qxd6 (13... Nxd6 {looks awkward, as it will surely run into an
e4-break at some point}) 14. O-O-O (14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. O-O-O h5 16. g5 Nd5 17.
Ne4 Qe7 {seems to give Black good chances, as ...Bf5 is threatened}) 14...
O-O-O 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. e4 {gives White something of an edge, as he intends
simple development with Qe3, Nge2 etc. (as well as threatening the immediate
e5)}) 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. d5 $1 {As usual, Naka is right on the money.
Tactically he's sound as a pound.} Nxd5 (14... Bxd5 {also leads to d-file
disaster after} 15. O-O-O {as Black can do little to save his piece, against
the many threats of e4, g5 and Be5.}) 15. O-O-O $1 Qa5 (15... Qd7 16. Nxd5 Bxd5
17. e4 $18) 16. Nxd5 (16. Rxd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 {also looks very good for White,
but Nakamura sees no reason not to grab as much booty as possible, confident
in his ability to steer his way through the complications.} Qxa2 (17... Bd8 18.
Qxc4 $18) 18. Qc2 $5 $16 (18. Nc7+ Kd7 19. Nxa8 (19. Qd1+ Kc6 20. Qd5+ Kb6 21.
Nxa8+ Rxa8 {and not only is no knock-out blow evident, but White may be in
some trouble as ...Rd8 is threatened}) 19... Rxa8 (19... c3 $2 20. Qb5+ Kc8 21.
bxc3 $18) 20. Qc2 {and with Ne2 coming, I struggle to see Black getting enough
action for his piece, for example} Bf6 21. Ne2 Qa1+ 22. Qb1 Bxb2+ 23. Kc2 Qxb1+
24. Rxb1 c3 25. Nxc3 $18) 18... Rd8 19. e4 $16) 16... Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Qxa2 18.
Qc2 $1 c3 (18... Bf6 19. Be5 $18) 19. b3 $1 {This comes as a blunt riposte to
any attempts by Black to cause trouble. Although the pawn on c3 remains
embedded in the position, with only a queen and a bishop currently in play,
there is unlikely to be any serious problems for White to solve.} Qa1+ 20. Qb1
Qa6 (20... Qa3+ 21. Kc2 c4 22. bxc4 Qa4+ 23. Qb3 $18) 21. Rh2 $141 $1 {
Covering the g2-square takes any sting out of the threat of ...Qf1.} O-O ({
Black could also try the rather desperate lunge} 21... c4 {trying to open up
the position even further, but White should keep control after} 22. Ra2 Qc6 23.
bxc4 O-O 24. Qd3 $18) 22. Ra2 Qb5 (22... Qc6 23. Qe4 {and Black is also
struggling to prove anything.}) 23. Ne2 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Be1 {White is
just up an extra piece. Players of the calibre of Nakamura very rarely fail to
take advantage of such situations.} c4 26. Nxc3 Qb6 (26... Qc6 27. Qe4 $18) 27.
Qe4 cxb3 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Bf8 30. Qd5 $18 Qb4 31. Qb5 Qa3+ 32. Kb1 a6 33.
Qxb7 Qd6 34. Qd5 Qh2 35. h5 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Ngf6 8.
Nc3 {A familiar tabiya, but the next move is the least popular among the ways
of developing the king's bishop.} Bd6 (8... Bc5 9. h3 (9. Qb3 Bb6 10. Na4 O-O
11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Qc2 Qe7 (12... h6 13. b4 Qe7 14. Rb1 $36 {Marin,M (2556)
-Gustafsson,J (2634)/Reggio Emilia 2009/CBM 128 (1-0, 40)}) 13. b3 Ne5 14. Be3
{Fressinet,L (2706)-Adams,M (2727)/Paris/St Petersburg 2013/CBM 154/[Sumets,A]
(1/2, 72)}) 9... Bxf3 (9... Bh5 10. a3 a5 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 O-O 13. Bf4 Re8
14. Qc2 h6 15. Rad1 g5 16. e5 $1 $36 {Marin,M (2530)-Krasenkow,M (2655)/Elista
1998/CBM 066 ext/[Horn,Pe] (1-0, 40)}) 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Ne5
13. Be2 Re8 14. Kg2 Ng6 15. Qc2 $132 {Shirov,A (2726)-Short,N (2697)/Sarajevo
1999/CBM 071/[Shirov] (1/2, 32)}) 9. h3 $5 Bxf3 {The natural reaction. In the
Slav/Reti setups Black does not mind giving away his bishop.} (9... Bh5 10. e4
({The attempt to keep the control of the central squares with pieces just
failed after:} 10. Nd4 O-O 11. Nf5 Bc7 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qd2 Nf8 14. b4 Ne6 15.
Nd4 Bb6 $15 {(1/2, 41) Vaganian,R (2595)-Murey,J (2505)/Marseille 1987/TD; and
White starts losing ground in the centre.}) 10... O-O 11. exd5 cxd5 12. g4 Bg6
13. Nh4 $14 {Radjabov,T (2744)-Ivanchuk,V (2768)/Ningbo 2011/CBM 144 (1/2, 43).
We see that here White gets the bishop pair under more favourable
circumstances.}) 10. Bxf3 (10. exf3 {led to highly original play in the only
game where it was played.} O-O 11. f4 Re8 12. g4 {The advance of the kingside
pawns does not seem too threatening, but Vaganian went all the way and
eventually squeezed out a draw.} Nc5 13. g5 Nfd7 14. f5 d4 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16.
dxe4 {Even more originality. The position becomes very unbalanced now.} Nc5 17.
Re1 d3 18. b4 Na6 19. a3 c5 20. f4 c4 21. Bd2 c3 22. Bxc3 Bxf4 23. g6 hxg6 24.
fxg6 fxg6 25. Qb3+ Kh7 26. Rad1 Rc8 27. Rf1 Rf8 28. Kh1 Nc7 29. Rf3 d2 30. Bxd2
{1/2 Vaganian,R (2595)-Kramnik,V (2765)/Yerevan 1996/EXT 1997}) 10... d4 (10...
O-O 11. e4 (11. Bg2 {Kirov,N (2485)-Kurtenkov,A (2455)/Plovdiv 1986/EXT 2000/
[Bulletin] (1/2, 39)}) 11... dxe4 12. dxe4 {offers White some chances to
advance his kingside majority:} Be5 {Probably the best way to set up some
piece pressure.} (12... Qc7 13. Bg2 Rad8 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. f4 Ne6 16. Kh2 Bc5 17.
e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Qd3 $14 {Dizdar,G (2531)-Miroshnichenko,E (2599)/
Dubai 2004/CBM 101 (1/2, 51)}) 13. Bg2 Re8 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Ne2 Bd6
17. f3 {This only looks ugly; in fact, the pawns are only temporarily immobile.
} Nd5 18. Bf2 Nb4 19. Qc3 a5 {Black seems to have active play, but while the
enemy pawns are not blocked, we cannot speak about plain equality yet.} 20. Nd4
g6 21. Rfd1 Rad8 22. Bf1 Be5 23. a3 Ne6 $5 {Fighting hard against being pushed
back by the white pawns.} 24. axb4 axb4 25. Nxc6 bxc3 26. Nxe7+ Rxe7 27. Rxd8+
Nxd8 28. bxc3 Bxc3 29. Rd1 $14 {Giorgadze,G (2601)-Ivanov,S (2538)/Saint
Vincent 2005/CBM 110 (1/2, 39). Objectively, Black should count on reaching a
draw, but not without a bit of suffering.}) 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 $5 {Wang Hao
played this after 11 minutes and apparently thought it was a novelty. In fact,
it had been played just once before.} (12. Bxe4 O-O 13. Bg2 Qb6 14. e4 dxe3 15.
Bxe3 {1/2 Vaulin,A (2490)-Yagupov,I (2405)/St Petersburg 1995/EXT 1997}) 12...
Bc5 13. b4 {A logical move, although Wang Hao was not sure about its merits.} (
{Focusing on the kingside would not achieve any positive results:} 13. Bg2 Qe7
14. Kh2 O-O 15. f4 {The main problem is that White does not really threaten
e4-e5, which would run into ...f7-f6.} Rfe8 16. Bd2 Bb6 17. Be1 Rad8 18. Bf2
Nf6 {After having completed his development, Black forces the advance of the
e-pawn anyway.} 19. e5 Nd5 $15 {[%cal Gf7f6]}) 13... Bb6 14. Bb2 Ne5 15. Bg2
$146 {Played almost instantly. Obviously, Wang Hao did not wish to part with
his bishop.} (15. Qb3 a5 16. a3 O-O 17. Bg2 Qe7 18. f4 a4 19. Qa2 d3+ 20. e3
Bxe3+ 21. Kh2 Ng6 22. Rad1 Rfd8 $132 {Gabuzyan,H (2394)-Oparin,G (2368)/Moscow
2011/CBM 143 Extra (1/2, 31)}) 15... Nc4 16. Bc1 Qe7 17. Qb3 Nd6 18. a4 a6 19.
Bf4 ({Nakamura was mainly considering} 19. e5 Qxe5 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. b5 axb5 22.
Bxd6 Qxd6 23. axb5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 d3 $1 {Only here Nakamura's line became
inaccurate.} (24... Bd8 $6 {Nakamura} 25. Ra7 $14) 25. e3 (25. exd3 Bxf2+ $1) (
25. Qxd3 Qxd3 26. exd3 Kd7 $11) ({the last move also parries} 25. Ra8+ $2 Ke7
26. Rxh8 {n view of} dxe2 $1 $19 {promoting to a queen.}) 25... d2 26. Rd1 Ba5
27. Qa2 Qb4 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Bxc6+ Ke7 $11) ({White might have retained
better chances for some long term domination on the light squares with:} 19.
Qd3 {Actually this square was asking to be occupied!} O-O 20. Ba3 (20. Bb2 Rad8
21. Rfd1 Rfe8) (20. Bf4 $5) 20... Rfe8 21. b5 axb5 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. axb5 $14 {
I do not understand the engines' scepticism: White's position is very pleasant.
}) 19... Nxe4 20. b5 cxb5 21. axb5 a5 22. Qd5 {More or less forcing
simplifications and a draw.} Nc3 23. Qxb7 Nxe2+ (23... Qxb7 24. Bxb7 Ra7 25.
Bc6+ Ke7 26. Kg2 $11) 24. Kh2 Qxb7 25. Bxb7 Rd8 26. Rae1 d3 27. Bf3 $11 {
The rest is simple.} O-O 28. Bxe2 dxe2 29. Rxe2 Rd5 30. Rb1 g5 31. Be3 Bxe3 32.
Rxe3 Rb8 33. b6 a4 34. b7 Rd7 35. Ra3 Rbxb7 36. Rxb7 Rxb7 37. Rxa4 {Even the
Sofia rule officials would have no objection to a draw agreement in such a
position!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:00:
13]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. h3
{[%emt 0:00:06]} Be6 {[%emt 0:08:15]} 7. Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:05:
21]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} f6 $146 {[%emt 0:03:41]} (8... Qe7 9. Bxc5 Qxc5
10. Nc3 Qd6 11. O-O-O c5 12. Nh4 O-O-O 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nf6 15. Rhe1 Rhe8
16. Qf3 Qd4 17. g4 h6 18. a3 a6 19. Re3 Re7 20. Kb1 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5
Rxd5 23. Rde1 f6 24. f4 Kd7 25. c3 b5 26. Kc2 Kd6 27. b3 Re8 28. Re4 Re7 29. b4
Re8 30. c4 bxc4 31. dxc4 Rd4 32. fxe5+ fxe5 33. bxc5+ Kxc5 34. Rxe5+ Rxe5 35.
Rxe5+ Kxc4 36. Re7 c5 37. Rxg7 Rd3 38. h4 {Morozevich,A (2748)-Caruana,F (2786)
Tashkent 2012 1-0}) 9. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:03:44]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. Qe3 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:10:38]} 11. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:
05:06]} 12. O-O-O {[%emt 0:12:55]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:02:25]} 13. d4 {[%emt 0:01:12]}
exd4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 14. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:12:22]} 15. f4 {
[%emt 0:06:26]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 16. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:33:30]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:
00:37]} 17. Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:06:53]} 18. b3 {[%emt 0:03:34]}
Rhd8 {[%emt 0:04:33]} 19. Qh5 {[%emt 0:02:04]} h6 {[%emt 0:04:33]} 20. Qg4 {
[%emt 0:03:44]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 21. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:26] The American
player essayed a positional Spanish which trades on d6 only after Black has
committed some of his pieces to arguably no the best squares for the pawn
structure, especially the knight on f6. However Fressinet really had no issues
equalizing and eventually he made a small sacrifice to force a perpetual.} cxd6
{[%emt 0:03:13]} 22. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:16]} d5 {[%emt 0:14:15]} 23. exd5 {
[%emt 0:05:32]} Qa3+ {[%emt 0:07:52]} 24. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 25. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qb4+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 26. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 27. Qxg7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qa1+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} 28. Kd2 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qa1+ {[%emt 0:
00:31]} 30. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. Kc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:
39]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 5. g3 {[%emt 0:05:46]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:10]} 6. Bg2 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 7. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} c5 {[%emt 0:07:
53]} 8. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qxd1+ {[%emt 0:01:30]} 9. Nxd1 {[%emt 0:04:48]}
Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 10. Ne3 {[%emt 0:22:15]} Nbd7 $146 {[%emt 0:23:20]} (
10... Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Rd8+ 13. Kc2 {1/2-1/2 (13) Ivanov,M (2492)
-Lechtynsky,J (2420) Teplice 2008}) 11. N5xc4 {[%emt 0:10:38]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:
37]} 12. Na5 {[%emt 0:06:02]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 13. Nec4 {[%emt 0:33:11]}
Bb4+ {[%emt 0:15:12]} 14. Bd2 {[%emt 0:03:45]} Bxd2+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 15. Kxd2
{[%emt 0:07:45]} Rd8+ {[%emt 0:01:06]} 16. Kc3 {[%emt 0:04:15]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:
00:56]} 17. Kxc4 {[%emt 0:08:47] Grischuk's king was on c4 by move 17, but
that is not as exciting as it sounds as the truth of the position was that
Black had already taken a slight initiative in an endgame that had a
symmetrical pawn structure. Nakamura neutralized Grischuk's Catalan without
problems and another drawn rook endgame was reached.} b6 {[%emt 0:05:05]} 18.
Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxc6 {
[%emt 0:19:44]} 20. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 21. f3 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 22. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 23.
Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} exf5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 24. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Re8 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 25. Rhe1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g6 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 26. e4 {[%emt 0:
00:49]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 27. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxe4 {[%emt 0:01:51]}
28. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Kf8 {
[%emt 0:02:37]} 30. a4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 31. Kc3 {[%emt 0:
00:14]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 32. b4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 33.
Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 34. Ke3 {[%emt 0:01:02]} f6 {[%emt 0:
03:20]} 35. h4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 36. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:22]}
Ra8 {[%emt 0:03:52]} 37. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} axb4 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 38. Rxb4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:
33]} 40. Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rd4 {[%emt 0:04:18]} Ra5
{[%emt 0:00:39]} 42. Rb4 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 3. f3 {[%emt 0:00:11] An aggressive system against the Gruenfeld.
Black could transpose back into the King's Indian Defense after which White
would have already committed to the Saemisch.'} d5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 4. cxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:39]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 9. O-O-O {[%emt 0:
00:13]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:18] A position of much interest in recent years.'} (
9... e5) (9... f5) 10. h4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} (10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6
a6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 {was Sivdler-Caruana from earlier this year that ended in a
draw.}) 10... Rd8 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 11. Nb5 {[%emt 0:03:21]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:39]
} 12. h5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a6 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 13. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nxd4 {
[%emt 0:43:22]} 14. hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} hxg6 $4 {[%emt 0:08:43]
Unexplainable. Black loses disastrous amounts of material with basic tactics.'}
(14... fxg6 $8 15. g4 Qc6 $5 16. Qf2 Ne6 {Grischuk-Mamedyarov, Tal Memorial
2010. This ended in a draw.}) 15. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:04:09]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:10:14]} (
15... Bxd4 16. Qh6 {with the simple threat of Nge2, so Black must get out of
the way and fall to the secondary threat.} Qd6 17. Rxd4 (17. Nge2 $2 Qf6 $11)
17... Qxd4 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Qh8+ Qxh8 20. Rxh8+ Kg7 21. Rxd8 $18 {And Black is
simply down a piece.}) 16. Qe1 {[%emt 0:01:02]} (16. Qf4) (16. Qg5 {both win
as well with the same idea.}) 16... Qxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 17. Nxd1 {[%emt 0:
00:04] Black has a rook and a pawn for a queen. That's just not enough.'} Na4 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. b3 {[%emt 0:10:59]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. e5 {[%emt 0:
00:10]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 20. f4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} a5 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 21.
Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:07]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:13] If Caruana hadn't blundered so early
he might have resigned as soon as he lost his queen.'} 22. b4 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Nb3+ {[%emt 0:00:25] might as well go for the desperado'} 23. axb3 {[%emt 0:01:
32]} a3 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 24. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 25. Ne3 {
[%emt 0:02:10]} a2 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 26. Qa1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:
19]} 27. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:04:24]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 28. b5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} c6
{[%emt 0:05:32]} 29. bxc6 {[%emt 0:04:28]} Rdc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 30. Bc4 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 31. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rcc8 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} 32. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 33. g4 {[%emt 0:00:47]}
fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 34. f5 {[%emt 0:00:05] Black's run out of immediate
threats and he will get promptly mated. A big blunder for sure!'} 1-0

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 {Black immediately
develops his B to the long diagonal. In the normal Ruy Lopez it takes two more
tempi via Re8, Bf8, g6, Bg7.} 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11.
Nbd2 Re8 {With the double fianchetto Black is well-prepared against the
central push d3-d4.} 12. a4 ({Five years ago Ivanchuk tried this line with
Black too.} 12. d4 Nb8 {Black wants to build up a Breyer type of position.} (
12... d5 {is the typical central breakthrough in the Spanish.} 13. dxe5 Nxe5
14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Nf3 Re8 16. e5 Ne4 (16... Nd7)) 13. Rb1 Nbd7 14. d5 c6 15. c4
Qc7 16. b3 Bh6 17. Nf1 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 bxc4 19. bxc4 Nc5 $13 {
Morozevich-Ivanchuk, Nice blind 2008.}) 12... Nb8 (12... h6 13. axb5 axb5 14.
Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Ba2 c5 17. Nf1 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qe2
Nc6 $11 {Vysochin-Kobalia, Internet blitz 2003.}) 13. b4 {A flexible move on
the queenside.} c5 $146 (13... Nbd7 14. Nb3 Rb8 15. Be3 d5 16. Qb1 Bf8 17. axb5
axb5 18. Ra5 c5 (18... Nb6 $6 19. Rxb5 $1 dxe4 20. dxe4 Nc4 21. Bc1 c6 {
Black wins the exchange, but it doesn't help him.} 22. Rc5 $1 Bxc5 23. Nxc5 Bc8
24. Bb3 $16 {Kr.Georgiev-Flear, Saint Affrique 2005}) 19. bxc5 dxe4 20. dxe4
Nxc5 21. Bxc5 Bxc5 22. Rxb5 Bb6 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Nxe5 Qc7 25. Nf3 Qxc3 {
and Black has some drawing chances.}) 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Rb1 Bc6 16. Bb2 Nh5 ({
The natural} 16... Nbd7 {can be met by} 17. d4 $1 exd4 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. Nxd4
$14 {and White is slightly better.}) 17. g3 {Otherwise Nf4.} Bd7 (17... Nd7 {
was also possible, but Nakamura wanted to put his N on c6.}) 18. h4 Nc6 19. Bb3
(19. Nf1 {was also logical.}) 19... h6 {Black wants to avoid Ng5.} 20. Bd5 Rb8
21. Nb3 (21. axb5 axb5 22. Qb3 Qe7 23. Ra1 Nf6 24. Ra6 Rec8 25. Rea1 {with a
double-edged fight.}) 21... Qb6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ba3 b4 24. Bb2 (24. cxb4 $6 {
is dubious, as} cxb4 25. Bb2 Nxg3) ({The engine suggests} 24. Nbd2 Ne7 (24...
Qa6 25. Bb2 bxc3 26. Bxc3 Qxd3 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Re3 Qb5 29. Qa1 $44 {and
White has some compensation for the P.}) 25. Nc4 Qa7 26. cxb4 Nxd5 27. exd5 Bg4
{ect. typical moves by Mr. Houdini.}) 24... Bg4 (24... Nf6 {was an interesting
alternative. Black would like to remove the strong d5 B.} 25. Bc4 Bg4 26. Qe2 {
followed by Qe3 and still the position is unclear.}) 25. Nbd2 Ne7 26. Bc4 Nc6
27. Ra1 (27. Bd5 {is a repetition of moves, but Ivanchuk still wanted to
continue the fight.}) 27... Qc7 28. Qc2 Nf6 29. Rec1 bxc3 ({Maybe} 29... Rb6 {
was more accurate to keep the tension.}) 30. Bxc3 Nd4 ({In the event of} 30...
Nd7 31. Ra6 Nb6 32. Bb5 {and White has a comfortable position.}) 31. Nxd4 cxd4
32. Ba5 Qe7 33. Rcb1 Be6 34. Qa2 Bxc4 35. Nxc4 $14 {This position is slightly
better for White, because his B is much better than Black's one, and the black
central Ps are fixed on the dark squares. On the other hand it isn't so easy
to improve the position with White.} Ra8 36. Rb5 Nd7 37. Rab1 Reb8 38. Rd5
Rxb1+ 39. Qxb1 Rb8 40. Qa2 Qe6 (40... Nf8 41. Kg2 h5 {and Black tries to hold.}
) 41. Kg2 Qc6 42. Bd2 ({The computer immediately suggests the strong} 42. Rd6
$1 Qb7 43. Bb4 $1 Qb5 (43... Qxb4 44. Rxd7 $16) 44. Rd5 Qb7 45. Bd6 $16 {
and Black is in trouble.}) 42... Ra8 43. Qb1 h5 44. Rd6 Qa4 45. Qb7 Ra7 46. Qd5
Kh7 $1 {A very nice cool-blooded move.} 47. Qxf7 Nf6 48. Nb6 Qa3 49. Bc1 Rxf7
50. Bxa3 Ng4 51. f4 exf4 52. gxf4 Rxf4 53. Rd7 Rf2+ 54. Kg3 Kg8 55. Nc4 {
The position is completely drawn, probably White lost on time.} 0-1

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.10.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 4. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5
{[%emt 0:00:49]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:28]} 6. Qxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 7. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:17]
} 8. dxc5 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 9. e3 {[%emt 0:04:04]} Qa5+ {
[%emt 0:00:56]} 10. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. Qxd2 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 12. Qxa5 {[%emt 0:07:36]} Nxa5 {[%emt 0:
00:12]} 13. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 14. cxb6 {[%emt 0:01:41]}
Bb7 {[%emt 0:06:04]} 15. Nf3 {[%emt 0:17:59]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:11:40]} 16. Nd2 {
[%emt 0:01:49] The players followed a long theoretical variation in the
Nimzo-Indian. Nakamura played the new moves 16.Nd2 but it is unclear exactly
how good this move is} (16. bxa7 Bxf3 17. gxf3 {Parligras,M (2625)-Adams,M 
(2733) Bundesliga 1112 2011 (5.1) 1/2}) 16... axb6 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 17. Bxc4 {
[%emt 0:13:53]} Rhd8 {[%emt 0:30:10]} (17... Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Be4 20.
Nxb6 Rab8 21. Na4 Rhc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nc3 h6 24. Ke2 Bg6 25. Rc1 Bh5+ 26. f3
Rc4 27. Kf2 Rh4 28. Kg3 g5 29. Ne2 Ra4 30. Rc8 Bg6 31. Nc3 Ra6 32. Rc7+ Kd8 33.
Rc4 Rd6 34. b4 Rd3 35. b5 Bf5 36. b6 Rd7 37. e4 Bg6 38. a4 f5 39. a5 {1-0 (39)
Grigoryan,A (2216)-Kim,V (2047) Nevinomyssk 2009}) (17... Rac8 {Black had the
choice of playing as he did in the game or immediately pinning the knight on
c4 with 17...Rac8, definitely the most logical way of continuing and maybe
White would have had to solve a few issues. The continuation in the game gave
Ponomariov enough compensation for the pawn and allowed him to simplify into
an easily drawn rook endgame.}) 18. Bb5 {[%emt 0:06:30]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:02:34]}
19. Rc3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:05:27]} 20. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc8 {
[%emt 0:00:51]} 21. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 22. Rg1 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 23. Rg4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} h5 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 24.
Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:05:35]} 25. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bxb5 {
[%emt 0:00:51]} 26. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 27. Nxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:
01:43]} 29. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Rxh2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 30. a4 {[%emt 0:00:10]}
Rh4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 31. a5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 32. a6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:03:09]} 33. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:
57]} 34. Rb7+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 35. a7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g5
{[%emt 0:00:08]} 36. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 37. f3 {[%emt 0:
00:13]} g4 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 38. fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rxe3+ {[%emt 0:00:08]}
39. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Re4+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 40. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 42. Rc7 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 43. Re7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 44. Re8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 45. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Re7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 46. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kxe7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 47. Kxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.10.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Games between Nakamura and Gelfand are always interesting, as both players
are fighters, and they also represent two very different generations. This
game turned out to be one of the most impressive attacking games I have seen
in the last few years. Maybe ever?!} 1. e4 {[%mdl 1]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 {Will the uncompromising Naka settle
for an early draw?} Nf6 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 {Of course not! This kid has balls!
Actually Naka had a big incentive to play for a win in this game- not only
would he leapfrog both Levon Aronian and Vladimir Kramnik into number two on
the live rating list, but he would also move tantalisingly close to joining
the 2800 club - a club that has only a handful of very select members.} h6 10.
Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg7 12. h3 Ne5 {Kasparov was the first to popularise this line,
where Black aims for rapid piece development, perhaps at the cost of weakening
the kingside somewhat. However Gelfand must now be considered the main expert
here, which requires serious work, as the slightest mistep by either player
can lead to disaster.} ({Recently in a game against Kamsky, in an analogous
position, Nakamura had tried} 12... Nf6 {but the move played by Gelfand is
easily the main-line.}) 13. f3 Nbc6 14. Bf2 Be6 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. O-O-O Nxd4 17.
Bxd4 Qa5 18. a3 O-O 19. h4 g4 $1 {It looks as if White can now destablise the
knight on e5 by playing f4, but of course Black has devious intentions against
the white king.} 20. Qf2 $6 {Naka wants to play f4, but in an improved
situation. However the queen isn't so well placed here, for reasons which
weren't easy to foresee.} ({If he plays it straight away, he will lose too
much time with his queen;} 20. f4 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Bxd4 $1 ({the line} 21... Rxc4
$2 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. f5 Rfc8 24. fxe6 Rxc3 25. Qd4+ f6 26. bxc3 {just doesn't
work}) 22. Qxd4 Rxc4 23. Qe3 Rfc8 24. f5 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Bd7 {where Black has
very good action for the exchange.}) (20. Qe3 $1 {was the right way. There is
a subtle difference between having the queen on e3 rather than f2, which
becomes clear if Black plays the same way he does in the game:} Rc6 21. f4 Rfc8
22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Ba7 $1 b6 24. Rd5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Rxc2+ 26. Kb1 {and although
still very sharp, at least White is in the game.}) 20... Rc6 $1 21. f4 Rfc8 $3
{[%mdl 512] Brilliant! Black's attack down the c-file is all that matters.} ({
By contrast,} 21... Nc4 $6 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. f5 {is what Naka
was playing for and really a nightmare scenario for Black in such a variation,
as his queenside initiative will come to an end, when he'll be left with these
horrible weaknesses on the kingside. He must play for the initiative always!}
Bd7 25. f6+ $18) 22. Qg3 $2 (22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Ba7 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Qxa3+ 25. Kd2
Qxc3+ {This is the difference between 20.Qf2?! and 20.Qe3! with the queen on
e3 this variation would be impossible, as the c3-pawn would be protected.}) ({
However White should have continued the theme of fighting for the intiative at
any cost -} 22. f5 $1 {the problem is that pyschologically it's very tough to
make such a move, as the plan of undermining the knight on e5 has gone forever.
} Bd7 {would have led to a complete mess, but one in which you feel that Black
is more than ok. A typical continuation could be something like} (22... Bc4 23.
Bxc4 Rxc4 $2 (23... Nxc4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. f6+ {and White's attack is quicker})
24. Bb6) 23. Qe3 e6 $1 24. f6 Bxf6 25. Qxh6 Bg7 26. Qd2 b5 $1 {when Black's
queenside intiative is still more than kicking. In fact I'd wager that 99
percent of players would prefer to play Black in such a position, where all
his pieces are primed for a brutal assault on the white king.}) 22... Nd7 $1 {
Now White can't prevent an eventual exchange sac on c3, after which Black will
always get terrific compensation.} 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. f5 Rxc3 $6 {Tempting, but
missing something even stronger.} (24... Ne5 $1 $40 25. fxe6 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Rxc3
27. Qf2 Rxa3 {and it's pretty much over.}) 25. bxc3 Qxa3+ (25... Ne5 $1 {
was again very strong, as White's queenside is falling apart.}) 26. Kd2 Nf6 {
Gelfand must have been having a lot of fun here.} 27. Qd3 $1 Bc4 {Gelfand goes
for the safe continuation. Of course after this he is much better, as White's
co-ordination is all over the place, but Naka's defensive skills are so good
that he slowly creeps back into the game.} ({In such positions when your
opponent's king is looking more exposed than Chace Crawford on a hen night,
you have a lot of choice.} 27... Nxe4+ $1 28. Qxe4 Qxc3+ 29. Kc1 Qa3+ 30. Kd2
Qa5+ 31. Ke2 Bxf5 32. Rd5 Bxe4 33. Rxa5 Rxc2+ {would have led by force to this
ending where Black is surely winning. He just has too many pawns!  But it's
very tempting to keep the queens on. It's certainly a good practical decision.
The reality is it's extremely difficult for White to defend such a fractured
position, in a practical game with the clock ticking, especially when your
king is floating about in the centre. Maybe only a supercomputer could do it.})
28. Qd4 d5 {Opening up the position yet further starts to make the white king
look more and more vulnerable.} 29. exd5 Bxd5 30. Rg1 Be4 $1 31. Bd3 Qa5 $1 32.
Qb4 $1 (32. Bxe4 $2 Rd8 $19) 32... Qc7 33. Bxe4 $2 {Under the greatest of
pressure, Naka finally cracks.} ({He had to try} 33. Kc1 a5 34. Qd4 {when
there is still something left to play for.}) 33... a5 (33... Qf4+ $1 34. Ke2
Nxe4 35. Qd4+ Kg8 {and Black has a huge attack and must surely be winning.} 36.
Rgf1 Nxc3+ 37. Ke1 Qg3+ 38. Rf2 Nxd1 {and it's over.}) 34. Qxb7 Qf4+ (34...
Qxc3+ 35. Ke2 Rc4 $1 36. Bd3 Qe5+ 37. Kd2 Qf4+ 38. Ke2 Ne4 $1 {was killing.})
35. Ke2 Rc7 $1 (35... Rc4 $1 36. Bd3 Qe5+ 37. Kd2 Qxc3+ 38. Ke3 Qd4+ 39. Ke2
Qe5+ 40. Kd2 Qf4+ 41. Ke2 Ne4 {would transpose back into the earlier variation,
but Gelfand's choice is more "human".}) 36. Qb6 Nxe4 37. Qd4+ Kh7 38. c4 $2 {
Allowing an immediate kill, but White's task was pretty hopeless in any case.}
(38. Rgf1 Nxc3+ 39. Qxc3 Qxf1+ 40. Kxf1 Rxc3 41. Rd7 Rxc2 42. Rxe7 Kg7 {
and Black should easily win the endgame.}) 38... Rd7 $1 {Gelfand's tactical
sharpness is remarkable.} 39. Qe3 (39. Qxd7 Qf2+ 40. Kd3 Nc5+ 41. Kc3 Nxd7 $19)
39... Ng3+ 40. Qxg3 Qxg3 41. Rxd7 Qe5+ {A superb achievement by big booming
Boris.} 0-1

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.10.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. O-O Nxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 6. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8.
Qxd8+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kxd8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bd7 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 10. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. g4 {[%emt 0:
02:19]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 12. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 13.
f4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} (13... b6 $5 {has been played by
Harikrishna.}) 14. Kf2 $146 {[%emt 0:00:57]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 15. f5 {
[%emt 0:04:10]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 16. c4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} c5 {[%emt 0:05:32]
} 17. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 18. Nc3 {[%emt 0:05:30]} g6 {
[%emt 0:39:37]} 19. e6 {[%emt 0:05:53]} fxe6 20. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:10:34]} hxg4 $1
{[%emt 0:08:32] A very nice defensive move.'} (20... Rc8 {Romain Edouard} 21.
g5 gxf5 22. Nb5 Bf7 23. Nbxc7 Nd4 24. Nxf8 Rhxf8 25. Nb5 $16) 21. Nxc7 {
[%emt 0:03:01]} Bh6 $1 {[%emt 0:12:36]} 22. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:16:59]} (22. Bg3 $6
gxf5 $1 {is dubious for White will after}) (22. Bh2 $6 Be3+ $1 23. Kxe3 Rxh3+ {
Black is also alright, especially since} 24. Ke4 {is met by} gxf5+ 25. Kxf5
Nd4+ $1 $15) 22... Kxc7 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 23. Bf4+ {[%emt 0:03:58]} Kb7 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 24. hxg4 {[%emt 0:08:00]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 25. g5 {
[%emt 0:06:43]} Rh4 $1 {[%emt 0:08:37] White seemed to be better, but actually
this move just draws by force.'} 26. Ne2 {[%emt 0:10:31]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:01:57]}
27. Rh1 {[%emt 0:03:03]} Rxh1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 28. Rxh1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxe2 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} 29. Kxe2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nd4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Kd3 {
[%emt 0:07:03]} (30. Kf2 Ne6 31. Kf3 Rg8 {is a draw: White cannot breakthrough.
}) (30. Ke3 {seemed to me like the only chance, but is also a draw:} Re8+ 31.
Kf2 Re2+ (31... Ne6 $2 32. Re1 $16) 32. Kf1 (32. Kg3 Re4 $11) 32... Re4 (32...
Rxb2 $2 33. Rh7+ $16) 33. Rh4 (33. Rh7+ Ka6 34. Bb8 Nc6 35. Bd6 Rg4 $11) 33...
Nf3 34. Rh7+ Kc8 $1 (34... Ka6 $2 35. Bb8 $16) 35. g6 (35. Bc1 Rg4 $11) 35...
Rxf4 36. g7 Ne5+ $1 37. Kg2 Rg4+ 38. Kh3 Nxc4 $11) 30... Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:29]}
31. Rf1 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Rd8+ {[%emt 0:02:49]} 32. Kc3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Rg8 {
[%emt 0:00:37]} 33. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:56]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 34. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 35. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxg5 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
36. Rf7+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37. Rf8+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kb7 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 38. Rf7+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Rf8+ {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "BJK"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 g6 8.
O-O-O Bg7 9. h4 h5 10. Kb1 Qc7 11. f4 Nb6 12. f5 Ng4 13. Rh3 Qc5 14. Nb3 Qf2
15. Qd3 Ne5 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc6 18. Nce2 Nc4 19. c3 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Ne5 21.
Bd3 Nxd3 22. Rhxd3 Bd7 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Rf1 e5 25. Ne2 Rf8 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 27.
c4 Be6 28. b3 Be7 29. Nc3 Rc8 30. Nd5 Bxg5 31. hxg5 b5 32. cxb5 axb5 33. Nf6+
Ke7 34. a3 b4 35. axb4 Rb8 36. Kb2 Rxb4 37. g3 Rb8 38. Rc3 Kd8 39. Ka3 Ra8+ 40.
Kb2 Rb8 41. Ka3 Ra8+ 42. Kb2 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 b6 14. f5 c5
15. Nd2 h6 16. Ngf3 Bc6 17. Kf2 Kb7 18. b3 g6 19. f6 Nd5 20. Bb2 Nb4 21. Rdc1
a5 22. a3 Nd5 23. Kg3 g5 24. a4 Nb4 25. Nc4 Be4 26. Ne3 c4 27. bxc4 Rd8 28. Re1
Nxc2 29. Nxc2 Bxc2 30. e6 Bd6+ 31. Be5 Bb4 32. Rec1 Be4 33. e7 Rd3 34. Rf1 Re3
35. Rad1 Kc8 36. Bd4 Ra3 37. Rf2 Bc6 38. Bb2 Rb3 39. Be5 Bxa4 40. Rdf1 Bc6 41.
Kh2 Bc5 42. Nd4 Bxd4 43. Bxd4 Rd3 44. Ba1 h5 45. gxh5 Rxh5 46. Rf3 Rd2+ 47.
R3f2 Rxf2+ 48. Rxf2 g4 49. h4 Rxh4+ 50. Kg3 Rh1 51. Be5 Bd7 52. Re2 Rh3+ 53.
Kf4 a4 54. Bd4 Rh8 55. Bb2 Kb7 56. Re3 Kc6 57. Bd4 Rg8 58. Kg3 Ra8 59. Bb2 Rh8
60. Kf4 Rh2 61. Ba1 Rh1 62. Bb2 Rb1 63. Bd4 Be8 64. Kxg4 Rb4 65. Rc3 b5 66. Kf4
bxc4 67. Ke5 Rb5+ 68. Ke4 Rh5 69. Rxc4+ Kd6 70. Ke3 c5 71. Bc3 a3 72. Rg4 Rh3+
73. Kd2 Rh2+ 74. Ke3 a2 75. Rg1 Bb5 76. Rd1+ Ke6 77. Ba1 Kf5 78. Rd5+ Kg6 79.
Rxc5 Rh1 80. Bb2 Be8 81. Ra5 Rh3+ 82. Kf4 Rh2 83. Rxa2 Re2 84. Kf3 Rh2 85. Ke3
Rxb2 86. Rxb2 Kxf6 87. Rb7 Ke6 88. Kf4 Bd7 89. Kg5 Kxe7 90. Ra7 Ke6 91. Rb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Raznikov, Danny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova"]
[BlackTeam "Kfar Saba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. d3 a6 6. h3 d6 7. Nge2 Be6 8. Nd5
Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. c3 Ba7 11. Bg5 Bxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. O-O Qd7
15. Kh2 Rfe8 16. Qb3 Rab8 17. Rae1 Qf5 18. Qc4 Bc5 19. Qh4 Qxd3 20. Bxh6 Qh7
21. Bg5 Qxh4 22. Bxh4 Nh7 23. Be4 g6 24. g4 Kg7 25. Kg2 Rh8 26. Bc2 Nf8 27. Bg5
f6 28. Bd2 g5 29. f4 gxf4 30. Bxf4 exf4 31. Re7+ Kg8 32. Rxf4 Rh6 33. Rxc7 Re8
34. Re4 Rh7 35. Rxe8 Rxc7 36. h4 Kf7 37. Rb8 Re7 38. Kf1 Kg7 39. h5 Be3 40. Bf5
a5 41. Rd8 Bf4 42. h6+ Bxh6 43. Rxd6 Kf7 44. Rb6 Be3 45. Rb5 b6 46. a4 Ra7 47.
Ke2 Bg1 48. Kf1 Bc5 49. b4 axb4 50. cxb4 Bd4 51. d6 Ne6 52. a5 Nf4 53. Ke1 Ne6
54. axb6 Rb7 55. Kd2 Nd8 56. Kd3 Rxb6 57. Rxb6 Bxb6 58. Ke4 Bf2 59. Kd5 Ke8 60.
Bg6+ Kd7 61. Bf5+ Ke8 62. Bg6+ Kf8 63. b5 Ba7 64. Bf5 Kf7 65. Bc2 Bb8 66. Bf5
Nb7 67. Be6+ Kf8 68. d7 Ke7 69. Bf5 Nd6 70. d8=Q+ Kxd8 71. Ke6 Nxf5 72. Kxf5
Ke7 73. b6 Bd6 74. b7 Bb8 75. g5 fxg5 76. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. f4 $6 {An
unusual and hardly effective combination of opening moves.} Nh5 (7... Qe8 {
[%cal Ye7e5] is good, too:} 8. Nf3 (8. Bd3 e5 (8... c5 $5) 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. d5
Nh5 11. Nge2 f5 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Bc2 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bf5 16. Bxf5
gxf5 17. O-O-O Qg6 $36 {1-0 (56) Arbakov,V (2471)-Kurnosov,I (2287) Alushta
2000}) 8... e5 $5 (8... Nh5 9. g4 Ng3 10. Rg1 Nxf1 11. Kxf1 e6 12. Qd2 f6 13.
Bh4 c6 14. Bg3 f5 $132 {1/2 (22) Kuzenkov,A (2375)-Sonzogno,A (2560) ICCF 1998}
) 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. d5 (10. Nxe5 c5 $1) (10. dxe5 Nd7) 10... Nh5 {with
excellent play for Black.}) 8. Nge2 c5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (8... h6 9. Bh4 f5 $6
10. exf5 gxf5 11. g3 Qe8 12. Bg2 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Qd5+ Qxd5
16. Bxd5+ Kh7 17. Bf3 Nf6 18. O-O-O $14 {1/2 (26) Spassky,B (2545)-Polgar,J 
(2665) Hoogeveen 1998 EXT 1999 [Hazai]}) (8... f6 9. Bh4 Bh6 10. Qd2 (10. f5
$142 $1 $13) 10... e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nd5 g5 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.
fxg5 Nb4 $17 {0-1 (31) Fischer,J (2355)-Kaminik,A (2190) Bad Wiessee 2000}) 9.
d5 b5 $5 {This aggressive play in the spirit of the Benko Gambit is justified
by the fact that White's kingside is seriously weakened.} (9... Nc7 10. g4 Nf6
11. Bg2 {is more passive.}) 10. cxb5 Nc7 11. a4 Rb8 12. g4 Nf6 13. Ng3 (13. Bg2
a6 14. Qb3 {, to gain some time for development while Black will be dealing
with recapturing the b-pawn, is still in Black's favour:} axb5 15. axb5 Bd7 16.
b6 Nb5 $1 17. Na4 (17. Nxb5 Qxb6) 17... Be8 18. O-O Nd7 $1 $15) 13... h6 (13...
a6 $5 14. Bd3 axb5 15. axb5 Nd7) 14. Bh4 Nh7 15. Qd2 a6 16. Bc4 (16. e5 $1 dxe5
17. Nge4 {was a good tactical chance leading to unclear complications.}) 16...
axb5 17. axb5 Bd7 {Now Black simply recaptures the b5-pawn and obtains the
better prospects.} 18. e5 $6 {Too late!} (18. Nge2 $142 Nxb5 19. O-O) 18...
Bxb5 $1 19. Nxb5 (19. b3 Bxc4 20. bxc4 dxe5 21. Nge4 exf4 22. d6 Ng5 23. dxc7
Qxc7 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. O-O Bd4+ 26. Kg2 Qe5 $17) 19... Nxb5 20. Qa5 $2 (20. Qd3
$142 Nd4 21. Ne4 Rxb2 22. O-O {with some counterplay for the pawn.}) 20... Qe8
$1 21. O-O g5 22. Nf5 gxh4 {Black has won a whole piece: too high a price for
some activity for White's pieces!} 23. Rae1 dxe5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. fxe5 e6 26.
Nxh6+ Kg7 27. Qd2 Qd8 28. Rf6 Nd4 29. Nxf7 Nxf6 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova"]
[BlackTeam "Peristeriou"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
Be7 9. a5 O-O 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Ng5 Nc6 12. Bb6 Qd7 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qh3 Bd8 15.
Bc4 Re8 16. Bxd8 Raxd8 17. O-O Nd4 18. Bd3 Qc7 19. Kh1 Nc6 20. f4 exf4 21. Rxf4
Ne5 22. Rff1 Qc5 23. Qg3 Rf8 24. Ne2 Rde8 25. h3 Nh5 26. Qh4 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Nf6
28. Qg3 Kh8 29. Ra1 Qb4 30. Qe1 Qc5 31. b4 Qe3 32. Qg1 Qd2 33. Qe1 Qe3 34. Qg1
Qd2 35. Qe1 Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.26"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ostenstad, Berge"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Asker"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6
9. Be2 Qe8 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. a3 f6 12. Bh4 Nb6 13. b3 Bh6 14. Rb1 Nc5 15. b4 axb4
16. axb4 Nca4 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. Nf3 f5 20. O-O fxe4 21. Nh2 Bf4 22.
Bg4 Qg7 23. Bxc8 Rfxc8 24. Rfe1 g5 25. Bg3 Qg6 26. Rbd1 Nd7 27. Nf1 Nab6 28.
Nc3 Nf6 29. c5 Nbd7 30. Qc4 Rd8 31. Nxe4 Nxe4 32. Rxe4 b5 33. cxb6 Nxb6 34. Qd3
Ra2 35. f3 Rda8 36. Bf2 Rb2 37. Bxb6 cxb6 38. Rb1 Rba2 39. Qc4 h5 40. g3 Qf5
41. g4 hxg4 42. fxg4 Bh2+ 0-1

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 Rd8 12. Bf1 c5 13. g3 Nf8 14. Nh4 h6 15.
a4 Qc7 16. a5 Bd7 17. Nf5 Ng6 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Qf3 Qc6 21. Bd3 c4
22. Nxc4 Bg4 23. Qe3 Be6 24. Nxe5 Qxc3 25. Ba3 Qxe5 26. Bxe7 Ng4 27. Qc5 Qxc5
28. Bxc5 Ne5 29. Re3 Ng4 30. Ree1 Ne5 31. Be2 Rac8 32. Bxa7 Rxc2 33. Be3 Bc4
34. Red1 Ra8 35. Bh5 g6 36. Bd4 Nc6 37. Bf3 Nxd4 38. Rxd4 b6 39. Bd1 Rc3 40. a6
Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc3 {A rare continuation in this popular line.} (10. Qa4
{and}) (10. Qc2 {are usually played. In the latter case after} Nbd7 11. Ne5 {
doesn't promise anything due to} c5 $1 {, e.g.} 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
dxc5 Rac8 15. Rd1 Qb5 16. e3 Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Rxc5 $11
{1/2 (64) Rotstein,A (2519)-Tischbierek,R (2507) Austria 2004}) 10... h6 (10...
Nbd7 {is quite logical; White can play} 11. Ne5 (11. Qc6 Rc8 12. Rd1 Nb8 13.
Qa4 Qd5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. h4 Bc4 16. Qb4 Bb3 17. Rd3 Bc2 18. Rd2 c5 $132 {
1/2 (40) Shen,Y (2453)-Xu Yuhua (2485) JinZhou 2009}) {but it is hardly
dangerous in view of} 11... Nxe5 ({the idea of 10.Qc3 is seen in the line} 
11... c5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. dxc5 {[%cal Rc3f6]}) 12. dxe5 Ne4 13.
Bxd8 Nxc3 {, e.g.} 14. Bxc7 (14. Bh4 Nd5) 14... Rfc8 15. Bd6 Ne4 {[%cal Rc8c2]}
16. f3 Nxd6 17. exd6 Rc2 18. e4 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Rxg2 20. Rc1 Rd8 21. Rf2 Rg1+ 22.
Rf1 Rg2 23. Rf2 Rg1+ 24. Rf1 Rg2 {1/2 (24) Shen,Y (2435)-Xu Yuhua (2488)
Ulaanbaatar 2010}) 11. Bxf6 $1 (11. Bh4 $143 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Qc2 Qd5 14. Nd2
(14. Ne5 $5 $13) 14... Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Nc6 16. e3 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Na5 $15 {1/2 (41)
Maiorov,N (2538)-Lekic,D (2430) Anogia GRE 2013}) 11... Qxf6 12. g3 $5 (12. e3
Bxf1 13. Kxf1 c5 $1 $11) (12. Rc1 Bb7 (12... Rc8 13. e3 Bxf1 14. Kxf1) 13. e3
Nd7 14. Bb5 c6 15. Be2 c5 $11) 12... Bb7 {A small inaccuracy. The bishop was
putting pressure on the e2-square; there was no need to remove it.} (12... c5 {
was quite possible and simple:} 13. dxc5 (13. Bg2 Nd7 14. Ne5 Rad8) 13... Qxc3+
14. bxc3 Rc8 $1 15. Bg2 Bb7 16. cxb6 axb6 {, and Black's counterplay is enough
for a draw}) 13. Bg2 Na6 $6 {[%mdl 32] To the edge of the board?} (13... c5 14.
O-O Nd7 {was still quite good.}) 14. O-O c5 15. Rac1 Rac8 (15... cxd4 16. Qxd4
Qxd4 (16... Qe7 17. b4) 17. Nxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 {leads to a typical endgame,
where White's knight, aiming at the c6 square, is stronger than Black's.}) 16.
Ne5 cxd4 (16... Qe7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qe3 $14 cxd4 $140 19. Rxc8 $1 Rxc8 20.
Rxd4) 17. Qxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 $14 {Here, too, White keeps the better prospects
due to his stronger knight.} Nc5 19. b4 (19. Qe3 $5 Qe7 20. Rfd1 {[%cal Rb2b4]
deserved attention. It was not easy for Black to release pressure. The text
move leads to a more forced play, in which White keeps an edge, too.}) 19...
Nb3 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 ({Also after} 20... Nxd4 21. Rxf8+ Kh7 22. Nxf7 Qf5 $1 {
White keeps an edge with accurate play:} 23. f3 $1 (23. h4 Qe4+ 24. f3 Qxe2+
25. Rf2 Qe1 $132) 23... Nxe2 (23... Qb5 $143 24. Rd8 Qxe2+ 25. Rf2 Qe3 26. h4
$16) 24. Re1 $1 Qc2 (24... Nd4 $2 25. Rh8+ Kg6 26. Ne5+) 25. Rh8+ Kg6 26. Ne5+
Kh5 (26... Kf6 27. Kf1 $1) 27. Kf1 $1 (27. Kh3 Qd2 $1 28. Rf1 Qe3 $13) 27...
Nc1 28. Re4 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Qc2+ 30. Kh3 $16 {[%csl Rh5]}) 21. Qd7 {[%csl Rb3]}
Rf8 (21... Rd8 22. Qc7 {[%cal Re5f7]} Rd2 (22... Nd4 23. Rd1) 23. Nd7 $16) 22.
f4 $16 {Black's main trouble is his ill-fated knight.} Qf5 23. Rf3 Qc2 24. Qd3
$1 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096]} Nc1 26. Rd2 (26. Rd7 $5 Nxe2 27. Rxa7 $16 {
was more energetic - White has more active pieces and a potential passed
a-pawn.}) 26... Rc8 (26... Nb3 27. Rd7 a5 28. Rb7) 27. h4 h5 28. b5 Rc7 29. Nc6
Kh7 (29... Nb3 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Ra8 {. With the text move Black parries this
threat but now his knight doesn't come out.}) 30. Rb2 $1 a5 {After this move
the b6 pawn becomes weak but passive defence was hardly more stubborn:} (30...
f6 31. Kf2 Rd7 32. Ke3 Kg6 33. Rb4 {[%cal Yb4a4,Ya4a7]}) (30... a6 $2 {loses
due to} 31. Rc2 {[%cal Rc2c1,Rb5a6]}) 31. Kf2 Rd7 32. Ne5 Rc7 33. Rd2 (33. Ke3
$5) 33... f6 34. Nd7 {[%cal Rd7b6,Rd7f8]} Nb3 35. Nf8+ (35. Rd1 $6 Nc5 36. Nxb6
Rb7) ({The rook ending after} 35. Rd6 Nc5 36. Nxc5 Rxc5 37. Rxb6 Rc3 {gives
Black good drawing chances}) 35... Kg8 36. Rd7 Rxd7 $2 {The knight endgame
with an extra pawn is completely winning for White.} (36... Rc3 $1 {was a must,
and Black should apparently survive:} 37. Nxe6 Nc5 38. Rxg7+ (38. Nxc5 Rxc5 39.
a4 Rc4 40. Rb7 Rxa4 41. Rxb6 Rb4) 38... Kh8 39. Re7 Ne4+ 40. Kf1 Nxg3+ 41. Ke1
Rxa3 {etc.}) 37. Nxd7 Nd4 (37... a4 38. Ke3 $18) 38. a4 $1 Nxb5 {Desperation.
Black's a-pawn will be stopped.} 39. axb5 a4 40. Nc5 $1 a3 41. Nb3 a2 42. Ke3
Kf7 43. Kd4 Ke7 44. e4 {[%cal Yd4c3,Yc3b2]} e5+ 45. fxe5 Ke6 46. Na1 fxe5+ 47.
Kc3 g5 (47... Kd6 48. Nb3) 48. Kb2 gxh4 49. gxh4 Kd6 50. Nb3 1-0

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.28"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bh4 ({Should White give
up a tempo, or the bishop?} 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 {is played less often:} 7. Qc2 (7. e3
c6 8. Rc1 O-O 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Ne4 (12. d5 Nb6 13. b3 $5
cxd5 (13... Bf5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. e4 Bg4 16. Be2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Be7 18. Qc2 Bb4
19. Bg4 Ba3 20. Rcd1 Qe7 21. Nb1 Bc5 22. Nd2 Bb4 23. Nf3 Qf6 24. Rd3 Rfd8 25.
Rfd1 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 $14 {Kramnik,V (2785)-Radjabov,T (2744)/Kazan candidates/
2011/}) 14. Bxd5 Qe7 15. Qc2 Bg4 16. Qe4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rac8 18. Be4 Rc7 19. Ne2
Rfc8 20. Rcd1 a5 21. a4 Kf8 22. g4 Rd8 23. Ng3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 g6 $11 {
Sargissian,G (2676)-Baramidze,D (2614)/WchT Antalya/2013/ In both cases
White's pull was rather symbolic, the opposite-coloured bishops being a strong
neutralising factor.}) (12. h3 {has brought Kasparov success in his duel with
Karpov, but since then Black has found roads to reliable equality.}) 12... exd4
13. Nxd4 Be5 14. f4 Bxd4 $5 (14... Bc7 15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Ne6 Qe7 17. Nxc7 Qxe4
$5 18. Nxa8 Qxe3+ 19. Rf2 Nf6 $44 {is possibly playable, but Black doesn't
need such complications.}) 15. Qxd4 Nb6 16. Qxd8 (16. Nd6 Nxc4 17. Rxc4 Be6 18.
Rc3 Qb6 $132 19. f5 (19. Qxb6 axb6 20. a3 Rad8 21. Rd1 f5 22. Rd4 Bd5 23. Nb5
Be4 24. Nd6 Bd5 25. Nb5 c5 26. Rd2 Bc6 27. Nd6 Rd7 28. Nc4 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 Rd8
$11 {/=/+,Iotov,V (2576)-Onischuk,A (2674)/Richardson/2011/}) 19... Qxd4 20.
exd4 Bd5 21. b3 b6 22. Nc4 Rfe8 23. Ne3 Be4 $15 {Fressinet,L (2706)-Bacrot,E 
(2705)/Calvi rpd/2013/}) 16... Rxd8 17. Bb3 Nd5 18. Rfe1 Nb4 $11 (18... Nc7 19.
Kf2 Be6 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. Red1 Kf8 22. g4 Ke7 23. h4 g6 24. f5 gxf5 25. gxf5
Nc7 26. Kf3 Nd5 27. Nc5 b6 28. Nd3 c5 29. e4 $36 {Cramling,P (2495)-Van der
Sterren,P (2514)/Amsterdam/2011/})) 7... O-O 8. O-O-O $5 {is an aggressive try,
which requires an accurate reaction:} dxc4 (8... c5 9. dxc5 d4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4
11. Qe4 $1 Nc6 12. e3 f5 13. Qf3 Qg5 14. h4 $16) 9. e4 Nc6 10. e5 Bg5+ 11. Kb1
Nb4 12. Qe4 Rb8 ({Pasivne} 12... Bd7 $6 13. Bxc4 Bc6 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5
16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 $36 Qc8 18. h4 c6 $2 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. hxg5 f5 21. Qh4
Qe6 22. Rd7 {1-0,Mamedyarov,S (2753)-Bacrot,E (2725)/Geneve rpd/2013/}) 13.
Bxc4 b5 $5 14. Nxg5 (14. Bb3 Bb7 15. d5 Be7 16. a3 Nxd5) 14... Qxg5 15. h4 Qe7
16. Bxb5 Bb7 17. Qe2 Nd5 (17... Bxg2 $5) 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bc4 Rfd8 20. Bxd5
Rxd5 $44 {Goganov,A (2526)-Airapetian,G (2435)/St Petersburg/2012/}) 6... O-O
7. e3 Ne4 ({The Tartakower is also still popular and topical:} 7... b6 8. Be2 (
8. Bd3 Bb7 (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qe2 a6 12. Rfd1 Nd5 13. Bg3
Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd6 15. e4 Bxg3 16. hxg3 b5 17. Bd3 Nb6 18. Qe3 Na4 19. Bc2 Nb2
20. Rdb1 Nc4 21. Qc1 c5 22. a4 cxd4 23. cxd4 Rc8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qe1 Bc6 26.
Rb4 Ra8 27. Rd1 Ra3 28. d5 $1 $36 {Kramnik,V (2784)-Andreikin,D (2716)/WCup
Tromsoe/2013/}) 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rfd1 cxd4 12. exd4 Ne4 $5 $146 13.
Nxe4 Bxh4 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Nc3 Bb7 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Be7 18. d5 exd5 19.
Rxd5 Qc7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Nd4 Nf6 22. Nb5 Qb8 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Nd6 Qc7 25.
h3 a5 26. b3 Be7 $11 {Bacrot,E (2702)-Moiseenko,A (2702)/Fujairah City/2012/})
8... Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 (11. O-O Re8 12. Qb3 c6 13. Rfe1 Nd7
14. Rad1 g6 15. e4 Nf8 16. e5 Bg7 17. Bd3 Ne6 18. Bb1 Qe7 19. Qc2 Red8 (19...
Rad8 $5) 20. h4 h5 21. Qd2 Re8 (21... c5 $132 {/\} 22. Nb5 Bc6 23. Nd6 Rxd6 24.
exd6 Qxd6 $44) 22. Ng5 Nxg5 23. hxg5 Qe6 24. f4 Qg4 25. Qf2 Rad8 26. b4 Bf8 27.
a3 c5 $1 $13 {Korobov,A (2713)-Meier,G (2623)/WchT Antalya/2013/}) 11... c6 (
11... c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Bc8 $5 ({This is a new alternative to} 13... Bc6
{, tested already in the K-K matches.}) 14. O-O Nc6 15. Rc1 cxd4 16. Nb5 Qb6
17. Nbxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. exd4 $11 {1/2,Giri,A (2730)
-Naiditsch,A (2712)/Belgium/2013/}) 12. O-O a5 13. b5 c5 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Ng4
Nd7 16. Bf3 Rad8 17. Rc1 (17. Nxd5 $142 $5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 h5 $5 (18... cxd4 19.
Rc1 Qd6 20. e4 $14) 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Bc6 cxd4 21. exd4 Qf4 22. d5 Rd6 $44 {
/= Although this looks dangerous for Black, the engine sees no problems and
claims equality.}) 17... Bg5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Qd6 20. Nc3 cxd4 21. f4 $6
(21. Ne4 $142 Qe7 22. Nxg5 dxe3 23. Nxe3 Qxg5 $11) 21... Bf6 22. Ne2 Qe6 23.
Nxd4 Bxd4 24. exd4 Qxa2 25. Rc6 Qd5 $11 {/=/+} 26. Nxh6+ $2 gxh6 27. Rxh6 (27.
Qg4+ Kh7 28. f5 {[%cal Rc6h6] is parried by} Nf6 $1 29. Rxf6 Rg8 $19) 27... Kg7
28. Rh5 f5 $17 {Aronian,L (2809)-Adams,M (2727)/Paris/St Petersburg/2013/ For
more details see the notes in CBM 154 by Krasenkow.}) 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 {
Definitely the main move nowadays.} ({The once popular} 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3
exd5 {doesn't give White anything, a recent example is} 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4
Nc6 13. O-O Na5 14. Be2 c5 15. Rc1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 b6 17. Bf3 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Nxb7
19. Nc6 Qe6 20. Qb3 Rfe8 21. Qxe6 Rxe6 22. Nd4 Re7 23. Rc6 Rd8 24. Rfc1 Nc5 $11
{Seirawan,Y (2643)-Karpov,A (2615)/Saint Louis m rpd/2012/}) 9... c6 10. Bd3 (
10. Be2 {was played by Topalov in the last match game in Sofia 2010. If White
takes with the bishop on c4 2 moves later, both continuations are equivalent.})
({Levon doesn't repeat the double-edged} 10. h4 Nd7 11. g4 f5 (11... e5 12.
cxd5 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 cxd5 14. g5 h5 15. Bb5 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 dxe4 18.
Nd2 Ne5 19. Nxe4 Be6 20. f4 Bd5 21. fxe5 Bxe4 22. O-O $36 {Aronian,L (2805)
-Harikrishna,P (2669)/WchT Ningbo/2011/ For more details see the notes to this
game in CBM 144.}) 12. gxf5 Rxf5 $5 $146 13. Bd3 (13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 e5 15.
d5 Nc5 16. Qc2 {Van Wely,L (2691)-Fridman,D (2668)/Wolvega/2012/} Rf7 $5 17. b4
Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. Qxd3 Qxb4 $15 {White's king is more exposed, than
Black's.}) 13... Ndf6 (13... Qf8 14. Rh3 Ndf6 15. Qc2 e5 16. dxe5 Rh5 $5 $13)
14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Ne5 c5 16. Rg1 (16. Ng6 $142 $5 {complicates the deployment
of Black's bishop and gives more chances for an advantage.}) 16... Bd7 17. Ne2
cxd4 18. Qxd4 Be8 $1 {Gajewski,G (2653)-Svetushkin,D (2588)/EU-ch Legnica/2013/
} 19. Ng3 Rd8 20. Qc3 Bh5 $44 {|^}) 10... Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 ({It would be
interesting to know what Levon had on his mind after} 11... Nd7 12. Qc2 (12.
O-O e5 (12... dxc4 {- 11...dxc4}) 13. dxe5 (13. cxd5 e4 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Be2
exf3 16. Bxf3 Bb7 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 Rac8 $15 {Psakhis,L (2525)-Kholmov,R 
(2475)/Tallinn/1983/ White's pawns can't advance freely and are not too
dangerous.}) (13. Bb1 {or}) (13. Bc2 {is an attempt to transpose into the game
after all, but Black also has} e4 (13... dxc4 14. Rxc4 {-11...dxc4}) 14. Nd2
Nf6 $11 (14... f5 $5 $132)) 13... dxc4 14. Bxc4 ({We will still mention} 14.
Rxc4 Nxe5) 14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 {This position arises also from
Capablanca's line with 5...0-0 snd 6...Nbd7, only here Black has the extra
move h6. The breathing space for his king certainly doesn't hurt his chances:}
16. Qc2 Bf5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 Qa5 21. h3 Qxa2
22. Ra3 Qd5 23. Rxa7 c5 24. Ra5 b6 $11 25. Ra7 Rd8 $11 {Wojtaszek,R (2721)
-Alekseev,E (2673)/Lublin/2011/}) ({2)} 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O {leads to a
Carlsbad pawn structure, after} Re8 14. Qb1 a5 $5 $132 {Black has no serious
problems in the resulting simplified position.}) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 {gives
Black a choice. White has perhaps the best chances to get a slight pull after}
e5 (13... b6 14. Bd3 Nf6 15. Rxc6 Nd5 16. Qb3 Nb4 17. Rc1 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Bb7
19. O-O Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Qd5 22. Qe4 Qxa2 23. Rg1 Rfc8 24. Qb7 Rf8
25. Qe4 Rfc8 26. Qb7 Rf8 27. Rc7 Qxb2 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Qxa8+ Kh7 30. Qe4+ Kg8
31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Qe8 Rc7 33. Qg6+ Kh8 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qxe6 Qxf2 36. Qe4+ Kg8
37. h3 Qc2 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. d5 Qf5 40. Qe4 Qxe4 41. fxe4 {Jakovenko,D (2716)
-Gelfand,B (2746)/ECC Rogaska Slatina/2011/} Re7 $1 $132) (13... b5 $5 14. Be2
Bb7 15. O-O b4 16. Rc4 a5 17. Rc1 Rfc8 18. Qe4 Rc7 19. Qf4 Rac8 20. R4c2 c5 21.
h4 Nf6 22. Bd3 Qd8 23. Qe5 {1/2,Hinterberger,W (2355)-Szczepanski,Z (1400)/
corr/2010/}) 14. O-O exd4 15. exd4 $5 (15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Rd1 a6 17. Bb3 Ne4 18.
Rc4 Re8 19. f3 Nd6 20. Rc3 Nb5 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. a3 b4 23. axb4 Qxb4 24. e4 Be6
$11 {Khairullin,I (2660)-Korneev,O (2609)/RUS-chT Loo/2013/}) 15... Qd6 16. Re1
Nb6 17. Bb3 Nd5 18. Ne5 Be6 (18... Nxc3 $2 19. Nxf7 $1) 19. Rg3 Nc7 20. Re4
Rad8 21. h3 Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Ne6 23. Nxf7 $1 (23. Qxb7 Nxd4 24. Rd3 c5 25. b4 Qb6
26. Qxb6 axb6 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Kf1 Rfe8 29. Ree3 Ra8 30. Rd2 f6 $11 {1/2,
Grischuk,A (2736)-Jakovenko,D (2736)/WCup Khanty-Mansiysk/2009/}) 23... Rxf7
24. Rg6 $1 $14 {Black loses a pawn and has to fight for draw.}) 12. Rxc4 {
Taking with the rook makes more sense with the bishop on d3 instead of e2.} ({
The more usual follow-up is} 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O {and now:} b6 (13... e5 14.
Qc2 $5 {transposes to the above note} (14. Bb3 Rd8 15. Re1 exd4 16. exd4 Qd6
17. d5 (17. Rce3 Nf8 18. Ne5 Be6 $11 {/\} 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Rf3 $2 f6 21. Ng6
Rxd4 $1 22. Qb1 Qxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Rad8 $17 {[%cal Rd4d1]}) 17... cxd5 18. Qxd5
Qxd5 19. Bxd5 Nf8 20. Bb3 Be6 21. Kf1 Rac8 22. Rec1 Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Bxb3 24. Rxb3
Rd7 $11 {Babula,V (2585)-Baramidze,D (2615)/AUT-chT/2012/})) 14. Bd3 (14. Qc2
$5 Bb7 15. Bd3 c5 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Rc7 20. Qc2
Rfc8 {leads to a known position, only with the king on h8.} 21. h3 (21. b4 $5 {
is critical}) 21... Nf6 22. Rc4 Ne8 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Qb3 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4
26. Qxc4 Nd6 $11 {Ivanchuk,V (2766)-Carlsen,M (2835)/Wijk aan Zee/2012/}) 14...
c5 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qc2 Nf6 (16... Ba6 17. Rc1 Rfc8 18. Qa4 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7
20. Qc2 Rbc7 21. b4 Nf6 $1 $146 {[%cal Rf6d5]} (21... e5 {Kramnik,V (2765)
-Kasparov,G (2785)/Las Palmas/1996/} 22. bxc5 exd4 23. exd4 bxc5 24. Rc4 $1 $36
{[%cal Gc1c8]}) 22. e4 $8 c4 $8 23. b5 a6 24. a4 axb5 25. axb5 Qd7 26. Qb1 (26.
Rb1 $5 Ne8 27. e5 g6 $132) 26... Ra8 27. h3 Ra5 28. Rxc4 (28. Ne5 Qxb5 29. Qxb5
Rxb5 30. f3 $11) 28... Rxc4 29. Rxc4 Qxb5 $11 {Babula,V (2574)-Stupak,K (2494)/
EU-chT Warsaw/2013/ Here already White should tread with care.}) 17. Bc6 (17.
dxc5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 bxc5 19. Qc2 Bb7 20. Nd2 Rfd8 21. f3 Ba6 22. Rf2 Rd7 23. g3
Rbd8 24. Kg2 Bd3 25. Qc1 Ba6 $11 {Topalov,V (2805)-Anand,V (2787)/WCh Sofia/
2010/}) 17... cxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Nf3 (19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Rfd8 21. Rfc1 Rd2
22. Ba4 Rbd8 23. h3 g6 24. Qf3 e4 25. Qg3 Nh5 26. Qc7 Qf6 $132 {Babula,V (2515)
-Toufighi,H (2499)/Khanty Mansiysk olm/2010/}) 19... Rd8 ({In postal play
Black prefers} 19... Bg4 $5 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 e4 $11) 20. h3 Qd6 21. Qa4 a5
22. Qb5 Be6 23. a3 Bd5 24. Rfc1 Ne4 25. R3c2 {Babula,V (2591)-Cyborowski,L 
(2543)/EU-ch Legnica/2013/} Bxc6 (25... g6 $5 $11) 26. Rxc6 Qd5 $11) 12... Nd7
13. O-O e5 (13... c5 $6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bb1 $32 {[%cal Rd1c2]}) 14. Bc2 $5 {
A rare move, obviously prepared by Aronian, who was still playing very fast.} (
{There is nothing new and exciting after the standard} 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Re4
Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Be6 17. Bc4 Rad8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Rd2 20. Rxe6 Qd7 21. Qc4
Qf7 22. f4 Rxb2 23. Rd1 Rb4 24. Qxb4 Qxe6 $11 {Babula,V (2536)-Stohl,I (2514)/
Hustopece rpd/2010/}) 14... Nb6 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (14... exd4 {seems playable:}
15. Qd3 (15. Rxd4 Nf6 16. Qd3 {Stahlberg,G-Espina,C/Mar del Plata/1942/} c5 $1
17. Qa3 b6 $11) 15... Nf6 16. e4 $5 g6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Qd2 Kg7 $5 (18... Bg4 19.
Nxd4 Qxe5 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Rxg4 $14) 19. Rxd4 Be6 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. Bb3 Rd7 22.
Qa5 b6 23. Qe1 Rfd8 24. Qe4 Bf5 25. Qe1 Be6 26. Qe4 Bf5 27. Qe1 Be6 {1/2,
Cherednichenko,S (2165)-Hrabinska,M (2295)/Nikolaev/2008/}) ({Perhaps Black
can venture even the untested} 14... e4 15. Nd2 f5 $13) 15. Rc5 exd4 ({The
swap is natural enough. However, even after} 15... Nd7 16. Rc3 Re8 $5 {it's
not easy get anything tangible. Perhaps White can try} 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5
Qxe5 19. Qd3 g6 (19... Be6 $5) 20. f4 {[%cal Ye3e4]}) 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bb3 $1 {
Still analysed at home and played fast.} Kg7 (17... Qxc5 $2 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19.
Qxh6+ Kg8 20. e4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Rf3g5]}) (17... Be6 $6 18. Re5 $40) (
17... Qd6 {[%cal Yc8e6]} 18. Nxd4 $14 {/\} Qxc5 $2 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Qxh6+ Kg8
21. f4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb3c2,Rf1f3,Rf4f6] ->}) (17... Kh7 18. exd4 $5 $14 {
[%csl Rh7] Black with his vulnerable king must still fight for equality.} (18.
Qxd4 Be6 $11)) 18. Qxd4+ Qf6 (18... f6 {[%cal Yc8e6,Yf8d8] is a computer
suggestion, but a top GM wouldn't dare to play such a weakening move without
thorough analysis.}) 19. Re5 $1 {A typical engine move - concrete and
unpleasant. The rook aims for e7 and discourages Be6.} Bd7 ({After some
thought Nakamura spurned} 19... Rd8 20. Qb4 Nd5 $5 (20... Bd7 21. a4 $36) 21.
Bxd5 cxd5 $132 {[%cal Yc8f5,Yf5e4] Although formally White has a better minor
piece, the rook on e5 is now rather clumsy and Black has counterchances.}) 20.
h4 Rad8 ({Also here Black had an alternative in} 20... Rfe8 21. h5 g5 22. Ra5 (
22. Rxg5+ $2 hxg5 23. h6+ Kg6 24. Bc2+ Bf5 25. Bxf5+ Kxf5 26. Qd3+ Kg4 27. Qe2
Kh5 28. Ne5+ g4 $17 {with no mate in sight.}) (22. Bc2 Nd5 $1 $11) (22. Rc5 $5
Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Nc8 {is similar}) 22... Qxd4 23. Nxd4 $14 {/=}) 21. h5 {Now
Levon started thinking as well.} Bf5 (21... g5 $2 22. Nxg5 $16) (21... Nc8 $5
22. hxg6 fxg6 $14 {/<=>}) 22. Qc3 (22. Qb4 $5 gxh5 23. Ra5 {was suggested by
Korotylev, but Black has} Nd5 {/\} 24. Qxb7 Be4 $13) 22... Bg4 (22... Rd3 23.
Qb4 $36) (22... Nd7 23. Ra5 Qxc3 24. bxc3 Bd3 25. Rd1 Be2 26. Rd6 $1 $13 {
/+/= White has an initiative in this endgame, as it's difficult to prevent his
offside Ra5 from reentering the fray.}) ({Perhaps a better move was} 22... Nd5
$5 23. Bxd5 (23. Qd4 Nb6 $11) 23... Rxd5 $132) 23. hxg6 Bxf3 (23... Nd7 {
already gives White a choice between} 24. Re7 ({and} 24. Ra5 $5 {- this is
similar to 22...Nd7 from the above note.})) 24. gxf3 Nd5 $6 {[%csl Gb3] Forces
White to swap his bishop, but stabilises his advantage.} ({Black had the last
chance to play} 24... Nd7 $142 $1 $14) 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. gxf7 ({A safer and
less complex way is} 26. Rd1 $142 $1 fxg6 (26... d4 27. exd4 fxg6 28. Kg2 $36)
27. f4 $14 {[%csl Rd5,Rg7] /+/-}) 26... d4 ({A more concrete line was} 26...
Rc8 $5 27. Rf5 (27. Qd4 Rc4 28. Re6 Qxd4 29. exd4 Rxf7 $11) 27... Rxc3 28. Rxf6
Rc2 $132 ({or} 28... Rxe3 $5 {, in both cases Black has drawing chances.})) 27.
exd4 Rxf7 28. d5 ({White had other moves as} 28. Rc1 {and also}) (28. Kg2 $14 {
/+/- However, the outcome of the game remains open.}) 28... Qxf3 $1 {[%mdl
4096]} 29. Qxf3 (29. Re3+ Qf6 {also forces a queen swap.}) 29... Rxf3 30. Rd1 {
Objectively in the endgame Black has drawing chances, but another problem
arises on Nakamura's clock...} Kf7 31. Rd4 $6 {White should have tried to keep
both rooks on the board.} ({A more promising try was} 31. Kg2 $142 Rf6 32. Rde1
$36 ({or} 32. Rc1 $5)) 31... Re8 $1 $14 32. Rxe8 (32. Rh5 Rf6 33. d6 Rd8 {
[%csl Rd6] stops the passed pawn.}) 32... Kxe8 {Activating the king gives good
chances to hold the game.} 33. Kg2 Rf5 34. f4 Kd7 35. Kf3 Kd6 36. Ke4 Rf8 37.
Rd2 (37. f5 Re8+ 38. Kf3 Re1 $132) 37... h5 $6 (37... Re8+ $142 $1 38. Kf5 Rf8+
{forces the king back:} 39. Kg4 Rg8+ 40. Kh5 Rf8 41. Rf2 Rf6 $11) 38. f5 h4 39.
Rh2 Re8+ 40. Kf4 Rh8 $2 $138 {This definitely throws away the game.} ({He had
to play} 40... Kxd5 $1 41. Rxh4 $5 (41. Rd2+ Kc6 42. f6 h3 43. Rh2 Re6 $1 44.
Kf5 Re3 45. f7 Rf3+ 46. Ke6 Re3+ $11) 41... Re2 42. Rh3 Rf2+ ({or} 42... Rxb2
43. Rd3+ Kc4 $14)) 41. f6 Re8 {Desperation.} ({Now} 41... Kxd5 42. Kf5 h3 43.
f7 $18 {[%cal Rf5f6,Rf6g7] is insufficient: Although his rook is "correctly"
behind the passed pawn, he has no defence against the penetration of White's
king.}) 42. Rxh4 1-0

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Bb5+ c6 9. Ng5 e6 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Bxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bd2 Qc5 14. Rc1
Qe7 15. a4 N8d7 16. a5 Nc8 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qxc6 O-O 19. Nf3 Rd8 20. O-O e5 21.
Rfd1 f6 22. Bh6 Kf7 23. Qc4+ Qe6 24. Qc7 Ke8 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Qxb8 Nb6 27.
Nxe5 Rxb8 28. Nxd7 Nxd7 29. h4 Rb5 30. Rc8+ Ke7 31. Rh8 Rxb2 32. Rxh7+ Ke6 33.
Be3 a6 34. Rg7 Ne5 35. Bc5 f5 36. Bd4 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Rb5 38. Bxe5 Kxe5 39. Rxg6
1-0

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.12.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "228"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. c3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. Nce3
Ne7 15. a4 O-O 16. Be2 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 e4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Nb4 d5
21. O-O Qa7 22. Qd2 d4 23. cxd4 Qxd4 24. Qxd4 Bxd4 25. Nc2 Bxb2 26. Bxb5 Rc8
27. Ne3 f5 28. g3 Rc5 29. Be2 Kf7 30. Rb1 Rc1+ 31. Rxc1 Bxc1 32. Bf1 Kf6 33.
Bh3 Ba3 34. Kf1 Bc5 35. Kg2 Bd7 36. Kf1 h6 37. Kg1 Be6 38. Kg2 h5 39. Kg1 Ke5
40. Kg2 Bd7 41. Nc4+ Kf6 42. Ne3 Bc6 43. Kg1 Bd7 44. Kg2 Ba7 45. Kg1 Be6 46.
Kg2 Ke5 47. Kg1 Bd4 48. Kg2 Bc5 49. Kg1 Bf7 50. Ng2 Be7 51. Ne3 Bc5 52. Bf1 f4
53. gxf4+ Kxf4 54. Bc4 Be8 55. Ng2+ Ke5 56. Be2 Be7 57. Ne3 Bg5 58. Kg2 Bg6 59.
Nf1 Be8 60. Ne3 h4 61. Kh3 Bd7+ 62. Kg2 Kd4 63. Bg4 Bc6 64. Nf5+ Ke5 65. Kh3
Bd7 66. Ne3 Bb5 67. Kg2 Ba6 68. Kh3 Bd8 69. Kg2 Kf4 70. Bd1 Bb5 71. Bc2 Ba5 72.
Nd5+ Ke5 73. Ne3 Be1 74. h3 Bc6 75. Kf1 Bb4 76. Ng4+ Ke6 77. Ne3 Be7 78. Bd1
Ke5 79. Be2 Bg5 80. Ng4+ Kd4 81. Ba6 Bd7 82. Ke2 Ba4 83. Kf1 Kc3 84. Bb7 Bb5+
85. Kg2 Kd4 86. Ba8 Bd3 87. Bb7 Kc3 88. Ne5 Bc2 89. Ba8 Be7 90. Ng4 Kd2 91. Ne3
Bd3 92. Nf5 Bc5 93. Nxh4 Ke2 94. Ng6 Bc2 95. Nf4+ Ke1 96. h4 Bxf2 97. h5 Bd4
98. h6 Kd2 99. Bb7 Be5 100. Ng6 Bf6 101. Nf4 e3 102. Bf3 Bg5 103. Ne2 Bd3 104.
Ng3 Kc3 105. Be4 e2 106. Nxe2+ Bxe2 107. h7 Bf6 108. Kh1 Bh8 109. Kg2 Kd4 110.
Bf3 Bxf3+ 111. Kxf3 Ke5 112. Kg4 Kf6 113. Kf3 Kg7 114. Kg2 Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.12.03"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qc2 h6 7. Bh4 c6 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. a3 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O a6 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Qe2 Qb8 15.
Na2 Rc8 16. Rxc8+ Qxc8 17. Rc1 Qf8 18. Bg3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Rc8 20. Rf1 a5 21. Bb5
Qd6 22. Nc3 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Nd2 Bd5 25. Nb1 Nf6 26. Nc3 Qc7 27. Rc1 Bc4
28. Bxc4 Qxc4 29. Qxc4 Rxc4 30. Rd1 Kf8 31. Kf1 Ke7 32. Ke2 Kd7 33. Kd2 h5 34.
Rh1 g6 35. Rh4 g5 36. Rh1 Rc8 37. f3 exf3 38. gxf3 Rh8 39. e4 h4 40. Ke3 Kc6
41. a4 Kd7 42. Ne2 Ke7 43. Rh3 Rb8 44. gxh4 gxh4 45. Nc3 Rh8 46. Kd3 Ne8 47. f4
f6 48. d5 e5 49. fxe5 fxe5 50. Nd1 Nf6 51. Ne3 Nd7 52. Nf5+ Kf6 53. Nxh4 Nc5+
54. Ke3 Nxa4 55. Rh2 Nc5 56. Rf2+ Kg7 57. Rg2+ Kf6 58. Nf3 Rh3 59. Rg8 Nb3 60.
Kf2 Nc5 61. Ke3 a4 62. Rb8 Nd7 63. Rb7 Ke7 64. Kf2 Ke8 65. Kg2 Rh6 66. Ra7 b5
67. Ra5 Nc5 68. Rxb5 Rg6+ 69. Kf2 Nxe4+ 70. Ke3 Nd6 71. Rb8+ Ke7 72. Nxe5 Rg2
73. Rb4 Rg3+ 74. Kf4 Rg2 75. Nd3 Rh2 76. Ke3 Rh3+ 77. Kd2 Rh2+ 78. Kc3 Rh3 79.
Rxa4 Nb5+ 80. Kb4 Rxd3 81. Kxb5 Kd6 82. Ra6+ Kxd5 83. b4 Rb3 84. Rh6 Rb1 85.
Ka5 Kc4 86. Rc6+ Kd5 87. b5 1-0

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.12.05"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Be2 c5 11. e6 fxe6 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13. dxc5 Ne5 14. Qd5 Qxd5
15. Nxd5 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bb7 17. Be4 Rd8 18. Nf6 Nc6 19. Ng4 Na5 20. Bxb7 Nxb7
21. c6 Nd6 22. O-O Rac8 23. Bg5 Nf5 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Rxc6 26. Bxe7 Re8 27.
Rac1 Re6 28. Bc5 Bxb2 29. Bd4+ Bxd4 30. exd4 R8e7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Gp-C 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3
Bd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Rc8 14. Qd3 a6
15. h4 h6 16. Bf4 Na5 17. Ne5 Bb5 18. Qf3 Bd6 19. Qh5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Bc6 21.
Rad1 Qe7 22. Bf1 Rfd8 23. Rd6 Bb5 24. Bg2 Bc6 25. Bf1 Bd5 26. Qg4 Kh8 27. Qh5
Kg8 28. Qg4 Kf8 29. Qh5 Ke8 30. Qg4 Qf8 31. Rd1 g6 32. c4 Nxc4 33. Bxc4 Rxc4
34. Qe2 Rxd6 35. exd6 Kd7 36. Qb2 b5 37. Qf6 h5 38. Bh6 Qe8 39. Bf4 a5 40. a3
Bc6 41. Qe5 Qa8 42. Qf6 Qf8 43. Bh6 Qe8 44. Bg5 Bd5 45. Bf4 Kc6 46. Qe5 Qd7 47.
Qh8 Kb7 48. Qf8 Rc8 49. Qg7 Bc6 50. Qd4 e5 51. Qxe5 Qh3 52. Rd5 Qd7 53. Rc5 Re8
54. Qc3 Re4 55. Qxa5 b4 56. Re5 Rxe5 57. Bxe5 bxa3 58. Qxa3 Qf5 59. Qb2+ Kc8
60. Kf1 Kd7 61. Ke1 Qe4+ 62. Kd2 Qc4 63. Qa1 Qd5+ 64. Qd4 Qa5+ 65. Qc3 Qa2+ 66.
Qb2 Qe6 67. Qd4 Qa2+ 68. Ke3 Qb3+ 69. Kf4 Qa4 70. Qxa4 Bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Gp-C 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 g6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bb3
Bg7 9. Nc3 d6 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 h6 12. a5 O-O 13. O-O Bg4 14. Be3 Rb8 15. Bc4
Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qd7 17. Bc4 Qc8 18. Be2 Ne7 19. h3 Bd7 20. Qd2 Kh7 21. Rfc1 f5
22. e5 Nd5 23. Bc4 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Qb7 25. Qb3 dxe5 26. Nxe5 Be8 27. Bd5 Qa7 28.
Rd1 c5 29. Rac1 Rd8 30. Qf3 cxd4 31. Nc6 Bxc6 32. Rxc6 Rf6 33. Rxf6 Bxf6 34.
Bc4 Qc7 35. Bxa6 Qxa5 36. Qb7+ Bg7 37. Re1 d3 38. Re7 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 Qxb2 40. Qc7
Rf8 41. Bxd3 Qc3 42. Qd7 b3 43. Bb1 b2 44. Ba2 h5 45. Qb7 Kh6 46. Re6 Be5+ 47.
g3 f4 48. gxf4 Rxf4 49. Kg2 Qd4 50. f3 Qd2+ 51. Kf1 Qd1+ 52. Kf2 Qd2+ 53. Kf1
Qe3 54. Rxg6+ Kxg6 55. Bb1+ Kf6 56. Qc6+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "London Classic Gp-C 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 b6
9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. c4 a5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qc2 g6 14. Rad1 Nd7 15.
Nb1 Bf6 16. Nc3 Nce5 17. Be2 d4 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 d3 20. Bxd3 Nxf3+ 21.
Qxf3 Bxb2 22. Bb5 Qb6 23. Bxd7 Qxb3 24. Bc6 Ra7 25. Bd5 Qxa3 26. h4 Qb4 27. h5
Qh4 28. Qe2 Bg7 29. hxg6 hxg6 30. Qc2 a4 31. Qxg6 a3 32. Ba2 c4 33. Qc6 c3 34.
Rd5 Re7 35. Qc5 Rfe8 36. Rf5 Qe4 37. Rf4 Qa8 38. Qg5 Qb8 39. Qg6 Qc7 40. Rc1
Kf8 41. Qa6 Qc5 42. Rd1 c2 43. Rc1 Rd8 44. Qe2 Rc7 45. Rxc2 Qxc2 46. Rxf7+ Ke8
47. Qb5+ Qc6 48. Qh5 Rd1+ 49. Qxd1 Rxf7 50. Bxf7+ Kxf7 51. Qb3+ Qe6 52. Qxa3
Qd5 53. Qa4 Bf6 54. g4 Qf3 55. Qd7+ Kf8 56. Qf5 Qxf5 57. gxf5 Kf7 58. f4 Bb2
59. Kg2 Kf6 60. e4 Bc1 61. Kf3 Bd2 62. Kg4 Bc1 63. e5+ Kf7 64. Kg5 Bd2 65. Kg4
Bc1 66. Kg5 Bd2 67. f6 Ke6 68. Kg6 Bxf4 69. f7 Bh6 70. Kxh6 Kxf7 71. Kg5 Ke6
72. Kf4 Ke7 73. Kf5 Kf7 74. e6+ Ke7 75. Ke5 Ke8 76. Kd6 Kd8 77. e7+ Ke8 78. Ke6
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Gp-C 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 e4 6. Ne2 Be5 7. Qc1 Qe7 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Bxb2 10. Qxb2 Be6 11. Ng3 O-O-O 12. Qa3 Qxa3 13. Nxa3 Rd6 14.
f3 Rhd8 15. O-O-O exf3 16. gxf3 Nd5 17. Nc4 R6d7 18. Ne5 Re7 19. Nd3 a5 20. Nh5
g6 21. Nhf4 b6 22. c4 Nxf4 23. Nxf4 c5 24. h4 Kb7 25. a4 Bd7 26. Kc2 Bc6 27.
Rh3 Red7 28. Rg3 Rd6 29. d3 Rf6 30. Kd2 Rf5 31. Ke2 Re8 32. Kf2 Rfe5 33. e4 Rd8
34. Rdg1 Re7 35. h5 Re5 36. Ke3 Kc8 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Nh3 Re7 39. f4 Red7 40.
Nf2 Rd4 41. Rh3 Bd7 42. Rh7 Be6 43. Kd2 Kb7 44. Kc3 Kc8 45. Rg5 R4d7 46. Rg7
Rd6 47. Rh7 R6d7 48. Rg3 Rd4 49. Rf3 Rf8 50. Rg3 Bd7 51. Rh4 Rd8 52. Kc2 Be6
53. Nd1 Bd7 54. Nc3 Bc6 55. Ne2 R4d7 56. Re3 Kb7 57. Kc3 Kc8 58. Rh6 Kb7 59.
Ng1 Rd6 60. Nf3 Rf6 61. f5 Re8 62. Nh4 Re5 63. Rg3 Be8 64. Nf3 Re7 65. Rg5 Rd6
66. e5 Rd8 67. f6 Red7 68. Ne1 Rd4 69. Rh7 Rf4 70. Rg3 Rf5 71. Re3 g5 72. Rg7
Bc6 73. Rxf7 Re8 74. e6 g4 75. e7 Kc8 76. Rf8 Kd7 77. d4 cxd4+ 78. Kxd4 Rf4+
79. Ke5 Rf1 80. Rd3+ Kc8 81. Rxe8+ Bxe8 82. Rd8+ Kb7 83. Rxe8 Rxe1+ 84. Kd4 1-0

[Event "London Classic Gp-C 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Ne3 Nbd7 11. N5xc4 Rb8 12. a3 b6 13. b4 Bd4 14. Rb1 Bb7
15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Nd6 Rbb8 17. Nb5 Bxe3 18. Bxe3 Nd5 19. Nxa7 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Ne5
21. Nb5 Rfd8 22. Kf2 Ng4+ 23. Kf3 Ne5+ 24. Kf2 Ng4+ 25. Kf3 Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Gp-C 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. d5 e5 8. Bg3
Ne7 9. Nc3 f6 10. Qd2 Bf5 11. f3 Nc8 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nd6 14. Nge2 Nc4 15.
Qc1 Bd6 16. O-O Bg6 17. Ng3 Qe7 18. b3 Be5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Ncxe4 Nb6 21. Nxc5
Nxd5 22. Nd3 Bxd3 23. cxd3 O-O 24. e4 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 Rac8 26. Qd2 Ne3 27. Rfc1
Ng4 28. h3 Qxd3 29. Qf4 Qe3 30. Qxe3 Nxe3 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Re1 Rc3 33. e5 Nc2
34. Rc1 fxe5 35. Nf5 b5 36. Ne3 Rxe3 37. Rxc2 Re1+ 38. Kh2 Ra1 39. Kg3 a5 40.
Rc5 Rxa2 41. Rxb5 Ra3 42. Kf2 e4 43. b4 a4 44. Re5 e3+ 45. Kf3 Rb3 46. b5 a3
47. Re8+ Kf7 48. Ra8 Kf6 49. b6 Kg5 50. Ra5+ Kf6 51. b7 Rxb7 52. Rxa3 h5
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic KO 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 Rb8 7. a3 b5 8. O-O e6
9. Be3 b4 10. axb4 cxb4 11. Na4 Nge7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 a5 15.
b3 Kh8 16. Ra2 e5 17. Qe3 Qc7 18. Nb2 Bg4 19. f3 Be6 20. Nc4 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5
22. Qc5 Rfc8 23. Re1 Qd8 24. Qf2 Nc3 25. Nxc3 Bxc4 26. bxc4 bxc3 27. Ra3 Rb2
28. Rxc3 Qd4 29. Qxd4 Nxd4 30. Rxe5 a4 31. f4 Nb5 32. Rxb5 Rxb5 33. Ra3 Rb2 34.
Rxa4 Rxc2 35. Bd5 Rb8 36. Ra8 Rxa8 37. Bxa8 Rd2 38. Be4 f5 39. Bg2 Rxd3 40. c5
Rc3 41. c6 Rc1+ 42. Kf2 Rc2+ 43. Kg1 Kg7 44. Bf3 Kf6 45. h4 Ke6 46. Kf1 Kd6 47.
Ke1 Kc5 48. Kf1 Kd4 49. Kg1 Ke3 50. Bd5 Rc5 51. c7 Rxc7 52. Ba8 h6 53. Kg2 Rg7
54. Bd5 g5 55. hxg5 hxg5 56. fxg5 Rxg5 57. Bf3 f4 58. g4 Rc5 59. Bb7 Rc2+ 60.
Kh3 f3 0-1

[Event "London Classic KO 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bb5+ Nfd7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be2 e6 9. d4 Be7 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nd4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. c4
Bf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nd2 a5 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qb5 Nb7 20. Rc6 Qb4
21. Qxb4 axb4 22. Ra1 Rfb8 23. e4 Na5 24. Rcc1 dxe4 25. Nxe4 h6 26. Nc5 Rb5 27.
Na4 Rd8 28. Rc5 Rxc5 29. Nxc5 Nc6 30. Rc1 Ne5 31. Na6 Rd4 32. Kf1 g5 33. Ke2
Nd3 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. g3 Rd6 36. Rc2 Kg6 37. Nc5 Ne5 38. Rd2 Rc6 39. Nd3 Nxd3
40. Rxd3 Ra6 41. Rd4 Rxa2+ 42. Kf1 h5 43. Rxb4 Rb2 44. g4 h4 45. Rb6 Kf6 46.
Rb7 Kg6 47. Rb6 Kf6 48. Rb7 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic KO 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Nh5 8. Nc3
f5 9. d3 Nc6 10. e3 h6 11. a3 a5 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. Nd5 Be6 14. f4 Kh7 15. Qc2 Qd7
16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Bc3 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Ne7 19. e4 exf4 20. gxf4 fxe4 21. dxe4 Nh5
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. e5 Nxf4 24. e6 Qb5 25. Qxc7 Nxg2 26. Rxf8 Kxf8 27. Kxg2 Qxd5+
28. Ne4 Qxe6 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Nxd6 Rd8 31. Rf1+ Kg8 32. Nxb7 Rd5 33. Rb1 Nc6
34. Rb2 h5 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 Rb5 37. Nd6 Rxb4 38. Rxb4 Nxb4 39. Ne4 Kf7 40.
Kf3 Nd5 41. Kg3 Kg7 42. Kh4 Kh6 43. Ng5 Ne7 44. Nf7+ Kg7 45. Nd6 Nd5 46. Kg5
Nc7 47. Kf4 Nd5+ 48. Kg5 Nf6 49. h4 Nh7+ 50. Kf4 Nf8 51. Ke5 Nd7+ 52. Ke6 Nc5+
53. Ke5 Nd7+ 54. Ke6 Nc5+ 55. Ke5 Nd3+ 56. Ke4 Nb4 57. Kf4 Nd3+ 58. Kg5 Ne5 59.
Ne8+ Kf7 60. Nd6+ Ke7 61. Nc4 Nxc4 62. Kxg6 Ne5+ 63. Kxh5 Kf6 64. Kh6 Ng4+ 65.
Kh5 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic KO 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 {Dieser Übergang in die
Semi-Tarrasch-Variante ist in letzter Zeit modern geworden, um die
Abtauschvariante des Damengambits zu vermeiden.} 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. a3 {
Vermeidet das Schach und folgenden Tausch auf b4.} ({Die Hauptvariante
entsteht nach} 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O {zum
Beispiel:} 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qe3 Rc8 15. e5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3
Qh4 17. Qe3 Rfd8 18. f4 Nf8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. f5 exf5 21. Bxf5 Rd8 22. Rd1 Ng6
23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. d5 Qc4 25. d6 Qe6 26. Qg3 b5 27. h3 a6 28. Qe3 Rd7 29. Qc5
Kh7 30. Qd5 Qe8 31. Rc1 Qd8 32. Rc6 Qg5 33. Qd4 Rd8 34. Rc5 Qg3 35. Qf2 Qxf2+
36. Kxf2 f6 37. Rc6 fxe5 38. Ke3 Kg8 39. Ke4 Kf7 40. Kd5 a5 41. Rc5 b4 42. Rxa5
Kf6 43. Ra7 Rb8 44. Kc6 b3 45. axb3 Rxb3 46. Ra8 Rc3+ 47. Kd7 e4 48. Rf8+ Kg5
49. Ke7 e3 50. d7 e2 51. d8=Q e1=Q+ 52. Kd6+ Qe7+ {1-0 (52) Aronian,L (2809)
-Kramnik,V (2801) Paris/St Petersburg 2013}) 7... g6 {Mal was anderes...} (7...
cxd4 8. cxd4 e5 (8... Be7) 9. Nf3 exd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Be7 12. Be3 O-O
13. Bc4 Nd7 14. Ke2 Nb6 15. Bb3 Bd7 16. Nf5 Bf6 17. Rab1 Rfd8 18. Rhc1 Bb5+ 19.
Kf3 Bd3 20. Bc2 Ba6 21. Bb3 Bd3 22. Bc2 Ba6 23. Bb3 {1/2-1/2 (23) Svidler,P 
(2747)-Kramnik,V (2810) London 2013}) 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. h4 (9. e5 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6
11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. O-O Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxb5 16. Rfb1 Bc6
17. Rxb6 O-O 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. dxc5 Rfd8 20. Be1 Rd3 21. Rab1 Bxc3 22. R6b3
Bxe1 23. Rxd3 Ba5 24. Rb7 Bd8 25. Rdb3 Kg7 26. Rb8 Rxb8 27. Rxb8 Be7 28. Rc8
Bxc5 29. a4 Kf6 30. Rxc6 Bd4 31. a5 Ke7 32. Rc7+ Ke8 33. a6 {1-0 (33) Konig,C 
(2116)-Costello,C (2004) Maastricht 2007}) 9... Nc6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Qd2 cxd4
12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 O-O {Das ist nun eher eine Position der
Grünfeld-Verteidigung, wobei Weiß hier die eher ungewöhnlichen Züge h4 und
a3 eingestreut hat.} 14. Bb5 Bd7 (14... Na5 15. Rab1 b6 16. Rhc1 Bb7 17. Kd3
$11) 15. Rhd1 Rfd8 16. Ke1 Nb4 $1 17. Bxd7 Nc2+ 18. Kd2 Nxa1 19. Ba4 (19. Rxa1
Rxd7 $19) 19... b5 {So kommt der Springer wieder raus.} 20. Bxb5 Nb3+ {Bilanz:
Schwarz hat eine Qualität gegen einen Bauern gewonnen.} 21. Ke2 Rac8 22. d5
exd5 23. exd5 {Weiß hat hier einiges Spiel mit seinem Freibauern und dem
Läuferpaar.} Nc5 (23... Rc2+ $5 24. Kf1 Nc5) 24. Rc1 (24. Bc6 $5) 24... Ne4 (
24... a6 $5 25. Bc6 (25. Bc4 Na4 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. Bxd4 Rxd5 28. Bxd5 Rxc1 29.
Kd2 Rc7 30. Ba2 Nc5 $17) 25... Nb3 26. Rd1 Na5 27. Ba4 Rc4 28. Bb6 Rb8 29. Bxa5
Rxa4 30. Bb4 a5 31. Bc5 Rb5 $17) 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bc6 Rb8 (26... a6 $5 {
mit der Idee} 27. Bb7 Rb8 28. Bxa6 Nc3+ 29. Kd3 Nxd5 $17) 27. Bxa7 Rb2+ ({
Die Alternative war} 27... Rb3 {Nach} 28. a4 {ist} Nc3+ 29. Kd2 Nxa4 30. Bxa4
Ra3 31. d6 Rxa4 {möglich:} 32. Bb6 Ra6 33. Bc7 Bh6+ 34. Ng5 Bf8 35. d7 Be7 {
mit der Pointe:} 36. d8=Q+ (36. Ke3 Ra8 37. g4 Bd8 $17) 36... Bxd8 37. Bxd8
Rd6+ $17 {Ob dies zu gewinnen ist, ist allerdings fraglich.}) 28. Kf1 Ra2 29.
a4 Ra1+ 30. Ke2 Nc3+ 31. Kd3 Nxa4 32. Bxa4 Ra3+ 33. Ke2 (33. Kc4 $2 Rxa4+ $19)
33... Rxa4 34. Bb6 Kf8 35. g3 Ke8 36. Be3 Ra5 37. d6 Rd5 38. Bf4 f6 $17 39. Nd2
Kd7 40. Ne4 Ke6 41. Bd2 h6 42. d7 Kf7 $2 (42... Rxd7 $2 43. Nc5+ Kd6 44. Nxd7
Kxd7 $11) (42... Bf8 $1 $19 {hätte stattdessen den Bauern d7 erobert, mit
Gewinnchancen.}) 43. Nc5 {Etwas überraschend doch möglich.} Bf8 44. Ba5 Be7 (
44... Bxc5 45. d8=Q Rxd8 46. Bxd8 {remis.}) 45. Bb6 Rd6 46. Ba5 Rd5 47. Bb6 h5
48. Kf3 f5 49. Kg2 Rd2 50. Ba5 Rd5 51. Bb6 f4 52. Kf3 fxg3 53. fxg3 Rd6 54. Ba5
Rd4 {Schwarz kann hier jederzeit Remis durch Stellungswiederholung
herbeiführen, spielt aber noch auf Gewinn.} 55. Bb6 Rd1 56. Ba5 Rd5 57. Bb6
Rd1 58. Ba5 g5 59. hxg5 Kg6 60. Bb6 Bxg5 61. Ne6 Rd3+ $6 {Kostet eine Figur.} (
61... Be7 62. Nd4 Bd8 $11 (62... Kf7 $11)) 62. Ke4 Rd6 63. Nxg5 Rxd7 64. Nf3 {
Schon droht eine Gabel auf e5.} Re7+ (64... Rd6 65. Bd4 Ra6 66. Be3 {sollte
remis enden.}) 65. Ne5+ Kf6 $2 {Darauf hatte Weiß gewartet.} (65... Kg7 66.
Kf5 Re8 67. Be3 $16) 66. Bd8 1-0

[Event "London Classic KO 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 ({
Kasparov bevorzugte} 7... Na6 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 {Gelfand hat das auch schon
gespielt, z.B.:} 10. Bg5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. Rd1 Qa5+ 13. Rd2 Bxd5 14. exd5
Rfe8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. O-O Rad8 17. d6 Nb4 18. Qf4 Kg7 19. h4 h5 20. Bc4 Nc6
21. Bxf7 Rf8 22. Bxg6 Be5 23. Qg5 Bf4 24. Qxh5 Bxd2 25. Qh7+ Kf6 26. Bh5 Ke6
27. Qg6+ Kd5 28. Nxd2 Qxd2 29. Rd1 Qd4 30. Rxd4+ cxd4 31. b4 Rxd6 32. Qg7 Rdf6
33. Qxb7 Kc4 34. b5 {1-0 (34) Morozevich,A (2736)-Gelfand,B (2773) Beijing 2013
}) 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Ng5 (10. e6 fxe6 11. Be3 Nf6 12. a4 b4 13. Qxb4 Nc6
14. Qa3 Qd6 15. Be2 Nb4 16. Rc1 Bb7 17. h3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nbd5 19. a5 Rfb8 20.
Bd2 Qxa3 21. bxa3 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 {1/2-1/2 (22) Moiseenko,A (2699)-Gelfand,B 
(2764) Tromso 2013}) 10... Nc6 ({Beliebter ist} 10... Nb6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Rd1
Bf5 13. Be2 Na5 14. Qb4 Nac4 15. O-O f6 16. Nf3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 fxe5 18. dxe5 Qe8
19. Qc5 Rc8 20. a4 Nxa4 21. Nxa4 bxa4 22. Nd4 Rb8 23. g4 Be4 24. Ne6 Rxf1+ 25.
Bxf1 c6 26. Ng5 Bd5 27. e4 Bb3 28. Bc4+ e6 29. Nxe6 Bxc4 30. Qxc4 Kh8 31. Nxg7
Kxg7 32. e6 Rb7 33. Qc3+ Kg8 34. Rd6 Re7 35. Rxc6 Qf8 36. Rc8 Re8 37. Rxe8 Qxe8
38. Qf6 Qc8 39. Kg2 Qc2+ 40. Kh3 Qc5 41. Kh4 Qb4 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. e7 Qe1+ 44.
Kg5 Qe3+ 45. Qf4 {1-0 (45) Carlsen,M (2810)-Dominguez Perez,L (2712) Wijk aan
Zee 2010}) 11. Nxf7 {Naheliegend, aber noch nie gespielt. Weiß gewinnt eine
Qualität, Schwarz bekommt allerdings gutes Figurenspiel. Weiß hat zudem
großen Entwicklungsrückstand.} (11. Ne6 Na5 12. Nxd8 Nxb3 13. axb3 Rxd8 14.
Nxb5 c6 15. Nc3 c5 16. Bg5 cxd4 17. Nd5 Bb7 18. Nc7 Rac8 19. Bxe7 Bxe5 20. Bxd8
Rxd8 21. Nxa6 d3 22. Nb4 Nc5 23. Ra5 d2+ 24. Kd1 Ne4 25. Nd3 Bd5 26. Rb5 Bxb2
27. f3 Nc3+ 28. Kxd2 Nxb5 29. Nxb2 Bxb3+ 30. Bd3 Nc7 31. Rc1 Nd5 32. Bf1 Kg7
33. Nd3 h5 {1/2-1/2 (33) Vayser,V (2550)-Glazman,M (2575) ICCF email 2010})
11... Rxf7 12. e6 Nxd4 13. exf7+ Kf8 14. Qd1 Nc5 (14... Ne5 $5 15. Be3 c5 $15)
15. Be3 Bf5 16. Rc1 (16. g4 Nc2+ $17) 16... Qd6 17. b4 (17. g4 Rd8 18. gxf5 Qc6
$15) 17... Ne4 (17... Nce6 $15) (17... Qe6 $5 {mit der Idee} 18. bxc5 Rd8) 18.
Nxe4 Bxe4 19. f3 Bf5 20. Qd2 Rd8 21. Kf2 Kxf7 22. Be2 {Ab hier verliert
Schwarz nach und nach die Kontrolle über die Partie.} Qf6 (22... Bf6 $11) 23.
Rxc7 Ne6 24. Rd7 Rc8 25. Bd3 Rc3 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. f4 Rc4 28. Rc1 Re4 29. g3 h5
30. h4 Qg6 31. Bc5 Bf6 32. Re1 Qg4 33. Rxe4 fxe4 34. Qd1 Qf5 35. Rd5 Qh3 36.
Qf1 (36. Qf1 Qxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Ng7 38. Rd7 {und Weiß gewinnt die
Damenflügelbauern.} Nf5 39. Kf2 Ke6 40. Ra7) 1-0

[Event "London Classic KO 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E74"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 Qa5
9. Bd2 e6 10. Nf3 exd5 11. exd5 Bg4 12. O-O Nbd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qc7 15.
Qc2 Ne8 16. Rae1 Be5 17. Bd1 Ng7 18. f4 Bd4+ 19. Kh2 f5 20. Ne2 Bf6 21. Ng1 b5
22. cxb5 axb5 23. axb5 Qb7 24. Be2 Ra2 25. Bc3 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Nb6 27. Nf3 Ra4
28. Ng5 h6 29. Ne6 Nxd5 30. Bf3 Nxc3 31. Bxb7 Rb8 32. Bc6 Nxb5 33. Nc7 Nxc7 34.
Bxa4 Rxb2 35. Rf3 Rb4 36. Bd7 Kf7 37. g3 Kf6 38. Ra3 Rb6 39. h4 d5 40. Ra7 Nge6
41. Rea1 c4 42. Bxe6 Nxe6 43. Rd7 Rb2+ 44. Kg1 c3 45. Re1 Rb6 46. Rxd5 c2 47.
Rde5 Nd4 48. Rc5 Nf3+ 49. Kf2 Nxe1 50. Kxe1 Rb3 51. Rc6+ Kf7 52. Kf2 Rb2 53.
Ke3 h5 54. Kd4 Rb3 55. Rxc2 Rxg3 56. Rc7+ Kf6 57. Rc6+ Ke7 58. Ra6 Rg1 59. Ra7+
Ke6 60. Ra6+ Ke7 61. Ra7+ Ke6 62. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 {The main line and probably the
strongest one. The disadvantage of the line is that Black has too many
interesting options, that promise him an equal game.} Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 (6... d5
7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc3 {a very rare line} h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6
12. g3 Bb7 13. Bg2 Na6 (13... c5 $5 14. O-O Nd7) 14. O-O c5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16.
Ne5 cxd4 $6 17. Qxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nc5 19. b4 Nb3 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Qd7 $16 {
1-0 (50) Nakamura,H (2786)-Kramnik,V (2793) Antalya TUR 2013}) (6... b5 {
This gambit line was often played by Naiditsch} 7. cxb5 c6 8. Bg5 cxb5 9. e3
Bb7 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 (11... a6 12. Bd3 d6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rfc1 Qb6 15.
Qc7 Rfc8 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Bg3 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Nxc8 20. h3 Ne4 21.
Bh2 Kf8 $11 {L'Ami,E (2628)-Nakamura,H (2751) Wijk aan Zee 2011 0-1 (43).}) 12.
Bg3 Ne4 13. Qd3 (13. Qc2 Na6 14. b4 Rc8 15. Qb2 Nc7 (15... h5 $5 16. h4 g4 17.
Ne5 d6 18. Nd3 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Nc7 $15) 16. Bd3 f5 17. O-O d6 18. Nd2 h5 $6 (
18... Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qe7 $11) 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. h3 h4 21. Bh2 Qd7 22. Rac1 $14
Na8 $6 23. Qb1 d5 24. f3 $16 {Drozdovskij,Y (2603)-Naiditsch,A (2700) Odessa
2009 1/2 (64)}) 13... a6 14. Nd2 f5 15. Rc1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Kg7 17. Qc3 Qc8 18.
Qxc8 Rxc8 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Bd3 Ra7 {Dreev,A (2654)-Naiditsch,A (2708) Warsaw
2012 1-0 (51)} 21. f4 $5 Rc7 22. Kf2 $14) 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. f3 {or} (9.
Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 h6 (10... c5 11. Nc3) 11. Bh4 c5 12. Rd1 (12. dxc5 {see the
game Morozevich,A-Moiseenko,A EU-ChT 2011 1-0 (58) annotated by Marin}) 12...
cxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc7 14. Nc3 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Rc4 Qb8 17. Be2 Nxc3 18. Qxc3
Bd5 19. Bg3 e5 20. Rc7 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. O-O Qxc3 23. bxc3 Rc8 {1/2 (23)
Inarkiev,E (2693)-Jakovenko,D (2724) Poikovsky 2013}) 9... h6 (9... Nbd7 10.
Bd3 Rc8 11. Rc1 c5 12. Ne2 h6 13. Bh4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 d5 15. cxd5 Rxc1+ 16. Nxc1
Qc8 17. O-O Nxd5 18. e4 $6 (18. Nb3 $5 e5 (18... Ba6 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. Be4 $14)
19. Qa4 Nxe3 $6 20. Rc1 Nc5 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Be7 $16) 18... e5 19. Qf2 Nf4 20.
Rd1 Nc5 21. Bf1 Ba6 $11 {Danielian,E (2470)-Koneru,H (2607) Tashkent 2013 0-1 
(58)}) 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. Bd3 {Other moves were also at the centre of discussion.
} ({A very rare line.} 11. O-O-O {See the game Gelfand,B (2700)-Anand,V (2635)
Munich 1991 1-0 (59) commented by Gelfand}) ({Up to the moment Black is OK
after} 11. Nh3 Re8 12. Be2 e5 13. O-O Qe7 14. Bf2 Nf8 15. Kh1 Ng6 16. b4 a5 17.
e4 Nh5 18. dxe5 Nhf4 19. Nxf4 Nxf4 20. Bd1 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 dxe5 23.
c5 Qg5 $6 (23... Nd3 $11) 24. Bg3 Ra8 25. Qc3 Ba6 26. Rg1 $14 {1-0 (77)
Eljanov,P (2761)-Polgar,J (2682) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 11... c5 12. Ne2 Rc8
13. Qb3 d5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 ({According to Houdini} 14... cxd4 $5 {is not worse
than 14...Bxd5. The only game, that I managed to find in the database continued
} 15. exd4 $8 (15. Nxd4 $6 Nc5 16. Qd1 Qxd5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 $15) 15... Bxd5 16.
Qa4 Bc6 17. Qd1 b5 18. O-O Qb6 $132 {Brittner,S (2182)-Uribe,M (2364) Bled
2002 0-1 (37)}) 15. Qd1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc4 17. O-O Bxd3 {The most reliable way.}
(17... a6 18. Rc1 b5 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 bxc4 21. Qa4 $14 Qb6 22. Qxc4 Qxb2
23. Qxa6 Nd5 24. Bf2 Nc5 25. Qd6 Nd3 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Qxd5 Nxf2
29. Qc5 $6 (29. Qe6 $3 {I believe that human players can't find such kind
moves.} Nd3 30. Qd6 Ra8 31. Qxd3 Rxa3 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Re1 Ra2 34. Qd3+ Kh8 35.
Qf1 $16) 29... Nh3+ 30. Kh1 (30. gxh3 Rf6 31. Qh5 Qe2 $44) 30... Nf2+ 31. Kg1
Nh3+ 32. Kh1 {1/2 (32) Sokolov,I (2625)-Georgiev,K (2610) Elenite 1992}) 18.
Qxd3 {White keeps some pressure in this line. Nevertheless, the most likely
outcome of the game is a draw.} Ne5 19. Qe2 Ng6 20. Bf2 $146 {A novelty that
can't change the long established verdict that the line is very drawish.} (20.
Bg3 Nd5 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Qd2 Rfd8 23. e4 (23. Rc1 $5 Qb7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rd1
a6 26. e4 {White has a tiny edge.}) 23... Nf6 24. Bf2 Qd7 25. Be3 Qa4 {1/2 (25)
Khalifman,A (2667) -Lutz,C (2595) New Delhi/Teheran 2000}) 20... e5 21. Nb5 Qe7
22. Rfd1 {Due to his bishop, White is slightly better. Black should avoid the
queen exchange.} Rfd8 23. Be1 (23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rc1 a6 25. Rc7 (25. Nc3 e4
26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 exf3 28. gxf3 Ne5 $11 {Black's position is at least not
worse}) 25... Qe6 26. Nc3 b5 27. e4 Nf4 28. Qc2 Qd6 29. Ra7 Qd2 $15) 23... Nd5
24. Nc3 ({Of course not} 24. e4 $4 {due to} Ngf4 25. Qf2 Ne3 $3 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8
27. Qxe3 Qg5 $19) 24... Nxc3 25. Bxc3 Rxd1+ {A premature rook exchange.} ({
I think Black should have changed the pawn structure in the centre:} 25... e4
$5 26. f4 (26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rd1 $11) 26... Qe6 27. Kf2 Ne7 $11) 26. Rxd1 Rd8
27. Rd2 Rd7 (27... Rxd2 28. Qxd2 Qg5 (28... e4 $2 29. Qd4 f6 30. Qd5+ Kh7 31.
f4 $16) 29. a4 Qf5 30. Kf2 f6 {White's advantage is insignificant.}) 28. Qd1
Nf8 29. Bb4 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Qd7 31. Bd6 Ng6 {A bit passive.} (31... Ne6 $5 {
He could find a little tactical trick} 32. Qd5 Qc8 $1 {and White has to accept
the draw:} 33. Bxe5 (33. Qxe5 Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qd2+ 35. Kg3 $2 (35. Kf1 $11) 35...
Qe1+ 36. Kh3 Qf2 $17) 33... Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qc2+ 35. Kf1 Nc5 36. h3 Qb1+ 37. Kf2
Nd3+ 38. Kg3 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qxe3 40. Bg3 $11) 32. Kf2 f6 33. Qd5+ Kh7 34. Qd3 f5
35. h3 a5 $6 {A strange move. Black's b-pawn has clearly been exposed as a
weakling.} 36. a4 Nh4 37. b3 Qe6 38. Qd1 Qg6 $2 {It is unclear what Arkadij
overlooked, but after the obvious reply he is a piece down.} 39. g3 $1 Nxf3 $8
40. Kxf3 Qh5+ 41. g4 $8 Qxh3+ {Despite the extra bishop, It is still not easy
to win the game.} 42. Ke2 (42. Kf2 $1 Qh2+ 43. Ke1 Qh1+ 44. Kd2 Qd5+ 45. Kc1
Qc6+ 46. Kb1 $16) 42... Qxg4+ 43. Kd2 {Usually three pawns are sufficient
compensation for the bishop. However, in this case, the bishop is much
stronger.} Qe4 44. Qc2 Qg2+ 45. Kc1 Qg1+ ({Nor does} 45... Qf3 {bring any
relief:} 46. Kb2 e4 47. Qc8 h5 48. Bf4 Qe2+ 49. Ka3 Qg4 50. Qe6 Qg6 51. Qe7 $16
) 46. Kb2 e4 47. Qc8 Qg6 (47... Qg5 48. Bf4 Qf6+ 49. Qc3 $1 Qg6 (49... Qxc3+
50. Kxc3 g5 51. Bc7 h5 52. Kd2 $18) 50. Qc7 h5 51. Qe7 $16) 48. Be5 h5 49. Qd8
$16 Qg2+ 50. Ka3 Qg1 $6 (50... Qg6 {allows him to continue the resistance} 51.
Bd4 Qh6 52. Qf8 Qg6 53. Qe7 $16) 51. Qxb6 f4 52. Qb7 $1 $18 (52. Bxf4 $4 Qa1#)
52... fxe3 53. Qxe4+ Kh8 54. Bd4 Qc1+ 55. Bb2 Qc5+ 56. Ka2 Qg5 57. Bc1 h4 58.
Bxe3 Qh5 59. Bf4 Qg4 (59... h3 60. Qe6 h2 61. Qc8+ Kh7 62. Qc2+ $18) 60. Qe3 h3
61. Qg3 Qe2+ 62. Ka3 Qe7+ 63. Bd6 Qd7 64. Be5 Kg8 65. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e4 Bb4 5. e5 {The most principled continuation
in the Slav Gambit Declined. The arising position is similar to the French
Defence, and Black can reply accordingly.} c5 $5 6. cxd5 ({The immediate} 6. a3
{is more common}) 6... exd5 7. a3 Bxc3+ (7... Ba5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc3 10.
Bxc3 d4 11. Bd2 Qe7 12. f4 f6 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Bb5 fxe5 15. fxe5 Nf6 16. O-O $16
{1-0 (31) Hauchard,A (2460)-Pavasovic,D (2425) Cannes 1996}) (7... cxd4 8. axb4
dxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 (9... Qc7 $142 $1 10. Nf3 Ne7 {R.Dautov}) 10. f4 Nh6 11. Nf3
O-O 12. Be2 $14 {1-0 (32) Lautier,J (2666)-Zvjaginsev,V (2664) Poikovsky 2003
CBM 095 [Dautov]}) 8. bxc3 Nc6 (8... Ne7 {leads to similar positions. Here are
some examples from GM practice:} 9. Bd3 (9. f4 Nbc6 10. Be3 Nf5 11. Qd2 {
1/2 (18) Kapnisis,S (2435)-Mastrovasilis,D (2574) Athens 2004} Na5 $132) 9...
Nbc6 (9... Qa5 10. Bd2 Nbc6 11. Ne2 Bf5 12. Qb1 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qa4 14. f4 cxd4
15. cxd4 Qc4 16. Qxc4 dxc4 17. a4 Rd8 18. Rc1 Nxd4 19. Rxc4 $14 {1/2 (50)
Shneider,A (2497)-Timofeev,A (2577) Istanbul 2003}) 10. Ne2 Bf5 (10... cxd4 11.
cxd4 Bf5 12. O-O Qd7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nf4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qf5 16. Qb3 Nxd4 17.
Bxd4 Qxf4 18. Bc5 Rfe8 19. Qxb7 Ng6 20. Qxd5 Qxe5 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 $11 {0-1 (41)
Hellsten,J (2574)-Giaccio,A (2468) Mendoza 2005}) 11. O-O (11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Bxe7
Nxe7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Ng3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 h5 16. h4 g6 17. f4 Nf5 $11 {1/2 (22)
Murshed,N (2510)-Dreev,A (2645) Yerevan 1996}) 11... O-O (11... Qd7 12. a4 Bxd3
13. Qxd3 c4 14. Qc2 Nf5 15. Rb1 O-O 16. Nf4 Nfe7 17. Ba3 $36 {0-1 (46)
Anuruddha,G (2185)-Malakhatko,V (2569) Ravana 2009}) 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qd7
(13... c4 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. f4 f5 16. a4 g6 17. Ba3 Rae8 18. Rf2 Na5 19. Nf1 Nb3
20. Ra2 Rf7 21. Ne3 $14 {1-0 (62) Liang,C (2524)-Bu,X (2630) Jinan 2005}) 14.
f4 f6 15. exf6 c4 16. Qf3 Rxf6 17. f5 h6 18. Qg4 Raf8 $132 {1/2 (29)
Bluvshtein,M (2541)-Zubac,M (2217) Kitchener 2006}) 9. Nf3 Nge7 10. Be2 (10.
Bb5 {is not a good idea: Black's unopposed bishop will be even stronger than
his knights:} Qa5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Bd2 c4 13. O-O O-O 14. Qc2 Bf5 15. Qc1
Rab8 $17 {0-1 (43) Marusic,N (1986)-Stepovaia,T (2336) Bled 2004}) 10... O-O
11. O-O cxd4 (11... Bf5 12. Nh4 $1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be4 14. f3 Ng6 15. Nxg6 Bxg6
16. Be3 Qb6 17. f4 Be4 18. Rc1 Na5 19. f5 $14 {1/2 (65) Onischuk,A (2650)
-Shulman,Y (2581) San Diego 2006}) (11... Bg4 12. Rb1 (12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6
14. Nh4 cxd4 15. Nxg6 (15. cxd4 $2 {1/2 (25) Perelshteyn,E (2543)-Schneider,I 
(2397) Ledyard 2009} Nxd4 $1 16. Qxd4 Nc6) 15... Nxg6 16. cxd4 $14) 12... b6 (
12... Qc7 13. h3 Bh5 14. a4 Bg6 15. Bd3 $5 Rfd8 16. Bg5 Rd7 17. Rb5 b6 18. Re1
a6 19. Rb1 $14 {1-0 (33) Khalifman,A (2667)-Galkin,A (2587) Hoogeveen 2000 CBM
080 [Dautov]}) 13. a4 $1 (13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rb5 c4 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7
$11 17. Nd4 $6 Bd7 18. Rb1 Qxe5 19. Bg4 Bxg4 20. Qxg4 Qd6 $15 {0-1 (42) Krush,
I (2449)-Izoria,Z (2644) Connecticut 2007}) 13... Qc7 14. Ba3 Nd8 15. c4 dxc4
16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qd6 Rc8 18. Rfc1 Ne6 19. Rxc4 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Ng6 21. Qxc7 Rxc7
22. Bd5 Nef4 23. Be4 $14 {1/2 (59) Maslak,K (2521)-Navara,D (2646) Pardubice
2008}) 12. cxd4 h6 {A new idea. Black prevents Bc1-g5 and prepares ...Bc8-f5:
now in case of Nf3-h4 the bishop will be able to retreat to h7.} 13. Bd2 {
White anticipates ...Nc6-a5: he would now either exchange this knight and then
seize the c-file or invade Bd2-b4-d6.} Bf5 (13... Na5 14. Bxa5 (14. Bb4 $5)
14... Qxa5 15. Qb3 $14 {[%cal Ya1c1]}) 14. Qb3 Bg4 {A strange change of plan.
Still, Black's position remains very solid.} (14... Qb6 $5 15. Qxb6 axb6 {
[%cal Yf5e4,Ye7f5]} 16. Bc3 (16. Be3 Be4 17. Nd2 Nf5) 16... Ng6 (16... Be4 17.
Nd2 Nf5 $6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. d5) 17. g3 Rfc8 $132 {[%cal Yg6f8,Yf8e6]}) 15. Bc3
Qd7 16. h3 Be6 17. Rfd1 (17. Bb4 $5) (17. Qb2 $5 {[%cal Yf3e1,Ye1d3]}) 17...
Ng6 18. Bf1 (18. Bd2 $5 {, preventing ...Ng6-f4 and clearing the c-file.
Although even in that case after} Rfc8 {Black should hold on.}) 18... Rac8 19.
Rac1 Rc7 20. Qb2 Qe7 21. g3 Rfc8 22. Kh2 f6 (22... Nf8 $5 {[%cal Yf8d7,Yd7b6]})
23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Bg2 Nce7 25. Bb4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1 27. Qxc1 Nc6 {White's
pair of bishops is even less valuable after the exchange of rooks; therefore
he doesn't try to make use of it.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Bc5 12. Kh1 d6 13. f3 Be6 14. Qc2 Rb8 15.
Rad1 Bd4 16. b3 g5 17. Bf2 c5 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. g4 Kg7 20. Qd2 Ng8 21. Bg3 f6 22.
b4 Ne7 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. b5 Rfc8 25. Rc1 Rc5 26. Rc2 Nc8 27. Rfc1 Nb6 28. Qe2
Rbc8 29. Be1 Na4 30. Bb4 R5c7 31. Kg2 h5 32. h3 Rh8 33. Rh1 Rcc8 34. Rcc1 Qc7
35. Qc2 Nb6 36. Ba5 Qc5 37. Bxb6 axb6 38. Qb3 hxg4 39. hxg4 Rxh1 40. Kxh1 d5
41. exd5 Bxd5 42. Kg2 Rh8 43. Qb1 Bf7 44. Rh1 Rxh1 45. Qxh1 Bg6 46. Bxg6 Kxg6
47. Qh5+ Kg7 48. Qe8 Qxc4 49. a4 Qc2+ 50. Kg3 Qc7 51. Qc6 Qd8 52. a5 bxa5 53.
b6 d3 54. Qc7+ Qxc7 55. bxc7 d2 56. c8=Q d1=Q 57. Qc7+ Kh6 58. Qe7 Qg1+ 59. Kh3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 ({In an
earlier encounter between the same opponents Aronian went for} 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. c5 g5 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Nf2
Ng6 16. Qc2 Rf7 17. Rfc1 Ne8 18. a4 h5 19. Ncd1 Bf8 20. Ra3 a6 21. Qc3 Bd7 ({
In a later game Black came up with} 21... Rg7 22. Qa5 Be7 $5 {and retained
active counterplay even without queens:} 23. h3 Nh8 24. Qxd8 Bxd8 25. a5 Ng6
26. Nc3 b6 27. axb6 Bxb6 28. Na4 Bd4 29. Ba5 Rb7 30. b4 Bd7 31. Kf1 Bb5 $11 {
Bogdanovich,S (2479)-Petrov,A (2393)/Donetsk/2010/}) 22. Qa5 b6 23. Qb4 Rg7 24.
Rac3 Nh4 25. h3 Be7 26. Be1 Qb8 (26... g4 $5 $132) 27. Kf1 Bd8 28. Rb3 Bc7 29.
Qa3 Qd8 30. Rbc3 Bb8 31. b4 Ra7 32. Rc6 $1 $36 {Aronian,L (2781)-Nakamura,H 
(2708)/WChT Bursa/2010/ For more details about this game see the notes in CBM
134 by Ftacnik. Here let it suffice to say Levon didn't want to repeat a
double-edged line, in which Black's kingside play can get very real after a
single slip. And Nakamura certainly knows how to attack, so this time White
strives for a tedious technical postion.}) 7... Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 g5 ({
Earlier Nakamura essayed the main alternative} 9... Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 h5 (
11... f5 12. Bxg4 fxg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 c5 15. dxc6 (15. Rb1 g5 16. b4 b6 17.
bxc5 bxc5 18. O-O Rf7 19. Rb3 Ng6 20. Qb1 Bf8 21. Qb2 Nf4 22. Rb1 h5 23. Rb8
Rxb8 24. Qxb8 h4 25. g3 h3 26. Kf1 Nd3 27. Rb3 Nb4 28. Ke2 Nc2 29. Qa8 Nd4+ 30.
Bxd4 exd4 31. Nd1 Qe8 32. Rb8 Rc7 $11 {Topalov,V (2640)-Kaminski,M (2495)/
Polanica Zdroj/1995/ White went on to win a model endgame after Black
inadvertently swapped queens.}) 15... bxc6 16. b4 Be6 17. O-O g5 (17... d5 $5)
18. b5 Qd7 (18... d5 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Bc5 $5 dxc4 21. Nde4 $44) 19. bxc6 Nxc6
20. Nd5 Rab8 21. Nb3 (21. Rb1 $14) 21... a5 22. a4 Rb7 23. c5 Rfb8 24. Ra3 Kh8
25. cxd6 Qxd6 26. Nc5 {Van Wely,L (2672)-Rapport,R (2691)/Wijk aan Zee/2014/}
Rb1 $1 27. Qxb1 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Bxd5 29. exd5 Nd4 $11) ({The most popular
reaction is} 11... Nh6 12. f3 (12. g4 Nf7 13. Qc2 c5 $13) 12... c5 13. Rb1 g5
14. Bf2 f5 15. b4 b6 16. h3 Ng6 17. g4 fxg4 18. hxg4 Nf4 19. Rh2 Qf6 20. bxc5
bxc5 21. Bg3 Bd7 22. Rb7 Bc8 23. Rb3 Bd7 24. Qb1 Nf7 25. Bd1 h5 $5 $132 {
Topalov,V (2768)-Radjabov,T (2781)/EU-chT Porto Carras/2011/}) 12. h3 Nh6 13.
g4 hxg4 14. hxg4 Nf7 15. Qc2 c5 16. O-O-O {Here the open h-file favours White,
as Black's king is in danger:} a6 17. Rh2 Bd7 18. Rdh1 b5 19. Kb1 Rb8 20. Bg3
Qc8 21. f3 Rb7 22. Ka1 Qc7 23. f4 Rfb8 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Nd1 Nc8 {Gelfand,B 
(2739)-Nakamura,H (2729)/Amsterdam/2010/} 26. Bf2 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc5] For more
details about this game and the whole subvariation see the notes by Krasenkow
in CBM 138.}) 10. Bg3 Nh6 11. c5 {An important crossroads, where White has
more than one option:} (11. dxe5 dxe5 (11... fxe5 12. h4 $1 g4 13. Nh2 Be6 14.
Nd5 Qd7 15. Ne3 Nc6 16. Nhxg4 Nd4 (16... Nxg4 17. Bxg4 Nd4 18. O-O Kh8 19. Kh2
Bh6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Nd5 Rf7 22. f4 Rg8 23. f5 Qe8 {Magerramov,E (2430)
-Shirov,A (2380)/Klaipeda/1988/} 24. Bf2 $16) 17. Nh2 Kh8 18. Nf3 Nxe2 (18...
Rae8 19. Ng5 Bg8 20. Bh5 Rb8 21. O-O $16 {Fressinet,L (2667)-Cossin,S (2486)/
Nimes/2009/}) 19. Qxe2 Ng4 20. Rc1 (20. Nd5 $5 $14) 20... Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bg4 22.
Nh2 Bh5 23. Nf1 Rf6 24. Qd3 Qa4 25. a3 Bh6 26. Ne3 Rg8 27. O-O Rfg6 28. Nf5 $5
Bxc1 29. Rxc1 Re8 30. c5 $44 {Kalinitschew,S (2471)-L'Ami,E (2594)/Bundesliga/
2007/}) 12. Qc2 $5 (12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nd5 Na6 14. Ne7+ $6 (14. O-O-O Be6 $132)
14... Kf7 15. Nxc8 Raxc8 16. Rc1 Nc5 17. Nd2 a5 18. f3 Bf8 19. Bf2 Rd7 20. h4
g4 21. Be3 Rcd8 22. Rc2 gxf3 23. gxf3 b6 24. Rg1 {Roiz,M (2512)-Smirin,I (2683)
/Tel Aviv/2002/} Nd3+ $15 (24... Ng8 $5 {[%cal Yg8e7,Ye7c6]})) 12... c6 13. Nd2
Na6 (13... Be6 14. O-O-O Nd7 15. f3 Qe7 16. Kb1 a6 17. Nb3 b5 18. Bf2 Rfc8 19.
Rd2 Nf7 20. Rhd1 Bf8 21. Bf1 bxc4 22. Na5 Qb4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Qxc4 25.
Rxd7 $16 {1-0 Wojtaszek,R (2705)-Socko,B (2635)/Warsaw 2011/CBM 145 Extra (50)}
) 14. O-O-O Nc5 15. Nb3 Nxb3+ 16. Qxb3 Qe7 17. f3 Be6 18. Bf2 b5 19. Qc2 a6 20.
Nb1 Rfd8 21. Nd2 $14 {Wojtaszek,R (2704)-Zvara,P (2388)/CZE-chT/2011/}) (11. h3
exd4 (11... Nc6 12. d5 Ne7 13. Nd2 Ng6 14. Bg4 f5 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Nde4 Nf4
17. Rg1 h6 18. Qd2 h5 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. f3 a6 21. O-O-O b5 $132 {Postny,E 
(2631)-Saric,I (2628)/Bastia rpd/2013/}) 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. O-O (13. h4 Nxd4 (
13... f5 $5 14. hxg5 Bxd4 15. gxh6 fxe4 $132) 14. Qxd4 f5 15. Qd5+ Kh8 16. hxg5
Qxg5 17. Rh5 (17. c5 $5 $36) 17... Qg6 18. Qd2 $6 (18. O-O-O fxe4 19. Rg5 Qf6
20. Rh5 $11) 18... fxe4 19. Nd5 Nf5 20. O-O-O c6 21. Nf4 Qf6 $36 {Postny,E 
(2635)-Smirin,I (2663)/Acre/2013/}) 13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4 f5 15. Qd5+ Kh8 16.
exf5 Nxf5 17. Bh2 Bd7 18. Bg4 Nd4 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Rad1 Rae8 21. Nb5 Nxb5 22.
cxb5 g4 23. h4 b6 24. b3 Qf7 $11 {Gelfand,B (2739)-Radjabov,T (2773)/Wijk aan
Zee/2012/ For details see the notes to this game by Krasenkow in CBM 147.}) (
11. d5 f5 (11... Nd7 12. O-O f5 (12... a5 $5 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. f3 f5 15. exf5
Nxf5 16. Bf2 b6 17. Nde4 Bd7 18. Qd2 h6 19. Ng3 Nd4 20. Rae1 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Qe8
22. b3 Qg6 23. Nb5 Rac8 24. Na7 Ra8 25. Nb5 Rac8 26. Na7 Ra8 {1/2,Peralta,F 
(2602)-Smirin,I (2678)/Barcelona/2011/}) 13. exf5 Nxf5 (13... Nc5 14. Qd2 g4
15. Nh4 a5 16. f3 gxf3 17. Rxf3 Ng4 18. h3 Bh6 19. Qe1 e4 {Kasimdzhanov,R 
(2672)-Cheparinov,I (2696)/Elista/2008/} 20. hxg4 exf3 21. Nxf3 $16) 14. Nd2
Nd4 (14... Nf6 15. Nde4 h6 16. Bd3 $14) 15. Nde4 h6 16. Bg4 b6 17. f3 Nc5 18.
Bxc8 Qxc8 19. Bf2 Qd7 20. Ng3 a5 21. Nce2 Nf5 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Ng3 Qg6 24.
Bxc5 bxc5 25. Qb1 (25. Ne4 g4 $14 {/<=>}) 25... Qxb1 26. Raxb1 e4 $1 27. Nxe4
Bd4+ 28. Kh1 a4 $44 {Wang Yue (2739)-Radjabov,T (2761)/Wijk aan Zee/2009/ For
details see the notes to this game by Radjabov in CBM 129.}) 12. exf5 g4 13.
Nd2 Bxf5 14. Nf1 Nd7 15. Ne3 e4 16. O-O Nc5 17. Rc1 a5 18. Nxg4 Nxg4 19. Bxg4
Qg5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Qc2 e3 22. Rce1 exf2+ 23. Bxf2 Raf8 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4
Be5 $44 {Roiz,M (2593)-Radjabov,T (2682)/ECC Saint Vincent/2005/}) 11... g4 (
11... f5 $5 {perhaps deserves a closer look:} 12. exf5 (12. dxe5 $5 f4 13. Qd5+
Kh8 14. exd6 fxg3 15. hxg3 $44) 12... g4 13. f6 (13. Bh4 Qe8 14. Qb3+ Kh8 15.
f6 gxf3 16. fxg7+ Kxg7 17. gxf3 Nf5 18. Rg1+ Kh8 19. Nd5 Nxh4 20. Nxc7 Qd8 21.
Nxa8 Nc6 $36) 13... Bxf6 14. Nd2 exd4 15. Nd5 Bg7 (15... Be5 $5 $13) 16. cxd6
cxd6 17. O-O Nc6 18. Re1 Kh8 19. Bf1 Nf5 20. Bf4 Qa5 21. Bc4 Ne5 22. b4 Qd8 $13
{Tunik,G (2427)-Belyakov,B (2349)/Voronezh/2011/}) 12. Nh4 Nc6 13. cxd6 cxd6
14. dxe5 dxe5 {Black's recapture defines the character of the game.} ({
Nakamura spurns the sharper, but less solid} 14... fxe5 15. O-O (15. Bc4+ Kh8
16. Qd2 Nd4 17. Ne2 Nxe2 18. Bxe2 Be6 19. O-O Qe7 20. b3 Rad8 21. Rad1 a6 22.
Bc4 Bc8 23. f4 b5 24. Bd5 Ng8 $14 {/<=>,Onischuk,A (2684)-Inarkiev,E (2676)/
Poikovsky/2009/}) 15... Nd4 (15... Bf6 16. Nf5 Nxf5 17. exf5 $14) 16. Bc4+ Kh8
17. Ne2 (17. Qd2 Ng8 (17... Bd7 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. Rfc1 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 Nxe2+ 21.
Qxe2 Bb5 22. Rd1 Qa5 23. a4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 $16 {Volkov,S (2623)-Belyakov,B 
(2312)/Voronezh/2012/}) 18. Ne2 Nf6 19. Nxd4 (19. Bd3 $5) 19... Nxe4 20. Qe2 d5
(20... Nxg3 $13) 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Nb5 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Qd7 24. Rfd1 Qe7 25. Rac1
Bd7 {Shulman,Y (2622)-Robson,R (2522)/Saint Louis/2011/} 26. Nd6 $14) 17... Be6
(17... Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Bf6 19. Rad1 Bxh4 (19... Qe7 20. Qd2 $16) 20. Bxe5+ dxe5
21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. Qd2 Kg7 23. Rc1 Bf6 24. Bd5 Rd8 25. Rc7+ $36 {Cornette,M 
(2543)-Sambuev,B (2478)/Montreal/2010/}) 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Qd2 Nf4 20. Rad1 Rc8
21. f3 Qg5 22. Nc3 Rc6 23. Kh1 Ne6 24. Qxg5 Nxg5 25. fxg4 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Nxg4
27. Nf5 Nf6 28. Re1 Ne6 29. Rd1 Ne8 30. Bf2 $14 {Giri,A (2672)-Vachier Lagrave,
M (2723)/Biel/2010/}) 15. Bc4+ (15. O-O Be6 16. Qa4 Qd4 17. Qa3 Rfc8 18. Bb5
Bf8 19. Qa4 Qxa4 20. Bxa4 Nd4 21. f4 Bc4 22. Rfe1 Bc5 23. Kh1 b5 24. Bd1 Bd6
$11 {1/2,Halkias,S (2406)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2603)/WChJ Yerevan/1999/}) 15... Kh8
16. Qxd8 {The queen swap is natural to contain Black's piece activity.} (16.
O-O Nd4 17. Rc1 (17. Ne2 f5 18. Nxd4 exd4 $132) 17... Bd7 18. Ne2 f5 19. exf5
Nhxf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Nc3 $6 (21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Bd3 $11) 21... Rc8 22. Ne2 h5
23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Qd2 d3 {Halkias,S (2593)-Jones,G (2635)/EU-chT Porto Carras/
2011/} 25. Rfe1 $132 {[%cal Yg3e5]}) 16... Rxd8 17. O-O Nd4 ({In postal play
Black relied upon} 17... Bd7 18. f4 (18. Rad1 $5 Bf8 19. f4 {could be slightly
better, but still requires testing.}) 18... Nd4 19. Bd5 (19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Rae1
Rf8 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Ne2 Rc8 23. b3 Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2 b5 25. Bd3 Bf6 26. Nf5
Nxf5 27. exf5 Rc3 28. Be4 Kg7 29. Rd2 {1/2,Holroyd,K-Cloodt,H (2159)/corr/2010/
} Bc6 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. Rd7+ Kh6 32. Rxa7 Kg5 $44) 19... Rac8 20. Rf2 b5 21.
Rd2 Ng8 22. Bxg8 Kxg8 23. Nd5 Rc2 24. Rxc2 Nxc2 25. Rf1 Be6 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27.
Ne7+ Kf7 28. Nxf5 exf4 29. Bxf4 Nd4 $11 {Soltau,A (2581)-Benlloch Guirau,A 
(2472)/corr/2009/}) 18. Rad1 (18. f4 gxf3 19. Nxf3 Nxf3+ $2 (19... Ng4 $142 $1
20. Nd5 Be6 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Bb3 Ne3 23. Nxe3 Bxb3 24. Nf5 Bc2 25. Bh4 Rd7 $1
(25... Rf8 26. Nxd4 Bxe4 27. Nf5 Rae8 28. Rae1 Bd3 29. Rf3 Bc2 30. Rxe8 Rxe8
31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. Bxf6+ $14 {Peralta,F (2595)-Aloma Vidal,R (2435)/Sabadell/
2010/}) 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Bxf6+ Kg6 $132 {Roiz}) 20. Rxf3 (20. gxf3 $14) 20...
f5 21. exf5 Nxf5 22. Raf1 Nd6 23. Bb3 Bg4 24. Rf6 b5 {Roiz,M (2659)-Socko,B 
(2643)/AUT-chT/2009/} 25. Bxe5 Nc4 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Nd5 $18 {For details see
the notes to this game by Roiz in CBM 134.}) 18... Be6 {Generally speaking,
exchanging the light-squared bishops strategically favours White, as his
remaining bishop will be better, than Black's. However, the Bc4 is a strong
piece and leaving it alive also causes Black problems:} (18... Bd7 19. f4 Rac8
20. Bd3 Nf7 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Bb1 Be6 23. Bf2 Nec6 24. Nf5 Nxf5 25. exf5 Bc4
26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Nxd1 h5 29. b3 Bf7 30. Be4 a6 31. Nc3 Bf8 32.
Nd5 Kg7 33. Nc7 Nb4 34. a3 Nc6 35. b4 $14 {Onischuk,A (2670)-Smirin,I (2668)/
WChT Bursa/2010/}) 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. f3 gxf3 $146 {[%mdl 8] Logical.} ({
Black's activity was only temporary after} 20... Nd4 21. Bf2 Rac8 22. Be3 gxf3
23. Nxf3 Ng4 (23... Nc6 $142 $14) 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Rxd4 Bf8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
h3 Ne3 28. Re1 Nc2 29. Re2 Nd4 30. Nxd4 Rxd4 31. Kf1 Bb4 32. Nd5 Rd1+ 33. Kf2
Bc5+ 34. Kf3 $16 {Smirnov,P (2580)-Yuffa,D (2378)/St Petersburg/2011/}) 21.
gxf3 (21. Nxf3 $5 $14 {[%cal Yg3h4,Yc3d5]}) 21... Rxd1 {[%mdl 4096] Swapping
rooks limits Black's chances for active counterplay, in the resulting endgame
White has a small, but long-lasting edge. There are only 2 possible results of
the game and to achieve a draw, Black must defend accurately.} (21... Nd4 $142
$5 22. f4 (22. Kg2 f5 $11) 22... Ng4 $132) 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Bf2
$14 a6 25. Kf1 (25. Nd5 {White first centralises his king. An attempt to keep
Black's king and bishop passive is} Kg8 26. Bc5 Kf7 27. Kf2 {, but after} Ne6 {
[%cal Yg7f8] White's pull begins to evaporate.}) 25... Kg8 (25... Bf8 $5 26.
Nd5 Kg7 27. Ke2 Kf7 28. Kd3 Ke6 $14) 26. Ke2 Kf7 27. Be3 $5 {Toys with the
Bxh6 idea, if Black moves his knight, then White has Nf5.} Ke6 (27... Bf8 $5
28. Bxh6 (28. Na4 Ng8 29. Nf5 Ne7 $11) 28... Bxh6 {loses a tempo, but a B:N
endgame should be tenable for Black. Although he has an inferior minor piece,
the bishop is still sufficient and his only weakness is f6. In an endgame like
this it's important to realise which pieces the active side and the defender
can exchange to achieve their aims. White will have to swap something to get
chances to penetrate with his king, but on the other hand premature exchanges
ease the defensive task.}) 28. Na4 ({Aronian agrees - the time is not yet ripe
for} 28. Bxh6 Bxh6) 28... Bf8 $2 {A serious inaccuracy, as now Black's king
will be forced back.} (28... Kd7 $1 $14 {/\} 29. Bxh6 Bxh6 30. Nc5+ Kc6) 29.
Bxh6 $1 Bxh6 30. Nc5+ Kf7 $8 (30... Kd6 31. Nxb7+ Nxb7 32. Nf5+ Kc5 33. Nxh6
$16 {/+- Converting the healthy extra pawn should be a matter of technique.})
31. Kd3 $16 {[%cal Yd3c4,Yc4d5]} Bf4 (31... Bf8 32. Kc4 $16) (31... Nc6 32.
Nxb7 Nb4+ 33. Kc4 Nxa2 34. Nc5 a5 35. Nb3 $16 {[%csl Ra5]}) 32. h3 Bg5 (32...
Bc1 33. b3 Ba3 34. Kc4 h5 (34... Kg7 {[%cal Yg7h6,Yh6g5]} 35. Nf5+ Kg6 36. b4 {
[%cal Rc5d3,Rc4b3]} Nc6 37. Nd3 a5 38. b5 Na7 39. b6 Nc6 40. Nc5 Nd8 41. Nd6
Bxc5 42. Kxc5 Kg5 43. Kb5 Kh4 44. Kxa5 Kxh3 45. a4 Kg2 46. Kb5 h5 47. Nxb7 Nxb7
48. a5 h4 49. a6 Nd6+ 50. Kc6 h3 51. a7 h2 52. Kxd6 h1=Q 53. b7 $1 $18) 35. b4
(35. Nf5 Bxc5 36. Kxc5 Kg6 37. Kb6 (37. h4 Ne6+ {/\} 38. Kb6 Nd4 $132) 37...
Kg5 38. Kc7 Ne6+ 39. Kxb7 Kf4 40. Kxa6 Kxf3 41. Nd6 Kg3 42. Kb6 Nd4 $1 43. b4
Kxh3 44. a4 Kg2 45. a5 h4 46. a6 h3 47. a7 h2 48. a8=Q h1=Q $14) 35... Nc6 36.
Nxb7 (36. Nd3 Nd4) 36... Bxb4 37. Nd8+ $5 Nxd8 38. Kxb4 $16) 33. Nf5 Ne6 $6 {
A desperate counter-attack, but also after} (33... Kg6 34. a4 $16 {Black is in
serious trouble.}) 34. Nxe6 $2 {This is too academic, as it leads to a tenable
endgame of the aforementioned type.} ({Calculation was necessary - White could
have called Black's bluff with} 34. Nxb7 $1 Nf4+ 35. Kc4 Nxh3 36. b4 Nf4 (36...
Ng1 37. Nc5 Nxf3 38. Nxa6 {[%csl Ga2,Gb4]} h5 39. b5 Nd4 40. b6 Nxf5 41. exf5
e4 42. Nc5 h4 43. Nxe4 $18) 37. a4 h5 (37... Ng2 38. a5 $5 Ne3+ 39. Kd3 Nxf5
40. exf5 $18 {[%cal Rb4b5]}) 38. b5 (38. a5 $5 h4 39. b5 h3 (39... axb5+ 40.
Kxb5 h3 41. a6 Ne6 (41... h2 42. a7 $1 h1=Q (42... Ne6 43. Nd8+ $1 Nxd8 44.
a8=Q h1=Q 45. Qa7+ $18) 43. a8=Q $40 Qb1+ 44. Kc6 Qc2+ 45. Kd7 $18)) 40. bxa6
h2 41. Ng3 Ne6 42. Nd8+ $1 Nxd8 43. a7 $18) 38... axb5+ 39. axb5 Ne6 40. b6 Ke8
41. Nc5 Nd8 (41... Nxc5 42. Kxc5 Kd7 43. Kb5 Kc8 44. Ka6 Kb8 45. Ne7 $18) 42.
Ng7+ $18) 34... Kxe6 35. Kc4 b6 (35... Bc1 36. b3 (36. Kc5 Bxb2 37. Kb6 Kf7 38.
Kxb7 a5 $11 {is similar}) 36... Ba3 37. b4 Bb2 38. Kc5 Ba3 39. Kb6 Bxb4 40.
Kxb7 a5 41. Kc6 Kf7 $1 42. Ne3 Be1 43. Nd5 Kg6 44. Kd7 Kf7 $1 $11) 36. a4 Bd2
37. b3 h5 $6 {[%csl Rh5] Why weaken the pawn?} (37... Bc1 38. b4 Bd2 {should
be a draw.}) 38. b4 ({Of course White doesn't fall for} 38. Ng7+ Kf7 39. Nxh5
Be1 $17 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Rf7g6] , but the Ng7 manoeuvre is now a constant
threat, which limits Black's options.}) 38... a5 $1 (38... Bc1 $2 39. b5 a5 40.
Ng7+ Kf7 41. Nxh5 $18) (38... Be1 {gives White some extra chances after} 39.
Ne3 a5 40. Nd5 (40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Kb5 Kf7 42. Nc4 Kg6 43. Ne3 $11 (43. Nxa5 $2
Kg5 $36 {[%cal Rg5f4,Rg5h4]})) 40... Kf7 $5 (40... axb4 41. Nxb6 $18) (40...
Bxb4 41. Nxb4 axb4 42. Kxb4 Kd6 43. Kb5 Kc7 44. Ka6 Kc6 (44... h4 45. Ka7 Kc6
46. Kb8 $18) 45. h4 Kc5 46. Kb7 $18 b5 47. axb5 Kxb5 48. Kc7 Kc5 49. Kd7 Kd4
50. Ke6 Ke3 51. Kxf6 Kf4 52. Ke6 Kxf3 53. Kxe5 Kg4 54. Kf6 Kxh4 55. e5 Kg3 56.
e6 h4 57. e7 h3 58. e8=Q h2 59. Qe4 $18) 41. b5 $1 (41. Kb5 Kg6 $132) 41... Bf2
42. f4 $1 Kg6 (42... exf4 $2 43. Nxf4 h4 44. Kd5 $18) 43. f5+ Kf7 $14 (43...
Kg5 $2 44. Kd3 Bg1 45. Ke2 Bd4 46. Kf3 Bg1 47. Kg3 {[%cal Gh3h4]} h4+ $8 48.
Kg2 Bc5 49. Kf3 Bd4 50. Nc7 Bg1 51. Ne6+ Kh5 52. Ke2 $18 {[%csl Gb6,Gf6][%cal
Ge2c4,Gc4d5,Gd5c6]})) 39. bxa5 (39. b5 Be1 $11) 39... bxa5 40. Kb5 Kd7 $2 $138
{The final move to reach the time control is a decisive error.} ({As already
the above notes (to move 35 and 38) indicate. Black must keep his king with
striking distance of White's kingside.} 40... Kf7 41. Kc6 (41. Nd6+ Kg6 42. Nc4
Be1 43. Nxa5 $2 Kg5 {is dangerous for White; we have already mentioned this
line above.}) 41... Kg6 42. h4 Kf7 $11) 41. Ng7 $18 {Now Black can't trap the
knight anymore, so he must move forward his Ph5.} (41. Ng3 $18) 41... h4 {
[%csl Rh4]} 42. Nf5 {Now the nimble knight waltzes to the queenside, while
Black's king is too far away to create any counterplay.} Be1 43. Ne3 Ke6 44.
Nc4 (44. Nc4 {Nakamura was already not interested in} Kf7 (44... f5 45. Nxa5
fxe4 46. fxe4 Kf6 47. Nc4 Kg5 48. Nxe5 $18 {[%cal Re5d3]}) 45. Nxa5 Kg6 46. Nc6
(46. Nb7 Kg5 47. Nc5 $18) 46... Kg5 47. Nb4 Kf4 48. Nd3+ Kg3 49. Nxe1 Kxh3 50.
a5 Kg3 51. a6 h3 52. a7 h2 53. a8=Q h1=Q 54. Qg8+ Kf2 55. Qa2+ Ke3 56. Qb3+ Kf2
57. Qc2+ Kg3 58. Qe2 $18 {- White holds on to his Pf3 and gradually converts
the extra piece.}) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 O-O (10... Bf5 {is usually played at once. Other
options:}) (10... Qa5+) (10... Qf6) 11. Nf3 Bf5 (11... Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qxc5 13.
Qxc5 Nxc5 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 Rfc8 18. f3 Nd6 19. Kf2
Nc4 20. Bc3 Bd7 21. Ne2 f6 22. Rhd1 Bc6 23. Nf4 $14 {0-1 (36) Al Sayed,M (2511)
-Durarbeyli,V (2584) St Petersburg 2012}) (11... Qf6 $5 12. Bd3 b6 $5 13. O-O (
13. cxb6 axb6 {[%cal Rc6b4]} 14. Bd2 $5) 13... bxc5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 c4
16. Bxh7+ Kh8 $13 {0-1 (37) Petrik,T (2487)-Babula,V (2608) Slovakia 2009}) 12.
Bd3 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 $5 {White avoids exchanges and keeps his c5-pawn but his king
remains in the centre (at least temporarily). A risky strategy!} (13. b4 $6
Nxb4 14. axb4 Qxa1 15. O-O Qf6 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. Bd4 a6 18. Qb2 f6 19. Ra1 Be6
$15 {1/2 (48) Gurevich,M (2618)-Halkias,S (2564) Chalkida 2009}) (13. Nd2 Nxd2
(13... Nb4 14. axb4 Qxa1 15. Nf3 $5 $44 {[%csl Ra1]}) 14. Bxd2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3
Qxc5 16. Rc1 (16. Bc3 d4 $1 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qb5 19. O-O-O Qf5 20. e4
Qg5+ 21. Kb1 Rad8 22. f4 Rxd4 23. fxg5 Rxe4 24. Rd7 Rg4 25. g3 Rxg5 26. Rxb7 a5
$11 {1/2 (50) Morozevich,A (2771)-Adams,M (2712) Wijk aan Zee 2009}) 16... Qb6
17. O-O Rad8 {[%cal Rc6e5,Re5c4,Rd5d4]} 18. f4 Rfe8 19. b4 h6 20. h3 a6 21. Rc5
a5 22. Rfc1 axb4 23. axb4 Re4 24. Kh2 Rc4 $11 {1/2 (41) Morozevich,A (2771)
-Carlsen,M (2776) Wijk aan Zee 2009}) 13... Rfe8 $1 {Black concentrates his
forces agains White's king declining the offer to win an exchange.} (13... Nb4
14. axb4 Qxa1 15. Nd4 Bg6 16. Rd1 Rfc8 (16... Qa2 $5) 17. Qb3 a5 18. Nc2 (18.
Bd2 $5 Nxd2 19. Kxd2 a4 20. Rxa1 axb3 21. Rd1 $44 {[%cal Yd2c3]}) 18... Qb1 19.
Nd4 Qa1 20. Nc2 Qb1 21. Nd4 {1/2 (21) Jensen,R-Welling,G (2345) Lyngby 1989}) (
13... b6 $5 {(K.Landa)} 14. cxb6 $140 Rac8 $1) 14. Rd1 Bg4 15. b4 Qc7 (15...
Nxb4 $4 16. axb4 Qxa1 17. Bb2 Qa2 18. Ra1) 16. h3 Bxf3+ 17. gxf3 Ng5 18. Bb2 (
18. Bb5 $4 Qf4 $1 $19 {0-1 (25) Benitah,Y (2428)-Monsieux,C (2297) France 2009}
) 18... d4 $1 {[%mdl 128]} (18... Qf4 {is poor now due to} 19. Be4 $1 Qh4 20.
Rxd5) (18... Qh2 {is parried by} 19. Rh1 $1 Qg2 (19... Qf4 20. Be4 Qh4 21. Bxd5
) 20. Rag1 Rxe3+ (20... Qxf3+ 21. Kf1 {[%cal Yd3e2]}) 21. Kd1 $1 Qxf3+ 22. Be2
{winning an exchange.}) 19. h4 $6 (19. Rg1 $142 Qh2 (19... h6 20. h4 Qh2 21.
hxg5 Rxe3+ 22. Kf1 Qh3+ 23. Rg2 Qh1+ $11) 20. Rxg5 Rxe3+ 21. Kf1 Qh1+ 22. Rg1
Qxh3+ 23. Rg2 $11 {(recommended by GM Konstantin Landa)}) 19... Rxe3+ $1 (19...
Qh2 20. hxg5 Rxe3+ 21. Kd2 Rxf3 22. Kc1 Rxf2 23. Qb3 {is rather good for White,
whose bishop pair will become powerful}) (19... Nh3 $5 {leads to big
complications, e.g.} 20. Bxh7+ $5 (20. b5 Rxe3+ $1 21. fxe3 Qh2+ 22. Ke1 Qg1+
23. Bf1 Re8 $17 {->}) (20. Rh1 Nf4+ 21. Kf1 dxe3 22. fxe3 Rxe3 23. Bxh7+ Kf8
$17) 20... Kh8 21. b5 Qh2 (21... Nf4+ $6 22. Kf1 dxe3 23. fxe3 Rxe3 24. Be4) (
21... Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Qh2+ 23. Kf1 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 $11) 22. bxc6 Qxf2+ 23. Kd3 Qxe3+
24. Kc4 Qe6+ 25. Kxd4 $13) 20. fxe3 Qh2+ 21. Kf1 Qh1+ 22. Kf2 Qh2+ {Black
decides to force a draw.} (22... Qxf3+ $6 23. Kg1 Nh3+ (23... Qg3+ 24. Kf1 Nf3
25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Qf2 Qh3+ 27. Ke2 $16) 24. Kh2 Nf2 (24... Ne5 25. Bxh7+ Kh8
26. Rxd4 Nf2 27. Bf5) 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Bf5 Ne7 27. Be4 $1 Nxe4 28. Qg2 $16) (
22... Qxh4+ {was, however, a good chance to play on. Apparently White can
survive with a series of only moves:} 23. Kg1 $1 (23. Ke2 $143 Qh2+ (23... Re8
$6 24. Kd2) 24. Kf1 Qh1+ 25. Kf2 Qxf3+ 26. Kg1 Re8 $40) 23... Nxf3+ (23... Re8
$5 24. Qg2 Rxe3 25. Be4 Nxe4 26. Bxd4 $1 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 29.
Kh2 Qh4+ $11) 24. Kf1 $1 {(just find such a defence!)} (24. Kg2 $2 Qg4+ 25. Kf2
dxe3+ 26. Kxe3 Qg3 $1 $19) 24... Qh1+ 25. Kf2 Qh2+ 26. Kxf3 Ne5+ 27. Ke4 Qh4+
28. Kxe5 Qf6+ 29. Ke4 Re8+ 30. Kd5 Rd8+ 31. Ke4 $11) 23. Kf1 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Qh2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 {Both players have had some experience with
this line. The psychological opening duel is made even more interesting by the
fact that the Berlin lines are highly transpositional.} Kc8 ({Deviating for
good from} 10... Ke8 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bf4 Rd8 {Dominguez Perez,L (2757)
-Fressinet,L (2708)/Elancourt 2013/CBM 157/[ChessBase Website] (1/2, 35)}) 11.
g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 b6 ({Nakamura had played the plan based on ...h7-h5
and ...g7-g6 before, but in a completely different move order than in the game:
} 13... h5 14. Kf2 b6 15. f5 Kb7 16. c4 (16. Nc3 hxg4 17. hxg4 Rh2+ 18. Kg3
Rxc2 {Caruana,F (2796)-Adams,M (2740)/Dortmund 2013/CBM 156/[Adams,M] (0-1, 41)
}) 16... c5 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. Nc3 g6 {Giri,A (2737)-Nakamura,H (2772)/Elancourt
2013/CBM 157/[ChessBase Website] (1/2, 39). We see that in this game Nakamura
played ...g7-g6 only after thorough preparation.}) 14. f5 ({If White does not
play this quickly, he may well never get to play it:} 14. Nc3 c5 15. Kf2 h6 16.
Nf3 g6 17. Be3 Bc6 18. a4 Kb7 19. a5 Re8 20. Nd2 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Nf3 Be6
23. Rd3 Be7 24. Rad1 h5 25. Kg3 hxg4 26. hxg4 Rh7 $15 {Sutovsky,E (2700)
-Harikrishna,P (2669)/Ningbo 2011/CBM 144 (0-1, 59)}) 14... h5 $146 {This has
not been played before in this concrete position, but the game could have
transposed to known paths later.} (14... c5 15. Nd2 h6 16. Ngf3 Bc6 17. Kf2 Kb7
18. b3 g6 19. f6 Nd5 20. Bb2 Nb4 21. Rdc1 a5 22. a3 Nd5 23. Kg3 g5 24. a4 Nb4
25. Nc4 Be4 26. Ne3 c4 $15 {Caruana,F (2779)-Nakamura,H (2783)/Rhodes 2013/CBM
157 (1/2, 91)}) 15. Kg2 $146 {But I believe that this move also has the right
to be called a novelty!} (15. Kf2 {would take us back to the games mentioned
in the comments to 13...b6, but instead of 15...Kb7, Nakamura might have
played the same way as in the game:} c5 {with similar ideas.}) 15... c5 {
This move clears the c6-square, which makes us think of Nakamura's intention
to activate his bishop. As we will see, though, ...Bc6 is not his main
priority; he actually prepares this square for his knight in view of the
subsequent pawn break. So, unoficially, we could also call the plan behind
this last move a novelty... but then we would really get too many of them in
the same game!} 16. Nc3 g6 17. f6 Nc6 {White has achieved a huge space
advantage, but the main question is whether he can play e5-e6 under favourable
circumstances. If Black manages to block the e-pawn properly, he may even get
an advantage. As we will see, Nakamura's decision to leave his king on c8 is
not casual: in certain lines, ...Bd7 is possible.} 18. Nf3 $6 {Possibly
confronted with a surprise, Dominguez reacts too timidly. His last move
defends the e5-pawn and prevents ...Nd4, but gives up the fight for the
e6-square, at least for a while.} (18. e6 {looks premature:} fxe6 19. Nxe6 Bd7
20. Nxf8 Rxf8 21. g5 Nd4 22. Bf4 Bf5 $132) (18. Bf4 $5 {may be stronger.} Bh6 (
18... Nd4 19. Nce4 {may transpose below}) 19. Nce4 {The last two moves were
directly connected with the e6-square issue. Black now has a choice of plans.}
Nd4 {probably the critical move, but nothing to be scared of.} (19... Kb7 {
is a bit too slow, allowing White to regroup properly:} 20. Kf2 {[%cal Gf2e3]}
(20. c3 Nd8 21. Kf2 Bc6 22. Bg3 Re8 $11) (20. e6 fxe6 21. Nxe6 Bxf4 22. Nxf4
Nd4 $132 {[%cal Ge8c6,Gd4c2,Gc2e3]}) 20... Nd8 21. Ke3 $14 Bc6 $2 22. Rxd8 $1
Rhxd8 23. Nxf7 $18) (19... Nd8 20. Kg3 ({A necessary change of plans. If} 20.
Kf2 Bc6 21. Ke3 Bd7 {and the g4-pawn is not easy to defend.}) 20... Kb7 21. h4
$14) 20. Kf2 (20. c3 Bc6 21. cxd4 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Bxe4+ 23. Kg3 hxg4 24. hxg4 Re8
25. Kf4 Bd5 26. dxc5 c6 {with a reliable blockade on the light squares and a
probable draw.}) 20... Nxc2 21. Rac1 Nb4 (21... Nd4 22. b4) 22. a3 Nc6 23. b4
a5 (23... cxb4 24. axb4 $40 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Ge5e6,Gb4b5]} Bxg5 25. Nxg5 hxg4
26. e6 fxe6 27. f7 Bd7 28. b5 $18) 24. bxc5 b5 25. Ke3 b4 26. e6 $14 {Both
sides have created passed pawns, but White's looks more dangerous.}) 18... Nb4
19. Bf4 Nxc2 20. Rac1 Nb4 21. a3 Nc6 22. Ne4 {The whole sequence is familiar
to us already, but since White will have to go with one of his knights to g5,
we can safely say that he has lost two tempi! Remarkably, Nakamura does not
find the right way of making use of the offered time.} Bd7 $2 {Weakening the
f7-pawn for nothing.} ({Time had come to make some progress with the general
development:} 22... Kb7 $1 23. Neg5 (23. Nfg5 Nd4 {[%cal Gd4e2]}) 23... Nd8 24.
Kg3 Bh6 $132) 23. Neg5 hxg4 $2 {Black comes close to losing now.} (23... Nd8 {
would have been better, but it would not have spared Black problems:} 24. Rxd7
$1 Kxd7 25. e6+ fxe6 (25... Nxe6 26. Ne5+ Kc8 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Nxg6 Rg8 29.
gxh5) 26. Ne5+ Kc8 (26... Ke8 27. f7+) 27. Nxg6 Rh6 28. gxh5 $14) 24. hxg4 Bxg4
({After the opening of the h-file, the blockading plan does not work anymore:} 
24... Nd8 25. Rh1 $18) 25. Nxf7 Rh5 26. Kg3 Bf5 27. N7g5 {White still is a
pawn down, but his connected and far advanced passers should decide the game
quickly. Something which did not happen at all.} Bh6 28. e6 {Winning the
exchange and keeping one dangerous pawn.} Bxg5 29. Nxg5 Rxg5+ 30. Bxg5 Bxe6 {
For some reason, White does not pay attention to the queenside. Playing on
both sides is always a good idea.} 31. Re1 (31. b4 $1 Kb7 (31... c4 32. b5 Na5
33. Re1 Bg8 34. Re7 $18) 32. bxc5 Rf8 33. Re1 $18) 31... Nd4 32. Rcd1 (32. b4
$1 cxb4 33. Bf4 c6 (33... c5 34. axb4 $18) 34. Rcd1 Nf5+ 35. Kf2 $18) 32... Bf7
33. Be3 Nf5+ 34. Kg4 Kb7 35. Bf4 Kc6 36. Rh1 Rf8 37. Rh7 Nd4 $16 {Black has
managed to reach an almost survivable position, but only the next mistake
throws White's advantage away:} 38. Rf1 $2 Be6+ $1 39. Kg5 Bc4 $1 {Suddenly,
White's pieces are hanging.} 40. Rxc7+ (40. Rf2 Ne6+ {[%csl Gc7]} 41. Kg4 (41.
Kxg6 Bd3+) 41... Rxf6 $15) 40... Kb5 41. Rf2 Ne6+ 42. Kg4 Nxc7 $11 {In the
rook and opposite coloured bishops, ending the strong f6-pawn compensates for
the small material disadvantage.} (42... Rxf6 43. Rxa7 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Van Wely,L"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nge7 (6... a6 {
may have been more accurate, to hold back the knight on g8. However, after
winning the game, I don't want to whine too much :)}) 7. Nb3 a6 8. h4 b5 9. Bg2
Bb7 10. g5 {This move I don't like. If your plan is to push your pawns first,
then} (10. h5 {makes much more sense, at least it prevents any knight
re-routing such as Ng6-e5-c5 or Ng6-h4, also it stops any h6/h5 plans, like in
the game, or even g6, which was an option also in the game.}) 10... Rc8 11. Qe2
h5 {I played this ambitious move after a long think. I just want to fianchetto
my bishop on g7, without being harassed by any h5-h6. However it does cost
time, and Hikaru seeks immediate counterplay on the queenside} ({Other options,
and possibbly better would have been: a)} 11... Na5 $1 12. Rh3 {and here Black
has many options} (12. h5 $6 b4 13. Nd1 d5) (12. O-O $6 h6 $1 {showing one
clear drawback of g5, Black is taking over on the kingside, that was not
White's idea of pushing his pawns...}) 12... b4 {(the most direct, attacking
the centre)} (12... h6 {(attacking the kingside!)}) (12... Nc4 {(putting the
knight on the best square)}) (12... h5 {(closing the kingside!)}) 13. Nd1 d5
14. Rd3 Nc4 {with some complications, although Black looks very good}) ({b)} 
11... g6 12. h5 Bg7 13. h6 (13. Bd2 O-O {maybe this looks scary, and maybe it
is, however if white wants something here, he needs to castle queenside anyway.
But I believe I should be faster. I did have something similar recently versus
Nigel Short. Needless to say: I got mated :)}) {I wasn't too excited to give
my bishop to cripple White's pawn structure: dark squares might be more
important} 13... Bxc3+ ({and} 13... Bd4 {looked to artificial to me, and when
is looks like that, normally it will finsih badly....}) 14. bxc3 Ne5) 12. a4 b4
13. Na2 g6 (13... d5 {required some calculation, so that was not an option :)}
14. Bd2 Ng6 15. exd5 Na5 16. Nxa5 Bxd5 {is a computer line for example}) ({
after} 13... Ng6 {I was worried what to do with my knight on g6 after} 14. f4
Na5 {but then it's also not very clear what white is going to do, since the
knight is quite annoyingly pressing on f4 and h4, and ready to move to e5 if
White decides to chase it away with f5.}) 14. Bf4 Bg7 15. Rd1 Ne5 16. Nxb4 Nc4
17. Nd3 Qb6 18. O-O O-O {Time to take stock after the opening:  On one hand I
wasn't too happy, simply because I felt I should have got more out of the
opening.  On the other hand, I am still not in mate, nor there will be mate in
the near future :) Although a pawn down, I do have some initiative. That
itself is not so important, more important is that Hikaru doesn't have the
initiative! Something similar goes for Magnus, he may be a very technical
player, however when he is a pawn down in a rook endgame, which he experienced
a few times 2013, the world is suddenly quite different (and very very hard !)}
19. Nd2 Rfd8 (19... a5 {to bring the bishop to a6 would have made sense, but
so does the move played in the game. Black is preparing some ...d5 at the
right time.}) 20. Nxc4 Rxc4 21. Ne5 $5 {Trying to change the nature of the
game, in general not a bad decision if you didn't like the type of position
you were facing.} ({After the game Hikaru condemned the move he played in the
game and thought he should have played} 21. b3 {however after} Rc3 22. Nb2 d5 {
we reach the critical position. My intuition, for what's it worth, told me
Black should be doing fine. Indeed it's now up to White to show something,
otherwise he will get crushed. During the game I didn't spend too much energy
on trying to find moves for my opponent... it was better to watch closely the
games of Naiditsch, Rapport and Gelfand :)} 23. a5 $1 {seems like the only
move accoring to my beast} Qb5 $1 (23... Qxa5 24. Bd2 Rdc8 25. Bxc3 Qxc3 26.
Na4 Qc7 {Black has some compensation, but it may not be enough}) 24. Qxb5 axb5
{and now that White's knight on b2 looks stupid, I believe in Black's chances;}
{However my silicon friend naturally disagrees and shows some small tactics to
support his case} 25. Nd3 $1 dxe4 (25... Rxc2 26. a6 $1 Ba8 27. Nb4 Rc3 28.
exd5 Nxd5 29. Nxd5 exd5 30. a7) 26. a6 Bxa6 (26... Ba8 27. Nc5 $1 Nd5 28. Nxe4
Rxc2 29. a7) 27. Nb4 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Bb7 29. Rd8+ Bf8 30. Rb8 Bd5 31. Bf1 {
and it's White who is calling the shots here.}) 21... dxe5 22. Be3 (22. Qxc4 $6
Rxd1 (22... exf4 $4 23. a5 $1 {winning a tempo for deflecting the queen} Qxa5
24. b4 Qb6 25. Qc5 Qxc5 26. Rxd8+) 23. Rxd1 exf4 24. Rd7 Nc6 25. Qb3 $1 {
but after} Qa5 {Black has at least a draw} 26. Qxb7 Qe1+ 27. Bf1 Ne5 {and when
your opponent has at least a draw, it means you can still lose!} (27... Bd4 28.
Qc8+ Kg7 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 30. Qd7+ $11)) 22... Rcd4 23. c3 Bc6 ({My original
intention was to play} 23... a5 {but then got a bit worried that after} 24.
cxd4 exd4 25. Qb5 Qa7 26. Bf4 (26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29.
Qxe7 Qb6) 26... e5 27. Bg3 Ba6 28. Qxa5 Nc6 29. Qd2 Bxf1 30. Bxf1 Qxa4 31. Rc1
{a white bishop might land on c4, and thats something I was definetly not
going to like!}) 24. b3 $4 {A double question mark, not because the move is
THAT bad, although for sure it's bad, but because it's simply incrompehensible
move. Hikaru must have missed something about which I can only speculate} (24.
Qc2 $1 Rc8 (24... Qb8 25. cxd4 exd4 26. Bd2 Rc8 27. b4 $1 (27. Qc5 Nf5 $1 28.
Qa3 Nxh4 $36) 27... Bb5 28. Qb3 Bxf1 29. Bxf1 $14) 25. cxd4 exd4 26. Bf4 Bd7
$44) 24... Qxb3 25. cxd4 exd4 26. Bf4 (26. Qxa6 Ra8) 26... Qxa4 (26... d3 $142)
27. Qf3 Bb5 28. Ra1 Qb4 29. Rfd1 (29. Rfb1 Qc3) 29... d3 30. Rab1 Qa3 31. Bf1
Nc6 32. Qg3 Qa2 33. Rbc1 d2 $1 {Clearly White is in serious trouble, but I was
getting short of time. Now the question is: should I be trying to consolidate
or trying to calculate some lines till the end? I am not sure it was the most
the practical decision, but no guts no glory :)} 34. Rxd2 Rxd2 35. Bxb5 axb5
36. Bxd2 Nd4 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Qc7 {I know Hikaru as a very resilient and
resourceful player, that's why he has saved a few lost positions, and not only
against me. But this one I had seen coming!} ({One of points was} 38. Qd3 Qxd2
39. Qxd2 Nf3+) 38... Qb1+ $1 {Ignoring the bishop and eyeing up White's lonely
king!} (38... Qxd2 $2 39. Qxf7 {and Black is forced to give a perpetual.}) 39.
Bc1 (39. Kh2 Be5+ {was another point} 40. Qxe5 Nf3+) 39... Nf3+ 40. Kg2 (40.
Kf1 Qd3+ 41. Kg2 Nxh4+) 40... Nxh4+ 41. Kh3 Qxe4 42. Qf4 Qh1+ 43. Qh2 Qb7 $1
44. Rd8 (44. Rc7 Qf3+ 45. Qg3 Qh1+ 46. Qh2 Qxh2+ 47. Kxh2 Be5+) (44. Rc5 Bd4 $1
{and White's rook is running out of squares on the c-file:} 45. Rc2 Qf3+ 46.
Qg3 Qf5+) 44... Be5 $1 45. f4 (45. Qxe5 Qg2+ 46. Kxh4 Qg4#) 45... Qf3+ 46. Qg3
Qh1+ 47. Qh2 Qf3+ 48. Qg3 Qh1+ 49. Qh2 Qxc1 50. fxe5 (50. Kxh4 Bxf4 51. Qg2
Bxg5+ 52. Qxg5 Qh1+ 53. Kg3 Qg1+ 54. Kf4 (54. Kh4 Qh2#) 54... Qc1+) 50... Qxg5
51. Qf4 $1 {An ultimate attempt to trick me!} Qxd8 ({There would have been a
more beautiful line but the rook was juicy too, don't you worry:} 51... Qg2+
52. Kxh4 g5+ 53. Qxg5 Qh2#) (51... Qxf4 52. Rh8+ Kg7 53. Rg8+ Kh6 54. Rh8+ Kg5
55. Rxh5+ $11) 52. Qxf7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ $5 {A fashionable way to avoid mainstream theory -
it has gained a lot of popularity lately. Black has been fighting to establish
the balance generally.} Nd7 {The most ambitious response, Black only allows an
early exchange if it is to gain the B pair.} (3... Bd7 {could lead to a solid
position after} 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 {and White will go for O-O, Nc3, d4, and
we'll find a typical Maroczy setup, with the light-squared Bs exchanged.
Generally, I think White has chances to push slowly, and Black has to wait
mostly. One of the recent famous games in this line went like this:} Nf6 6. Nc3
g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. f3 Qc7 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nce2
Rfd8 14. Bc3 Qb6 15. Kh1 d5 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qe1 Rdc8 18. e5 Ne8 19. e6 $1 {
very strong positional sacrifice, when Black starts to have real problems all
of a sudden:} fxe6 20. Nf4 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 d4 22. Qd2 c5 23. Rae1 Ng7 24. g4 $1 {
limiting the g7-N and preparing for the following idea:} Rc6 25. Nh3 Ne8 26.
Qh6 Nf6 27. Ng5 d3 28. Re5 Kh8 29. Rd1 Qa6 30. a4 {1-0 (30) Carlsen,M (2843)
-Anand,V (2780) Sao Paulo/Bilbao 2012. A very nice game by the world champion!}
) 4. O-O (4. c3 $5 {is another natural move, but not the same as in the game,
because now after} Ngf6 {White can not defend the P with Re1, which is better,
ideally} 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 $13) 4... a6 5. Bd3 $5 {Another fashionable idea.
Dozens of games had been played in this position in recent months, White
basically wants to play c3-Bc2-d4.} Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 e5 {
Reaching a typical Ruy Lopez position, from the Breyer variation.} (8... c4 {
has been tried as well, stopping d4, but creating potential weaknesses early on
} 9. a4 e5 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Na3 {and suddenly it is very hard
for Black to defend b5} Be7 (12... Bc6 13. d3 $1 $36) 13. Nxb5 O-O 14. Qe2 $14
{1-0 (53) Karjakin,S (2762)-Cheparinov,I (2672) Rhodes 2013. Apparently
Cheparinov got a reasonable compensation, but altogether I'm not fully
convinced about giving up a P this early, it doesn't seem right.}) 9. d4 Be7
10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nf1 {If we compare to the normal Breyer lines, Black has an
additional tempo, because normally h3 has already been played. In any case,
White is still fighting for the advantage. Allowing the clearance of the
centre like this could lead to a drawish position. The alternative was to
close it with 11.d5!?} (11. d5 $5 c4 $13 {the typical Breyer reaction as well.
Now White chooses between Nf1-Ng3 or a direct b3, trying to create something
on the Q-side.}) 11... Re8 (11... cxd4 $5 {would be the standard reaction when
White doesn't go for a quick d5, in this kind of positions} 12. cxd4 exd4 13.
Nxd4 Re8 {we can find some games here (with White's P on h3 already), and
Black doesn't seem to have major problems. For example:} 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Nxd6
Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Bxe4 $11 {seen in the recent Sjugirov - Efimenko (with h3).
White kept a slight initiative, but after all it seemed liked a safe draw.})
12. Ng3 Bf8 (12... cxd4 $5 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bf8 $11 {looks completely
fine, since all the black pieces have great squares. Now g6-Rc8 is coming and
a possible central break with ...d5 as well.}) 13. d5 g6 (13... c4 $5 {would
be the typical reaction.}) 14. b3 Nb6 15. Rb1 $1 {A useful move, since the
Q-side is likely to be opened at some point. Also, White could play c4 at some
point and benefit from the hanging b7-B.} c4 16. bxc4 Nxc4 17. a4 Qc7 $5 18.
axb5 axb5 19. Rxb5 Na3 $6 (19... Ba6 {was another way to show compensation.
For example:} 20. Rb4 {White wants to play Bd3-Qe2 now, or Ba4 as well,
getting some important squares} Nb6 $1 21. Be3 Reb8 22. Nd2 {controlling both
Ng4 and Nc4} Nbd7 $44 {when White seems to have some trouble consolidating his
Q-side.}) 20. Rb3 Nxc2 21. Qxc2 Nd7 22. Be3 Ba6 23. Ra3 (23. Nd2 $5 $16 {
following with natural moves like c4, Ra3, Rea1.}) 23... Bb5 24. Rea1 Rxa3 25.
Rxa3 Rb8 26. Ra7 Qc8 27. h3 Nb6 28. Qc1 Nc4 29. Bh6 Qc5 $2 {The position was
difficult anyway, but this loses instantly.} (29... Ra8 30. Rxa8 Qxa8 31. Bxf8
Qxf8 32. Nf1 $16 {with a long endgame to come, it looks like White's winning
chances are great.}) 30. Nh5 $1 {Now it's all over, Black can't stop the
multiple mating threats.} Bg7 (30... Qxa7 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Bxf8 {with Qh6 to
come} Ne3 33. Bxd6 $18 {and it all falls apart.}) 31. Bxg7 Qxa7 32. Qh6 f5 (
32... f6 33. Nxf6+ Kf7 34. Ng5+ Ke7 35. Ne6 $18 {would also be deadly.}) 33.
Ng5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. b3
d5 9. Ndb5 Qa5 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. bxc4 Qd8 12. O-O a6 {For this line - see
Kramnik-Radjabov in CBM 154, with extensive annotations by GM Igor Stohl.} 13.
Na3 Nc6 (13... Bf5 {is more common. Here is a recent example:} 14. Nc2 Nc6 15.
Ne3 Qd4 16. Nxf5 $1 $146 gxf5 17. Rc1 Rad8 18. Nd5 Ne4 19. Be3 Qxd1 (19... Qb2
$5) 20. Rfxd1 e6 21. f3 $5 exd5 22. fxe4 dxe4 23. Bh3 Bd4 24. Kf2 Rfe8 25. Bxf5
Re5 26. g4 $14 {1-0 (69) Wojtaszek,R (2711)-Rodshtein,M (2682) Basel 2014}) 14.
Nc2 Be6 {Controlling the d5-square. This plan is probably more solid than ...
Bc8-f5 despite the fact that White's rook can go to b1.} 15. Rb1 (15. Ne3 Na5
16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Ncd5 Nxc4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Nxc4 Rxc4 20. Bh6 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1
Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Bxb7 a5 $15 {_|_: 1/2 (87) Khismatullin,D (2656)-Giri,A 
(2749) Rhodes 2013}) 15... Rc8 16. Ne3 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Rxb7 {White has
won a pawn but the strong bishop pair guarantees Black sufficient compensation.
} Bh3 {The bishop will eventually get into trouble here.} (18... Qd4 $5 $132 {
[%cal Yf8d8]}) 19. Re1 e6 20. Qc2 Qd4 21. Reb1 Rfd8 22. Be1 Ng4 23. Nxg4 Bxg4
24. Qa4 $1 Bh3 (24... Rxc4 $2 25. R7b4 $1 {[%csl Rg4]} Rdc8 $8 26. Qxa6 $16) (
24... Qc5 $5 {[%cal Rg7c3]}) 25. Rd1 Qg4 (25... Qc5 $11) 26. f3 Rxd1 $6 (26...
Qg5 $142 27. Rbd7 $1 Bxc3 $1 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Bxc3 Qb6+ 31. c5
Qxc5+ 32. Bd4 Qb5 $11) 27. Nxd1 Qd4+ (27... Qxc4 $2 28. Qxc4 Rxc4 29. Rb8+ Bf8
30. Nf2 Rc1 31. Nd3 Rd1 32. Kf2 {[%cal Re1b4]} Kg7 33. Bc3+ {(M.Notkin)}) 28.
Nf2 Bf8 $6 (28... Qa1 29. Qd1 Qxd1 30. Nxd1 h5 31. Nf2 Bd4 32. Bd2 Bf5 33. e3
Bc5 34. g4 $14) (28... e5 $142 29. g4 Bf8 30. Qd7 $5 (30. Rd7 Qe3 31. Qd1 Bc5
32. Rd3 Qf4) 30... Qxd7 31. Rxd7 Bc5 32. Rd5 $1 Ba7 (32... f6 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34.
Nxh3 Rxc4 35. a3 $14) 33. Rxe5 Rxc4 34. e3 Rc1 35. Nxh3 Rxe1+ 36. Kf2 Rb1 {
and Black should not lose}) 29. Qd7 $6 {White misses a good opportunity; the
text move enables Black to restore the balance.} (29. Rd7 $1 Qe3 30. Qd1 Bc5 (
30... Rxc4 $2 31. Bd2 Qc5 32. Rd3 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Rd2e3]}) 31. Rd3 Qg5 32. Bd2
$16 {(indicated by IM M.Notkin)}) 29... Qxd7 30. Rxd7 {[%mdl 4096]} Bc5 31. Bb4
(31. Bc3 e5 $1 32. Rd3 e4 33. fxe4 Be6 $44) (31. Rd3 e5 32. g4 e4 33. Rd5 exf3
34. exf3 f5 35. g5 (35. Rxc5 Rxc5 36. Nxh3 fxg4 37. fxg4 Rxc4 {[%cal Rc4a4,
Rc4g4]}) 35... Be3 $132) 31... Bxb4 32. Nxh3 h6 {A solid continuation although}
(32... Rxc4 {was possible, too:} 33. Ng5 Bc5+ 34. Kg2 Rc2 35. Kf1 Rc1+ 36. Kg2
Rc2 $11) 33. Nf2 Bc5 (33... Rxc4 34. Ng4) 34. Rd3 Bxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rxc4 36. Ra3
Rc6 $11 {Black's rook is active enough so he easily holds his ground.} 37. Ke3
Kf8 38. h4 h5 39. Kd4 Ke7 40. e4 Kd7 41. e5 Rb6 42. Ra5 Rc6 43. Ra4 Rb6 44. Ke4
Ke7 45. Kf4 Kf8 46. Ke4 Ke7 47. g4 hxg4 48. fxg4 Kf8 49. Ra5 Rb4+ 50. Kf3 Rb6
51. Kf4 Kg7 52. Ra4 Rc6 53. Ke4 Rb6 54. a3 Rb1 {Black gives up his a6-pawn but
recovers the balance with the pawn on h4.} 55. Rxa6 Rh1 56. a4 Rxh4 57. Kf4 Rh1
58. g5 Rf1+ 59. Kg4 Rg1+ 60. Kf4 Rf1+ 61. Kg4 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 {It is possible to dislike opening theory, but even more
understandable is to laden with well-known patterns.} d6 3. e3 e5 4. Bb5+ {
White is inviting the opponent to the exchange of the light squared bishops as
his pawn structure in the center is heavy on dark squares.} (4. Bb2 f5 (4...
Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O a6 7. Be2 g6 8. d4 exd4 9. exd4 Bg7 10. Na3 b5 11. c4 b4
12. Nc2 Nge7 13. a3 O-O 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Ne3 Nf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Qd2 $14 {
1-0 (34) Goganov,A (2577)-Alekseev,E (2710) St Petersburg 2013}) (4... Nf6 5.
d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Nfd2 d5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6 11. Ne5 O-O
12. Nd2 Re8 13. Ndf3 Ne4 14. O-O f6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bd3 Bg4 17. c4 Rc8 $15 {
0-1 (88) Bromann,T (2378)-Beliavsky,A (2652) Copenhagen 2002}) 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. O-O Nf6 8. c4 Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. exd4 e4 11. Ng5 d5 12. Nc3 O-O
13. Nh3 Nc6 14. Nf4 dxc4 15. d5 Ne5 16. Ne6 Rfc8 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Bxe5 Qxd5
19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Rad1 $11 {1-0 (45) Kramnik,V (2803)-Caruana,F (2774) Moscow
2013}) (4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 e4 6. Qe2 Nf6 7. Nbd2 d5 8. Ne5 Nc6 9. Bb2 Bd6 10.
O-O-O O-O 11. h3 Qe7 12. Ng4 Nxg4 13. hxg4 f5 14. Qb5 Be6 15. gxf5 Rxf5 $17 {
0-1 (47) Rodriguez Vila,A (2508)-Felgaer,R (2584) Villa Martelli 2010}) 4...
Nc6 (4... Nd7 5. O-O f5 (5... a6 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. c4 d5 8. d4 exd4 9. exd4 Be7
10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Rd1 b5 14. Bd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bf6
16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Ba3 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Re8 $11 {1/2 (59) Kramnik,V (2810)
-Gelfand,B (2740) Zuerich 2013}) (5... e4 6. Ne1 Ngf6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. f3 O-O 9.
fxe4 Nxe4 10. Nc3 Bf6 11. Nxe4 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Be5 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nc3 Be6 16. d4 Ng4 17. Qd2 Qg5 18. Rf4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Rac8 $11 {1/2 (24)
Kovacevic,B (2454)-Sermek,D (2577) Rabac 2003}) 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 e4 8. Ng5
Ngf6 9. Ne6 Qb6 10. d5 Kf7 11. a4 Ne5 12. Be3 Qa5 13. b4 Qxb4 14. Bd2 Qb2 15.
Bc3 Qxa1 16. Bxa1 Bxe6 17. dxe6+ Kxe6 18. Bxe5 Kxe5 19. Nd2 Be7 20. Qa1+ Kf4
21. Qc3 {1-0 (21) Speelman,J (2597)-Ward,C (2473) London 1999}) (4... Bd7 5.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 e4 8. Nfd2 (8. Qe2 f5 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne1 Nf6 11.
Ba3 Nc6 12. c3 O-O 13. f3 d5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 $15 {1/2 (48) Vidonyak,R (2452)
-Cvitan,O (2562) Zuerich 2002}) 8... d5 9. O-O Nf6 10. c4 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12.
Nc3 Qxd4 13. Ndxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxe4 Be7 16. Bb2 Ne2+ 17. Kh1 O-O 18.
Rfd1 Rfd8 19. g3 f5 20. Nd2 Rac8 $11 {0-1 (32) Carrasco Martinez,J (2375)
-Gonzalez de la Torre,S (2431) Melilla 2011}) 5. Nc3 {It is refreshing to play
a 5th move, that has no precedents in the games of strong tournament players.
White has decided to address the problems of the centre without any delay.} (5.
O-O e4 (5... Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be2 Be7 8. Bb2 Nf6 9. d3 O-O 10. c4 Ne8 11. Nc3
Bg6 12. Nd5 Nc7 13. a3 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nb8 15. b4 Nd7 16. Qb3 b5 17. Qa2 Rb8 18.
Rac1 a5 19. Bc3 cxb4 20. axb4 a4 $11 {0-1 (47) Miles,A (2435)-Sax,G (2510)
Teeside 1975}) (5... a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 e4 8. Nfd2 d5 9. Ba3 cxd4 10. Bxf8
Kxf8 11. exd4 Qf6 12. c3 Qg6 13. Kh1 f5 14. f4 Nf6 15. Na3 Qh6 16. Qe1 Rg8 17.
Qg3 g5 18. fxg5 Qxg5 19. Qxg5 Rxg5 $15 {1/2 (71) Kurtenkov,A (2455)-Ivanovic,B
(2490) Plovdiv 1986}) (5... Nf6 6. Bb2 Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Na5 9. c4 a6 10.
Ba4 Rb8 11. b4 cxb4 12. Bc2 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. d4 Nc4 15. Qb1 Bb7 16. dxe5
dxe5 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Bxe5 Ra8 $17 {0-1 (30) Cheparinov,I (2702)-Jones,G 
(2654) Bratto 2013}) 6. Ne1 f5 7. Bb2 Nf6 8. d3 Be7 9. Nc3 Be6 10. f3 Qb6 11.
fxe4 fxe4 12. Bxc6+ Qxc6 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. dxe4 Qxe4 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Bh6 O-O-O
17. Qf3 Qg6 18. Bf4 $11 {0-1 (45) Mantovani,R (2419)-Sermek,D (2545)
Montecatini Terme 1999}) 5... Nf6 6. d4 e4 7. d5 a6 {Nakamura had another
solution at his disposal with the move 7...Bd7, but the pawn attack seems to
be more active and complicated.} (7... exf3 $2 8. dxc6 bxc6 9. Bxc6+ Bd7 10.
Bxa8 Qxa8 11. gxf3 $16) (7... Bd7 8. Ng5 Qe7 9. Bb2 Ne5 10. Bxd7+ Nexd7 $11) 8.
Bf1 Ne7 (8... exf3 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxf3 d5 $11) 9. Nd2 (9. Ng5 Bf5 10. f3 exf3
11. Qxf3 Bg4 12. Qg3 Qd7 $11) 9... Bf5 10. Bb2 b5 {White had wanted to reach
an original position out of the opening and Black could not have agreed more.
The exposed pawns on d5 and e4 are compensating for each other.} 11. h3 h5 (
11... b4 12. Ne2 Nexd5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bg2 Nc7 15. h4 h6 16. Nf4 d5 17. g5 hxg5
18. hxg5 Rxh1+ 19. Bxh1 Nd7 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Qxg5 23. Bxa8
Nxa8 24. Qf3 $11) 12. a3 Nc8 {The fearless American grandmaster has the
reputation of being a great magician in tactics. Many of less creative souls
would gladly accept reasonable position after exchanges of d5- and e4-pawns.} (
12... Nexd5 13. Ndxe4 Nxc3 14. Nxc3 d5 15. Bd3 Be6 $11) 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 Nxd5
$6 (14... Nb6 $1 15. Ng3 (15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Ng3 $11) 15... Bg6 16. Bxf6 gxf6
17. a5 Nd7 18. Ngxe4 Qe7 (18... f5 19. Ng3 Bg7 $11) 19. Bd3 f5 $11) 15. Ng3
Nxe3 $5 {Black is clearly trying to shake the confidence of his adversary with
the help of this shocking move. The polite retreat of the f5-bishop was
favouring White, so the objective merit of the move is not the only criterion.}
(15... Bg6 16. Ngxe4 h4 17. Qf3 Ra7 18. Bd3 Bh5 19. g4 hxg3 20. Qxg3 $14) 16.
Qe2 $2 {Rapport is not as experienced as his dangerous opponent. The queen
move prepares dangers for Black as well, but objectively best was accept the
gift of the knight.} (16. fxe3 Qh4 17. Kf2 d5 18. Be2 Bd6 19. Ndf1 Be6 20. Qe1
Ne7 (20... f6 21. Kg1 Qg5 $14) 21. Kg1 Qg5 22. Rd1 $14) 16... Nxc2+ 17. Kd1 Bg6
18. Ndxe4 (18. Kxc2 d5 19. Qe3 f5 20. Ne2 d4 21. Qg3 Bf7 $15) 18... Qe7 {
Nakamura could not have decided for the knight retreat to e7. It would have
given him the chance to fight for an advantage.} (18... Ne7 19. Qxc2 d5 20. Ke1
h4 21. Qxc5 (21. Qe2 Qc7 $17) 21... dxe4 $15) 19. Qf3 $2 {The brave idea
played by Rapport does not work and the move loses the game. It is a great
pity for the player with White as both king and queen captures on c2 were
sufficient for equality.} (19. Kxc2 d5 20. Rd1 $1 Qe6 (20... dxe4 $2 21. Qb5+
$1 $18) 21. Qd2 Nb6 22. a5 dxe4 23. Kc1 c4 24. axb6 c3 25. Qd5 cxb2+ 26. Kxb2
Rb8 $11) (19. Qxc2 d5 20. Bd3 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. Nxe4 Nb6 24.
Kc2 O-O-O 25. Rad1 $11) 19... Nxa1 20. Bc4 {White might have dreamed about the
immediate check on f6, but the final position of the line was too depressing.}
(20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Bxa1 (21. Bxf6 Bc2+ 22. Kd2 Bh6+ $19) 21... d5 22. Bxf6 Be4
$1 23. Qf4 Bh6 24. Qh4 Qe6 25. Bxh8 Nd6 $19) 20... Nb6 $1 21. Nf6+ (21. Re1
O-O-O 22. Bxa6+ Kb8 23. Bxa1 d5 $19) 21... gxf6 22. Bxf6 {It was impossible to
use the rook for the pin, as Black has an original mating attack with his
bishop pair.} (22. Re1 Bc2+ 23. Kd2 Bh6+ $19) 22... Qc7 23. Re1+ (23. Bxh8 d5
24. Re1+ Kd7 25. Nxh5 Qd6 $19) 23... Kd7 24. Bxa1 (24. Bxh8 Nc2 25. Re2 Qc6)
24... Qc6 $1 {[%mdl 1024] Nakamura manages to combine his tactical gifts with
a very high understanding of chess. Black has no need to try keeping the extra
material as his position is completely winning.} (24... Rg8 $2 25. Bxf7 $11) (
24... Nxc4 25. Bxh8 Qc6 26. Qxc6+ Kxc6 27. bxc4 b3 $19) 25. Qxc6+ Kxc6 26. Bxh8
h4 (26... Nxc4 27. bxc4 b3 28. Bf6 Rb8 29. Re2 Bh6 30. Rb2 Rb4 $19) 27. Nf1
Nxc4 28. bxc4 Bd3 29. Nd2 (29. Ne3 Re8 30. Kd2 Bxc4 31. Nxc4 Bh6+ 32. Kd1 Rxh8
$19) 29... d5 {The pawn mass in the centre combined with the bishop pair is
simply unbearable for the defender.} (29... Bh6 30. Bf6 Rg8 31. Rg1 Re8 $19)
30. cxd5+ Kxd5 31. Re5+ Kc6 32. Rh5 Bg6 {White is not even able to take the
pawn on h4 and the bishop on h8 will be lost.} (32... Bg6 33. Rxh4 Be7 34. Rh6
Bg5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 {Quite an original
variation, which was fashionable at the top level several decades ago.} Nd3+ ({
One famous game from those remote times went:} 6... Be6 7. Bxe6 Nd3+ 8. Kf1
fxe6 9. Ng5 Qb6 10. Qe2 c4 11. b3 h6 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. bxc4 O-O-O 14. g3 g5 15.
Kg2 Qc5 16. Rb1 Bg7 17. Nb5 Qxc4 18. Qe3 Rhf8 19. Rf1 g4 20. Nh4 Nxf2 $1 {
with a decisive attack, Polugaevsky,L (2625)-Tal,M (2615)/Riga 1979/IZT (0-1,
28)}) 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8. Kf1 Ne6 9. Ne5 ({Two "twin" games were played at the 1980
Candidates matches, separated by just ten days:} 9. b4 cxb4 10. Nd5 g6 11. Bb2
Bg7 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. Nxb4 O-O 14. d4 Bg4 15. Qd2 ({In the second game, White
did not know the previous one, while Black did! It continued:} 15. Ke2 Qd6 16.
Qd2 Ne6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Ke3 f5 19. Qd3 fxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 21. Kxe4 Nd7 22.
Rhc1 Rf5 23. Rc7 Nf6+ 24. Kd3 a5 25. Nc2 Nd5 {with decisive threats. In
Polugaevsky,L (2635)-Kortschnoj,V (2695)/Buenos Aires 1980/Candidates (0-1, 41)
Black won the game and the match!}) 15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18.
f4 e6 19. Qe3 Qf6 20. Be2 Rfd8 21. Rd1 Rab8 22. a3 Rb2 23. Kg2 Rdb8 24. Rhe1
R8b3 25. Rd3 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 Qxf4 $17 {Huebner,R (2600)-Portisch,L (2655)/Abano
Therme 1980/Candidates (1/2, 61). Black failed to win the game and eventually
lost the match.}) 9... Nc6 $6 {Black might have feared some tactics based on
Nxf7, so he aims to exchange the active knight at the cost of ruining his
structure.} ({Preparing ...Nb8-c6 with} 9... Qd6 $6 {exposes the queen too
early and is rather risky.} 10. f4 Nc6 11. Qa4 $14 (11. Nb5 Qb8 12. d4 {
Drenchev,P (2485)-Nikolov,M (2538)/Varna 2013/CBM 155 Extra (1/2, 62)}) 11...
Ned8 $2 12. d4 $40 cxd4 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Nxd4 f6 15. Ndxc6 bxc6 16. Bf7+ {
1-0 Suba,M (2555)-Sax,G (2570)/Hastings 1983/MCD} Nxf7 17. Qxc6+ Bd7 18. Qxd7#)
(9... g6 {looks like a sound alternative, though:} 10. Qa4+ Bd7 (10... Nd7 11.
d3 Bg7 $2 12. Nxf7 $1 {Hanel,R (2385)-Kottke,U/Vienna 1990/CBM 021/[Ribli] 
(1-0, 15)}) 11. Nxd7 (11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qc4 Bg7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 {Benkovic,P 
(2463)-Lupulescu,C (2499)/Subotica 2003/CBM 099/[Ribli] (0-1, 20)}) 11... Qxd7
12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 $13 {Vigorito,D (2372)-Mikhalevski,V (2548)/Los
Angeles 2003/CBM 097 ext/[Mikhalevski,V] (1/2, 29)}) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 {
A typical manoeuvre, which can be carried out at a later stage, too.} (11. d3
g6 12. Be3 Bg7 13. h4 h5 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Na4 Bd4 16. Qd2 Qd6 17. b3 $14 {
[%csl Gc5] Anastasian,A (2587)-Yegiazarian,A (2498)/Yerevan 2007/CBM 116 ext 
(0-1, 40)}) 11... Nd4 $6 $146 {I have the feeling that Giri knew little if
anything about this line; his last move looks like the fruit of the
over-the-board inspiration, rather than of thorough preparation. The
previously played games do not look too encouraging for Black, but giving the
pawn up at once hardly solves the problems.} (11... Qd6 12. d3 Nd4 13. Be3 e5
$13 {Piket,J (2659)-Ljubojevic,L (2548)/Monte Carlo 2002/CBM 087 ext (1-0, 40)}
) (11... g6 12. d3 Bg7 13. h4 Qd6 14. h5 Nd4 15. Be3 Be6 16. Rc1 Rd8 17. b3 ({
Very sophisticated. White could have taken the pawn already with} 17. Nxc5 Qxc5
18. Bxe6 {, but Suba correctly evaluated that there was no rush for it.}) 17...
O-O 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Nxc5 $1 $18 Qxc5 20. Bxe6 Qa3 21. Bc4 Qxa2 {Black has
retrieved the pawn, but with the queen so far away from the kingside the king
is completely helpless.} 22. Qg4 {with a decisive attack, Suba,M (2475)-De la
Villa Garcia,J (2490)/Zaragoza 1995/EXT 1997}) 12. Nxc5 g6 13. Nb3 Be6 14. Bxe6
Nxe6 15. Qc2 $1 {An important move, aiming to gain a tempo for completing the
development.} ({If} 15. d3 Bg7 16. h4 h5 17. g3 O-O 18. Kg2 a5 19. a4 Rb8 {
[%csl Gb2] White needs to defend the b2-pawn with his queen anyway before
completing his development.}) 15... Bg7 $5 {Looking for practical chances.} (
15... Qd6 {would be too slow, allowing White to reveal his idea:} 16. d3 Bg7
17. Be3 O-O 18. g3 Rfd8 19. Rd1 $16 {[%cal Gf1g2] with a sound extra pawn.})
16. Qxc6+ {There were no reasons to refrain from this natural pawn grabbing.} (
16. d3 O-O 17. g3 a5 18. a4 Rb8 19. Be3 f5 $44) 16... Kf8 {Having also lost
his right to castle, Black can hardly prove compensation for both pawns. He
might get one back, but not the second one.} 17. Qa6 {The necessity of moving
the queen without being attacked is questionable.} (17. h4 h5 (17... Nd4 18.
Nxd4 Bxd4 19. h5 Rc8 20. Qa4 $16 {[%cal Gh1h3]}) 18. Rh3 Rc8 (18... Kg8 19. d4
$16) 19. Qb7 Rc7 20. Qb4 Kg8 21. d4 Nxd4 22. Rd3 $16 {White is a pawn up and
his development is not worse than Black's.}) 17... Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. d3 $2
{But this uninspired move, cutting off the queen's retreat along the a6-e2
diagonal and the third rank for the rook, throws all or at least most of the
advantage away.} (19. h4 h5 20. Qe2 $5 {would have been more consequent with
17.Qa6, regrouping properly before completing the development.} Kg7 21. d3 Rc8
22. g3 Qd7 23. Kg2 $16 {It is hard to believe that Black can come up with
adequate compensation.}) 19... Kg7 20. h4 h5 21. Rh3 {With the pawn on d3,
White's coordination is very artificial now.} Qd7 $44 22. Rb1 Rhc8 23. Be3 Rc2
{At the same time, Black's play is very simple: open files, second rank, the
d4-square.} 24. Qa5 Rb8 25. b3 Rbc8 26. Kg1 Re2 (26... R8c3 27. Rd1 Bxe3 28.
Rxe3 Rc5 29. Qa3 Qc7 $44 30. b4 Rd2 $1) 27. Bxd4+ Qxd4 28. Rf3 Rcc2 29. Rf1
Rxa2 30. Qb5 ({If} 30. Qc7 Qd6 31. Qxd6 exd6 {The black rooks' activity
ensures wholly realistic drawing chances. For instance} 32. Rc1 Rec2 33. Rxc2
Rxc2 34. Kf1 ({A necessary move, placing the king on a rather unfortunate
square. If} 34. d4 Rd2 35. d5 Re2 {the draw becomes obvious, unless White
decides to keep his extra pawn and commit... suicide!} 36. Re3 $2 Rxe3 37. fxe3
Kf6 38. Kf2 Ke5 39. Kf3 a5 40. g3 f6 $19) 34... Rb2 35. d4 a5 36. Ke1 Kf8 $44 {
There is no obvious way to make progress with White.}) 30... Qd6 31. Qe8 {
White does well to use his f3-rook for some active purposes. Otherwise, his
passivity may become dangerous.} Qe6 32. Rc1 Rec2 33. Rxc2 Rxc2 34. d4 Rc1+ 35.
Kh2 Rc8 $5 {The simplest, but not the only good continuation.} 36. Rxf7+ Qxf7
37. Qxc8 Qxf2 {[%cal Gf2d4,Gf2h4]} 38. Qb7 Qxh4+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be6 8.
Nc3 g6 9. Nge2 Nb4 10. Be4 N4d5 11. O-O Bg7 12. Nf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 c6 14. Be3
O-O 15. f4 Qd7 16. Qe2 Bc4 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 f6 19. Rad1 Nd5 20. Ne4 b6 21.
Bc1 Rad8 22. a3 Bh6 23. Qb3 Kh8 24. Nc3 fxe5 25. dxe5 e6 26. g3 c5 27. Ne4 Qc6
28. Qc2 Bg7 29. h4 Ne7 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Nd6 Kg8 32. Qg2 Qxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Nf5 34.
Ne4 h6 35. g4 Nxh4+ 36. Kh3 g5 37. fxg5 Ng6 38. Nf6+ Bxf6 39. Rxf6 Rd3+ 40. Kg2
Nh4+ 41. Kf2 hxg5 42. Bxg5 Rh3 43. Rh6 Rf3+ 44. Ke2 Rb3 45. Bxh4 Rxb2+ 46. Kd3
b5 47. Rxe6 c4+ 48. Kc3 Rb3+ 49. Kc2 Rxa3 50. Re8+ Kf7 51. Re7+ Kg6 52. Bf6 b4
53. Rg7+ Kh6 54. Rc7 Rc3+ 55. Kd2 Kg6 56. g5 a5 57. e6 Rd3+ 58. Ke2 Rd6 59. e7
Re6+ 60. Kd1 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bh4 Bb4 7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. O-O dxe3 13. fxe3 O-O 14. Nd4 Ne4
15. Be7 Re8 16. Bb4 Qd8 17. a4 a5 18. Ba3 Ndf6 19. c4 Be6 20. c5 Bd7 21. h3 Qc7
22. Rf3 Nxc5 23. Rc1 b6 24. Bf5 Nfe4 25. Bb2 Rad8 26. Rf4 f6 27. Bg6 Re7 28.
Nf5 Bxf5 29. Bxf5 Nd6 30. Qxd5+ Kh8 31. Bb1 Rxe3 32. Rxf6 Nde4 33. Rxh6# 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 h6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
g5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. b4 Nd7 13. Re1 a5 14. bxa5 Qxa5
15. Nb3 Qxc3 16. Nfd4 Qc4 17. a4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Be3 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4
21. Bxd4 Ba6 22. Reb1 Kd7 23. Rb6 Rhb8 24. a5 Bb5 25. f3 Rxb6 26. Bxb6 Kc8 27.
Kf2 Kb7 28. Ke3 h5 29. g3 g4 30. fxg4 hxg4 31. Ra2 Rh8 32. Rf2 Rh7 33. Kd4 Kc8
34. Kc5 Kd7 35. Rf4 Be2 36. Rf2 Bb5 37. Rf4 Rg7 38. Rf6 Rh7 39. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 c5 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. c3
Rc8 9. g4 Bg6 10. d4 h5 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nh2 hxg4 13. hxg4 e6 14. Bf4 Nf6 15. Bg2
c4 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Bg3 Nd3 18. Re2 e5 19. Nd2 b5 20. b3 Bf7 21. bxc4 bxc4 22.
Ndf1 g6 23. Rb1 Qd7 24. Ne3 Bh6 25. Rb6 Be6 26. a4 Ra8 27. a5 O-O 28. f3 Qc7
29. Bf2 Nd7 30. Rb1 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 Nc5 32. Kg1 Nd3 33. Nhf1 Qxa5 34. Qc2 Rab8
35. Nd1 Qc5+ 36. Nfe3 a5 37. Ra1 Rb3 38. Kh1 Kg7 39. Qa2 Ra8 40. Qa4 Nb2 41.
Nxb2 Bxe3 42. Bh3 Rxc3 43. Nd1 Rd3 44. Nxe3 Rxe3 45. Rb2 Rxf3 46. Rb7+ Bf7 47.
Kh2 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 Bd6 12. c3 Re8 13. Bh4 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5
15. Qc2 Bg6 16. Rae1 Qc7 17. g4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nd7 19. Qc2 Nf8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21.
Re1 Rb8 22. Kg2 Ne6 23. Bg3 c5 24. b3 c4 25. Rd1 cxb3 26. axb3 d4 27. Bxd6 Qxd6
28. cxd4 Nf4+ 29. Kh1 Qd5 30. Qe4 Qxb3 31. Re1 g5 32. Nc5 Qa2 33. Rg1 Nh3 34.
Nd3 Nxg1 35. Qe5 Nxf3 36. Qxb8+ Kg7 37. Ne1 Qa1 38. Kg2 Nxe1+ 39. Kf2 Nd3+ 40.
Ke3 Qc3 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.01.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
Bf4 c6 9. e4 {For this line, see Wang Hao - Dominguez in CBM 152 and
Mamedyarov - Giri in CBM 156.} b5 (9... Qa5 $1 {is quite to the point in this
system but Fabiano Caruana proves that the text move is not bad either.}) 10.
Qd3 {This retreat is more logical here than in the 5.Qb3 system, where Black's
bishop is still on c8 and can attack White's queen by means of ...Bc8-a6 
(after ...b5-b4).} c5 $5 {[%mdl 4] A rare but perhaps the most accurate move
order.} (10... Qa5 11. Be2 c5 (11... b4 12. Nd1 c5 13. d5 e6 14. Ne3 exd5 15.
exd5 c4 16. Qxc4 Rc8 17. Qd3 $16 {1-0 (46) Hillarp Persson,T (2528)-Grandelius,
N (2573) Orebro 2013}) 12. O-O b4 13. Nd1 $1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rd8 15. Rc1 $1 $36 (
{but not} 15. Ne3 $6 {1/2 (38) Wang,H (2737)-Dominguez Perez,L (2726) Tashkent
2012 CBM 152 [Krasenkow,M]} Nh5 $1 16. Bxh5 Qxh5 {, and now White must fight
for equality.})) 11. dxc5 Na6 12. e5 (12. Be3 Ng4 $132) 12... Nxc5 13. Qe3 Nh5
14. Bg5 Ne6 15. Rd1 (15. Be2 {passes the initiative to Black:} Nxg5 16. Qxg5 {
1-0 (29) Kustar,S (2383)-Liepold,S (2260) Bayern 2000} b4 $5 17. Ne4 Bf5 $36)
15... Qe8 ({Now in the event of} 15... Nxg5 16. Qxg5 b4 17. Nd5 {White keeps
pressure.}) 16. Bh6 $6 $146 {Hardly an improvement.} (16. Be2 f6 17. Bh6 Bxh6
18. Qxh6 Nhf4 19. O-O g5 (19... Bc6 $5) 20. Rfe1 Bc6 21. Bd3 Nxd3 22. Rxd3 Nf4
23. Rd4 Qg6 (23... Bxf3 $5) 24. Qxg6+ hxg6 25. exf6 exf6 26. h4 Bxf3 27. gxf3
b4 28. Ne2 Rad8 29. Rxd8 Nxe2+ 30. Rxe2 Rxd8 {1/2 (30) Jumabayev,R (2548)-Le
Quang,L (2712) Incheon 2013}) (16. Bd3 {is probably the most precise but Black
has no problems in any case:} f6 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Bc6 (18... Nhf4 19. O-O
Bc6 20. Nd4 $1) 19. Qe3 Nhf4 20. O-O $13) 16... Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Bc6 18. Qe3 a6 $6
{Too soft.} (18... b4 19. Ne4 Nhg7 {[%cal Rg7f5] looks very strong. White's
king is still uncastled and vulnerable.}) 19. Bd3 Nhf4 20. O-O Nxd3 21. Rxd3
Rd8 (21... b4 {was still possible but White could hold his ground:} 22. Ne2
Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qb5 24. Rd5 Qa4 25. Nd4 Rac8 (25... Qxa2 26. Nc6) (25... Nxd4 26.
Rxd4 Qxa2 27. Rxb4) 26. a3 bxa3 27. Qxa3 Qxa3 28. bxa3 Nxd4 29. Rxd4 Rfd8 30.
Ra4 {etc.}) 22. Nd4 Nxd4 (22... b4 23. Nce2) 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Qa8 25. f3
Rd8 26. Qc5 Qb7 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Nxd1 Qd7 29. Ne3 Qd2 30. Qc3 (30. Nf1 $5 {
White, however, correctly judged that Black was unable to break up White's
defence in the B vs N ending.}) 30... Qxc3 31. bxc3 {[%mdl 4096]} f6 (31... Kg7
$142 32. Kf2 f6 33. exf6+ Kxf6 {quickly centralizing the king.}) 32. exf6 exf6
33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Kd3 h5 (35... Ke5 36. Ng4+) 36. Kd4 h4 $6 {There
was no need to allow the invasion of White's king.} (36... Kd6 $142 $11) 37.
Kc5 {It is now Black who must take care in order to get the draw. Fortunately,
even after the loss of the a6 pawn he is out of danger.} Ba8 38. f4 (38. Kb6 $6
h3) 38... g5 39. g3 hxg3 40. hxg3 gxf4 41. gxf4 Be4 42. Kb6 Kd6 43. Kxa6 Kc5
44. a3 Bf3 45. Ka7 Kc6 46. Kb8 Kb6 47. Nf5 Bg4 48. Nd6 Be6 49. Ne4 f5 50. Nd2
Bd5 51. Kc8 Ka5 52. Kc7 Ka4 53. Kb6 (53. Kd6 Bg2 54. Ke5 Kxa3 55. Kxf5 b4 56.
cxb4 Kxb4 {is a theoretical draw, similar to the game continuation.}) 53... Bg2
54. c4 bxc4 55. Nxc4 Bd5 56. Kc5 Bg8 57. Kd4 Kb3 58. Nd6 Kxa3 59. Ke5 Kb4 60.
Kf6 Kc5 61. Nxf5 Bh7 $11 62. Ne7 Bb1 63. Ke5 Bh7 64. Nd5 Kc6 65. Nf6 Bb1 66. f5
Bxf5 67. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.01.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Recently Anand had some games with this
opening in the World Championship match against Carlsen, who usually chose
this move against him.} 4. d3 {Anand avoids the Berlin Variation; usually he
chooses this reply.} Bc5 5. Bxc6 (5. c3) ({and} 5. O-O {are the other lines.})
5... dxc6 6. h3 {A logical decision. White wants to avoid Bg4.} Be6 {A very
ambitious answer. Nakamura would like to castle on the queenside and he tries
to attack on the kingside.} ({However} 6... O-O {is more popular. Black's
typical plan is Re8, Nd7-f8 and f6, Ne6 with a balanced game.}) 7. Nc3 Qd6 8.
O-O O-O-O 9. a3 {A nice move. White prepares for b4 followed by Na4.} ({
The logical} 9. Na4 $2 {does not work, because of} Nxe4 $1 {.}) 9... Nh5 {
Nakamura immediately starts his attack against the white K.} ({The natural} 
9... Kb8 {was an interesting alternative,} 10. b4 Bb6 11. Na4 {and now} Nxe4 {
is not so good, as} 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Bb2 $1 $14 {and White is very active.})
10. Na4 $1 {The black N has gone from f6, so White is ready to remove Black's
dark squared B.} Bb6 ({In the event of} 10... f6 $6 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. Ng5 $1
fxg5 13. Be3 $1 {An important intermediate move.} Qe7 14. Qxh5 $14 {and White
has a comfortable position.}) 11. Nxb6+ axb6 12. a4 $1 {Another strong move by
Anand. He wants to play a5 then a6 and tries to open the a-file. Now White's
attack looks quicker.} f6 13. Be3 ({The immediate} 13. a5 {could have been met
by} bxa5 14. Rxa5 b6 {followed by Kb7, Ra8 and Black is solid.}) 13... Nf4 {
Now Black is also ready to play for g5-g4!} 14. a5 $1 b5 15. d4 $6 {A mistake,
which underestimated Black's strong reply!} ({White should have played} 15. a6
$1 b6 (15... bxa6 16. Rxa6 $18 {and White has a winning attack.}) 16. Bxf4 (16.
d4 $5 {was also interesting. Here thanks to the a6 White is much better than
in the game.} Nxh3+ 17. gxh3 Bxh3 18. Re1) 16... exf4 17. Re1 $16 {and White
has a powerful position.}) 15... Nxh3+ $1 {A very strong sacrifice. Nakamura
immediately spotted his great chance!} 16. gxh3 Bxh3 17. dxe5 ({Still} 17. a6 {
was also an interesting option} bxa6 $1 18. Rxa6 Qe6 (18... Qd7 19. Nd2 $1) 19.
Nd2 $1 Qf7 20. Kh2 Bxf1 21. Nb3 $3 {a typical variation by Mr. Houdini 4!})
17... Qe6 18. Nd2 Bxf1 19. Qxf1 Qxe5 {The position has completely changed.
Black has a R and 2 P against a B and a N. Nevertheless the position is still
balanced.} 20. c3 (20. a6 {is already not so important, as} b6 {and later the
a6 P can be weak.}) 20... Kb8 21. a6 b6 22. Qg2 Rd6 $5 {A very ambitious move.
Nakamura prepares for f5 followed by Rg6.} ({The natural} 22... Rhe8 {was also
possible.}) 23. Nf1 $6 {A logical move, but it is an inaccuracy.} ({In the
event of} 23. Nb3 Re8 (23... f5 $6 {is not so good here, as} 24. exf5 Qxf5 25.
Nd4 Qg6 26. Bf4 {and White has defended against Black's attack; his position
is more promising.})) ({or even} 23. Bd4 Qe6 24. b4 {was also interesting with
an unclear fight.}) 23... f5 $1 24. exf5 Qxf5 {Suddenly the white K is very
weak. Black is threatening with Rg6 and h5-h4.} 25. Ng3 Qd7 26. Qe4 Ka7 $1 {
A very nice cool-blooded move! Now the K is safe and Black is ready for the
attack on the kingside.} 27. Kg2 h5 28. Qf5 {White wants to exchange the Qs,
but Black avoids this.} (28. Rh1 Rd5 $1 {and White's position is very
unpleasant.}) 28... Qe8 {Of course, Black doesn't exchange.} 29. Qe4 Qf7 30.
Kh1 (30. Qf5 Rf6 {and Black is winning.}) 30... h4 31. Ne2 (31. Nf5 {is also
not helping for White, as} Re6 32. Qd3 c5 $1 {and the f5 N is in big trouble.})
31... Re8 32. Qg4 Rg6 33. Qh3 Qd5+ 34. Kh2 Rxe3 $1 {The final beautiful
tactical blow!} 35. fxe3 Qd2 36. Qf1 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. d5
Bc5 9. Bg5 (9. Nf3 {is more common.}) 9... O-O (9... h6 {is usually played
here. An old example:} 10. Bh4 Bd4 11. Nf3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qd6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14.
O-O O-O 15. Kh1 Nc5 16. Qe2 Bg4 17. Qe3 Nfd7 18. Bg3 Bxf3 {1/2 (18) Moskalenko,
V (2500)-Chekhov,V (2480) Leningrad 1989}) 10. Nf3 Bg4 {Black has a different
concept. Anticipating White's long castling, he doesn't want to weaken his
queenside by means of ...h7-h6. However, the present game shows that it is not
easy to equalise in any case.} (10... h6 11. Bh4 Bg4 12. Bd3 (12. h3 $5) 12...
Nbd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6 15. O-O-O Bd4 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bxf6
Nxf6 19. e5 cxd5 20. exf6 dxc4 21. fxg7 Rfc8 22. Bf5 c3 23. Qf2 cxb2+ 24. Kb1
Rc3 25. Rd3 $18 {1-0 (47) Yakimenko,A (2178)-Stojcevski,Z (2352) Sunny Beach
2011}) (10... a5 $5 11. Qd2 Qd6 12. Be3 $6 (12. O-O-O) 12... Na6 13. Bd3 Bd7
14. O-O Qb6 15. Rae1 Ng4 $36 {0-1 (57) Kantorik,M (2289)-Solodovnichenko,Y 
(2430) Zvolen 2000}) 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nbd7 (12... Bd4 13. Ne2 $1 Bxb2 $140
$6 14. Ra2 Bd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. e5 $16) 13. O-O-O Bd4 14. Ne2 $1 {[%mdl 4]} c5
(14... Nc5 $4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. e5 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. exf6 {1-0 (18)
Petrosian,K (2340)-Suess,M Budapest 1990}) ({But perhaps it was better to
refrain from the text move keeping a possibility to play ...c7-c6 later on:} 
14... Re8 {Black even sacrifices a pawn but obtains the e5-square if White
takes on d4:} 15. Nxd4 (15. Kb1 c6 $1) 15... exd4 16. Rxd4 Qe7 17. Bd3 $140 Ne5
18. Qe3 c5 19. dxc6 bxc6) 15. g4 a5 $2 (15... a6 $1 {[%cal Yb7b5,Ya8b8] was
now a must.}) 16. Kb1 Ra6 17. Ng3 {[%mdl 128] Suddenly it turns out that Black
can hardly develop his attack since he can't push ...b7-b5. Meanwhile, White's
assault goes slowly but smoothly.} g6 $6 {This weakening move makes White's
attack unstoppable. It was better to refrain from it, even allowing White's
knight will a powerful position on f5:} (17... Rb6 {is useless, e.g.} 18. Rh2
a4 19. h4 Rb3 20. Rd3) (17... a4 $142 18. Nf5 Qa5 19. Rh2 Rb6 {[%cal Rb6b3]}
20. Bc1 $140 Ne8 $1 {[%cal Ye8d6]}) 18. h4 a4 19. Rh2 (19. Bh6 Ne8 (19... Re8
$2 20. g5 Nh5 21. Nxh5 gxh5 22. Bh3) 20. Bxf8 Rf6 21. Qd3 Kxf8 {wins an
exchange but White wants more.}) 19... Qa5 20. Bd2 Qc7 21. g5 Ne8 22. h5 Rb6
23. Bc1 Rb3 24. Qg4 Nb6 25. Be2 Nd6 26. Rdh1 Bxb2 {Desperation.} (26... Nbxc4
27. Bxc4 Nxc4 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Qe6+ Qf7 30. Rxh7 $1 Qxe6 31. dxe6 $18) 27.
Bxb2 Nbxc4 28. Bxc4 Nxc4 29. hxg6 Qb6 $1 {[%mdl 256] Magnus Carlsen finds the
most stubborn defence. It is not easy for White to find the decisive blow over
the board.} 30. g7 (30. gxf7+ $142 $1 Rxf7 31. Nh5 $1 Rxb2+ 32. Ka1 Rxh2 33.
Nf6+ Kg7 34. Rxh2 $18 {(K.Landa)}) 30... Rd8 31. Qh4 Rxb2+ 32. Ka1 Rxh2 33.
Rxh2 Qg6 34. Nf5 Re8 35. Qg4 {[%mdl 64] White fails to find the winning idea:}
(35. Qf2 b6 (35... Nd6 36. Rh6) 36. Rxh7 $1 Qxh7 37. Nh6+ $18) 35... Qb6 36.
Qh3 (36. g6 $1 Qxg6 (36... fxg6 37. Nh6+ Kxg7 38. Qd7+) 37. Qh3 $18 {[%cal
Rh2g2]}) 36... Qg6 37. d6 $2 {Wrong!} (37. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Rh2h7] was still good
enough.}) 37... Nxd6 $8 38. Nxd6 Rd8 $1 39. Nc4 $2 (39. Nc8 $3 Kxg7 40. Ne7
Rd1+ 41. Ka2 Qe6+ (41... Qb6 42. Qxh7+ Kf8 43. Qh6+) (41... Qxg5 42. Nf5+ Kf8
43. Ne3) 42. Qxe6 fxe6 43. Rh6 {still gave White some winning chances but
Hikaru Nakamura had no chances to find such niceties that day.}) 39... Qxe4 40.
Qh5 $4 (40. Ne3 $13) 40... Rd3 $1 {Black starts a decisive counter-attack.} 41.
Rh4 Qf5 42. Qe2 b5 43. Nd2 Qxg5 (43... Rxa3+ 44. Kb2 Rg3 {was even stronger
but the World Champion correctly judges that his pawn avalanche will be much
stronger than White's knight anyway.}) 44. Qxd3 Qxh4 45. Ne4 Kxg7 46. Qf3 (46.
Qd5 Qf4 47. Nxc5 Qd4+ $19 {_|_}) 46... Qf4 47. Qg2+ Kf8 48. Kb2 h5 49. Nd2 h4
50. Kc2 b4 51. axb4 cxb4 52. Qa8+ Kg7 53. Qxa4 h3 54. Qb3 h2 55. Qd5 e4 56. Qh5
e3 57. Nf3 e2 58. Kb3 f6 59. Ne1 Qg3+ 60. Ka4 Qg1 61. Qxe2 Qa7+ 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 a6 8. h3
Rb8 9. e4 b5 10. d5 {This is a rare continuation in this well-known position.
Main lines:} (10. e5) (10. cxb5) 10... b4 (10... Na5 {is possible, too:} 11.
cxb5 axb5 12. b4 Nc4 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. a4 bxa4 15. b5 Nb6 16. Qd3 e6 (16... Ra8
17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. bxc6 Qc8 {0-1 (33) Matlakov,M (2668)-Ding,L (2680) St
Petersburg 2012} 19. Ra3 $44) 17. dxe6 fxe6 (17... Bxe6 $5 18. Nc6 Qe8 19. Nxb8
Bc4 20. Qb1 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Qxb8 22. Nxa4 Nxa4 23. Rxa4 Nd7 $11) 18. Nxa4 Qe8 19.
Nxb6 Rxb6 20. Ra5 {1/2 (43) Navara,D (2702)-Fier,A (2572) Caleta 2014} e5 21.
Qc4+ Rf7 22. Qxc7 Rb8 23. Nc6 Rxb5 $1 24. Nd8 $1 Rxa5 25. Qxa5 Rf8 26. Nb7 Qb8
$13) 11. Ne2 Na5 12. Qc2 (12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. c5 c6 16.
Nf4 cxd5 17. Nxd5 e6 18. Nb6 Bb5 $36 {1/2 (56) Gervais,V (2275)-Laurent,B 
(2284) France 2003}) (12. Nfd4 $5 e5 (12... c5 $5 13. dxc6 e5 {may be more
appropriate}) 13. Nb3 $1 (13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Qc2 (14. b3 c5 15. Nc2 Bb7 16. Qd3
d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. e5 Ne4 $36 {1-0 (82) Granda Zuniga,J (2475)-Howell,J 
(2400) Gausdal 1986}) 14... c5 15. Nb3 Nc6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. f4 e5 18. fxe5 Nxe5
$15 {1/2 (20) Baumgartner,H (2277)-Klundt,K (2405) Austria 2000}) 13... Nxc4
14. Qc2 Nb6 15. a3 bxa3 16. Rxa3 Bd7 17. Be3 Qc8 18. Na5 Ne8 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20.
dxc6 $14 {1-0 (50) Fominykh,M (2253)-Bodnaruk,A (2419) Moscow 2012}) 12... c6 (
12... c5 $5 13. Nf4 Nd7 14. Be3 (14. Re1 $6 b3 15. Qd3 {1/2 (72) Khismatullin,
D (2664)-Krylov,M (2490) Moscow 2012} Rb4 $1 16. Bd2 Bxb2 $1 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18.
Rab1 Nc5 19. Qd1 Bc3 20. axb3 Bxe1 21. Nxe1 Naxb3 22. Rxb3 Nxb3 23. Qxb3 a5 $17
{[%csl Ga5,Gb4]}) 14... b3 $13) 13. Nfd4 (13. Ned4 Bb7 (13... c5 14. Nb3 e5 15.
dxe6 Bxe6 16. Rd1 Nxb3 (16... Nxc4 17. Nxc5 Rc8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Nd4 $14) 17.
axb3 Qb6 18. Bf4 $14 {0-1 (71) Gajewski,G (2637)-Jones,G (2638) Reykjavik ISL
2013}) 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd4 Ba8 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. b3
Nc5 20. Bb2 e6 $11 {1-0 (34) Gajewski,G (2653)-Moranda,W (2560) Poland 2013})
13... cxd5 $146 {[%mdl 32] Hardly a good idea. White keeps a strong knight on
d4, for which Black's control of the c5 square will hardly compensate.} (13...
c5 $5 14. Nb3 e6 15. Bf4 Nxb3 16. axb3 exd5 17. cxd5 Re8 18. Rfe1 h5 19. Kh2 h4
20. g4 {1-0 (59) Grachev,B (2668)-Morozevich,A (2722) Moscow RUS 2014} Qe7 $132
{[%cal Yf6d7]}) 14. exd5 Qc7 (14... e5 $142 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Nb3 $14 {[%csl
Rd6,Re6]}) 15. b3 e5 {Black finally goes for hanging pawns but this is an
inferior version as White starts a queenside attack.} 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. a3 $1
bxa3 18. Bd2 Nb7 19. Rxa3 {[%csl Ra6]} e5 (19... Nc5 $2 20. b4) (19... Nd8 {
is too ugly; besides, White wins material by means of} 20. Ba5 Qc5 21. b4 $1
Rxb4 $8 22. Bxd8 ({or simply} 22. Bxb4) 22... Rxd8 23. Nc6) 20. Nc6 Ra8 (20...
Bf5 21. Qa2 Rbc8 22. Rxa6) 21. Nb4 (21. Nc3 {, bringing a more passive knight
to the dominant position on d5, was much stronger.}) 21... a5 22. Qa2 Bf5 23.
Nd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. b4 (25. g4 $5 Bd3 26. Be3 Rab8 27. Re1 $16) 25...
Bxh3 26. Rb1 Bf5 27. Rb2 Bd7 (27... Qc8 $1 {[%cal Yf5e6]} 28. bxa5 Nc5 $1 {
[%cal Yc5d3] (M.Notkin) was a better chance to create counterplay.}) 28. bxa5
Bc6 29. Nc3 Nc5 30. Be3 e4 31. a6 {Black has not enough compensation for this
strong passed pawn.} Nd3 (31... Rxa6 32. Rxa6 Nxa6 33. Qxa6 Bxc3 34. Rc2 Bxd5
35. cxd5 Qg7 36. Qxd6 $16 {[%csl Gd5]}) 32. Rb7 $1 Qc8 (32... Bxb7 33. axb7
Rab8 34. Nb5 Qd7 35. Ra8 $16 {was relatively better for Black}) 33. Nxe4 Bxd5
34. cxd5 Qg4 35. Rxd3 Qxe4 36. Rdb3 Qxd5 37. Qe2 $18 {[%csl Ga6]} Qc6 38. a7 d5
39. Rxg7 $1 {[%mdl 64] A final blow.} Kxg7 40. Bd4+ Kh6 (40... Kg8 41. Qe7 Rf7
42. Rb8+) (40... Kf7 41. Qe5 $18) 41. Qe3+ Kh5 42. g4+ Kh4 43. Qh6+ Kxg4 44.
Qh3+ Kf4 45. Rf3+ 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nd2 d6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. Qd2
Nd7 9. Nd5 Be6 10. Nfe3 Bg5 11. c3 O-O 12. Qd1 Nb6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. Qb3 d5 16. O-O Kh8 17. a4 Na5 18. Qb5 Nc6 19. Qb3 Na5 20. Qb5 Nc6 21. Qb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Extra Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[EventType "game (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 h6 3. c4 g5 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. b3 e5 10. e4 Bg4 11. Qd3 b6 12. h4 Nh7 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Nh2 Bd7 15. Qe2
f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Ne4 Nb7 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Bf3 Nf6 21. Ng4 Qd7
22. Nexf6+ Bxf6 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Nxf5+ Qxf5 25. Kg2 Rh8 26. Rh1 Qg6 27. Be4 Qf7
28. Qg4 Be7 29. f3 Raf8 30. Rxh8 Rxh8 31. Rh1 Rxh1 32. Kxh1 Qf8 33. Kg2 Qd8 34.
Qh5 Bf6 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Qf5 a5 37. Kf1 Kg7 38. Ke2 Qe7 39. Kd3 Qd8 40. Kc2 Kf8
41. Kb2 Kf7 42. Qh7+ Kf8 43. Qh6+ Ke7 44. Qh3 Kf8 45. Qe6 Kg7 46. g4 a4 47.
bxa4 Qb8+ 48. Kc2 Qb4 49. Qd7+ Kf8 50. Qb5 Qe1 51. a5 Qa1 52. Kb3 Qd1+ 53. Bc2
Qxf3+ 54. Ka4 Qc3 55. Bb3 c6 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 exd5 8. cxd5
d6 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 a6 11. a4 h6 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Nh4 Bc8 15. Qc2
Nh5 16. Bd2 Nd7 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Ne3 Rb8 19. a5 b5 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Na4 Nxa4
22. Rxa4 Ng7 23. Be4 Be7 24. Ba5 Qd7 25. Bc3 Qd8 26. Nc4 Bd7 27. Ra3 Bb5 28.
Na5 Qd7 29. Nc6 Rbc8 30. h4 Bf8 31. Bg2 Nh5 32. Kh2 Bg7 33. Bh3 f5 34. e4 Kh8
35. exf5 Rxe1 36. Bxe1 Nf6 37. fxg6 Ng4+ 38. Kg1 Qe8 39. Bc3 Bxc6 40. dxc6 h5
41. Bxg4 hxg4 42. Qf5 Bxc3 43. Rxc3 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd2 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O-O a6 9. f3 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Nce2 a5 12. Ng3 Ne8 13. Qd5 Bb7 14. Bb5 Ne5 15.
Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qd5 Nf6 17. Qxe5 dxe5 18. Rxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bd3 Bc5 20. Bxe5 Bxe3+
21. Kb1 Nd5 22. Nf5 Bd2 23. Bxg7 Nf4 24. Ne2 Nxd3 25. cxd3 Rxd3 26. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2014.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 b5 7. c4 Ne5 8. Bf1
Nxc4 9. a4 Bd7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. axb5 exd4 13. Bxc4 axb5 14. Rxa8
Qxa8 15. Bb3 Be7 16. Qxd4 O-O 17. Nc3 b4 18. Qxb4 Rb8 19. Qc4 Be6 20. Nd5 Bd8
21. h3 h6 22. Bf4 Qb7 23. Bc2 Ba5 24. Rd1 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rc8 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27.
Bxb3 Rb8 28. Bc4 Rxb2 29. Bxd6 Bb6 30. Be5 Rxf2 31. Kh2 Rf5 32. Bg3 h5 33. d6
Rc5 34. Be2 Ne4 35. d7 Bd8 36. Bb8 Nf6 37. Bf3 Kh7 38. Bf4 g5 39. Be3 Rb5 40.
Bc6 Ra5 41. Bd4 Kg6 42. Kh1 Ra6 43. Rc1 h4 44. Kg1 Be7 45. Bb5 Rd6 46. Bc5 Rxd7
47. Bxd7 Bxc5+ 48. Rxc5 Nxd7 49. Rc6+ f6 50. Kf2 Ne5 51. Rc3 Kf5 52. Ke3 Nd7
53. Rb3 Nf8 54. Rb5+ Kg6 55. Ke4 Ne6 56. Rb2 Nf4 57. Ra2 Ne6 58. Kd5 Nf4+ 59.
Kd6 g4 60. hxg4 Kg5 61. Ke7 Kxg4 62. Kxf6 Kg3 63. Kf5 Nxg2 64. Ra3+ Kf2 65. Kg4
Ne3+ 66. Kxh4 Kf3 67. Ra4 Nf5+ 68. Kg5 Ne3 69. Ra3 Ke4 70. Rxe3+ Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2014.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. h3 h6 5. Nf3 e6 6. c4 Be7 7. g4 Bh7 8. Rg1
Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. h4 Ne4 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 O-O 13. d3 Bb4+ 14. Nbd2 Nxd2
15. Nxd2 c5 16. a3 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Re8 18. f4 Qb6 19. Kf2 Qxb3 20. g6 Bxg6 21.
f5 d4 22. e4 Bxf5 23. exf5 Re3 24. Rb1 Qd5 25. Rxg7+ Kf8 26. Rg2 Ne5 27. Qd1
Re8 28. Bc1 b6 29. Qh5 Qf3+ 30. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 31. Kg1 Rxf5 32. Rf2 Rh5 33. Bf4 Re6
34. Be2 Rh3 35. Rd1 Ke7 36. Kg2 Rh8 37. Bh2 Rg6+ 38. Kf1 f6 39. Ke1 Ng4 40.
Bxg4 Rxg4 41. Kd2 Rg6 42. a4 Rhg8 43. Re1+ Kd7 44. Ree2 Kc6 45. Kc2 f5 46. Kb3
Rf8 47. Re7 f4 48. Rxa7 Re6 49. Kc4 Re1 50. Bxf4 Rc1+ 51. Bxc1 Rxf2 52. Kb3 Rf3
53. Kc2 c4 54. dxc4 Rc3+ 55. Kb2 Rxc4 56. Bd2 d3 57. Kb3 Rc2 58. Bf4 Rf2 59.
Rc7+ Kd5 60. Rd7+ Kc6 61. Rc7+ Kd5 62. Be3 Rf1 63. Rd7+ Ke4 64. Bxb6 Rb1+ 65.
Kc4 Rxb6 66. Rxd3 Ra6 67. Ra3 Ra5 68. Kb4 Ra8 69. Kc5 Rc8+ 70. Kb6 Kd5 71. a5
Kd6 72. Rd3+ Ke7 73. a6 Rb8+ 74. Kc7 Rb1 75. Re3+ Kf7 76. Ra3 Rc1+ 77. Kb6 Rb1+
78. Ka5 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2014.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. c4 Nb4 11. Nc3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Qe7 14. Rac1 Bd7
15. Ne5 b5 16. Qb3 Rfc8 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Rfd1 Qf7 19. a4 b4 20. Ne2 a5 21. h3
h6 22. Be5 Nd7 23. Bg3 Bf8 24. Nd4 e5 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Nxf5 Ke6
28. e4 Rc2 29. Rd5 Rc5 30. Ne3 Nb6 31. Rd8 Be7 32. Re8 Kf7 33. Rb8 Nxa4 34. Nd5
Bf6 35. Rb7+ Kg6 36. f4 exf4 37. Nxf4+ Kh7 38. Ne6 Rc6 39. e5 Bg5 40. Nxg7 Nc5
41. Ra7 Kg6 42. Ne8 a4 43. h4 Be3+ 44. Kh2 a3 45. bxa3 b3 46. h5+ Kxh5 47. e6
Nxe6 48. Rb7 Rb6 49. Rxb6 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 {The main idea of Black's last move is to exert
pressure on c4. Sooner or later, White should play Nd2, where he might be
placed worse than on b3 and then Black will play ...Bb7.} ({Those, who doesn't
believe in it, could play another popular line} 10... Bb7 11. Bf4 (11. f4 d6
12. Be3 Rc8 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. Kh1 Ne7 18.
Nd2 Ba6 19. b4 Ng6 20. g3 Rc7 21. a4 Rec8 22. Na2 $6 (22. b5 Bb7 23. Ra1 Nd7
24. a5 $14) 22... d5 23. e5 Ne4 24. b5 Bb7 25. cxd5 {1/2 Jakovenko, D (2718)
-Bocharov,D (2595) Olginka 2011}) 11... d6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Re1 Ne5 14. Nd2 Nfd7
{An aggressive plan, which is connected with ...Kh8 and ...g5.} ({A usual way
is} 14... Ned7 15. Bf1 a6 16. Be3 Re8 {etc}) 15. b4 Kh8 16. Bg3 g5 17. Nb3 a6
18. Bf1 (18. Qd4 $5 Bf6 19. Qxd6 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. e5 Bg7 22. Red1 Qc8 $1
$13) 18... Rg8 19. Na4 Bc6 20. Nd4 Bb7 21. Nb3 Bc6 22. Nd4 Bb7 23. Nb3 {
1/2 Van Wely,L (2692)-Gashimov,V (2761) Wijk aan Zee 2012}) 11. Bf4 (11. f4 {
This move seems to me more dangerous for Black than Bf4.} d6 12. Be3 Rc8 13.
Rc1 Re8 14. Rf2 (14. Bf2 Bb7 15. Nd2 Bf8 16. b4 Ne7 (16... e5 $5 17. Be3 (17.
f5 Nd4 18. Bd3 Be7 19. Kh1 h6 $13) 17... exf4 18. Bxf4 Ne5 19. Nd5 Be7 $11) 17.
Bf3 Ng6 18. g3 h6 19. Re1 Qc7 20. Qe2 Qb8 21. Nf1 Bc6 22. Ne3 a6 $13 {
Khairullin,I (2631)-Jakovenko,D (2736) Tyumen 2012 1/2 (57)}) 14... Nb8 15. Qf1
Nbd7 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Bf3 e5 18. g3 $5 (18. f5 a6 19. Qe2 h6 $13) 18... a6 19.
b4 exf4 (19... h5 $6 20. h3 h4 21. Rg2 hxg3 22. f5 Nh7 23. Rxg3 Kh8 24. Qg2 $40
) 20. gxf4 Bf8 21. Bd4 b5 $2 (21... g6 22. Rd1 Qc7 $132) 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Re1
Bc6 24. Nxb5 Ra8 25. Bb2 Qb6 26. Nd4 $16 {Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2616)
-Moiseenko,A (2677) Moscow 2010 1-0 (46)}) 11... d6 12. Nd2 {A rare line.
Usually White waits untill the opponent plays ...Ne5 and only then does he
play Nd2. The main line is Re1.} (12. Re1 Ne5 (12... Rc8 13. Bf1 Ne5 14. Nd2
Bb7 15. Rc1 Qc7 16. Bg3 Ned7 $2 (16... a6 17. b4) 17. c5 $3 Qb8 (17... bxc5 18.
Nc4 Ne8 19. Nb5 Qb8 20. Ncxd6 Nxd6 21. Nxd6 $18) 18. cxd6 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6
20. Nc4 Qb8 21. Qd6 Ba6 22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. e5 Ng4 24. f4 Nc5 25. h3 Nh6 26. g4
$16 {1-0 (49) Bacrot,E (2695)-Avrukh, B (2645) Kemer 2007}) 13. Nd2 Rc8 (13...
Qd7 14. b3 Rad8 15. Bg3 Ng6 16. h3 Rc8 17. Ra2 Bb7 18. Qa1 Rfd8 19. Bd1 a6 20.
a4 a5 (20... Qc7 $1 21. Be2 {preparing a piece sacrifice} (21. a5 $2 b5 $17)
21... Nd7 22. a5 $5 b5 23. cxb5 $8 Qxc3 24. Qxc3 Rxc3 25. bxa6 Ba8 26. b4 d5
27. b5 $44) 21. Nb5 Rc5 22. Qb1 Qc8 23. Rc2 Bf8 24. Rc3 d5 25. exd5 Nxd5 $1 $11
{Sasikiran,K (2664)-Bacrot,E (2700) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 0-1 (57)}) 14. b3 Ng6
15. Bg3 Bb7 16. b4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Bf1 Bh4 19. f4 f6 20. cxd5 $2 ({White
could get an advantage after} 20. Bxh4 Nxh4 21. Nb5 fxe5 (21... dxc4 22. Nd6
Rc7 23. Nxb7 Rxb7 24. Bxc4 $16) 22. Nd6 Rc7 23. Nxb7 Rxb7 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Nc4
$1) 20... Bxg3 21. hxg3 Rxc3 22. Ne4 Rc7 23. dxe6 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Nb8 $13 {
Olafsson,H (2595)-Anand,V (2610) Novi Sad 1990 0-1 (35)}) 12... Rc8 13. Re1 Nd7
(13... Ne5 {leads to the game Olafsson,H-Anand,V.}) 14. b4 Bb7 (14... Bf6 15.
Rc1 Bxc3 $6 16. Rxc3 Qf6 17. Rf3 Nd4 {It seems that Black wins an exchange but
after} 18. Bxd6 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 {due to the threat e5 with the subsequent b5 he
has no time to save the exchange} Qc3 (19... Rfd8 20. e5 Qh6 21. b5 Bxb5 22.
cxb5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxd2 24. Qxd2 Rxd2 25. h3 $16) 20. Nb1 Qxc4 $2 (20... Qb2
21. Bxf8 Nxf8 22. b5 Bb7 {with some compensation for the pawn}) 21. Bxf8 Nxf8
22. Be2 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Bxe2 24. Qd2 $16 {Krasenkow,M (2595) -Ciemniak,R (2415)
Lubniewice 1993 1-0 (45)}) 15. Rc1 {A hedgehog pawn formation is on the board.
Here we can see that both sides have placed their knights on atypical
positions. The black knight, which is placed on c6, usually should be placed
on f6 or on e8. The white knight usually is on d4 or b3 but not on d2. Within
several moves Black fixes this drawback.} a6 16. Bf1 Re8 17. Qe2 {White could
put his queen on f2. It's not easy for White to find the best setup against a
hedgehog defence.} Nce5 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Na4 Ned7 {Black dislocate his knights
on the typical squares.} 20. Bd4 Qc7 21. f3 Bc6 22. Nc3 Qb8 23. Kh1 (23. Qf2
Bd8 24. Kh1 $13) 23... Bd8 24. a4 Bc7 (24... Ne5 25. b5 Bb7 $6 26. c5 $1 dxc5
27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. bxa6 Bc6 29. Nc4 Qh5 (29... Qb8 30. Rb1 $5 (30. e5 Nd5 31.
Nd6 Bh4 32. g3 Be7 33. Nxe8 Rxe8 $14 {Black has some compensation for the
exchange}) 30... Nd7 31. e5 Bc7 32. Nb5 $16) 30. e5 Nd5 31. Nxd5 exd5 32. Nd6
$16 {winning an exchange.}) 25. g3 Qa8 26. Ra1 Bb7 27. Bg2 h6 28. Rec1 Qb8 29.
Re1 Qa8 {Neither player sees how to strengthen his position.} 30. Rec1 Qb8 31.
f4 {Hikaru doesn't agree to a draw by repetition.} (31. Re1 Qa8 $11) 31... e5 {
A typical and very logical move. However I suppose that Caruana's last move is
a premature one. He should have prepared it better.} ({For example} 31... Qa8
32. Kg1 (32. g4 $2 e5 $1 33. fxe5 Nxe5 34. Nd5 Bd8 35. h3 a5 36. b5 Nfd7 $17) {
now is the time to play} 32... e5 33. fxe5 dxe5 34. Be3 Bd6 35. Rab1 a5 36. b5
Ba3 37. Rf1 Bb4 $11 {So everything in the hedgehog defence is based on tactics.
}) 32. fxe5 Nxe5 $6 {I believe that Fabiano should have played 32...dxe5.
Let's see some lines.} (32... dxe5 33. Be3 a5 34. bxa5 bxa5 35. Bh3 Bd8 36. Nd5
Bc6 37. Rcb1 Qa8 38. Kg1 $14) 33. Nd5 {An inaccuracy.} (33. Bh3 $1 Rcd8 34. Nd5
{Black can't play ...Bd8 so it is not easy to find the right squares for his
pieces.} Nh7 (34... Nxd5 $6 35. cxd5 $16) 35. Rf1 Ng5 36. Bf5 Ne6 37. Be3 $16)
33... Nxd5 {It is not easy to recommend something good for Black, but probably
he shouldn't have traded the knights on d5.} (33... Bd8 $5 34. Nxb6 Bxb6 35.
Bxb6 Nxe4 36. Nxe4 Bxe4 37. Qxe4 Qxb6 38. b5 a5 39. Qf5 Rxc4 40. Rxc4 Nxc4 41.
Bd5 Ne5 42. Rf1 $44 {The activity of White's pieces is more important than the
sacrificed pawn.}) 34. cxd5 Bd8 35. Nf3 $6 {A strange move.} (35. b5 $1 a5 {
He would have a choice between the solid 36.Nc4 and the aggressive 36.Rc6!} 36.
Nc4 (36. Rc6 $1 Bxc6 37. dxc6 Bc7 38. Rf1 Re7 39. Nb1 $1 $16 {Black is short
of a move. Probably his position is lost.}) 36... Nxc4 37. Rxc4 Rxc4 38. Qxc4
Qc7 39. Qd3 Bc8 40. Qa3 Bd7 41. Rc1 Qb8 42. Qc3 $16) 35... Nd7 $1 {Now b5 will
be met with ...Nc5.} 36. Qd3 Bf6 37. Bh3 Bxd4 38. Qxd4 $6 (38. Nxd4 {White
still wants to play b5 and Nc6.} Rxc1+ 39. Rxc1 Nf6 40. Bg2 Ng4 41. Qd2 Qd8 42.
h3 Ne5 43. Nc6 Qa8 $1 (43... Qd7 44. b5 axb5 45. axb5 $14) 44. b5 axb5 45. axb5
Nd7 46. Qf4 Qa3 $11) 38... Rxc1+ 39. Rxc1 Qd8 40. Kg1 Re7 $11 {The position is
about equal. Probably complicated lines, which he had to calculate during
first 40 moves, made Hikaru so tired that he soon got a hopeless position. It
has happened to many players who have fought against the Hedgehog Defence.} 41.
Rc3 a5 $1 42. b5 $6 (42. Bxd7 $6 axb4 43. Qxb4 Qxd7 44. Kf2 Qe8 $15) (42. bxa5
bxa5 43. Bf5 $1 {an artificial but strong move} Qe8 (43... g6 $6 44. Bxd7 Qxd7
45. Nd2 $14 {Due to g6 Black has some problem with the king.}) 44. Rc4 Nc5 45.
e5 Nd7 46. exd6 Re1+ 47. Nxe1 Qxe1+ 48. Kg2 Qe2+ 49. Kg1 Qe1+ $11) 42... Nc5
43. Re3 Bc8 {Now Black is the side who is playing to win.} 44. Bg2 Bg4 $15 45.
Ne1 Bh5 (45... Qc8 $1 {preventing Nd3} 46. Bf1 (46. Nd3 $2 Nxd3 47. Qxd3 Rc7
$17) 46... Bh3 47. Bxh3 Qxh3 48. Nd3 Nxd3 49. Rxd3 Qg4 50. Re3 Rc7 $15 {
White's position is very unpleasant.}) 46. Nc2 $2 {He missed his chance to
save the game.} (46. Nd3 $1 Nxd3 (46... Rc7 $2 47. Nf4 Bg6 48. e5 $14) (46...
Qc7 47. Nxc5 dxc5 48. Qc3 $11) 47. Rxd3 Rc7 48. h3 $1 Rc1+ 49. Kh2 Qc7 50. e5
$1 dxe5 51. d6 $1 exd4 52. dxc7 Rxc7 53. Rxd4 Rc2 54. Kg1 $44 {Due to the
weakness of the black pawn on b6, White should be able to make a draw. For
example} Ra2 55. Rd6 Rxa4 56. Rxb6 Rb4 57. g4 Bg6 58. Rb8+ Kh7 59. b6 Be4 60.
Bxe4+ Rxe4 61. b7 Rb4 62. Ra8 Rxb7 63. Rxa5 $11) 46... Bg6 47. Qc4 Re8 48. Nd4
Qf6 $17 49. Nb3 $6 Nxb3 50. Rxb3 (50. Qxb3 Qd4 $19) 50... Qa1+ 51. Kf2 f5 $1
$19 52. Re3 fxe4 53. Bxe4 Qe5 54. Kf3 Bxe4+ $2 ({The simple move} 54... Bh5+ $1
{leads to victory.} 55. g4 (55. Kf2 Qf6+ 56. Kg2 Rf8) (55. Kg2 Qb2+ 56. Kg1 Qd2
) 55... Qxh2 56. gxh5 Rf8+ $19) 55. Rxe4 Qf5+ {Now the most likely outcome of
the game is a draw. Nevertheless, the exposed king creates some problems for
Nakamura.} 56. Ke3 Rc8 57. Qd3 Rf8 58. Kd2 $2 (58. Rf4) 58... Qg5+ $1 59. Kc2
Rf2+ 60. Kb3 Qf6 $2 (60... Rxh2 61. Re8+ Kf7 62. Re3 (62. Rb8 Qe5 63. Rb7+ Ke8
64. Qg6+ Kd8 $19) 62... Qh5 63. Rf3+ Kg8 64. Qe4 Rg2 $17) (60... Qc1 $1 {
The winning continuation.} 61. Re8+ Kf7 62. Re2 Rxe2 63. Qxe2 Qb1+ 64. Kc3 Qb4+
65. Kd3 Qa3+ 66. Ke4 Qxa4+ 67. Kf3 Qb3+ 68. Ke4 a4 $19) 61. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 h6 7. Bd3 $146 {
This novelty can hardly pose Black new problems. The inclusion of h7-h6 does
not affect the position much, so the resulting positions should be compared
with the known 6.Bd3 line.} ({In his previous rapid game, Magnus went for the
most ambitious:} 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Ne5 e6 10. Bd2 {Black should have
played:} Be7 ({and here instead of:} 10... Bd6 $2 11. Qa4+ Nc6 (11... Nbd7 12.
Nb5 $18) 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6+ $16 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2837)-Bologan,V (2732)/
Astana KAZ 2012 (54)}) 11. Rc1 O-O 12. O-O Nfd7 {with a solid position. For
instance,} 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. a4 Nb8 15. e4 dxe4 16. d5 Nd7 17. Be3 Nc5 $1 (
17... Bc5 $6 18. Nxe4 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qb6 20. Ng3 $36 {1/2-1/2 Aronian,L (2802)
-Carlsen,M (2826)/London 2011/CBM 146 (39)}) 18. Qc4 ({Black is clearly no
longer at risk in the event of:} 18. Qc2 Ra8 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21.
Nxe4 Bd4 $11) 18... b6 19. g4 exd5 (19... Bh7 $5 20. dxe6 Nxe6 21. Rfd1 Qb8 {
is also fine for Black}) 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Nxd5 Be6 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 $11) 7...
Bxd3 (7... e6 8. Bxf5 exf5 9. Qc2 g6 10. O-O Bd6 $11) 8. Qxd3 e6 9. O-O Bb4 10.
Bd2 O-O 11. Rfd1 {This position is quite topical with the pawn on h7. Black
has to solve a problem of Bb4 now - 11...Nbd7? is a tactical blunder (12.Nxd5!)
} Bxc3 {The simplest way to complete the developement.} ({Protecting the
bishop has its drawbacks:} 11... a5 12. a3 Bxc3 (12... Be7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nd7 16. Bf4 $14) 13. bxc3 Nbd7 (13... dxc4 14. Qxc4 Qd5 15. Qe2
$14) 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. c4 $14) ({It was possible to keep the bishop on the
board by means of} 11... Ba5 $5 12. Rab1 Nbd7 13. b4 Bc7 14. e4 Nb6 15. cxd5
cxd5 16. e5 Nfd7 $132) 12. Bxc3 Nbd7 13. b3 {White is marginally better due to
a space advantage, but it would be difficult to make progress.} Qe7 {At this
stage of the game Hikaru correctly avoids any active actions.} (13... Ne4 14.
Bb2 a5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qe7 17. Qc2 $14) 14. Rac1 Rac8 (14... a5 15. Nd2
Rfd8 (15... a4 16. b4 Nb6 17. c5 Nbd7 18. b5 $14) 16. h3 Nf8 17. e4 dxe4 18.
Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Ng6 20. a4 Qg5 21. g3 Rd7 22. h4 Qh5 23. Rd3 Ne7 24. Rcd1
$14) 15. Qe2 Ne4 $6 {This move looks natural, but the knight does not have
much of a job to do there. Moreover, now White's plan of seizing the centre by
means of f2-f3 and e3-e4 becomes more realistic.} ({A solid alternative was} 
15... Rfd8 {completing the flexible setup. The play may continue:} 16. Ne1 dxc4
17. bxc4 c5 18. Qb2 b6 19. f3 (19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qxb6 Rxd1 22.
Rxd1 Qc3 $11) 19... cxd4 20. Bxd4 Rc6 $11) 16. Bb2 Rfd8 17. Ne1 Nd6 {Allowing
the unpleasant pin, but Black's position lacks any constructive ideas.} (17...
Qg5 18. f3 Nd6 19. c5 (19. e4 $6 dxc4 20. bxc4 b5 $132) 19... Nf5 20. e4 Nh4
21. g3 $14) (17... dxc4 18. Qxc4 Nef6 19. Nd3 $14) (17... Nef6 18. Nd3 $14) 18.
Ba3 $14 f5 {Hikaru is trying to stop e3-e5 at any cost, but the weakness of
the dark squares in his camp is obvious now.} (18... Nf6 19. Nd3 Qc7 20. f3 $14
) 19. Nd3 Nf6 20. Bb4 Qc7 21. Qf3 {Magnus decides to activate the queen and is
ready to enter the endgame.} ({Black is definitely also under pressure after} 
21. f3 $5 Nf7 22. Be1 Qe7 23. Bh4 $14) 21... dxc4 {This exchange can hardly
suit Black - the pawn structure is better for White now. However, Hikaru was
trying to push e6-e5.} (21... Nf7 22. h4 Re8 $14) 22. bxc4 Nf7 23. a4 {A
positional threat of fixing the pawn structure is unpleasant, so Black is
forced to take a decision now.} a5 {Creating one more potential weakness.} ({
I would prefer} 23... b6 24. Qf4 Qxf4 25. Nxf4 Re8 (25... c5 26. Ba3 $14) 26.
a5 bxa5 27. Bxa5 e5 28. dxe5 Nxe5 $14 {in the resulting position White has a
stable positional advantage, but the material is reduced.}) 24. Be1 b6 25. Qg3
{Black cannot avoid an inferior endgame.} (25. Qf4 $5) 25... Qxg3 26. hxg3 {
[%csl Ra5,Rb6][%cal Gc4c5]} Ra8 {A sad necessity. There was no other way to
save losing a pawn.} (26... c5 27. dxc5 bxc5 28. Bxa5 Rd6 29. Be1 Rcd8 30. Nb2
$16) 27. f3 Rdb8 {A correct idea. Pushing b6-b5 may simplify the position and
ease Black's task.} 28. Rc2 (28. Rb1 Nd7 29. c5 (29. Kf2 Nd6 30. Rdc1 c5 $14)
29... bxc5 30. Nxc5 Nxc5 31. dxc5 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Ne5 $14) 28... b5 (28... Nd7 $5
29. Rb1 e5 $14) 29. Nc5 $1 {The most ambitious continuation. Magnus is not
ready to swap the queenside pawns.} ({Things could be much easier for Hikaru
after} 29. cxb5 cxb5 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. Ra1 e5 $14) 29... bxc4 ({After} 29... b4
30. Nxe6 Ra7 31. Nc5 Nd7 32. Nb3 $14 {the strong Pb4 doesn't fully compensate
for the loss of a pawn.}) 30. Rxc4 Nd5 (30... e5 31. Kf2 Nd5 32. Rdc1 Rb2+ (
32... exd4 33. Rxd4 Rb2+ 34. Rd2 Rb4 35. Re2 Rb6 36. e4 fxe4 37. Rxe4 $14) 33.
R4c2 Rxc2+ 34. Rxc2 exd4 35. exd4 $14) 31. Bd2 e5 32. e4 {A double-edged
decision. Magnus gets an excellent square for his knight, but now there are
not many pawns left on the board.} (32. Ne6 $5 Rb6 33. dxe5 (33. Rdc1 exd4 34.
Rxd4 $14) 33... Nxe5 34. Rc5 Nd7 35. Rc2 $14) 32... fxe4 33. Nxe4 (33. fxe4 $6
Nf6 $11) 33... Nb6 $6 {This natural decision is wrong. Nakamura liquidates the
last queenside pawn, but his pieces lose harmony.} (33... exd4 $142 34. Rxd4
Rb2 35. Rc1 Nd8 36. Nc5 Ra2 $14) 34. Rxc6 Nd8 ({I would prefer} 34... Nxa4 35.
Ra1 Nb6 ({after} 35... Nb2 36. d5 a4 37. d6 a3 38. d7 Nd8 39. Rc3 $16 {White's
passed pawn is very strong}) 36. Rxa5 Rxa5 37. Bxa5 Na4 $1 38. dxe5 (38. d5 $2
Rb5 $11) 38... Nxe5 39. Rc7 Rf8 40. g4 $16 {and Black has a very difficult
position, but drawing chances cannot be understimated.}) 35. Rg6 $1 {A good
practical decision - now Black has an unpleasant choice, so there are more
chances for an additional mistake!} (35. Rd6 Nf7 (35... Nc4 36. Rd5 exd4 37.
Rxd4 $16) 36. Re6 Nxa4 37. dxe5 Nb2 38. Ra1 a4 39. Bc3 Nc4 40. f4 $16) 35...
Nc4 36. dxe5 Kh7 $2 {A decisive mistake.} ({It was necessary to exchange the
strong bishop:} 36... Nxe5 37. Rd6 Nc4 38. Rd7 Nb6 39. Bf4 Nxd7 40. Bxb8 Rxb8
41. Rxd7 $16) 37. Rg4 Nxe5 38. Rh4 Ndf7 (38... Ndc6 39. g4 Kg8 40. Bc3 $18) 39.
Bc3 {Combining play on the both sides of the board.} Rb3 (39... Rd8 40. Rb1 Rd3
41. Rb5 Nd7 42. Bxa5 $18) 40. Rd5 Re8 41. Rf4 $1 {Brilliant technique by the
World Champion. Now Black just loses a second pawn.} (41. Rxa5 Ng6 42. Rg4 Rxe4
43. Rxe4 Rxc3 $16 {deserves much more efforts.}) 41... Re7 42. Bxa5 $18 {
The rest is a matter of accuracy, since Black is unable to create any threats.}
Ng6 43. Rff5 Nfe5 44. Rd1 {The rook is going to support the passed Pa4.} Nc4 (
44... Ra3 45. Bb4 $18) 45. Rc1 Nxa5 46. Rxa5 Ra3 47. Rcc5 {Restricting the
knight. White is not in a hurry.} Ra2 48. Kh2 Rd7 ({The following illustrative
line shows, that Black is helpless:} 48... Rb7 49. Ra8 Rbb2 50. Nf6+ $1 gxf6
51. Rc7+ Ne7 52. Rxe7+ Kg6 53. Rg8+ Kf5 54. g4+ Kf4 55. Re4#) 49. Ra6 Ne7 50.
g4 Rb7 ({Or} 50... Nd5 51. Rxd5 Rxd5 52. Nc3 Rdd2 53. Nxa2 Rxa2 54. a5 $18) 51.
Rb5 Rc7 52. Nc5 Rc6 (52... Ng6 53. Kg3 $18) 53. Rxc6 Nxc6 54. Rb7 {Reminding
Black about the king.} Nd4 55. Kh3 Kg8 56. Rb4 Ne2 57. g5 Ng1+ (57... hxg5 58.
Kg4 Ng1 59. g3 Ne2 60. Ne4 $18) 58. Kg3 Ne2+ (58... hxg5 59. Ne4 g4 60. f4 g6
61. Nf6+ Kg7 62. Nxg4 $18) 59. Kg4 hxg5 60. Kxg5 Ng1 61. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 {It might be surprising to see such an active player as Shakhriyar
playing Caro-Kann, but in fact there are a lot dynamic lines in this opening
as well.} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 {This very
aggressive line came into some kind of a crisis after several convincing wins
by Sergey Karjakin as White.} (6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 {is a more solid
alternative.}) 7. Nc3 Nc6 (7... Qxb2 $6 8. Qb1 $1 {is the great idea, played
for the first time on a high level by Bologan. The following game was a heavy
blow:} Qxb1+ (8... Qxc3+ $2 9. Bd2 $18 {[%csl Rc3]}) 9. Rxb1 c4 10. Rxb7 Nc6
11. Nb5 Nd8 12. Rc7 Rb8 13. Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 14. exd6 Rb1+ 15. Bd1 Bxc2 16. Kd2
Bxd1 17. Rxd1 Rb6 18. Bf4 Nf6 19. Re7+ Kf8 20. Rxa7 Ne4+ 21. Kc2 f6 22. h4 $1
$16 {1-0 (34) Karjakin,S (2747)-Eljanov,P (2761) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 8. dxc5
{This is not the main move in the position, but also poses some problems for
Black, at least practical ones.} (8. O-O Qxb2 9. Qe1 $1 {This is considered as
the most promising line for White, but the subsequent positions are quite
complicated and require excellent preparation.} (9. Nb5 $6 c4 $1 10. Nc7+ Kd7
11. Nxa8 Bxc2 12. Qe1 Bb4 13. Bd2 Nge7 14. Bxb4 Nxb4 $13 {[%csl Ra8] 0-1 (46)
Karjakin,S (2706)-Morozevich,A (2771) Nice 2009}) 9... cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11.
Nxd4 Bb4 12. Ndb5 (12. Rb1 Bxc3 13. Rxb2 Bxe1 14. Rxe1 b6 15. Rb3 Ne7 16. Rc3
g5 17. Rc7 Bg6 18. g4 h5 19. h3 Kf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (29) Sjugirov,S (2635)
-Eljanov,P (2729) St Petersburg 2013}) 12... Ba5 13. Rb1 Qxc2 14. Rb3 Ne7 15.
Nd6+ Kf8 16. Nxb7 Bb6 17. Nd6 Ba5 18. Bf3 Bd3 $1 19. Qc1 Qxc1 20. Rxc1 Ng6 21.
Nxd5 $1 Nxe5 22. Nf4 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bg6 24. Rb7 $16 {1-0 (46) Karjakin,S (2779)
-Fridman,D (2655) Dortmund 2012}) 8... Bxc5 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. Nb5 Kf8 {Black is
forced to lose the privilege of castling.} (10... Qb4+ 11. c3 Qxb2 12. Nd6+ Kf8
13. O-O {with excellent compensation for the pawn.}) 11. Nbd4 Nge7 (11... Qb4+
12. Qd2 (12. c3 {is worth checking in practice, though after} Qxb2 13. O-O Bg6
{white's knight is not as active as on d6, so the compensation is less obvious.
}) 12... Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nge7 14. Nxf5 Nxf5 15. Bd3 g6 16. c3 Rc8 $11 {0-1 (47)
Pintaudi,A (2138)-Ballarani,P (2381) ICCF email 2009}) 12. O-O Be4 13. Re1 Qb4
$146 {An attempt to improve over a couple of previous games.} (13... h6 14. c3
Qb6 15. b3 Rc8 (15... Rd8 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (43) Zhigalko,S 
(2621)-Berkes,F (2647) Martuni 2009}) 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Bd3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qc7
19. Qg3 g6 20. h4 h5 21. Qf4 Kg7 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Re3 Qe7 24. Qf4 $14 {1/2-1/2
(39) Zhigalko,S (2648)-Turov,M (2609) Tashkent 2010}) 14. a3 $5 {Ignoring the
threat to Pb2, playing purely for an initiative.} ({The positional alernative} 
14. Rb1 {would yield White a small edge thanks to some space superiority.
Black also needs time to bring his kingside rook into play.} h5 (14... h6 15.
c3 Qb6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 $14) 15. c3 Qb6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 $14) 14...
Qxb2 15. Rb1 Qxa3 16. Rxb7 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 h6 (17... Rb8 $1 {was logical, to
exchange White's annoying rook. In general, Black should strive for
simplifications.} 18. Rxb8+ Nxb8 19. c4 (19. Qd2 Qb2 $1 20. Qf4 h6 21. Nd4 Kg8
22. Bh5 g6 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qf6 Rh7 25. Qxe6+ Kf8 26. Bxg6 Rg7 27. Qf6+ Kg8
$11) 19... g6 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Bc4 Qc5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 exd5 24. Rc1 $11
) 18. Qd2 (18. c4 g6 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Bc4 Rd8 {is okay for Black.}) 18... g5 (
18... Rb8 $6 {Now it's worse than on the previous move.} 19. Rxb8+ Nxb8 20. Rb1
Nbc6 21. h4 g6 22. Qf4 $36) 19. h4 (19. Reb1 Kg7 20. h4 (20. Nxg5 hxg5 21.
Qxg5+ Kf8 22. Bb5 Rg8 23. Qh6+ Rg7 24. Qh8+ Rg8 $11) 20... g4 21. R7b3 (21. Nd4
Rhb8 22. Nxc6 Rxb7 23. Rxb7 Nxc6 24. Qf4 Qa1+ 25. Kh2 Qxe5 26. Rxf7+ Kg8 $11)
21... Qc5 22. Rb5 Qa3 23. Nd4 Rhb8 24. Nxc6 Nxc6 25. Qf4 Rxb5 26. Bxb5 Rb8 27.
Qxg4+ Kh8 28. Qf4 Qf8 $11) 19... g4 $2 {This logical move appears to be a
serious mistake.} (19... Qa4 $1 {It's important to prevent Nf3-d4, so that
Black would keep his both knights for a better protection of his king.} 20. Qe3
(20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Qxg5 $6 Qxc2 $15 {[%cal Gc2h7]}) (20. Bb5 Qa5 21. Qe3 Nf5
22. Qc5+ Nce7 $11) 20... Nf5 21. Qc5+ Nce7 22. Bd3 Rc8 23. Rxa7 Rxc5 24. Rxa4
Nxh4 25. Nxh4 gxh4 26. Rxh4 h5 $11) 20. Nd4 Qa5 (20... g3 21. fxg3 Qxg3 22.
Nxc6 Nxc6 23. Rf1 Rh7 24. Rf4 $1 h5 25. Rb3 Qg7 26. Qc3 Nxe5 27. Qc7 Kg8 28.
Rb8+ Rxb8 29. Qxb8+ Qf8 30. Qxe5 $18) (20... Nxe5 $2 {is losing on the spot.}
21. Qf4 $18 {[%csl Re5,Re6]}) 21. c3 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Nf5 $2 {This is very
tempting, but after that Black's position is, probably, beyond saving.} (22...
Rc8 {would have been far more resilient. Still, after} 23. Rc1 (23. Reb1 $6 Nf5
24. Qxg4 Qxc3 25. Rb8 Rg8 {is still playable for Black.}) 23... h5 24. Qf4 Rh7
25. Qg5 Qc5 (25... Ng8 $2 26. Rcb1 Qxc3 27. Rb8 Qc7 28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. Ba6 $1
$18) 26. g3 {White keeps a strong initiative.}) 23. Qd2 {Black's main problem
is that his king is unsecure and the rooks are not coordinated. The extra
a-pawn may be a factor only in an endgame, but he simply won't reach this
stage.} d4 (23... h5 24. Bd3 $18) (23... Rc8 24. Bxg4 Qxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxc3 26.
Ra1 Rc8 27. Bxf5 exf5 28. Raxa7 Rh7 29. e6 $18) 24. Bxg4 Qxc3 25. Qe2 Nxh4 (
25... Ne7 26. Bh5 Rc8 27. Qe4 {Black's king and knight can't mov; soon White's
attack will prevail.}) 26. Bh5 Rh7 27. Qe4 $1 {In the final stage of the game
Hikaru is very convincing.} Rc8 (27... f5 28. exf6 $1 Rxb7 29. Qxe6 Qc8 30.
Qd6+ Kg8 31. Qg3+ Kh7 32. Qxh4 $18) 28. Qxh7 $1 Qxe1+ 29. Kh2 Qxe5+ 30. g3 {
Black's checks are finished, but White's are starting now...} Rc7 31. Rb8+ Ke7
32. Qxf7+ Kd6 33. Qf8+ (33. Qf8+ Kd5 34. Rb5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nh4 Bh5 (7...
Be7 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 g5 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. Qa4 dxc4 (
13... Qc7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qc2 Nb6 (15... O-O-O $5 16. O-O-O Kb8 17. Kb1 Nf8
18. e4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Ng6 $11) 16. b3 a5 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Ne2 Bd6
19. a4 Qe6 20. f3 Bb4 (20... Ba3 $5 21. Rd1 Bb4) 21. Bxb4 axb4 22. Kf2 $14 {
Tomashevsky,E (2708)-Sjugirov,S (2612) Moscow 2009 1-0 (77)}) 14. Qxc4 Nd5 15.
O-O-O Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Nf6 17. e4 Rd8 18. Rd3 O-O 19. Kb1 Rd7 20. Bd2 Rfd8 21. Be3
Qa5 22. Rhd1 c5 $11 {Grachev,B (2668)-Potkin,V (2626) Irkutsk 2010 0-1 (80)})
8. h3 g5 (8... Be7 {see 7...Be7}) (8... Nbd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. g5 Ng8 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. Qc2 Ne7 13. Bd2 Nf5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nb5 Bd6 16. Qa4 a6 17. Rc1 Ke7 18.
Nxd6 Nxd6 $11 {Carlsen,M (2776)-Movsesian,S (2751) Wijk aan Zee 2009 1/2 (39)})
9. Nf3 (9. g4 gxh4 10. gxh5 Na6 (10... Qxb3 11. axb3 Na6 12. c5 Nc7 13. b4 a6
$11) 11. Bd2 Rg8 12. O-O-O Qxb3 13. axb3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Be2 Bb4 $11 {
Postny,E (2595)-Sandipan,C (2641) Germany 2010 0-1 (42)}) 9... h6 (9... Bxf3
10. gxf3 h6 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Be7 14. Kb1 a6 15. e4 dxc4 16.
Bxc4 (16. h4 $1 gxh4 17. Bxc4 $16) 16... O-O-O 17. Be3 c5 18. d5 Nb6 19. Bb3
exd5 20. exd5 $14 {Grachev,B (2680)-Tischbierek,R (2436) Biel 2011 1-0 (39)})
10. Bd3 (10. c5 {An interesting side line. Maybe it will soon be the
fashionable line.} Qc7 (10... Qxb3 11. axb3 Bg7 12. b4 $14) 11. Bd3 Rg8 12. Qc2
Nbd7 13. b4 Bg6 14. Bxg6 Rxg6 15. Bb2 (15. a4 $5 h5 16. e4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4
18. Qxe4 $14) 15... h5 16. Ne2 $6 (16. h4 $5 g4 17. Ng5) 16... g4 17. Ne5 Nxe5
18. dxe5 Nd7 19. hxg4 Rxg4 20. Nf4 Nxe5 21. Rxh5 {1/2 (21) Eljanov,P (2761)
-Sandipan,C (2641) Plovdiv 2010. It seems to me that Black could continue
playing:} Nc4 22. Bf6 Rxf4 $1 23. exf4 Qxf4 $44) ({Once Alexander Morozevich
played} 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 Qxb3 12. axb3 Rg8 (12... Na6 $5 13. c5 (13. hxg5 Nb4
14. Ra4 Nxg4 15. c5) 13... Nb4 14. Ra4 a5 $13) 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. c5 Nxg4 15. b4
$5 (15. Nxg5 Bc2 16. f4 Bxb3 17. Ra3 Bc2 18. e4 $44) 15... f6 16. b5 cxb5 17.
Rg1 Nh6 18. Nxb5 Kd7 19. Rxa7 Rxa7 20. Nxa7 Nc6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 $11 {Morozevich,
A (2771)-Smeets,J (2601) Wijk aan Zee 2009 1-0 (49)}) ({Another popular line is
} 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nd3 Na6 12. h4 Bg7 13. Qa4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Bg6 15. Bd2 Nc7 16.
g3 a5 (16... e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ne6 21. O-O-O
$14) (16... O-O-O $5 17. Bg2 Kb8 18. Na4 Qa6 $11) 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Rxh8+ Bxh8
19. Bg2 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 $16 {Giri,A (2717)-Zontakh,A 
(2556) Sochi 2012 1-0 (31)}) 10... Nbd7 11. g4 (11. Qc2 {threatening g4} Rg8
12. Bd2 Qc7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bf5 Bd6 16. h4 Nxg4 17. hxg5 hxg5 18.
Nxg5 Qd8 19. f4 Qf6 20. Bxg6 (20. Nge4 $5 dxe4 21. Bxg4 Bxf4 $1 22. O-O-O $44)
20... Rxg6 21. Rf1 (21. O-O-O $1 Nf2 22. Rh7 Nxd1 23. Rxf7 Nxc3 24. Rxf6 Nxa2+
25. Kb1 Rxf6 26. Kxa2 $14) 21... Nh2 $11 {Stefanova,A (2557)-Cramling,P (2548)
Istanbul 2009 0-1 (70)}) 11... Qxb3 12. axb3 Bg6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Ke2 Bg7 15.
Bd2 O-O 16. Be1 $146 (16. Rag1 {the straightforward approach} Ne4 17. Be1 e5 $5
18. cxd5 Nxc3+ $6 (18... cxd5 19. Nxd5 exd4 20. Nxd4 Rae8 21. Nb5 Ne5 {
threatening ...Nf3} 22. Nd4 Nd7 $11) 19. Bxc3 e4 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 cxd5 22.
Rd1 $14 {Cmilyte,V (2511)-Muzychuk,A (2593) Dilijan 2013 0-1 (68)}) 16... a6
17. h4 gxh4 $8 ({Black can't play} 17... Nxg4 $2 {due to the simple line} 18.
hxg5 h5 (18... hxg5 19. Nxg5) 19. Nh4 Kf7 20. f3 $18) 18. g5 (18. Rxh4 $2 g5
19. Rh1 Nxg4 $17) 18... hxg5 19. Nxg5 Rfe8 $1 (19... Rae8 {looks more natural
but after} 20. Rxh4 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Rd1 {Black can't
protect his pawn} Nf7 24. Nh3 (24. Nxf7 $6 Rxf7 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Bxb2 $11
) 24... Rc8 25. Rb4 b5 26. Nf4 $16) 20. Rxh4 e5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Rd1 Rad8 ({
Black can't close the centre with} 22... e4 $2 {because of the following lines:
} 23. Bd2 Rac8 (23... b5 24. Rg1 b4 25. Na4 a5 26. Nh3 Kf7 27. Nf4 Nf8 28. Nc5
$16) (23... Nf8 24. Rg1 Red8 25. Nh3 Kf7 26. Nf4 Rac8 27. b4 $16) 24. Rg1 Rc6
25. Nh3 Nf8 26. Nf4 $16) 23. Nf3 $5 {Teimour still wants to provoke e4.} (23.
dxe5 Nxe5 24. Na4 Rc8 25. Bc3 {It seems that due to the isolated pawn White
gets something of an edge, however if we continue this line, we'll see that
after} Ned7 {Black threatens b5 and White has nothing better than an equal
game after} 26. Bd4 Rc2+ 27. Rd2 Rxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Ne4+ 29. Nxe4 dxe4 $11) 23...
exd4 {Hikaru insists on playing with the isolated pawn on d5.} ({I don't see
anything bad for Black after} 23... e4 24. Ng5 Nf8 25. Bd2 Ne6 26. Nxe6 Rxe6
27. Na4 Rc6 28. Nc5 Rb8 29. Rg1 Kf7 $11 {with a very solid position.}) 24.
Rhxd4 Nb6 25. Rb4 Rd6 26. Na4 $1 {Of course he improves his pawn structure if
he can do it.} Nxa4 27. bxa4 Re7 28. Bc3 $2 {I think that after 28.Bc3 White
lost most of all his advantage.} (28. Rc4 $1 Rd8 29. Ba5 Rde8 30. Rc2 Rd7 31.
Rcd2 $14 {Black has to do some unpleasant work to save the game.}) 28... Ne4
29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Nd2 Rc6 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Rdd4 (32. Rd2 {Probably Radjabov
shouldn't have traded rooks, but even in this case I don't think that he would
get good chances to win.} Rc1 33. Rb6 Kf7 34. Rd4 Rc2+ 35. Kf1 Kg7 36. Rdb4
Rcc7 (36... Rf7 37. Rxb7 Rcxf2+ 38. Ke1 Rh2 39. R4b6 a5 $11)) 32... Rc2+ 33.
Rd2 Rxd2+ 34. Kxd2 {White has some chances to win, but objectively the
position is completely drawish. White can't win the pawn on e4 because he has
his own weakness on f2. Nevertheless Black has to play precisely.} Kf6 35. Rb6+
Kf5 36. Ke2 Rc7 37. Kf1 Rd7 38. Kg2 Rf7 (38... g5 $1 {I think that this is the
most reliable setup for Black is connected with the pawn on g5.} 39. Kg3 Re7
40. b4 Rc7 41. a5 (41. b5 a5) 41... Re7 42. b5 axb5 43. Rxb5+ Re5 $11) 39. b4
Kg5 40. a5 Re7 41. Kg3 Rf7 42. Re6 Kf5 43. Rd6 Re7 {Hikaru Nakamura calculated
the pawn endgame till the end. Let's check it.} 44. Rb6 (44. Rd5+ Re5 (44...
Ke6 $2 45. Rg5 Kf6 46. Kf4) 45. Rxe5+ Kxe5 46. Kg4 Kd5 47. Kg5 (47. Kf4 Kc4 48.
Kxe4 Kxb4 49. Kd5 Kxa5 50. e4 b5 51. e5 b4 52. Kc4 Kb6 (52... Ka4 $2 53. e6 b3
54. e7 b2 55. e8=Q+ $18) 53. Kxb4 Kc6 54. f4 Kd5 55. Ka5 g5 $11) 47... Kc4 48.
Kxg6 Kxb4 49. Kf5 Kxa5 50. Kxe4 b5 51. f4 Kb6 52. f5 Kc6 $11) 44... Rf7 45. b5
axb5 46. Rxb5+ Ke6 47. Kg4 Rxf2 48. Rxb7 Rf5 49. a6 Ra5 50. Rb6+ Kf7 (50... Ke5
{seems to me a less difficult way to save the game than 50...Kf7.} 51. Rxg6 Ra1
52. Rc6 Rg1+ 53. Kh5 Ra1 54. Kg6 Ra3 $11) 51. Kf4 g5+ {Black is forced to give
up the e4-pawn. Any avarice could be punished.} (51... Ra4 $2 52. Ke5 Kg7 53.
Kd5 g5 54. Kc6 g4 55. Kb7 g3 56. Rb2 Ra1 57. Rg2 Rb1+ 58. Ka8) 52. Kxe4 g4 53.
Kf4 Ra4+ 54. Kg3 Re4 (54... Kg7 55. Rb7+ Kf6 56. Ra7 Ra3 57. Kxg4 Rxe3 58. Kf4
Ra3) 55. Rb8 Rxe3+ 56. Kxg4 Ra3 57. Ra8 {Black has to play precisely.} Ra5 $1 {
Of course Nakamura knows such rook endings.} 58. Kf4 Kg7 59. Ke4 Rb5 60. Ra7+
$1 {A little trap.} Kg6 $8 (60... Kf6 $4 61. Kd4 Rb6 62. Rh7 $1 Kg6 63. a7 Ra6
64. Rb7 Ra5 65. Kc4 Kf6 66. Kb4 $18) (60... Kh6 $4 61. Rc7 Ra5 62. a7 Kg6 63.
Kd4 Kf6 64. Kc4 Ke6 65. Kb4 Ra1 66. Kb5 $18) 61. Kd4 (61. Rb7 Ra5 62. a7 Kf6
63. Kd4 Ke6 64. Kc4 Kd6 65. Kb4 Kc6 $11) 61... Rb6 $11 62. Ke5 Rc6 63. Ra8 Kg7
64. Ra7+ Kg6 65. Re7 Rxa6 66. Re6+ Rxe6+ 67. Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Rac1 a6 12. b3 O-O 13. Qh4 Re8 14. Bh3 Ba8 15.
g4 b5 16. cxb5 Qa5 17. Bd2 Bxf3 18. exf3 Ne5 19. Kg2 g5 20. Qxg5 axb5 21. Qe3
b4 22. Ne2 Nd5 23. Qe4 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 e6 25. f4 Nf6 26. Qb7 Nexg4 27. Qf3 h5 28.
Rxd6 Qxa2 29. Ng3 Qxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 h4 32. Kf3 hxg3 33. hxg3 Ra8 34.
f5 Bf8 35. Rc6 Nd7 36. Rc7 Nc5 37. Be3 Ra5 38. fxe6 Nxe6 39. Rc8 Kg7 40. Bf1
Rf5+ 41. Kg2 Bc5 42. Bd3 Re5 43. Bxc5 Rxc5 44. Rb8 Rc3 45. Bc4 Nd4 46. Rxb4 Nf5
47. Rb7 Ne3+ 48. Kf2 Nxc4 49. bxc4 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 {This line has become very popular in
the last four years at the top level. In this type of Open Ruy Lopez, White
usually wants to retain the d4-square, but now Black immediately avoids this.}
12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Re1 (15. Be3) ({and} 15. b4 {are the
other lines.}) 15... O-O 16. b4 (16. Be3 {is another main line.}) 16... Qd7 (
16... Qd5 $6 {was the first top game in 2009,} 17. h3 Rfd8 18. g4 $1 Be6 19.
Re3 $16 {and now the d3-pawn is lost, Karjakin-Mamedyarov, Khanty-Mansiysk
2009.}) 17. h3 (17. Bg5 Rfd8 (17... Bxg5 $5 18. Nxg5 h6 {was easier and Black
looks OK.}) 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Re3 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Rxa5 Nxa5 22. Nd4 Bg6
23. e6 Nc4 $132 {with a double-edged fight, Safarli-Nakamura, Tromso m/2 2013.}
) 17... Bg6 18. Bg5 $1 $146 {A nice novelty by Caruana.} ({Four years ago
Caruana already had a game with Black for} 18. Ba2 Kh8 19. Bf4 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5
21. b4 Ra4 22. Bb3 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Nd8 24. Qa7 Ne6 25. Bd2 Rd8 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27.
Nd4 Bxb4 28. Nxb5 Qxb5 29. cxb4 Rc8 30. Qa5 Qd7 31. Ra1 Be4 32. Qc5 $11 {
and the position should be equal, but later White managed to win,
Shirov-Caruana, Wijk aan Zee 2010.}) 18... Bxg5 19. Nxg5 a5 {A typical
reaction. Black simplifies the position on the queenside and he gets rid of
the a6 weakness. On the other hand this move allows White's reply.} ({In the
event of} 19... Rfe8 {, the engine suggests} 20. e6 $1 fxe6 21. Re3 $1 {
What interesting play!} h6 22. Nxe6 $1 Qd6 23. Qg4 (23. Ba2 Kh7 $132 {with a
very complicated middlegame}) 23... Ne5 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxg6 Qxe6 26. Qxe6+ (
26. Ba2 $4 {is losing, because of} Qxa2 $1 27. Rxa2 d2 $19 {and suddenly Black
is winning}) 26... Rxe6 27. Ba2 Kf7 28. Re1 Rae8 29. Re3 d2 30. Rd3 Kf6 31.
Bxe6 Kxe6 32. Rxd2 $14 {and finally White has a P up in this R endgame.}) 20.
e6 $1 fxe6 21. Nxe6 Rfe8 22. Nc5 (22. Bxd3 Bxd3 23. Nc5 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Qe7 25.
Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Nxd3 Rd8 27. Ne5 axb4 28. cxb4 {is a little bit similar to the
game.}) 22... Qd6 23. Bxd3 (23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bxd3 {transposes to the game.})
23... Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Re8 25. Qd1 axb4 26. cxb4 (26. Bxg6 $1 {was more exact}
Qxd1+ (26... hxg6 27. Qxd6 cxd6 28. Nb7 $14) 27. Rxd1 hxg6 28. Na6 $1 {and the
position is more comfortable with White, but I think it will be also equal.})
26... Bxd3 27. Qxd3 (27. Nxd3 Nxb4 28. Qh5 Rf8 {and Black can hold.}) 27...
Qxd3 28. Nxd3 Rd8 $44 {Still White has a P up, but du to his weak queenside P
Black should have enough compensation in this endgame.} 29. Ra3 Rd4 30. Rb3 Ne7
31. Nc5 c6 32. Re3 Nd5 33. Re6 Nxb4 34. Re7 Rd6 35. Ne6 Nd5 36. Rxg7+ Kh8 37.
Nc7 Rd8 38. Rf7 Kg8 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Rf7 Kg8 41. Rg7+ {A nice repetition...}
Kh8 {and a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 {This time Carlsen leaves the main
lines even earlier than in his previous games.} (4... d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ (5... Be7
6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. d5 Bc5 9. Bg5 (9. Nf3 {is the more usual move order:}
Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 12. Bg5 h6 (12... Bd4 13. Ne2 $1 Bxb2 14. Ra2 Bd4
15. Nxd4 exd4 16. e5 $1 O-O $2 17. exf6 Re8+ 18. Kf2 Ne5 19. Qf5 h6 20. Bc1 $18
{Ganguly,S (2654)-Filippov,A (2607)/Khanty-Mansiysk WCup/2009/ For more
details see the notes to this game by Krasenkow in CBM 134.}) (12... O-O 13.
O-O-O Bd4 14. Ne2 {transposes back to Nakamura-Carlsen}) 13. Bh4 Bd4 14. Ne2
O-O 15. Nxd4 (15. O-O-O $142 $1 $14) 15... exd4 16. O-O-O Re8 17. Rxd4 Qe7 18.
Kc2 a5 19. Bd3 Ne5 20. Qf5 Qc5 21. Rd1 Qxd4 22. Bf2 Qxd3+ 23. Rxd3 Nxd3 24.
Kxd3 Nxe4 $11 {Almarza Mato,C (1995)-Belanoff,S (2066)/email/2011/}) 9... O-O (
9... Bd4 $5 {was suggested by PH Nielsen. White's best reaction is probably}
10. Qd2 (10. Nf3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qd6 12. Bd3 Na6 13. O-O Nc5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bxf6
Qxf6 16. Kh1 Qe7 17. Nd2 Bd7 18. Qb1 b6 19. Nb3 Nb7 20. Bc2 O-O $15 {Formanek,
E (2330)-McCambridge,V (2465)/Chicago/1985/}) 10... O-O (10... Bxc3 11. Qxc3
Qe7 {[%cal Rf6e4,Rf6d5]} 12. Qf3 $14 (12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nf3 $32)) (10... Bg4 $5
11. Be2 (11. Nb5 Nxe4 12. Bxd8 Nxd2 13. Bxc7 Nb3 $5 (13... Nxf1 14. Nxd4 exd4
15. Kxf1 $14) 14. Rb1 Bxg1 15. Rxg1 Kd7 16. Kf2 a6 17. Bxb8 Raxb8 18. Nc3 Bf5
19. Re1 Kd6 $13) 11... h6 12. Bxf6 (12. Bxg4 $2 hxg5 13. Qxg5 Nxg4 14. Qxg4
Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qh4+ 16. Qxh4 Rxh4 $15) 12... Qxf6 13. Bxg4 Qh4+ 14. g3 Qxg4 15.
Nge2 c5 $14 {/<=>}) 11. Nf3 c5 12. Nb5 Nbd7 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. a4 a5 15. O-O-O h6
16. Bh4 Re8 17. Rhf1 Nh5 18. Kb1 Nf4 19. Rc1 f6 20. h3 Ra6 21. Bc2 Ng6 22. Be1
Qd8 23. g4 Nh8 24. Bg3 Nf7 25. Bd3 Nf8 26. Nfxd4 exd4 27. Nc7 $16 {Dolya,
A-Orekhov,V/email/2010/}) 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nbd7 13. O-O-O Bd4
14. Ne2 c5 15. g4 a5 16. Kb1 Ra6 17. Ng3 g6 18. h4 a4 19. Rh2 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qc7
21. g5 Ne8 22. h5 Rb6 23. Bc1 $40 {Nakamura,H (2789)-Carlsen,M (2872)/Zuerich/
2014/ In the end in a heavy tactical struggle Black turned the tables - for
more details about this game see the notes by Krasenkow in CBM 159.}) 6. bxc3
c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 ({The double-edged} 7... exd5 8. e3 c4 $5 {was played in the
9th game of the World Championship match Anand-Carlsen in 2013. Lev Gutman
annotated the game in detail and devoted a whole article to this line in CBM
158.}) 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 {is the standard continuation, even more recently
Black seems to be doing OK after} Nf6 {This was the topic of another
theoretical article by Gutman in CBM 159. After} 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Nfd7 12.
a4 (12. Bb5 Qc7 13. Ne2 (13. Qb4 Nc6 14. Bxc6 (14. Qa4 Nce5 $11 (14... Na5 15.
Rd1 $1 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxa5 a6 18. c4 Rb8 19. Ne2 axb5 20. cxb5 e5 21.
Rd5 Qe7 22. Qb4 $14 {Ulibin,M (2506)-Nyback,T (2575)/Stockholm/2007/})) 14...
bxc6 15. Nh3 Ba6 16. Qa4 Bb5 17. Qc2 Qa5 18. Kf2 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Ba4 20. Qd2
Qxc5+ 21. Qd4 Qa5 22. Rhb1 {Pacher,M (2446)-Haba,P (2503)/CZE-chT2/2014/} Bc2
23. Rb7 Rad8 $36) 13... Nxc5 14. Qc4 b6 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. O-O a6 17. Ba4 Nd7
18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. a4 e5 20. Ng3 Be6 21. Qe2 g6 22. a5 Rfd8 $15 {Richter,M 
(2473)-Michalik,P (2584)/Bundesliga/2014/}) (12. Qb4 Qc7 13. Rd1 Nc6 14. Qa4
Nce5 15. Qd4 Nc6 16. Qa4 (16. Qd2 Nce5 17. Qd6 Qa5 $132) 16... Nce5 17. Qd4 Nc6
{1/2, Timman,J (2630)-Karpov,A (2730)/Tilburg/1991/}) 12... Qc7 13. Qa3 b6 14.
a5 bxc5 15. a6 c4 16. Qa5 Qxa5 17. Rxa5 Nc6 18. Ra2 Nde5 19. f4 Ng4 20. Bc1 Rb8
21. Nh3 Rb1 22. Kd2 Rb6 23. Bxc4 Nb8 24. Be2 Nf6 25. Nf2 Bxa6 $11 {Wang,H 
(2743)-Radjabov,T (2745)/Stavanger/2013/}) ({Another new direction in which
the 4.f3 system is developing is} 4... O-O $5 5. e4 (5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nh5 $5
7. Nh3 f5 8. e3 d6 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. g4 fxg4 12. fxg4 Nf6 13. Nf2 h6
14. e4 e5 15. d5 Ne7 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Qe8 18. Qd3 Qg6 19. Qg3 Bd7 20. Kh1
Rf7 21. Qh4 Raf8 $15 {Karjakin,S (2772)-Carlsen,M (2881)/Shamkir/2014/}) 5...
d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 f6 10. exf6 Qe8+ (10... Qxf6 11.
Bd3 Nb6 12. Ra2 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. Nh3 N8d7 15. O-O Rae8 16. Nf4 c6 17. Re1
Nf6 18. g4 Qd7 19. Nd3 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Nc4 21. Re2 Re8 $11 {Millstone,M (2473)
-Hertel,P (2641)/email/2009/}) 11. Qe2 Qf7 $5 $146 (11... Nxf6 12. Qxe8 Nxe8
13. Ne2 Nd6 14. Bf4 Rd8 15. Ng3 Nc6 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Kf2 Bf7 18. Nf5 Bg6 {
1/2, Shmeliov,D (2270)-Kraai,J (2505)/Las Vegas/2007/} 19. Nxd6 $14) 12. fxg7
Re8 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Qd2 Na5 15. Rb1 $1 Nb6 16. Rb4 Nac4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 $6 (17...
Nxc4 $142 18. Rxc4 dxc4 19. Ne2 Bf5 20. Kf2 $44) 18. Rb5 Bf5 19. Kf2 (19. Re5
$5) 19... Nd5 20. Rxd5 Qxd5 21. Ne2 a5 22. h4 b5 23. h5 b4 24. cxb4 axb4 25.
axb4 {Mamedyarov,S (2757)-Aronian,L (2830)/Khanty-Mansiysk Candidates/2014/} {
Now Giri's suggestion} Bd3 $1 {would have still given Black chances to save
the game.}) 5. d5 O-O {[%mdl 32] A restrained approach, this Nakamura-Carlsen
encounter will be more strategic than their tussle in Zuerich.} (5... b5 6. e4
O-O 7. e5 Ne8 8. f4 exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Nf3 c4 11. a4 Nd7 ({Black started to
avoid the rather unpleasant} 11... Bg4 12. axb5 Nd7 13. e6 $14 {Shirov,A (2749)
-Kramnik,V (2780)/Shanghai/2010/ See the notes to this game in CBM 138.}) 12.
Be2 Qb6 13. axb5 (13. Bd2 Nc7 14. Nxb5 Bxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Nxd5 16. Nxc4 Qc5 17. Qd2
dxe5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 {1/2, Nenciulescu,S (2179)-Antonov,V (2283)/email/
2011/} Ne3 20. Nd3 Nc2+ 21. Kd1 Ne3+ $11) 13... Nc7 $5 $146 (13... dxe5 14.
fxe5 Bb7 15. Qd4 Nc7 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. d6 Nxb5 18. Bd2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rae8 20.
Nxb5 Rxe5+ 21. Kd1 Bxd2 22. Nxa7 Bf4 23. Ra6 {Ding,L (2714)-Bacrot,E (2714)/
Biel/2013/} Nd7 $132) 14. Qd4 (14. Ra4 $5 Qc5 $132) 14... Bb7 15. Bd2 Bxc3 16.
bxc3 dxe5 17. fxe5 Bxd5 18. Be3 Qxb5 19. O-O Ne6 20. Qh4 Ndc5 (20... a5 $5 $15)
21. Rab1 Nb3 22. Bd1 Qa5 23. Bc2 g6 24. Ng5 Nxg5 25. Bxg5 Qxc3 26. Rf2 (26.
Rbd1 $1 $44) 26... Nd4 27. Bh6 (27. Bf6 Qe3 28. Bg5 $11) 27... Nc6 $1 28. Rd1
Qxe5 $15 {Mamedyarov,S (2757)-Karjakin,S (2766)/Khanty-Mansiysk Candidates/
2014/}) 6. e4 d6 7. Bd2 (7. Nge2 {gives Black's counterplay a faster start with
} b5 8. Nf4 (8. Ng3 bxc4 (8... exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O c4 12. Be3
Re8 13. Kh1 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. b4 cxb3 16. axb3 b4 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. Nd4 Bd7
19. Qd2 a5 20. Bc4 h6 21. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Nf5 $16 {Milov,V (2570)
-De Firmian,N (2605)/Biel/1995/}) 9. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 $132 {[%cal Yc8a6]
}) 8... a6 $5 (8... e5 9. Nfe2 Nh5 $5 (9... bxc4 10. Ng3 Ba6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3
Bc8 13. Bxc4 Nbd7 14. O-O Nb6 15. Be2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bd7 17. a4 Rb8 18. a5 Na8
19. Qd2 Qe7 20. f4 $36 {Shirov,A (2610)-Savon,V (2460)/Moscow/1991/}) 10. g4
Qh4+ 11. Kd2 Nf4 12. Nxf4 exf4 13. Kc2 Bxc3 (13... bxc4 14. Bxc4 (14. Bxf4 $142
Qf6 15. Qd2) 14... Ba6 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Bxf4 c4 17. Qd4 Rfc8 18. a3 Bc5 19.
Qd2 Qe7 20. h4 Rab8 21. g5 Rb3 $40 {Cheng,B (2440)-Papin,V (2514)/Melbourne/
2013/}) 14. bxc3 b4 15. Bxf4 Bd7 16. Qd2 $5 (16. Qd3 $6 Ba4+ 17. Kd2 Nd7 18.
Be2 f5 $1 19. exf5 Rae8 20. Rae1 Ne5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. f4 Rfe8 $1 $19 {Berkes,
F (2702)-Yemelin,V (2574)/Skopje/2013/} {/\} 23. fxe5 Qg5+ 24. Qe3 bxc3+ 25.
Kd3 Bc2+) 16... Ba4+ (16... Qe7 $5) 17. Kd3 bxc3 18. Qxc3 (18. Qe3 Qe7 19. Ke2
c2 20. Kf2 Nd7 $13 {Miton,K (2638)-Charbonneau,P (2501)/Montreal/2006/}) 18...
f5 19. exf5 Qf2 (19... Na6 20. Bg3 $16) 20. Be3 Qxf3 21. Be2 Qh3 22. Qe1 $1 {
[%cal Re1g3]} Bc2+ 23. Kd2 Be4 24. Rg1 Qxh2 25. Qg3 $16) 9. Be2 (9. Bd2 exd5
10. cxd5 Ba5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Ne5 13. Kh1 c4 $132 {is similar to our game,
Black was on top after} 14. b3 $6 b4 15. Na4 c3 16. Be3 Bc7 17. a3 a5 18. Bb5
Rb8 19. Qe2 h6 20. Rfd1 Qe7 21. axb4 axb4 $15 {Timofeev,A (2631)-Topalov,V 
(2751)/EU Cup Eilat/2012/}) 9... exd5 (9... e5 10. Nd3 Nbd7 11. Nxb4 cxb4 12.
Nb1 Qb6 13. g4 bxc4 14. Nd2 c3 15. bxc3 a5 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. cxb4 axb4 18. Be3
Ba6 19. Rc1 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Nc5 21. Qd2 Rfb8 22. O-O b3 $11 {Tritt,M (1896)
-Kolanek,R (2098)/email/2008/}) 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Kh1 Bd7 13. Nd3
Nxd3 14. Qxd3 h6 15. g4 Nh7 16. Nd1 Re8 17. Ne3 c4 18. Qd1 Bc5 19. Qe1 Qb6 20.
Nf5 Bxf5 21. gxf5 Be3 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Bxe3 Qxe3 24. Rg1 Rg8 $13 {/=/+, Richter,
M (2470)-Babula,V (2583)/Pardubice/2013/}) 7... Nbd7 ({Nakamura himself
preferred} 7... Re8 8. Nge2 a6 (8... Na6 9. Ng3 Nc7 10. Be2 a6 11. a4 Bd7 12.
O-O Qe7 13. Re1 exd5 14. cxd5 b5 15. Kh1 bxa4 16. Nxa4 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Reb8 18.
Nxc5 dxc5 19. d6 Qe5 20. f4 Qxb2 21. Qxb2 Rxb2 22. dxc7 Rc8 $11 {Volkov,S 
(2620)-Cekro,E (2441)/EU Cup Rethymnon/2003/}) 9. a4 (9. Ng3 b5 10. dxe6 Bxe6
11. cxb5 d5 12. bxa6 c4 (12... Nxa6 $5) 13. exd5 Bh3+ $2 (13... Nxd5 14. Be2
Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Qb6 $44 {[%csl Re1]}) 14. Nce4 Nxd5 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16. gxh3 Qa5
17. Kf2 $18 {Steadman,M (2217)-Hansen,S (2603)/Sydney/2011/}) 9... exd5 10.
cxd5 Nh5 11. g3 f5 12. Bg2 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf6 14. Bxb4 cxb4 15. Qd2 Nxe4 16.
fxe4 a5 17. Nd4 Na6 18. O-O Nc5 19. Qf4 Nd3 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Qf4 Nd3 22. Qd2 Nc5
{1/2, Le Quang,L (2715)-Nakamura,H (2770)/Dortmund/2011/}) ({Carlsen once
again simply continues his development and spurns more direct attempts, such as
} 7... exd5 8. cxd5 Nh5 $5 (8... a6 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. Ng3 b5 11. Be2 (11. a4 $1
$14) 11... c4 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 cxb3 15. axb3 b4 16. Nb5 Qb6 17.
Nd4 a5 18. Ngf5 Re8 $15 19. g4 $2 {Khenkin,I (2600)-Dgebuadze,A (2505)/El
Sauzal rpd/2007/} Nfxe4 20. fxe4 Nxe4 $40) 9. g3 ({I doubt Nakamura would have
repeated Aronian's aggressive reaction} 9. g4 Qh4+ 10. Ke2 Ng3+ 11. hxg3 Qxh1
12. Kf2 Nd7 (12... c4 $5 $17) 13. Bg2 Qh2 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qh6 16. f4 Qg6
17. Bf3 Re8 18. Kg2 f6 19. Qc2 b5 20. Nh3 Nb6 21. f5 Qf7 22. b3 Nd7 23. Nf4 Ne5
24. Rh1 h6 25. Ne6 $44 {1-0 Aronian,L (2693)-Efimenko,Z (2620)/Warsaw 2005/CBM
108 (49)}) (9. Nge2 f5 10. Qc2 b5 11. O-O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 fxe4 13. fxe4 $6 (13.
Ng3 $132) 13... Bg4 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Ne5 17. Bxb5 c4 $40 {
0-1 Gomez Esteban,J (2425)-Supatashvili,K (2450)/Debrecen 1992/EU-chT (26)})
9... f5 10. Bg2 $142 (10. f4 $6 Qe8 11. Be2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Qxe4 13. Nf3 Re8 14.
Kf1 b6 15. Rg1 Qxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Ba6 17. Qxa6 Nxa6 18. Kf2 Nc7 $17 {Bilobrk,F 
(2390)-Zelcic,R (2519)/Zadar/2013/}) 10... Bxc3 (10... Nf6 $142 $1 {seems
promising for Black}) 11. Bxc3 fxe4 12. fxe4 Qe8 13. Ne2 Bg4 14. Rf1 Rxf1+ 15.
Kxf1 Nd7 16. Qc2 Ne5 17. Kg1 Nf3+ 18. Kh1 Qg6 19. Rf1 Nxh2 20. Kxh2 Bxe2 21.
Qxe2 Nxg3 22. Qe3 Nxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Re8 24. Bg2 $13 {Van Osmael,A-Huybrecht,F/
corr/2002/}) 8. Nge2 Ne5 $146 (8... exd5 9. Nxd5 $6 ({Nakamura would have
almost certainly played} 9. cxd5 $142 a6 10. Ng3) 9... Nxd5 10. cxd5 f5 11.
Bxb4 cxb4 12. Nd4 Nc5 13. Be2 fxe4 14. O-O Qg5 15. Qc1 Qe5 16. Qe3 exf3 17.
Qxe5 dxe5 18. Nxf3 e4 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Bc4 $132 {Akshat,K (2354)-L'Ami,E (2640)/
Dieren/2013/}) (8... Re8 9. Ng3 a6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 b5 (11... Qc7 12. O-O
Ne5 13. Bg5 Nfd7 14. f4 Ng6 15. f5 $1 Nge5 16. f6 h6 17. Bxh6 Nxf6 18. Rxf6
gxf6 19. Nh5 Qd8 20. Qd2 Ng6 21. Bg7 {1-0, Bobykin,K (2000)-Pilipchuk,A (2172)/
email/2008/}) 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 (13. Qxa4 $142 Rb8 14. O-O $13 {/+/=}) 13...
Rb8 14. O-O Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Rb4 16. Ra2 Ne5 17. Rfa1 h5 18. Qg5 Ng6 19. Nc3 h4
20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Re5 22. Qh3 Rh5 $1 {[%cal Rg6f4]} 23. g4 hxg3 24. Qxg3
Re5 25. Kh1 Nh5 $36 {Landgren,A (2220)-Bjork,C (2473)/SWE-chT/2004/}) (8... Nh5
9. Be3 $2 (9. Nf4 $142) 9... Ne5 10. b3 Qh4+ 11. Bf2 Qf6 12. Qc2 b5 $1 $32 13.
cxb5 exd5 14. O-O-O Nxf3 $5 15. Rxd5 Ne5 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Rd1 Ng4 18. Bg1 Rfe8
$17 {Skula,E-Krcmar,J/corr/1997/}) 9. Ng3 exd5 10. cxd5 {[%mdl 16] The
pawn-structure originates from the Benoni, but the dark-squared bishop is on
the queenside instead of the long diagonal. In the Snake Benoni Black plays
Bd6-c7-a5; here it's similar, but he didn't allow White to get in the d5-d6
advance (the main problem of most Snake Benoni versions). All in all the
position seems very unclear to me.} Bd7 {Carlsen wants to get in a quick b5,
but without allowing White to reach a positon such as the one seen in Milov-De
Firmian above. However, d7 is an important square also for Black's knights and
a few moves later he will feel the bishop should retreat.} (10... a6 11. Be2 b5
12. a4 $5 $14) (10... c4 $5 11. Be3 (11. f4 Nd3+ (11... Ng6 12. Bxc4 Re8 13.
Bb5 Bd7 $44 {[%csl Re1]}) 12. Bxd3 cxd3 13. Qf3 Re8 14. O-O (14. Qxd3 Bxc3 15.
Bxc3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 $11) 14... Bd7 $13 15. Qxd3 $2 Ng4 $17) 11... Qc7 12.
Be2 Bc5 $132) 11. a3 {Nakamura first of all wants to slow down the advancing
pawns.} ({Perhaps he didn't like} 11. Be2 {due to} c4 $5 (11... b5 12. Nxb5
Bxb5 13. Bxb5 Qa5 14. Be2 Rab8 15. b3 $14) 12. Be3 Qa5 13. O-O Bc5 14. Qd2 $13)
11... Ba5 12. Be2 b5 13. O-O (13. Nxb5 Bxb5 14. Bxb5 c4 {[%csl Rb5]} (14... Rb8
15. b4 Rxb5 16. bxa5 Nd3+ 17. Ke2 c4 $13) 15. b4 cxb3 16. Rb1 Rb8 17. Rxb3 Qc7
$44 {[%csl Re1]}) (13. b4 cxb4 (13... Bb6 $5 14. Nxb5 Bxb5 15. Bxb5 c4 $44) 14.
axb4 Bxb4 15. Nxb5 Bc5 16. Ba5 Qe7 17. Nd4 Ng6 $132) 13... c4 14. Be3 Bb6 15.
Qd2 Rb8 (15... a5 16. a4 $5 {and the c4-pawn will be vulnerable:} b4 17. Nb5
Bxb5 18. axb5 g6 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. Kh1 Bxe3 (20... Re8 21. Bg5 $36) 21. Qxe3 Rc5
22. f4 $14) 16. Nd1 Bc8 $6 {Preparing the knight transfer is rather slow.} (
16... h5 $5) (16... Re8 $13) 17. Kh1 ({White gradually improves his position,} 
17. a4 a6 $13 {achieves nothing tangible.}) 17... Nfd7 {[%cal Yd7c5,Yc5b3,
Yc5d3]} 18. f4 $1 {At the right moment - now Black won't control d3 with both
knights.} Ng6 19. Bxb6 (19. a4 a6 20. Nc3 {Zagrebelny} Bc5 $5 {doesn't look
too impressive.}) 19... Rxb6 20. Ne3 Nc5 21. Bd1 Nd3 (21... Re8 22. f5 Nf8 23.
f6 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. Bc2 $44) 22. f5 $1 ({Houdini prefers} 22. a4 a6 23.
b3 $14 {, but Nakamura decides to act.}) 22... Ngf4 $8 {More or less forced.} (
22... Nge5 $2 23. f6 $40 g6 $2 24. Nxc4 {[%cal Rd2h6]}) 23. a4 (23. Bc2 Qh4 24.
f6 $5 g6 25. a4 $36) 23... a6 24. Ng4 {[%cal Rf1f4]} (24. Bc2 $5 {deserves
attention even here.}) 24... h5 (24... Qg5 $2 25. Nh5 $1 $18) 25. Nf2 $5 ({
This is at least as good as the more energetic} 25. Rxf4 Nxf4 (25... hxg4 $5
26. Rxg4 Ne5 {is a safer choice, although White is better after} 27. a5 (27.
Rf4 Qg5 $14)) 26. Nh6+ gxh6 (26... Kh8 27. Qxf4 Qf6 28. Nxf7+ Rxf7 29. Bxh5 Rf8
(29... Qxb2 30. Rd1 $18) 30. Bg6 Qxg6 (30... Kg8 31. Qg4 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Rd8 32.
e5 $1 dxe5 33. Qh5 $18 {[%cal Rg3e4]}) 31. Qe3 Qf6 32. Qxb6 Qxb2 33. Rf1 $16)
27. Qxf4 Qg5 28. Qf2 $16 {[%cal Rf2b6,Rg3h5] ->}) 25... Qf6 (25... Nxf2+ 26.
Qxf2 Nd3 27. Qe3 {[%cal Rf5f6]} f6 (27... h4 28. f6 $1) 28. a5 Rb7 29. Bxh5 $18
{[%cal Rh5g6,Re3f3,Rf3h5]}) (25... bxa4 26. Nxd3 Nxd3 27. f6 $18) 26. Nxd3 $2 (
26. Nxh5 $142 $1 Nxh5 (26... Nxf2+ 27. Qxf2 Nxh5 28. Qxb6 $18) 27. Nxd3 cxd3
28. a5 Rb8 29. Bxh5 $16 {[%cal Yb2b4,Ya1a3,Ya3d3]}) 26... Nxd3 27. Qe3 (27.
Nxh5 Qxb2 $13) 27... Rb7 28. Nxh5 ({This looks like a good moment to flick in} 
28. axb5 axb5 29. Nxh5 Qh6 30. Qd4 $5 $36) 28... Qh6 $1 (28... Qxb2 $2 29. f6
Qxa1 30. Qg5 (30. fxg7 {[%cal Re3h6]} f5 31. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 32. Be2 $18) 30...
Nf2+ 31. Kg1 Nh3+ 32. gxh3 Qd4+ 33. Rf2 $1 g6 34. Ng3 $1 Qxd1+ 35. Kg2 $18) 29.
Qxh6 {Nakamura simplifies the position.} ({After} 29. Qd4 {White has to reckon
also with} bxa4 $5 $132) 29... gxh6 $44 {/+/=} 30. axb5 axb5 {[%csl Gb5,Gc4]
Black has survived the onslaught, without queens his dangerous pawns give him
reasonable compensation. In the following phase Nakamura's time trouble plays
a crucial role.} (30... Rxb5 $2 31. b3 $16 {/\} cxb3 32. Be2) 31. Bc2 (31. Rb1
$142 $5 Nc5 (31... Ra7 32. Bc2 Nb4 33. Rf2) 32. Re1 $14) 31... Ne5 $6 {
Objectively this isn't ideal, but Carlsen is already ambitious.} (31... Nxb2
$142 $5 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Nh5+ Kh8 34. Ra6 Rd8 35. Rfa1 b4 36. Rc6 b3 37. Bxb3
cxb3 38. Ra8 Nd3 39. Rcxc8 Rxc8 40. Rxc8+ Kh7 41. Nf6+ Kg7 42. Nh5+ $11 {
is an unforced, but plausible sample line.}) 32. Ra6 (32. Ra8 b4 33. Rb1 $14) (
32. b4 $5 cxb3 33. Bxb3 $14 {/+/-}) 32... Rd8 33. Ng3 $6 $138 (33. Rb1 b4 34.
Ra8 $14) 33... Rb8 34. Ra7 b4 35. Ne2 (35. Rb1 $13 {was still playable, the
knight transfer doesn't improve White's coordination.}) 35... Bd7 36. Rfa1 $6 (
36. Nd4 Ra8 $44 37. Rfa1 (37. Rb7 $142 $5) 37... Rxa7 38. Rxa7 b3 39. Bb1 Rc8
40. Ne2 Be8 41. Nc3 (41. Ra1 Nd3 42. Bxd3 cxd3 43. Nc3 Rxc3 44. bxc3 b2 45. Rb1
d2 $19 {[%cal Re8a4]}) 41... Nd3 $15) 36... Bb5 37. h3 (37. Nd4 b3 38. Bd1 (38.
Bb1 c3 39. Nxb5 c2 40. Bxc2 bxc2 $19) 38... c3 39. bxc3 (39. Nxb5 Rxb5 40. bxc3
b2 41. Rb1 Rc8 $19) 39... b2 40. Rb1 Bd3 41. Bc2 Bxc2 42. Nxc2 Rdc8 43. Ra2 Nd3
$5 $19 (43... Rxc3 44. Raxb2 Rxb2 45. Rxb2 Nd3 46. Ra2 Nb4 $17)) 37... Rdc8 $1
$36 {All is ready for the pawn break.} 38. Kh2 $2 (38. Rb1 c3 39. Nd4 b3 40.
Nxb3 Bd3 41. Bxd3 Nxd3 42. bxc3 Rxc3 $17) 38... c3 $19 39. Nd4 cxb2 40. Rb1 Rc4
$1 41. Nxb5 Rxc2 42. Nd4 (42. Nxd6 Rd8 43. Re7 (43. Nxf7 Nxf7 44. Rb7 Kh8 $1 {
[%cal Rd8g8]} (44... Nd6 45. Rxb4 Nc4 46. Kg3 $17) 45. Kg3 (45. Rxf7 Rg8 $19)
45... Ne5 46. Rxb4 Rg8+ 47. Kh4 Rgxg2 $19) 43... Rxd6 44. Rxe5 Ra6 45. d6 Rxd6
46. Rd5 Rxd5 47. exd5 Kf8 48. f6 Ke8 $19) 42... Rd2 $6 (42... b3 $1 {[%cal
Re5c4]} 43. Ra3 (43. Nc6 Nf3+ 44. Kg3 Nd2 45. Rxb2 Rxb2 46. Nxb8 Ra2 $19) 43...
Nc4 44. Rxb3 Rxb3 45. Nxb3 Na3 46. Nd4 Rd2 $19) 43. Nc6 Re8 44. Ra4 (44. Rb7
Nd3 45. e5 Nxe5 46. Nxe5 Rxe5 47. Rxb4 Ree2 $17 {/-+}) ({A more resilient try,
but hardly sufficient, was} 44. Nxe5 Rxe5 45. Ra2 Rxe4 46. Raxb2 Rxb2 47. Rxb2
Kg7 48. g4 Kf6 $17 {/-+}) 44... Nd3 45. Nxb4 Nf2 $1 $19 {[%cal Re8e4,Rf2d1,
Rd1c3]} (45... Rxe4 $2 46. Ra8+ Kg7 47. Nxd3 $11) 46. Ra2 Nd1 47. Rxd1 Rxd1 48.
Rxb2 Rxe4 {The rest is a matter of technique, White's pieces are uncoordinated
and his pawns are vulnerable.} 49. Nc6 (49. f6 Rf4 $19) 49... Kg7 50. f6+ Kxf6
51. Rf2+ Kg6 52. Nd8 Re8 (52... Re8 53. Nxf7 Rxd5 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Rg6g7,Re8f8]
traps the knight.}) 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Negi,P"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 $5 {For a long time this was considered to
be harmless. It seems like White gives Black a lot of options - bring out the
bishop, or get an improved Catalan with dxc4, or even g6...but at the same
time White usually avoids the well trodden paths of theory. This fits in with
the latest trend of most players to try and seek advantage in non-forcing
variations - thereby reducing the effect of computers, and keeping more
creative options for the game.} (4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 {closely resembles the 4. g3
line, but now after dxc4, Black usually is doing quite well. By keeping the
knight on b1, White creates extra options for himself... although he gives
Black additional options as well.}) 4... Bf5 ({In my opinion, the most
critical move is} 4... dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 {Playing in the same style as Catalan c6
variations, Black tries to hold on to the pawn for the maximum amount of time.
Nc3 at any point would probably transpose either into some sort of Catalan or
4.Nc3 e6 5.g3 into the Slav... but I don't think White needs to go there:} ({
Black can also aim at a more solid setup with} 5... Nbd7 6. Qc2 Nb6 7. a4 $5 ({
is less flexible. White will eventually have to take Nxc4 before anything else,
and Black could get easy play as in:} 7. Nbd2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Nxc4 Bf5 10. Qc3
Nxc4 11. Qxc4 O-O 12. Rd1 a5 13. Qb3 Qd6 {/\Qb4 Grischuk,A (2764)-Aronian,L 
(2809) London 2013.}) 7... a5 8. Na3 g6 {Trying to play like Aronian, but now
White can go for} 9. e4 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 {keeping a very tense position.
In general, White seems to have more options here, and this was shown in the
following game:} Nfd7 12. Bf4 Qe8 13. Be3 $1 Ra6 {Bacrot,E (2725)-Edouard,R 
(2666) Geneve 2013. Black's positon is rather awkward.}) 6. Ne5 Bb7 7. O-O e6
8. b3 $5 (8. a4 a6 9. Nc3 Be7 {would lead to a very different line - and Black
has usually been doing ok here:} 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nxb5 (12. Bf4
Nd5 13. Qa1 Bb7 14. Qa7 Qc8 15. Nxc4 Nxf4 16. Nb6 Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 Qc7 18. Na8
Qc8 19. Nb6 $11 Qc7 20. Na8 Qc8 21. Nb6 {1/2-1/2 (21) Vachier Lagrave,M (2722)
-Shirov,A (2714) Biel 2011}) 12... cxb5 13. Bxa8 O-O 14. Bg2 Nd5 15. f4 Bd6 16.
e3 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Nc6 18. Qg4 Qd7 19. h4 Ncb4 $15 {Nyzhnyk,I (2585)-Giri,A 
(2717) Plovdiv 2012 CBM 148 [Krasenkow,M]}) 8... cxb3 9. axb3 {An advantage of
not having played a4 earlier. We have an interesting position with a lot of
game left to explore:} Be7 10. Nc3 (10. Ba3 $5 b4 11. Bb2 {/\ Nd2...Ndc4 etc
would also give White decent compensation, although this doesn't seem the most
natural way.}) 10... a6 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qd2 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15.
Qf4 (15. Ne4 $5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 c5 (16... Qxe5 17. Nd6 $44) 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. Bxb7
Qxb7 19. Qe3 $14 {White still has some pressure.}) 15... Bg5 16. Qg4 Ra7 $6 (
16... Nd7 17. Nxd7 f5 $1 {preventing Ne4, would be ok for Black.}) 17. e3 Bc8
18. Rac1 $36 {Lysyj,I (2662)-Shirov,A (2702) Kishinev 2014.}) (4... Bg4 $5 {
avoids the various problems Bf5 faced due to Nh4, but Grischuk got an edge
with rather stylish play here:} 5. Ne5 (5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 $11) 5... Bf5 6.
cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. f3 $5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. e4 $1 e6 11. e5 Ng8 12. Be3
Bb4 13. Bd3 $14 {1-0 (57) Grischuk,A (2777)-Tomashevsky,E (2697) Loo 2014}) 5.
Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 $5 {The key idea. This is very similar to the 4.e3 Bf5 6.Nc3 e6
7.Nh4 variation in the closed Slav... and it's possible that in some cases g3
can be quite a useful move in comparison. White has the extra option of
bringing out the bishop sometimes, or even planning f3...e4 often... at the
same time, Black's position remains solid, and there is a lot of area to
explore here.} (6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O h6 {would be a rather harmless setup from
White.}) 6... Be4 {Provoking some weakenesses, so White can't just take the
bishop and have an easy life.} (6... Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Qd3 $1 {White just
got a rather pleasant version of the e3 Slav here:} Nbd7 9. Bg2 Be7 10. O-O O-O
11. Rd1 Qa5 12. b3 Rad8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. a3 Qc7 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bg5 Be7 17.
Rdc1 Qb8 18. b4 $14 {1-0 (67) Giri,A (2749)-Buhmann,R (2582) Germany 2013}) (
6... Bg4 {seems too sophisticated.} 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Nfd7 (8... Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6
10. g5 Nh5 11. Qb3 $14) 9. Qb3 $1 b6 10. Ng2 Bg6 11. Nf4 dxc4 12. Qxc4 b5 13.
Qb3 b4 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Ne4 $14 {1-0 (40) Grischuk,A (2779)-Zvjaginsev,V 
(2659) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 {Choosing how to defend the
b7-pawn is always a slightly annoying decision.} (8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qd3 {is no
longer as nice as the Giri game, as Black can just continue} Bd6 {and get
counterplay.}) 8... Qb6 (8... Qc8 $6 {has won both the games for Black, but it
had little to do with the position:} 9. e4 $1 dxe4 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. fxe4 e5
12. dxe5 Ng4 13. e6 fxe6 14. Be2 Ne5 15. Bf4 Nbd7 16. O-O-O Be7 17. h4 $16 {
Tkachiev,V (2649)-Najer,E (2633) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) ({The bizarre} 8... b5
{might actually deserve some attention, although I wouldn't claim it's
objectively the best move.} 9. cxb5 (9. cxd5 $5 exd5 10. Bg2 {is assessed
quite optimistically for White by the computer, but it seems a rather unusual
position.}) 9... c5 {will lead to a typical piece sacrifice which is hard to
assess, but certainly offers Black some compensation.}) (8... Qd7 {holds
everything together, but I am not sure how Black plans to continue developing
after} 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rd1) 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. c5 Qc7 (10... Qxb3
11. axb3 $14 {/\ b4...b5 - which is impossible to prevent.}) 11. e4 Be7 $146
12. Bf4 Qc8 {At first glance, White seems to just have a great position... but
it's not so easy to actually maintain the burgeoning centre.} 13. exd5 $6 {
Now Black gets an ideal position.} (13. Bd6 $1 {looks very tempting.} {Perhaps
Black planned} b6 $5 (13... Bxd6 14. cxd6 O-O 15. e5 $14) (13... Nbd7 14. e5
Ng8 {/\Nh6...Nf5, but the bishop on d6 is untouchable so I would prefer White.}
15. Qa3 $14) 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Qa3 b5 16. exd5 (16. Bg2 a5 17. Ne2 Nbd7 $11)
16... exd5 17. Nxb5 cxb5 18. c6+ {leads to quite a bit of insanity, but I'd be
worried as Black.}) 13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 {Suddenly, it's White who doesn't
seem to be too well developed.} 15. O-O-O (15. Be2 Nc6 16. Rd1 O-O 17. O-O {
it's Black who is aiming for an advantage.}) 15... Nc6 16. Kb1 g5 17. Be3 f5 $1
{Mamedyarov was probably aiming to target the black king - clearly it won't be
feeling safe on the kingside... but instead Nakamura aggressively finds a new
square for his king.} 18. g4 {Its hard to say if this is a good move, but
White did not have an easy choice.} f4 19. Bf2 Kf7 $1 {The idea behind f5. It
is very hard to get to the king here.} 20. Re1 {Already White is completely
losing his way... it's amazing how completely the position managed to change
in the last few moves.} b6 $1 {There's no way to prevent Black's initiative.}
21. Qa4 $5 {Trying some desperate tricks? Actually, practically there is still
some kind of mess here...} bxc5 22. Ba6 Qc7 23. Bb5 Rab8 {Very stylish... but
not the cleanest way.} (23... Nxd4 {Naka was possibly worried about the
initiative in the opposite coloured positions... at least practically it
doesn't seem as easy as the computer points out.}) (23... Rhc8 24. dxc5 a6 {
would be the simplest suggestion - Black simply has an advantage.}) 24. Rxe6 $5
(24. Bxc6 Rb4 $1 25. Qc2 Qxc6 $17) 24... Kxe6 {Naka decides to go for the
material, but he could have also chosen to play safely:} (24... Rxb5 $1 25.
Rxe7+ Nxe7 26. Qxb5 c4 $17 {Even though the material is equal, White's
horrible bishop and Black's excellent structure leave no doubt about this
position.}) 25. Bxc6 Rhd8 $1 {An important move. White seems to have good
compensation, but actually the king's retreat to safety can't be stopped, and
Black stays ahead.} 26. dxc5 Bf6 27. Bd4 (27. b3 Kf7 $15) 27... Kf7 28. Rd1 $6
{This doesn't really create any play. Now Black's life is easy:} (28. Bxf6 gxf6
29. h4 $1 {would give White better chances.}) 28... Kf8 {Now Black is ready to
come back.} 29. a3 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Qe5 31. Rd2 Qe1+ 32. Rd1 Qe2 33. b4 Qxf3 34.
Kb2 Qxg4 {The rest of the game is inconsequential.} 35. Qc2 Qe6 36. Ba4 Kg8 37.
Bb3 Kh8 38. c6 Rd6 39. Rc1 f3 40. Qc5 Qf6+ 41. Ka2 f2 42. c7 Rc8 43. Rf1 d4 44.
h4 Qf3 45. Bc4 Rc6 46. Qxd4 R6xc7 47. Rxf2 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6
{This system was examined in my theoretical survey in CBM 134.} 9. Nd2 (9. Be2
$1) 9... Qe8 (9... h6 10. Be3 Nd7 $1) 10. Be2 Nd7 11. a3 f6 12. Bh4 Nb6 13. b3
Bh6 14. f3 $146 {Hardly a successful novelty. Black trades dark-squared
bishops and obtains counterplay on the dark squares.} (14. O-O Nc5 15. Ra2 f5
16. f3 Be3+ 17. Bf2 Bxf2+ 18. Rxf2 {1-0 (45) Miroshnichenko,E (2651)-Tukhaev,A
(2517) Kharkov 2007} Bd7 $11) (14. Rb1 {is the best move. Here are some
developments seen in 2012-2014:} Bd7 (14... Nc5 15. O-O $1 (15. b4 axb4 16.
axb4 Nca4 17. Nb5 Qd8 (17... Qd7 $5 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. Nf3 f5 20. O-O $6 fxe4 21.
Nh2 Bf4 22. Bg4 Qg7 23. Bxc8 Rfxc8 24. Rfe1 g5 25. Bg3 Qg6 $15 {0-1 (42)
Ostenstad,B (2465)-Nakamura,H (2783) Rhodes 2013}) 18. Qc2 (18. Qb3 Kg7 19. Rd1
c6 20. Na3 c5 21. b5 Nd7 22. Nab1 Qa5 $132 {1/2 (48) Legky,N (2505)-Shirov,A 
(2710) France 1995}) 18... c6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. c5 Qd8 21. dxc6 Bxd2+ 22. Qxd2
g5 23. Bg3 Qxd2+ 24. Kxd2 Rd8+ 25. Kc2 bxc6 26. cxb6 Nxb6 $11 {1/2 (60) Roeder,
M (2414)-Grandelius,N (2547) Aix-les-Bains 2011}) 15... f5 (15... Bd7 $142 {
- 14...Bd7}) 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Nca4 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. Qc2 c6 (19... c5 20. Nb3
cxb4 21. c5 dxc5 22. Nxc5 Qg7 23. Rxb4 $16 {1-0 (48) Krasenkow,M (2631)-Vovk,A
(2506) Vlissingen 2009}) 20. Nxd6 $1 cxd5 (20... Qxd6 21. c5 Qd7 22. d6 $16)
21. c5 fxe4 22. Rbd1 Qc7 23. Nxc8 Nxc8 24. Bb5 Nab6 25. Qb3 Qf7 26. cxb6 Nxb6
27. f4 $1 Bxf4 28. g3 Qf5 29. gxf4 exf4 30. Nxe4 Qxe4 31. Rfe1 $18 {1-0 (37)
Grigoryan,G (1950)-Pott,B (1787) Lechenicher SchachServer 2013}) 15. O-O (15.
Qc2 c6 16. O-O cxd5 17. exd5 Nc5 18. f3 Be3+ 19. Bf2 {1/2 (57) Olszewski,M 
(2526)-Chojnacki,K (2441) Police 2012} Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 f5 $132) 15... Nc5 16.
Qc2 f5 (16... Qe7 {1-0 (39) Anton Guijarro,D (2546)-Moreno Tejera,E (2358) San
Agustin 2012} 17. b4 $1) 17. b4 (17. f3 Be3+ 18. Bf2 Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Qe7 20. b4
axb4 21. axb4 Nca4 22. Nd1 fxe4 23. fxe4 Rf4 $132 {1-0 (54) Semcesen,D (2449)
-Wendt,J (2371) Lund 2011}) 17... axb4 (17... Nca4 18. Nb5 (18. Nd1 Nc8 19. f3
b6 20. Nb3 axb4 21. axb4 Rf7 22. Ra1 Ne7 23. c5 bxc5 24. bxc5 Bb5 25. Bf2 Bxe2
26. Qxe2 Nxc5 {1/2 (26) Janosi,E (2120)-Kukula,P (2149) Lechenicher
SchachServer 2012}) 18... Bxb5 19. cxb5 Qf7 20. Rfd1 Kh8 21. Rb3 Bxd2 22. Rxd2
fxe4 23. Qxe4 Qf4 24. Qxf4 exf4 25. Bg5 $14 {1/2 (45) Jorgensen,A (2549)
-Hertel,P (2652) ICCF Email 2002}) 18. axb4 Nxe4 (18... Nca4 19. Nb5 {is still
OK:} (19. Nd1 $5 {looks more appropriate after the opening of the a-file:} g5 (
19... Nc8 20. Ra1 $1) 20. Bg3 f4 21. Bh2 Qe7 22. f3 Rfc8 23. Nb3 c6 24. dxc6
Rxc6 25. Na5 Rc7 26. Ra1 $14 {[%csl Ra4] 1-0 (40) De Verdier,M (2352)-Teterev,
V (2530) Glasgow 2012}) 19... Bxb5 20. cxb5 Nd7 $6 21. Nc4 fxe4 22. Ra1 Nab6
23. Nxb6 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 cxb6 25. Qc7 e3 26. Qxd6 $16 {1-0 (39) Vovk,Y (2571)
-Williams,S (2513) Hastings 2012}) 19. Ndxe4 fxe4 20. c5 Na4 21. Nxe4 Bf5 22.
Bd3 (22. f3 Be3+ 23. Kh2 Bd4 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Qc7 Qb8 26. Qxb8 Raxb8 27. Rbe1
Bxe4 28. fxe4 Nc3 29. Bd3 Rxf1 30. Rxf1 Rf8 $11 {1/2 (40) Browne,M-Schwerteck,
M www.desc-online.de 2011}) 22... Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Rf4 24. Bg3 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Nc3
26. Qc4 Nxb1 27. Rxb1 Qf7 28. b5 $5 (28. Re1 Bf8 29. cxd6 cxd6 30. f4 exf4 31.
Bxf4 Qf5 $11 {1/2 (34) Dydyshko,V (2585)-Vajda,L (2557) Slovakia 2010}) 28...
Qf5 29. Re1 Bf8 30. Kh2 Ra3 31. b6 $1 cxb6 32. Qb4 Rd3 33. c6 Qc8 34. Rc1 $14 {
1-0 (37) Raznikov,D (2433)-Klein,D (2359) Oslo 2011}) 14... Be3 15. Bf2 Bxf2+
16. Kxf2 f5 17. Rb1 Qd8 (17... Nc5 $5 18. h4 fxe4 19. Ndxe4 Nxe4+ 20. Nxe4 Bf5
21. Bd3 Nd7 {fighting for the e4-square. Black is obviously fine due to the
awkward position of White's king.}) 18. h4 Nd7 (18... h5 {was quite possible.})
19. h5 Nf6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bd3 c6 22. Qe1 cxd5 {A risky decision yielding
the c4-square to White's knight.} (22... Nc5 23. Bc2 Nh5 $5 {[%cal Yd8g5]} 24.
exf5 $140 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 gxf5 $1) 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Nc5 25. Bc2 Qg5 (25...
b5 $5) 26. Kg1 {White could have seized the initiative by means of} (26. Nc4 $1
Ra6 (26... fxe4 27. Qe3 $1 Qxe3+ 28. Kxe3 $36 {- the point}) 27. b4 axb4 28.
axb4 Nd7 (28... b5 29. bxc5 bxc4 30. cxd6) 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Rh3 $142 $1 (30.
b5 Ra2 31. Qc3 Nc5 32. Nxd6 (32. Kg1 Rf6 33. Nxd6 $2 Rxc2 34. Qxc2 Qe3+) 32...
Ne4+ 33. fxe4 fxe4+ 34. Kg1 Rxc2 $1 35. Qxc2 Qe3+ 36. Kh2 Qh6+ $11 {M.Notkin})
30... Qf4 31. b5 Ra2 32. Qc3 Nf6 33. Kg1 Nxd5 34. Qb3 $36) 26... Kg7 (26...
fxe4 27. Bxe4 (27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Bf5 $11) 27... Bf5 $11) 27. Nc4 {Now
this is less effective.} fxe4 28. Bxe4 Ra6 29. Qe3 Qxe3+ 30. Nxe3 b5 $11 31.
Bc2 Ra7 32. Kf2 b4 $6 (32... e4 $11 {was safer}) 33. Ra1 Rf4 (33... Ra6 $5 34.
Nc4 Rd8) 34. axb4 $6 (34. Nc4 $5 {, recommended by M.Notkin, forces Black to
give up an exchange:} Rxc4 35. bxc4 b3 36. Be4 Rc7 {although even here he
should hold on.}) 34... Rxb4 35. Ra3 (35. Nc4 {is now harmless. Black has
several good replies;} Bf5 {is probably the most energetic:} 36. Bxf5 gxf5 37.
Nxd6 Nd3+ 38. Kg1 (38. Kg3 Kg6 $5 {[%csl Rg3]} 39. Rh8 Rd7) 38... Rxb3 39.
Nxf5+ Kg6 40. Nd6 a4 $44) 35... Bd7 36. Rha1 a4 37. bxa4 Bxa4 38. Kg3 Ra6 39.
Bxa4 Rbxa4 40. Rxa4 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nc3 h6 11. Rd1 Kc8 12. b3 b6 13. Ne2 c5 14. Bb2 Bc6
15. Ne1 h5 16. c4 Kb7 17. Nf4 h4 18. Nd5 Re8 19. Nc2 Be7 20. Rd3 Bg5 21. Ne1 a5
22. Nf3 Bd8 23. a4 Kc8 24. Rad1 Rh6 25. Nh2 Rh5 26. Ng4 Rhh8 27. f4 Rh5 28. Kh2
Rhh8 29. Bc3 Rh5 30. Bb2 Rhh8 31. Bc1 Rh5 32. Be3 Rhh8 33. Kg1 Rh5 34. Bf2 Rhh8
35. Nh2 Rh5 36. Nf3 Rhh8 37. Nd2 Rhg8 38. Nf3 Rh8 39. Kh2 Rh5 40. Re1 Rh6 41.
Rdd1 Rg6 42. Be3 Rh6 43. Rd3 Rhh8 44. Bc1 Rh6 45. Bb2 Rh5 46. Bc1 Rh6 47. Nd2
Rhh8 48. Ne4 Rh6 49. Bb2 Bd7 50. Red1 Be6 51. Bc3 Rh5 52. Bb2 Rh6 53. Rf3 Rh5
54. Bc3 Kb7 55. Kg1 Kc8 56. Kf2 Kb7 57. Kg1 Kc8 58. Rfd3 Rh6 59. Bd2 Rhh8 60.
Re1 Nd4 61. Bc3 Nf5 62. Kh2 Rh5 63. Red1 Rhh8 64. Be1 Kb7 65. Bf2 Kc8 66. Ndc3
Be7 67. Nd2 Kb8 68. Nf3 Ref8 69. Ne4 Bc8 70. Nc3 Be6 71. Be1 Bc8 72. Bf2 Be6
73. R3d2 Bc8 74. Re1 Rh5 75. Nd5 Bd8 76. Red1 Rhh8 77. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-chT 46th"]
[Site "Condino"]
[Date "2014.05.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Caprio, Guido"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "242"]
[EventDate "2014.04.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latina"]
[BlackTeam "Padova Obiettivo"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Bg4 8. d5
Na6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nc7 11. Bg5 e5 12. Be2 h6 13. Be3 Kh7 14. Bd3 Ng8 15.
Qe2 Qe7 16. g3 Rae8 17. Rae1 h5 18. f4 h4 19. gxh4 Qxh4 20. f5 Bh6 21. Qg4 Qd8
22. Bxh6 Nxh6 23. Qf3 Rg8 24. Kh1 Qh4 25. Rg1 Ref8 26. fxg6+ fxg6 27. Qg3 Qe7
28. Ref1 Rxf1 29. Rxf1 Ne8 30. Be2 Rg7 31. Nd1 Nf6 32. Bf3 Qf8 33. Ne3 Rf7 34.
Rg1 Qg7 35. Rf1 Nhg8 36. Qh4+ Nh6 37. Qg3 Rf8 38. Rg1 Nfg8 39. Bh5 Rf6 40. Bf3
Qf8 41. Rf1 Ne7 42. Kg2 Rf4 43. Qg5 Neg8 44. Be2 Qf6 45. Qg3 Kg7 46. Kg1 Qh4
47. Rf3 Qxg3+ 48. Rxg3 Kh7 49. Bd3 Rf7 50. Be2 Nf6 51. Bf3 Rf8 52. b3 a6 53.
Kg2 Nf7 54. h4 b5 55. Rh3 b4 56. Rh1 a5 57. Ra1 Ra8 58. Rf1 Kg7 59. a4 bxa3 60.
Ra1 Rh8 61. Kg3 Rb8 62. Rxa3 Rb6 63. Nf1 g5 64. Nd2 Ra6 65. hxg5 Nxg5 66. Kf2
Ra8 67. Ke3 Kf7 68. Ra1 Ke7 69. Rg1 Nf7 70. Ra1 Kd7 71. Rg1 Rh8 72. Rh1 Ra8 73.
Rg1 Ke7 74. Ra1 Ng5 75. Rg1 Nh3 76. Ra1 Nf4 77. Kf2 Nh7 78. Ke3 Ng5 79. Rg1 Kf6
80. Ra1 Kf7 81. Bg4 Nh7 82. Bf3 Nf6 83. Kf2 Nd3+ 84. Ke2 Nb4 85. Kd1 Nd7 86.
Bg4 Nb6 87. Ke2 Nc2 88. Be6+ Ke7 89. Rh1 Nd4+ 90. Kd3 a4 91. bxa4 Rxa4 92. Kc3
Ra2 93. Rh7+ Kf6 94. Bd7 Ra3+ 95. Kb2 Ra7 96. Bf5 Rxh7 97. Bxh7 Kg5 98. Kc3 Kf4
99. Kd3 Na4 100. Nb1 Kg5 101. Na3 Kf6 102. Ke3 Nb2 103. Kd2 Ke7 104. Bg6 Kd8
105. Bh5 Kc7 106. Kc3 Na4+ 107. Kd2 Kb6 108. Be8 Ka5 109. Bxa4 Kxa4 110. Nb1
Kb4 111. Kd3 Nb3 112. Nc3 Nc1+ 113. Kc2 Kxc4 114. Na4 Ne2 115. Nb6+ Kd4 116.
Nc8 Kxe4 117. Nxd6+ Kxd5 118. Ne8 Nd4+ 119. Kc3 Nb5+ 120. Kd2 e4 121. Ke3 Ke5
0-1

[Event "ITA-chT 46th"]
[Site "Condino"]
[Date "2014.05.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Codenotti, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2014.04.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova Obiettivo"]
[BlackTeam "Torino"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. b3 Qb6 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Bb2 a6 14. Rfd1 Rab8 15.
a3 Nde5 16. b4 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Qb6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. exd5 Ne5 21.
Be2 Rbc8 22. Rac1 Kg8 23. Rc2 Qa7 24. Rdc1 b6 25. Qe3 Rfe8 26. f4 Nd7 27. Bg4
Rb8 28. Kh2 Nf6 29. Bf3 a5 30. Qd4 Nd7 31. Re1 axb4 32. axb4 Qa4 33. Qc3 Nf6
34. g4 Ra8 35. g5 Nd7 36. Kg3 Qa3 37. Qd2 Qb3 38. Re3 Qb1 39. Rc1 Qa2 40. Qc3
Qa7 41. h4 Rac8 42. Qd4 Nf8 43. Bg4 Rcd8 44. Rce1 Qc7 45. h5 gxh5 46. Bxh5 e5
47. fxe5 dxe5 48. Rxe5 Rxe5 49. Qxe5 Qxc4 50. Qe7 Qxd5 51. Bxf7+ Qxf7 52. Qxd8
Qb3+ 53. Kf2 Qc2+ 54. Re2 Qc4 55. Qd6 Qh4+ 56. Ke3 Qxg5+ 57. Kd3 Qb5+ 58. Kd2
Qg5+ 59. Kc2 Qf5+ 60. Kb2 Qf3 61. Rc2 Qe4 62. Qxb6 Qe5+ 63. Rc3 Qe2+ 64. Ka3
Qe1 65. Qd4 Qa1+ 66. Kb3 Qb1+ 67. Ka4 Qa2+ 68. Kb5 Qe2+ 69. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2014.06.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2014.06.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 {Navara usually isn't
too interested in the main lines.} ({This time instead of the classical} 6. Be2
{he goes for a complex system, introduced by one of Kasparov's first trainers
Makogonov and taken up by his compatriot Bagirov. Later Krasenkow put it to
good use and had excellent results with it, today a lot of top players use it
occasionally. White's last move is multifunctional (prevents B or Ng4,
introduces the possibility of g4), but White must be careful not to fall too
much behind in development once the position opens up.}) 6... e5 {Typical
King's Indian strategy.} (6... c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 {gives White a choice,
he can even recapture with the symmetrical} 9. exd5 $5 {() Already Botvinnik
used to play this line, even nowadays} (9. cxd5 {- A70 is currently one of the
main lines of the Benoni. Black just barely holds the balance here.}) 9... Re8+
10. Be3 Bh6 11. O-O Bxe3 12. fxe3 Nbd7 13. Qd2 $14 {is considered rather
unpleasant for Black.}) ({Black can also postpone central activity/
clarification with} 6... Na6 7. Be3 (7. g4 $6 {allows} c5 $1 8. d5 e6 {more
effectively than one move earlier:} 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Kf1 Nc7 11. a4 Na6 12. Ra3
Nb4 13. Bb1 b6 14. Kg2 a6 15. Bf4 exd5 16. exd5 Ra7 $132 {Ovod,E (2420)-Sedlak,
N (2580)/St Petersburg/2011/}) ({Krasenkow's move from the 1990s onwards has
been} 7. Bg5 $5 c6 8. Be2 ({In his article about his pet line in CBM 132
Krasenkow prefers the flexible} 8. Nd2 $5 Ne8 (8... Qb6 9. Nb3 e5 10. d5 cxd5
11. cxd5 Bd7 12. Be3 Nc5 13. Be2 Qb4 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Qc2 Rfc8 16. O-O c4 17.
Rfc1 Bf8 18. a3 Qa5 19. a4 Bc5 20. Nd1 $14 {Arnaudov,P (2477)-Efimenko,Z (2689)
/Golden Sands/2012/}) 9. Nb3 Nac7 10. Qd2 a5 11. Rd1 a4 12. Na1 Ne6 13. Be3 Qa5
14. Nc2 Nf6 15. Be2 c5 16. d5 Nc7 17. f4 Nfe8 18. Na3 Bd7 19. O-O f5 20. exf5
gxf5 21. g4 Nf6 22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. Kh2 Ne4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Qc1 Kh8 26. Rg1 Bf6
27. Bd2 Qb6 28. Bc3 $36 {Krasenkow,M (2615)-Kempinski,R (2515)/Warsaw/1997/})
8... e5 9. d5 h6 10. Be3 cxd5 (10... Nh5 11. dxc6 $5 bxc6 12. Qd2 {[%csl Rd6]}
Nf4 13. O-O f5 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. Nd4 $14 {
Bluvshtein,M (2583)-Topalov,V (2803)/Khanty-Mansiysk olm/2010/ For more
details about this game see the notes by Krasenkow in CBM 139.}) 11. cxd5 Nh5
12. Nd2 ({A simpler way is} 12. O-O Nf4 13. Bc4 $5 $13 {/+/=}) 12... Nf4 13.
Bf1 Nc5 14. Nb3 b6 15. g3 Nh5 16. Qd2 $6 (16. Nd2 $5 $14) 16... Kh7 17. Be2 Nf6
18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. g4 Rb8 20. f3 Bd7 21. h4 h5 $1 22. Bg5 Qa5 23. Rg1 Rb4 $36 {
Hjartarson,J (2585)-Kasparov,G (2810)/Paris rpd/1994/}) 7... e5 8. d5 Nh5 (8...
c6 {is more restrained:} 9. g4 Nc5 10. Nd2 a5 11. a3 Nfd7 12. Rg1 a4 13. Qc2
Nb6 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Kb1 cxd5 $2 (15... Rc8 $142 $5 $132) 16. cxd5 Rc8 17. Bb5
$1 {Pinpoints the strategic error on move 15.} Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qd7 19. Nc3 Bf6
20. g5 Bd8 21. h4 Na8 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Qxa4 $16 {Carlsen,M (2772)-Topalov,V 
(2813)/Nanjing/2009/ For more details about this game see the notes by
Krasenkow in CBM 133.}) 9. Nh2 Qe8 10. Be2 f5 $5 (10... Nf4 11. Bf3 f5 12. h4 (
{Currently White more often than not plays simply} 12. O-O b6 13. Re1 Nc5 14.
Bxf4 fxe4 15. Be3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Bf5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Ng5 Rb8 19. Re2 Bh6 20.
Nge4 Qd8 21. Ng3 Rf7 22. b3 Bf4 23. Nge4 Kg7 24. Qe1 a5 25. Rd1 Bd7 26. Qf1 h5
27. Ree1 Bh6 $11 {Figlio,G (2397)-Boger,R (2654)/email/2011/}) 12... Qe7 (12...
Bd7 $5 {/\} 13. g3 Nb4 $132) 13. g3 Nb4 $5 14. O-O $1 (14. Qb3 $2 Nfd3+ 15. Ke2
f4 16. Bd2 {Kavalek,L (2595)-Kasparov,G (2630)/Bugojno/1982/} Nxf2 17. Kxf2
Nd3+ 18. Kg2 fxg3 19. Kxg3 Rf4 $1 $40) 14... g5 15. gxf4 (15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Be4
$5 $14) 15... gxf4 (15... exf4 16. Bd4 $1 {/\} Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc2 18. Qd2 Nxa1
19. hxg5 $16) 16. Bd2 Qxh4 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Ne4 Nd3 19. Qe2 Nc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5
21. Be4 f3 22. Bxf3 e4 23. Bg4 Kh8 {Hausrath,D (2320)-Kaminski,M (2440)/Chania/
1994/} 24. Kh1 $18) 11. exf5 (11. Bxh5 gxh5 12. g4 hxg4 13. hxg4 fxe4 14. Qb1
Qg6 15. Qxe4 Bd7 16. Ke2 Nb4 17. Rhc1 a5 18. f3 a4 19. Nf1 a3 20. b3 Qxe4 21.
Nxe4 c6 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. Nfd2 d5 $132 {Grigoryan,A (2565)-Mamedov,R (2639)/
EU-ch Rijeka/2010/}) 11... Nf4 12. O-O (12. Bxf4 exf4 13. fxg6 Qxg6 $32 14. Kf1
Nc5 $44) 12... Bxf5 13. Re1 Qf7 14. Nf1 (14. Bg4 $5 Nb4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Ne4
$11 {Nikcevic,N (2395)-Kolev,A (2510)/St Cugat/1993/}) 14... Bxh3 $5 ({More
enterprising than} 14... Nb4 $11) 15. gxh3 Nxh3+ 16. Kg2 Nxf2 17. Qb1 {Hansen,
C (2570)-Kasparov,G (2800)/Svendborg m/1990/} Bh6 $1 18. Bxh6 Qd7 19. Bxf8 Rxf8
20. Bf3 Qh3+ 21. Kxf2 Qxf3+ 22. Kg1 Qf2+ 23. Kh1 Qh4+ $11 ({Black has a
guaranteed draw, but he can even strive for more with} 23... Rf5 $5)) 7. d5 a5
{The most popular move. It slows White down on the queenside, but the
weakening of the b5-square can backfire sometimes.} (7... Na6 {- 6...Na6}) (
7... Nh5 8. g3 $5 a5 9. Bg2 (9. Be2 $142 Na6 10. Nh2 Nf6 11. Ng4 $13 {/+/=
gives White more chances to fight for an opening advantage.}) 9... Na6 10. O-O
Bd7 11. Ne1 Qe8 12. Nd3 f5 13. Re1 Nf6 14. a3 $6 (14. exf5 $11) 14... fxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Bf5 17. Re1 b5 $1 18. Nf4 Nc5 19. Ne6 Nxe6 20. dxe6 Bxe6 {
Wang Hao - Bacrot, Samkir 2014.} 21. cxb5 Qxb5 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 $15 {/-/+, Wang,H
(2734)-Bacrot,E (2722)/Shamkir-B/ 2014/}) (7... Ne8 $6 8. g4 $36 {is too
passive - a typical motif in this line.}) 8. Bg5 ({A few days later in Dubai
Nakamura had to face the ambitious} 8. g4 $5 Na6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. a3 (10. h4 Ndc5
11. Nd2 f5 $1 (11... Nb4 $6 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. a3 Na6 14. Bd3 Qf6 15. g5 Qe7 16.
Qf3 f6 17. Qg3 c6 18. Nf3 Nc7 19. O-O-O Ne8 20. Be2 Nd6 21. Kb1 Bd7 22. h5 $36
{Wang,H (2729)-Nakamura,H (2775)/Dubai blitz/2014/}) 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. f3 Qf6
14. Be2 Kh8 15. Nf1 Bh6 16. Qd2 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 f4 18. Qf2 Bd7 19. O-O-O Rg8 $15
{Divljan,I (2226)-Arencibia Rodriguez,W (2534)/Guelph/2002/}) 10... Nb6 (10...
Nac5 11. Rg1 $5 (11. Nd2 Bf6 12. Nf3 a4 13. g5 Bg7 14. Nd2 f5 15. h4 c6 16. f3
Nb6 17. Be2 Bd7 $13 {Riazantsev,A (2617)-Inarkiev,E (2675)/Novokuznetsk/2008/})
(11. b4 $6 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Nb3 $1 14. Qd1 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16.
Bxd4 Ne5 $44 {[%cal Ye5f3,Yf7f5]}) 11... a4 12. Nd2 Bf6 13. g5 Be7 14. h4 f6
15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. h5 g5 17. h6 Kh8 18. Qh5 Qe8 19. Qxe8 Rxe8 20. Nb5 Na6 21.
Nf3 g4 22. Nh2 Bd8 23. Nxg4 Ndc5 24. f3 $16 {Potkin,V (2621)-Yuffa,D (2444)/
Vladivostok/2014/}) 11. Rg1 Bd7 12. Nd2 a4 (12... Nc5 $5 13. Nb5 a4 14. Nc3 c6
15. g5 Rc8 16. h4 cxd5 17. cxd5 f5 $132 {Lei,T (2436)-Wang,J (2363)/Wuxi/2014/}
) 13. g5 f5 14. h4 f4 $2 (14... c6 $5 $132) (14... Nxd5 $5 15. exd5 f4 16. Nde4
fxe3 17. fxe3 $13 {/+/=}) 15. Bxb6 cxb6 16. Qf3 Qc8 17. Nb5 Qc5 18. h5 gxh5 19.
Bh3 $16 {->, Tomashevsky,E (2695)-Nakamura,H (2775)/Dubai rpd/2014/}) 8... Na6
9. Nd2 (9. Be2 Qe8 {can be only a transposition.} ({However, Black also has
the interesting} 9... Nc5 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. g4 c6 12. h4 (12. Be3 $142 $1) 12...
a4 $5 13. a3 (13. Be3 Qa5 {[%cal Ya4a3,Rc5e4]}) 13... Qa5 14. Kf1 cxd5 15. cxd5
b5 16. Be3 Rab8 17. h5 b4 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. g5 Ne8 $15 {Grischuk,
A (2792)-Morozevich,A (2731)/Dubai blitz/2014/})) 9... Qe8 ({After} 9... Nc5 {
Black must reckon with the sharp} 10. g4 c6 11. Qf3 $5 a4 12. Be2 (12. O-O-O a3
13. b3 h6 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Kc2 Na6 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Kb1 Rfc8 18. Bd3 Nc5 19. Qe2
Ne8 20. f3 Nc7 21. h4 N7a6 22. Ka1 Nb4 $132 {Borisenko,A (2429)-Fedorov,A 
(2603)/Kazan/2008/}) 12... Bd7 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Kf1 h6 15. Be3 cxd5 16. cxd5 b5
17. a3 b4 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. Nc4 Qb8 21. Qe3 Rc8 22. Rd1 Rb3 23.
Qc1 $13 {Ivanisevic,I (2460)-Tosic,M (2503)/Subotica/2000/}) 10. Be2 Nd7 (10...
Nc5 {is mostly met by} 11. g4 ({Krasenkow has his own recipe even here, namely
} 11. h4 $5 Nh5 12. Bxh5 gxh5 13. Qxh5 Nd3+ 14. Ke2 Nf4+ 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Rae1
Kh8 17. Kd3 Bd7 18. Nf3 b5 19. cxb5 Bxb5+ 20. Kc2 Rb8 21. e5 {Krasenkow,M 
(2645)-Ehlvest,J (2610)/Polanica Zdroj/1997/} Qc8 $5 $44 {[%cal Yc8a6,Yb5d3]})
11... Bd7 (11... c6 $5 12. Be3 Rb8 13. a3 h6 14. Rb1 Bd7 15. b4 cxd5 $1 16.
cxd5 Na4 17. Rc1 axb4 18. axb4 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Qe7 20. h4 Kh7 21. Nf1 Rfc8 $132 {
Ehlvest,J (2625)-Kamsky,G (2655)/Philadelphia/1993/}) 12. Be3 Qc8 13. Rg1 c6
14. g5 Ne8 15. h4 f5 16. Qc2 Nxe4 $6 17. Ndxe4 fxe4 18. Na4 (18. h5 $5 $36)
18... cxd5 19. Nb6 Qc6 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. cxd5 Nc7 22. Qxe4 a4 23. h5 a3 24. b3
$16 {Nisipeanu,L (2679)-Ajrapetjan,Y (2498)/EU-ch Legnica/2013/}) 11. a3 {
[%cal Yb2b4] Recommended also by Krasenkow in his article in CBM 134.} ({
White prefers typical queenside play to the double-edged} 11. g4 Ndc5 (11... f6
12. Be3 Ndc5 13. Nb3 Na4 14. Nxa4 Qxa4 15. Rg1 Bd7 16. h4 Rfb8 17. Nc1 Qb4+ 18.
Qd2 Nc5 19. f3 Kh8 20. Nd3 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 b6 22. h5 $14 {Macieja,B (2625)
-Sedlak,N (2570)/EU-ch Rijeka/2010/}) 12. Nf1 (12. Rg1 Kh8 13. h4 f5 14. gxf5
gxf5 15. a3 a4 16. Bh5 Nd3+ 17. Kf1 Qd7 18. Qxa4 fxe4 19. Ndxe4 Qf5 20. Qc2
Qh3+ 21. Ke2 Nac5 22. Rg3 Rxf2+ 23. Nxf2 Qxg3 $19 {Georgescu,T (2397)-Spasov,V
(2591)/Sunny Beach/2011/}) 12... f6 13. Be3 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16.
Ng3 Qg6 17. Nxf5 Qxf5 18. Bg4 Qg6 19. Rg1 Kh8 20. Qb1 e4 $132 {Galkin,A (2540)
-Ibragimov,I (2585)/Sochi/1997/ For more details about this branch see the
notes to Macieja-Sedlak by Krasenkow in CBM 136.}) 11... Nb6 $5 ({Navara in
his preparation concentrated on the more usual} 11... f6 12. Bh4 (12. Be3 $6 f5
) 12... Nb6 (12... f5 $6 13. exf5 {/\} gxf5 14. Bh5 $16 {[%csl Re8]}) 13. b3
Bh6 {Nakamura had played this in the past and returned to it in game 3, but
got into big trouble after} 14. Rb1 ({but} 14. f3 {is not vigorous enough:} Be3
$1 15. Bf2 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 f5 17. Rb1 Qd8 18. h4 Nd7 19. h5 Nf6 20. hxg6 hxg6
21. Bd3 c6 22. Qe1 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Nc5 $132 {Karjakin,S (2772)
-Nakamura,H (2772)/Shamkir/2014/}) 14... Nc5 15. O-O (15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Nca4
17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. Nf3 f5 $1 20. O-O fxe4 21. Nh2 Bf4 22. Bg4 Qg7 23.
Bxc8 Rfxc8 24. Rfe1 g5 25. Bg3 Qg6 $17 {Ostenstad,B (2465)-Nakamura,H (2783)/
ECC Rhodes/2013/}) 15... f5 $6 (15... Bd7 $142 16. Qc2 f5 17. b4 Nca4 (17...
axb4 18. axb4 Nxe4 19. Ndxe4 fxe4 20. c5 Na4 21. Nxe4 Bf5 22. Bd3 Bxe4 23. Bxe4
Rf4 24. Bg3 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Nc3 26. Qc4 Nxb1 27. Rxb1 $11 {/+/=,Raznikov,D (2433)
-Klein,D (2359)/Oslo/2011/}) 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Qf7 20. Rfd1 Kh8 21. Rb3
Bxd2 22. Rxd2 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Qf4 24. Qxf4 exf4 25. Bg5 axb4 26. axb4 Kg7 27. Rd4
Rf5 28. Bxf4 Nxd5 29. Bd2 Nab6 30. Bd3 Ra1+ 31. Rb1 Rxb1+ 32. Bxb1 Rh5 33. Be4
Ne7 34. Bxb7 Rxb5 $132 {Jorgensen,A (2549)-Hertel,P (2652)/email/2002/}) 16. b4
axb4 17. axb4 Nxe4 $2 (17... Nca4 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. Qc2 c5 20. Nb3 cxb4 21. c5
dxc5 22. Nxc5 Qg7 23. Rxb4 Nxc5 24. Qxc5 $16 {Krasenkow,M (2631)-Vovk,A (2506)/
Vlissingen/2009/}) (17... Bxd2 $142 18. Qxd2 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. c5 $14) 18.
Ndxe4 fxe4 19. c5 $1 dxc5 20. bxc5 Na4 21. Nxa4 (21. Nb5 $1 $40 {[%csl Ra4]})
21... Qxa4 22. Be7 (22. d6 $5 $16) 22... Rf7 23. d6 cxd6 24. cxd6 Be6 25. Qxa4
Rxa4 26. Rxb7 Bf8 {Navara,D (2724)-Nakamura,H (2775)/Prague m/2014/} 27. Bb5 $1
{/\} Rb4 28. Rd1 $1 Rb2 29. Rb8 Rfxf2 30. Kh1 $1 $18) (11... h6 12. Bh4 Nb6 13.
g4 a4 14. f3 Nc5 15. Qc2 c6 16. Bf2 Bd7 17. O-O-O cxd5 18. exd5 $5 f5 19. Kb1
Rc8 20. Be3 Qd8 21. h4 e4 22. fxe4 fxg4 23. h5 g5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. e5 Bf5 26.
Bd3 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 $36 {Movsesian,S (2698)-Grischuk,A (2763)/Istanbul olm/2012/}
) 12. Be3 {A prudent retreat.} (12. b3 f5 $1 13. exf5 (13. g4 fxg4 14. hxg4 Bf6
15. Bh6 Rf7 16. Rg1 Qe7 17. Nf3 Nc5 18. Be3 Bd7 19. b4 Nba4 $1 20. bxc5 Nxc3
21. cxd6 Qxd6 22. Qd3 Na4 $13 {/=/+, Hauser,D (2213)-Gromark,P (2304)/email/
2009/}) (13. O-O $5 {is an interesting, but still untested try.} f4 14. Bh4 $13
{[%cal Yf2f3,Yh4f2] leads to a position which is typical for the Classical
line - both sides have play on opposite flanks.}) 13... gxf5 14. Bh5 Qd7 15.
O-O Nc5 16. Qc2 e4 17. Rad1 Nd3 (17... Be5 $11) (17... Kh8 $5 {[%cal Yf8g8]})
18. Be2 Be5 19. Bxd3 $5 exd3 20. Qxd3 Qg7 21. Ne2 f4 (21... Qxg5 22. f4 $36)
22. Nf3 h6 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Bh4 Bf5 (24... f3 25. Bg3 fxe2 26. Qxe2 $44) 25.
Qc3 Kh7 26. Kh2 Nd7 {Topalov,V (2774)-Baklan,V (2627)/Kozloduy rpd/2013/} 27.
g4 $16) ({Interesting and perhaps more promising is Navara's post-mortem
suggestion} 12. h4 $5 f5 13. h5 {, after} h6 14. Be3 Nd7 15. f3 f4 16. Bf2 g5
17. b4 $1 $14 {|^ White's queenside play seems faster}) (12. O-O a4 13. b4 axb3
14. Nxb3 Bd7 15. c5 Na4 (15... Nxc5 $5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Qb3 Na4 $132) 16. Nxa4
Bxa4 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Qb1 Qd7 19. Nd2 b5 20. Ra2 f5 21. Rc1 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+
Rxc8 23. Rb2 Rb8 24. Kf1 h6 25. Bh4 g5 26. Bg3 f4 27. Bh2 Bf6 28. Bg1 Bd8 29.
f3 Ba5 $11 {/=/+, Poluljahov,A (2450)-Georgiev,K (2625)/Tivat/1995/}) 12... Bd7
(12... f5 13. O-O f4 $2 (13... Bd7 $142 $1 14. b3 {- see the note below}) 14.
Bxb6 cxb6 15. Bg4 $16 {[%csl Rb5,Rb6,Rb7,Rd6,Rg7] is strategically misguided -
Black should avoid this transformation.}) 13. b3 f5 14. Nb5 {[%cal Rb5d6,Rb5c7]
This is a step in the wrong direction, especially in connection with White's
follow-up.} ({A more circumspect and natural move is} 14. O-O Qe7 (14... Nc5
$143 $6 15. f3 Qe7 16. Qc2 {gives White extra tempi, as he doesn't have to
prepare b4:} Bf6 $6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Na6 19. c5 $1 Nxb4 20. Qb3 dxc5 21.
d6+ Qf7 22. Bxc5 $16 {/+-, Ostenstad,B (2466)-Elsness,F (2484)/Oslo/2010/}) 15.
Rb1 Nc5 16. Nb5 (16. f3 Bf6 $132 {[%cal Yf6g5]} (16... Qh4 17. Qc2 (17. Kh2 $5
{/\} Bh6 $2 18. g3) 17... Bh6 18. Bxh6 $6 (18. Bf2 $142) 18... Qxh6 19. b4 axb4
20. axb4 Ra3 $1 21. Rf2 Nba4 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. cxb5 $2 {Elsness,F (2484)-Stokke,
K (2408)/Oslo/2011/} (23. bxc5 Bd7 24. cxd6 cxd6 $15) 23... Rc3 $1 24. Qd1 fxe4
25. bxc5 e3 $19)) 16... c6 17. Nxd6 ({White should have preferred the modest} 
17. Nc3 $142 $5 $13 {/+/=}) 17... Qxd6 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Nca4 20. c5 Qf6 21.
dxc6 Qxc6 22. cxb6 Nc3 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Rbe1 Nxe2+ 25. Rxe2 Be6 26. Qb1 {
Zhigalko,S (2640)-Berg,E (2616)/Khanty-Mansiysk olm/2010/} Qb5 $44) 14... Qd8
$146 {[%mdl 8] This novelty is a logical reaction, Nakamura prefers to retain
his important light-squared bishop.} (14... Bxb5 $6 15. cxb5 Nc5 16. Qc2 (16.
Rc1 $36) 16... fxe4 17. Nxe4 $6 (17. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 18. Nxe4 $14) 17... Nxe4 18.
Qxe4 Qf7 19. O-O Kh8 20. Rfd1 Qf5 21. Bd3 Qf7 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Be2 Nd7 24. Qc4
h5 25. Bf3 Kh7 26. Rc2 Bh6 27. Rdc1 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Kh6 $132 {Javakhishvili,L 
(2455)-Harika,D (2512)/Khanty-Mansiysk/2012/}) (14... Nc8 15. f3 $14 {seems
too passive.}) (14... Nxd5 15. exd5 f4 16. Bb6 $5 (16. Nxc7 Nxc7 17. Bb6 e4 $1
18. Bxc7 f3 {/\} 19. Bxd6 fxg2 20. Rg1 e3 21. Bxf8 exd2+ 22. Qxd2 Bxa1 23. Bd6
Bxh3 $36) 16... e4 17. Bd4 f3 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. O-O fxe2 20. Qxe2 Bxb5 21. cxb5
Nc5 22. Rac1 $14 {[%csl Rc7,Re4,Rg7]}) 15. Bxb6 $6 {[%mdl 2048] This only
helps Black by activating his forces and giving him excellent piece play.} (15.
O-O $142 $1 $13 {still keeps the centre closed and the game in positional
waters.} {/\} Nxc4 16. Bxc4 $5 f4 17. Bb6 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 cxb6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 (
19... bxa6 20. Rc1 $44) 20. Qg4 $44) 15... cxb6 16. Nxd6 Nc5 17. O-O Bh6 $1 {
[%cal Rh6d2,Rd8f6]} 18. b4 {White has managed to castle, but he must return
the extra material immediately.} (18. Ra2 $143 Qf6 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. cxb5 Bxd2
21. Rxd2 Nxe4 $36) ({A more interesting venture is the sacrificial} 18. exf5
Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Qf6 20. Nxb7 $5 Nxb3 $5 (20... Nxb7 21. fxg6 $13) 21. Qe3 Nxa1
22. Rxa1 Bc8 23. Rb1 $1 Bxb7 24. Rxb6 {, although it's not so clear if he has
suffcient compensation for the whole rook after} Qf7 $13 {/=/+}) 18... Ba4 19.
Qb1 Qxd6 $1 {Nakamura spurns further gains, retaining some pressure despite
the equal material.} ({The text move is more circumspect than the rather
reckless} 19... Na6 20. exf5 $5 (20. Nxb7 Qc7 21. b5 (21. c5 $5) 21... Nb8 22.
exf5 Bxd2 23. d6 Qxb7 24. Bf3 $44) 20... gxf5 (20... Bxd2 21. Ne4 Bh6 22. fxg6
hxg6 23. b5 $44 {[%csl Ra4]}) 21. Nxb7 Qe7 22. b5 Nb8 23. d6 Qxb7 24. Bf3 e4
25. Nxe4 $36) 20. bxc5 Qxc5 21. Nf3 $6 {This inaccuracy weakens White's
central control.} (21. Qb2 {is better, objectively the position is roughly
equal.}) ({Navara himself preferred} 21. Ra2 $142 $5 $132) 21... fxe4 ({
Straightforward and natural, but possibly a more promising try was} 21... Rae8
$5 22. Bd3 (22. h4 b5 $5 (22... fxe4 23. Qxe4 Rf4 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Re4 26.
Ng5 Rxe3 27. Bg4 $132) 23. cxb5 Bc2 $15) 22... fxe4 23. Bxe4 Qxc4 24. Re1 Rf6
25. Ra2 Qc5 $15 {/~~}) 22. Qxe4 Rae8 $1 {[%cal Ya4d7,Yd7f5,Rf8f4] Patient and
best.} ({Nakamura took his time considering and calculating} 22... Rf4 23. Qxe5
Re8 24. Qb2 Bg7 (24... b5 25. cxb5 $5 (25. Bd1 Bg7 26. Qd2 Rxc4 27. Rb1 $132)
25... Qxd5 26. Rab1 $13 {/\} Bg7 27. Qc1 Rfe4 28. Bd1 $11) 25. Qd2 Bxa1 26.
Qxf4 Rxe2 27. Ng5 Bg7 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Ne6 Rxe6 30. Qxe6 $1 (30. dxe6 $6 Qf5
$15) 30... Qxc4 31. Re1 $44 {[%csl Gd5,Rh8] Black must watch the passed pawn,
also his king is exposed - he can hardly win this position. A plausible finish
is} Bf8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Qe6+ Kg7 34. Qe5+ $11) 23. Qh4 (23. Nxe5 $2 Bg7 $19 {
[%csl Re5]} (23... Rf4 $19)) 23... Kg7 (23... Bf4 $5 24. g3 e4 25. gxf4 exf3
26. Bxf3 Qxc4 $15) 24. Ng5 Rf4 25. Qg3 $8 (25. Bg4 $2 Bxg5 26. Qxg5 h6 27. Qh4
h5 $19) 25... Bxg5 26. Qxg5 Bb3 27. a4 $5 $132 {[%csl Ra4,Rb6] Although this
weakens the a-pawn, by preventing the fortifying a5-a4 it also makes Black's
b6-pawn become more vulnerable.} (27. Rab1 a4 $15) 27... Re4 (27... h6 28. Qg3
Bxc4 29. Rac1 Qb4 (29... b5 30. axb5 Qb4 (30... Qxd5 31. Rfd1 Qxb5 32. Rxc4
Rxc4 33. Qg4 $1 Rxg4 (33... e4 34. Rd7+ Kh8 35. Bxc4 Qxc4 36. Qf4 $18) 34. Bxb5
$16) (30... Qxb5 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. d6 $1 $18 (32. Qg4 e4 33. Bxc4 Qxc4 34. Qd7+
Kf8 $14)) 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Bd3 $5 g5 33. Bxc4 Qxc4 34. d6 {/\} Qxb5 35. h4 $36
{[%csl Rg7]}) (29... Qxd5 30. Rfd1 Qe6 31. Bxc4 Rxc4 32. Rxc4 Qxc4 33. Rd7+ Kh8
34. Qe3 Qf4 35. Qxb6 {and already Black has to find} Rf8 36. f3 Rf7 $11) 30.
Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Qxc4 32. Rb1 Qd4 33. Qe3 $44 {/= Here the most probable
outcome is a draw.}) (27... Bxc4 28. Rac1 Qxd5 29. Rfd1 Rd4 30. Kh2 $1 {
[%cal Re2c4]} Rxd1 (30... Bxe2 $2 31. Rc7+ $18) 31. Rxd1 Qf7 32. Bxc4 Qxc4 33.
Rd7+ Kg8 34. Rxb7 Qf4+ 35. Qxf4 (35. Qg3 $5) 35... exf4 36. Rxb6 Re4 37. Rb8+
Kg7 38. Rb7+ Kh6 39. h4 Rxa4 40. Kh3 $11 {[%csl Rh7]}) (27... Re7 $5 $15) 28.
Rfe1 (28. Bd3 Rf4 $1 (28... Rd4 29. Qe3 Bxc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Rfc1 $132) 29.
Rae1 Qd4 $15 {[%csl Rg5]}) 28... Qd4 (28... Rf4 29. Bf3 Qd4 30. Kh1 $5 $132 (
30. Ra3 Bxc4 31. Rae3 h6 32. Qg3 Bxd5 33. Rd1 Rxf3 34. Qxf3 Bxf3 35. Rxd4 exd4
36. Rxe8 Bc6 37. Rb8 Kf6 $15)) 29. Bf1 $2 {[%csl Rf1] A serious mistake, now
the bishop will be passive.} (29. Bf3 $142 $1 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 {/\} Bxc4 (30...
e4 31. Qf4 $11) 31. Rd1 (31. Qc1 $5 $132 {[%cal Ye1d1,Yc1a3]}) 31... Qf4 32.
Qxf4 exf4 33. Rc1 $11) 29... Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Bxa4 31. h4 (31. Qg3 $5 {[%cal
Yg3a3]}) 31... Bd7 32. h5 $2 (32. Qg3 $15 {/-/+}) (32. g3 {/\Qc1 was also
better than the text move.}) 32... Qf4 $1 $19 {Nakamrua returns the extra pawn,
but simplifies into a won endgame.} 33. Qxf4 exf4 34. Rb1 b5 $1 {[]} 35. cxb5
b6 36. Rc1 Rc8 37. Re1 Re8 38. Rc1 Rc8 39. Re1 Kf6 $1 {[%csl Rb5,Rd5] After
repeating moves before the time-control Black proceeds to attack the weak
pawns.} 40. hxg6 (40. d6 Re8 41. Rc1 Re6 42. Rc7 Rxd6 $19) 40... hxg6 41. d6
Rc5 42. Re4 {The last trap.} (42. Re7 Bxb5 43. Bxb5 Rxb5 {[%cal Rb5d5]} 44. Rb7
Ke6 $19) (42. Rd1 Ke5 $19 {[%cal Rc5d5]}) 42... Rc1 $1 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Rd7b5]
Highlighting one of the drawbacks of White's 29th move - the pin is decisive.}
(42... Bxb5 $4 43. Bxb5 Rxb5 44. Rd4 $18) 43. Rxf4+ Ke6 44. Re4+ Kxd6 45. Rd4+
Ke6 46. Rc4 Rxf1+ (46... Rxf1+ 47. Kxf1 Bxb5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2014.06.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.06.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. Rd1 c5 13. Bxb5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 cxd4
15. Rxd4 Be5 16. Rd1 Rc5 17. Qe2 Qb8 18. f4 Bxc3 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Rxd7 Bf6 21.
b4 Bxa1 22. bxc5 Qc8 23. Qb5 a6 24. Qd3 Qxc5 25. Bd2 a5 26. h3 g6 27. Rb7 Bf6
28. Rb5 Qc6 29. Bxa5 Qf3 30. Qf1 Rc8 31. Rb1 Kg7 32. Bb4 Rc2 33. Qg2 Qe2 34.
Qf1 Qh5 35. Qd3 Rc8 36. Kg2 Rd8 37. Qe4 Qe2 38. Rc1 h6 39. a4 Qd3 40. Qxd3 Rxd3
41. a5 Rb3 42. Rc4 Rb2 43. Ba3 Ra2 44. Ra4 Be7 45. a6 Bxa3 46. a7 1-0

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2014.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.06.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6
9. Nd2 Qe8 10. Be2 Nd7 11. a3 f6 12. Bh4 Nb6 13. b3 Bh6 14. Rb1 Nc5 15. O-O f5
16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Nxe4 18. Ndxe4 fxe4 19. c5 dxc5 20. bxc5 Na4 21. Nxa4 Qxa4
22. Be7 Rf7 23. d6 cxd6 24. cxd6 Be6 25. Qxa4 Rxa4 26. Rxb7 Bf8 27. Rfb1 Ra2
28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. R7b2 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Ra7 31. Kh2 Ra4 32. Rb5 Rd4 33. Rxe5 Kf7
34. Bg4 Bxg4 35. Re7+ Kf6 36. hxg4 Rxd6 37. Rxe4 Rd5 38. f4 h5 39. Kg3 hxg4 40.
Kxg4 Rd2 41. g3 Rd5 42. Ra4 Rb5 43. Kh4 Rh5+ 44. Kg4 Rb5 45. Ra6+ Kf7 46. Rd6
Rc5 47. Kf3 g5 48. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2014.06.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2014.06.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. a3 a6 13. b4 Ba7 14. Be2 b5 15.
a4 bxa4 16. Qxa4 Bb7 17. Ba3 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Nb6 19. Qb3 Qe8 20. Ne5 Nbd5 21. Na4
Bb8 22. Nc4 Bc7 23. Na5 Rcb8 24. Qc2 h6 25. Nxb7 Rxb7 26. Nc5 Rb6 27. e4 Nxb4
28. Bxb4 Rxb4 29. Nxa6 Rxa6 30. Bxa6 Bb6 31. Qe2 Nxe4 32. Rc8 Qxc8 33. Bxc8
Nxf2 34. Rf1 Nh3+ 35. Kh1 Nf2+ 36. Rxf2 Bxf2 37. Qc2 Bd4 38. g3 g6 39. Qc7 e5
40. h4 h5 41. Bb7 Rb2 42. Bd5 Rf2 43. Bg2 Kg7 44. Qe7 Re2 45. Kh2 Rf2 46. Kh3
Rf6 47. Be4 Re6 48. Qb7 Rb6 49. Qd7 Rf6 50. Bd5 Rf5 51. Qb7 Rf2 52. Bf3 Rb2 53.
Qe7 Rb6 54. Qd8 Rb3 55. Qa8 Rb2 56. Qe4 Rb6 57. g4 hxg4+ 58. Qxg4 Be3 59. h5
Bf4 60. Qg1 Rb2 61. hxg6 f5 62. Qa7+ Kxg6 63. Be2 Rb3+ 64. Kg2 Rg3+ 65. Kf1 Be3
66. Qa6+ Kg5 67. Bb5 Bd4 68. Be8 Rf3+ 69. Ke2 Rh3 70. Qg6+ Kf4 71. Bd7 Rh2+ 72.
Kd1 Rh1+ 73. Kc2 Rh2+ 74. Kb3 Rb2+ 75. Kc4 Rc2+ 76. Kd3 Rc3+ 77. Kd2 Rg3 78.
Qxf5# 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. d5 b5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Bxb5 Na6 13. O-O Nb4 14. Qe2 Nbxd5
15. Rfd1 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Qc7 17. a4 Bb7 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Qc4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 e6
21. Bd4 Nd5 22. Qxc5 Qd8 23. Qa3 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Qh5 25. Be2 Bf8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27.
Qb2 Qh4 28. Kg2 Qg5+ 29. Kh1 Qh4 30. Ba6 Bd6 31. Kg2 Qxh2+ 32. Kf1 Rb8 33. Bb5
h5 34. Ke2 Qg2 35. Bh8 Bf8 36. Be5 Ra8 37. Bc6 Ra5 38. Bxd5 exd5 39. Qb6 Qg5
40. Bf4 Qf5 41. Qxa5 Qc2+ 42. Qd2 Qxa4 43. Qxd5 h4 44. Qd7 Qc4+ 45. Qd3 Qe6 46.
Bd6 Bg7 47. Qe4 Qa2+ 48. Kf1 Qb3 49. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 a6 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. a3 e5 7. Bg5 d4 8. exd4
exd4 9. Ne4 Qd5 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Bxf6 Rg8 12. Qf3 Qxc5 13. O-O-O Bh6+ 14. Kb1
Bg4 15. Qe4+ Kf8 16. Qxh7 Bf4 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. g3 Be5 19. f3 Be6 20. Bh4 Bg7 21.
Bh3 Ne5 22. Qd2 d3 23. cxd3 f5 24. d4 Qd5 25. Qb4+ Kf7 26. Qe7+ Kg6 27. Qg5+
Kf7 28. Qe7+ Kg6 29. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "242"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. a4 c6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e5 8. d5
Nf6 9. O-O a6 10. b3 cxb3 11. Qxb3 b4 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nc4 Qe7 15.
Rad1 cxd5 16. exd5 Nbd7 17. a5 e4 18. Be2 Rab8 19. Qa4 Rfc8 20. Qa1 Ne8 21. Rc1
Bf4 22. Ne3 Nc5 23. Bd4 Nd3 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qb1 Qc7 26. Bxd3 exd3 27. Qxd3
Bxh2+ 28. Kh1 Bd6 29. Qxa6 Qd8 30. Kg1 Ra8 31. Qb6 Bc7 32. Qxb4 Bxa5 33. Qb2
Bc7 34. Rd1 Qd7 35. Be5 Bxe5 36. Qxe5 Nd6 37. g3 Re8 38. Qc3 Rc8 39. Qe5 Re8
40. Qc3 Qe7 41. Re1 Qd7 42. Qc6 Qd8 43. Rc1 Qf6 44. Nc4 Re2 45. Qa8+ Re8 46.
Qc6 Re2 47. Qa8+ Ne8 48. Rf1 h5 49. d6 Qe6 50. Ne3 Rd2 51. Nf5 g6 52. Qa5 Qe2
53. Ne3 Nxd6 54. Qa8+ Kh7 55. Qa7 Qf3 56. Ng2 Re2 57. Re1 Rxe1+ 58. Nxe1 Qd1
59. Qe7 Qd5 60. Ng2 Nf5 61. Qf6 Kg8 62. Nf4 Qd1+ 63. Kg2 Qg4 64. Qd8+ Kg7 65.
Qc7 Qd1 66. Ne6+ Kf6 67. Qd8+ Qxd8 68. Nxd8 Nd6 69. Nc6 Ke6 70. Kf3 Nf5 71. Ke4
Kf6 72. Nb4 Nd6+ 73. Kf3 Kf5 74. Nc2 Nc4 75. Nd4+ Ke5 76. Nc6+ Kd5 77. Nb4+ Kd4
78. Nc6+ Kc5 79. Nd8 Ne5+ 80. Ke4 Kd6 81. f4 f5+ 82. Kd4 Nd7 83. Nf7+ Ke7 84.
Ng5 Nb6 85. Nf3 Kf6 86. Ng5 Na4 87. Nf3 Nb2 88. Ke3 Nd1+ 89. Ke2 Nc3+ 90. Kf2
Kg7 91. Kg2 Kh6 92. Kh3 Ne4 93. Kg2 Nc5 94. Kh3 Ne6 95. Kh4 Kg7 96. Kh3 Kf7 97.
Kg2 Kf6 98. Kh3 Nc7 99. Kg2 Nd5 100. Kf2 Ke6 101. Nh4 Ne7 102. Ke3 Kf6 103. Nf3
Nc8 104. Kf2 Nd6 105. Kg2 Ne4 106. Kh3 Ke6 107. Kg2 Kf6 108. Kh3 Kg7 109. Kg2
h4 110. Nxh4 Kh6 111. Nf3 Kh5 112. Ne5 g5 113. fxg5 Kxg5 114. Nf7+ Kg6 115.
Ne5+ Kh5 116. Nf3 Kg4 117. Ne5+ Kh5 118. Nf3 Nf6 119. Nd4 Kg4 120. Nxf5 Kxf5
121. g4+ Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. g4 O-O 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Be3
h5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Qd2 hxg4 11. Bh6 g3 12. Nxg3 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. O-O-O d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Qg5 Qc7 18. Bxd5 Rb8 19. Bb3 Rh8 20. Rhe1 Rxh3
21. Rxe5 Neg8 22. Nb5 Qb6 23. Nd4 Rb7 24. Ndf5+ Bxf5 25. Nxf5+ Kh7 26. Ne3 Qc7
27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. Rexd5 Kg7 29. Rd6 Rf3 30. Qd2 Nf6 31. Qd4 Rb6 32. Rd8 Qf4+ 33.
Rd2 Rb7 34. c4 Re7 35. Qxf4 Rxf4 36. R8d4 Ne4 37. Bc2 f5 38. Bxe4 Rexe4 39.
Rxe4 Rxe4 40. b3 Kf6 41. Kc2 g5 42. Kc3 g4 43. c5 Ke7 44. b4 Re6 45. b5 f4 46.
c6 Re5 47. Kc4 Re1 48. a4 g3 49. fxg3 fxg3 50. Kd5 Kd8 51. a5 Kc7 52. Rc2 Re8
53. Rb2 Rg8 54. b6+ axb6 55. axb6+ Kb8 56. Rg2 Rg5+ 57. Kc4 Kc8 58. Ra2 Rg4+
59. Kd5 Rg5+ 60. Ke4 Kb8 61. b7 Kc7 62. Ra8 Rb5 63. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Bb4 8. Qd2
d5 9. Nde2 dxe4 10. a3 Ba5 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Ng3 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Kb2 Nc5 17. Bxf6 Qb6+ 18. Ka1 Qxf6 19. Bc4 Be6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6
21. Qd5 Qb6 22. Nxe4 Rac8 23. Rb1 Qa5 24. Ka2 b6 25. Nd6 Rcd8 26. Qxe5 g6 27.
Rhd1 Qa4 28. Rd2 Qc6 29. Rb4 Rd7 30. Rbd4 Qc7 31. Nc4 Qxe5 32. Nxe5 Rc7 33. Rd6
Re8 34. Rc6 Rb7 35. f4 Kg7 36. g4 g5 37. Nc4 Ne4 38. Rd3 gxf4 39. Rf3 b5 40.
Nb2 Rd7 41. Nd3 Re6 42. Rxe6 fxe6 43. Nxf4 Kf6 44. h4 a5 45. Re3 Nc5 46. Nd3
Na4 47. g5+ Kf5 48. Kb3 Rc7 49. Re5+ Kg4 50. Rxb5 Nxc3 51. Rxa5 Nd5 52. c4 Ne3
53. Re5 Kf3 54. Rxe6 Nxc4 55. Ne5+ Nxe5 56. Rxe5 Rb7+ 57. Kc4 Rb1 58. Re7 Rc1+
59. Kb5 Rb1+ 60. Ka5 h5 61. gxh6 Rh1 62. h7 Rxh4 63. a4 Kf4 64. Kb6 Kf5 65. a5
Kf6 66. Rc7 Rb4+ 67. Ka7 Rh4 68. Kb8 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb5 Bg7 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. O-O c4 10. Re1 O-O 11. d3 cxd3 12. Qxd3 d6 13. c4 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. Nxe5 Bf5 16. f4 Nd7 17. Na3 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bf8 19. h3 h5 20. Nb1 f6 21. Bb2
Kf7 22. Nc3 e6 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Re2 a5 25. Nc3 Rd3 26. Na4 Bb4 27. Rc1 Bd2 28.
Rf1 Rad8 29. Bc1 Bb4 30. Be3 Rd1 31. Nb2 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Bb1 33. Na4 Bd3 34. Nb2
Bxe2+ 35. Kxe2 e5 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Nd3 Ke6 38. Bc1 Bc3 39. Nc5+ Kf5 40. Kf3
e4+ 41. Ke2 Bd4 42. Nb7 Ra8 43. Bd2 Bb6 44. Be3 Bxe3 45. Kxe3 Ke5 46. Nc5 Rd8
47. Nxe4 Rd1 48. Nd2 c5 49. Nf3+ Kf5 50. Nh4+ Kf6 51. Nf3 Ra1 52. a4 Rb1 53.
Nd2 Re1+ 54. Kf2 Re8 55. Kf3 Ke5 56. Ke3 Kf5+ 57. Kf3 Rd8 58. Ke3 g5 59. Nf1
Rd1 60. Ke2 Rb1 61. Nd2 Rg1 62. Kf3 g4+ 63. hxg4+ hxg4+ 64. Kf2 Rc1 65. Ke2 Rc3
66. Kd1 Ke5 67. Ke2 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. f3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. e3 a6 8. Bd3 Bxd3
9. Qxd3 c5 10. Nce2 Nc6 11. c3 Bd6 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nh3 O-O-O
15. Kb1 Kb8 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Nd7 18. g6 f6 19. Nhf4 Ne7 20. Rh7 Rxh7 21.
gxh7 Rh8 22. Ng6 Nxg6 23. Qxg6 Qh2 24. Nf4 cxd4 25. cxd4 Qxh7 26. Qxh7 Rxh7 27.
Nxe6 g5 28. f4 Rh3 29. Re1 Rg3 30. Kc2 Rg2+ 31. Kc3 Nb6 32. Nc5 Rg3 33. fxg5
fxg5 34. Kd3 Kc7 35. b3 Nd7 36. Rf1 Nxc5+ 37. dxc5 Rg2 38. a3 g4 39. Rf6 g3 40.
Rg6 Rg1 41. Kc2 g2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Bd6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8.
Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Re1 Bd8 12. Bf4 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Nb6 14. Bb3
h6 15. d5 Bf5 16. h3 Re8 17. g4 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Bd7 19. Ne5 Be8 20. h4 a5 21. a4
Nfd7 22. Nxd7 Bxd7 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Kf8 25. d6 c5 26. Kg2 c4 27. Bc2 Bc6+
28. f3 Nd7 29. Bf5 Nc5 30. Rh1 Kg8 31. Bh7+ Kf8 32. Bd3 Kg8 33. Bxc4 Ne6 34.
Bxe6 fxe6 35. Kg3 Bb6 36. Re1 Bd7 37. Be3 Bd8 38. f4 Rc8 39. Rd1 Kf7 40. Bd4
Rc4 41. Be5 Bb6 42. Rh1 Rc8 43. Rh7 Rg8 44. Nb5 Kg6 45. Rh2 Rc8 46. Nc7 Bc5 47.
b3 Bb4 48. Kf3 Bc6+ 49. Ke3 Bc5+ 50. Ke2 Bd7 51. Kd3 Rf8 52. Rc2 Bb6 53. Rh2
Bc5 54. Nb5 Rd8 55. Nd4 Bxd4 56. Kxd4 Rc8 57. Rh3 b5 58. axb5 Bxb5 59. Rc3 Rxc3
60. Kxc3 Kf7 61. Kd4 g6 62. Kc5 Bd7 63. Kb6 Ke8 64. Kxa5 Kd8 65. b4 Kc8 66. Kb6
Be8 67. b5 Bd7 68. Ka6 Kb8 69. b6 Bc8+ 70. b7 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. e3 O-O 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 b6 10. e4 Ne7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Ne2 Rfd8
15. O-O Rac8 16. Rc1 Qb7 17. Qe1 Nb8 18. h4 h6 19. Ng3 Nbc6 20. Rd1 cxd4 21.
cxd4 Qa6 22. Nh5 Qxa3 23. f4 Qa5 24. Qe2 f5 25. Rf3 fxe4 26. Rg3 Nf5 27. Qg4
Rc7 28. d5 Nxg3 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Nxg3 Qa3 31. Nf5 Ne7 32. d6 Nxf5 33. dxc7
Qxe3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. Be3
Bg7 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. g4 Rc8 11. h4 Ne5 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 Rxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3
15. bxc3 Nxf3 16. Nxf3 Bxg4 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Nd2 a6 19. Bc4 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 e6
21. Bb3 Ng4 22. Bd4 Ne5 23. Nc4 Ke7 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Ba4 b5 27.
Bb3 Rc8 28. Kb2 f5 29. a4 f4 30. axb5 axb5 31. Ra1 f3 32. Rf1 Rf8 33. c4 bxc4
34. Bxc4 Rf4 35. Bd3 h6 36. Kc3 Rxh4 37. Rxf3 g5 38. Kd2 Rh2+ 39. Be2 g4 40.
Rg3 h5 41. Ke3 Rh1 42. Bxg4 hxg4 43. Rxg4 Kd6 44. Rg8 Rh3+ 45. Kd2 Kc5 46. Rd8
Kc4 47. Rd6 Kc5 48. Rd8 Kc6 49. Ke2 Kc5 50. Kd2 Kc4 51. Rd6 Rh2+ 52. Ke3 Kc5
53. Rd8 Kc6 54. Kd3 Rh1 55. Re8 Rd1+ 56. Ke2 Rd6 57. Rc8+ Kd7 58. Rc5 Rd4 59.
Rxe5 Kd6 60. Rh5 Rxe4+ 61. Kd3 Rg4 62. Ra5 Rh4 63. c4 Rh1 64. Kd4 e5+ 65. Kd3
Rh3+ 66. Ke4 Rh4+ 67. Kd3 Rd4+ 68. Kc3 Ke6 69. Ra8 Rd1 70. Re8+ Kf5 71. c5 e4
72. Kc4 Kf4 73. c6 e3 74. Kc5 Kf3 75. c7 e2 76. Rxe2 Kxe2 77. Kb6 Rc1 78. Kb7
Kd3 79. c8=Q Rxc8 80. Kxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. e4 O-O 8. c3 d5
9. e5 d4 10. c4 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Nbd2 b6 13. Ne4 Bg7 14. Qe2 Nf5 15. Ne5
Nxe5 16. fxe5 Rb8 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Rae1 Bb7 20. g4 Ne7 21. Bxb7
Qxb7 22. Rf3 Ng8 23. Ref1 h6 24. Rh3 Rf7 25. Qd2 Nxf6 26. exf6 Kg8 27. Bf4 e5
28. Bxe5 Re8 29. Qf4 Qd7 30. Qe4 Qe6 31. Re1 Bxf6 32. Rxh6 Bg7 33. Rxg6 Qd7 34.
Rg5 Rfe7 35. Qg6 Rf7 36. Re4 Re6 37. Qxg7+ Rxg7 38. Rxg7+ Qxg7 39. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6
9. Be3 Nd7 10. a3 Nb6 11. Rg1 Bd7 12. Nd2 a4 13. g5 f5 14. h4 f4 15. Bxb6 cxb6
16. Qf3 Qc8 17. Nb5 Qc5 18. h5 gxh5 19. Bh3 Be8 20. Be6+ Kh8 21. Rh1 Nc7 22.
Nxc7 Qxc7 23. O-O-O b5 24. Rxh5 Bxh5 25. Qxh5 bxc4 26. Rh1 h6 27. Kc2 c3 28.
bxc3 Rac8 29. Rh3 f3 30. Bxc8 Qxc8 31. gxh6 Bf6 32. Rxf3 Kh7 33. Rg3 Kh8 34.
Qg6 b5 35. Rf3 Qd8 36. Nf1 b4 37. axb4 a3 38. Kb3 a2 39. Kxa2 Qa8+ 40. Kb2 Qa6
41. Ng3 Qc4 42. Rxf6 Qxc3+ 43. Kxc3 Rc8+ 44. Kb3 Rc3+ 45. Ka4 Ra3+ 46. Kb5 Ra5+
47. Kc6 Ra6+ 48. Kd7 Ra7+ 49. Ke6 Re7+ 50. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe1 Qb6 8. Kh1
Nd4 9. Na3 Nxf3 10. Rxf3 h5 11. h3 Bf5 12. c4 d4 13. Rf1 O-O 14. Rb1 a5 15. Qf2
Rfe8 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. e4 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Qxb5 19. Qf3 e5 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. Bf4 Nd7
22. b3 Qa6 23. a4 Re7 24. Qe2 Ne5 25. Rfd1 b6 26. Qc2 Rae8 27. Rd2 Qb7 28. Rf1
Re6 29. Rdd1 Qe7 30. Qd2 Nc6 31. Qf2 Be5 32. h4 f6 33. Bh3 Rd6 34. Rg1 g5 35.
Bf5 Kg7 36. Qe2 Rh8 37. Bd2 g4 38. Kg2 Rdd8 39. Rgf1 Qf7 40. Rb1 Rb8 41. Qd1
Qc7 42. Be1 Qd6 43. Qc2 Ne7 44. Qc4 Qc6 45. Qb5 Qxb5 46. axb5 Kf7 47. Bd2 Ra8
48. Ra1 Ra7 49. Ra4 Rd8 50. Bc1 Rd6 51. Bd2 Rd8 52. Bc1 Nxf5 53. Rxf5 Kg6 54.
Bf4 Re7 55. Ra2 Bxf4 56. gxf4 Ra7 57. Ra4 Rdd7 58. Kg3 Rd8 59. Ra2 Re7 60. Ra4
Ree8 61. Ra2 Rh8 62. Ra4 Rhe8 63. Ra2 Ra8 64. Rd5 Red8 65. Rf5 Rd7 66. Ra4 Rd6
67. Kg2 Re8 68. Kg3 Re7 69. Kg2 Rdd7 70. Kg3 Rh7 71. Ra2 Kf7 72. Ra4 Ke6 73.
Ra2 Rd8 74. Ra4 Rdd7 75. Ra2 Rd6 76. Ra4 Rd8 77. Ra2 Rdd7 78. Kg2 Rd8 79. Ra4
g3 80. Ra1 Rg8 81. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Nge7 8. c3 O-O
9. Be3 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Bf2 Qd7 12. Nbd2 f5 13. Rfe1 Rae8 14. d4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf5 17. Rad1 d5 18. Nc3 Kh8 19. Qd2 Bf6 20. h4 h5 21. Bh3 a6
22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Bd8 24. Ne2 a5 25. Nd4 Ba6 26. Rc1 Be7 27. a3 Rc8 28.
Nxf5 gxf5 29. Bxb6 Qb5 30. Bd4 Bc5 31. Bf1 Qb6 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be3 Na6
9. g4 Nd7 10. h4 Ndc5 11. Nd2 Nb4 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. a3 Na6 14. Bd3 Qf6 15. g5
Qe7 16. Qf3 f6 17. Qg3 c6 18. Nf3 Nc7 19. O-O-O Ne8 20. Be2 Nd6 21. Kb1 Bd7 22.
h5 fxg5 23. Nxg5 h6 24. Nf3 g5 25. Nh2 Rf4 26. Bg4 Bxg4 27. Nxg4 Nxc4 28. Ne3
Nd6 29. f3 Raf8 30. Rhf1 c4 31. Qh3 R4f6 32. Ng4 R6f7 33. Ne3 c5 34. a4 Qd7 35.
Qxd7 Rxd7 36. Nb5 Nxb5 37. axb5 Rf4 38. Nxc4 g4 39. fxg4 Rxe4 40. Nb6 Rd8 41.
d6 Rd4 42. d7 e4 43. Rde1 Rb4 44. Ka2 Rxb2+ 45. Ka3 Rxb5 46. Nc4 Rxd7 47. Rxe4
Rd3+ 48. Ka2 Rb4 49. Re8+ Kh7 50. Rf4 Rc3 51. Re7 Ra4+ 52. Kb1 Rcxc4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nbd2 f5 7. exf6 Nxf6 8. g3
Bd6 9. c3 O-O 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. f4 Ndxe5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Be3 Ne7 15.
Bh3 Nf5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. O-O-O Qe7 18. Kb1 Bd7 19. Rhe1 Rf7 20. c4 Bxe3 21.
Qxe3 dxc4 22. Nd2 b5 23. Nf3 Bc6 24. Nd4 Qe8 25. g4 Bd5 26. Ne2 b4 27. f5 c3
28. b3 a5 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. e6 Rf6 31. Qc5 a4 32. Nd4 axb3 33. axb3 h6 34. h4
Qf8 35. e7 Qf7 36. Qb5 Re8 37. Qd7 Kh7 38. g5 hxg5 39. hxg5 Rd6 40. g6+ Rxg6
41. fxg6+ Qxg6+ 42. Qf5 Qxf5+ 43. Nxf5 Kg6 44. Nd4 Kf6 45. Nc6 g5 46. Nxb4 d4
47. Kc2 Kf7 48. Nc6 g4 49. Kd3 g3 50. Kxd4 g2 51. Kxc3 Rg8 52. Rg1 Ke8 53. b4
Rg5 54. Kc4 Rg4+ 55. Kd5 Rg5+ 56. Kc4 Rg4+ 57. Kb5 Rg6 58. Kc5 Rg5+ 59. Kd4
Rg4+ 60. Ke5 Rg6 61. b5 Rg5+ 62. Ke6 Rg6+ 63. Kf5 Rg3 64. Rd1 Kf7 65. Rd8 Rg5+
66. Kf4 Rg4+ 67. Kf3 Rg3+ 68. Kf4 Rg4+ 69. Ke5 Rg5+ 70. Ke4 Rg4+ 71. Kd3 Rg3+
72. Kd2 Re3 73. Rf8+ Kg7 74. Kxe3 g1=Q+ 75. Rf2 Qg3+ 76. Rf3 Qe1+ 77. Kf4 Qh4+
78. Ke5 Qg5+ 79. Ke4 Qg4+ 80. Ke3 Qe6+ 81. Kd4 Qd6+ 82. Kc4 Qe6+ 83. Kb4 Qe4+
84. Ka5 Qxf3 85. e8=N+ Kf8 86. Nxc7 Qa3+ 87. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 c6 6. axb5 cxb5 7. Nxb5 axb5 8.
Rxa8 Bb7 9. Ra1 e6 10. Nf3 Bxe4 11. Be2 Nf6 12. O-O Nc6 13. b3 Be7 14. bxc4
bxc4 15. Bxc4 O-O 16. Ng5 Nxd4 17. Be3 Nf5 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bb6
Rb8 21. Ba7 Rc8 22. Bd3 Nf6 23. Rfc1 Rd8 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Bb6 Rb8 26. Bc7 Rc8
27. Be5 Re8 28. Re1 Bb4 29. Reb1 Rxe5 30. Rxb4 Kf8 31. g3 g6 32. Ra8+ Re8 33.
Ra7 Nd5 34. Rd4 Nf6 35. Rc4 Kg7 36. Rcc7 Rf8 37. Rcb7 Nd5 38. Kg2 Nf6 39. Kf3
Ng4 40. h3 Nf6 41. Rb5 h5 42. Rba5 Rd8 43. Rb7 Rd3+ 44. Ke2 Rd8 45. Raa7 Re8+
46. Kf3 Rf8 47. Re7 Nd5 48. Red7 Nf6 49. Rdb7 Nd5 50. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Ne5 Bf5 4. Bb2 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 h6 8. d3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Bh7 11. Re1 e5 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qe7 14. a3 Rad8 15.
Qe2 a6 16. Nh4 Bc5 17. Nf5 Qe6 18. Bh3 Qc6 19. b4 Bxf5 20. exf5 Bb6 21. c4 Bd4
22. Bg2 Qb6 23. c5 Qa7 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Qc4 b6 26. Nb3 bxc5 27. bxc5 Rfe8 28.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Qxd4 Rb8 30. Qc3 Re8 31. Rd1 Qb8 32. c6 Nb6 33. Nc5 Qc8 34. Qd3
a5 35. h3 Re5 36. Nd7 Nbxd7 37. cxd7 Qd8 38. Bc6 Rc5 39. Qa6 Kh7 40. Qa8 Qxa8
41. Bxa8 Nxd7 42. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nfd7 7. a4 O-O 8. Nf3
Na6 9. O-O Nc7 10. Re1 Nxb5 11. axb5 a6 12. Qd2 Re8 13. h3 Nb6 14. bxa6 bxa6
15. Bh6 Bh8 16. Qe2 a5 17. e5 Ba6 18. Qe4 e6 19. Bg5 Qd7 20. Qf4 Nxd5 21. Nxd5
exd5 22. exd6 Bxb2 23. Rxa5 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Bc3 25. Bf6 Bxf6 26. Qxf6 Bb7 27.
Rxa8+ Bxa8 28. Nd3 Bc6 29. Ne5 Qe8 30. Nxc6 Qxc6 31. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. d5 Nb4 8.
Nc3 e6 9. d6 g5 10. Be5 f6 11. Qh5+ Kd7 12. Qf7+ Kc6 13. Bxf6 Nxc2+ 14. Kd2
Qxd6+ 15. Kxc2 Qd3+ 16. Kc1 Qf1+ 17. Nd1 Qc4+ 18. Bc3 Bd6 19. b3 Qf1 20. Bxh8
Bd7 21. Nf3 Qxg2 22. Rg1 Qxf3 23. Qxf3 exf3 24. Bc3 Rg8 25. Nb2 h5 26. h3 b5
27. Nd3 Kd5 28. Rd1 Ke4 29. Nxc5+ Bxc5 30. Rxd7 g4 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Bd4 Ba3+
33. Kd2 Bb4+ 34. Bc3 Bc5 35. b4 Bb6 36. Rh1 Rg5 37. Rh6 e5 38. Rf7 Kd5 39. Kd3
e4+ 40. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Rb8 8. Qd2
a6 9. Be2 b5 10. Nd1 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Nf2 c4 13. O-O Bd6 14. Ne5 Ne7 15. g4
O-O 16. c3 b4 17. Bd1 a5 18. Bc2 Qe8 19. Rae1 a4 20. h3 Ba6 21. Qd1 a3 22. bxa3
bxc3 23. g5 Nh5 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. g6+ Kg8 26. Qxh5 Rf5 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Nfg4
Ng8 29. Bf2 c2 30. Ne3 c3 31. Nxf5 exf5 32. Nc4 Qd7 33. Nxd6 Bxf1 34. Kxf1 Rb1
35. Be3 Qxd6 36. a4 Rxe1+ 37. Kxe1 Qe6 38. Kf2 Qxe3+ 39. Kxe3 c1=Q+ 40. Kf3
Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Rb1 a5 8. b3
Ne7 9. c4 O-O 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Qc2 e5 12. a3 h6 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. c5 Bc7 15. e4
d4 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 b5 18. cxb6 Bxb6 19. Nc4 Bc7 20. Ba3 Ra8 21. Ra1 Re8
22. Nfd2 Qb8 23. Nb3 Qb5 24. Kh1 Ra6 25. f4 f6 26. Bb2 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Qxb4 28.
Ba3 Qb5 29. Rb1 Qa4 30. fxe5 fxe5 31. Bxe7 Rxe7 32. Nxd4 Qxc2 33. Nxc2 Bxc4 34.
dxc4 Nc5 35. Nb4 Re6 36. Rd1 Ba5 37. Nc2 Bc7 38. h4 Rd6 39. Rxd6 Bxd6 40. Bf3
Ne6 41. Bg4 Nd4 42. Ne1 g6 43. Nd3 c5 44. Kg2 h5 45. Bd7 Kg7 46. Ba4 Kf6 47.
Nf2 Bf8 48. Nd1 Bd6 49. Be8 Kg7 50. Nc3 Bf8 51. Nd5 Bd6 52. Kf2 Ne6 53. Bd7 Nd4
54. Ke3 Kf7 55. Kd3 Bf8 56. Nb6 Bd6 57. Ba4 Kf6 58. Bd1 Ke7 59. Kc3 Bc7 60.
Nd5+ Kd6 61. Nxc7 Kxc7 62. g4 hxg4 63. Bxg4 Kd6 64. Kb2 Nc6 65. Ka3 Nb4 66. Ka4
Nd3 67. Kb5 Nf4 68. Bf3 Nd3 69. Kb6 Nf4 70. Kb7 Kd7 71. Bg4+ Kd6 72. Kc8 Ng2
73. h5 gxh5 74. Bxh5 Ne3 75. Be2 Nc2 76. Bd3 Nd4 77. Kd8 Ne6+ 78. Ke8 Nf4 79.
Bc2 Ne2 80. Bd3 Nc3 81. Kd8 Na2 82. Ke8 Nb4 83. Be2 Ke6 84. Kd8 Kd6 85. Ke8 Nc6
86. Bd3 Nd4 87. Kd8 Ne6+ 88. Ke8 Ng5 89. Kd8 Nf3 90. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
Qf3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Re8 12. Bc4 d6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14.
Qxf6 gxf6 15. Rhe1 f5 16. Bd5 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Re5 18. Bd5 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Kf8 20.
Re4 c6 21. Bb3 Bf5 22. Rf4 Bg6 23. h4 h5 24. Kd2 Rd8 25. Bc4 d5 26. Bd3 Kg7 27.
a4 b6 28. g3 c5 29. Be2 Rd6 30. a5 Rf6 31. axb6 axb6 32. Bf3 Rd6 33. Bg2 Rd8
34. Bf3 Rd6 35. Bg2 Rd8 36. Ra4 Rd6 37. Rf4 b5 38. Bf1 Rb6 39. Bg2 Ra6 40. Bf1
Ra2 41. Bd3 Bxd3 42. Kxd3 Kg6 43. g4 hxg4 44. Rxg4+ Kf5 45. Rg5+ Ke6 46. Rg1
Ra3 47. Kd2 b4 48. cxb4 cxb4 49. Rg3 Ra1 50. Rh3 Kf6 51. h5 Kg7 52. h6+ Kh7 53.
Rh4 Ra6 54. Rxb4 Kxh6 55. Rb5 Rf6 56. Ke2 Re6+ 57. Kd3 Rf6 58. Rxd5 Rxf2 59. c4
Rf1 60. c5 Rc1 61. Kd2 Rc4 62. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bf4 a5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 Nh5
9. O-O Nxf4 10. exf4 Na6 11. b3 Nb4 12. Re1 O-O 13. Rc1 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 f6 15. g3
Bd6 16. Re3 Qd7 17. f5 exf5 18. cxd5 f4 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Ree1 Ba6 21. Qc2 fxg3
22. hxg3 Bb4 23. Re3 c5 24. d5 c4 25. Rd1 cxb3 26. Qxb3 Rac8 27. d6+ Bc4 28.
Qb2 Rfe8 29. Ne4 Qxa4 30. Rd4 Be6 31. Qe2 Qd7 32. Nh4 Bf7 33. Qf3 Rc1+ 34. Kh2
Be6 35. Nxf6+ gxf6 36. Qxf6 Qb7 37. Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 cxd4 11. exd4 O-O 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. Be3 b5 14. c3 Rc8 15.
a3 a5 16. b4 a4 17. Nc1 Ne4 18. Qd3 Na7 19. Ne2 f5 20. g3 Qd7 21. Bg2 Rc7 22.
Rac1 Nc8 23. Ra1 Nb6 24. Rfc1 Nc4 25. Rc2 Rfc8 26. Bc1 Qf7 27. Kh2 h5 28. Kg1
h4 29. gxh4 Qh5 30. Nf4 Bxf4 31. Bxf4 Rc6 32. f3 Nf6 33. Bg3 Qh6 34. f4 Ne4 35.
Kh2 Kf7 36. Bf3 g6 37. Qe2 Rh8 38. Bxe4 fxe4 39. Rcc1 Qh5 40. Qf2 Nd6 41. Qf1
Rc4 42. Be1 Nf5 43. Ra2 Nxh4 44. Bxh4 Qxh4 45. Re2 Rh5 46. Rcc2 Rf5 47. Rf2 Qh6
48. Kh1 Qh4 49. Qg2 Qh5 50. Qg4 Qh6 51. Kh2 Qh5 52. Kg3 Qh6 53. Rf1 Qh5 54.
Rff2 Qh6 55. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. h3 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qc1 O-O 7. c3 cxd4 8. exd4
d6 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Re8 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Bh2 Bh6 13. Qd1 Nd5 14. Re1 Bf5 15.
a4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. d5 Nb8 18. Nb3 a6 19. Bd3 Bc8 20. Re4 Bh6 21. Qe2 Bf8
22. Rh4 Nd7 23. Nbd2 Nf6 24. c4 Bg7 25. Re1 e5 26. dxe6 Bxe6 27. Qd1 h6 28. b3
Rad8 29. Ne4 d5 30. Nxf6+ Bxf6 31. Rxh6 dxc4 32. bxc4 Kg7 33. Rh4 Bxh4 34. Nxh4
Bxc4 35. Qa1+ Kg8 36. Rxe8+ Rxe8 37. Qc3 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Nf3 Qf4 40. Bxc4
Qxc4 41. Qf6 b4 42. h4 Qc3 43. Qf4 b3 44. Ng5 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. a4 c6 5. axb5 cxb5 6. b3 e5 7. d5 Nf6 8. Qf3 a5
9. bxc4 b4 10. Bg5 a4 11. Bd3 b3 12. Ne2 a3 13. c5 a2 14. Bb5+ Nbd7 15. c6 Bb4+
16. Nec3 b2 17. Rxa2 Rxa2 18. O-O Ra1 19. cxd7+ Bxd7 20. Bxd7+ Kxd7 21. Qf5+
Ke8 22. Qxe5+ Kf8 23. Nb5 Ra5 24. Nd4 Qd6 25. Qf5 Ra8 26. e5 Qxd5 27. exf6 Qxf5
28. Nxf5 gxf6 29. Bxf6 Rg8 30. Bxb2 Rg5 31. Ng3 Rc8 32. Bc1 Rd5 33. Ba3 Bxa3
34. Nxa3 Rc3 35. Nb1 Rc4 36. Ne2 Rd3 37. g3 Rc2 38. Nc1 Rd4 39. Na3 Rb2 40. Kg2
Ra4 41. Nd3 Rd2 42. Ne5 Rxa3 43. Nc4 Raa2 44. Nxd2 Rxd2 45. Rb1 Kg7 46. Rb5 h6
47. h3 Ra2 48. g4 Rc2 49. Kg3 Rc3+ 50. f3 Ra3 51. h4 Rc3 52. Rb6 Ra3 53. Rd6
Rb3 54. Rd5 Ra3 55. Rd6 Rb3 56. Rd7 Ra3 57. Rd8 Rb3 58. Rd5 Ra3 59. Kf4 Ra4+
60. Kf5 Ra3 61. Kf4 Rb3 62. Re5 Ra3 63. Re3 Ra5 64. Re5 Ra3 65. Ke4 Ra4+ 66.
Kf5 Ra3 67. f4 Rh3 68. h5 Rh1 69. Re3 Rf1 70. Rg3 Rh1 71. Re3 Rf1 72. Rh3 Rf2
73. g5 Ra2 74. gxh6+ Kxh6 75. Kf6 Ra7 76. f5 Rb7 77. Rg3 Kxh5 78. Rg7 Ra7 79.
Rxf7 Ra6+ 80. Kg7 Kg5 81. f6 Rb6 82. Rf8 Ra6 83. Rf7 Rb6 84. Rf8 Ra6 85. Rf7
Rb6 86. Rd7 Rxf6 87. Rd5+ Rf5 88. Rxf5+ Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
Qc2 Ne7 9. Bd3 b6 10. Nf3 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nd7 13. e4 O-O 14. e5 Qg6
15. Qd2 Nf5 16. Ne2 Rfe8 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Rfe1 Nf8 19. Rc3 Ne6 20. Rec1 c5 21.
dxc5 d4 22. Rc4 Rxc5 23. h3 h5 24. Rxc5 bxc5 25. Nf4 Nxf4 26. Qxf4 Rc8 27. b4
c4 28. Nxd4 Nxd4 29. Qxd4 Qa6 30. Kh2 Qb5 31. a3 a5 32. bxa5 Qxa5 33. Rc3 Rd8
34. Qe3 Qd5 35. Qf4 Rc8 36. a4 Rc5 37. g3 g6 38. h4 Rc6 39. Qe3 Qa5 40. Qf3
Qxe5 41. Qxc6 Qxc3 42. Qc5 Qb2 43. a5 c3 44. a6 Qa2 45. a7 c2 46. Qc8+ Kg7 47.
Qc3+ Kh7 48. a8=Q Qxa8 49. Qxc2 Qd5 50. Qc3 Qe6 51. Qd4 Qf5 52. Kg2 Qe6 53. Qd3
Qc6+ 54. Qf3 Qe6 55. Qb7 Kg7 56. Qb2+ Kh7 57. f3 Qd5 58. Kf2 Qc5+ 59. Kg2 Qd5
60. Qc2 Qe5 61. Qc4 Kg7 62. g4 hxg4 63. fxg4 Qe3 64. Qd5 Qe2+ 65. Kg3 Qe1+ 66.
Kh3 Qe3+ 67. Kg2 Qe2+ 68. Kh3 Qe3+ 69. Kg2 Qe2+ 70. Kh3 Qe3+ 71. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "221"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
g5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bb5 Nd7 11. Re1 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nb3 c5 14. c4 Bb7 15.
cxd5 Bxd5 16. Be3 g4 17. Nfd2 c4 18. Nc1 h5 19. Bd4 Nc5 20. Nf1 Bc6 21. b3 Nd3
22. Nxd3 Qxd4 23. Rc1 c3 24. Qc2 Be4 25. Re3 Bg5 26. Qxc3 Bxe3 27. Nxe3 Qxd3
28. Qb4 a5 29. Qa3 Rd8 30. Rc7 Qd1+ 31. Nf1 Qd7 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Ne3 f5 34.
exf6 Bg6 35. Qxa5 Kf7 36. h3 gxh3 37. g3 Be4 38. Kh2 Rc8 39. Qg5 Bg6 40. Qh6
Kxf6 41. g4 Rh7 42. Qf4+ Ke7 43. Qg5+ Kf7 44. Qf4+ Ke8 45. Qf6 Bf7 46. g5 Bg8
47. g6 Re7 48. g7 Rf7 49. Qxe6+ Kd8 50. Qd6+ Ke8 51. Qe5+ Kd7 52. Qd5+ Kc7 53.
Qe5+ Kb7 54. f4 Rd7 55. Nc4 Rcd8 56. Qb5+ Ka7 57. Qb6+ Ka8 58. Kxh3 Rc8 59. Kh4
Rxg7 60. Qa6+ Kb8 61. Qb6+ Ka8 62. Qa5+ Kb8 63. Qe5+ Rgc7 64. Nd6 Rc5 65. Qd4
R8c6 66. Ne4 Rd5 67. Qg7 Be6 68. Qf8+ Kb7 69. Qe7+ Kb6 70. Qb4+ Kc7 71. Nf6 Rf5
72. Qe7+ Kc8 73. Qe8+ Kb7 74. Qe7+ Ka6 75. Qa3+ Kb7 76. Qe7+ Kb8 77. Nxh5 Bf7
78. Qd8+ Rc8 79. Qb6+ Ka8 80. Qa6+ Kb8 81. Qb6+ Ka8 82. Qa6+ Kb8 83. Qd6+ Ka8
84. Ng3 Ra5 85. f5 Rxa2 86. Qe7 Ra7 87. Qe4+ Kb8 88. Qe5+ Ka8 89. Qe4+ Kb8 90.
Qe5+ Ka8 91. Qe4+ Rb7 92. Qa4+ Kb8 93. Qf4+ Rcc7 94. b4 Ka7 95. Qd4+ Ka6 96.
Ne4 Rb6 97. Nd6 Rxd6 98. Qxd6+ Kb7 99. b5 Bc4 100. Qb4 Kb6 101. Kg5 Rc5 102.
Qc3 Bxb5 103. Qd4 Kc6 104. Kf6 Bc4 105. Ke7 Kb5 106. f6 Rc7+ 107. Kd8 Rf7 108.
Qe5+ Kc6 109. Ke8 Rc7 110. Qe4+ Kd6 111. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 d5 5. Ne2 c6 6. Nf4 Bd6 7. g3 h5 8. h4
Bg4 9. Be2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nd7 11. Nd2 Nb6 12. Nd3 Qe7 13. c3 O-O 14. g4 hxg4 15.
Qxg4 f5 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. O-O-O Nf6 18. Rde1 Kg7 19. h5 Rh8 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Qg2
Ng4 22. Reg1 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Rh8 24. Rxh8 Kxh8 25. f3 Nxe3 26. Qxg6 Bc7 27. f4
Nc4 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. Qh5+ Qh7 30. Qxh7+ Kxh7 31. fxe5 Nxd2 32. Kxd2 f4 33. Ke2
Kg6 34. Kf3 Kg5 35. e6 Kf6 36. Kxf4 Kxe6 37. Kg5 a5 38. a4 b5 39. axb5 cxb5 40.
Kg6 a4 41. Kg5 Kd6 42. Kf6 Kc6 43. Ke6 b4 44. cxb4 Kb5 45. Kxd5 Kxb4 46. Kc6
Kb3 47. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 g6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 Bg7 8. d5
Ne7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be2 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. O-O d5 13. Na3 Re8 14. Re1 Be6 15.
c5 Ne4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rc1 a6 18. Nc2 Qa5 19. Ncd4 Qxa2 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21.
Qd4+ Kg8 22. Ne5 Qxb3 23. Nxc6 a5 24. f3 Ng3 25. Bd3 Bf5 26. Kh2 Qxd3 27. Qxd3
Bxd3 28. Kxg3 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Kf8 30. Ne5 Bf5 31. c6 a4 32. Nd7+ Kg7 33. Ra1 a3
34. Nb6 Ra6 35. Nxd5 Rxc6 36. Rxa3 Be6 37. Nf4 g5 38. Nd3 h6 39. h4 Rc4 40.
hxg5 hxg5 41. Ra5 Kg6 42. Ne5+ Kf6 43. Nxc4 Bxc4 44. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. h4 d6 5. h5 Bg7 6. hxg6 hxg6 7. Rxh8+ Bxh8 8.
Qf3 c6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Nh3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. a3 O-O-O 13. Ng5 Bg8 14. e4
fxe4 15. Ngxe4 Qh5 16. Be2 Qxf3 17. Bxf3 Bg7 18. Nxf6 Nxf6 19. Ne4 Rf8 20. Nxf6
Bxf6 21. Bh6 Rd8 22. Be3 Kc7 23. Rh1 Be6 24. Be4 Rg8 25. Kd2 a6 26. c3 Kd7 27.
f3 b5 28. g4 g5 29. Rh7 a5 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Ra8 32. Bf5 Bxf5 33. gxf5 Ra2+
34. Kd3 Rg2 35. Rh1 g4 36. fxg4 Rxg4 37. Ra1 Rg3 38. Ke2 Rg2+ 39. Kd3 Rg3 40.
Ke2 Rh3 41. Ra7+ Kc8 42. d5 cxd5 43. Bd4 Rh5 44. Bxf6 exf6 45. Ra5 d4 46. Rxb5
dxc3 47. Rd5 Kc7 48. b5 Rh2+ 49. Kd1 Rd2+ 50. Rxd2 cxd2 51. Kxd2 Kb6 52. Kc3
Kxb5 53. Kd4 Kc6 54. Ke4 Kc5 55. Kf4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Qd5 7. Ng3 e5 8. dxe5
Nd7 9. f4 Nc5 10. Nf3 h5 11. h4 Nh6 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. Nd4 g6 14. a5 Nf5 15.
Ngxf5 Bxf5 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Be2 Nb3 18. Rb1 Kd7 19. Bf3 Ke6 20. Ke2 Bc5 21.
Rd1 Rad8 22. Kf1 Nxc1 23. Rbxc1 Bxe3 24. Rc2 Bxf4 25. Re2 d4 26. Rc2 c3 27.
bxc3 dxc3 28. Rb1 Rd4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Nd2 O-O 7. Ngf3 a5 8. a3 Bf5
9. c4 Ne4 10. Be2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Qb6 12. Qc3 Be4 13. O-O Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 15.
Rab1 Nd7 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. Rfd1 Qd8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Qe7 20. Bf3 Nf6 21. Re1
Qc7 22. Rbd1 Rd8 23. Bc3 Rd7 24. Qb2 Ne8 25. Rd3 Rad8 26. Qd2 b6 27. Rd1 Nd6
28. c5 Nb5 29. cxb6 Qb7 30. Bxa5 Nxd4 31. Kh1 e5 32. Bc3 Ra8 33. Bxd4 exd4 34.
Rc1 Rd6 35. Qb4 Bf8 36. a4 Rdd8 37. Qd2 Qxb6 38. Rxc6 Qa7 39. Be2 Rab8 40. Rf3
Bb4 41. Qc2 Rd7 42. Bc4 Re8 43. Rcf6 Re1+ 44. Kh2 Qc7+ 45. g3 Ree7 46. Rxg6+
hxg6 47. Qxg6+ Kf8 48. Qh6+ Kg8 49. Rf5 Bd2 50. Qxd2 Qd6 51. Qg5+ Kf8 52. Qh4
Qg6 53. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 b5 8. Qd2
Nf6 9. f3 Be7 10. Qf2 Ne5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Bb6 Qb8 14. Ba7 Qc7 15.
Bb6 Qb8 16. Ba7 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Solomon, Kenny"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "South Africa"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RSA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14.
Rad1 Rc8 15. Bd3 Nf6 16. Bb1 Re8 17. Qf4 Qc7 18. Ne5 Red8 19. g4 Rf8 20. Rc1
Qd6 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Qe3 Rd8 23. Rc1 Bb7 24. g5 Ne8 25. Nf3 Qe7 26. h3 Qb4 27.
Qc3 Qa4 28. Bc2 Qd7 29. Qd3 Nd6 30. Qe2 Rc8 31. Rd1 Qc6 32. d5 exd5 33. Rxd5
Re8 34. Qd3 Nxe4 35. Rd8 Kf8 36. Ne5 Qc7 37. Rxe8+ Kxe8 38. Qb5+ Kd8 39. Bxe4
Bxe4 40. Qb2 Kc8 41. f3 f6 42. gxf6 gxf6 43. fxe4 Qxe5 44. Qb3 Qxe4 45. Qg8+
Kd7 46. Qf7+ Qe7 47. Qd5+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. e4 dxc4 15.
Bf4 Bb4 16. Nd2 b5 17. bxc4 bxc4 18. a3 Be7 19. Na4 c5 20. d5 exd5 21. exd5 Nh5
22. Be3 Bf6 23. Rac1 Bd4 24. Nxc4 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Qg5 27. Rc3 Rfe8
28. Qh4 Qe5 29. Bf3 Nhf6 30. Qf4 g5 31. Qxe5 Nxe5 32. Be2 Ne4 33. Rc2 c4 34. d6
Red8 35. d7 Rc7 36. Rd5 Nxd7 37. Rxc4 Rxc4 38. Bxc4 Rc8 39. Bd3 Nef6 40. Rxg5+
Kf8 41. Ra5 Ng4 42. h3 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Nxe3+ 44. Kf2 Nc4 45. Bxc4 Rxc4 46. Rxa7
Nf6 47. Kf3 h5 48. Nb6 Rc6 49. Na4 Rc4 50. Ra5 Kg7 51. Nb6 Rc3+ 52. Kf4 h4 53.
gxh4 Rxh3 54. a4 Rxh4+ 55. Ke3 Rb4 56. Rg5+ Kh6 57. Rb5 Rxb5 58. axb5 Ne8 59.
Nc4 Nc7 60. b6 Nd5+ 61. Kd4 Nxb6 62. Nd6 Kg6 63. Nxf7 Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bachmann, Axel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Paraguay"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PAR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. d4 Bg4 7. O-O cxd4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qxd5 O-O 13. Qxd8 Nxd8 14. Nd2
Rc8 15. Rac1 Rc7 16. Bd5 Ne6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rfd1 e5 20. c3 Rd8
21. cxd4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxd4 23. f3 Rd7 24. Rc8+ Kf7 25. Kf2 h6 26. Ke2 a6 27.
h4 g6 28. b3 h5 29. a4 Ke6 30. Rh8 Rd4 31. Rh6 Kf7 32. Rh7+ Kf8 33. Nf2 Rd6 34.
Rh8+ Kg7 35. Rc8 Rb6 36. Rc3 Kf7 37. Ne4 Ke6 38. Kd1 Kd7 39. Ke2 Rb4 40. Kd3 b5
41. axb5 Rxb5 42. Kc2 Ra5 43. Kb2 Rd5 44. Kc2 Ra5 45. Kb2 Rd5 46. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nbxd4
Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Be3 c5 19. e5 Qe6 20. exd6 c4
21. b3 c3 22. d5 Qxd6 23. Ra6 Nf4 24. Ra4 Ng6 25. Qd3 Bc7 26. f4 Rfd8 27. Rd1
Qf6 28. Rc4 Bd6 29. Qxc3 Qxc3 30. Rxc3 Nxf4 31. Rc6 Be5 32. d6 Ne6 33. Bf5 Rxb3
34. Bb6 Rxb6 35. Rxb6 Nd4 36. f4 Bf6 37. Bh3 Ne2 38. Rb4 g6 39. d7 Kf8 40. Rc4
Nc3 41. Rd3 Ke7 42. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.10"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Be3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nb1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. c3 Nc5
15. Nd2 Qd6 16. g3 Bb7 17. Nf3 Ne4 18. Bd3 a5 19. Qe2 Bxd4+ 20. cxd4 Rac8 21.
a3 Qd7 22. Rae1 h6 23. Qe3 Qa4 24. Re2 b5 25. Nd2 Rfd8 26. Ra1 b4 27. Nxe4 dxe4
28. Bxe4 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Rd6 30. Rd2 bxa3 31. Rxa3 Qb4 32. Re2 a4 33. Rd3 Qb6 34.
Kg2 Rcd8 35. Rde3 Rxd4 36. Qxe6+ Qxe6 37. Rxe6 Rd2 38. Kf3 Rxe2 39. Rxe2 Ra8
40. Kg4 a3 41. bxa3 Rxa3 42. Re5 Ra2 43. h4 Ra3 44. h5 Rc3 45. Re6 Ra3 46. Rg6
Ra4 47. Rd6 Ra3 48. Rd2 Kf7 49. Rf2 Ra5 50. Rf3 Ra1 51. Rb3 Ra5 52. Kh4 Ra4 53.
Rf3 Ra1 54. g4 Rh1+ 55. Kg3 Rg1+ 56. Kh3 Kg8 57. Re3 Kh7 58. Re2 Kg8 59. Rg2
Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.11"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. h4 Nd7 11. h5 Bf5 12. Nge2 Bd6 13. f4 h6 14. Ng3 Bh7
15. Rd1 Nb6 16. a3 Kd7 17. Kf2 f5 18. Bd3 Ke6 19. Rc1 a5 20. Nf1 a4 21. Nd2 Nd7
22. Bc2 b5 23. Nf3 Nb6 24. Ne1 Nc4 25. Nd3 Rae8 26. Bb1 Kd7 27. Rh3 f6 28. Rc2
Rhg8 29. Re2 Rg7 30. Na2 Kc7 31. Nab4 Kb6 32. Bc2 Reg8 33. Rh2 Bf8 34. Bd1 Bd6
35. Re1 Nd2 36. Bf3 Ne4+ 37. Bxe4 fxe4 38. Nc5 Bf5 39. Rc1 Rc8 40. Rc3 Rcc7 41.
Rh1 Rc8 42. Rcc1 Rg4 43. Kf1 Rg3 44. Rc3 Rcg8 45. Rh2 Bxc5 46. dxc5+ Kc7 47.
Nc2 Bd7 48. Kf2 R3g7 49. Nd4 f5 50. Rc1 Kd8 51. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Peralta, Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. h3 Bh5 4. d3 c5 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 f6 7. c4 d4 8. g3 e5
9. Bg2 Nh6 10. a3 a5 11. Bc1 f5 12. Nh2 Be7 13. Ndf1 Nf7 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ng3 Nd6
16. gxf5 Nxf5 17. Bd5 Nxg3 18. fxg3 Rf8 19. Nf3 e4 20. dxe4 Qc7 21. Bf4 Bd6 22.
e3 O-O-O 23. Ng5 Qe7 24. O-O dxe3 25. Qg4+ Kb8 26. Ne6 Ne5 27. Qe2 Bxe4 28.
Qxe3 Bxd5 29. cxd5 Rxf4 30. Rxf4 Re8 31. Raf1 Qd7 32. Re4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.14"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Qd5 7. Nd2 c3 8. Ndf3 $5
{A rare move.} ({The usual continuation is} 8. bxc3) 8... Qa5 ({Now and in the
whole next phase of the game, Black refrains from} 8... cxb2 {, which would
make the extra pawn look more real, but at the same time allow White's rapid
development with} 9. Bxb2 {Over the board and against such an aggressive
player like Mamedjarov, it is not easy to embark on such a continuation. With
hindsight, it is easy to recommend precisely this continuation. But if
Nakamura had played like that and lost anyway, commentators may well have
criticised him for treating the issue of development so superficially. Only
further practice and analysis will show the best way to react.}) 9. Ne5 Nf6 10.
Ngf3 e6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. bxc3 $1 {A good moment to relese the tension. After
castling, White will not have to worry about ...c3-c2+ anymore.} bxc3 13. O-O {
Black's extra pawn is rather vulnerable and, what's worse, he is well behind
in development.} Nbd7 {Black gives away the c6-pawn, hoping that after the
opening of the c-file the c3-pawn will become strong.} ({He must have
refrained from} 13... Be7 {on account of} 14. Ba3 {, when the natural} Bxa3 {
would actually lose a tempo. Once again, choosing between two evils is by no
means easy.}) 14. Nxc6 {Mamedjarov spent 12 minutes on this natural move.
Eventually, he must have realised that, far from having to give up anything in
exchange for the c6-pawn, he will manage to activate his position radically
over the next moves.} Qb6 15. Nfe5 Bb7 16. a5 Qc7 17. Qa4 Bd6 18. a6 Bxc6 19.
Qxc6 O-O $6 {After 20 minutes Nakamura enters an ending with very improbable
chances of saving it.} ({But there was no obvious way out of the trouble
anyway, for instance} 19... Rc8 $5 20. Qxc7 Bxc7 (20... Rxc7 {would help White
develop his initiative with} 21. Nc4 Be7 22. Na3 {with the threat of Nb5,
attacking the c3- and a7-pawns.}) 21. f4 {with such threats as Bb5 and Ba3.})
20. Qxc7 Bxc7 21. Nxd7 Nxd7 22. Ba3 Rfd8 (22... Rfc8 {would fail to secure the
c3-pawn after} 23. Be4 Rab8 24. Bb7 {followed by Rfc1.}) 23. Rfc1 e5 24. Be4
Rab8 25. Rxc3 Ba5 26. Rcc1 {Combined with the bishop pair and the queenside
space advantage, White's extra pawn ensures a decisive advantage, but there
might be technical problems along the way.} Bb4 {According to the engines this
makes things even worse, but anticipating a bit it looks like offering
reasonable chances to save the game.} 27. Bxb4 Rxb4 28. Rc7 {The start of a
forced manoeuvre, winning a piece.} exd4 29. Rxa7 ({With hindsight,} 29. exd4
Rxd4 30. f3 {inevitably followed by Rxa7 may be recommended as a more reliable
way to win.}) 29... dxe3 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. a7 exf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rxa7 33. Rxa7 g6 {
Despite the extra bishop, White still needs to prove he has a convincing
winning plan, especially since the colour of the h8-corner offers Black the
saving prospect of exchanging all his pawns for the g2-pawn and, of course,
the rooks. But with all the pawns on board, the rook exchange would generally
yield White an easy win.} 34. Ke3 Rb6 35. Bd5 Rf6 {By using the Chessbase
function "similar endings", I got a whole bunch of grandmaster games 
(including Kasparov-Shirov, Linares 2000, in which Black defended too badly to
show it here) ending with the same result: a win. But in almost all the games
Black made the same mistake (or at least inaccuracy) of principle as in this
one: weakening the g6-pawn by advancing his h-pawn. When quoting the game
below, I had to make 1-2 neutral moves to reach the exact position (with
different move numbering, of course). But this was not too painful, since most
strong players tend to place their pieces on the same squares. And what about
the evaluation? I believe the answer stays beyond human possibilities (and
even more of the computer's!) But I would use Bronstein's system: I feel that
White's chances to win are not worse than Black's to draw.} 36. g4 $6 {As
strange as it may be, space is not so important yet in this ending. The last
move has the drawback of weakening his own structure.} ({I would first try the
plan from the following game, aimed at provoking the advance of the f7-pawn in
order to weaken the king's defence. For this purpose it is important that the
centralised bishop defends the g-pawn.} 36. Kd4 Kg7 37. Rb7 h5 38. Ke5 Rf2 39.
Bf3 ({The typical intrusion} 39. Kd6 Rf6+ 40. Ke7 {does not offer anything due
to} Rf5 41. Bb3 Rf2 {But with different structures this will work, we will see
later.}) 39... Rd2 40. Ra7 Rb2 41. Rb7 Rd2 42. Bd5 Rf2 43. Ra7 Rf6 44. Ra3 $1 {
The pieces are in the right places and White prepares the rook's transfer to
the f-file. Black is not in time to reach the seventh rank with his rook.} Rf2
45. Kd6 Re2 (45... Rf6+ 46. Ke5 Rb6 47. Rf3 {[%csl Gb7] is similar.}) 46. Ra2
Re1 47. Rf2 f5 48. Bf3 Kf6 49. Re2 Rd1+ 50. Bd5 h4 51. Re6+ Kg7 $6 {I have
taken this as the main line because it occurred in the game where the whole
previous sequence was played.} (51... Kg5 {this is more stubborn.} 52. h3 Rd2
53. Kc5 Rc2+ 54. Kb4 $1 {The king gets out of the way in order to allow Bc6-e8.
} Rc7 {This is too passive, but Black seems to be helpless anyway.} (54... Rd2
55. Bc6 Kh6 {The only way to parry Be8.} 56. Kc3 Rf2 57. Kd4 $18) 55. Bc6 Rg7
56. Be8 Rg8 57. Kc5 Rg7 58. Kd6 Kh6 59. Ke5 Kg5 60. Kd6 Kh6 61. Re7 Rg8 62. Ke6
Rf8 63. Bf7 Kg7 64. Be8+ Kh6 65. Bd7 Kg5 66. Ke5 Ra8 67. Be8 Ra2 68. Re6 {
1-0 (93) Panczyk,K (2365)-Pokojowczyk,J (2390) Warsaw 1981 EXT 2003 [Marin,
Mihail]}) 52. h3 g5 (52... Rd2 53. Ke5 Re2+ 54. Kf4 Rd2 55. Bf3 Kh6 56. Ke5 Kg5
57. Bc6 $18) 53. Ke5 g4 54. hxg4 fxg4 55. Be4 (55. Re7+ Kh6 56. Be4) 55... h3
56. g3 Rg1 57. Kf4 Re1 58. Rg6+ Kf7 59. Rxg4 h2 60. Rh4 {1-0 (59) Kruppa,
Y-Kozlov Samarkand 1983}) ({Actually, against ...h7-h5 there is another plan,
similar to that from our main game.} 36. Bc4 h5 37. g3 Kg7 38. Rb7 Kf8 39. h3
Kg7 40. g4 hxg4 41. hxg4 Kf8 42. Rc7 Kg7 43. Ke4 g5 $1 {The only chance. White
won most of the games with this structure, but I did not find any really
relevant among them.} (43... Rf2 $2 44. g5 {Jussupow,A (2610)-Boensch,U (2558)
Bundesliga 0001 2000 (13.3) 1-0 leads to the same as in Mamedyarov-Nakamura)})
{A possible plan is} 44. Ke3 Rf4 45. Be2 Rf6 46. Rc5 Re6+ 47. Kf3 Kh6 48. Bd3
Re7 49. Rf5 Ra7 50. Ke3 Rb7 51. Kd4 {and White's attack looks promising.})
36... h6 {This offers White the posibility of winning the pawn ending after a
well timed sacrifice and general exchange on f7.} ({White's task would have at
least been more difficult after} 36... Kg7 37. h4 Kg8 38. g5 ({Once again, the
intrusion does not work:} 38. Ke4 Kg7 39. Ke5 Rf1 40. Kd6 Rf4 41. g5 Rf2 42.
Ke7 Rf5) 38... Rf5 39. Ke4 Kg7 {For instance, the attempt to exchange rooks
with} 40. Ra3 $2 {would lead to a rook and bishop versus rook ending after} h6
$1) 37. Ke4 Kg7 ({Black loses in very instructive way after} 37... g5 $5 {
True, the sacrifice on f7 does not work at all, but now finally the intrusion
is decisive!! The point is that the f5-square is defended by the g4-pawn and
the pawn itself is defended, too.} 38. h3 Kg7 39. Rb7 Rf4+ 40. Ke5 Rf1 41. Kd6
Kf8 (41... Rf2 42. Ke7 Re2+ 43. Kd8 Rf2 44. Ke8 Re2+ 45. Re7) 42. Rb8+ Kg7 {
and now in Plachetka,J (2445)-Danner,G (2412) Stary Smokovec 1981 EXT 1998 
(1-0, 91) the simplest would have been} 43. Rb3 Ra1 44. Rb7 Rf1 45. Ke7 {
as in the last subline.}) 38. h4 Rf1 39. Rb7 Rf2 (39... g5 $2 {does not work
at all:} 40. h5 Rf4+ 41. Ke5 Rxg4 42. Bxf7 {1-0 (51) Flohr,S-Bondarevsky,I
Moscow 1945 and the pawn ending is won with the white pawn on h5.}) 40. g5 $2 {
This should have led to an immediate draw. Instead, it won.} ({The most
dangerous plan is} 40. Ke5 Rf1 $2 (40... Re2+ 41. Kd6 Rf2 42. Bxf7 Rxf7 43.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 44. g5 {is curtains, since, unlike in the similar later line in the
game, the white king is far advanced already.}) ({The only defence is} 40...
Kf8 $3 {and I could not find a way to make progress.}) 41. Re7 $1 {This was
probably the sealed move, meaning Najdorf found it over the board! The rook
stands well on e7 for two reasons, illustrated by the game continuation and
the next comment.} (41. Kd6 {is premature.} Rf6+ 42. Ke7 Rf4) 41... Rf6 (41...
Kf8 42. Kd6 Rf6+ 43. Kd7 $1 {With the rook elsewhere on the seventh rank,
Black could play ...Rf4, but now this loses to the exchanges on f7.}) 42. Bxf7
Rf2 ({The point is:} 42... Rxf7 43. Ke6 $3 Rxe7+ 44. Kxe7 g5 45. h5) 43. Bd5+
Kh8 44. Be4 {Reshevsky,S-Najdorf,M Buenos Aires m 1953 (7) 0-1 with reversed
colours}) 40... hxg5 $2 {Heading straight for disaster.} ({Black should have
kept the h-pawns:} 40... Rf5 41. Be6 Rf1 42. Bc4 Rf5 $1 ({Allan Beardsworth
kindly tried to prove on his site that my initial evaluation in the daily
articles was true and that White would win anyway. The next move of his
analysis is not the best, but it allows White win in a very instructive way:} 
42... Rf2 $2 43. Ke3 Rf5 44. Bd3 Re5+ 45. Kd4 Re8 46. Bc4 Rf8 47. Bd5 Kg8 48.
Ke5 Kg7 49. Re7 {with complete domination and zugzwang.}) 43. Rxf7+ Rxf7 44.
Bxf7 Kxf7 45. Kd5 Ke7 46. Ke5 {and now the h-pawn saves Black with:} h5 $1 $11)
41. hxg5 (41. hxg5 {And in view of the simple line} Rf5 42. Rxf7+ Rxf7 43. Bxf7
Kxf7 44. Kd5 Ke7 45. Ke5 {Black resigned.}) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Finegold,B"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 {A main line Slav.} 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 (
6. Ne5 {is also topical.}) 6... e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4
Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Re8 15. Bd2 {15.Ng5 and 15.
Ne1 are more common. However, Aronian knows 15.Bd2 well, since he faced it as
black against Kramnik!} Qa5 {Levon played 15...Be7 against Kramnik in 2010 and
drew. Hikaru has other ideas.} 16. Qe1 {Diagram # A novelty. White always
played 16.Bxb4 before this game. Levon seems intent on trading queens
throughout the game, but Hikaru was not interested.} Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Qd8 18. Ng5
Bg6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 {Diagram # This may look odd, but it is quite typical in
Slav positions to capture this way, so as to avoid mating attacks down the "h"
file.} 20. f4 Rc8 21. Rac1 Qb6 {As Alejandro pointed out in the Live
commentary, the black Queen is perfectly placed on b6. It puts pressure on d4
and b2 and defends the e6 pawn.} 22. a5 Qa6 23. Qb4 h6 24. Nf3 b6 {This
surprised me during the game, but it seems quite good.} 25. Qd6 Nf8 26. axb6
axb6 27. Qb4 Qd3 {It is difficult for either side to win, or even to try to
win any material. A draw is likely.} 28. Qd2 Qb3 {Once again, Hikaru wants the
queens on the board.} 29. Rfe1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Ra8 {Hikaru offers a draw, which
was declined.} 31. h4 Ra2 32. Rc2 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 Rb1 34. Kg3 Kh7 35. Rc8 $6 {
Now the game will end in a repetition. The last chance to try to keep playing
was 35.Qc3.} Rxb2 36. Qc1 Qa2 37. Qh1 (37. Rxf8 $4 Rxg2+ 38. Kh3 Qf2 {and
black wins.}) 37... Qa3 (37... Nd7 $4 38. Ng5+ hxg5 39. hxg5#) 38. Qc1 Qa2 39.
Qh1 Qa3 40. Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2877"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 {Not the usual choice for Carlsen. The 3...g6
variations are much sharper than the normal Breyer or Berlin type of Spanish
positions. Interestingly, Nakamura used this recently against Anand with black.
} 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 (6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Ne7 9. h3 O-O 10.
Nc3 h6 $11 {Anand-Nakamura, 2013}) 6... d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. d5 {Closing the
position is one of two approaches the situation; by closing the position White
gains space, but Black will be able to push f5 quickly.} (8. Re1 {is a
completely different approach to the position.}) 8... Nce7 9. Bxd7+ (9. c4 {
is, in my humble opinion, a more accurate move order. It also scores better.})
9... Qxd7 10. c4 h6 (10... f5 $6 11. Ng5 {emphasizes the weakness of e6.}) 11.
Nc3 f5 12. Nd2 Nf6 13. f3 O-O 14. b4 c6 (14... g5 $5 {Was an old game between
Sax-Smyslov... such legends!}) 15. dxc6 {It's hard to understand the desire to
simplify the tension so quickly. Black obtains quick activity and access to
the d4 square. However maybe there was no satisfactory alternative.} (15. Bb2
b5 {starts becoming dangerous for White.}) 15... Nxc6 16. a3 Nd4 17. Bb2 Rac8 {
Black has good pressure, but White is banking on his superior pawn structure
to win in the long run.} 18. Ne2 Nh5 $5 {This involves a pawn sacrifice!} (
18... Ne6 {is more sedate, and about equal:} 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Qb3 $13) 19.
Nxd4 exd4 20. exf5 {Tha pawn cannot be taken, but that is still ok.} Nf4 $1 {
Diagram [#]} (20... gxf5 $6 21. Nb3 Rxc4 22. Qd2 $1 {White will regain the d4
pawn and his structure is much superior.}) (20... Qxf5 21. g4 Qg5 22. Ne4 Qe3+
23. Kh1 d3 24. Bxg7 Nxg7 25. Nxd6 $16) 21. f6 $1 {A good practical decision.} (
21. fxg6 Rf6 $1 {Gives black more than enough compensation. Practically it is
difficult to defend this position.}) 21... Bxf6 22. g3 Nh3+ 23. Kg2 $6 (23. Kh1
{was safer, there is no reason to tempt Qh3+.} Ng5 24. Nb3 Rxc4 25. Qd3 Qf7 26.
Bxd4 {was maybe a little better for White.}) 23... Ng5 24. Qb1 Kh7 25. Qd3 {
White retains the better pawn structure; Black has to act quickly before his
initiative evaporates.} Be5 $1 {Putting pressure on the kingside is mandatory.}
26. Rae1 {Accepting the draw.} (26. f4 Qh3+ 27. Kh1 Rxf4 28. Rxf4 Bxf4 29. Re1
{gives Black some problems.}) 26... Bxg3 27. hxg3 Qh3+ {There is nothing
better than perpetual for both sides.} 28. Kg1 Qxg3+ 29. Kh1 Qh4+ 30. Kg2 Qh3+
31. Kg1 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Qh3+ (32... Rf4 $2 33. Re7+ Nf7 34. Rxf7+ Rxf7 35. Ne4 {
allows White to consolidate and have the better position.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 {This
Arkhalgelsk system is one of Nakamura's favourite weapons.} 7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8
9. h3 {A rare move, but this transposes to the main line.} (9. d4 Bb6 10. h3
O-O {is the same as the text move.}) 9... O-O 10. d4 Bb6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. axb5
axb5 13. Na3 exd4 14. cxd4 Na5 15. Bc2 b4 {Black has to create counterplay on
the queenside, otherwise the b5 P is lost.} 16. Nb1 Re8 (16... c5 {is more
popular,} 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 cxd4 19. Qd3 b3 20. Bxb3 Nxb3 21. Qxb3 g5 22. Nxg5
hxg5 23. Bxg5 d3 $1 $13 {with a really complicated position, Navara-Shirov,
Carlsbad 2007.}) 17. Nbd2 b3 18. Bb1 ({In the event of} 18. Nxb3 $6 Nxb3 19.
Bxb3 Rxe4 {and Black looks nicely placed.}) (18. Bd3 $5 {was the alternative,}
Qd7 19. Ra3 Re7 20. d5 Rbe8 $132 {with a double-edged fight.}) 18... Qd7 19. e5
$6 $146 {A risky move since White's pieces are not well developed and Black's
Bs can be really strong.} (19. Qe2 $6 {was played in Kulaots-Caruana,
Gibraltar 2011, but Black should have been played} Nxe4 $1 20. Bxe4 f5 $36 {
with a nice initiative.}) ({Probably} 19. Ra3 {was a logical and solid reply,}
Re7 $13 {with an unclear middlegame.}) 19... dxe5 20. dxe5 Nh5 $1 $36 {Now
both Black Bs are extremely active.} 21. Ng5 $2 {This looks an aggressive move,
but is a tactical blunder.} ({The B sacrifice with} 21. Bxh7+ $2 {doesn't work
here, because of} Kxh7 22. Ng5+ Kh6 $1 23. e6 Bxf2+ $1 24. Kxf2 Qd4+ 25. Re3
Nc4 $19 {and Black is winning.}) ({In the event of} 21. Ne4 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Nc4
$15 {and the e5 P is lost.}) 21... g6 $2 {Returns the favour. Nakamura missed
a strong tactical blow.} (21... Bxf2+ $1 {was the strongest reply} 22. Kxf2
Qd4+ 23. Re3 (23. Kf1 $2 Ng3# {mate.}) 23... Rxe5 24. Be4 (24. Bxh7+ Kf8 25.
Be4 Rxg5 $19) 24... Rxg5 25. Bxb7 Nxb7 26. Qxb3 Qd8 (26... Nf4 {was also
strong.}) 27. Nf3 Rd5 28. Re8+ Qxe8 29. Qxd5 Nf6 30. Qc4 Nc5 $1 $17 {and Black
is a P up with great winning chances.}) 22. e6 $1 {Topalov grabs the practical
chance to weaken Black's kingside.} fxe6 23. Qg4 Nf6 24. Qh4 Rf8 $6 (24... Bd5
{was more precise to stabilise the position,} 25. Ndf3 Nc6 26. Ra4 Rf8 {
and White has some compensation for the P, but not more.}) 25. Ndf3 $1 Bd5 26.
Ne5 Qg7 27. Bd2 $6 {An inaccuracy, now Black can again grab the initiative.} (
27. Ngf3 {was more accurate} Nh5 28. Be4 $36 {and White's pieces are very
powerful.}) 27... Nc6 (27... Nh5 $1 {was better} 28. Ngf3 Bxf3 29. gxf3 (29.
Nxf3 $2 Qxb2 $17) 29... Nc6 $1 {This is the point!} 30. Nxc6 Qxb2 31. Nxb8 Qxd2
32. Bxg6 $1 {The only chance.} hxg6 33. Rad1 Bxf2+ $1 34. Qxf2 Qg5+ 35. Qg2
Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Rxb8 {and White has to fight for draw.}) 28. Nxc6 Bxc6 $6 {
The reflex response.} ({Still Black had a strong intermediate move in} 28...
Nh5 $1 29. Bc3 (29. Nxb8 $2 {is losing, as} Bxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Rxf2 31. Kxf2 Qxb2
$19) 29... Bxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Rxf2 31. Ne4 $1 {Another important move.} Rxg2+ (
31... Bxe4 32. Bxe4 Qf8 33. Nxb8 Qc5 34. Kh2 Qd6+ 35. Kg1 Qc5 $11) 32. Kxg2
Nf4+ 33. Kg3 Nh5+ 34. Kg2 Nf4+ $11) 29. Bc3 $1 {An unpelasant move pinning the
N on f6. Now Black has to face some dangerous threats.} e5 $2 (29... Rbe8 {
was tougher} 30. Rxe6 Qd7 31. Rxc6 $1 Qxc6 32. Bd3 Re7 33. Qc4+ Qxc4 34. Bxc4+
Kg7 35. Ne6+ Rxe6 36. Bxe6 {+/=/+/- and White's chances are better.}) 30. Rxe5
$1 $18 {Topalov is playing very well, his position is already winning.} Nd5 31.
Qc4 $1 {Another strong reaction.} Bxf2+ (31... Rxf2 32. Kh1 $1 $18 {and the
f1-square is protected, Black can't avoid White's threats.}) 32. Kh1 Rb4 (32...
Bg3 33. Rxd5 $18) 33. Bxb4 ({Probably} 33. Qxc6 $1 $18 {was more accurate, but
the text move is also winning.}) 33... Qxe5 34. Be4 $1 Rf6 (34... Rd8 35. Qxc6
Nxb4 36. Qc4+ Nd5 37. Ra8 $1 $18 {this pretty move wins the game.}) 35. Rd1 Kg7
(35... Qxg5 36. Bxd5+ Bxd5 37. Rxd5 $18) 36. Bxd5 Bxd5 37. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.08.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Finegold,B"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 {Hikaru had a good position yesterday against Topalov with this line.} 9.
Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 {Hikaru beat Anand last year with 10....Re8, but, perhaps
smelling a rat, deviates with another common move.} h6 11. h3 Bb7 12. Re1 exd4
13. cxd4 Na5 $5 {Very unusual! Nakamura confused another game he saw in this
line without the moves h6 and Re1. Black almost always plays 13...Nb4 here
with Benoni-like ideas of c5.} 14. Bc2 Re8 15. Qb1 Nc4 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Nd2 {
Diagram #} Rb8 $1 18. Nxc4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qd3 Qe8 {Both sides have
played well until this point. Now MVL breaks one of my most important rules
and throws away any possible advantage! Never play f3!} 21. f3 $5 (21. Nxb6
Rxb6 22. b3 {is probably about equal as well.}) 21... Re6 22. Bf2 Nd5 23. Rxe6
Qxe6 {Diagram #} 24. Re1 $6 {This inacurrate move leads to a draw. If white
wants to push for an edge, he needs to defend his knight with b3.} Nf4 $1 25.
Qc2 Qd5 (25... Qg6 26. Qxg6 fxg6 $11) 26. Re4 Ne6 27. Qc3 c5 28. Nxb6 Rxb6 29.
dxc5 dxc5 30. b3 Rd6 {Not the most exciting game of the round, but Hikaru easy
held equality in a rare line.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the last round before the half-way mark in the tournament. Caruana
was leading the tournament wth 4.0/4. Nakamura on the other hand was on just 1.
5/4.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 $5 {A very surprising and
unambitious move by Hikaru. Checking in the Mega-database you will find that
this is the first time that he has played this with White. Maybe he just
wanted to avoid all theoretical continuations and play a normal game of chess.}
Bf5 {A natural move by Caruana, developing his B on an active square.} 5. Nh4
Be4 6. f3 (6. Nxe4 $6 {gives White the advantage of the bishop pair but he
starts to lag behind in development because of his N on h4.} Nxe4 7. Nf3 e5 $1
{threatening Bb4+} 8. a3 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2 exd4 $15)
6... Bg6 7. e3 e6 8. g3 (8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bd3 {could have been the most normal
way to continue} Bd6 10. f4 c5 $36 {Black has a good initiative.}) 8... Be7 9.
a3 {Nakamura's play is quite confusing. What is the point of the move a3? I am
not really sure.} Nbd7 {On the other hand Fabiano plays natural and good
developing moves.} 10. cxd5 {You will notice that Nakamura took on d5 only
after the black N had developed to d7. If he were to take on d5 with the N
still on b8, then it would have given Black the opportunity to develop his N
to c6.} cxd5 {Caruana figures that later he could break in the centre with ...
e5 and hence takes back with c-pawn.} (10... exd5 {usually creates more
imbalance in the pawn structure. In this position White can aim for an
eventual e4 and gaining space in the centre.} 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bg2 {with an
interesting position.}) 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bd3 e5 $5 {Caruana makes use of his
lead in development to open the position.} 13. O-O O-O (13... exd4 $6 14. exd4
Qb6 15. Nb3 $14 {is a clear advantage to White.}) 14. Qb3 Qc8 $6 (14... Qb6 $6
{Usually Qb3 is met with Qb6 in the Slav. But here it is not so good as after}
15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Nb1 $1 {A theme that you will see in the game also. The N is
more useful on c3 and hence is re-routed over there.}) (14... a5 $5 {can be an
improvement.} 15. Qxb7 a4 $44 {White's pieces are clumsily placed and Black
has sufficient compensation.}) 15. Nb1 $1 {This is the reason why Hikaru
Nakamura is one of the best players in the world. The American grandmaster
senses that the N will be excellently placed on c3 and is not hesitant about
"undeveloping" it.} exd4 16. exd4 Nb8 $1 {With the same logic as Nakamura,
Caruana too brings his N to a more active square on c6. But, in this
symmetrical position, White has slightly better chances thanks to his B pair.}
17. Nc3 Nc6 18. Be3 (18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd4 $1 (19... Rd8 $6 20. Qa2 Nxd4
21. Bxg6 $14) 20. Kg2 (20. Bxg6 $2 Qc5 $1 $19) 20... Rd8 21. Qa2 g5 $11) 18...
Qd7 19. Rad1 Rfd8 (19... Rfe8 {looked more natural to me and then putting the
other R on c8. But Caruana has quite a nice regrouping plan in mind.}) 20. Rfe1
Ne8 $5 {[%cal Ge7f6,Gc7e6,Ge8c7,Ge6d4,Gf6d4,Gc6d4] Caruana regroups his pieces
in such a way that his N could go from f6-e8-c7-e6 and B could go to f6 and
all would attack the pawn on d4.} 21. Bf2 (21. Bb1 $5 {With the same logic as
Caruana, White too could have placed his B on a2 in order to pressurise the
d5-pawn.} Nc7 22. Ba2 Bf6 23. Qc2 $13) 21... Nc7 22. Bf1 $1 {Nakamura is
waiting for the N to come to e6 so that he could pin it with Bh3.} (22. Qxb7
Rdb8 $1 $19 (22... Rab8 23. Rxe7 Nxe7 24. Qxa7)) 22... Bf6 (22... Ne6 $2 23.
Bh3 $16) 23. Qa2 $6 {The Q makes way for the b-pawn to go b4-b5.} (23. f4 $5 {
with the idea of Bg2 is definitely an improvement over the game move.}) 23...
g5 $1 {Gaining space on the kingside and at the right moment he can also play
g4. Another idea behind this move is to play g6 followed by Kg7 which Caruana
does play in the game. You can see how one move has multiple purposes.} 24. b4
g6 25. Qd2 (25. b5 Na5 $132) 25... Kg7 {Caruana is waiting and slowly
improving his position. He knows that Nakamura does not have the same amount
of patience and will lash out pretty soon.} 26. b5 $6 {Unnecessary. This move
creates too many weaknesses in White's camp.} Ne7 {The N will go to f5 now.} (
26... Na5 {With the idea of ... Nc4 was also a good idea.} 27. Nxd5 Qxd5 28.
Qxa5 Ne6 $15 {[%csl Rd4,Rf3]}) 27. Be3 Ne6 28. Bh3 Nf5 {Black's pieces picked
a target (the d4-pawn) and built up the pressure on it.} 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. f4 {
Why would Nakamura put another pawn on a square of the same colour as his B?
The point is that Black having the option of playing ...f5-f4 at an
appropriate moment was too much for Nakamura to calculate on every move and
hence he decided to clarify the situation.} (30. Ne2 Qxb5 31. Qc2 Qd7 32. Qxf5
Nf4 33. Qc2 (33. Qxd7 Nxe2+ 34. Rxe2 Rxd7 $15) 33... Rac8 34. Qd2 Nxe2+ 35.
Rxe2 Qf5 $15) (30. a4 Rac8 $15) 30... g4 $15 {Black has a small but stable
advantage thanks to a better B and also an outpost on the c4 square for his R.}
31. Qd3 Rac8 32. Rc1 Rc4 $1 {Caruana sees that his pawn on f5 is not hanging
and tries to maximize his position on the c-file and also attack the d4-pawn.}
33. Ne2 (33. Qxf5 $2 Nxd4 34. Qxd7 Nf3+ 35. Kf2 Rxd7 $19 {[%cal Rf3e1,Rf6c3,
Rc4c3]}) 33... Nc7 $1 {The computer like precision with which Caruana is
playing is mind boggling.} (33... Qxb5 $6 34. Qxf5 $14 {and with the g4-pawn
falling, this has to be better for White.}) 34. Nc3 (34. a4 Rxa4 $17) (34. Rxc4
dxc4 35. Qxc4 Nxb5 $17) 34... Rc8 $1 {The threat is stronger than its
execution. Rather than doing something concrete, Black keeps improving his
pieces before the final blow. The R was passive on d8 and hence he has
activated it along the c-file.} 35. h3 {In desperation Nakamura tries to find
some counterplay. But he just loses a pawn.} gxh3 36. Kh2 Nxb5 $19 {And there
goes another one.} 37. Nxb5 Qxb5 38. Kxh3 (38. Qxf5 $2 Qb2+ 39. Kxh3 Rxc1 $19)
(38. Rxc4 dxc4 $19 {defends the f5-pawn.}) 38... Qd7 $1 {Cool play by Caruana.
He is a pawn up and has a completely winning position. There is no need to
rush. He brings back the Q in order to defend f5 and also to unpin his c4-R.}
39. Kg2 b5 40. Rb1 a6 {no hurry. Just slowly improving the position.} 41. Rbc1
Qe6 {Threatening a Q exchange with ...Qe4+. Nakamura tries his last chance to
disturb the material balance.} 42. Bf2 (42. Bd2 Rxd4 $19) 42... Rxc1 (42...
Qe4+ $1 {would have been a clean finish.} 43. Rxe4 fxe4 44. Qd1 Rxc1 45. Qg4+
Kf8 {Black has a better pawn structure than in the game and will win easily.})
43. Rxe6 fxe6 {The material balance has bee disrupted but Black has a
completely winning position. However sometimes it works in the favour of the
defender to change the material balance as it is difficult for the winning
side to adjust to the new situation quickly.} 44. g4 $2 {Nakamura plays as
actively as he can. He knows that if Black consolidates then he is lost. But
here he misses a very strong tactic for the black side.} fxg4 $6 {Thats a
human move. But considering the form Caruana was in he should have found the
extremely strong} (44... Bh4 $3 {What a fantastic move. For a few minutes you
might be wondering what exactly is the point of this move. It's a Q trap!!} 45.
Bxh4 (45. gxf5 R8c2 $19) 45... R8c3 $1 $19 {The Q is trapped as it cannot go
to the second rank. What domination!}) 45. Qe2 Kf7 46. Qd3 $5 {Nakamura keeps
finding resources to make Black's technical task as difficult as possible. He
is now threatening Q infiltration to h7.} (46. Qxg4 Rg8 $19) 46... R1c2 47.
Qh7+ Ke8 48. f5 $2 {The fatal mistake.} (48. Kf1 $1 {How should Black win this
crazy position?} R8c6 {trying to keep everything defended.} 49. Qg6+ Ke7 50. f5
$1 exf5 51. Qxf5 $15 {pawns keep getting exchanged and Black's task keeps
getting tougher.}) 48... Bxd4 $1 {White's Q checks will soon end and then he
will be a piece down.} 49. Qg6+ Kd8 50. Qxe6 (50. Qg8+ Kc7 51. Qf7+ Kb8 $19)
50... Rxf2+ 51. Kg3 Rc3+ 52. Kxg4 Rg2+ 53. Kf4 Rf2+ 54. Kg4 Kc7 55. Qe7+ (55.
Qxd5 Rc4 $19) 55... Kb6 56. Qd8+ Rc7 57. Qxd5 Bc5 {Everything has been
consolidated and the game is over.} 58. Qd8 Kb7 59. f6 Bxa3 60. Qd5+ Kb6 61.
Qd8 Bc5 62. Qb8+ Rb7 63. Qd8+ Ka7 64. Qd5 Bb6 65. Kg5 Rc7 66. Kg6 b4 67. Qe6
Bd4 {There were a lot of interesting ideas and tactics in the game but what I
particularly liked was the way in which Caruana outplayed Nakamura in the
equal middlegame. Sometimes just being there, and not doing anything can force
the opponent to make a mistake!} 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.09.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 {Nakamura repeats the variation that he
played against Carlsen in last year's Sinquefield Cup. He achieved nothing at
all in that game.} 11. Re2 {An interesting idea by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave that
he uncorked against Giri in the 2014 Biel tournament. That led to a beautiful
victory by MVL.} c6 12. Ne3 Be7 {Aronian's novelty.} (12... Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14.
Ne7+ Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 {is almost equal, but Giri eventually went wrong and
lost.}) 13. Qe1 Bf6 14. Nf5 d5 15. Ne7+ Kh8 (15... Bxe7 16. Rxe7 Nd6 17. Re2 {
should also be approximately equal, but it makes more sense to keep the
dark-squared bishop rather than the light one due to the pawn chain being on
light squares.}) 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. g3 Qd7 {simply preventing Bh3.} 18. d3 Nc7 {
It's clear that if White has achieved anything, it isn't much. His only
long-term advantage is the pair of bishops.} 19. Qa5 Rfe8 $1 {A nice defensive
resource, Black ignores the pawn on a7.} 20. Qe1 {It's hard to believe a
player of Nakamura's caliber can play like this, but there you have it. Also
he took around 45 minutes to play these two moves, Qa5 and Qe1.} (20. Qxa7 Rxe2
21. Bxe2 Re8 22. Bf3 (22. Bf1 Re1 $132) 22... Nb5 23. Qa5 Nd4 $36) 20... Rxe2
21. Qxe2 b5 {Grabbing some space.} 22. c3 d4 $6 {Perhaps overzealous due to
Nakamura's loss of time, Aronian pushes the issue a little. I am not a fan of
the structural change that takes place in the game.} 23. c4 Re8 24. Qd1 bxc4
25. dxc4 {Now Black has a passed pawn, but it risks being blockaded. White has
the better chances of emerging favorably from the pawn structure changes that
can potentially happen.} Ne6 26. b4 d3 $6 (26... c5 27. a3 Be7 $14) 27. Rb1 Rd8
28. Bd2 $6 (28. Be3 $1 {Was far more precise. This lets White control the
important d4 square and his simple threat of Rb3-xd3 is nearly unstoppable.} d2
29. Rb3 $16) 28... Bg5 29. Rb2 (29. h4 Bxd2 30. Qxd2 {was still a little
better for White.}) 29... Qd4 {Now the counterplay is enough for a draw.} 30.
Rb3 Bxd2 31. Qxd2 Qxc4 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Qxa2 (33... Qxd3 34. Bxd3 {
gives White realistic winning chances as the bishop is more powerful than the
knight in positions in which there are pawns on both flanks.}) 34. Qd7 Kg8 35.
Qxc6 g6 36. Bc4 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qxb4 38. Bxe6 fxe6 {The rest doesn't need
commentary.} 39. Qa8+ Qf8 40. Qxa7 h5 41. Qd7 Qf5 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ Kg8 44.
Qe8+ Kg7 45. Qe7+ Kg8 {Not the most precise game, it feels as if Nakamura
could have tried to gain an advantage with more precision.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.09.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2877"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 {Hikaru tried this line recently against
Mamedyarov in the Olympiad.} 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Qd5 7. Nd2 c3 8. bxc3 {
Mamedyarov played 8.Ndf3. For some reason, Hikaru was either unfamiliar with
this line (the main line) or forgot his analysis.} bxc3 9. Nb1 Qa5 10. Qc2 {
This is a common position. Black usually plays 10...Na6. Hikaru went into a
long think, and played an interesting move.} e5 $5 11. Nf3 {And now Hikaru
thought for a long time, and made the losing move.} Na6 $4 (11... exd4 12. Nxd4
Nf6 {is better for white, but the game goes on. Perhaps Hikaru thought this
was too simple and played for complications, but they were not in his favor.})
12. Nxe5 {Black is simply lost. He will be 1-2 pawns in the ending with no
compensation.} Nb4 {Played after long thought, but there is nothing else.} 13.
Qb3 $1 Be6 14. Bc4 c2 $6 (14... Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Qd5 (15... Nc2+ $2 16. Kd1 Nxa1
17. Qxf7+ Kd8 18. Qd7#) 16. O-O {is best, but white should be winning.}) 15.
Bxe6 Nd3+ 16. Ke2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Ne7 19. Nd2 Qd5 {The computer
says this is best, but black has little chance of survival in the ending.} 20.
Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Ne4 Rb8 22. Bd2 Bb4 23. Rhc1 Bxd2 24. Nxd2 Nb4 25. Nf3 Ke7 26.
Ne1 Rhd8 27. f4 $1 (27. Nxc2 $6 Nd3 28. Rcb1 Nxe5 {is great for white, but not
completely winning.}) 27... c5 28. Nxc2 Nd3 29. Rcb1 Nb2 30. Ra2 Nxa4 {A bit
tricky, but unfortunately, not tricky enough.} 31. Rxb8 Nc3+ 32. Kf3 Nxa2 33.
Rb5 Nb4 34. Nxb4 cxb4 35. Rxb4 Ra8 36. Ke4 a5 37. Ra4 Kf7 38. g4 Ke7 39. f5 h6
40. h4 Kf7 41. e6+ Kf6 42. Rd4 Ke7 (42... Ra7 43. g5+ hxg5 44. Rd7 Rxd7 45.
exd7 Ke7 46. f6+ gxf6 47. h5 {is a funny computer line.}) 43. Rd7+ Kf8 44. e7+
Ke8 45. Rd8+ Rxd8 46. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 47. Kd5 Ke7 48. g5 a4 49. Kc4 hxg5 50. hxg5
Kd6 51. e4 Ke5 52. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.09.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Ne4 Ng6 12. Re1 h6 13. Kh2 $5 {A very
useful move. White's idea is g4 and his K is ready to go to g3.} (13. b3 c5 14.
Bb2 Be6 15. Ng3 a5 16. a4 Nf4 17. Bc1 Nd5 18. Bd2 c4 19. bxc4 Nb4 $132 {
with a double-edged fight, Robson-Onischuk, Saint Louis 2014.}) 13... c5 14. c4
$146 {A novelty by Nakamura.} (14. g4 {has also been played} Be6 15. Nc3 Be7
16. Be3 Kd7 17. Kg3 Kc6 {Usually the c6-square is a nice base for Black's K.}
18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Bxd8 20. Rd1 Be7 21. Rd2 b6 22. b3 a6 23. Rd1 h5 $36 {
and Black has a comfortable position, Bokros-Postny, Oropesa del Mar 1999.})
14... Be6 15. b3 {This is a typical Berlin position. White has a space
advantage, while Black has two Bs, his position is solid and his P structure
is also strong.} b6 16. g4 {The ambitious reaction, White continues his plan
on the kingside.} h5 $1 {Topalov immediately tries to create counterplay on
the h-file.} 17. Kg3 Rd8 18. Neg5 $6 {This move starts a wrong plan.} (18. Bg5
{was better,} Rd3 (18... Be7 19. Re3 {and White is solid.}) 19. Re3 Rxe3 20.
Bxe3 {with an equal position.}) 18... Bc8 $1 {The right move. Black doesn't
want to give up his B and he isn't afraid of e6!} 19. Bb2 ({Probably Nakamura
wanted to play} 19. e6 $2 {, but this does not work because of} Bd6+ 20. Kg2 f6
$1 21. Nf7 hxg4 22. hxg4 Bb7 $1 {This is the point!} 23. Nxh8 Nxh8 $1 $17 {
and White can't avoid the really unpleasant pin of the N on f3 and Black is
threatening to play Ng6 followed by Nh4.}) 19... Be7 {The most natural reply.}
20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 hxg4 (21... Bb7 $5 {was also possible to keep the
tension.}) 22. hxg4 f6 $1 {A good move. Black opens the position and the
g-file, the g4 P will be weak, moreover Black is ready to play Rg8.} 23. exf6 (
23. Nh3 Kf7 ({or} 23... f5 {and Black is slightly better.})) 23... gxf6 24. Re1
{An interesting tactical choice, but it isn't dangerous for Black.} (24. Ne4
Kf7 {is similar to the game.}) 24... Kf8 $1 {The best reply!} ({In the event of
} 24... fxg5 25. Bxh8 Nxh8 26. Nxg5 Ng6 27. f4 {and White won't lose.}) 25. Ne4
Kf7 26. Bc1 {It is difficult to find any useful move for White.} Rg8 $1 {
White's K is under X-ray attack, he has to face some unpleasant threats.} 27.
Rh1 $6 {An inaccuracy, but it is difficult to hold White's position.} (27. Bd2
{was tougher, but} Bb7 {and White's position is very unpleasant.}) 27... Bb7 $1
28. Re1 (28. Rh7+ Ke6 29. Nfd2 Ne5 30. f3 Nd3 31. Ba3 f5 $17 {and White is in
a big trouble.}) 28... Re8 $1 {Topalov is playing the strongest moves.} 29.
Nfd2 {The only move, otherwise Black immediately wins material.} Ne5 $1 {
Black's activity is very strong.} 30. Bb2 $6 (30. Rh1 {was tougher, but} Nd3
$17 {and Black is better.}) 30... Nd3 31. Rb1 Rg8 32. Kf3 Nxb2 33. Rxb2 Bc8 {
White cannot protect the g4 P. White has no hope.} 34. g5 f5 35. Nf6 Rxg5 36.
Nd5 Bb7 37. Rb1 Rg4 38. Rh1 Bd6 39. Ke2 Rd4 40. Rh7+ Kg6 41. Rd7 Bxd5 42. cxd5
Rxd5 $6 (42... b5 $1 $19 {was much better and White can resign.}) 43. Nc4 b5
44. Nxd6 cxd6 45. Rxa7 b4 {Black should be much better, but R endgames always
give some practical chances.} 46. a4 bxa3 47. Rxa3 Re5+ 48. Kd3 Kg5 49. Ra6 Re1
(49... Kf4 50. Rxd6 Kf3 {was also strong.}) 50. Kd2 Re6 51. Rb6 (51. Ra4 f4 52.
Kd3 Kg4 {is also hopeless for White.}) 51... Kg4 52. b4 cxb4 53. Rxb4+ Kf3 54.
Kd1 f4 55. Rd4 Re4 56. Rd2 d5 57. Ra2 Kg2 {A very nice victory by Topalov!} 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.09.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 ({In the previous round Topalov played} 
10... Ne7 {against Nakamura} 11. Ne4 Ng6 12. Re1 h6 13. Kh2 c5 {with a
difficult game; later Black managed to win.}) 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5
Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Kg2 Rd8 $146 {
A novelty by Nakamura.} ({Karjakin has had a few games with} 18... Bxc3 19.
bxc3 Rd8 (19... Nd5 20. Bd2 b5 21. f4 Kd7 22. f5 Ree8 23. Re4 {looks a little
bit more comfortable for White, Caruana-Karjakin, Sao Paulo/Bilbao 2012.}) 20.
Rxd8+ (20. Rb1 b5 21. Kg3 Rd5 22. c4 Rc5 23. Re4 a6 $11 {Karjakin-Grischuk,
Moscow rapid 2013.}) 20... Kxd8 21. Rh1 Nd5 22. Bg3 g5 $13 {Anand-Karjakin,
Khanty-Mansiysk 2014.}) 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Rd1+ Kc8 ({In the event of} 20...
Ke8 $6 21. Ne2 $1 Ng6 22. Bg3 Nxe5 23. Nd4 $36) 21. Bg3 ({Now} 21. Ne2 $6 {
could have been met by} Ng6 22. Bg3 Nxe5 23. Nd4 Re8 $15 {and Black is a
healthy P up.}) 21... Bxc3 {A logical decision. If Black doesn't take it,
White can play with his N and the b4 B is out of play.} ({For example:} 21...
f6 22. exf6 (22. f4 $5) 22... gxf6 23. Nb1 $1 $14 {and thanks to the virtual P
advantage, White is slightly better.}) 22. bxc3 {White's idea is f4-f5, so
Black has to avoid it.} Rg6 (22... f6 $6 {is dubious as} 23. f4 $1 fxe5 24. f5
$36 {and White looks nicely placed.}) (22... Nd5 $5 {was also possible,} 23.
Rd3 b5 24. f4 Rh6 {followed by Kd7 and Black can hold the position.}) 23. Rd4 {
This active move protects the g4-pawn and he prepares for Rf4 too.} f5 $5 {
A brave decision, Black would like to disrupt White's kingside's play with
this move.} 24. Bh4 (24. exf6 gxf6 25. Kf3 f5 26. gxf5 Nxf5 $11 {should be an
equal endgame.}) 24... c5 $1 {The only move.} ({Of course} 24... Nd5 $2 {
does not work because of} 25. c4 $1 $18 {and the N is lost.}) ({or} 24... Re6
$2 {is also bad, as} 25. gxf5 Rxe5 26. f4 $18 {and White is winning.}) 25. Rf4
Nd5 26. Rxf5 Rxg4+ 27. Bg3 Kd8 {Black has played well and he has equalised,
but in this type of practical game Black still remains under pressure.} 28. Kh3
Rg6 (28... Re4 $1 {was more active behind the e-pawn and he also avoids c3-c4,}
29. Rg5 Ke7 $1 30. Rxg7+ Ke6 {Suddenly Black's K becomes very active.} 31. Rg4
Re2 {with some counterplay,} ({or} 31... Rxg4 32. Kxg4 c4 33. f4 Ne3+ 34. Kg5
Nf5 {and Black can hold the position on the light squares.})) 29. c4 Ne7 $6 {
A logical move, but it is an inaccuracy.} (29... Nc3 $1 {was the best, but
this is not a human move,} 30. Rf7 Ne2 $1 {Black's N is very cheeky!} 31. Bh2 (
31. e6 Nxg3 32. Rd7+ $1 Kc8 33. Re7 Kd8 $11) 31... Nd4 32. f4 Rh6+ 33. Kg3 Rg6+
34. Kh3 (34. Kf2 Ra6 $132 {with unpleasant counterplay.}) 34... Rh6+ {and a
draw.}) 30. Rf8+ Kd7 31. f4 $1 {Suddenly White is very fast with his f-pawn.}
Ke6 $2 {Black would like to put his N to f5, but White is very fast. After
this mistake Black's position becomes almost losing.} (31... Rh6+ {was more
solid, but} 32. Kg4 g6 33. Bh4 Nf5 34. Bg5 Rh7 35. Rg8 Rg7 36. Rd8+ Ke6 37. Bf6
Rh7 38. Kg5 $16 {and Black is in trouble.}) 32. Bh4 $1 Rh6 (32... Nf5 $2 {
could have been met by} 33. Bg5 $18 {and Black has no hope.}) 33. Re8 g5 34.
fxg5 Rg6 35. Kg4 Kf7 36. Rh8 Ra6 37. Rh7+ Kf8 38. Rh6 ({Probably} 38. Bf2 $1 {
was stronger,} b6 39. e6 Rxa2 40. Bg3 Rxc2 41. Rh8+ Ng8 42. e7+ $18 {and White
is winning.}) 38... Ng6 39. Kf5 ({The pretty} 39. e6 $1 $18 {was immediately
winning for White.}) 39... Kg7 $6 (39... Kf7 40. Bf2 Ne7+ 41. Ke4 $18) (39...
Ne7+ 40. Kg4 Ng6 {was a repetition, but after the 40th move White has extra
time again and he can find the win.}) 40. Bf2 $2 {Caruana missed the immediate
win in time trouble.} (40. Rxg6+ $1 {was the elegant sacrifice,} Rxg6 41. e6 $1
Kh7 42. e7 Rg8 43. Kf6 $18 {and Black can resign.}) 40... Ne7+ {After the time
control, Black survives the most difficult problems, but still White's chances
are better.} 41. Ke4 ({The engine suggests} 41. Kg4 Rxa2 (41... Ra4 $2 42. Kh5
$18 Rxc4 43. g6 $18) 42. Bxc5 {and still White's pressure is hard.}) 41... Ra4
$1 {Nakamura finds the only practical chance.} 42. Re6 $6 {After this move
Black will make a draw.} (42. Kd3 $1 {was the last possibility} Ng6 (42... Nc6
43. e6 $16) 43. e6 $1 {and still White has good chances.}) 42... Nc6 $1 43. Kf5
Rxc4 44. Rg6+ Kf8 45. Rf6+ Kg8 $1 46. g6 Rxc2 47. Be3 Nd4+ $1 {Black forces
the R ending, which will be an easy draw.} 48. Bxd4 cxd4 49. Rf7 d3 50. Rd7
Rf2+ 51. Kg5 Rg2+ 52. Kf6 Rf2+ 53. Kg5 Rg2+ 54. Kf6 Rf2+ 55. Kg5 Rg2+ {What a
great battle!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5
(8. g3 {is more popular nowadays.}) 8... Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nec3
g6 ({Nakamura has had a game with} 11... Nd7 {with reversed colours} 12. Bc4 g6
13. a4 Bh6 14. a5 Rc8 15. Ba2 O-O 16. O-O Kg7 {with a balanced position,
Anand-Nakamura, London 2012.}) 12. Bc4 Bh6 13. O-O O-O 14. Bb3 Nc6 15. Qd3 Rc8
16. Rad1 Nd4 17. Ne2 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 b5 {The first new move of the game.} ({
Before} 18... Kg7 {was played} 19. f4 Bxf4 (19... Qa5 $5) 20. Nexf4 exf4 21.
Qxb7 Rxc2 $132 {Paragua-Le Quang Liem, Manila 2013.}) 19. a4 b4 {A pretty move
by Maxime.} ({The natural} 19... Rc5 {was also fine.}) 20. c3 (20. Qxb4 $2 {
is not logical, because of} Rxc2 {and Black has excellent activity.}) 20...
bxc3 21. Nexc3 Kg7 22. Qb7 a5 23. Qa6 Ra8 24. Qe2 Rc8 25. Qa6 Ra8 26. Qd3 {
Nakamura avoids the repetition. The position is balanced and about equal, but
White is who has a little chance to fight for the advantage.} Rc8 27. Nb5 Rc6
28. Qa3 Qd7 29. Rfe1 Bg5 30. Rd3 Rd8 31. Red1 {White wants to put pressure to
the d6 P with almost all his pieces, but Black is solid, he can hold his
position.} Qb7 32. Rc3 ({In the event of} 32. Ndc3 Qb6 33. Rxd6 Rdxd6 34. Rxd6
Rxd6 35. Nxd6 (35. Qxd6 Qxd6 36. Nxd6 Bc1 $132) 35... Bh4 $132 {and Black is
fine.}) 32... Rd7 33. Rdd3 Bd8 34. Rxc6 ({The engine suggests} 34. Qb3 {
planning on Qc2, but} Bb6 35. Qc2 Bc5 {and Black hasn't got any problem.})
34... Qxc6 35. Rc3 Qa8 36. Nbc7 Bxc7 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. Nxc7 Qc6 (38... Qxe4 {
was also possible} 39. Nxe6+ fxe6 40. Qxd6 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qxf2 42. Qxe5+ Kf7 $11
{with a drawish Q ending.}) 39. Nxe6+ ({In the event of} 39. Qxd6 Qc1+ ({
Of course not} 39... Qxd6 $2 40. Ne8+ Kf8 41. Nxd6 $14) 40. Kh2 Qf4+ $11 {
with perpetual check.}) 39... fxe6 40. g3 Kf7 41. b4 Qxe4 42. b5 ({If} 42. bxa5
Qe1+ 43. Kg2 Qxa5 ({Now} 43... Qe4+ $2 {does not work because of} 44. Qf3+ $18
{and the aP wins the game.}) 44. Qxd6 Qxa4 45. Qxe5 Qc6+ $11) 42... Qe1+ 43.
Kg2 Qe4+ 44. Kh2 Qe2 45. Kg2 Qe4+ 46. Kh2 Qe2 47. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 O-O 8.
Bg5 Nd4 9. Qd2 Nxb3 10. axb3 Re8 11. f3 h6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 d5 14. O-O-O
c6 15. Qd4 Be6 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Bxd5 19. b4 Red8 20. Bd3
Kf8 21. Rhe1 a5 22. b5 cxb5 23. Bxb5 Be6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Re3 b6 26. Rc3 Rc8
27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Kd2 Ke7 29. Ke3 Kd6 30. Kd4 f6 31. f4 Be6 32. g3 Bc8 33. c3
Be6 34. h4 Bg4 35. Be8 Be6 36. Bb5 Bg4 37. Be8 Be6 38. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6
9. Be3 {For this recently popular plan - see Postny - Kotronias in CBM 162.}
Nd7 (9... Nc5 {is another popular option.}) 10. a3 {Preventing 10...Ndc5,
after which 11.b4 will be possible.} Nac5 11. Rg1 {This move is the most
common but Black now blockades the queenside.} ({His idea is that after} 11. b4
axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Nb3 $1 14. Qd1 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Bxd4 Ne5 {
he obtains excellent compensation for the missing pawn. An example from a
correspondence game:} 17. Bg2 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 Ng6 20. O-O fxg4 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. hxg4 Qh4 23. Nb5 Bxg4 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. Qf2 Qe7 26. Qg3 Be2 27. Re1
Rxf4 28. Nc3 Rg4 29. Qxg4 Bxg4 30. Rxe7 Nxe7 31. Nb5 Be2 32. Bf1 Bxf1 {1/2 (32)
Daanen,A (2165)-Larin,I (2233) Lechenicher SchachServer 2012}) (11. Nd2 {
can be met with} Bf6 $1 {0-1 (48) Riazantsev,A (2617)-Inarkiev,E (2675)
Novokuznetsk 2008} 12. b4 $140 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Na6 15. Qa5 Bg5 $1 {
Here the weaknesses created in White's camp with g2-g4 become crucial.}) 11...
a4 (11... Kh8 12. Nd2 a4 13. g5 (13. Qc2 $5 {1-0 (44) Arnaudov,P (2476)
-Nenezic,M (2370) Plovdiv 2012}) 13... f5 14. h4 fxe4 $1 (14... f4 15. Bxc5
Nxc5 16. Qf3 (16. h5 $144 Rf7 17. Qf3 Kg8 18. O-O-O Bf8 19. Bh3 Be7 20. Rg2 Rg7
21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rh1 $40 {1-0 (35) Arnaudov,P (2429)-Kazakos,E (2203) Kavala
2014}) 16... c6 17. O-O-O Qe8 18. Kb1 Rb8 19. Rh1 cxd5 20. cxd5 b5 21. Na2 Kg8
22. Nb4 $16 {1-0 (59) Riazantsev,A (2679)-Belyakov,B (2301) Olginka 2011}) 15.
h5 Rf4 $1 16. h6 Bf8 17. Qc2 (17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Ncxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Ne5 20. Qd4
Be7 21. O-O-O Bf5 $132 {E.Postny}) 17... Nb3 $1 18. Nxb3 axb3 19. Qd2 $1 Rh4
20. O-O-O Nb6 21. Be2 Bf5 22. Rg3 Be7 23. Rdg1 Nd7 $13 {1-0 (45) Postny,E 
(2651)-Kotronias,V (2552) Vrachati 2014 CBM 162 [Postny,E]}) 12. Nd2 c6 {
This natural move transposes to a position from Carlsen - Topalov (see CBM 133)
.} (12... h6 13. Qf3 Kh7 14. h4 Nf6 15. Qd1 h5 16. g5 Ng4 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Bd3
$16 {[%csl Rg4] 1-0 (49) Lysyj,I (2612)-Inarkiev,E (2664) Ulan Ude 2009}) (
12... Bf6 13. g5 Be7 14. h4 f6 15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. h5 g5 17. h6 Kh8 18. Qh5 Qe8
19. Qxe8 Rxe8 20. Nb5 Na6 21. Nf3 g4 22. Nh2 Bd8 23. Nxg4 Ndc5 24. f3 Rg8 25.
Bh3 $14 {1/2 (62) Potkin,V (2621)-Yuffa,D (2444) Vladivostok 2014}) (12... Nb6
13. Qc2 Bd7 14. O-O-O c6 15. Kb1 {also transposes to Carlsen - Topalov:} Qe7 (
15... cxd5 $2 16. cxd5 Rc8 17. Bb5 $1 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qd7 19. Nc3 Bf6 20. g5 Bd8
21. h4 $16 {1-0 (41) Carlsen,M (2772)-Topalov,V (2813) Nanjing 2009 CBM 133 
[Krasenkow,M]}) (15... Rc8 $142) 16. Be2 Rfc8 17. h4 cxd5 18. exd5 e4 {1/2 (95)
Arnaudov,P (2476)-Spasov,V (2571) Panagyurishte 2012} 19. h5 $36) 13. Qf3 $146
{Hardly a good novelty.} ({To meet} 13. Qc2 {Hikaru Nakamura had probably
prepared} b6 {as well} (13... Nb6 14. O-O-O Bd7 {- see above}) (13... h6 14.
O-O-O Kh7 15. Kb1 Bf6 16. Nf3 Be7 17. h4 Qa5 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. f4 $1 $16 {
1-0 (31) Deepan Chakkravarthy,J (2470)-Tiwari,A (2324) Aurangabad 2011}) 14.
O-O-O (14. dxc6 Nb8 {[%cal Yb8c6,Yc6d4]}) 14... Ba6 {etc., which requires
further exploration.}) 13... b6 14. O-O-O (14. dxc6 Nb8) 14... Ba6 15. h4 cxd5
16. Nxd5 (16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Nxf1 b5 $1 {with strong counterplay for Black} 18.
Nxb5 $140 Rb8 {[%cal Gb8b2]}) 16... Ne6 {Taking dark squares under control.} ({
However,} 16... h6 $1 {was more accurate.}) 17. Kb1 $6 (17. g5 $5 Nd4 18. Qh3 {
[%cal Yh4h5] is critical. After the text move Black closes the kingside.})
17... h6 $1 18. g5 ({The structure with} 18. h5 g5 {is pleasant for White when
his pawn is on d5, and therefore Black's knights have no way to the f4-square
- not the case here.}) 18... h5 19. Bh3 b5 $6 {It was quite possible for Black
to wait as White had no active plan. However, he prefers to play actively
himself.} 20. Rc1 bxc4 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Bxd7 Qxd7
$16 {As a result, White has a very strong d5-knight; he should beware of ...
d4-d3 , of course, but generally his chances are clearly better.} 25. Qd3 (25.
Nf6+ $5 Bxf6 26. gxf6 {[%cal Rf3h5]}) 25... Rab8 26. Rb4 $1 Rbe8 (26... Rxb4
27. axb4 {[%cal Rb4b5]} Rb8 28. f4 $16 {[%cal Yf4f5]}) 27. Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]
An obvious exchange sacrifice.} Bxd4 28. Qxd4 {White can now regain the
material by means of Nd5-f6+ but it is not necessary.} Re6 29. f4 $1 Qb7 30.
Qxa4 $6 {Wrong! White trades his a3-pawn for Black's weak a4-pawn.} (30. f5 $1
Re5 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Qxd6 Qe7 33. Qd4 Rd8 34. Nd5 gxf5 (34... Qd6 $143 35. fxg6
fxg6 36. Rc1 {[%cal Rc1c6]}) 35. g6 $1 Kg7 (35... fxg6 $2 36. Nxe7 Rxd4 37.
Nxg6+) 36. gxf7+ Kxf7 37. Qd2 {[%cal Rd2h6] , and White's attack should be
decisive.}) 30... Ra8 31. Qd4 (31. Qb4 Qxb4 32. axb4 Rc8 {, and White can
hardly win.}) 31... Rxa3 32. f5 Re5 33. Nf6+ (33. Rc1 $142 $14) 33... Kg7 34.
Ne8+ Kg8 35. Nxd6 Qa7 36. Qxa7 Rxa7 {[%mdl 4096] This endgame is very unclear.}
37. Rc1 gxf5 38. exf5 Rd7 39. Rc6 (39. Rc8+ $142 Kh7 40. Rc6 {not allowing} Rd8
) 39... Rd8 40. Kc2 Rd5 41. Ne4 Rxf5 {Black's rooks have become very strong.}
42. Nf6+ Kf8 43. Nxh5 $2 (43. Rc4 {was a must, first protecting the h4-pawn
and then collecting Black's h5-pawn. In that case White should not lose.})
43... Rd4 44. Nf6 Rxh4 (44... Rf2+ $142 $1 45. Kc3 Rxh4 {freeing the f5-square
for the king. Still, the text move doesn't let the win slip.}) 45. Rc8+ Ke7 46.
Rc7+ Ke6 47. Rc6+ Ke5 48. Nd7+ Kd4 49. g6 Rh2+ 50. Kb1 (50. Kb3 fxg6 51. Rxg6
Rb5+ 52. Ka3 Rhxb2 53. Rg4+ {is a bit more stubborn but still lost for White,
e.g.} Kd5 54. Rg5+ Kd6 55. Nc5 (55. Rxb5 Rxb5 $19 {- White's knight will be
trapped}) 55... Kc6 56. Ne4 R5b3+ 57. Ka4 Rb7 58. Ka3 R2b3+ 59. Ka2 R3b4 $19)
50... fxg6 51. Rxg6 Rb5 {White's king will now be cut off on the 1st rank.} 52.
Rd6+ Ke3 53. Kc1 Rbxb2 54. Ne5 $2 {This loses instantly.} (54. Re6+ {is a must
but Black wins anyway:} Kf4 55. Rc6 (55. Rf6+ Ke4 $1 56. Re6+ Kd5) 55... Ke4
56. Nf6+ Kd4 57. Ng4 Rhe2 {etc.}) 54... Rhc2+ 55. Kd1 Ra2 $1 {[%cal Rc2g2]} 56.
Ng4+ Kf3 57. Ne5+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.18"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 c5 11. a4 Rxa5 12. Ra3 Ra6 13. Ne1 {[%mdl 32] A typical
plan: Ne1-d3 and possibly f2-f4. However, I don't like it in this particular
position. Other options:} (13. Re1 {with the idea Be2-f1 (or Qd1-c2) and then
Nc3-b5. This is a bit artificial. E.g.} Kh8 14. Qc2 Ne8 15. Nb5 Ng8 16. Bf1 f6
17. g3 Nh6 18. Bg2 Nf7 19. Bd2 Bd7 20. Rb1 f5 21. Nc3 b6 {0-1 (39) Stern,R 
(2461)-Lanka,Z (2504) Rostock 2002 - Black obtained a solid position.}) (13.
Nd2 {followed by Nc3-b5 and Bc1-b2 is very logical. A relatively recent
example:} Nd7 14. Nb5 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 $1 exf4 17. Rxf4 Ng6 18. Rf1 Nde5
19. Nf3 f4 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bg4 Kh8 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. Qh5 Qd7 24. Bd2 Qg7 25.
Kh1 $14 {1-0 (42) Buhmann,R (2541)-Babaev,R (2479) Boeblingen 2008}) 13... Nd7
14. Nd3 (14. Nb5 f5 15. exf5 {0-1 (40) Karttunen,M (2275)-Solleveld,M (2295)
Sas van Gent 1998} {can now be met with} Nxf5 {as White doesn't control the
e4-square.}) 14... h6 {I am not sure Black should cover the g5-square.} (14...
Nb6 $5 15. Qb3 f5 16. exf5 (16. f3 f4 $5) 16... Nxf5 17. Nb5 Nd7 18. f4 e4 19.
Nf2 Re8 20. Qc2 Nf6 $13 {1/2 (30) Lputian,S (2633)-Smirin,I (2649) Kemer 2007})
(14... f5 {is quite natural:} 15. f4 fxe4 $1 (15... exf4 16. Nxf4 Bd4+ 17. Kh1
Bxc3 (17... Nf6 18. Nb5 Be5 19. Nd3 $1 fxe4 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Be3 Nd7 22. Rxf8+
Kxf8 23. d6 $16 {1-0 (54) Rychagov,A (2506)-Banikas,H (2542) Athens 2000}) 18.
Rxc3 Ne5 19. Bb2 fxe4 20. Re3 g5 21. Nh5 $36 {1/2 (26) Simmelink,J (2315)
-Fabiani,J (2378) IECG 2002}) 16. Nxe4 Nf5 17. Kh1 Qe7 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5
Qxe5 20. Ng5 Bd7 21. Bf4 Qd4 $13 {0-1 (39) Nikcevic,N (2409)-Djukic,N (2503)
Cetinje 2010}) 15. f4 {A logical consequence of Nf3-e1-d3. It is important
that White's knight controls the e5-square.} (15. f3 f5 16. Nf2 {is passive.
The key to this position is the fact that White can't break through on the
queenside; therefore, he should prepare some play on the kingside, which is
very dfficult after f2-f3 f5-f4. Here is an example:} Nf6 17. g3 g5 18. Bd2 Rf7
19. Qc2 Bf8 20. Rb1 Rg7 21. Bd3 f4 22. g4 h5 23. h3 Ng6 24. Kf1 Rh7 25. Ke2 Be7
26. Nb5 Kf7 27. Raa1 Nh4 28. Rg1 Bd7 29. Qb3 Qc8 {1/2 (29) Irwanto,S (2452)
-Spasov,V (2578) Turin 2006}) 15... exf4 16. Nxf4 (16. Bxf4 f5 $132) 16... Ne5
{Black has established a blockade but White is not too concerned. Black's
pieces are constricted, his e7-knight is placed extremely poorly, merely
getting in the way of his pieces. The only problem for White is how to break
through.} 17. Kh1 Kh7 18. Nb5 Ng8 19. Qc2 Nf6 {The knight has improved its
position but still it would be much better for Black to get rid of it
altogether.} 20. h3 Qe7 (20... g5 21. Nd3 Nfd7 {was an option but Black didn't
want to weaken the light squares in his camp.}) 21. Bd2 Bd7 22. a5 Kg8 23. Re3
b6 {A double-edged decision since the a- and b-files are more likely to be
used by White due to his space advantage.} 24. Nd3 bxa5 (24... Nxd3 $5 25. Bxd3
bxa5 26. Nxd6 (26. Bc3 a4) 26... Rxd6 27. e5 Nxd5 $5 28. exd6 Qxe3 29. Bxe3
Nxe3 30. Qd2 Nxf1 31. Bxf1 a4 $132) 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Bc3 Qg5 27. Ref3 Ne8 {
[%csl Re8]} 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Nc3 a4 (29... Qe5 30. Qb2 {[%cal Rb2b7]} {
although after} Ra8 31. Qb7 Rd8 {Black's position is very solid.}) 30. Qb2 {
[%cal Rb2b7,Rc3a4]} Qd8 $6 (30... Ra5 $5 31. Nxa4+ Qe5) 31. Nxa4+ Kg8 32. Nc3 {
The blockade on e5 has been lifted, and White's chances are preferable due to
Black's poor e8-knight.} Rb6 33. Qd2 Qg5 34. Qa2 Bc8 35. Qa8 Qd8 36. Qa5 Qc7
37. Nb5 Qb7 38. Qd2 Kg7 39. Qc3+ Kg8 (39... f6 40. Rg3 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Re2h5]}
Kh7 41. Bd3 $40 {[%cal Re4e5]}) 40. e5 $16 dxe5 41. Qxe5 Bd7 42. Nc3 Nd6 43.
Rf6 Qb8 44. Qf4 Nf5 (44... Bf5 45. g4 (45. Qxh6 Qd8 46. Qg5 Rb3) 45... Bc2 46.
h4 $16) 45. Ne4 Qxf4 46. Rxf4 Rb1+ 47. Kh2 Rb2 48. Bd3 Rc8 49. Ra6 Kg7 50. Nf6
Ne3 51. Nxd7 Nxg2 52. Kg3 Nxf4 53. Kxf4 {Besides a material advantage, White
now has a strong passed pawn, and Black's c5-pawn is very weak.} Rf2+ 54. Ke5
Rf3 55. Be4 $1 Re8+ (55... Rxh3 56. Nf6 {[%cal Yd5d6,Yd6d7]}) 56. Re6 $1 fxe6
57. Bxf3 {[%mdl 4096]} exd5+ 58. Kxd5 Re3 59. Bg4 h5 60. Be6 g5 61. Nxc5 g4 62.
hxg4 h4 {This pawn doesn't help Black; White successfully stops it.} 63. Kd4
Ra3 64. Bd5 h3 65. Ne6+ $2 (65. Nd3 $142 h2 66. Nf2) 65... Kf6 66. Nc5 h2 $2 {
Black misses a golden chance:} (66... Kg5 67. Ne4+ Kxg4 68. c5 h2 69. c6 Kf4 $1
{, and White can't win, e.g.} 70. Nf2 (70. Nc3 Ra7 71. Nb5 Re7 72. c7 Rd7 $11)
70... Ra7 71. Kc5 Ra5+ 72. Kb6 (72. Kd6 Rxd5+ 73. Kxd5 Kf3 74. Nh1 Kg2 75. c7
Kxh1 76. c8=Q Kg2 $11) 72... Rxd5 73. c7 Rd2 74. c8=Q Rxf2 $11) 67. Ne4+ Ke7
68. Nf2 Ra1 69. Ke3 Rf1 70. c5 Rc1 71. c6 Kd6 72. Bg2 Rc2 73. g5 Ke5 74. g6
Rc3+ 75. Nd3+ Kf6 76. Be4 Ke6 77. Kd4 Ra3 78. c7 Ra4+ 79. Kc3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.19"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dambacher, Martijn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova"]
[BlackTeam "Eynatten"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Na4 Bb6 6. Nxb6 axb6 7. Ne2 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Na5 9. Bg5 Nxc4 10. dxc4 Be6 11. b3 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 h5 14. h4 g4 15.
Qd2 Qe7 16. a4 Rg8 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Kb2 Bd7 19. Ra1 Bc6 20. Rhe1 Kd7 21. Re2
Ra8 22. Qe1 Qe6 23. Rd1 Kc8 24. Re3 Nd7 25. f3 Nc5 26. f4 exf4 27. Bxf4 f6 28.
Rd5 Rh8 29. Bh2 Nd7 30. Rf5 Kb8 31. Ne2 Qe8 32. Nd4 Qg6 33. Qb4 Re8 34. Bxd6
Bxe4 35. Rf2 f5 36. Bg3 Ra5 37. Nb5 Ne5 38. Rxe4 fxe4 39. Bxe5 Rxe5 40. Rf8+
Re8 41. Qe7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malachite Sverdlovsk Region"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Be2
b6 9. b4 Nxf4 10. exf4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Qc2 Bxe2 15.
Nxe2 Ra6 16. Rab1 axb4 17. axb4 Rfa8 18. Nc1 Bf6 19. Nd3 bxc5 20. bxc5 Ra4 21.
Rb4 Ra2 22. Rb2 R2a4 23. Rb4 Ra2 24. Rb2 R2a4 25. Nde5 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Bd8 27.
Rfb1 R4a7 28. Kg2 Qc8 29. Ne1 Bc7 30. Nd3 Ra3 31. Rb6 Bxb6 32. cxb6 Rb8 33. Nc5
Qd8 34. b7 g6 35. Qe2 Ra7 36. Rb4 Qc7 37. Qb2 Ra5 38. Rb6 h5 39. Qb4 Ra7 40. h4
Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bc2 d5 {Only this way can Black take
advantage of the bishop's retreat directly to c2.} ({If he keeps regrouping,
White could get the usual Ruy Lopez structure with advantage in the centre.} 
12... g6 13. a4 Rb8 14. d4 Bg7 15. axb5 axb5 16. h3 Bd7 17. Be3 $14 {The
bishop on c2 is very useful now, it is keeping the e4-pawn safely defended,
Ponomariov,R (2727)-Tomashevsky,E (2736) Sochi 2012 (1/2-1/2, 38)}) 13. Qe2 Be6
14. h3 d4 15. cxd4 $146 {White decides to delay the natural exchange of the
already passive bishop with Bc2-b3, but this will not offer him anything
special.} (15. Bb3 Qd7 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Be3 Qd7
20. Rac1 Rd8 $13 {Horvath,A (2530)-Almasi,Z (2707) Bastia 2013 (1/2-1/2, 126)})
15... Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Qf3 Nd7 18. Ne2 Qc5 19. Nc3 Rad8 20. a3 g6 21. Be3
Qe7 22. b4 c5 23. Reb1 Rc8 24. Bd2 Red8 25. Bb3 Bxb3 26. Rxb3 Qe6 27. Rbb1 Kg7
28. Nd5 Nb6 29. Nxb6 Qxb6 30. Be3 Qe6 31. bxc5 Bxc5 32. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 {This can also be
played on move 4, with the same idea, to bring the queen to b3 and put
pressure on b7. However, on move 4 there is the threat of Qb3/Bxb7, which is
not possible with Nf3 interposed. The setup with c3 may be solid, but I doubt
whether players of the Dutch should be afraid of it. On b3 the queen is also
exposed and will have to be moved to safety anyway.} d6 7. Qb3+ e6 8. Bg5 {
As White has fianchettoed his other bishop, playing Bg5 means White will have
to exchange it for a black knight or be forced to waste tempi retreating it,
as is illustrated by this game.} (8. Ng5 d5 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Nh3 Nxf4 11. Nxf4 c6
12. Nd2 Qe7 13. c4 Nd7 14. Nf3 dxc4 (14... g5 $5 15. Nd3 g4 16. Nfe5 Nxe5 17.
Nxe5 a5 $13) 15. Qxc4 Re8 16. Rfe1 (16. Nd3) (16. Rad1) 16... Nf6 17. e3 Bd7
18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Ne5 Bc8 {White has an edge, but the two bishops seem like
ample compensation. Eventually White ends up with an extra pawn in this game,
but this is useless in an endgame with only bishops of opposite colour.} 20. b4
a6 21. a4 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Bxd7 23. Nd3 Kh8 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 cxb5
27. Qxb5 e5 28. dxe5 Qxe5 29. Bxb7 Be6 30. Bc6 Rf8 31. Nxe6 Qxe6 32. Red1 Qe5
33. Qxe5 Bxe5 34. h4 Bb2 35. Rb1 Rxd1+ 36. Rxd1 Rc8 37. Bf3 Rc1 38. Kg2 Rxd1
39. Bxd1 Kg7 40. g4 fxg4 41. Bxg4 h6 42. f4 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 {1/2-1/2 (43)
Harikrishna,P (2684)-Nakamura,H (2778) Biel 2012}) 8... Qe8 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. Ne1
h6 $1 {Ignoring Bxb7, since this doesn't yield White an advantage.} 11. Be3 (
11. Bxb7 Bxb7 12. Qxb7 Nc6 13. Be3 g5 {transposes to a possibility a move
later.}) 11... g5 12. f4 (12. Bxb7 Bxb7 13. Qxb7 Nc6 14. f3 Rb8 15. Qa6 (15.
Qxc7 $4 Rf7 16. Qxd6 Bf8 $19) 15... f4 16. gxf4 gxf4 17. Bf2 Rxb2 18. Nc4 Rb8
19. Nd3 $11) 12... gxf4 13. Bxf4 Kh8 {Intending to make the bishop waste some
more tempi after the advance ...e5} (13... Nxf4 14. Rxf4 Nc6 15. Nd3 Kh8 16. e3
e5 17. Rf2 Rb8 18. Qc4 e4 $11) 14. Be3 $2 {There are two moves that look
better than this voluntary retreat:} (14. Nd3 Nxf4 15. Nxf4 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5
17. Nd3 Nd7 18. e4 $14) ({or the move that looks like it is crying out to be
played} 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 $11) 14... Nc6 15. Nd3 b6 $1 {Solving the problem
of developing the Bc8.} (15... e5 $5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bd4 Ng4 $11) 16. g4 $2 (
16. Rae1 Bb7 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 e5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Be3 $11) 16... Nf6 $6 (
{Surely there's nothing wrong with just taking the pawn:} 16... fxg4 $1 17.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Rf1 Bd7 $15) 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Bf2 Be6 19. Qc2 (19. Qa4 Bd5 20.
Nf4 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 a6 $11) (19. c4 $2 Ne4 $1) 19... Bd5 20. Nf3 $2 {This must
be the last chance White had of keeping the balance:} (20. e4 $1 fxe4 21. Nf4
Bg8 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxf4 25. Bxc6 Raf8 26. Bg3 {and a
draw must be the outcome.}) 20... Be4 {White's hesitant and inconsistent play
has given Black a comfortable position. He is now preparing to take the
initiative.} 21. Qd2 Ne7 (21... Rg8) 22. Bh4 $6 {In a higher sense, it might
be said all this time-wasting with the dark-squared bishop is one of the main
reasons for White's eventual downfall.} Ng6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 $15 {Black's
position is solid like a rock and he now starts to open the position further,
so that his two bishops will deploy greater activity.} 24. Rf2 c5 25. Raf1 Qe6
26. a3 (26. h4 Qxa2 27. h5 Ne7 28. dxc5 bxc5 $15) 26... Rg8 27. Kh1 Kh7 28. Qe3
Re8 $17 29. Qd2 Rg8 30. Qe3 c4 {Of course Black declines the repetition of
moves after ...Re8.} 31. Nf4 Nxf4 32. Qxf4 Rg6 33. h3 (33. Bh3 Bf6 34. Rg2 Bg5
$19) 33... Bf6 $1 $19 34. Kh2 Be7 35. Bh1 R8g7 {Black is in no hurry. He is
waiting for White to crack under the pressure.} (35... d5 $2 36. Ne5 $17) 36.
Rg2 Bg5 37. Qg3 ({Giving up the exchange offers no relief:} 37. Nxg5+ hxg5 38.
Qf2 Bxg2 39. Bxg2 f4 $19) 37... Bc1 $1 {The contrast between Black's and
White's light-squared bishops could not be greater. This move decides the game.
If White hangs on to his queen, his queenside pawns will be gobbled up. So
White makes a desperate attempt to hang on.} 38. Rxc1 Rxg3 39. Rxg3 Bxf3 40.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. Bxf3 Qe3 42. Rg1+ (42. Rd1 Qf2+ 43. Kh1 Kf6 44. Rg1 b5 {
Bringing White into zugzwang} 45. Rd1 (45. d5 Qh4 46. Bg2 Qf4 47. Rd1 Qf2 {
and the black king walks in via the dark squares.}) 45... Kg5 46. Rg1+ Kh4 47.
Rg6 h5 $19) 42... Kf6 43. Bh5 Qd2 44. Rg6+ Ke7 45. Rg7+ Kd8 46. Rg8+ Kc7 47.
Rg7+ Kb8 48. Rg8+ Kb7 0-1

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4
Nd7 9. Bg3 {This rare move was already tried by Hikaru before. The main idea
of White's last move is freeing the f4-square for the knight.} ({White's most
agressive approach here is:} 9. g5 h6 10. g6 Ngf6 ({accepting the sacrifice
looks quite dangerous:} 10... fxg6 11. Bd3 Bf7 12. Qc2 g5 13. hxg5 Bxg5 14. Bg3
Ne7 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. O-O-O $36 {1-0 Tomashevsky,E (2711)-Aghasaryan,R (2503)/
Yerevan ARM 2014 (26)}) 11. gxf7+ Bxf7 12. Bd3 Nh5 (12... Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14.
Nge2 O-O 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Rg1 Kh8 17. Be5 $36 {1-0 Nepomniachtchi,I (2717)
-Ponomariov,R (2756)/Riga LAT 2013 (33)}) (12... O-O 13. Qf3 Qb6 (13... Nh5 14.
Nge2 Nxf4 15. Nxf4 Bd6 16. Nce2 $14) 14. O-O-O c5 15. Nge2 Rac8 16. Rhg1 $16 {
1-0 Nepomniachtchi,I (2721)-Aronian,L (2803)/Beijing CHN 2013 (75)}) 13. Bh2 (
13. Be5 O-O {didn't give White much and led to a quick draw after:} 14. Qg4
Nhf6 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qg4 Nhf6 17. Qg3 Nh5 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A (2762)-Giri,A 
(2714)/Reggio Emilia 2012/CBM 146}) 13... O-O 14. Qg4 (14. Nf3 $5) 14... Ndf6
15. Qg2 Be6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Stefanova,A (2496)-Kosteniuk,A (2495)/Tashkent UZB
2013 (39)}) 9... Nb6 {A standard manoeuvre. The knight is heading to c4, while
the queen is getting more mobile.} ({In his previous game in this line,
Nakamura was able to get a serious advantage quite quickly:} 9... Ngf6 10. f3
Nb6 11. Bd3 Nc4 12. Qe2 c5 $2 (12... Qb6 13. O-O-O Bb4 14. Be1 $132) 13. Bxc4
dxc4 14. d5 Nxd5 15. O-O-O $16 {1-0 Nakamura,H (2772)-Bacrot,E (2723)/
Elancourt FRA 2013 (35)}) 10. f3 Bd6 {Both players are following Hikaru's
preceding game.} (10... h5 11. g5 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Qc2 Ne7 14. Bd3 {
leads to the text.}) 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qc2 {A good prophylactic move - now the
check on g3 is not dangerous.} h5 {Black prefers to fix the pawn structure in
order to get some stable squares for the knights.} ({In the event of} 12... Ne7
13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Nge2 Kb8 15. Nf4 Bd7 16. O-O-O Rhe8 17. Qh2 $14 {Black's
position would lack any active ideas.}) 13. g5 Ne7 14. Bd3 O-O $5 $146 {
Fabiano comes up with an interesting novelty. The king is quite safe on the
k-side at the moment, while Black may consider some counter-attacking
activities like c6-c5 on the opposite side.} ({Levon Aronian got a solid
position after} 14... O-O-O 15. Nge2 Kb8 16. Kf2 (16. O-O-O $5 {might be a
possible improvement.} Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Nf4) 16... g6 17. a4 a5 18. Ng3
Rdf8 19. Qd2 f6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Nakamura,H (2758)-Aronian,L (2802)/Moscow 2011/
CBM 146/[Krasenkow,M] (53)}) 15. Nge2 Rac8 {A logical continuation of Black's
previous play.} ({It was also worth considering} 15... Rae8 16. Kf2 g6 17. Rad1
Qd7 18. Ng3 Nbc8 19. Nce2 Nd6 20. Nf4 Ndf5 $132) 16. Rd1 {Long castling was
still possible, but White decides to keep the king in the centre.} (16. O-O-O
c5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Kb1 Rfc8 19. Nd4 Nc4 $132) 16... g6 17. Kf2 a6 {Black is
not in a rush, so that a prophylactic move makes sense.} 18. b4 {A risky move
- White prefers to prevent the above mentioned play along the c-file, but the
text move has a clear drawback: Black gets full control over the c4-square.} (
18. Qd2 c5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Nf4 Rfc8 21. Nce2 Bf5 22. b3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Nd7 $11
) (18. Nf4 Bf5 19. Nce2 c5 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Qd2 Bxd3 22. Nxd3 Rc7 $11) 18...
Bf5 $1 {Correctly exchanging the bishops. Now White is under some pressure.} (
18... Rfe8 19. a4 Nd7 20. Qb2 $11) 19. Bxf5 $6 {Now White's position is
becoming dangerous from the strategic point of view.} ({It seems, that it is
only after} 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 $1 {that White should be able to avoid a
clearly worse position. For instance,} (20. fxe4 Bg4 21. Rdf1 Nd7 22. Qd2 Rcd8
$15) 20... Qc7 21. N2g3 Bxe4 (21... Be6 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Rhe1 $132) 22. fxe4
Qd6 23. Ne2 f5 24. gxf6 Rxf6+ 25. Ke1 Qxb4+ 26. Qd2 $44 {with definite
compensation for a pawn.}) 19... Nxf5 20. e4 Ng7 {White's position is rather
unpleasant now.} 21. Qb3 ({Hardly better was} 21. e5 Qxb4 22. Rb1 Qa5 23. Qb3
Nc4 24. Qxb7 Nf5 $36) 21... Nc4 22. e5 Qe6 {Black is taking control of the
important light squares.} (22... Qd7 $5) 23. Nf4 ({Also after} 23. Na4 b6 24.
Nb2 b5 25. Nd3 a5 $15 {Black may make some progress on the queenside.}) 23...
Qe7 (23... Qf5 $5 24. Nd3 a5 25. b5 a4 26. Qb4 Ne6 27. Ne2 c5 $36) 24. Ne4 {
White is trying to change the character of play.} dxe4 25. Qxc4 Ne6 $1 {
A nice tactical way to exploit the vulnerable placement of White's monarch.}
26. Ne2 exf3 27. Ng3 $6 {One more inaccuracy - there was no reason for
delaying taking the pawn back.} (27. Kxf3 Rcd8 28. a3 a5 29. Kf2 axb4 30. axb4
Nc7 $15) 27... a5 (27... b5 $5 28. Qc3 a5 29. bxa5 Ra8 30. Ne4 b4 31. Qxc6 Rxa5
32. Rd2 Qa7 $17) 28. a3 $2 {Allowing Black to seize the open a-file looks
fatal in this situation.} ({A more stubborn move would be} 28. bxa5 c5 29. d5
Nd4 30. Rhe1 Qd7 31. Rh1 $17) 28... axb4 29. axb4 (29. Qxb4 c5 30. dxc5 Nxc5
31. Rd5 Rc6 32. Rhd1 Ra8 33. Ne4 Nxe4+ 34. Qxe4 Rxa3 $19) 29... Ra8 30. Ne4 (
30. Rd2 Ra3 31. Ne4 Nf4 {leads to the same position.}) 30... Ra3 31. Rd2 Nf4 $1
{Fabiano energetically develops his initiative.} 32. Rb1 Kg7 {Black's position
is winning, but Fabuano had to find some precise moves.} ({It was possible to
liquidate into a winning endgame:} 32... Nd5 33. Rb3 Ra1 34. Nf6+ (34. Rxf3 Qe6
$19) 34... Nxf6 35. gxf6 Qd7 36. e6 Qxe6 37. Qxe6 fxe6 38. Rxf3 Rb1 $19) 33.
Rb3 Rfa8 {The most logical move from a human point of view.} ({The following
winning line wasn't trivial:} 33... Nh3+ 34. Kg3 (34. Kxf3 Qe6 $1 35. Qxe6
fxe6+ $19) 34... b5 35. Qc2 Qe6 36. Rxa3 Qg4+ 37. Kh2 Qxh4 38. Rxf3 Nxg5+ 39.
Kg2 Qg4+ $1 40. Rg3 Qxe4+ 41. Qxe4 Nxe4 $19) 34. Nf6 Ra2 $6 {The first step in
a wrong direction.} ({Once again, Caruana deviates from a forcing winning line:
} 34... Qd8 $1 35. Kxf3 Nd5 36. Kf2 Qc8 37. Qd3 Ra2 38. Rdb2 Nxf6 39. gxf6+ Kh7
$19) 35. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 36. Kxf3 {As a result, White has managed to take the pawn
back, while the position is simplified.} Ng2 $2 {Finally spoiling all the
advantage.} ({At the same time, the correct} 36... Nd5 $1 37. Nxd5 Qe6 38. Ne3
Qh3+ 39. Ke4 Rd2 $1 40. Qf1 $8 Qxh4+ 41. Kf3 Rxd4 42. Qg2 Qf4+ 43. Ke2 Qxe5 $17
{would still allow Black to obtain excellent winning chances.}) 37. Kg3 Ne1 38.
Re3 {Now the queen cannot take part in the attack, so White is out of danger.}
Nc2 (38... Rg2+ 39. Kh3 Rc2 40. Qb3 Ng2 41. Re4 Qe6+ 42. Qxe6 fxe6 43. Kg3 $11)
39. Qxa2 (39. Rf3 Nxb4 40. Ne4 Qd7 41. Nf6 Qe7 $11) 39... Nxe3 40. Qa8 ({
Another possibility was} 40. Kf3 Nf5 41. Qa8 Qf8 42. Qxb7 Nxd4+ 43. Kf2 Ne6 $11
) 40... Qf8 41. Qxb7 Nf5+ 42. Kh3 Nxd4 43. Qd7 (43. Kg2 Qd8 44. Kf2 Nf5 45. Ke2
Qd4 46. Qb8 $11) 43... Qxb4 44. Qd8 $11 {There was no more than a perpetual
now.} Qc3+ 45. Kg2 Qd2+ 46. Kh3 Qd3+ 47. Kg2 Qf3+ 48. Kh2 Qf2+ 49. Kh3 Qf1+ 50.
Kh2 Qf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh6 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. h3 g4 14. hxg4 Bxg4 15.
Rc1 $146 ({Less than 1 month ago} 15. Qd2 {was played by Lysyj} Qd7 16. Nh2 Nd4
17. Nxg4 Nxg4 18. Bd1 Kh8 19. Qd3 Rf7 20. Nb5 Raf8 21. Nxc7 Nxf2 $132 {with a
double-edged fight in Lysyj-Radjabov, Bilbao 2014.}) 15... Bxf3 {Black
immediately starts his action on the d4-square.} ({The natural} 15... Kh8 {
was also possible.}) 16. Bxf3 Nd4 17. Bh5 $5 {White doesn't want to give up
his bishop, that's why he puts it in this strange place.} Kh8 18. Nb5 {White
would like to remove Black's d4 N, because it is unpleasant for White.} Ne6 $1
{The right move. Black doesn't want to exchange and now his N is ready to go
to f4 too. Moreover White's b5-knight is out of play.} 19. Rc3 {Logical move,
the R can be useful from the 3rd rank.} ({In the event of} 19. Nc3 {Black can
repeat with} Nd4 ({or even} 19... Bf6 20. Nd5 Bh4 {and Black is active.}))
19... Qe7 (19... a6 {was also an option,} 20. Na3 Qg5 ({or} 20... Bf6 {is
similar to the game.})) 20. Na3 $6 {The N would like to come from c2, but this
plan is too slow.} (20. Rf3 {could have been met by} Nf4 $13) (20. Rd3 Rg8 (
20... Nf4 21. Bxf4 Rxf4 22. Nc3 {and it is not so easy to avoid Nd5.}) 21. Nc3
{with a double-edged fight.}) 20... Bf6 $1 {A very good move. Black wants to
play on the dark squares with Bh4 or Bg5.} 21. Nc2 Bg5 22. Bh2 {This is a
slightly passive move, but White would like to avoid the exchange of Bs and he
prepares for Rh3.} (22. Ne3 Rg8 $40 {and Black has some attacking chances on
the kingside.}) 22... Bf4 23. g3 Bg5 24. Bf3 Rf6 25. Bg2 Rg8 {Black's pieces
are all well placed; he has a plenty of attacking plans. White's position is
not easy now.} 26. Ne1 Rfg6 27. Bh3 Bf6 28. Kh1 Ng4 29. Bxg4 Rxg4 30. Nc2 Qe8 (
{The greedy} 30... Rxe4 $6 {could have been met by} 31. f3 {and the R is
trapped in the centre.}) ({The engine suggests} 30... Qf8 $1 {Black prepares
for Qh6!} 31. Rg1 (31. Ne3 Rxe4 32. f3 Rd4 {and Black is a healthy P up.})
31... Qh6 32. Rg2 Qh3 $36 {and White is under pressure on the kingside.}) 31.
Rg1 {A prophylactic move. Grischuk prepares for f3.} ({The immediate} 31. f3 $2
{is bad, as} Rxg3 $1 32. Bxg3 Rxg3 33. Rf2 Nf4 $17 {and Black has an
unpleasant attack.}) 31... Nd4 (31... Qf7 32. f3 R4g7 {was also possible.}) 32.
f3 (32. Ne3 R4g5 $15 {is also slightly better for Black.}) 32... R4g6 ({
The computer suggests} 32... R4g7 $5 {, but the text move was more human.}) 33.
Nxd4 (33. Ne3 Qd7 $15 {and Black looks nicely placed.}) 33... exd4 34. Rc2 c5
35. Qd3 Rh6 36. Rgg2 Rh3 $1 37. Rcf2 Qh5 {All Black's pieces are attacking and
now the g3-pawn is hanging.} 38. Kg1 Be5 39. f4 Bf6 40. Qf3 Qg6 41. Kh1 Qh6 $6
{An inaccuracy. Black didn't find the winning tactical move.} ({It was much
stronger to play} 41... Bh4 $1 42. f5 (42. gxh4 Rxf3 43. Rxg6 Rxf2 $19) 42...
Qf7 43. Kg1 Bg5 $19 {and Black has a decisive attack.}) 42. Kg1 Qg6 43. Kh1 b6
(43... Bh4 $1 {was the best, like in the previous comment.}) 44. b3 Qh6 45. Kg1
Qg6 46. Kh1 Qh6 47. Kg1 Bh4 48. Kf1 Bf6 {Finally Black couldn't break White's
position, so he accepted the draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 O-O {
Even in such a basically static system, the move order can be important.} ({
If Black advances his d-pawn at once with} 7... d6 {, hoping to play ...Be6
before White can defend the d5-square with Ne1-c2-e3, he should count with} 8.
b4 {as, for instance, in Kramnik,V (2800)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2730) Moscow 2011
CBM 146 [Ramirez Alvarez] (0-1, 53)}) 8. Rb1 ({Under the given circumstances,} 
8. b4 {can be met with} d5 $5 {without loss of time.}) 8... d5 $5 {A rare and
daring continuation} ({If} 8... a5 {White would be in time to regroup:} 9. Ne1
d6 10. Nc2 Be6 11. Ne3 {[%cal Gd2d3,Gc1d2,Ge3d5,Gb2b4]}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5
({One important point is that the standard tactical blow} 10. Nxe5 {does not
offer much here:} Nxc3 11. Nxc6 Nxe2+ (11... Nxd1 12. Nxd8 {Schwartzman,G 
(2505)-Scott,G Chicago 1994 (1-0, 49)} Bg4 $3 $132 13. Rxd1 $2 Bxe2 14. Re1 Bd3
$15) 12. Qxe2 bxc6 13. d3 Ba6 (13... Bf5 14. Be4 Re8 15. Be3 Bxe4 16. dxe4 Rxe4
17. Qc2 Qd5 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Bxc5 Rc4 20. Be3 a5 $11 {Hauchard,A (2490)
-Aubert,L (2285) Maromme 1994 (1-0, 47)}) 14. Rd1 Qd7 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. Bf1 Qf5
17. Rbc1 Rd5 $11 {Voiska,M (2261)-Zhukova,N (2468) Kragujevac 2013 (1/2-1/2,
25)}) 10... Qxd5 11. d3 Qd6 {It is best to evacuate the d5-square before
anything else.} (11... Bd7 12. Ng5 $1 $146 Qd6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2
$14 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 12. b4 {It looks logical to strike at once.} (12. Be3 {
is a bit too slow} Bd7 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Nd2 Nd5 16. Rxb7 Bc6 17.
Ne4 Qd8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Nc5 Qd6 $11 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. Nc5 Qd6 22. Ne4 Qd8 23. Nc5
{1/2-1/2 Pavlovic,M (2506)-Abrahamyan,T (2376) Reykjavik 2014}) ({Since Black
has not committed his bishop yet,} 12. Ng5 {does not offer anything special}
Nd4 $146 {[%cal Gc8g4]} 13. e3 Ne6 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. b4 Rd8 $132 {[%csl Gc5,Rd3]}
) 12... cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Ba3 a5 15. Nd2 {White will retrieve the pawn
soon, but Black has a tempo to minimise the positional damage.} Be6 $5 $146 {
Heading straight for an inferior ending in which the opposite-coloured bishops
offer hopes for a draw.} (15... Rd8 16. Nc4 Qc7 (16... Qe7 {[%cal Gg7f8]} 17.
Nxa5 $1 $18) 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Rxb4 Ra7 19. Qb3 Bg4 20. Re1 $14 {[%csl Gb7]
Peelen,P (2385)-Murey,J (2505) Amsterdam 1987 (1/2-1/2, 54). /+/- When I give
this kind of evaluation it usually means that despite the engines' moderation
I would be very surprised if I failed to win with White!}) 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17.
dxc4 Qe7 (17... Qc7 18. Bxb4 axb4 19. Rxb4 Rfb8 20. Qd5 Ra7 21. Rfb1 $16) 18.
Qb3 e4 $5 {Leinier reveals the main point of his novelty. If the white bishop
was left "alive", the opposite bishop element would actually make things worse
for him.} ({For instance} 18... Rfb8 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Qxb4 $14 {[%csl Gb7,Gf7]
[%cal Gg2d5] /+/- with a very unpleasant position for Black.}) 19. Bxb4 axb4
20. Qxb4 Qxb4 21. Rxb4 f5 {[%csl Gg2]} 22. Rxb7 {This position occurred almost
by force after Black's novelty. But the first move in a position that should
have stayed on Leinier's board (at least the bi-dimensional one) is an
important inaccuracy.} Rfc8 $6 {With four rooks on the board, the control of
the seventh rank is essential.} (22... Rf7 $1 23. Rb5 (23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. f3
exf3 25. Bxf3 Ra1 $11) 23... Ra2 24. e3 Rc2 (24... Rc7 25. g4 $1 $16) 25. Rc5
Bf8 26. Rc6 Kg7 $14) 23. Rc1 {The most natural continuation, defending the
pawn and preparing to activate the bishop with e2-e3 and Bg2-f1. But there
were other reasonable alternatives.} (23. e3 Rxc4 24. Rd1 Be5 25. Rdd7 Rac8 (
25... h5 $6 26. Bf1 Rc1 27. Kg2) 26. Rxh7 R4c7 27. Rhxc7 Rxc7 28. Rb6 Kg7 $14 {
White still has some theoretical chances, but due to the reduced material and
favourable structure Black should be out of danger.}) (23. f3 Rxc4 (23... e3
24. f4) (23... exf3 24. Bxf3) 24. fxe4 fxe4 25. Re7 $14 {This is more
problematic for Black already. White will win the e4-pawn and retain the safer
king's position, precisely because his e2-pawn defends the second rank.} Raa4
$2 {saves the pawn but loses the bishop to} 26. Re8+ $1) 23... Bd4 $6 {[%csl
Gc5][%cal Ga8a7,Ga7h7]} (23... Rab8 $5 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. c5 Kf7 26. c6 (26. f3
Bd4+ 27. Kf1 Be3 $11) 26... Ke6 27. f3 Bd4+ 28. Kh1 Be3 29. Rd1 $14) 24. g4 $1
$16 {After Black loses his kingside stability, White's winning chances become
very realistic.} (24. e3 Ra7 $1 25. Rb5 Bc5 $14) 24... Ra2 (24... Ra7 25. Rxa7
Bxa7 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Bh3 Rf8 28. c5 $16) 25. e3 Bf6 26. gxf5 Bh4 {Trying to
get the most out of Black's possibly only counterplay.} (26... gxf5 27. Rb5 Bh4
$2 (27... f4 28. Bxe4 $16) (27... Ra1 28. Rxa1 Bxa1 29. Bh3 Rxc4 30. Bxf5 $16 {
[%csl Ge4]}) 28. Rxf5 $18) 27. Bxe4 Bxf2+ 28. Kh1 gxf5 (28... Bxe3 29. Bd5+ Kh8
30. Re1 {[%cal Ge1e7]} Bg5 {[%csl Ge7]} (30... Bc5 31. f6 $16) 31. fxg6 hxg6
32. Rf1 Re8 33. c5 $16 {Black will find it difficult to deal with the passed
pawn and the potential seventh rank threats.}) 29. Bxf5 Bxe3 {White has
reached an ending with at least 50%-50% chances (win/draw), but starting with
this moment Nakamura constantly fails to get the best out of his position. The
h7-pawn is doomed, but White must permanently reckon with the following detail.
If all the rooks leave the board, Black would only need to keep his king close
to h8 and give up the bishop for the c-pawn in order to reach a drawn ending
against B + hP with the right colour of the corner square.} 30. Re1 $6 {
There will be no play for White along the e-file and the rook will actually be
exposed here as we will see.} (30. Rf1 $1 {[%cal Gf1f7]} Re8 31. Bxh7+ Kh8 32.
Bg6 Rd8 $8 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Ga2h2,Gd8d1]} (32... Rc8 $2 33. Rf3 $18 {[%csl Rh8]
->}) 33. Be4 Bf2 34. Rf7 Bd4 35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. Rh4 $40 {White has two extra
pawns and dangerous threats against the enemy king. This should be won with a
bit of accuracy.}) 30... Re8 31. Rxh7 $6 {[%csl Gf5] The hanging position of
the bishop will allow Black to activate his rooks.} (31. Bxh7+ Kh8 {[%cal
Ga2h2,Ge3f4,Ge8e1] /\32...Rxh2+ 33.Kxh2 Bf4+ XRe1} 32. h3 {Things are far from
easy for White, but his chances are better than in the game.}) 31... Re5 32.
Bb1 Rb2 33. Rh3 Bd4 {Unlike in the line from the comment to 30.Re1, it is
rather the white king which is experiencing some problems now.} 34. Rd1 (34.
Rxe5 $2 Rxb1+ 35. Kg2 Bxe5 $11) 34... Bc5 35. Rg3+ Kf8 36. Rf1+ Ke7 37. Bd3 Rf2
38. Rb1 $6 {By keeping all rooks on board, Nakamura probably thought he was
retaining attacking chances. But the problem is that the black king is doing
fine while White's - not really.} (38. Rxf2 $5 Bxf2 39. Rf3 Bc5 40. Kg2 (40. h4
Re3 $11 41. Rxe3+ Bxe3 42. Kg2 Kf6 {[%csl Gh8]}) (40. Bf5 Re1+ 41. Kg2 Re2+ 42.
Kh3 Bd6) 40... Re3 41. Rg3 Kf6 (41... Rxg3+ $2 42. hxg3 $18) 42. Kh3 {[%cal
Gh3g4] I find it hard to give a definitive evaluation to this position, but I
feel that White keeps winning chances.}) 38... Kd6 39. Rd1 (39. Rg2 $5) 39...
Kc7 40. Rb1 Kd6 41. Bf1 Rd2 42. Rg8 Ke7 43. Rg4 Kf6 44. Ra1 Bd6 45. h4 $6 {
[%csl Rh4] Throwing away the last chances.} (45. Rg2 Rxg2 46. Kxg2 (46. Bxg2
Bb4 47. Ra6+ Kg5 48. h3 Re1+ 49. Kh2 Rc1 50. Bd5 Rc2+ {endlessly followed by
checks should end in a draw}) 46... Rg5+ 47. Kh1 Bc5 48. Be2 {White is quite
passive, but while he can avoid the rook exchange his chances are alive.})
45... Rh5 $11 46. Ra6 Kf5 47. Rg5+ Rxg5 48. Ra5+ Be5 49. hxg5 Rh2+ 50. Kg1 Rh5
51. c5 Rxg5+ 52. Kf2 Ke4 53. Bg2+ Kd4 54. Rb5 Bg3+ 55. Kf3 Rxc5 56. Rxc5 Kxc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. b4 c5 14. bxc5 bxc5
15. Qa3 Nd7 16. O-O Rfc8 17. Rab1 Bd5 18. Rfc1 Qf8 19. Qa5 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxc1+
21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. f3 Qb8 24. a3 Qb6 25. Qxb6 axb6 26. e4 Bb7 27.
Bb5 Nc5 28. e5 Kf8 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. g3 f6 31. f4 g5 32. Ke3 gxf4+ 33. Kxf4 Be4
34. g4 Bd3 35. Nc6+ Kf7 36. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 37. Ke4 Nc5+ 38. Kf4 Nd3+ 39. Ke4 Nc5+
40. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd3 $6 {Weird stuff in my opinion, but
Nakamura has already played it before, and not without success.} ({If White is
looking for some creative play, then} 4. f3 {[%cal Ge2e4] is more promising.})
4... c5 (4... h6 5. Bh4 e6 (5... c5 {is more challenging.}) 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4
Be7 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 (9... Qxf6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Qe3 c5 12. O-O-O cxd4
13. Rxd4 $14 {1-0 (52) Nakamura,H (2784)-Caruana,F (2774) Moscow 2013}) 10.
O-O-O O-O 11. Nf3 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Rg1 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16.
Re1 Kf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (49) Nakamura,H (2775)-Ponomariov,R (2742) Thessaloniki
2013}) 5. O-O-O {Castling to the queenside on move five, that's really rare!} (
5. e4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 (6. Bxf6 Nxf6 7. Qxd4 dxe4 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. O-O-O Bxb5 10.
Nxb5 Qxd4 11. Rxd4 Rc8 12. Nxa7 e5 $1 13. Nxc8 exd4 $15) 6... e5 7. Qa4 d4 8.
Nd5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qa3 Be7 11. Qxe7+ Qxe7 12. Nxe7 Kxe7 $15 {0-1 (47)
Karagiannis,A (2387)-Banikas,H (2548) Ermioni Argolidas 2005}) 5... c4 $1 {
To close the centre is a committal decision, but Karjakin knows what he is
doing.} 6. Qg3 Qa5 7. e4 b5 $1 {Boldly continuing the offensive on the
queenside. The threat of b5-b4 is very unpleasant.} 8. Kb1 (8. e5 b4 $1 9. exf6
gxf6 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Be3 Nb6 $15) 8... dxe4 {Now Black can take, as the Pc4
is now protected.} (8... Nxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. f3 Bb7 11. d5 e3 12. d6 Qb6 13.
Qe1 e6 14. Bxe3 Qa6 15. Bf4 O-O-O 16. Nh3 h6 17. Qb4 Bd5 18. Bg3 Qc6 $15 {
1/2-1/2 (53) Zoll,D (2218)-Eilmes,D (2247) ICCF email 2011}) 9. Bxf6 gxf6 (9...
Nxf6 $6 10. Qe5 a6 11. Bxc4 {is a trick Black shouldn't overlook.}) 10. Nxe4
Bb7 11. Nc5 $5 (11. d5 f5 $15) (11. Qe3 {was more solid, but Nakamura went for
the more adventurous idea.}) 11... Nxc5 12. dxc5 Rc8 {Now White must develop
some initiative, as it's clear that he is going to lose the Pc5.} 13. Be2 Qc7 (
13... Rxc5 14. Bf3 (14. Qb8+ $2 {is not frightening.} Bc8 15. Bg4 e6 $17) 14...
Qc7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nh3 $44 {It's not easy for Black to complete his
development, the king is stuck in the centre.}) 14. Qh3 Bg7 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16.
Nxf3 $2 (16. gxf3 $1 {was the only way to justify White's previous play. He is
in no position to worry about the structure, but must open the g-file.} O-O 17.
Ne2 Qxc5 18. Rdg1 Kh8 19. Rg4 Rfd8 20. Qg3 Bh6 21. Qh3 $11) 16... e6 17. Rhe1
O-O $17 18. Rd4 {Now it takes more time to bring the rook to the g-file.} Qxc5
19. Rg4 Rfd8 $6 (19... f5 $6 {would allow a nice practical chance:} 20. Rxg7+
$1 Kxg7 21. Ng5 Qxf2 (21... h6 $2 22. Qg3 $1 Kf6 23. Nh7+ Ke7 24. Qh4+ f6 25.
Nxf8 Rxf8 26. Qxh6 $44) (21... Rh8 $2 22. Qc3+ Kg8 23. Qf6 Qc7 24. Nxe6 $1 fxe6
25. Re3 $16) 22. Qxh7+ Kf6 23. Qh6+ Ke7 24. Rxe6+ Kd7 25. Rd6+ Kc7 {The king
escapes, but to calculate all this is quite a task!}) (19... h5 $1 {was the
most precise.} 20. Rd4 (20. Rh4 c3 21. Rxh5 Qb4 $19) 20... Rfd8 $19) 20. Qh6
Qf8 21. Qxf6 Kh8 22. Qf4 {White has got back the pawn, but is still in serious
trouble. The powerful bishop both protects the black king and attacks its
counterpart. The same can't be said about White's knight.} Rd5 (22... c3 23.
Qb4 Qxb4 24. Rxb4 cxb2 25. Rxb5 {with chances to survive.}) 23. Ng5 Rf5 24. Qe3
Rd8 (24... c3 {was called for, but Sergey is handling it very positionally.})
25. Rh4 Kg8 26. Rg4 (26. Nxh7 Qd6 {The knight can't cause any damage, while
Black's threats prevail.}) (26. Nf3 {would be the lesser evil, but still not
much of a hope for White.}) 26... h5 27. Re4 Qb4 28. c3 Bxc3 $1 {Winning a
pawn and forcing simplifications.} 29. Qxc3 Qxc3 30. bxc3 Rxg5 31. g3 Kg7 32.
Kc2 Rd3 33. f4 Rgd5 {Black has a pawn and domination.} 34. R1e2 Kf6 35. a4 a6
36. Rf2 Kf5 $6 (36... h4 {was a quicker way, ruining White's structure.}) 37.
Re5+ $1 {That's the best chance, though insufficient.} Rxe5 ({Why not} 37...
Kg4 {?}) 38. fxe5+ {Now Black has to go back with the king, which will make
the winning process way longer.} Kg6 39. a5 {This pawn will be White's last
hope.} Rd5 40. Re2 Kf5 41. Rf2+ Kg6 42. Re2 Rd3 43. Re4 $6 (43. Rf2 $1 {
would repeat the position after move 39 and force Karjakin to show some
technique.} Re3 44. Rd2 Kf5 45. Rd6 (45. Rf2+ Kxe5 46. Rxf7 Re2+ 47. Kb1 Ke4 {
[%cal Ge4d3]} 48. Rd7 Rxh2 49. Rd6 e5 50. Rxa6 Kd3 $19) 45... Ke4 ({I don't
see a clear win for Black after} 45... Re2+ $6 46. Kb1 Kxe5 47. Rxa6) 46. Rxa6
Re2+ 47. Kb1 Kd3 48. Rb6 b4 $1 49. Rxb4 Rxe5 50. Ra4 Kxc3 51. Ka2 $1 Kd3 52. a6
c3 53. a7 c2 54. a8=Q c1=Q 55. Qa6+ Ke3 $19) 43... Rf3 $19 44. Rd4 (44. Re2 Kf5
{Now White doesn't have the check from f2 anymore.} 45. Kb2 Rf1 46. Kc2 Kg4 47.
Re4+ Kf3 48. Rf4+ Kg2 49. Rh4 Rf5 50. g4 hxg4 51. Rxg4+ Kf3 $19) 44... Rf2+ 45.
Kb1 Rxh2 46. Rd6 Rg2 {Black is in time to capture most of White's remaining
pawns.} 47. Rxa6 Rxg3 48. Kb2 b4 $1 49. cxb4 Rb3+ 50. Ka2 Rxb4 51. Ka3 Rb5 52.
Ka4 (52. Ra8 c3 53. a6 c2 54. Rc8 Ra5+ $19) 52... Rc5 $1 53. Rb6 c3 54. Rb1 c2
55. Rc1 h4 56. a6 {The race is in full swing, but Black is two pawns up!} h3
57. a7 Rc8 58. Kb5 (58. Rxc2 Rxc2 59. a8=Q Ra2+ $19) 58... h2 59. Kb6 (59. Rxc2
h1=Q 60. Rxc8 Qb7+ $19) 59... Rh8 60. Rh1 Kf5 (60... Kf5 61. Kb7 Kxe5 62. a8=Q
Rxa8 63. Kxa8 Kd4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. b3 ({
Gelfand has had some bad experiences with the classical main line:} 8. d5 e5 9.
dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Na6 (10... Re8 11. Bb2 Na6 12. Ng5 Qe7 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Qc2
Nc5 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. e3 Nce4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Rd2 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 $11 {
Gelfand,B (2739)-Nakamura,H (2759) Wijk aan Zee 2012 CBM 147 [Marin,M] (0-1,
37)}) 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Qd2 h6 14. Nh3 Be6 15. Rad1 Rad8 {Gelfand,B 
(2751)-Kamsky,G (2762) Tashkent 2012 CBM 152 [Ftacnik,L] (0-1, 33). In my
article published with CBM 160, I have advocated 8.b3 as a flexible and
promising way to fight for an opening advantage.}) 8... a5 ({The game that
inspired me most when picking up 8.b3 was} 8... Qc7 9. Ba3 a5 10. Rc1 Na6 11.
Qd2 Bd7 12. Rfe1 Nb4 13. Bb2 e5 14. a3 Na6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nb5 cxb5 17. cxb5
Nc5 18. Bxe5 Qb6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qd5+ Ne6 21. Qxd7 Rad8 22. Rc6 $3 Rxd7 23.
Rxb6 $18 {Karpov,A (2750)-Jussupow,A (2610) Linares 1989 CBM 011 [ChessBase] 
(1-0, 42). Quite an impressive display of White's dynamism. In our main game,
Gelfand took the first step along a similar path but then prematurely released
the tension thus limiting his advantage.}) 9. Bb2 Na6 10. Rc1 {In the article,
I manifested a certain sympathy towards this move,} ({but I favoured the rare} 
10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Rad1 e5 12. d5 $1 {Rotstein,J (2376)-Zoller,W (2095) Bad
Bevensen 2002 (1-0, 25)}) 10... Bd7 (10... Qc7 11. Re1 (11. Qd2 e5 12. dxe5
dxe5 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. Nd6 e4 15. Ng5 Rd8 16. Nxc8 Rdxc8 $11 17. Qxa5 $2 Nd7 18.
Bxg7 Nb4 {[%csl Gb6]} 19. Bf6 $8 Nxf6 20. Qb6 Rxa2 $17) 11... e5 12. Nb5 {
This is somewhat similar to Karpov's play. However, in Timman,J (2591)
-Muzychuk,A (2532) Marianske Lazne 2009 (1-0, 85) Black could have avoided
problems with the calm retreat} Qd8 $1 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nd6 (14. Ba3 e4 15.
Bxf8 Qxf8 16. Ng5 cxb5 17. cxb5 Nb4 $17) 14... e4 $11) 11. Qd2 (11. d5 Nc5 12.
Ne1 Qb6 13. Nd3 $14 {Portisch,L (2600)-Kovacevic,V (2540) Indonesia 1983 (1-0,
48)}) 11... Rc8 $146 {Preparing an uninspired pawn break.} ({But Black would
be slow with preparing ...e7-e5:} 11... Re8 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. e4 $1 {Mednis,E 
(2435)-Ftacnik,L (2590) Amsterdam 1988 (1/2-1/2, 47)}) 12. Rfd1 b5 $6 13. cxb5
cxb5 14. Ne5 $1 {Not really a sacrifice, due to the latent pressure along the
d-file.} Be8 (14... dxe5 $2 15. dxe5 Nc5 16. exf6 Bxf6 (16... exf6 17. Qd6 $18)
17. Nd5 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 $18) 15. Nd3 $6 $14 ({With such a fantastic mobilisation
of forces, White should have increased the pressure (rather than releasing it)
with the active} 15. Bb7 $1 dxe5 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 17. dxe5 Ng4 18. Nd5 Qb7 (18...
Qd7 $2 19. h3 Nxe5 20. Qe3 e6 21. Nc7 $18) 19. e6 $16 {/+- The material is
about equal, but White's superior coordination offers him an overwhelming
advantage.}) 15... Nc7 16. Nf4 ({Before moving away with the knight, White
could have induced some favourable structural changes:} 16. b4 $5 a4 (16...
axb4 17. Nxb4 $16 {[%csl Gc6]}) 17. Nf4 Bf7 18. d5 $14 {In the game, the
potential threat ...b5-b4 could have made some difference in at least two
cases.}) 16... Bf7 17. d5 Rb8 18. e4 (18. e3 $14 {[%csl Gc6,Ge6][%cal Gc3e2,
Gh2h4]}) 18... fxe4 $6 {Black is tempted by the d5-pawn, but taking it plays
into White's hands.} (18... b4 $5 19. Nce2 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 fxe4 {
looks like a better option.}) 19. Nxe4 Ncxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 {
Seven moves after the active 14.Ne5, White keeps his superior mobilisation.
This allowed (and actually required) an attacking policy.} 22. Nxd6 $2 {
But this just leads to a draw.} (22. Qb2+ $5 {would have left Black under
serious pressure despite his extra pawn:} Kg8 (22... Nf6 $2 23. g4 h6 24. h4 g5
(24... Kh7 25. Rxd6 $1 $18 exd6 26. Nxf6+ Kh8 27. Ne8+ Kg8 28. Qg7#) 25. hxg5
hxg5 26. Nxg5 $16) 23. Rd3 {[%cal Gc1d1,Gb2d2]} b4 {[%cal Gb8b5]} 24. Qd2 Rb5 (
24... Nc7 25. Ng5 $36 {[%cal Gh2h4]}) 25. Bf1 {[%cal Gd3d4]} Nc3 26. Nxc3 bxc3
27. Rdxc3 $36) 22... Qxd6 23. Bxd5 Rfd8 $11 {The rest is simple, the game only
continued because of the 30-moves rule.} 24. Qc3+ Qf6 25. Qxf6+ Kxf6 26. Bxf7
Kxf7 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rc5 Rd2 29. a4 b4 30. Rxa5 Rd3 31. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 {Quite a popular
version of the Anti-Berlin system.} Nd7 (6... Be6 7. Qe2 (7. Nc3 {Anand,V 
(2773)-Nakamura,H (2789) Zuerich 2014 CBM 159 [Szabo,Kr] (0-1, 36)}) 7... Nd7
8. Be3 Qe7 (8... f6 {Nakamura,H (2772)-Fressinet,L (2708) Elancourt 2013 CBM
157 [ChessBase Website] (1/2-1/2, 31)}) 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. Nc3 {Morozevich,A 
(2748)-Caruana,F (2786) Tashkent 2012 CBM 152 [Postny,E] (1-0, 51)}) 7. Be3 Bd6
8. Nbd2 (8. Nc3 c5 9. O-O Nf8 10. Nd2 Ng6 {Carlsen,M (2872)-Caruana,F (2782)
Zuerich 2014 CBM 159 [Stohl,I] (1-0, 47)}) 8... O-O {The whole variation is
highly transpositional, but in principle it seems that Black does best not
hurrying with ...c6-c5.} (8... c5 9. Nc4 O-O 10. O-O Re8 ({The over-ambitious} 
10... b5 {leaves some weaknesses behind:} 11. Ncd2 Nb8 12. a4 b4 13. Nb3 {
White's regrouping starting with this move is quite instructive.} Qe7 14. Na5
Bd7 15. Nd2 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Qe2 Rae8 18. f3 Bd7 19. Rfc1 Be6 20. c3 $36 {
Morozevich,A (2678)-Kramnik,V (2807) Monte Carlo 2003 (1-0, 65)}) 11. Nfd2 (11.
a3 $5 {[%cal Gd1d2,Gb2b4] would be an interesting way of taking advantage of
the early ...c6-c5. In our main game, White played a2-a3 only after having
weakened his d3-pawn with c2-c3, which induces certain limitations of
flexibility.}) 11... Nf8 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Be6 16.
Kh2 d5 17. Qh5 f6 $11 18. Rae1 Bf7 19. Qf5 Be6 20. Qh5 Bf7 21. Qf5 Be6 {
1/2-1/2 Hamdouchi,H (2600)-Bacrot,E (2720) Belfort 2010}) 9. O-O Re8 10. c3 (
10. Nc4 Nf8 11. d4 $6 exd4 12. Qxd4 c5 13. Qd3 b6 {[%csl Rb7,Rd6,Ge4][%cal
Gc8b7] It is already White who has to think of a way of equalising.} 14. Nxd6
Qxd6 15. Qxd6 cxd6 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Rxd6 Bxe4 $11 {Anand,V (2773)-Carlsen,M 
(2872) Zuerich 2014 (1/2-1/2, 40)}) 10... c5 {In view of the threat d3-d4,
this move is a logical reaction.} (10... Nf8 11. d4 {offers White some
initiative in the centre.} Ng6 12. Qc2 exd4 13. cxd4 Bf4 14. Rfe1 Qf6 15. Nf1
Be6 16. Ng3 Bxe3 (16... Bxg3 $2 17. Bg5 $1 $18 {[%csl Gf6]}) 17. Rxe3 Nf4 18.
a3 a5 19. Qd2 Qh6 20. Rc1 Bd7 21. Rc2 Qd6 22. Ne5 $14 {Inarkiev,E (2671)
-Aronian,L (2783) Mainz 2010 (1/2-1/2, 45)}) 11. a3 $5 $146 (11. d4 {does not
seem to offer White too much:} cxd4 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nf6 14. Qc2 b6 $11
15. Nc6 $6 Qd7 16. b4 Ba6 $1 $17 17. e5 (17. Rfc1 Bd3 $1 {[%cal Gc2d3,Gd6h2]}
18. Qb3 Bb5 19. Nd4 Nxe4 $17) 17... Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Bxe5 $19 {Rozentalis,E (2616)
-Smith,A (2460) Koge 2013 (0-1, 40)}) 11... a5 (11... Nf8 12. b4 Ne6 13. Nc4
$36) 12. Re1 ({I would think of switching back to the blockade plan starting
with} 12. a4 $5 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gf3d2]}) 12... Nf8 ({And with Black I would
hardly be able to resist playing} 12... a4 $5 {[%csl Gb3]}) 13. d4 {I would
think that this thematic advance would have required a bit more preparation.
White had other things to do, namely completing his development.} (13. Qc2 $5 {
[%cal Ga1d1] It is worth mentioning that} Ne6 {does not prevent d3-d4 in the
long run anyway} 14. Nc4 f6 15. Rad1 $14 {[%cal Gd3d4]}) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4
exd4 15. Nxd4 Be5 {With this move Black practically commits himself to
exchanging his bishop.} ({If he wanted to keep it and provide the c7-pawn with
an adequate defender,} 15... Bc5 16. N2b3 Bb6 {would be a good alternative. If}
17. Qc2 {he would have the f6-square for his queen:} Qf6 18. Nc5 Ng6 $132) 16.
N2f3 Bxd4 ({If} 16... Bf6 17. Qc2 {[%csl Rd8][%cal Ga1d1] The black queen
would feel a bit uncomfortable since ...Qf6 would not be available anymore.})
17. Bxd4 b6 {And yet, this position looks about equal. White is slightly
better developed and can exert some pressure on c5, but the opposite bishops
in the absence of attacking chances give the game a drawish tendency.} 18. Be5
Qxd1 $6 {This looks like a small concession.} (18... Ne6 {is safer,}) 19. Rexd1
Ra7 (19... Ne6 20. Nd4 Bb7 21. f3 $14 {Would sooner or later force the
weakening of Black's queenside structure anyway.}) 20. Rac1 c5 21. Rd6 Rb7 22.
Bg3 $14 {White has achieved a bit of something. The b6-pawn is weak (and with
it, the whole queenside chain) and the white pieces are more active. But there
was no need for Black to commit suicide as soon as on the next move.} Rxe4 $4 (
22... Be6 $14 {[%cal Gf7f6]}) 23. Rd8 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gg3d6]} Bd7 24. Re1 $1 (
24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gg3d6]}) 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. Rc1 Bd6 10. f3 Bh5 11. O-O Bg6 12. Na4 O-O 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Qb3 Na5
15. Qc3 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Rc8 17. Qb4 Rc4 18. Rxc4 Nxc4 19. Qc3 g5 20. Ne2 g4 21.
Nc5 gxf3 22. gxf3 Nh5 23. Nxb7 Qg5+ 24. Kf2 Qh4+ 25. Kg2 Qg5+ 26. Kf2 Qh4+ 27.
Kg2 Rb8 28. b3 Qg5+ 29. Kf2 Qh4+ 30. Kg2 Qg5+ 31. Kf2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. e4
Bg4 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Bg2 c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15.
b4 Qe7 16. Ne2 a5 17. b5 cxb5 18. cxb5 Nxb5 19. a4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Bxd4
Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Nc5 23. Rad1 Rfd8 24. Rfe1 Rab8 25. e5 dxe5 26. Qxe5 Qxe5 27.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxe5 Nxa4 29. Rxa5 Rd1+ 30. Bf1 Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After the first leg of the Grand Prix which was held in Baku, the second one
started within ten days in Tashkent. Nakamura had played the first event also
while Jobava was the new entrant. Both of them are complete hackers on the
chess board and hence a game between both of them is a treat for the
spectators.} 1. d4 e6 {With this move order, Jobava signals that he is ready
to play the French Defence also.} 2. c4 (2. e4 d5 {is not a problem for Baadur,
as the French is one of the main openings in his repertoire.}) 2... Bb4+ $5 {
We all know that giving a check with Bb4 after developing the N to f6 is the
start of the Bogo-Indian Defence. But what is the difference when the N is not
developed on f6? According to Dejan Antic and Branimir Maksimovic, who have
written a book on this subject called the Modern Bogo, there is not much
difference. Amost all of the lines transpose to the traditional Bogo or Nimzo
because the best place to develop the N is after all on f6.} 3. Nd2 (3. Bd2 {
is the other option in such positions.}) 3... Nf6 4. a3 Be7 (4... Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2
b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. e3 {[%csl Gc1,Gf1] The double B advantage at least gives
White something to play for.}) 5. Ngf3 O-O 6. e4 {We are now in one of the
most topical lines of the Bogo-Indian Defence. Black has two ways to play here.
One is the extremely theoretical line starting with 6...d5 and the other is
the more sedate one trying to go 6...d6 with the idea of a later e6-e5. The
difference between the two setups is that d5 leads to direct confrontation and
more concrete lines while d6-e5 lead to a quiet and positional game.} d6 (6...
d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. h4 $1 {and already there are sacrifices threatened
on the h7-square.}) 7. Bd3 (7. Be2 {Developing the B on e2 is equally popular.}
Nbd7 8. O-O e5 {has been seen in many top level encounters. Most notable being
Eljanov-Tomashevsky.}) (7. e5 Nfd7 $132 {will see White's center
disintegrating.}) 7... e5 8. O-O (8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 {Why not win a pawn?
There seems no obvious way for Black to win it back. This has been tried in
only one game before. The game Steingrimsson-Riff continued in the following
manner.} Re8 $5 (9... Nbd7 $5 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. O-O Nc5 12. Bb1 Be6 {Black has
some compensation but it doesn't seem enough.}) 10. Qe2 (10. Bc2 $6 Bc5 $1 11.
Nef3 Ng4 $1 12. O-O Bxf2+ $1 13. Rxf2 Ne3 $15) 10... Bd6 (10... Bc5 11. Nef3
Nc6 {was the game continuation.}) 11. Nef3 Bg4 12. O-O Nc6 {[%csl Gc6,Gd6,Ge8,
Gf6,Gg4] Black has excellent compensation for the pawn due to his activity and
he will soon regain it.} 13. Qe3 Bc5 14. Qxc5 Qxd3 $11) 8... exd4 9. Nxd4 {
White has more space. However, his N is misplaced on d2. He would have been
happier if his N were on c3 controlling the important d5-square. Black's
strategy is clear. He would like to play on the dark squares. The most natural
squares for his Ns are c5 and e5. Hence Nbd7 looks natural but Jobava goes for
the more direct Nc6.} Nc6 $5 {Jobava plays a move that has been only played
once before by Delchev against Jan Werle in 2014.} (9... Nbd7 {trying to take
advantage of the bishop on d3 by moving to c5 or e5 looks natural but White
can play} 10. b4 Ne5 11. Be2 $14 {and claim a small edge in the position.}) 10.
Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb3 $1 {Nakamura plays the strongest move in the position. He
aims to put his N on a5 from where it can pressurise the weakened black
queenside.} (11. b4 a5 12. Bb2 Ng4 $1 {A typical manoeuvre to challenge White
on the dark squares with ideas like Bf6 and Ne5.} 13. h3 (13. Nb3 $1 axb4 14.
axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Ra1 $14 {Of course
White is the only one pressing here.}) 13... Ne5 14. Be2 Bf6 $11) (11. c5 Nd7
$1 12. cxd6 cxd6 {Gives Black more room to breathe.}) 11... Re8 (11... a5 $5 {
Such moves are quite characteristic of Jobava. They are risky because the
a-pawn is weak and will be lost but in return it leads to White's pieces being
misplaced which can give Black a lot interesting options.} 12. Bd2 a4 13. Na5
c5 14. Nc6 $1 (14. Qxa4 $6 Ng4 $5 15. Qc2 Bf6 16. Nc6 (16. Nb3 Rb8 $132) 16...
Qe8 17. e5 Bxe5 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. h3 $1 (19. Nxe5 $2 Qxe5 20. g3 (20. f4 Qd4+
$15) 20... Qh5 $19) 19... Qxc6 20. Be4 Qa4 21. b3 Qa6 22. hxg4 Bxa1 23. Bxa8
Qxa3 24. Bf3 $14) 14... Qe8 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qc2 $14) 12. Na5 Bd7 13. Bf4 (
13. b4 {Nakamura might have been afraid of some sacrifice on e4.} Nxe4 (13...
Bf8 14. f3 $14 {is a clear edge for White.}) 14. Bxe4 Bf6 {But after} 15. Nxc6
Bxc6 (15... Qc8 16. Qd3 Bxa1 17. Bg5 $1 $14) 16. Bxc6 Bxa1 17. Bxe8 Qxe8 18.
Be3 $14 {White is coming out on top.}) 13... Bf8 14. Re1 $1 {is the best move
in the position.} (14. f3 {weakens the a7-g1 diagonal and can be immediately
met with} d5 $1 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. exd5 $6 Nh5 $1 (16... Bc5+ $2 17. Kh1 Nh5 18.
Nb7 $16) 17. Bd2 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Qh4 19. Be1 Qg5 20. Qc1 Be3 $36 {With a strong
initiative.}) (14. Qc2 {was a good possibility.}) 14... h6 $6 {Jobava goes for
a plan with Nh7-g5 which at best looks completely artificial.} (14... Ng4 $5
15. Qd2 (15. Nxc6 $6 Qf6 $1 16. Bg3 Nxf2 17. Bxf2 Bxc6 $15) 15... c5 16. b4 $1
$14 Qf6 {There is no doubt that White is better here but at least the black
pieces are active and there are a few traps which White can fall into.}) (14...
g6 {was another idea trying to activate the B from g7.} 15. Qd2 Bg7 16. Rad1 c5
(16... Rb8 17. b4) 17. e5 Nh5 18. Bg5 $16 {White's centralised forces give him
a long lasting and a strong advantage.}) 15. h3 {A nice multi-purpose move.
Creating an escape square for the white king, stopping Ng4 and also making a
retreat square for the B on f4 at some point .} Nh7 16. e5 $1 {The thing about
strong players is that they know exactly when to step on the accelerator in a
position. Here Nakamura could have improved his position with Qd2 and there
seems absolutely nothing wrong with that move but he assesses correctly that
the break e4-e5 will cause Black greater difficulties.} Ng5 17. b4 dxe5 (17...
c5 {was a way to create some complications.} 18. exd6 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Bxd6 20.
Bxd6 cxd6 $14 {White's advantage has been reduced to the minimum.}) 18. Bxe5 c5
19. h4 cxb4 $5 {Typical Jobava, who is looking on every move as to how he can
sharpen the play.} (19... Ne6 {Why not just save the piece? The problem is
that White gets a risk free edge after} 20. Be4 Rb8 21. b5 $1 $16) 20. hxg5
Qxg5 {Objectively the position is better for White but look at the mess on the
board. The e5 B is hanging and it cannot move as the a5 N is also loose. All
in all it looks as if White is in trouble. But you can bank on Nakamura to
wade his way through the complications.} 21. Be4 $1 {The best move attacking
not only the a8-R but also the d7-B.} (21. f4 $4 Bc5+ 22. Kf1 Qh4 $19) 21...
Bg4 {Once again the position is not the easiest one to assess but Nakamura
sees that it is extremely important to keep his Q in touch with the e1-R.} (
21... Rad8 22. Bxc7 $18) 22. Qb1 $1 (22. Qd3 $2 Rad8 $132) (22. Qc1 Qxc1 23.
Rexc1 Rxe5 24. Bxa8 Rxa5 25. axb4 Bxb4 26. Rxa5 Bxa5 $14 {White is better but
it will be almost impossible to win this one.}) (22. f3 $2 Rxe5 23. fxg4 Bc5+
24. Kf1 Rae8 $19) (22. Qb3 Rxe5 23. Bxa8 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxa5 25. axb4 Qxb4 26.
Qxb4 Bxb4 27. Re8+ Kh7 $14) 22... Rxe5 23. Bxa8 bxa3 {Once again Jobava goes
for the most complicated position. Objectively it might be worse but Nakamura
has to continuously keep finding the best moves which is not at all easy.} (
23... Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Qxa5 25. axb4 Qxb4 26. Qxb4 Bxb4 27. Rxa7 $16 {With just
one pawn for the exchange, this should be a lost endgame for Black.}) 24. Rxe5
Qxe5 {Black is an entire rook down! Of course the specifics of the position
need to be taken into account. Black has three extra pawns and the pawn on a3
is quite strong. The N on a5 also has to be brought back to the centre. All in
all, Black has compensation but White only has to make a few accurate moves
now. Not such a difficult task but not such an easy one either.} 25. Nb3 $2 {
Now Black is back into the game.} (25. Bd5 $1 {Solves all the problems.} Bd6 (
25... Bf5 26. Qe1 $18) 26. g3 Qb2 27. Qxb2 axb2 28. Rb1 Be5 29. Nc6 Bf6 (29...
Bf5 30. Ne7+) 30. Be4 $18) 25... Bf5 $1 26. Qc1 Qb2 {The two Bs combined with
the Q and the a-pawn form a deadly team. White has to tread very carefully.}
27. Nd2 Bb4 28. Ne4 Qxc1+ $2 {A big mistake which effectively ends the game.
It was important to keep the Qs on the board. It is unclear what Jobava had in
mind when he exchanged the Qs because there is absolutely nothing that Black
can do now.} (28... Qd4 $1 {Keeping an eye on both the e4N and the a1R.} 29.
Ng3 (29. Qd1 Qe5 {look at how difficult it is to defend both e4 and a1. The
white Q is overloaded.}) 29... Bc5 30. Qe1 Be6 (30... Qb2 31. Rxa3 $1 Qxa3 32.
Nxf5 $18) 31. Bd5 Qb2 $1 $11 {the threat is Bxf2 and it is unclear whether
White is winning at all.}) 29. Rxc1 a5 30. Kf1 {The white king joins the
battle. He has nothing to worry now with the Qs gone.} Bd7 31. Ke2 Ba4 32. Kd3
Bb3 33. Nc3 a2 34. Ra1 {Nakamura's play right from the opening up to the
middlegame was simply flawless. He built up a huge edge. But the position
wasn't all about one sided play. Jobava took his chances by sacrificing
material. First a piece and then an entire rook. Such positions with
imbalanced material are always difficult to play. Nakamura went wrong and
Jobava was back in the game but a sudden error of exchanging the Qs brought
the game to a quick end! A very interesting battle.} 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5
axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qc3 Ne7 14. Ra7 (14.
Nd2 O-O 15. e5 Nfd5 {Polgar-Nakamura, 2012}) 14... c5 15. e5 Nfd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5
17. Qf3 Qb6 18. Rxf7 Kxf7 {Surprisingly this is the novelty of the game, but
it doesn't change anything. It actually is almost the same as Anand-Shirov
from 1997.} (18... c4+ 19. Kh1 Kxf7 20. Qxd5+ Be6 21. Qd1 Bf5 {is the old game
between Anand and Shirov that was drawn.}) 19. Qxd5+ Be6 20. Qd1 Bf5 21. Qd5+
Be6 22. Qd1 Bf5 23. Qd5+ Be6 24. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 b6 8. Nf3
Ba6 9. b4 Bxc4 10. Bxc4 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Qd5 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Ke2 c5
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Rhc1 Rfc8 17. Rc2 N5b6 18. Rac1 cxb4 19. axb4 e5 20. e4 f6
21. Be3 Kf7 22. Nd2 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rc8 24. Ra2 Rc7 25. Nb3 Ke8 26. Kd3 Nc8 27.
f3 Rb7 28. Kc3 Rc7+ 29. Nc5 Ndb6 30. Kb3 Rc6 31. Nd3 Rd6 32. Kc3 Rd7 33. Bc5
Kd8 34. h4 Kc7 35. b5 Kb8 36. Nb4 Kb7 37. Ra1 Nd6 38. Bxd6 Rxd6 39. Nc6 Nc8 40.
Na5+ Kb8 41. Nc6+ Kb7 42. Kc2 Rd7 43. Ra6 Rc7 44. Kd3 Rd7+ 45. Ke2 Ka8 46. g4
Rb7 47. Ra5 Nd6 48. b6 Nc8 49. bxa7 Rb6 50. Rc5 Nxa7 51. Nxa7 Kxa7 52. g5 Kb7
53. Kf2 h5 54. gxh6 gxh6 55. f4 Re6 56. Kf3 h5 57. Rd5 Kc7 58. Ke3 Re8 59. Kd3
Kc6 60. fxe5 fxe5 61. Kc4 Rg8 62. Rxe5 Rg4 63. Re6+ Kd7 64. Kd5 Rxh4 65. Rh6
Rg4 66. e5 Ra4 67. Rh7+ Ke8 68. Ke6 Ra6+ 69. Kf5 Rb6 70. Rxh5 Ra6 71. Rg5 Rb6
72. Rg6 Rxg6 73. Kxg6 Ke7 74. Kf5 Kf7 75. e6+ Ke7 76. Ke5 Ke8 77. Kd6 Kd8 78.
e7+ Ke8 79. Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h4
Nd7 9. h5 Nh6 {This move, originating from Kasparov-Karpov (World Championship
match 1985), is the most popular continuation in this position nowadays.} 10.
Be2 (10. f3 f5 $5 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. gxf5 Bxf5 13. Bd3 Bh4+ 14. Ke2 Bxd3+ 15.
Qxd3 Qe7 16. f4 Rg8 17. Kd2 Rg2+ 18. Nge2 Bf2 19. Rh3 O-O-O $36 {1/2 (30)
Maksimenko,A (2540)-Talla,V (2452) Legnica 2010}) 10... Nb6 (10... f5 {is less
attractive here}) 11. Nh3 (11. Rc1 Nc4 $5 12. b3 Nd6 13. Nh3 g5 $5 14. Be5 Rg8
15. f3 f5 16. Nf2 Ndf7 17. Bh2 Bd6 18. Qd2 fxg4 19. fxg4 Qe7 20. Kd1 O-O-O 21.
Kc2 Kb8 22. Rcg1 {1/2 (22) Mchedlishvili,M (2635)-Doettling,F (2544) Evry 2008}
) 11... g5 $1 {Quiet play gives White a tiny edge, e.g.} (11... Nc4 $6 12. Bxh6
gxh6 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Nf4) (11... Bd6 12. Rg1 Qd7 13. f3 O-O-O 14. Qc2 Kb8 15.
O-O-O Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Qe7 17. Bd3 $14 {1-0 (76) Neverov,V (2561)-Sandalakis,A 
(2350) Paleochora 2009}) 12. hxg6 (12. Bg3 Qd7 13. f3 f5 14. Be5 Rg8 15. Nf2
fxg4 16. Nxg4 Nxg4 17. fxg4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. b3 Rf8 20. Kd2 Nd7 21. Qg1
O-O-O 22. Qh2 Qa3 $36 {1/2 (62) Sieciechowicz,M (2454)-Mista,A (2564) Ostroda
2011}) 12... hxg6 13. Be5 {A relatively new move. Other continuations are
harmless:} (13. Kd2 Nc4+ 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. f3 g5 16. Bg3 Qb6 17. Kc2 {1/2 (52)
Rowson,J (2586)-Bartholomew,J (2427) London 2012} Nf5 $1 $36 18. gxf5 $140
Bxf5+ 19. Ne4 Bxh3) (13. Bg3 $6 Nxg4 $1 (13... Qd7 14. Nf4 O-O-O 15. Nxe6 Qxe6
16. Rg1 $13 {1-0 (79) Nakamura,H (2753)-Aronian,L (2807) Sao Paulo/Bilbao 2011
CBM 147 [Edouard,R]}) 14. Bxg4 Qd7 15. Bxe6 (15. f3 f5 16. Be5 Rh7 $17) 15...
Qxe6 16. Qf3 Rxh3 $17 {E.Postny}) (13. f3 {is the main line but it gives Black
a comfortable game. Here is an example:} Bh4+ $1 14. Nf2 (14. Kd2 g5 15. Bh2 f5
16. gxf5 Nxf5 17. Be5 Rh6 18. f4 g4 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. fxg5 Qxg5 $15 {1/2 (26)
Vaisser,A (2505)-Timoscenko,G (2495) Tashkent 1987}) 14... g5 $1 15. Bh2 Qe7 ({
the immediate} 15... f5 $5 {may be even better}) 16. Qc2 f5 {The key move of
Black's plan.} 17. Be5 Rf8 $36 {[%cal Rf8f2,Rh4f2] 0-1 (30) Onischuk,A (2658)
-Lputian,S (2607) Poikovsky 2001 CBM 084 [Dautov]}) 13... f6 14. Nf4 fxe5 (
14... Bf7 $6 15. Qc2 $1 fxe5 16. Nxg6 {is White's idea.}) 15. Nxg6 $1 {[%mdl
512]} (15. Nxe6 Qd6 16. g5 (16. Nc5 O-O-O $17) 16... Qxe6 17. gxh6 e4 {[%cal
Ye7f8] - White must fight for equality}) 15... Rg8 $6 {There was no reason to
give the piece back.} (15... Rh7 $142 16. Nxe5 (16. dxe5 $5 $44 {E.Gleizerov})
16... Bh4 17. Qd3 Rg7 18. O-O-O Qf6 19. Rdg1 O-O-O 20. f4 {1/2 (33) Van Seben,
E (2426)-Kovacs,A (2463) Lechenicher SchachServer 2010 - White's pawns finally
enabled him to equalise. It looks like the whole line is fine for Black.}) 16.
Nxe7 Qxe7 17. Rxh6 e4 18. a4 {There was no need to push Black's knight on to
better squares.} (18. Kd2 $1 {[%cal Yd1g1] looks very logical. It is not easy
for Black to regain the missing pawn or obtain any compensation. If} Nc4+ {then
} 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Qh1 {[%csl Re4]}) 18... Nd7 19. Qb3 (19. Kd2 $1 {was still
possible but now after} Nf6 20. Qh1 Kd7 $1 (20... Bxg4 21. Bxg4 Rxg4 22. Qh3 {
, and Black can't castle (E.Gleizerov)}) 21. Rg1 Rg5 {[%cal Ya8g8] it is more
difficult to break down Black's defence.}) 19... Nf6 20. Rc1 (20. Rxf6 $6 Qxf6
21. Qxb7 Rc8) 20... Bxg4 (20... O-O-O 21. a5 $36) (20... Nxg4 21. Rxe6 Qxe6 22.
Qxb7 Rd8 23. Nd1 $36) 21. Rxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxb7 {Black can't play 22...Rc8 now
but his position remains solid after the other rook retreat.} Rd8 23. Qxa7 Rf8
24. Nd1 Bxe2 25. Kxe2 Qd6 26. Rc5 Rb8 27. Qa5 $6 {A passive move, after which
it is Black who seizes the initiative.} (27. Qh7 $5) 27... Kd7 28. Qc3 (28.
Qa7+ Qc7) 28... Ra8 {Over-cautious.} (28... Rb7 $142 {[%cal Yf8b8] Perhaps
Black will not find a way to break White's defence but he can try.}) 29. a5
Rfb8 30. b4 Rb5 31. Rxb5 cxb5 32. Qc5 Rc8 {Black sacrifices a pawn to activate
his rook. Still, this counterplay is only enough for a draw as he does nt have
enough power to mate White's king.} (32... Qxc5 33. dxc5 Kc6 34. Nc3 Rh8 {
is also drawish.}) 33. Qxb5+ Ke6 34. a6 (34. Qa4 Qc7 {[%cal Yc7c1,Yc8c2] After
the invasion of Black's pieces White will give a perpetual.}) 34... Ra8 (34...
Ra8 35. a7 Rxa7 36. Qe8+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8
8. Qf3 e6 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. a4 Rad8 14. Rfe1
a6 15. a5 Nb8 16. Na4 Nc6 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Nd5 19. c3 Rc8 20. Ba3 Na7 21.
Ne3 Nxe3 22. dxe3 Rc7 23. Red1 Nb5 24. Bb2 c4 25. bxc4 Nd6 26. Nb6 Ne4 27. Ba3
Nxc3 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Rd3 Ne4 30. Nd7 Rc8 31. f3 Nf6 32. Nb6 Rc5 33. Rd8+ Re8
34. Rxe8+ Nxe8 35. Rd1 Rxa5 36. Rd8 Kf8 37. Rb8 Ra2 38. c5 Rc2 39. e4 f6 40.
Rxb7 Kg8 41. Re7 Kf8 42. Rxe6 Nc7 43. Rc6 Nb5 44. Nd5 Nd4 45. Rxa6 {Nakamura
has a reputation as a tactical wizard but he displayed his maturation as a
player against Gelfand, when he ground out a long win in the endgame.} Rxc5 (
45... Rxc5) 46. Ra8+ Kf7 47. Ra7+ Kf8 48. Nf4 Rc6 {This is a very typical
situation in chess that Gelfand is faced with - a pawn down in some grim
ending where he is devoid of active counterplay. Such a situation is very
depressing but it is far from resignable yet.} 49. Ra8+ Kf7 50. Rh8 $1 {
All these little moves are significant as they force a weakness in the
opponent's armour. Just in case, Nakamura is softening up Black's kingside.} h6
51. Rb8 Rc7 {Defending passively for the moment.} ({Given that passive defence
in a position like this is from the pyschological point of view so unpleasant,
I would be looking to get active with} 51... f5 $5 {trying to exchange some
pawns and hopefully making Black's defensive task that little bit easier.} 52.
Rb7+ $1 (52. e5 $6 g5 53. Rb7+ Kf8 54. Nd5 Re6 55. f4 {also looks unenviable
for Black}) 52... Kf6 $1 (52... Kf8 53. Rd7 Rc4 54. Rxd4 {is really bad}) (
52... Kg8 53. Rd7 Rc4 54. e5 {and the problems remain.}) 53. exf5 Nxf5 54. g4
Ng3 {the only move, to cover h5} 55. Kf2 Nh1+ 56. Ke3 Ng3 {with some chances
to hold.}) 52. Rb6 Ra7 53. Rd6 Nb5 54. Rd5 Rb7 55. Kh2 {Slowly improving the
position is going to be the key for White here.} Na7 56. Rd6 Nc8 57. Rc6 Ne7
58. Ra6 Ng6 59. Nh5 Ne7 60. Nf4 Ng6 61. Nd5 Ne7 62. Ne3 $1 Rc7 63. g4 Rc3 64.
Nf1 Rc7 65. Ra3 Rb7 66. Ne3 Rd7 67. Kg3 Rc7 68. Ra5 Rc3 69. Kf2 Rc7 70. Rb5 Ng6
71. Nd5 Ra7 72. Rc5 Ra2+ 73. Kg3 Kg8 74. Rc7 Ra3 75. Rb7 Ra2 76. Rc7 Ra3 77.
Rd7 Ra2 78. Ne3 $1 Ne5 79. Rb7 Ra3 80. Nf5 Nf7 {White has strengthened his
rook and knight combination to the maximum. Now it's time to bring up
reinforcements, in the shape of those humble little foot soldiers called pawns,
to stretch the opponent's defences to breaking point.} 81. Kh2 Ra2 (81... Ra4
$5 {just to prevent the plan of f4, suggests itself.} 82. Rb8+ Kh7 83. Re8 {
threatens both f4 and Re7 though, and Black can hardly prevent both.} g6 84.
Ne3 Kg7 85. Re7 Kf8 86. Nd5 $1 {when f6 also becomes a target.} f5 $2 87. gxf5
gxf5 88. exf5 Ra5 89. Rd7 Ke8 90. Nf6+ Kf8 91. g4 $18) 82. Re7 (82. f4 Re2 83.
Rb8+ $1 Kh7 84. Rf8 Nh8 85. Re8 {when White has a simple plan of marching his
e-pawn up the board.} Ng6 86. Kg3 Ra2 87. Nd4 Ra3+ 88. Nf3 $16) 82... Ra8 83.
f4 $1 {So much patient manouevering, but Nakamura is now close to a
breakthrough.} Kf8 84. Rc7 g6 {Gelfand is rather forced into this unwelcoming
weakening move as the more active tries} (84... Re8 $2 85. Rxf7+) ({and} 84...
Ra4 85. Rc8+ {both fail tactically.  This brings back a point made once by
Yasser Seirawan, that good technique is basically good tactics.  If you know
your way around the chessboard like Nakamura clearly does, then the small
tactical problems that tend to be presented in the endgame phase, don't offer
a serious problem.}) 85. Nh4 g5 86. Nf5 gxf4 87. Rc6 Ng5 $2 {Finally after a
long period of defending this desperately depressing ending, Gelfand
understandably cracks.} ({The almost "study like"} 87... Kg8 $1 88. Rxf6 Ra4 $1
{would have made White's task much harder, even if he retains a large advantage
} 89. Rg6+ Kf8 90. Re6 Ra5 $1 {crucially keeping the e5-square under control} (
{the "pseudo active"} 90... Ng5 $6 {like in the game, again fails to convince
because of} 91. Rf6+ Ke8 92. e5 Ra2 93. Nd4 $1 ({after} 93. Rxh6 $6 {Black has
the strong waiting move} Kd7 $1 {when it is difficult for White to prevent the
f3 threat;} ({But certainly not the immediate} 93... f3 {because of} 94. e6 $1)
{he can try} 94. Rd6+ Kc7 95. Rd3 f3 96. Ne3 {but this kind of winning attempt
is best left to engines; we humans prefer to keep control}) 93... Rd2 94. Rxf4
$16) 91. Rf6 Kg8 92. Nh4 Ra2 93. Rxf4 Ne5 {and probably White will gradually
win.  However it was interesting that better defensive opportunities were
offered by a passive defence when we are always told that it's better to
defend actively. Perhaps in this computer era it's better to rip up all the
chess generalisations?!}) 88. Rxf6+ Kg8 89. e5 Ra2 $2 90. e6 $1 Nf3+ 91. Kh3
Ng1+ 92. Kh4 Rxg2 93. Kh5 Nf3 94. Nxh6+ Kh7 95. Rf7+ Kh8 96. e7 Re2 97. Rxf4
1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nce4 10. e3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 b6 12. Be2 Ba6 13. Qb3 Rc8 {With
pressure on c4 and finished development it doesn't seem as if Black could be
worse here. Actually, if anything, White is the one that has to be careful.}
14. Qa4 Bb7 15. O-O Qc7 16. Nd4 a6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qb4 Be4 19. Rac1 e5 20.
Nb3 d6 21. Qe1 Qb7 22. Qf1 Bc6 23. Nd2 Qe7 24. Rc3 a5 25. Rdc1 a4 {Isolating
the c4 pawn.} 26. Qd1 Ra8 27. Bf3 e4 28. Be2 Nd7 29. Qe1 Nc5 {Caruana keeps
improving his position while Nakamura is without a plan. He lashes out, but
this costs him a pawn.} 30. b4 axb3 31. Nxb3 Rxa3 32. Nd4 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 {
White's activity has greatly improved and he has ripped apart the bind on the
queenside, he also gains a chance to attack the b6 pawn. Practically speaking
this seems like a good position, but he is after all down a pawn now.} Bd7 34.
Ra1 Rb8 35. Ra7 Qd8 36. Qa1 Rc8 37. h3 g6 38. Nb5 {an unusual decision to
trade the nice knight on d4, but White does gain the spot for the queen. It
will be very difficult for Caruauna to try to make progress from this position.
} Bxb5 39. cxb5 h5 40. f4 exf3 41. Bxf3 Qg5 42. Qc3 Rd8 43. Qd4 d5 44. h4 Qf5
45. Ra1 Qd7 46. Qf6 Qe8 47. Kh1 Ne4 $2 (47... Ne6 {kept the extra pawn and
starts to actually consolidate Black's position.} 48. Ra7 $15) 48. Bxe4 dxe4
49. Qxb6 Qe7 50. Kg1 $1 Rd2 (50... Qxh4 51. Qc7 {starts to actually be bad for
Black as the b-pawn is a real concern.}) 51. Qc6 Qxh4 {In this scenario
Black's attack is very fast, but White has a good resource to neutralize it.}
52. Ra8+ Kh7 53. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 54. Qc3+ Kh7 55. Qxd2 Qg5 {White's passed pawn
on the b-file is worth more than anything else in the position. Black has the
material advantage but w ould be happy with a draw.} 56. b6 h4 57. Qf2 Kg7 58.
Qf4 Qb5 59. Qc7 h3 60. gxh3 Qb1+ 61. Kg2 Qb2+ 62. Kg3 Qf6 63. b7 Qf3+ 64. Kh2
Qf2+ 65. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Na6
9. Bb2 Qc7 10. d5 e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. e3 {A new and passive but solid move.} (
12. Ng5 {has been seen a few times.}) 12... Rad8 13. Ne2 Rfe8 14. Nf4 Bc8 15.
Rc1 Nc5 16. b4 Nce4 17. b5 Nc5 18. Qc2 Nfe4 19. Bd4 {Both sides have well
placed pieces. With the lack of attackable weaknesses it is somewhat awkward
to remaneuver.} Qf7 20. Rfd1 Bd7 21. Qb2 Bf8 22. h4 h6 23. Bxc5 {Grandmasters
never trade a bishop for a knight lightly. In this case Kasimdzhanov thought
that it would be the best way to open up lines against the d6 and c6 pawns.
However Nakamura's position remains very strong.} Nxc5 24. Qa3 Ne4 25. Qa5 (25.
Qxa7 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 {starts to look very risky.}) 25... g5 26. bxc6 Bxc6 27.
Nd5 b6 28. Qa3 Bg7 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Nd4 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Bxd4 32. exd4 f4 33. Rc2
Re7 34. Re2 Nf6 35. Rxe7 Qxe7 36. gxf4 Nh5 {A relatively strange time to agree
to a draw. Black's attack is annoying but it won't crash through, while White
doesn't seem to have a good way to repel it.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qb3 c5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Nd7 11. Qe3+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14.
Rc1 Kd6 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. f3 Rac8 17. Kd2 Ne6 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. e3
e5 21. Bd3 a5 22. h4 Rc6 23. Rb1 Rb6 24. b4 axb4 25. Rxb4 Rxb4 26. axb4 g5 27.
hxg5 hxg5 28. g3 Ke7 29. f4 Kf6 30. Bc2 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 Na6
{With the surge of popularity of the 6.h3 system in the Classical King's
Indian Nakamura has had to try new things against it. This is his latest
attempt, to put both s ides on the rim hoping to counter-attack later.} 9. Be3
f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Ng5 Qe8 12. Be2 Nf6 13. Qd2 Qg6 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. h4 {
It is always difficult to assess this kind of positions. Black has counterplay
all over the board and can quickly break with c6 or sometimes even b5. He can
also push his central pawns to create more space, or put his knight on c5 and
follow it up with a5. White has a space advantage but it is not very big,
meanwhile he is trying to cause problems by ramming the h-pawn forward. Only
many practical tests usually determine whether the position is sound or not.}
Ng4 16. h5 Qe8 17. Bxg4 fxg4 18. Qe2 (18. a3 {and the computer claims White is
better, much better, but I don't trust it.}) 18... h6 19. Nge4 Qf7 20. a3 Bf5
21. Rh4 Qd7 22. Qd2 {It's still hard to understand what is happening in this
position. The players repeat as they both lack a clear plan.} Kh7 23. Qc2 Kh8
24. Qd2 Kh7 25. Qc2 Kh8 26. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.11.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D57"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Re1 Be6 (13... Rd8
14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Qf6 {led to not mucuh in Topalov-Anand, 2011}) 14. e4 dxe4
15. Bxe4 cxd4 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nxd4 Qc5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Re3 {White's
structural advantage is not a big deal as the pressure on f2 counters it.
Moreover there is an immediate draw that Jakovenko missed.} Rf6 (19... Rxf2 20.
Kxf2 Rf8+ 21. Ke2 Qb5+ $1 22. Rd3 (22. Qd3 Qb2+ {hangs the a1 rook}) 22... Qb2+
23. Rd2 Qb5+ $11) 20. Qe2 Raf8 21. Rf1 Kh8 22. g3 Rd8 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Qxe6
Qxc3 {White is probably slightly better because of Black's bad king position,
but it is not so relevant as he still has some counterplay and White's rook is
not in the attack just yet.} 25. Qe7 Qd4 26. Rc1 Rb8 27. Qf7 a5 28. Qf5 Qd2 29.
Rc2 Qd1+ 30. Kg2 Rb1 31. Qf8+ Kh7 32. Qf5+ Kh8 33. Qf8+ Kh7 34. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.11.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5
axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qc3 Ne7 14. Qd3 (14.
Ra7 {was seen in the very, very recent Andreikin-Nakamura game.}) 14... O-O 15.
Nc3 b4 16. e5 (16. Ne2 d5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Qd1 Nexd5 {seems acceptable for
Black in Svidler-Shirov, 2009}) 16... Bf5 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. Na4 dxe5 19. Be3 (19.
fxe5 Be6 {is not much for White, so MVL tries to use the little time he has to
mount an initiative without recovering his pawn on e5.}) 19... Ra8 20. Rad1 Qe8
21. Nc5 (21. fxe5 $1 {now was the time to take.} Be6 (21... Nxe5 22. Bc5 N5c6
23. Rfe1 {is also very unpleasant. It is hard to believe Black won't lose
material here.}) (21... Kh8 $1 {Like in the game, would still be the best move.
}) 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 {is very ugly for Black.}) 21... Ra5 22. Nb7 Ra8 23.
fxe5 Kh8 24. Nd6 $6 {Cashing in too quickly costs White a large part of his
advantage.} (24. Qb5 $1 $16 {keeps a huge amount of pressure on the queenside
and it is not trivial how Black will untangle.}) 24... cxd6 25. exd6 Bg6 26.
dxe7 Qxe7 27. Qf2 Rac8 28. Rd5 Rfe8 {The pair of bishops is nice, but Black is
fully mobilized and there is strong pressure against c2.} 29. Bd4 $6 (29. Bf4
$1 $14) 29... f6 30. Ba4 Red8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis m"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.11.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 $5 {A rare idea. White wants to
transpose to the Nimzo-Indian which he does, but the Bd2 line itself is not
considered dangerous for Black. But we have a game, which sometimes is for
some players more important.} O-O {An attempt to get a pawn which seems to be
highly risky for Black:} (5... dxc4 6. e3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 b5 (7... Qd5 8. Be2 Nc6
9. O-O b5 10. b3 cxb3 11. Qxb3 $5 a6 12. Qb2 O-O 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Bf3 Ne4 15.
Nd3 f5 16. Rfd1 Rab8 17. Nf4 Qd7 18. d5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Nd6 20. Rc5 Nd8 21. Bd1
$36) 8. a4 c6 9. axb5 cxb5 10. b3 O-O 11. bxc4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Qc7 13. Qb3 Bb7
14. Ba5 Qc8 15. O-O Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nc6 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Qa4 Rb2 19. Rfd1 Nd5 20.
Bf1 Qb7 21. e4 Nb6 22. Qa3 Nd7 23. Be3 $14 {1-0 (46) Reis,C (2366)-Pizzo,R
corr. 2006}) 6. e3 {I have extracted some new games played in this line;
obviously clear pathways have not yet been established.} Re8 (6... c5 7. a3 (7.
dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 (8. Rc1 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 d4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. O-O
Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Re8 14. Qc4 b6 15. Bg5 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Qc8 $1 $132) 8... exd5 9.
Be2 Nc6 10. O-O d4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bf3 Be6 14. Qc2 Nd5 15. Nxd5
Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 {1/2-1/2 (16) Ophoff,R (2062)-Abolina,A (1870) Hockenheim
2007}) 7... Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd5 12. Qxd5
Nxd5 13. Bd3 b6 14. Ke2 Bb7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Nd4 a6 17. f3 Rfd8 18. g3 h6 19.
Rhd1 Kf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (58) Zvjaginsev,V (2642)-Lysyj,I (2670) Vladivostok 2014}
) (6... b6 7. Rc1 dxc4 (7... Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne5 c5
12. f4 Nc6 13. Na4 c4 14. Bb1 b5 15. Nc3 b4 16. Na4 a5 17. Be1 Ne8 18. Qh5 g6
19. Qh6 f5 20. g4 Ng7 21. Nf3 Be7 22. h4 fxg4 23. h5 Nxh5 24. f5 Rxf5 25. Bxf5
gxf3 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Qxg6+ Ng7 28. Rxf3 Qe8 29. Qg2 Nd8 $1 $17 (29... Nxd4
30. exd4 Qxa4 31. Bg3 $16 {1-0 (44) Sandipan,C (2597)-Agdestein,S (2637)
Warsaw 2014}) 30. Bg3 (30. Rg3 $6 Nde6 $19) 30... Nf7 31. Rcf1 Ng5 32. Be5 Ra6
33. Rg3 Rg6 $17) 8. Bxc4 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4
13. Rfd1 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Qe7 15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Qc4 Rad8
19. Rcc1 Qh4 20. Qc2 Qe4 21. Qxe4 Nxe4 22. Nc6 $14 {1-0 (54) Sandipan,C (2603)
-Efimenko,Z (2649) Muelheim 2014}) 7. a3 (7. Be2 c6 8. O-O Nbd7 $13) (7. Bd3
Nbd7 8. O-O c5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 cxd4 11. exd4 b6 {with obvious similarities
to regular 4.e3 lines in the Nimzo, or even some Bogo-Indian types of position.
}) 7... Bf8 8. Rc1 Nbd7 9. Be2 a6 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. e4 $5 (11. a4 b6
12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. dxc5 Bxc5 $13) 11... b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13.
e5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Ng5 Bd5 16. Bd3 g6 17. h4 $40) 10. c5 c6 11. Na4 Ne4 (
11... e5 12. O-O e4 13. Ne1 $13) 12. O-O Nxd2 13. Nxd2 (13. Qxd2 e5 14. b4 e4
15. Ne1 Rb8 16. Nc2 Qh4 17. Nc3 Nf6 18. a4 Ng4 19. h3 Nh6 $13) 13... e5 14. e4
$5 dxe4 {Another possibility for Black gives easier play somehow:} (14... exd4
$5 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Nf3 b5 17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. Nxd4 (18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Qxd4 Rb8
$132) 18... Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Bd7 20. Qb3 Qf6 21. Rfd1 Rab8 $132) 15. Nxe4 Qh4 16.
f3 exd4 17. Bc4 (17. Qxd4 {This was perhaps a more precise move order:} {
Black can't solve his problems in the event of:} Nf6 (17... f5 18. g3 Qh6 19.
Bc4+ Kh8 20. Nd2 Bxc5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Qxc5 Qxd2 23. Rfd1 Qg5 24. Bf7 $16) 18.
Nb6 Rb8 19. Nxc8 Rbxc8 20. Bc4 {can transpose to the game.}) 17... Nf6 {
It seems that Black has missed a better move...} (17... Ne5 $1 18. Nb6 Rb8 19.
Nxc8 (19. Qxd4 Bf5 20. b4 Bxe4 21. Rcd1 $5 Rbd8 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. fxe4 Rxd1 24.
Rxd1 Be7 $11) 19... Rbxc8 20. Qxd4 Rcd8 21. Qc3 Kh8 $13) 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nxc8
Rbxc8 20. Qxd4 Nxe4 (20... Rcd8 21. Bxf7+ $1 Kh8 22. Qe3 $16) 21. fxe4 {
We have entered an opposite-coloured bishop type of position, and it is easy
to go astray when evaluating such positions. Pressure on f7 is simply stronger
then Black's ability to block the e4-pawn from advancing further.} Rc7 {
The alternative was interesting:} (21... Kh8 $5 22. Bxf7 Rxe4 23. Qd7 Rb8 24.
b4 $13 {[%cal Gf7a2,Gd7f7]}) 22. Rce1 Rd8 {I am not sure about this move. The
alternative looks safer:} (22... g6 23. g3 Qd8 (23... Qg5 24. e5 Bg7 25. Qf4 $1
Qxf4 26. gxf4 Bf8 27. b4 Rd8 28. Re4 $14) 24. Qf2 Ree7 25. e5 Bg7 26. Rd1 Qe8
27. e6 fxe6 28. Rd6 Kh8 29. Qe2 e5 30. Rfd1 Rc8 31. Qe4 $44 {Despite beeing a
pawn down White has control of the position but it's not sure if he has more
than that.}) 23. Qe3 Qh6 24. b4 $1 Qxe3+ 25. Rxe3 Rd4 26. Bb3 g6 27. Ref3 Rdd7
28. e5 $1 {That's it! The e4-pawn is alive and Black is now in a very
difficult position, where good advice is not easy to give.} Re7 29. e6 $16 h5
30. Rf6 Kg7 31. h4 a5 32. R1f3 axb4 33. axb4 Kh7 34. Bc2 Kg7 35. exf7 $18 Rxf7
36. Rxg6+ Kh8 37. Rfg3 Bg7 38. R3g5 Rf4 39. Rxh5+ Kg8 {Black has lost all his
pawns on the kingside.} 40. Bf5 Kf8 41. Be6 Ke8 42. g3 Rxb4 43. Kg2 Rb2+ 44.
Kh3 Kd8 45. Rhg5 Bc3 46. Rg8+ Ke7 47. Bc4 Rf2 48. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis m"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.11.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Na3 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qb4 14.
Qc1 Ba6 15. Bd4 Rfd8 16. Rd1 Rac8 17. Qc3 Qa4 18. Qc2 Qxc2 19. Nxc2 c3 20. Bxc3
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bxe2 22. Re1 Bc4 23. Ne3 Nd5 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. Bd2 Kf8 26. Rc1
Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Ke7 28. Kf1 e5 29. Ke2 e4 30. Kd2 f5 31. Kc2 Nb4+ 32. Kb3 Nd3
33. Be3 a6 34. Kc3 Kd6 35. h4 g6 36. b4 Kd5 37. a4 Ne5 38. b5 a5 39. Bb6 Nc4
40. Bd8 Kc5 41. Bc7 h5 42. Kc2 Kd5 43. Kb3 Nd2+ 44. Kc3 e3 45. fxe3 Ne4+ 46.
Kb2 Nc5 47. Bxa5 Nxa4+ 48. Ka3 Nc5 49. Bb4 Nb7 50. Ka4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis m"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.11.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Bb5
O-O 9. Nge2 Qd6 10. e5 Qd8 11. h4 Nb4 12. Nf4 N6d5 13. Nfxd5 Nxd5 14. Qd2 Be6
15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 f6 17. Bc4 Qd7 18. Ne4 Nb4 19. Rc1 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Nd5 21.
Rc5 b6 22. Rc4 Qb5 23. exf6 exf6 24. b3 Qa5+ 25. Qd2 Qxd2+ 26. Kxd2 Rad8 27.
Rc6 f5 28. Nc3 Nb4 29. Rxc7 Rxd4+ 30. Kc1 Rf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. a3 Rd3 33. Nb5
a6 34. axb4 axb5 35. Kc2 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis m"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.11.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.11.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4
b4 9. Nfd2 c6 10. Nxc4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. Nbd2 Ba6 13. b3 Nbd7 14. Bb2 Rad8
15. Rac1 Nb6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ne4 Qf5 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Qxc6 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1
Rc8 21. Qxb6 Bxe2 22. Qb7 Bxd1 23. Qxc8+ Bf8 24. Qd8 Bxb3 25. a5 Kg7 26. a6 Qe5
27. h4 Bd5 28. Nxf6 Qxf6 29. Qxf6+ Kxf6 30. Bxd5 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis m blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.11.25"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 Nc6 6. d5 Ne5 7. Bh6 Bxh6 8.
Qxh6 c6 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. h3 Qb6 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Qd2 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. b3
Rb4 15. f3 Qb6 16. a3 Rd4 17. Qe3 Rxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 O-O 20. Nge2 f5
21. Rf1 fxe4 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Nxe4 d5 24. N4c3 d4 25. Na4 Qa5+ 26. Kf1 Qd2
27. Nc5 Qxc2 28. Rc1 Qb2 29. Ne6+ Kg8 30. N6xd4 Qxa3 31. Rc3 a5 32. Kf2 Qd6 33.
Re3 c5 34. Nb5 Qf6+ 35. Ke1 Nc6 36. Nbc3 Nd4 37. Nd5 Qh4+ 38. g3 Qxh3 39. Nxe7+
Kf7 40. Nf4 Qh2 41. Kf1 g5 42. Nfd5 g4 43. Nf4 Qh1+ 44. Kf2 Qh2+ 45. Ng2 Qh6
46. Nd5 Qc6 47. Re7+ Kf8 48. Ngf4 c4 49. Rc7 Qb5 50. Rxc4 Nxb3 51. Rc8+ Kf7 52.
Rc7+ Ke8 53. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis m blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.11.25"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Bg2 g6 5. Qc2 Bg7 6. Qxc4 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Nbd7 9. Nc3 e5 10. Qh4 Nd5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 N7b6 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qb4 Be6
15. Rfc1 Rf7 16. Qa5 Nd7 17. Rc2 Qxa5 18. Bxa5 Nb8 19. e3 Nc6 20. Bc3 Bf8 21.
a3 Rc8 22. Rac1 Rfc7 23. Ba5 b6 24. Bb4 a5 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4
b5 28. Rc5 Ke7 29. Rxb5 e4 30. dxe4 dxe4 31. Nd2 f5 32. Rbc5 Kd6 33. Bh3 h5 34.
Nxe4+ fxe4 35. Bxe6 Kxe6 36. b5 Kd6 37. Rxc6+ Rxc6 38. Rxc6+ Rxc6 39. bxc6 g5
40. g4 h4 41. f4 exf3 42. Kf2 Kxc6 43. Kxf3 Kd5 44. h3 Ke5 45. Kf2 Kd5 46. Ke1
Ke5 47. Kd2 Ke4 48. Ke2 Kd5 49. Kd3 Ke5 50. e4 Kf4 51. Kd4 Kg3 52. e5 Kxh3 53.
e6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis m blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.11.25"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
e3 b5 9. a4 c6 10. Qb1 a6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Nb6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nxa4
15. Bf3 Nxc3 16. Qb4 Nd5 17. Qc5 Bb7 18. Rfd1 O-O 19. e4 Qb6 20. Rxd5 Qxc5 21.
Rxc5 Rfe8 22. e6 Rad8 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. e5 Rd4 25. Bg5 Red8 26. e6+ Ke8 27. h4
R8d6 28. Re5 c3 29. Rc5 b4 30. h5 Rxe6 31. Be3 Rdd6 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Rc4 a5
34. Rxa5 c5 35. Bxb7 b3 36. Rxc3 b2 37. Rb3 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 b1=Q 39. Ra8+ Kd7 40.
Rxb1 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis m blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2014.11.25"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Bg2 g6 5. Qc2 Bg7 6. Qxc4 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Qd3 Nfd5 11. Rd1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qc7 14. e4 Nxc3
15. Qxc3 e5 16. d5 Rac8 17. b3 cxd5 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. exd5 Rd8 20. Bg5 f6 21.
Be3 Bf8 22. Rac1 Rcd7 23. a4 Nc8 24. d6 Nxd6 25. Bxa7 Nf5 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Bf1
Nd4 28. Bxd4 exd4 29. Bd3 Bb4 30. Rc4 Bc3 31. b4 Kf7 32. b5 Ke6 33. Rc8 Kd6 34.
Ra8 b6 35. Kg2 Re7 36. Rc8 Rc7 37. Rf8 Ke7 38. Rb8 Ba5 39. Kf3 Kd6 40. g4 Re7
41. Rc8 Rc7 42. Rf8 Ke5 43. Re8+ Kd5 44. h4 Rc3 45. Ke2 Ra3 46. h5 Ra2+ 47. Kf3
Ra3 48. Ke2 Ra2+ 49. Kf1 gxh5 50. gxh5 h6 51. Rh8 Bd2 52. Rc8 Ra3 53. Ke2 Bf4
54. Rc6 Rxa4 55. Rxf6 Ra2+ 56. Kf1 Bg5 57. Rxb6 Rd2 58. Bg6 Bh4 59. f3 Rf2+ 60.
Kg1 Rxf3 61. Rb8 d3 62. Kg2 d2 63. Bc2 Rg3+ 64. Kh2 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis m blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.11.25"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
e3 b5 9. Qb1 c6 10. a4 Bf5 11. e4 Bd7 12. h4 h6 13. Ne5 a6 14. Bxc4 O-O 15.
axb5 cxb5 16. Bd5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Bc6 18. Bxh6 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Bxf8 Qxg2
21. Ke2 Kxf8 22. Qd3 Qg4+ 23. Kf1 Nd7 24. Qd5 Rc8 25. h5 gxh5 26. Qd4 Rc6 27.
Rh4 Qf5 28. e6 Nf6 29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. exf7 Kxf7 31. Re1 Re6 32. Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis m blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.11.25"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Qxc4
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Qd3 Nfd5 11. Rd1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qd7 14. Ne4 Rad8
15. e3 Qc7 16. Qe2 e5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Rb1 f5 19. Nc5 Nc3 20. bxc3 Qxc5 21.
Bd2 Qc4 22. Qxc4+ Nxc4 23. Be1 Na3 24. Rbc1 Nc4 25. Kf1 Nb2 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
Rb1 Nd3 28. Rxb7 Nxe1 29. Kxe1 Bxc3+ 30. Ke2 Rd2+ 31. Kf1 Rd1+ 32. Ke2 Rd2+ 33.
Kf1 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis m blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.11.25"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. g3 Bb7 14. Bg2 Na6
15. Ne4 Qe7 16. O-O O-O-O 17. a4 f5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Rxa6 Bxa6 20. Nc5 Qxc5
21. dxc5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 b4 23. Ra1 Rd8 24. Bf1 Bb5 25. b3 c3 26. Bxb5 c2 27. Be2
a5 28. Rc1 Rd2 29. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis m blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "253"]
[EventDate "2014.11.25"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 a5 4. a3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Nxe7 Qxe7 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. e3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Be2 Rd8 12. Qc2 c5 13. Nb5 Nc6 14. O-O Nf6
15. f3 Be6 16. e4 b6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 a4 19. Rae1 Rd7 20. Qc1 g5 21. Bf2 Rad8
22. Nc3 Nd4 23. Nxa4 Qd6 24. e5 Qc6 25. exf6 Nxe2+ 26. Rxe2 Qxa4 27. Re4 Qb3
28. Re3 Qa4 29. b3 Bxb3 30. Qb1 Bc4 31. Rfe1 Rd1 32. Qxb6 Kh7 33. h4 gxh4 34.
Qxc5 Qc2 35. Re4 Rxe1+ 36. Bxe1 Rg8 37. Bf2 h3 38. Qf5+ Rg6 39. Qxh3 Bd5 40.
Re1 Rxf6 41. Qh4 Rg6 42. Qf4 Qb3 43. Re3 Qb1+ 44. Kh2 Qb2 45. Bg3 Qf6 46. Qxf6
Rxf6 47. a4 Ra6 48. Re5 Be6 49. a5 Kg6 50. Bh4 Rc6 51. Be7 Bc4 52. Re3 Re6 53.
Rc3 Bf1 54. Bh4 Re2 55. Kg1 Bxg2 56. a6 Ra2 57. a7 Bxf3 58. Rxf3 Rxa7 59. Rf6+
Kg7 60. Rc6 Ra4 61. Bf6+ Kh7 62. Kf2 Re4 63. Rc7 Rf4+ 64. Kg3 Rxf6 65. Rc5 Kg6
66. Rc8 Ra6 67. Rc5 Ra4 68. Rd5 h5 69. Rc5 f6 70. Rd5 Re4 71. Kf3 Rg4 72. Rd8
Kg5 73. Rg8+ Kf5 74. Rh8 Rg5 75. Rh6 Ke6 76. Rh7 Ke5 77. Rh6 Kf5 78. Rh8 Kg6
79. Kf2 Rg4 80. Kf3 Ra4 81. Kg3 Kg5 82. Rg8+ Kf5 83. Rh8 h4+ 84. Kh3 Rf4 85.
Re8 Re4 86. Rg8 Ke5 87. Ra8 f5 88. Ra5+ Kf6 89. Ra8 Rg4 90. Ra7 Kg5 91. Rg7+
Kf4 92. Ra7 Rg1 93. Ra8 Rh1+ 94. Kg2 Rb1 95. Kh3 Rh1+ 96. Kg2 Re1 97. Kh3 Kf3
98. Ra3+ Re3 99. Ra4 Kf2+ 100. Kh2 h3 101. Ra2+ Re2 102. Ra8 f4 103. Kxh3 f3
104. Ra1 Re1 105. Ra2+ Re2 106. Ra1 Rb2 107. Kh2 Ke2 108. Kg3 Rd2 109. Kh2 Kf2
110. Kh3 Re2 111. Kh2 Rc2 112. Kh3 Rb2 113. Kh2 Rd2 114. Kh3 Rd7 115. Ra2+ Ke3
116. Ra3+ Rd3 117. Ra1 Ke2 118. Kg3 Rd2 119. Kh3 Kf2 120. Kh2 Re2 121. Kh3 Re1
122. Ra2+ Kg1 123. Kg3 Rf1 124. Rh2 Ra1 125. Rf2 Ra3 126. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 127. Kxf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis m blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2014.11.25"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Bh2
e5 9. Nc3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. exd4 Re8 12. Qd2 Nf8 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Bxe6 Nxe6
15. Ne2 Qg5 16. Qd3 Qd5 17. c3 a5 18. Rfd1 a4 19. Nf4 Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Re4 21. Be3
Rae8 22. b3 axb3 23. c4 Qf5 24. axb3 c5 25. Ra5 Bxd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Qxd4
cxd4 28. Rxf5 gxf5 29. Rxd4 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Rb1 31. Rd3 f4 32. Rxd6 Rxb3 33. Rf6
b5 34. Rxf4 bxc4 35. Rxc4 Kg7 36. Rc5 Kg6 37. h4 h6 38. f3 Rb4 39. Kh3 Ra4 40.
h5+ Kg7 41. g3 Rb4 42. f4 Rb3 43. Rc6 Ra3 44. Kg4 Rb3 45. f5 Rb4+ 46. Kh3 f6
47. Rc7+ Kg8 48. Re7 Rb5 49. Kg4 Rb3 50. Kf4 Ra3 51. Re4 Kf7 52. Rb4 Rc3 53. g4
Rc5 54. Ke4 Re5+ 55. Kd4 Re1 56. Kd5 Re5+ 57. Kd6 Re1 58. Rb7+ Kg8 59. Re7 Rg1
60. Ke6 Rxg4 61. Kxf6 Ra4 62. Kg6 Rg4+ 63. Kxh6 Kf8 64. f6 Rg1 65. Ra7 Rg2 66.
Rg7 Rxg7 67. fxg7+ Kg8 68. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis m blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.11.25"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nh4 f6 7. Qe2 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. c4 O-O 10. f4 d6 11. Nc3 f5 12. Nf3 fxe4 13. dxe4 Ba6 14. e5 Nf5 15. Rd1
Qb6 16. Na4 Qb4 17. b3 d5 18. Bd2 Qa3 19. Qf2 d4 20. Qe1 Rfd8 21. Ng5 Re8 22.
Ne4 Bf8 23. g4 Nh6 24. h3 Rab8 25. Bc1 Qb4 26. Qxb4 Rxb4 27. Naxc5 Bc8 28. Rxd4
Kg7 29. Be3 Nf7 30. Rad1 g5 31. Nd6 Rd8 32. Nxf7 Rxd4 33. Bxd4 Kxf7 34. fxg5 a5
35. Rf1+ Kg8 36. h4 Be7 37. Kg2 h6 38. gxh6 Bxh4 39. Be3 a4 40. g5 axb3 41.
axb3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis m blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.11.25"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nd5 8. h4
gxh4 9. Rxh4 Nc6 10. Ngf3 d6 11. Bb5 Rg8 12. Rxd4 Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne4 Ne3
15. Qd3 Bxe4 16. Qxe3 d5 17. Qb3 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. c3 Bc5 20. Rd2 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 d4 22. Ke2 dxc3 23. bxc3 Ra4 24. Rh1 Rg6 25. f4 Be7 26. Rb1 Bd8 27. Rbd1
Be7 28. Rd7 Rxa2+ 29. Kf1 f5 30. Rxb7 Rg7 31. Bh4 Bxh4 32. Rxg7 Rxf2+ 33. Kg1
Rxf4 34. Rh7 Bf2+ 35. Kg2 Bc5 36. Ra1 Rg4+ 37. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis m blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.11.25"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O Nge7 8. Re1
O-O 9. c3 b5 10. e5 b4 11. Nb3 c4 12. dxc4 dxc4 13. Nbd4 Rb8 14. Bg5 Qc7 15.
Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Bf6 bxc3 17. bxc3 Bb7 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nf3 Ne7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Qd6 Qxd6 22. exd6 Nf5 23. Ne5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rb5 25. Rad1 Rd8 26. Nxc4 Rc5 27.
Re4 Rd5 28. Ree1 Nxd6 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Nxd6 Rxd6 31. Rd1 Ra6 32. Rxd5 Rxa2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis m blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2014.11.25"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. e5 Qa5 6. Ngf3 Ne4 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. a3
Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Qd5 10. c4 Qe4+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 d6 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. b4 e5
15. c5 Bc7 16. Bc4 f6 17. O-O Bf5 18. Nh4 Bd7 19. Bd3 O-O 20. b5 Ne7 21. f4 Be6
22. Nf3 Bd5 23. Rfe1 Ng6 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Ng5 Rae8 26. a4 b6 27. Rac1 Bd8 28.
Be4 Bxe4 29. Nxe4 Be7 30. cxb6 axb6 31. Rc6 Ra8 32. Ra1 Rfb8 33. Kf2 Bf8 34.
Ke2 Ne7 35. Re6 Nd5 36. Rxe5 Rd8 37. Kd3 Nc3 38. a5 bxa5 39. b6 a4 40. Ng5 Rdb8
41. Re6 Nd5 42. Re5 Nxb6 43. Rb5 Nd7 44. Rxb8 Rxb8 45. Ne6 Ra8 46. Nxf8 Nc5+
47. Kc2 Nb3 48. Rxa4 Rxa4 49. Kxb3 Ra6 50. Nd7 Re6 51. Kc4 Re2 52. Bf4 Rxg2 53.
Kxd4 g5 54. Be3 h6 55. Ke4 Rxh2 56. Kf5 Re2 57. Nf6+ Kf7 58. Ng4 h5 59. Ne5+
Ke8 60. Bxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis m blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.11.25"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. d3 e6 8. Nbd2
Qc7 9. Nf1 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. O-O O-O-O 13. a3 Bd6 14. b4 c4 15.
d4 Rhe8 16. Nf5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Nxd6+ Qxd6 19. Ng5 Re7 20. Qg4+ Qd7 21.
Qg3 Bd3 22. Rd1 f6 23. Nf3 Be2 24. Re1 Rde8 25. Be3 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Re4 27. Bd2
Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 Qe6 30. Bd2 g6 31. Qf4 Ne7 32. Qh6 Qf7 33. g4 a6
34. Qe3 Kd7 35. Qg3 Nc6 36. f3 Qe7 37. Kf2 Qd6 38. Bf4 Qe7 39. h4 Ke6 40. h5 g5
41. Bd2 h6 42. Qg1 Qh7 43. Qd1 Qd3 44. Qe2+ Qxe2+ 45. Kxe2 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis m blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2014.11.25"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Ngf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Be7 7. c3 h6 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 d6 11. Re1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. f4 b5 15.
Rc1 Rc8 16. Kh1 a5 17. a3 Qb6 18. Qe2 Qb8 19. Nf3 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. c4 b3
22. Rcd1 g6 23. h4 Qb4 24. g4 Bg7 25. g5 h5 26. Kh2 Rfe8 27. Kg3 e5 28. fxe5
dxe5 29. Qd2 Qb8 30. Rf1 Bd7 31. Qc3 Bf8 32. Nd2 Bg4 33. Nf3 Bb4 34. Qc1 Bc5
35. Be2 Bd4 36. Kg2 Qb7 37. Qb1 Bxf3+ 38. Rxf3 Re7 39. Rdf1 Ra8 40. Bd1 Ra2 41.
Rxb3 Qxb3 42. Bxb3 Rxb2+ 43. Qxb2 Bxb2 44. c5 Rc7 45. c6 Rxc6 46. Rxf7 Kh8 47.
Rb7 Bd4 48. Bf7 Rc2+ 49. Kf1 Rc6 50. Ke2 Rd6 51. Bd5 Rb6 52. Rf7 Ra6 53. Kd3
Ra3+ 54. Kc4 Rh3 55. Rf6 Rxh4 56. Rxg6 Rg4 57. Be6 Rg3 58. Bf5 h4 59. Rh6+ Kg8
60. g6 h3 61. Rh7 Kf8 62. Kd5 Be3 63. Ke6 Bc5 64. Kf6 Ke8 65. g7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis m blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.11.25"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 e6 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nxe6 Qd7
15. Nxg7+ Kf7 16. Nf5 Rag8 17. Nh6+ Ke8 18. Nxg8 Rxg8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qh5+
Qf7 21. Qh3 Bxb2 22. Rad1 Qg6 23. Rfe1 Be5 24. g3 h5 25. Re3 a5 26. Qf1 Bc6 27.
f4 Qh6 28. Rf3 Bc3 29. Qc4 d5 30. exd5 Bd7 31. Re3+ Kf8 32. Qc5+ Kg7 33. Qe7+
Kh8 34. Qxd7 Qxf4 35. Qe6 h4 36. Qxg8+ 1-0

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Slade, Theodore"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "1869"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bc4 Nh6 10. Nc3 c6 11. O-O-O+ Kc7 12. Ne4 Bf5 13. Ng5 f6 14. Ne6+
Bxe6 15. Bxe6 Rad8 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Kd6 19. Bc4 Ng4 20. Ke2
f5 21. Ba3+ Kd7 22. f3 Nf6 23. Bf7 e4 24. c4 Kc7 25. h3 exf3+ 26. gxf3 Nd7 27.
Be6 Bf6 28. Bg8 Bg7 29. Bxh7 Nf8 30. Bg8 b6 31. Be7 Kd7 32. Bh4 Ne6 33. Bf7 Nf8
34. f4 c5 35. Kd3 Bh8 36. Bg5 Bg7 37. h4 Kd6 38. e4 fxe4+ 39. Kxe4 a6 40. f5
gxf5+ 41. Kxf5 Nh7 42. Bf4+ Ke7 43. Bd5 Bf6 44. h5 Bd4 45. h6 b5 46. Bg8 Nf6
47. Bg5 Kf8 48. Bxf6 Kxg8 49. cxb5 axb5 50. Bxd4 cxd4 51. Ke4 1-0

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Muter, Donny"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 f5 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 Nh6 6. Bg2 Nf7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Nc6 11. Nc4 f4 12. a4 Be6 13. Qe2 g5 14. h3 g4 15. hxg4
Bxg4 16. gxf4 exf4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd2 Bxf3 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Bxf3 Ng5 21.
Bg4 Nd4 22. Na3 f3 23. Kh2 Ne2 0-1

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Summerscale, Aaron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6 12. O-O Be6 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Be3
Nc5 15. b4 Nb3 16. Rb1 Rd8 17. Qc2 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Ne4 Be7 20. b5 c5 21.
b6 axb6 22. Qb2 O-O 23. Qxb6 Qxb6 24. Rxb6 Bd5 25. Nd2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rd7 27.
Nc4 Ra8 28. a5 Ra7 29. Rfb1 Rc7 30. h4 g6 31. h5 gxh5 32. f4 Kg7 33. Kf3 Bd8
34. Rd6 Be7 35. Re6 Kf7 36. Rh6 Kg7 37. Rxh5 Ra6 38. Rd5 Rh6 39. e4 dxe3 40.
Nxe3 Ra6 41. Nc4 Rh6 42. Rd2 Ra6 43. Rdb2 Ra7 44. g4 Rd7 45. g5 Kf8 46. Rh1 Kg8
47. Rbh2 Bf8 48. f5 Ra6 49. f6 Re6 50. Kf4 Re8 51. Rd2 Rxd2 52. Nxd2 Rd8 53.
Ne4 c4 54. Ke5 Rc8 55. Kf5 c3 56. g6 hxg6+ 57. Kxg6 Rc6 58. Nxc3 Bg7 1-0

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adair, James"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Saunders,J"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:05:07"]
[BlackClock "0:14:21"]

1. e4 d5 {Hikaru is one of the few super-GMs who plays the Centre Counter, or
Scandinavian, if you prefer.} 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6.
Ne5 e6 ({Already a bit shaky. Hikaru has played} 6... Nf6 {here before.}) 7. g4
Bg6 8. h4 Nd7 $4 {[diag] Sound of jaws dropping all over the chess world. Does
this really just lose a piece for nothing? Yup.} 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. h5 {In a blitz
game I'm guessing most of us would shake our heads, laugh at our own stupidity
and resign here. But Hikaru plays on...} Bxc2 11. Qxc2 Ngf6 12. g5 Nd5 13. Bd2
Be7 14. Qe4 O-O-O 15. f4 Rhe8 16. O-O-O h6 17. gxh6 gxh6 18. Ne5 f5 19. Nxd5
cxd5+ 20. Qc2 Nf6 21. Ba5 $1 {Hikaru has made no progress. If anything, his
position's got worse.} Qxc2+ 22. Kxc2 b6 23. Be1 ({Why not just} 23. Ba6+ {
first? The first sign that White is suffering from 'fear of success', perhaps.}
) 23... Kb7 24. Ng6 Bd6 25. Kd3 Rc8 26. Be2 Ne4 27. Bf3 Rc7 28. Rh2 Rec8 29.
Bxe4 dxe4+ 30. Ke3 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Rxc1 32. Bh4 Rf1 33. Be7 Rf3+ 34. Ke2 Kc7 35.
Bg5 $1 {White appears to have regained his equanimity with this strong tactic.}
hxg5 36. h6 gxf4 37. h7 Rd3 {[diag]} 38. Nxf4 $4 (38. h8=Q $2 f3+ 39. Kf2 Rd2+
40. Ke1 Rxh2 {is also not much cop}) ({however, simply} 38. Ne5 {cuts across
Black's cheapo chances and leaves him as stone dead as he has been for the
whole game.}) 38... Bxf4 39. Rh4 Rd2+ 40. Ke1 $2 (40. Kf1 {forces Black to
settle for perpetual but the text allows Hikaru to try for more.}) 40... e3 $1
41. Rh3 Bg3+ 42. Rxg3 Rh2 43. d5 $2 f4 $1 (43... f4 44. Rg7+ Kd6 45. Rf7 e5 {
wins for Black.}) 0-1

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hawkins, Jonathan J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Bxe4 Qxb2 7. Bxd5 Qxa1 8.
Nf3 e6 9. Bb3 Nd7 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Bb4 12. Qd3 Qb2 13. c3 Be7 14. Bc1 Qa1
15. Qc2 1-0

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 h6 6. Ne6 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qb6 8.
Nxf8 Nxf8 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Qxb2 11. O-O Bg4 12. Rb1 Qxa2 13. Rxb7 Ne6 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qd5 16. Qg3 O-O 17. Bxh6 Nh5 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qg3 Qxd4 20. Rxe7
Nd5 21. Rd7 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Re1 Qf6 24. Bd2 Ndf4 25. Bc3 Qh6 26. Bc4
Nd5 27. Be5 Qg5 28. Qxg5 Nxg5 29. Ra1 Ra8 30. Ra5 Ne6 31. g3 Nb4 32. Bb3 Nd5
33. f4 Nd8 34. Bd4 a6 35. Bc4 Nc7 36. Bb6 Nb5 37. Bxd8 Rxd8 38. Rxa6 Rd2 39.
Rxc6 Nd4 40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. Bd3+ g6 42. Kf1 Nf3 43. Be2 Nd4 44. Bd3 Rh2 45. Rc7
Kg7 46. Bc4 Rxc2 47. Rxf7+ Kh8 48. Bd3 Rc3 49. Bxg6 Rxg3 50. Be4 Rxh3 51. Kf2
Ne6 52. Bf5 Rh6 53. Ke3 Kg8 54. Re7 Ng7 55. Be4 Kf8 56. Ra7 Rf6 57. Kf3 Ne6 58.
f5 Ng5+ 59. Kf4 Nxe4 60. Kxe4 Rh6 61. Ke5 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. g4
Bg6 9. Nh4 a5 10. e3 Na6 11. a3 Nd7 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. d4 O-O 14. c4 Nc7 15. b3
Bf6 16. Bb2 Kh8 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. b4 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. bxa5 Na6 21. Bxe5 Nxe5
22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Qb2 Nd3 24. Qxb7 Nac5 25. Qxd5 Qxa5 26. Nb3 Qc3 27. Nxc5 Rxc5
28. Qd6 Rcc8 29. a4 Qc2 30. Be4 Rxf2 31. Bxd3 1-0

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nc6 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O Ne7 13. g3 Nf5 14. Bc1 Rc8 15.
c3 b5 16. Qd3 Qc7 17. Bg5 Qc4 18. Rfd1 Be7 19. Nf4 Nd7 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Qd2 a5
22. Be2 Qc6 23. Bd3 Qb6 24. a4 bxa4 25. Rxa4 Rb8 26. Bc2 Qc7 27. Rda1 g6 28.
Nd3 Nc6 29. R4a2 Nb6 30. h4 Rfe8 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. Nxf4 Rec8 33. Bd1 Nc4 34. Nd3
Rb6 35. Ba4 Kg7 36. Kg2 Rc7 37. Re1 Nd8 38. Bd1 Nc6 39. Re2 h6 40. Nc5 Re7 41.
Ba4 Ra7 42. Bb3 Nd6 43. Bc2 Re7 44. Bd3 Rb8 45. Re1 Rb6 46. Bc2 Ra7 47. Rea1
Rc7 48. Re1 Ra7 49. g4 Nb5 50. Ba4 Nd6 51. Rea1 Nd8 52. Bc2 Rc7 53. Ba4 N6b7
54. Nd7 Rd6 55. Ne5 Rb6 56. Re1 Nd6 57. Nd7 Rbb7 58. Nc5 Rb6 59. Bc2 N6b7 60.
Na4 Rbc6 61. Ra3 Nd6 62. Bd3 N8b7 63. Rb3 Nc4 64. Bxc4 Rxc4 65. Ra1 R4c6 66.
Rb5 Kf6 67. Kf3 Ke7 68. Ke2 Kf6 69. Kd3 g5 70. hxg5+ Kxg5 71. f3 f5 72. gxf5
Kxf5 73. Rh1 Rh7 74. b3 h5 75. c4 Kf4 76. cxd5 exd5 77. Rxd5 h4 78. Rh3 Rg6 79.
Nc3 Rg3 80. Ne2+ Kxf3 81. Nxg3 Kg4 82. Ne4 Kxh3 83. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2839"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 7. Be2 Bc5 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. c4 d6 10. Nc3 a6 11. Kh1 e5 12. Nd5 Ba7 13. Bg4 O-O 14. Bxc8 Rxc8
15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Nge7 17. Rc1 a5 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nxc5 Nd4 20. Qd3 Qd6 21.
Nb3 a4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Qb1 Qd2 24. Rcd1 Qb4 25. Rd7 Nc6 26. a3 Qb3 27. Rd3
Qb6 28. Nd5 Qb5 29. Rc1 Rcd8 30. b4 Nd4 31. Rc5 Qe8 32. Qd1 f5 33. exf5 Rxf5
34. f3 Rf8 35. Nc3 b6 36. Rc7 b5 37. Rc5 Rc8 38. Ne4 Rxc5 39. Nxc5 Qf7 40. h3
Qf5 41. Re3 h6 42. Qd2 Rd8 43. Re4 Kh7 44. Qf2 Rd5 45. Kh2 Nb3 46. Nxb3 axb3
47. Qe3 b2 48. Qe1 Rd4 0-1

[Event "London Classic rapid op 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
dxc4 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bxc4 Bd7 11. Ke2 Be7 12. Nbd2 Bc6 13. Rhc1 Nbd7 14. Kf1
Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bd4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Ke2 Kf8 20. Bd3
Rac8 21. Be4 b6 22. Bb7 Rb8 23. Bc6 Rd6 24. b4 Rbd8 25. Rc2 Ng8 26. Rac1 Ne7
27. Bb5 Rd5 28. a4 Rh5 29. Rc7 Rxh2 30. Rxa7 Nd5 31. a5 bxa5 32. bxa5 Rh5 33.
Rb7 Nb4 34. a6 Nxa6 35. Bxa6 Rf5 36. Bd3 Rf6 37. Rh1 h6 38. f4 Ra8 39. Bb1 Rc8
40. Rh5 Ra8 41. Kf1 Rc8 42. Ke2 Rd8 43. Rhb5 Ra8 44. Rb8+ Rxb8 45. Rxb8+ Ke7
46. Rg8 g6 47. Rh8 h5 48. Ra8 1-0

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Ne1 d6 8. Nc2
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. Ned5 Rb8 11. d3 a6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 b5 14. Rb1 b4 15. Na4
Bf7 16. a3 a5 17. axb4 axb4 18. b3 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Nd4 20. Nb2 Ra8 21. Nc4 Qc7
22. e3 Nb5 23. Ra1 f5 24. Qc2 Qb7 25. Na5 Qd7 26. Ra4 Na3 27. Qd1 Rfe8 28. Bc1
Nb5 29. Bb2 e4 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. dxe4 Nc3 32. Qa1 fxe4 33. Rc1 Kg8 34. Rxc3
bxc3 35. Qxc3 Bxd5 36. h4 Qg7 37. Qc2 Qf7 38. Ra1 Ra7 39. Qd2 Rea8 40. b4 cxb4
41. Qxb4 Qc7 0-1

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be3 c5 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. f3 cxd4 8. Bxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 d5 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 dxe4 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. fxe4 a6
15. Nc3 Qe5 16. Nge2 Nb4 17. Rd2 Nxe4 18. Qe3 Rc8 19. a3 f6 20. axb4 Nxc3 21.
Qxb6 Be4 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Rc8 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. b3 b5 12. Bg5 bxc4 13. Nd5 h6 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Qf3 h5 16. h3 Bh6 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. bxc4 e6 19. Rab1 Bc6 20. Qc3 Rh6 21. Nxh6
Bxh6 22. Nxf6+ Ke7 23. Nd5+ Bxd5 24. exd5 e5 25. Rb7+ Kf8 26. Qf3 Rc7 27. Reb1
Qe7 28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Qxh5 Kg7 30. Qg4+ Kh7 31. g3 a5 32. Rb3 a4 33. Rb4 Qa7
34. Kg2 Bd2 35. Rb5 Bc3 36. c5 dxc5 37. d6 Bd4 38. Qe4+ Kg7 39. Rb7 Qa6 40.
Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rfd1 b5 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 c5 15.
Ne4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Ra7 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bc2 Rd7 19. b4 Nb7 20. a4 g5 21. Nxg5
hxg5 22. Bxg5 Be7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qf3 Nd6 25. Qh3 Nde4 26. Bh6 1-0

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O e5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qa4 Bd6 7. Na3 Ngf6 8.
Nxc4 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. d3 Nb6 11. Qc2 Nxc4 12. dxc4 Qe7 13. Ng5 Bc8 14. Be3 Bc5
15. Qc3 a5 16. a3 a4 17. Rfd1 c6 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qb4 Qxb4 20. axb4 h6 21. Nf3
Re8 22. b3 Be6 23. bxa4 Bxc4 24. Re1 Rad8 25. Rac1 Bb3 26. a5 e4 27. Nh2 Nd5
28. Rb1 Bc4 29. Rb2 e3 30. Rc1 Bb5 31. Ng4 exf2+ 32. Kxf2 h5 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34.
Ne3 Rd4 35. Nd1 Ree4 36. Rcb1 Rc4 37. Ne3 Rc3 38. Nd1 Ra3 39. Rd2 g6 40. h4 Kg7
41. Rc2 Ba4 42. Rc3 Ra2 43. Rb2 Rxb2 44. Nxb2 Rxb4 45. a6 bxa6 46. Nxa4 Rxa4
47. Rxc6 a5 48. Ra6 Ra3 49. e4 a4 50. e5 Kf8 51. Ra7 Ra1 52. Kg2 a3 53. Kh2 Ke8
54. Kg2 a2 55. Kh2 Kd8 56. Kg2 Kc8 57. Kh2 Kb8 58. Ra3 Kc7 59. Kg2 Kd7 60. Ra6
Kc7 61. Kh2 Kb7 62. Ra3 Kc6 63. Kg2 Kd5 64. Ra5+ Ke4 65. Kh2 Kf3 66. Ra3+ Kf2
67. Ra7 Ke3 68. Kg2 Kd4 69. Ra5 Kc3 70. Ra7 Kb3 71. Rb7+ Kc4 72. Ra7 Kd3 73.
Ra3+ Kd4 74. Ra5 Ke4 75. Kh2 Kf3 76. Ra3+ Kf2 77. Ra7 Ke2 78. Kg2 Kd3 79. Kh2
Kc3 80. Kg2 Kb3 81. Rb7+ Kc4 82. Ra7 Kd5 83. Ra5+ Ke4 84. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 Ne7 6. Bb2 Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. d3
f6 9. e5 d5 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Nfd2 e5 12. Nc4 Be7 13. Nc3 Be6 14. g3 Bd5 15.
Rg1 Nf8 16. Qe2 Ne6 17. Ne4 Nd4 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. O-O-O a5 20. a4 Qc7 21. Kb1
Be6 22. Rdf1 Bh3 23. Re1 Bb4 24. Rd1 O-O-O 25. f3 Be6 26. Rdf1 Rhe8 27. g4 hxg4
28. fxg4 Rh8 29. h5 Kb8 30. Rg3 Ka8 31. Rh1 Bd5 32. Rhh3 Qe7 33. Qf3 Bc3 34.
Ka2 Rb8 35. Qe2 Rb4 36. Nxc3 dxc3 37. Qe1 Rxa4+ 38. bxa4 Qb4 39. Qc1 Rb8 0-1

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Ng5 d6 7. O-O h6 8. Nh3
e5 9. f4 Bxh3 10. gxh3 exf4 11. Bxf4 Ng6 12. Bg3 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. c3 d5 15.
Qf3 Bd6 16. Kh1 Rb8 17. Rab1 Bxg3 18. Qxg3 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qd5 20. c4 Qd4 21. h4
Kh8 22. h5 Ne5 23. Nc3 f5 24. Ne2 Qxd3 25. Qxe5 Rbe8 26. Nf4 Qxc4 27. Ng6+ Kg8
28. Rxf5 Qd3 29. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Qd5 Bxe7 20. fxe7 Rdg8 21. Ne4
Bd3 22. Nd6+ Kc7 23. Bf4 Kb6 24. Re1 Qxa2 25. Nxf7 Qa4 26. b3 Qxb3 27. Qxd7 Qc3
28. Bc7+ Kb7 29. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. Ne2 d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bg4 9. Qd2 Qc8 10. h3 Bd7 11. c4 Nc6 12. Ne2 a6 13. Nbc3 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
Nxb5 Ne5 16. Nbc3 Qa6 17. Rd1 Rfb8 18. f4 Nc6 19. O-O Ra7 20. Kh2 Be8 21. Rf3
Nd7 22. Bf1 Nc5 23. Re3 Qa5 24. Bg2 Nb4 25. a3 Nxb3 26. axb4 Nxd2 27. bxa5 Rxb2
28. e5 dxe5 29. Rd3 exf4 30. R1xd2 fxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Be5+ 32. Kf2 Rxd2 33. Rxd2
Bc7 34. Nd5 Bxa5 35. Rb2 Kg7 36. Ne3 Bd7 37. Nc4 Bc7 38. Nc3 Be6 39. Nb5 Ra4
40. Nxc7 Bxc4 41. Nd5 Bxd5 42. Bxd5 e6 43. Bf3 h5 44. Rb7 Rf4 45. Kg3 Rf5 46.
Be2 Kh6 47. Bd3 Rf6 48. h4 g5 49. hxg5+ Kxg5 50. Rb5+ Kh6 51. Ra5 h4+ 52. Kg4
Kg7 53. Kxh4 Rf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Elite blitz 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. b4 Bg7 6. Bb2 e5 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. O-O
Nc6 9. c4 Ngxe5 10. Qb3 a5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. b5 a4 13. Qa3 Qf6 14. Nc3 Qg7 15.
bxc6 bxc6 16. Bf3 Ra6 17. Nxa4 Be6 18. Qb3 O-O 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Nb2 Rfa8 21.
Nd3 Qg7 22. a4 Qf7 23. Rfc1 g5 24. g3 Qf6 25. Qc2 Bd7 26. Qb2 Qxb2 27. Nxb2 Rb6
28. Nd3 Rb3 29. Rd1 Ra5 30. c5 Be8 31. cxd6 cxd6 32. Nc1 Rc3 33. Rxd6 g4 34.
Bd1 Kf8 35. Nb3 Ra7 36. Nd4 Ra5 37. Nb3 Ra7 38. a5 c5 39. a6 Ke7 40. Rd5 c4 41.
Nd4 Rd3 42. Bc2 Rc3 43. Bxf5 h5 44. Re5+ Kf8 45. Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "London Classic Pro Biz Cup 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. c3 a6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb3 Qe7+ 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. d4
Nc6 9. Be3 c4 10. Bc2 Ng4 11. Nbd2 g6 12. Bf4 Bh6 13. Bxh6 Nxh6 14. Nf1 Bf5 15.
Ne3 Bxc2 16. Nxc2 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 f6 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. Rhe1 Kf7 20. g4 Rhd8 21. g5
fxg5 22. Nxg5+ Kg8 23. Kd2 Nef5 24. Nxf5 Nxf5 25. Nf3 Rf8 26. Re5 Nd6 27. Ke2
Rae8 28. Rxe8 Rxe8+ 29. Ne5 Kg7 30. a4 g5 31. Rg1 Kf6 32. f4 gxf4 33. Kf3 Ke6
34. Rg7 Re7 35. Rxe7+ Kxe7 36. Kxf4 Kf6 37. Nd7+ Ke7 38. Nc5 Kf6 39. Nd7+ Ke7
40. Nc5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Pro Biz Cup 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2014.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. e5 Ne8 6. d4 c5 7. d5 d6 8. Bf4 Nd7
9. exd6 exd6 10. Qd2 Ne5 11. Be2 a6 12. a4 f5 13. O-O Nf7 14. Ng5 Nxg5 15. Bxg5
Bf6 16. Bh6 Bg7 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Rfe1 Bd7 20. Bd3 Rf7 21. Re2 Re7
22. Rae1 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Qf6 25. Qf4 Kg7 26. Qe3 Rd8 27. a5 h6 28.
Bc2 Qf8 29. Ba4 Nf6 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Qe6 Qd8 32. f3 Ng8 33. Qe3 Re7 34. Qd2
Qxa5 35. Rxe7+ Nxe7 36. Qe1 Ng8 37. h3 Qc7 38. Ne2 Qe7 39. Qd2 g5 40. b4 Nf6
41. bxc5 dxc5 42. Qb2 Kg6 43. Qd2 Ne8 44. Kf2 Nd6 45. Qd3 Qe5 46. Qa3 Qe7 47.
Kf1 Nxc4 48. Qd3 b5 49. g4 Qe5 50. Ng3 Qa1+ 51. Ke2 Qe5+ 52. Kf1 Nd6 53. Kg2 c4
54. Qa3 f4 55. Nh1 Qxd5 56. Nf2 Qc6 57. Qc3 Qe8 58. h4 gxh4 59. Qd4 Qe6 60.
Qxf4 c3 61. Qd4 Qf6 62. Qc5 Kg7 63. Qc7+ Nf7 64. Nd3 h3+ 65. Kg3 Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "London Classic 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re2 Nf6 12. Ne3 Re8 13. b3 Bf8 14. Bb2
Re6 15. c4 c6 16. Re1 d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bc4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Rh6 20. Rf1 Be6
21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Qf3 Qe8 23. Rf2 Rd8 24. Raf1 Rd7 25. Qf5 Red6 26. Qc2 Rh6 27.
g3 c5 28. Rf5 b6 29. R1f2 Re6 30. Qc3 Red6 31. Qc2 Re6 32. Qc3 Red6 33. Qc2 Re6
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 {The
Petrosian variation was my favourite weapon against the King's Indian in the
good old days (1993, 1994) and brought me a few memorable victories including
two against the current world champion at that time Garry Kasparov.} a5 8. Bg5
h6 {The only acceptable move here, otherwise White plays Nd2 next and then
always meets ...h6 with Be3 reaching the best possible setup.} (8... Na6 9. Nd2
h6 10. Be3) 9. Be3 {This is a new, very direct concept. When I was playing
this variation some twenty years ago I always chose 9.Bh4 which is by far the
main theoretical move here.} Ng4 {Practically forced, Nd2 is coming next
otherwise.} 10. Bd2 f5 11. h3 Nf6 (11... Nxf2 $2 {just doesn't work} 12. Kxf2
fxe4 13. Nxe4 Qh4+ 14. Ke3 Qf4+ 15. Kd3 Qxe4+ 16. Kxe4 Bf5+ 17. Ke3) 12. exf5
gxf5 (12... Bxf5 {is not really an option} 13. g4 Bd7 14. g5 $16) 13. Qc1 $1 {
The point of White's play, starting very concrete play.} f4 {The most logical
move. There is no comfortable way to protect the pawn on h6.} (13... Kh7 14. g4
) (13... h5 14. Ng5 {followed by g4 at some point.}) 14. g3 {Again the only
justification of White's play.} e4 15. Nh4 e3 (15... f3 {strangely enough this
tempting move leads to a difficult position for Black after} 16. Bd1 Kh7 17.
Bc2) 16. fxe3 fxg3 17. Ng6 {The critical position of the variation. It is very
complicated and even with the help of the computer it's hard to understand who
is better here and why.} Rf7 {Two other acceptable options are} (17... Re8) ({
and} 17... g2 18. Rg1 Bxh3) 18. Qc2 Nfd7 $2 {This is just too slow, Black has
no time for regrouping.} (18... Na6 {is the only reasonable move here.}) 19.
O-O-O Ne5 (19... Nc5 {doesn't solve the problems} 20. Rhf1 $1 Rxf1 21. Rxf1
Bxh3 ({or} 21... Qe8 22. Rf3 g2 23. Rg3) 22. Rg1 Qg5 23. Nf4 Bf5 24. e4 {
and since Black is lacking development, his position just collapses.}) 20. Rhf1
{The most straightforward move although} (20. Nf4 {was very attractive too:}
Na6 21. Rhg1 Qh4 22. Qe4) 20... Rxf1 (20... Bxh3 {is just losing} 21. Nxe5 Rxf1
(21... Bxf1 22. Nxf7) 22. Bxf1 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 dxe5 24. Qg6) (20... Qe8 21. Rxf7
Qxf7 22. Nf4 Na6 23. Rg1 Nb4 24. Qb3 {taking the key pawn on g3.}) 21. Rxf1
Bxh3 22. Rg1 {Starting a direct attack.} Qf6 {Other moves do not make life
easier, for example} (22... Qg5 23. Nf4 Bf5 24. e4 Bg6 25. Ne6 Qe7 26. Rxg3 Na6
27. Bf4) (22... g2 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Qg6 Qg5 25. Qe8+ Bf8 26. Ne4) 23. Rxg3 (
23. Nf4 {is good as well but less direct.}) 23... Nxg6 (23... Qf2 {the
computer shows this resource which I missed during the game but still White is
just a pawn up after} 24. Rxh3 Qg1+ 25. Bd1 Qxg6 26. Qxg6 Nxg6 27. Nb5 Na6 28.
Bxa5 b6 29. Be1 Ne5 30. Be2 {and White must manage to win this endgame.}) 24.
Rxg6 Qf7 (24... Bf5 {loses after} 25. Rxf6 Bxc2 26. Re6 Bf5 27. Re8+ Kf7 28.
Bh5+ Bg6 29. Bxg6+ Kxg6 30. Nb5) (24... Qf2 {is bad as well} 25. Nd1 Qxe2 26.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Bc3+) 25. Rg3 Bf5 26. e4 Bg6 27. Bg4 Qf1+ {This is losing by
force, the only way to keep the game on was the passive} (27... Kh8 28. Be6 Qe8
{at least not losing immediatly.}) 28. Nd1 Be5 ({or} 28... Kh7 29. Bh3 Qf7 30.
Rxg6) 29. Bh3 $1 Qf6 30. Rg1 {White has a powerful attack without being even a
pawn down.} Kh7 (30... Kh8 31. Bf5 Be8 {now anything wins} 32. Be3 (32. Ne3))
31. Bf5 $1 {The final blow.} Bxf5 32. exf5 Nd7 33. Rg6 Qf7 34. Rxh6+ Kg8 35.
Rg6+ Kf8 36. Nf2 {Simple chess, just getting the last piece into the attack,
there is no need to hurry.} b5 {The counterattack is a little late.} 37. Ng4
bxc4 38. Qxc4 Qxf5 39. Rg8+ Ke7 40. Bg5+ (40. Rxa8 {was tempting as well.})
40... Bf6 41. Qe2+ {To my slight disappointment Hikaru decided to call it a
day here instead of finishing it with ...Kf7 Nh6 mate.} 1-0

[Event "London Classic 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. dxe5
Bb6 9. a4 Na5 10. Qa2 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 Ne7 12. exd6 cxd6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qd3 Ng6
15. a5 Bc5 16. Be3 Re8 17. Nbd2 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 d5 19. Rfe1 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Qe7 21.
Nd6 Qxe3 22. fxe3 Rd8 23. Red1 Rb8 24. Rd4 Be6 25. c4 b6 26. axb6 axb6 27. Ra7
h6 28. h3 Ra8 29. Rb7 Rdb8 30. Rc7 Ra5 31. Kh2 Rc5 32. Ra7 Kf8 33. g4 Ra5 34.
Rc7 Rc5 35. Ra7 Ra5 36. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Qc2 {An unusual but quite logical
move order: ...d5xc4 and ...c7-c5 are now less appropriate than in positions
with White's knight on c3.} h6 (5... O-O 6. e3 {leads to a kind of normal
Queen's Gambit.}) 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 c5 {A risky idea.} (7... O-O 8. Nc3 {
leads to a well-known position} (8. cxd5 $5 exd5 9. Bd3 {is possible if White
wants to avoid theory})) 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 ({It was not easy to go for} 
9... Nd7 10. dxe6 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 dxc3 12. exd7+ Bxd7 13. Bxd7+ Kxd7 {but
apparently Black can hold his ground:} 14. O-O cxb2 15. Rad1+ Ke7 16. Qe4+ Kf8
17. Qxb7 Re8 $1 18. Nd4 Qc3 19. Rb1 Bxd4 20. exd4 Qxd4 21. Rfd1 Qf6 22. Rxb2 g6
{[%cal Ye8e7,Yf8g7]}) {After the game move Black can't equalise anymore.} 10.
dxe6 Qa5+ (10... Bxb5 $143 11. exf7+ Kxf7 12. Qb3+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qb6 14. Qxb6
axb6 15. Nxd4 {, and White should convert his material advantage, e.g.} Nc6 16.
Nxc6+ bxc6 17. Nc3 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Ra3 19. Kd2 Rha8 20. Rhc1 Rxa2+ 21. Rxa2
Rxa2+ 22. Rc2 {etc.}) 11. Nbd2 Qxb5 12. exd7+ Nxd7 13. Qe4+ Kf8 14. Nxd4 Qxb2
15. Rb1 Qxa2 16. Qxb7 Rd8 (16... Rb8 17. Qxd7 Rxb1+ 18. Nxb1 Qxb1+ 19. Ke2 Qb2+
20. Kf3 g6 21. Rd1 $5 {, and White keeps pressure} ({or} 21. Qxa7 Bxd4 22. Qxd4
Qxd4 23. exd4 Ke7 {- this ending is theoretically drawn but requires accurate
defence})) 17. Qb4+ Kg8 18. O-O {It is hardly possible for Black to get his
h8-rook out without at least losing his a7-pawn.} a5 (18... Qd5 19. Ra1 {
[%csl Ra7]}) 19. Qc3 Qd5 (19... Bxd4 $5 20. exd4 (20. Qxd4 Kh7 21. Ra1 Qc2 22.
Rfc1 Qf5) 20... Qd5 21. Rfd1 {[%cal Yd2c4]}) 20. Qc7 Nf8 21. Rb5 Qd7 22. Qxd7
Rxd7 23. N2f3 Bxd4 (23... Ne6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Rxa5 {is favourable for White,
of course. The rook endgame with pawns on the same side offers Black more
drawing chances.}) 24. Nxd4 Ne6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 {[%mdl 4096]} 26. Rxa5 Kf7 27. g4
Rc8 $6 {Black should have aimed for the exchange of one pair of rooks:} (27...
Rhd8 {[%cal Yd7d1] In the resulting ending he should be able to survive with
accurate defence. With four rooks on the board White has more chances to
out-manoeuvre his opponent.}) 28. Rb1 Rc2 29. Ra8 Rc4 30. h3 h5 $2 {This pawn
sacrifice looks merely temporary but it proves impossible for Black to regain
it without critically worsening the position of his rooks.} ({But even after} 
30... Rdc7 31. Rbb8 g5 32. Rg8 {[%cal Ra8f8]} Kf6 $1 33. Kg2 {it is unclear
whether he can successfully defend.}) 31. gxh5 Rh4 32. Rh8 Kf6 (32... Rxh3 33.
Kg2 Rh4 34. f4 $18 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Rg2g3]}) 33. Kh2 Rd5 34. Rf8+ Ke7 35. Rf3 {
[%cal Rb1b7]} Rf5 (35... Rhxh5 36. Rb7+ Rd7 37. Rxd7+ Kxd7 38. Rf7+ $18) 36.
Rxf5 exf5 37. Rg1 Kf6 38. Rg6+ Kf7 39. Rg5 Kf6 (39... f4 40. Rf5+ Ke6 41. Rxf4
Rxh5 $18 {_|_}) 40. f4 {[%cal Rh2g3]} 1-0

[Event "London Classic 6th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 Be6 11. g4 Ne7 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Re1 h5 14. e6
fxe6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Rxe6 Kd7 17. Re2 hxg4 18. hxg4 Ng6 19. Bg5 Bd6 20. Ne4
Rh7 21. Nxd6 cxd6 22. f4 Rah8 23. Rae1 c5 24. a4 a6 25. Rg2 Rh3 26. Re4 b5 27.
axb5 axb5 28. f5 Ne5 29. Bf4 Nf3+ 30. Kf1 g5 31. fxg6 Rg8 32. Rge2 Nd4 33. Re7+
Kc6 34. Kg2 Rh4 35. Kg3 Rh1 36. R2e6 Nxe6 37. Rxe6 Kd5 38. Rxd6+ Ke4 39. Re6+
Kd5 40. Re5+ Kd4 41. Rg5 Ke4 42. Re5+ Kd4 43. c3+ Kc4 44. Be3 Rxg6 45. Rxc5+
Kd3 46. Bf2 Rgh6 47. g5 R6h3+ 48. Kg4 R3h2 49. Rd5+ Kc2 50. Bd4 Kxb2 51. Rxb5+
Kc2 52. Kf5 Rg2 53. Kf6 Rh3 54. Rc5 Rhg3 55. Kg6 Kd3 56. Bf6 Rg1 57. Rc8 R3g2
58. Kf5 Rf1+ 59. Ke6 Rfg1 60. Rc5 Re2+ 61. Kf7 Reg2 62. Kg6 Rg3 63. Bd4 R1g2
64. Bf6 Rg1 65. Rc7 R3g2 66. Rc8 Rg3 67. c4 Rg4 68. c5 Kc4 69. Be7 Re4 70. Bf6
Kd5 71. c6 Kd6 72. Kf7 Rf4 73. Kg7 Rc4 74. Kf7 Rxc6 75. Rd8+ Kc7 76. Rf8 Rf1
77. Kg7 Kd7 78. Rf7+ Ke6 79. Re7+ Kf5 80. Re5+ Kg4 81. Kg6 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.01.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rapport, Jovana"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nd2 Qxb2 5. Rb1 Qc3 6. g4 Qa5 7. gxf5 Qxf5 8.
h4 Qa5 9. Nh3 g6 10. Bd3 d6 11. Qf3 Nd7 12. h5 Ndf6 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Bxg6+ Kd8
15. Bf4 Kc7 16. Ng5 Rxh1+ 17. Qxh1 Bh6 18. Qh4 Bd7 19. Bd3 Nd5 20. Ne6+ Bxe6
21. Bxh6 Nc3 22. Ra1 Qb4 23. Kf1 Nxa2 24. Rd1 Nc3 25. Re1 Nxh6 26. Qxh6 Bd7 27.
f3 a5 28. Kf2 a4 29. Qg5 Rh8 30. Qg3 Nd5 31. Rd1 c5 32. Bc4 Nc3 33. Re1 b5 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. d4 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O c5
9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. a3 Re8 12. Re1 Bf8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
Qc2 h6 16. Qb1 Nd7 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Bf5 Rb8 19. Qa1 Qe7 20. b4 cxb4 21. axb4 a6
22. Nb3 Nde5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Nc5 Nf3+ 25. gxf3 Qg5+ 26. Bg4 h5 27. Nxb7 Rxb7
28. Qxa6 hxg4 29. f4 Qe7 30. b5 Qd7 31. b6 Bb4 32. Red1 Re6 33. Bd4 Rh6 34.
Qa8+ Kh7 35. Rc8 Kg6 36. Rg8 Rh7 37. Qc8 Qe7 38. Qxg4+ 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.01.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 Qd8 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Nb4 12. Bb1 b6 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Ne5 Rc8
15. Re1 Nfd5 16. Qh5 f5 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. a3 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Qd5 21.
Qf3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Rf6 23. Bd3 Rc7 24. d5 Rg6+ 25. Kf1 Rd7 26. Be5 Rxd5 27. Rc7
Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Bd6 29. Rxb7 Bxe5 30. h3 Rh6 31. Kg2 Bxb2 32. Rxa7 Kf8 33. a4 Rh4
34. a5 bxa5 35. Rxa5 Rd4 36. Be2 Kf7 37. Ra2 Rb4 38. Ra7+ Kf6 39. Rc7 Rb6 40.
Rc2 Kg5 41. Rc4 Rd6 42. Ra4 Rd2 43. f4+ Kf6 44. Bc4 Rd4 45. Bb5 Rd5 46. Bc4 Rc5
47. Kf3 g6 48. Ke2 Bc1 49. Bd3 Rd5 50. Rc4 Ba3 51. Rc6 Bd6 52. Rc4 Ra5 53. Ke3
Ra3 54. Ke2 Ke7 55. Ke3 Kf6 56. Ke2 Bb8 57. f3 Ra1 58. Kf2 Ba7+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. a3 a6 6. e3 Ba7 7. Nge2 d6 8. b4
O-O 9. d3 Ne7 10. O-O c6 11. h3 Be6 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. Kh2 Ng6 14. Qd2 d5 15. c5
Rae8 16. Na4 Qe7 17. Rae1 e4 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. dxe4 dxe4 20. Nac3 Bf5 21. Nd4
Bb8 22. Qc2 Nh4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Nxe4 Qg6 25. Nxf5 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Nxe1+ 27. Rxe1
Qxf5 28. Rd1 h5 29. Qc4 Qe5 30. h4 Qe7 31. Ng5 Re8 32. Rd4 g6 33. Qd3 Qf8 34.
Rd7 Re7 35. f4 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.01.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Nakamura,H"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 $5 {The latest trendy idea in the Queens Gambit
Accepted.} (3... Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 $1 {This line
seems to still be dubious in theory ever since the game Wojtaszek,R (2717)
-Nakamura,H (2778) Istanbul 2012 and more recently, Kramnik,V (2787)-Karjakin,
S (2766) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014.}) 4. a4 c6 5. Nc3 $5 {An interesting offer to
transpose into the Argentinian Defense of the Slav (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4
4.e4 b5 5.a4) which I have played against both Mamedyarov and Carlsen,
although both of those games were with 4.e3.} a6 {Sticking to the plan.} (5...
b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6 9. Nf3 a5 10. O-O Be7 {A well known
position with play for both sides.}) 6. axb5 cxb5 7. Nxb5 axb5 8. Rxa8 Bb7 9.
Ra1 e6 10. Ne2 $146 {A very interesting over the board novelty from my
opponent.} (10. f3 $5 {The critical variation!} Nc6 11. Ne2 Bb4+ $5 {The
latest try by the expert in this line, Edouard.} (11... Nf6 12. Be3 (12. b3
$146 Nxe4 $5 13. fxe4 Qh4+ 14. Ng3 Bb4+ 15. Kf2 Qf6+ 16. Kg1 Nxd4 17. Be3 Nxb3
18. Ra7 Qe7 19. Qh5 Qd7 20. Qf3 O-O $44 {A strange imbalance resulting in an
unclear position.}) 12... Bb4+ 13. Kf2 O-O 14. b3 {Black has some compensation
for the exchange as in Parligras,M (2589)-Thesing,M (2308) Germany 2014, but
it doesn't seem like it is enough for equality.}) (11... Na5 12. Be3 Nb3 13.
Ra2 Bb4+ 14. Nc3 Ne7 15. Bd3 $1 Nc6 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Be4 Qe5 19.
O-O O-O {1/2-1/2 Bluebaum-Nisipeanu, Germany 2014, but White is much better!}
20. Qd7 $1 Bc5 21. Qxb7 Bxe3+ 22. Kh1 Nd2 23. Rfa1 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Nb4 25. Ra8 g6
26. Qxb5 $16) 12. Bd2 Nge7 13. b3 O-O 14. bxc4 bxc4 15. Bxb4 (15. Kf2 $6 f5 $1
$44 {Javakhishvili-Edouard, Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2015}) 15...
Nxb4 16. Nc3 Nec6 17. Bxc4 Nxd4 18. O-O Nbc2 19. Nb5 $1 Nxa1 20. Nxd4 Qb6 21.
Qxa1 Ra8 $1 22. Qc3 Rd8 23. Rd1 e5 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. Bxb3 exd4 26. Kf2 Kf8 27.
Rc1 $16) (10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Be2 Nxe4 (11... Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Nxe4 14.
Qb4 Qd5 15. Ra5 Nd6 16. Ne5 Qxd4 17. Rxb5 Nxb5 18. Qxb5+ Nd7 19. Nxc4 Bd5 20.
Ne3 Ke7 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Nxd5+ exd5 23. Kd2 Rb8 24. Kc2 Ne5 25. Ra1 Nc6 26.
Kc3 d4+ 27. Kc2 d3+ 28. Bxd3 Nb4+ 29. Kc3 Nxd3 30. Kxd3 Rxb2 31. Ke4 {1/2-1/2
Mamedyarov,S (2764)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2706) Baku 2014}) 12. O-O Nc6 13. Be3 Qd5
$11 {Heimann,A (2524)-Godena,M (2528) Ruzomberok 2014}) 10... Bxe4 11. b3 Nc6
12. Nc3 $6 (12. f3 {Another alternative, although this hardly leads to
anything for White in either of the variations below.} Bd5 13. bxc4 Bxc4 (13...
bxc4 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. Qa4 Nge7 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nxd4 19. O-O
Ndf5 20. Rfd1 Qb8 $14) 14. Nc3 Bb4 15. Bd2 Nge7 16. Nxb5 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 O-O 18.
Kf2 Nd5 19. Bxb4 Ncxb4 20. Qd2 Qb8 21. Nc3 Qxh2 {White should still have a
small advantage, but Black has very good drawing chances.}) (12. bxc4 {An
absolutely critical variation. Adhiban rejected this variation as he simply
assumed that walking the king into the heart of the board was suicide. However,
I was not convinced during the game, although I suspected there was probably
some stupid perpetual and the computers would roll out the good old =0.00!
Also, my opponent's decision not to be brave and go for this variation
reminded me of the famous Nimzowitsch maxim "the threat is greater than the
execution!"} Nb4 13. Nc3 Nc2+ 14. Ke2 Nxd4+ 15. Ke3 Nf6 (15... Nc2+ 16. Kxe4 (
16. Ke2 Nd4+ $11) 16... Nf6+ 17. Kf3 Qxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Nxa1 19. cxb5 Bc5 20. Be3
Nb3 $11) (15... Nh6 16. Kxe4 Ng4 (16... f5+ 17. Kd3 Ng4 18. Be3 {Transposition.
}) 17. Be3 f5+ 18. Kd3 Bb4 19. cxb5 (19. Nxb5 $4 Ne5#) 19... Nb3+ 20. Kc2 (20.
Kc4 Nxe3+ 21. fxe3 Nd2+ $1 22. Kxb4 Qe7+ 23. Ka4 Qa7+ 24. Kb4 Qe7+ $11) 20...
Nxe3+ 21. fxe3 Qc7 22. Kxb3 Qxc3+ 23. Ka2 Be7 (23... O-O 24. Kb1 Be7 25. Ra4
Rd8 26. Bd3 $1 Rxd3 27. Qc2 Qb3+ 28. Qxb3 Rxb3+ 29. Ka2 Rxb5 30. Rb1 Rxb1 31.
Kxb1 Kf7 $14) 24. Qb3 Qa5+ 25. Kb1 Qe1+ 26. Kc2 Qxa1 27. Qxe6 Qa4+ 28. Kd2 Qb4+
29. Kd1 Qb1+ 30. Ke2 Qxb5+ 31. Kf2 Qb2+ 32. Be2 g6 33. Rd1 Qf6 $11) (15... Qg5+
16. Kxe4 Qf5+ 17. Ke3 (17. Kxd4 $4 Bc5#) 17... Nc2+ 18. Kd2 Nxa1 19. Bb2 Qf4+
20. Ke1 Bc5 21. Qxa1 Qxf2+ 22. Kd1 Nf6 23. Qa8+ Ke7 24. Qb7+ Nd7 25. Be2 Rb8
26. Qf3 Qxf3 27. gxf3 bxc4 28. Kc2 $16) (15... Bc5 $2 16. Nxe4 {No good
discoveries.} Nf5+ 17. Ke2 Nd4+ 18. Ke1 $18) 16. Nxe4 (16. Qxd4 $4 Ng4+ 17.
Kxe4 f5+ 18. Kd3 Nxf2+ 19. Ke3 f4+ $1 20. Qxf4 Bc5+ 21. Kf3 Rf8 $19) 16... Nf5+
17. Ke2 Nd4+ 18. Ke3 (18. Kd3 bxc4+ 19. Kxc4 Qd5+ $19) (18. Ke1 Nxe4 19. c5
Bxc5 20. Bxb5+ Ke7 21. Bd3 Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Nc2+ 23. Kg3 Nxa1 24. Qf3 Qd4 $15)
18... Nf5+ $11) 12... Bb4 13. Bd2 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 b4 15. d5 $2 {The losing move.
After the game, Adhiban told me that he simply underestimated the strength of
the pawns. Frankly, I don't know how one goes for this line if they aren't
100% sure!} bxc3 16. dxc6 Qxd1+ 17. Kxd1 (17. Rxd1 $8 {The strange looking
rook capture seems to be the only way to keep drawing chances.} c2 18. Rc1 cxb3
19. c7 Kd7 20. Kd2 b2 (20... Nf6 21. Kc3 Nd5+ 22. Kxb3 Kxc7 23. Rxc2+ Bxc2+ 24.
Kxc2 Ra8 25. Bc4 Ra3 26. Kd2 {White should have decent drawing chances here,
although I still think it is very hard to draw this in practice.}) 21. c8=Q+
Kxc8 22. Rxc2+ Bxc2 23. Kxc2 Nf6 24. Be2 Kd7 25. Kxb2 Rc8 {[%csl Gb2][%cal
Gc8c1] It's hard to believe White can draw this with the king cut off and any
rook exchanges resulting in a losing knight versus bishop ending.}) 17... cxb3
18. c7 Kd7 $2 {Adding a question mark to this move is probably a bit too harsh,
but it gives White good practical chances.} (18... Ne7 19. Bb5+ Kf8 20. Ke2 b2
21. Rad1 g6 22. f3 (22. Rd8+ Kg7 23. Bd3 c2 {For some reason we both
overlooked the c2 move in our calculations.}) (22. Bd3 Bxg2 23. Rhg1 Bb7 24.
Bc2 Nd5 $19) 22... Bf5 23. g4 c2 24. gxf5 cxd1=Q+ 25. Rxd1 Kg7 26. Rb1 (26.
fxe6 Nd5 $1 27. Kd2 Nxc7 28. Bd3 Nxe6 $19) 26... exf5 27. Rxb2 Rc8 28. Rc2 Nd5
$19) 19. Ra3 b2 20. c8=Q+ Kxc8 21. Rxc3+ Kd7 22. Bd3 b1=Q+ 23. Bxb1 Bxb1 24.
Rb3 $1 {The whole idea and a move that I missed for some unknown reason.} Be4
25. Rb8 g5 $2 (25... Ke7 26. Ke2 Bc6 27. Ra1 Be8 28. Ra7+ Kf8 29. g4 g5 30. h4
h6 31. f4 $1 {The reason I rejected the idea with Nc6-e8.} Nf6 32. hxg5 hxg5
33. fxg5 Rh2+ 34. Kf3 Nd5 35. Rd7 Rh3+ 36. Kf2 Ra3 37. Rdd8 Nc7 38. Rd7 Ra8 39.
Rxa8 Nxa8 40. Ra7 Nb6 41. g6 $1 fxg6 42. Ra6 Nc4 43. Rxe6 g5 $15 {Maybe Black
can win this, but it will be extremely difficult. Nevertheless, this was
clearly the way of playing after 18...Kd7?}) 26. Ke2 Ke7 (26... Bxg2 $4 27. Rg1
Be4 28. Rxg5 Bg6 29. Ra5 {[%cal Ga5a8]}) 27. h4 $2 {The losing move.} (27. Rc1
Kf6 28. Rcc8 Kg7 29. f3 Bg6 {Basically in this position, if Black can get
e5+f6+Bf7 and then h5+Rh7 and Nh6 then the win becomes routine.} 30. Re8 $1 h5
(30... Bf5 31. g4 Bg6 32. h3 h5 33. Kf2 {This position should be a draw as I
see no way for Black to untangle.}) 31. Ke3 Bf5 32. Kf2 f6 33. Rb7+ Kg6 34. g3
e5 35. h4 g4 36. f4 {Again, it seems as though Black will be unable to
untangle.}) 27... gxh4 28. Rxh4 Bc6 $1 {Better late than never!} 29. Rc4 Be8
30. Rc7+ Kd6 31. Ra7 Ne7 $1 (31... Nf6 $2 32. Rxf7 Rg8 {My original idea, but
this allows White a spectacular drawing opportunity.} 33. Rxf6 Bh5+ 34. g4 $1
Bxg4+ 35. f3 Bxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Rxb8 37. Rh6 Rb7 38. Ke4 {A well known draw even
though Black has two extra pawns.}) 32. Rd8+ Ke5 33. Rb7 (33. Rxe7 Bb5+ 34. Rd3
Rd8 35. Rxf7 Bxd3+ 36. Ke3 Bg6 $19) 33... Kf6 34. Rdb8 Ng6 (34... Bc6 35. Rxh8
Bxb7 36. Rxh7 Bxg2 37. f3 Nd5 $19 {should be winning, but why bother.}) 35. Rb6
h5 36. f3 Ba4 $19 {The rest is pretty much just technique.} 37. Rxh8 Nxh8 38.
Ke3 Ng6 39. Ra6 Bb3 40. Ra5 Bd5 41. Ra7 e5 42. Ra5 Be6 43. Rb5 h4 44. Rb1 Kg5
45. Rb5 f6 46. Rb7 Nf4 47. Kf2 Nh5 48. Rb6 Bf5 49. Rb8 Bg6 50. Rb4 Nf4 51. Ra4
Bf7 52. Ra7 Kg6 53. Ra1 Bd5 54. Rd1 Kg5 55. Rd2 f5 (55... f5 56. Rd1 (56. g3
hxg3+ 57. Kxg3 Bf7 58. Kf2 Ne6 59. Rd7 Kf6 60. Rd6 f4 61. Rb6 Kf5 62. Ra6 Ng5
$19 {[%csl Gf3][%cal Gf7h5,Gf7d5]}) 56... e4 57. fxe4 Bxe4 58. Rd8 (58. g3 Nh3+
59. Ke3 hxg3 $19) 58... Nxg2 59. Rg8+ Kf4 60. Rh8 Kg4 61. Rg8+ Kh3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.02.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 a6 8.
Be2 {It's always refreshing to see that after eight moves we are already out
of theory. Black will play this in a hedgehog style, developing with b6 and
Bb7, while White will try to contain his opponent.} b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rd1 Qc7
11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bh4 Ne5 14. Nf1 Rd8 15. Bg3 O-O 16. Ne3 Rc8 17. Kh1
Rfd8 18. f3 Nh5 19. Bf2 Nf4 {Black doesn't have too much to complain about his
position. He is a little cramped, but he has some good squares on the kingside;
it is not trivial to push the knights back as any pawn move on the kingside
will cause a weakness. On the other hand Nakamura still holds a nice amount of
space and targets the b6 and a6 pawns with his diagonals.} 20. Bf1 Nfg6 (20...
h5 {and march the pawns forward on the kingside is not completely crazy.}) 21.
Qd2 Bg5 22. Qe1 Nf4 23. Bg3 Nh5 24. Bf2 {Black looks to be relatively planless,
but as is usual in the hedgehog finding a way to improve ones position 
(doesn't matter if you are white or black) seems to be the most difficult part
of the game.} Qe7 25. Ra3 Nf4 26. Rb3 Rc6 27. Ne2 $1 {White gets rid of this
pesky knight on f4, and this gives him a slight edge.} Nxe2 (27... Nfg6 28. Nd4
$16) 28. Bxe2 Rdc8 29. c3 Nd7 30. Nc2 d5 $6 {This advance usually solves
Black's problems, but here it is done too early. Black had to defend against
certain threats.} (30... Nc5 31. Ra3 R6c7 {is perhaps slightly favorable for
White but still anyone's game.}) 31. Nb4 $1 Rc5 32. exd5 {Suddenly thehre is
no good way of recapturing on d5. It is unclear to me what Topalov had planned,
as 31.Nb4 was quite obvious.} Ra5 33. Nc6 Bxc6 34. dxc6 Rxc6 35. Rb4 $16 {
The pair of bishops and the awkward position of Black's rook causes real
headaches for Topalov. White has a clear advantage.} Bf6 36. Qf1 Rd6 37. Rxd6
Qxd6 38. Bxa6 {One pawn finally falls: White has converted his advantage into
something tangible.} Nc5 39. Bb5 Qd2 40. Bg1 Ra8 41. Bc6 $1 Rc8 42. Rxb6 $1 {
Now it's two pawns!} Bd8 43. Rb5 Rxc6 44. Bxc5 Bc7 45. a5 {Black simply lacks
any good compensation for his material. The rest is easy for Nakamura.} Qc2 46.
f4 f6 47. h3 Kh7 48. f5 exf5 49. Bg1 Be5 50. a6 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.02.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Lamprecht,F"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 Be7 8.
d4 O-O 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. b3 d5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Nf1 Nc7 14. Ng3 Rac8
15. Re3 Nb5 16. Rd3 Rc6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Nh3 Rfc8 20. Nf4 Qd8 21.
a4 Nc3 22. Qf3 Qg5 23. h3 Nf8 24. Kh2 Ng6 25. Nxg6 Qxg6 26. Re3 b5 27. axb5
Nxb5 28. Ne2 Rc2 29. Ra5 Rb8 30. Rd3 Rb2 31. Qe3 Rb6 32. Rd2 Qb1 33. Nc3 Nxc3
34. Qxc3 R6xb3 35. Rxb2 Qxb2 36. Qxb2 Rxb2 37. Kg3 Rb4 38. h4 g6 39. Kg4 Rxd4+
40. f4 f6 41. exf6 Kf7 42. Rxa7+ Kxf6 43. Kf3 Rd3+ 44. Ke2 Rb3 45. Rh7 h5 46.
Rd7 Rb1 47. Rd8 Rh1 48. g3 Kf5 49. Kf3 Rf1+ 50. Ke2 Ra1 51. Rf8+ Kg4 52. Rf6
Kxg3 53. Rxe6 Kxf4 54. Rxg6 Ra3 55. Rg5 Re3+ 56. Kd2 Re5 57. Rg8 Ke4 58. Rh8
Kf3 59. Rg8 Re4 60. Rg5 Rd4+ 61. Kc2 Rxh4 62. Rxd5 Rh1 {[#]} 63. Kb2 $2 {
Howell strebt eine Vancura Remisstellung an. Mit dem Turm auf der d-Linie geht
dies aber nicht, da dieser schon bald vom schwarzen König angegriffen werden
kann. Mit sehr wenig Zeit auf der Uhr ist das Remis hier nur schwer zu finden:}
(63. Rd3+ $1 Ke4 64. Rc3 $3 {Der Turm gehört auf die c-Linie!} (64. Rb3 $2 h4
$1 65. Kb2 Kf4 66. Rc3 Rf1 67. Kc2 Rf3 $19) 64... h4 (64... Rf1 65. Rh3 Rf5 66.
Kd2 $11) (64... Kf4 65. Kd2 $1 h4 66. Ke2 $1 $11) (64... Rh2+ 65. Kd1 $11) 65.
Kb2 Rh2+ 66. Kb1 $11 (66. Kb3 $4 Rd2 $1 $19)) (63. Rc5 $2 {wäre verfrüht:} h4
64. Rh5 h3 65. Rh8 Kg2 66. Rg8+ Kh2 67. Kd2 Rg1 $1 68. Rf8 Kg2 (68... Rg5 $5
69. Ke2 Kg3 $19) (68... Rg4 $4 69. Ke2 $1 Kg3 70. Rf3+ $1 Kh4 71. Rf8 h2 72.
Kf2 $1 h1=Q $6 (72... h1=N+ $11) 73. Rh8+ $1 $11) 69. Rg8+ (69. Ke2 h2 $1 70.
Rg8+ Kh3 $1 71. Rh8+ Kg3 $1 72. Rg8+ Kf4 $1 $19) 69... Kh1 $1 70. Rf8 h2 (70...
Rg5 $5) 71. Ke3 Kg2 $1 72. Rg8+ Kf1 $1 73. Rf8+ Ke1 $1 74. Ra8 Rg3+ $1 75. Kf4
Rf3+ 76. Kg4 Rf1 $19) 63... h4 64. Rd4 {[#]} Ke3 $4 {Ein grober Fehler von
Nakamura, der damit seinen siebten Sieg in Folge verpasst. Zum Gewinn führte}
(64... Kg3 {droht den Turm zu verbessern} 65. Rd3+ Kf2 66. Rd2+ (66. Rd4 h3 67.
Rd2+ (67. Rh4 Kg3 68. Rh8 Rh2+ 69. Kc3 Rf2 70. Kd3 h2 71. Ke3 Rf3+ 72. Ke2 Rf4
$19) (67. Rd3 h2 $1 68. Rd2+ Ke3 69. Rc2 Rb1+ $19) 67... Ke3 $1 68. Rc2 Rd1 $1
(68... h2 $4 69. Rc3+ Kf2 70. Rc2+ $1 Ke3 71. Rc3+ Kd4 72. Rh3 $1 $11) 69. Rh2
Rd2+ $1 $19) (66. Rc3 Re1 $19) 66... Ke3 {jetzt passt es, denn nach} 67. Rc2 {
ist der Bauer nicht angegriffen:} Rf1 68. Rc4 Rf4 $19) 65. Rc4 h3 66. Rc3+ $1 {
[#]Nun hat Howell die Standard-Vancura-Remisstellung erreicht.} Kd4 67. Rg3
Rh2+ 68. Ka1 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Na3 {Nakamura is not playing 2.c3 Sicilian
with the hope of boring, peaceful stuff. Every opening can be treated in
different manners, White hopes to infuse enough venom into an otherwise
restrained line.} Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O a6 {The Chinese player
comes up with a novelty on move 7, which may indicate a bit of surprise or
creativity. In any case most players so far have tried to speed up the
development of the black pieces with the natural 7...e6.} (7... e6 8. d4 (8.
Re1 Be7 9. Nc2 O-O 10. d4 Qc7 11. Bf1 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Bh4 Rad8 14. Qe2 Nd5
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. g3 cxd4 17. Ncxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 h6 19. Rad1 $11 {0-1 (43)
Cherniaev,A (2447)-Cheparinov,I (2678) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 8... cxd4 (8...
a6 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Nc2 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Ke7
15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Rhd8 17. Rad1 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 Bc6 19. f4 h6 $11 {0-1 (30)
Mestrovic,Z (2366)-Markus,R (2595) Nova Gorica 2006}) 9. Nb5 dxc3 (9... a6 10.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd6 12. Bb3 Qc7 13. h3 O-O 14. Bg5 Ne4 15. Be3 Bh2+ 16. Kh1
Bf4 17. Qf3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Nf6 19. Rae1 b6 20. f4 Re8 21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. Rxe5 $11
{1/2 (28) Haba,P (2522)-Horvath,P (2484) Austria 2006}) 10. Bf4 cxb2 11. Rb1
Nh5 12. Nc7+ Ke7 13. Bg5+ f6 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Nxa8 fxg5 16. Nxg5 Ke7 17. Rxb2
Kf6 18. f4 $14 {1/2 (70) Amat0r,R (2625)-Dummkoller (2442) playchess.com INT
2007}) (7... Bg4 $2 8. Qb3 $16) 8. Nc2 Bg4 {Despite the mild development
advantage for White, Black's position is very solid with several continuations
to choose from.} (8... e6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Ncxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 $11) (8... b5 9.
Be2 Bb7 10. d4 (10. a4 b4 $1 $11) 10... e6 11. Bg5 $11) 9. d4 e6 (9... cxd4 10.
Ncxd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 e6 12. h3 Bh5 $11) 10. h3 Bxf3 $2 {In a positional sense
the exchange of the light-squared bishop is a genuinely horrible move. Yu must
have hoped, that he would get enough pressure against White's centre, but he
will be sorely disappointed.} (10... Bh5 11. Be3 cxd4 12. Ncxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4
Bd6 $11) (10... Bf5 11. Bg5 $14) 11. Qxf3 Rc8 (11... cxd4 12. Rd1 Bc5 13. cxd4
$14) 12. Rd1 $1 {Even the obvious solutions can be quite strong, so the
exclamation mark is given for the sheer merit of the centralisation of the
rook.} (12. Bd3 $6 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be7 $11) 12... cxd4 13. Bb3 (13. cxd4 Bd6 (
13... Nb4 14. Ne3 Nc2 15. Nxc2 Rxc4 16. Ne3 Rc7 17. d5 Rd7 18. dxe6 fxe6 (18...
Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 fxe6 20. Bf4 Qd5 21. Qc3 $16) 19. Rxd7 Qxd7 20. Ng4 $14) 14. b3
O-O $11) 13... Qc7 (13... e5 14. cxd4 e4 (14... exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxb7 Be7
17. Ba4+ Kf8 18. Rxd4 $18) 15. Re1 Be7 16. Rxe4 $16) (13... Na5 14. Bg5 $1 Be7
15. Nxd4 $16) 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 {The frustration of the defender has definitely
set in, the choices of the best move were not made with a light heart.} (14...
Be7 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Re1 $1 $16) 15. cxd4 (15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. Qxc6+
Rxc6 18. Rd2 Ke7 $11) 15... Bd6 {The bishop goes to the centre despite the
obvious problem with the stability of the f6-knight.} (15... Qc6 $2 16. d5 $1
$16) (15... Be7 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. Rdc1 $16) 16. Bg5 Ke7 {An imperfect solution
in a difficult situation, Black is at least postponing the real problem to the
future.} (16... Qc6 17. d5 Nxd5 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. Rxc8+ Qxc8 20. Bxd5) (16...
Qe7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. d5 $16) 17. Re1 {[%mdl 128] Nakamura could have
centralised the rooks via a different route, but the result would most likely
have been in the end identical.} (17. Rd3 $5 h6 18. Bxf6+ gxf6 19. Re1 h5 20.
Rde3 $16) 17... h6 18. Bxf6+ gxf6 19. Re3 h5 20. Rae1 Qd7 {The queen is a very
bad defender, but the blow on the e6 was quite obvious and so devastatin, that
it was simply impossible to ignore.} (20... h4 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6+ Kd7 23.
Qf5 $1 $18) 21. Qe4 (21. d5 e5 22. R3e2 Qd8 23. Bc2 Kf8 24. Rd1 $16) 21... Kf8
22. d5 e5 {Some games are very similar to a path with quite a few very
difficult choices. Black is not pushing the pawn to e5 with an easy heart, but
the alternatives were in the end considered to be inferior.} (22... Be5 $2 23.
dxe6 fxe6 24. Rd1 Qe7 25. Red3 Rh7 26. Bxe6 $1 $18) (22... exd5 23. Qf3 Kg7 24.
Qxd5 Rcd8 25. Re7 Bh2+ 26. Kxh2 Qxd5 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxb7 $16) 23. Rf3 Kg7 (
23... Rh6 24. Bc2 Bc5 25. Qe2 Qd6 26. Bf5 $16) 24. Bc2 h4 25. Rf5 (25. a3 Rh6
26. b4 $16) 25... Rh6 26. Bd3 {The crisis is impending, but White is not
exactly sure about its character.} (26. Bd1 $6 Rc1 $1 $11) 26... Qc7 (26... Rg8
27. Kh1 $16) 27. Qg4+ Kf8 (27... Rg6 28. Qxh4 Qa5 29. Rf1 Qxd5 30. Rf3 $16) 28.
Rf3 Qc5 $2 (28... Qd8 $1 29. Bf5 Rc5 30. Rd3 Qc7 31. Be4 $16) 29. Bxa6 $5 {
They say that eagle has a an eye able to distinguish small prey on the ground.
The battles between very good tactical masters can sometimes remind you of the
skill to see the subtle details in the position.} (29. Bh7 Qc1 30. Rfe3 Qc4 31.
Re4 Qc2 32. Bf5 $16) (29. Be4 Rd8 30. Rd1 $16) 29... Rg6 $6 (29... bxa6 30. Rc3
$18) (29... Rc7 30. Bf1 Qc2 31. Rb3 $16) 30. Qf5 $2 {Humans are very fragile,
especially under pressure and in extreme situations. White is not taking time
and effor to investigate if the grabbing of the h4-pawn will work.} (30. Qxh4
Rd8 (30... bxa6 31. Rc3 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qxd5+ 33. Rf3 $18) (30... Qa5 31. Qh8+
Rg8 32. Qh6+ Rg7 (32... Ke8 33. Qxf6 Qxe1+ 34. Bf1 $18) 33. Rf1 $18) 31. Bf1
$18) 30... Kg7 (30... Rc7 31. Bd3 Qb4 32. Rfe3 Rh6 $16) 31. Bd3 (31. Bxb7 $2
Qb4 $19) 31... Qb4 32. Rfe3 Rc5 $2 {Nobody is claiming that the black position
can be called sweet in any sense, but there was no need to push the situation
to the brink. It was necessary to grind one's teeth and to sit tight hoping to
survive the worst.} (32... Rc7 33. R3e2 $1 (33. Re4 Qd2 34. R4e2 Qg5 $14) 33...
Rh6 34. Be4 $16) (32... Rd8 33. Be4 $16) 33. Qd7 $1 Rc7 34. Qd8 Rg5 (34... Rh6
35. a3 $1 Qb6 36. Re4 Bc5 37. d6 Qxd6 (37... Bxf2+ 38. Kh1 Rc6 39. Rg4+ Rg6 40.
Rxg6+ fxg6 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. Qxf6 $18) 38. Rg4+ Rg6 39. Qxd6 Bxd6 40. Bxg6 fxg6
41. Rxh4 $18) 35. Re4 Qd2 (35... Qc5 36. Rxh4 Bf8 37. Rh7+ Kg8 38. Qxf6 $18)
36. Bf1 $1 {A masterly retreat, when White is already combining attack in the
centre with a devastating idea of taking the pawn on h4.} (36. R1e3 $2 Rc1+ 37.
Bf1 Bc7 38. Qe8 Qxd5 $15) 36... Qxd5 (36... Bc5 37. R4e2 (37. R1e2 Qc1 38. Rxh4
Rc8 39. Qd7 $18) 37... Qa5 38. d6 Bxd6 39. Qxd6 $18) 37. Rxh4 Kg6 38. g4 $1 {
Sometimes even the most anti-positional move can be very pleasing. The obvious
target is the black king locked in on the kingside in the corner of the board.}
f5 39. Qg8+ {We may probably agree in judging the position to be completely
winning for White. Some purist might be "scandalised"by the choice of the
final move, since the thematic 39.Qh8 challenges Black into attempts to avoid
being literally mated. Hopefully players will learn that moves like 10...Bxf3
can have lasting and very depressing consequences.} (39. Qh8 fxg4 (39... f6 40.
Bb5 $1 Qxb5 (40... Rc6 41. Qh7#) 41. Rh6+ Kf7 42. Rxf6+ Ke7 43. Qf8+ Kd7 44.
Rxd6#) (39... Bf8 40. Qxf8 Kf6 41. Qh6+ Rg6 42. Qh8+ Ke6 43. Bg2 $18) 40. Rh6+
Kf5 41. Rf6#) (39. Qg8+ Kf6 40. Rh6+ Rg6 41. Rxg6+ fxg6 42. Qxd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bachmann, Axel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Ngf6 8.
d3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 d4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. b4 O-O 13. Qb3 Nd5 14. b5 Qd7
15. Bd2 Bf6 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Qc4 Rab8 18. Rab1 Nc3 19. Rb3 Qe6 20. Qxc6 Nxe2+
21. Kg2 Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Nc3 23. Bf4 Rxb3 24. axb3 g5 25. Bd2 Rc8 26. Bf3 a5 27.
Ra1 Rc5 28. Bb7 Re5 29. Kf1 Rb5 30. Ba6 Rxb3 31. Rxa5 Rb1+ 32. Kg2 h6 33. h4
gxh4 34. Bxh6 hxg3 35. fxg3 Rb2+ 36. Kf3 Bd8 37. Rc5 Rb6 38. Rc8 Rxh6 39. Rxd8+
Kg7 40. Bc4 Rf6+ 41. Kg2 Nd1 42. Rxd4 Ne3+ 43. Kh3 Rh6+ 44. Rh4 Rb6 45. Re4
Rh6+ 46. Rh4 Rb6 47. Re4 Rh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.02.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Qa4 Nf6 12. Nh4 O-O 13. Nf5 d5 14. Nc3 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 cxd4 16. Rxd4 Qe8 17. Qxe8 Rfxe8 18. Rd1 Bb4 19. Bd2 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Rxe2
21. Bf3 Re6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 g6 25. Rad1 Rc6 26. Rd7 Rc2
27. Rb7 Rxb2 28. Rdd7 Rf8 29. Rxa7 b5 30. Rdb7 b4 31. h4 h5 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. Ra4
Rc8 34. Rbxb4 Rcc2 35. Rxb2 Rxb2 36. Ra7 Kf6 37. a4 Ra2 38. Ra8 Kf5 39. a5 Ra3
40. Ra7 Kf6 41. Ra8 Kf5 42. Ra7 Kf6 43. a6 Ke6 44. f3 Kf6 45. Kf2 Ke5 46. Ke2
Kf6 47. Ra8 Kf5 48. Kf2 Kf6 49. g4 Ke5 50. a7 Kf6 51. gxh5 gxh5 52. Rh8 Rxa7
53. Rxh5 Ra1 54. Rb5 Rh1 55. Kg3 Kg6 56. Rb6+ f6 57. Rb5 Kh6 58. Kg4 Kg6 59.
h5+ Kh6 60. f4 Rg1+ 61. Kf5 Kxh5 62. Kxf6+ Kh6 63. Rb2 Rg6+ 64. Kf7 Rg7+ 65.
Kf8 Rg4 66. Rb4 Kg6 67. f5+ Kxf5 68. Rxg4 Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8.
Ne2 Nbd7 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Bf4 Nd5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd6 13. c4 N5f6 14. Re1 O-O
15. Nh4 c5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bc2 Be5 19. Rb1 Rad8 20. Qe2 Bd4 21.
b4 Ncd7 22. Bb3 a5 23. a3 axb4 24. axb4 Ra8 25. Qd3 Ba7 26. Bc3 Ng4 27. c5 Ndf6
28. Qf3 b6 29. h3 Nxf2 30. Qxf2 bxc5 31. Be5 Qe7 32. bxc5 Bxc5 33. Bd4 Bxd4 34.
Qxd4 Rfd8 35. Qf2 Rd3 36. Bc4 Rc3 37. Rbc1 Rxc1 38. Rxc1 Rc8 39. Rc2 Qb4 40.
Bf1 Rxc2 41. Qxc2 Nd5 42. Qf2 Qb1 43. Kh2 Qb8 44. Bc4 Nf6 45. Qe3 Qc7 46. Be2
Nd5 47. Qd4 Ne7 48. Bd3 Nd5 49. Be4 Nf6 50. Bf3 Nd7 51. h4 Nf6 52. Qe3 Nd7 53.
h5 gxh5 54. Bxh5 Nf6 55. Bf3 Nd7 56. Qg5 Ne5 57. Be4 f5 58. Bf3 Qd6 59. Kh3 Nf7
60. Qg6 Qe7 61. Nh5 Ng5+ 62. Kg3 Nxf3 63. gxf3 Qf7 64. Qg5 e5 65. Qd8+ Kh7 66.
Qg5 Qg6 67. Kh4 e4 68. Qxg6+ Kxg6 69. f4 e3 70. Ng3 Kf6 71. Ne2 g6 72. Kg3 g5
73. fxg5+ Kxg5 74. Kf3 f4 75. Nxf4 e2 76. Kxe2 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qb3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 10. bxc3 Ne4 11. Bf4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. f3 exf4 14. fxe4
fxe3 15. Ke2 Nxc5 16. Kxe3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. Rhb1 Nc5 20. a4
O-O 21. Rb4 Rfe8 22. Ng3 g6 23. Kf3 Rcd8 24. Rd4 Nb3 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Ra3 Nd2+
27. Kf4 b6 28. Ra1 Nc4 29. Rb1 Rd3 30. Rb4 Rxc3 31. Ne2 Rc2 32. Nd4 Rc1 33. Nc6
a5 34. Rb3 Ra1 35. Ne7+ Kg7 36. Nd5 Rxa4 37. Nxb6 Nxb6 38. Rxb6 f5 39. Rb7+ Kh6
40. h4 Rxe4+ 41. Kg3 Rg4+ 42. Kh3 Rb4 43. Ra7 Rb3+ 44. Kh2 Ra3 45. g3 Ra2+ 46.
Kh3 a4 47. Ra5 Ra1 48. g4 Ra3+ 49. Kg2 fxg4 50. Rg5 Ra2+ 51. Kg3 Ra1 52. Kg2 a3
53. Rxg4 Rb1 54. Ra4 Rb2+ 55. Kg3 a2 56. Ra7 g5 57. hxg5+ Kxg5 58. Ra4 h5 59.
Kh3 Kf5 60. Kh4 Rc2 61. Ra3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O a6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qc2 Qb6 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Na4 Qc7 12. exd4 Bd6 13. Re1+ Ne4 14.
Nc5 f5 15. Nd3 O-O 16. Nfe5 c5 17. f3 cxd4 18. Qxc7 Bxc7 19. Nc6 Bb7 20. Ne7+
Kh8 21. Bf4 Bb6 22. Rac1 Rf7 23. Nc6 a5 24. Be5 Ba6 25. Rcd1 Rc8 26. Bxd4 Bxd3
27. Rxd3 Rxc6 28. Bxb6 Rxb6 29. fxe4 fxe4 30. Rxd5 h6 31. Re2 Rbf6 32. Rd1 e3
33. Rxe3 Rf2 34. Rb3 Rc2 35. h3 Kh7 36. a4 Rc4 37. Ra3 Rf5 38. Rd2 Rb4 39. Kh2
Rg5 40. b3 Re5 41. Rd3 Re2 42. Ra1 Rb2 43. Re1 R2xb3 44. Rxb3 Rxb3 45. Re5 g5
46. Rxa5 Ra3 47. Ra6 h5 48. Kg1 Ra2 49. Kf1 h4 50. a5 Kg7 51. Ra7+ Kg6 52. Ra8
Kg7 53. a6 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 Rc8 7. b3 g6 8.
Bb2 e5 9. c4 Bg7 10. d3 O-O 11. Nc3 Nh5 12. Nd5 Nb8 13. a3 Nc6 14. b4 b6 15.
Bc1 f5 16. b5 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Ne7 18. Bg5 Nf6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. a4 Nxd5 21. Qxd5+
Kg7 22. Ra2 Qc7 23. Nd2 Rcd8 24. Ne4 Qf7 25. Nc3 e4 26. Qxf7+ Rxf7 27. Nxe4 d5
28. Nxf6 Kxf6 29. a5 dxc4 30. dxc4 Rd4 31. Rc1 Rfd7 32. Kf1 h5 33. g3 R7d6 34.
h4 Re4 35. axb6 axb6 36. Ra8 Kf7 37. Rc3 Kg7 38. Kg2 Rd7 39. Rb8 Re6 40. Re3
Rf6 41. Ree8 Rd2 42. Rg8+ Kh7 43. Rh8+ Kg7 44. Rbg8+ Kf7 45. Rf8+ Ke7 46. Rxf6
Kxf6 47. Rb8 Rd6 48. Kf3 Kf5 49. Rf8+ Ke5 50. Ke3 Rd4 51. Rb8 Rd6 52. Rc8 Re6
53. Rc6 $1 {World Champion technique: even in blitz Anand is able to quickly
evaluate that this is a winning pawn endgame. Black has no choice but to take.}
Rxc6 54. bxc6 Kd6 55. f4 $1 Kxc6 56. g4 $1 Kd6 (56... hxg4 57. f5 Kd7 58. fxg6
Ke7 59. Kf4 {is hopeless as Black cannot break through on b5:} b5 60. cxb5 c4
61. g7 Kf7 62. b6 c3 63. b7 c2 64. g8=Q+ Kxg8 65. b8=Q+ {a typical technique:
The pawn promotes with check and wins the race.}) 57. gxh5 gxh5 58. Ke4 Ke7 59.
Ke5 Kf7 60. f5 Ke7 61. f6+ Kf7 62. Kf5 {the pawn endgame is completely
hopeless.} 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. Bb2 e6 7. d3 Bd6 8. c4
O-O 9. Nc3 e5 10. e4 d4 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. Ng3 Nf4 13. O-O g6 14. Bc1 Ne6 15. Bh6
Re8 16. Qd2 f6 17. Kh1 a5 18. h3 Qe7 19. Qd1 Nd8 20. Bd2 Nf7 21. Nh2 f5 22.
exf5 gxf5 23. f4 exf4 24. Nh5 Ra7 25. Re1 Ne5 26. Bxf4 Qh4 $2 (26... Qf7 $13 {
The game continues with a very unclear position.}) 27. Bg3 $2 {Nakamura
doesn't see the blow at first...} Qg5 28. Bf4 Qh4 $2 (28... Qg6 $1 29. Nf3 Qxh5
$11) 29. g3 $1 {Now it is clear that the queen cannot take on h3 because of
the fork on e8, and it must retreat to a losing square.} Qd8 (29... Qxh3 30.
Nf6+ Kh8 31. Nxe8 Ng4 32. Re2 {is not even close to compensation for the
"sacrificed" rook.}) 30. Nf3 $1 {The ping down the e-file is lethal!} (30. Nf3
{There is no good way of defending the e5 knight.} Rae7 (30... Nxf3 31. Rxe8+
Qxe8 32. Nf6+ $18) 31. Nf6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {A popular line
nowadays, played by Bobby Fischer on a very few occasions a long time ago, has
now resurfaced again. I guess that 6.Bg5 is in crisis as well as 6.Be3,
otherwise I don't really see why would anybody would play such a passive move
with White.} e5 7. Nde2 h5 {A very popular line, it is a direct attempt to
stop a g4 expansion or Ng3.} 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. a4 Nc5 $5 {I can't say
if this is new or not. In today's chess with so many games played every day it
is difficult to draw a line as to what is new and what is not.} (10... b6 11.
Bg2 Bb7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Re8 15. Qe3 Rc4 16. b3 Rc5 17. Rd3 Qc7
18. Rad1 Qc6 19. h4 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bh3 Bf8 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Qf3 Qc8 {
1/2-1/2 (53) Shirov,A (2675)-Oparin,G (2543) Moscow (rapid) 2014; with a
complicated struggle ahead of us.}) 11. Bg2 Be6 12. a5 b5 (12... O-O 13. g4 $5
{Although interesting, there is no real need for this; White can play 13.0-0
and transpose to the game.} b5 14. axb6 hxg4 15. b7 Rb8 16. Ng3 Qb6 17. hxg4
Qxb2 18. Bd2 Bxg4 19. f3 Be6 20. Rb1 Qa3 21. Rh2 $13 {1-0 (34) Romm,M-Dolin,B
corr. 2014}) 13. axb6 Qxb6 14. b3 O-O 15. O-O a5 16. Qd2 Rfc8 17. Rfd1 a4 {
An intuitive pawn sacrifice, there are interesting computer generated ideas as
an option:} (17... Rc6 18. Ra3 Rac8 19. Rda1 Ncxe4 $5 20. Nxe4 Rxc2 21. Qd3
Nxe4 22. Be3 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Qd8 24. Rxa5 Bf8 25. R5a2 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 d5 27. Kg1
d4 28. Bd2 Qb6 $44) ({A logical attempt is} 17... Qb4 $5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxd6
Rd8 20. Qc6 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rc8 22. Qb5 Qxb5 23. Nxb5 a4 24. bxa4 Nxa4 25. Rc1
Be7 $11) 18. bxa4 Bc4 19. a5 $1 $14 {White has an initiative: the black pawn
sacrifice didn't fully pay off and White is gaining momentum.} Qd8 (19... Rxa5
20. Bxf6 Rxa1 21. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 $16) 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6
Nb7 23. Rd2 Rxa5 {Black should have considered an alternative to be played
sooner or later:} (23... h4 $5 24. Nd5 Rxa5 25. Rxa5 Nxa5 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27.
Nc3 Be6 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. exd5 Nc4 30. Rd3 Nd6 31. Rb3 hxg3 32. fxg3 Rxc2 33.
Rb6 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Nf5 {Black has good counterplay in this endgame.}) 24. Rb1 Nc5
25. Nd5 Bd8 26. h4 $1 Ra3 27. Nec3 Rca8 28. Rdd1 Ba5 {Black has accumulated
all his forces on the queenside but still that won't be enough.} 29. Nb5 Ra2
30. Bf3 g6 31. Ne7+ (31. Nd6 $1 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxc2 33. Ra1 {with an unpleasant
position for Black.}) 31... Kg7 32. Nc6 Na4 33. Nd6 Be6 34. Rb7 Rxc2 35. Nxe5
$2 {A serious mistake after which White loses the thread in the game.} (35.
Nxf7 $1 Nc5 (35... Bxf7 36. Nxe5 Rc7 37. Rxc7 Bxc7 38. Nxf7 $16) 36. Rb5 Bxf7
37. Rxa5 Rxa5 38. Nxa5 {White is a pawn up.}) 35... Nc5 36. Re7 Kf8 {The rook
is trapped now, the position has changed dramatically in Black's favour.} 37.
Nc6 (37. Rxf7+ Bxf7 38. Ndxf7 Bc7 39. Nd6 Kg7 40. Ndc4 Raa2 41. Rd5 Bb8 42.
Rxc5 Bxe5 43. Rxe5 Rxc4 44. Rg5 Rcc2 45. Bxh5 Rxf2 $17) 37... Nb3 38. e5 Bb6
39. Rb7 $2 {A big mistake but a logical one; previous moves had been played to
save the rook and not to sac it so Rb7 is consequently played, unfortunately
for White it just loses.} Bxf2+ 40. Kg2 Bc5+ 41. Kh1 Raa2 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Rd1
Rc8 15. Nc3 Bc6 16. Nxd5 Bxb2 (16... Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxf6 Be6 {is
asking to get tortured for no reason, though the opposite colored bishops and
the incoming rook to c2 give great chances for a draw.}) 17. Qxb2 Bxd5 18. e4
Bxe4 (18... Rc5 19. Qd2 {is not nearly as convincing.}) 19. Rxd8 Rfxd8 {
your computer might give a serious advantage for White, but it is a lie. It's
impossible to break down Black's defenses. White's king is permanently weak
and there are no weaknesses to attack.} 20. b4 a6 21. a4 Rc4 22. Re1 h6 (22...
g6 23. f3 $1 $14) 23. Qe5 Bc6 24. b5 Re8 25. Qxe8+ Bxe8 26. Rxe8+ Kh7 27. Re7
f6 28. a5 Ra4 29. Rxb7 Rxa5 30. b6 Rb5 31. Kf1 a5 32. Kg2 a4 33. h4 h5 34. Rb8
Kg6 35. b7 a3 36. Ra8 a2 37. Kh3 Rxb7 38. Rxa2 Rb3 39. Kg2 Rb5 40. Re2 Ra5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bf4 Nfg4 9. Qa4 g5 10. Bxe5 Qxf2+ 11. Kd1 Nxe5 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Qd4+ 14.
Kc2 Nxc4 15. e4 Ne3+ $2 (15... Qd2+ 16. Kb3 Qxb2+ $1 17. Kxc4 Bg7 18. Qa5+ b6
19. Qxg5+ f6 20. Qb5 $1 Ba6 $1 21. Qxa6 f5 $11) 16. Kb3 Qd2 17. a3 Qc2+ 18. Ka2
Qxa4 19. Nxa4 Nxf1 20. Rhxf1 b5 21. N4b6 axb6 22. Nxb6 Bb7 23. Rxf7 Bc6 24. Rd1
Be7 25. Rf3 Kc7 26. Nxd7 Rd8 27. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Re1 (14. Bxa6
Rxa6 15. Qe2 {, with ideas f4-f5 and b4-b5 c6xb5 Nc3xd5, is more common. The
text move, renouncing tactical chances, leads to a standard position,
generally considered satisfactory for Black.}) {The whole system was examined
in CBM 138, annotations to Nakamura - Nielsen.} 14... Bf6 (14... Rfb8 15. h4
Bxd3 16. Qxd3 axb4 17. axb4 bxc5 18. bxc5 g6 19. h5 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Rb2 21. Ne5
Nxe5 22. fxe5 $36 Qb7 $6 {1/2 (53) Malakhatko,V (2558)-Socko,B (2619) St
Petersburg 2012} 23. Na4 $1 Qa7 24. Qf1 $16 {[%cal Ya4b6]}) (14... Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 g6 (15... Ra7 16. Rac1 axb4 17. axb4 Bf6 18. h4 bxc5 19. bxc5 Rb8 $132 {
1/2 (34) Ivanchuk,V (2741)-Bruzon Batista,L (2668) Havana 2010}) 16. h4 Kg7 $11
17. Ng5 Bf6 18. h5 $6 axb4 19. axb4 bxc5 20. bxc5 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 {1-0 (59)
Andreikin,D (2700)-Radjabov,T (2788) Astana 2012} e5 $3 $17) 15. Kg2 (15. Bc2
Bc4 16. Qd2 Ra7 17. Ne5 axb4 18. axb4 bxc5 19. bxc5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Be7 21. Rab1
Rfa8 22. Rb4 Bd8 23. Ne4 Qe7 $132 {1-0 (40) Nakamura,H (2729)-Nielsen,P (2700)
Amsterdam 2010 CBM 138 [Krasenkow,M]}) (15. h4 Qa7 16. b5 Bb7 17. cxb6 Nxb6 18.
Ne5 Rac8 19. f5 exf5 20. Bxf5 Rc7 21. bxc6 {1/2 (21) Fier,A (2571)-So,W (2673)
Moscow 2011}) (15. Ne5 Bxe5 $5 {(probably the simplest way to equality)} (15...
Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rfb8 $6 17. Nxd7 $1 Qxd7 18. Na4 Bd8 19. f5 b5 20. Nb2 $1 Bf6 21.
fxe6 fxe6 22. Qe3 Re8 23. Nd3 $14 {1-0 (71) Pogorelov R (2401)-Bruzon L (2573)
Mondariz Balneario 2001 Inf 82/372 [Pogorelov,R]}) 16. fxe5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qb7 (
17... Ra7 18. Reb1 b5 19. a4 axb4 20. Rxb4 f6 $1 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Qe2 Re8 23.
Re1 (23. f4 $142) 23... bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. Nxa4 Qa5 $132 {1/2 (32)
Krasenkow,M (2620)-Riazantsev,A (2634) France 2009}) 18. Reb1 (18. cxb6 axb4
19. axb4 Nxb6 20. b5 Nc4 21. bxc6 Qxc6 $11 {1/2 (54) Getz,N (2391)-Azarov,S 
(2648) Rogaska Slatina 2011}) (18. h4 $5) 18... axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Ra8
21. Qd1 Rxa1 {1/2 (21) Michalik,P (2511)-Azarov,S (2648) Czechia 2012}) 15...
Bxd3 (15... bxc5 $6 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bxc3 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 (18... Kxh7
19. Qc2+ Kg8 20. Ng5 Rfe8 21. Qxc3) 19. Nh4 g6 (19... Kxh7 20. Qc2+ Kg8 21.
Qxc3 {- in both bracketed lines White's knight is stronger than Black's bishop}
) 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Nxg6+ Kg8 22. Nxf8 Rxf8 23. Rxe6 Bxa1 24. Qxa1 {, and
White keeps a strong attack without material deficit.}) 16. Qxd3 Rfb8 {[%mdl
32]} (16... Ra7 $1 {[%cal Yf8a8] is a typical and quite appropriate plan in
this kind of positions. Instead, Black starts an unusual and slightly dubious
plan.}) 17. h4 Qa7 18. Ne2 $5 (18. Rab1 axb4 19. axb4 bxc5 20. bxc5 Qa3 {
[%cal Rd7c5]}) 18... g6 $6 ({Black rejected} 18... axb4 19. axb4 Qxa1 20. Rxa1
Rxa1 {in view of} 21. b5 {but it was bearable:} bxc5 $1 (21... cxb5 22. Qxb5
Ra7 23. c6 Nf8 24. Ne5 Rc7 25. f5 $1 $36 {D.Kryakvin}) 22. bxc6 Nf8 23. dxc5
Ra5 $1 {, and Black must capture White's passed pawns, even at the cost of an
exchange, e.g.} 24. Qe3 Rc8 25. Ned4 Rxc5 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. Qxe5 R5xc6 28. Nxc6
Rxc6 {with a probable draw. After the text move White avoids simplifications
and continues his kingside attack; meanwhile the invasion of Black's queen is
harmless.}) 19. Rab1 axb4 20. axb4 Qa2 21. Rec1 bxc5 22. bxc5 h5 $6 {This is a
loss of a crucial tempo. Preventing h4-h5 was not Black's top priority in this
position.} (22... Ra3 {was probably insufficient for equality in view of} 23.
Rxb8+ (23. Nc3 Rbb3 $1) 23... Nxb8 24. Qd1 $1 (24. Nc3 Qb2 25. Rb1 Rxc3 26.
Rxb2 Rxd3 27. Rxb8+ Kg7 28. Rb6 Bxd4 29. Rxc6 h5 $1 {is satisfactory for Black}
) 24... Na6 (24... Qb3 25. Qxb3 Rxb3 26. Ra1 $14 {[%csl Rb8]}) 25. Rb1 Qc4 26.
f5 $3 (26. Rb6 Ra2) 26... exf5 27. Rb6 Ra2 (27... Nb4 28. h5 $40) 28. Nf4 Nxc5
29. Rb8+ Kg7 30. dxc5 Qxc5 31. Nd3 $16) (22... Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Rb8 24. Rxb8+ Nxb8
{was possible but even then the initiative belongs to White: Black has a weak
c6-pawn and kingside and no objects of counterplay.}) 23. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 (23...
Bxe5 24. fxe5 {was not pleasant either as White's knight was much more active
than Black's, e.g.} Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Rb8 26. Rxb8+ Nxb8 27. Nf4 {etc.}) 24. fxe5
Bg7 $2 {An obvious mistake, after which Black's position becomes really grim.}
(24... Bd8 $8 {covering the b6-square. Black's bishop doesn't protect his king
anymore but that is a lesser evil. After} 25. Nf4 Kg7 26. Qd1 {[%cal Yf4d3,
Yd3b4] White is clearly better but what he has is far from a decisive
advantage.}) 25. Rb6 $1 {[%csl Rc6]} Rc8 26. Nc3 Qa7 27. Rcb1 Qd7 28. R1b4 Bh6
29. Na4 Qd8 30. Ra6 Kg7 $2 (30... Rc7 {, preventing Rb4-b7, was more stubborn.}
) 31. Rb7 Rxa6 32. Qxa6 g5 {Desperation.} 33. Qe2 $1 {[%csl Rh5]} g4 34. Qa6
Qg8 (34... Rc7 35. Qb6 Rc8 36. Qa7 Ra8 37. Rxf7+ Kg6 38. Qb7 {[%cal Rf7f6]} Rb8
39. Qe7 Qxe7 40. Rxe7 Kf5 41. Nc3 $1 {, and White should win.}) 35. Nb6 Rf8 36.
Nd7 Qh7 (36... Ra8 37. Ra7 $1 $18 ({but not} 37. Qxc6 $4 Ra2 $1 {[%cal Rh6e3]
V.Anand})) 37. Nxf8 Qe4+ 38. Kh2 Kxf8 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Qc8 Kg6 41. Qh8 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. a4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
d4 e4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 a6 11. Bd3 d5 12. Re3 Nb4 13. Bf1 Bf5 14. c3 Nc6
15. Bd3 Qd7 16. Qc2 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rfe8 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. b4 Ne7
21. Bf4 Nc8 22. Nd2 Nd6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Nb3 c6 25. Nc5 Qb8 26. Nd7 Qd8 27.
Nc5 Qb8 28. Qg3 Be7 29. Qxb8 Rxb8 30. Nb3 Kf8 31. a5 Ke8 32. Re1 Kd7 33. g3 Bd6
34. Kg2 Re8 35. Rxe8 Kxe8 36. Nc5 Bxc5 37. bxc5 Ke7 38. g4 g5 39. f4 f6 40. Kf3
Kd7 41. f5 Kc7 42. Ke2 Kd7 43. c4 Kc7 44. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. a3 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. Rb1 b6
9. O-O Bb7 10. Qd2 a5 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 d5 13. Ne1 Nd4 14. Qd1 Rb8 15. Na4 e5
16. Nc2 Bc6 17. Ne3 Ne6 18. Nc3 d4 19. Ncd5 dxe3 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bxc6 Nd4
22. Bd5 Bh6 23. f3 Bg5 24. Bc3 h5 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 h4 27. g4 Bf4 28. Kh1 h3
29. b5 Rbd8 30. Rg1 Kg7 31. Be4 Ra8 32. Bxa8 Rxa8 33. Ra1 Rxa1 34. Bxa1 Qh4 35.
Rf1 Qh8 36. Bc3 Qa8 37. Re1 Qb7 38. Rg1 Qa8 39. Bxd4 exd4 40. Qa1 Qb8 41. g5
Bxh2 42. Rg4 Bd6 43. Rh4 h2 44. Qf1 Qa8 45. Kg2 Qb7 46. Qe1 Qa8 47. Re4 Qh8 48.
Qh4 Qxh4 49. Rxh4 f6 50. gxf6+ Kxf6 51. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 dxc4 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. Qa4 a6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. O-O
Ngf6 9. d3 c5 10. a4 Be7 11. Nc3 Qb6 12. Qb3 b4 13. a5 Qd8 14. Nb1 Bd5 15. Qc2
O-O 16. Nbd2 Nb8 17. Rd1 Ra7 18. e4 Ba8 19. Nb3 Rc7 20. Be3 Nbd7 21. Qe2 Bc6
22. Nfd2 Bb5 23. Nc4 Rc8 24. e5 Nd5 25. Bd2 Nb8 26. h4 Nc6 27. Qg4 Kh8 28. Bg5
Rc7 29. Be4 h6 30. Bd2 f5 31. exf6 Nxf6 32. Qxe6 Nxe4 33. Qxe4 Bf6 34. Be3 Re7
35. Qg4 Bxb2 36. Rab1 Bd4 37. Nxd4 cxd4 38. Bf4 Bxc4 39. dxc4 Qe8 40. Qh3 Re2
41. Qg2 Qg6 42. Qf3 Re4 43. Qg2 Qe6 44. Bd6 Re8 45. Bxb4 Nxb4 46. Kh2 Qd6 47.
Qf3 d3 48. Kg2 Re2 49. Qh5 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. c3 Qc7 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Qf3 Bd7 14. Re1
Rfe8 15. h3 Rad8 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Re2 Nd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rae1 Bc5 20. Rxe8+
Rxe8 21. Rxe8+ Bxe8 22. Qxd5 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. cxd4 Bc6 25. f3 Bd5 26. a3
f6 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. h4 h5 29. g4 g6 30. gxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. O-O b5 6. a4 Bb7 7. b3 b4 8. bxc4
c5 9. d3 e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Nb3 a5 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. e3 O-O 14. d4 Qc7 15. Qe2
Ne4 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Ne1 Nd6 18. e4 cxd4 19. c5 Ne8 20. Bxd4 Ne5 21. f4 Nc6
22. Bb2 Nf6 23. e5 Nd5 24. Nf3 Rab8 25. Nfd2 Nc3 26. Qe3 Nd8 27. Bxc3 bxc3 28.
Rxc3 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Rb4 30. c6 Rb6 31. Nd4 Bb4 32. Nb5 Rxc6 33. Nxc7 Rxc3 34.
Qe4 R3xc7 35. Nf3 Nb7 36. Rd1 Nc5 37. Qc2 Nd7 38. Qd3 h6 39. h4 Nc5 40. Qc2 Nd7
41. Qd3 Nc5 42. Qc4 Nd7 43. Qb5 Nf8 44. h5 Rc5 45. Qb7 R5c7 46. Qe4 Nd7 47. Kh3
Nb6 48. f5 exf5 49. Qxf5 Nxa4 50. Rd7 Rxd7 51. Qxd7 Nb6 52. Qb7 Bc5 53. e6 fxe6
54. Ne5 Rf8 55. Qc6 Bd4 56. Qxe6+ Kh7 57. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 dxc4 13. Rxc4 e5 14. Qc2 Re8
15. Rc1 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nf6 17. a3 Be6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. Rcd4 Rxd4
21. Rxd4 Qe7 22. Qd1 g6 23. Bf3 Qe5 24. h3 Kg7 25. Qb3 Re7 26. Rb4 Qc7 27. g3
b6 28. Rc4 c5 29. Kg2 Qe5 30. Qc2 Ne8 31. Re4 Qf6 32. Rxe7 Qxe7 33. Kf1 Qe5 34.
h4 Nd6 35. Ke2 Nb5 36. Kd1 Nd6 37. Kc1 b5 38. Kb1 a5 39. Bc6 b4 40. axb4 axb4
41. b3 f5 42. Qd3 Ne4 43. Qd7+ Kf8 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Qd7+ Kf8 46. h5 gxh5 47. f4
Nc3+ 48. Kc2 Qxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge playoff 4th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Be5
c6 9. g4 Nhf6 10. Rg1 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. f4 b6 14. b4 a5 15.
a3 axb4 16. axb4 Qb8 17. g5 bxc5 18. bxc5 Qb4 19. Rc1 Ra3 20. Qd2 Bd8 21. Nd1
Qxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Ba5+ 23. Ke2 Rb8 24. Kf3 e5 25. fxe5 Bf5 26. Rg2 Be4+ 27. Kf4
Bxg2 28. Bxg2 Ra2 29. Bf3 Bd2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Raptis, Nick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e3 e5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 f5 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nf3 e4 8. Nfd2
Nf6 9. c4 d5 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Qc1 O-O 12. Ba3 a5 13. Ne2 Qe7 14. Bxb4 axb4 15.
O-O Ra6 16. Qc2 Rfa8 17. Rfc1 g5 18. Nf1 Qe6 19. Qd2 dxc4 20. bxc4 b3 21. d5
Qe5 22. Nd4 Rxa2 23. Rxa2 bxa2 24. Ra1 Bd7 25. Rxa2 Rxa2 26. Qxa2 b6 27. Qa8+
Kg7 28. Qd8 f4 29. h4 gxh4 30. Ne6+ Bxe6 31. dxe6 Qxe6 32. Qxc7+ Kg6 33. exf4
Ng4 34. Qd8 h6 35. Qxh4 Nf6 36. Ne3 Qd6 37. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bachmann, Axel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 d5 2. Nd2 e5 3. c4 d4 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 a5 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. a3
Nge7 9. Rb1 a4 10. Ne4 b6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bf6 O-O 13. e3 Bxf6 14. Nxf6+ Kg7 15.
Nd5 Ra5 16. Nxe7 Qxe7 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Re1 Qf6 20. Qd2 Bf5 21.
h3 h5 22. f4 Qd6 23. Re2 Rc5 24. b4 axb3 25. Rxb3 Ra5 26. Qb4 Qxb4 27. axb4
Ra1+ 28. Kf2 Rd1 29. Re7 Rd2+ 30. Kg1 Bxd3 31. c5 Bc4 32. Rb1 bxc5 33. bxc5 d3
34. Rxc7 Rd8 35. c6 Be6 36. Ra7 Rc2 37. Rd1 d2 38. Kf2 Rc1 39. Bf3 Bb3 40. c7
Rc8 41. Rxd2 R1xc7 42. Rxc7 Rxc7 43. f5 Rc2 44. Rxc2 Bxc2 45. fxg6 fxg6 46. Ke3
Kf6 47. Be4 Bb3 48. h4 Be6 49. Kd4 g5 50. Bf3 gxh4 51. gxh4 Bg4 52. Be4 Bf5 53.
Bd5 Bg4 54. Bc6 Kg6 55. Ke5 Kh6 56. Be8 Bd1 57. Kf6 Bg4 58. Ba4 Be2 59. Bc2 Bg4
60. Bf5 Bxf5 61. Kxf5 Kg7 62. Kg5 Kh7 63. Kxh5 Kg7 64. Kg5 Kh7 65. h5 Kg7 66.
h6+ Kh7 67. Kh5 Kh8 68. Kg6 Kg8 69. h7+ Kh8 70. Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.02.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Neiksans, Arturs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 b6 4. Nbd2 Bb7 5. c4 Bb4 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 d6 8.
Qc2 Nbd7 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Qc3 O-O 13. Be2 Nxe3 14. Qxe3
Nc5 15. O-O Ne6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Nb3 c5 18. Nd2 Nd4 19. Rac1 Rad8 20. Nb1 f5
21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Nc3 Rdf8 23. f3 Rf4 24. Rf1 Nf5 25. Qd2 Nd4 26. Rce1 Qd6 27.
Qd1 Qg6 28. Kh1 e4 29. fxe4 Bxe4 30. Nxe4 Qxe4 31. Bf3 Qf5 32. Bd5+ Kh8 33.
Rxf4 Qxf4 34. h3 Nf5 35. Qf3 Ng3+ 36. Kg1 Qb8 37. Qe3 h6 38. Qe5 Qxe5 39. Rxe5
Nf5 40. g4 Nd4 41. Re7 g5 42. Kg2 a5 43. h4 Rf6 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Re5 Rg6 46.
Bf7 Rg7 47. Re8+ Kh7 48. Bd5 Kh6 49. Rh8+ Kg6 50. Rb8 Kf6 51. Kf2 Ke5 52. Ke3
Rh7 53. Re8+ Kd6 54. Rg8 Rh3+ 55. Ke4 Rb3 56. Rg6+ Ke7 57. Ke5 Re3+ 58. Be4
Nf3+ 59. Kd5 Nd2 60. Bf5 Nf3 61. Be4 Nd2 62. Re6+ Kf8 63. Bf5 Rxe6 64. Bxe6 Ke7
65. Bf5 Nf3 66. Be4 Nd2 67. Bh7 Nf3 68. Kc6 Ne5+ 69. Kxb6 Nxc4+ 70. Kxc5 Nxb2
71. Bc2 Kf6 72. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 e6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nxe6 Qb6 11. Be3 Qb7 12. Nd5 Kf7 13. Nd8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.02.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.02.24"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
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1. Nf3 b6 2. Ng1 Bb7 3. Nf3 f5 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 e4 6. Nd4 Qf6 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
h5 9. d3 Nxd4 10. cxd4 h4 11. Nc3 Qg6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Qd2 Nf6 14. Nb5 Nd5 15.
Bxd6 cxd6 16. dxe4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Qh5 18. Bf3 Qh7 19. Nxd6+ Kf8 20. g4 Bc6 21.
e4 Nf6 22. d5 Qg6 23. Qf4 Kg8 24. dxc6 dxc6 25. e5 Nd7 26. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Holt, Conrad"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 Na6
9. Nd2 Qe8 10. Be2 Nf6 11. h4 Nd7 12. h5 f5 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. exf5 Nf6 15. fxg6
Qxg6 16. Nf3 Nb4 17. Nh4 Qh7 18. Kf1 Bf5 19. Kg1 Bc2 20. Qd2 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Qxe4
22. Bf1 Bd3 23. Bh3 Nc2 24. Be6+ Rf7 25. Nf5 Ne1 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Ng6+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. dxc5 b6 12. cxb6 axb6 13. Kb1 Bb7 14.
Nd4 Ra5 15. Nb5 Qc6 16. Bd2 Raa8 17. f3 Ba6 18. c4 Rfd8 19. Bc3 Qc5 20. Bd4 Qc8
21. Bxb6 Rd7 22. Bf2 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Be4 Rb8 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Rc1 Nf6
27. Bd3 g6 28. Rd1 Bxb5 29. cxb5 Nd5 30. Rc1 Qd4 31. g3 Rd8 32. Bc4 Ne3 33. Bb3
Rb8 34. a4 Nf5 35. Qe4 Qd2 36. Rc2 Qd1+ 37. Ka2 Qd8 38. g4 Ne7 39. f4 Qd7 40.
Qe5 Rb7 41. h4 Qd3 42. h5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Friedel,J"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
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{This battle between two of the usual heavyweights is always highly
anticipated.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 {Kamsky opts for his trusty London
system.} c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. e4 $5 {
It is unusual to play this break before castling.} (9. Ne5 {is the main move
here, which Kamsky has played before.}) 9... Be7 {I like this reaction by
Hikaru, keeping his bishop and ensuring a more double-edged fight.} 10. e5 Nh5
11. O-O Bd7 {Black is in no rush to capture on g3.} 12. Re1 Rc8 13. a3 Nxg3 14.
hxg3 f5 {I like this move, shutting down the bishop unless White wants to open
the bishop for black's pieces.} 15. dxc5 $5 (15. exf6 Bxf6 {looks great for
Black.}) (15. b4 {would be my choice, and is the logical follow up to a3.})
15... bxc5 16. b4 g5 {Hikaru tries to make life uncomfortable for the f3
knight.} 17. Nh2 {This move is highly counterintuitive.} (17. bxc5 {was what I
expected during the game, securing the d4 square for the knight. I'm curious
why Gata rejected it.}) 17... d4 18. b5 dxc3 19. bxc6 cxd2 20. Re2 Bxc6 21.
Rxd2 (21. Bc4 $1 {is more precise, preventing the pawn from reaching this
square.}) 21... Bd5 22. g4 $2 {White allows c4 without a fight.} (22. Bc4 Bxc4
(22... Qc7 {is playable, but then White would certainly have played this move.}
) 23. Rxd8 Rfxd8 {is what I thought Hikaru's idea might be, but I'm not sure
it is so clear after} 24. Qa4) 22... c4 23. Bc2 f4 {Now White really is up
against it.} 24. Qe2 Qa5 25. Nf3 Rcd8 (25... Rfd8 {looks far more natural. I'm
sure there is a concrete reason Hikaru preferred the other rook, but I don't
see it.}) 26. Rdd1 Rd7 27. a4 Rfd8 28. Rab1 a6 {There is no reason to allow
Rb5.} 29. Rdc1 Ba3 30. Rd1 (30. Nxg5 Bxc1 31. Rxc1 c3 {and White just can't
make any threats.}) 30... h6 31. Kh2 Bf8 {Now Black's kingside is completely
secure.} 32. Rdc1 Qc5 33. Kg1 Qc6 (33... Bxf3 {Hikaru was understandably
reluctant to give up his bishop, but this looks very strong.} 34. Qxf3 Rd2 {
and with f2 under pressure and e5 falling, White's position looks lost.}) 34.
Rd1 Bg7 {I'm not sure I care for the bishop here.} (34... Bc5 {looks a bit
more menacing.}) 35. Nd4 (35. a5 {was annoying, threatening Rb6, and if} Qc5
36. Be4 {gives White a little counterplay.}) 35... Qc7 36. Nf3 {There was some
time trouble around here, so there is some repeating.} Rb8 (36... Bf8 {Black
had a chance to swing the bishop around again.}) 37. Rxb8+ Qxb8 38. Be4 $1 {
Gata of course doesn't miss his chance for this move.} Qc8 39. Bc2 $6 {But
this one I don't get.} (39. Bxd5 Rxd5 40. Rc1 {and with the bishop on g7 out
of the game and Black's king a little open I think White has good chances to
hold.}) 39... Qc6 40. Nd4 Qc7 41. Nf3 Rd8 42. Bb1 Rb8 43. Bc2 (43. Be4 $1)
43... a5 44. Rc1 Qb7 45. Qd1 Qa8 {As is often the case, I'm not sure what
Hikaru is up to. It looks like he's been futzing around, but there is usually
a subtle point to these moves. In this case, I think he wants to avoid Be4
while not running into Nd4.} 46. Qe2 Rb4 47. Rd1 Qc6 48. Nd4 Qc7 49. Re1 Qb7
50. Rd1 Bf8 {Hikaru is making some progress.} (50... Bxg2 51. f3 {is not
recommended.}) 51. Nb5 {Gata decides that he's done with waiting, so he
complicates the game.} (51. Kh2 {A waiting move might be objectively stronger,
but after} Rb2 {and Bc5 coming it is clear White will be facing real problems.}
) 51... Bxg2 52. Rd8 Bh1 {It looks like White is busted.} 53. Qf1 Rb2 54. Nd6
Qd5 55. Nf7 {Gata plays his last chance.} Rxc2 $2 (55... Qc6 56. Bg6 (56. Nxh6+
Kg7 {doesn't help White.}) 56... Be4 {and White's pieces just can't do a lot.})
56. Rxd5 Bxd5 57. Qb1 $1 {The only move, and now Hikaru has to sac another
exchange.} Kxf7 (57... Be4 58. Nd6 {is possibly what Hikaru missed, and
actually White is the one who wins.}) 58. Qxc2 Kg7 59. Qd2 Bb4 60. Qd4 c3 {
Neither side can make progress, so they agreed to a draw. Nakamura really
outplayed Kamsky this game, but Gata defended stubbornly as he always does and
one mistake was enough to throw it away.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
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1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bg3 c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Nxd4
Bf6 15. Rfd1 Bxd4 16. exd4 Nb8 17. Rac1 Nc6 18. Bb5 Rc8 19. Rc3 Ne7 20. Ba6
Rxc3 21. bxc3 Nf5 22. Bf4 Qh4 23. Bc1 Rd8 24. f3 Rd7 25. Bd3 Rc7 26. Bd2 Qd8
27. Rc1 Qf6 28. a4 g5 29. f4 gxf4 30. Qf2 Nh4 31. Bxf4 Nf3+ 32. gxf3 Qxf4 33.
Qg3+ Qxg3+ 34. hxg3 Bxf3 35. Kf2 Bc6 36. Ra1 f6 37. a5 b5 38. c4 bxc4 39. Bxc4
Kf7 40. Ke3 Ke7 41. Rb1 Rc8 42. g4 Kd6 43. Ba6 Rg8 44. Rf1 Rxg4 45. Rxf6 Re4+
46. Kd3 Rh4 47. Bc4 Bd5 48. Bxd5 Kxd5 49. Rf7 Rxd4+ 50. Ke3 Ra4 51. Rxa7 Ra3+
52. Kf2 Ke4 53. Rh7 Ra2+ 54. Kf1 Kf3 55. Rf7+ Ke3 56. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Bc4
O-O 9. Bb3 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. O-O-O Rfc8 13. Kb1 Ne5 14. Bg5 Rxc3
15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 a5 17. a3 Rc8 18. Kb2 Kf8 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. Nd4 Ba6 21.
Rhe1 Nfd7 22. f4 Nc4+ 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. f5 Nc5 25. Re3 Ke8 26. Bf4 Na4+ 27. Kc1
Ba6 28. e5 dxe5 29. Rxe5 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Nxc3 31. Re1 gxf5 32. Bf6 Ne4 33. Nxf5
Bd3 34. c3 Rc5 35. Nxe7 Rb5 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Nb3
g5 9. Ne1 Qc7 10. Nd3 Ng6 11. Ne1 Ne7 12. f4 O-O-O 13. Nd3 Ng6 14. Bg4 Bxd3 15.
cxd3 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17. Rxf4 f5 18. Bh5 Nf6 19. Kh1 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Qg7 21.
Rf3 Rg8 22. Rg3 Qh7 23. Rxg8 Qxg8 24. Rf1 Qg5 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. g4 fxg4 27. Rf7
Re8 28. Kg2 Be7 29. Kg3 b6 30. Kxg4 Kd7 31. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
a6 9. Ba4 h6 10. Nf1 b5 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bg4 15. d5
Nc4 16. Ne3 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 Re8 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nd7 20. Rb1 Qh4 21. Re2 c4
22. Qf4 Qe7 23. Bd2 a5 24. Qg3 Nc5 25. b3 cxb3 26. Bxb3 Nxe4 27. Qd3 f5 28.
Qxb5 Bd4 29. Be1 Qf7 30. Qd3 Qf6 31. Rd1 Be5 32. Qf3 a4 33. Bc4 Rec8 34. Bb5
Nc3 35. Bxc3 Rxc3 36. Re3 Rc2 37. Re2 Rxe2 38. Qxe2 Qh4 39. Qc2 Bd4 40. Bd7 Kh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Troff, Kayden W"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. e4 {Somewhat double-edged as this
weakens the d3-square, so often an important target for Black in the Benoni.} (
12. Bf4 {is more solid.} Nh5 (12... Qc7 13. Rc1 h6 14. b4 b6 {Gleizerov,E 
(2557)-Martynov,P (2298) Stockholm 2013, was also a solid choice for Black.})
13. Bg5 (13. Bxd6 $2 Qb6) 13... Qc7 14. e4 h6 15. Bd2 {with a slight edge for
White in Dautov,R (2601)-Degraeve,J (2544) Germany 2008}) 12... Ng4 $1 {
Already perhaps intending a plan of ...Ne5 ...c4 ...Nd3} 13. Nd2 (13. Bg5 Qb6
14. Qc2 h6 15. Bf4 g5 16. Bc1 Nde5 17. a5 Qa7 $6 (17... Qc7 {looked more
typical}) 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Na4 $1 b5 (19... Bg4 20. Ra3 $1) 20. axb6 Qb8 21.
f4 Ng4 22. e5 dxe5 23. h3 Bd7 24. fxg5 e4 25. hxg4 Qxg3 26. Qf2 {Seirawan,Y 
(2630)-Christiansen,L (2550) Chandler 1997, and White was already winning.}) (
13. h3 Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Nd7 {should be just about ok for Black. It is
generally acknowleged that in the Benoni it is in Black's favour to exchange
pieces as he is somewhat lacking in space.} 16. Be3 Qa5 $13) 13... Nge5 14. Bf1
g5 {Somewhat forced, otherwise White will drive away the knight with f4.   Of
course this move weakens some important squares on the kingside so involves an
element of risk, but you can hardly play an opening like the Benoni quietly.  
The dynamic features of this opening suit Nakamura's style perfectly well, as
he likes to drag the opponent into unfathomable complications and then simply
outcalculate him.} 15. h3 ({White can try the immediate} 15. f4 {anyway, but
this entails a huge amount of risk.} gxf4 16. gxf4 Ng6 $1 ({The crazy looking} 
16... Qh4 {needs to be considered, even if there should be a way for White to
consolidate his extra piece.} 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Qe2 $1 Nd3 $2 (18... Bg4 19.
Qf2) 19. Qxd3 Qxe1 20. Nf3 {trapping the queen.}) 17. Nc4 Bd4+ (17... Qh4 18.
Nxd6 Nf6 {is another wild line, even if this is hard to believe. Black
directly targets the white king.} 19. Nxe8 Ng4 20. Re2 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22.
Rxf2 Qxf2 23. Bg2 {and White should be able to repulse the threats.}) 18. Be3
Bxe3+ (18... Bxc3 $6 19. bxc3 Nf6 (19... Rxe4 20. Nxd6 Rxe3 21. Rxe3 Nf6 22.
Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Bh3 {is too optimistic for Black}) 20. f5 $1) 19. Rxe3 Nb6 $1 (
19... Nf6 $1 {also looks fine}) 20. f5 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Ne5 {should be perfectly
fine for Black as the knight occupies an excellent square in the centre.})
15... Qf6 16. Qh5 Bh6 $1 {Awkward, but typical of the computer generation
style of play in that it doesn't matter whether a move looks ugly or not, it's
whether it works.} 17. Nd1 g4 18. Ne3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Qg7 20. hxg4 Nxg4 $6 {
Slightly sloppy from the normally very accurate Nakamura.} (20... Nf6 $1 21.
Qh1 Nfxg4 22. Rc3 Bd7 {would solve all of Black's problems.}) 21. Rc3 Ndf6 (
21... Nde5 22. f3 $1 Nf6 23. Qh4 {and White is beginning to consolidate his
position, as it's difficult for Black to now achieve anything on the kingside.
If White fully mobilises his forces, something that he was unable to achieve
in the game, then he will be much better due to the weakened dark squares in
Black's position.}) 22. Qh1 Re5 23. Qf3 Bd7 (23... Qg6 $5) 24. Qd3 $2 {A
serious error, after which Black's attack becomes overwhelming. You can
imagine what Troff was intending with this move, he frees up the f3-square for
the knight. But the queen was doing a good job on f3 of holding together his
position.} ({White should have played the concrete} 24. Rb3 $1 {giving Black
an awkward decision, whether to passively defend the pawn or try to plough on
with the attack.} Qh6 $1 {he should certainly plough on} 25. Qg2 Rh5 26. Nf3
Qg7 {Now Black's threat of taking on e4 seems quite serious, so White's next
is probably forced} 27. Nh4 Nxf2 $1 {the best practical chance} 28. Kxf2 Ng4+
29. Ke2 $5 {a crazy winning attempt} ({against Naka I would certainly play} 29.
Kg1 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Nf2+ 31. Kh2 {with a draw- and desperately pray he doesn't
have anything better! :D}) {and now Black has a choice between} 29... Qd4 ({or
} 29... Re8 {both offering excellent play for the piece;}) 30. Rd3 Qb4 {
this is a complete mess and almost impossible to evaluate, which is why I'm
sure Troff would have gone for 29.Kg1} 31. b3 (31. Rda3 Re8 32. Kd1 $1 Rxe4 33.
Kc2 {is also a complete mess}) 31... c4 $40) (24. Bd3 Rae8 25. Nc4 Rxe4 $1 26.
Bxe4 Nxe4 {gives Black tremendous compensation for the exchange.}) 24... Qh6 $1
25. Bg2 (25. Nf3 Qh5 {when e4 will inevitably drop and the queen stuck on d3
can offer no help to its beleagured king.}) 25... Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Nxf2 $1 27. Kxf2
Bh3 28. Qf1 Rxe4 $19 29. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 30. Ke3 Bxg2 31. Qf4 Nxc3 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33.
bxc3 Re8+ 34. Kf2 Bh1+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. O-O
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rb1 Nc6 11. Qe3 Bb4 12. Qf4 h6 13. Bb5 Be7 14. Qg4 g6 15.
c3 Qd7 16. Ne1 a6 17. Ba4 b5 18. Bd1 Na5 19. Nd3 Qc6 20. Qe2 Qxc3 21. Bd2 Qa3
22. Bc1 Qc3 23. Bd2 Qa3 24. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.04.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Re1 Rb8 13. b3 Nd7 14. Bf4 Qf6
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Ne2 Re8 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Bf1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Ne4
21. Bd3 Qb4 22. Qe3 Re8 23. Nf3 Nd6 24. Qc1 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 c5 26. c3 Qb6 27.
Nf3 h6 28. Qf4 Be6 29. b4 cxb4 30. Qxb4 d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.04.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. O-O Rxb2 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14.
Bxd5 Rxc2 15. Na3 Re2 16. Rac1 Nd3 17. Rxc7 Be6 18. Bb3 a5 19. Ra7 Bxb3 20.
axb3 Rxe5 21. Nc4 Rb5 22. Rb1 Nc5 23. Nxa5 Re8 24. g3 g6 25. b4 Nd3 26. Nc6 Re2
27. Rd7 Nxf2 28. Nd4 Nh3+ 29. Kh1 Nf2+ 30. Kg2 Nd1+ 31. Nxe2 1-0

[Event "ITA-chT 47th"]
[Site "Civitanova Marche"]
[Date "2015.04.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2015.04.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Modena"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Ba3 c5 13. Be2 Qc7 14. h3 Rfd8 15.
Qb3 Ne4 16. c4 a5 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Qc2 Nd6 20. Ng5 Nf8 21. dxc5
bxc5 22. Bb2 Bb7 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 f6 25. Rd3 Nd7 26. Bc3 Nb8 27. Nd2 Nc6
28. Nb3 Nb7 29. Rcd1 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Ncxd8 32. Qd3 Nc6 33. f4 f5
34. g4 g6 35. Kf2 Kf8 36. Kg3 Ke8 37. e4 Qb6 38. Nd2 fxg4 39. hxg4 Nb4 40. Qe2
Qc6 41. Qh2 Qd7 42. Nf3 Nd6 43. Ng5 Nxe4+ 44. Nxe4 Qd3+ 45. Kh4 Qxe4 46. Kg5
Qb7 47. Bf6 Nc6 48. Qg1 Qa7 49. Qe3 Kf7 50. Qh3 Kg8 51. Qh1 Qc7 52. Qe4 Qd6 53.
Qh1 Qd7 54. Qe4 Qe8 55. f5 gxf5 56. gxf5 Nd8 57. Kf4 Kf8 58. Bxd8 Qxd8 59. Qxe6
Qh4+ 60. Kf3 Qh1+ 61. Kf2 Qh4+ 62. Kf3 Qh1+ 63. Kf2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-chT 47th"]
[Site "Civitanova Marche"]
[Date "2015.05.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Cacco, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.04.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova"]
[BlackTeam "Arzignan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. e5 Nd5
9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. a4 c6 11. axb5 cxb5 12. O-O Nc6 13. c3 O-O 14. Bc2 e6 15. Ng5
Ne7 16. Ne4 Nf5 17. Bf2 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bd3 Qd7 20. Qe2 Ne7 21. Ra2 Qc6
22. Rfa1 Rfb8 23. g4 f5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. h4 Rb6 26. Kh2 Kf7 27. Rf1 a5 28. f5
exf5 29. gxf5 a4 30. Bg3 Re8 31. fxg6+ Nxg6 32. Qf3 Kg7 33. h5 Nf8 34. Rf2 Kh8
35. Ra1 Bg7 36. Qg4 Qe6 37. Bf5 Qe7 38. Rg1 h6 39. Bh4 Qc7+ 40. Kh1 Nh7 41. Bd7
Rg8 42. Rf7 1-0

[Event "ITA-chT 47th"]
[Site "Civitanova Marche"]
[Date "2015.05.03"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2015.04.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chieti"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Bf2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rc1 Bh6 15.
Rb1 Bf5 16. Bd3 d4 17. Bxf5 dxc3 18. Bd3 cxb2 19. Rxb2 Be3 20. Bxe3 Rxe3 21.
Be2 Qe7 22. Rf2 Re8 23. g3 h5 24. Qd4 Rd8 25. Qf4 Kg7 26. Kg2 h4 27. Qxh4 Qe5
28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. gxf4 Nh5 30. Bf1 Nxf4+ 31. Kg3 Nh5+ 32. Kg2 Rd1 33. Rb3 Ree1
34. f4 f5 35. Bd3 Kh6 36. Kf3 c5 37. Ra3 a6 38. Rb2 Re6 39. Rb8 Rde1 40. Rh8+
Kg7 41. Rd8 R1e3+ 42. Kf2 Nxf4 43. Rb3 Rh3 44. Bf1 Rxh2+ 45. Kg3 Rh1 46. Rd1
Nh5+ 47. Kg2 Rh4 48. Rd7+ Kh6 49. Rc7 Rg4+ 50. Kf2 Nf6 51. Bd3 Rf4+ 52. Kg3 Kg5
53. Rxc5 Re3+ 54. Kg2 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maidel, Anton"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 Nd7 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
c5 9. O-O-O cxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Rxd4 Rc8 12. e5 Qb6 13. Rc4 Rxc4 14. Bxc4
dxe5 15. Rd1 Ngf6 16. g4 Qc6 17. Qd3 O-O 18. g5 Nh5 19. Nd5 Qc5 20. f5 Nb6 21.
Bb3 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Nf4 23. Qe4 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Qe3+ 25. Kb1 gxf5 26. Qxb7 Qxg5 27.
Qxa6 f4 28. Qa7 Qf5 29. Rg1+ Kh8 30. Qxe7 Rc8 31. Ka1 f3 32. c3 f2 33. Rf1 e4
34. Qd6 f6 35. Qd4 Rg8 36. a3 Rg2 37. a4 Kg7 38. b4 Qf3 39. Qd7+ Kh6 40. Qc6
Rg1 41. Qc4 Rxf1+ 42. Qxf1 Qxc3+ 43. Ka2 Qe1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.05.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vovk, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. fxe5 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Bxe5 dxe5 11. Qf3 Nf5 12. Nc3 Qxd2 13. Nd5 c6 14. Rad1
Qa5 15. Ne7+ Kg7 16. Nxf5+ Bxf5 17. e4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 b5 19. exf5 bxc4 20. Rd7 e4
21. Qxe4 Rae8 22. Qh4 gxf5 23. b4 Qe3 24. Qxc4 Re4 25. Qxc6 Rxb4 26. Rd3 Qe2
27. Qc3+ f6 28. Re1 Re8 29. Rdd1 Rd4 30. Qxd4 Qxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 32. Qg1
Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 f4 34. Kf2 Kg6 35. Kf3 Kf5 36. h4 a5 37. h5 h6 38. c4 Ke5 39. c5
Kd5 40. Kxf4 Kxc5 41. Kf5 Kb4 42. Kg6 Ka3 43. Kxh6 Kxa2 44. Kg6 a4 45. h6 a3
46. h7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.05.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tilicheev, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2831"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2015.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Bd6 4. Na3 Bxa3 5. Bxa3 Nge7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Nf3 d6 8.
d3 Bg4 9. Be2 Qd7 10. O-O Rae8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 f5 13. c4 Ng6 14. Rc1 Nh4
15. Bd5+ Kh8 16. Ba3 Ne7 17. Bxb7 c6 18. Ba6 Rf6 19. Kh2 f4 20. c5 d5 21. g3
Nhf5 22. exf4 exf4 23. g4 Nh4 24. Bb2 Re6 25. Rc2 Neg6 26. d4 f3 27. Bc1 Qc7+
28. Kh1 Nf4 29. Bxf4 Qxf4 30. Qd2 Qc7 31. Qg5 Ng2 32. Rc3 Qf7 33. Qf5 Rf6 34.
Qh5 Qf8 35. g5 Rf4 36. Rxf3 Rxf3 37. Kxg2 Rf4 38. Bd3 g6 39. Bxg6 Re7 40. Bb1
Qf7 41. Qxf7 Rexf7 42. f3 Rxd4 43. Kg3 Rdf4 44. h4 Kg7 45. Bd3 Rf8 46. Rf2 Rd4
47. Bc2 Rff4 48. Re2 Rxh4 49. Re7+ Kg8 50. Rxa7 Rh1 51. Ra8+ Kf7 52. Ra7+ Ke6
53. Rxh7 Rg1+ 54. Kf2 Rxg5 55. Ke3 Rb4 56. Rh6+ Kd7 57. Rh7+ Kd8 58. Rh8+ Ke7
59. Rh7+ Kf6 60. Rh6+ Ke5 61. Rxc6 Rg2 62. a3 Rh4 63. Kd3 Rf4 64. Kc3 Rxf3+ 65.
Kb4 Rxc2 66. Rc8 Rb2 67. Re8+ Kd4 68. Kb5 Rfxb3+ 69. Kc6 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.05.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Katz, Alexander R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 g6 6. Nd2 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2
d6 9. O-O a6 10. f4 Qe7 11. Nf3 b5 12. e5 Bb7 13. Ng3 Nd7 14. Be4 Bxe4 15. Nxe4
Nb6 16. Qd3 Nd5 17. g3 Rfd8 18. a4 Rab8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rae1 Qe8 21. h4 Qc6
22. h5 Qc4 23. Qc2 gxh5 24. Nh4 b4 25. b3 Qc6 26. c4 Nc3 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. exf6
Ra8 29. f5 Ra2 30. Qd3 e5 31. dxe5 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Qc6+ 33. Rf3 Rda8 34. e6 Ra1
35. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 36. Kh2 Qc5 37. Qe3 Ra2+ 38. Ng2 Qc6 39. exf7+ Kh7 40. f8=Q 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.05.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balog, Imre1"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 Bd7 5. O-O Qc8 6. e4 Nc6 7. Re1 Bh3 8. Bh1
h5 9. e5 h4 10. Bf4 hxg3 11. Bxg3 Bg4 12. Qd3 Nh6 13. exd6 cxd6 14. d5 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Ne5 16. Qe2 Nf5 17. Nc3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Kf8 19. Ne4 Ng4 20. Bf3 Ne5 21. c3
Bf6 22. Bg2 Kg7 23. Rad1 Qf5 24. Rd4 Rh7 25. Nxf6 exf6 26. Rf4 Qd7 27. Re4 Rah8
28. f4 Ng4 29. Re7 Qc8 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Qe7+ Kg8 32. Qxd6 Rf7 33. Re7 Qf8 0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:36]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:34]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:35] The Dragon is
Nakamura's one of favourite weapons.} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:
51]} 7. f3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:46]} 8. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} 9. g4 {[%emt 0:01:12] This move has become very popular in the
last few years.} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 10. O-O-O {[%emt 0:01:52]} (10. Nxe6 $5 {
is the main alternative, which Nakamura also played himself,} fxe6 11. O-O-O
Ne5 12. Be2 Qc8 13. h4 Nfd7 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. e5 $1 Nb6 $2 (16...
Rad8 $5) 17. h5 $1 dxe5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qh2 Rxf4 $1 20. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 21. Kb1 $1
Qxh2 22. Rxh2 Rf8 23. Ne4 $16 {Nakamura-Robson, Saint Louis 2012, and White is
better, but for the victory still he needs great technique.}) 10... Nxd4 {
[%emt 0:03:53]} 11. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 12. Kb1 {
[%emt 0:07:25]} (12. a3 Rfc8 13. h4 {is also a common line.}) 12... Rfc8 {
[%emt 0:05:33]} 13. a3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:47] The most
straightforward reaction, Black prepares for the queenside attack by ...b5-b4.}
14. h4 {[%emt 0:02:04] White also continues his play.} b5 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 15.
Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:18] Important, otherwise ...b4 was too dangerous.} ({For
example:} 15. h5 $2 b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 {and Black is faster.}) 15... Qxd2 {
[%emt 0:01:12]} 16. Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 17. exd5 {
[%emt 0:00:39]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:50] Now we are in an endgame, where White has
two Bs, but Black is solid, so the position is approximately equal.} 18. h5 {
[%emt 0:04:19]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 19. g5 {[%emt 0:18:12]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:34:
28]} 20. Be2 {[%emt 0:12:04]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 21. Rdd1 $146 {[%emt 0:01:
28] Actually this is the first new move in the game.} (21. Rd3 b4 22. a4 Nb6 (
22... Rc7 $5) 23. b3 Rc7 24. Bf2 Rbc8 $5 {A nice move, which sacrifices the
b6-N.} 25. h6 ({Of course at this moment} 25. Bxb6 $2 {is bad, because of} Rxc2
$17 {and Black has a lot of threats.}) 25... Bh8 26. c4 bxc3 27. Bxb6 Rb7 28.
Bd4 Rxb3+ 29. Kc1 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 c2 31. Kd2 c1=Q+ 32. Rxc1 Rb2+ 33. Kd1 Rxc1+
34. Kxc1 Rxe2 35. Rc4 f6 $11 {Blomqvist-Azarov, Cappelle la Grande 2015, with
a drawish R endgame.}) 21... b4 {[%emt 0:23:29]} 22. a4 {[%emt 0:01:24] Of
course White wants to close the b-file.} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 23. f4 {[%emt 0:
31:28]} Rf8 $5 {[%emt 0:06:07] An interesting place for the R. Until this
moment White had logical straightforward moves, but now it is not easy to
continue.} ({The simple} 23... Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Nb6 $11 {was also possible.}) 24.
Rh3 {[%emt 0:13:38]} (24. hxg6 fxg6 {was the idea behind 23...Rf8.}) 24... Bxd4
{[%emt 0:03:02]} 25. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 26. b3 {
[%emt 0:09:54]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:06:08]} 27. Rhd3 {[%emt 0:03:58]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:
06:44]} 28. c4 $5 {[%emt 0:01:31] White wants to close the c-file, even with a
P sacrifice too.} (28. Rd2 {could have been met by} Rc3 29. Bd3 R8c5 $15 {
and the black R will penetrate into White's position.}) 28... bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:
55]} 29. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:06:16]} 30. Bg4 {[%emt 0:02:07]}
R8c7 {[%emt 0:03:03] and a draw, because White closed the c-file, so neither
side can continue with his own plan.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:35]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 4. e4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} d6
{[%emt 0:00:37]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:42]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:
00:34]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 8. d5
{[%emt 0:00:33]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 9. b4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:01:
07]} 10. g3 {[%emt 0:02:47]} f5 {[%emt 0:10:15]} 11. Ng5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:49]} 12. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:11:47]} ({Less popular
than} 12... c6 13. Bg2 {Kramnik,V (2801)-Grischuk,A (2761) Moscow 2012 CBM 149
[Ramirez Alvarez] (1-0, 29)} (13. Ba3 cxd5 14. exd5 e4 15. Be2 {Kramnik,V 
(2791)-Giri,A (2722) Hoogeveen 2011 CBM 145 [Stohl,I] (1-0, 35)})) 13. Ncxe4 {
[%emt 0:16:12]} h6 {[%emt 0:10:00] In this position nobody has played this way,
but the game will soon transpose to a line played a couple of times before.} ({
The mainstream goes} 13... Nf5 {Ipatov,A (2630)-Mamedov,R (2647) Antalya 2013
CBM 158 [Krasenkow,M] (1/2-1/2, 43)}) 14. Ne6 {[%emt 0:10:44]} Bxe6 {[%emt 0:
01:54]} 15. dxe6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:01:59]} (15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 c6
17. b5 $36 {Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2660)-Guerrero Vargas,A (2303) Azuqueca de
Henares 2014 (1-0, 28)}) 16. Be3 {[%emt 0:13:00]} Ne8 $5 $146 {[%emt 0:03:07]
Indirectly securing the b7-pawn.} (16... Nxe4 $6 17. Bxe4 Qxe6 18. Bxb7 Qxc4 $2
(18... Rab8 19. Bd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Qf7 21. a3 Rb5 22. Rc1 Rxd5 23. Qa4 $36) 19.
Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Rc1 Qxb4 21. Rxc7 Kf8 22. Qf3+ {Korbal,A (2016)-Kostyra,M (2181)
Police 2010 (1-0, 22)}) 17. Bg2 {[%emt 0:15:36] This loses the pawn with just
some compensation.} (17. Bg4 $5 Nf5 18. e7 Rf7 19. h4 {looks more challenging,
aiming to weaken the kingside light squares.}) 17... Qxe6 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 18.
Qb3 {[%emt 0:08:20]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:09:47]} 19. b5 {[%emt 0:07:18]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:
02:55]} 20. Rad1 {[%emt 0:02:10]} a6 {[%emt 0:05:17]} 21. Nc3 $6 {[%emt 0:14:
20]} (21. a4 $44) 21... axb5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 22. cxb5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Qxb3 {
[%emt 0:15:43]} 23. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Ra3 $15 {[%emt 0:11:06]} 24. Rb1 {
[%emt 0:07:13]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 25. fxe3 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Rxf1+ {[%emt 0:
00:37]} 26. Kxf1 {[%emt 0:01:54]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 27. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:09:27]}
Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 28. b6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} c6 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 29. Rd1 {
[%emt 0:04:55]} d5 {[%emt 0:17:20]} 30. b4 {[%emt 0:02:37]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:01:50]
} 31. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 32. e4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} d4 {
[%emt 0:07:36]} 33. e5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Rxb6 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 34. Rxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:55]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0:01:29]} 35. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Rb2+ {[%emt 0:
01:55]} 36. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 37. Re4 {[%emt 0:02:05]}
Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 38. Nxb7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} 39. Re1 {
[%emt 0:01:29]} Rxe1+ {[%emt 0:00:41]} 40. Kxe1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 41. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Be2 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Be1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 46. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Ne5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 49. Nc4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:
17]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. cxd4
{[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:05] All this is known as inoffensive for
Black. The last check is essential in order to prevent White from keeping his
massive centre.} 7. Nbd2 $5 {[%emt 0:00:04] A rare move, which was not tried
in the old games at all.} ({Greco's favourite was} 7. Nc3 {(see below)}) ({
while the main line goes} 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 {with
comfortable equality for Black. White's last move sacrifices a pawn and could
rightly be called "original". But just as when we speak about the rightness of
the surname Piano, everything is relative. For a player like Nakamura, who
only ten years ago used to experiment with 2.Qh5 in the open games, the whole
line can safely be considered as "classical"!}) 7... Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:57]
Kindly picking up the gauntlet.} (7... Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Nxe4 (8... d5 9. exd5 Nxd5
10. Qb3 Nce7 11. O-O $14 {offers White some pressure due to his bishop pair.})
9. d5 Ne7 10. O-O Nxd2 11. Qxd2 {would transpose to the game.}) ({Another try
is} 7... d5 8. exd5 Qe7+ (8... Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 {may cause Black some
problems. He has to either part with the bishop or face some problems of minor
piece coordination after the bishop's retreat.}) 9. Be2 Nxd5 10. O-O {The
tempo won with ...Qe7+ will soon be lost after Re1 followed by Bc4 and Black
still did not find an optimal way to consolidate his minor piece control over
the d5-square.}) 8. d5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:15] This is the spirit of the line!
White is fighting for space and advance in development. But Black has enough
resources to hold his own.} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:09:04]} 9. Bxd2 {[%emt 0:00:37]}
Bxd2+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. d6 {
[%emt 0:01:11] Another typical move, slowing down the black queenside
development.} cxd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:08] White's superior
development surely compensates for the missing pawns, but Black does not have
to stick to his material advantage.} d5 $1 {[%emt 0:02:16] Clearing the path
for the d7-pawn and making the c8-bishop's development inevitable.} 13. Bxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:49]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:18]} 14. Rad1 {[%emt 0:05:22]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:
08:03]} 15. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 16. Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:52]
There seems to be nothing better than this, but now the game simplifies to an
ending in which only White could have slight problems.} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:44]}
17. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 18. a3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rfd8 {
[%emt 0:00:43]} 19. Rd4 $1 {[%emt 0:06:35] The most accurate.} ({If} 19. Rfd1
Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Rc8 21. h4 Kf8 {Black could hope to prove the superiority of his
bishop over the knight in an ending with an open centre and pawns on both
wings.}) 19... Rxd4 {[%emt 0:02:36]} 20. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 21. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 22. f3 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Kf7 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 23. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 24. Ke3 {[%emt 0:
01:27] White has achieved perfect centralisation and Black does not find
anything better than a draw by repetition.} Re5+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Kd3 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 26. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:
30]} 27. Kd2 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 28. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Rc5+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 29. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 30. Kc3 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} Rc5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 31. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:07] Since we have
mentioned Greco a lot so far, it would be interesting to follow one of his
most spectacular achievements with this line:} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} ({The variation played in this game bears some
similarity with the following Paulsen line, favured by Fischer in his best
years:} 4... e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 {In this line, too, the bishop does
not have access to g5 as in the Sveshnikov, but the situation is slightly
better for Black: he does not need to commit himself to ...Be7 since White has
moved with his dark-squared bishop first..} Nf6 8. N1c3 ({Later Fischer
switched to} 8. Bg5 {, winning two games during the Candidates' quarterfinal
with Taimanov. But the first game of the same cycle's final (and Fischer's
last one ever with this line) cast some doubt over White's strategy:} Be6 9.
N1c3 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Na3 {In those years, the Sveshnikov Sicilian was
considered dubious. In the current position Black is a tempo up (...Be6), but
he needs to act with energy to avoid a mere transposition after, for instance,
11...b5 12.Nd5 f5 13.exf5 Bxf5, returning the gained tempo. Taimanov's} d5 {
1-0 (40) Fischer,R (2760)-Petrosian,T (2640) Buenos Aires 1971}) 8... a6 9. Na3
b5 ({More active than} 9... Be7 {, which would transpose to our main game.})
10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. c4 Nf5 {1/2-1/2 (24) Fischer,R-Pachman,L Buenos
Aires 1960}) 5. Nb5 {[%emt 0:01:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. N1c3 {[%emt 0:02:
58]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} ({
A half-waiting move, delaying} 7... Nf6 {which would transpose to a Sveshnikov
after} 8. Bg5) 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:12:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:13]} 9. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 10. Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:03] The bishop proves useful here,
by allowing the exchange of the c8-bishop, an important defender of the
d5-square. However, this exchange is time-consuming, allowing Black to
compensate dynamically for the strategic concession.} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11.
Nxc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxc8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. Be2 {[%emt 0:03:44]} O-O {
[%emt 0:01:33]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} (13. a3 {weakens the queenside and
can be met with} Na5 {[%csl Ga3,Gb2][%cal Ga5c4]}) 13... b4 {[%emt 0:01:00]}
14. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:07:48]} 15. a3 {[%emt 0:14:17]} Bd8 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 16. axb4 {[%emt 0:24:58]} Nxb4 {[%emt 0:02:09] Black's extra
pawn compensates for the weakness of the light squares.} 17. Nxb4 $146 {
[%emt 0:00:35] This novelty does not change the evaluation of the variation as
safe for Black.} (17. c3 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Rxb2 19. Bxa6 Nxc3 20. Qxd6 Qe6 21. Qxe6
fxe6 22. Bc8 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Nd4 {Caruana,F (2796)-Akash,G (2340) Tromsoe 2013 (1/
2-1/2, 57)}) (17. Ra4 a5 18. Nxb4 axb4 19. Qd5 Nc5 20. Ra2 Qe6 {Shomoev,A 
(2560)-Shariyazdanov,A (2572) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013 (1/2-1/2, 41)}) 17... Rxb4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 18. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:06:43]} 19. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:05:28]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:23:37]} 20. Ra6 {[%emt 0:04:44]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:01:
42]} 21. Ra7 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 22. Ra6 {[%emt 0:03:41]} Qb7
{[%emt 0:00:15]} 23. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bg7
{[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. h4 {[%emt 0:00:04] A popular continuation. Peter Svidler
choses a simple reply.} c6 {[%emt 0:01:57] Alternatives:} (5... h5) (5... h6) (
5... c5) (5... O-O) (5... dxc4) 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} (6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bf4 {
is also popular.}) 6... h6 $6 {[%emt 0:08:21] Just forcing the exchange.
However, it is hardly worth a tempo. Other moves seen in practice deserve more
attention:} (6... Ne4) (6... O-O) (6... dxc4) 7. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:54]} (7. Bf4
Qb6 (7... O-O $5 8. Qc1 {was probably White's idea but I don't see any sense
in it after, say,} h5) 8. c5 Qd8 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Bg4 {1/2 (10) Forcen
Esteban,D (2519)-Kovchan,A (2576) La Roda ESP 2015}) 7... Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]}
8. h5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} (8. e3 {is also possible:} Bg7 (8... e6 9. Qc2 Nd7 ({
Svidler's plan with} 9... a6 {should be checked here, too}) 10. O-O-O Bg7 11.
Kb1 O-O 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 b6 14. Rc1 a6 15. Ne2 Bb7 16. Qc7 Rb8 17. Qg3 Re8
18. Ne5 $14 {1/2 (62) Hansen,S (2561)-Akesson,R (2462) Pattaya 2013}) 9. Qc2
O-O 10. Bd3 Be6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Kd2 Rd8 15. Rhc1
Bg4 16. Nh2 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. f4 Nc6 19. h5 e6 20. g4 $14 {1-0 (52) Najer,
E (2626)-Wan,Y (2494) China 2013}) (8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Qb3 {is not too promising:}
e6 10. e4 O-O 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Kb1 Bg7 13. h5 g5 14. Bb5 Na5 15. Qc2 a6 16.
Bd3 Nc6 $132 {0-1 (48) Shtyrenkov,V (2337)-Alexeev,A (2316) Simferopol 2013})
8... g5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 9. e3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} e6 {[%emt 0:15:41]} 10. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:02:07]} ({In the following game White didn't play well:} 10. Bd3 Bg7
11. cxd5 $6 cxd5 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Qb3 Bd7 14. Nb5 $6 O-O 15. g4 $6 a6 16. Nc3 e5
$1 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxg4 19. f4 d4 $1 $19 {1-0 (44) Abarca Gonzalez,N 
(2267)-Valenzuela Fuentealba,L (2474) Punta Arenas 2014}) 10... a6 {[%emt 0:08:
17]} 11. O-O-O {[%emt 0:04:37]} b5 {[%emt 0:07:03]} 12. c5 {[%emt 0:00:35]
[%mdl 32] A logical attempt to keep the position closed; however, Black
"doesn't conform".} g4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 13. Nh2 {[%emt 0:11:29]} e5 {[%emt 0:
04:23]} 14. Ne4 $1 {[%emt 0:02:55][%mdl 64] A nice reply to Black's idea.
Generally, we can conclude that 5...c6 and 6...h6 is not the best concept for
Black in this system.} O-O {[%emt 0:00:27]} (14... dxe4 $2 15. dxe5 $18) 15.
Nd6 {[%emt 0:17:18]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 16. Nxc8 {[%emt 0:35:41] It is
sometimes useful to trade a strong knight for a seemingly passive bishop (e.g.
when the latter is an important defender of the opponent's position). However,
this is probably not the case.} (16. Be2 $5 f5 17. f3 {, opening up the
kingside when Black's queenside is completely undeveloped, was a strong
continuation.}) 16... Qxc8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 17. f3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} g3 {
[%emt 0:15:00]} 18. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Nxe5 {
[%emt 0:10:50]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 20. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} 21. e4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Nd7 $1 {[%emt 0:03:17] Black has miraculously
completed his development, However, White's advantage (a strong bishop and the
weakness of Black's kingside) is still clear.} 22. exd5 {[%emt 0:03:18]} cxd5 {
[%emt 0:02:23]} 23. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 24. Rh4 $6 {
[%emt 0:04:34] It was not necessary to give up the c5-pawn for nothing when it
was possible to take the h6 or d5-pawn for it:} (24. Qd2 $142 $1 $16) 24...
Rxc5 {[%emt 0:12:12]} 25. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 26. Rg4+ {
[%emt 0:03:26]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 27. Qd4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:10:
26]} 28. Rf4 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 29. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Re8
{[%emt 0:00:58]} 30. Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 31. a3 {[%emt 0:
01:24] Black has kept an extra pawn; however, it is extremely difficult to
convert it due to White's active pieces. Therefore the players agreed a draw.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Be7
{[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:08]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 8.
Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qe8 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 10. Nxe7+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} (11. Na3 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qc6 14. Rc1 Bb7 15. f3 Ba6
16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. Qd4 Rfc8 18. b3 Qa6 19. bxc4 Qxa2 20. Kf2 a5 21. Bg5 e5 22.
Qd6 Rd8 23. Qb6 Rab8 24. Rfd1 Re8 25. Qe3 a4 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qe4 a3 28. Rd7
Rbd8 29. Ra7 Qb2 30. Rb1 f5 31. Rxb2 fxe4 32. Rxa3 Rd4 33. Rc2 Rc8 34. c5 exf3
35. Rxf3 Rc6 36. Rd3 Rxd3 37. exd3 f5 38. d4 exd4 39. Ke2 {1-0 (39) Kramnik,V 
(2783)-Adams,M (2745) Shamkir 2015}) 11... e5 {[%emt 0:04:49]} 12. dxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:47]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 13. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qh5 $146 {
[%emt 0:10:39]} (13... Qe6 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Rfd1 h6 16. f3 g5 17. Bxc7 Rac8 18.
Ba5 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Rc5 20. Bd8 Nd5 21. Ne4 Rc8 22. Ba5 f5 23. Nxg5 hxg5 24. Qxg5+
Kf7 25. e4 Nf6 26. Bc3 Rg8 27. Qxf6+ Qxf6 28. Bxf6 Kxf6 29. Rd7 Rg7 30. Rad1
Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Bc6 32. Rxa7 fxe4 33. fxe4 Ke5 34. Re7+ Kd4 35. e5 Rb8 36. Rc7
Bd5 37. b3 c3 38. g4 Ra8 39. Kf2 Rxa2+ 40. Kg3 c2 {0-1 (40) Schmuecker,M (2213)
-Hausrath,D (2488) Oberhausen 2013}) 14. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:44]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:09:
17]} 15. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:12:28]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 16. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:09]}
Qc6 {[%emt 0:02:36] A Catalan that promises White a tiny advantage in an
opposite colored bishop endgame with heavy pieces. Nakamura was able to defend
his position easily and was never in any real danger.} 17. Rd4 {[%emt 0:08:55]}
Bh3 {[%emt 0:16:25]} 18. f3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 19. Rad1 {
[%emt 0:05:45]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} 20. Qc3 {[%emt 0:09:49]} f6 {[%emt 0:10:
51]} 21. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 22. R1d2 {[%emt 0:02:46]}
a5 {[%emt 0:05:40]} 23. g4 {[%emt 0:19:32]} a4 {[%emt 0:03:57]} 24. Bg3 {
[%emt 0:01:54]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 25. Re4 {[%emt 0:14:31]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:09:
12]} 26. Qe3 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Qxe3 {[%emt 0:05:41]} 27. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
Rfe7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 28. Bf2 {[%emt 0:07:32]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 29. Rc3 {
[%emt 0:03:08]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 30. Rcc2 {[%emt 0:02:56]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:05:
10]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} b6 {
[%emt 0:02:10]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} e6 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:06:38]} d5 {[%emt 0:07:18] This is
already rare stuff. Presumably both players were happy with this development -
Vachier Lagrave was having a terrible tournament and was probably just
relieved to play some interesting and new type of positions, while Nakamura is
also often happy to leave the confines of main-line opening theory.} ({Of
course Black has a lot of choice about how to approach this line. One way is
the double fianchetto with} 5... g6 $5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. e3 (7. Qd2 $5 {with the
idea of Bh6, is also possible}) 7... O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. h3 Nbd7 {Shchekachev,A 
(2560)-Zvjaginsev,V (2590) Elista 1996, when Black was totally fine.}) 6. e3 {
[%emt 0:10:00]} ({In another game White played more directly;} 6. cxd5 exd5 7.
Nb5 $5 Na6 8. Qc1 c6 9. Qe3+ $1 Be7 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. Nf5 (11. Nxb7 $1 {taking
material is often best :D} Qd7 12. Nf3 Qxb7 13. g3 $16) 11... Qd7 12. Qxe7+
Qxe7 13. Bd6 Qxd6 14. Nxd6 Bc8 15. e4 {Bruno,F (2436)-Rombaldoni,D (2480)
Boscotrecase 2014, with interesting play in the endgame.}) 6... Bd6 {[%emt 0:
01:37]} 7. Bg5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:28]} h6 {[%emt 0:06:38]} (7... O-O 8. cxd5 exd5
9. Bd3 Nbd7 {and now as White hasn't yet committed the knight to f3 he has
more options, perhaps with} 10. Qf3 $1 {being the best of them; simple
development will follow with Nge2, 0-0 when White is ready to pressurise the
kingside.}) 8. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:19:05]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 9. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. Qa4+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:04] Giving Black an awkward
decision to make. Nakamura is excellent at posing these little tactical
problems for his opponent.} Kf8 $6 {[%emt 0:09:07] The loss of time associated
with castling by hand allows Nakamura to grab the advantage.} (10... Bc6 $1 {
was the only real alternative, even if this looks a little ugly.} 11. Bb5 (11.
Qc2 O-O 12. g3 Bb7 13. Bg2 c6 14. Nge2 Nd7 {also looks more than acceptable
for Black}) 11... Bxb5 12. Qxb5+ c6 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Nge2 {on the surface looks
rather nice for White - he has a simple plan of 0-0, followed by f3 and e4.
But Black remains very solid and with accurate play it will be difficult for
White to develop an initiative:} Re8 15. O-O Qe6 $1 {preventing f3} 16. b4 Nd7
$13) 11. g3 {[%emt 0:01:22]} c6 {[%emt 0:12:06]} 12. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} g6 {
[%emt 0:01:25]} 13. Nge2 {[%emt 0:01:22]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 14. O-O {
[%emt 0:01:26]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:09:42] Slightly passive. Slowly and almost
inperceptibly Black inches closer to the precipice.} ({I'm sure a more in form
and less tired Maxime would have found the more combative} 14... Qf5 $1 {
if White continues as he did in the game with} 15. e4 {then Black looks much
more co-ordinated and active after} (15. f3 {is certainly possible. However
even when White is able to carry out e4, this does at least give Black
something to bite on in terms of counterplay against d4.} Qd7 16. e4 c5 $5 17.
Qxd7 Nxd7 18. exd5 Nf6 $1 {with excellent counterplay in the centre.} (18...
cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bc5 20. Rad1 Nf6 21. b4 $1 {is less accurate})) 15... dxe4 16.
Nxe4 Rd8 $1) 15. e4 {[%emt 0:10:43]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 16. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:
00:15]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 17. Rad1 {[%emt 0:06:28]} Na6 {[%emt 0:07:53]} 18.
N2c3 {[%emt 0:08:55] Probably the critical moment of the game.} Nc7 $2 {
[%emt 0:06:46]} ({The only way to hold the position together tactically was by
} 18... Rb8 $1 19. d5 (19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Ne4 Qe7 {is also just about holding
together for Black}) 19... cxd5 20. Nxd5 {which perhaps surprisingly, isn't as
overwhelming as it looks at first sight for White:} Nc5 $1 {pretty much the
only move} 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Rd2 {when White retains a slight edge.} (22. Qxa7
$6 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxb2 {is not convincing for White - for example} 24. Rfd1 $2
Qf6 $1)) (18... Bf8 $2 19. d5 $1 cxd5 (19... c5 20. d6 {and Black can hardly
move anything while the White d-pawn looks a monster}) 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxa6 {
looks rather horrible.}) 19. Nc5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:16] Now White gains an almost
crushing positional edge.} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 20. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nd5
{[%emt 0:00:05]} 21. cxd6 {[%emt 0:08:49]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. Ne4 {
[%emt 0:02:00]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:06:33]} (22... Qe7 23. Rc1 {and with Nc5 coming,
it's getting really ugly.}) 23. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:05:23]} 24.
Qb4 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:06:00]} 25. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Rd4 $2 {
[%emt 0:03:16] Under pressure, Black gives the game away.} (25... Bc8 26. Bxc6
{just looks like a clean pawn.}) (25... Ba8 {looks like positional sucicide
and probably is as now the bishop can't move for a long time. It's a very
difficult move to force your hand to make, especially for an instinctively
active player like Maxime. However Black retains material parity for the time
being.} 26. Rfe1 Qd6 27. h3 $16) 26. Qc3 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:02:04]}
27. Rce1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} d5 {
[%emt 0:00:58] Aaron Nimzowitsch evaluated this position in Black's favour. 1.
Nf3 d5 2.d3 Nc6?! 3.d4! White is better (annotated by A. Nimzowitsch). However
nowadays many things have changed and modern GMs doesn't put their trust in
general considerations.} 3. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:07] This line has become very
popular in rapid and blitz tournaments.} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 4. f3 {[%emt 0:
00:20]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 5. g4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} (5. Qd2 {See the game
Naiditsch,A - Harikrishna,P Wijk aan Zee 2014 (annotated by Ftacnik,L)}) 5...
Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. h4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:05] Hikaru didn't
want to allow White to play h5 and Bd3. He plays this line with White, so he
definitely understands all the details of White's setup. According to the
database, Black has nothing to worry about after 6....h6.} (6... h6 7. e3 (7.
h5 Bh7 8. e3 Bd6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nc6 11. Nge2 Bxf4 12. exf4 (12. Nxf4 e5
13. Nfe2 Qd6 $11) 12... Qd6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Kb1 a6 15. Qe3 Nd7 16. Nc1 Nb6
17. Nd3 Nc4 18. Qf2 b6 19. Rhe1 Kb7 20. a3 f6 $11 {Malakhov,V (2702)-Goganov,A
(2609) 0-1 (56) St Petersburg RUS 2015. White should play precisely to avoid a
worse position.}) 7... a6 (7... c6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Bd6 11. Nge2
Bxf4 12. exf4 Nbd7 13. Qe3 Qe7 14. Nc1 Nb6 15. b3 Qa3 16. Kf2 O-O-O 17. Kg3
Nfd7 18. Nd3 Rde8 19. Qc1 Qd6 $11 {Jobava,B (2716)-Salgado Lopez, I (2605) 1-0
(62)Yerevan 2014}) 8. Bd3 (8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 c5 10. Nge2 Bxd3 11. cxd3 cxd4 12.
Nxd4 Nbd7 13. Nde2 e5 14. Bg3 Bd6 15. d4 O-O 16. Qb3 Qe7 $6 (16... Re8 $1 17.
Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Nf6 19. Qb3 exd4 20. e4 Nxe4 $1 21. fxe4 Rxe4 $17) 17. Bh4
$1 exd4 18. Nxd5 Qe5 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Nxd4 Nd5 21. Nf5 $16 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 $2 (
22. Nxe3 Rfe8 23. Kf2 Bc5 24. Rae1 $18) 22... Qxb2 $13 {Jobava,B (2716)
-Hovhannisyan,R (2611) 1/2 (49) Yerevan 2014}) 8... Bxd3 9. Qxd3 c5 10. Nce2
Nc6 11. c3 Bd6 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nh3 O-O-O 15. Kb1 Kb8 $11 {
Nakamura,H (2775)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2730) 1/2 (41)Dubai 2014}) 7. g5 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 8. e3 {[%emt 0:07:23]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:14] Black
shouldn't allow White to play Nb5. For example} (8... c5 $6 9. Nb5 Na6 10. c3
Be7 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 g6 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. a4 O-O 15. Bg3 Rfe8 16. O-O $14 {
Nabaty,T (2585)-Codenotti,M (2374) 1-0 (25)Jerusalem Ech ISR 2015. There is a
big difference between knight on b5 and knight on a6.}) (8... Bd6 9. Nh3 (9.
Bxd6 $5 cxd6 10. Nh3 Nc6 11. Nf4) 9... Nc6 10. Nb5 Bxf4 11. Nxf4 Bf5 12. Bd3
Ne7 13. Qd2 a6 14. Nc3 c5 15. O-O-O cxd4 16. exd4 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 Qb6 18. Ne2 g6
$11 {Jobava,B (2713)-Zhigalko, S (2678) 0-1 (61) Dubai 2014. It is not easy to
suggest a reasonable plan for White.}) 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:
00:10]} 10. cxd3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nc6 $5 $146 {[%emt 0:08:26] Hikaru doesn't
want to trade White's doubled pawn.} (10... c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. d4 Be7 13.
Nge2 Nc6 14. Qd2 Rc8 $11) 11. g6 $6 {[%emt 0:05:22] Such moves look very nice.
White sacrifices a pawn in order to create weaknesses in Black's camp and to
launch a strong attack. However, as we can see, Black has too many pieces on
the kingside and objectively this move deserves another assessment '?'.} (11.
Nge2 Bd6 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. O-O-O O-O-O $11 {with an approximately equal position.
}) 11... fxg6 {[%emt 0:05:57] Black has an extra pawn, which controls
important light squares on the kingside.} 12. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Be7 {
[%emt 0:01:28]} 13. f4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} (13. Nh3 O-O 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ng5 Qd6
16. f4 Ne7 $17) 13... Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:33] Black's knight is heading for g4.}
14. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:07:21]} 15. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} (15.
Bxf6 {Computer's advice. It looks very sad for White.} gxf6 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17.
Nf3 Bd6 18. Rhg1 Ne7 $17) (15. Qxb7 $4 Rb8 16. Qxa6 Nb4 $19) 15... Ng4 $17 {
[%emt 0:00:50] White is a pawn down and he has a vulnerable king as
'compensation'.} 16. Ke2 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 17. Rac1 {
[%emt 0:01:21]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 18. Rc2 {[%emt 0:11:13]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:06:
47]} 19. Rhc1 {[%emt 0:03:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:55] The kingside is the safest
place on the board for Black's king. White's king won't be in smooth waters
till the end of the game.} 20. Qa4 {[%emt 0:08:16] Offering the exchange of
queens .} Qd8 {[%emt 0:08:58]} (20... Qxa4 $2 21. Nxa4 {and White will gain a
pawn.}) (20... c6 $5 21. Nd1 a5 22. Nf2 b5 23. Qb3 Nf5 $1 $17) 21. Nd1 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:43]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nh6 $1 {[%emt 0:
05:11] Black needs to keep the knights on the board.} (22... Nxf2 $6 23. Kxf2
$15 {and soon White will think about counterplay on the kingside.}) 23. Rg1 {
[%emt 0:06:29] Probably Baadur should have kept his rooks on the c-file.} Nf7 {
[%emt 0:03:10]} 24. Qa3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 25. Nh3 {[%emt 0:
01:58]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:11:28]} 26. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Ndf5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 27.
b4 $6 {[%emt 0:05:07]} (27. Qa4) 27... Qd6 {[%emt 0:05:15]} 28. Qc3 $6 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} ({After the game Baadur suggested} 28. Qb2 c6 29. Rgc1 (29. a4
a5 30. bxa5 (30. b5 cxb5 31. Qxb5 Nxe3 $1 32. Kxe3 Nf5+ 33. Kd2 Nxd4 34. Qb2
Nxc2 35. Kxc2 Rc7+ 36. Kb1 Rfc8 $19) 30... Rxa5 31. Qxb6 Rxa4 $17) 29... Rc8
30. a4 a5 31. bxa5 Rxa5 32. Qxb6 Rxa4 {Black has an advantage but the game
isn't over yet.}) 28... c6 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 29. Nf3 {[%emt 0:06:05]} a5 $1 {
[%emt 0:01:34]} 30. bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:19] White's
position is hopeless. Black will double rooks on the a-file and the he will
play c5. As you can see White doesn't have any counterplay.} 31. Qd2 {[%emt 0:
06:25]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 32. Rgc1 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Rfa8 {[%emt 0:02:43]}
33. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} c5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 34. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} bxc5
{[%emt 0:00:05]} 35. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} (35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Rxc5 Rxa2 37.
R5c2 Rxc2 38. Rxc2 Kg7 $19) 35... Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 36. R5c2 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} Rxc2 {[%emt 0:04:37]} 37. Qxc2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ng3+ {[%emt 0:02:15]} 38.
Ke1 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Qb4+ {[%emt 0:03:50]} 39. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qxd2+ {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 40. Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nef5 $19 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. e4 {
[%emt 0:02:17]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 42. hxg5 {[%emt 0:02:21]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:
01:41]} 43. Nh3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:05:29]} 44. f5 {[%emt 0:00:48]
The last chance.} exf5 $2 {[%emt 0:00:10] This is a piece of carelessness.} ({
Nakamura could have won the game immediately} 44... dxe4 45. fxg6+ (45. dxe4
gxf5 46. Rc4 e5 $19) 45... Kxg6 46. Kf2 Ra2 $19) 45. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Nge2
$1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (45... Rxd3 $2 46. Nf4 Ra3 47. d6 Ra6 48. Nc4 Ne4 49. d7
Ra2 $8 50. Ne5 (50. d8=Q $4 Nf3+ 51. Kf1 Ng3#) 50... Rh2 51. Kf1 Nd2+ 52. Ke1
N2f3+ 53. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 54. Kf1 $11) 46. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} Rxd3 {[%emt 0:07:54]
} 47. Nc4 $1 {[%emt 0:04:02]} Rxh3 {[%emt 0:04:54]} 48. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Nf3+ {[%emt 0:01:32]} 49. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf4 $8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (49...
Rxf3 $2 50. Kxe2 Rf4 51. d6 Rd4 52. Rd8 h4 53. Kf2 Rd3 54. Kg2 f4 55. Rf8 {
and the position is drawish.}) 50. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:47]}
51. Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:59]} (51. Rb8 Nf4 52. Ne5 Nd3+ $1 53. Kg2 Nxe5 54. Kxh3 Nf3
$19 {The knight + 4 pawns are much stronger than the rook.}) 51... Rc3 {
[%emt 0:00:40]} 52. Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 53. Rd7 {[%emt 0:
15:52]} (53. Nf7 Rc8 $19) 53... Rc2+ {[%emt 0:15:12]} 54. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
f4+ $19 {[%emt 0:13:19]} 55. Kxf4 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 56. Rd8
{[%emt 0:01:30]} Rf2+ {[%emt 0:03:17]} 57. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ng3+ {[%emt 0:
00:38]} 58. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} h4 $2 {[%emt 0:00:29] A mistake, Black loses
a very important pawn. It could cost him a half point.} (58... Rf5 59. Nd7 Ra5
(59... Rxg5 $4 60. Nf8+ Kh6 61. Ne6 $18) 60. Nf8+ Kg8 61. Nxg6+ (61. Ke3 Kf7
$19) 61... Kf7 62. Nf4 Rxg5 $19) (58... Rf1 {probably this is more convincing.}
59. Nd7 h4 60. Nf8+ Kg8 61. Nxg6+ Kf7 62. Ne5+ Ke6 63. Re8+ Kf5 $19) 59. Rd4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 60. Rd8 $1 {[%emt 0:00:00] Threatening
Nf7.} Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 62.
Rxh4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 63. Ke4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Rxg5 {
[%emt 0:00:02] Black still has some chances to win the game but I think that
objectively the position is rather drawish.} 64. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Rg1 {
[%emt 0:04:17]} 65. Ke6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 66. Rh2 {[%emt 0:
01:44]} Rf6+ {[%emt 0:02:41]} 67. Ke7 $2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} (67. Kd5 $1 Kg8 (
67... Rf8 68. Ke6 Ra8 69. Rh1 Ra6+ 70. Kd5 {Black can't improve his position.})
68. Nxg6 Rxg6 69. Rxh5 $11 {There is a huge difference between king on e7 and
on d5. For example} Rf6 70. Rh1 g6 (70... g5 71. Rg1) 71. Ke5 Kg7 72. Rg1 Rf5+
73. Ke4 Kf6 74. Rg3 $11) 67... Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 68. Nxg6 {[%emt 0:11:28]
This leads to a lost rook endgame, but even after the more stubborn
continuation} (68. Rh1 Nf4 69. Kd7 g5 70. Rg1 Ng6 71. Nd3 Rf5 72. Ke6 Ra5 {
White's position is lost.}) 68... Rxg6 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 69. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} Ra6 $1 $19 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 70. Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:18]}
71. Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ra7+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 72. Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg7
{[%emt 0:00:03]} 73. Rf3 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Ra5 $1 {[%emt 0:06:08] Now the white
king can't cross the 5th rank.} 74. Rf7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
75. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 76. Kf6 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Ra4 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} 77. Rh1+ {[%emt 0:08:59]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 78. Rg1 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} Rf4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 79. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 80. Rh1 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:11] Then he would play g4, Kg5
and Ra3 etc.} 0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:36]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. bxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:02:
35]} 8. Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} O-O {[%emt 0:07:30]} 9. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} b6 {
[%emt 0:06:11]} 10. Bd3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} c5 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:
01:10]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:21:54]} 12. Bb5 $146 {[%emt 0:00:52]} (12. d5 Na5 13. Bg5
e6 14. Rad1 e5 15. Rfe1 Nb7 16. Nd2 f6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. Rf1 Bd7 20.
Kh1 Nd6 21. Qc2 c4 22. Be2 b5 23. f4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Qc5 25. Bg3 Rae8 26. Bf2 Qc7
27. Bd4 f5 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Bf3 fxe4 30. Nxe4 {1/2-1/2 (30) Gonzalez Velez,F
(2400)-Vidarte Morales,A (2370) Montcada 1997}) 12... cxd4 {[%emt 0:18:28]} 13.
cxd4 {[%emt 0:03:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 14. Be3 {[%emt 0:20:51]} Bb7 {
[%emt 0:05:36]} 15. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} e6 {[%emt 0:12:31]} 16. Qb3 {[%emt 0:
13:36]} b5 {[%emt 0:06:32]} 17. a4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Na7 {[%emt 0:07:50]} 18.
Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 19. Bf3 {[%emt 0:04:17]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:06:55]} 20. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 21. Rac1 {
[%emt 0:05:04]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 22. d5 {[%emt 0:02:14]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:
41]} 23. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} axb5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 24. g3 {[%emt 0:02:43]}
exd5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 25. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 26. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:03:01]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 27. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:
01:09]} 28. Bb4 {[%emt 0:03:58]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 29. h4 {[%emt 0:01:45]}
Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 30. Rxa1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxa1+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. Kg2 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:
18]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. f3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} 8. Qd2 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:24]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:
05] The Dragon is not a usual guest in such tournaments, but this opening is
still alive and can create problems in preparation.} 10. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]}
Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 11. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. Bd4 {
[%emt 0:00:04] Probably the best and safest line for White against the Dragon,
let's see.} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 13. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]
} 14. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:07] The modern approach.} 15. Bc4 {
[%emt 0:01:17]} Nb6 $5 {[%emt 0:00:06] A novelty at such an early stage of the
game is a rarity in the Dragon.} 16. Bb3 {[%emt 0:06:42]} Nxa4 {[%emt 0:00:28]}
17. Qxa4 {[%emt 0:11:55]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 18. Rhe1 {[%emt 0:20:15]} (18. h4
{this move was probably heavily analysed by Nakamura as to me it appears as
the critical attempt to play for an advantage} Rb8 19. c3 {the main computer
move...} (19. a3 Qb6 20. h5 c4 $1 21. Qxc4 Be6 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxb3 24.
cxb3 Rxb3 25. hxg6 Rc8+ 26. Kb1 hxg6 {we have reached an equal endgame}) 19...
h5 $5 (19... Qb6 20. h5 c4 (20... Bf5 21. Qf4 $1) 21. Qxc4 Be6 22. Qh4 $16) (
19... Qg3 20. h5 Bf5 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Qh4 Qxh4 23. Rxh4 Kg7 24. g4 Be6 (24...
Bc8 25. g5 Bb7 26. Rdh1 Rh8 27. Rxh8 Rxh8 28. Rxh8 Kxh8 29. Bxf7 Kg7 30. Bc4
Bxf3 31. Kd2 $16) 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Rh3 Rfd8 27. Rdh1 Rd5 28. f4 e5 {White has
some initiative in this endgame}) 20. g4 hxg4 21. h5 Rb6 $5 22. hxg6 (22. fxg4
c4 23. Qxc4 (23. Bxc4 Qf4+ 24. Kb1 Qe4+ 25. Ka1 Be6 26. Bb3 Qxa4 27. Bxa4 Bxg4
28. Rdg1 Bf5 {with a similar endgame, again Black is close to equality}) 23...
Qxc4 24. Bxc4 Bxg4 25. Rdg1 Bf5 {around equal}) 22... Rxg6 23. fxg4 Bxg4 24.
Bc2 $5 Bxd1 25. Qh4 Bh5 26. Qxh5 Qf4+ 27. Kb1 Kg7 28. Qh7+ Kf6 29. Bxg6 fxg6
30. Re1 e6 31. Qxa7 {a long computer line but even here White has little or
nothing at all.}) 18... e6 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 19. Qe4 {[%emt 0:08:36] Again
White has an option here:} (19. h4 Rb8 20. c3 Qg3 21. Re2 Bb7 22. Red2 Bd5 $5
23. Bxd5 exd5 {again we can say that Black has counterplay.}) 19... Ba6 {
[%emt 0:23:41]} 20. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:19:01]} (20. Qe5 Rfc8 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. c4
Kf8 {looks perfectly ok for Black.}) 20... Bb7 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 21. Bd5 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 22. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:07:45]} Qxh2 {[%emt 0:
02:59] I don't see anything spectacular for White, it looks equal now.
Obviously Black did a good preparation; the entire Nb6 idea looks interesting.}
23. Qg5 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:03:19]} 24. Rh1 {[%emt 0:20:20]} Qe5 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} 25. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:03:19]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 26. Rd7 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:11]} 27. g4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:01:
22]} 28. fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Re4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 29. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:47]}
Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Rxg4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 31. Rc7 {
[%emt 0:05:03]} c4 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 32. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} f5 {[%emt 0:09:20]
} 33. a4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} c3+ {[%emt 0:01:49]} 34. Kxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxa4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. b4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:22:51]} 36. Rd1 {[%emt 0:
04:02]} (36. Rf4 Ra6 $1 37. Kd3 (37. Kc4 Rab6 38. c3 Rf6 39. b5 g5 40. Rf1 g4
41. Rc5 Rbf8 {and Black gets counter play}) 37... Rd6+ 38. Ke3 Re8+ 39. Kf3 Rd1
{Again Black is active in the endgame which gives him fair chances.}) 36...
Raxb4 {[%emt 0:00:28] Now it is just a draw.} 37. Rdd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rg4 {
[%emt 0:00:43]} 38. Rg7+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Rh7+ {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. Rhg7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 41. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03] Everyone's focus was clearly on this game. Jakovenko
needed to win to guarantee his spot on the Candidates, while a draw required a
series of highly unlikely and borderline miraculous results for him to qualify.
Nakamura came into the game with a very sound and clear strategy: play solid,
trade everything, draw. This is basically what happened in the game as
Jakovenko simply could not create enough complications.} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bb4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d6 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:
39]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:54]} 7.
Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 8. e3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} b6 {[%emt 0:
04:46]} 9. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:05:16]} 10. Rd1 {[%emt 0:04:32]}
h6 $146 {[%emt 0:06:45]} (10... Rc8 11. Qc2 c5 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Nc3 a6 14. Be2
Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bc6 16. Qc2 Kh8 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Bb7 19. Bg4 Rc7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7
21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ne4 Qf5 23. Qc3 Rg8 24. Rxg8+ Kxg8 25. Nxf6+ Kf8 26. e4 Qf4
27. Rd3 Ke7 28. Rf3 Qxh2 29. Ke2 Qh4 30. e5 Rc8 31. Rf5 Re8 32. exd6+ Kd8+ 33.
Nxe8 Qe4+ 34. Qe3 Qc2+ 35. Kf1 Qd1+ 36. Qe1 Qxe1+ 37. Kxe1 Kxe8 38. d7+ Kd8 39.
Rxf7 Bxd5 40. Rf6 {Jojua,D (2579)-Sanal,V (2460) Jerusalem 2015 1-0}) 11. Bxf6
{[%emt 0:06:06]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 12. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c5 {[%emt 0:03:
53]} 13. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:03:52]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:00:55]}
Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 15. Rc1 {[%emt 0:13:35]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:08:17]} 16. Qxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:26]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 17. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:02:
15]} 18. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:24]} d5 {[%emt 0:05:19]} 19. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:42]}
Rxd5 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 20. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:11:06]} 21. Rxc1 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. Qxe2 {[%emt 0:03:53]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:
04:42]} 23. h3 {[%emt 0:04:15]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:05:35]} 24. Nh5 {[%emt 0:05:17]}
Nxh5 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 25. Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 26. Qe5 {
[%emt 0:03:46]} Rxf2 {[%emt 0:16:08]} 27. Kxf2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qd2+ {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 28. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Qb8+ {[%emt 0:00:02]
} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 30. Qxa7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qf1+ {[%emt 0:08:14]} 31. Kg3
{[%emt 0:00:23]} Qe1+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} 32. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Qxe3 {[%emt 0:
01:31]} 33. Qxf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 34. Qd7 {[%emt 0:03:50]}
Qf4+ {[%emt 0:02:06]} 35. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qc1+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 36. Kh2 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Qf4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:
10]} 38. Qd1 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Tilicheev, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2821"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 Bg4 8. Be2
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qe2 Qe7 12. a4 Rfd8 13. a5 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. cxd5 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. a6 Rb5 20. axb7
Qxb7 21. Ra3 Rxb3 22. Rxb3 Qxb3 23. Qxc6 Rd8 24. Qc7 Rd1 25. Qe5+ Kg8 26. Qe8+
Kg7 27. Qe5+ Kg8 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.06.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Baron, Tal"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2015.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 a6 4. f4 b5 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Be4
dxc3 9. Bxa8 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bg7 11. O-O Nxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14.
bxc3 Bxc3 15. Rb1 Be6 16. a4 Ba2 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Bc4 19. Rd1+ Kc7 20.
axb5 Bxb5 21. c4 Nf6 22. cxb5 Rxa8 23. Rc2+ Kb6 24. bxa6 Re8 25. a7 Kb7 26.
a8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Beerdsen, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2015.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Bg5 e6 11. Nd5 Be7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. Nf5 exf5 14. exf5
Be4 15. f3 d5 16. fxe4 Qc5+ 17. Be3 Qc4 18. b3 Qb5 19. exd5 O-O 20. c4 Qd7 21.
Bd4 Ne8 22. Qg4 f6 23. Re6 b5 24. c5 Qxd5 25. Rae1 h5 26. Qe4 Nc7 27. Qxd5 Nxd5
28. Rxa6 Ra8 29. Rd6 Nb4 30. c6 Ra6 31. Bc5 Nxc6 32. Ree6 Rc8 33. b4 h4 34. h3
Kh7 35. Kh2 Kg8 36. a4 Nxb4 37. Bxb4 Rxd6 38. Rxd6 bxa4 39. Rd4 Rb8 40. Ba3 Rb5
41. Rxh4 Rxf5 42. Rxa4 Rb5 43. Ra7 Kh7 44. Bd6 Rf5 45. Bf8 Rg5 46. h4 Rg4 47.
Kh3 f5 48. Rf7 Kg8 49. Rxf5 Rc4 50. Bc5 g6 51. Rg5 Rc3+ 52. g3 Kh7 53. Bd6 Rc6
54. Bf4 Re6 55. Re5 Rf6 56. Re7+ Kg8 57. Be5 Rf5 58. Kg4 Kf8 59. Bd6 Kg8 60.
Re5 Rf6 61. Be7 Rc6 62. Kg5 Kh7 63. Bc5 Kg8 64. Re8+ Kg7 65. Re7+ Kg8 66. Bd4
Rd6 67. Bf6 Rc6 68. Kxg6 Kf8 69. h5 Kg8 70. Re8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Katz, Alexander R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2806"]
[BlackElo "2374"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxe6 Bxd4 11. Nxb5 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Bf2+ 13. Kd1 Ne3+ 14. Ke2
Qxb5+ 15. Kxf2 Ng4+ 16. Kg3 Na6 17. Re1 Qd7 18. b3 h5 19. Bb2 Rg8 20. Re2 Nc7
21. Rae1 Nxe6 22. Rxe6 O-O-O 23. Rxe7 h4+ 24. Kxh4 Qf5 25. h3 g5+ 26. fxg5 Ne5
27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. R1xe5 Qg6 29. Rxc5+ Kb8 30. Qf4+ Ka8 31. Kg3 Qb6 32. Rec7 Qa6
33. Kh2 Qe2 34. Qg4 Qe8 35. Qf3 Rb8 36. a4 a6 37. h4 Qd8 38. Qd5 Qf8 39. Rf7
Qe8 40. Rf6 Ka7 41. Qd4 Ka8 42. Rc7 Rh8 43. Rxa6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Balog, Imre1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Be3 Bd7
8. Ne5 Bd6 9. Qf3 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nd5 11. Bd2 Qe7 12. c4 Nb6 13. Qxb7 O-O 14. Qe4
Na4 15. b3 Nc5 16. Qe3 Bc6 17. f3 Rfd8 18. Be2 Qh4+ 19. g3 Qd4 20. Qxd4 Rxd4
21. Bc3 Nd3+ 22. Kd2 Rd7 23. Ke3 Nc5 24. Rhd1 a5 25. Bd4 Na6 26. a3 Rb8 27.
Rab1 Kf8 28. Bc3 Nc5 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 30. Bxa5 Rxb3+ 31. Rxb3 Nxb3 32. Bxc7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nc6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. exf5 d5 7. d4 e4 8. Ne5
O-O 9. Bb5 Ne7 10. g4 c6 11. Be2 Bd6 12. f4 exf3 13. Bxf3 Qb6 14. Na4 Qa5+ 15.
c3 Qc7 16. Qe2 Re8 17. O-O-O Qa5 18. Nc5 Qxa2 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Ned7 Bxd7 21.
Nxd7 Nxf5 22. Nxf6+ Kf7 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Qxe8+ Kxe8 25. gxf5 a5 26. Rde1+ Kd8
27. Kc2 a4 28. Rb1 Qb3+ 29. Kd3 Qc4+ 30. Kc2 Qb3+ 31. Kd3 b5 32. Rhe1 b4 33.
Re6 bxc3 34. Rxd6+ Kc7 35. Rxc6+ Kxc6 36. Rc1 c2+ 37. Kd2 Qxf3 38. Rxc2+ Kd6
39. h4 Qxf5 40. h5 Qxh5 41. Kc3 Qf3+ 42. Kd2 Qb3 43. Kc1 Qxc2+ 44. Kxc2 h5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.06.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d4 Nxd4 5. Nxe5 Qf6 6. Nd3 Bb6 7. Nc3 c6 8.
e5 Qe7 9. O-O Kf8 10. Re1 Nh6 11. Ne4 Qh4 12. Bg5 Qg4 13. c3 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Ne6
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Nd6 Bc7 18. Nf4 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Rg8 20. Nh5 Rg5
21. Nf6 Ke7 22. f4 Rf5 23. Rd4 c5 24. Rde4 d5 25. R4e3 Rxf4 26. Rh3 Bd7 27. Rg3
Be8 28. Rg7+ Bf7 29. Rxh7 d4 30. cxd4 cxd4 31. Rc1 Rf8 32. Rc7+ Kd8 33. Rhxf7
Rxf7 34. Rxf7 Kc8 35. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. d4 b6
9. dxc5 bxc5 10. c4 Bb7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nh4 Ne5 15.
Nb5 Bf8 16. Nxa7 Ra8 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. a4 c4 19. Bd4 Bc5 20. b4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4
Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Nd3 23. Reb1 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Nhf5 Bd5 26. Nb5 g6 27. Nfd4
Reb8 28. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 g6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 d4 5. Bd3 Nh6 6. Be4 Bg7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nf3 Kh8
9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. O-O c5 13. Nbd2 Be6 14. Qc2 Rc8 15.
b3 Bd5 16. Ne4 f5 17. Neg5 Nf7 18. Nxf7+ Rxf7 19. Ba3 e6 20. Rac1 Rfc7 21. Nd2
g5 22. Nc4 gxf4 23. Nd6 Bxe5 24. Nxc8 Qxc8 25. Bxc5 Rg7 26. Rf2 f3 27. Bb4 Qxc2
28. Rfxc2 h5 29. Re1 Bf4 30. Bc5 e5 31. Bd6 Kh7 32. Bxe5 Re7 33. Kf2 Be3+ 34.
Kg3 Rxe5 35. gxf3 f4+ 36. Kh3 Be6+ 37. Kg2 Rg5+ 38. Kh1 Bd5 39. h4 Bxf3+ 40.
Kh2 Rg4 41. Kh3 Rg3+ 42. Kh2 Kg6 43. Rc5 Rg2+ 44. Kh3 Rg3+ 45. Kh2 Rg4 46. Kh3
Bg2+ 47. Kh2 f3 48. Rc6+ Kf5 49. Rc5+ Ke6 50. Rxh5 f2 51. Rc1 Bxc1 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c4 a6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Nc3 Bf8 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Rad1 Qc7
15. Nf3 Qb8 16. h3 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Qd3 b4 19. Na4 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Ng5
N7f6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qc7 24. g3 Red8 25. h4 h6 26. Rc1 Qd7 27. Red1 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rc4 Rd8 30. Bd4 Qb5 31. Nc5 Bxc5 32. Rxc5 Qa6 33. Qg4 f6 34.
Rc2 e5 35. Ba1 Ne7 36. Rc7 Qd6 37. Rb7 Qd1+ 38. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 39. Kg2 Nd5 40. Rb5
Kf7 41. Bb2 Ke6 42. Rc5 Rd2 43. Bc1 Rxa2 44. Rc6+ Kd7 45. Rc5 Kd6 46. Rc8 h5
47. Kf3 f5 48. Bg5 Ra3 49. Rd8+ Kc6 50. Rc8+ Kb6 51. Bd8+ Kb7 52. Rc5 Rxb3+ 53.
Kg2 Rd3 54. Ba5 b3 55. Kf1 b2 56. Rb5+ Ka6 57. Rxb2 Kxa5 58. Rb7 Rd1+ 59. Ke2
Nc3+ 60. Ke3 g6 61. Rg7 Rd6 62. f3 Kb5 63. g4 Nd5+ 64. Kf2 hxg4 65. fxg4 fxg4
66. Kg3 Nf6 67. Re7 Rd3+ 68. Kg2 Kc4 69. Rxe5 Rd5 70. Re6 Rf5 71. Rd6 Kc5 72.
Rd2 Ne4 73. Rd8 Rf2+ 74. Kg1 g3 75. Rg8 Rf6 76. Rd8 Rd6 77. Re8 Kd4 78. Kg2 Ke3
79. Rf8 Rd2+ 80. Kg1 Rh2 81. Rg8 Nd2 82. Re8+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. b3 Be7 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nb5 Bd5 12. Nbxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 c5 14. Bc3
Bf6 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Rfe1 Rc8 17. Rad1 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Qe7 19. e4 Be6 20. Qa5 c4
21. Qxa7 Qc5 22. b4 Qc7 23. Qa5 c3 24. Rc1 Ra8 25. Qb5 Rec8 26. Nd4 Bd7 27. Qe2
Qc4 28. Qe3 Rxa2 29. e5 Nd5 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. Qxc3 Bh3 33. Nf3 h6
34. Qe3 Rb2 35. Qe4 Qxe4 36. Rxe4 Rb1+ 37. Ne1 Bf5 38. Re3 Rxb4 39. f3 h5 40.
h4 b5 41. Kf2 Rb1 42. Nd3 b4 43. Nc5 Rc1 44. Nb3 Rc2+ 45. Ke1 Be6 46. Nd4 Rc1+
47. Kd2 Rc4 48. Nxe6 fxe6 49. Rd3 Kf7 50. Rd7+ Kf8 51. Rd6 Kf7 52. Rd7+ Kf8 53.
Rb7 Rc5 54. Ke3 Rxe5+ 55. Kd4 Rd5+ 56. Ke4 Ra5 57. Rxb4 Kf7 58. Rb7+ Kf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be3 c6 6. a4 a5 7. h3 Na6 8. Be2 O-O
9. O-O Nb4 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bh2 e5 13. Bc4 Qe7 14. Ne2 d5 15. Bb3
dxe4 16. Nxe5 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. g4 Nf6 19. Nf4 Qc8 20. f3 exf3 21. c3 f2+
22. Kxf2 Nbd5 23. Nfd3 Nd7 24. Qb3 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 f5 26. g5 f4 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28.
Kg2 Qf5 29. Qxb7+ Kh8 30. Ne5 f3+ 31. Kf2 Rab8 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Be3 Rc8 12. f4 d6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Nd2 Bf6 15. Nf3
Na5 16. b3 Nc5 17. Nd2 Nd7 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 d5 20. e5 Be7 21. b4 Nb7 22.
Nb3 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Qa8 24. Qc7 Rd8 25. Nd4 Qb8 26. Qxb8 Nxb8 27. Nc6 Re8 28.
Nxa7 Nd7 29. Rc1 Ra8 30. Rc7 Rxa7 31. Rxd7 Kf8 32. Bxb6 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2876"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 c6 5. Bb3 d5 6. Qe2 dxe4 7. Qxe4 Nf6 8. Qh4
h6 9. Ne5 e6 10. c3 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. Nba3 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Qe7 14. O-O Nd5 15.
Qg3 O-O 16. Re1 c5 17. Nd6 Qc7 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Bf4 g5 20. Be3 c4 21. h4 f6
22. Nxc8 Raxc8 23. Qg4 Rcd8 24. Bd2 Qd7 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. f4 gxf4 27. h5 Kf7
28. Bxf4 Rg8 29. Re3 Bf8 30. Rf1 Re7 31. Rxe7+ Bxe7 32. Kf2 f5 33. Re1 Bf6 34.
Kf3 b5 35. g3 a5 36. a3 Ra8 37. Ra1 Re8 38. Rb1 Ra8 39. b3 b4 40. axb4 axb4 41.
bxc4 Ra3 42. Rxb4 Rxc3+ 43. Ke2 dxc4 44. d5 Rd3 45. Rb7+ Ke8 46. d6 Rd5 47. Rh7
c3 48. Rxh6 Bg7 49. Re6+ Kf7 50. Re7+ Kf6 51. Rc7 Bf8 52. Rxc3 Ra5 53. Rd3 Ra8
54. d7 Be7 55. Bc7 Kg5 56. d8=Q Bxd8 57. Bxd8+ Kxh5 58. Kf3 Ra1 59. Bc7 Rf1+
60. Kg2 Ra1 61. Rd4 Kg5 62. Bf4+ Kh5 63. Rd6 Rb1 64. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qh5 8. h3
Na6 9. Bg2 Qg6 10. b3 Bc5 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Na4 Be7 13. Ne3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15.
O-O Be6 16. Nc3 Bf6 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Ba3 Rfd8 19. Nb5 Be5 20. d4 Bb8 21. Qd2
Bd7 22. Nc3 Bc6 23. Qe3 Re8 24. h4 Rcd8 25. Qg5 Qe6 26. Nd1 Nc7 27. Ne3 h6 28.
Qf5 Nb5 29. Bb2 Nd6 30. Qxe6 Rxe6 31. Bh3 Ree8 32. a4 g6 33. Ng4 Kg7 34. Ne5 e3
35. f3 Nf5 36. Bxf5 gxf5 37. Nxc6 bxc6 38. f4 Re6 39. Kg2 Bc7 40. Rfd1 Rb8 41.
Rd3 Ba5 42. Bc3 Bxc3 43. Rcxc3 Rb4 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. Rc5 Ke7 46. Ra5 Rb7 47. b4
Rxb4 48. Rxa7+ Kf6 49. Rd1 Re4 50. Ra6 Rc4 51. a5 Ke6 52. Ra8 Rexd4 53. Rxd4
Rxd4 54. Rh8 Ra4 55. Rxh6+ Kd7 56. Rf6 Rxa5 57. Rxf7+ Ke6 58. Rc7 Kd6 59. Rc8
d4 60. Rd8+ Kc5 61. h5 Ra1 62. h6 Rh1 63. Rf8 Rxh6 64. Rxf5+ Kc4 65. Ra5 Rh2
66. f5 c5 67. Ra2 Kb3 68. Ra5 Kb4 69. Ra2 c4 70. Ke4 d3 71. Kxe3 Kb3 72. Rd2
Kc3 73. f6 Rg2 74. f7 Rxg3+ 75. Kf2 Kxd2 76. f8=Q Rg6 77. Qf4+ Kc3 78. Qc1+ Kd4
79. Qb2+ Ke4 80. exd3+ cxd3 81. Qb4+ Kd5 82. Ke3 Rg3+ 83. Kf4 Rg7 84. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. c4 Ne5 8.
Nxe5 dxe5 9. d3 Nd7 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. e5 Nb8 14. Kh1 Nc6
15. Rad1 Bg5 16. Bg3 Bh4 17. Bf4 Bg5 18. Bg3 Bh4 19. Bf4 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {In Stavanger, it seemed as if it was a compulsion to begin with 1.c4 if
you faced Jon Ludvig Hammer with the white pieces. Anand, Aronian, Grischuk
and Nakamura all opened with 1.c4.} e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3
$5 {This move in itself is not so weird but Nakamura has a new idea up his
sleeve.} (5. Nc3 {is the more usual way to play.} Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 {
is the main line.}) 5... Nc6 (5... e4 {is of course, an elementary pawn
blunder.} 6. Qa4+ $16) 6. O-O Nb6 {Hammer prevents the central break of d2-d4.}
(6... e4 {looks tempting but in this case you just over-extend your e-pawn
which can be exchanged by d2-d3.} 7. Ne1 f5 (7... Bf5 8. d3 exd3 $2 9. e4 $18)
8. d3 $14 {Black's centre falls apart.}) (6... Be7 {can be met with the direct}
7. d4 e4 8. Ne5 $14) 7. b3 Be7 (7... e4 8. Ne1 $14 {later on followed by Bb2
and d2-d3 is completely fine for White.}) 8. Bb2 f6 {A solid chain of pawns
has been erected against the b2-bishop. In order to make sense of this setup,
White must break with d4 now.} 9. d4 e4 (9... exd4 10. Nxd4 $14 {is already
quite a pleasant edge for White. The pawn on f6 looks pretty silly.}) 10. Ne1
f5 {White is ahead in development and it is absolutely imperative for him to
destroy the e4- and f5-pawns.} 11. f3 $1 ({Not taking the break with f2-f3
would give Black a very comfortable position after} 11. Nc2 O-O 12. Nc3 Be6 13.
e3 Nb4 $11 {½-½ (24) Rukavina,J (2418)-Palac,M (2543) Zuerich 2004}) 11...
exf3 12. Nxf3 {White has the pawns in the centre but there are also a lot of
weaknesses in his position. Black can blockade on the d5-square thanks to his
f5-pawn which prevents White from going e4.} Nd5 13. Qd3 (13. Qd2 {was also
possible but Nakamura would like to leave that square free for his b1-knight.})
13... O-O 14. e3 Be6 15. a3 {Preventing Nb4 possibilities in the future.} Qd7
16. Nbd2 {This is the ideal square for the knight to develop. It can go to c4.
Also after b4 it has a nice square on b3 like in the game.} (16. Nc3 Nxc3 17.
Qxc3 Bd5 $11 {Black has a comfortable position.}) 16... Rad8 17. Rac1 {At the
post-game conference, Nakamura said that this was not his prepared move but he
played it because Jon Ludvig Hammer was playing just so fast. And this was
very surprising for Nakamura because the line with Nf3 and b3 in this English
setup is quite rare and it was almost impossible for Hammer to have expected
the American player to go for this line as White. Yet, the Norwegian was
prepared and blitzing out his moves. This really unsettled the Nakamura and as
he said after the game, made him angry.} Nb6 18. b4 a6 19. Nb3 Na4 20. Ba1 Bd5
21. Nbd2 (21. Nc5 {looks like a natural move but not so good.} Nxc5 22. dxc5 (
22. bxc5 Qe6 $15) 22... Qe6 {and even the opening of the a1-bishop doesn't
compensate for the firm control that Black has on this position.} 23. Nd4 Nxd4
24. Bxd4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rd5 $15) (21. Na5 $5 {was a very interesting option.
White accepts doubled pawns in order to gain control of the e5 square. Here
are some interesting lines.} Nxa5 22. bxa5 {Black must remain careful as his
a4 knight has no good squares to go to.} Qd6 (22... Bd6 $2 23. Nh4 $1 Bxg2 24.
Kxg2 g6 25. Qb3+ Kg7 26. Qxb7 $16) (22... c5 $5 23. Ne5 Qe6 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25.
Qc4 {The knight on a4 is in trouble but Black has things under control.} Bg5 $1
26. Rfe1 b5 27. axb6 Nxb6 28. Qxa6 {White has an extra pawn but Black is close
to equality.} f4 $1 $11) 23. Ne1 g6 24. Bxd5+ Qxd5 25. Rxc7 Bd6 $44) 21... Qe6
22. Rfe1 Nb6 23. e4 {Though the position is just equal, Nakamura was happy at
this point as he would take on e4 with his knight and then later plonk his
other knight on to the e5-square.} fxe4 24. Nxe4 Qg6 (24... Qf5 25. Ne5 {
is similar to the game.}) 25. Qe2 Rfe8 {The commentators, Jan Gustaffson and
Dirk Jan Ten Guezendam felt that with the move Qg6 and Rfe8 Black was losing
the thread of the game. But in my opinion, it is quite difficult to suggest a
clear path of play for Black. He is well placed but without any real plan to
improve his position. That being said, White will undertake something and
Black will get his play. But till that point he should not spoil the
co-ordination of his pieces. To sit and do nothing is very difficult for human
beings.} (25... Nc8 {with the idea of Nd6 is met with} 26. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 27. dxc5
$14) 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. dxe5 {White is comfortable here but Black also has his
trumps. The position should be around equal. The problem was the Jon Ludvig
Hammer thought that he had been substantially better leading up to this
position. That is the reason why he somehow lost his objectivity in the next
few moves.} c6 28. Bd4 Nd7 29. Bf3 {White threatens to play Bh5.} Rf8 30. Bh5
Qh6 (30... Qe6 31. Bg4 Qg6 32. e6 $1 {would be quite a difficult position for
Black to handle.} Nf6 33. Nxf6+ Bxf6 34. Bc5 $16) 31. Be3 {At this point
Nakamura spent most of time calculating the consequences of the move ...g5.
But Hammer immediately played Qe6.} Qe6 (31... g5 $5 {was a very interesting
choice. In the post game conference Nakamura felt that Nxg5 was an interesting
move but he missed a very nice defensive idea for Black.} 32. Nxg5 $2 (32. Nf2
$5 {was the other move that Nakamura considered.} Nxe5 33. Bb6 Rd7 $13) 32...
Bxg5 33. Qg4 Rf5 $3 {The move that Nakamura missed.} (33... Nxe5 34. Qxg5+ Qxg5
35. Bxg5 Nd3 $11 {is dynamically balanced.}) (33... Bf3 34. Qxg5+ Qxg5 35. Bxg5
Bxh5 36. e6 $1 $18 {is just winning.}) 34. Qxf5 Bxe3+ 35. Kf1 Rf8 $19) 32. Bf4
a5 $6 (32... Qf5 $5 {was a much better move when according to Nakamura it is
very difficult for White to improve his position and most probably he would
have to repeat with Bg4-h5.} 33. Bg4 Qg6 34. Bh5 (34. Nd6 $2 Rxf4 $1 35. gxf4
Bxd6 36. exd6 Nf6 37. h3 h5 $19) 34... Qf5 35. Bg4 Qg6 36. Bh5 $11) 33. Ng5 $1
{Now White has a strong initiative.} Qf5 (33... Bxg5 34. Bxg5 Rde8 35. Bg4 Qxe5
36. Qd2 $14) 34. Bg4 Qg6 35. Bh5 {Nakamura repeats moves in order to gain time
on the clock.} Qf5 36. e6 $1 Nf6 (36... axb4 $5 {A very computer like solution
to come out of the mess.} 37. exd7 Bxg5 38. Bg4 Qg6 39. Bxg5 Qxg5 40. axb4 h5
41. Bh3 h4 $14 {The computer assesses this position in White's favour but
practically Black has decent counterplay.}) (36... Bxg5 37. Bxg5 Qxg5 38. e7
$16) 37. Bf7+ Kh8 38. Rf1 {The position is crazily complicated and impossible
for humans to play accurately. Funnily enough there was a way for Black to
avoid getting into a bad position. We must first try to understand what is
White's threat. If you look closely you will understand that the only threat
that White has is BPd6 uncovering an attack on the queen.} Ne4 $6 {The
critical mistake. After this Nakamura finishes off the game to perfection.} (
38... Bb3 $1 {Why is a random move like this the best one in the position? The
logic is simple. White would like to play Bd6 and uncover an attack on the
queen. After we take Qxg5, Bxe7 is a fork but if the bishop did not stand on
d5 then Rd2 can be played to attack the white queen. It is with this logic
that moving the d5 bishop is the best move. And b3 is the only available
square.} 39. Bd6 Qxg5 40. Bxe7 Rd2 $11 {and Black is right in the game, not
even a bit worse.}) 39. Nxe4 (39. g4 $4 {would be met with} Nxg5 $1 40. gxf5
Nh3# {A pretty mate!}) 39... Qxe4 (39... Bxe4 $2 40. Bd6 $1 $18) 40. Qxe4 Bxe4
41. Be3 axb4 $2 {This surprisingly turns out to be a blunder. Black had some
other possibilities but all of them lead to a nearly lost position.} (41... Rc8
42. Bc5 Rc7 43. Bb6 (43. bxa5 Bxc5+ 44. Rxc5 Re7 {is not so clear.} (44... Bg6
$6 45. Bxg6 Rxf1+ 46. Kxf1 hxg6 47. Re5 Re7 48. Ke2 $18 {[%cal Ge2d3,Gd3c4,
Gc4c5,Gc5b6]})) 43... Rcc8 44. Bxa5 $16 {and White is up a pawn without any
real compensation.}) 42. Bc5 {Suddenly the blockader of the e7-square is
removed and the game ends in a hurry.} Rd2 (42... Bxc5+ 43. Rxc5 $18) 43. Rfe1
(43. Bxe7 $2 Rg2+ 44. Kh1 Rxg3+ 45. Rf3 Bxf3#) (43. Rf2 $2 Bxc5 44. Rxc5 Rd1+
45. Rf1 Rxf1+ 46. Kxf1 b3 $1 $19) 43... Bxc5+ 44. Rxc5 Rg2+ 45. Kf1 {e7 is
coming up and Black is completely lost.} b3 46. Rxe4 b2 47. Re1 Rxh2 48. Rce5
Rh1+ 49. Kg2 b1=Q 50. Rxb1 Rxb1 51. e7 Ra8 52. e8=R+ Rxe8 53. Rxe8# {A tense
and interesting game. Nakamura tried a new opening idea that was effectively
countered by Hammer. The position was always close to equal but the Norwegian
felt that he should be better somewhere. Due to this he played ambitiously and
drifted into a worse position when Nakamura's technique was near to flawless.}
1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. Bf4 c5 12. Qd2 O-O 13. f3 c4 14. Ba2 Be6 15.
Nc3 b4 16. Ne2 b3 17. Bb1 bxc2 18. Bxc2 Rxb2 19. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 20. Rxb1 Qc7 21.
Rd1 Ne8 22. Qb4 Nd3 23. Bxd3 cxd3 24. Rxd3 Qc4 25. Qa3 d5 26. Kf2 Qc6 27. Nd4
Qc4 28. exd5 Qxd5 29. Nxe6 Qxe6 30. Qb3 Nf6 31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. Rb3 Rc8 33. Bd2
Rc2 34. Ke2 Nd5 35. Kd3 Rc7 36. Rb8+ Kf7 37. g4 Rd7 38. Kc2 Rc7+ 39. Kb3 e5 40.
Ra8 Rb7+ 41. Kc2 Rc7+ 42. Kd3 Rd7 43. Ke2 Rd6 44. h4 Nf4+ 45. Bxf4 exf4 46. a5
h6 47. h5 Ke7 48. Ra7+ Kf8 49. Ke1 Kg8 50. Ke2 Kf8 51. Ke1 Kg8 52. Ke2 Kf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nd4 Qd6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Rc1
Qa6 {A harmless opening variation has resulted in a very dry position which
seems likely to be heading towards a draw.} 15. Qb3 (15. Rxc5 {has been tried
before by Karjakin and Radjabov but neither of them could achieve anything
more than a draw} b6 (15... Qxa2 $5 16. Rb5 b6 17. Qa1 Qe6 18. Qa6 Rfc8 19. Ra1
Qc6 {1/2-1/2 Gausel,E (2540)-Tisdall,J (2480)/Reykjavik 1997/CBM 062}) 16. Rc4
Qxa2 17. Rb4 Rac8 (17... Rfc8 18. Qa1 Qd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T (2788)
-Ivanchuk,V (2769)/Istanbul 2012/CBM 151 (30)}) 18. Qa1 Qxa1 19. Rxa1 Rc7 20.
Kg2 Rd8 21. Ra6 h5 22. b3 Be5 23. Re4 Bd6 24. b4 $5 Rdd7 25. b5 Rc2 26. Kf3 Rb2
$11 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,S (2770)-Leko,P (2731)/Sochi RUS 2014/The Week in Chess
1045 (57)}) 15... b6 16. Rc4 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Rd7 18. a3 Rad8 19. Rf4 $146 ({
A previous game simplified to an easy draw after} 19. Qc2 Bd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21.
b4 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Rd4 24. bxc5 Rxc4 25. dxc4 bxc5 26. f4 f5 27.
Kf2 Kf7 28. e3 e6 29. h3 h5 30. h4 a5 {1/2-1/2 Meier,G (2623)-Safarli,E (2653)/
Antalya TUR 2013/The Week in Chess 996}) 19... Bf6 ({It is hard to notice any
risk in the move} 19... e6 {as well. Should be equal.}) 20. h4 Qb7 21. Rc2 ({
The thematic break} 21. h5 $6 {does not promise anything here as Black can
simply take} gxh5 {[%cal Gh5h4] and always have the move ...h4 in his hand.})
21... Qb8 22. Rf3 Rd5 23. Bg5 Qd6 (23... Bxg5 {could have unnecessarily gone a
bit wild after} 24. e4 Bxh4 25. gxh4 (25. exd5 $6 Bf6 $15) 25... R5d7 26. Qxf7+
Kh8 $13 {with some sort of dynamic equality.}) 24. Bxf6 exf6 {Not all doubled
pawns are weak. Black's structure, although very slightly damaged is very
solid enough to hold.} 25. Qa4 a5 26. Qf4 f5 27. Qxd6 R8xd6 28. Rf4 Rd4 29.
Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Rc3 Kf6 32. e3 Rd6 33. Kf3 Ke5 34. a4 Kd5 35. Ke2 Rd7
36. Kd2 h6 37. Rc1 Kc6 38. Kc3 {Everything has gone pretty logically so far in
the fight between the World no.4 and the World no.2. White's better pawn
structure might give him a very slight chance to try and persist but obviously
the advantage is simply negligible for the R endgame.} b5 $6 {Suddenly strange
things begin to happen. For no apparent reason, Caruana creates further damage
to his pawn structure.} (38... Kd5 $11 {is pretty much equal.} 39. f3 h5 40.
Rd1 (40. e4+ fxe4 41. dxe4+ Ke5 $11) 40... Rd6 41. e4+ Ke5 42. exf5 Kxf5 43.
Re1 f6 44. Re7 g5 $11 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Gd6d3,Gd6b6]}) 39. axb5+ Kxb5 40. b3 $5
{This move is also a bit curious as White had an option of using the b3-square
for a R manouevre.} ({For example} 40. h5 g5 (40... gxh5 $2 41. Rh1 $18) 41.
Ra1 Re7 42. Ra3 {[%cal Ga3b3,Gb3b8]} f4 (42... a4 43. b3 axb3 44. Rxb3+ Kc6 45.
Rb8 $16) 43. e4 (43. gxf4 gxf4 44. e4 Re5 $11) 43... Re8 (43... fxg3 44. fxg3
Re8 45. Ra1 {[%cal Ga1f1]}) 44. Ra1 (44. Rb3+ Kc6 45. Kc4 Rd8) 44... Re5 45.
gxf4 gxf4 46. Rh1 f5 47. f3 fxe4 48. dxe4 Rg5 49. Rh4 a4 50. Rxf4 Rxh5 51. Rf8
$14) 40... g5 $2 {Suicidal. Within a span of 3 moves the position has gone
from dead equal to lost for Black, and surpisingly the reason has been gross
positional mistakes rather than any obvious blunders. The move ...g5 is
totally inexplicable for a player of Caruana's calibre.} (40... h5 $142 41. Ra1
Rd8 42. Ra4 {is a very slight edge for White but with accurate play Black is
likely to hold.}) 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Rh1 {[%csl Rf5,Rf7,Rg5][%cal Gh1h6,Gh6h7,
Gh6f6,Gh7f7,Gh7g7,Gg7g5]} Ra7 43. Rh7 f4 (43... a4 44. bxa4+ Rxa4 45. Rxf7 Ra3+
46. Kd2 Ra2+ 47. Ke1 Ra1+ 48. Ke2 Ra2+ 49. Kf1 Ra1+ 50. Kg2 Rd1 51. Rxf5 Rxd3
52. Rxg5 $16) 44. gxf4 gxf4 45. e4 $1 {Making sure that he gets connected
passed pawns.} a4 46. bxa4+ Rxa4 47. Rxf7 Ra3+ 48. Kd2 Ra2+ 49. Ke1 Ra3 (49...
Kb4 50. Rxf4 Kc3 51. Rf3 Kd4 52. Re3 Ke5 53. Kf1 Rb2 54. Kg2 Rb7 55. Kf3 Rb2 (
55... Rd7 56. Ke2 $18) 56. Re1 Kd4 57. e5 $18) 50. Ke2 Ra2+ 51. Kf3 Rd2 52. Rd7
Kc6 53. Rd5 Kb6 54. e5 Kc6 55. Rd8 Kc7 56. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 d5
15. e5 Ne4 16. Ra3 f6 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Nc3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Qxf3
21. Qxf3 Rxf3 22. Kg2 Rbf8 23. Bb3 R3f5 24. Ra2 Na5 25. Bc2 R5f6 26. Bd3 Nb7
27. Re1 Rf3 28. Rd2 Ba5 29. Bb2 c5 30. Ba6 Nd6 31. dxc5 Ne4 32. Rxd5 Rxf2+ 33.
Kg1 Rxb2 34. Bc4 Kh8 35. Rxe4 Rc2 36. Rf5 Rd8 37. Rd5 Rf8 38. Bd3 Rxc3 39. Kg2
h6 40. Ra4 Bd8 41. Re4 Bf6 42. Re6 Kg8 43. c6 Rc8 44. Rdd6 Rc5 45. Ba6 Ra8 46.
Be2 Kf7 47. Re3 Ra2 48. Kh3 Rac2 49. Bf3 R2c3 50. Bd5+ Rxd5 51. Rxf6+ Kxf6 52.
Rxc3 Rd8 53. Kg4 Rc8 54. c7 Ke6 55. Kh5 Kd6 56. Rd3+ Ke6 57. Rc3 Kd6 58. Rd3+
Ke6 59. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 b6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qd3 Qc8 12. Ne2 c5 13. b3 cxd4 14. exd4
Nc7 15. O-O Ne6 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. f3 Rac8 18. a4 Rc6 19. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rc8
21. Ra1 Ne8 22. Nc3 Rc6 23. a5 N8c7 24. f4 g6 25. axb6 axb6 26. Ra7 Ng7 27. Na2
Nge8 28. f5 Qxf5 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. Nb4 Re6 31. Bf4 Nb5 32. Ra8 Nxd4 33. Nxd5
Kg7 34. Bd2 Rd6 35. Rxe8 Rxd5 36. Bc3 f6 37. Kf1 Nxb3 38. Re7+ Kg6 39. Re6 Nd2+
40. Bxd2 Rxd2 41. Rxb6 Ra2 42. Rb4 Rd2 43. Ra4 Rb2 44. Rc4 Rd2 45. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2876"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 dxc4 {A dubious decision: Black allows
White's bishop to get to c4 in one go.} (11... Nd7 {is more accurate and
common.}) 12. Bxc4 b6 (12... Nd7 13. Be2 $5 Re8 14. O-O e5 15. Rfe1 exd4 16.
exd4 Nf8 17. d5 Bg4 18. h3 Bh5 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Bf1 Qb7 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Nd4
$16 {1-0 (68) Bischoff,K (2533)-Senff,M (2449) Germany 2006}) 13. O-O {Too
conventional.} (13. Be2 $5 Bb7 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. O-O $142 {as it is not easy for
Black to push ...c6-c5 without concessions:} (15. Bh5 {(Hort) is not very
promising due to} g6 16. Bf3 c5 {as} 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 {[%cal Yb8d7]} 18. Ng4 {
doesn't work:} Qxg2 19. Nf6+ Kg7 20. dxc5 Qxh1+ 21. Ke2 Qxc1 22. Qxc1 Rxc5 $1 (
{but not} 22... Kxf6 $2 23. cxb6 $1 Rxc1 24. b7)) 15... Nd7 (15... c5 16. b4 $5
) 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qb3 (17. b4 $5) 17... Qe7 (17... c5 {leads to an isolated
pawn}) 18. Bf3 {etc.}) 13... Nd7 {More accurate than} (13... Bb7 14. Ne5 $5 (
14. e4 c5 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Nd7 17. Rfe1 Qd6 (17... Qf6 $5 18. Bb5 (18. Ne5
$5) 18... Qxc3 19. bxc3 Nf6 {Hort} 20. c4 a6 21. Bc6 $14) 18. Nh4 $5 g6 $1 (
18... Qf6 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. d6 $14 {1-0 (29) Hort,V-Donner,J Wijk aan Zee 1970}
) 19. Qe3 Rfe8 $1 20. Qxh6 Ne5 $132) 14... Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Be2 $1 Rfc8 (
16... Qe7 17. Bf3 Rac8 18. Qb3 Rc7 19. Qa4 c5 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. dxc5 bxc5 22.
b3 $14 {1-0 (41) Frydman,P-Gershman,J Buenos Aires 1939}) 17. b4 (17. Rfd1 Qe7
18. Bf3 c5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 $11 {1/2 (27) Kieninger,G-Schmidt,P Heidelberg 1949})
17... a5 18. a3 axb4 19. axb4 Qd5 20. Bf3 Qb5 21. Rb1 Ra2 22. Rfc1 $14 {
1-0 (40) Huzman,A (2570)-Ravia,M (2330) Israel 1996}) 14. Rfd1 (14. b4 Bb7 15.
Be2 Rfc8 16. Rfd1 {1/2 (16) Kantsler,B (2455)-Ravia,M (2370) Petah Tiqwa 1996}
a5 $132) 14... Bb7 15. h3 (15. e4 Rfd8 16. Qe3 c5 17. h3 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Rac8 19.
f3 Ne5 $11 {1-0 (36) Sanikidze,T (2426)-Becker,M (2330) Dresden 2007}) 15... c5
$11 {Black has solved his opening problems.} 16. d5 {A harmless attempt.
Black's queenside pawns will not be less strong than White's central pawns,
which are not too advanced.} exd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Nf6 19. Rd3 Rad8 20.
Rcd1 Rxd3 21. Qxd3 Rc8 22. a4 c4 23. Qc2 Qe4 24. Nd4 c3 25. Qb3 Qd5 26. Qc2 Qe4
27. Qxe4 Nxe4 {[%mdl 4096]} 28. b3 Nd2 $6 {A risky adventure. It was better to
take another route:} (28... Nc5 $5 {(K.Sakaev)} 29. Kf1 Na6 (29... a5 30. Ke2
Na6 {[%cal Ya6b4]}) 30. Nc2 Nc5 $11) 29. Rc1 a5 (29... c2 $6 30. b4) 30. Rc2 (
30. f3 c2 {[%cal Yc8c3]}) 30... Nb1 31. Rc1 (31. f3 Na3 32. Rc1 c2 33. Kf2 Rc3
{, and White can't make progress.}) 31... Nd2 32. Rc2 Nb1 33. Nb5 Kf8 (33...
Rd8 34. Rc1 Rd3 (34... c2 35. Rxc2 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Nd2 37. Kg3 Nxb3 38. Rc6 {
is risky for Black}) 35. g4 c2 36. Rxc2 Rxb3 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Rc6 Rb4 39. Nd6 {
, and White fights on.}) 34. f3 Rd8 35. Nd4 {White could have kept winning
chances by means of} (35. Kf2 $1 Rd2+ 36. Rxd2 cxd2 37. Ke2 Ke7 38. g4) 35...
Rc8 36. Rc1 Na3 37. Nc2 Nxc2 38. Rxc2 {White eventually wins the c3-pawn in
this rook ending but Black manages to trade all the queenside pawns, after
which a theoretically drawn endgame arises.} Rc5 39. Kf2 b5 40. axb5 Rxb5 41.
Rxc3 g6 42. f4 (42. g4 h5 $1) 42... h5 {It is useful for Black to put his rook
pawn here as it makes his task easier. White's further attempts are absolutely
fruitless.} 43. Rc8+ Kg7 44. Ra8 Rxb3 45. Rxa5 Rb2+ 46. Kf3 Rb3 47. Ra7 Rc3 48.
Re7 Rb3 49. Kg3 Rb2 50. Kf3 Rb3 51. g4 hxg4+ 52. hxg4 Rb1 53. Rd7 Rf1+ 54. Ke4
Rg1 55. g5 Ra1 56. Ke5 Ra3 57. e4 Ra5+ 58. Kd6 Ra6+ 59. Ke5 Ra5+ 60. Rd5 Ra4
61. Rc5 Ra1 62. Rc2 Rf1 63. Rc7 Re1 64. Ra7 Rg1 65. Ra4 Rf1 66. Ra6 Re1 67. Kd4
Rd1+ 68. Ke3 Re1+ 69. Kf3 Rf1+ 70. Kg3 Re1 71. e5 Re3+ 72. Kf2 Rb3 73. Rd6 Ra3
74. Rd8 Rc3 75. Ke2 Ra3 76. Rd3 Ra1 77. Ke3 Re1+ 78. Kd4 Rf1 79. Ke4 Ra1 80.
Rd7 Ra4+ 81. Rd4 Ra5 82. Rc4 Kf8 83. Rc8+ Kg7 84. Rc7 Kf8 85. Kd4 Ra4+ 86. Rc4
Ra5 87. Rc8+ Kg7 88. e6 fxe6 89. Rc5 Ra7 90. Ke5 Rf7 91. Rc4 Rf5+ 92. Kxe6 Kg8
93. Rc8+ Kg7 94. Rc7+ Kg8 95. Rc8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 {This line which is the beginning of the
Botvinnik setup with the black pieces is one of Grischuk's favourites. He has
great knowledge in it and has pretty good results as well.} 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7
6. a3 (6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 {is the more common move order.}) 6... Nge7 $1 {
The accurate move order.} (6... d6 $6 7. O-O Nge7 8. b4 $1 {White has been
scoring excellently from this position. Hence, it makes sense to not waste a
move early on with d7-d6 as sometimes it's useful to play d7-d5 in one go as
we shall in the upcoming variations.}) 7. O-O (7. b4 d5 $1 {This shows the
importance of not wasting a tempo on the move d6 and instead making the more
useful move Nge7.} (7... e4 8. Ng5 f5 9. bxc5 $14) 8. bxc5 (8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Ng5
(9. Nxd5 Qxd5 $15) 9... Nc7 $11) 8... dxc4 (8... d4 $2 9. Ne4 $16) 9. Qa4 Qa5
10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qe4 f5 12. Qc2 e4 $36) 7... O-O 8. Ne1 (8. Rb1 a5 (8... d5 $5
{This is an interesting line which hasn't been tried much. I feel that this
could be a nice surprise weapon.} 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 (10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. d3
Qd6 $11 {Black should be doing well here.}) 10... Nxc3 11. Nxc6 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2
bxc6 $11 {and now taking the c6-pawn is bad due to Bf5 and Black should be
able to equalise without much difficulty.}) 9. Ne1 {is the more normal way to
play. In general, I have a feeling that inserting Rb1 and a5 is to White's
advantage because the weakness of the b5-square might someday prove useful to
White.}) (8. d3 $6 d6 9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nc2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne3 Nde7 $11 {
gives Black a very fine position and shows why d3 is not such an important
move.}) 8... d6 9. Nc2 Be6 10. Ne3 {White is just in time to prevent the
d5-break.} Qd7 11. d3 Bh3 {If White doesn't try to play with ideas related to
early Rb1 and b4 in this line, I feel that Black has absolutely no problems to
equalise as Grischuk proves in the game.} 12. Rb1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 f5 14. Ned5 (
14. b4 {This at least puts some pressure on White.} b6 {might be the best way
to play.} (14... f4 15. Ned5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Ne7 17. Nc3 $1 {White has some edge
as his knight can settle on the e4 square.} Nf5 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Ne4 $14) 15.
Qa4 Qb7 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. Ned5 Nd4 18. e3 Ne6 19. f3 Rad8 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.
Nd5 $14) 14... Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Ne7 16. Nc3 {Keeping the knights is a good
decision by Nakamura. In this way he always forces the black knight to play a
somewhat passive role of defending the d5-square.} h5 $5 {An interesting idea
by Grischuk. He wants to do something active and would not like to weaken the
e4-square with f4. Hence, this idea of playing h5-h4. But in the process he
does weaken the g5-square to some extent, which can be used by the bishop. How
about trying for d5 in this position?} ({An immediate ...d5 is not possible:} 
16... d5 $6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qb3 Rad8 19. e4 $18) (16... Kh8 17. Bd2 d5 {
Nothing could be more natural than this but White has a strong move in} 18. Qa4
$5 Qd8 {might be the lesser evil but after} (18... Qxa4 19. Nxa4 b6 20. b4 $14
{Is just the type of position which is the most unpleasant to play. White has
a nagging pressure and Black has no counterplay.}) 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bxf6+ Rxf6
21. e4 $5 (21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Rfc1 Rc6 {should lead to equality.}) 21... d4 22.
Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 $14 {when White has this nagging pressure on the position.})
(16... h6 {Trying to control the important square on g5, tuck the king safely
on h7 and then go for d5 looks like a very decent plan. It's just that White
plays b4 and then we have to change our plans to some extent.} 17. b4 b6 18.
Bd2 e4 $1 {A very strong undermining move.} 19. dxe4 Qe6 $1 {An equally
unusual follow up.} 20. exf5 Qxc4 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. Rxb3 Nxf5 $11 {Black has no
problems.}) 17. b4 (17. Bg5 $5 {Why not this natural move getting rid of the
guardian of the d5-square?} Bf6 {Of course this is much better than ceding the
d5-square.} 18. Bxf6 (18. Qd2 d5 $1 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. cxd5 Nxd5 $11) 18... Rxf6
19. b4 b6 {The question has to be asked at this point whether I would prefer
my pawn to be on h6 or h5. And I must say that Grischuk's idea with h5 looks
pretty interesting now that we can go Kg7, Rh8 followed by h5-h4.} 20. Qd2 Kg7
21. bxc5 dxc5 22. a4 h4 23. a5 Rh8 24. axb6 axb6 $132 {Black has excellent
counterplay on the kingside.}) 17... Rf7 (17... b6 {was also possible.}) (17...
e4 18. Qc2 $14) 18. f3 e4 $1 {Grischuk is alert and immediately takes the
opportunity for a central break. The move f3 makes it a well timed break.} (
18... cxb4 19. axb4 d5 {Now the the rook has block the a2-g8 diagonal this
central break becomes possible but after} 20. Bg5 d4 21. Qa4 $1 (21. Bxe7 dxc3
$1 $15) 21... Qxa4 (21... Qe6 22. Nb5 Nc6 23. c5 $14 {[%cal Gb5a3,Ga3c4]}) 22.
Nxa4 $14 {White has some pressure and good chances to create a queenside
passer.}) 19. Bb2 (19. Qc2 exf3+ 20. exf3 Nc6 $11) 19... exf3+ 20. Rxf3 Re8 {
Black looks very comfortable and I might even prefer playing the black pieces
here.} 21. bxc5 dxc5 22. Qd2 Qe6 23. Re1 Nc6 24. Nd5 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Nd4 26. Rf2
b5 $1 {Grischuk is trying to create some or the other problems for his
opponent but it's just too dry for a player of Nakamura's class to go wrong.}
27. Qc1 bxc4 28. Qxc4 (28. dxc4 Qe4+ 29. Kg1 Kg7 $17 {followed by the
occupation of the b-file gives Black an excellent position.}) 28... Nc2 {
An elegant simplifying manoeuvre which takes the game closer to its logical
result!} 29. Qxc2 (29. Rc1 $2 Qxd5+ 30. Qxd5 Ne3+ $19) 29... Qxd5+ 30. Kg1 Rfe7
31. Rc1 Re5 32. Qc4 Qxc4 33. Rxc4 Kg7 (33... Rxe2 34. Rxe2 Rxe2 35. Rxc5 $11)
34. e4 fxe4 35. dxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxc5 R8e7 37. Ra5 R4e5 38. Ra6 R5e6 39. Ra5 Re5
40. Ra6 R5e6 {A logical analysis of the game shows the Nakamura with the white
pieces couldn't really put any pressure on Grischuk who seems to be almost
unbeatable in this system.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd3
b5 $146 {I didn't find a single game with this move, usually they go 8...0-0.}
({One possible line might be} 8... O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Rd1 Be7 12.
Nd5 {with interesting play.}) 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Bb7 {Ok so we have a game
practically from scratch, which is rare especially in the Najdorf Sicilian!}
11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bd2 a5 13. c3 bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nc6 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfd1 Re8 $6
{Preparing the Be7-f8 manoeuvre but tactically wrong.} (16... Be7 {and now the
direct attempt is probably ok for Black:} 17. Qb5 Qc7 18. Rdc1 Ba6 19. Qd5 Bxe2
20. Bxa5 Rxa5 21. Nxa5 Qxa5 22. Rxc6 (22. Qxc6 Bg5 23. Rc2 Bd3 24. Rc3 Be2 $11)
22... Qxd5 23. exd5 Ra8 $13) 17. Bf3 $1 Be7 18. Qb5 $16 {Now already the
advantage is on the white side.} Qc8 (18... Qc7 19. Nxa5 Nxa5 20. Bxa5 Qxa5 21.
Qxb7 $16) 19. Bg4 {It was possible to take at once on a5...} (19. Bxa5 Rb8 20.
Bc3 Ba8 21. Qc4 Nd4 22. Qxc8 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Rexc8 24. Nd2 Rb6 {There is no
doubt that White is better.}) 19... Qxg4 20. Qxb7 Rec8 $6 {Confronted with
early problems Black is going for tactics.} (20... Nb4 21. Bxb4 axb4 (21...
Rab8 22. Qd5 Rxb4 23. Nxa5 Rxb2 24. Nc4 $16) 22. a5 Qe2 23. Rd2 Qc4 24. Qd5
Rec8 25. g3 $14) (20... Qc8 21. Qxc8 Rexc8 22. Rd5 $16) 21. Nxa5 Nxa5 22. Qxe7
Nb3 23. f3 Qf4 24. Ra3 Nd4 25. Raa1 {White had an interesting choice here:} (
25. Bd2 $5 Ne2+ 26. Kf2 Qxh2 27. Kxe2 Qxg2+ 28. Ke3 d5 $1 29. Qxe5 dxe4 30.
fxe4 Rc2 {computers are not unhappy with Black's chances here, but I would be.}
) 25... Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Nxc3 27. bxc3 h5 28. Qxd6 Rxc3 29. Qd5 Ra6 30. Qb5 Rac6
31. Qf1 $6 {A serious mistake that gives Black chances to escape.} (31. a5 h4
32. h3 Rc2 33. Rg1 Rg6 34. Qd7 $1 Rcxg2 35. Rxg2 Rxg2 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+
Qxf5 38. exf5 Rd2 39. a6 Rd8 40. a7 Ra8 41. Ra6 {and White should win.}) 31...
h4 32. h3 Rc2 {Now it is rather difficult to progress for White.} 33. Re1 (33.
a5 Rg6 34. a6 Rg3 $1 {and White is going to be mated!}) 33... Qd2 34. Red1 Qg5
35. Re1 Qd2 36. Rad1 Qb4 $6 {Black is making another mistake thus giving White
one more chance to play on.} (36... Qf2 $1 37. Qxf2 Rxf2 38. a5 (38. Rc1 Rg6
39. Rg1 Rd6 $11) 38... Ra2 39. Ra1 Rcc2 $11) 37. Qd3 Kh7 38. Qd8 Rf6 39. Rc1 {
Probably in time trouble White could still create problems with:} (39. Rg1 $1
Qxa4 40. Rd5 Qa3 41. Rxe5 Rc1 42. Rh5+ Kg6 43. Rg5+ $1 $16) 39... Qxa4 {
It is just equal now.} 40. Rxc2 Qxc2 41. Qd1 Qf2 42. Rf1 Qg3 43. Qd7 Rg6 44.
Rg1 Rf6 45. Rf1 Rg6 46. Rg1 Rf6 47. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "Nakamura,H"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Going into this critical last round, I was 1 point behind Topalov and 1/2 a
point behind Anand and on the same score as Giri. Having said that, Levon was
having a rather miserable event, so I felt like taking a shot to try and win.
Of course, considering my rather abysmal score against Levon with Black, I
wasn't ready to go insane, but I simply wanted to get a game.   However, I had
to also be realistic coming off an extremely disappointing draw against Maxime
Vachier-Lagrave the previous day where I missed several opportunities to win.} 
1. c4 {I was slightly surprised that Levon chose to play the English. After a
really terrible loss to Magnus Carlsen in round 8, I assumed that Levon would
try to be super solid.} e5 $1 {After move 1, I was already very happy as I had
achieved my goal of simply getting a position and playing chess!} 2. Nc3 Nc6 3.
g3 Bc5 $5 {A fairly unusual setup which isn't seen very often. The only high
level player who has used it consistently is GM Paco Vallejo.  I might add
that while I beat Paco, (see the notes to the game) I also recently had a game
in Gibraltar against Grandelius which I won, but the position was very unclear
at a certain point.} 4. Bg2 d6 5. e3 (5. a3 a6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nge2 Ba7 8. b4 O-O
9. d3 Ne7 10. O-O c6 11. h3 Be6 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. Kh2 Ng6 14. Qd2 d5 15. c5 Rae8
$11 {1-0 (35) Nakamura,H (2776)-Grandelius,N (2602) Caleta 2015. While the
position is equal, I do prefer Black.}) 5... a6 6. Nge2 Ba7 7. a3 (7. b3 Nge7
8. Bb2 Rb8 9. d3 Bf5 10. Qd2 Qd7 11. h3 O-O 12. f4 Be6 13. d4 exd4 (13... Nf5
14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. O-O-O exd4 16. exd4 Ne7 17. g4 f5 18. g5 Bf7 19. Ng3 a5 20.
h4 a4 $1 21. Nxa4 Bxc4 22. bxc4 c5 $14 {1-0 (59) Nakamura,H (2753)-Vallejo
Pons,F (2716) Sao Paulo/Bilbao 2011}) 14. exd4 d5 15. c5 b6 16. cxb6 cxb6 17.
g4 f5 18. g5 b5 $13 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Ge7c8,Gc8d6,Gd6e4]}) 7... h5 $5 {A fairly
rare move, but I was inspired by the game of another Spanish GM, Anton
Guijarro.} 8. d4 (8. h4 Bg4 9. b3 Nge7 10. Bb2 Rb8 11. Qc2 Qd7 12. d3 O-O 13.
Rc1 Nd8 14. O-O Ne6 $11 {0-1 (39) Mwali,C (2250)-Anton Guijarro,D (2624)
Tromso 2014}) 8... h4 9. b4 Nge7 {The practical decision! Perhaps with deeper
and more concrete preparation 9...h3 will be playable, but it's too commital
without preparation.} (9... h3 $5 {This is also possible, but it's very
difficult to assess whether there is counterplay or the bishop on a7 is
completely dead.} 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. c5 {[%csl Ga7]} Qf6 12. Rf1 Qf3 13. Nb1
Qg2 (13... Nf6 14. Nd2 Qd5 15. f3 exd4 16. e4 Qh5 17. Nb3 $132 {Another very
difficult position to assess and one which is impossible to play over the
board.}) 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bb2 f6 16. Nd2 Qxh2 17. f3 $1 Qg2 18. Rf2 Qh1+ 19.
Rf1 Qg2 20. Rf2 $11 {One of the weirdest repetitions I have ever seen!}) 10. c5
$5 {More or less forcing the action. As Levon himself has said on many
occasions, once you push your pawns forward, they can never go back!} Bf5 $8
11. Bb2 Qd7 12. Qb3 h3 13. Bf3 exd4 (13... d5 $5 {Also possible, but I didn't
really see how to proceed after 14. 0-0.} 14. O-O Bd3 (14... e4 15. Bh1 Bg4 16.
f3 exf3 17. Bxf3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 f5 19. Raf1 $14 {[%cal Ga3a4,Gb4b5,Ge2f4] White
is substantially better as he has more space, all the pawn breaks and a clear
initiative on both sides of the board.}) 15. e4 $5 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxf1 17. Nxd5
Nxd5 18. Nf5 Bg2 19. Bxg2 hxg2 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. exd5 f6 $13 {The computers
assess this as equal, but I'd prefer to be White.}) 14. Nxd4 Bg4 (14... Nxd4
15. exd4 Be6 16. Qc2 (16. d5 $2 Bg4 $1 17. Ne4 Qf5 18. Nd2 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 dxc5
$17) 16... O-O-O 17. O-O Bg4 18. Bh1 dxc5 19. dxc5 f6 {Again, this looks very
scary to a human, but the computers seem to think that it is no big deal.}) 15.
Bxg4 Qxg4 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Qd1 (17. cxd6 Ne5 18. Qd5 cxd6 19. f4 Nc6 20. Qd3
O-O 21. O-O Rfe8 22. Rae1 Rad8 23. Ne4 d5 24. Ng5 Qh5 25. Bd4 Nxd4 26. exd4 Qg6
$11) 17... Qg6 (17... Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 dxc5 19. Nd5 (19. Ne4 Kf8 20. Nxc5 Bxc5
21. bxc5 Rh5 $1 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Ke2 Rdd5 24. a4 Kg8 25. Ba3 Rhe5 $1 $15 {
[%cal Gc6d4,Gc6a5,Ge5e4]}) 19... O-O $1 20. b5 axb5 21. Nxc7 Rad8 22. Nxb5 Bb8
23. Ke2 $14 {[%csl Gh3] White has to be slightly better in the long run as h3
is probably a weakness as opposed to a strength.}) 18. cxd6 O-O-O (18... Ne5 $6
19. d7+ Kd8 20. O-O $14) 19. Rc1 $2 {A serious error.} (19. Qb1 $8 Qh5 20. dxc7
Kxc7 21. Qe4 Rhe8 22. Qf4+ Kc8 23. Rc1 Rd3 24. Qh4 $1 Qf5 25. Qf4 $1 Qh5 $11)
19... Rxd6 {Another practical decision as the computer line after 20.Nd5 would
be impossible to find.} (19... Ne5 20. Nd5 (20. O-O Rxd6 21. Qc2 (21. Qe2 $2
Rd2 22. Qxd2 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Nxd2 $19) 21... Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Rhd8 $19 {
[%csl Gf3,Gh1,Gh3]}) 20... Nd3+ 21. Kf1 Qe4 22. Ne7+ Kd7 $1 23. Rxc7+ Ke8 $1
24. Bxg7 Qg2+ 25. Ke2 Qxf2+ 26. Kxd3 Rxd6+ 27. Kc3 (27. Bd4 Bxd4 $19) 27...
Qxe3+ 28. Kc2 Qe4+ 29. Kb3 Qe6+ 30. Kc3 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Qg4 $1 32. Kc2 Bb8 $1 33.
Rc8+ Kxe7 34. Rxh8 Qc4+ 35. Kd2 (35. Bc3 Be5 $19) 35... Qa2+ 36. Kc1 Qxa3+ 37.
Bb2 Qe3+ 38. Kc2 Qe4+ 39. Rd3 Qe2+ 40. Rd2 Qc4+ 41. Kb1 Bd6 42. Rh4 Qf1+ 43.
Kc2 Qf5+ 44. Kc1 f6 $15) 20. Qc2 Qh5 21. Qe2 Ne5 {After the game, Levon
claimed that he simply missed this move.} 22. Qxh5 Nd3+ 23. Ke2 $2 {A strange
decision.} (23. Kf1 Rxh5 24. Rc2 Bxe3 $1 {A move that I saw in my calculations
at the board during the game.} 25. Ne4 (25. fxe3 Rf5+ 26. Kg1 (26. Ke2 Rf2+ 27.
Kd1 Nxb4+ $1 28. Kc1 Rxc2+ 29. Kb1 Rdd2 30. Bc1 Rxh2 31. axb4 Rxh1 32. Kxc2
Rxc1+ 33. Kxc1 h2 $19) 26... Rdf6 $19) 25... Re6 26. fxe3 Rxe4 27. Ke2 Nxb2 28.
Rxb2 Rhe5 29. Rb3 g5 $17 {I saw this during the game, and while Black is up a
pawn and much better, I'm not sure that this is trivial at all.}) 23... Nxc1+
24. Rxc1 Rxh5 25. g4 Re5 $19 {All of the smoke has cleared and the rest is
simply technique.} 26. Rg1 Re8 27. Rg3 Bd4 28. Na4 (28. Rxh3 b5 $1 29. Rh7 (29.
Nd1 Bxb2 30. Nxb2 Red8 $19 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Gb5c4,Gb5a4,Gd6d2] Domination.})
29... f5 30. gxf5 Bf6 31. Nd1 Bxb2 32. Nxb2 Red8 33. Rxg7 Rd2+ 34. Kf3 Rxb2 $19
) 28... Bxb2 29. Nxb2 Red8 30. Nc4 Rc6 31. Ne5 Rc2+ 32. Ke1 (32. Kf3 Rdd2 33.
Rxh3 Rxf2+ 34. Kg3 (34. Ke4 Rxh2 35. Rf3 f6 $19) 34... Rg2+ 35. Kf3 Rxh2 36.
Rxh2 Rxh2 37. Nxf7 Ra2 $19) 32... f6 33. Nf3 Rh8 34. g5 Ra2 35. Nd4 Rxa3 36.
Ne6 (36. g6 Ra1+ 37. Ke2 Rh1 38. Nf5 Rxh2 39. Nxg7 Rg2 40. Nf5 h2 41. g7 h1=Q
42. gxh8=Q+ Qxh8 43. Rxg2 Qh5+ $19) 36... Ra1+ 37. Ke2 Rh1 38. gxf6 gxf6 39.
Nf4 b6 (39... Rxh2 40. Rg1 Rg2 41. Nxg2 Rg8 42. e4 hxg2 43. f4 c5 44. bxc5 a5
45. Kf2 a4 $19 {[%cal Ga4a3,Ga3a2] This is also winning, but what's the point
when there is a cleaner way to win.}) 40. Nxh3 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Katz, Alexander R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2834"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2015.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Bd3 d6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 c5 11. O-O Qe7 12. Qe2 Rac8 13. Rac1 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Bc2 Ne4 17. Be1 f5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Bxf5 Rcd8 20. Bc2 e4 21. f4
Bc8 22. Bc3 Bf5 23. h3 h5 24. Rcd1 h4 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Qf7
28. Be1 Kh7 29. b3 Qg6 30. Kh2 Qh6 31. Qb1 Qh5 32. Qd1 Qh6 33. Qe2 Nh5 34. Bd1
g6 35. Qd2 g5 36. Qd5 Ng7 37. Bg4 Qg6 38. Bxf5 Nxf5 39. Qxe4 g4 40. hxg4 Qxg4
41. Bf2 Kg6 42. Qe6+ Kh5 43. Qe8+ Kh6 44. Qe6+ Kh5 45. Qe5 Kg6 46. e4 Ng7 47.
f5+ Kh7 48. f6 Ne6 49. b4 Kg6 50. bxc5 bxc5 51. Qf5+ Qxf5 52. exf5+ Kxf5 53. f7
Kg6 54. Bxc5 Kxf7 55. Bxa7 Nf4 56. Bf2 h3 57. gxh3 Ke6 58. Be3 Nd3 59. Bd4 Kf5
60. c5 Nf4 61. c6 Nd5 62. h4 Ke6 63. h5 Ne7 64. h6 Ng6 65. c7 Kd7 66. Bb6 Ne5
67. h7 Nf7 68. a4 Kc8 69. a5 Kb7 70. Kg3 Kc8 71. Kf4 Kb7 72. a6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2015.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 e4 7. dxe4 Nxe4 8.
Qd4 Nf6 9. Nd2 Qe7 10. Ngf3 O-O 11. Qh4 Nd5 12. Qxe7 Bxe7 13. O-O-O a5 14. a4
Bb4 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Nh4 Rad8 18. e4 Nc3 19. Bxc3 Bxc3 20. Ne2 Bb4
21. f3 Ba3+ 22. Kb1 Be7 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. c3 Bf6 25. Kc2 Rfe8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
Rd1 Rxd1 28. Kxd1 g5 29. Kc2 Be5 30. h3 Kf8 31. b4 axb4 32. cxb4 Ke7 33. Nc1
Bd6 34. Nd3 f6 35. Kc3 Kd7 36. a5 b6 37. Kb3 Kc8 38. Nb2 Kb7 39. Nc4 Bf4 40.
Nb2 Ka6 41. Nd3 bxa5 42. bxa5 Kxa5 43. Kc4 Bd6 44. Nc5 Kb6 45. Ne6 g6 46. Nd8
c5 47. Nf7 Kc6 48. Nh8 Kd7 49. Nxg6 Ke8 50. h4 gxh4 51. Nxh4 Kf7 52. Kd5 Kg7
53. g3 Kh6 54. Nf5+ Kg5 55. Kc4 Bxg3 56. Nxg3 Kf4 57. Nh5+ Kxf3 58. Nxf6 Kf4
59. Kd3 c4+ 60. Kd4 c5+ 61. Kxc4 Ke5 62. Kxc5 Kxf6 63. Kd6 Kf7 64. e5 Ke8 65.
Ke6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2839"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2015.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O g6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
Ne5 Rc8 9. Ng4 d4 10. Nxf6+ exf6 11. exd4 Bg7 12. Re1+ Kf8 13. dxc5 Qd5 14. Qg4
f5 15. Bxg7+ Kxg7 16. Qh3 Qxc5 17. Qc3+ Qxc3 18. Nxc3 Rhd8 19. Re2 b5 20. a3 a5
21. Nd1 a4 22. b4 Be4 23. d3 Bd5 24. f4 Rc7 25. Kf2 Rdc8 26. Ne3 Be6 27. g3 h6
28. h4 Rc6 29. Ke1 f6 30. Kd2 g5 31. Kc1 Kf7 32. Kb2 gxf4 33. gxf4 Rg8 34. Rae1
Rg3 35. Nd1 Rg4 36. Nc3 Rxh4 37. Nxb5 Rxf4 38. Rh2 Kg6 39. Reh1 Kg7 40. Rxh6
Rf2 41. Nd4 Rd6 42. Kc3 f4 43. R6h2 Rxh2 44. Rxh2 Kg6 45. Rf2 Kg5 46. Ne2 Rc6+
47. Kd2 Bg4 48. Nxf4 f5 49. c4 Rh6 50. c5 Kf6 51. b5 Ke5 52. Kc3 Rh1 53. b6
Rc1+ 54. Kb2 Rh1 55. c6 Kd6 56. c7 Kd7 57. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.07.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2839"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. Bb5 d6 6. Ne2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. d3 Nd5 10. Nd2 f5 11. c4 Nb4 12. Qb1 c5 13. d4 cxd4 14. exd4 e4 15. d5
Qe7 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Re1 Rae8 18. Re3 Nd3 19. Rxd3 exd3 20. Qxd3 g5 21. Bc3 g4
22. Nf1 Qe4 23. Rd1 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Re7 25. hxg4 fxg4 26. Ne3 h5 27. g3 Bh6 28.
Bd2 Re4 29. Ne2 Kh7 30. Nc3 Re7 31. Ncd1 Be8 32. Rc3 Bg7 33. Rc1 Bg6 34. Nc3
Ref7 35. Be1 Bd4 36. Ncd1 a6 37. Ng2 Rf3 38. Nde3 h4 39. Rd1 Bxe3 40. fxe3 Rf1+
41. Kh2 h3 42. Nf4 Be4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Tran, Minh Thang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2015.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. b3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Bb2
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Re8 13. a3 Bf8 14. Rfd1 Ne7 15.
c5 Ng6 16. Bb5 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. b4 bxc5 19. dxc5 e5 20. Nc4 Rce6 21. Ng5
Rc6 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Qe7 24. Nf3 Re6 25. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat Azad"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2846"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. a3 a6 7. h4 Nf6 8. f3 h5 9.
Nh3 Nbd7 10. Ng5 Nb6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Bd3 Rb8 13. e5 Nfd5 14. e6 f5 15. g4 Nc4
16. Bxc4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 bxc4 18. gxf5 Qb6 19. Nf7 Qxb2+ 20. Kd2 c5 21. dxc5 Rb3
22. Na4 Rxe3 23. Nxb2 Rxf3 24. cxd6 O-O 25. Nxc4 Rxf5 26. d7 Bxd7 27. exd7
R5xf7 28. Kc1 Rd8 29. Rd3 Rf5 30. Kd2 Rc5 31. Nb6 Bh6+ 32. Kd1 Rb5 33. Rb3 Rxb3
34. cxb3 Be3 35. Nc4 Rxd7+ 36. Ke2 Bf4 37. Kf3 e5 38. Ke2 Kf7 39. a4 Kf6 40.
Rg1 Rd4 41. a5 Rd5 42. b4 Rd4 43. Nb6 Kf5 44. Rb1 Rd2+ 45. Kf1 Ra2 46. Nd7 Be3
47. Nb8 Kg4 48. Nxa6 Kf3 49. Re1 Bd4 50. Rd1 Rf2+ 51. Ke1 Bc3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2015.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2015.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. e4 Nh6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
f5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Griffith, Kyron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2866"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. Qf3
Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. O-O Bc5+ 11. Kh1 h5 12. a3 Ng4 13. Qg3 Qb6 14. Nd1 d5 15.
e5 f5 16. b4 Be7 17. h3 h4 18. Qe1 Nh6 19. c3 Nf7 20. Be3 Qb7 21. Bd4 Kd7 22.
Ne3 g5 23. Nxf5 gxf4 24. Nxe7 Kxe7 25. Rxf4 Ng5 26. Rxh4 Ne4 27. Rg4 Rag8 28.
Rxg8 Rxg8 29. Qh4+ Ke8 30. Qh5+ Qf7 31. Qxf7+ Kxf7 32. Kh2 Ke7 33. Rf1 Be8 34.
Bxe4 dxe4 35. Bc5+ Kd7 36. g4 Kc6 37. Rd1 Bf7 38. Rd6+ Kc7 39. Rxa6 Be8 40.
Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shahade, Gregory P"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2854"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 a6 8. Ba4 b5
9. Bc2 h6 10. Re1 Bb6 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Nf1 Ne7 13. Be3 c5 14. Ng3 Ng6 15. a3 d5
16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bd2 Bc7 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. b4 cxb4 20. axb4 Bb6 21. c4 Nxb4 22.
Bxb4 Qxb4 23. c5 Ba7 24. Rxa6 Bxc5 25. Rxe6 Bxf2+ 26. Nxf2 fxe6 27. d4 Nf4 28.
dxe5 Qc5 29. Be4 Rad8 30. Qc2 Nxh3+ 31. gxh3 Qxc2 32. Bxc2 Rxf3 33. Be4 Rf4 34.
Bc6 b4 35. Rb1 Rd2 36. Ne4 Rc2 37. Bb7 Rc7 38. Ba8 Rf8 39. Ra1 b3 40. Nd2 b2
41. Rb1 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.08.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2850"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2015.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. Bf1
Re8 9. g3 d4 10. c3 dxc3 11. bxc3 b6 12. Qc2 a6 13. a4 Qd7 14. Nc4 Bb7 15. Ba3
b5 16. Ne3 Nd8 17. Rab1 Bc6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bb4 Nb7 20. c4 Bh6 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. cxd5 Bf8 23. Rec1 Bxb4 24. Rxb4 Rec8 25. Nxe5 Qe8 26. Nc6 Nd6 27. Rbb1 Nd7
28. Bh3 Ra3 29. e5 Nf5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. d4 Nb6 32. Qxf5 Nxd5 33. Rc5 Rca8 34.
Rxd5 Qxc6 35. Rd7 Rf3 36. Qg4+ Kh8 37. d5 Qc3 38. Rxc7 Qxc7 39. Qxf3 Qxe5 40.
Rxb5 Kg7 41. Kg2 Ra6 42. Rb4 Rd6 43. Qg4+ Kf8 44. Rb8+ Ke7 45. Qh4+ Rf6 46.
Rb7+ Kf8 47. Rd7 Qf5 48. Qf4 Qxf4 49. gxf4 Rxf4 50. Kg3 Rd4 51. f4 Kg7 52. Kg4
Kg6 53. Rd6+ f6 54. Rd7 h5+ 55. Kf3 Kf5 56. Rd8 Rxf4+ 57. Kg3 Rg4+ 58. Kf3 Rd4
59. Rh8 Kg5 60. Rd8 Kh4 61. Ke3 Rd1 62. d6 Kg5 63. Ke4 Kg6 64. d7 Kh7 65. Rf8
Rxd7 66. Rxf6 Rd2 67. h3 Rh2 68. Rf3 Kg6 69. Kf4 Ra2 70. Rg3+ Kf6 71. Rd3 Ra4+
72. Kg3 h4+ 73. Kf3 Ke5 74. Rb3 Rf4+ 75. Ke3 Rf1 76. Rb5+ Kf6 77. Rh5 Ra1 78.
Rxh4 Ra3+ 79. Kf2 Kg7 80. Rg4+ Kh8 81. Kg2 Ra7 82. Kg3 Rh7 83. Rh4 Kg7 84.
Rxh7+ Kxh7 85. Kg4 Kh6 86. h4 Kg6 87. h5+ Kh6 88. Kh4 Kh7 89. Kg5 Kg7 90. h6+
Kh7 91. Kh5 Kh8 92. Kg6 Kg8 93. h7+ Kh8 94. Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.08.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. d4 Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 f5 8. Nge2
c5 9. g3 Nc6 10. Bg2 f4 11. d5 fxe3 12. dxc6 exf2+ 13. Kf1 bxc6 14. Bxc6 Bg4
15. Qd3 Bxe2+ 16. Kxe2 Rc8 17. Ba4 Qf6 18. Rac1 Bh6 19. Nd5 Qe6+ 20. Kxf2 Bxc1
21. Rxc1 Kg7 22. Re1 Qh3 23. Qc3+ Kh6 24. Kg1 Qg4 25. Nf6 Qd4+ 26. Qxd4 cxd4
27. Rd1 Kg7 28. Nd5 Rce8 29. Bxe8 Rxe8 30. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. Bf4 e6 5. f3 Qa5+ 6. c3 Nf6 7. e4 exd5 8. e5
Ng8 9. Qxd5 Ne7 10. Qd2 Ng6 11. Bg3 Nc6 12. f4 h5 13. Na3 Be7 14. Nf3 h4 15.
Bf2 O-O 16. Bd3 d5 17. exd6 Bf6 18. O-O h3 19. Bxg6 hxg2 20. Rfe1 fxg6 21. d7
Qc7 22. dxc8=Q Raxc8 23. Bg3 b5 24. Nxb5 Qb6 25. a4 a6 26. Nd6 Rcd8 27. Ng5 c4+
28. Kxg2 Ne7 29. Rad1 Qc6+ 30. Nge4 Kh7 31. Kg1 Nf5 32. Qg2 Qb6+ 33. Qf2 Qc6
34. Nxf5 Rxd1 35. Nxf6+ Rxf6 36. Rxd1 Rxf5 37. h4 Qxa4 38. Rd2 Qc6 39. Kh2 a5
40. Qg2 Qe6 41. Re2 Qd6 42. Qe4 Qc5 43. Rd2 a4 44. Rd8 Qb5 45. Qa8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.08.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Baron, Tal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2854"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2015.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. e3 Ngf6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e5 7. Qd1 c6 8. g3
Bd6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. d3 a5 11. a3 Re8 12. Nd2 Nf8 13. c4 d4 14. O-O Ne6 15. e4
Qc7 16. Kh1 h6 17. Nf3 b5 18. Qc2 Rec8 19. Rfc1 bxc4 20. Qxc4 c5 21. h4 a4 22.
bxa4 Nd7 23. Nd2 Nb6 24. Qa2 Nxa4 25. Bh3 Re8 26. Nc4 Rab8 27. Rab1 Bf8 28. Ba1
g6 29. Rb3 Nb6 30. Nxb6 Rxb6 31. Bg4 Reb8 32. Rxb6 Qxb6 33. Bd1 h5 34. Kg2 Qa6
35. Be2 Bh6 36. Rc4 Qb5 37. Rc2 Qb1 38. a4 c4 39. dxc4 Nc5 40. Qxb1 Rxb1 41.
Ra2 d3 42. Bf3 d2 43. a5 Na6 44. Bxe5 d1=Q 45. Bxd1 Rxd1 46. Rb2 Bg7 47. Bxg7
Kxg7 48. e5 Ra1 49. Rb5 Nc7 50. Rc5 Ne6 51. Rb5 Nc7 52. Rb7 Ne6 53. Ra7 Ra4 54.
a6 Rxc4 55. Rb7 Ra4 56. a7 Nc5 57. Rc7 Ne6 58. Re7 Ra2 59. Kf1 Kf8 60. Rb7 Kg7
61. f4 Nd4 62. Ke1 Ne6 63. Kd1 Nd4 64. Kc1 Ne6 65. Kb1 Ra6 66. Kc2 Ra1 67. Kb2
Ra6 68. Kc3 Ra1 69. Kc4 Rc1+ 70. Kd5 Rd1+ 71. Kc6 Rc1+ 72. Kd6 Rd1+ 73. Ke7 Ra1
74. Ke8 Kg8 75. Ke7 Kg7 76. Ke8 Kg8 77. Rd7 Ra6 78. Rb7 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 {The variation chosen by Anand is knwon for its
straight aim at simplifying and, after a bit of struggling, a relatively safe
draw.} ({For} 10... h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Eljanov,P (2723)-Adams,M (2740) Biel GM
48th 2015 (10) 0-1 see}) ({The most solid line is} 10... a5) 11. Qc2 Be4 12.
Qd1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxd8 {Since White intended to develop his knight to
d2, it makes sense exchanging queens first. Otherwise, his queen would be
passive.} (14. Nc3 {is an important alternative} Bc6 15. Ne5 {Akopian,V (2678)
-Kramnik,V (2807) Moscow 2002 CBM 091 [Ribli] (0-1, 26)}) 14... Rxd8 15. Nbd2
Bc6 {The structure is almost symmetrical, but Black is behind in development
and White can still gain some time by attacking the enemy bishops.} 16. Nb3 ({
Nobody has tried yet} 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nb3 {, aiming for a knight versus
dark-squared bishop which used to be a specialty of Ulf Andersson.}) 16... Be7
{Not the only possible move, but the most natural one, ensuring the integrity
of the kingside structure.} (16... Nbd7 {Kramnik,V (2797)-Gelfand,B (2712)
Astana 2001 CBM 084 [Ribli] (1-0, 60)}) (16... Bb6 {Kozul,Z (2610)-Baramidze,D
(2543) Dresden 2007 CBM 118 [Marin,M] 1-0 (55)}) 17. Na5 {White immediately
puts pressure on the c6-bishop, thus delaying the development of the b8-knight.
} (17. Rfc1 {is a bit milder.} h6 18. Be3 (18. Bf4 Nbd7 19. Na5 Be4 20. Ne1
Bxg2 21. Kxg2 e5 22. Be3 Nd5 {Cmilyte,V (2508)-Kosintseva,N (2460) Nalchik
2008 (½-½, 99)}) 18... Nbd7 19. Na5 Be4 20. Ne1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nd5 {Panno,O 
(2485)-Zarnicki,P (2545) Villa Gesell 1996 0-1 (56)}) 17... h6 {Just like in
the lines above, Black is best adviced to start questioning the stability of
the white bishop.} (17... Bd5 {is too slow, allowing White to gain time for
regrouping.} 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nbd7 20. Nd3 $14 {Aronian,L (2581)-Lutz,C 
(2645) Germany 2003 CBM 094 [Ribli] (1-0, 45). The b2-pawn is defended, making
the pressure against b7 real. This element yields White long term initiative.})
18. Be3 ({Getting the bishops' pair with} 18. Nxc6 {speeds up Black's
development.} Nxc6 19. Bd2 Ne4 {As we see, the bishop faces permanent
harassment.} 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Ra3 {White cannot clear the long
diagonal with a knight move because this would leave Black with initiative
inthe centre after ...Nd4.} a5 23. Rc1 Na6 24. Rac3 Nab4 {After over defending
the c6-knight, Black is sfae against the bishop's pressure.} 25. Rc5 f6 26. Bf1
Rd7 27. e3 Rad8 28. Bb5 Nd3 {And now the bishop's exchange is forced, after
this piece has consumed a few tempi while looking for new horisons.} 29. Bxd3
Rxd3 30. Rb5 R8d7 $11 {Vasilevich,T (2399)-Kosintseva,N (2491) Dagomys 2009 
(½-½, 76)}) 18... Nd5 19. Bd2 Nb6 {Psakhis,L (2550)-Sandipan,C (2469)
Pardubice KB Czech op 2003 (8) 1/2 This looks a bit speculative but is not
easy to meet. Black keeps jumping around with an already developed piece
creating one-move threats. The main thread of this position is the concrete
fight of the minor pieces, not a simple issue and one which used to be Paul
Keres' specialty. And in general lines, Black should try completing his
development while White will do his best to prevent that. A draw was agreed
here in the only previous game with this line.} ({The straightforward} 19... b6
20. Nxc6 Nxc6 {may be playable for Black, but the queenside weaknesses could
tell in the long run after the natural sequance} 21. Rac1 Rac8 22. Rfd1) (19...
Bf6 {is abstractly more constructive than the game move (it activates a piece)
and not easy to refute. For instance, Black can neutralize the direct operation
} 20. e4 Ne7 21. e5 {with} Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rxd2 {True, White
retains some symbolic advantage after} 24. Rad1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nec6 26. Nexc6
Nxc6 27. Nxb7 {but} Ra7 {should keep things under control} (27... Rb8 {would
be less indicated due to} 28. Rd7 {with some domination.})) 20. Bf4 {[%cal
Gf4c7]} Nd5 {Consequent and best.} (20... Bd6 $2 21. Rfd1 Be7 22. Ne5 $16) (
20... Rc8 $6 21. Rac1 $14) (20... Rd5 21. Nxc6 Nxc6 22. Rfc1 Bf6 23. Be3 Nc8
24. Rab1 $36 {[%csl Rd5,Ge3,Gg2][%cal Gb2b4]}) 21. Ne5 (21. Be5 {exposes the
bishop to the b8-knight's attacks, for instance} Bb4 22. Nc4 (22. Nxc6 Nxc6 {
[%csl Ge5]}) 22... Nd7 $11) 21... g5 $6 {Blach rightly decides to continue the
fight against the enemy bishop, but weakening the kingside is risky. In the
end of the game it will eventually cost him the full point.} ({Now was a good
moment to exchange some pieces and finally develop the queenside:} 21... Nxf4
22. gxf4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 {Ribli,Z (2610)-Karpov,A (2725) IBM Amsterdam 1980 1-0
This kind of structure with double f-pawns and an active jnight on e5 versus a
moderately good bishop may be dangerous for Black as known ever since Karpov's
famous defeat in} {But here the c6-square is not weak and besides Black can
immediately attack the e5-knight with} Nd7 $1 (23... b6 24. Nac4 Bc5 25. Rfd1
$14) 24. Nd3 (24. Nxb7 Rdb8 25. Nxd7 Rxb7 $11) 24... Rab8 25. Rfc1 Bd6 26. Kf3
{From practical point of view White's position is more appealing, but
formulating a clear plan of strengthening the pressure is not easy.}) 22. Bd2
Bf6 23. Nd3 {Nakamura still does not wish to allow Anand to develop.} ({But} 
23. Nexc6 Nxc6 24. Nxc6 bxc6 {was a worthy alternative, since Black's chronic
weaknesses offer White pleasant play after} 25. Rab1 Rab8 26. Rfc1 Nb4 27. Be1
$14) 23... b6 24. Nc4 b5 {To a lesser extent than 21...g5, this pawn move with
incomplete development is some sort of asking for trouble.} (24... Nd7 {
looks safe enough as after} 25. Rfd1 Rac8 26. e4 {Black can regroup with} Ne7
27. Nd6 Rb8 {when White's slight space advantage is compensated by the
weakness of the d4-square.}) 25. Bxd5 $5 {Typically for positions with mutual
minor piece play, White had a wide choice here. None of the available
continuations had clear consequences but analysis siggests that two other
moves might have been a bit stronger.} (25. Nce5 bxa4 26. f4 {is a resolute
attacking action, far from Black's undeveloped queenside.} gxf4 27. gxf4 Bb5
28. f5 Nd7 29. Ng4 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 $36 {Black should be able to defend, but the
fun would be all White's:} N7f6 31. Nxh6+ Kg7 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Rf3 Rac8 (33...
Ra7 34. Raf1) 34. Rg3+ (34. Raf1 Rc2 35. Rg3+ Kh7 $132) 34... Kf8 35. Bg5) (25.
Ne3 $5 {This is an entirely different approach. White intends exchanging some
of Black's active pieces in order tp retain his lead in development until late
in the ending.} Nxe3 (25... bxa4 26. Rfc1 Ra7 (26... Bb5 27. Ba5 Re8 28. Nxd5
exd5 29. Bxd5 Ra7 30. Rc2 $14) 27. Nxd5 exd5 (27... Bxd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rxa4
$14) 28. Ba5 Re8 29. Rc2 $14 {[%csl Rb8][%cal Gd3b4]}) 26. fxe3 $1 {The point.
White spoils his pawn structure and temporarily sacrifices a pawn just to
maintain the rhytm of his initiative.} Bxb2 27. Ra2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Bg7 29. axb5
Nd7 30. bxa6 Nb8 {It seems as if Black is close to a draw (or even the more
pleasant side of the draw, due to his better structure) but White can still
pull out a few tricks to retain a stable advantage.} 31. Rb1 $3 {Preventing
Rxa6 and threatening a6-a7.} (31. a7 Nc6) 31... Nxa6 (31... Rxa6 $2 32. Rxb8 $1
$11) 32. Rc1 $3 {Black does not seem to be under any pressure, but his knight
is in an awfull situation, for instance} Nc7 33. Rxa8 Nxa8 34. Ba5 {[%csl Gb6,
Gc7]} Rb8 35. Rc6 {[%csl Gb6,Gc7];Rodriguez Cespedes,A (2515)-Marin,M (2485)
Novi Sad ol (Men) 1990 (8) 1-0 It is far from clear how and if White can win,
but Black will play the rest of the game with the knight imprisonned. I have
some bad memories of this kind from the game} {The attempt to free the knight
with} Kf8 36. Kf3 Ke8 {can be met with either 37.Nc5 controlling d7 or} 37. Kg4
Kd7 38. Ra6 {starting an attack on the abandoned wing.}) 25... bxc4 $1 {
This should have led to equality.} (25... Bxd5 26. Nb6 Ra7 27. axb5 {wins a
pawn.}) 26. Bxc4 Bxb2 27. Ra2 Bg7 $6 {Too passive and offering White the time
to re-organize his pressure.} (27... Bd4 {would have pinned the f-pawn while
controlling c5, allowing to meet} 28. Rc1 {with} Be4 $11 {without fearing
f2-f3 or Nc5. This way, Black would have got an essential tempo to dveelop his
knight.}) 28. Rc1 Be8 {Black keeps regrouping, but we are approaching move 30
and his queenside pieces are still immobile. Quite a dangerous situation.} 29.
Nc5 {Abstractly, I find this a bit premature and concretely it causes White
some problems of stability. The knight was doing fine on d3, while on c5 it is
vulnerable, while also obstructing the c-file for the rooks.} ({During my live
comments I suggested} 29. a5 {which is the move I would probably play in a
game of my own, too. Blocking the a6-pawn and gaining space are useful
allowing White to keep options on other sectors of the board.} Nd7 (29... Bf8
30. f4 $1 $36) ({If} 29... Nc6 30. Nc5 {there would be some trouble around the
a6-pawn.}) 30. Be3 {[%csl Gb6] Black is in no immediaqte danger, but his
position is anything but pleasant.}) 29... Bf8 $1 {[%csl Gc5]} 30. Bd3 Nc6 31.
Be4 ({The a-pawn is taboo, of course:} 31. Nxa6 $2 Rxd3) ({or} 31. Bxa6 $2 Bxc5
) 31... Rdc8 32. Kf1 $1 {I like this move a lot. White takes measures against
the annoying ...Nd4 keeping his flexibility.} (32. f4 gxf4 33. gxf4 Nd4 $1)
32... Ra7 {[%cal Ge4a8]} 33. Nb3 ({Due to his hanging knight, White is not
ready to start his kingside attack with} 33. f4 gxf4 34. gxf4 Nd4 $1 {But b3
is not a good square for the knight.}) ({In fact, engines slightly prefer} 33.
Nd3 {and I can agree with that, since d3 is the best square for the knight,
but then why did White need to quit it a few moves earlier?}) 33... Rac7 34.
Rac2 Bd6 $6 {Overdefending the c7-rook, based on an illusion.} ({Ramirez: "} 
34... Ba3 $1 {Was much better} 35. Ba5 $2 {is what Anand was worried about.}
Nxa5 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 Nxb3 $19 {and Black has Nd2+ as a threat, so White
can't do anything."}) 35. f4 $1 $36 f5 (35... gxf4 36. Bxf4 $5 {[%csl Ra6,Rc7,
Rh6] leaves Black hanging but maybe things would not be as bad as they look:}
Ne5 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. Rd1 Rd7 39. Rxd6 Rxd6 40. Bxe5 Rd1+ 41. Kf2 Bxa4 42. Nc5
Bb5 43. Nb7 Rd2 44. Bf3 {Karpov,A (2720)-Kasparov,G (2700) World Championship
32th-KK2 1985 (2) 1/2 How would I evaluate this position? Possibly, I would
not be afraid of losing it with black, but I would get very irritated if I
could not win with white. To be compared with the ending from Carlsen-Nakamura,
this same tournament. Here the black kingside is weak, offering White some
additional ideas, while the presence of two more minor pieces may favour him,
too. But if the light-squared bishops are off board, I would start preferring
Black, due to his passed pawn. For this latter aspect compare with}) (35... g4
36. f5 $36) 36. Bd3 (36. Bg2 {does not put pressure on a6, allowing} g4 $11)
36... Nb8 $2 {This loses a big fat pawn and the game.} (36... gxf4 $2 37. Bxf4
$1 {[%csl Ra6,Rc7,Rh6]}) (36... Rb8 $1 {was the right move, hitting onto the
Achile's heel in White's position: his knight.} 37. Nc5 (37. Rc3 {leads to
interesting play resulting in simplifications and a probable draw:} Bb4 38. Rc4
Ba3 39. Nd4 Bxc1 40. Rxc1 Kf7 41. Ba5 Rcc8 42. Bxa6 Nxd4 $1 {The right moment
to free Black's positon.} 43. Rxc8 Rxc8 44. Bxc8 Bxa4 $11) 37... Nd4 38. Rc4
Rxc5 (38... Bxc5 $6 39. Rxd4 $14) 39. Rxd4 Rxc1+ 40. Bxc1 Be7 {[%csl Gd5,Gd6,
Gd7,Gd8] Despite his minor weaknesses, Black is well regrouped and has little
to fear.}) 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. Rxc7 Bxc7 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. Nc5 (40. Bxg5 Bxa4 41.
Nc5 $18) 40... Bd6 (40... Kf7 41. Bc4 Bd7 42. Nxd7 Nxd7 43. Bxa6 $18) 41. Nxe6
Bxa4 42. Nxg5 Bd7 43. Bc3 {The least White can do is create two connected
passers by eliminating the last kingside redoute with e2-e4, which should
suffice for a technical win. But even the advance of the h-pawn would be
molesting, being sustained by all the minor pieces. Anyway, Anand was not
curious to check all these details and called it a day.} 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,M"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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168,198,203,230,363,383,419,419,439,417,490,487,480,528,547,547,547,547,547,
527,909,752,909,909,1012,909,1207] The following game between two of the
winners in the first round put Topalov in the outright lead, though he slowed
his pace somewhat after this game.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5.
Nbd2 $5 {A relatively fresh move order device, aiming to limit Black's options.
} (5. Bxc6 {is the more strategic approach,}) ({whereas} 5. O-O {is another
major option}) ({and} 5. c3 {is the main line.}) 5... d6 {A normal move, but
now Nakamura can't play the ...Re8/...d5 setups he had favoured in a couple of
his previous games.} (5... Nd4 {isn't as effective here as after 5.0-0 because
of} 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. d4 $5 ({Or White can grab the bishop pair with} 
8. Nc4 {[%csl Rb6]} O-O 9. O-O) 8... exd4 9. e5 dxc3 10. bxc3 Qe7 11. O-O {
[%cal Ye1e8] <->e} Nd5 12. Bc4 Nf4 13. Nf3 Ne6 14. a4 O-O 15. Nd4 $36 {[%csl
Ra8,Rc8,Ye5][%cal Rd7d5,Rd7d6] and White has very promising compensation in
the style of the Evans Gambit - Black will probably have to return the pawn to
develop his remaining pieces.}) (5... O-O {gives White a few options, such as}
6. c3 ({White can also move order Black with} 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. O-O {into the 5.
Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 0-0 7.0-0 variation.}) 6... d6 {and now 7.0-0 transposes to
the game, but} 7. h3 $5 {is an interesting alternative that has been favoured
by a few strong players recently.}) 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 ({Earlier this year
Carlsen tried the independent} 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. h3 {, but after} h6 9. Re1 Re8
10. Nf1 d5 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Be3 Bf8 $11 {[%csl Rc6,Rc7,Yc8,Ye5,Yf8] ^^, ><o/
oc; 0-1 (75) Adams,M (2727)-Kramnik,V (2801) Paris/St Petersburg 2013 CBM 154 
[Szabo,Kr], Black was fine.}) 7... Ne7 {[%cal Yc7c6,Ye7g6] /\Ng6, /\c6} ({
This is the most popular move at a high level, although} 7... h6 {has been
extensively tested in engine games.}) (7... a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. d4 $1 exd4 10.
cxd4 Bb6 11. Qc2 {[%csl Rb6,Rc6,Rc7,Yd4,Ye4] [+], ><o/oc, ><Bb6 however is a
good indication of what White is aiming for - to achieve the d4 break and stop
Black freeing his position. To give one illustrative example:} Re8 12. Re1 c5
13. d5 Bg4 14. b3 Ba5 15. Re3 c6 (15... Bxf3 $142 16. Nxf3 Qe7 17. Bd2 Bxd2 18.
Nxd2 Ng4 19. Ree1 $14 {[%csl Yd5,Ye4][%cal Yd2c4,Yb3b4] /\Nc4 is still not
enough for full equality; while Black drew both correspondence games to reach
this position, White's extra space and flexible structure give him the more
comfortable game.}) 16. dxc6 d5 17. exd5 Rxe3 18. fxe3 Qxd5 19. Bb2 $14 {
[%csl Ra6,Rc5] ><a6, ><c5; 1-0 (66) Ponomariov,R (2723)-Sargissian,G (2671)
Melilla 2011 CBM 146}) 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 (10. Bd3 {is no longer
played, with good reason:} Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qb3 Nc6 $1 13. d5 Ne7 $11 {
[%csl Yb6][%cal Yb6g1] /^b6-g1 and White can't possibly be better facing such
a strong bishop on b6.}) 10... Ng6 (10... Bg4 {0-1 (38) Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2754)-Karjakin,S (2753) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 CBM 167 [Illingworth,M], was
annotated by yours truly, although it's worth pointing out that Caruana played
this way in a later round of the Sinquefield Cup against Topalov, going on to
win.}) 11. h3 ({This makes sense as} 11. b3 $6 c6 12. Bd3 Bg4 $1 $15 {[%csl
Rd4][%cal Rg6f4] ><d4, /\Nf4 would be more than a little awkward.}) 11... c6 (
11... d5 $143 12. e5 Nh5 {[%csl Ye5] is a favourable transformation of the
structure for White, who stops Black achieving his key ...f6 break under
reasonable circumstances by means of} 13. Nb3 Nhf4 14. Bxf4 Nxf4 15. Qd2 Ne6
16. Bd3 c6 {actually transposes to my 11...d5 note, where I indicated} 17. Bf5
$1 $14 {[%csl Re6][%cal Rf7f6,Re5f6,Rf5e6] \/f6 , after which Black does not
have any obvious counterplay.}) 12. Bd3 {This was the product of the first
major think of the game.} (12. Ba4 $6 {misplaces the bishop and} d5 13. e5 Nh5
14. Nf1 Nhf4 15. Bc2 f6 $36 {[%cal Rb6g1,Rf8f1] <->f, /^b6-g1; ½-½ (38)
Svidler,P (2758)-Anand,V (2770) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014 CBM 160 [Stohl,I]
favoured Black.}) (12. Bf1 $5 {is probably the main alternative Topalov was
contemplating, and I expect some of the subsequent theoretical discussions to
follow this direction.} d5 $1 ({Black should change the structure as} 12... Re8
13. b4 Be6 14. a4 a6 15. a5 Ba7 16. Bb2 h6 17. g3 Qd7 18. Kh2 $14 {[%csl Yd4,
Ye4][%cal Yd1c2,Yf1g2,Ya1d1] [+], /\Qc2, Rd1, /\Bg2 gives White a clear space
advantage and plenty of chances to slowly improve his position, while Black
can only sit and wait.}) 13. e5 Nh5 14. b4 f6 15. a4 Nhf4 $1 (15... fxe5 16. a5
Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Qf6 18. N4f3 e4 19. Ra3 exf3 20. Nxf3 Nhf4 21. Qd2 $14 {[%csl
Rf4,Rg6][%cal Yc1b2,Yb2h8,Ya3e3] ><Nf4, ><Ng6 and Bb2 provides more than
enough compensation for the pawn as the dark-squared bishop will be a monster
on the long diagonal, plus it is quite hard for Black to coordinate his minor
pieces.}) 16. a5 Bc7 17. Nb3 fxe5 18. dxe5 $14 {[%csl Yc5,Yd4][%cal Yg2g3,
Yf2f4] and the position is very double-edged, but I think White has the better
chances because the Black majority is blockaded and White has the safer king
in the long-term.}) 12... Nh5 $1 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Rh5f4] /\Nhf4, ><Bd3} ({
Black has to play to disrupt White's natural development as quiet play will
leave White with better central control for free:} 12... Re8 13. Nc4 Bc7 14.
Bg5 d5 15. Ncd2 $14 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gg5d8] ><Bc7}) (12... Nf4 $143 {is merely
a shot in the dark after} 13. Bf1 $14 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Yd2c4] /\Nc4, ><Nf4} (
13. Bc2 Bxh3 $5 14. gxh3 Nxh3+ 15. Kg2 Ng4 16. Nc4 Ngxf2 17. Qd2 {may also
favour White, but why enter such complications when it's not necessary?})) (
12... d5 13. e5 Nh5 14. Nb3 ({It would be a strategic mistake to enter} 14.
Bxg6 $143 $6 fxg6 $1) 14... Nhf4 15. Bxf4 ({Once again} 15. Bxg6 $6 fxg6 16.
Bxf4 Rxf4 17. a4 a5 18. Rc1 g5 {[%cal Rg5g4,Rf8f1] is very comfortable for
Black; it is not clear where White's play is coming from, whereas Black has
nice pressure along the half-open f-file and ideas of ...g4 in the mix.}) 15...
Nxf4 16. Qd2 Ne6 {actually transposes to my 11...d5 note, where I indicated}
17. Bf5 $1 $14) (12... Be6 {is a bit too slow after} 13. b4 Nh5 ({or} 13... Re8
{[%csl Re6][%cal Re8e1] <->e} 14. a4 a6 15. a5 Ba7 16. Bc2 Qe7 17. Ra3 Rad8 18.
Nf1 d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Rb3 $14 {[%csl Ye4][%cal Yf1d2,Yf1g3] /\Nd2, /\Ng3 and
while Black has a nice knight on e4 for now, it will soon be evicted, while
White's trumps are enduring.}) 14. Nc4 Nhf4 ({Also good for White is} 14... d5
15. Nxb6 axb6 16. e5 Nhf4 17. Bb1 $14 {[%csl Yb1,Yc1,Ye5] ^^}) (14... Bc7 $2 {
would allow} 15. d5 $1 cxd5 16. exd5 $16 {[%cal Yd3g6] /\Bxg6}) 15. Nxb6 axb6
16. d5 cxd5 17. exd5 Nxd5 {(Black should at least have a pawn to compensate
his positional problems)} 18. Bb2 Ndf4 19. Bf1 $1 Bxa2 20. Qd4 $1 Nh5 21. Qd2
$14 {[%csl Ra2,Yb2,Rg6,Rh5][%cal Yb2h8] and despite his material deficit,
White is better as he has the two bishops and Black has real problems
organising his pieces at all.}) 13. Nc4 Bc7 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Rd6d5] /\d5} 14.
d5 $1 {Only this move makes sense, else Black plays ...d5 and the knight on c4
feels strangely placed.} (14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 Nhf4 {is nothing special for
White; if} 16. d5 c5 $11) (14. e5 {sets some tricks up if Black plays 14...d5.}
d5 $5 {This can still be played, but it gets very chaotic:} (14... Nhf4 15.
Bxg6 Nxg6 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. h4 Bb4 $11 {is safe for Black now that
White's light-squared bishop is traded,}) ({as is} 14... dxe5 15. Ncxe5 Nhf4
16. Be4 Nxe5 17. Bxf4 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Be6 $11 {[%csl Rd4,Yd5]
><d4 with a typical anti-IQP position.}) 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. e6 $1 (
17. Ncd2 $2 h6 18. Be3 Qf7 $15 {[%cal Yg6g5,Yg5g4] /\g5-g4 can only favour
Black.}) 17... Qe8 18. e7 Rf5 $1 (18... Rxf3 19. Qxf3 dxc4 20. d5 h6 21. d6 $14
{[%csl Ra8,Rc7,Rc8,Yd6,Ye7,Re8,Rh5] is very messy, but the powerful passed
pawns give White the advantage.}) 19. Nce5 ({Black obtains fantastic
compensation for the exchange after} 19. g4 Rxg5 20. Nxg5 Nf4 21. Ne5 h6 22.
Ngf3 Nxh3+ 23. Kf1 Nf4 $44 {[%csl Yf4][%cal Yg6g5,Yc7d6] /\Bd6, /\g5}) 19...
Nf4 20. Qd2 Ne6 21. g4 Nxg5 $1 22. Nxg5 Rf6 $13 {followed by ...h6 and ...g5,
when the position is still extremely unclear.}) (14. Ne3 {is harmless because
of} Nhf4 15. Bc2 ({or} 15. Bf1 Re8 {[%csl Re4] ><e4} 16. Qc2 d5 $11) 15... d5
16. exd5 cxd5 17. Bd2 Be6 $11) 14... Nhf4 {This is the natural continuation of
Black's play. Up to this point the players were following a correspondence
game (though both took some time to get here).} (14... cxd5 15. exd5 {doesn't
make much sense for Black.}) (14... Re8 {is also inconsistent, and allows the
following device:} 15. e5 $1 cxd5 (15... dxe5 $6 16. d6 $1 $16 {[%csl Yd6]
[%cal Rd3g6] /\Bxg6}) 16. Bg5 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bxg6 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 hxg6 20.
Qxd5+ Kg7 21. Bd2 Qg8 22. Ne3 $16 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8,Rh5][%cal Rd5b7] and Black
has big trouble even completing his development.}) 15. Bf1 ({This is the
correct square for the bishop, keeping everything protected, as} 15. Bc2 cxd5
16. exd5 b5 17. Ne3 Ba5 ({or} 17... Bb6 $11) 18. Bd2 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Qf6 $11 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Rc8b7,Rg6e7] /\Ne7, /\Bb7, ><d5 is quite comfortable for Black.
In fact the d5-pawn feels more like a target than anything else in such a
position.}) 15... f5 $6 {This is a bit over-ambitious in light of the game
continuation.} (15... Re8 {[%csl Ra1,Rc1][%cal Ye8e4,Yc6d5] ->e, /\cxd5 would
have been fine for Black as White has some difficulty finishing his
development without making a concession:} 16. Bxf4 (16. dxc6 bxc6 {is a
favourable trade for Black.}) 16... Nxf4 17. Qd2 cxd5 $1 (17... Qf6 18. e5 $1
dxe5 19. d6 Rd8 20. Rad1 Be6 21. Nfxe5 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 $36 {gives White a
significant initiative based on his passed d-pawn.}) 18. exd5 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Ng6
$11 {[%cal Yc8d7,Ya8c8] /\Bd7, Rc8 and it is not easy for White to exploit his
extra space, which Black can develop around.}) (15... cxd5 16. exd5 b5 {
however is not as effective here, as the b5-pawn will come under attack with}
17. Ne3 Bd7 18. Bd2 Bb6 19. Kh2 Re8 20. Qb3 $14 {[%csl Rf4,Rg6] ><Nf4, ><Ng6
and White's space advantage is more serious when the board is full of pieces.})
16. e5 $1 {This strong pawn sacrifice will create major gaps in Black's
dark-squared defences.} (16. dxc6 $143 fxe4 {is good for Black,}) ({as is} 16.
exf5 $143 Bxf5) 16... Nxd5 ({This is clearly better than} 16... cxd5 17. Nxd6
Bxd6 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Bd2 Bd7 20. Bc3 $16 {[%csl Yc3] and Black has no good
way to challenge a battery down the long diagonal.}) 17. exd6 $1 ({It looks
natural to insert} 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Qb3 {[%csl Rg5]
[%cal Yf5f4] , but after} f4 {[%csl Rg5] ><Bg5 the White bishop cannot reach
the long diagonal, as happened in the game.}) 17... Bxd6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. b3
$14 {[%csl Rf5,Rg7,Rg8][%cal Rf7f5,Yc1b2,Yb2h8,Yd1d4] White has a quite stable
advantage as his dark-squared bishop is unopposed and it will be very hard for
Black to challenge it, especially as the move ...f5 seriously weakened his
king. If only that pawn could move backwards - then Black's problems would be
solved! Furthermore, we'll see later on that the bishop pair will be a serious
asset even in the endgame.} Bd7 {The most obvious move, for sure.} (19... Qf6 {
only hastens Bb2 after} 20. Ba3 Rd8 21. Qd2 h6 22. Bb2 Qf7 {and White has a
plethora of attacking options; I like} 23. Qd4 $14 {[%cal Yh3h4,Yh4h5,Yf3e5,
Yf1c4,Ya1d1] /\Rad1, Bc4, Ne5} ({but} 23. Rad1 {is also logical,}) ({although} 
23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 Be6 {would simplify Black's defensive task as the knight
was very misplaced on g6.})) (19... f4 $5 {aims to develop more actively, but}
20. Bb2 Bf5 21. Qd4 Qd7 22. Bc4 $1 $16 {[%csl Yb2,Rf5] is much better for
White now that an opposite-coloured bishop middlegame is on the cards.}) 20.
Bb2 Rfe8 $6 {Defending Black's position certainly isn't easy, but White's
advantage becomes a fair bit larger after this, as it becomes difficult to
protect the g7-pawn.} (20... h6 21. Bc4 Rf7 {is probably the best defence, but
here too} 22. h4 $1 $14 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Yh4h5,Yf3e5] /\h5, Ne5 and h5 sees
White increase the pressure on Black's kingside.}) 21. Qd4 $1 {White gains
some time with a nice shuffle.} Qf6 (21... Qf8 $143 {is too passive after} 22.
Bc4 Be6 23. Ng5 $16) 22. Qd2 $16 {Obviously White doesn't want to trade the
queens when Black's king is exposed.} Qd6 {The natural square for the queen.} (
{Instead} 22... Qf8 $5 {runs into greater problems after the consistent} 23.
Bc4 Be6 24. Nd4 ({If} 24. Ng5 Bf7 $14 {defends.}) 24... Qf7 25. Rad1 Rad8 26.
Nxe6 Rxe6 27. Rxe6 Qxe6 28. Qa5 Qd7 29. Qxa7 {[%cal Yc4g8,Yd1d8] <->d, /^c4-g8,
><Nd5 and White is much better with a very strong bishop pair.}) 23. Bc4 {
White's play is as simple as it is effective - now Qd4 is a big threat.} h6 {
Black hopes to hold the endgame, but we'll see that this proves a pretty
difficult task.} (23... Be6 $142 24. Qd4 Qd7 {was probably a better defence,
but not by much: White retains a clear advantage with} 25. Ng5 Nf8 26. Re5 h6
27. Nxe6 Nxe6 28. Qd3 $1 (28. Bxd5 $6 cxd5 29. Rxd5 Qf7 {gives Black decent
chances to defend because of the fixed nature of the position.}) 28... Nef4 29.
Qxf5 Qxf5 30. Rxf5 $16 {[%csl Yb2,Yc4] ^^ and White has a big advantage as the
bishops are much stronger than the knights.}) 24. Qd4 ({It doesn't make such
sense to simplify the position with} 24. Ba3 $6 Qxa3 25. Bxd5+ cxd5 26. Qxd5+
Kh7 27. Qxd7 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxa2 29. Qxb7 Rd8 $14 {[%cal Rd8d3] /\Rd3}) 24...
Qf6 25. Qxf6 (25. Bxd5+ $6 cxd5 26. Qxd5+ {doesn't win because of} Be6) 25...
gxf6 26. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 {[%csl Yc4,Rf5,Yf6,Rg8,Rh6] This endgame is a
nightmare for Black to defend as White has the bishop pair, and Black's
kingside pawns and king are quite exposed.} Re8 {Fighting for control of the
open file, plus it's not obvious where the rook goes otherwise.} (27... b5 28.
Bxd5+ cxd5 {gives White pretty good winning chances with a rook and knight
each to complement the opposite coloured bishops, and furthermore White has
clearly the better bishop and Black's pawns are mostly weak. Play could proceed
} 29. Rd1 $1 (29. h4 {doesn't convince after} Kf7 30. Bd4 Re8 31. Rxe8 Bxe8 32.
Bxa7 f4 {and although Black is a pawn down, removing the rooks greatly
increases Black's drawing chances.}) 29... Be6 30. a4 bxa4 31. bxa4 $16 {
[%csl Ra7,Rd5,Rf5,Rg8,Rh6][%cal Yd1b1,Yb1b7,Yf3d4] /\Rb1-b7, /\Nd4 and Black
is in a bad way, with very passive pieces, plus all his remaining pawns are
isolated. Even his king can become an issue after something like Rb1-b7.}) 28.
Rd1 $1 {White has the safer king, so it is sensible to retain the major pieces.
} Be6 29. Nd4 ({Going after the bishop pair immediately, but in light of the
note to move 30, it was probably more precise to start with} 29. Bb2 Kf7 30.
Nd4 $16 {, so Black can't take away White's bishop pair.}) 29... Kf7 ({
Defending the a-pawn with} 29... a6 {gives White the time to improve his
position with moves like} 30. g3 $16) 30. Nxe6 Rxe6 $6 ({The machine doesn't
see much difference between taking on e6 or f6, but I think Black will be able
to hold the pawn-down endgame that arises from} 30... Kxf6 $1 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32.
Nc7 Re2 33. Nxd5+ Ke5 {[%csl Ye2] , as his pieces become very active, which is
a small price to pay for a pawn in a worse rook endgame. After} 34. Nb4 (34.
Nc3 {is well met by} Rc2 {,}) ({but} 34. a3 $5 {is a valid attempt to keep as
many pawns alive as possible. Still,} Rb2 35. b4 Ra2 36. Ne3 Ke6 37. Nc4 b5 38.
Nd6 a6 {should place Black in reach of a draw, with best play.}) 34... Ke6 35.
Rd8 a5 36. Nd3 Rxa2 37. Nc5+ Ke5 38. Re8+ Kd5 39. Nxb7 a4 40. bxa4 Rxa4 $14 {
[%csl Rb7] ><Nb7 and in such a three vs. two situation, especially with
White's knight currently out of play, Black should succeed in holding the draw,
though Black's split pawns give White some practical chances.}) 31. Bd4 ({
White wants to provoke some pawn weaknesses on the queenside, though} 31. Bb2 {
is good as well.}) 31... a6 32. Kf1 $1 {A nice refining move, emphasising the
fact that Black is struggling to find a useful course of action.} Ngf4 (32...
h5 {holds back White's majority but also risks making the pawns even bigger
targets of attack. One continuation could be} 33. a4 (33. Bd3 $5 Nge7 34. h4
$16 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Yd3e2,Yg2g3] /\Be2, ><h5 is probably more unpleasant.})
33... Ngf4 (33... b5 34. Bd3 Nge7 35. h4 $1 $16 {is a good example of what
Black wants to avoid - the h5-pawn is fixed as a weakness.}) 34. a5 {and
despite not having a great pawn break, the weakness of Black's pawns and the
difficulties Black faces with the pin give White winning chances, although
Black might just hold the position with} h4 35. Be3 Re4 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Gf4] .})
33. b4 $1 {Incrementally improving the position is a good practical try given
that the players were close to the time control.} (33. Be3 b5 34. Bxf4 bxc4 35.
Bd2 cxb3 (35... c3 $2 36. Be1 $1) 36. axb3 h5 {[%csl Ya6,Yc6,Yd5,Ye6,Yf5,Yh5]
[%cal Yd5c7] /\Nc7 is the main line given by the engine, but I think Topalov's
decision is better as here Black can simply defend everything on the light
squares to draw.}) 33... Re4 ({This is probably the best defence as} 33... Kg6
$2 34. g3 $1 Nxh3 35. f4 {[%csl Rh3] ><Nh3} Kh5 36. Bb3 $1 $16 {gives Black a
severe issue in his trapped knight on h3, which will probably have to
sacrifice itself on f4 in the near future.}) 34. f3 {Black was threatening ...
Ne6, so there is nothing better.} Re8 35. g3 $1 {Using the idea we already saw
in the previous note to force Black's pieces back.} Ne6 (35... Nxh3 $2 36. f4
$1 $16 {is even better here than before.}) 36. Bf2 {[%cal Yg3g4,Ya2a4,Yb4b5] /
\a4, b5, /\g4 Topalov has done a great job of keeping control of the position,
although now the next step is to open the position a bit more so his pieces
can show their full energy. Of course this has to be done without trading too
many pawns, as if the pawns are all left on one side of the board, the knights
will find it much easier to hold White's pieces off.} Rd8 ({This is the right
decision as} 36... Nxb4 $2 37. Rd7+ Kf6 (37... Re7 $2 {loses to} 38. Bxe6+ Kxe6
39. Rxe7+ Kxe7 40. Bc5+ $18) (37... Kg6 38. Rxb7 Nd5 39. Bxa6 {is no help for
Black either.}) 38. Rxb7 Nd5 39. Rh7 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,Rf5,Rf6,Rh6] wins a
pawn, as Black has too many weaknesses to cover.}) 37. Re1 $5 {A very smart
move, practically speaking, as it prompted Nakamura to make a typical decision
when defending a worse position - to change the position in some fashion -
which proved a mistake in this case.} (37. Bb3 $1 {as given by the engine is a
good consolidating move, although after} Kf6 {I'm not entirely sure what
White's best plan. He should probably start with} 38. a3 {, then combine ideas
of a g4 push with a later a4/b5, though I'm unsure how he should execute it.
The problem with moves such as f4, which fix the f5-pawn, is that Black can
play ...h5 and then the g4 push would trade off most of the kingside pawns -
it would be ideal if White can leave Black with at least one weak pawn on each
side of the board.}) 37... f4 $2 {If one looked at this position in isolation,
this decision would seem a bit strange as the f4-pawn becomes fixed as a
weakness, but we have to remember that Black has been under pressure from the
early part of the game from White's very dynamic play, starting with his pawn
sacrifice earlier, and when faced with such persistent pressure, it's very
hard not to make a serious mistake eventually, especially when we consider
that both players were a bit short of time.} (37... Kf6 {is probably best as
I'm not infatuated with any of White's kingside pawn moves at this stage:} 38.
g4 (38. f4 h5 {[%cal Rg3g4] /\g4 is what Black wants, when White lacks a good
breakthrough on the kingside - as mentioned before, g4 exchanges too many
pawns to be ideal.}) (38. h4 $5 {and then g4 may be the most precise.}) 38...
Ndf4 $1 39. Bxe6 Nxe6 40. Bh4+ Ng5 41. f4 fxg4 42. hxg4 Rd4 43. fxg5+ hxg5 44.
Bg3 Rxb4 45. Kf2 Rxg4 {[%cal Yg4a4,Yb7b4,Yb4b3] /\Ra4, b5-b4 and while White
has one pawn remaining, Black should be able to trade the pawn off and achieve
a draw.}) ({A waiting move such as} 37... h5 {was also possible. As usual
White is better, but Black should be able to defend if he maintains his setup
until White makes a major push.}) 38. g4 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Yh3h4,Yg4g5,Re1e4] /
\h4-g5, /\Re4, ><f4 Now Black has serious problems, as White will be able to
eventually create a passed pawn with h4 and g5, while leaving Black with this
weakness on f4.} Ng5 {The knight is going to be pushed back by h4 later anyway,
but it's hard to offer a better suggestion.} ({For instance} 38... Kf6 39. Re4
{shows up the problem of the f4-pawn,}) ({and} 38... Re8 {(trying to bait
White into cashing in)} {is strongly met by} 39. h4 $5 {It transpires the
b4-pawn is not a freebie:} (39. Re4 $5 {[%csl Rd5,Re6][%cal Yc4f7] /^c4-f7,
><Nd5, ><Ne6 to keep consolidating is also possible - quite importantly,
Black's knights are both tied up as moving either one allows Rxf4.}) (39. Bxd5
$6 cxd5 40. Re5 {would be too impatient after} d4 41. Rd5 Rc8 42. Bxd4 Rc4 (
42... Rc2 $143 43. Rf5+ Ke8 44. Be5 Rxa2 45. Bxf4 Nxf4 46. Rxf4 {gives White
excellent winning chances.}) 43. Bc5 Nxc5 44. bxc5 Ke6 45. Rh5 Rc3 46. Rxh6+
Ke5 {[%cal Yc3c2,Yf1f2] /\Rc2 and Black's pieces are very active, which gives
him reasonable drawing chances even being two pawns down - which will soon
become one.}) 39... Nxb4 40. Rb1 a5 41. a3 Nc2 42. Rxb7+ Kf6 43. Bb3 $1 Nxa3
44. Rh7 Kg6 45. Ra7 Nb5 46. Bc2+ Kf6 47. Rxa5 $16 {and with some fine
technical play White has obtained a clear advantage as all of Black's
remaining pawns are quite weak.}) 39. Kg2 Re8 (39... Ne6 {is a hard move to
play as it admits Black has nothing to do, but it was an alternative.}) 40. Rd1
$1 (40. Rxe8 $2 Kxe8 41. Bxd5 cxd5 42. h4 Ne6 {[%csl Yc4,Yd4,Ye4,Yf4] looks
like a fortress to me as White's king has no way to penetrate through the
c4-d4-e4 barrier.}) 40... Re5 $6 {Black was probably already losing, but this
makes White's task easier.} (40... Rd8 41. Bb3 Kf6 {seems the best defence,
but still} 42. Bd4+ (42. Rd4 Ke5 43. h4 Ne6 44. Re4+ Kd6 45. Bb6 Rg8 46. a3 {
is another approach, again with a clear edge. Normally cutting the opponent's
king off from your majority would be an achievement, but the other pieces have
taken its place quite well.}) 42... Kg6 43. h4 Ne6 44. Kf2 Nxd4 45. Rxd4 Kf6
46. Bxd5 Ke5 (46... Rxd5 47. Rxd5 cxd5 48. Ke2 Ke6 49. Kd3 $18 {is an easy win.
}) 47. Re4+ Kxd5 48. Rxf4 $18 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yf4f8] and this should be a
quite easy win.}) 41. Bd4 ({This should be good enough, but the rook felt
offside on e5, so I would have gone for} 41. h4 $1 Ne6 42. Bd4 Nxd4 43. Rxd4
Kg6 44. Bxd5 cxd5 (44... Rxd5 45. Rxd5 cxd5 46. Kf2 $18) 45. Kf2 Re3 46. Rxd5
Ra3 {and after some brief analysis I concluded the rook ending is probably a
win for White, based on} 47. Rd6+ Kg7 48. Rb6 Rxa2+ 49. Ke1 Ra3 50. Rxb7+ Kg8
51. Ke2 Re3+ 52. Kf2 Rb3 53. Rb6 Rb2+ 54. Ke1 Kg7 55. Rxa6 Rxb4 56. Ke2 Rd4 57.
h5 Kh7 58. Re6 $18 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Ye6e4] as Black's king is cut off from the
f-pawn, which will soon be lost with Re4.}) 41... Re8 (41... Re7 {is well
answered by} 42. h4 Ne6 43. Kf2 (43. Bf2 $2 Nxb4 $1 44. Bc5 Nc2 {is suddenly
not that simple.}) 43... Ke8 44. a3 $16 {and White's position is fully
organised, and he will start working on the g5 break.}) 42. h4 ({White could
have probably cashed in with} 42. Bxd5+ cxd5 43. h4 Ne6 44. Bb6 d4 45. Rd2 $1
Rc8 46. Bxd4 Nxd4 47. Rxd4 Rc2+ 48. Kh3 Rxa2 49. Rxf4+ Kg7 50. Rd4 $18 {
and White should win this easily. Obviously a possible situation of two
connected passed pawns vs. one passer is a win for the stronger side (in
general).}) 42... Ne6 43. Bf2 $6 ({White keeps the bishop pair, but he could
transpose to the previous note with} 43. Bxd5 $1 cxd5 44. Bb6) 43... Nec7 (
43... Rd8 $142 44. Re1 Ke7 45. Re4 $16 {[%cal Ye6f4,Yd5f4,Yd8d2] is much
better for White, but Black's position is not collapsing just yet.}) 44. h5 $1
{A very nice move to fix the h6-pawn as a target too, and this also makes the
g5 break easier to achieve. Then the h-pawn will be a true monster.} (44. Bc5
$1 {was also strong, to deprive Black's pieces of good squares.}) 44... Kf6 ({
Waiting around doesn't work here either:} 44... Re6 45. Bd4 Ke7 46. Kf2 Kf8 47.
Bb3 Kf7 48. Rg1 $16 {[%cal Yg4g5,Yb3c2,Yc2h7,Yd4h8] and once g5 comes, the
passed h-pawn will be extremely difficult to stop, as the bishops will support
it almost perfectly.}) 45. Kh3 $1 {A nice move, ensuring ...Ne3 doesn't happen
with check.} b5 $5 ({Black gets desperate as} 45... Kg7 46. Bd4+ Kh7 47. Bc5
Kg8 48. Kh4 {[%csl Yh5][%cal Yg4g5] and g5 would be quite an easy plan to
execute.}) 46. Bd4+ Kg5 {Objectively this isn't the best move, but that
shouldn't be the main consideration in a losing position.} ({Instead} 46... Kf7
{makes it quite easy for White after} 47. Bd3 Kg8 48. Bg6 Re7 49. g5 hxg5 50.
Rg1 Ne6 51. Be5 $18) 47. Bxd5 ({Good enough to win, but the most crushing was
the quiet} 47. Bb3 $1 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Yd4f2,Yf2h4] when Black is quite
helpless against the plan of Bf2-h4, for example:} Nxb4 48. Bf2 Kf6 49. Bh4+
Ke5 50. Bf7 Rf8 51. Re1+ Kd4 52. Re4+ Kc3 53. Be1+ Kd3 54. Bg6 {and Black
cannot avoid substantial material loss.}) 47... Nxd5 48. Rc1 ({Or} 48. a3 {
first.}) 48... Re6 (48... Nxb4 $2 49. Rc5+ Nd5 50. Rxc6 {will be mate with Rg6.
}) 49. Rc5 {Here Komodo and Stockfish share a little joke with us by claiming
'0.00' after 49...Rd6. Were you fooled.} (49. a3 {transposes to the position
after move 53 in the game.}) 49... Rd6 50. Bg7 Re6 51. Bd4 Rd6 {Now you get
the joke - the machines were referencing the twofold repetition of the
position! Of course, this is an absolutely normal technique to emphasise one's
control of the position and gain some seconds on the clock.} 52. a3 $1 Re6 53.
Rc1 {transposes to the position after move 53 in the game.} Ne7 54. Bf2 $1 {
Now White's converting task is trivial.} Kf6 55. Bh4+ ({I'll just point out
for instructional purposes that} 55. Re1 Rxe1 56. Bxe1 {is a winning endgame
after} Nd5 57. Kh4 Kf7 58. Bd2 Kf6 59. Bc1 Kg7 60. Bb2+ Kh7 61. Be5 Kg8 62. g5
hxg5+ 63. Kxg5 {. However Topalov's move is the strongest.}) 55... Kf7 56. g5 (
56. Bxe7 Kxe7 57. g5 {also won.}) 56... hxg5 57. Bxg5 Nd5 58. Kg4 {White wins
the f4-pawn.} Kg7 59. Bxf4 Nxf4 60. Kxf4 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Re6c6] True, with
the queenside pawns gone this is a theoretical draw, but the presence of these
pawns make the position a win for White, as Black is tied to the defence of
these pawns and has too much ground to cover.} Rd6 61. Rc3 Kf6 ({Nothing is
altered by} 61... Rd4+ 62. Kg5 Rd5+ 63. Kg4 Rd4+ 64. f4 $18) 62. Kg4 a5 {
A last attempt to confuse White as} (62... Kg7 63. f4 Kh6 64. Re3 Rf6 65. f5 {
is not hard to execute.}) 63. bxa5 ({It would be a huge pity to allow} 63. Rc5
$4 axb4 64. axb4 Rd4+ 65. f4 Rxb4 66. Rxc6+ Kf7 {with a draw, even if the
b-pawn is absent.}) 63... Rd4+ 64. f4 Ra4 65. Rxc6+ Kg7 66. a6 {White keeps a
pawn on the queenside, so he just wins.} Rxa3 67. f5 b4 68. f6+ Kf7 69. h6 Kg6
70. Rc8 b3 ({If} 70... Rxa6 71. h7 Kxh7 72. f7 $18) 71. Rg8+ Kf7 72. h7 Ra4+
73. Kf3 {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Be6 6. Qa4+ {This move order
eliminates the line} (6. Qb5+ Nc6 (6... Bd7 7. Qb3 {- game}) 7. Nf3 Nd5 {
etc. but Black gets some other possibilities.}) 6... Bd7 (6... Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg7
8. e4 Bd7 9. Qa3 a5 10. d5 Nb4 11. Qb3 e6 12. a3 Na6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Qxb7 $16
{1-0 (50) Guseinov,A (2430)-Bagirov,R (2305) Baku 1996}) (6... c6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
e4 O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. h3 Rad8 13. Rd1 $14 {1-0 (62)
Kazhgaleyev,M (2626)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2684) Livry Gargan 2009}) (6... Qd7 7.
Qxd7+ Nbxd7 8. e4 c6 9. Bf4 Bg7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Nge2 Rfd8 12. Rd1 a5 13. O-O b5
{1/2 (22) Stark,M-Santasiere,A Ventnor City 1945} 14. b3 $14) 7. Qb3 c5 $1 {
The most energetic reply.} (7... Nc6 $143 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. e4 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4] e.g.
} O-O 10. e5 Ng4 (10... Ne8 11. Be3) 11. h3 Nh6 {1-0 (35) Le Roux,J (2480)
-Pujos,S (2314) France 2004} 12. d5 $1 Na5 13. Qa3 b6 14. b4 Nb7 15. Ba6 $16)
8. d5 (8. dxc5 Na6 $1 9. Qa3 Rc8 10. b4 Nb8 {, and Black gets good counterplay
for the sacrificed pawn due to his development advantage:} 11. Qb3 Bg7 12. Bb2
a5 13. a3 Be6 14. Qa4+ Nfd7 (14... Bd7 $5) 15. e3 O-O 16. Nf3 b6 $132 {0-1 (70)
Najer,E (2661)-Paravyan,D (2478) Kaliningrad 2015}) 8... b5 {Again the most
energetic move but} (8... Qb6 {is possible, too:} 9. e4 e6 (9... Na6 10. Qxb6 (
10. Qd1 $5) 10... axb6 11. Bd2 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Nf3 O-O-O 14. Bb5 h6 15.
O-O-O g5 16. Rhe1 Bg7 17. Na4 $36 {1-0 (28) Aleksandrov,A (2612)-Khusnutdinov,
R (2492) Moscow 2012}) 10. Nf3 Bg7 (10... exd5 11. e5 d4 12. exf6 dxc3 13. Qxc3
Be6 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Qe6+ 16. Qxe6+ fxe6 17. O-O Nc6 18. Re1 h6 19. Bf4 g5
20. Be5 Rh7 21. Rad1 Kf7 22. Bc3 $16 {1-0 (41) Mekhitarian,K (2566)-Tseitlin,M
(2389) Caleta 2014}) 11. dxe6 (11. Bc4 $5) 11... Bxe6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Ng5 Nc6
14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. f4 Nb4 $132 {1-0 (52) Khismatullin,D (2651)
-Khusnutdinov,R (2513) Moscow 2010}) 9. Nxb5 (9. e4 $143 c4 $1 10. Qc2 (10.
Bxc4 bxc4 $1 11. Qb7 Qb6 12. Qxa8 Ng4 13. Nd1 Bg7 14. h3 O-O 15. hxg4 Na6 16.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 $36) 10... Na6 11. Nf3 Bg7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Nc5 14. Be3 Rc8 15.
Nd4 b4 16. e5 Ng4 $1 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Nc6 Bf5 $1 $17 {0-1 (26) Dragun,K (2547)
-Rodshtein,M (2664) Germany 2013}) 9... Bxb5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (9... Qa5+ 10.
Nc3 Na6 11. e4 (11. f3 c4 12. Qd1 e6 13. e4 exd5 14. e5 $2 d4 $1 15. exf6 dxc3
16. bxc3 O-O-O $40 {0-1 (25) Svidler,P (2751)-Gelfand,B (2753) Jerusalem 2014})
(11. Bd2 $5) 11... Nb4 (11... c4 12. Qa3) 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. Qd1 Bg7 14. Bc4 $16 {
1-0 (42) Smyslov,V-Ragozin,V Sverdlovsk 1943}) (9... Na6 $5 {This developing
move looks appropriate. Here are some practical examples:} 10. Nc3 (10. Bf4 $5
c4 $1 (10... Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Qa3 Qb6 14. e4 Nb4 15. Nf3 $14 {
1-0 (28) Dragun,K (2532)-Sliwicki,D (2027) Karpacz 2013}) 11. Qxc4 Rc8 $132)
10... Rb8 11. Qd1 Qa5 12. f3 (12. Nf3 Bg7 {[%cal Rf6e4]}) 12... Bg7 13. e4 Nc7
$44 14. Kf2 $6 c4 15. g3 O-O 16. Kg2 Nfe8 17. Qd2 Nd6 18. Nh3 f5 $36 {0-1 (28)
Djurhuus,R (2447)-Hansen,E (2587) Reykjavik 2014}) 10. Qxb5+ Nbd7 {
Surprisingly, it turns out that Black obtains decent counterplay.} 11. g3 Rb8
12. Qa4 (12. Qc4 Bg7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Nf3 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Nb6 $1 16. Qh4 Qa6 $132)
12... Bg7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Nh3 Nb6 15. Qxa7 Nfxd5 $44 {As a result of the
opening, Black has obtained a good compensation for the pawn: a big
development advantage. His pieces are very active, and White's bishop pair is
meaningless.} 16. O-O (16. Nf4 $5 Ra8 17. Qb7 Rb8 18. Qc6 $6 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Bxb2
20. Rb1 Bc3+ 21. Kf1 Nc4 $1 $36) 16... Qc8 17. Qa3 Nb4 (17... e6 $5 {[%cal
Yf8d8,Rb6c4]}) 18. Qb3 Nc6 19. Bf4 Nd4 20. Qd1 e5 21. Be3 Rd8 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 (
22... cxd4 $5 $44) 23. Qc2 Rc4 24. Qd2 Rd4 25. Qc1 {White avoids the
repetition but he is not better anyway.} e4 (25... Rc4 26. Qe3) 26. e3 (26. Rb1
$5 Rc4 27. Qe3 $140 Nd5) 26... Rc4 27. Qd2 Rb4 28. Rac1 (28. Rab1 Nc4) 28...
Rxb2 29. Qd6 c4 30. Ng5 Rxa2 (30... c3 $5 31. Bxe4 Rxa2 $36) 31. Nxe4 Qf8 32.
Rfd1 Qxd6 33. Rxd6 Ra1 {Too straightforward. There was no need to trade an
active rook for a passive one.} (33... Rb2 $11) 34. Rxa1 Bxa1 {[%mdl 4096]} 35.
Rc6 Rc8 $5 {[%mdl 512] This temporary piece sacrifice leads to an endgame with
an extra pawn for White but with opposite-coloured bishops and pawns on the
same side. It looks risky but Black confidently holds his ground.} (35... f5
36. Nc5 c3 {doesn't guarantee a draw.}) 36. Rxb6 c3 37. Nxc3 Bxc3 38. Bd5 Rc7
39. h4 Kg7 40. g4 h6 41. g5 $6 {The exchange of these pawns helps Black.} (41.
h5 $5 gxh5 42. gxh5 {may be a better chance as Black's h6 pawn can be
vulnerable in some variations. Still, Black should survive.}) 41... hxg5 42.
hxg5 Rc5 $1 43. Rd6 (43. e4 Rc7 {[%cal Yc3d2]}) 43... Kf8 44. e4 Be5 45. Rd8+
Ke7 46. Ra8 Rc7 47. Kg2 Bf4 48. Ra5 Kf8 49. Bb3 Rc3 50. Rb5 Kg7 51. Bd1 Rd3 52.
Be2 Rc3 53. Rd5 Kf8 54. Bb5 Ke7 55. Kf1 Rc2 56. Be2 Rd2 57. Ra5 Rd4 58. Bf3 Rd3
59. Be2 Rd4 60. f3 Kf8 61. Ba6 Rd7 62. Bc4 Re7 63. Kg2 Re5 64. Ra8+ Re8 65. Ra5
Re5 66. Rxe5 Bxe5 67. Kh3 Bf4 68. Kg4 Bc1 69. f4 Ke7 70. f5 gxf5+ 71. Kxf5 Bb2
72. e5 Bc3 73. Bb3 Bb2 74. Bc4 Bc3 75. Bb3 Bb2 76. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Ng3
exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 h5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O (12. Bg5 {is more popular here.}
) 12... h4 13. Nh1 Nh5 {More natural than} (13... Nh7) 14. Be3 (14. Nf2 Bd4)
14... f5 {A standard move but Black has some alternatives. The whole line
looks quite satisfactory for him.} (14... g5 $5 15. Qd2 Nf4 16. Bxf4 gxf4 17.
Qxf4 Ne5 18. Qd2 {1/2 (49) Hansen,S (2405)-Mortensen,E (2445) Tonder 1993} Qf6
$44 {[%csl Gg7]}) (14... Bd4 $5 15. Bxd4 cxd4 (15... Qg5 16. Qc1 $5) 16. Qxd4
Qg5 17. Rad1 f5 (17... Nf4 18. g3 Nh3+ 19. Kg2 Nf4+ 20. Kf2 Nh3+ 21. Ke1 $14 {
L.Ftacnik}) 18. exf5 (18. Qd2 $5 Nf4 19. g3) 18... Nf4 19. g3 Rxf5 20. Bd3 Nh3+
21. Kg2 Nf4+ 22. Kg1 Nh3+ 23. Kg2 Nf4+ {1/2 (23) Spassky,B (2565)-Polgar,J 
(2595) Budapest 1993 CBM 033 [Ftacnik,L]}) 15. f4 Qe8 $146 (15... fxe4 16. Bxh5
gxh5 17. Qxh5 Nf6 18. Qxh4 Ng4 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Rfe1 (20. Bf2 $5 Nxf2 21. Kxf2
Bd4+ 22. Ke1 Rb8 $44 {[%cal Yb7b5]}) 20... Nxe3 21. Rxe3 Bd4 22. Rae1 b5 $36 {
0-1 (68) Naumann,A (2560)-Jorczik,J (2400) Solingen GER 2014}) 16. Bxh5 gxh5
17. e5 {[%mdl 512]} dxe5 18. d6 {A sharp continuation but Black's bishop pair
guarantee him enough counterplay. White has no development advantage as his h1
knight is out of play.} (18. Nf2 $5 $44) 18... exf4 (18... h3 $5) 19. Bxf4 Nf6
20. Nf2 Bd7 (20... Qc6 $1 {[%cal Yb7b6,Yc8b7] looks stronger.} 21. Nd3 Rd8 $1 {
preventing Nd3-e5.}) 21. Nd3 {[%mdl 2048]} (21. Re1 Qg6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5+
Qf7 $15) 21... h3 (21... Ne4 $13 22. Nd5 $140 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 h3 $1) 22. Ne5 (22.
Nxc5 Bc6 {[%csl Rc6]} 23. g3 {[%cal Yd1d3] looks risky although the position
is unclear in any case.}) 22... hxg2 {This pawn will now protect White's king!}
(22... Ng4 $5 23. Nxd7 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 hxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Qxd7 26. Nd5 $13) 23. Re1
Be6 $2 {A wrong place for this bishop!} (23... Bc6 $142 24. Qb3+ Kh7 25. Rad1
Ne4 26. d7 Qe7 $1 27. Nxc6 bxc6 28. Bd6 Qf7 29. Qxf7 Rxf7 30. Nxe4 (30. Bc7
Bd4+ 31. Rxd4 cxd4 32. Nxe4 fxe4 33. d8=Q Rxd8 34. Bxd8 e3 $132) 30... fxe4 31.
Bxc5 Rd8 $11) 24. Qf3 Ne4 $6 (24... Rd8 $142 25. Rad1 Ne4 {but even in this
version} 26. Re2 {is strong:} (26. Qxg2 $36) 26... Bb3 $1 27. d7 $1 (27. Rde1
Nxc3 28. Qxc3 Bd5 $13) 27... Qe6 28. Rde1 Nxc3 29. bxc3 $36) 25. Rad1 $2 (25.
Re2 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ye2g2,Gg2g8] , and White gets a strong attack.})
25... Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Qg6 27. Qxg2 (27. Re2 Ng5 28. Qxg2 f4 $40) 27... Qxg2+ 28.
Kxg2 Bd7 $15 {White has little compensation for the pawn in this ending but
opposite-coloured bishops finally save him.} 29. Rg1 Kf7 30. Kf3 Rg8 31. Nxe4
fxe4+ 32. Kxe4 Ke6 33. Bf4 Bxa4 34. Rde1 h4 35. Rxg8 Rxg8 {[%mdl 4096]} 36.
Kf3+ Kf6 37. Re5 Bc6+ 38. Ke3 Re8 39. Rxe8 Bxe8 40. d7 Bxd7 41. Bd6 c4 42. Kd4
b5 43. Kc3 Ke6 44. Bc7 Kd5 45. Bd8 h3 46. b4 cxb3 47. Kxb3 Kc5 48. Be7+ Kb6 49.
Bd8+ Kc5 50. Be7+ Kb6 51. Bd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f4 {This move becomes popular for a few years. White immediately
gained the initiative in the centre, however the e4 is not protected as well.}
(9. f3 {is the biggest main line.}) 9... b5 10. e5 b4 11. Ncb5 (11. exf6 {
is the another variation.}) 11... axb5 12. Nxb5 Qb8 (12... Qa5 {was also
played, but} 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxa2 16. Rd3 $1 Qa5 (16...
Qa1+ $5 17. Kd2 Ra2) 17. g3 Ne7 18. Bb6 Qa4 19. Bg2 $36 {and White has a
wonderful position, Shankland-Kovalyov, Edmonton 2014.}) 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Kb1
d5 15. Qf2 $146 {A novelty, but apparently both players knew this move well.} (
15. c4 {was leading a draw after} bxc3 16. Qxc3 Bd7 17. Bc5 O-O 18. Qg3+ Kh8
19. Qh4 Bxc5 20. Qxf6+ Kg8 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qf6+ Kg8
25. Qg5+ Kh8 {and perpetual checks, 1/2 Yu Yangyi-Cori, Kocaeli 2013.}) 15...
Ba6 16. Bb6 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Qb7 {These moves are forced, black K looks strange
and white pieces are active, but the Bs are attackable and the a2-P is always
a target for Black.} 18. Rhe1 {The most natural reply.} Rb8 19. Bxc6+ Qxc6 20.
Bd4 Ra8 {White lost his B paired and his a2-P is under pressure. On the other
hand Black will have with his K all the time, so the position is double-edged.}
21. b3 Kd7 22. a4 $5 {A very interesting move, White sacrifices his a-P, but
he closes the a-file.} ({Nevertheless} 22. Re3 {was also possible, for example}
Qa6 23. c4 bxc3 24. Rxc3 Rhc8 {with a balanced position.}) 22... bxa3 {
Probably this is a critical point.} 23. Rd3 $6 {It looks a useful continuation,
White protects the b3-P and sometimes he is ready to double on the e- or
d-file. On the other hand objectively this is an inaccuracy.} ({The natural} 
23. Ka2 {was possible,} Rhc8 24. Re2 Qb5 $13 {and it is very difficult to
evoluate this position.}) (23. Re2 {was also an option} Rhc8 24. Ka2 {to
transpose to the previous line.}) ({or even} 23. c4 $5 Ke8 24. Qf3 Rd8 25. Ka2
$44 {with some compensation.}) 23... Rhc8 24. Re2 Qb5 $1 {Black is threatening
with ...a2.} 25. Qf3 ({Of course} 25. Ka2 $2 {is losing immediately, because of
} Rxc2+ $1 26. Rxc2 Qxd3 $19) 25... Ra6 $6 {A logical move, but not the most
precise!} (25... Rc6 $1 {was more accurate and now} 26. f5 $2 {is no possible,
as} e5 $1 27. Bxe5 a2+ $1 {Important intermediate move.} 28. Ka1 fxe5 29. Rxd5+
Rd6 $19 {and Black wins.}) 26. f5 $1 {Nakamura catches the best chance!} Rac6 (
{Here} 26... e5 $2 {is not working, because of} 27. Bxe5 $18) 27. fxe6+ fxe6
28. Rdd2 a2+ 29. Ka1 ({The engine suggests} 29. Kxa2 {too, but this is not a
human move to open the a-file for himself.}) 29... f5 30. Qe3 Rg8 31. c4 $1 {
The final break-through, which leads for a draw.} dxc4 32. Bc5+ Ke8 33. Bxe7
Kxe7 34. Qh6 Qb6 (34... Qa5 {was also similar,} 35. Qxh7+ Kf8 36. Qh6+ $11 {
and draw.}) 35. Qxh7+ Kf8 36. Qh4 Ke8 37. Qh5+ {Black has also some real
threats, so White has nothing better than a perpetual.} Kf8 38. Qh4 Ke8 39.
Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 (9... Ne8 {is the another main line.}) 10. f3 f5 11. Be3 f4 12.
Bf2 g5 13. Nd3 (13. Rc1) ({and} 13. a4 {are more popular.}) 13... Ng6 14. c5
Nf6 15. Rc1 Rf7 16. Kh1 h5 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nb5 {Both players are following
their plans: White plays on the queenside to create some weaknesses and Black
attacks his opponent K as fast as possible.} (18. Qb3 {was tried in a
correspondence game,} g4 19. Nb5 g3 (19... a6 {could have been met by} 20. Nc7
$1 Rxc7 21. Bb6 Ne8 22. Rxc7 Nxc7 23. Rc1 $16 {and White is better.}) 20. Bxa7
Bf8 21. Rc2 Bd7 22. Bg1 gxh2 23. Bf2 h4 24. Rfc1 h3 25. g3 fxg3 26. Bxg3 Bxb5
27. Qxb5 Bh6 $36 {with a nice position for Black, Hiltunen-Sekretaryov, ICCF
2011.}) 18... a6 19. Na3 $146 {Novelty by So.} ({A few days ago} 19. Na7 {
was played by Kjartansson} Bd7 20. Qb3 g4 21. Qb6 Qxb6 22. Bxb6 h4 23. Nf2 h3
24. gxh3 gxf3 25. Bxf3 Nh4 $13 {with a complicated position,
Kjartansson-Kovalev, Riga 2015.}) 19... b5 $1 {The right move! Black avoids
the Nc4-b6 maneuver.} 20. Rc6 g4 21. Qc2 Qf8 (21... g3 $5 {was also possible,}
22. Bb6 (22. hxg3 $6 fxg3 23. Bxg3 h4 24. Bf2 Nh5 $40 {with a strong attack.})
22... Qf8 23. h3 Nh4 24. Rc1 Bd7 25. Bf1 $1 $13 {and White tries to hold his
kingside.}) 22. Rc1 Bd7 23. Rc7 $2 {Releasing the tension on d6 and a6 is too
lenient on Black's position, moreover Black's 7th rank is protected, the d7 B
closes the kingside from the c7 R.} (23. Nb4 $1 {was better} Bxc6 (23... Bh6 $5
24. Rxa6 Nxe4 $1 25. Bxb5 (25. fxe4 $2 Rxa6 26. Nxa6 f3 $1 $17) 25... Rxa6 26.
Nxa6 $13 {with a very complicated position.}) 24. dxc6 $44 {with a strong
compensation.}) 23... Bh6 24. Be1 {White removes the B from potential g3 moves
with tempo.} h4 $1 {The most precise attacking move!} 25. fxg4 $2 {White takes
the "poisoned P", because ...h3 was too dangerous. Nevertheless this is a
mistake.} (25. Bb4 {was more solid,} h3 26. gxh3 {and still White can try to
defence.}) 25... f3 26. gxf3 Nxe4 $1 {The best reply! Of course Nakamura
doesn't want to take on c1. His B is more important then the R.} 27. Rd1 $2 {
Loses immediately, but White's position was already bad.} ({In case of White
captures with} 27. fxe4 $2 Rf1+ $1 28. Kg2 Be3 $1 29. Bxf1 h3+ $1 $19 {and
Black wins.}) (27. Rxd7 Rxf3 $1 28. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 29. Qg2 Qxd3 30. Rd1 Bd2 $3 {
This is the key move!} (30... Qxd1 $2 31. Qxe4 $132) 31. Bxd2 Nf4 $1 $19 {
and White is getting mated.}) (27. Nc5 dxc5 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Qxe4 Bxc1 30.
Qxg6+ Rg7 $19 {is also losing.}) (27. Nf2 Nxf2+ 28. Bxf2 Bxc1 29. Qxg6+ Rg7 $17
{and Black is better. Probably this was the best practical chance yet.}) 27...
Rxf3 $1 {Nakamura continues the strong attack, White is already hopeless.} 28.
Rxd7 (28. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 29. Qg2 Bxg4 $19 {is completely winning.}) 28... Rf1+ $1
29. Kg2 Be3 $1 {Another fantastic move!} (29... h3+ {was also winning:} 30.
Kxh3 Rf2 $3 31. Bxf2 Qxf2 $3 32. Nxf2 Nf4+ 33. Kh4 Bg5# {What a beautiful mate
by Mr. Houdini!}) 30. Bg3 hxg3 31. Rxf1 Nh4+ 32. Kh3 Qh6 $1 {White has a clear
R up, but he can't avoid the mate.} 33. g5 Nxg5+ 34. Kg4 Nhf3 35. Nf2 Qh4+ 36.
Kf5 Rf8+ 37. Kg6 Rf6+ $1 38. Kxf6 Ne4+ 39. Kg6 Qg5# {and mate! What a
brilliant victory by Nakamura!} 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,M"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was one of the decisive ones for the tournament standings, as going
into this round, Aronian and Carlsen were sharing the lead, however Aronian
won this game while Carlsen lost to Grischuk. Furthermore, Nakamura finished
equal second, a point behind Aronian!} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 {This is the trendiest way of meeting
the Marshall nowadays.} b4 (8... Bb7 {[%cal Yd7d6,Yc6a5,Yc7c5] has been played
in several games by Tomashevsky of late, and does constitute a means of
avoiding the game's queen exchange.}) 9. d4 d6 {There wasn't much to say about
the earlier moves as they've already been seen in other games analysed in Mega
Database/CBM, plus Nakamura and Aronian had already reached this position in
the Sinquefield Cup two years ago.} 10. dxe5 dxe5 (10... Nxe5 {was Aronian's
choice in 1-0 (41) Nakamura,H (2772)-Aronian,L (2813) Saint Louis 2013 CBM 157
[Ramirez Alvarez], but he has since switched to the pawn recapture and
contributed significantly to the development of its theory.}) 11. Qxd8 (11.
Nbd2 {is also a line, but it has been addressed before, of course.}) 11... Rxd8
12. Nbd2 {The only real try as the old} (12. Bg5 Rb8 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Bd5 Na5 $11 {offers White nothing.}) 12... h6 {The best continuation,
preventing Ng5/Bg5 ideas for good and waiting to see White's setup.} (12... Bd6
{could transpose to the game after} 13. a5 h6 14. Bc4 {.} (14. h3 $5 {[%cal
Yd2c4] however is an alternative, when playing as in the game with} Re8 $6 {
runs into} 15. Nc4 {followed by Ba4 with some annoying threats. I think this
is what Aronian wanted to avoid with his move order.})) (12... Bc5 {is another
option, but I think the following nice technical effort scared players off it:}
13. h3 Bb7 14. a5 h6 15. Ba4 Nd7 16. Nb3 Bd6 17. Be3 Ncb8 18. Nfd2 Bc6 19. Nc4
Bxa4 20. Rxa4 Nc6 21. Rd1 Be7 22. Raa1 Kf8 23. f3 Ke8 24. Kf2 Nf8 25. Rd5 f6
26. g3 Ne6 27. f4 Bd6 28. Rad1 $16 {1-0 (41) Harikrishna,P (2685)-Kamsky,G 
(2746) Istanbul 2012}) 13. Bc4 (13. a5 {occurred in 1-0 (70) Carlsen,M (2862)
-Aronian,L (2813) Saint Louis 2013 CBM 157 [Stohl,I].}) 13... Bd6 14. a5 (14.
Nb3 $5 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Yc1e3] is a very serious alternative, where I haven't
found a clear way for Black to fully equalise:} a5 ({Stohl's suggestion} 14...
Re8 {would allow} 15. Be3 $5 Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Nfd2 Ng4 18. Bc5 Bxc5 19.
Nxc5 Rd6 20. Ndb3 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Yc5] with an endgame advantage because of the
c5 outpost.}) (14... Bb7 15. h3 {0-1 (98) Carlsen,M (2776)-Aronian,L (2750)
Nice 2009} Re8 16. Bd3 Nd4 17. Nfxd4 exd4 18. f3 c5 19. Na5 Bc8 20. f4 $14 {
[%csl Yc4][%cal Ya5c4,Ye4e5,Yc1d2] is also pretty nice for White as Black's
majority is entirely blockaded.}) (14... Be7 {[%csl Re4][%cal Rc1e3,Rd8d5] is
the machine's advice, but giving up two tempi like this is extremely hard to
believe. After} 15. h3 g5 16. Bd2 Kg7 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Re2 $5 {[%csl Yd5,Yf5]
[%cal Yh2f1,Yf1e3,Yf3h2,Yf2f3] I slightly prefer White's position as Black's
knight on c6 is a bit awkward.}) 15. Be3 Ne7 ({or} 15... Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17.
Nfd2 Ng4 18. Nc4 $36 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6]}) 16. Bd3 Ng6 17. Nfd2 Ng4 18. Nc4 Nxe3
19. Rxe3 {and Black loses the a5-pawn for insufficient compensation.}) 14...
Re8 $1 {I really like this move, overprotecting e5 to avoid any tactical
issues, and also forcing White to commit to some scheme of development.} 15.
Bd3 {Nakamura went into thought on this move, even though the position has
been seen before. It also brought his opponent into a think as they both tried
to recall their home analysis.} (15. Nb3 Be6 16. Bd3 Red8 17. Bf1 Kf8 18. Nfd2
Nd7 {1/2-1/2 (22) Carlsen,M (2772)-Leko,P (2756) Dortmund 2009, was immediate
equality.}) ({I wonder if Nakamura mixed up his move order and intended} 15. b3
{which seems the most natural continuation, as now ...Nd7 runs into Bd5
options. Still, after} Bb7 16. Bb2 Rad8 17. Bd3 Nd7 $11 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Yd7c5]
0-1 (51) Ward,R (2112)-Telepnev,I (2505) ICCF email 2013, Black had similarly
good play to the game, with ...Nc5 coming.}) 15... Nd7 $1 {[%cal Yc8b7,Yc8e6]}
(15... Be6 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Be3 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 (28) Szabo,M (2213)
-Husemann,A (2113) LSS email 2013, was fine for Black, but Aronian's move
order is more accurate as he keeps the option of where to develop his queen's
bishop.}) 16. b3 $6 {Clearly White should get his bishop out somehow, but I
think this was inaccurate as now it will be harder to keep the a5-pawn safe.} (
16. Nb3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 {helps Black activate his pieces, so I would prefer})
(16. Nc4 $142 {, although} Bf8 17. Ne3 Nc5 18. Bc4 Be6 $11 {is still entirely
fine for Black.}) 16... Nc5 17. Bc4 {It's unfortunate to lose two tempi with
the bishop like this.} (17. Bf1 Be6 18. Nc4 f6 19. Nxd6 cxd6 $15 {is also more
pleasant for Black, on account of the backward c2-pawn. Also the Black
structure complements his minor pieces well.}) 17... Be6 18. Bb2 {This looks
natural, but the problem is that the bishop will be quite passive on b2 when
the e5-pawn is protected (hence why the ...Nd7-c5 manoeuvre mattered).} (18.
Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Nc4 {[%cal Yc1e3,Ye3a7] is therefore preferable, so the White
bishop may find greater activity on e3, but Black is still for choice.}) 18...
f6 19. Bxe6+ Rxe6 $15 {[%csl Ra5,Ya6] Black has the advantage as his minor
pieces are better placed, and the exchange of the light-squared bishops was a
major achievement as now the a5-pawn remains a weakness, while the a6-pawn is
entirely safe.} (19... Nxe6 {was also possible, but I like the knight better
on c5 in connection with Aronian's plan in the game.}) 20. Nc4 Rb8 $1 {[%cal
Yb8b5,Yc5b7] The plan of attacking the a5-pawn is a lot more logical than the
engine's automatic move} (20... Rd8) 21. Nfd2 (21. Nh4 $1 {[%csl Yf5,Yg6] was
a much better defence, bringing the knight to f5 to exploit the slight gaps on
the light squares.}) 21... Rb5 22. Ra2 $2 {Nakamura was clearly concerned
about losing this pawn, but one might remember the Carlsen-Aronian game from
the 2013 Sinquefield Cup, where after taking on a5 Black's pieces were tied up
because of the a-file pin. So there was no need to freeze up White's major
pieces like this, and} (22. Nf1 Nd4 $1 (22... Nb7 23. Nfe3 Ncxa5 24. Nxa5 Nxa5
25. Red1 {[%csl Ra5,Ra6][%cal Ra1a6] leaves Black too tied up to easily make
progress.}) 23. Rac1 Nb7 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. g3 Nxa5 26. Nfd2 $15 {[%csl Yc4]
[%cal Yc1a1] should allow White to keep a fortress on the light squares.})
22... Nb7 23. Rea1 {[%csl Ra1,Ra2] This move is consistent with the plan of
defending the a-pawn, the problem is the plan is too passive!} Bc5 {Obviously
the bishop is fantastic on this diagonal and White should have taken it for
himself earlier.} 24. Kf1 (24. g3 {is a move but it doesn't change much.}) (24.
Nf1 $5 {[%cal Ya1d1,Ya2a1] may be best, at least giving White a chance to
partially correct his mistake with a later Rd1.}) 24... Re7 $1 {Aronian
continues to play exceptionally, now ensuring his rook owns the d-file.} 25.
Ke2 {From here White has to be a bit careful about a knight reaching d4, so
perhaps it's best (albeit still unpleasant) to play} (25. g3 $15 {and then
shuffle, hoping Black can't break through.}) 25... Rd7 26. Nf1 (26. f3 Kf7 27.
Nf1 Ke6 28. Nfe3 Bxe3 29. Nxe3 {is the same position as after 29...Ke6 in the
game...except it is Black to move, rather than White!}) 26... Bd4 {Black wants
to get his knight to d4, but I don't think this was the most precise; rather,}
(26... Nd6 $1 27. Nfd2 Rb7 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Yd6b5,Yb5c3] with the idea of ...
Nb5-c3 was the way to secure a clear advantage. If White tries} 28. Nxd6 cxd6
$1 29. Nc4 d5 30. exd5 Rxd5 $17 {[%csl Ra5,Rc2][%cal Yf6f5,Ye5e4] his problems
only increase as now c2 is also a weakness, and it is much easier for Black to
advance his kingside pawns.}) 27. Nfe3 ({White could also start with moves
such as} 27. f3 {, although I think he'll need to play Nfe3 at some point in
any case.}) 27... Bxe3 $1 {A very shrewd positional decision - White is now
stuck with his poor bishop on b2, and Black will find it easier to win the
a5-pawn at some point with one of White's knights exchanged.} (27... Kf7 28.
Rd1 $1 {meanwhile gives White ideas of Nf5 or even Nd5 at some point. Yes,
Black can take on a5 - that would give White the activity he desires!}) 28.
Nxe3 Kf7 {Aronian continues to incrementally improve his position - his king
will go to e6 and then White has to calculate the consequences of ...g6
followed by ...f5.} (28... Nbxa5 $2 {only serves to immobilise Black's pieces 
(at some point the a5-knight will have to move, and then a6 falls).}) (28...
Nd4+ $5 {is suggested by the machine, but the endgame after} 29. Ke1 Nd6 30. f3
f5 31. Bxd4 exd4 32. Nxf5 Nxf5 33. exf5 Rxf5 34. Kd2 $15 {[%cal Yd2d3,Ya1e1]
would be far from easy for Black to make significant progress in.}) 29. f3 Ke6
30. g4 $6 {[%csl Rf4] Nakamura's natural inclination is to defend as
aggressively as possible and this element of his style shows here, but
unfortunately the weakness of the f4 square is a much bigger issue than the ...
f5 break.} ({White can't just sit and wait as} 30. Ke1 $6 g6 31. Ke2 $2 f5 {
is already much better for Black.}) ({However, inserting} 30. h4 $1 {(to meet .
..g6 with h5)} h5 {is in White's favour, and now} 31. g3 g6 32. Re1 $1 f5 (
32... Rxa5 $6 33. Rxa5 Nbxa5 34. Ra1 $11) 33. exf5+ gxf5 34. Raa1 $1 $15 {
[%cal Ye3c4,Ye2f2,Ye1e2,Ya1e1] should enable White to defend, though Black is
of course better in various ways.}) 30... Nc5 {White has enough weaknesses
here that Black does not need to take urgent measures.} 31. Nc4 {It is easier
to criticise this move than offer a convincing improvement; maybe White had to
pass?} (31. Rb1 {is Komodo's suggestion, but I really do not understand the
idea.}) 31... Ke7 {Black continues with his plan, but it was stronger to play}
(31... h5 $1 32. gxh5 Rb8 33. Kf2 Rh8 34. Rh1 Rxh5 $17 {[%csl Ra5,Rc2,Rf3,Rh2]
[%cal Yd7d8,Yd8h8,Yc5e6,Ye6f4] when the h2-pawn can be added to White's
collection of weak pawns.}) 32. Bc1 (32. h4 $5 {[%cal Yh4h5,Gg4g5] deserves
attention, trying to lock up the kingside with h5 at some point, or create
counterplay with Bc1 and g5.}) 32... Ne6 33. Be3 $15 {Now White has managed to
coordinate his minor pieces to good squares, and thus has decreased his
disadvantage.} Ncd4+ 34. Kf2 Ng5 {This is probably the best try as White is
keeping all his weaknesses well defended otherwise.} 35. Bxg5 {While not
objectively a mistake, this makes it easier for Black to attack White's
kingside pawns, and so I think it's simpler to play} (35. Bxd4 Rxd4 36. h4 Ne6
37. Rh1 {when Black can play} Nf4 {but I don't see a breakthrough after} 38.
Raa1 {[%csl Yd1,Yd2,Yd3] .}) 35... fxg5 {At least now White must be slightly
careful about the f3-pawn.} 36. Rd1 $6 {The rook ends up a bit awkward on d3,
so I would recommend} (36. Kg2 {, to meet} Ke6 {with} 37. Rf1 {, when the key
difference is that after} Rb8 38. Rf2 {[%csl Yc2][%cal Ya2a1,Ya1d1,Yd1d3,Yd1f1]
the other rook is free to come to f1 or d3 to defend the f3-pawn. Black is
still better after} Nb5 39. Ra1 Nc3 40. Rh1 $11 {but White has h4 coming and I
don't see a way through for Black.}) 36... Ke6 37. Rd3 Rf7 (37... g6 {[%cal
Yh6h5,Yh5g4] followed by ...h5 is probably more accurate, to have the option
of opening another front and thereby stretch White's defences. However
Aronian's choice to go right after f3 soon prompted a mistake from White.}) 38.
Ra1 $1 Rb8 $1 (38... Nxc2 39. Rad1 $11 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Yd3d8] is fine for
White, who either gets his rook active with Ra8 or reestablishes material
equality with} Nd4 40. Nxe5) 39. Rad1 $2 {Nakamura miscalculates in time
pressure and makes a decisive mistake.} (39. Rf1 $1 {holds the position
together, as after} Nxc2 {White saves himself with} 40. Rc1 Nd4 41. Nxe5 $1
Nxb3 (41... Kxe5 42. Rc5+) 42. Rc6+ $1 (42. Rxb3 Kxe5 43. Rc4 $11 {is also
drawing, for those wanting a bit less drama.}) 42... Kxe5 43. Rd5+ Kf4 44. e5 {
[%cal Yc6c4]} Nd2 45. e6 $1 Rf6 46. Rxd2 Ke5 {and the crazy line ends in
equality.}) 39... Rbf8 {Now there is no defence.} 40. Nxe5 (40. Nd2 Nxc2 41.
Rc1 Nd4 {leaves White without any of the resources we saw before; if} 42. Rc5
Rb8 43. Nc4 Rb5 {is solid, though even here} 44. Rxe5+ $1 Rxe5 45. Rxd4 Rc5 46.
Rd8 $17 {[%csl Yc4] will make Black work for his win.}) 40... Kxe5 41. Rxd4
Rxf3+ 42. Ke2 Rf2+ 43. Ke1 Rf1+ {Black throws in a few checks so his other
rook can reach a more advanced square with gain of time.} 44. Ke2 R8f2+ 45. Ke3
Rf3+ 46. Ke2 R1f2+ 47. Ke1 Rxh2 {White is dead lost, and} (47... Rxc2 {was
equally strong.}) 48. Rd5+ Kf4 {Avoiding the last trick.} (48... Kxe4 $4 49.
R1d4+ Ke3 50. Rd3+ {is a draw as ...Kf4 would even lose the rook to Rf5.}) 49.
R1d4 Kxg4 50. Rc5 Rg3 51. Kf1 Rc3 {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[Annotator "Wagner,D"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:3600+30"]

{The day before Carlsen had lost an unbelievable game against Grischuk. After
losing his objectivity in a completely equal position he had to suffer for a
long time in an ending a pawn down. Nakamura on the other hand was outplayed
by Aronian after unconvincing preparation in a Spanish line.} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:10] I was following the live commentary where former
World Champion Garry Kasparov joined Yasser Seirawan and Jennifer Shahade in
the commentary room. When asked which opening he would have recommended
Nakamura against Carlsen he immediately responded: King's Indian, of course!} (
1... Nf6 $1 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 $1) 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:04] But instead Nakamura goes for the
solid Queen's Gambit, a decent opening of course, but in the specific
tournament situation I would tend to agree with Kasparov. After his loss on
the previous day it would have been more unpleasant for Carlsen to face
concrete problems in a sharp line, where on top of that it's easier for
Nakamura to unfold his full potential.} 4. Bf4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:
00:16]} 5. e3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:29]} 6. a3 $5 {[%emt 0:00:22]
The main point of this line is to prevent 6...Nbd7, so 6...b6 is considered
the right reply now, because a3 is not that useful in the b6-setup.} c5 {
[%emt 0:08:20] A risky choice, because Carlsen has lots of experience in this
line with both colours.} (6... b6 $1) (6... Nbd7 $6 7. Nb5 $1) 7. dxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:
56]} 9. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:21:02]} (9... Re8 {was played by
Carlsen himself in his last World Championship match with Anand.} 10. Bg5 Be7
11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 a6 15. O-O b5 16. Ba2 Bb7 17. Bb1
Rad8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Qxc5 b4 $11 {1/2 (41)-1/2 (41)
Anand, V (2792)-Carlsen,M (2863) Sochi 2014}) 10. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Be7 {
[%emt 0:01:43]} 11. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:11] I wonder what
went wrong with Nakamura's preparation, because this line is considered
dubious already for quite a long time.} (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nh5 {is another
line, where White gets a small plus.}) 12. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:
00:16]} 13. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} (13. bxc3 $5 {seems also pleasant for White.}
exd5 14. O-O Bf6 15. c4 Be6 16. Bg5 dxc4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Bxc4 Qc5 19. Rc1
Qxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxc4 21. Rxc4 $16 {1-0 (37) Giri,A (2752)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2700)
Rosmalen 2014}) 13... Qxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:15]} 14. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} exd5 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 15. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bxa3 {[%emt 0:04:29]} 16. Nd4 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:52] A strong centralization move} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:03:50]} (16... a5 {
is the other move that has been played here.} 17. Rb5 (17. Kd2 $5 a4 18. Kc2
Be7 19. Bf3 $14) 17... a4 18. Kd2 Be7 19. Ra1 Ra7 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bf4 Rd8 22.
Bc7 Re8 23. Bb6 Ra8 24. Bc4+ Kf8 25. Ne6+ Bxe6 26. Bxe6 Bd6 27. Bd5 $16 {
1-0 (41) Sokolov,I (2657)-Meier,G (2608) Budva 2009}) 17. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]}
b6 {[%emt 0:05:32]} 18. Kd2 $14 {[%emt 0:03:18] It's time to make a cut and
evaluate the position that has arisen. White has a protected passed pawn in
the centre, while Black has one on the a-file. The White king is centralized
and his other pieces are also active. Black on the other hand has an awkward
piece placement. Especially his bishops are struggling to find good spots, as
will also be demonstrated by the game later on. All in all White has a pretty
decent and riskfree advantage, normally a dream position for our World
Champion.} Be6 {[%emt 0:10:29]} 19. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:11]}
20. Rb3 {[%emt 0:03:19]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 21. Bf3 {[%emt 0:05:04]} Ba4 {
[%emt 0:06:33] The other bishop has emerged to the edge of the board.} (21...
Rac8 22. Ra1 $18 {loses already a pawn!}) 22. Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rad8 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 23. Ra1 {[%emt 0:07:42]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:06] The only way to
prevent losing material, but now Black has built a cage for his own bishop.}
24. Bc6 {[%emt 0:12:46]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 25. Bb7 {[%emt 0:09:42]} Bd6 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} 26. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 27. Bc6 {[%emt 0:
00:37] logical and efficient play so far. The weak pawns are attacked and
become even weaker by advancing.} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 28. d5 $18 {[%emt 0:00:
44]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:07:30]} (28... Be5 {[%cal Gb5b4]} 29. f4 Bf6 30. Kd3 $18 {
is no better.}) 29. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:34] White is in full control!} Bf8 {
[%emt 0:03:41]} 30. Bd4 {[%emt 0:01:35]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 31. Ke4 {[%emt 0:
07:14]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:09:18]} 32. c4 $6 {[%emt 0:01:49] This is not the kind of
technical play to which we are accustomed from Magnus. Although this is
winning there was no need to hurry.} ({Instead the position could have been
improved slowly but surely with e.g.} 32. g3 $5 $18 {[%cal Gf2f4] intending to
improve the position to the maximum, before c4 is carried out. Black can't do
anything.}) 32... Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 33. Ba7 {[%emt 0:04:40]} f5+ $1 {
[%emt 0:06:37] Nakamura is always capable of finding some tricks to create
problems for his opponent.} 34. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Rbc8 {[%emt 0:02:42]} 35.
cxb5 {[%emt 0:05:04]} Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 36. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bc3 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 37. Rab1 {[%emt 0:01:20]} (37. Rba2 Bxa1 38. Rxa1 Rxd5 39. Rxa5
$1 Kf8 40. Bb6 Rb8 41. Bc4 Rxa5 42. Bxa5 $18 {should be winning for White, but
there is still some technical work ahead of him. I give a sample line to
illustrate how play may continue. White has to display some accuracy to break
down Black's defence.} g6 43. Bd2 Kg7 44. Bc3+ Kf8 45. Ke3 Rc8 46. Kd4 Re8 47.
g3 Kg7 48. h4 Kh6 49. Bb5 Re6 50. Kd5 Re7 51. Kd6 Rb7 (51... Re4 52. f3 $1 $18
{pretty domination!}) 52. Be2 Ra7 53. Bd4 Ra4 54. Be3+ Kg7 55. Bb5 Re4 56. Bc6
Rb4 57. Ke7 Rc4 58. Bd5 Ra4 59. Bd2 Ra3 60. Bb4 Ra7+ 61. Ke8 h5 (61... Ra6 62.
Bc3+ Kh6 63. Kf8 $18) 62. Bc3+ Kh6 63. Kf8 Rc7 64. Bd4 Rc8+ 65. Kf7 Kh7 66. Be3
Rc3 67. Kf6 Ra3 68. Kg5 Ra6 69. Bf4 Rb6 70. Bf7 Kg7 71. Bc4 Kh7 72. Be5 Rb7 73.
f3 Ra7 74. Kf6 Kh6 (74... Rb7 75. Bf7 Rb6+ 76. Kg5 $18) 75. Bc3 Rc7 76. Bd2+
Kh7 77. Bf7 Rc6+ 78. Kg5 Kg7 (78... f4 79. Bxf4 (79. g4 $5 $18) 79... Kg7 80.
Bxg6 Rxg6+ 81. Kxh5 $18) 79. Be8 $18 Ra6 80. Bc3+ Kh7 81. Bf6 $18) 37... Bxb2 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 38. Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 39. Be3 $2 {
[%emt 0:00:40] This doesn't make any sense. Maybe Magnus just blundered 39...
Rb8, because afterwards I saw him shaking his head in frustration on the
livestream.} (39. Ba4 $1 $18 {It's obvious that White should prevent a rook
exchange.} Rc3+ 40. Ke2 Re5+ 41. Kd2 Rc8 42. Rb7 Kf8 43. Be3 Rc4 44. Bb3 Rb4
45. Rxb4 axb4 46. Kd3 $18) 39... Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 40. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Bxd5+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:00] White
could have achieved the same position without the black a-pawn! Although he
has still winning chances this makes quite a huge difference. Especially from
a psychological point of view White's chances of success have dramatically
decreased.} 42. Bd4 {[%emt 0:05:06]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:05:54]} 43. Ke2 {[%emt 0:12:
22]} a4 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 44. g3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} a3 {[%emt 0:08:56]} 45. Kd2 {
[%emt 0:01:21]} h5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 46. h4 {[%emt 0:06:57]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:01:18]
} 47. Bc4 {[%emt 0:09:31]} g6 {[%emt 0:09:32]} 48. Kc2 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Re1 {
[%emt 0:05:08]} (48... Rb8 $5 {It's not clear how White makes progress against
this setup either. The rook cuts the king from the a-pawn.}) 49. Be3 {[%emt 0:
02:43]} (49. Kb3 $2 a2 $19) (49. Bc5 f4 $1 50. Bxa3 (50. gxf4 Re4) 50... fxg3
51. fxg3 Re8 {is like the game.}) 49... f4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:33] a good pawn
exchange!} 50. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:07:23]} (50. gxf4 Rh1 $132) 50... a2 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 51. Bxa2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Re2+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 52. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:26]}
Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:04] This is already a convincing fortress! A major problem
for White is that Black sometimes has the possibility to sacfrice his rook for
the dark-squared bishop if he manages to exchange g-pawns afterwards.} 53. Bb1
{[%emt 0:00:07]} Re2 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 54. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:
27]} 55. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Re1 {[%emt 0:04:59]} 56. Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:14]} Re2
{[%emt 0:01:53]} 57. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Re1 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 58. Be4 {
[%emt 0:02:03]} (58. Be5+ Kh7 59. Ke6 {White cannot make progress this way,
because Black can solve his problems radically:} Kh6 $1 60. Kf6 Rxe5 $1 61.
Kxe5 g5 $1 $11 62. hxg5+ Kxg5 63. Be2 h4 64. g4 h3 $11) 58... Rd1+ {[%emt 0:01:
31]} 59. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Re1 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 60. Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Re2
{[%emt 0:02:01]} 61. Bc3 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 62. Bb4 {
[%emt 0:01:57]} Rf2 {[%emt 0:01:25] White is unable to cross the f-file.} 63.
Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 64. Bb4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Rf2 {
[%emt 0:01:16]} 65. Be7 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Rf1 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 66. Bf6 {[%emt 0:
04:15]} Rg1 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 67. Bg5+ {[%emt 0:02:29]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 68.
Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Re1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 69. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rd1+ {
[%emt 0:01:22]} 70. Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Re1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 71. Ke5 {[%emt 0:
00:07] I think about here Nakamura claimed a draw on a three-fold-repetition.
The position has indeed been reached for a third time, but while now it's
Black´s turn to move, in the earlier versions it was White to move. So after
adding some extra time to Magnus' clock the game continued.} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:
33]} 72. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re1 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 73. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh7
{[%emt 0:02:41]} 74. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 75. Be3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 76. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra4+ {[%emt 0:03:
16]} 77. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 78. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Rb3
{[%emt 0:00:23]} 79. Be8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 80. Bc6 {
[%emt 0:02:12]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 81. Bd2 {[%emt 0:02:24]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:
24]} 82. Bc3+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 83. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 84. Kf4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Rf1+ {[%emt 0:02:44]} 85. Ke5 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Rg1 {[%emt 0:04:57]} 86. Bd2+ {[%emt 0:04:47]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 87. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Re1+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} 88. Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:20]}
Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 89. Bf3 {[%emt 0:04:34] This allows Black to end his
suffering:} (89. Bc6 Rd1+ $11) 89... Kf5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 90. Kd5 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 91. Be4+ {[%emt 0:01:04]} Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 92.
Bxg6 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 93. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kxf4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 94. Bxh5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 95. Bd1 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Kxh4 {Very tenacious defence by Nakamura and another
disappointment for Carlsen. In my opinion it's only a matter of time, till
Carlsen finds back his form. In an interview during this game Garry Kasparov
was asked whom he saw as the biggest threat to Carlsen recently. His answer
was telling: Magnus Carlsen!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.09.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2015.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 {Compared to 3...Bd7, this approach tries to
keep an imbalance in the position and looks for fighting chess.} 4. O-O a6 5.
Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 {Sticking to the traditional Bd3-c3-Bc2 plan.} (6. Re1 b5 7. c4
$5 {is the other approach, tried by Carlsen against Nakamura in Zurich rapid
2014.}) 6... b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 Rc8 {Grischuk had faced this position from
Black thrice before this game, albeit all three were blitz games.} (8... e5 {
leads to typical Ruy Lopez type positions after} 9. d4) 9. a4 ({Instead} 9. d4
$6 {is premature} cxd4 10. cxd4 Qc7 11. Bd3 (11. Nc3 $2 b4 $17) 11... Nxe4 $132
{[%csl Rc1]}) ({Ivanchuk refrained from opening the a<-> and continued} 9. d3
e5 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Nf1 O-O 12. Ng3 Re8 13. h3 Bf8 {Here, out of the many
possibilities Ivanchuk chose} 14. Nh2 {but after} d5 {Grischuk did not face
any serious problems and went on to draw the game later. 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V 
(2704)-Grischuk,A (2810)/Beijing 2014/CBM 163 Extra (54)}) 9... b4 ({The first
blitz game between Karjakin and Grischuk in June 2014 went -} 9... e5 10. axb5
axb5 11. d4 Be7 12. d5 $5 Ra8 $132 {0-1 Karjakin,S (2771)-Grischuk,A (2792)/
Flor & Fjaere 2014/CBM 160 Extra (73)}) 10. a5 ({The second blitz game played
in September 2014 saw -} 10. d4 $5 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qc7 12. Bd3 Nxe4 13. Qe2 Nef6
14. Bxa6 e6 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nbd2 $14 {[%csl Ga4] 1-0 Karjakin,S (2777)
-Grischuk,A (2789)/Moscow 2014/CBM 162 Extra (43). With a slight edge for
White due to the o^.}) 10... Qc7 11. d3 bxc3 12. bxc3 e6 13. h3 {[%cal Gc1f4,
Gf4h2] Trying to avoid the harassment of the B after it is developed to f4.}
Be7 14. Bf4 ({Instead} 14. Nbd2 O-O {would transpose to a game that came from
a different move order. It went} 15. Nf1 $5 (15. Nc4 d5 $132) 15... Rfd8 16.
Bg5 Nf8 17. Qd2 Ng6 18. N1h2 d5 19. e5 Ne4 $1 $132 {0-1 Sivuk,V (2519)
-Artemiev,V (2636)/Loo 2014/CBM 160 (75)}) 14... O-O 15. Nbd2 Bc6 16. Nc4 (16.
d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bb5 $132) 16... Bb5 17. Nfd2 (17. e5 $5 Nxe5 (17... dxe5 $6
18. Nfxe5 $1 {[%cal Ge5g6]} Nd5 19. Ng6 $1 Qd8 (19... Nxf4 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21.
Nxc8 $16) 20. Nxf8 Nxf4 21. Nxd7 $16) 18. Nfxe5 Nd5 19. Bg3 dxe5 20. Nxe5 {
[%cal Gc3c4]} Nxc3 21. Qd2 Nd5 22. Nxf7 Qd7 23. Ne5 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Rd3,Re6]})
17... Rfd8 (17... e5 18. Bg3 $14 {[%cal Gc4e3,Ge3f5,Ge3d5]}) (17... Ne5 18.
Bxe5 dxe5 19. Nb6 Rcd8 20. Ndc4 $11) 18. Bg3 Ne8 ({Black must have already
started considering} 18... Ne5 $5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Nf3 Bd6 $11) 19. Kh2 {
Both sides are using a waiting strategy, improving there pieces. White has not
found a favourable position to play d4 so he is likely to go for the f4-plan.
Meanwhile Black feels that he is ready for that Kingside activity which is
characteristic of the Sicilian.} (19. Ba4 $5 Rb8 (19... Bxa4 20. Qxa4 $14) 20.
Qc2 Bf6 $13) 19... Rb8 20. Ne3 Ne5 21. Qe2 (21. d4 $6 Nd3 $15) 21... Nc6 22.
Nb3 Ne5 23. Nd2 Nc6 24. Ndc4 Nf6 25. Kh1 {[%cal Gg3h2,Gf2f4]} (25. f4 g6 {
[%cal Gg6h5] /\...Nh5}) 25... Ne5 26. f4 {Finally, the dance of the Ns comes
to an end.} ({It would be inadvisable to play} 26. Nxe5 dxe5 {[%csl Rd3,Ge5,
Ge6][%cal Gd8d3] giving Black a typical advantageous o/o with unpleasant
pressure down the d<->.}) ({Worth considering was} 26. Na3 $5 {aiming to play
f4 without allowing N exchanges.}) 26... Nxc4 27. dxc4 (27. Nxc4 d5 (27... Bxc4
28. dxc4 g6 $13 (28... e5 $5 {Trying to shut down White's Bs.})) 28. exd5 exd5
29. Nb6 (29. Qxe7 Qxe7 30. Rxe7 dxc4 31. dxc4 Bxc4 $15 {[%cal Gb8b1,Gd8d1]})
29... Re8 $132) 27... Bc6 {In this Nimzo/Sicilian structure there does not
seem to be any reason for Black to worry. Although he does not have the
d4-square like he does often in positions with the White P on b3 instead of c3,
he does have the dark squared B which he usually has to part with to get the
White Ps doubled on c<->.} 28. Nd1 (28. e5 Ne4 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 $15 {[%csl Ge4,
Ge7] ^^}) (28. Ng4 Nxg4 29. Qxg4 Rb2 $15) 28... g6 29. Bh2 Nh5 {As is usual in
similar situations, Black does not mind provoking the White g-P forward.} 30.
Qe3 Bh4 31. g3 Be7 32. Kg1 Re8 (32... Bf8 $5 33. g4 Nf6 34. Nf2 Bg7 35. g5 Nd7
$15) 33. e5 (33. g4 Nf6 34. Nf2 Nd7 $15) 33... Ng7 (33... Ba8 $142 {[%cal
Gc7c6,Gc6h1] /\...Qc6, would be a thematic move. But after} 34. g4 {the move}
f5 $1 {would not be an easy move to find in time pressure.} (34... Qc6 35. Be4
Qxe4 36. Qxe4 Bxe4 37. Rxe4 Ng7 $15) (34... Ng7 35. Nf2 Qc6 36. Qe4 $13) 35.
exf6 (35. gxh5 Qc6 36. Be4 (36. Qg3 Bh4 $1 37. Qxh4 Qg2#) 36... Qxe4 $17) 35...
Nxf6 36. Nf2 Rb2 $36) (33... dxe5 34. fxe5 f5 (34... Ba8 $5) 35. exf6 Bd6 {
[%cal Gc6h1,Gd6h2]} 36. Ba4 Bxa4 37. Rxa4 Nxf6 $15) 34. g4 f5 (34... dxe5 $5
35. fxe5 Ba8 36. Nf2 Rb2 $15) 35. exf6 (35. gxf5 exf5 $19 {[%csl Re5][%cal
Ge8e1,Ge7h4,Gg7e6]}) (35. g5 dxe5 36. fxe5 Ba8 $19 {[%csl Re5,Rg1,Rg5][%cal
Ga8h1]}) (35. exd6 Bxd6 $17 {[%csl Rf4,Rg1][%cal Ge8f8,Gd6f4,Gf8f4]}) 35...
Bxf6 36. Nf2 Bh4 (36... Rb2 $142 37. Re2 (37. Ne4 $6 Bxe4 38. Bxe4 Rb3 (38...
Reb8) 39. Rec1 Bd4 $1 $19) 37... Ba8 (37... Nf5 $5 38. gxf5 exf5 39. Qd3 Rxe2
40. Qxe2 Bxc3 41. Rd1) 38. Qd2 (38. Nd3 $4 Bxc3 39. Nxb2 Bd4 $19) (38. Nd1 Qc6)
38... Qb7 (38... Qc6 39. Ne4) 39. Ne4 Be7 $40 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gd6d5,Gg7f5,
Ga8h1] /\...d5 or...Nf5.}) 37. Re2 Bxf2+ $6 {This decision is probably the
result of time pressure. The dark squared B seemed more valuable.} (37... Rb2
38. Nd3 Rb7 $13) 38. Rxf2 Rf8 39. Bg3 Rbe8 $6 {This passive move is most
likely the result of the same problem stated above, time.} ({With the White K
still not very comfortable, activity was the way to counter White's ^^
advantage. For example} 39... Rb2 40. Rd2 (40. h4 Ba8 41. h5 $6 Qb7 $15) 40...
Ba8 $132) 40. Kh2 Rf7 (40... e5 $2 41. fxe5 (41. f5 $14) 41... Rxf2+ 42. Qxf2
dxe5 43. Qxc5 $16) 41. Rd1 $14 {[%csl Gc2,Gg3][%cal Gc2h7,Gg3h4,Gh4g5,Gg5h6,
Gh3h4,Gh4h5,Gf4f5] White has come out slightly better after the time control.
Both his Bs have good scope. The P-structure on the >> is quite fluid and
Black's pieces are somewhat passive. White's main plans would be manoeuvering
the dark-squared B to h6 or playing h4-h5 or even f5 at the right moments.
Black, on the other hand will have to wait and look to counter in the center
in order to open lines towards the White K.} Rd7 (41... Qxa5 $6 42. Rxd6 $16)
42. Rfd2 Qd8 (42... Red8 43. f5 gxf5 44. gxf5 exf5 45. Qg5 {[%csl Rd6,Rf5]
[%cal Gg3c7,Gg5g8,Gc2f5]} Be4 (45... Kh8 46. Bxf5 Nxf5 47. Qxf5 $18 {[%csl Rd6,
Rh8]}) 46. Bxe4 fxe4 47. Qd5+ Kh8 48. Qxe4 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Rh8]}) 43. h4 (43.
Qf2 $5 $14 {[%cal Gg3h4]}) 43... Rf8 {[%cal Gg7e8,Gd7h7] Black braces for h5.}
44. Rf2 (44. h5 $6 gxh5 45. Qd3 Ne8 $15) 44... Kh8 {Black could have
considered taking the P here itself.} ({After} 44... Qxa5 $142 $5 45. h5 gxh5
46. f5 exf5 47. gxf5 Qd8 $13 {The position is complicated but White does not
get the domination he got in the game because of} 48. f6 $2 Rxf6 {[%csl Rd1]
[%cal Gb1b8]}) 45. Rb1 {[%cal Gb1b6]} (45. h5 $6 gxh5 46. f5 exf5 47. gxf5 h4
$17) 45... Qxa5 $8 46. h5 $40 gxh5 47. f5 exf5 48. gxf5 Qd8 $6 ({Black's best
bet now was} 48... Ne8 {[%cal Ga5c3] keeping the Q active for a while. But
even then after} 49. Rb8 {[%csl Re8]} ({If White continued as in the game then
after} 49. f6 Rdf7 50. Bh4 Rg8 {he may have to look for other ideas as} 51. Qh6
$2 {does not work due to} Qxc3) 49... h4 $8 (49... Rdf7 50. Bxd6 Nxd6 51. Rxf8+
Rxf8 52. Qe5+ $18) 50. Bxh4 Rdf7 51. Rc8 Bd7 52. Rd8 $14 {White keeps the
chances}) 49. f6 $1 Ne8 (49... Rxf6 50. Rxf6 Qxf6 51. Rb8+ Rd8 52. Qd3 {
[%csl Rd8,Rf6]} Kg8 (52... Nf5 53. Qxf5 $18) 53. Qxh7+ Kf7 54. Rxd8 Qxd8 55.
Bg6+ Ke6 $8 56. Qxg7 $18) 50. Bh4 Rdf7 51. Qh6 $1 {[%cal Gc2g6,Gg6h7,Gb1g1] /
\Bh7 or Bg6 or Rg1} Rg8 (51... Nc7 52. Rg1 {[%cal Gg1g7]} Rg8 53. Rg7 $18) 52.
Re1 $6 {[%cal Ge1e7]} ({Simpler was} 52. Rg1 Rxg1 (52... Qc7 53. Rxg8+ Kxg8 54.
Rf1 $1 d5+ (54... Qd7 55. Rg1+ Kh8 56. Bxh7 $18) 55. Bg3 Qd7 56. Be5 $18 {
[%cal Gf1g1,Gc2h7]}) 53. Kxg1 {[%cal Gc2g6,Gg6h7,Gh6f8]} Qd7 (53... Nc7 54.
Qg7+ $1 $18) 54. Bf5 Qb7 55. Bxh7 $18) 52... d5 $1 53. Qxh5 ({For the sake of
establishing the truth we can have a look at} 53. Re6 $5 Qc7+ 54. Rf4 $1 {
because working this move out properly in the game with the second and final
time control approaching would definitely not be easy.} (54. Qf4 Rg4 55. Qxc7
Rxh4+ 56. Kg3 Rg4+ 57. Kh3 Nxc7 58. Rxc6 Rxc4 59. Bd1 Rxc3+ 60. Kg2 Ne8 61. Rc8
(61. Bxh5 $2 Rxf6) 61... Re3 62. Bxh5 Kg8 63. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $11) 54... dxc4 (54...
Rg4 $5 55. Bg5 $18 {[%cal Gc2h7]} (55. Bg3 $18)) (54... d4 55. Re7 Rg2+ 56. Kh3
Rxc2 57. Rxc7 Rxc3+ 58. Kh2 Nxc7 59. Qxh5 $16) 55. Re7 (55. Bxh7 Rxh7 56. f7
Rxh6 57. Rxh6+ Kg7 58. Rg6+ Kxg6 59. fxg8=Q+ Ng7 60. Qxc4 $13) 55... Rg2+ 56.
Kh3 Rxc2 57. Rxc7 Nxc7 58. Qxh5 $16) (53. Re7 {does not achieve the same
result as Re6 because Black manages to exchange all major pieces after} Qd6+
54. Qf4 (54. Rf4 $2 Rxe7 $19 {[%cal Gd6h6]}) 54... Qxf4+ 55. Rxf4 Rxe7 56. fxe7
Rg4 $1 57. Rxg4 (57. Rf8+ Kg7 58. Bg3 dxc4 59. Be5+ Kh6 $11) 57... hxg4 58.
cxd5 Bxd5 59. Kg3 $11) 53... Qd6+ 54. Re5 {Bravely keeping the Qs on the board.
} ({Also interesting was} 54. Qe5 $5 Rg4 (54... Qxe5+ 55. Rxe5 dxc4 56. Rxc5
Rg4 57. Rxc6 Rxh4+ 58. Kg3 Rh5 59. Ba4 $14) 55. cxd5 Qxe5+ 56. Rxe5 Rxh4+ 57.
Kg3 Rc4 (57... Rh6 58. dxc6 Nxf6 59. Rg5 $1 $18 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Gf2f7,Gf2d2,
Gd2d8,Gc2h7] dominating all important lines of communication}) 58. dxc6 Rxc3+ (
58... Nxf6 59. Rf3 $16) 59. Kh4 Nxf6) 54... d4 $138 {Time remaining after this
move - White: 9 minutes, Black: 2 minutes.} (54... dxc4 55. Bg3 $16) 55. cxd4
$6 (55. Bg3 $142 Nxf6 (55... d3 56. Qxf7 $18) 56. Qxf7 Ng4+ 57. Kg1 Qh6 58.
Qxh7+ Qxh7 59. Bxh7 Nxe5 (59... Kxh7 60. Re7+ Rg7 61. Rxg7+ Kxg7 62. Rf4 $16)
60. Bxg8 Nf3+ 61. Rxf3 Bxf3 62. Bd5 $1 $18) 55... Qxd4 {[%csl Rh4]} 56. Re7
Rxe7 57. fxe7 Qd6+ $6 $138 ({Black had to find} 57... Qg7 $1 {[%cal Gg7g1]} 58.
Bg5 Qe5+ $132 {with sufficient counterchances.}) 58. Kh3 Bd7+ $6 (58... Qe6+
$142 59. Qf5 (59. Bf5 Qe3+ 60. Kh2 Qe5+ $11) 59... Rg6 60. Qxe6 Rxe6 61. Bf5
Re3+ 62. Kg4 $14) 59. Bf5 Qd3+ 60. Rf3 Bxf5+ 61. Qxf5 Qxf5+ 62. Rxf5 $18 {
The dust has settled down and White has come out with a dominating position.
Nakamura flawlessly exploits his advantage in study-like fashion.} Kg7 63. Bg3
$1 {[%cal Gg3e5,Gf5f8]} h6 64. Be5+ Kh7 (64... Kg6 65. Rf8 {transposes to the
game.}) 65. Rf7+ Kg6 66. Rf8 Kh7 67. Bf4 a5 (67... h5 68. Kh4 Rg4+ 69. Kxh5 $18
) 68. Bxh6 a4 69. Be3 $1 a3 70. Bxc5 a2 71. Bd4 Nc7 72. Ba1 Ne8 (72... Rg1 73.
Rh8+ Kg6 74. Rg8+ $18) 73. c5 Nc7 74. c6 Ne8 75. Kh4 Nc7 76. Kh5 Ne8 77. c7 {
Grischuk's time pressure and Nakamura's courageous play summarise the game.
Hikaru went on to tie for second after this last round encounter.} (77. c7 Nxc7
(77... Ng7+ 78. Bxg7 Rxg7 79. e8=Q $18 {[%cal Gf8h8]}) 78. Rf7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Phiri, Richmond"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Bc3 Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Nd2 f5 13. a4 Nf6 14. a5 b5 15.
Qc2 bxc4 16. bxc4 Rc8 17. Rfe1 c5 18. e3 dxc4 19. dxc5 Nd5 20. Nf3 Bxc5 21.
Red1 Qe7 22. Nd4 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Qf6 24. Rab1 Rfd8 25. Bf1 f4 26. gxf4 Bxd4 27.
exd4 Qxf4 28. Bg2 Rd6 29. Re1 Qxd4 30. Qxd4 Rxd4 31. Rxe6 c3 32. Rc1 c2 33. Bf3
Bb7 34. Rxc2 Rxc2 35. Bxb7 Rg4+ 36. Kf1 Rf4 37. Bd5 Rfxf2+ 38. Ke1 Kf8 39. Re3
Rxh2 40. Rd3 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Phiri, Richmond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. O-O e5 8.
Nd2 Nf6 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. Qe1 Nd7 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Nc5 13. Be2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2
Ne6 15. Rad1 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Qh4 17. Bd6 Rd8 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd6+ Rxd6 20. Rxd6
O-O 21. e5 a5 22. b3 h6 23. Qe3 Ne6 24. Qf2 Qe7 25. Rfd1 Ng5 26. Qf4 Re8 27.
Rd7 Qxe5 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxb7 Re2 30. Rc1 Ne6 31. b4 axb4 32. Rxb4 Re5 33.
Rc4 Ra5 34. a4 c5 35. Rb1 Kf8 36. Rb7 Ke8 37. Kg1 Ra8 38. Kf2 Nd8 39. Re4+ Kf8
40. Rb5 Ne6 41. a5 Ra7 42. c4 Ra8 43. Re1 Ra7 44. Reb1 Ra6 45. Rb8+ Ke7 46.
R8b7+ Kf6 47. Ra1 Ke5 48. Rb6 Ra7 49. a6 Nd8 50. Ra5 Ne6 51. Rb7 Ra8 52. a7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. a3 O-O 13. b4 Bd6 14. Bb2 Rac8 15.
Qd2 Rfd8 16. Qe1 b5 17. Na2 Bg4 18. Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. b3
Rb8 9. d5 Na5 10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Rc1 Bf5 13. Ne1 Qd7 14. Nd5 Bh3 15.
Bc3 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Ne5 17. f4 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Ng4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4
Nf6 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Be6 13. b4 Bd6 14. a5 f6 15.
Be3 Nd8 16. Rfd1 Nf7 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qc4 Qxc4 20. Nxc4 a6 21.
Rd5 Be7 22. Rad1 c6 23. Rd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Bf4 d6 7. Qc1 h6 8. a3 Nge7
9. Rb1 e5 10. Bd2 Be6 11. b4 Qd7 12. Nf3 cxb4 13. axb4 d5 14. b5 Nd4 15. cxd5
Nxd5 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. O-O h5 20. Bb4 Kd7 21. Qf4
Bh6 22. Qh4 Bg5 23. Qh3+ f5 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Rhe8 26. Rb2 Be7 27. Bxe7
Rxe7 28. Ra1 Re5 29. Ra4 Rd5 30. h4 Kd6 31. Rc4 Re8 32. Kf3 Re7 33. Ra4 b6 34.
Rc4 Rc7 35. Rxc7 Kxc7 36. Kf4 Kb7 37. Kg5 Rd6 38. Ra2 a5 39. bxa6+ Ka7 40. Kf4
Re6 41. e3 dxe3 42. fxe3 b5 43. e4 fxe4 44. dxe4 b4 45. e5 b3 46. Rb2 Rb6 47.
e6 Rxe6 48. Rxb3 Kxa6 49. Kg5 Ka7 50. Rf3 Rb6 51. Kh6 Kb7 52. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 a6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. b3 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Be2 O-O 13. Rac1 Rfd8 14. Nc4
Bd5 15. Bd4 Rac8 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Nce5 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 a5 20. Rc6
Kf8 21. g3 h6 22. Bc4 Rb8 23. Rc7 Ke7 24. Nd4 g5 25. f3 Ra8 26. Bb5 Kd6 27.
Rc6+ Ke7 28. Kf2 Ne8 29. Ba4 Kd8 30. f4 Nef6 31. Kf3 g4+ 32. Ke2 Rc8 33. a3 Ne4
34. Rxc8+ Kxc8 35. Bc6 Ndf6 36. Kd3 Nc5+ 37. Kc4 Nfe4 38. b4 Nd6+ 39. Kc3 axb4+
40. axb4 Nce4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bh6 Nf6 12. Bd3 Rd8 13. d5 c4 14. Bb1 e6 15.
O-O exd5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Qf4 Bh8 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Be6 21. Nd4
Qd5 22. Nxe6 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe6 24. f4 f6 25. Rxc4 fxe5 26. Rc7 exf4 27. Bxf4
Rf6 28. Be3 Rf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
Na3 Be6 9. O-O Bxb3 10. Qxb3 e6 11. d4 Qd7 12. Rd1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Na5 14. Qb5
Bxa3 15. Qxa5 Bd6 16. Qh5 a6 17. Nf3 Qc7 18. Ng5 g6 19. Qh3 Be7 20. Qh6 Bf8 21.
Qh4 Be7 22. Qh6 Bf8 23. Qh3 Be7 24. Qf3 O-O 25. Qh3 h5 26. Be3 Qc6 27. g4 Bxg5
28. Bxg5 f6 29. Be3 Nc4 30. gxh5 Rf7 31. Qg3 g5 32. b3 Ne5 33. Kf1 Kh7 34. h3
Rg8 35. Qg2 Nf3 36. Ke2 Nd4+ 37. Kf1 Nf3 38. Ke2 Nd4+ 39. Kf1 Nf3 40. Ke2 Nd4+
41. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Bd3 h6 11. e4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Rc1 c5 14. dxc5 Nd7
15. c6 Rac8 16. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Bxc6 19. Nd4 Bb7 20. f3 Rfd8
21. Ke3 Nc5 22. Be2 Na4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rb1 a6 25. Bd1 Nc5 26. Rc1 Kf8 27. f4
Rd8 28. Bf3 a5 29. Rc3 Ke7 30. a3 g5 31. g3 gxf4+ 32. gxf4 Rg8 33. b4 axb4 34.
axb4 Na6 35. Be2 Rc8 36. Rxc8 Bxc8 37. Nc6+ Kd6 38. Ne5 f5 39. Nc4+ Kc7 40. b5
Nc5 41. e5 Ne4 42. Bf3 Nc3 43. Nd6 Bd7 44. Be2 Nxe2 45. Kxe2 Kd8 46. Kf2 Be8
47. Kg3 Bh5 48. Kh4 Be2 49. Kg3 Bh5 50. Kf2 Kc7 51. Ke3 Kd8 52. Nc4 Kc7 53. Kd4
Be8 54. Nd6 Bh5 55. Ke3 Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
Na3 Be6 9. d4 Bxb3 10. Qxb3 cxd4 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Nbxd4 e6 13. O-O Be7 14. a4
Nd5 15. a5 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 a6 17. Qa4+ Kf8 18. c4 Nf6 19. b3 h5 20. Nf3 h4 21. h3
Rh5 22. Be3 Qc7 23. Bb6 Qf4 24. Rad1 e5 25. Be3 Qf5 26. c5 Qc8 27. b4 e4 28.
Nd4 Nd5 29. Qb3 Kg8 30. Rfe1 Bf6 31. Bc1 Qe8 32. Qc4 Rd8 33. Ne2 e3 34. fxe3
Re5 35. Nc3 Nxc3 36. Qxc3 Red5 37. Qc2 Qb5 38. Rxd5 Rxd5 39. Bd2 Rd3 40. Re2
Ra3 41. Re1 Qd7 42. Rc1 Rd3 43. Be1 Rxe3 44. Bf2 Rd3 45. Re1 g6 46. Qc4 Rd2 47.
Qf4 Kg7 48. Bxh4 Qd4+ 49. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 50. Kf1 Rb2 51. Re4 Rxb4 52. Be1 Rc4 53.
Rxd4 Rxc5 54. Rd6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 d6 5. e3 a6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. a3 h5 8. h3
Ba7 9. b4 h4 10. g4 f5 11. gxf5 Bxf5 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Bb2 Rb8 14. O-O-O Bd3 15.
Be4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Qf5 17. N2c3 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. d3 Kd7 20. Rdg1 g6 21. Rg5
Qe6 22. Qc2 d5 23. Nd2 Rhf8 24. Nd1 Rf5 25. Rg4 Rbf8 26. Rh2 g5 27. Nb3 Kc8 28.
Nc5 Bxc5 29. Qxc5 d4 30. Qxb5 dxe3 31. Qa6+ Kd7 32. fxe3 Rf1 33. Rc4 Nd5 34.
Re2 R8f3 35. b5 Nce7 36. Kd2 Nb6 37. Rc3 Qd5 38. Qa7 Nc4+ 39. Kc2 Nc8 40. Qb8 {
Eine wilde Stellung. Schwarz öffnet nun die d-Line - für den Gegner.} e4 $2
41. Rd2 $18 Rxd1 {Eine Ausrede, die nicht mehr reicht:} (41... Nxd2 {geht
nicht:} 42. Rxc7+ Kd6 43. Rg7+ Kc5 44. Qxc8+ Kb6 45. Qa6+ Kc5 46. Rc7+) 42.
Rxd1 Nxe3+ 43. Kb1 Qd6 44. Rdc1 Nd5 45. Rc6 Qh2 46. R6c2 Qf4 47. dxe4 Qxe4 48.
Ka1 Nce7 49. Qb7 Re3 50. b6 Re1 51. bxc7 Rxc1+ 52. Rxc1 Nc8 53. Rd1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Rb1 e5 8. b4
Be6 9. d3 h6 10. b5 Ne7 11. a4 Qd7 12. Ba3 Rfe8 13. Nd2 Rab8 14. a5 b6 15. Nde4
Nh7 16. axb6 axb6 17. Bb2 f5 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Ra1 d5 20. cxd5 Nexd5 21. Nxd5
Bxd5 22. Bxd5+ Qxd5 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. Nxb3 e4 25. dxe4 Rxe4 26. Nd4 Ne8 27. e3
Nd6 28. Rab1 Nc4 29. Rfc1 Nd2 30. Ra1 Bxd4 31. Bxd4 Nb3 32. Rxc7 Nxa1 33. Bxa1
Ra8 34. Bd4 Re6 35. Rg7+ Kf8 36. Rh7 Ra5 37. Rxh6 Rxb5 38. h4 Kf7 39. Rh7+ Ke8
40. Kg2 Kd8 41. h5 gxh5 42. Rxh5 Kd7 43. g4 Rg6 44. g5 Ke6 45. Rh6 Kf7 46. Rh7+
Kg8 47. Rh8+ Kf7 48. f4 Rb1 49. Rc8 b5 50. Rc5 Ra6 51. Rxf5+ Kg6 52. Rd5 b4 53.
Kf3 Rf1+ 54. Ke4 Re6+ 55. Kd3 b3 56. Rb5 Kh5 57. Rxb3 Rd1+ 58. Kc4 Kg4 59. Kd5
Re8 60. g6 Kf5 61. g7 Rd8+ 62. Kc4 Ke4 63. Rb5 Rc8+ 64. Rc5 Rc1+ 65. Kb3 Rb8+
66. Ka2 Rg1 67. f5 Kd3 68. Rc3+ Ke4 69. f6 Rf1 70. Rc7 Ra8+ 71. Ra7 Rc8 72. f7
Kd3 73. g8=Q Rc2+ 74. Ka3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1
Rc8 9. a4 b4 10. a5 e6 11. d3 bxc3 12. bxc3 Be7 13. h3 O-O 14. Bf4 Bc6 15. Nbd2
Bb5 16. Bh2 Re8 17. Bb3 Bxd3 18. c4 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. e5 c4 21. Bc2 Ne4 22.
Bxd3 cxd3 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Nc5 25. Rd4 Qc7 26. e6 Qb7 27. Rb1 Qa8 28.
exf7+ Kxf7 29. Ne5+ Kg8 30. Rxd3 Bf6 31. Re3 Rcd8 32. Qe2 Qd5 33. Ng4 Rxe3 34.
Nxf6+ gxf6 35. Qxe3 Qd1+ 36. Qe1 Qxe1+ 37. Rxe1 Kf7 38. Bc7 Rd5 39. Rb1 Ne6 40.
Bb6 Nc5 41. Kf1 Nb7 42. Ra1 h5 43. g3 Kg6 44. Kg2 Rb5 45. Ra4 Kf7 46. Kf3 Rb3+
47. Kg2 Rb5 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 Kg7 50. f4 Kf7 51. f5 Rd5 52. Kg3 Kg7 53. Kh4
Nd6 54. Rb4 Nb7 55. Rc4 Nxa5 56. Rc7+ Kg8 57. Kh5 Nb3 58. Kg6 Kf8 59. Rc3 Rb5
60. Be3 Ke7 61. Rc6 Re5 62. Rc3 Rb5 63. Rc7+ Kd6 64. Bf4+ Kd5 65. Kxf6 a5 66.
Ra7 Nd4 67. Kg6 Ke4 68. Bh2 Kf3 69. Rd7 Nc6 70. g5 a4 71. f6 Rb6 72. Kg7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Rb1 e5 8. b4
Be6 9. d3 h6 10. Nd2 Qc8 11. b5 Ne7 12. a4 Bh3 13. Bb2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Kh7 15.
Nf3 c5 16. bxc6 Qxc6 17. Qb3 g5 18. e4 Nd7 19. Ba3 b6 20. Qb5 Nc5 21. Rfd1 f5
22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. a5 Qf6 24. Ne1 f4 25. Rd2 Nc6 26. Nd5 Qd6 27. axb6 axb6 28.
Qb2 Rab8 29. f3 h5 30. Nc2 g4 31. Rf1 Qg6 32. Rdf2 Rf7 33. Qc1 Bh6 34. Qd1 Rg8
35. fxg4 hxg4 36. gxf4 g3 37. hxg3 Qxg3+ 38. Kh1 Rg4 39. Rh2 Rh4 40. Qe2 Rxh2+
41. Qxh2 Qxd3 42. Re1 exf4 43. Qh5 Ne5 44. Rg1 Qf3+ 45. Qxf3 Nxf3 46. Rd1 Ne5
47. Nxb6 f3 48. Kg1 Ng4 49. Nd5 Bf4 50. Nxf4 Rxf4 51. Rd7+ Kg6 52. Rd6+ Kg5 53.
Rd5+ Kh4 54. Kf1 Kg3 55. Ne1 Ne3+ 56. Kg1 f2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ ({It is interesting to compare the
following line with that played in the game:} 4... Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7
7. Nc3 dxc4 8. e4 c5 {With the bishop on c1 instead of d2, White has} 9. d5 $1
exd5 10. e5 $1 $36) 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nc3 dxc4 ({Earlier
this year Adams preferred the solid but somewhat passive} 8... c6 {Wojtaszek,R
(2733)-Adams,M (2740) Biel 2015 CBM 168 [Ftacnik,L] (1/2-1/2, 46)}) 9. e4 c5 (
9... c6 10. Bf4 {transposes to a completely different line, usually arising
via the 5.g3 Semislav as in Dubov,D (2629)-Dreev,A (2649) Moscow 2014 CBM 164 
[Pavlovic,M] (1-0, 41)}) 10. Bf4 ({Premature action in the centre does not pay
off:} 10. e5 Nd5 11. Qe2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 b5 $15 {Jacobsen,B (2375)-Azarov,S 
(2621) Rijeka 2010 (0-1, 22)}) ({Or if} 10. d5 exd5 11. e5 Ne4 {the d2-bishop
is hanging, eliminating thus the dangers for the e4-knight after} 12. Nxd5 Nxd2
) 10... Nb6 (10... cxd4 11. Qxd4 {Activates White's play:} Nc5 (11... e5 12.
Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Be6 14. Nd5 $14 {Nguyen,A (2484)-Csom,I (2472) Budapest
1999 (0-1, 29)}) (11... Nb6 {Ragozin,V-Budo,A Leningrad 1936 (1-0, 41)} 12.
Qxd8 Rxd8 13. a4) 12. Qxc4 Qd3 {Ragozin,V-Levenfish,G Leningrad 1936 (½-½,
30). As we see, there was some activity in this line almost 80 years ago!!} 13.
Ne5 $1 Qxc4 14. Nxc4 Nd3 15. e5 Nd7 16. Rfd1 Nxf4 17. gxf4 $16) 11. a4 {
[%csl Gb6][%cal Ga4a5]} cxd4 (11... a5 {[%csl Gb5,Gb6]} 12. Nb5 {[%cal Gf4c7]}
Ne8 13. Be3 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 $36) 12. Nxd4 Bc5 $1 $146 ({Clearly an
improvement over the passive} 12... a6 13. a5 Nbd7 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bxd5 {
Giving up the bishop will backfire despite some temporary initiative.} (15.
Nxd5 $1 exd5 16. Nf5 Nc5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qxd5 $14) 15... exd5 16. Nf5 Nc5
17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nxd5 Qd8 19. Nb6 Bh3 20. Nxa8 $2 Qxa8 21. Qh5 (21. Re1 b5
22. f3 Nd3 $17) 21... Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qc8 $15 {1/2-1/2 (29) Sorokin,M (2400)
-Pigusov,E (2530) Voronezh 1988}) 13. Ndb5 Qxd1 $1 {A precise move forcing
White into committing one of his rooks.} (13... a6 14. Nc7 Ra7 15. a5 Nbd7 16.
e5 Ne8 17. Nxe8 Rxe8 18. Ne4 $36) 14. Raxd1 (14. Rfxd1 {[%csl Gf2]} e5 $1 {
[%cal Gc8g4]} (14... Bd7 15. a5 $16) 15. Bxe5 Bxf2+ $1) 14... Bd7 15. Nc7 $2 {
This will eventually yield White an advantage but it could have led to the
opposite had Black defended correctly.} (15. a5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Na4 $132) 15...
Rac8 $2 {There was no need to attack the knight.} ({It was essential to defend
the d7-bishop:} 15... Rad8 $1 {[%csl Gd7]} 16. a5 Na4 17. e5 Ng4 $17) 16. a5
Na4 (16... Na8 $6 {is too passive:} 17. Nxa8 e5 (17... Rxa8 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5
exd5 20. Rxd5 $18) 18. Bxe5 Bg4 (18... Rxa8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rxd7 $18) 19. Rd2
Rxa8 20. h3 Be6 21. Rfd1 $16) 17. e5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Nd5 (18... Rxc7 19. exf6 $18
{[%csl Gd7]}) 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bxd5 $14 {White is better centralised and his
majority is more mobile than Black's.} Bc6 (20... b6 $14) 21. Bxc6 ({White
could have safely taken the pawn with} 21. Bxc4 $5) 21... Rxc6 22. Rd7 Ra6 $6 {
Taking the rook too far from the kingside.} (22... b5 23. axb6 Bxb6 24. Rfd1
$14) 23. Rxb7 Rxa5 24. e6 $2 {This is a thematic idea, weakening the seventh
rank, but the last move is premature.} (24. Rd1 $1 Ra2 (24... Ra8 {does not
work as in the line below since after} 25. Rdd7 {the f7-pawn is hanging.}) 25.
e6 fxe6 26. Rdd7 $16) 24... g5 ({A simpler way was} 24... fxe6 25. Rd1 Ra8 26.
Rdd7 Bf8 $13 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Ga7a1]}) 25. Bxg5 fxe6 26. Bf4 Rf7 $6 {Allowing
White to defend his only weak spot, the f2-pawn.} (26... Ra2 $11 {would have
left White short of active plans.}) 27. Rb8+ Rf8 28. Rb2 $1 Ra3 29. Be5 $14 {
White's position is not only better but also easier to play. He has the better
structure and safer king.} Rb3 30. Re2 Rb5 31. Bf4 Kf7 32. Rd1 Rb7 33. Rde1 Rb6
34. Kg2 Rc8 35. Re4 Rb2 36. Be3 Bxe3 37. R1xe3 $16 {White has activated his
reserve rook making the aforementioned trumps even more relevant.} Rc5 (37...
Rc6 38. Rh4 Kg7 39. Rg4+ Kf6 40. Rf4+ Kg6 41. Ref3 $36) 38. Rxe6 Rf5 39. Re7+ (
{The simple} 39. Re2 {was also possible.}) 39... Kf8 40. Re8+ Kf7 41. R3e7+ Kg6
(41... Kf6 42. Rf8+) 42. Rg8+ Kf6 43. Rf8+ Kxe7 44. Rxf5 {After the exchange
of one rook, White wins with relative ease.} Kd6 45. Ra5 Rb7 46. g4 Kc6 47. Ra4
Kc5 48. h4 Rd7 49. g5 Kb5 50. Rb4+ Kc5 51. Rb8 a5 52. Ra8 Kb6 53. h5 Rd3 54. h6
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Ne2 b6 12. Rd1 Ba6 13. Nf4 Bb7 14. a4
Be7 15. e6 Bd6 16. exf7+ Kxf7 17. Ng5+ Kf6 18. Ne4+ Kf7 19. Ng5+ Kf6 20. Ne4+
Kf7 21. a5 c5 22. Nxd6+ cxd6 23. c4 Ba6 24. b3 b5 25. cxb5 Bxb5 26. b4 cxb4 27.
Rb1 Rac8 28. Rxb4 Rc5 29. Bb2 Bc6 30. a6 Ra5 31. Ne2 Re8 32. Nd4 Nxd4 33. Rbxd4
Rg5 34. Rf4+ Kg8 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Re4 37. Rxe4 Bxe4 38. Rxd6 Rxg4+ 39. Kf1
Rg6 40. Rd7 Rxa6 41. Rxg7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[Annotator "Eljanov,P"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 $5 {A pretty rare move
nowadays although very logical in my view: White puts pressure along the
c-file and interferes with the typical play c7-c5.} ({My opponent had been
playing this line with success with White:} 12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxd8 (
{also in Baku Giri beat Leko in nice technical manner} 14. Nbd2 Bc6 15. Ne5
Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Be7 17. Rc1 Nbd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Nf3 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 $14 {
1-0 (46) Giri,A (2793)-Leko,P. This one reminded me of the other game which
was played in 1980 in Amsterdam (before Anish was born), Ribli-Karpov. I was
not yet born in 1980 either but thanks to chess books I found out this
exemplary game won by the Hungarian grandmaster.}) 14... Rxd8 15. Nbd2 Bc6 16.
Nb3 Be7 17. Na5 h6 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Bf4 Nd5 21. Ne5 g5 $6 (21...
Nxf4 22. gxf4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nd7 $11) 22. Bd2 Bf6 23. Nd3 $14 {1-0 (43)
Nakamura,H (2814)-Anand,V (2816) Saint Louis 2015}) 12... h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14.
Rd1 a5 15. Nbd2 Bh7 $146 {A very logical novelty - Black simply does not want
to give up his bishop.} ({Probably more principled is} 15... Bxf3 {because now
we get a very typical structure for this line. In the last round of the super
tournament in Biel this year I played an identical structure with Adams. I
lost but because of rook blunders not an opening outcome (I was clearly better
all along).} 16. Bxf3 c6 17. Nc4 Nd7 18. Qd2 Be7 19. h4 Bb4 20. Qc2 Nb6 21. Ne5
Bd6 22. Nd3 Nd5 23. e4 Nb4 24. Qe2 Qe7 (24... Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Qe7 $11) 25. e5 Bc7
26. Nf4 Rad8 27. Qe4 Bb6 28. Nh5 Nd5 29. Ra3 f6 30. Rb3 fxe5 31. dxe5 Qf7 32.
Qg4 Kh8 $2 (32... Nb4 $13) 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxb6 Rxe5 35. Nf4 $18 {1-0 (50)
Sasikiran,K (2682)-Svetushkin,D (2592) Moscow 2015}) 16. Nb3 c6 17. Qc3 {
I have to put pressure on the a5-pawn. Otherwise the black knight will be
transferred to b4 and secure Black from any trouble.} Be7 18. Nc5 Qc7 19. Ne5
Na6 20. Nxb7 $1 {The only way to fight for an advantage.} Qxb7 21. Bxc6 Qc7 $2
{This looks like the only serious mistake by Black in this game. After a long
think Hikaru didn't find the correct way.} (21... Qa7 22. Bxa8 Bb4 $1 {an
important intermediate move. I believed that White still has a way to the edge
but analysis shows that Black is able to establish an exact defensive plan.}
23. Qf3 Qxa8 (23... Rxa8 $4 24. Nc6) 24. Qxa8 Rxa8 25. Rac1 Be4 $1 {It is very
important to transfer the bishop to the defence of the queenside} 26. Nc6 (26.
f3 Bd5 27. Nc4 Rd8 28. Kf2 f5 $132) 26... Bd5 27. Nxb4 Nxb4 28. Rc3 Bc6 29. Rc5
Kf8 30. Rdc1 Ra6 $132 {and now it's unlikely that White can break through such
a strong defence.}) 22. Bxa8 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Rxa8 24. Nc6 $1 Bd8 25. Nxd8 Rxd8
26. f3 $1 {Now apart from the fact that White has a more flexible pawn
structure the black bishop has lost all prospects. White does not have access
to the b-file but this factor is not so important and in the game I slowly
managed to regroup and grab the file.} Rc8 27. Ra3 Bg6 ({Difficult to advise
something concrete. It is logical to bring the king:} 27... Kf8 28. Kf2 Ke7 {
but I'm not forced to hurry and am able to strengthen the position on the
kingside first} 29. g4 $1 (29. Rd2 Rb8 30. Raa2 Rb3 31. Rab2 Rxc3 32. Rb5 Bc2
33. Rxa5 Nc7) 29... Nc7 30. e4 Rb8 31. h4 {and White has a big advantage.}) 28.
Kf2 Rb8 29. Rd2 f6 30. Raa2 $1 {Now when Black's king is far from the centre -
I have time to penetrate with success.} Rb3 31. Rab2 Rxc3 32. Rb5 Bc2 33. Rxa5
Nc7 34. Ra7 f5 (34... Kf8 35. a5 Ba4 (35... Ke8 36. Rb7 Kd8 37. d5 exd5 38. a6
Nxa6 39. Rxd5+ Kc8 40. Rxg7 $18) 36. Rb7 Bb5 37. e4 Ba6 38. Rb6 $18) 35. a5 Kh7
36. Rb7 Rc4 37. Rb6 Ba4 38. a6 Bc6 39. a7 Bd5 40. Ra2 Rxd4 41. Rc2 Na8 42. Ra6
{Black managed to get a foothold on the last line of defence. But as a rule
such positions are indefensible and I was able to prove it in practice.} Rd1
43. h4 $1 {Typical play on the principle of two weaknesses. Black should
prevent 44.h5 but at the same time also other ways are bad.} h5 (43... Kg6 44.
Rc8 Bb7 (44... Kf6 45. Rd8 Ke7 46. Rad6 Nb6 47. a8=Q Nxa8 48. R6d7+ Kf6 49.
Rxa8 $18) 45. Rxe6+ Kf7 46. Rce8 $18) (43... g5 44. h5 Kg7 45. Rb2 $18) 44. Ke3
Rg1 45. Kf4 Rg2 46. Rd6 Rg1 47. Rc8 Ra1 48. Kg5 ({Another way was also fine:} 
48. Rxd5 exd5 (48... Nb6 49. a8=Q $18) 49. Rxa8 Kg6 50. Ke5 Ra5 51. e3 Kh7 52.
Kd6 Kg6 53. Kc6 Ra1 54. Kxd5 $18) 48... Rxa7 49. Rdd8 g6 50. Rh8+ ({Of course
it would be nicer to finish the game with mate in 4 but I honestly did not
even consider alternatives to 50.Rh8.} 50. Kf6 $1 Kh6 51. Rh8+ Rh7 52. Rcg8
Rxh8 53. Rxh8# {the game continuation promises about +5 computer units. Which
is also good.}) 50... Kg7 51. Rcg8+ Kf7 52. Rxg6 Ra6 53. Rh7+ Kf8 54. Kxh5 Nb6
55. Kg5 Nc4 56. h5 Nd6 57. Rf6+ Kg8 58. Rd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Qa4 Rc8 12. d3 O-O 13. Be3 Rfd8 14. Rac1
b6 15. Rfd1 h6 16. h3 Ne8 17. Nb5 Bf6 18. b3 Nd6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6
21. Qg4 Kf8 22. Rc4 Qd5 23. Rdc1 h5 24. Qf4 Bb2 25. R1c2 Be5 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27.
Rxe4 Bd6 28. Rh4 g6 29. Rhc4 Rb8 30. d4 cxd4 31. Rxd4 Ke8 32. Kg2 Rb7 33. Rdc4
Ke7 34. Bg5+ f6 35. Be3 Rdd7 36. Rc8 Rd8 37. R8c4 Rdd7 38. Ra4 Rbc7 39. Rxc7
Rxc7 40. h4 e5 41. f4 Ke6 42. fxe5 Bxe5 43. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gauri, Shankar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. a3 Be6 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Ne8 13. Ne2 Bf6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Nf4 Nc7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. a4 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Ne6 20. Nxe6 fxe6
21. Bg2 Qd4 22. Qe2 Rf6 23. b5 Na5 24. Qd3 Qxd3 25. cxd3 Nb3 26. Ra2 Rc8 27.
Re1 g5 28. Rb1 Nd4 29. Rb4 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Nc2 31. Rg4 h6 32. f3 Kf7 33. h4 Ne3
34. Rb4 Rd1 35. Rb3 gxh4 36. g4 d4 37. Re2 e5 38. a5 Rf4 39. a6 b6 40. Ra3 Kf6
41. Rb3 Kg5 42. Rf2 Nxg4+ 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gurevich, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 c5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Be7 8. Nc3
d6 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Rfd1 Nc6 11. Qf4 Qb8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rxd6 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2
15. Nc2 Bb7 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. R6d3 Qc6 18. f3 Qc5+ 19. Kg2 e5 20. Qf5 Qxc4 21.
Ne3 Qc8 22. Rd7 Bc6 23. Ncd5 Bd8 24. Ne7+ Bxe7 25. Rxe7 Qa6 26. Kf2 Rae8 27.
Qxe5 Rxe7 28. Qxe7 h6 29. Rd8 Rxd8 30. Qxd8+ Kh7 31. Qc7 Qb7 32. Qxb7 Bxb7 33.
Nf5 Kg6 34. e4 Kf6 35. Ke3 Bc8 36. Nd6 Bd7 37. Kd4 Ke6 38. Nf5 Kf6 39. Ne3 Ke6
40. g4 g6 41. h4 Bb5 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 Kd6 44. f4 Be2 45. a3 Ke6 46. f5+
gxf5 47. exf5+ Kd6 48. Nc4+ Ke7 49. Ne5 Bb5 50. Ng4 Be2 51. Nf6 Bd1 52. Ke5 Bc2
53. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popilski, Gil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 dxe4 4. fxe4 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O
Ngf6 9. a4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Qc2 exd4 13. cxd4 Bxf3 14. Rxf3 Nb6
15. e5 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 b5 17. Qc3 Bb6 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Qb3 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Rb8 21.
Qc4 Qd7 22. Bf2 g6 23. Be4 f5 24. Bc2 Kg7 25. Rfa3 a5 26. Kh1 Bc7 27. Qa2 Nb4
28. Qc4 Nd5 29. Qa2 Nb4 30. Qc4 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. b4 e4 10. Nxe4 Bf5 11. Qc2 Bxb4 12. a3 Bd6 13. e3 h6 14. Nh4 Bh7 15.
f4 Be7 16. f5 Ne5 17. Bb2 f6 18. a4 Nec4 19. Bd4 a5 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Rf7
22. Bxb6 Nxb6 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Bc6 Qd6 25. Rf4 Kh8 26. Rd4 Qa3 27. Qc3 Qxc3 28.
dxc3 Re7 29. Rbd1 Rf7 30. c4 Rff8 31. c5 Nc8 32. Rd7 Na7 33. Bg2 Rbc8 34. Ng6+
Bxg6 35. fxg6 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stukopin, Andrey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Nge2
h5 9. f3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bd7 11. Qd2 Be7 12. g4 h4 13. g3 c5 14. gxh4 Nc6 15. Qe3
Qb8 16. O-O-O cxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 19. h5 a6 20. Bd3 Bc5 21. Nce2
O-O-O 22. c3 Rdg8 23. Bc2 Rh6 24. Rhe1 Rf6 25. Ng1 Nc6 26. Rf1 Kc7 27. Kb1 Ne5
28. a4 Kd8 29. b3 Ke7 30. Nge2 b5 31. b4 Bxd4 32. Nxd4 bxa4 33. Rde1 Kd6 34.
Kb2 Bb5 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. Qc2
f5 9. h3 c6 10. Bd3 b6 11. cxb6 axb6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Ne2 Bf6 14. a4 Qe7 15. Qb3
Rfc8 16. Rfc1 c5 17. Bb5 c4 18. Qc2 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2
Rcc8 22. Nc3 Bg5 23. Bh2 Nf6 24. f3 Ne8 25. Qe2 Nd6 26. Kh1 Bf6 27. Rf1 Qd7 28.
Rad1 Rf8 29. g4 g6 30. Qg2 Bg7 31. Be5 Rad8 32. Qg3 Qe7 33. Bxg7 Qxg7 34. Kg2
Nb7 35. Ne2 Ra8 36. Ra1 Qd7 37. Nf4 Na5 38. Kh1 Nb3 39. Rad1 Rxa4 40. Rg1 Qe8
41. Qh4 Ra7 42. Qh6 Rg7 43. Nh5 Ra7 44. Nf4 Rg7 45. Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Be3 Ng4 9. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op playoff final"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.10.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e5 8.
O-O Bc5 9. e3 a5 10. e4 O-O 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Bg2 a4 13. a3 Qb6 14. Kh1 Qa6 15.
Qf3 Nf8 16. b4 axb3 17. Nxb3 dxe4 18. dxe4 Ne6 19. Bb2 Bd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21.
Bxd4 exd4 22. Rfe1 Qa4 23. Qd3 Nd7 24. Qd2 Nc5 25. Qb4 Ra5 26. Rad1 Qxa3 27.
Qxd4 Qa4 28. Qc3 Qa3 29. Qd4 Qa4 30. Qc3 Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op playoff final"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2015.10.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O g6 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5
Qd5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Re1 d3 11. Bxc6+ Qxc6 12. Qxd3 Qd6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Nc3 Be6
15. Qf3 Nd5 16. Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op playoff final"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.10.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bb5 Be7 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. Be3 Na5 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Ng3 a6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Nc4 15. Bc1 f6 16. b3 Nb6 17. e6 Qd6 18. Re1 g6 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. f4 Kh8 21. f5
g5 22. Nh5 Rg8 23. h4 g4 24. Rf1 Qd8 25. Qe2 Qe8 26. Nf4 Bd6 27. Rae1 c6 28. e7
Nc8 29. Qe6 Bxe7 30. h5 b5 31. Ng6+ hxg6 32. hxg6 Ra7 33. Kf2 g3+ 34. Kf3 Rxg6
35. fxg6 Qxg6 36. Qxc8+ Kh7 37. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op playoff-B"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Qc2 d4 7. e3 Nc6 8. a3 a5
9. d3 e5 10. exd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Be3 Qg4 13. Nc3 Qh5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
cxd5 Bd6 16. Bc5 Bh3 17. Bxd6 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 cxd6 19. Qc7 Qg6 20. Rad1 b5 21.
Qb6 b4 22. axb4 Rfb8 23. Qc6 Rc8 24. Qa4 Qg4 25. d4 Qe4+ 26. Kg1 Qxd5 27. dxe5
Qxe5 28. Rfe1 axb4 29. Rxe5 Rxa4 30. Rxd6 g6 31. Rb6 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Rc2 33. b3
Raa2 34. Rf6 Kg7 35. Rf4 f5 36. Re7+ Kf6 37. Rxh7 Rab2 38. Rb7 Rxb3 39. Rb6+
Kf7 40. h4 Rc5 41. Rd4 Rc7 42. Rdd6 Rb2 43. Rxg6 Rc5 44. h5 f4 45. h6 fxg3 46.
Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op playoff-B"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. d3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. e4 d6 7. h3 Rb8 8. a4 a6
9. Nc3 b5 10. axb5 axb5 11. Be3 b4 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Qd2 Ra8 14. Bh6 O-O 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Rab1 Ra2 17. Nh4 Qb6 18. g4 c4 19. d4 Qa5 20. c3 bxc3 21. Nxc3 Qb4 22.
e5 Ng8 23. d5 Nxe5 24. Qd4 Rxb2 25. Rxb2 Qxb2 26. Rb1 Qa3 27. f4 f6 28. Rxb7
Nd3 29. Nf3 Ra8 30. Kh2 Nxf4 31. g5 Nh5 32. gxf6+ Nhxf6 33. Rb1 Nh6 34. Qxc4
Nf5 35. Nd4 Ne3 36. Qb4 Qxb4 37. Rxb4 Rc8 38. Nc6 Nxg2 39. Kxg2 Nxd5 40. Nxd5
Rxc6 41. Rb7 Rc5 42. Nf4 Kf7 43. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op playoff-B"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2015.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. Bf4 Qb6 4. b3 Nf6 5. e3 Nh5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nd7 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. Qxh5 Ng4 10. Bg3 g6 11. Qh4 Bg7 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op playoff-B m"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2015.10.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bg3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 b6 8. Bb5
Qc7 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Ne5 Bd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Qa4 Rc8 13. O-O O-O 14. Rad1 Nf6
15. h3 Ne7 16. Ba6 Rcd8 17. Bd3 Qc7 18. Nf3 Ne8 19. b4 c4 20. Bb1 Nd6 21. Qc2
g6 22. a4 f6 23. Qe2 b5 24. a5 Kg7 25. Rfe1 Ne4 26. Rc1 Qc6 27. Nh2 Nd6 28. Nf3
a6 29. e4 dxe4 30. Bxe4 Nd5 31. Bb1 Rde8 32. Qd2 Re7 33. Nh2 Nf7 34. Re2 Qd6
35. Rce1 Rfe8 36. Nf3 Qf4 37. Qb2 Ng5 38. Nxg5 Qxg5 39. Be4 Nf4 40. Re3 f5 41.
Rg3 Qf6 42. Bb1 Nd5 43. Re5 Qh4 44. Rf3 Nf6 45. Qd2 Qh6 46. Qe1 Nd7 47. Re2 Qg5
48. g3 e5 49. Rfe3 e4 50. h4 Qh6 51. f3 Nf6 52. g4 Nd5 53. g5 Qh5 54. fxe4 Nxe3
55. Rxe3 fxe4 56. Bc2 Qg4+ 57. Kh2 Qf4+ 58. Kg2 Qg4+ 59. Kh2 Rf8 60. Bd1 Qf4+
61. Kg2 Ref7 62. Rxe4 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op playoff-B m"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.10.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 a6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bd3 e6 8. Rc1
Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. Na4 Nb4 13. Bb1 Bxa4 14. Qxa4 Rfc8
15. Ne5 b5 16. Qa5 Ne8 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. a3 f6 19. axb4 fxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21.
Qxa6 Nd6 22. Bd3 Kf7 23. Bxb5 Rc2 24. Bd3 Rxb2 25. b5 Rb3 26. b6 Qb2 27. Qa7+
Kf6 28. Qc7 Nf7 29. Bxh7 Rxb6 30. Bg8 Nd6 31. Qd8+ Kg6 32. Bxe6 d4 33. exd4
Qxd4 34. Bg4 Rb2 35. Bf3 Qe5 36. Qc7 Rd2 37. Qc1 Qd4 38. Qa1 Qc5 39. Qc1 Qd4
40. Qa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op KO"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2015.10.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Nf5
d5 15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. Qd1 Nd6 18. c3 Bg5 19. d4 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc7
21. Bd3 Re7 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op KO"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2015.10.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bd6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nce7 11. Bg5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 h6 13. Bh4 Qc7 14. c4 b6
15. Be4 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qb3 Nf5 18. Bg3 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Bxd6 Rxd6
21. c5 Rd5 22. Rab1 Qa6 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Qxb6 Qxa2 25. Rd2 Rc2 26. Rxc2 Qxc2
27. Re1 Qc8 28. h3 Rd6 29. Qb4 Qd8 30. Rd1 Rd5 31. Rd2 Qc7 32. Qb1 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op KO"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.10.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Bf6 14. d4 d5
15. cxd5 cxd5 16. g3 Be6 17. Bg2 Qb6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd4 20. Be3 Bxe3
21. Rxe3 Rd8 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. Bxb3 Nd6 24. Rd1 Nc8 25. Rc1 Rd7 26. Ba4 Rd4 27.
Bb3 Rd7 28. Rec3 Nb6 29. Rc7 Rfd8 30. a4 Kf8 31. a5 Nd5 32. Bxd5 Rxc7 33. Rxc7
Rxd5 34. Rxb7 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op KO"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2015.10.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nb5 d6 8. Bg5
a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. N5c3 f5 11. O-O Bg7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nc4 Nd4 14. Nd5 fxe4
15. Ncb6 Be6 16. c3 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Nf3+ 18. Bxf3 exf3 19. Qxf3 f5 20. Rad1 Kh8
21. Rd2 e4 22. Qh5 Be5 23. Ne3 Qc8 24. Nd5 Qd8 25. f4 exf3 26. Rxf3 Qd7 27. Nb6
Qe8 28. Qxe8 Raxe8 29. Rdf2 Bg7 30. Rxf5 Rxf5 31. Rxf5 Re2 32. Rf2 Re1+ 33. Kg2
Kg8 34. Rd2 Be5 35. Nc4 Kf7 36. Nxe5+ Rxe5 37. Kf3 Rb5 38. b4 Ke6 39. Rd4 h5
40. Ke3 Rg5 41. Re4+ Kd5 42. a4 b5 43. axb5 axb5 44. Rd4+ Ke6 45. Rh4 Kd5 46.
Kd3 Rf5 47. Rf4 Rg5 48. c4+ Kc6 49. cxb5+ Kxb5 50. Rd4 Kc6 51. Ke3 Rf5 52. h3
Rf1 53. Rh4 Rf5 54. Rc4+ Kd5 55. Rf4 Rg5 56. Kf3 Ke6 57. Re4+ Kf6 58. g4 hxg4+
59. hxg4 Rd5 60. Ke3 Rd1 61. Rd4 Rb1 62. Rxd6+ Ke5 63. Rb6 Rb3+ 64. Kd2 Kd4 65.
Kc2 Rg3 66. Rc6 Rxg4 67. Kb3 Kd5 68. Ra6 Rg1 69. Ka4 Kc4 70. Rc6+ Kd5 71. Rc8
Kd6 72. Ka5 Kd7 73. Rc2 Rg8 74. b5 Rb8 75. Ka6 Kd6 76. b6 Ra8+ 77. Kb7 Ra1 78.
Rd2+ Ke7 79. Kb8 Rb1 80. b7 Ke6 81. Ra2 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op KO"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.10.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Qb3 c6 7. e3 Qe7 8. Nbd2
Qb4 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. a3 Qa5 11. Be2 dxc4 12. O-O Be7 13. Nxc4 Qc7 14. b4 O-O 15.
Rac1 Rd8 16. Qb3 a6 17. Bd3 Nf6 18. Bb1 Bd7 19. e4 Be8 20. e5 Nh7 {
Normalerweise schützt ein Springer das Feld h7 und stellt sich dort nicht
selber als Ziel auf.} (20... Nd5 21. Qd3 g6 22. Qd2 $14) 21. Qe3 b6 22. Rfd1 a5
{[#]} (22... Rab8 $14) 23. d5 {Angriff auf den Bauern b6.} Rxd5 (23... exd5 24.
Nxb6 $16) (23... cxd5 24. Nxb6 $16) 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Nxb6 Rd8 {[#]} 26. Nxd5 {
Ein Unglück kommt selten allein.} Qb7 (26... Rxd5 27. Qe4 Nf8 28. Qxd5 $18)
27. Nxe7+ Qxe7 28. bxa5 {Der Rest ist leicht.} Ra8 29. a6 Nf8 (29... Rxa6 $2
30. Bxh7+ $18) 30. Bd3 Ne6 31. Nd4 Nxd4 32. Qxd4 Rd8 33. Qc3 c5 34. Bf1 Rd5 35.
Qa5 Bc6 36. a7 Ba8 37. Rb1 Kh7 38. Rb8 c4 39. Qa6 Rd2 40. Rxa8 Qc5 41. Rh8+
Kxh8 42. a8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas Millionaire op KO"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.10.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. O-O Bc6 8.
Rd1 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Rc8 10. Nc3 b5 11. d3 a6 12. e4 Be7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. a4 Qb6 15.
Qe2 Qb7 16. Nd2 Bd8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nb3 Bb6 19. Bd6 Rfe8 20. Na5 Bxa5 21.
Rxa5 b4 22. Nb1 Qb6 23. Ra1 e5 24. f4 c4+ 25. Qf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 cxd3 27. Nd2
Ng4+ 28. Kg1 Ne3 29. Rdc1 Nxg2 30. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.19"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zuerich SG"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 b6 11. bxa5 Nh5 (11... Rxa5 12. Bb4 Ra8 13. a4 Ne8 {
is another main line.}) 12. Nd2 Nf4 {In this position which has been seen in
already eleven games, Pelletier comes up with an interesting novelty.} 13. axb6
$5 $146 {Sacrificing a piece in order to open up lines on the queenside and
win some pawns. What is the objective evaluation of this sacrifice? Let's try
to analyse it as the game progresses.} Rxa3 14. Nb5 Ra5 $6 (14... Ra8 {is the
improvement for Black so that later Nb3 doesn't win a tempo as there is no
rook on a5. But the position is far from clear.} 15. Nxc7 (15. bxc7 Qd7 16. a4
Ba6 17. g3 (17. Nb3 {and here there is no rook on a5 and hence Black is better.
} Bxb5 18. cxb5 Qxc7 $17) 17... Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Bxb5 19. cxb5 Qxc7 20. Rfc1 Qd8
(20... Qa7 21. a5 $44) 21. Nc4 $44 {White has pretty decent compensation.})
15... Rb8 16. c5 dxc5 17. Nc4 Rxb6 18. Nxb6 Qxc7 19. Rb1 Rd8 $15 {Black cannot
be worse and can even claim an edge here.}) 15. bxc7 (15. Nxc7 $2 Bd7 $1 16.
Bf3 (16. Nb3 Ra4 17. c5 Rxe4 18. Bf3 Ra4 19. cxd6 (19. c6 Bf5 $19) 19... Nc8
$19) 16... Nc8 17. Qb3 Nxb6 18. Qxb6 Rc5 $1 19. Qxd6 Qxc7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 $17)
15... Qd7 16. a4 {Somehow it is much easier to play as White. He has to just
go Nb3 and keep pushing his pawns.} Ba6 17. Nb3 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Qxc7 (18... Raa8
19. b6 $18 {[%csl Gb6,Gc7] and with a5 coming up, it would have been a
complete massacre!}) 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. g3 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 {Although Black has
two pieces for the rook I already like White's position as his two queenside
pawns combined with the open c-file for the rook should be good enough for a
clear advantage.} Bh6 {Controlling the crucial c1-square.} 22. Rfb1 Rb8 23. b6
$1 {Pelletier knows that he only has to queen one of the pawns!} Rxb6 24. Rxb6
Qxb6 25. a5 Qc5 (25... Qd4 26. Ra2 $18) 26. Ra4 (26. a6 Nc8 27. Qa2 Na7 28. Rb1
Kg7 29. Rb7 Bg5 30. Kg2 Qd4 31. Qe2 h5 32. h4 Bh6 (32... Bf6 33. Qe3 $18) 33.
Qf3 $18 {[%cal Gf3f7,Gb7f7]}) 26... Kg7 27. a6 Nc8 28. Rc4 Qb5 29. Qa2 $1 Nb6 (
29... Na7 30. Rc7 Qb6 31. Rb7 Qd4 32. Qe2 $18 {with the dangerous threat of
Qf3.}) 30. Rc6 Na4 31. a7 Qa5 32. Kg2 Qxa7 33. Rc4 Bg5 34. Qxa4 {The piece is
lost and the rest is a matter of straightforward technique.} Qb7 35. Rb4 Qc7
36. Qc6 Qa7 37. Qxd6 Be7 38. Qxe5+ {This was an excellently played game by
Yannick but I guess not many players would be ready to repeat this piece
sacrifice variation. Instead of 14...Ra5, 14...Ra8 is a clear improvement.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova"]
[BlackTeam "Modena"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Ng6 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O-O
b6 15. g4 Bb7 16. g5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 c5 19. d5 $1 Qe7 (19... Rad8 20.
Ndxe4 Qb8 21. h4 $36) 20. Ndxe4 b5 21. f3 b4 22. Na4 Rad8 $2 ({Besser war} 
22... Qe5) 23. d6 Qe5 ({Der Zwischentausch} 23... Bxe4 {scheitert nun an} 24.
dxe7 {und der Td8 ist angegriffen (sonst ginge Lc2).}) 24. d7 Re7 25. Naxc5
Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Rdxd7 27. Kb1 Nf8 28. h4 Rc7 29. Qg2 Red7 30. h5 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1
Ne6 32. f4 Qf5 {[#] Weiß zieht und gewinnt.} 33. Rd5 Qxd5 34. Nf6+ gxf6 35.
Qxd5 fxg5 36. f5 Rc5 37. Qe4 Nf8 38. h6 f6 39. Qe7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.21"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Socar"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Nce7 12. Qc2 g6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 c6 15.
c4 Ng7 16. Bh6 Bg4 17. Nfd2 Re8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nc3 Qd7 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 cxd5 22. Qb3 a6 23. g3 Be6 24. Bf1 Bf7 25. a3 h5 26. h4 Rac8 27. Bg2 Qc6
28. Nf1 f5 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Bf3 f4 31. Rd1 b5 32. Qd3 Rc8 33. Kg2 Be6 34. Re1
Qd7 35. Kg1 Rf8 36. Bg2 Bc7 37. Nd2 Qd6 38. Re5 Qd7 39. Re1 Qf7 40. Kh2 Bg4 41.
Nf3 fxg3+ 42. fxg3 Bxf3 43. Bxf3 Qxf3 44. Re7+ Kh6 45. Qxf3 Rxf3 46. Rxc7 Rf2+
47. Kh3 Rxb2 48. Ra7 b4 49. Rxa6 bxa3 50. Rxa3 Rd2 51. Ra7 Rxd4 52. Kg2 Re4 53.
Rd7 Re5 54. Kf3 Rf5+ 55. Ke3 g5 56. Rd6+ Kg7 57. hxg5 Rxg5 58. Kf4 Rg4+ 59. Kf3
d4 60. Rd5 Kg6 61. Rd6+ Kg7 62. Rd5 Kg6 63. Rd6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.22"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova"]
[BlackTeam "Alkaloid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rd1 d6 10. e4 Nbd7 11. Qe3 Qc7 12. b3 Rad8 13. Nd4 Qb8 14. Bb2 Rfe8 15.
Re1 Bf8 16. Qe2 a6 17. Rad1 Qa8 18. Nc2 Rc8 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. f3 h6 21. Qd2 Red8
22. Kh1 Qb8 23. Qe2 Re8 24. Nc2 Qa8 25. Ne3 Bc6 26. Nc2 Bb7 27. Qf2 b5 28. b4
Ncd7 29. cxb5 axb5 30. a3 Qb8 31. Nxb5 Bxe4 32. fxe4 Qxb5 33. Qe2 Qa4 34. Ne3
Ne5 35. Rd2 Nfd7 36. Qd1 Qb5 37. Qe2 Qa4 38. Qd1 Qb5 39. Rd4 Nc6 40. Rd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.23"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SHSM Legacy"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 ({Its been more than a couple of years since Nakamura
tried the English Defence in a serious game. One of his previous games went} 3.
Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. f3 Ne7 6. Bd3 f5 7. Nge2 fxe4 8. fxe4 O-O 9. Be3 {Now
before giving up his dark squared B for the N Nakamura made a nice and typical
change in the pawn structure...} e5 $1 10. d5 Na6 11. Qd2 Nc5 12. Bc2 Nc8 13.
a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nd6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A (2660)-Nakamura,H (2775)/Saint
Louis 2012/CBM 149 (41)}) ({Another encounter saw -} 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bxf3 5.
exf3 c6 6. d5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qe7 8. dxe6 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Bg2 $5
Qxe6 12. Qxe6 fxe6 13. O-O-O d5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Akobian,V (2625)-Nakamura,H 
(2775)/Saint Louis 2012/CBM 149 (30). White had the double Bs while Black had
the better pawn structure.}) 3... Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 ({Refraining from the sharp} 
4... f5) 5. Ne2 Nb4 6. O-O g6 7. Nbc3 Nxd3 8. Qxd3 Bg7 9. d5 {[%csl Rb7,Gc4,
Gd5,Ge4][%cal Ge2d4,Gc1e3,Ge3d4] Now a popular approach, this central advance
not only grabs space, but also shuts the eyes of the B on b7. Moreover White
plans to use the d4-square for his N or B soon.} d6 10. f4 Ne7 11. Be3 O-O (
11... Qd7 12. Nd4 O-O-O {looks risky in view of} 13. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5]} a5 14.
Rfb1 $40 {[%cal Gb2b4] It is clear that White is very fast in starting play
near the Black K.} (14. b4 $5 $40)) 12. Nd4 $146 (12. g4 f5 $5 13. exf5 gxf5
14. dxe6 Bc8 (14... fxg4 15. f5 $13) 15. Bd4 $1 Bxe6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ng3 $1
$16 {[%csl Rg7] 1-0 Janssen,R (2290)-Dambacher,M (2135)/Leiden 1998/EXT 2002 
(38). The Black K's vulnerability gave White a clear edge.}) (12. Ng3 Bc8 (
12... Qd7 13. f5 $1 $36 exf5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. Rxf5 $16 {[%csl
Rf7,Rh7] Black's shattered P structure on the >> gave White a typical
advantage. 1-0 Gordon,S (2521)-Shaw,J (2469)/Halifax 2008/CBM 127 Extra (36)})
13. Rae1 Bd7 14. e5 $5 exd5 15. cxd5 Nf5 16. Bf2 dxe5 17. fxe5 Re8 18. Nxf5
Bxf5 19. Qd4 $14 {with a slight edge for White due to the central Ps but Black
keeps his chances with the ^^. 1-0 Hoang Thanh Trang (2450)-Seres,L (2428)/
Budapest 1999/CBM 072 (34)}) 12... e5 13. fxe5 (13. Nf3 $5 exf4 (13... f5 14.
fxe5 dxe5 15. Ng5 $36) (13... Ba6 14. f5 $36) 14. Bxf4 Qd7 15. Qd2 $14 {
[%cal Gf4h6]}) 13... dxe5 14. Nf3 Ba6 ({Worth considering was} 14... Nc8 {
[%cal Gc8d6] /\...Nd6.}) 15. b4 (15. a4 $5 Nc8 16. a5 Nd6 $14) 15... h6 {
[%cal Gg6g5,Ge7g6] Nakamura had probably made up his mind about putting his N
on the >>.} ({Black had another opportunity to go for} 15... Nc8 $5 16. b5 Bb7
17. c5 bxc5 18. Bxc5 Nd6 $13) 16. b5 Bc8 17. c5 g5 (17... bxc5 $6 18. Bxc5 $16
{[%cal Gc5f8] prevents Black's intended N manoeuvre for a while.}) 18. Rad1 ({
The tempting} 18. d6 {does not promise much.} bxc5 {[%cal Gd8d3]} 19. Bxc5 cxd6
20. Qxd6 (20. Bxd6 $6 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Rd8 $15) 20... Ng6 $132) ({But, White had a
stronger alternative in the immediate} 18. a4 $5 {[%cal Ga4a5]} Ng6 19. a5 {
, for example} bxc5 20. Bxc5 Re8 21. Qe3 a6 22. b6 cxb6 23. axb6 Bb7 24. Nd2
$16 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gc4a5,Gd2b3,Gb3a5]}) 18... Ng6 19. a4 bxc5 ({Black could have
put his N on 'the' square with} 19... Nf4 $5 {but there isn't much to follow
it up with. For example} 20. Qc4 {[%cal Gg2g3,Rf7f5,Gc4g8]} Kh7 (20... g4 $2
21. Nxe5 $16) (20... Bg4 21. h3 $16) 21. g3 Nh3+ 22. Kg2 $16 {[%csl Ra8] It is
clear that White has more pieces where the action is going on.}) 20. Bxc5 Re8
21. Qe3 a6 22. d6 (22. b6 $5 cxb6 23. Bxb6 $14 Qd7 (23... Qe7 24. d6 Qd7 25.
Nd5 $36) 24. Nd2 Nf4 25. Nc4 Bb7 26. Bc5 $16 {[%cal Gc4b6]}) 22... Be6 (22...
cxd6 23. Bxd6 Qa5 24. Nd5 axb5 25. Nc7 Bb7 26. axb5 $16) (22... axb5 23. Nxb5 (
23. axb5 $5 {is similar to the game.}) 23... cxd6 24. Bxd6 Rxa4 25. Nc7 {
[%csl Re8]} Bd7 (25... Rf8 26. Bxe5 Qe7 27. Bd6 $16) 26. Nxe8 Qxe8 27. Ra1 $14)
23. Nd5 Bxd5 (23... cxd6 24. Nb6 ({Winning the exchange does not bring any
advantage as after} 24. Bb6 Qd7 25. Nc7 axb5 26. axb5 Rec8 27. Nxa8 Rxa8 28.
Bc5 Bf8 $11 {[%cal Gg5g4,Gg6f4,Ga8b8,Ge6c4] Black's active minor and major
pieces look to round up White's b-P at the same time creating threats on the >>
}) (24. Bxd6 g4 $1 25. Ne1 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Nf4 27. Rd2 Qa5 $11) 24... Rb8 25.
Rxd6 Qc7 26. Rc6 Qb7 {White seems slightly better. Play could continue} 27. Bd6
axb5 28. axb5 Ne7 (28... g4 29. Nd2 Ne7 30. Bxb8 Rxb8 31. Rd6 Qc7 32. Ndc4 Bxc4
33. Nxc4 Qxc4 34. Qa7 $16) 29. Bxb8 Nxc6 30. bxc6 Qxb8 31. Rc1 $14) 24. Rxd5
axb5 25. d7 $5 (25. axb5 cxd6 26. Rxd6 $14) 25... Re6 26. axb5 g4 (26... Rb8 $5
) 27. Ne1 Nf4 28. Rd1 (28. Rd2 $5 Bf6 $14 {[%cal Gf6g5,Gg5d2,Gf6e7,Ge7c5]})
28... Rb8 29. Nd3 $6 {Missing or probably misjudging Black's simplifying idea.}
({White would have retained a big advantage after} 29. Qf2 $142 {[%cal Ge1d3] ,
for example} Rxb5 (29... Bf6 30. Nd3 Bg5 31. Kh1 {[%cal Gg2g3]} Kh8 (31... Rf6
32. Nxe5 Nd3 33. Rxd3 Rxf2 34. Bxf2 $18 {[%cal Ge5c6]}) 32. Nb4 (32. Nxf4 $5
$18) 32... Rxb5 33. g3 Nh3 34. Qxf7 $18) 30. Nd3 {[%cal Gf2f7]} Bf6 31. Kh1 $16
{[%csl Gd7] Black's pieces are stuck and he has no reasonable way of getting
rid of the d7-P.} (31. Nxf4 $6 exf4 {[%cal Gb5c5]})) 29... Qxd7 $8 (29... Nxd3
$2 30. Qxd3 $18) (29... Ng6 30. Nb4 Rxb5 31. Qf2 Nf4 32. Nd5 Kh7 33. Be7 $18) (
29... Rxb5 30. Nxf4 exf4 31. Qxf4 $18 {[%csl Gd7,Rd8,Rf7,Rg4]}) 30. Nxf4 exf4
31. Rxd7 (31. Qxf4 Qe8 32. Qxc7 (32. Qxg4 Rxb5 $11) 32... Rc8 33. Qa5 Re5 $11)
31... fxe3 32. Rfxf7 Be5 (32... Bc3 $5 33. Bxe3 Rxe4 34. Bc5 Rc4 (34... Be5 $5)
35. Rf5 (35. Rxc7 $2 Rxc5 $19) 35... Re8 $11 36. Rxc7 $2 Bd4+) 33. Kf1 (33.
Bxe3 Rxb5 $11) 33... Rf6+ $1 34. Rxf6 Bxf6 35. Bxe3 Rxb5 36. Bxh6 (36. Rxc7 Rb4
{would transpose to the game.}) 36... Rb4 37. Rxc7 Rxe4 38. Bd2 ({There was no
point in} 38. Kf2 {as White would have to just return after} Bd4+ {[%cal Gd4e5,
Ge5c7,Ge5g3]}) 38... Ra4 39. Bc3 Rf4+ 40. Ke2 Bxc3 41. Rxc3 Kf7 42. Ke3 Rf1 43.
Rc6 g3 $1 {Nicely done by Nakamura. With the opposing K in front of the pawns,
the doubled pawns do not win in the R_|_.} 44. hxg3 (44. h3 Rf2 $11) 44... Rf5
45. g4 Ra5 46. Kf4 Kg7 47. g5 Ra2 48. g3 Ra4+ 49. Kf5 Ra5+ 50. Kg4 Ra1 51. Kf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 {Going away from the main theory. Recently Kramnik
successfully used this setup numerous times in the world rapid and blitz in
Berlin.} e6 (3... c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 (5... Bg4 6. c3 Qb6 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8.
Qb3 Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Bb5 $14 {1-0 (34) Kramnik,V (2777)-Meier,G (2654)
Berlin 2015}) 6. dxc5 Qxc5 (6... Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3 8. Bb5 Qxc5 9. c4 $44) 7. a3
Bf5 8. c4 $14 {1/2-1/2 (39) Kramnik,V (2777)-Cheparinov,I (2681) Berlin 2015})
4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 {White is hoping to open the h-file some day.} (5. Nbd2 c5 (
5... O-O 6. Bd3 b6 $11 {[%cal Gc8b7,Gc7c5]}) 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O
9. c4 Be7 10. Rc1 h6 11. h3 $14 {1-0 (33) Kramnik,V (2777)-Belov,V (2614)
Berlin 2015}) 5... c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. c3 O-O 8. Bd3 b6 {I also had a couple of
games in this line.} 9. e4 (9. Qe2 Bb7 10. O-O Re8 11. Ne5 Ne7 $6 (11... Qc7
$11) 12. Bb5 $1 Bxe5 (12... Rf8 13. Nd7 $1 Nxd7 14. Bxd6 $14) 13. dxe5 Nd7 14.
e4 $14 {0-1 (66) Prohaszka,P (2578)-Postny,E (2633) Austria 2013}) (9. Ne5 Bb7
10. f4 Ne7 $1 {An important manoeuvre. The knight is heading to d6 to control
the key e4-square.} 11. Qf3 Nf5 12. Bf2 Be7 13. O-O Nd6 14. Bh4 Nfe4 15. Bxe7
Qxe7 $15 {0-1 (48) Pezerovic,E (2439)-Postny,E (2631) Bad Wiessee 2013}) 9...
Be7 $1 (9... dxe4 $2 {Opening the centre at this moment is just bad for Black.}
10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bb7 12. Qa4 Rc8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rd1 Qf6 15. O-O $16 {
1-0 (27) Sedlak,N (2565)-Prusikin,M (2493) Bayern 2014}) 10. e5 Nh5 {Black
gets the opportunity to grab the dark-squared bishop at any moment, so
objectively he is okay in this French type structure.} 11. a3 {Nakamura had
already played this position earlier this year against Kamsky, so Grischuk
could prepare this at home. An engine evaluates this position as slightly
preferable for Black, but from a human point of view White has some prospects
on the kingside where he has a superiority in space.} (11. O-O Bd7 12. Re1 Rc8
13. a3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 f5 15. dxc5 $6 bxc5 16. b4 g5 $15 {1/2-1/2 (60) Kamsky,G 
(2683)-Nakamura,H (2798) Saint Louis 2015}) 11... a5 {[%cal Gc8a6]} 12. Qe2 Ra7
$1 $146 {I like this move. The rook can be useful on the seventh rank. I don't
see the point of putting the bishop on d7 instead.} (12... c4 13. Bc2 b5 $6 (
13... g6 $142) 14. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 15. Qxh5 g6 16. Qe2 $14 {1/2-1/2 (59) Kramnik,V
(2777)-Zhigalko,S (2656) Berlin 2015}) 13. O-O (13. Nf1 $5 {[%cal Gf1e3] could
be a useful manoeuvre to transfer the more passive knight to a more active
square.}) 13... c4 14. Bc2 b5 15. h4 $5 (15. Nh4 $6 g6 {is getting nowhere for
White.}) 15... g6 $2 {Nakamura spent more than half an hour on this move, but
decided to keep the white bishop alive. Indeed it wasn't easy to envisage the
consequences of opening the f-file. However, it was important for Black to
swap his Nh5.} (15... Nxg3 16. fxg3 {Here Black has two options:} f5 (16... b4
17. axb4 axb4 {We can see now another plus of 12...Ra7 - the rook is protected.
} 18. Nxc4 Ba6 (18... dxc4 $2 19. Qe4 {[%cal Ge4c6,Ge4h7]}) 19. Rxa6 Rxa6 20.
Ne3 Qa8 $15) 17. g4 fxg4 (17... g6 {is probably safer.}) 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. hxg5
Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Qxg5 21. Qf2 Qe7 22. Qf4 $44) 16. Bh2 $1 Bxh4 17. g4 $6 {
Tempting, but premature.} (17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. Nf3 Qd8 (18... Qg4 19. Qe3 f5 20.
exf6 Rxf6 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Rf8 23. f3 Qh4 24. Qh6 Qe7 25. g3 $14 {[%csl
Gc2,Ge5][%cal Gg1g2,Gf1h1]}) 19. g4 Ng7 20. Kg2 $14 {[%cal Gf1h1]}) 17... Ng7 {
The knight is really misplaced here.} 18. Nxh4 (18. Qe3 Be7 19. Kg2 f5 20. exf6
Bxf6 21. Rh1 e5 $1 {Black should go for this to make the Bc8 and Ng7 alive and
kicking.} 22. dxe5 Be7 23. Bg3 Ne6 24. Qh6 Bc5 $15) 18... Qxh4 19. Kg2 f5 $1 {
The only way to get counterplay. Now the queenside rook can also join the
battle. Here we can also see the drawback of the premature 17.g4. White didn't
bring the knight to f3 in time to fight against the push f7-f5.} (19... h5 $2
20. Nf3 $1 Qxg4+ 21. Kh1 h4 22. Rg1 Qh5 23. Rg5 Qh6 24. Rag1 Nf5 25. Bf4 Qg7
26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Rh5 $1 {[%cal Gf4h6]} gxh5 28. Bh6 $1 Qxg1+ 29. Kxg1 $18 {
[%cal Gf3h4] Materially Black is doing fine, but his king will not survive due
to the horrible coordination of Black's forces.}) 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Bd6 (21.
Nf3 e5 $1 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Qg5 24. f3 Ne6 25. Rae1 Raf7 26. Qe3 Nf4+ 27.
Bxf4 Rxf4 $11) 21... Rff7 22. f4 $6 {It looks like White has full control over
the e5-square, but the breakthrough follows nevertheless...} (22. Qe3 e5 $1 {
Anyway!} 23. dxe5 Qd8 24. f3 Ne6 $15) {[%tqu "En","How can Black take over the
initiative?","","","e6e5","",10]} 22... e5 $1 23. dxe5 (23. fxe5 $2 Qg5 $17 {
[%csl Rg4]}) 23... Qh4 24. f5 {There is a real mess on the board! A human
player would need hours to understand this position, while both players were
down to their last minutes.} gxf5 $2 (24... Nxf5 $1 25. Bxf5 (25. gxf5 $2 gxf5
$19 {[%cal Gf7g7]}) (25. e6 Rg7 $17) 25... gxf5 26. Nf3 Qxg4+ 27. Kf2 Rg7 28.
Rg1 Qf4 $17) 25. Rh1 Qd8 (25... Qg5 26. Nf3 Qxg4+ 27. Kf2 d4 $1 28. Rag1 d3 29.
Qd2 $1 dxc2 30. Ng5 ({After} 30. Rxg4 $2 fxg4 {Black gets too much material
for the queen.}) 30... h5 $1 {The queen is just standing in front of the rook
like an equal piece!} 31. Nxf7 Rxf7 32. Rxg4 fxg4+ 33. Ke1 Bf5 34. Rf1 Nd8 $44)
26. Qe3 d4 $6 {This looks natural, opening the long diagonal against the white
king, but doesn't really work for Black.} (26... h5 $1 {Another pretty much
non-human move.} 27. Raf1 (27. Qh6 Ra6 $1 {[%cal Gc6e5,Ga6h6]}) 27... f4 $1 28.
Qc5 Bxg4 $1 29. Qxc6 Qg5 30. Nf3 Bh3+ $1 31. Kf2 Qg2+ 32. Ke1 Bd7 33. Qb6 Qxc2
34. Qxa7 Qb1+ 35. Kf2 Qc2+ $11) 27. cxd4 Ne8 $6 (27... Bb7 28. Kf2 $1 (28. d5
Nd4 $1 29. Qxd4 Ne6 30. Qe3 Bxd5+ {with a lot of play for the piece.}) 28...
Ne7 29. Bxe7 Qxe7 30. Rh6 fxg4+ 31. Ke2 Nf5 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Rg1 $14) 28. Rh6
$2 {It was important to keep the bishop.} (28. Bc5 Rac7 29. Nf3 Rg7 30. Rag1
$16) 28... Rg7 29. Rg1 Rad7 $2 {Wasting a tempo.} (29... Rxg4+ 30. Kf1 Rxg1+
31. Qxg1+ Rg7 32. Qe3 Ne7 33. Bxe7 Qxe7 $13) 30. d5 $2 (30. Kf2 Nxd6 31. exd6
$16 Rxd6 $2 32. Rxd6 Qxd6 33. Qe8+ Qf8 34. Qxc6 $18) 30... Ne7 31. Bxe7 Rdxe7
32. Qd4 $1 {No, it's not a queen blunder!} Bb7 $2 {Again refraining from
taking on g4.} (32... Rxg4+ 33. Kf1 Reg7 34. Rxg4 Rxg4 35. Qc5 Qg5 $17) 33. Kf2
Qxd5 34. Qxd5+ Bxd5 35. Bxf5 Rxe5 36. Re1 Rxe1 37. Kxe1 {The time trouble is
not finished yet, but now after massive exchanges the dust has settled a bit.
Black is up a pawn, but White's activity should be sufficient for a draw.} b4
38. axb4 axb4 39. Be6+ Bxe6 40. Rxe6 Nc7 (40... Nc7 41. Rc6 $11) (40... Kf7 {
would force White to work a bit to make a draw, but Nakamura decided to call
it a day. It was a busy day!}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Basque 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.11.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Be3 b6 (8... e5 {immediately is definitely more common. Black sometimes
doesn't play b6 at all, but Hikaru has his own idea.}) 9. Qd2 h6 10. O-O e5 11.
Nh2 {Black has trouble here if he plays his usual Nf8-e6 plan. White would be
too fast with f4, and overall Black's position would be uncomfortable. Hikaru
stops this on its tracks, even though it looks strategically unsound.} g5 12.
Ne2 Nf8 13. Ng3 {targetting the weak light squares, of course.} Ng6 14. a3 {
With the kingside locked up, Fabiano naturally focuses his attention on a
queenside break.} O-O 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 Nh4 $5 {Perhaps the objective of
this idea with Nh4 and f5 is dubious, but it is the type of complications that
Hikaru always manages to inject into positions that he feels are turning
slightly worse.} (16... Nf4 17. Ra3 $14) 17. f3 (17. Nh5 $1 f5 18. Qc3 $1 {
would have put Hikaru's idea into question.}) 17... f5 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Nxf5
Bxf5 20. Ra6 Qe7 21. Ng4 {Trying to get to e4, cementing a strong positional
advantage for White clamping down on the center and kingside.} e4 $5 {What a
move! Beautiful positional understanding from America's #1. The pawn sacrifice
allows Black's bishops to breathe and discoordinates White's pieces.} 22. dxe4
(22. fxe4 Bxg4 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. hxg4 Qd7 (24... Rf7 {gives Black some
compensation for the pawn.}) 25. d4 $1 Qxg4 26. e5 $1 {with an advantage.})
22... Rfd8 23. Qe1 (23. Qe2 {was perhaps a little better.}) 23... Be6 24. Ra3
Bc4 25. Rf2 h5 26. Nh2 {White has been pushed back significantly.} Bb2 (26...
a5 $1 {This would have been a very nice tactical blow} 27. Bxb6 {what else?}
Qxb4 28. Qxb4 {forced} axb4 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 {and Black's monstrous bishops give
him enough activity for an advantage, even with the pawn deficit.}) 27. Ra4 Qe5
28. Nf1 $1 {White's rook is trapped but he understands the need to activate
his pieces} Qb5 29. Ra1 $1 Bxa1 30. Qxa1 Bxf1 31. Rxf1 Rd6 {Now it is White's
activity that more than compensates for the material disadvantage. Black is
too exposed on the kingside.} 32. Qa2+ Kg7 33. Qb2+ (33. f4 $1 {was much
stronger, ripping apart the kingside and making Hikaru's king very nervous.}
Qe2 34. Qa1+ Kh7 35. Re1 $1 $16) 33... Kh7 34. Ra1 a6 35. Rc1 {with a not very
subtle threat of c4.} (35. c4 Qxc4 36. Bxb6 $14 {still kept some edge.}) 35...
Qe2 $1 36. Qb3 Rg8 37. Qf7+ {Now a perpetual finishes the game.} Rg7 38. Qf5+
Kg8 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qf5+ Kg8 41. Bxg5 Rd2 42. Qe6+ Kh7 43. Qh6+ Kg8 44. Qe6+
Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Basque 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.11.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {The Trompowsky! A rare guest in GM games.} e6 3. e4 h6 4.
Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qd2 d6 7. a3 Ba5 8. Nge2 Nc6 {This is probably why the
Trompowsky is a rare gues in GM games. I like Black already, he has the pair
of bishops and White's central position doesn't impress me to the point where
it would be compensation.} 9. Rd1 O-O 10. f4 e5 $1 {A very standard break on
the center. White's position is underdeveloped and his dark squares are going
to suffer without his bishop of that square.} 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. b4 Bb6 13. f5
Ne7 $2 {This was definitely not the way to punish White's play.} (13... Rd8 $1
14. Nd5 Qh4+ 15. Ng3 Nd4 $1 {with a big, big initiative all over the board.})
14. Na4 Qh4+ 15. Ng3 g6 16. fxg6 Nxg6 (16... fxg6 $15 {made much more sense,
opening the f-file and making it difficult for White to castle.}) 17. Be2 Nf4
18. Bf3 Be6 (18... Qg5 $1 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Qc3 h5 $1 {with an initiative.})
19. Nxb6 cxb6 20. O-O Qg5 21. Kh1 Rfd8 22. Qf2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Ng6 24. Nf1 Rd8 {
Black exchanges rooks, good enough for equality but he is no longer thinking
of an advantage.} 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qd2 Qxd2 27. Nxd2 Ne7 28. Kg1 Nc8 29. Kf2
Nd6 30. Be2 f6 31. Bd3 Kf7 32. Ke3 {It's impossible for either side to make
any real progress here.} Ke7 33. h3 Kf7 34. c4 Ke7 35. Be2 Nf7 36. Nf1 Nd6 37.
Nd2 Nf7 38. Nf1 Nd6 39. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2015.11.14"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e4 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 {Someone tell Hikaru they aren't
playing Fischer Random anymore!} O-O 6. d4 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Qd2 Qxc5 9. c4 {
A Maroczy structure is rather normal. This one doesn't look too dangerous with
a Fianchetto already committed on b2.} Nc6 10. Nc3 Qd4 $5 {Trading queens
diffuses the advantage of space, but Black seems underdeveloped after this.}
11. Qxd4 Nxd4 12. O-O-O Ne6 13. h3 Nc5 14. Nge2 a5 $6 {Perhaps giving up b5
was not a good idea. Sometimes it is not an important square, but here it the
counterplay on the a-file is simply non existent.} 15. Ba3 Na6 16. e5 $1 {
Opening up the position for White's pieces.} dxe5 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6
19. Ne4 Be7 20. Nd6 {White wins back his bishop and the rook has a fantastic
spot} Bxd6 21. Rxd6 a4 22. Nc3 axb3 23. axb3 Kg7 24. Kb2 Nc5 25. Rd5 $1 Na6 26.
Rhd1 Nb4 27. Rd6 Ra6 28. Rxa6 bxa6 29. Ne4 Re7 30. Nd6 Be6 31. c5 Kf8 32. Bf1
$2 {This howler costs Nakamura most of his advantage.} (32. Ka3 $1 Nc2+ 33. Ka4
$1 Nd4 34. Rb1 {and White's king threatens decisive action in this position.
Black has serious difficulties stopping the queenside pawns.}) 32... Rc7 33.
Rc1 a5 34. Ka3 Ke7 35. f4 exf4 36. gxf4 Nc6 37. Nb5 Rd7 38. Nd6 Rc7 39. Nc4 Nd4
40. Nd2 $6 Bd7 {Black now wins the c-pawn! Luckily for Hikaru the 4v3 on the
kingside is very hard to win.} 41. Ne4 Ne6 42. Re1 Nxf4 43. h4 Ne6 44. Bc4 h6
45. b4 axb4+ 46. Kxb4 Ra7 47. h5 gxh5 48. Ng3 h4 49. Nf5+ Kf6 (49... Kf8 $1 {
was very inhuman but has a very subtle point.} 50. Nxh4 Ra4+ 51. Kc3 Nxc5 {
cannot be met with Rf1+ now.}) 50. Nxh4 Ra4+ 51. Kc3 Nxc5 52. Rf1+ Ke5 53. Nf3+
Kd6 54. Bxf7 Rf4 55. Rd1+ Ke7 56. Bd5 Be6 57. Ne5 Kf6 58. Bxe6 Nxe6 59. Nd3 Rf3
60. Rh1 Kg5 61. Kd2 h5 62. Rg1+ Kh6 63. Ne5 Rf6 64. Ng4+ hxg4 {This endgame is
almost impossible to win. Hikaru holds comfortably.} 65. Rxg4 Ng5 66. Ke3 Kg6
67. Ra4 Rb6 68. Ra5 Kf6 69. Ra3 Rb5 70. Kd4 Ne6+ 71. Ke4 Rb4+ 72. Ke3 Nc7 73.
Ra5 Ke6 74. Kd3 Nd5 75. Ra8 Nc7 76. Ra5 Rh4 77. Rc5 Kd6 78. Ra5 Ne6 79. Ra8 Kd5
80. Ra5+ Nc5+ 81. Ke3 Rc4 82. Ra8 Rc3+ 83. Kf4 Ne6+ 84. Kg4 Ke4 85. Ra4+ Nd4
86. Ra8 Rc6 87. Re8+ Ne6 88. Re7 Ke5 89. Kf3 Rc3+ 90. Ke2 Ra3 91. Kd2 Kd5 92.
Re8 Nc5 93. Rd8+ Kc4 94. Ke2 Rd3 95. Rxd3 Nxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2015.11.14"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 f6 {It is hard
to say what Hikaru Nakamura was thinking when he made this move...} 7. Qh5+ g6
8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qxh8 {As far as I can see, White is simply up the exchange and
a pawn.} Qd5 10. O-O Kf7 11. Nc3 Qd4 12. d3 Bg7 13. Qh7 f5 14. Ne2 {Black
simply has no compensation. Even worse, his position is actually rather bad.}
Qd6 15. Nf4 Bd7 16. Nh3 {Nice maneuvering of the knight, harassing Black's
king.} Be8 17. Ng5+ Kf8 18. Re1 e5 19. Bf4 $1 {Beautiful finishing touch.} Bf6
(19... exf4 20. Ne6+ $18) (19... Rb8 20. Qxg7+ $1 $18) 20. Qb7 Bxg5 21. Bxe5 {
Destruction!} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2015.11.14"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 e5 7. dxe5 Nfd7 8. Bg2
Nxe5 9. Qd2 Nbc6 {Something like a King's Indian, but I never liked these
positions for Black when the g7 bishop is already challenged.} 10. O-O Bg4 11.
Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bd4 Qc8 13. f4 $1 {Pushing forward. White's advantage in space
is important despite the trade of some pieces.} Nc6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nc3 Ne7
$6 16. e4 f6 17. f5 (17. e5 $1 fxe5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Qg5 $1 $16 {looks very
dangerous for Black.}) 17... g5 18. c5 Rd8 19. Qe3 Qd7 20. h3 Bh5 21. g4 Bf7
22. e5 (22. Rad1 $14) 22... dxe5 23. Bxb7 Rab8 24. Rad1 Qe8 25. Bf3 Rb4 $6 (
25... h5 $1) 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Rd1 Rd4 28. Rxd4 exd4 29. Qd3 Qd7 30. Kf2 h5 31.
Ne2 $16 {Black loses the pawn and is in some trouble.} Nc6 32. Qe4 Ne5 33. Qxd4
Qe7 34. Nc3 Nxf3 35. Kxf3 Be8 (35... Qe1 $1 $11 {Was the cleanest way to a
draw: with activity!}) 36. Kf2 hxg4 37. hxg4 Bc6 38. Ne2 a5 39. Qe3 Qd7 40. Nd4
Bd5 41. a3 c6 42. Ke1 Qc7 43. Kd2 Qh2+ 44. Kc3 Kf7 (44... Kf8 $1) 45. Nxc6 Qc7
$1 46. Nd4 Qxc5+ 47. Kb2 a4 48. bxa4 Qc4 49. Qc3 Qxa4 50. Qc7+ Ke8 51. Qc8+ Kf7
52. Qc5 Qc4 53. Qxc4 Bxc4 {The endgame is difficult to win because of the
counterplay on the pawns.} 54. Nc2 (54. Kc3 $1 Bf1 55. Nc2 $1 Ke7 56. Ne3 Be2
57. Kd2 $1 {was the winning way, but hard to find.}) 54... Ke7 55. Kc3 Be2 56.
Ne3 Kd6 57. Kd4 Kc6 58. a4 Bf3 59. a5 Be2 {Now the endgame is a draw. White
can't make progress.} 60. a6 Bxa6 61. Nd5 Be2 62. Nxf6 Kd6 63. Ne4+ Ke7 64. Nf2
Kf6 65. Ke4 Ba6 66. Kf3 Ke5 67. Nd1 Bd3 68. Ne3 Be4+ 69. Kg3 Bd3 70. Kh3 Be2
71. Kg3 Bd3 72. Kf2 Kf4 73. f6 Bg6 74. Nc4 Kxg4 75. f7 Bxf7 76. Ne5+ Kf5 77.
Nxf7 Kf6 78. Nxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.11.14"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
a6 9. Bd3 $5 {Not the most common, but it does look logical to develop a
bishop doesn't it?} b5 10. O-O Qb6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Qf2 Nd7 14.
a3 Ke7 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Ne2 Bd7 17. b3 {White has a slight edge in these
structures usually, but Black has his chances with breaks on f6 if he can get
them in.} f6 18. Ned4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 fxe5 20. fxe5 h6 21. Kf2 Rhf8+ 22. Ke3 Rxf1
23. Rxf1 Be8 24. Bh7 Bf7 25. Nc6+ Ke8 26. Bd3 Rc8 27. Nb4 Nd7 28. Kd4 Nb8 29.
Nxa6 Nc6+ 30. Kc5 Ke7 31. Kxb5 (31. Kb6 $1 Nxe5 32. Bxb5 Rxc2 33. Nc5 {with a
clear advantage. Those pawns are rolling on the queenside.}) 31... Nxe5 32. Kb6
Be8 33. a4 Kd6 {With White's king so separated from his rook it does look like
Black can hold. However a pawn is a pawn, and he still has chances.} 34. Rf2
Nxd3 35. cxd3 Bg6 $6 (35... e5 36. a5 $14) 36. d4 e5 37. dxe5+ Kxe5 38. b4 $6 (
38. Nc5 d4 39. a5 {was more effective. Push the pawn that is ahead!}) 38... d4
39. b5 d3 40. Nb4 Kd4 (40... Be4 $1 41. Nc6+ Kd6 $1) 41. Nc6+ Ke3 42. Rf3+ Ke2
43. Nd4+ Ke1 44. Rg3 $1 {What a nice move! The bishop doesn't have any moves
at the moment.} Be4 {based on a miscalculation} 45. Re3+ Kf1 46. Rxe4 d2 47.
Nf5 {stopping everything, now the game is simply over.} Rc3 48. Rd4 Ke1 49. a5
g6 50. Nd6 {Black can get the rook if he wants, it does not matter. The pawns
are too powerful.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2015.11.15"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 d5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. O-O c5 8. Nfd2
Bf5 {Aggressive play by Black here is justified since White's opening is
rather passive. I even enjoy Caruana's positino more already.} 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10.
f3 Bf5 11. e4 $2 {A mistake already!} dxe4 12. fxe4 Bg4 $1 {What a nice
deflection! Black wins a pawn and takes control of the game.} 13. Qd3 (13. Qxg4
Bxd4+ 14. Bxd4 Qxd4+ {costs White an exchange.}) 13... Bxd4+ 14. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 15.
Qxd4 cxd4 16. e5 Nd7 17. Rf4 Nxe5 18. Na3 Rad8 19. Bxb7 g5 20. Rf2 d3 21. cxd3
Nxd3 22. Rc2 Ne5 23. Rf1 f6 24. Bg2 Rc8 25. Rfc1 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Rd8 27. h3 Rd1+
28. Kf2 Bf5 29. Re2 Bd3 30. Rb2 Ba6 31. Ke3 Re1+ 32. Kd4 Nd3 33. Rd2 e5+ 34.
Kc3 Rc1+ 35. Rc2 Rg1 36. Rd2 Ne1 37. Bd5+ Kg7 38. g4 Rg3+ 39. Kb4 Rxh3 40. Ka5
Bd3 41. Rd1 Nc2 42. Nxc2 Bxc2 43. Rc1 Rh2 44. b4 e4 45. Re1 Bd3 46. a4 f5 47.
gxf5 Kf6 48. b5 g4 49. Ka6 Ke5 50. Bc6 Ra2 51. a5 g3 52. Kxa7 Rxa5+ 53. Kb6 Ra2
54. Kc7 Ra7+ 55. Kb8 Rg7 56. b6 g2 57. Rg1 Kd6 {The players only had seconds
at this point. Caruana is winning, but with only two second increment anything
can happen.} 58. Ba8 Rg8+ 59. Ka7 e3 $2 60. f6 $2 (60. Bxg2 $1 $16) 60... e2 $2
(60... Rxa8+ $1 61. Kxa8 Be4+ 62. b7 Ke6 $19) 61. f7 Rf8 62. b7 Rxf7 $1 63. Kb6
Rf8 64. Ka7 Rf7 65. Kb6 Rf8 66. Ka7 Be4 (66... Be4 67. b8=Q+ Rxb8 68. Kxb8 Bxa8
69. Kxa8 Ke5 {and Black just brings his king in and wins.}) 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2015.11.15"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 g6 7. c3 Bh6 8.
d4 Bxc1 9. Rxc1 O-O 10. e5 Nh5 11. Nbd2 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qb6 13. Nc4 Qa6 14. Qe4
Rad8 15. Rd1 Nb8 16. Ne3 h6 17. Nd5 Qe6 18. h3 b6 19. c4 f5 20. Qe3 Kh7 21. Rd2
Rd7 22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. a3 Nc6 24. b4 Kg7 25. bxc5 Na5 26. Qc3 Kh7 27. cxb6 axb6
28. Qb4 Ng7 29. Nf4 Qc6 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Qxb6 Nc6 33. a4 e6 34.
a5 g5 35. Ne2 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qxe2 37. Qxc6 g4 38. hxg4 fxg4 39. Nh4 Qxf2 40. Qe4+
Nf5 41. Nxf5 exf5 42. Qb7+ Kg6 $4 (42... Kh8 $11) 43. Qc6+ $4 (43. Qb6+ $18)
43... Kh5 44. Qe8+ Kg5 45. e6 Qh4+ 46. Kg1 Qe1+ 47. Kh2 Qe5+ 48. Kg1 Qd4+ 49.
Kh1 $4 (49. Kf1 $11) 49... Qd1+ $4 (49... g3 $1) 50. Kh2 $11 Qd6+ 51. Kg1 Qd1+
52. Kh2 Qd6+ 53. Kg1 g3 54. Qd7 Qc5+ 55. Kh1 Qe3 56. Qe7+ Kg4 57. Qg7+ Kh5 58.
Qf7+ Kg5 59. Qg7+ Kh5 60. Qf7+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2015.11.15"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. d4 c6 6. e3 d5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Be2 b6
9. O-O Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Nd2 a5 13. a3 b5 14. Nb3 a4 15. Nc1
Ne8 16. Nd3 Nd6 17. Nb1 Nc4 18. Nd2 Re8 19. Nf3 h5 20. Bc3 Bf6 21. Nd2 Bc8 22.
Bf3 Ndb6 23. Re1 Bf5 24. Nf1 Nd6 25. Ng3 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 h4 27. Nf1 Nbc4 28. Nd2
Qd7 29. Nxc4 Nxc4 30. Qd1 Re7 31. Be2 Kg7 32. h3 Nd6 33. Bd3 Kg8 34. Ra2 Bg7
35. Bb2 f5 36. Bc1 Bh6 37. Rc2 Nc4 38. Rce2 Rae8 39. Qc2 Kh7 40. Qc3 Qd6 41.
Bc2 Bg5 42. Qd3 Qf6 43. Qd1 Re6 44. Bd3 Qd8 45. Qc2 Qd6 46. Rd1 Bd8 47. Bxc4
dxc4 48. d5 cxd5 49. Red2 Bc7 50. Rxd5 Qh2+ 51. Kf1 Qh1+ 52. Ke2 Qxg2 53. Rd7+
R8e7 54. Qd2 Bg3 55. Qe1 f4 $1 56. Qf1 Qh2 (56... f3+ 57. Ke1 Be5 $19) 57. Qg1
f3+ 58. Kxf3 Qxh3 $2 59. fxg3 $2 (59. Rxe7+ Rxe7 60. fxg3 $13) 59... Rf6+ 60.
Ke2 Rxd7 {important details!} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2015.11.15"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Bd3 Bb7 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 c5 6. c3 Ne7 7. O-O Qd7 8. Qe2
Nec6 9. Rd1 a5 10. a4 Ba6 11. Na3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Qb3 N8c6
15. Bd2 h6 16. Rac1 Be7 17. Nb5 O-O 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 19. Rc2 Rac8 20. Rdc1 Nb8 21.
h3 Rc6 22. Rxc6 Nxc6 23. Qd1 Rc8 24. Rc2 Ne7 25. Qc1 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Nc6 27. Nh2
Be7 28. Nf1 f6 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. Qd3 Nb4 31. Qe2 Nc6 32. Qg4 Ne7 33. Ng3 Qc6
34. Nh5 Kf7 35. Nxf6 gxf6 36. Qf4 Kg7 37. Qg3+ Ng6 38. Qc7+ Qxc7 39. Nxc7 Kf7
40. Kf1 Nf4 41. Na8 Ke7 42. g3 Nd3 43. b3 Kd6 44. Ke2 Nb4 45. Nxb6 Kc7 46. Na8+
Kb7 47. f4 Nc6 48. Ke3 Kxa8 49. g4 Ne7 50. h4 Kb7 51. Kf3 f5 52. g5 h5 53. Kg3
Ng6 54. Kh3 Nxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2015.11.15"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. h3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Bh2 e5 11. d5 a5 12. b3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bc8 14. Rad1 Bf5 15.
Qc1 Nfe4 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Ne1 f5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Nc3 Bh6 20. Nc2 Nh5 21. f4 Qh4
22. fxe5 dxe5 23. d6 c6 24. Bxh5 Qxh5 25. Kh1 Re6 26. a3 Qh4 27. Qb2 Ne4 28.
Na4 Rb8 29. Ne1 Bxe3 30. Nf3 Nf2+ 31. Rxf2 Qxf2 32. Qa1 Bf4 33. Bg1 Qc2 34.
Nxb6 Rxb6 35. Bxb6 Qxb3 36. Bxa5 Qxc4 37. Bc3 c5 38. Nxe5 Bxe5 39. Bxe5 Kf7 40.
Rd2 Qe4 41. Bh8 Qe1+ 42. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 43. Kh2 Ke6 44. Bg7 Re3 45. Bf8 Rxa3 46.
Re2+ Kd5 47. Re7 Kc6 48. Rxh7 c4 49. Bg7 c3 50. Bh6 c2 51. Rg7 Ra4 52. Bc1 Ra1
53. Bg5 c1=Q 54. Bxc1 Rxc1 55. Rxg6 Kd5 56. h4 Be6 57. h5 Kxd6 58. h6 Ke7 59.
h7 Rc8 60. Rh6 Rh8 61. Kg3 Kf7 62. Kf4 Bc8 63. Kg5 Kg7 64. Rc6 Bd7 65. Rd6 Rd8
66. h8=Q+ Kxh8 67. Kf6 Kh7 68. Ke7 Rg8 69. Kxd7 Rxg2 70. Rf6 Rf2 71. Ke6 f4 72.
Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.11.15"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nb4 6. O-O g6 7. Nc3 Nxd3 8. Qxd3
Bg7 9. d5 Nf6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Rad1 Nxg3 14. fxg3 O-O 15.
Kh1 d6 16. Nd4 Qe7 17. h3 a6 18. Rf2 Rac8 19. Nf3 Rcd8 20. Qc2 c6 21. a4 cxd5
22. cxd5 Bc8 23. Qb3 e5 24. g4 h5 25. Nh2 hxg4 26. hxg4 Kh7 27. Ne2 Rh8 28. Ng3
Kg6 29. Nf5 Qc7 30. Rc2 Qa7 31. Qe3 Bxf5 32. gxf5+ Kh7 33. Rdc1 Qb8 34. Rc7 Rc8
35. Qh3+ Bh6 36. Ng4 Kg7 37. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "303"]
[EventDate "2015.11.15"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Nc3 h6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qa3 Nf5 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Rac1 b6 14. Rfe1 a5
15. b3 Rc8 16. Qb2 Ncd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Ne4 c5 19. a3 Qe7 20. b4 axb4 21.
axb4 c4 22. Rxc4 Rxc4 23. dxc4 Bc6 24. f3 Bxe4 25. fxe4 Ne3 26. Bxe3 dxe3 27.
Qa3 Rd8 28. Bf3 Be5 29. Kg2 h5 30. Qxe3 Qxb4 31. Rc1 Qd6 32. Rb1 Bd4 33. Qg5
Bf6 34. Qb5 Rc8 35. Qd5 Qc5 36. Rb5 Qxc4 37. Rxb6 Qxd5 38. exd5 Be5 39. Rb7 Kg7
40. Rd7 Rc2 41. Kf2 Bd4+ 42. Kg2 Rd2 43. h3 Be5 44. Re7 Bd6 45. Re8 Kf6 46. Kf2
Bc5+ 47. Ke1 Bb4 48. Rb8 Rb2+ 49. Kf1 Bc3 50. Rc8 Be5 51. g4 hxg4 52. Bxg4 Rd2
53. Bf3 Bd6 54. Kf2 Rd4 55. Ke3 Rb4 56. Kd3 Rb3+ 57. Kc2 Ra3 58. Re8 Ra2+ 59.
Kb3 Ra3+ 60. Kc4 Ra5 61. Bg4 Rc5+ 62. Kd4 Rc1 63. e4 Re1 64. h4 Bg3 65. h5 gxh5
66. Bxh5 Bd6 67. Bf3 Bg3 68. Kd3 Bf4 69. Bg4 Be5 70. Ra8 Ra1 71. Re8 Ra3+ 72.
Ke2 Ra2+ 73. Kd1 Ra4 74. Bf5 Ra2 75. Rd8 Bc7 76. Rd7 Bf4 77. Ke1 Bg3+ 78. Kf1
Be5 79. Bg4 Rh2 80. Rb7 Kg5 81. Bf3 f6 82. Bg2 Kf4 83. Rb3 Rxg2 84. Kxg2 Kxe4
85. Rb5 Bd6 86. Ra5 Kd4 87. Kf3 Bc5 88. Kf4 Kxd5 89. Kf5 Kc4 90. Kxf6 Kd4 91.
Ke6 Bb6 92. Rh5 Ke4 93. Rh4+ Kf3 94. Kf5 Bf2 95. Rh3+ Kg2 96. Rb3 Ba7 97. Kf4
Bg1 98. Rb2+ Kh1 99. Kf3 Bh2 100. Rg2 Bg1 101. Kg3 Ba7 102. Rb2 Bg1 103. Rb7
Bh2+ 104. Kf3 Bg1 105. Rb1 Kh2 106. Rc1 Kh1 107. Rc4 Bh2 108. Rg4 Bg1 109. Kg3
Bh2+ 110. Kf2 Bb8 111. Rg7 Bh2 112. Kf3 Bg1 113. Kg4 Kg2 114. Kh4+ Kh2 115. Rg4
Bf2+ 116. Kg5 Kh1 117. Kf4 Bg1 118. Rh4+ Kg2 119. Kg4 Bf2 120. Rh8 Bg1 121. Rc8
Kh1 122. Kg3 Bh2+ 123. Kf3 Bg1 124. Rc1 Kh2 125. Ke2 Kg2 126. Rc6 Bf2 127. Rg6+
Bg3 128. Rg8 Kh2 129. Kf1 Kh3 130. Kg1 Bh4 131. Rg2 Bg3 132. Kf1 Bh4 133. Rg7
Bg3 134. Rg6 Bh4 135. Ke2 Kh2 136. Kf3 Be7 137. Re6 Bc5 138. Rh6+ Kg1 139. Rh7
Bb6 140. Kg3 Bf2+ 141. Kf3 Bb6 142. Rg7+ Kh1 143. Kg3 Kg1 144. Rb7 Bf2+ 145.
Kf3 Bc5 146. Rb5 Ba7 147. Ra5 Bb6 148. Ra1+ Kh2 149. Rb1 Ba7 150. Rb2+ Kh1 151.
Kg3 Bg1 152. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz 1"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.11.15"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Bf4 a6 13. Qd2 Bf6 14. Ne2 h6
15. c3 Ne7 16. Ng3 Ng6 17. Be3 Bg5 18. Bd3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qf6 20. Bxg6 Qxg6 21.
Qf4 Qb6 22. Re2 Bd7 23. Rae1 Rae8 24. h3 Re6 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Qd2 c5 27. Nh5
cxd4 28. cxd4 Qd6 29. Re5 Rc8 30. Qe2 Qf8 31. g3 Rc4 32. Qe3 Rc2 33. Nf4 Rxb2
34. Nxe6 Bxe6 35. Rxe6 Qf5 36. Kg2 Rxf2+ 37. Qxf2 Qxe6 38. a4 b5 39. axb5 axb5
40. Qb2 Qe4+ 41. Kf2 Qd3 42. Qb4 Qc4 43. Qb2 b4 44. Ke3 b3 45. Kd2 Kf7 46. Qc3
Qxc3+ 47. Kxc3 Kf6 48. g4 Kg5 49. Kxb3 Kf4 50. Kb4 Ke4 51. Kc5 g5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.12.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Frolyanov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2916"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2015.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. f3 c5 5. dxc5 e6 6. e4 Bxc5 7. Qd2 O-O 8.
exd5 exd5 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Kb1 Bb4 11. Nge2 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. a3 Bxc3 14.
Qxc3 Qb6 15. Qd4 Qc7 16. g4 Bd7 17. Nf4 Rac8 18. Bd3 Rfe8 19. h4 Qe5 20. Qxe5
Rxe5 21. Rhg1 g5 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Ne2 Kg7 24. Rh1 Rh8 25. Rxh8 Kxh8 26. Nd4
Kg7 27. Kc1 a6 28. Kd2 Re8 29. Rh1 Rh8 30. Rxh8 Kxh8 31. Kc3 a5 32. Ne2 Kg7 33.
Kd4 Kf8 34. Kc5 Ke7 35. Nd4 Ne8 36. Kxd5 b6 37. Nf5+ Kd8 38. Nd6 Nc7+ 39. Ke5
Ke7 40. Nf5+ Bxf5 41. Kxf5 f6 42. Ke4 Kd6 43. Bc4 Ne8 44. Bf7 Nc7 45. b3 Nb5
46. a4 Nc3+ 47. Kd3 Na2 48. c3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ostrovskiy, Andrey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2917"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 a6 3. f4 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. Bd3 c5
9. c3 Nc6 10. Be3 Qb6 11. Qf2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Bf1 Rc8 14. Nc3 Ne7 15. a3
Nbc6 16. Bd3 Na5 17. O-O Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Rfc1 Nf5 20. b4 Nxe3 21. Qxe3
Qxd4 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. Na4 Be7 24. Rc8+ Bd8 25. Rb8 O-O 26. Rxb7 Rxf4 27. Nc5
Bg5 28. Nxa6 Rc4 29. a4 Be3+ 30. Kf1 Rc2 31. Nb8 Rfc8 32. Nd7 Rf2+ 33. Ke1 Rxg2
34. Rd1 Rcc2 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Ne8+ Kh6 37. Rxf7 Rg1+ 38. Rf1 Bf2# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.12.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2918"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2015.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 Qa5
9. Bb2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e4 Na6 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Rad1 e4 15.
Nd2 Bg4 16. Qe3 Bxd1 17. Rxd1 Ng4 18. Qe2 e3 19. Qxg4 exd2 20. Qf3 Re1+ 21. Bf1
Rf8 22. Qg4 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.12.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Valderrama Quiceno, Esteban Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2919"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Bd6 11. f5 h6 12. a3 O-O 13. Kh1 Qc7 14. g4 Nh7 15. h4
Be7 16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Nxg5 19. Qg3 f6 20. Bc4+ Rf7 21. Rad1
Nb6 22. Ba2 Kf8 23. Qh4 Ke7 24. Bxf7 Nxf7 25. Kg2 Nc4 26. Qf2 Qb6 27. Rfe1 Qxb2
28. Rd3 Nfd6 29. Rb1 Qxa3 30. Nd5+ cxd5 31. Rxa3 Nxa3 32. Rd1 d4 33. Qg3 Nxc2
34. Qxg7+ Nf7 35. Rh1 Ne3+ 36. Kf2 Nc4 37. Rh6 Ne3 38. Qxf6+ Ke8 39. Qe6+ Kf8
40. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.12.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2904"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Nh3 O-O 6. Qb3+ d5 7. Nf4 c6 8. Nd2
e6 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Nd3 Nbd7 11. h4 Ne4 12. Bf4 b6 13. Nde5 c5 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15.
Be5 Bh6 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. gxf4 Nf6 18. Ne5 Rac8 19. Bf3 Be8 20. e3 Nd7 21. Qa3
Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bc6 23. Rd1 Qb7 24. Rg1 Kh8 25. Qb3 Qa6 26. Be2 Qa5 27. Qa3 Ba4
28. b4 Bxd1 29. bxa5 Bc2 30. h5 gxh5 31. Kd2 Be4 32. f3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2906"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2015.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.12.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2908"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 d5
9. a4 c5 10. a5 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. a6 Bc6 13. Qe2 Rac8 14. Rfc1 Qb8 15. c4
Qa8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bh3 Rfe8 19. Qd3 Rb8 20. Bc3 Bb5 21. Qc2
Rb6 22. Qb2 Bc6 23. Ne1 d4 24. exd4 Nd5 25. Nc4 Nxc3 26. Nxb6 Nxb6 27. Qxc3
Bxd4 28. Qd2 Bxa1 29. Rxa1 Bd5 30. Qc3 Qc6 31. Nc2 Qb5 32. Ne3 Qxb3 33. Qxc5
Be6 34. Bxe6 Qxe6 35. Rd1 Rc8 36. Qg5 Kg7 37. g4 Qf6 38. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 1st Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shirazi, Kamran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2908"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Bd7 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bc6 11. g4 e5 12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. Rxd8+ Rxd8 14. Bb5
Bxb5 15. Nxb5 exf4 16. e5 Nd7 17. e6 Ne5 18. exf7+ Kf8 19. Qxf4 Ng6 20. Qe4
Kxf7 21. Rf1+ Ke8 22. Nc7+ Kd7 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Rd1+ Bd6 25. Qd5 Kxc7 26. Qxd6+
Kb7 27. Qd7+ Ka8 28. Qc6+ Rb7 29. Rd7 Rhb8 30. Rxg7 Ne5 31. Qg2 a6 32. Rxh7 Ka7
33. Qf2+ Ka8 34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. Qf8+ Rb8 36. Qd6 Re8 37. Qxa6+ Kb8 38. Qb5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 1st Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2902"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2015.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Nc2 Be6 11. Ne3 Nh5 12. f4 Nf6 13. Bf3 Na6 14. Qc2 Nb4 15. Qd2
a5 16. b3 Qb6 17. Bb2 Rad8 18. Kh1 h5 19. Rad1 Ng4 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21. Nxg4 hxg4
22. Na4 Qc7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. f5 Rxe4 25. Qg5 Re5 26. Rd4 Rh8 27. Rxg4 d5 28.
Rg3 Nc2 29. h3 Nd4 30. Nc3 Nxf5 31. Rgf3 Rh5 32. Qf4 d4 33. g4 Rh4 34. Nd1 Qe7
35. Nf2 Ne3 36. Rg1 c5 37. Nd3 Re4 38. Qg3 g5 39. Nf2 Re5 40. Nd3 Re4 41. Nf2
Re6 42. Qh2 Reh6 43. Qg3 f6 44. Kh2 b6 45. Re1 Qe5 46. Qxe5 fxe5 47. Rg1 Rf6
48. Rxf6 Kxf6 49. Ne4+ Kg6 50. Rg3 Rh7 51. Rf3 Nxg4+ 52. Kg3 Ne3 53. Rf6+ Kg7
54. Rxb6 Rh4 55. Nxg5 Nf5+ 56. Kf3 Rf4+ 57. Ke2 Ng3+ 58. Kd2 Rf2+ 59. Ke1 Re2+
60. Kd1 e4 61. Ne6+ Kf7 62. Ng5+ Ke7 63. Rg6 d3 64. Re6+ Kd7 65. Re5 Kd6 66.
Re6+ Kc7 67. Re5 Kd6 68. Re6+ Kd7 69. Re5 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 1st Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arnaudov, Petar G"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2903"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 f5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. Re1 Ne4 8.
Nxe4 fxe4 9. Ng5 d5 10. f3 h6 11. Nh3 Nc6 12. c3 e5 13. fxe4 dxe4 14. e3 Bf5
15. Nf2 Qe7 16. Qb3+ Kh7 17. Qxb7 Qf6 18. Rf1 Rab8 19. Qa6 exd4 20. Nxe4 Qe6
21. Nc5 Qe7 22. Qxc6 dxc3 23. bxc3 Bxc3 24. Nb3 Bxa1 25. Nxa1 Rb1 26. Nb3 a5
27. Qa4 Be6 28. Qd4 Bxb3 29. Rxf8 Qxf8 30. Qc3 Qg7 31. Qc5 Bxa2 32. Be4 Ra1 33.
Kg2 Qf7 34. Bd3 Be6 35. Bb2 Bd5+ 36. e4 Bxe4+ 37. Bxe4 Qf1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 1st Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.12.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Terry, Renato"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2908"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
g5 9. dxc5 g4 10. Nd4 Ncxe5 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxd7+ Bxd7 13. N2b3 h5 14. f4 Nc6
15. Be3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 f6 17. Nc1 Kf7 18. Nd3 Bb5 19. a4 Bd7 20. b4 Qg8 21. Qb3
Qc8 22. Rae1 Qc6 23. f5 e5 24. Rxe5 Qxa4 25. Qxd5+ Kf8 26. Rxe7 Kxe7 27. Qd6+
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 1st Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.12.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Drozdowski, Kacper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2910"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2015.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. f4 f6 6. fxe5 fxe5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qe2 e4 14. Na4 Qe7
15. Rf5 Nd7 16. Raf1 Rxf5 17. Rxf5 Ne5 18. c4 Qe6 19. Rf1 dxc4 20. Qh5 cxb3 21.
axb3 Qg6 22. Qxg6 Nxg6 23. Rc1 Rb8 24. Rxc6 Rxb3 25. Rxa6 Kf7 26. Kf1 Ne7 27.
Ke2 Rb5 28. g4 h5 29. gxh5 Rxh5 30. Nc3 Be5 31. Ra4 Nf5 32. Ra5 Bxc3 33. Bxc3
g6 34. Ra7 Rxh3 35. Rxc7+ Ke8 36. Be5 g5 37. Rc5 g4 38. Bf4 Nh4 39. Re5+ Kf7
40. Rxe4 Nf5 41. Re5 Kf6 42. Rd5 g3 43. e4 Ng7 44. Be5+ Kf7 45. Bxg7 Kxg7 46.
Kf3 Kf6 47. d3 Ke6 48. Kg2 Rh8 49. Kxg3 Rf8 50. d4 Rf1 51. Ra5 Rd1 52. Ra6+ Ke7
53. d5 Rf1 54. Kg4 Rf2 55. e5 Rf1 56. Ra7+ Ke8 57. d6 Kf8 58. e6 Rg1+ 59. Kf3
Rf1+ 60. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 1st Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2904"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "249"]
[EventDate "2015.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nd2 e6 5. Ngf3 Nbd7 6. g3 Bd6 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Nf6 13. Re2 Qa5 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Ba3 16. Re5 Qb4 17. c3 Qe7 18. Bxa3 Qxa3 19. Qc2 a5 20. Rae1 Qd6 21.
Kg2 Nd7 22. R5e2 Rfe8 23. c4 Nf6 24. Rd1 a4 25. bxa4 Ra7 26. Qb3 Rea8 27. d5
cxd5 28. cxd5 e5 29. Qc3 Nd7 30. Bg4 Rxa4 31. Bxd7 Qxd7 32. Rxe5 Ra3 33. Qd4
Rxa2 34. d6 Qc6+ 35. Kg1 R2a4 36. Qb2 Ra2 37. Qb1 Qf3 38. Rf5 Qxd1+ 39. Qxd1
Ra1 40. Qxa1 Rxa1+ 41. Kg2 Rd1 42. Rb5 Rxd6 43. Rxb7 g6 44. g4 Kg7 45. h4 h5
46. gxh5 gxh5 47. Rb5 Kg6 48. Rg5+ Kh6 49. Rf5 Kg6 50. Rg5+ Kh6 51. Ra5 Rd4 52.
Kh3 Rd3+ 53. Kg2 Rd4 54. Ra6+ Kg7 55. Kg3 Rg4+ 56. Kh3 Rf4 57. Ra2 Rf3+ 58. Kg2
Rf4 59. Kg3 Rg4+ 60. Kh3 Rf4 61. Kg3 Rg4+ 62. Kh3 Rf4 63. Rb2 Rf3+ 64. Kg2 Rf4
65. Kh3 Rg4 66. f3 Ra4 67. Rb5 Kg6 68. Rg5+ Kh6 69. Rf5 Kg6 70. Rg5+ Kh6 71.
Kg3 f6 72. Rg8 Kh7 73. Rb8 Kg6 74. Rg8+ Kf7 75. Rc8 Kg6 76. Rc1 Rb4 77. Ra1 Rc4
78. Rd1 Rb4 79. Re1 Rc4 80. Rg1 Kf5 81. Rd1 Kg6 82. Ra1 Rb4 83. Rc1 Ra4 84. Rf1
Rb4 85. Rh1 Ra4 86. Rd1 Rb4 87. Rc1 Ra4 88. Rb1 Rc4 89. Rb5 Ra4 90. f4 Ra3+ 91.
Kg2 Ra4 92. Kf3 Ra3+ 93. Kf2 Ra2+ 94. Kf3 Ra3+ 95. Ke4 Ra4+ 96. Ke3 Ra3+ 97.
Kf2 Ra2+ 98. Ke3 Ra3+ 99. Ke4 Ra4+ 100. Ke3 Ra3+ 101. Ke4 Ra4+ 102. Kf3 Ra3+
103. Kf2 Ra2+ 104. Kg3 Ra3+ 105. Kh2 Ra2+ 106. Kh3 Ra3+ 107. Kg2 Ra2+ 108. Kf3
Ra3+ 109. Kf2 Ra2+ 110. Ke3 Ra3+ 111. Ke2 Ra2+ 112. Kd3 Ra3+ 113. Kd2 Rf3 114.
f5+ Rxf5 115. Rb4 Re5 116. Rf4 Kf7 117. Kd3 Ke6 118. Ra4 Kf5 119. Rc4 Re1 120.
Rc6 Rh1 121. Rc4 Re1 122. Rc6 Re6 123. Rc4 Re5 124. Ra4 Rb5 125. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 1st Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2015.12.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2906"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2015.12.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 e5 2. a3 d5 3. Bb2 Bd6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Qe7 6. d4 e4 7. Nfd2 Ng4 8. g3 h5
9. Be2 Qf6 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. Qc1 h4 12. Rf1 hxg3 13. hxg3 Rh2 14. Nc3 Qf5 15.
Nb3 Bh3 0-1

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 Be6 {One of many possible setups in the Berlin.
The position of theBe6 is rather unstable, but it is not easy for White to
benefit from that.} (10... h5 {is the most popular continuation here.}) 11. g4
{Alexander chooses the most ambitious way of handling the position. White
manages to make some progress on the k-side, but Black now gets some targets
for an attack too.} (11. Rd1 {, as was played by Vishy against Magnus Carlsen
in the same event looks somewhat more flexible here.}) 11... Ne7 12. Nd4 ({
Another way to challenge the bishop is} 12. Ng5 {, but Black shouldn't face
any problems, as was proved in 2 games of GM Arkadij Naiditsch:} Bc4 (12... Bd7
13. f4 h5 14. f5 hxg4 15. hxg4 Rh4 16. Rf4 Nd5 $132 {0-1 Volokitin,A (2695)
-Naiditsch,A (2712)/San Sebastian 2012}) 13. Re1 Nd5 14. e6 f6 15. Nf7 Nxc3 16.
bxc3 Rg8 $15 {0-1 Bobras,P (2535)-Naiditsch,A (2710)/Germany 2014}) 12... Bd7 {
Keeping the light-squared bishop on the board is almost necessary. Now Black
is ready to put some pressure on White's pawn chain by means of 13...h5.} 13.
Kh2 {A consistent, but somewhat slow approach. The king is coming to support
the vulnerable Pg4.} ({The other possibilities have been tested on the highest
level:} 13. f4 h5 14. f5 hxg4 15. hxg4 Rh4 16. Rf4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Nf3
Rh8 19. Be3 (19. Bd2 a5 20. Re1 Ra6 21. g5 Rh5 22. Bc3 Bc5+ 23. Kg2 d4 $132 {
Sutovsky,E (2700)-Iordachescu,V (2646)/Baku 2011}) 19... c5 20. c3 g5 21. Nxg5
Bh6 22. Rf2 Rg8 $11 {Karjakin,S (2762)-Mamedyarov,S (2736)/Baku AZE 2015}) (13.
Re1 h5 14. e6 fxe6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Rxe6 Kd7 17. Re2 hxg4 18. hxg4 Ng6 19. Bg5
Bd6 $11 {Caruana,F (2829)-Nakamura,H (2775)/London ENG 2014}) 13... c5 ({
There was nothing wrong also with} 13... Nd5 14. Ndb5 Kd8 15. Rd1 Kc8 16. Nxd5
cxd5 17. a4 c6 $11 {, but Hikaru's choice is more ambitious.}) 14. Ndb5 {
This retreat is the most aggressive, but White's setup is not harmonious now.}
({It was better to keep the balance by means of} 14. Nde2 h5 15. Kg3 Nc6 16.
Nd5 Rc8 17. Bf4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Rad1 c5 20. Bg5 $1 $11) 14... Kd8 {
Obviously, the Nb5 is poorly placed now.} 15. Be3 $146 {This novelty doesn't
change the unfavourable course of the game, but it is still a clear
improvement over the preceding game.} ({The following attempt to change the
character of the battle} 15. e6 $6 fxe6 16. Bf4 a6 {fails to} 17. Nxc7 Rc8 $2
$17 {Jarmula,L (2368)-Loetscher,R (2439)/Panevezys LTU 2015}) 15... a6 {
The Nb5 is misplaced and doesn't bother Black, so this move wasn't necessary.}
({Possibly, a more unpleasant move for Grischuk would be} 15... b6 $5 16. Rad1
Kc8 17. f4 h5 18. Kg3 g6 $15) 16. Na3 b6 17. Ne4 {Leaving the Na3 out of play
for a long time is very risky.} ({It was worth paying serious attention to} 17.
f4 $5 h5 18. Kg3 Nc6 (18... Kc8 19. Nc4 Bb5 20. b3 Nc6 21. Rad1 $132) 19. Nc4
Be7 20. Rad1 $132 {with complex double-edged play.}) 17... h5 18. Kg3 hxg4 19.
hxg4 Bc6 20. Ng5 $6 {Alexander moves another knight in a wrong direction.
Perhaps, he had underestimated Black's strong 21st move.} (20. Rad1+ {was much
better:} Ke8 21. Nc3 f5 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Nc4 $11) 20... Ke8 21. f4 $6 {
This aggressive advance leaves the king much more exposed.} (21. Rad1 Nd5 22.
Bc1 Be7 23. Rfe1 {with a slightly worse, but solid position.}) 21... f5 $1 {
Taking control over the f5-square. Now White is in trouble.} 22. Rad1 ({
Opening-up the g-file would definitely suit Black here:} 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Nf3
({The most ''aggressive''} 23. Ne6 $6 {invites more troubles:} Kf7 $1 24. f5 (
24. Nxc7 Ra7 $17) 24... Nd5 25. Bf4 Nxf4 26. Nxf4 b5 $1 $19 {[%csl Ra3,Rg3]
[%cal Gf8d6]}) 23... Rg8 24. Nh4 Kf7 $36 {Still, it was the lesser evil for
Alexander...}) 22... g6 $1 23. Ne6 fxg4 $1 {As a result of Black's powerful
play, the position is winning for Hikaru.} (23... Rc8 $6 {would be less
energetic:} 24. g5 Nd5 25. Bd2 Be7 26. c4 Kf7 27. cxd5 Bxd5 28. Nxc5 Bxc5 29.
Be3 $15) 24. Nxc7+ Kf7 25. e6+ ({The greedy} 25. Nxa8 {loses on the spot:} Nf5+
26. Kf2 Rh2+ 27. Ke1 Nxe3) 25... Kg8 26. Kxg4 Ra7 {A definite inaccuracy,
though it doesn't spoil the win yet.} ({A much simpler way was} 26... Rc8 $1
27. Nxa6 (27. Rd7 Nf5 28. Bf2 Bd6 $19) 27... Nf5 28. Bf2 Rh2 $19 {with
complete domination.}) 27. Rd7 $1 {The awkward placement of Ra7 leaves White
some hopes.} Nf5 28. Bf2 {The only defence.} Nh6+ 29. Kg3 Nf5+ 30. Kg4 Be7 $1 {
The most precise. White is going to lose the rook anyway.} (30... Bxd7 {
would be less convincing:} 31. exd7 Be7 32. Nd5 Rxd7 33. Nxb6 $17) 31. Rfd1
Nh6+ {A practical decision - it always makes sense to repeat the moves in
order to get some extra time.} 32. Kg3 Nf5+ 33. Kg4 Nh6+ $2 {However,
reepating the moves twice is an indisputable mistake.} ({GM Nakamura fails to
exploit the vulnerablity of the opponent's king by means of} 33... Rh5 $1 34.
Rxe7 ({But} 34. Rd8+ {is hopeless:} Bxd8 35. Rxd8+ Kg7 36. Ne8+ Kf8 37. Nf6+
Ke7 38. Nxh5 Kxd8 $19) ({There is also no time for slow play like} 34. Nc4 Nh6+
35. Kg3 Bh4+ 36. Kh2 Bxf2# $19) 34... Nxe7 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rd7 Bxd7 37. exd7
Nc6 38. Ne6 Rd5 39. Nc4 Rb7 $19 {Despite the activity of all White's pieces,
Black should be able to convert the material advantage into a full point.}) 34.
Kg3 Rh7 $2 {Another step in the wrong direction.} ({The only way to
consolidate the position and keep some material advantage was:} 34... Kf8 $1
35. Nd5 ({Probably} 35. Nc4 {is worse:} Nf5+ 36. Kg4 Rh5 37. Rd8+ Bxd8 38.
Rxd8+ Ke7 39. Rc8 Rh2 $17) 35... Bxd7 36. exd7 Nf5+ 37. Kf3 Rxd7 38. Nc4 Bd8
39. Ne5 Rd6 40. Nc4 Re6 41. Ndxb6 Bxb6 42. Nxb6 Rh3+ 43. Kg2 Ne3+ 44. Bxe3
Rhxe3 $17) 35. Nc4 {The poor knight is coming back, so the main problem of
Alexander has been solved!} Nf5+ 36. Kg4 Nh6+ {Accepting a draw looks like a
reasonable decision now.} ({Now} 36... Rh5 {is much less effective than before:
} 37. Rd8+ $1 Bxd8 ({After} 37... Kg7 38. R1d7 {Black has to force a draw by
pereptual.}) 38. Rxd8+ Kg7 39. Ne8+ Kf8 ({Nor is anything achieved by} 39...
Bxe8 40. Rxe8 Re7 41. Rxe7+ Nxe7 42. Nxb6 $11) 40. Nf6+ Ke7 41. Rc8 Bb7 42.
Ng8+ Kxe6 43. Rf8 {the lack of harmony in Black's camp yields White sufficient
counterplay.}) 37. Kg3 Nf5+ 38. Kg4 Nh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 $5 {Nakamura plays something offbeat to get an
original position.} Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Be2 {By not developing his knight on c3
White dissuades Black from playing the Grünfeld.} c5 (5... d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7.
e4 {is considered as pleasant for White.}) 6. d5 d6 7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O exd5 9.
cxd5 {Now we are in Benoni territory where White has played the e3 Be2 line.
Of course this is in no way theoretically threatening, especially because
White will be a tempo down in the main lines when he has to go e3-e4. However,
the position is still quite interesting and White can hope for a small edge.}
Na6 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. e4 Re8 12. f3 Nh5 13. f4 Nf6 14. Kh1 Nc7 15. a4 a6 16. a5
Bd7 {Black has a very comfortable version of the Benoni. White's pieces are
clumsily placed. And Black can use the b5-square for his pieces.} 17. Bf3 Nb5
18. e5 $6 dxe5 19. fxe5 Rxe5 $17 {Nakamura sacrifices a pawn to muddy the
waters but the position is just clearly better for Black.} 20. Nc4 Rf5 21. Ne2
Rxf3 $5 {A very interesting exchange sacrifice.} (21... Ng4 $1 22. Bxg4 Rxf1+
23. Qxf1 Bxg4 $17 {was even stronger.}) 22. gxf3 Bh3 23. Re1 Qxd5 24. Nf4 Qxd1
25. Rxd1 {Black has two pawns for the exchange and excellent co-ordination.}
Bd7 26. Be3 Bc6 27. Kg2 Re8 28. Kf2 g5 29. Nd3 g4 30. Nde5 Bd5 31. Rg1 h5 32.
h3 Bxc4 $6 (32... gxf3 $1 {would have lead to a winning position for Black but
requires great deal of calculation.} 33. Bh6 Ne4+ $1 34. Ke3 (34. Kxf3 $2 Ng5+
$19) 34... Kh7 $1 35. Bxg7 f2 $1 36. Rg2 Nd4 $19 {and Black is a complete rook
down but with threats like ...Nc2+ he has a winning position. Of course this
is not so easy to see during the game.}) 33. Nxc4 $11 {The worst is over for
White.} Nd5 34. fxg4 Nxe3 35. Nxe3 Bxb2 36. Rae1 Bc3 37. Re2 Bd4 38. Kf3 Nc3
39. Ree1 Ne4 40. gxh5+ Kh7 41. Rg2 Nd6 42. Ree2 Re5 43. Nc2 Rxh5 44. Nxd4 cxd4
45. Rg4 Rxa5 46. Rxd4 Nf5 47. Rb4 b5 48. Kf4 Nh6 49. Ke5 Ra3 50. h4 Rg3 51. Ra2
Rg6 52. Rb1 Re6+ 53. Kf4 Rf6+ 54. Ke4 Re6+ 55. Kf4 Rf6+ 56. Ke4 Re6+ 57. Kf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {A popular line
nowadays.} Qe7 $5 {Nakamura chooses a rare but interesting continuation.} ({
Another recent example is:} 6... Nd7 7. Nc4 O-O 8. Bd2 Re8 9. Qe2 f6 10. h4 Nf8
11. h5 Be6 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. h6 g6 14. O-O Bg4 15. Nxg4 Qxg4 16. Nd4 Qxe2 17.
Nxe2 Ne6 18. g3 g5 19. Be3 Bf8 20. Kg2 Bxh6 {1/2-1/2 (56) Adams,M (2744)
-Nakamura,H (2793) London 2015; from the same event, this time Nakamura is a
pawn up but failed to convert just like Caruana in this game.}) 7. h3 (7. O-O
Bg4 8. Nc4 O-O-O 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Be3 f6 11. a3 Nf8 12. b4 Bd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14.
Rfb1 Ng6 15. h3 Nf4 16. Qd2 $1 Nxh3+ 17. gxh3 Bxh3 18. a4 {1-0 (30) Hou Yifan 
(2629)-Muminova,N (2332) Lopota 2014. Black doesn't have enough play for the
sacrificed piece.}) 7... O-O (7... Nd7 8. Nc4 f6 9. O-O Nf8 10. Be3 Be6 11.
Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Ne3 O-O-O 13. Nh4 g6 14. Qf3 Qe7 15. Qg3 Rg8 16. a3 Kb8 17. b4 f5
18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nhxf5 Qf6 20. Qh4 Qxh4 21. Nxh4 Bxh3 22. Kh2 Bc8 23. Rae1 {
0-1 (76) Hasangatin,R (2437)-Postny,E (2559) Internet (blitz) 2005. White has
better chances in this endgame.}) 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Qe2 $5 {At a very early stage
we have entered a position that is practically new, but still we are not out
of usual ideas that can arise here.} (9. O-O Bd6 10. c3 a5 11. Re1 b5 12. Ne3
Nb6 13. d4 exd4 14. Qxd4 c5 15. Qd3 c4 16. Qc2 Qf6 17. Nd4 Bd7 {0-1 (45)
Bodnaruk,A (2411)-Pogonina,N (2480) Kazan 2014, Black got nice play.}) 9... b5
10. Ne3 Nb6 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nd7 {The alternative could have brought us
highly interesting chess:} (12... Qd7 $5 13. Qe4 (13. f6 gxf6 14. Bh6 Rfe8 15.
O-O-O Qe6 16. Nh4 Kh8 17. Qf3 Rg8 18. g4 {this is one sharp possibility, White
is a pawn down but the position is rather unbalanced}) 13... f6 14. Be3 Bxe3
15. fxe3 Na4 16. O-O-O Qd5 17. Qxd5+ cxd5 18. d4 e4 19. Ne1 $1 {with the idea
g4-Ng2-f4 again with a highly interesting type of game.} {For instance:} Nb6
20. g4 Nc4 21. Ng2 Kf7 22. b3 Nd6 23. Nf4 c6 24. Kb2 a5 25. h4 {the position
is still in some kind of equilibrium.}) 13. Nd2 $1 Bb4 14. c3 Ba5 15. Ne4 b4
16. O-O Rfd8 (16... bxc3 17. bxc3 Rfd8 18. Qc2 {Here too White has the
initiative due to his better structure and better piece placement, especially
his knight on e4 looks strong.}) 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Be3 f6 19. Qc2 {White's
strategy is simple and it seems that so far it has worked well in this game.}
Nb6 20. a3 Bd6 21. Qxc6 {White has got a pawn and we can say that his chances
are much better.} Qd7 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. Rfc1 Nd5 24. Bd2 Bf8 25. g3 $6 {
An inaccuracy after which it will not be easy for White to convert his extra
pawn.} (25. b4 $1 Nb6 (25... Ne7 26. Nc5 $16) 26. Kf1 Rxd3 27. Rxc7 Nd5 28. Rb7
Rd4 29. f3 Rd3 30. Ke2 Rb3 31. Rd7 Nb6 32. Rd3 $16) 25... a5 $1 26. Kf1 a4 27.
Ke2 Rb8 28. Rc2 Rb3 {Cautious play by White allowed Black to reach his optimum
and now it is not easy at all to get something out of it.} 29. Rac1 Rd8 $1 {
The idea is Rdb8.} 30. Nc3 Nxc3+ 31. Bxc3 Rd5 32. g4 c6 33. Rg1 h6 34. h4 Be7
35. Rg3 Kf7 36. Kd2 Bd6 37. Ke2 Bc5 {Back is fine and we can say that the pawn
up means nothing now.} 38. g5 Bd4 39. gxh6 gxh6 40. Rg6 Bxc3 41. bxc3 h5 42.
Rh6 Kg7 43. Rg6+ Kf7 44. Rh6 Kg7 45. Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 {Nakamura has very
good statistics in his games against Anand. A few month ago he won after 6.0-0,
which is considered as the main line.} (6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4
Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Nbd2 Bc6
16. Nb3 Be7 17. Na5 h6 18. Be3 $11 {Nakamura,H (2814)-Anand,V (2816)1-0 (43)
Saint Louis USA 2015}) 6... c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 {Now Black has a choice
between 8...Nc6, which is the most popular continuation; 8...e5; 8...Qb6 and 8.
..Na6!?. I would recommend 8...e5 as the most reliable continuation or 8...Na6
for those who like unexplored tracks.} Qb6 (8... Na6 $5 {Of late it has been
played in 2 games.} 9. cxd5 {It seems to me that White doesn't have any
alternatives.} (9. Rd1 $2 Nb4 10. Qd2 (10. Qb3 $2 dxc4 11. Qxc4 e5 $19) 10...
dxc4 $15) (9. Bd2 $6 e5 10. Nf5 d4 {In comparison with the line 8...e5 9.Nf5
d4 Black could get an extra tempo, because White's dark-squared bishop is
misplaced and he should play 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 11.Bg5.}) 9... Nb4 $1 ({Kurajica,B
proved that} 9... Nxd5 $6 {is not a strong move due to} 10. Rd1 Ndb4 11. Qb3
Qb6 12. Be3 Nc5 13. Qc4 Nd5 14. Nf5 exf5 15. Bxd5 $16 {Kurajica,B (2495)
-Groszpeter,A (2490) 1-0 (52) Oberwart 1984}) 10. Qd1 (10. Qb3 e5 11. Nc2 Nbxd5
{Black should be satisfied with the opening results. He even has a small
advantage.} 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 e4 14. Be3 Qd5 15. Bd4 Qh5 16. f3 exf3 (16...
Be6 $5 17. Qc7 Rfe8 18. Qxb7 Rac8 19. Rac1 Bc5 $44) 17. exf3 Bd7 18. Ne3 Rac8
19. Qb3 Bc5 20. Qc3 $11 {Khairullin,I (2630)-Riazantsev,A (2688) 1/2 (34)
Sochi RUS 2015. White almost levelled the game.}) 10... e5 11. Nf3 e4 (11...
Qxd5 $5 {leads to complications after} 12. Qxd5 Nfxd5 13. Nxe5 Nc2 14. Bxd5
Nxa1 $13) 12. Ng5 e3 $5 (12... Qxd5 $5 13. Qxd5 Nfxd5 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Nc3 h6
$44) 13. Nc3 exf2+ 14. Kh1 $1 (14. Rxf2 $6 Ng4) 14... h6 15. a3 $1 hxg5 $6 (
15... Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 hxg5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bxg5 Qe5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qd2 $14
) 16. axb4 Qb6 17. Bxg5 Qxb4 18. Qd2 Ng4 19. Bf4 $16 {Khismatullin, D (2654)
-Bukavshin,I (2657) 1/2 (50) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2015}) (8... e5 {Sergey
Karjakin prefers this move.} 9. Nf5 d4 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {It seems that Black is
OK. He controls the centre and White's c4-pawn might be a target. However,
there are a lot of strong GMs, who like to play it with White. White's
light-squared bishop is very strong. He can also rely on the pair of bishops
and on the majority on the queenside. White should choose between 11.b4 and 11.
Bg5. Evgenij Miroshnichenko played 11.b3 but this option doesn't have many
supporters.} 11. b4 (11. b3 {- Miroshnichenko,E-Anand,V Bundesliga 2004,
annotated by Ribli,Z.}) (11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd2 Nc6 (13... Bf5 14.
Qb3 Nd7 15. Qa3 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. b4 a5 18. c5 Qa6 $2 (18... Qb5 19. Qf3 $1
Be6 20. Qd3 $1 (20. Qxb7 $2 Qxe2 21. Ne4 axb4 22. Nd6 Rcb8 $17) 20... Qxd3 (
20... Qxb4 21. a3 $1 Nxc5 22. axb4 Nxd3 23. exd3 axb4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Kf1 Ra2
26. Ke1 $16) 21. exd3 Rc7 22. a3 $14) 19. Nc4 Be6 20. Nd6 $18 {Aronian,L (2826)
-Carlsen,M (2872) 1-0 (53) Zuerich 2014}) 14. c5 Qe7 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Qc4 Bxe4
17. Bxe4 Kh8 18. b4 f5 19. Bd5 Rad8 20. Rab1 Qd7 21. Bxc6 bxc6 $11 {Wojtaszek,
R (2698)-Karjakin,S (2762) 1/2 (83) Rhodes 2013}) 11... Be6 12. Nd2 Rc8 (12...
Qc7 13. Ba3 Nbd7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. b5 Rfd8 16. c5 Nd5 $6 (16... Bd5 17. Qd3
Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Re8 $13) 17. Ne4 Bf5 $6 18. c6 $1 bxc6 19. Bd6 $16 {Li Chao2 
(2750)-Kreisl,R (2437) 1-0 (39) Skopje MKD 2015}) 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. b5 Na5 15.
Ba3 Qd7 16. Rac1 a6 17. Bb4 axb5 18. cxb5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Qxd5 21.
a3 b6 22. Rc7 (22. e4 $5 Qd8 (22... dxe3 23. Qxd5 Bxd5 24. fxe3 f6 25. Rc7 $14)
23. f4 f6 $11) 22... h6 $11 {Wang,Y (2725)-Karjakin,S (2756) 1/2 (36) Antalya
2013}) (8... Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 (10. b3 a5 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. Na4 Rb8 13.
Rd1 {I played this tournament and during the game I didn't like this move.
However the game Jobava,B-Zhukova,N convinced me that the natural 13...Nd7 is
not a panacea for all woes.} Bd6 (13... Nd7 14. Bf4 Rb4 $6 (14... Rb7 15. e4
$14) 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bc7 Qc8 17. Rac1 $16 {1-0 (31) Jobava,B (2722) -Zhukova,
N (2470) Doha QAT 2014}) 14. Be3 ({I believe White should have played} 14. Bb2
Qe7 15. e4 {with advantage.}) 14... Qe7 15. Bb6 Bb5 $1 16. Bxa5 Bxa4 17. bxa4 (
17. Bc3 $1 Bb5 (17... Bb4 18. Be5 Ra8 19. bxa4 $14) 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. a4 Rfc8
20. Qd2 bxa4 21. bxa4 Rb3 22. Rdc1 $14) 17... Bb4 18. Bxb4 Rxb4 19. cxd5 cxd5
20. Rd3 $6 Qa7 21. Rb1 Rxa4 22. Rd2 $15 {1/2 (22) Li Chao2 (2722)-Rausis,I 
(2586) Heusenstamm GER 2014. Of course, we have to respect top GMs but I'd
like to see how Li Chao played this unpleasant position.}) 10... Qb6 11. b3 a5
12. a3 Rb8 13. Bb2 dxc4 $6 14. Nxc4 Qxb3 15. Qxb3 Rxb3 16. Rab1 $14 {Li,C 
(2700)-Rozentalis,E (2623) 1-0 (42) Reykjavik 2014}) 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6
11. Bg5 $146 (11. Na3 Bxa3 12. bxa3 Qxc4 13. Qxc4 dxc4 14. a4 (14. Rd4 c3 15.
Rc4 Bd7 16. Rxc3 Nd5 17. Rb3 Bc6 $11) 14... Bd7 15. Ba3 $6 (15. Bxb7 Rab8 16.
Ba6 c3 17. Ba3 Rb6 $1 18. Bxf8 c2 19. Rdc1 Rxa6 20. Bb4 Bxa4 21. a3 Nd5 $11)
15... Bxa4 16. Rdc1 b5 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 $15 {Aronian,L (2780)-Anand,V (2804) 0-1 
(51) Blitz Stavanger NOR 2015}) (11. a4 Bd7 12. b3 (12. Nd2 Qc7 13. b3 Rac8 14.
Bb2 Bc6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 a5 $5 (17... Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Rfd8 $11)
18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Rac1 g6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6 $13 {1/2 (32)
Melkumyan,H (2622)-Dominguez Perez,L (2732) Baku AZE 2015}) 12... Qc8 $6 {
A weird move.} (12... Rac8 13. Bb2 Qa6 14. Nd2 Rfd8 15. Bd4 Bc6 {With good
chances to equalise.}) 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Nxa3 Bc6 15. Rac1 a6 16. cxd5 exd5 17.
Qd3 $14 {Lei Tingjie (2444) -Ushenina,A (2486) Chengdu CHN 2015. Black's
position is unpleasant,}) (11. b3 b5 12. Na3 $6 (12. Ba3 $5 Bxa3 (12... b4 $5
13. Bb2 Bb7) 13. Nxa3 bxc4 14. bxc4 Bb7 15. Rab1 (15. cxd5 Qa6 $1 {This is
stronger than 15...Qxc2, which is also not bad.} (15... Qxc2 16. Nxc2 Bxd5 17.
Ne3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rfd8 $11) 16. Qd3 Qxd3 17. Rxd3 Bxd5 $11) 15... Rfc8 16. Qb2
Ba6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nb5 Qxb5 19. Qxb5 Bxb5 20. Rxb5 Nc3 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22.
Rdb1 Nxb1 23. Rxb1 g6 24. Rb7 {Black still has some problems.}) 12... bxc4 13.
bxc4 Bb7 (13... Bd7 $1 14. cxd5 $6 Nxd5 15. Qxc6 Bxc6 $15) 14. Rb1 Qa6 15. Qb3
Bc6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 (16... Ba4 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. Rxd3 Nxd5 $11) 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18.
Nb5 Qb7 19. Qf3 Qc6 $11 {Mkrtchian,L (2443)-Ushenina,A (2486) 1/2 (30) Chengdu
CHN 2015}) 11... h6 ({Probably Black could have got an equal position after} 
11... Qxc4 $5 12. Qxc4 dxc4 13. Nd2 Bd7 (13... c3 $6 14. bxc3 Rd8 15. Nc4 Rxd1+
16. Rxd1 Kf8 17. Na5 {I don't see how Black can finish his development.}) 14.
Nxc4 (14. Bxb7 Rab8 15. Bf3 h6 $1 16. Bf4 Rxb2 17. Nxc4 Rc2 $11) 14... Bb5 15.
Rac1 Rac8 16. Ne5 h6 $1 {It seems to me that Black has got an equal position.
For example} 17. Be3 (17. Bxf6 $6 gxf6 18. Nd3 b6 $15) (17. Bf4 Bxe2 (17... Nd5
$11) 18. Bxb7 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rb8 20. Rc8+ Rxc8 21. Bxc8 Bc5 $11) 17... Nd5 18.
Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rxd5 Bxe2 21. Rd7 Bf6 $11) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Na3 {
Now White's queen is protected and he wants to take on d5.} Bd7 14. Rab1 (14.
Rd2 Rac8 15. Qb3 (15. cxd5 $6 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 Rxc2 17. Nxc2 Rc8 $1 18. Ne3 Bxb2
19. Rb1 Rc1+ 20. Rxc1 Bxc1 $15) 15... Qa6 16. cxd5 Qa5 17. Qd3 Rc5 $44) (14.
cxd5 $2 Qxc2 15. Nxc2 Ba4 16. Rd2 Bxb2 $15) 14... Rac8 15. Qd3 Rfd8 16. cxd5
Qa4 17. Rd2 b5 {I shouldn't assess the last move as a dubious one, because
objectively Black is not worse, but the resulting positions are complicated
and it is easier to make a mistake.} (17... exd5 {I believe that this is the
most practical decision.} 18. Bxd5 Bg5 19. Rdd1 (19. f4 Be7 20. e4 Be6 21. Rbd1
Bb4 22. Rc2 Bxa3 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. bxa3 Bxd5 25. exd5 Rc3 26. Qd4 Rc4 $11)
19... Bc6 20. e4 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rc5 22. d6 Bf6 23. Qe2 Rc6 24. Nb5 a6 25. Nc3
Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rcxd6 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Rxb7 Rd1+ 29. Kg2 Qc6+ 30. Kh3 Qxb7 31.
Qxd1 Qc8+ 32. Kg2 Qxc3 $11) 18. Rbd1 (18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Qxb5 Qxb5 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Nxb5 Bxa2 22. Ra1 Bc4 $11) 18... exd5 $6 (18... a6 {Black protects
his b5-pawn and he is ready to play ...exd5 and after Bxd5 Be6.} 19. d6 (19.
Bf3 exd5 20. Bxd5 Be6 21. e4 Rd6 22. Kg2 Rcd8 23. Qe2 Bxd5 24. exd5 g6 {
White can't improve his position.}) 19... Rc5 20. Bf3 a5 21. Kg2 Rdc8 $44) (
18... Bc6 19. e4 (19. dxc6 $2 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 a6 $17) (19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. axb3 exd5
21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 a6 $44) 19... exd5 (19... Bg5 $6 20. f4
Be7 21. Qc2 $16) 20. exd5 Bd7 21. d6 $14 {Definetely the knight on a3 is
misplaced but the d6-pawn is strong and Black still has some problems.}) (18...
Bg5 $5 19. f4 (19. Rc2 Bf6 {and White doesn't have anything better than Rcd2.})
19... Bf6 (19... Be7 $5 20. d6 Bf6 21. e4 e5 22. Bf3 Rc5 23. Qb3 Rdc8 24. Qxa4
bxa4 $44) 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 e5 22. e4 exf4 23. gxf4 Re8 24. Bf3 g5 $44) 19.
Bxd5 Bc6 20. e4 a6 21. h4 (21. Qb1 $1 {Sakaev,K} Bxd5 22. exd5 Bg5 (22... Qb4
23. d6 g6 24. Nc2 Qxb2 25. Qxb2 Bxb2 26. d7 $1 Rc7 27. Nb4 Bc3 28. Nxa6 Bxd2
29. Nxc7 Rxd7 30. Nxb5 Kf8 31. Kf1 Ke7 32. Ke2 Rb7 33. Rxd2 Rxb5 34. a4 Ra5 35.
Ra2 $18 {See the last game of the match Alekhine-Capablanca.}) 23. Rc2 Bf6 24.
Rxc8 Rxc8 25. d6 $16 {Black is in trouble, the d6-pawn is very strong.}) 21...
Bxd5 22. exd5 Qb4 (22... Rd7 {Sakaev,K} 23. d6 Rcd8 24. Qe2 Bxb2 25. Nxb5 Qxb5
26. Qxb5 axb5 27. Rxb2 Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxb5 Ra6 30. Rb2 h5 $14 {The
endgame is drawish, but a few people like to have the white pieces.}) (22...
Rd6 {Sakaev,K} 23. Nc2 Bxb2 24. Ne3 Bc1 25. Rc2 Rxc2 26. Nxc2 Bb2 27. Ne3 $16 {
Due to his d6-pawn White has a huge advantage. For example} Bf6 (27... Qa3 28.
Qe4 Rd8 29. Nf5 Qa4 30. Qxa4 bxa4 31. Kg2 Kf8 32. h5 $16) 28. Rd2 b4 29. Nc4
Rd8 30. d6 Bc3 31. Re2 Qb5 32. Re7 Bf6 33. Rc7 a5 34. Qf3 a4 35. Qb7 Qxb7 36.
Rxb7 Bc3 37. Kg2 Kf8 38. Kf3 $16 {White's king is heading to d5.}) 23. Rb1 (23.
d6 $5 Rd7 24. Nc2 Qxb2 25. Ne3 Qe5 26. Ng4 Qe6 27. Qf3 $16) 23... Qa5 24. b4
Qa4 $2 {This is a serious mistake, which leads to a very difficult position.} (
24... Qb6 25. Rb3 g6 26. Nc2) 25. Rb3 {The black queen is trapped.} Be7 26. Re2
$1 {Probably Anand hoped for 26.Qb1 a5.} Rc7 (26... Bxb4 27. Re4 a5 28. Kg2 Re8
29. Rd4 Rcd8 30. d6 $16) 27. Kg2 Bf6 28. Qf3 Re7 29. Rd2 Red7 30. Qe2 g6 $6 (
30... Re7 31. Qd1 Rc7) 31. h5 g5 32. Qd1 $1 {White needn't assess the position
which arises after} (32. Nc2 $6 Qxa2 33. Nd4 Qxd2 34. Qxd2 Rxd5 35. Qa2 Bxd4
36. Qxa6 $16) 32... Bg7 33. Nc2 $18 Qxa2 34. Ne3 Qa1 35. Qxa1 Bxa1 36. Ra2 Bd4
37. Nf5 Bg7 38. Rxa6 Bf8 39. d6 Bxd6 40. Nxh6+ Kh7 41. Ng4 (41. Ng4 Be7 42. Rf3
(42. Ne5) 42... Rf8 43. Ne5 $18) 1-0

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Adams,M"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I managed a new record in the London Chess Classic with 9 draws, this game
had the potential to get exciting, but like a lot of other games in the event
it faded away.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2
Nd7 7. Nc4 O-O {A recent concept,} 8. Bd2 {White makes some developing moves
and keeps the option to castle on both sides of the board.} Re8 9. Qe2 f6 ({
It is often more precise for Black to play} 9... Bd6 {as occurred in previous
games such as Anand-Giri in Bilbao and also McShane- Georgescu from the LCC
Rapid Open a week after this game. This seems logical as Black is ready for
c6-c5 and transferring the knight to d4 via f8 and e6 or b8 and c6. However
here after the continuation} 10. g4 Nf8 11. Ne3 {White can quickly develop a
kingside initiative.}) 10. h4 ({The point of Hikaru's accurate last move is
that} 10. g4 {is now well met by} Nb6) ({Maybe the caveman style} 10. Rg1 $5 {
is another option for the fearless.}) 10... Nf8 11. h5 {White has gained some
space and hopes to either transfer a knight to f5, or play g4 or h6 later on.}
Be6 ({I was expecting} 11... Ne6 {but developing the bishop is sensible.}) (
11... Bg4 {was another option.}) 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. h6 ({I was originally planning
} 13. Nh4 {but didn't like} Bd4 {however} 14. Qf3 (14. O-O-O Bxa2 {looks hard
to believe}) ({or} 14. Nhf5 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bd4 16. Rxb7 Bb6 17. Qg4 {deserve
further investigation})) ({After} 13. O-O Bxe3 14. Qxe3 h6 15. Nh4 Bg4 {
I was worried about dropping a pawn although this is also not that clearcut.})
(13. O-O-O {is no longer an option due to} Bxa2) 13... g6 14. O-O Bg4 (14...
Bf7 {or}) (14... Rad8 {were other sensible options.}) 15. Nxg4 Qxg4 16. Nd4 ({
Perhaps} 16. b4 $5 {was a good idea, I was reluctant to weaken the queenside
but it does speed up my kingside play:} Bd6 17. Nd4 $5 (17. Qe3 $5) 17... Qxe2
18. Nxe2 Ne6 19. g3) 16... Qxe2 17. Nxe2 Ne6 18. g3 g5 {White's position looks
promising but the vulnerability of the pawn on h6 is very annoying.} 19. Be3 ({
White's king doesn't feel very comfortable after} 19. Kg2 Kf7 ({not} 19... g4
20. f3) 20. f4 gxf4 21. gxf4 Rg8+ 22. Kf3 (22. Kh3 exf4 23. Nxf4 Nxf4+ 24. Bxf4
Rg6) 22... exf4 23. Bxf4) (19. Kh2 Bf8 20. f4 gxf4 21. gxf4 Bxh6 22. Rf3 {
is uninspiring, but the computer thinks White has sufficient compensation})
19... Bf8 20. Kg2 Bxh6 21. Rh1 Bg7 22. Kf3 ({The direct} 22. Raf1 Re7 23. f4 {
is met by} f5 {however there are some risks involved in my king sauntering up
the board.}) 22... h6 23. Kg4 ({I originally planned to play for positional
compensation with} 23. g4 Kf7 24. Ng3 Rh8 25. Nf5 Rh7 26. Rh5 Rah8 27. Rah1 Bf8
28. Ke2 Kg6 29. b3 Ng7 30. Nxg7 Bxg7 {leaves Black unlikely to find a
breakthrough but it's more pleasant to have an extra pawn.}) 23... Re7 24. Raf1
Rf8 25. Rh3 ({I was intending} 25. f4 {but lost faith} exf4 26. gxf4 f5+ 27.
exf5 Nd8 (27... Nxf4 28. Nxf4 Rxe3 29. Ne6 Rf7 30. Re1) 28. Rh3 Rfe8 29. Rff3 {
is hard to assess.}) (25. b3 {could be a useful move.}) 25... Nd4 ({If} 25...
Ref7 {the intrepid king move} 26. Kf5 {is an option although the knight is not
attacked as} b6 27. Kxe6 f5 {mates in 2.}) (25... f5+ 26. exf5 Nd4 {is similar
to the game.}) 26. Nxd4 exd4 27. Bc1 Re5 (27... f5+ 28. exf5 Re2 29. f4 {
White's kingside play looks more important than the queenside pawns
disappearing.}) 28. f4 Rc5 29. Rh2 f5+ 30. exf5 Rfxf5 ({The stronger capture
as my king is forced back} 30... Rcxf5 31. Re1 {is comfortable for White.}) 31.
Rhf2 gxf4 32. Bxf4 h5+ 33. Kh3 Be5 34. Re1 Ra5 ({It's hard to exploit the
extra pawn as Black's queenside structure can't advance easily and White's
rooks and king are active enough in a line like} 34... Rd5 35. Re4 c5 36. Rfe2)
35. a3 Rd5 36. Re4 a5 37. a4 Rf7 38. b3 Bd6 ({After} 38... c5 39. Rfe2 Bxf4 40.
gxf4 Rdf5 41. Kg3 {progress remains elusive.}) 39. Rfe2 Rg7 40. Bxd6 cxd6 41.
Re8+ Kh7 42. Rf2 {With the time control reached and the 2 open files under
control I felt fairly safe.} Rdg5 43. Rf3 R5g6 44. Re4 Rg4 45. Re6 h4 (45... d5
46. Re5 R4g5 47. Re6 {leads nowhere}) 46. Rxd6 (46. gxh4 Rg1 47. Rf2 {also
holds.}) 46... c5 ({After} 46... Rxg3+ 47. Rxg3 hxg3 48. Kg2 c5 49. Rb6 {
Black could even have to be careful.}) 47. Rd5 Rxg3+ 48. Rxg3 hxg3 49. Kg2 b6
50. Rd6 Rg6 51. Rxg6 Kxg6 52. Kxg3 Kg5 53. Kf3 Kf5 54. Kg3 Kg5 55. Kf3 Kf5 56.
Kg3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 a5 (10... Bd5 {is the main line} 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 ({
White can repeat the position after} 12. Qc4 Bd5 13. Qc2 Be4) (12. Qd1 c5 13.
dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Nbd2 Bc6 16. Nb3 Be7 17. Na5 h6 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Bd2
Nb6 20. Bf4 Nd5 $11 {Nakamura,H (2814)-Anand,V (2816) 1-0 (43) Saint Louis USA
2015}) 12... h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rd1 a5 15. Nbd2 Bh7 16. Nb3 c6 17. Qc3 Be7
18. Nc5 Qc7 19. Ne5 Na6 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21. Bxc6 Qc7 {Probably Black should have
kept queens on the board.} (21... Qb8 22. Bxa8 Qxa8 23. Qxa5 Rb8) 22. Bxa8 Qxc3
23. bxc3 Rxa8 $14 {1-0 (58) Eljanov,P (2717)-Nakamura,H (2814) Baku AZE 2015})
11. Nc3 Ra6 12. e3 (12. Bxf6 {is a slightly weird continuation. Usually in the
Catalan White doesn't mind trading the dark-squared bishop but why did he
hurry to do so? I do not consider ...Ne4 to be a threat.} Bxf6 13. e3 Rb6 14.
Qe2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 c5 $2 (15... c6 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. Rac1 g6 18. Qc2 Qe7 {
with a very solid position}) 16. dxc5 Rb4 17. Rac1 ({White could have got a
big advantage after the computer's move} 17. Rfb1 $1 {the b2-pawn is
well-protected and White wants to trap the opponents's rook by means of Na2
and Qb5 or Qc2.} Nc6 18. Na2 Rxa4 19. Qb5 Ne5 $8 20. Be2 Qd7 21. f4 $18) 17...
Nd7 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Ne4 $6 (19. c6 bxc6 20. Bxc6 Nc5 21. Qc2 $16) 19... Bxb2
20. Rb1 {1/2 (20) Kunte,A (2568) -Barua,D (2494) Kolkata 2001}) ({I think that
the strongest continuation is} 12. Qd3 $5 Rb6 13. Qc2 {It is not clear what
should we recommend for Black.} Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Rb4 (14... Qxd4 $2 15. Be3 $18) (
14... Nc6 15. e3 Nb4 16. Qe2 $14 {this is a normal Catalan position with an
unusual black rook on b6.}) 15. Rfd1 c6 16. Be3 $5 {Now White prefers to keep
his bishop on the board.} Nd5 17. Bc1 Rb6 18. e4 Nb4 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Bg2 $16 {
Ruck, R (2535)-Moor,O (2377)1-0 (40) Zuerich 2005}) 12... Rb6 13. Qe2 Nbd7 (
13... Ne4 {A premature move. After natural moves such as} 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ne5
Nxc3 16. bxc3 {Black has got some problems.} Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd7 18. Nc4 Ra6 19.
Rab1 $14 {Kozul,Z (2595)-Brumen, D (2359) 1-0 (45) Rijeka 2010. In this game
the idea, connected with a5, Ra6, Rb6, became ridiculous.}) 14. Rfd1 Bxf3 $1 (
14... Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qc2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bd5 18. Rab1 $2 ({White could
have got a big advantage after 18 c4} 18. c4 Rc6 ({The continuation} 18... Bxf3
19. Bxf3 Rb4 20. c5 $16 {can't be very tempting for Black}) 19. c5 f5 20. Qd3
b6 21. Qb5 bxc5 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. dxe5 Rb6 25. Qxa5 Qxe5 26. Qxc5
$16) 18... Rxb1 19. Rxb1 {1/2 (19) Salov,V (2665)-Granda Zuniga,J (2620) Wijk
aan Zee 1997}) 15. Bxf3 c6 16. Qc2 ({Unfortunately White can't play 16 e4} 16.
e4 $2 {due to} Nxe4 17. Bxe7 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qxe7 $17) (16. Bxf6 $5 Nxf6 17. Rac1
Qd6 18. e4 $11 {White has no advantage but the position remains complicated.})
16... Ne8 $1 {Just in time. White is forced to trade bishops and Black's rook
on b6 becomes really strong.} 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Na2 (18. Ne4 {White can get
control over the d-file after} Nef6 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 {but it doesn't
bring him an advantage.} Rb4 {Black has a comfortable position. I think White
should take a draw after} 21. Rd6 Ne8 22. Rd2 Nf6 (22... Nc7 $5 23. Kg2 (23.
Rd6 $2 Qf6 $17) 23... g6 24. h4 Rd8 25. Rad1 $11) 23. Rd6 $11 (23. Rad1 e5 24.
Rd6 Ne8 25. Rd7 Qe6 26. Kg2 Nf6 $11)) 18... Nef6 19. Qc3 Ra8 $11 20. Rd2 e5 {
Levon prefers to simplify the position. He could have continued 20...Nd5 or 20.
..h6.} (20... Nd5 21. Qc1 Rd8 $11) (20... h6 21. Rb1 e5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Qc2
Nc5 $11) 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Rad1 Qxc3 23. Nxc3 Nf8 24. Be4 $6 {Intending to
play Bc2, b3 but what would he do if Black played 24...g6?} Nxe4 {This leads
to a draw.} (24... g6 $1 25. Bd3 (25. Bf3 $5) 25... Rb4 (25... Rd8 26. Bc4 Rxd2
27. Rxd2 Ne6 28. b3 $11) 26. Rb1 Rd8 27. b3 Ne6 28. Rdd1 Kf8 29. Bc4 Rxd1+ 30.
Rxd1 Ke7 $15 31. Na2 Rb6 32. b4 $5 Ng5 33. bxa5 $2 Rb2 $17) 25. Nxe4 Rb4 26.
Nc5 g6 27. Rc2 b6 28. Nd3 Rd8 $1 ({Of course Levon shouldn't play} 28... Rxa4
$2 29. Rxc6 b5 30. Rb6 b4 31. Rb5 Rd8 32. Kf1 Ra2 33. Ke2 $16 {Black's rook on
a2 is out of play and he needs to be very cautious. White's king is heading
for the queenside.}) 29. Rxc6 Ne6 $11 {Black goes for a draw by means of a
temporary pawn sacrifice .} 30. Kg2 (30. Kf1 Nc5 31. Nxb4 Rxd1+ 32. Ke2 Rb1 $11
) 30... Nc5 31. Nxb4 Rxd1 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Nc6 Nxa4 34. b3 Nb2 35. Ne5 (35. Rb8
Nd3 36. Rxb6 Rd2 $11) 35... Nd3 36. Nxd3 Rxd3 37. b4 $1 axb4 38. Rc6 b5 39. Rc5
Kf6 40. Rxb5 Rb3 41. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2834"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{3 rounds to go, and not much positive could be said of the World Champion's
experiences in the Grand Chess Tour as of yet. But when, despite a total minus
score, you still have a chance in the overall standings it's hard not to be
motivated, especially when facing the leader, Nakamura.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 $5 {
An interesting surprise by Nakamura, who has recently, at least result-wise,
done quite well with 2...e6 against Magnus. But having suffered in the opening
in St. Louis, as well as trying to be the first to surprise in this crucial
game, Hikaru goes back to the Slav.} 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 {Magnus' preferred line,
giving Naka his chance to spring his surprise:} Bg4 $5 {Against Magnus, Naka
has played only 4...a6.} 5. h3 Bh5 6. cxd5 $5 {Played after prolonged thought.
It's a rare move at the top level these days, but serves the purpose of not
having to face Nakamuras preparation in the main lines.} cxd5 7. Nc3 e6 8. g4
Bg6 9. Ne5 Nfd7 $1 {Due to the exchange of c-pawns the c6-square is available
for the b8-knight, and like this then Black gets a very harmonious position.}
10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. e4 $5 {An interesting way to change the
structure, as Black was completely fine after} (12. O-O f5 {in Tregubov- Anand
from Corsica 2014. Maybe 11...f5!? would be Black's most exact move-order, but
as Black is fine in the game, it is of minor importance.}) 12... dxe4 13. Nxe4
Bb4+ 14. Nc3 Nb6 15. O-O O-O (15... Nxd4 {was interesting, as} 16. Bxb7 Rxh3 {
would give Black an overwhelming attack, should White take the exchange.
However by playing less materialistically with} 17. Bg2 Rh8 18. Bf4 {White
keeps decent compensation for the sacrificed pawn. But Nakamura seems
reluctant to play his normal aggressive style in this game, bearing in mind
that a draw would keep his tournament lead, and effectively eliminate Magnus
from the fight for overall 1st place.}) 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Bc5 18. Nc3 Bd4
19. Qf3 Qf6 $6 {Again, sticking to his drawing strategy.} 20. Qxf6 Bxf6 21. Bf4
Rad8 22. Rad1 {After a not too impressive opening, White has gained some
advantage, with basically a free pair of bishops. Even so in a symmetrical
structure without queens Black's position should be drawable, even if
unpleasant. But now Nakamura plays more according to his instincts and
unbalances the position instead of the more obvious rook-swaps in the d-file.}
Bxc3 23. bxc3 Na4 24. c4 Nc3 25. Rd2 $1 {A small, but important move. Like
this White keeps opposing in the d-file, while simultaneously covering the
e2-square.} Rxd2 26. Bxd2 Ne2+ {As the bishop has vacated f4, this check is no
longer dangerous, but} (26... Nxa2 27. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 28. Ra1 {would just trap
the knight, so Black has no choice.}) 27. Kh2 Rd8 28. Be3 Nc3 29. a3 Rd3 30.
Rc1 Nd1 31. Be4 Rd7 32. Bc5 Nb2 33. Rc2 Na4 34. Be3 {The position has
stabilised, White keeps his pair of bishops, and Black had to withdraw his
knight.} Nb6 35. c5 $5 {To some extent limiting the black-squared bishop, but
even if} (35. Bxb6 axb6 36. Rb2 {also is promising, the risk is that some sort
drawn rook-ending a pawn up, could easily end up being the result of White's
effort. So Magnus wisely retains the tension.}) 35... Nd5 36. Rd2 Nf6 37. Rxd7
$5 {It would seem to me, there was logic in keeping the rooks, having more
pieces to try and complicate matters, but Magnus believed the black fortress
was in no way impregnable.} Nxd7 38. Kg3 Kf8 39. f4 Nf6 40. Bf3 Ke7 {The
time-control has been reached, without too much having happened in the game so
far. White does of course have the bishop pair, but Black's position is solid,
without obvious weaknesses, and White's structure is somewhat shattered, and
the knights have strongholds on c6 and f6. It is easy to understand if
Nakamura felt reasonably confident he woud draw this position without too much
trouble. For a start it's hard to see how White can improve his position, and
the next move in many ways looks like worsening it!} 41. f5 $1 gxf5 42. gxf5 {
What has White achieved by this exchange? For a start all his pawns are now
isolated, as well as the f6-stronghold having become even more solid. Even so
there has been considerable progress for White. His king can proceed further
up the board, combined with pushing the h-pawn, and one advantage of the
bishops over the knights, is that it is the bishop who at any moment can
choose to exchange itself. Right now Bxc6 followed by Bg5 is not a threat, as
after ...Kf8 Bxf6 gxf6 the pawn ending is drawn as the black king is in time
with counterplay on the h-file while the white kings walks to a5, but Black
constantly has to be on his guard.} Kd7 43. Kf4 Ne8 {.} 44. Kg5 $1 {As so
often, the king becomes a powerful piece in the endgame, and is here
excellently placed on g5. After 44...Nf6 45.Bxc6+ followed by 46.Bd4 comes
close to forcing a winning pawn ending, but Black seems to draw by a tempo,
meaning just 45.h4! being the right response keeping the tension and further
improving the white position. And after the tempting 44...f6+ White just plays
45.Kh5! when Bxc6+ followed by Kg6 becomes a decisive threat so Black has no
choice, but just has to keep biding his time.} Ke7 (44... Nf6 45. h4 $1) (44...
f6+ 45. Kh5 $1) 45. Bf4 a6 46. h4 Kf8 47. Bg3 Nf6 48. Bd6+ Ke8 49. Kf4 Nd7 50.
Bg2 Kd8 51. Kg5 Ke8 52. h5 Nf6 53. h6 $1 {After patiently making slight
improvements to his position, White now plays the very essential swap of pawns
on the kingside. It does reduce the material left on the board, but much more
importantly undermines the f6-square and as well manages to break through even
further with the king.} Nh7+ 54. Kh5 Nf6+ 55. Kg5 Nh7+ 56. Kh4 $1 {Stepping
out of the reach of the black knights, leaving Black no choice but to take and
allow the white king in.} gxh6 {.} 57. Kh5 Nf6+ 58. Kxh6 Ng4+ 59. Kg7 $1 {
White has made huge progress, and almost made it look like the position after
move 40 was a forced win. But Black's resistance is in no way broken, as the
downside of the white king having reached g7, is that the f5-pawn is much
harder to defend and Nakamura instantly tries to maximise his counterplay
against it.} Nd4 60. Be4 Nf2 61. Bb1 $1 {The chessboard is just big enough for
the bishop to hide from the black knights while keeping f5 protected.} Ng4 {.}
62. Bf4 f6 {Fixing the f-pawn and basing his counterplay on attacking it.} ({
Harassing the bishops will not really work, e.g.} 62... Ne2 63. Bc7 Nc3 64. Bc2
Ne3 65. Bd3 {illustrates that Black would just be making 1-move threats with
no purpose.}) 63. Be4 Nf2 64. Bb1 Ng4 65. Be4 Nf2 {Black's counterplay makes a
lot of sense. In order to proceed, White has to give up the f-pawn further
reducing material.} 66. Bxb7 Nd3 {The first 40 moves indeed were nothing
special, while the next 25 constitute a very instructive ending, where White
breaks through a very solid looking fortress. But the brilliancy and tactical
complications are here very unusually kept for the last stage of the game,
happening after even 6 hours of play.} 67. Kxf6 $3 {A stunning piece sacrifice,
and the only way to win!} ({It looks like} 67. Bd6 $2 Nxf5+ 68. Kxf6 Nxd6 69.
Bc6+ $1 Kd8 70. cxd6 {would lead to an easily winning ending for White, but
surprisingly this position is a draw! White simply has no way to get to the
queenside with his king, without allowing the knight to harass the white pawns:
} Nb2 71. Ke6 Nc4 72. a4 a5 73. Kd5 Ne3+ 74. Kc5 Ng4 {being the principal line.
After} 75. Kb6 Ne5 76. Bb5 Nf7 {Black is just in time, as} 77. d7 Ne5 78. Kxa5
Nxd7 {is a draw, as Black's king reaches the crucial c8-square in the pawn
ending.}) 67... Nxf4 68. Ke5 $1 {This is the point. The king attacks both
knights, which are forced into a purposeless existence, simply defending each
other.} Nfe2 ({After} 68... Nde2 69. Bxa6 {the knights are completely stuck,})
({and} 68... Nxf5 69. Kxf5 Nd3 70. c6 Kd8 71. Bxa6 {leaves White two pawns up,
with no fortress in sight, so Nakamuras plays his best chance.}) 69. f6 $2 {
A mistake that could have ruined an otherwise great game and tournament
comeback.} (69. c6 $1 {would have crowned his efforts, as Black has no other
choice than to give up a knight straightaway, as 69...Kd8 70 f6! will lead to
the promotion of a white pawn, but after} Nxc6+ 70. Bxc6+ Kf8 71. Bd5 $1 {
it makes a huge difference compared to the game, that the white pawns are
still on a3 as well as on f5. The difference is clearly seen after} Nc3 72. Bc4
a5 {as White now doesn't have to defend the a4-pawn and can just simply play}
73. Kd4 Nd1 74. a4 Ke7 (74... Nb2 {would have been relevant were the white
pawn on f6, but here after} 75. Bb3 Ke7 76. Kc3 Nxa4+ 77. Bxa4 Kf6 {the bishop
can defend the pawn, due to it still being on a white square.}) 75. Bb3 Nf2 76.
Kc5 Kf6 77. Be6 {and again it helps that the pawn is on f5 and White wins by
just collecting a5 and then queening the advancing a-pawn while his pawn and
bishop securely defend each other.}) 69... a5 70. a4 {Looks winning, as it
puts Black in a kind of zugzwang, and, as 70.c6 Nb5 leads nowhere, the logical
continuation.} Kf7 71. Bd5+ Kf8 $4 {looks like the solid and obvious move,
keeping the promotion square under control, however it leaves the f6-pawn
unattacked, which proves fatal.} (71... Kg6 $1 {would have seen Black just
escape, as after} 72. c6 Nxc6+ 73. Bxc6 Kf7 74. Bd5+ Kf8 {it makes a deciding
difference that the white pawns are now on a4 and f6, and thus much easier to
attack. After} 75. Bc4 Nc3 76. Bb3 {Black just bides his time with} Ke8 {and}
77. Kd4 Ne2+ {almost by magic draws. The crucial point is} 78. Kc4 ({and as
well} 78. Kc5 Nc3 $1 {threatening to take on a4, and after the bishop takes
back, then ...Kf7 clearing off the last pawn. It still feels very
counter-intuitive to me, that this, as well as the ending analysed above both
are drawn for Black, but the computer does verify that there is no way, White
can exploit his seemingly big superiority.}) 78... Nc1 $1 {attacking the
bishop, and then having ...Kf7 next winning the f6-pawn,}) {Even so, the drama
was not over, as in the commentary room, the computers indicated that White
had only one way to exploit the favour, and Magnus took almost all of his
remaining 2 minutes on the clock, before calmly retreating his king.} 72. Ke4
$1 {The point is that is the king reaches e3, the knihts are doomed, as the
king attacks both, and Bc4 next will just pick one up for free, so Nakamura
tries:} Nc2 73. c6 Nc3+ 74. Ke5 $1 {The king has done its job and now returns
to its more natural place, helping the passd pawns. The threat, is c7 queening,
so taking on a4 is forced, but fails as...} Nxa4 75. Bb3 {...is a simple fork,
picking up one of the knights, while still keeping the 2 passed pawns, leaving
Black in a hopeless position.} Nb6 76. Bxc2 a4 77. c7 Kf7 78. Bxa4 ({And
seeing that} 78. Bxa4 Nc4+ 79. Kd5 Nb6+ 80. Kc5 $1 {is hopeless and that after}
Nc8 (80... Nxa4+ 81. Kc6 $1) 81. Bd7 Na7 82. Kb6 {White soon queens, Nakamura
resigned. A lot was still to come, before Magnus had pulled of a spectacular
last minute comeback, to take both the tournament and the tour, but without
this win, the possibility would not have been there.}) 1-0

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Bronznik,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 ({In der letzten
Zeit erzielt Schwarz sehr gute Ergebnisse in der Variante} 6... Nc6 7. e4 dxe4
8. dxe4 e5 {, aber wahrscheinlich war die danach entstehende Position mit der
symmetrischen Bauernstruktur nicht nach Nakamuras Geschmack.}) 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
Qc7 ({Die verbreitetste Alternative zum Partiezug ist} 8... b5 9. exd5 $5 ({
Als Hauptfortsetzung gilt dann} 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 {mit dem für diese
Eröffnung typischen Spiel an gegenseitigen Flügeln in einer geschlossenen
Position}) (9. a4 $5 b4 ({zu anderen Stellungsbildern führt} 9... bxa4 {, z.B.
} 10. Rxa4 a5 11. Nf1 $5 Rb8 12. Ne3 Re8 13. exd5 exd5 14. b3 Rb4 15. Ra2 $14 {
Haub,T (2498) - Dambacher,M (2476)/BL2-West 2011}) 10. exd5 exd5 (10... Nxd5
11. Nc4 {, wie es in einigen Partien gespielt wurde, scheint dank der
Kontrolle über das Feld c4 für Weiß etwas besser zu sein}) 11. d4 cxd4 (
11... c4 $2 12. Ne5 $1 Nxd4 13. Ndxc4 Ne6 14. Nc6 Qc7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bg5
Rd8 17. Na5 $16 {Har Zvi,R (2512) - Petrosian,T (2615)/ICC blitz 2008}) (11...
Bf5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Nbd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Be4 16. a5 Bc5 17. Be3 $14
{Kabanov,N (2502)- Hou,Y (2571)/Khanty-Mansiysk Governor Cup-A 2009}) (11... h6
12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Be3 Bf5 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. a5 Qc7 17. Nfd4 Be4 18.
Qd2 $14 {Petrosian,T (2671) - Svetushkin,D (2592)/Moscow Aeroflot op-A 2015})
12. Nb3 Bg4 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. Nfxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bc5 16. Nb3 Qd7 17. Nxc5 Rxc5
18. Be3 Rc4 19. b3 Bf5 20. Qd2 $14 {Kiik,K (2463) - Solozhenkin,E (2511)/
FIN-chT 2008}) 9... exd5 ({die Position, die nach} 9... Nxd5 10. a4 b4 11. Nc4
$14 {entsteht, haben wir früher bei der Zugfolge 9.a4 b4 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Nc4
bereits gesehen}) 10. Nb3 $5 Re8 11. h3 Qb6 12. c3 Bb7 (12... Be6 $5) (12...
Bf5 $5) (12... h6 $5) 13. Be3 Rad8 (13... Nd7 14. a4 $5 b4 15. a5 Qa6 16. d4 c4
17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 $14) 14. d4 c4 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. b4 $14 {Zvjaginsev,V 
(2655) - Lysyj,I (2686)/Kazan 2014}) 9. Qe2 $5 {Gerade diesen Zug empfiehlt GM
Emms in seinem Buch "King's Indian Attack".} ({Wie er erklärt, kann sich
Schwarz im Falle des unverzüglichen} 9. e5 {anstatt des Springerabzuges nach
d7} {für die Variante} Ng4 $5 10. Qe2 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 {entscheiden, was zwar
den Bauern e6 schwächen, dafür dem Nachziehenden aber ein freieres
Figurenspiel und mehr Raum geben würde, als es bei der Hauptfortsetzung 9...
Nd7 10.Qe2 b5 11.Nf1 der Fall ist. Aber der Partiezug hat im Vergleich zu 9.e5
noch einen Vorteil - Weiß legt die Bauernstruktur in der Mitte noch nicht
fest und bleibt dadurch bezüglich seiner weiteren Pläne flexibel!}) 9... b5
10. a4 $5 {Fast eine Neuerung - laut Mega Database wurde dieser Zug nur in
einer einzigen Partie angewendet, die zwischen zwei titellosen Spielern im
Jahr 2012 gespielt wurde.} ({Die Fortsetzung} 10. exd5 $6 {ist an dieser
Stelle nicht zu empfehlen, weil sie die e-Linie zu früh öffnet, auf der sich
gerade die weiße Dame befindet:} exd5 11. a4 bxa4 $1 12. Rxa4 Re8 13. Qd1 {
(diese Rückkehr der Dame ist ein klares Zeichen davon, dass Schwarz mit der
Eröffnung absolut zufrieden sein kann)} (13. Nb3 Bd7 14. Bf4 Nd4 $1 15. Qd2
Nxb3 16. cxb3 Qb6 $36) 13... Bd7 $1 (13... h6 14. Nb3 $13 {(/\Bf4, Ne5, Qa1)
Svidler,P (2739) - Lysyj,I (2673)/Chita 2015}) {, und jetzt funktioniert der
Plan mit Nd2-b3 nicht mehr -} 14. Nb3 $6 ({stärker ist} 14. Nf1 {, obwohl
Schwarz auch dann z.B. nach} h6 {ein bequemes Spiel hat}) 14... Nd4 (14... Qb6
$5 15. Bf4 $140 Nd4) 15. Ra1 (15. Ra3 $2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 c4 17. Bf4 Qc8 $17)
15... Nxb3 16. cxb3 Qb6 $36) ({Die Hauptvariante ist natürlich} 10. e5 {.} {
Im Vergleich zum früher besprochenen Abspiel 9.e5 Ng4 10.Q e2 f6 macht hier}
Ng4 $6 ({richtig ist} 10... Nd7) {deutlich weniger Sinn, weil in dieser
Stellung der Bauer e5 ausreichend gedeckt ist. Weiß kann sich z.B. für} 11.
h3 (11. a4 $5 b4 12. Nb3 $5) (11. c3 $5 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Nb3 c4 14. Nbd4)
11... Nh6 12. g4 {entscheiden, mit der Idee,} f6 {mit} 13. exf6 gxf6 14. c4 $5
$36 {zu erwidern.}) 10... b4 {Wegen Zugumstellung bekommt jetzt die Partie
noch einen weiteren Vorgänger, aber der nächste Zug von Giri ist - zumindest
entsprechend ChessBase Database - eine Neuerung.} ({Die Stellung nach} 10...
bxa4 11. Rxa4 ({aber nicht} 11. exd5 $6 exd5 {, was zur oben besprochenen
Variante 10.exd5?! exd5 11.a4 bxa4 führen würde}) {läßt sich für Weiß
dank seiner intakten Bauernstruktur leichter zu spielen, z. B.} 11... Rd8 {
(durch eine Zugumstellung kam zu dieser Position die Partie Crosa Coll,M (2225)
- Dearing,E (2295)/ Oporesa del Mar 1998)} (11... Re8 {ist natürlich spielbar,
macht aber dem Weißen bei der geschlossenen e-Linie im Vergleich zur Variante
10.exd5 exd5 11.a4 bxa4 12.Rxa4 Re8 nichts aus}) 12. b3 ({in der besagten
Partie kam statt dessen} 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nf1 a5 14. Rg4 $13) 12... Bd7 13. Ra1
a5 14. Bb2 $36 {(/\15.exd5 exd5 16.Ne5; /\ 15.exd5 exd5 16.c4)}) 11. exd5 $146
{Hier muss Weiß bei diesem Tausch nicht fürchten,  dass er später mittels
Rf8-e8 zum Rückzug Qe2-d1 gezwungen wird - jetzt hat er Zeit genug, um für
seine Dame das Feld d2 vorzubereiten.} (11. b3 Ba6 12. Bb2 Rac8 13. Rac1 (13.
Bf1 Rfe8 14. Rad1 h6 15. h4 Red8 $13 {Prates,F (2309) - Lujan,M (2394) Vicente
Lopez 2007}) (13. exd5 exd5 14. Ne5 Nd4 15. Qd1 $13) 13... Rfd8 $13 {Djosic,S 
(2238) - Pecelj,N (2165), SRB-chT Cup 2012}) 11... exd5 (11... Nxd5 12. Nc4 $14
) 12. Nb3 Re8 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. a5 Qb5 15. Qd2 Be6 $13 16. a6 {Eine
zweischneidige Entscheidung. Einerseits erweitert Giri dadurch seinen Raum am
Damenflügel (z.B. wenn jetzt der Springer c6 verschwinden sollte, entstehen
die Optionen Ra1-a5 und Nb3-a5) und verschafft sich einen sogenannten
"potentiellen Freibauern", der später - besonders je näher es zum Endspiel
wird - dem Gegner große Sorgen bereiten kann. Andererseits aber ist dieser
Bauer momentan ziemlich anfällig.  Wie dem auch sei, wenn es dem Weißen
gelingt, das Spiel für am Damenflügel bzw. die große Diagonale für seinen
weißfeldrigen Läufer zu öffnen, kann er unter Umständen eine sehr starke
Initiative bekommen.} ({Eine interessante Alternative bestand in} 16. Re2 $5 {
, um mittels Ra1-e1 Druck auf der e-Linie zu erzeugen und eventuell auf e6 die
Qualität zu opfern, z.B.:} Rac8 (16... Nh5 17. Ng5 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Bxg5 19. Qxg5
h6 (19... Rad8 $2 20. Bxd5 $1 $16) 20. Qh5 Rad8 21. f4 $36) (16... Bf8 17. Rae1
$5 (17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd7 19. Bf4 Rac8 20. Rae1 Qc6 21. c3 bxc3 22. bxc3
Nf6 $13) 17... Nxa5 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Be5 $44 Qa6 (19... Nd7 $2 20. Ng5 $1 $16)
20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nh4 Qd6 22. d4 c4 23. Nf5 Qd7 24. Qf4 Bxf5 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26.
Rxe8 Qxe8 27. Qxf5 Qe1+ 28. Bf1 Qe6 29. Qh5 Bg7 30. Bh3 Qe1+ 31. Bf1 Qe6 32.
Bh3 Qe1+ {mit Zugwiederholung}) 17. Rae1 Bf8 (17... Nxa5 $2 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19.
Ng5 Rc6 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 $16) (17... Nd7) (17... h6 $2 18.
Bxh6 $1 $16 gxh6 $140 $2 19. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 20. Qxh6 Nd8 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Ng5 Qd7
23. Rxe6 $1 Qxe6 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Bxd5 $18) 18. Bg5 Bd7 $5 (18...
Nxa5 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Bh3 $1 Rc6 22. Qf4 {mit gefährlicher
Kompensation}) 19. Bxf6 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 gxf6 21. Nh4 Be6 22. Qe1 Ne5 (22... Nxa5
$4 23. Rxe6 $18) 23. Nf3 (23. d4 $5 cxd4 24. Nxd4 Qxa5 25. Nhf3 $44) 23...
Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Qd7 $13) 16... Bf8 ({In seiner Express-Analyse nach der Patie
plädierte Giri für} 16... Rac8 {Dann kann man sich z.B. folgende (aber
natürlich keinesfalls forcierte) Variante vorstellen:} 17. h3 $5 ({nach} 17.
Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd7 19. Bf4 Bf6 {hat Schwarz bequemes Spiel}) 17... Bf8 18.
g4 $5 {(mit der Absicht 19.Ng5 Bd7 20.Nxf7! Kxf7 21.g5)} h6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20.
Bxe5 Nd7 21. Bg3 Nb6 22. d4 (22. f4) 22... c4 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25.
Be5 $44) 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd7 19. Bf4 Qb6 $6 ({Stärker war} 19... Rac8
$142 {, z.B.} 20. c4 $5 (20. Na5 $5 Qxa6 (20... Nb6 21. c4 $5 dxc4 22. dxc4
Nxc4 23. Qd3 Nd6 24. Qxb5 Nxb5 25. Nc6) 21. Nc4 (21. c4 $5) 21... Qc6 (21...
Qb7 22. Bd6 $1 Rcd8 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Qf4 $44) 22. Rxa7 Ra8 $13) 20... dxc4 21.
Rxe6 $1 (21. dxc4 $143 Qxc4 22. Na5 Qxa6 23. Bb7 $140 Qb5 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 $15)
21... fxe6 (21... Rxe6 $2 22. dxc4 Qxc4 23. Qxd7 $16) (21... cxb3 $2 22. Bc6 $1
Qxc6 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Qd1 $16) 22. dxc4 (22. Ra5 $5 Qb6 23. dxc4 e5 24. Be3
$44) 22... Qxc4 23. Na5 Qd4 24. Qe2 c4 (24... Qf6 25. Bb7 e5 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27.
Be3 $44) 25. Rd1 Qc5 26. Rxd7 Qxa5 27. Be4 $1 $44) ({Beachtenswert war auch} 
19... Rad8 $5 {, z.B.} 20. c4 dxc4 (20... bxc3 21. bxc3 $13 Qxb3 $140 $4 22.
Reb1 $18) 21. dxc4 Bxc4 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Na5 Be6 24. Bc6 Qb6 25. b3 {(/\26.
Bxd7 Rd8 27.Nc4+-)} (25. Bxd7 $2 Rd8 $17) 25... Bf5 26. Qd5 (26. Bxd7 $2 Rd8
27. Nc4 Qf6 28. Be5 Qe7 $17) 26... Be6 27. Qd2 Bf5 {mit Zugwiederholung.}) (
19... Nb6 {(Giri)} 20. Ra5 Qc6 21. Be3 $5 Nd7 22. d4 $5 (22. c4 bxc3 23. Qxc3
Rac8 24. Rc1 Qb6 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Qxc5 Qxa6 $11)
22... c4 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Rab8 25. b3 c3 26. Qd4 $44 {[%csl Rb4,Rd5]}) 20.
c3 $6 ({Gleich nach der Partie wies Giri darauf hin, dass} 20. c4 $1 {
wesentlich stärker wäre, z.B.} bxc3 21. bxc3 Bd6 {(so weit Giri in seiner
Express-Analyse)} (21... Qxb3 $2 22. Reb1 $18) 22. Na5 $5 Qxa6 23. c4 Bxf4 24.
Qxf4 Nf6 25. Reb1 {mit sehr guter Kompensation}) 20... Rac8 21. Qc2 (21. cxb4
c4 $1 {(Giri)} 22. Nc5 $1 Nxc5 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. dxc4 Bb4 25. Qe3 Bc5 (25...
Bxe1 $2 26. Qxb6 axb6 27. Rxe1 $16) 26. Qd2 Bb4 {mit Zugwiederholung.}) 21...
d4 22. Nd2 (22. Na5 $5 dxc3 (22... Qxa6 $2 23. Bb7 $16) (22... h6 $5 23. Bb7
$140 dxc3 24. bxc3 g5 25. Bd2 Bg7 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 $44) 23. bxc3 g5 $5 24. Bxg5
Bg7 25. Nc4 (25. Bd2 $6 b3 26. Qb2 Ne5 {ist für Weiß zu gefährlich}) 25...
Bxc4 26. dxc4 Bxc3 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rd1 $13) 22... h6 23. h4 dxc3 ({Giri
meinte, dass hier auch} 23... Bd6 {spielbar wäre, was in Wirklichkeit aber an}
24. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 25. Nc4 Qb8 26. Nxd6 Rxd6 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. cxb4 $16 {
scheitern würde. Es gibt übrigens wenig Zweifel, dass in der Partie Giri
diese Widerlegung gefunden hätte.}) (23... Nf6 24. Bb7 dxc3 25. bxc3) 24. bxc3
bxc3 $6 {Es ist wirklich ein großes Rätsel, warum ein so aggressiver Spieler
wie Nakamura auf einen Freibauern verzichtet und sich freiwillig auf eine
passive Stellung einlässt.} (24... b3 $5 25. Qb2 c4 26. Nxc4 Bxc4 27. dxc4 Nc5
{(so weit Giri)} 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Be3 Rb8 30. Bd5 Qg6 {mit ausreichender
Kompensation für den Bauern.}) (24... g5 $5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Bxg5 Bg7 27. Nc4
$5 (27. Bb7 $5 Bxc3 $13) 27... Bxc4 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. dxc4 Bxc3 30. Rd1 Bd4
31. Be3 b3 32. Qf5 Ne5 33. Bxd4 cxd4 34. c5 Qxc5 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37.
Be4 Re6 38. Bh7+ Kh8 39. Bg6+ Kg8 40. Bh7+ $11 {mit Dauerschach.}) (24... Nf6
$5 25. Bb7 b3 $5 (25... Rcd8 26. cxb4 cxb4 27. Bc7 {- im Presse-Center endete
hier Giri die Analyse dieser Variante, aber in Wirklichkeit ist diese Stellung
alles andere als klar -} Qb5 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Nc4 b3 30. Qc3 Bc5 $44) 26. Qb1
b2 27. Ra3 Nh5 $5 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Be3 Bd5 $44) 25. Qxc3 $36 Nf6 (25... Qb4
26. Ne4 Nb6 27. Reb1 Nd5 28. Rxb4 Nxc3 29. Rb7 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Nxf4 31. gxf4 $36)
26. Nc4 Qd8 (26... Qb4 $5 27. Qc1 $5 Bf5 (27... Bd5 28. Bh3 $1 Rcd8 29. Be5 $14
) 28. Ne5 Ng4 29. Nxg4 Bxg4 30. Bb7 Rcd8 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Rb1 Qd4 $14) 27. Bb7
Nd5 28. Qd2 Nxf4 29. Qxf4 Qxd3 $6 (29... Rc7 30. Na5 $5 {(Giri)} ({auch} 30.
Rab1 $5 Ree7 {[%cal Re6d5]} 31. Qf3 Rcd7 {sollte für Schwarz haltbar sein})
30... Bd7 $5 31. Qf3 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Bb5 33. Nc4 Rd7 34. Ne5 Re7 35. Rb1 Rxe5
36. Rxb5 Qd4 37. Kg2 $14 {- Weiß steht immer noch aktiver, aber Remis ist das
wahrscheinlichste Ergebnis.}) (29... Rb8 30. Na5 $36) 30. Ne5 Qd6 $6 (30... Qd4
31. Qxd4 cxd4 {(Giri)} {Stärker scheint aber das einfache} 32. Bxc8 (32. Nc6
Rxc6 $1 (32... Bc5 $2 33. Rec1 Bb6 34. Bxc8 Bxc8 35. Ne7+ {(Giri)} Rxe7 36.
Rxc8+ Kh7 37. Rc6 Bc7 38. Kf1 {- dieses Endspiel muss für Weiß gewonnen sein}
) 33. Bxc6 Rd8 {mit beträchtlichen Remischancen}) 32... Rxc8 33. Rec1 {
mit guten Erfolgsaussichten zu sein.}) 31. Rad1 $1 Qc7 (31... Qb6 32. Rb1 ({
laut Giri kann Schwarz die Stellung nach} 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 33. Nd7 Qxa6 {
problemlos halten, und dagegen ist nichts einzuwenden}) 32... Qd6 (32... Qc7
33. Nc6 $1 Bd6 34. Qf3 $18 {Giri}) 33. Red1 Qc7 34. Bxc8 Bxc8 35. Rb8 $3 Rxe5
36. Rxc8 Qxc8 37. Qxe5 c4 (37... Qxa6 $4 38. Rd8 $18) 38. Ra1 {, und der
weiße Vorteil sollte für einen vollen Punkt reichen.}) 32. Nc6 $1 (32. Bxc8
$6 Rxc8 33. Ng6 Qxf4 34. Nxf4 Bf5 $44) (32. Rd7 $6 Qa5 $1 (32... Bxd7 $4 33.
Qxf7+ Kh8 34. Ng6+ Kh7 35. Rxe8 Bxe8 (35... Rxe8 36. Nxf8+ Kh8 37. Bd5 $18) 36.
Nxf8+ Kh8 37. Qf5 $18 {(Giri)}) 33. Rdd1 $1 (33. Red1 $2 Rcd8 $1 $17 (33... Rc7
$4 {Giri} 34. Rd8 $1 $18)) (33. Rc1 $6 c4 $1 (33... f6 {Giri} 34. Nc6 $1 Rxc6
35. Bxc6 Bxd7 36. Bxd7 Re7 $11) 34. Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Rd4 c3 {mit mehr als
ausreichender Kompensation für die Qualität}) 33... Rcd8 34. Ra1 Qc3 35. Nc6
Rd3 36. Nxa7 Bd7 $1 37. Rec1 Qb2 {(/\38...Bd6)} 38. Rcb1 Qe2 39. Nc8 $3 Bxc8
40. Bxc8 Rxc8 41. a7 Ra8 42. Rb8 Rd1+ 43. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 44. Kh2 Rxa7 45. Rxf8+
Kxf8 46. Qb8+ Ke7 47. Qxa7+ Ke6 48. Qxc5 $11) 32... Qxc6 $2 ({Die letzte, wenn
auch geringe Chance bestand in Damentausch:} 32... Qxf4 33. gxf4 Rxc6 34. Bxc6
Rb8 35. Bd5 Bg4 (35... Rb6 $6 36. f5 $1 (36. Bxe6 $6 fxe6 37. Rd7 Rxa6 {
ist weniger überzeugend}) 36... Bxf5 37. Re8 Rd6 (37... Rxa6 38. Bf3 $18) (
37... g5 38. Bc4 Rb4 39. Rc1 Kg7 40. Ra8 $18) 38. Bxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rxf8+ Kxf8 40.
Rxd6 c4 41. Kf1 $18) 36. f3 Bf5 37. h5 $1 {- auch diese Stellung ist für
Weiß wahrscheinlich gewonnen, aber der Nachziehende kämpft noch.}) (32... Qb6
{(Giri)} 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 34. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 35. Ne5 Kh8 36. Qf7 $1 Qb8 37. Qxe6 $18
) 33. Bxc6 Rxc6 34. Qa4 Rec8 $6 (34... Rcc8 {(Giri)} 35. f4 $1 {[%cal Rf4f5]}
Re7 (35... g6 36. h5 $18) (35... Rb8 36. Rb1 (36. f5 $6 Bb3 37. Qd7 Rec8) 36...
Rxb1 37. Rxb1 Rc8 38. Qe4 c4 39. f5 Bd7 40. Qd5 Ba4 41. Qb7 ({das Endspiel
QPPP/BBPPP, welches nach} 41. Rb7 Be8 42. Qe5 c3 43. Rc7 Rxc7 44. Qxc7 Bb5 45.
Qxa7 c2 46. Qc7 Bxa6 47. Qxc2 {entstehen würde, ist in einer praktischen
Partie vielleicht gar nicht so einfach zu gewinnen}) 41... Bc5+ 42. Kf1 Rf8 43.
Qd5 Bc2 44. Rb7 Be3 45. g4 c3 46. Qc4 $18) 36. Qb5 c4 (36... Kh7 37. f5 $1 Bxf5
38. Rxe7 Bxe7 39. Qb7 Re8 40. Re1 Be6 41. Rxe6 fxe6 42. Qd7 $18) (36... Rec7
37. f5 $1 Bxf5 38. Re8 $1 Rxe8 39. Qxe8 f6 40. Rd8 Rf7 41. Ra8 Bg6 42. Qb8 $18)
37. f5 $1 Bd7 38. Qd5 Rxe1+ 39. Rxe1 Rc7 40. Re4 c3 41. Rc4 Rxc4 42. Qxc4 $18)
{Der Partiezug verliert forciert:} 35. Rd8 $1 c4 (35... Rxa6 36. Rxf8+ $18) (
35... Rxd8 36. Qxc6 c4 37. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 38. Qxe6+ Kh8 39. Qxc4 $18) 36. Rxc8
Rxc8 37. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 38. Qd7 Rc5 39. Qxe6+ Kh7 40. Qf7 $1 Bd6 41. h5 $1 Rg5 ({
Oder} 41... Bc7 42. Qg6+ Kh8 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qe4+ Kg8 45. Qa8+ Kh7 46. Qxa7
$18) 42. Kg2 c3 43. f4 (43. f4 c2 (43... Rc5 44. Qg6+ Kh8 45. Qxd6 $18) 44.
fxg5 c1=Q 45. g6+ Kh8 46. Qe8+ $18 Bf8 47. Qxf8#) 1-0

[Event "London Classic 7th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2015.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.12.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. b3 Ne7 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nd4 Ng6 13. Bb2 Be7 14.
Nc4 Nf4 15. Ne3 g6 16. g3 Ne6 17. Ne2 h5 18. a4 a5 19. Ba3 Bxa3 20. Rxa3 Ke7
21. Raa1 Nc5 22. Kg2 Re8 23. Nd4 Kf8 24. f4 Bd7 25. h3 Rad8 26. Nf3 Be6 27. g4
hxg4 28. hxg4 Bd5 29. Rh1 Ke7 30. Nxd5+ cxd5 31. Rh7 Ne6 32. Kg3 Rg8 33. Rf1
Nf8 34. Rh2 Ne6 35. Rh7 Nf8 36. Rh2 Ne6 37. Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th Jan"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Jackson, Bell"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2901"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2016.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxb8 Rxb8 7. O-O-O e6 8.
e4 Be7 9. exd5 exd5 10. Nxd5 O-O 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Rxd8+ Bxd8
14. Bd3 Be6 15. Ne2 Bc7 16. a3 g5 17. h4 g4 18. Re1 Bd5 19. g3 Re8 20. Kd2 Rd8
21. Nc3 Bf3 22. Ne4 Ba5+ 23. c3 Bb6 24. Kc2 Kg7 25. Ng5 h6 26. Nxf3 gxf3 27.
Re7 Bxf2 28. Bc4 Rf8 29. Bd5 Bxg3 30. Bxf3 b6 31. Ra7 a5 32. Rb7 Rb8 33. Rd7
Bxh4 34. Bh5 Rf8 35. Rb7 Bd8 36. Kd3 Kf6 37. b4 Kg5 38. Bxf7 h5 39. Bd5 h4 40.
Rh7 Kf4 41. Kc4 Bf6 42. Kb5 Bxc3 43. Rxh4+ Kg5 44. Rc4 axb4 45. axb4 Be5 46.
Kxb6 Rb8+ 47. Bb7 Kf6 48. b5 Ke7 49. Rh4 Kd6 50. Rh6+ Kd7 51. Ka7 Bf4 52. Bc6+
Ke7 53. Rh4 Bg3 54. Rg4 Bh2 55. b6 Bd6 56. Re4+ Kf6 57. Bd5 Kf5 58. Re6 Bf4 59.
Re7 Bd6 60. Rd7 Bf4 61. b7 Kf6 62. Rf7+ Ke5 63. Kxb8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th Jan"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2902"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2016.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3 d6 7. Bb5+ Bc6 8. Bd3
Be7 9. e4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Ba6 Rc8 14. O-O Rxc1
15. Rxc1 Qb8 16. Bd3 Rc8 17. Rd1 h6 18. h3 Qa8 19. Bb1 Nf8 20. Bh2 a6 21. Nc4
N8d7 22. Bxd6 b5 23. Bxe7 Rxc4 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Ne5 Rc7 26. f3 Qa7 27. Qf2 Nd7
28. Nd3 a5 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Nxc1 b4 31. Bd3 Qb6 32. Qe3 e5 33. Ne2 g5 34. Kf2
Kf8 35. dxe5 Qxe3+ 36. Kxe3 Nxe5 37. Nd4 Bc8 38. a3 bxa3 39. bxa3 Bd7 40. Be2
Ke7 41. Nb3 a4 42. Nc5 Bc6 43. Kd4 Kd6 44. Bd1 Ng6 45. g3 h5 46. Bxa4 Bxa4 47.
Nxa4 h4 48. gxh4 gxh4 49. Ke3 Ke5 50. Nb2 f5 51. Nd3+ Kf6 52. a4 fxe4 53. Kxe4
Ne7 54. a5 Nc6 55. a6 Na7 56. Kd5 Ke7 57. Ke5 Nc6+ 58. Kf5 Kd6 59. Kg4 Kc7 60.
Kxh4 Kb6 61. Kg5 Kxa6 62. h4 Nd4 63. f4 Kb6 64. h5 Ne6+ 65. Kf6 Nf8 66. h6 Kc7
67. f5 Kd8 68. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th Jan"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2906"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 Nc6 6. d5 e5 7. Bh6 Bxh6 8. Qxh6
Nd4 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nge2 Nxe2 11. Bxe2 Kg7 12. O-O Qe7 13. Bc4 Nh5 14. a4 f5 15.
a5 a6 16. f3 f4 17. b4 g5 18. Be2 Nf6 19. g4 h5 20. h3 Rh8 21. Kg2 Bd7 22. Nd1
hxg4 23. hxg4 Rh4 24. Nf2 Rah8 25. Rh1 Kg6 26. Rxh4 Rxh4 27. Rh1 Qh7 28. Rxh4
Qxh4 29. Qd3 Qh7 30. c4 Be8 31. Qc3 Qd7 32. b5 Qc8 33. c5 dxc5 34. bxa6 bxa6
35. Qxe5 Bd7 36. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th Jan"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2894"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Bf4 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe5 12. O-O-O Qxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Be6 14. b3
Rfe8 15. Rhd1 a5 16. Nd6 Re7 17. Nxb7 Nd7 18. Bf3 a4 19. b4 Bc3 20. Re2 Bxb4
21. Bd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Nb6 23. Rxc6 Nd7 24. Rc7 Ra7 25. c5 Kf8 26. c6 Nb6 27.
Rxe7 Kxe7 28. Nc5 Kd6 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Kc2 Ra5 31. Kc3 h5 32. Kb4 Rf5 33. Rd2+
Kc7 34. Re2 Kd6 35. h4 g5 36. hxg5 Rxg5 37. Rd2+ Kc7 38. Re2 Kd6 39. Re4 Nd5+
40. Kc4 Nb6+ 41. Kb4 Nd5+ 42. Ka3 Nc7 43. Rd4+ Kc5 44. Rxa4 Nb5+ 45. Kb2 Rf5
46. Rh4 Kb6 47. Rxh5 Rf4 48. Rxb5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th Jan"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Swayams, Mishra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2896"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Bh2 Re8 10. e4 Bf8 11. Re1 e5 12. c3 c5 13. d5 a6 14. a4 g6 15. Qb3 Bg7
16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Nfd2 Nh5 18. Ne3 Rf8 19. Qc2 Kh8 20. Bf1 Qd8 21. Ndc4 Qc7 22.
Be2 Nf4 23. Bf1 Nh5 24. Kh1 Rae8 25. Rac1 Bh6 26. Rcd1 Kg8 27. b4 cxb4 28. cxb4
Rc8 29. Qb2 Bg7 30. Rc1 Qb8 31. Be2 Nf4 32. Bf1 Nh5 33. Qb1 Bh6 34. Be2 Nhf6
35. Bf3 Rfd8 36. Rc2 Bg5 37. g3 h5 38. h4 Bh6 39. Bg2 Kh7 40. Qb3 Kg8 41. f3
Rc7 42. Bg1 Rdc8 43. Ree2 b5 44. axb5 axb5 45. Na5 Ba8 46. Bh3 Kg7 47. Nd1 Bb7
48. Nc3 Ba8 49. Nd1 Bb7 50. Qd3 Rxc2 51. Rxc2 Rxc2 52. Qxc2 Qc8 53. Qxc8 Bxc8
54. Nc3 Ba6 55. Bf1 Bd2 56. Na2 Ne8 57. Bf2 Nc7 58. Nb3 Bh6 59. Bh3 Nb6 60.
Bxb6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th Jan"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ozen, Bahadir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2897"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2016.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. Nc3
dxc4 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. c6 Nb4 11. Ne5 Nxc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxc6 Rb8 14. Bf4
Rxb2 15. Rfd1 Rf8 16. Rac1 Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. e4 Rc8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bh3
21. Rxc4 Rg2+ 22. Kh1 Rxa2 23. Rdc1 Bg2+ 24. Kg1 Bxf3 25. d6 Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Rxc6
27. Rxc6 Bd4+ 28. Kh1 exd6 29. Rxd6 Bb6 30. Be5 Bc7 31. Rd5 Bxe5 32. Rxe5 a5
33. Kg1 h5 34. Kf1 a4 35. Ra5 Rxh2 36. Rxa4 Rb2 37. Ra6 Kg7 38. Ra5 Kh6 39. Rc5
f5 40. Rc4 Kg5 41. Kg1 Re2 42. Rb4 Re4 43. Rb2 f4 44. Kg2 fxg3 45. Kxg3 h4+ 46.
Kf3 Rf4+ 47. Kg2 Kg4 48. Kh2 g5 49. Rg2+ Kh5 50. Rb2 Rf3 51. Rb8 Rf2+ 52. Kg1
Ra2 53. Rb4 h3 54. Kh1 g4 55. Rb8 g3 56. Rb5+ Kg4 57. Rb1 Kf5 58. Kg1 Ke5 59.
Rb5+ Kd4 60. Kf1 h2 61. Rh5 g2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th Jan"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Klekowski, Maciej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2898"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2016.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Nbd2
b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bb7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qe2 a5 14. Rd1 Qe7
15. Bd3 h6 16. O-O Rad8 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. a3 Bd6 19. Qe3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Qc5 21.
Qxc5 bxc5 22. Bb5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Nd2 Bd5 26. c4 Bc6 27.
Ba6 a4 28. Nb1 Nb7 29. Nc3 Nd6 30. Bb5 Bxb5 31. cxb5 c4 32. b6 Kf8 33. Nxa4 Nb7
34. Kf1 Ke7 35. Ke2 Kd6 36. Ke3 Kd5 37. g4 Na5 38. Nc3+ Kc5 39. Ne4+ Kd5 40.
Nc3+ Kc5 41. Ke4 Kxb6 42. Kd4 Kc6 43. Ne4 f6 44. Ng3 Kd6 45. Nh5 Nc6+ 46. Kxc4
Ne5+ 47. Kd4 Nxg4 48. f3 e5+ 49. Kd3 Nf2+ 50. Ke2 Nh1 51. Nxg7 Kd5 52. Nf5 h5
53. a4 Kc4 54. a5 Kb5 55. b4 Ka6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th Jan"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Abasov, Nijat Azad"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2894"]
[PlyCount "208"]
[EventDate "2016.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 Nh6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Be3 Nf7 13. Nd2 f5 14. f3 h5 15. c5
Bh6 16. Bxh6 Nxh6 17. Nc4 g5 18. b4 f4 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Nb5 Rf6 21. a4 g4 22.
Kh1 Ng6 23. Rc1 g3 24. Qe1 a6 25. Nbxd6 Rxd6 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 27. hxg3 Bd7 28. a5
Nf7 29. Rc5 Kh7 30. gxf4 Nxf4 31. Bd1 Rg8 32. Rc2 Qf6 33. g4 hxg4 34. Rh2+ Kg7
35. fxg4 Ng5 36. Rff2 Rc8 37. Qe3 Rc4 38. Bc2 Bxg4 39. Qg3 Bh5 40. Rhg2 Kh6 41.
Rh2 Qg6 42. Rxf4 exf4 43. Qxf4 Qf7 44. Qxf7 Nxf7 45. Bd1 Rc1 46. Rxh5+ Kg6 47.
Kg2 Rxd1 48. Rh4 Rd4 49. Kf3 Ng5+ 50. Ke3 Rxb4 51. Rg4 Ra4 52. d6 Ra1 53. d7
Rd1 54. Kf4 Rxd7 55. Rxg5+ Kf6 56. e5+ Kf7 57. Kf5 Rd1 58. e6+ Kf8 59. Kf6 Rf1+
60. Rf5 Rb1 61. Rh5 Rf1+ 62. Ke5 Rd1 63. Rh8+ Ke7 64. Rh7+ Ke8 65. Rxb7 Re1+
66. Kd5 Rd1+ 67. Kc5 Rc1+ 68. Kb6 Re1 69. Kxa6 Rxe6+ 70. Ka7 Kd8 71. Rb6 Re5
72. a6 Kc7 73. Rb1 Rc5 74. Rh1 Rc2 75. Rh7+ Kc8 76. Rh8+ Kc7 77. Rb8 Ra2 78.
Rb7+ Kc8 79. Rb5 Kc7 80. Rc5+ Kd6 81. Rc3 Rb2 82. Rc8 Ra2 83. Kb7 Rb2+ 84. Ka7
Kd7 85. Rc3 Rb1 86. Rc2 Rb3 87. Rc5 Rb1 88. Rh5 Rb2 89. Rh7+ Kc8 90. Rb7 Ra2
91. Rb4 Kc7 92. Rc4+ Kd7 93. Kb7 Rb2+ 94. Ka8 Kd8 95. Rh4 Kc7 96. Rh7+ Kc8 97.
Rb7 Ra2 98. a7 Rc2 99. Rb8+ Kc7 100. Rh8 Rc1 101. Rh7+ Kc8 102. Rh8+ Kc7 103.
Rh7+ Kc8 104. Rh8+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 1st Jan"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2890"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qb3 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nge2 O-O 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Bg4 Be7 13. Bf5 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6
15. Qc2 Bxf5 16. Nxf5 Rc8 17. O-O-O Bb4 18. Ne2 c5 19. Kb1 c4 20. g4 c3 21. f3
cxb2 22. Qxb2 Bd6 23. h4 Qd7 24. Rc1 Rfe8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Nxc1
Bf8 28. Ng3 Bd6 29. Nge2 h5 30. g5 Ne8 31. f4 g6 32. Qb3 Qf5+ 33. Kb2 Nc7 34.
Nc3 Qe6 35. N3e2 Qg4 36. Qa4 Qe6 37. Qb3 Qg4 38. Qc3 Qd7 39. Qd3 Qa4 40. f5 Kg7
41. fxg6 fxg6 42. Nf4 Bxf4 43. exf4 Qb5+ 44. Kc3 Kf7 45. Kd2 Qxd3+ 46. Nxd3 Ke6
47. Ke3 Kf5 48. Nb4 a5 49. Nc6 Ke6 50. Ne5 Kf5 51. Nc6 Ke6 52. Ne5 Kf5 53. Nc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 1st Jan"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2884"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O
Bc5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Bf4 Qd8 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Rfd1 b6 13. Bd6 Bb7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Na4 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Nac5 Bc8 18. Qd6 Ra7 19. a3 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Ne8 21.
Rdd1 d5 22. e4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Ne5 24. Nd4 Nc4 25. Nxb5 Ra5 26. a4 Nxb2 27. Rd8
Nf6 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Bc6 Ke7 30. f4 Nd5 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Re1+ Kf6 33. Re5
Nxa4 34. Nxa4 Rxb5 35. Nc3 Rb8 36. Nxd5+ Kg6 37. Ne7+ Kf6 38. Nd5+ Kg6 39. Ne7+
Kf6 40. Nd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 1st Jan"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2886"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. c4 Nfd7 7. Be2 e5 8. Bh2
Nc6 9. Nc3 f5 10. O-O g5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ne1 e4 13. Nc2 Nce5 14. Qd5+ Kh8 15.
Rad1 c6 16. Qd6 Qe8 17. Nd4 Rf6 18. Qc7 Bf8 19. Nb3 Rf7 20. Bh5 Ng6 21. Qg3 Bh6
22. Qd6 Nf6 23. Be2 Bf8 24. Qd8 Be6 25. Qxe8 Rxe8 26. Bd6 Bg7 27. Nd4 Bc8 28.
c5 Nd7 29. b4 Nde5 30. Bh5 Nc4 31. Bb8 a6 32. Be2 Nge5 33. Na4 f4 34. Bxe5 Nxe5
35. Bh5 Ng6 36. Nb6 f3 37. Nxc8 Rxc8 38. gxf3 exf3 39. Nxf3 Rcf8 40. Nxg5 Rf5
41. f4 Ne7 42. Bg4 Rd5 43. Ne6 Rg8 44. Kf2 h5 45. Bf3 Rxd1 46. Rxd1 Bc3 47. Rd7
Nf5 48. Be4 Ng7 49. Ng5 Rf8 50. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 1st Jan"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat Azad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2874"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. a3 Re8 11. b4 Qc8 12. Qe2 Rd8 13. Rac1 c4 14. Bc2 b5 15. a4
a5 16. axb5 Na7 17. bxa5 Nxb5 18. Ba4 Rxa5 19. Bxb5 Rxb5 20. Rb1 Ra5 21. Ne5
Ra3 22. Rfc1 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Nf3 f6 25. Rb6 Rda8 26. Qb2 Bc6 27. Rb1 Kf7
28. Qc2 g6 29. g4 Bd8 30. g5 Bxb6 31. Rxb6 Ra2 32. Qd1 Ba4 33. Qf1 Qa7 34. Rd6
Bc2 35. Qg2 Be4 36. gxf6 Bxf3 37. Qxf3 Ra6 38. Kg2 Qb7 39. Qg3 Rxd6 40. Bxd6
Qb1 41. Bb4 Qe4+ 42. Kh2 Kxf6 43. Qc7 g5 44. Bd6 Kg6 45. Be5 Qf5 46. Kg3 Ra1
47. f4 Rg1+ 48. Kh2 Re1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 1st Jan"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2875"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2016.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 c5 6. c3 Qd7 7. Qe2 Ne7 8. b4 c4
9. Bc2 a5 10. bxa5 b5 11. a4 Rxa5 12. Ba3 bxa4 13. Bd6 Na6 14. Ng5 Ng6 15. Bxf8
Nxf8 16. f4 g6 17. h4 h6 18. Nh3 h5 19. Nf2 Bc6 20. Kd2 Qe7 21. Na3 Nd7 22. g4
hxg4 23. Qxg4 Kd8 24. h5 f5 25. Qxg6 Nf8 26. Qg5 Be8 27. Rag1 Nc7 28. Qxe7+
Kxe7 29. Rg7+ Bf7 30. h6 Ne8 31. Rg5 Ng6 32. Ke3 Nc7 33. h7 Kf8 34. Ng4 Ne8 35.
Nf6 Nxf6 36. exf6 Be8 37. Rh6 Ra7 38. Rgxg6 Bxg6 39. Rxg6 Raxh7 40. Bxa4 Rh2
41. Rg3 Ra2 42. Nxc4 dxc4 43. Bb5 Rc2 44. Bxc4 Rxc3+ 45. Bd3 Kf7 46. d5 Rd8 47.
dxe6+ Kxf6 48. Ke2 Re8 49. Rh3 Rxe6+ 50. Kd2 Rc5 51. Rh6+ Ke7 52. Rh5 Rd6 53.
Ke2 Rdd5 54. Rh7+ Kf6 55. Rh6+ Kg7 56. Rh5 Ra5 57. Rg5+ Kf6 58. Bc4 Rd4 59. Bb3
Rxf4 60. Rg8 Re5+ 61. Kd2 Rf2+ 62. Kd1 Rh2 63. Bc4 Ra5 64. Rf8+ Kg5 65. Rg8+
Kf4 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d5 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. a3 a5
9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. e3 Kh8 (10... a4) 11. b3 Bd7 12. Bb2 Be8 13. Rac1 Bg6 {Robert
Bellin, an experienced IM who has been around for several decades, wrote a
book for Batsford called 'The Classical Dutch' in 1977, ten years before
Nakamura was even born. Unfortunately in chess there are no extra marks for
seniority, as in some other walks of life. ...Bh5 seems to me the more logical
move here. From this point on, Black starts losing the thread of the game.} (
13... Bh5 $11) 14. Ne1 Bf7 15. Nd3 a4 $2 {This was OK a few moves ago but now
it's just an impetuous move that only helps White in advancing on the
queenside. Moreover the pawn will prove a weakness.} ({A typical move in this
position like} 15... Qe8 {seems in order.} {For instance} 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nf3
Kg8 18. Nfe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 c6 20. f3 Nd6 {and Black is OK.}) 16. b4 $14 Bd6 17.
cxd5 exd5 18. Nf3 Qe8 19. Nfe5 Nd8 (19... Ne7 20. Nc5 b6 21. Ncd3 Bg8 22. f3
Ng5 $16) 20. Nc5 Bxe5 $6 {I would have hung on to this bishop until the f-file
was opened up by White.} (20... b6 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. f3 Bxe5 $1 (22... exf3 23.
Nxf7+ Rxf7 24. Bxf3 Qxe3+ 25. Kg2 Rxf3 26. Rxf3 Qe6 27. Rcf1 $18) 23. dxe5 exf3
24. Bxf3 c6 25. Bg2 $16) 21. dxe5 Nxc5 22. bxc5 Qb5 (22... Be6 23. Rfd1 c6 24.
Rd4 $16) 23. Rfd1 c6 24. Bf1 Qa5 25. Bc3 Qxc5 $4 {This is a serious mistake
that loses instantly. I suspect time trouble.} ({After} 25... Qc7 26. Qxf5 Ne6
27. Bd4 $16 {White is clearly better (pawn up, much more space, probable
intention to build up pressure on the b-file) but still has a lot of work to
do.}) 26. e6 $1 $18 Nxe6 27. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 28. Qb2+ {Probably Black missed
this. Game over.} Kg8 29. Rxc5 Nxc5 30. Qb6 Bh5 31. Rd4 Nd7 32. Qxb7 Ne5 33.
Rb4 Nf3+ 34. Kh1 Ne1 35. Qxc6 $18 Bf3+ 36. Kg1 Be4 37. Be2 Nf3+ 38. Bxf3 Bxf3
39. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.01.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fodor, Tamas Jr"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 Nxc5 9. b4 $6 Nce4 10. Qd4 d6 11. Bg5 $6 {The whole line is good for
Black but after this voluntary exchange of White's bishop Black is clearly
better as he has a huge development advantage without any compensation for
White.} (11. Nd2 e5 12. Qe3 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Be6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qd3 {1-0 (35)
Bargan,S (2267)-Soltanici,R (2400) Chisinau MDA 2016} Rc7 $17 {[%cal Yd8e7,
Yf8c8]}) (11. Ng5 $142 e5 12. Qb2 (12. Qd3 Bf5) 12... a5 13. f3 (13. Nxe4 Nxe4
14. e3 Qh4 $36) 13... Nxg5 14. Bxg5 axb4 15. Qxb4 (15. axb4 Rxa1+ 16. Qxa1 Be6
17. e4 Qc7 {[%csl Rc4]}) 15... h6 {0-1 (60) Peng,Z (2402)-Chuchelov,V (2534)
Netherlands 2005} 16. Bh4 $15) 11... Nxg5 12. Nxg5 a5 (12... e5 $5 13. Qb2 (13.
Qh4 a5 14. b5 d5 15. e3 e4 16. Rd1 h6 17. Nh3 Bg4 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Kxe2 Qc7 $19
{0-1 (27) Freeman,M-Pritchett,C (2425) Glasgow 1977}) (13. Qd3 a5 14. b5 {
1/2 (30) Gonda,L (2522)-Predojevic,B (2652) Zupanja 2009} e4 $1 15. Qd4 Qe7 $17
{[%cal Rh7h6,Yd6d5]}) 13... h6 (13... e4 $5) 14. Nf3 e4 15. Nd4 e3 16. f3 Nd7 (
16... Bd7 $5) (16... a5 $5) 17. g3 Qf6 18. Qc3 Nb6 19. Rc1 Be6 20. Qxe3 Bxc4
$36 {0-1 (28) Paulsen,D (2330)-Lobron,E (2470) Germany 1982}) 13. b5 (13. e3 e5
14. Qb2 e4 {[%cal Rh7h6]}) 13... h6 ({Here, too,} 13... e5 14. Qb2 e4 {was
quite strong but Nakamura prefers to follow Lobron's footsteps in an improved
version.}) 14. Nf3 e5 15. Qb2 e4 16. Nd4 (16. Nd2 {was not much better, e.g.}
e3 17. fxe3 Re8 18. Qd4 b6 {[%cal Yc8b7]}) 16... e3 $1 {[%mdl 544]} 17. f3 Bd7
18. g3 Rc8 19. Rc1 Qb6 {[%cal Rd6d5]} 20. Qc3 Rfe8 21. Bg2 Qc5 22. O-O d5 {
White has managed to complete his development but now he suffers material
losses.} 23. Nb3 (23. Rfd1 {was more stubborn.}) 23... Qxa3 24. Nxa5 Qxc3 25.
Rxc3 b6 26. Nb7 Rxc4 27. Rxc4 dxc4 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Nd6 Rc5 {[%cal Rc4c3]} 30.
Rc3 Rd5 $1 31. Nxc4 Rc5 {White has recovered the pawn but now he loses his
knight.} 32. Rc2 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.01.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Na6 12. Nc3 Nc7 13. h3 Bb7 14. Bf4 Ne6 15.
exd6 Bxd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qe5 Rfd8 18. Qxd6 Rxd6 19. Nb5 Rc6 20. Rac1 f6 21.
g3 Rac8 22. Rb1 Ra8 23. Re1 Kf7 24. Rbc1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Ke7 26. Nc3 Kd6 27. Rd1
a5 28. Ne1 Bc6 29. Nc2 Ng5 30. Ne3 Nxh3+ 31. Kg2 Bd7 32. Ncxd5 Bc6 33. Nc4+ Ke6
34. Kxh3 Bxd5 35. Re1+ Kf5 36. Nxb6 Rd8 37. Nxd5 Rxd5 38. Re7 g5 39. Rxh7 Rxd4
40. Rb7 a4 41. Rb5+ Ke6 42. a3 f5 43. f3 Rd3 44. Kg2 Rd2+ 45. Kf1 g4 46. fxg4
fxg4 47. Rb4 Kf5 48. Rf4+ Kg5 49. Rxa4 Rxb2 50. Rb4 Ra2 51. Rb3 Kf5 52. Re3 Kg6
53. Ke1 Kf6 54. Kd1 Kf5 55. Kc1 Rf2 56. Kd1 Ra2 57. Kc1 Rf2 58. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vazquez Igarza, Renier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Bf2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. c5 Bf8 14. Bb5 Bd7 15.
Nb3 Ne5 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Qd4 Bg7 18. Rad1 Nc4 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21.
Rxd5 Bxb2 22. Rd7 b6 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 bxc5 25. Nxc5 Nb6 26. Rd3 Rc8 27.
Bf2 Bf6 28. g4 Be7 29. Ne4 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.01.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. Rg1 e5
9. Bd2 e4 10. Nh4 g6 11. h3 a6 12. O-O-O b5 13. c5 Bh2 14. Rh1 Bc7 15. f3 a5
16. fxe4 b4 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. exd5 Bg3 19. Nf3 O-O 20. Rg1 Qc7 21. Bc4 Ba6 22.
d6 Bxd6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Qxh6+ Nh7 25. Ng5 Ndf6 26. Rdf1 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.01.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bd2 g5 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. c5 Nf6 15. Nb5
Rf7 16. Ba5 b6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Be1 g4 19. fxg4 Nxe4 20. Nb4 a6 21. Bf3 Ng3
22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Rc6 Qf8 24. hxg3 fxg3 25. d6 e4 26. Be2 Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1 Bxg4
28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Rc7 Be6 30. Qxe4 Bf5 31. Qd5 Be4 32. Qd2 Be5 33. Rc4 Bb7 34.
d7 Rd8 35. Nc6 Bxc6 36. Rxc6 Qf5 37. Rc8 Rxc8 38. Qd3 Qf8 39. dxc8=Q Qxc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.02.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. d4 Bb4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
Bb5 O-O 9. Bxc6 a5 10. Nge2 bxc6 11. O-O Ba6 12. Rd1 c5 13. Qc2 Nxc3 14. Nxc3
Re8 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Rxe5 18. Bf4 Re2 19. Rad1 Qf6 20. Rxd5
Qxf4 21. Rd8+ Re8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Qc6 Rb8 24. Qxa6 Qe5 25. Qb7 c5 26. Qd5
Qxd5 27. Rxd5 c4 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Rd2 Ke7 30. Ke2 Ke6 31. Kd1 c3 32. bxc3 Rb3
33. Kc2 a4 34. Rd4 Rxa3 35. Kb2 Rb3+ 36. Kc2 Ra3 37. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 Be6 8.
dxc5 dxc4 9. Qa4 Bxc5 10. Ng5 Qb6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Qxc4 Ne5 13. Qf4 Ng6 14. Qd2
Bc6 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Na4 Bxa4 17. Qxa4 Rae8 18. Qb5 h6 19. Nf3 Qc7 20. Bd2 a6
21. Qd3 Ne4 22. b4 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Bxb4 24. Qxb4 Rxe2 25. Rac1 Qe7 26. Qxe7 Rxe7
27. a4 Re4 28. Rc7 Rb8 29. Ra1 Nf4 30. a5 Ne6 31. Rd7 Nc5 32. Rd5 Rc4 33. h4
Rc8 34. Rb1 Ra4 35. Ne5 Rxa5 36. Rc1 Rc7 37. Rc4 b6 38. h5 Ne6 39. Rxc7 Rxd5
40. Rc8+ Rd8 41. Rc6 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 Rd5 43. Rc8+ Kh7 44. Nxf7 Rxh5+ 45. Kg3 Rd5
46. Rc6 Ng5 47. Nxh6 gxh6 48. Rxb6 Rd6 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.02.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. O-O-O Qd6
15. Kb1 Bf5+ 16. Ka1 Rac8 17. g4 Rxc3 18. Qxc3 Rc8 19. Qe1 Bc2 20. Rc1 e4 21.
Bd4 Qxd5 22. Bc3 Bd3 23. Nh3 Na4 24. Nf4 Qd6 25. Nxd3 exd3 26. Bxd3 Qb6 27. Bc2
1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.02.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Qc2 g6 6. h4 Bg7 7. O-O-O c6 8. Nh3
Nf8 {Of course Black wants to continue his development and do something about
the Bc8, the son of sorrows in most Dutch set-ups. But there were a number of
active alternatives, not wasting time on moving a knight that will have to be
redeployed anyway, since it's doing nothing active on f8.} (8... Qa5 9. Nf4 Nf8
10. h5 Ne4 11. h6 Bxd4 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bxe7 Qxa2 14. Rxd4 Qa1+ 15. Kd2 Qa5+
16. b4 Qxb4+ 17. Kd1 Kxe7 18. Rxe4+ Ne6 19. Rh3 Re8 20. Rb3 Qa5 21. Qb2 Qf5 22.
Qg7+ Kd8 23. Nxe6+ Bxe6 24. Rxb7 Qa5 25. Rxe6 Qa4+ 26. Kc1 {1-0 (26) Laznicka,
V (2679)-Muzychuk,M (2483) Legnica 2013}) (8... h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nf4 Kf7 11.
e3 Qa5 12. h5 g5 13. Ng6 Re8 14. Bd3 e6 $11) (8... e5 $5 9. h5 exd4 10. Rxd4 h6
11. Be3 g5 12. Rxd6 Qe7 13. Rd1 O-O {Despite being a pawn down, Black has an
active game.}) 9. e3 {White too continues quietly. There is no advantage for
him yet.} Qa5 10. Kb1 Ne6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. g4 O-O-O 14. gxf5 gxf5
15. Bd3 Kb8 16. Ne2 Bxh4 17. Bxf5 Bf6 18. e4 c5 $2 {So far Black had played
well, but here he overreaches, maybe lulled into a false sense of confidence
by White's unassuming setup. The text move makes an important central
concession, giving White an edge for the first time in the game.} (18... h5 19.
f4 Rhg8 20. e5 Bh8 21. Bg6 h4 22. Bh7 Rg7 23. Nhg1 dxe5 24. fxe5 (24. dxe5 $2 {
fails to a tactical stroke based on the weakness of White's back rank.} Nxf4 $1
25. Nxf4 Rxh7 $17) 24... Rf8 {and Black has good counterplay.}) 19. d5 $14 Nc7
(19... Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Ng5 b5 23. Ne6 $16) 20. Bxd7 Rxd7
21. f4 Rhd8 (21... Rdd8 {seems the lesser evil, but White's advantage is
already very clear.} 22. Nhg1 $1 Rdf8 23. Nf3 b5 24. Rh3 $1 (24. e5 $16) 24...
Rhg8 25. e5 dxe5 26. fxe5 Bh8 27. cxb5 $18) 22. Nf2 b5 23. Ng4 $16 Bh8 $2 {
This only hastens the defeat, it doesn't spoil very much.} (23... bxc4 $16 24.
Rxh7 (24. Qxc4 Rg8 25. Nxf6 exf6 26. e5 fxe5 27. fxe5 Ne8 28. e6 Rb7 29. b3 $16
) 24... Qb4 25. a3 Qb3 26. Qxb3+ cxb3 27. Nc1 c4 28. Ne2 Nb5 29. Nxf6 exf6 30.
Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Rc1 Rh7 32. Rxc4 Rh1+ 33. Nc1 a5 34. a4 Nc7 35. Rc6 $16) 24. Rxh7
$18 Qb4 25. Ne3 a6 26. a3 Qa5 27. Nf5 Re8 28. e5 $1 $18 bxc4 (28... dxe5 29. d6
Ne6 30. Nxe7 $1) 29. Rdh1 Nb5 30. a4 (30. Rxh8 {also wins comfortably.}) 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Englert, Fabian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 Bb7 8. Be3 e6
9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 Bxe4 11. Bxe4 d5 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Qe2 a5 14. c3 bxc3 15. bxc3
O-O 16. g4 c5 17. h4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qb6 19. h5 Rfc8 20. Bb5 Nf8 21. h6 Bh8 22.
Qd2 Qc7 23. Kf2 Qc3 24. Rhc1 Qxd2+ 25. Bxd2 f6 26. g5 fxe5 27. dxe5 Nf5 28.
Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2866"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2016.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e6 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nd2 c5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. e4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5
Nd7 9. Re1 b5 10. h4 a5 11. h5 b4 12. h6 g6 13. Nf1 Ba6 14. N1h2 a4 15. a3 bxa3
16. bxa3 Re8 17. Ng4 Nd4 18. Bf4 Rc8 19. c3 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Qa5 21. Qd2 d4 22.
c4 Qxd2 23. Bxd2 Rb8 24. Bd1 Nb6 25. Ba5 Kf8 26. f4 Rec8 27. Re2 Bd8 28. Nf2
Bb7 29. Rb1 Bc6 30. Reb2 Nd7 31. Rxb8 Nxb8 32. Bxd8 Rxd8 33. Rb6 Rc8 34. Ng4
Ke7 35. Kf2 Kd8 36. Bf3 Bxf3 37. Kxf3 Kc7 38. Rb5 Kc6 39. Nf6 Rh8 40. Ne4 Nd7
41. Kg4 Ra8 42. Kg5 Rd8 43. Nf6 Nf8 44. g4 Ra8 45. Rb1 Kc7 46. Kh4 Kc6 47. Rb5
Rd8 48. Ra5 Kb6 49. Rb5+ Kc6 50. Ne4 Nd7 51. Ng5 f6 52. exf6 Rf8 53. f7 e5 54.
Ne6 Rxf7 55. Nd8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ozen, Bahadir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 f5 3. h4 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. h5 Nxh5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Bd3 e6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. exf5 exf5 10. Bh6 Rg8 11. O-O-O d5 12. Rde1 c6 13. Bf4 Kf8 14. Ng5 h5
15. Ne6+ Bxe6 16. Qxe6 Rh8 17. Bg5 Nbd7 18. Rh3 Ne4 19. Bxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qxe7+
Kxe7 21. f3 Ndf6 22. fxe4 dxe4 23. Bc4 Rad8 24. Ne2 Kd6 25. Rg3 Ng4 26. Bb3 g5
27. c4 f4 28. c5+ Kc7 29. Rc3 Rhf8 30. Bc2 Rde8 31. Ng1 Ne3 32. Nh3 g4 33. Nf2
Nxc2 34. Kxc2 e3 35. Nd3 f3 36. gxf3 gxf3 37. Ne5 f2 38. Rcxe3 fxe1=Q 39. Rxe1
Rf2+ 40. Kc3 h4 41. Rg1 Re7 42. Rg4 Rh7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Terry, Renato"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2850"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. e4 e5 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. c4 d6 6. Nbc3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O
f5 9. Nd5 Be6 10. Bg5 h6 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Nec3 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Nd4
15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Re1 Rae8 17. Qb3 c6 18. Nf4 Qf7 19. Be4 g5 20. Ng2 Bxe4 21.
dxe4 Qxf2+ 22. Kh1 Rxe4 23. Rg1 Re7 24. Qd3 Qf5 25. Qb3 Qf3 26. Qa4 d3 27. Qxa7
c5 28. Qb6 Be5 29. Rad1 h5 30. Qb3 h4 31. Rxd3 Qe4 32. Re3 Qc6 33. gxh4 gxh4
34. Qd3 Rg7 35. Re4 Rf2 36. Qe3 Rf6 37. h3 Rfg6 38. Qf3 Rg3 39. Qf5 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Nbd2 c5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Bb5+ Bc6 9. Ne5 Bxb5 10. Qxb5+ Nd7 11. Ndf3 a6 12. Qxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nxd7 Kxd7 14.
Bd2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rc8 16. c3 e5 17. Nc2 f6 18. O-O-O Kc6 19. c4 Ne7 20. b3 b5
21. cxb5+ axb5 22. Nb4+ Kb7+ 23. Kb2 Nf5 24. Bc3 Bc5 25. Rd7+ Kb6 26. Rhd1 Bxf2
27. Nd5+ Kc5 28. Bb4+ Kc6 29. Ne7+ Nxe7 30. R1d6# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 2nd Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zazuliak, Andriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Nh4 Bd7 5. e3 e6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. c4 cxd4 10. exd4 Ne4 11. Nf3 O-O 12. a3 Bf6 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. c5 Qc7 15.
b4 Ne7 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 h6 18. b5 Nf5 19. a4 Qf4 20. Qb2 Rac8 21. Rfe1 g5
22. a5 g4 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 f6 25. Ree1 h5 26. a6 b6 27. c6 Be8 28. g3 Qg5
29. Rxe6 Bg6 30. Bd2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 2nd Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Holt, Conrad"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2831"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2016.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nb4 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nc3 g6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. a3 Na6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 g5 13. h4 g4 14. Nh2 f5 15. Qc1 h5
16. d5 Nc5 17. Bh6 Ng6 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Qe3 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Qf6 21. b4 Nb3 22.
Rad1 Nxh4 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. Rd3 Raf8 25. Ne4 Rf5 26. Rxb3 exd5 27. cxd5 Bxd5
28. Rg3 Bxe4 29. Bxg4 hxg4 30. Rxe4 Kf7 31. Rexg4 Rh8 32. Rg7+ Ke8 33. Rd3 Re5
34. Rgxd7 Re1+ 35. Nf1 Nf3+ 36. gxf3 Rg8+ 37. Kh2 Rxf1 38. Rxc7 Rxf2+ 39. Kh3
Rfg2 40. Rc8+ Ke7 41. Rxg8 Rxg8 42. f4 Ke6 43. Rg3 Rc8 44. Kg4 a5 45. Re3+ Kf6
46. bxa5 bxa5 47. Re5 Rg8+ 48. Kf3 Ra8 49. a4 Ra7 50. Rb5 Ra8 51. Kg4 Ra6 52.
Rh5 Kg6 53. f5+ Kg7 54. Kg5 Rb6 55. Rh4 Rb1 56. f6+ Kf8 57. Rd4 Ra1 58. Kf5 Kf7
59. Rd7+ Kf8 60. Ke6 Re1+ 61. Kd5 Rd1+ 62. Kc6 Rxd7 63. Kxd7 Kf7 64. Kc6 Kxf6
65. Kb5 Ke7 66. Kxa5 Kd8 67. Kb6 Kc8 68. a5 Kb8 69. a6 Ka8 70. a7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 2nd Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2016.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 f5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5
9. e4 f4 10. gxf4 Bg4 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Qb3 Bxf3 13. Qxb7 Bxe5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 2nd Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Norowitz, Yaacov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nd7
8. O-O e6 9. Ne1 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. c3 Qc7 12. g3 O-O-O 13. Ng2 Nb6 14. Qf3
Nd5 15. Bc4 Be7 16. Bh6 Rhg8 17. Rfe1 f5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. h4 f4 20. Bxf4 Qb6
21. c4 Be4 22. Qh5 Bg6 23. Qe2 Qxd4 24. Rac1 Bd6 25. cxd5+ Kb8 26. Rcd1 Qf6 27.
dxe6 Bxf4 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. e7 Re8 30. Nxf4 Bf5 31. Nh5 Qg6 32. Qe5+ Ka8 33.
Ng7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 2nd Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 O-O 7. Nd2 Qe7 8.
Ngf3 a5 9. O-O a4 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. e4 f6 12. Nh4 Nc5 13. b4 Ne6 14. Nf5 Qd8 15.
a3 c5 16. b5 Nd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Qf3 Bc5 19. Qg3 Bxf5 20. exf5 Qd7 21. Qf3
Rab8 22. Rab1 Rfd8 23. g4 Qd5 24. Kg2 Bf8 25. b6 c6 26. h4 Kf7 27. Rfe1 Qxf3+
28. Kxf3 Rd5 29. Ke4 Rb5 30. g5 Rd8 31. Rg1 Rdd5 32. Rbe1 Rdc5 33. Rg3 Rxc4 34.
dxc4 Rxb6 35. gxf6 gxf6 36. f4 exf4 37. Rd3 Bc5 38. Kxf4 Rb2 39. Re2 Bd6+ 40.
Ke4 Be5 41. Rd1 b5 42. cxb5 cxb5 43. Kd3 Ra2 44. Rb1 Rxa3+ 45. Ke4 Rh3 46. Rxb5
a3 47. Rb7+ Ke8 48. Rg2 Kf8 49. Ra7 Rc3 50. Kd5 h5 51. Rag7 d3 52. Rg8+ Ke7 53.
R2g7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 2nd Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2016.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 b5 8. e5 g5
9. Bg3 Nd5 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Nde4 a6 13. Bh5 Be7 14. O-O Qb6 15. a4
Rf8 16. a5 Qa7 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 O-O-O 20. Kh1 Nf6 21. Be5
Ne4 22. f3 Nxd6 23. Bf6 Nf5 24. Qd2 Bc6 25. Bg4 Nd6 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. Rfe1 Qc7
28. Re5 Kb7 29. Bh5 Bd7 30. Rae1 Rf8 31. Qb4 Rc8 32. R5e2 Nf5 33. Qd2 Rf8 34.
Bg4 Nd6 35. Qb4 Rc8 36. g3 Re8 37. Bh5 Rc8 38. Re5 Be8 39. Qc3 Kb8 40. R5e2 Nb7
41. Ra1 Nd8 42. b4 Nc6 43. Rd1 Qe7 44. Rb2 f5 45. Bxe8 Rxe8 46. Re1 Qf6 47. Rd2
Kc7 48. Kg2 Kd7 49. Kf2 h5 50. Ke2 f4 51. Kd1 Qf5 52. Kc1 Rf8 53. Rde2 Rf6 54.
Kb2 Nd8 55. Re5 Qh3 56. Rxg5 Qxh2+ 57. Ka1 fxg3 58. Qe3 Qf2 59. Rg7+ Ke8 60.
Qe5 g2 61. Rxg2 Qxg2 62. Qxf6 Qd2 63. Rg1 Qc3+ 64. Kb1 Qb3+ 65. Ka1 Qc3+ 66.
Kb1 Qb3+ 67. Ka1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 2nd Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.02.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d3 c5 5. O-O Be7 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. h5 a4 13. h6 g6 14. a3 bxa3 15. bxa3 Ba6
16. N1h2 Rb8 17. Bf4 Rb2 18. Qc1 Qb6 19. Ng4 Rb8 20. Bg5 Bf8 21. Bf6 Nd4 22.
Nxd4 cxd4 23. Bh8 Kxh8 24. Qf4 Kg8 25. Nh2 Rxc2 26. Nf3 Nc5 27. Rab1 Qxb1 28.
Rxb1 Rxb1+ 29. Kh2 Rxf2 30. Ng5 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters playoff 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.02.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.02.04"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 c4 8. Bc2
Qxd6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 e6 12. b3 Be7 13. Qe2 cxb3 14. axb3 O-O 15.
d4 Rfd8 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Bxg5 18. Qxh5+ Bh6 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxf7+ Kh8
21. Qf6+ Kh7 22. Qf7+ Kh8 23. Rxe6 Rf8 24. Rxd6 Rxf7 25. d5 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8
27. c4 a6 28. Nc3 Re7 29. c5 Nd7 30. c6 bxc6 31. Rxa6 Nb8 32. Rb6 Rb7 33. Rxb7
Nxb7 34. dxc6 Nxc6 35. Nd5 Kg7 36. b4 Nd6 37. g4 Kf7 38. Kg2 Ke6 39. Nc7+ Kd7
40. Na6 Ke6 41. f4 Kd5 42. f5 Ke5 43. Kg3 h5 44. Nc5 Nxf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters playoff 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.02.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.02.04"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3
Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Rc8 19. Kh2 Kf7 20. Ne4 b6
21. Rfe1 Rgg8 22. b3 Rge8 23. f3 c5 24. c3 a5 25. Kg2 Re7 26. Rd2 Bd7 27. Kf2
Bc6 28. Rde2 Rce8 29. Nd2 Rc8 30. Nc4 Rxe2+ 31. Rxe2 Bb5 32. Rd2 Bc6 33. a4 Ne7
34. Rd3 Ng6 35. Bc1 Ke6 36. Re3+ Kf7 37. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters playoff 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.02.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.02.04"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. g3 Re8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne2 Bf6 13. c3 Nd6 14. Nf4 Bg4 15.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Ng2 h6 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Bd2 Nd6 20. Qc2 Re8 21. Re1
g6 22. b3 Bg7 23. Bc1 a6 24. a4 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. b4 Nc4 27. Nxc4 bxc4 28.
Bf1 Bg4 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Bg2 Bf5 31. Qa4 Bd7 32. Qd1 Na7 33. Ne5 Be6 34. Be3
Nb5 35. Qc1 f6 36. Nf3 g5 37. h4 c6 38. Bd2 Bf5 39. Qa1 Be4 40. hxg5 hxg5 41.
Ne1 Bxg2 42. Nxg2 Nd6 43. Ne3 Ne4 44. Qa2 Qh5 45. Be1 g4 46. Qa8+ Kh7 47. Qxc6
Ng5 48. Kf1 Qh1+ 49. Ke2 Qf3+ 50. Kf1 Qh1+ 51. Ke2 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters playoff 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.02.04"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.02.04"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd3
Be6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. a3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Bxd5 14. O-O O-O
15. Rad1 Be4 16. Nc5 Bxc2 17. Rd2 Bf5 18. Nxb7 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Rxd4 Bf6
21. Rb4 a5 22. Rb5 Bd7 23. Rb6 Rab8 24. Bf3 Rfc8 25. Rd1 Be6 26. h3 a4 27. Rb4
Bb3 28. Rb1 Rc2 29. Nc5 Rxb4 30. axb4 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Bxb2 32. Nxb3 axb3 33. Bd1
Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters playoff 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.02.04"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.02.04"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Bf6 14. d4 d5
15. cxd5 cxd5 16. g3 Be6 17. Bg2 Nc7 18. b3 Qd7 19. Ba3 Rfe8 20. Rc1 Nb5 21.
Bb2 Rac8 22. Qd3 Nc7 23. Re2 g6 24. Rce1 Bg7 25. h4 h5 26. Bf3 Red8 27. Ng2 Bf5
28. Qd2 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. Ne3 Be4 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. d5 Bxb2 33. Qxb2 Nd6
34. Qf6 Qd8 35. Qf4 Kg7 36. g4 Qf6 37. Qg3 hxg4 38. Nxg4 Qc3 39. Qxd6 Qxe1+ 40.
Kg2 Qc3 41. Ne5 Qc7 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Opening Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bd6 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4
b5 9. Bc2 Bf8 10. Re1 d5 11. a4 Bb7 12. h3 h6 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. b4 Qd7 15. Ne4
Nd5 16. Bb3 $16 {White's position is already very comfortable. He has pressure
all around the board, including the a-file, some tricks on the kingside and
Black's pieces need to keep constant protection over squares such as c5.} Rad8
17. axb5 axb5 18. Bxh6 $1 {A very nice trick. It doesn't win a pawn, but it
gives White a great position.} Nxc3 (18... gxh6 19. Bxd5 {and the bishop is
taboo due to Nf6+.} Bg7 20. Bb3 Qxd3 21. Qc1 $1 {Looks almost winning for
White.}) 19. Nxc3 gxh6 20. Ne4 Be7 (20... Bg7 21. Nc5 {also looks annoying.})
21. Nh2 $1 Nd4 22. Ng4 Kg7 23. Nxe5 Qf5 24. Ng3 {Aronian's position simply
collapses.} Qg5 25. Nxf7 Qg6 26. Nxd8 Bxd8 27. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Opening Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Bd3 Ne4 6. Nbd2 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Qh5 g6 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. h4 Qe7 11. O-O-O Bg7 12. c3 e5 $1 {Despite White's
apparent lead in development, he isn't well placed to deal with this e5 break.}
13. e4 h6 $1 14. Nxf7 $6 (14. Nh3 exd4 15. cxd4 Bxd4 16. exd5 O-O $17) 14...
Qxf7 15. Qg3 exd4 16. exd5 O-O $1 {A beautiful defense, castling right into it.
After this there is no longer any attack and Black is completely winning.} 17.
Bxg6 Qxf2 18. Qxf2 Rxf2 19. Ne4 Rxg2 {Kramnik could have resigned at any point
after this.} 20. Rdg1 Rxg1+ 21. Rxg1 cxd5 22. Nd6 Nc6 23. Bf5 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 Kh8
$1 (24... Kf7 $1 25. Rxg7+ Kf6 {has a similar idea}) 25. Rg6 (25. Rxg7 Rf8 {
attacks the knight and wins the game.}) (25. Nxg7 Rg8 {is a deadly pin.}) 25...
Bf8 26. cxd4 Re8 27. Kd2 Re4 28. Kd3 Rxd4+ 29. Ke3 Re4+ 30. Kd2 Rf4 31. Rf6 Bg7
32. Rf7 Bxb2 33. h5 Bg7 34. Ke3 Re4+ 35. Kd2 Rf4 36. Ke3 Rf1 37. Kd2 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Opening Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bg2 d4 7. Qe2+ Be6 8.
Ne4 Be7 9. d3 h6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bh3 Qd5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Re1
O-O 15. Qxe6+ Qxe6 16. Rxe6 Nb4 17. Ne1 Rac8 18. Bd2 Nd5 19. Rd1 Kf7 20. Re4
Rc6 21. Nf3 Rb6 22. b3 Rc6 23. Rde1 b5 24. Ne5+ Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rd8 26. R1e4 Rd7
27. a3 Nf6 28. Re1 c4 29. Rxb5 c3 30. Bf4 Nd5 31. Be5 a6 32. Ra5 Ne7 33. Re4
Re6 34. Rf4+ Kg6 35. Rg4+ Kf5 36. Rf4+ Kg6 37. Rg4+ Kf5 38. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Opening Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Be2 a6 8.
O-O b5 9. Re1 b4 10. Nd5 d6 11. Bf3 Rb8 12. Bg5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. Be2 h6
15. Be3 Bb7 16. a3 bxa3 17. Rxa3 O-O 18. Na5 Ba8 19. f4 Nd7 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21.
dxc6 Nf6 22. b3 a5 23. Bf3 d5 24. c4 Qd6 25. Rxa5 Qxc6 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd5
e6 28. Rd3 Rb7 29. Qf3 Qa6 30. h4 h5 31. Bf2 Rfb8 32. Red1 Qa2 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34.
Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Rd3 Qc2 36. Kh2 Ra8 37. Qxa8 Qxd3 38. Qf3 Qc2 39. c5 Bf8 40. b4
Qc4 41. Qb7 $1 {Very nice move from Hikaru. The f4 pawn is not that important
as long as the bishop can cover the diagonal.} Qxf4+ 42. Bg3 Qf5 43. c6 $2 {
But this is a big mistake!} (43. Qf3 {is simply 1-0. The pawns are too
powerful and Black must exchange queens.}) 43... g5 $1 44. hxg5 (44. c7 gxh4
45. c8=Q hxg3+ 46. Kxg3 Bd6+ 47. Kh4 Qg4# {gets White mated.}) 44... h4 45. Bb8
Bg7 {Suddenly things are not so easy.} 46. Qb6 Be5+ 47. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 48. Kh1 Qe1+
49. Qg1 Qxb4 50. Qc1 Qe4 51. Kh2 (51. Qc3 $1 $18) 51... Qe5+ 52. Kg1 Qd4+ 53.
Kh1 Qe4 54. Qf1 Qxc6 55. Qxf7+ Kh8 56. Qf6+ Kg8 57. Qg6+ Kf8 58. Qh6+ Kg8 59.
Qg6+ (59. g6 Qb7 {is not very dangerous for Black.}) 59... Kf8 60. Qh6+ Kg8 61.
Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Opening Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be2 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Nd7 7. Nf3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. c4 Nc7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bf4 Ne6 12. Be3 Nf6 13. h3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Rd8 15.
Rad1 b6 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. Qc1 Nh5 18. Bf1 Rac8 19. b4 Qb8 20. c5 a5 21. bxa5
bxc5 22. dxc5 Qa7 23. Bc4 Nc7 24. Rxd8+ $1 Rxd8 25. Rd1 $1 {Black simply has
no good way of dealing with the threat on his rook!} Re8 (25... Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1
Bxc3 27. Qd8+ Kg7 28. Qxc7 {and Black's position is completely collapsing.
Both Qxe7 and a6 are huge threats.}) 26. Ng5 e6 27. Rd7 Qxa5 28. Nce4 Bc8 29.
Rxf7 h6 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Nf3 {White's position is simply overwhelming.} Nd5
32. Bxh6+ Kh7 33. Nd6 Re7 34. Bf8 Rg7 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Bf3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Qc7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. c3 Bg6 15.
a5 f5 16. Ra4 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Ra2 Nc4 19. Bc1 a5 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. Ra3 a4
22. c4 Bf6 {Something has clearly gone wrong for White. His development is far
from ideal, Black's position is active and he has pressure on the queenside as
well as expansion possibilities on the center/kingside. Nakamura senses the
danger and tries to change the landscape.} 23. g4 $1 {Weakning the kingside
horribly, but obtaining control over e4.} Bg5 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Rc3 Nd7 $6 {
Missing a computer-like win.} (25... a3 $1 26. bxa3 (26. Rxa3 Rxa3 27. bxa3 Bh3
28. Re1 Qf7 {and there is no good way of meeting the threat of Bxd2.}) 26...
Na4 27. Rb3 Nc5 28. Rc3 Qa5 {and defending the rook on c3 is impossible.}) 26.
b4 axb3 27. Nxb3 Bxc1 28. Qxc1 Nc5 $2 {This is probably the big error in
Giri's game. He should have kept the pieces, maybe start eyeing the f4 square
with Nf6 or something similar. The trades allow Nakamura to release the
pressure and simplify into a drawn endgame.} 29. Nxc5 Qxc5 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31.
Rxe3 Rfc8 32. Be2 g6 33. f4 exf4 34. Rxf4 Re8 35. Rxe8+ Rxe8 36. Kf2 Kg7 37.
Bg4 Re5 38. Bxf5 Rxf5 39. Rxf5 gxf5 40. Ke3 Kg6 41. Kd4 Kf6 42. c5 dxc5+ 43.
Kxc5 Ke7 44. d6+ Kd7 45. Kd5 f4 46. Ke4 Kxd6 47. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. Bxh6 (
8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 {is the main line.} ({while} 9. Be3 {is another story.}))
8... gxh6 9. cxd4 {Black's ^^ and open g<-> compensate for the spoilt pawn
structure. Add to it the fact that White cannot develop as harmoniously as he
would like to, and one can conclude that Black has equal prospects in this
position.} Bd7 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Gc6b4,Gf8b4]} (9... Bg7 {allows White to
develop harmoniously with} 10. Nc3) 10. Ra2 ({The natural move} 10. Nc3 $2 {
is met strongly by} Nxb4 $1 11. axb4 Bxb4 12. Rc1 (12. Qc1 Rc8 13. Ra3 Be7 $1
$17 {[%cal Gb6b4] /\...Qb4}) 12... Rc8 13. Qb3 Qa5 14. Kd2 O-O (14... Ba4 15.
Qb2 O-O $19) 15. Bd3 Rc7 $19) ({Another way to handle the position is} 10. Be2
Rg8 11. O-O) 10... Rg8 {[%cal Gg8g2,Gg4d4] Not only slowing down White's >>
development but also threatening the active ...Rg4.} (10... Bg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12.
Na4 $14 {[%cal Ga4c5]}) 11. h3 ({Shirov did once ignore Black's active idea
and played the complex position after} 11. g3 Rg4 $1 12. Rd2 a5 13. b5 Re4+ 14.
Be2 Qxb5 15. O-O Qb6 16. Bd3 Rg4 17. Bxh7 a4 $132 {1-0 Shirov,A (2691)-Szelag,
M (2456)/Baden-Baden GER 2015 (40). He eventually went on to win, but it was
not because of the opening.}) 11... h5 12. g3 (12. Rc2 Ne7 (12... Nxb4 $5 13.
axb4 Bxb4+ 14. Nbd2 Ba4 $132) 13. Nc3 $6 (13. Qd3 $142) 13... Nf5 14. g3 a5 15.
b5 Bxa3 $17 {1-0 Shirov,A (2675)-Schenk,A (2491)/Germany 2014 (37)}) 12... h4
13. g4 (13. gxh4 {[%csl Rh3,Rh4] gives White a worthless extra pawn and
increases the scope of Black's pieces, for example} h5 14. Be2 (14. Rd2 a5 15.
b5 Ne7 16. Ng5 Nf5 17. Qxh5 Rg7 $36 {[%csl Rd4,Rh4]}) 14... a5 15. b5 Ne7 $36 {
[%cal Ge7f5,Gg8g1]}) 13... Be7 ({Worth considering is} 13... h5 14. g5 (14.
gxh5 $5) 14... Ne7 15. Nc3 Nf5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Stevic,H (2611)-Poetsch,H (2475)/
Sankt Veit an der Glan AUT 2014 (46)}) 14. Be2 (14. Qd3 Rg7 (14... h5 $5) 15.
Nc3 $6 (15. Nbd2 $5) 15... Rc8 16. Rc2 Bxb4 $1 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Qd2 Nxc2+ 19.
Qxc2 Qa5 $15 {0-1 Kharchenko,D (2006)-Arslanov,S (2416)/St Petersburg 2012 (41)
}) 14... f6 15. b5 $146 (15. Qd3 Rg7 16. b5 $5 Na5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Nbd2 O-O-O
(18... Rc8 $142 19. a4 Rc1+ 20. Bd1 a6 $15) 19. Qe3 Rf8 $6 20. Rc2+ Kd8 $2 (
20... Kb8 21. g5 $16) 21. g5 {1-0 Paehtz,E (2449)-Heinatz,G (2169)/Warsaw POL
2013} (21. g5 Be7 22. Qe5 $18 {[%cal Ge5b8]})) 15... Nd8 {[%cal Gd8f7]
Nakamura's choice of the N-route is a matter of taste.} ({Also possible was} 
15... Na5 $5 {/\ ...Rc8,Nc4.}) 16. Qd3 (16. Nxh4 $2 fxe5 $17) 16... Rg7 17. Nc3
Nf7 {Black's pieces almost look like they are completing a puzzle. It is this
coordination that gives Black chances of taking over the initiative.} 18. O-O
$6 (18. exf6 $142 Bxf6 19. Qe3 (19. Kf1 {does not free White's pieces.} Qd6 20.
Rg1 (20. Kg2 h5 $36) 20... O-O-O $15) 19... Qd6 $132) 18... h5 $5 ({A stronger
move was} 18... fxe5 19. Nxe5 (19. dxe5 h5 $17) (19. Na4 Qa5 $17) 19... Nxe5
20. dxe5 Rc8 $36) 19. Na4 Qd8 (19... Qa5 $5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nc5 hxg4 $36) 20.
exf6 Bxf6 21. Nc5 hxg4 22. hxg4 b6 (22... Rxg4+ 23. Kh1 {[%csl Rb7,Rg4][%cal
Gc5b7,Gf3e5]} Rg7 (23... b6 $2 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Ne5) 24. Nxb7 Qb8 $15) (22...
Bc8 23. Kh1 b6 24. Na6 Qd6 $15) 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Kh1 Rc8 (24... Rxg4 $2 25.
Ne5 $18) (24... Qd6 $5 25. Rc2 Qf4 $36) 25. Rc2 (25. Rg1 $5 Qd6 26. Rc2 Rxc2
27. Qxc2 Ng5 (27... Qxa3 28. g5 Nxg5 29. Nxg5 Bxg5 30. Qc8+ Kf7 31. Bh5+ Kf6
$13) 28. Qc8+ Kf7 29. Rc1 (29. Qb7+ Qe7 $15) 29... Nxf3 30. Bxf3 Rg8 31. Qb7+
Kg6 32. g5 $1 $11 {[%cal Gc1c6]}) 25... Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Nd6 {[%cal Gd6e4]} 27.
Ne5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Ne4 29. Kg2 $132 {Shirov has played some inspiring chess in
the last few moves to come out unscathed from a difficult position.} Nc5 30.
Rh1 {But here and on on the next few moves he had a chance to play f4 to take
some space and create activity for himself. Although the White K could get a
little more vulnerable, the control that the pawn mass could exert would
definitely compensate for it.} (30. f4 $5 d4 31. Qc4 $14) (30. Kh3 {[%cal
Gf2f4]} d4 31. Bd3 Qd5 $132) 30... Qe7 (30... d4 $5 31. Bf3 (31. Rxh4 $2 d3 $19
) 31... Qxb5 $13) 31. Qc1 {[%cal Gc1h6]} (31. f4 $5 Rf7 32. Rf1) 31... Rh7 32.
Qe3 Qg7 33. Rc1 {[%cal Ga3a4,Ga4a5]} (33. f4 $5 Qg6 $132) 33... Qf8 $1 {
[%cal Gf8c5,Gh7f7,Gf7f4]} 34. a4 {Missing the last opportunity to play f4.} (
34. f4 $5 Rf7 35. Rf1 $132) 34... Rf7 35. f3 $6 (35. a5 $142 Rf4 (35... h3+ 36.
Kg1 (36. Kg3 Ne4+ $40) 36... h2+ 37. Kg2 Rf4 38. axb6 axb6 39. Ra1 Qh6 40. Bf3)
36. axb6 axb6 37. Ra1 Qh6 38. Ra8+ Kf7 39. Ra7+ Kg6 40. Bd3+ Ne4 41. Bxe4+ Rxe4
42. Qxh6+ Kxh6 43. Kh3 $11) 35... Rf4 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gf8h6,Gd5d4,Gh6e3,Gh6h3]
The position now becomes very risky for White, especially with only five
minutes left on the clock.} 36. Rxc5 $2 $138 {It is hard to suggest anything
for White, but with time running out, Shirov makes a desperate sacrifice that
turns out to be the decisive mistake.} (36. a5 Qh6 $40) (36. Rh1 $142 d4 37.
Qd2 Qh6 38. Qe1 Qg5 $36) 36... bxc5 37. a5 h3+ (37... Rb4 $5 38. b6 axb6 39. a6
Kd7 40. a7 Kc7 $19) 38. Kg3 (38. Kxh3 Qh6+ 39. Kg2 (39. Kg3 Rxg4+ $19) 39...
Rxg4+ 40. Kf2 Qh4+ 41. Kf1 Qh1+ 42. Kf2 Qg1#) (38. Kh2 Kd7 $19) 38... h2 (38...
h2 39. Kxh2 Qh6+ 40. Kg2 Rxg4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 f6 11. Nf3 Nc5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nc4 Ne6 14. Kh1 Qd7
15. Qg4 Rad8 16. Be3 Bd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. Rxa7 Nxc2 20. Rxb7
Rxd3 21. h4 Nd4 22. b4 Ne6 23. Rc1 Ra8 24. b5 cxb5 25. Rxb5 Rad8 26. f3 h5 27.
Kh2 Nf4 28. Rc5 R8d7 29. Na3 Rd2 30. R1c2 Nxg2 31. Rxc7 Ne3+ 32. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 33.
Kh3 Rf2 34. Kg3 Rxb2 35. Rc1 f5 36. Nc4 f4+ 37. Kh3 Rf2 38. Nxe5 Nf1 39. Rxf1
Rxf1 40. Kg2 Ra1 41. Ng6 Ra2+ 42. Kg1 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 Ra2+ 44. Kg1 Kf7 45. Nxf4 g6
46. Ng2 Kf6 47. Kh2 Ke5 48. Kg3 Ra1 49. Nf4 Kd4 50. Kg2 Ra2+ 51. Kg3 Ra1 52.
Kg2 Ra8 53. Kf2 Ra6 54. Ne2+ Ke5 55. Kg3 Rf6 56. Kf2 Rf8 57. Kg3 Rf7 58. Kf2
Ra7 59. Kg3 Ra8 60. Nf4 Rg8 61. Ne2 g5 62. hxg5 Rxg5+ 63. Kh4 Rg2 64. Ng3 Rh2+
65. Kg5 h4 66. f4+ Ke6 67. Nf5 h3 68. Kg4 Rh1 69. Ng3 Rh2 70. e5 Rf2 71. Ne4
Rg2+ 72. Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
c4 Be6 9. Bg5 Rc8 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e3 d4 13. exd4 exd4 14. c5 Bxc5
15. Rc1 Qe7 16. Bxc6+ Kf8 17. Nd2 Kg7 18. Qb5 Bb6 19. Qd3 Rc7 20. Be4 Rhc8 21.
Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Rd1 Qc5 23. Nb3 Qe5 24. Nd2 f5 25. Bg2 Qc5 26. b3 Qc2 27. Nc4
Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Rxc4 30. Bd5 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Rapid 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 {The latest twist in the line; Black waits a bit with the
idea of Ba6.} 11. Bd3 {White has an interesting idea as well :} (11. Qc1 Bb7
12. Bd3 Qc8 13. O-O Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qb2 Qb7 16. Rfb1 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1
18. Qxa1 Ra8 19. Qb2 Bd8 20. Ra1 Ne8 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Qa2 Qxa2 23. Nxa2 b5 24.
Nc1 Bc7 25. Nb3 Bxf4 26. exf4 f6 27. Na5 Nb8 {½-½ (54) Tabatabaei,M (2470)
-Harutyunian,T (2448) Yerevan 2016 Equal chances; Black can easily defend this
endgame.}) 11... Ba6 12. O-O Bxd3 (12... Qc8 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Ra3 (15... Qb7 {This transposes to the main game.}) 16. Qc2 Qb7 {is a
better option, transposing to the Van Wely -Aronian game given below.} (16...
Qa6 $6 17. Rfc1 Ra8 18. b5 $1 $16 {1/2-1/2 (49) Petrosyan,T (2423)-Harutyunian,
T (2472) Yerevan 2015})) 13. Qxd3 Qc8 14. Rfc1 Qb7 15. Rab1 axb4 16. axb4 Rfc8
{Aronian himself was on the black side of a line as well! :} (16... Ra3 17. Qc2
Rfa8 18. Nd2 bxc5 19. bxc5 Qc8 20. Rb3 Rxb3 21. Nxb3 Bd8 22. Rb1 Bc7 23. Bxc7
Qxc7 24. Ra1 Rxa1+ 25. Nxa1 Qa5 26. Nb3 Qb4 27. Nc1 e5 $11 28. Nd3 Qc4 29. Nb2
Qb4 30. Nd3 Qc4 31. Nb2 Qb4 {1/2-1/2 (31) Van Wely,L (2692)-Aronian,L (2805)
Wijk aan Zee 2012}) 17. Nd2 Bd8 {All thematic so far} 18. Nb3 {White has a few
other interesting choices:} (18. e4 Ra3 19. e5 Nh7 20. Qc2 Nhf8 21. Ra1 {
White has more space but Black is very solid.}) (18. Bd6 $5 Ne8 (18... Bc7 19.
e4 $1 Bxd6 20. cxd6 $36) 19. Bh2 Bc7 20. Bxc7 Nxc7 21. Nb3 {An interesting
position in which White has managed to slightly change the character of the
game, perhaps something to consider.}) 18... Bc7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. Ra1 (20.
cxb6 Qxb6 21. Na5 Ne8 22. Qc2 Nd6 23. Rb3 Ra7 24. Na4 Qb5 25. Nc5 Nb6 $11)
20... Qb7 {The position is equal} 21. b5 $6 (21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. b5 cxb5 23. Qxb5
(23. Nxb5 Qc6 24. Qf1 Rb8 25. Na7 Qc7 26. Nb5 Qc6 $11) 23... Qc7 24. Na4 bxc5
25. Naxc5 Qb6 $11) 21... Rxa1 22. Rxa1 bxc5 23. Na5 Qa8 24. Nb3 Qb7 25. Na5 Qa8
26. Nb3 Qb8 27. dxc5 cxb5 {Well it seems that White has lost a pawn without
any compensation.} 28. Qd4 (28. Qxb5 Qxb5 29. Nxb5 Nxc5 30. Rc1 Nfd7 31. Nd6
Rc7 32. Nb5 Rc6 33. N5d4 Rc8 $17) 28... b4 29. Na4 Qb5 30. Qb2 Ne4 31. f3 Nexc5
32. Naxc5 Nxc5 33. Rc1 Rc7 34. Qe5 Qb6 35. f4 $2 (35. Qd4 Nxb3 36. Qxb6 Rxc1+
37. Kh2 Nd2 38. Qxb4 Nf1+ 39. Kg1 Nxe3+ 40. Kf2 Nf5 41. g4 Nh4 {Black is
clearly better, still it was probably White's best chance.}) 35... Na6 36. Ra1
Rc3 37. Nd4 Nc7 38. Rb1 f6 39. Qh5 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Bf5 8. c4
Nbd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Qd2 Rfd8 12. Rfc1 Qa6 13. e3 Ne4 14. Qe1 Nxc3
15. Bxc3 Be4 16. Bf1 Qf6 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Bg2 Nb8 19. e4 Be6 20. Ba5 Nc6 21.
Bxd8 Rxd8 22. e5 Qg5 23. Qe3 Qg4 {In a normal game, White is just totally
winning since he is up the exchange. In blitz, anyhing can still happen.} 24.
f4 (24. Nf3 $1 {is simpler, as Black doesn't have any of the light square
blockade he manages in the game.}) 24... g5 25. Rf1 gxf4 26. gxf4 Bh6 27. Rf3
Kh8 28. Raf1 {So far so good, Black keeps some compensation but he is slowly
being contained.} Qh4 29. Kh1 (29. Rg3 {seemed normal and good.} Bf5 30. Qf2 $1
{is annoying for Black.}) 29... Bf5 30. Rg3 e6 31. a3 {Not a bad move, but it
serves little purpose.} (31. Nf3 Qe7 32. Ng5 $16 {seemed like a better try.})
31... Rf8 32. b4 f6 33. b5 $6 Ne7 34. exf6 Qxf6 35. Bh3 Bg7 36. Re1 Qh6 (36...
Qxd4 37. Qxd4 Bxd4 {gives Black some compensation}) 37. Bg4 (37. Rc1 $1) 37...
Bf6 38. Reg1 Bh4 39. Rh3 Qf6 40. Nf3 $2 {The start of the real problems} (40.
Bxf5 Nxf5 41. Qe2 $1 {seems winning, with Nf3-e5 to follow.} (41. Qe5 $14))
40... Be4 41. Rg2 (41. Rf1 $1 $14) 41... Ng6 42. Kg1 $2 (42. f5 $1) 42... Nxf4
{and now all of White's pieces are under attack.} 43. Rd2 Nxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. Ng3 a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
d3 Nd5 9. O-O f5 10. c4 Ne7 11. c5 Bxc5 12. Bxe5 Ng6 13. d4 Nxe5 14. dxc5 Qxd1
15. Rxd1 f4 16. exf4 Ng6 17. Nd2 Nxf4 18. Nc4 Be6 19. Na5 Bd5 20. f3 b6 21. Nc4
bxc5 22. Rac1 a5 23. a4 h5 24. Rd2 h4 25. Ne4 h3 26. g3 Ne6 27. Ne5 Rf5 28. Ng6
Rxf3 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Nxd5 cxd5 31. Rxd5 Nd4 32. Kh1 Raf8 33. Rh5+ Kg8 34. Rxh3
Nxb3 35. Rc2 Re3 36. Rh4 Rf5 37. Kg2 Re5 38. Nf2 Nd4 39. Rb2 Re2 40. Rb8+ Kf7
41. Rf4+ Kg6 42. h4 Rf5 43. Rxf5 Nxf5 44. g4 Nxh4+ 45. Kg3 Kf7 46. Rb7 g5 47.
Rxc7+ Kf6 48. Rc6+ Kf7 49. Rxc5 Re3+ 50. Kh2 Re2 51. Kg1 Re1+ 52. Kh2 Re2 53.
Kg1 Re1+ 54. Kh2 Re2 55. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c3 c5 6. Bg3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bb5
Ne7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qc2 Ng6 13. Rad1 Nh5 14. c4 Nxg3
15. hxg3 Rc8 16. Qb1 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Qf6 18. Be4 Ba6 19. Rc1 Be7 20. Bd3 Rfd8 21.
Nd4 Bc5 22. Nb3 Bf8 23. Nd4 Bc5 24. Nb3 Bf8 25. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Nce7 12. Nbd2 c6 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. Qc2 Nfh4
15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. f4 Bg4 18. f5 Ne7 19. Ne3 {Nakamura has
overextended with his kingside attack, and now some of his pieces are in
trouble. He is king of stuck on the kingside and some of his pieces might be
in danger of being trapped.} Bf3 20. Qf2 Qh5 21. Rf1 Bg4 (21... Be4 22. Be2 Qh6
23. Nxd5 $18) 22. f6 $1 gxf6 23. Nxg4 (23. Qxf6 {was perhaps easier, as the
queen still doesn't have good squares. For example:} Be6 (23... Rad8 24. Nxg4
Qxg4 25. Bh6 $18) 24. Rf2 $1 {Threatening the simple but crushing g4.}) 23...
Qxg4 24. Qxf6 (24. Bh6 $1 Rfe8 25. Qxf6 {with impending mate}) 24... Bxg3 25.
Kh1 Bh4 26. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Rg1 Qxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Ng6 30. Bf4 (30.
Bg5 Bxg5 31. Qxg5 {followed by h4 seems crushing}) 30... Bf6 31. Be5 $6 Bxe5
32. dxe5 Rae8 33. Kh1 $6 Rxe5 34. Rg1 Rfe8 {Suddenly Black is actually doing
ok. Anand decides to force the draw.} 35. Rxg6+ fxg6 36. Qxg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
d4 Nd7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Qd4+ 12. Kh1 Bd6 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. f5
Bd7 15. Nf3 Qa4 16. b3 Qa5 17. Bd2 Bb4 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. Qf2 b6 20. Ng5 Qe7 21.
f6 gxf6 22. Qxf6 Qxf6 23. Rxf6 Be8 24. Nxf7 Bxf7 25. Rxf7 Rd2 26. Rc1 Rg8 27.
Rg1 Rxc2 28. Rxh7 {Black has to be careful here. The amount of pawns is not as
important as their quality, and White has two connected passers already.} Rxa2
(28... Rg4 $1 {makes it hard for Nakamura to push forward.} 29. h4 Rxa2 30. Kh2
Rb2 {is rather slow.}) 29. g4 Ra5 30. h4 {Now Black is in deep trouble, if not
simply lost.} Re5 31. g5 Rxe4 32. g6 Ree8 33. h5 {If you have passed pawns,
push them.} a5 34. g7 Kb7 35. Rh6 {Aronian clearly has no counterplay.
Nakamura threatens to move the rook away and push h6-h7.} Re5 36. Rh8 Rxg7 37.
Rxg7 {The game is over.} b5 38. Rg3 c5 39. h6 Rh5+ 40. Kg2 c4 41. bxc4 b4 42.
Rh3 Rg5+ 43. Kf3 b3 44. Kf4 a4 45. Kxg5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op2 1st March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harmon Vellotti, Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2866"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Nf3 Qe7 6. d4 e4 7. Nfd2 a6 8. Bxc6+
bxc6 9. c4 Qg5 10. g3 Nf6 11. Ba3 O-O 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. h3 h5 14. Nc3 Be6 15.
Rc1 dxc4 16. bxc4 Qa5 17. Kf1 Bf5 18. Kg2 Rfe8 19. Qc2 Qc7 20. Rb1 Rab8 21. Ne2
Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Rb8 23. Rxb8+ Qxb8 24. h4 Qb4 25. Qc3 Qb6 26. Nf4 Kf8 27. Nb3 Bg4
28. Qa5 Qxa5 29. Nxa5 Bd7 30. Nb7 Ke7 31. c5 d5 32. Ne2 Ne8 33. Nc3 Bc8 34. Na5
Kd7 35. a3 Kc7 36. Na2 Nf6 37. Nb4 Bb7 38. Kf1 Ng8 39. Ke2 Ne7 40. f3 exf3+ 41.
Kxf3 Bc8 42. Kf2 f6 43. Kf3 g5 44. Kf2 Kd7 45. Nd3 Kc7 46. hxg5 fxg5 47. Ne5 h4
48. g4 Be6 49. Kf3 Bg8 50. Nb3 Be6 51. Nc1 Ng8 52. Ncd3 Nf6 53. Nf2 Bg8 54. Kg2
Be6 55. Kf3 Bg8 56. a4 Be6 57. a5 Bg8 58. Nfd3 Be6 59. Nb4 h3 60. Nxa6+ Kb7 61.
Nb4 Nxg4 62. a6+ Ka8 63. Nbxc6 h2 64. Kg2 Nxe3+ 65. Kxh2 Bc8 66. Nb4 Nf5 67.
Nxd5 Bxa6 68. Nc7+ Kb7 69. Ne6 Bb5 70. d5 Kc8 71. Nxg5 Nd4 72. Ne4 Ba4 73. Kg3
Bc2 74. Nd6+ Kc7 75. Kf4 Nb3 76. Nb5+ Kd8 77. c6 Nc5 78. d6 Ne6+ 79. Ke3 Ba4
80. c7+ Nxc7 81. Nxc7 Bb3 82. Kd4 Ba4 83. Kc5 Kc8 84. Nd5 Be8 85. Nb6+ Kb7 86.
Nec4 Ka6 87. Nd5 Kb7 88. Ncb6 Bc6 89. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op2 1st March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Holt, Conrad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2868"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Bg4 4. Nbd2 Nbd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bg2 e5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nh4
c6 9. e3 Bd6 10. a3 Qe7 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qe2 Ne8 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. h4
Nc7 16. g5 Rf7 17. Bh3 Raf8 18. O-O h6 19. Qg4 hxg5 20. Qxg5 Rf6 21. Qg2 R6f7
22. Qg5 Rf6 23. Rae1 Ne6 24. Qg2 Bxa3 25. Bxa3 Qxa3 26. Nf3 Qe7 27. Nh2 Nec5
28. Kh1 e4 29. d4 Ne6 30. Bg4 R8f7 31. f4 exf3 32. Nxf3 Ndf8 33. Qg3 Nc7 34.
Rg1 Qe4 35. Rgf1 Nb5 36. Rf2 Nc3 37. Kg1 Qe8 38. Rff1 Ne4 39. Qg2 Qe7 40. Ne5
Rxf1+ 41. Rxf1 Rf6 42. Bf3 Nd6 43. Qh3 Nf5 44. Bg4 Nxh4 45. Ra1 g5 46. c3 g6
47. Rxa5 Kg7 48. Ra7 Kh8 49. Bc8 Qe8 50. Rxb7 Kg8 51. Rb8 Nf3+ 52. Nxf3 Qxe3+
53. Kg2 Qe2+ 54. Kg1 Rxf3 55. Be6+ Kg7 56. Rb7+ Kf6 57. Rf7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op2 1st March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 c5
15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Rfc1 a5 19. h3 e5 20. Qc6 Rbb8 21.
Qe4 Rfe8 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 25. Rd1 Kf8 26. a4 Re4 27.
b3 Ke8 28. Rc4 Re6 29. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op2 1st March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2866"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. e3 a6 5. a3 Ba7 6. b4 d6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Bg2 h5
9. h3 h4 10. g4 f5 11. Rb1 O-O 12. g5 Be6 13. Qh5 Bf7 14. Qxh4 Ng6 15. Qg3 e4
16. dxe4 Bxc4 17. f4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Qe8 19. Nge2 d5 20. Bg2 d4 21. Nd5 Qf7 22.
e4 d3 23. Nec3 Nd4 24. f5 Nxf5 25. exf5 Qxf5 26. Kd1 Rae8 27. Bd2 Re2 28. Nxe2
dxe2+ 29. Kc1 Bxd5 30. Re1 Bf2 31. Bxd5+ Qxd5 32. Qb3 Qxb3 33. Rxb3 Bxe1 34.
Bxe1 Nf4 35. Re3 Rd8 36. Bg3 Rd3 37. Rxd3 Nxd3+ 38. Kd2 e1=Q+ 39. Bxe1 Nxe1 40.
Kxe1 Kf7 41. Kf2 Kg6 42. h4 Kh5 43. Kg3 g6 44. Kh3 b6 45. a4 c5 46. a5 c4 47.
axb6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op2 1st March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2864"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. c5
b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 c6 11. Be2 Ba6 12. O-O Qc8 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qb7 15. Rfb1
axb4 16. axb4 Rfc8 17. Qc2 Bd8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Nd7 20. Bd6 Bc7 21. Bxc7
Qxc7 22. Qb2 e5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Ra1 Re8 25. Ne2 exd4 26. Nxd4 bxc5 27. bxc5
Qe5 28. Qb7 Nxc5 29. Qxc6 Ne4 30. Ra8 Rxa8 31. Qxa8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op2 1st March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grigorov, Grigor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2866"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. c4 dxc4 7. Nxc4 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 e5 9. O-O Be7 10. b4 O-O 11. Qb3 a6 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rfe8 14. Bg2 Bf8
15. a3 e4 16. dxe4 Nxe4 17. Rfd1 Ndf6 18. Bd4 h5 19. Bb6 Qc8 20. f3 Ng5 21. e4
h4 22. Be3 Ne6 23. Nb6 Qb8 24. f4 Ng4 25. Nxa8 Qxa8 26. Bh3 Nxe3 27. Qxe3 a5
28. Bxe6 Rxe6 29. bxa5 Qxa5 30. Rd3 hxg3 31. hxg3 Qh5 32. Qf3 Qxf3 33. Rxf3
Rxe4 34. Rb3 Ra4 35. Rxb7 Rxa3 36. Kg2 c5 37. Rd1 Ra8 38. Rdd7 f6 39. Kf3 Rc8
40. Kg4 Re8 41. Kf5 Kh7 42. Rb1 Rc8 43. Rbb7 Re8 44. Rbc7 Ra8 45. Rd1 Re8 46.
Rh1+ Kg8 47. Kg6 Re3 48. Rg1 Re8 49. g4 Rd8 50. Rh1 Rd4 51. Rc8 Rxf4 52. Rh8+
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op2 1st March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Klekowski, Maciej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2868"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 c5 3. e4 Nc6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Ne8 8. a3
Nc7 9. b4 d6 10. Rb1 Ne6 11. d3 Rb8 12. Be3 b6 13. Qd2 Ned4 14. Bh6 e5 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. f4 f6 17. b5 Nxe2+ 18. Nxe2 Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. a4 Be6 21. a5 Qc7
22. Ra1 Rf7 23. f5 Bc8 24. h4 Qc5 25. g4 gxf5 26. gxf5 Qc7 27. Kh2 Bb7 28. Bf3
Kh8 29. a6 Bc8 30. Rg1 Qe7 31. Rg2 Rg7 32. Rxg7 Qxg7 33. Rg1 Qf8 34. h5 Bd7 35.
h6 Be8 36. Rg7 Bf7 37. Qg2 Rc8 38. Qg4 Ra8 39. Qh4 Bg8 40. Bh5 Qd8 41. Qg3 Qf8
42. Qh4 Qd8 43. Bf7 Bxf7 44. Rxf7 Rc8 45. Rxa7 Qf8 46. Rd7 Ra8 47. a7 Kg8 48.
Qg4+ Kh8 49. Qg7+ Qxg7 50. hxg7+ Kg8 51. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op2 1st March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.03.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2869"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. O-O
c5 9. c3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc8 11. a4 Qa6 12. Qb5 Qxb5 13. axb5 a5 14. Be3 Be7 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 16. b4 Bxe3 17. fxe3 O-O 18. Ned4 Rc8 19. Rfc1 Ra7 20. Kf2 Rcc7 21.
Rc2 h6 22. Ra3 Kf8 23. Rca2 Rab7 24. Ke2 Rc4 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Kd3 a4 27. Kc2
Nb6 28. Nd2 Rc8 29. Kd3 N8d7 30. Nc6 Nb8 31. Nd4 N8d7 32. Nc6 Na8 33. Rb2 Rxc6
34. bxc6 Rxb2 35. cxd7 Ke7 36. Rxa4 Nb6 37. Rb4 Rxb4 38. cxb4 Kxd7 39. e4 Kc6
40. exd5+ Kxd5 41. Nf3 Nd7 42. Kc3 Nxe5 43. Nd4 Nd7 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e3 $5 {While Nf3 and Nc3 are the main moves in
this position, e3 is not very uncommon. White's idea is simple that he wants
to play an immediate d4 or Nge2 followed by d4 and for that he doesn't need to
develop his b1-knight.} e6 {Fabiano wants to keep the game in uncharted
territory. ...Nf6 and ...Nc6 are both more popular.} (4... Nf6 5. d4 (5. Ne2
O-O 6. Nbc3 {might soon lead to a main line in the English.}) 5... cxd4 6. exd4
d5 {looks great for Black.}) 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 Ne7 7. d5 $5 exd5 8. cxd5 d6 {
Interesting comments were made about this position by Miroshnichenko,
Kosteniuk and Gelfand. As Kosteniuk and Miro said, "It's a tradeoff between
having more space with the pawn on d5 and the open bishop on g7. What is more
important? It is not so easy to decide!" Boris had some other important points
to make. "Black would have been completely fine if the black knight would have
been on f6 instead of e7. As things stand right now, the f5-square is the best
for both the knight and the c8-bishop and that in some ways hinders Black's
development."} 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O h6 $5 {An intersting move
preventing ideas like Bg5 and getting ready to play g6-g5 at an appriopriate
moment.} 12. h4 $5 {White nips the g5 idea in the bud. But everything comes at
a cost. This move weakens the g4-square and the c8-bishop would like to reach
there soon.} Nc5 13. Re1 Bg4 {Now things look quite smooth for Fabi. The
knight is coming to f5 and the queen to f6 and the rooks to c8 and e8.
Suddenly all the co-ordination issues seem to have been solved, or have they?!}
14. Bf4 Nf5 15. Qd2 Bxf3 (15... Qf6 16. Nh2 {makes the bishop on g4 looks
silly and hence taking on f3 was the right choice.}) 16. Bxf3 Qf6 17. Rac1 {
This move prepares b4. After the knight on c5 is displaced, the c3-knight
jumps to e4. Black might have got his pieces co-ordinated but the bishop pair,
combined with the space always give the first player some better chances.} a5
18. Nb5 $1 {Nakamura is never averse when it comes to tactical complications.
He sees that exchanging the b2 pawn for the guy on d6 would be a good deal.}
Qxb2 19. Qxb2 Bxb2 20. Rc2 Bf6 21. Bxd6 (21. Nxd6 {looks natural but fails to}
Nd4 $1 {The knight on b5 keeps this possibility under check.}) 21... Nxd6 22.
Nxd6 (22. Rxc5 b6 23. Rc6 Nxb5 24. Rxf6 $14 {might also be a position to
explore for White, especially because Black cannot get his blockade on d6.})
22... b6 23. Rb1 Rab8 24. Nc4 (24. h5 $5 {Throwing in this move at some point
would have created an additional tension in the position that would have been
to White's advantage. It is a Karpovian move whose benefits are not so
apparent in the current position. But later, when the rooks penetrate, the
possibility of opening the seventh rank with hxg6 fxg6 might play an important
role.}) 24... Na4 25. Bg4 $6 {Black equalises after this inaccurate move.} (25.
Ne3 Nc3 26. Rb3 Rfc8 {also looks pretty much fine for Black.}) (25. h5 $5)
25... Rfd8 $1 {Attacking the d5-pawn.} 26. d6 h5 $1 27. Bh3 b5 28. Nxa5 Rxd6
$11 29. Nc6 Rb6 30. Nb4 Nc3 31. Rb3 {Nakamura had really got the pressure
going in the position. But he couldn't sustain it. One wrong move and Caruana
was right back and made what looked like an effortless draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 (7... c6
{is the most common continuation here.}) 8. cxd5 exd5 {This pawn structure was
seen in many games of Sergey in this tournament.} 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nbd7 ({
Sergey was able to prove, that Black's position is very solid after} 10... Re8
{, which might be more flexible.}) 11. Qc2 {The most common setup - the
d1-spot is now vacant for one of White's rooks.} ({The ambitious transfer of
the knight to f5 doesn't offer White any advantage:} 11. Nh4 Re8 12. Nf5 Bb4
13. Re1 Nf8 $11) ({Another possible plan is based on leaving the Qd1 on its
initial spot, but after something like} 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Nb5 c5 $132
{Black's position seems perfectly playable.}) 11... Re8 12. Rfd1 ({In the
following recent game Black didn't pose any problems:} 12. Bf4 Nf8 13. Rfd1 Ne6
14. Be5 Bb7 15. a3 Ne4 16. b4 $6 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 c6 18. Rab1 a5 $15 {1/2 Gelfand,
B (2735)-Martirosyan,H (2425)/Moscow RUS 2016 (25)}) (12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Bd6
14. Nc4 Bf8 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Qb2 Ba8 17. Ne5 c5 $132 {1/2 Spassov,L (2475)
-Georgiev,K (2430)/Plovdiv 1984/MCD (19)}) 12... Nf8 $146 {A novelty. This is
a standard manoeuvre - the knight is heading to e6, where it will put more
pressure on White's centre, whereas the Qd8 becomes more mobile.} ({In one
preceding game Black was able to solve all the problems after} 12... Bd6 13.
Bc1 (13. Nh4 $5 c6 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Bf4 $14) 13... c6 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. Rac1 Rac8
16. Nh4 g6 $11 {1-0 Pashikian,A (2617)-Hayrapetyan,H (2441)/Al-Ain UAE 2014/
The Week in Chess 1051 (66)}) 13. Ne5 (13. e4 {leads only to simplifications:}
dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bb7 15. Ne5 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Bd6 $11) 13... Bb7 {
Of course, Black has to cover the vulnerable c6-spot.} 14. Bc1 $1 {An
excellent move! White gets more control over the centre now.} ({Once again,} 
14. e4 {would be harmless:} dxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bd6 18.
Qf3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qe7 20. Bc3 Rad8 $11) 14... Ne6 15. Bb2 Bd6 ({After} 15... c5
16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rac1 Bf8 18. e3 $36 {the pressure on both hanging pawns is
very annoying.}) ({The modest} 15... c6 $5 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. e3 Bd6 {would lead
to a passive, but solid position.}) 16. e3 a6 {A somewhat inaccurate move,
which makes Black's queenside pawn structure less flexible.} (16... c5 {
would be premature:} 17. Nb5 Bb8 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Nc4 $36) ({However,} 16...
c6 $5 {was a safer option.}) 17. Ne2 c5 {It looks like Hikaru has
underestimated the consquences of creating 2 hanging central pawns.} ({
Otherwise, he would have continued} 17... Rc8 18. Rac1 c6 $14) 18. dxc5 {
GM Karjakin dosn't see a reason for delaying this exchange.} ({Indeed,
something like} 18. Nc4 Bf8 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nf4 Rc8 21. Qe2 Ne6 $14 {would
hardly offer him more.}) 18... Nxc5 $1 {A correct choice - the isolated Pd5 is
under strong pressure, but Black's pieces are becoming more active now.} (18...
bxc5 19. Qf5 Qc7 20. Nd3 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Ndf4 $16) 19. Nd3 Nce4 $1 {
Hikaru sensibly deviates from the exchange of knights.} (19... Rc8 20. Nxc5
Bxc5 21. Qd3 Ne4 22. Rac1 $16) 20. Rac1 ({Possibly,} 20. Bd4 $5 Rc8 21. Qb2 $14
{would be more annoying for Black.}) 20... Rc8 21. Qb1 Qe7 22. Bd4 Rxc1 $6 {
There was no reason for losing control over open c-file.} (22... Bc5 $142 23.
Qa1 a5 $14) 23. Rxc1 b5 24. b4 $1 {Now, when Black's knight is far from
reaching the stable c4-spot, it makes sense to fix the favourable pawn
structure.} Nd7 25. a3 {This move gives Black time for regrouping his forces.}
({A more energetic way was} 25. Nef4 h6 26. Qb3 $16) 25... Nf8 26. Ba1 {
At this stage of game Sergey avoids any ''drastic'' measures.} (26. Nc5 $5 Bxc5
27. bxc5 Bc6 28. Qb2 Ne6 29. f3 Nf6 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Qb4 $16) 26... Ne6 27.
Qa2 Bc7 28. Nd4 Bb6 {Black has been able to improve the placement of his minor
pieces, but the position is still quite unpleasant.} 29. h4 {[%mdl 8192]} Nxg3
$2 {A terrible tactical blunder.} (29... Nxd4 30. Bxd4 Bxd4 31. exd4 Qf6 32.
Qb2 h6 33. Nc5 Ba8 $14 {would have kept a worse, but solid position.}) 30. fxg3
Nxd4 {Hikaru's calculations were based on the vulnerablity of Nd3, but he had
missed an important detail...} 31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32. exd4 Qe3+ 33. Qf2 $1 Qxd3 34.
Rc7 $18 {That's it! The double attack immediately decides the battle. The
remaining few moves were just an agony.} f5 35. Rxb7 h6 36. Bxd5+ Kh7 37. Bg2
Re2 38. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Nakamura invites Svidler to play his favourite Grünfeld.} d5 {No thank
you! I will stick to the Slav. Svidler plays the same line that he played
against Karjakin in round 1.} 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 {
Svidler shows that the opening that he essayed in the first round against
Karjakin was not just a onetrick pony. He was serious about his opening and
had prepared it in depth.} 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 {This is
definitely much more challenging than Nxd4 which was played by Sergey Karjakin
in the first round.} Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 {Preventing the d4-d5 break.}
12. Bg5 {Interestingly Svidler reached this position twice in his games, once
against Ivanchuk and once against Kazhgalayev. However, on both occasions he
chose a different move. h6 is the modern treatment of this line making White
decide where he would like to keep his bishop.} h6 (12... Bd7 13. d5 exd5 14.
Nxd5 Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Rad1 hxg5 19. Rxd7 $16 {
1/2-1/2 (46) Ivanchuk,V (2729)-Svidler,P (2765) Monte Carlo 2006}) (12... Re8
13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Bb3 Rc8 15. a5 a6 16. Na4 Nfd5 17. Nc5 $6 Bxg5 18. Nexd7 Be7
$15 {1-0 (56) Kazhgaleyev,M (2626)-Svidler,P (2726) Le Port Marly 2009}) 13.
Bxf6 {This is a highly concrete move. The idea is not related with the
d5-break but to get the knights to menacing locations in the centre - on the
e4- and e5-squares.} (13. Bh4 Bd7 14. Ne5 Bc6 {is the other critical position
of the opening, and if Svidler tries this Slav line again the chances of this
position arising can be quite good.}) 13... Bxf6 14. Ne4 (14. d5 {doesn't
really look too threatening as after} exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qe8 $11 {
Black has solved most of his opening problems because the b2-pawn is as weak
as the b7-pawn.}) 14... b6 (14... Be7 {Trying to preserve the bishop is met
with} 15. Ne5 b6 16. Ra3 Bb7 17. Qg4 {[%cal Ga3g3] White has good attacking
chances.}) 15. Ne5 {We are still following five games, but we have reached a
stage where you can no longer find games played by amateurs. All the games
have taken place in the practice of 2600+ players.} Bh4 $5 {This has already
been played by two players Mchedlishvili against Tomashevsky and van Foreest
against Ikonnikov. The idea is to provoke g3 so that the a1-rook cannot use
the entire third rank when it comes to a3.} (15... Bb7 $2 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 (16...
gxf6 17. Ng4 Kg7 18. Qd2 $18) 17. Nd7 Qg5 18. f4 Qxf4 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 {when
Black has compensation for the exchange but it is not enough} 20. a5 $14) 16.
g3 $146 (16. Ra3 {was played in both the games but after} Bb7 17. Rh3 {it
looks scary but after} Nd5 $11 {according to the computer this looks
completely fine for Black.} (17... Bd5 18. Nc3 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Be7 20. Qe2 Rc8
21. Qg4 Kh7 22. Rg3 Bf6 23. Ne4 {1-0 (34) Tomashevsky,E (2743)-Mchedlishvili,M
(2618) Reykjavik 2015. White had good attacking chances and for a player like
Tomashevsky this is a position that he would love.}) 18. Qg4 Bg5 19. Nxg5 (19.
Bxd5 Bxd5 $15) 19... Qxg5 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 $15 {1/2-1/2 (77)
Ikonnikov,V (2527)-Van Foreest,J (2514) Dieren 2015. When Black was already
slightly better.}) 16... Be7 17. Nc3 Bf6 {Svidler has got this covered. Even
though White played a novelty, the Russian player is well prepared. After the
game Svidler said that even though 16.g3 is technically a novelty, it is a
natural move to consider when you are preparing this line in depth.} (17... Bb7
$6 {looks the most natural but fails to} 18. Nxf7 $5 Rxf7 19. Qxe6 Qe8 20. Re1
$40 {with a most probably decisive attack for White.}) 18. d5 {Nakamura also
plays concrete chess in this position.} Qc7 $5 (18... exd5 {looks like the
most natural move but it fails to} 19. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 $18 {when the
threats of Bxf7 and Bxa8 give White a winning position.}) 19. d6 Qc5 {Svidler
was really proud that he had found this Qc7-c5 idea at home. It is not often
that you allow the pawn to go all the way down to d6. But here concretely
Black is doing fine. He has to be very well prepared for all of White's myriad
possibilities in this position but it can be supposed that Svidler had done
his homework.} 20. Ng4 Bxc3 {Once again a dangerous move but it works in this
specific situation.} 21. bxc3 Nc6 22. Rab1 (22. d7 Bb7) 22... a6 {Preventing
Rb5. It is simply amazing that this is all a part of Svidler's preparation.} (
22... Bd7 23. Rb5 Qa3 24. Qd2 Qxa4 25. Rh5 $1 Qxc4 26. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 27. Qxh6
$18) 23. d7 {It seems like Nakamura missed something here. He couldn't
remember his preparation and played the most obvious move, pushing his pawn to
d7. However, he could have just played Bd3 directly which is what he thought
was the move he had prepared.} ({Here's an illustrative line} 23. Bd3 f5 $5 24.
Ne3 (24. Nxh6+ $5 gxh6 25. Bc4 Ne5 26. d7 Bxd7 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Qxe6+ Kg7 29.
Qxd7+ Kg6 30. Be2 $44) 24... Bd7 (24... Qxd6 $6 25. Nc4 $18) 25. Bxa6 f4 26.
Ng4 h5 27. Rb5 Qxc3 28. Rxh5 Rxa6 29. Qxa6 Qf3 30. Qd3 Qxg4 31. Rh4 Qf5 32.
Rxf4 Qc5 $13) 23... Bb7 24. Bd3 Rfd8 25. Qe4 Kf8 $1 {At this point Peter had
one hour forty five minutes, five minutes more than the start of the game!
Completely mind boggling! It just showed that Svidler had come well prepared
to his event. Nakamura was under grave pressure and he was already looking for
ways to bail out.} 26. Qh7 {This position looks really scary if you are
unprepared. However, if you know the intricacies this might well be enjoyable
to play, like the current position where Black has only one good move but
Peter plays it! As Svidler said after the game he had considered only two
moves in this position Be2 and Bc2. So Qh7 was a new move for him, and he
found himself in a common situation where you know that the move made by your
opponent is not the best, but you don't know why.} (26. Be2 {was the main line
of Svidler's preparation, with some crazy lines like} Rab8 27. Qh7 Ne7 28. Nxh6
gxh6 29. Rxb6 Qxb6 30. Bh5 Ng6 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Bxg6 fxg6 33. Qxg6+ Kf8 34.
Qf6+ Kg8 35. Qg6+ $11) 26... h5 $1 (26... Qg5 $2 27. Ne3 Ne5 28. Be4 Bxe4 29.
Qxe4 $18 {The d7-pawn is untouchable and the queen is completely misplaced on
g5.}) (26... Ne5 $5 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxg7 Qd5 29. Qf6+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ {is a draw.
}) (26... Qh5 $2 27. Be2 $18) 27. Ne3 (27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxg7 hxg4 29. Qxg4 Rh8
$19) 27... Ne5 $1 $15 {Black's king looks safe, and the pawn on d7 doesn't
look threatening. The light-squared holes on the kingside might cost White
dearly.} 28. Be4 {Before things went completely wrong Nakamura exchanges the
powerful b7-bishop.} Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Ra7 $1 {Svidler also made this move
relatively quickly. I am not sure whether he was still in his preparation but
he must have seen similar ideas when he was working on this opening.} 30. Nd5
$5 {Nakamura is in damage control mode now. He sees that the position has
spiralled out of control. Hence he tries to simplify, even ready to go into a
pawn down or an inferior rook ending.} Ng4 (30... Raxd7 {looks pretty natural,
but after} 31. Qxe5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 (32... Qxd5 33. Qxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxb6 $11)
33. Qb8+ Ke7 34. Rxb6 (34. Qxb6 $2 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Qd5+ 36. f3 (36. Kh3 Qf5+ $19 {
[%cal Gf5b1]}) 36... Rd2+ 37. Kg1 Qa2 $19) 34... Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Qd5+ 36. Kh3 {
and there is no real finishing shot available for Black at this point. This
might be the reason why Svidler steered clear of this variation.}) 31. Ne3 Nf6
(31... Nxe3 32. Qxe3 Raxd7 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. Qxc5+ bxc5 35. Rb6 $15 {We would
most probably reach a three vs four rook endgame which would end in a draw.})
32. Qb4 Qxb4 (32... Raxd7 33. Rxd7 Nxd7 (33... Rxd7 34. Qxb6 $11) 34. Qxc5+
Nxc5 (34... bxc5 35. Rb7 Ne5 36. Rc7 Nd3 37. Kf1 $15 {is not much as White is
very active.}) 35. Rxb6 Nxa4 36. Rxa6 Nxc3 $17 {would also lead to something
similar to what we will see in the main game.}) 33. Rxb4 (33. cxb4 Rdxd7 {
is just a pawn down position.}) 33... Nxd7 $5 {Such a move can be made by only
very strong player.} (33... Raxd7 34. Rdb1 (34. Rxd7 Nxd7 35. Nc4 Rb8 {is very
favourable for Black who is not only a pawn up but also has everything under
control.}) 34... Rd2 35. Rxb6 Ne4 36. Nc4 Ra2 (36... Rxf2 37. Nd6 $1 Re2 38.
Nxe4 Rxe4 39. Rxa6 $11) 37. Rxa6 Nxc3 38. Rb2 Rxa4 39. Rxa4 Nxa4 $17 {Once
again we reach this endgame with one side having an extra pawn and all pawns
on the same side.}) 34. Rxb6 Nxb6 35. Rxd8+ Ke7 36. Rd4 a5 $1 {Svidler,
instead of winning a pawn, wanted to reach this endgame, which shows his
excellent feel for the game. He thought that here with his pieces co-ordinated,
he had much better chances of converting the position.} 37. Nc4 $1 {This move
was not really given importance by Peter. If Black could have played his rook
to c7 before Nc4 then he would have great winning chances. But here after Nc4
we will end in a position with 4 vs 3 on the same side.} Nd5 (37... Nxa4 38.
Ne5 Kf6 39. Nd7+ Kg5 40. h4+ Kh6 41. Rxa4 Rxd7 42. Rxa5 $11) 38. Rd3 Rc7 39.
Nxa5 Nxc3 40. Kg2 (40. Rd4 Ne2+ $19) 40... Nxa4 41. Ra3 Nc3 42. Nb3 g5 {
Black has an extra pawn and more space on the kingside. With just the rooks it
would have been drawn, but with the knights things look pretty good for Black.
In any case Nakamura has a very tough defensive task ahead of him.} 43. Nd2 f5
44. h3 Kf6 45. g4 $5 {As always it is a decision of whether to do something in
the position or just sit tight. Nakamura felt that he had to do something
against the slow advance of Black's forces and hence goes for this move. It
might well be that the position is lost after this but at least White also has
some targets to attack.} Nd5 46. gxf5 Kxf5 47. Nf1 $1 {Nakamura sees that e3
will be the best spot for his knight.} Nf4+ 48. Kg3 Rc1 (48... h4+ 49. Kh2 (49.
Kf3 Nxh3) 49... Rd7 50. Ne3+ Kf6 51. Ng4+ Kg7 52. Ra5 Rd5 53. Ra7+ Kg6 54. Ra3
Rd2 55. Ra6 {It is not so easy to make progress once you give up the g4-square
to the white knight.}) 49. Ne3+ Kg6 50. Kh2 Rb1 51. Ng2 Rb2 (51... Ne2 {
keeping the knights would have increased Svidler's chances of success:} 52. Re3
Nd4 53. Re4 Rb4 $17) 52. Nxf4+ gxf4 {This endgame looks much more drawish than
with the knights on the board. Let's look and see if that is the case.} 53. Kg1
(53. Kg2 {looked as if it was not accurate because White would like to meet e5
with f3. But maybe that is not very important as after} e5 (53... Kf5 54. Ra8
e5 55. Rh8 Kg5 56. Rg8+ Kh4 57. Re8 Re2 58. Rf8 $11) 54. Ra6+ Kf5 55. Rh6 $1
Kg5 56. Re6 $11 {and it is very difficult to make progress.}) 53... e5 54. Ra5
(54. f3 h4 {Nakamura and Svidler thought this was a winning position for Black,
but it turns out that this will also be a draw.} 55. Ra5 Kf5 56. Ra6 $1 {
Cutting the king off from e6 and preventing its entry.} (56. Rc5 Ke6 57. Rc6+
Kd5 58. Rh6 Kd4 59. Rh5 e4 60. fxe4 Ke3 $19)) 54... Re2 55. h4 f3 56. Kh2 $1
Rxf2+ 57. Kg3 Re2 58. Kxf3 {With excellent play Nakamura finally could heave a
sigh of relief. He had successfully made it to a draw.} Re1 59. Ra8 Rh1 60. Ke4
Rxh4+ 61. Kxe5 Rb4 62. Rg8+ Kh7 63. Rg1 Kh6 64. Kf5 {A great game by Svidler
who had Nakamura under pressure throughout the game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd4 Neg4 14. g3 Re8 (
14... g6 15. Nb3 a5 16. h3 Ne5 17. f4 Nc4 18. e5 a4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Nd2 Bc5+
21. Kh2 Nd5 22. Nde4 Bd4 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Qd2 $16 {1-0 (53)
Bluebaum,M (2580)-Loiseau,Q (2419) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) (14... Bxg3 15. hxg3
Qxd4 16. Qd1 $1 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 {gives White excellent compensation for the pawn
in the endgame. Here is a typical example:} Rfe8 18. f3 Ne5 19. Be3 a5 20. Rac1
h5 21. b3 a4 22. b4 Bc8 23. Bd4 a3 24. f4 Nc4 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27.
Rd6 $16 {1/2 (41) Lenic,L (2621)-Grachev,B (2687) Legnica 2013}) (14... Bc5 15.
Nf5 Qb6 (15... Re8 $142 {transposing to the game}) 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. b4 $1 Bd4
(17... Bxb4 18. Qb2 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 f6 20. Ba3 $16 {1-0 (54) Khismatullin,D 
(2680)-Ponkratov,P (2610) Izhevsk 2014}) 18. Bb2 Be5 19. Qe2 Nf6 20. Na4 Qc7
21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Nd4 a5 23. a3 Bh3 24. Rfc1 $14 {1-0 (58) Cori,J (2612)-Ankit,R
(2508) Pune 2014}) 15. Nf5 Bc5 16. Bf4 (16. Kg2 Bc8 $5) 16... Qb6 $1 {Both
sides must play actively.} (16... b4 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Na4 Bf8 19. Nc5 Bc8 20.
Rad1 Qa5 21. Nd6 $16 {1-0 (48) Levin,F (2489)-Ashton,A (2395) Gallipoli 2014})
(16... Ne5 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Kg2 Bb4 19. f3 a6 20. Qb3 Bf8 21. Nd6 $14 {1/2 (21)
Gledura,B (2395)-Fodor,T (2462) Zalakaros 2014}) 17. Kg2 (17. Bxg4 {is not too
promising:} Nxg4 18. Kg2 (18. b4 $6 {is untimely now; Black grabs a pawn
without any risk:} Bxb4 19. Qb2 Bf8 20. Bd6 Bxd6 21. Nxd6 Re6 22. Rad1 Qc7 23.
Qd2 Nf6 24. Rfe1 Ne8 25. Nf5 b4 26. Na4 c5 $17 {1-0 (60) Lingnau,C (2407)
-Schreiner,T (2331) Germany 2015}) (18. Qe2 Nf6 19. e5 Bf8 20. Be3 c5 $1 21.
exf6 Qxf6 22. g4 b4 23. Nd1 g6 24. Ng3 Qc6 25. f3 Ba6 26. Qf2 Bxf1 27. Nxf1 c4
$132 {0-1 (34) Sebenik,M (2511)-Diermair,A (2426) Bad Gleichenberg 2013}) (18.
Rac1 Rad8 19. Nd1 Bf8 20. Nde3 Nxe3 21. Bxe3 c5 22. f3 g6 23. Nh4 Qe6 24. Bxc5
Bxc5+ 25. Qxc5 Qxa2 $11 {1-0 (44) Banusz,T (2585)-Pourramezanali,A (2432)
Dubai 2015}) 18... Rad8 19. f3 Ne5 20. Rad1 Bf8 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Rd1 Qf6 23.
Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Qd2 b4 25. Ne2 c5 $11 {1/2 (34) Onischuk,A (2665)-Sethuraman,S 
(2623) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 17... g6 (17... Nxf2 {proved insufficient for
equality in the following game:} 18. e5 Nd7 (18... N6g4 19. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 20.
Bxg4 Bf8 21. Bf3 Nc5 22. Be3 $1 Rxe5 23. Bd4 {[%cal Rd4e5,Rb2b4]} Qc7 $8 24.
Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Rad1 $14) 19. b4 $1 Bxb4 20. Rxf2 Nxe5 21. Ne4 (21. Nxg7 c5+ 22.
Kh3 Bc8+ 23. g4 Kxg7 24. Bxe5+ Rxe5 25. Rxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qxh7+ Ke6 27. Qg6+ {
1/2 (33) Wagner,D (2481)-Shirov,A (2685) Germany 2014}) 21... c5 22. Kf1 Bxe4
23. Qxe4 Ng6 24. Qd5 Nxf4 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Rxf4 c4 27. Nc6 Bc3 28. Rb1 Rac8 29.
Bf3 $16 {1-0 (75) Giri,A (2768)-Shirov,A (2691) Hoogeveen 2014}) 18. h3 $1 Ne5
$146 {[%mdl 8]} ({The line played in the previous game looks quite decent for
Black:} 18... gxf5 19. hxg4 Bd4 $5 (19... Nxe4 20. gxf5 $14) 20. gxf5 Bxc3 (
20... Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. f3 $14 {[%cal Yf1h1]}) 21. bxc3 c5 22. f3 Rxe4 23.
Rae1 Rxf4 $1 24. gxf4 Nd5 $44 {1/2 (40) Svane,R (2543)-Shirov,A (2715) Skopje
2015}) {However, the text move is hardly worse.} 19. Nh6+ (19. Bg5 $142 {
but after} Ned7 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. f4 Bd4 22. Bf3 b4 $1 {Black's position is
satisfactory, e.g.} 23. Ne2 (23. e5 Nd5 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Ng4 Rac8 26. Qd2 Rc4
$13) (23. Na4 Qa6 $1 24. Be2 (24. Qb3 c5 25. Qxf7+ Kh8) 24... Qa5 25. Qc4 Rxe4
26. Qxf7+ Kh8 $13) 23... c5 24. Qb3 $1 Rf8 $13 (24... Rxe4 $143 25. Qxf7+ Kh8
26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. Rae1 $1)) 19... Kg7 20. Bg5 Bd4 (20... Ned7 {is not
necessary now.}) 21. Bxf6+ {This knight should be eliminated, otherwise it can
become dangerous, e.g.} (21. f4 Nc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. f5 Nxe4 $1 24. Nxe4 Rxe4
25. fxg6 c5 $17) 21... Kxf6 22. f4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. f5 $1 {White must
urgently create counterplay. If Black consolidates his position, he will be
clearly better due to his bishop pair and weakness of White's king.} c5 $1 (
24... Kg7 {is risky for Black:} 25. fxg6 fxg6 (25... Kxh6 26. gxf7 $40) 26.
Rf7+ Kxh6 27. Raf1 $1 {[%cal Rc3a4]} (27. Na4 Qa5 28. Qc1+ g5 {[%csl Ra1]})
27... Be3 28. Nd1 $1 Bc8 29. R1f3 $40) 25. fxg6+ Kxg6 26. Nxf7 Rf8 27. Nd5 {
This leads to a perpetual.} (27. Kh2 $143 Rxf7 28. e5+ Kg7 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 30.
Qxh7+ Ke6 {, and White has no clear draw.}) 27... Qxb2 28. Ne7+ Kg7 29. Nf5+
Kg6 30. Ne7+ Kg7 31. Nf5+ Kg6 32. Ne7+ {The game looks home-cooked, both
players probably followed their analyses (certainly Black did!).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 a6 8.
Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. a4 Bb6 11. axb5 Bg4 12. Nf3 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. h3 Be6
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nh2 O-O 17. Ng4 Qe8 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Qc6 20. Qd2 d5 21.
f3 d4 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 h6 24. g5 hxg5 25. Qxg5 Qxc2 26. Qxe5 Qxd3 27.
Qxe6+ Kh7 28. Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rd1 Be7 {No doubt,this theoretical positionhad been deeply
explored by both players.} 11. Qa4 ({The other popular continuations are:} 11.
a3) ({and} 11. Qf5) 11... Nf6 {White is a pawn down, so it is necessary to
play very energetically.} 12. Nh4 {The knight is heading to f5, whereas the
Bg2 is getting more powerful.} ({Another possible plan is advancing the e-pawn:
} 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Ne8 14. Nc3 Nc7 15. Be3 {The pressure along the d-file
offers White full compensation for a pawn, but not more. Levon had good
memories from his experience in this line, but objectively after} Qe8 (15... f5
$5 {Potkin,V (2653)-Volokitin,A (2677)/Aix-les-Bains 2011, seems an
alternative worth considering.}) 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Nc4 b5 18. Nxb5 Nxb5 19. Qxb5
Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxg2 21. Qxd7 Ba8 {Aronian,L (2802)-Leko,P (2735)/Wijk aan Zee
2013/CBM 153/[Krasenkow,M], Black's position was not bad at all.}) 12... O-O ({
Another logical response -} 12... g6 13. Bh6 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 {has also been
seen in Aronian's practice. Nowadays, the resulting positions are considered
somewhat shaky for Black.}) 13. Nc3 $146 {This innovation hardly poses Black
any problems, but this way of handling the position doesn't lead to
simplifications.} (13. Nf5 {was well known to Hikaru, who had employed it one
year earlier:} d5 14. Nc3 Nd4 $1 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Rxd4 (16. Qxd4 Bc5 17. Qa4
Qc8 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qe6 21. e4 Rfe8 $11 {1/2 Leko,P (2739)
-Karjakin,S (2720)/Wijk aan Zee 2010/CBM 135/[Krasenkow,M] (36)}) 16... Qe8 17.
Qxe8 Rfxe8 18. Rd1 Bb4 19. Bd2 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Rxe2 21. Bf3 Re6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23.
Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 g6 $11 {1/2 Nakamura,H (2776)-Harikrishna,P (2723)/Caleta
ENG 2015 (68)}) 13... g6 {Comparing to the above-mentioned note, the
consequences of this weakening move are less scary.} 14. Bg5 Rb8 {Protecting
the light-squared bishop is the most natural reaction to White's new idea.} ({
Another possibility was} 14... a6 15. Rd2 b5 $5 {seizing some space on the
q-side. For instance,} 16. Qf4 Rb8 17. Rad1 Nd4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxb7 Bg5 (
19... Rxb7 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Nf3 $44) 20. Qe4 Bxd2 21. Rxd2 Re8 22. Qd5 Qc7 23.
e3 {with complex, double-edged play.}) 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Bh6 {The main idea
behind this move is freeing a way for the queen.} (16. Rd2 d5 17. Rad1 d4 18.
e3 Qe8 19. exd4 cxd4 20. Nb5 Nd7 {wouldn't pose Black any problems.}) 16... Re8
17. Qf4 Na5 {The exchange of bishops is clearly in Black's favour, so it makes
sense to force matters.} ({Of course, Hikaru doesn't fall into a nice trap:} 
17... Nh5 $4 18. Qxf7+ Kxf7 19. Bd5+ Kf6 20. Ne4+ Ke5 21. f4+ Nxf4 22. Bxf4#) (
17... Ba8 $5 {also deserved serious attention:} 18. Nf5 Nh5 19. Nxe7+ Nxe7 20.
Qh4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nf5 22. Qxd8 Rcxd8 {with approximate equality.}) 18. Nf5 (18.
Bxb7 $5 Nxb7 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Ne3 $44 {would have kept the
long-term compensation for a pawn.}) 18... Bxg2 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Kxg2 Qe5 $1
{Like in most cases, the centralised queen has excellent prospects.} 21. e3 $6
{A small tactical blunder.} ({There was no way to keep the queens on the board:
} 21. Qh4 $6 Nc6 22. Bg5 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 24. Qxe4 Rxe4 $15) ({However, a
better try was} 21. Bg5 Qxf4 22. gxf4 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Kf3 Rd4 25. Rxd4
cxd4 26. Rd1 Nc6 27. Bf6 $11) 21... d5 $6 {Returning the favour.} ({Both
players missed} 21... Qe6 $1 {, and then after something like} 22. Qd6 (22. Rd6
$4 Nh5 $19) 22... Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Re6 $15 {White would be forced to fight for a
draw.}) 22. Bg5 Ne4 $6 {One more mistake, which leads to an unpleasant endgame.
} ({The correct move was} 22... Kg7 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. Bxf6+ Kxf6 25. Nxd5+ Kg7
26. Nc3 Nc6 {and Black should be able to neutralise White's control over the
open file.}) 23. Rxd5 Qxf4 24. gxf4 {The extra pawn is gone, while White's
pieces are still much more active.} Nxc3 ({Liquadating the powerful bishop
wouldn't solve the problems:} 24... Nxg5 25. fxg5 Kf8 26. Rad1 Nc6 27. Rd7 Re7
28. h4 $14) 25. bxc3 Kg7 $6 ({Black's defensive task would be easier after
swapping one pair of rooks:} 25... Rc7 $1 26. Rad1 Kg7 27. Rd7 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 h6
29. Bh4 Nc6 30. Rc7 Re6 $14) 26. Rd7 h6 27. Be7 Nc4 {Alas, Black cannot really
benfit from having such a stable knight.} ({As the following line illustrates,
Black was doomed to a passive defence:} 27... Nc6 28. Bh4 Re4 29. Rad1 Ra4 $140
$2 30. R1d6 Rxa2 31. Bf6+ Kg8 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Rh8# $18) 28. Rad1
a5 29. R1d5 {Keeping an eye on the Pc5, so Black's pawns are not mobile
anymore.} Rc6 30. Ra7 Re6 31. Rdd7 Kg8 {Black is almost paralysed, but it's
not easy to make progress.} 32. h4 Kg7 33. Bd8 Kg8 34. Be7 Kg7 35. Rab7 {
Both players were interested in crossing the time control without committing
serious mistakes.} (35. a4 $1 {was stronger:} Kg8 36. Rab7 Kg7 37. Kf3 Nd2+ 38.
Ke2 Ne4 39. Bd8 Kg8 40. c4 $16) 35... Kg8 36. Rbc7 Na3 37. Bd8 Nc4 38. Be7 {
Levon doesn't let Black remove the knight from the q-side.} ({It was possible
to convert one type of advantage into another:} 38. Ra7 $5 {, and if} Nd6 {then
} 39. Bxb6 Nc8 40. Bxc5 Nxa7 41. Rxa7 $16) 38... Na3 39. Rb7 Nc4 40. Kf3 ({
Levon has missed the last chance to fix the favourable pawn structure:} 40. a4
$1 Kg7 41. Kf3 Nd2+ 42. Ke2 Ne4 43. Bd8 Kg8 44. Bxb6 Nxc3+ 45. Kf3 Nxa4 46.
Bxa5 Rf8 47. Bc7 $16 {the domination of White's pieces offers excellent
winning chances.}) 40... a4 $1 41. Rbc7 $6 {This inaccurate move allows Black
to liquidate into a rook endgame.} ({A better one was} 41. Ra7 $1 Na5 42. f5
gxf5 43. Bd6 h5 44. Bf4 Nc6 45. Rxa4 $16) 41... Nd2+ $1 42. Rxd2 ({A similar
type of endgame would arise after} 42. Ke2 Ne4 43. c4 Nf6 44. Bxf6 Rxf6 45. Re7
Rxe7 46. Rxe7 b5 47. cxb5 Rb6 48. Ra7 Rxb5 49. Rxa4 Rb2+ 50. Kf3 c4 {and Black
should be able to hold it.}) 42... R6xe7 43. Rc6 Re6 44. Rxe6 Rxe6 45. c4 {
Despite the major simplifications, Black's position is still difficult.} Kg7
46. e4 ({After} 46. Rd7 b5 47. cxb5 Rb6 48. Ra7 Rxb5 49. Rxa4 Rb2 50. a3 Ra2 {
it would be impossible to avoid the exchange of q-side pawns.}) 46... Re8 {
This move isn't a serious mistake yet,} ({But a more natural one would be} 
46... Re7 47. e5 Rb7 48. Rd6 b5 49. Ra6 bxc4 50. Rxa4 Rb4 51. Ra5 Kf8 52. Rxc5
Ra4 $11) 47. e5 Rb8 48. Rd7 {Now the threat of 49.e6 forces Black to spend a
tempo.} Kf8 49. f5 gxf5 50. Kf4 b5 {Still, Hikaru manages to activate his rook.
} 51. cxb5 Rxb5 52. Kxf5 a3 $4 {An unbelievable mistake.} ({Instead,} 52... Ke8
{would have secured an easy draw:} 53. Ra7 c4 54. Rc7 Rb2 55. f4 Rxa2 56. Rxc4
a3 57. Ra4 Rh2 58. Rxa3 Rxh4 $11) 53. f4 $2 {Returning the favour!} ({For some
reason, both players missed} 53. Kf6 Rb6+ 54. Rd6 {and Black loses on spot:}
Rb8 55. f4 Rc8 56. f5 c4 57. Rd7 c3 58. Rxf7+ Ke8 59. Rg7 Kf8 60. e6 $18) 53...
Rb4 54. Ra7 c4 55. Rxa3 Rb2 {Now White cannot save the Pa2, so the resulting
endgame seems drawish.} 56. Ra6 Kg7 57. a4 c3 58. Ra7 c2 59. Rc7 Rb4 60. a5 Ra4
61. Rxc2 Rxa5 {Liquidating the last q-side pawn is Black's indisputable
achivement.} 62. Rc4 Ra1 63. Rc7 Kf8 64. Rd7 Ra4 65. Rd3 Rc4 66. Re3 Ke7 67.
Re4 Rc1 68. Rb4 Kf8 69. Rb6 Kg7 70. Rb7 Kf8 71. Rb8+ Kg7 72. Rb4 Ra1 73. Rd4
Ra2 74. Rd7 {[%mdl 4096]} Kf8 $4 {Like earlier in the game, Black invites the
opponent's king into his camp! This time this blunder was dramatic - Hikaru
was forced to move his king after touching it!} ({At the same time, after} 
74... Re2 75. h5 Re1 76. Rc7 Re2 77. Rc3 Ra2 78. Rg3+ Kf8 {Black should be
able to achieve a draw.}) 75. Kf6 {This time Levon doesn't miss his chance!}
Ra6+ 76. Rd6 Ra8 77. h5 Kg8 78. f5 Rb8 79. Rd7 ({Or} 79. e6 fxe6 80. fxe6 Kf8
81. Rd7 Ra8 82. Rf7+ Kg8 83. Rg7+ Kh8 84. Rg6 $18) 79... Rb6+ 80. Ke7 Rb5 81.
Rd8+ Kh7 82. Kf6 Rb6+ 83. Rd6 Rb7 {Black resigns in view of 84.e6, promoting.}
1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Rb1
{Nakamura is using the idea that was introduced into practice by his great
opponent in the world championship match of 2006. White is ready to build up a
strong pawn chain and even attack his opponent's structure with the help of
the advance of the b-pawn.} Nbd7 (8... Bd6 9. c5 Bc7 10. b4 e5 11. g3 Qe7 12.
Bg2 exd4 13. Qxd4 a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 Be5 16. Qd3 Nbd7 17. O-O O-O 18. Ne2
Ra2 19. Nd4 Rfa8 $11 {1-0 (70) Ni,H (2691)-Gledura,B (2538) Karlsruhe 2016}) 9.
c5 a5 {It should make great sense to develop the rook from a8 with the help of
the exchange of a-pawns.} (9... e5 10. b4 a6 (10... a5 11. b5) (10... Qc7 11.
b5 Be7 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 O-O 14. Be2 Rfb8 15. O-O Rxb1 16. Nxb1 Nf8 17. Nd2
Ne6 18. Nb3 Ne4 19. Bf3 Bf6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Bb2 exd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4
Nxd4 24. Qxd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 (51) Volke,K (2475)-Huebner,R (2605) Switzerland
2008}) (10... Be7 11. g3 exd4 12. exd4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bg2 Nf6 15. O-O
Qd5 16. Bf4 Rd8 17. Qe2 Qe6 18. b5 Nd5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxe4 Qxe4 21. Bxe4 $16
{1/2-1/2 (73) Roiz,M (2594)-Girya,O (2456) Minsk 2015}) 11. g3 Be7 (11... g5
12. Bg2 g6 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 17. Bxg5 Be7
18. Be3 f5 19. a4 Ng4 $15 {0-1 (57) Nakamura,H (2640)-Volkov,S (2634)
playchess.com INT 2006}) 12. Bg2 O-O (12... e4 13. f3 exf3 14. Bxf3 Nf8 15. e4
dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nd5 17. Qb3 Ne6 18. Bb2 Qd7 19. O-O Rd8 20. Rbd1 O-O 21. Nd2 $11
{1-0 (47) Nisipeanu,L (2648)-Malakhov,V (2700) Burgas 2012}) 13. O-O Re8 14. a4
Qc8 15. b5 Bd8 16. Bd2 axb5 17. axb5 Ba5 18. Qc2 exd4 19. exd4 Nf8 20. Ra1 Bxc3
21. Bxc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (51) Gelfand,B (2743)-Wang,H (2710) Beijing 2014}) (9...
Qc7 10. g3 b6 11. b4 a5 12. a3 axb4 13. axb4 Be7 14. Bd3 O-O 15. O-O bxc5 16.
bxc5 e5 17. f4 exd4 18. exd4 Nh7 19. f5 Bf6 20. Ne2 g5 21. Be3 Ra3 $11 {
0-1 (61) Moreno Trujillo,A (2522)-Candela Perez,J (2430) Madrid 2015}) 10. a3
Be7 (10... e5 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Qc7 13. f4 exf4 14. exf4 Be7 15. Be2 (15.
Bd3 $5 Nf8 16. Qf3 Ne6 17. Ne2 b5 $5) 15... Nf8 16. O-O Ne6 17. g3 Qd7 18. Qd3
Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxd4+ 21. Qxd4 Nxd4 22. Bc4 O-O 23. Kg2 Ra4 24. Rd1
$11 {1/2-1/2 (66) Topalov,V (2813)-Kramnik,V (2743) Elista 2006}) 11. g3 e5 12.
Bg2 e4 13. b4 {The fight has not yet left the famous examples played by strong
players in the quest to find the best continuation for both sides. White is
abstaining from the immediate advance of the f-pawn, which would undermine the
e4-stonghold.} (13. f3 exf3 14. Bxf3 Nh7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 O-O 17. O-O Ndf6
18. Nc3 Qd7 19. Be3 Rad8 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Rfe8 22. Re1 Qf5 23. g4 Qc8 24.
h3 $14 {0-1 (50) Ashwin,J (2478)-Ragger,M (2528) Yerevan 2007}) 13... axb4 14.
axb4 Nf8 15. b5 Ne6 16. Bd2 O-O {Even this position has been tested in
practice, but the queen move to d7 does not have to be the candidate for the
most precise solution.} (16... Qd7 17. Na4 Bd8 18. h4 g5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Nb6
Bxb6 21. cxb6 O-O 22. hxg5 {1/2-1/2 (22) Sasikiran,K (2661)-Malakhov,V (2690)
Sibenik 2007}) 17. Na4 Ng5 18. h4 (18. Nb6 Ra7 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Bb4 Nd7 $14)
18... Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 exf3 20. bxc6 {The White player is sitting close to the
top of the pyramid of human players, but the computer engine is not
impressionable and suggests a somewhat different solution.} (20. Nc3 $5 b6 21.
cxb6 Qxb6 (21... Rb8 22. Qxf3 Rxb6 23. O-O $16) 22. Qxf3 cxb5 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24.
Qxd5 b4 25. O-O Rfb8 $14) 20... bxc6 21. Nc3 Bxc5 $6 {The great moment in the
game and a genuine mystery for any annotator. Topalov surprises his dangerous
opponent with a magificent idea of sacrificing a piece for the initiative.
Objectively speaking the adventure wasn't sufficient to equalise, but Nakamura
will struggle to find the best solution.} (21... Qd7 22. Qxf3 Bd8 23. Kf1 $14)
22. dxc5 d4 23. exd4 Qxd4 (23... Re8+ 24. Be3 Ra3 25. Rb3 Rxb3 26. Qxb3 Qxd4
27. Nd1 Qd7 28. Nb2 $14) 24. O-O (24. Qxf3 Ra3 25. O-O Qxd2 26. Ne4 Rxf3 27.
Nxd2 $11) 24... Qg4 25. Re1 (25. Bf4 Rfd8 26. Bd6 Ra3 $1 27. Qd3 Nd5 28. Be5
Kh7 $11) 25... Rfd8 26. Rb2 Rd4 {Black needed a lot of fantasy in order to
guess that the counterplay for the missing piece could be nearly successful.
White must be very cautios, as the f3-pawn is ready to support the Qh3 with
mating ideas.} 27. Re7 (27. Re3 $1 Rad8 28. Nb1 Ne4 29. Qxf3 Qxf3 30. Rxf3 Nxd2
31. Nxd2 Rxd2 32. Rb6 f6 33. Rxc6 Rc2 34. Re3 $16) 27... Rad8 28. Qb3 Rf8 29.
Qd1 (29. Be3 $2 Qh3 $19) 29... Rfd8 30. Qb3 Rf8 (30... Nd5 31. Nxd5 R4xd5 32.
Kh2 $18) 31. Nd1 Nd5 {Only the computer can understand very quickly, that the
most exact idea for Black would have been 31...Qf5! with sufficient
counterplay.} (31... Qf5 $1 32. Re3 (32. Bg5 Rd3 $19) 32... Rfd8 33. Rxf3 Qxc5
34. Qa2 Qd6 35. Ne3 Rxd2 36. Rxd2 Qxd2 37. Qxd2 Rxd2 38. Nc4 $11) 32. Re5 (32.
Ra7 Qe6 33. Raa2 Qe2 34. Nc3 Nxc3 35. Qxc3 Rfd8 36. Qe3 Re4 37. Qxe2 fxe2 $11)
32... Kh7 $2 {Black actually needs to generate compensation for the missing
piece and it was still possible with the help of the active move 32...Ra8!} (
32... Ra8 $1 33. Re1 (33. Kh2 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Nf4 35. Kg1 Ne2+ 36. Kh2 Nf4 $11)
33... Qf5 34. Ra2 Rc8 $11) 33. Kh2 $1 Nf6 (33... f6 34. Ne3 Qc8 35. Rxd5 cxd5
36. Bc3 Rd3 37. Qc2 Rxe3 38. fxe3 Qxc5 39. Bb4 $18) 34. Be3 Rb8 (34... Rd7 35.
Rg5 Qe4 36. Nc3 $18) 35. Qxb8 Rxd1 36. Rb1 $1 {The rook is gone, but it does
not mean that Black would not be able to bite. Unfortunately for him White is
able to defend against all the tricks.} (36. Re7 $2 Qh3+ 37. Kxh3 Rh1#) 36...
Qd7 37. Rg5 Ne4 (37... Ng4+ 38. Rxg4 Rxb1 39. Qxb1 Qxg4 40. Qd3 $18) 38. Rxd1
Qxd1 39. Qf4 {Without the missing pieces Topalov can not really hope to fight
on.} (39. Qf4 Nxg5 40. hxg5 Kg8 41. Bd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Apart from the Ruy Lopez, the Candidates featured
a few Italian games.} ({However, even here one could see the modern tendency
to avoid forcing lines and and fight for an advantage in manoeuvring struggles
with a predominantly strategic content. The positions after} 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O
Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 {resemble a Closed Ruy Lopez; in Moscow the fashionable
modern idea} 7. a4 $5 {was tested in 3 games.} (7. Nbd2 {and}) (7. Bb3 {
are the standard continuations.})) 3... Nf6 ({The trend, mentioned in the
previous note, was noticeable also after} 3... a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 {
, in Moscow we saw either} 6. d3 ({, or an Anti-Marshall with} 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
O-O 8. a4)) 4. d3 {No simplification, keep the tension!} ({We saw no Berlin
endgames in Moscow, the only game with} 4. O-O Nxe4 {went} 5. Re1 (5. d4 Nd6 6.
Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {is the famous main line}) 5... Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 (7... Nf5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Nd2
Bg5 13. g3 Be6 14. Bd3 Qd7 15. Qc2 Bxd2 16. Bxd2 h6 17. Re3 Rae8 18. Rae1 Nd8
19. Qd1 Bg4 20. f3 Rxe3 21. Rxe3 Bf5 22. Bf1 Re8 23. Qb3 c6 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25.
Qa3 a6 26. Qd6 Qd7 27. Qxd7 Bxd7 $11 {Gao,R (2552)-Lin,C (2526) China 2016}) 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 (12... Bc7 13. Nf5 d5
14. Ne7+ Kh8 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 17. g3 Nf6 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Be3 d4 20. Bf4
Nd5 21. Be5 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2788)-Kramnik,V (2801) Stavanger blitz 2016}
Nb4 $132) 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5 15. cxd5 Bb4 $5 $146 (15... Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5
17. Bf4 Bf6 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Qb3 Qc6 22. Bb5 Qb6
23. Qxd5 a6 24. Bd3 Be6 25. Qe4 g6 26. d5 Bf5 27. Qe2 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Qxb2 29.
Re1 Rd8 30. d6 Rd7 $14 {/<=>, Carlsen,M (2850)-Caruana,F (2787) London 2015,
Black is slightly worse, but with careful defence he should hold - the game
was drawn later on.}) 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re5 Qd6 20.
Bc4 Bd7 21. Rae1 b5 22. Bb3 a5 23. a4 bxa4 24. Bxa4 Be6 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. Qxa5
Qxd4 $11 {Svidler,P (2757)-Topalov,V (2780) Moscow 2016}) 4... Bc5 5. Bxc6 {
The popular Anti-Berlin was played in Moscow quite a few times, but this was
the only game that featured the text move:} (5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 {is a
welcome swap,} 7. Nd2 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. a4 Bb6 11. axb5 Bg4 12. Nf3
axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. h3 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nh2 O-O 17. Ng4 Qe8 18. Be3
Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Qc6 20. Qd2 d5 (20... Ra8 $142 $1 $11) 21. f3 d4 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23.
hxg4 h6 24. g5 (24. Ra1 $5 {/\} Ra8 25. Rxa8+ Qxa8 26. g5 $14) 24... hxg5 25.
Qxg5 Qxc2 26. Qxe5 Qxd3 27. Qxe6+ Kh7 28. Qh3+ {½, Anand,V (2762)-Nakamura,H 
(2790) Moscow 2016 led to perpetual. After losing with Karjakin in the
previous round Vishy preferred to play it safe.}) ({The Candidates favourite
was} 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O {and now:} d6 (6... Re8 {is not played too often,
although Black is still doing OK here:} 7. Bg5 (7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4
Bg4 ({For} 9... Nd7 {Karjakin,S (2766)-Aronian,L (2830) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014 -
see the notes to this game in CBM 160.}) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Re6 12. h3 Bxf3 13.
Qxf3 b5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. d4 Re6 16. dxc5 Qd2 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Qe3 Qxb2 19.
Rfb1 Qc2 20. Rd1 Re8 21. f3 Qb2 22. Rdb1 Qc2 23. Rd1 Qb2 $11 {Vachier Lagrave,
M (2765)-Leko,P (2708) EU-chT Reykjavik 2015}) ({For} 7. Re1 {Anand,V (2775)
-Carlsen,M (2870) Chennai 2013 - see the notes to this game in CBM 158.}) 7...
h6 8. Bh4 {Black first expands on the queenside.} a6 ({For the immediate} 8...
Be7 9. Nbd2 {Balogh,C (2637)-Rodshtein,M (2671) Tromso olm 2014: 1-0 (65); CBM
162 [Stohl,I] - see the notes to this game in CBM 162.} (9. Re1 d6 10. Nbd2 g5
$5 $13 {Inarkiev,E (2688)-Aronian,L (2797) Moscow 2014 For more details see
the notes to this game in CBM 164 by Marin.})) 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Be7 11. a4 b4
12. Bg3 $146 (12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. h3 d6 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17.
Re1 Be6 18. d5 Bd7 19. Bg3 Nd3 20. Re3 Nc5 $11 {Efimenko,Z (2661)-Stern,R 
(2513) Germany 2013}) 12... d6 13. a5 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nbd2 Rb8 16. d4
bxc3 17. bxc3 exd4 18. cxd4 Rb5 19. Qc2 Nb4 20. Qb3 d5 21. Rfc1 c6 22. Ne5 Rxa5
23. Ng6 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Qb6 25. Be5 a5 $13 {Giri,A (2784)-Ponomariov,R (2710)
Doha 2015/ Black's shaky king gives White compensation for the pawn, but not
more than that.}) 7. Nbd2 (7. h3 Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Bd3 d5 $5 (9... Ng6 10. Re1
Re8 11. Qc2 exd4 12. cxd4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Be3 Qc8 16. Bxc5
Qxc5 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Be2 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Rad8 20. Red1 h5 21. Qd4 Qg5 22. Qd2
Qe5 23. Qe3 a6 24. Rd4 Bd7 25. Rad1 Bc6 26. g3 Re6 27. Bg2 h4 $1 28. gxh4 Rde8
29. Bf3 a5 30. a4 Qc5 31. Qf4 Re5 32. R1d3 R8e6 $132 {Anand,V (2762)-Caruana,F
(2794) Moscow 2016 The position was more pleasant for White, but with
energetic play Caruana secured effective counterplay for Black.}) 10. Nxe5 $146
{White prefers a slight pull in a symmetrical structure.} ({Karjakin was
definitely prepared for} 10. Nbd2 dxe4 (10... exd4 $5 11. e5 Nh5 $13) 11. Nxe4
Nxe4 12. Bxe4 exd4 13. Qc2 h6 14. a4 $1 c6 15. Rd1 Nd5 16. Nxd4 Re8 17. a5 $1
$36 {Carlsen,M (2863)-Kramnik,V (2783) Shamkir 2015/ For more details see the
notes to this game in CBM 166 by M.Pavlovic.}) 10... Nxe4 11. Nd2 Nd6 12. Nb3
c6 13. Nc5 Ng6 14. Qh5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Nxg6
hxg6 19. Qg5 Qxg5 20. Bxg5 f6 21. Be3 g5 22. Rd6 Re8 23. Rad1 Be6 24. b3 Kf7
25. R1d4 $14 {/=, Anand,V (2762)-Karjakin,S (2760) Moscow 2016 Further
concessions brought White a full point.}) 7... Ne7 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10.
Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qb3 (12. a4 a6 13. Bf1 Re8 14. a5 Ba7 15. Qb3 Nc6 $5 16.
d5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxb7 Nd7 19. Nc4 $6 (19. Ra3 $1 $13 {/\} Qh4 20. Rae3)
19... Nc5 20. Qc6 Nb3 $6 (20... Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qh4+ 22. g3 Nxe4+ 23. Rxe4 Qxe4
$36) (20... f6 $5 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Re7 {[%cal Rh5e8]} 23. b4 Be8 24. Qxa8
Qxa8 25. bxc5 dxc5 $15 {[%cal Ye8b5]}) 21. Rb1 Nxc1 $2 (21... Bg6 $142 $132)
22. Rbxc1 Rb8 23. Qxa6 $16 {1-0 (49) Anand,V (2762)-Topalov,V (2780) Moscow
2016}) 12... d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qd1 $146 (14. a4 a5 15. Qd1 Nb8 16. Nb3 Nbc6 17.
Bg5 h6 (17... Nb4 18. Rc1 h6 19. Bh4 c6 20. Be2 Qc7 21. g4 Bg6 22. Qd2 Na2 23.
Ra1 Nb4 24. Rec1 Qd7 25. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 26. dxc5 $16 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2758)
-Leko,P (2723) Beijing rpd 2014}) 18. Bh4 Qc8 19. g4 Bg6 20. Rc1 Bh7 21. Bg3
Nb4 22. Re3 Na2 23. Ra1 Nb4 $11 24. Ne1 Nec6 25. Qd2 Qe6 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Rc3
Qe6 28. Ng2 f6 29. Nf4 Qd7 30. e6 Qe7 31. Re1 f5 $36 {Topalov,V (2816)-Caruana,
F (2808) Saint Louis 2015}) 14... f6 15. e6 Nb8 16. Nb3 Qd6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nh4
Nbc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Bd2 Bc2 21. Qe2 Bxb3 22. axb3 Bxd4 23. Bb4 Bc5 24. Rec1
b6 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Ra6 Qb7 27. Rxc5 Rfe8 28. Qb5 Qxb5 29. Rxb5 d4 30. Nf5
Rad8 31. Rxa7 Nxf5 32. gxf5 d3 33. Ra1 g6 $11 {Caruana,F (2794)-Giri,A (2793)
Moscow 2016}) 5... dxc6 6. Nbd2 (6. h3 Nd7 7. Be3 (7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Re8 9. Be3
Bd6 10. Nd2 Nf8 11. Nc4 Ng6 12. a4 Be6 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. d4 Qf6 15. d5 Bd7 16.
a5 {1/2-1/2 (42) Caruana,F (2811)-Aronian,L (2777) Zurich 2015} Nf4 $132) 7...
Bd6 8. Nc3 c5 9. O-O Nf8 10. Nd2 Ng6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Ne2 Qd7 (12... O-O $5) 13.
Nxd6+ cxd6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Rxf4 {Carlsen,M (2872)-Caruana,F 
(2782) Zuerich 2014/ For more details about this branch I will refer to the
notes to this game in CBM 159.} O-O $11 {[%cal Yf7f5]}) ({White doesn't commit
his king yet - we will see that for the future he has different plans from} 6.
O-O Nd7 (6... Bd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 (7... Bg4 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 $6 (10. Ne3
$142 Qf6 11. Nf5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 g6 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. Qg3 $36) 10... Bg6 11. Kg2
Qe7 12. Ne3 O-O-O 13. Nd2 h5 14. Nf5 Qf6 15. Nf3 hxg4 16. hxg4 Rdg8 17. Rh1
Bxf5 18. Bg5 Qe6 19. exf5 Qe8 20. Rxh8 Rxh8 21. Qe2 f6 22. Bd2 Qg8 23. Qe1 g6
24. fxg6 Nc5 $1 $40 {Karjakin,S (2756)-Leko,P (2730) Beijing rpd 2013}) 8. d4
$5 (8. b3 O-O 9. Nc4 Bxc4 10. bxc4 Nd7 11. Rb1 b6 12. g3 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14.
Be3 Qe8 15. Nd2 Qg6 16. Ne4 Raf8 17. Kg2 Nf6 $11 {Anand,V (2785)-Aronian,L 
(2815) Dubai rpd 2014}) 8... Nd7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Bd4+ (11...
Qd4+ 12. Kh1 Bd6 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. f5 Bd7 15. Nf3 Qa4 16. b3 Qa5 17. Bd2 Bb4
18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. Qf2 b6 20. Ng5 Qe7 21. f6 gxf6 22. Qxf6 Qxf6 23. Rxf6 $14 {
Nakamura,H (2787)-Aronian,L (2792) Zuerich blitz 2016}) 12. Kh1 f5 13. Qh5+ g6
14. Qe2 O-O 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. e5 Be7 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. Nd4 Qf7 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20.
Be3 Rfd8 21. c4 a6 22. b3 Kf7 23. a4 Ke8 24. h3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+
Bxd8 27. Bc5 $14 {Caruana,F (2787)-Grischuk,A (2750) London 2015}) 7. Nbd2 O-O
8. Nc4 Re8 9. Bd2 (9. Kh1 {starts preparing f4:} a5 $5 10. a4 b6 11. Be3 (11.
g3 $5 {[%cal Yf3h4] deserves attention.}) 11... Bb4 12. Nfd2 b5 $1 13. axb5
cxb5 14. c3 bxc4 15. cxb4 cxd3 16. bxa5 Ba6 17. Qb3 Nf6 18. h3 Nh5 19. Rfc1 Nf4
$132 20. Rc6 {Anand,V (2780)-Kramnik,V (2810) Zuerich 2013} Nxh3 $1 21. gxh3
Qd7 $11) 9... Bd6 (9... Bf8 10. b4 f6 11. a4 Nb6 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Qe2 (13. Qb1
Qd7 14. Rd1 Bf7 15. h3 Rad8 16. Be1 Bh5 17. g4 Bf7 18. c4 c5 19. b5 Nc8 20. Qc2
Re6 21. Kf1 Ne7 22. Nh4 Rd6 23. Ke2 Re6 24. f3 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (40) Anand,V 
(2775)-Kramnik,V (2795) London 2012}) 13... Qd7 14. a5 Nc8 15. c4 Rd8 16. Ra3
Ne7 17. Rb1 Ng6 (17... Bf7 $5 $11 {[%cal Yf7h5]}) 18. g3 Be7 19. Ne1 Rf8 20.
Bc3 Rad8 21. Ra2 a6 22. Rd2 Qc8 23. N1g2 c5 24. b5 $14 {Alekseenko,K (2468)
-Baryshpolets,A (2546) Pardubice 2014}) 10. Bc3 f6 (10... c5 11. g3 (11. a4 b6
12. Kh1 Bb7 13. Ne3 Nf8 14. Nf5 Ng6 15. b3 Bc8 16. Bd2 Ne7 17. Ng3 Nc6 18. Bg5
Qd7 19. h3 Qe6 20. Be3 g6 21. Nh2 f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. f4 {Wei,Y (2530)-Zhao,J
(2589) China 2013} Qg6 $15) 11... f6 12. Nh4 Nb6 13. Ne3 Bh3 14. Re1 Be6 15. a4
Qd7 16. b3 Nc8 17. Rf1 Bh3 18. Nhg2 Be6 19. Nh4 Bh3 20. Nhg2 Ne7 21. f4 exf4
22. gxf4 $14 {Wei,Y (2649)-Parligras,M (2594) Bazna 2014}) 11. Nh4 Nf8 12. Kh1
Ng6 13. Qh5 Be6 (13... Nf4 14. Qf3 Bf8 15. g3 Ne6 16. Qd1 Nd4 17. Ne3 (17. f4
$5) 17... c5 18. b3 Be6 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 f5 $5 21. Nhxf5 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 Nxf5
23. exf5 Qd5+ 24. Qf3 Qxf3+ 25. Rxf3 Re2 $44 {Zhao,J (2578)-Melkumyan,H (2678)
Doha 2014}) 14. Nf5 Qd7 (14... Nf4 $5 15. Qf3 (15. Qg4 g6 16. g3 Nd5 $1 $15)
15... Bxf5 (15... Bf8 $5) 16. exf5 Qd7 $11) 15. Nce3 Bc5 16. g3 Ne7 17. g4 Ng6
18. Ng2 Bd6 19. Rae1 a5 20. Re3 Bb4 21. Rh3 Nf8 22. f4 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qf7 24.
Qh4 $36 {1/2-1/2 (47) Wei,Y (2706)-Balogh,C (2655) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 6... O-O
(6... Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 f6 (10... Qe7 11. Bd2
O-O-O 12. b4 Kb8 13. c4 Bd4 14. Nf3 Nf8 15. Qa4 a6 16. b5 cxb5 17. cxb5 Qd7 18.
bxa6 Qxa4 19. Rxa4 Ne6 20. axb7 Nc5 21. Ra3 Bxb2 22. Ra2 Nxd3 23. Rb1 c5 {
1-0, Giri,A (2790)-Carlsen,M (2851) Stavanger blitz 2016} 24. Ne1 $18) 11. Nf3
Nc5 (11... Nf8 12. Nd2 Ne6 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qd1 Qd7 (14... Bc5 15. Nc4 b5 16.
Na5 Qd7 17. Be3 Bb6 18. b4 O-O 19. Qd2 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Qc3 f4 22. Bxb6
cxb6 23. Nxc6 Qd6 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Nxa7 f3 26. Qc6 $18 {Yu,Y (2705)-Kramnik,V
(2760) Doha 2014}) 15. Nc4 Bc5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 a6 18. b4 O-O 19. Kh1 Kh8
20. Qd2 Rad8 21. Ra5 Qe7 22. g3 Rd4 23. c3 Rdd8 $132 {Van den Doel,E (2564)
-Arnaudov,P (2446) Delft 2016}) 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nc4 Ne6 14. g3 (14. Kh1 Qd7 15.
Qg4 Rad8 16. Be3 Bd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. Rxa7 Nxc2 20. Rxb7 Rxd3
21. h4 Nd4 $11 {½-½ (72) Nakamura,H (2787)-Kramnik,V (2801) Zuerich rpd 2016}
) 14... Qd7 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 a5 17. Kh1 b6 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Rad8 20.
f5 Nc5 21. Qf3 Qd4 22. Rab1 Rfe8 23. Rg1 Rd7 24. Rg3 Ree7 25. Rbg1 $36 {
Giri,A (2790)-Kramnik,V (2801) Stavanger blitz 2016}) (6... Bg4 7. Nb3 $5 ({
An attempt to improve upon} 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nf1 Nd7 9. Ng3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 g6 11.
Be3 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O $11 {Anand,V (2775)-Carlsen,M (2870) Chennai 2013})
7... Bd6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bd2 b6 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Qd7 12. Qf3 a5 13. Bg5 Ng8 14.
Nf5 f6 15. Be3 a4 16. Nd2 Bxf5 17. exf5 a3 18. b3 Bb4 19. O-O-O Bc3 20. Ne4
Bb2+ 21. Kb1 O-O-O $13 {Yu,Y (2667)-Wen,Y (2581) China 2014/ While the current
position might be unclear, later in the endgame Black paid for his offside Bb2.
}) 7. Qe2 (7. Nc4 Nd7 8. Qe2 {doesn't necessarily have to transpose, Black can
try} f6 9. Bd2 Nb6 $5 10. Ne3 Be6 11. a4 Nc8 12. a5 Ne7 13. b4 Bd6 14. O-O c5
15. b5 a6 16. c4 Ng6 17. g3 axb5 18. cxb5 Qd7 19. Rfb1 Rfd8 20. Bc3 Bf8 21. Ne1
Ne7 22. Nc4 Nc8 $11 {Inarkiev,E (2677)-Bok,B (2611) Moscow 2016}) 7... Re8 (
7... Nd7 $5 {is also interesting, possibly leading to the previous note.
Practical examples are still quite scarce, the theory here is only developing.}
) 8. Nc4 Nd7 9. Bd2 (9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 {is an attempt to emulate Caruana, but
Black was OK after} Nf8 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Kb1 Qd7 13. Rhg1 a5 14. g4 Bxg4 15.
Rg3 Ng6 16. Rdg1 Bh5 17. Qf1 Bf8 18. Ne3 Nf4 19. Nf5 g6 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rh3
Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Kh8 23. Qg2 Qf7 24. Nh4 {Giri,A (2790)-Eljanov,P (2765)
Stavanger blitz 2016} Re5 25. Rxf4 Rh5 26. Nf3 Bd6 $132) 9... Bd6 (9... b5 $5
10. Na5 Qf6 11. a4 Bb6 {seems weakening, but Black got counterplay after} 12.
Nb3 a6 13. Be3 Rb8 14. O-O Nf8 15. a5 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Qd6 17. Rad1 Bg4 18. d4
Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Ne6 20. d5 cxd5 21. Rxd5 Qb4 22. Rxe5 Nd4 $11 {Areshchenko,A 
(2661)-Balogh,C (2659) Germany 2016}) (9... f6 10. h4 ({Caruana possibly
intended the analogous} 10. O-O-O $13) (10. b4 $5 Be7 11. O-O {is also
interesting.}) 10... Nf8 11. h5 Be6 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. h6 g6 14. O-O Bg4 15. Nxg4
Qxg4 16. Nd4 Qxe2 17. Nxe2 Ne6 18. g3 g5 19. Be3 (19. Kg2 $11) 19... Bf8 20.
Kg2 Bxh6 21. Rh1 Bg7 22. Kf3 h6 23. Kg4 Re7 24. Raf1 Rf8 25. Rh3 Nd4 26. Nxd4
exd4 27. Bc1 Re5 28. f4 $44 {Adams,M (2744)-Nakamura,H (2793) London 2015
White had enough play for the pawn to hold the balance.}) 10. O-O-O (10. h4 {
was Fabiano's previous try in Wijk 2016; the following 2 games were played on
the same day:} Nf8 (10... c5 11. h5 h6 $2 12. O-O-O Nb8 13. Rdg1 Nc6 14. g4 f6
15. g5 fxg5 16. Nxg5 Nd4 17. Qd1 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Be7 19. Be3 Bf6 20. h6 $18 {
->, Wei,Y (2706)-Navara,D (2730) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 11. h5 Ne6 12. O-O-O c5
13. Qf1 f6 14. Nh4 Nd4 15. c3 Nc6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 h6 18. g4 Bf8 19. Qe2
Qd7 (19... b5 20. Qe4 Qd7 21. Ne3 Rad8 $13) 20. Be3 Rad8 21. Qc2 Kh7 22. Qb3 a6
23. Nd2 Na5 24. Qc2 Qd5 25. Kb1 Qxd3 (25... c4 $5) 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. Ne4 c4 28.
b4 $1 Nc6 29. Rxd3 cxd3 30. a4 Rd8 31. Rd1 Kg8 32. Kb2 $14 {½-½ (60) Caruana,
F (2787)-Karjakin,S (2769) Wijk aan Zee 2016 For more details see the notes by
Mekhitarian in CBM 171.}) (10. g4 Nf8 11. Ne3 Ne6 12. Nf5 a5 (12... c5 13. h4
b5 14. Rg1 Rb8 15. h5 c4 $6 16. dxc4 Qd7 17. c5 $6 (17. O-O-O $14) 17... Nxc5
18. O-O-O Bb7 19. Kb1 Nxe4 20. Ng5 Nxd2+ 21. Rxd2 Qc6 22. f3 e4 23. Nxe4 Bf4
24. Rdd1 Qc4 25. Qf2 Be5 26. Rge1 Rbd8 $15 {Libiszewski,F (2515)-Pashikian,A 
(2606) Al Ain 2015}) 13. h4 a4 14. Ng5 a3 15. b3 Bc5 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Qf3 Bf8
18. Ke2 c5 19. c4 Ra6 20. Bc3 Bd7 21. Ne3 Rae6 22. g5 c6 23. Ng4 R6e7 24. Ne3
b5 25. Rag1 b4 26. Ba1 Bc8 27. h5 Qd6 28. Nc2 f6 $5 29. g6 (29. gxf6 Rf7) 29...
h6 30. Ne3 Rd8 31. Rd1 Qc7 $11 {Anand,V (2803)-Giri,A (2798) Bilbao 2015 The
complete blockade led to a quick draw.}) 10... b5 {Nakamura starts a bayonet
attack. While this is a natural reaction, subsequently he criticised it -
Black's pawns will lack piece support (especially from major pieces) later on.}
({Thus an interesting concept is} 10... c5 11. Kb1 Nb8 $5 {, Black got his
play going after} 12. c3 Nc6 13. Ne3 b5 14. g4 Ne7 15. Ne1 Be6 16. h4 Qc8 17.
Rc1 c4 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 Qa6 20. Rc2 c5 21. d5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. f3 Be6
24. Bc1 Rad8 25. Rf1 c3 26. bxc3 Bc4 $44 {Perez Candelario,M (2527)-Sargissian,
G (2677) Villafranca 2010}) ({On the other hand, in a later game he was too
slow after} 10... Nf8 {Note the N will be misplaced...} 11. h4 b5 12. Ne3 Be6
13. Kb1 c5 14. h5 Qc8 15. Nh4 $1 Qa6 16. b3 Nd7 17. Nef5 Bf8 18. Qg4 c4 19. Bh6
cxb3 20. cxb3 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 g6 22. Rh3 Ba3 23. Rdh1 $40 {Brkic,A (2598)
-Blagojevic,T (2273) Skopje 2016}) 11. Ne3 (11. Na5 $143 $6 c5 {- the N has
nothing it can achieve on the queenside.}) 11... a5 12. Nf5 a4 13. Bg5 $5 {
[%mdl 32] Provocative, White invests time to force a weakness. His strategy
will fully pay off later on...} f6 {Natural enough.} ({One can hardly fault
Black for avoiding} 13... Nf6 14. g4 Be6 15. Kb1 $14 {- the pin seriously
limits his active options.}) 14. Be3 Nc5 15. g4 Be6 ({A logical move, but as
Black will later take on f5 anyway} 15... b4 $5 {might have saved him a tempo.
However, after} 16. g5 {he should again prefer} (16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. d4 Ba6 $13)
16... a3 $1 (16... b3 $6 17. Kb1 {is similar to the game}) 17. b3 Bxf5 18. exf5
e4 $132) 16. Kb1 b4 17. g5 b3 $2 {The problem with this break is Black can't
activate his major pieces to join the counterattack - his Q and both his Rs
will be ineffective until the bitter end.} ({The right way was already
indicated above:} 17... a3 $142 $1 18. b3 Bxf5 19. exf5 e4 20. dxe4 (20. d4
exf3 21. Qc4+ Ne6 22. fxe6 Qe7 23. Qxc6 Qxe6 $11) 20... Nxe4 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22.
Bd4 {allows} Ra5 $1 {[%csl Rf5]} 23. gxf6 gxf6 $13 {Here Black's forces are
well coordinated and he is doing fine.}) (17... Kh8 18. Rhg1 (18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19.
d4 exd4 20. N3xd4 Qd7 $5 $132) 18... Bxf5 19. exf5 a3 {is a try to get a
better version of the aforementioned position. However, the king on h8 is not
safe due to} 20. Nh4 $1 $36 {[%cal Re2h5,Rg5g6]}) 18. Rhg1 $1 {[%mdl 128]
After the game Caruana admitted he had analysed this type of position and
realised he could simply ignore Black! - the kingside attack is more powerful.}
bxa2+ {Now White's king will be safe, but this goes also for the alternatives:}
(18... a3 19. cxb3 $16) (18... bxc2+ 19. Qxc2 $16) 19. Ka1 Bxf5 (19... g6 20.
gxf6 Qxf6 (20... a3 21. b3 (21. b4 $5) 21... Qxf6 22. d4 Nxe4 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24.
dxe5 Qg7 25. Bd4 $36) 21. d4 $1 Nxe4 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. dxe5 Qg7 24. Bd4 (24.
exd6 a3 25. c4 $1 {[]} (25. Bd4 $2 axb2+ 26. Bxb2 Qxb2+ $1 27. Kxb2 a1=Q+ 28.
Rxa1 Reb8+ $19) 25... Nc3 26. Qc2 $16) 24... Be7 25. Qxe4 Qxh6 26. Qxc6 $16)
20. exf5 a3 (20... Kh8 21. Nh4 $1 $40 {is a motif we have already mentioned.})
21. b3 Na6 ({Nakumura's original intention} 21... e4 22. dxe4 Rxe4 (22... Nxe4
23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. gxf6 Nxf6 25. Ng5 $18) 23. Rd4 Kh8 24. Qc4 Qe7 25. Kxa2 $16 {
also fails to impress.}) (21... Qe7 {is perhaps more resilient, but White is
still well on top after} 22. Kxa2 $5) 22. c3 $1 {Asks Black a very unpleasant
question - "What do you want?" Stopping Nb4 is even more effective than the
straightforward} (22. d4 $5 e4 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. gxf6 Qxf6 25. Ne5 $1 $16) 22...
Bf8 (22... Nc5 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. d4 exd4 25. Qc4+ Qd5 26. gxf6 Kf7 27. cxd4
Qxc4 28. bxc4 Bb4 29. fxg7 {and Black's counterattack is too slow:} Re2 30.
Ne5+ Kg8 31. Rd3 {[%cal Rf5f7]} Rxf2 32. Ng4 $18) (22... Kh8 23. Nd2 $40 {
is similar to the game.}) 23. Nd2 {[%csl Ge4] Another strong positional move.}
fxg5 24. Rxg5 Nc5 25. Rg3 $1 e4 {Desperately trying to get at the Ka1.} (25...
Qxd3 26. Qxd3 Nxd3 27. Ne4 Nb2 (27... Red8 28. Bg5 {[%cal Rg3d3,Rg5d8]}) 28.
Rdg1 $40 {[%csl Rg7]} Re7 (28... Kf7 29. Bc5 $1 $18) 29. Bh6 Rf7 30. Bxg7 $1
Rxg7 31. Rxg7+ Bxg7 32. f6 $18) 26. Bxc5 (26. dxe4 $18) 26... Bxc5 (26... exd3
$2 27. Qg4 {wins a piece.}) 27. Nxe4 $18 {Material is equal, but only formally
- all White's pieces will soon pounce on the Kg8. The rest is agony.} Bd6 28.
Rh3 Be5 29. d4 Bf6 30. Rg1 Rb8 (30... Bxd4 31. Rd3 $18) (30... c5 31. Qc4+ Kh8
32. Nxc5 $18) 31. Kxa2 Bh4 32. Rg4 Qd5 33. c4 (33. c4 Qxd4 34. Rgxh4 $18 {
and in addition to the extra piece White has an ongoing attack.}) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 {What is wrong with Sergey, or should we ask: how
exactly does he believe so much in his system! He has played this for the
fourth time in the tournament. Nakamura tries to follow the path taken by
Veselin Topalov.} 11. Rb1 {[%cal Ga1b1]} Nbd7 {Karjakin improves on his game
against Topalov, where he went c5.} 12. b4 Bc4 13. Bf4 {This is the logical
move with the threat of Nd2.} Ne4 {Stopping Nd2.} 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 Bxa2
16. Bxe4 Bxb1 17. Qxb1 Nf6 $1 {Giving back the exchange. Saving the rook and
giving up the h7 pawn is just too dangerous.} 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 {The position is
relatively even at this point. The question is what exactly was Nakamura's
home preparation all about if the best he could manage was this position.} 19.
e4 Rd8 $5 {This natural move was not studied by Nakamura in his home
preparation.} 20. Be3 $5 (20. d5 {is a bad move because of} c6 $1 21. d6 Bxd6
22. e5 Bxe5 $1 23. Bxe5 Rxd2 $17) (20. Be5 Ng4 $15) 20... Ng4 21. h3 $5 (21.
Rc1 {is another option at this point.} Nxe3 {Ok, Black is not really forced to
take on e3, but definitely the move Rc1 looks useful. Nakamura wanted to open
the f-file immediately for his rook.} 22. fxe3 $14) 21... Nxe3 22. fxe3 a5 $1 {
I like this move – it immediately clarifies the situation on the queenside.}
23. bxa5 (23. Qb3 Rf8) 23... Qxa5 24. Qc2 Qg5 25. Rf3 (25. Qxc7 Qxe3+ 26. Rf2
Bf6 $17) 25... c5 {Black is already very comfortably placed.} 26. Qb3 cxd4 27.
Qxf7+ Kh8 28. h4 (28. exd4 Qxd2 29. Qxe7 Qxd4+ 30. Kg2 $11) 28... Qe5 (28...
Qc5 29. Nb3 Qe5 30. Nxd4 Qxe4 31. Ne6 Rg8 32. h5 $36) 29. Nc4 Qxe4 30. Rf4 Qb1+
31. Kh2 (31. Kg2 Qa2+ 32. Kh3 Bb4 $11) 31... Rg8 32. exd4 b5 33. Ne5 Bd6 34.
Qd5 Qc2+ 35. Kg1 Bxe5 36. dxe5 Qe2 37. Rf2 Qe3 38. Kg2 b4 39. e6 (39. Qb5 $5 g5
$1 {Not at all an easy move to make, but it does equalize the game.} 40. h5
Qe4+ 41. Kh2 Qg4 $11) 39... h6 40. Qd7 Qe4+ 41. Kh2 Kh7 42. e7 Ra8 $1 {An
important idea creating mating nets on the back rank and securing the draw.}
43. Rg2 b3 44. Qb5 Qxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 (6... e4 {
is the much sharper line.}) 7. d3 h6 8. Na4 $5 {Of course, the idea of this
move is to catch the bishop on b4.} a5 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. e3 Qe7 {
The main reason why the queen is not so well placed on e7 is because from d7
it can prepare the bishop going to h3, and also the e7 square can be kept free
for the knight on c6.} ({After the game Hikaru said that he knew Qd7 wasn't a
good move. It seems like he confused this position with some other position,
or he saw something really deep, because on the surface Qd7 looks perfectly
alright. The thing to worry about is surely d4 trying to trap the bishop. So
let's have a look at that move.} 11... Qd7 12. d4 e4 13. Nh4 Bg4 14. Qc2 d5 $5
(14... g5 {now doesn't work due to} 15. f3 $1 {and now Black would have hoped
that his queen was on e7.}) 15. a3 Bf8 16. Nc3 {and this might be the position
which has to be delved into.}) 12. a3 (12. d4 e4 13. Nh4 Bg4 14. Qc2 g5 $15)
12... Bc5 13. Nc3 (13. h3 $5 $14 {I like this move because it takes advantage
of the fact that the queen and the bishop have not taken control of the c8-h3
diagonal.}) 13... Qd7 {Now that d4 is no longer a threat, Black puts his queen
on the right spot and prepares Bh3.} 14. Nd5 (14. Re1 $5 {should have been
given a serious thought, as the g2 bishop is the soul of the position, and
keeping it on the board is in White's favour.} Bh3 15. Bh1 $14) 14... Nxd5 15.
cxd5 Ne7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 {White would have had a pretty big edge here if
his rook was on e1. As it turns out the rook is still on f1 and the bishops
can be exchanged with Bh3.} Bh3 $1 $11 18. e4 c6 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Bxh3 Qxh3
21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. b4 Bb6 (22... axb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 (23... Bxb4 24. Qd4 $18) 24.
Bxa1 (24. Qxa1 Bxb4 25. Bxg7 Rxe4 $11 26. Bh8 {is nicely refuted by} Qxf1+ $1
27. Kxf1 Re1+ 28. Qxe1 Bxe1 $17) 24... Ba7 25. Qxd6 Rxe4 26. Bc3 (26. Qxc6 $2
Bxf2+ $1 $19) 26... Qe6 $11) 23. Qxd6 Rxe4 24. Qxc6 Rae8 25. Qxb6 $6 (25. Bc3 {
was an oppotunity to play for a win with the extra pawn.} axb4 26. axb4 Qe6 27.
Qxe6 R8xe6 $14 {White has decent chances to press in this position.}) 25... Rh4
$1 {This leads to an immediate draw.} 26. gxh4 Qg4+ 27. Kh1 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Qg4+
29. Kh1 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {The Giuoco Piano, (or Italian Opening) has become
quite fashionable lately, running away from forced lines of the Ruy Lopez (or
Spanish) with 3.Bb5. And White has been doing very well, as did Giri in this
game.} Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 {Normally White plays 7.Bb3 to
save the bishop (from a possible ...Na5). But this is a standard alternative
as well.} O-O 8. Re1 (8. Bg5 $5 {isn't supposed to be a great move here,
because Black plays h6-g5 quickly, but I think the sacrifice on g5 is
underrated and could be interesting for White:} h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Nxg5 (10. Bg3
$13 {this is what we see normally after h6-g5, with a complex game}) 10... hxg5
11. Bxg5 Kg7 12. Qf3 {and I feel like there is a lot to be explored here. I
mean, it could be just bad for White, but it doesn't look easy for Black, and
it's weird that there haven't been any games with 10.Nxg5. White's dream plan
could be Nd2-Kh1-Qg3-f4.}) 8... Ba7 9. h3 (9. Na3 $5 {Carlsen,M (2844)-Adams,M
(2744) Tata Steel-A 78th 2016 (9) 1-0 it's not easy to find the reference
games, because either White or Black could have some minor piece placed
somewhere else compared to the other games, but this Na3 has been used a lot,
following with Nc2 and Ne3. Wesley So was able to keep a slight edge, and
there was also a great win from the world champion Magnus Carlsen in Wijk an
Zee 2016:} h6 10. Nc2 Re8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. d4 (14.
Ne3 $5 {would be in the same spirit as Carlsen's game, first putting the
knight on f5 and only then d4}) 14... exd4 15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ra8 17. f3
a5 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Red1 b6 20. Qc4 Rae8 21. Qb5 Qc8 22. b4 Qa8 23. Qd3 c6 24.
bxa5 bxa5 25. c4 g6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (38) So,W (2773)-Mamedyarov,S (2747) Wijk aan
Zee 2016. White probably had something earlier, here Black should be ok.}) 9...
h6 10. Nbd2 Ne7 {Black places his knight on g6 trying to eliminate this
problem (the knight on c6 sometimes becomes an awkard piece) and equalise the
game. Nevertheless, White is always one tempo ahead in the centre for playing
d4.} (10... Re8 {would be a solid alternative, played by the current Women's
World Chess Champion} 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 d5 15.
Qc2 Qd7 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Nf5 Qe8 18. b4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nd2 Ne7 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (31) Muzychuk,M (2554)-Hou,Y (2673) Lvov 2016}) 11. Nf1 Ng6 12. Ng3 c6
13. Ba2 Be6 (13... d5 {it is always somewhat risky to try getting the
initiative with Black. For example:} 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. d4 $1 (15. Nxe5 $2 {
is a typical trap in these positions} Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Bxf2+ $1 17. Kxf2 Qf6+ $17)
15... exd4 16. Nxd4 $14 {as Black I wouldn't be happy here, White has a slight
but comfortable edge because of having the rook already developed to e1.}) 14.
Bxe6 fxe6 15. d4 $1 $14 {Securing an advantage for White. Black already
doesn't have an easy life.} exd4 (15... Qe7 $5 {keeping the structure was an
alternative. dxe5 is not scary for Black:} 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Be3
Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Rad8 20. Qb3 $14 {White probably maintains a slight edge here as
well.}) 16. cxd4 d5 17. exd5 $1 {Suddenly Black starts getting into trouble,
there is no good way to take the pawn back.} (17. e5 {did not make much sense,
because Black plays ...Nd7 and prepares ...c5 soon, opening up routes for all
his pieces} Nd7 $132) 17... exd5 (17... Qxd5 18. Qc2 Ne7 19. Ne2 $1 Qd7 20. Nf4
Ned5 21. Nd3 $16 {when White probably is going to play Bd2, double on the
e-file and decide when and how to use the c5- and e5-squares for his knights.})
(17... Nxd5 $6 {just loses a pawn} 18. Rxe6 Nh4 19. Ra3 $1 $16 {An important
move. Now it is clear that 7.a4 helped a lot!}) 18. Qd3 Ne7 19. Bd2 Bb8 {
Positionally Black is supposed to be fine, but the pressure on the e-file
starts to become stronger every move.} 20. Bb4 $16 Bd6 21. Bxd6 (21. Qa3 $5 Nc8
22. Bc5 {(threatening Re6)} Re8 23. Ne5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 $40 {Avoiding 24...Nd6
and threatening Nf5. On the other hand, this gives a passed d5-pawn for Black.
White has the advantage naturally, but there is a lot of play.}) 21... Qxd6 22.
Re3 Rae8 23. Ne5 Qc7 24. b4 Nc8 25. Rc1 Qd8 $6 (25... Nd6 $1 {was a good
defensive resource, had Black followed this line precisely:} 26. b5 axb5 27.
axb5 Nc4 $1 28. Rxc4 {has to be tried, but probably Black defends himself:} (
28. Nxc4 cxb5 $1 $15 {this is the key move, making use of the pin on c1, Black
is suddenly better.}) 28... dxc4 29. Qxc4+ Nd5 30. Re4 Kh7 31. bxc6 bxc6 $13)
26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 cxb5 28. Qxb5 $16 {Now White has a big advantage, with
nicely placed pieces, and Black has a horrible pawn structure and a weakened
king. But probably both players were approaching time trouble, so it wasn't
easy to be precise. Besides, this is the kind of position that I personally
think is one of the most difficult in chess. Maybe not only for me, but for
everybody. The reason is that there are no pawn breaks, and the board is wide
open with major pieces on it, meaning there are a lot (and by that I mean a
lot!) of options in every single move, and we, humans, can not find patterns
in such positions. Even with a computer, it is very hard to analyse and come
to a sensible explanation about what is going on. In any case, it goes to show
how strong these players are, because the game maintains a good level, despite
the difficulty of the position, and the probable time trouble they were under.}
Nd6 {.} 29. Qb3 b5 30. Rce1 Qa5 31. Qb1 Qb6 32. Qg6 $6 {This gives Black a
golden opportunity to fight for equality.} (32. Qb4 $1 {keeping the pressure,
possibly releasing it at some point with Ng6. For example:} Re7 33. Ng6 Rxe3
34. Rxe3 Rd8 35. Ne7+ Kh8 36. Re6 $16) 32... Qc7 $2 (32... Qxd4 $1 {and White
doesn't have anything decisive. For example:} 33. Nc6 (33. Nh5 Nxh5 (33... Qa7
$5 $11) 34. Qxd6 Rf6 35. Qc7 Qf4 $11) 33... Rxe3 34. Rxe3 (34. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 35.
Kh2 Nfe8 $13 {still looks hard to evaluate, but this is definitely not bad for
Black}) 34... Qc5 35. Ne7+ Kh8 $11) 33. Qd3 Re6 34. Ne2 Rfe8 (34... Nh5 $5 $14
{a weird way to stop ...Nf4, but it looks acceptable.}) 35. Nf4 R6e7 36. Nfg6
Re6 37. Qb1 Qb7 38. Qb4 Nf5 39. Rf3 Ne7 40. Nf4 Nc6 41. Qb2 R6e7 $6 (41... Rd6
$1 {this had to be played} 42. Rfe3 Qb6 43. Nxc6 Rxe3 44. Rxe3 Rxc6 45. Re5 $14
) 42. Rfe3 $1 $16 {Creating strong pressure on the e-file, and threatening
Nfg6 followed by Nxc6 winning (White has ideas with Ne7+ after the massive
exchanges). To defend this, Black has to make an awkard move like ...Na7 in
the game.} Na7 43. Qb3 Nc8 44. Qb4 Nd7 45. h4 Nxe5 46. dxe5 Rf7 47. Nh5 Qe7 48.
Qd4 Ref8 49. e6 Rf5 50. Nxg7 $2 {After a great series of moves by Giri, he
allows Nakamura to escape.} (50. Re5 $1 Nd6 51. Rxf5 Nxf5 52. Qxd5 Nxh4 53.
Qxb5 $16 {and White should win this, but there is still work to be done.})
50... Qxg7 51. Rg3 Rg5 $1 {And there is nothing decisive.} 52. Rxg5 hxg5 53.
Qxd5 (53. Qxd5 {a draw was agreed. For example:} Ne7 54. Qxb5 gxh4 55. Qh5 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 {This provocative move is a
worthy alternative to the more restrained:} (5... Bc5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8.
d3) 6. Nh4 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 {This usually is a disclosure of Black's intentions
to trap the h4 knight, something I have evaluated as risky in my English
trilogy.} ({The classical main line goes} 7... Bc5) 8. a3 $5 $146 {This
novelty had devastating effects in this game, but its objective merits are far
from clear yet. Mor practice is needed.} ({My book line goes} 8. O-O g5 9. d4
h6 (9... gxh4 $2 10. Bg5 $18) (9... Ne8 $6 10. Nxb4 Nxb4 11. Qd2 $16) (9...
Nxd5 $6 10. cxd5 Nb8 11. Qa4 $16) {McNab,C (2410)-Haik,A (2370) Metz 1988 (0-1,
25)} 10. Nxb4 $146 Nxb4 11. f3 $1 $36 {At the time when I analysed this
position the engines evaluated it as slightly preferable for Black. In fact,
White has a very dangerous initiative for the inevitably lost piece, given
that the black knights do not have good squares, the black king is weak and
the c1-bishop is unchallenged on the dark squares. I provided many
illustrative lines, managing to more or less moderate the engines' initial
optimism and I thought that the next computer generations would see it more
clearly. But now that I checked it again after 5 years, the evaluation remains
the same. The only thing I can say is that I would always choose to play on
the White side.}) 8... Bc5 9. O-O Re8 ({One of the ideas behind Nakamura's
novelty is that after} 9... g5 $2 10. d4 $1 $16 {[%csl Gc5,Gg5] the bishop is
attacked. Anand's move is natural, but not the only reasonable one.}) ({
It appears that the e4-pawn does not need defending yet, as after} 9... Bg4 10.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bxe4 Rae8 12. Bf3 Bh3 13. Bg2 (13. Ng2 Nd4) 13... Bg4 $11 {
White does not have anything better than agreeing to a draw by repetition:} 14.
Nf3 $2 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. exf3 Re6 $36) (9... Nxd5 $6 {leads
to a typical English structure with a passive black dark-squared bishop.} 10.
cxd5 Nd4 11. e3 (11. Bxe4 Bg4 $36 12. Re1 $6 f5) 11... Nf5 12. Nxf5 Bxf5 13.
Qc2 Re8 14. f3 $14 {[%csl Gc5]}) 10. e3 $3 {[%cal Gf2f3,Gb2b4,Gc1b2] A typical
move, restricting the c5-bishop and preparing f2-f3. But the exclamation marks
are for ignoring the threat against the knight on the edge.} (10. b4 Bd4 11.
Rb1 Ne7 12. e3 Nexd5 13. exd4 Ne7 14. d3 Nf5 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 $11) 10... g5 $6 {
Playing with fire.} ({It was not too late to return to normal development:} 
10... Be6 11. d4 exd3 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bb2 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Ne5 {In principle the
structure favours White, but retrieving the d3-pawn will require making some
concession.}) 11. b4 Bb6 $6 ({Having started to go down one route, Black
should have continued:} 11... gxh4 12. Bb2 $5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne5 14. bxc5 Bg4
15. Qb3 Nf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 {Optically, the position is not entirely clear but
after} 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. h3 {[%csl Gg8][%cal Gg1h2,Gb2h8] it appears that only
Black's king is in some danger while White's is relatively safe.}) 12. Bb2 $16
{Forcing the next exchange.} Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 $5 {Neither better nor worse
than any other knight move, but the most spectacular of them.} (13... Ne5 14.
f4 Nc4 15. fxg5 Nxb2 16. Qh5 $40 Qd7 (16... Qe7 17. Bxe4) 17. Bh3 Qe7 18. Nf5 {
[%csl Rf7][%cal Gf5h6]} Bxf5 19. Bxf5 f6 20. gxf6 Qf7 21. Bxh7+ Qxh7 22. f7+) (
13... Ne7 14. Bf6 gxh4 15. Qh5 $18) (13... Nb8 14. Qh5 gxh4 15. Qh6 f6 (15...
Re5 16. Bxe4 $1 f5 17. f4 $1 $18) 16. Bxf6 Qd7 17. Qg5+ Kf8 18. f3 $18) 14. d3
$1 {Dotting the i and crossing the t. White intends to open the d-file in
order to capture the self-trapped knight quite comfortably.} (14. exd4 gxh4)
14... gxh4 (14... exd3 15. Qxd3 Qf6 16. Rfd1 gxh4 17. Bxd4 Qg6 18. Rac1 $16 {
[%csl Gc7,Gg8]}) 15. dxe4 Ne6 (15... Nb5 16. a4 $16) 16. dxe6 Rxe6 ({The
developing} 16... Bxe6 {leaves the king helpless after} 17. Qh5 {[%cal Gh5h6]}
Rf8 (17... f6 18. Qxh4) 18. gxh4 $18 {[%cal Gg1h1,Gf1g1]}) 17. e5 {The game is
basically over. White has a huge advance in development and the black king is
desperately weak. In the next sequence almost any reasonable white move wins.}
hxg3 18. hxg3 Qg5 19. exd6 Rxd6 20. Qb3 h5 (20... c6 {[%cal Gc8g4]} 21. Qc3 f6
22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bg4 24. Rd6 $18) 21. Rad1 Rh6 {Black will not be in
time to launch his desired attack with ...h5-h4.} 22. Rd5 Qe7 23. Qc4 Bg4 24.
Qf4 Rg6 25. Re5 Qd6 26. Be4 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 {The idea of playing
a3 before e3 is to discourage the Nbd7 move. Nbd7 now can be met with Nb5.} c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. e3 Nc6 9. cxd5 (9. Qc2 {is the main line of this variation.})
9... exd5 (9... Nxd5 {is played more often by Black. Play might continue
something like} 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 {which has already been played by
Topalov against Morozevich in San Luis 2005.}) 10. b4 (10. Be2 {looks normal
but allows Black to break in the centre with} d4 11. Na4 Bb6 12. exd4 (12. Nxb6
Qxb6 $11) 12... Bxd4 {This might not be such a huge edge for White.}) 10... d4
$1 {Nakamura is extremely alert and breaks right away in the centre.} 11. exd4
Bxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 $15 {Even though White has the
bishop pair, this position is completely favourable for Black thanks to his
developmental advantage. a7-a5 break looks strong and also Be6 followed by
Rac8 is not so easy to meet.} 15. Be2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 {Hikaru sank into deep
thought as to how he should use this small advantage that he has got out of
the opening. It is definitely an edge but not so huge and hence accurate play
is of paramount importance.} Ng4 $5 17. e4 (17. Bxg4 Bxg4 {is a pretty sad
position. The bishop is definitely superior to the knight and 0-0 is met with
Rd3.} 18. O-O Rd3 $17) 17... Be6 (17... Ne3 18. Kf2 $11) 18. O-O Ne3 19. Rfc1
Rd2 20. Bf3 (20. Kf2 Nc4 21. Ke1 Rd4 $15) 20... Rad8 21. e5 b6 22. Ne4 Rb2 23.
Re1 Nc4 (23... Nc2 24. Re2 $13) (23... Rb3 $5 {renewing the threat of Nc2 is
pretty strong.} 24. Re2 g6 $17) 24. Ng5 h6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 {Once the e6 bishop
is exchanged Black doesn't really have so much of an edge.} 26. Rac1 Rd4 27. h3
b5 28. Rc3 Rdd2 29. a4 a6 30. Bb7 Nb6 31. axb5 axb5 32. Be4 Nc4 33. Rg3 Re2 $15
34. Ra1 $2 (34. Rxe2 Rxe2 35. Bc6 Rxe5 36. Rc3 {Black has better defensive
chances here.}) 34... Nxe5 35. Ra8+ Kf7 36. Bh7 g5 37. Bg8+ Kf6 38. Rf8+ Kg7
39. Re8 Ng6 40. Bxe6 Nf4 {The bad tournament for Veselin continues.} 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bd2
a6 9. a3 Bd6 10. h3 h6 11. Rd1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. O-O Bd7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Rxe5 16. f4 Bf5 17. Qb3 Re7 18. Qxb7 Bc2 19. Rc1 Rb8 20. Qxa6 Rxb2 21. Nd1
Rb6 22. Qa5 Bb3 23. Nf2 Qb8 24. Bxb3 Rxb3 25. a4 Qb7 26. Qf5 Bb4 27. Bxb4 Qxb4
28. e4 Nxe4 29. Nxe4 Qxe4 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. Rxc7 Rxa4 32. Kh2 Rb2 33. Rf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Manolache, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2876"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 b5 6. e5 d5 7. h3 h5 8. Bd3 Nh6 9.
Nh4 Nf5 10. Nxf5 Bxf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. h4 e6 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 Bf8 15. Be3 Be7
16. g3 Nd7 17. c3 bxc3 18. bxc3 c5 19. a5 c4 20. Qa4 Qc7 21. Kf2 Kf8 22. Rhb1
Kg7 23. Bc1 Rhb8 24. Ba3 Bf8 25. Bb4 a6 26. Qa3 Rb7 27. Bd6 Bxd6 28. Rxb7 Qxb7
29. Qxd6 Nf8 30. Qb4 Qxb4 31. cxb4 Ng6 32. Nc3 Ne7 33. b5 axb5 34. Nxb5 Ra6 35.
Nc7 Rc6 36. Ne8+ Kg6 37. a6 Nc8 38. a7 Nxa7 39. Rxa7 c3 40. Ra1 Rc4 41. Rc1
Rxd4 42. Rxc3 Rd2+ 43. Kf3 d4 44. Ra3 Rd1 45. Nf6 Rd2 46. Ra8 Rd3+ 47. Ke2 Rb3
48. Rg8+ Kh6 49. Rh8+ Kg6 50. Rxh5 Rxg3 51. Rg5+ Rxg5 52. hxg5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 5th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zazuliak, Andriy"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2877"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 O-O 8.
e3 Be7 9. Be2 c6 10. O-O d5 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. f4 g5 14. g3 Kh8 15.
Bd3 Bf6 16. c5 Qe7 17. b4 Qg7 18. Ne2 h5 19. fxg5 Qxg5 20. h4 Qh6 21. Nf4 e5
22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Rae1 Rg8 24. Kh2 Rg7 25. Qe2 Rag8 26. Rg1 Rg4 27. Qf2 R4g7
28. Be2 Be8 29. Bf3 d4 30. Rg2 Bf7 31. Kh3 Bc7 32. Qd2 dxe3 33. Qxe3 Re8 34.
Qc3 Rxe1 35. Qxe1 Kg8 36. Qe3 Kh7 37. Qd4 b6 38. a3 bxc5 39. bxc5 Kg8 40. Be2
Bxf4 41. gxf4 Rxg2 42. Kxg2 Bd5+ 43. Bf3 Qg6+ 44. Kf2 Bxf3 45. Qd8+ Kg7 46.
Qe7+ Qf7 47. Qxf7+ Kxf7 48. Kxf3 Ke6 49. Ke3 Kd5 50. Kd3 Kxc5 51. Kc3 0-1

[Event "chess.com gf blitz 5m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. Bd3 g5 8. Bg3
g4 9. Nh4 Nc6 10. c3 d5 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Rhe1 Bxg3
15. hxg3 h5 16. f4 Kb8 17. Rc1 Qe7 18. Bb5 Rc8 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Bd3 Rhd8 21.
Red1 Qe7 22. a3 Nd7 23. b4 f5 24. c4 Nxb4 25. axb4 Qxb4+ 26. Ka2 Nc5 27. Bc2
dxc4 28. Ra1 Bd5 29. Rdb1 c3+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com gf blitz 5m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "299"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rd1 Qc8 13. Nb3 a5 14. Be3 Na6 15.
Rac1 d4 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Bg5 Nb4 18. Qb1 a4 19. Nd2 Qd5 20. Ndc4 Rab8 21. a3
Nc6 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Qf5 h6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Rd3 Rfe8 26. Rc2 g6 27. Qf3 Qxf3
28. Rxf3 Kg7 29. Rd3 Re6 30. Kf1 h5 31. h4 Bd8 32. Nd2 Be7 33. Nc4 Bd8 34. b3
Rxb3 35. Rxb3 axb3 36. Rb2 Ra6 37. Rxb3 Ra4 38. Nb2 Ra7 39. Ke1 Ba5+ 40. Kd1
Bc3 41. Nc4 Ra4 42. Nb6 Ra7 43. Kc2 Be1 44. Rf3 Re7 45. Kd3 Ra7 46. Kc4 Re7 47.
Kd3 Ra7 48. Kc2 Re7 49. Kd1 Ba5 50. Nc4 Bc3 51. a4 Rb7 52. a5 Rb4 53. Ne5 f5
54. Nd3 Rb1+ 55. Kc2 Ra1 56. Nxc5 Rxa5 57. Nb3 Ra2+ 58. Kd3 Rb2 59. Nxd4 Bxd4
60. Kxd4 Rxe2 61. Kd3 Ra2 62. Rf4 Kf6 63. Ke3 Ra3+ 64. Ke2 Ra2+ 65. Kf1 Ra1+
66. Kg2 Ra6 67. Rb4 Rc6 68. Ra4 Rc3 69. Ra6+ Kf7 70. Rb6 Rd3 71. Rb7+ Kf6 72.
Rb6+ Kf7 73. Rb7+ Kf6 74. Rb6+ Kf7 75. Rb2 Kf6 76. Rb4 Kf7 77. Ra4 Kf6 78. Kf1
Kf7 79. Ke2 Rc3 80. Ra6 Rb3 81. Rd6 Ra3 82. Rd3 Ra4 83. Kf3 Kf6 84. Rb3 Kf7 85.
Rb7+ Kf6 86. Rb6+ Kf7 87. Rd6 Rb4 88. Ke3 Re4+ 89. Kd3 Ra4 90. Rc6 Rb4 91. Rd6
Ra4 92. Rd4 Ra3+ 93. Ke2 Kf6 94. Rb4 Kf7 95. Rb7+ Kf6 96. Rc7 Rb3 97. Kd2 Ra3
98. Rc6+ Kf7 99. Rc3 Ra4 100. Ke3 Re4+ 101. Kf3 Ra4 102. Rd3 Kf6 103. Ke3 Re4+
104. Kf3 Ra4 105. Rd1 Ra3+ 106. Kg2 Ra4 107. Rc1 f4 108. Rc6+ Kf7 109. Rc7+ Kf6
110. Rc6+ Kf7 111. Kf3 fxg3 112. fxg3 Ra3+ 113. Kf4 Ra4+ 114. Ke5 Ra5+ 115. Kf4
Ra4+ 116. Kf3 Ra3+ 117. Kg2 Ra2+ 118. Kh3 Ra3 119. Rb6 Rc3 120. Rd6 Ra3 121.
Rb6 Rc3 122. Ra6 Rb3 123. Rc6 Ra3 124. Rc7+ Kf6 125. Rb7 Rc3 126. Rb6+ Kf7 127.
Ra6 Rb3 128. Ra7+ Kf6 129. Ra6+ Kf7 130. Ra7+ Kf6 131. Ra6+ Kf7 132. Ra5 Kf6
133. Kg2 Rb2+ 134. Kf3 Rb3+ 135. Kg2 Rb2+ 136. Kh3 Rb3 137. Ra8 Kf7 138. Rc8
Ra3 139. Rc1 Kg7 140. Rc8 Kf7 141. Rc7+ Kf6 142. Rb7 Rc3 143. Rb4 Ra3 144. Rb1
Kf7 145. Rf1+ Kg7 146. Rb1 Kf7 147. Rb7+ Kf6 148. Rb6+ Kf7 149. Rb5 Kf6 150.
Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com gf blitz 5m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 h6
9. Re1 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nf1 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 Qd7 13. Ng3 Ba7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15.
fxe3 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. d4 Rad8 19. e4 Nf4 20. d5 Nb8 21. c4 a5
22. Rad1 Na6 23. Ne2 Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2 Nc5 25. b3 Rd6 26. Ne1 g6 27. Nd3 Nxd3 28.
Rxd3 c5 29. Rf2 Kg7 30. g4 f6 31. a4 Rh8 32. Rg3 g5 33. h4 b6 34. Rh2 gxh4 35.
Rxh4 Kg6 36. Rh5 Rdd8 37. Kg2 Rd6 38. Rf3 Rdd8 39. Kg3 Rd6 40. Rff5 Rg8 41. Rh3
Kh7 42. Rh2 Rg6 43. Kf3 Kg7 44. Rfh5 Rd8 45. Rf5 Rd6 46. Rd2 Rg5 47. Rxg5+ hxg5
48. Ke3 Rd8 49. Rh2 Rd6 50. Kd3 Rd8 51. Kc3 Rd7 52. Rh3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com gf blitz 5m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rd1 Na6 13. b3 Qb6 14. Bb2 Rfe8
15. e3 Rac8 16. Rac1 h6 17. Qb1 Qe6 18. Nd3 Bd6 19. Qa1 Ng4 20. Nf1 Rc7 21. h3
Nf6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qb2 Rec8 24. Re1 c4 25. Nf4 Bxf4 26. exf4 Qb6 27. Qe2 c3
28. Ne3 Qe6 29. Qh5 Re8 30. Kh2 d4 31. Nf5 1-0

[Event "chess.com gf blitz 5m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 Bxg3 11. hxg3 Ne7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. e4 Ng6 14. Rad1 Qb6
15. b3 Rad8 16. e5 Nd7 17. c4 d4 18. Rfe1 h6 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qa5 21. Qc2
Qc7 22. Qe4 Qa5 23. Qc2 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com gf blitz 5m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. Qb3
b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. h3 Bc8 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Ba6 Qd7
15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Bb5 Qf5 17. Ne2 Rfc8 18. Bb4 Bf8 19. Qa3 a6 20. Bd3 Qd7 21.
Qb3 Ne4 22. f3 Nd6 23. Bd2 b5 24. Qd1 Nc4 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. e4 f5 27. Qc2 fxe4
28. fxe4 Bg7 29. Bc3 Rf8 30. d5 e5 31. Qd2 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8
34. Kh1 Qf7 35. Ng1 Qf4 36. Qxf4+ exf4 37. h4 h6 38. Nh3 Bxc3 39. bxc3 Kf7 40.
Kg1 Kf6 41. Nxf4 g5 42. hxg5+ hxg5 43. Ne6 Ke5 44. Kf2 Bc8 45. Nxg5 Kf4 46. Nf7
Bg4 47. e5 b4 48. e6 bxc3 49. e7 Bd7 50. Ke1 Ba4 51. Nd6 Ke3 52. Nxc4+ Kd3 53.
Na3 Kd4 54. Ke2 Kxd5 55. Kd3 Kd6 56. Kxc3 Kxe7 57. Nc4 Bc6 58. g3 Ke6 59. Kd4
Kf5 60. Ne3+ Ke6 61. a3 Bb5 62. Ke4 Bc6+ 63. Kf4 Kf6 64. g4 Bd7 65. g5+ Ke6 66.
Nc4 Ba4 67. Ne3 Bb5 68. Ke4 Be8 69. Kf4 Bg6 70. Ng4 Kd5 71. Ne5 Bb1 72. Nf3 a5
73. Nh4 Bh7 74. Nf5 Kc4 75. Ke5 Kb3 76. Nd6 Kxa3 77. Nc4+ Kb4 78. Nxa5 Kxa5 79.
Kd4 Kb6 80. Kd5 Kc7 81. Ke6 Bc2 82. Ke7 Kc6 83. Ke6 Kc7 84. Ke7 Kc6 85. Ke6 Kc7
86. Ke5 Kd7 87. Kd5 Ke7 88. Ke5 Kf7 89. Kd4 Kg6 90. Kc3 Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com gf blitz 5m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 h6
9. Re1 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nc4 b5 12. Ne3 Bxb3 13. axb3 Ne7 14. Nh4 Bxe3 15.
Bxe3 Qd7 16. Qf3 Qe6 17. c4 c5 18. Ra5 Nc6 19. Raa1 Kh7 20. Nf5 Ng8 21. Red1 b4
22. Rf1 g6 23. Nh4 Nge7 24. g4 Kg7 25. Kh2 Rh8 26. Rg1 g5 27. Nf5+ Kf8 28. Nxe7
Kxe7 29. Kg2 a5 30. Rh1 Rag8 31. Qf5 Qg6 32. Qxg6 Rxg6 33. h4 f6 34. h5 Rgg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 g6 2. Nd2 Bg7 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. Ngf3 a5 6. O-O e5 7. e4 Ne7 8. Re1
Nd7 9. exd5 cxd5 10. c4 O-O 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 N7b6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 Kh8
15. Qb3 a4 16. Qb5 Bd7 17. Qc5 Bc6 18. Rac1 Rf7 19. d4 Bf8 20. Qc2 Nb4 21. Bxb4
Bxb4 22. Red1 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Rd7 24. Bh3 Rd6 25. a3 Ba5 26. Rc5 Nd7 27. Bxd7
Qxd7 28. Nxe5 Qe8 29. Nxg6+ Qxg6 30. Qxb7 Qg8 31. Rdc1 Rxd4 32. Qf3 Bd8 33.
Qxa8 1-0

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. d4 Qc8 6. e4 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nxe5
Bxe5 9. Nd2 Bh3 10. Nc4 h5 11. f4 Bg7 12. f5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nf6 14. fxg6 fxg6
15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 O-O 17. Nxg6 Rf7 18. Bg5 Qg4 19. Qxg4 Nxg4 20. c3 Bf6 21.
Bxf6 Ne3+ 22. Kh3 Nxf1 23. Nxe7+ Kh7 24. Rxf1 Raf8 25. d6 cxd6 26. Nd5 Rc8 27.
Rf4 Rc5 28. c4 b5 29. b3 bxc4 30. bxc4 Kg6 31. Ne7+ Kh7 32. Nd5 Kg6 33. Kh4 Ra5
34. g4 hxg4 35. Rxg4+ Kf5 36. Rg5+ Ke6 37. Nf4+ Kxf6 38. Rxa5 Rh7+ 39. Rh5 Rg7
40. Rh6+ Kf5 41. Nd5 Ke5 42. Rh5+ Kd4 43. Nf4 Kxc4 44. Rg5 Rh7+ 45. Kg3 a5 46.
h4 a4 47. h5 Kb4 48. Kh4 Ka3 49. Rg2 Rf7 50. Ng6 d5 51. h6 d4 52. Kg5 d3 53.
Ne5 Rf8 54. Kh4 Re8 55. Ng4 Re2 56. Rg3 Kxa2 57. Rxd3 Re7 58. Nf6 Rf7 59. h7
Rf8 60. Ng8 Rf4+ 61. Kg5 Rd4 62. Rxd4 a3 63. Ra4 1-0

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd1 Nf6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nge2 g6 8.
O-O Bg7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bc1 a6 12. Ba4 O-O 13. h3 Nf6 14. Bb3 Na5 15.
Be3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Re8 17. Qd3 Bc6 18. f3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21.
Qxd5 Bxd5 22. Kf2 Bxb2 23. Rad1 Bc6 24. Bxh6 a5 25. Bf4 Re7 26. Nd4 Be8 27. Bc1
Bc3 28. Ba3 Rd7 29. Ne2 Bf6 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Rd1 Bf5 32. Rd2 a4 33. bxa4 Rxa4
34. Bc5 Rc4 35. Bd4 Bh4+ 36. g3 Be7 37. c3 b5 38. g4 Be6 39. Rd1 Bd6 40. Ra1 f5
41. Ra8+ Kf7 42. Rh8 fxg4 43. hxg4 c5 44. Rh7+ Ke8 45. Bf6 b4 46. cxb4 cxb4 47.
Rb7 Rc2 48. Ke3 b3 49. Nd4 Bc5 50. Ke4 Rc4 51. Kd3 Bxd4 52. Bxd4 Rc1 53. Bf6
Bc4+ 54. Kd4 Kf8 55. f4 Be6 56. f5 gxf5 57. g5 Rg1 58. Ke5 Re1+ 59. Kf4 Re4+
60. Kg3 Rg4+ 61. Kf2 f4 62. Rb8+ Kf7 63. Kf3 Rh4 64. Ke4 1-0

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
a6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qc2 c6 11. Rd1 Re8 12. h3 Qe7 13. Be3 Qf8 14. Rab1 Bh6 15.
Bxh6 Qxh6 16. b4 a5 17. b5 Nc5 18. Qd2 Qxd2 19. Nxd2 a4 20. Nf1 Be6 21. Ne3
Nfd7 22. Rd6 Kf8 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Rxc6 Rec8 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Rb4 a3 27. Bf1
Nb8 28. Ned5 Nc6 29. Rb5 Nd4 30. Rb6 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Ng5 32. Be2 Ngxe4 33. Nxe4
Nxe4 34. Rb3 Bxd5 35. cxd5 Rc2 36. Re3 Nd6 37. Rxe5 Rxa2 38. Re3 Rb2 39. Bf3
Nc4 40. Re1 a2 41. Ra1 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Be7
8. Qc2 b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. O-O-O c4 13. Be2 b5 14. Ne5
Rb8 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Kb1 b4 17. cxb4 Rxb4 18. Bd2 Ba4 19. Qc1 Bxd1 20. Bxd1 Rb8
21. Ba4+ Kf8 22. Nxc4 Nd5 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Qc5 Ke7 25. Bg5+ f6 26. Qxa7+ Qc7
27. Qxc7+ Nxc7 28. Bf4 Rb7 29. Bxc7 Rxc7 30. Bb5 Rb8 31. a4 Rxb5 32. axb5 Rc4
33. Rd1 Kd6 34. Rd3 Rb4 35. Ra3 g5 36. Ra7 h5 37. Rb7 Rxd4 38. b6 Rb4 39. Rf7
Rxb6 40. Rxf6 Ke5 41. Rf8 Rb7 42. Kc2 Rc7+ 43. Kb1 Rb7 44. h3 h4 45. Rf3 Kd4
46. Kc2 Rc7+ 47. Kd2 Rb7 48. Rd3+ Ke4 49. b3 e5 50. Rc3 Rf7 51. Rc4+ Kd5 52.
Ke2 Rb7 53. Rg4 Rxb3 54. Rxg5 Kd4 55. Rg4+ e4 56. f3 Rb2+ 57. Kf1 Rb1+ 58. Kf2
Rb2+ 59. Kg1 Rb1+ 60. Kh2 Re1 61. Rxh4 1-0

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. e4 Qe7 10. Nc4 Rd8 11. Qe2 b6 12. a4 a5 13. b3 Ba6 14. Ba3 Qe8 15. Rfd1
Bf8 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. Bf1 Qc5 18. Qc2 Kg7 19. Kg2 Bb7 20. Rxd8 Nxd8 21. Re1 Nd7
22. Qd2 Qe7 23. Ne3 Bxe4 24. Ng4 Bb7 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Re3 Qe6 27. h3 Qxb3 28.
Kg1 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 Qe6 30. Bb5 c6 31. Rd3 Nf6 32. Bc4 Nxg4 0-1

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nd5 Ne8 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Qxh7+ Kxh7 14.
Rxe7 c6 15. Bg5 Kg6 16. h4 d5 17. Rd1 c5 18. c3 c4 19. Rxd4 cxb3 20. axb3 b6
21. Ra4 a5 22. Be3 Bd7 23. Rf4 Be6 24. Bxb6 Rfb8 25. Bc5 Rxb3 26. Ba3 d4 27.
Rxd4 Nd5 28. h5+ Kh7 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Re4 Nxc3 31. Re3 Rc8 32. Kh2 a4 33. Rxe6
Nd5 34. Rd6 Nf6 35. h6 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. d5 e5 8. dxe6
fxe6 9. O-O e5 10. b3 Kh8 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Rc1 Nc5 13. b4 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bd7 17. c5 d5 18. Qxd5 Bc6 19. Qc4 a6 20. Qg4 Rf5 21. Rcd1
Rg5 0-1

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nc6 5. dxe5 Nxe5 6. Nxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8
8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Bg5 Bb4 11. O-O-O+ Ke7 12. Ne2 h6 13. Bxf6+ gxf6
14. f3 h5 15. g3 a6 16. c3 Bc5 17. Kc2 Rad8 18. Nc1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 h4 20. g4 h3
21. Nd3 Be3 22. Re1 Bg5 23. Rd1 b6 24. b4 Rd8 25. Nf2 Rh8 26. Nd3 Kf7 27. a4
Kg6 28. a5 bxa5 29. bxa5 Be3 30. Re1 Bg5 31. Rb1 Be3 32. Re1 Bg5 33. Nc5 Bf4
34. Re2 Kf7 35. Nd3 Rd8 36. Nxf4 exf4 37. Re1 e5 38. Rb1 Ke7 39. Rb7 Kd7 40.
Ra7 1-0

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 3m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. Nf3 Nxe4 7. d4 Bb6 8.
d5 Ne7 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. d6 cxd6 11. Bg5 Ng6 12. Nc3 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd5 Qd8
15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Qd3 Qe8 17. Rae1 Qf7 18. Ne7+ Kh7 19. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 3m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 Be6 12. Rc1 c5 13. Qa3 Rc8 14. Bb5 Kf8
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. O-O Nd7 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. Rc3 Rc7 20. Rdc1 Rac8
21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Nb3 c4 23. Qxe7+ Kxe7 24. Nd4 Rb7 25. b3 cxb3 26. axb3 Rxc3 27.
Rxc3 a5 28. h3 a4 29. bxa4 Bxa4 30. Rc5 Kd6 31. Ra5 Bd7 32. g4 h5 33. Ra6+ Ke7
34. gxh5 Bxh3 35. h6 gxh6 36. Rxh6 Bd7 37. Kg2 Rb2 38. Kg3 Ra2 39. Rb6 Be6 40.
f3 Ra3 41. Kf4 Kf6 42. Rb1 Rc3 43. Rh1 Ra3 44. Rh6+ Kg7 45. Rh5 Kf6 46. Rh6+
Kg7 47. Rh2 Kf6 48. Rd2 Rc3 49. Re2 Ra3 50. Kg3 Ke5 51. Kf2 Kf6 52. Rb2 Rc3 53.
Ne2 Ra3 54. Nf4 Ke5 55. Ne2 Kf6 56. Rc2 Ke5 57. Rd2 Kf6 58. Rb2 Ke5 59. Nd4 Kf6
60. f4 Ra6 61. Kf3 Bf5 62. Kg3 Be4 63. Rb3 Ra2 64. Rb6+ Ke7 65. f5 f6 66. Nc6+
Kd6 67. Nb4+ Kc5 68. Nxa2 Kxb6 69. Kf4 Kc5 70. Nc3 Bd3 71. Nd1 d4 72. e4 Bc2
73. Nf2 Kd6 74. Kf3 d3 75. Ke3 d2 76. Kxd2 Bxe4 77. Nxe4+ Ke5 78. Ke3 Kxf5 79.
Kf3 Ke5 80. Nxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 3m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 O-O 10. b4 Bb6 11. O-O Ne7 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. d4 Ng6 14. dxe5 Ne7
15. exd6 cxd6 16. h3 Qc7 17. Qd3 Ng6 18. Bb3 Be6 19. Rfd1 Bxb3 20. axb3 Rxa1
21. Rxa1 Nf4 22. Qe3 Qxc3 23. Rd1 Qxe3 24. fxe3 Ne2+ 25. Kh2 Re8 26. Rxd6 Rxe4
27. Rxb6 Rxe3 28. Rxb7 Rxb3 29. b5 Nc3 30. b6 Na4 31. Ne5 Rxb6 32. Rxf7 Re6 33.
Ra7 Nc3 34. Ra8+ Kh7 35. Nd7 Re2 36. Nf8+ Kg8 37. Ng6+ Kf7 38. Nf4 Re7 39. Ra3
Ne4 40. Re3 Nf6 41. Rxe7+ Kxe7 42. Kg3 Kd6 43. Kf3 Ke5 44. Ng6+ Kf5 45. Ne7+
Ke6 46. Ng6 Nd7 47. Nf4+ Kf7 48. g4 Nf6 49. h4 Nxg4 50. Kxg4 g5 51. hxg5 hxg5
52. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 3m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Qe2+ Be6 7. Ng5 Qe7 8.
Nxe6 Qxe6 9. O-O Qxe2 10. Bxe2 O-O 11. c3 Nbd7 12. Rd1 Rfe8 13. Bd3 c6 14. Nd2
Bf4 15. g3 Bh6 16. b3 a5 17. a4 g6 18. Ba3 Re6 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. c4 Nef6 21. Re1
Rae8 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Bb2 Ne4 24. Kg2 Nd2 25. Nxd2 Bxd2 26. Rd1 Bh6 27. Bc3 b6
28. cxd5 cxd5 29. b4 axb4 30. Bxb4 Nb8 31. Bb5 Nc6 32. Bxc6 Rxc6 33. Re1 Rc8
34. Re5 Bf8 35. Bd2 f6 36. Rxd5 Rc4 37. a5 bxa5 38. Bxa5 Kf7 39. Rd7+ Ke6 40.
Rxh7 Rxd4 41. Rb7 Rd5 42. Rb6+ Kf7 43. Bc3 Be7 44. Bb2 g5 45. g4 Rd3 46. h3 Rd2
47. Rb7 Ke6 48. Bc1 Rc2 49. Be3 Bd6 50. Rb6 Ke7 51. Bd4 Rd2 52. Be3 Rd3 53. Ra6
Be5 54. Ra5 Ke6 55. Ra6+ Rd6 56. Rxd6+ Kxd6 57. Kf3 Kd5 58. Ke2 Kc4 59. Bb6 Kd5
60. Kd3 Ke6 61. Bd4 Bd6 62. Ke4 Bc7 63. Be3 Bd6 64. f3 Bc7 65. f4 Bd8 66. Bc1
Be7 67. Kf3 Kf7 68. Kg3 Bd6 69. Kf2 Be7 70. Bd2 Ke6 71. Kf3 Kf7 72. Ke4 Ke6 73.
Be1 Bd8 74. h4 gxh4 75. Bxh4 Ba5 76. Be1 Bxe1 77. Kd4 Bd2 78. Ke4 Bc1 0-1

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 3m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Be4 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Bd5 13. Nb3 c6 14. Rd1 Rc8 15.
Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Qc7 17. b4 a5 18. a3 Ra8 19. Qb2 axb4 20. axb4 Ra4 21. Rxa4
bxa4 22. Ra1 Ra8 23. Nd4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 h6 25. Bc1 Qb7 26. f3 Nd5 27. e4 Nxb4
28. Bd2 Bxc5 29. Nc2 Qb5 30. Nxb4 Qe2+ 31. Kh3 Rd8 32. Bc3 Qxb2 33. Bxb2 Bxb4
34. Rxa4 Bf8 35. Rc4 c5 36. Bc1 Rd4 37. Rc2 Ra4 38. Kg2 c4 39. Kf2 g5 40. g4
Bg7 41. h3 c3 42. Ke2 Kh7 43. Kd3 Kg6 44. Be3 Ra1 45. Rc1 Ra2 46. Rc2 Ra8 47.
Ke2 f5 0-1

[Event "chess.com qf blitz 3m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.04.06"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8.
Be3 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Nd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qd5+ 14. Kg1
Qxa2 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. Nxb3 Rfc8 17. Bc5 Bd6 18. e3 b6 19. Ba3 Bxa3 20. bxa3 Ne7
21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 c5 23. Kf2 Rd8 24. Ke2 Nf5 25. Rc4 Rd7 26. e4 Nd6 27. Rc3
Nb5 28. Rcc1 Nxa3 29. Nd2 Rad8 30. Rf3 Nb5 31. Rg3 Nd4+ 32. Ke1 Ne6 33. f5 Nf4
34. Ra1 Nxd3+ 35. Kf1 Ne5 36. Nf3 Nxf3 37. Rxf3 Rd1+ 38. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 39. Ke2 Rd4
40. Ra3 Rxe4+ 41. Kd3 Re7 42. Kc4 f6 43. Kb5 Rc7 44. Kc4 g6 45. Rg3 Kg7 46. h4
Kh6 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 $5
{Hikaru employes the rare, but rather interesting idea.} cxb3 9. Qxb3 Be7 ({
In the following recent game White had more than just sufficient compensation
for a pawn after} 9... a5 $6 10. Ne5 $1 a4 ({The ''greedy''} 10... Qxd4 11. Bf4
a4 12. Qc2 $36 {is hardly an improvement for Black.}) 11. Qc2 $36 {1-0 Salem,A
(2621)-Gusain,H (2429) Dubai UAE}) 10. Ne5 a6 {The safest way of protecting
the Pb5.} ({In the event of} 10... Qb6 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Ne4 Nbd7 13. Be3 {
the placement of the Qb6 is rather awkward.}) 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Ne4 $146 ({
There is the previously played} 12. Bg5 Nfd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd3 Ra7 15. Rac1
{1-0 (42) Ma Qun (2621)-Svane,R (2507) Groningen NED 2014}) 12... Qc7 ({After} 
12... Nbd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Bxc6 Rc8 16. Bb7 Rb8 17. Bf3 $14 {
White regains the pawn and stands better due to the bishop pair.}) ({However,
it made sense to simplify the matters by means of} 12... Nxe4 $5 13. Bxe4 Qc8
14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Qxa3 Nd7 {- in that case Black's position would be passive,
but very solid.}) 13. Ng5 $5 {Accordingly to his style, Hikaru makes the most
aggressive move.} ({Instead,} 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bf4 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Qb6 {
would offer White sufficient compensation, but not more.}) 13... a5 14. Bh3 (
14. Nexf7 Rxf7 15. Qxe6 Bf8 16. Rb1 Qd7 17. Qxf7+ Qxf7 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 {would
lead to double-edged play in the endgame.}) 14... a4 $6 {The first step in the
wrong direction - there was no reason for inviting the opponent's queen to
join the attack.} ({The correct move was} 14... Bc8 $1 15. e4 h6 16. Bxe6 ({
Nor does} 16. Ngxf7 {achieve anything special:} Rxf7 17. Bxe6 Bxe6 18. Qxe6 Bf8
19. Bf4 Qe7 $11) 16... fxe6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kh7 {and Black is OK.}) 15.
Qc2 Bc8 {Unfortunately for Aleksandr, he found this defensive resource too
late!} 16. Bf4 {Developing the bishop with tempo looks very tempting.} ({
However, there was the even stronger} 16. Ng4 $1 g6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Ne4 Bg7
19. Bg2 $36) 16... Qd8 17. Ng4 {It's strange, but now this idea is less
effective.} g6 $6 {This weakening move is a serious positional concession.} ({
I guess, Aleksandr rejected the more natural} 17... Nbd7 $1 {in view of} 18.
Be5 h6 19. Nxh6+ gxh6 20. Bxe6 {and White's attack looks scary. However, as
the analysis proves, White gets nothing special after} hxg5 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22.
Qh6+ Kg8 23. Qxg5+ Kh8 24. Bf5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Nh7 26. Qh5 Bxf5 27. Rxd8 Raxd8
28. Qxf5 b4 $132) 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Ne4 {Obviously, Black suffers from the
lack of development and weak dark squares in his camp.} Bg7 {This natural move
seems inaccurate too.} ({A better one was} 19... Be7 20. Bg2 f6 21. Nc5 Qb6 $14
) 20. Bg2 {The weakness of d6-spot makes Black's position very difficult.} Qb6
$2 {This move turns out to be a decisive mistake.} ({Much more stubborn
attempt was} 20... Bd7 21. Nc5 Qe7 $16) 21. Bd6 Re8 22. Rac1 Qd8 {Admitting
the mistake.} (22... Bxd4 {can be rejected for various reasons. But I mostly
like} 23. Rxd4 $1 Qxd4 24. Rd1 Qg7 25. Be7 Nd7 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 27. Bf6 Qf8 28.
Be5 f5 29. Nf6+ Kf7 30. Nxd7 Qe7 31. Qd2 Red8 32. Qh6 Rxd7 33. Qxh7+ Ke8 34.
Qg8+ Qf8 35. Qxe6+ Qe7 36. Qg8+ Qf8 37. Qxg6+ Qf7 38. Qxc6 Rad8 39. Bf3 $18) ({
Nothing is changd by} 22... Bb7 23. Be5 Qd8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qc3 f6 26. g4 h6
27. h4 $18) 23. Bc5 Ba6 (23... Bb7 {was also hopeless:} 24. Nd6 Re7 25. Nxb5
cxb5 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. Qc8+ Qxc8 29. Rxc8+ Bf8 30. d5 $18) 24.
Bb4 {The final preparations...} Qc7 ({The alternatives were not better:} 24...
Qd7 25. Nd6 Rd8 26. e4 $18) (24... Qb6 25. Nd6 Rd8 26. Qd2 Rd7 27. e4 Qd8 28.
e5 $18 {with full domination in both cases.}) 25. d5 $1 exd5 26. Nd6 Qd7 27.
Nxe8 Qxe8 28. e4 {Hikaru is playing very energetically and doesn't give Black
time for completing his development!} d4 29. e5 h5 {This looks really sad, but
what else?} (29... Bxe5 30. Re1 $18) 30. f4 {White is not in a rush.} ({
There was nothing wrong with} 30. Rxd4 $18 {either.}) 30... f6 31. Rxd4 fxe5
32. fxe5 {The rest is just an agony - Black is helpless now.} Bc8 33. Rcd1 Bd7
34. Rd6 Qxe5 35. Qxg6 Qf5 36. Bc3 Qf7 37. Rf1 Qxg6 38. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 d5 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. e4 Be7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1
Rb8 15. Ke2 Ba6+ 16. Ke3 Rfd8 17. f4 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Bf2
h5 21. b3 Bb5 22. c4 Bd7 23. h3 g6 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Kg7 26. g5 Be7 27. Kd3
Kf8 28. a4 a5 29. Be3 Ke8 30. Bf2 Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Bg2 a6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qb3
Bb7 {Diagramm [#]} ({Nach} 8... c5 {musste sich ein anderer Weltklassemann im
weiteren Verlauf sogar eine Weile mit einem Minusbauern plagen, bevor er zum
Remis kam.} 9. d3 Nc6 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rfc1
Qb6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Qd2 Na5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxa5 Qxa5 20. Rxa5
c4 21. Nh4 Bb4 22. Ra7 cxd3 23. exd3 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rfc8 25. Rcc7 Rxc7 26. Rxc7
Rd8 27. Rb7 Rxd3 28. Rxb5 Rb3 29. Nf3 Rxb2 30. g4 Bc3 31. Rxb2 Bxb2 32. Nd2 Kg7
33. Kf3 Kg6 34. Nc4 Bd4 35. h3 f5 36. Nd6 fxg4+ 37. hxg4 Be5 38. Nc4 Bb8 39.
Nb6 Ba7 40. Nc4 f5 41. gxf5+ Kxf5 42. Nd6+ Ke5 43. Nf7+ Kf6 44. Nd8 Bb6 45.
Nxe6 {1/2-1/2 (45) Grischuk,A (2795)-Inarkiev,E (2688) Sochi 2014}) 9. a4 c5
10. d3 Bd5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Rb8 15. axb5 axb5 {
Diagramm [#] Es ist Nakamura nicht gelungen, irgendetwas aus der Eröffnung
herauszuholen: Weder einen handfesten Vorteil, noch Ansatzpunkte zur Erlangung
eines solchen.} 16. Ra6 Qc7 17. Qb3 b4 18. Nb1 Nb6 19. Bg5 Nfd7 20. Nd2 O-O 21.
Ne4 h6 22. Be3 Be7 23. Rfa1 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rxa8+ Nxa8 26. Qa2 Nab6 27.
Nd2 Qc6 28. Ne1 Qa4 29. Qxa4 Nxa4 30. b3 Nc3 31. Kf1 f5 32. Nc4 Kf7 33. Bd2 Nb5
34. Nc2 Bf6 35. e4 Ne5 36. exf5 exf5 37. Be3 Nd7 38. h4 Ke6 39. Ne1 Nd4 40.
Bxd4 Bxd4 41. Nf3 Bf6 42. Ke2 {Diagramm [#] Die letzten fünfzehn Züge musste
Nakamura eher defensiv denken - so gesehen dürfte er froh gewesen sein, die
Partie beenden zu können.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 h5 {
A rare variation in this 6...e6 system. Black wants to stop White's kingside's
attack by g4, however this is a weakness for Black, meaning he probably can't
castle on the kingside.} 8. a4 (8. Bc4 {was also tried by Leko,} Nc6 9. Qd2 Na5
10. Bb3 Be7 11. O-O-O b5 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. Rhe1 b4 14. Nce2 g6 15. Nc1 e5 16.
Nde2 Nxb3 17. Nxb3 a5 $13 {Leko-Topalov, Morelia/Linares 2006, with an unclear
middlegame.}) (8. Qd2 {is the most common move.}) 8... Nc6 9. Bc4 $146 {
A novelty by Caruana.} ({Before} 9. Be2 {was played} d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5
Qxd5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 (12... bxc6 13. f4 $1 Rb8 14. Bf3 Qc4 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Bxd4
$36 {Hracek-Ki.Georgiev, Herceg Novi 2001, with a tempting endgame for White.})
13. O-O Bc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 15. Kh1 h4 16. Bd3 h3 17. g3 Bd7 18. Qe2 Rc8 $132 {
Soltanici-Arribas Lopez, Roquetas de Mar 2015, and Black looks fine.}) 9... Qc7
10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. f4 $5 {A brave move by Caruana,
because Black can gain the e3-B. On the other hand White also gains some tempi
and he would like to break in the centre.} Neg4 14. Kh1 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qc5 16.
Rad1 g6 $6 {A typical move, but here I think this is an inaccuracy, because
the g6-pawn can be a target for White.} (16... Rc8 17. Qe2) ({or even} 16...
O-O $5 {which is suggested by the computer.}) 17. Qe2 $1 {White avoids the pin.
Now he is ready for the break-through with e5 or f5.} O-O-O (17... O-O {
is too dangerous, because of} 18. f5 $1 $16 {and White has a strong attack.})
18. f5 (18. e5 $5 {was also tempting,} Ne8 (18... dxe5 19. fxe5 Ng4 20. Rxf7
$16 {and White is better.}) 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. Rf3 $36 {with a strong initiative.}
) 18... e5 19. Nf3 gxf5 20. Ng5 $1 f4 21. Rd3 $1 {A great move. White avoids ..
.Bg4, moreover the R is very useful on the 3rd rank.} ({The immediate} 21. Nxf7
{could have been met by} Bg4 {.}) 21... Kb8 22. Nxf7 h4 23. Nxh8 Rxh8 24. Qf2
Qb4 $2 {In the Sicilian after a4 usually the b4-square is comfortable for the
Q. However at this moment this is not true; it only helps White's attack on
the queenside.} ({A more solid move was} 24... Qa5 25. Qe1 ({of course now} 25.
Nd5 $2 {does not work, because of} Nxe4 $17) 25... Qc7 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Bxd5
Bxa4 28. Rc3 Qd7 29. Qf2 $16 {and White should be better.}) 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26.
Bxd5 {Suddenly the b3-B becomes very strong and White is threatening with the
immediate Rb3.} Bxa4 $2 {Loses immediately, but Black's position was already
bad.} ({In case of} 26... Bc8 27. Ra1 $16 {and White is a clear exchange up
moreover his pieces are more active.}) 27. Ra3 $1 {A really strong move, now
Black can't save his B.} h3 28. c3 Qb5 (28... hxg2+ {doesn't change anything,}
29. Qxg2 $18 {and White wins, as in the game.}) 29. b3 Bh4 30. bxa4 Qd3 31. g3
{A nice victory by Caruana!} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Iotov,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 (5... Nf6 $5 6. Be2 e6 7.
O-O d4 8. Nb1 Nbd7 9. d3 Bd6 10. Bd1 Qc7 11. Qe2 Bh2+ 12. Kh1 Bf4 13. Nd2 e5
14. c3 dxc3 15. bxc3 O-O {0-1 Zhang Zhong (2633)-Wang Hao (2717)/Ho Chi Minh
City VIE 2016}) 6. g3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Na6 $6 {
Shankland completely ignores Nakamura's game plan with e4-e5 and pays the
ultimate price. The pawn structure which appears after 10...Na6 leaves the
knight on a less than desirable place which will force Shankland to waste two
more moves: Nb4-Nc6 to redirect his knight to its rightful place.} (10... dxe4
$1 11. Nxe4 Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. c4 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Rad8 $14 {with a solid
position for Black. This is a typical position which Black seeks to achieve
from a variety of openings. Often in chess Black doesn't have the luxury of
avoiding slightly worse positions just because the player is not comfortable
with staying in one place.}) (10... Qb6 11. e5 $1 (11. Rab1 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nd5
13. Bg5 h6 14. Bf6 Nxf6 15. Nxf6+ Kh8 $1 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. h4 h5 18. b4 Nd7 19.
Nxd7 Qxd7 20. a4 Kg8 $11) 11... Nfd7 12. Rab1 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Qa6 (12... c5 13.
Nxd5 exd5 14. Qxd5 a5 15. c3 $1 Qc6 16. Qb3 a4 17. Qxb7 Qxb7 18. Bxb7 Ra7 19.
Bg2 $16) (12... a5 $6 13. Qd1 $16) 13. Rfd1 c5 (13... b5 $5) (13... f6 14. Qg4
Re8 15. f4 f5 16. Qg5 $1 $16) 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qxd5 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nc6 17. Qxd7
Rad8 18. Qg4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Bxe5 20. Ra4 Qf6 21. c3 $16) 11. e5 $1 Nd7 12. Qd1
$1 {Sometimes the most active option is to go back to square one! By not
developing the queen on e2 White reserves this square for the future "Ne2-Nd4"
maneuver.} c5 13. f4 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nb4 15. Ne2 Qc7 (15... Rc8 $5 {An
interesting move to no real avail.} 16. c3 Nc6 17. Be3 (17. Bf2 $5) 17... Qa5
$1 18. Kh1 (18. Nd4 $6 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Nb8 20. Kh1 Nc6 21. Bg1 Rfd8 $132) (18. b4
$6 Qc7 19. Kh1 Nb6 $15) 18... Rfd8 19. Bg1 b5 20. b4 (20. a3 Qa4 $1 $132) 20...
Qa4 $1 (20... Qa3 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 f6 23. Nd4 $1 (23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Rfd1
Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Ra6 Ne7 $1 28. Rxe6 Rd2 29. Rxe7 Rxe2 30.
c4 Bf8 31. Rxa7 bxc4 32. bxc4 Bxb4 33. c5 Rc2 34. Ra4 Bxc5 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36.
Rxe4 g5 $11) 23... Nxd4 24. cxd4 Rc7 25. Ra6 Nf8 26. Rfa1 $16) 21. Qxa4 bxa4
22. Rfc1 Nb6 23. Nd4 Nc4 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Bxa7 f6 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. b5 Rc7 28.
Bg1 (28. Bd4 Kf7 29. Rab1 Bxd4 30. cxd4 Rdc8 31. Bf1 Nb6 $11) 28... Rb8 29.
Rab1 Rcb7 30. b6 Bd8 31. Re1 Kf7 32. g4 Bxb6 33. f5 Bxg1 34. Rxb7+ Rxb7 35.
Kxg1 $1 $14) 16. c3 Nc6 17. Be3 Rfc8 (17... f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Qc2 $16) (
17... Nb6 18. b3 $16 {[%csl Rb6]}) 18. Kh1 b5 19. Rc1 Bf8 $2 {A logical move
can indeed be a decisive mistake! By playing 19...Bf8, Shankland leaves his
king too exposed to the future f5-blow!} (19... Qa5 $1 {Possibly the last
chance for any reasonable counterplay!} 20. b3 $1 (20. a3 Nb6 21. Bg1 Nc4 22.
Rc2 Qd8 $1 23. Nd4 a5 24. Nxb5 a4 25. Nd4 Rab8 26. Qe2 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Rb3 28.
Ra1 Rcb8 29. Ra2 Qc7 $11) 20... Qxa2 $1 (20... Rab8 21. Qd2 Rc7 22. g4 Rbc8 23.
h4 Qa6 24. h5 Bf8 25. f5 Ncxe5 26. Nf4 $40) 21. c4 bxc4 22. bxc4 Ne7 23. Nc3
Qa3 24. Bf2 (24. cxd5 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 Qxc3 26. dxe6 Rd8 27. exf7+ Kxf7 $1 28. Bg1
Qb4 $1 $132) 24... Nb6 25. Nb5 Qb4 26. Nd6 Rxc4 27. Rb1 Qc3 28. Nxc4 Nxc4 $44)
20. g4 Bc5 {I don't consider this move to be a mistake, yet I do not see any
decent counterplay after it. Conclusion: Black's position is flawed by default.
} (20... Nc5 21. Nd4 Qb7 22. Qe2 (22. f5 $6 Nxe5 23. fxe6 Nxe6 24. Nxe6 fxe6
25. Bd4 Nf7 $11) 22... Ne4 $5 (22... Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Rc7 24. f5 Rac8 25. Qe3 $16)
23. Bxe4 (23. Kh2 $5) 23... dxe4 24. Nb3 b4 25. c4 Rd8 26. Qg2 Qa6 (26... Rd3
27. Rce1 Rad8 28. Qxe4 a5 29. f5 a4 30. Nc1 R3d7 31. fxe6 fxe6 32. b3 $16) 27.
Nd2 Qxa2 (27... Rd3 28. Qxe4 Rad8 29. Nf3 Qxa2 30. f5 exf5 31. gxf5 Qb3 32.
Rce1 Ne7 33. e6 f6 34. Ne5 $1 fxe5 35. f6 Qxb2 36. Qb7 Rd2 $1 37. Bxd2 Rxd2 38.
fxe7 Bxe7 39. Qb8+ Rd8 40. Qxe5 Qb3 41. Rf7 Qxh3+ 42. Qh2 Qxh2+ 43. Kxh2 Re8
44. Kg2 $1 a5 45. Ra1 Bf8 46. Rxa5 Rxe6 47. Rc7 $18) 28. Nxe4 Rac8 29. f5 $40)
({A logical alternative which changes practically nothing:} 20... Nb6 21. Bg1
$40) 21. Nd4 Qb6 22. Bg1 b4 $6 {Not the best move, but not so bad as to change
the dynamics of the positon. There is simply no escape from White's attack.} (
22... Re8 23. b4 $1 Bxd4 24. cxd4 $16 {Without the dark-squared bishop - the
guardian protector of the black king - there seems to be no hope!}) (22... Nxd4
23. cxd4 Be7 24. f5 $40) (22... Ne7 23. f5 $40) 23. f5 $1 $18 bxc3 (23... Ncxe5
24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Nxe6 Bxg1 26. Rxg1 bxc3 27. bxc3 $18) (23... Nxd4 24. cxd4
Be7 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Qf3 Rf8 27. Be3 $18) 24. bxc3 Ncxe5 (24... Nxd4 25. cxd4
Be7 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Qf3 Rf8 28. Be3 g5 29. h4 $1 gxh4 30. f6 Bb4 31. Qf2 $18
) 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Nxe6 Bxg1 27. Rxg1 Kh8 28. Qxd5 Rab8 29. Rge1 {The rest is
a matter of technique.} Qb2 30. c4 Rb6 31. c5 Rbc6 32. Rcd1 h6 33. Nf4 Rf6 34.
Nd3 Nxd3 35. Qxd7 Nf2+ 36. Kg1 Rcf8 37. Qd2 {A perfect game! There is no
evidence to suggest that Nakamura made even a slight mistake in this game!
Shankland played logical moves for most of the game, but what ultimately cost
him the game was the pawn structure he went for. His biggest mistake - 10...
Na6 - forced him into a long term worse position with less than enough
practical counterplay.} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O (8... b6 $5) 9. dxc5 (9. O-O-O $2 c4 {with an attack.}) (9. Be2 a6 {e.g.}
10. O-O b5 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. a3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Qe1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16.
Bxd4 Bc5 17. Qh4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 f6 19. Bd3 h6 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. f5 Rcf8 22. Rg1
Nc5 23. fxe6 Nxe6 24. Rg4 Nf4 25. Qg3 Qe7 26. Rxf4 Rxf4 27. Ne2 Rf1 28. Nd4
Rxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Re8 30. h4 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Kf7 33. Kf2 Kf6 34. g3
Bc8 35. c3 Bg4 36. Bc2 g5 37. hxg5+ hxg5 38. Bb3 Ke5 39. Bc2 Rf8+ 40. Kg2 Bd7
41. Nf3+ Kf6 42. Bb3 g4 43. Nd4 Ke5 44. Bc2 a5 45. Bd1 Ke4 {0-1 (45) Karjakin,
S (2720) -Carlsen,M (2810) Wijk aan Zee 2010}) 9... Nxc5 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2
b6 {The young German GM Matthias Blübaum played this line a couple of times.}
(11... Qa5) 12. Nd4 (12. f5 Ra7 13. Qg3 Kh8 14. Be2 Rd7 15. fxe6 Nxe6 16. Nd4
Ncxd4 17. Bxd4 Bc5 18. Bg1 Bb7 19. Bf3 d4 20. Ne4 Be7 21. h4 b5 22. Ng5 Bxf3
23. Nxf3 d3 24. cxd3 Rxd3 25. Bh2 Qd5 26. Qe1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Qxa2 {0-1 (27)
Jarmula,L (2395)-Bluebaum,M (2589) Karpacz 2015}) 12... Qc7 13. Kb1 Bb7 14.
Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd4 Bb7 16. Bd3 b5 17. Ne2 b4 (17... Rac8 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11 ({
After} 18... Bxc5 $6 19. Qh4 g6 (19... h6 20. g4 $40) 20. Qg3 Rfe8 21. h4 {
White's prospects on the kingside seem to be promising:} h5 22. Qh3 Kg7 23. g4
Rh8 24. gxh5 Rxh5 25. Ng3 Rh6 26. Qg4 $16)) 18. Ng3 (18. Bxc5 Qxc5 $11) 18...
Rac8 19. f5 {[#]} f6 $5 {Defuses White's slight initiative.} ({Perhaps} 19...
Nxd3 20. Rxd3 f6 {was more precise.}) 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bxc5 $6 ({After} 21.
fxe6 $5 a5 ({after} 21... Nxe6 $2 22. Qf5 Ng5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qg4 Kh8 25.
Qxb4 $18 {White wins a pawn and has a good position.}) 22. Rhe1 {White is
slightly better.}) 21... Qxc5 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. fxe6 Re8 24. Rde1 g6 25. Rhf1
Kg7 26. Rf4 a5 27. Rg4 Kh8 28. Bxg6 $5 {So is trying.} hxg6 29. Rxg6 Be7 30.
Nf5 d4 31. g4 a4 32. b3 a3 33. Rh6+ Kg8 34. Rg6+ Kh8 35. Rh6+ Kg8 36. Rg6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Nakamura,H"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 $5 {The first surprise, but this was not entirely unexpected.
Varuzhan had already lost to Wesley So in a very brutal Rubinstein French
earlier in the tournament.} 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3
Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13.
Re1 Re8 14. Ra2 $5 {This idea isn't completely new, in fact it was featured in
Kasimdzhanov-Gelfand from the World Cup in 2007. However, Kasim's play wasn't
inspiring and the line never really came back into fashion.} Na5 15. cxd5 Qxd5
16. Rb2 c6 (16... a6 {Not best, but maybe not that bad either.} 17. Ne5 Bxa3
18. Bf3 Qd6 19. Rbe2 (19. Ra2 Bxc1 20. Rxa5 Bf4 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Rxa6) 19...
Bxc1 20. Qxc1 Nc6 21. Qb2 $14 {½-½ (30) Shankland,S (2634)-Robson,R (2631)
Saint Louis 2014. White is slightly better, but I'm not sure if it is enough
of an advantage to win.}) (16... b6 $2 17. Ne5 $1 (17. Rb5 c5 18. Ne5 Qd6 19.
Bf4 Bf6 $11 {0-1 (40) Filippov,A (2607)-Bu,X (2682) Ha Long City 2009}) 17...
Rad8 18. Bf3 Qd6 19. Rbe2 $14) 17. Ne5 (17. Qa4 Qd8 18. c4 Bf6 19. Be3 Be4 20.
Rd2 b6 $11 {0-1 (52) Kasimdzhanov,R (2677)-Gelfand,B (2733) Elista 2007} 21.
Ne5 Qe7 22. Ng4 Bg5 23. Bf1 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Qg5 25. Qd1 Bf5 26. Ne5 f6 27. Nf3
Qf4 28. Rde2 Bd7 29. Qe1 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Qd6 31. h3 c5 32. d5 Kf8 33. Nd2 Bf5 34.
Be2 Qd7 35. Bh5 Nb7 36. g4 Bg6 37. Bxg6 hxg6 38. g5 Nd6 39. gxf6 gxf6 40. Qa1
Kg7 41. Re6 Rf8 42. a4 Rf7 43. Qc3 Nf5 44. Nf3 Qxa4 45. Ng5 Rf8 46. Re1 Nd4 47.
Re7+ Kg8 48. Qd3 Nf5 49. Qe2 Qa1+ 50. Kh2 fxg5 51. Qe6+ Kh8 52. Rb7 Qd4) 17...
Bxa3 18. Bf3 Qd6 19. Rbe2 Bxc1 20. Qxc1 Be6 21. Be4 $6 $146 (21. Bh5 Rf8 22.
Re3 Nc4 $17 {0-1 (45) Melia,S (2467)-Nebolsina,V (2310) Rijeka 2010}) (21. Qb1
$5 {This is also an interesting alternative.}) 21... Rad8 (21... f6 22. Nf3 (
22. Qb1 {I suspect Varuzhan was afraid of this move because of how long he
spent deciding between 21...Rad8 and 21...f6.} fxe5 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 (23... Kf8 $6
24. dxe5 Qc5 25. Qc1 Rad8 26. Qg5 Nc4 27. Bg6 Nd6 $3 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. Re3 Nf7
30. Qg6 Kg8 31. Rg3 Qf8 32. Re4 Nh8 {I guess this position is equal, but the
whole line feels very far from human.}) 24. Bg6 Nc4 25. Bxe8 Rxe8 26. Qxb7 Bd5
27. dxe5 Qe6 28. Qxa7 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Qf3+ 31. Kg1 Qg4+ $11) 22...
Bf7 23. Qb1 g6 24. h4 Kg7 25. h5 $44 {There is definitely compensation here,
but I feel that Black should be able to defend with correct play.}) 22. Qb1 g6
23. f4 $6 {This move is probably fine, but I was very unhappy with myself
during the game after the next couple of moves.} (23. h4 $1 Kg7 $8 24. h5 Nc4
$8 25. Bxg6 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Qe7 27. Be4 Rg8 {A computer move after which Black
seems to be fine, but all of these moves would have been extremely hard to
find.}) 23... c5 $1 24. f5 {I played this after a 45 minute think. For almost
all of that time, I was trying to figure out what to do against 24...Bb3. I
tried to find alternatives, but nothing else besides f5 made any sense.} cxd4
$2 {A strange decision played almost instantly by Varuzhan. This decision
confused me greatly. I had no concrete plan against 24...Bb3, but I saw
nothing better.} (24... Bb3 $1 25. Bd3 $3 {A brilliant computer move and one
which I had seen, but completely underestimated.} (25. Bxb7 {Most likely, this
is the move I would have played after which White cannot claim an advantage.}
cxd4 (25... Rf8 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. d5 $1 Nxb7 28. Qxb3 Qxd5 29. c4 Qd4+ 30. Kh1
Na5 31. Qb5 Qc3 32. Qxc5 Nb3 33. Qxa7 Rd2 {White is up a pawn, but Black
should again be able to liquidate into a drawn endgame.}) 26. Nc4 Bxc4 27.
Rxe8+ Kg7 (27... Rxe8 {Not this order.} 28. Rxe8+ Kg7 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Qe1 $3
Qf6 (30... Nxb7 31. Qh4 $18) 31. Bf3 dxc3 32. Re3 c2 33. Be4 $16) 28. Rxd8 Qxd8
29. cxd4 Qxd4+ 30. Kh1 Bd3 31. Rd1 Bxb1 32. Rxd4 Nxb7 33. Rb4 Bxf5 34. Rxb7 a6
$11) 25... cxd4 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Nc4 Qd7 28. Nxa5 Rxe2 29. Bxe2 Ba4 30. Bc4
Kg7 31. Qe4 dxc3 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Qxc3 Qd4+ 34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Rf1 Rd7 36. Ra1
Bc2 37. Bb5 Re7 38. Kf2 $16 {I assume that this is probably still pretty close
to a draw, but White can definitely press.}) (24... Bc4 $2 25. fxg6 fxg6 (25...
hxg6 26. Bxg6 $18) 26. Nxc4 Nxc4 27. Bd5+ Qxd5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Kf7 30.
Qe1 Qd7 31. Rb8 $18) (24... Bd5 $2 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Ng4 Rxe2 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28.
Nxd5 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Rxd5 30. c4 Nxc4 31. f6 $18) 25. fxe6 Rxe6 26. Nxf7 Kxf7
27. Bd5 $2 {Another dilemma. I played 27.Bd5 because I wasn't certain if I
could untangle all my pieces and win in the 27.Qa2 variations. However, I
simply forgot that it was possibile to sac the queen for the 2 rooks at the
time.} (27. Qa2 Kg7 (27... dxc3 28. Bxg6+ hxg6 29. Rxe6 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Rd5 31.
Re7+ Kf6 32. Qe2 $18) 28. Qxa5 Rde8 29. c4 (29. Qxa7 $2 d3 30. Bxd3 Qxd3 31.
Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Qxb7+ (32. Rxe6 Qb1+ 33. Kf2 Qf5+ 34. Kg1 Qb1+ $1 $11) 32... Kf6
33. Rxe6+ Kxe6 34. Qc6+ Ke5 35. Qe8+ Kf5 36. Qe1 $14) 29... R8e7 30. c5 Qc7 31.
Qb4 Re5 32. Bf3 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Rxe2 34. Bxe2 Qe5 35. Qxb7+ Kh6 36. Qb5 Qe3+ 37.
Kh1 Qc1+ 38. Bf1 d3 39. Qxd3 Qxc5 40. Qe4 a5 41. g3 $18) 27... Qxd5 28. Rxe6
dxc3 $2 {The last blunder after which there are no remaining opportunities to
save the game.} (28... Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Kxe6 30. Qe4+ (30. Qa2+ {During the game
I thought this was simply winning, but to my horror I completely forgot about}
Rd5 $11 {in my calculations.}) 30... Kd6 (30... Kf7 31. cxd4 Nc6 32. d5 Ne7 33.
Qe6+ Kf8 34. d6 Nc6 35. Kf2 $18 {This should be winning.}) 31. Qxd4+ Kc7 32.
Qxa7 Nc6 33. Qc5 Rd7 $11) 29. R6e5 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 b6 31. Qa2+ Kg7 32. Re7+ Kh6
33. Qf7 Nc4 34. Qxh7+ Kg5 35. R7e6 Qd3 36. h4+ Kf4 37. Qh6+ (37. Qh6+ Kg3 38.
Qg5+ Kf2 39. Qf4+ Qf3 40. Qxf3#) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
{Diagramm [#]} g6 {Dieser Zug genießt unter den Spielern der Weltspitze eine
hohe Akzeptanz, und bei weißem Maroczy-Aufbau steht der schwarze Läufer auf
g7 auch zweifellos besser als auf e7. Der Zug e7-e6 passt aber gar nicht dazu,
so dass Weiß zunächst die Initiative besitzt. Gegen einen Gegner wie
Nakamura ist das vielleicht nicht die beste Strategie.} 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. h3 {
Nakamura wählt einen sehr selten gespielten Zug.} (10. Rd1 {ist hier der
meistgespielte Zug.}) 10... O-O 11. Rd1 Nfd7 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Be3 Nde5 ({
Ein Computer hätte auch mit} 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 f6 {kein Problem gehabt.})
14. Rac1 Qe7 15. Bb1 Bd7 $6 {Diagramm [#] Zu passiv gespielt.} 16. Nh2 f5 17.
f4 Nf7 18. Qd2 Be8 19. Nf3 Rd8 20. exf5 gxf5 {Diagramm [#] Weiß hat jetzt
deutlichen Vorteil: Auf den offenen Linien im Zentrum kann er mit seinen
Schwerfiguren gleich auf zwei schwache schwarze Bauern drücken.} 21. Bf2 Rc8
22. Re1 ({Hier ging bereits} 22. Nd5 $1 exd5 23. cxd5) 22... Qf6 23. Qe2 Ncd8 {
Verliert die Qualität, doch guter Rat war bereits sehr teuer.} 24. Bh4 Qh6 25.
Be7 Bd7 26. Bxf8 Bxf8 27. Qf2 $2 {Diagramm [#] Positionell war es wohl viel
besser, den Bc4 aufzugeben und stattdessen den Bf4 zu halten.} Qxf4 28. b3 Bg7
29. Ne2 Qh6 30. Rcd1 Nc6 31. Qb6 Nfe5 $2 ({Einfach} 31... Ncd8 $1 {war gut
genug.}) 32. Nh2 $6 (32. Ned4 $1 {hätte Schwarz vor größere Probleme
gestellt.}) 32... Bf8 33. Qxb7 Be7 (33... Qe3+ $1 34. Kh1 Qc5 {Die schwarze
Dame steht gut, die weiße schlecht!}) 34. Kh1 Kh8 35. Ng1 Rg8 36. Nhf3 Be8 ({
Sofort} 36... Ng4 $1 37. Rd2 (37. Qxd7 Nf2+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. g3 Qxg3#) 37...
Nf6 {war eine weitere gute Chance für Schwarz: Die weiße Dame steht
vollkommen im Abseits, während der Anziehende zugleich am Königsflügel mit
seiner Schwäche auf den dunklen Feldern zu kämpfe hat.}) 37. c5 Ng4 38. Rd2
dxc5 39. Bxf5 {Diagramm [#]} Qxd2 $4 (39... exf5 $1 40. Rxe7 Nxe7 41. Qxe7 Nf6
$11 {Vielleicht gefiel diese Stellung mit den vielen schwachen Bauern Shabalov
nicht, aber das Feld e4 für den Springer und die weiterhin vorhandene
Schwäche des Anziehenden auf den schwarzen Feldern hätten ihm genügend
Gegenspiel verschafft.}) 40. Nxd2 Nf2+ 41. Kh2 Bd6+ 42. g3 Bxg3+ 43. Kg2 Ne7
44. Bxe6 (44. Qxe7 $4 Bh4+) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. a3 Be7 13. Qd3 h6 14. Be3 Bd6 15.
Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Ne7 17. Rc2 Qc8 18. Qxc8 Raxc8 19. Rfc1 Bb8 20. h3 Rfd8 21.
Kf1 Kf8 22. Ke2 Nfd5 23. Nxd5 Rxc2+ 24. Rxc2 Nxd5 25. Ne5 f6 26. Nc6 Rc8 27.
Nb4 Rxc2+ 28. Nxc2 Ke7 29. Kd3 Kd7 30. Bd2 Bd6 31. Ne3 Nf4+ 32. Ke4 f5+ 33. Kf3
g5 34. Nc4 Ng6 35. g4 Kc6 36. d5+ exd5 37. Nxd6 fxg4+ 38. Kxg4 Kxd6 39. Kf5
Ne7+ 40. Kf6 d4 41. Bb4+ Kd7 42. Bd2 d3 43. Ke5 Ng6+ 44. Kf5 Nf4 45. h4 Nh3 46.
hxg5 Nxg5 47. Kf4 Ne6+ 48. Ke3 Nc5 49. Be1 Kd6 50. b4 Ne6 51. Kxd3 Kd5 52. Bc3
h5 53. Bf6 b5 54. Ke3 a6 55. f4 Nf8 56. f5 Nd7 57. Ba1 h4 58. Kf3 h3 59. Kg3
Ke4 60. f6 Kf5 61. Kxh3 Nxf6 62. Kg3 Ne4+ 63. Kf3 Nd2+ 64. Ke2 Nc4 65. a4 bxa4
66. Kd3 Na3 67. Bg7 Nb5 68. Kc2 Ke4 69. Kb2 Kd3 70. Bf8 Kc4 71. Be7 Nd4 72. Ka3
Kb5 73. Bf8 Nc6 74. Bd6 Nd4 75. Bf8 Nf3 76. Be7 Nd2 77. Bf8 Nc4+ 78. Ka2 Ne3
79. Ka3 Nc2+ 80. Kb2 Nxb4 81. Bxb4 Kxb4 82. Ka2 a5 83. Kb2 a3+ 84. Ka2 a4 85.
Ka1 Kb3 86. Kb1 a2+ 87. Ka1 a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 {This true Anti-Grünfeld system has one flaw and that
is the one sided setup, that actually hampers the development of the Ng1 to
the natural square f3.} Nc6 4. d5 (4. Nc3 d5) (4. e4 e5) 4... Ne5 5. e4 d6 6.
Nc3 {The system with 3...Nc6 leads to discussion in a position bordering on
the King's Indian and Pirc Defences.} (6. Ne2 Bg7 7. Nec3 O-O 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O
(9. f4 Ned7 10. O-O exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. Bf3 Nc5 13. Re1 {0-1 (32) Nakamura,H
(2710)-Svidler,P (2739) Amsterdam 2009} c6 14. dxc6 Qb6 $1 $36) 9... exd5 10.
cxd5 c6 11. dxc6 (11. Be3 cxd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. Qd2 Bf5 14. Na3 a6 15. Rac1 Rc8
16. Nc2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 $132 {0-1 (69) Postny,E (2578)-Eljanov,P (2655)
Moscow 2006}) 11... bxc6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Nd2 d5 $1 $36 14. Nb3 dxe4 15. Qxd8
Rxd8 16. fxe4 Bg4 $11 {0-1 (29) Mamedyarov,S (2719)-Carlsen,M (2801) Moscow
2009}) 6... Bg7 7. Be2 {The knight on e5 is not stable in the centre and White
will want to push it back to d7 with a timely f4 advance. Nakamura must play
carefully, otherwise Black will have an easy life with counterplay against his
exposed central pawns.} (7. f4 Ned7 8. Nh3 (8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 c6 (9...
e5 $5 10. fxe5 (10. dxe6 $142 $5 fxe6 11. O-O $13) 10... Ng4 11. Bg5 (11. exd6
cxd6 $44) 11... f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qe2 Nde5 15. Rf1 Nxf3+ (
15... Bd7 $44) 16. Qxf3 Qh4+ 17. Qg3 Rxf1+ 18. Bxf1 Qxh2 19. Qxh2 Nxh2 20. Nb5
Bd7 21. Be2 Re8 22. Nxc7 Rxe4 23. Kd2 Ng4 24. Rc1 Nf6 {1/2 (24) Papin,V (2479)
-Danin,A (2469) Lipetsk 2008}) (9... e6 10. O-O (10. dxe6 $142 $1 fxe6 11. O-O
$13) 10... exd5 11. exd5 (11. cxd5 c6 12. h3 cxd5 13. exd5 Qa5 $36 {0-1 (47)
Mohota,N (2324)-Hansen,S (2603) Pattaya 2011}) 11... c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Kh1
Nc5 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Bg1 Rb8 $36 {0-1 (54) Nikolov,M (2549)-Wang Yue (2732)
Zuerich 2010}) (9... Nc5 10. Be3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 e6 12. O-O exd5 13. cxd5 Re8
14. Bd4 c5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. b3 Qa5 18. Rfe1 Ba6 19. Qd2 Rbd8 $11
{0-1 (44) Wiedenkeller,M (2445)-Johansson,M (2265) Sollentuna 1995}) 10. O-O
cxd5 (10... Qb6+ 11. Kh1 Nc5 {0-1 (28) Ward,C (2473)-Conquest,S (2555)
Scarborough 1999} 12. Bc2 $13) (10... Nc5 11. Bc2 Qb6 (11... cxd5 12. cxd5 (12.
e5 Nfd7 13. Qxd5 Nb6 14. Qd4 Bg4 15. Nd5 {1/2 (42) Sokolov,I (2570)-Martinovic,
S (2430) Cetinje 1991} Ne6 $17) 12... e6 (12... b5 $13) 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Be3 {
1/2 (14) Donchev,D (2505)-Ermenkov,E (2420) Sofia 1984}) 12. Kh1 Bg4 13. Rb1
cxd5 (13... a5 14. Be3 Nfd7 15. Qe2 Qc7 {½-½ Vitiugov,N (2709)-Tomashevsky,E
(2695)/Moscow 2011/}) 14. cxd5 Rac8 15. Be3 Qb4 16. h3 Ncxe4 (16... Bxf3 $5 17.
Qxf3 Nfd7) 17. Bxe4 Rxc3 $1 18. bxc3 {1/2 (18) Jussupow,A (2565)-Spassky,B 
(2605) Linares 1983} Qxe4 19. Bxa7 Bc8 $44 {A.Jussupow}) 11. cxd5 (11. exd5 Nc5
12. Bc2 e6 13. Be3 exd5 14. cxd5 Re8 15. Bd4 {1-0 (48) Plachetka,J (2410)
-Polgar,Z (2405) Stary Smokovec 1984} Bd7 $11) 11... b5 (11... e6 $143 12. dxe6
fxe6 13. Bc4 d5 14. exd5 Nb6 15. Bb3 Nbxd5 16. Ne5 {1-0 (39) Melkumyan,H (2642)
-Tikkanen,H (2566) Albena 2012}) 12. a3 Nc5 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. Be3 a5 15. Bxc5
dxc5 16. Nxb5 {1-0 (37) Yang,D (2485)-Bora,S (2195) Wheeling USA 2013} Qb8 $1
17. Ne5 Bxd5 $13) 9... Nc5 (9... e5 $6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. O-O Qe7 12. Ng5 Nc5
13. Qc2 e5 14. f5 $14 {1/2 (52) Richter,M (2482)-Danin,A (2519) Wunsiedel 2012}
) 10. e5 $1 (10. Qc2 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bg1 Rb8 $36 {0-1 (23)
Gretarsson,H (2509)-Navara,D (2710) Reykjavik ISL 2013}) 10... Nfe4 11. Nxe4
Nxe4 12. O-O $13 c6 13. Be3 f5 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Bd3 dxe5 17. fxe5
Bxe5 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Qxe5 21. Qf2 Bf5 22. Bxa7 Rxa7 23.
Qxa7 e3 24. Qb6 c5 25. Qd8+ Kg7 26. Re1 Qd4 27. Qxe7+ {1-0 (27) Stojanovic,M 
(2574)-Popovic,A (2324) Valjevo 2011}) 8... e6 (8... O-O 9. Be2 (9. Nf2 $5 e6 (
9... c6 $143 10. Be3 $1 Re8 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Qd2 e5 13. f5 Nc5 14. g4 $16 {
1-0 (31) Berczes,D (2532)-Papp,P (2307) Budapest 2013})) 9... Nc5 (9... c6 10.
Nf2 (10. Be3 {1-0 (35) Hammer,J (2630)-Tari,A (2216) Oslo 2012} cxd5 11. cxd5
b5 $5 12. Nf2 b4 13. Na4) 10... cxd5 (10... Qb6 11. O-O Nc5 12. Bf3 $5) 11.
cxd5 b5 (11... Nb6 12. a4 Bd7 13. a5 Nc8 14. O-O e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Qb3 $16 {
1-0 (32) Kurnosov,I (2653)-Vokarev,S (2455) Olginka 2011}) 12. Bxb5 Rb8 13. O-O
Nc5 14. Be2 Nfd7 15. Nb5 Qb6 16. Be3 Ba6 17. a4 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bg7 19. Qd2 $14 {
1-0 (45) Wen,Y (2550)-Gopal,G (2562) Ho Chi Minh City 2012}) (9... Nb6 10. Nf2
e6 11. O-O (11. g4 exd5 12. cxd5 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. g5 Ne8 15. h4 Nc7 16. h5
Re8 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Qd3 Qe7 19. Bd2 d5 20. e5 Nc4 21. Nfe4 Nxe5 22. fxe5 dxe4
23. Qxe4 Bf5 $17 {1/2-1/2 (96) Berczes,D (2492)-Xiong,J (2550) Dallas 2015})
11... exd5 12. cxd5 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. a4 (14. Be3 Re8 15. Rc1 Be6 16. g4 Nc4
17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Re1 h5 19. g5 Nh7 20. Qa4 Bb5 21. Nxb5 cxb5 22. Qxb5 Rb8 23.
Qd5 $16 {1-0 (41) Postny,E (2668)-Kobo,O (2466) Graz 2016}) 14... Rb8 15. a5
Na8 16. Qa4 Nd7 17. Qxc6 Nc5 18. Rd1 Nb3 19. Rxd6 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Nxc7 21. Rb1
Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxb2 23. e5 $16 {1-0 (50) Socko,B (2622)-Harikrishna,P (2726)
Porto Rio 2014}) 10. Nf2 e5 (10... Re8 11. O-O (11. Be3 e5 $1 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13.
Qd2 $6 (13. Bd4 a5 14. O-O Nfd7 $1 $14 {/=}) 13... Qe7 14. Bxc5 (14. Bd4 Ncxe4
$1 15. Ncxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxc4) 14... dxc5 15. e5 Nd7 16. O-O-O Nb6 17. Nd5
Bxd5 18. cxd5 f6 $1 $36 {1/2 (26) Ivanisevic,I (2648)-Yilmaz,M (2489) Sarajevo
2011}) 11... e5 12. dxe6 (12. f5 gxf5 13. exf5 Bxf5 (13... e4 $142 $1 $132) 14.
Ng4 Bxg4 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Qd7 17. Rf5 e4 18. Bh6 f6 19. b4 Na6 20. Bxg7
Qxg7 21. Qf4 Nxb4 22. Nxe4 Kh8 $11 {1-0 (28) Ding,L (2654)-Areshchenko,A (2682)
Ningbo 2011}) 12... Bxe6 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Bf3 Bc6 15. Bd2 a5 {[%csl Gc5]} 16.
Rfe1 Nfd7 17. Rad1 Qe7 $6 (17... Bd4 $5 18. Bc1 Qf6) 18. b3 Qf8 19. Nb5 $1 Bxb5
20. cxb5 Qe7 21. Be3 Rac8 22. a3 Ne6 23. b4 $14 {1/2 (41) Grischuk,A (2771)
-Kurnosov,I (2676) Moscow 2010}) (10... c6 11. Be3 cxd5 12. cxd5 b6 13. O-O a5
14. Qd2 Bb7 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. b3 $14 e6 17. dxe6 Nxe6 18. Bc4 Nc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5
20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Ne8 22. Rd3 $16 {1/2 (57) Lupulescu,C (2618)-Safarli,E 
(2626) Al-Ain UAE 2012}) (10... e6 11. Be3 $5 (11. dxe6 Bxe6 (11... fxe6 12.
Be3 Nfd7 13. Qc2 b6 14. h4 e5 15. f5 gxf5 16. exf5 Nb8 17. g4 Nc6 18. Bf3 Nd4
19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Bxa8 dxc3 {0-1 (28) Sethuraman,S (2623)-Sutovsky,E (2623)
Tsaghkadzor 2015} 21. b4 $16) 12. Be3 Re8 (12... Qe7 13. Bd4 Rad8 14. O-O Bc8
15. Bf3 Ne6 16. Be3 c6 17. Re1 Qc7 18. Rc1 Rfe8 19. Qd2 b6 20. Rcd1 Ba6 21. b3
Bb7 22. Qc1 $14 {1-0 (40) Postny,E (2668)-Schreiner,P (2435) Graz 2016}) 13.
Bd4 a5 $11) (11. O-O exd5 12. cxd5 c6 (12... Re8 $5 13. Bf3 h5 14. h3 a5 15.
Re1 Nfd7 16. Be3 b6 17. Qc2 Ba6 18. a4 {1-0 (34) Jones,G (2641)-Andersen,M 
(2461) Reykjavik 2012} Qh4 $13) 13. dxc6 (13. Be3 Nfxe4 14. Nfxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4
Re8 16. Bf3 Bf5 17. dxc6 Bxe4 18. cxb7 Bxb7 $1 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20. Bd5 Rxe3 21. f5
Qh4 22. fxg6 Bd4 $1 23. Kh1 (23. gxf7+ $4 Kf8 24. Kh1 Be5 25. g3 Bxg3 26. Qd2
Bxh2 $19) 23... Be5 24. g3 Bxg3 25. Qc2 Bxh2 26. Rxf7 Be5+ 27. Kg1 Rg3+ 28. Kf1
Qh3+ 29. Bg2 Qe6 $17) 13... bxc6 14. Bf3 (14. Be3 Nfxe4 $1 15. Nfxe4 Nxe4 16.
Nxe4 Re8 17. Bf3 d5 $11) (14. Qc2 d5 15. e5 Bf5 16. Qd1 Nfe4 17. Be3 Nxc3 18.
bxc3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11 {1/2-1/2 (63) Fedoseev,V (2672)-Wei,Y (2638)
Kocaeli 2014}) 14... Qe7 15. Be3 d5 16. e5 Nfd7 17. b4 Ne6 18. b5 Nb6 19. f5 (
19. Rc1 d4 20. Bxd4 Rd8 21. Ne2 c5 22. Bxa8 Nxa8 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Qc2 Bf8 25.
Rfd1 Nb6 $132) 19... gxf5 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. bxc6 Bxe5 22. Nxd5 Qh4 23. g3 Qg5
$13 {1/2-1/2 (48) Grischuk,A (2773)-Giri,A (2686) Wijk aan Zee 2011}) 11...
Nfd7 12. O-O f5 $6 (12... a5 $142 13. Qd2 $14) 13. dxe6 Nxe6 14. exf5 gxf5 15.
Qd2 a5 16. Rad1 Qf6 17. Nh1 Ndc5 18. Ng3 $16 {1-0 (43) Zhao Xue (2497)-Cmilyte,
V (2525) Nalchik 2011}) 11. fxe5 Ne8 12. exd6 Nxd6 13. O-O Qh4 14. g3 Qe7 15.
Qc2 (15. Bf4 Ncxe4 16. Ncxe4 Nxe4 17. Bf3 Nxf2 18. Rxf2 Qc5 19. b4 Qxb4 20. Rb1
Qc5 21. Kg2 Bh3+ 22. Kxh3 Qxf2 23. Rxb7 Rae8 24. Rxc7 Be5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 $17 {
0-1 (32) Laznicka,V (2679)-Salgado Lopez,I (2622) Dubai 2014}) 15... Re8 16.
Bf3 Nxc4 17. Bg2 b6 18. a4 Ne5 19. b4 Na6 20. b5 Nc5 21. a5 Bd7 22. Ra2 Nb7 23.
Ba3 Qg5 $15 {0-1 (113) Stopa,J (2521)-Swiercz,D (2616) Wroclaw 2014}) (8... Nc5
9. Nf2 Nfd7 10. Be3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 e5 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Be2 Qe7 14. O-O b6 15.
Bd4 O-O 16. Ng4 h5 17. Ne3 Bb7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Nc5 21. Bf3
$14 {1-0 (39) Postny,E (2635)-Mikhalevski,V (2530) Acre ISR 2013}) (8... c6 $5
9. Be3 $5 (9. Nf2 Qb6 10. Na4 Qc7 11. Be2 b5 12. dxc6 bxa4 13. cxd7+ Bxd7 14.
Be3 Bc6 15. Bf3 Nd7 16. Rb1 Rb8 17. Qd2 Nc5 $132 {1/2 (51) Goganov,A (2509)
-Timofeev,A (2641) Samara 2012}) {; if now} 9... Qa5 10. Nf2 Nc5 11. Bd4 O-O
12. a3 $1 Ncxe4 $140 $2 13. Nfxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. b4 Nxc3 $2 16. Qd4+)
9. dxe6 $1 fxe6 10. Bd3) (7. Bg5 $6 c6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Rd1 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb4 11. b3
Nfg4 $1 12. Bd4 Bh6 13. Qb2 c5 $17 {0-1 (25) Dreev,A (2683)-Sutovsky,E (2656)
ICC INT 2002}) 7... O-O {An important moment that may become critical in the
future in connection with the possibility of the immediate counterplay against
White's centre.} (7... c6 8. f4 Ned7 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nc5 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Nf3
Na4 13. Nxa4 Qxa4 14. b3 Qa3 15. Bd3 Bg4 16. O-O Bxf3 17. gxf3 cxd5 18. cxd5
Rfc8 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. Bb5 Nb6 21. Kh1 Bb2 22. Rb1 Bc3 23. Qf2 $11 {1/2-1/2 (42)
Martinovic,S (2535)-Schreiner,P (2432) Austria 2015}) (7... e6 8. f4 Ned7 9.
Nh3 exd5 10. cxd5 O-O 11. Nf2 Re8 12. O-O Nc5 13. Qc2 a5 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Bd2 c6
16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Bf3 Rc8 18. Rad1 b5 19. Qb1 b4 20. Nd5 Ncxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxd5
$17 {0-1 (57) Kaufman,L (2347)-Shabalov,A (2520) Arlington 2013}) 8. f4 Ned7 9.
Be3 e6 {The variation is still in the formative period and aprt from the
counterplay with the help of the e-pawn advance Xiong could have thought about
a c-pawn move.} (9... c6 10. Nf3 Ng4 (10... Qa5 11. O-O Ng4 12. Bd4 Bxd4+ 13.
Qxd4 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. h3 $5 (15. Rfe1 a5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Nd4 c5 18. Nc6
Re8 19. Nb5 $16) 15... Ne3 $1 (15... Nf6 16. Nd4 c5 (16... cxd5 17. exd5 $16)
17. Nc2) 16. Rfc1 Nexc4 17. Nd1 (17. a4 Na5 $1 18. Bd1 c5) 17... cxd5 18. exd5
Nxb2 (18... Na5 19. Ne3 $1 (19. b4 Nxd5 20. bxa5 Nxf4)) 19. Nxb2 Nxd5 20. Rc4 (
20. Nd3 Bf5 21. Rab1 $5 b6 22. Nd4 Bxd3 23. Bxd3 Nxf4 24. Ba6) 20... Bd7 21.
Rd4 Nc7 {1-0 (62) Fier,A (2570)-Ftacnik,L (2571) Tromso 2014} (21... Ne3 22.
Bd3 Nf5 23. Rb4 b6 24. Re1) (21... Bc6 22. Bc4 e6 23. Kf2)) 11. Bd4 Bxd4 12.
Qxd4 Qb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. b3 (14. h3 $1 Ne3 15. Kf2 Nexc4 16. a4 Nxb2 (16...
a5 17. b3) (16... Na5 17. b4 Nb3 18. Ra3) (16... cxd5 17. a5 Nxa5 18. Rxa5 dxe4
19. Nxe4) 17. Ra2 N6c4 18. Nd2 $1) 14... f5 15. Nd4 fxe4 16. dxc6 Ne3 17. Kf2
Nf5 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Nd5 Rf7 20. Bh5 bxc6 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Ne3 Be6 23. g4
fxg4 24. f5 $16 {1-0 (63) Vallejo Pons,F (2698)-Grandelius,N (2571) Tromso 2014
}) 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Nh3 (11. h4 b6 12. h5 Bb7 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Qc2 e5 15. f5
Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. g4 Ne8 19. Nf3 Nd6 20. Rh3 Bf6 21. Bd3 Kg7
22. g5 Bxg5 23. Qg2 Nf7 24. fxg6 Kxg6 25. Nh4+ Kf6 26. Rf3+ Ke6 27. Qg4+ Kd6
28. Nf5+ {1-0 (28) De Jong,J (2454)-Wagner,D (2501) Haarlem 2014}) 11... Qe7 {
In a strict sense only this move is a novelty by the talented young American
player. The previously played idea of 11...b6 is anything, but easy for Black
but should probably have been preferred.} (11... b6 12. O-O (12. Nf2 Bb7 13.
Qc2 a6 (13... Nc5 $5 14. O-O Nfd7 {[%cal Rg7c3]} 15. Bf3 a5 $11) 14. O-O-O Qe7
15. h4 Nh5 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. Nh3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nf6 $132 19. Nf2 d5 20. Bd4 c5
21. Be5 Nd7 22. Nd3 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxf4 24. exd5 exd5 25. Rhe1 Re4 $17 {0-1 (37)
Ding,L (2714)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2719) Biel 2013}) 12... Nc5 13. Qc2 a5 (13...
Bb7 14. Bf3 Nfd7 15. b4 $1 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Nxe4 17. Qc2 Ndf6 (17... d5 18. cxd5
exd5 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. Rad1 $18) 18. Ng5 Nxg5 19. Bxb7 Nf7 20.
Bxa8 Qxa8 21. Rae1 $16) 14. Bf3 Rb8 (14... Bb7 $2 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. e5 Bxf3 17.
exf6 $18) 15. Rae1 (15. a3) 15... Nfd7 16. Ng5 Bb7 17. b3 Qe7 18. a3 e5 $6 (
18... h6 19. Nh3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Nxe4 21. Qc2 Ndf6 22. Bd4 d5 23. Nf2 $36) (18...
Ra8 $5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Na6) 19. f5 $1 h6 20. Nh3 gxf5 21. exf5 e4 22. Bxc5
Bxc3 23. Qxc3 bxc5 (23... Nxc5 24. Bh5 Qe5 25. Re3 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 Nd3 27. f6 $16
) 24. Nf2 $6 (24. Bh5 $1 Qe5 25. Qc1 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Qxf5 27. Qxh6 $16) 24... Qg7
(24... Qf6 $5 25. Qxf6 Nxf6 26. Bd1 Kf7 $13) 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27.
Rxe4 $11 {1-0 (43) Grischuk,A (2786)-Navara,D (2703) Rhodes 2013}) 12. O-O b6
13. Bf3 Rb8 {As a consequence of the 11th move Black must be very careful and
is forced to invest a tempo.} (13... Bb7 $2 14. e5 $1 Bxf3 15. exf6 Bxd1 16.
fxe7 $18) 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Rae1 (15. Rad1 $5) 15... Kh8 (15... a5 16. Ng5 $16)
16. Ng5 Bh6 (16... h6 17. Nh3 $16) 17. Nb5 (17. h4 Bg7 18. f5 $14) 17... Bxg5
$6 {The defence was taking a serious toll on Black's nerves and he loses
patience. Objectively best was to find courage for the pawn sacrifice with a
timely 17...e5! with a very limited disadvantage.} (17... c6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 (
18... Bxg5 19. fxg5 Qxd6 20. gxf6 $16) 19. e5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Qd2 Bxg5
22. Bxg5 Qc5+ 23. Rf2 Qxc4 $2 24. Qd6 $18) (17... e5 $1 18. Nxc7 exf4 19. Bxf4
Ne5 20. Nce6 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 h6 22. Nh3 g5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Nf2 $14) 18. fxg5
Ne8 19. Nxa7 Ne5 (19... c6 20. Qb3 Ng7 21. Rd1 Ne5 22. Be2 $14) 20. Be2 Rxf1+
21. Rxf1 Ra8 (21... Kg8 22. Nb5 Ng7 23. b4 $16) 22. Nb5 Rxa2 23. Na3 $1 {
This is not an everyday picture with the black rook getting trapped on a2.
Xiong was probably hoping for tricks against the b2-pawn, but Nakamura
calculates extremely well.} Qg7 (23... Kg8 24. Qb1 Rxa3 25. bxa3 $16) 24. Bd2
$1 (24. Rb1 Kg8 25. Qb3 Rxa3 26. Qxa3 Bxe4 27. Rf1 $16) 24... Nc6 (24... Rxb2
$2 25. Qxb2 Nf3+ 26. Rxf3 Qxb2 27. Bc3+ Qxc3 28. Rxc3 $18) 25. Bc3 Nd4 26. Bd3
{Objectively speaking Black is really doomed without proper counterplay for
the stranded rook. White was spoiled for choice and had really prolems to
guess which line is the best.} (26. Bg4 $5 e5 27. Qb1 Rxa3 28. bxa3 $18) 26...
Kg8 (26... Nxc2 $4 27. Rf8#) 27. Qf2 (27. Qd1 c5 28. Rf2 $18) (27. Qb1 Rxa3 28.
bxa3 Bxe4 29. Re1 $18) 27... c5 28. Bb1 Ra1 29. Nc2 Rxb1 $6 {Black is biting
the bullet and will pay the prize in accelerated fashion. It was somewhat
better to exercise restraint with the rook retreat, but White would be on the
verge of a winning position anyway.} (29... Ra8 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Bxd4 e5 32.
Bxb6 $18) (29... Ra4 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. Bxd4 Qe7 32. b3 $18) 30. Rxb1 Bxe4 31.
Nxd4 Bxb1 (31... cxd4 32. Bxd4 e5 33. Re1 Qb7 34. Rf1 Qe7 35. Bxb6 $18) 32. Nf5
$1 {Nakamura could not resist the temptation, when he discovered this flashy
shot from some distance.} exf5 (32... Qf8 33. Nh6+ $18) (32... gxf5 33. Bxg7
Kxg7 34. Qe2 Be4 35. Qh5 $18) 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Qe3 (34. Qe3 Be4 35. Qb3 $18)
1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Qc2 Nce7 14. Nbd2 c6
15. Nf1 f6 16. Ng3 g6 17. Bd2 Qf7 18. Re1 Ng7 19. h3 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Bf5 21. Bxf5
Nexf5 22. g4 Nd6 23. g5 Re8 24. gxf6 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Qxf6 26. Bg3 Ngf5 27. Be5
Qe7 28. Qe2 Ng3 29. Qc2 Ngf5 30. Qe2 Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 Nc6 8.
Nf3 e5 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. d5 Nb8 11. h4 h6 12. h5 Qd6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Qa4 c6 15.
Rd1 Be7 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. O-O O-O 18. Rfe1 cxd5 19. cxd5 Bd6 20. Nh4 Nf6 21. c4
b6 22. Bf5 Nxh5 23. Bxc8 Qxc8 24. Qc2 f5 25. Bc1 Qd7 26. Bb2 e4 27. Ng6 Rfe8
28. Qe2 Nf4 29. Nxf4 Bxf4 30. Qh5 Qf7 31. Qh3 Bd6 32. Ba3 Rad8 33. Bxd6 Rxd6
34. Re3 f4 35. Ree1 Rg6 36. d6 f3 37. d7 Rd8 38. g3 Re6 39. Kh2 Re7 40. Rd4 e3
41. Rxe3 Rxe3 42. fxe3 Qe7 43. Rd3 f2 44. Qf5 Rf8 45. Qxf8+ Qxf8 46. Rd1 Qd8
47. Kg2 Kf7 48. Kxf2 Ke6 49. Ke2 h5 50. Rd5 g5 51. Kf3 Qf6+ 52. Ke4 Qd8 53.
Re5+ Kd6 54. Rd5+ Kc6 55. Kf5 h4 56. gxh4 gxh4 57. Kg4 a6 58. e4 Kc7 59. Kh3
Qxd7+ 60. Rxd7+ Kxd7 61. Kxh4 Ke6 62. Kg3 Ke5 63. Kf3 b5 64. cxb5 axb5 65. Ke3
b4 66. Kd3 Kf4 67. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 Kh8 13. Rc1 c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15.
Be3 Be6 16. b3 c5 17. b4 Bxc4 18. bxc5 Rc8 19. cxd6 Qxd6 20. Nc5 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1
Bxe2 22. Nxe2 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Ned5 25. Bf2 Nxe4 26. fxe4 Nf4 27.
Nxf4 exf4 28. Kf1 h5 29. Bxa7 Ra8 30. Rc7 Re8 31. Rc4 Ra8 32. Rc7 Re8 33. Rc6
Rxe4 34. Rxg6 Ra4 35. Bf2 Kh7 36. Rg5 Kh6 37. h4 Rxa2 38. Rf5 Ra4 39. Ke2 Kg6
40. Rg5+ Kh6 41. Rb5 Bf6 42. Kf3 Kg6 43. Rd5 Rb4 44. Ra5 Rc4 45. Be1 Rc1 46.
Bd2 Rc4 47. Ra6 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bc2 Be7 11. Qd3 g6 12. a3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14. Re1 Bb7
15. h4 Bxh4 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. Re3 Ne7 18. Rg3 Nf5 19. Bg5 Qh5 20. Bd1 Nxg3 21.
Qxg3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. h3 O-O
9. Re1 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Nh5 14. g3 Kh8 15.
Nbd2 Nf6 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. e5 Ng8 19. Rc1 Nge7 20. Rec3 Rab8 21. Qd1
Nf5 22. Nb3 Qf7 23. Qd2 Rbc8 24. Nc5 Nd8 25. b4 c6 26. h4 Qe8 27. Ng5 Rc7 28.
Rf3 Re7 29. Qd3 Qh5 30. Rf4 h6 31. g4 Qxh4 32. Nf3 Qh3 33. gxf5 g5 34. Nxg5
Qxd3 35. Nxd3 Rg7 36. f6 Rxg5+ 37. Kf1 b6 38. a5 bxa5 39. bxa5 Kh7 40. Nc5 Kg6
41. Nxa6 h5 42. Nc5 Rh8 43. a6 Rf5 44. Rxf5 Kxf5 45. a7 Nf7 46. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Bb3 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. f3 N7c6 11. Kh1 Bb6 12. Na3 Kh8 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Ndb5 Bxe3
15. Qxe3 Qe7 16. Bc2 a6 17. Nd4 c5 18. Ne2 Nac4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Qc1 f5 21. b3
Nb6 22. c4 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bf5 24. Ng3 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Rad8 26. Re1 Rfe8 27. Qd2
Qf8 28. Ng5 Qf6 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Nd7 32. Qe8+ Nf8 33. h3
Kg8 34. Ne4 Qf4 35. Qe7 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qc1+ 38. Kf2 Qb2+ 39. Kg3 h5
40. Nxd6 h4+ 41. Qxh4 Ng6 42. Qe4 Qf6 43. Nf5 Qg5+ 44. Kh2 Nf4 45. g3 Nh5 46.
f4 Qd8 47. Qd5+ Qxd5 48. Ne7+ Kf7 49. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
b4 Be7 9. a3 Be6 10. Nbd2 Rg8 11. g3 Qc7 12. Rc1 O-O-O 13. Qc2 Kb8 14. Nh4 e4
15. Nb3 Bg4 16. h3 Be6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qxc2 19. Rxc2 Rc8 20. Kd2 a5 21.
Rb2 axb4 22. axb4 Ka7 23. Be2 Kb6 24. Bg4 Rc4 25. Rhb1 Ra8 26. Ng2 Bd6 27. Be2
Rcc8 28. h4 Ra3 29. Ne1 Bd7 30. Nc2 Ra4 31. b5 Rca8 32. Bh5 Be6 33. Bd1 Ra2 34.
Rxa2 Rxa2 35. Kc3 Bd7 36. Bh5 Be6 37. Be2 h6 38. Bh5 Ra5 39. Be2 Bd7 40. Bh5
Be8 41. Nb4 Bxb4+ 42. Rxb4 f5 43. Rb2 Rxb5 44. Bd1 Rxb2 45. Kxb2 Bb5 46. Bh5
Be8 47. Ka3 Kb5 48. Be2+ Ka5 49. Bd1 b5 50. Bb3 Bc6 51. Ba2 f6 52. Bb3 Bb7 53.
Ba2 Bc6 54. Bb3 Bb7 55. Bd1 b4+ 56. Kb2 Kb5 57. Be2+ Ka4 58. Bd1+ Kb5 59. Bh5
Bc6 60. Kb3 Ka5 61. Bf7 Bb7 62. Be6 Bc6 63. Bxf5 Bb5 64. Kb2 Ka4 65. Be6 Bc4
66. Bd7+ Bb5 67. Be6 Bc4 68. Bg4 b3 69. Bd7+ Kb4 70. Bc6 Ka5 71. Ka3 Kb6 72.
Ba4 Ka5 73. Bd7 Kb6 74. Be8 Ka5 75. Bh5 Kb6 76. Bd1 Kb5 77. f3 exf3 78. Bxf3
Kc6 79. Bd1 Kd6 80. Bxb3 Ba6 81. Kb4 Bb7 82. Kc3 Ba6 83. Kd2 Bc8 84. Bc2 Bg4
85. Bd1 Bf5 86. Ke1 Be4 87. Kf2 Bf5 88. Kf3 Ke6 89. Kf4 Bd3 90. Bg4+ Kd6 91.
Bf5 Be2 92. Bb1 Ke6 93. Bc2 Bc4 94. Bh7 Bb3 95. Bg8+ Kd6 96. e4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 f5 4. h4 Nf6 5. h5 d6 6. hxg6 hxg6 7. Rxh8+ Bxh8 8.
Bg5 Be6 9. e3 c6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Bf7 12. f4 Qc7 13. Bh4 e5 14. Nh3 O-O-O
15. Ng5 Bg8 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. O-O-O exd4 18. exd4 Ng4 19. Nf3 Re8 20. Re1 Rxe1+
21. Qxe1 Qf4+ 22. Kb1 Qe3 23. Qd1 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Nf2 25. Qc2 Qxd3 26. Bh4 Qxc2+
27. Kxc2 Ng4 28. Kd3 a6 29. b3 b5 30. Ne2 bxc4+ 31. bxc4 Nb6 32. Nd2 Bf7 33.
Nf4 Kd7 34. Nh3 Bg8 35. Nf2 Nxf2+ 36. Bxf2 Nc8 37. Nf3 Nd6 38. Ne5+ Kc7 39. Bh4
Kb7 40. Be7 Ne4 41. Ke3 g5 42. g4 Ng3 43. Kf3 Ne4 44. gxf5 Nd2+ 45. Kg4 Nxc4
46. Kxg5 Ne3 47. a4 Kb6 48. Bd8+ Kb7 49. f6 Nc2 50. f7 Bxf7 51. Nxf7 Nxd4 52.
Nd6+ Kb8 53. Kf6 c5 54. Bb6 Nc2 55. Ke6 Nd4+ 56. Kd7 Nb3 57. Kc6 c4 58. Nxc4
Kc8 59. Ba7 Nc1 60. Ne5 Nb3 61. Be3 Na1 62. Nd3 Nc2 63. Bc5 Na1 64. Kd5 Kb7 65.
Kc4 a5 66. Kc3 Kc6 67. Kb2 Kd5 68. Ba3 Kc4 69. Nc1 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Bg5 exd5 8. cxd5
O-O 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. Ng3 a6 12. a4 Qc7 13. Be2 c4 14. O-O Rb8 15.
Be3 h5 16. Rfc1 h4 17. Nh1 h3 18. g3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra7 Qd8 21. Nf2 Ne5
22. Bd4 Nfd7 23. Qe3 Nc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Qxc5 b4 26. Ncd1 Bd7 27. Qc7 Qxc7
28. Rxc7 Bb5 29. f4 c3 30. Bxb5 cxb2 31. Rb1 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 Rxb5 33. d6 Nd2 34.
d7 Rd8 35. Rxb2 Bxb2 36. Nxb2 Kf8 37. Nfd3 Nxe4 38. Ne5 Ke7 39. Nbd3 Kd6 40.
Rc6+ Ke7 41. Rc4 Nf6 42. Nc6+ Kxd7 43. Nxd8 Rd5 44. Nxf7 Ng4 45. Nfe5+ Nxe5 46.
Nxe5+ Kd6 47. Rc6+ Ke7 48. Kg1 b3 49. Rb6 Rd1+ 50. Kf2 Rd2+ 51. Kf3 Rxh2 52.
Nxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Qe2
bxc5 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bxc3 18. Bxa6 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Qa7 20. Bd3 Qxc5 21.
Ne5 Qd6 22. Qc2 c5 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Rb1 Ra7 25. Rd1 Rc7 26. Be4 Qe7 27. Bg2 c4
28. a4 Rb8 29. Rc1 c3 30. Bf1 Rb2 31. Qd1 c2 32. Qh5+ Kg8 33. Bd3 g6 34. Bxg6
fxg6 35. Qxg6+ Kf8 36. Kg2 d4 37. h4 Qe8 38. Qe4 Qd8 39. Qg6 Qe8 40. Qe4 Qd8
41. Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. c3 a6 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. b4 Ba7 12. Bg5 b5 13. Na5 Qd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. g4 Bg6 16. Qe2 Bb6 17. Nb3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Nh4 c5 20. a3 cxb4 21.
axb4 c5 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Ra1 Ra8 24. Ra2 Bb6 25. Rfa1 Qe6 26. Qc2 Rec8 27. Kg2
Bd4 28. Nxd4 exd4 29. c4 bxc4 30. Nxg6 hxg6 31. Ra4 c3 32. Rxd4 Rab8 33. Ra3
Rb2 34. Qc1 Rb3 35. Raa4 Rb2 36. Rac4 Rxc4 37. Rxc4 Qb6 38. d4 c2 39. Rxc2 Rxc2
40. Qxc2 Qxd4 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qxa6 Qxe4+ 43. Kg1 Qf3 44. Qf1 f5 45. Qg2 Qd1+
46. Qf1 Qd5 47. Qa1+ Kh7 48. Qf6 fxg4 49. hxg4 Kg8 50. Qf4 g5 51. Qb8+ Kg7 52.
Qb2+ f6 53. Qe2 Qd7 54. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Qg6 10. Kh1 Qxe4 11. Nd2 Qg6 12. Nb5 O-O 13. Nxc7 Rb8 14. Bh5 Qf5
15. f4 Ng4 16. Bxg4 Qxg4 17. Nc4 Qd7 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Rad1 Bg4
21. Rde1 Nc6 22. f5 Rbc8 23. Nb5 f6 24. Nbd6 Rc7 25. a4 Bh5 26. Re4 Rd8 27.
Rfe1 Rcd7 28. g4 Bf7 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Kg2 a6 31. a5 g6 32. Rf1 gxf5 33. Rxf5
Rd5 34. Rf3 Kg7 35. Re6 Rf8 36. h3 Nd8 37. Re2 Nc6 38. Re6 Nd8 39. Re7+ Rf7 40.
Re8 Nc6 41. Kg3 Re7 42. Rc8 Rd8 43. Rxd8 Nxd8 44. Nd6 Re6 45. Rd3 Kf8 46. Nf5
Nc6 47. Rd7 Nxa5 48. Rxh7 Rb6 49. h4 Nc4 50. h5 Ne5 51. h6 Kg8 52. Rg7+ Kh8 53.
Re7 Ng6 54. Rc7 Rxb2 55. Rc8+ Kh7 56. Rc7+ Kh8 57. Rxc5 Rd2 58. Rc8+ Kh7 59.
Rc7+ Kh8 60. Rxb7 a5 61. c4 a4 62. c5 a3 63. Ra7 Rd3+ 64. Kf2 Rc3 65. Ra8+ Kh7
66. Ra7+ Kh8 67. c6 Ne5 68. c7 a2 69. Rxa2 Nxg4+ 70. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Qc1 Na5 15.
h4 e6 16. Bf4 Rd7 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qf8 19. Qxf8+ Kxf8 20. h5 exd5 21. exd5
c6 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. d6 Nd5 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Rxd5 b5 26. a4 Kg7 27. Rh4 Bb7
28. Rd1 Bc6 29. axb5 Bxb5 30. Bxb5 axb5 31. Rd5 Ra6 32. Rhd4 Rb6 33. Ne2 Nc4
34. Nc3 Rdxd6 35. b3 b4 36. bxc4 bxc3+ 37. Kc2 Rb2+ 38. Kxc3 Rdb6 39. Rg4 R6b3+
40. Kd4 Rc2 41. Kc5 Rbb2 42. g3 Rb3 43. Rf4 f5 44. g4 fxg4 45. fxg4 Ra2 46. g5
Ra5+ 47. Kd6 Ra6+ 48. Ke5 Ra7 49. Kd4 Rb1 50. Kc5 Ra5+ 51. Kd6 Ra6+ 52. Ke5 Ra7
53. c5 Re1+ 54. Kd6 Ra8 55. c6 Rd8+ 56. Kc5 Rc8 57. Rd7+ Kg8 58. c7 Rc1+ 59.
Kb6 Rb1+ 60. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. O-O Be6 12. Bb5 Na5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. b4 Qb6 15.
Qa4 a6 16. Bd3 cxb4 17. Nd4 b3 18. Rab1 Qc5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qd7 Rf6 21. Be5
Rd8 22. Qa4 Rf7 23. Qg4 Nc4 24. Bd4 Qd6 25. Qh5 h6 26. Qg6 Bf6 27. Rxb3 Bxd4
28. exd4 Nd2 29. Rc3 Nxf1 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Bg6 Qxh2+ 32. Kxf1 Qf4 33. Bxf7 Kxf7
34. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nge2 exd5 8. cxd5
a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Ng3 h5 11. Be2 h4 12. Nf1 Nh5 13. Be3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15.
Nd2 Ne5 16. f4 Ng4 17. Nc4 O-O 18. O-O {Diagramm [#] Schwarz hätte hier den
Le3 schlagen können, doch Kasparov konnte der Gelegenheit nicht widerstehen,
seinen Springer nach g3 zu stellen.} Ng3 $5 19. hxg3 hxg3 20. Bxg4 fxg4 21. Ne4
$1 {Stark verteidigt von Nakamura, der sich bereit macht, seinen Springer für
den Bg3 zu geben.} Qh4 22. Nxg3 Qxg3 23. Qe1 $1 {Der Damentausch ist
unvermeidbar und Weiß sollte danach deutlichen Vorteil haben.} Qxe1 24. Raxe1
Bd7 (24... Rf6 {war am besten.}) 25. Nxd6 Bxa4 26. Bxc5 b6 27. Ba3 (27. Bxb6
Rfb8 28. Bc5 Rxb2 29. f5 $18) 27... Bb3 28. Kh2 (28. f5 $5 g3 29. Rf4 $18)
28... Bxd5 29. Kg3 b5 30. Rd1 Ba2 31. Kxg4 Rab8 32. Bc5 b4 33. Rd2 a5 34. Ra1
b3 35. Re1 Rxf4+ $1 {Kasparov ist hellwach!} 36. Kxf4 Bh6+ 37. Kg4 Bxd2 38. Re7
Bb4 39. Bxb4 Rxb4+ 40. Kg5 Bb1 41. Ra7 a4 42. Ne8 Kf8 43. Nf6 Rd4 44. g4 Rd2
45. Rxa4 Rxb2 46. Rb4 Kf7 47. Nd5 Rd2 48. Rb7+ Kf8 49. Rb8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. O-O Qc8 13. Qc2 Qb7 14. Rab1 axb4 15.
axb4 Ra3 16. Rfc1 Rfa8 17. Ne1 b5 18. Qb2 Ne4 $1 {Ein exzellenter Zug
Nakamuras, der sofort e4 mit dem Springer besetzt, nachdem die weiße Dame das
Feld "freigegeben" hat.} 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Ra1 R3a4 21. Nc2 Nf6 22. Rxa4 Rxa4
23. Ra1 Qa6 24. Rxa4 Qxa4 {Der schwarze Vorteil ist nicht leicht zu verwerten.}
25. Kf1 {Das ist nicht der entscheidende Fehler, aber letztlich wird dieser
Zug zur Ursache für Sos Niederlage.} Nd5 26. Be5 $6 (26. Ke2 {war stärker.})
26... f6 27. Bg3 Nxb4 $1 {Das war nicht leicht zu sehen.} 28. Qxb4 (28. Nxb4 $4
Qd1#) 28... Qxc2 29. Ke1 Bd8 30. Qa3 Qa4 31. Qxa4 bxa4 32. Kd1 Ba5 33. f3 exf3
34. gxf3 Bb4 35. Kc2 Kf7 36. Kd3 e5 37. dxe5 Bxc5 38. e4 a3 39. exf6 {Diagramm
[#] Jetzt folgt ein netter Schlusszug!} Bd4 $3 {Nach 40.Kxd4 a2 kann Weiß
nicht verhindern, dass Schwarz sich eine neue Dame holt.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. c4 d4 8. e3 Nc6
9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Ne8 11. d3 f6 12. Nbd2 e5 13. Ne4 Nc7 14. c5 Be6 15. Nfd2
Bd5 16. Nc4 Ne6 17. Ba3 b5 18. Ncd6 Bxd6 19. cxd6 b4 20. Bc1 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Qxd6
22. Qh5 g6 23. Qf3 Rac8 24. Bh6 Rf7 25. Rac1 Ne7 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27. Rc1 Ne7 28.
h4 Kh8 29. Ba8 Nc5 30. Bd2 a5 31. h5 Kg7 32. h6+ Kh8 33. Rc4 Rf8 34. g4 f5 35.
Bg5 Ne6 36. Bd2 e4 37. dxe4 fxg4 38. e5 Qxe5 39. Qe4 Qxe4 40. Bxe4 Rc8 41.
Rxc8+ Nxc8 42. Bd5 Nc7 43. Bc6 Ne7 44. Bd7 Kg8 45. Bxg4 Kf7 46. Kf1 Nc6 47. Ke2
Ne5 48. Bh3 Ke7 49. f4 Nf7 50. f5 g5 51. Kd3 Nb5 52. Kc4 Nc3 53. Kxd4 Kf6 54.
Bxc3 bxc3 55. Kxc3 {Die Partie sollte remis enden, aber beide Spieler müssen
aufmerksam bleiben.} Nxh6 56. b4 g4 57. Bg2 axb4+ (57... a4 58. b5 Nxf5 59. b6
Nd6 60. b7 Nxb7 61. Bxb7 Kg5 $11) 58. Kxb4 Nxf5 59. a4 Ne3 60. Be4 {Nahezu
jeder andere Läuferzug hätte das Remis gehalten. Jetzt gewinnt Schwarz ein
wichtiges Tempo.} (60. Bb7 Ke5 61. a5 Kd6 62. a6 Kc7 $11) (60. a5 $2 Nxg2 61.
a6 Nf4 62. a7 Nd5+ $19) 60... Ke5 61. Bh1 Kd6 62. a5 Kc7 63. Kc5 g3 64. Kd4 g2
65. Bxg2 Nxg2 66. Ke4 Nh4 67. Kf4 Ng6+ {Dieses Spiel zeigt anschaulich, wie
Caruana einfache Stellungen "verpfuscht" hat.} 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Bb3 Qg6 9. O-O d5 10. Bf4 Bg4 11. Qc2 Bxd4 12. cxd4 N5c6 13. Qd2 Qxe4 $2 {
Eine seltsame Entscheidung Nakamuras, mit der er eine Figur aufgibt.} (13...
Bf3 $5 14. Bg3 Bxe4 15. Nc3 $44) 14. f3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Nxd4 17.
Bxc7 {Schwarz hat nur zwei Bauern für die Figur, und das ist zu wenig.
Kasparov gewinnt die Partie, aber nicht so elegant, wie er es gerne gehabt
hätte.} Kd7 18. Bg3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Nf5 20. Nc3 d4 21. Rfd1 Rhd8 22. Rd3 Kc6 23.
Ne2 Rd5 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. Bf2 Kc5 26. Rc1+ Kb5 27. Rc4 b6 28. Ng3 Nh4 29. Kf1
Ka6 30. Rc7 Rf8 31. b4 g6 32. Ne2 Nf5 33. Nxd4 Nxd4 34. Rxd4 Rf5 35. Rd3 Rf4
36. Rb3 Kb5 37. Rxa7 Re8 38. Rb7 Re6 39. Re3 Ref6 40. Kg2 Rxb4 41. b3 Kc6 42.
Ra7 h5 43. Rc3+ Kb5 44. Re7 Rf5 45. h4 g5 46. hxg5 Rxg5+ 47. Kh3 Rf5 48. Rb7
Ka6 49. Re7 Rbf4 50. Ree3 Kb5 51. Bg3 Rd4 52. Re5+ Rd5 53. Rxd5+ Rxd5 54. Rc4
Rd3 55. Rf4 Rxb3 56. Rxf7 Kc4 57. f4 b5 58. f5 Kd5 59. Rd7+ Ke4 60. f6 Rf3 61.
f7 b4 62. Kg2 b3 63. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Ultimate Blitz Challenge"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.29"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Bc8 8. Bd3
e6 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 c5 14. Nd2 Bb7 15.
Bf3 cxd4 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. exd4 Be7 18. Nhf3 O-O 19. Nc4 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21.
Be3 Nd5 22. Rac1 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Rc1 Qb7 25. Qc4 Nb6 26. Qc7 Qxc7 27.
Rxc7 Bd8 28. Rb7 Nxa4 29. Rxb4 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Muha, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2868"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2016.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bb3 h6 7. h3 d5 8. Nbd2
dxe4 9. dxe4 Qe7 10. Qe2 Rd8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Ng3 a5 13. O-O a4 14. Bxe6 Qxe6
15. Be3 Bf8 16. Qb5 b6 17. b4 axb3 18. axb3 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 g6 20. b4 Kg7 21. Nd2
Qe8 22. Qc4 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Kh2 Bd6 25. Qb5 Na7 26. Qa6 Qb8 27. Nc4 Nc8
28. f3 Nd7 29. Qb5 Nf6 30. Ne2 Na7 31. Qa6 Ne8 32. g4 Nc8 33. h4 Ne7 34. Ng3
Qc8 35. Qxc8 Nxc8 36. h5 b5 37. Na5 Nb6 38. Kg2 Na4 39. Bd2 c5 40. Nc6 cxb4 41.
cxb4 Nc7 42. Nf1 Ne6 43. hxg6 fxg6 44. Ne3 Nf4+ 45. Kh2 Nb2 46. Na7 Nfd3 47.
Nxb5 Bxb4 48. Bxb4 Nxb4 49. Nd6 Nc6 50. g5 hxg5 51. Kg3 Nd3 52. Ng4 Nf4 53. Nc4
Nd3 54. Nge3 Kf7 55. Kg4 Kf6 56. Nd5+ Ke6 57. Kxg5 Ne1 58. Kg4 Nd4 59. Nd2 Nd3
60. Ne3 Ne1 61. Kg3 Kf6 62. Ng4+ Ke6 63. Kf2 Nd3+ 64. Ke3 Nf4 65. Nxe5 Kxe5 66.
Nc4+ Kf6 67. Kxf4 Ne6+ 68. Kg4 g5 69. Ne3 Kg6 70. Nd5 Nd4 71. Ne3 Kf6 72. Nc4
Ke6 73. Nb2 Ke5 74. Nd3+ Ke6 75. Ne1 Ke5 76. Nd3+ Ke6 77. Kg3 Kf6 78. Nf2 Ke6
79. Nh3 Kf6 80. Kg4 Ne6 81. Kh5 Ke5 82. Nxg5 Nf4+ 83. Kg4 Ne2 84. Nf7+ Kf6 85.
Nd6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2016.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 d5 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. c3 O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. O-O-O h6 12. h4 Nd5 13. Qe4 g6 14. Bxh6 Re8
15. c4 f5 16. Qxe6+ Kh7 17. Qf7+ Kxh6 18. h5 Bg5+ 19. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Drozdowski, Kacper"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2856"]
[PlyCount "233"]
[EventDate "2016.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Ne7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. h3 Nbc6 11. Bf4 Bf5 12. Bxf5 Nxf5 13. Qd3 Qf6 14. c3 Nh4
15. Nxh4 Qxf4 16. Nf5 Rfe8 17. Nfd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Re4 20. Rad1
Rae8 21. Qb3 Qd6 22. Qxb7 Rb8 23. Qa7 Rxb2 24. Rb1 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 g5 26. Qb8+
Qxb8 27. Rxb8+ Kg7 28. Rb6 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Re2 30. Rxa6 Rxf2 31. Ra5 Kg6 32. Rxd5
Rxa2 33. Kg3 h5 34. Kf3 Ra3+ 35. Kf2 h4 36. Rd8 Kf5 37. Rd7 f6 38. Rd6 Rb3 39.
Kg1 Rb2 40. Kf1 Rd2 41. Kg1 Kg6 42. Kf1 Kf7 43. Kg1 Ke7 44. Rd5 Ke6 45. Rd8 Ke7
46. Rd5 Kf7 47. Kf1 Ke6 48. Rd8 Kf5 49. Rd6 Ra2 50. Kg1 Kg6 51. Kf1 Kf7 52. Kg1
Ke7 53. Rd5 Ra8 54. Kf2 Ke6 55. Rb5 Ra2+ 56. Kf3 Ra3+ 57. Kf2 Rd3 58. Rb6+ Kf5
59. Rd6 Rd2+ 60. Kf3 Rc2 61. Rb6 Rc3+ 62. Kf2 Kg6 63. Rd6 Kf7 64. Ke2 Ke7 65.
Rd5 Rb3 66. Kf2 Rb2+ 67. Kf3 Rb3+ 68. Kf2 Ra3 69. Ke2 Ke6 70. Rb5 f5 71. Re5+
Kf6 72. Re8 Ra2+ 73. Kf3 Ra3+ 74. Kf2 Rd3 75. Rf8+ Ke6 76. Rg8 Rg3 77. Re8+ Kf6
78. Rf8+ Kg6 79. Rg8+ Kf7 80. Rd8 Ra3 81. Rd6 Ra7 82. Rd5 Ke6 83. Re5+ Kf6 84.
Rd5 Ra3 85. Rd6+ Kf7 86. Rd5 Kg6 87. Rd6+ Kh5 88. Rf6 Ra5 89. Kf3 g4+ 90. Kf4
gxh3 91. gxh3 Ra4 92. Rxf5+ Kg6 93. Rd5 Kf6 94. Kg4 Ke6 95. Re5+ Kf6 96. Re4
Ra8 97. Rf4+ Ke6 98. Kxh4 Rh8+ 99. Kg3 Rg8+ 100. Kf3 Rg1 101. h4 Ke7 102. Ke4
Ke6 103. d5+ Kd6 104. Rf6+ Ke7 105. Re6+ Kd7 106. h5 Rg4+ 107. Kf5 Rd4 108. Ke5
Rd1 109. h6 Rh1 110. Ra6 Rh5+ 111. Kf4 Kc7 112. Kg4 Rh1 113. Kg5 Kb7 114. Re6
Kc7 115. Kg6 Rg1+ 116. Kf7 Rh1 117. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rajarishi, Karthi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2216"]
[BlackElo "2858"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2016.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. Nbd2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 c5 8. Bb2
Qc7 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. c3 d5 11. Qc2 e5 12. e3 Nc6 13. Rfd1 Rad8 14. a3 Rfe8 15.
e4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Nd4 18. Qe3 Nc2 19. Qe2 Nxa1 20. Rxa1 e4 21. Nd2
f5 22. Nc4 Bd5 23. Ne3 Bf7 24. c4 Bd4 25. Rd1 Qe5 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Nf1 d3 28.
Qe3 Qd4 29. Nd2 Qxe3 30. fxe3 a5 31. a4 h5 32. Kf2 Kg7 33. Rc1 Rb8 34. Rc3 Kf6
35. Ke1 Ke7 36. Kd1 Kd6 37. Kc1 Kc5 38. Kb2 Be6 39. Rc1 Bd7 40. Kc3 Rb4 41. Ra1
Bc6 42. Ra3 Rb7 43. Ra1 Rh7 44. h4 Rb7 45. Bh1 Rg8 46. Rf1 Kd6 47. Bg2 Ke5 48.
Bh3 Bd7 49. Rb1 Be6 50. Bf1 Rbb8 51. b4 axb4+ 52. Rxb4 Rxb4 53. Kxb4 Rb8+ 54.
Kc3 Bd7 55. a5 Kd6 56. Nb3 Rxb3+ 57. Kxb3 Kc5 58. Kc3 Bc8 59. Bh3 Ba6 60. Bg2
Bxc4 61. Bh3 Ba6 62. Bg2 Kb5 63. Bf1 Kxa5 64. Bg2 Ka4 65. Bh3 Ka3 66. Bg2 Ka2
67. Bh3 Ka3 68. Bg2 Ka4 69. Bh3 Kb5 70. Bf1 Kc5 71. Bh3 Kd5 72. Bg2 Ke5 73. Bh3
Bc8 74. Kd2 Kf6 75. Kc3 Be6 76. Bf1 g5 77. Bg2 gxh4 78. gxh4 Ke5 79. Bh3 Bd5
80. Kd2 Bf7 81. Bf1 Bg6 82. Bh3 f4 83. Bf1 f3 84. Bh3 f2 85. Bg2 Bf5 86. Bf1
Bg4 87. Bg2 Be2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harutjunyan, Gevorg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2016.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 b5 8. Nxb5 Qb6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Ne2 Rb8 11. Rb1 a6 12. Nbc3 Ne5 13. b3 e6 14. Ng3 exd5 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Nxd5 Qd8 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Be2 h5 19. O-O h4 20. Nh1 Nc6 21. Bd3 Nd4
22. Qe3 Re8 23. f4 Bd7 24. Nf2 Qg7 25. Rbe1 f5 26. Qd2 Bc6 27. Re3 Rb7 28. Rfe1
Rbe7 29. Kh1 Qh6 30. Nh3 fxe4 31. Ng5 h3 32. Rxh3 Qg7 33. Rh7 exd3 34. Rxg7+
Kxg7 35. Rxe7+ Rxe7 36. Kg1 Re2 37. Qxd3 Rxg2+ 38. Kf1 Rxa2 39. Qc3 Bg2+ 40.
Ke1 Re2+ 41. Kd1 Rc2 42. Qe3 Re2 43. Qc3 Rc2 44. Qg3 Rc1+ 45. Kxc1 Ne2+ 46. Kd2
Nxg3 47. hxg3 Bc6 48. Ke3 Kf6 49. Ne4+ Ke6 50. g4 a5 51. Nc3 Bd7 52. Ke4 Bc6+
53. Ke3 Bd7 54. Nd5 Bc6 55. Nc7+ Kd7 56. Nb5 d5 57. f5 gxf5 58. gxf5 dxc4 59.
bxc4 a4 60. Na3 Ke7 61. Kf4 Kf6 62. Nc2 Bd7 63. Ne3 Bc6 64. Nc2 Bd7 65. Ne3 Bc6
66. Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Holt, Conrad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2848"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2016.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3
Nbd7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. b3 dxc4 12. bxc4 e5 13. d5 Bb4 14. e4 Ra3 15.
Nb1 Bxd2+ 16. Nxd2 Ke7 17. h4 Rha8 18. Bh3 Rxa2 19. Rxa2 Rxa2 20. Ke2 Nc5 21.
Rb1 Nh5 22. Kd1 Nf4 23. Bf1 Na4 24. Kc1 Kd6 25. Rb3 h5 26. Re3 f6 27. Rb3 g5
28. hxg5 fxg5 29. Re3 h4 30. c5+ Kxc5 31. Bc4 Ra1+ 32. Kc2 Rg1 33. Bb3 h3 34.
Bxa4 h2 35. Rc3+ Kd6 36. dxc6 bxc6 37. Rxc6+ Ke7 38. Rh6 h1=Q 39. Rxh1 Rxh1 40.
Nc4 Rf1 41. Nxe5 Rxf2+ 42. Kd1 Ke6 43. Nc6 Kd6 44. e5+ Kd5 45. Nb8 Kxe5 46.
Nd7+ Kd4 47. Nxb6 Rxf3 48. Bd7 Rf2 49. Nc8 Ke3 50. Kc1 Rd2 51. Bf5 Ne2+ 52. Kb1
Rd5 53. Bg4 Kf4 54. Bxe2 Rd8 55. Ne7 Re8 56. Nd5+ Ke5 57. Ne3 Kd4 58. Nf5+ Kc3
59. Bh5 Re1+ 60. Ka2 Re5 61. Bg4 Ra5+ 62. Kb1 Ra4 63. Bd1 Rf4 64. Ng3 Kd2 65.
Bh5 Rb4+ 66. Ka2 Ke3 67. Ka3 Rb8 68. Ka4 Rh8 69. Nf5+ Kf4 70. Ng7 Ke5 71. Bd1
g4 72. Bxg4 Rh4 73. Kb5 Rxg4 74. Ne8 Rg1 75. Kc6 Rc1+ 76. Kd7 Rd1+ 77. Ke7 Ra1
78. Kd7 Ra7+ 79. Kc6 Re7 80. Nc7 Rxc7+ 81. Kxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Nf6 4. Bb2 Bg4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nc2 Nbd7 7. g3 h5 8. h3
Be6 9. d3 c6 10. Bg2 Qc7 11. Nd2 O-O-O 12. a4 e4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15.
Bg2 Bxc4 16. O-O Bd5 17. b5 Bc5 18. d4 h4 19. g4 Bd6 20. Qd3 Rhe8 21. bxc6 Kb8
22. f3 Bxc6 23. e4 Qe7 24. Rfd1 Nd7 25. Ba3 Ne5 26. dxe5 Bc5+ 27. Bxc5 Qxc5+
28. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 3rd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leiva Rodriguez, Jeammarco Giuseppe"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Be7 8. e5
Nfd7 9. O-O Qc8 10. a3 Ba6 11. b4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qa6 13. Qxa6 Nxa6 14. Bb2 c4
15. Ne1 f5 16. f4 g5 17. Ndf3 g4 18. Nd2 h5 19. Nc2 h4 20. Ne3 Nc7 21. a4 Kf7
22. Nc2 Rhb8 23. Rfb1 Nf8 24. Rf1 Ng6 25. Bc1 Ne8 26. Nb1 Bf8 27. Be3 Bh6 28.
Nba3 Ng7 29. Nb5 Nh5 30. Nc7 Nhxf4 31. Kf2 Nd3+ 32. Ke2 f4 33. a5 b5 34. a6 Ke7
35. Ra5 fxe3 36. Nxa8 Ngf4+ 37. Kxe3 Nxg2+ 38. Ke2 Ngf4+ 39. Ke3 g3 40. hxg3
hxg3 41. Kf3 g2 42. Rg1 Rf8 43. Rxb5 Ne2+ 44. Kxg2 Rg8+ 45. Kf1 Rf8+ 46. Kg2
Rf2+ 47. Kh1 Nxg1 48. Kxg1 Rxc2 49. Rb7+ Kf8 50. Nc7 Be3+ 51. Kh1 Nf4 52. b5
Nh5 53. Nxe6+ Kg8 54. Rb8+ Kh7 55. Ng5+ Bxg5 56. Rf8 Ng3+ 57. Kg1 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 3rd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Saric, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 Re8 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O Bxf4 11. exf4 Nc6 12. Be3 Ne7 13. f3 Bf5 14. g4 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 Qd7 16. f5 Nc8 17. Bg5 c6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qd2 Nd6 20. Qh6 Qe7 21.
Rae1 Qxe1 22. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23. Kf2 Rae8 24. Qxf6 Nc4 25. Ne4 dxe4 26. Kxe1 e3 27.
Qh6 f6 28. Qxf6 Nxb2 29. Qg5+ Kf7 30. Qh5+ Kf8 31. Ke2 Nd3 32. Kxd3 e2 33.
Qxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 3rd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Chirila, Ioan Cristian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2840"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. Bxc6+ bxc6
8. Qxc6+ Bd7 9. Qxc3 Rg8 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Qc2 Rb8 12. Rb1 Bh3 13. b3 Bg2 14. Rg1
Bxf3 15. exf3 Qd5 16. Qe4 Qa5 17. a4 Kf8 18. Ba3 Bf6 19. Kf1 Qxd2 20. Kg2 Qa2
21. Bc5 Rxb3 22. Rxb3 Qxb3 23. Rb1 Qe6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. Rb8+ Kf7 26. Rxg8 Kxg8
27. Bxa7 Bc3 28. f4 Kf7 29. Kf3 Ke8 30. Ke4 Kd7 31. Bc5 Ba5 32. g4 Be1 33. f3
Bd2 34. h3 h5 35. Ba3 Be1 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. f5 exf5+ 38. Kxf5 Bf2 39. Kg5 h4
40. Kf5 c5 41. Ke4 Kc6 42. Bc1 c4 43. Bg5 e6 44. Bd2 Kc5 45. Bc3 Bg1 46. Ke5
Bf2 47. a5 Kb5 48. Kxe6 Bc5 49. Kd5 Bb4 50. a6 Bc5 51. Bd4 Bxd4 52. Kxd4 Kxa6
53. Kxc4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 3rd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harutjunyan, Gevorg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2836"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Ng3
exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Be2 Ne5 12. O-O Re8 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Qd2 b5 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nxb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Rb8 19. Be2 Qa2 20. b4 Qxd2 21.
Bxd2 cxb4 22. Rb1 b3 23. Nf1 h5 24. Ba5 Rb7 25. Nd2 b2 26. Kf1 Nfd7 27. f4 Ng4
28. Bxg4 hxg4 29. Nc4 Nc5 30. Nxd6 Ra7 31. e5 Rxa5 32. Rxb2 Nd3 33. Rb8+ Kh7
34. g3 Nxe5 35. fxe5 Bxe5 36. Rb6 Rxd5 37. Nxf7 Bc7 38. Rf6 Kg7 39. Rf2 Bb6 40.
Rf4 Be3 41. Re4 Kxf7 42. Rxe3 Rd1+ 43. Kf2 Rd2+ 44. Re2 Rxe2+ 45. Kxe2 Ke6 46.
Kd3 Kd5 47. Ke3 Ke5 48. Kd3 Kd5 49. Ke3 Ke5 50. Kd3 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 3rd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2839"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bg3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. Bb5
Ne7 9. Bd3 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 Nf5 13. Bf4 Ne7 14. a4 a6 15. Bg3
Nf5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. a5 b5 18. dxc5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Nf3 Qe7 21. b4 f4
22. Rfe1 fxe3 23. Qxe3 Qxe3 24. Rxe3 Rfe8 25. Rd3 Nd7 26. Nd4 Ne5 27. Rd2 g6
28. Rad1 Nc6 29. Nc2 Rad8 30. Kf1 d4 31. Nxd4 Nxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Kf8
34. Rd6 Re6 35. Rd7 Bc6 36. Ra7 Bd5 37. f3 g5 38. Kf2 h5 39. h3 h4 40. Rd7 Bc4
41. Rd4 Re2+ 42. Kg1 Re1+ 43. Kf2 Re2+ 44. Kg1 Rc2 45. Rd6 Rxc3 46. Rxa6 Ke7
47. Rb6 Rb3 48. a6 Rxb4 49. c6 Kd6 50. Rb8 Ra4 51. Rg8 Rxa6 52. Rxg5 Rxc6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 3rd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2834"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
c3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4 d5 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. Nf3 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4
15. g3 Qf6 16. Bg2 c6 17. Qf3 Qg6 18. Bf4 Bg4 19. Qe3 h6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Qe7
Qd7 22. Qxd7 Bxd7 23. Re7 Rfd8 24. Rae1 Kf8 25. R7e3 a5 26. Bf1 Bf5 27. Bd3
Bxd3 28. Rxd3 a4 29. Rde3 Ra6 30. R1e2 Rb6 31. Kf1 g6 32. h4 h5 33. Ke1 Rd6 34.
Re8+ Kg7 35. Kd1 Ra6 36. R2e7 Rb6 37. Re2 Ra6 38. R2e7 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 3rd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Tran, Minh Thang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Qc2
Qe7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 h6 11. e3 e4 12. Nd2 d5 13. b3 Re8 14. a4 Qe6 15. Ba3
Nf8 16. Rae1 N8h7 17. f4 exf3 18. Nxf3 Ne4 19. Qc2 Nhg5 20. Ne5 f6 21. Nd3 Qf7
22. Nf4 Bd7 23. Rc1 dxc4 24. bxc4 Bf5 25. Qe2 Rad8 26. d5 Qd7 27. Kh1 c5 28.
Bb2 Re7 29. a5 Rde8 30. Rce1 Nd6 31. Bc1 Be4 32. h4 Bxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Nge4 34. Ne6
Rxe6 35. dxe6 Qxe6 36. Rf4 Nxc4 37. Qa2 Nxe3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 3rd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2016.05.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne2 f6 8. c3 Qb6
9. a3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. g3 O-O 12. Bh3 fxe5 13. Bxe6+ Kh8 14. O-O e4 15.
Ng5 Nf6 16. Kg2 Nd8 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. Nc3 h6 19. Nh3 Ne6 20. Ne2 Rfe8 21. f5
Nf8 22. Nhf4 Bd6 23. b4 e3 24. Qd3 Qc6 25. Bxe3 Bxf4 26. Nxf4 Qc2+ 27. Bf2 Ng4
28. Kg1 Nh7 29. Ng6+ Kg8 30. Qf3 Nhf6 31. Rae1 Re4 32. Ne7+ Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Rc3
34. Qe2 Qxe2 35. Rxe2 Ne4 36. Be1 Rxa3 37. Rc2 b5 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. Rc7 Ngf6 40.
Bf2 a6 41. Rfc1 Rf3 42. Be1 Rxf5 43. Ra7 Ng5 44. Rxa6 Ng4 45. h4 Nf3+ 46. Kg2
Ne3+ 47. Kh3 Ng1+ 48. Kh2 Rf1 49. g4 Ne2 50. Bd2 Nxg4+ 51. Kg2 Rxc1 52. Bxc1
Nxc1 53. Kf3 Nf6 54. Rb6 Nb3 55. Ke3 Ng4+ 56. Kd3 Nf2+ 57. Kc3 Nc1 58. Rxb5
Ne2+ 59. Kd2 Nxd4 60. Rxd5 Ne6 61. Re5 Nd4 62. Kc3 Nc6 63. Re6 Na7 64. Kc4 Ng4
65. Ra6 Nc8 66. b5 Ne5+ 67. Kd5 Nd7 68. Kc6 Nb8+ 69. Kb7 Nxa6 70. bxa6 Nd6+ 71.
Kc6 Nc8 72. Kb7 Nd6+ 73. Kc6 Nc8 74. Kb7 Nd6+ 75. Kc6 Nc8 76. Kb7 Nd6+ 77. Kc6
Nc8 78. Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qf4
h6 15. e5 Rc8 16. Nd2 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 f6 18. Qg4 Nxe5 19. Qxe6+ Rf7 20. Bf5 g6
21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. Bxg6 Nd6 23. d5 Kf8 24. Bxf7 Nxf7 25. Rd1 Qd6 26. h4 b5 27.
Qe3 a6 28. Qa7 Qc7 29. Re1 Qd7 30. Rd1 Kg7 31. Qb8 Nd6 32. Rc1 Nc4 33. Rd1 Nd6
34. Rc1 Nc4 35. Rd1 Nd6 36. Rd3 Kf7 37. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. a3 Be6 11. Be3 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qa4 Bf6 14. Rfc1 Nd4
15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Bxd4 Bxg2 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Kxg2 c6 19. Rc5 Qe7 20. Qc2 Rfe8
21. e3 Qd7 22. d4 g6 23. a4 Re6 24. Rc1 Rf6 25. Re5 Qg4 26. Qd1 Qd7 27. Qe2 Qd6
28. Qc2 b6 29. Qe4 Kf8 30. g4 Qd7 31. g5 Rd6 32. Qf4 Kg8 33. Qe4 Kf8 34. Qf3
Kg8 35. Re4 Rd5 36. Re5 Rd6 37. Re4 Rd5 38. h4 Rf5 39. Rf4 Rxf4 40. Qxf4 Re8
41. Qf3 Re6 42. b3 Rd6 43. Qf4 Qd8 44. Rb1 Re6 45. Qf3 Qd6 46. Rd1 Qb4 47. Rc1
Qd6 48. Rd1 Qb4 49. e4 Qe7 50. d5 cxd5 51. exd5 Rd6 52. Qf4 Qe2 53. Rc1 Rd8 54.
Rc7 Qe8 55. Qf3 Rd6 56. Rc6 Qd7 57. Rxd6 Qxd6 58. Qe4 Kf8 59. Qd4 Ke7 60. Kf3
Kd7 61. Qg4+ Ke7 62. Qd4 Kd7 63. Ke2 Kc7 64. Qc4+ Kd7 65. Kd3 Ke7 66. Qe4+ Kd7
67. Qd4 Ke8 68. f4 Kd7 69. Qc4 Ke7 70. Ke4 Kd8 71. Qd4 Kd7 72. Qc4 Ke7 73. Kd3
Kd8 74. Qd4 Kd7 75. Ke2 Qe7+ 76. Kd2 Qd6 77. Qc4 Kd8 78. Kc2 Qa3 79. Qc3 Kd7
80. Qc6+ Ke7 81. Qxb6 Qa2+ 82. Kc3 Qa1+ 83. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 d4 8. e3 Nc6
9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Ne8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 f6 13. Re1 e5 14. Ba3 Nd6 15. d3
Nf7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. b4 Bd7 19. c5 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qf3 Qxf3
22. Nxf3 b6 23. Rac1 Rfc8 24. Nd2 bxc5 25. bxc5 Ng5 26. c6 Rc7 27. f4 Nf7 28.
Nb3 Rac8 29. Na5 g5 30. Rc4 gxf4 31. gxf4 exf4 32. Rxd4 Ne5 33. Kf2 Nxc6 34.
Nxc6 Rxc6 35. Re7 R6c7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
Bd3 Ne7 9. Qc2 b6 10. Nf3 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nd7 13. e4 O-O 14. Rfe1
Rfe8 15. Rac1 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qd5 17. Nc3 Qd6 18. Qc4 b5 19. Qb3 Nf5 20. Ne4 Qd5
21. Qxd5 cxd5 22. Nc3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Nf6 24. Re5 g6 25. Nxd5 Ng4 26. Re4 Rd8
27. Rxg4 Rxd5 28. Re4 Rd7 29. g4 Nd6 30. Re5 f6 31. Rd5 Rd8 32. g5 Kf7 33. gxf6
Kxf6 34. Ng5 Nf7 35. Nxh7+ Kg7 36. Rxd8 Nxd8 37. Ng5 Nc6 38. Nf3 Kf6 39. Kf1
Ke6 40. Ke2 Kd5 41. Ke3 a5 42. Ne5 Ne7 43. f4 a4 44. a3 Nf5+ 45. Kd3 Ne7 46. h4
Ke6 47. Ke4 Kf6 48. d5 Nf5 49. Nf3 Nd6+ 50. Kd4 Nc4 51. Kc5 Nxb2 52. Ne5 Nd1
53. d6 Ne3 54. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Rc1
Be7 9. a3 b6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bb5 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bb3 Re8+ 15.
Ne2 Bg4 16. O-O Bxf3 17. gxf3 Ra7 18. Rc5 Rd7 19. Nc3 Rd6 20. Rxd5 Nc6 21. Rxd6
Qxd6 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qd8 24. d5 Nd4 25. Qd1 g6 26. Kg2 Nf5 27. a4 bxa4
28. Bxa4 Nd6 29. Qd3 Be5 30. Ne4 Qh4 31. h3 Qf4 32. Nxd6 Bxd6 33. Qxa6 Qg5+ 34.
Kf1 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. a3 e5 10. h3 Bd7 11. O-O h6 12. b4 exd4 13. exd4 Qc8 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 Bf5 16. Qb3 Ne7 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bxb5 Bxh3 19. Re1 Be6 20. Bc4 Bxc4 21.
Qxc4 Qg4 22. Bd2 Nf5 23. Qd5 Rae8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Nh4 27.
Nxh4 Qxh4 28. Kf1 g6 29. a4 Qe7 30. Qa8+ Kg7 31. Qxa7 Bxb4 32. Bxb4 Qxb4 33. a5
Qb1+ 34. Ke2 Qc2+ 35. Ke3 Qb3+ 36. Ke2 Qc2+ 37. Ke3 Qb3+ 38. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bc4 d6 8. b4
Bb6 9. a4 a5 10. b5 Ne7 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Ng6 13. Nbd2 c6 14. Rb1 d5 15.
Ba2 h6 16. Qc2 Be6 17. c4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Qe7 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. c5
Bxa2 22. Qxa2 Qxc5 23. Rb7 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 Rf8 25. Qc4 Rab8 26. Qxc6 Rxb7 27.
Qxb7 Qe2 28. Qb5 Qxe4 29. Qxa5 Ra8 30. Qc7 Rxa4 31. h3 Qd5 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Rb1
e4 34. Ng1 Rc4 35. Qe8 Nh4 36. Rb8 Qd2 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Nh5 ({
In my article published in CBM 154 I examined only} 7... Nb6 {and 6...Nb6.
Later I found out that the move played by Aronian is quite OK, too.}) 8. Bg5 {
White willingly transposes to the Bg5/...Nh5 exchange variation with a clear
tempo down. But since the position is static this is not so relevant given
that he likes playing this structure.} ({Leaving Black with the dark-squared
bishop makes the position double-edged strategically, for instance} 8. Bd3 Nxf4
9. exf4 {Gurevich,M (2610)-Parker,J (2515) England 1998 CBM 068 [Gurevich,M] 
(1-0, 44)}) ({or} 8. Be5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 (9. Nxe5 g6 10. Qf3 f6 11. Nd3 Bd6 12. g4
Ng7 13. h4 Qe7 $13 {Hoelzl,F (2415)-Byrne,R (2530) Vienna 1980 MCL [Dolmatov] 
(1/2-1/2, 44)}) 9... g6 10. Be2 Bg4 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. O-O Be7 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. e4
dxe4 15. Qxe4 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. Qe3 Qb6 $11 {Aleksandrov,A (2591)-Smagin,S
(2605) Germany 2000}) 8... Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 Nb6 ({Usually Black plays .
..g7-g6 now or on the next move, preparing the knight transfer to g7-e6.} 10...
g6 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. h3 (12. Bd3 Bg4 {Huebner,R (2620)-Milov,V (2653) Essen
2000 CBM 077 [Milov,V] (1/2-1/2, 22)}) 12... Bf5 {Just another merit of ...
g7-g6.} 13. Qb3 Nf6 $5 14. Ne5 Nfd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qa3 Qe7 17. Qxe7+ Kxe7
18. g4 {The f5-bishop was irritating, of course, but the last move offers
Black a clear kingside plan.} Be6 19. Bd3 h5 20. f3 (20. g5 h4 21. f3 Rad8 22.
Kb1 Kf8 23. b3 Kg7 24. Kb2 Nc8 {[%cal Gc8d6]}) 20... Rh7 21. Ne2 $6 (21. g5 $1
{is an improved version of the previous line since the rook will have to
return to h8.}) 21... hxg4 22. hxg4 Rah8 $36 {Miroiu,G (2335)-Lupulescu,C 
(2626) Mamaia 2015 (0-1, 25)}) 11. O-O-O Nf6 $5 $146 {As we see, Aronian has
different plans for his knight and kingside structure.} (11... g6 $5 {would
transpose above.}) ({The tempting} 11... Bg4 {ensuring that he gets rid of the
potentially bad bishop is not a one-sided decision. Given he will castle long,
Black will miss an important defender of the b7- and d7-pawns.} 12. h3 ({
White's play was less consistent in:} 12. Re1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 g6 14. Bh3 Qh4 15.
Bg2 O-O-O 16. Kb1 {1/2-1/2 Chekhov,V (2480)-Graf,A (2445) Frunze 1988}) 12...
Bxf3 13. gxf3 g6 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. h4 Kb8 16. Qb3 Nc8 $6 ({Unnecessarily
allowing White to activate his knight.} 16... Rhe8 $5) 17. Na4 Nd6 18. Nc5 {
[%csl Gb7]} Ng7 19. Rc1 h5 20. Rc3 Ne6 (20... Rhe8) (20... Ka8) 21. Qb4 (21.
Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Rxc6 Qf5+ 23. Bd3 Qxf3 24. Rf1 Ne4 25. Rc2 Rc8 $132) 21... Ka8
22. Ra3 Nc8 23. Bd3 Rhe8 24. Rb3 Nd6 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Ra3 {By now it has become
clear that White has excellent attacking chances.} Rcd8 27. Qa4 Nc8 28. Nxb7 $1
Qxb7 {1-0 (34) Kosic,D (2486)-Stojanovic,M (2547) Palic 2014} 29. Rxc6 $40 {
[%cal Ga3b3,Gd3a6]}) 12. Bd3 ({Preventing ...Bg4 with} 12. h3 {allows} Ne4)
12... Be6 (12... Bg4 $5) 13. h3 O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8 15. Nd2 $5 {A slightly
unusual plan in the Karlsbad structure with long castling on both sides.} ({
The standard treatment of this position is} 15. Rc1 Ne8 16. Na4 {for instance}
Nxa4 17. Qxa4 Nd6 18. Rc3 Rhe8 19. Ra3 Nc8 20. Rc1 Qf6 {[%cal Ge6f5,Ye6h3]
Black can strengthen the queenside defence by lifting rooks on the seventh
rank while the threat ...Bxh3 ensures the exchange of bishops with ...Bf5 on
the next move.}) 15... Rc8 16. Nb3 Nfd7 17. Ne2 {Creating the potential threat
Nc5 while bringing the reserve knight closer to the d4-square in view of the
probable ...c6-c5.} (17. f3 {[%cal Ge3e4] can be typically answered in the
same way:} c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Qf2 {[%csl Rb8,Rg7][%cal Gf2g3]}
Ka8 21. g4 Rhc8 22. Nb5 Bd7 23. Nd4 Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 {[%cal Gc4c3]} 25. Ne2 b5
$132) 17... c5 {Crossing White's intentions radically.} ({Actually there was
no need to hurry with this. Black could have tried obtaining a favourable
kingside structure.} 17... h5 18. h4 {From the static point of view the right
answer, but the hanging h4-pawn and the weakening of the g4-square offer Black
some help in specific lines.} (18. Rc1 h4 19. Rhe1 g5 20. Ng1 f6 21. Nf3 Rhe8
$132) (18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Nd7 20. b4 Ne5 21. Nd4 h4 $132) 18... c5 {The
fact is that if White will have problems fighting for the c-file with his
h4-pawn hanging.} 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. Qd2 Rhc8 22. Nd4 Bg4 23. Rde1
(23. f3 Bd7 {[%csl Ge3,Gh4]}) 23... Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. f3 (25. Qc3 Qe4+ 26.
Qc2 Bf5 $11) 25... c3 $5 {Not the only good move of course.} 26. bxc3 Bd7 27.
Rc1 Ba4 $44) 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Rxc5 20. Qd2 Rhc8 {In principle this
version of Isolani, with light-squared bishops and a firm white control of d4,
should favour White. But with the king on the queenside, somewhat exposed to
the threat ...Nc4 things are not one-sided.} 21. Nd4 Nc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 {
The structure has changed but the d4-knight still occupies a dominating
position. On the other hand, White needs to remove it from the outpost in
order to activate his major pieces. On top, he has to block the c4-pawn. In
principle it is mainly White who can try playing for a win, but his chances of
achieving anything concrete are slim.} 23. Qc3 Bd7 24. f3 f5 25. Rhe1 Rd5 {
This allows White to open the centre with some slight initiative.} (25... Re5 {
was safer, when White should look for chances with} 26. g4 $5) 26. e4 fxe4 27.
fxe4 Re5 28. Nf5 Bxf5 29. exf5 Rxe1 $6 {Another slight concession, helping
White develop his initiative.} ({True, keeping the tension with} 29... Re8 $2 {
loses a pawn:} 30. Rxe5 Qxe5 31. Rd8+ Kc7 32. Rxe8 Qxe8 33. Qxc4+ $16) ({But} 
29... Re4 $5 30. g4 Rd8 {(!!) allows Black to keep his centralised position
for instance} 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Rxe4 Qd1+ 33. Qc1 Qd3+ 34. Qc2 Qf1+ {with a
draw.}) 30. Rxe1 Qd7 {The structure is almost perfectly symmetrical, with the
important difference that White can advance his majority without weakening his
king.} 31. g4 $14 a6 32. a3 Ka8 33. Ka2 h5 34. Re6 hxg4 35. hxg4 Qd1 36. Re4
Qd7 37. Qd4 $5 {Facing Black with an interesting psychological dilemma.} Qc7 ({
The endgame arising after} 37... Qxd4 38. Rxd4 {seems to be less dagerous than
it looks at first sight.} Rc7 (38... c3 39. bxc3 Rxc3 40. Rd7 $18) 39. Rd6 Ka7
40. Kb1 b5 41. Kc2 a5 42. Kc3 Kb7 $14 {White has space advantage and a
threatening kingside majority, but cannot activate his king without losing his
control over the black majority.} 43. Rg6 (43. g5 Rc5 $11) (43. Rd5 Kc6 $11)
43... Ka7 44. g5 Kb7 {Black should simply wait} 45. f6 gxf6 46. gxf6 {Things
look dangerous for Black in view of the threat Rg7 but} Rc5 $1 {[%cal Gc5f5]
should hold without problems.}) 38. Qe3 Qd6 39. Qd4 Qc7 40. Re6 {White seems
to have increased his domination, but in fact Black's forrtress is quite solid.
} Rd8 $2 {A careless move and the more or less decisive mistake.} ({Black
should just mark time with} 40... Qg3 {[%csl Gb3]} 41. Re3 Qc7 $14) 41. Qe4 $16
{[%cal Ge6a6,Ge6e7,Re4a8]} Rc8 (41... Ka7 42. Re7 Rd7 (42... Qb6 43. Qxc4 $16)
(42... Qc8 43. Rxg7 $18) 43. Rxd7 Qxd7 44. Qxc4 $16 {with good winning chances.
}) 42. Rxa6+ Kb8 43. Re6 c3 {This is not dangerous for White since he can
exchange queens immediately.} 44. bxc3 Qxc3 45. Qe5+ Qxe5 46. Rxe5 Rc4 47. g5 {
Unlike in the endgame examined above, White can activate his king since there
is no majority to keep under control anymore.} Ka7 (47... Rf4 48. g6 Ka7 49.
Kb3 (49. Re7 $2 Rxf5 50. Rxg7 Rg5 {is drawn.}) 49... Ka6 50. Kc3 {and White
should win.}) 48. Kb3 Rc1 49. g6 Ka6 (49... Rf1 50. Kc4 $18) 50. Re7 Rc5 51.
Rxg7 Rxf5 52. Rf7 Rg5 53. g7 {With the pawn on the seventh rank defended from
the side the game is over.} b5 54. Kc3 Rg4 55. Kd3 Ka5 56. Ke3 Rg1 57. Ke4 Ka4
58. Ra7+ Kb3 59. Kf5 Rxg7 {This desperate counterplay is too slow of course.}
60. Rxg7 Kxa3 61. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2016.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. e3 d4 8. exd4
cxd4 9. d3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. Nbd2 e5 12. Ne4 Re8 13. a3 a5 14. Rb1 h6 15. g4
Nf8 16. g5 hxg5 17. Nexg5 Bf5 18. c5 Ng6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Qd7 21. Re1 Bf8
22. Qc2 b5 23. Qb3 Ra6 24. h4 Bg4 25. Re4 Bf5 26. Re1 Bg4 27. Re4 Nd8 28. Bd2
Kh8 29. h5 Bxh5 30. Bh3 f5 31. Kg2 Nf4+ 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Rxf4 g6 34. Rxd4 Qb7
35. Qd5 Qxd5 36. Rxd5 Nc6 37. Nd4 Nxd4 38. Rxd4 Kg7 39. Rc1 Re7 40. c6 Kf6 41.
f4 Rc7 42. Nh7+ Kg7 43. Rd7+ Rxd7 44. cxd7 Be7 {Diagramm [#] Weiß hatte in
dieser Stellung allerbeste Perspektiven, doch die Partie entgleitet ihm in der
Folge total.} 45. Re1 $2 ({Mit} 45. Rc7 $1 {hätte Caruana wohl sogar gewonnen.
}) 45... Kf7 46. Ng5+ Bxg5 47. fxg5 Rd6 48. Re5 Rxd7 49. Rxb5 Rxd3 50. Rb6 Bf3+
51. Kh2 Be4 52. Bf1 Rd1 53. Bc4+ Kg7 {Diagramm [#] Die Stellung ist vollkommen
ausgeglichen...} 54. b5 $4 {... und dann das! Nakamura riecht den Braten
sofort:} (54. Kg3 $1) 54... f4 $1 55. Kh3 Bf3 $1 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Nxg5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Kg7 12. Qf3 Rh8 13. Nd2 Kg6 14. h4 Bg4 15.
Bxf6 Qd7 16. Qg3 Kxf6 17. d4 exd4 18. e5+ Ke7 19. Ne4 Rag8 20. Nf6 Qf5 21. Bd3
Qe6 22. b4 Ba7 23. c4 Nxe5 24. Nxg8+ Rxg8 25. Rae1 Kf8 26. f4 Bh5 27. Qxg8+
Kxg8 28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Rf5 Bg6 30. Rfxe5 Qf6 31. Re8+ Kg7 32. Bxg6 d3+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 c6 14. f4 Bf6
15. Bc5 Be7 16. Bd4 Bf6 17. Bc5 Be7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qd4 Nd5 20. f5 Nxc3 21.
bxc3 Bxa2 22. f6 gxf6 23. Ra1 Bd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rxf6 Qe4 26. Qd2 Rae8 27.
Rxa5 Qe3+ 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Rxd5 Rxe2 30. Rg5+ Kh8 31. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qd3 c5 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc6 18. Qc5 Qa5 19. Ne4 Rfd8 20. Qxa5 Nxa5
21. Nc5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 h6 23. Rd7 b5 24. b3 Rc8 25. Nxa6 bxa4 26. bxa4 Rc4 27.
Ra7 Rxa4 28. Nc5 Ra1 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. Nd7 g5 31. Ne5 Nb3 32. Rxa1 Nxa1 33. Nxf7
Kg6 34. Nd6 Nb3 35. g4 Nd2 36. h3 Kf6 37. f3 Ke5 38. Nf7+ Kf6 39. Nd8 Ke7 40.
Nc6+ Kd6 41. Nb4 Ke5 42. Kf2 Nc4 43. Nc6+ Kd6 44. Nd4 Ke5 45. e3 Kd5 46. Ke2
Ne5 47. Nb5 Kc6 48. Nc3 Kd6 49. Ne4+ Ke7 50. f4 gxf4 51. exf4 Nc6 52. Ke3 Kf7
53. h4 h5 54. g5 Ne7 55. Nd6+ Kf8 56. Ke4 Ng6 57. f5 exf5+ 58. Nxf5 Kf7 59. Kd5
Nf4+ 60. Ke5 Ng6+ 61. Ke4 Ke6 62. Nd4+ Kf7 63. Nf3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2
h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Ne5 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Na4 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rc8 18. Rfe1 Qf6 19. Rad1 Bg4 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8
21. Qxc6 Rc8 22. Qa6 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Qxa6 24. Bxa6 Bxd1 25. Bxc8 Bxa4 26. Bb7 Kf8
27. Bxd5 Ke7 28. Kf2 f5 29. Ke3 g5 30. Bb7 Kd6 31. b3 Bd7 32. Bf3 Be6 33. Kd3
Bf7 34. Kc3 h5 35. a4 g4 36. Bb7 Kc7 37. Ba8 Kb8 38. Bc6 Kc7 39. Bb5 Bd5 40.
Bf1 Kd6 41. b4 f4 42. gxf4 h4 43. f5 Ke7 44. Kd3 Kf6 45. Ke3 Kxf5 46. b5 g3 47.
a5 Kg5 48. Be2 Bxg2 49. Bf3 Bf1 50. b6 axb6 51. axb6 Ba6 52. b7 Bxb7 53. Bxb7
h3 54. Kf3 g2 55. Kf2 Kf4 56. Ba8 Kf5 57. Bc6 Kf4 58. Bb7 Kf5 59. Bc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 a6 8. Ba4
h6 9. Bh4 b5 10. Bc2 g5 11. Bg3 d6 12. Nbd2 Bb6 13. a4 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Kh1 Kg7 16. Re1 Nh7 17. Nf1 h5 18. h4 g4 19. N3h2 Ne7 20. d4 Ng6 21. Ne3 Be6
22. Nf5+ Kh8 23. f3 exd4 24. cxd4 Bxf5 25. exf5 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Ngf8 27. fxg4
hxg4 28. Nxg4 Nf6 29. Qd1 Nxg4 30. Qxg4 Qf6 31. Rd1 Nh7 32. Bf2 Qh6 33. Kg1 Rg8
34. Qf3 Nf6 35. Bb3 Rg7 36. Re1 Qd2 37. Qe2 Qf4 38. d5 Ng4 39. Bxb6 Qh2+ 40.
Kf1 Qh1+ 41. Bg1 Nh2+ 42. Kf2 Rxg2+ 43. Ke3 Rxe2+ 44. Kxe2 Qf3+ 45. Kd2 Qxb3
46. Bd4+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Ng3 Re8 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Nc6 12. b4 Bb6 13. Nce2 d4 14. e4 Ne5
15. Bf4 Nfg4 16. h3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. f4 Re8 20. f5 Bd7 21.
Kh1 Rc8 22. Rf4 Qg5 23. Rg4 Qe3 24. Qxe3 dxe3 25. Nh5 Bb5 26. Rxg7+ Kh8 27.
Rxf7 Bxe2 28. Nf6 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Bxc7 30. Nxe8 Bg3 31. e5 Bb5 32. Nd6 Bd3 33.
Nxb7 e2 34. e6 Bxf5 35. e7 Bg6 36. b5 Kg8 37. a4 Kf7 38. a5 Bc2 39. Nc5 Kxe7
40. b6 axb6 41. axb6 Kd6 42. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Be2 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 e5 14. O-O exd4
15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Bf3 Re8 17. Qc5 Qxc5 18. Rxc5 Bg4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. b4 Nf6 21.
Rc2 Re5 22. Rb1 Rd8 23. g3 h5 24. a4 g6 25. a5 a6 26. Rc5 Re7 27. Rc2 Rd5 28.
Rc5 Rxc5 29. bxc5 Ne4 30. Nb3 Nc3 31. Rb2 Rd7 32. Rd2 Re7 33. Rd3 Nd5 34. Kf1
f5 35. Nd2 Kf7 36. Nc4 Ke6 37. Ke2 Rd7 38. f3 Nf6 39. Rd6+ Rxd6 40. Nxd6 Kd5
41. Nxb7 Nd7 42. e4+ fxe4 43. fxe4+ Kxe4 44. Nd6+ Kd5 45. Ne8 Nxc5 46. Ke3 Ne6
47. Nf6+ Kd6 48. h4 c5 49. Ke4 c4 50. Ne8+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
Qe2 Re8 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 a5 11. a4 Be7 12. O-O c5 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. Nf5 Ng6 15.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. b3 b6 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 f5 19. Bg3 fxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxe4 21.
dxe4 Re7 22. Rfe1 Bb7 23. Rad1 Rae8 24. e5 Nf8 25. Rd2 Ne6 26. Red1 Be4 27. Bf2
Rf7 28. Re1 Bc6 29. Be3 h6 30. h4 Bb7 31. Rf2 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 Rf8+ 33. Kg3 Be4
34. Re2 Bd5 35. Na3 Rf5 36. Bg1 Bb7 37. Nb5 Ba6 38. Bh2 Bxb5 39. axb5 h5 40.
Kh3 Kf7 41. Rd2 Ke7 42. g4 Rf3+ 43. Bg3 Nf4+ 44. Kh2 hxg4 45. Bxf4 Rxf4 46. Kg3
Re4 47. h5 c4 48. bxc4 Rxc4 49. Rd3 a4 50. Kh4 Rxc2 51. Kxg4 Rc5 52. Kf5 Rxb5
53. Rg3 Kf8 54. Rd3 Ra5 55. Rd8+ Ke7 56. Rg8 a3 57. Rxg7+ Kf8 58. Rg1 a2 59.
Ra1 b5 60. Ke4 b4 61. Kd4 c5+ 62. Kc4 Ra3 63. h6 Rc3+ 64. Kd5 b3 65. e6 b2 66.
h7 Rh3 67. Rf1+ Ke8 68. Rg1 b1=Q 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 Nd5 9. a3 Nxc3 10. Qd2 Ne2 11. axb4 Nxf4 12. exf4 Bb7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O
Nb6 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Rfd1 Rfb8 17. Rac1 Qd5 18. Bf1 h6 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Rxc4
Qd6 21. Rc5 Bd5 22. b5 c6 23. bxc6 Bxc6 24. b4 Bd5 25. b5 Rb7 26. Rdc1 Rd8 27.
Qe3 Rbd7 28. Qe5 Qxe5 29. dxe5 g5 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Rc7 Kg7 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33.
Ra1 Kg6 34. g4 Bf3 35. h3 Rd2 36. Ra3 Bd5 37. Ra1 Bf3 38. Ra3 Bd5 39. f3 f5 40.
exf6 Kxf6 41. Rxa7 Bxf3 42. Ra3 Bd5 43. Rc3 Rb2 44. Rc1 Ke5 {Diagramm [#]
Carlsen hatte einen Bauern weniger, aber dafür die viel bessere
Figurenstellung. Man ahnt bereits nach einem flüchtigen Blick auf die
Stellung: Das war nicht ungefährlich für Nakamura.} 45. Re1+ $2 {Ein Fehler,
der den schwarzen König nur tiefer in die weiße Stellung hineinlässt.} ({
Weiß musste mehr Druck machen, z.B.:} 45. Bc4 Be4 46. Re1) 45... Kf4 46. Rd1
Kg3 47. Re1 Rb3 48. Rd1 Bf3 $1 {Diagramm [#] Das ist der richtige Plan!} 49.
Re1 Bd5 {... was Carlsen selber noch nicht glaubt!} 50. Rd1 Rb2 51. Re1 Kf4 (
51... Bf3 $1 52. Rxe6 $4 Rh2) 52. Rd1 Bf3 53. Rd4+ Kg3 54. Rd3 e5 55. Ra3 e4
56. b6 Rxb6 57. Ra2 Rb1 58. Ra3 Kf4 59. Ra2 e3 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. Be2
c6 9. Qc2 f5 10. Ne5 Bf6 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. f3 Ng5 13. Bd3 Nf7 14. O-O g6 15.
Rad1 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. e4 fxe4 18. fxe4 Qe7 19. exd5 Qxc5+ 20. Kh1 cxd5 21.
Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Bxe5 Rac8 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Bc6 25. Rfe1 Qg5 26. Be4 Bxe4 27.
Qxe4 Rc7 28. c4 Rcf7 29. h3 Qg3 30. c5 Kg7 31. Qd4+ Kh6 32. Qd2+ Qg5 33. Qxg5+
Kxg5 34. Rb1 Rc7 35. Re5+ Rf5 36. Re4 Rfxc5 37. Kh2 h5 38. a4 Rc2 39. Rb3 Kh6
40. Re6 R2c6 41. Rxb7 Rxe6 42. Rxc7 Ra6 43. Rc4 Kg5 44. Kg3 Kf5 45. Kh4 Ra5 46.
Rb4 Kf6 47. Kg3 g5 48. Kf3 Rf5+ 49. Ke3 Re5+ 50. Kd3 h4 51. Rg4 Kf5 52. Rb4 Re1
53. Rb5+ Kf4 54. Rb4+ Kf5 55. Rb5+ Kf4 56. Rb4+ Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qd3 c5 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Nbd7 16. Rac1 Qa5 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qf3 Qb4 19. Rc2 Rac8 20. Rcd2 h6
21. h3 Rc7 22. e3 Rfc8 23. Qe2 Qb6 24. Nf3 Rc5 25. e4 e5 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. exd5
{Diagramm [#]} Bd6 (27... f6 $1 28. d6 Bf8 29. d7 Rd8 $11 {Die Frage, ob der
Bd7 letztlich eine Stärke oder eine Schwäche sein würde, hätte sich
weiteren Verlauf der Partie erst noch entscheiden müssen.}) 28. Nxe5 R5c7 29.
Ng4 Qb3 30. Ne3 Qxa4 31. Nf5 Qd7 32. Qg4 g6 33. Nxh6+ Kg7 34. Qh4 Be7 35. Qd4+
{Diagramm [#]} Bf6 $2 {Ein Fehler, von dem sich Schwarz nie wieder richtig
erholen sollte.} 36. Qe3 Re8 37. Qf4 g5 38. Qf3 Kg6 39. Ng4 {Jetzt ist der
weiße Vorteil offensichtlich: Der Anziehende hat einen gesunden Mehrbauern
und die luftige schwarze Königsstellung gibt es als Bonus noch dazu.} Bg7 40.
d6 Rc5 41. Rd5 Rxd5 42. Rxd5 f5 43. Ne3 Re5 44. g4 f4 45. Nc4 Rxd5 46. Qxd5
Bxb2 47. Nxb2 Kf6 48. Nc4 b5 49. Qe5+ Kf7 50. Nb6 Qc6+ 51. Nd5 Qb7 52. Qf5+ Ke8
53. Qe6+ Kd8 54. h4 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd7 12. O-O dxc4 13. Rxc4 e5 14. Bc2 Nb6
15. Rc5 Nd7 16. Rc3 exd4 17. exd4 Nf6 18. Re1 Qd6 19. Ne5 Rd8 20. Bb3 Nd5 21.
Rf3 f6 22. Nc4 Qf8 23. Qd3 Re8 24. Ne3 Kh8 25. h3 Be6 26. Bc2 Bg8 27. a3 Rad8
28. Rf1 Nxe3 29. fxe3 c5 30. Kh1 cxd4 31. exd4 Rd6 32. Rf4 Rc8 33. Bb1 Rc7 34.
Re1 Re7 35. Rfe4 Rxe4 36. Qxe4 Re6 37. Qh4 Rxe1+ 38. Qxe1 Bd5 39. Bg6 Qd8 40.
Kg1 Kg8 41. h4 Kf8 42. Qc3 b6 43. Kf2 Qd7 44. Qb4+ Qe7 45. Qc3 Qd7 46. Qe3 Qe7
47. Qf4 Qd8 48. g3 Ke7 49. Qe3+ Kd6 50. Qf4+ Ke7 51. Qe3+ Kd6 52. Qd2 Kc7 53.
Qf4+ Qd6 54. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Qxc4 Be6 14.
Qd3 Rad8 15. Qe3 Qh5 16. f3 Bc4 17. Nc3 Rfe8 18. g4 Qg6 19. Qf2 Nd5 20. Nxd5
Rxd5 21. Re1 h5 22. g5 f6 23. h4 Rde5 24. e4 f5 25. Bf4 R5e7 26. Rac1 Bxa2 27.
Qxa7 Bf7 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Qxc7 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. fxe4 Qxe4 32. Qe5 Qf3
33. Bg3 Bd5 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. g6+ Kh6 36. Qh8+ Kxg6 37. Qe8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c6 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bf5 5. e3 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Qxd7 7. Be2 e6 8. d3
Nf6 9. Nd2 Qc7 10. Nf3 Bb4+ 11. c3 Be7 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. h3 Nd7 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15.
Qc2 a5 16. c4 Bb4+ 17. Kf1 O-O 18. h4 Be7 19. h5 gxh5 20. Rxh5 Bf6 21. g4 g6
22. Rh3 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Qe5 24. Qxe5 Nxe5 25. f4 Nd7 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Ke1 Kg7
28. Kd2 Rac8 29. g5 Rh8 30. Rxh8 Kxh8 31. Rb1 Kg7 32. b4 axb4 33. Rxb4 Nc5 34.
Rb5 Kf8 35. Bf3 Rc7 36. d4 Nd7 37. Be2 Ke7 38. Ra5 Nb6 39. Ra7 Nc8 40. Ra3 Nd6
41. Bd3 Nc4+ 42. Bxc4 Rxc4 43. Rb3 Rc7 44. a4 Kd7 45. Rb5 Kd6 46. Kd3 Kd7 47.
a5 Kd6 48. e4 dxe4+ 49. Kxe4 Rd7 50. Rc5 Rd8 51. Rb5 Rd7 52. Rb1 Rc7 53. Rb6+
Ke7 54. Ke5 Rd7 55. Rb5 Rc7 56. d5 exd5 57. Kxd5 f6 58. Rb6 Rd7+ 59. Kc5 fxg5
60. fxg5 Kf7 61. Rf6+ Kg7 62. Rd6 Re7 63. Kb6 Kf7 64. Rf6+ Kg7 65. Rf1 Re5 66.
Ra1 Rxg5 67. Kxb7 Rb5+ 68. Kc6 Rb8 69. a6 Kf6 70. a7 Ra8 71. Kb7 Rxa7+ 72. Kxa7
Ke5 73. Kb6 g5 74. Kc5 g4 75. Re1+ Kf4 76. Kd4 g3 77. Rf1+ Kg4 78. Ke3 Kh3 79.
Ra1 Kh2 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. d4 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bf6 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4
15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 Bb7 17. Rc7 Rab8 18. Rfc1 a5 19. h4 Bd5 20. Bb5 Rfd8 21.
f3 Ba8 22. Bd7 Kf8 23. Kf2 Bd5 24. Ke3 b5 25. R1c5 a4 26. Bxb5 axb3 27. axb3
Bxb3 28. Ra7 Bd5 29. Ba4 Ra8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Bc6 Bxc6 32. Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1
c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. b4 Nd7 14. Bd3
Nc6 15. a3 Nce5 16. Bb1 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 b6 18. Be4 Rb8 19. f4 Nf6 20. Bf3 Bb7
21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Ke2 Kf8 23. Nb5 Rbd7 24. Rhd1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxd1 26. Kxd1 a5
27. bxa5 bxa5 28. Nd4 Ke8 29. Nb3 Ne4 30. f3 Nc3+ 31. Kc2 Nd5 32. Kd3 a4 33.
Nc5 Nb6 34. e4 Ke7 35. h4 f6 36. Kd4 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. fxg5 e5+ 39. Kc3 fxg5
40. Kb4 Kd6 41. Nxa4 Nd7 42. Nb2 Kc6 43. Nc4 Kb7 44. Kb5 g4 45. fxg4 Nf6 46.
Nd6+ Kc7 47. g5 Nh5 48. Nc4 Ng3 49. g6 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 h6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
e6 9. O-O Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Bxd2 13. dxe6 Ba5 14. Qb3 Qc7
15. Ne5 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kh7 17. Qg6+ Kg8 18. Qe6+ Kh7 19. Qg6+ Kg8 20. Qe6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2016.06.12"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nc3 Re8 8.
Be3 Bxe3 9. fxe3 Nd7 10. O-O Nf8 11. Qe1 f6 12. g4 Ng6 13. Qg3 h6 14. Rf2 Qe7
15. Raf1 Be6 16. h4 Qd7 17. Rg2 Rf8 18. d4 exd4 19. exd4 Rae8 20. h5 Nh8 21.
Rd1 Qd6 22. Qxd6 cxd6 23. Nh4 d5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. Kf1 Re4 27.
Nf5 Nf7 28. Re1 Rf4+ 29. Kg1 Ng5 30. Re7 Rf7 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Kh2 Ne4 33. Nh4
Nd6 34. Rd8 Rc7 35. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 {Vladimir has an
exceptional knowledge of the Catalan, but this time he deviates from playing
d2-d4 so early.} c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. d4 {The position contains a
definite strategic danger for Black, who is suffering from a passive
light-squared bishop.} (9. Nc3 {has also been successfully employed by
Vladimir:} Bf6 (9... Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bd7 11. Qb1 Rc8 12. Rd1 Bf6 13. d4 Qe7 14.
Qb2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 b6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Rac1 Bxg2
20. Kxg2 $14 {Kramnik,V - Anand,V / Leuven BEL 2016}) 10. Qc2 b6 11. Nxd5 exd5
12. d4 $14 {Kramnik,V - Nakamura,H / Leuven BEL 2016}) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7
11. Na3 ({Another game in the same event saw} 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Rc8 13. Qd3
Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bb5 15. Qxb5 Qxd4 16. Qxb7 $14 {Giri,A- Anand,V / Leuven BEL
2016, White was a pawn up, but didn't manage to win.}) 11... Bf6 ({Another way
to simplify matters didn't fully solve the problems:} 11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bf6
13. Qd2 Bc6 14. Nc4 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 $14) 12. Nc4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bb5 {Black
manages to find an effective job for the bishop.} 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. a4 Ba6 {
This position was well-known to Vladimir Kramnik, who had to defend Black's
side in the previous event.} 16. e3 $146 {This prophyactic move is a novelty.}
({After} 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 $6 (16... Nxf6 $142 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Nd6 Rb8 19. Nb5
Bxb5 20. axb5 a6 $11) 17. Bxd5 Rcd8 18. e4 exd5 19. exd5 Qg5 20. d6 $14 {
Giri,A - Kramnik,V / Paris FRA 2016, Black was under pressure.}) 16... b6 (
16... b5 $5 {deserved serious attention:} 17. axb5 Bxb5 18. Re1 Nb4 19. Qd2 Be7
{and Black is close to full equality.}) 17. Bxd5 {Forcing major
simplifications.} Qxd5 ({The more dynamic way of handling the position was} 
17... Bxd4 $5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. exd4 Rf3 $1 21. Ne5 Rfc3 {
and the activity of the pieces offers Black full compensation for a pawn.}) 18.
Bxf6 Qxd1 $6 {This isn't a serious mistake, but giving up control over the
d-file is a definite concession.} ({Instead, the cool-blooded} 18... gxf6 $1
19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Nd6 Rcd8 21. Nb5 d4 $1 22. exd4 Bxb5 23. axb5 Rxd4 24. Rc7
Rb4 $11 {would allow Black to get half a point quite comfortably.}) 19. Rfxd1
gxf6 20. Rd7 {The rook's penetration to the 7th rank is quite annoying for
Hikaru.} Bxc4 21. bxc4 {[%mdl 4096]} a6 $2 {Mistakes rarely come singly! This
one leads to the loss of a pawn.} ({Instead, the correct} 21... a5 22. Rd6 Rb8
23. Kf1 Rfc8 24. Ke2 Kf8 25. Kd3 Ke7 26. Rd4 Rc6 {would still offer Black a
defendable position.}) 22. Ra7 $2 {Both players are committing mistakes in the
resulting endgame, but this is usual for rapid games.} (22. Rd6 $1 {was much
stronger:} b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. c5 $1 {and the Pb5 would fall soon:} Rfd8 25.
Rb6 Rb8 26. Rb1 $16) 22... b5 $2 {Returning the favour!} ({The patient} 22...
a5 $1 23. c5 Rc6 $1 (23... bxc5 {is less precise:} 24. Rc4 Rfd8 25. Rxa5 Rd1+
26. Kg2 Ra1 27. g4 $14) 24. Ra6 Rfc8 {would have solved all the problems!}) 23.
axb5 axb5 24. c5 Ra8 $2 {A loss of time.} ({The only way to provide resistance
was} 24... Kg7 $1 25. Ra6 ({Now} 25. Rb7 {isn't effective:} Rb8 26. c6 $2 Rxb7
27. cxb7 Rb8 {and suddenly White is in trouble!}) 25... b4 26. Rb6 Rb8 27. Rc4
b3 {Black manages to keep the passed b-pawn, though the position still seems
difficult after} 28. Rg4+ Kh6 29. Rgb4 Rbc8 30. Rc4 Rb8 31. Kg2 Rfc8 32. Rcb4
Ra8 33. Rb7 $16) 25. Rb7 Rfb8 26. c6 $1 {White's passed pawn is too strong now!
} b4 27. Rc4 b3 28. Kg2 $1 {The last precise move. Vladimit doesn't allow
Black to activate the rook.} ({The impatient} 28. Rcb4 $2 {would have spolied
the lion's share of the advantage:} Rc8 29. Rg4+ Kf8 30. Rc4 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 Rb1
32. c7 Ke7 $14) 28... Kg7 29. Rg4+ Kf8 30. Ra4 {Vladimir finds the most
elegant way of collecting the pawn.} (30. Rgb4 {was also possible:} Rc8 31. Rd7
$1 Rxc6 32. Rbb7 Kg8 33. Rxf7 b2 34. Rg7+ Kh8 35. Rxh7+ Kg8 36. Rhd7 $18) 30...
Kg7 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Rxb3 $18 {The rest was quite easy for GM Kramnik.} Rc8
33. Rc3 f5 34. c7 Kf6 35. Kh3 Kg5 36. Rc5 Kg6 37. g4 e5 38. f4 f6 39. Rc6 exf4
40. exf4 fxg4+ 41. Kxg4 h5+ 42. Kf3 Kf5 43. h4 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {Das ist mal etwas anderes als das ewige Spanisch...
} Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 Ba7 9. Nbd2 Ng4 10. Re2 Kh8
11. h3 {Diagramm [#]} f5 12. exf5 (12. hxg4 fxg4 13. Nh2 g3 14. Nhf3 Bg4 {
mit deutlichem Vorteil für Schwarz.}) 12... Nxf2 13. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 d5
15. Bb3 Bxf5 16. Kg1 $2 (16. Qe2 {war zunächst angebracht.}) 16... Bxd3 {
Jetzt hat Schwarz Vorteil.} 17. Ne1 Bg6 18. Ndf3 e4 19. Nh2 Ne7 $6 (19... d4 $1
20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Be3 c5 {Mit starker Position für Schwarz.}) 20. Be3 Qd6 21.
Nc2 Rad8 22. Qd2 c5 23. Rd1 h6 24. Ng4 Bh5 25. Ba2 a5 26. Qe1 Be8 27. b3 b6 28.
Bf2 Bh5 29. Bh4 Rd7 {Diagramm [#]} 30. b4 $2 (30. Nce3 $1 d4 31. cxd4 cxd4 32.
Nc4 $1 $11) 30... axb4 31. cxb4 d4 32. Nce3 (32. Qxe4 Ng6 $17 {Der Bd4 ist
sehr stark.}) 32... Bxg4 33. hxg4 Ng6 34. Bg3 Qf6 35. Nf5 e3 36. bxc5 bxc5 37.
Qe2 Ne5 38. Bb1 {Diagramm [#]} Rfd8 {Ein auf den ersten Blick unmerklicher,
dafür aber umso schwererer Fehler. Schwarz verliert jetzt kräftig Material,
weil Weiß plötzlich auf dem weißen Feldernetz machen kann, was er will.} 39.
Bxe5 $1 Qxe5 40. Nh4 Qg5 41. Ng6+ Kg8 42. Qc4+ Rd5 43. Be4 Qxg4 44. Bxd5+ Kh7
45. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. exd4 g6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O {Diagramm [#]} 10. h4 $6 {Das geht nach hinten los.} (10.
Be2 Qc7 11. O-O {war adäquat.}) 10... Nc6 11. Ba3 $2 (11. Be2 $1) 11... Be6
12. Qxb7 $6 (12. Qb2 $1) 12... Bd5 $6 (12... Qa5 $1 $17) 13. Qa6 Qc7 14. Bc5 $2
(14. Rc1 $1) 14... e5 ({Das überraschende} 14... Nb8 {war stark. Nach} 15. Qa3
Nd7 {hätte Weiß richtig schlecht gestanden.}) 15. Bc4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 exd4 17.
Bxf8 (17. O-O Rfd8 $19) 17... Rxf8 18. Kf1 (18. cxd4 Nb4) 18... dxc3 {Diagramm
[#] Schwarz hat Gewinnstellung erlangt, und ein Giri lässt sich das auch
nicht mehr nehmen.} 19. Re1 Ne5 20. Bd5 c2 21. Kg2 Bh6 22. Qe2 c1=Q 23. Rxc1
Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Qxc1 25. Qxe5 Qc8 26. Bb3 Qf5 27. Qc7 a5 28. Qe7 Kg7 29. a4 Rc8
30. Qb7 Rc5 31. Qa7 Re5 32. Qd4 Qf6 33. Qg4 Rf5 34. Kg3 Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4
d5 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 d4 11. Bc2 Bb6 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Nb3 Bb6 15.
Be3 Qd6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Qe3 Be6 18. h3 Nd7 19. Rfc1 c5 20. Bd1 Rec8 21. Bg4
Bxg4 22. hxg4 c4 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. dxc4 Rxc4 25. Nd2 Rd4 26. Rc2 f6 27. Kf1
Rad8 28. Ke2 Nc4 29. Nxc4 bxc4 30. f3 Kf7 31. Rac1 Kg6 32. Ke1 Rb8 33. Kf2 h5
34. gxh5+ Kxh5 35. Kg3 a5 36. Re2 Kg6 37. Rc3 Kf7 38. b3 cxb3 39. axb3 Rdb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bd2
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. cxd5 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxb4 Qxf3 14.
Rg1 Bf5 15. Qe2 Qe4 16. Bc3 Bg6 17. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf5 12. Be2 Bf6 13. O-O Be4 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Nd4 Ne6 16. Rc1 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. exd4 Rfc8 19. Rc5 Rxc5 20. dxc5
d4 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Bc4 Kf8 23. f3 Bf5 24. Kf2 a5 25. g4 Be6 26. Bd3 Bb3 27. Rd2
Rc8 28. Be4 Rxc5 29. Rxd4 h5 30. h3 hxg4 31. hxg4 Ke7 32. Ke3 b6 33. Kd2 Be6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. h4 Bb7 12. Bd4 Nc6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd2 b4 15.
Nd5 a5 16. h5 a4 17. Nc1 a3 18. b3 e6 19. Nxb4 Nxb4 20. Qxb4 Nc5 21. f3 Qxg5
22. Nd3 Nxd3+ 23. cxd3 Rac8 24. Kf2 Rc2 25. Qd4+ e5 26. Qxd6 Rfc8 27. Rae1 Rxa2
28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Qd7 Rh8 30. Rxh8 Kxh8 31. Qxf7 Qh4+ 32. Kf1 Qh1+ 33. Kf2 Qh4+
34. Kf1 Qh1+ 35. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Iotov,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O (4... d5 $5 {[%csl Ge8] An alternate
move order that has its benefits compared to what happens in the game. This
move allows the additional 5.Qa4 variation, but forbids ideas such as 9.Rc1...}
5. Bg5 (5. Qa4+) 5... Nbd7 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 $1 $11) 5. Bg5 d5
6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5 Nbd7 (8... Bxc3+ $5 9. bxc3 Be6 $132) 9. Rc1 (9.
Be2 Qa5 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne4 $1 12. Qd4 Ndxc5 $11) 9... Qa5 $6 {This
variation was quite popular about 8-10 years ago. Back then it was considered
to be bad, and unfortunately for Black, time has not changed the outcome of
the positon!} (9... Nxc5 10. Qd4 Bxc3+ (10... a5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6
13. Be2 Na4 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Be6 16. Bb5 (16. Nd4 Rfc8 17. c4 dxc4 18.
Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxc4 Kf7 20. f4 Ke7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Tregubov,P (2598)-Jobava,B 
(2707)/Warsaw POL 2010}) 16... Nc5 17. Nd4 $16) 11. Qxc3 Nce4 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13.
Be2 Bg4 14. O-O Qb6 15. h3 (15. Rfd1) 15... Rac8 16. Qa3 Bh5 17. Rfd1 a6 18.
Nd4 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 $14 {0-1 Meier,G (2556)-Laznicka,V (2601)/Liverpool ENG 2008}
) 10. a3 (10. Nd2 $5 {An alternative, less aggressive option.} Qxc5 (10... b6
11. c6 d4 12. cxd7 dxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. dxc8=Q Raxc8 16. Bc4
Rfd8 17. O-O Bxd2 18. Rc2 Bxe3 19. Qf3 Bd4 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Qh3
$16) (10... Ne4 11. Ndxe4 dxe4 12. a3 Qxc5 13. axb4 Qxg5 14. Nxe4 Qe7 15. Qd4
Nb6 16. Nc3 $16) 11. Nb3 Qb6 12. Be2 $14) 10... Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Ne4 12. b4 Nxc3
13. Qa1 Qa4 14. Qxc3 a5 (14... Re8 15. Nd4 a5 16. b5 Ne5 17. Bf4 Nc4 18. Bxc4
dxc4 19. O-O $14 {White's control over the centre and better piece placement
are more than enough to compensate for the material deficit.}) 15. b5 Nxc5 $2 {
I don't fully understand the logic behind this sacrifice. Ultimately, no
matter what happens, White will always have two pieces for the rook and the
very strong central d4-square under control. Black's position seems to be
logically flawed and to offer little counterplay from a human point of view.} (
15... Re8 $5) 16. Qxc5 Bf5 $2 (16... Bd7 $1 {The last chance to make amends!}
17. Be2 Rfc8 18. Qxd5 Rc1+ 19. Bd1 Qxb5 20. Qxb5 Bxb5 21. Nd4 Ba4 22. Ke2 Ra1
23. Rf1 Rxa3 24. Bxa4 Rxa4 25. Rb1 $14 {With still very much almost a losing
position from a human point of view. From now on, every innacuracy could cause
the position to immediately crumble. Furthermore, the saddest part is that no
matter how many mistakes White may end up making, the position remains almost
impossible to lose.}) 17. Qc3 Rfc8 18. Qa1 $18 Qc2 (18... Rc5 19. Be2 Qc2 20.
Nd4 Qc1+ 21. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 22. Bd1 Bg6 23. O-O $18) 19. Nd4 Qc1+ 20. Qxc1 Rxc1+
21. Kd2 Rac8 22. Nxf5 R8c2+ 23. Kd3 Rxf2 24. Ne7+ (24. Ng3 $142 {[%csl Gf1]
There is no need for White to sacrifice the piece.}) 24... Kh8 (24... Kf8 25.
Nxd5 Rfxf1 26. Rxf1 Rxf1 27. Bf4 $16) 25. g3 $6 (25. e4 $1 dxe4+ 26. Kxe4 Rcxf1
27. Rxf1 Rxf1 28. Be3 $18 {[%csl Gb5,Rb7] with an easily winning endgame!})
25... Ra1 (25... Rfxf1 26. Rxf1 Rxf1 27. Kc2 $1 $18 {[%csl Yb1,Gb5][%cal Gf1b1]
}) 26. Kd4 Rc1 27. Bg2 Rd2+ 28. Ke5 f6+ 29. Kd6 Rc3 30. Rf1 h6 31. Rxf6 hxg5
32. Rf8+ Kh7 33. Bh3 g4 34. Bxg4 Rxe3 35. Bf5+ g6 36. Bxg6+ Kg7 37. Rg8+ {
Overall, Nakamura lost this game purely because of his outdated opening choice.
A rapid game mentality he will surely not repeat again!} 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "233"]
[EventDate "2016.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nc3 d6 8. O-O Re8
9. Nd2 Na6 10. e4 Nc7 11. Re1 b6 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Nf1 Nd4 14. f3 Nh5 15. Bd3
Be5 16. Be3 Nf4 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Qd8 20. Rac1 a5 21. Bg5 Bf6
22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qf2 b5 24. Ne3 Bd7 25. f4 a4 26. Bb1 a3 27. b3 Rac8 28. Rcd1
Re7 29. h3 h5 30. Rf1 Rce8 31. Rde1 Rxe4 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. Ng4 hxg4 34. Rxe4
gxh3 35. gxh3 Bxh3 36. Rfe1 Bg4 37. R4e3 Qf5 38. Rg3 Kg7 39. Qg2 Bh5 40. Qe4
Nf3+ 41. Kf2 Qxe4 42. Rxe4 Nd2 43. Re7 Kf6 44. Rge3 Bg4 45. Ra7 b4 46. Ra6 Kf5
47. Rd3 Ne4+ 48. Ke3 Bh3 49. Rd1 f6 50. Rg1 g5 51. fxg5 fxg5 52. Re1 Ke5 53.
Ra8 Nc3 54. Rg8 Kxd5 55. Rxg5+ Kc6 56. Ra1 Kb5 57. Rg8 Bf5 58. Kd2 Bb1 59. Kc1
Be4 60. Rb8+ Kc6 61. Rh8 d5 62. Rh6+ Kb5 63. Rh5 c4 64. bxc4+ Kxc4 65. Rh8 d4
66. Kd2 Bc6 67. Rc8 Ne4+ 68. Ke1 Kc5 69. Ke2 Kd5 70. Rb8 Nc3+ 71. Kd2 Bb5 72.
Rh1 Ne4+ 73. Ke1 Nc3 74. Rh5+ Kc4 75. Kd2 Bd7 76. Rb7 Ne4+ 77. Kc1 Bg4 78. Rhb5
Nc3 79. Rxb4+ Kc5 80. Rb3 Nxa2+ 81. Kd2 Nc3 82. Rxa3 Bf3 83. Rb8 Be4 84. Ra5+
Kc4 85. Rc8+ Kb4 86. Ra7 Nb1+ 87. Kc1 Nc3 88. Rd7 Nb5 89. Re7 Bf5 90. Rc6 Bd3
91. Kd2 Bc4 92. Rd7 Bf1 93. Rc1 Bc4 94. Rd8 Be6 95. Re8 Bd7 96. Re5 Nc3 97. Rh1
Kc4 98. Rh7 Bb5 99. Rc7+ Kb4 100. Rc8 Nb1+ 101. Kc1 Nc3 102. Kc2 Ba6 103. Rb8+
Kc4 104. Re7 Nd5 105. Ra7 Bb5 106. Kb2 Kc5 107. Ra5 Nc3 108. Kb3 Kc6 109. Rc8+
Kb6 110. Raa8 Bd7 111. Rab8+ Ka7 112. Rd8 Ne4 113. Kc4 Ng5 114. Rb2 Bc6 115.
Rxd4 Nf7 116. Rd1 Bb7 117. Rxb7+ 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bg5 b5 12. Na5 Qd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. g4 Bg6
15. Qe2 Bb6 16. Nb3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Re6 18. Rd2 Rd6 19. Rfd1 c5 20. Kg2 a5 21.
Na1 h5 22. Kg3 Qc6 23. Nh4 c4 24. Nxg6 fxg6 {Diagramm [#]} 25. Nc2 $6 (25. dxc4
$1 $11) 25... hxg4 $6 (25... cxd3 $1 26. Rxd3 Qc4) 26. hxg4 $2 (26. dxc4 $1)
26... cxd3 $1 27. Rxd3 Qc4 $1 28. Ne1 f5 29. gxf5 gxf5 {Diagramm [#]} 30. exf5
$2 (30. Kh2 {war besser, auch wenn Schwarz nach} Rh6+ {deutlichen Vorteil
behalten hätte.}) 30... R8d7 $1 {Jetzt fallen sämtliche schwarzen
Schwerfiguren über den weißen König her.} 31. f6 Rxf6 32. Qh5 Rg7+ 33. Kh3
Qe6+ 34. Kh2 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Bxf4 10. Qxf4 Qe7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O h6 13. Rfe1 a6 14. e4 dxe4
15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 e5 19. Qe4 f5 20. Qd5+ Kh7
21. Re1 Rae8 22. Qd7 Rf6 23. Rd5 e4 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. c4 f4 26. c5 Rfe6 27. b4
g5 28. a4 Kg6 29. Kf1 h5 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 g4 32. Rc1 e3 33. c6 bxc6 34.
bxc6 Rc7 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. fxe3 fxe3 37. Rdc5 e2+ 38. Ke1 Kf6 39. R1c2 Kg6 40.
g3 Kf6 41. R5c4 Kf5 42. Rf4+ Kg5 43. Rc5+ Kh6 44. Rxg4 Rcxc6 45. Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. c4 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Be2 Qc7 13. h3 Qe7 14. Nd2 c5 15.
Bf3 Bb7 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Be5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Nc4 Qc7 21.
Nb2 c4 22. Qc3 cxb3 23. Qxb3 Bc6 24. Nd3 Bb5 25. Nf4 Bc4 26. Qb2 Qa5 27. Rd2
Rb8 28. Qc2 Rec8 29. Rc1 g6 30. Qd1 Kg7 31. g4 Rc5 32. h4 Rbc8 33. g5 Ne4 34.
Bxe4 dxe4 35. Rd7 Kg8 36. Qd4 R5c6 37. Rd1 Be6 38. Nxe6 Rxe6 39. Rxf7 Kxf7 40.
Qd7+ Re7 41. Qxc8 Qxa2 42. Rd8 Qe6 43. Qc3 Rb7 44. Kh2 Qf5 45. Qc4+ Ke7 46. Rd2
Qe5+ 47. Kg2 Qf5 48. Kh2 Qe5+ 49. Kg2 Qe6 50. Qc5+ Kf7 51. Kg3 Rd7 52. Rc2 Qd6+
53. Qxd6 Rxd6 54. Rc7+ Kg8 55. Kf4 Rd2 56. Kxe4 Rxf2 57. Ke5 Rh2 58. e4 Rxh4
59. Kd5 Rg4 60. Ke5 a5 61. Ra7 h5 62. gxh6 Rh4 63. Rg7+ Kf8 64. Rxg6 a4 65. Ra6
a3 66. Kf5 a2 67. Kg5 Rxe4 68. h7 Kg7 69. Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Ne5 e6 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Nd2 g5 11. O-O Be7 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. Nf3 Ne4 14. Ne5 f6 15.
Nd3 Ng6 16. f3 Ng3 17. Re1 f5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Qf2 Bd6 20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4 f4
22. d5 Bc7 23. Qc2 O-O 24. Nc5 Bb6 25. Kh2 f3 26. e5 Nh4 27. Kxg3 fxg2 28. d6
Rf3+ 29. Kh2 Rf1 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Be3 Qf8 32. Rxf1 gxf1=Q 33. Rxf1 Qe8 34. e6
Qg6 35. d7 Bc7+ 36. Kg1 Bd6 37. Qd4 Be7 38. Rf7 Qb1+ 39. Kf2 Qc2+ 40. Kf1 Qb1+
41. Ke2 Qc2+ 42. Qd2 Qc4+ 43. Qd3 Qxa2 44. Rxe7 Qxb2+ 45. Bd2 Qe5+ 46. Ne4 Rf8
47. Re8 Qh2+ 48. Kd1 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d4 Bb4 8. Bd2
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxc5 14. Rc1 Rc8
15. Nd4 Bd7 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Qe7 18. Re1 Kh8 19. Qf3 Be6 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21.
Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. h3 b5 24. Rd1 h6 25. Rd6 Rf8 26. Qc6 Qh4 27. Qc5
Qc4 28. Qxc4 bxc4 29. Rc6 Rf5 30. Rxe6 c3 31. Rc6 Rxe5 32. Rxc3 Re1+ 33. Kh2
Re2 34. Ra3 Rxf2 35. Rxa7 Rb2 36. Kg3 Kh7 37. a4 Kg6 38. a5 Ra2 39. a6 h5 40.
h4 Ra4 41. Ra8 Rg4+ 42. Kh3 Ra4 43. Ra7 Ra3+ 44. Kh2 Ra4 45. g3 Ra2+ 46. Kg1
Kf6 47. Kf1 g5 48. hxg5+ Kxg5 49. Ra8 Kg6 50. Ke1 Kg7 51. Kd1 Kh7 52. Kc1 Kg7
53. Kb1 Ra5 54. Kb2 Ra4 55. Kb3 Ra1 56. Kb4 Rb1+ 57. Kc5 Rc1+ 58. Kb6 Rb1+ 59.
Ka7 Rb3 60. Rb8 Rxg3 61. Rb5 Kh6 62. Kb6 h4 63. a7 Rg8 64. Kb7 Rg7+ 65. Ka6 Rg8
66. Rb8 Rg1 67. Rb5 Rg8 68. Rc5 Rh8 69. Kb7 Rh7+ 70. Kb8 h3 71. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. b4 Ba7
9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 g4 12. Nh4 Nh5 13. Na3 Qg5 14. Nc2 Ne7 15. Ne3 Kh8
16. d4 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Qg7 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Qd3 Qg5 20. Rae1 Nc6 21. Nd5 Ne5 22.
Qe2 Be6 23. Ba2 c6 24. Nf4 Rae8 25. Rd1 Bb8 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Bc8 28. bxc6
bxc6 29. Qb2 Bc7 30. Rd4 Kh7 31. Ra4 Bd7 32. Ra7 Rb8 33. Rb7 Qd8 34. Rb1 Rxb7
35. Qxb7 Qb8 36. Qa6 Qa8 37. Qe2 Rb8 38. Rxb8 Qxb8 39. Nh5 Bd8 40. Nf5 Bxf5 41.
exf5 Qb5 42. Qxb5 cxb5 43. Nf4 Ba5 44. Nd5 h5 45. Kf1 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Ngf3 Be7 7. h3 Bd6 8. Ne5
Qc7 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Ne4 12. Re1 Rb8 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qc2 cxd4
15. cxd4 c5 16. Ng4 h5 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. dxc5 Qd3 19. Qxd3 exd3 20. Ne5 d2 21.
Red1 Rxb2 22. Nc4 Rc2 23. Nxd2 Rxc5 24. Ne4 Ra5 25. Nd6 Ba6 26. Rd2 Rd8 27. Rc1
Rd7 28. Rc6 Bb7 29. Rcc2 Rd5 30. Rxd5 Bxd5 31. Nb5 Rb7 32. a4 Bb3 33. Rc8+ Kh7
34. Nc3 Kg6 35. Rc5 f6 36. f4 h4 37. e4 Rd7 38. Rb5 Bc4 39. Rc5 Bb3 40. a5 Rd4
41. Rc7 a6 42. Rc6 Rc4 43. Rxc4 Bxc4 44. Kf2 e5 45. Kf3 exf4 46. Kxf4 Kf7 47.
g3 g5+ 48. Kf3 hxg3 49. Kxg3 Ke6 50. Na4 Ke5 51. Nc5 Kd4 52. Nd7 Kxe4 53. Nxf6+
Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "264"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 d4 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. e3 Be7 8. exd4
cxd4 9. d3 O-O 10. Re1 Ne8 11. a3 a5 12. Nbd2 f6 13. Rb1 e5 14. Nh4 Nc7 15. Qh5
Qe8 16. Qxe8 Rxe8 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Bd7 19. Kf2 Na6 20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Ne4 f5
22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Nc5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Nf3 Nxd3+ 26. Kg3 b6 27. Bf4 Ne7
28. Bf7 Rf8 29. Bd5 Nxf4 30. Kxf4 Ng6+ 31. Kg3 d3 32. Rd1 f4+ 33. Kf2 Bf5 34.
h4 Re8 35. Nd4 Nxh4 36. Nxf5 Nxf5 37. Rxd3 g6 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 h6 40. gxh6
g5 41. Bf3 Ne3 42. c5 bxc5 43. bxc5 g4 44. c6 gxf3 45. Kxf3 Nc4 46. Kxf4 Rc8
47. Ke4 Na5 48. Rd6 Nxc6 49. Kd5 Ne7+ 50. Ke6 Ng8 51. Kd7 Ra8 52. Kc7 Ra7+ 53.
Kb6 Rf7 54. Rc6 Rf1 55. Kc7 Kh7 56. Kb6 Nf6 57. Kb7 Kxh6 58. Kc8 Kg6 59. Rc7
Ra1 60. Rc2 Nd5 61. Kd7 Kf5 62. Kd6 Ne3 63. Rc8 Rd1+ 64. Kc6 Nd5 65. Re8 Kf6
66. Re2 Ne7+ 67. Kc5 Ng6 68. Re8 Ne5 69. Kb5 Rc1 70. Kb4 Nc6+ 71. Kb3 Rc5 72.
Re1 Nd4+ 73. Kb4 Rc8 74. Re4 Ne6 75. Re1 Nf4 76. Kb5 Nd5 77. Rh1 Ke5 78. Rh5+
Kd4 79. Rh4+ Kd3 80. Rh3+ Ne3 81. Kb6 Rc3 82. Kb7 Kd4 83. Rh4+ Kc5 84. Rh3 Rb3+
85. Kc8 Kd6 86. Rh6+ Ke5 87. Kd7 Nf5 88. Rh5 Rc3 89. Rg5 Kf4 90. Rg1 Ne3 91.
Kd6 Ke4 92. Re1 Kd4 93. Rh1 Nf5+ 94. Ke6 Rf3 95. Rd1+ Ke4 96. Re1+ Ne3 97. Ra1
Nc2 98. Ra4+ Nd4+ 99. Ke7 Rh3 100. Kd6 Rh6+ 101. Ke7 Kd5 102. Ra5+ Kc4 103. Kf7
Nc6 104. Ra1 Ne5+ 105. Ke7 Kd5 106. Rd1+ Kc5 107. Rc1+ Nc4 108. Kf7 Kd5 109.
Rd1+ Kc6 110. Rc1 Rh4 111. Kf6 Kd7 112. Rd1+ Nd6 113. Kg5 Re4 114. Ra1 Ke6 115.
Ra6 Rd4 116. Kg6 Rg4+ 117. Kh5 Rg1 118. Kh4 Ke5 119. Kh3 Ne4 120. Kh2 Rg8 121.
Ra7 Nd2 122. Ra3 Kf4 123. Ra4+ Ke3 124. Kh3 Ne4 125. Kh2 Nc3 126. Ra7 Rg5 127.
Kh3 Ne4 128. Ra3+ Kf4 129. Kh2 Nd2 130. Kh3 Rh5+ 131. Kg2 Rg5+ 132. Kh3 Rg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 Qe7 8.
Rc1 Rd8 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Nc6 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. Bb5 Rac8 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Qd2 Rc8 20. Qd4
a6 21. h3 h6 22. Qd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke7 25. Rd4 Nd7 26. Ke2 Ne5 27.
Kd1 f5 28. a4 g5 29. Kc2 Rc7 30. Rd1 Nc4 31. b3 Nd6 32. Kb2 Rc8 33. f3 h5 34.
Ne2 h4 35. Nc3 Rc5 36. Ne2 Ne8 37. Nc1 Nf6 38. Nd3 Rc7 39. Re1 Nd5 40. e4 fxe4
41. fxe4 Nf6 42. Ne5 Nh5 43. Nd3 Rc8 44. Rf1 Ng3 45. Re1 Kd6 46. a5 Rc7 47. Rd1
Ke7 48. Re1 Kf6 49. Re3 e5 50. Re1 Nh5 51. Rc1 Rxc1 52. Kxc1 Nf4 53. Nxf4 exf4
54. Kd2 Ke5 55. Kd3 g4 56. hxg4 f3 57. Ke3 fxg2 58. Kf2 h3 59. g5 Ke6 60. Kg1
Ke5 61. Kh2 Ke6 62. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Nd5 O-O 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. c3 b5 12. f4 Bb7 13. Bf3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5
15. a3 Qc7 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Re1 Rac8 18. Qe2 e5 19. Qf2 exf4 20. Bxf4 Be5 21.
Bg5 Re8 22. Kh1 a5 23. Rad1 Bc6 24. Be3 b4 25. Bb6 Qb7 26. Bxa5 bxa3 27. bxa3
Ba4 28. Rc1 Qe7 29. Bb4 Qf6 30. Rf1 h5 31. Be2 Qxf2 32. Rxf2 Bd4 33. Rff1 Be3
34. Ra1 Rxe4 35. Bf3 Re7 36. Rfe1 Bg5 37. Rxe7 Bxe7 38. Bd1 Ra8 39. Bxa4 Rxa4
40. c4 Bf6 41. Rd1 Be5 42. Kg1 Kg7 43. h3 Kf6 44. Kf2 Ke6 45. Ke3 g5 46. Kd3 f5
47. Kc2 g4 48. hxg4 hxg4 49. Kb3 Ra8 50. a4 f4 51. Rf1 Kf5 52. c5 dxc5 53. Bxc5
Rc8 54. Kb4 Ke4 55. Re1+ Kd5 56. Rd1+ Ke4 57. a5 Bc3+ 58. Kxc3 Rxc5+ 59. Kb4
Rc2 60. Re1+ Kd3 61. Rd1+ Ke3 62. Re1+ Kf2 63. Re4 Kg3 64. a6 Rxg2 65. Kb5 Rh2
66. Re8 Rh7 67. Kb6 f3 68. Rf8 f2 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Qc2 b6 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. d4 Ba6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rfe1 Rc8
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rac1 c4 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. e3 Qd6 19. Red1 Qa3 20. Qc3 Nb4 21.
bxc4 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 Nxa2 23. Ra3 Bxc4 24. Ne5 Nb4 25. Rxa7 f6 26. Nxc4 dxc4 27.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rc7 Rd1+ 29. Bf1 Nd3 30. Rxc4 Ne5 31. Rc8+ Kf7 32. Rc7+ Kf8 33.
Kg2 Rd2 34. h3 h5 35. Ra7 Kg8 36. Ra4 g5 37. Rd4 Rb2 38. Bc4+ Nxc4 39. Rxc4 Kf7
40. Kf3 Kg6 41. Rc3 Ra2 42. e4 Ra1 43. Rc6 Kf7 44. Kg2 Ra4 45. Rc7+ Kg6 46. Re7
Ra2 47. h4 g4 48. Re8 Rb2 49. Kf1 Rb1+ 50. Ke2 Rb2+ 51. Kf1 Rb1+ 52. Kg2 Rb2
53. Re7 Ra2 54. e5 fxe5 55. Rxe5 Rb2 56. Rg5+ Kh6 57. Kf1 Ra2 58. Ke1 Rb2 59.
Re5 Kg6 60. Re2 Rb1+ 61. Kd2 Rb2+ 62. Ke3 Rb3+ 63. Ke4 Rf3 64. Rd2 Rf6 65. Rc2
Re6+ 66. Kd5 Re1 67. Rc4 Re2 68. Rf4 Kg7 69. Kd4 Kg6 70. Kd3 Ra2 71. Ke3 Ra3+
72. Kd4 Ra2 73. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Re1
b6 9. d5 Nb4 10. Nb1 a5 11. c3 Na6 12. Nd4 Nc5 13. f3 Bd7 14. Bb5 e6 15. Nc6
Bxc6 16. Bxc6 Rb8 17. Be3 Nfd7 18. Bd4 Ne5 19. Bb5 Qg5 20. Rf1 Qh4 21. Nd2 exd5
22. exd5 Ned3 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Bxd3 Nxd3 25. Ne4 Nc5 26. Qd4+ f6 27. Rae1 Qf4
28. b4 Nd7 29. g3 Qf5 30. f4 Rbe8 31. Qc4 Rg8 32. Nf2 Rxe1 33. Rxe1 Rc8 34. g4
Qc2 35. Re7+ Kg8 36. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. h3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. c3 Bg5 13. Na3 Bxc1 14. Qxc1 Bf5
15. Qf4 Bg6 16. Re3 a6 17. Rae1 Qd7 18. Nb1 Rad8 19. Nd2 Qd6 20. Qg4 Nb8 21. h4
Nd7 22. Qg5 Nf6 23. f3 h6 24. Qe5 Qb6 25. b4 a5 26. b5 Qd6 27. Qxd6 Rxd6 28. g4
Rdd8 29. Re7 Rfe8 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Rxe7 32. Rxe7 Ne8 33. b6 Kf8 34. bxc7
Kxe7 35. cxd8=Q+ Kxd8 36. c4 Nc7 37. Kf2 a4 38. Ke3 dxc4 39. Nxc4 Nd5+ 40. Kd2
Bb1 41. a3 f6 42. gxf6 gxf6 43. Nb2 Nb6 44. Bb5 Ba2 45. Nxa4 Nxa4 46. Bxa4 Bd5
47. Ke3 b6 48. Bc2 Ke7 49. Be4 Be6 50. Kd3 Kd6 51. Kc3 Bd7 52. Kd2 Be6 53. Ke3
Bd7 54. Kf4 Ke7 55. Bf5 Bc6 56. Bd3 Bd5 57. Be4 Be6 58. Ke3 Kd6 59. Kd2 Bd7 60.
Ke3 Be6 61. Bb7 Bd7 62. Kf4 Be6 63. Ke4 Bd7 64. Ba6 Bc6+ 65. Ke3 Bd7 66. Bc4
Bc6 67. Bg8 Bb7 68. Kf4 Bc6 69. Kg4 Bb7 70. f4 Be4 71. Kh5 Ke7 72. Kh6 Kf8 73.
Be6 Ke7 74. f5 Bc2 75. Kg7 Bb1 76. d5 b5 77. d6+ Kxd6 78. Kxf6 Bc2 79. Kg5 Ke5
80. Bd7 Bxf5 81. Bxf5 Kd4 82. Bd7 Kc4 83. Be6+ Kc3 84. Bd7 Kb2 85. Bxb5 Kxa3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. c4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Nc3 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. f3 Bc5 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nc2 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Ke7 14. Rc1
Rd8 15. Na4 Bd7 16. Nb6 Rab8 17. Be2 Be8 18. Kf2 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Rc3 Rbd8
21. a3 Nd4 22. Bc4 Nc6 23. Be2 Nd4 24. Rd1 f6 25. Bf1 Bf7 26. Rdc1 b5 27. h4 e5
28. g3 Be6 29. Rc7 Nb3 30. R1c6 Rxc7 31. Rxc7+ Rd7 32. Rc2 Na1 33. Rc6 Rd2+ 34.
Ke1 Rxb2 35. Rxa6 Nb3 36. Nd5+ Bxd5 37. exd5 Nd4 38. Bd3 Nxf3+ 39. Kf1 Nh2+ 40.
Ke1 Nf3+ 41. Kf1 g6 42. h5 f5 43. Rb6 Nh2+ 44. Ke1 Nf3+ 45. Kf1 e4 46. d6+ Ke6
47. Bc4+ Ke5 48. d7 Nh2+ 49. Ke1 Nf3+ 50. Kf1 Nh2+ 51. Ke1 Nf3+ 52. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. e3 Nf6 5. b4 Nxd5 6. bxc5 Nf6 7. Bb2 Qe7 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. Qb3 b6 10. cxb6 axb6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O d6 13. Rfe1 e4 14. Nd4 Nxd4
15. exd4 Bf5 16. d5 Nd7 17. f3 Nc5 18. Qe3 Rfe8 19. Bd4 exf3 20. Qxf3 Bg6 21.
Bf2 Qe4 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. Be3 Ra3 24. Bf3 f5 25. Rec1 Rea8 26. Rc2 f4 27. Bxf4
Ng5 28. Rcc1 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Rxf3 30. Be3 Raf8 31. a4 Be4 32. a5 R8f6 33. h4 Rh3
0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
e3 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Be2 d5 11. O-O Nxd4 12. Qxd4 dxc4 13. Rfd1 Qxd4 14. Rxd4
Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Rd4 Kf8 18. Bf3 g5 19. Bg3 g4 20. Be2 b6 21.
Kf1 Bb7 22. Rxc4 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Nb5 a5 25. Nd6 Bd7 26. Bb5 Nh5 27. Bxd7
Nxg3+ 28. hxg3 Bxd6 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. Bb5 Be5 31. b3 f5 32. a4 Bc3 33. Bd3 h5 34.
e4 Kf6 35. exf5 exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Qc2 O-O 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
b6 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Bb7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Rfd1 h6 15.
h3 Ba3 16. Rb1 a5 17. Qd3 Nf6 18. Bc1 Be7 19. Bb2 Ba6 20. Rbc1 Rc7 21. Qb1 Qb8
22. Ne5 Rfc8 23. e3 Bb7 24. c5 Ba6 25. Ba3 bxc5 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Qb4 28.
Rdc1 a4 29. Nxc6 Qb6 30. Ne7+ Rxe7 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Rxc8+ Ne8 33. Bf1 Qb7 34.
Qc2 axb3 35. axb3 g5 36. Qc5 Kg7 37. b4 Nf6 38. Bd3 Nd7 39. Qxe7 Qxc8 40. b5
Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Qd2 42. Bf5 Nf8 43. b6 exf5 44. Qe5+ f6 45. Qc7+ Kg6 46. b7 Ne6
47. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Rc1
h6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. a3 Be7 11. c5 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bb5 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 e5 15.
O-O Bg4 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. dxe5 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Qxe5 19. b4 d4 20. Re1 Qd5 21. Qb3
Rfd8 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Rd1 a5 24. Kf1 axb4 25. axb4 Rb8 26. Rb3 Rxc5 27. Rxd4
Rc1+ 28. Ke2 c5 29. Rd1 Rxd1 30. Kxd1 cxb4 31. Kc2 g5 32. Re3 Rd8 33. Re4 b3+
34. Kc3 Rd1 35. h4 b2 36. Kxb2 Rd2+ 37. Kc3 Rxf2 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. g4 Kg7 40.
Kd3 f5 41. gxf5 Rxf5 42. Re6 Kf7 43. Ra6 Re5 44. Kd4 Re1 45. Kd3 Re8 46. Rb6
Kg7 47. Ra6 Kf7 48. Rb6 Re6 49. Rxe6 Kxe6 50. Ke4 Kf6 51. Kf3 Kf5 52. Kg3 g4
53. Kg2 Kf4 54. Kf2 g3+ 55. Kg2 Kg4 56. Kg1 Kh3 57. Kh1 g2+ 58. Kg1 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leiva Rodriguez, Jeammarco Giuseppe"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "3001"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. O-O e6 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Qb8 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ngf3 e5 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. dxe5 Rc8 16. Qxc8+ Qxc8 17. exd6 Qf8 18. Ba3 Qd8 19. g4 Bg6 20. Bxg6 fxg6
21. Rfc1 Qa5 22. Bb2 Ne8 23. Bc3 Qb6 24. Ne5 Qxd6 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Nf3 Nd6 27.
Be5 Rf8 28. Nd4 Qe7 29. Bf4 Ne4 30. Rc7 Qh4 31. Rf1 Qxh3 32. f3 Ng3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "3002"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. g3
Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. a4 Re8 11. Nc4 Ne5 12. Na3 a6 13. h3 Rb8 14. O-O Nh5 15. e4
Bd7 16. g4 Nf6 17. g5 Nh5 18. f4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Ne2 Qc8 22.
Rf3 Ra8 23. Rb1 c4 24. Nc2 b4 25. Ncd4 Ra2 26. Be3 Bg7 27. Nc1 Ra5 28. Nc6 Bxc6
29. dxc6 Qxc6 30. Rf2 Qc7 31. Qf3 Rae5 32. Ra1 Rxe4 33. Ra7 Rxe3 34. Rxc7 Rxf3
35. Rxf3 Re1+ 36. Bf1 Bd4+ 37. Kg2 Rxc1 38. Rxc4 Bxb2 39. Rxb4 Rc2+ 40. Rf2
Rxf2+ 41. Kxf2 Be5 42. Bc4 Nf4 43. h4 d5 44. Bf1 Ne6 45. Rb5 Nf4 46. Kf3 Kg7
47. Rb7 Ne6 48. Bh3 Nd4+ 49. Ke3 Nc2+ 50. Kd3 Nd4 51. Rd7 Nc6 52. Be6 Nb4+ 53.
Ke2 h6 54. Rxf7+ Kh8 55. h5 gxh5 56. g6 Nc6 57. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Arencibia Monduy, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2996"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nf3 c6 8. O-O
Re8 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 Nf8 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. Bd2 h6 13. Be1 N6d7 14. Bf2 Be7 15.
Rae1 Bh4 16. g3 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Bg5 18. Kg2 Qd7 19. Bg1 Qh3+ 20. Kh1 f6 21. exf6
Bxf6 22. e4 Be6 23. e5 Bg5 24. Ne2 Nd7 25. Nf4 Bxf4 26. gxf4 Bg4 27. Re3 Qh5
28. f5 Rf8 29. Rg3 Qh4 30. f6 gxf6 31. Bf5 h5 32. Bxd7 f5 33. Bxf5 Kh8 34. Rf2
Rf7 35. Bxg4 Rg7 36. Rf4 Rag8 37. Qf5 hxg4 38. e6 Rg6 39. Qe5+ Kh7 40. Rf7+
R8g7 41. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sochacki, Christophe"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2997"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. e4 c5 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Re1 g5 10. h3 h5 11. Nf1 Nc6 12. c3 g4 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. N3h2 Ndxe5 15.
d4 Nf3+ 16. Nxf3 gxf3 17. Qxf3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Qd3 Nc6 20. Bf4 Kf8 21.
Rac1 Bf6 22. Qa3+ Kg8 23. Ne3 Rc8 24. Rcd1 Qf8 25. Bd6 Qg7 26. b4 a6 27. Qb3
Nd4 28. Qb1 Nb5 29. Bf4 Nc3 30. Qd3 Nxd1 31. Qxd1 Bg5 32. Bd6 Rd8 33. Bc7 Rd7
34. Bxb6 Bxe3 35. Bxe3 e5 36. Qa4 f6 37. Rd1 Qf7 38. Bc5 d4 39. Bxb7 Rxb7 40.
Qc6 Rd7 41. Qf3 Qd5 42. Qg4+ Kf7 43. f3 Qe6 44. Qe4 Qxa2 45. Kf1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shaposhnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2999"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 Ne4 8. Bd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 a5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 O-O 12. Na4 Bd7 13. Nb6 Ra7 14. Rc1 Bc6
15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Qe8 17. Qe2 Ba4 18. b5 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Qb2 Ra5 21.
Qb4 Rfa8 22. Ra1 Qd8 23. b6 e5 24. Be2 e4 25. O-O Qe8 26. Rfc1 e3 27. f3 Qe7
28. Ra3 Qh4 29. g3 Qe7 30. Rca1 Qe8 31. Kf1 h5 32. Ke1 h4 33. Bd3 hxg3 34. hxg3
Qd7 35. Bf1 Qf5 36. Rxe3 Qc2 37. Re2 Qd3 38. Kf2 Qh7 39. Kg1 Qg6 40. Kf2 f5 41.
f4 Rb5 42. Qe1 Rb3 43. Re3 Rxe3 44. Qxe3 Re8 45. Qd2 Bc6 46. Re1 Rxe1 47. Qxe1
Qf6 48. Qe5 Kf7 49. Bg2 Qe6 50. Bh3 g6 51. Bg2 Qd7 52. Ke1 Qe6 53. Kd2 Qd7 54.
Kc3 Qd8 55. Kb4 Qd7 56. Qc7 Ke6 57. Qxd7+ Bxd7 58. Bf1 Bc6 59. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2994"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2016.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14.
Qd4 Qd6 15. Qe4+ Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2996"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. g5
Nfd7 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Be7 12. f4 O-O 13. h4 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. f5
a4 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Qg4 exf5 19. exf5 Bxg2 20. Qxg2 Re8 21. f6
Bf8 22. fxg7 Bxg7 23. Nf5 Re6 24. Rad1 Ne4 25. Bd4 Bxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Qb6 27. Kh2
Rae8 28. Qf3 Kh8 29. Rdd1 Qc7 30. Nd4 Re5 31. Qxf7 Qxf7 32. Rxf7 Nc5 33. Rdf1
b3 34. cxb3 axb3 35. axb3 Re4 36. R1f4 Rxf4 37. Rxf4 Rb8 38. Nf5 Rxb3 39. Nxd6
Rxb2+ 40. Kg3 Rb8 41. Kg4 Ne6 42. Re4 Nc5 43. Re7 Nd3 44. Nf5 Rb4+ 45. Kg3 Rb8
46. Nh6 Nb4 47. Rd7 Nc6 48. Nf7+ Kg8 49. Kg4 Rb4+ 50. Kh5 Rb8 51. Nh6+ Kh8 52.
Ng4 Rd8 53. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2999"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 c6 12. Rd1 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Bg6 14. Nh4 Bh5 15.
Nf3 Bg6 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Ne5 Qb6 18. a4 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Ng4 20. Bf4 c5 21. d5 c4
22. e3 e5 23. d6 Bxd6 24. Bg5 f6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Bh4 Bc5 27. Nd5 Qb8 28. Ra6
Kh8 29. h3 Nh6 30. Nxf6 gxf6 31. Bxf6+ Rxf6 32. Rxf6 Bf8 33. Qd2 Bd3 34. Qa5 b4
35. Ra1 Ng8 36. Ra6 c3 37. Ra8 Qxa8 38. Bxa8 cxb2 39. Kh2 Rc1 40. Qxe5+ Bg7 41.
Qe8 bxa1=Q 42. Bd5 Rh1+ 43. Bxh1 Qb2 44. Qf7 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 5th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "3004"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Be7 4. c4 d5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. a3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. Bd3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. Nf3 Ba6 11. O-O Qc8 12. h3 Qb7 13. Qe2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Ra7 15. Rab1
axb4 16. axb4 Rfa8 17. Rfc1 Bd8 18. Qc2 Bc7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. b5 Ra5 21. bxc6
Qxc6 22. cxb6 Nxb6 23. Nxd5 Qxc2 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Rxc2 Nd5 26. g4 Kg7 27. Kg2
Ra1 28. Rxa1 Rxa1 29. Rb2 Rc1 30. Nd2 Rc7 31. Ne4 Kg6 32. Rb8 Kg7 33. Ng3 Ne7
34. Nh5+ Kg6 35. Nf4+ Kg7 36. Re8 Ra7 37. Kg3 h6 38. f3 f5 39. Nh5+ Kg6 40.
Nf4+ Kg7 41. e4 fxe4 42. fxe4 Rd7 43. Kf2 Ra7 44. h4 Rb7 45. Ke3 Kf6 46. e5+
Kg7 47. Ke4 Ra7 48. Nh5+ Kg6 49. Nf6 Kg7 50. h5 Rb7 51. Kd3 Ra7 52. Kc4 Rc7+
53. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 5th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ibarra Jerez, Jose Carlos"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2998"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "2016.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
c3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4 d5 12. Nd2 Bd6 13. Nf3 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4
15. g3 Qf6 16. Bg2 c6 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. Bxf3 Bf5 19. Bd2 a5 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21.
gxf4 f6 22. Re7 Rf7 23. Rae1 Kf8 24. Rxf7+ Kxf7 25. a3 Ra6 26. h4 Rb6 27. Re2
g6 28. Kg2 Ra6 29. Kg3 h5 30. Re1 Rb6 31. Re2 Ra6 32. Re1 Ra8 33. Bd1 Be4 34.
Re3 Re8 35. f3 Bf5 36. Rxe8 Kxe8 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Kg3 Kg7 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4
Kh6 41. Be2 Bd7 42. Bd3 Kg7 43. Kf2 Kf7 44. Ke3 Be8 45. Kf2 Ke7 46. Ke3 Kd6 47.
Kd2 b6 48. Ke3 c5 49. bxc5+ bxc5 50. Kd2 cxd4 51. cxd4 Ke7 52. Ke3 Kf7 53. Kf2
Ba4 54. Kg3 Bd1 55. Bb5 Bc2 56. Bc6 Ke6 57. Bb5 Kd6 58. Kf2 Kc7 59. Ke3 Bf5 60.
Kd2 Kd6 61. Ke3 Bb1 62. Be8 Ke6 63. Bb5 Bc2 64. Bf1 Bb3 65. Bd3 Kf7 66. Bb5 Ke6
67. Bd3 Kf7 68. Bb5 Ba2 69. Bd3 Kg7 70. Kf2 Kf7 71. Ke3 Bb3 72. Kf2 Bc4 73. Bc2
Kg7 74. Kg3 Kh6 75. Bb1 g5 76. fxg5+ fxg5 77. hxg5+ Kxg5 78. f4+ Kf6 79. Kh4
Be2 80. Bc2 Bg4 81. Bd3 Bf5 82. Be2 Bg6 83. Bf3 Kf5 84. Bxd5 Kxf4 85. Bg8 Be8
86. d5 Ke5 87. Be6 Kd6 88. Bg4 hxg4 89. Kxg4 Bf7 90. Kf4 Bg8 91. Ke3 Bf7 92.
Kf4 Bg6 93. Ke3 Bb1 94. Kf4 Ba2 95. Kf3 Bb3 96. Kf4 Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 5th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2986"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 Ne7 7. Ngf3 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. d5 Ng6 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Nf1 a5 12. Ne3 Nc5 13. Bc2 c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6
15. Nf1 Ne5 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. b3 Bb7 18. Qd2 Re8 19. Nb5 Qf6 20. f4 Ng6 21. Nxd6
Nxf4 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Rad1 h5 24. Qf2 e5 25. Ng3 Qg5 26. Qf3 Nce6 27. Nf5 h4
28. Nd6 Rc7 29. Nxb7 Rxb7 30. Kh1 Nd4 31. Rxd4 exd4 32. e5 Rd7 33. Rf1 d3 34.
Bd1 Ne6 35. Qa8+ Rd8 36. Qb7 Qxe5 37. Qxf7+ Kh7 38. Rf5 Qe1+ 39. Rf1 Qe5 40.
Rf5 Qe1+ 41. Rf1 Qe5 42. Bg4 Nd4 43. Bh5 Qg5 44. Bd1 d2 45. h3 Rd6 46. Bg4 Qe3
47. Bf5+ Nxf5 48. Qxf5+ Kh6 49. Qg4 Rd4 50. Qd1 Re4 51. Rg1 Qxg1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 5th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2987"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qxd7 Nbxd7 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. Rxc7 Rfc8 14.
Rxd7 Bb5 15. Re7 Kf8 16. Rb7 Ba6 17. Rd7 Bb5 18. Rb7 Bc6 19. Rxf7+ Kxf7 20.
Ne5+ Kg8 21. Be3 Bb5 22. f3 Nf6 23. Bd2 Rc2 24. b3 Rb2 25. a4 Be8 26. g3 Rxb3
27. Bh3 Rb1+ 28. Kf2 Rxh1 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. h4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 5th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2981"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5
9. cxd5 h6 10. Be3 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Nge2 h5 13. Nc1 Nh7 14. Be2 f5 15. O-O
fxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. Nf2 Qf6 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Ncd3 c4 21. Nf4
Qxb2 22. Rac1 b5 23. Rc2 Qe5 24. Ne6 Nc5 25. f4 Qf6 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Nc7 c3
28. Qd3 c4 29. Qf3 b4 30. d6 Rad8 31. Nxe8 Rxe8 32. Qc6 Qe6 33. Rcc1 b3 34.
Rce1 Qxe1 35. d7 Qxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Rd8 37. Qc8 c2 38. Qxd8+ Nf8 39. Qe8 c1=Q+ 40.
Ke2 Qc2+ 41. Kf3 Qc3+ 42. Ke2 Qc2+ 43. Kf3 Qc3+ 44. Ke2 Qc2+ 45. Kf3 Qc3+ 46.
Ke2 Qc2+ 47. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op1 5th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2984"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.07.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 g5 8. Bg3
g4 9. Ne5 h5 10. Rg1 d6 11. Nec4 h4 12. Bf4 Rg8 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. c3 b5 15. Na3
a6 16. e4 e5 17. Be3 d5 18. Nc2 Qd7 19. O-O-O O-O-O 20. f3 Qe6 21. Rge1 gxf3
22. gxf3 dxe4 23. fxe4 exd4 24. cxd4 Qxa2 25. d5 Na5 26. Nd4 Ng4 27. Bf4 Bf6
28. N2f3 Rge8 29. Qc2 Nc4 30. Bxc4 Qxc4 31. Qxc4 bxc4 32. Rd2 Ne5 33. Nxe5 Bxe5
34. Bxe5 Rxe5 35. Nf3 Rh5 36. Red1 Re8 37. Rd4 a5 38. Rxc4 Ba6 39. Rc3 Rxe4 40.
d6 Rc4 41. Rxc4 Bxc4 42. dxc7 Be2 43. Rd8+ Kxc7 44. Rf8 Bc4 45. Kd2 Bd5 46. Ke3
Rf5 47. Nxh4 Rh5 48. Kd4 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2855"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 {Schränkt die schwarze Auswahl etwas ein. Je nachdem, was
Schwarz im zweiten Zug zieht, könnte Weiß auf d4 verzichten.} d6 3. Nbc3 a6 {
Das deutet darufhin, dass Schwarz die Najdorf-Variante spielen will.} 4. g3 g6
5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. O-O O-O {Nun ist eine Position des
Fianchetto-Systems der Drachenvariante auf dem Brett.} 9. b3 ({Alternativen:} 
9. h3) (9. a4) 9... Nc6 10. Nxc6 (10. Nde2 Bg4 11. Bb2 Qc8 12. Qd2 Bh3 13. f3
Bxg2 14. Kxg2 b5 {1-0 (60) Bykova,E-Rudenko,L Frauen-WM, Leningrad 1953}) 10...
bxc6 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Na4 Bg4 13. Qe1 {Damentausch?} Qh5 14. f3 Bh3 15. g4 $5 (
15. Rd1) (15. c4) 15... Qh6 16. Rd1 $14 g5 17. Bc1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qg6 19. h4 (
19. Nb6 $5 Rab8 20. Nc4 h5 21. h3 $14) 19... gxh4 20. Qxh4 d5 {[#]} 21. g5 $2 {
Zu impulsiv. Nun gerät Weiß in Nachteil.} (21. exd5 cxd5 (21... Qxc2+ 22. Rd2
Qg6 23. dxc6 Rac8 $11) 22. Qg5 Qxc2+ 23. Rd2 Qc6 24. Bb2 $11) 21... dxe4 22. f4
{Für den Bauern erhält Weiß zu wenig Spiel. Vor allem steht der Sa4 viel zu
weit weg vom Geschehen.} (22. fxe4 Nxe4 {mit Bauerngewinn und sehr unsicherem
weißen König.}) 22... e6 23. c4 Rfd8 24. Rde1 Ne8 25. Nc5 Nd6 26. Qf2 f5 27.
Bb2 {[#]} Nf7 {Früher oder später kommt e5 und das schwarze
Bauernübergewicht im Zentrum wird spürbar.} 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qg3 Rd6 30. Rd1
Rad8 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Qc3+ Kg8 33. Rf2 Qh5 (33... e5 $5 34. fxe5 ({Oder} 34.
Qg3 Qh5 {mit der Idee} 35. Z0 Rd1 36. Z0 Qh1#) 34... Qxg5+ $18) 34. Qh3 Qd1 35.
Qe3 e5 36. Qg3 (36. fxe5 Rg6 $1 ({Auf} 36... Nxe5 {kann Weiß vielleicht} 37.
Nxe4 fxe4 38. Qxe4 {probieren. Nach} Qg4+ 39. Qxg4 Nxg4 40. Re2 {muss Schwarz
noch etwas arbeiten.})) 36... Rg6 37. Kh2 exf4 38. Qxf4 {Weiß verwaltet eine
Ruine, die im Folgenden rasch eingerissen wird.} Qh5+ 39. Kg1 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qh5+
41. Kg1 Nxg5 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Qe5+ Kh6 44. Qf4 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Qd4 46. b4 Kg7 47.
Qc7+ Kh8 48. Qc8+ Rg8 49. Qxf5 Nf3+ 50. Kh3 Qd6 (50... Qd6 51. Rg2 Qh6+ {
und Matt.}) 0-1

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rd1
Qe7 15. Qe4 Qxc5 16. e3 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Nc6 18. g3 Ne5 19. Kg2 Qc6 20. Qxc6 Rxc6
21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Rd2 Rac8 23. Rhd1 Rc2 24. Kf3 Kg7 25. e4 a5 26. Ke3 R2c5 27.
Rb1 a4 28. b3 axb3 29. Rxb3 Ra5 30. Rdd3 b5 31. Kd2 Rc4 32. f3 Rca4 33. Rdc3
Rd4+ 34. Ke3 Rxa3 35. Rxa3 b4 36. f4 bxa3 37. Rxa3 Rb4 38. fxe5 Rb5 39. Kf4 Rb2
40. h4 h6 41. g4 Rh2 42. h5 Rh1 43. Rf3 Rg1 44. Rf2 Rh1 45. Rf3 Rg1 46. Rf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. a4
Rc8 15. Bd3 a5 16. Bb5 h6 17. Qb2 Bc6 18. Rad1 Bxb5 19. Qxb5 Qc7 20. d5 exd5
21. exd5 Qd6 22. Nd4 Rc5 23. Qf1 Rxd5 24. Nf5 Rxd1 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Rd1 Rxd1
27. Qxd1 Nc5 28. h4 Re8 29. h5 Re6 30. f4 Kh7 31. Qd5 Rf6 32. Qe5 Re6 33. Qd5
Rf6 34. Qe5 Re6 35. Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. a3 a5 12. e4 e5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. g3 Rfe8 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bg5 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Be5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bg4 Rad8 20. Bf5 Bc8 21.
Bxc8 Qxc8 22. Ne2 a4 23. f4 Bb8 24. Kg2 Ba7 25. h3 h5 26. f5 Qc7 27. h4 Qe5 28.
Kf3 Rd5 29. Nf4 Rc5 30. Qe2 Rc4 31. Re1 Rd4 32. Nxh5 Red8 33. Rad1 Rxd1 34.
Rxd1 Rxd1 35. Qxd1 Bd4 36. Qc1 Kh7 37. Qxc6 Bxb2 38. Qb7 Qc3+ 39. Kg2 Qc4 40.
Nf4 Be5 41. Ne6 Kh6 42. Qa8 Qe2+ 43. Kh3 Qf1+ 44. Kg4 Qd1+ 45. Kh3 Qh1+ 46. Kg4
Qd1+ 47. Kh3 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qa4 Qxa4 14. Nxa4 Nc2+ 15.
Ke2 Nd4+ 16. Ke1 Nc2+ 17. Ke2 Nd4+ 18. Ke1 Nc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qc2 c6 7. O-O b6 8. Rd1
Bb7 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. e4 c5 12. dxc5 dxc4 13. b4 a5 14. a3 axb4 15.
axb4 bxc5 16. b5 Qc7 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg5 Nb6 19. Nd2 Rfd8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd5
Bxd5 22. exd5 e4 23. Rab1 Rxd5 24. Nxc4 Rd4 25. Nxb6 Qxb6 26. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 27.
Rxd1 Qxb5 28. Bxh7+ Kf8 29. Bf5 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Qd3 Qxd3 32. Bxd3 Bf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. b3 ({Am Nebentisch wurde der Läufer nach f4 entwickelt.} 
10. Bf4) 10... Ba6 11. a4 c5 12. Na3 Bb7 13. Qb2 Qc8 ({Die Variante kennt
Nakamura auch gut von der anderen Seite:} 13... Ne4 14. Be1 f5 15. e3 Bf6 16.
Rac1 Qe7 17. b4 Bc6 18. Qb3 a5 $11 {1-0 (99) Le,Q (2694)-Nakamura,H (2733) Cap
d'Agde 2010}) 14. Rac1 Bc6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nh4 Re8 18. Nf5 Bf8
19. Bf4 Qb7 {[#]} (19... a6 $11) 20. Nb5 $5 {Nakamura bringt etwas Würze ins
Spiel.} Bxb5 21. axb5 Qxb5 22. Ne3 Rac8 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 {Weiß hat die
etwas bessere Bauernstruktur.} Nb6 (24... Rxe2 $2 25. Qa1 {und falls} Ree8 $2 {
gewinnt Weiß mit} 26. Qxa7 {Material: d7 und f7 sind unter Beschuss.}) 25. Bc4
Nxc4 26. Rxc4 Rcd8 27. Ra1 Re6 (27... Rd7 $14) 28. Be3 ({Nach} 28. Rxa7 Rd1+
29. Kg2 Re1 {steht Schwarz sehr aktiv.}) 28... Rb8 29. Qc2 Qxb3 30. Qxb3 Rxb3
31. Rxa7 Re8 32. Rc7 Rb2 33. Bxc5 (33. Kf1 $5 $14 {ist der Maschinenvorschlag.}
) 33... Bxc5 34. R7xc5 Rbxe2 35. Rc8 Re1+ 36. Kg2 g6 37. h4 Rxc8 38. Rxc8+ Kg7
39. Rc7 Rd1 40. Rc8 Re1 41. Rc7 Rd1 42. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 ({Nach} 6. O-O dxc4 7.
Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 {ist in einer der
Hauptvarianten der Katalanischen Eröffnung eine ähnliche Stellung erreicht,
mit dem Unterschied, dass der Sb1 noch nicht gezogen hat. Nakamura hatte sie
erst kürzlich auf dem Brett:} e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Qxc4 Be6 14. Qd3 Rad8 15.
Qe3 Qh5 16. f3 Bc4 17. Nc3 Rfe8 18. g4 Qg6 19. Qf2 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Re1 h5
22. g5 f6 23. h4 Rde5 24. e4 f5 25. Bf4 R5e7 26. Rac1 Bxa2 27. Qxa7 Bf7 28.
Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Qxc7 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. fxe4 Qxe4 32. Qe5 Qf3 33. Bg3 Bd5 34.
Qe8+ Kh7 35. g6+ Kh6 36. Qh8+ Kxg6 37. Qe8+ Kh7 {0-1 (37) Kramnik,V (2812)
-Nakamura,H (2787) Paris 2016}) 6... dxc4 ({Zur Geschlossenen Variante führt} 
6... c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3 (8. Qd3)) 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 12. dxc5 ({Schwarz hat gute praktische Ergebnisse nach} 
12. Qxc4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qh4 Rb8 15. O-O Rb4 16. e4 h6) 12... Qxc5 13. Be3
Qc7 14. Rd1 Bd7 {Ein neuer Zug von Nakamura.} (14... Bb7) (14... Nd5) 15. Qa3
Nd5 16. Bd4 a5 17. Rd2 Nb4 18. O-O Qb7 19. Na4 Bxa4 ({Es drohte} 19... Z0 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nc5) 20. Qxa4 Rfc8 21. Rc1 f6 22. f3 Qa6 23. Bf2 Nd5 24. Rdc2 Nb4
25. Rd2 Nd5 26. Rdc2 Nb4 27. Rc3 {Der Chinese lehnt die Einladung zur
Stellungswiederholung ab und spielt weiter. Aber viel Spannung kommt nicht
mehr auf...} h6 28. Kg2 Rab8 29. b3 cxb3 30. Rxc8+ Rxc8 31. Rxc8+ Qxc8 32. Qxb3
Kf7 33. Qa4 Qa6 34. Qd7+ Kg8 35. Qd2 Qc4 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Qxa5 Nxa2 38. Qd2 Nb4
39. Qb2 Nc6 40. Qb1+ Kg8 41. Qb7 Ne5 42. Qb8+ Kh7 43. Qb1+ Kg8 44. Qb8+ Kh7 45.
Qb1+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. Nxb5 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 Ne4 9. a3 Nxc3 10. Qd2 Nd5 11. axb4 Nxf4 12. exf4 Bb7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O
Nb6 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Rfd1 Rfb8 17. Rac1 a6 18. h4 Bd5 19. h5 h6 20. Re1 Rb7 21.
Nxc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Rab8 24. Ra1 Rxb4 25. Rxb4 Qxb4 26. Qxb4 Rxb4
27. Rxa6 Rxd4 28. Ra8+ Kh7 29. g3 Rb4 30. Ra7 Rxb2 31. Rxc7 Kg8 32. Rc8+ Kh7
33. Rc7 Kg8 34. Rc8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O a6 11. Rc1 Ba7 12. Ne5 Ne7 13. Bg5 d4 14. exd4
Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Nf3 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Ned5 18. Rc4 h6 19. Bd2 b5 20. Rd4 Re8
21. Re1 Ne7 22. Bd3 Be6 23. a4 Nf5 24. Rf4 Nd6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rd4 Nc4 27.
Bc3 Rac8 28. Rb1 Bd5 29. Nd2 Nxd2 30. Bxd2 Be4 31. Bc3 Bxd3 32. Rxd3 Ne4 33. h3
Nxc3 34. bxc3 Rc5 35. Rd2 Rxc3 36. Rxb5 Rc7 37. Rb1 Rec8 38. Rbd1 Rc1 39. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 40. Kh2 g6 41. g4 g5 42. Kg2 Rc3 43. Rd6 Kg7 44. Rb6 Rd3 45. Rc6 Rb3 46.
Ra6 Rd3 47. Rc6 Rb3 48. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 {This
line has had its ebbs and flows of popularity. Right now even the top players
are willing to use it in the ongoing fight for a workable edge in the Catalan.}
({The main line is still} 7. Qc2 {and now:} {However,} a6 {is still definitely
the main reaction.} ({No one has yet comprehensively refuted Bukavshin's} 7...
b6 8. Bg5 (8. Ne5 Qxd4 9. Bxa8 Qxe5 10. Bf3 (10. Bg2 Nd5 11. Qxc4 Ba6 12. Qe4
Bf6 13. Qxe5 Bxe5 14. Rd1 Nc6 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Rxd5 Bxe2 17. Nc3 Bc4 18. Rd1
Nb4 19. Bf4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nd5 21. Bd2 f6 22. Re1 Kf7 23. Re4 b5 $14 {Michalik,
P (2570)-Hansen,S (2568) Germany 2016}) 10... Nd5 11. Qxc4 Ba6 12. Qa4 c5 13.
Nd2 Rc8 14. Rd1 c4 15. Nf1 b5 16. Qc2 Nc6 17. Qe4 Qf6 $6 (17... Qb8 $5 $44 {/\}
18. Ne3 Nf6) 18. Ne3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Ne5 $2 20. Bg2 $6 (20. Qxa7 $1 Nxf3+ 21.
exf3 Qxf3 22. Rd7 $18) 20... Bc5 21. Qf4 b4 22. Be3 Qxf4 23. gxf4 Bxe3 24. fxe3
$16 {Nyback,T (2608)-Pihlajasalo,A (2442) Finland 2015}) 8... Ba6 9. Nbd2 (9.
Rd1 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Nc3 c6 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Nxc4 c5 15. dxc5
Nxc5 16. Ned6 Rc7 17. e4 Nb7 18. Qa4 Nxd6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. exd5 Bb7 21. dxe6
Qxe6 22. Re1 Qd7 $11 {Vitiugov,N (2728)-Brkic,A (2585) Biel 2016}) 9... Nd5 10.
Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxc4 Nd7 12. Rac1 (12. Nfe5 $5) 12... c5 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. Qa3 N5f6
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Nfe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qb7+ 19. f3 Ne8 20. e4 Qc7
21. Qa4 h6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rc2 Kf8 $11 {Aronian,L (2792)-Fressinet,L (2687)
Paris blitz 2016}) 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 {was the topic of an opening survey
in CBM 169. Some more recent examples show Black is gradually neutralising
White's pressure:} 10. Bg5 (10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Nc3 Bxf4 12. gxf4 a5 13. e3 Na6 14.
Rac1 Nb4 15. Rfd1 Ra6 16. Qe2 Nbd5 17. Nb5 Ne7 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nfd5 20.
Nc4 Ng6 21. Kh1 Qe7 22. b3 Rd8 23. Rd2 Raa8 24. Rdc2 Nb4 25. Rd2 Nd5 $11 {
Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Dominguez Perez,L (2723) Capablanca mem Varadero 2016}) 10...
Bd5 (10... Nbd7 11. Nc3 (11. Nbd2 a5 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 Qd5+ 16. f3 c5 17. e4 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 cxd4 19. Nb3 Rfd8 20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21.
Nxd4 Rd8 22. Nb3 {Aronian,L (2792)-Kramnik,V (2812) Leuven blitz 2016} Nd7 $11)
11... h6 12. Bd2 ({A rare idea, previously White played mostly} 12. Bxf6 Nxf6
13. b4 Bd5 $5 $11) 12... a5 13. Rfd1 Bb4 14. Qd3 Qe7 15. Be1 Rfd8 16. Qc2 Nb6
17. b3 Rac8 18. Rac1 Ba3 19. Ra1 Bb4 20. Rac1 Be8 21. Qb1 c5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23.
Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Na2 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Bxe1 26. Nxe1 Nbd5 $11 {Aronian,L (2792)
-Kramnik,V (2812) Paris blitz 2016}) 11. Qc2 (11. Qd3 c5 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. Rfd1
cxd4 14. Nxd4 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nc6 $5 (16... Bxd4 17. Qxd4
Nc6 18. Qc5 Qa5 $146 (18... Qc7 19. Ne4 $14) 19. Ne4 Rfd8 20. Qxa5 Nxa5 21. Nc5
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 h6 23. Rd7 b5 24. b3 Rc8 25. Nxa6 bxa4 26. bxa4 Rc4 27. Ra7 Rxa4
28. Nc5 Ra1 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. Nd7 g5 31. Ne5 Nb3 32. Rxa1 Nxa1 33. Nxf7 $16 {
Aronian,L (2792)-Nakamura,H (2787) Paris blitz 2016}) 17. Nxc6 Qxd3 18. Rxd3
bxc6 19. Rb1 Rab8 20. b3 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Ne4 Be7 23. Nd2 f5 24. Rc1 c5
25. f4 g5 26. Rc3 Rd8 $11 {Jenkins,R (1934)-Varlamov,F (2255) email 2012})
14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nbd7 16. Qf3 (16. Rac1 $146 Qa5 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qf3 Qb4
19. Rc2 Rac8 20. Rcd2 h6 21. h3 Rc7 22. e3 Rfc8 23. Qe2 Qb6 $11 {Vachier
Lagrave,M (2789)-Nakamura,H (2787) Paris blitz 2016}) 16... Qb6 17. a5 Qa7 18.
Be3 Qb8 19. Nb3 Rc8 20. Ra4 Rc6 21. Bg5 Qe8 22. Rad4 h6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. e4 e5
25. R4d3 Rac8 $11 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2819)-Nakamura,H (2791) chess.com blitz
2016}) 11... Be4 12. Qc1 (12. Qd1 h6 (12... c5 $11 {Nakamura,H (2814)-Anand,V 
(2816) Saint Louis 2015 This thrust should be sufficient for equality, see the
notes to the game by Marin in CBM 168.}) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nc3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 c6
16. e3 a5 17. Qe2 Na6 18. Rfd1 Nb4 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Rac1 Rfd8 21. Rc5 g6 22. Bg2
Bg7 23. f4 Rd5 24. Rcc1 Rc8 25. b3 Rdd8 26. h4 {1/2, Matlakov,M (2684)
-Andreikin,D (2733) Poikovsky 2016} h5 $11) 12... h6 (12... c5 13. dxc5 Nbd7
14. Nbd2 Bc6 15. b4 a5 16. b5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nxc5 18. Rd1 Nd5 19. Qxc5 Bxc5 20.
Bxd8 Rfxd8 21. Nb3 Bb6 22. Rac1 Kf8 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. e3 g6 25. Kf1 Ke7 26. Nc5
$14 {Ipatov,A (2648)-Stefansson,H (2581) Gjakova 2016}) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rd1
a5 15. Nbd2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 17. Nb3 Na6 18. h4 Qb6 19. Qc4 Rfd8 20. Rd2 Qb4
21. Rc1 Be7 22. e3 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Nb4 24. Rc1 Na2 25. Ra1 Nb4 $11 {Markus,R 
(2617)-Wojtaszek,R (2734) Skopje 2015}) 7... Nc6 8. Nxc6 {An important
crossroads. So is not interested in material and wants to fight for the
initiative with his bishop pair.} ({The alternative is} 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6
Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {and now:} 11. Qa4 ({A fashionable and interesting move is} 
11. Na3 Rd8 $5 (11... c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qh5 (13... Qc6 14. Rc1 Ba6 (
14... Bb7 15. f3 Ba6 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. Qd4 Rfc8 18. b3 Qa6 19. bxc4 Qxa2 20.
Kf2 $14 {Kramnik,V (2783)-Adams,M (2745) Shamkir 2015 See the notes to this
game by Havasi in CBM 166.}) 15. Nxc4 Bxc4 16. b3 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qe4 18. Rc4 Qe5
19. Qf3 Rfd8 20. Bd4 Qd5 21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. Rfc1 f6 23. Ra4 a5 {Rozum,I (2559)
-Moskalenko,A (2464) Kazan 2016}) (13... Qb4 14. Qd4 $5 (14. Qc1 Ba6 15. Bd4
Rfd8 16. Rd1 Rac8 17. Qc3 Qa4 18. Qc2 Qxc2 19. Nxc2 c3 20. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1
Bxe2 $11 {Aronian,L (2797)-Nakamura,H (2767) Saint Louis 2014}) 14... Ba6 15.
Rfd1 Nd5 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. e4 Nf6 19. f3 Rfd8 (19... c3 $5 20. Bxc3
Be2 21. Re1 Bxf3 $132) 20. Bc3 Rd3 21. Kf2 Rad8 22. Ke2 Nd7 23. Nc2 $14 {
/=, Ju,W (2559)-Zhao,X (2508) Sharjah 2014}) 14. f3 c3 15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Qc1 Ba6
17. c4 Rac8 18. Bxa7 (18. Rd1 $142 $5 Nd5 19. Rd4 {perhaps gives White a small
plus}) 18... Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Qxa7+ 20. Qe3 Qa6 21. Ne5 Rc2 $11 {Kramnik,V (2787)
-Anand,V (2770) Khanty-Mansiysk ct 2014}) 12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Nxc4 (13. Qa4 Rd6 14.
Nxc4 Qd7 15. Qxd7 Rxd7 16. b3 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Rxd4 18. Bf4 Rxc4 19. Rfc1 Ra4 20.
Bxc7 Nd5 21. a3 Nxc7 22. Rxc7 h5 23. Rd1 Rxa3 24. Rdd7 Rf8 $11 {Yuffa,D (2502)
-Popov,I (2648) Kolomna 2016}) 13... c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. b3 Bxc4 16. Bb2 Rac8
17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rfc1 Qe5 $1 19. bxc4 Rd4 20. Rab1 Rdxc4 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22.
Rxc4 Qxe2 23. Ra4 a6 24. Kg2 Qe5 25. Rd1 h5 $11 {Wei,Y (2696)-So,W (2770)
Bilbao 2016}) (11. Qc2 e5 ({The main move, but even} 11... c5 12. Qxc4 cxd4 13.
Qxd4 e5 14. Qh4 Qb7 $5 $146 {deserves attention:} 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Bg5 Ng4 17.
h3 Qxb2 18. Rfc1 h6 19. hxg4 hxg5 20. Qxg5 f6 21. Qe3 Bxg4 22. Rab1 Qa3 23. Rb3
Qa5 {So,W (2770)-Kramnik,V (2812) Leuven blitz 2016}) 12. dxe5 (12. Rd1 {
was introduced by Kramnik. White ignores the P and continues his development,
but subsequent practice has shown, how Black should handle this idea:} Bb7 $142
$1 {This was recommended already by Illingworth in CBM 157:} (12... Re8 13. d5
(13. Nc3 $5) 13... c6 14. d6 Qe6 15. Bg5 Nd5 16. Qxc4 Qxd6 17. Nc3 {1/2,
Mastrovasilis,A (2510)-Rusev,K (2516) Skopje 2012} (17. e4 Ne3 18. Rxd6 Nxc4
$11) 17... Be6 $11) (12... Rb8 13. Nc3 h6 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Rd4 Be6
17. Rad1 Rb6 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. f3 Rfb8 20. Qe3 Rxb2 21. Rxc4 R2b7 22. Ra4 Re8 $1
23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Qxa7 Qb4 25. Be5 (25. Qd4 $142 $5 c5 26. Qd3+ $14) 25... Nd5
26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Qxc7 Qc4 $14 {/=, Kramnik,V (2810)-Carlsen,M (2872) London
ct 2013}) 13. Nc3 (13. Bg5 Rad8 14. Qxc4 exd4 15. Nd2 Rfe8 16. Rac1 h6 17. Bxf6
Qxf6 {Li,C (2686)-Xiu,D (2556) Shenzhen 2013} 18. Nb3 Ba6 19. Qc6 $11) 13...
Qe6 14. dxe5 Qh3 15. e4 Ng4 16. f4 Rad8 17. Rxd8 (17. Qg2 Qxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Bxe4+
19. Kg1 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1 h5 21. h3 Nh6 22. Be3 a6 23. Rc1 Rd8 24. Nf2 Bd5 25. g4
hxg4 26. hxg4 Rb8 27. Rc2 Bf3 $11 {Percze,R (2334)-Kovacs,A (2471) email 2012})
17... Rxd8 18. Qg2 Qh6 19. h3 Qb6+ (19... Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qb6+ 21. Be3 Nxe3 22.
Na4 Qd4 $132) 20. Kf1 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Rd1+ 22. Ke2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qe3+ 24. Kd1
Qd3+ 25. Ke1 Qe3+ 26. Qe2 Qxc1+ 27. Qd1 Qe3+ 28. Kf1 Nh2+ 29. Kg2 Qxe4+ 30.
Kxh2 Qd3 31. Qc1 h5 $11 {Wang,Y (2705)-Wei,Y (2557) Shenzhen 2013}) 12... Qxe5
13. Bf4 Qh5 (13... Qe6 14. Nc3 Bb7 15. Rfd1 h6 16. f3 g5 17. Bxc7 Rac8 18. Ba5
Rfe8 19. Qd2 Rc5 20. Bd8 Nd5 $13 {Schmuecker,M (2213)-Hausrath,D (2488)
Oberhausen 2013}) (13... Qc5 14. Nd2 Ba6 15. Rac1 Nd5 16. Nxc4 Nxf4 17. gxf4
Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Qh5 19. f3 Re6 20. Ne5 Rae8 21. Qb3 Qh4 22. e3 h5 {Horvath,C 
(2512)-Prohaszka,P (2617) Bol 2015} 23. Qc2 {/\} f6 24. Ng6 Qh3 25. Qf2 $16)
14. Nc3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Rfd1 Qc6 17. Rd4 Bh3 18. f3 Be6 19. Rad1 Qb6 20.
Qc3 f6 21. Kg2 Rae8 22. R1d2 a5 23. g4 a4 24. Bg3 Qc5 25. Re4 Rf7 26. Qe3 Qxe3
27. Rxe3 Rfe7 $14 {/=, Tomashevsky,E (2749)-Nakamura,H (2799) Khanty-Mansiysk
2015 Although nominally this endgame is slightly better for White due to the
resulting pawn structure, the opposite coloured bishops are a strong
neutralising factor. Black held the game without any serious problems.}) 11...
e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Qxc4 Be6 14. Qd3 (14. Qc2 Bf5 15. Qd2 Rfe8 16. Re1 Bg4 17.
Nc3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Qc3 Bxe2 20. Be3 Qf3 21. Rac1 a6 22. Bd4 Qg4 23. Be5
f6 24. Bxc7 Kh8 $44 {[%csl Rf3,Rg2,Rh3] Kramnik,V (2790)-Leko,P (2734)
Dortmund 2010}) 14... Rad8 15. Qe3 Qh5 (15... Qa5 16. Qa3 Qb5 $5 $146 (16...
Qh5 17. f3 Rfe8 18. Nc3 Bc4 19. Rf2 h6 20. Bf4 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Re1 Bxa2
23. Qxa7 c6 24. e4 Qe6 25. Kg2 $14 {Kramnik,V (2812)-Aronian,L (2792) Paris
blitz 2016}) 17. Nc3 Qb7 18. f3 Bh3 19. Re1 (19. Rf2 $142 $1 $13) 19... Qb6+ $1
20. e3 $8 Rd3 21. Qa4 Rfd8 22. Qh4 Bc8 23. g4 Bb7 24. Rf1 h6 $1 25. Qf2 Nd7 $1
26. Qg3 Qc5 27. Kg2 Ne5 $44 {|^, Kantor,G (2416)-Rydl,J (2398) Celje 2016
Black has excellent piece play; for White it's very difficult to fully
consolidate his setup once his pawn was forced to leave e2.}) 16. f3 Bc4 $1 17.
Nc3 Rfe8 18. g4 $5 $146 (18. Qg5 Qh3 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Bd4 f6 21. Qc1 Nxc3 22.
Qxc3 Bxe2 23. Rf2 a6 24. b3 Qd7 25. Re1 Bb5 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Kg2 $11 {
1/2, Filippov,V (2639)-Grischuk,A (2719) Tripoli 2004}) (18. Qf2 Nd5 19. Re1
Nxc3 20. bxc3 Qb5 21. e4 Rd3 22. Bf4 Rxc3 23. a4 Qa6 24. Rec1 Rxc1+ $11 {
1/2, Papaioannou,I (2628)-Beliavsky,A (2656) Novi Sad 2009}) 18... Qg6 19. Qf2
Nd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Re1 h5 22. g5 f6 23. h4 Rde5 24. e4 f5 25. Bf4 R5e7 26.
Rac1 Bxa2 27. Qxa7 Bf7 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Qxc7 fxe4 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. fxe4 Qxe4
$11 {Kramnik,V (2812)-Nakamura,H (2787) Paris blitz 2016}) 8... bxc6 9. Na3 {
The only way to fight for an edge. Other moves promise Black rather easy
equality:} (9. e3 Nd5 (9... Ba6) ({and} 9... Rb8 $5 {are playable alternatives
as well.}) 10. Qa4 Nb6 11. Qc2 Rb8 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Nd2 Ba6 14. b3 c5 15. Bb2
cxd4 16. Bxd4 f6 17. Bxb6 cxb6 18. Nxc4 Qc8 (18... Rc8 $11) 19. Rac1 Bxc4 (
19... Rd8 $5) 20. Qxc4 Ba3 21. Bh3 f5 22. Rc2 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 a5 24. Rc6 Rf6 25.
Bf1 Bc5 26. Bc4 Re8 27. Rd7 Kf8 28. h4 Rf7 29. Rd1 Rfe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (60)
Berkes,F (2596)-Magalashvili,D (2448) Istanbul 2005}) (9. Bxc6 Rb8 10. Nc3 Bb7
11. Bxb7 (11. Qa4 Qxd4 12. Be3 Bxc6 13. Qxc6 Qd6 14. Qxc4 Rb4 15. Qd3 Qxd3 16.
exd3 Rxb2 17. Bxa7 Ra8 18. Be3 Bb4 $36 {Shipov,S (2625)-Lautier,J (2653)
Moscow 2001}) 11... Rxb7 12. Rb1 Qd7 13. Be3 Rfb8 14. Qc2 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16.
Rfc1 Bd6 17. Qxc4 Rxb2 18. Rxb2 Rxb2 19. Qxd5 exd5 20. Bf4 Kf8 $1 $11 {/=/+,
Sloth,J (2610)-Rittner,H (2601) corr 1999}) 9... Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ba6 {This was
Illingworth's preference in his aforementioned article in 2013 (CBM 157).
Let's check the alternatives:} (10... a5 $5 {might well become more popular in
the near future:} 11. Bxc6 (11. Qa4 Ba6 12. Bxc6 Rb8 13. Qxa5 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7
15. Qc3 Qd5 16. f3 Rd8 17. e4 Qxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Rxd4 19. Be3 Rd6 20. Rab1 (20.
Rfc1 Rd3 $132) 20... Rxb1 21. Rxb1 h6 $11 {Gelfand,B (2747)-Aronian,L (2770)
Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 11... Rb8 12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Rd1 Nd5 (13... Qe7 $5 $13) 14. e4
Ne7 (14... Nb6 15. a4 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Rab1 Qd7 19. Rb5 Rbb8
20. Rxa5 Ra8 21. Bb4 Nxa4 22. Rc1 Rxa5 23. Bxa5 Ra8 24. Bb4 Qxd4 25. Qxc4 Qxc4
26. Rxc4 c5 $14 {Hirneise,T (2471)-Kovacs,G (2460) Budapest 2016}) 15. Ba4 f5
16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Rf7 18. Be3 f4 19. Bxf4 Ng6 20. Be3 Ne5 21. Qe4 Qe7 22.
Bf4 Qxa3 23. Bxe5 Qxa4 $14 {/<=>, Kramnik,V (2777)-Bruzon Batista,L (2659)
Baku 2015}) (10... Rb8 11. Qa4 $1 (11. Qd2 Qd6 12. Qc3 c5 13. dxc5 Qa6 14. Bf4
Bb7 15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Rfc1 Nd5 17. Qxc4 Qxa3 18. Bd2 c6 19. e4 Nf6 20. Kg2 h6
21. Rc2 Rd8 22. Re1 Qd3 23. Qxd3 Rxd3 $11 {Fridman,D (2620)-Ladva,O (2453)
Riga 2016}) 11... Qxd4 (11... Rb6 12. Qxc4 Ba6 13. Qc2 Qd6 (13... Qxd4 14. Be3
Rb2 (14... Qb2 15. Rfc1 $16 {Vogel,R (2191)-Wiegner,D (2176) Bayern 2007}) 15.
Qc1 (15. Qxh7+ Kxh7 16. Bxd4 Rxe2 17. Rfc1 Bb5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20.
Rxc6 Rb8 21. Rxc7 Rbb2 22. Rf1 Kg7 23. Rxa7 Rxa2 $11 {Roy Chowdhury,S (2494)
-Kunal,M (2323) Kanpur 2014}) 15... Qe5 16. f4 Qb5 17. Bxc6 Qb8 18. Bd4 Rxe2
19. Bf3 $36) 14. Rd1 Rfb8 15. Bf3 Qd8 16. e4 $36 {Anthonius B,R (2569)-Tambora,
R (2768) 3m + 0s, rated 2006}) 12. Be3 Qb2 13. Qxc4 Nd5 14. Bxa7 Ra8 15. Bd4 (
15. Bc5 Ba6 16. Qe4 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Bb5 18. e3 Ra4 19. Qf3 Rc4 20. Rab1 Qc2 21.
Bd4 Nc3 22. Bxc3 Rxc3 23. Qf4 Rxa3 24. Rbc1 Qb2 25. Rb1 Qc2 26. Rbc1 Qb2 27.
Rb1 Qc2 {1/2, Ju,W (2500)-Lhamsuren,U (2115) Olongapo City 2010}) 15... Qb5 16.
Qxb5 cxb5 17. Bc5 (17. Rfc1 Ra4 18. Bc5 Re8 19. e4 Nb6 20. Rab1 (20. Bb4 $14)
20... Bd7 21. Bxb6 cxb6 22. e5 Rb8 23. Bf1 Rxa3 24. Bxb5 Bxb5 25. Rxb5 $11 {
½, Ftacnik,L (2475)-Geller,E (2565) Valetta olm 1980}) 17... Re8 18. Rfc1 c6 (
18... Ra4 19. e4 Nb6 {transposes to Ftacnik-Geller}) 19. e4 Nf6 20. f3 Bb7 21.
Rd1 Red8 22. Kf2 Rd7 23. Ke3 $14 {Wang,Y (2697)-Nielsen,P (2693) Beijing
blindfold rpd 2011}) (10... Nd5 {is the most popular move, but probably not
the best. After} 11. Qa4 {Black has to fight for equality:} Nb6 (11... Nc3 12.
Qc2 Nb5 13. e3 Nd6 14. a4 Qg5 15. Qc3 Qf5 16. Ba3 Rd8 (16... Qd3 17. Qxd3 cxd3
18. Rfc1 Bd7 19. Bxc6 d2 20. Rc2 Bxc6 21. Rxc6 Rfc8 22. Rd1 g5 23. g4 Rab8 24.
Rxd2 $16 {Andersen,M (2479)-Bekker Jensen,S (2451) Svendborg 2016}) 17. Rab1
Bd7 18. Rfe1 Ne4 19. Qc2 Nd6 20. e4 Qg6 21. Rbc1 Be8 22. Qc3 f6 23. e5 Nf5 24.
Bc5 fxe5 25. dxe5 a5 26. Qxc4 $16 {Stupak,K (2514)-Pileckis,E (2447) Tromso
olm 2014}) {However, White doesn't have to take the pawn immediately,} 12. Qa5
$5 $44 {is a serious alternative:} (12. Qxc6 Rb8 13. Qc5 Qd6 $5 (13... Bb7 14.
e4 Qd6 15. Bf4 $1 (15. Rb1 Qxc5 16. dxc5 Na4 17. Rb4 Bc6 18. Bf4 a5 $6 (18...
Nc3 $1 $132) 19. Rxc4 Bb5 20. Rcc1 Bxf1 21. Bxf1 $16 {[%csl Ra4,Rc7] Schlosser,
P (2509)-Abergel,T (2457) Pardubice 2016}) 15... Qxc5 16. dxc5 Na4 17. Rfc1 Ba6
18. Bf1 Nxc5 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Na6 21. Bxc7 Nxc7 22. Rxc7 g5 23. Rd1 Rb2
24. Kg2 Kg7 25. h3 Re2 26. Kf3 Rxa2 27. Rxa7 $14 {Ftacnik,L (2470)-Liberzon,V 
(2545) Hastings 1980}) 14. Rb1 $5 (14. Bf4 Qxc5 15. dxc5 Nd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17.
Bxc7 Rb2 18. Rfd1 Rxe2 19. Rxd5 Be6 20. Re5 Rb2 21. Re3 Re8 22. Bf4 {K64,R 
(2673)-Super_GM,R (2621) 3m + 0s, rated 2006} Rc8 $11) 14... Bb7 $142 $5 (14...
Ba6 15. Qa5 Nd5 16. Rxb8 Rxb8 17. e4 Rb5 $2 (17... Qb6 18. Qe1 Nf6 $13) 18. Qa4
Nc3 19. Qxc4 Qxd4 20. Qc6 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Qd6 22. Qa8+ Qf8 23. Qxa7 Ra5 24. Be3
Qxa3 25. Qb8+ Qf8 26. Qxc7 Rxa2 27. Rd1 $18 {Mihajlovskij,S (2451)-Ivanov,A 
(2458) St Petersburg 2007}) 15. Bf4 (15. e4 {- see Schlosser-Abergel above})
15... Qxc5 16. dxc5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nd5 $132) 12... Rb8 13. e3 (13. Rd1 Nd5 14.
a4 (14. e4 $14 {Ribli}) 14... Qd6 15. e4 Qb4 16. Bd2 c3 17. Qxb4 Rxb4 18. Be1
Nb6 19. Bxc3 Rxa4 20. a3 Rd8 21. Bb4 Ba6 22. Rac1 Be2 23. Rd2 Bb5 24. Bf1 Rd7
25. Bc5 e5 $132 {Iljushin,A (2460)-Kiriakov,P (2495) Maikop 1998}) 13... Bd7 $6
14. a4 Qe7 15. Bd2 Nd5 16. Rfc1 Rb7 17. e4 c3 18. Be1 Nf6 19. Bxc3 $16 {
Lorparizangeneh,S (2478)-Yuan,Q (2366) Bhubaneswar 2016}) 11. Qd2 {White's
more recent attempts to breathe life into this branch are connected with the
text move. He wants to coordinate his forces first and just as in some lines
from the above note, ignores the offered Pc6.} (11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. Qa4 Rb6 13.
Bd2 (13. Bf3 Nd5 14. Qa5 c3 15. Re1 Qf6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qxc3 Rc6 18. Qb3 Qxd4
19. Be3 Qe4 20. Rad1 Rc4 21. Bxa7 c6 22. Qe3 $11 {½, Beliavsky,A (2620)
-Geller,E (2615) Moscow 1981}) 13... Qd6 14. Bf3 Nd5 15. Rfb1 Rfb8 16. Rxb6
Qxb6 17. Rc1 Qxd4 18. Qxa6 Qxd2 19. Qxc4 g6 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qxc7 Re8 22. Rc2
Qd1+ 23. Kg2 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Qxe2 25. Qd8+ Kg7 26. Qxd5 a6 27. a4 h6 28. h4 h5
$14 {/=, Antunes,A (2510)-Janjgava,L (2500) Moscow 1994}) (11. a4 Qd6 12. Qd2
Rfb8 13. Qa5 Rb6 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Qc3 Qb4 16. Qxb4 Rxb4 17. Bd2 Rb2 18. Bc3 Rc2
19. Rec1 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Nd5 21. Be1 Ba6 22. e4 Nf6 23. f3 Rd8 24. Bc3 Nd7 25.
Bf1 c5 $11 {Wang,Y (2734)-Zhou,J (2660) Xinghua Jiangsu 2011}) 11... Rb8 (11...
Qc8 12. a4 (12. Qa5 $5 {transposes into the game after} Rb8 (12... Nd5 13. e4
Nb6 14. a4 $5 c3 15. Re1 $14)) 12... Rd8 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Ba3 Nd5 (14... Rxb1
15. Rxb1 e5 $5 16. Be7 Rxd4 17. Qa5 Nd7 18. Bxc6 c3 19. Qxc3 Bxe2 20. Qxd4 exd4
21. Bxd7 Qa8 22. Bc6 Qc8 $11 {is a typical computer suggestion}) 15. Bc5 Rb7
16. Be4 (16. Qc2 $1 $14) 16... c3 17. Qc2 h6 18. Bf3 Bc4 19. h4 Rxb1 20. Rxb1
Qa6 21. Kh2 Nb6 {Jumabayev,R (2607)-Gundavaa,B (2517) Abu Dhabi 2016} 22. Rb4
Nd5 23. Rb1 $11) (11... c3 12. Qxc3 Bxe2 13. Re1 $14 {/\} Bb5 14. a4 $1 {
and White wins an exchange after} Bxa4 15. Qb4 Bb5 16. a4 Ba6 17. Ba3 Re8 (
17... Qc8 18. Qxf8+ Qxf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Rec1 Rc8 21. Rab1 Bd3 22. Rb7 a6 23.
Rxc6 $18 {Lenderman,A (2614)-Tang,A (2416) Philadelphia 2016}) 18. Bxc6 $16)
12. Qa5 Qc8 (12... Rb6 13. a4 Qe7 (13... Qc8 14. Ba3 Rd8 15. Bc5 Rb2 16. e3 (
16. e4 Nd7 17. Be7 Re8 18. Ba3 Rb8 19. Rfd1 c5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Bb7 {
Ortiz Suarez,I (2578)-Lenderman,A (2614) San Salvador 2016} 22. c6 $5 Bxc6 23.
Rd4 $14) 16... Nd7 17. Be7 Re8 18. Ba3 Rb6 19. Bc5 Rb2 20. Qc3 Qb7 21. Ba3 Rb6
22. Rad1 Nf6 23. e4 Qc8 24. Bc5 Rb7 25. Rfe1 $14 Nd7 26. e5 Nb8 27. Be4 Rd8 28.
g4 Nd7 29. Qh3 h6 30. Ba3 Nf8 31. g5 $40 {Melkumyan,H (2632)-Fridman,D (2627)
Reykjavik 2015 This game illustrates the dangers of a passive wait-and-see
approach.}) (13... Qd6 14. e4 (14. Qc3 Nd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Bc5
Rbb8 18. f3 e5 19. e4 exd4 20. Bxd4 Qg5 21. Rad1 {Li,C (2669)-Ganguly,S (2627)
Ningbo 2011} Rbd8 22. Bxa7 c5 $132) 14... Qe7 15. Rd1 Rfb8 16. a3 c3 $2 (16...
Nd7 $132 {[%cal Yc6c5,Ye6e5]}) 17. Qxc3 Rb3 18. Qxc6 Bb7 19. Qc2 Ba8 20. d5 $16
{Ozturk,K (2277)-Olsarova,K (2255) Baku olw 2016}) 14. Qc3 Rfb8 (14... Nd5 $142
$5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Ba3 Rd6 17. Rab1 Rc8 $13) 15. Ba3 Qe8 16. Bc5 Rb2 17. Bxa7
(17. e4 $142 $5 $36) 17... R8b7 18. Bc5 Nd5 19. Qa5 Qa8 20. Rfc1 Rb8 21. Qe1 c3
22. e4 Re2 23. Qd1 Rd2 24. Qe1 Re2 25. Qd1 Rd2 $11 26. Qg4 {Wen,Y (2618)-Xiu,D
(2563) Zaozhuang 2015} Nb6 $15 (26... Nb4 $5 27. Rxc3 Nd3 $36)) 13. a4 (13. e4
Rd8 14. Rd1 Rb5 15. Qc3 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Qf5 18. Bf4 Nxd5 (18... Ne8 $2
19. Qxc4 Nd6 20. Qa4 Rb6 21. Re1 g5 22. Be3 Re8 23. Rac1 Rb2 24. g4 Qf6 25.
Bxc5 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 $16 Bc4 $2 27. Qxc4 Nxc4 28. Re8+ Kg7 29. Bf8+ {1-0, Li,C 
(2751)-Wang,H (2717) Huaian blitz 2016}) 19. Bxc7 (19. Qxc4 c6 $11) 19... Rd7
20. Qe5 Qxe5 21. Bxe5 Bb7 22. Rac1 Rb6 $11 {/\} 23. Rxc4 $4 Ne3 $1 $19) (13.
Bxc6 Rb6 14. Bg2 Rd8 15. Bg5 Rb5 16. Qd2 c5 17. a4 Rb8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qh6
cxd4 20. Qxf6 c3 $15 {nightfarmer,h (2319)-vendlindja,h (2698) Engine Room 2011
}) 13... Rd8 14. Ba3 {[%mdl 512] White sacrifices a pawn to target Black's
weaknesses as fast as possible.} (14. Rd1 Nd5 (14... e5 $5 15. Qxe5 Nd5 $132 {
Illingworth} (15... Re8 $11)) (14... c3 15. Qxc3 Bxe2 $11 {Kavalek}) 15. Ba3 f5
16. Bc5 Rb6 (16... c3 17. e4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Bc4 $11 (18... Be2 19. Re1 Qa6 $11))
17. e4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Rb2 19. Ba3 Rb6 20. Re1 c3 21. Qc5 Qd7 22. Bg2 Rdb8 $2 (
22... Bd3 $1 $11) 23. Bh3 Re8 {Li,C (2751)-Harikrishna,P (2753) Huaian blitz
2016} 24. Bxe6+ $1 $18) 14... Rxd4 (14... c3 $5 15. Qxc3 Bxe2 16. Rfe1 Qa6 17.
Rac1 Nd5 $132) 15. Rfb1 $5 $146 {[%cal Ra5a6][%mdl 8]} (15. Rab1 Rb6 16. Bc5
Rd5 (16... Rd8 17. Bxb6 cxb6 18. Qc3 Nd5 19. Qc2 c5 20. Rfd1 g6 21. a3 f5 22.
e4 Ne7 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. Qd2 Nc6 26. exf5 Nd4 27. fxg6 hxg6 28.
Qg5 Kg7 29. Be4 Qf7 30. Qe5+ Kh7 {1/2, Kohlweyer,B (2440)-Grochal,J (2170)
Vlissingen 2013} 31. Re1 c3 32. Re3 $16 {/\} c2 33. Bxc2 Nxc2 34. Re4) (16...
Rd7 $5 {/\} 17. Rfd1 Qd8 $1 $15 {So puts his other rook on b1 to prevent this
idea.}) 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Qb4 (19. Qe1 d4 $132) 19... Nd7 20. a5
b5 21. Qe7 c5 22. f4 d4 23. f5 e5 24. f6 gxf6 25. g4 h6 26. Rf5 {1/2, Efimenko,
Z (2689)-Sakaev,K (2607) Vrnjacka Banja 2010} Qc6 $44 {<=>}) (15. Bc5 Rd5 $1 {
/\} 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Rab1 Ra8 $1 $15 {[%cal Yf6d7]}) 15... Rb6 {Nakamura
prepares a sacrifice of his own, this rook will shield the b-file even against
the Bc5.} ({Possibly he was inspired by Sakaev's game, but Kavalek suggests
the more mundane} 15... Rxb1+ 16. Rxb1 Nd7 17. Bc5 (17. Bxc6 h6 18. Qc3 e5 $132
{and Black seems to be holding the balance here.}) 17... Nxc5 18. Qxc5 Rd8 19.
Qxa7 c3 20. Qc5 Bxe2 21. Qxc3 h6 22. Bxc6 $11 {/+/= Material is equal again,
White is very slightly better.}) 16. Bc5 Rd7 ({Here Sakaev's idea} 16... Rd5 $6
{is dubious due to} 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Qd2 {/\} Nd7 20. a5 bxa5 (
20... b5 21. a4 $16) 21. e4 $1 (21. Qxa5 c5 $14) 21... c6 22. Qxa5 $16) 17. Rd1
$1 {So is in no hurry to take the exchange and improves his position first.
With the rooks on a1 and d1 Black doesn't have the aforementioned Qd8 motif.} (
17. Bxb6 $143 $6 cxb6 18. Qc3 Nd5 {and contrary to the game Black retains the
major pieces and with them very good compensation and counterplay.}) 17... h6
$2 {Now White can advantageously cash in.} (17... Rb2 18. Rxd7 Nxd7 19. Bd4 $1
Rb8 (19... Rxe2 20. Bf3 Rc2 21. Be4 Re2 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 (22... Kf8 23. Qg5 g6
24. Rd1 e5 25. Bc3 c5 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Qxg6 $18 {->}) 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Qxe2
$16) 20. Bxa7 (20. Bxc6 Bb7 $132) 20... Ra8 21. Bd4 $14) ({A better
alternative is the simple} 17... Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rb8 19. Bxa7 (19. e4 $5 h6 20.
Bd4 $44) 19... Ra8 20. Bd4 Bb5 21. Qc3 Bxa4 22. Rd2 Nd5 23. Qxc4 Bb5 $11) ({
Another interesting try is the refined} 17... Nd5 $5 18. e4 Nf6 {This locks in
the Bg2 for the time being, after} 19. Rxd7 Nxd7 20. Bxb6 cxb6 21. Qd2 Nc5 22.
Qd6 ({Analogous with the game} 22. Rd1 $6 {runs into} Nd3 $1) 22... c3 (22...
Nxa4 $2 23. Rd1 {[%cal Rd6e7]}) 23. e5 c2 24. Rc1 Bd3 25. Qxc6 Qf8 26. a5 bxa5
27. Qc7 h6 28. Bf1 Be4 $44 29. Qxa7 a4 {[%csl Gc2] Black should hold, the Pc2
is annoying.}) 18. Rxd7 Nxd7 19. Bxb6 cxb6 (19... axb6 20. Qc3 c5 21. Rd1 Nf6
22. a5 $16 {/\} b5 23. Qe5) 20. Qd2 c5 (20... Nc5 $5 21. Rd1 Nxa4 22. Qd8+ Qxd8
23. Rxd8+ Kh7 24. Kf1 $5 (24. Bxc6 Nc3 25. Rd2 $16) 24... Bb5 25. Rd7 f5 (25...
c3 26. Ke1 Kg6 27. Rxa7 $16) 26. Rxa7 (26. Ke1 a6 27. Rd6 $16) 26... c3 27. Ke1
Nb2 28. Ra3 Na4 (28... c2 29. Rc3 Ba4 30. Kd2 (30. Bxc6 $2 Nd1 31. Rc4 Nb2 $11)
30... c5 31. Kc1 Nd1 32. Rc4 Be8 33. Rxc2 Nxf2 34. Rd2 $18 {[%cal Rd2d6]}) 29.
Kd1 c5 30. Rb3 Bc4 31. Kc2 $1 e5 $5 (31... Bxb3+ 32. axb3 Nb2 33. f3 b5 34.
Kxc3 Nd1+ 35. Kd2 Nf2 36. Ke1 {[%csl Rf2]} c4 37. bxc4 b4 38. c5 b3 39. Kd2 b2
40. Kc2 Nd1 41. c6 $18) 32. Rb1 e4 33. f3 b5 34. a3 e3 35. f4 Bxe2 36. Bf1 Bxf1
37. Rxf1 b4 38. Re1 bxa3 39. Rxe3 a2 40. Re1 $16 {[%cal Ye1a1,Ya1a2]}) 21. Rd1
Nf6 22. Kf1 Kh7 23. Qc2+ $6 (23. Qd8 $142 {-25.Qd8!}) 23... Kg8 ({A more
resilient try was} 23... g6 $142 $1 24. Qc3 Kg7 25. Bf3 (25. Qe5 $6 Qe8) 25...
Qc7 $16 {/+/=}) 24. Qd2 Kh7 25. Qd8 $1 {Forces a queen swap, which effectively
decides the game. White's remaining active forces (R+K) will cope with Black's
pawns, while the Kh7 remains out of the game.} Qxd8 (25... e5 26. Qxc8 Bxc8 27.
Rd8 c3 28. Ke1 Be6 29. Ra8 $5 Bxa2 30. Rxa7 $18) 26. Rxd8 $18 c3 27. Ke1 {
[%csl Ra7,Gd8,Ge1]} Bc4 28. Kd1 Bxa2 29. Kc2 Bc4 30. e3 (30. e4 $5 e5 31. Kxc3
Be6 32. f3 $18 {[%cal Yd8a8,Yg2f1]}) 30... b5 31. Kxc3 a6 (31... Bd5 32. Bxd5
Nxd5+ 33. Kd2 bxa4 34. Ra8 $18 {and White will pick up all the queenside pawns
and convert the extra exchange with ease.}) 32. Ra8 Nd5+ 33. Bxd5 exd5 (33...
Bxd5 34. Rxa6 bxa4 (34... b4+ 35. Kb2 {/\} c4 36. Rb6 $18) 35. Rxa4 {[%cal
Re3e4]} f5 36. Ra5 c4 37. Kd4 Kg6 (37... h5 38. Ke5 Kg6 39. h4 Kh7 40. Ra7 Kg6
41. Rc7 Kh7 42. f3 $5 Bxf3 43. Kxe6 $18) 38. g4 $5 fxg4 39. e4 Bb7 40. Ke5 h5
41. Rc5 $18 {[%cal Rc5c7]}) 34. a5 $1 {After forcing Black's pawns forward,
the lone potential passed pawn will secure White's victory.} b4+ 35. Kd2 Bf1
36. Rc8 c4 37. Rb8 b3 (37... c3+ 38. Kc2 {[%csl Rb4,Rc3]} Bb5 39. Rxb5 axb5 40.
a6 $18) 38. Kc3 {Black's pawns lack effective support and will soon start
dropping off, so Nakamura resigned.} (38. Kc3 Bd3 39. Rb6 (39. Rd8 {[%cal
Rd8d5]} Be4 40. Rd6 $18) 39... h5 (39... g5 40. g4 $18) 40. h4 $1 (40. Rxa6 $2
b2 41. Rb6 b1=Q 42. Rxb1 Bxb1 43. a6 Be4 44. Kd4 c3 45. Kxc3 d4+ $11) (40. f3
$5 g5 41. Rxa6 b2 42. Rb6 b1=Q 43. Rxb1 Bxb1 44. a6 g4 45. fxg4 $1 Be4 46. Kd4
c3 47. Kxc3 d4+ 48. Kxd4 Ba8 49. gxh5 $18) 40... f6 41. f3 Kg6 42. Rxa6 b2 43.
Rb6 b1=Q 44. Rxb1 Bxb1 45. a6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. a4 Bb4 7. e4 Qa5 8. Bd2
c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O (10... Qc5 {- see Moiseenko - Sjugirov in CBM 139,
where the whole line was examined in detail. Here is a later game:} 11. Bb5+
Bd7 12. Nb3 Qd6 ({the immediate} 12... Qc7 $5 {may be better and deserves
serious attention}) 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. O-O O-O 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Rac1 a6 17. Bxc6
Bxc6 18. e5 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Nd7 20. Re1 $14 {1-0 (73) Parligras,M (2581)
-Posedaru,B (2388) Iasi 2015}) 11. Nc2 {This move has lately become quite
popular, but it can hardly be regarded as promising.} (11. Qe2 {was played
more often in previous years:} Nbd7 (11... Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Bb7 (13...
e5 14. Rac1 Nd7 15. Rfd1 $14 (15. Qh5 $6 Nb6 16. Bb3 Ba6 $132 {1/2 (64)
Salgado Lopez,I (2595)-Anton Guijarro,D (2403) El Sauzal 2010})) 14. Rfd1 Nd7
15. Na2 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Ne5 18. Be2 c5 19. f3 Nc6 20. Rc1 Nd4 {
1-0 Sriram,J (2497)-Sundararajan,K (2516)/Mumbai 2009/CBM 133 Extra (73)} 21.
Rc3 $14) (11... Rd8 $5 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. e5 Nd5 14. O-O Nc6 15. f4 Nxc3 16. bxc3
Bf8 17. a5 Bd7 18. Kh1 Ne7 19. Nd4 Nf5 20. Bd3 Bc5 $13 {1/2 (70) Iturrizaga
Bonelli,E (2628)-Arnold,M (2529) Philadelphia 2012}) 12. Nc2 (12. O-O Ne5 13.
Ba2 Bd7 14. Nc2 Rfd8 15. Nxb4 Qxb4 16. f4 Nc6 17. e5 Nd4 $13 {0-1 (48) Edouard,
R (2636)-Inarkiev,E (2667) Barcelona 2010}) 12... Ne5 13. Ba2 (13. f4 Nxc4 14.
Qxc4 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qa6 16. Qxa6 bxa6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. O-O-O Bb7 19. Rhe1 Rfc8
20. b3 Rab8 21. Kb2 Kf8 $13 {1/2 (37) Ding,L (2547)-Yu,Y (2585) Danzhou 2010})
13... Rd8 14. O-O b6 (14... Nc6 15. Nxb4 Qxb4 16. Nd5 Qxb2 17. Rfb1 Qe5 18. Bc3
Qg5 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Rb3 $44 {1-0 (31) Vitiugov,N (2733)-Chadaev,N (2577)
Taganrog 2011}) 15. Nxb4 Qxb4 16. Rfd1 (16. Bg5 a5 17. Rad1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Ba6
19. Qc2 {1/2 (19) Shulman,Y (2617)-Potkin,V (2682) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) 16...
Bb7 17. Be1 Rxd1 (17... Nxe4 18. Nd5 $1 Qxa4 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Bd5 Qxa1 21. Rxa1
exd5 22. f3 $16 {1-0 (29) Belous,V (2518)-Reshetnikov,A (2521) Moscow 2012})
18. Rxd1 Nxe4 19. f3 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Ng6 $13) 11... Nc6 {The
simplest} (11... Qc7 12. Qe2 Be7 13. e5 Nfd7 14. f4 Nc6 15. O-O b6 16. Nb5 Qb8
17. Ncd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bc5 19. Be3 Re8 20. Rad1 a6 21. b4 $1 Bf8 22. f5 $40 {
1-0 (28) Potkin,V (2682)-Shirov,A (2714) Khanty-Mansiysk 2011}) (11... Nbd7 12.
O-O b6 $4 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bc6 Rb8 15. Nxb4 Qxb4 16. Nd5 Qd4 17. Bf4 Qxd1 18.
Ne7+ Kh8 19. Rfxd1 e5 20. Bg3 $18 {1-0 (31) Izzat,K (2480)-Schon,E (2332)
Melbourne AUS 2016}) (11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Qg5 13. Qe2 $6 (13. Qf3 $5) 13... e5
({why not} 13... Qxg2 {?}) 14. f3 Nh5 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Nc6 17. g3 Be6 18.
Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ke3 $14 {1-0 (40) Wojtaszek,R (2726)-Kempinski,R (2597) Czechia
2011}) 12. Nxb4 Qxb4 13. b3 Qe7 14. O-O Rd8 15. Re1 Ne5 $11 {Black comfortably
develops his pieces, and White's bishop pair is useless.} 16. Bf1 Bd7 {Since
Black sets his bishop on the long diagonal anyway,} (16... b6 $5 {looks more
logical:} 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. f3 Rac8 19. Be3 Bxe4 $5 (19... Nc6 20. Red1 Nd7 21.
Rac1 Nb4 22. Qb1 Nc5 23. Na2 Nxa2 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxa2 Nd3 26. Rd1 Nb4 27.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qd2 Qxd2 29. Bxd2 $14 {1-0 (68) Chadaev,N (2577)-Reshetnikov,A 
(2487) Moscow 2011}) (19... h6 $5) 20. fxe4 Qc7 {[%cal Re5g4,Rc7c3]} 21. Bc4 $8
Nxc4 (21... Neg4 22. g3 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Qc5 24. Qe2 Ng4 25. Re1) 22. bxc4 Ng4 23.
g3 Qxc4 24. h3 $1 Ne5 25. Red1 $1 h5 $5 $44) 17. Qe2 Bc6 18. Bg5 (18. f3 $142
Rd3 19. Kh1 Rad8 20. Red1 {[%cal Yd2f4]}) 18... h6 19. Bh4 Ng6 20. Bg3 Rd7 $6 {
This superficial move allows White to consolidate his position, after which
his bishops gain power.} (20... Qb4 $1 21. Qc4 Qxc4 22. Bxc4 Nh5 $11) 21. f3 {
[%mdl 32]} Rad8 22. Qe3 a6 23. Rab1 Qb4 $6 {Too late. Now it is just a loss of
time.} (23... e5 $5 24. Red1 Nf4 25. Bf2 $14) 24. Rec1 e5 25. Be1 $1 Qe7 (25...
Qd4 26. Nd1 $5) 26. Na2 $1 {[%cal Ra2b4,Ye1a5]} Rd4 (26... Rc8 27. Nb4 Rd6 {
is very passive. Black is ready to sacrifice material in order to obtain
counterchances}) 27. Ba5 R8d7 28. Bc3 ({It was more appropriate to refrain
from material gains:} 28. Bb6 $5 Rd2 (28... Nxe4 $2 29. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 30. Bxd4
$18) (28... Bxe4 29. fxe4 Rxe4 30. Qc5 $18) 29. Bc5 Qe6 30. Nb4 Nf4 31. Nxc6
bxc6 32. Bb4 Ra2 33. Kh1 N6h5 34. Rd1 $14) 28... Bxe4 $2 {[%mdl 512] The wrong
sacrifice! The bishop is more precious than the knight!} (28... Nxe4 $142 $1
29. fxe4 (29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Qe1 d3 31. Rxc6 bxc6 32. Qxe4 (32. fxe4 $2 d2 33.
Qd1 Qxe4 $19) 32... Qc5+ 33. Kh1 Qc2 $1 34. Ra1 Qb2 35. Rd1 Qxa2 36. Qxc6 Qxb3
37. Qxd7 Qxd1 38. Qxd3 Qxa4 39. Qxa6 $11) 29... Rxe4 30. Qg3 h5 $44) 29. fxe4
Rxe4 30. Qa7 b5 (30... Nf4 31. Re1 $16) 31. Qxa6 {White simply collects
material. Black's attack is not too dangerous and can be parried.} Ng4 32. h3 (
32. Rb2 $5 Qc5+ $140 33. Kh1 Nf2+ 34. Rxf2 Qxf2 35. Qa8+ $18) 32... Qc5+ 33.
Kh1 Nf2+ 34. Kh2 Qe3 (34... Rh4 {[%cal Rf2g4]} 35. Be1 $1) 35. Re1 Qf4+ 36. g3
Qf5 37. Bg2 Rh4 {Desperation.} (37... Rxe1 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Rxe1 $18) 38. Qa8+
Kh7 39. Qf3 $2 ({The cool-blooded} 39. gxh4 Rd3 40. Rb2 {would be decisive.
After the text move White loses his whole material advantage.}) 39... Rxh3+ 40.
Kg1 Qxf3 41. Bxf3 Nd3 $2 {A wrong retreat.} (41... Ng4 $1 42. Bxg4 Rxg3+ 43.
Kf2 Rxg4 {, and Black should not lose.}) 42. Re3 $1 Rxg3+ 43. Kh2 Rxf3 {
This is insufficient. White consolidates his position and converts his extra
rook. But in case of} (43... Rg5 {[%csl Rg5] this rook is out of play, and
after} 44. Rd1 Nc5 45. Rxd7 Nxd7 46. a5 {White's a-pawn decides the game.}) 44.
Rxf3 bxa4 45. bxa4 e4 46. Rf5 Nh4 47. Rfb5 Nf4 48. R5b4 Rd3 ({Or} 48... Nf3+
49. Kg3 Ne2+ (49... Nh5+ 50. Kf2 Ng5 51. a5) 50. Kf2 Nxc3 51. Nxc3 f5 52. a5 {
, and White should gradually win.}) 49. Rxe4 g5 50. Rxf4 gxf4 51. Rf1 Nf3+ 52.
Kh1 Kg6 53. a5 Kf5 54. a6 Ng5 55. a7 Rh3+ 56. Kg1 Rg3+ 57. Kf2 Ne4+ 58. Ke1 Rg8
59. Bd4 Kg4 60. Be5 $1 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:3600+30"]

1. e4 {(3s)} c5 {(18s) Thanks to their victories in the second round, both
players seem to be in a fighting mood. A Najdorf is a perfect choice for the
audience and chess fans.} 2. Nf3 {(9s)} d6 {(3s)} 3. d4 {(7s) even better
news! no sidelines with Bb5+.} cxd4 {(8s)} 4. Nxd4 {(6s)} Nf6 {(4s)} 5. Nc3 {
(7s)} a6 {5} 6. h3 {9 This move has gained a lot of attention in recent years.
Some of sicilian defence theoretician would convincingly argue that this move
may be even more dangerous than English attack ( similiar to the game between
Giri and MVL in the first round).} e5 {5} 7. Nde2 $5 {9 The most common move.
The idea of this move is to play g4 and transfer the knight to g3, which will
be an improvement of knight's position compared to English attack when the d4
knight ends up on unfavorable square of b3.} h5 {8 Again, the most common move.
Nakamura prevents g4.} 8. Nd5 $5 {7 An odd choice but not for Anand. He has
successfully employed this move against Topalov and MVL earlier this year.
Nakamura is surely prepared against this move.} (8. Bg5 {is the most common
move.} Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qd3 g6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14.
Nec3 Rc5 15. Be2 b5 16. a3 $14 {1-0 (74) Anand,V (2803)-Topalov,V (2803)
London 2015}) 8... Nxd5 {9} 9. Qxd5 {11} Nc6 $5 {5 Nakamura does not follow
MVL's and Topalov's path. His confident reaction (he only spends a bit of time)
shows that he is prepared to face 'Anand's rich opening arsenal'.} (9... Nd7
10. Nc3 Nf6 {here Anand employed two different moves against Topalov and MVL
and in both cases the two top super-GMs failed to solve all of their opening
problems. Although, one has to consider that these games were played in rapid
and blitz time control.} 11. Qd3 (11. Qd1 Be6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Be2
g6 15. O-O Rc8 16. Nd5 Bg5 17. c3 O-O 18. a4 Kg7 19. a5 h4 20. Ra4 Rc5 21. b4
Rc6 22. c4 Bf4 23. Ra3 Qg5 24. Nb6 f5 25. b5 axb5 26. cxb5 Rc1 27. Qxd6 Rxf1+
28. Bxf1 Bf7 29. a6 bxa6 30. bxa6 Rd8 31. Nd7 fxe4 32. a7 e3 33. a8=Q exf2+ 34.
Kh1 {1-0 (34) Anand,V (2770)-Topalov,V (2761) Leuven 2016}) 11... Be7 12. Bg5
Be6 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. a3 Rc8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Qc5 17. Qe2 h4 18. Kb1 Bg5
19. g3 hxg3 20. fxg3 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qe3 22. Qxe3 Bxe3 23. Rxd6 Rd8 24. Rxd8+
Kxd8 25. Bc4 Ke7 26. h4 Rh6 27. g4 Rf6 28. g5 Rf2 29. Rh3 Bd2 30. a4 Rf4 31.
Bd5 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Ka2 f6 34. gxf6+ Kxf6 35. h5 Rf2 36. Rg3 Bg5 37. Rc3
Bf4 38. Kb3 Kg5 39. Rc7 Kh6 40. Bf7 Bc1 41. Rc6+ Rf6 42. Rxf6+ gxf6 43. c3 Kg5
44. Bg6 f5 45. exf5 e4 46. f6 Kxf6 47. Bxe4 b4 48. cxb4 Ke5 49. Bf3 Kd4 50. b5
Kc5 51. Bc6 {1-0 (51) Anand,V (2770)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Leuven 2016}) 10.
Qd1 {38} (10. Nc3 $2 {is impossible due to} Nd4 $17) 10... Be6 {10} 11. Nc3 {36
} Ne7 $1 {5 This is Nakmaura's idea. He solves the 'd5' problem of although it
will cost him few tempi before he finishes his development.} 12. Bd3 {191} d5 {
615} 13. exd5 {25} Nxd5 {7} 14. O-O {7} Nb4 {882} ({My computer suggests:} 
14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 f5 {but this is too artifical for a human!}) 15. Qe2 {
1254 Now Vishy addresses the problem of e5 square which is due to lack of
enough development on black's side.} Qc7 {975} 16. f4 {662 A classic reaction
by Anand. Fortunately for Nakamura, he has enough resources to maintain
dynamic balance.} (16. Re1 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Rd8 18. Be3 Be7 19. Rad1 (19. Rac1 Qd6
) 19... h4 20. d4 exd4 21. Bxd4 O-O {and black is out of any danger.}) 16...
Bc5+ {528} 17. Kh1 {113} Nxd3 {8} 18. cxd3 {12} Bd4 {1} 19. f5 {496} Bd7 {419}
20. f6 {158} g6 {28} 21. Nd5 {155} Qd6 {12} 22. Ne7 {29 Black cannot castle
but there is no open file in the game which might let White cause any trouble
for Black's king. The bishop on d4 is nicely placed and it is only matter of
time for White's grip to peter out.} Rd8 {60} 23. a4 {963} Bc6 {584} 24. Be3 {
443 equivalent of a draw offer.} Bxe3 {451} 25. Nxc6 {67} bxc6 {9} 26. Qxe3 {7}
Qd4 {2} 27. Rae1 {257} Qxe3 {8} 28. Rxe3 {6} O-O {6} 29. Rxe5 {24} Rxd3 {2} 30.
Rc5 {13 A nice opening debate and a flawless draw!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qc2 {Den Zug sieht man
an dieser Stelle nicht so oft.} ({Beim Kandidatenturnier in Moskau geschah mit
vertauschten Farben.} 6. a3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. e3 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 d4
11. exd4 Bxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Be2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Ng4
17. e4 Be6 18. O-O Ne3 19. Rfc1 Rd2 20. Bf3 Rad8 21. e5 b6 22. Ne4 Rb2 23. Re1
Nc4 24. Ng5 h6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rac1 Rd4 27. h3 b5 28. Rc3 Rdd2 29. a4 a6 30.
Bb7 Nb6 31. axb5 axb5 32. Be4 Nc4 33. Rg3 Re2 34. Ra1 Nxe5 35. Ra8+ Kf7 36. Bh7
g5 37. Bg8+ Kf6 38. Rf8+ Kg7 39. Re8 Ng6 40. Bxe6 Nf4 {0-1 (40) Topalov,V 
(2780)-Nakamura,H (2790) Moscow 2016}) ({Die Hauptvariante beginnt mit} 6. e3)
6... c5 7. dxc5 Na6 {Danach erhält die Partie einen eigenen Charakter.} ({Nach
} 7... Bxc5 8. e3 Nc6 {wäre durch Zugumstellung wieder die Hauptvariante auf
dem Brett.}) 8. Rd1 Nxc5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 $5 {(#) Einladung zu einer
Tauschoperation.} (9... exd5 10. e3 {mit einer typischen Isolanistellung.}) 10.
e4 {Nimmt die Einladung an.} ({Im Falle von} 10. Nxd5 exd5 {wäre} 11. e3 $2 {
nicht so gut:} (11. a3 Be6 12. e3 Rc8 {mit deutlichem schwarzem
Entwicklungsvorsprung.}) 11... Qa5+ {und falls} 12. Qd2 $2 {so} (12. Nd2 Bg4
$17) 12... Nd3+ 13. Bxd3 (13. Ke2 Nxf4+ 14. exf4 Bb4 $19) 13... Bb4 $19) 10...
Nxf4 11. Rxd8 Rxd8 {Schwarz hat Läufer und Turm für die Dame bekommen und
steht mit seinen Springern recht aktiv.} 12. Ne5 (12. g3 Nfd3+ 13. Bxd3 Nxd3+
14. Kf1 b6 15. Kg2 Bb7 16. Rd1 Nc5 {kam ebenfalls in Betracht.}) 12... Bf6 13.
Nb5 b6 14. b4 (14. Nc6 Rd7 15. e5 {funktioniert nicht wegen} Bb7 (15... Bd8 $2
16. Nd6 {wäre natürlich schön für Weiß.})) 14... Bxe5 ({Nicht} 14... Na6
$2 15. Nc6 Rf8 16. e5 Bd8 17. Nd6 {mit unangenehmen weißen Vorposten.}) 15.
bxc5 a6 (15... bxc5 16. g3 Ng6 17. f4 a6 $11) 16. Nd6 bxc5 (16... Bd4 $5 {
mit der Idee} 17. Nxc8 Bxc5) 17. Nc4 Bd4 {Mit diesem Anker erhält die
schwarze Stellung große Stabilität, während Weiß seine Entwicklung immer
noch nicht abgeschlossen hat.} 18. g3 Ng6 19. Be2 Bd7 20. O-O Bb5 21. Na5 Ne5
22. Rd1 Rab8 23. Kg2 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Rb5 25. Nb3 h6 26. Rd2 Nc6 27. Qc4 e5 28. a4
Rb4 29. Qxa6 {Ein kleiner, aber sehr flüchtiger Erfolg. Der weiße
a-Freibauer wird durch den schwarzen c-Bauern neutralisiert.} Rxb3 30. Qxc6 Ra3
31. Qa6 Rb8 32. a5 c4 33. Qxc4 Rxa5 34. Kh3 Rc5 35. Qe2 Rcb5 36. f4 Rb4 37. Qd1
Rb1 38. Qh5 R1b5 39. Qe2 Rb4 40. Qd1 Rb1 41. Qh5 R1b5 42. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 a6 8. Re1
Rb8 9. Rb1 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. b4 e6 12. e4 Ne7 13. Bf4 h6 14. h3 Bb7 15. g4
g5 16. Bg3 Ng6 17. Nd2 Nd7 18. Nb3 Ba6 19. Na5 Rb6 20. a4 Nb8 21. axb5 Bxb5 22.
Nxb5 Rxb5 23. Bf1 Rb6 24. b5 c6 25. Nc4 Rxb5 26. Rxb5 cxb5 27. Nxd6 b4 28. e5
Nc6 29. Bc4 Qb6 30. d5 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 Ncxe5 32. dxe6 fxe6 33. Bxe6+ Kh8 34. Bf5
b3 35. Qd5 b2 36. Rb1 Qc7 37. Bxg6 Qc1+ 38. Kg2 Nxg6 39. Qd4+ Kg8 40. Qd5+ Kh8
41. Qd4+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "Iotov,V"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qa4+
({Another interesting option is:} 8. h3 $5 O-O 9. e3 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Nd2 Nbd7
12. Be2 (12. Nc4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Bd3 Rxc4 $1 15. Bxc4 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bc3+
17. Ke2 $6 (17. Kf1 $142) 17... b5 $1 18. axb5 Nb6 $1 (18... axb5 $6 19. Bxb5
Ra2+ 20. Kf1 Ne5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Bc4 Ra3 23. g4 f5 24. Kg2 $16 {1-0 Sokolov,
I (2650)-Fier,A (2580)/Dubai UAE 2014}) 19. Qb3 Bf6 $15) 12... Ne5 13. O-O Nfd7
14. Bg3 f5 15. Qc2 b6 16. Kh1 Nf6 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Rfe1 Bb7 20.
Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Nc4 Ne4 22. Kg1 Re7 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Bf3 Re7 25. Qxb6 Qxb6 26.
Nxb6 Bxb2 27. Rd3 Be5 28. Rb3 Bc8 29. Reb1 a5 30. Nc4 $16 {1-0 Cheparinov,I 
(2675)-Dimov,D (2340)/Pleven BUL 2015}) 8... Bd7 9. Qb3 b5 $1 {Seems to be the
most logical way for Black to create counterplay that is also in the style of
the position!} (9... Qc7 10. e4 O-O 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. Be3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14.
Be2 Nf6 15. Nc4 Qd7 16. O-O Na6 17. Rac1 $14 {1-0 Anton Guijarro,D (2630)
-Perunovic,M (2624)/Reykjavik ISL 2015}) 10. Bxd6 Qb6 11. Be5 O-O 12. e3 c4 (
12... b4 $5 13. Nb1 Bf5 (13... Bb5 $6 14. Bxb5 Qxb5 15. Na3 Qd7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. Nc4 Qxd5 18. Nb6 $1 (18. O-O $6 Qb7 19. a4 Nd7 20. Nfd2 Rad8 21. Rad1 Qc6
22. Qc2 Rfe8 23. b3 Bc3 24. Nb1 Bg7 $11 {1-0 L'Ami,E (2627)-Werle,J (2533)/Den
Bosch NED 2012}) 18... Qxb3 19. axb3 Bxb2 20. Ra2 axb6 21. Rxa8 $18) 14. Nbd2
Nbd7 15. Nc4 Qd8 16. d6 a5 17. Bd3 Nxe5 18. Nfxe5 Be6 $44) 13. Qd1 b4 14. Nb1 (
14. Ne2 $5 {Transfering the knight to f4 removes if from harm (compared to d2)
and also helps secure the d5-pawn.} Rc8 15. Nf4 h6 $6 (15... Bg4 $5) 16. Bd4
Qb7 17. Ne5 (17. h4 $1 $16) 17... g5 18. Nxc4 gxf4 19. Nd6 Qxd5 20. Nxc8 Bxc8
$11 {1-0 Oparin,G (2572)-Cordova,E (2610)/Moscow RUS 2016}) 14... Rc8 15. Nbd2
(15. Be2 {Attempting to develop the kingside leaves the d5-pawn unprotected.}
Qc5 (15... Bf5 16. O-O Nbd7 17. Bd4 Qa5 18. Nfd2 Nb6 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Nxc4 $16
) 16. a3 Qxd5 17. axb4 Qxd1+ 18. Bxd1 Nc6 19. Bc3 Nd5 $44) 15... Bb5 (15... c3
$5 16. Nc4 $1 (16. bxc3 $2 bxc3 17. Nc4 Qa6 $1 18. Nd6 c2 19. Qd2 Qa3 20. Nxc8
Ne4 21. Qxc2 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Qa5+ 23. Ke2 Nc3+ 24. Ke1 Ne4+ $11) 16... Qc5 17.
bxc3 Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. cxb4 Qxb4+ 21. Ncd2 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Nc6
$32) 16. a4 $1 (16. Rc1 c3 17. bxc3 Bxf1 18. Nxf1 Nbd7 19. Bd4 Qa6 20. cxb4 $2
(20. Ng3 $142 bxc3 21. Ne2 $14) 20... Rxc1 21. Qxc1 Rc8 22. Qb1 Nxd5 23. Bxg7
Kxg7 24. Qb2+ N7f6 25. b5 Qa4 26. Nd4 Nb4 27. Qb3 Qa5 28. Ke2 Nxa2 29. Kf3 Rc3
$19 {0-1 Nezad,H (2405)-Adhiban,B (2627)/Biel SUI 2015}) 16... bxa3 17. Rxa3 (
17. Bd4 axb2 $1 18. Bxb6 c3 $3 19. Bd4 c2 20. Bxb2 cxd1=Q+ 21. Rxd1 Bxf1 22.
Kxf1 Nxd5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Ne4 Nf6 25. Nxf6 Kxf6 $11) 17... Bf8 $1 {In my
opinion, an illogical continuation because it leaves the White bishop to
freely roam on the a1-h8-diagonal. Yet, it also appears to be the best move in
the position!} (17... Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qa1 Kg8 $1 (19... Qf6 20. Nd4 Nb4
21. Qc1 $16) 20. Be2 Nd7 21. Nd4 $14 {with an undeniable positional advantage
for White due to the better pawn structure and more active piece placement.}) (
17... Nbd7 18. Bd4 Qb7 19. d6 $16) 18. Bd4 Qb7 19. Ra1 $6 ({Placing the Black
bishop to d6 where it could be a potential target due the X-Ray from the queen
on d1.} 19. d6 $5 Bxd6 20. Ra1 Nd5 21. Be2 $14) 19... Nxd5 20. Be2 Nc6 $11 21.
O-O Nxd4 $6 {It's needless to take the bishop straight away when it simply has
nowhere to escape.} (21... Qe7 $1 22. Bc3 (22. Nxc4 $6 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Rd8 $1 $44
) 22... Nxc3 23. bxc3 Bg7 24. Qc2 a6 $11) 22. Nxd4 a6 23. Bf3 (23. Ne4 $5)
23... Rd8 24. Ne4 Qb6 25. Nc3 Nxc3 26. bxc3 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5,Rc4,Yd4,Gf3]
[%cal Ga1a6]} Rac8 27. Qc2 $6 {I don't find the queen on c2 to be of any
particular use for White.} (27. Qe2 $142 {[%csl Rc4,Yf3][%cal Ge2c4,Gf3b7,
Ge2f3,Gg2g3,Gh2h4] Keeps the bishop on f3 under control.} Qf6 28. g3 h5 29. h4
Rc5 30. Bb7 Rb8 31. Qf3 $14) 27... Qf6 28. Rfb1 Rc5 29. Bd1 $5 {[%cal Gc2e2,
Gd1a4] Attempting to exchange the bishop on b5 - the only protector of Black's
queenside.} (29. Qa2 h5 30. Bb7 Rd6 31. e4 $6 {[%cal Gb7d5]} Rxd4 32. cxd4 Qxd4
$44) 29... Bg7 (29... h5 $5) 30. Qe2 Qe7 31. Rb2 {[%csl Ye2][%cal Gb2e2]} (31.
Ba4 $4 Bxd4 32. cxd4 Rxd4 $19) (31. Qf1 $5) 31... Qe8 (31... h5 32. Ba4 Bxa4
33. Rxa4 a5 $11) 32. Rba2 h5 33. Ba4 (33. Qf1 $5 $14 {[%cal Gd1a4] Avoiding
the complications following the game, while keeping Black at bay with no
stable counterplay.}) 33... Bxa4 34. Rxa4 Bxd4 35. cxd4 Rxd4 36. exd4 Qxe2 37.
dxc5 c3 38. Rc1 c2 39. Rd4 Qb5 40. Rd2 Qxc5 41. Rdxc2 Qa3 42. h4 a5 $11 {
With a fair equality and zero chances for a win from both sides! The rest is a
matter of playing solid chess.} 43. g3 a4 44. Re1 Qb3 45. Rce2 Qc3 46. Re3 Qb2
47. R1e2 Qb4 48. Kh2 Kg7 49. Rf3 g5 50. hxg5 h4 51. Ree3 hxg3+ 52. Kxg3 Kg6 53.
Kh2 Qc4 54. Rg3 Qf1 55. Ref3 Qc4 56. Rf6+ Kg7 57. Rff3 Kg6 58. Rf6+ Kg7 59.
Rff3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. f3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Nxe6
Rxe6 21. Kf2 Rd8 22. Bg5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nd7 24. f4 f6 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Bh4 c5
27. Kf3 Ra6 28. Ke4 Nf8 29. Kf5 Kf7 30. c4 Re6 31. g5 Ng6 32. Rd7+ Re7 33.
Rxe7+ Nxe7+ 34. Ke4 f5+ 35. Ke3 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3
{A seemingly harmless continuation leading to simplifications. However, White
keeps a small development advantage, and Black should be very careful.} dxc4 (
8... Nc6 9. O-O a6 10. Rc1 Ba7 11. Bg5 (11. a3 $5) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13.
Bd3 Bb7 14. Qe2 h6 15. Bh4 $14 {1/2 (26) Karlsson,L (2505)-Rantanen,Y (2420)
Stockholm 1983}) 9. Bxc4 {This position often arises when White plays 8.Be2.}
a6 10. Bd3 {Other options:} (10. Qe2) (10. O-O) 10... Nc6 (10... b5 {is a bit
premature due to} 11. a4 (11. O-O Bb7 12. Qe2 b4 13. Na4 Be7 14. Rac1 Nd5 15.
Bg3 Qa5 16. b3 Nd7 17. Rc4 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 $14 {0-1 (32) Wedberg,T (2475)-Van
der Wiel,J (2550) Stockholm 1987}) 11... bxa4 (11... Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8
Bxa8 14. Bxb5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. O-O Qb6 17. Qe2 $16 {1-0 (32) Tregubov,P 
(2556)-Kujovic,M (2344) Reykjavik 2006}) (11... b4 12. Ne4 Nbd7 13. Rc1 $36)
12. O-O $1 (12. Rxa4 Nbd7 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qe2 a5 15. Rd1 h6 16. Ne5 Qe7 17.
Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bc2 Nf6 19. Be5 Bb4 $11 {1/2 (30) De Firmian,N (2520)-Hansen,C 
(2510) Reykjavik 1986}) 12... Bb7 13. Nxa4 Bb4 14. Rc1 Nc6 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16.
Rxc5 Qb6 17. Rc3 Rac8 18. Rb3 Qa7 19. Qe2 a5 20. Ra1 $14 {1-0 (41) Efimov,I 
(2460)-Lanzani,M (2330) Formia 1995}) (10... Nbd7 {is probably more solid than
the text move:} 11. O-O (11. Qc2 b5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 h6 15.
O-O Bb7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 {1-0 (18) Janosi,E (2138)-Zielinski,S (2147)
Lechenicher SchachServer 2012} Rfc8 $11) 11... b5 (11... Qe7 12. Rc1 b6 13. Ne4
e5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bg5 Qe6 16. Qc2 $16 {1-0 (33) Roiz,M (2600)-Babula,V 
(2554) Skopje 2015}) 12. a4 (12. Ne4 Bb7 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Be2 Nd5 15. Be5 f6
16. Bd4 Na4 17. b3 Nac3 $132 {1/2 (32) Tregubov,P (2620)-Rustemov,A (2534) New
Delhi/Teheran 2000}) (12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Nxe4 Be7 16.
Qf3 Rc8 $11 {1/2 (33) Khan,V (2131)-Sacerdotali,S (2100) Lechenicher
SchachServer 2013}) (12. e4 Nh5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. e5 Nc5 16. Ne4
Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nf4 18. Qd6 Qa7 $11 {1/2 (25) Sargissian,G (2679)-Hess,R (2635)
Wheeling 2012}) 12... b4 13. Ne4 Bb7 $1 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. Rac1
Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Bd6 18. Ne5 g6 $11 {1/2 (28) Keevil,P (2136)-Koehler,J (2132)
Lechenicher SchachServer 2012}) 11. O-O (11. a3 h6 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Rd1 Rd8 14.
Na4 Ba7 15. O-O Nd5 16. Bg3 Bd7 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Rac8 19. Bd6 Qf6 $11 {
1/2 (22) Gildred,T (2300)-Kovacs,A (2443) Lechenicher SchachServer 2010}) 11...
Nb4 (11... Qe7 12. Bg5 $5) 12. Bb1 (12. Be2 $5 {may be good, too:} Qe7 (12...
Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Be5 b6 16. Nd2 $14) (12... Nbd5 $5) 13.
Bg5 Rd8 14. Qb3 e5 $6 15. Qc4 Bf5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nh4 Bg6 18. a3 Nc6 19. Rfd1
$16 {1-0 (42) Bichik,A (2035)-Van Rooijen,P (1708) Lechenicher SchachServer
2012}) 12... Qxd1 (12... b5 $5 13. Ne4 (13. a4 $5) (13. Qe2 $5 {[%cal Ye3e4]})
13... Be7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bd6 Be7 16. Be4 Ra7 17. Bxb4 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Bxb4
19. Rac1 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Bxd7 21. Kf1 Rd8 22. Bb7 a5 23. Ne5 Be8 $11 {1/2 (28)
Buzas,G (2196)-Girardot,P (2251) Lechenicher SchachServer 2010}) 13. Rxd1 Nbd5
14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Be4 $5 Nf6 $2 {This obvious move turns out to be a serious
mistake.} (15... Nxf4 16. exf4 Ra7 {[%cal Yb7b6,Ya6a5] should be enough for
equality.}) 16. Nd2 $1 {[%mdl 32] Now it is difficult for Black to complete
his development.} Re8 (16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4 $16 {[%cal Ya1c1]}) 17. Bf3 e5 18.
Bg3 (18. Bg5 $5) 18... Ra7 (18... Bg4 {loses a pawn after} 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20.
Bf3 Rxb2 21. Nc4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rc2 23. Nxe5) 19. Rac1 b6 20. a3 (20. Nb3 $5)
20... Bd7 (20... a5 21. Nb3 $1 e4 22. Be2 Bf8 23. Rc6 $16) 21. Nc4 e4 22. Be2
a5 23. Nd6 Re7 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. Bxb5 $16 {White's strong bishop pair
guarantees him a clear advantage.} Ra8 26. Kf1 Re6 27. Ke2 g5 28. Bc4 Ree8 29.
h4 {It turned out later that the opening of the h-file was not helpful for
White.} (29. Bd6 $142 $1 Kg7 30. Bxc5 bxc5 31. Bb5 $16) 29... h6 30. hxg5 hxg5
31. Bd6 Kg7 32. Bb5 (32. Bxc5 bxc5 33. Bb5 Re5 34. Rd6 Ng4 $5 $132) 32... Bxd6
33. Rxd6 Re5 34. Rxb6 {White has won a pawn but still faces some technical
difficulties.} Rh8 $1 35. Rb7 Rf5 36. Rf1 Rh2 (36... Rc5 $1 37. Ba4 Rh2 {
is more stubborn although White keeps good winning chances after} 38. Rg1 $16 (
{but not} 38. Bb3 Rxg2 39. Bxf7 Rc2+)) 37. Bc4 Ne8 (37... Rxg2 38. Bxf7 $1 Rc5
39. Bc4+ Kh6 40. Rh1+ $1 Kg6 41. Rc1 $18 {[%cal Ye2f1]}) 38. Rb5 Rxb5 39. Bxb5
{[%mdl 4096]} Nd6 40. Bd7 Kf6 41. Rc1 Rh8 42. b3 Ke7 43. Rc7 Rh1 44. Ra7 Ra1
45. g4 {Creating a safeheaven for the king on g2.} Rxa3 46. Ba4+ Kf8 47. Rxa5
Ra2+ 48. Kf1 f6 49. Ra8+ Ke7 50. Bc6 Rb2 51. Ra7+ Ke6 52. Bd7+ Ke7 53. Bf5+ Ke8
54. Be6 Rb1+ 55. Kg2 Rb2 56. Bd5 Rb1 (56... Rc2 $142 {preventing Bd5-c6+. In
that case White can play} 57. Ra4 {[%cal Ya4d4,Yb3b4]}) 57. Bc6+ Kf8 58. Rd7
Nf7 59. Bxe4 {White's task becomes easier with two extra pawns.} Rb2 (59...
Rxb3 $2 60. Rxf7+) 60. Rb7 (60. Kg3 $142 $22 Ne5 61. Rb7) 60... Nd6 61. Rb8+
Kg7 (61... Ke7 $142) 62. Bd5 {[%csl Rg7]} Rd2 63. e4 f5 {Desperation.} 64. gxf5
Nxf5 65. Rb7+ Kh6 66. Rb6+ Kh7 67. Rb7+ Kh6 68. exf5 Rxd5 69. f6 Rd4 70. Kg3
Kg6 71. f7 Kg7 72. b4 Kf8 73. b5 Rb4 74. b6 Kg7 75. f3 Kf8 76. Kf2 Rb3 77. Ke2
Kg7 78. Kd2 Kf8 (78... Rxf3 79. Rc7 $18 {[%cal Yb6b7,Yf7f8]}) 79. Kc2 Rb5 80.
Kc3 Kg7 81. Kc4 Rb1 82. Kc5 Rc1+ 83. Kd6 Rb1 84. Ke7 Re1+ 85. Kd8 Re6 86. Kc7
Re3 87. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 (12. Bxg4 {is the other main
continuation.}) 12... Qxd7 13. Be5 Qe7 14. b3 cxb3 15. axb3 a6 {Usually Black
plays this defensive move, because after d5 the b5-pawn won't be takeable
immediately.} (15... Bg7 {is more popular, for example:} 16. O-O O-O 17. Bxg4
c5 18. Nxb5 Rfd8 19. Bf3 cxd4 $13 {Werle-Van Wely, London 2008, with a
complicated middlegame.}) 16. Qc1 $146 {This is the novelty of the game.} (16.
O-O {has been tried before} h5 17. Re1 Bg7 18. d5 O-O 19. d6 Qd8 20. b4 (20.
Bd3 $5) 20... Bh6 21. Bg3 $44 {Tregubov-Motylev, Krasnoyarsk 2007, with nice
compensation for the pawn.}) 16... Rg8 17. O-O Nh5 ({In the event of} 17... Nd7
{White can simply play} 18. Bg3 {.}) 18. d5 $1 {The best reply, Black's king
is in the middle, so White wants to open the files.} Qxh4 $2 {The decisive
mistake! Black wants to push ...g3, but the queen is out of play, White gets a
strong attack!} ({In the event of} 18... exd5 19. exd5 Qxe5 20. Re1 $1 Be7 21.
Bxb5 $40 {White has a strong attack}) ({, but} 18... f6 $1 19. Bh2 cxd5 20.
exd5 (20. Nxb5 Rc8) 20... Kf7 21. Re1 Rc8 22. dxe6+ Kg7 23. Bxg4 Kh8 $1 $132 {
and suddenly Black's king is safe, the position becomes very complicated.}) 19.
g3 $1 {A very important move. White avoids ...g3 with tempo.} (19. dxc6 $4 {
is losing immediately, because of} g3 $1 $19) ({and} 19. dxe6 $2 {is also bad,
as} Qg5 $1 {and Black is safe.}) 19... Qg5 20. dxc6 $1 Qxe5 (20... Qxc1 $2 {
loses because of} 21. cxb7 $18) ({and} 20... Bxc6 {could have been met by} 21.
Nxb5 $1 Qxc1 22. Nc7+ Kd7 23. Raxc1 $18 {and Black has to resign.}) 21. cxb7
Rb8 22. Nd5 $1 {What a wonderful tactical blow! He opens the c-file for the
queen, so White is threatening Qc8.} ({The similar looking} 22. Nxb5 $4 {
is a big blunder, because of} Bc5 $1 $19 {and suddenly Black is the one who
wins!}) 22... exd5 $6 {Loses immediately, but Black's position was already bad.
} (22... f6 {was tougher, but} 23. Rxa6 Kf7 24. Qc7+ Qxc7 25. Nxc7 Rxb7 26.
Nxe6 $18 {is also winning for White.}) 23. Qc8+ Ke7 24. Rxa6 Nxg3 $1 {Still
the best practical chance.} ({If} 24... Bg7 25. Qc5+ $18 {and mate soon.}) 25.
Bxb5 $1 {Again the stronger move!} Ne2+ 26. Bxe2 f6 27. Re6+ Qxe6 28. Qxb8 {
What a brilliant game by Nakamura!} 1-0

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "32"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 a6 7. d4 Bd6 8. dxe5
Bxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd2 d6
15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. Nxf3 Be6 17. Bc2 Ne5 18. Nd4 Nc6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rad1 e5 21.
f3 Ne7 22. Bb3+ Kh8 23. Kf2 Rf8 24. Ke3 Rf6 25. g3 Raf8 26. Rf1 g5 27. Rf2 Kg7
28. Rdf1 Ng6 29. Bd5 Rb8 30. a3 Ne7 31. Bb3 Ng6 32. Bc2 Kf8 33. Bb3 Ke7 34. Bd5
Kd7 35. Rd2 c6 36. Bb3 Rbf8 37. Rdf2 Kc7 38. Bd1 R6f7 39. b4 Rf6 40. Bb3 b5 41.
a4 Kb6 42. a5+ Kc7 43. c4 Rb8 44. c5 dxc5 45. bxc5 Rd8 46. Rd1 Rxd1 47. Bxd1
Nf8 48. Bb3 Nd7 49. Rc2 Kd8 50. Ba2 Ke7 51. Bb3 Rf8 52. Rc1 Rd8 53. Ba2 Nf6 54.
Bb3 Rd4 55. Rc3 Rb4 56. Rd3 Nd7 57. Rc3 Nxc5 58. Rxc5 Rxb3+ 59. Kf2 Kd6 0-1

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "32"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
Ng4 9. c4 Ngxe5 10. Qd2 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Be2 Re8 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. Rad1 Bc6
15. Nd5 a5 16. Rfe1 b6 17. f4 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Bb5 Re7 21.
e4 Nc5 22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. e5 Qf8 24. Bc6 Rd8 25. Re3 Qg7 26. Rde1 dxe5 27. Rxe5
h5 28. h3 Qf6 29. Qe3 Rxe5 30. fxe5 Qe7 31. a3 Na6 32. Bb5 Nb8 33. Bc4 b5 34.
Bxb5 Rxd5 35. Bc4 Rd8 36. Rf1 Rf8 37. Qh6 1-0

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "32"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. g3 Re8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne2 g5 13. c3 h6 14. h3 Bf6 15. Bd2
Nd6 16. Nc1 Bg7 17. Nb3 Ne4 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 d4 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4
Qxd4 22. Be3 Qxd1 23. Rexd1 c6 24. Rd2 Rad8 25. Rad1 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Bxa2 27. Rd7
Rb8 28. b4 Be6 29. Rd2 Bc3 30. Rc2 Bxb4 31. h4 gxh4 32. gxh4 a5 33. Bxh6 a4 34.
Bd3 a3 35. f4 f5 0-1

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "32"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. h3
Nf8 9. Nf3 Ng6 10. Bh2 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rb1 Re8 14. b4 a6 15.
a4 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 f5 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Be6 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Na4
Bd5 22. Nb6 Rab8 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Qa4 f4 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Rb1 Rxb1+ 27. Nxb1
h6 28. Nc3 fxe3 29. fxe3 Kh7 30. Qd1 Ne7 31. Ne2 Nf5 32. Qd2 Qa3 33. Kf2 Qf8
34. Kg1 Qa3 35. Nc3 Qa5 36. Kf2 Nd6 37. Qc2 Qa8 38. Qb3 Nc4 39. Ne2 Qf8+ 40.
Kg1 Nd2 41. Qd1 Nc4 42. Qc1 Qf5 43. Nc3 Qg5 44. Kf2 Qh4+ 45. Kg1 Qg5 46. Kf2
Nd6 47. Ne2 h5 48. Nf4 h4 49. Qd1 Nf5 50. Qh5+ Qxh5 51. Nxh5 Ne7 52. g3 g5 53.
gxh4 Kg6 54. Ng3 gxh4 55. Ne2 Kf6 56. Nf4 Kf7 57. Ke2 Ke8 58. Kd2 Kd7 59. Ke2
Kd6 60. Kf2 Nf5 61. Ng6 Ke6 62. Nf4+ Kd6 63. Ke2 Ng3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "32"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. g3 d5 7. a3 Bd6 8. b3 e5
9. Bg2 e4 10. Qc2 Re8 11. h3 a6 12. Bd2 b5 13. c5 Bf8 14. a4 b4 15. Nd1 a5 16.
f4 exf3 17. Bxf3 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. Nf2 Bf5 20. O-O-O Rf4 21. Nxf4 Bxc2 22.
Kxc2 Nd7 23. g4 Qe8 24. Rde1 Nf6 25. Rhf1 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 27. Nd3 g6 28. Rf4
Qe6 29. e4 Bg7 30. e5 Rf8 31. Rff1 Qd7 32. Bg5 Re8 33. Bf6 Bxf6 34. Rxf6 Re6
35. Ref1 Qb7 36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. Rf6 Qc8 38. g5 h5 39. Rxg6+ Kf7 40. Rf6+ Kg8 41.
h4 Kh7 42. Kd2 Kg8 43. Nf4 Qa6 44. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "32"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 g6 2. Nd2 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 e5 5. Ngf3 Ne7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 c5 8. e4
Nbc6 9. Re1 h6 10. a3 f5 11. b4 b6 12. Bb2 f4 13. d4 g5 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. dxc5
g4 16. Nh4 f3 17. Bf1 Be6 18. Bc4 Qd7 19. Ndxf3 Qc8 20. Qb3 Bxc4 21. Qxc4+ Kh7
22. Nd2 Na5 23. Qb5 a6 24. Qe2 Qxc5 25. a4 Qc8 26. Ba3 Nac6 27. Nc4 Qe6 28.
Nxb6 Rad8 29. Nd5 1-0

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "32"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. h4 Bg7 3. h5 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. d3 d5 8. Bb5 d4
9. Bxc6+ Nxc6 10. Ne2 e5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 g5 13. c3 Be6 14. Qa4 h6 15. Rc1
O-O 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Ng3 Qd7 18. O-O Rfc8 19. Rc2 Qf7 20. b4 a6 21. Rfc1 Bf8
22. Nh2 b5 23. Qa3 Qd7 24. Qb2 Ne7 25. f3 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Rc8 27. a3 Kf7 28. Qc1
Rxc2 29. Qxc2 Qc8 30. Qxc8 Bxc8 31. Ng4 Bg7 32. Kf2 Be6 33. Ke2 Nc8 34. Nf5
Bxf5 35. exf5 Nd6 36. Nf2 Nxf5 37. Ne4 Bf8 38. g4 Ng7 39. Ng3 Ke6 40. Be1 Ne8
41. Kd1 Nd6 42. Ne4 Nf7 43. Ng3 Nd6 44. Ne4 Nc8 45. Ng3 Ne7 46. Kc2 f5 47. Bd2
fxg4 48. fxg4 Nd5 49. Ne4 Nf6 50. Nxf6 Kxf6 51. Be1 Ke6 52. Bg3 Kd5 53. Kd2 e4
54. Ke2 e3 55. Bc7 Bd6 56. Bd8 a5 57. Bxa5 Be7 58. Bb6 Ke5 59. Kf3 Kd5 60. Bc7
Bf6 61. Bb6 Be7 62. Bc7 Bf6 63. Bb6 Be7 64. Bc7 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "32"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. d4 d5 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O Re8 8. c4
Nbd7 9. Nc3 e6 10. Rc1 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. f4 a6 14. Bf3 c5 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe2 Nfe4 17. Rfd1 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Qg5 19. Nxd5 Rad8 20. Nf4 a5 21.
Bd4 Ba6 22. Qc2 Bb7 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Bxb7 Nxb7 25. e6 fxe6 26. Rxd8 Nxd8 27.
Qc7 Nf7 28. Qxb6 e5 29. Nd5 e4 30. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "32"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 g5 5. Bc4 g4 6. O-O gxf3 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.
Qxf3 Bh6 9. d4 Nxd4 10. Qh5+ Kg7 11. Bxf4 d6 12. Be5+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "32"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. d4 b6 6. c4 Bb7 7. Nc3 e6 8. Qc2 d6
9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Qe7 12. e4 e5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Nc5 16. Bf3 a5 17. a3 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 f5 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4
fxe4 22. Ne6 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Bxd5 24. Nxc7 Qxc7 25. Rxd5 Qf7 26. Rxd6 Ra2 27. Qf6
Rf8 28. Qxf7+ Rxf7 29. Rf1 e3 30. fxe3 Rc7 31. Rd4 Rcc2 32. Rg4 Re2 33. h4 Rxe3
34. Rf6 Rae2 35. Rxb6 Re4 36. Rg5 Rxh4 37. Rb7 Re1+ 38. Kf2 Rb1 39. Ra5 Rf4+
40. Kg3 Rf7 41. Rb8+ Kg7 42. b5 Rb3+ 43. Kh2 h5 44. b6 Rf2 45. Ra7+ Kh6 46. b7
Rfb2 47. Rh8+ Kg5 48. Ra5+ Kf6 49. Rh6 Kg7 0-1

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "32"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. h4 h6 5. h5 g5 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 g4 8. Nh4 Nc6 9.
e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Nxd1 f5 12. Ng6 Rh7 13. Be3 Nge7 14. Nc3 a6 15. Nh4
Bd7 16. Rd1 O-O-O 17. a3 Be8 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Bc4 Bxh5 20. Ne2 Bf7 21. Ng3 h5
22. Kf2 Ng6 23. Ne2 Nxh4 24. Rxh4 Bf8 25. Ke1 Be7 26. Bf2 Bxh4 27. Bxh4 Nc6 28.
c3 Kd7 29. b4 Rh8 30. a4 Ra8 31. Kd2 Ne7 32. Nd4 Ng6 0-1

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "32"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O d6 8. c4
Nbd7 9. Nc3 e6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 e5 12. Re1 Nh5 13. g3 h6 14. Bc1 Ndf6 15. Nh4
Bc8 16. Be2 Kh7 17. Ng2 Bh8 18. Be3 Ng7 19. Qd2 Ng8 20. f4 f5 21. fxe5 dxe5 22.
Rf1 Bd7 23. Bd3 Qe7 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Rae1 Rae8 26. Bc2 e4 27. Nh4 Qd6 28. Bf4
Qf6 29. Be3 Qe5 30. Kh1 Nf6 31. Bxh6 Ng4 32. Bf4 Qd4 33. Bd1 e3 34. Qc2 Nf2+
35. Kg2 Nd3 36. Nf3 Nxf4+ 37. Kh1 Qd3 38. gxf4 Qxc2 39. Bxc2 Nh5 40. Ne2 Kh6
41. Rg1 Bf6 42. Rg2 Rg8 43. Reg1 Rg4 44. h3 Rxg2 45. Rxg2 b5 46. Ng5 Bxg5 47.
fxg5+ Kg7 48. Bd1 f4 49. Nc3 Ng3+ 50. Kh2 b4 51. Ne2 Nf1+ 52. Kg1 Nd2 53. Nxf4
Rf8 54. Nh5+ Kg6 55. Nf6 Bxh3 56. Rg3 Bf5 57. Bh5+ Kg7 58. Rxe3 1-0

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 3m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 b5 12. Na5 Qd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Re6
15. Rad1 Bb6 16. Nb3 Rae8 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qe7 20. Bxf6 Rxf6
21. Qd1 c5 22. Rd7 Qxe4 23. Rxc7 Rg6 24. g3 c4 25. Qd7 Rf6 26. Rc8 Rxc8 27.
Qxc8+ Kh7 28. Qc5 Qe2 29. b3 Qxa2 30. bxc4 bxc4 31. Re1 a5 32. Re7 a4 33. Ra7
Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Qxc3 35. Rxa4 Qc2 36. Qxc4 0-1

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 3m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Qa3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Bc2 e5 12. O-O Re8 13. d5 Bf8 14. Qb2 Bd6 15.
c4 Qe7 16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 Rf8 18. Rae1 Nc5 19. Nd2 a5 20. f3 Ba6 21. Bf2 Rae8
22. Re2 Qd7 23. Rfe1 Re7 24. Qc3 Na4 25. Qb3 Nc5 26. Qc3 Na4 27. Qb3 Nc5 28.
Qb1 Rg7 29. Be3 Re8 30. g4 g5 31. Rg2 h5 32. gxh5 Qh3 33. Bd1 Rh7 34. f4 exf4
35. Bg4 Qxe3+ 36. Rxe3 fxe3 37. e5 Rxe5 38. Nf3 Ree7 39. h4 Bxc4 40. hxg5 Bd3
41. gxf6 Reg7 42. Qe1 Rxg4 43. Rxg4+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 3m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. f3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Nxe6
Rxe6 21. Kf2 Rd8 22. Bg5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 f6 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Be3 Nd5 26. Bd2 b5
27. Rh1 Kf7 28. Rh7+ Kg8 29. Rd7 Rd6 30. Rxd6 cxd6 31. f4 f5 32. gxf5 Ne7 33.
Kf3 Nxf5 34. Kg4 Ne7 35. f5 Nd5 36. Kf3 Kf7 37. Ke4 Nf6+ 38. Kf4 Nd5+ 39. Ke4
Nf6+ 40. Kf4 a6 41. Be1 Nd5+ 42. Ke4 Nf6+ 43. Kf4 Nd7 44. Bg3 Nf6 45. Ke3 d5
46. Kd4 Ne4 47. Bh4 a5 48. c4 bxc4 49. a4 Nd6 50. Ke5 Ne4 51. Kd4 Nd6 52. Kc5
Nxf5 53. Be1 d4 54. Kxc4 Ne3+ 55. Kd3 Ke6 56. Bxa5 Nxc2 57. Kxc2 d3+ 58. Kxd3
Kd7 59. Bc7 Kc8 60. Kc4 Kxc7 61. Kc5 Kb8 62. a5 Ka8 63. a6 Ka7 64. Kxc6 Kxa6
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 3m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8.
Qb3 O-O 9. Nf3 c5 10. d5 e6 11. Be3 exd5 12. exd5 b6 13. Bb5 Qd6 14. O-O Bd7
15. a4 Bxb5 16. axb5 Nd7 17. Ra4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. g3 Rfd8 20. Rd1 Rd7 21.
Bf4 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Re8 23. c4 Re2 24. Qc3 Rde7 25. Rf6 Qd7 26. d6 R7e4 27. Qf3
Qh3 28. Qxe4 Rxe4 29. d7 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxd7 31. h4 h5 32. Rf4 Kg7 33. Re5 f5
34. Rd5 Qe6 35. Kh2 Qe2 36. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 3m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qd3 c5 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Nbd7 16. Qf3 Qb6 17. a5 Qa7 18. Be3 Qb8 19. Nb3 Rc8 20. Ra4 Rc6 21.
Bg5 Qe8 22. Rad4 h6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. e4 e5 25. R4d3 Rac8 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd5
Bb4 28. Qf5 g6 29. Qd7 Qxd7 30. Rxd7 R8c7 31. R7d5 Rc2 32. Rxe5 Rxb2 33. Nd4
Bc3 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. e5 Bxd4 36. Rxd4 Re2 37. Rf4 g5 38. Rf5 Kg6 39. Rf6+ Kg7
40. Rf5 Kg6 41. Rf6+ Kg7 42. Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 3m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Qa3 b6 10. Bg5 c5 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc5
15. O-O Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bb7 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. Qa3 a6 20. d5 Rc2 21.
Nd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rfc8 23. h3 b5 24. Red1 R8c3 25. Qa5 f6 26. Qb6 Kg7 27. e5
Rc1 28. e6 Qc8 29. d6 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 exd6 31. Qxd6 Rc1 32. Qe7+ Kg6 33. Qf7+
Kf5 34. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 35. Kh2 Qc6 36. f3 Qd5 37. Bb8 1-0

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 3m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. g3 Re8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne2 g5 13. Bg2 Bf6 14. c3 h6 15.
Bd2 Nd6 16. Nc1 Bf5 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Nb3 Bg7 19. h4 f6 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. Nc5
Ne7 22. Qb3 b6 23. Na6 Rc8 24. Re1 Nf7 25. Nb4 c6 26. c4 dxc4 27. Qxc4 a5 28.
Nd3 Qd7 29. Nc1 Nd5 30. Ne2 Nd6 31. Qb3 Be6 32. Nc3 Bf7 33. Nxd5 Bxd5 34. Qxb6
g4 35. Nh4 Nc4 36. Qc5 Bf8 0-1

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 3m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Ke8 7. Bg5 Be7
8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Nb5 Bd8 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. O-O-O a6 12. Nc3 c6 13. Ne2 b5 14. Bb3
Nc5 15. Ng3 a5 16. a3 Bg4 17. Ba2 Bc7 18. h3 Be6 19. Kb1 Rg8 20. Rhe1 Rd8 21.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Nh4 a4 23. Ka1 Bb6 24. Rd1 Nb7 25. Nh1 Ke7 26. g4 h5 27. Bxe6
Kxe6 28. gxh5 Nd6 29. Ng3 Bxf2 30. Nhf5 Nc4 31. b3 axb3 32. cxb3 Bd4+ 33. Kb1
Ne3 34. Rd3 c5 35. h6 c4 36. h7 Rh8 37. bxc4 bxc4 38. Rxe3 Bxe3 39. Nxe3 Rxh7
40. Ngf5 Rxh3 41. a4 Kd7 42. Kc2 Kc6 43. Nxc4 Kc5 44. Ncd6 Ra3 45. a5 Kb4 46.
Nb7 Kb5 47. Nfd6+ Ka6 48. Nc5+ Kxa5 49. Nc4+ Kb4 50. Nxa3 Kxc5 51. Kd3 f5 52.
exf5 Kd5 53. Nc4 e4+ 54. Kc3 e3 55. Kd3 e2 56. Ne3+ Ke5 57. Kxe2 Ke4 58. Kd2
Kf4 59. Kd3 Ke5 60. Ke2 Ke4 61. Kf2 Kf4 62. f6 Ke5 63. Ng4+ Kf4 64. Nh6 1-0

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 3m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 b6 8. Nf3
d6 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nh4 Ng6 13. Nf5 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15.
Qf3 Bxf5 16. exf5 Re8 17. Qxf4 Qe7 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Rae1 Qa4 20. Qc1 Ng4 21. f4
Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. h3 Nf6 24. g4 h6 25. g5 Nh5 26. Kf2 Rxe1 27. Kxe1 Qe8+
28. Kf2 hxg5 29. fxg5 Qe5 30. Qe3 Nf4 31. Bc2 Qxe3+ 32. Kxe3 Nxh3 33. g6 f6
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 5m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8.
Qb3 O-O 9. Be3 c5 10. d5 Qc7 11. Nf3 e6 12. Be2 exd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. O-O Nd7
15. Rfd1 Qd6 16. Qxb7 Bxc3 17. Rac1 Ba5 18. Qc6 Bc7 19. Qxd6 Bxd6 20. Nd2 Nb6
21. g4 Bd7 22. Ne4 Be5 23. Nxc5 Rad8 24. Bg5 f6 25. Be3 Rfe8 26. Nxd7 1-0

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 5m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Ne2 b6 13. Bg5 Ba6 14. Nf4
f6 15. Ng6 fxg5 16. Nxh8 Be2 17. Ng6 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 g4 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Nxe7
Kxe7 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 g3 23. Rg4 gxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Kf7 25. Ke3 Rd8 26. Rd4
Rd5 27. Re4 Ke6 28. Rh4 Rxe5+ 29. Kf3 Rf5+ 30. Ke3 Rg5 31. Kf3 a5 32. Re4+ Kf6
33. Rf4+ Ke6 34. Re4+ Kf6 35. Rf4+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 5m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Qa3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Bc2 e5 12. O-O Re8 13. d5 Qe7 14. Qxe7 Rxe7
15. Ba3 Ree8 16. Ba4 Rad8 17. Rfd1 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. c4 Re7 20. d6 cxd6 21.
Rxd6 Bxe4 22. Rad1 Bf5 23. h3 f6 24. g4 Be6 25. g5 fxg5 26. Nxg5 Bf5 27. f3 h6
28. Ne4 Bxh3 29. Nf6 Nxf6 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. Bc6 Bf5 32. Rb8 h5 33. a4 Kh6 34.
Rb7 Rxb7 35. Bxb7 Kg5 36. Rd8 Kf4 37. Ra8 Kg3 38. Rxa7 h4 39. Ra6 Nd7 40. Bc8
Nc5 41. Rxb6 Bxc8 42. Rc6 h3 43. Rxg6+ Kxf3 44. Rc6 Bb7 45. Rc7 Be4 46. a5 Nd3
47. Kh2 Nf4 48. a6 Ke3 49. a7 Ne6 50. Rc8 Kd4 51. a8=Q Bxa8 52. Rxa8 Kxc4 53.
Ra5 Nc5 54. Kxh3 e4 55. Kg3 Kd4 56. Ra8 Nd3 57. Rd8+ Ke3 58. Re8 Kd4 59. Rxe4+
Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 5m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. f3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Nxe6
Rxe6 21. Kf2 Rd8 22. Bg5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 f6 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Bf4 Nd5 26. Bd2 b5
27. Rh1 Kf7 28. Rh7+ Kg8 29. Rd7 Rd6 30. Rxd6 cxd6 31. f4 f5 32. gxf5 Kf7 33.
Kf3 Kf6 34. Ke4 Nb6 35. Be3 c5 36. Bf2 d5+ 37. Kf3 Na4 38. Kg4 a5 39. a3 Kf7
40. Be3 Kf6 41. Bf2 Kf7 42. f6 Kxf6 43. f5 Ke5 44. Bg3+ Kf6 45. Bh4+ Kf7 46.
Bf2 Kg7 47. Kf4 Kf6 48. Be3 Nxc3 49. Bxc5 Ne2+ 50. Kf3 Nc1 51. Be3 Na2 52. Kf4
b4 53. a4 Kf7 54. Bb6 Nc3 55. Bxa5 Nxa4 56. Ke5 Nb2 57. Kxd5 1-0

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 5m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 e5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qb3 b6 14. Bc4
Rd7 15. f3 Bb7 16. e4 Rad8 17. Rb1 a6 18. a4 Bf8 19. Be3 Bd6 20. g3 Bc5 21.
Rfe1 Kg7 22. Bf1 Rd2 23. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 24. Qe3 Qxe3+ 25. Rxe3 a5 26. b4 axb4 27.
Rxb4 Rd1 28. Kf2 R8d2+ 29. Be2 Ba6 30. f4 Rh1 0-1

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 5m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. g3 Re8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne2 g5 13. Bg2 Bf6 14. c3 h6 15.
Bd2 Nd6 16. Nc1 Bf5 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Nb3 Nc4 19. Bc1 b6 20. Nbd2 Nxd2 21.
Bxd2 Be4 22. h4 g4 23. Nh2 h5 24. f3 gxf3 25. Bxf3 Qe6 26. Bxe4 Qxe4 27. Qxh5
Nxd4 28. Qg4+ Qxg4 29. Nxg4 Nf3+ 30. Kf2 Nxd2 31. Nxf6+ Kg7 32. Nxd5 Rd8 33.
Ne3 Ne4+ 34. Kf3 Nd2+ 35. Ke2 Ne4 36. Nf5+ Kg6 37. Rf1 Re8 38. Kd3 Nc5+ 39. Kd2
Ne4+ 40. Kc2 Re5 41. g4 Nf6 42. h5+ Kg5 43. Nd4 Rd5 44. h6 Kg6 45. Nf5 Rd7 46.
Nh4+ Kxh6 47. g5+ Kxg5 48. Nf3+ Kf5 49. Nd4+ Kg6 50. Rg1+ Kh5 51. Rh1+ Kg6 52.
Rg1+ Kh5 53. Rh1+ Kg5 54. Rg1+ Ng4 55. b4 f5 56. b5 f4 57. Kd3 Re7 58. Nf3+ Kh5
59. Kd4 Re3 60. Rf1 Nf6 61. c4 Re4+ 62. Kd3 Kg4 63. Nd2 Re3+ 64. Kd4 Re2 65.
Kd3 Re3+ 66. Kd4 Kf5 67. a4 Ra3 68. Re1 Nd7 69. Ne4 Ne5 0-1

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 5m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Qa3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Bc2 e5 12. O-O Re8 13. d5 Nc5 14. c4 Bf8 15.
Qc3 Bd6 16. Rd1 Bc8 17. h3 Bd7 18. Nd2 Qh4 19. Ba3 Qe7 20. Bb2 Rf8 21. Qg3 Rae8
22. Nb3 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. Rd2 Ref8 27. Rf1 Rg5
28. Qd3 h5 29. Re2 Kh7 30. Kh1 Bd6 31. f3 Rgf5 32. Rfe1 Qg5 33. Re4 Qg3 34. Rf1
Qg5 35. Bc1 Qf6 36. Rfe1 Bb4 37. R1e2 Bd6 38. Bb2 Qg5 39. Qd1 Qg3 40. R2e3 Rg5
41. Qf1 Rf4 42. Bc3 Rxe4 43. Rxe4 Rf5 44. h4 Rf4 45. Qe1 Qxe1+ 46. Bxe1 Rxe4
47. fxe4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com sf blitz 5m+2spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
d4 e5 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. h4 h6 11. h5 Qf5 12. Be3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Be7
15. Bd3 Qg4 16. Qe5 Be6 17. Qb5+ c6 18. Qxb7 Rc8 19. Qxa7 Qxg2 20. O-O-O Qf3
21. Rhg1 Bf6 22. Bc5 Qf4+ 23. Rd2 Qe5 24. Bd4 Qc7 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. f4 Bxd4 27.
cxd4 f5 28. Re2 Kf7 29. Rge1 Bc8 30. c5 Rd8 31. Bc4+ Kf8 32. Re5 g6 33. hxg6
Rxd4 34. Bb3 Re4 35. R1xe4 fxe4 36. Kd2 Kg7 37. Ke3 Kxg6 38. Kxe4 Kf6 39. Re8
Bf5+ 40. Ke3 Rd7 41. Bc4 h5 42. a4 h4 43. a5 h3 44. Rh8 Re7+ 45. Kd4 Bh7 46.
Bf1 Kg7 47. Rxh7+ Kxh7 48. Bxh3 Ra7 49. Bg2 Kg6 50. Ke5 Rxa5 51. Be4+ Kg7 52.
Kd6 Ra4 53. Bxc6 Rxf4 54. Bd5 Rf1 55. c6 Rc1 56. c7 Rxc7 57. Kxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com sf blitz Extra 1m+1spm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.08.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.08.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. O-O Nc6 5. Re1 Bd7 6. e3 Qc8 7. d4 Bh3 8. c4
h5 9. Nc3 h4 10. Nxh4 Bf6 11. Nf3 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qh3+ 13. Kg1 g5 14. Nd5 g4 15.
Nxc7+ Kd7 16. Nxa8 gxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxh2+ 18. Kf1 Bxd4 19. exd4 Qh3+ 20. Qg2 Qh1+
21. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 22. Ke2 Nxd4+ 23. Kd1 Rxe1+ 24. Kxe1 Nc2+ 25. Kd1 Nxa1 26. Be3
b6 27. Kc1 Kc6 28. Kb1 Kb7 29. Nxb6 axb6 30. Kxa1 Nf6 31. b3 Ng4 32. Kb2 e5 33.
Kc3 f5 34. Kd3 Kc6 35. a4 e4+ 36. Kd4 Ne5 37. b4 Nf3+ 38. Kc3 Ne5 39. b5+ Kc7
40. Kd4 Ng4 41. Kd5 Kd7 42. Bxb6 Nf6+ 43. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aloma Vidal, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Andorra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. e4 cxd4 7. Bxb5 Bb4 8. a3
Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Nb3 Rab8 14. Rad1 d3
15. cxd3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. b4 d5 18. e5 a6 19. Ba4 a5 20. Rb1 Ba6 21. b5
Qxa4 22. bxa6 Qxa3 23. d4 Qc3 24. a7 Ra8 25. Rb7 Qxd4 26. Qe3 Qc4 27. Qb6 d4
28. Rd7 Qb4 29. Qxb4 axb4 30. Rb1 d3 31. Rxb4 Kh7 32. Rbb7 Kg6 33. Rxd3 Rfc8
34. Rdd7 Rf8 35. Rbc7 h5 36. h4 Rae8 37. Rb7 Ra8 38. Kf1 Rac8 39. Ke2 Ra8 40.
Kd3 Rac8 41. Rbc7 Ra8 42. Kc4 Rae8 43. Kb5 Ra8 44. Ka6 Rae8 45. Kb7 Ra8 46. f3
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shaw, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 a6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8.
Nf3 Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nh4 Na5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Ng6
Re8 15. Qh5 c5 16. Nf4 c4 17. Be4 Qc7 18. g3 Rad8 19. Re3 b6 20. Rae1 Qd6 21.
Bd5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Bg4 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 a5 6. b5 Nd7 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O
Ngf6 9. f4 Nc5 10. d3 Nfd7 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Nb3 O-O 13. Nxd4 Bf6 14. Be3 Qe7 15.
Rc1 Qd6 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bd4 18. Bxb7 Rad8 19. Bf3 Nc5 20. Re1 g6 21. Qc2
Qb6 22. Ra1 Rd6 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Re3 Rfd8 25. Rd1 Qd6 26. Qc3 Qb6 27. h4 h5
28. Be2 c6 29. bxc6 Qxc6 30. Ra1 Qb7 31. Rxa5 Qxb3 32. Qxb3 Nxb3 33. Ra3 Rb8
34. Ra7 Nc1 35. Bf1 Rb2 36. Re4 Rd8 37. Re1 Rc2 38. Ra1 Nb3 39. Rad1 Nd4 40.
Kg2 Nf5 41. Rb1 Rd2 42. Kg1 Nd4 43. Red1 Ra2 44. Ra1 Rb2 45. Rdb1 Rc2 46. Ra3
Rd7 47. Rba1 Kg7 48. Kg2 Rb7 49. R3a2 Rc3 50. Rd1 Kf6 51. f3 Rbb3 52. Kf2 Nc6
53. g4 Nb4 54. Rad2 Nc6 55. Ra1 Nb4 56. Rad1 Ra3 57. Be2 Nc6 58. g5+ Kg7 59. d4
Na5 60. c5 Nb3 61. Rd3 Rc2 62. Re1 Rb2 63. c6 Raa2 64. c7 Nc1 65. Rxc1 Rxe2+
66. Kf1 Rh2 67. Kg1 Rag2+ 68. Kf1 Rf2+ 69. Kg1 Rhg2+ 70. Kh1 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. a5 Rb8 14. Ra4 Rb4
15. Na2 Rxa4 16. Qxa4 Qb8 17. Qxc4 Qb7 18. Rd3 Rb8 19. b4 Qb5 20. Qxb5 Rxb5 21.
Rc3 Nd5 22. Rxc6 Nxb4 23. Rxc7 Nxa2 24. Rxe7 h6 25. Bd2 Rb2 26. Be1 Rxe2 27.
Kf1 Rc2 28. Rd7 Rc4 29. d5 exd5 30. Rxd5 Nb4 31. Bxb4 Rxb4 32. Rd6 Ra4 33. Rxa6
Ra2 34. Kg2 g5 35. Kf3 h5 36. h3 Kg7 37. Ra8 Ra4 38. a6 h4 39. gxh4 gxh4 40. a7
Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Markus, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Qg4
g6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Be3 b6 12. a4 h5 13. f4 Ngf6 14. Bd4 O-O 15. f5
Ne5 16. fxg6 fxg6 17. h3 Nfd7 18. Rxf8+ Bxf8 19. Qe3 Bb7 20. Ne2 Re8 21. Nf4
Qd8 22. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4
Nd7 15. O-O Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Rb1 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Qb7 20. d6
Bf8 21. Qd3 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Rc6 23. Rfd1 Qd7 24. Qa3 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Qxa7
Qd3 27. Rc1 Qd2 28. Qxc5 Qxb2 29. a4 Ra8 30. Re1 Qd2 31. Re4 Rxa4 32. Re8+ Kg7
33. Qf8+ Kf6 34. Qe7+ Kg7 35. Qf8+ Kf6 36. Re3 Rf4 37. Qh8+ Kg5 38. Rg3+ Kh6
39. Qf8+ Kh5 40. Qc5+ Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Bb4 7. d4 e4 8. Nd2
Nf6 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 a5 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Re8 14. h3 d5 15. a4
b6 16. Ba3 Qd8 17. Be2 Ba6 18. Nf1 Nbd7 19. Ng3 g6 20. O-O h5 21. Rfc1 Rc8 22.
Rc2 b5 23. cxb5 cxb5 24. Qd2 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Qb8 26. Qd2 h4 27. Nf1 Re6 28. Qxa5
bxa4 29. Bxa6 Qa8 30. Bd6 axb3 31. Qa3 b2 32. Qxb2 Rxd6 33. Bb7 Qd8 34. Ra8 Nb8
35. Bxd5 Rb6 36. Bb3 Kg7 37. Qc3 Qe7 38. Nd2 Rc6 39. Bc4 Nbd7 40. Ra7 Rb6 41.
Bb3 Qd6 42. Qc4 Qf8 43. Rc7 Rb4 44. Qa6 Rb8 45. Qc4 Ra8 46. Nxe4 Nxe4 47. Rxd7
Ra1+ 48. Kh2 Kh6 49. Qc7 Ng5 50. Qf4 Qe8 51. Rxf7 Qe4 52. Bd5 Qxf4+ 53. Rxf4
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.10"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Be2 Bg4 14. O-O
Rac8 15. Nd4 Ne6 16. Qd2 Qg5 17. Bxg4 Qxg4 18. Ne2 Rfd8 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1
d4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. exd4 Qxd4 23. Qc2 h5 24. h3 g6 25. b3 b5 26. Qe2 a6 27.
Qe7 Kg7 28. Rc7 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Qd6+ 30. Qxd6 Rxd6 31. Ra7 h4 32. a4 Kf6 33. Rb7
bxa4 34. bxa4 Ke6 35. g3 hxg3+ 36. Kxg3 f6 37. h4 Ke5 38. Ra7 Rc6 39. f3 Kf5
40. Ra8 Ke5 41. Re8+ Kf5 42. Ra8 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.11"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c5 (6... Nbd7) ({and} 
6... Nc6 {are the other main lines.}) 7. dxc5 (7. Nc3 {is the the most popular
variation.}) 7... dxc5 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. Nd3 Be6 ({Recently ther was a game with} 
9... Nbd7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. Rc1 e6 13. Qa4 b6 14. b4 $14 {
Matlakov-Cai, Harbin 2016, and White was slightly better, later he managed to
win.}) 10. Bf4 ({In the event of} 10. Qb3 Nc6 $1 11. Nxc5 Nd4 (11... Bc8 $5)
12. Nxe6 Nxe2+ 13. Kh1 fxe6 {(Arsovic-Dragovic, Senta 2008)} 14. Nc3 $5 Nxc3
15. bxc3 $14 {and thanks to the B pair, White looks more comfortable.}) 10...
Qc8 11. Nd2 $146 {A logical novelty by Hammer.} (11. Be3 Bh3 12. Bxc5 Bxg2 13.
Kxg2 b6 (13... Qc6+ {(Kojima-Sean, Budapest 2013)} 14. f3 Nbd7 15. Bf2 Qxc4 16.
Na3 {and Black still has to play some accurate moves to equalise.}) 14. Be3 (
14. Bxe7 $4 {loses after} Qb7+ $19 {and Black wins the B.}) 14... Qxc4 $132 {
with a double-edged fight.}) 11... Bh3 12. Nf3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 b6 14. Re1 (14.
Nde5 $5 {was also an interesting choice.}) 14... Qb7 ({The natural developing} 
14... Nc6 $5 {was the alternative.}) 15. Qc1 Rd8 ({Still} 15... Nc6 $5 {
was also good.}) 16. Bh6 Bh8 $1 {A very ambitious reply! Nakamura doesn't want
to exchange the Bs, because his is more useful on the long diagonal.} 17. Nde5
Ne4 $1 18. Qf4 f6 19. Rad1 $1 {Hammer also finds the smart reply.} Nd6 $1 {
Another ambitious move! Black avoids the exchange of Rs and he prepares the
advance with his Ps in the centre.} 20. Ng4 $6 {A human reply, but this is a
dubious move.} (20. Qg4 $1 {was more accurate,} Qc8 $1 ({of course not} 20...
fxe5 $4 21. Qe6+ Nf7 22. Rxd8# {and mate!}) 21. Rxd6 $1 {The best practical
chance.} (21. Qxc8 Rxc8 22. Nd3 Nxc4 $17 {and Black is a healthy P up.}) 21...
exd6 22. Qe4 d5 23. cxd5 Qb7 ({but not} 23... fxe5 $2 24. d6 $1 $16 {and
suddenly White is better.}) (23... Qf5 24. Qh4 $5 $132) 24. Nc6 Nxc6 25. dxc6
Qf7 $15 {and Black is slightly better, but it is still not easy.}) 20... Nc6
21. Kg1 Nf7 $1 $17 {Now Black is ready to advance with his e- and f-Ps and
White can't avoid it.} 22. h3 f5 23. Ngh2 e5 24. Qc1 e4 25. Nh4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1
Nd4 {Black has gained some space and his pieces are powerful. White's position
becomes difficult.} 27. Re1 Qa6 $1 {Another strong continuation by Nakamura.
Suddenly the a2 and c4 Ps are attacked by the Q and it is not possible to
protect both in one move.} 28. Be3 ({In the event of} 28. a3 Nxh6 29. Qxh6 Qxc4
$19 {and Black is winning.}) 28... Qxa2 29. g4 Bf6 30. Ng2 Ne6 31. gxf5 gxf5
32. Nf1 {and White didn't wait for his opponent's reply... he resigned.} (32.
Nf1 Qxb2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.12"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. b3
Bf5 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. Nh4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be6 12. e4 dxc4 13. d5 Bxb2 14. Qxb2 cxd5
15. Rfd1 d4 16. bxc4 Nc6 17. Qxb7 Qc8 18. Qb5 Rb8 19. Qc5 Rb7 20. Nf3 Rd8 21.
Nd2 d3 22. Rab1 Rc7 23. Rb6 Nd4 24. Qxa5 Bxc4 25. Nf3 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Be6 27. Ne1
Rc1 28. Rxc1 Qxc1 29. Rc6 d2 30. Qxd8+ Kg7 31. Rxc1 dxc1=Q 32. Qa5 Nc3 33. Bf3
Qxe1+ 34. Kg2 h5 35. Qb4 Bxa2 36. Qxe7 Bc4 37. Qe5+ Kh7 38. Kh3 Qxf2 39. Qxc3
Bf1+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. O-O Rb8 13. Bb2 b6 14.
Rfc1 Kd7 15. Bc6+ Kd8 16. e4 f6 17. Kg2 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. f4 Kd7 20. Kf3 b5
21. e5 Be7 22. Rc2 b4 23. Rac1 b3 24. axb3 Rxb3+ 25. Ke2 Rhb8 26. Ba1 Ra3 27.
d5 exd5 28. f5 Bd8 29. e6+ Ke8 30. Bd4 Ra4 31. Bf2 g6 32. Rd1 Rb5 33. Rd4 Rc4
34. Rdxc4 dxc4 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. Bxa7 Bb6 37. Bxb6 Rxb6 38. Rxc4 Rxe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. e3 c6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Bg3 Nf8 12. O-O Nh5 13. Be5 Bg4 14. Nd2 f6
15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bd6 17. Nf3 g5 18. Nh2 Bh5 19. Rae1 Qc7 20. Bf5 Re7 21.
e4 Rae8 22. Ng4 Kg7 23. Ne3 Kh8 24. exd5 Bxg3 25. fxg3 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxe3 27.
Qf2 Re8 28. Bd3 Qg7 29. Ne4 Bg6 30. Nxf6 Rd8 31. Bxg6 Qxg6 32. Qe3 cxd5 33. Qe7
Rc8 34. Qxb7 Qc2 35. Qf7 Qg6 36. Qxa7 Rc6 37. Nh5 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vishnu, Prasanna V"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 g6 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. a4 Ng8 14. Ra3 f5 15.
h4 Qa5 16. f3 Bh6 17. g4 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 hxg4 19. fxg4 Ne7 20. Qd2 Qb4 21. Rb3
Qxg4 22. Rxb7 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. b3 b6 10. a4 Bb7 11. Ba3 Re8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. a5 c5 14. a6 Bc6 15. b4
cxd4 16. Nxd4 Rc8 17. Qb3 Ne5 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Rad1 d4 20. Nb5 Qe7 21. Nxd4
Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Ne4 23. Rd3 Nc3 24. Bg4 Rc7 25. Rd2 Rd8 26. Bc1 Rxd2 27. Bxd2 b5
28. Rc1 Rc4 29. Bxc3 Qc7 30. g3 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Qxc3 32. Qd5 Qa1+ 33. Bd1 Bf8 34.
Kg2 Qxa6 35. Bb3 Qf6 36. Qxb5 Kg7 37. h4 h5 38. Qc4 Be7 39. e4 Qe6 40. Qd4+ Bf6
41. Qd3 Qe7 42. b5 Be5 43. f4 Bc7 44. Qd4+ Kh7 45. Qd5 Kg7 46. e5 Bb6 47. Qc6
Kf8 48. Kh3 Kg7 49. Qd5 Bc5 50. Qe4 Bb6 51. f5 gxf5 52. Qxf5 Bc7 53. e6 Qf6 54.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 55. exf7 Bd6 56. Kg2 Kg6 57. Kf3 Kf6 58. Ke4 Kg7 59. Kf5 Bxg3 60.
Kg5 Bd6 61. Kxh5 Bc5 62. Kg4 Kf6 63. Kf4 Bd6+ 64. Ke4 Bf8 65. Kd4 Be7 66. Ba2
Kg7 67. h5 Kf6 68. Ke4 Bf8 69. Bc4 Ba3 70. Kf4 Bd6+ 71. Kg4 Bf8 72. Bb3 Bh6 73.
Bc4 Bf8 74. Bb3 Bh6 75. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 c5
15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. dxc5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 bxc5 19. b3 Bb7 20. Qf4 Bxf3 21.
Qxf3 Rfd8 22. Rfc1 Rd2 23. R3c2 Qd6 24. h3 Rd8 25. Rxd2 Qxd2 26. Rxc5 Qxa2 27.
Rc7 Qa1+ 28. Kh2 Qe5+ 29. Qg3 Qxg3+ 30. Kxg3 Rb8 31. Rxa7 Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. e4 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Ne2 Bg7 7. Nec3 a6 8. a4 Nh5
9. Be3 exd5 10. cxd5 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Be2 Nd7 14. O-O f4 15.
Bf2 Qg5 16. g4 Ne5 17. Kh1 Nf6 18. Rg1 Qg6 19. Bh4 h5 20. g5 Nfg4 21. Ne4 Bf5
22. Nf6+ Rxf6 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Nc3 Bxh4 25. Raf1 Bg5 26. h4 Bh6 27. fxg4 hxg4
28. Rxf4 Qh5 29. Rg2 Qxh4+ 30. Kg1 Ng6 31. Rxf5 Bxd2 32. Rxg4 Bxc3 33. bxc3
Qe1+ 34. Bf1 Kg7 35. Rfg5 Qb1 0-1

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Qc2 g6 6. h4 Bg7 7. O-O-O c6 8. Nh3
Nf8 9. e3 Qa5 10. Be2 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. h5 g5 13. f4 g4 14. Nf2 Ne6 15. c5
g3 16. Nh3 dxc5 17. Qxf5 Nf8 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. dxc5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nd7 21. Bd3
O-O 22. Rhf1 Nxc5 23. Rf3 Nxd3+ 24. Rxd3 Bf5 25. Rxg3+ Kf7 26. e4 Bxe4 27. Rd7
Bf5 28. Rxb7 Rg8 29. Re3 Rxg2 30. Rbxe7+ Kf6 31. Rb7 Rc2+ 32. Kd1 Rd8+ 33. Ke1
Bg4 34. Rb1 Rdd2 35. Ng1 Rg2 36. Nf3 Rg3 0-1

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 c5 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nbd7 10. g3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc5 12. Qxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Na4 14. Bg2
O-O 15. Bg5 Nd5 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Nd6 f6 18. Bd2 Rab8 19. Rc1 Rfd8 20. b5 Be8 21.
Nxe8 Rxe8 22. e4 Ndb6 23. Bb4 Rbc8 24. Ke2 Kf7 25. f4 Red8 26. Rhd1 Rxd1 27.
Rxc8 Nxc8 28. Kxd1 Ncb6 29. Kc2 Nd7 30. e5 Nac5 31. exf6 Kxf6 32. Kc3 b6 33.
Kc4 h5 34. Bc6 Kf5 35. Bf3 h4 36. Bd1 hxg3 37. hxg3 g5 38. fxg5 Kxg5 39. Kd4
Kf6 40. a4 Kf5 41. g4+ Kf6 42. Be1 Kf7 43. Bg3 Kf6 44. Bh4+ Kf7 45. Be1 Kf6 46.
a5 Nb7 47. a6 Nbc5 48. Bh4+ Kf7 49. Bd8 e5+ 50. Kd5 Ne6 51. Kd6 Ke8 52. Bxb6
1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Qc1 Na5 15.
Bf4 Rd7 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 e6 18. Nh3 Qf8 19. Qxf8+ Kxf8 20. Nf4 exd5 21.
Nfxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 b5 23. Be2 c6 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Rc1 Be6 26. Nd1 Rd8 27. Ne3
Rd2 28. Rc2 Rxc2 29. Nxc2 c5 30. b4 Nb7 31. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Nc5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bh4 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Rad1 b5
15. e5 d5 16. Nce2 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Qe3 Qd6 19. f4 Bd7 20. c3 Be8 21. g4
Bg6 22. Ng3 Re8 23. Rf1 Ref8 24. Rde1 Bd3 25. Rf2 Be4 26. Ref1 Kh8 27. Bc2 Bxc2
28. Nxc2 Ng6 29. f5 Ne5 30. fxe6 Rxf2 31. Rxf2 Rxf2 32. Qxf2 Nxe6 33. Nf5 Qf8
34. Qg3 Qf6 35. Nce3 Ng5 36. Nxd5 Qf7 37. Nfe3 Qg6 38. Nf5 Nxg4 39. Nde7 Qb6+
40. Nd4 Ne5 41. h4 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com fin blitz 1m+1spm 2016"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 d6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 a6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. e4 Bd7 14. Ne2 e6 15. Bb2
exd5 16. cxd5 Re8 17. Rfe1 b4 18. Nf4 Ng4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nd3 Bb5 21. Nc4
Bxc4 22. bxc4 Qf6 23. h3 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Rbc1 b3 26. axb3 Nxb3 27. Rb1
Nd4 28. Qd3 g5 29. Qd2 Kh8 30. f4 gxf4 31. gxf4 Qg7 32. Qf2 Ra8 33. Kh2 a5 34.
Rb7 a4 35. e5 a3 36. e6 Rf8 37. Ra1 Nxe6 38. Rxa3 Rxa3 39. dxe6 Qf6 40. exf7
Rxf7 41. Rxf7 Qxf7 42. Qb2+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com fin blitz 1m+1spm 2016"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 d5 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Be2 Rb8 12. a3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qb6 14. Bd3
h6 15. Qe2 Rd8 16. Rd1 c5 17. O-O Bb7 18. Qg4 Bf8 19. Bc2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21.
h4 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qc6 23. f3 Qc7 24. Qd3 f5 25. Bb3 Qf7 26. Qd8 Bd5 27. Bxd5
exd5 28. h5 Kh7 29. Kf1 f4 30. e4 d4 31. Bd2 Be7 32. Qd5 Qxd5 33. exd5 Bd6 34.
b3 g6 35. Ke2 gxh5 36. Kd3 Kg6 37. Ke4 Kg5 38. b4 cxb4 39. Bxb4 Bc7 40. Be7+
1-0

[Event "chess.com fin blitz 1m+1spm 2016"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 c6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. a3
Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. c3 Nc5 14. Bc2 a4
15. Nxe5 Re8 16. f4 Nh5 17. Qf2 Qe7 18. Be3 Nb3 19. Bxb3 axb3 20. Rad1 f6 21.
Bc5 Qe6 22. Nd7 Rad8 23. Rd6 Qxe4 24. g4 b6 25. Bxb6 Qe7 26. Rfd1 Nxf4 27. Qxf4
1-0

[Event "chess.com fin blitz 1m+1spm 2016"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Bd2
cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Ba6 13. b3 Bxc4 14. bxc4
Nbd7 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Qa4 Qc7 17. Bb4 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Qb7 19. Qb3 h6 20. h3 Nf8
21. Ne5 N6d7 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Ng4 h5 24. Ne3 Kg8 25. d5 Nc5 26. Qb2 Qe7 27.
Qe5 Qf6 28. Qxh5 Ne4 29. Rc2 Nc3 30. Ng4 Qf5 31. Qxf5 exf5 32. Nf6+ gxf6 33.
Rxc3 Rc5 34. h4 b5 35. Rg3+ Kf8 36. cxb5 Rdxd5 37. Rxd5 Rxd5 38. Rb3 f4 39. a4
Rd1+ 40. Kh2 f3 41. a5 fxg2 42. Kxg2 1-0

[Event "chess.com fin blitz 1m+1spm 2016"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nf3 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O g6 7. exd6 cxd6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. c4 Bg7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. c5 Nd7 13. Be3 Nf6 14. b4 h5 15. h3
Bf5 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Rfd1 e4 18. Bf1 Rfd8 19. Rac1 Nh7 20. b5 Be5 21. c6 Qd6 22.
b6 axb6 23. Nb5 Qf6 24. Bxb6 bxc6 25. Rxc6 Qg5 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. d6 Rb8 28. d7
Rd8 29. Rc8 Rxc8 30. dxc8=Q+ Bxc8 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Rxc8 h4 33. Qe3 Qf5 34. Rc5
Nf6 35. Nd4 Qf4 36. Qxf4 Bxf4 37. Nc2 g5 38. a4 g4 39. hxg4 Nxg4 40. Be2 1-0

[Event "chess.com fin blitz 1m+1spm 2016"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Nge2 Nxc4 6. dxc4 Bc5 7. O-O d6 8.
Qd3 O-O 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Ng3 a5 11. b3 h6 12. Rad1 Re8 13. Nd5 c6 14. Nc3 Bxe3
15. Qxe3 Nc5 16. Rd2 Qf6 17. Rfd1 Qf4 18. Qe1 Ne6 19. Rxd6 Nd4 20. Nce2 Nxe2+
21. Qxe2 a4 22. b4 a3 23. c5 Be6 24. c3 Qg5 25. h3 h5 26. Kh2 Qf4 27. Kg1 Qg5
28. Kh1 h4 29. Nf1 Qf4 30. Nh2 g6 31. Nf3 Kg7 32. Qd2 Qxd2 33. R1xd2 Kf6 34.
Nxh4 Ke7 35. Nf3 f6 36. Ne1 Red8 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Rxd8 Kxd8 39. Nc2 Bxa2 40.
Nxa3 Ke7 41. f3 f5 42. exf5 gxf5 43. Kg1 f4 44. c4 Ke6 45. Kf2 Kf5 46. Ke2 e4
47. fxe4+ Kxe4 48. Kd2 Bb3 49. h4 Kf5 50. Kd3 Bd1 51. Nc2 Kg4 52. Nd4 Kxh4 53.
Ke4 Kg3 54. Nf5+ Kg4 55. Nh6+ Kg3 56. Nf5+ Kg4 57. Ke5 Be2 58. Nd6 Bf1 59. Nxb7
Bxg2 60. Nd6 Bf1 61. b5 cxb5 62. c6 Bxc4 63. c7 1-0

[Event "chess.com fin blitz 1m+1spm 2016"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. c4 Be7 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 a6 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 Qa5 13. Rac1 Bd8 14. Kh1 Bb6
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. f4 Ba7 17. Nf3 Ng4 18. Rf1 Be3 19. Rcd1 Bxf4 20. Nd4 Qg5 21.
g3 Be5 22. Nf3 Qh5 23. Nxe5 Ndxe5 24. Na4 b5 25. Nb6 Rc6 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Nd5
exd5 28. cxd5 Rc3 29. Qxg4 Re8 30. Rde1 Rc2 31. Re2 Rxe2 32. Qxe2 Qxe4+ 33.
Qxe4 Rxe4 34. Rc1 Kf8 35. Rc6 Ke7 36. Rxa6 Rd4 37. a4 bxa4 38. bxa4 Rxd5 39. a5
Rd2 40. Ra8 Ra2 41. a6 h5 42. a7 g6 43. Kg1 d5 44. h4 d4 45. Kf1 d3 46. Ke1 Kf6
47. Rd8 Rxa7 48. Rxd3 Kf5 49. Rd4 Ra2 50. Kf1 f6 51. Rb4 Rd2 52. Kg1 Re2 53.
Kf1 Re4 54. Rb6 Re6 55. Rb4 Re4 56. Rb6 Ke5 57. Kf2 Ra4 58. Rb2 Ke4 59. Re2+
Kf5 60. Kf3 Ra3+ 61. Kg2 g5 62. hxg5 Kxg5 63. Rb2 Re3 64. Rb4 f5 65. Ra4 Re4
66. Ra8 h4 67. Rg8+ Kf6 68. gxh4 Rxh4 69. Kf3 Ke5 70. Re8+ Kf6 71. Rf8+ Kg5 72.
Rg8+ Kf6 73. Rf8+ Kg6 74. Rg8+ Kf7 75. Ra8 Rb4 76. Ra6 Ke7 77. Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com fin blitz 1m+1spm 2016"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[PlyCount "211"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Nge2 Nxc4 6. dxc4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Qd3 d6 9. Be3 c6 10. f3 Be6 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. b3 Rfd8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Kh1 a6 16. a4 a5 17. Qe3 Bg5 18. Qf2 Qe7 19. Ng3 Bh4 20. Rd3 g6 21. Rad1
Rd7 22. Qd2 Bg5 23. Qf2 h5 24. Nge2 h4 25. f4 exf4 26. Nxf4 Qf6 27. Rf1 Bxf4
28. Qxf4 Qxf4 29. Rxf4 g5 30. Rf1 Kg7 31. Kg1 Re8 32. Re3 f6 33. Rd1 Red8 34.
Kf2 Bf7 35. Rd2 Kf8 36. Ne2 Bg6 37. Nd4 Re7 38. Nf5 Re6 39. Nd4 Re5 40. c5 Ke7
41. Nf5+ Bxf5 42. exf5 Rxe3 43. Kxe3 dxc5 44. Rxd8 Kxd8 45. c4 Ke7 46. g4 Kd6
47. Ke4 Kc7 48. Ke3 Kd7 49. Kd3 Kd6 50. Ke4 Ke7 51. Kf3 Kd8 52. Ke3 Kc8 53. Kd3
Kb8 54. Ke3 Ka7 55. Kd3 Kb8 56. Ke3 Kc8 57. Kd3 Kd8 58. Ke3 Ke7 59. h3 Kf7 60.
Kd3 Kg7 61. Ke3 Kh8 62. Kd3 Kg7 63. Ke3 Kf8 64. Kd3 Kf7 65. Ke3 Kg7 66. Kd3 Kg8
67. Ke3 Kf7 68. Ke4 Ke7 69. Ke3 Kd8 70. Ke4 Kc7 71. Ke3 Kb8 72. Ke4 Ka7 73. Ke3
Ka8 74. Ke4 Ka7 75. Ke3 Kb6 76. Ke4 Kc7 77. Ke3 b6 78. Kd3 Kd7 79. Ke3 Ke7 80.
Kd3 Kf7 81. Ke3 Kg7 82. Kf3 Kh7 83. Ke3 Kh8 84. Kd3 Kg8 85. Ke3 Kf8 86. Kd3 Ke8
87. Ke3 Kd8 88. Kd3 Kc8 89. Ke3 Kb8 90. Kd3 Ka8 91. Ke3 Ka7 92. Kd3 Ka6 93. Ke3
Kb7 94. Kd3 Kc7 95. Ke3 Kd6 96. Ke4 Ke7 97. Ke3 Kf7 98. Kd3 Ke8 99. Ke3 Kd7
100. Kd3 Kd6 101. Ke4 Kc7 102. Ke3 b5 103. Kd3 Kb6 104. Ke4 bxa4 105. bxa4 Kc7
106. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com fin blitz 3m+2spm 2016"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Na6 8. Nc3
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Rc1 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd4 a6 14. a3 Bf8 15.
b4 Ne6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Na4 Rc8 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Qd4 b5 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. Nc5
Bxc5 22. Qxc5 Qd7 23. Qb6 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Bh3 Kf7 26. Be5 Qe7 27. Qc6
Qd7 28. Qc3 Bb7 29. f3 Ne8 30. Qd3 Kg8 31. Qe3 Bc8 32. Qc5 Nf6 33. Kf2 Kf7 34.
Ke3 Qb7 35. Qc3 Bd7 36. Kf2 Qb6+ 37. Bd4 Qd6 38. Qe3 h6 39. Be5 Qc6 40. Qa7 Ne8
41. Qb8 Qc8 42. Qxc8 Bxc8 43. Ke3 Nf6 44. Kd4 Nd7 45. Bc7 Bb7 46. e3 Ke7 47.
Bf1 Nf6 48. g4 h5 49. g5 Nd7 50. Bd3 Kf7 51. h4 g6 52. Bd6 Bc6 53. f4 Bb7 54.
Bc2 Nb6 55. Kc5 Nd7+ 56. Kd4 Nb6 57. Bd3 Nd7 58. Bc7 Bc6 59. Bc2 Kg7 60. Bd1
Kf7 61. Be2 Kg7 62. Bf3 Kf7 63. f5 exf5 64. Bxd5+ Bxd5 65. Kxd5 Ke7 66. Kc6 Ke6
67. Bf4 Ne5+ 68. Kb6 Nc4+ 69. Kxa6 Nxa3 70. Kb6 Kd5 71. Kc7 Ke4 72. Kc6 Nc4 73.
Kxb5 Nxe3 74. Bxe3 Kxe3 75. Kc5 f4 76. b5 f3 77. b6 f2 78. b7 f1=Q 79. b8=Q
Qf5+ 80. Kc6 Kf3 81. Qb4 Kg3 82. Kd6 Qf8+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com fin blitz 3m+2spm 2016"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 a5 8. c4 Ne4
9. Nfd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Be6 11. e4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Bxc4 13. bxc4 c5 14. e5 cxd4 15.
Qxd4 Nc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qc5 Qd2 18. Bd4 Rfd8 19. Be3 Qb4 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Qa4 22. Rd2 e6 23. Qe7 Bf8 24. Qf6 Qb4 25. Rd7 Qb1+ 26. Kg2 Qe4+ 27. f3
Qc2+ 28. Bf2 Qf5 29. g4 Qxf6 30. exf6 g5 31. c5 h6 32. Rc7 Kh7 33. Rxf7+ Kg6
34. Rc7 Rd8 35. Rxc6 Rd2 36. Kf1 Rxa2 37. Rc8 Kf7 38. Bg3 Rc2 39. c6 e5 40.
Bxe5 1-0

[Event "chess.com fin blitz 3m+2spm 2016"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. c4 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. O-O e4 10. Nfd2 Re8 11. Qc2 c6 12. c5 Qe7 13. b4 a5 14. a3 Ne5 15. Bxe5
Qxe5 16. Nc4 Qxa1 17. Nc3 Qxf1+ 18. Bxf1 axb4 19. axb4 Be6 20. Nd6 Re7 21. h3
Nd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bc4 Be5 24. g3 Rd8 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Kg7 27. Kg2 Rd2
28. g4 Bf6 0-1

[Event "chess.com fin blitz 3m+2spm 2016"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "204"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O c6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. c4
Bf5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Be4 11. e3 Nd7 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. Rfc1 Qd6 14. Bb2 a5 15.
Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 a4 17. Nd3 Nd7 18. Bc3 axb3 19. axb3 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 dxc4 21.
bxc4 c5 22. Rd1 cxd4 23. Bxd4 e5 24. Bb2 Qc6+ 25. Kg1 Qxc4 26. Nf4 Nb6 27. Rc1
Qxe2 28. Nxe2 Rc8 29. Rb1 Rc2 30. Kf1 Nc4 31. Bc1 b6 32. Ke1 Bf8 33. Ra1 Na5
34. Kd1 Rc6 35. Rb1 Nc4 36. Nc3 Kg7 37. Ke2 Bc5 38. Kd3 Nd6 39. f3 Rc8 40. Bd2
Rd8 41. Nd5 b5 42. e4 Ra8 43. Bc3 Ra3 44. Kc2 f6 45. Nc7 b4 46. Bb2 Ra7 47.
Ne6+ Kf7 48. Nxc5 Rc7 49. Kb3 Rxc5 50. Rc1 Rxc1 51. Bxc1 f5 52. exf5 Nxf5 53.
Kxb4 Nd4 54. f4 Ne2 55. Bd2 exf4 56. gxf4 Ke6 57. Kc4 Kf5 58. Kd3 Nxf4+ 59. Ke3
Ne6 60. Kf3 Ng5+ 61. Kg2 Kg4 62. Be3 Nh3 63. Ba7 Nf4+ 64. Kf2 Kh3 65. Kg1 Nd3
66. Bb8 Nc5 67. Kh1 Ne4 68. Bc7 Nf6 69. Bb8 Ne4 70. Bc7 Ng5 71. Bb8 Nf3 72. Bc7
Nh4 73. Bb8 Kg4 74. Kg1 Kf3 75. Kf1 Nf5 76. Bc7 Ne3+ 77. Kg1 g5 78. Bd8 g4 79.
Bc7 Nf5 80. Bb8 h5 81. Bc7 Nd4 82. Kf1 Ne2 83. Bb8 Nf4 84. Kg1 Nh3+ 85. Kf1 Ng5
86. Bc7 Ne4 87. Bd8 Nd2+ 88. Kg1 Nc4 89. Be7 Ne3 90. Bd8 Nf5 91. Bf6 Nd6 92.
Bd8 Ne4 93. Be7 Nc3 94. Bd8 Ne2+ 95. Kf1 Nd4 96. Be7 Nf5 97. Bd8 Kf4 98. Kg2
Ne3+ 99. Kf2 Nf5 100. Bc7+ Kg5 101. Bd8+ Kg6 102. h3 gxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com fin blitz 3m+2spm 2016"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 O-O 8.
Nc3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8
15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. g3 Nd6 17. Bh3 f5 18. d3 Qd7 19. Qh5 Rce8 20. Bf4 g6 21. Qf3
Nf7 22. Bd2 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Qd1 Kg8 25. a4 a6 26. a5 Qd8 27. b4 Rxe1+
28. Qxe1 Ne5 29. Qe2 d4 30. Bg2 Qd7 31. Bf4 Nf7 32. Bd2 Nd8 33. c4 dxc3 34.
Bxc3 Ne6 35. d4 Bd8 36. d5 cxd5 37. Qe5 d4 38. Bd5 Kf7 39. Bxd4 Be7 40. Qg7+
Ke8 41. Qg8+ Nf8 42. Qf7+ Kd8 43. Bb6+ Kc8 44. Bb3 Bd6 45. Qc4+ Qc6 46. Qd4 Bc7
47. Qg7 Bxb6 48. axb6 Qc1+ 49. Kg2 Qc6+ 50. Kh3 Qd6 51. Bd5 Nd7 52. Qg8+ Nf8
53. Qf7 Nd7 54. Qe8# 1-0

[Event "chess.com fin blitz 3m+2spm 2016"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 Bg7 5. Nxc4 Nc6 6. Bg2 e5 7. d3 Nge7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bd2 Nd5 10. Rc1 h6 11. a3 Be6 12. b4 a6 13. e4 Nb6 14. Na5 Qxd3 15.
Nxb7 Bc4 16. Re1 Qxa3 17. Na5 Nxa5 18. bxa5 Bb3 19. Re3 Bxd1 20. Rxa3 Bxf3 21.
Bxf3 Nc8 22. Rxc7 Nd6 23. Be2 Nxe4 24. Be3 Rfd8 25. Rd3 Rxd3 26. Bxd3 Nd6 27.
Rc6 Nf5 28. Bc5 Bf8 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Rxh6 Kg7 32. Rb6 f6 33. Kg2
Kg6 34. Kf3 Rc8 35. Rxa6 Rc3+ 36. Ke2 Rc2+ 37. Ke3 Ra2 38. Ra8 f4+ 39. gxf4
exf4+ 40. Kf3 Kf5 41. a6 Ra3+ 42. Kg2 Kg6 43. h4 Kg7 44. a7 Kh7 45. f3 Ra2+ 46.
Kf1 Kg7 47. Ke1 Kh7 48. Kd1 Kg7 49. Kc1 f5 50. Kb1 Ra6 51. Kb2 Kh7 52. Kc3 Kg7
53. Kb4 Kh7 54. Kc5 Ra1 55. Kd5 Ra5+ 56. Ke6 Kg7 57. h5 Ra4 58. Kxf5 Kh7 59.
Kg4 Kg7 60. Kg5 Kh7 61. h6 1-0

[Event "chess.com fin blitz 5m+2spm 2016"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. e4 c5 8. Re1
Nc6 9. c3 Qc7 10. Nf1 dxe4 11. dxe4 Rd8 12. Qe2 Qc8 13. e5 Ba6 14. Qe3 Nd7 15.
Qe4 Nf8 16. Ng5 Bb7 17. Qf4 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Ng6 19. h4 O-O 20. Bf4 Nce7 21. h5 h6
22. Qg4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qc6+ 24. Kg1 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 Rd3 26. Qe4 Rfd8 27. Kg2 Qxe4+
28. Rxe4 Rd1 29. Re1 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Nc6 31. Re1 Rd5 32. f4 Na5 33. Kf2 Nc4 34.
b3 Na5 35. Ke2 Kf8 36. Ne3 Rd8 37. Rd1 Rxd1 38. Nxd1 Ke7 39. Nf2 Nc6 40. g4 Kd7
41. Ne4 Ne7 42. Kf3 Nd5 43. f5 exf5 44. gxf5 Ne7 45. Ng3 f6 46. e6+ Kd6 47. Ke4
Nd5 48. Ne2 b5 49. c4 bxc4 50. bxc4 Nb6 51. Nc3 Nxc4 52. Nb5+ Ke7 53. Nxa7 Nd6+
54. Kf4 c4 55. Nc6+ Ke8 56. Nd4 Nb7 57. Ke4 Ke7 58. Kd5 c3 59. a4 Nd6 60. a5 c2
61. Nxc2 Nxf5 62. a6 Nd6 63. Nd4 Nc8 64. Nf5+ Kf8 1-0

[Event "chess.com fin blitz 5m+2spm 2016"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 Bxd2 10. Nbxd2 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 Na6 13. Nd3 Qe7 14. e3 c5 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Qf5 a4 20. Rc2 Bc6 21.
Rdc1 Bd7 22. Qf4 g5 0-1

[Event "chess.com fin blitz 5m+2spm 2016"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. e4 c5 8. Re1
Nc6 9. c3 Qc7 10. Nf1 dxe4 11. dxe4 Rd8 12. Qa4 a6 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qg4 Kf8 15.
Qh5 h6 16. Bf4 Kg8 17. h4 Nf8 18. Ne3 Ng6 19. Rad1 b5 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Qg4 h5
22. Qh3 c4 23. Rd1 Be7 24. Qh1 Kh7 25. Ng5+ Bxg5 26. hxg5 Rd8 27. Qxh5+ Kg8 28.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 29. Bxb7 Nxb7 30. Qf3 Nc5 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Qh1+ Kg8 33. Qa8+ Kh7 34.
Ng4 Qd7 35. Qh1+ Kg8 36. Qa8+ Kh7 37. Qh1+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com fin blitz 5m+2spm 2016"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. f3 Re8 13. Nce2 Qe7 14. Ng3 c5
15. Qf2 b6 16. Bd2 g6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rfe1 Rb8 19. b4 c4 20. Bf1 Be5 21. Rad1
a5 22. e4 axb4 23. axb4 c3 24. Bc1 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Bf5 27. Ree1 c2
28. Rd2 Qxb4 0-1

[Event "chess.com fin blitz 5m+2spm 2016"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 d5 6. c3 Bd7 7. Nbd2 Bb5 8.
Bxb5+ Qxb5 9. a4 Qa6 10. b4 cxb4 11. cxb4 Nbd7 12. b5 Qb6 13. Bf4 Qd8 14. Bc7
Qc8 15. O-O Be7 16. Ra2 O-O 17. Rc2 Ne8 18. a5 Ndf6 19. Ne5 Bd8 20. Bb6 Qxc2
21. Qxc2 axb6 22. a6 bxa6 23. Qc6 Ra7 24. Qc8 Nd6 25. Qb8 Nxb5 26. Rc1 Bc7 27.
Qxa7 Nxa7 28. Rxc7 Ra8 29. Nxf7 Nb5 30. Rb7 Rc8 31. Ng5 h6 32. Nxe6 Rc1+ 33.
Nf1 Ne4 34. f3 Nd2 35. Kf2 Nxf1 36. Rxg7+ Kh8 37. Rg6 a5 38. Nf4 a4 39. Rxh6+
Kg8 40. Nxd5 a3 41. Nb4 Rb1 0-1

[Event "chess.com fin blitz 5m+2spm 2016"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. g3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg2 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. Nf4 c6 12. f3 c5 13. Kh1 Nc7 14. g4 h6 15. Nce2
b6 16. Bd2 Bd6 17. Ng3 a4 18. Rc1 Nb5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Qc2 Bxf4 21. exf4 Nd4
22. Qb1 Nb3 23. Rcd1 Ba6 24. Rg1 Be2 25. Nxe2 Rxe2 26. Be1 d4 27. Bf1 Re3 28.
Bc4 Ne8 29. g5 hxg5 30. Rxg5 Nd6 31. Bh4 Nxc4 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Bxd8 Rxd8 34.
Qf5 Rd6 35. Rg1+ Rg6 36. Rxg6+ fxg6 37. Qd7+ Kf6 38. Qd8+ Ke6 39. Qg8+ Kd6 40.
Qxc4 d3 41. Qa6+ Ke7 42. Qb7+ Kf6 43. Qc6+ Re6 44. Qc8 Re1+ 45. Kg2 d2 46. Qf8+
Ke6 47. Qg8+ Kd7 48. Qd5+ Kc7 49. Qf7+ Kb6 50. Qxg6+ Ka5 51. Qc6 d1=Q 52. Qc7+
Kb5 53. Qb7+ Kc4 54. Qf7+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com fin blitz 5m+2spm 2016"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. a3 c5 8. e4
Nbc6 9. Rb1 d4 10. Nh4 Be6 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 f5 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Qd7 15.
b5 Nd8 16. Re1 Nf7 17. Nhf3 Rac8 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bb2 Ne3 20. Qe2 Nxc2 21. Rec1
Ba2 22. Nc4 Ne3 23. Nxe3 dxe3 24. Ra1 Bd5 25. Qxe3 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Re8 27. Qd4
Rd8 28. Ne1 Bf8 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rc8 Nd8 32. d4 Ne6 33. Nc2 Kf7
34. Ne3 Rxb5 35. d5 Rxb2 36. dxe6+ Ke7 37. h4 Bh6 38. Rh8 Kxe6 39. Ng2 Rb4 40.
Re8+ Kf7 41. Rh8 Bxf4 42. Nxf4 Rxf4 43. Rxh7+ Ke6 44. h5 gxh5 45. Rxb7 Ra4 46.
Rb5 Ra2 47. Rc5 h4 48. Rc4 h3 49. Rh4 Kxe5 50. Rxh3 a5 51. Kf1 a4 0-1

[Event "chess.com fin blitz 5m+2spm 2016"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.10.27"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Na6 7. O-O O-O 8. d5
Bb4 9. Bd2 Nc5 10. Nh4 Re8 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 exd5 13. cxd5 Nce4 14. Bd4 c5
15. dxc6 dxc6 16. f3 c5 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. e4 Qc7 19. Nf5 Rad8 20. Qc1 h6 21.
Qc3 Kh7 22. Rfe1 Bc8 23. Ne3 Kg8 24. Rad1 Be6 25. Bf1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rd2
Rxd2 28. Qxd2 Qd7 29. Qxd7 Nxd7 30. f4 f6 31. Bb5 Nb8 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Ke2 a6
34. Bc4 b5 35. Bxe6+ Kxe6 36. Nf5 Kf7 37. g4 Nc6 38. Kd3 g6 39. Nd6+ Ke7 40.
Nb7 c4+ 41. Kc3 g5 42. fxg5 hxg5 43. h3 Ne5 44. Nc5 a5 45. Nb7 Kd7 46. Nxa5 Kc7
47. b4 Kb6 48. a4 Ka6 49. axb5+ Kxb5 50. Nb7 Nf7 51. Na5 Nd6 52. Kd4 Kxb4 53.
Nxc4 Nxc4 54. Kd5 Nd2 55. e5 fxe5 56. Kxe5 Nf3+ 57. Ke4 Nh4 58. Kd4 Kb3 59. Kd3
Kb2 60. Kd2 Ng2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown 60m"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. O-O
Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bc2 Ne7 13. d4 Ng6 14. Ng3 c6 15. Be3
Qc7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Rad1 b5 18. b3 Bb6 19. Qc1 Bc8 20. Bd3 c5 21. d5 Ba5 22.
Qb2 Bd7 23. Rc1 Rb8 24. Nd2 Nf4 25. Bf1 Bb6 26. c4 Ba5 27. Red1 Qd8 28. Qc2 g6
29. a3 Kh7 30. Nf3 N6h5 31. Nxh5 Nxh5 32. Rb1 b4 33. Ra1 Bc8 34. Ne1 bxa3 35.
Rxa3 Bb4 36. Ra2 Nf4 37. Nd3 Nxd3 38. Bxd3 g5 39. Be2 a5 40. Bd2 Kg7 41. Bxb4
axb4 42. Rda1 Re7 43. Bh5 Reb7 44. Qd3 Bd7 45. Ra6 Rb6 46. Ra7 R6b7 47. Qf3 Be8
48. Qf5 Qe7 49. Rxb7 Qxb7 50. h4 Qe7 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Ra6 Bd7 53. Qf3 Bc8 54.
Ra2 Bb7 55. Bg4 Bc8 56. g3 Bxg4 57. Qxg4 Qf6 58. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown 60m"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2016.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bg5 b5 12. Na5 Qd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nb3
Bb6 15. c4 c5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Re6 19. Nc1 Rd6 20. b3 a5 21.
Nh4 a4 22. Kh2 Ba5 23. Qe3 bxc4 24. bxc4 Kf8 25. Ng2 Rb8 26. Qh6+ Ke8 27. Ne3
Rb2 28. h4 Rd2 29. Qg7 Bxe4 30. dxe4 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rxd1 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Nf5+
Ke6 34. Qf8 Qd8 35. Qxc5 Bb6 36. Qc6+ Rd6 37. Nxd6 Qxd6 38. Qe8+ Qe7 39. Qxa4
Bxf2 40. Nd3 Bd4 41. Nb4 Bb6 42. Nd5 Qc5 43. Qe8+ Kd6 44. Qe7+ Kc6 45. Nb4+ Kb7
46. Qxc5 Bxc5 47. Nd5 Bf2 48. Kh3 Kc6 49. Nxf6 Kc5 50. Nxh7 Kxc4 51. h5 Kd3 52.
Nf6 Be3 53. Nd5 Bg5 54. Nxc7 Kxe4 55. a4 Kd3 56. a5 e4 57. a6 e3 58. a7 e2 59.
a8=Q e1=Q 60. Qd5+ Ke2 61. Qe4+ Be3 62. Qg2+ Bf2 63. Qe4+ Be3 64. Qg2+ Bf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown 60m"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2016.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8.
dxc5 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Bf5 11. Bxb8 Nxc3 12. Qxf5 Ne4+ 13. Ke2 Qxb8 14. Qxd5
1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown 60m"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Bb4 7. d4 e4 8. Nd2
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. Ba3 O-O 11. c5 d5 12. Be2 Re8 13. O-O b5 14. Bc1 a6 15. a4
Qd7 16. f4 exf3 17. Nxf3 Ne4 18. Ne5 Rxe5 19. dxe5 Nxc3 20. Qc2 Nxa4 21. e4 Qe8
22. Bd3 d4 23. e6 Bxe6 24. Bf4 a5 25. Bd6 Na6 26. e5 g6 27. Rf4 Nb4 28. Qd2
Nxd3 29. Qxd3 Nc3 30. Rxd4 b4 31. Qd2 h5 32. h3 Qd8 33. Rf1 Kh7 34. Rf6 Nd5 35.
Qg5 Qg8 36. Qh4 Nxf6 37. exf6 b3 38. Be5 Qf8 39. Rd6 Bd5 40. Kh2 a4 41. Qb4 Qe8
42. Bb2 a3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown 60m"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D57"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Re1 Rd8 14. e4 dxe4
15. Bxe4 Qf6 16. d5 Ne7 17. c4 Bg4 18. Qb3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nf5 20. Qxb7 Nd6 21.
Qc6 Rdc8 22. Qa6 g6 23. Rab1 Rd8 24. Qc6 Rdc8 25. Qa6 Rd8 26. Re3 Qd4 27. Be2
Nf5 28. Reb3 Nd6 29. Rd1 Qf6 30. Qa5 Re8 31. Bf1 Rec8 32. g3 Qf5 33. Qd2 h5 34.
Ra3 Re8 35. Ra6 Ne4 36. Qf4 Qxf4 37. gxf4 Rab8 38. Rxa7 Nd6 39. Ra6 Nf5 40. Rc6
Re4 41. d6 Rd8 42. d7 Kf8 43. Rxc5 Rxf4 44. Bh3 Nd4 45. Rc8 Ke7 46. c5 g5 47.
Re1+ Ne6 48. Bxe6 fxe6 49. c6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown 60m"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Nce7 12. Nbd2 c6 13. Qc2 g6 14. Nf1 Ng7 15.
Ng3 f6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Nh4 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Nef5 19. Qd2 g5 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Re1
Qd8 22. Nxf5 Nxf5 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Qe2 Kf7 25. g4 Bd7 26. f4 Kg6 27. fxg5 fxg5
28. Qe5 Qf6 29. Qh2 Bxg4 30. Re5 Bf5 31. g4 Bxg4 32. Rxg5+ Qxg5 33. Bxg5 Kxg5
34. Qxh7 b6 35. Qb7 Rc8 36. Qxa7 b5 37. b3 Kf4 38. Kf2 Bf5 39. a4 bxa4 40. bxa4
Ke4 41. a5 Rh8 42. Qc7 Kd3 43. a6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2016.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. a4 h6
9. Nbd2 Kh8 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. h3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Ne7 15.
d4 Ng6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. N1d2 b5 18. c4 Qd7 19. Qb3 c6 20. Rd3 Qc7 21. axb5
axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. g3 Nf8 24. cxb5 cxb5 25. Kg2 Qb7 26. Qb4 N8d7 27. Rb3
Rb8 28. Qe7 Qb6 29. Rd3 Re8 30. Qd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Nc5 32. Rb6 Ncxe4 33. Nxe4
Nxe4 34. Rxb5 Nd6 35. Rb6 Nc4 36. Rb4 Rc8 37. b3 Nd6 38. Nxe5 Nf5 39. Rc4 Ra8
40. Rc2 Nd4 41. Rb2 Ra5 42. f4 g5 43. b4 Rb5 44. Kf2 gxf4 45. gxf4 Kg7 46. Nd3
Kf6 47. Ke3 Nc6 48. Kd2 Rh5 49. b5 Na5 50. b6 Nc4+ 51. Kc2 Nxb2 52. Ne5 Nc4 53.
b7 Nxe5 54. fxe5+ Kf5 55. b8=Q Rxh3 56. Kd2 h5 57. Ke2 h4 58. Kf2 Rg3 59. Qf8+
Kxe5 60. Qh8+ Kf5 61. Qxh4 Rg5 62. Kf3 Kg6 63. Kf4 Rf5+ 64. Ke4 Kf7 65. Qh7+
Kf6 66. Qg8 Re5+ 67. Kf4 Rf5+ 68. Kg4 Ke7 69. Qc8 Kf7 70. Qd7+ Kf6 71. Qe8 Rg5+
72. Kf4 Rf5+ 73. Ke4 Re5+ 74. Kd4 Rd5+ 75. Kc4 Ke5 76. Qh8+ Kf5 77. Qg7 Rd1 78.
Qf7+ Kg4 79. Qxe6+ Kf3 80. Kc3 Rf1 81. Kd2 Rf2+ 82. Kd3 Kg2 83. Qg4+ Kh2 84.
Ke3 Rg2 85. Qh4+ Kg1 86. Kf3 Rg8 87. Qe1+ Kh2 88. Qe5+ Kh1 89. Qh5+ Kg1 90.
Qc5+ Kh1 91. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. d3 d6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7
9. Nbd2 Ng6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bb3 c6 12. Nc4 Bc7 13. Re1 h6 14. d4 Be6 15. Ba3
Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Re8 17. Bb3 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Bc5 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3
Bxh2+ 22. Kf1 Be5 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. cxd4 Qd7 26. Re1 Rc8 27. Qf4
b6 28. Ba2 Qc7 29. Qe5 Kf8 30. g3 Qd7 31. Qf4 Ne4 32. Bb1 g5 33. Qe3 Rc3 34.
Bd3 Ra3 35. Qe2 Rxa4 36. Bxe4 dxe4 37. Qxe4 Qxd4 38. Qa8+ Kg7 39. Re8 Ra2 40.
Qf3 Rb2 41. Re7 Qf6 42. Qe3 Rxb5 43. Rc7 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2016.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.
Bg2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nb5 Be4 11. Qd1 Nb7 12. a3 Be7 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Rc1 a6 15.
Nc3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Na5 17. b4 Nxc4 18. Bb7 Nh5 19. Bxc8 Qxc8 20. Bd2 b5 21. e4
Nf6 22. Bg5 h6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. a4 Qb7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qe2 Rc8 27. Rfd1 Bg5
28. Rb1 Bf6 29. Rb3 g6 30. Nb1 h5 31. Nd2 Kg7 32. Nf3 d6 33. h4 Ra8 34. Ng5 Qe7
35. Nf3 Ra4 36. e5 Bxe5 37. Nxe5 dxe5 38. Qe1 Qb7 39. Rbd3 Ra2 40. Ra1 Rb2 41.
Qc3 Qb6 42. Rf1 Ra2 43. Qb3 Re2 44. Qd1 Rb2 45. g4 e4 46. Rg3 e3 47. Qd3 exf2+
48. Kh2 Rd2 49. Qc3+ Qd4 50. gxh5 Qxc3 51. Rxc3 gxh5 52. Kg2 Rd4 53. Rg3+ Kf8
54. Rxf2 Rxh4 55. Ra2 Nd6 56. Rd3 Nf5 57. Ra7 Rxb4 58. Rdd7 Nh6 59. Rdb7 Kg7
60. Ra5 Kg6 61. Rbxb5 Rxb5 62. Rxb5 f6 63. Rb8 e5 64. Kf3 Nf7 65. Kg3 Nd6 66.
Rg8+ Kf7 67. Rh8 Nf5+ 68. Kf3 Kg6 69. Rg8+ Kh7 70. Ra8 Kg7 71. Rb8 Nh4+ 72. Ke4
Kh6 73. Rb1 Kg6 74. Rh1 Kg5 75. Rg1+ Kh6 76. Rh1 Kg5 77. Rg1+ Kh6 78. Rh1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Bb4 7. d4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 e4 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Ba3 b6 11. f4 c5 12. Be2 h5 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. g3 Nc6 15.
h3 Qd7 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Rdg1 Kb8 19. d5 Ne7 20. Kb1 Qc8 21. Bf1
Rhg8 22. Qf2 g5 23. Ka1 gxf4 24. exf4 Rg6 25. Bc1 Rdg8 26. Be3 Bd7 27. f5 Nxf5
28. Bf4 Ka8 29. Be2 Qe8 30. Qe1 e3 31. Bf3 Bc8 32. Rh2 Ba6 33. Be2 Qe4 34. Qf1
Qe7 35. Bd3 Nxg3 36. Qf3 Nfe4 37. Qxe3 h4 38. Nd2 f5 39. Rhg2 Qf6 40. Bxe4 Nxe4
41. Rxg6 Rxg6 42. Rc1 Qe7 43. Re1 Qg7 44. Rc1 Qe7 45. Re1 Qg7 46. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bd6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nxf7 Nb6 14. Ne5
Nxc4 15. Nxc4 b6 16. Qg4 Bb7 17. Ne5 Rf6 18. Qe2 Raf8 19. f3 c5 20. Rad1 Rf4
21. Nd3 Ba6 22. Qxe6+ Qxe6 23. Rxe6 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 cxd4 25. cxd4 Rd8 26. Re4 Rf5
27. Re7 Rf7 28. Re5 Rc7 29. d5 Kf7 30. Kf2 Rc2+ 31. Re2 Rc5 32. d6 Rd7 33. Rd4
Rf5 34. Rde4 a5 35. g4 Rf6 36. Re7+ Rxe7 37. Rxe7+ Kf8 38. Rd7 b5 39. Ke3 b4
40. Ke4 a4 41. f4 Rh6 42. h4 b3 43. axb3 axb3 44. Ke5 Rxh4 45. Rb7 Ke8 46. Rxg7
b2 47. Rb7 Rxg4 48. Rxb2 Rg1 49. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[EventDate "2016.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 c6 8. Nge2 b5
9. O-O bxc4 10. Bxc4 d5 11. Bb3 a5 12. Kh1 Ba6 13. Rc1 e6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 g5
16. Bf2 Nbd7 17. e5 Nh5 18. Na4 Bb5 19. Re1 f6 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Nec3 Ba6 22.
Ne2 g4 23. Ng1 Nf4 24. Rxc6 Nd3 25. Bg3 Nxe1 26. Qxe1 Rfe8 27. Nc3 Qf7 28. fxg4
Bxd4 29. Nf3 Bg7 30. g5 h5 31. Bc2 Nf8 32. h3 Rec8 33. Rd6 Rd8 34. g6 Qe8 35.
Ba4 Qxg6 36. Nxd5 Kh8 37. Nf4 Qf5 38. Nh4 Qf7 39. Rb6 Bd4 40. Rc6 Rdc8 41. Qe4
Bg7 42. Nhg6+ Nxg6 43. Nxg6+ Kg8 44. Ne5 Qf5 45. Qxf5 exf5 46. Rb6 Rcb8 47. Rg6
Kh7 48. Rg5 Bf6 49. Rxf5 Kg7 50. Rxf6 Kxf6 51. Nd7+ Kf5 52. Nxb8 Bc4 53. b3 Bd3
54. Nc6 Bb1 55. a3 Kf6 56. Bb5 Re8 57. Kh2 Re3 58. Nxa5 Rc3 59. Bc4 Be4 60. Bf1
Rc1 61. Nc4 Ba8 62. Ne3 Rc3 63. Bf4 Rxb3 64. a4 Rb4 65. Bc4 Rxa4 66. h4 Ra3 67.
Be2 Kg6 68. Kg3 Be4 69. Bf3 Bb1 70. Nc4 Rc3 71. Ne5+ Kf6 72. Kh2 Kf5 73. Bg3
Be4 74. Bxh5 Rxg3 75. Kxg3 Kxe5 76. Bf3 Bf5 77. Kf2 Bd7 78. Ke3 Be6 79. g3 Bd7
80. Bh5 Be6 81. Be8 Kf5 82. Bh5 Ke5 83. Be2 Bd7 84. Kd2 Be6 85. Kc3 Ke4 86. Bd1
Ke5 87. Kb4 Kd4 88. Kb5 Ke5 89. Kc5 Bd7 90. Be2 Be8 91. g4 Kf4 92. g5 Ke5 93.
Bd1 Bf7 94. Be2 Be8 95. Kb6 Kd6 96. Bd3 Bh5 97. Bc2 Be8 98. Bd1 Bf7 99. h5 Ke5
100. g6 Be8 101. h6 Bxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Be6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Ng5 Qe7 9. Nxe6 Qxe6 10. Qg4 Qg6 11. Ne2 Bd6 12. Ng3 Nf8 13. Nf5 Ne6 14. Be3 h5
15. Qxg6 fxg6 16. Nh4 Kf7 17. Nf3 Kf6 18. h4 Rhe8 19. Ke2 Bc5 20. Rag1 Rh8 21.
Bg5+ Nxg5 22. hxg5+ Ke6 23. Nh4 Rhf8 24. Rf1 Kf7 25. Rh3 Be7 26. Rf3+ Ke6 27.
Rxf8 Rxf8 28. Nxg6 Re8 29. f4 exf4 30. Nxf4+ Kd6 31. Nxh5 g6 32. Nf6 Rh8 33. d4
Ke6 34. c4 Rh4 35. Kd3 Bd8 36. d5+ Ke5 37. g3 Rh3 38. Ng4+ Kd6 39. e5+ Kc5 40.
Ke4 Rxg3 41. Nf6 Rxg5 42. Nd7+ Kxc4 43. Rc1+ Kb4 44. dxc6 bxc6 45. Rxc6 Rg2 46.
a3+ Kb3 47. Nc5+ Kxb2 48. Ne6 Bh4 49. Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qe7 11. Nd2 Bg4 12. Be2 Qe5 13. g3 Qh5 14. Bxg4 Nxg4
15. N2f3 Nce5 16. Kg2 Qg6 17. Nb5 Nd3 18. Bd4 Bc5 19. Qd2 Bxd4 20. exd4 a6 21.
Nc3 Rac8 22. Rad1 Nf4+ 23. Qxf4 Rxc3 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Rd8 26. Rd2 Qc6 27.
Qd4 h6 28. Rfd1 a5 29. h4 b5 30. Kh2 b4 31. Qg4 Rc2 32. Qf3 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 Qc3
34. Rd3 Qxe5 35. Re3 Qd6 36. Rd3 d4 37. Qf5 Qd5 38. Qxd5 Rxd5 39. Kg2 f5 40. h5
Kf7 41. Kf3 g5 42. hxg6+ Kxg6 43. Kf4 Kf6 44. f3 h5 45. Rd1 d3 46. Ke3 Kg5 47.
Rd2 Rd8 48. f4+ Kg4 49. Kf2 h4 50. gxh4 Kxf4 51. h5 Ke4 52. Rd1 Rh8 53. Rh1 Kd4
54. h6 Kc3 55. Rc1+ Kb2 56. Rc6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5
Be6 9. g3 Nbd7 10. Bg2 Be7 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. a4 Rc4 13. b3 Rc5 14. Be3 Rc7 15. f4
Nb8 16. Bb6 Qc8 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. f5 Bd7 19. O-O Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Bc6 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. exd5 Nbd7 23. c4 a5 24. Nc3 Bd8 25. Nb5 Bb6 26. Rab1 Ke7 27. Qg5 Qe3 28.
Qxe3 Bxe3 29. b4 axb4 30. Rxb4 Ra8 31. Ra1 Ra5 32. Rb3 Bc5 33. Nc3 b6 34. Nb5
Nf8 35. Bf3 N8h7 36. h4 Kd7 37. Kg2 Nf8 38. Nc3 Ke7 39. Rb5 Ra7 40. a5 Bd4 41.
Ra3 bxa5 42. Ne4 Nxe4 43. Bxe4 Nd7 44. Rbxa5 Rc7 45. Bd3 Kf6 46. Be2 Nc5 47.
Bxh5 Kxf5 48. Rf3+ Ke4 49. Bxf7 Bb2 50. Rb5 Bc1 51. Rb1 Bh6 52. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nd5 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 b6 13. g3 Bb7 14. Bg2
Bxd5 15. Bxd5 c6 16. Bg2 Qe8 17. Qf1 Qe6 18. d3 b5 19. a3 a5 20. c3 Re8 21. Bf4
b4 22. Bh3 Qe7 23. axb4 axb4 24. d4 bxc3 25. bxc3 Nb5 26. Qd3 d5 27. Bf1 g6 28.
Qf3 Qd7 29. Ra6 Bg7 30. Kg2 Qb7 31. Ra2 Nc7 32. Qd1 Ne6 33. Be3 c5 34. Qa4 Rb8
35. Kg1 cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Be7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Kb1 a6 14. Rc1 Nd7
15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Ne2 b5 17. e4 Nb6 18. exd5 exd5 19. Nf4 Qd6 20. Ne2 Nc4 21. Bf4
Qd7 22. g4 g5 23. Bf5 Qd8 24. Be3 Rc7 25. Ka1 g6 26. Bb1 Qd6 27. Bf2 Rc8 28.
Bg3 Qd7 29. Qd3 a5 30. f4 a4 31. fxg5 Bxg5 32. Nf4 Bf6 33. Nxg6 Bxd4 34. Rce1+
Kd8 35. Qxd4 Nxd4 36. Nxh8 Nb3+ 37. axb3 axb3 38. Bh4+ Kc7 39. Bf5 Nd2 40. Rc1+
Kb6 41. Bf2+ d4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Na5 9. b3 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Rc1 c6 12. Ng3 h5 13. Bd3 e5 14. Nge2 b4 15. Na4
exd4 16. Bxd4 c5 17. Bf2 Nd7 18. O-O Ne5 19. Rfd1 Be6 20. Nf4 Bxb3 21. axb3
Nxb3 22. Qc2 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Bh6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Nce7 12. Nbd2 c6 13. Nf1 g6 14. Ng3 f6 15.
Qc2 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bf5 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. gxf4 Qd7 19. Nh4 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rae8 21.
Re3 Qg4 22. Rae1 Kf7 23. g3 Nc8 24. c4 Nb6 25. b3 Qd7 26. f5 g5 27. Ng2 Rxe3
28. Nxe3 Re8 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. c5 Nc8 31. b4 Ne7 32. a4 h5 33. b5 Ng8 34. Rb1 Nh6
35. bxc6 bxc6 36. a5 Re7 37. a6 Qc8 38. Rb4 g4 39. Rb1 Nf7 40. Rh1 Qe8 41. Rxh5
Ne5 42. dxe5 Qxh5 43. exf6+ Kxf6 44. Qd4+ Kf7 45. Nxg4 Re1 46. Qf6+ Kg8 47.
Qd8+ Kf7 48. Qd7+ Kf8 49. Qd6+ Kg7 50. Qf6+ Kh7 51. Nh2 Qd1 52. Qg6+ Kh8 53. f6
1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Nb3 Bd6 8.
Na5 Qc8 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Bc3 Re8 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6
15. Nc4 f6 16. Nh4 Nf8 17. Nf5 Qd7 18. Nce3 Ne6 19. Ng2 c5 20. Qf3 Bf8 21. Qg3
b5 22. h4 b4 23. Bd2 c4 24. Be3 b3 25. axb3 cxb3 26. cxb3 Qxd3 27. h5 Bf7 28.
Rfd1 Qxe4 29. Rd7 Rad8 30. Rad1 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Nxd8 33. Bxa7 Qb1+
34. Kh2 Qxb2 35. g5 Qxb3 36. Nge3 Kh8 37. h6 g6 38. Ng7 Qa2 39. Bb8 f5 40. Bxc7
f4 41. Qf3 fxe3 42. Bxe5 Kg8 43. Qxe3 Qc4 44. Kg3 Qb3 45. Qxb3 Bxb3 46. Ne8 Be7
47. Bf6 Nc6 48. Bxe7 Nxe7 49. Nf6+ Kh8 50. f3 Bd1 51. Kf4 Nc6 52. Ke3 Ne5 53.
Kf4 Nxf3 54. Nd7 Nd4 55. Ke5 Bg4 56. Nf6 Nc6+ 57. Kd6 Bf3 58. Nd7 Nd4 59. Ke5
Nf5 60. Kf6 Kg8 61. Ke6 Nd4+ 62. Ke5 Nc6+ 63. Kf6 Bg4 64. Nc5 Nb4 65. Ne4 Nd3
66. Nd6 Nc5 67. Ke5 Nd7+ 68. Kf4 Be6 69. Ne4 Kf8 70. Nd6 Ke7 71. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Ncxe7
15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qd3 Qb6 18. Ne5 Be6 19. Re2 Rc7 20. Rae1 Rfc8
21. f4 Qa6 22. Qf3 Qb6 23. Qd3 Qa6 24. Qf3 Rc1 25. Re3 Qb6 26. f5 Qxd4 27. Kf1
Bxf5 28. Qxf5 R8c7 29. R3e2 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxb2 31. Nd3 Qb5 32. Kg1 g6 33. Qf6
Qb6+ 34. Qxb6 axb6 35. Nb4 d4 36. Nd5 Rc2 37. Rd1 Rxa2 38. Nxb6 Ra6 39. Nd5 Rd6
40. Rxd4 Kg7 41. Kf2 b5 42. Ke3 g5 43. Ke4 Re6+ 44. Kd3 Kg6 45. Ne3 f5 46. Rd5
f4 47. Ng4 b4 48. Rb5 Kh5 49. Ne5 b3 50. Kc3 Rd6 51. Rxb3 Rd5 52. Nd3 Ra5 53.
Kd2 Ra1 54. Ke2 Rh1 55. h3 Kh4 56. Ne5 Ra1 57. Kf2 Ra2+ 58. Kg1 Re2 59. Nf3+
Kh5 60. Rb6 Ra2 61. Ne5 Rc2 62. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "277"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Ne7 6. Nxe5 Ng6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8.
Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O Bc5 10. Re1+ Kf8 11. b4 Bb6 12. d6 cxd6 13. Qf3 d5 14. h3 d6 15.
Nd2 Be6 16. a4 a6 17. Nb3 Rc8 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Qxe4
d5 22. Qf3 Qf6 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bd6+ Kg8 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26. f3 Rc4 27. Rac1 b5 28.
axb5 axb5 29. Bc5 f5 30. Ra1 g4 31. hxg4 fxg4 32. fxg4 Kg7 33. Re5 Rh4 34. Rg5+
Kh6 35. Rg8 Rxg4 36. Rxg4 Bxg4 37. Ra5 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. Kg3 Bf5 40. Kf4
Bd7 41. Ra6+ Kg7 42. Rd6 Be6 43. Rb6 Rxg2 44. Rxb5 Kf6 45. Rb8 Rf2+ 46. Ke3 Rb2
47. b5 Kf5 48. Kd3 Kf4 49. Kc3 Rb1 50. b6 Rb5 51. Bd6+ Ke4 52. Bc7 Rb1 53. Rh8
Kf5 54. Ra8 Bd7 55. Rf8 Ke6 56. Rd8 Ke7 57. Kc2 Rb5 58. Kc3 Rb1 59. Rh8 Bc6 60.
Rh6 Bb7 61. Bd6+ Kd7 62. Bc5 Rf1 63. Kb4 Rb1+ 64. Kc3 Rc1+ 65. Kd2 Rf1 66. Rd6+
Kc8 67. Rh6 Kd7 68. Rh8 Kc6 69. Re8 Kb5 70. Ke2 Rf6 71. Rb8 Kc6 72. Kd2 Rf2+
73. Kc3 Rf1 74. Re8 Kb5 75. Re7 Ka6 76. Kd2 f5 77. Ke2 Rb1 78. Rf7 Rb2+ 79. Ke3
Rb3+ 80. Kf2 Rb2+ 81. Kg3 Rb3+ 82. Kf4 Rb1 83. Ke5 Rf1 84. Kd6 f4 85. Kc7 Rh1
86. Rxf4 Rh7+ 87. Kd6 Rh6+ 88. Ke7 Rh7+ 89. Ke6 Bc6 90. Rf1 Kb7 91. Ra1 Rh6+
92. Ke5 Rh5+ 93. Kf6 Kc8 94. Ra7 Bb7 95. Ra1 Bc6 96. Re1 Rh7 97. Kg6 Rd7 98.
Re6 Kb7 99. Kf6 Bb5 100. Ke5 Bc6 101. Rh6 Bb5 102. Bd6 Kxb6 103. Kxd5 Kb7 104.
Kc5 Ba4 105. Be5 Kc8 106. Ra6 Bd1 107. d5 Rb7 108. Rh6 Rd7 109. Rh8+ Kb7 110.
Rb8+ Ka7 111. Rb2 Bf3 112. d6 Ka8 113. Rf2 Bh1 114. Kb6 Rb7+ 115. Kc5 Rd7 116.
Rf1 Bg2 117. Rg1 Bf3 118. Bf6 Kb7 119. Rg8 Rf7 120. Be7 Rf5+ 121. Kd4 Kc6 122.
Rc8+ Kd7 123. Rc7+ Ke6 124. Ra7 Rd5+ 125. Ke3 Bg4 126. Bf8 Rxd6 127. Bxd6 Kxd6
128. Kd4 Be6 129. Ra6+ Ke7 130. Ke5 Bg4 131. Ra7+ Kd8 132. Kd6 Ke8 133. Re7+
Kf8 134. Re4 Bh3 135. Rh4 Bg2 136. Rf4+ Ke8 137. Rf6 Bh1 138. Rf2 Bb7 139. Rh2
1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. b4
e5 9. d5 a5 10. Rb1 axb4 11. axb4 c6 12. O-O cxd5 13. cxd5 Nb6 14. Nb3 Nbxd5
15. exd5 e4 16. Re1 exd3 17. Qxd3 Re8 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 Bd7 20. Na5 Qb6 21.
Qd4 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Nxd5 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Rxe7 Nxe7 25. Nxb7 Nd5 26. Nxd6 Nxb4
27. h3 Rb8 28. Rc1 Nd5 29. Rc5 Nf6 30. Rc7 Rb6 31. Nc4 Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Rc1 33. g4
g5 34. f3 Kg7 35. Kg3 Rc3 36. Kf2 Rd3 37. Ne2 Be6 38. Ne5 Rd5 39. Nc6 Rc5 40.
Ned4 Bd7 41. Kg3 Kf8 42. h4 Ke8 43. h5 Nd5 44. Rxd7 Kxd7 45. Ne5+ Ke8 46. Nf5
Nf4 47. Nd6+ Ke7 48. Nf5+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Showdown Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Bb5+ Bc6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. N1d2 a5 14. a3 a4
15. Nc1 Nc5 16. Bf5 Rg8 17. O-O Rg5 18. Be4 O-O-O 19. Nd3 Bb5 20. h4 Rh5 21. g4
Rxh4 22. Kg2 Bh6 23. Kg3 Bg5 24. Bf5+ Kb8 25. Ne4 Nxe4+ 26. Bxe4 h5 27. Rh1
Rxh1 28. Rxh1 hxg4 29. fxg4 Rd4 30. Kf3 Rc4 31. Nb4 Bd7 32. Rg1 Rd4 33. Rg2 Rd1
34. Nd3 Rh1 35. Nf2 Re1 36. Rh2 Re3+ 37. Kg2 Bf4 38. Rh8+ Kc7 39. Rg8 Rg3+ 40.
Kf1 Bb5+ 41. Nd3 Re3 42. Bf5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Dec 2pm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wieczorek, Oskar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2908"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. h3 g6 6. Bc2 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
O-O 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. O-O a6 11. Re1 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nd4 Rc8 14. Bb3 b5 15.
Bg5 Nc4 16. Nd5 h6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxh6 Re8 19. Qd3 Nxb2 20. Qg3 Nc4 21.
Rad1 Kh7 22. Bf4 Qb6 23. Nf3 Rc6 24. e5 dxe5 25. Rxd7 exf4 26. Rxf7+ Kh6 27.
Qxf4+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Dec 2pm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2910"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2016.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Bd3 a6 8. Nf3 b5
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 b4 11. Na4 a5 12. e5 Ne8 13. exd6 exd6 14. Qd2 Ba6 15. Bg5
Nef6 16. Rfe1 c5 17. d5 Qc7 18. Bf4 Rfe8 19. g4 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. b3 Nd7
22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Re1 Rd8 24. Bg5 f6 25. Bh6 Ne5 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Bxg7 Kxg7
28. f4 exf4 29. Re7+ Kf8 30. Rxh7 Qd6 31. Bxg6 Qe5 32. Bf5 Kg8 33. Rh5 Kg7 34.
Be6 Qxe6 35. Qxf4 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qe2+ 37. Kg3 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Qe2+ 39. Kg3 Qd3+ 40.
Kg2 Re8 41. Qh6+ Kf7 42. Qh7+ Qxh7 43. Rxh7+ Kg6 44. Ra7 Bc8 45. Kf3 Rh8 46.
Kg3 f5 47. Ra8 fxg4 48. hxg4 Re8 49. d6 Kg5 50. Rxa5 Re3+ 51. Kf2 Re5 52. Ra7
Bxg4 53. d7 Re2+ 54. Kg3 Rd2 55. d8=Q+ Rxd8 56. Rg7+ Kh5 57. Rc7 Rd3+ 58. Kf4
Rf3+ 59. Ke4 Rf5 60. Rd7 Kg5 61. Rg7+ Kh4 62. Rd7 Rf2 63. Rd5 Bf3+ 64. Ke3 Bxd5
65. Kxf2 Bc6 66. Ke3 Kg4 67. Kd3 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Dec 2pm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2912"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Bd6 5. Bxd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8.
Nf3 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. e4 Nc6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. a3 Rfd8 14. Qe2 e5 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nb8 17. dxe5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bxd5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qd3+ Kg8
21. Qxd5 dxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Nxe5 Na6 24. g3 Nc5 25. b4 Ne6 26. h4 f6 27.
Nc6 Rd7 28. Kg2 Kf7 29. Rc4 a6 30. Nb8 Rd3 31. Nxa6 Rxa3 32. Nc7 Nd8 33. Nd5 b5
34. Rc7+ Kf8 35. Nf4 Rb3 36. Rd7 Ke8 37. Rxg7 Rxb4 38. Nd5 Rd4 39. Nxf6+ Kf8
40. Ra7 Rd6 41. Rd7 Rxd7 42. Nxd7+ Ke7 43. Nc5 Kd6 44. Nb3 Kd5 45. h5 Kc4 46.
Na5+ Kc5 47. g4 b4 48. g5 Ne6 49. g6 Nf4+ 50. Kf3 Nxh5 51. Kg4 Ng7 52. Kg5 Kb5
53. Nb3 Kc4 54. Nc1 Kd5 55. f3 Ke5 56. Nd3+ Ke6 57. Nxb4 Ke7 58. Nd5+ Kf8 59.
Nc7 Ke7 60. f4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Dec 2pm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2914"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "241"]
[EventDate "2016.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Bg4 7. Nd2 e6 8. Ngf3
Be7 9. O-O Rc8 10. Qb1 Bh5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. h3 Qc6
15. b4 cxb4 16. cxb4 Qa4 17. a3 O-O 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. Nxb3 Rc3 21.
Rab1 Rfc8 22. Rfd1 Be7 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Ke2 Ke8 25. Rdc1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1 27.
Nxc1 b6 28. Nd3 Bd6 29. a4 a6 30. b5 a5 31. f3 g5 32. e4 f5 33. Ne1 Ke7 34. Nc2
f4 35. Ne1 Kd7 36. Nd3 Ke7 37. Nf2 Kd7 38. Kd3 Ke7 39. Nd1 Bb4 40. Nf2 Bd6 41.
Ng4 Kd7 42. Nh2 Ke7 43. Ng4 Kd7 44. Nf2 Ke7 45. Ke2 Kd7 46. Nd3 Ke7 47. Kf2 Kd7
48. Ke1 Ke7 49. Ke2 Kd7 50. Nc1 Ba3 51. Nd3 Bd6 52. Kd2 Ke7 53. Kd1 Kd7 54. Kc2
Ke7 55. Nc1 Bb4 56. Kd3 Ba3 57. Ne2 Bb4 58. Nc1 Ba3 59. Nb3 Bb4 60. Kc2 Kd7 61.
Nc1 Ke7 62. Na2 Be1 63. Kd3 Kd7 64. Ke2 Bg3 65. Nc1 Bh2 66. Kf1 Bg3 67. Nd3 Ke7
68. Ne5 Bh2 69. Nc6+ Kd7 70. Ne5+ Ke7 71. Nd3 Kd6 72. Nc1 Ke7 73. Ne2 Kd6 74.
Ke1 Ke7 75. Kd2 Kd6 76. Ke1 Ke7 77. Kf2 Kd6 78. Kf1 Ke7 79. Kf2 Kd6 80. Nc3
Bg3+ 81. Ke2 Bh2 82. Kf1 Bg3 83. Nb1 Bh2 84. Nd2 Bg3 85. Nb3 Bh2 86. Nc1 Bg3
87. Nd3 Bh2 88. Ne5 Ke7 89. g4 Bg3 90. Nd3 Kd6 91. Kg2 Ke7 92. Kf1 Kd6 93. Ke2
Ke7 94. Ne5 Bh2 95. Kf1 Bg3 96. Nc6+ Kd7 97. Ne5+ Ke7 98. Nd3 Kd6 99. Nb2 Bh2
100. Nd1 Bg3 101. Nc3 Bh2 102. e5+ Ke7 103. Ne2 Bg3 104. Nxg3 fxg3 105. Kg2 Kf7
106. Kxg3 Kg6 107. f4 gxf4+ 108. Kxf4 Kh6 109. h4 g6 110. Kf3 Kh7 111. g5 Kg7
112. Kg4 Kh7 113. h5 Kg7 114. Kh4 Kh7 115. hxg6+ Kxg6 116. Kg4 Kg7 117. Kh5 Kh7
118. g6+ Kg8 119. g7 Kf7 120. g8=Q+ Kxg8 121. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Dec 2pm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2893"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2016.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Bg4 6. Ngf3 e6 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. Bxe5 c4 10. Qb5+ Qd7 11. Qxd7+ Nxd7 12. Bg3 b5 13. f3 Bh5 14. e4 Nb6
15. Be2 Be7 16. Bd1 Kd7 17. a4 a6 18. Bc2 Bg6 19. Ke2 Kc6 20. b3 Bg5 21. Rhb1
Bxd2 22. Kxd2 cxb3 23. Rxb3 Nxa4 24. Rxa4 bxa4 25. Rb4 Kd7 26. Bxa4+ Ke7 27.
Rb7+ Kf8 28. Bc6 dxe4 29. fxe4 h5 30. Rd7 Rc8 31. Bb7 Re8 32. c4 Kg8 33. c5 Kh7
34. Ke3 a5 35. c6 a4 36. Bd6 f5 37. Re7 fxe4 38. c7 Ref8 39. Rd7 Re8 40. Be7 e5
41. Bd8 exd4+ 42. Rxd4 Bf5 43. Rxa4 Rxd8 44. cxd8=Q Rxd8 45. Ra5 Bg6 46. Ra3
Rd3+ 47. Rxd3 exd3 48. Ba6 Kh6 49. h4 Bf5 50. g3 g5 51. Bb5 Kg6 52. Be8+ Kh6
53. Bf7 gxh4 54. gxh4 Bg6 55. Bd5 Kg7 56. Bb7 Kf6 57. Ba6 Ke5 58. Bc4 Kf6 59.
Bb3 Ke5 60. Bd1 d2 61. Kxd2 Kf4 62. Ke1 Kg3 63. Kf1 Kxh4 64. Kg2 Bf5 65. Bxh5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Dec 2pm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Palencia Morales, Guillermo Wilson"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2894"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. Be3 e6 8. Be2 Ne7
9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nf5 11. Bf2 h5 12. g4 Nh4 13. Qe2 Bh6 14. g5 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3
Bf8 16. O-O-O Nd7 17. Kb1 Rc8 18. Na4 b6 19. b3 Be7 20. Qe2 Ra8 21. c4 dxc4 22.
bxc4 b5 23. Nc5 Nb6 24. Qe4 Qc8 25. cxb5 Nd5 26. Rc1 axb5 27. Rc2 b4 28. Be1
Bxc5 29. dxc5 b3 30. axb3 Qa6 31. Kc1 O-O 32. Qa4 Qxa4 33. bxa4 Rxa4 34. Rf1
Ra1+ 35. Kd2 Rb8 36. Rf3 Rbb1 37. Bf2 Rh1 38. Bd4 Rad1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Dec 2pm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Perez Ponsa, Federico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2898"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2016.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Na6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Nc5
9. Nd2 a5 10. g4 c6 11. Be2 a4 12. h4 Qa5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. g5 Nd7 15. Nxa4 Qa7
16. Nc3 f6 17. Rh2 Nc5 18. b4 Qa3 19. bxc5 Qxc3 20. cxd6 cxd5 21. cxd5 f5 22.
Rc1 Qb4 23. Qb3 Qxd6 24. Nc4 Qc5 25. Qb6 Qd4 26. Qxd4 exd4 27. e5 b5 28. Nb6
Bxe5 29. Nxa8 Bxh2 30. Nb6 Ba6 31. Nd7 Rd8 32. Nf6+ Kf7 33. a4 Bb7 34. Bxb5 h6
35. Bc4 hxg5 36. hxg5 Kg7 37. Rb1 Ba8 38. Rb6 Bf4 39. d6 Bxg5 40. Nd5 d3 41.
Nc7 d2+ 42. Kd1 Bf3+ 43. Be2 Bxe2+ 44. Kxe2 Kf7 45. a5 Rh8 46. Rb1 Rh4 47. a6
Ra4 48. Rh1 Bf4 49. Nb5 Rxa6 50. Rh7+ Ke6 51. Nc7+ Kxd6 52. Nxa6 g5 53. Nb4 g4
54. Nd3 Bg5 55. Rg7 Bf6 56. Rg6 Ke7 57. Rh6 Kf7 58. Rh5 Ke6 59. Kxd2 Bd4 60.
Ke2 Kf6 61. f3 g3 62. Kf1 Kg6 63. Rh3 Kg5 64. Rxg3+ Kf6 65. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Dec 2pm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2016.12.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2894"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2016.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Bd6 4. Be5 O-O 5. Nf3 Bxe5 6. dxe5 Ne8 7. Bd3 f6 8.
exf6 Qxf6 9. Nc3 d5 10. O-O c5 11. e4 d4 12. e5 Qh6 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Neg5 Nxe5
15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Nxe5 Qxg5 17. f4 Qh6 18. Bd3 Kg8 19. Qg4 Nf6 20. Qg5 b6 21.
Rf3 Qxg5 22. fxg5 Nd7 23. Rxf8+ Nxf8 24. Rf1 Bb7 25. Rf7 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Qd2 {A super-refined move order, delaying the knight's development
in order to avoid ...Bg4 and overprotect c3 as soon as possible.} e5 {The
logical reaction in the absence of a knight on f3.} ({The typical} 9... Qa5 {
is entirely playable, of course.} 10. d5 ({In fact,} 10. Nf3 {transposing to
the main lines, may be more consistent.}) 10... e6 11. c4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 {
White has managed to maintain the integrity of his centre, but with the king
in the centre and incomplete development he will soon be subject to
counterattacking moves such as ...b7-b5 and ...f7-f5. Here is just one recent
example.} b6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. Nf3 Bb7 15. Kc2 Rae8 16. Rhe1 b5 17. Rb1 (17. cxb5
exd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Kb1 Rc8 $5 $36) 17... b4 {1/2-1/2 Ladva,O (2453)
-Naroditsky,D (2646) Riga 2016}) 10. d5 {The most principled answer.} ({
The ultra-cautious} 10. Nf3 {does not yield much.} cxd4 11. cxd4 exd4 12. Nxd4
Bd7 13. Bc4 Nc6 14. Nf3 Bg4 {1/2-1/2 (69) Giri,A (2793)-Caruana,F (2808) Saint
Louis 2015}) (10. dxe5 {leaves White with a weak queenside while the kingside
majority is not easy to promote.} Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 (11. Bxd2 Bxe5 12. Nf3 Bg7 13.
Bc4 Nd7 14. O-O Nb6 15. Bb3 Be6 {Black could also prepare the exchange of
bishops with ...Re8.} 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Nd2 Rfd8 18. Bxe6 fxe6 $15 {Giri,A 
(2734)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2745) Beijing 2013 (0-1, 39), White's weaknesses
proved more relevant than Black's.}) 11... Rd8+ ({If} 11... b6 12. Bc4 Bb7 {
as in Babula,V (2569)-Anand,V (2788) Hungary 2009 (0-1, 39) White could have
posed some problems with} 13. e6 $5) 12. Kc2 Bd7 $1 ({More active than} 12...
b6 13. Bc4 Bb7 14. f3 Bxe5 15. Nh3 Nc6 16. Ng5 Rf8 17. Rcd1 Na5 18. Bd5 Bxd5
19. Rxd5 Bf6 20. Rhd1 Rae8 21. Bf4 Nc4 22. Rd7 {Dokhoian,Y (2540)-Svidler,P 
(2480) Copenhagen 1991 (1-0 ,43), with some slight pressure.}) 13. f4 ({
If White plays in similar fashion to the aforementioned game} 13. Bc4 Bc6 14.
f3 {Black has} b5 15. Be2 Bxe5 $15 16. Bxc5 $6 b4 $3 17. Bxb4 Ba4+ 18. Kb2 Nc6
$36) ({Immediate pawn grabbing is also dangerous:} 13. Bxc5 Bc6 14. f3 $6 Ba4+
15. Kb2 Bh6 16. Re1 Rd2+ 17. Ka3 b5 $40) 13... Bc6 14. Nf3 (14. Bd3 $2 Ba4+ 15.
Kd2 c4) 14... Bxe4+ 15. Kb2 Nd7 16. Bc4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Nd5 18. Rhe1 Bxf3 19. gxf3
Nxe3 20. Rxe3 b5 $15 {Svidler,P (2759)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2798) Biel 2016 (0-1,
46)}) (10. dxc5 {has never beenj tested but it does not look appealing.} Qxd2+
11. Kxd2 Be6 12. Nf3 h6 {[%cal Gb8d7,Gf8c8]} 13. Rb1 f5 14. Kc2 f4 15. Bc1 Nd7
16. Ba3 Rfc8 17. Rxb7 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 $36 {[%cal Ga8c8]}) 10... Nd7 {
If White manages to consolidate and complete his development he will be better.
Therefore Black should act quickly.} (10... Qd6 {looks solid but offers White
a valuable tempo.} 11. Nf3 ({Actually the best way to proceed seems to be} 11.
Bd3 f5 12. f3 Nd7 {Ulko,J (2422)-Yeletsky,I (2200) Kazan 2014 (1/2-1/2, 40)}
13. Ne2 $14) 11... f5 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Nd2 $6 Nb6 ({Missing his chance with} 
13... f4 $1 14. Nc4 Qf6 15. Bd2 b5 16. Na5 c4 $15 {Black has achieved major
progress on both wings and White has not enough development to question his
queenside stability, for instance:} 17. Rb1 a6 18. a4 Nc5 19. axb5 Nxe4 $1) 14.
f3 Bd7 15. Be2 f4 16. Bf2 g5 17. h4 h6 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. g4 Rac8 20. Rb1 $16 {
Wang,H (2710)-Radjabov,T (2734) Beijing 2014 (½-½, 45), White is better on
practically all sectors of the board.}) 11. c4 f5 12. Bg5 {The only way to try
to maintain the stability.} (12. f3 $2 fxe4 13. fxe4 Qh4+) 12... Nf6 13. Ne2 $2
{A curious blunder at such an early stage.} ({The better} 13. Bd3 {would
transpose to a previous game where the strategic plot was still very much
alive.} fxe4 14. Bc2 {Black has won a pawn but needs to play accurately in
order to avoid Ne2-g3/c3 y Nxe4 with a strategic advantage.} e3 $5 $146 {
Probably the best.} (14... b5 {doesn't seem to shatter White's stability:} 15.
Ne2 bxc4 16. Nc3 $14) (14... Bf5 {is also a bit slow} 15. Ne2 h6 16. Be3 Ng4 {
Stupak,K (2562)-Laylo,D (2451) Subic Bay 2016 (1-0, 56)} 17. Nc3 $14 {[%cal
Gc3e4]}) 15. Bxe3 (15. fxe3 {removes any strategic risk for Black} b6 $5 {
[%cal Gc8a6] Preventing Ne2-c3 in view of the threat ...Ba6.} 16. e4 h6 17.
Bxh6 $2 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qh4+ $19) 15... Ng4 ({The more restrained} 15... b6 {
is also possible.} 16. Ne2 Ba6 17. Bb1 Ne8 18. Ng3 Nd6 19. Qd3 Bc8 $5 {[%cal
Gc8f5,Ge5e4]}) 16. Bg5 (16. Bxc5 $2 Bh6) (16. Ne2 Qh4 17. g3 Qh5 $36) (16. Be4
Rxf2 $5 17. Bxf2 Bh6 18. Qc3 Bxc1 $13 19. Qxc1 $2 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Qh4+ {[%csl
Ge4]} 21. Ke3 $6 Qf4+ 22. Kd3 Qxc1) 16... Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 {After the
exchange of bishops Black has no strategic problems at all. He also maintains
something of a lead in development.} 18. f3 (18. Nh3 e4 $5 19. Bxe4 Qe5 20. f3
Bf5 21. Qc3 Qxc3+ 22. Rxc3 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Rae8 $11 {Black will retrieve the
pawn with a probable draw.}) 18... Qh4+ 19. g3 Qh6 $13 20. fxg4 $2 Rf1+ $1 21.
Ke2 Rf2+) (13. exf5 {is not really a solution to the central tension.} h6 $5 ({
There is nothing wrong with the neutral} 13... Bxf5 {, of course.}) 14. Bxf6 {
A forced concession.} (14. Bh4 $2 g5 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Qe3 Qa5+ 17. Kd1 Bxf5 $19)
(14. Be3 Ne4 15. Qc2 Qa5+ 16. Bd2 Qxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Nxd2 18. Kxd2 Bxf5 19. Ne2 e4
$17 {[%cal Gg7d4]}) 14... Bxf6 {[%cal Gf6g5]} 15. h4 Bxf5 $15 16. Qxh6 Rf7 $1 {
Black retrieves with great play the h4-pawn since} 17. g3 $2 {leads to trouble:
} g5 {[%cal Gd8a5]} 18. hxg5 Rh7 {[%csl Gh1]}) (13. f3 $2 fxe4 14. fxe4 (14.
Bxf6 Qxf6 $19 {[%csl Gf1]}) 14... Nxe4 15. Bxd8 Nxd2 {is even worse than in
the game as the f1-bishop is hanging.}) 13... Nxe4 14. Bxd8 Nxd2 15. Be7 Rf7
16. Bxc5 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 {The knight has been jumping around a lot to be
exchanged for a undeveloped bishop. But this did not improve White's
development, as his rook is doing little on f1 and the king is stuck in the
centre.} b6 18. Bb4 $17 {/-+ As a result of the forced operation which he
allowed, Black has two bishops, better development, the more flexible
structure and a clear target on c4. The knight is on a very bad path, not
being able to create threats or defend c4 in any way.} Ba6 19. f4 Rc8 20. fxe5
Bxe5 21. Rf3 Bxc4 (21... Rxc4 {looks slightly more natural, avoiding the pin,
but the game move is also all right.}) 22. Re3 Bg7 23. Nf4 {White has finally
managed to get "perfectly coordinated" but has lost a vital pawn on the way
and his d5-pawn is also doomed.} Rd7 24. a4 {Trying to ensure some breathing
space for the bishop on order to prepare d5-d6.} ({If} 24. d6 Bd4 25. Re2 (25.
Rh3 $2 {leaves the e-file undefended.} a5 26. Ba3 Re8+ 27. Kd1 b5 $19) 25... a5
26. Ba3 b5 27. Nd5 Kf7 28. Re7+ Rxe7+ 29. Nxe7 Re8 30. Rc2 Bb6 {[%cal Gf7e6,
Ge6d7,Gb5b4] would leave White in a precarious position.}) 24... Bh6 {The
simplest way to win the pawn and avoid any complications based on Ne6.} 25. g3
Bxf4 26. gxf4 Rxd5 {With two extra pawns, Black would even win many of the
endings resulting after general rook exchanges but for the time being White's
king is also a bit insecure.} 27. Re7 Rd4 28. Bd2 Kf8 29. Bb4 {This speeds up
the defeat.} ({The rook cannot quit the e-file:} 29. Rxa7 Re8+ 30. Kf2 (30. Kd1
Bb3+) 30... Re2+) ({Even after the relatively better} 29. Re5 {Black should
win without problems:} Re8 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Be3 Re4 32. Kd2 Kd7 {The maximum
White can do to get some hope would be exchanging rooks. But Black would not
remove the rook from e4 and the ending after Rxe4, ...fxe4 would offer him two
passed pawns with an easy win.}) 29... Re8 (29... Re8 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 {wins the
f4-pawn for if} 31. Bd2 $2 Re4+ {wins even more material:} 32. Kf2 (32. Kd1
Bb3+) 32... Re2+) 0-1

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qa5 8.
O-O Qh5 9. Qe5 Qxe5 10. Nxe5 Nc6 11. Nd3 b6 12. Bg5 Ba6 13. b3 h6 14. Bd2 Rac8
15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 e6 17. Bf4 Ne8 18. h4 Bf8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bg7 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. a4 g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. e3 Nf6 25. Rd6 Kf8 26. Rcd1 Rc5 27. Na2
Bc8 28. Nb4 Re8 29. Nd3 Ra5 30. Nb2 Rc5 31. Nd3 Ra5 32. Nb2 Rc5 33. R6d2 g4 34.
Nd3 Rc7 35. Ne5 Ke7 36. a5 bxa5 37. Ra2 Bb7 38. Rxa5 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 Rb8 40. Ra3
Rc5 41. Nd3 Rc7 42. Ne5 Rc5 43. Nd3 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 {Recently this has become Anand's
favorite move order, in the same tournament he played it against So as well.}
5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 {We have reached a very
sharp line of the Ragozin Opening, a line that has had lots of followers
recently.} 10. Nd2 Nxg3 ({It is risky to take the pawn:} 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3
Bxc3 12. Rc1 Ba5 13. h4 Nf6 14. Rc5 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Ne4 16. Bxc7 Qe7 17. Qb2 O-O
18. hxg5 Nxc5 (18... hxg5 19. Bd3 $1 $16) 19. dxc5 Qxc7 20. Rxh6 Qa5+ 21. Kd1
Qa4+ 22. Kc1 f6 23. Rg6+ Kh8 24. gxf6 Rf7 25. Bd3 {with a winning attack.}) 11.
hxg3 c6 $5 {A less popular choice among grandmasters at least, but an
interesting one. We will see that the idea is to have at his disposal the
a5-square for the bishop to retreat to.} (11... Nb6 12. a3 Bd6 13. e4 dxe4 14.
Ndxe4 Qe7 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Rc1 c6 18. O-O O-O 19. f4 Rad8 20.
fxg5 Bg6 21. gxh6 Qxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. g4 Re8 24. Rcd1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Kh7 26.
g5 Re5 27. Rd8 Rxg5 28. Rb8 Nd5 29. Nxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxb7 Rd2 31. Bf3 c5 {½-½ 
(46) Onischuk,A (2662)-Bacrot,E (2697) Berlin (rapid) 2015. Black managed to
make a draw without great difficulties.}) 12. a3 {An important move, Black has
to decide where to go with the bishop.} Ba5 {Probably the best choice, as
Black keeps the tension. b2-b4 is still not any kind of positional threat, so
the bishop on a5 enjoys a good position.} (12... Be7 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Qe2 Be6
15. Nf3 Ng4 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Qa5 18. O-O Nf6 19. Ne5 Qb6 20. Rfd1 Rd8 {
1/2-1/2 (20) Borisenko,G-Averbakh,Y Sverdlovsk 1957}) (12... Bd6 {a slightly
provocative idea...} 13. e4 Nb6 14. e5 Be7 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Nb3
O-O-O 18. O-O-O Kb8 19. Kb1 h5 {with unclear conseqencies.}) (12... Bxc3 13.
bxc3 Nf6 14. Bd3 Qe7 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. c4 {White is slightly better.}) 13. Bd3
Kf8 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. O-O-O Kg7 16. Kb1 Be6 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. f4 Bg4 19. Rde1 Qd6 {
So all has gone in normal fashion, Black has a slightly exposed king but has
the bishop pair, and the position is a bit closed for the moment.} 20. Rhf1
Rae8 21. Nc5 Re7 22. Qd2 $5 {Hitting g5.} Rhe8 (22... Bxc5 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24.
fxg5 hxg5 25. b4 (25. e4 dxe4 $17 {the pawn on g5 is defended}) 25... Qd6 26.
e4 Rh5 27. exd5 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 cxd5 (28... Nxd5 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 30. Qc3+ Kg8 31.
Bc4 Qe4+ {Black is fine}) 29. Nb5 Qb6 30. Qe5 Qe6 31. Qd4 Qb6 $11) 23. fxg5
hxg5 24. e4 Nxe4 (24... Nh5 $3 {The computer choice; for humans this is a
tough move to play in a tournament game. What puzzles me is that I don't
understand really what Anand missed in this game.} 25. Qxg5+ (25. e5 Qh6 26.
Qf2 Bxc5 27. dxc5 f5 $1 $132) 25... Qg6 26. Qxg6+ fxg6 $17) 25. N5xe4 {It was
better to take with the other knight:} (25. N3xe4 $1 dxe4 26. Rxe4 Bh5 {
the idea that could have saved Black in the game now is not that strong due to}
27. Qxg5+ Qg6 28. Qxe7 $1 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 {the bishop on d3 is protected now!}
Bxc5 30. Rfxf7+ Qxf7 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. dxc5 $16) 25... dxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 $2 (
26... Bh5 $1 {the last chance because Nakamura took with the wrong knight on e4
} 27. Qxg5+ Qg6 28. Qxg6+ Bxg6 29. Rg4 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31. Ka2 Ba5 {
Black has very good chances of holding a draw actually without great problems.}
) 27. Nxe4 Qg6 (27... Qxd4 28. Qxg5+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Qg7 30. Qd6+ Re7 31. Nf6 $18)
28. Nf6 $1 Qxf6 29. Rxf6 Kxf6 30. Qc3 Bd7 ({A better chance was} 30... Bc7 31.
d5+ Be5 32. Qb4 Bc8 33. dxc6 bxc6 34. Qc5 $16) 31. d5+ Re5 32. Be4 g4 33. dxc6
bxc6 34. Bxc6 Bxc6 35. Qxc6+ $18 Kg5 36. Qd7 Re3 37. Qxf7 Rxg3 38. Qd5+ Kh4 39.
a4 $18 Bf2 40. Qd8+ Kh5 41. Qe8+ Kg5 42. Qe5+ Kg6 43. Qf4 1-0

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 {This aggressive approach is rarely seen on the top
level.} 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 (5. a3 $5 {is another interesting continuation,
which has recently gained some popularity}) 5... Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. b4 ({Possibly,
} 7. Be3 $5 {as was played in most games, poses Black more problems. For
instance, in the following recent encounter Hikaru was unable to solve the
problems:} Qc7 (7... Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nge7 9. Bb5 a6 10. Ba4 Qa5 11. Bc2 Nxe5 12.
Qg3 Nc4 13. b4 Qd8 14. O-O $36 {Zhigalko,S (2683)-Laznicka,V (2666) Rhodes 2013
}) 8. Nbd2 Nge7 9. Bd4 g6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Bg7 12. Bb5 O-O 13. Bxc6 Nxc6
14. Qe2 $14 {Leko,P (2693)-Nakamura,H (2779) Doha QAT 2016}) 7... a6 {The
e5-pawn should fall soon, so Hikaru is making a useful prophylactic move.} ({
There are several solid alternatives:} 7... g6 $5 8. Bb5 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Bg7 10.
Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qe2 a5 12. a3 f6 13. Bf4 Nh6 $44 {Fedoseev,V (2670)-Fridman,D 
(2620) Liepaja LAT 2016. Black had full compensation for the pawn.}) (7... Bxf3
$5 8. Qxf3 Nxe5 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Bb2 Be7 11. c4 Nf6 $132 {Nepomniachtchi,I 
(2704)-Andreikin,D (2718) Moscow 2012}) 8. Nbd2 ({White doesn't get much after
} 8. Bf4 Bxf3 $1 9. Qxf3 g5 10. Bg3 Bg7 $132 {Doluhanova,E (2252)-Schepetkova,
M (2302) Sharjah UAE 2016}) 8... Nxe5 9. Qa4+ ({The other moves have been
tested at a high level, but Black's position looks fine both after} 9. h3 Nxf3+
10. Nxf3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 g6 12. Be2 Bg7 13. O-O Ne7 $132 {Fedorchuk,S (2660)
-Lupulescu,C (2634) Legnica 2013}) ({and} 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Nf6 11. h3 Bh5 12.
Bb2 Be7 $132 {Frolyanov,D (2566)-Alekseev,E (2651) Kaliningrad RUS 2015}) 9...
Nd7 $146 {Hikaru chooses the most ambitious way, deviating from the
approximately equal endgame.} ({The previously played} 9... Qd7 {also looks
solid:} 10. Qxd7+ Nxd7 11. Bb2 Bxf3 ({But} 11... Ngf6 $6 {is inferior:} 12. Nd4
Be7 13. N2b3 e5 14. h3 $1 Be6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be2 $14 {Predojevic,B (2632)
-Zelcic,R (2539) Zadar 2010}) 12. Nxf3 Be7 13. Be2 Bf6 14. O-O Ne7 15. Rab1 O-O
16. c4 a5 $132 {Nevednichy,V (2554)-Zelcic,R (2548) Tromso 2014}) 10. Ne5 {
Veselin is trying to make use of pinning the Nd7, but most of his pieces are
undeveloped and do not bother Black.} Ngf6 11. c4 $6 {Veselin is pushing too
hard, exposing his pawn structure.} ({It was better to liquidate the bishop at
once in order to develop the Bf1 with tempo:} 11. Nxg4 $1 Nxg4 12. Be2 Nge5 (
12... Ngf6 13. O-O Be7 14. a3 O-O 15. Qc2 b6 16. cxb6 Nxb6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nxc4
$14) 13. Bb2 {White's bishops can be potentially very strong, so Black has to
play precisely:} a5 $1 (13... Be7 14. Qb3 O-O 15. c4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17.
Qxc4 $14) 14. Qb3 Be7 15. a3 b6 16. c4 $1 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1+ 18. Bxa1 dxc4 19.
Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 bxc5 21. O-O O-O 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Bxe6 Nf6 $11) 11... a5 $1
12. Nb3 $6 {This inaccuracy invites further troubles.} ({More to the point was
} 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qxd7+ Nxd7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. bxa5 Be7 $1 ({After} 15...
Bxc5 16. Nb3 O-O 17. f3 {White should be able to slowly equalise.}) 16. Be2
Bxe2 17. Kxe2 Nxc5 18. Nb3 $15 {with a slightly worse, but defendable endgame.}
) 12... axb4 13. Qb5 Be7 $1 {Now Black's development advantage is getting
threatening.} 14. c6 (14. cxd5 {is strongly met by} O-O $1 15. Nxg4 Nxg4 16. h3
Nxf2 $1 17. Kxf2 Bf6 18. Rb1 Rxa2+ 19. Kg1 Bc3 20. Bf4 Qf6 $40 {with a
powerful attack.}) 14... bxc6 15. Nxc6 Qc7 16. f3 {The best chance.} (16. Nxe7
{loses on the spot:} Rb8 $1 17. Qa5 Qe5+ 18. Be3 Kxe7 $19) 16... Bf5 17. Nxe7
Rb8 18. Nxf5 $2 {Veselin is trying to change the unfavourable course of the
game, but White cannot afford to lose the queen in this situation.} ({He had
to play} 18. Qa5 Qe5+ 19. Kf2 Kxe7 20. c5 Rhc8 21. Be3 Qb2+ 22. Be2 Bd3 23.
Rhe1 $17) 18... Rxb5 19. Nxg7+ Ke7 (19... Kf8 $1 {was simpler:} 20. Bh6 Qe5+
21. Kf2 Qb2+ 22. Kg1 Ra5 $1 $19) 20. cxb5 Nc5 $6 {This inaccurate move makes
Black's task tougher.} ({Hikaru should have continued} 20... Qe5+ 21. Be2 Nc5
22. Rb1 Nd3+ 23. Kf1 Nxc1 24. Nxc1 Nd7 $1 $19) 21. Bb2 Nxb3 22. axb3 {
Developing the queenside pieces is Veselin's definite achievement, but the
position is still very dangerous.} Qf4 (22... Rg8 $5 23. Bd4 Qc2 24. g3 Rxg7 $1
(24... Ne4 25. Ra7+ Kd6 26. Ra6+ Kd7 27. Ra7+ Kc8 28. fxe4 Qxe4+ 29. Be2 Qxh1+
30. Kf2 Qxh2+ 31. Kf1 $11) 25. Ra7+ Nd7 26. Bxg7 Qxb3 27. Be2 Qe3 28. b6 Qxb6
29. Ra1 f6 $17) 23. Be2 $6 {This is too modest!} ({The correct move was} 23.
Rd1 $1 Qg5 24. Bd4 Qxg7 25. g3 Qh6 26. Bd3 $17 {, activating all the forces.})
23... Rc8 $1 24. Rd1 ({In the event of} 24. b6 Qe3 25. Bxf6+ Kxf6 26. Nh5+ Ke7
27. Rd1 Rc2 28. Ng3 Qxb6 $19 {the lack of harmony makes White's position
completely lost.}) 24... Qg5 $6 {There was no reason for hurrying! The poor
Ng7 would be lost anyway.} ({A much stronger try was} 24... Rc2 25. Bd4 Qg5 26.
Nf5+ Qxf5 27. Bd3 Qg5 28. g3 Rc3 $1 29. f4 Qg8 $19) 25. b6 $2 {Returning the
favour.} ({GM Topalov misses another chance to consolidate:} 25. O-O $1 Rc3 $1
26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. f4 Qg8 28. Rde1 $17 {and the vulnerablity of the king on e7
offers White definite drawing chances.}) 25... Rc2 {The rook penetrates
White's camp with great effect.} 26. Bxf6+ Qxf6 27. Nh5 (27. b7 Qc3+ 28. Kf1
Qc7 $19) 27... Qc3+ 28. Kf1 Qe3 29. Re1 Qxb6 {Collecting the most important
pawn. The b3-pawn should fall soon too.} 30. Nf4 Qe3 31. g3 Qxb3 {The b3-pawn
is worth a piece, but there is still some technical work to do.} 32. Kg2 Kf8 (
32... e5 33. Kh3 Rd2 34. Ng2 Qc3 35. Rc1 Rc2 $19) 33. Kh3 Qb2 34. Rb1 Qf6 35.
Rhe1 (35. Rxb4 Qh6+ 36. Kg2 e5 $19) 35... e5 36. Nxd5 (36. Nd3 e4 37. Nxb4 Rd2
38. Rbd1 Rxd1 39. Bxd1 Qh6+ 40. Kg2 Qd2+ 41. Kf1 e3 42. Be2 Qxb4 $19) 36...
Qe6+ 37. Kg2 Qxd5 38. Rxb4 {White was able to liquidate all the opponent's
pawn on the queenside, but it's still lost!} Qd2 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Kf1 Qh6 $2 {
The last move before crossing the time control turns out to be a serious
mistake.} ({The most convincing was} 40... e4 $1 41. fxe4 Qh6 42. Kg1 Qe3+ 43.
Kf1 Qxe4 44. Kf2 Qa4 $1 {, and White is paralysed:} 45. Kf1 (45. Rb7 Qd4+ 46.
Kf1 Qd5 $19) 45... h5 46. Rbb1 Qe4 47. Kf2 Rxe2+ 48. Rxe2 Qxb1 $19) 41. Kg2 $2
{Alas, Veselin is far from his best...} ({Otherwise, he would have played} 41.
Rb4 $1 Qh3+ (41... Qxh2 $2 42. Rh4 Qxg3 43. Rg4+ Qxg4 44. fxg4 {, and now it
is Black, who has to fight for a draw!}) 42. Kg1 Qd7 43. Kf1 $17 {, and the
limited material balance leaves White some hopes - it's not easy to make
progress here!}) 41... e4 $1 {Now White's position is collapsing.} 42. Rb3 (42.
fxe4 Qe3 $19) (42. f4 Qh5 $19) 42... Qe6 43. Re3 exf3+ 44. Kxf3 Qh3 {The rest
is easy.} 45. Rd1 (45. Rh1 Qf5+ 46. Kg2 Qd5+ $19) 45... Qh5+ 46. Kf2 Qxh2+ 47.
Kf3 Rc6 48. Rd4 Rg6 49. g4 Rf6+ 50. Ke4 Qh1+ 51. Kd3 Qb1+ 52. Kd2 Qb2+ 53. Kd3
Rc6 0-1

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Re1 Bf6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15.
fxe5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Ra7 17. g3 Qa8 18. Rab1 axb4 19. axb4 Ra3 20. Qc2 Rb8 21. h4
h6 22. Kg2 Qa6 23. Rec1 bxc5 24. bxc5 Rxb1 25. Qxb1 Qc4 26. Qb2 Rb3 27. Qd2 Qb4
28. Rc2 f6 29. f4 fxe5 30. fxe5 Nf8 31. Ne2 Qb7 32. Nf4 Qf7 33. Rb2 Rxb2 34.
Qxb2 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Nd3 Ng6 37. Nf2 Ne7 38. Qd2 Qg6 39. g4 Kg7 40. Nh3
Kh6 41. Kg3 Nc8 42. Qf2 Kg7 43. Qe3 Kh6 44. Qf3 Kg7 45. Qa3 Qe4 46. Nxg5 Qe1+
47. Kf4 Qf2+ 48. Nf3 Ne7 49. Qa7 Kf8 50. Qb8+ Kf7 51. Qb7 Kf8 52. Qd7 Ng6+ 53.
Kg5 Qxf3 54. Qxe6 Nh8 55. Qf5+ Nf7+ 56. Kf6 Qxf5+ 57. gxf5 Nd8 58. e6 Nf7 59.
Kg6 Nd8 60. Kf6 Nf7 61. exf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{While the tournament leader, Wesley So, was scoring another victory against
out-of-form Veselin Topalov, two of his chasers, said to be the most probable
challengers for the world title in 2018, clashed in a principled battle.} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Nakamura played the Najdorf
System against Caruana in their last decisive classic game (US Championship,
Saint Louis, April 2016)... and lost! Since then Fabiano and Hikaru only met
in rapid (or semi-rapid, as in the "Champions Showdown" last month) and blitz
events, and Nakamura always replied 1...e5 to 1.e4. Does he think that the
Najdorf is a "more serious" opening than 1...e5 :-)?} 6. Bg5 {This "main" move
is a rare guest in Caruana's practice. He plays various systems against the
Najdorf but lately his main weapon has been the English Attack, starting with
6.f3 (that's what he played against Nakamura in Saint Louis). However, it
looks like Hikaru was not surprised.} e6 7. f4 h6 {Apparently, Nakamura had
never played this line before the present game. However, Caruana didn't miss
it out when preparing to play 6.Bg5.} 8. Bh4 Qb6 {This aggressive continuation
is probably more popular on move 7 but it is by no means new in this position,
too.} 9. a3 {One of the main theoretical moves. White indirectly protects his
b2-pawn and prepares to oust Black's queen by means of Bh4-f2.} (9. Qd2 {
, sacrificing the b2-pawn, is the main alternative.}) 9... Be7 ({Of course,} 
9... Qxb2 $4 {loses the queen due to} 10. Na4) (9... Nbd7) (9... Nc6 {and even}
) (9... Bd7 {are the other moves frequently seen in practice.}) 10. Bf2 Qc7 11.
Qf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 {Both sides have made typical attacking knight
pawn moves; however, their impet is slowed down by the rook pawns, which have
already moved to a3 and h6...} g5 {...and besides, Black has a possibility to
strike a sudden counterblow, with an obvious idea to gain the e5-square for
his knight.} 14. h4 $5 gxf4 15. Be2 {This apparently strange sequence of moves
was seen for the first time in a correspondence game and later, at the
super-GM level, in Giri - Vachier-Lagrave (Stavanger 2016). White creates the
g4-g5 threat and protects the g4-pawn in case of ...Nd7-e5 Qf3xf4.} b4 $5 {
Played instantly, which means that this move was prepared at home. In his
annotations for ChessBase Magazine, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave examines a lot of
moves but not this one! However, it was obviously no secret for yesterday's
opponents.} ({The French grandmaster played} 15... Rg8 {in the above-mentioned
game, to which, according to his analysis, White could have sacrificed a pawn:}
16. g5 $1 {with a powerful attack} ({instead of} 16. Rdg1 {, played by Anish
Giri})) ({To understand the idea of 15...b4, we must take a look at the
following line:} 15... Ne5 16. Qxf4 Nexg4 $1 17. Bxg4 e5 {(looks very strong
but White has an adequate riposte)} 18. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 19. Qf3 {- White avoids
serious material losses and keeps up a strong attack on Black's uncastled king,
e.g.} Bxg4 20. Qxg4 Nf6 21. Qf3 exd4 22. Bxd4 {regaining the piece since} Qd8
$2 {is clearly bad due to} 23. e5 {(Indicated by Vachier-Lagrave).}) 16. axb4
Ne5 17. Qxf4 Nexg4 18. Bxg4 e5 {Now we see the difference.} ({In the event of} 
18... e5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qf3 {Black can simply play} Nxb4 {. White's d4
knight can't retreat, the only way for him to avoid losing a piece is} 21. Be1
a5 22. Bxb4 axb4 {, opening the a-file for Black, after which the latter
obtains excellent counterplay. However, White has another option...}) 19. Qxf6
$1 {This queen sacrifice is not difficult, in fact, but what followed next was
really amazing.} Bxf6 {.} 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Nf5 $3 {After this move Hikaru fell
into deep thought for the first time in this game!} ({In his analysis he
obviously expected} 21. Nc6 Bxg4 22. Nxd8 Bxd8 {This endgame is unclear, both
sides have their advantages and drawbacks. Black has more weaknesses but his
bishop pair should not be underestimated. Instead, Fabiano renounces restoring
the material balance! I must say that such "real" queen sacrifices are an
Achilles' heel of analysis engines. They almost always evaluate positions with,
say, two minor pieces for a queen in favour of the strongest piece, while in
reality, in human play, there may be a more than sufficient compensation for
the material. Therefore such positions should be analysed and evaluated
"manually", and kudos to Caruana and his team for doing that! P.S. Readers of
the Chessbase website rightly indicated that engines start appreciating 21.Nf5
at some depth so my above comment is probably not quite relevant in this case;
however, it remains valid in many similar situations!}) 21... Rb8 $6 {Black
prevents 22.Bb6 but allows 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6 23.Nxd6+ (or 23.Rxd6), which proves
to be fatal for him.} ({He could have parried both threats by just trading
White's dangerous knight:} 21... Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Rb8 {but then the weakness of
light squares around his king could have become decisive. Computer engines
show equality here, which means that Black's position is almost hopeless :-).
White could have played} 23. Rd3 {with idea Ra3 or Rc3} ({or simply} 23. c4))
22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Rxd6 $6 {Alas, White fails to find the strongest but very
difficult continuation, which means that either Caruana did not analyse 21...
Rb8 at all or forgot his analysis. I bet for the former suggestion since the
variations are really amazing and must stick out in one's memory:} (23. Nxd6+
$1 Ke7 ({to} 23... Kf8 {White has an amazing move} 24. Bf5 $3 {followed by
Bf2-c5, and Black's king, "pressed against the ropes", is completely helpless})
(23... Qxd6 {is hopeless due to} 24. Rxd6 Bxg4 25. Rxa6 {with a decisive
material advantage for White}) 24. Bc5 $3 Qf4+ {(forced)} (24... Bxg4 25. Nb5+
{followed by mate on c7}) 25. Kb1 Qxg4 (25... Bxg4 {again leads to a mate after
} 26. Nf5+) 26. Nxc8+ Ke8 (26... Kf6 27. Rhf1+ Kg7 28. Rg1 $18 {with decisive
material gains for White}) 27. Nd6+ Kd7 {(again the only move)} (27... Ke7 28.
Nf5+ Ke8 29. Rhg1 $18 {- Black's queen can't retreat in view of Nf5-g7#}) 28.
Nxf7+ Kc7 {(other retreats are worse)} ({e.g.} 28... Ke6 29. Nxh8 Rxh8 30. Rhf1
{with an inevitable deadly check on d6}) 29. Bd6+ Kb7 {(once again, there are
no better king moves)} 30. Bxb8 Rxb8 31. Nxe5 {, and White keeps a rook,
knight and three pawns for the queen, which is quite enough to win, since} Qxe4
$6 32. Nd7 {loses an exchange, after which two rooks easily deal with Black's
lone queen.}) 23... Be6 {Black is ready to castle. However, his position is
still poor.} 24. Rhd1 ({Another way to meet Black's castling was} 24. Be3 Rxb4
$1 ({if} 24... O-O {then} 25. Nxh6+ Kh8 (25... Kg7 26. Rg1) 26. Nxf7+ $1 Qxf7
27. Rxe6 {, and Black's king is helpless.}) ({an attempt to free Black's queen:
} 24... Qg6 {fails to} 25. Rxe6+ $3 fxe6 26. Bh5 $1 Qxh5 27. Ng7+) 25. Rxa6 O-O
({In the event of} 25... Bxf5 26. Rxf6 Bxg4 27. Bxh6 Rxe4 {White keeps an
extra pawn and good winning chances}) 26. Nxh6+ Kh8 27. Bf5 $1 (27. Nxf7+ Qxf7
28. Rxe6 {is now premature due to} Rxe4 {; White must prepare that blow}) 27...
Qd8 28. Nxf7+ $1 Rxf7 29. Rxe6 Rxf5 $1 {(Black must get rid of White's
terrifying bishop)} 30. Rh6+ (30. exf5 Rg4 $1 {is less clear}) 30... Kg8 31.
Rg1+ Kf7 32. Rh7+ Ke6 33. exf5+ Kxf5 $16 {Despite an approximate material
parity, White has a clear advantage: a passed h4-pawn, and Black's
"centralised" king is in danger; still, the outcome of the game is not quite
certain.}) 24... O-O 25. h5 $1 {(threatening 26.Bh4)} Qg5+ ({Black couldn't
bring himself to put his queen into the corner by} 25... Rfe8 26. Bh4 Qh8 {
but that was the most stubborn defence. White should probably continue
positionally:} 27. Ne3 $1 (27. Ne7+ {is not enough due to} Rxe7 28. Bxe7 Bxg4
29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kh7 31. Rxh8+ Kxh8 {, and Black should not lose this
endgame with opposite-coloured bishops}) 27... Qg7 28. Rg1 Kf8 29. Rdd1 $16 {
Black's position is very difficult to defend, of course.}) 26. Be3 Qf6 ({
Of course, not} 26... Qxg4 27. Nxh6+) 27. Nxh6+ Kh8 28. Bf5 {Caruana spent
some time calculating the blow on f7 but finally prefered a strong positional
continuation, making Nxf7+ a more powerful threat.} (28. Nxf7+ {was possible
but Black had the following defence:} Rxf7 29. Rxe6 Qh4 $1 30. Bf5 {
(threatening 31.Rh6+ since Black will be unable to reply 31...Rh7)} Rxf5 $1 {
(here, too, Black must eliminate this bishop)} 31. exf5 (31. Rh6+ {was a good
alternative:} Kg8 32. Rg1+ Kf7 33. Rh7+ Ke6 34. exf5+ Kxf5 35. Rf1+ Ke6 36.
Rh6+ Kd5 37. Bd2 $16 {with a favourable position, similar to the one examined
in the 24.Be3 line}) 31... Qxb4 {, and the forced line} 32. Rh6+ Kg8 33. Rg1+
Kf7 34. Rh7+ Kf6 35. Rg6+ Kxf5 36. Rf7+ Ke4 37. Rg4+ Kxe3 38. Rxb4 Rxb4 {
leads to a rook endgame with an extra pawn for White, which, I believe, should
be winning for him despite Black's passed e-pawn. But, of course, calculating
this line and evaluating the final position is a very difficult task over the
board.}) 28... Qe7 $2 {Nakamura succumbs to the pressure. His move doesn't
parry the Nxf7+ threat.} (28... Rxb4 $2 29. Nxf7+ Qxf7 30. Rxe6 {was obviously
hopeless}) (28... Rbd8 {doesn't work due to the simple} 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8+
Qxd8 31. Bxe6 {, and White gets a third piece for the queen;} Qh4 {doesn't
help here due to} 32. Nxf7+ Kg7 ({or} 32... Kh7 33. Kb1) 33. Bh6+ $1 Kh7 34. b3
{: Black can't take the e4-pawn in view of the knight fork; well, he can take
the h5-pawn but White keeps a decisive material advantage anyway}) ({to} 28...
Qh4 {White can reply} 29. Rg1 $1 {threatening 30.Bg5} (29. Nxf7+ Rxf7 30. Rxe6
Rxf5 {leads to a position arising after 28.Nxf7+}) 29... Qxh5 {(what else?)}
30. Nxf7+ $1 Rxf7 (30... Bxf7 {is also hopeless due to} 31. Rh6+ Qxh6 32. Bxh6
Rg8 33. Rh1) 31. Rxe6 Rg7 32. Rd1 {- Black will never survive with such a poor
king!}) (28... Rfe8 {was the most stubborn defence. White can continue} 29. Rg1
({or} 29. c3) ({but not} 29. Rxa6 $2 Ra8 {, and Black obtains counterplay})
29... Rxb4 30. Rxa6 {with a huge advantage.}) 29. b5 $6 {The idea of this move
is either to close the b-file or to deflect Black's rook from the 8th rank.
However, such "niceties" were excessive!} ({Black prepared to meet} 29. Nxf7+
Rxf7 30. Rxe6 {with} Qxb4 {followed by} 31. Rh6+ Kg8 32. Rg1+ Rg7 ({but not} 
32... Kf8 33. Rh8+ Ke7 34. Rxb8 Qxb8 35. Bc5+ $18) 33. Be6+ Kf8 {. Here both
players missed the excellent move} 34. Bc5+ $3 ({instead of the obvious} 34.
Rh8+ Ke7 35. Rxg7+ Kd6 $1 36. Rd7+ Kxe6 37. Rxb8 Qxb8 $16 {, which both
definitely calculated and concluded that Black could successfully continue
resistance}) 34... Qxc5 35. Rh8+ Ke7 36. Rxg7+ Kd6 37. Rxb8 Qe3+ (37... Kxe6
38. Rb6+ $1 Qxb6 39. Rg6+ {- a simple skewer combination}) 38. Kb1 Qe1+ 39. Ka2
Qa5+ 40. Kb3 Kxe6 {(the bishop can be taken now but White simply queens his
h-pawn)} 41. h6 $18) 29... Qe8 $2 {Here are the lines demonstrating White's
idea:} (29... axb5 30. Nxf7+ Rxf7 31. Rxe6 {, and in the event of} Qb4 32. Rh6+
Kg8 {White can simply play} 33. c3 {parrying all future threats}) (29... Rxb5
30. Nxf7+ Rxf7 31. Rxe6 Qb4 32. Rd8+ {(the point! The invasion of this rook
breaks Black's defences)} Rf8 33. Rh6+ Kg7 ({or} 33... Kg8 34. Be6+ Kg7 35.
Rd7+) 34. Rd7+ Rf7 35. Rg6+ Kh8 (35... Kf8 36. Rd8+ Ke7 37. Bg5+) 36. Rd8+ Rf8
(36... Kh7 37. Rc6+ Rxf5 38. Rc7+ {and mate}) 37. Rxf8+ Qxf8 38. Bg5 {with an
inevitable deadly check on f6.}) ({Black could have parried the Nxf7+ threat
by means of} 29... Rbe8 {but with the passed a-pawn after} 30. bxa6 {, White
should win.}) 30. Nxf7+ Rxf7 31. Rxe6 Qxb5 {The same defence as after the
immediate 29.Nxf7+ but here Black's queen is placed worse than on b4.} 32. Rh6+
{BLACK RESIGNED foreseeing the following line. Nakamura's opening surprise (15.
..b4) was met with an excellent counter-surprise (21.Nf5!!). Black's queen was
absolutely powerless against White's minor pieces. Of course, the unsafe
position of Black's king made the greatest contribution to his defeat.
Unfortunately, Caruana didn't find the simplest paths to a win on several
occasions but he never let his advantage slip and finally brought it home.} ({
After} 32. Rh6+ Kg8 33. Rg1+ Rg7 34. Be6+ Kf8 35. Rh8+ ({of course, the
beautiful} 35. Bc5+ {wins here, too, but it is unnecessary now}) 35... Ke7 36.
Rxg7+ Kd6 {Black is not threatening mate on e1, and ...Qxb2+ will be
completely harmless; therefore, White can simply continue} 37. Rh6 $18 {
with decisive threats.}) 1-0

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 {Everyone is happy
to see this! The players go into the deep jungle, but to come out unscathed a
formidable map is indispensable. One round earlier Hikaru ran right into
quicksand as Black, so he decided to ask Maxime about the right path.} e6 7. f4
h6 ({To my mind} 7... Qb6 8. Qd2 (8. a3 Nc6) 8... Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11.
Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2 Bc5 17.
Bg3 Qd5 18. c4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qa5+ 20. Rd2 O-O 21. Bd6 f5 22. Bxf8 Nxf8 23. Nd6
Nbd7 {is the latest development. Both Giri and Vachier-Lagrave have shown that
Black is fine.}) 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. a3 (9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 {could transpose
back to 7...Qb6.}) 9... Be7 10. Bf2 {That's the difference from the move order
starting with 7...h6. I like this redeployment of the bishop, as Black has to
relieve pressure on b2, while White gets ready for a pawn storm on the
kingside against the juicy target created by h6.} Qc7 {Now White can develop
quite harmoniously.} 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 {Things start to heat
up! White also seems to have created a target with a2-a3, but it is much
harder to exploit, since Black cannot open up lines on the queenside.} Bb7 ({
The round before we probably witnessed the end of} 13... g5 $6 14. h4 gxf4 15.
Be2 b4 $146 {Hikaru's novelty, which led him straight into a lost position.} ({
Maxime had been successful with} 15... Rg8 16. Rdg1 $2 ({but} 16. g5 hxg5 17.
hxg5 Ne5 18. Qxf4 Nfd7 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rh7 {would have been big trouble} Bxg5
$2 21. Bh5+ Kd8 22. Bh4) 16... d5 17. exd5 Ne5 18. Qh3 exd5 {0-1 (28) Giri,
A-Vachier Lagrave,M Stavanger 2016}) 16. axb4 Ne5 17. Qxf4 Nexg4 18. Bxg4 e5
19. Qxf6 $3 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Nf5 $1 Rb8 (21... Bxf5 22. Bxf5 $18 {
Picturesque! White is completely dominating. A queen needs targets, and there
is not a single one in White's position. Black cannot get his king to any
safety and being unable to open up new lines, he has to await execution making
aimless moves with the major pieces.}) 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Rxd6 {1-0 (32)
Caruana,F-Nakamura,H London 2016}) 14. Bg2 Rc8 15. Kb1 g5 {Again, Black is
fighting for the dark squares on the kingside. But of course this sharp
attempt needed to be well-prepared at home...} 16. Qh3 Nc5 $2 {Maxime had
already sunk into deep thought and it turns out that he already lost his way.}
({There are a number of correspondence games with} 16... Nh7 17. e5 (17. f5 $2
e5 18. Nb3 Nhf6 {would allow Black to stabilise}) 17... Bxg2 18. Qxg2 gxf4 19.
exd6 Bxd6 20. Rhe1 Be5 {And here I begun analysing quite a bit out of genuine
curiosity. The move the computer wants to play probably wouldn't enter any
player's head in London: Na2} 21. h3 $5 {This is very abstract too, but I like
this move claiming there is some sort of zugzwang!} (21. Nf5 exf5 22. gxf5 Ng5
23. h4 Qc6 24. Rd5 f6 25. hxg5 hxg5 {and Black holds}) (21. Na2 O-O 22. Nb4 a5
(22... Bxd4 23. Bxd4 a5 24. Nd3 f3 25. Qf2 b4 26. axb4 axb4 27. Nxb4 Qb7 {
was seen in the correspondence games, but without a computer's help Black
should have very little chances to survive.}) 23. Na6 Qc4 24. b3 Qc3 25. Rd3
Bxd4 26. Rxc3 Bxc3 27. Rh1 a4 $13) (21. h4 {Looks logical, to get ready for
Black castling, but then he doesn't; he plays} Rg8 {and finds a target on g4})
21... O-O $6 (21... Rg8 $142 22. Rd3 Kf8 {appears playable for Black though})
22. g5 $1 hxg5 23. Ne4 $36) 17. Rhe1 {All White's pieces have joined the game;
next is blowing up the centre.} h5 (17... gxf4 {leads to a long forced
sequence:} 18. g5 Nfd7 19. g6 fxg6 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Qxe6 Ne5 22. Bd4 Qc4 23.
Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qxc2+ 25. Ka1 Qf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. d6 Kf7 29.
Rxe5 $16 {The d-pawn will tie Black down.}) 18. Nf5 $1 {...and that's how you
do it in the Najdorf!} Ncxe4 {Keeping control requires precision from White,
but his superior coordination should inspire full confidence that there is
always going to be a solution.} (18... exf5 19. exf5 Bxg2 20. Qxg2 {Now Black
has to try and stop a breakthrough on the kingside, so:} Rg8 21. fxg5 Rxg5 {
does not look bad at first sight, but} 22. h3 $1 {followed by Bh4 breaks the
blockade with devastating effect. Black's pieces are in a way shattered,
living separate lives on each side and unable to work together.}) 19. Bxe4 Nxe4
20. Bd4 $1 {Not exposing c2 and assuming control over the black kingside.} Rg8
21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. gxh5 {White has transformed his initiative into one major
asset: the h-pawn supported by queen and bishop. Of course the black king's
location in the centre makes it impossible to put together a succesful defence
against its advance.} gxf4 23. Qh4+ Kf8 (23... f6 {would also expose the 7th
rank, adding more problems.}) 24. Ka1 {Elegant and good enough, since Black
cannot repair his position.} (24. h6 $1 e5 25. h7 Rh8 26. Ka1 $1 {is the
computer's beautiful solution to win the game. Stepping away from c2 takes
away any last trick Black may have.}) 24... b4 {Desperation obviously.} 25.
Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Qxc2 27. Ree1 bxa3 28. Qxf4 axb2+ 29. Bxb2 Rg5 {For the
first time all the black pieces seem to be working together; he is aiming for
an irritating rook swing, but Hikaru has it all under control.} 30. Qxd6+ Kg8
31. Rg1 $1 {The last precise move, Black is about to get mated.} Qa4+ 32. Ba3
Rxg1 33. Rxg1+ Kh7 34. Qd3+ Kh6 35. Rg6+ Kxh5 36. Rg1 f5 37. Qf3+ {So what can
we say? Clearly, there are some real problems in the line Maxime chose, which
may require Black to go back to the well trodden paths of 7...Qb6. Otherwise
Black has to dig deep in the analysis of 16...Nh7 but it would not appeal to
my chess senses at all. Nowadays you can solve opening problems in a lot of
ways with the help of the computer, but it's necessary to play positions one
has a good feel for as well. Since you cannot repeat all analysis constantly,
eventually you'll get a complicated line you haven't looked at in a while and
you will easily misstep if it does not suit you.} 1-0

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Qa5 9. Rc1 Qxc5 10. Qxc5 Bxc5 11. e3 Bb4 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Rxc3 Ne4 14. Rc1
Nxg5 15. Nxg5 Ke7 16. Ne4 Bd7 17. Nc5 Rhc8 18. Nxd7 Kxd7 19. Bb5 a6 20. Bxc6+
Rxc6 21. Rxc6 Kxc6 22. Ke2 Rd8 23. Rc1+ Kd7 24. Rd1+ Ke7 25. Rc1 Kd7 26. Rd1+
Ke7 27. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Re8 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Qc2 g6 14. Nbd2 Bd7
15. Nf1 b6 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 f6 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. gxf4 Qf7 20. Nh4 Kg7 21.
g3 Ne7 22. Re1 Re8 23. Re3 Nc8 24. Ng2 Nd6 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. Ne3 Be6 27. f5 Bf7
28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Qe2 Be6 30. Ng2 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Ne5
Qc7 9. Nd3 Be6 10. Na3 Qc8 11. Be3 Bh3 12. Bxc5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Re8 14. f3 Nc6
15. Bf2 Nd7 16. Rc1 Nde5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qc2 Qe6 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Rd2 Bg7
21. Rcd1 a6 22. c5 Bh6 23. f4 Qxa2 24. Nc4 Bg7 25. Rd7 b5 26. Nb6 Rcd8 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Nxd8 29. Qd3 Ne6 30. c6 Qxb2 31. c7 Nxc7 32. Qd8+ Bf8 33. Qxc7
Qxe2 34. Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Be4 e5 9. Qf3 Qxf3 10. Nxf3 f6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Be3 Bb4+ 14. Kf1
O-O-O 15. Rb1 a5 16. d5 Rde8 17. Bd3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ne5 19. Be2 Nd7 20. f4 f5
21. h4 Bc5 22. Bd2 Bb4 23. Bc1 Nf6 24. Bb2 Ne4 25. Rd1 Nc3 26. Bxc3 Bxc3 27.
Rh3 Bb4 28. Bd3 Rhf8 29. h5 Bd6 30. Re3 Kd8 31. Bc2 Rxe3 32. fxe3 Bc5 33. Ke2
Re8 34. Rd3 b6 35. Kf3 g6 36. Rc3 Bb4 37. Rb3 Bc5 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. e4 fxe4+
40. Bxe4 Rh8 41. Rb2 Ke7 42. Bxg6 Kf6 43. Bb1 Rh1 44. Be4 Rf1+ 45. Kg4 Rf2 46.
Rxf2 Bxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. Qd3 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. f5 Be7 12. fxe6 Bxe6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Be2 Nbd7
15. O-O Rc8 16. Rb3 Qc5+ 17. Bf2 Qc6 18. Qh3 Nc5 19. Bh5+ Kf8 20. Rbb1 Kg8 21.
Bg6 h5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kh1 Rh6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Nd5 Ng8 26. Rf5 Qxc2 27.
Rbf1 Qc4 28. h4 Bf6 29. Qf7 Qxe4 30. R1f4 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Be5 32. Kh3 Bxf4 33.
Rxf4 Rf8 34. Qxf8 Rxg6 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Qb3 a5 7. a3 Na6 8. g3
b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Rc8 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. Na3 d5 14. Rac1 dxc4
15. Nxc4 Bd5 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 b5 18. Na3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qxd4 20. Nf3 Qb6
21. Qc3 Nbd5 22. Qc5 b4 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. Nb5 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8 26. Ne5 Ne7
27. f3 Nfd5 28. Nc4 Nc6 29. e4 Nf6 30. Kf2 Nd7 31. Ke3 e5 32. f4 f6 33. f5 Kf8
34. g4 Nc5 35. h4 a4 36. Nc7 Nd4 37. Nd5 Nc2+ 38. Kd2 b3 39. Nd6 a3 40. bxa3
Nxa3 41. Kc3 h6 42. Kb4 b2 43. Nc3 b1=Q+ 44. Nxb1 Nxb1 45. Kxc5 Nd2 46. h5 Ke7
47. Kd5 Kd7 48. Nc4 Nxc4 49. Kxc4 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Be3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qd8 8.
Nf3 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Bd2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7
15. c4 Bf6 16. Bc3 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Qe3 Rac8 19. Ng5 Nf8 20. Ba1 Ng6 21.
Bxg6 hxg6 22. d5 Qc5 23. Bd4 Qe7 24. dxe6 Bxg5 25. exf7+ Kxf7 26. Qg3 Qb4 27.
Qe5 Bh6 28. Qe6+ Kf8 29. a3 Qxa3 30. Be5 Bd2 31. Qxg6 Qe7 32. Re2 Bf4 33. Rde1
Bxe5 34. Qh5 Rc5 35. h4 Re8 36. Qh8+ Kf7 37. Qh7 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Ngf3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. a4 Nc6
9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Bh2 Bb7 11. O-O e5 12. e4 exd4 13. exd5 Nce5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
Bxe5 Bxe5 16. c4 a5 17. Re1 Re8 18. Nf3 Bd6 19. Qb3 Qf6 20. Qb5 Kf8 21. Qd7 Re7
22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Qb5 Qd8 24. Re1 Ba6 25. Qb3 Qf6 26. Nd2 Qf4 27. Nf3 Qf6 28.
Kf1 Bf4 29. h4 Re8 30. Ng5 Rxe1+ 31. Kxe1 Bxg5 32. hxg5 Qd6 33. Be2 Bc8 34. Qf3
Qe5 35. Qf6 Qxf6 36. gxf6 Ke8 37. g3 Bf5 38. Kd2 h5 39. b3 Kd7 40. f4 Kd6 41.
Bf3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. c3 h6 7. Ne5 a6 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. Bg3 Qc7 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. O-O b6 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qg3 Qxg3
15. hxg3 Ke7 16. Rfe1 Rhd8 17. f3 h5 18. Kf2 Rac8 19. Rac1 Ne8 20. b4 Nd6 21.
bxc5 bxc5 22. e4 c4 23. Bc2 Rb8 24. a4 a5 25. Rb1 Bc6 26. exd5 Bxd5 27. Nf1 Ne8
28. Ne3 Nf6 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Rb1 Rxb1 31. Bxb1 Nd7 32. Nxd5+ exd5 33. Bc2 g6
34. Ke3 Kf6 35. Bd1 Kg5 36. Bc2 f5 37. Bd1 Nf8 38. Bc2 Ne6 39. Bb1 Kf6 40. Bc2
Kg5 41. Bb1 Nf8 42. Bc2 Kf6 43. Bb1 Nd7 44. Bc2 g5 45. Bb1 Nf8 46. Bc2 Ne6 47.
Bb1 h4 48. Kf2 Ng7 49. g4 fxg4 50. fxg4 Ne6 51. Bc2 Nf4 52. Kf3 Ne6 53. Bb1 Ke7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Bg5
O-O 9. Qd2 h5 10. Nge2 Qe8 11. Nc1 Nh7 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Be2 b5 14. a4 b4 15. Nb5
Bxb5 16. Bxb5 Nd7 17. O-O a6 18. Bc6 Rb8 19. Nb3 Qc8 20. Na5 Ne5 21. Bf4 Qc7
22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Nc4 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 b3 25. f4 Rb4 26. Qd3 Nf6 27. Rae1 Ng4 28.
Re2 Qe7 29. g3 h4 30. Kg2 hxg3 31. hxg3 Kg7 32. Kf3 Nf6 33. Rh1 Rc8 34. e5 dxe5
35. Nxe5 Qd6 36. Qxa6 Rc7 37. Qa8 Nh5 38. Nd3 Rb6 39. Re5 Rbxc6 40. Rhxh5 Rc8
41. Qa5 gxh5 42. Rxh5 R6c7 43. Nf2 Bxf2 44. Kxf2 Qf6 45. Kf3 Re7 46. Qd2 Qd4
47. Qc1 Rh8 48. Rg5+ Kf8 49. Kg4 f6 50. d6 fxg5 51. dxe7+ Kxe7 52. Qe1+ Kd6 53.
Qa5 Qd1+ 54. Kf5 Qd5+ 55. Kg4 Qe6+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. f4
e6 9. O-O exd5 10. exd5 Ne8 11. Bd2 f5 12. Qc2 Nc7 13. Rae1 Nf6 14. h3 Bd7 15.
b3 Rb8 16. Kh1 Nh5 17. Kh2 b5 18. g3 bxc4 19. bxc4 Nf6 20. Ng1 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Rb2
22. Qc1 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxa2 24. Kh1 Qf6 25. Re2 Bf5 26. Bxf5 Qxf5 27. Qb1 Qxb1
28. Rxb1 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. Nf3 Ra1 31. Rxa1 Bxa1 32. Kg2 Nf6 33. Ba5 Bb2
34. Nd2 Bc1 35. Kf3 Bxd2 36. Bxd2 Kf7 37. g4 Nd7 38. Ke4 Nf6+ 39. Kf3 Nd7 40.
Ke4 Nb6 41. Kd3 h6 42. f5 gxf5 43. Bxh6 fxg4 44. hxg4 Nd7 45. Bf4 Ke7 46. Bg5+
Nf6 47. Bh4 Kf7 48. Bg3 Ke7 49. Bh4 Kf7 50. Bg3 Ke7 51. Bh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Be3 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bf3 Rc8 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qd4 b4 12. Ne2 Nf6 13. c4 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15.
Ng3 d6 16. b3 a5 17. Kh1 Nd7 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Nh5 e5 20. Qb2 g6 21. Ng3 exf4
22. Bxf4 Bf6 23. Qc1 Ne5 24. Bg5 Be7 25. Ne2 Re8 26. Nd4 Bxg5 27. Qxg5 Qe7 28.
Qg3 Kh8 29. Rd2 a4 30. Nc2 Rb8 31. Rfd1 Red8 32. Qf2 Ba8 33. Rd4 Kg8 34. Ne3
Rd7 35. Ng4 Bc6 36. Be2 Nxg4 37. Bxg4 Ra7 38. Rxd6 axb3 39. axb3 Bxe4 40. Rd7
Rxd7 41. Rxd7 Qe8 42. Qf6 Ra8 43. Kg1 Qf8 44. h3 Re8 45. Kh2 h5 46. Bf3 Re6 47.
Qf4 Bxf3 48. Qxf3 Qb8+ 49. Kg1 Qe8 50. Rd3 Re1+ 51. Kf2 Rb1 52. Qe3 Qa8 53. Kg3
Qb8+ 54. Qf4 h4+ 55. Kg4 Qe8 56. Re3 Qd8 57. Qg5 Qd4+ 58. Qf4 Qd8 59. Qg5 Qd4+
60. Qf4 Qd8 61. Qg5 Qd4+ 62. Qf4 Qd8 63. Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 O-O-O 14. Qe2
Nf6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qd5 17. Qxd5 cxd5 18. h5 f6 19. Bf4 Be7 20. Ke2 Rhe8
21. Kd3 Kd7 22. a4 Rc8 23. g4 Rc6 24. Rhe1 Rb6 25. Re2 a5 26. f3 Rc8 27. Bg3
Rf8 28. Rg1 Rc8 29. Ra1 Rf8 30. Rg1 Rc6 31. Rge1 Bd8 32. Bh2 Re8 33. Bg3 Rc4
34. b3 Rc6 35. c4 dxc4+ 36. bxc4 Rb6 37. Rc1 Rb4 38. Ra2 Rb3+ 39. Rc3 Rb1 40.
Rcc2 Rb3+ 41. Rc3 Rb6 42. Rcc2 e5 43. d5 e4+ 44. fxe4 Rb3+ 45. Rc3 Rxc3+ 46.
Kxc3 Rxe4 47. Bf2 Rxg4 48. Rb2 Kc8 49. Re2 Rg2 50. Kd3 Rh2 51. Bc5 Rxh5 52. Re8
Kd7 53. Rf8 b6 54. Rf7+ Kc8 55. Bd6 Rh3+ 56. Kd4 Rh4+ 57. Kd3 g5 58. c5 bxc5
59. Bxc5 Rxa4 60. Rf8 Kd7 61. Rf7+ Kc8 62. Rf8 Kd7 63. Rf7+ Kc8 64. Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. dxc5 e6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. a3 a6 11. Ne2 Qf6 12. b4 Bf8 13. Bc7 Bg7 14. Rb1 e5 15. e4
dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bf5 17. Nc3 O-O 18. Qd6 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Qf5 20. Nfd2 Nd4 21. O-O
Rac8 22. c4 Nf4 23. b5 Qg4 24. Ng3 Nf5 25. Qb6 Nh4 26. Qxb7 axb5 27. cxb5 Nhxg2
28. b6 Nh4 29. Kh1 e4 30. Bxf4 Qxf4 31. Rbd1 Rfe8 32. Qa6 Rcd8 33. Qe2 Rxd2 34.
Rxd2 Nf3 35. Rd3 Nd4 36. Qe3 Qe5 37. Nxe4 Qd5 38. f3 Kh8 39. Rfd1 Rd8 40. b7
Qxb7 41. Rxd4 Bxd4 42. Rxd4 Qb1+ 43. Kg2 Qb2+ 44. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4
O-O 9. Bc2 e5 10. a4 b6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. Nc3 Re8 15.
Bg5 Rc8 16. Bd3 h6 17. Bh4 Nc5 18. f3 Qd7 19. Bf1 d5 20. e5 Nh5 21. g4 Nf4 22.
Bg3 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Bxe5 24. Qd2 Ncd3 25. Nce2 Nxe2+ 26. Nxe2 Bxg3 27. hxg3 Ne5
28. Nd4 Qd6 29. Kg2 Nc6 30. Re1 Qf6 31. Nxc6 Rxc6 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Qb4 Rc5 34.
a5 d4 35. Be2 d3 36. Bd1 Qd6 37. Qxb6 Qxb6 38. axb6 Rc1 39. Re7 Rxd1 40. Rxb7
Rd2+ 41. Kf1 Rxb2 42. Ke1 Kf6 43. Rb8 a5 44. b7 a4 45. Kd1 d2 46. Ra8 Rxb7 47.
Rxa4 Rd7 48. Ra6+ Kg7 49. Ra3 g5 50. Rb3 Rd4 51. Ra3 Kg6 52. Ra6+ f6 53. Ra3 h5
54. gxh5+ Kxh5 55. Ra1 f5 56. Ke2 f4 57. Rh1+ Kg6 58. g4 Kf6 59. Ra1 Ke5 60.
Kd1 Rd3 61. Ra5+ Kd4 62. Rxg5 Ke3 63. Rh5 Kxf3 64. Rh3+ Ke4 65. Rh2 f3 66. g5
Ke3 67. Rh1 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "192"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 d6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. e4
Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Qc2 Nb8 11. Be2 Nxa6 12. O-O e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Bf4 d5 15.
exd5 Nb4 16. Qd2 Nfxd5 17. Be5 f6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bc3 Nxa2 20. Rad1 Bb3 21.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Ba5 Re8 24. Re1 Bf7 25. Bd2 Rb8 26. Be3 Bf8 27.
Nd2 f5 28. b3 Nc3 29. Bc4 Bxc4 30. bxc4 Rb2 31. Ra1 Na2 32. Rb1 Rb4 33. Ra1 Rb2
34. Rb1 Rxb1+ 35. Nxb1 Kf7 36. Kf1 Ke6 37. Nd2 Nc3 38. Nb3 Na4 39. Ke2 Kd6 40.
Kd3 Kc6 41. Kc2 Bg7 42. Na5+ Kb6 43. Nb3 Bf6 44. f3 Be5 45. Kd3 Bb2 46. Kc2 Ba3
47. g4 Kc7 48. h4 Kd6 49. h5 gxh5 50. Bf4+ Ke6 51. gxh5 Nb6 52. Kd3 Nd7 53. Be3
Kd6 54. Bf4+ Kc6 55. Na5+ Kb6 56. Nb3 Bb2 57. Bd6 Kc6 58. Be7 Ne5+ 59. Ke2 Ba3
60. Na5+ Kb6 61. Bd8+ Ka6 62. Bc7 Nd7 63. Nb3 Nf6 64. h6 Kb7 65. Bd8 Nd7 66.
Ke3 Nf8 67. Bf6 Ne6 68. Kd3 Bb4 69. Be7 Kc6 70. Bf6 Kd6 71. Ke3 Ba3 72. Bc3 Ke7
73. Kd3 Kf7 74. Na5 Bc1 75. Nc6 Bxh6 76. Ne5+ Ke8 77. Nc6 Bf4 78. Be1 Bc7 79.
Na7 h5 80. Nb5 Be5 81. Bf2 Kd7 82. Bh4 Nf4+ 83. Kd2 Ng2 84. Bf2 h4 85. Ke2 h3
86. Kf1 Nf4 87. Bg3 Nd3 88. Bxe5 Nxe5 89. Kf2 h2 90. Kg2 Nxf3 91. Nc3 Ke6 92.
Nd1 Nd2 93. Nb2 Ke5 94. Kxh2 Kd4 95. Kg3 Nxc4 96. Na4 Nd6 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bxf6 gxf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nxd4 10. Qg4 Nc6 11. O-O-O e6 12. Bc4 Qd7 13. Bxd5 exd5 14.
Nxd5 Qxg4 15. Nxf6+ Ke7 16. Nxg4 Bg7 17. Rhe1+ Kf8 18. Rd7 Rb8 19. Ne3 Bh6 20.
Kb1 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Rg8 22. g3 Rd8 23. Red3 Ke8 24. Rxb7 Rxd3 25. cxd3 Rg6 26. b4
Re6 27. b5 Nd4 28. a4 a6 29. Kb2 axb5 30. axb5 Re5 31. b6 Rc5 32. Rb8+ Ke7 33.
b7 Rb5+ 34. Kc3 Ne6 35. Rh8 Rxb7 36. Rxh7 Ng5 37. Rh5 Nf3 38. d4 Rd7 39. d5 Ra7
40. Kd3 Kd6 41. Rf5 Ne5+ 42. Ke3 Ra5 43. f4 Ra3+ 44. Kf2 Ra2+ 45. Ke3 Ra3+ 46.
Ke2 Ra2+ 47. Ke3 Ra3+ 48. Kf2 Ra2+ 49. Ke3 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
a6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Ng5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rc8 14. Nce4 Rc6
15. Qd3 Re8 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Qe4 Rc5 20. Nh7+ Kg8
21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Rac1 Rd8 23. Rc2 b5 24. cxb5 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 axb5 26. Qc7 d5
27. Qb6 Ra8 28. Rd4 g5 29. a4 bxa4 30. bxa4 Qe5 31. e3 Kg7 32. h4 Rh8 33. Rg4
f6 34. Qb1 Qc7 35. hxg5 f5 36. Qb2+ e5 37. Rb4 Kg6 38. Rb6+ Kxg5 39. f4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O
Qa6 9. b3 Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nbd7 13. Rfd1 b6 14. a4 Rab8 15.
Bb2 Rfc8 16. Rac1 Ne4 17. Nd2 Nd6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Qb7 21.
Rd3 Nf6 22. Qh4 Ne8 23. Rh3 h6 24. Rg3 Kh7 25. Re1 Nd6 26. d5 Nf5 27. Qe4 g6
28. Rh3 cxd5 29. Qf4 g5 30. Qe5 Rg8 31. Rf3 dxc4 32. bxc4 Rbc8 33. Rxf5 exf5
34. Qxf5+ Rg6 35. Rd1 Rf8 36. Rd7 Qxd7 37. Qxd7 Re6 38. h3 Kg6 39. Qd3+ f5 40.
Qd7 Ree8 41. Qxa7 Kh5 42. Qxb6 Rb8 43. Qd4 Rfd8 44. g4+ Kh4 45. Qf6 Kxh3 46.
Qxh6+ Kxg4 47. Kg2 Kf4 48. Qe6 Re8 49. Bc1+ Kg4 50. f3+ Kh5 51. Qf7+ Kh6 52.
Qf6+ Kh7 53. Qxf5+ Kh8 54. Bxg5 Rg8 55. Qh3+ Kg7 56. Qh6+ Kf7 57. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 7. b3 Re8 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. d3 Ba7 10. Qd2 Bf5 11. h3 h6 12. g4 Be6 13. a3 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. b4
Qd7 16. Ne4 Rad8 17. Rc1 Nde7 18. Rc3 Ng6 19. Rg1 a5 20. bxa5 Nxa5 21. N2g3 c5
22. Nh5 Kh8 23. f4 f5 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Qe2 Qe7 26. Neg3 Nh4 27. Nxf5 Nxf5 28.
Be4 Qh4+ 29. Kd1 Nd6 30. Bg6 Re7 31. Kc1 c4 32. Kb1 exf4 33. dxc4 Bxe3 34. Rd1
Red7 35. Rc2 Qg5 36. Qg4 Qxg4 37. hxg4 f3 38. c5 Ndc4 39. Bxg7+ Kg8 40. Rxd7
Rxd7 41. Bc3 Nxa3+ 42. Ka2 Nxc2 43. Nf6+ Kf8 44. Nxd7+ Ke7 45. Bxc2 Kxd7 46.
Bxa5 Bxc5 47. Kb3 Ke6 48. Bd2 f2 49. Bd3 Ke5 50. Kc4 Be7 51. Bxh6 b5+ 52. Kc3
b4+ 53. Kc4 b3 54. Kxb3 Kd4 55. Be2 Ke4 56. Bc1 Bd6 57. g5 Kf5 58. Bd3+ Ke6 59.
Be3 Be7 60. g6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "222"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Be2 b5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bf3 Rc8 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8
15. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Be7 17. g4 h6 18. h4 Ba8 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Rxc6
21. g5 hxg5 22. hxg5 Nh5 23. Rd7 Bb4 24. Be5 f6 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. Bd4 e5 27.
Nd5 exd4 28. Nxb4 Rc1+ 29. Kg2 dxe3 30. fxe3 a5 31. Nd3 Rd1 32. Nc5 Rc1 33. Nb3
Rc2+ 34. Rd2 Rc7 35. Nxa5 Ng7 36. Nb3 Nf5 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Rd5 Rc2+ 39. Kf3 Nh4+
40. Kg3 Ng6 41. Rd2 Rc7 42. Nd4 b4 43. Nc2 Rb7 44. b3 Ne7 45. Kf3 Nc6 46. Ke2
Ra7 47. Nd4 Ne5 48. Rc2 Ke7 49. Nf5+ Ke6 50. Nd4+ Kd5 51. Nf3 Ng4 52. Rd2+ Kc5
53. Nd4 Rh7 54. Kf3 Ne5+ 55. Ke4 Rh3 56. Ne6+ Kb5 57. Nf4 Rh1 58. Kf5 Rf1 59.
Re2 Nd3 60. Ke4 Ne5 61. Rd2 Ng4 62. Rg2 f5+ 63. Kd3 Rd1+ 64. Ke2 Ra1 65. Kd3
Rd1+ 66. Rd2 Re1 67. Re2 Rd1+ 68. Kc2 Rd6 69. Nd3 Rc6+ 70. Kd2 Ra6 71. Ke1 Re6
72. Kd2 Ra6 73. Kc1 Rc6+ 74. Kd2 Ra6 75. Ke1 Rh6 76. Kd2 Nf6 77. Kc2 Ne4 78.
Rg2 Rc6+ 79. Kb2 Rd6 80. Kc2 Rc6+ 81. Kb2 Nc3 82. a4+ bxa3+ 83. Kxa3 Ra6+ 84.
Kb2 Ra2+ 85. Kxc3 Rxg2 86. Kd4 Rd2 87. e4 f4 88. Kc3 Re2 89. Nxf4 Rxe4 90. Nd3
Rh4 91. Kc2 Rh3 92. Kc3 Rh4 93. Kc2 Kc6 94. Kc3 Kd5 95. Nb4+ Ke4 96. Nc2 Rh3+
97. Kc4 Rh8 98. b4 Rc8+ 99. Kb3 Kd3 100. Na3 Rb8 101. b5 Kd4 102. Kb4 Rh8 103.
b6 Kd5 104. Kb5 Kd6 105. Nc4+ Kd7 106. Na5 Kc8 107. Ka6 Rh1 108. Kb5 Rb1+ 109.
Kc6 Rb2 110. Nc4 Rb1 111. Na5 Rxb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. a3 Qe7 7. e3 b6 8.
axb4 Qxb4+ 9. Qd2 Qxd2+ 10. Nbxd2 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Ke2 Nb4 13. Rhc1 Nxd3 14.
Kxd3 d6 15. b4 Ke7 16. e4 Rhc8 17. Ne1 d5 18. f3 dxc4+ 19. Nxc4 Bc6 20. Nc2 Ne8
21. N2a3 Nd6 22. Nxd6 Kxd6 23. Rc3 f6 24. b5 Bb7 25. Nc4+ Ke7 26. Rca3 Rc7 27.
Nxb6 Rb8 28. Rxa7 f5 29. exf5 Kf6 30. fxe6 Kxe6 31. Nc4 Rbc8 32. Re1+ Kf6 33.
Rxb7 Rxc4 34. Ree7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bc1
Nf6 9. Bc4 e6 10. Bb3 b5 11. O-O Be7 12. Qf3 Qb6 13. Be3 Qb7 14. Qg3 b4 15. Na4
g5 16. f3 Bd7 17. Ne2 Bb5 18. Rfe1 Nbd7 19. c4 Bc6 20. Nd4 Nh5 21. Qf2 Nf4 22.
Qd2 a5 23. a3 bxa3 24. Rxa3 Kf8 25. Bc2 Ne5 26. Nxc6 Qxc6 27. b3 Rg8 28. Nc3
Rg6 29. Nb5 a4 30. Rea1 Rf6 31. Rxa4 Rxa4 32. Rxa4 Nxg2 33. Kxg2 Nxf3 34. Nd4
Nh4+ 35. Kg1 Qb7 36. Bf2 Bd8 37. c5 Qc8 38. cxd6 e5 39. Bxh4 Bb6 40. Bf2 Qg4+
41. Kf1 exd4 42. Rxd4 Qf3 43. Kg1 Qg4+ 44. Kf1 Qf3 45. Kg1 Qg4+ 46. Kf1 Qf3 47.
Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Qd6 7. Nd2 Bf5 8.
e3 c6 9. Qb3 Ne4 10. Ndxe4 Bxe4 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 b6 13. Qb4 Qxb4 14. cxb4
a6 15. a4 Kd7 16. Kd2 Kc7 17. f3 Bg6 18. h4 h5 19. g3 Nd7 20. Bh3 f5 21. Bf4+
Kb7 22. e4 dxe4 23. fxe4 Rhf8 24. Rae1 a5 25. b5 cxb5 26. axb5 Rad8 27. Rc1 Nc5
28. Ke3 Ne6 29. Be5 Rf7 30. Rc6 Re8 31. Rhc1 Bh7 32. exf5 Bxf5 33. Bg2 Ka7 34.
Ra1 Nc5 35. Bd5 Be6 36. Bf3 Bc4 37. Bxh5 Rxe5+ 38. dxe5 Rf5 39. Bg4 Rxe5+ 40.
Kf2 Bxb5 41. Rc7+ Kb8 42. Rxg7 a4 43. h5 Bd3 44. h6 Ne4+ 45. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 a6 8.
Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. Nf3 Bb6 11. h3 O-O 12. Kh1 Be6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 c5 15.
c3 Rc8 16. Bc2 Qe7 17. Rc1 Bd8 18. Bb1 Qb7 19. Qd2 Be7 20. Rce1 Rfe8 21. d4
cxd4 22. cxd4 Qb8 23. d5 Bd7 24. g4 Nh7 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Rg1 g5 27. h4 f6 28.
h5 Nf8 29. b4 Be8 30. Rg3 Nd7 31. Ng1 Nb6 32. Rc1 Nc4 33. Qe1 Rec7 34. Rgc3 Bd7
35. f3 Qa7 36. Ne2 a5 37. bxa5 Qxa5 38. a3 Nxa3 39. Bd3 Rc5 40. Qd2 b4 41. Rxc5
Rxc5 42. Ra1 Bb5 43. Ra2 Bxd3 44. Qxd3 Qb5 45. Qxb5 Rxb5 46. Nc1 Rc5 47. Nd3
Rc3 48. Nxb4 Rxf3 49. Nc6 Rb3 50. Ne7+ Kh7 51. Nf5 Nc4 52. Ra7+ Kh8 53. Nxh6
Ne3 54. Nf7+ Kg8 55. Nxd6 Nxg4 56. Nf5 Nf2+ 57. Kg2 Nxe4 58. d6 Rb8 59. d7 Nc5
60. Rc7 Rb2+ 61. Kf1 Ne6 62. Rc8+ Kf7 63. Re8 Rb1+ 64. Kf2 Rb2+ 65. Ke1 Rb1+
66. Kd2 Rb7 67. Re7+ Kf8 68. h6 Kg8 69. Ke3 g4 70. h7+ Kh8 71. Nh4 Rb3+ 72. Kd2
Nf8 73. Ng6+ Nxg6 74. d8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. Nbc3 O-O 7. d4 d6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. b3 Bf5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Nb5 Qa5 14. Qe1 Bd3
15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Rfe1 Red8 17. Nec3 a6 18. Nc7 Rac8 19. Be7 Rd4 20. Bxf6 Bxf6
21. N7d5 Kg7 22. Nxf6 Kxf6 23. Nd5+ Ke6 24. f4 f6 25. Rad1 Rd8 26. Re3 e4 27.
Bxe4 Rxe4 28. Rdxd3 Rxe3 29. Rxe3+ Kd6 30. Nxf6 Kc5 31. a3 Nc6 32. Nxh7 Rd2 33.
Ng5 Ra2 34. Ne6+ Kd6 35. b4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Nbd2
Nge7 9. Bd4 g6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Bg7 12. Bb5 O-O 13. Bxc6 Nxc6 14. Qe2 a5
15. O-O Rfd8 16. b3 Bf8 17. a3 b6 18. cxb6 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Qxb6 20. Qd3 Rab8 21.
Rfb1 Rdc8 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Qb5 24. Qe3 Bxb4 25. Ra7 Qe8 26. Qf4 Be7 27.
Rxb8 Rxb8 28. h4 Ra8 29. Rb7 Rb8 30. Ra7 Ra8 31. Rb7 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 c6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. h4 g6 10. g4 Bg7 11. g5 h5 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. f4 Qe7 14. O-O-O Nb6 15. c5
Nd7 16. Kb1 Nxe5 17. fxe5 b6 18. Na4 Rb8 19. Rc1 Bd7 20. Bd3 Rfc8 21. Rhf1 Be8
22. Rc2 Qd8 23. Rfc1 Bf8 24. Ka1 Be7 25. Ba6 Rc7 26. Bd3 b5 27. Nc3 b4 28. Na4
b3 29. Rc3 bxa2 30. Ra3 Rcb7 31. Rxa2 Qc7 32. Ra3 Bd8 33. Ka2 a5 34. Rc2 Qe7
35. Rcc3 Rb4 36. Rc2 Qb7 37. Qc3 Bd7 38. Be2 Bc8 39. Qe1 Qa7 40. Qf1 Qb7 41.
Ka1 Rxa4 42. Rxa4 Qb3 43. Bd3 Qxa4+ 44. Kb1 Qb4 45. Rf2 Qb7 46. Kc1 Qe7 47. Rf6
Qe8 48. Rf2 a4 49. Qe1 a3 50. bxa3 Rb3 51. Kc2 Rxa3 52. Qb1 Ba6 53. Bxa6 Rxa6
54. Qb3 Be7 55. Kd3 Qa8 56. Ke2 Ra2+ 57. Kf3 Rxf2+ 58. Kxf2 Bd8 59. Kf3 Kf8 60.
Qb1 Ke8 61. Kg3 Qa7 62. Qb2 Qa6 63. Kf2 Bc7 64. Qb1 Qb5 65. Qa2 Ba5 66. Qa1 Qb4
67. Kf3 Qe1 68. Qa4 Kd7 69. Qb3 Kc7 70. Kg2 Qe2+ 71. Kg1 Qg4+ 72. Kf1 Qxh4 73.
Qa4 Qe1+ 74. Kg2 Qb4 75. Qa1 h4 76. Kf3 Qe1 77. Qb2 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "218"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bf4 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Rc1 a6 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 Nbd7 12. O-O Rfe8 13. e3 Rac8 14. Ne1 c5
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Nd3 Nb6 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 c4 19. Nf4 Qb6 20. Qb4 Qxb4 21.
axb4 Red8 22. Rfd1 Rb8 23. Ra1 g5 24. Ne2 Bc8 25. Nc3 Rxb4 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27.
Bxd5 Kg7 28. Rac1 Rxb2 29. Bxc4 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Bg4 31. Ra1 a5 32. Rxa5 Bf3 33.
Ra1 h6 34. h3 Rc2 35. Bf1 Rb2 36. Re1 Be4 37. Bg2 Bxg2 38. Kxg2 Rc2 39. Ra1 Rb2
40. Ra4 Rb5 41. h4 Kg6 42. Ra6+ Kg7 43. h5 Rc5 44. g4 Rc4 45. Kg3 Rc3 46. Ra1
Rb3 47. Ra4 Rc3 48. Re4 Rb3 49. Kg2 Rb2 50. Ra4 Rc2 51. e4 Rc3 52. Ra7 Rc4 53.
f3 Rc2+ 54. Kg3 Rc5 55. Rd7 Rb5 56. Rd5 Rb3 57. Rf5 Ra3 58. Kf2 Ra2+ 59. Ke3
Ra3+ 60. Kd4 Ra4+ 61. Kc5 Ra6 62. Kb5 Rd6 63. Rd5 Rf6 64. Rd3 Re6 65. Kc5 Ra6
66. Kd5 Ra5+ 67. Kd6 Kf6 68. Rd5 Ra6+ 69. Kd7 Kg7 70. Rd3 Ra7+ 71. Ke8 Ra8+ 72.
Ke7 Ra7+ 73. Kd6 Ra6+ 74. Ke5 Ra5+ 75. Kd4 Kf6 76. Rb3 Ra4+ 77. Ke3 Ra6 78. Rb5
Ra3+ 79. Kf2 Ra7 80. Rf5+ Kg7 81. Rd5 Kf6 82. Rd6+ Kg7 83. Ke3 Ra3+ 84. Rd3 Ra4
85. e5 Ra5 86. Ke4 Ra4+ 87. Rd4 Ra3 88. Rb4 Rc3 89. Rb7 Rc4+ 90. Kd5 Rf4 91.
Rb3 Kf8 92. Rb8+ Kg7 93. Rb3 Kf8 94. Ra3 Ke7 95. Ra6 Rxf3 96. Rxh6 Rf4 97. Rh8
Rxg4 98. h6 Rh4 99. h7 g4 100. Ke4 g3+ 101. Kf3 Rh6 102. Kg2 Rh5 103. e6 Rh6
104. Kxg3 Rh1 105. Kg2 Rh6 106. Kf3 Kf6 107. Kg4 Rg6+ 108. Kh5 Rg1 109. exf7
Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Bf5
8. Bc4 e6 9. O-O h6 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. h3
Rfe8 15. Bb3 c5 16. Rfe1 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Qe7 18. Red1 Bc5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Be3
Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Qd6 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Ne3 Be4 25. Bb3 Bc6 26. Qd3
Nd7 27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. cxd4 Nf6 29. h4 Kf8 30. f3 Ke7 31. Kf2 h5 32. Kg3 g6 33.
Kf4 Kf8 34. Ke5 Ke7 35. d5 Nd7+ 36. Kd4 e5+ 37. Kc3 Bb5 38. d6+ Kf8 39. Kb4 Bc6
40. a4 f5 41. a5 Ke8 42. Be6 f4 43. Nc4 e4 44. fxe4 Bxe4 45. Bh3 Bd5 46. Na3 a6
47. Kc3 Bc6 48. Kd4 Kf7 49. Nc4 Kf6 50. b4 Nf8 51. Nb6 Ne6+ 52. Kc4 Bb5+ 53.
Kd5 f3 54. d7 Ke7 55. g3 f2 56. Nc8+ Kd8 57. Kd6 Nf8 58. Ne7 Bxd7 59. Bg2 Bb5
60. Nd5 f1=Q 61. Bxf1 Bxf1 62. Nf4 Bc4 63. Kc5 Bf7 64. Kd6 Nd7 65. Nd3 Be8 66.
Nf4 Nf8 67. Nd3 Bc6 68. Ne5 Bg2 69. Nf7+ Ke8 70. Ne5 Bh1 71. Nd3 Kf7 72. Nc5
Kf6 73. Nd3 Kf5 74. Kc7 Ne6+ 75. Kd6 Be4 76. Ne5 Nd4 77. Nd7 Nb5+ 78. Kc5 Kg4
79. Nf6+ Kf3 80. Kb6 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2840"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 Ne4 6. Bb4 Bf5 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. Qb3
e6 9. Bxf8 Qxb3 10. axb3 Rxf8 11. Bd3 Nd6 12. Bxf5 Nxf5 13. b4 dxc4 14. b5 Ke7
15. Ke2 Nd6 16. b6 Nd7 17. Na4 f6 18. Rhc1 Nc8 19. Nc5 Rb8 20. Rxc4 Ncxb6 21.
Rb4 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Nd5 23. Rb3 Nc7 24. Nd2 Rfd8 25. Rc3 Rd5 26. Nb3 e5 27. Na5
Ne6 28. Rac1 Kd7 29. b4 Kc7 30. Nc4 Rbd8 31. f3 a5 32. Nxa5 Rd2+ 33. Kf1 Rb2
34. Rb3 Rdd2 35. Rxb2 Rxb2 36. Rc4 g5 37. h4 h6 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Re4 Kb8 40.
g3 Ka7 41. f4 Ka6 42. fxe5 f5 43. Rc4 Kb5 44. Rc1 Rh2 45. Kg1 Re2 46. Nxb7 Rxe3
47. Nd6+ Kxb4 48. Nxf5 Rxe5 49. Nd6 Nxc5 50. Kg2 Rd5 51. Rc4+ Kb3 52. Kf3 Nd7
53. Rxc6 Rd3+ 54. Ke4 Rxg3 55. Nf5 Rc3 56. Rxc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Bd6 7. Qe2+ Qe7
8. Qxe7+ Kxe7 9. O-O Rd8 10. d4 Bg4 11. Nd2 Kf8 12. c3 Bf5 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Ne4
Be7 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. a4 c5 17. Be3 Rac8 18. Bf1 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Nc5 20. Be3 a6 21.
a5 Nb3 22. Ra4 Bc2 23. Bb6 Rd2 24. Rc4 Rxc4 25. Bxc4 Bc5 26. Nf1 Bxb6 27. Nxd2
Nxd2 28. Bd5 Bc7 29. Re2 Bf4 30. g3 Bd3 31. Re1 Bh6 32. f4 Bb5 33. Bxb7 g5 34.
Rd1 Nb3 35. Rd6 Nxa5 36. Bxa6 Be8 37. Rxf6 Bg7 38. Rb6 gxf4 39. gxf4 Ke7 40.
Bb5 Bxb5 41. Rxb5 Nc4 42. Kf2 Ke6 43. Ke2 Bh6 44. Kd3 Nd6 45. Rh5 Nf5 46. Ke4
Nd6+ 47. Kf3 Nf5 48. b4 Bg7 49. b5 Bxc3 50. b6 Ba5 51. b7 Bc7 52. Rxh7 Nd6 53.
Rh6+ Ke7 54. h4 Nxb7 55. Ra6 Nc5 56. Ra7 Kd6 57. h5 Nd7 58. h6 Nf6 59. Ra8 Ke7
60. Rh8 Ke6 61. h7 Bd6 62. Re8+ Nxe8 63. h8=Q Ke7 64. Kg4 Nf6+ 65. Kf5 Nd5 66.
Qh4+ Kd7 67. Qh7 Ke7 68. Qh4+ Kd7 69. Qg4 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e3 Nc6 5. Ne2 e5 6. Nbc3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
a5 9. d3 d6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 b5 15.
bxa5 Qxa5 16. Bd2 b4 17. Qb3 Bg4 18. Nc1 Rb6 19. Na2 Be2 20. Rfc1 Bxd3 21. Qxd3
Qxa2 22. Rxb4 Rfb8 23. Rcb1 Rxb4 24. Rxb4 Rc8 25. e4 Bf8 26. h4 Kg7 27. Be3 Ng8
28. Rb7 Qc2 29. Qxc2 Rxc2 30. Bh3 h5 31. Kg2 Ra2 32. Bg5 Ra4 33. Be6 Nh6 34.
Bxh6+ Kxh6 35. Rxf7 Bg7 36. f3 Ra6 37. Rd7 Bf6 38. Bg8 Bg7 39. Kh3 Rb6 40. Kg2
Ra6 41. Kf1 Rb6 42. Ke2 Ra6 43. Kd2 Ra3 44. Ke2 Ra2+ 45. Kf1 Ra1+ 46. Kg2 Ra6
47. g4 hxg4 48. fxg4 g5 49. hxg5+ Kg6 50. Be6 Bf8 51. Rf7 Ra8 52. Rf5 Be7 53.
Bf7+ Kg7 54. g6 Ra2+ 55. Kf1 Ra4 56. Be8 Bh4 57. Bxa4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. b3 Bd6 8.
Bb2 O-O 9. d3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. h3 Bf5 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Kh2 Rad8 14. a3 a5
15. Nh4 Be6 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. bxc4 b6 18. Nf3 f6 19. Nd2 Bf8 20. Qa4 Nd4 21.
Qxd7 Bxd7 22. e3 Ne6 23. d4 exd4 24. exd4 Ba4 25. Rfe1 Kh8 26. Bd5 Bd7 27. h4
c5 28. dxc5 Nxc5 29. Bd4 Na4 30. Ne4 h6 31. Rcd1 Bg4 32. Rb1 Bf5 33. f3 Bxa3
34. Nxf6 Rxe1 35. Rxe1 Bb2 36. Bxb2 Nxb2 37. Ne8 b5 38. h5 Nxc4 39. Nc7 a4 40.
Bc6 a3 41. Bxb5 Nd2 42. Ra1 Nxf3+ 43. Kg2 Bg4 44. Kf2 Rc8 45. Rxa3 Nd4 46. Ra4
Nxb5 47. Nxb5 Bxh5 48. Nd4 Rf8+ 49. Kg2 Be8 50. Ra7 Bf7 51. Rd7 Kg8 52. Nf5 Be6
53. Rxg7+ Kh8 54. Rg6 Bxf5 55. Rxh6+ Kg7 56. Rh4 Kg6 57. Rf4 Kg5 58. Kf3 Ra8
59. Kf2 Ra3 60. Rd4 Kf6 61. Rf4 Ke5 62. Rh4 Be4 63. Rg4 Kd4 64. Rf4 Ra2+ 65.
Kg1 Ke3 66. Rf8 Rg2+ 67. Kf1 Rh2 68. Ke1 Ra2 69. Rd8 Rg2 70. Kf1 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Be2 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 e5 14. O-O exd4
15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Bf3 Re8 17. Rfd1 a5 18. a3 Bd7 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Rxc5 Bg4 21.
Bxg4 Nxg4 22. Nf5 Nf6 23. Nd6 Red8 24. Rcc1 Rd7 25. Nc4 Re7 26. f3 b5 27. Nb6
Ra6 28. Rxc6 Rxe3 29. Nd5 Rxc6 30. Nxe3 g6 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Rb8 Rc5 33. b4 Rc3
34. Kf2 Rxa3 35. bxa5 Rxa5 36. Rb7 h5 37. h4 Ne8 38. g4 hxg4 39. Nxg4 Ra2+ 40.
Kf1 Nd6 41. Rd7 Nf5 42. Ne5 Kf6 43. f4 Nh6 44. Rb7 Rb2 45. Nd3 Rh2 46. Rb6+ Kg7
47. Rxb5 Nf5 48. Rb7 Rxh4 49. Kf2 Nd6 50. Rd7 Ne4+ 51. Kf3 Nf6 52. Ra7 Rh3+ 53.
Ke2 Nd5 54. Rd7 Nf6 55. Ra7 Ng4 56. Rb7 Re3+ 57. Kd2 Re8 58. Ra7 Kf6 59. Ra6+
Re6 60. Ra5 Re7 61. Rb5 Ra7 62. Ke2 Nh6 63. Ne5 Nf5 64. Rb6+ Kg7 65. Kf3 Ra3+
66. Kf2 Ra4 67. Kf3 Nd4+ 68. Ke3 Ne6 69. f5 gxf5 70. Rb7 Re4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
Ne7 9. Nge2 Nbc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qd2 Nf5 13. Rac1 Re8 14. Na4 Qa5
15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. b3 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bg4 19. Kf2 Bxe2 20. Kxe2 Nxd4+
21. Kf2 Nf5 22. Rd3 Nxe3 23. Bxd5 Rad8 24. Be4 Ng4+ 25. Kg2 Rxd3 26. Bxd3 Rd8
27. Be2 Rd2 28. Rc8+ Bf8 29. Nc3 Rc2 30. Kf3 Nxh2+ 31. Ke3 Kg7 32. Kd3 Rc1 33.
Rb8 Bd6 34. Rxb7 Bxg3 35. Ne4 Bf4 36. Rxa7 h5 37. b4 Ng4 38. Nc5 Bd6 39. Kd4
Ne5 40. Ra6 Bc7 41. Kd5 h4 42. Ra7 Bb8 43. Ra3 Re1 44. Na6 Rxe2 45. Nxb8 g5 46.
Rh3 Ng6 47. Rh1 Nf4+ 48. Kd4 Rxa2 49. Nc6 Rd2+ 50. Ke4 Nh5 51. Rb1 Ng3+ 52. Ke3
Rd6 53. b5 h3 54. b6 Rxc6 55. b7 Rc3+ 56. Kf2 Ne4+ 57. Kg1 Rg3+ 58. Kh2 g4 59.
Rb2 Re3 60. b8=Q Ng5 61. Rb3 g3+ 62. Qxg3 Rxg3 63. Kxg3 Kg6 64. Rb4 f6 65. Rb6
Kf5 66. Rb5+ Kg6 67. Kg4 h2 68. Rb1 Ne4 69. Rf1 h1=Q 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nb3 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bf1 Nbd7 12. Nd5 e6 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. Bf4 Ne5 15.
Qd2 Rfd8 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Bg5 Rd7 18. Qf4 Ne8 19. Qh4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. Nd2
Qb4 22. Rab1 d5 23. exd5 Qxh4 24. Bxh4 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Nf3 Rc8 27. c3
Rc4 28. Rbd1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rxa4 30. h3 Bf6 31. Bg3 Ra2 32. Rd2 b5 33. Ne5 h5
34. Nc6 a5 35. Be5 Kg7 36. Rd7 Rxb2 37. f4 Kf8 38. Ra7 Bh4 39. g4 Bf2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2016.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Rb1 a5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. a3 Re8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Bg7 14. b5 Ne7 15.
Nd2 e4 16. Qc2 e3 17. fxe3 Nf5 18. Nd1 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Rxe3 20. Rbe1 Qe8 21. Bd5
Bf5 22. Be4 Bd4 23. Kg2 Bxe4+ 24. Nxe4 f5 25. Nf2 Qe7 26. Nd1 Re6 27. Qd2 Kg7
28. e3 Bf6 29. Re2 c6 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. d4 Re8 32. Rfe1 Qb7 33. Nf2 c5+ 34. d5
Re5 35. e4 Qe7 36. Qd3 fxe4 37. Nxe4 Kh7 38. Qf3 Bg7 39. h4 Rf8 40. Qd3 Kh8 41.
Nf2 Qf7 42. Ng4 Rxe2+ 43. Qxe2 h5 44. Nf2 Bd4 45. Nh3 Be5 46. Ng5 Qf5 47. Nf3
Bc3 48. Rc1 Bf6 49. Rf1 Bg7 50. Rf2 Qd7 51. Qe4 Qf5 52. Qxf5 Rxf5 53. Ra2 Rf8
54. Ra6 Rb8 55. Rxd6 Rb4 56. Ng5 Bd4 57. Rxg6 Rxc4 58. d6 Rc2+ 59. Kf3 Rf2+ 60.
Ke4 Rf8 61. d7 Bg7 62. d8=R Rxd8 63. Nf7+ Kh7 64. Rxg7+ Kxg7 65. Nxd8 Kf6 66.
Nc6 c4 67. Nb4 Ke6 68. Nd5 Kd6 69. Kd4 Ke6 70. Kxc4 Kf5 71. Nf4 Kg4 72. Ne2 Kf3
73. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd Jan 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kouzari, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2886"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.01.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "PRO League Atlantic"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Biag, Ivan Gil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Miami Champions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UAE"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qd3 c5 10. Bd2 a6 11. b3 b5 12. Rab1 Rb8 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Ba6 15.
a4 Qb6 16. b4 cxb4 17. Rxb4 Ne4 18. Ng5 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Bh6 20. Rh4 Bxg5 21. Qxg5
Bxb5 22. axb5 Rf7 23. Rb1 Nb7 24. Ra4 Nc5 25. Raa1 Kg7 26. Qe3 Qc7 27. Qd4+ Rf6
28. e3 Qb6 29. h4 h5 30. Bf3 Kf7 31. Kg2 Kg8 32. Ra2 Rff8 33. Be2 Kf7 34. f3
Rfc8 35. Rbb2 Nd7 36. Qxb6 Nxb6 37. e4 Rc3 38. Rc2 Rbc8 39. Rxc3 Rxc3 40. Ra6
Nd7 41. Ra7 Nf6 42. exf5 gxf5 43. b6 Rc2 44. Kf1 Rb2 45. b7 Nd7 46. f4 Rb1+ 47.
Kg2 Rb2 48. Kf1 Rb1+ 49. Kg2 Rb2 50. Kf1 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Atlantic"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Barbosa, Oliver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Miami Champions"]
[BlackTeam "New York Knights"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UAE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Re8 11. a3 Ba5 12. Rfd1 e5 13. Bf1 exd4 14. exd4 Bxc3
15. Bxc3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nb6 17. Ba5 Qd6 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Qb3 Qc7 20. a4 Rad8
21. Rac1 Ne4 22. Qf3 Nd6 23. Bb3 Qe7 24. d5 c5 25. a5 Qc7 26. Qc3 Re2 27. Bc2
c4 28. Bd3 Re7 29. axb6 Qxb6 30. Bxc4 Nxc4 31. Qxc4 Qxb2 32. d6 Red7 33. Rd5 h6
34. Rcd1 Qf6 35. Qb4 Qe6 36. h4 h5 37. g3 Qf6 38. Qb6 g6 39. R1d3 Re8 40. Kg2
Re5 41. Qc5 Rxd5 42. Rxd5 Kg7 43. Rd2 Qe6 44. f3 Qf6 45. Qd5 Qe6 46. Qd4+ Qf6
47. Qb4 Qe6 48. Qc3+ Qf6 49. Qc5 Qe6 50. Kf2 Qf6 51. Qd5 Qc3 52. Rd3 Qb2+ 53.
Rd2 Qc3 54. f4 Kg8 55. Rd3 Qb2+ 56. Kf3 Qa1 57. Rd1 Qc3+ 58. Kg2 Qb2+ 59. Kh3
Qe2 60. Qd4 Qg4+ 61. Kg2 Qe2+ 62. Kg1 Kh7 63. Rd2 Qf3 64. Kh2 b5 65. Qc5 Qb7
66. f5 b4 67. fxg6+ fxg6 68. Qe5 b3 69. Rf2 Rf7 70. Re2 Qa7 71. Qb2 Qb6 72. Rd2
Qb7 73. Qd4 Rf1 74. Rg2 Rf7 75. Re2 Qb5 76. Rd2 Rd7 77. Qc3 Qb6 78. Qe5 Qb4 79.
Rf2 Qb8 80. Qe6 Qb7 81. Rf8 b2 82. Qe8 Rd8 83. Rf7+ Qxf7 84. Qxf7+ Kh6 85. Qf4+
Kh7 86. Qf7+ Kh6 87. Qb7 Rxd6 88. Qxb2 Rd8 89. Qc1+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Atlantic"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Paragua, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Miami Champions"]
[BlackTeam "New York Knights"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UAE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. Qc1
Bg4 9. Nbd2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Be7 13. a3 O-O 14. c4 dxc4 15.
Nxc4 Qd8 16. Nfe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bh5 18. Qb1 Rc8 19. h3 Bd6 20. g4 Bg6 21. Rd1
Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Nd5 23. Bg3 f6 24. Nf7 Rxf7 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. e4 Rd7 27. exd5 Qe5
28. Qb5 Rcd8 29. Qa4 b5 30. Qxb5 Rxd5 31. Qf1 h5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Re1 Qf4 34.
Rxe6 hxg4 35. Re8+ Kf7 36. Qe2 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Atlantic"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.01.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Miami Champions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UAE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 h6 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Nf1 Bxb3 11. Qxb3 Re8 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Qd7 14. Rad1
Ne7 15. Nh4 c6 16. Nef5 Nxf5 17. Nxf5 g6 18. Ne3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. g3 Re7
21. d4 e4 22. c4 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Kh7 24. d5 cxd5 25. Rxd5 Qa4 26. Qb3 Qc6 27. Qb4
Rae8 28. Qc3 b5 29. Rd4 bxc4 30. Qxc4 Qb7 31. Qb4 Qc6 32. Qc4 Qb7 33. Qb4 Qa8
34. Qb3 Qa7 35. Qe3 Qb6 36. b3 h5 37. h4 Qa5 38. Qd2 Qxd2 39. Rxd2 e3 40. Rxe3
Rxe3 41. fxe3 Rxe3 42. Kf2 Rc3 43. Rb2 Kg7 44. a4 a5 45. b4 axb4 46. Rxb4 Ra3
47. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gulamali, Kazim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Na6 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Bf4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be4 11. Bf1 c6 12. Nd2 Bg6 13. e4 Nc7 14. h4 h6 15. e5
d5 16. exd6 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Bg2 Rac8 19. Qa4 c5 20. Nb3 cxd4 21. Nxd4 a6
22. Nc6 b5 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. cxb4 bxc4 25. Ne7+ Kh7 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27. Re5 Rb8
28. Rc5 Nd5 29. a3 Bd3 30. Bf1 Bxf1 31. Kxf1 c3 32. Ke2 Kg6 33. Rd1 Kf5 34. Rd4
Ke5 35. Rdc4 Rb7 36. Rxc3 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Santos Ruiz, Miguel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. h4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Kb1 a6 12. Qd2 b6 13. Rh3 Bb7 14. a3 Qc5
15. h5 Rfe8 16. h6 Rac8 17. Be3 Qa5 18. hxg7 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bd3 Qxd2
21. Bxd2 Bxd3 22. cxd3 Bf6 23. Rdh1 Bxg7 24. Rxh7 Rc5 25. Bc3 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Kf8
27. Rh8+ Ke7 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. Kc2 Re5 30. Rd1 Kd7 31. Rd2 Kc6 32. c4 Re1 33.
Kc3 Rc1+ 34. Kb2 Rg1 35. g3 Kc5 36. Kc3 Rc1+ 37. Kb2 Rf1 38. Kc3 Rc1+ 39. Kb2
Rf1 40. Kc3 d5 41. cxd5 exd5 42. Re2 a5 43. f4 Ra1 44. Kb2 Rg1 45. Kc3 Rxg3 46.
Re7 d4+ 47. Kc2 Kb5 48. Rxf7 Ka4 49. Rd7 Rg2+ 50. Kc1 Kxa3 51. Rxd4 b5 52. Rd5
Kb4 53. f5 a4 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gopal, Geetha Narayanan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. g3 e5 10. Nf5 Be6 11. O-O-O g6 12. Ne3 Rc8 13. Ned5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
Rc5 15. b4 Rxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. h4 h5 18. Kb2 Bg7 19. c3 O-O 20. a3 f5 21. Ka2
Qc7 22. c4 e4 23. Qd2 a5 24. b5 Qc5 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Be5 27. Rg1 b6 28.
Be2 Kf7 29. Rdf1 Ke7 30. Kb3 Rc8 31. a4 Rc7 32. Kc2 Rc8 33. Kd2 Rh8 34. Rf4
Bxf4 35. gxf4 Kf6 36. Kc3 Rc8 37. Kd4 Be8 38. Bd1 Bf7 39. Bb3 Rc7 40. Ba2 Rc8
41. Bb3 Rc7 42. Ba2 Rc8 43. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 {Traditionally Black avoided transposing to a
reversed Dragon structure, but lately players have learned how to deal with
this structure in general and the last move has become popular.} 4. Na3 ({
In the Catalan it is always advisable to re-capture on c4 with the knight, if
this is possible, but here the merits of the last move over} 4. Qa4+ {are
debatable. The point is that in the reversed Dragon the knight stands best on
c3, controlling e4 and d5. Besides, the queen's early incursion may generate
interesting complications.} Nc6 5. Bg2 ({This looks like the most challenging
move order. If} 5. Qxc4 {allows Black to develop normally and causes later
time loss with the queen.} Bg7 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nc3 h6 10.
Qa4 Bd7 11. Qa3 Nf5 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Rac1 b6 14. Rfe1 a5 15. b3 Rc8 16. Qb2 Ncd4
17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Ne4 c5 $15 {Nakamura,H (2793)-Caruana,F (2787) Saint Louis
2015 (½-½, 152)}) 5... Bg7 6. O-O e5 {The most principled move, continuing
the natural development.} (6... Nh6 7. Qxc4 Nf5 {Arsovic,Z (2401)-Nakar,E 
(2473) Albena 2015 (½-½, 52). This move followed by ...e7-e5 supposes
transposing to the main setup in which Black plays ...Ne7-f5 earlier than
usual.}) (6... Bd7 7. Qxc4 e5 {practically loses a tempo, since Black will
play ...Be6 later anyway.}) 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qxc6+ Bd7 10. Qe4 f6
11. f4 Bf5 12. Qc6+ Bd7 13. Qe4 Bf5 14. Qe3 Bh3 (14... Qd4 15. fxe5 Qxe3+ 16.
dxe3 fxe5 17. e4 Bxe4 18. Nc3 Bc6 19. Bg5 Rb8 20. Rad1 h6 21. Bf6 $14 {Kramnik,
V (2812)-So,W (2770) Paris 2016 (1-0, 29)}) 15. Rf3 Ne7 (15... Bg4 $2 16. Rf2
Qd4 17. fxe5 Qxe3 18. dxe3 fxe5 19. Na3 O-O-O 20. Nxc4 $16 {Rapport,R (2654)
-Bacrot,E (2705) Calvi 2013 (1-0, 41)}) (15... Nh6 $5 16. fxe5 Ng4 17. Qc5 Nxe5
18. Re3 $13) 16. fxe5 Nf5 17. Qa3 Qd4+ 18. Rf2 fxe5 19. Qa4+ Ke7 20. Nc3 (20.
d3 $5 cxd3 21. Bg5+ Kf7 22. Qxd4 exd4 23. exd3 h6 24. Bd2 Rhe8 25. Na3 Kg8 $13)
20... Raf8 21. d3 cxd3 22. Bg5+ Ke6 $13 {Zhigalko,A (2591)-Ding,L (2753) Baku
2016 (½-½, 45)}) 4... Bg7 5. Nxc4 Nc6 6. d3 e5 7. Bd2 {It is not entirely
clear what the talented Hungarian had in mind when delaying castling, but the
game will later transpose to normal paths.} ({The only line with independent
value is} 7. Bg2 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rb1 {since in our main game the rook soon
landed on c1.} Be6 (9... a5 {delays b2-b4 for a long time but slightly weakens
the queenside and offers White the opportunity of completing his development.}
10. b3 f6 11. Bb2 Be6 12. a3 Qd7 13. Qc2 Nf5 14. Rfd1 Ra6 $6 {The rook does
not display any form of activity here and will soon become vulnerable to b4-b5.
} 15. e3 Qf7 16. Bc3 Rb8 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6][%cal Gb4b5,Re6c4]
} b5 19. Ncd2 Bf8 20. Ne4 Ra2 21. Rb2 Rxb2 22. Qxb2 Ra8 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Nxe5
Ra2 25. Nxc6 Qf7 26. Ne5 $16 {Khairullin,I (2652)-Ragger,M (2698) Berlin 2015 
(1-0, 98). We will use this game as reference for the ulterior course of the
main game.}) 10. b4 (10. Bd2 e4) 10... b5 11. Na3 $6 {This places the knight
on a unfavourable route and if Black had continued energetically White would
not have been able to execute the threat on b5.} (11. Na5 {Loew,G (2287)-Teich,
U (2126) Bad Wiessee 2000 (1-0, 38), looks better.} Bxa2 12. Rb2 Bd5 13. e4 Be6
14. Be3 {with excellent play on the dark squares in exchange for the pawn.})
11... Bxa2 ({Now and later Black refrains in vain from} 11... e4 {clearing the
path for the second bishop and creating a trap for the rook.} 12. Ng5 Bxa2 13.
Rb2 Bxb2 14. Bxb2 exd3 {This may look double-edged but White is not in time to
create dangerous threats along the dark diagonal.} 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Qxd3 Ncxb4
17. Qd4 f6 {with huge black material advantage and only partial compensation
for White}) 12. Rb2 Be6 (12... e4 $1 13. Rxa2 exf3 14. Bxf3 Nxb4) 13. Nxb5 Rb8
14. Qa4 a6 15. Nc3 $14 {Svidler,P (2745)-Gelfand,B (2743) Moscow 2016 (1-0, 49)
, After Black's hesitations things have calmed down and White has an enjoyable
reversed Dragon.}) 7... Nge7 8. Rc1 Be6 (8... O-O {could transpose to an
earlier game by Nakamura:} 9. Bg2 ({Gledura might have intended either} 9. h4 {
or}) (9. b4) 9... Nd5 10. O-O h6 11. a3 Be6 (11... a5 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 {
[%csl Ge5]}) 12. b4 a6 13. e4 Nb6 (13... Nde7 14. Bc3 f6 15. Bb2 {[%cal Gd3d4]}
Bg4 16. a4 b5 17. Ne3 $36) 14. Na5 Qxd3 (14... Nxa5 15. bxa5 Nd7 16. Be3 $14 {
[%cal Gd1d2,Gc1b1,Gf1c1]}) 15. Nxb7 $16 {Carlsen,M (2853)-Nakamura,H (2787)
chess.com INT 2016 (1-0, 61)}) (8... a5 {looks more restrictive, with possible
transposition to the game after} 9. Bg2 Be6) 9. Bg2 ({With the rook freer than
in Svidler-Gelfand above there is no obvious reason to refrain from} 9. b4)
9... a5 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 {Preparing the slow queenside expansion, which will
never occur in the game, though.} (11. Bc3 f6 12. b3 Nd5 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. a3 Bh3
$6 15. e4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nde7 17. d4 $14 {Schreiner,P (2463)-Landa,K (2601)
Germany 2016 (½-½, 50)}) 11... f6 {Black usually waits until the e5-pawn is
attacked before playing this consolidating move.} (11... Qd7 12. Bc3 f6 13. Qc2
(13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Qc2 Nd5 15. Bd2 {White's play is quite illogical.} g5 16. Qb1
{Petrosian,T (2651)-Pashikian,A (2617) Yerevan 2014 (1-0, 45)} h5 $5 $36) 13...
b5 $6 14. Ncd2 a4 15. Ne4 $14 {Petrosian,T (2611)-Carlsen,M (2851) chess.com
INT 2016 (½-½, 101)}) (11... h6 {looks like a mere loss of time.} 12. Bc3 f6
13. Qd2 $6 (13. a3 $1 {[%cal Gd1c2]}) 13... a4 14. Bb2 $2 {Carelessly
releasing the control over a5.} (14. e4 $5 axb3 15. axb3 b5 $2 16. Na5 $14) (
14. Rfd1) 14... axb3 15. axb3 b5 $1 16. Ne3 Na5 17. Qb4 Nxb3 18. Ng5 hxg5 19.
Bxa8 c5 20. Rxc5 Qxa8 $17 {Pantsulaia,L (2601)-So,W (2782) Baku 2016 (0-1, 37)}
) 12. Qc2 {Gledura lost the game mainly because he delayed a2-a3 for too long.}
(12. a3 $5 Qd7 (12... Nd5 13. e4 Nde7 14. Be3 {[%cal Gd3d4]} Bg4 $6 15. b4 $14)
13. Bc3 Nd5 14. Bb2 {allows White to play according to the plan from
Khairulin-Ragger above.}) (12. Qe1 $6 {is the start of a contorted and not
really effective regrouping.} b6 13. Rc2 Qd7 14. Qc1 Rac8 15. Re1 {Sagit,R 
(2375)-Tari,A (2556) Stockholm 2016 (1-0, 60)} Rfd8 $5) 12... Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8
14. Bc3 ({Now was the last moment for playing} 14. a3) 14... Nd5 15. Bb2 Bh6 {
Kindly inviting White's next move, which facilitates ...a5-a4 indirectly.} (
15... a4 {does not yield too much yet:} 16. bxa4 Ndb4 (16... Bh6 17. Nfd2) 17.
Qb1 Rxa4 18. a3 Nd5 19. e3 $13) 16. e3 {This is the only way of keeping all
the pieces on optimal squares but it weakens the d3-pawn.} (16. Rb1 $2 Ncb4 $19
{traps the queen.}) (16. Ra1 a4 17. bxa4 Ncb4 {leaves White very passive.}) ({
Or if} 16. Nfd2 $5 {the pin is quite unpleasant.} Nd4 17. Bxd4 exd4 $17) 16...
a4 $1 $17 17. a3 {Gledura plays the delayed pawn move at an unfavourable
moment, possibly based on a miscalculation. But there was no easy way out of
his troubles:} (17. d4 Ncb4 18. Qb1 e4 19. Qxe4 Nxa2 $19) (17. bxa4 Ndb4 18.
Qb1 Rxa4 {[%csl Gd3]} 19. a3 (19. d4 e4 $17 20. Qxe4 Nxa2 {[%csl Gc1,Gc4]}) (
19. Ba3 b5 $17) 19... Nxd3) 17... axb3 18. Qb1 {Equivalent to resignation.} ({
Gledura might have initially planned} 18. Qxb3 {but then noticed one of the
following winning lines:} b5 (18... Nxe3 {is also interesting} 19. fxe3 Bxe3+
20. Kh1 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Qxd3 22. Qxd3 Rxd3 {with a decisive material advantage.})
19. Qxb5 Rdb8 20. Qc5 Bf8 $19) 18... Bf8 19. d4 exd4 20. Bxd4 (20. Nxd4 Nxd4
21. Rxd4 Qf7 {[%csl Ra3,Gb3][%cal Gc7c6,Gb7b5]}) 20... Qf7 21. Qxb3 $2 {
Losing material in a desperate position.} (21. Bb2 $17) 21... Nb6 $1 22. Nfd2 (
22. Bxb6 Bxc4 {[%csl Ga3,Gd1]}) 22... Nxc4 23. Nxc4 Na5 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Rc1 d6 (9... c5 {is more popular nowadays.}) 10. d5 Nxd2 (10... Nxc3 11.
Bxc3 Bxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 {is the main alternative.} 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. f4 exf4 $5 15.
gxf4 a5 16. e4 Qf6 $6 (16... c6 $5 $132) 17. Nb3 $16 {Magerramov,E-Naumkin,I/
Sankt-Petersburg/1992/Inf 55/525/}) 11. Nxd2 $1 (11. Qxd2 e5 {brings Black
good results.} (11... Qe7 $5 12. e4 Nd7 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qd2 a5 16.
f4 Nc5 17. f5 f6 18. Bf3 $14 {Karpov,A-Salov,V/Reykjavik/1991/1:0 (67)/Inf 52/
534/}) 12. h4 Nd7 13. Bh3 g6 14. e4 Bg7 15. h5 Nf6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Kg2 Qe7
18. Rh1 $14 {Epishin,V-Ehlvest,J/Terrassa/1991/1:0 (38)/Inf 52/535/}) 11... e5
(11... Kh8 12. Nde4 Bxc3 13. Rxc3 (13. Nxc3 e5 14. f4 Nd7 15. f5 a5 16. Qd2 Qe7
17. Be4 f6 18. Nd1 Nc5 19. Bg2 Bc8 20. Rc3 Bd7 21. b3 b5 $132 {1/2 (30) Hebden,
M (2530)-Adams,M (2555) London 1990}) 13... Nd7 14. f4 (14. h4 Qe7 15. Qc2 Nf6
16. Nxf6 Qxf6 17. e4 $14 {Ftacnik,L-Karpov,An/Dubai(ol)/1986/}) 14... Qe7 15.
Qc2 Nf6 16. Nxf6 Qxf6 17. e4 $14 {1/2 (34) Ftacnik,L (2475)-Karpov,A (2725)
Dubai 1986}) (11... Bxc3 $5 12. Rxc3 e5 (12... Kh8 13. e4 $14) 13. f4 Nd7 14.
f5 $14 {1/2 (31) Hakki,I (2429)-Mansour,S (2269) Amman 2008 needs more tests.})
12. b4 (12. e4 Nd7 13. Bh3 a5 14. a3 Bg5 15. b4 g6 16. Qc2 Bh6 17. Rcd1 Ba6 18.
Qd3 Bc8 19. Kg2 Kh8 {1/2 (19) Hort,V (2595)-Najdorf,M (2510) Buenos Aires 1980
MCL [Chekhov]}) (12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 Nd7 14. Nde4 (14. e4 Re8 15. b4 a5 16. a3
Ba6 17. Kh1 Bd4 18. Rf3 {1-0 (30) Inkiov,V (2470)-Hoeksema,H (2380) Groningen
1989} g6 $15) 14... Bh4 15. Ng3 f5 (15... Re8 $5) 16. Bh3 g6 17. e4 fxe4 18.
Be6+ Kh8 19. Ncxe4 Nc5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Rc2 Bf6 {1/2 (21) Huzman,A (2475)
-Tsarev,V (2415) Kiev 1989}) (12. Nce4 Be7 13. c5 {1/2 (75) Gonda,L (2528)
-Kovacevic,A (2549) Hungary 2012} dxc5 14. d6 cxd6 15. Nf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxb7 Nd7
17. Bxa8 Qxa8 $13) (12. Nde4 $5 {may be the most promising:} Be7 {[%cal Yf7f5]}
(12... Nd7 13. f4 Be7 (13... exf4 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. gxf4 Rae8 16. e4 $14) 14.
f5 $1 (14. Nf2 exf4 15. gxf4 Re8 16. e4 Bf8 17. Qf3 {1-0 (39) Lerner,K (2495)
-Platonov,I (2435) Tashkent 1980 MCL [Moiseev]} g6 $132) 14... Bg5 15. Nxg5
Qxg5 16. Ne4 $14 Qe7 (16... Qe3+ $142 17. Kh1 Nc5) 17. f6 Nxf6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6
19. Be4 $16 {1-0 (28) Erdelyi,T (2330)-Gelfer,I (2315) Kobanya 1988}) 13. c5 $5
bxc5 (13... f5 14. c6 Bc8 15. Nd2 {[%csl Rb8,Rc8]}) 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. d6 (15.
Qb3 $5) 15... Bxg2 16. dxe7 Qxe7 17. Kxg2 Nd7 18. Nd5 Qd6 19. Ne3 Rfd8 20. Qd5
Qxd5+ 21. Nxd5 Nb6 22. Nxc7 Rac8 23. Rfd1 $14 {1/2 (69) Delchev,A (2622)
-Feller,S (2640) Belfort 2012}) 12... a5 (12... Nd7 $5 13. Nb3 {[%cal Yc4c5]}
Ba6 14. c5 bxc5 15. bxc5 Bg5 16. Rc2 f5 17. c6 Nb6 18. Re1 Qe8 19. e4 f4 $132 {
0-1 (52) Ibrahimli,M (2203)-Shevchenko,K (2438) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2016}) 13.
a3 axb4 (13... Nd7 14. Nb3 Be7 $6 (14... Ba6 $5) 15. c5 axb4 16. axb4 bxc5 17.
bxc5 Ba6 18. c6 Nb6 19. Ra1 f5 20. Qc2 g6 21. Ra5 Bc4 22. Rfa1 $16 {1-0 (45)
Ponomariov,R (2738)-Alekseev,E (2640) Sochi 2006}) (13... Bg5 $5 14. c5 (14.
Rb1 {1-0 (41) Antic,D (2505)-Jakab,A (2412) Budapest 2006} Nd7) (14. e3 $5)
14... axb4 15. axb4 bxc5 16. bxc5 Na6 17. cxd6 (17. c6 Bc8 18. Ra1 Rb8) 17...
cxd6 18. Rb1 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Bc8 20. Ra1 Bd7 21. Ne4 Bf5 22. Qd3 Bxe4 23. Bxe4
Nc5 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Qf5 g6 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Qxg6 Qxd5 29. Qh6+
Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Qg6+ {1/2 (32) Sriram,J (2430)-Friedel,J 
(2519) Manchester 2016}) 14. axb4 Na6 $2 {[%csl Ra6][%mdl 16384] Not a good
square for the knight, which will be out of play for the rest of the game!} (
14... Bg5 $142 15. e3 f5 $13) 15. Qb3 Bg5 (15... g6 16. Nde4 Be7 17. Nb5 f5 18.
Nec3 Qd7 19. Ra1 h5 20. Ra4 h4 21. Rfa1 Kg7 22. R1a3 Rh8 23. Qa2 Qc8 24. e4 Bg5
25. exf5 gxf5 26. Ne2 hxg3 27. Rxg3 Kf6 28. f4 $16 {1-0 (50) Laznicka,V (2657)
-Socko,B (2624) Grosseto Prugna 2015}) 16. e3 f5 17. f4 Bf6 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19.
Nf3 {[%mdl 32] White is fighting for the centre.} Kh8 $6 {Black's position is
difficult but this voluntary exchange of his only active minor piece
aggravates his problems.} (19... Bf6 20. Nb5 {[%cal Yf3d4]}) 20. Nxe5 dxe5 {
After this modification of the pawn structure c4-c5 becomes a serious threat.}
21. Nb5 Qd7 22. Qc3 Rae8 23. Rcd1 Rf6 (23... e4 24. Bh3 {[%cal Yb5d4]}) 24. e4
$1 fxe4 25. Bxe4 {[%csl Re5]} c6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This loses at once.} (25...
Rxf1+ $142 26. Rxf1 g6 $16) 26. dxc6 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Bxc6 28. Qf3 $1 {[%cal
Re4c6,Rf3f8]} 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e5 8.
d3 Be7 9. O-O Be6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. c4 e4 12. Ne1 exd3 13. Nxd3 Qd7 14. Be3 b6
15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 bxc5 18. Bxc6+ Ke7 19. Rb3 Bxc4 20. Rd7+
Kf6 21. Rf3+ Kg6 22. Rd6+ Be6 23. Be4+ Kh5 24. Ra6 Rb2 25. Rc3 Rc8 26. Bf3+ Kg5
27. h4+ Kf5 28. a4 Rc7 29. Ra5 Bd7 30. Rcxc5+ Rxc5 31. Rxc5+ Ke6 32. Ra5 Rb4
33. Ra6+ Ke7 34. a5 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Be5 Ng7 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Be5 Ng7 14. Bg3 Nh5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 a6
15. Rc1 d4 16. Be4 dxe3 17. Bxe3 Bxe3 18. Qxd8 Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Rfxd8 20. Bxc6
bxc6 21. Ne5 f6 22. Nxc6 Rd3 23. a4 Be8 24. Rb2 Kf8 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Rd6
27. Rbc2 Rd5 28. Rb2 Rd6 29. Rbc2 Rd5 30. Rb2 Rd6 31. Rbc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.02.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Ke7 10. b3 b6 11. Be2 a5 12. Ne5 Ba6 13. Ndc4 Nfd7 14. Nxd7
Nxd7 15. Bb2 f6 16. Rfd1 Rhd8 17. a3 Rac8 18. Rdc1 Bb7 19. Bc3 Bd5 20. b4 axb4
21. axb4 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Bd6 23. Be1 f5 24. h3 Nf6 25. Kf1 Rc7 26. Bb3 Rxc1 27.
Rxc1 Ra8 28. Rc6 Nd7 29. Rc1 Ra3 30. Bc4 Nf6 31. Ke2 g5 32. Rc2 h5 33. f3 b5
34. Ra2 Rxa2+ 35. Bxa2 Nd5 36. Bxd5 exd5 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 fxg4 39. fxg4 Ke6
40. Kd3 Be7 41. e4 dxe4+ 42. Kxe4 Bd6 43. Bd2 Be7 44. Be1 Bd6 45. Bd2 Be7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before the last round, David Anton Guijarro was leading by half a point.
Romain Edouard and Hikaru Nakamura were amongst the 8 players who were half a
point behind.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 (6. d5
{might lead to a Benoni-like type of pawn structure with mutual chances and no
connection to the true Benoni.}) 6... h6 7. Bh4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. e3 (9. cxd5
g5 $1 10. Bg3 Qxd5 11. e3 Qxa2 {Cavajda - Peuraniemi, 2012, corr. The game
eventually finished in a draw.}) 9... e5 $5 {This idea was (first?) played by
GM Alexey Kuzmin back in 1987. Hikaru Nakamura was born in that year, while
Romain Edouard is even several years younger.} 10. Nf3 d4 {This idea must have
surprised White, who started spending a lot of time. For good reason, as the
position is very tricky and any mistake might have serious consequences.} 11.
exd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 $6 {This might be inaccurate.} (12. Qxd4 {was probably
better.} Qe7+ (12... g5 13. Bg3 Re8+ 14. Be2 Qe7 15. O-O Nc6 16. Qe3 Bxc3 17.
bxc3 Qxe3 18. fxe3 Ne4 {Lednev - Peuraniemi, 2011, corr. That game also
finished peacefully.}) 13. Be2 (13. Qe3 Qxe3+ 14. fxe3 Ne4 $44) 13... Re8 14.
O-O (14. Qd2 $1 g5 15. Nxg5 Rd8 16. Qf4 Bd6 17. Qf3 $1 Bg4 18. Qe3 Qxe3 19.
fxe3 Bxe2 20. Nf3 $1 Bxc4 21. Bxf6 {is clearly better for White.}) 14... Nc6
15. Qf4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 (16. Rxc3 $1 Qxe2 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qxh6 $44) 16... Qxe2
17. Rce1 Re4 $1 18. Qc1 (18. Qc7 $1 Qxf3 $1 19. gxf3 Rxh4 $17) 18... Qxf3 19.
gxf3 Rxh4 20. Re3 Rxc4 21. Rd1 Rc5 22. f4 Bf5 23. Qa3 b6 24. Qa4 Rc8 25. Rd6
Nd5 26. Re1 Nxc3 27. Qa6 Nb5 28. Rd2 {0-1 (28) Barsov,A-Kuzmin,A (2440)
Tashkent 1987}) 12... Qb6 {White is already facing some problems.} 13. Nf3 $6 (
13. a3 $1 {was stronger, e.g.} Rd8 14. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 15. axb4 Rxd4 16. Qe2 ({or
} 16. Qf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 {. Still, it is White who has to fight for equality,
as his kingside is seriously underdeveloped. True, so is Black's queenside,
but he can activate his pieces with tempi (...Nc6, ...Be6).})) 13... Rd8 (13...
g5 14. Bg3 Rd8 {is a mere transposition.}) 14. Qc2 g5 $1 {Black can afford to
play such a move due to his (prospective) lead in development. White is short
of time to attack Black's king.} 15. Bg3 Nc6 16. Bd3 {White is lacking one
tempo to complete his development. Black needs to act energetically. Hikaru
played very quickly until this moment, but here he spent over half an hour.} g4
$1 17. Nh4 (17. Nd2 Ba5 $5 {creates the threats 18...Nb4, 18...Nd4 and 18...
Qd4. Still, White might hold after} 18. a3 Qd4 19. Bh4 {, but he needs to see
some tricks like} Ne5 $6 (19... Qxd3 $1 20. Qxd3 Rxd3 21. Bxf6 Bf5 22. Nf1 $1
Rd6 23. b4 $1 Rxf6 24. bxa5 Ne5 $1 {is still slightly preferable for Black.})
20. O-O $1 Nxd3 21. Nb3 {, regaining the material. Not an easy task!}) 17...
Bf8 (17... Ba5 $5 18. a3 Nd4 19. Qb1 Re8+ 20. Kf1 Nb3 21. Rd1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nc5
{might have been slightly better for Black, but this is very difficult to
assess unless you are analysing the game with a strong engine like me.}) 18.
Qb1 $1 {This modest retreat is the best way to parry the threat 18...Nb4.} Re8+
19. Kf1 {The position is approximately balanced, but Hikaru was in his element.
He plays such positions superbly, as I can confirm (too) many times.} Be6 20.
h3 (20. Nf5 $1 {is Komodo's choice and perhaps rightly so, but it looks more
logical to bring the king into safety.}) 20... Nh5 $1 21. Ne4 {This is not the
best move, but White's task was rather hard.} ({Being equipped with Komodo, I
tried to discover what happens after} 21. Nf5 {. You are not obliged to read
it, of course. I would not if I were just a reader.} Rad8 $1 ({A spectacular
line} 21... Nb4 22. hxg4 Nxg3+ 23. Nxg3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Qxb2 25. Rb1 Rad8 $1 26.
Nd5 $1 Bxd5 $1 27. cxd5 Rxd5 $1 28. Qb3 $1 {might lead to approximate equality.
}) 22. Nd5 (22. hxg4 $2 Bxf5 23. gxf5 Nxg3+ 24. fxg3 Nb4 {and the black rooks
join the attack with decisive effect.}) 22... Bxd5 23. cxd5 Rxd5 24. hxg4 (24.
Bc4 Nxg3+ (24... Rd2 $6 25. Nxh6+ $1 Kg7 26. Nf5+ Kg8 (26... Kh8 $2 27. hxg4 {
and there is no check on g3.}) 27. Nh6+ $11) 25. Nxg3 Rd6 26. hxg4 (26. Nf5 g3
$3 (26... Rd2 $2 27. Nxh6+ $1) 27. Nxg3 (27. fxg3 $2 Rf6 28. g4 Qe3 {and White
is helpless against numerous threats.}) 27... Rf6 28. Nf5 Bc5 {with a strong
attack. White badly misses his kingside rook.}) 26... Ne5 27. Be2 Rd2 {with
Black's initiative.}) 24... Nxg3+ 25. Nxg3 Ne5 26. Be2 Rd2 $36) 21... Nxg3+ ({
Computers like} 21... gxh3 22. gxh3 {and now for example} Rad8 {, but it does
not look very logical to open the g-file.} (22... Kh8 $5)) ({Even} 21... f5 {
might be good, but the exhaustive analysis would also be fairly exhausting.})
22. Nxg3 Rad8 23. hxg4 Ne5 $1 24. Be2 Bxg4 ({Komodo rightly prefers} 24... Bxc4
$1 {, but the organizers rightly prefer human chess to impersonal computer
competitions. And we are thankful to them! White's back rank problems would
tell, as the following lines show:} 25. Rxc4 (25. Bxc4 $2 Nxc4 26. Rxc4 Rd2 $1
27. Kg1 (27. Rf4 Qxb2 28. Qxb2 Rd1#) 27... Qxf2+ 28. Kh2 Re3 $1 29. Ngf5 Bd6+
30. Nxd6 Qxh4+ 31. Kg1 Qf2+ 32. Kh2 Qxg2#) 25... Nxc4 26. Bxc4 {gives Black a
pleasant choice.} {, while} Rd2 $1 (26... Qxb2 $6 {allows} 27. Bxf7+ $1 (27.
Qg6+ $2 Kh8 $1) 27... Kxf7 28. Qg6+ Ke7 29. Kg1 {with some counterplay.}) 27.
Kg1 Qxf2+ 28. Kh2 Re3 $1 29. Bxf7+ Qxf7 {is rather bad for White.}) 25. Bxg4 $2
{This move loses. White probably missed Black's 26th move. He did not have
much time left.} ({Both} 25. f3) (25. Nf3 {were better. Black would maintain
his initiative, but not more.}) 25... Nxg4 26. Qc2 Bb4 $1 {Black intends 27...
Rd2 and there is no sensible way to parry the threat.} 27. c5 (27. Nf3 Rd2 $1
28. Nxd2 Qxf2#) 27... Qa6+ (27... Qb5+ 28. Kg1 Bxc5 $5 {was even quicker, as}
29. Qxc5 {fails to} Qxc5 30. Rxc5 Rd1+ 31. Nf1 Ree1 {with decisive mate(rial
gains). But the text is good enough.}) 28. Kg1 Be1 29. Rh3 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Re1+
31. Rxe1 Bxe1 32. Nf3 Nf2+ 33. Kh2 Nxh3 34. Nxe1 Ng5 35. Qc3 Qg6 {White
survived the attack, but his position was left in ruins. Being an exchange
down with a weak king and no compensation, he respectfully resigned. It is not
easy to defeat a solid GM with the black pieces, but Hikaru displayed very
powerful play in a must-win situation.} 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters playoff 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.02.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. O-O Be6 13. Nb3 Qf6 14. a3
Be7 15. Qd2 Rfd8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. exd4 Bf5 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Bf3
Be6 21. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters playoff 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.02.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e3 g6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 c5 11. Bf3 Rb8 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Be2 Bb7
15. Rad1 a6 16. Qc1 Re8 17. Qa1 Nd7 18. Rd2 Qc8 19. Rfd1 Bc6 20. Nd5 Bxb2 21.
Qxb2 a5 22. Bg4 a4 23. e4 axb3 24. axb3 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Qb7 26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27. e5
Qb7 28. exd6 exd6 29. R5d3 Re6 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Qe4 32. h3 h5 33. Rd5 Qe7
34. Qc3 Re8 35. Qd2 Qe1+ 36. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 37. Kh2 Rb1 38. Rd3 h4 39. g4 hxg3+ 40.
Kxg3 Rb2 41. Kf3 Kf8 42. Re3 f5 43. h4 Kf7 44. Kg3 Kf6 45. Rd3 g5 46. f3 Kg6
47. hxg5 Kxg5 48. f4+ Kh5 49. Re3 Rb1 50. Kh3 Rf1 51. Kg3 Rb1 52. Rc3 Rf1 53.
Rd3 Rb1 54. Kh3 Rf1 55. Kg2 Rb1 56. Kg3 Rf1 57. Rd5 Rg1+ 58. Kf2 Rb1 59. Rxf5+
Kg4 60. Rxc5 Rxb3 61. f5 Rf3+ 62. Ke2 Rxf5 63. Rb5 Kf4 64. Kd3 Rxb5 65. cxb5
Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters playoff 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2017.02.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nbd2
Bb7 9. e4 Na6 10. a3 c5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Ne6 15.
Bb2 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Qc7 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Qe2 Qa8 19. Nh4 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Rfe8 21.
h4 Ne4 22. Nge3 Bf8 23. Qg4 b5 24. Ne5 Nf6 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. Nxf3 Ne4 27. Rxc8
Rxc8 28. Rd7 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Nxc7 30. Nd4 f6 31. Nc6 a6 32. Bd4 Bd6 33. Nf5 Ne8
34. Kg2 Nd2 35. Be3 Nc4 36. Bc1 Kf7 37. Kf3 Ne5+ 38. Nxe5+ Bxe5 39. Ke4 Ke6 40.
Nd4+ Kd7 41. Nb3 Kc6 42. Kd3 Nc7 43. f4 Bd6 44. Ke4 Na8 45. Be3 Nc7 46. h5 Kd7
47. g4 Ke6 48. Bc5 Ne8 49. Nd4+ Kd7 50. Nb3 Ke6 51. Bd4 g6 52. f5+ gxf5+ 53.
gxf5+ Kd7 54. h6 Be7 55. Kd5 Nc7+ 56. Ke4 Ne8 57. Bc5 Bxc5 58. Nxc5+ Kc6 59.
Ne6 Nd6+ 60. Kf4 Nf7 61. Nf8 Nxh6 62. Nxh7 Kd5 63. Nxf6+ Kc4 64. Ne4 Nf7 65. f6
Kb3 66. Nc5+ Kxa3 67. Nxa6 Kb3 68. Kf5 Kc4 69. Ke6 Ng5+ 70. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters playoff 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2017.02.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. Be3 Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O-O 10. O-O-O Qg6 11. Qg3 f5 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. f3 Qxg3 14.
hxg3 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxd2+ 17. Rxd2 h6 18. g4 Rd6 19. Re2 Rf8 20.
Rh5 Kd8 21. b3 Bd7 22. a4 b6 23. Re5 a5 24. g5 c5 25. Bd3 Re8 26. gxh6 gxh6 27.
f4 Rde6 28. Kd2 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. fxe5 Ke7 31. Ke3 Bc6 32. Be4 Bd7 33. Bd3
Bc6 34. g4 Bd7 35. Kf4 Be6 36. Bf5 Bd5 37. Be4 Be6 38. c4 Bd7 39. Bd5 Bc8 40.
Kg3 Bd7 41. Kf4 Bc8 42. Kf3 Bd7 43. Kg3 Be8 44. Kf4 Bg6 45. Be4 Be8 46. Bd3 Bd7
47. Bg6 Bc6 48. Bf5 Be8 49. Kg3 Bf7 50. Kf4 Be8 51. Ke3 Bc6 52. Be4 Bd7 53. Kf3
Be8 54. Kf4 Bd7 55. Bd5 Bc8 56. Bf3 Bd7 57. Kg3 Ke6 58. Kf4 Ke7 59. Bd1 Be6 60.
Kg3 Bd7 61. Kf4 Be6 62. Bc2 Bd7 63. Be4 Be6 64. Bf5 Bf7 65. Ke4 Bg8 66. Bc8
Bh7+ 67. Kd5 Bc2 68. Kc6 Kd8 69. Bf5 Bxb3 70. Kb5 Bd1 71. e6 Bf3 72. Ka6 Bc6
73. Bc2 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters playoff 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.02.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. dxc5 Nd7 11. c6 bxc6 12. O-O Rb8 13. Rac1 c5 14. Rfd1 Qe7
15. b3 Bb7 16. Ne4 Rfd8 17. Be2 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 g6 19. g3 Bg7 20. Qc2 Rdc8 21.
Ba6 Rc7 22. Bc4 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Rd3 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Rd1 Qc6 27. Rd3
Rc8 28. Qd1 Rc7 29. Rd2 Kg7 30. Rd8 h5 31. h4 Re7 32. Be2 Qc7 33. Kg2 Qc6+ 34.
Bf3 Qc7 35. Qd3 Bf6 36. Qd6 Qxd6 37. Rxd6 Rc7 38. Ra6 Bc3 39. Be2 Kf8 40. Kf3
Ke7 41. Bb5 Kd8 42. Ke2 Rb7 43. Bd3 Rd7 44. Bb5 Rb7 45. Ba4 Rc7 46. Rd6+ Ke7
47. Rd3 Bb4 48. Bb5 a6 49. Bc4 Rc6 50. f4 a5 51. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters playoff 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.02.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The tie-break was played in the evening after an exhausting tournament. Still,
Hikaru Nakamura managed to cope with tiredness and win both tie-break matches
to secure the first place. Very few people can compete with him on equal terms
in rapid and blitz!} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O
O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 Bf6 9. Rc1 d6 10. d5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13.
e4 a5 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. f4 Qe7 {White has a big space advantage, but Black's
position remains very solid.} 16. Nf3 f6 (16... exf4 $6 17. gxf4 Qxe4 $2 {
loses to} 18. Ne5 Qf5 19. Bh3 {.}) 17. Re1 Nc5 18. Rce3 Bc8 19. Qc2 Bd7 20. b3
Rfb8 21. a3 b5 22. cxb5 Rxb5 23. Nd2 Rb7 24. Rb1 Be8 (24... Bb5 {(to prevent
White's knight from reaching a5) might have been more circumspect.}) 25. b4
axb4 26. axb4 Nd7 27. Nc4 Nf8 28. Na5 Rba7 29. f5 {White has gained an edge.
Black lacks counterplay, which is very unpleasant for an active player,
especially in a rapid game.} g6 30. g4 h5 $6 31. Bf3 $6 ({After} 31. gxh5 g5 {
Black could not regain the pawn. It is not so simple for White to break
through, but he should gradually succeed. Even some weird moves like} 32. h6
Qh7 33. Rh3 {leave Black a pawn down without any counterplay.}) 31... Qh7 (
31... h4 32. Qf2 g5 {would leave Black suffering on the queenside.}) 32. Kh1
Qh6 33. Rc3 Nh7 $2 {The idea is good, but its implementation is not.} (33...
hxg4 34. Bxg4 Nh7 {would offer Black the desired counterplay.}) 34. fxg6 $1
Bxg6 35. gxh5 Bxh5 36. Qf2 $6 (36. Bxh5 Qxh5 37. Qf2 $1 {was stronger, as now
the black bishop could retreat to e8 or g6.}) 36... Bxf3+ $6 37. Rxf3 Kh8 38.
Rg1 $18 {White develops a dangerous attack while Black's rooks remain stuck on
the queenside.} Ra6 39. Qf1 $3 {White nicely combines play on both flanks. He
eyes the unfortunate rook and at the same time prepares 40.Rh3.} R6a7 40. Rh3
Qf4 41. Qe2 ({The simplest way to the victory was} 41. Qg2 c5 (41... Qg5 42.
Rg3 Qh6 43. Rg8+) 42. dxc6 $18 {.}) 41... Rg8 $6 ({By playing} 41... f5 {
, Black could prolong his resistance.}) 42. Rxh7+ Kxh7 43. Qh5+ Qh6 44. Qxh6+
Kxh6 45. Rxg8 $18 {The rest is simple.} Ra6 46. Kg2 Rb6 47. Nc6 Ra6 48. Ne7 Ra4
49. Nf5+ Kh5 50. h4 Rxb4 51. Kh3 Rc4 52. Rh8+ Kg6 53. h5+ Kg5 54. Ng3 Rc3 55.
Rg8+ {The Gibraltar Open is a beautifully organised event. The tournament
attracts the world elite as well as many other strong players. This year the
tournament was even stronger than in the previous editions. I would like to
congratulate the winners and wish the organisers (as well as the players) a
lot of success in continuing the established tradition!} 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Katz, Alexander R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2921"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 d5 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. c4 d4 7. O-O Bd6 8. e3 e5
9. exd4 cxd4 10. a3 a5 11. d3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Bf5 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Rfe1 a4 15. c5
axb3 16. Nxb3 Bc7 17. Nfd2 Nd5 18. Nc4 f6 19. Nd6 Be6 20. Nxe8 Qxe8 21. Nxd4
Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Ba5 23. Re2 Rc8 24. Bb2 Qf7 25. d4 exd4 26. Bxd4 h5 27. Rb1 h4
28. Rxb7 Qxb7 29. Rxe6 h3 30. Bxh3 Rb8 31. Re2 Kh8 32. Bg2 Qc6 33. Qf5 Rd8 34.
Be4 Kg8 35. h4 Qb5 36. Bxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th Febr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.02.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2906"]
[PlyCount "251"]
[EventDate "2017.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Nbd2 Nce7 14. Nf1
Qf8 15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 c6 17. Qc2 g6 18. Re1 Bf5 19. h3 Re8 20. Qd2 f6 21.
Bxf5 Nxf5 22. Bf4 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Qe7 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. Nd3 a5 26. Kf1 b6 27.
Qe2 Ne4 28. Qe3 Kf7 29. g3 g5 30. Kg2 Qe6 31. f3 Nd6 32. Qxe6+ Kxe6 33. g4 a4
34. h4 a3 35. hxg5 axb2 36. Nxb2 fxg5 37. Kf2 Kd7 38. Ke3 h6 39. Kd3 b5 40. a4
bxa4 41. Nxa4 Nc4 42. Nc5+ Kd6 43. Nb7+ Ke7 44. Nc5 Nd6 45. Nb3 Ne8 46. Nd2 Ng7
47. Nf1 Ne6 48. Ng3 Kf6 49. Ke3 Nf4 50. Ne2 Ng6 51. Ng3 Nh4 52. Nh5+ Kf7 53.
Ng3 Kg6 54. Nh5 Kf7 55. Ng3 Ke7 56. Nh5 Ng6 57. Ng3 Kf6 58. Nh5+ Kf7 59. Ng3
Ne7 60. Nh5 Nc8 61. Ng3 Nd6 62. Nh5 Ne8 63. Ng3 Nd6 64. Nh5 Nb5 65. Kd3 Nc7 66.
Ke3 Ne8 67. Ng3 Nd6 68. Nh5 Ke7 69. Ng3 Kd7 70. Nh5 Ne8 71. Ng3 Nf6 72. Nf5 h5
73. gxh5 Nxh5 74. Nh6 Ke6 75. Ng4 Ng3 76. Kf2 Nf5 77. Ke2 Ne7 78. Ke3 Kf5 79.
Nh6+ Ke6 80. Ng4 Ng6 81. Nh6 Nh8 82. Kf2 Ng6 83. Ke3 Ne7 84. Kf2 Nc8 85. Ke3
Nd6 86. Ng4 Nc4+ 87. Kf2 Nb2 88. Ke3 Kf5 89. Nh6+ Ke6 90. Ng4 Na4 91. Kd3 Kf5
92. Nh6+ Kf4 93. Nf7 Nb2+ 94. Ke2 Na4 95. Kd3 Nb6 96. Ke2 Nc8 97. Ne5 Ne7 98.
Kf2 Kf5 99. Nd3 Kf6 100. Ne5 Ke6 101. Nd3 Nf5 102. Ke2 Nh4 103. Kf2 Nf5 104.
Nb4 Kd6 105. Nd3 Ke6 106. Nb4 Ne7 107. Nd3 Kf5 108. Ke3 Kf6 109. Ne5 Kf5 110.
Nd3 Kg6 111. Ne5+ Kf6 112. Ng4+ Ke6 113. Kf2 Nf5 114. Ke2 Nd6 115. Ke3 Nb5 116.
Kd3 Kf5 117. Nh6+ Kf4 118. Nf7 Nd6 119. Nxd6 Kxf3 120. Nf7 g4 121. Ne5+ Kf4
122. Ke2 g3 123. Nxc6 Kg4 124. Kf1 Kf3 125. Ne7 Ke4 126. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Sharjah FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2017.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rd1 d6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Ba3 Nc5 12. b4 Ncd7 13. Rac1 a6 14. Nd2 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 Qc7 16. Nde4 Rfc8 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Rxc4 20. Na4 Rxc1
21. Bxc1 b5 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. bxc5 Kf8 24. f3 Ke8 25. Bb2 Rc8 26. Rxa6 Rxc5 27.
Kf2 Rc2 28. Be5 Rc5 29. Ra8+ Kd7 30. Ra7+ Ke8 31. Ra8+ Kd7 32. Ra7+ Ke8 33. Bd6
Rc6 34. Ra8+ Kd7 35. Bf8 g6 36. Rb8 Ra6 37. a3 Kc6 38. Bb4 Nd5 39. Rc8+ Kb6 40.
Rh8 h5 41. Rf8 Ra7 42. h4 Kc6 43. e4 Nxb4 44. axb4 Kd6 45. Rb8 Ra2+ 46. Kg1
Ra1+ 47. Kg2 Ra2+ 48. Kh3 Rf2 49. f4 Re2 50. Rxb5 Ke7 51. e5 Kf8 52. Rb8+ Kg7
53. b5 Rb2 54. Rb7 Kg8 55. Rb6 Kh7 56. Rb8 Kg7 57. b6 Kh7 58. Rb7 Kg7 59. Rb8
Kh7 60. Rf8 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sharjah FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2017.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 Re8 11. b3 c5 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Rb1 d6 14. dxc5 dxc5
15. Qxd8 Bxd8 16. Rfd1 Bc7 17. Ne3 Nc6 18. Rd7 Rac8 19. Rbd1 Nb8 20. R7d2 Red8
21. f4 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sharjah FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2017.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 {Just one of Rapport's neo-romantic weapons.} 3. Nf3 Bg4 4.
cxd5 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Qxd5 6. e3 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 {A typical
tabyia for the Chigorin Defence. The mobility of White's impressive centre is
restricted by Black's piece pressure and the kingside doubled pawns. Knights
are perfectly suited for blockading purposes. On the queenside Black already
has the c4-square (or, after c3-c4 and d4-d5, he would get the c5-square)
while on the kingside he can hope to get one as well.} Qd7 {A rare
continuation.} ({Two years earlier Rapport played the main move} 9... Qd6 10.
Rb1 O-O-O ({The first modern times top level game I remember went} 10... b6 11.
f4 $5 exf4 12. e4 Nge7 13. Qf3 O-O {Kasparov,G (2710)-Smyslov,V (2600) Vilnius
1984 Candidates [ChessBase] (½-½, 26)}) 11. Qb3 b6 12. Qxf7 {As we will see
Rapport likes sacrificing the f7-pawn.} Kb8 13. Qc4 Qf6 14. Bg2 Nge7 15. f4
exf4 16. exf4 Na5 17. Qa6 $2 Qe6+ 18. Be3 Nf5 $17 {Hammer,J (2682)-Rapport,R 
(2693) Reykjavik 2015 CBM 170 [Krasenkow,M] (½-½, 71)}) 10. Rb1 {The most
flexible way of attacking b7.} (10. Qb3 Nge7 11. Qxb7 {implies misplacing the
queen with the corresponding loss of time to bring it back into play.} O-O 12.
Qb1 Rfe8 {Carron,J (2394)-Miralles,G (2469) Switzerland 2010 (0-1, 36), with a
considerable advance in development compensating for the missing pawn.}) 10...
O-O-O $146 {Preparing the favourite pawn sacrifice.} ({There doesn't seem to
be anything wrong with} 10... b6 11. Bg2 (11. Rg1 {may be a better try but the
position remains unclear:} g6 12. f4 {similar to Kasparov's f3-f4 above.} exf4
13. e4 Nf6 14. f3 Qd6 15. e5 Qe6 $13) 11... Nge7 12. f4 exf4 13. e4 O-O 14. Qf3
Rae8 15. Bxf4 Ng6 $11 {Volodin,A (2433)-Sklyarov,D (2402) Finland 2010 (1-0,
59)}) 11. Bg2 Nge7 12. Qb3 {Pawn grabbing will result in time loss and the
opening of the f-file, so White should consider the already familiar:} (12. f4
exf4 13. O-O {even though the benefits of clearing the long diagonal are
marred by the weakening of the king.}) 12... b6 13. Qxf7 Rhf8 14. Qc4 (14. Qxg7
$2 Rg8) ({With hindsight, knowing Black's kingside plan,} 14. Qh5 {comes into
consideration. White uses his queen for putting pressure on the wing where he
would otherwise be under attack. But this manoeuvre leaves the centre
vulnerable and Black could consider} exd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 Qxd4 17. Rd1
Qd3 18. Bf1 Qc2 {The threat ...Nf5 and ...Rfe8 is strong, but after the
clearance of the fifth rank the queen can switch back to defence:} 19. Qb5 Nf5
20. Be2 Nd4 21. Qa6+ Kb8 22. Be3 Nxe2 23. Qxe2 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 Qxa2 {For some
reasons engines evaluate this position as clearly better for White. I would
think Black has reasonable compensation due to his three connected passed
pawns, which could become threatening in the endgame. With rooks and queens on
the board he could just advance his a-pawn. At the same time, the white king
is not entirely safe.}) 14... Kb8 15. O-O g5 {This wastes a tempo (and one
more a few moves later when ...h7-h6 will become necessary) without
contributing to Black's counterplay. It is the other way around, as there are
no threats along the g-file available. But Black's position remains viable
anyway.} ({Still,} 15... Ng6 $1 {[%cal Gg6h4] is more straightforward.} 16. Bc1
{removes the bishop from the d-file and prepares its activation via a3.} (16.
Rb5 Nh4 17. d5 Nxg2 18. dxc6 Qh3 19. Qg4 $8 $15) (16. a4 Rf6 {[%csl Gd2]}) (16.
f4 {[%csl Gc6] This may be what Rapport feared, but it is not really effective.
} Na5 $44 17. Qa6 $2 Nh4 18. f3 Qf7 19. Rf2 (19. Qxa5 Qg6 20. Rf2 Qxb1+) 19...
Nc4 $17 {Black's dream situation with both his knights on perfect squares.})
16... exd4 (16... Rf6 $5 17. dxe5 Ncxe5 18. Qe4 Re6) (16... Nh4 $2 17. d5 {
[%cal Gc4h4]} Nxg2 18. dxc6 $18) 17. cxd4 Nh4 18. Rb5 $8 {Absolutely necessary
in order to defend the kingside.} h6 $5 {[%csl Gg5]} (18... Nxf3+ 19. Kh1 Rf6
20. Rh5 $1) (18... Nxg2 19. Kxg2 Rf6 20. Rg5 $1) 19. Rh5 Nxg2 20. Kxg2 Ne7 $15
{with a dangerous attack against White's weakened light squares.}) 16. Rb5 Rf6
({Once again the knight's activation is a higher priority:} 16... Nf5 {This
time the answer to} 17. f4 {is less obvious:} e4 18. Bxe4 Nd6 19. Qxc6 Nxe4 20.
Qxd7 Rxd7 21. Rd1 gxf4 22. exf4 c5 $11) 17. e4 $1 {[%cal Gd2g5] A good way of
preparing dxe5.} (17. dxe5 Re6 $44 18. f4 $2 (18. Bh3 g4 19. Bxg4 Rg6 $40)
18... gxf4 19. exf4 Rg6 $19) 17... h6 (17... g4 18. f4 exd4 19. f5 dxc3 20.
Bxc3 Nd4 21. a4 $16 {[%csl Ge4,Gf5][%cal Ga4a5]}) 18. dxe5 $16 {White wins the
secongd pawn as the rook is hanging, giving him the time to play Be3. Black's
attack, as promising as it looked a few moves earlier, has not even started
properly.} Na5 ({The difference now is that} 18... Re6 {runs into} 19. f4 gxf4
20. Bxf4 $18 {[%cal Gf4g3]}) ({For strategic reasons it would be better to
focus on the f4- and e5 squares, but the following line offers White a free
hand on the queenside:} 18... Rff8 19. Be3 Ng6 20. e6 Qe7 21. a4 Nce5 22. Qb3
Rf6 23. a5 Qxe6 24. axb6 axb6 25. Qa4 Qc4 26. Qa6 $18) 19. Qe2 Rc6 20. Be3 Ng6
21. Rd5 ({Now and later White could consider the thematic exchange sacrifice} 
21. Rxa5 {eliminating an important blockading piece and spoiling Black's
structure:} bxa5 22. Qb5+ Rb6 23. Qxd7 Rxd7 24. Bxb6 cxb6 25. e6 Re7 26. Bh3
Nf4 27. Bf5 Kc7 28. Rd1 Nxe6 29. Bxe6 Rxe6 30. Kg2 $16) 21... Qe7 22. Rfd1 Rf8
23. Qb5 (23. Rxa5 $5 bxa5 24. Qb5+ Rb6 25. Qxa5 Qxe5 26. Bc5 Re8 {This looks
less clear strategically than the previous exchange sacrifice but White could
think of starting an attack with.} 27. Rd4 Qe6 28. Bxb6 axb6 29. Qa6 Qc8 30.
Qb5) 23... Qe6 24. Rd8+ {White had more convincing atacking possibilities:} (
24. Qa6 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Gd5a5]} Nb7 25. R1d4 $18 {[%cal Gd4a4]}) (24. c4 Nh4 (
24... Rxc4 25. Qa6 {[%cal Gd5a5,Gd5d8]}) (24... Nxc4 25. Bh3 Qxh3 26. Qxc6) (
24... Nb7 25. c5) 25. Qa6 Nb7 26. R1d3 $18) 24... Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Kb7 26. Qd5 (
26. Bf1 Nc4 27. Bxc4 Qxc4 28. Qxc4 Rxc4 29. e6 Rc6 30. Re8 Nf4 31. e7 Re6 32.
h4 $18) 26... Nc4 27. Qxe6 (27. Rg8 Ncxe5 (27... Ngxe5 28. f4 $5) 28. Qd8 $18)
27... Rxe6 28. Bh3 Rxe5 {Suddenly Black has achieved a relatively normal
position, but his king remains vulnerable.} 29. Bc8+ Kc6 30. Bd7+ Kb7 31. Bc8+
Kc6 32. Bd7+ Kb7 33. Bd4 Ra5 34. Bc8+ Kc6 35. Bd7+ Kb7 36. Bc8+ Kc6 37. Be6 Kb5
38. Bd7+ $2 (38. a4+ $1 Rxa4 39. Rd5+ c5 (39... Ka6 40. Bc8#) 40. Bd7+) 38...
c6 $11 {The king is safer now and the knights are perfect blockers.} 39. Be8
Nf4 40. h4 (40. Rd5+ $5 Nxd5 41. exd5 Ka6 42. dxc6 Ne5 (42... Rxa2 43. Bd7 {
[%cal Gc6c8]}) 43. Kg2 Rd5 (43... h5 {[%csl Gg5]} 44. h4 gxh4 45. f4) 44. Kg3
Rd8 45. Bxe5 Rxe8 46. f4 {with only some vague hopes for White.}) 40... Nd2
$132 {The knights become threatening, but Nakamura keeps a cool head with his
king in danger.} 41. Kh2 (41. Be3 Nxf3+ 42. Kf1 Nh2+ (42... Rxa2 $11) {White
should accept the draw by perpetual since} 43. Ke1 $2 Rxa2 {[%cal Gf4g2]
offers him only worries.}) 41... gxh4 $6 {Too optimistic. Rapport obviously
wanted to control the g3-square and continue with ...Nxf3+ and ...Rxa2 but the
f4-knight loses stability.} (41... Nxf3+ $6 42. Kg3 Nxh4 43. Rd6 h5 44. Be3 $14
) (41... Nf1+ 42. Kh1 Rxa2 $11) 42. Be3 Nxf3+ (42... Nf1+ 43. Kh1 (43. Kg1 {
allows Black to gain a tempo:} Nxe3 44. fxe3 Ne2+ 45. Kf2 Rxa2 $11) 43... Nxe3
44. fxe3 Ne2 45. Rd5+ Kc4 46. Rxa5 bxa5 47. Bxc6 Nxc3 48. f4 $16 {Black is
very active but the pawns are really threatening.}) 43. Kh1 Nh3 (43... Ne6 $5 {
[%csl Gd8][%cal Ge6c5,Ge6g5]} 44. Rd5+ (44. Rd6 Neg5) 44... Nc5 45. Rd6 Kc4 46.
Bh5 Nxe4 47. Rxc6+ Kd5 48. Bxf3 Kxc6 49. Bxe4+ Kd6 {with a sharp ending where
the rook could cause troubles.}) 44. Bh5 (44. Rd5+ Kc4 45. Rxa5 bxa5 46. Bxc6
Ne5 47. Bd5+ Kd3 (47... Kxc3 48. Kg2 Ng5 49. f4) 48. Be6 Ng5 49. Bf5 $14) 44...
Nxf2+ $2 {Premature panicking.} ({The knights still had a lot of dynamic
potential:} 44... Nhg5 45. Kg2 Ne1+ 46. Kf1 h3 47. Be2+ (47. Rh8 Rxa2 48. Rxh6
Ra1 49. Bxg5 Nf3+ 50. Ke2 Nxg5 $15) 47... Ka4 48. Rd6 (48. Rh8 Nf7 49. Bd1+ {
with a draw by perpetual or if} Ka3 $2 50. Bb3 $3 {[%cal Ge3c1,Gb3f7,Rh8h3]})
48... h5 (48... Nf7 49. Rd4+ Ka3 50. Kxe1 $18) 49. Bf4 Ngf3 $14) 45. Bxf2 Rxa2
46. Bxf3 Rxf2 {Materially Black is doing fine but the e-pawn wins the game.}
47. Rd3 Kc4 48. Re3 {Rapport might have overlooked this regrouping after which
the e-pawn advances unhindered.} Rd2 49. e5 Rd7 50. e6 Re7 51. Bxc6 a5 52. Re4+
Kxc3 53. Bb5 a4 54. Bxa4 Kd3 55. Re1 1-0

[Event "Sharjah FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2017.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2
c4 9. a4 Bb7 10. d4 cxd3 11. Bxd3 bxa4 12. Qxa4 Be7 13. h3 O-O 14. Be3 Qc7 15.
Nbd2 Rfb8 16. Qa5 Bd8 17. Qxc7 Bxc7 18. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sharjah FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2017.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 a6
15. Rc1 d4 16. e4 f6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Re1 Rc8 19. b5 axb5 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. Qxb5
Ra8 22. a4 Be8 23. Qb3 Bf7 24. Qa3 Ba5 25. Bd2 Bxd2 26. Nxd2 Qa5 27. Nf3 Qxa4
28. Qxa4 Rxa4 29. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sharjah FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2017.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 {Who is tricking whom? Did they both expect the Najdorf
through this move order?} d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Both players
have the Najdorf in their repertoire so a more advanced theoretical fight than
what we are to witness is hard to imagine. For the poor guy who is to comment
on it it's a complete nightmare. What are the odds that I will get even half
of it right? For those of you who find no interest in theory I recommend you
to skip to move... 31!} 6. Be3 {Nakamura hasn't played this for some time, so
if Grischuk expected the Najorf, it is still unlikely that he managed to guess
the line.} Ng4 {Both players tend to favour this with the black pieces.} (6...
e6 7. f3 (7. Be2 {leads to the Scheveningen System.}) 7... b5 8. Qd2 {leads to
freakishly complicated lines where memory is a key factor.}) (6... e5 {is the
classical Najdorf treatment, when White can either go for the solid} 7. Nf3 ({
or play} 7. Nb3 {, when there is a great likelihood of opposite side castling
and wild attacks.})) 7. Bg5 {White doesn't have much of a choice when it comes
to moving the bishop.} (7. Bc1 Nf6 {is back to square one}) ({and} 7. Bd2 {
is a non-move that leaves Black with the better chances after} Qb6 $1) 7... h6
8. Bh4 g5 {Driving a bishop on to g3 with Ng4/h6/g5 is not a very good idea
generally speaking, but here Black gets a good grip on the dark squares, so
perhaps it is worth it.} 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 {This has been considered to be the
most critical move for a long time, but lately White has had some success with
other moves:} (10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 {scores well, but this is one of these 
(majority) cases where one must see past the statistics. After} b5 {Black has
been doing well. The latest game went} 12. h4 b4 13. Nd5 Bxb2 14. Rb1 gxh4 15.
Bxh4 Bg7 16. Rc1 {A novelty compared to earlier games.} Nge5 $6 (16... Be6) 17.
f3 $6 (17. c3 $1) 17... Be6 {Shevchenko,K (2450)-Khismatullin,D (2635) 13th
Moscow Open A 2017, with mutual chances.}) (10. Be2 {seems quite challenging
too:} h5 (10... Ne5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nbc6 13. Nd5 {is similar to our game,
but Be2 should be a better move to have played than h3.}) 11. Bxg4 hxg4 12. O-O
$5 {has scored two wins lately for Bartosz Socko, but the last one seems to
have had little to do with the opening:} Nc6 13. Nf5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Qxg4
f6 16. f4 Bxf5 17. exf5 gxf4 18. Qxf4 Qxc3 19. Rae1 Kd7 (19... Kf7) 20. Qe4
Rag8 $6 (20... Qd4+ $15) 21. Re3 Qd4 22. Qe6+ {Socko,B (2595)-Vachier Lagrave,
M (2755) World Rapid 2015, and the tables were turning.}) 10... Ne5 ({Black
can also play} 10... Nf6 {, but Black has struggled to find a good reply to}
11. Qf3 {, targeting the weak f5-square.} {The latest game saw} Qb6 12. O-O-O
Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Be2 Nd7 15. Nd5 Ne5 16. Qa3 Rb8 17. h4 g4 18. f4 $36 {
, Schmaltz,R (2485)-Meissner,F (2255) 26th Erfurt Master Open 2016}) 11. Nf5 {
It's interesting to see that Nakamura keeps to the main line here.} ({The
other option is} 11. Be2 Nbc6 12. Nb3 b5 13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 {, when} e6 15. Ne3
Bb7 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Kb1 Kb8 19. f3 {turned out to be too good
for White, in Ivanchuk,V (2715)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2757) Wijk aan Zee 2015.
The ball seem to be in Black's court here, but considering Nakamura's choice
he seems to have found a way to throw it back into White's.}) 11... Bxf5 12.
exf5 Nbc6 (12... Qa5 13. Qd5 $1 $14 {Spasov,V-Kempinski,R/Leon 2001}) (12...
Nbd7 {temporarily took over as the main line in 2016.} {The latest word here
was:} 13. Be2 Rc8 14. O-O Nb6 15. Rb1 O-O 16. f4 Nec4 17. fxg5 Ne3 18. Qd3 Nxf1
19. gxh6 {Najer,E (2680)-Artemiev,V (2665) TCh-RUS Men 2016, which left White
with a strong initative for the exchange.}) 13. Nd5 {This knight is seriously
misplaced on c3 (where it can easily become a tactical liability after moves
like Qa5 and Rc8), so White is planning to play c3 and thus dissolve the
pressure along the h8-a1 diagonal.} e6 (13... O-O {has almost only been played
by engines, so I am suspicious about its logic. After} 14. Be2 e6 15. Ne3 d5
16. fxe6 fxe6 17. O-O {Black's acitivity doesn't quite make up for the weak
central pawns.} (17. Bh5 d4 18. Ng4 Qa5+) 17... Ng6 18. c4 (18. c3) 18... d4
19. Ng4 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Bd3 Nb4 (21... h5 22. Nh2 Ne5) 22. Re1 h5 23. Nh2
Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Qf6 25. Re2 Qf5 26. Rd1 Rf8 $36 {Carlsen,M-Adly,A/Reykjavik 2006
(0-1 68)}) (13... Nd7 14. c3 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ $6 (15. Bc4) 15... Bxf6 16. Bd3 Ne5
17. Be4 {Yeo Min Yang,E-Wynn Zaw Htun/1st Asean IM, Bangkok THA 2004, left
White with a typical advantage. The problem for Black is that none of the pawn
breaks really works. If it was possible to exchange the dark-squared bishops,
then Black might be all right, but this takes a lot of time and it is not sure
that White will cooperate.}) 14. fxe6 {White can postpone this move, but
sooner or later it has to be played.} fxe6 15. Ne3 Qa5+ {This move has already
been played no less than 200 times.} (15... O-O 16. Be2 Qe7 (16... d5 17. O-O
Ng6 18. c4 d4 {has not been seen in a tournament since 2008. Perhaps it's
because} 19. Qc2 {looks quite strong, but it could also just be that Black's
pawn structure seems hard to make sense of. If you are strong on the dark
squares, you don't want to place all of your pawns there.}) 17. O-O Rad8 18.
Bh5 $1 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2670)-Anand,V (2788) San Luis 2005, and with the
bishop out of the way and Black's kingside pawns robbed of their dynamism,
White was better.}) ({A tricker way to play it is} 15... Qe7 16. Be2 O-O-O $5 {
The problem is that White still controls h5 and will make contact with Black's
king first:} 17. O-O d5 18. c3 Nd7 19. Rc1 Be5 20. Bxe5 Ndxe5 21. b4 Kb8 22.
Nc2 Ng6 {Gara,A-Huang Qian/36th Olympiad w, Calvia ESP 2004, White could have
kept the steam up with} 23. b5 $1) 16. c3 Nf3+ $5 {According to my database,
this move was first played by the relatively unknown player Rodriquez Ibran in
2003. Some years later it caught on and became the main line.} (16... d5 17.
Be2 O-O {is basically a worse version of 15...0-0, since the queen is badly
placed on a5, whereas c3 helps White.}) 17. Qxf3 Bxc3+ {This is the whole idea
behind Black's 16th move.} 18. Kd1 ({Not} 18. bxc3 Qxc3+ 19. Kd1 Qxa1+ 20. Kd2
Qxa2+ 21. Nc2 Qxc2+ $1 {when Black gets a clear advantage.}) 18... Qa4+ 19. Nc2
Bxb2 {The engine now states: "0.00", which ought to mean that the position is
absolutely equal. It could also be the engine-equivalent of "I have no idea".
At a dinner with my chess club in Malmö, Georg Meier said something that
caught my imagination: "Eventually the engines will be so strong that it makes
no sense to use them".He meant that if chess is indeed a draw with best play
and the engines come to see that clearly, then most positions in the 0.01-0.5
spectrum (and perhaps higher) will be evaluated as precisely "0.00".} 20. Rc1
$1 {This has proved to be the most challenging move.} ({An early encounter went
} 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 Bxa1 22. Nxa1 Ke7 {Svidler,P (2738)-Topalov,V (2788)
San Luis 2005, with an unclear game.}) 20... Rc8 {Grischuk took 22 minutes to
play this move, which he has played before himself. Nakamura continued to
blitz out his moves.} (20... Bxc1 21. Qf6 Kd7 ({Another possibility would be} 
21... Bb2 22. Qxb2 e5 {, but after} 23. Bd3 {White's position looks preferable
anyway.} O-O-O 24. f3 Kb8 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. axb3 Rc8 27. Kd2 Rhf8 28. Be4 Rcd8
29. Rb1 d5 30. Bd3 Kc8 31. Re1 $14) 22. Kxc1 Qxa2 23. Bd3 {in Svidler,P (2735)
-Grischuk,A (2726) Mexico City 2007 this gave White the advantage. A game that
have been expertly commented upon in ChessBase Magazine, by Mihail Marin.} Rac8
24. Rd1 {White has completed his development (true, not in a very orthodox way)
and is the first to create strong threats against the enemy king.} d5 ({
For instance, the tempting} 24... Nb4 $2 {, threatening mate in two, loses to}
25. Bb5+ $1 {followed by Rxd6+.}) 25. Bf5 Rhe8 26. Qf7+ Kd8 {It might seem
that Black has defended and can think about finally launching his counterplay
against the c2-knight.} 27. Re1 $3 {A very strong move, increasing the
pressure against the e6-pawn.} Qa3+ ({The simplifications initiated by this
move will not bring Black any relief, but it is hard to suggest an improvement.
The key point is that Black is still slow with his counterplay. For instance,} 
27... Nd4 $2 {loses the knight to} 28. Qf6+) ({while} 27... Nb4 {allows an
attack with checks:} 28. Qf6+ Re7 29. Qf8+ Kd7 30. Bxe6+ Rxe6 31. Qf7+ Kd8 32.
Qg8+ $1) 28. Nxa3 Ne5+ 29. Kd2 Nxf7 30. Bxe6 Rc6 31. Bxf7 Rxe1 32. Kxe1 b5 33.
Kd2 {White has a decisive material advantage, maintaining an acceptable
coordination. The rest is easy.} b4 34. Nc2 b3 35. Nd4 Rb6 36. Kc1 a5 37. Bxd5
a4 38. Be5 b2+ 39. Kb1 a3 40. Ba2 Rb7 41. Bd6 Rd7 42. Nb5 {1-0 Svidler,
P-Grischuk,A/Mexico City 2007/CBM 120/[Marin,M] 6...Ng4-10.h3 Se5 general 2016
[Tiger]}) 21. Bd3 Rf8 {Now we are "down to" only about a hundred games in the
databases.} ({If} 21... Bxc1 {then} 22. Qf6 {is annoying. For instance} Kd7 23.
Kxc1 Nb4 24. Qg7+ Kc6 25. Nxb4+ Qxb4 26. Kd1 $14 {Almeida,D (2341)-Piccoli,F 
(2335) ICCF 2012} (26. Qb2 Kd7+ 27. Bc2 Qxb2+ 28. Kxb2 Rc6 29. Bb3 b5 30. h4
Rcc8 $14) (26. a3 Kb6+ 27. Kd1 Qc3 28. Qxc3 Rxc3 29. Ke2 Rxa3 $15)) 22. Qh5+ ({
The lines after} 22. Qg4 {become long and forced. I honestly doesn't
understand them:} Nd4 23. Re1 Qxa2 24. Re4 Bxc1 25. Rxd4 Bf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27.
Rxf4 gxf4 28. Qg8+ Kd7 29. Qf7+ Kd8 30. Qf8+ Kd7 31. Qxf4 Qd5 32. Qf7+ Kd8 33.
Ke2 Rxc2+ 34. Bxc2 Qe5+ {Karjakin,S (2760)-Grischuk,A (2771) Moscow 2010, and
after another 11 checks the game ended in a draw.}) 22... Ke7 (22... Kd7 {
has also been played a number of times and if I was to chose a move by
instinct here, this would be it. A possible downside is that} 23. Qxh6 Bxc1 (
23... Qxa2 24. Ke2) 24. Kxc1 Qxa2 25. Rd1 $1 {leaves the king wishing it had
gone to d7. Not conclusive though.}) 23. Qxh6 Bxc1 24. Re1 Ne5 25. Rxe5 dxe5
26. Kxc1 Qa3+ 27. Kd2 Rxc2+ 28. Bxc2 Qb4+ 29. Ke2 Qb5+ 30. Ke1 Qb4+ {This has
been played before too, with a draw as a result. But instead of taking the
draw Nakamura continues:} 31. Kf1 $1 {A novelty and a strong move, that I
guess was part of Nakamura's preparation. Black gets to take the bishop on c2,
but the ruined pawn structure and the vulnerable position of Black's king
gives White plenty of compensation for the slight material deficit.} Qc4+ 32.
Kg1 $1 Qxc2 33. Qxg5+ Kf7 34. Qxe5 {Other moves are also possible, but
centralising the queen, while keeping f2 properly protected seems like a good
idea.} Qd1+ $6 ({I believe Black should just grab the pawn on a2, thus getting
a passed pawn of his own.} 34... Qxa2 {After} 35. Qc7+ Kg6 36. Qxb7 a5 {
it is hard to evaluate the position with precision, but one thing is sure.
White is trying to win, while Black is trying to draw. If White is able to
find a way to push the h-pawn two steps forward while putting the bishop on e5,
then Black will be in trouble. If the engine is to be believed we are - again
- at a 0.00 situation, but it doesn't mean a thing for a human. Grischuk's
reaction, to bring the queen closer to the defence, is a very natural one.})
35. Kh2 Qd5 36. Qc7+ Kg8 37. Be5 Rf7 38. Qc3 (38. Qc8+ $5 Rf8 39. Qc3 {looks
even stronger. Black's rook is a better defender on the seventh rank.}) 38...
Kf8 39. f4 {The last five moves have been a success for White. With the bishop
safely installed on e5 it becomes possible to move the kingside pawns forward.}
Ke7 40. Qc8 Qc6 41. Qg8 Qe8 42. Qg3 Kd8 43. h4 Rh7 44. Qg5+ Kd7 45. g4 Qc8 46.
Qg6 $2 {According to the notes I have, Nakamura thought for more than 20
minutes before playing this move and still he misses the win. I do not think
that he missed it because he doesn't calculate well enough, but rather because
he is used to calculating almost too well. The result is that he looks for a
very forced win with very small margins, when a small mistake in the
calculation will upset everything.} ({The rather natural} 46. h5 {seems to set
White up for a win. Qg6, followed by h6 and g5, is hanging in the air, so
Black must act, now:} Qc2+ 47. Kg3 Qe4 (47... Kc6 48. Qg6) 48. Qg6 Qxg6 49.
hxg6 Rh6 50. f5 {and the two passed pawns will win the game for White. Perhaps
Nakamura was afraid that Black would get the chance to sacrifice the rook for
two pawns and then hold the endgame since the a-pawn is of the wrong colour?!
Perhaps there was another reason.} exf5 51. gxf5 Rh1 52. Bd4 {stopping the
rook from coming to g1 is the key.} (52. Kg4 Rg1+ 53. Kh5 Rf1 54. Kg5 Ke7 55.
Bd4 Rc1 56. Bb6 a5 57. a4 Rc2 (57... Rc3 58. f6+ Ke6 59. f7 Rf3 60. Bc5) 58.
f6+ Ke6 59. f7) 52... Rc1 53. Kf4 Ke7 54. f6+ Ke6 55. f7 Rf1+ 56. Ke4 Rxf7 57.
gxf7 Kxf7 58. Kd5 Ke7 59. Kc5 b5 60. Kb6 Kd7 61. Kxa6 Kc7 62. Be5+ {and Black
doesn't reach the corner with the king. Not exactly a conclusive variation,
but an indication. It must feel terrible to miss such a great chance to win
the game.}) 46... Rxh4+ 47. Kg3 Rh1 48. f5 Rg1+ 49. Kh2 Qc2+ {This is another
move that could be missed. Now Black holds the draw without much effort.} 50.
Kxg1 Qc5+ 51. Kg2 Qxe5 52. Qf7+ Kd6 53. Qf8+ Kd5 54. f6 Qe4+ 55. Kh2 Qxg4 56.
Qg7 Qf4+ 57. Kh3 Qf5+ 58. Kh4 Kd6 59. Qg3+ (59. f7 Qf4+ 60. Kh5 Qf5+ 61. Kh6
Qh3+ 62. Kg6 Qf5+ {is also a draw.}) 59... Kd7 60. Qg7+ (60. Qg7+ Kd6 61. Qg3+
Kd7 62. Qg7+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sharjah FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 {An old Karpov
line.} ({Nakamura used to uphold Black's colours in the closed formation of the
} 6... Nbd7 7. c5 {line.}) 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 {The most
popular these days.} ({The last word hasn't been spoken yet on Kasparov's
favourite} 10. O-O-O) 10... Re8 ({Hikaru had a hard time defending a worse
endgame after} 10... Be7 11. Be2 Ne4 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 exd5
15. Rxd5 Bxa3 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. exd4 {against Carlsen in the Sinquefield Cup,
2015.}) 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 $1 {First played in Game 21 of the
Korchnoi-Karpov World Championship Match in 1978.} 13. Qb1 $1 ({The knight
cannot be taken:} 13. exd4 exd4+ 14. Ne2 Ng4 {and Black wins.}) ({The panicky} 
13. Qa4 {led to a quick draw in Karjakin-Nakamura, Bilbao 2016:} Qxa4 14. Nxa4
Nc2+ 15. Ke2 Nd4+ 16. Ke1 (16. exd4 exd4+ 17. Kd3 Bf5+) 16... Nc2+ {etc.})
13... Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 {This improvement came up a couple of years ago to
rehabilitate the entire line.} ({The stem game Korchnoi-Karpov game went} 14...
e4 15. Bc2 ({Possibly, even} 15. Bf1 $5 {can be tried. Facing a total collapse
of his position due to the threats to the Nd4, the Bc5 and the d5-pawn, Black
has no choice but to push forward. However, after} Ng4 16. cxd5 Ne5 {White has
a defence} 17. exd4 $1 Nf3+ 18. gxf3 exf3+ 19. Nde4 Bxe4 (19... Rxe4+ 20. Qxe4
Bxe4 21. dxc5 Re8 22. Bb5) 20. Qc1 Bxd5+ 21. Be3 {and the extra piece should
prevail.}) 15... Nxc2+ 16. Qxc2 Qa6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nb3 Bd6 19. Rxd5 {
White emerged with a solid extra pawn, which Korchnoi successfully converted
into a win.}) 15. Qxd3 Ne4 16. Ncxe4 ({The American star of the 1980's GM
James Tarjan picked up this line after suffering a quick defeat as White (game
mentioned later), but his opponent, GM Lalith (Isle of Man, 2016) surprised
him with a new move,} 16. cxd5 Nxc3 ({The point is, Black loses a piece after} 
16... Nxg5 17. b4 Bxb4 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. h4 $1) 17. bxc3 Nb5 18. Ne4 Nd6 19.
Nxd6 Bxd6 20. e4 {and White retained something of an edge.}) ({But} 16. Ndxe4 {
is insufficient:} dxe4 17. Qxe4 Bxa3 $1 18. O-O Bxb2 19. Nd5 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Nc3
21. Nxc3 Qxc3 22. Rd7 {although Babula-Sebenik, 2016 went 1-0.}) 16... dxe4 17.
Qxe4 Qb6 (17... Nb3 {leads nowhere after} 18. Qc2) 18. Rb1 (18. Qb1 {was seen
in Tarjan-Zumsande, 2015:} Ne6 19. Bh4 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxe3+ 21. Kf1 Qf4+ 22. Bf2
Rad8 {Black has massive compensation, and it took only one error from Tarjan
to lose the game:} 23. g3 Qh6 24. Ne4 Qh3+ 25. Kg1 $4 Nf4 $1) 18... h6 ({
The same player, unfortunately unknown to me, had another game worthy of
mention:} 18... f6 $1 19. O-O (19. b4 Bf8 20. Bh4 Rad8 {may improve on
Nakamura's idea of trapping the white bishop, e.g.} 21. Rb2 g5 22. Qg4 h5 23.
Qxh5 gxh4 24. exd4 exd4+ 25. Kd1 Qe6 $13) 19... Ne2+ 20. Kh1 fxg5 21. Qd3 Nf4
22. exf4 Rad8 23. Qc2 exf4 {Ruecker-Zumsande, Rilton Cup 2016-17, evaluation
<unclear>.}) 19. Bh4 g5 20. b4 Bf8 21. Bg3 Rad8 $1 {Now the threat of f5-f4
forces White's hand.} 22. exd4 exd4 23. Be5 Bg7 24. O-O ({The same result
would seem inevitable after} 24. Nf3 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Qc7 {e.g.} 26. f4 gxf4 27.
O-O Qxe5 28. Qxf4 Qxf4 29. Rxf4 d3 30. Rd1 Re2 31. Rf3 d2 32. Rf2 Re1+ 33. Rf1
Re2 34. Rf2 $11) 24... Rxe5 25. Qd3 Qg6 $1 26. Rb3 g4 27. c5 b6 28. cxb6 (28.
Nc4 Re6 29. Qxg6 fxg6 30. Nb2 {is hardly worth bothering with.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sharjah FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2017.02.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 b6 12. g4 Bb7 13. g5 Nh5 14. Bd6 Nd4
15. Nxd4 Bxd6 16. O-O Rfc8 17. Be2 g6 18. Nxe6 Bxa3 19. bxa3 Rxc3 20. Nd8 Be4
21. Rd4 Rc5 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Rxe4 Rxg5+ 24. Kh1 Rc8 25. h4 Rgc5 26. Bxh5 Rxh5
27. Rd1 Rc7 28. Kg2 Rhc5 29. Kg3 Rb7 30. Rd8 b5 31. Rf4+ Kg7 32. Rfd4 Rcc7 33.
R8d5 Rf7 34. h5 a5 35. a4 Rf5 36. Rxf5 gxf5 37. axb5 Rxb5 38. Rd7+ Kh6 39. Kh4
Rb2 40. Rd6+ Kg7 41. f4 h6 42. Rd5 Kf6 43. Rxa5 Rg2 44. Kh3 Rg1 45. Kh2 Rg4 46.
Rb5 Rh4+ 47. Kg2 Rg4+ 48. Kf3 Rh4 49. e4 fxe4+ 50. Kxe4 Rh1 51. Kf3 Rf1+ 52.
Kg3 Rg1+ 53. Kf2 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sharjah FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2017.02.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. cxd5 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 cxd5 9. b3 Nc6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. e3 Rc8 12. a3 Ne8 13. d4 Nd6 14. Qd3 Na5
15. Nd2 f5 16. Rfc1 Qb6 17. Bd1 Ne4 18. Nf3 Bf6 19. a4 Rc6 20. Rxc6 Nxc6 21.
Qb5 Qc7 22. Rc1 a6 23. Qe2 Qb6 24. Ne1 Nb4 25. f3 Nd6 26. Ba3 Be7 27. Qd2 Nc8
28. Be2 Na7 29. Nc2 Rc8 30. Kf2 a5 31. Ne1 Nd3+ 32. Nxd3 Bxa3 33. Rxc8+ Nxc8
34. Qc2 Ne7 35. Nf4 Kf7 36. Bb5 Bd6 37. Nd3 Qd8 38. Ke2 b6 39. h3 Qc8 40. Qxc8
Nxc8 41. g4 g6 42. Ba6 Ne7 43. Bb7 Kf6 44. e4 fxe4 45. fxe4 dxe4 46. Nf2 Nd5
47. Nxe4+ Ke7 48. Bxd5 exd5 49. Nxd6 Kxd6 50. h4 h6 51. Ke3 g5 52. h5 Kc6 53.
Kd3 Kd6 54. Kc3 Kc6 55. b4 Kd6 56. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mareco, Sandro"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Buenos Aires Krakens"]
[BlackTeam "Miami Champions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. e3 dxe3 5. fxe3 cxb4 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bd3 g6 8. a3
bxa3 9. O-O Bg7 10. Bxa3 O-O 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. h3 b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rac1 Rc8 15.
Rfd1 Na5 16. Bb4 Nc6 17. Ba3 Bh6 18. Rc2 Re8 19. c5 e5 20. d5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5
Qxd5 22. Bxg6 Qb3 23. Rd3 Qa4 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Ng5+ Kg8 26. Qh5 Re7 27. Rf2
Bxg5 28. Qxg5+ Rg7 29. Qf5 Ne7 30. Qxc8+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Perez Ponsa, Federico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Miami Champions"]
[BlackTeam "Buenos Aires Krakens"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Qa4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. f3 Nbd7 11. e4 a6 12. a4 a5 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Ne2 Qd7 15.
c4 Nxa4 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bb5 19. Nd4 Rfe8+ 20. Kf2 Nc5 21.
Qxb5 Qxb5 22. Nxb5 Nd3+ 23. Kg1 Re1+ 24. Bf1 Rae8 25. Kg2 Nxc1 26. Nxc7 Nb3 27.
Ra3 R8e3 28. Bc4 Nd2 29. Rxe1 Rxe1 30. Rxa5 g6 31. d6 Nxc4 32. d7 Re2+ 33. Kg1
Rd2 34. Ra8+ Kg7 35. d8=Q Rxd8 36. Rxd8 Ne5 37. Kg2 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Miami Champions"]
[BlackTeam "Buenos Aires Krakens"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Re8 12. e3 Ne4 13. Qb3 Ndf6 14. Rac1 a5
15. b5 a4 16. Qd3 Ra5 17. Bc3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Ne4 19. Rc2 Qd7 20. Rb1 Qe7 21.
Rbc1 Bxa3 22. Rxc7 Bxc1 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Qc2 Nxd2 25. Nxd2 Bxd2 26. Bxd5 Bb4
27. Ba2 Bd6 28. Kf1 g6 29. d5 a3 30. Qc4 Rc7 31. Qh4 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Rxb5 33. e4
Rb2 34. Qf6 Bc5 35. d6 Rxf2+ 36. Qxf2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Manolache, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2901"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d6 2. Bb2 Nd7 3. d4 Ngf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
a5 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. Rc1 Re8 11. d5 Nc5 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Bf3 Qb6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15.
Ba3 Rac8 16. Qd2 Red8 17. Rfd1 h5 18. h3 Be8 19. e4 Nfd7 20. Qe3 Kh7 21. Be2
Bh6 22. Qf3 Na6 23. Rb1 Nb4 24. Bc1 Bxc1 25. Rbxc1 Qc5 26. Qg3 e5 27. Nf3 Nf6
28. Qg5 Kg7 29. Nh4 Nh7 30. Qg3 Kf8 31. Bxh5 gxh5 32. Nf5 Bd7 33. Qg7+ Ke8 34.
Nxd6+ Ke7 35. Qxf7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2902"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. Be2 h6 7. O-O e6 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 Be7 10. c5 Qc7 11. b4 O-O 12. b5 b6 13. cxb6 axb6 14. a4 c5 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. Bc3 e5 17. b6 Qxb6 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rfd8 20. Qb3 Qe6 21.
Bb2 c4 22. Qa2 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Bd4 Bf6 25. Rfd1 Rdb8 26. a5 c3 27. a6 Rb2
0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2904"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2017.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nb6 4. a4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. a5 N6d7 7. d4 g6 8. Nf3
Bg7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. a6 bxa6 12. Bxa6 Nb6 13. Bxc8 Qxc8 14. Ne2 e5
15. c3 e4 16. Nd2 d5 17. Nb3 Nd8 18. Nc5 Ne6 19. b3 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Nd7 21. Qxd5
Rd8 22. Be3 Nf6 23. Qc4 Nd5 24. Qxe4 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Re8 26. Qf3 Qxc5 27. Rad1 a5
28. Rd7 Qf5 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. Ng3 Bxc3 31. Nxf5 Ra6 32. Rfd1 Rae6 33. g4 h5 34.
g5 Bg7 35. R1d5 Re5 36. g6 fxg6 37. Nxg7 Re1+ 38. Kg2 R8e7 39. Nxh5 gxh5 40.
Rd8+ Kg7 41. Rxh5 R1e5 42. Rh3 Rb5 43. Rg3+ Kf7 44. Rdd3 Rb4 45. Rdf3+ Ke8 46.
Rg5 a4 47. bxa4 Rxa4 48. Rg8+ Kd7 49. h3 Rd4 50. Re3 Rf4 51. Rxe7+ Kxe7 52. Rg3
Rh4 53. Rf3 Rh8 54. Kg3 Rg8+ 55. Kh2 Rh8 56. Rf4 Ke6 57. h4 Ke5 58. Kg3 Rg8+
59. Kf3 Rh8 60. Kg3 Rg8+ 61. Rg4 Rh8 62. Rg6 Kf5 63. Ra6 Rc8 64. h5 Kg5 65. h6
Rh8 66. f4+ Kh5 67. Kf3 Rf8 68. h7 Rh8 69. Ra7 Kg6 70. Kg4 Rf8 71. f5+ Kf6 72.
Kh5 Kxf5 73. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hess, Robert L"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2906"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. Bd3
Bb4 9. O-O Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 O-O 12. a3 Bd6 13. b4 Rfc8 14. Rfc1 Qd8
15. Nb5 Bb8 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Rc1 Qd8 18. Nc3 Bc7 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Bb6 21.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. Qxb7 Rb8 23. Qf3 Bxd4 24. Rc6 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Be3 Bxe3 27.
Qxe3 Qc7 28. a4 Nd5 29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. bxc5 Kf8 31. Be4 Nc3 32. Bc6 Ke7 33. Kf1
Kd8 34. Ke1 Kc7 35. Be8 f6 36. f3 Kd8 37. Bc6 Kc7 38. Be8 Nd5 39. Kd2 Nf4 40.
g3 Nxh3 41. Ke3 e5 42. f4 exf4+ 43. gxf4 g5 44. fxg5 Nxg5 45. Kf4 Ne6+ 46. Ke4
Nxc5+ 47. Kf5 Kd8 48. Bb5 Ke7 49. a5 Nb3 50. Bd3 Nxa5 51. Kg4 Ke6 52. Bxh7 Ke5
53. Kf3 Nc4 54. Bg8 Kd4 55. Kf4 a5 56. Kf5 a4 57. Kxf6 a3 58. Bxc4 Kxc4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2909"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. c4 Bb7 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 e6 12. e4 a5 13. Rad1 Qe8 14. Rfe1 Qe7
15. a3 c5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Rfc8 19. Nb5 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 d5 21.
Qd2 dxc4 22. Nd6 Rc7 23. Qc3 Qf6 24. Qg3 Qe5 25. Bxc4 Qxg3 26. hxg3 Ne5 27. Bb5
Bc6 28. f4 Bxb5 29. Nxb5 Rc2 30. fxe5 Raa2 31. Kh2 Rxg2+ 32. Kh3 h5 33. Kh4 Kg7
34. Nd6 Raf2 35. Rf1 Rh2+ 36. Kg5 Rhg2 37. Rxf2 Rxf2 38. Ne8+ Kf8 39. Nf6 Kg7
40. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2904"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14.
Qd4 Qd6 15. Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2908"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 a6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nd5 Be7 7. Ne2 O-O 8. Nec3
d6 9. Nxe7+ Qxe7 10. Be2 Rd8 11. O-O d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Rxd5 14. Qc2 Nb4
15. Qc3 Nc6 16. f4 Be6 17. Bc4 Ra5 18. a4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 f6 20. d4 exd4 21. exd4
Rh5 22. d5 Nb4 23. Rae1 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 a5 25. g4 Rh6 26. g5 Rg6 27. h4 fxg5 28.
f5 Nxd5 29. cxd5 Qxc3 30. Bxc3 Rh6 31. Re7 Rxh4+ 32. Kg2 Kf8 33. Rxc7 Re8 34.
Bxg7+ Kg8 35. f6 Re2+ 36. Rf2 Rxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Rxa4 38. d6 Rd4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leiva Rodriguez, Jeammarco Giuseppe"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2909"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Ne4 9. Rd1 Nd7 10. b3 f5 11. Bc1 Bf6 12. Bb2 b5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qc6 Nb6 15.
Qxb5 a5 16. Nc3 Ba6 17. Qc6 Re8 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Qb6 20. Bf1 Bb5 21. Qa3
Be7 22. b4 axb4 23. Qe3 Bd6 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Rec8 27. Bd4
Nc3 28. Rd2 b3 29. Rb2 Rxa2 30. Rbxa2 bxa2 31. Bxc3 Rxc3 32. Rxa2 Rxe3 33. Ra5
Bc4 34. Kf2 Rxe5 35. Bg2 Rxe2+ 36. Kf3 g5 37. Bf1 Rxh2 38. Bxc4 dxc4 39. Rc5
Rc2 40. Rc7 h5 41. Ke3 h4 42. gxh4 gxh4 43. Kf4 h3 44. Kg5 Rg2+ 45. Kf6 h2 46.
Rc8+ Kh7 47. Rc7+ Kh8 48. Rc8+ Rg8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Perez Ponsa, Federico"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2916"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Nbd2 g6 14. Nf1 Ng7
15. Bg5 Be6 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Qb5 Qxb5 19. Bxb5 c6 20. Bd3 Ne8 21.
Rd1 f6 22. Bh4 b5 23. Re1 Kf7 24. Bg3 Nc4 25. b3 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Bxg3 27. hxg3 a5
28. Re1 Nd6 29. Nd2 Bf5 30. Bxf5 Nxf5 31. Nf3 Nd6 32. Nd2 b4 33. c4 dxc4 34.
Nxc4 Nxc4 35. bxc4 Re8 36. Kf1 Rd8 37. Rd1 Re8 38. Re1 c5 39. d5 a4 40. Rc1 Re4
41. Rc2 Ke7 42. f3 Re3 43. g4 Kd7 44. Kf2 Rd3 45. Ke2 Rd4 46. Rc1 Kd6 47. Ke3
Ke5 48. g3 g5 49. Rc2 h6 50. Rc1 f5 51. gxf5 Kxf5 52. g4+ Ke5 53. Rc2 Rf4 54.
Ke2 Rf8 55. Ke3 Rb8 56. Rh2 Rb6 57. Rd2 Rf6 58. Rc2 Rf4 59. Ke2 Rd4 60. Ke3 Kd6
61. Rh2 Rxc4 62. Rxh6+ Kxd5 63. Rg6 Rc3+ 64. Ke2 Ra3 65. Rxg5+ Kd4 66. Rg8
Rxa2+ 67. Kd1 b3 68. g5 Rg2 69. g6 b2 70. Rb8 Kc3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2918"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O a5 10. c4 a4 11. Bf3 Qb6 12. Bd4 Qa5 13. Bc3 Qb6 14. Nd2 d6 15.
c5 Qxc5 16. Rc1 Qa7 17. Bxc6 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. bxa4 Rfc8 20. a5 Qb5 21. Qb3
Qxb3 22. axb3 Nd5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Ra1 Nb4 26. Nc4 d5 27. Nb6
Rc6 28. h4 Rc7 29. Ra4 Nc6 30. Nxd5 Rd7 31. Nf4 e5 32. Nh3 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Rb1 34.
a6 Na7 35. Rb4 Ra1 36. Rb7 Nc6 37. Ng5 Nd8 38. Rd7 h6 39. Rxd8 hxg5 40. Rd6
gxh4 41. b4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.03.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
d4 Nd7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Bd4+ ({Nakamura has had a look at
this position from the other side of the board:} 11... Qd4+ {was played
against him by Aronian. After} 12. Kh1 Bd6 13. Qe2 O-O-O {White made the
thematic advance} 14. f5 {known since Lasker's win over Capablanca, St
Peterburg, 1914. Similar positions, same idea to restrict Black's
light-squared bishop.} Bd7 15. Nf3) 12. Kh1 f5 {Hikaru is well prepared as
ever. Here he takes a page out of Grischuk's opening book.} (12... f6 13. Qe2
O-O 14. Nf3 Bc5 15. Be3 Qe7 {Robson-Swiercz, PRO League, 20017 ended
peacefully after a mere 123 moves of play, albeit Black was better most of the
way through.}) 13. Qe2 ({Not much is accomplished by} 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qe2 O-O
15. Nf3 Bf6 16. e5 Be7 {Caruana-Grischuk, London Classic 2015. Despite a good
looking pawn on e5 this structure is known to be safe for Black.}) 13... O-O
14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Nf3 Bc5 16. Re1 Rae8 17. exf5 $6 {Ray wants to take a
different path, but opening the position must favour the bishop pair.} Bd5 18.
Ne5 Rxf5 19. c4 Be6 20. Bd2 Bd6 21. Rf1 Ref8 22. b3 Bxe5 $1 {The strength of
said pair is often manifested in trading one of the bishops!} 23. fxe5 Qc5 24.
Bc3 b5 25. Rxf5 Rxf5 26. Rd1 Qf2 27. Qd3 ({The endgame resulting in} 27. Qxf2
Rxf2 28. cxb5 Rc2 {is not a simple draw. The g2-pawn is a big target, while
the white bishop is reduced to a strictly defensive role.} 29. Be1 cxb5 30. a4
a6 31. axb5 axb5 32. b4 c6 33. Kg1 Bd5 34. Rd2 Rc4 $15) 27... bxc4 28. bxc4 h6
29. Bd4 Qxa2 30. Ra1 Qxc4 31. Qxc4 Bxc4 32. Bxa7 Rxe5 33. Kg1 Bd5 34. Rc1 Re2
35. Bf2 Kf7 36. h3 Ra2 37. Rc3 {Ray was in too much of a time trouble rush to
look ahead and see if his fortress can be breached. Credit goes to Hikaru for
seeing deeper.} g5 38. Rc1 h5 39. Rc3 Kg6 40. Rc1 Kf5 41. Rc3 g4 42. hxg4+ hxg4
{Absolute Zugzwang.} 43. Bg3 {At first sight this move looks strange, but in
truth, there was nothing better.} (43. Rd3 {surrenders the c-file:} Rc2 44. Re3
c5) (43. Kf1 {drops the g-pawn anyway:} Ra1+ 44. Be1 Bxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Rxe1 46.
Rxc6 Re7 $19) ({Other rook moves, such as} 43. Rc1 {allow} g3) 43... Rxg2+ 44.
Kf1 Rxg3 $1 {Who says technical endgame play leaves no room for flair?} (44...
Rb2 45. Bxc7 Rb3 46. Rxb3 Bxb3 {was winning, but in such endings things can go
wrong if White establishes a blockade.} 47. Ke2 Ke4 $1 (47... c5 $6 48. Kd3 Be6
49. Bd6 c4+ 50. Kd4 {Now in order to win Black must force the white king away
from d4:} Kg5 (50... Kg6 51. Bg3 Kf7 52. Bf4 Ke7 53. Bg3 Kd7 54. Bf4 Kc6 55.
Bg3 Kb5 56. Bd6 Bf7 57. Kc3 Kc6 $1 58. Bg3 Kd5 {but it's the longer road.}) 51.
Bg3) 48. Bd6 Kd4 $19) 45. Rxg3 c5 {Too much distance between the pawns for
White to cope with.} 46. Kf2 Kf4 47. Rd3 c6 {This little guy has an important
role too - see the note to the 64th move.} 48. Ra3 c4 49. Rc3 Be6 50. Ra3 Bf5
51. Rg3 Bd3 52. Re3 Be4 53. Ra3 (53. Rg3 Bf3 {and the c-pawn moves forward.})
53... Bd3 54. Ra5 g3+ 55. Kg1 Be4 56. Ra3 Bd5 57. Kf1 g2+ 58. Kf2 Ke5 59. Rg3
Kd4 60. Ke2 c3 61. Kd1 Be4 62. Ke2 c2 63. Kd2 Ke5 64. Rg4 ({There it is,} 64.
Rxg2 Bxg2 65. Kxc2 {is useless.}) 64... Kf5 65. Rg8 Kf4 {A flawless, business
as usual, performance by Nakamura.} 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.03.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
h3 f5 9. e5 Nf7 10. d3 Ba6 11. c4 d6 12. e6 Ne5 13. Nc3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Rb8 15.
Re2 Bc8 16. Bf4 Rxb2 17. Rxb2 Bxc3 18. Rab1 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 Qc7 20. Bg5 Bxe6 21.
Re2 Qd7 22. Qe3 Bf7 23. Qxe7 Qxe7 24. Rxe7 Ra8 25. Rc7 d5 26. Rxc6 dxc4 27.
dxc4 Bxc4 28. a3 Bf7 29. Rxc5 Kg7 30. Rc7 a6 31. h4 Re8 32. Ra7 Re6 33. f3 h6
34. Bd2 Rc6 35. Kh2 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Bxg5 Kg6 38. Be3 Bc4 39. a4 Kf6 40.
Rb7 Bd3 41. Rd7 Bc4 42. Kg3 Ke6 43. Rd4 a5 44. Bd2 Bb3 45. Bxa5 Rc4 46. Rd8
Rxa4 47. Bc7 Ra2 48. Rd6+ Ke7 49. Rb6 Bc4 50. Be5 Rc2 51. Rb1 Ke6 52. Bb8 Kf6
53. Re1 Kf7 54. Rg1 Kg6 55. Kf4 Ba2 56. Ba7 Rb2 57. Bd4 Rb1 58. Rxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.03.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4 a5
9. b5 Ne7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 Ng6 12. Bb3 Re8 13. Nc4 Bc5 14. h3 c6 15. Bd2
Be6 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. d4 Ba7 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Ba2 Qc7 20. Qc2 Red8 21. Be3
Bxe3 22. Nxe3 Bxa2 23. Rxa2 Nd7 24. Nd2 Nc5 25. Nb3 Nxb3 26. Qxb3 Nf4 27. Raa1
Rab8 28. Qc2 Qd6 29. Red1 Qc5 30. Kh2 Ne6 31. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 {Kamsky's pet line as White,
the very London System!} 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 {The new trend.} 8. Be3 {
Kamsky is prepared and has a different opinion.} ({At the London Classic,
Anish Giri instead played} 8. Bg5 {against Wesley So.} f6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. g3 O-O
11. Bg2 f5 12. Ne5 f4 13. Qxh5 fxe3 14. fxe3 Nxe5 (14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 {
would have given Wesley a serious advantage.}) 15. dxe5 Bc5 16. Rf1 Bxe3 17.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Bd7 20. Rd1 Rf8 21. c4 Bc6 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23.
Rxd4 Rf5 24. g4 Rxe5+ 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. b4 Ke7 27. b5 Bd7 28. b6 dxc4 29. Rxc4
axb6 30. Rc7 Rb5 31. Rxb7 Kd6 32. Kg3 h6 33. Rb8 Rb2 34. Bf3 b5 35. a4 b4 36.
a5 Rb3 37. Kg2 Bc6 38. Bxc6 Kxc6 39. a6 Ra3 40. Rxb4 Rxa6 41. h4 e5 42. Kf3 Kd5
43. Rb5+ Ke6 44. Rb7 Kf6 45. g5+ hxg5 46. hxg5+ Kg6 47. Re7 Ra5 48. Ke3 Rb5 49.
Kf3 Rb3+ 50. Kf2 Rb5 51. Kf3 Rd5 52. Ke3 e4 53. Kxe4 Rxg5 54. Kf3 Kh5 55. Re1
Rg4 56. Rh1+ Kg5 {1/2-1/2 (56) Giri,A (2771)-So,W (2794) London 2016}) 8... Bd6
9. Ne5 g6 10. g4 $146 {Kamsky's novelty, but it seems both players had
prepared it!} Ng7 11. h4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Nf3 {Given the fact that the
players blitzed their moves up to this point, they must both have analysed
this position deeply before.} Bf6 14. h5 {The idea of a pawn sacrifice is to
address the awkward situation of the knight on g7.} O-O 15. Qd2 d4 $1 {Great
counter-strike in the centre which ensures comfortable equality. Please note
that Nakamura, who is facing the novelty, has played the five moves after it
in 5 seconds or less. Even this powerful shot was played in exactly ONE second!
} 16. cxd4 b6 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Rh3 Rc8 20. Be2 Bg2 21. Rg3 Bd5 22.
Rh3 {} Bg2 23. Rg3 Be4 24. Rc1 Qd6 25. a3 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Qxe5 {
Komodo gives 0.00 at depth 42 here! White's pair of bishops and the weak
knight on g7 compensate for White's material deficiency!} 28. Qd2 Bd5 29. Bd4
Qe4 30. f3 Qf4 (30... Qf4 31. Qxf4 Rxf4 32. Be5 Rf8 33. Kf2 Rc8 34. Bd3 Rc1 35.
Rh3 Ne8 36. f4 {and the position is balanced because Black cannot play ...Nc7
due to f5.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. a3 g6 6. e3 e4 7. d3 exd3 8. Nf3 Bg7
9. Qxd3 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. Rb1 Ne5 14. Qc2 c6 15. Nxf6+
Qxf6 16. Bd2 Qe7 17. Bb4 c5 18. Bc3 f4 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. exf4 Bf5 21. Be4 exf4
22. Re1 Qc7 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 24. gxf4 Rad8 25. Rbd1 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1
Qxb2 28. Qd5+ Rf7 29. Kg2 b6 30. Re7 Qf6 31. Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Ncd5 Bg5 12. c3 Na5 13. a3 Nxc4 14. dxc4 g6 15.
Qe2 Bh6 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Be1 Kh8 19. Bg3 Qe8 20. Bh4 f6 21. Rd3 Bg8
22. Rfd1 Rc6 23. b4 cxb4 24. axb4 a6 25. R3d2 Rc8 26. Bf2 Bh6 27. Rb2 f5 28. c5
fxe4 29. fxe4 dxc5 30. Nc4 Rc6 31. bxc5 Nxc5 32. Na5 Na4 33. Nxc6 Nxb2 34. Qxb2
bxc6 35. Nb6 Qe6 36. h3 Bg5 37. c4 h5 38. c5 Rd8 39. Rxd8 Bxd8 40. Qa1 Bg5 41.
Qxa6 Qb3 42. Qa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. a5 Bd7 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Bg5 Nfd5 15.
Bd2 a6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bd3 Bg5 18. Ra3 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 f6 20. Nf3 Rc8 21. Be4
Bc6 22. Ne1 Ne7 23. Bb1 Qd6 24. Nc2 Rfd8 25. Ne3 Nd5 26. Ba2 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Bd5
28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 e5 31. b4 h5 32. h3 h4 33. Qc2 Qe6 34. Qc7
Qd7 35. Qc2 Qe6 36. Qc7 Qd7 37. Qc4+ Qd5 38. Rc1 exd4 39. exd4 Kf8 40. Qc5+
Qxc5 41. dxc5 Rd4 42. c6 bxc6 43. Rxc6 Rxb4 44. Rxa6 Kf7 45. Rb6 Ra4 46. a6 Kg6
47. Kf2 Ra3 48. Ke2 Rg3 49. Kf2 Ra3 50. Ke2 Rg3 51. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The game between the two giants ended peacefully without much of a fight.} 1.
d4 {It is hard to predict Wesley So's first move.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3
{Wesley might have good memories from the Catalan against Naka. He won a
beautiful technical game against the latter in a trimuphant performance at
last year's Sinquefield Cup!} Bb4+ {This time Naka opts for one of the two
closed versions of the Catalan.} (4... Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ba6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Qa5 Qc8 13. a4 Rd8 14. Ba3
Rxd4 15. Rfb1 Rb6 16. Bc5 Rd7 17. Rd1 h6 18. Rxd7 Nxd7 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Qd2 c5
21. Rd1 Nf6 22. Kf1 Kh7 23. Qc2+ Kg8 24. Qd2 Kh7 25. Qd8 Qxd8 26. Rxd8 c3 27.
Ke1 Bc4 28. Kd1 Bxa2 29. Kc2 Bc4 30. e3 b5 31. Kxc3 a6 32. Ra8 Nd5+ 33. Bxd5
exd5 34. a5 b4+ 35. Kd2 Bf1 36. Rc8 c4 37. Rb8 b3 38. Kc3 {1-0 (38) So,W (2771)
-Nakamura,H (2791) Saint Louis 2016}) 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
Ne4 $5 {This might have caught Wesley by surprise. This is a less tested but
good enough choice.} 9. Bf4 c6 10. Nc3 g5 $5 {Nakamura shows some ambition by
playing it like Carlsen.} 11. Bc1 (11. Be3 Nd6 12. b3 Nf5 13. g4 Nxe3 14. fxe3
b5 $5 15. e4 b4 16. exd5 bxc3 17. dxc6 Nb8 $5 {led to a close battle between
Eljanov and Carlsen in which the Norwegian outplayed his ambitious opponent}
18. Qe4 f5 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Qd5+ Qxd5 21. cxd5 Na6 22. Rac1 Nc7 23. Ne5 f4 24.
Nc4 Rd8 25. Rxc3 Nxd5 26. c7 Nxc7 27. Bxa8 Nxa8 28. e3 Bb4 29. Rc2 Bb7 30. h4
Be4 31. Rh2 Nb6 32. Ne5 fxe3 33. hxg5 Rxd4 34. Ng4 Nd5 {0-1 (34) Eljanov,P 
(2760)-Carlsen, M (2844) Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 11... f5 {Yours truly had some
pleasant experience in this line. I won an important game against GM Denes
Boros to finish clear first in the Washington International last year!} 12. b3
{This is a better move than what I played.} (12. Rb1 Bf6 13. e3 b6 $6 (13...
Qe7 14. b4 Nb6 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. c5 Nc8 18. f3 exf3 19. Nxf3 Be8
20. e4 Bg6 21. Ne5 Qg7 22. Be3 Ne7 23. Nxg6 Qxg6 24. Rf2 Bg7 25. Rbf1 a6 26. a4
g4 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Bh6 31. Bf2 cxb5 32. Qb1
Kf7 33. Kh1 b4 34. Bg1 Bd2 35. Qf1+ Qf6 36. Qb5 Bc3 37. exd5 exd5 38. Qxb7 Bxd4
39. Qxb4 Bxg1 40. Kxg1 h5 {1/2-1/2 (40) Rozum,I (2581)-Oparin,G (2597)
Vladivostok 2016}) 14. b4 g4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Qxe4
Qe7 19. b5 Rac8 20. Ba3 Qxa3 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. bxc6 Bxc6 23. Bxc6 Nb8 24. Bd5
Na6 25. Qxg4 Qe7 26. a3 Rcd8 27. Qe4 Qg7 28. Qc2 Qd7 29. Be4 Qe7 30. Bg2 Rc8
31. Qa4 Nb8 32. Rbc1 Rc7 33. Rc2 Nd7 34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Rcc1 Nf8 36. Qb3 h5 37. a4
Ne6 38. a5 Qd6 39. axb6 axb6 40. Rb1 Qe7 41. Qxb6 Rxc4 42. Qb5 Rc7 43. Qxh5+
Kg7 44. Rb5 Ng5 45. h4 Nf7 46. Rb6 Rd6 47. Rxd6 Nxd6 48. e4 {1-0 (48)
Moradiabadi,E (2595)-Boros,D (2441) Rockville 2016}) 12... b6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14.
Rad1 Qe8 {Was played after a long think. Nakamura decides to stay solid and
see what Wesley has up his sleeve.} 15. Nd2 Nd6 16. Ba3 Rc8 {} 17. Rfe1 Nf7
18. Qb2 Nf6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 {The position is even. The players played cautiously
until move 30 and then they agreed on a draw.} 20. b4 Rfd8 21. e3 g4 {} 22.
cxd5 cxd5 23. b5 Rc7 (23... h5 24. Ne2 h4 25. Nf4 h3 26. Bf1 Ne4 {is equal as
well.}) 24. Rc1 Rdc8 25. Ne2 Nd6 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 Nfe4 29.
Bxe4 dxe4 30. Ne2 Bd5 {The position is locked and neither side can improve.
Nakamura wanted to try something but Wesley kept things smooth and things
fizzled out soon into a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. h3 g6 12. Nf3 Be6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Nd2
Ng7 15. g4 Kb8 16. Nb3 h5 17. f3 Bc8 18. Qf2 hxg4 19. hxg4 Ne6 20. f4 Nc7 21.
f5 Qg5 22. Rhg1 $5 Rh3 23. e4 Rdh8 {+1=7 is not a scoreline Nakamura is used
to having in U.S. Championships. He had clearly had enough of draws when he
sat down to play the ever-solid Onischuk today - a dangerous mindset.} 24. e5
$5 {Points for the spirit, but, objectively speaking, White is playing with
fire.} (24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Nc5 Rh2 26. Qg3 {should be enough to hold.}) 24...
Rh2 25. Qe1 Nc4 $1 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Nd2 Qf4 ({Here Alexander had a strong
idea in the exchange sacrifice,} 27... gxf5 28. Nf3 Qg6 29. Nxh2 fxg4+ 30. Ka1
Rxh2 $36) 28. e6 $1 {HIkaru seizes the opportunity.} gxf5 29. exf7 Be6 30. Rf1
Qxg4 31. Nf3 Rg2 32. d5 $5 {HIkaru burned a lot of time on this one. Clearly,
he wanted it all.} ({Obviously, he could see} 32. Qe5 Qg7 33. Rg1 Rxg1 34. Rxg1
Qxe5 35. Nxe5 {as advantageous for White.}) 32... cxd5 33. Nxd5 $4 {A step too
far.} (33. Qe5 Qg7 34. Rg1 Qxe5 35. Nxe5 Rxg1 36. Rxg1 Rf8 {and only now} 37.
Nxd5 $1 {a fantastic shot, based on forks and deflections. White will end up
up the exchange with some practical winning chances.}) 33... Qg7 {A cold
shower. The threat of mate forces White to part with his best pawn.} ({
Nakamura's idea had been that if} 33... Bxd5 $2 34. Rxd5 $1 {is winning since}
Nxd5 35. Qe5+ Kc8 36. Qxh8+ {is game over. However, he overlooked that Black
needn't touch his knight at the beginning of this line at all.}) 34. Nc3 Qxf7
35. Qe5 Re8 36. Qd6 Qf8 37. Nb5 Qxd6 38. Nxd6 Rh8 39. Rh1 Rxh1 40. Rxh1 Rg8 {
The last move before the time control may not have been the most optimal, but
Alexander wanted to make sure he didn't blunder anything.} 41. Nd4 f4 42. Rh6
Bc8 43. Nxc4 Nd5 44. Kc2 Rd8 45. Rd6 $6 {This goes to show that Hikaru was
still reeling form his blunder on move 33.} ({The activity offered by} 45. Kd3
Nb4+ 46. Ke4 Nxa2 47. Nf3 (47. Nd6 Nb4) 47... Rf8 48. Nd6 Nb4 49. Ne5 {would
be more in his style, particularly against an opponent who was looking for
technical solutions.}) 45... Rxd6 46. Nxd6 Bh3 47. a3 Kc7 48. Ne4 a5 $6 (48...
Bg2 49. Kd3 Bf1+ 50. Kd2 Kb6) 49. Nd2 b6 50. Kd3 Bg2 51. Nc2 $2 (51. N4f3)
51... Ne7 52. b4 a4 53. Nd4 Kd7 54. Ke2 Bd5 {Onischuk at his best. His pieces
guard the approaches to the f4-pawn, while the black king is slowly making its
way forward.} 55. Nb5 $2 {This only helps Black.} Kc6 56. Nc3 b5 57. Kd3 Nf5
58. Nd1 Kd6 59. Nc3 Bc6 60. Nce4+ Ke7 61. Ng5 Kf6 62. Nge4+ Ke7 63. Ng5 Bg2 64.
Nge4 Ke6 65. Nf2 Kd5 {Finally, the king has arrived and that signals the end
of the game.} 66. Nd1 Nd6 67. Nf2 Nc4 68. Nxc4 Bf1+ 69. Kc3 Bxc4 70. Nh3 Ke4
71. Kd2 Be6 72. Ng5+ Kd5 73. Nf3 Bg4 74. Nh4 Ke4 75. Ke1 Ke3 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 {After a heart-breaking loss to Alex Onischuk, super-GM Hikaru
Nakamura went ballistic today and rolled over Yaroslav Zherebukh who was
pinned to the ground after a dream start, sharing first after seven rounds
with Wesley So.} 2. d4 d5 {Caro-Kann, a surprise for Zherebukh for sure!} 3.
Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 {I am not sure if this is Zherebukh's
main repertoire or if he decided to avoid a theoretical debate with Nakamura.}
Nf6 7. Nf4 Nbd7 8. Bc4 Qc7 9. O-O e6 10. c3 {Came after a long thought.} (10.
Re1 Bd6 (10... O-O-O {is the right move which leads to a double-edged game!})
11. Rxe6+ $3 {A Tal-like sacrifice in the 21st century! It only leads to a
draw though!} fxe6 12. Nxe6 Qb6 13. Qe2 Ke7 (13... Bxg3 14. hxg3 Be4 15. b3 Bd5
16. Ng5+ Kd8 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. c4 Re8 19. Ne6+ Rxe6 20. Qxe6 N5f6 21. Bf4 c5
22. Bd6 cxd4 23. c5 Qc6 24. Re1 b6 25. b4 bxc5 26. bxc5 d3 27. Be7+ Kc7 28.
Bd6+ Kc8 29. Qe3 Qd5 30. Rd1 Qe4 31. Qc1 Qd4 32. Bf4 Ng4 33. c6 Nc5 34. Qd2 g5
35. Be3 Nxe3 36. fxe3 Qd6 37. Qa5 g4 38. Rc1 d2 39. Rd1 Rb8 40. Qxa7 Qxc6 41.
Qxh7 Qe4 42. Qh8+ Kc7 43. Qc3 Qd5 44. e4 Qd6 45. e5 Qb6 46. e6 Kb7 47. Kh2 Qxe6
48. Rxd2 Kc6 49. Qd4 Qh6+ 50. Kg1 Rb1+ 51. Rd1 Rxd1+ 52. Qxd1 Qe3+ 53. Kh2 Qh6+
54. Kg1 Qe3+ 55. Kh2 Qe4 56. Qd8 Kb5 57. Qc7 Qe6 58. Qf4 Ne4 59. Qe3 Qc4 60.
Qf4 Qe2 61. Qb8+ Kc6 62. Qe8+ Kc7 63. a4 Nc3 64. Qf7+ Kc8 65. a5 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 
(65) Azarov,S (2635)-Lenderman,A (2601) Greensboro 2014}) 14. Bg5 Qxb2 15. Re1
Qxc2 16. Bd2 Nb6 17. Nxg7+ Kd7 18. Bb3 Qd3 19. Qe6+ Kc7 20. Qxf6 Raf8 21. Ne6+
Kd7 22. Nxf8+ Rxf8 23. Qg7+ Kc8 24. Bh6 Qc3 25. Rf1 a5 26. Bg5 Re8 {1-0 (26)
Duda,J (2658)-Ivanchuk,V (2726) Berlin 2015}) ({Zherebukh might also have
challenged his higher rated opponent by going for it with} 10. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 11.
Nxe6 Qd6 12. Re1 {and while quite unclear, it will be a lot more fun to play
as White than defend as Black.}) 10... Bd6 11. Qf3 c5 $5 {An interesting
novelty by Nakamura.} 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bb3 O-O-O {Things are getting critical
and Zherebukh's reaction is far from optimal!} 14. Nxg6 $6 (14. Qe2 Ne5 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bf4 Bd6 {is better than what Zherebukh did!}) 14... hxg6 15. Bf4
$2 {Complete loss of time!} (15. Bg5 Ne5 16. Qf4 {is ugly but necessary.})
15... e5 $1 16. Be3 e4 17. Qe2 Bxe3 (17... Rxh2 {is more accurate.} 18. Bxc5 (
18. Kxh2 Bxe3) 18... Rdh8 19. Be3 Rh1+ 20. Nxh1 Qh2#) 18. Qxe3 $2 {Zherebukh
does not sense the trouble and runs into checkmate.} (18. fxe3 {was a must.})
18... Rxh2 $3 {Checkmate comes soon!} 19. Rfd1 Rdh8 20. Qxa7 e3 $1 {One of the
two winning moves.} 21. Qxe3 Ng4 {A classic for the future!} (21... Ng4 22. Qf3
Rh1+ 23. Nxh1 Rxh1+ 24. Kxh1 Qh2#) 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Nbd7 7. d4 e6 {
A little timid.} ({According to general principles of development and control
over the centre} 7... e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Bg2 Bc5 {has to be the right plan.})
8. Nd2 Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. c3 O-O 14. Qe2
Rfe8 15. Kh2 Rad8 16. b4 a5 {Black has to seek some counterplay somewhere.} 17.
bxa5 $6 ({As far as I can see there was nothing wrong with} 17. a3 $14) 17...
Qxa5 18. Bd2 Qa4 19. Rfb1 Rd7 20. Rb3 Rc8 21. Be1 b5 22. Rc1 c5 $2 {Akobian
worried about c3-c4, but the remedy could be worse than the disease.} ({
Black had an interesting idea in} 22... Qc4 23. Qxc4 bxc4 {At first sight it
seems like this pawn is going to fall, but after} 24. Rbb1 Ra7 25. Bf1 Ra4 {
Black manages to stabilise the situation which is not entirely unfavorable for
him, as White's Be1 will be dominated by Black's Nd5.}) 23. d5 $2 {One of
those moves Hikaru would have a hard time explaining.} (23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Rcb1
{would pick off the loose b5-pawn and let Black worry about his compensation.})
23... exd5 24. Rxb5 c4 {Suddenly, Black is for choice.} 25. Rcb1 Bd6 26. Qd1 {
This was the only move in the entire game Hikaru took considerable time on.} ({
He didn't want to part with the a-pawn:} 26. Bd2 Qxa2 27. Qd1 {which
objectively may have been the better choice.}) ({While} 26. Qb2 {decentralises
the queen, and likely will be harshly punished by} h5 $1 {etc.}) 26... Qxd1 $4
{The marks go for taking a wrong turn at a critical junction. It is mainly a
mental error of trying to "escape" with a draw from a better position.} (26...
Qa7 {just had to be played. Regardless of any tournament situation Black needs
to keep his queen on the board. Varuzhan just couldn't bring himself to take
any risk, and I wonder why. Wasn't a chance to win it all worth trying?} 27. a4
Re8 28. a5 $2 Rde7 {is one sample line which illustrates Black's potential.})
27. Rxd1 Be7 28. a4 Ra8 29. a5 Bd8 30. Ra1 Rda7 31. Bxd5 Nxd5 32. Rxd5 Bxa5 33.
Bd2 h6 34. Be3 Ra6 35. Ra3 Bc7 36. Rxa6 Rxa6 37. Rc5 Bd6 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. Rxc4
Be5 40. Rc8 Ra3 ({For better or worse Black had to try something like} 40... g5
41. c4 Kg6 42. Kg2 f5) 41. c4 Kg6 $2 42. Kg2 h5 43. Re8 $1 {A great one from
Nakamura.} f6 44. Re7 $1 {Now the black king is tied down to g7, and it really
looks bad for Black.} Rc3 45. c5 Kh7 $2 46. Kf1 Rc4 47. Ke2 Kg6 48. Kd3 Rc3+
49. Ke4 h4 50. g4 Bh2 51. f4 Rc2 52. Kd3 Ra2 53. c6 Ra6 54. c7 Rc6 55. Kd4 f5
56. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern Qual2 11th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.04.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Jegorovas, Aleksandras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2910"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Qb6 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Qxb2 8.
Nge2 Qb6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nb5 Na6 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Nc7 Nxc7 13. Bxc7 Qb4 14. Rb1
Qa3 15. Rb3 Qa4 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxa4 Bxa4 18. Nc3 Bxb3 19. Qxb3 b6 20. Be5 Rfc8
21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. g4 Rc4 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Nd2 Rc7 25. Nf3 Rac8 26. Kg2 g6 27.
Rd1 Rc3 28. Qb5 R8c7 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. Ne5 Bf6 31. h4 Re7 32. Qb8 Bxh4 33. Nf3
g5 34. Nxh4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern Qual2 11th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.04.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rychagov, Andrey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2911"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Bg5 Ne4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 Bg4 14. Bf4 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Nd4 16. exd4 Nxc3+ 17. Kf1 Nxd1 18. dxc5 Re1+ 19. Kg2 Rxh1 20. Kxh1
Qe1+ 21. Kg2 h6 22. Bg3 Re8 23. Bb5 Re6 24. Bd7 Re2 25. Qf5 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern Qual2 11th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2913"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. d3 d6 8. O-O
Bg4 9. h3 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nd7 11. f4 a6 12. Kh2 Rb8 13. Qf2 Nd4 14. Be3 b5 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. Rae1 b4 17. Na4 b3 18. axb3 Rxb3 19. Rd1 Qb8 20. Rd2 Nb5 21. e5
dxe5 22. Bd5 Rb4 23. Nxc5 Qd6 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Bc5 exf4 26. Bxb4 fxg3+ 27.
Qxg3 Qxd5 28. Qf3 Qd7 29. Qe4 Re8 30. Qc4 Bf6 31. Bc5 Qc7+ 32. Kg2 Qc6+ 33. Rf3
Rc8 34. b4 Qd7 35. Qg4 Qb7 36. Qe4 Qd7 37. d4 Nd6 38. Qd5 Rd8 39. Bxd6 Qa4 40.
Qa5 Qxa5 41. bxa5 Rxd6 42. d5 Ra6 43. Ra3 Be5 44. Rc2 Bd6 45. Rc6 Ra7 46. Ra2
Kg7 47. a6 Kf6 48. Re2 h5 49. Kf3 Ra8 50. Ke4 Rb8 51. Rf2+ Kg7 52. Ra2 Rb4+ 53.
Kd3 Bb8 54. a7 Bxa7 55. Rxa7 Rb3+ 56. Ke2 Rxh3 57. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern Qual2 11th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.04.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2918"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 Nf8 9. Bh4 Ng6 10. Bg3 Bd6 11. Qc2 O-O 12. O-O-O Re8 13. h4 Bg4 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. f3 Bd7 16. h5 Nf8 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Rad8 20. h6 g6 21.
e5 Ng4 22. Rdf1 c5 23. Nd5 Qe6 24. Bc4 Qc6 25. Rxf7 cxd4 26. Ne7+ Rxe7 27. Rg7+
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern Qual2 11th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.04.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kvisla, Johannes Luangtep"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2918"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Ne4 9. Bf4 c6 10. Nc3 g5 11. Be3 Nd6 12. b3 Nf5 13. Bc1 g4 14. Nd2 Nxd4 15.
Qd1 Bf6 16. Bb2 h5 17. e3 Nf5 18. h3 Ne5 19. e4 Nd3 20. exf5 Nxb2 21. Qc2 Qa5
22. Rac1 Qxc3 23. Qxc3 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 d4 25. Rc2 Nd3 26. hxg4 hxg4 27. fxe6 Bxe6
28. Ne4 Rad8 29. Rd2 Ne5 30. Rfd1 d3 31. Nc5 Bf5 32. Nxb7 Rd4 33. Nc5 Kg7 34.
Re1 f6 35. Re3 Kg6 36. Kf1 a5 37. Na4 Rfd8 38. Nc5 Rb8 39. f4 gxf3 40. Bxf3
Nxf3 41. Rxf3 Re8 42. Kf2 Kg5 43. Re3 Re5 44. Rxe5 fxe5 45. Ke3 Kg4 46. Nxd3
Rxd3+ 47. Rxd3 Bxd3 48. Kxd3 Kf3 49. Kd2 e4 50. Ke1 c5 51. a3 Kxg3 52. Ke2 Kf4
53. Kf2 e3+ 54. Ke2 Ke4 55. b4 cxb4 56. axb4 axb4 57. c5 b3 58. c6 b2 59. c7
b1=Q 60. c8=Q Qb2+ 61. Kd1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern Qual2 11th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.04.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2921"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2017.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nf3
Nd7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 f6 11. Bg3 Bd6 12. Bd3 Ne7 13. Ne2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qd7
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ng3 Qe6 17. f3 g6 18. Kf2 O-O 19. Ne2 Rae8 20. h4 Qd6 21.
Rag1 c5 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Rc1 Qb6 24. Qd4 Qa5 25. h5 g5 26. Rc5 Qxa2 27. Rc7
Nc6 28. Qd3 Re7 29. Rxe7 Nxe7 30. Qb5 d4 31. Nxd4 Qd5 32. Qxd5+ Nxd5 33. Rc1
Rd8 34. Nf5 Kf7 35. e4 Nb6 36. Rc7+ Rd7 37. Rxb7 Rxb7 38. Nd6+ Ke6 39. Nxb7 Nc4
40. b3 Nd2 41. Nc5+ Kd6 42. b4 Nc4 43. Ke2 Ne5 44. Nd3 Nc4 45. Nc5 Ne5 46. Nb3
Nc6 47. b5 Ne5 48. Nd4 Nc4 49. Nf5+ Kc5 50. Ng7 Nd6 51. e5 fxe5 52. Ne6+ Kxb5
53. Nxg5 a5 54. Nxh7 Kc4 55. Nf6 a4 56. Kd2 Kb3 57. g5 a3 58. g6 Nf5 59. g7
Nxg7 60. h6 Nf5 61. h7 a2 62. h8=Q a1=Q 63. Qb8+ Ka2 64. Qa8+ Kb1 65. Qe4+ Ka2
66. Qxf5 Qd4+ 67. Ke2 Qb2+ 68. Kf1 Qc1+ 69. Kg2 Qd2+ 70. Kh3 Qh6+ 71. Nh5 Qe3
72. Qe4 Qg5 73. Ng3 Qh6+ 74. Kg2 Qd2+ 75. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern Qual2 11th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.04.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2917"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2017.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 c6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 b5 7. Nxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern Qual2 11th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2911"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. Bd3 e5 12. d5 Qc7 13. c4 Nf6 14. h3 Ne8 15.
O-O Nd6 16. Nh2 f5 17. exf5 e4 18. f6 Bxf6 19. Be2 b6 20. Ng4 Bg7 21. Bg5 Bxg4
22. Bxg4 Nxc4 23. Qe2 Nd6 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. h4 Bf6 26. Bf4 Rad8 27. Qxe4 Qg7 28.
Qe3 Bd4 29. Qc1 Ne4 30. Rb3 Nxf2 31. Kh2 Rxf4 32. Qxf4 Be5 33. Rxf2 Rf8 34.
Rbf3 Bxf4+ 35. Rxf4 Rxf4 36. Rxf4 Qe5 37. g3 c4 38. Kh3 c3 39. Rf8+ Kg7 40.
Rf7+ Kh8 41. Rf8+ Kg7 42. Rf7+ Kh8 43. Rf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern Qual2 11th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.04.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kantans, Toms"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2896"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2017.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Nxc5 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Be2 Nce4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b6 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Nd2
Bb7 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. f3 Bd5 18. Ba6 Qc5 19. Kh1 h6 20. e4 Bc6 21.
Be3 Qa5 22. Bc4 Ba4 23. Rc1 Rac8 24. Bb3 Nd7 25. f4 Nc5 26. Bxa4 Qxa4 27. Bd4
e5 28. Bxe5 Qxe4 29. Qg4 Qg6 30. Qxg6 fxg6 31. Bd4 Ne6 32. Be5 Rd2 33. a4 Rc4
34. Ra1 Re4 35. a5 g5 36. axb6 axb6 37. f5 Rxe5 38. fxe6 Rxe6 39. Rab1 Rc2 40.
Rfc1 Rce2 41. h3 Kh7 42. c4 Rc6 43. Rb4 Rf6 44. Rb5 g4 45. hxg4 Rf4 46. Kh2
Rxg4 47. Rg1 Re6 48. Rc1 Reg6 49. Rc2 Rh4+ 50. Kg1 Rd6 51. c5 Rd1+ 52. Kf2 bxc5
53. Rbxc5 Rf4+ 54. Kg3 Rdd4 55. R5c3 Rh4 56. Kf2 Rdg4 57. Rg3 Rf4+ 58. Kg1 Rf7
59. Rf2 Re7 60. Rh3 Ra4 61. Kh2 Ra6 62. Rg3 g5 63. Rb3 Kg6 64. Rfb2 Ree6 65. g4
h5 66. gxh5+ Kxh5 67. Rh3+ Kg6 68. Rh8 Ra4 69. Rg2 Re5 70. Rg8+ Kf6 71. Rf2+
Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. Be2 Nb4 11. Qb3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nbd5 13. Be5 Qb4 14. O-O Qxb3
15. Bxb3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 b6 17. Ne5 Ne4 18. Bd4 Ba6 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Bc4 Bxc4
21. Nxc4 Rfc8 22. Rd4 Kf8 23. Rfd1 Rc7 24. b3 f6 25. f3 Ke7 26. Kf2 Nd7 27. g4
b5 28. Nd6 a6 29. h4 Nb6 30. Ne4 Nd5 31. R1d2 a5 32. Ng3 b4 33. Nf5+ Kf8 34.
Nd6 a4 35. e4 axb3 36. axb3 Nf4 37. Rxb4 Rd8 38. e5 fxe5 39. Rc4 Rcd7 40. Rc6
Ke7 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 Ne7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qa4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nc5 14. Qd1 Rc8
15. Re1 Nf5 16. Bg4 Qf6 17. h4 Rfe8 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Bg5 Qd4 20. Bxf5 Qxd1+
21. Rxd1 Bxc3 22. Bxg6 Bxb2 23. Bf5 Kg7 24. Kf1 h6 25. Be3 b6 26. Rb1 Bf6 27.
Rb4 h5 28. Bf4 Be5 29. Bd2 Bf6 30. Bh3 Re4 31. Bg2 Rxb4 32. Bxb4 a5 33. Bd2 Bd4
34. Bf4 Nb7 35. Bh3 Be5 36. Be3 Nc5 37. g4 hxg4 38. Bxg4 b5 39. h5 b4 40. h6+
Kh8 41. Bf5 b3 42. axb3 Nxb3 43. Bc2 a4 44. Ke1 Nc5 45. Bc1 Nb3 46. Ba3 Nd4 47.
Bxa4 f5 48. Bc1 Kh7 49. Bd1 f4 50. Kd2 Kxh6 51. Kd3 Nf5 52. Ke4 Kg5 53. Bd2 Ne7
54. Ba5 Ng8 55. Bd8+ Nf6+ 56. Kd3 Kf5 57. Bf3 Kg6 58. Kc4 Nh7 59. Be4+ Kh6 60.
Kb5 Ng5 61. Bf5 Nf3 62. Be4 Nd2 63. Bd3 Bd4 64. Bc7 Bxf2 65. Bxd6 Be3 66. Bf8+
Kh5 67. d6 f3 68. Be7 Bf4 69. d7 Bc7 70. Kc6 Ba5 71. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2017.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Qxb5 8.
Nxb5 Nxd4 9. Nfxd4 Nxe4 10. Nc7+ Kd8 11. Nxa8 Nxg5 12. Nb5 a6 13. Na7 Bd7 14.
b4 d5 15. b5 axb5 16. Rb1 e6 17. Nxb5 Bc5 18. Nc3 Ke7 19. Nb6 Bc6 20. Nba4 Bd6
21. Nb5 Ra8 22. Nac3 Bc5 23. O-O Ne4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. a3 Ra5 26. c4 Ra4 27.
Rb3 Rxc4 28. Nc3 e3 29. fxe3 Bxe3+ 30. Kh1 Rg4 31. Rb2 Bd4 32. Rc1 h5 33. Rbc2
h4 34. h3 Rg3 35. Kh2 Bxc3 36. Rxc3 Rxg2+ 37. Kh1 Rd2+ 38. Kg1 g5 39. R1c2 Rxc2
40. Rxc2 f5 41. a4 Bxa4 42. Rc7+ Kf6 43. Rxb7 Bc6 44. Rh7 Kg6 45. Re7 Bd5 46.
Re8 g4 47. Rg8+ Kh5 48. hxg4+ fxg4 49. Kh2 Be4 50. Rh8+ Kg5 51. Rg8+ Kf4 52.
Rh8 g3+ 53. Kg1 Kg4 54. Rg8+ Kh3 55. Rg5 Bf5 56. Rg8 Bg4 57. Rg5 g2 58. Re5 Kg3
59. Rxe6 h3 60. Rh6 h2+ 61. Rxh2 Bh3 62. Rxg2+ Bxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
Ng3 Bg6 9. h4 h6 10. h5 Bh7 11. Bd3 c6 12. Bxh7+ Nxh7 13. Nf5 Nd7 14. g4 Re8
15. Qc2 b5 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Bd6 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Ndxf8 19. f3 a5 20. O-O-O Ne6 21.
Kb1 Nhg5 22. Rhf1 b4 23. Nc1 c5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Qd2 Qc7 26. Qxd5 Rcd8 27. Qc4
Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Nxf3 29. Nb3 Ne6 30. Qxc7 Nxc7 31. Nxa5 g6 32. Nd4 Rxe3 33. hxg6
fxg6 34. Nc4 Re1 35. Rxe1 Nxe1 36. Kc1 h5 37. gxh5 gxh5 38. Kd2 Ng2 39. Ke2
Nf4+ 40. Kf3 Nd3 41. Kg3 Nc1 42. Kh4 Nxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Rb1 a5
9. a3 O-O 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 h6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Nd2 c6 15. Ba3 Rf7
16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Qb4 d5 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. Bxd6 e4 20. cxd5 Nfxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5
22. dxe4 Nc3 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Rbe1 Ra2 25. Bf4 Rd7 26. e4 Be6 27. Nf3 Ne2+ 28.
Kh1 Nxf4 29. gxf4 Bc4 30. Bh3 Rf7 31. f5 Bxf1 32. Bxf1 Rxf2 33. Bc4 gxf5 34.
Nh4 fxe4 35. Rxe4 Kh7 36. Bxf7 Rxf7 37. Rc4 Rf6 38. Kg2 Bf8 39. Nf3 c5 40. Ne5
Bd6 41. Nd3 Rf5 42. Nf2 Kg6 43. Ne4 Be7 44. Rc3 Kf7 45. Rf3 Ke6 46. Rxf5 Kxf5
47. Nxc5 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. Nf1
Nce7 15. h3 f6 16. Ne3 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Bf5 18. Bf1 c6 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Re1 Be4 21.
Nd2 Bg6 22. Nf3 Re8 23. Nh4 Bh5 24. g4 Bf7 25. Bd3 h5 26. Qd1 Bc7 27. Qf3 Be6
28. Nf5 Nxf5 29. gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nh4 Re8 12. Nc4 Bf8 13. a4 Qc7 14. Bd2 Nc5
15. Ba5 b6 16. Bc3 Nfd7 17. f4 f6 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Ne3 Ne6 20. Nef5 Rad8 21.
Kh1 Nf6 22. Nh6+ gxh6 23. Rxf6 Nd4 24. Rf2 Bg6 25. Qe3 Qg7 26. Raf1 Be7 27.
Nxg6 Qxg6 28. Be1 Rf8 29. b4 Rxf2 30. Rxf2 Rf8 31. c3 Rxf2 32. Bxf2 Ne6 33. h4
Nc7 34. Qd3 Qd6 35. Qc4+ Qe6 36. Qxe6+ Nxe6 37. Be3 Bf8 38. Bh3 Kf7 39. Bf1 Nc7
40. Bc4+ Kf6 41. Kg2 Ne8 42. Bg8 Kg7 43. Be6 Nf6 44. Kf3 Kg6 45. Bf5+ Kg7 46.
Ke2 h5 47. Kd3 Kf7 48. a5 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. d4 Re8 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. Nf1 c6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Ng5 Rf8 16. a5 Nh4 17. g3 Ng6 18. Kg2 Ne8 19. Qc2 Nd6 20. Bb3 Kh8 21. Qe2 h6
22. Qh5 Qe8 23. Be3 f6 24. Nf7+ Nxf7 25. Qxg6 Bxh3+ 26. Kh2 Bxf1 27. Bxa7 Ng5
28. Qxe8 Rfxe8 29. Rxf1 Rxa7 30. Rad1 b6 31. axb6 Rb7 32. Bc2 a5 33. Rd6 Rxb6
34. b3 Ne6 35. Rb1 Nc5 36. b4 axb4 37. Rxb4 Ra6 38. Rc4 Ra2 39. Bd1 Nb7 40.
Rdxc6 Rxf2+ 41. Kg1 Rd2 42. Bh5 Ra8 43. Rc8+ Rxc8 44. Rxc8+ Kh7 45. Bg4 Nd6 46.
Rc6 Kg6 47. Bf3 Nf7 48. c4 Ng5 49. Bg2 Kh5 50. c5 Kg4 51. Ra6 Rc2 52. c6 Kxg3
53. Ra3+ Kf4 54. Ra6 h5 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nd5
d6 9. Nec3 Bf5 10. d3 Qd7 11. a3 Bh3 12. Rb1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Ne7
15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 Bh6 17. e4 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 Rfc8 19. Qd2 Rc7 20. f4 Rac8 21.
fxe5 dxe5 22. Rc2 Qd6 23. Qf2 Nf5 24. exf5 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. Qf3 gxf5 27.
Qxf5 Qxd5+ 28. Kh3 Rc6 29. g4 Rd6 30. Rf3 Qe6 31. Qg5+ Kf8 32. Re3 Qh6+ 33.
Qxh6+ Rxh6+ 34. Kg3 Rb6 35. Re4 f6 36. h4 Rd6 37. Re3 Rd4 38. g5 Kg7 39. b5 Rb4
40. gxf6+ Kxf6 41. Rf3+ Kg7 42. Rf2 Rxb5 43. Ra2 a5 44. Kg4 Kf6 45. Ra3 Kg6 46.
h5+ Kf6 47. Ra1 Rb4+ 48. Kg3 a4 49. Rf1+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nbd2 c5 5. b3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. Bb2 g6 8. Bb5
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Qb6 11. a4 Bd7 12. c4 a6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. c5 Qc7 15. b4
Ne4 16. Ne5 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 b5 18. cxb6 Qxb6 19. Rec1 Rfc8 20. Rc5 Be8 21. Nd3
Rcb8 22. Bc3 Qd8 23. Ra5 Bf8 24. Nc5 Rb6 25. g3 Bd6 26. h4 Bc7 27. b5 axb5 28.
Rxa8 Qxa8 29. axb5 Qc8 30. Ba5 Rxb5 31. Bxc7 Qxc7 32. Qg5 Rb8 33. h5 Qd8 34.
Qe5 gxh5 35. Ra7 Rb6 36. Qxh5 Kg7 37. Qg4+ Kf8 38. Qf4 Kg7 39. Qg4+ Kf8 40. Kg2
h6 41. Qf3 Kg7 42. Qa3 Qf6 43. Ra8 Bb5 44. Qa5 Bc6 45. Qxb6 Bxa8 46. Qc7 h5 47.
f3 Qf5 48. Nd7 Bb7 49. Qc5 Ba6 50. Kf2 Kh7 51. Ne5 Kg7 52. Nd7 Bc4 53. Qf8+ Kh7
54. Ne5 Qc2+ 55. Kg1 Qd1+ 56. Kh2 Qd2+ 57. Kh3 Bf1+ 58. Kh4 Qh2+ 59. Kg5 Qxg3+
60. Ng4 hxg4 61. Qxf7+ Kh8 62. Qf8+ Kh7 63. Qf7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Nakamura,H"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nd7 (9... c5 $6 10. dxc5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. cxb6
axb6 14. Qd4 Qc7 15. Rfb1 Ra5 16. Qb4 e6 17. Qe7 Qd8 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 $14
{Giri-Vachier, Fide World Cup Baku 2015}) 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Bc3 c5 (11... Nf6
12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Ne4 15. Qc2 Nxc3 16. bxc3 c5 $11 {Anton
Guijarro-Lillo Castany, Llucmajor Open 2014}) 12. Rc1 e6 13. Qa4 $146 a6 14.
Qa3 Qb8 15. dxc5 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 bxc5 $2 {Accepting a much worse pawn structure
unnecessarily.} (16... Rc8 17. Rfd1 Rxc5 18. Qd2 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qb7 $11 {
With the symmetrical structure, Black should be fine although White might have
a very small pull.}) (16... Nxc5 17. Ne5 f6 {An ugly move, but Black seems to
be only marginally worse.} 18. Ng4 Kg7 19. b4 Ne4 20. Qd4 $14) 17. Nd2 a5 $2 {
A serious positional mistake.} 18. a4 $1 {[%csl Gb5]} Qb7 19. e4 Bc6 ({
Alternately, if Black were to play} 19... Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 {White still
takes the upper hand with} 21. Bf3 Qxa4 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Rfd1 Ra7 24. Ra1 Qb4
25. Qxb4 cxb4 26. Rd4 $1 $16 {[%csl Ga5,Ga7,Gb4][%cal Gd4b4,Ga1a7]}) 20. b3 $16
{The dust has completely settled and White holds all the positional trumps.}
Rfb8 21. Qe3 Qc7 22. Rfd1 Rb4 23. Nc4 $1 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Gc4a5]} Rab8 24. Rc3
Nf6 25. f3 Nd7 26. Qd2 Nb6 27. Qg5 (27. Qd6 Qxd6 28. Nxd6 $16 {This is also
quite good.}) 27... Nxc4 28. Bxc4 e5 29. h4 Kg7 30. h5 h6 31. Qe3 Rd8 32. Rxd8
Qxd8 33. hxg6 fxg6 34. Qxc5 Qb6 (34... Qd4+ {wouldn't change anything. Ex:} 35.
Qxd4 exd4 36. Rc1 Kf6 {[%cal Gg1f2,Gf2e2,Ge2d3]} 37. Kf2 Rb8 (37... Ke5 38. Bg8
Kd6 (38... Bd7 39. Rc5+ $18) 39. e5+ $18) 38. Ke2 g5 39. Kd3 Ke5 40. Bf7 $18 {
[%cal Gc1c5]}) 35. Bb5 $1 {A clean way of ending the game while avoiding any
potential technical difficulties in resulting endgames.} (35. Qxb6 {is also
perfectly possible, but would require more work and precise play to convert.}
Rxb6 36. Be2 $1 Be8 37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. Bc4 Rc6 39. Ra7 Rc5 40. Bd5 {This should
be winning for White as well, but it will still require some technique.}) (35.
Bb5 Qxc5+ 36. Rxc5 Bxb5 (36... Bb7 37. Rc7+ $18) (36... Ba8 37. Rc8 Bb7 38.
Rc7+ $18) 37. Rxb5 Rd4 38. Rxa5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 a6 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Rd8 14. Rxd8+
Nxd8 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Ke2 Kf8 17. Rd1 Ke7 18. Ne5 Nc6 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Ne4 Rc8
21. Rc1 Nd4+ 22. Kd1 Rxc1+ 23. Kxc1 Nc6 24. Kc2 f5 25. Nd2 g5 26. b4 a5 27.
bxa5 Nxa5 28. Be2 Nf6 29. Kc3 Nd5+ 30. Kc2 Nf6 31. Kc3 Kd7 32. h3 Kd6 33. Nc4+
Nxc4 34. Kxc4 b6 35. Kb5 Kc7 36. Kc4 h5 37. Bf3 h4 38. Ba8 Nd7 39. f4 g4 40.
Kd4 b5 41. hxg4 fxg4 42. Be4 Nf6 43. Bd3 g3 44. Bf1 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
Ne7 9. Nge2 Nbc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nf4 Nf5 13. Ncxd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5
Ncxd4 15. Bd2 Re8 16. Kh1 Re6 17. Rc1 Rd6 18. Nc3 Ne2 19. Qxe2 Rxd2 20. Qb5 Nd6
21. Qb3 Qb6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxb2 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Rcd1 Rad8 26. Bf3 Ba3
27. Rfe1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 b5 30. Kg2 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grinev, Valeriy"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "3002"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Qc2 f5 8. exf6
Nxf6 9. Be2 Be4 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. O-O a5 12. a3 Bxf3 13. axb4 Nxd4 14. Qd1 Nxe2+
15. Nxe2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 axb4 17. Bf4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 O-O 19. Ra7 Ne8 20. Bg3 c5
21. Qe5 Nf6 22. Qd6 Ne4 23. Qxd7 Qxd7 24. Rxd7 Ra8 25. Kf1 Nxg3+ 26. hxg3 Ra2
27. Rd2 Kf7 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Ke3 Ra1 30. g4 Rc1 31. Kd3 h6 32. g3 Kf6 33. Re2
Rd1+ 34. Ke3 Rd4 35. b3 Rxg4 36. Ra2 Rd4 37. Ra6 Rd6 38. Ke4 h5 39. f4 g6 40.
Ra8 Rd4+ 41. Ke3 Rd1 42. Rf8+ Ke7 43. Rb8 Rb1 44. Rxb6 Rxb3+ 45. Ke4 Rxg3 46.
Rc6 b3 47. Rxc5 h4 48. Ke5 Re3+ 49. Kd4 Re1 50. Rb5 h3 51. Rb7+ Kf6 52. Rxb3 h2
0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Khamrakulov, Djurabek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2987"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nc6 2. Bb2 e5 3. e3 a6 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8.
Be2 Be7 9. Bf3 O-O 10. c4 c6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Rac1 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Rfd8
15. a3 Qe5 16. Qb6 Bg4 17. Na4 Qf5 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. f3 Ne5 20. Qxb7 Nxf3+ 21.
gxf3 Qxf3 22. Qxe7 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 Qg4+ 25. Kf2 Rd7 26. Qxd7 Qxd7 27.
Rg1 Qf5+ 28. Ke2 g6 29. c5 Qh5+ 30. Kd3 Rd8 31. Bd4 Qxh2 32. cxd6 Rxd6 33. Nc5
f5 34. Rgf1 a5 35. Kc3 Qa2 36. Ra1 Qe2 37. Rfe1 Qb5 38. b4 Rd5 39. Nb3 a4 40.
Nc5 Kf7 41. e4 fxe4 42. Nxe4 c5 43. Rf1+ Ke7 44. Nxc5 Rf5 45. Rfe1+ Kf7 46. Re3
Rf1 47. Rxf1+ Qxf1 48. Nxa4 Qc1+ 49. Kd3 Qd1+ 50. Kc4 Qxa4 51. Rf3+ Kg8 52. Bc5
h5 53. Rf8+ Kg7 54. Rf7+ Kxf7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2988"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bd3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d5 6. O-O Nf6 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Nf4
g6 9. Qg4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qe7 11. a4 c5 12. a5 Nc6 13. axb6 axb6 14. Be3 c4 15.
Be2 O-O-O 16. Qg3 Qe8 17. Rfb1 Ne7 18. Bg4 Bc6 19. Qf3 Kb7 20. Qd1 h5 21. Be2
Nf5 22. Bc1 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Bb2 Qd8 25. Ba3 Qg5 26. Nh3 Qh6 27. Bc1 Qg7
28. Ra1 Ra8 29. Bg5 Qf8 30. Nf4 b5 31. h3 Nb6 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Ng7 34. Kg2
Na4 35. Qd2 Ne8 36. Rh1 Nc7 37. Qe3 Qa3 38. Rh7 Qxc3 39. Rxf7 Qxe3 40. fxe3 Kb6
41. Be7 Re8 42. Bc5+ Nxc5 43. dxc5+ Kb7 44. Nxg6 b4 45. Kf2 Ba4 46. Ne7 Bxc2
47. c6+ Kb6 48. Ke1 c3 49. g5 b3 50. Bd1 Bxd1 51. Kxd1 Ra8 52. g6 Ra1+ 53. Ke2
b2 54. g7 b1=Q 55. g8=Q Ra2+ 56. Kf3 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Tristan, Leonardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2989"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Nh4 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. d3 a5 8. a3 c6
9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. g4 Ng8 11. Nf5 exf5 12. gxh5 Ngf6 13. e3 g6 14. e4 fxe4 15.
dxe4 Qe7 16. Qe2 Bh6 17. exd5 Bxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Ne4+ 19. Kc1 O-O 20. dxc6 Ndc5 21.
Qe3 Rad8 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Bc4+ Rf7 24. Qh6 Nf6 25. c7 Rc8 26. h4 b5 27. h5
bxc4 28. hxg6 Rff8 29. gxh7+ Kh8 30. Rg1 Ncd7 31. Kb1 Rxc7 32. Ka2 cxb3+ 33.
cxb3 Rc2 34. Rae1 Qf7 35. Rg8+ Rxg8 36. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 37. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bachmann, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2990"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. g3 Ngf6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O c6 7. h3 Bh5 8. d3
Bc5 9. Nbd2 a5 10. a3 Qe7 11. e3 h6 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 O-O 14. e5 Nd5 15. Ne4
Bg6 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. c4 N5b6 18. Rfd1 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nf8 20. Bf1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1
Bxa3 22. Ba1 Bc5 23. Kg2 a4 24. bxa4 Rxa4 25. Bd3 Ra2 26. Bd4 Nbd7 27. Bb1 Ra8
28. Bc3 Bb4 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Bxb4 Qd1 31. Bc2 Qc1 32. Bd2 Qb2 33. Be3 Rd8 34.
h4 Qb4 35. h5 b5 36. c5 Qxe4 37. Bxe4 Rc8 38. Nd4 Nd7 39. Nxc6 Kf8 40. Na7 Rxc5
41. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2992"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. d5 e6
9. e4 exd5 10. exd5 d6 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Bf4 Nc7 13. Qd2 Ba6 14. b3 b5 15. cxb5
Nxb5 16. Nxb5 Bxb5 17. Rfe1 Ne4 18. Qc2 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Re8 20. h4 Qf6 21. Rc1
Qf5 22. Ng5 Nxg5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. hxg5 Rad8 25. Rc3 Re1+ 26. Kh2 Re2 27. a4
Ba6 28. Kg1 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Kg7 30. Bf3 Kg6 31. Kg2 Be2 32. Bxe2 Rxe2 33. a5 Ra2
34. Re3 Rxa5 35. Re7 Ra3 36. Rb7 Ra1 37. Rc7 Rd1 38. Rxa7 Rxd5 39. Rb7 Re8 40.
b4 cxb4 41. Rxb4 f6 42. gxf6 Kxf6 43. Rb7 Rh8 44. Rb6 Ke6 45. Rb7 h5 46. Bg5
Ra5 47. Re7+ Kd5 48. Rf7 Kc6 49. Rf6 Rd5 50. Kh3 Rd4 51. Bf4 h4 52. Rxf5 hxg3+
53. Kxg3 Rd3+ 54. Be3 d5 55. Rf6+ Kb5 56. Rb6+ Kc4 57. Rc6+ Kb3 58. Rb6+ Kc2
59. Rc6+ Kb3 60. Rb6+ Kc4 61. Rc6+ Kb5 62. Rb6+ Ka5 63. Rd6 Rf8 64. Kg2 Rd1 65.
Rd7 Kb5 66. Rd6 Kc4 67. Rc6+ Kd3 68. Rd6 Ke2 69. Re6 Rg8+ 70. Bg5+ Kd3 71. f4
d4 72. Kf3 Rf1+ 73. Kg4 Kc4 74. Kf5 d3 75. Rd6 Rf8+ 76. Bf6 Rf2 77. Rd4+ Kc3
78. Rd6+ Kc2 79. Rc6+ Kd1 80. Rd6 d2 81. Kg4 Ke2 82. Re6+ Kf1 83. Rd6 Rxf6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Terry, Renato"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2986"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 Nd7 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
f4 Bd6 9. d3 O-O 10. Nd2 e5 11. fxe5 Bxe5 12. c3 Re8 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. Qc2 Ne5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. Re2 Bd6 18. Rae1 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 Re8 20. c4 Rxe2
21. Qxe2 Qe7 22. Qxe7 Bxe7 23. Bh3 dxc4 24. bxc4 Bd6 25. d4 b6 26. Kf1 c5 27.
Ke2 Kf8 28. d5 Ke7 29. Kd3 g6 30. Bc8 Nd7 31. f4 Kd8 32. Ba6 f5 33. Kc2 Ke7 34.
Kb3 Nf6 35. Ka4 Ng4 36. h4 Kd7 37. Bb5+ Kc7 38. h5 gxh5 39. Be8 h4 40. gxh4
Bxf4 41. Bf7 Be5 42. Bc1 f4 43. Bh5 Ne3 44. Kb3 Bf6 45. Bf3 Bxh4 46. Bb2 Be7
47. Be5+ Bd6 48. Bf6 Nf5 49. Kc3 Nd4 50. Bxd4 cxd4+ 51. Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 17th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wan Kenobi, Tobi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2971"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Ne4 cxd4 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Qxd4 Qe7 13. O-O Rd8 14. Qc3
Bd7 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Qd2 Bc6 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Bxe6 Rf8 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Qd8+
Kh7 21. Nxf7 Qxf7 22. Kxg2 Qg6+ 23. Kf1 Qa6+ 24. Qd3+ Qxd3+ 25. Rxd3 Nc6 26.
Rd7 Rb8 27. b3 Kg6 28. Ke2 Kf6 29. Rg1 g5 30. Rd6+ Kf5 31. Rxh6 Rc8 32. Rh5 Nb4
33. Rhxg5+ Kf6 34. Rg6+ Kf7 35. Rg7+ Kf6 36. R1g6+ Kf5 37. Kf3 Nd3 38. Rg5+ Kf6
39. R5g6+ Kf5 40. e4+ Ke5 41. Re7+ Kd4 42. Rd6+ Kc3 43. Ke3 Nb4 44. Rxb7 Nc2+
45. Kf4 Rf8+ 46. Kg3 Rg8+ 47. Kf3 Rf8+ 48. Ke2 Nd4+ 49. Rxd4 Kxd4 50. Rb4+ Ke5
51. Ke3 Rh8 52. Rb5+ Kd6 53. Ra5 Rh3+ 54. f3 Rxh2 55. Rxa7 Kc5 56. Ra5+ Kb4 57.
Ra4+ Kc5 58. Kf4 Kd6 59. e5+ Ke6 60. Ra6+ Ke7 61. Kf5 Rh5+ 62. Ke4 Rh2 63. f4
Rh1 64. Kf5 Rh5+ 65. Ke4 Rh1 66. b4 Ra1 67. Kf5 Rb1 68. Ra7+ Ke8 69. Kf6 Kf8
70. Ra8# 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Re8 12. h3 Bd6 13. Ne2 c6 14. Bg3 Qb8 15.
Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ng3 Rac8 17. Re1 a5 18. Re2 Rc7 19. Rec2 Rec8 20. Qe1 Qb4 21. Nf5
Qxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Rd8 23. f3 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Nb6 25. g4 Nc4 26. Kf2 Re7 27. Ng2 a4
28. Bd3 Nd6 29. Rc5 Ra8 30. h4 Nfe8 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 g6 33. Re1 Ng7 34. Nf4
Rae8 35. Ra5 Ngf5 36. Ng2 b5 37. Ra6 Rc7 38. Rc1 Rec8 39. b3 axb3 40. axb3 Kg7
41. Bxf5 Nxf5 42. Nf4 Ne7 43. Ra2 Rh8 44. Rac2 Ra7 45. Nd3 Nf5 46. Nf4 Rh2+ 47.
Kg1 Rh4 48. Rxc6 Nxe3 49. Rf6 Nf5 50. Ne2 Ra2 51. Rc7 Rxe2 52. Rfxf7+ Kg8 53.
Rfd7 Re8 54. Rc6 Ne7 55. Re6 Rh7 56. Rxd5 Nxd5 57. Rxe8+ Kf7 58. Re5 Nc3 59. b4
Rh4 60. Rc5 Ne2+ 61. Kf2 Nxd4 62. Kg3 Rh1 63. Rd5 Nf5+ 64. Kf2 Rh2+ 65. Kg1
Rg2+ 66. Kh1 Rxg5 67. Kh2 Nh4 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. Na3 a6 5. c4 b4 6. Nc2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
Be4 9. a3 bxa3 10. b3 O-O 11. Bxa3 d6 12. Ne3 c6 13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. Nd1 Qb6 15.
Nc3 Qxb3 16. Ne5 dxe5 17. Bxe7 exd4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Rfe8 20. Bxc6 Ra7
21. Qxd4 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 c5 8. Na3
b6 9. c4 Bb7 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Rc1 e6 12. Nc4 Qe7 13. Nfe5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rac8
15. e3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5 17. Qe2 Rcd8 18. a3 Qc7 19. Rfd1 Ne7 20. Qf3 Nf5 21.
Qe4 b5 22. Nd2 Qb6 23. Nf3 a6 24. Qc2 Rc8 25. e4 Ne7 26. Rd6 Qb7 27. Qe2 Rc7
28. h4 c4 29. bxc4 Bh6 30. Rc2 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 bxc4 32. Nh2 Qb3 33. Ng4 Bg7 34.
Nf6+ Kh8 35. Rd7 c3 36. Bxc3 Qxc3 37. Rxe7 Qxe5 38. Ng4 Qc5 39. Rb7 h5 40. Nh2
Qxa3 41. Nf3 a5 42. Ng5 Kg8 43. Qc4 Qc3 44. Qb5 Qe5 45. Qd7 Qd4 46. Qc7 Qe5 47.
Qd7 Qd4 48. Qc7 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4
Be7 9. Nh4 O-O 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Nb3 a5 12. a4 Nc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bd2 Nh7 16. Kh2 Nf8 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Qc3 b6 20. exd5 cxd5 21. d4
Ne4 22. Qd3 exd4 23. Qxd4 Rc8 24. Nf5 Qg5 25. g4 Rxc2 26. f4 Qg6 27. Nh4 Qf6
28. Qxf6 Nxf6 29. gxh5 Nxh5 30. Kg1 Ng3 31. Rf3 Ne2+ 32. Kh1 g6 33. Bf1 Rxb2
34. Rd1 d4 35. Ng2 Re4 36. Re1 Kg7 37. Rxe2 Rexe2 38. Bxe2 Rxe2 39. Rd3 b5 40.
axb5 Rb2 41. Rxd4 Rxb5 42. Kh2 g5 43. Rd6 f6 44. Kg3 Kg6 45. Ne3 gxf4+ 46. Kxf4
Rb4+ 47. Kf3 a4 48. Ra6 Rd4 49. Ng2 Kg5 50. Ra5+ f5 51. Ne3 Rd3 52. Rxa4 Rd6
53. Ra5 Rf6 54. Ng2 Rb6 55. h4+ Kg6 56. Nf4+ Kh7 57. Rxf5 Rb7 58. h5 Ra7 59.
Rb5 Rd7 60. Ke4 Rf7 61. Re5 Ra7 62. Nd5 Ra1 63. Re7+ Kh8 64. Kf5 Rg1 65. Nf4
Kg8 66. Ra7 Rf1 67. Ra6 Kg7 68. Rg6+ Kh7 69. Rg4 Ra1 70. Nd5 Kh8 71. Kg6 Ra5
72. Rc4 Ra6+ 73. Nf6 Rc6 74. Rd4 Rd6 75. Rd5 Rd7 76. Nxd7 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. h3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. c3 Ba7
9. Re1 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Qc2 Be6 13. Be3 d5 14. dxe5 dxe4 15. Bxe4
Nxe4 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Qxe4 Bd5 18. Qe3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Bd2 a6 10. Rad1 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bc1 Nc6 14. Qb3 Be6
15. Ng5 Qc7 16. h3 Rad8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qa4 Bc5 19. Kh1 Ba7 20. Qh4 Bb8 21.
f4 e5 22. Bd3 e4 23. Bc2 d4 24. Bb3+ Kh8 25. exd4 Nxd4 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd4
Nf6 28. Be3 b5 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rc1 Qe7 31. Rc6 Nd5 32. Qxe7 Nxe7 33. Re6 Nf5
34. Bb6 Rf8 35. Kg1 Ng3 36. Bc5 Rc8 37. Be3 Bxf4 38. Kf2 Nh1+ 39. Ke2 Ng3+ 40.
Kf2 Nh1+ 41. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 Bd6 7. h3 Be6 8.
Nc3 Nd7 9. Ng5 Nf8 10. O-O f6 11. Nxe6 Nxe6 12. Ne2 O-O 13. c3 Kh8 14. Qb3 Qc8
15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc2 Ne6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Qe6 21.
a3 Rad8 22. Rad1 Rfe8 23. Rfe1 a5 24. Bc5 Be5 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern Qual3 18th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Brock, Lesnar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2901"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Nd2 Nbd7 5. c4 g6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd3 Bg7 8.
Ngf3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. a4 a5 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Bb5 Rc8 13. Rfc1 Nb8 14. Ne5 Qd6
15. Bf4 Qe6 16. h3 Nfd7 17. Ndf3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Qd2 Rxc1+
21. Qxc1 Qc8 22. Qxc8+ Bxc8 23. e6 Na6 24. Bd7 Bb7 25. exf7+ Kxf7 26. Ng5+ Kg8
27. Be6+ Kf8 28. Nxh7+ Ke8 29. Ng5 Nc5 30. Bf7+ Kd7 31. Bxg6 Bxb2 32. h4 Nxa4
33. Bf5+ Ke8 34. h5 Nc5 35. h6 a4 36. h7 a3 37. Bb1 Ba6 38. Nf3 Bd3 39. Bxd3 a2
40. Bb5+ Kd8 41. Ng5 a1=Q+ 42. Kh2 Bh8 43. Bc6 Qf6 44. Bxd5 e5 45. Nf7+ Ke8 46.
Nxe5 Qh4+ 47. Kg1 Qxh7 48. Bc6+ Kd8 49. Nc4 Qb1+ 50. Kh2 Qc2 51. Nxb6 Qxf2 52.
Nd5 Qh4+ 53. Kg1 Nd3 54. Bc7+ Kc8 55. Bb5 Qf2+ 56. Kh2 Qh4+ 57. Kg1 Qf2+ 58.
Kh1 Ne1 59. Nf4 Kxc7 60. Bc4 Kb6 61. Kh2 Be5 62. Kh3 Bxf4 63. Kg4 Bxe3 64. Bd5
Nxg2 65. Bf3 Nf4 66. Be4 Ne6 67. Bd5 Qf4+ 68. Kh3 Ng5+ 69. Kg2 Qf2+ 70. Kh1
Qg1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern Qual3 18th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhong, Xiao Kang"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1948"]
[BlackElo "2901"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 h5 2. d4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8.
Bf4 Nc6 9. Qe3 a6 10. a4 Nf6 11. Be2 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. b3 Qb4 14. Rd1 Ne7
15. f3 Rc8 16. Rd3 Nf5 17. Qf2 Rxc3 18. Rxc3 Qxc3+ 19. Kf1 Qa1+ 20. Qe1 Ng3+
21. Kf2 Nxh1+ 22. Ke3 Qxe1 23. Kf4 Qxe2 24. c4 Qd2+ 25. Ke5 Nd7+ 26. Kd6 Qf4#
0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern Qual3 18th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2901"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 Bd7 7. d5 Qe7+ 8.
Ne2 Ne5 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. c4 h5 12. Qd4 Kb8 13. Nbc3 h4 14. Nb5
b6 15. f4 Ng6 16. a4 h3 17. g3 c5 18. Qd3 a5 19. Rae1 Ne7 20. b4 axb4 21. a5
Nc8 22. axb6 Nxb6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Ra1 Re8 25. Ra6 Nc8 26. Rfa1 Qg4 27. Kf2 f5
28. Ned4 cxd4 29. c5 dxc5 30. Ra8+ Kb7 31. Nd6+ Bxd6 32. Qa6+ Kc7 33. Qc6+ Kd8
34. Qxd6# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern Qual3 18th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Noritsyn, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2885"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 e4 5. Ne2 Ne7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Ng3 f5 8. d4
c6 9. Be2 Ng6 10. O-O d5 11. Nh5 Be6 12. c4 Bd6 13. g3 O-O 14. c5 Bc7 15. Nc3
Kh8 16. Qd2 Qg5 17. f4 Qh6 18. Rab1 f6 19. Qd1 Ne7 20. a3 Bf7 21. b4 b6 22. b5
bxc5 23. dxc5 Ba5 24. Rc1 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 cxb5 26. c6 d4 27. exd4 Nd5 28. Rc5 Ne3
29. Qc1 Nxf1 30. Rxf5 Nxh2 31. Kxh2 Bg6 32. Rd5 f5 33. Rd6 Rf7 34. d5 Qf8 35.
Qc3+ Kg8 36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. Re6 a5 38. Bxb5 e3 39. d6 h5 40. c7 h4 41. gxh4 Qh6
42. Nh5+ Kh7 43. d7 Qxh5 44. d8=Q Rg7 45. Qxa8 Qxh4+ 46. Kg2 Qg4+ 47. Kf1 Qf3+
48. Qxf3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern Qual4 25th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2953"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. c4 d6
9. d4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc7 13. Ncb5 Qb7+ 14. Qf3 Qxf3+
15. Kxf3 Rfc8 16. Ba3 Nc5 17. Rfd1 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Nfd6 Rc6
21. e4 Bxd6 22. exd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Bf8 24. Rad1 Rf6+ 25. Kg2 a6 26. Bxc5 Bxc5
27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Bf8 29. Nc7 a5 30. Nd5 Rc6 31. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern Qual4 25th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2948"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. g3 g6 4. d4 Nd7 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bh3 Qe7 8. e4
Ngf6 9. Ba3 Qd8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14. Bxe5
Qe7 15. Bb2 Nxe4 16. O-O Bxb2 17. Nxe4 O-O 18. Rb1 Qxe4 19. Rxb2 Rcd8 20. Qc1
Rfe8 21. c4 h5 22. h4 Qf3 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Qe2 25. Rd1 b6 26. Qd7 Re7 27.
Qc8+ Re8 28. Rd8 Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kg7 30. Qxc7 Qxa2 31. b4 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Qxb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern Qual4 25th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kvisla, Johannes Luangtep"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2948"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2017.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Be7 8. Bd3
Nxc5 9. O-O g5 10. Be3 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 g4 12. Nd4 Nxe5 13. Qb5+ Bd7 14. Qe2 Ng6
15. f4 gxf3 16. Rxf3 f5 17. Bf2 Qc8 18. Re1 Kf7 19. g4 f4 20. h4 h5 21. Nxd5
exd5 22. Rxf4+ Kg8 23. Rf5 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Bf6 25. fxg6 Qg4+ 26. Qxg4 hxg4 27.
Kg2 Kg7 28. Ne6+ Kxg6 29. Nf4+ Kf7 30. Nxd5 Bxh4 31. Bxh4 Rxh4 32. Re7+ Kg6 33.
Kg3 Rah8 34. Nf4+ Kf6 35. Rxb7 Rh1 36. Rxa7 Rg1+ 37. Kf2 Rc1 38. Kg3 Rxc2 39.
Ra6+ Kf5 40. Ra5+ Kf6 41. Nd5+ Ke6 42. Nf4+ Kd6 43. b4 Rg8 44. Rd5+ Kc6 45. b5+
Kb6 46. a4 Ra2 47. Rd6+ Kb7 48. Rg6 Rc8 49. Rg7+ Kb8 50. Rg6 Rc3+ 51. Kxg4 Rxa4
52. Rb6+ Kc7 53. Rc6+ Rxc6 54. bxc6 Kxc6 55. Kf5 Kd6 56. Kg5 Ke5 57. Ng6+ Ke4
58. Kf6 Ra5 59. Ne7 Ra6+ 60. Kf7 Ke5 61. Ng6+ Kf5 62. Ne7+ Kg5 63. Nd5 Rd6 64.
Ne7 Kf4 65. Ng6+ Ke4 66. Ne7 Ra6 67. Ng6 Kf5 68. Ne7+ Ke5 69. Ng6+ Kd4 70. Ne7
Ke4 71. Ng6 Rb6 72. Ne7 Rb4 73. Ng6 Rb7+ 74. Ne7 Ke5 75. Kf8 Ke6 76. Ng8 Rf7+
77. Ke8 Rf1 78. Ne7 Rh1 79. Kf8 Ra1 80. Ng8 Rf1+ 81. Kg7 Rg1+ 82. Kh7 Rg2 83.
Nh6 Ke7 84. Ng8+ Kf8 85. Nh6 Rg7+ 86. Kh8 Ra7 87. Ng8 Kf7 88. Nh6+ Kg6 89. Ng8
Rh7# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern Qual4 25th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2935"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Bxc3 4. bxc3 d6 5. Bg2 Ne7 6. f4 O-O 7. d4 Nbc6 8. e3
exf4 9. gxf4 Na5 10. Qd3 c6 11. Nf3 b6 12. Ng5 f5 13. c5 dxc5 14. O-O h6 15.
Nf3 Be6 16. Rd1 Bd5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 Rfd8 21.
Ba3 Rxd3 22. Nxd3 Nd5 23. Bxc5 Nc4 24. Kf2 Nxc3 25. Bd4 Ne4+ 26. Ke2 Ncd6 27.
Rg1 g5 28. fxg5 hxg5 29. h4 g4 30. Be5 Nf7 31. Bf4 c5 32. Rc1 Rc8 33. Nb2 Nfd6
34. Be5 c4 35. Na4 Kf7 36. Bd4 Kg6 37. Be5 Rc6 38. Bf4 Ra6 39. Bxd6 Rxa4 40.
Be5 Rxa2+ 41. Ke1 g3 42. Rxc4 g2 43. Bh2 Ra1+ 44. Ke2 Rh1 45. Rc6+ Kh5 46. Bf4
0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern Qual4 25th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Villegas, Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2935"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. g3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8.
Qxe4 Qd5 9. Bg2 e6 10. O-O Qxe4 11. Bxe4 Nd7 12. c3 Bd6 13. d4 O-O 14. Kg2 Rad8
15. Bg5 Rb8 16. a4 h6 17. Bd2 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. b3 Rbd8 20. Be3 a6 21. Bb6
Rde8 22. Bf5 g6 23. Rad1 Bb8 24. Bb1 f5 25. b4 Kg7 26. Ba2 f4 27. Rfe1 fxg3 28.
fxg3 Nd3 29. Bd4+ Kh7 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Rxd3 Re2+ 32. Kf3 Rxa2 33. Re3 Bd6 34.
Re6 Bf8 35. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern Qual4 25th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2937"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bb5 Bb6 8.
O-O O-O 9. a4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 c6 11. a5 Bc7 12. Bd3 d5 13. e5 Qh4 14. Nd2 Nf5 15.
Nf3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Qh6 17. Qe2 f6 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Ne5 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 Be6 22. Qf3 Qg5 23. Qf4 Qe7 24. h4 Rd8 25. h5 h6 26. Bg6 c5 27. Rf2 Kh8
28. Rf3 b5 29. axb6 axb6 30. Rf1 b5 31. Rf2 b4 32. Rf1 Bg8 33. Rf2 c4 34. Rf3
c3 35. bxc3 bxc3 36. Rf2 Rc8 37. Qf5 Be6 38. Qf4 Bg8 39. Qf5 Rb8 40. Rc2 Rb1+
41. Kh2 Qh4+ 42. Qh3 Qg5 43. Bf5 Bh7 44. Bxh7 Qxe5+ 45. g3 Kxh7 46. Qg2 Qxh5+
0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern Qual4 25th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2932"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. dxc3 O-O 10. Qf3 a5 11. Ne2 a4 12. O-O Rb8 13. b4 Ba6 14. e4 Qf6
15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17. Ng3 Bc4 18. a3 Bf8 19. Nf1 c5 20. Ne3 Bb3 21.
Ng4 Kg7 22. Bc1 Kg6 23. h4 h5 24. Ne3 cxb4 25. axb4 c5 26. bxc5 Bxc5 27. Ba3
Bxa3 28. Rxa3 Rd3 29. c4 Rbd8 30. Rc1 R3d4 31. f3 Rd3 32. Nd5 Kg7 33. c5 Rd4
34. Ne7 Rd1+ 35. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 36. Kf2 Rc1 37. c6 Kf8 38. Nf5 Rxc6 39. Ra1 Ra6 40.
Ra3 Rc6 41. Ra1 Ra6 42. Ra3 Rc6 43. Ra1 Ra6 44. Ra3 Rc6 45. Ra1 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern Qual4 25th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grinberg, Eyal"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2933"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 a6 8.
Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 O-O 11. a4 Be6 12. c3 Bb6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. axb5 axb5
15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Qb3 Qe8 17. Nf3 h6 18. Be3 Nh5 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Re1 Rxf3 21.
gxf3 Nf4 22. Rd1 Qh5 23. Kf1 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern Qual4 25th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.04.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2938"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.04.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 e6 7. Bg5 exd5 8. cxd5
O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. a4 h6 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Nh3 Rb8 13. Nf2 Kh7 14. Be2 Ne8 15.
O-O Nc7 16. Rab1 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. b4 cxb4 19. Rxb4 Ba6 20. Bd4 Nc5 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Ng4 h5 23. Qd4+ f6 24. Ne3 Qe7 25. f4 Bc8 26. f5 Qe5 27. fxg6 Qxd4 28.
Rxd4 b4 29. Na2 b3 30. Nb4 b2 31. Rb1 Re8 32. Rxb2 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Nxe4 34. Bxh5
f5 35. Rc2 Ne8 36. Bf3 f4 37. Nf1 Bf5 38. Rc4 Ng5 39. Rxf4 Nxf3+ 40. gxf3 Bxg6
41. Rc4 Nf6 42. Ne3 Re8 43. Kf2 Rh8 44. h4 Rb8 45. Ng2 Bf7 46. Ne3 Bg6 47. Ke2
Rb5 48. Kd2 Kf8 49. Kc3 Bf7 50. Rf4 Rxb4 51. Kxb4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Trent, Lawrence"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2867"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Qe2 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qxe5+ Qe7
8. Qa5 Qd8 9. Qe5+ Qe7 10. Qa5 Be6 11. Re1 g6 12. Qc3 Rg8 13. d3 Bg7 14. Qb4 h6
15. Nc3 O-O-O 16. Be3 b6 17. Qa4 Kb7 18. Nd4 Qd7 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bd4 Nf5 21.
Bxg7 Rxg7 22. Ne4 g5 23. Qb3 Qd5 24. Nc3 Qxb3 25. axb3 Nd4 26. Rac1 a5 27. Re4
c5 28. Ne2 Rg6 29. Nxd4 cxd4 30. Rce1 Rd6 31. f4 gxf4 32. Rxf4 Rc6 33. Re2 e5
34. Rfe4 Rg5 35. h4 Rf5 36. g4 Rf3 37. Kg2 Rf7 38. Rxe5 Rg6 39. R5e4 Rd7 40.
Rf2 Rc6 41. Kg3 Rd5 42. Ree2 Rdc5 43. Rg2 Rg6 44. Kh3 Ka6 45. Re4 Rd5 46. Rf4
Re6 47. g5 hxg5 48. hxg5 Rg6 49. Kh4 Rd8 50. Rf6 Rh8+ 51. Kg4 Rg7 52. g6 Kb7
53. Kf5 Rh5+ 54. Rg5 Rh2 55. Rf7 Rf2+ 56. Ke6 Rfxf7 57. gxf7 Rxg5 58. f8=Q Rc5
59. Qf3+ Kc8 60. Qa8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2867"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 d5 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bb5 exd4 7. cxd4 Bxb1 8.
Rxb1 Bb4+ 9. Kf1 O-O 10. Qc2 Qd6 11. Ne2 Ne4 12. Rd1 a6 13. Bd3 f5 14. f3 Rae8
15. Bc1 g6 16. Kg1 Nf6 17. Qb2 Re7 18. a3 Ba5 19. b4 Bb6 20. Qc3 Rfe8 21. Kf2
Rf8 22. Qb3 Kg7 23. g3 Rfe8 24. Rhe1 Nd8 25. Nf4 Nf7 26. a4 g5 27. Ng2 Nh6 28.
a5 Ba7 29. b5 axb5 30. Ba3 c5 31. Bxb5 Rc8 32. dxc5 Bxc5 33. Bb2 f4 34. Rxd5
fxe3+ 35. Ke2 Qe6 36. Rxg5+ Kf7 37. Bc4 Rd8 38. Bxe6+ Rxe6 39. Rxc5 Rd2+ 40.
Kf1 Rf2+ 41. Kg1 Nd7 42. Rc7 Rd2 43. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kuipers, Stefan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2868"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2017.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 f6 11. h3 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Qb6 13. Nc3 Nf5 14. Na4 Qxd4
15. Nxc6 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Bd7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Semjonovs, Ilja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2868"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. c4 c5 8. O-O Bb7
9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Rad1 a6 12. d5 Qc7 13. Rd2 Rce8 14. Rfd1 Ne5 15.
Ng5 h6 16. Nh3 Bc8 17. f4 Neg4 18. Rd3 Bf5 19. e4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Bxg4 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Qxb5 Ra8 26. Qe2 Ra7 27. Qb2+
Kg8 28. Be2 Rfa8 29. a4 Rb8 30. Qc2 Rb4 31. Bc4 Qd7 32. Nf2 h5 33. h3 Kg7 34.
Re1 Kg8 35. g3 Qc8 36. Kg2 Qb8 37. Nd3 Rb6 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Kg7 40. Qc3+ f6
41. f5 g5 42. Rh1 Qb7 43. Kg3 Ra8 44. a5 Rb4 45. Nxb4 cxb4 46. Qd2 Qa7 47. a6
Qc5 48. Qf2 Qa5 49. Qh2 Rd8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aranda, Cristiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2869"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. b3 d6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Nbd2 a5 8. a3 c6
9. O-O Qc7 10. c4 Re8 11. Qc2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. e4 fxe4 14. Ng5 Bf5 15.
Ngxe4 Nbd7 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Rad8 18. Rfe1 Nb6 19. Qb3 Be6 20. Bc3 Nxe4 21.
Rxe4 Qf7 22. Rae1 Bf5 23. R4e2 Bd3 24. Re3 Bh6 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Bxd2 27.
Bxd2 Nxc4 28. Qc3 Nxe5 29. Qxe5 Bc4 30. Qg5 Rd7 31. h4 Qf5 32. Qe3 Qe6 33. Qc3
Bd5 34. Bf1 Qe4 35. f3 Qxf3 36. Qxf3 Bxf3 37. Be3 Be4 38. Bh3 Bf5 39. g4 Be6
40. Kf2 h5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2017.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2
b6 9. c4 Bb7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. e3 e6 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Ba6 14. Ba3 Rfd8 15. e4
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Qe8 18. Qe3 Bb7 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
a6 22. Ne2 Qc6+ 23. Qf3 Qxf3+ 24. Kxf3 Nd3 25. Rb1 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Nf4
Nxf4 28. Kxf4 h5 29. Ke3 Rc3+ 30. Ke2 Rc2+ 31. Kf1 Ra8 32. Bc1 Rcxa2 33. Be3
Bc3 34. Rd7 b4 35. Kg2 Ra1 36. Rxa1 Rxa1 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Bd4+ e5 39. Bxc3 bxc3
40. Rc8 Rc1 41. b4 e4 42. b5 Rc2 43. Kg1 h4 44. gxh4 f5 45. b6 Rb2 46. Rxc3
Rxb6 47. Kg2 Rd6 48. Rc8 Rd2 49. Kg3 Kf6 50. Rc6+ Ke5 51. Rc5+ Kf6 52. Rc6+ Kg7
53. Rc7+ Kh6 54. Rc8 Rd3+ 55. Kg2 Rd2 56. Kg3 Rd3+ 57. Kg2 Kh5 58. Rh8+ Kg4 59.
Rh6 f4 60. Rxg6+ Kxh4 61. Rh6+ Kg5 62. Rh8 Rd2 63. Rg8+ Kh5 64. Rh8+ Kg4 65.
Rg8+ Kf5 66. Rf8+ Kg5 67. Rg8+ Kf6 68. Rf8+ Ke5 69. Re8+ Kd4 70. Rf8 f3+ 71.
Kg3 Ra2 72. Rd8+ Ke5 73. Re8+ Kf5 74. Rf8+ Kg5 75. h4+ Kg6 76. Re8 Re2 77. Re5
Kf6 78. Re8 Re1 79. Kf4 Re2 80. Rxe4 Rxf2 81. Kg3 Ra2 82. Kxf3 Kg6 83. Re5 Kh6
84. Kg4 Ra6 85. Rh5+ Kg7 86. Rg5+ Kh6 87. Rh5+ Kg7 88. Rg5+ Kh6 89. Rh5+ Kg7
90. Rg5+ Kh6 91. Rh5+ Kg7 92. Rg5+ Kh6 93. Rh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2866"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2017.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Be7 7. Qe1 O-O 8. e4
c5 9. Nh4 Nc6 10. f4 Nd4 11. Rf2 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nd7 13. c3 Bxh4 14. gxh4 Nc6 15.
Rd2 Qe7 16. e5 Rad8 17. Na3 Nb6 18. Qf2 Nd5 19. Qg3 f6 20. Rf2 fxe5 21. fxe5
Rxf2 22. Kxf2 Rf8+ 23. Kg1 c4 24. Bg5 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 b5 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1 a6
28. Nc2 Qf8 29. Bg2 Qf5 30. Ne3 Qxe5 31. Qxe5 Nxe5 32. Nxd5 exd5 33. Bxd5+ Kf8
34. Kg2 Nd3 35. Bb7 Nxb2 36. Bxa6 Be8 37. Be3 Ke7 38. Bc5+ Ke6 39. Bd4 g6 40.
Kf3 Nd3 41. Kg4 Ne5+ 42. Kf4 Nd3+ 43. Kg5 Nc1 44. a3 Ne2 45. Bh8 Ng1 46. Kg4
Bd7 47. Kg3 Kd6 48. Bb7 Ne2+ 49. Kf3 Ng1+ 50. Kg3 Ne2+ 51. Kf3 Ng1+ 52. Kf4
Nxh3+ 53. Ke3 g5 54. hxg5 Nxg5 55. Bf6 Ne6 56. Bf3 Nc7 57. Kd4 Ne6+ 58. Ke3 Nc7
59. Bg7 Ne6 60. Bf6 Bc6 61. Bg4 Nc7 62. Bh4 Kc5 63. Kf4 Nd5+ 64. Ke5 Kb6 65.
Be1 Kb7 66. Bd2 Nb6 67. Bf5 Nc8 68. Bxh7 Nb6 69. Kd6 Nc8+ 70. Kc5 Nb6 71. Bf5
Nd7+ 72. Kd6 Nb6 73. Be3 Nd5 74. Bd4 Nc7 75. Bc8+ Kxc8 76. Kxc6 Ne6 77. Be5 Nc7
78. Bxc7 b4 79. cxb4 c3 80. Bf4 c2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.05.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 c6 11. b3 Re8 12. Ba3 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Ne8 14. Qe4
g6 15. Re1 Ng7 16. Bd6 b6 17. Qf3 Ne6 18. Nd5 Bg5 19. Nf4 Bb7 20. Qg3 Nxf4 21.
Bxf4 Bh4 22. Qf3 d5 23. Bh6 Bg5 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Re2 Kg7 26. g3 h5 27. h4 Qf6
28. Qe3 c5 29. Qe7 Bc6 30. Qxf6+ Kxf6 31. f4 Bd7 32. Re5 Be6 33. Kf2 a5 34. Bb5
Rd8 35. d4 Rc8 36. Ke2 cxd4 37. Kd2 Ke7 38. Bd3 Kd6 39. Rg5 Rh8 40. Re5 Bg4 41.
Re1 Rg8 42. Re5 f6 43. Rxd5+ Kxd5 44. Bc4+ Ke4 45. Bxg8 Kf3 46. Kd3 Bf5+ 47.
Kxd4 Bxc2 48. Kd5 Kxg3 49. Kc6 Kxf4 50. Kxb6 g5 51. hxg5 fxg5 52. Kxa5 g4 53.
b4 g3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 e6 5. Qe2 Ne7 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Re1
Nd7 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Nf1 c5 11. c3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Be3 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15.
Bg5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Ng3 Rc8 20. Rac1 Qa5 21.
Rc3 Bc6 22. h4 Rb8 23. Qxc4 Bb5 24. Qc7 Qxa2 25. Qxd6 Qxb2 26. Rec1 Ng4 27.
R3c2 Qb3 28. h5 Bd3 29. Rd2 Rbc8 30. Rcd1 Bc2 31. Re1 Qc3 32. Qf4 f5 33. hxg6
hxg6 34. Qg5 Kg7 35. Nh5+ Kf7 36. Nf4 Rg8 37. d5 e5 38. exf5 Bxf5 39. Ne2 Qb4
40. Ng3 Qe7 41. Nxf5 gxf5 42. Qxf5+ Qf6 43. Qd7+ Qe7 44. Nxe5+ Nxe5 45. Qxe7+
Kxe7 46. Rxe5+ Kd7 47. Rh5 Rc1+ 48. Kh2 Rg7 49. d6 a5 50. Rxa5 Rh7+ 51. Kg3
Rg7+ 52. Kf3 Rf7+ 53. Kg3 Rg7+ 54. Kf4 Rc4+ 55. Kf3 Rc3+ 56. Kf4 Rc4+ 57. Ke3
Ke6 58. d7 Rxd7 59. Ra6+ Ke7 60. Rxd7+ Kxd7 61. f4 Ke7 62. g4 Rc1 63. g5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 c6 2. Nd2 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O Ne7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
dxe4 9. dxe4 Qc7 10. b3 h6 11. Ba3 Be6 12. Nc4 Bxc4 13. Qd6 Qxd6 14. Bxd6 Re8
15. bxc4 Nc8 16. Bxb8 Rxb8 17. c5 Bf8 18. Bh3 Bxc5 19. Bxc8 Rbxc8 20. Red1 Rc7
21. a4 a5 22. Kf1 Kg7 23. c3 Kf6 24. Ke2 Ke6 25. Nd2 Rd7 26. Nb3 Rxd1 27. Nxc5+
Kd6 28. Nxb7+ Kc7 29. Rxd1 Kxb7 30. Rd7+ Kb6 31. Rxf7 Kc5 32. Rf6 Rb8 33. Re6
Rb3 34. Rxe5+ Kc4 35. Rxa5 Rxc3 36. Ra8 c5 37. a5 Ra3 38. a6 Kd4 39. a7 Kc3 40.
e5 c4 41. e6 Ra6 42. Kf1 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nh6 6. d3 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
Nc3 d6 9. h3 e5 10. a3 f5 11. b4 cxb4 12. axb4 Nf7 13. Bd2 d5 14. Qb1 fxe4 15.
dxe4 d4 16. Na4 g5 17. Nc5 g4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Nh2 Bc8 20. Qb3 Kh8 21. Ra3 Nd6
22. Rea1 Qf6 23. Qf3 Nc4 24. Qxf6 Bxf6 25. Bh6 Nxa3 26. Bxf8 Nxc2 27. Rc1 Nxb4
28. Nf3 Bg4 29. Bd6 Bxf3 30. gxf3 d3 31. Nd7 Na2 32. Rd1 Rd8 33. Bxe5 Bxe5 34.
Nxe5 Kg7 35. Rxd3 Rxd3 36. Nxd3 a5 37. Kf1 a4 38. Ke1 Nc3 39. Kd2 Nb5 40. Nf4
a3 41. Kc2 Nd4+ 42. Kb1 Nxf3 43. Ka2 Kf6 44. Kxa3 Ke5 45. Nh5 Kxe4 46. Kb4 Kd4
47. Kb3 c5 48. Kc2 c4 49. Ng3 Nh4 50. Ne2+ Ke4 51. Kc3 Kf3 52. Ng3 Kxf2 53. Nh5
Kf3 54. Kxc4 Nf5 55. Kd5 Ng3 56. Nf6 h6 57. Ke5 h5 58. Nxh5 Nxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 c6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Bh5 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. O-O Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. f4 c5 14. Nf3 cxd4
15. Bxd4 dxc4 16. bxc4 Bc5 17. Qf2 Bxd4 18. exd4 Nc5 19. Bc2 Nce4 20. Qe2 Nd6
21. Bb3 Nf5 22. Rad1 Qb6 23. c5 Qb4 24. Rd3 a5 25. a3 Qb5 26. Rb1 Qa6 27. Qc2
b6 28. Bc4 Qa8 29. Rxb6 Nd5 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Rd2 Rb8 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. h3 Rb3
34. c6 Rb8 35. Qc5 Qe4 36. Rd1 Rc8 37. d5 exd5 38. Rxd5 Qxf4 39. Rd3 Qe4 40.
Rc3 Ne7 41. Re3 Qb1+ 42. Re1 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nd2 Bb7 4. Bd3 d5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be4 c6 9. c4 Nf6 10. Bc2 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Qc7
15. Rad1 Qf4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qg4 18. Qxg4 Nxg4 19. Bg3 f5 20. h3 f4 21.
Bh4 Ne3 22. fxe3 fxe3 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Kh2 exd2 25. Rxd2 Bc6 26. Bg3 h5 27.
Re2 Rd8 28. Bg6 Be8 29. Rxe6 Bxg6 30. Rxg6 Kf7 31. Rg5 Rd1 32. Bb8 h4 33. g4
Rd2+ 34. Kh1 Rxa2 35. Rd5 Ke6 36. Rd3 a5 37. Bf4 Ra3 38. Bg5 a4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e6 8. c4
Qe7 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Nb5 Nf8 11. c5 a6 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Nc3 b5 14. Nd2 Bb7 15.
a4 bxa4 16. Nxa4 N8d7 17. Ba3 Rec8 18. Nc4 Ne8 19. Ncb6 Nxb6 20. Nxb6 Bxg2 21.
Nxc8 Qb7 22. Nxd6 Nxd6 23. Bxd6 Rd8 24. Bg3 Bxf1 25. Bxf1 e5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 Nb6 6. exd6 exd6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. h3 Bf6 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Re1 Bf5 12. a3 d5 13. c5 Nc8 14. Bf4 N8e7 15.
Bf1 Qd7 16. b4 Ng6 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Bg3 Be4 19. b5 Nce7 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Ne5
Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qxd1 23. Rxd1 Nf5 24. Bh2 h5 25. Rd7 Re7 26. c6 bxc6 27. bxc6 Kf8
28. e6 fxe6 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Bxc7 Nge7 31. Bb5 Nd4 32. Bc4 Nexc6 33. Bd6+ Kf7
34. Bc5 a5 35. a4 Kf6 36. Kf1 g5 37. Bb6 g4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. g3 Ke5 40. Kg2
Kd6 41. Kf1 Ne5 42. Be2 Nxe2 43. Kxe2 Nc4 44. Bd8 Kd7 45. Bf6 e5 46. Bg5 Ke6
47. Bd8 Nb2 48. Bxa5 Nxa4 49. Bb4 Nb6 50. Bd2 Nd5 51. Bc1 Kf5 52. Bd2 Ne7 53.
Kf1 Nc6 54. Ke2 Nd4+ 55. Kf1 Ke6 56. Be3 Kd5 57. Bg5 Kc4 58. Bf6 Kd5 59. Ke1
Nf5 60. Ke2 e3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. d4 d5 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 Qxc5 8.
c4 Bg7 9. Rc1 O-O 10. a3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qd6 12. O-O Bf5 13. b4 Rad8 14. Qb3 Ne4
15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Rcd1 Qc7 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Ng5 Bf5 20. Be6 h6
21. Bxf5 hxg5 22. Be4 Ne5 23. h3 Rd6 24. Qb2 Rdf6 25. Rd5 Nc4 26. Qc3 Rc8 27.
Rc5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c4 Nb6 6. exd6 exd6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O Bg4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. N2f3 N8d7 14. b3 Bf6
15. Bb2 Nc5 16. Re1 Re8 17. Bf1 Qd7 18. Qd2 Ne4 19. Qa5 c5 20. dxc6 bxc6 21.
Re2 d5 22. c5 Nc8 23. Rae1 Bd8 24. Qa6 Ne7 25. b4 Bc7 26. a3 Bh5 27. Re3 Bf4
28. Rb3 Rac8 29. Bc1 Bb8 30. b5 Nxc5 31. bxc6 Nxc6 32. Nxc6 Nxa6 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 Nf6 2. Nd2 e5 3. Ngf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. e4 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O h6 8. Re1
d4 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a4 Re8 11. c3 dxc3 12. bxc3 Nc5 13. Nfxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bf6
15. d4 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Be6 18. Be3 Nxa4 19. Rxa4 Bb3 20. Rda1 Bxa4
21. Rxa4 Rxe5 22. Bd4 Rb5 23. h4 a5 24. e5 c6 25. Be4 Rb2 26. Kg2 b5 27. Ra1
Ra6 28. Rd1 a4 29. c4 Rb3 30. Ba1 Kf8 31. e6 fxe6 32. Rd7 Ke8 33. Rxg7 bxc4 34.
Bf6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Bd7 5. O-O Qc8 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bh3 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. e4 h5 11. f4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 h4 13. f5 hxg3 14. hxg3 gxf5
15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qd4 Rh7 17. Bg5 Bh3 18. Qe4 Rg7 19. Qh4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 f6 21.
Qh5+ Kd8 22. Bf4 Qg4 23. Qxg4 Rxg4 24. Rh1 Rg7 25. Rae1 Kd7 26. Kf3 f5 27. Rh5
Rf8 28. a4 c6 29. a5 cxd5 30. cxd5 Rc8 31. Bd2 Rf7 32. Rb1 Rc7 33. Rb4 b6 34.
axb6 axb6 35. c4 Rf8 36. Be3 Nf6 37. Rxf5 Nxd5 38. Rxf8 Nxb4 39. Bxb6 Rxc4 40.
g4 Nd5 41. Bf2 Rc3+ 42. Kg2 e5 43. g5 Nf4+ 44. Kh2 Ke7 45. Rh8 Rf3 46. Bh4 Ng6
47. Rh7+ Ke6 48. Bg3 Kf5 49. Rd7 Rd3 50. Bf2 d5 51. Kg2 d4 52. Kf1 Nf4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 a5 7. O-O a4 8. c4 c6
9. Nc3 axb3 10. axb3 Rxa1 11. Qxa1 Na6 12. Ba3 Re8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5
15. Bc4 Qh5 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nc7 18. Rd1 Be6 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Rd7 c5 21.
Rxb7 Rd8 22. f3 Qf5 23. Qc1 Qd3 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. Qxc5 Qd1+ 26. Kf2 Rd2+ 27.
Kg3 Qe1+ 28. Kh3 Qe2 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. Qg4 Qxe3 31. Rxe7 Rd4 32. e6 Rxg4 33.
Kxg4 h5+ 34. Kh3 Kh6 35. b4 fxe6 36. b5 g5 37. Rf7 g4+ 38. Kg3 Kg6 39. Rf4 Qe1#
0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 b6 8. h3 Bb7
9. d5 c6 10. Be3 cxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Nc5 14. Qe1 Nce4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. c3 a5 17. Ra3 Nf6 18. c4 Nd7 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Bg4 Rb8 21. Nb5 Ba6
22. Bg5 f6 23. Be6+ Kh8 24. Bd2 Bxb5 25. axb5 f5 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 Rf6 28.
Re3 Qc7 29. Rd4 f4 30. Re2 f3 31. gxf3 Rbf8 32. Re3 Rxf3 33. Rxf3 Rxf3 34. Bg4
Rf6 35. Qe3 Qd8 36. Rf4 Qf8 37. Rxf6 Qxf6 38. b3 Kg7 39. Kg2 h5 40. Be6 Qe5 41.
Qf3 Qe4 42. Qxe4 Nxe4 43. Kf3 Nc5 44. Ke3 Nxb3 45. h4 Nc5 46. Bh3 a4 47. Kd4 a3
48. Kc3 Kf6 49. f4 Nd3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. O-O g6 8.
d4 Bg7 9. c3 O-O 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Nd2 a5 14. Nf3 Bf6
15. a4 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nd7 18. Qe2 Qb6 19. Bc4 Nc5 20. Bb5 Red8 21.
Be3 Qc7 22. Bd4 Nb3 23. Bxf6 exf6 24. Rae1 Nc5 25. Qf3 Kg7 26. Re3 Qb6 27. Re7
Na6 28. h4 h5 29. Rfe1 Nc7 30. c4 Nxb5 31. axb5 Qd4 32. Rxb7 Qxb2 33. Ree7 Rf8
34. Qe4 a4 35. g3 f5 36. Qe6 Qf6 37. Ra7 Rxa7 38. Rxa7 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 a3 40. Qxd6
Qd4 41. Rxa3 Qe4+ 42. Kh2 Qxc4 43. Qe5+ Kh7 44. d6 Rd8 45. Ra7 Kg8 46. Re7 Qc2
47. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. Nf3 Bb7 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Qc2
Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 11. Kh1 Nc6 12. Rg1 Re8 13. d5 Ne7 14. f4 Qd7 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Ng6 17. Qg3 Ne4 18. Qg2 Nc5 19. Bc2 c6 20. b4 Na6 21. a3
cxd5 22. cxd5 Rac8 23. Be4 f6 24. Bb2 Nh4 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. Rxg4 Ng6 27. Bxg6
hxg6 28. Rxg6 Kf7 29. Rag1 Rg8 30. h4 Nb8 31. h5 Nd7 32. Bd4 Rcd8 33. R1g3 Nf8
34. R6g4 Rxd5 35. Rh3 Rh8 36. Rgh4 Ne6 37. Kg2 Nxd4 38. Rxd4 Rg5+ 39. Rg3 Rxg3+
40. Kxg3 Ke6 41. Kh4 Rc8 42. f4 Rc3 43. e4 Rxa3 44. f5+ Ke5 45. Rd7 Kxe4 46.
Rxg7 Kxf5 47. h6 Ra1 48. h7 Rh1+ 49. Kg3 a5 50. bxa5 bxa5 51. Kg2 Rh6 52. Ra7
Kg6 53. Rxa5 Rxh7 54. Kf3 Rh4 55. Ra8 Rh5 56. Kg3 Kf5 57. Rb8 Kg6 58. Kf3 Rg5
59. Kf4 Re5 60. Kf3 Kf7 61. Kf4 Kg6 62. Kf3 Kf7 63. Kf4 Re7 64. Kf3 Re8 65.
Rb7+ Re7 66. Rb5 Re5 67. Rb4 Kg6 68. Rg4+ Rg5 69. Rxg5+ Kxg5 70. Kg3 Kf5 71.
Kf3 Ke5 72. Ke3 Kf5 73. Kf3 Ke6 74. Ke4 f5+ 75. Kf4 Kf6 76. Kf3 Ke5 77. Ke3 Ke6
78. Kf4 Kf6 79. Kf3 Kg5 80. Kg3 f4+ 81. Kf3 Kf5 82. Kf2 Ke4 83. Ke2 Ke5 84. Kf3
Kf5 85. Kf2 Ke4 86. Ke2 f3+ 87. Kf2 Kf4 88. Kf1 Kg3 89. Kg1 Kg4 90. Kf2 Kf4 91.
Kf1 Ke4 92. Kf2 Kf4 93. Kf1 Ke3 94. Ke1 f2+ 95. Kf1 Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O b6 8. c4
Bb7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 c5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. d5 Bxc3 14. Rxc3 Bxd5
15. Ba6 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rc7 17. Rd1 Ne5 18. Qe2 Rd7 19. Rxd7 Qxd7 20. f4 Ng4 21.
Rd3 Qf5 22. Bb7 Nf6 23. Bf3 h5 24. g3 Qc8 25. e4 Rd8 26. Re3 e6 27. e5 Nd5 28.
Rd3 Ne7 29. Be4 Rd4 30. Kf2 Qd7 31. Qd2 Kg7 32. Ke3 Nd5+ 33. Kf3 Nc7 34. Ke3
Nb5 35. a4 Rxd3+ 36. Qxd3 Nd4 37. Qc4 Nc6 38. Qd3 Nd4 39. Qc4 Qc8 40. b4 Qc7
41. a5 Qe7 42. bxc5 bxc5 43. Qa6 Qc7 44. Kd3 Nf5 45. Qb7 Qxa5 46. Bxf5 gxf5 47.
Qe7 Qa3+ 48. Ke2 Qa2+ 49. Kf1 Qd5 50. Qxa7 c4 51. Qc7 Qd3+ 52. Kg2 c3 53. Kh3
c2 54. Qe7 Qd1 55. Qf6+ Kf8 56. Qh8+ Ke7 57. Qf6+ Ke8 58. Qh8+ Kd7 59. Qf8 c1=Q
60. Qxf7+ Kd8 61. Qf8+ Kc7 62. Qe7+ Qd7 63. Qb4 Qf1+ 64. Kh4 Qfd1 65. Qa5+ Kb7
66. Qb4+ Kc8 67. Qc5+ Qc7 68. Qf8+ Qcd8+ 69. Qxd8+ Kxd8 70. h3 Ke7 71. Kg5 Qf3
72. Kh4 Kf7 73. Kg5 Qxg3+ 74. Kxh5 Kg7 75. h4 Qg6# 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Bd7 5. O-O Qc8 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bh3 8. e4
h5 9. Be3 h4 10. Nxh4 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Rxh4 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. gxh4
Qg4+ 15. Kh1 Qf3+ 16. Kg1 Qg4+ 17. Kh1 Qf3+ 18. Kg1 Qg4+ 19. Kh1 Qf3+ 20. Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 a6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bf5 8. Be2
Bd6 9. O-O Qe7 10. Nd2 O-O-O 11. Nc4 h5 12. Nxd6+ cxd6 13. dxe4 Bxe4 14. Qd4 c5
15. Qd2 h4 16. f3 Bc6 17. Bd3 Kb8 18. e4 Nd7 19. Rae1 Ne5 20. Be2 g5 21. Bc4
Nxc4 22. bxc4 Rhg8 23. h3 Ka8 24. Bc3 Bd7 25. Rb1 Be6 26. Qd3 Qd7 27. Rb6 Qa4
28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Qxc4 30. Be5 Qxc2 31. Rd1 Rc8 32. Rd2 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qb5
34. Rb2 Qc6 35. Qe7 c4 36. Bd4 Qc7+ 37. Qxc7 Rxc7 38. Rc2 b5 39. Bf6 b4 40.
Bxg5 a5 41. Bxh4 a4 42. Bf6 Rb7 43. h4 b3 44. axb3 cxb3 45. Rc5 a3 46. Bd4 b2
47. Rc8+ Bxc8 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Bd3 Bb4 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. a3 Be7 7. O-O d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Ne4 Nd7 10. c4 N5f6 11. Qc2 Bxe4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 O-O 14. Rd1 Nf6
15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. h3 h6 19. Be3 Rad8 20. Rd3 c5 21. Rad1
cxd4 22. Nxd4 Qc8 23. Qa4 Rd7 24. Nc6 Rb7 25. b4 Rc7 26. b5 Qb7 27. Bf4 Bc5 28.
Bxc7 Qxc7 29. Qc2 Ne4 30. Rf3 Ng5 31. Rfd3 Ne4 32. Rf1 Qf4 33. Qe2 Ng3 34. Qf3
Qxf3 35. gxf3 Nxf1 36. Kxf1 Ra8 37. a4 a6 38. Rd8+ Rxd8 39. Nxd8 axb5 40. cxb5
Kf8 41. Nc6 f6 42. a5 bxa5 43. Nxa5 Ke8 44. Nc4 Kd7 45. Kg2 e5 46. Kg3 Ke6 47.
f4 exf4+ 48. Kxf4 Bxf2 49. Kf3 Bc5 50. h4 h5 51. b6 Bd6 52. b7 Bc7 53. Ne3 g5
54. hxg5 fxg5 55. Ke4 Bb8 56. Nf5 Kf6 57. Nd4 g4 58. Nc6 Bc7 59. b8=Q Bxb8 60.
Nxb8 Kg5 61. Ke3 Kh4 62. Kf2 Kh3 63. Kg1 h4 64. Nc6 Kg3 65. Nd4 h3 66. Nf5+ Kf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8.
Nbd2 c6 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Ne8 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e3 a5 14. a4 Bf6 15.
d4 g5 16. c4 g6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Be7 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Qxd5
Nef6 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Qxg5 Qb6 25. Rad1 Rad8 26. Qf4 Kg7 27. g5
Nh5 28. Qe5+ Kg8 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Bxb7 Re8 31. Qb5 Nf4 32. Bg2 Re6 33. Qc5 Rd6
34. Qe5 Nxg2 35. Kxg2 Rd5 36. Qe4 Qxg5+ 37. Kh1 Rf5 38. f4 Qh4 39. Qf3 Rc5 40.
Qe3 Rh5 41. Kg2 Rf5 42. Qe4 Kh7 43. b4 axb4 44. Qxb4 Qd8 45. Qb3 Qd4 46. Rf2
Qe4+ 47. Kh2 Qd4 48. Kg2 Qe4+ 49. Kh2 Qd4 50. Kg2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. d4
Bb7 9. Bd3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Bd6 12. a4 Nc6 13. Be4 Kd7 14. Ke2 Rae8
15. Bxc6+ Kxc6 16. f4 g6 17. Be3 Rb8 18. h3 Rhe8 19. Rhb1 Be7 20. Kd3 a6 21.
Rb3 Ra8 22. Rbb1 Bd6 23. Ke2 Be7 24. Kd3 Reb8 25. Ke2 Bd6 26. Kd3 Re8 27. Ke2
Kd7 28. Kd3 Ke7 29. a5 Red8 30. axb6 cxb6 31. Rxb6 a5 32. Ra4 Kf6 33. Rb5 Bc7
34. Ke4 Rdc8 35. c5 Ke7 36. c4 Rd8 37. d5 f5+ 38. Kd4 Kd7 39. d6 Kc6 40. Ke5
Bb8 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. O-O e6 7. d4 Bd6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. c4 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 f5 13. f3 exf3 14. Qxf3 Qg5
15. Qe2 Nf6 16. Rf3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Rff1 Qh4 19. g3 Qh3 20. Qg2 Qg4 21.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Rf1 Rf3 23. Rxf3 exf3 24. Qf2 h5 25. Kf1 Qe4 26. Bc1 h4 27. gxh4
Qd3+ 28. Kg1 Qd1+ 29. Qf1 Qc2 30. Qxf3 Qxc1+ 31. Kg2 Qc2+ 32. Kf1 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Ng4 10. Re2 Kh8 11. Nf1 f5 12. h3 fxe4 13. dxe4 Nf6 14. Ng3 Qe8 15.
Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Nh5 17. Nxh5 Qxh5 18. Be2 Qg6 19. Nd2 Nd8 20. Bg4 Ne6 21. Bf5
Qh6 22. Bxe6 Bxe6 23. Qe2 Rf6 24. Rf3 Raf8 25. Rxf6 Qxf6 26. f3 Qg5 27. Kh2 Rf6
28. Nf1 Qf4+ 29. Kg1 Rg6 30. Kh1 Qh4 31. Nh2 h5 32. a5 Qg3 33. b4 Bc4 34. Qd2
c6 35. Nf1 Qh4 36. Ne3 Be6 37. Nf1 d5 38. exd5 Bxd5 39. Nh2 e4 40. Rf1 exf3 41.
Nxf3 Qg3 42. Qe2 Kh7 43. c4 Bxc4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 Bf5 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. e4 Bh7 11. Qe2 a5 12. a3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bb2 Bf6 15.
e5 Be7 16. h4 Qb6 17. Kh2 a4 18. b4 c5 19. c3 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Qc7 21. d4 cxd4 22.
cxd4 Nb6 23. Rac1 Qd7 24. Bf1 Rdc8 25. Qb5 Bc2 26. Qxd7 Nxd7 27. Re1 Nb6 28.
Bb5 g5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. f3 Kg7 31. Kg2 Kg8 32. Nf1 Kg7 33. Ne3 Bb3 34. Rxc8
Rxc8 35. Rc1 Nc4 36. Bxc4 dxc4 37. d5 Bd8 38. Bd4 b5 39. d6 f5 40. f4 Kg6 41.
Kf3 g4+ 42. Ke2 c3 43. Bc5 c2 44. Nxc2 Bxc2 45. Rxc2 Rb8 46. Be3 Rb7 47. Rc8
1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. h3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. O-O b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qe2 Be7 14. Ne4 Nd5 15.
Bg3 f5 16. Ned2 Bd6 17. e4 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Nb3 Ne5 21. Nxe5
Qxe5 22. Rfe1 Rad8 23. exf5 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 exf5 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. Rde1 Bd6 27. Ne6
Bxe6 28. Rxe6 Bxa3 29. bxa3 Rxd3 30. Rxa6 Rd7 31. Re5 Rb7 32. Ra5 b4 33. axb4
Rxb4 34. Ra7 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Rb6 36. Ree7 Rg6 37. h4 h6 38. f3 f4 39. Re4 Kh7 40.
Raa4 Rgf6 41. Kh3 h5 42. Ra5 Rf5 43. Raa4 R8f7 44. Kh2 g6 45. Kh3 R5f6 46. Kh2
Kg7 47. Re8 Rf8 48. Re7+ R8f7 49. Re8 Rf8 50. Re7+ R6f7 51. Ree4 Kh6 52. Re6
Rf6 53. Re7 R8f7 54. Re8 Rf8 55. Re7 R6f7 56. Re6 Rf6 57. Re7 R8f7 58. Re8 Rf8
59. Re7 R6f7 60. Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O a5 10. c4 d6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Rad1 c5 14. Nd5 Bxb2
15. Qxb2 a4 16. b4 Bxd5 17. cxd5 cxb4 18. Qxb4 Nc5 19. Rb1 Rb8 20. Qc3 Qc7 21.
Bb5 Rb6 22. Bxa4 Qa7 23. Bb3 Rfb8 24. Rfc1 Rb4 25. h3 Qa3 26. Qd2 h5 27. Rc2 h4
28. Qc1 Qa5 29. Rc4 g5 30. Qc3 f6 31. Kh2 R4b5 32. Qc2 Qa3 33. Qg6+ Kf8 34. f4
1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 d5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8.
Be3 Bd6 9. Ne5 Nf6 10. Ndf3 Qc7 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. g3 Re8 14. Bg2 f6
15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. O-O e5 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. Rad1 e4 20. Nd4 Ne5
21. Qd2 Bg4 22. Rde1 Qf6 23. b3 Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 exf3 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Re1 Re4
27. Re3 Qh6 28. Qd3 Qh3 29. Qf1 Qh6 30. Nc2 Qf6 31. Qb5 Qc6 32. Qxc6 bxc6 33.
Rxe4 dxe4 34. Kf1 Kf7 35. Ke1 Ke6 36. Kd2 Ke5 37. c4 c5 38. Kc3 a5 39. a3 Be6
40. b4 axb4+ 41. axb4 Kd6 42. Ne3 g5 43. Nd1 Bf7 44. Kb3 Kc6 45. Ne3 Be6 46.
Kc3 Bf7 47. Nf1 g4 48. bxc5 Kxc5 49. Nd2 e3 50. fxe3 Bg6 51. e4 h6 52. Kd3 h5
53. Nb3+ Kb4 54. Nd2 Kc5 55. Nf1 Bf7 56. Ne3 Bg6 57. Nd1 Bf7 58. Ne3 Bg6 59.
Nf1 Bh7 60. Nd2 Bg6 61. Ke3 Bf7 62. e5 Bg6 63. Nb3+ Kxc4 64. Nd2+ Kd5 65. h4
Kxe5 66. Kf2 Kd4 67. Nf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1
Nc6 9. Nc3 Nde7 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 Re8 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Nf5 14. Bg5 f6 15.
Bd2 Be6 16. b5 Nce7 17. g4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Bxb7 Bxg4 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21.
Qxf3 Ra3 22. b6 c6 23. Ne4 Nf5 24. Bb4 Ra2 25. Bc5 Qd7 26. Ra1 Rxc2 27. Ra7 Qd5
28. Rb1 Rxc5 29. b7 g5 30. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Re8 9. O-O d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd5
15. Qf3 Nxc3 16. Bxf7+ Kh8 17. Qxc3 Rf8 18. Rad1 e6 19. Bxe6 Qg5 20. Bg4 Rxf1+
21. Rxf1 Rd8 22. Bxa7 Bxe5 23. Be3 Qe7 24. Qb3 h5 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Rd1+
27. Kf2 Kg7 28. Ke2 Rd7 29. c3 Bf6 30. Kf1 Qe4 31. Bd4 Bxd4 32. cxd4 Qxd4 33.
Qc3 Qxc3 34. Rxc3 h4 35. Rb3 Kh6 36. Rb5 g5 37. a4 Kh5 38. Kf2 Rf7+ 39. Kg1 Re7
40. Rb6 Re1+ 41. Kf2 Re7 42. a5 Rf7+ 43. Ke3 Re7+ 44. Kf2 Rf7+ 45. Kg1 Re7 46.
b4 Rd7 47. Kf2 Rf7+ 48. Ke3 Re7+ 49. Kd3 Rd7+ 50. Ke4 Re7+ 51. Kf5 Rf7+ 52. Rf6
Rd7 53. Rb6 Rf7+ 54. Ke5 Re7+ 55. Kd6 Rg7 56. Ke5 g4 57. Kf6 Rg6+ 58. Kf5 Rg5+
59. Kf4 gxh3 60. gxh3 Rg7 61. Rb5+ Kh6 62. Rf5 Rg3 63. Rf6+ Kh5 64. Rf5+ Kg6
65. Rb5 Rxh3 66. Rb6+ Kh5 67. Rb5+ Kg6 68. Kg4 Rd3 69. Kxh4 Rd7 70. Kg4 Kf6 71.
Kf4 Ke7 72. Ke4 Kd8 73. Rd5 Kc7 74. Rxd7+ Kxd7 75. Kd5 Kc7 76. b5 Kd7 77. Ke5
Kc7 78. Ke6 Kc8 79. Ke7 Kc7 80. Ke8 Kc8 81. Ke7 Kc7 82. Ke6 Kc8 83. Kd5 Kd7 84.
Kc4 Kc7 85. Kd4 Kc8 86. Kd5 Kc7 87. Kd4 Kc8 88. b6 Kb8 89. Kc5 Ka8 90. Kd6 Kb8
91. Kd7 Ka8 92. a6 Kb8 93. a7+ Ka8 94. Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c4 Qc8 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 Bh3 8. Qa4
Bd7 9. d5 Ne5 10. Qb3 h5 11. h4 Ng4 12. c5 dxc5 13. Bf4 N8f6 14. Nb5 Nxd5 15.
Ng5 e6 16. Bxd5 Bxb5 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qxb5+ c6 19. Qxc5 e5 20. Qc4 Qf5 21. e4
Qf6 22. Be3 O-O-O 23. Bxa7 Rd7 24. Bb6 Bh6 25. Qa4 Rd3 26. Rad1 Rd4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. b3
cxb3 9. Qxb3 e6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ng5 Be7 12. a4 O-O 13. Bf3 Nd5 14. Nh3 Nxc3
15. Qxc3 Nb6 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Nxa4 19. Rxa4 bxa4 20. Qxa4 a5
21. Rc1 Rfc8 22. h4 h6 23. Bf4 Qe7 24. h5 c5 25. Bd6 Qxd6 26. Bxb7 c4 27. Bxa8
Rxa8 28. Rxc4 Qd5 29. Rc5 Qd8 30. Rb5 Qe8 31. g3 f5 32. Qc4 a4 33. Rb6 a3 34.
Ra6 Kh7 35. g4 Rxa6 36. Qxa6 fxg4 37. Qd3+ Kg8 38. Qxa3 Qxh5 39. Qd6 Qd5 40.
Qe7 Qf5 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qd7 Qe4 43. Qf7 g3 44. Qc7 gxf2+ 45. Kxf2 Qf5+ 46. Ke2
h5 47. e4 Qxe4+ 48. Kf2 Qxd4+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. d3 e6 7. Ng5 Be7 8.
f4 O-O 9. c4 Nb8 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Be3 d5 12. Bf2 h6 13. Nf3 dxe4 14. dxe4 e5 15.
f5 Re8 16. Re1 Nd4 17. Nxe5 Bd6 18. Nf3 Ng4 19. h3 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Qb6 21. b3
Nxf3 22. Qxf3 Be5 23. Nd5 Qa5 24. Rad1 Qxa2+ 25. Re2 Qa5 26. f6 Re6 27. fxg7
Rae8 28. Kg1 Rg6 29. Rf1 Rxg7 30. Kh1 Qd8 31. Qe3 Qd6 32. Rf5 Qg6 33. Qf3 Re6
34. Rd2 Kh7 35. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d3 Nf6 7. g3 Bb4 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 dxe4 10. dxe4 Nbd7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Qa5 13. a4 Rfd8 14. Qe3
Nb6 15. f4 Nc4 16. Qf3 Nd2 17. Bxd2 Rxd2 18. Rab1 b6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Rxd2
Rxd2 21. Rd1 Nxe4 22. Rxd2 Nxd2 23. Qd3 Qc5+ 24. Kh2 Nc4 25. Qd8+ Qf8 26. Qc7
g6 27. Qxa7 Qd8 28. Qa6 Nb2 29. Bxc6 Nd1 30. Qd3 Qxd3 31. cxd3 Nxc3 32. Kg2 Kf8
33. Kf3 Ke7 34. Ke3 Kd6 35. Be8 f6 36. Kd2 Nd5 37. d4 Nc7 38. Bf7 Ke7 39. Bg8
h6 40. Kc3 Kf8 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 Qd8 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
O-O b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rad1 Bd6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. d5 exd5
15. cxd5 Nb4 16. Rfe1 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Re8 18. Ne5 Nxd5 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Nxd5
Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rae8 23. Re3 Re6 24. Nc4 c6 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Rd8+
1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 a5 2. Bb2 a4 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 a3 6. Bc1 d5 7. d4 Bb4 8. Bd2 O-O
9. Bd3 Re8 10. Ne2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Nbd7 12. c4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5
15. O-O dxc4 16. Bxh7+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. d3 g6 7. Ng5 Bg7 8.
f4 O-O 9. c4 Nb8 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Be3 a6 12. a4 e6 13. Kh1 Qe7 14. Qe1 Rad8 15.
Rd1 d5 16. e5 d4 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Qh4 h5 19. g4 dxe3 20. gxh5 Nd4 21. Rde1 Nf5
22. Qh3 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Qxg5 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Rg1 Qf6 26. Ne4 Qg7 27. Nxc5 Rfe8
28. a5 Kf7 29. Qg2 Re7 30. Rgf1 Qd4 31. b4 Rh8 32. Re2 Kg7 33. Rg1 Rh6 34. Qe4
e5 35. Qxf5 Qf4 36. Qg4 Kh7 37. Ne4 Kg7 38. Qg3 Re8 39. Rxe3 Rxh2+ 40. Kxh2 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 e6 7. Qe1 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. Nh4 Ne8 10. f4 Nd7 11. Nf3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 a5 13. Bg2 Nd6 14. Nd2 a4 15.
a3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Nc5 17. e5 Nf5 18. Nf3 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 20. Kh2 Qc4 21. Rf2
Rad8 22. Bf1 Qe4 23. Be3 Rd7 24. Qc3 Qd5 25. Rd2 Qe4 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Rd1 Rd8
28. Bg2 Qg6 29. Rd4 h5 30. Qd2 Bc5 31. Rd3 Bxe3 32. Qxe3 h4 33. g4 Kf8 34. Qa7
Qh6 35. g5 Qh5 36. Qxb7 Ke8 37. Bf3 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Ne2 b6 13. Bg5 c5 14. Nf4
Bb7 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 c6 17. Rd2 Nd4 18. Bxe7 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Kxe7 20. Rd6
Rhd8 21. Rad1 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. f4 Ke7 25. f5 g6 26. fxg6
fxg6 27. h4 c4 28. c3 Ke6 29. f4 b5 30. Kf2 Kd5 31. Ke2 Ke6 32. Kf3 Kd5 33. Ke3
1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
Qc7 9. c3 e5 10. a3 d4 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. b4 a6 13. Nb3 b6 14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Rc1
Qd6 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Qb2 Na7 18. b5 a5 19. a4 Qe7 20. Nxa5 bxa5 21. Bxa5 Rxc1
22. Rxc1 Rb8 23. Bc7 Rb7 24. Bxe5 Nxb5 25. axb5 Rxb5 26. Qxd4 Be6 27. Qa1 h5
28. Nd4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Nc3 Nh6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 d6 8. d3
f5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Nf7 11. Bf4 Rb8 12. Qc1 d5 13. Na4 Qa5 14. b3 Nd8 15. c4
Ne6 16. Bd2 Qa6 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 e6 19. Nxc5 Qa5 20. Be7 Rf7 21. Bd6 Ra8
22. d4 f4 23. f3 Qd8 24. Qa3 h5 25. Qa4 Bd7 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Nxd7 Rxd7 28.
Rac1 g5 29. Rc2 g4 30. fxg4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Qh4 32. Rf1 Rf7 33. Qa6 Qxg4 34. Rc8+
Rxc8 35. Qxc8+ Kh7 36. Qc2+ Rf5 37. Rf3 Kh6 38. Rh3+ Rh5 39. Rxh5+ Qxh5 40. Qd3
Qg5 41. b4 Kh5 42. Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nc3 Nb6 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Na4 Nd4 12. Nc5 c6 13. Nb3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 Be6
15. Qc2 Nd5 16. Bd2 f6 17. a3 a5 18. e4 Nc7 19. Be3 Nb5 20. Rfd1 a4 21. Rd2 Bb3
22. Qb1 c5 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Nd4 25. Nxd4 Qxd4 26. Qc1 Qd7 27. Qc3 Rac8
28. d4 Rxc5 29. dxc5 Qc7 30. Bf1 Kf8 31. Qb4 Kf7 32. Bc4+ Kg6 33. Bxb3 axb3 34.
Qxb3 Qxc5 35. Rd7 Re7 36. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. Nc3 h6 12. b3 b6 13. Bb2 Ne7 14. Rd2 c5
15. Rad1 Bc6 16. Ne2 Kb7 17. Nf4 g5 18. Nh5 Rg8 19. Nh2 Rg6 20. Rd8 Rc8 21. Ng4
Be4 22. R8d2 Re6 23. f3 Bg6 24. Ngf6 Nc6 25. f4 c4 26. g4 Bb4 27. f5 Bxd2 28.
Rxd2 Rxe5 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Bxe5 Nxe5 31. Rd5 Nf3+ 32. Kf2 cxb3 33. axb3 gxh5
34. Kxf3 Rf8 35. Rf5 hxg4+ 36. Kxg4 Rd8 37. Rf2 Rd4+ 38. Kf5 a5 39. Ng4 h5 40.
Nf6 g4 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Nxg4 a4 43. bxa4 Rxa4 44. Ne3 Kc6 45. Rf4 b5 46. Ke5
Kc5 47. Rf7 c6 48. Rf3 Rh4 49. Nf5 Rc4 50. Rf2 b4 51. Nd6 Rh4 52. Ne4+ Kc4 53.
Rf6 Rh5+ 54. Kf4 c5 55. Rc6 b3 56. cxb3+ Kxb3 57. Nxc5+ Kc4 58. Ne4+ Kd4 59.
Ng5 Rh4+ 60. Kf5 Rh1 61. Rd6+ Kc4 62. Rd2 Kc3 63. Ne4+ Kc4 64. Rd8 Rh5+ 65. Kg4
Rh1 66. Kf4 Rh4+ 67. Ke5 Rh5+ 68. Ke6 Rh6+ 69. Nf6 Rh1 70. Ng4 Rh4 71. Ne5+ Kc3
72. Rc8+ Kb3 73. Kd5 Rh5 74. Rc7 Rh1 75. Nf3 Rh5+ 76. Ke4 Rh3 77. Nd4+ Kb4 78.
Ne6 Rh4+ 79. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. c4 Bf5 11. Bf3 Rc8 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. Rfd1
Qb6 15. Rac1 h5 16. h3 Qb8 17. Ne2 c5 18. Nf4 Ne4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. f3 Bc6 23. e4 Qb4 24. Qe3 Qa3 25. Rc2 a5 26. g4 h4 27. Ng2 a4
28. Nxh4 axb3 29. axb3 Rb8 30. Rc3 Rb4 31. e5 Rdb8 32. exd6 Rxb3 33. Rxb3 Rxb3
34. Qxe7 Rd3 35. Rb1 Rb3 36. Rxb3 Qxb3 37. Qe2 Qc3 38. Qd1 Qf6 39. d7 Bxd7 40.
Qxd7 Qxh4 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Qe5+ Kg8 43. Kg2 Qd8 44. Qxc5 Qd3 45. h4 Qe2+ 46.
Kg3 Qe1+ 47. Qf2 Qe5+ 48. Kg2 Kf8 49. Qc2 Ke7 50. Qe4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. a5 Rb8 14. Ra4 Rb4
15. Na2 Rxa4 16. Qxa4 Qb8 17. Qxc4 Qb5 18. Qxb5 cxb5 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Rc1 Rc8
21. Rc6 Ra8 22. Bf4 Nxf4 23. gxf4 Bd6 24. e3 Kf8 25. Nc1 Bb4 26. Nb3 Ra7 27.
Kg2 Ke7 28. Kf3 Kd7 29. Rc2 c6 30. Ke4 Ra8 31. Rc1 g6 32. Ke5 Be7 33. Nc5+ Kc7
34. b4 Bh4 35. Rc2 Be7 36. Ke4 Bd6 37. Kf3 Bxc5 38. Rxc5 Rd8 39. Kg4 h6 40. h4
f5+ 41. Kf3 Kd6 42. Rc1 h5 43. e4 fxe4+ 44. Kxe4 Rg8 45. Rg1 Rg7 46. Rg5 Rg8
47. Ke3 Rg7 48. Kd3 Rg8 49. Ke4 Rg7 50. Rc5 Rf7 51. Rc3 Rg7 52. Rg3 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 e4 5. f3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8.
fxe4 Nxe4 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. d3 Bg6 13. e4 Qc5+ 14. Kh1
f6 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Qf2 Qxf2 17. Rxf2 b5 18. e5 fxe5 19. Bxe5 Rd7 20. Bxd6 cxd6
21. Nh4 Kc7 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Re1 Rh5 24. Re6 Re5 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26. Re2 Kd6 27.
Kg1 Rf7 28. Re3 Kd5 29. Rg3 Rf6 30. Rg4 a5 31. g3 Kc5 32. a4 Kd5 33. Kg2 Kc5
34. Kg1 Kd5 35. b4 axb4 36. Rxb4 bxa4 37. Rxa4 c5 38. Rg4 Rb6 39. c4+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Qe2 Nd7 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Nf8 10. O-O Bxb3 11. axb3 f6 12. Nf3 Ne6 13. Kh1 Qd7 14. Be3 O-O
15. Nd2 Bd4 16. Ra2 Rad8 17. Nc4 a6 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Bd2 Bb6 20. Ne3 Bxe3 21.
Bxe3 Nd4 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Ra5 Re8 25. g3 g6 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. f4
Rb4 28. Kf3 Rb5 29. Ra4 Rc5 30. Rc4 Ra5 31. Ra4 Rxa4 32. bxa4 a5 33. h4 Rd8 34.
b3 h6 35. Ke3 c5 36. g4 Rh8 37. h5 exf4+ 38. Rxf4 b6 39. hxg6 Kxg6 40. Rf5 Re8
41. Rd5 Re7 42. Kf4 Rh7 43. c3 Rh8 44. Rd7 h5 45. Rxc7 h4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. c3 Nc6 7. d4 b6 8. Bb5
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Re1 O-O 12. g3 Qc7 13. Bf1 Rad8 14. a3 h5 15. Bg2
Ne7 16. Nbd2 Nf5 17. b4 Kg7 18. Rc1 Rfe8 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. c4 dxc4 21. Nxc4 Bf8
22. Ncd2 Qa5 23. Nb3 Qxa3 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Qxc5 26. dxc5 Rxd1 27. Rxd1
Rc8 28. Rc1 Ne7 29. Nd4 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 f5 31. c6 a5 32. c7 Nd5 33. Rc5 Nf6 34.
Nb5 Ne8 35. Rd5 Ra8 36. Rc5 Rc8 37. Rc6 a4 38. Rb6 Nxc7 39. Rc6 a3 40. Nxa3 Ra8
41. Nc4 Nd5 42. Rc5 Nf6 43. Ra5 Rc8 44. Ra4 Ne4 45. Na3 Rc1 46. Rc4 Rd1 47. Rc2
g5 48. Nb5 Rd2 49. Rxd2 Nxd2 50. Nd4 Kf6 51. Nf3 Nxf3 52. Kxf3 Ke5 53. Ke2 g4
54. f3 Kd5 55. e4+ fxe4 56. fxe4+ Kxe4 57. Kf2 Kd3 58. Kf1 Ke3 59. Ke1 Kf3 60.
Kf1 f6 61. Kg1 f5 62. Kf1 f4 63. gxf4 Kxf4 64. Kg2 h4 65. Kf2 Ke4 66. Ke2 Kd4
67. Kf2 Kd3 68. Ke1 Ke3 69. Kf1 Kf3 70. Kg1 g3 71. hxg3 hxg3 72. Kf1 g2+ 73.
Kg1 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nc3 Re8 8.
Be3 Bf8 9. a4 a5 10. O-O b6 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Ne2 Nh5 13. g4 Nf6 14. Ng3 Nd7 15.
Kh2 g6 16. Rg1 Be7 17. Nf5 Bg5 18. Nf3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Kh8 20. Qe1 c5 21. b3 gxf5
22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 e4 24. Ng5 Ne5 25. Kh1 f6 26. Ne6 Qd5 27. Nxc7 Qc6 28.
Nxe8 exd3+ 29. Rg2 Rxe8 30. Qg3 Qb7 31. cxd3 Nxd3 32. Rag1 Ne5 33. Qg7+ Qxg7
34. Rxg7 c4 35. bxc4 Nxc4 36. Rf7 Nxe3 37. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. c4 e6 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Qe7 12. Ba3 c5 13. Qe2 Rac8 14. Nfe5 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Nd5 16. Nd6 Rc7 17. f4 Ba8 18. Nb5 Rd7 19. Bb2 Rfd8 20. Nd6 Nc7 21.
Rcd1 Bc6 22. e4 Ne8 23. f5 exf5 24. exf5 Rxd6 25. f6 Bxf6 26. exf6 Qxe2 27.
Bxe2 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Nd6 30. Be5 Nb5 31. a4 Nd4 32. Bb8 a6 33. Ba7
Bd5 34. Bxb6 Nxb3 35. Bxb3 Bxb3 36. Bxc5 Bxa4 37. Bb4 g5 38. Kf2 h5 39. h3 Bd7
40. Bd2 g4 41. hxg4 Bxg4 42. Ke3 Kf8 43. Kd4 Ke8 44. g3 Kd7 45. Kc5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "213"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. O-O e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Qc7 11. Bg2 Be7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Qe2 h6
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nb6 18. Be4 g6 19. Na5 Rb8 20. Nxb7 Bg7 21.
Na5 Na4 22. Nc6 Rb6 23. Qc4 Nxb2 24. Qc5 Kh7 25. a4 f5 26. a5 Rb7 27. Bd5 a6
28. Ra3 Rb5 29. Qe7 Qxe7 30. Nxe7 Bf6 31. c4 Bxe7 32. cxb5 Bxa3 33. bxa6 Bc5
34. Rb1 Rb8 35. Rc1 Rb5 36. Rxc5 Rxc5 37. a7 Rxa5 38. a8=Q Rxa8 39. Bxa8 Kg7
40. h4 Kf6 41. Kg2 Nd3 42. Bd5 Nc5 43. Bc4 g5 44. hxg5+ hxg5 45. Kf1 e4 46. Ke2
f4 47. gxf4 gxf4 48. Bd5 Ke5 49. Ba8 Ne6 50. Bb7 Nd4+ 51. Kd2 Nf5 52. Ke2 f3+
53. Kd2 Nd6 54. Ba8 Kd4 55. Bc6 Nc4+ 56. Ke1 Ne5 57. Ba8 Nd3+ 58. Kf1 Nc5 59.
Bc6 Ne6 60. Ba8 Nf4 61. Bb7 Kd3 62. Ba8 Ne6 63. Bb7 Nd4 64. Ba8 Nb3 65. Bb7 Nc5
66. Ba8 Kd4 67. Bc6 Ke5 68. Ba8 Nb3 69. Bb7 Nd4 70. Ba8 Ne6 71. Bb7 Nc7 72. Bc6
Kf4 73. Bb7 Nb5 74. Ba8 Nc3 75. Bb7 Nd1 76. Ba8 Ke5 77. Bb7 Kd4 78. Ke1 Nb2 79.
Kf1 Nd3 80. Ba8 Nc5 81. Bc6 Kd3 82. Ba8 Nb3 83. Ke1 Nd4 84. Kf1 Ne2 85. Bb7 Nc3
86. Ba6+ Kd4 87. Bb7 Kd3 88. Ba8 Kd4 89. Bb7 Kd3 90. Ba8 Nd1 91. Bb7 Nb2 92.
Ba6+ Kd4 93. Bb7 Nc4 94. Ba8 Ne5 95. Bb7 Ng4 96. Ba8 Kd3 97. Bb7 Kd4 98. Ba8
Nh6 99. Bb7 Nf7 100. Ba8 Ne5 101. Bb7 Kd3 102. Ba8 Ng4 103. Bb7 Nxf2 104. Kxf2
e3+ 105. Kxf3 e2 106. Ba6+ Kc3 107. Bxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
e6 9. c4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. Rac1 Rfd8 13. Ba3 Rac8 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Rc7 17. Ne4 f5 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Nf6 20. Rcc1 Ne4 21.
dxc5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 bxc5 23. g3 h6 24. Kg2 Kh7 25. Qc4 Rc8 26. Qb5 Rd8 27. Bxc5
Nxc5 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Qxc5 Qa8 30. Qe7 e5 31. h4 h5 32. b4 a6 33. a4 Qc6 34.
a5 Kh6 35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. Qd8 Qe4 37. Qd6 g5 38. hxg5 h4 39. Qd1 hxg3 40. fxg3
Qxb4 41. Nh4 Qg4 42. Qd3 Qxg5 43. Nxf5 Qg6 44. e4 Bf8 45. Qd7+ Kh8 46. Qd8 Qf7
47. Qa8 Qa2+ 48. Kh3 Qf7 49. Qxa6 Qh5+ 50. Nh4 Qd1 51. Qf6+ Bg7 52. Qf3 Qa1 53.
Nf5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. exf3 Nbd7 6. f4 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O e6 10. d3 Ne8 11. c3 Nd6 12. Nd2 a5 13. a3 c6 14. Qc2 b5 15. Nf3
Qc7 16. Rae1 Nf5 17. a4 bxa4 18. bxa4 Rfb8 19. Ba3 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Nxf8 21. c4 Qd6
22. g4 Ne7 23. Qd2 Rb4 24. Ra1 Rd8 25. Qe3 dxc4 26. dxc4 Rxc4 27. Ne5 Rb4 28.
Rfd1 Nd5 29. Qc1 Rc8 30. Nd3 Rd4 31. f5 c5 32. Ne1 Nf4 33. Rxd4 Qxd4 34. Ra2
Nxg2 35. Nxg2 c4 36. Rd2 Qe4 37. fxg6 Nxg6 38. Qc3 Ne5 39. Rd1 Nd3 40. Ne3 Nf4
41. Qf6 Nxh3+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 43. Qxf4 Nxf4 44. Rd4 c3 45. Rxf4 c2 46. Nxc2 Rxc2
47. Kg3 Rc5 48. Rd4 h5 49. gxh5 Rxh5 50. Rd8+ Kg7 51. Rb8 Kf6 52. Rb7 Rd5 53.
Ra7 Kg6 54. f3 f6 55. Ra6 Kf5 56. Ra8 e5 57. Ra6 Kg5 58. Ra8 f5 59. Rg8+ Kf6
60. Rf8+ Kg6 61. Rg8+ Kf7 62. Ra8 Ke7 63. Ra6 Kd7 64. Kg2 Kc7 65. Kg3 Kb7 66.
Re6 f4+ 67. Kg4 Rd4 68. Rxe5 Rxa4 69. Kf5 Kb6 70. Re6+ Kb5 71. Re5+ Kb4 72.
Kxf4 Ra1 73. Re8 a4 74. Kf5 a3 75. f4 a2 76. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Qf6 13. b4 h6 14. b5 Nd4
15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Rb1 Be5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 20. h3 b6 21.
Qb4 Rd8 22. Rd1 Rac8 23. Rd2 Qc3 24. Be2 Qxb4 25. Rxb4 Rc1+ 26. Kh2 Rc3 27. Ra4
Rd7 28. g4 g5 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Rd3 Rc2 31. Bf3 Rb2 32. Rb4 Rxb4 33. axb4 Kf6 34.
Ra3 d4 35. exd4 Rxd4 36. Rxa7 Rxb4 37. Bc6 Bc4 38. Rb7 Bxb5 39. Bxb5 Rxb5 40.
h4 Rb1 41. Kg3 Rb3+ 42. f3 Kg6 43. Rb8 Kg7 44. Rb7 Rb1 45. Rb8 b5 46. Rb7 b4
47. Rb5 f6 48. Rb7+ Kf8 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Kf2 b3 51. Kg2 Ke8 52. Kh2 Kd8 53.
Kg2 Kc8 54. Rb4 Kc7 55. f4 Kc6 56. fxg5 fxg5 57. Rb8 Kd5 58. Rb5+ Kc4 59. Rxg5
b2 60. Rg8 Rc1 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8.
Nbd2 c6 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 a5 12. a3 Ne8 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. e3 Nd6 15.
f4 Bf6 16. c3 e5 17. a4 Re8 18. d4 exf4 19. exf4 g5 20. f5 Qc7 21. Qf3 Ne4 22.
Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Qd3 Ree8 24. Bc1 Nb6 25. Be3 Nc8 26. h4 Qg3 27. Rf3 Qxg4 28. hxg5
Bxg5 29. Bxg5 Qxg5 30. Rg3 Qf6 31. Rf1 Nd6 32. Rg4 Qh6 33. Rf3 Re4 34. Rh3 Qc1+
0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 d5 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8.
Be3 Bd6 9. Ne5 Nf6 10. Ndf3 Qc7 11. Nd3 O-O 12. g3 b6 13. Bg2 Ba6 14. O-O Ne4
15. Re1 Rad8 16. Bf4 Bxd3 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Qxd3 Qe7 19. a4 Rb8 20. Nd2 Qc7 21.
h4 Rfe8 22. Qf3 a6 23. Bf1 b5 24. b4 a5 25. axb5 Nxb5 26. bxa5 Nxa5 27. Rec1
Nd6 28. Bd3 Nb3 29. Nxb3 Rxb3 30. Bc2 Rb2 31. Bd3 Rc8 32. h5 Qe7 33. Qf4 Ne8
34. h6 Qf6 35. Qxf6 Nxf6 36. c4 gxh6 37. cxd5 Rxc1+ 38. Rxc1 Nxd5 39. Be4 Nf6
40. Bf3 Rd2 41. Rc4 Kg7 42. Kf1 Ra2 43. Kg1 Ra7 44. Kf1 h5 45. Kg2 Rd7 46. Ra4
Ng4 47. Bxg4 hxg4 48. d5 Rxd5 49. Rxg4+ Kf6 50. Rh4 Kg6 51. Rg4+ Rg5 52. Rh4 h5
53. Ra4 Kg7 54. Kh3 Rf5 55. Kg2 Rb5 56. Rc4 Rd5 57. Rh4 Kg6 58. Ra4 Rd2 59. Rb4
e5 60. Rb8 e4 61. Kf1 Kf5 62. Rg8 f6 63. Rg7 Ra2 64. Kg1 Rb2 65. Kf1 e3 66.
fxe3 Ke4 67. Kg1 Kf3 68. Rg6 Rg2+ 69. Kh1 Rxg3 70. Rxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 Bg4 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 Nbd7 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Bh5 10. c5 a5 11. a3 b5 12. b4 Qc7 13. Qc2 Ra7 14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Nxe2
Rfa8 16. Nb3 axb4 17. axb4 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxa7 Rxa7 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21.
Nbd4 Qc7 22. h3 g6 23. Nc3 Ra8 24. Qb3 Bf8 25. Qb2 Nd7 26. Ra1 Qb7 27. Rxa8
Qxa8 28. Qa2 Qxa2 29. Nxa2 Nb8 30. Kf1 Bg7 31. Nb3 f5 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. Kd3 Ke6
34. Nd4+ Kd7 35. Nc1 Na6 36. Kc3 Nc7 37. Nd3 Ne6 38. f4 h5 39. h4 Bf6 40. Ne5+
Bxe5 41. fxe5 Nc7 42. Ne2 Ne6 43. Kd3 Ke7 44. Nd4 Kd7 45. Ke2 Nc7 46. Kf3 Na6
47. e6+ Ke7 48. Nxc6+ Kxe6 49. Ke2 Kf6 50. Kd3 g5 51. g3 gxh4 52. gxh4 f4 53.
exf4 Kf5 54. Ke3 Kg4 55. Ne5+ Kxh4 56. c6 Nc7 57. Kf3 d4 58. Ng6+ Kh3 59. f5 d3
60. f6 Ne6 61. Nf4+ Nxf4 62. c7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be4 Re8 11. Re1 Nc6 12. d4 h6 13. c5 Bf8 14. Bxc6 Qxc6
15. Nxe5 Qd5 16. Bf4 f6 17. c4 Qd8 18. Nf3 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Bg4 20. Qe4 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 c6 22. Re1 Qd7 23. Re2 Rd8 24. Rd2 Re8 25. Qg6 Re1+ 26. Kg2 Rc1 27. Re2
Rxc4 28. Re8 Qf7 29. Qe4 f5 30. Qe2 Rxd4 31. Bd6 Qg6+ 32. Kh3 Qh5+ 33. Kg2 Qg6+
34. Kh3 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. d4 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. c4
c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Rc8 11. c5 Bh5 12. b4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Re1 Ne8 15.
b5 Bf6 16. Qb3 g5 17. h3 g6 18. Rac1 Ng7 19. a4 Re8 20. g4 Qc7 21. a5 a6 22. b6
Qf4 23. Qe3 Nb8 24. Bc3 Nc6 25. Nf1 Qxe3 26. Nxe3 Red8 27. Rcd1 Be7 28. Nc2 f6
29. Nb4 Nxb4 30. Bxb4 Kf7 31. Re3 Rc6 32. Ba3 Rdc8 33. Rde1 Bf8 34. Kg2 Be7 35.
Bb2 Bf8 36. Kf1 Ne8 37. R3e2 Ng7 38. Kg2 Be7 39. Bc1 Bd8 40. Bd2 Be7 41. Rd1
Bd8 42. Kg1 Be7 43. Bb4 Bf8 44. Kf1 Be7 45. Ne1 e5 46. dxe5 Bxc5 47. exf6 Bxb4
48. fxg7 Bxa5 49. Rxd5 Bxe1 50. Rd7+ Kg8 51. Rxe1 Rxb6 52. Re5 Ra8 53. Ra5 Kh7
54. Rxg5 Rg8 55. h4 Rxg7 56. Rd8 Rf7 57. h5 Kh6 58. Rdd5 Rbf6 59. Kg1 Rxf2 60.
Rxg6+ Kh7 61. Rdd6 R7f3 62. Rd7+ Kh8 63. Rd1 Rf7 64. g5 R2f4 65. Rh6+ Kg7 66.
Rg6+ Kh8 67. Rd8+ Kh7 68. Rh6+ Kg7 69. Rg6+ Kh7 70. Rh6+ Kg7 71. Rg6+ Kh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Bd3 Ne5 9. Be2 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. d4 Bf4 13. Re1 c6 14. g3 Bxc1
15. Rxc1 Bd7 16. Bg2 Rab8 17. Qa4 a6 18. c5 b6 19. Qxa6 bxc5 20. dxc5 Ra8 21.
Qb7 Rxa2 22. Rf1 Bc8 23. Qb3 Ra5 24. Qb6 Ra6 25. Qc7 Qf5 26. Rcd1 e5 27. Rd8 g6
28. Bxc6 Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kg7 30. Bd5 Qd7 31. Qxd7 Bxd7 32. c4 Ra5 33. c6 Be6 34.
Bxe6 fxe6 35. Rd1 Rc5 36. Rd7+ Kf6 37. Rxh7 Rxc6 38. Rh4 Rd6 39. Kg2 Rd2 40.
Kf3 Rc2 41. Re4 Kf5 42. g4+ Kf6 43. h4 Kf7 44. g5 Ke7 45. Ke3 Kd6 46. f4 exf4+
47. Rxf4 Ke5 48. Re4+ Kf5 49. Kd3 Ra2 50. Re2 Ra5 51. Rf2+ Ke5 52. Rf6 Ra3+ 53.
Ke2 Rh3 54. Rxg6 Rxh4 55. Kd3 Rh3+ 56. Kd2 Rg3 57. Rg8 Kf5 58. c5 Rg4 59. Kc3
Rg1 60. Kb2 Rg4 61. Kb3 Rg1 62. g6 Rc1 63. Kb4 Kf6 64. Kb5 Rb1+ 65. Kc6 e5 66.
Kc7 e4 67. c6 e3 68. Re8 Rb3 69. Kd6 Rd3+ 70. Kc5 Rc3+ 71. Kb6 Rb3+ 72. Ka5 Rc3
73. Kb5 Kxg6 74. c7 Rxc7 75. Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Rc8 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. b3 b5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 bxc4 13. O-O Nf6 14. Bg5
Nxd5 15. Rac1 c3 16. Qxa6 e6 17. Rfd1 Qd7 18. Nb5 f6 19. Be3 Be7 20. Rxd5 exd5
21. Nxc3 Kf7 22. Qd3 d4 23. Bxd4 d5 24. Rd1 Bb4 25. Ne2 Qc6 26. Be3 Rhd8 27.
Qxh7 Qc2 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Nd4 Qe4 30. h3 Bc5 31. a4 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Qb1+ 33. Qd1
Qxd1+ 34. Rxd1 Rc3 35. b4 Rc4 36. Bb6 Ra8 37. a5 Rxb4 38. Rxd5 Rc8 39. g3 Ra4
40. Kg2 Rc2 41. h4 Raa2 42. h5 Kh7 43. Be3 Rc3 44. Bb6 Rb3 45. Kh3 Rb1 46. Be3
Rh1+ 47. Kg2 Re1 48. Kf3 Ra3 49. g4 Rea1 50. Rd7 Kg8 51. g5 fxg5 52. Kg2 Rxa5
53. Bd4 Rd1 54. Rxg7+ Kf8 55. Bf6 Rf5 56. Bc3 Rc5 57. Bf6 Rf5 58. Bc3 Rd3 59.
Rc7 Rdf3 60. Bd4 Rf7 61. Rc8+ Ke7 62. Rg8 R3f5 63. Be3 Rh7 64. Rxg5 Rxh5 65.
Rxh5 Rxh5 66. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qc7 8. b4
b6 9. cxb6 axb6 10. c4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Rd8 12. a3 Nc6 13. Rc1 d6 14. Qb3 Ne5 15.
Be2 Bc6 16. O-O Ba4 17. Qa2 Ned7 18. Nd4 Rdc8 19. Nb1 Ne5 20. Nc3 Bd7 21. Nd5
Qd8 22. Qb3 h5 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Nb5 Be6 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. f4 Ng4 27. h3 Nh6 28.
Bf3 Ba4 29. Qd3 Ra7 30. b5 Nf5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Nxd4 33. Bxd4 e5 34. Bc3
exf4 35. exf4 Bxc3 36. Rxc3 Qf6 37. Bc6 Re7 38. Qd2 Re2 39. Qxe2 Qxc3 40. Rf3
Qd4+ 41. Kh2 Bd1 42. Qe3 Qxc4 43. Rg3 Kg7 44. Kg1 Rh8 45. g5 Rh4 46. Qc3+ Qxc3
47. Rxc3 Rxf4 48. Rd3 Ba4 49. Rxd6 Rg4+ 50. Bg2 Rxg5 51. Rxb6 Bxb5 52. Kf2 Bd7
53. Rb7 Be6 54. Ra7 Rc5 55. a4 Rc2+ 56. Kg3 Ra2 57. a5 Ra3+ 58. Kf2 g5 59. Bc6
g4 60. a6 Kf6 61. Ra8 Ke5 62. Bb7 Kf4 63. Rf8 g3+ 64. Ke2 f5 65. Rf6 Bc4+ 66.
Kd2 Bxa6 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. b4 d6 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Nc3 e4 8. Nd2 Re8
9. Bb2 h5 10. h3 h4 11. b5 c6 12. a4 Bf5 13. a5 a6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. O-O Nbd7
16. Na4 Qxa5 17. c5 Qc7 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Nc5 a5 21. Bc3 Nxc5 22.
dxc5 Nd5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. Nd6 Reb8 26. Bc4 Rb4 27. Rfb1 Rab8 28.
Rxb4 axb4 29. Bxd5 cxd5 30. Qxd5 Be6 31. Qd4 f5 32. Qf6 Bf7 33. c6 b3 34. Rb1
Rb6 35. Ra1 Rb8 36. Nxf7 Qxf7 37. Qd6 Rc8 38. Ra5 Qe8 39. Ra7 Rxc6 40. Qd4 Rc1+
41. Kh2 Qb8+ 42. g3 hxg3+ 43. Kg2 Rc7 44. Qd5+ Kh7 45. Ra8 Qb7 46. Qd8 Kh6 47.
Qh4+ Kg7 48. Qh8+ Kf7 49. Rf8+ Ke6 50. Rf6+ Kd5 51. Qd8+ Kc4 52. Qd4+ Kb5 53.
Rd6 Rc4 54. Rd5+ Kb4 55. Qd2+ Ka3 56. Ra5+ Ra4 57. Qc1+ b2 58. Qc3+ Qb3 59.
Rxa4+ Kxa4 60. Qc6+ Qb5 61. Qc2+ Ka3 62. Qc3+ Ka2 63. Qc2 Qb3 64. Qd2 gxf2 65.
Kxf2 Qd3 66. Qa5+ Kb3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 b6 7. Qf3 d5 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. O-O e5 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Ne2 e4 12. Qh3 Qxh3 13. gxh3 Nc6 14. Rd1 O-O-O
15. Nbc3 Ne8 16. Rab1 Nc7 17. Nf4 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Rhe8 19. Rd2 Rd7 20. Rbd1 Ne5
21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. c4 Rd6 23. a4 a5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. cxd5 Kd7 26. Rd4 Rf6 27.
Rc1 Rd6 28. Rcd1 Rf6 29. Kg2 Rg5+ 30. Kf1 Re5 31. b4 Rd6 32. bxa5 bxa5 33. Kg2
Ke7 34. Rc4 Rexd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Rxe4+ Kd6 37. h4 Rd2 38. Kf3 Rb2 39. Rd4+
Ke6 40. Kg3 Rb4 41. Kf4 Rb2 42. Kf3 h5 43. Re4+ Kd6 44. Rd4+ Ke6 45. h3 Ra2 46.
Kg3 Rb2 47. f3 Rb4 48. Kf4 Rb3 49. e4 Ra3 50. Rc4 f6 51. Rc6+ Ke7 52. Rc7+ Kf8
53. Rc4 Kf7 54. Kg3 Ke6 55. Rc6+ Ke7 56. Rc7+ Kf8 57. Rc4 Ke7 58. Kf2 Kd6 59.
Rd4+ Ke5 60. Rc4 Kf4 61. e5+ Kxe5 62. Rc5+ Kf4 63. Rc4+ Ke5 64. Rc5+ Kf4 65.
Rc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. f3
Nc6 9. Qd2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. O-O-O
Qc7 15. Bc4 e5 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Ne4 Rfd8 18. Qg5 Nf4 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Qf6 Rd5
21. h4 Rad8 22. Rde1 Nc5 23. Nc3 R8d6 24. Qg5 f6 25. Qe3 Rd4 26. g4 Qa5 27. Kb1
Na4 28. Ne4 Rd8 29. Nxf6+ Kg7 30. Nh5+ Kg8 31. Qb3+ Kh8 32. Qf7 gxh5 33. Qf6+
Kg8 34. gxh5 Nc3+ 35. Ka1 Rd1+ 36. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 37. Rxd1 Nxd1 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39.
Qd6+ Kf7 40. Qxd1 Qd5 41. Qxd5+ cxd5 42. b4 Ke6 43. Kb2 Kf5 44. a4 e4 45. fxe4+
dxe4 46. Kc3 Kf4 47. Kd2 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. dxe5 Nd7 6. c4 dxe5 7. Nc3 Ngf6 8. Ba3
Bf8 9. Bb2 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Be2 c6 12. O-O Re8 13. b4 e4 14. Nd2 Ne5 15.
Ndxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bxb2 18. Nd6 Re6 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Rb1 Be5
21. c5 Qe7 22. Qc2 a5 23. a3 axb4 24. axb4 Rd8 25. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 h5 27.
Qd3 Qf6 28. b5 Kg7 29. h3 Re7 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Qa6 Re6 32. Be2 Bc7 33. Bc4 Qe5
34. Bxe6 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Qxb1 37. Qa2 Qxa2+ 38. Bxa2 Kf6 39. Bb3 Ke7
40. f4 h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ng4 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. h4 Qa5 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. exd5 Nc4 17. Bc1 Nb6 18. Nb3 a5 19. Nxa5 Rc5 20. Nb3
Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. h5 Rc8 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Bd2 b5 25. c3 f5 26. a3 Nb6 27.
Bg5 e6 28. Rh4 Nc4 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Kf7 31. b3 Na5 32. Kb2 d5 33. Rb4 Rb8
34. a4 e5 35. Rxb5 Rxb5 36. axb5 Ke6 37. Ka3 f4 38. Kb4 Nb7 39. b6 Kf5 40. Bh4
g5 41. Be1 Ke6 42. Kb5 e4 43. Kc6 Na5+ 44. Kb5 Nb7 45. b4 Kd7 46. Ka6 Kc8 47.
Ka7 Nd6 48. c4 dxc4 49. fxe4 g4 50. e5 Nb5+ 51. Ka8 Nc7+ 52. bxc7 f3 53. gxf3
gxf3 54. b5 Kxc7 55. Ka7 c3 56. b6+ Kd7 57. b7 c2 58. b8=Q c1=Q 59. Qd6+ Ke8
60. Qe6+ Kf8 61. Bb4+ Kg7 62. Qf6+ Kh7 63. Qe7+ Kg6 64. Bc5 Kf5 65. e6 Qa1+ 66.
Kb7 Qb2+ 67. Kc8 Qc3 68. Kd7 Qd3+ 69. Ke8 Qd5 70. Kf7 Qe5 71. Bd6 Qh8 72. Bg3
Qh7+ 73. Ke8 Qg8+ 74. Qf8+ Qxf8+ 75. Kxf8 Kxe6 76. Bf2 Kd7 77. Kf7 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+2spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. O-O Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 Bb7 13. Nb5 Rad8 14. Bc7
Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Rc8 16. Bf4 Nh5 17. Bd6 a6 18. Nc3 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Nf6 20. Be2 b5
21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Nd5 23. Bf3 Kf8 24. Kf1 Ke7 25. Ke1 Rc5 26. Kd2 a5 27.
Bxd5 Bxd5 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Rc4 30. Rxc4 Bxc4 31. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 e5 7. d4 e4 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Rac1 Rc4
15. Rfd1 Rb4 16. Qc2 Rc4 17. Qb1 Qd7 18. b3 Rc6 19. Qb2 Rfc8 20. Nb1 h6 21.
Rxc6 Rxc6 22. Rc1 Bd6 23. Bd2 Qc8 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 25. Qc1 Qxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Ne8 27.
g4 Nc7 28. f3 Ne6 29. fxe4 Nxd4 30. Kf1 dxe4 31. Bxe4 Nc6 32. Be3 Kf8 33. Nc3
Nc8 34. Nb5 Bb8 35. Bc5+ Ke8 36. Nd4 Nxd4 37. Bxd4 Nd6 38. Bd5 f6 39. a4 b6 40.
Kf2 Nc8 41. Kf3 Kd7 42. Be4 Ne7 43. Bd3 Bd6 44. Ke4 Bc5 45. Bc3 a5 46. Bb5+ Kd6
47. Be1 Ke6 48. Bc4+ Kd7 49. h4 Ng6 50. e3 Ne5 51. Be2 Ke6 52. h5 Kd6 53. Kf5
Bxe3 54. Bg3 Kc5 55. Bxe5 fxe5 56. Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 a6 12. Be2 b5 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Nxb5 axb5
15. Rxc5 b4 16. O-O bxa3 17. bxa3 Ne4 18. Rc4 Ba6 19. Rxe4 Bxe2 20. Re1 Bd3 21.
Rb4 Nxb4 22. axb4 f6 23. Bd6 Rfd8 24. Bc5 e5 25. Nd2 Ra2 26. Nf1 Bb5 27. e4
Rda8 28. f3 Ra1 29. Bf2 Rxe1 30. Bxe1 Ra1 31. Kf2 Ra2+ 32. Kg1 Re2 33. Bf2 Rb2
34. Be1 Bxf1 35. Kxf1 h5 36. Bc3 Rc2 37. Be1 Kf7 38. Bf2 Rb2 39. Bc5 h4 40. h3
Kg6 41. Kg1 f5 42. exf5+ Kxf5 43. Kh2 Kf4 44. Be7 g5 45. Bd6 Kf5 46. Bc5 Rb1
47. Be7 Rd1 48. Bc5 Kf4 49. Be7 Re1 50. Bc5 Rd1 51. Be7 Kf5 52. Bc5 e4 53.
fxe4+ Kxe4 54. Be7 Kf4 55. Bc5 Rd2 56. Bb6 Rd5 57. Bc7+ Kf5 58. Bb6 Rd1 59. Be3
g4 60. hxg4+ Kxg4 61. b5 Rd3 62. Bf2 Rd2 63. Kg1 h3 64. gxh3+ Kf3 65. Bc5 Rd1+
66. Kh2 Rd5 67. Ba7 Rxb5 68. h4 Rb2+ 69. Kh1 Kg3 70. Bg1 Rb4 71. Bh2+ Kf2 72.
Bg1+ Kf3 73. h5 Kg3 74. Bh2+ Kh3 75. h6 Rh4 76. h7 Rxh7 77. Kg1 Rd7 78. Kh1 Rg7
79. Bg1 Rg2 80. Bd4 Kg3 81. Be5+ Kf3 82. Bh2 Kf2 83. Be5 Rg4 84. Bh2 Kf3 85.
Bg1 Rg8 86. Bh2 Kf2 87. Be5 Rg5 88. Bd4+ Kf3 89. Bg1 Rc5 90. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Bd6 7. Qe1 Ne7 8. e4
Nd7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Ne2 e5 11. Nh4 Re8 12. Nc3 Nb6 13. a3 f6 14. Kh1 Bf7 15. f4
exf4 16. gxf4 dxe4 17. dxe4 Ng6 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. b3 Qc7 21. Bb2 Rad8
22. Qf2 Ne7 23. Ng3 Ng6 24. Nf5 Ne7 25. Nxe7 Qxe7 26. Rae1 Qc5 27. e5 Qxf2 28.
Rxf2 fxe5 29. fxe5 Bg6 30. Ne4 Be7 31. Ng3 Bh4 32. Kh2 Nd5 33. Ree2 Nc7 34. Rf4
Bg5 35. Rb4 Rb8 36. h4 Be7 37. Ra4 Bc5 38. h5 Bf7 39. h6 Ne6 40. hxg7+ Kxg7 41.
Nf5+ Kf8 42. Nd6 Bxd6 43. exd6 Nc5 44. Rxe8+ Rxe8 45. Rxa7 Bd5 46. Bxd5 cxd5
47. Bd4 Re2+ 48. Kh3 Ne6 49. c3 Nxd4 50. cxd4 Ke8 51. Rxb7 Re4 52. a4 Rxd4 53.
a5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Nb5 Rad8 14. h3 Nd5
15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Rc8 19. Ra4 a5 20. Be5 Rfe8
21. Bc3 Ba6 22. Re1 Bc4 23. f3 d4 24. Bd2 h5 25. Kf2 d3 26. Bc3 Red8 27. Rg1 d2
28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. Ke2 a4 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 f6 32. Rd1 Kf7 33. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 34.
Kxd2 b5 35. Kd3 Ke6 36. e4 g6 37. f4 f5 38. gxf5+ gxf5 39. exf5+ Kxf5 40. Be5
Ke6 41. Kd2 Kd5 42. Kd3 Re4 43. Bb8 Re1 44. Be5 Rh1 45. Bb8 Rh3+ 46. Kc2 Kc4
47. Be5 Rh2+ 48. Kd1 Kd3 49. Ke1 Rh1+ 50. Kf2 Rc1 51. Kf3 Rf1+ 52. Kg4 Ke4 53.
Kg5 Rf2 54. Kf6 Kd5 55. Ke7 Rh2 56. Bc3 Rf2 57. Be5 Re2 58. Kd7 Re4 59. Kc7 b4
60. axb4 Rxb4 61. Kd7 Rb7+ 62. Kc8 Kc6 63. Kd8 Rh7 64. Ke8 Kd5 65. Kd8 Ra7 66.
Ke8 Ke6 67. Kd8 Kd5 68. Ke8 Rh7 69. Kd8 Kc6 70. Ke8 Rd7 71. Kf8 Kd5 72. Ke8 Ke6
73. Kf8 Re7 74. f5+ Kd7 75. Bc3 Re3 76. f6 a3 77. bxa3 Rxc3 78. f7 Rxa3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6
9. Nd2 Qe8 10. O-O Nd7 11. a3 Nb6 12. b3 Bd7 13. Rb1 c5 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. b4
axb4 16. axb4 Nc7 17. c5 dxc5 18. bxc5 Nc8 19. Be3 Ne6 20. Nb3 Qe7 21. Bc4 Rd8
22. Ra1 Rb8 23. Re1 Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Bxd4 Be6 26. Nd5 cxd5 27. exd5 Rb4
28. Rc1 Rxd5 29. Qd2 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Rd8 31. Rb4 Qxc5 32. Bxc5 Rxd2 33. Rb8 Rc2
34. Rxc8+ Bxc8 35. Re8+ Bf8 36. Rxf8+ Kg7 37. Ba3 Ra2 38. Rxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rd2 Rd8 14. Rad1
Rxd2 15. Rxd2 h4 16. a3 Rh5 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Ne2 Bd5 19. Nh2 Nh6 20. f4 Nf5
21. Kf2 Rh8 22. Nc3 Rd8 23. Nf3 f6 24. exf6+ gxf6 25. Nd4 Nd6 26. Nf3 Nf5 27.
Nd4 Nd6 28. Nf3 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. d3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. h3 Rb8
9. Re1 b5 10. a3 a5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Bg5 b4 13. axb4 axb4 14. Be3 bxc3 15. bxc3
Bb7 16. Nbd2 Qc7 17. Nb3 Ra8 18. Qd2 Nb6 19. Qe2 Nd7 20. Nbd2 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Ra8
22. Rxa8+ Bxa8 23. d5 Nce5 24. Ne1 Nb6 25. Qb5 Ned7 26. c4 Qa7 27. Bf1 Bb7 28.
Qb3 Qa5 29. Nc2 Ba6 30. Qa3 Qxa3 31. Nxa3 Bc3 32. f4 Na4 33. Nb5 Ndb6 34. Nxc3
Nxc3 35. e5 Nd1 36. exd6 exd6 37. Bf2 Kf8 38. Ne4 Ke7 39. Nxc5 Bxc4 40. Bxc4
Nxc4 41. Ne4 f5 42. Ng5 h6 43. Ne6 Nde3 44. Nc7 Kd7 45. Ne6 Ke7 46. Nc7 Kd7 47.
Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bc4
h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Nbd2 Ba7 11. a4 Be6 12. Re1 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 Re6 14. Ne3 Ne7 15.
Bxf6 Rxf6 16. d4 Ng6 17. g3 c6 18. Kg2 Qc7 19. d5 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Ne7 21. c4 a5
22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Rb3 c5 24. h3 Rg6 25. Nh4 Rf6 26. Qg4 Kh7 27. Rcc3 Rf8 28. Rb5
b6 29. Rcb3 Nc8 30. Nf5 Rg6 31. Qh4 Qd7 32. Rf3 Re8 33. Ne3 Qe7 34. Qxe7 Rxe7
35. Nf5 Ra7 36. Nh4 Rg5 37. Rfb3 Ra6 38. Kh2 Rh5 39. Nf5 Rg5 40. f4 Rg6 41. Rf3
Rf6 42. Ne3 h5 43. Kg2 Ra7 44. Rb3 Kg8 45. f5 Rh6 46. g4 f6 47. Rg3 h4 48. Rf3
Kf7 49. Rf1 Rb7 50. Kf3 Ne7 51. g5 fxg5 52. Rg1 Rh5 53. Kg4 g6 54. fxg6+ Kxg6
55. Nf5 Ng8 56. Nxd6 Nf6+ 57. Kf3 Rb8 58. Nf5 Rhh8 59. Ke3 Nh5 60. Ne7+ Kf6 61.
Nc6 Nf4 62. Nxb8 Rxb8 63. Kf2 Kg6 64. Rg4 Kf6 65. Rf3 Rf8 66. Rb3 Rb8 67. Kg1
Ne2+ 68. Kh2 Nf4 69. Rg1 Ne2 70. Rf1+ Nf4 71. Rb5 g4 72. hxg4 Kg5 73. d6 h3 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 e4 5. f3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8.
fxe4 Nxe4 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. d3 Bg6 13. e4 O-O-O 14. Qe2
f6 15. Nh4 Kb8 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qf2 Bf7 19. Nf5 Rhg8 20. Rae1 Be6
21. Ne3 h5 22. a4 Rh8 23. Qf4 Qc3 24. Re2 h4 25. h3 Rh5 26. Qf2 Qe5 27. Qf4 Qc3
28. Qf2 Qe5 29. Nf5 Bxf5 30. exf5 Qd5 31. Re4 Rdh8 32. Rf4 Rg5 33. Re1 b6 34.
Qf3 Qxf3 35. Rxf3 Rhh5 36. Ref1 c5 37. Rf4 Kb7 38. R1f3 Kc6 39. Kg1 Kd5 40. Rg4
a5 41. Kf2 Rxf5 42. Rxg7 Kd4 43. Rxc7 Kc3 44. Rc6 Kxc2 45. Rxb6 Rxf3+ 46. Kxf3
Kxd3 47. Rxf6 Kc2 48. Rb6 Rg5 49. Rb5 Rg3+ 50. Kf2 Rc3 51. Rxa5 Kxb3 52. Ra8
Rc4 53. a5 Ra4 54. a6 c4 55. a7 Kc2 56. Rc8 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe2 Re8 8.
Nc4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Qg3 Qe7 12. O-O Nf8 13. Be3 Ng6 14. Kh1 b6
15. a4 a5 16. b3 Rad8 17. Rae1 Bb4 18. Rd1 Bc5 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bd2 Bd6 21. Qg4
Qd7 22. g3 Rf8 23. Kg2 Qf7 24. h4 Ne7 25. h5 Kh8 26. Ne3 Bc5 27. Nf5 Nxf5 28.
Qxf5 Qd7 29. Qxd7 Rxd7 30. f4 Bd6 31. Bc3 Re8 32. Rf3 h6 33. Kh3 Bb4 34. Bb2
exf4 35. Rxf4 Bd6 36. Rf5 Bc5 37. Re1 Bd4 38. Bc1 Be5 39. Bf4 Bc3 40. Re2 Kg8
41. Kg4 c5 42. Kf3 c6 43. g4 Bd4 44. Bd2 Be5 45. Be3 Bc3 46. Bf4 Bd4 47. Bd2
Be5 48. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. Nbd2
b6 9. c4 Bb7 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. exd4 dxc4 12. bxc4 Re8 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Rfe1 Rac8
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Nb3 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. e6 f5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Qb2+ Kg8 22. h4 Red8 23. Bf1 f4 24. Rd7 Rxd7 25. exd7 Rd8 26. Re5 Qd6 27. c5
Qf6 28. Qb3+ Kf8 29. Re6 Qa1 30. c6 Ba6 31. Qa3 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 Ne4 10. Bf4 g5 11. Bc1 f5 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. e3 Rf7 14. b3 b6 15.
Bb2 Bb7 16. Rac1 Qe8 17. Ne2 Rc8 18. Ne5 Rg7 19. a4 Nd6 20. Qd2 Nf7 21. Nd3 h5
22. a5 h4 23. axb6 axb6 24. Ra1 g4 25. Nef4 Ng5 26. Ra7 Rb8 27. Ne5 h3 28. Bh1
Bxe5 29. dxe5 Nc5 30. Qb4 dxc4 31. Qxc4 Nce4 32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Rd6 Re7 34. Qb4
Bc8 35. Rxe7 Qxe7 36. Nh5 Kf7 37. Nf6 Ra8 38. Nxe4 Nf3+ 39. Kh1 Ra2 40. Qc3 Ba6
41. Rd1 Be2 42. Nd6+ Kg7 43. Nf5+ exf5 44. Rd7 Bf1 45. Rxe7+ Kf8 46. Re8+ Kxe8
47. Qxc6+ Kd8 48. Qxb6+ Kc8 49. Qc6+ Kb8 50. Qb6+ Kc8 51. Qc6+ Kb8 52. Qb6+ Kc8
53. Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O b6 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. c4 e6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Na4 Nbd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rac1 Rc8
15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Re6 17. Qd3 Rec6 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Ba3 Qe8 20. Nc3 c4 21.
bxc4 dxc4 22. Qc2 Nc5 23. Nd4 Ra6 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Rb1 h5 26. h3 Rb6 27. Rxb6
axb6 28. Rb1 Nd7 29. a4 Qe7 30. Rd1 Ne5 31. Qe4 Nc6 32. Qxe7 Nxe7 33. Rb1 Nf5
34. Nde2 Rc6 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Ne7 37. Kg2 f5 38. gxf5 Nxf5 39. Nd5 c3 40.
Nexc3 Bxc3 41. Rc1 Rc5 42. Nxc3 Rc4 43. Ne2 Rxa4 44. Rc6 Kf7 45. Nf4 g5 46. Nd5
Nh4+ 47. Kg3 Ra1 48. f4 Rg1+ 49. Kh3 Nf3 50. fxg5 Nxg5+ 51. Kh2 Nf3+ 52. Kh3
Ng5+ 53. Kh2 Nf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ncxe5
Rad8 15. Nxg6 Qxg6 16. Qe2 h5 17. Nh4 Qg5 18. Ng2 hxg4 19. hxg4 Bb6 20. Rae1
Rd6 21. b4 a5 22. a3 c5 23. b5 c4 24. d4 Qxb5 25. e5 Rh6 26. Qf3 Qb3 27. g5 Rg6
28. Qg3 Qxa3 29. Nf4 Bxd4 30. cxd4 Qxg3+ 31. fxg3 Rxg5 32. Kg2 b5 33. e6 fxe6
34. Nxe6 Rg6 35. Nxc7 Rxe1 36. Rxe1 b4 37. d5 c3 38. Nb5 Rb6 39. Nd4 b3 40.
Nxb3 Rxb3 41. d6 Rb2+ 42. Kf3 Rd2 43. Rc1 Rxd6 44. Rxc3 Ra6 45. Ra3 a4 46. Ke4
Kf7 47. Kf4 Kf6 48. Ke4 Kg5 49. Kf3 Kf5 50. Ke3 Kg4 51. Kf2 Kh3 52. Kg1 g6 53.
Kf2 Ra7 54. Kg1 g5 55. Kf2 Kg4 56. Kg2 Kf5 57. Kf3 g4+ 58. Ke3 Ke5 59. Kd3 Kd5
60. Kc3 Ke4 61. Kc4 Rd7 62. Kc5 Rd3 63. Rxa4+ Kf3 64. Kc4 Re3 65. Ra8 Kxg3 66.
Kd4 Rb3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 e6 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. a3
a5 9. O-O Bxc5 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bd7 14. Qe2 Rad8
15. Rfd1 h6 16. c3 Bd6 17. Bc2 Bc7 18. b4 Bc8 19. b5 Nb8 20. a4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1
Rd8 22. Nd2 Nd7 23. Nc4 Nb6 24. Ba3 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Bxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Qh4+ 27. Kg1
Nxc4 28. Bc5 b6 29. Qd3 g6 30. Bd4 e5 31. Qxc4 Be6 32. Qc7 exd4 33. Qxb6 dxc3
34. Qxa5 Qd4 35. b6 Bd5 36. Qb5 Bb7 37. a5 Qg4 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ Kh7 40.
Qg3 Qd7 41. Qxc3 Qd5 42. Qf3 Qd7 43. Be4 Bxe4 44. Qxe4 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Qh5+ 46.
Kg3 Qg5+ 47. Kf3 Qh5+ 48. Kg3 Qg5+ 49. Kf3 Qxa5 50. b7 Qa3+ 51. Ke2 Qb2+ 52.
Kf3 Qb3+ 53. Kf4 Qb2 54. Kg3 h5 55. f4 Qb3+ 56. Kh2 h4 57. Qf3 Qb4 58. Kh3 Kh6
59. Kxh4 Qb1 60. Kg3 Qe1+ 61. Kh2 Qb1 62. Qd5 Qe1 63. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. g3 f5 10. Ne5 Nf6 11. Ndf3 Bd6 12. Nd3 O-O 13. Bg2 b6 14. O-O Ba6
15. Re1 Ne4 16. Bf4 Bxd3 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd3 a6 19. a4 h6 20. Rac1 Rfc8 21.
h4 g6 22. Re2 Kg7 23. Rec2 Rcb8 24. Ra1 g5 25. Rcc1 g4 26. Ne1 Na5 27. Qd1 b5
28. Nd3 Nc6 29. b4 a5 30. axb5 Rxb5 31. Nf4 Rbb8 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Nxe6+ Qxe6
34. d5 Qf6 35. dxc6 Qxc6 36. Rxa5 Rd8 37. Qe2 Rxa5 38. bxa5 Qa4 39. a6 Rd3 40.
Qb2 Qxa6 41. Ra1 Qc6 42. Qb8 Rd7 43. Ra8 e3 44. Qh8+ Kg6 45. Rg8+ Kf7 46. Qg7+
Ke6 47. Re8+ Kd6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 e4 6. Nc4 Be7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
f3 O-O 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Nf3 Bf6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. O-O Ba6 13. d3 Bxc4 14. bxc4
d5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nd4 Qe7 17. Nf5 Qe5 18. Qf3 g6 19. Nd4 Kg7 20. Rab1 c5 21.
Nb3 Rfe8 22. Kh1 c4 23. dxc4 dxc4 24. Nd4 Rac8 25. Rb7 a5 26. Rb6 Ne4 27. Qxf7+
Kh8 28. Rb7 Ng5 29. Qf2 Re7 30. Nc6 Nh3 31. Qf3 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 d5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8.
Be3 Bd6 9. Ne5 Nf6 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. Ndf3 O-O 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. Bg3 f6 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. O-O Nxg3 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. hxg3 g5 19. Bd3 c5 20. g4 cxd4
21. Nxd4 Bc5 22. Nb3 Bb6 23. a4 Kg7 24. Bg6 a5 25. Bh5 f5 26. Rae1 Rf6 27. gxf5
Ba6 28. Rxe6 Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Qf4 30. Nd4 Bxd4 31. cxd4 Rbf8 32. Rxf6 Rxf6 33. Bg6
Qd6 34. g3 Qe7 35. Qd2 Rc6 36. Bh5 Qf6 37. Bg4 Rc4 38. Be2 Rxa4 39. g4 Qe7 40.
Bf3 Qf6 41. Kg2 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Bxd4 Nf6 8.
c4 O-O 9. Be2 d5 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qe7 12. Qc1 c6 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Qb2 Rfd8
15. Rac1 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 Rd5 17. Nf3 Rad8 18. Qc2 a6 19. h3 Ne8 20. Bc5 Qe6 21.
Bb6 R8d7 22. Re4 Be5 23. Nd4 Qd6 24. f4 c5 25. fxe5 Qxb6 26. e6 fxe6 27. Nxe6
Rf7 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Nf4 Qd6 30. Qc4 Nf6 31. Nxd5 b5 32. Qf1 Qxd5 33. Rf4 Qe5
34. Qf3 Kg7 35. Qb7+ Kh6 36. Qf3 Kg7 37. Qf2 h5 38. Qd2 Nd5 39. Rf3 Qa1+ 40.
Rf1 Qe5 41. Rc1 Nf6 42. Qc3 Qxc3 43. Rxc3 Ne4 44. Rd3 Kf6 45. Kf1 Ke5 46. Rd8
Nc3 47. Ra8 Nxa2 48. Rxa6 Nc1 49. Ra5 Nxb3 50. Rxb5 Nd2+ 51. Ke2 Ne4 52. Rb6 g5
53. g4 hxg4 54. hxg4 Kd5 55. Rb8 c4 56. Rd8+ Kc5 57. Kf3 Nd6 58. Rg8 Kb4 59.
Rg6 Nb5 60. Rxg5 c3 61. Rxb5+ Kxb5 62. Ke2 Kc4 63. Kd1 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8.
Be3 Bd6 9. Ne5 Nf6 10. Ndf3 Qc7 11. Nd3 Ng4 12. Bc1 O-O 13. g3 e5 14. dxe5
Ngxe5 15. Ndxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bg2 Rd8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 Qc4 20. Qb3
Bg4 21. Qxc4 dxc4 22. O-O Rd7 23. Rfe1 Rc8 24. Bxa7 b5 25. Be3 b4 26. Rec1 bxc3
27. bxc3 Rd3 28. Bf1 Bxc3 29. Bxd3 cxd3 30. Rab1 Kf7 31. h3 Bxh3 32. f3 d2 33.
Rd1 Bf5 34. Rb7+ Kg6 35. g4 Bc2 36. f4 h5 37. gxh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. c4 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be2 Rc8 12. Rc1 h6 13. Ne5 Rc7 14. a3 dxc4 15.
Ndxc4 Qa8 16. b4 Rd8 17. Nd2 Nfe4 18. Rc2 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 Rxd2 20. Qxd2 Ne4 21.
Qd3 Nf6 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 f6 27.
Nd2 Nxd2 28. Bxd2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Re8 11. g3 Bd6 12. Nbd2 Rxe1 13. Nxe1 g6 14. Nd3 Nce7
15. Nf3 f6 16. Bf4 c6 17. Qd2 g5 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Re1 Ng7 20. h4 h6 21. hxg5
hxg5 22. Nxg5 fxg5 23. Qxg5 Ng6 24. Ne5 Bf5 25. g4 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Qg6 27. Qxg6
Bxg6 28. f4 Rf8 29. f5 Nxf5 30. gxf5 Bxf5 31. Re3 Kf7 32. Rg3 Ke6 33. Rg7 Rf7
34. Rxf7 Kxf7 35. Kf2 Ke6 36. Ke3 Kxe5 37. a3 c5 38. Be2 Bd7 39. Bf3 Bc6 40.
Bh5 Bb5 41. Bg6 a5 42. Bh5 Bc6 43. Bg6 Kd6 44. Bh5 Kc7 45. Be2 Kb6 46. Bf1 Bb5
47. Bg2 Bc4 48. Bh3 Kb5 49. Bd7+ Kb6 50. Bh3 Kc6 51. Bg2 Bb3 52. Bh3 Kb5 53.
Bd7+ Kc4 54. Kd2 b5 55. Bg4 Ba4 56. Be6 Kb3 57. Kc1 Kc4 58. Kd2 b4 59. axb4
axb4 60. cxb4 cxb4 61. Bf7 Bc6 62. Be6 Kb3 63. Kc1 Ka2 64. Kc2 Ba4+ 65. Kc1 Bb3
66. Bf5 d4 67. Bb1+ Ka1 68. Bd3 Bd5 69. Be2 Be4 70. Bc4 Bh7 71. Bd5 Bg6 72. Bc4
d3 73. b3 Ka2 74. Kd2 Kb2 75. Bd5 Bf5 76. Bc4 Bh7 77. Bd5 Bg6 78. Bc4 Bh5 79.
Bd5 Bg4 80. Bc4 Bd7 81. Bd5 Bb5 82. Be6 Ka3 83. Bd5 Be8 84. Be6 Bc6 85. Bf7 Bd7
86. Bd5 Be8 87. Be6 Bd7 88. Bxd7 Kxb3 89. Kxd3 Ka3 90. Be6 b3 91. Bxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 e4 6. Nc4 Be7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
f3 O-O 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Nf3 Bf6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. O-O d6 13. Nd4 c5 14. Nf5 g6
15. Ng3 Ba6 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. d3 Bxc4 18. bxc4 Qe7 19. Ne4 Kg7 20. Nc3 Ne5 21.
Qg3 c6 22. Rab1 Rab8 23. Rb3 Rb6 24. h3 f5 25. Rfb1 Rfb8 26. Rf1 Rf8 27. Rfb1
Rfb8 28. Ne2 Nd7 29. Rf1 Re8 30. Rxf5 Qxe3+ 31. Qxe3 Rxe3 32. Rf2 d5 33. cxd5
cxd5 34. Ra3 a6 35. Nc3 Nf6 36. Kh2 d4 37. Na4 Rc6 38. Nb2 h5 39. Rb3 h4 40.
Nc4 Re1 41. Nd2 Ra1 42. Nf3 Rxa2 43. Rb7+ Kh6 44. Ne5 Re6 45. Nf7+ Kh5 46. Rc7
Ra5 47. Nd8 Rb6 48. Nc6 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Na3
O-O 9. Nc2 Ne7 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Ng4 12. Re1 Nxe3 13. Rxe3 Ng6 14. g3 Bg4
15. d4 Kh8 16. Be2 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Qe7 18. d5 a5 19. Qd2 Rfc8 20. b4 Nf8 21. Bb5
h6 22. h4 Nh7 23. Bf1 Nf6 24. Re3 c6 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. Bb5 Rcc8 28.
bxa5 Ra8 29. c4 Qc7 30. Kg2 Rxa5 31. c5 d5 32. exd5 Rxd5 33. Qxd5 Nxd5 34. Rxd5
Ra8 35. Rdxe5 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. g3 Nbd7 5. Bg2 e6 6. d3 c6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. h3
Bh5 9. O-O O-O 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Ne8 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e3 Nd6 14. f4 g5 15.
Nf3 gxf4 16. exf4 Bf6 17. c3 g6 18. Qd2 a5 19. Rae1 a4 20. Ne5 axb3 21. axb3
Ra2 22. Kh1 Bg7 23. Qc2 Qc7 24. Qb1 Rfa8 25. c4 Nc5 26. Bd4 Nd7 27. Bc3 Qd8 28.
Qd1 Qh4 29. Re2 Nf6 30. Bb4 Nfe8 31. Be1 Qd8 32. Bg3 Nf6 33. Bf2 Nd7 34. Bg3
Nf6 35. Bf2 Nd7 36. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. h3 Bd6 6. Bxd6 cxd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Bd3 d5 9. c3 d6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. a4 Nc7 13. Qe2 h6 14. Rfc1 Qd7
15. c4 dxc4 16. Rxc4 Rac8 17. Rac1 Ncd5 18. Ne1 Nb4 19. Nd3 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 Nxd3
21. Qxd3 d5 22. Rc1 Qxa4 23. Qc3 Qb5 24. b3 Qe2 25. Qc2 a5 26. Ne4 Qxc2 27.
Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Rxc2 b5 29. Kf1 Ra8 30. Ke2 a4 31. b4 a3 32. Ra2 Ra4 33. Kd2
Rxb4 34. Rxa3 Rb2+ 35. Ke1 b4 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. Rb8 h5 38. g4 h4 39. Kf1 b3 40.
Kg2 Rb1 41. Kf3 e5 42. Kg2 b2 43. Rb5 Kf8 44. Rb7 Ke8 45. g5 exd4 46. exd4 fxg5
47. Rb8+ Kd7 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 Nc6 5. Nxc4 Bg7 6. Bg2 e5 7. d3 e4 8. dxe4
Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nf6 10. Ne3 Nxe4 11. Ke1 Be6 12. Nd2 Nd6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Nb3
Rb8 15. f3 O-O 16. Kf2 Bxb3 17. axb3 Rxb3 18. Rd1 Ra8 19. Rd2 a5 20. Nd1 c5 21.
Rc2 c4 22. Bd2 a4 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 a3 25. Nb1 Nb5 26. Nxa3 c3 27. Nxb5
Rxa1 28. Nxc3 Rh1 29. h4 Kg7 30. Ne4 h6 31. Nc5 Rb6 32. Nd3 Re6 33. Kg2 Rb1 34.
Kf2 Re7 35. b4 Rh1 36. Kg2 Rb1 37. Kf2 Rb3 38. Kf1 Ra3 39. Kf2 Ra1 40. Kg2 Rd1
41. Kf2 Ra1 42. Kg2 Ra6 43. Kf2 Rf6 44. Nf4 Rd6 45. Nd3 c6 46. Rc4 Rde6 47. Nf4
Rd6 48. Nd3 Ra7 49. Rc2 Re6 50. Nc5 Rd6 51. Nd3 Ra1 52. Kg2 Ra6 53. Kf2 Rb6 54.
Rc4 Re6 55. Nc5 Re7 56. Nd3 Re6 57. Nc5 Re8 58. Nd3 Ra6 59. Rc2 Ra3 60. Rxc6
Ra2 61. Nc1 Rb2 62. Rc4 Rd8 63. Re4 Rd1 64. Rc4 g5 65. hxg5 hxg5 66. g4 Rd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. Rc1
Nxc3 9. Rxc3 b6 10. c6 Nf6 11. a3 Ne4 12. Rc2 a5 13. Bd3 f6 14. Qe2 g5 15. Bg3
Bd6 16. O-O Nxg3 17. fxg3 g4 18. Nd2 f5 19. a4 Qe7 20. Bb5 e5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22.
Nb3 Be6 23. Nd4 Rae8 24. Qd3 Bc8 25. Re2 Bc5 26. Rd1 Kg7 27. Qc3 Qf6 28. Rf2
Re4 29. Rf4 Rfe8 30. Rxe4 Rxe4 31. Kf2 Kg6 32. Rd3 f4 33. gxf4 Qh4+ 34. Kg1 g3
35. Nf3 Qxf4 36. Qxc5 gxh2+ 37. Kh1 bxc5 38. exf4 d4 39. g3 Be6 40. Rd2 Re3 41.
Ne5+ Kf6 42. Kxh2 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nc3 dxe4 8. dxe4
c6 9. Qe2 h6 10. a4 a5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Be3 Na6 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nc4 Nc8 15. Rd2
Rb8 16. Rad1 Kh7 17. h4 h5 18. Kh2 b5 19. Nd6 Nxd6 20. Rxd6 Qb7 21. Bh3 Bxh3
22. Kxh3 Nc7 23. Rd7 Qc8 24. Kh2 Ne6 25. R1d6 Nd4 26. Qd1 Rb7 27. Rxb7 Qxb7 28.
axb5 Nxb5 29. Nxb5 Qxb5 30. b3 a4 31. bxa4 Qxa4 32. Qd3 Rb8 33. c4 Bh6 34. Bxh6
Kxh6 35. Rd7 Kg7 36. Kg2 Re8 37. Rc7 Rf8 38. Re7 Qa1 39. Qd6 Qd4 40. Qxe5+ Qxe5
41. Rxe5 Ra8 42. Rc5 Ra6 43. Kf3 Kf6 44. Kf4 Ke6 45. Re5+ Kf6 46. f3 Ra4 47.
Rc5 Ra6 48. g4 hxg4 49. fxg4 Ke6 50. h5 Kd6 51. hxg6 fxg6 52. Rg5 Ra8 53. c5+
1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. Nxc4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. a3 Nc6 13. b4 Be7 14. Bb2 Rc8
15. Qb3 Qd5 16. Nd2 Qh5 17. f4 O-O 18. Be2 Qf5 19. Bd3 Qh5 20. Be2 Qh6 21. Bf3
Rfd8 22. Ke2 Nd5 23. Rad1 Bf6 24. Ne4 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Nce7 26. Rhg1 Ng6 27. Rg3
Qh4 28. Ng5 Nc3+ 29. Qxc3 Rxc3 30. Rxd8+ Nf8 31. Rg4 Qh6 32. Ne4 Rc2+ 33. Ke1
f5 34. Ng5 fxg4 35. Bxg4 Rc6 36. Re8 Qg6 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nc3 d4 8. Ne2 c5
9. Nd2 Nbc6 10. f4 Be6 11. Nf3 exf4 12. Nxf4 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Ne5 15.
Qe2 Qd7 16. Bd2 Rae8 17. b3 N5c6 18. h4 h5 19. Bh3 Qd6 20. g4 hxg4 21. Qxg4 f5
22. exf5 Ne5 23. Qg2 Nxf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Nh3 Ref8 26. Rxf5 Rxf5 27. Rf1
Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Qf6+ 29. Nf4 Kh7 30. Qxb7 Qxh4 31. Qg2 Qf6 32. Ke2 Bh6 33. Qe4
Bxf4 34. Bxf4 Nc6 35. a3 Qh4 36. Bd6 Qh5+ 37. Kd2 Qg5+ 38. Kd1 Qg1+ 39. Qe1 Qg2
40. Kc1 Qd5 41. Bf8 g5 42. Kb2 Ne5 43. Qa5 Nxd3+ 44. cxd3 Qg2+ 45. Kc1 Qf1+ 46.
Kc2 Qxf8 47. Qxa7+ Kg6 48. b4 cxb4 49. Qb6+ Kh5 50. axb4 Qf2+ 51. Kb3 g4 52.
Qc5+ Kh4 53. Qe7+ Kh5 54. b5 g3 55. b6 g2 56. Qh7+ Kg4 57. Qe4+ Kg5 58. Qe5+
Kg6 59. Qe6+ Kg5 60. Qe5+ Kg4 61. Qe4+ Kg5 62. Qe5+ Qf5 63. Qg3+ Qg4 64. Qe5+
Kh4 65. Qh2+ Kg5 66. Qe5+ Kg6 67. Qd6+ Kf7 68. Qc7+ Kf6 69. Qd8+ Kf5 70. Qd7+
Kg5 71. Qg7+ Kf4 72. Qxd4+ Kf3 73. Qd5+ Ke2 74. Qe5+ Kf2 75. Qc5+ Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. Nf5 g6 7. Be3 Bf8 8.
Nd4 Bg7 9. g3 Nf6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 d6 13. h3 Ne5 14. f4 Ned7 15.
Bf2 Nc5 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Rfe1 a5 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Kh2 h5 20. N4f3 Ne6 21. e5
dxe5 22. Nxe5 h4 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. f5 Nef8 25. g4 Be5+ 26. Kh1 Bg3 27. Bxg3
hxg3 28. Ne4 gxf5 29. gxf5 Ra6 30. Qd3 Kh8 31. Qxg3 Nh7 32. Qh4 Ndf6 33. Nxf6
Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Rxf6 35. Be4 b6 36. Qf4 Qd8 37. Rg1 Qd6 38. Qg4 Qf8 39. Bd5 Rh6
40. Qd4+ Nf6 41. Bg2 Qe7 42. Qd2 Ng4 43. Re1 Qh4 44. Re8+ Kh7 45. Qd4 Nf2+ 46.
Kh2 Qxd4 47. cxd4 Rd6 48. Re7 Kg7 49. d5 Nd3 50. Rxc7 Nb4 51. Rc3 Rd7 52. f6+
Kxf6 53. a3 Nxd5 54. Rd3 Ke5 55. Rxd5+ Rxd5 56. Bxd5 Kxd5 57. h4 Ke4 58. Kg3 f5
59. h5 Ke3 60. h6 f4+ 61. Kg4 f3 62. h7 f2 63. h8=Q f1=Q 64. Qc3+ Qd3 65. Qc1+
Ke2 66. Qc6 Qd4+ 67. Kf5 Kd3 68. Ke6 Qxb2 69. a4 Qb4 70. Qf3+ Kc2 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be3 Na6
9. g4 Nd7 10. Nd2 Ndc5 11. Rg1 Kh8 12. a3 Bd7 13. Qc2 c6 14. O-O-O cxd5 15.
cxd5 Rc8 16. Kb1 a4 17. h4 f5 18. h5 f4 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. g5 Rf7
22. Bb5 Kg8 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Nc4 Qd8 25. Nb5 Bf8 26. Rh1 Qd7 27. Nc3 Rc7 28.
Nb6 Qe8 29. f3 Nb3 30. Nbxa4 Nd4 31. Qh2 Rh7 32. Qf2 b5 33. Rxh7 Rxh7 34. Nb6
Qd8 35. Nxb5 Nxb5 36. Nc4 Nd4 37. Qg2 Rc7 38. Rc1 Qc8 39. Qf1 Nb3 40. Rc3 Nd4
41. Ka2 Qa6 42. Qd3 Qa7 43. Nd2 Be7 44. Rxc7 Qxc7 45. Nb3 Qc2 46. Qxc2 Nxc2 47.
Na5 Bxg5 48. Nc6 Kf7 49. a4 Bh4 50. a5 Bf2 51. b4 Ke8 52. b5 Kd7 53. b6 Kc8 54.
Kb3 Nd4+ 55. Kc4 Kb7 56. Nd8+ Ka6 57. b7 Ka7 58. a6 g5 59. Nf7 Bh4 60. Nxd6 g4
61. Nc8+ Kb8 62. Nb6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.05.03"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.11.02"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.12.16"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+2spm Chess960 2017"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.03"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2017.05.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 a6
15. Rb1 d4 16. b5 axb5 17. Rxb5 Bxf3 18. Qb1 Bc7 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. gxf3 Bxf4
21. exf4 Ne7 22. Rh5 Ra5 23. Bf5+ Kg8 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Bf5+ Kg8 26. Bh7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Ne5
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bc3 O-O 11. Nd2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 Nc5
15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Bb3 Rxc3
15. Rac1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 h6 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. exf6 Qf4
21. Rd7 Ba8 22. h3 a5 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qe7 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Bf4 a5 13. N1h2 Ra6 14. c3 a4 15. a3
bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. c4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. h5 h6 20. Ng4 Kh7 21. Bd2 Qd8
22. Bb4 Nc5 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Rc1 Re8 26. Rc4 Raa8 27. Bxc5 Bxc5
28. Re4 Red8 29. Qc1 Bf8 30. Qf4 Qb7 31. Rexd4 Bxa3 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Rxa4 Rxd3
34. Qe4+ Qxe4 35. Rxe4 Bc5 36. Kg2 Rd4 37. Kf3 Rd2 38. Rc4 Bb6 39. Rc6 Rb2 40.
Rc8 Rb3+ 41. Kg2 Bd4 42. Rf8 Rb7 43. f4 f5 44. Nh2 Rb2+ 45. Kh3 Rb3 46. Rc8 Be3
47. Rc4 Bg1 48. Rc6 Be3 49. Rc4 Bg1 50. Rc6 Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3
Ba7 9. Bb3 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bc2 h6 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Ng3 Qd7 15.
Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Re7 17. Nh4 g6 18. c4 Be6 19. Qf3 Kg7 20. Ba4 Qd4 21. Bxc6
bxc6 22. Qxc6 Rae8 23. Nf3 Qxb2 24. Rae1 Qxa2 25. Nxe5 Bd5 26. cxd5 Rxe5 27.
Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {With only four rounds
left both players needed to make a push. The Najdorf Sicilian answers the call.
} 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. a3 $5 {I like this decision. Hikaru refuses to get
involved in a theoretical dispute in the Poisoned Pawn Variation.} Nc6 ({
From a Najdorf player's point of view} 8... Nbd7 {looks attractive, but, in
turn, it allows White to move his other bishop to an active position,} 9. Bc4)
({Obviously,} 8... Qxb2 $4 {loses the queen to} 9. Na4) 9. Nb3 Be7 ({Naturally,
Ian had no interest in defending a slightly worse position after} 9... Qe3+ 10.
Qe2) 10. Qd2 $5 {An important moment. Seeing the black knight on c6, Nakamura
recognised a Classical Sicilian pattern, and placed his queen accordingly.} ({
Routine is} 10. Qf3 {which Black often answers with} Qc7 11. O-O-O h6 12. Bh4
g5 $5 {inviting a firestorm:} 13. e5 $1 {[#]} (13. fxg5 Ne5 {this tempo is the
key to the whole idea.} 14. Qe2 Nfg4 {Black will regain a pawn and keep the
e5-square for his knight.}) 13... dxe5 ({Perhaps a safer try is} 13... gxh4 14.
exf6 Bxf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Qc3 Rg8 {but since Nf6+ is always there for him,
White can simply play} 17. Be2 $1 {with some advantage in all lines.}) 14. fxg5
Nd5 $1 ({I find} 14... hxg5 {unsatisfactory, as after} 15. Bxg5 Nd5 16. Bd2 $14
Bd7 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qd3 {Black's compensation is insufficient,
mainly because he cannot castle long.}) 15. Rxd5 $1 {The most principled
answer.} (15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Rxd5 hxg5 17. Bg3 Be6 18. Rd1 f5 {is rather good
for Black.}) 15... hxg5 16. Bf2 exd5 17. Nxd5 Qd6 18. Bc5 g4 $1 (18... Qh6 19.
Kb1 Bd8 20. Nd2 {offers White excellent attacking prospects.}) 19. Qd1 Qh6+ 20.
Kb1 Bxc5 21. Nxc5 Rb8 22. Bc4 b5 23. Rf1 $1 {A fun position to play, mainly
from the White side.}) 10... O-O {I don't think Ian was very familiar with the
intricacies of this type of position. What we have here is a typical
Richter-Rauser Attack setup, where Black deals with two major threats. One is
Bxf6, and you either lose the d6-pawn or agree to damage your pawn structure.
Two, and it's much worse, is e4-e5!} ({One way to deal with both is} 10... Ng4
{although the position after} 11. Bxe7 Kxe7 12. Nd1 $1 Rd8 13. Be2 Nf6 14. Nc3
{appears simply better for White.}) ({I'd put} 10... h6 $1 {on top of the list.
} 11. Bxf6 (11. Bh4 $2 Nxe4 {Every Russian schoolboy Knows....}) 11... Bxf6 12.
O-O-O {Here I'd even think of} O-O $5 (12... Be7 {saves the pawn, but loses
time:} 13. h4 Qc7 14. g4 b5 15. Be2 $14) 13. Kb1 Bd7 ({too early for} 13... Na5
{on account of} 14. Na4 $1 Nxb3 15. Nxb6 Nxd2+ 16. Rxd2 $16) 14. Qxd6 (14. g4
Na5 $1 {Another typical idea from the R-R Attack} 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 {and} 16. Nd5
Bd8 {is harmless.}) 14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rfd8 {Back in the day when everybody
played the Classical Sicilian Black used to welcome such developments.}) 11.
O-O-O Rd8 {Seemingly Black has successfully addressed both White's threats -
see above - but his counterplay is slow in coming, and White will continue to
press on.} 12. Bd3 (12. Qe2 $5 h6 13. h4 Bd7 14. g4 Rac8 15. Rh3 {was another
promising idea.}) 12... h6 13. h4 $5 Bd7 {Nepo continues to play quickly, but
his moves lack imagination.} ({Here he neglected a chance to establish some
kind of connection between his queen and knight:} 13... Ng4 $5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7
15. Rdf1 e5 16. Be2 a5 $1 {with reasonable chances for both sides.}) 14. Qe2
Kf8 $2 {And this one is a real error.} ({The only way to stop White was} 14...
h5 $1 15. e5 (15. f5 Ng4 16. Rdf1 Bf6 17. fxe6 Bxe6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nce5
$15) (15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qxh5 Qe3+ 17. Kb1 Qxf4) 15... dxe5 16. fxe5 Ng4 $13)
15. e5 $1 {The floodgates are open.} dxe5 16. fxe5 hxg5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. hxg5
Bxg5+ ({No salvation was offered by} 18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rac8 20. Rh7 $18) 19.
Kb1 {A dreadful sight for the second player. Black has no counterplay and no
means to defend his king.} Qe3 20. Qh5 Bh6 21. Rhf1 Be8 22. Rde1 Qg5 23. Qh3 {
Hikaru anticipated Ian's reply.} ({Some would choose} 23. Qh2 {to stop the
black knight from coming to help.}) 23... Ne5 24. Nc5 $1 {The e6-pawn is
collapsing, and as in many Sicilian positions, it's the beginning of the end.}
Kg8 25. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 (25... Rxd3 26. cxd3 fxe6 27. Qxe6+ Nf7 28. Nd5 $18) 26.
Qxe6+ Nf7 27. Bg6 ({Even more thematic would be} 27. Ne4 Qe5 28. Qg6 Rxd3 29.
cxd3 {and there's no stopping Nf6+.}) 27... Kh8 (27... Rd7 28. Qxe8+) 28. Bxf7
Bxf7 29. Qxf7 Qxg2 ({Understandably, Nepo didn't cherish Black's prospects
after} 29... b5 30. Rh1 Rf8 31. Qd7 {White is up a pawn, and Black's Bh6 plays
no other part other than being an unmovable stick in its king's rickety
shelter. One sample line is} Rad8 32. Qc6 Rf6 33. Re8+) 30. Rg1 Qd2 31. Rd1 Qf4
32. Qxb7 Rdb8 33. Qe4 Qf8 $2 {Ian simply quits.} ({At least} 33... Qxe4 34.
Nxe4 Re8 {would prolong the game.}) 34. Rg6 Ra7 35. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe3 Nc6 14. Rfd1
Rc8 15. Rac1 Qd6 16. h4 Rfd8 17. a3 h6 18. h5 Ne7 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Ne5 Rc7 21.
Bf3 b5 22. Qb3 a6 23. Qb4 Nc8 24. Nd3 Rc4 25. Qxd6 Nxd6 26. Nc5 Bc8 27. Be2 Rc3
28. a4 bxa4 29. Nxa4 Rc7 30. Nc5 Nb5 31. Bxb5 axb5 32. f4 Ra7 33. Rb1 Bd7 34.
d5 exd5 35. exd5 Bg4 36. d6 Ra2 37. Rxb5 Rd2 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Rd8 Bxh5 40. Nd7
Rxd6 41. Nf8+ Kg8 42. Nd7+ Kh7 43. Nf8+ Kg8 44. Rxd6 Kxf8 45. f5 Bg4 46. f6
gxf6 47. Rxf6 h5 48. Kf2 Kg7 49. Rb6 f6 50. Ke3 Kf7 51. g3 Ke7 52. Kd4 Kf7 53.
Kd5 Bf3+ 54. Kd6 Bg4 55. Rb7+ Kf8 56. Ra7 Ke8 57. Re7+ Kf8 58. Ra7 Ke8 59. Re7+
Kf8 60. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 dxc4 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8.
Bxd2 Nc6 9. e3 Rb8 10. O-O b5 11. b3 cxb3 12. Qxb3 Bb7 13. Rfc1 Ne7 14. Bb4 Re8
15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 Nf6 19. Ra6 c5 20. dxc5 Qc8 21.
Rc6 Rc7 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. c6 a5 24. Rc1 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O Re8
9. e4 exd5 10. exd5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Qd2 Nd7 15.
Rfe1 Ne5 16. h4 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bd7 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Qf4 Bxg5 20. hxg5 h6 21.
gxh6 Qe7 22. a3 a5 23. Rc1 Bd7 24. Rc3 Re8 25. Kg2 Qd8 26. Rb3 Bc8 27. Bc2 Re5
28. Re3 Rh5 29. Ba4 Bd7 30. Bxd7 Qxd7 31. Kf1 Qd8 32. Ke2 Rh4 33. h7+ Kg7 34.
h8=B+ Rxh8 35. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. cxd3 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8.
Bg5 Nbd7 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. e4 Be7 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. Rac1 c6 14. Rfe1 Rc8
15. h3 Nfd7 16. Bg3 Re8 17. a3 Bf8 18. Qa2 Nf6 19. b4 Ra8 20. Qb2 Nh5 21. Bh2
Nf6 22. Red1 Qe7 23. Nd2 Rec8 24. Nb3 Nfd7 25. Re1 Qd8 26. Nc5 Ra7 27. a4 Nxc5
28. dxc5 Nd7 29. exd5 exd5 30. d4 b6 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 bxc5 33. bxc6 Rxc6
34. Nxd5 Rg6 35. Qb5 Ra5 36. Qb7 Ra2 37. Bc7 Qa8 38. Qxa8 Rxa8 39. Ne7+ Bxe7
40. Rxe7 Nf6 41. dxc5 Nd5 42. Rd7 Rc6 43. Rxd5 Rxc7 44. c6 Rac8 45. Rdc5 Kf8
46. Kh2 Ke7 47. R5c3 Kd6 48. Rg3 g5 49. Rf3 Ke7 50. Rfc3 Kd6 51. Kg3 f5 52. h4
Rxc6 53. Rxc6+ Rxc6 54. Rxc6+ Kxc6 55. hxg5 hxg5 56. f4 g4 57. Kh4 Kd5 58. Kg5
Ke4 59. g3 Kf3 60. Kxf5 Kxg3 61. Ke5 Kh2 62. f5 g3 63. f6 g2 64. f7 g1=Q 65.
f8=Q Qg3+ 66. Qf4 Qxf4+ 67. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. h3 Na5 13. Ba2 Nd7 14. Bg5 Kf8 15.
Nbd2 f6 16. Be3 Nb6 17. Bxb6 cxb6 18. Bd5 Ra7 19. Nb3 Rc7 20. Nxa5 bxa5 21.
Rec1 Bd7 22. Nd2 Rdc8 23. b3 Rxc2 24. Nc4 Rc3 25. Rxc3 bxc3 26. Nb6 Rd8 27. Rc1
Bb4 28. Nxd7+ Rxd7 29. Kf1 f5 30. f3 fxe4 31. fxe4 Rd6 32. Ke2 Rf6 33. Bc4 Ke7
34. Bd3 Rg6 35. g4 Rh6 36. Rh1 g5 37. Bc2 Kd6 38. Rd1+ Kc6 39. Rd3 Rd6 40.
Rxd6+ Bxd6 41. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8.
Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Ba4 Bd7 13. Ne1 Nf4 14. g3 Nh3+
15. Kg2 e5 16. Bb3 Ne7 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Ne4 Be6 19. Nd3 Bc7 20. Nec5 Bc8 21.
Nb4 Kh8 22. Nxd5 Nf5 23. Ne4 b6 24. Nxc7 Qxc7 25. Bd5 Rb8 26. c4 Qe7 27. Qb3
Nd4 28. Bxd4 exd4 29. Qa3 Qd8 30. Rae1 Bf5 31. f4 b5 32. Qd3 bxc4 33. Qxd4 c3
34. bxc3 Rb2+ 35. Nd2 Qf6 36. Re2 Bg4 37. Qxf6 gxf6 38. Bf3 Bd7 39. Ne4 Rb6 40.
Rd1 Rg8 41. Rxd7 Nxf4+ 42. Kf2 Nxe2 43. Bxe2 f5 44. Nc5 Rb2 45. a4 Rc8 46. Ne6
Ra2 47. c4 Rxa4 48. c5 Re4 49. Rd6 a5 50. c6 Kg8 51. c7 Kf7 52. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 b6 5. Be2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 e6 8. Qc2
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bd2 Nd7 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Rfd1 c5 13. e4 Bb7 14. Bg5 Qc8
15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Re8 17. d6 Qc6 18. Bc4 Qe4 19. Qxe4 Rxe4 20. Bb5 Nf6 21.
d7 Rd8 22. Rd6 Re6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Ne5 h6 25. Be3 a6 26. Bc4 Nd5 27. Nxg6
Rxd7 28. Nf4 Kf7 29. Nxd5 exd5 30. Be2 d4 31. Bd2 d3 32. Bh5+ Kf8 33. Re1 Re7
34. Rd1 Re5 35. Bg4 h5 36. Bh3 c4 37. g3 Bf3 38. Rc1 b5 39. Bf1 Kf7 40. b3 Re4
41. bxc4 bxc4 42. Ba5 Bh6 43. Rb1 d2 44. Bg2 Bxg2 45. Kxg2 Rd4 46. Rd1 Rd3 47.
f4 c3 48. Bxc3 Rxc3 49. Rxd2 Bf8 50. Kh3 Be7 51. Rd5 h4 52. Ra5 hxg3 53. hxg3
Ra3 54. Rxa3 Bxa3 55. g4 Bd6 56. Kg3 Ke6 57. Kf3 a5 58. Ke4 Bc7 59. g5 Bd8 60.
a4 Be7 61. f5+ Kf7 62. f6 Bxf6 63. gxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2
b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bb7 12. Bc4 Nd7 13. a5 Nf6 14. Ne2 O-O 15.
Ra4 Rc8 16. b3 Rc5 17. Rxb4 Rxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Rb6 Qc8 20. O-O Bb7 21. c4
Nd7 22. Rc1 Nxb6 23. axb6 h5 24. b4 h4 25. h3 Qe6 26. Bd4 Rc8 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28.
c5 Qf6 29. Rc3 dxc5 30. bxc5 e5 31. Qe3 a5 32. Ra3 Ra8 33. Nc3 Bc6 34. Ne4 Qe6
35. Nd6 a4 36. Ra1 Qd5 37. Qc3 Qd4+ 38. Qxd4 exd4 39. Kf2 Kf6 40. Re1 a3 41.
Ra1 Ke6 42. b7 Bxb7 43. Nxb7 Kd5 44. Ke2 Rb8 45. Nd6 Rb2+ 46. Kd3 a2 47. Ne4 f5
48. Nd2 Kxc5 49. f4 Kd5 50. Nf3 Rxg2 51. Nxh4 Rg3+ 52. Kd2 Ke4 53. Rxa2 Rxh3
54. Ng2 Kf3 55. Kd3 Rg3 56. Ne1+ Kxf4+ 57. Kxd4 Rg1 58. Nd3+ Kg3 59. Ke5 Rd1
60. Ra3 Rf1 61. Nf4+ Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
b6 9. a4 a5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. Bb2 c5 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Qe2 cxd4 15.
Bxd4 Nc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Qc2 Rfd8 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Nd2 Bd4 21.
Be4 Rc7 22. Nf3 Rcd7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Rd2 e5 25. Rde2 f6 26. Rd2 Rd6 27. Rde2
Rb6 28. Nd2 Kg7 29. Kf1 Qb8 30. g3 f5 31. f3 Qb7 32. Kg2 h5 33. h3 Rbd6 34. Rf1
Qb4 35. Nb1 Rb6 36. Nd2 Rbd6 37. g4 Kf6 38. Nb1 Ba1 39. Rfe1 Rd3 40. Qc1 hxg4
41. hxg4 fxg4 42. Re3 gxf3+ 43. Kxf3 Qxb3 44. Nd2 Qxa4 45. Ne4+ Kg7 46. Qxa1
Rxe3+ 47. Kxe3 Qb3+ 48. Kf2 Rf8+ 49. Kg1 Rf5 50. Qd1 Qxc4 51. Qd7+ Rf7 52. Qd2
Qd4+ 53. Kg2 a4 54. Qe2 a3 55. Rd1 Qb2 56. Rd2 Qb3 57. Nxc5 Qb4 58. Qxe5+ Kh7
59. Ne4 Qb7 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Na3 Nh5 15.
e4 Bd7 16. g4 Nf6 17. g5 Nh5 18. f4 b5 19. fxe5 b4 20. Nc4 bxc3 21. bxc3 Bxe5
22. Qf3 f5 23. gxf6 Qxf6 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Qxd7 Re7 27. Qg4 Qxc3
28. Ra3 Qd4+ 29. Be3 Qb2 30. Bg5 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Ree8 32. Qxh5 gxh5 33. Bf6+ Qxf6
34. Rxf6 Rg8 35. Ra2 Rg6 36. Rxg6 hxg6 37. a5 Rb1+ 38. Kh2 Kg7 39. Bf3 c4 40.
Rc2 Rb3 41. Be2 c3 42. Bxa6 Kf6 43. Bc4 Ra3 44. a6 Ke5 45. Kg3 Kxe4 46. Kh4 Kd4
47. Bf1 Kxd5 48. Kg5 Ke4 49. Kxg6 d5 50. Kxh5 d4 51. Rg2 Ke3 52. Bc4 Ra4 53.
Ra2 Rxc4 54. a7 Rc8 55. a8=Q Rxa8 56. Rxa8 c2 57. Rc8 d3 58. Kg5 Kd2 59. h4
c1=Q 60. Rxc1 Kxc1 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. a4 a5 7. c4 dxc4 8. Qc2
Nb6 9. e4 O-O 10. Rd1 Bg4 11. Nbd2 Qc8 12. b3 c5 13. dxc5 Nfd7 14. cxb6 Bxa1
15. Nxc4 Ne5 16. Nfxe5 Bxd1 17. Qxd1 Rd8 18. Qe1 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Qc2 20. Bf3 Qxb3
21. Be3 Qxa4 22. Kg2 Qb4 23. Qa1 Rac8 24. Qa2 e6 25. Ng4 h5 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. e5
Rc3 28. Bd2 Qb3 29. Qxb3 Rxb3 30. Bxa5 Ra8 31. Bd2 Ra2 32. Bg5 Rxb6 33. g4 hxg4
34. Nxg4 Rb4 35. Bh6+ Kg8 36. Nf6+ Kh8 37. Be4 Rb5 38. Bf4 Rb4 39. h4 b5 40.
Be3 Rc4 41. Kg3 b4 42. h5 gxh5 43. Kh4 b3 44. Kxh5 b2 45. Bh7 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 Rb8 9. O-O Be6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Rd1 d4 14. e3
Bc5 15. Na4 Bb6 16. Nxb6+ Rxb6 17. exd4 e4 18. d5 Bg4 19. Rd4 Rc8 20. Bg5 Rxb2
21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Bxe4 h5 23. Ra4 Rc7 24. Kg2 f5 25. Bd3 Rc3 26. Rxa7+ Kd6 27.
h3 Rxd3 28. hxg4 hxg4 29. a4 Rf3 30. Rf1 Ra2 31. a5 Kxd5 32. Rxf7 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Qb1 b6 9. Nh3 Bh6 10. Bg5 Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Qd5 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qb4 Qd5 14. Qxc4
Qxc4 15. Bxc4 e6 16. Be2 Nd7 17. a4 Ke7 18. a5 c6 19. Kd2 b5 20. Rab1 Rab8 21.
Rb2 f5 22. Rhb1 Kd6 23. f3 e5 24. c4 exd4 25. cxb5 cxb5 26. Bxb5 dxe3+ 27. Kxe3
{Let us start looking at the game here. Before this, it was a Grünfeld and we
have got to this position which, though perhaps almost equal, does hold a bit
of danger for Black. Bishops are superior to knights, and the kingside pawns
will be vulnerable to an attack by the light-squared diagonal user. This
endgame is a bit reminiscent of what Fischer called the "minor exchange".} Nf6
28. Bc4 Rxb2 (28... Rhe8+ 29. Kd4 Rbd8 $1 {was the unnatural, but best way, to
hold. The point is that the rooks create an unsafe environment for the kings,
which makes it difficult for White to make progress.} 30. Rb7 Kc6+ 31. Kc3 Re3+
32. Kc2 Rd4 {for example.}) 29. Rxb2 Re8+ 30. Kd4 {Notice how Black's knight
is uncomfortably controlled compared to White's bishop.} Re7 31. Rb8 Rd7 32.
Rc8 Rb7 33. a6 $1 {Putting in the squeeze. The rook can't stay on the seventh
rank, but there isn't enough time to create counterplay.} Rb4 (33... Re7 34.
Bb5 {and the surprising checkmate on c6 is not so easy to parry.}) 34. Kc3 Ra4
35. Kb3 Nd7 36. Bb5 (36. Kxa4 Nb6+ 37. Kb5 Nxc8 38. Bg8 h6 {is not dangerous
for Black as there is no penetration square once the knight reaches e7.}) 36...
Ra5 37. Kb4 Ra1 38. Rd8 Rb1+ 39. Ka5 Ra1+ 40. Kb4 Rb1+ 41. Ka4 Ra1+ 42. Kb3
Rb1+ 43. Kc4 Rc1+ 44. Kd3 Rc7 45. Kd4 {Black has stabilised for now, but he is
far from out of danger.} Ke7 46. Ra8 Kd6 47. h4 $1 {Now phase two, if you will:
White advances a bit on the kingside to create threats.} Ke7 $2 {Unfortunate
timing.} (47... Nb6 48. Rh8 Ke6 49. Re8+ Kd6 50. h5 {is still very hard to
hold.}) 48. Bxd7 $1 {Nakamura does not miss his chances. The rook endgame is
hopeless.} Rxd7+ (48... Kxd7 49. Kd5 Ke7 50. Rh8 Kf6 51. Kd6 {and everything
falls apart} Rc2 {! the only way to resist} 52. Rxh7 Rxg2 53. Rxa7) 49. Ke5 Kf7
50. Rb8 {This is the killing manoeuvre. Any rook trade is hopeless.} Re7+ 51.
Kd5 Kf6 52. Rb7 Re5+ 53. Kd4 Ra5 54. Rxa7 {This endgame is sometimes a draw,
but not in this csae, with a weak kingside and the pawn on the sixth and not
the seventh, and you will soon find out why!} f4 55. Kc4 Ra2 56. Kc5 h5 57. Ra8
Rc2+ 58. Kb6 Rb2+ 59. Kc5 Rc2+ 60. Kb6 Rb2+ 61. Ka7 Rxg2 62. Rb8 Rf2 63. Rb6+
Kg7 64. Kb7 Rxf3 65. a7 Ra3 66. Ra6 Rb3+ 67. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 Bf5 8.
Qb3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Bd3 c6 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. Qb3 Qc8 14. O-O
Nd7 15. Rfe1 Qc7 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. a3 a5 19. b3 Qc7 20. Nd2 Qd6 21.
Qb2 Re6 22. f3 f5 23. Re2 Rae8 24. Rce1 Nf6 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Nh5 27. Qc3
Nf4 28. Rf2 h5 29. Nf1 h4 30. Rc1 Nh5 31. b5 f4 32. e4 dxe4 33. fxe4 Rxe4 34.
bxc6 bxc6 35. Qxc6 Qxd4 36. Qc5 Nf6 37. Qxd4 Rxd4 38. g3 hxg3 39. hxg3 Nh5 40.
Rc3 Re1 41. Kg2 Kh7 42. gxf4 Nxf4+ 43. Kh2 Re6 44. Kh1 g5 45. Rc7+ Kg6 46. Rfc2
Kh5 47. Rh7+ Kg4 48. Rc1 Rd3 49. Ra1 Nh3 50. Ra4+ Kf5 51. Rf7+ Kg6 52. Rfa7
Nf2+ 53. Kg2 Ne4 54. R7a6 Nd6 55. Ra3 Re2+ 56. Kg1 Rd1 57. Ra1 Rxa1 58. Rxa1
Ne4 59. Ra3 Rb2 60. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 {The reason that
this move is not very popular is that many consider 6.h3 to be more useful
generally than 6...a6 in the normal Dragon. That, however, is truly up for
debate.} 7. g3 Nc6 8. Be3 {An example of h3 being useful, normally this runs
into ...Ng4.} Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. b3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 {
Black plays unambitiously, hoping to defend a solid though slightly worse
position.} b6 14. Nd5 Bb7 15. c4 e5 {The weakness on d6 is not easy to target,
while Black hopes to use the break b5 and the control over the dark squares to
create counterplay.} (15... b5 {immediately was also possible.}) 16. Qe3 (16.
Qd2 {keeping pressure on d6 rather than on b6, seemed more logical. Black is
going to play b5 anyway.}) 16... b5 17. Rac1 bxc4 18. Rxc4 Bxd5 19. exd5 {
The eternal fight between the bishop and the knight. In this instance the
knight doesn't have many good anchor squares (it will get kicked out of c5 if
it goes there), on the other hand the bishop on g2 creates no great impression.
} a5 20. Rfc1 Nc5 21. a3 f5 $6 {Black gains space, but truly he simply weakens
his position.} (21... a4 {it's strange Nakamura did not go for this option} 22.
bxa4 $1 (22. b4 {strategically Black usually does not want to allow this, but
after} Nb3 {the knight heads for the d4-square}) 22... Qd7 {and the knight is
superb on c5.}) 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Nd7 24. Rc6 f4 25. gxf4 $1 {Black has to
decide how to lose a pawn.} exf4 (25... Rxf4 26. Rxd6 Qe7 27. Re6 $1 Qxb4 28.
d6 $1 {and with the bishop activated Black's position is difficult, but not
without resources:} (28. Rc7 {might be more precise}) 28... Ra3 29. Qe2 Qd4 {
with counterplay.}) 26. Qe6+ Rf7 27. Qxd6 Qg5 {Again Black finds resources.
Thanks to the exchange of the g-pawn, White's king is exposed and Nakamura
clings on to this as his hope to battle White's passed pawns.} 28. Kh1 (28.
Rc8+ Rxc8 (28... Kg7 29. h4 $1 {doesn't work for Black}) 29. Rxc8+ Kg7 30. Kh1
f3 31. Bf1 {was a better version of the game.}) 28... f3 29. Bf1 Nf6 {The game
is certainly sharp. White is up material but his king is weak, and so are his
pawns. Black's king isn't particularly safe either, and any move can prove to
be a fatal mistake.} 30. Qe6 $6 {Now Nakamura finds strong counterplay.} (30.
Qg3 Qxg3 31. fxg3 Ra2 32. b5 Rb2 {is better for White, despite the passed
position of the f2-pawn.}) 30... Kg7 {Unpinning the rook is an obvious start.}
31. Rc7 Rxc7 $1 32. Rxc7+ Kh6 $1 {Black's king now hides on h6, where it is
much safer than on g8. With the weakness of White's king it is Carlsen who has
to be careful.} 33. Qe1 Ra2 34. Re7 Ng4 {Forcing the result.} (34... Qxd5 {
and Black isn't in much danger, but he is not better either.}) 35. hxg4 Qh4+
36. Kg1 Qxg4+ 37. Kh1 Qh4+ 38. Kg1 Qg4+ 39. Kh1 Qh4+ 40. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 {One of those
sidelines that leaves Black with a choice of options.} e5 {I guess Hikaru
counted on this one, as MVL only plays Najdorf setups.} ({The Dragon response} 
6... g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. a4 O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 {was seen in Judit Polgar's games
against Anand and Grischuk in the World Blitz 2014.}) (6... e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8.
O-O b5) 7. Nde2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Ng3 Be6 (9... g6 $5) 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6
12. c4 {This is a standard structure, the same as we saw in Carlsen-Nakamura
from round three.} Ne8 $2 {I don't like this retreat because it narrows
Black's options to a K-side attack alone, and later in the game we will see
how iffy this strategy can be.} (12... Nbd7 13. Bh6 Re8 14. b4 a5 15. a3 axb4
16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 b5 $1 {is where your Nf6 comes in handy.}) 13. Bh6 Ng7
14. b4 Nd7 15. Rc1 $14 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Ra3 (17... f5 18. c5 $1 dxc5
$140 19. d6 Bg5 20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. bxc5 $16) 18. Ne4 $1 {Nakamura gets his
knight to support his queenside offensive.} f5 19. Nc3 e4 20. Be2 Bg5 21. Bxg5
Qxg5 22. c5 Ne5 (22... dxc5 23. bxc5 Nxc5 24. Nb5 Rd3 $1 {was worth taking a
look at, but White has his own ideas:} 25. Bxd3 Nxd3 26. Rc7 f4 27. Rxg7+ $1
Kxg7 28. Nc7 {winning back the exchange.}) 23. c6 {Strategically the game is
decided. The only thing left to do is put it away by exact calculation.} Nh5
24. Bxh5 gxh5 25. Kh1 {Easier said than done...} ({The most resolute was} 25.
cxb7 Ra7 {and now the surprising shot,} (25... Nd3 26. Ra1 Rxc3 27. Ra8) 26.
Nxe4 $3 fxe4 27. Rc7 Ra6 28. Rc8 Nd7 29. Qc2 Qxd5 30. Qc7 Qb5 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8
32. Qxd7 Qxd7 33. b8=Q+ Kg7 {secures White a large advantage,} 34. h3 {The
black king is too open for Black to have any hopes of advancing his d-pawn.} d5
35. b5 Qa7 36. Qe5+ Rf6 37. Qxd5 {etc.}) 25... Qh4 $2 (25... Nd3 26. Nb5 Nxc1
27. Nxa3 Nd3 28. Qc2 $16) 26. Qd4 Ng4 27. h3 f4 {MVL tries a desperado attack.}
28. Kg1 e3 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. cxb7 exf2+ 31. Rxf2 g3 32. Rxf4 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 {The point of this move is to get Black to put the
knight on f6 before playing d4. In this way White avoids some of Black's most
popular antidotes.} (3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 {and Black has three main options:} a6
(4... Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 {(Compare this position to the one that arises after 5...
Nc6 later.)} 6. Qd3 {is one of those awkward lines that are aimed at getting a
Maroczy setup, even at the price of playing some strange moves.} (6. Bxc6 Bxc6
7. Nc3 {, is similar to the game, but here Black can also play} h6 {,
intending e7-e5 and Nf6.}) 6... g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 a6
11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd4 {could be called a tabiya.}) (4... Nf6 {has become more
popular lately and White usually continues} 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. c4 $5 (6. Bxd7+ Qxd7
7. c4 Nc6 8. Qd3 Qg4 9. Nc3 (9. O-O Qxe4 10. Qb3 Rb8 $2 (10... Ne5 $1 {and
White has little to show for having squandered the centre.}) 11. Nc3 $36 {
Bozinovic,B (1969)-Vucinic,G (2294) Veliko Gradiste 2016}) 9... Qxg2 10. Rf1
Rc8 {Carlsen,M (2855)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) Leuven 2016, was good for Black.
}) 6... g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd3 {with another typical Maroczy/
Bb5+-Sicilian.}) 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qe3 $5 {The
let's-put-the-queen-on-a-strange-square has gone so far that "strange" has
aquired a different meaning. If it works it is good and work it does.} g6 7. h3
Bh6 8. Qc3 Qa5 9. Qxa5 Nxa5 10. Bxh6 Nxh6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. b3 (12. Nd5 $1) 12...
O-O 13. Nd4 Nc6 14. Nxe6 $2 fxe6 $15 {0-1 (49) Muzychuk,M (2528)-Edouard,R 
(2636) Cap d'Agde 2015}) 3... Nf6 ({After} 3... a6 $5 {White's only decent way
to avoid the Najdorf is} 4. g3 $5 {when Black can choose between a Dragon
setup and a more traditional Taimanov- or Najdorf-fianchetto.}) 4. d4 cxd4 5.
Qxd4 a6 ({White is hoping for} 5... Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Bg5 e6 9.
O-O-O {which is a whole different ball game. The last I checked, theory seemed
to agree that Black is all right here, but with the rise of the machines it is
quite possible that this verdict has changed.} Be7 10. Qd3 {[%cal Gf3d4]} Qa5
11. h4 {leads to a sharp game, but whether it is balanced I don't know.}) 6. e5
$1 {Otherwise Black gets a perfect Sicilian with Nc6 on the next move.} Nc6 7.
Qa4 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 {White has gained the bishop pair, but Black
has a harmonious position and develops fast. Intuitively I would not evaluate
this position as "better for White", as my silicon friend does, but the more I
look at it the more I feel that I perhaps should.} 10. Bd2 {A logical move
that paves the way for 0-0-0, but there is also something to be said for the
alternative, more positional way:} (10. Be3 {White is aiming to play g3, Bg2,
Rd1 and then take it from there. Black cannot sit idly by and wait, but needs
to find a way to derail White's effort.} e6 (10... g6 $6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. g3 Bg7
13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O Rac8 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 $14) 11. Rd1 Qc7 12.
g3 Bb4 (12... Be7 $6 13. Bg2 Rc8 14. O-O O-O 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Qb3 {and again
White gets a comfortable endgame advantage.}) 13. Bg2 O-O 14. Qb3 Ng4 15. Bf4
e5 16. Be3 Bxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Rad8 {and Black is closing in on
equality. Still, this line clearly shows that Black is under some pressure.}) (
10. Bg5 {is less logical since it is Black's queenside that ought to be
attacked. After} e6 11. g3 Bb4 {White cannot play} 12. Bg2 $4 {due to} b5 13.
Qb3 Nd4 $1) 10... g6 {With white's king evacuating towards the queenside, it
is a good idea to aim the bishop towards b2.} 11. O-O-O Bg7 12. Bg5 {This is a
new move.} (12. Be3 Qc8 13. h3 $6 (13. g3 $5 {is more to the point, but I feel
Black should be fine here.}) 13... O-O 14. g4 {This arrangement is too slow
for White as it does not threaten the king while Black is not afraid to have
the knight kicked away from f6.} b5 15. Qb3 $6 Na5 (15... e6 $1 {[%csl Rb3]})
16. Qb4 {Blehm,P (2420)-Janssen,R (2345) Calicut 1998, was unclear.}) 12... Qg4
(12... Qf5 {is more ambitious. Perhaps Nakamura wanted to avoid Kramnik's
preparation, thinking "he probably thought I would keep the queens on, so I'll
swap them!". Maybe not.} 13. h4 (13. Bxf6 $2 Qxf6 {is absolutely horrendous
for White}) 13... O-O 14. f3 b5 15. Qf4 Qxf4+ 16. Bxf4 Rad8 {and Black's
pieces are working together very well.}) 13. Bxf6 {From a general
which-piece-ought-to-be-swapped point of view, this move is a bit surprising,
but it soon becomes obvious that it is a good move.} Qxa4 14. Nxa4 ({Not} 14.
Bxg7 $2 Qf4+ 15. Kb1 Rg8 $19) 14... Bxf6 15. c3 $1 {This move restricts both
the knight and the bishop. Black has no equivalent move to neutralise White's
minor pieces and thus Black's queenside comes under pressure.} e6 {At some
point Black must take control of d5 and this is as good a time as any.} ({
The active} 15... b5 {doesn't solve Black's problems:} 16. Nc5 (16. Nb6 Ra7 17.
g3 e6 18. Bg2 Nb8 $5 19. Rd3 O-O 20. Rhd1 $36) 16... O-O {and although there
are other ways to get some advantage, the principled} 17. Nd7 {seems the
simplest. After} Rfe8 18. Nxf6+ exf6 19. g3 Ne5 20. h3 Rac8 21. Kb1 {Black's
knight is not quite at par with the bishop.}) (15... Rc8 16. g3 Rc7 17. Nb6 e6)
16. g3 Rc8 17. Bg2 Be7 18. Rd2 h5 $1 {Since there is no way to exchange one's
way out of the pressure, priority number one becomes getting some counterplay.}
(18... O-O 19. Nb6 Rc7 20. Rhd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. Kc2 {and White has
terrific pressure on the queenside.}) 19. Rhd1 (19. h4 $2 {would reduce
White's winning chances significantly as the kingside pawns are set to be
chewed on by Black's bishop.}) 19... h4 20. Nb6 (20. g4 $2 Bg5) 20... Rc7 21.
Na8 {This kind of repetition saves time and also sends a message to the
opponent about who is in the driver's seat.} Rc8 22. Nb6 Rc7 (22... Rd8 23. b4
hxg3 24. hxg3 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Rh2 26. Bxc6+ bxc6 27. a4 {, followed by Nc4, is
difficult for Black as both a6, c6 and - at some point - f7 are weak.}) 23. f4
$1 hxg3 24. hxg3 Rh5 (24... g5 $6 25. f5 $1 exf5 26. Nd5 Rc8 27. Rf2 {is just
awful for Black. Observe that} Rh2 $2 {fails due to} 28. Nb6 $1 {followed by
Bxc6+ and Rxh2.}) 25. Na8 $1 Rc8 26. Rd7 $1 {A wonderful concept built on the
strength of the unopposed bishop.} Rh2 (26... Rxa8 27. Rxb7 Rc8 (27... Nd8 28.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 29. Bxa8 $16) 28. Bxc6+ Rxc6 29. Rb8+ {and Black has to give up the
bishop.}) 27. Be4 $1 Re2 28. Bxc6 $2 {This move ruins it for Kramnik.} ({
The best move is} 28. Bf3 $1 {The point is that if Black plays} Re3 {, then} (
28... Rh2 29. Nb6 Rd8 30. Rxb7 $16) 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Nc7+ Kf8 31. Rh1 Bf6 32.
Rh7 Bg7 {looks almost exactly like the game, with the exception of the
placement of Black's active rook. In the game it is on e2, but here it is on
e3. But how can this be better for White? Now the rook is not just active but
also threatening a pawn! However, what is most important is that the rook is
not just on a casual stroll, window shopping for g-pawns, but on an important
mission to protect the e6-pawn. If the rook moves away White will strike with
Nxe6! So, White can continue with} 33. Kd2 $1 {and the rook ends up in a
pickle:} Re4 (33... Rxg3 $1 {might be the best still although} 34. Nxe6+ fxe6
35. Rdxg7 Rg2+ 36. Kc1 $1 (36. Ke3 Rxb2 37. Ra7 Kg8 {is less clear.}) 36...
Rg1+ 37. Kc2 Rg2+ 38. Kb3 Rb8+ 39. Rb7 Rxb7+ 40. Rxb7 Rg4 41. Ra7 Rxf4 42. Rxa6
g5 43. Rxc6 Kf7 44. a4 g4 45. Rd6 {and White should win.}) 34. b3 c5 35. Rh1 c4
36. b4 e5 37. f5 $1 gxf5 38. Rh5 Rg4 39. Rxf5 Rxg3 40. Ke2 $1 f6 41. Kf2 Rg4 (
41... Rxc3 $2 42. Ne6+) 42. a4 {with complete domination.}) 28... bxc6 29. Nc7+
Kf8 30. Rh1 Bf6 31. Nxa6 Ra8 $1 {Black's activity is no less valuable than
White's extra pawn.} 32. Nb4 (32. Rh7 $2 Rxa6 33. Rhxf7+ (33. Rdxf7+ Kg8) 33...
Ke8) 32... c5 33. Nd3 Rxa2 34. Kb1 Ra8 $1 35. Nxc5 Rb8 36. Rb7 Rxb7 37. Nxb7
Rg2 38. Rh3 g5 $1 {Improving the scope of the bishop and opening up a road
towards g4 for the king.} 39. fxg5 Bxg5 40. Nc5 Be7 $1 {If White's knight goes
to d3, the bishop will control it from d6. If the knight goes to e4, then the
bishop is already in the right spot and Black can play f7-f5.} 41. Nd3 Bd6 42.
Nf4 Rf2 43. Rh4 (43. b4 Ke7 $1 {and White cannot go forward with the pawns
without the support of the king.} (43... Bxf4 44. gxf4 Rxf4 45. Kb2 Ke7 46. Kb3
f5 {also works, but there is no reason for Black to hurry with such an
exchange.})) 43... Ke7 44. Rg4 Rf1+ 45. Kc2 Rf2+ 46. Kb3 Rd2 47. Rg8 Rf2 48.
Rg4 Rd2 49. Rg8 Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 O-O 11. Nf3 Rd8 12. Be2 Qe4 13. Rc1 Qxc2 14. Rxc2
Ne4 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Ba5 Rdc8 18. f3 Nf6 19. Kf2 Bd5 20. Rxc8+
Rxc8 21. b3 Rc2 22. Ra1 e5 23. e4 Be6 24. Rd1 Nd7 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Bxd2 f6 27.
Bb4 Nb8 28. Bd6 Nc6 29. Ke3 Kf7 30. h4 Ke8 31. g3 Kd7 32. Bf8 g6 33. g4 h5 34.
gxh5 gxh5 35. f4 Bf7 36. Bb5 a6 37. Bf1 Ke8 38. Bc5 Kd7 39. f5 Ne7 40. Be2 Nc8
41. Bf8 Nd6 42. Kd3 a5 43. Bd1 b6 44. a3 Be8 45. b4 axb4 46. axb4 Bf7 47. Bxd6
Kxd6 48. Kc3 b5 49. Bb3 Bxb3 50. Kxb3 Kc6 51. Kc3 Kd6 52. Kb3 Kc6 53. Kc3 Kd6
54. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. d4 Bxb3 13. Qxb3 Qd7 14. Nf1 exd4
15. cxd4 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. N1d2 c5 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 cxd4 20. e6 fxe6 21.
Rxe6 Kh8 22. Bg5 Qf7 23. Qd5 Rae8 24. Rae1 h6 25. Bd2 d3 26. Rd6 Qxd5 27. Rxd5
Re2 28. Rxd3 Bxf2+ 29. Kf1 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Ne5 31. Rb3 Be3+ 32. Ke2 Bxd2 33.
Kxd2 Rf2+ 34. Kc3 Re2 35. Nd3 Nxd3 36. Kxd3 Rxg2 37. Rxb7 Rg3+ 38. Kc4 Rxh3 39.
Ra7 Rh4+ 40. Kb3 g5 41. a5 Rf4 42. Rxa6 Kg7 43. Ra7+ Kg6 44. Ra8 Kg7 45. Ra7+
Kg6 46. Ra8 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Rxc4 Nd7 13. Bc2 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Qd4 b6 16. b4 Rd8 17. Qc3 Nd7 18. Be4 Ba6 19. Bxa8 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Rxa8 21.
O-O Qd6 22. Rc1 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Rd1 Qf6 25. Qc7 Qb2 26. Qb7 Rf8 27. Qxa7
Qxb4 28. g3 g6 29. h4 Qb2 30. Kg2 Qc2 31. Rd7 Qc6+ 32. Kg1 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Qc6+
34. Kg1 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Be2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. g4 h6 {
Lots of theory here, in this modern take on the Poisoned Pawn.} 15. Rg1 {
Caruana seeks his own way.} ({The originators of the whole line, the Azeri
stars Radjabov, Gashimov and Mamedov, split their efforts between} 15. Qh3) ({
and} 15. e5) 15... Bd7 16. g5 hxg5 17. Rxg5 Nc6 {Hikaru decides to gives back
the pawn right away. By doing this he utilises a common approach of
side-stepping the bulk of opponent's preparation. The drawback is in settling
for an inferior move.} ({I'm sure Fabi had some home cooking ready for} 17...
Rh7 {but likely, it was not} 18. e5 dxe5 19. Ne4 $2 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxg5 21. Qxh7
Bxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Qa5+ 23. Kd1 Qd5 $17) 18. Rxg7 O-O-O (18... Nxd4 19. Qxd4 {
and Black cannot castle.}) 19. Ncb5 $1 axb5 20. Nxb5 Ne5 $1 (20... Qb8 {
gets trashed by} 21. Rxe7 Nxe7 22. Nxd6+ Kc7 23. Bf4) 21. Nxc7 Nxd3+ 22. cxd3
Ng8 $2 ({The redemption could only be found in an incredible
computer-generated idea:} 22... Rxh2 $3 23. Rxe7 Rh1+ 24. Bf1 Rf8 {and Black
wins his piece back.}) 23. Na8 ({Also,} 23. Ba5 Rxh2 24. Kd2 {was quite good
for White.}) 23... Kb8 24. Nb6 Bc6 25. Bf4 {In the immortal words of Roman
Dzindzi, White has the pawn and the compensation.} e5 26. Bg3 Bf6 27. Rf7 Be8
28. Rf8 Bg7 29. Rf2 Ne7 30. Bg4 Nc6 31. Rfb2 Nd4 32. Nd5 b5 33. a4 Bh6 34. axb5
Rg8 35. h3 Kb7 36. Ne7 Rf8 37. Nc6 $1 {The shortest way to victory.} Bxc6 38.
bxc6+ Kxc6 39. Bf2 {Now White threatens to eliminate Nd4 with checkmate to
follow. Hikaru had no choice, but he knew it wasn't going to be enough.} Rxf2
40. Kxf2 Rf8+ 41. Kg2 Be3 42. Rb8 Rxb8 43. Rxb8 d5 44. Rc8+ Kd6 45. Rd8+ Ke7
46. Rd7+ Kf6 47. exd5 e4 48. dxe4 Bf4 49. h4 Nb5 50. h5 Be5 51. Bf5 Kg5 52. Bg6
Nd6 53. Re7 Nc4 54. Re6 Bf6 55. d6 Ne5 56. Bf5 Nd3 57. Rxf6 Kxf6 58. d7 Ke7 59.
h6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shirazi, Kamran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2912"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. Bb5 Qe7 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. f4
e4 9. Ng3 d6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nc3 d5 12. Na4 Rb8 13. c4 h5 14. h3 h4 15. Ne2
d4 16. d3 Bf5 17. dxe4 Bxe4 18. exd4 Rd8 19. Nec3 Bf5 20. d5 Be7 21. Qf3 O-O
22. Rad1 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qg6 25. Re1 Bf6 26. Nxc5 a5 27. Nd7 Bxd7
28. Rxd7 Qc2 29. Re2 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Qa1 31. Red2 g6 32. R7d5 Kg7 33. Re2 Bd4 34.
Rxd4 Qxd4 35. Qe3 Qd8 36. c5 Qd1 37. c6 Rc8 38. Qc3+ Kh7 39. Re7 Qd5 40. Qf6
Rxc6 41. Rxf7+ Kh6 42. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bartholomew, John"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2913"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Bf6 11. e4 Nc7 12. Nd6 Ba6 13. Re1 Nb5 14. Nf5 d6 15.
a4 Nc7 16. Nxd6 Be5 17. Nf5 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 g6 19. f4 Bf6 20. e5 gxf5 21. exf6
Ne8 22. b4 Nxf6 23. b5 Bb7 24. bxc6 Bxc6 25. Bxc6 Nxc6 26. Rd6 Na5 27. Rxf6 Nb3
28. Ra3 Nxc1 29. Nc3 Rfd8 30. Rxf5 Rac8 31. Ne4 Rc2 32. Rd5 Ne2+ 33. Kf1 Rxd5
34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Nxd5 Nd4 36. h4 h5 37. Rd3 Nf5 38. Ra3 Rd2 39. Nb4 a5 40. Nc6
f6 41. Rb3 Ra2 42. Rxb6 Nxg3+ 43. Ke1 Rxa4 44. Rb5 Rxf4 45. Rxa5 Rxh4 46. Kf2
Ne4+ 47. Kg2 Rg4+ 48. Kf3 Ng5+ 49. Kf2 h4 50. Ne7 h3 51. Ra1 Kf7 52. Nd5 Rg2+
53. Ke3 Rg3+ 54. Kf4 Rd3 55. Ne3 Kg6 56. Rh1 f5 57. Rg1 Rd4+ 58. Kg3 f4+ 59.
Kf2 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Klekowski, Maciej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2907"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d4 c5 6. c4 Be7 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Rad1 Rad8 13. Ne4 h6 14. Rd2 Bc6
15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Bd7 19. Rfd1 Bc8 20. Ne1 g5
21. Nd3 a5 22. Nb2 Bg7 23. Na4 f5 24. Bf3 Bd7 25. Nc3 Be8 26. g4 fxg4 27. Bxg4
Be5 28. Bxe6 Qg7 29. Nb5 g4 30. Nxd6 Qf6 31. Qf5 Bxh2+ 32. Kg2 Bc6+ 33. e4 Qh4
34. Nf7+ Kg7 35. Qxg4+ Qxg4+ 36. Bxg4 Rxd2 37. Rxd2 Bf4 38. Nd8 Bxe4+ 39. f3
Bxd2 40. Ne6+ Kf7 41. Nxf8 Bb1 42. Nd7 Bxa2 43. Nxc5 Bb4 44. Na6 Bxb3 45. c5
Bd5 46. Bd7 Ke7 47. Ba4 Bc4 48. Nb8 Bd5 49. Nc6+ Bxc6 50. Bxc6 Bxc5 51. Ba4 Be3
52. Bb5 Bf4 53. Ba4 Kf6 54. Bb5 Ke5 55. Ba4 Kd4 56. Bb5 Kc5 57. Ba4 Kb4 58. Be8
a4 59. Bxa4 Kxa4 60. Kh1 Kb4 61. Kg2 Kc3 62. Kh1 Kd3 63. Kg2 Ke3 64. Kh1 Kxf3
65. Kg1 h5 66. Kh1 h4 67. Kg1 h3 68. Kh1 h2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anisimov, Pavel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2909"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Nd7
9. Be3 e5 10. Na3 b6 11. f4 exd4 12. cxd4 Ba6 13. e5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15.
Bxa8 Qxa8 16. Qxd4 Bxe2 17. Rf2 Ba6 18. Qxd6 Nc5 19. Rg2 Rd8 20. Qc7 Bf8 21. b4
Rd7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2912"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Re1 a6 7. h3 d6 8. c3
Ba7 9. Bb3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Bc2 Bc6 15.
Be3 exd4 16. Bxd4 Ne5 17. Bxa7 Rxa7 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. f4 Ng6 20. Qd2 Ra8 21. Rad1
Nh7 22. Nf3 Bc6 23. Bb3 Qe7 24. Qe3 Rad8 25. Nf5 Qf8 26. Ng3 Nf6 27. Rd4 Nxe4
28. Nxe4 d5 29. f5 Ne5 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. Nf6+ gxf6 32. Qg3+ Kh7 33. Rxe5 fxe5
34. Qxe5 Qd6 35. Qxd6 Rxd6 36. Kf2 Kg7 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. Kf4 Rd8 39. g4 Ke7 40.
h4 f6 41. Rd2 Kd6 42. c4 Re8 43. cxd5 Bd7 44. Rf2 Re5 45. Bc2 Rxd5 46. g5 hxg5+
47. hxg5 fxg5+ 48. Kxg5 c5 49. Kg6 Rd4 50. f6 Rg4+ 51. Kh6 Be6 52. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Seliverstov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2915"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8.
Be3 Bd6 9. Ne5 g6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be2 Nf4 12. Bf1 O-O 13. g3 Nh5 14. Be2 Ng7
15. Nf3 Rb8 16. Qc2 f6 17. O-O e5 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. Bxa7 Rb7 20. Be3 Bh3 21.
Rfd1 Nf5 22. Bg5 Qb6 23. b4 Rbf7 24. c4 e4 25. c5 Qxb4 26. cxd6 exf3 27. Bd3
Nd4 28. Qd2 Qxd6 29. Bh6 Ne2+ 30. Bxe2 fxe2 31. Qxe2 Rxf2 32. Bxf8 Rxf8 33.
Rac1 Qf6 34. a4 h5 35. Re1 c5 36. a5 c4 37. Kh1 c3 38. a6 d4 39. a7 Qc6+ 40.
Kg1 d3 41. Qa2+ Kh7 42. Re7+ Kh6 43. Rf7 d2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2918"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Qe8 7. Nc3 e5 8. b4
exd4 9. exd4 a5 10. b5 c5 11. bxc6 Nxc6 12. Nb5 Qd8 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Bd3 f5 15.
Re1 h6 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Rxe4 d5 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Nc3 Qf7 20. Bd6 Rd8 21. Ne5
Qf5 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Be5 Bf8 24. Rf4 Qe6 25. Ne4 Bg7 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Qc2 Qf7
28. Nh5 Bf5 29. Nxg7 Rxd4 30. Nxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2920"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e6 8.
Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 c5 10. Nf3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Bb2 Rac8
15. h3 Rfd8 16. a4 e5 17. d5 c4 18. Bc2 Nf6 19. Bc1 Ne8 20. Be3 f6 21. Nd2 Bc5
22. Nxc4 Ba6 23. Bb3 Nd6 24. Qa2 Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Bxe3 26. Ba6 Bc5 27. Bxc8 Qxc8
28. Qe2 f5 29. exf5 Qxf5 30. Kh2 Bxf2 31. g4 Qf4+ 32. Kg2 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.06.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2923"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Nh5 9. Bd3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bg7 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bf5 Nb6 14. O-O-O
Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Nc4 16. Qc2 Nd6 17. Rde1 f5 18. g4 fxg4 19. Nh2 Qe6 20. Nxg4
O-O-O 21. f3 Kb8 22. Kb1 h5 23. Nf2 g4 24. Nd3 gxf3 25. gxf3 Nf5 26. Nd1 h4 27.
Nc5 Qf7 28. f4 Bf8 29. Nd3 Bd6 30. N1f2 Ng3 31. Rh3 Qf5 32. Ne5 Bxe5 33. dxe5
Qxc2+ 34. Kxc2 Rdg8 35. Kd3 Nf5 36. e4 dxe4+ 37. Kxe4 Rh5 38. Rd1 Kc7 39. Rhd3
Rg3 40. Rxg3 hxg3 41. Ng4 Nh4 42. Nf6 Rh6 43. f5 g2 44. Rg1 Kd8 45. Kf4 Rh8 46.
Kg4 Ke7 47. Ne4 Kf7 48. Ng5+ Ke7 49. f6+ Kd7 50. e6+ Kd6 51. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Ne4 h4 13. b3 b6 14. Bb2 Rh5
15. Nh2 Bb7 16. Re1 Kf8 17. Rad1 c5 18. Rd7 Rc8 19. Ng4 Bc6 20. Rd3 Rd8 21.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. e6 fxe6 23. Ne5 Be8 24. Nd3 Bc6 25. Ne5 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Bf6 27.
Ng6+ Kf7 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Nf4 Nd6 30. Ra4 Rf5 31. Nd3 c4 32. bxc4 Ra5 33. Rxa5
bxa5 34. Nb2 Ne4 35. Kf1 e5 36. Ke2 Nc3+ 37. Kd2 Ne4+ 38. Ke3 Nd6 39. Kd3 f5
40. Na4 Ne4 41. Ke3 Ke6 42. f4 c6 43. Nb2 Nc3 44. a4 c5 45. fxe5 Kxe5 46. Nd3+
Kd6 47. Nb2 Ke5 48. Nd3+ Kd6 49. Nb2 Ke6 50. Kd3 Ne4 51. Ke3 Nc3 52. Kd3 Ne4
53. Ke3 Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Qc2 d5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nc6 11. Qc3 Re8 12. Rd1 e5 13. d5 Nb8 14. e3 c6 15.
Be2 cxd5 16. Rxd5 Nc6 17. O-O Bg4 18. h3 Bf5 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Rc5 Qe7 21. b4
e4 22. Rxf5 exf3 23. Bxf3 Ne5 24. Qb3 Red8 25. Bd5 g6 26. Rf4 Kg7 27. Re4 Qf6
28. Red4 b6 29. a4 Rc7 30. Rf4 Qe7 31. Rfd4 Rdc8 32. Qb1 Rc2 33. Be4 R2c7 34.
a5 bxa5 35. bxa5 Rc5 36. a6 R8c7 37. Bb7 Rc2 38. Qb4 Qxb4 39. Rxb4 Ra2 40. Re4
Ra5 41. Rd5 Ra1+ 42. Kh2 Nc4 43. Red4 Ra2 44. Kg3 Nb6 45. Rd6 Rc5 46. h4 Rf5
47. Rf4 Rxf4 48. exf4 Na4 49. Rc6 Ra3+ 50. f3 Nc3 51. f5 gxf5 52. Kf4 Ra4+ 53.
Ke5 Ne2 54. Rc7 Ra5+ 55. Kd6 Kf6 56. Kd7 Nd4 57. Kc8 Re5 58. Rc4 Nb5 59. Rc6+
Ke7 60. Kb8 Kd7 61. Rc8 Re6 62. Rf8 Ke7 63. Rc8 Kd7 64. Rc1 Re8+ 65. Bc8+ Kd6
66. Kb7 Re7+ 67. Kb8 Re8 68. Kb7 Re7+ 69. Kb8 f4 70. Bb7 Re8+ 71. Bc8 Re7 72.
Bb7 Re8+ 73. Bc8 Re2 74. Bb7 Rxg2 75. Rc6+ Kd7 76. Rc8 Rg6 77. h5 Re6 78. Rf8
Ke7 79. Rc8 Kd7 80. Rf8 Ke7 81. Rc8 Rd6 82. Bc6 Nd4 83. Kb7 Nxc6 84. Rxc6 Rxc6
85. Kxc6 Ke6 86. Kb7 Kd7 87. Kxa7 Kc7 88. Ka8 Kc8 89. Ka7 Kc7 90. Ka8 Kc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 b6 5. c4 Bb7 6. d4 Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. O-O Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Nf6 12. c5 bxc5 13. dxc5 Be7 14. c6 Bc8
15. Qe2 Bb4 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Nf3 a5 18. a4 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Ne5 Bd6 21.
Qc2 f5 22. Nc4 Ba6 23. Nxd6 cxd6 24. Ba3 Bd3 25. Rxd3 exd3 26. Qxd3 Rac8 27. b4
axb4 28. Bxb4 Qc7 29. h3 Rfd8 30. Qb5 Qa7 31. Ba5 Rf8 32. Bb6 Qe7 33. a5 f4 34.
exf4 Rxf4 35. a6 Rf5 36. Qa4 Qg5 37. Rb1 Qg6 38. Ra1 Rg5 39. g4 h5 40. a7 Kh7
41. Be3 Re5 42. g5 Rxe3 43. fxe3 Qxg5+ 44. Kh1 Qxe3 45. Qc2+ Kh6 46. Qg2 Ra8
47. c7 Qc3 48. Rg1 Kh7 49. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Nb3 Bb6 8.
Qe2 Qe7 9. Bd2 a5 10. Bc3 Nd7 11. d4 a4 12. Nbd2 a3 13. b3 exd4 14. Bxd4 O-O
15. O-O Ba5 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Qe3 Bg4 18. Nc4 Bb4 19. h3 Bh5 20. Qf4 Rfe8 21.
c3 Bd6 22. e5 Bc5 23. g4 Bg6 24. Ne3 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 f6 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Qg3 Nc5
28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Qxc7 Rf8 30. Nd4 Bd3 31. Nef5 Bxf1 32. Kxf1 h6 33. h4 Re8 34.
Kg2 Kh7 35. b4 Ne4 36. Qd7 Rd8 37. Qxb7 Nxc3 38. Ne6 Rg8 39. Qxc6 Qe5 40. Nc5
Qd5+ 41. Qxd5 Nxd5 42. b5 Rb8 43. Nd4 Nc3 44. Na6 Rb6 45. Nb4 Nxb5 46. Nxb5
Rxb5 47. Nc2 Ra5 48. f4 h5 49. Kf3 hxg4+ 50. Kxg4 Kg6 51. Nd4 Kf6 52. h5 Rc5
53. Kf3 Rc1 54. Nb5 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Re8 8. Qc2
e5 9. e4 Na6 10. a3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Nc5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. b4 Ne6 15.
c5 b6 16. Be3 bxc5 17. bxc5 Ba6 18. Bh3 Rad8 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21.
Rd1 Qc7 22. Qd2 Re8 23. Qd7 Qb8 24. Kg2 h6 25. h4 Qc8 26. Qxa7 Bc4 27. h5 Qg4
28. Qd7 Qxd7 29. Rxd7 Ra8 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Nh4 Kh7 32. Rd6 Rxa3 33. Nxg6 Bd3
34. Kf3 Bc2 35. g4 Ra4 36. Nh4 Bxe4+ 37. Kg3 Bf8 38. Rd7+ Kg8 39. f3 Bd5 40.
Rd8 Kf7 41. Nf5 Ra3 42. Rd7+ Ke8 43. Rb7 e4 44. fxe4 Bxe4 45. Kf4 Ra4 46. Ke5
Bd5 47. Kf6 Ra8 48. Bf4 Rd8 49. Bd6 Bxd6 50. cxd6 Rd7 51. Ng7+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Be2 d4 8.
Nxe4 Bxe4 9. d3 Bd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. a3 a5 12. Bf4 a4 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Bg3 O-O
15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Bg4 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qc2 Rfc8 19. Rce1 Na5 20. Re4 c5 21.
Nc4 Qc6 22. Nd6 Rf8 23. Rg4 b5 24. h3 Nb3 25. Qe2 Kh8 26. Re1 Rab8 27. Bh4 Qd7
28. Qe4 Nd2 29. Qe2 Nb3 30. Rd1 Na5 31. Qe4 Nc6 32. Bxe7 Nxe7 33. Rc1 Qa7 34.
Rh4 Nf5 35. Nxf5 exf5 36. Qc6 Qe7 37. Rf4 Qxe5 38. g3 Rfc8 39. Qd7 Rf8 40. h4
g6 41. Qa7 Rfc8 42. Kh2 Qd6 43. h5 Qc6 44. Qe7 Qc7 45. Qe6 Rb6 46. Qd5 Kg7 47.
Rxd4 Qe7 48. Qd7 Qxd7 49. Rxd7+ Kh6 50. hxg6 Kxg6 51. Kg2 c4 52. dxc4 bxc4 53.
Rd4 Rbc6 54. Rc3 h5 55. Kh3 Kg5 56. Rf4 Rc5 57. Kg2 R8c7 58. Kf1 Rc8 59. Kg2
R8c7 60. Kh2 Rc8 61. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. Qd4 f6 8.
Qxc3 e5 9. e4 Nc6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Bc4 Qe7 12. h3 O-O-O 13. d3 Kb8 14. Be3 g5 15.
b4 Qg7 16. b5 Ne7 17. a4 f5 18. a5 g4 19. hxg4 f4 20. Bxf4 Qxg4 21. Bg3 Ng6 22.
b6 Nf4 23. Kf1 cxb6 24. axb6 axb6 25. Rh4 Qg6 26. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "220"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 Ba7
9. Re1 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bc6 14. a5 h6 15. Ra3
Qc8 16. b4 Bd7 17. Nf1 b6 18. Ng3 bxa5 19. bxa5 Rb8 20. Be3 Qb7 21. Rb3 Qa8 22.
Rxb8 Qxb8 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Bxa7 Qxa7 25. Nh5 Nxh5 26. Qxd7 Nf6 27. Qc6 Re6 28.
Qc4 Ne8 29. g3 Nd6 30. Qd3 Kh7 31. Kg2 Qc5 32. Bb3 Rf6 33. h4 Qxa5 34. Nh2 Qb6
35. Qc2 Rxf2+ 36. Qxf2 Qxb3 37. Nf3 Qxc3 38. Qe3 Qxe3 39. Rxe3 h5 40. Nd2 Nf8
41. Ra3 Ne6 42. Rxa6 f6 43. Kf3 Nd4+ 44. Kf2 Kg6 45. Ra8 Ne6 46. Ke3 Nd4 47.
Ra2 Kf7 48. Kd3 Ne6 49. Rc2 Ke7 50. Nf1 Nb7 51. Ra2 g6 52. Ra8 Nd6 53. Ra5 Nb7
54. Ra8 Nd6 55. Ra5 Nb7 56. Ra8 Nec5+ 57. Ke3 Nd6 58. Nd2 f5 59. exf5 Nxf5+ 60.
Kf3 Nd4+ 61. Ke3 Nf5+ 62. Kf3 Nd4+ 63. Kf2 Nf5 64. Rg8 e4 65. Nc4 Nd3+ 66. Ke2
Nxg3+ 67. Ke3 Kf6 68. Rc8 Nc5 69. Rxc7 Nf5+ 70. Kf2 Nd3+ 71. Ke2 Nf4+ 72. Kf2
Nd3+ 73. Ke2 Nf4+ 74. Kf2 Nxh4 75. Rc6+ Kg5 76. Nd6 e3+ 77. Kxe3 Nf5+ 78. Nxf5
Kxf5 79. Kf3 g5 80. Rc5+ Kf6 81. Ke4 h4 82. Rc6+ Kf7 83. Kf5 h3 84. Kxg5 Ne2
85. Rh6 Ng1 86. Kg4 Kg7 87. Rh4 Kg6 88. Kg3 Ne2+ 89. Kf3 Nc3 90. Rxh3 Nd5 91.
Ke4 Nf6+ 92. Ke5 Ng4+ 93. Kf4 Nf6 94. Rd3 Kf7 95. Ke5 Ke7 96. Rb3 Nd7+ 97. Kd5
Nf6+ 98. Kc6 Ke6 99. Rf3 Ke5 100. Rf1 Ke6 101. Re1+ Kf5 102. Kd6 Ne4+ 103. Kd5
Nf6+ 104. Kd4 Ng4 105. Rf1+ Ke6 106. Rg1 Kf5 107. Ra1 Ke6 108. Ra5 Nf6 109.
Ra6+ Kf5 110. Rxf6+ Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. d4 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Rc5 14. Rfd1
Qa8 15. f3 Re8 16. Ba3 Rxc4 17. Rxc4 Bxa3 18. Nb5 Bd5 19. Ra4 Bc5 20. Nc7 Qb8
21. Nxe8 Nxe8 22. Bb5 Ndf6 23. Kh1 g6 24. e4 Bb7 25. b4 Bd6 26. g3 Be5 27. Ba6
Kg7 28. Bxb7 Qxb7 29. b5 Qb8 30. Rc4 Bd6 31. Rc6 Bc5 32. Qb2 e5 33. Kg2 h5 34.
h4 Kg8 35. Qd2 Bd4 36. Qb4 Qb7 37. Qc4 Kg7 38. a4 Qe7 39. Rxd4 exd4 40. Qxd4
Qd7 41. Qc3 Qd1 42. Qc2 Qd4 43. Rc4 Qa1 44. Qd2 Nd6 45. Rc1 Qe5 46. Qc3 Qxc3
47. Rxc3 Nfe8 48. e5 Nb7 49. Rc8 Kf8 50. Ra8 Na5 51. Rxa7 Nc4 52. f4 Ng7 53. a5
bxa5 54. Rc7 Ne3+ 55. Kf3 Nd5 56. Rc5 Nb6 57. Rc6 Nd7 58. b6 Ne6 59. Rc8+ Ke7
60. b7 Nd4+ 61. Kf2 a4 62. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 e6 7. O-O d6 8. Nc3
exd5 9. cxd5 Na6 10. Nd2 Re8 11. e4 Rb8 12. Re1 Bd7 13. h3 Nc7 14. a4 a6 15. a5
Nb5 16. Bf1 Nh5 17. g4 Nf6 18. Bg2 h5 19. Nxb5 Bxb5 20. Ra3 hxg4 21. hxg4 Nd7
22. Ree3 c4 23. b3 cxb3 24. Rexb3 Rc8 25. Bb2 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 Qf6 27. Rbb3 Kg7
28. Rg3 Ne5 29. Nf3 Qf4 30. Ra1 Qxe4 31. Nd4 Qf4 32. Nxb5 axb5 33. Qb3 Nxg4 34.
Rf1 b4 35. Qb2+ Rc3 36. Rd1 Re5 37. Qd2 Qxd2 38. Rxd2 Rxg3 39. fxg3 Re1+ 40.
Bf1 Ne3 41. Kf2 Nxf1 42. Rb2 Ra1 43. g4 b3 44. g5 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. d4 c5 6. d5 b5 7. Be2 Qa5+ 8. c3
Bb7 9. a4 Nxd5 10. axb5 Qb6 11. O-O a6 12. bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qc2 Nab4 14. Qc1 Rxa1
15. Bxa1 Ra8 16. Bb2 Nc6 17. Nfd2 d6 18. Rd1 Ne5 19. Bf1 Ba6 20. c4 Nb4 21. Ne4
Bb7 22. Nbc3 Bc6 23. Qb1 Qb7 24. Nd2 Na6 25. h3 Nc7 26. Qc2 h5 27. Qb1 Na6 28.
Ne2 Nb4 29. Nc1 Nd7 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Qb2+ Kg8 32. Nb1 Qa7 33. Nc3 Qa3 34. Qd2
Nf6 35. f3 Na6 36. e4 Nc7 37. Nd5 Bxd5 38. exd5 Ra6 39. Qc3 Qa1 40. Qd2 e5 41.
dxe6 Nxe6 42. Ne2 Qe5 43. Re1 Kg7 44. h4 Ra3 45. Rb1 Ra6 46. Nc3 Nd4 47. Nb5
Qf5 48. Qb2 Qf4 49. Nxd4 cxd4 50. Rd1 Qe3+ 51. Kh1 Rb6 52. b4 Qf4 53. Rxd4 Rxb4
54. Rxf4 Rxb2 55. Rd4 Rb6 56. Kh2 Nd7 57. Rd5 Kf6 58. Rb5 Rc6 59. Kg3 Ne5 60.
Rb4 Rc5 61. Kf4 Ke6 62. Ke4 Rc7 63. g3 Rc6 64. f4 Nd7 65. Bh3+ f5+ 66. Kd4 Ra6
67. Bg2 Ra3 68. Bd5+ Ke7 69. Rb7 Kd8 70. c5 Nxc5 71. Rg7 Rxg3 72. Bf7 Rf3 73.
Kd5 Ke7 74. Bg8+ Kf8 75. Rxg6 Rxf4 76. Bh7 Rxh4 77. Kxd6 Rg4 78. Rh6 Kg7 79.
Rxh5 Ne4+ 80. Ke5 Nf6 81. Bxf5 Nxh5 82. Bxg4 Nf6 83. Kf4 Nxg4 84. Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Rc1 Bd6 15.
Ne2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Rc8 17. Qd3 Nd7 18. f4 Re8 19. Ng3 Bf8 20. Qxa6 Nc5 21. Qe2
Ra8 22. Ba1 Qd7 23. Kh2 Ne6 24. Qg4 Rxa2 25. Nh5 Kh8 26. Nf6 Qd8 27. Qf5 g6 28.
Nxe8+ Rxa1 29. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. d4 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. O-O c5 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Nf1
Rad8 15. Ng3 g6 16. Bb5 a6 17. Ba4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5
21. g3 Re6 22. Qe2 Qg5 23. Red1 h5 24. h4 Qf5 25. Nc4 Bd5 26. Nb6 Re5 27. Nxd5
Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. Rd1 Qb7 30. Qc4 a5 31. Rd5 Qe7 32. Kg2 Qe6 33. Bc6 Rc8
34. Bb7 Rc7 35. Qa6 Bxg3 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Qxe6 fxe6 38. Kxg3 Rxb7 39. Ra8 c4
40. bxc4 Rc7 41. Rxa5 Rxc4 42. a4 Kf6 43. Ra8 Rc2 44. a5 Ra2 45. a6 e5 46. Kg2
Kf5 47. Kh3 Kf6 48. Kg3 Ra1 49. f3 exf3 50. Kxf3 Ra4 51. Ke2 Kf5 52. Kf3 Kf6
53. e4 Ra3+ 54. Ke2 Ra4 55. Kd3 Kg7 56. Kc3 Rxe4 57. Kb3 Re1 58. Rc8 Ra1 59.
Rc6 e4 60. Kc2 e3 61. Kd3 Ra3+ 62. Ke2 Kf7 63. Kf3 Kg7 64. Rc7+ Kf6 65. a7 g5
66. Rc6+ Kg7 67. Rc7+ Kg6 68. Rc6+ Kg7 69. hxg5 Rxa7 70. Kxe3 Ra4 71. Kf3 Rg4
72. Kf2 Rxg5 73. Rc3 Kf6 74. Rg3 Rxg3 75. Kxg3 h4+ 76. Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Nc3 Kc8 11. g4 Ne7 12. Kg2 h6 13. Be3 b6 14. Rad1
c5 15. Kg3 Bc6 16. Nh4 g5 17. Nf5 Ng6 18. f4 gxf4+ 19. Bxf4 Kb7 20. h4 Re8 21.
Nd5 Re6 22. Rfe1 h5 23. g5 Ne7 24. Nfxe7 Bxe7 25. c4 Bf8 26. Bd2 Bg7 27. Bc3
Rhe8 28. Kf4 a5 29. Kf5 Bd7 30. Kf4 Bc8 31. Nf6 Rh8 32. Rd3 Bxf6 33. exf6 Rxe1
34. Bxe1 Be6 35. b3 Kc6 36. a4 Rg8 37. Bc3 Bg4 38. Re3 Bd1 39. Re7 Bxb3 40. Be5
Bxc4 41. Rxc7+ Kd5 42. Rxf7 Bb3 43. Rd7+ Kc6 44. Rc7+ Kd5 45. f7 Rf8 46. Bg7
Rxf7+ 47. Rxf7 Bxa4 48. g6 Bc2 49. Kg5 b5 50. Bf6 a4 51. g7 Bh7 52. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8.
d4 e6 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Ne4 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. a3 a6 15.
Bd3 Qe7 16. f4 Rfc8 17. Qd1 Rc7 18. b3 Rac8 19. Bb2 a5 20. g4 Ne8 21. g5 Ng7
22. Qe2 Nf5 23. Nf3 Qf8 24. Qd2 Qe7 25. Rfe1 Qf8 26. Kh1 Be7 27. e4 dxe4 28.
Bxe4 Rd8 29. d5 exd5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Nh4 d4 32. Nxf5 Bc5 33. Qd3 b6 34. Re4
f6 35. Re6 fxg5 36. fxg5 Kh8 37. Rf1 Qg8 38. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 b6 14. Nd2
Be6 15. Nf1 Rac8 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. Rc1 Ng6 18. g3 Rc7 19. f4 Ne7 20. Bd3 Rfc8 21.
Qd2 Bd7 22. Ba6 Rd8 23. Bd3 Qd6 24. f5 Kh8 25. Rf1 Ng8 26. Ng4 b5 27. Ne5 Be8
28. Rce1 Rdc8 29. Qf4 Rd8 30. Re3 f6 31. Ng6+ Bxg6 32. Qxd6 Rxd6 33. fxg6 Rd8
34. Bxb5 Ne7 35. Bd3 Rxc3 36. Rxe7 Rxd3 37. Rfe1 Rf8 38. Rf7 Rg8 39. Rxa7 Rxd4
40. a4 Rg4 41. Rd1 Rxg6 42. Rxd5 Rg4 43. Rdd7 Rb8 44. Kg2 Rb2+ 45. Kf3 h5 46.
Rd5 Rb3+ 47. Kg2 Rb2+ 48. Kh3 Rg5 49. Raa5 Rxd5 50. Rxd5 g5 51. g4 Rb3+ 52. Kg2
hxg4 53. Rd4 Kg7 54. Rxg4 Kg6 55. Rc4 Kh5 56. h3 f5 57. Rc8 Rb2+ 58. Kf3 Rb3+
59. Kg2 Ra3 60. Rh8+ Kg6 61. Ra8 Kf6 62. a5 Ke5 63. a6 Kf4 64. a7 Ra2+ 65. Kf1
Kf3 66. Ke1 f4 67. Rg8 Rxa7 68. Rxg5 Ra1+ 69. Kd2 Kf2 70. h4 Ra3 71. h5 Rh3 72.
Rf5 f3 73. Kd3 Ke1 74. Re5+ Kf1 75. Rf5 Kg2 76. Ke3 f2+ 77. Ke2 f1=N 78. Rf2+
Kg1 79. Rxf1+ Kg2 80. Rf2+ Kg1 81. Rf5 Ra3 82. h6 Rh3 83. Rf6 Kh2 84. Kf2 Rh4
85. Kf3 Kh3 86. Rg6 Ra4 87. h7 Rh4 88. Rg7 Rh6 89. Kf4 Kh4 90. Kf5 Rh5+ 91. Kg6
Kg4 92. Kf7+ 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 Bg6 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Qc2 Bb4 12. O-O O-O 13. Bc3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 c5
15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Qb2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Ne5 19. N2f3 Nxf3+ 20. Nxf3
dxc4 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. bxc4 {While the position on the board doesn't promise
White much, Hikaru's game plan was just to keep the game going.} Rc8 (22... Ne4
$1 23. Ne5 Nc5 {was the most solid way to handle this.}) 23. Ne5 g5 (23... Ne4
$2 24. Rd7) 24. Qb6 g6 25. a4 (25. Rd6 $1 Qc7 26. Qd4 $16) 25... Qc7 $1 26. Qb2
Qe7 27. Qb6 $1 {Exclamation mark for psychology. By repeating the moves once
Nakamura probes Carlsen's resolve.} Kg7 (27... Qc7 {It's an open question what
Hikaru would do in reply to a silent draw offer. I think he would have gone on:
} 28. Qd4 Qc5 29. Rb1 {etc.}) 28. g3 Rc7 29. Qb2 Kg8 30. Rd4 Rc5 31. Rd1 Rc7
32. Kg2 Rc8 33. Rd3 Rc7 34. Rd1 Rc8 35. a5 Rc7 36. Qb6 Rc8 37. Rb1 Rc7 38. Rb2
Qc5 39. f4 gxf4 40. gxf4 Ne4 41. Kf3 Nd6 42. Rb4 Kg7 43. Ke2 $6 {Both players
were extremely low on time.} (43. Qxc5 Rxc5 44. e4 f6 45. Nd3 {keeps the
balance, as now White has} Rxa5 46. e5) 43... f6 44. Qxc5 Rxc5 45. Nd3 Rxc4 $2
{Hikaru's risky strategy begins to pay dividends.} (45... Rxa5 46. Rb6 Ra2+ (
46... Nxc4 47. Rxb7+ Kh6 48. Nf2 Ra2+ 49. Kd3 Rxf2 50. Kxc4 {is closer to a
draw than a win for Black.}) 47. Kf3 Nxc4 48. Rxb7+ Kh6 49. Nc5 Ra3 50. Nd7 g5
51. Nxf6 {Same story here - White will survive down a pawn.}) 46. Rb6 Ne4 47.
Rxb7+ Kh6 48. Nb4 Rc3 (48... Nc5 {was the last chance for Black to keep the
game even.} 49. Rb6 Na4 50. Rb8 Rc5) 49. Rb6 Ra3 {For the rest of the game
Hikaru kept on finding best moves, while Magnus was missing with his shots -
not the kind of scenario anybody would envision.} 50. Rxa6 Ra4 51. Nc6 Ra2+ 52.
Kd1 Nc3+ 53. Ke1 Nd5 (53... Kh5 $1) 54. Ra8 $16 Ra1+ (54... e5 $1) 55. Kd2 Ra2+
56. Kd3 Ra3+ 57. Kd4 Nxe3 58. a6 Nf5+ 59. Kc5 Rc3+ 60. Kb6 Nd6 61. a7 Rb3+ 62.
Kc5 Ne4+ 63. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 Ba7
9. Re1 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. a5 h6 14. Bf1 c6 15. Qc2 Be6
16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Be3 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxe3 21. Rxe3
Rad8 22. Rd3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Rd8 24. Qe3 Rd7 25. g3 Qd6 26. b4 Qd2 27. Re1 h5 28.
Qxd2 Rxd2 29. Kg2 h4 30. Kf3 hxg3 31. fxg3 Rc2 32. Re3 g5 33. Rd3 Kf8 34. Bb3
Rb2 35. Bd1 Ke7 36. Ke3 Rg2 37. Kf3 Rh2 38. Bb3 Rxh3 39. Kg2 Rh8 40. Rf3 g4 41.
Rf5 Rh5 42. Rf1 Rg5 43. Bc4 Rh5 44. Rf2 Rg5 45. Rf1 Rh5 46. Rf2 Rh3 47. Rf5 Nh5
48. Rxe5+ Kd6 49. Rf5 f6 50. Kf2 Nxg3 51. Rxf6+ Ke5 52. Re6+ Kf4 53. Rf6+ Kg5
54. Re6 Nh5 55. Re7 Rxc3 56. Be2 g3+ 57. Ke1 Nf4 58. Rxb7 Re3 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O Re8
9. e4 exd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Bd3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Rxe4 14. Qd3 Re8 15.
Bf4 Na6 16. a3 Nc7 17. Rae1 Qd7 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 b5 20. Nd4 Rxe1 21. Rxe1
Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Nf3 Qa8 24. h3 Bf8 25. Bc1 bxc4 26. Qxc4 Nxd5 27. Bb2
Bg7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Ng5 h6 30. Ne4 Nf6 31. Nxd6 Qd5 32. Qc7 a6 33. Qb6 Qd1+
34. Kh2 Qd2 35. Qc5 Nd7 36. Ne8+ Kg8 37. Qc8 Nf8 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Ne8+ Kg8 40.
Qxa6 Qxb4 41. g3 Qd4 42. Qf6 Ne6 43. Qxd4 Nxd4 44. Nf6+ Kg7 45. Nd5 Kg8 46. Kg2
Kg7 47. Ne3 h5 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 Kf6 50. f4 g5 51. fxg5+ Kxg5 52. Nc4 f5 53.
gxf5 Nxf5 54. Kf3 Kf6 55. Ne3 Nxe3 56. Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Nf8 14. Nb5 Ne6
15. Bh3 Nxf4 16. gxf4 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Bg2 a6 19. Nc3 Bd6 20. Na4 Qe7 21.
Rac1 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. h3 Qxe2 24. Qxe2 Rxe2 25. Nxc5 Bc8 26. Rfe1 Rxe1+
27. Rxe1 Kf8 28. Re5 Ra7 29. Bxd5 Bxh3 30. Bc4 Bc8 31. b4 Nd7 32. Rh5 h6 33.
Nxa6 Nb6 34. Bf1 f5 35. b5 Re7 36. Nb4 Re1 37. Kg2 Kf7 38. Bd3 Kf6 39. Bc2 Be6
40. a4 Nxa4 41. Rh4 Nb6 42. Rd4 Bc4 43. Bd3 Bxd3 44. Nxd3 Rd1 45. Rd6+ Ke7 46.
Rxb6 Rxd3 47. Rg6 Kf7 48. Rc6 Rb3 49. b6 f4 50. f3 h5 51. Rd6 g5 52. Rc6 h4 53.
Rc7+ Kg6 54. b7 h3+ 55. Kh2 g4 56. fxg4 Kg5 57. b8=Q Rxb8 58. Kxh3 Rb3+ 59. Kg2
Kxg4 60. Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 {A slightly unusual move order.} 5. O-O
Ngf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 Nb6 8. Nxc4 (8. Ne5 $5 {Fressinet-Svane, 2016}) 8... O-O
$6 ({Black doesn't seem to be in bad shape after the knight trade:} 8... Nxc4
9. Qa4+ c6 ({not} 9... Bd7 10. Qxc4 Bc6 11. Ne5 $1) 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qc2 Bd5
$11) 9. Na5 $1 {A typical maneuever, one of Kramnik's favorites. The knight
will exert strong pressure on Black's queenside.} c6 10. b4 Nbd5 11. a3 c5 $5 {
Don't you love Rapid?} 12. dxc5 Ne4 13. Ng5 $1 ({I don't know how far the
players could see after} 13. Qc2 {but} Nxc5 {seems Black's best:} (13... Bxa1
14. Bh6 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe5 $16) 14. Qxc5 (14. Bb2 Bxb2 15.
Qxb2 Na4 16. Qd2 Ndc3 17. Qe3 $14) 14... Bxa1 15. Bh6 Bf6 $1 16. Bxf8 b6 {etc.}
) 13... Nec3 (13... Bxa1 14. Nxe4 Bg7 15. Qb3 Nc7 16. Rd1) 14. Qc2 b6 15. Nc6
Qd7 16. e4 ({Very strong was} 16. b5 Nxb5 17. Bxd5 Bxa1 18. Rd1 Nd4 19. Qa2)
16... Ba6 17. exd5 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxa1 20. Bb2 {This has the
looks of a miniature win by White.} e6 (20... Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Rae8 22. Nxf7 $18)
21. Bxa1 exd5 22. Ne5 Qe7 (22... Qf5 {staves off mate, but the ending after}
23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Nd7 {looks totally hopeless.}) 23. Ng4 f6 24. Bd4 (24. c6
Rae8 25. Qd2 $18) 24... bxc5 25. bxc5 Kg7 26. h4 h5 27. Ne3 Rad8 {I can
symphatize with Caruana's time trouble here, but the three minutes he had left
should have been enough to put this game away.} 28. c6 ({More hands-on is to
play for mate:} 28. g4 Rh8 29. c6) (28. Ng2 Kh6 29. Nf4 Rg8 30. Nfe6 fxg5 31.
Nxg5 Rde8 32. Qd2) 28... Rd6 29. c7 $2 (29. g4 Qe8 30. Qb1 Rxc6 31. Qb7+) 29...
Rc8 30. Nf5+ gxf5 31. Qxf5 Qxc7 32. Qh7+ ({Even in case of the best move} 32.
Bxf6+ Rxf6 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qg7+ Ke8 36. Qxf6 Qc4+ 37. Kg1 d4 {
White can no longer win this game.}) 32... Kf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qh7+ Ke8 35.
Qxh5+ Kd7 36. Nf3 Kc6 37. Qf5 Qd7 38. Qb1 Qg4 39. Kg2 Qe4 40. Qb2 Kd7 41. Bxf6
Rb6 42. Qd4 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. e4 dxe4 $5 8.
dxe4 Nc6 9. a3 a5 10. e5 Nd7 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Qe2 O-O {Black is playing
dangerous games by leaving his king short of defenders, but things are far
from simple.} 13. h4 (13. Ne4 Qd5 14. Nc3 Nd4 15. Nxd5 Nxe2+ 16. Rxe2 Bxd5 17.
Nd4 $14 {is nice for White, but from Black's perspective it's much superior to
getting mated.}) 13... h6 ({Here, and on the next two moves, Bacrot should
have been looking at} 13... Qd5 $1 {Centralization is the key. The obvious
tactical point is} 14. Nf1 $4 Nd4 $19) 14. Nf1 a4 {Inconsequential.} (14... Qd5
15. N1h2 (15. Rd1 Qe4 {Black always welcomes a queen trade in this structure.})
15... Nd4 16. Qd2 Nf5 {That knight will help Black to shore up his K-side
defenses.}) 15. N1h2 Qc8 $2 (15... Qd5 16. Bf4 Rfd8 17. Qe3 Qc4 18. Rac1 Nd4
$11) 16. Ng4 Rd8 {Bacrot shows his contempt for White's imposing build-up.} (
16... h5 17. Ngh2 Ba6 18. Qe3 {and White will go on with g3-g4}) 17. Nxh6+ $1 {
Punishment comes his way.} gxh6 18. Bxh6 f5 ({Better chances of defending are
offered by} 18... Kh7 {particularly if White follows a direct line,} 19. Bg5 ({
I like} 19. Be3 Kg7 20. Qc4 Rh8 21. Rad1 {more.}) 19... Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxg5 21.
Qh5+ Bh6 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. Qxe6 Bg7 26. Qg4 {
The four pawns are nice, but White no longer has the firepower to checkmate
the black king.}) 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Ng5 Qd7 21. Qg4 Bg7 22. Rad1 Qe7 23. Rxd8+
Rxd8 24. Nxe6 Rd4 25. Qxg7+ Qxg7 26. Nxg7 {A business-like demolition job by
Nakamura.} 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:
19]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. c3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 9. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:13]} 10. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. Ne5 {[%emt 0:
03:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 12. Ndf3 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 13.
Bf4 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 14. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe7 {
[%emt 0:01:22]} 15. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:02:19]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 16. Bxd6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 17. Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:
09]} 18. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 19. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Bh5
{[%emt 0:01:08]} 20. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 21. O-O {
[%emt 0:01:21]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 22. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c4 {[%emt 0:03:
34]} 23. Bf1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 24. b3 {[%emt 0:03:52]}
cxb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 25. Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 26. c4 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:05:10]} 27. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 28. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:39]} 29. c5 {[%emt 0:01:24]}
Be8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 30. Ba6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. Nd3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 32. Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 33. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 34. Ng5+ {[%emt 0:00:12]
} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 35. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 36. Ne5 {
[%emt 0:00:47]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 37. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:01:
10]} 38. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 39. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:40]}
Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 40. Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 41. Nd6+ Kb8
42. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:17]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 43. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Rb3+ Kc7 46.
Rb7+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. Nf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 49. Kh3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxf2 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 51. Nxh7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxh7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 52. Rxh7 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
g5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 53. Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 54. Bxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Kxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 55. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 56. Kxg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 57. g4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Rxh2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 58. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 59. Rg7 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 60. Rg6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 61. Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 62. Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rh1
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 63. Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 64. Re7+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 65. Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 66. Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rh7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 67. Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf7
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 68. Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 69. Kh6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 70. Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 71. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 72. Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra7
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 73. Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 74. Rg5+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 75. Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 76. Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 77. Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Ra6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 78. Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 79. Kf7 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 80. Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 81. Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 82. Rf7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 83. Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 84. Rc7 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 85. Re7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf6+ {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 86. Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 87. Re8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd7
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 88. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 89. Kh8 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 90. Re8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. h3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Bxf5
{[%emt 0:00:00]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 10. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 11. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:29]} 13. Ndf3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 14. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:
14]} 15. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 16. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:22]}
f6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 17. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:37]} 18. Bb4 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 19. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:02:16]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 20. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 21. Rdc1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rb8
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 22. Qb5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 23. Qxd7 {
[%emt 0:01:46]} Rxd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 24. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:
14]} 25. Nb1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 26. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ng6
{[%emt 0:01:00]} 27. Nb1 {[%emt 0:01:37]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 28. b3 {[%emt 0:
00:33]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ndxc8 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
30. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 31. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rb7 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 33. Nc3 {[%emt 0:
00:35]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 34. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 35.
Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 36. Na4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Bb3 Be6 {A slightly unusual twist.} (
12... h6 13. Bc2 c6 14. Nf1 d5 {and Black equalized in Anand-Aronian,
Sinquefield Cup 2016.}) 13. Bc2 h6 14. Nf1 exd4 {Hikaru goes for one of the
known ways of resolving the tension in the center.} ({It's no longer possible
to play} 14... d5 {right away, because} 15. exd5 {hits the bishop and Black
loses e5.}) 15. cxd4 d5 ({No one feels up to} 15... c5 16. d5 {not after the
Kramnik-Carlsen game, Norway Chess 2017.}) 16. e5 Ne4 17. N1d2 Bf5 $5 {The
idea of sacrificing a pawn this way is nothing new, but it has to be carefully
considered in every possible situation.} ({Also possible was} 17... Nxd2 18.
Bxd2 c5 19. dxc5 ({The idea to sac on h6,} 19. Qc1 {can always be dealt with:}
Nh4 $1) 19... Bxc5 20. Bxg6 fxg6 {as} 21. Qc2 {wins nothing on account of} Qb6)
18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qd5 21. Re1 Rad8 22. Be3 {Maxime has a
very healthy approach to opening problems - he takes what is given to him and
tries to work with it. Thus, his qualified success against the Berlin. Here he
realizes his minor pieces are passive, but a pawn is a pawn.} c5 $5 {Hikaru
doesn't believe in blockade. His plan is to trade some pieces and keep on
hitting the e5-pawn.} (22... Ne7 23. b4 Nc6 24. Qc2 {and the weakness on c7
doesn't help Black to restore material balance.}) 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5
25. Qb3 Qd5 26. Qe3 f6 $2 (26... Nxe5 27. Nxe5 f6 28. f4 fxe5 29. fxe5 {
Much better interpretation of the same idea was} Re6 {and now, with the
knights gone from the board Black welcomes} 30. Rad1 Qxd1 31. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 32.
Kh2 Rd5 {with open arms.}) 27. Rad1 $1 {Impeccable timing.} Qxd1 {One of the
most difficult thing to do in chess is to evaluate positions with unbalanced
material. Most of the time a pair of rooks will be a match for a queen, but
not here.} ({Possibly better was} 27... Qe6 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. exf6 Qxe3 30.
Rxe3 gxf6 31. g3 {but this pawn down ending is a hard sell.}) 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+
29. Kh2 Rd7 30. Qb3+ Kh7 31. exf6 gxf6 {The black king is dangerously open,
but how to bring in the knight?} 32. Nd4 $1 {Simple, yet brilliant.} Re5 (32...
Rxd4 33. Qf7+) 33. Ne6 b5 34. axb5 Rxb5 (34... axb5 35. f4 Red5 36. f5 $1 {
Once Ne6 is supported Black won't have a chance, but} Rxf5 {meets with} 37. Qc2
Rfd5 38. Nf4 $1 {and wins by force after} ({than} 38. Nf8+ Kg7) 38... Rg5 39.
h4) 35. Qc2 f5 36. Qc6 (36. g4 Rf7 37. Nd4 Rd5 38. Nxf5 {would have been
enough.}) 36... Rf7 37. Nd8 $1 {As a true Frenchman, Maxime has a flair for
the dramatics.} Re7 38. Qf6 a5 {Hikaru is powereless to regain coordination of
his pieces.} 39. h4 f4 40. Ne6 Reb7 ({Black's best bet was} 40... Re5 {to beg
White to take the f4-pawn and trade knights.} 41. Nxf4 Nxf4 42. Qxf4 {White
should prevail, as in} Rb5 43. g4 Reb7 44. h5 Rxb2 45. Qe4+ Kg8 46. Qe8+ Kg7
47. Qg6+ {taking h6 with check.}) 41. Nd4 $1 {Incredibly enough, the knight
returns to the center, this time to the decisive effect.} R5b6 42. Qf5 Kg8 43.
Ne6 Nxh4 44. Qg4+ Kh7 45. Nf8+ Kh8 46. Qxh4 Kg7 47. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500"]

1. b3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 6. Nh4 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. f3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]
} 8. Nxg6 hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. e4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} g5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 10.
Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 11. e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nh7 {[%emt 0:
00:23]} 12. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 13. c3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} f6
{[%emt 0:05:04]} 14. exf6 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 15. Bh3 {
[%emt 0:00:28]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 16. Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:
56]} 17. O-O {[%emt 0:01:36]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 18. Na3 {[%emt 0:00:11]}
Nce7 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 19. Rae1 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 20. Nc2 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 21. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rah8 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 22. Rg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 23. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} c5 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} 24. dxc5 {[%emt 0:03:02]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 25. Bxf5 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 26. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne7 27. Ba3 {
[%emt 0:03:29]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 28. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d4 {[%emt 0:01:
06]} 29. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 30. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 31. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 32. Rxd4
{[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 33. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 34. Nxd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 35. Nb2 {[%emt 0:01:30]}
Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 36. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37. Rc7+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 38. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Nxf3+ {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 39. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxh2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 40. Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
Ng4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kf1 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 42. a4 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 43. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 44. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 45. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Ne3+
{[%emt 0:00:28]} 46. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Nxc4+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 47. Rxe6+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kxe6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 49. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. a5 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 51. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 52. Kf3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT Rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. a3 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8.
e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 10. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:19]}
exd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 12. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 13. bxc3
{[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 14. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 15. f3 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 16. g4 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Be6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. O-O {[%emt 0:01:34]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 18. Qd2 {[%emt 0:
01:11]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 19. a4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 20.
a5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 21. h3 {[%emt 0:01:26]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:
44]} 22. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 23. Nd4 {[%emt 0:01:45]} Nxd4
{[%emt 0:06:20]} 24. exd4 f4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 25. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 26. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 27. Bb5 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 28. Bxd7 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Qxd7 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 29. Re5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 30. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:00]
} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 31. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 32. Rb1 {
[%emt 0:01:44]} Be8 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 33. Qb2 {[%emt 0:02:10]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 34. axb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 35. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 36. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qh7 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 37. Ra8 {
[%emt 0:01:57]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 38. Qg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qb1+ {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 39. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qc2+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} 40. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Qd1+ {[%emt 0:00:47]} 41. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 42. Ra2 {
[%emt 0:02:12]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 43. e6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:
14]} 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Husbands, Orlando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2978"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. Bd3
a5 9. O-O a4 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Bc3 Nb4 12. Bxb4 Bxb4 13. c5 bxc5 14. dxc5 Qe7 15.
Rfc1 e5 16. c6 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. bxa4 Bd6 19. e4 Rfa8 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Qb3
Nf4 22. Re1 Rxa4 23. Nc4 Qe6 24. Nfd2 Qg4 25. g3 Ne2+ 26. Kg2 Nd4 27. Qd3 Rxa2
28. Rxa2 Rxa2 29. Rb1 g6 30. Ne4 f5 31. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Trammelant, Simon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2979"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3
h6 9. Bh4 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. f5 Be7 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Qc4 Qc5 14. Bf2 b5 15.
Qd3 Ng4 16. Bg1 Ne5 17. Qg3 Bh4 18. Qxh4 Qxc3+ 19. Kd1 O-O 20. Be2 Nbd7 21.
Nxe6 Rf6 22. Bd4 Qc6 23. Nf4 g5 24. Qh5 gxf4 25. Bd3 Nf8 26. Kd2 Be6 27. Rhf1
Qe8 28. Qh4 Qf7 29. a4 bxa4 30. Rb6 Rg6 31. g3 Nxd3 32. cxd3 f3 33. Rxd6 a3 34.
Ke3 Bg4 35. Rxg6+ Qxg6 36. h3 Be6 37. Rxf3 Qg5+ 38. Qxg5+ hxg5 39. Rf6 a2 40.
h4 gxh4 41. gxh4 Rb8 42. Rh6 Rb1 43. h5 a1=Q 44. Bxa1 Rxa1 45. d4 Re1+ 46. Kf2
Rxe4 47. d5 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.07.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2980"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2
b5 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Bb7 11. O-O-O b4 12. e5 bxc3 13. exf6 Qa5 14. Bc4 Bd5
15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Rhe1 Qxa2 17. bxc3 e5 18. Qg7 Rf8 19. f4 Nd7 20. fxe5 O-O-O
21. e6 Nb6 22. Kd2 Nc4+ 23. Ke2 fxe6 24. Rb1 Na5 25. Qa7 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.07.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2959"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bc4 Qd7 14. Bb3 b5
15. g5 Nh5 16. f4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ng3 18. Qg2 Nxh1 19. f5 gxf5 20. g6 f4 21. Qg4
Rf6 22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. Rg1 Ng3 24. Bxf4 Qe8 25. Qxg3 Qf7 26. e5 Rxf4 27. Bxe6
Rf1+ 28. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 29. Kb2 Qf8 30. Bxc8 Qxc8 31. exd6 exd6 32. Qxd6 Kxh7 33.
h4 Na5 34. Qe7+ Kg6 35. Qe4+ Kf7 36. Qf4+ Ke8 37. Qe5+ Kf7 38. Qf4+ Ke7 39.
Qb4+ Kf6 40. Qxa5 Kg6 41. Qb6+ Kh5 42. Qd4 Qc7 43. Qf6 Kg4 44. Qg5+ Kf3 45. h5
b4 46. cxb4 Qc4 47. Qc5 Qe6 48. a4 Kg4 49. b5 Qf6+ 50. Kb3 Qf3+ 51. Qc3 Qd1 52.
bxa6 Qb1+ 53. Ka3 Qb6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Katz, Alexander R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2952"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2017.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. d3 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. e5
Nd7 9. Re1 b5 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 a5 12. h5 a4 13. h6 g6 14. a3 bxa3 15. bxa3 Nd4
16. N3h2 Ba6 17. Bf4 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. Ng4 c4 20. dxc4 Bxc4 21. Bb4 Bxb4 22.
axb4 Nc6 23. f4 Nxb4 24. Nfe3 a3 25. Qd2 Qc5 26. Reb1 Rfb8 27. Kh2 a2 28. Rb2
Nc6 29. Nxc4 Qxc4 30. Ne3 Qd4 31. Qxd4 Nxd4 32. Rbxa2 Rxa2 33. Rxa2 f6 34. Ra7
Rd8 35. Ng4 fxe5 36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. Nf6+ Kf7 38. Nxd7 exf4 39. gxf4 Nxc2 40.
Ne5+ Kf6 41. Nd7+ Ke7 42. Ne5 Kf6 43. Kg3 Ne3 44. Ng4+ Nxg4 45. Kxg4 e5 46.
fxe5+ Kxe5 47. Kg5 d4 48. Bf1 Ke4 49. Kf6 d3 50. Kg7 g5 51. Kxh7 g4 52. Kg6 d2
53. Be2 g3 54. h7 g2 55. h8=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Weetik, Vjacheslav"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2937"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. Nd2 Qb6 7. Nh3 Qxb3 8. axb3
O-O 9. b4 Na6 10. Nf4 Nc7 11. O-O d6 12. Nc4 g5 13. Nd3 h6 14. Na5 Rb8 15. f3
Be6 16. e4 Nd7 17. Bd2 Nb6 18. Rae1 fxe4 19. fxe4 Nc4 20. d5 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1
Nxd2 22. Rd1 cxd5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5+ Nxd5 25. Rxd2 Nc7 26. Kg2 Bf6 27. Nf2
d5 28. Nb3 Rd8 29. Na5 b6 30. Nc6 Rd6 31. Nxa7 b5 32. Nd3 d4 33. cxd4 Rxd4 34.
Nc6 Rd6 35. Na5 Nd5 36. Nb7 Rb6 37. Nbc5 Ne3+ 38. Kf3 Nc4 39. Re2 Rd6 40. b3
Nb6 41. Nf2 Rd4 42. Re4 h5 43. g4 Nd5 44. gxh5 Nxb4 45. Ne6 Rxe4 46. Kxe4 Kh7
47. Ng4 Nc2 48. Kf5 b4 49. h6 Na1 50. Nf8+ Kg8 51. Nxf6+ exf6 52. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Re8 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. Bg3 d6 10. h3 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. O-O Bf8 14. Nh2 d5 15. exd5
Qxd5 16. Nhf3 Qd7 17. Re1 Bd6 18. Re2 Rad8 19. Qf1 Nh5 20. Bh2 Re7 21. Rae1
Rde8 22. g4 Nf6 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. dxe4 Qe6 25. Bb3 Qf6 26. Qg2 Na5 27. Bc2 Nc4
28. Bb3 Na5 29. Bc2 Nc4 30. Bb3 Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Bg2 b5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Qc7 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Nc3 Nb6
15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. a4 Be7 17. axb5 axb5 18. h4 O-O 19. O-O Rc4 20. b3 Rc7 21.
Nd1 Qd4 22. Qa5 Qc5 23. Ne3 Ra8 24. Qd2 g6 25. Rxa8+ Bxa8 26. Ra1 Ra7 27. Ra5
Qb6 28. Rxa7 Qxa7 29. Qc3 Qb8 30. Qb4 Bc6 31. c4 Kf8 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. cxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Ba7 9. h3 b5 10. Bb3 h6 11. axb5 axb5 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. Nbd2 Rxa1
15. Qxa1 Nh5 16. Nf1 Qf6 17. Qd1 b4 18. d4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Nf4 20. Ne3 Qg6 21.
Kh2 Re8 22. Ba4 Qf6 23. Ng4 Qe7 24. Ne3 Qf6 25. Bb5 exd4 26. cxd4 Nb8 27. Bf1
Ng6 28. Nd5 Qd8 29. Qc2 c6 30. Nc3 c5 31. Rd1 Nc6 32. dxc5 dxc5 33. Nb5 Qb8+
34. Kg1 Nb4 35. Qxc5 Bxb5 36. Qxb4 Bc6 37. Qxb8 Rxb8 38. Bd3 Rb4 39. Rb1 Ra4
40. Bc2 Rc4 41. Rb8+ Kh7 42. Bb3 Rc1+ 43. Kh2 Bxe4 44. Bxf7 Ne7 45. Re8 Rc7 46.
Ne5 Bd5 47. Bh5 g6 48. Be2 Nc6 49. Ng4 Kg7 50. Ne3 Bf7 51. Re4 Rb7 52. Bf3 Rb4
53. Rxb4 Nxb4 54. Be4 Na6 55. f4 Nc5 56. Bb1 Nd7 57. g4 Nf6 58. Kg3 Nd5 59. Nd1
Be8 60. Be4 Ba4 61. Nb2 Nc3 62. Kf3 Bb5 63. Bb7 g5 64. fxg5 hxg5 65. Be4 Nxe4
66. Kxe4 Bf1 67. Kf5 Bxh3 68. Kxg5 Bxg4 69. Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 (10. a3 {is the main line, but nowadays it is
considered as the drawish line. For instance this game} Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O
Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 a6 (14... d4 $5 15. b5 Na5 16. exd4 Qd5 17. Re1 Rfe8 $6 (
17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Nb3 20. Rad1 Nxd4 21. Kg2 Rad8 {Black should
equalise}) 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Rc1 (19. Rb1 $1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 Bxd4
22. Be4 $14) 19... Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 Nb3 22. Rc3 Nxd4 $11 {Huebner,R
(2583)-Prusikin,M (2528) Switzerland SUI 2016 1-0 (70)}) 15. Rb1 d4 16. b5 (16.
exd4 Nxd4 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 $11) (16. e4 Bc7 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Rc1 Qe7
$11) 16... axb5 17. Rxb5 Bxf3 18. Qb1 $1 Bc7 $1 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. gxf3 Bxf4 21.
exf4 Ne7 22. Rh5 (22. Be4 f5 23. Bxf5 (23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Rd1 Ng6 25. Rxf5 Nxf4
26. Qe4 Qh4 27. a4 d3 $1 (27... Nxh3+ $6 28. Kg2 Nf4+ 29. Qxf4 Qxf4 30. Rxf4
Rxf4 31. Rh1+ Kg8 32. Bd5+ Rf7 (32... Kf8 $4 33. Rh8+ $18) 33. Ra1 $16) 28. Bc6
Rxf5 29. Qxf5 Nxh3+ 30. Kg2 Nf4+ 31. Kg1 $11) 23... Nd5 24. Rxb7 Nxf4 25. Kh2
Qf6 $11) 22... Ra5 23. Bf5+ (23. Rxa5 Qxa5 24. Re1 Qxa3 25. Qxb7 Kxh7 26. Qxe7
Qxe7 27. Rxe7 Rd8 28. Kf1 d3 29. Ke1 d2+ 30. Kd1 Kg6 $11) 23... Kg8 24. Bh7+
Kh8 25. Bf5+ Kg8 26. Bh7+ {1/2 (26) Inarkiev,E (2727) -Nakamura,H (2786)
Moscow RUS 2017}) 10... Bb4+ 11. Nd2 (11. Ke2 Nc6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Rhd1 Be6 14.
Kf1 Rc8 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Kg1 Ne5 18. Nd4 Ng4 19. Nf3 Ne5 {Bacrot,
E (2700)-Sokolov,A (2594) 1/2 (42) France 2008. Black has got a slightly worse
but very solid position.}) (11. Kf1 {This is a risky continuation. White wants
to play h4, Ng5 and if Black plays ...h6 to prevent Ng5 then he will play Bc2,
Qd3. You can find more about this line if you check the game Jobava,B
-Rustemov Aeroflot op, which is annotated by Rustam Dautov.} Nc6 12. h4 Bd6 13.
Bxd6 Qxd6 14. h5 Qf6 15. Rh4 Qxb2 16. Rb1 Qf6 17. Rf4 Qe7 18. h6 $6 g5 19. Ra4
(19. Rf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Qf6 21. g4 Ne7 22. Nd4 Qxh6 $19 {Adianto,U (2615)
-Mikhalevski,A (2485) Biel 1998 1/2 (57)}) 19... Qf6 20. Bb5 Rd8 {Black will
gain the h6-pawn and White should try to prove that he has enough compensation
for 2 pawns to equalise the game.}) 11... Nc6 12. O-O Be6 {I don't think that
Black should hurry with ...Be6. After Nf3 he could have played ...Bg4. Let's
examine other continuations:} (12... Bd6 {leads to passive and worse positions.
For example} 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nb3 (14. Nf3 Ne5 (14... Bg4 $2 15. Bxh7+ $16)
15. Be2 Bd7 16. Qd4 Nc6 17. Qd2 Bg4 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. h3) 14... Be6 15. Bb5 Ne5
16. Be2 Rfd8 17. Nd4 Rac8 18. Qb3 b6 19. Rfd1 $14 {Pechac,J (2441) -Nowak,K 
(2318) Rymanow-Zdroj POL 2017 1-0 (49)}) (12... Be7 {I think that this is the
strongest move. The bishop can achieve nothing on b4 and when compared with 12.
..Be6 13.Nf3 Be7 Black can meet Nf3 with ...Bg4. Hikaru played 12...Be7 in his
next game against Magnus Carlsen.} 13. Rc1 (13. a3 Bf6 14. Nf3 (14. Qc2 g6 (
14... h6 {is possible as well}) 15. Rac1 Be6 16. Nb3 Rc8 17. Nc5 Ne5 18. Bxe5
Bxe5 19. f4 Bg7 20. Nxe6 $11 {1/2 (20) Kortschnoj,V (2634)-Kasimdzhanov,R 
(2653) Bled 2002}) 14... Qe7 15. h3 g6 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. b4 a6 19.
Rc2 Qd7 20. Rfc1 Bf5 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Bc7 Rd7 23. Bb6 Qe4 24. Rd1 $14 {
Giri,A (2771) -Karjakin,S (2781) Stavanger NOR 2017 1/2 (76)}) 13... Bf6 14.
Nf3 Qe7 15. h3 g6 (15... Be6 $5 16. Qe2 Rac8) 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Qe4
Bxb2 19. Bxc6 f5 20. Bg5 fxe4 21. Bxe7 Bxc1 22. Bxb7 Bxe3 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24.
fxe3 exf3 25. Bxf3 $14 {Carlsen, M (2822)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis USA
2017 1/2 (94)}) 13. Nf3 Be7 $146 (13... Bg4 {Black can play ...Be6 and ...Bg4,
but everyone would try to play ...Bg4 in one move.} 14. h3 Bh5 15. Be2 Re8 16.
Rc1 Be7 17. Ne5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qb6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Qc2 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 $14 {
Gabriel, R (2255)-Klovans,J (2440) Schwaebisch Gmuend 1993 1-0 (54)}) 14. Rc1
Bf6 15. a3 $5 (15. Qd2 {White could have finished the developing of his pieces
after Qd2, Rd1:} a6 16. h3 Rc8 17. b4 Qe7 (17... d4 18. Rfd1 $1 (18. e4 Be7 19.
a3 Qd7 20. Rfd1 $14) 18... dxe3 (18... Qd5 19. a3 Rfd8 20. exd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4
Qxd4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Qxd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 {Black has good
chances to make a draw.}) 19. Qxe3 Qe8 20. Qb6 Bd5 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 $16)
18. a3 Rfd8 (18... d4 $2 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. exd4 Bxd4 21. Bxh7+ $16) 19. Rfe1 h6
20. Bb1 {White is slightly better.}) 15... Qe7 ({Of course Black shouldn't play
} 15... d4 $6 {due to} 16. e4 Re8 17. e5 Be7 18. Nd2 $14) 16. b4 a6 17. h3 {
Now Black is OK.} ({I'm not sure if Black can equalise after} 17. Nd4 $5 Nxd4 (
17... Bxd4 18. exd4 Qf6 (18... Nxd4 $6 19. Be3 Nc6 20. Bc5 $16) 19. Be3 Bf5 20.
Be2 Rfe8 21. Rc5 Rad8 22. Qd2 h6 23. Rfc1 $14) 18. Rc7 Qd8 19. exd4 b5 (19...
Bxd4 $6 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qxd4 b5 22. Rfc1 $16) 20. Qa1 Rc8 21. Rfc1 $14)
17... Rac8 18. Rc5 $5 {After 18.Qd2 the most likely result is a draw. So Ian
chose another move that provokes ...a5.} (18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 h6 {White is
better but Black's position is very solid.}) 18... a5 $5 (18... h6 {was
possible as well:} 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. Rfc1 Qe8 21. Bb1 Be7 22. Qd3 $1 g6 (22...
Bxc5 $6 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. bxc5 f6 25. Bd6+ Ne7 26. Rd1 $16) 23. Bxh6 d4 24. exd4
Bxc5 25. bxc5 Bd5 26. Nd2 $13) 19. Qb1 axb4 20. axb4 b6 $2 {It is not easy to
understand why Hikaru didn't play 20...h6:} (20... h6 21. Rfc1 Ra8 {Black's
position is not worse, he is threatening ...Ra1} 22. Qb3 (22. b5 Ra1 23. Qxa1 (
23. Qc2 $4 Nb4 $19) 23... Bxa1 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Rxc6 Bb2 26. Bd6 Qb7 27. Bxf8
Bxc1 28. Rxc1 Kxf8 {White should make a draw.}) 22... d4 23. Bc4 dxe3 24. Bxe3
Bxc4 25. Qxc4 $11) 21. Rcc1 g6 $2 (21... Nxb4 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Bf5 Rc4 24. Ne5
Bxe5 25. Bxe5 $14 {It is obvious that White's position is better but Black's
position is not hopeless.}) 22. Ba6 {White wins an exchange and game is over.}
Nxb4 (22... Bf5 23. Qb3 Ne5 24. Bxc8 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Bxc8 26. Qxd5 $18) (22...
Ra8 23. Rxc6 Rxa6 24. Bd6 Qd7 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 (25... Qxc6 26. b5 $18) 26. b5 $18)
23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Rc1 $18 ({or} 25. Be5 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 $18) 25...
Bf5 26. Qb3 Nd3 27. Rc7 Qd8 28. Bg3 h5 29. Qxb6 h4 30. Bd6 Be4 31. Qc6 Kg7 32.
Rc8 d4 33. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nbd2 Ned7 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Nc5
15. Bc2 Re8 16. f3 Nfd7 17. a5 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Nf1 Ne6 20. Be3 Bc5 21.
Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Be4 Rb8 23. Qd3 Bxe3+ 24. Nxe3 Nc5 25. Bxh7+ Kf8 26. Qxd8 Rexd8
27. Bc2 Rd2 28. Rad1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rb2 30. Rd8+ Ke7 31. Rg8 g6 32. f4 Ra2 33.
h4 Nd7 34. Rc8 Rxa5 35. Rxc7 Kd6 36. Ra7 Ra3 37. f5 gxf5 38. Bxf5 Ne5 39. h5
Bxf5 40. Nxf5+ Ke6 41. Ne3 Kf6 42. h6 Kg6 43. Re7 Ra5 44. Kh2 Rc5 45. Kg3 Nc6
46. Rc7 Rxc3 47. Kf2 Rc5 48. h7 Kxh7 49. Rxf7+ Kg6 50. Rc7 Ne5 51. Rxc5 Nd3+
52. Ke2 Nxc5 53. Kd2 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 {This doesn't look like a
dangerous continuation. The knight will return to f3 losing precious time.
Still, Black's isolated d5 pawn requires accurate play from him.} (11. Ke2 {
is the main line.}) 11... Nc6 12. O-O Be7 (12... Be6 13. Nf3 (13. Nb3 Qf6 14.
a3 Be7 15. Qd2 Rfd8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. exd4 Bf5 $11 {1/2 (21) Yu,Y (2738)
-Nakamura,H (2785) Caleta 2017}) 13... Be7 (13... Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Be2 Re8
16. Rc1 Be7 17. Ne5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qb6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Qc2 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Rd7
22. Rd3 $14 {1-0 (54) Gabriel,R (2255)-Klovans,J (2440) Schwaebisch Gmuend 1993
}) 14. Rc1 Bf6 15. a3 Qe7 16. b4 a6 17. h3 Rac8 18. Rc5 a5 19. Qb1 axb4 20.
axb4 {1-0 (33) Nepomniachtchi,I (2742)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis 2017} h6
$11) 13. Rc1 (13. Nb3 Bf6 14. Qd2 Be6 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Nc5 Qe7 17. Rc2 Ne5 18.
Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Rfc1 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 g6 $11 {1/2 (34) Lputian,S 
(2495)-Timoscenko,G (2440) Irkutsk 1983}) (13. a3 Bf6 14. Nf3 (14. Rc1 g6 15.
b4 a5 16. b5 Ne5 17. Be2 Be6 18. Nb3 Qe7 19. a4 Rfd8 20. Nd4 Nc4 21. b6 {
1/2 (41) Kalinitschew,S (2426)-Meier,G (2644) Apolda 2017} Nb2 22. Qb3 Bxd4 23.
exd4 Nc4 $11) (14. Qc2 g6 (14... h6 15. Nb3 Re8 16. Rab1 Qe7 17. Qc5 Ne5 18.
Qxe7 Rxe7 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Rfc1 Be6 $11 {1/2 (24) Blagojevic,N (2300)
-Abramovic,B (2500) Niksic 1997}) 15. Rac1 Be6 16. Nb3 Rc8 17. Nc5 Ne5 18. Bxe5
Bxe5 19. f4 Bg7 20. Nxe6 {1/2 (20) Korchnoi V (2634)-Kasimdzhanov R (2653)
Bled (ol) 2002 2003}) 14... Qe7 15. h3 g6 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. b4 a6
19. Rc2 Qd7 20. Rfc1 Bf5 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Bc7 Rd7 23. Bb6 Qe4 24. Rd1 Bd8 25.
Bc5 Bc7 26. Qd3 Rad8 27. Rcd2 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 f6 $11 {1/2 (76) Giri,A (2771)
-Karjakin,S (2781) Stavanger 2017}) 13... Bf6 14. Nf3 (14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Qxd5 Nb4
16. Qe4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rd8 18. Qc2 Qxb2 19. Ne4 Qxc2 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Rxc2 Be6
22. Rfc1 {1/2 (22) Nyback,T (2639)-Solozhenkin,E (2511) Finland 2009}) 14...
Qe7 (14... Bxb2 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qc2+ Kg8 17. Qxb2 {is favourable for White:
the isolani is still on the board, and the position of Black's king is now
weak.}) ({but} 14... Re8 15. h3 Qb6 {was probably more active.}) (14... Be6 $5
{transposes to Nepomniachtchi - Nakamura (see above).}) 15. h3 g6 16. Bb5 $5
Bd7 (16... Bxb2 17. Bxc6 Bxc1 (17... bxc6 18. Rxc6 $14) 18. Bxd5 {[%cal Rd1c1,
Rf4d6]} Ba3 19. Bh6 {[%cal Rd1d4]} Be6 20. Qd4 f6 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Bxe6 Qxe6
23. Rd1 $14 {[%csl Rf8]}) 17. Qxd5 Be6 (17... Bxb2 18. Rb1 Be6 19. Qd2 Ba3 20.
Bh6 Rfc8 21. Ng5 $36) 18. Qe4 (18. Qc5 $5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Bxa2 (19... Bxb2 20.
Ng5) 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rxc6 $14 {, and Black should hold this ending with
accurate defence.}) 18... Bxb2 (18... Bxa2 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxe7 Bxe7 21. Nd4
$16) 19. Bxc6 f5 $1 {An excellent defence.} (19... Bxc1 $2 20. Bxb7 $16) (19...
bxc6 20. Rxc6 $16) 20. Bg5 (20. Qb1 Bxc1 21. Qxb7 (21. Bxb7 Bxe3 $1 22. fxe3
Rab8 $11) 21... Qxb7 22. Bxb7 Rac8 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 {, and Black should not lose.}
) 20... fxe4 21. Bxe7 Bxc1 22. Bxb7 (22. Bxf8 bxc6 23. Nd4 Bxa2 24. Rxc1 Kxf8
25. Nxc6 Bd5 26. Nb4 Be6 27. Na6 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Nc5 a5 $11) 22... Bxe3
$1 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. fxe3 exf3 25. Bxf3 Rb8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] White's extra
e3-pawn (rather weak than passed) can hardly be converted but the World
Champion manages to create good chances from nothing.} 26. a4 Rb4 27. Bc6 Rc4
28. Bb5 Re4 29. Rd1 a6 30. Bxa6 Rxa4 31. Bb7 Kf7 32. Kf2 Kf6 33. Bd5 Bf5 34. g4
Be6 35. Kf3 Ra5 36. Bxe6 Kxe6 37. h4 Ra2 (37... h5 $5 38. g5 Ra2 {[%cal Ya2h2]}
) 38. Rb1 Ra7 39. Kf4 Ra4+ $2 {It was necessary to prevent the invasion of
White's king:} (39... h6) 40. e4 Ra7 (40... h6 {is too late now:} 41. Rb6+ Kf7
42. h5 gxh5 43. gxh5 Kg7 44. Rg6+ Kh7 45. Kf5 $18) 41. Rb6+ $2 {The time
control is over so Magnus Carlsen's indecision is strange.} (41. Kg5 $1 Ke5 42.
Rf1 $1 Kxe4 43. Kh6 $18 {[%cal Yg4g5,Yf1f8,Yf8h8] (indicated by GM Sergey
Grigoriants)}) 41... Kf7 42. Rc6 Rd7 43. g5 $2 {Closing the way for his own
king, after which Black successfully defends without major problems.} ({
According to various commentators,} 43. h5 $1 {was still winning - in a much
more complicated way, though.}) 43... Ra7 44. Ke5 Re7+ 45. Kd5 Rd7+ 46. Rd6 Ra7
47. Rf6+ Ke7 48. Rc6 Rd7+ 49. Ke5 Ra7 50. Rc5 Rd7 51. Ra5 Kf7 52. Ra1 Re7+ 53.
Kf4 Rb7 54. Ra6 Rc7 55. Kg4 Re7 56. Rf6+ Ke8 57. Kf4 Ra7 58. Rb6 Kf7 59. Ke5
Re7+ 60. Kd5 Rd7+ 61. Rd6 Ra7 62. Rd8 Ra5+ 63. Kd4 Ra4+ 64. Ke5 Ra5+ 65. Kf4
Ra7 66. Rd4 Ke6 67. Rb4 Rf7+ 68. Ke3 Ra7 69. Rb8 Re7 70. Rh8 Ra7 71. Re8+ Kf7
72. Rb8 Ke6 73. Rb6+ Kf7 74. Kf4 Re7 75. Rf6+ Ke8 76. h5 {The last attempt.}
gxh5 77. e5 Rf7 $1 78. Ke4 (78. Kg3 Re7 79. e6 Ra7 80. Kh4 Ra1 81. Kxh5 Rh1+
82. Kg4 Ke7 $11) 78... Rg7 79. Kf5 Rf7 80. Kf4 h4 81. Kg4 Re7 82. e6 Ra7 83.
Rh6 (83. Kxh4 Ra1) 83... Kf8 84. Kxh4 Ra4+ 85. Kh5 (85. Kg3 Ke7) 85... Re4 86.
Rf6+ Kg7 87. Rf7+ Kg8 88. Re7 Kf8 89. Rxh7 Rxe6 90. Rh6 Re1 91. Ra6 Kg7 92.
Ra7+ Kg8 93. Kh6 Re6+ 94. g6 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 e3 {The players have entered into one of the most complicated
lines of the English.} 10. d3 {Keeping the pawn structure flexible, even
though the presence of Pe3 in White's camp is not to everyone's taste.} (10.
dxe3 Qe7 11. Nh3 Qc5 12. Nf4 Qxc4 13. e4 d6 14. Qd3 Ne5 15. Qxc4 Nxc4 {
Kasparov,G - Sadvakasov,D Astana KAZ 2001, Black was OK.}) 10... d5 11. Qa4 ({
The most popular alternative -} 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa3 c6 (12... b6 $5 13. cxd5
Nxd5 14. f4 Bb7 {looks very interesting, but was never tried.}) 13. cxd5 cxd5
14. f4 Bg4 15. Nf3 {seems promising for White, at least according to
statistics.}) 11... h6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nc5 f4 15. Ne4 $146 {
GM Nakamura comes up with a natural novelty - the knight is perfectly placed
in the centre.} (15. Bb2 {The only preceding game was played in the Candidates
tournament, where both players played their part too:} Rb8 16. c4 $6 (16. Ne4
$142 b5 17. Qc2 $13) 16... Nde7 17. g4 b6 18. Ne4 Be6 $15 {Svidler,P -
Karjakin,S Moscow RUS 2016}) 15... Rb8 (15... Re6 $6 {is premature:} 16. Kh1 $1
Rg6 17. Rg1 fxg3 18. Nxg3 Kh8 19. f4 {, and the lack of harmony in Black's
camp starts to tell.}) 16. Qa3 {This move looks like a definite concession.} (
16. Rb1 {isn't effective, since after} Re6 17. Kh1 fxg3 {White cannot
recapture with Ne4, whereas} 18. hxg3 Rg6 19. Kh2 b6 {leads to very unbalanced
play.}) (16. Kh1 b5 17. Qd1 fxg3 18. Nxg3 Qf6 $13) 16... Re6 $1 {The rook is
heading for g6 in order to put White's king under strong pressure.} 17. c4 {
A somewhat risky decision.} ({Now, when White's queen has left the 4th rank,} 
17. Kh1 {is well met by} fxg3 $1 18. Nxg3 (18. hxg3 $2 Rg6 19. f4 Nce7 $40)
18... Nf4 19. Rg1 Kh8 20. Bf1 Re5 $132 {the strong Nf4 provides Black with 
decent counterplay. However, it would be a better practical choice.}) 17...
Nde7 18. Bb2 Nf5 {Once Black spots one of his knights on d4, he would be
firmly in a control.} 19. d4 $1 {This pawn sacrifice is forced from a
strategic point of view - White's major pieces need open files!} (19. gxf4 $6 {
is dubious:} Ncd4 {, and Black's pieces are dominating over the board. The
play might continue:} 20. Rfe1 Ra6 $1 21. Qc5 (21. Qc3 Qh4 $17) 21... b6 22.
Qe5 Ra5 23. c5 bxc5 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 $17) 19... Ncxd4 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Qxa7 ({
In case of} 21. Rad1 $2 Nxe2+ ({Also good enough is} 21... b6 $5 22. Qd3 c5 23.
gxf4 Qh4 24. Qxe3 Bb7 $17) 22. Kh1 Qe8 23. Qd3 Nd4 $1 24. Qxd4 e2 25. Qxa7 Rxe4
26. fxe4 Bg4 27. Rc1 exf1=Q+ 28. Rxf1 fxg3 29. hxg3 c6 $17 {at the end of
complications White would suffer from a terrible pawn structure.}) 21... Nc6 ({
Levon is deviating from the more complicated line:} 21... Nxe2+ 22. Kh1 Bd7 23.
Rfe1 Ra8 24. Qc5 b6 25. Qd5 c6 26. Qd3 Rxe4 $1 27. Qxe4 (27. fxe4 $2 Bg4 28.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 29. gxf4 Rd2 $17) 27... Qf6 28. c5 b5 29. Qd3 Nd4 30. Rad1 $13 {
, and White manages to keep the dynamic balance.}) 22. Qa3 Qf8 (22... g5 23.
Rfd1 Qe7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. h4 $1 Be6 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Nd5 Rf7 28. Kh2 $1 {
White would be able to solve the problem of the poor Bg2.}) 23. Qxf8+ Kxf8 {
The subsequent endgame is strategically dangerous for White, who's bishop is
completely out of play now.} 24. Rfd1 ({White's task would be easier after} 24.
gxf4 Nd4 25. Ng3 c5 (25... Ra8 26. Rfd1 Rd6 27. a4 Be6 28. c5 Rdd8 29. Bf1 $11)
26. Rfd1 Rf6 27. a4 $1 Bf5 28. Ra3 Re8 29. Rc1 $11 {, and Black's pieces are
tied with protecting the Pe3.}) 24... g5 25. Nc3 $1 {An excellent idea - the
knight is heading on d5 now, where it would attack the opponent's weak pawns.}
(25. h4 Rg6 26. Kh2 Be6 27. Nc5 b6 28. Nxe6+ Rxe6 29. Rd7 Re7 $15) 25... Re7
26. Nd5 Rf7 27. h4 $1 {White has to liberate the bishop as soon as it possible.
} Ra8 28. a4 Na5 29. gxf4 $2 {This natural exchange turns out to be a serious
mistake.} ({Instead, the precise} 29. Rab1 $1 {would enable White to hold this
unpleasant endgame:} Bf5 ({Both after} 29... Be6 30. Kh2 fxg3+ 31. Kxg3 gxh4+
32. Kh2 Nxc4 33. Rxb7 c6 34. Nc7 Bd5 35. f4 $1 $11) ({Or} 29... Nxc4 30. Rb4 c6
31. Nxf4 gxf4 32. Rxc4 Be6 33. Re4 Bd5 34. Rb4 fxg3 35. f4 $11 {White is in
time to activate the light-squared bishop.}) 30. Rb4 Nc6 31. Rb2 Be6 32. hxg5
hxg5 33. Rxb7 Rxa4 34. gxf4 gxf4 35. Rxc7 Rxc4 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7 37. Nxf4 Rxf4 38.
Rd3 $11) 29... gxf4 30. Kh2 ({In comparison to above-mentioned note,} 30. Rab1
Nxc4 31. Rb4 c6 {leaves White without compensation for a pawn:} 32. Nc7 (32.
Rxc4 cxd5 33. Rb4 Ra5 34. Rdd4 Ke7 35. Rxf4 Rxf4 36. Rxf4 Bd7 37. Rd4 Kd6 38.
f4 Bc6 $19) 32... Rxc7 33. Rxc4 Rf7 34. Rd6 Kg7 $17) 30... Nxc4 $17 31. Rac1 (
31. Bh3 Bxh3 32. Kxh3 Nd2 33. a5 c6 34. Nb6 Rd8 35. Ra4 $17) 31... Nd2 32. Nxc7
$2 {A decisive mistake. White cannot afford to remove his best piece from the
centre.} ({He had tp play} 32. Bh3 Bxh3 33. Kxh3 c6 34. Nc3 $17 {, intending
to put the rooks on the g-file. Black is a pawn up, but it wouldn't be easy to
convert it to a full point.}) 32... Rxa4 33. Bh3 Nxf3+ $1 {Levon is exploiting
the lack of harmony in the opponent's camp. This nice tactical shot decides
the game. The next few moves are forced.} 34. exf3 Ra2+ 35. Bg2 Rg7 36. Rg1 Rg3
37. Kh1 Bh3 {A funny situation - the bishop is trapped.} 38. Bf1 e2 $19 {
Regaining the piece.} 39. Bxe2 Rxe2 40. Nd5 Rxf3 ({A simpler way was} 40...
Bg2+ 41. Rxg2 Rexg2 42. Nxf4 Ra2 $19) 41. Rg6 Re6 42. Rcg1 (42. Rxe6 {was more
stubborn:} Bxe6 43. Rc5 Rh3+ 44. Kg2 Rxh4 45. Kf3 {, but} Rh3+ $1 (45... Rh5 $2
46. Nxf4 Rxc5 47. Nxe6+ Ke7 48. Nxc5 $11) 46. Kxf4 Rh5 $19 {still makes it
quite easy for Black.}) 42... Rxg6 43. Rxg6 Bd7 $1 44. Kg2 Rg3+ 45. Rxg3 fxg3
46. Kxg3 Kf7 {Despite the major simplifications, Black easily wins here.} 47.
Kf4 Ke6 48. Nb4 Be8 49. Nd3 Kd5 50. Nf2 Bd7 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Ne4 Bc6 53. Ng3 Bd5
54. Kd3 Kf4 {The second pawn falls.} 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Nf3 d5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Bxf6 exf6 10. exd5 b6 11. Be2 Na6 12. O-O Nc7 13. Qb3 Bb7 14. Bc4 Rb8
15. a4 a6 16. Rfe1 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bd3 b4 19. Ne4 f5 20. Ned2 Nxd5 21. Bc4
Nb6 22. Qxb4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Bd5 24. Qc3 Qb6 25. b3 Rfd8 26. Rac1 Bh6 27. Rc2 Qb7
28. Qd3 Qa8 29. Qf1 Qb7 30. Rc5 Qb4 31. Rc2 Ra8 32. Rd1 Qb7 33. Re1 Rd6 34. Rc5
Ra2 35. Re8+ Kg7 36. Qe1 Bf4 37. g3 Bxf3 38. gxf4 Be4 39. Nxe4 fxe4 40. Qc3 Qa6
41. d5+ Kh6 42. Rg8 Ra1+ 43. Kh2 Rh1+ 44. Kxh1 Qf1+ 45. Kh2 Qxf2+ 46. Kh1 Qf1+
47. Kh2 Qf2+ 48. Kh1 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Bb6 10. b4 e4 11. Ng5 Qd4 12. Be3 Qxb4 13. Nxe4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5
15. Rb1 Qe7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Nc3 f6 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. Rfc1 Bf7 20. Bxb6 axb6 21.
Nb4 Nd4 22. Nc2 Nc6 23. Nb4 Nd4 24. e3 Nf5 25. d4 c5 26. Nc2 cxd4 27. Nxd4 Nxd4
28. exd4 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxb6 Bxa2 31. Rxb7 Rdd8 32. Ra7 Be6 33. Re7
Rfe8 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 Ba7
9. Re1 b5 10. Bb3 h6 11. Nbd2 b4 12. a5 Rb8 13. Nf1 Be6 14. Bc2 b3 15. Bb1 d5
16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Qd6 19. Ra4 Rb5 20. Nc4 Bxc4 21. Rxc4 Nxa5
22. Ra4 Re8 23. d4 e4 24. Ne5 Nb7 25. c4 Ra5 26. c5 Qd5 27. Rb4 Nxc5 28. Nc4
Ra4 29. Ne3 Qe6 30. Qd2 Rxb4 31. Qxb4 Ncd7 32. Rc1 Rb8 33. Qa5 Qd6 34. Rc4 g6
35. Qxc7 Qxc7 36. Rxc7 Nb6 37. Kf1 Na4 38. Ke2 Nxb2 39. Rc6 Kg7 40. Rxa6 Nd3
41. Nc4 Nf4+ 42. Kd2 Rb4 43. Ne5 Rxd4+ 44. Ke3 Rd1 45. Kxf4 Rxb1 46. Ra7 e3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. e4 O-O 8.
Nf3 cxd5 9. e5 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Bb5 Bg4 12. Ng1 f6 13. h3 Be6 14. exf6 Rxf6
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nge2 Qd6 17. O-O Raf8 18. Rae1 Bc8 19. Na4 e5 20. dxe5 Qxe5
21. b4 Re6 22. Nc5 Ree8 23. Nb3 Qb2 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Ned4 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Bd7
27. Re2 Bc3 28. Rc2 Bxb4 29. Nxc6 Bd6 30. Nxa7 Re8 31. g4 h5 32. f3 Re1+ 33.
Kg2 Kf7 34. Nc6 h4 35. Ncd4 Rd1 36. Rd2 Rxd2+ 37. Nxd2 Kf6 38. Kf2 Ke5 39. Ke3
g5 40. f4+ gxf4+ 41. Kd3 Be7 42. N2f3+ Kd6 43. Nf5+ Bxf5+ 44. gxf5 Kc5 45. Nd4
Kd6 46. a4 Bd8 47. Ne6 Bb6 48. Nxf4 Ke5 49. f6 Bc5 50. f7 Kf6 51. Nxd5+ Kxf7
52. Ke4 Ke6 53. Nf4+ Kd6 54. Ng2 Bf2 55. Kf3 Bg3 56. Kg4 Kc5 57. Nxh4 Bf2 58.
Nf5 Kb4 59. Ng3 Kxa4 60. h4 Kb5 61. h5 Be3 62. Ne4 Kc6 63. Ng5 Kd7 64. h6 Ke7
65. h7 Bd4 66. Kf5 Ba1 67. Kg6 Bb2 68. Nf7 Ba1 69. Nh6 Bh8 70. Ng4 Ba1 71. Ne3
Bh8 72. Nd5+ Ke6 73. Nf4+ Ke7 74. Nh3 Ke6 75. Ng5+ Ke7 76. Nf7 Ba1 77. h8=Q
Bxh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Ne4 9. Bf4 c6 10. Nc3 g5 11. Bc1 f5 12. b3 b6 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qe8 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Rc8 18. e3 Qg6 19. Qc1 Qg7 20. f4 gxf4 21. gxf4
Kh8 22. Kh1 Rg8 23. Bf3 Qh6 24. Ba3 Bxa3 25. Qxa3 Rg7 26. Qb2 Rcg8 27. Rg1 Qh4
28. Rxg7 Rxg7 29. Qd2 Ba6 30. cxd5 cxd5 31. Rg1 Rc7 32. Qg2 Qd8 33. Qh3 Rg7 34.
Qh6 Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 d4 36. Qxe6 dxe3 37. Qd6 Qg8+ 38. Bg2 Qg4 39. e6 e2 40. Qe5+
Qg7 41. Kf2 Qxe5 42. fxe5 Kg7 43. Bf3 Kf8 44. Bxe2 Bc8 45. Bc4 Ke7 46. Ke3 Bb7
47. Bd3 h6 48. Bxf5 Bc6 49. b4 Bd5 50. a3 Bb3 51. Bg4 Ba4 52. Kf4 Bc2 53. Kg3
Bd3 54. Kh4 Bg6 55. Bh5 Bc2 56. Bg4 Bg6 57. Kg3 Bc2 58. Kf4 Bd3 59. Ke3 Bc2 60.
Kd4 Bb3 61. Bf5 Bd1 62. Kd5 Ba4 63. Bd3 Be8 64. b5 Bh5 65. Kc6 Bf3+ 66. Kc7
Kxe6 67. Kb8 Kxe5 68. Kxa7 Kd4 69. Kxb6 Kxd3 70. Kc5 Ke4 71. a4 Ke5 72. a5 Ke6
73. Kb6 Be2 74. Kc6 Ke7 75. b6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 f6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e4 Be6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qf3 d4 12. Na4 Kf7 13. c3 c5 14. Qe2 Ne7 15.
O-O Rc8 16. Ba6 Rc7 17. Rac1 Nc6 18. Ba3 Qe7 19. Bc4 Nd8 20. Bb5 Nb7 21. Bc4
Rhc8 22. Rfd1 Kg7 23. Nb2 Rc6 24. Bb5 R6c7 25. Nc4 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 Nd8 27. Rc2
Ne6 28. Rdc1 h5 29. g3 Qd7 30. h4 Be7 31. Rd1 Bd6 32. Kg2 Qe7 33. Bc1 Rh8 34.
Bd2 Rd7 35. Rdc1 Bc7 36. Qf3 Bb6 37. a4 Rhd8 38. Be1 a5 39. Bd2 Rd6 40. Re1 Qd7
41. Bc1 Qe7 42. Ba3 R6d7 43. Rec1 Rd6 44. Rd2 Qb7 45. Re1 R8d7 46. Rdd1 Rd8 47.
Bc1 Qe7 48. Rh1 Qd7 49. Rhe1 Qe7 50. Ba3 Qb7 51. Rb1 Qc6 52. Rbc1 Qb7 53. cxd4
Nxd4 54. Qe3 f5 55. f3 Rf6 56. Bd5 Rxd5 57. exd5 Qxd5 58. Rc3 Re6 59. Bc1 e4
60. Qh6+ Kg8 61. fxe4 fxe4 62. Qe3 Bc7 63. Rc4 Bd6 64. Rd1 Rf6 65. Rcxd4 cxd4
66. Qxd4 Qf5 67. Qd5+ Qxd5 68. Rxd5 Bc7 69. Rc5 Bb6 70. Rc8+ Kf7 71. Bf4 Re6
72. Kf1 Kf6 73. Ke2 Kf5 74. Rc4 Kg4 75. b4 axb4 76. Rxb4 g5 77. Bxg5 Kxg3 78.
Rb5 Bg1 79. Bd8 Rc6 80. Rg5+ Kh2 81. a5 Rc2+ 82. Kd1 Ra2 83. Bc7+ Kh1 84. Rxh5
e3 85. Re5 Kg2 86. Bb6 Kf3 87. Kc1 e2 88. Kb1 Rd2 89. Bxg1 Rd1+ 90. Kb2 e1=Q
91. Rxe1 Rxe1 92. Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nc3 d4 7. Ne4 Nge7 8. c3
O-O 9. cxd4 exd4 10. Bd2 a5 11. Qc1 b6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh6 Be6 14. a3 a4 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qc2 Bb3 17. Qc1 Na5 18. h4 Bd5 19. Qc2 c5 20. e3 Nb3 21. Rad1 Nc6
22. Ned2 Qd7 23. e4 Be6 24. Rde1 Ne5 25. Nxe5 fxe5 26. f4 exf4 27. gxf4 Rae8
28. h5 c4 29. dxc4 d3 30. Qc3+ Qd4+ 31. Qxd4+ Nxd4 32. Kh2 Bg4 33. Re3 Be2 34.
Rf2 Nb3 35. Nxb3 axb3 36. Bf1 Bxf1 37. Rxf1 d2 38. Rd1 Rxf4 39. Rxd2 Rh4+ 40.
Rh3 Rexe4 41. hxg6 hxg6 42. Rxh4 Rxh4+ 43. Kg3 Rxc4 44. Rd3 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. d5
Na5 9. b3 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Bb2 Rb8 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. h3 Be6 14. Rab1 Bxc4 15.
bxc4 Nxc4 16. Qc2 Rxb2 17. Rxb2 Nxb2 18. Nd2 Qa5 19. Nb3 Qa3 20. Nb1 Qxa2 21.
Nc1 Qa1 22. Nb3 Qa4 23. Qxb2 Rb8 24. Nc5 Rxb2 25. Nxa4 Rc2 26. Nbc3 d5 27. Rb1
Ne8 28. Rb8 Kf8 29. Nc5 Bxc3 30. Nd7+ Kg7 31. Rxe8 Rxe2 32. Bf1 Re6 33. Nc5 Rf6
34. Nd7 Re6 35. Nc5 Re1 36. Nd3 Re6 37. Nc5 Rf6 38. Nd7 Rd6 39. Rxe7 a5 40. Nc5
Bd4 41. Nb7 Rf6 42. Re2 a4 43. Ra2 a3 44. Na5 Bb6 45. Nb3 c5 46. Bg2 c4 47. Nc1
Rf5 48. Kh2 Bc5 49. f4 g5 50. g4 Rxf4 51. Bxd5 Bd6 52. Kg2 Rd4 53. Bf3 c3 54.
Ne2 Rd3 55. Rc2 Be5 56. Nc1 Rd6 57. Na2 Rd3 58. Be4 Rg3+ 59. Kf2 Rxh3 60. Bf3
h5 61. gxh5 g4 62. Bg2 Rxh5 63. Nxc3 Bd4+ 64. Ke2 Rc5 65. Kd3 Rxc3+ 66. Rxc3
Bxc3 67. Kxc3 Kf6 68. Kb3 Ke5 69. Kxa3 f5 70. Kb3 Kd4 71. Kc2 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. c4 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Na3 Rc8 12. Nc4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bf6 14. Qxa7 Bxb2
15. Nxb2 Bb5 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Rxc4 18. Qxb7 Nc3 19. e3 Qa5 20. Qb3 Qc7 21.
Rfe1 Rb8 22. Qc2 Nd5 23. Qd1 Nc3 24. Qc2 Nd5 25. Qd1 Nc3 26. Qf3 Qa5 27. Rec1
Ra4 28. Bf1 Rxa2 29. Rxa2 Nxa2 30. Ra1 Qd2 31. Qf4 Rf8 32. Qc4 Nc3 33. e4 Qb2
34. Re1 Rd8 35. Qc7 Rf8 36. Re3 Na4 37. Rd3 g6 38. Qc6 Qb4 39. h4 Nc5 40. Re3
h5 41. Qd6 Rc8 42. Bg2 Qb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. e3 c5 6. exd4 cxd4 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. b3 Nd7 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. a3 a5 14. Nbd2 Nc5 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 e5 17. Re1 Bg4 18. h3 Bh5 19. Qd2 e4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. dxe4
Bxf3 22. Bxf3 a4 23. Rb1 Ne5 24. Bg2 axb3 25. Rxb3 Nxc4 26. Qb4 Ne5 27. Qxb7 d3
28. Rb1 h5 29. Qd5 Qxd5 30. exd5 Rxa3 31. d6 d2 32. Kf1 Rd3 33. Ke2 Rxd6 34.
Be4 Nd7 35. Bf5 d1=B+ 36. Rxd1 Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2017.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Bf3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Re8 13. Qd2 Rc4 14. Rfd1 Bf8 15.
Qd3 Rb4 16. Qd2 Rc4 17. Qe1 Qc7 18. Be2 Rc6 19. f3 Rc8 20. Bf1 Bc4 21. Bxc4
Rxc4 22. Nc1 d5 23. exd5 Bb4 24. N1e2 Bxa5 25. Qf2 Bb4 26. Kh1 Bf8 27. Ng3 b5
28. Rxa6 b4 29. Nce4 Rxc2 30. Qf1 Rxb2 31. Rc6 Qb7 32. Qc4 Nxd5 33. Rxc8 Nxe3
34. Nd6 Nxc4 35. Nxb7 Ne3 36. Rg1 f5 37. h4 g6 38. Rd8 Nf6 39. Nc5 Kf7 40. Nd3
Be7 41. Ra8 Rd2 42. Nxe5+ Ke6 43. f4 b3 44. Nf3 Nfg4 45. Ne4 Rb2 46. Ned2 Bb4
47. Rb1 Rxb1+ 48. Nxb1 Nf1 49. g3 Kd5 50. Rd8+ Kc5 51. Rc8+ Kd5 52. Rd8+ Ke4
53. Nfd2+ Nxd2 54. Nxd2+ Bxd2 55. Rxd2 Kf3 56. Rd3+ Kf2 57. Rxb3 h5 58. Rb6
Kxg3 59. Rxg6 Kxf4 60. Kg2 Ne5 61. Rg3 Ng4 62. Rf3+ Ke5 63. Ra3 Ke4 64. Ra4+
Ke3 65. Ra5 Ke4 66. Ra8 Kf4 67. Rh8 Nf6 68. Rh6 Ke5 69. Kf3 f4 70. Rh8 Kf5 71.
Rf8 Ke5 72. Ra8 Nd5 73. Rg8 Nf6 74. Rg5+ Ke6 75. Kxf4 Nd5+ 76. Kf3 Nf6 77. Ra5
Nd5 78. Ke4 Nf6+ 79. Kf4 Kf7 80. Kf5 Ng4 81. Ra7+ Kg8 82. Kg6 Ne5+ 83. Kxh5 Nf7
84. Kg6 Ne5+ 85. Kf5 Nf7 86. Kf6 Nd6 87. Kg6 Kf8 88. Ra8+ Ke7 89. h5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8.
e3 Re8 9. Bd3 c5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 c4 12. Bc2 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 b5
15. a4 Ba6 16. axb5 Bxb5 17. O-O Nb6 18. Qa5 a6 19. Rfc1 Nd5 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 21.
Bg3 Rc8 22. Bd6 c3 23. bxc3 Nxc3 24. Kh1 f5 25. h3 Rc6 26. Bc5 Nd5 27. Nc4 Bxc4
28. Rxc4 f4 29. exf4 Nxf4 30. Rca4 Nd3 31. Kg1 Nxc5 32. dxc5 Rxc5 33. Rxa6 Rce5
34. Re1 e3 35. f3 h6 36. h4 Kh7 37. Ra3 R8e7 38. g3 g5 39. h5 R5e6 40. Kg2 Kg7
41. Re2 Re5 42. Kh3 R5e6 43. Kg4 Kf6 44. Rb3 Re8 45. Rb7 R8e7 46. Rb5 Re5 47.
Rb3 R5e6 48. Ra3 Re8 49. Ra7 R8e7 50. Rxe7 Rxe7 51. f4 gxf4 52. Kxf4 Re5 53. g4
Re8 54. Rxe3 Rxe3 55. Kxe3 Ke5 56. Kf3 Ke6 57. Ke4 Kf6 58. Kf4 Ke6 59. g5 hxg5+
60. Kxg5 Kf7 61. h6 Kg8 62. Kg6 Kh8 63. h7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. g3 Be6 8. Bg2
Nd7 9. O-O f5 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. Ne2 Nf6 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. c4 Rac8 14. Nf4 c5 15.
Qe2 dxc4 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Rxc4 Ne4 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. Rfc1 b5 21.
R4c2 b4 22. Nh3 Bc3 23. Nf4 Ne4 24. Qa6 Nc5 25. Qb5 Qe5 26. Ne2 Nd3 27. Qxe5
Nxe5 28. Nxc3 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 bxc3 30. Bf1 Rd2 31. Rxc3 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Ne1+ 33. Kg1
Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Ne1+ 35. Kg1 Rxa2 36. h3 Nf3+ 37. Kg2 Nd2 38. Bd3 Ra3 39. Rc2 Ne4
40. Bxe4 fxe4 41. Rc7 Rxb3 42. Rxa7 h5 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 f5 45. gxf5 gxf5
46. Kg3 Rb5 47. Rc7 Kf8 48. Rc2 Ke7 49. Kf4 Ke6 50. Rc6+ Ke7 51. Rc2 Ke6 52.
Ra2 Rc5 53. Kg5 Rb5 54. Rc2 Ra5 55. Rb2 Rc5 56. Rb6+ Ke7 57. Rb2 Ke6 58. Kg6
Ra5 59. Rb6+ Ke7 60. Rf6 Ra2 61. Rxf5 Ke6 62. Rf4 Ke5 63. Kg5 Ra1 64. Rf5+ Ke6
65. Kf4 Ra2 66. Kg5 Ra1 67. Kg4 Ra2 68. Rf4 Ke5 69. Rf8 Rb2 70. Re8+ Kd6 71.
Rxe4 Rxf2 72. Kg5 Kd7 73. Rf4 Re2 74. Re4 Rf2 75. Re5 Kd6 76. Re8 Kd7 77. Re4
Rf1 78. Re5 Rf2 79. e4 Rf1 80. Rf5 Re1 81. Re5 Rf1 82. Kg6 Rf4 83. Kg5 Rf1 84.
Ra5 Ke6 85. Ra2 Ke5 86. Ra5+ Kxe4 87. Ra4+ Ke5 88. Ra5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. a3 a5 10. Nc4 Nd7 11. g4 Bg6 12. b4 axb4 13. Bg5 f6 14. axb4 Rxa1 15.
Qxa1 Bd6 16. Qa8+ Qd8 17. Qxd8+ Kxd8 18. Ra1 Ke7 19. Bd2 Bf7 20. Ne3 g6 21. g5
fxg5 22. Nxg5 b6 23. Kg2 Be6 24. h4 Nf6 25. Bc3 Rf8 26. Nf3 Nd7 27. Ng5 Nf6 28.
Nf3 Nd7 29. Ng5 Nf6 30. Nf3 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e3 h5 5. d4 h4 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Ne5 9. Nf3 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 d6 11. g4 h3 12. g5 Qa5 13. Bd2 Rh4 14. e4 e5 15. Rg1
Ne7 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Be2 Nc8 19. a4 a5 20. f3 Nb6 21. Kf2 O-O-O 22.
Qb3 Kb8 23. Rg3 Rdh8 24. Kg1 Ka7 25. Kh1 Be8 26. Rgg1 Bd7 27. Rab1 Be8 28. Rb2
Nd7 29. Rgb1 b6 30. Rg1 Qd8 31. Rbb1 Rf4 32. Qc2 Rhh4 33. Be1 f6 34. Bxh4 Rxh4
35. gxf6 Qxf6 36. Qd2 Qf4 37. Qxf4 exf4 38. Rb2 Kb7 39. Rgb1 Kc7 40. Kg1 Rh5
41. Kf2 Rg5 42. Bf1 Rh5 43. Ke1 Rh4 44. Kd1 Rh5 45. Kd2 Rh4 46. Ke2 Rh5 47. Kf2
Rh4 48. Be2 Rh5 49. Rg1 Ne5 50. Ra2 Bd7 51. Raa1 Be8 52. Ke1 Bd7 53. Kd2 Be8
54. Kc2 Bd7 55. Kb3 Kd8 56. Kb2 Kc7 57. Kb3 Kd8 58. Raf1 Kc7 59. Rg4 Bxg4 60.
fxg4 Rh7 61. Rxf4 Rf7 62. Rxf7+ Nxf7 63. Kc2 Kd7 64. Bf1 Ng5 65. Kd3 Ke7 66.
Ke3 Kf6 67. Kf4 Nf7 68. Bxh3 g5+ 69. Kg3 Ne5 70. Bf1 Ng6 71. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 c6 11. b3 Ne8 12. Ba3 d6 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Rad1
Qa5 15. Qe4 g6 16. Bb4 Qc7 17. Qf3 a5 18. Ba3 Rd8 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. c4 h6 21. Bf1
Qd7 22. h3 b5 23. d4 b4 24. Bc1 f5 25. Ng3 Bf7 26. h4 Nf6 27. h5 d5 28. hxg6
Bxg6 29. Bf4 Qf7 30. Be5 Ne4 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qf4 Qf6 33. f3 Nxg3 34. Qxg3 f4
35. Qf2 Rfe8 36. cxd5 Rxe1 37. Rxe1 Rxd5 38. Bc4 Rxd4 39. Qe2 Rd8 40. Qe5 Qxe5
41. Rxe5 Ra8 42. Re7+ Kf6 43. Re6+ Kg5 44. Rxc6 Bb1 45. Rc5+ Kf6 46. Rc6+ Ke5
47. Re6+ Kd4 48. Re1 Bc2 49. Kf2 a4 50. Re7 axb3 51. axb3 Ra3 52. Rb7 Kc3 53.
g3 fxg3+ 54. Kxg3 Bxb3 55. Bxb3 Rxb3 56. f4 Rb1 57. f5 Rf1 58. Kg4 b3 59. Rc7+
Kb2 60. Rc6 h5+ 61. Kg5 h4 62. f6 h3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. O-O Bxf3 7. exf3 e6 8.
f4 g6 9. d3 Bg7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nf3 a5 12. a3 Qc7 13. Ne5 Ne8 14. Re1 Nd6 15.
c4 Rfd8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. d4 a4 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. b4 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nc4 21. Bd4
Qc7 22. Rc3 b5 23. g4 Rac8 24. Bf1 Qd7 25. Rg3 Bh6 26. f5 exf5 27. gxf5 Qxf5
28. Bh3 Qf4 29. e6 f5 30. e7 Re8 31. Bg2 Qd6 32. Bc5 Rxc5 33. bxc5 Qf6 34.
Bxd5+ Kg7 35. Bxc4 f4 36. Re6 Qb2 37. Rd3 bxc4 38. Rd8 c3 39. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. b3 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Na3 a6 14. Nc2 Bd7
15. c4 dxc4 16. bxc4 Rd8 17. Bb2 Bc8 18. Qd2 Qf8 19. Rd1 b6 20. Bd3 Nce7 21.
Ng5 Ng6 22. g3 Be7 23. Ne4 Nd6 24. Qe2 Bb7 25. Nxd6 Bxd6 26. Ne3 Re8 27. Qc2
Bf3 28. Rc1 Ba3 29. c5 Bxb2 30. Qxb2 bxc5 31. Rxc5 Qd6 32. Qc3 h6 33. Rxc7 Rd8
34. Rc8 Ne7 35. Rxd8+ Qxd8 36. Bxa6 Nc6 37. d5 Ne7 38. Bc4 Qd6 39. Qd4 Bh5 40.
Kg2 Bg6 41. Bd3 f5 42. Nc4 Qxd5+ 43. Qxd5+ Nxd5 44. Ne5 Kh7 45. a4 Nb4 46. a5
Be8 47. Bxf5+ g6 48. Bd7 Bxd7 49. Nxd7 Na6 50. Kf3 Kg7 51. Ke4 Kf7 52. Kd5 Ke7
53. Ne5 Kf6 54. Nd3 Ke7 55. Kc6 Kd8 56. Kb7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. Bd3
Ne4 9. Rc1 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Ne5 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bb4 14. Qc2 h6
15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. e4 Bb7 17. Qxc7 Rfd8 18. Qxe7 Bxe7 19. Rcd1 Rd7 20. Bb5 Rxd1
21. Rxd1 Bxe4 22. Rd7 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Kf1 Be7 25. f3 Bd5 26. Bd4 g6 27.
Ke2 h5 28. Bd3 Kf8 29. Bb5 Kg8 30. Bd3 Kf8 31. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bg5 b5 12. Na5 Qd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nb3
Bb6 15. c4 c5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Re6 19. Nc1 bxc4 20. dxc4 Rd6
21. Rxd6 Qxd6 22. Qe3 Ba5 23. Nb3 Bb6 24. Nfd2 a5 25. a4 Qc6 26. Ra1 Rd6 27. f3
Qd7 28. Qe2 Rd3 29. Kf2 h5 30. Ra3 hxg4 31. hxg4 Kf8 32. Ke1 Rd6 33. Nc1 Ke7
34. Kd1 Qd8 35. Kc2 Qh8 36. Rd3 Rd4 37. Ncb3 Rxd3 38. Qxd3 Qe8 39. Nb1 Qxa4 40.
Nc3 Qc6 41. Nd2 a4 42. Qd5 Qe8 43. Qb7 Kf8 44. Nd5 a3 45. b3 Qd8 46. Qa6 Kg7
47. Qxa3 Qh8 48. Qa6 Qd8 49. Nb1 Qb8 50. Kb2 Qd8 51. Kc2 Qb8 52. Nd2 Qd8 53.
Qb7 Ba5 54. Qc6 Bb6 55. Nf1 Ba5 56. Qxc5 Be1 57. Qc6 Bh4 58. Nd2 Bg5 59. Nb1
Qh8 60. Qxc7 Qh2+ 61. Kc3 Qg1 62. Na3 Qe1+ 63. Kb2 Bc1+ 64. Kb1 Bxa3+ 65. Kc2
Qe2+ 66. Kc3 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. a4 a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nc3
c5 9. Nb5 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. c3 Rc8 12. Na7 Ra8 13. Nb5 Rc8 14. Na7 Ra8 15. Nb5
Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Bh2 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. e4 e5 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. a4 a6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Qb3 Nh5 16. Rad1 Nf4 17. Bc4 Re7 18. Nf1 Nf6 19. Ng5 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qxb5
h6 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. e5 Ba6 25. Bxf7+ Qxf7 26. Qxc5 Ne8 27. e6
Qc7 28. Qxc7 Nxc7 29. Rd7 Ne8 30. Ra1 Bf6 31. Ra3 Be5 32. Nd2 Nf6 33. Rf7 Bd6
34. Rxf6 Bxa3 35. bxa3 Bd3 36. Rxf4 Bf5 37. e7 Re8 38. g4 Bd7 39. Rf8+ Rxf8 40.
exf8=Q+ Kxf8 41. Kg2 Ke7 42. Kg3 Kd6 43. Kf4 Kd5 44. h4 Ba4 45. Nf3 Bc2 46. g5
h5 47. Ke3 Bb1 48. c4+ Kc5 49. Ne5 Bf5 50. f4 Bb1 51. Kd2 Kd4 52. a4 Ke4 53.
Nxg6 Kf5 54. Ne7+ Kg4 55. g6 Kxh4 56. f5 Ba2 57. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Bxf3 4. exf3 Nd7 5. f4 e6 6. g3 Ngf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8.
O-O c5 9. c4 O-O 10. d3 Rb8 11. Nd2 b5 12. Qc2 a6 13. Nf3 bxc4 14. bxc4 d4 15.
Bc1 Bd6 16. Bd2 g6 17. Qa4 Qb6 18. Ba5 Qa7 19. Rfe1 Bc7 20. Bd2 Rb2 21. Bc1 Rb4
22. Qc2 Rfb8 23. Ba3 R4b6 24. Qa4 Bd6 25. h3 Qc7 26. Rac1 Kg7 27. Qc2 Ng8 28.
Ng5 h6 29. Ne4 Ne7 30. h4 h5 31. Ng5 Nf8 32. Qa4 Nc6 33. Ne4 Nd7 34. Ng5 Nf8
35. Rcd1 Nb4 36. Bxb4 cxb4 37. Qc2 Be7 38. Qb2 Bf6 39. Ne4 Nd7 40. c5 Nxc5 41.
Nxf6 Kxf6 42. Qxd4+ Ke7 43. Rc1 Rb5 44. f5 gxf5 45. Qg7 Qd8 46. Qg5+ Kf8 47.
Qxh5 Qf6 48. Bf1 Na4 49. d4 Rd5 50. Rc7 Rxd4 51. Rxf7+ Qxf7 52. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. h4 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. h5 h6 12. g4 Qd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. g5 hxg5
15. Bxg5 f6 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Rc1 Nd4 18. Rxc5 Nxf3+ 19. exf3 Bd7 20. Rh4 Rfb8
21. b4 a6 22. Rd4 Bb5 23. Bg2 Re8 24. f4 f5 25. Bf3 Kh7 26. Bc3 Re7 27. Kd2 Rd8
28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rdxd5 Rxd5+ 30. Rxd5 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Bxd7 32. Ke3 g6 33. h6 Kxh6
34. Kd4 Kh5 35. Kc5 Kg4 36. Bd2 Kf3 37. Kb6 Bb5 38. a4 Bf1 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5
Kxf2 41. Kc6 Ke2 42. Bc1 Kd1 43. Ba3 Kd2 44. Be7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5
d4 9. Rd1 e5 10. Bg5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. a3 a5 13. Nbd2 Nxc5 14. Ne1 Bg4 15.
Bf3 d3 16. exd3 Nd4 17. Qb1 Nxf3+ 18. Ndxf3 Nb3 19. Ra2 Rad8 20. a4 Qf6 21. Ra3
Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd1 23. Qxd1 Rxd4 24. Qe2 e4 25. dxe4 Qc6 26. e5 Rxc4 27. Re3
Rxa4 28. e6 fxe6 29. Rxe6 Qc4 30. Nd3 Qd5 31. Re7 Rd4 32. Ne1 Rd2 33. Qg4 Qd4
34. Qxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxb7 Rd1 36. Re7 Rd2 37. Ra7 Rdxf2 38. Nd3 Rd2 39. Nc5 Re8
40. Kf1 Rxb2 41. Rxa5 Rxh2 42. Nd3 Rb8 43. Nf2 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. d5
Na5 9. b3 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Bb2 Rb8 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. h3 Be6 15.
Ba1 Nb7 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Kh2 Nc5 18. e4 a5 19. Nc2 Be6 20. f4 a4 21. b4 Na6 22.
b5 Nc5 23. Nb4 Bxc4 24. Nxc6 Bxb5 25. Nxd8 Bxf1 26. Bxf1 Rxd8 27. e5 Nfe4 28.
Nxe4 Nxe4 29. Qd4 Qc2+ 30. Bg2 d5 31. Qb6 Rc8 32. Rxd5 Qxa2 33. Rd8+ Rxd8 34.
Qxd8+ Bf8 35. Qd4 Nd2 36. Qb2 Qxb2 37. Bxb2 e6 38. Bc3 Nc4 39. Be4 a3 40. Bb1
Bc5 41. Kg2 Ne3+ 42. Kf3 Nd5 43. Ba1 Bb4 44. Ba2 Ne7 45. g4 h5 46. Ke4 Kg7 47.
Bb3 Bd2 48. Bd4 Bb4 49. Be3 Kf8 50. Bf2 Nc6 51. f5 gxf5+ 52. gxf5 exf5+ 53.
Kxf5 Kg7 54. Ba2 Bc3 55. Bc5 Bb4 56. Be3 Be7 57. e6 f6 58. Bd2 Bd6 59. Bc3 Ne7+
60. Ke4 Kg6 61. Bb1 f5+ 62. Kd4 Kf6 63. Ba2 Be5+ 64. Kd3 Bxc3 65. Kxc3 Ng6 66.
Kb4 Nf4 67. h4 Ng6 68. Kxa3 Nxh4 69. Kb4 Ng6 70. Kc5 Ne7 71. Kd6 f4 72. Bc4 f3
73. Kd7 Nf5 74. Bd3 f2 75. Bf1 h4 76. Bh3 Ne7 77. Kd6 Ng6 78. Kd7 Nf8+ 79. Kd6
Nxe6 80. Bf1 Nf4 81. Kc5 h3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Bb6 10. b4 e4 11. Ng5 Qd4 12. Be3 Qxb4 13. Nxe4 Bxe3 14. fxe3
Qe7 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Rac1 c6 17. Nc5 Ng4 18. e4 b6 19. Na4 Bb7 20. d4 Rad8 21.
h3 Ne5 22. e3 c5 23. Qc3 Ng6 24. d5 Ne5 25. Nb2 Ba6 26. Rf4 f6 27. Kh2 Rfe8 28.
a4 Nf7 29. Nd1 Nd6 30. Nf2 Bc8 31. Qb2 Bd7 32. Qa2 h6 33. Nd3 Kh8 34. Rcf1 Bc8
35. R1f2 Ba6 36. Nb2 Qe5 37. Qb3 Re7 38. Qc2 Rc7 39. Nd1 Bc8 40. Nb2 Ba6 41.
Bf1 Bxf1 42. Rxf1 Re8 43. Nd3 Qh5 44. e5 Nf7 45. d6 Rd7 46. Rf5 Ng5 47. h4 Qg4
48. hxg5 hxg5 49. Nf2 Qh5+ 50. Kg2 Kg8 51. Qc4+ Qf7 52. Qxf7+ Kxf7 53. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bh6 Qb6 12. h4 dxe4 13. Bxg7 e3 14. Qe1 Kxg7
15. Na4 Qc7 16. Qxe3 h5 17. Bc4 Bf5 18. Rhe1 Qg3 19. Qg5 Qc7 20. Qe3 Qg3 21.
Qg5 Qc7 22. Nc5 Rad8 23. Qe3 Qg3 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bxf7 Qxh4 26. Bb3 Nd5 27.
Qe5+ Qf6 28. Nb7 Rd7 29. Nc5 Rd8 30. Nb7 Rd7 31. Nc5 Rd6 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Qe3
Kf7 34. a3 a5 35. Ne4 Bxe4 36. Qxe4 Rd6 37. Kb1 Rd5 38. Qc4 Kg7 39. Qe4 Kf7 40.
Qc4 Kg7 41. Qe4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.18"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2017.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 a6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 a5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Nf3 Ba6 14. e4 Qb6 15.
Rfe1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. c5 Qb7 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. e5 Be7 21.
Nd4 Rd7 22. f4 Rb7 23. a3 Rcb8 24. Re3 Rb5 25. Rc3 Qc8 26. Nxb5 Rxb5 27. h3 Qd7
28. Qd2 Qb7 29. Qe3 Qd7 30. Qd4 Qb7 31. Rb1 Qa7 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 g6 34. Kh2
Kg7 35. Rcb3 Qb7 36. Qc3 Qb8 37. Kh1 Qb7 38. g4 Qc8 39. Kg2 Kh7 40. Kf3 Qd7 41.
Ke3 Bh4 42. Kd2 Be7 43. Kc2 Qc8 44. Ra1 Qd7 45. Ra4 Rb7 46. Rba3 Bf8 47. Ra8
Bg7 48. R3a6 Rc7 49. h4 Qe7 50. g5 h5 51. Rb8 Qd7 52. Rbb6 Qc8 53. Kd3 d4 54.
Qc2 Bf8 55. Qg2 Be7 56. Qa2 Qd7 57. Rb8 Rb7 58. Rxb7 Qxb7 59. Rb6 Qd7 60. Rb8
Bd8 61. Ra8 Bc7 62. Ra7 Kg7 63. Qc4 Qd8 64. Qxd4 Qb8 65. Ra3 Bd8 66. Qc4 Qb7
67. Kc2 Be7 68. Rd3 Qa7 69. Kb2 Qb7 70. Qd4 Bf8 71. Qc4 Be7 72. Ra3 Qd7 73. Kc2
Bf8 74. Qd3 Qb7 75. Ra4 Be7 76. Kd1 Kf8 77. Ke1 Kg7 78. Kf2 Kf8 79. Kg3 Kg7 80.
Kf3 Kf8 81. Ke2 Kg7 82. Kd2 Kf8 83. Kc3 Kg7 84. Ra1 Kf8 85. Ra2 Kg7 86. Qa6 Qd7
87. Rd2 Qc7 88. Qa8 Kh7 89. Kb3 Kg7 90. Kc2 Kh7 91. Qe8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Abdulla, Al Rakib"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. d5 Ne4 8. Nfd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 c6 10. Nc3 cxd5 11. cxd5 d6 12. b3 b5 13. Bb2 Qb6 14. Ne4 Bxb2 15.
Qxb2 Nd7 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. h4 Ne5 18. h5 Bc8 19. Rd4 Bg4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. f4
Bxe2 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Qxe2 Qxd4+ 24. Kh2 f6 25. Qxb5 Kg7 26. Nf2 Rh8+ 27. Kg1
Rad8 28. Rd1 Qe3 29. Qd3 Qb6 30. Rc1 Rc8 31. Rc6 Rxc6 32. dxc6 Rd8 33. Qc3 Qd4
34. Qxd4 exd4 35. Nd3 f5 36. Nc5 Kf6 37. c7 Rc8 38. Na6 d3 39. Kf2 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Abdulla, Al Rakib"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8.
e4 b4 9. Na4 Bb7 10. Be3 c5 11. Nd2 Ng4 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Be7
15. d6 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qe2+ Nge5 18. Rc4 O-O 19. f4 Qh4+ 20. g3 Qd8 21.
fxe5 Bxh1 22. Bh3 Nxe5 23. Bxc8 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 Qe8+ 25. Kd1 Qxa4+ 26. b3 Qc6 27.
d7 Qd6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Re8 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. Nf1 g6
15. Bg5 Kg7 16. Qd2 f6 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Nd6 19. h4 Qf7 20. Re1 Re8 21.
Rxe8 Bxe8 22. Ne3 Ne7 23. b3 b5 24. Nd2 Qe6 25. b4 Bf7 26. g4 h6 27. Qg3 g5 28.
h5 Bg8 29. Nb3 Bh7 30. Nc5 Qf7 31. Be2 Nec8 32. f4 Nb6 33. f5 Qe7 34. Ne6+ Kh8
35. Bd3 Bg8 36. Nc5 Bf7 37. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Qc8 11. O-O c5 12. Nb5 Qb7 13. Bd6 Rfd8 14. Bxe7
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Re1 Na6 8. a3
c6 9. e4 d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Nc7 13. h4 Rc8 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. Qd3
Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Nb8 17. h5 h6 18. Bf4 Nc6 19. g4 Ba6 20. Qe3 Ne7 21. Kh2 Kh7 22.
Bh3 Rh8 23. Rg1 Kg8 24. a4 Qd7 25. b3 Rh7 26. Rac1 Nc6 27. Na2 Ne7 28. Nb4 Bb7
29. Bf1 Kf8 30. Bd3 Rh8 31. Bg3 a5 32. Na2 Ra8 33. Bh4 Ba6 34. Bb1 Ne8 35. Nc3
Rc8 36. Ne2 Rxc1 37. Rxc1 Nc6 38. f4 Nc7 39. Qc3 Bb7 40. Bd3 Qe8 41. Ng3 Kg8
42. f5 Nb4 43. Qxc7 Nxd3 44. Rc3 Ba6 45. Qxb6 Nb4 46. Qxa5 Qb8 47. Be7 Na2 48.
Rf3 Qb7 49. f6 Kh7 50. Qd2 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qc1 b6 8. c4
Ba6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Rd1 e6 11. Nc3 c6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qc7 17. Qg5 c5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. h4 Rfe8 20. Rd6 Qe7 21.
Qf4 Rab8 22. Rad1 Rb7 23. h5 g5 24. Qe4 h6 25. b3 Rc7 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. R1d2 Rg8
28. R2d3 Qe8 29. Kh2 Qa8 30. Qe2 Qb7 31. a4 a6 32. Qg4 b5 33. Rf3 bxa4 34. bxa4
a5 35. Rf6 Rd7 36. Rxd7 Qxd7 37. f4 Qd2+ 38. Kh3 Kf8 39. Rxh6 Qf2 40. fxg5 Qf1+
41. Kh4 Qh1+ 42. Qh3 Qe4+ 43. Qg4 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. d3 Bd6 8. exd4
cxd4 9. a3 a5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Ne4 Bc7 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Qxb4 17. Rb1 Qe7 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 O-O 20. Nc3 Rd8 21.
Qe3 Ba5 22. Nb5 b6 23. d4 Ba6 24. d5 Qf6 25. dxe6 Qxe6 26. Bd5 Qxe3 27. fxe3
Bxb5 28. Rxb5 h5 29. Kf2 g6 30. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 c6 7. Nxe5 O-O (7...
d5 {is the other line, for example:} 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. Bb3 Re8 11.
Bf4 Bd6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxe5 15. Qh5 Bf5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17.
Qxf7+ Qxf7 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxe5 $14 {Bruzon Batista-Baryshpolets, Merida
2015, and White has a promising endgame.}) 8. Nxf7 $1 {The best move!} ({
In the event of} 8. O-O d6 (8... d5 $5) 9. Nxf7 Rxf7 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {
transposes to the game (8.Nxf7).}) 8... Rxf7 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Be3 $1 $146 {
A logical novelty by Fedoseev.} (10. O-O d6 11. Na4 (11. Kh1 Kg8 (11... a6 $5)
12. Na4 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. c3 Ne6 15. d4 Bb6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Qe1 Bg6 18. Be3
b5 $13 {Adams-Hebden, Islington op 1991}) 11... Bg4 12. Qd2 Ne2+ 13. Kh1 Nxc1
14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Qxc1 (15. Raxc1 $2 {could have been met by} Nxe4 $1) 15...
Qd4 16. Qf4 Kg8 $44 {Iv. Saric-M. Petrosyan, Moscow 2017}) 10... Ne6 $2 {
A mistake, which allows White's following attack.} (10... d6 11. Na4 $1 $14 {
is slightly better for White.}) ({Still} 10... d5 $5 {was the most ambitious
reply,} 11. h3 (11. O-O Bg4 $13) 11... Ne6 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. e5 Ne8 14. O-O g6
$44 {followed by ...Ng7 with some compensation.}) 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. e5 $1 {
This is the point! White has gained some space and Black can't finish the
development easily.} Ne8 13. d4 Ne6 14. O-O ({The immediate} 14. f4 $16 {
was also fine for White.}) 14... d6 15. f4 $1 {White has a strong centre,
moreover the black king is also slightly weak.} dxe5 16. fxe5+ Kg8 17. d5 $1 {
Another strong continuation! White doesn't stop!} cxd5 18. Nxd5 N8c7 19. c4 $1
{Keep the tension! Black can't remove the strong d5-knight.} Bd7 20. Qg4 (20.
Qf3 $5 {was also good,} Qe8 21. Rad1 $16 {and White is better.}) 20... Nf8 21.
Qf3 Ng6 22. Rad1 (22. Nxc7 $6 {was a trap,} Qxc7 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. e6 $2 Qb6+ {
and Black wins the e-pawn.}) 22... Ne6 23. h4 $1 {Another great move! White
continues the pressure, the h-pawn is not so important for him.} ({The
immediate} 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. Nf6 $2 {is a blunder, because of} Nxe5 $19 {
and suddenly Black is winning.}) 23... Nxh4 24. Qf7+ Kh8 25. Nf6 $1 {This is
the point of White's 23rd move!} Qb6+ 26. Rf2 ({Still White has to be careful,
because} 26. Kh1 $2 Qxb2 $19 {is winning immediately for Black!}) 26... Ba4 27.
Rd6 ({Probably} 27. Nd5 $1 $18 {was the strongest reply!}) 27... Ng5 $1 {
The best practical chance yet.} 28. Qe7 Nf5 29. Rxb6 Nxe7 30. Rxb7 Ng6 31. Nh5
Ne6 32. Rff7 Be8 33. Rxa7 Rd8 34. Rf1 Kg8 ({In the event of} 34... Nxe5 35.
Nxg7 $1 $18 {is winning for White.}) 35. Ng3 h5 (35... Nxe5 36. Re7 Bd7 37. Rd1
$1 $18 {with unpleasant pins for Black.}) 36. Nf5 Kh7 37. b4 h4 38. b5 Rd2 39.
Nd6 h3 40. gxh3 Bd7 41. Rxd7 Ng5 42. Rf5 Nh4 43. Rxg7+ {What a brilliant
victory by Fedoseev!} 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8.
Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. a3 O-O 11. g3 Be6 12. Bg2 Qd7 13. Ncd5 Bd8 14. O-O Bxd5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Bb6 17. c3 Rac8 18. Bd2 Ne7 19. Qb3 Kh8 20. a4 Rc4 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Ra6 Rb8 23. Rfa1 Ng8 24. Qc2 Nf6 25. Qd3 h6 26. Qe2 Ra4 27. b4
Rxa1+ 28. Rxa1 Ne8 29. Bf1 Nc7 30. Be3 Qc6 31. Bxb6 Rxb6 32. Qe3 Kg8 33. Ra5
Rb8 34. Be2 Rd8 35. Qd3 g6 36. h4 h5 37. Bf3 Kg7 38. Qe3 Rb8 39. Be2 Ne8 40.
Qd3 Nf6 41. Bf3 Rc8 42. Ra3 Qb6 43. Ra1 Rc4 44. Re1 Qa6 45. Re3 Qc6 46. Kh2 Kf8
47. Kg1 Ke7 48. Kg2 Kf8 49. Kg1 Kg8 50. Kh2 Kh7 51. Qd2 Qa6 52. Be2 Rc7 53. Kg2
Kg7 54. Bf3 Qc6 55. Qd3 Rc8 56. Kh2 Ra8 57. Qd2 Ra1 58. Kg2 Qc4 59. Qe2 Qb3 60.
Rd3 d5 61. exd5 e4 62. Bxe4 Qb1 63. Kh3 Ra2 64. Rd4 Qg1 65. Qxa2 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. c4 d6 7. O-O e5 8. Nc3
O-O 9. e3 Re8 10. d3 Rb8 11. Ne1 a6 12. Nc2 Bg4 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. Nd5 Bh3 15. Nb6
Qe6 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 Ne4 18. dxe4 Bxg2 19. Qxg2 Bxb2 20. Rad1 Bg7 21. f5
Qxe4 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rxd6 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Rbd8 25. Rfd1 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Rd8 27.
Rd7 f5 28. Ne1 Bh6 29. Kf2 f4 30. e4 Re8 31. Nd5 Bg7 32. Rxb7 Rxe4 33. Nf3 Nd4
34. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. b4 Nd7 8. a4 g5
9. a5 Bg7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nb3 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Nc5 Nxc5 14. bxc5 Ng6 15.
Be3 Qc7 16. c4 a6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Kg7 20. Rfe1 Rae8 21. h3
Qd7 22. Bd2 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8 Qxe8 25. Qf5 Ne7 26. Qg4 Qc8 27. Qh5
Qf5 28. Qe8 Qc8 29. Qh5 Qf5 30. Qe8 Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Bf4
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qxc3 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Rxc4 e5 13. Bg3 O-O 14. O-O Re8
15. Qc2 exd4 16. Nb3 Qb6 17. Rxd4 Ne5 18. Be2 Qc7 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. h3 b6 21.
Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxc6 Bf5 23. g4 Rec8 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Bc2 26. R1d4 Ne4 27.
Rd7 Bxb3 28. Rxe4 Bxa2 29. Ra4 Be6 30. Rdxa7 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 h5 32. gxh5 Bxh3 33.
Rb7 Rc6 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Bd3+ Kh6 36. Rh8+ Kg5 37. Rh7 Be6 38. Rxg7+ Kxh5 39.
Rg8 Rc8 40. Rg7 Kh6 41. Rh7+ Kg5 42. f4+ Kf6 43. Kf2 Ke7 44. Rh6 Rd8 45. Bf1
Rd6 46. e4 Bd7 47. Rh5 Rd4 48. Ke3 Rb4 49. Bd3 Rb3 50. Kd4 Rb4+ 51. Kc3 Ra4 52.
Rh6 Ra3+ 53. Kd4 Ra4+ 54. Ke3 b5 55. f5 Ra3 56. Kd4 f6 57. Rh7+ Ke8 58. Be2 Ra2
59. Bh5+ Kd8 60. Bf7 Ra4+ 61. Kd5 b4 62. Kd6 Ra6+ 63. Kc5 Ra5+ 64. Kd4 Bc6 65.
Bc4 Re5 66. Bd3 b3 67. Rh2 Ra5 68. Kc3 Re5 69. Rh4 Ke7 70. Kxb3 Kd6 71. Kc3 Kc5
72. Bc2 Re7 73. Kd3 Ra7 74. Ke3 Kd6 75. Kf4 Ra1 76. Rh6 Rf1+ 77. Ke3 Ke5 78.
Rh7 Re1+ 79. Kf3 Rf1+ 80. Ke2 Rc1 81. Bd3 Kd4 82. Rh8 Ra1 83. Rd8+ Ke5 84. Rc8
Kd6 85. Kf3 Ra3 86. Rd8+ Ke5 87. Kg4 Ra8 88. Rxa8 Bxa8 89. Kf3 Bc6 90. Ke3 Bb7
91. Bc2 Bc6 92. Bd3 Bb7 93. Bc2 Bc6 94. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 d4 12. e4 Na6 13. O-O Nc5 14. Nf3
Bg4 15. a3 Ba5 16. b4 Ne6 17. Bg3 Bc7 18. e5 Ng5 19. h4 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Be6 21.
Re1 Qd7 22. f4 Bb6 23. Qh5 g6 24. Qh6 Bf5 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. h5 Qh3 27. f5 d3
28. Qg5 h6 29. Qh4 Qxf5 30. Kg2 Rad8 31. Re4 d2 32. Rd1 g5 33. Qg4 Qxg4 34.
Rxg4 Rfe8 35. Kf1 Bc7 36. e6 Bxg3 37. exf7+ Kxf7 38. Rxg3 Re5 39. Rc3 g4 40.
Rc7+ Kf6 41. Rxb7 Rxh5 42. Kg2 Re5 43. Kf1 h5 44. b5 Re7 45. Rxe7 Kxe7 46. a4
Rd5 47. Ke2 h4 48. a5 Kd7 49. b6 axb6 50. axb6 h3 0-1

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. Bg5
Bh2+ 15. Kh1 Be5 16. Rad1 h6 17. Bh4 Nd7 18. c3 Bf6 19. Bg3 Be5 20. Bc2 Nf6 21.
Qd3 Bd7 22. Rde1 Bf4 23. Qf3 e5 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Bb3 Rfe8 26. Qd3 Kf8 27. Kg1
Rad8 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rd1 g6 30. Nf3 Kg7 31. c4 Bc6 32. Nd4 Qe5 33. Bc2 Be4
34. Qc3 Bxc2 35. Qxc2 Qa5 36. Qb1 Ne4 37. b4 Qe5 38. Qd3 Qf6 39. c5 h5 40. Rc1
Ng5 41. h4 Ne4 42. Nf3 Qb2 43. Qd4+ Qxd4 44. Nxd4 Rd8 45. Nb3 Rd3 46. Na5 Nc3
47. Rc2 Nd5 48. Nxb7 Nxb4 49. Rc4 Nc6 50. Rxf4 Ra3 51. Nd6 f5 52. Rf3 Rxa2 53.
Rb3 Rc2 54. Rb7+ Kf6 55. Rb6 Rxc5 56. Rxa6 Ke7 57. Nb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Ngf6 8.
d3 Bc5 9. h3 Bh5 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 O-O 12. Qe2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne5 14. Rd1 Qb6
15. Bg2 Bd4 16. Bd2 Rfd8 17. Be1 Nc6 18. Kh2 e5 19. f4 Re8 20. Nb5 exf4 21.
gxf4 Be3 22. Bd2 Nd5 23. Nd6 Bxf4+ 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. Qf3 g5 26. Nxe8 Rxe8 27.
Qg3 h6 28. Rd2 Ne5 29. Rad1 Nc4 30. Rd7 Qxb2 31. Rf1 Ne5 32. Rd6 Neg6 33. Rf2
Qe5 34. Rd7 Rc8 35. Rxb7 h5 36. Kh1 Rc3 37. Rf3 Rc2 38. Rf2 Rc3 39. Rf3 h4 40.
Qe1 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.09.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Bf5 6. Ne2 e6 7. O-O Nb6 8. Bb3
c5 9. Be3 c4 10. Bxc4 Nxc4 11. Qa4+ Nd7 12. Qxc4 Rc8 13. Qa4 Bc2 14. Qxa7 Bd3
15. Nbc3 Ba6 16. d5 Nxe5 17. Rfd1 Nd3 18. dxe6 Bd6 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Qd4 Re8
21. Qd5+ Kf8 22. Qf5+ Kg8 23. Bg5 Qc7 24. Qd5+ Kh8 25. Rxd3 Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 Bc4
27. Qd7 h6 28. g3 hxg5 29. Qxc7 Rxc7 30. Rd2 Rf7 31. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qc1 Bf5 14. Bxf6 Nc2+ 15.
Ke2 Nd4+ 16. Ke1 Nc2+ 17. Ke2 Nd4+ 18. Ke1 Nc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 Nd7 7. O-O h6 8. Nbd2 g5
9. Re1 Qc7 10. Nf1 Bh7 11. Ng3 Nf5 12. Bd3 Nxg3 13. Bxh7 Rxh7 14. fxg3 Be7 15.
Qd3 Rg7 16. a4 O-O-O 17. a5 c5 18. Be3 h5 19. Rf1 Kb8 20. Qd2 Rdg8 21. b4 c4
22. Rae1 Qd8 23. Re2 Ka8 24. Ne1 f6 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Nf3 Ne4 27. Qc2 Rf7 28.
Rfe1 Bd6 29. Nd2 Nf6 30. Nf3 Ne4 31. Nd2 Nf6 32. Nf3 Ne4 33. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. d3 a6 6. Nge2 d6 7. h3 Be6 8. f4 h6
9. f5 Bd7 10. b3 Nd4 11. Bb2 Bc6 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qe2 b5 14. Nd1 Nd7 15. c3
Bb6 16. Nf2 a5 17. O-O b4 18. Kh2 bxc3 19. Bxc3 h5 20. Nd1 Nf6 21. Ne3 Bb5 22.
Qd2 c6 23. Rfe1 Qc7 24. Kh1 Rd8 25. Nc2 O-O 26. a4 Ba6 27. b4 axb4 28. Nxb4 Ra8
29. Bf3 Bc5 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Rfb8 32. g5 Nh7 33. g6 Nf6 34. Nxa6 Rxa6 35.
Reb1 Rxb1+ 36. Rxb1 Rxa4 37. Bd1 Ra8 38. Bb3 d5 39. Qh2 Re8 40. Bd2 fxg6 41.
fxg6 Qd7 42. Rf1 Rb8 43. Rb1 Re8 44. Qh4 Qg4 45. Qxg4 Nxg4 46. exd5 cxd5 47.
Bxd5+ Kf8 48. Rb5 Bd6 49. Kg2 Nf6 50. Bf7 Rc8 51. Bg5 Rb8 52. Ra5 e4 53. dxe4
Nxe4 54. Be3 Nf6 55. Bd4 Be7 56. Kf3 Rd8 57. Be5 Bd6 58. Bxf6 gxf6 59. Rh5 f5
60. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nbd2
Qc7 9. Nb3 g5 10. Ne1 c5 11. Bh5 Bg6 12. f4 c4 13. Nd2 gxf4 14. Rxf4 Bg7 15.
Nf1 O-O 16. Ng3 Kh7 17. Rh4 Qd8 18. Nf3 Bd3 19. Bg4 Rh8 20. Nh5 Kg8 21. Rh3 Ng6
22. Be3 Qe7 23. Qd2 Bf8 24. Nf4 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Bg7 26. Re1 Be4 27. Bxh6 Bxh6 28.
Rxh6 Kg7 29. Rxh8 Rxh8 30. Ng5 Bd3 31. g3 Nf8 32. h4 Nh7 33. Nh3 Rg8 34. Kh2
Kh8 35. Bh5 Qf8 36. Nf4 Bf5 37. Qe3 f6 38. Rf1 Qh6 39. Be2 Qg7 40. Nxd5 fxe5
41. dxe5 b5 42. Nf4 Qh6 43. Bh5 Rd8 44. Rd1 Rxd1 45. Bxd1 Ng5 46. Qxa7 Ne4 47.
Qa8+ Kh7 48. Bf3 Ng5 49. Qa7+ Kh8 50. Qa8+ Kh7 51. Qb7+ Kh8 52. Qb8+ Kh7 53.
Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be6 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. a4 b6 11. Bb5 Na5 12. d4 e4 13. c4 Ne7 14. d5 Bg4 15.
Ba6 c6 16. h3 Bc8 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. d6 Ng6 19. c5 Nb7 20. Be3 bxc5 21. a5 Qd7
22. a6 Nxd6 23. Bxc5 Rfd8 24. Ng3 Qe6 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Qg4 c5 27. Qxe4 Rxa6
28. Qxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxa7 Ne7 30. Rd1 g6 31. c3 Nc6 32. Rb7 Na5 33. Ra7 Nc6 34.
Ra6 h5 35. Ra4 Rce8 36. Nf1 Kg7 37. Ne3 Re5 38. Ra6 Ne7 39. Nc4 Re2 40. Ne3 Rb8
41. Ra5 Rbb2 42. Rf1 Ng8 43. Rxc5 Nf6 44. Re5 Nd7 45. Rd5 Nf6 46. Rd4 Ra2 47.
c4 Ra5 48. Rc1 Rc5 49. Ra1 Rb2 50. Ra7 Rb1+ 51. Kh2 Rb2 52. Rf4 Rb6 53. h4 Re6
54. Nd5 Rec6 55. Ne3 Re6 56. Kg3 Ne4+ 57. Kf3 Nd6 58. Rd7 Kf8 59. Rd4 Rc6 60.
Ra7 Kg7 61. g3 Rf6+ 62. Ke2 Re6 63. Kd3 Rf6 64. Rf4 Re6 65. Rd7 Kf8 66. Ra7 Ke8
67. Nd5 Re1 68. Nf6+ Kf8 69. Ra8+ Ke7 70. Nd5+ Kd7 71. Ra7+ Ke8 72. Ne3 Rb1 73.
Rd4 Nb7 74. Ra8+ Ke7 75. Kc2 Re1 76. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.11.10"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 h5 8. Bc4
Qc7 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Be7 11. O-O-O Na5 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. g3 b5 14. h3 b4 15.
Nce2 e5 16. Nf5 Nxb3 17. cxb3 Bxf5 18. exf5 Qb7 19. Rhf1 d5 20. f4 d4 21. Bg1
Ne4 22. Qe1 f6 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Nc1 O-O 25. g4 a5 26. Bh2 Bd6 27. Qe2 h4 28.
Rde1 Ng3 29. Bxg3 hxg3 30. Qe4 Qxe4+ 31. Rxe4 g6 32. Nd3 g2 33. Rg1 gxf5 34.
gxf5 Rxf5 35. Rxg2+ Kf7 36. Rge2 Kf6 37. Nf2 Rc8 38. h4 Rf3 39. Rg4 Re3 40. Re4
Rxe2 41. Rxe2 Kf5 42. Ne4 Be7 43. Ng3+ Ke6 44. h5 Bg5 45. Rc2 Rf8 46. a4 Kd5
47. Rc7 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C32"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.11.10"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. f4 d5 5. exd5 e4 6. d4 exd3 7. cxd3 O-O 8. d4
Re8+ 9. Nge2 Bd6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. h3 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bf8 13. f5 Nfxd5 14. Nf4 c6
15. Nfxd5 Nxd5 16. Qg4 Nf6 17. Qh4 h6 18. Rf3 b5 19. Rg3 Re1+ 20. Kh2 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Bd6 22. Ne4 Bxg3+ 23. Nxg3 Qd6 24. Rf1 Bd7 25. Qf4 Qxf4 26. Rxf4 Re8 27.
Kg1 a5 28. a3 Re3 29. Rf3 Rxf3 30. gxf3 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ne8 32. Bc2 Nd6 33. Bd3 f6
34. b4 a4 35. h4 Be8 36. Nf1 Ke7 37. Ne3 Bf7 38. Ke2 Kd7 39. Kd2 Bd5 40. Nxd5
cxd5 41. h5 Kc6 42. Ke3 Nc8 43. Kd2 Nb6 44. Ke3 Nc4+ 45. Bxc4 dxc4 46. Kd2 Kd6
47. Kc2 Kc6 48. Kd2 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.11.10"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 h5 8. Qd2
Be7 9. Be2 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 d5 12. e5 Nfd7 13. f4 Nc5 14. O-O Ne4 15. Qe1
Qb6 16. c3 Nc6 17. a5 Nxa5 18. Nxb4 Bc5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. b4 Nc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4
22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. f5 h4 24. Qe2 h3 25. Qg4 Qb2 26. Bf2 Qb7 27. Nf3 Nb3 28. Rfb1
O-O 29. Qxc4 hxg2 30. Ng5 Nd2 31. Qd3 Qd7 32. Bd4 Nxb1 33. e6 fxe6 34. Qh3 Rxf5
35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Qxg7+ Ke8 38. Qg8+ Ke7 39. Rxb1 Rf1+ 40. Rxf1
gxf1=Q+ 41. Kxf1 Qb5+ 42. Kf2 Qb2+ 43. Ke3 Qc1+ 44. Ke2 Qc2+ 45. Ke3 Qc1+ 46.
Ke2 Qc2+ 47. Ke3 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.11.10"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. b4 b6
9. h3 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Qc8 13. Qc2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qb7 15. Nd2
Rfe8 16. Rfc1 Bd8 17. Rab1 axb4 18. axb4 Bc7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. Nb3 b5 21. f4
Ra3 22. Qc2 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Nf6 25. Qc2 Nd5 26. Qd2 Rea8 27. Ra1
R8a4 28. Rxa3 Rxa3 29. e4 Nxf4 30. Rc3 g5 31. h4 Qe7 32. g3 Nh5 33. hxg5 hxg5
34. Qb2 Ra4 35. Na5 Nf6 36. Ra3 Qc7 37. d5 exd5 38. Qxf6 Rxa3 39. e5 Rxa5 40.
bxa5 Qxa5 41. Qxg5+ Kf8 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Qg5+ Kf8 44. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2017.11.10"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 h5 8. Qd2
Be7 9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rad1 b6 12. f4 Bb7 13. Bf3 Ng4 14. Kh1 Nxe3 15.
Qxe3 b5 16. a3 Rb8 17. h3 Nb6 18. Qc1 g6 19. Rd3 e5 20. Nde2 Nd7 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. Rxd5 Rc8 23. Nc3 Nb6 24. Rd3 Kf8 25. Be2 Kg7 26. f5 Bf6 27. fxg6 fxg6 28.
Rdf3 Rcf8 29. Qe3 Be7 30. Bd3 Qc5 31. Qe2 Rxf3 32. Rxf3 Rf8 33. Rxf8 Bxf8 34.
h4 Be7 35. g3 Bd8 36. Kg2 Nd7 37. Nd5 Nf6 38. b4 Qa7 39. Nxf6 Bxf6 40. c4 bxc4
41. Bxc4 a5 42. b5 Qc5 43. a4 Bd8 44. Bb3 Bb6 45. Qf3 Qg1+ 46. Kh3 Qf2 47. Qxf2
Bxf2 48. Kg2 Bb6 49. Kf3 g5 50. hxg5 Kg6 51. Be6 Kxg5 52. Ke2 Kf6 53. Bd7 d5
54. exd5 e4 55. Be8 Bc7 56. Kf2 Ke5 57. Bxh5 Kxd5 58. g4 Bf4 59. Bg6 Bg5 60.
Ke2 Bd8 61. Be8 Ke5 62. Bd7 Kf4 63. Bf5 Bb6 64. Kd2 Bd4 65. Kc2 e3 66. Bd3 Kxg4
67. Be2+ Kf4 68. Kd3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G20"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.10"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.11.10"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Nh3 h6 12. Bh4 c5 13. O-O d5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Bc2 Ncd7 16. b3 b5 17. Qb2 bxc4 18. bxc4 Ba6 19. cxd5 Bxf1 20. dxe6 Qb6 21.
exf7+ Kh8 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Nf4 Rxf7 24. Bg6 Bc4 25. Bxf7 Bxf7 26. Bf2 g5 27.
Ne2 g4 28. e4 gxf3 29. gxf3 Ne5 30. Nd4 Bh5 31. Bg3 Nd3 32. Rb1 Nd7 33. Rb3
Rc1+ 34. Kg2 N3c5 35. Re3 Kh7 36. Re1 Rc4 37. Bf2 Ne5 38. Rb1 Ncd7 39. Rb3 Bf7
40. Rb2 Nd3 41. Rd2 N7e5 42. Kg3 Rc3 43. Rc2 Rxc2 44. Nxc2 b5 45. Bd4 Nc4 46.
Bc3 Bg6 47. Bb4 Kg8 48. Nd4 Be8 49. f4 Kf7 50. e5 Bd7 51. Kf3 h5 52. Ke4 Nf2+
53. Kd5 Ne3+ 54. Kd6 Ke8 55. e6 Nc4+ 56. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 h5 8. Qd2
Be7 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. g3 b5 12. a3 Rc8 13. Kb1 Na5 14. h3 g6 15. g4
e5 16. Nb3 Be6 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. g5 Nd7 19. Nd5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Nc5
22. h4 O-O 23. c3 Ne6 24. Bd1 f6 25. Rd2 fxg5 26. Bb3 Rc4 27. Bxg5 Nxg5 28.
hxg5 Rxf3 29. a4 Kg7 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Rd5 Rf8 32. Ka2 Rb8 33. Rg1 Kf7 34. Rd2
Ke6 35. Rf2 Rh8 36. Kb1 h4 37. Kc2 h3 38. Rh2 Rh4 39. Rg3 Rxe4 40. Rhxh3 d5 41.
Rh6 Kf5 42. Rh7 Bxg5 43. Rf7+ Bf6 44. a5 Re2+ 45. Kd1 Rf2 46. Ke1 Rf4 47. Rg2
d4 48. Ra7 d3 49. Rxa6 e4 50. Rc6 e3 51. Rc5+ Ke6 52. Rc6+ Kd7 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
e3 Ne7 9. Bd3 b6 10. Nf3 Ba6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. e4 Nd7 14. Rfe1 Rfe8
15. Rac1 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Qd5 17. Nc3 Qd6 18. Qc4 Nf6 19. Ne5 Rf8 20. g4 Rac8 21.
h3 Nfd5 22. Ne4 Qh6 23. Qb3 Nf4 24. Kh2 Ned5 25. Qg3 f6 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Nxc6
f5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 a6 12. Nd2 b5 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Bg5 Be6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rac8 19. Bd3 Nb4 20. Bxh7+ Kh8
21. Qd1 Nxd5 22. Qh5 Bg5 23. Be4+ Qh6 24. Qxh6+ Bxh6 25. Bxd5 Rcd8 26. e4 f5
27. Nc5 fxe4 28. Bxe4 Rxf2 29. Nd3 Rf6 30. Ne5 Re8 31. Ng6+ Kg8 32. Bc2 Re2 33.
Bd3 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
Ng3 Be6 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O Nc6 12. a3 d4 13. Na4 Be7 14. e4 Nd7
15. Nf5 Nde5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rc1 Rad8 18. Re1 b6 19. b4 Qf6 20. Bg3 Nxd3 21.
Qxd3 Ne5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Nb2 Rc8 24. Rcd1 Rfd8 25. g3 Qf6 26. e5 Qf5 27. Qxf5
Bxf5 28. Nd3 Rc3 29. Nf4 Rxa3 30. e6 fxe6 31. Nxe6 Bxe6 32. Rxe6 Rd7 33. Re4 d3
34. Kf1 Ra4 35. Ke1 a5 36. Rb1 h6 37. h4 Rd5 38. Kd2 Ra2+ 39. Ke1 Rb5 40. Rd1
Ra4 41. Rxd3 Raxb4 42. Re8+ Kf7 43. Rde3 Rb1+ 44. Ke2 R5b2+ 45. Kf3 Rb3 46.
R8e7+ Kg6 47. h5+ Kh7 48. Ra7 Rxe3+ 49. fxe3 Rb4 50. e4 a4 51. e5 Kg8 52. e6
Kf8 53. g4 b5 54. Rf7+ Ke8 55. Rxg7 a3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 h5 8. Qd2
Be7 9. Be2 Bd7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Nb3 Rc8 12. a5 O-O 13. O-O Ne5 14. Rfd1 h4 15. h3
Ng6 16. f4 Rxc3 17. Qxc3 Nxe4 18. Qd3 Ng3 19. Bf3 Qc8 20. Nc5 Bc6 21. Bxc6 Qxc6
22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qxg6 Rf6 24. Qd3 Nf5 25. Bf2 Rg6 26. Qf1 d5 27. c3 Bd6 28.
Bd4 Qc7 29. Bb6 Qb8 30. Ra4 Qe8 31. Ra2 Qb8 32. Ra4 Qe8 33. Ra2 Qc6 34. Rd3 Qc4
35. b3 Qxb3 36. Rf2 Ng3 37. Qd1 Qxd1+ 38. Rxd1 Bxf4 39. Rb1 e5 40. Rd1 Rc6 41.
Rxd5 Rxc3 42. Rd1 Kh7 43. Rb2 Ra3 44. Re1 Kg6 45. Bd8 Kh5 46. Rxb7 g5 47. Rh7+
Kg6 48. Rb7 Be3+ 49. Kh2 Bf4 50. Bb6 e4 51. Kg1 Bd2 52. Rd1 e3 53. Rd7 Ra2 54.
Rd3 e2 55. R3xd2 Rxd2 56. Re1 Ra2 57. Kf2 Kf5 58. Bc7 Ne4+ 59. Kf3 Nd2+ 60.
Kxe2 Ne4+ 61. Kf1 Rf2+ 62. Kg1 Rc2 63. Bb6 Ng3 64. Rd1 Ke4 65. Ba7 Ne2+ 66. Kh2
Nf4 67. Rg1 Ra2 68. Bb6 g4 69. hxg4 h3 70. Bc7 Rxg2+ 71. Rxg2 Nxg2 72. Kxh3 Ne3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. g4
Nxg4 9. Qxd5 Qc8 10. a3 Nf6 11. Qg2 O-O 12. Bc4 Na5 13. Ba2 c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5
15. Nge2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Nd4 Bg6 18. Qxb7 Rfe8 19. Qb5 Qc8 20. Qc6 Qh3
21. Qf3 Qd7 22. O-O Bf8 23. Bg3 Ne4 24. Rfd1 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Qc8 26. a4 Be4 27.
Qe2 Qxc3 28. Nb5 Qc6 29. Nc7 Bf3 30. Qb5 Qxb5 31. axb5 Bxd1 32. Nxa8 Rxa8 33.
Rxd1 Bc5 34. Rd7 f6 35. Kg2 Re8 36. Bd6 Bxd6 37. Rxd6 Rb8 38. Rd7 Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 g6 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Be2 Qc7 13. c4 a5 14. Rc1 a4 15.
Na1 Qa5 16. Nc2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Rxh6 19. Ne3 Ke7 20. h4 Rhh8 21.
Rhf1 Nc5 22. Nd1 Ne8 23. Nc3 Ng7 24. Rh1 Nf5 25. Rce1 Nd4 26. Bd1 f5 27. f4 Kf6
28. g3 Rhb8 29. fxe5+ dxe5 30. d6 Ke6 31. d7 Kd6 32. Re3 e4 33. Nd5 Nxd7 34.
Kc3 Kc5 35. b4+ axb3 36. axb3 Ra3 37. Kb2 Rba8 38. b4+ Kxc4 39. Rxa3 Rxa3 40.
Kxa3 Kxd5 41. Re1 Kc4 42. Kb2 Ne5 43. Bc2 Nd3+ 44. Bxd3+ Kxd3 45. Rd1+ Ke3 46.
Kc3 Ne2+ 47. Kc4 b5+ 48. Kc5 Nxg3 49. Kxb5 f4 50. Kc5 Ne2 51. Kc4 f3 52. b5 f2
53. b6 Nd4 54. b7 Nc6 55. Kd5 Nb8 56. Rf1 Ke2 57. Rxf2+ Kxf2 58. Kxe4 Kg3 59.
Ke5 Kxh4 60. Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G10"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.11"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.11.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Ne2 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nbc3 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Qd2 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Nf5 14. Bh3
Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qd6 16. Nf4 Bh6 17. Rac1 Rae8 18. Rc5 Bxf4 19. Rxf4 b6 20. Rc3 f5
21. Bg2 Ne7 22. Rf1 Rc8 23. Rfc1 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8 26. Qc3 Ne7
27. Kf2 Kf7 28. Ke2 Qd7 29. Kd2 Ng8 30. Kc2 Nf6 31. Kb3 Ke6 32. a4 a5 33. Bf1
Ne4 34. Qc2 Nd6 35. Ba6 Ke7 36. Ka2 Kd8 37. Qb3 Qc6 38. Bf1 Ke7 39. Bg2 Ke6 40.
Bf1 Ne4 41. Bb5 Qc7 42. Bd3 Nd6 43. g4 fxg4 44. e4 Qc6 45. e5 Nf5 46. Bxf5+
gxf5 47. Qe3 Qxa4+ 48. Kb1 Kd7 49. Qh6 Qd1+ 50. Ka2 Qa4+ 51. Kb1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. e3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Ra2 Be7 11. b4 Qd8 12. h3 b6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Be2 Be6 15.
Ng5 Rc8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Ba6 Bxb4 18. Bxc8 Qxc8 19. O-O Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Ne4 21.
Qc1 Qd7 22. Rc2 Nc5 23. Rd1 Na5 24. Rxc5 bxc5 25. Qxc5 Nc6 26. Bg3 Rc8 27. Qb5
Ne5 28. Qa6 Nc4 29. Rb1 Nb6 30. Be5 Rc6 31. Bd4 Qc7 32. f4 h6 33. Kh2 Rc2 34.
Bxb6 axb6 35. Rxb6 Qc3 36. Rb8+ Kf7 37. Rb7+ Kf6 38. Qa8 Kf5 39. Qf8+ Ke4 40.
Rxg7 Qxe3 41. Qf6 Qxf4+ 42. Qxf4+ Kxf4 43. a4 d4 44. Rd7 e5 45. Rd6 Ra2 46. h4
h5 47. Rf6+ Ke3 48. Rf5 e4 49. Rxh5 d3 50. Rd5 Kd2 51. h5 e3 52. h6 Rxa4 53.
Kg3 e2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Bb7 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Ne2 Re8 13. f4 Ne4 14. Ng3 Nf8 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bc4 Re7 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh6 Bxe5 19. dxe5 b5 20. Rad1 Qe8 21. f5
bxc4 22. f6 Ne6 23. Rf4 Qf8 24. Qxf8+ Kxf8 25. fxe7+ Kxe7 26. Ba3+ c5 27. Rf2
cxb3 28. Rfd2 Bc6 29. axb3 Rb8 30. Rc2 Rxb3 31. Bxc5+ Nxc5 32. Rxc5 Bb5 33. Rd6
Rxe3 34. Rc7+ Kf8 35. e6 Rd3 36. Rxf7+ Ke8 37. Rb6 Rd1+ 38. Kf2 Rf1+ 39. Ke3
Rxf7 40. exf7+ Kxf7 41. Kxe4 Kg7 42. Ke5 g5 43. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. c5 f5 11. a4 Nf6 12. Bg5 Nh5 13. g3 f4 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Nc4
Bh3 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Nb5 fxg3 18. fxg3 Nxe4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qc2 Ng5 21. cxd6
cxd6 22. Nbxd6 e4 23. Rad1 Qf6 24. Rf1 Bxf1 25. Bxf1 e3 26. Bg2 Nf3+ 27. Kh1
Nd4 28. Qb1 e2 29. Re1 Qf2 30. Ne4 Qf5 31. d6 Rae8 32. Ne3 Qd7 33. h4 Kh8 34.
Qd3 Rxe4 35. Qxe4 Qxd6 36. Nc2 Nxc2 37. Qxc2 Qxg3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. d3 Bg4 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Re8 11. d4 a5 12. a4 Ne4 13. e3 e6 14. c4 Ndc5 15. Ne5
Na6 16. Nd3 Nd6 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. c5 Ne4 19. Kh2 Qc7 20. Rac1 h5 21. Bxe4 dxe4
22. Ne5 f5 23. Nxg6 Kf7 24. Nf4 h4 25. Bc3 Rh8 26. f3 hxg3+ 27. Kg2 exf3+ 28.
Rxf3 Qd7 29. e4 Nb4 30. Qe2 Bh6 31. Rcf1 Rce8 32. Bxb4 axb4 33. exf5 exf5 34.
Qc4+ Kf6 35. Nh5+ Kg6 36. Rxf5 Bg5 37. Nxg3 Re3 38. d5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Ba3 Qa5+ 8. Qd2
Qxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 Bf8 10. Bxf8 Kxf8 11. Ke2 Nbd7 12. Rhc1 Kg7 13. b4 b6 14. c5 Bb7
15. a4 Rhb8 16. Nb3 bxc5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 Nd7 19. Ra5 Bc8 20. Rb1 Kf6 21.
g4 h6 22. h4 Ke7 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Rb6 25. Kd2 Kd6 26. e4 e5 27. exd5 cxd5
28. dxe5+ Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Kxe5 30. Rc5 Kd6 31. Kc3 Rab8 32. f4 Bd7 33. Ra5 d4+
34. Kc4 Be6+ 35. Kxd4 Rxb4+ 36. Rxb4 Rxb4+ 37. Ke3 Rb7 38. Kd4 Rb4+ 39. Ke3 Rb7
40. Kd4 Ke7 41. Be4 Rb4+ 42. Ke5 Bd7 43. Rxa7 Rxa4 44. Rxa4 Bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. d4 a5 8. c3
b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Bf6 13. Re1 Ne7 14. Qc2 Bd5
15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd5 17. Nf3 Rc8 18. Re4 c5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Qe2 Qc8 21.
Bd2 Rd8 22. a4 Qb7 23. Re1 Qc6 24. h4 h6 25. Kg1 Ne7 26. Nh2 h5 27. Nf3 b5 28.
Bg5 Qb7 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Nd4 bxa4 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Rxe6 Ng6 33. Rxf6 Nf8 34.
Kh2 Rcd5 35. Qe3 Qg7 36. Qf3 Rd3 37. Qf4 Rd2 38. Re5 Ng6 39. Rxg6 Qxg6 40. Rg5
R2d6 41. Qxa4 Qxg5 42. hxg5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. e3
Nc6 9. b4 Be7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Ne4 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. Na4 Rc8 15.
Nc5 Nc3 16. Qd3 Bf5 17. Qd2 d4 18. Nxb7 dxe3 19. Qxe3 Qb6 20. Rxc3 Qxb7 21. Rc5
Rfe8 22. Qc1 Rxe2 23. Rxf5 Nd4 24. Rc5 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Rce8 26. Rc6 Bd4 27. Qc4
Bb6 28. Bg3 h5 29. a4 R2e6 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. a5 Bd8 32. Rd1 Be7 33. Qd5 Qxd5
34. Rxd5 h4 35. Bb8 Bxb4 36. Kg2 a6 37. Bc7 Be7 38. Bb6 Rg6+ 39. Kh3 Rf6 40.
Rd7 Bb4 41. Kg4 Rg6+ 42. Kxh4 Rh6+ 43. Kg3 Rh5 44. Ra7 Bxa5 45. Rxa6 Bb4 46.
Be3 Rd5 47. h4 Bd6+ 48. Kg2 f5 49. Bg5 Kf7 50. h5 f4 51. Bh4 Bf8 52. Kh3 Rxh5
53. Kg4 Rb5 54. Kxf4 Rb4+ 55. Kg3 Bc5 56. Bg5 Bd4 57. Be3 Be5+ 58. f4 Bf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. c3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bh5 10. O-O Be7 11. Rae1 a6 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Ne5 Nxd4 14. Qa4+
Nc6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Nf3 b5 17. Qd1 Qd7 18. a4 bxa4 19. Qxa4 O-O 20. Ra1 Bd6
21. Bg5 Qb7 22. Qh4 Be7 23. b4 e5 24. Be2 e4 25. Nd2 Nd8 26. Qh3 Ne6 27. Be3
Qc7 28. Rfc1 Nf4 29. Bxf4 Qxf4 30. Nb3 Qc7 31. Bxa6 Bd6 32. Be2 Rxa1 33. Rxa1
Be5 34. Nc5 Bd6 35. Na6 Qe7 36. Rd1 Be5 37. b5 Qa3 38. Qe3 Qb2 39. Qd2 Qxd2 40.
Rxd2 Bxc3 41. Ra2 Bd4 42. Nb4 Bc5 43. Nc6 d4 44. Bc4 d3 45. h3 e3 46. fxe3 d2
47. Bb3 Bxe3+ 48. Kf1 Ne4 49. Ke2 Bg5 50. Ra7 Nc5 51. Bd1 Re8+ 52. Kf3 Re1 53.
Be2 d1=Q 54. Ra8+ Kh7 55. Bxd1 Rxd1 56. b6 Rb1 57. Ra5 Ne6 58. Ra6 Bf6 59. Na5
Nc5 60. Ra7 Rxb6 61. Rxf7 Ra6 62. Nc4 Ne6 63. Rb7 Ra4 64. Nd6 Rd4 65. Ne8 Be5
66. Re7 Ng5+ 67. Ke3 Re4+ 68. Kd3 Rd4+ 69. Ke3 Rd5 70. h4 Kg8 71. Rb7 Nf7 72.
Nc7 Rd7 73. Rb8+ Kh7 74. Ne6 Bxb8 75. Nf8+ Kg8 76. Nxd7 Ne5 77. Nxb8 g5 78.
hxg5 Kf7 79. Kf4 Nd3+ 80. Ke4 Ne1 81. Nc6 Nxg2 82. Ne5+ Ke6 83. Nf3 Nh4 84.
Nxh4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. a4 h6 11. c5 f5 12. a5 Nf6 13. Nd2 f4 14. Ba3 g5 15. b5 g4
16. b6 axb6 17. axb6 cxb6 18. cxd6 Rxa3 19. Rxa3 Ng6 20. g3 f3 21. Bd3 h5 22.
Ra8 h4 23. Nb5 Kh7 24. Qc2 Nh5 25. d7 Qxd7 26. Rc1 hxg3 27. hxg3 Ngf4 28. gxf4
Nxf4 29. Qc7 Qe8 30. Rxc8 Qh5 31. Rxf8 Qh3 32. Rh8+ Kxh8 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qf5+
Kh6 35. Qxf4+ exf4 36. Bf1 Qh5 37. Nd6 g3 38. Nf5+ Kg5 39. fxg3 fxg3 40. Nxf3+
Qxf3 41. Bg2 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. Qa4 Nd7 6. cxd5 Nb6 7. Qb3 cxd5 8.
O-O e6 9. a4 Ne7 10. a5 Nd7 11. d4 Nc6 12. Qa4 a6 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qd8 15.
Nc3 O-O 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 h6 18. Rfd1 g5 19. Bd6 Re8 20. Ne5 Ndb8 21. Ba3
Bd7 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. d5 exd5 24. Rxd5 Qc7 25. Rad1 b5 26. axb6 Qxb6 27. h4
gxh4 28. Nd6 Re2 29. Qf4 hxg3 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Bc5 gxf2+ 32. Bxf2 Qxf2+ 33.
Qxf2 Rxf2 34. Kxf2 Ra7 35. Re1 Ne7 36. Rd3 Nbc6 37. Nc8 Rc7 38. Nxe7 Nxe7 39.
Rd8+ Kh7 40. Be4+ Ng6 41. Rg1 Rf7+ 42. Ke2 Re7 43. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 h5 8. Qd2
Be7 9. O-O-O b5 10. g3 Bb7 11. Bh3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15.
Nd4 Bd7 16. Bg2 g6 17. f4 e5 18. Nf3 Qc7 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Be6 21. Bf4 Rd8
22. Nd3 Qc4 23. b3 Qc8 24. Be5 O-O 25. Qg5 Nd5 26. Qh6 Nc3+ 27. Ka1 f6 28.
Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Nf4 Nxd1 30. Qxh5+ Kg7 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Kh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.11.12"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.11.12"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 c6 5. Bb3 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bb6 9. a3 Nc5 10. Ba2 Ne6 11. Ne2 Re8 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Qc7 14. Nh4 Qd8 15.
Nf3 Bd7 16. Ng3 g6 17. d4 Qc7 18. Nh4 Qd8 19. Qf3 Kg7 20. Nhf5+ gxf5 21. Nxf5+
Kg6 22. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. a4 a5 7. c4 dxc4 8. Qc2
Nb6 9. e4 Bg4 10. Be3 Nfd7 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 c6 14. Qb3 Qb6
15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Rfc1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rfd8 18. d5 Nd7 19. Rd1 cxd5 20. exd5 Be5
21. Rac1 Bd6 22. Rc3 b6 23. Be2 Nc5 24. Bb5 Be5 25. Rc2 Rac8 26. f4 Bg7 27. Kf1
Rd6 28. Ke2 Bf8 29. b3 Rcd8 30. Bc4 e6 31. Bxc5 bxc5 32. Rcd2 exd5 33. Rxd5
Rxd5 34. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Qe1 e5 8. e4
Bd6 9. Nh4 O-O 10. Nf5 Bc7 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. a4 a5 13. f4 dxe4 14. dxe4 exf4 15.
gxf4 Bg6 16. Ng3 Re8 17. e5 Nbd5 18. Qd1 Nxc3 19. Qxd8 Ne2+ 20. Nxe2 Raxd8 21.
Ng3 Nh5 22. Nxh5 Bxh5 23. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. g3 a6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. e3
Rb8 9. Qe2 b5 10. Rd1 e6 11. b3 bxc4 12. Qxc4 Nb4 13. a3 Nbd5 14. Ne2 Bd7 15.
Qc2 Bb5 16. Re1 c5 17. Bd2 Rc8 18. Qb1 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 cxd4 20. Nxd4 {Here
Hikaru surprised his fans with a strange-looking move.} Nd7 $6 ({Black has no
problems after} 20... Qb6) ({but he'd better avoid} 20... Nc3 $6 21. Bxc3 Rxc3
22. Rc2 Rxc2 23. Qxc2 $14) 21. Bxd5 exd5 {White's structural advantage can be
countered by active play, but Nakamura wasn't able to find anything concrete.}
22. Qd1 Qb6 (22... Nc5 23. Rc1 Ne4) 23. Rc1 h5 24. Bc3 Bxd4 $5 {One of
Hikaru's strengths is his ability to accept worse positions when he has to.}
25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. exd4 Nb8 $1 {Great defence, as usual.} 27. Rec2 Rc6 $1 28.
Bb4 Rfc8 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 $4 {I could not believe my eyes. For a
high-class player like Tomashevsky, trading the last pair of rooks in such
positions is criminal.} ({Mind you, I am questioning Tomashevsky's heart, not
his chess ability. Anybody who bothers to go to chess tournaments must try to
keep the game going. Actually, White's chances after} 30. Re1 $1 {shouldn't be
underestimated:} Kf8 31. Kf1 Nd7 32. Ke2 Nf6 (32... Rc2+ 33. Kf3 Nf6 34. Bxd6+
Kg8 35. Re2 Rc3+ 36. Kf4 Rxb3 37. Rc2 $16) 33. f3 Rc2+ 34. Kd3 Rxh2 35. Bxd6+
Kg8 36. Re7 Rb2 37. Rb7 $14) 30... Nxc6 {Nothing to see here, move along.} 31.
Bc3 Kf8 32. f3 f5 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. Ke3 Nd8 35. Kd3 Kd7 36. Bd2 Ne6 37. h4 Kc6
38. Be3 Nc7 39. a4 Ne6 40. Bd2 Kc7 41. Kc3 Kd7 42. Kd3 Kc7 43. Bc1 Kd7 44. Bg5
Ke8 45. Bd2 Kd7 46. Be3 Kd8 47. Kc3 Kc7 48. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 $1 {An intriguing line.
Usually, White doesn't combine the Rossolimo with an Open Sicilian, but here
the black knight is on e7.} cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 (6... a6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6
9. Qc3 $1 {is the key line. The active queen is interfering with Black's
development.}) 7. Be3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. Nc3 Qc7 10. f4 {In this normal
Sicilian pattern White has moved his light-squared bishop twice, but it also
took two moves for the black knight to reach g6, which arguably is an inferior
position to the usual f6.} Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b6 $1 12. Qd2 {Hikaru easily
sidesteps a trap.} (12. Rad1 $2 Bc5 13. Qd2 Nxf4) ({but he could have done the
same with} 12. g3) 12... Bb7 13. Rad1 Bc6 {Black has emerged with a playable
position. Of course, when playing Nakamura one has to expect a long, tough
game regardless of how successful your opening turned out to be.} 14. a3 Bf6 $5
{Teimour's idea was to provoke e4-e5.} ({There seemed to be nothing wrong with
} 14... Rad8 15. g3 d5) 15. g3 Rac8 16. e5 Be7 17. h4 $1 Rfd8 18. h5 Nf8 19.
Ba6 Rb8 20. Qd6 $5 {Often, queen sacrifices produce more excitement from
spectators than deserved. Here it is a cute way to take the game into an
ending with opposite colourd bishops.} ({Apparently, HIkaru was not fully
satisfied with} 20. Qe2 d6 21. Qc4 d5 22. Qe2 Bc5) 20... Bxd6 21. exd6 Qc8 22.
Bxc8 Rbxc8 {Black's game isn't that cramped by the presence of the white pawn
on the 6th rank, yet there's the typical lack of communication lines between
the flanks. Nakamura has to be very quick with his play on the queenside.} 23.
a4 $1 {Doing just that!} h6 24. Ra1 Ba8 ({A sharper move was} 24... Nh7 25. Nb5
Be4 26. c3 Nf6 27. Nxa7 Rb8 $13) 25. a5 Rc6 26. Rfd1 b5 $2 {Leaving White's
a-pawn alive was a big mistake that ultimately cost Radjabov the game.} ({
Instead,} 26... bxa5 27. Bxa7 (27. Rxa5 a6) 27... Ra6 28. Be3 Rb8 29. b3 Bf3
30. Rd2 Nh7 31. Na4 Nf6 32. Nc5 Raa8 {looks about even.}) 27. a6 $1 b4 28. Nb5
Rxc2 29. Rd2 Rdc8 (29... b3 30. Rxc2 bxc2 31. Bxa7 e5 32. Rc1 Be4 33. Nc3 Bd3
34. Bb6 Ra8 35. a7 {brings no relief.}) 30. Nc7 Rxd2 31. Bxd2 Bc6 32. Be3 Nh7 (
{There was a defensive idea} 32... e5 {to force a knight swap, but the
resulting opposite-coloured bishop endgame with rooks present would be very
tough for Black, whose king is late in coming to help.}) 33. Bxa7 Nf6 34. Bc5
Ne4 {Whatever gains Black may achieve on the kingside are absolutely
irrelevant in the face of White's advantage on the other side of the board. As
expected, Nakamura wrapped the game up in the most efficient manner.} 35. Bxb4
Nxg3 36. a7 Ne2+ 37. Kh2 Nxf4 38. Ra6 Be4 39. Rb6 Nxh5 40. Rb8 Rf8 41. Bd2 Nf6
42. b4 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 Be7 8.
d4 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Na3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb6 13. Rc1 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
O-O 9. a5 Nd5 10. Bd2 b5 11. axb6 Qxb6 12. Na4 Qd8 13. Qc2 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Bb5 15.
e4 Nb4 16. Bxb4 Bxb4 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nd4 Bxa4 19. Rxa4 Bc5 20. exd5 Bxd4 21.
Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qc7 14.
O-O Nd5 15. Bd4 Bd7 16. Qa3 a5 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. Bc5 Qxc5 19. Rxd7 Rab8 20. Rfd1
h6 21. Qa4 Nd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. R7xd5 Qb4 24. Qc2 Qxb2 25. Qxc4 Rb4 26. Qc5
Qxa2 27. Qxa5 Rb2 28. Qxa2 Rxa2 29. e3 g6 30. g4 Rfa8 31. Kg2 R8a5 32. h4 Kg7
33. Kg3 R2a3 34. Kf4 R3a4+ 35. e4 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 Ra3 37. f3 Rc3 38. Ra5 Rb3 39.
Rc5 Ra3 40. Rb5 Rc3 41. Kg3 Ra3 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 Rc3 44. Kg4 Ra3 45. Rb7
Ra4 46. Kf4 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. a3 b5 8. Be3
Bb7 9. Nb3 Na5 10. Nxa5 Qxa5 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5+
15. Kh1 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Qg4 g6 18. Ne2 a5 19. h4 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Rxa8+
Bxa8 22. Ra1 Bb7 23. Kh2 Qb6 24. h5 Nc5 25. Qh4 Rg8 26. Qf2 d4 27. hxg6 hxg6
28. Qxd4 Qc6 29. Qf2 g5 30. Rd1 Nxd3 31. cxd3 Qc2 32. Rf1 Qxd3 33. fxg5 Qh7+
34. Kg1 Rxg5 35. Ng3 Qg6 36. Qa7 Rxg3 37. Qb8+ Ke7 38. Qd6+ Ke8 39. Qb8+ Ke7
40. Qd6+ Ke8 41. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. d3 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Bxd5 Bg4 17. Qg2 cxd5 18. Qxh3 Bxh3 19. Be3 Bf5 20. d4 Rfe8 21.
Nd2 f6 22. Bf4 Bf8 23. Nf1 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Rc8 25. f3 Kf7 26. Bd2 h5 27. Ne3 Be6
28. f4 Bd6 29. f5 Bd7 30. Rf1 Re8 31. Rf2 Bc6 32. Ng2 b4 33. cxb4 Bb5 34. Rf3
Re2 35. Bc3 Ke8 36. Rf2 Kd7 37. Nh4 Kc6 38. a3 Re8 39. Kg2 Be2 40. Nf3 Bd3 41.
Ne1 Be2 42. Nf3 Bd3 43. Ne1 Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 {Hikaru wanted a big fight, so he aimed to avoid theory.} d5
3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 $5 {On the black side of the Reti Vishy likes to
fianchetto his bishop once he gets his pawns to the centre.} 5. d4 $5 {
Suddenly, it's White who's playing the Grunfeld!} cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nb3 ({
Book says} 7. c4 O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 {The Chinese GM Li Chao
has defended the black side of this at least four times in recent practice.})
7... Nc6 8. Nc3 e6 9. e4 d4 10. Na4 O-O 11. c3 dxc3 ({It would have been too
ambitious for Anand to pretend he was White and continue with} 11... e5 12.
cxd4 exd4 {The extra tempo can be put to good use, say by playing} 13. Re1) 12.
Nxc3 e5 13. Be3 $14 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. Nc5 Qe7 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Qd2 {White
appears to be slightly better thanks to the bishop pair.} Rfd8 18. Qf2 Bf8 19.
h3 Bb4 20. Rac1 Rd3 ({Vishy turned down Hikaru's pawn offer,} 20... Bxc3 21.
Rxc3 Qxa2 {likely because of being concerned about} 22. Bg5 Qe6 23. f4 {
but then} exf4 24. gxf4 (24. Qxf4 Nh5) 24... Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 {
appears to be playable for Black.}) 21. Rfd1 Rad8 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Bf1 Rd8 24.
a3 Be7 {Skillful display by Nakamura. White controls all key squares while
avoiding massive exchanges.} 25. g4 $6 {Oh, I don't know about this. The
weakening of the dark squares may come back to bite White.} (25. Kh2 a6 26. Nd5
$1 Nxd5 27. Bc4 {and White plays on without any risk.}) 25... Kg7 26. Kh2 h6
27. h4 (27. Nb5 a6 28. Bc4 Qc8 29. Nc3 Nh7 {and now we can see how ...Bg5
becomes an issue.}) 27... Nd4 $1 {In the approach to the time control Anand
begins to bother Nakamura with tactical play.} 28. g5 hxg5 29. hxg5 Nh7 30. Bh3
Qb3 31. f4 Nc6 $1 {White's position is grossly overextended. Something is
going to give.} 32. Nd5 (32. Rg1 exf4 33. Bxf4 Bxa3) 32... exf4 33. Bxf4 Bxg5
$2 {This decision likely cost Anand a nice win in the opening round.} ({
Keeping the Be7 on to protect f6 was a must:} 33... Nxg5 {Soon some other
trades will be forced and Black will get to keep his extra pawn, e.g.} 34. Rc3
Qd1 35. Qg2 Nxh3 36. Rxh3 Rh8 37. Rxh8 Kxh8 38. Nxe7 Nxe7 39. Be5+ Kg8 40. Bc3
Nc6 41. Qf2 Qg4 42. Qf6 Kf8 $17) 34. Bxg5 Nxg5 35. Qf6+ Kh6 36. Bg2 Nh7 37.
Qxf7 Rf8 38. Qc7 Qxb2 39. Rh1 Qf2 40. Kh3 Rf7 41. Qg3 {The time control has
been made, and White soon is to be looking at a tough defensive task, a pawn
down in the endgame.} Qb2 $6 {All of a sudden Vishy moved his queen away.} (
41... Kg7 42. Qxf2 Rxf2 43. Rb1 Rf7 44. Kg3 Ne5 {was expected.}) 42. Ne3 $1 {
It is amazing how quick Hikaru was to pounce on that error.} Nf6 $6 ({Still,} 
42... Qd4 43. Rd1 Ng5+ 44. Kh2 Nf3+ 45. Bxf3 Qxe3 46. Bg2 Qxg3+ 47. Kxg3 $15 {
was there.}) 43. Bf3 {Suddenly it's the black king that's in danger.} Kh7 44.
Nf5 ({A draw was agreed based on a forced line} 44. Nf5 Qxa3 45. Kg2+ Nh5 46.
Qg5 Qb2+ 47. Kg1 Qb6+ 48. Kg2 {and Black must keep on checking.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. O-O-O Ne5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 Re8 {
This move, introduced in the 1990's and upheld by GM Tiviakov some ten years
later, caught the attention of Magnus Carlsen, who used it first against
Radjabov in 2008 and later against Karjakin in 2014. The point is to
overprotect the sensitive e7-pawn in anticipation of White's attack with g2-g4.
} (14... b5 15. g4 hxg4 16. h5 Nxh5 17. Nd5 Re8 18. Rxh5 gxh5 19. Qh2 {has
been known as very good for White since Chandler-Mestel and Karpov-Sznapik,
both from 1986.}) 15. g4 {Nevertheless, MVL goes for it.} ({Karjakin's choice
in the above mentioned game (World Rapid, Dubai, 2014) was} 15. Bh6 {but
Carlsen showed great powers of anticipation by setting up his own shots:} a5
16. a4 Qb6 $1 17. g4 Rxc3 $1 18. bxc3 Nxf3 {and the subsequent tactical play
resolved in a draw.}) 15... hxg4 16. f4 ({Radjabov-Carlsen, FIDE Grand prix,
Baku 2008 demonstrated why} 16. h5 Nxh5 17. Rxh5 gxh5 18. Qh2 {doesn't quite
work. Magnus calmly defended by returning the exchange:} Ng6 19. Qxh5 Qa5 20.
f4 Rxg5 21. fxg5 e6 {and Black already stood better. Teimour's wild attempt at
the black king,} 22. Nf5 exf5 23. Qxg6 {was turned back by} Be6 {and Magnus
went on to win.}) 16... Nc4 {Another important juncture.} (16... Nc6 {meets
with a typical tactic,} 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 (17... exf6 18. Ndb5 $16) 18. e5 $1 {
and Black must part with major material,} dxe5 (18... Bg7 19. Ne4 {is simply
unbearable}) 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Kg7 22. Rg1 {There are some
lines in the Dragon where Black can play a rook down in the endgame, but here
he's unlikely to succeed.}) 17. Qd3 $1 {Maxime plays the best move.} ({White
doesn't get to continue with his K-side attack in peace and quiet after} 17.
Qe2 Qc8 18. f5 {as Black has his own ideas.} Nxb2 $1 19. Kxb2 (19. fxg6 Nxd1
20. gxf7+ Kh7 21. Nxd1 Rf8 {is sharp, but Black is up the exchange.}) 19...
Rxc3 20. fxg6 Rxb3+ {Exchange sacrifices abound.} 21. axb3 fxg6 22. Bxf6 exf6
23. h5 f5 $17) 17... Na5 {Somewhat unfortunate. One wonders if Nakamura was
out of book.} (17... Qc8 {is still critical.}) 18. Bxf6 $1 exf6 (18... Bxf6 19.
e5 Nxb3 (19... dxe5 20. Qxg6+) 20. Nxb3 Bf5 21. Qd4 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Bg7 23. Nd4 {
should be favouring White, but he shouldn't underestimate the power of the
Dragon bishop.}) 19. Bd5 ({The positional treatment of} 19. f5 {deserved
serious consideration.} Nxb3 20. axb3 Qc8 21. Rdf1 gxf5 22. exf5 Ree5 23. Rf4 {
etc.}) 19... Nc6 $2 (19... f5 $1 {was a must. After} 20. exf5 Bc6 21. Bxc6 Nxc6
22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. fxg6 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Qf6 {both kinds are shaky, but Black's
active pieces should provide for ample counterplay.}) 20. Nxc6 $6 {tempting,
but not the best choice.} ({Hitting d6 with} 20. Ndb5 {would have given MVL a
near decisive advantage.} Be6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. f5 Re7 23. h5 {etc.}) 20...
bxc6 21. Bxf7+ {Maxime's calculations were all about this shot. In the end he
got to keep an extra pawn, but, as often happens in sharp Sicilians, the
formerly bad black king became a major factor in the endgame.} Kxf7 22. Qxd6
Rxc3 23. Qxd7+ Qxd7 24. Rxd7+ Ke6 25. Rxg7 Rf3 26. Rxg6 Rxf4 27. Rg1 Rxe4 28.
R6xg4 Rxg4 29. Rxg4 f5 30. Ra4 Rg8 (30... Ke5 31. Rxa7 f4 32. Kc1 Kf5 {also
looks drawish despite White's two pawn edge.}) 31. b3 ({Giving up the c-pawn
after} 31. Kc1 Rg1+ 32. Kd2 Rg2+ 33. Ke3 Rxc2 34. b3 {would deprive White of
winning chances.} Rc3+ 35. Kf4 Rh3) 31... Rg4 32. Rxa7 f4 33. Kc1 f3 34. Kd2
Rxh4 {No need to bother with more complicated lines.} ({Hikaru could have gone
for} 34... Re4 35. Ra4 Re2+ 36. Kd3 Kf5 $11) 35. Ra8 Rh2+ 36. Kd3 Kf5 37. a4 (
37. Ke3 Rxc2 38. Kxf3 Ke5 39. Ke3 Rh2 40. Kd3 Kd6 {is a routine draw.}) 37...
Kg4 38. a5 Rh1 39. Rg8+ Kf4 40. Rf8+ Kg3 41. Rg8+ Kf4 42. Rf8+ Kg3 43. b4 f2
44. Kd4 f1=Q 45. Rxf1 Rxf1 46. Kc5 Rc1 47. Kxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. exd5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 cxd5 13. Bg5 dxc4 14. Bxc4
Qc7 15. Bxf6 Qxc4 16. Bxe5 Bf5 17. Bd4 Rfe8 18. Qc1 h6 19. Qf4 Bg6 20. Qg3 Kh7
21. h4 f6 22. Rfd1 Re7 23. Rd2 Rae8 24. f3 Re2 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26. a3 Qb3 27. Re1
Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Qxa3 29. c4 Qd3 30. Bxa7 Qxc4 31. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. b3 Bd7 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Nd5 Re8 12. c4 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b5 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Rfc1 Qa5 18. h4 h5 19. c5 dxc5 20. Rxc5 Rac8 21. b4
Qb6 22. Rac1 Qd6 23. f4 Ra8 24. Rc7 Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc5 Ra8 27. Qe5 Ra7
28. Rc3 f6 29. Qe3 Ra8 30. Qc5 Rc8 31. Qxd6 exd6 32. Rxc8+ Bxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4
Qc7 15. Nc5 Rd8 16. Bc4 Bf5 17. Bb3 Nb6 18. Qc3 h5 19. g3 Nd5 20. Qc4 e6 21.
Rhe1 Qe7 22. Nd3 Nb6 23. Qc5 Rd6 24. Rd2 Nd7 25. Qc3 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 Rxd3 27.
Qxd3 Nc5 28. Qc3 Rd8 29. a3 Qd6 30. Bc4 Na4 31. Qe3 Nb6 32. Be2 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 Bb7 9. c4 Nb6 10. Rh3 Qe6 11. f4 O-O-O 12. a4 d5 13. a5 Nxc4 14. b3 Bb4+ 15.
Kf2 Nxa5 16. Bd2 c5 17. Rxa5 Bxa5 18. Bxa5 Qf5 19. Nc3 Qxf4+ 20. Kg1 Rhe8 21.
Nb5 a6 22. Rf3 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. Bxc7 Ree8 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Na3 Rd7 27.
Bd3 Kd8 28. Bxh7 g6 29. h5 gxh5 30. Rf6 Ke7 31. Rb6 Rc7 32. Nc2 a5 33. Ne3 c4
34. Bc2 Bc6 35. bxc4 dxc4 36. Ra6 a4 37. Bxa4 Be4 38. Ra5 Ke6 39. Rxh5 c3 40.
Bb3+ Kd6 41. Bc2 Bxc2 42. Nxc2 Ke6 43. Kf2 f5 44. Rh3 {Hikaru's choice shows
his desire to stabilise the situation.} ({He had a direct plan of bringing his
king up, but there were many tactics to calculate.} 44. Ke3 $1 {is a very
human move, in reply to which} Kf6 {is the toughest defence.} (44... Rc8 45.
Nd4+ Kd7 46. Rh7+ Kd6 47. Kd3 $1 f4 (47... Rg8 48. Nxf5+ Ke5 49. Ne3) 48. Rh6+
$1 Ke5 49. Re6+ Kd5 {and finally,} 50. Rg6 $1 {puts Black in zugzwang.} Ke5 (
50... Rc7 51. Rg5+ Kd6 52. Nb5+) 51. Nc6+ Kf5 52. Ne7+) 45. Kd4 Rc8 $1 (45...
Rg7 {gets turned away by} 46. Ne3 f4 47. Nd5+ Kf7 48. Nxf4 $18) (45... f4 $5 {
is a try, but the black king can never support the pawn, so White should be
able to navigate his way to a win after} 46. Ke4 Rc4+ (46... Rg7 47. Rf5+ Ke6
48. Nd4+ Ke7 49. Kf3 Rg3+ 50. Kf2 Rd3 51. Ne2 $18) 47. Kf3 Kg6 48. Rh4 $1 Kg5
49. g3 $18) 46. Rh6+ (46. Rh3 Rg8 47. Ne1 c2 48. Rc3 Re8 49. Nxc2 Re2 $11)
46... Kg5 47. Rh3 {the c3-pawn drops, and it has to be all over now, right?} f4
{Well, not quite.} (47... Kg4 48. Ne3+ Kg5 49. Rg3+ Kh5 50. Nc2 {is an
important step forward, as the black king is now cut off on the h-file.}) 48.
Rxc3 {We're making progress now, but there's still a lot of work to be done.}
Rd8+ 49. Ke4 Kg4 50. Nd4 (50. Rf3 Rh8 $3 {is surprisingly a draw.}) 50... Re8+
51. Kd5 Rd8+ 52. Ke5 Ra8 {I must admit I don't see a forced win here.
Nevertheless, I would have gone for this position, hoping to find a solution
over the board.}) ({There was also a rather mechanical plan of rounding up the
c-pawn:} 44. Rh1 Ke5 45. Rc1 f4 $1 (45... Ke4 46. Na3 $1 Rc5 47. Nb1 c2 48. Na3
{aiming for a pawn ending:} Kd3 (48... Rc3 49. Nxc2 Kf4 {would have been nice
for Black if it wasn't for knight forks:} 50. Ne1 $18) 49. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 50. Nxc2
Kxc2 51. Ke3 $18) 46. Na3 Rc5 47. Nb1 c2 {Look out!} 48. Nd2 {is the only way
to win.} ({Not} 48. Na3 {because Black has the amazing resource} f3 $3 49. gxf3
Rc3 50. Nxc2 Kf6 {staying away from the forks and keeping White tied up.})
48... Rc8 49. Nf3+ Ke4 50. Ne1 $18 {Remember this position, it represents
White's ultimate goal in this entire endgame.}) 44... Ke5 45. Rd3 Kf4 46. Rd4+
Kg5 47. Kf3 Rc8 48. Ra4 Rc7 49. Ra8 Kf6 50. Ra6+ Kg5 {Carlsen's defensive plan
is taking shape. He avoids playing his pawn to f4, while keeping his king
ready for a counter-attack should White attempt to move his king to the Q-side.
Hikaru has to regroup.} 51. Nd4 $3 Rc4 $1 ({Magnus avoids a devilish trap:} 
51... c2 $2 {loses to a mating attack!} 52. Ne6+ Kh4 (52... Kh5 53. Nf4+ Kg5
54. Rg6+ Kh4 55. g3#) 53. g3+ Kh3 54. Nf4+ Kh2 55. Rh6+ Kg1 56. Ne2+ Kf1 57.
Rh1# {The knight, as an extra piece, still has its limitations when it comes
to playing on both sides of the board. It's strength, however, is in tactical
motifs.}) 52. Ne6+ ({A good chance to get on the winning track was} 52. Ne2 $1
c2 53. Ra1 Kf6 54. Rc1 Kg5 55. Kf2 Kg4 {and now the final knight transfer:} 56.
Ng1 Kf4 57. Nf3 Rc8 58. Ne1 $18) 52... Kf6 53. Nf4+ Ke5 54. Nd3+ Kd5 55. Ra2 (
55. Ra5+ Kd4 56. Nf4 {was an idea, as} c2 57. Ne2+ Kd3 58. Rd5+ {ends in mate.
This and similar lines illustrate the difficulty of playing such endgames. One
has to calculate variations all the time!}) 55... Kd4 56. Nc1 c2 57. Ra5 Rc3+
58. Kf4 Rc8 59. Rxf5 $2 {A tragic miss.} (59. Ra3 Rc5 60. Rd3+ Kc4 61. Re3 Rc7
62. Kxf5 {would have clinched it for Nakamura.}) 59... Re8 60. Rf7 (60. Ra5 Re1
61. Ra1 Rd1 62. g4 Kc3 63. g5 Kb2 $11) 60... Re1 {Black will attack the knight,
which cannot leave the c-pawn unattended.} 61. Rd7+ Kc3 62. Rc7+ Kd2 63. Nb3+
Kd3 64. Nc5+ Kd4 65. Nb3+ Kd3 66. Nc5+ Kd4 67. Nb3+ Kd3 68. g4 Rf1+ 69. Kg5 Rb1
70. Nc5+ Ke3 71. Nb3 Kd3 72. Nc5+ Ke3 73. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Re8 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Ne4 16. Nxd5 Nxg5 17. b4 Qd8 18. bxc5 Nde6 19. O-O Nxc5 20. Qb1 Rc8 21. f4
exf4 22. exf4 Nge4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Rde1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Rb8 26. Qb5 Nd7 27. h3
Nf6 28. Nxf6+ gxf6 29. Kh2 Qd6 30. Qf5 b6 31. c5 bxc5 32. Rc1 Kh8 33. Rxc5 Rg8
34. Rd5 Qb6 35. Rd7 Qc6 36. Rd2 Re8 37. Qh5 Qe4 38. Qh4 Qf5 39. Rb2 Re4 40. Qg3
Qg6 41. Qf2 Qf5 42. Rb8+ Kg7 43. Rb3 Qxf4+ 44. Rg3+ Kf8 45. Qxa7 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.
Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. Qe2
Nd7 15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Rfe1 Rb8 18. Rad1 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5
b6 21. c5 Ba6 22. c6 Rbc8 23. Rd7 Rfd8 24. Re4 Rxd7 25. cxd7 Rd8 26. Ra4 Bb5
27. Rxa7 Kf8 28. Bf1 Bxd7 29. Rb7 e5 30. Bc4 b5 31. Bxb5 Be6 32. c4 Rd1+ 33.
Kg2 Rc1 34. a4 Bxc4 35. Bxc4 Rxc4 36. a5 Ra4 37. Ra7 e4 38. Ra8+ Ke7 39. a6 Kf6
40. g4 e3 41. fxe3 Rxg4+ 42. Kf3 Ra4 43. a7 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 (6... Nbd7 {
is of course also played...}) 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 {
Today will be one of those days: no massively special preparation, just a
brief attempt to prove a static-based plus and if it doesn't work then agree a
draw.} Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Qf6 (12... Bg4 {has been Nakamura's previous
choice in this position.} 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 a6 15. Be2 $1 {The move the
engines want, with the visually appealing idea of Ra2-d2. It also ties down
the Qd8 and prevents d4. It is not unreasonable to suspect that this may have
been a wrinkle Karjakin had in mind. It has been played in a smattering of
2500 or low 2600 games but no elite ones.} (15. Rc1 d4 16. g4 Bg6 17. e4 $13 {
White eventually prevailed in a strategically extremely murky game in Svidler,
P (2741)-Harikrishna,P (2758) Shenzhen 2017. At one point Black channelled his
inner Petrosian and actively sacrificed an exchange on e6...}) (15. Rb1 d4 {
was seen in the previous Nakamura game. This move initiates simplifications
and equalises.} 16. b5 axb5 17. Rxb5 Bxf3 18. Qb1 Bc7 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. gxf3
Bxf4 21. exf4 Ne7 22. Rh5 Ra5 23. Bf5+ {1/2-1/2 Inarkiev,E-Nakamura,H Moscow
2017}) 15... d4 $6 16. exd4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qxd4 18. Be3 {Maximalism, trying to
get the position with the weakened Black queenside structure without allowing .
..Qxf4.} ({If we're honest about it, even} 18. Bxc6 {leads to a slight plus.}
Qxf4 (18... bxc6 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. Rfd1 $16) 19. Bxb7 Rad8 20.
Qg4 $14 {and Black may have something for the pawn but 1) it's not enough and
2) a6 is also under attack.}) 18... Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Rfe8 (20...
Rfd8 $14) 21. Kf2 Re7 (21... Kf8 $14) 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rd6 $16 {Dreev,A
-Chandler,M, Hastings 2000}) 13. b4 h6 (13... Bf5 {seems a bit more natural to
me}) 14. b5 Nd4 {Notwithstanding the very last note, it is clear that this
visually impressive move was preparation. I suspect from the reaction that
White was not still in his preparation.} 15. h3 (15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Rc1 {
Critical.} Bb2 $8 (16... Bb6 17. Bb1 d4 18. Qd3 {and Black drops a pawn}) (
16... Be5 17. Qa4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Qxf4 19. exf4 $14 {and Black's position looks
nasty to have to defend in an actual game}) 17. Rc7 Bxa3 18. Bb1 (18. Qa4 $5
Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rfc1 $14 {Personally, I think White's compensation here
is more than adequate, and so this ...Nd4 idea is not an equaliser. There is
of course room for debate.}) 18... Bd6 19. Qc2 g6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Ba2 Bf5 22.
Qc5 Qxc5 23. Rxc5 $11 {Flores,D-Onischuk,A Khanty-Mansiysk 2009}) 15... g5 (
15... Be6 $11) 16. Nxd4 {Notwithstanding minor evaluation shifts later, the
game was now essentially guaranteed to be drawn. The weakness of the Black
pawn structure is mitigated by ...Bxd4 and then fully compensated for by the
open g-file.} gxf4 17. Qf3 Bxd4 18. exd4 Be6 $11 19. Rfe1 Kh8 20. Re5 Rg8 (
20... Rac8 21. Bf5 $14 {was the wrinkle White intended, but at 2700 level this
is essentially a cheapo.}) 21. Rae1 Rg7 22. g4 Rag8 23. Kf1 Rg5 24. Bc2 Rc8 25.
Qd3 Kg8 26. Bd1 Kg7 27. Bf3 b6 28. Kg2 Rh8 29. Qd2 Rc8 30. Qd3 Rh8 31. Qd2 Rc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Dec 2pm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Guerrero Sierra, Juan Carlos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4
d5 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Rb8 12. Nf3 Ne4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd4+ f6
15. Qxa7 Bg4 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Rfc1 Rf7 19. Rc7 Bf5 20. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Dec 2pm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Brattain, Mika A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2845"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2017.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be6 5. e3 Qd7 6. d3 Bd6 7. a3 Nge7 8. Nd2
O-O 9. b4 Rae8 10. c4 dxc4 11. dxc4 Ng6 12. c5 Be7 13. h4 Bf6 14. Ne4 Qxd1+ 15.
Rxd1 Rd8 16. h5 Nge7 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Ne2 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Bb3+ 20. Kc1 Rd8 21.
Nc3 h6 22. Ne4 Kg7 23. Nd2 Bd5 24. e4 Be6 25. f4 Bg4 26. Nf3 Rd3 27. fxe5 Bxf3
28. exf6+ Kf8 29. fxe7+ Nxe7 30. Bxf3 Rxf3 31. Rd1 Nc6 32. g4 Ke7 33. g5 hxg5
34. Rh1 g4 35. h6 g3 36. Rg1 g2 37. Rxg2 Rh3 38. Bg7 Ke6 39. Rf2 Ne5 40. Bxe5
Kxe5 41. Rxf7 Rxh6 42. Rxc7 Kxe4 43. Rxb7 Kd3 44. Rxa7 Rh1+ 45. Kb2 Kc4 46. Rg7
Rh2+ 47. Kc1 Rh3 48. Ra7 Kc3 49. Kd1 Kd3 50. Ke1 Kc4 51. c6 Rh6 52. c7 Rc6 53.
Rb7 Kb3 54. b5 Rc1+ 55. Kf2 Ka4 56. b6 Ka5 57. Rb8 Ka6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Dec 2pm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2852"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2017.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8.
Qb3 e6 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. h3 g5 11. Bd3 g4 12. O-O-O gxh3 13. gxh3 Qxb3 14. axb3
g6 15. Kc2 Bg7 16. c5 a6 17. f4 Ke7 18. Bf1 Nh5 19. Ne2 Bf6 20. Bg2 Ng7 21. Bf3
Bh4 22. Ba5 Nf5 23. Kd3 Bf2 24. Bd2 Nh4 25. Bg4 f5 26. Rdf1 fxg4 27. hxg4 Nf6
28. Rxf2 Nxg4 29. Rff1 Kf7 30. Ng3 Nf5 31. Nxf5 exf5 32. Ke2 Rae8 33. Rfg1 Kg7
34. Kf3 Re7 35. Rxh8 Kxh8 36. Rh1+ Kg8 37. Rh3 Re8 38. Ke2 Re7 39. Ba5 Rd7 40.
Kf3 Kg7 41. Ke2 Nf6 42. Kf3 Nh5 43. Rh1 Kf7 44. Rh2 Ke6 45. Rh1 Rh7 46. Rh2 Kd7
47. Rh1 Rh8 48. Rh2 Re8 49. Rh1 Nf6 50. Rh6 Rxe3+ 51. Kxe3 Ng4+ 52. Kf3 Nxh6
53. Kg3 Ng4 54. Bd2 Ke6 55. Bc1 Nf6 56. Be3 Ne4+ 57. Kf3 a5 58. Bc1 Kd7 59. Be3
Kc7 60. Ke2 b6 61. Kd3 Kb7 62. cxb6 Kxb6 63. Kc2 Kb5 64. Bc1 c5 65. Kd3 c4+ 66.
bxc4+ dxc4+ 67. Kc2 Kc6 68. b3 Kd5 69. Be3 Nd6 70. Bd2 cxb3+ 71. Kxb3 Kxd4 72.
Bxa5 Ke4 73. Bc7 Nb5 74. Bb8 Nd4+ 75. Kc3 Ne2+ 76. Kd2 Nxf4 77. Ke1 Kf3 78. Kf1
Ne2 79. Bh2 f4 80. Ke1 g5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Dec 2pm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2017.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. h3 Bf5 6. g4 Be4 7. g5 Nfd7 8. d4
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. h4 Bb4 11. Bd2 Qa5 12. Bd3 Nb6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Rc1 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Be7 16. Ke2 Nd7 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Qg3 Bd6 19. f4 f5 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21. e4
g6 22. e5 Nh5 23. Qg4 Be7 24. f5 exf5 25. Bxf5 Kd8 26. Be4 Qc8 27. Qxc8+ Rxc8
28. Kd3 Kc7 29. Bf3 Rcf8 30. Bxh5 gxh5 31. Bg5 Bxg5 32. hxg5 Rf3+ 33. Kc4 b5+
34. Kb3 a5 35. Rxh5 Rg3 36. a3 Kb6 37. Rh6 Rd8 38. Rf1 Rxd4 39. Rxh7 Rdd3 40.
Rc1 Rxg5 41. e6 Re5 42. a4 b4 43. e7 Ree3 44. Kc4 Rxc3+ 45. Rxc3 bxc3 46. Kb3
Kc5 47. Rh5+ Kd4 48. Rh4+ Kd5 49. Rh5+ Kd4 50. Rh4+ Kc5 51. Rh5+ Kb6 52. Rh7 c5
53. Rh6+ Kc7 54. e8=Q Rxe8 55. Kxc3 Re4 56. Kb3 Rb4+ 57. Ka3 Rb6 58. Rh7+ Kc6
59. Ra7 Kd5 60. Rxa5 Kc4 61. Rb5 Rh6 62. Rb1 Kd3 63. a5 c4 64. Ka4 c3 65. Kb5
Rh8 66. Rc1 Rb8+ 67. Kc6 c2 68. a6 Rb1 69. Rxc2 Kxc2 70. a7 Ra1 71. Kb7 Rb1+
72. Kc8 Ra1 73. Kb8 Rb1+ 74. Kc8 Ra1 75. Kb8 Kd2 76. a8=Q Rxa8+ 77. Kxa8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Dec 2pm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bachmann, Axel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
d6 9. Qd2 Qe8 10. f4 Nd4 11. Rd1 Nb3 12. Qc2 Nd4 13. Qd2 Nb3 14. Qc2 Nd4 15.
Qc1 Bd7 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nf3 c5 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. h3 Nh5 20. Qg5 h6 21. Qh4 g5
22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. Qg4 fxg4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Dec 2pm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kireev, Aleksei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. d3 g6 3. e4 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nf6 6. f3 Nfd7 7. Nd2 f5 8.
Nh3 Nc5 9. Nf2 Bg7 10. a4 Be6 11. Nd3 Nba6 12. Nf4 Bf7 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Nd3
O-O-O 15. Ke1 Rd4 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. a5 Rhd8 18. Ra3 Bh6 19. f4 e5 20. Be2 exf4
21. Nf3 Re4 22. Kf2 fxg3+ 23. hxg3 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Rb4 25. b3 Ne4+ 26. Kg2 Rg8
27. a6 b6 28. Ne5 Nxg3 29. Bf3 Ne4+ 30. Kf1 Nd2+ 31. Kf2 Nxf3 32. Nxf7 Nd4 33.
Ra2 Nc6 34. Rh1 Rf4+ 35. Ke3 Re4+ 36. Kd2 Nb4 37. Rb2 Rg7 38. Nh6 Rg2+ 39. Kc1
Rf4 40. Kb1 Rh4 41. Re1 Rxh6 42. Ka1 Nxc2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Dec 2pm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.01.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2017.12.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nc7 6. e3 e5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 exf4 10. gxf4 O-O 11. Ng3 Be6 12. b3 f5 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Na4 Rad8
15. Nh5 g6 16. Rf2 b5 17. Nc3 Bh4 18. Ng3 Nb4 19. Bf1 Nd3 20. Bxd3 Qxd3 21. Rc1
Bc8 22. Qf3 Ne6 23. Rg2 Rf7 24. Qc6 a6 25. Rf1 Rc7 26. Qb6 Rb7 27. Qa5 Rd6 28.
Nce2 Rf7 29. Be5 Bd8 30. Qa3 Rdd7 31. e4 fxe4 32. f5 Ng5 33. Nf4 Nf3+ 34. Kh1
Qc2 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. Nge2 g5 37. Rc1 Qxd2 38. Qxc5 Bb7 39. Bc3 Qd6 40. Qe3 Qh6
41. Bb4 Kh7 42. Ne6 Qxe6 43. Rg3 Qh6 44. Kg2 Qxh2+ 45. Kf1 Qh1+ 46. Kf2 Nh4+
47. Nf4 Qh2+ 48. Ke1 Rxf4 49. Rh3 Qg2 50. Qxf4 gxf4 51. Rxh4+ Bxh4# 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Las Vegas Desert Rats"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 c5 14. Be3 Nbd7
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Ne4 Be7 20. c4 Nf6
21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Nf3 Bc5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rf1 f5 25. Kc2 Kg7 26. a3 a5 27.
b4 axb4 28. axb4 Bxb4 29. Rb1 Bc5 30. Rxb7 Kf6 31. Rc7 Bxf2 32. c5 Rd5 33. c6
e5 34. Rd7 Rc5+ 35. Kd2 e4 36. Rd6+ Ke7 37. Rd7+ Ke6 38. Nd4+ Bxd4 39. Rxd4
Rxc6 40. Ke3 Ke5 41. Rd7 f4+ 42. Kf2 Kf6 43. Rd4 Kf5 44. Rd7 Kf6 45. Rd4 Re6
46. g3 Kg5 47. gxf4+ Kxf4 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Las Vegas Desert Rats"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe3 Nc6 14. Rfd1
Qd6 15. e5 Qd5 16. Ne1 Ne7 17. h4 h6 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. Qe2 Nc6 20. Qe4 Qxe4 21.
Bxe4 Rfd8 22. f4 Ba8 23. Nf3 Nb4 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. a3 Nc2 26. Ra2 Ne3 27. Rb1
Nd5 28. Rb3 Nxf4 29. a4 Rac8 30. a5 Nd5 31. axb6 axb6 32. Kh2 Rc7 33. Rbb2 Rdc8
34. h5 b5 35. Nd2 b4 36. Ra1 Rc2 37. Rba2 Nf4 38. Nb3 Nxh5 39. Nc5 Rxa2 40.
Rxa2 Nf4 41. Rb2 Nd5 42. Ra2 Rb8 43. Nb3 h5 44. Ra7 g5 45. Kg1 Kg7 46. Kf2 Kg6
47. Kf3 g4+ 48. Kg3 Ne3 49. Kf2 Nf5 50. Ra6 Rd8 51. Rb6 Nxd4 52. Rd6 Rxd6 53.
exd6 Nc6 54. d7 Kf6 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Las Vegas Desert Rats"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Ne2 O-O 7. Bxe4 dxe4 8.
Nd2 f5 9. c4 Nc6 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Qc1 Qf6 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Nf4 Be6
15. Qc2 Rfd8 16. Rad1 Nd3 17. Nxd3 Rxd3 18. Nb3 Rad8 19. Nc5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Bc8
21. Nb3 b6 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. c5 Qd5 24. h4 b5 25. Nd4 a6 26. a4 b4 27. c6 Kf7
28. Qd2 Qc4 29. b3 Qc5 30. Nc2 Be6 31. Nd4 Bc8 32. Qd1 g6 33. h5 Qd6 34. Qc1
Qd5 35. Qd2 Qc5 36. Qd1 Qd5 37. h6 Qc5 38. Ne2 Qxc6 39. Qd4 Qd7 40. Qg7+ Ke6
41. Nf4+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pichot, Alan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Buenos Aires Krakens"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. h3 c6 8. O-O
b5 9. Bb3 a5 10. a4 Nxb3 11. cxb3 b4 12. Ne2 Bb6 13. Ng3 h6 14. d4 O-O 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Nxe5 Ba6 17. Nc4 Bxc4 18. bxc4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Rfe8 20. Re1 Rad8 21. e5
Nd7 22. Bf4 g5 23. Be3 Rxe5 24. Bxb6 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Nxb6 26. b3 Rd3 27. Re3
Rxe3 28. fxe3 Kg7 29. Ne4 Nd7 30. g4 Kg6 31. Kf2 f5 32. gxf5+ Kxf5 33. Nd6+ Ke6
34. Nb7 h5 35. Kf3 Ke5 36. Nxa5 Kd6 37. c5+ Nxc5 38. Nc4+ Kd5 39. Nd2 Ke5 40.
Nc4+ Ke6 41. Nd2 Kd5 42. Ke2 Kd6 43. e4 Ne6 44. Kf3 Kc5 45. Nc4 Nd4+ 46. Ke3
Nxb3 47. Ne5 Kb6 48. Nc4+ Ka6 49. e5 Nc5 50. Kd4 Ne6+ 51. Ke4 g4 52. h4 Nc5+
53. Kf4 b3 54. Ke3 Nxa4 55. Kd4 Nb6 56. e6 g3 57. Ne5 g2 58. Nf3 b2 59. e7
g1=Q+ 60. Nxg1 b1=Q 61. e8=Q Qxg1+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Miami Champions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O d6 6. d3 e5 7. c3 Nge7 8. a3 a5
9. a4 O-O 10. Na3 h6 11. Nh4 g5 12. Nf3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Be3 Qd7 15. Re1
Bg4 16. Qb3+ Be6 17. Qc2 Nd5 18. Nd2 Nf4 19. Bxf4 gxf4 20. Nac4 Qc7 21. Qd1 d5
22. Na3 Qf7 23. Qe2 Rad8 24. Nb5 Kh8 25. Rad1 Bf5 26. gxf4 Bg4 27. Qxg4 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Minnesota Blizzard"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Qc2 Bb4 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. e3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 f5 12. d5 Qf6 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Qxc3+
15. Ke2 Qb2+ 16. Nd2 Qf6 17. h4 g4 18. h5 Nd7 19. Bh4 Qf5 20. Qxf5 exf5 21. f4
Kf7 22. Nb3 Bc8 23. Rac1 Re8 24. Kd3 Re4 25. Bd8 Ba6 26. Bxc7 Ke7 27. Nd4 Nc5+
28. Kd2 Rxd4+ 29. exd4 Ne4+ 30. Ke3 Kd7 31. c5 Kxc7 32. cxd6+ Kxd6 33. Rc6+
Kxd5 34. Rxh6 Rc8 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Montclair Sopranos"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. c3 c5 8. Be3
Be7 9. Nbd2 Qc8 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bg5 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Qa6 13. Qe3 Nc6 14. a3 h6 15.
Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Rfe1 Rc8 17. Nf1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Rad1 h5 20. h4 Ng6 21. Qg5
Kf8 22. Ng3 Rh6 23. Nxh5 Qb7 24. g3 Qe7 25. Nf4 Ne4 26. Ndxe6+ Kg8 27. Qxe7
Nxe7 28. Ng5 Nc5 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Re8 31. Re3 Rc6 32. c4 Rc7 33. b3 a5
34. a4 Rce7 35. Rd6 Rb8 36. e6 f5 37. h5 g6 38. hxg6 Kg7 39. Nh3 Ne4 40. Rxe4
fxe4 41. Nf4 Kf6 42. Rd4 Kf5 43. Rd5+ Kf6 44. Rb5 Reb7 45. Kf1 Rh8 46. c5 Rh1+
47. Kg2 Rd1 48. c6 Rc7 49. Nd5+ Rxd5 50. Rxd5 Rxc6 51. g7 Rc8 52. Rd6 Kxg7 53.
Rxb6 Kf6 54. Rb5 Rc2 55. e7 e3 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hansen, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. c4
e5 9. c5 dxc5 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. Nf3 c4 12. Bc2 c6 13. Nc3 Bg4 14. Bg5 Qb6 15.
Na4 Qa5 16. Qd2 Qxd2 17. Nxd2 b5 18. Nc3 a6 19. h3 Bc8 20. d6 Nbd7 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. f4 Bd4+ 23. Kh2 b4 24. Na4 a5 25. Nxc4 Ba6 26. Rad1 Bf2 27. Re2 Ba7
28. Bd3 Bb5 29. b3 Re6 30. e5 Rae8 31. Nab2 Nc5 32. f5 gxf5 33. Bxf5 Rh6 34.
Re3 Kf8 35. Rf3 Rh4 36. g4 Rh6 37. Kg3 a4 38. g5 Rg6 39. Bxg6 hxg6 40. Rdf1
Ne4+ 41. Kg4 f5+ 42. gxf6 a3 43. Nd3 c5 44. Nf4 Bd7+ 45. e6 Rxe6 46. Nxe6+
Bxe6+ 47. Kf4 Nc3 48. Rxc3 bxc3 49. Rc1 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Pittsburgh Pawngrabbers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. Be2 Bb7 7. O-O d6 8. c4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 c5 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Rc8 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rac1 Rc7 14. Bf3 Qa8
15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Qe2 Rfc8 17. e4 e6 18. Ba3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Qe3 d5 21.
cxd5 exd5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Nf3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Qa5
27. Qc2 Bf6 28. g3 Kg7 29. Kg2 Qb4 30. Nd2 Qd4 31. Ne4 Qd5 32. f3 Qd4 33. Qd2
Qxd2+ 34. Nxd2 Bc3 35. Ne4 Bb4 36. f4 f5 37. Ng5 h6 38. Nf3 Kf6 39. Kf1 g5 40.
fxg5+ hxg5 41. h4 g4 42. Nd4 Bc5 43. Ne2 Be3 44. Nc3 Ke5 45. Ke2 Bd4 46. Nb1 f4
47. gxf4+ Kxf4 48. Nd2 Be3 49. Nc4 Bc5 50. Nd2 g3 51. Kf1 Bb4 52. Nc4 b5 53.
Nb2 Kf3 54. Nd3 Bc3 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bf4 Bb7 4. e3 Nh5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nxg3 8.
hxg3 Bg7 9. Bd3 e6 10. Nbd2 d6 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. c3 a6 13. a4 Qe7 14. Be4 c6 15.
b4 f5 16. Bd3 d5 17. O-O O-O 18. Nb3 Rfc8 19. Rab1 h5 20. c4 Bf6 21. Rfc1 g4
22. Nfd2 Kg7 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. a5 b5 26. Nf1 Bb7 27. Rc1 Qd8 28.
Qb2 Be7 29. Qd2 Rc8 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. f4 Qf8 32. Nc5 Nxc5 33. bxc5 Bd8 34. Qc3
Qe7 35. Nd2 h4 36. Kf1 hxg3 37. Ke1 Bc6 38. Nb3 Qh4 39. Bf1 Qh1 40. Qd3 Qg1 41.
Kd1 Be8 42. Qe2 b4 43. Qxa6 Ba4 44. Kc2 Qxe3 45. Qd3 Qxd3+ 46. Bxd3 Bxa5 47.
Kb2 Bc7 48. Nc1 Bxf4 49. Ne2 Be3 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Ne5 c4 8. Qa4
Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 e6 12. Bb5 Bd6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. Qa3 Ke7 16. Nd2 Rhb8 17. Ke2 a5 18. f3 Nd7 19. Qxd6+ Kxd6 20. Ra3 Ra7
21. Rha1 Rba8 22. b4 a4 23. c4 dxc4 24. Nxc4+ Kc7 25. e4 Nb6 26. Na5 Kd7 27.
Rc1 Rc8 28. Rac3 Rac7 29. Rc5 Kd6 30. Kd3 Kd7 31. h4 Kd6 32. h5 Nd7 33. Nc4+
Ke7 34. Ra5 Rb8 35. Rxa4 Nb6 36. Ra6 Nxc4 37. Rxc4 Kd7 38. Kc3 g6 39. h6 Rbc8
40. Rc5 f5 41. e5 Rb8 42. Rca5 Rcb7 43. Ra7 Kc7 44. Kc4 g5 45. R5a6 Rd8 46. Ra8
Rxa8 47. Rxa8 Kb6 48. Re8 Ra7 49. Rxe6 Ra2 50. d5 Rc2+ 51. Kd3 Rxg2 52. Rxc6+
Kb5 53. e6 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harmon Vellotti, Luke"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dallas Destiny"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. Nc3 c6 11. f4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Bxb6
Bxc2 15. a5 g6 16. Na4 Bb4 17. Nc5 Bxc5+ 18. Bxc5 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Javakhadze, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Dallas Destiny"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Qc2 g6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. b3 Re8
15. Bb5 a6 16. Ba4 Rf8 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Qb2 Bf8 19. Bg5 Bg7 20. Qa3 Qa5 21. Nb1
Red8 22. Bxd7 Qxa3 23. Nxa3 Rxd7 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Nc4 Rcc7 26. Nb6 Rd8 27. Na4
Be7 28. Nd2 f6 29. Rc2 Kf7 30. Rdc1 a5 31. Nf3 Ba6 32. Rd1 Ke6 33. Nd4+ Kd6 34.
Ne2 Ke5 35. f4+ Ke6 36. Nd4+ Kf7 37. Nf3 Bc8 38. Rcd2 Bb7 39. Kf2 c4 40. bxc4
Rxc4 41. Nb6 Rc3 42. Nd4 Rb8 43. Rb1 Bb4 44. Rbb2 Re8 45. Re2 Rd3 46. Rbc2 Bd6
47. Nb5 Bb8 48. a4 Re7 49. Nd4 Bd6 50. g3 Bb4 51. Nb5 g5 52. Nc8 Bxc8 53. Rxc8
gxf4 54. exf4 Rxe2+ 55. Kxe2 Rd2+ 56. Kf3 Rxh2 57. Rc7+ Kg6 58. Nd4 h5 59. f5+
Kh6 60. Rc8 Kg7 61. Ne6+ Kf7 62. Rc7+ Ke8 63. Ra7 Ra2 64. Nc7+ Kf8 65. Nxd5
Ra3+ 66. Kg2 Bd6 67. Nxf6 Rxg3+ 68. Kf2 Ra3 69. Nh7+ Ke8 70. Nf6+ Kf8 71. Ne4
Bf4 72. Rh7 Rxa4 73. Nc5 Rc4 74. Ne6+ Kg8 75. Rg7+ Kh8 76. Kf3 Be5 77. Rg5 a4
78. Rg6 a3 79. f6 Bxf6 80. Rxf6 Rc8 81. Rh6+ Kg8 82. Rxh5 a2 83. Rh1 Ra8 84.
Ra1 Kf7 85. Nd4 Kf6 86. Ke4 Ra3 87. Kd5 Ra5+ 88. Kc4 Ra4+ 89. Kc5 Ra5+ 90. Kb4
Ra8 91. Nb5 Ke5 92. Na3 Rb8+ 93. Kc3 Rc8+ 94. Kb2 Rb8+ 95. Kxa2 Kd4 96. Rc1 Kd3
97. Rc7 Rb6 98. Nc4 Rb8 99. Ne5+ Kd4 100. Nc6+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Dallas Destiny"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Qh4 Rc8 12. Nc3 Rc5 13. Qf4 Qa8 14. Qe3 Re8
15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 a6 17. a4 Ng4 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. exf3 Nge5 20. Ne1 Rcc8 21.
Rab1 Nc6 22. Nd5 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 Kg7 24. Nc2 Red8 25. Nce3 e6 26. Nc3 Nf6 27. f4
Nb4 28. Rbd2 d5 29. g4 Rc7 30. g5 Nh5 31. Ne2 Rcd7 32. Ng4 Nc6 33. Ne5 Rd6 34.
Nxc6 Rxc6 35. Kg2 Re8 36. cxd5 exd5 37. Kf3 f6 38. h4 fxg5 39. hxg5 Kf7 40. Rh1
Rc5 41. Ng3 Rc3+ 42. Kg4 Nxg3 43. fxg3 Kg8 44. Rxd5 Ree3 45. Rh3 Rxb3 46. Rd8+
Kg7 47. Rd7+ Kg8 48. Ra7 a5 49. Raxh7 Rxg3+ 50. Rxg3 Rxg3+ 51. Kxg3 Kxh7 52.
Kf3 b5 53. axb5 a4 54. b6 a3 55. b7 a2 56. b8=Q a1=Q 57. Qc7+ Kg8 58. Qc8+ Kf7
59. Qd7+ Kf8 60. Qd6+ Kf7 61. Qc7+ Kf8 62. Qc5+ Kf7 63. Qc4+ Kf8 64. Ke4 Qe1+
65. Kd5 Kg7 66. Qc7+ Kg8 67. Qd8+ Kh7 68. Qd7+ Kh8 69. Qc8+ Kh7 70. Qc7+ Kg8
71. Kd6 Qe4 72. Qd8+ Kh7 73. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dallas Destiny"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Qc7 14. Bd3 Ng4
15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Ngf6 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. c4 h6 19. Bd2 Rfd8 20. a4 Qb7 21.
Rfe1 Qa6 22. a5 bxa5 23. c5 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Nb8 25. Bxa5 Rd7 26. Rb1 Nc6 27. Bc3
Nd5 28. Bd2 a5 29. Ree1 a4 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. Reb1 a3 32. Ra2 Rda7 33. g3 Ra4 34.
Rb3 Nxd4 35. Nxd4 Rxd4 36. Kg2 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia Eagles"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg5 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Re1 Rc8 11. Bf1 h6 12. Bf4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
Bxd5 15. c3 e5 16. Be3 b6 17. Qc1 Qh4 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Bf2 Qf6 20. Nd2 Qd6 21.
Ne4 Qe7 22. Rd1 Kh7 23. Qe3 f5 24. Nd2 Qf7 25. b3 h5 26. Rac1 Rd7 27. Qe1 Rcd8
28. Bh4 Rc8 29. Bc4 Bh6 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rb1 g5 32. Bf2 g4 33. Nc4 gxf3 34.
gxf3 b5 35. Ne3 Rdd8 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Rd1 Rg8+ 38. Kh1 e4 39. fxe4 fxe4 40.
Qe2 Ne5 41. Bg3 Nf3 42. Qxb5 Ne5 43. Rf1 Nf3 44. Rd1 Ne5 45. Rf1 Nf3 46. Rd1
Qg6 47. Rd7+ Rg7 48. Nf5 Qg5 49. Rxg7+ Bxg7 50. Qd7 Qc1+ 51. Kg2 Qg1+ 52. Kh3
Qf1# 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes Blockbusters"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 c5 8. Be4 Rb8
9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 dxe5 11. Nc6 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Ngf6 13. Nxb8 Qxb8 14. fxe5 Nxe4
15. Nxe4 Qxe5 16. Qe1 Bb7 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nf3 Qc7 19. c3 e5 20. Be3 O-O 21. Qh4
g5 22. Bxg5 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 hxg5 24. Qxg5 Qc6 25. Rd1 e4 26. Rg3 Qf6 27. Qxg7+
Qxg7 28. Rxd7 b4 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Re7 bxc3 31. bxc3 Rc8 32. Rxe4 Rxc3 33. h4
Ra3 34. Re2 Kg6 35. Kh2 a5 36. g3 f5 37. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Delhi Dynamite"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nc7 11. Ne2 b5 12. Be3 Rb8 13. c3 Nd7 14. Qd2 a5 15. g4
a4 16. Rae1 Nb6 17. b3 Ra8 18. f5 axb3 19. axb3 Nd7 20. Bg2 Ra3 21. b4 Qa8 22.
Bh6 Ra2 23. Qf4 f6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. g5 Qa7 26. Kh1 Ne5 27. Qh4 Rf7 28. Nf4 Kg8
29. Qg3 c4 30. h4 Kh8 31. Bh3 Ne8 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. h5 gxh5 34. g6 Rf8 35. Be6
Ng7 36. Qh3 Nd3 37. Nxh5 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ljubljana Turtles"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Nxe5 Bxe5 7. g3 c5 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Re1 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Bg2 Bxc4
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. b3 Qa5 18. Rac1 Qxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Marseille Migraines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. dxe4 e5 5. Ngf3 Bd6 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Ba6 8. c4
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qc2 a5 12. b3 Nc5 13. Re1 Ne6 14. Bb2 Nd7 15.
Nf1 c5 16. Ne3 Nd4 17. Qd3 a4 18. Nf5 Qf6 19. N3xd4 cxd4 20. b4 g6 21. Nxd4
exd4 22. f4 Rad8 23. e5 Bxe5 24. Bxb7 Bc7 25. Rad1 Nb8 26. Bd5 Nc6 27. Qe4 Rd6
28. b5 Nd8 29. Bxd4 Qf5 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. Re7 Bb8 32. Be5 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mumbai Movers"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8.
O-O O-O 9. h3 Rb8 10. Rb1 Bb7 11. Qe1 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Kh1 Ba8 14. a3 Qc8
15. Qh4 Bxe4 16. Ng5 Bxc2 17. Nd5 Re8 18. f5 Bxb1 19. Nxf6+ exf6 20. Qxh7+ Kf8
21. Ne6+ Rxe6 22. fxe6 Qxe6 23. Bh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Rxb1 Qa2 26. Rf1
Rxb2 27. h4 Rxg2 28. Qf4 Qd5 29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. Rxf3 Rg4 31. Rxf6 Rxh4+ 32. Kg2
Ra4 33. Rc6 Rxa3 34. Rxc5 a5 35. Rxc7 a4 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Reykjavik Puffins"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Be3 Bb7 8. e5 e6
9. Be4 Bxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Nf2 h5 12. a4 Nh6 13. Nd3 O-O 14. O-O Qb8 15. h3
Nb6 16. a5 Nd7 17. Re1 Rc8 18. Qd2 Bf8 19. b4 Re8 20. Bf2 Be7 21. f5 Nxf5 22.
g4 Ng7 23. Qh6 Nf8 24. Nf4 Qd8 25. Kh2 Nh7 26. Rg1 hxg4 27. hxg4 Bg5 28. Nxg5
Qxg5 29. Qxg5 Nxg5 30. Kg2 Ne4 31. Rh1 g5 32. Nd3 Nxf2 33. Kxf2 f5 34. exf6 Rf8
35. Ke2 Ne8 36. Ne5 Nxf6 37. Rh6 Rae8 38. Rg6+ Kh8 39. Rh1+ Nh7 40. Rgh6 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sharafiev, Azat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Volga Stormbringers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. O-O e5 8.
Nd2 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. a4 a5 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Qd6 14. Nd2 Bc7 15.
Nc4 Qe6 16. f3 Nh5 17. Bf2 Nf4 18. Kh1 Qg6 19. Rg1 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Rd8 21. Qc3 f6
22. Bb6 Bxb6 23. Nxb6 Ra6 24. Qc5 Qe8 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. d4 exd4 27. Qxd4 Rd8
28. Qc4+ Qf7 29. Qc3 Qd7 30. h3 Qd3 31. Qc5 Qd4 32. Qh5 Rb6 33. Rae1 Qe5 34.
Qxe5 fxe5 35. Rc1 Rxb2 36. Rc5 Rdd2 37. Rxa5 b5 38. axb5 cxb5 39. Ra7 b4 40.
Rb7 Rf2 41. h4 h5 42. Rb5 b3 43. Rxe5 Rbc2 44. Rxh5 b2 45. Rb5 Kh7 46. Rb3 Kh6
47. Kh2 Rfd2 48. Kh3 Rf2 49. g3 g5 50. hxg5+ Kxg5 51. Rb5+ Kf6 52. Kg4 Rfd2 53.
Rh1 Kg7 54. Rb7+ Kg6 55. f4 Rg2 56. e5 Rcf2 57. f5+ Rxf5 58. Rb6+ Kg7 59. Kxf5
1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aleskerov, Faik"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "San Jose Hackers"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qc7 8.
O-O e6 9. Re1 Bd6 10. Bg5 Nge7 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. Nf1 O-O 13. Ng3 Rae8 14. Rad1
a6 15. Nh4 Nxh4 16. Bxh4 b5 17. Nf1 b4 18. c4 Qa5 19. Ne3 Bf4 20. cxd5 exd5 21.
Nf5 b3 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. axb3 Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 25. Qf1 Bxh2+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "San Jose Hackers"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 O-O 8. Bd3
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 c5 11. bxc5 bxc5 12. dxc5 Nbd7 13. O-O Nxc5 14. Be2 Bd6
15. Nb5 Be5 16. Rb1 Nfe4 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Qa5 19. Qe1 Qxe1 20. Rxe1 Rfd8
21. f3 Nf6 22. Nd4 Bc8 23. Rc1 Ne6 24. Nfxe6 fxe6 25. Nc6 Re8 26. Ne5 Re7 27.
Bb5 Bb7 28. Rbc2 Rb8 29. Rc7 Kf8 30. f4 d4 31. exd4 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Be4 33. a4 a6
34. Bxa6 Rb1+ 35. Kf2 Rb2+ 36. Ke1 Rb1+ 37. Kd2 Rb2+ 38. Ke1 Rb1+ 39. Kd2 Rb2+
40. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "San Jose Hackers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Rfc8 18. d5 Nb4 19. Bb1 Qb7 20. Qe2 a3 21. b3 Rxc1
22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Qe1 Bd8 24. Nf1 Na6 25. b4 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 h6 27. Qxa3 Bb6 28.
Qc3 Bxe3 29. Nxe3 Nh5 30. Bd3 Nf4 31. a3 f5 32. exf5 e4 33. Qd4 Nxd3 34. Qxe4
Ne5 35. Nxe5 dxe5 36. Qxe5 Nc7 37. f6 Ne8 38. fxg7 Nxg7 39. d6 Be6 40. Nc2 Qd7
41. Nd4 Bc4 42. g4 h5 43. f3 hxg4 44. hxg4 Kf7 45. Kg2 Ne8 46. Qh5+ Kg8 47.
Qg6+ Kf8 48. Qh6+ Kg8 49. Nf5 Qe6 50. Qd2 Nf6 51. Kh3 Kf7 52. Qd4 Bf1+ 53. Kh4
Qe1+ 54. Kg5 Nh7+ 55. Kh6 Qe6+ 56. Kh5 Nf6+ 57. Kh4 Qe1+ 58. Kg5 Nh7+ 59. Kf4
Qc1+ 60. Ne3 Nf6 61. g5 Nh5+ 62. Kg4 Bh3+ 63. Kxh3 Qh1+ 64. Kg4 Ng7 65. Qf4+
Kg8 66. d7 Ne6 67. Qe5 Qg1+ 68. Kf5 Qxg5+ 69. Kxe6 Qg6+ 70. Qf6 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wheeler, Cameron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "San Jose Hackers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxb5 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. Be2 Be7 12. Bf3 Nc6 13. h4 b4 14. Be4 Qd7 15.
Qh5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 bxc3 17. O-O Qxd4 18. Bxc6+ Bxc6 19. Be3 Qe4 20. Bc5 f6 21.
Qxg7 O-O-O 22. Rxa7 Bb7 23. Bd6 Qc6 24. Rb1 c2 25. Ra8+ Bxa8 26. Rb8# 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chu, Ruotong"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cheng Du Pandas"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Rc1 c6 7. e3 Be6 8. Ng5
Bg4 9. Nf3 Qb6 10. Qb3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qxb3 12. axb3 e6 13. Be5 Nbd7 14. f4 Rfc8
15. c5 Bf8 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Bd3 a5 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Ke2 Rab8 20. Ra1 Be7 21.
Rhc1 Bd8 22. Rc3 Bc7 23. b4 axb4 24. Rb3 Ba5 25. Nb6 Bxb6 26. cxb6 Ra8 27. Rxa8
Rxa8 28. Rxb4 Kf8 29. f3 Ra1 30. e4 f5 31. exf5 exf5 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. Kg3 Kd6
34. Bc2 Nf8 35. Rb3 Ne6 36. Rd3 Ra2 37. Bd1 Rxb2 38. Bb3 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bai, Jinshi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Cheng Du Pandas"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Bg4 7. Nd2 e6 8. Ngf3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb1 Bh5 11. Ne5 Rac8 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Bxh7+ Kg7 16. Bd3 Rh8 17. f4 cxd4 18. exd4 c5 19. Qe1 Qb6 20. dxc5 Bxc5+
21. Kh1 Qxb2 22. Nb3 Bb6 23. Qg3+ Bg6 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Qxd4 26. Bxg6 fxg6
27. Rab1 Rc7 28. f5 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Xu, Xiangyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Cheng Du Pandas"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Bf5 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Bxf5 exf5 8.
Bh4 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qf3 Ne7 11. O-O-O Qd6 12. Nge2 O-O-O 13. Nf4 g6 14.
Kb1 h5 15. Nd3 Kb8 16. Na4 Nc8 17. b3 Qe7 18. Rc1 c6 19. c4 dxc4 20. Rxc4 Nd6
21. Rcc1 Ne4 22. Rhd1 Rd5 23. Qe2 Rhd8 24. Qc2 Ra5 25. Nac5 Nxc5 26. Nxc5 Rd5
27. a4 Raxc5 28. dxc5 Qe5 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. exd4 Qxd4 31. Ka2 a5 32. Rd1 Qb4 33.
Qd2 Qxc5 34. Qd6+ Qxd6 35. Rxd6 Be5 36. Rd7 Bxh2 37. Rxf7 Bg1 38. f3 Be3 39.
Rf6 g5 40. Rxf5 b6 41. Rf7 Kc8 42. Kb1 h4 43. Kc2 Bf4 44. Kd3 Bg3 45. Ke4 Bh2
46. Rg7 Bf4 47. Kf5 Kb8 48. Rh7 Kc8 49. Ke6 Bg3 50. Rf7 Bf4 51. Rg7 Kb8 52. Kd7
Kb7 53. Rg6 c5 54. Rg7 Be3 55. Kd6+ Ka6 56. Kc6 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.03.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cheng Du Pandas"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Bd3 Nxe5 9. Bxf5 d6 10. Bxc8 Rxc8 11. d4 Ng6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nf3 Qd7 14. Qd3
Rfe8 15. Bd2 Nh4 16. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tate, Alan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. c4
e5 9. Nc3 h6 10. c5 Ne8 11. b4 f5 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. c6 bxc6 14. dxc6 Ndf6 15.
Bc4+ Kh8 16. Nf3 fxe4 17. Nxe5 Kh7 18. Nf7 Qe7 19. Qb3 d5 20. Nxd5 Qxf7 21. Nb6
Nd5 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "269"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qa5+ 8. Nd2
Ne7 9. Ngf3 Nf5 10. O-O Qa6 11. c4 Bb4 12. b3 Nd7 13. Rfc1 O-O 14. a3 Be7 15.
Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nf1 Rad8 17. Ng3 dxc4 18. bxc4 c5 19. Qe3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Ng6 21.
Nf3 Qa5 22. Re1 Rc8 23. Rad1 Nb6 24. Qg5 Rxc4 25. Qxh5 Qa4 26. Ne2 Nd5 27. g3
Re8 28. Ned4 Nf8 29. Ng5 Re7 30. Nf5 exf5 31. Rxd5 Rd4 32. e6 f6 33. Qf7+ Rxf7
34. exf7+ Kh8 35. Re8 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 fxg5 37. Rxd1 Kh7 38. Rxf8 Qc6+ 39. Kg1 Kg6
40. hxg5 f4 41. gxf4 Qe6 42. Rd3 Qg4+ 43. Rg3 Qxf4 44. Rd8 Kxf7 45. Rd7+ Kg6
46. Rxb7 Qc1+ 47. Kh2 Qf4 48. Rb2 Qh4+ 49. Kg1 Qd4 50. Rb1 Qd2 51. Rbb3 Qe1+
52. Kg2 Qe4+ 53. Kh2 Qe2 54. Rbf3 Qd2 55. Rf8 Qd6 56. Rc8 Qd4 57. Rc6+ Kf5 58.
Rf3+ Kxg5 59. Kg2 Qe4 60. Rc7 Kh6 61. Rcc3 Kh7 62. Rce3 Qd5 63. Kh2 Qd6+ 64.
Rg3 Kg8 65. Rc3 Qf4 66. Kg1 Qe5 67. Rc4 Qe1+ 68. Kg2 Qe5 69. Rcg4 Qd5+ 70. Kg1
Kf8 71. Rxg7 Qd1+ 72. Kh2 Qd2 73. Rg8+ Kf7 74. R3g7+ Kf6 75. Rg6+ Kf7 76. R6g7+
Kf6 77. Rg2 Qf4+ 78. R8g3 Qh6+ 79. Rh3 Qf4+ 80. Kh1 Qe4 81. Re3 Qd5 82. Kh2
Qh5+ 83. Rh3 Qe2 84. Rh4 Qf3 85. a4 a5 86. Rd4 Qf5 87. Kg3 Qc2 88. Rf4+ Ke6 89.
f3 Qg6+ 90. Rg4 Qb1 91. Re2+ Kf5 92. Kg2 Qd3 93. Rge4 Qd1 94. Rb2 Qc1 95. Rb5+
Kf6 96. Rd4 Ke6 97. Rdd5 Qc2+ 98. Kg3 Qxa4 99. Re5+ Kf6 100. Rf5+ Kg6 101. Rfc5
Kf7 102. Rxa5 Qd7 103. Rf5+ Kg6 104. Rfd5 Qe6 105. Re5 Qd6 106. Rad5 Qc7 107.
f4 Qc1 108. Re2 Qg1+ 109. Rg2 Qb1 110. Kg4 Kf6 111. Rd6+ Kf7 112. Rgd2 Qg1+
113. Kf5 Qb1+ 114. R2d3 Qc2 115. Rd7+ Kg8 116. Kf6 Qb2+ 117. R3d4 Qa1 118. Rd8+
Kh7 119. f5 Qc3 120. Kf7 Qh3 121. R4d5 Qg4 122. R8d7 Qh5+ 123. Ke7 Qh4+ 124.
Kf7 Qh5+ 125. Kf6+ Kh6 126. R5d6 Qe2 127. Kf7+ Kg5 128. f6 Qh5+ 129. Ke7 Qe2+
130. Kf8 Kg6 131. Rg7+ Kf5 132. f7 Qa2 133. Kg8 Ke5 134. Ra6 Qc4 135. Rgg6 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Perez Ponsa, Federico"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 g6 {This move seems
dubious, even though it worked well in this game.} ({The more solid way of
handling the position is} 6... Bc5 7. O-O Nd7 (7... Ne7 8. Na4 Bd6 9. d4 dxe4
10. Qxe4 Nd7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Qf3 Qa5 13. Nc3 $14 {1-0 (57) Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2796)-Mamedyarov,S (2800) Paris FRA 2017}) 8. exd5 (8. Na4 dxe4 9. Qxe4 Bd6
10. d4 Ngf6 11. Qf3 O-O $11) 8... exd5 9. Qg3 Bd4 10. d3 Ne7 11. Bf4 O-O $11 {
Stevic,H (2621)-Bodiroga,P (2399) Zadar 2010}) 7. O-O (7. d4 {seems more
precise, since later White didn't manage to build up such a solid pawn centre.
For instance,} Bg7 8. Be3 Nd7 (8... Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Qa5 12.
Bf1 Kh8 13. Bc1 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qe2 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 $14 {
1-0 (72) Azarov,S (2648)-Andreikin,D (2705) Rogaska Slatina SLO 2011}) 9. exd5
exd5 10. O-O-O Nf8 11. g4 Ne6 12. Qg3 $14 {Jones,G (2624)-Ipatov,A (2591)
Germany 2012}) 7... Bg7 8. Rd1 $146 ({A move deserving serious attention was} 
8. d4 $5 {, intending to meet} Bxd4 $6 {with} 9. Rd1 Bg7 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Nxd5
$1 {with a powerful attack.}) ({The previously played} 8. d3 Nd7 9. Qg3 Ne7 10.
Bd2 O-O 11. Qh4 f5 $132 {was fine for Black in Jones,G (2575)-Ivanchuk,V (2764)
Warsaw POL 2010}) 8... d4 $1 9. Nb1 Ne7 {In the resulting closed position
White can hardly benefit from having the bishop pair.} 10. d3 c5 11. a4 {
Securing the c4-spot for the knight is a typical measure for the KID.} Nbc6 12.
Na3 O-O 13. Qg3 a6 14. Bf4 {Provoking the e6-e5 advance makes little sense
here.} ({It was worth considering} 14. h4 $5 h5 15. Bg5 Kh7 16. Qh3 $132) 14...
e5 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. Rf1 $6 {White is playing rather slowly, so Hikaru manages
to make significant progress on the queenside.} ({The more challenging way of
handling the position was} 16. h4 $1 h5 17. f4 f5 18. Rf1 $132 {keeping the
situation tense.}) 16... b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. f4 Bh6 {The exchange of the
bishops is a part of Black's strategic plan.} ({However,} 18... f5 $1 {was
more energetic!} 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Qh4 Qd6 $15) 19. Qh4 $6 {Wasting an
important tempo.} ({It was the right moment for re-locating the knight:} 19.
Nb1 $1 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Qxf4 f6 22. Nd2 Ne5 23. Nf3 N7c6 24. Nxe5 Nxe5
25. Ra6 $11 {The activity of White's pieces would allow White to maintain the
balance.}) 19... Bxf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rxf4 $2 {Letting Black perfectly
regroup his forces.} (21. Qxf4 f6 22. Nb1 Nb4 23. c3 Nbc6 $15) 21... Ne5 $17 {
Now Black is firmly in control - White lacks any counterplay.} 22. Raf1 N7c6
23. Qf2 $2 {This is already a decisive mistake.} (23. Qh6 f6 24. R4f2 b4 25.
Nb1 b3 26. c3 {White's position would be difficult, but still playable.}) 23...
b4 $1 24. Nb1 b3 25. c4 {The most stubborn} (25. c3 Ra8 26. cxd4 Nxd4 $19 {
was completely hopeless.}) 25... Nb4 {Now Black's knights are dominating over
the board.} 26. Qg3 f6 ({A simpler way was} 26... Ra8 $1 27. Nd2 Ra2 28. Rb1
Qb8 $1 $19 {and the Pd3 falls.}) 27. Kh2 (27. Nd2 {was better, though after}
Qd6 28. R4f2 Kg7 29. Nf3 Nxf3+ 30. Rxf3 Qxg3 31. Rxg3 Ra8 {Black still should
be able to convert his positional advantage into a full point.}) 27... Qd6 28.
Na3 Nc2 29. Nb5 {The Nb5 is only visually nice - it is rather useless.} Qe7 30.
R4f2 Ra8 31. Rb1 Ne3 32. Na3 {White manages to lock the a-file, but it doesn't
solve all his problems.} Rf7 33. Re1 Kh8 {Hikaru isn't in a rush!} 34. Bf1 Re8
35. Nb1 f5 $1 {A decisive break. Now White's position is collapsing.} 36. Nd2
Qc7 37. Kg1 f4 {Not the only, but the most effective way - White is almost
paralysed now.} 38. Qh4 Ref8 39. Be2 ({Or} 39. Nf3 Nxf3+ 40. Rxf3 Qe5 41. Ra1
Kg7 {and White can do nothing with the coming storm of Black's kingside pawns.}
) 39... Qa5 40. Qg5 Qxd2 41. Qxe5+ Kg8 {The loss of material is unavoidable.
The rest was easy.} 42. Rb1 Qc2 43. Rbf1 Nxf1 44. Bxf1 Qc1 45. Qxc5 f3 46. g3
Qe3 47. Qd5 h5 48. h4 Kh7 49. Qg5 Ra7 50. Qc5 Ra1 51. Qe7+ Kg8 52. Qe6+ Kg7 53.
Qe7+ Rf7 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 {The
'Scheveningen' style of the English Attack against the Sicilian Najdorf. It
normally brings very dynamic positions, and this game is no exception:} 7. f3
b5 8. Qd2 b4 {The modern way to play this setup, Black immediately pushes his
b4-pawn. Grandelius himself has played this position 6 times before this game.
So it is no surprise that Nakamura came prepared for the battle. Now all the
three knight moves are playable.} 9. Na4 (9. Nce2 e5 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. c4 (11. g4
$5 h6 12. Ng3 Be6 13. O-O-O {1-0 (45) Ruiz C,J (2350)-Rios,C (2501) San
Salvador 2017} Qc7 14. Kb1 (14. Nf5 d5 $1 15. Bc5 g6 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. g5 dxe4
$6 (17... hxg5 18. Qxg5 Nh5 $1 $17) 18. gxf6 Bxf5 19. Qd6+ $1 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Nd8
21. fxe4 Bxe4 22. Rg1 $16 {1-0 (45) Ruiz C,J (2350)-Rios,C (2501) San Salvador
2017. White will regain the a6-pawn with a huge positional advantage:}) 14...
d5 $13 {1-0 (57) Martinez Alcantara,J (2388)-Colon Garcia,E (2343) Sabadell
2014, with complex play.}) 11... Be7 12. g4 g6 13. h4 Be6 14. Ng3 h5 15. g5 Nd7
{and Black has a comfortable plus already, mainly because White has no
prospects of bringing a knight to the d5-square.} 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Be2 a5 $1 $17
{0-1 (32) Tazbir,M (2521)-Anand,V (2776) Germany 2016}) (9. Nd1 Be7 10. g4 h6
11. Rg1 g5 12. Nf2 e5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. gxf5 d5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Ne4 Qxd2+ 17.
Bxd2 (17. Nxd2 $1 $14 {with many weak light-squares to explore, White has to
be better in this endgame.}) 17... Nxe4 18. fxe4 Nd7 19. Bd3 Bc5 20. Rg2 Ke7
$11 {1/2-1/2 (52) Dominguez Perez,L (2720)-Grandelius,N (2641) Baku 2016}) 9...
Nbd7 10. O-O-O (10. Bc4 $5 {trying to defend the knight with Bb3 and preparing
kingside castlling} Ne5 (10... Qa5 11. Bb3) 11. Bb3 Rb8 12. O-O Bd7 13. a3 a5
14. axb4 axb4 15. f4 (15. c4 $5 bxc3 16. bxc3 Be7 $11 {and Black looks fine})
15... Neg4 $36 {0-1 (38) Nedev,T (2484)-Saric,I (2671) Tromsoe 2014}) 10... Qa5
11. b3 Bb7 {Preparing ...Nc5.} (11... Nc5 $2 12. Nc6 Qc7 13. Bxc5 Qxc6 14. Bxb4
$18 {1/2-1/2 (64) Warakomski,T (2489)-Gajek,R (2203) Warsaw 2012}) 12. a3 (12.
Kb1 Nc5 $1 13. a3 Nxa4 14. axb4 Qc7 15. bxa4 {similar to the old main line,
but here things are different, and Black has a strong initiative:} Be7 16. c4
O-O 17. Bd3 Rfb8 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Bc2 d5 $1 20. Bf4 dxc4 21. Bxb8 Rxb8 $44 {
0-1 (36) Gabrielian,A (2524)-Jumabayev,R (2609) St Petersburg 2016; and White
is under huge fire.}) 12... Qc7 13. axb4 d5 14. Bf2 $5 {Nakamura said that
Grandelius was surprised by Bf2 and started to put a lot of thought into the
next few moves. This move has already been seen in two recent over-the-board
games, and two correspondence games as well.} (14. b5 {there was an important
game between two heavyweight players in 2014:} e5 15. bxa6 (15. b6 Nxb6 16. Ne6
fxe6 17. Bxb6 Ba3+ 18. Kb1 Qe7 19. Ba5 $13 {0-1 (34) Brodsky,M (2566)
-Cheparinov,I (2632) Hoogeveen 2006; with complex play.}) 15... Bxa6 16. Nb5
Bxb5 17. Bxb5 d4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qxd4 (19. e5 $5 Rb8 20. exf6 Rxb5 21. Rhe1+
Re5 22. Qxd4 Ba3+ 23. Kb1 O-O $13) 19... Ra5 20. Qd3 Ba3+ 21. Kb1 Ke7 22. Bxd7
Nxd7 23. Nc3 Ne5 (23... Nb6 $1 $19) 24. Nd5+ Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Rc8 26. c4 {1/2-1/2
(66) Caruana,F (2791)-Topalov,V (2772) Stavanger 2014; I still prefer Black,
but the play still is double-edged.}) 14... Bd6 $6 (14... e5 $5 {this game was
played exactly two days before the Nakamura-Grandelius encounter} 15. Nf5 (15.
exd5 $5 {was worth a try} exd4 16. Qe1+ Kd8 17. Bxd4 $36 {with a wild position,
White keeps a strong attack, having three pawns for the sacrificed piece})
15... g6 16. Nh6 Rc8 17. Bd3 $6 (17. Bc5 $1 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. bxc5 Qxc5
20. Kb2 Ke7 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Bxa6 {and after a crazy start, this game ran
into severe simplifications to end in a peaceful draw on the 31st move} Rc7 23.
Ra1 Bxb3 $1 24. Ra5 $1 Qxc2+ 25. Qxc2 Bxc2 26. Rxe5+ Kd6 27. Rb5 Nd5 28. Nxf7+
Rxf7 29. Kxc2 Ne3+ 30. Kd2 Nxg2 31. Ke2 {1/2-1/2 (31) Mercader Martínez,J 
(2396)-Cusicanqui,M (2417) ICCF 2017}) 17... dxe4 18. Bc4 Bd5 $1 19. Nb2 (19.
Bxd5 {runs into the very annoying} Bxh6 $1 $19 {and White has to resign
instantly because of the mate on c2}) 19... exf3 20. Rhe1 fxg2 21. Kb1 Qd6 22.
Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Nd3 $2 (23. Qxd5 {was necessary} Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Bxh6 $15) 23...
Ne4 24. Rxe4 Qxe4 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. bxc5 Bxh6 27. Qd7+ Kf8 28. Qxc8+ Kg7 29. Qc7
Qe2 {0-1 (29) Bok,B (2607)-Gordievsky,D (2622) Wijk aan Zee 2018}) (14... dxe4
{is also a challenging move, simply taking the central pawn} 15. Bg3 Qc8 $6 (
15... e5 $1 {deserves consideration}) 16. Bc4 Bd5 $6 (16... Be7 17. Rhe1 $36)
17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Nf5 $1 $16 N7f6 (18... Bxb4 19. Nxg7+ $18) 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20.
Bxd6 Qc6 21. Bc5 exf3 22. c4 $1 Ne7 23. gxf3 $18 {1-0 (32) Yoo,C (2242)-Preotu,
R (2501) Calgary 2017; and Black is in deep trouble.}) 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bg3 $1
{Nicely defending the b4-pawn.} Rc8 (16... Nxb4 $2 17. Qxb4 Bxb4 18. Bxc7 $18)
(16... O-O 17. c4 $1 $16) 17. c4 $1 {Brave and good - Black is in trouble
already.} Bxb4 (17... Bxg3 {wouldn't help much} 18. hxg3 Qxg3 19. Kb2 {White
has a strong initiative, and his pieces are much more active than their
counterparts:} N5f6 20. Rh3 Qc7 21. g4 $16 {[%csl Rf6] suddenly the knight
doesn't have a decent square to go, meanwhile the white king remains safe on
b2.}) 18. Qg5 $1 {It looks scary to play like this, but White is attacking the
queen and also taking on g7 next move.} Qa5 (18... Bd6 {wouldn't change much:}
19. Qxg7 Rf8 20. Kb1 $18 {the white pawns and pieces create a very interesting
harmony defending the king, keeping a nice pawn up and great attacking
prospects against Black.}) 19. Qxg7 Rf8 (19... Ba3+ 20. Kb1 Nc3+ 21. Kc2 $1 {
not an easy move to see from afar} (21. Nxc3 $2 Qxc3 22. Qxh8+ Nf8 {and White
has to lose a lot of material to avoid checkmate}) 21... Nxd1 22. Qxh8+ Nf8 23.
Kxd1 $18) 20. Nc2 $1 {Now White is a pawn up, and wants to take on d5 possibly.
} Bc6 21. Qa1 $3 {The move is somehwat forced - the double exclamation mark
would be for finding this move in advance, which is very impressive to me.
According to his words after the game - 'it all came down to finding two
precise moves, 20.Nc2 and 21.Qa1'.} Nc5 {One last try by the Swedish
grandmaster, that almost works, but loses the game by force.} (21... N7b6 {
would keep the game going, but after} 22. Nxb6 Qxa1+ 23. Nxa1 Nxb6 24. Nc2 $16
{White is a healthy pawn up.}) 22. Nxc5 Qxa1+ 23. Nxa1 Ba3+ 24. Kd2 Bb4+ 25.
Kd3 $1 {Forced and good!} Nc3 ({There are no ghosts to be afraid of} 25... Bxc5
{as} 26. cxd5 $18 {is a simple win for White.}) 26. Nxa6 Rd8+ 27. Kc2 Rxd1 28.
Nxb4 Rxa1 29. Kxc3 $18 {The rest is quite simple.} Kd7 30. Nc2 Rb1 31. Ne1 Ra8
32. Bd3 Rc1+ 33. Kd2 Raa1 34. Be5 Rd1+ 35. Ke2 Rac1 36. Bb2 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Quintiliano,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 $1 {After having tested
the Sicilian Dragon in the last London Classic and finished unbeaten, it was
likely that Nakamura would play it again in future events.} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O ({One of those games played by Nakamura in the London
Classic against an opening expert went} 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12.
O-O-O Ne5 13. Bg5 Rc5 14. Kb1 Re8 15. g4 $5 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Nakamura,
H (2781) 9th London Classic 2017 (2.2) 1/2 entering complicated and
double-edged positions, but despite the fight, the end was peaceful -}) 9... d5
$1 {Once the bishop is not on c4, this move is possible and good.} 10. Qe1 {
Duda is aware of the trend in the opening, as this move has been becoming more
popular in recent years.} ({The other game played by Nakamura against another
opening expert in London went} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 ({the greedy
} 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 $1 {is dangerous for White as in return for the
pawn Black has many open lines on the queenside and real attacking
possibilities, and} 14. Qxa8 $2 {is bad due to} Bf5 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Gc2] when
Black wins the queen and remains with active pieces}) 12... Bxd4 (12... e5 {
used to be the main line in the past, but after} 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Re8 15. h4
{White keeps a comfortable position in the centre for his pieces}) 13. Qxd4 Qb6
14. Na4 (14. Nxd5 {again is not advantageous for White} cxd5 15. Qxb6 axb6 16.
a3 Rd8 $11) 14... Qc7 15. Nc5 {In this position White intends to keep a firm
control over Black's slightly damaged structure on the queenside, and at some
point ideas on the kingside can also be possible, due to the absence of the
Bg7. But Nakamura showed excellent understanding of the position and equalised
without problems} (15. Bc4 {is the main move} Nb6 $5 {Caruana,F (2803)
-Nakamura,H (2799) Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP 2015 (10) 1/2 a novelty played by
the same Nakamura some years ago, that was enough to solve Black's problems in}
) (15. h4 $6 {is an aggressive attempt, but also looks dangerous after} Rd8 $1
16. h5 Bf5 {with dangerous counterplay for Black}) 15... Rd8 16. Bc4 (16. c4 $2
{is too naive} Qa5 $1) 16... Bf5 17. Bb3 Nb6 18. Qc3 h5 $1 {[%csl Yf5] a good
move to secure the f5-square to the bishop} 19. g3 Nd5 20. Qc4 e6 {[%cal Yd5e3]
} 21. Rhe1 Qe7 {Adams,M (2715)-Nakamura,H (2781) 9th London Classic 2017 (5.5)
1/2 Black is ok and had no problems in}) (10. Kb1 {is another option which
leads to some complications.}) 10... e5 ({Of course not} 10... dxe4 $4 11. Nxc6
{[%cal Yd1d8] this is the point of 10.Qe1.}) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 (12...
cxd5 {is a line that used to be played and considered safe for Black, but it
is just better for White, as the statistics in database can prove} 13. Bg5 Be6
14. Bc4 Qc7 {here both} 15. Bxf6 (15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 {
even in this position I don't really trust Black's compensation, although
there are always practical chances in such positions}) 15... dxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
{and after} 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rfe8 19. Qc3 {White's position is easier to
play, Black is the only side who has things to worry about, namely its weak
pawns and more exposed king.}) 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Kb1 $5 {I think this is a small
but good improvement for White, as 14.Kb1 is always a useful move. Practice
has shown that Black's aggressive attempts tend to fail, and in other
variations White just obtains a free-tempo version of the main line. During
the game I was excited to see what Nakamura had prepared to face this line.} ({
The most played remains being} 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Bc5 Rfd8 16. g4 Nf4 $1 17. Qc3 {
and 3 years ago, when facing this position I decided for the interesting
sacrifice} (17. Bxe6 {is the main move}) 17... Rd4 $5 {Umetsubo,C (2374)
-Quintiliano Pinto,R (2443) Blumenau Region-ch sf 2015 (3) 1-0 which gives
excellent compensation for Black, despite the disappointing result}) 14... Rb8
({Some days before this game, another one caught the world's attention} 14...
Re8 15. Ne4 f5 (15... Qc7 {is a good example of how Black can end in a bad
position playing normally against this line} 16. Bc5 h6 17. g4 Nf4 18. Bd6 Qb6
19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Bc5 Qb5 21. b3 Ree8 22. h4 Qe2 $2 23. Qxe2 Nxe2 24. Rd6 $16 {
Leko,P (2709)-Trent,L (2463) Douglas IoM op 2016 (4) 1-0}) 16. Ng5 Bc8 {
and here} 17. g4 $2 ({instead the natural} 17. h4) 17... f4 {[%csl Ge3,Gg5];
Carlsen,M (2834)-Jones,G (2640) 80th Tata Steel GpA 2018 (8.1) 1-0 and Black
is just winning a piece, although in the end, as Anish Giri stated, the World
Champion showed he is a piece stronger than the rest of world -}) 15. Ne4 (15.
Bxa7 $2 {is too risky} Rb7 16. Bc5 e4 {[%cal Yb7b2,Gg7b2] With a dangerous
initiative for Black.}) 15... Qc7 {We probably can establish this move as the
best for Black.} ({In 2016, known Sicilian Dragon specialist GM Gawain Jones
recommended the aggressive} 15... f5 {but some subsequent games showed that
with} 16. Bxa7 $1 {White keeps the advantage. I tried to play} Qe7 (16... Qc7
$2 17. Bxb8 Rxb8 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2703)-Jones,G (2650) Eurasian Blitz Chess
Cup 2016 (11) 1/2} 18. Ng5 {simply wins for White} e4 19. Bb3 Qe5 20. c3 $18) (
16... fxe4 17. Bxb8 Qxb8 18. fxe4 Nc7 19. Qc3 Kh8 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. Qc4 Nd4 22.
Rhf1 $16 {Gopal,G (2593)-Bakre,T (2444) 38th TCh-IND 2018 (4.1) 1-0 White is
always winning, as despite the material advantage, the c6-pawn is always in
danger and now there is the possibility of invading Black's position by using
the f-file -}) (16... Ra8 $6 17. Bc5 Rf7 18. Bb3 fxe4 19. fxe4 Rd7 20. exd5
Bxd5 {Ganguly,S (2672)-Cuenca Jimenez,J (2529) ESP-chT Div Honor 2016 (5.3)
1-0 White is simply a pawn up -}) 17. Bc5 (17. Bxb8 Rxb8 18. Rd3 {was also
good for White after} fxe4 19. fxe4 {Sevian,S (2590)-Le,T (2465) Dallas UT
Fall op 2016 (8) 1-0} Nf4 20. Rb3 Rd8 21. Bxe6+ Nxe6 {but possibly in this
position Black has better chances to fight}) 17... Qb7 18. Bb3 fxe4 19. Bxf8
Rxf8 20. fxe4 Nf4 {I had this position analysed with some options for White
now, but in a rapid game my well prepared opponent surprised me with the move}
21. Qc3 $1 {previously seen only in correspondence games. Suddenly Black is
facing annoying problems} Bxb3 (21... Kh8 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. Qb3 $1 {is similar}
) 22. Qxb3+ Qxb3 23. cxb3 $1 {[%csl Ya2] Now not just the distant passed pawn
is very dangerous, but also White has plenty of open files to active the rooks}
Ne6 (23... Nxg2 {wastes precious time} 24. a4 Nf4 25. Rd6 $16) 24. Rhf1 $1 {
since Black should avoid trading the rooks, White wins the f-file and prevents
Black's king from participating in the endgame} Rc8 25. Rd6 Nc5 26. Rfd1 {
[%cal Yd6d8] and White is simply losing} Rc7 (26... Nxe4 27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28.
Rxd8+ Bf8 {Konguvel,P (2383)-Gonzalez Acosta,B (2467) Barcelona Sants op 19th
2017 (8) 1/2} 29. a4 Kf7 30. a5 Bc5 31. Rd7+ Ke6 32. Rxh7 $18) 27. Rd8+ Kf7 28.
b4 Ne6 29. R1d7+ Rxd7 30. Rxd7+ Ke8 31. Ra7 $18 {Ganguly,S (2668)-Quintiliano
Pinto,R (2484) Wch Rapid Doha 2016 (10) 1-0 White's rook is extremely active
and the distant passed pawn makes the endgame a matter of technique. To my
surprise, after the game my opponent told me that he had analysed all the
ensuing endgames after 21.Qc3, and Black is just lost -}) 16. Bc5 Rfd8 17. g4 {
When I studied this line, I didin't like this position because Black is not
able to play ...Nf4, but there's another interesting idea.} (17. Ba3 {is not
dangerous for Black} Qb6 18. Bb3 a5 19. Qh4 {Tari,A (2595)-Samani,Y (2263)
TUR-chT Kocaeli 2017 (9.6) 1-0} a4 $1 20. Bxa4 {Black can pose some problems
for White now with} f5 21. Ng5 h6 $1 22. Nxe6 Nc3+ 23. Ka1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nxd1
25. Qe7 (25. Nxg7 $2 Qg1 $18) 25... Rb7 26. Qc5 Qxc5 27. Bxc5 e4 $1 {with a
complicated position}) 17... h6 {An important move to prevent both g5 and
Ng5-ideas, and preparing the f7-f5 advance.} 18. h4 (18. Bb3 {has also been
played, the same idea is possible} f5 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Ng3 Qf7) (18. Rg1 $5
$146 {maybe an idea to be tested in the future, as this move makes f7-f5 a bit
more risky.}) 18... f5 $5 {I always thought that this move is very risky for
weakening Black's kingside, but it its the best chance to remove the annoying
blockader from e4 and generate threats along the a1-h8 diagonal, creating a
lively fight with chances for both sides.} ({If Black had waited one move he
would be too late} 18... a5 19. g5 $1 h5 {[%csl Ye4] and there's no hope of
dynamic play for Black.}) 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Ng3 Qf7 $1 {[%csl Yh5][%cal Yf7a2]
A nice square for the queen, keeping Nh5-ideas under control and protecting
the a2-g8 diagonal, after f7-f5 this move is very necessary.} 21. Bb3 Rd7 {
Now Black intends to double rooks in the d-file. It makes sense to improve the
pieces, as Black has already moved almost all the pawns and further advances
would create serious weaknesses.} 22. Ne2 $146 {This move may look difficult
to understand at first sight, but contains a preventive idea.} ({A previous
game went} 22. Qa5 Rbd8 23. Rd3 Nf4 $2 (23... Bf6) 24. Qxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Kh7
26. Rhd1 $16 {Wei,Y (2557)-Gagare,S (2419) World ol U16 12th 2013 (9) 1/2}) ({
For example, if White rushes with} 22. h5 Rbd8 23. Qa5 $2 Nc3+ $1 $19 {this is
why the knight is needed on e2. The knight is useful protecting f4 as well.})
22... Rbd8 23. h5 Kh7 24. Qa5 {Duda intends to press against the queenside
pawns, besides the pressure in a7 he can play Qa4 or Qa6 and attack c6. White
is very solid here.} Nf4 $1 {Nakamura goes for the most challenging and active
continuation.} (24... Nc7 {was playable, but after} 25. Rdf1 $1 (25. Rxd7 Rxd7
26. Bxa7 Bxb3 27. axb3 Nb5 28. Bb6 e4 $132 {[%cal Yf7f6]}) (25. Rdg1 Bxb3 26.
axb3 Qd5 {[%csl Gf3]}) 25... Nb5 26. Be3 $1 {[%cal Ye3c1] White's position is
very solid.}) 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Nxf4 exf4 {This position looks very difficult
to play. Both sides have some things to be concerned about, but as Black
destroyed his own pawn structure in order to obtain open lines for the pieces,
his moves are more obvious. If Duda succeeds in stopping active ideas by Black,
his position should be easier to play, but among many options it is difficult
to spot which one is the best.} 27. Qe1 (27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28. Bxa7 $6 {seems too
risky to be good} Rb7 29. c3 Rb5 $1 30. Qa3 Qe2 {and White could have problems
with the pieces misplaced.}) 27... Bd5 28. Bb4 {[%cal Yb4c3] As said before,
Duda is trying to reorganize the pieces in order to avoid any active idea by
Black.} (28. Qh4 Bxb3 29. axb3 Qd5 30. Qf2 Qe5 31. Ba3 {was another option.})
28... c5 $1 {An idea that Nakamura immediately disrupts.} 29. Bxd5 $2 {As
often happens in Dragon positions, the only mistake is enough to be the
decisive one.} (29. Bxc5 $1 {was called for} Qf6 30. c3 Bxf3 31. Rg1 Be4+ (
31... Bxh5 32. Qe6 $1) 32. Ka1 Qe5 (32... f3 33. Qg3 $13) 33. Qf2 $13 {It is
difficult to understand what Duda disliked about 29.Bxc5.}) (29. Bc3 $2 c4 30.
Ba4 Re7 31. Qd2 Bxf3 32. Rf1 Bxc3 33. Qxc3 Bd5 34. Rxf4 Qxh5 $17) 29... Qxd5 {
Now Black's position becomes very active.} 30. Ba3 Qxf3 31. Bxc5 Rb7 32. b3 Qd5
$1 {Once he has the initiative, Nakamura creates so many threats that White is
never able to organise a good defence. Now, the queen heads for the weakened
long diagonal.} 33. Ba3 (33. Bf2 {would be the best try, keeping the important
d4-square under control} Rc7 34. Rg1 Qe4 $1 {and White is still suffering.})
33... Qd4 34. c3 Qd3+ 35. Kb2 f3 36. Bc5 {Played to stop the threat of f3-f2,
but Nakamura finds an elegant way to finish the game.} f2 $1 $19 {First
deflecting the bishop...} 37. Bxf2 Re7 $1 {And so the queen.} 38. Qxe7 Qxc3+
39. Ka3 Qa5# {A nice game with theoretical value for the assessment of the
move 14.Kb1. Although careful analysis shows that White's position was good
almost until the end, the plan used by Nakamura should be Black's best chance
to fight dynamically and look for counterplay at the appropriate moment.} 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nb3 Qg6 6. Qe2 (6. f3 {is a more
popular continuation.}) 6... Nf6 7. f3 ({White doesn't hurry with} 7. Nc3 $6 {
, because} Bb4 $15 {and the pin is unpleasant for him.}) 7... a5 8. Be3 $146 {
The first new move in the game by Nakamura.} (8. a4 Bb4+ 9. c3 Be7 {
(Quirhuayo-Dos Santos, Buenos Aires 2015)} 10. e5 Nd5 11. Qe4 Qxe4+ 12. fxe4
Nb6 13. Bf4 {and White's pawn structure is bad, however he has some activity.})
8... d5 $1 {The best reply! Black immediately plays actively in the centre and
he isn't afraid of the X-ray effect of the e2-queen.} 9. Nc3 ({In the event of
} 9. exd5 Nxd5 $36 {looks dangerous for Black, but White doesn't have a good
check with the bishop.}) (9. e5 Nd7 ({but not} 9... Nxe5 $2 10. Bd4 $16 {
and Black loses a piece}) 10. f4 a4 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 c6 $132 {with a
complicated middlegame.}) 9... dxe4 10. O-O-O {An ambitious move, White
continues the development and he is threatening with the Nb5.} ({Nevertheless} 
10. Nb5 $1 {was more accurate,} Bd6 11. O-O-O O-O $13 {with a complicated
position.}) 10... Be7 {Of course Black also continues the development.} 11. Nb5
O-O 12. Nxc7 Rb8 13. Qb5 {A tempting reaction. The queen stops ...b5, however
this is not the best square for it.} (13. Kb1 {would be more solid, but} Bf5
$36 {is also unpleasant for White.}) 13... Bd7 $6 {A natural reply, but it
wasn't the best.} (13... Rd8 $1 {was correct and suddenly White is in trouble,
for example:} 14. Rxd8+ Bxd8 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 exf3 17. gxf3 (17. Qxf3 Nb4
$19 {and Black is winning.}) 17... Qxc2+ $1 {A smart solution!} 18. Kxc2 Nb4+
$17 {and Black will be a healthy pawn up in the endgame.}) 14. Nc5 Nd4 15. Qb6
$6 {A dubious move, because White should protect the important c2-square.} ({
White should have played} 15. Qc4 Nf5 ({or} 15... Bxc5 16. Qxc5 {transposing
to the game.}) 16. Bf4 Bc6 $132 {with a double-edged fight.}) 15... Bxc5 $6 {
Error in reply!} (15... Nxc2 $1 {was the tactical blow,} 16. Nxd7 ({or} 16.
Kxc2 exf3+ 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. gxf3 Rfd8 $17 {and White is in trouble.}) 16... Nxe3
17. Qxe3 Nxd7 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. fxe4 Nc5 $15 {and Black looks nicely placed.})
16. Qxc5 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Qg5 $1 {A good move, White simplifies the
position. Now Black has to be careful, otherwise with the bishop pair White
can play for the advantage.} exf3 19. gxf3 Rfc8 20. Qxg6 (20. Bd3 {was the
alternative,} Qxg5 21. Bxg5 Bxa2 22. Rhg1 $44 {with compensation for the pawn.}
({But not} 22. b3 $2 {, because of} Bxb3 $17)) 20... hxg6 21. a3 b5 22. Bd4 b4
23. axb4 axb4 24. Bd3 Nd7 (24... Ra8 $5 {was the other logical option.}) 25.
Rhe1 Rc6 $6 {Black would like to activate his R, but probably this was not the
best moment for it.} ({The engine suggests} 25... g5 {to gain some space and
play move by move on the kingside.}) 26. Be4 Ra6 27. b3 Nf6 28. Be5 Re8 29. Bd3
Ra5 30. Kb2 Nd5 31. Bc4 Rea8 32. Bxd5 $6 {This is a surprise for me to give up
the bishop pair with White and play an opposite-coloured bishop endgame.} ({
I think after} 32. Ra1 $1 {White has a slight edge, for example:} Ra3 (32...
Rxa1 33. Rxa1 Rxa1 34. Kxa1 $14) 33. Bd6 $1 $14 {and Black's position is not
easy.}) 32... Bxd5 {And the draw was agreed!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. h3 Bh2+ 14. Kh1
Be5 15. c3 Bd7 16. Re1 O-O 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Bc6 20. Qe3 Nd5 21.
Qe5 Qd7 22. a3 Rac8 23. f3 Ba4 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Qe7 Rfe8 26. Qxd7 Bxd7 27.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 f6 30. Bd2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 d5 8.
d4 Bb6 9. O-O Nxe4 10. Nxc6 Qd6 11. Nb4 c6 12. Nd2 Bc7 13. g3 Qg6 14. Nf3 Bg4
15. Nh4 Qh5 16. Qc2 Bh3 17. Qd1 Bg4 18. Qc2 Bh3 19. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. c4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 8. Bf4
Na6 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nb8 13. e4 d6 14. Nf3 a4 15.
e5 Ra5 16. Qe2 Nc6 17. Rad1 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qa8+ 20. Qe4 Qxe4+ 21.
Rxe4 Bd6 22. Nc6 Raa8 23. Kf1 a3 24. Ke2 Ra4 25. Kd3 Rfa8 26. f4 Kf8 27. Rf1 h5
28. h3 g6 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Kg7 31. f5 exf5 32. gxf5 Rh8 33. f6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.02.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be3 Nc6 6. d5 Nb8 7. Qd2 c6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. exd5 b6 11. Bh6 Bb7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nd4 a6 14. a4 Nbd7
15. f4 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. c4 Bb7 20. Rae1 Kg8 21.
Bxd7 Qxd7 22. f5 Qc7 23. Rf4 Qb6 24. Rh4 h5 25. Rxh5 gxh5 26. Qg5+ Kh7 27.
Qxh5+ Kg8 28. Qg4+ Kh7 29. Qh4+ Kg8 30. Qg4+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters playoff 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.02.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.02.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8.
Qb3 O-O 9. Nf3 c5 10. Be3 b6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Be2 Nd7 13. e5 e6 14. h4 Bb7 15.
h5 Rac8 16. h6 Bh8 17. O-O Bd5 18. Qa3 f6 19. c4 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 cxd4 21. Bxd4
fxe5 22. Be3 Bf6 23. Bg4 Rfe8 24. f4 e4 25. Rfe1 Nf8 26. Rc1 Red8 27. c5 bxc5
28. Rxc5 Qe7 29. Ra5 Qxa3 30. Rxa3 Rd3 31. Ra4 Bh4 32. Bf2 Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Rc2+
34. Re2 e3+ 35. Kf3 Rxe2 36. Kxe2 Rd7 37. Kxe3 Kf7 38. Ra6 Kf6 39. Rc6 Re7 40.
Ra6 Rd7 41. Rc6 Re7 42. g3 Nd7 43. Bd1 g5 44. Bc2 gxf4+ 45. gxf4 Nb6 46. Be4
Nd7 47. a4 Kf7 48. Kf3 Nf6 49. a5 Rb7 50. Bc2 Ke7 51. a6 Rd7 52. Ke2 Rd6 53.
Rc7+ Rd7 54. Rc6 Rd6 55. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters playoff 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.02.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.02.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Qf6 13. b4 h6 14. b5 Nd4
15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Rb1 Be5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Rb4 Be6 19. Qa1 Qxa1 20. Rxa1 Rfc8
21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Ke2 Ke7 23. Kd2 Kd6 24. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters playoff 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.02.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Gupta,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.02.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After 2 draws in the rapid sections we have a blitz. Hikaru is always a
favourite in blitz against anybody but MVL is also always tricky so all in all
an exciting matchup.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6.
Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {Where would this chess world be without
this beautiful endgame?! :P} 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Ne2 Be6 13.
Nf4 Bc8 14. Ne2 Be6 15. b3 a5 16. a4 Rd8 {So far it's pretty normal.} 17. Bg5
$6 Bd5 $1 {Hikaru is as sharp as ever} 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 $15 19. Nfd4 Be4 20. Rac1
Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Rd5 (21... c5 $142 22. Re1 (22. Nb5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxc2 24. Rc1
Bxb3 25. Rxc5 Rd8 $17) 22... Rxd4 23. c3 Rd2 24. Rxe4 Rhd8 {White is going to
suffer for a long time here.}) 22. c4 Rd7 23. Ne2 Rxd1+ (23... Rhd8 {
Personally I like this move more. It just tightens the screws for White and
here MVL wouldn't have any active counterplay but objectively the move played
by Hikaru is no worse either.} 24. Re1 Bf5 $17 {[%cal Gd7d3]}) 24. Rxd1 Bc2 25.
Rc1 Bxb3 26. Nd4 Bxa4 (26... Ba2 27. Rc2 Bb1 28. Rb2 Rd8 $1 29. Nxc6+ bxc6 30.
Rxb1 Rd4 31. Rb7 Rxc4 32. Rxc7+ Ke6 33. g3 g5 34. f4 $1 gxf4 35. gxf4 {White
should be able to hold this.}) 27. Ra1 c5 28. Nf5+ Ke6 29. Nxg7+ Kxe5 30. Rxa4
Ra8 $2 (30... b6 $3 {[%cal Ge5f6] Not very simple but very effective, Black is
almost winning after this:} 31. g4 (31. Ra3 Kf6 32. Rg3 h4) 31... hxg4 32. hxg4
Kd4 33. Nf5+ Kc3 $17) 31. Nxh5 c6 32. Kf1 b5 33. Ra1 $2 (33. f4+ $1 Kf5 (33...
Kd4 $2 34. cxb5+) 34. g4+ Kg6 {Now the king is a bit further away from the
queenside.}) 33... Kd4 34. Nf6 a4 35. cxb5 cxb5 36. Ke2 b4 37. h4 b3 38. Kd2 a3
(38... c4 {This would have clinched it.}) 39. Rd1 a2 $2 (39... c4 40. Kc1+ Kc5
41. Ne4+ Kb4 42. g4 Rg8 43. g5 Rh8 {Black is simply winning here.}) 40. Kc1+
Kc3 $2 {After a series of mistakes from both players Black still had a draw:} (
40... Ke5 41. Nd7+ Kf5 42. Kb2 c4 43. Nc5 c3+ 44. Kxb3 a1=Q 45. Rxa1 Rxa1 46.
Kxc3 Ra2 47. Nd3 $11) 41. Nd5+ Kc4 42. Kb2 Re8 43. Ne3+ Kb4 44. Rd7 $2 (44. h5)
44... c4 45. Rd4 Ra8 $4 (45... Kb5 $11) 46. Rxc4+ Kb5 47. Rc1 Kb4 48. Nd5+ Ka5
49. Kxb3 {After such a topsy-turny game Hikaru couldn't recover and managed to
lose the match quite convincingly in the end.} 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters playoff 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.02.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2018.02.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8.
Qb3 O-O 9. Be3 c5 10. d5 b5 11. Bxc5 Qc7 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. cxd4 Qa5+ 14. Kd1 Bd7
15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Ne2 Na6 17. Rc1 Nb4 18. Bb1 Rc4 19. Rxc4 bxc4 20. Qc3 Rb8 21.
Kd2 Qa6 22. a3 Nxd5 23. exd5 Rb3 24. Qc1 Qa5+ 25. Nc3 Qb6 26. Ne2 Rb2+ 27. Ke3
Rb3+ 28. Nc3 Qa5 29. Kd2 Qb6 30. Ke2 Qxd4 31. Nd1 Bb5 32. Bc2 c3+ 33. Kf3 Qxd5+
34. Kg3 Qd6+ 35. f4 Rxa3 36. Ne3 e5 37. f5 e4+ 38. Kh3 Bd7 39. Rd1 Qf4 40. Rf1
Qh6+ 41. Kg3 Ra5 42. Nc4 Qxc1 43. Rxc1 Rc5 44. Ne3 gxf5 45. Ra1 a5 46. Kf4 Kg7
47. Ra3 Be6 48. Nd1 Rd5 49. Rxc3 Rd2 50. Kg3 f4+ 51. Kxf4 Rxg2 52. Rg3+ Rxg3
53. hxg3 f5 54. Ne3 Kf6 55. Ba4 Bc8 56. Nd5+ Kf7 57. Ne3 Kf6 58. Nc4 Be6 59.
Nxa5 e3 60. Bb5 Bd5 61. Be2 Kg6 62. Bd3 Be4 63. Bc4 h5 64. Nb3 h4 65. g4 h3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Baerum Fischer Random Rapid "]
[Site "Baerum"]
[Date "2018.02.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnqrbbkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNQRBBKR w HDhd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.02.09"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nc2 Nb6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 {At this point,
other than the rooks in the corners, there is no real indication that this
wasn't a normal chess game. The exchanges over the next few moves tell us all
we need to know, i.e. that the game is essentially going to be symmetrical and
stay that way.} cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nxd5 Rxd5 9. Nf3 Qd8 10. Rxd5 Qxd5 11. a3
Bd6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Ne7 14. Bc3 (14. Bb4 {springs to my mind, and
doubtless it occurred to Magnus as well, but it may be that following} Bxb4 15.
axb4 Bb5 $1 {there is also no advantage. An optimistic try would be:} 16. Rd1
Qh5 17. Bxb5 Qxb5 18. Qc5 Qxc5 19. bxc5 {looking for Rd7 next, but} Nd5 $1 $11
{keeps comfortable equality.}) 14... Ba4 15. Qb1 Rc8 16. Rc1 Ng6 17. h3 b6 18.
Bd3 Be7 19. Be4 Qd7 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Qd1+ 23. Qxd1 Bxd1 24.
Bc6 {True to form, Magnus tries to make something out of this position, but it
never really gets off the ground.} Bb3 25. Kf1 Bf6 26. Bxf6 Bc4+ 27. Ke1 gxf6
28. Kd2 (28. g4 $5 {was a different plan, trying to limit the number of pawn
moves Black has and then perhaps even head for a pawn ending later.} Kg7 29. f4
Kg6 30. Be4+ Kg7 31. Kf2 h6 32. Bc2 Kf8 33. b3 Ba6 $11 {It remains hard to
think of what White could do by way of continuation (Kh4 is always met by ...
Bf1) but he seems to slowly be gaining practical chances.}) 28... Kf8 29. Kc3
Bf1 30. f4 Ke7 31. Kd4 Kd6 32. Bf3 f5 33. e4 fxe4 34. Kxe4 f5+ {Maybe as a
matter of principle this could have waited until after White's h4, but it is
hardly important.} 35. Kd4 h6 36. b4 Bb5 37. g4 Bf1 {Not giving White g5 ideas,
even if they don't work.} 38. gxf5 exf5 39. h4 Bb5 40. Bd1 Bd7 41. Bb3 Bc8 42.
Bc2 Be6 43. Bb1 Bc8 44. Bd3 Bd7 45. Kc4 Kc6 46. Bf1 Be6+ 47. Kd4 Kd6 48. Bg2
Bc8 49. Bd5 Bd7 50. Bb7 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baerum Fischer Random Rapid "]
[Site "Baerum"]
[Date "2018.02.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnqrbbkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNQRBBKR w HDhd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.02.09"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Rxd4 d6 4. c4 {One thing which is quite interesting for
me is that within four moves, we have a Maroczy-type structure, and this
dictates the play so much that it can be of some use in understanding how to
play those positions in normal games too.} b5 $1 {Black is able to execute a
favourite Maroczy push immediately. Normally, this occurs around move 15, or
even is not allowed.} (4... g6 {would have been more 'faithful'}) 5. Nb3 Nc6 6.
Rd1 bxc4 7. Bxc4 Nb6 8. Be2 g6 9. Bc3 f6 (9... Bg7 {could have been played
anyway; Black has a slight structural edge in Sicilian positions (hence 'all
Sicilian endgames are better for Black') so it makes sense to get pieces off.}
10. O-O O-O 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nc3 f6 $11) 10. h4 h5 (10... d5 $5 {was
'thematic for the Sicilian'.}) 11. Rh3 Bf7 12. Rg3 (12. Bd2 $5 {is something
of a one-mover, but it's not completely clear what Black should do to dodge
Rc3. Maybe the awkward} Qa8 $5) 12... Ne5 $1 {Black has now at least
completely equalised; the idea is ...Bh6 and White will face difficulties.} 13.
Bxe5 dxe5 14. Rc3 Rxd1+ 15. Qxd1 Qa8 16. N1d2 Bh6 {Completing development. It
is hard to offer White advice, since his pieces are already reasonably well
placed, but this also means he lacks ideas.} 17. Rc7 Qb8 (17... O-O {could
have been played already, and this was maybe marginally more accurate.} 18.
Rxe7 a5 $1 $44 {and Black obtains full compensation, based on White's
tactically vulnerable pieces as well as the obvious bishop pair.}) 18. Qc2 O-O
19. Ba6 $1 {For tactical reasons, Black is now best advised to give back the
bishop pair.} (19. Rxe7 Rc8 $1 {and the rook gets trapped on the next move by .
..B(K)f8.}) 19... Bxd2 20. Nxd2 Rd8 $6 (20... Na8 21. Rb7 Qd6 22. Bc4 Nb6 23.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rxa7 Rc8 $44 {and Black still keeps quite good compensation
thanks to the back-rank and rook-trap motifs.}) 21. Nf1 $2 {Missing a latent
resource.} (21. Rxe7 $1 Qd6 22. Rxa7 Qxd2 23. Qc7 $1 {was a freak tactical
option; Black now has nothing better than} Qe1+ 24. Kh2 Rd7 25. Qxb6 Rxa7 26.
Qxa7 Qxe4 {or similar (White could also interpose Qb8+ at some point.) But now
White is clearly better.} 27. Bf1 Qxh4+ 28. Kg1 $16 {and the queenside pawns
run}) 21... Rd7 {Now this equalises.} 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. Bc4 Qd6 24. Ne3 Qd4 25.
b4 $6 {This can only risk being worse.} (25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qc4+ Qxc4 27. Nxc4
Nc5 28. f3 $11) 25... Nb6 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Qb3+ Kf8 28. Qb1 Nc8 29. Nf1 Nd6
30. Ng3 Nb5 31. a3 Qc4 (31... Nxa3 $6 32. Qc1 Qxb4 33. Qh6+ $132) (31... Qc3 $1
32. a4 Nd4 $17) 32. Qd1 Nd4 33. Qd2 Kg7 34. Kh2 Qc2 35. Qe3 a6 36. f4 exf4 37.
Qxd4 fxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Qb3+ {Black had one last try, but it was hard to spot and
perhaps he had already reconciled himself to the draw.} (38... Qe2 $1 {is an
odd 'immobilising move' pointed out by the engine. Black wins a pawn under
better circumstances than in the game.} 39. Kh2 Qg4 40. g3 $2 Qe2+ 41. Kg1 Qf3
$17) 39. Kh2 Qxa3 40. Qc5 Kf8 41. Qc8+ Kf7 42. Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baerum Fischer Random Rapid "]
[Site "Baerum"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbqnnkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBQNNKBR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.02.09"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f3 c6 {Possibly not occupying enough of the centre - the Caro-Kann is a
normal enough opening in regular chess, but here Black lacks a way to gain
back space with the following moves.} (1... c5 2. c4 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Bxd4 f6
5. Bd3 Nc6 {would probably have been the continuation if I were playing myself}
) 2. c4 e5 (2... f6 3. d4 d5 {might have been a slightly better central break
to play for, but it is hard to shake the feeling that White has a little
something here.}) 3. d4 d6 4. Bd3 Ne6 5. e3 {Just like that, White has a plus.
This wasn't maybe the fairest position to start from.} Nf6 6. Qc3 exd4 7. exd4
h5 8. Be3 Bh7 (8... Qd7 9. O-O d5 10. f4 $5 {could have been another
continuation, and now maybe} dxc4 11. Bxc4 Ng4 {when Black can hope for a
bulwark in the centre to counteract the increasing pressure along the f-file.})
9. d5 (9. Bxh7 Rxh7 10. d5 $14 {came to the same thing.}) 9... cxd5 10. cxd5
Qxc3 11. Nxc3 Nc5 12. Bxh7 Rxh7 13. Rc1 (13. Rd1 {and Nd3 is the plan that
suggests itself to me, having watched many an experienced ex-Yugoslav
grandmaster play 'light square only' chess against the King's Indian.}) 13...
a6 14. Bg5 {Not the most precise idea.} h4 {With the idea of ...Rh5,
presumably, but Black then doesn't follow up with that move.} 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16.
Ne4 Kg7 (16... Rh5 $1 {equalised immediately. It might appear that Black loses
a pawn, but in fact White is unable to take it in either of the obvious ways.}
17. b4 $5 {The real most critical move.} (17. Nxc5 $2 dxc5 18. Rxc5 Ba7 $17) (
17. Nxf6 Rf5 18. b4 Rxf6 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. Rxc5 Ba7 21. Rc4 Rd8 $15) 17... Nd7
18. Rc8+ Ke7 $1 $11 {Black is untangling very soon, e.g.} 19. Nd3 Nb6 20. Re8+
(20. Rg8 Ba7 $15) 20... Kxe8 21. Nxf6+ Kd8 22. Nxh5 Nxd5 23. Nhf4 Ne3+ 24. Ke2
Ba7 {There is nothing for Black to really worry about here.}) 17. Nxc5 {
Taking this pawn always seems to free Black's game, just as in the previous
note.} (17. g4 $1 {continues the structural constriction of Black's position.
The idea is Ng2-e3-f5.} hxg3 18. Nxg3 Ba7 19. h4 $14) 17... dxc5 18. Rxc5 Ba7
19. Rc3 Rh5 {Black is completely fine again.} 20. Rd3 Re5 (20... Rd8 21. d6 Rd7
$11 {with ...Rb5 and ...Bb8xd6 to come is also fine}) 21. f4 $6 {This is a bit
ambitious and may hand Black an advantage.} Re4 22. Nf3 Rc8 $1 (22... Rxf4 23.
g3 hxg3 24. hxg3 Rc4 25. Kg2 {is not something Black has to get into; White
wants Nh4-f5 with an initiative.}) 23. Rc3 Rce8 $1 {With the idea of ...Re2-f2.
} 24. Rc2 Rxf4 25. d6 $6 (25. h3 $15 {was apparently the way to untangle,
keeping Black's edge to a minimum.}) 25... Rd8 (25... Re6 $1 {would have kept
White in real danger: now defending the pawn runs into further tempo moves.}
26. Rd2 Rc4 $1 27. Rd1 Ree4 $3 {Cutting out the interference move Nd4, and
thus cuing up ...Rc2 in earnest.} 28. Re1 (28. Ng1 Rc2 29. Nh3 Bb6 30. d7 Ra4
$19) 28... f5 29. d7 Bb6 $17 {The d-pawn will drop for free and White still
won't be developed. His position is close to lost.}) 26. Rd2 Re4 27. d7 f5 28.
g3 {Forcing his way out of the cage, since ...h3 meets Ng5.} hxg3 29. hxg3 Re7
30. Rdh2 Rexd7 31. Rh7+ Kf6 32. Kg2 {White can't really get any tactical
pressure against the Black king and has to reconcile himself to just being a
pawn down.} (32. R1h6+ Ke7 33. Ng5 $4 {only gets White mated:} Rd1+ 34. Kg2
R8d2+ 35. Kh3 Rh1#) 32... Be3 $15 {Black is now safe, but only slightly better
and White manages to whip up play.} 33. Rf1 Rg8 34. Kh3 Rd5 35. Nh4 Rg5 36. g4
$1 f4 (36... Rxg4 37. Nxf5 Rxf5 38. Rxf7+ $1 $18) 37. Ng2 Rd3 38. Kh4 Rg7 (
38... Rd2 39. Nxf4 $1 Bf2+ 40. Rxf2 Rxf2 41. Nh3 $11) 39. g5+ $1 {The final
drawing move.} Rxg5 40. Nxe3 Rxe3 41. Rxf4+ Kg6 42. Rhxf7 {Threatening mate
and the b7-pawn, so Black forces perpetual check.} Rh5+ 43. Kg4 Rg5+ 44. Kh4 {
Neither side has any way to play on.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baerum Fischer Random Rapid "]
[Site "Baerum"]
[Date "2018.02.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbqnnkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBQNNKBR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2018.02.09"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 (1... d5 {looks to me the most solid answer, but it makes little
sense to go into theoretical speculations about 960 positions.}) 2. dxc5 Qxc5
3. f3 Qc7 4. Qd2 {Trying to play with e4, Ne3, c4 et cetera: a kind of Maroczy
plan.} f5 (4... Nc6 5. e4 f6 6. Ne3 Nd6 7. b3 Bf7 8. c4 {looks slightly
unpleasant for Black; the follow-up could be Bd3, Bf2, 0-0.}) 5. c4 $1 {
The maximalist move.} Bxc4 6. Bxf5 Nd6 $1 (6... e6 7. Bc2 d5 8. Rc1 {is
probably humanly hard to play as well as being slightly worse; the c4-bishop
finds itself awkwardly situated outside an unusually shaped pawn chain.}) 7.
Bc2 Nc6 8. Rc1 Bf7 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Bxf7+ Nxf7 {Black has done well to get into
a normal-looking position and exchange the light-squared bishops.
Unfortunately, his d-pawn is still a bit backward, which is why White probably
mentally awarded himself a small nibble here.} 11. e4 e6 12. Ne3 a6 (12... Qb6
$1 13. Bf2 Qa6+ {generated sufficient counterplay against the white king to
compensate for the backward d-pawn.} 14. Nd3 Nfe5 $132) 13. Bf2 (13. Nc4 $5 {
deserved consideration, but here thanks to the position of the knight on f7,
White lacks a toe-hold in Black's structure and following the slightly unusual
bishop exchange} Ba7 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 $11 {White will end up being driven back
with ...b5}) 13... Nfe5 14. Nd3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 b5 16. Qd2 Qb7 17. O-O {The
position has now normalised and is more or less equal, but thanks to the
backward d7-pawn, Black needs to watch out as long as there are major pieces
on the board.} Bf4 18. Bg3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Rac8 20. Ng4 (20. Qd6 {looks
positionally desirable to me, but maybe White didn't like} Qa7 $5) 20... Ne7 {
Trying to play ...d5.} 21. Qg5 {Preventing the idea in a slightly roundabout
manner.} (21. Qd6 $14) 21... Ng6 (21... d5 22. Rxc8 $1 Nxc8 23. exd5 Qxd5 24.
Qxd5 exd5 25. Rc1 $14 {is exactly the sort of thing everyone dreads against
the present World Champion}) (21... d6 $5 $11 {deserved consideration, taking
away the dark-squared outposts from White's pieces.}) 22. Rxc8 (22. Rfd1 Rxc1
23. Qxc1 Qb6+ 24. Qe3 $14 {continues the cat-and-mouse game without ceding the
c-file}) 22... Rxc8 23. Rd1 Rc2 {Now Black gets play and the potential to take
some pawns, though White keeps it under control and retains an advantage
thanks to a superior king and queen.} 24. Qd8+ Nf8 25. Kh2 $1 Rc5 (25... Qa7 {
is the engine suggestion, but after} 26. Qg5 $14 {Black is still in trouble.
The threat is Nh6+ and Qe7.}) 26. Rd6 (26. b4 Rh5+ 27. Kg1 Qa7+ 28. Nf2 $14 {
throws Black's major pieces a bit more out of position; White can now play g4
or try and use the c-file himself.}) 26... b4 27. Rb6 Qa7 28. e5 {Not the most
precise. A new tactical motif now appears in the position- the trapping of
White's g4-knight.} Rc8 (28... Rb5 $1 $11 {forces the trade of rooks since} 29.
Rd6 h5 {ends up trapping White's knight.}) 29. Qe7 Ng6 30. Qxb4 h5 31. Rb7 Qc5
$14 (31... Rc4 $1 $11 {was a random move that happens to keep complete
equality.}) 32. Qe4 hxg4 33. Qxg6 Qd5 34. Rb3 gxf3 35. Rxf3 Rf8 36. Rd3 $1 {
Black will probably offer the rook swap again; what is important is to effect
a favourable trade before accepting it.} Qxe5 37. Rxd7 Rf5 38. Rd8+ Rf8 39. Rd7
Rf5 40. Rd8+ Rf8 41. Rxf8+ Kxf8 42. b4 {This queen endgame is now pretty much
impossible to play for Black.} Qe2 (42... Qd5 43. Qc2 (43. a4 Qb3 $11) 43...
Kf7 $132 {might have been a start, trying to push ...e5 without further delays.
}) 43. a4 Qa2 44. a5 Qc4 45. Qb1 Kg8 46. Qe1 {White just has to keep playing
with small tactical motifs until Black misses one.} Kh7 47. Qe3 {Threatening
Qc5, but if this hadn't been possible White could have played Qd2-d6-c5
instead.} Qxb4 48. Qd3+ g6 49. Qxa6 Qc5 50. Qb6 {Now with best play White
should obtain a doubled-g-pawn position with queens.} Qh5+ 51. Kg1 Qd1+ 52. Kf2
Qd2+ 53. Kf3 g5 (53... Qd5+ 54. Ke3 Qxg2 55. Qc7+ Kh6 56. Qd6 $16 {might have
been a better try, even though White's king will get to join his a-pawn.}) 54.
Qxe6 Qxa5 55. Kg4 Qa8 56. Qf7+ Kh8 57. Qh5+ Kg7 58. Qxg5+ Kh8 59. Kh3 Qa1 60.
Qd8+ Kg7 61. Qe7+ Kg8 62. g4 {Now the position is technically winning, but of
course in practice it will be decided by a mistake by one or other side. Black
almost never has perpetual, so it is much easier for him to make the mistake
and then White will have a straightforward win. This is what happens in a few
moves.} Qc3+ 63. Kh4 Qb2 64. Qe8+ Kg7 65. Qd7+ Kg6 66. Qd6+ Kg7 67. Qd5 Kg6 $2
{A forced error in a lost position.} (67... Qf2+ 68. Kh5 {and the checks end})
68. Qg8+ {Queens will be swapped next.} 1-0

[Event "Baerum Fischer Random Rapid "]
[Site "Baerum"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nqbnrbkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBNRBKR w HEhe - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.02.09"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nb3 (2. e4 {suggests itself, thanks to the hint from Black's next 
(and the central positions of the rooks.)}) 2... e5 {A hard move to understand
properly. It is much better than it might initially appear - philosophically,
there is some similarity with the line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 in regular chess.} 3.
dxe5 Rxe5 4. Bf4 (4. g3 {possibly improved, trying to play e4 within the next
few moves.}) 4... Re8 5. Nc3 Bb4 $1 6. Bd2 (6. e3 {is not such a catastrophe,
but it is understandable that White would prefer to play without doubled pawns.
For instance:} Ne6 7. Bg3 Nb6 8. Rd1 Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O $11) 6... Nb6 7. e4 Bxc3
8. Bxc3 (8. exd5 $5 {was an interesting freak tactical possibility which lends
validity to White's last.} Be5 9. f4 Nxd5 10. Rxe5 Rxe5 11. fxe5 b6 $11) 8...
dxe4 {Now White must either take his pawn back or prove compensation. He
chooses the second but it doesn't quite work.} 9. Qd1 (9. Bd3 $11) (9. f3 e3
10. Bd4 $11) 9... f5 10. Qd4 Ne6 11. Qe5 O-O {Now Black has caught up in
development, he should not be in any kind of trouble at all and White should
in fact take urgent measures to not end up worse.} 12. Nc5 Re7 13. Rd1 (13. Be2
Rff7 14. O-O-O $44) 13... Rff7 {Now Black consolidates.} 14. Be2 Nf8 15. Qf4
Ng6 16. Qg3 (16. Rd8+ Rf8 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 18. Qd2 c6 $15 {is also not quite
enough.}) 16... f4 17. Rd8+ Rf8 18. Rxf8+ Kxf8 19. Qg5 c6 20. h4 f3 (20... Nd5
$17 {was also fine, giving back the pawn but tying White in some awkward knots.
} 21. h5 Ne5 22. Nxe4 h6 23. Qh4 Bf5) 21. gxf3 Nf4 22. Bf1 (22. Kf1 $5 {
could have been tried, keeping the re-sacrificed pawn by hook or by crook. Now
Black should accept this and play} Nbd5 $17 (22... Nxe2 $6 23. Bf6 $3 gxf6 24.
Qxf6+ Ke8 25. Qh8+ $11)) 22... exf3 {Not the best here either, and White is
nearly able to wriggle away.} 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. Bxd3 h6 (24... Nd5 $15) 25. Qg3
Qxg3+ 26. fxg3 Na4 27. Bd2 {Now Black gets to rebuild his advantage.} (27. Bb4
$1 c5 28. Ba3 Re1+ (28... b6 29. O-O $14 {with Bb5-c6 to come and only White
can be better}) 29. Kh2 Re5 30. b3 Nb6 31. Bb2 Re7 32. Ba3 $11) 27... Kg8 28.
b3 Nb2 $1 $17 29. Bg6 Nd1 30. O-O Bg4 $1 {An unusual domination motif. Black
will just sit with Bg4, Pf2, Nd1 and bring his king and pawns closer until
something crops up or White gets frustrated and sacrifices an exchange.} 31.
Bd3 f2+ 32. Kg2 b5 33. a4 a6 34. axb5 axb5 35. Bb4 Re5 36. Bd2 Re8 37. Bf4 b4 (
37... Kf7 {was a better way to creep closer - the next move can be ...Kf6 and
then ...g5.}) 38. Bd2 (38. Bc4+ Kh8 39. Ba6 {with the idea of Bb7 might have
offered some practical chances}) 38... c5 39. Bf4 Kf7 40. Bd6 {Here it is -
the frustration. The rest is not difficult really:} Ne3+ 41. Kxf2 Nxf1 42. Bxf1
Rc8 43. Be5 Bf5 44. Bc4+ Kg6 45. Ke3 Bxc2 46. g4 Re8 47. Kf4 Rf8+ 48. Ke3 Re8
49. Kf4 Rd8 {A really good conversion overall by Nakamura, considering the
unfamiliarity of the position type and the time control.} 0-1

[Event "Baerum Fischer Random Rapid "]
[Site "Baerum"]
[Date "2018.02.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nqbnrbkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBNRBKR w HEhe - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.02.09"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Not allowing Black ...d5, but it transpires that occupying the centre
with other pawns - any will do-is just as well.} e5 2. Nb3 c5 3. Ne3 Nc6 4. h4
{Presumably trying for g3, Bh3 against Black's ...d6 rather than making a
genuine attempt at a kingside pawn storm!} h5 5. g3 b5 6. d3 d6 7. Bg2 (7. Bh3
Bxh3 8. Rxh3 Nb6 9. Nd2 $11 {was actually a reasonable way to play - the game
now takes on a rather strange Italianesque feel.}) 7... Be6 8. f4 $6 {
Prematurely opening the centre. Combined with the lack of castling this is to
blame for a lot of White's future problems.} (8. Nd5 $11 {was more consistent.}
) 8... exf4 9. gxf4 Nb6 {Now the centre is open and Black is better prepared
for this. There will follow ...c4, or under certain circumstances even ...d5.}
10. c3 c4 11. Nd4 (11. Nd2 cxd3 12. Qxd3 Nd7 13. O-O $132 {was a reasonable
attempt to turn things around.}) 11... Nxd4 12. cxd4 Be7 13. d5 Bd7 14. d4 Qd8
{Just winning a pawn, for which White now tries to find some compensation.} 15.
Bd2 Bxh4 16. Rf1 Bg3 17. e5 h4 18. Rf3 Bc8 19. Nf1 $2 {Not the best try in a
bad position, and possibly missing the impact of Black's 20th.} (19. Qe4 $15 {
kept Black's advantage to a minimum. There is genuinely a fair bit of
compensation here, though Black should keep something after for instance} Nd7 {
trying for ...Nf6.}) 19... Bg4 $1 20. Ra3 b4 $1 21. Rxa7 (21. Bxb4 Bxf4 $19 {
is even worse.}) 21... Qb8 (21... c3 22. bxc3 bxc3 23. Bc1 dxe5 24. fxe5 Nxd5
$17 {was probably a better continuation, and Black's c3-pawn and much better
co-ordination will be a huge headache going forward.}) 22. Ra6 (22. Rxf7 $5
Kxf7 23. e6+ {was worth a try, since Black runs into tactical problems trying
to keep all the material.} Bxe6 $1 (23... Kf6 24. Ne3 $40) (23... Kg8 $2 24.
Nxg3 hxg3 25. Rxh8+ Kxh8 26. Qg6 $14) 24. dxe6+ Rxe6 25. Rh3 $17) 22... Qb7 23.
Nxg3 {This way, White has still lost the exchange but has not been able to
open any lines against the black king.} Qxa6 24. Ne4 c3 (24... h3 {could have
been an even better move, but it is all much of a muchness right now.}) 25.
bxc3 Nc4 26. Bf1 Nxd2 27. Nxd2 Qc8 28. Rh2 (28. c4 $5 {tries to generate some
counterplay based on the pawn mass, even if White is still close to lost.
Possibly, the problem White saw with this was the rook sacrifice:} dxe5 29.
fxe5 Rxe5 $3 {which, if Black manages to find, is winning on the spot after
some tactics. Nevertheless, in a lost position I would want to make my
opponent take this risk-in a game between humans, trying a move like this is
always a risk.}) 28... bxc3 29. Nc4 Bf3 30. Ne3 dxe5 31. fxe5 Qd8 {Winning the
d5-pawn thanks to the threat of ...Qg5. The rest could really have been spared.
} 32. Qf5 Bxd5 33. Qf4 Be6 34. Bh3 Rh6 35. Bxe6 fxe6 36. Ng4 Rg6 37. Rg2 Rf8
38. Qe4 Rf5 39. Nf6+ Rfxf6 0-1

[Event "Baerum Fischer Random Rapid "]
[Site "Baerum"]
[Date "2018.02.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnknqbbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKNQBBR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.02.09"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f6 2. e4 e5 {Both players have abandoned any kind of hypermodern
approach- when there is no theory, or you don't know the theory, you can't go
for the equivalent of a Grünfeld, there is simply no choice but to play
classically as that is the most reliable style. Put pawns in the centre, and
pieces behind them.} 3. fxe5 fxe5 4. Nbc3 Ne6 5. Nd5 {It's not clear to me
what White wanted to achieve by this knight move, except if he wanted c3 and
d4 (and if so, then why his 4th?)} (5. Bc4 {was a good 'classical' move.}) 5...
c6 6. N5e3 d6 7. g3 Nd7 {The initial position used this time was quite an
equal one, and White has played a bit lackadaisically, so maybe Black is more
comfortable already.} 8. Bh3 O-O-O 9. d3 Kb8 $15 10. Qf2 Ndc5 11. Nc3 Nd4 {
Thinking of ...d5.} 12. Ne2 (12. O-O-O g6 {doesn't really help; here Black
probably changes tack and plays without ...d5.}) 12... Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 d5 14.
exd5 cxd5 15. Ng4 (15. O-O-O {could have been a good try with the centre
opening up, though Black is better after say} Qa4 $5 $15) 15... d4 16. Bg2 Bd6
17. h3 Rc8 18. Bf2 {Trying to evacuate the king, which in this case is quite a
creative defence!} (18. Nf2 {was consistent, but too slow:} Qb5 {with the idea
of ...Na4 forces major concessions and Black is close to winning.}) 18... h5
19. Nh2 e4 $1 (19... Qb5 20. O-O $3 {is the point, and while Black's position
is still more pleasant he has no real attack as such.}) 20. O-O (20. dxe4 $6 d3
$19) (20. Bxe4 {can be met with either the ambitious ...Bd5 or just simple
chess, e.g.} Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qxe4 22. dxe4 d3 23. c3 (23. O-O h4 $19) 23... Bh7
$17) 20... e3 21. Be1 Ne6 22. Nf3 g5 {With so much of a space advantage, Black
finds that his forces re-route themselves easily.} 23. c3 {Basically obliging
Black to at least sacrifice a pawn for his attack.} g4 24. Nxd4 (24. hxg4 $2
hxg4 25. Nxd4 Qh5 {is of course close to mate}) 24... Nxd4 25. cxd4 gxh3 26.
Be4 h4 27. Qxe3 Bh7 (27... Bd5 28. Rf3 Qg8 {is better implementation, just
because d5 is a better square for the bishop.}) 28. Rf3 (28. g4 $5 Qe6 29. Qxh3
Rcg8 $19 {doesn't seem like a fully conclusive attack just yet, but Black is
of course close to winning.}) 28... Qh5 29. Bf2 Rhf8 30. Rxf8 Rxf8 31. Bxh7
Qxh7 32. g4 {The best practical chance.} h2+ 33. Kh1 Qg8 34. Bxh4 (34. Re1 Qxg4
35. d5 {might oblige Black to do more work, since he doesn't have obvious
attacking moves now.}) 34... Qxg4 35. Bf2 Qg8 36. Bh4 Qd5+ 37. Qe4 Qf7 38. Qg2
Qf4 39. Bg5 Qxd4 {Restoring the material parity, not that that has mattered
for a while. Eventually, White's chronically insecure g5-bishop and long
diagonal will combine in some decisive way.} 40. Bh6 Re8 41. Rd1 Qxd3 42. Rf1
Ka8 43. Rc1 Bb8 44. Qd2 Qe4+ 45. Qg2 Qe1+ 46. Qf1 Qe6 {White didn't see a
point continuing with the dance; at any rate, ...Rg8-g3 will force the White
queen off the long diagonal.} 0-1

[Event "Baerum Fischer Random Rapid "]
[Site "Baerum"]
[Date "2018.02.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnknqbbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKNQBBR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "238"]
[EventDate "2018.02.09"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. f4 g5 $5 {An interesting 'Benko Gambit'!} 3. fxg5 h6 4. Ndc3 (4. g6
$5 {It is interesting, perhaps, to see how far we can take the analogy to the
Benko.} Qxg6 5. h4 $5 e5 $1 {Here Black doesn't need to get involved in the
struggle for the squares g5 and g6 - a theme which reminds me of the American
puzzle game 'connect 4'. Instead, he can hit back in the centre, using the
fact that in this Benko, the kings are already more or less safe.} 6. Nbc3 (6.
dxe5 $6 Nbc6 $15) 6... Nbc6 7. d5 $132) 4... d5 $5 {An ambitious and maybe not
entirely correct move.} (4... hxg5 5. e4 f4 $132 {gives Black play of full
value.}) 5. g4 $1 {The centre is much more important than some flank pawn.} (5.
gxh6 e5 $1 {Here, since e3 is not possible, the White centre instantly loses
all its solidity.}) 5... fxg4 6. e4 {White seems to have won the opening
battle, but of course the position remains messy and unstereotyped enough that
almost anything can happen at short notice.} dxe4 7. Nd2 hxg5 8. O-O-O Nd7 9.
Ndxe4 Nf7 10. d5 $14 a6 (10... Nfe5 {immediately deserved attention.}) 11. Bd4
Rh6 12. Be2 (12. Qg3 O-O-O 13. Be2 Nd6 14. Nxd6+ exd6 15. Bxg4 $14 {was
another way to consolidate the advantage, but probably that chosen in the game
was better.}) 12... Nfe5 13. Nxg5 Rg6 14. Ne6 (14. h4 {would likely have ended
up winning a pawn, since Black cannot really take en passant. White can
continue Be3-f4, Qg3, etc, and take on g4 with a position that must be close
to winning.}) 14... Bxe6 (14... Nf3 $6 15. Bxf3 gxf3 16. Rf1 $16 {looks like
it makes the position interesting, but in fact the clarification is only to
White's advantage.}) 15. dxe6 Rxe6 {Logically, the only way Black can try and
hang on is to take a pawn for his troubles.} 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. Qg3 Bh6+ 18. Kb1
Re3 19. Qxg4 O-O-O $1 {Black has played the last 5 moves perfectly and it
seems that things are gradually becoming less clear.} 20. Nd5 Re5 21. Bxa6 (21.
Qg3 $5 {is a hard move to spot. The point is} e6 22. Nxc7 $1 Kxc7 23. Rxd7+ {
and White emerges with an extra pawn.}) 21... c6 (21... bxa6 22. Qc4 Rxd5 23.
Qxa6+ Kb8 24. Rxd5 Nb6 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $14 {is not curtains, but White would
likely have enjoyed this a fair bit.}) 22. Nb6+ Kc7 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. Rxd7+
Qxd7 25. Qxd7+ Kxd7 26. Bxb7 $1 {Maximalist and... correct.} (26. Bd3 {is more
conservative and White could have tried to press here instead, although in
fairness it does seem to me that Black can hold the balance with active play.}
Kd6 27. a3 Re3 $14 {and next there may follow ...e5 and ...Bf4.}) 26... Ra5 27.
Re1 (27. Rg1 $1 {was playable immediately, based on Bxc6-type tactics.} Bf4 28.
Rg4 $1 (28. Rg6 Bd6 {is less clear}) 28... Bxh2 29. Rc4 $16 {White has managed
to extricate the bishop.}) 27... Bg5 28. Rg1 {Now White still gains a tempo,
but it is the wrong one, and ...Rb5 will gain it back later.} Bf6 29. Rg8 Rb5
30. Bc8+ Kc7 31. b3 Re5 32. Kc1 Re2 {The idea of ...Bc3 means that White's
pieces are still just about tactically unfortunate enough to generate some
counterchances for his opponent.} 33. h3 (33. Bg4 Rxh2 34. a4 $14 {is of
course a try but not really what White wants to do if there is a choice}) 33...
e6 $6 (33... Bc3 {leads to White holding both pawns, even if the resulting
position looks nearly impossible for him to win:} 34. Bg4 Re1+ 35. Bd1 Rh1 36.
Rg3 Be5 37. Rd3 $14) 34. Ba6 (34. Kd1 $1 Re3 35. Kd2 Rxh3 36. Bxe6 $16) 34...
Re3 35. Kd2 Rxh3 36. Bd3 Rh2+ 37. Ke3 Bc3 38. a4 $14 {White has played
slightly inaccurately and had to give back one of the pawns, but his king is
now out of any danger.} Kd6 39. Rg6 Rh3+ 40. Ke4 Rh4+ 41. Kf3 Rh3+ 42. Kg2 Rh7
$5 {Trying to swap rooks, even at the cost of a pawn.} 43. Rg4 (43. Rxe6+ Kxe6
44. Bxh7 Kd5 45. Kf3 Kd4 46. Be4 c5 47. Bd3 Ba5 48. Kf4 Kd5 $11 {is a draw:
Black meets Ke2 with ...Kd4 and Ke8 with ...Kd6, then White has no way in.})
43... Rg7 44. Bg6 c5 45. Kf3 Ba5 46. Ke2 c4 {Reasonable active defence,
although it was also possible to sit and ask White what he intends to do about
the pin on the g-file.} 47. Rd4+ Ke7 48. Be4 cxb3 49. cxb3 Rg3 50. Bf3 Rg1 51.
b4 Bc7 52. Rc4 Bd6 53. Be4 (53. b5 {and I suspect the position is now
technically winning.}) 53... Rg3 54. Kd2 Rb3 55. b5 Be5 56. Bc2 Rb2 57. Rc6 Kd7
58. Ra6 Bd6 59. Kc3 Be5+ 60. Kd3 Bf4 61. a5 Bc7 $1 {Avoiding the cheap tactic;
now sooner or later White has to consent to the swap of two pawns for a bishop.
} 62. Ra7 Kd6 63. Ra6+ Kd7 64. b6 Bxb6 65. axb6 Kc6 66. Ba4+ Kb7 67. Ra7+ Kxb6
68. Re7 Kc5 69. Rxe6 {Now, White tried for 50 moves to win with rook and
bishop against rook, but it didn't exactly work out. Incredibly, Carlsen
played the position until his clock simply ran out.} Rb4 70. Bc2 Rd4+ 71. Ke3
Rd8 72. Be4 Rd6 73. Re5+ Kb6 74. Bd5 Kc5 75. Ke4 Rd8 76. Bf7+ Kc6 77. Rh5 Rd1
78. Bb3 Rd2 79. Bd5+ Kc5 80. Bf7+ Kc6 81. Bb3 Kd6 82. Ke3 Rb2 83. Bc4 Rg2 84.
Bd3 Rg1 85. Kd4 Rd1 86. Rh6+ Ke7 87. Ra6 Kd7 88. Ke4 Ke7 89. Bc4 Rd6 90. Ra7+
Rd7 91. Ra5 Rd1 92. Ke5 Re1+ 93. Kd4 Rd1+ 94. Bd3 Kd6 95. Ra6+ Ke7 96. Ke4 Rd2
97. Ke3 Rd1 98. Ke4 Rd2 99. Bc4 Rd6 100. Ra5 Rd1 101. Ke5 Re1+ 102. Kd5 Rd1+
103. Kc5 Kf6 104. Ra6+ Kf5 105. Re6 Rc1 106. Re2 Rd1 107. Bb3 Rd8 108. Bc2+ Kf4
109. Re4+ Kf3 110. Rc4 Rf8 111. Kb4 Ke2 112. Kc3 Ke3 113. Re4+ Kf3 114. Rd4
Rc8+ 115. Rc4 Re8 116. Rb4 Re3+ 117. Kb2 Re2 118. Rb3+ Kf2 119. Rc3 Re7 0-1

[Event "Baerum Fischer Random blitz m"]
[Site "Baerum"]
[Date "2018.02.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrknbbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRKNBBNR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.02.13"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a4 e6 2. a5 a6 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 f6 6. exf6 gxf6 7. Ne3 Nxe3 8.
fxe3 Bg6 9. b4 Be7 10. Bh4 Rf8 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Qc3 b5 13. O-O O-O-O 14. d4 Bh5
15. Qd2 d5 16. c3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 f5 18. Rh3 Rd7 19. Bg3 Bg5 20. Bf4 h6 21. Bxg5
hxg5 22. Rh6 Re7 23. e4 dxe4 24. Qxg5 Kb7 25. d5 exd5 26. Rxc6 Ref7 27. Rc5 Rd7
28. Qg6 Qd8 29. Qc6+ Ka7 30. Bxb5 axb5 31. Rxb5 Qc8 32. a6 1-0

[Event "Baerum Fischer Random blitz m"]
[Site "Baerum"]
[Date "2018.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrknbbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRKNBBNR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.02.13"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e3 f5 2. b4 Nf6 3. a4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. a5 d6 6. d4 Bc6 7. Be2 b5 8. axb6
axb6 9. Qb2 b5 10. c4 bxc4 11. Ra1 Qb7 12. Bxc4 Bb5 13. Bxb5 Qxb5 14. Qb3 Qd5
15. Qc2 Qc6 16. Nb2 Qxc2+ 17. Kxc2 Nc6 18. Nd3 Nd5 19. Rb1 Kd7 20. h4 Bf6 21.
Bc3 Rb5 22. Rb3 Ra8 23. Rhb1 Ra4 24. Bd2 h6 25. g3 Ra8 26. Bc3 Rab8 27. Nf4
Nxf4 28. gxf4 Ke6 29. Kd3 Kf7 30. Bd2 Nd8 31. Kc2 Ne6 32. Bc3 Nf8 33. Ra1 Nd7
34. Ra7 R5b7 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. b5 Ra7 37. Bb2 Ke6 38. Ra3 Rxa3 39. Bxa3 Kd5 40.
Kd3 Nb6 41. Bb4 Nc4 42. Kc3 e5 43. dxe5 dxe5 44. fxe5 Nxe5 45. Nxe5 Bxe5+ 46.
Kd3 Bf6 47. h5 gxh5 48. f3 h4 49. e4+ Ke6 50. Ba5 fxe4+ 51. fxe4 h3 52. Bxc7
Be5 53. Bxe5 Kxe5 54. b6 Kd6 55. e5+ Kd7 56. b7 Kc7 57. e6 h2 58. b8=Q+ Kxb8
59. e7 h1=Q 60. e8=Q+ Ka7 61. Qe7+ Qb7 62. Qxb7+ Kxb7 63. Ke2 Kc6 64. Kf3 Kd5
65. Kg4 Ke6 66. Kh5 Kf7 67. Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baerum Fischer Random blitz m"]
[Site "Baerum"]
[Date "2018.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbbrqkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBBRQKRN w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "275"]
[EventDate "2018.02.13"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. O-O O-O 2. e4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Rxd4 a6 5. Ng3 Ba7 6. Rd3 d6 7. b3 Nc7 8. Bb2
f6 9. c4 Ng6 10. Nc2 Nf4 11. Rd2 e5 12. Ne3 g6 13. Ne2 Nce6 14. Nxf4 Nxf4 15.
g3 Ne6 16. f4 Nd4 17. Kg2 b5 18. Nd5 Qd7 19. f5 bxc4 20. bxc4 g5 21. h4 g4 22.
Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Qd1 Qg7 24. h5 Bb7 25. h6 Qxh6 26. Rh1 Qg5 27. Rh4 h5 28. Rxd4
exd4 29. Nf4 Qxf5 30. Rxh5 Bxe4+ 31. Kf2 Bxb1 32. Rxf5 Bxf5 33. Qxd4 Bc8 34.
Qd5+ Kg7 35. Qe4 Rf7 36. Qg6+ Kf8 37. Qd3 Ke8 38. Qd5 f5 39. Qd4 Re7 40. Nd5
Re5 41. Qa7 Rxd5 42. cxd5 Rd7 43. Qb8 Kd8 44. Ke3 Rc7 45. Kf4 Rc4+ 46. Kg5 Kd7
47. Qa7+ Rc7 48. Qe3 Rc5 49. Kf6 Kc7 50. Qd3 Bb7 51. Qxf5 Bxd5 52. Qxg4 Bxa2
53. Qa4 Bc4 54. g4 a5 55. g5 Bd3 56. g6 Rf5+ 57. Ke7 Re5+ 58. Kf7 Bxg6+ 59.
Kxg6 Rc5 60. Kf6 Re5 61. Qc4+ Kd7 62. Qg8 Kc7 63. Qa8 Kb6 64. Qc8 Kb5 65. Qc7
Rc5 66. Qb7+ Kc4 67. Ke6 a4 68. Kxd6 Rb5 69. Qe4+ Kb3 70. Qd3+ Kb4 71. Qd4+ Ka3
72. Kc6 Rb3 73. Kc5 Rb2 74. Qe4 Rb3 75. Qd4 Rb2 76. Qe4 Rb3 77. Qc4 Rb2 78. Qd4
Rb1 79. Qc3+ Ka2 80. Qc2+ Ka3 81. Qd2 Rb2 82. Qf4 Rb1 83. Qf6 Ka2 84. Qe6+ Rb3
85. Kc4 Ka3 86. Qe1 Ka2 87. Qd2+ Rb2 88. Qd5 a3 89. Qd3 Rb1 90. Qd5 Rb2 91.
Kc3+ Ka1 92. Qh1+ Ka2 93. Qd1 Rb1 94. Qd4 Rb3+ 95. Kc4 Rb1 96. Qe4 Rb3 97. Qf5
Rb2 98. Kc3 Rb3+ 99. Kc2 Rb2+ 100. Kc1 Ka1 101. Qe5 Ka2 102. Qe4 Ka1 103. Qd3
Ka2 104. Qc4+ Ka1 105. Qc3 Ka2 106. Qd3 Rb8 107. Qf5 Rb2 108. Qg6 Ka1 109. Qe6
Rb1+ 110. Kc2 Rb2+ 111. Kc3 Kb1 112. Qf7 Ka1 113. Qa7 Ka2 114. Qa4 Rb1 115. Qe4
Rb2 116. Qe1 Rb3+ 117. Kc4 Rb2 118. Qh1 Rb3 119. Qh8 Rb2 120. Qc3 Rb1 121. Qd3
Rb2 122. Qg6 Rb3 123. Qh7 Rb2 124. Kc3 Rb3+ 125. Kc2 Rb2+ 126. Kc1 Ka1 127. Qd3
Ka2 128. Qd5+ Ka1 129. Qe4 Ka2 130. Qd3 Rb8 131. Qd5+ Ka1 132. Qe5+ Rb2 133.
Qc3 Ka2 134. Qc4+ Ka1 135. Qe4 Ka2 136. Qh7 Ka1 137. Qe4 Ka2 138. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baerum Fischer Random blitz m"]
[Site "Baerum"]
[Date "2018.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbbrqkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBBRQKRN w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2018.02.13"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 O-O 2. O-O e5 3. d4 d6 4. e4 Nb6 5. b3 c6 6. Nc2 f6 7. f4 exf4 8. Bxf4
Ng6 9. Bc1 f5 10. Bg5 f4 11. Bxd8 Qxd8 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Qg5 14. Nd4 Nxe5
15. Qe4 Qh5 16. Nf2 f3 17. g3 c5 18. Nb5 Bd7 19. Nd6 Bc6 20. Qh4 Qxh4 21. gxh4
Rf4 22. Rfe1 Nbd7 23. Be4 Nf6 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rxe5 Rxh4 26. Rg5 Ne8 27. Nxe8
Bxh2+ 28. Kf1 Bxe8 29. Rg4 Rh6 30. Ne4 Bc7 31. Rd5 Bc6 32. Rdg5 g6 33. Kf2 Bd8
34. Re5 Rh2+ 35. Kxf3 Rxa2 36. Re6 Bd7 37. Rgxg6 Bxe6 38. Rxe6 Rb2 39. Nxc5 b6
40. Rd6 Bh4 41. Rd7+ Kg6 42. Nd3 Rxb3 43. Kg4 Bg5 44. Rd6+ Bf6 45. Nf4+ Kf7 46.
Rd7+ Ke8 47. Rxa7 Rc3 48. Ra4 Bd4 49. Nd5 Rc1 50. Kf5 Kd7 51. Ke4 Bc5 52. Kd3
Kc6 53. Ra8 Rh1 54. Rc8+ Kd7 55. Rg8 Rh3+ 56. Kc2 Kd6 57. Rg6+ Ke5 58. Rg5+ Kd4
59. Rg4+ Ke5 60. Rg5+ Kd4 61. Rg4+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baerum Fischer Random blitz m"]
[Site "Baerum"]
[Date "2018.02.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnkrnqbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKRNQBB w DAda - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.02.13"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 f5 2. f4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Nd3 Nd6 6. e3 Nd7 7. Bf2 Nf6 8. Be1 Ng4
9. Qe2 Qh6 10. h4 Nf6 11. Ne5 Be6 12. Bf3 Nfe4 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Na4 O-O 15. g4
Nf7 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. a4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 b6 19. Nb3 g5 20. hxg5 Qh3 21. f5 Bxe5 22.
Nd4 Bxd4 23. exd4 e6 24. Ra3 Qh1 25. Bb4 Qh4 26. Bxf8 Qxg5+ 27. Qd2 Qxd2+ 28.
Kxd2 Kxf8 29. Rh1 Kg7 30. Rah3 exf5 31. Rxh7+ Kg6 32. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Baerum Fischer Random blitz m"]
[Site "Baerum"]
[Date "2018.02.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnkrnqbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKRNQBB w DAda - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.02.13"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 f5 2. e5 g5 3. d4 d6 4. exd6 Nxd6 5. f4 Bc4 6. Qf3 g4 7. Qe3 Nd7 8. g3 e6
9. Bg2 Nf6 10. Nd3 Bd5 11. Bf1 Nc4 12. Qe1 Ne4 13. b3 Ncd6 14. c4 Bc6 15. Ne5
Bxe5 16. fxe5 Nf7 17. Kb2 Nfg5 18. Be3 Nf3 19. Qe2 a5 20. a3 Rd7 21. Bg2 O-O-O
22. Bxf3 gxf3 23. Qe1 f4 24. Bf2 Qh6 25. Nc3 Nxf2 26. Qxf2 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4
28. Nd5 Re4 29. Nxf4 Qg7 30. Qxf3 Qxe5+ 31. Qc3 Qxc3+ 32. Kxc3 Re3+ 33. Kd4
Rxb3 34. Nxe6 b6 35. c5 b5 36. Rf1 Rxa3 37. Rf7 Ra4+ 38. Kd3 Be4+ 39. Kd2 c6
40. Ng5 Bg6 41. Rf6 Rd4+ 42. Ke3 Rd5 43. Rf8+ Kd7 44. h4 b4 45. Rb8 0-1

[Event "Baerum Fischer Random blitz m"]
[Site "Baerum"]
[Date "2018.02.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbbqrnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBBQRNN w FAfa - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.02.13"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ng3 Nf6 3. d4 d6 4. f4 exd4 5. Nf3 c5 6. e5 dxe5 7. fxe5 Nd5 8. Ne4
Be7 9. e6 Bxe6 10. Qg3+ Kc8 11. Be2 Ng6 12. Nfg5 Qc6 13. Nxh7 Rd8 14. Nhg5 Bxg5
15. Nxg5 Qc7 16. Qa3 c4 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bg4 Rd6 19. Bg5 c3 20. O-O cxb2 21.
Qxb2 Ne3 22. Bxe3 dxe3 23. Rae1 a5 24. Rxe3 Raa6 25. Bh5 Ne7 26. Qxg7 Kb8 27.
Rb3 Rac6 28. Bf3 Nd5 29. Qxc7+ Kxc7 30. Be4 Rd7 31. h4 Rc4 32. Re1 b6 33. h5 a4
34. Rf3 Nc3 35. Bd3 Rh4 36. Bg6 Nxa2 37. Ra1 Nb4 38. Rxa4 Rd1+ 39. Rf1 Rd2 40.
Ra3 Nd5 41. Raf3 b5 42. R3f2 Rdd4 43. g3 Rhg4 44. Kh2 Rg5 45. Rf7+ Kd6 46. Kh3
Ne3 47. R1f3 Nf5 48. Rh7 Rdg4 49. Bxf5 exf5 50. h6 Rh5+ 51. Kg2 Rg6 52. Ra3 Kc5
53. Rf3 Rgxh6 54. Rxh6 Rxh6 55. Rxf5+ Kc4 56. g4 b4 57. Kg3 Rc6 58. Kh4 Kc3 59.
Rf4 Ra6 60. g5 Ra2 61. g6 Ra7 62. Kh5 Rb7 63. Rf2 Re7 64. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Baerum Fischer Random blitz m"]
[Site "Baerum"]
[Date "2018.02.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2843"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbbqrnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBBQRNN w FAfa - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.02.13"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bxf4 f5 4. Nf3 Ng6 5. Bd2 d5 6. e3 c6 7. Ng3 Bc7 8. Nh5
Nf6 9. Nxf6 Rxf6 10. Bc3 Re6 11. Bxg7 Rxe3 12. Qf2 f4 13. Bd4 Re7 14. Bc5 Rf7
15. Re1 Qd8 16. c3 b6 17. Bd4 Bf5 18. Bc2 Kb7 19. O-O-O Qd7 20. h3 Re8 21. Qd2
Rfe7 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Re1 Qe8 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Bf2 Ne5 26. Qe2 Ng6 27. Qxe7
Nxe7 28. Nh4 h6 29. Nxf5 Nxf5 30. Kd2 Ne3 31. g4 Kc8 32. d4 Nc4+ 33. Kc1 Bd8
34. b3 Ne3 35. Bd3 Ng2 36. Kd2 Bh4 37. Ke2 Bxf2 38. Kxf2 Nh4 39. c4 Kc7 40.
cxd5 cxd5 41. Be2 Kc6 42. Bf3 a5 43. a4 Kd6 44. Bh1 Kc6 45. Bf3 Kd6 46. Bh1 Kc6
47. Bf3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Region blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Rc1
cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. O-O b6 14. Re1 Bf5
15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Nf1 Rfd8 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Bd3 Ne7 19. g3 Rc7 20. Bb1 Rdc8 21.
Qd2 h5 22. h4 g6 23. Bd3 Rd8 24. Ng2 Bf5 25. Nf4 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Nc6 27. Rc2 Re7
28. Rce2 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Kg7 30. Qf3 Qf5 31. Kg2 b5 32. a3 a5 33. Rb2 b4 34. cxb4
axb4 35. axb4 Qf6 36. b5 Nxd4 37. Qc3 Nf5 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. b6 Ke5 40. b7 Rb8
41. Rb6 d4 42. Kf3 Ne7 43. Ke2 Ke4 44. Rb5 d3+ 45. Nxd3 Kd4 46. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Region blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bg7 10. e5 Nh5 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 g4 14. Nh2 h5 15. Rad1
Nd7 16. f3 c5 17. dxc5 Qc7 18. fxg4 Nxc5 19. gxh5 b4 20. Ne4 Qxe5 21. Nf6+ Bxf6
22. Ng4 b3 23. axb3 cxb3 24. Qc1 Bg5 25. Nxe5 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 Ba6 27. Bxa6 Nxa6
28. Rc6 Nb4 29. Rc4 Nd5 30. Rg4+ Kh7 31. Rxf7+ Rxf7 32. Nxf7 Rg8 33. Ng5+ Kh6
34. Nf7+ Kh7 35. Re4 Rxg3 36. Rxe6 Rxg2+ 37. Kf1 Rg4 38. Re5 Nb4 39. Rb5 Nd3
40. Rxb3 Rf4+ 41. Kg1 Nxb2 42. Rb7 Nc4 43. Nd6+ Kh6 44. Nxc4 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. a4 a6 14. Qb1 h5 15. axb5 h4
16. Bxc4 hxg3 17. fxg3 cxd4 18. bxa6 Bc6 19. Nxd4 Bc5 20. Qd3 Bd5 21. Kh1 Bxc4
22. Qxc4 Qd5 23. Qb5+ Nd7 24. Nf3 Ba7 25. Qa4 O-O-O 26. c4 Qe4 27. Rfe1 Nc5 28.
Rxe4 Nxa4 29. Nxg5 Nc3 30. Rf4 Ne2 31. Rf3 Rd7 32. h4 Bd4 33. Rd1 Nxg3+ 34.
Rxg3 Bxe5 35. Rxd7 Bxg3 36. Rd4 Rxh4+ 37. Rxh4 Bxh4 38. Nxf7 Kb8 39. g4 Ka7 40.
g5 Kxa6 41. Kg2 Kb6 42. g6 Bf6 43. Ng5 Kc6 44. Kf3 Kd7 45. Ne4 Bb2 46. Kg4 Bg7
47. Kg5 Kc6 48. Kg4 Kd7 49. Kf4 Ke7 50. Kg5 Kd7 51. Nc5+ Kd6 52. Nd3 Kc6 53.
Kf4 Kd6 54. Ke4 Ke7 55. Nf4 Kf6 56. c5 Ke7 57. Nh5 Bc3 58. g7 Kf7 59. c6 Ba5
60. Kd4 Bd8 61. Kc4 Ba5 62. Kb5 Bd8 63. Nf4 Bc7 64. Nxe6 Bg3 65. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Be2 exd4 10. Bg5 Qg6 11. O-O dxc3 12. Bd3 Qd6 13. Re1+ Be7 14. c5 Qxc5
15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Re5 Qd6 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Qe2 f6 19. Rd1 fxe5 20. Nxe5 Bf5 21.
Rxd6 cxd6 22. Nd7+ Kf7 23. Qc4+ Be6 24. Qf4+ Nf5 25. g4 Rad8 26. gxf5 Bxd7 27.
Bc4+ d5 28. Bxd5+ Kf6 29. Qd6+ Kxf5 30. Bc4 Rhe8 31. Bd3+ Kg5 32. h4+ Kh5 33.
Qg3 Bg4 34. f3 Rd4 35. Kf2 c2 36. Bxc2 Rf8 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nc3 b6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 Ba6 11. Re1 d6 12. e4 Qc8 13. a4 c4 14. b4 cxb3 15.
Bb2 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Nh5 17. Rc1 Na6 18. Nb5 Qg4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nxd6 Red8 21.
h3 Qg5 22. Nf3 Qf4 23. e5 Nc5 24. Rc4 Qh6 25. Rh4 Kg8 26. g4 b2 27. gxh5 Qc1
28. Re1 Qxd1 29. Rxd1 Nd3 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Rd4 Nc1 32. Rb4 Ne2+ 33. Kg2 Nc3
34. Re1 b1=Q 35. Rbxb1 Nxb1 36. Rxb1 f6 37. Rc1 fxe5 38. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Re8 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Ne4 16. Nxd5 Nxg5 17. exd4 Bxd4 18. b4 Qd8 19. Qb3 Ne6 20. O-O Nc7 21. Ne3
Qf6 22. c5 b6 23. Ne4 Qe6 24. Qxe6 Rxe6 25. Nf5 bxc5 26. Nxc5 Bxc5 27. bxc5 Na6
28. Rd5 g6 29. Nd6 Rd8 30. Rfd1 Nxc5 31. Nxf7 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Kxf7 33. Rxc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Ngf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bg3
b6 9. e4 Be7 10. e5 Nh5 11. Nf1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 g6 14. Ne3 f5 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16. Be2 Nxg3 17. hxg3 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Qd2 Be6 20. O-O d4 21. Nc4
Bg7 22. Rae1 Qc7 23. b3 Rae8 24. Na3 Bf5 25. Bc4+ Kh8 26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Qc3
28. Qxc3 dxc3 29. Nc2 Bh6 30. f4 g5 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Rf3 gxf4 33. gxf4 Re2 34.
Rxc3 Bxf4 35. Kf1 Rd2 36. a4 Kg7 37. Ne3 Bxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 Ba7
9. Nbd2 h6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. d4 Re8 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. Nf1 c5 15. dxc5
dxc5 16. Ne3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. c4 Bc6 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. Qxd8 Rexd8 21. Nd5
Nxd5 22. exd5 c4 23. Bd2 Bd4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Bc3 Rd8 27. Nxe5
Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Re8 29. f4 g5 30. Rxe8+ Bxe8 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. g4 Kf7 33. Kf2 Ba4
34. Ke3 Bd1 35. Kd4 Bf3 36. Kxc4 Ke7 37. Bxg7 Bg2 38. h4 gxh4 39. Be5 Bf3 40.
g5 Kf7 41. b4 Kg6 42. d6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Bf5 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Qd1 dxc4 11. Na4 Qd8 12. Nc5 Qc8 13. Qc2 Bh3 14. Qxc4 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Nbd7 16. Ncd3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 18. b3 Rd8 19. Bb2 a5 20. Rad1 a4 21.
e4 Nb6 22. Qb4 Qc7 23. Bd4 Nd7 24. e6 Bxd4 25. exf7+ Kxf7 26. Qxd4 axb3 27.
axb3 Nf8 28. Qh8 Ke8 29. Nc5 Kf7 30. e5 Qc8 31. e6+ Nxe6 32. Qxh7+ Ng7 33. Rde1
Rg8 34. Re6 Qd8 35. Qxg6+ Kf8 36. Re3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Nd2 Be7 8.
b3 Be6 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. e3 Qc7 12. Qe2 a5 13. a4 Rad8 14. Rad1 b5 15.
Ra1 f6 16. Rfd1 Rb8 17. Bc3 b4 18. Bb2 Nb6 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. e4 Bc5 21. Nf3 Bf8
22. Nd2 Bc5 23. Nf3 Bf8 24. Nd2 Bc5 25. Bf3 Rd6 26. Nf1 Rbd8 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28.
Bg4 Bf7 29. Ne3 g6 30. Rd1 Bd4 31. Bh3 c5 32. Qb5 Ra8 33. Bc1 h5 34. Bf1 Kg7
35. Qe2 Qc6 36. g4 Rh8 37. Qf3 hxg4 38. Qxg4 Be6 39. Qg3 Kf7 40. Bg2 c4 41.
bxc4 Nxc4 42. Nf5 Qxa4 43. Nxd4 exd4 44. Bf1 Ne5 45. Bf4 Bg4 46. Bxe5 Bxd1 47.
Bc4+ Kg7 48. Bxf6+ Kxf6 49. Qd6+ Kg7 50. Qe7+ Kh6 51. Qh4+ Bh5 52. Qf4+ Kh7 53.
Qf7+ Kh6 54. Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. d4 Nc6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. O-O Qd7 14. Re1
Be7 15. Be3 O-O 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Rde8 19. f4 h6 20. Bh4 Qg4
21. Bg3 Ne7 22. h3 Qg6 23. Bh4 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Ng6 25. Bg3 Ne7 26. Bh4 Ng6 27.
Bg3 Ne7 28. Bf2 b6 29. g4 Rc8 30. f5 Rc4 31. e6 f6 32. Bd4 Ra4 33. Re2 Rc8 34.
Kf2 Kf8 35. Kf3 Nc6 36. Kf4 Ke7 37. h4 Kd6 38. Kg3 Ra3 39. Rde3 Ne7 40. Rf3 Rf8
41. Ref2 Nc6 42. g5 Ra4 43. Rf4 Ra3 44. gxh6 gxh6 45. Kg4 Nxd4 46. Rxd4 Rxc3
47. Rfd2 Rc5 48. Kh5 Rh8 49. Kg6 h5 50. Kxf6 Rf8+ 51. Kg6 b5 52. Re2 Ke7 53.
Kg5 Rg8+ 54. Kf4 Kf6 55. e7 Re8 56. Re6+ Kf7 57. Re5 Rxe7 58. Rexd5 Rxd5 59.
Rxd5 Rb7 60. Rd6 b4 61. Ra6 b3 62. axb3 Rxb3 63. Rxa7+ Kf6 64. Ra6+ Kf7 65. Kg5
Rg3+ 66. Kxh5 Rg1 67. Kh6 Rf1 68. Kg5 Rg1+ 69. Kf4 Rf1+ 70. Kg4 Rg1+ 71. Kh5
Rf1 72. Kg5 Rg1+ 73. Kh6 Rf1 74. Ra5 Kf6 75. h5 Rh1 76. Rb5 Rh3 77. Rc5 Rh1 78.
Ra5 Rh3 79. Ra1 Rh4 80. Rf1 Rh2 81. Rf3 Rh1 82. Rf2 Rh3 83. Rf1 Rh2 84. Rg1
Kxf5 85. Rg6 Rh3 86. Ra6 Rh1 87. Rb6 Rh3 88. Rb5+ Kf6 89. Kh7 Ra3 90. Rb7 Kg5
91. h6 Ra6 92. Rb5+ Kf6 93. Rb7 Kg5 94. Kg7 Rg6+ 95. Kf7 Rf6+ 96. Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Bf4 Rb8 13. b3 Rb4 14. Bxd6 Qxd6
15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Rad1 c5 17. Bc4 d4 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rb6 21.
c3 Rf4 22. Qe5 Qxe5 23. Rxe5 c4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. cxd4 cxb3 26. axb3 Rxb3 27.
Rxe6 Rb1+ 28. Kh2 Rd1 29. Ra6 Rxd4 30. Rxa7 Rd3 31. f3 Rd2 32. Kg3 g6 33. f4
Rb2 34. Kf3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Ne2 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Rxa6 11. Nc3 Rd6 12. Qf3 Nc6 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O Qa8
15. e4 Nd4 16. Qh5 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Bd1 Rg6 19. Qh3 Ne2+ 20. Bxe2 Qxe2
21. a4 Bf6 22. Be3 c4 23. Qf5 Bxb2 24. Rad1 c3 25. Rxd7 Qc4 26. Qb5 Rxg2+ 27.
Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Kb1 Rb8
15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Bc5 Rfd8 17. g4 h6 18. Bb3 a5 19. Rg1 Rd7 20. h4 Rbd8 21. a4
Nf4 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Bxe6 Nxe6 24. Be3 c5 25. g5 h5 26. Qe2 c4 27. Rd1 Nd4 28.
Qd2 Rd8 29. c3 Ne6 30. Qe2 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Qc6 32. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Bxd4 Nf6 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qe7 12. Qc1 Rd8 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Re1 Ng4
15. h3 Ne5 16. Bf1 Qd6 17. Rd1 Nd3 18. Bxd3 Bxd4 19. Nc4 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Bxd3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. a4 a5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Re1
c5 9. Be3 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. dxc5 e5 13. Bg5 d4 14. Bxf6 Bxg2 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Kxg2 Qc6+ 17. e4 dxc3 18. Qd5 Qf6 19. cxb6 Rfd8 20. b7 Rab8 21.
Qb5 Rd2 22. Rf1 Qe7 23. Qxa5 Rxc2 24. bxc3 Rxb7 25. Rab1 Ra7 26. Qb4 Qxb4 27.
cxb4 Rxa4 28. b5 Raa2 29. b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd4 d5 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qd6 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qxd6
Nxd6 15. Be2 c5 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. Nc3 Be6 18. e4 b6 19. f3 Kf8 20. Kf2 Nb7 21.
Nb5 Ke7 22. f4 Nd6 23. Nc3 Rac8 24. g4 f6 25. f5 Bf7 26. Ke3 Ne8 27. h4 Rxd1
28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rf1 gxf5 30. exf5 Nc7 31. Bc4 Be8 32. g5 b5 33. Bg8 Bh5 34.
Bxh7 c4 35. bxc4 bxc4 36. Rc1 Rd3+ 37. Kf2 Rd2+ 38. Kg1 Rd4 39. Re1+ Kf8 40.
Ne4 Nd5 41. gxf6 c3 42. Bg6 c2 43. Ng5 Ne3 44. Ne6+ Kg8 45. f7+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Qd3 Nb4 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7
8. Qe2 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. c3 Nc6 11. c4 Nf6 12. h3 O-O 13. Nc3 a6 14. Rd1 Qc7
15. Bd2 Rfc8 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. b3 Qd8 18. Nd5 e6 19. Nc3 Nde5 20. Be3 Nxf3+ 21.
Qxf3 Qe7 22. Na4 Rab8 23. Nb6 Rd8 24. Rd2 Re8 25. Rcd1 Rbd8 26. a3 Qc7 27. b4
a5 28. bxa5 Bc3 29. Nd5 exd5 30. Bb6 Qc8 31. Qxc3 d4 32. Bxd4 Nxd4 33. Rxd4 Qc7
34. f3 Re6 35. Qb4 Ra8 36. Rd5 h5 37. Rb5 Ra7 38. c5 dxc5 39. Rxc5 Qb8 40. Rd7
Re8 41. Rcc7 Rf8 42. Qb3 b6 43. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. g3 e6 5. Nh4 Be4 6. f3 Bg6 7. Bg2 c5 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. e4 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nd4 11. Bxd4 cxd4 12. Qb5+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. e5 Ng8
15. c4 dxc3 16. Nxc3 Ne7 17. f4 Nf5 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. Kd1 Ba3 20. Rb1 a5 21. h4
Rc5 22. Bh3 Ne7 23. Nd4 Nc6 24. Nc2 Rxc2 25. Kxc2 Nb4+ 26. Kd1 Rc8 27. Bf1 Rc2
28. h5 gxh5 29. Rxh5 g6 30. Rh7 Ke7 31. Bd3 Rc7 32. Bxg6 Kf8 33. Ke2 Nxa2 34.
Rbh1 Nc1+ 35. Kf3 Nxb3 36. Rh8+ Kg7 37. Bd3 Nxd2+ 38. Kg4 Ne4 39. Bxe4 dxe4 40.
f5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Re8 11. b3 Nd6 12. Nbd2 Bf5 13. Bb2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. Bd3 Bd6 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 f5 18. Nc4 Qh4 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. c4 Nb4 21.
Re3 Nd3 22. Qd2 f4 23. Rh3 Qf6 24. Rf1 d5 25. cxd5 Rad8 26. Rh5 Qg6 27. Re5
Nxe5 28. dxe5 f3 29. g3 Qe6 30. Kh1 Rxd5 31. Qc2 Qc6 32. Qb1 Rd2 33. Bc1 Rd3
34. Be3 Rxe5 35. h4 Qd7 36. Kh2 Rxe3 37. fxe3 Qd2+ 38. Kh3 h5 39. Rg1 f2 40.
Rf1 Qxe3 41. Qc2 Rf5 42. Qc8+ Rf8 43. Qe6+ Kh7 44. Qe5 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. g3 Nbd7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. d3 O-O 8.
Nbd2 Qe7 9. a3 c6 10. h3 Bh5 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Be5 13. c3 Rad8 14. Qc2 Bc7
15. a4 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 e5 17. a5 h6 18. Nh4 Qe6 19. b4 Nf8 20. c4 Qd7 21. Nb3 Ne6
22. g4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. f3 Qe7 25. Qf2 Qxb4 26. Re3 Bh5 27. Ba3 Qxc4 28.
Bf1 Qa4 29. Bf8 Qxa1 30. Nxa1 Bxa5 31. Ba3 Bb6 32. Qe1 Nf4 33. Bc1 Re6 34. Kh2
Red6 35. Be2 g6 36. Nc2 Nxe2 37. Qxe2 Rd1 38. Ng2 Rxc1 39. Rd3 Rxd3 40. Qxd3
Bxf3 41. Qxf3 Rxc2 42. Qf6 Bd4 43. Kh3 Rf2 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Nh4 b5 46. Kg3 b4
47. Nf3 Bb6 48. Qe7 b3 49. Qxe5+ Kh7 50. Qe7 Kg7 51. Qe5+ Kg8 52. Qe8+ Kg7 53.
Qxc6 b2 54. Qc3+ Kh7 55. Qb3 Kg8 56. e5 Re2 57. e6 Bc7+ 58. Kh3 Rxe6 59. Qxb2
Bb6 60. Qc2 a5 61. Qc4 Kg7 62. Kg2 Kg8 63. Qc3 Re2+ 64. Kf1 Re6 65. Qc4 Kg7 66.
Qc3+ Kg8 67. Ne5 a4 68. Nd7 Rd6 69. Nf6+ Kf8 70. Qb4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. Bb3 Na5 12. h4 b5 13. h5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15.
hxg6 fxg6 16. Bh6 Qb6 17. b3 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qa5 19. Kb2 Rfc8 20. Nd5 cxb3 21.
axb3 Kf7 22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 h5 24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. Ra1 Rb7 26. Rd3 g5 27. Rc3
Rh8 28. Ra5 h4 29. Nc6 h3 30. gxh3 Rxh3 31. e5+ dxe5 32. Nxe5 Bf5 33. Nc6 Rh2
34. Nxa7 e6 35. Nc6 Rd7 36. Ne5 Rd5 37. Rxd5 exd5 38. Ng4+ Bxg4 39. fxg4 d4 40.
Rd3 Ke5 41. b4 Rg2 42. b5 Rxg4 43. b6 Rf4 44. c4 dxc3+ 45. Rxc3 Rf8 46. Rb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 e6 8. Ne2
Ne7 9. O-O Nf5 10. Nf3 Qa6 11. Qd1 Be7 12. g3 c5 13. c3 Nc6 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Qd2
cxd4 16. Nexd4 Ncxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 g6 19. a4 Qc4 20. Rfc1 O-O 21. b3
Qc7 22. Kg2 a6 23. Nf3 Kg7 24. Rc2 Rfd8 25. Rd1 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Qe2 Qb7
28. Kh2 b4 29. cxb4 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Rc8 31. Qe2 Qxb4 32. Rd3 Rc1 33. Qd2 Qxd2 34.
Rxd2 Rc3 35. Kg2 Rxb3 36. Rc2 Rb7 37. Rc8 Ba3 38. Ng5 Bb2 39. f4 Ba3 40. Kf3
Be7 41. Kg2 Rd7 42. Kf3 Bd8 43. Ke2 Bb6 44. Rb8 Ba7 45. Rc8 Rb7 46. Kf1 Bd4 47.
Kg2 Re7 48. Rc6 Rd7 49. Rc8 Bb6 50. Rb8 Ba7 51. Rc8 Bb6 52. Rb8 Bd8 53. Rc8 d4
54. Ne4 d3 55. Rc1 Rd4 56. Kf3 Ba5 57. Ke3 d2 58. Rd1 Rd5 59. Nxd2 f6 60. exf6+
Kxf6 61. Ne4+ Kf5 62. Rb1 e5 63. fxe5 Kxe5 64. Nf2 Bc7 65. Kf3 Ke6 66. Rb3 Rf5+
67. Kg2 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Qe2 Nh5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. g4 Qc7
15. g5 O-O-O 16. gxh6 gxh6 17. O-O-O f5 18. Ng3 Bd6 19. Bc4 e5 20. Qd3 Bc5 21.
Nxf5 e4 22. Qxe4 Rhe8 23. Qg4 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Rh5 Rf8 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27.
Ne7+ Rxe7 28. Rxc5+ Kb8 29. Qxd7 Rxd7 30. f3 Rg7 31. Bf1 Re8 32. Rd5 h5 33. Kd2
h4 34. a4 a6 35. Rd4 h3 36. gxh3 Rg1 37. Be2 Rh1 38. Re4 Rd8+ 39. Kc2 Rxh3 40.
a5 Rh2 41. b4 Rf2 42. Kb3 Rd2 43. Bc4 Rxf3 44. Re5 Rff2 45. Bd5 Ka7 46. Kc4 Rf8
47. Kb3 Rc8 48. Bc4 Rc7 49. Rg5 Rh2 50. Re5 Rh4 51. Bd5 Rh3 52. Bc4 Rg3 53. Rf5
Re7 54. Rc5 Ree3 55. Bf7 Re2 56. Bc4 Ree3 57. Bf7 Rg2 58. Ka3 Re1 59. Kb3 Rb1+
60. Kc4 Rg4+ 61. Kd3 Rb2 62. Be6 Rg6 63. Bf5 Rg5 64. Kc4 Rf2 65. Be4 Rg4 66.
Re5 Re2 67. Kd3 Re1 68. Re7 Rexe4 69. Rxe4 Rg7 70. Rf4 Rh7 71. Rg4 Rf7 72. Rh4
Rg7 73. Kc2 Rf7 74. Kb2 Rg7 75. Kb3 Rf7 76. Ka3 Rc7 77. Kb3 Rf7 78. Re4 Rh7 79.
Re3 Rg7 80. Rf3 Rh7 81. Rg3 Rf7 82. Rh3 Rg7 83. Rh5 Rf7 84. Rh3 Rg7 85. c4 Rg5
86. Rd3 Rh5 87. Kc3 Rg5 88. Rd5 Rg3+ 89. Kd4 Rb3 90. Kc5 Rc3 91. Rh5 Rc1 92.
Rh4 Rb1 93. b5 axb5 94. cxb5 b6+ 95. axb6+ Kb7 96. Rh7+ Kb8 97. b7 Rg1 98. Kb4
Rg6 99. b6 Rxb6+ 100. Ka5 Rxb7 101. Rxb7+ Kxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2992"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Na4 Bg4 8.
Nxc5 dxc5 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Nxe5+ Kf8 11. Nxg4 Nxg4 12. c3 Qh4 13. g3 Qf6 14.
Qxg4 Nc2+ 15. Ke2 Nxa1 16. Be3 b6 17. Rxa1 h6 18. f4 Re8 19. e5 Qc6 20. Qf3 Qb5
21. b3 Qd7 22. Rd1 Qh3 23. d4 cxd4 24. cxd4 Qxh2+ 25. Bf2 Qh3 26. d5 Qf5 27.
Rc1 Re7 28. g4 Qd7 29. Rc6 h5 30. e6 hxg4 31. Qe4 Qe8 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33. Qe5 Rh2
34. f5 g3 35. Qxg3 Qh5+ 36. Kf1 Qd1+ 37. Be1 Rh1+ 38. Kg2 Qxd5+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bartholomew, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2993"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. d3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 Bxf3 6. exf3 Bb4+ 7. Nd2 O-O 8.
a3 Bd6 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Bg2 c6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Qe2 c5 13. O-O Rac8 14. c4 d4 15.
Rfe1 Rb8 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Reb1 a6 19. Bxd4 Bc5 20. Bc3 Rfc8 21.
Ne5 Bd6 22. Bh3 Re8 23. Bg2 Bf8 24. d4 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Nd7 26. c5 Be7 27. Qf3 b5
28. Rxa6 b4 29. Rxb4 Nf8 30. Qc6 Qd8 31. Rxb8 Qxb8 32. Rb6 Qd8 33. Be4 Ng6 34.
Kg2 Bf8 35. Rb7 Ne7 36. Qd7 g6 37. c6 Nd5 38. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Omelja, Artem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2978"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. c4 Qa5
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. e4 f4 13. a3 fxg3 14. hxg3 Qc5 15. b4
Qe7 16. c5 b5 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Nc4 Ba6 19. Rfd1 Ng4 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Nxb6 Qa7
22. Nxa8 Qxa8 23. Rd1 Qa7 24. Rd6 Bb5 25. Qd2 Bh6 26. Rd7 Qb6 27. Qc2 Ba4 28.
Qc4+ Kh8 29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. bxc5 Rb8 31. Nxe5 Rxb2 32. Nxg4 Bg5 33. e5 h5 34. Nf6
Bxf6 35. exf6 Kg8 36. Be4 Bc2 37. Bxc6 Bb3 38. Be4 Be6 39. Re7 Bg4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2980"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. g3 Bg4 5. Bg2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. d3 Nbd7 8. g4
Bg6 9. Nh4 Bb4+ 10. Nd2 O-O 11. a3 Bd6 12. e3 Be5 13. d4 Bd6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15.
g5 Nh5 16. Nf3 Re8 17. h4 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. O-O Qe7 20. Qd4 Rad8 21. Nxe5
Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rad1 Rde8 25. c4 dxc4 26. bxc4 f6 27. Rd7
fxg5 28. Rxb7 gxh4 29. Bxc6 Rf8 30. Rb5 Re7 31. Bd5+ Kh7 32. Bg2 Nf6 33. c5 Rc8
34. c6 g5 35. Rxg5 Kh6 36. Rf5 Re6 37. Ra5 Rc7 38. Rb1 g5 39. Rb7 Rcxc6 40.
Bxc6 Rxc6 41. Rbxa7 Rc1+ 42. Kg2 g4 43. R7a6 h3+ 44. Kh2 Kg6 45. e4 Kg7 46.
Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2988"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc4 e4 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. O-O b5 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Ng3 d5 13. f3 Qd6 14. Qe1 Ra7
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. fxe4 Qg6 17. exd5 cxd5 18. c3 a5 19. Rf4 a4 20. b4 a3 21. Kh2
Rae7 22. Ne2 Bf5 23. Qg3 Be4 24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. Nd4 Bd3 26. Nb3 f6 27. Nc5 Be4
28. Rff1 g5 29. g4 Kf7 30. Kg3 Kg6 31. Rae1 Kf7 32. Rf2 Bg6 33. Rfe2 Rh8 34.
Rh2 Rhe8 35. h4 gxh4+ 36. Rxh4 Rc8 37. Reh1 Ra7 38. g5 fxg5 39. Rg4 Be4 40.
Nxe4 dxe4 41. Rxe4 Rd8 42. Rf1+ Kg6 43. Rf2 Ra6 44. Rd4 Rh8 45. Rd5 Rh1 46.
Rxb5 Rb1 47. Ra5 Rd6 48. Rxa3 Rg1+ 49. Rg2 Rh1 50. b5 Rf6 51. Ra6 Rb1 52. c4
Kf5 53. Rf2+ Ke5 54. d4+ Ke4 55. Raxf6 gxf6 56. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hess, Robert L"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2981"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxc7 Rc8 12. Qe5 Qg6 13. Qg5 Qc2 14. Qd2
Qb3 15. Qb4 Qc2 16. Qd2 Qf5 17. g4 Qc2 18. Bg2 Nd7 19. Rd1 Qb3 20. Qb4 Qxb4+
21. axb4 Rc2 22. O-O Bxe2 23. Rc1 Rac8 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Rb1 h6 26. h3 Bxf3 27.
Bxf3 Nf6 28. b5 g5 29. Kg2 Rd2 30. Ra1 Rxb2 31. Bc6 Nd5 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Rxa7
Rxb5 34. Rd7 Kg7 35. Kg3 Kf8 36. f3 f6 37. h4 Ke8 38. Rh7 gxh4+ 39. Kf4 Rb4 40.
Kf5 Rxd4 41. Rxh6 b5 42. Ke6 Kf8 43. Rxf6+ Kg7 44. Rf7+ Kg6 45. Rf6+ Kg7 46.
Rf5 b4 47. Rg5+ Kf8 48. Rf5+ Ke8 49. Rh5 Kd8 50. Rxh4 b3 51. Kd6 Kc8 52. Rh1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.04.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2978"]
[BlackElo "2823"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Qe3 Bb7 14. e5
Rc8 15. Bd3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nb8 17. Rfd1 Nc6 18. Be4 Ne7 19. d5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5
exd5 21. Rxd5 Qe7 22. g3 Rfd8 23. Rad1 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 g6 25. h4 h5 26. Qd3 Rc5
27. a4 Qe6 28. Rxc5 bxc5 29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. Qc7 c4 31. Qc5 Qa6 32. a5 Qe6 33. Qd4
Kg8 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Qc7 Qd5 36. a6 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qd5+ 38. Kg1 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Qd4
40. Kg1 Qa1+ 41. Kg2 Qxa6 42. Kf3 Qe6 43. Kg2 a6 44. Qc5 Qg4 45. Qc6 Qe6 46.
Qc5 a5 47. Qxa5 Qc6+ 48. Kh2 c3 49. e6 fxe6 50. Qe5+ Kf7 51. Qf4+ Ke8 52. Qb8+
Kd7 53. Qa7+ Qc7 54. Qa4+ Ke7 55. Qc2 Kf7 56. Kg1 Qc5 57. Kh2 Qd4 58. Qa2 Qd2
59. Qa7+ Kf6 60. Qc5 c2 61. Qf8+ Ke5 62. Qc5+ Ke4 63. Qc6+ Kd3 64. Qb5+ Ke4 65.
Qc6+ Ke5 66. Qc5+ Ke4 67. Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 a5 9. c4 Nb6 10. Nd2 Qe6 11. Nf3 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 O-O 14. O-O-O
Re8 15. f4 d6 16. Rh3 Qh6 17. Re3 Qxf4 18. Re4 Qg3 19. exd6 Be6 20. dxc7 Qxc7
21. Nf3 Nd7 22. Ng5 Nf8 23. Qf2 Rad8 24. Bd3 h6 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Qf3 Red6 27.
Ree1 Rd4 28. g3 Ne6 29. Kb1 h5 30. Bc2 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 g6 32. Bc2 Nd4 33. Qc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 O-O 9. c5 Be7 10. Qc2 Bf6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Nf3 Bg6 14. Rfe1 Re6
15. Bf4 Qe7 16. Re3 Re8 17. Rae1 c6 18. h3 Qd8 19. b4 a6 20. a4 Bg5 21. Nxg5
Nxg5 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. b5 Rxe3 24. Bxe3 axb5 25. axb5 Ne6 26. Rb1 f5 27. Qd2 g5
28. f3 g4 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. fxg4 fxg4 31. hxg4 Qh4 32. Qd1 Qh7 33. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Nxe5 Bxe5 7. g3 h5 8. Bg5
c5 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Bg2 Bd7 11. O-O h4 12. Ne4 hxg3 13. hxg3 f6 14. Be3 f5 15.
f4 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bf6 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Bd4 O-O 19. c5 Be6 20. Bxc6 Rb8 21. Qa4
Nh5 22. Kf2 Qc7 23. cxd6 Qxd6 24. Bxa7 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Nf6 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. Bf3 g5
28. Be3 gxf4 29. gxf4 Kf7 30. Rh1 Rg8 31. Bh5+ Kf8 32. Bf3 Kf7 33. a3 Bd5 34.
Bxd5+ Nxd5 35. Qb3 Qd6 36. Rd1 Rd8 37. Rh1 Rc8 38. Rd1 Rd8 39. Rh1 Rc8 40. Rd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. O-O d5 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Bb7 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Rfc8 13. Ne3 Qd8 14. c3 a5 15. Ng4
Bf8 16. h5 h6 17. Qd2 b4 18. c4 Ne7 19. Nh4 Ra7 20. Rad1 a4 21. Ne3 Nb6 22. Qe2
Kh8 23. Nf3 Nc6 24. Rc1 b3 25. axb3 axb3 26. Qd1 Nd4 27. cxd5 Nxd5 28. Nxd4
Nxf4 29. gxf4 cxd4 30. Nc4 Bd5 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Nd3 Nf6 14. c5 Ng6 15. Rc1
Rf7 16. Kh1 Bf8 17. Rg1 Rg7 18. b4 h5 19. Qd2 g4 20. g3 fxg3 21. Rxg3 a5 22. a3
axb4 23. axb4 c6 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. cxd6 Qxd6 26. Bc5 Qd8 27. Bxf8 Qxf8 28. fxg4
Bxg4 29. h3 Bxe2 30. Qxe2 Raa7 31. Rf1 Nf4 32. Rxg7+ Rxg7 33. Nxf4 exf4 34.
Qc4+ Qf7 35. Qxf7+ Kxf7 36. Rxf4 Rg3 37. Kh2 Rxc3 38. e5 Ke6 39. exf6 Kf7 40.
h4 c5 41. bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Qf6 10. d3 h6 11. Rb1 Bb6 12. Be3 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. c4 e4 15.
Nd2 exd3 16. c5 Ba5 17. Rxb7 Nb4 18. cxd3 Bd5 19. Rxb4 Bxg2 20. Rf4 Qc6 21. Qa4
Bxd2 22. Bxd2 Rfe8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qxc6 Bxc6 25. Kf1 Rb8 26. Rb4 Rxb4 27.
Bxb4 Bd7 28. h4 f6 29. d4 Be6 30. a3 g5 31. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. e5 Ng4 8. h3
Nh6 9. Nc3 Kh8 10. Rd1 a6 11. a3 b5 12. Bd5 Bb7 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Be4 Rb8 15. Re1
dxe5 16. dxe5 Nd8 17. Rad1 Ne6 18. Bc1 Ng8 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Qe4 c5 21. Nd5 c4
22. Ng5 Nxg5 23. Bxg5 Qf5 24. Nc3 Rfb8 25. Bc1 a5 26. g4 Qc8 27. Qf3 e6 28. Bf4
Ne7 29. Ne4 Rc7 30. Bg3 Qf8 31. Nf6 Rbc8 32. Rd6 g5 33. Nd7 Qe8 34. Nf6 Qf8 35.
Red1 h6 36. Nd7 Qe8 37. Nf6 Bxf6 38. exf6 Ng6 39. Qe4 c3 40. b3 a4 41. bxa4
bxa4 42. Ra6 e5 43. Qxa4 Qxa4 44. Rxa4 Rc6 45. Ra5 Re8 46. Rdd5 Rxf6 47. Rxe5
Nxe5 48. Bxe5 Rxe5 49. Rxe5 Ra6 50. Rc5 Rxa3 51. Kf1 Kg7 52. Ke2 Kf6 53. Kd3
Ra6 54. Rxc3 Ke6 55. Ke4 Ra4+ 56. Ke3 f6 57. f3 Ra1 58. f4 gxf4+ 59. Kxf4 Ra4+
60. Kg3 Kf7 61. Rc5 Ra3+ 62. c3 Ra1 63. Kf4 Rh1 64. Kg3 Rg1+ 65. Kf2 Rh1 66.
Kg2 Rc1 67. h4 Ke6 68. h5 Kd6 69. Rf5 Ke6 70. Rf3 Ke5 71. Kf2 Rc2+ 72. Kg3 Ke6
73. Kf4 Kf7 74. Ke4 Rd2 75. c4 Ke6 76. Rc3 Rg2 77. Kf3 Rg1 78. c5 Kd7 79. c6+
Kc7 80. Kf4 Rf1+ 81. Ke4 Rf2 82. Rf3 Re2+ 83. Kf5 Re5+ 84. Kxf6 Rg5 85. Kf7
Rxg4 86. Rf6 Rg5 87. Rxh6 Rc5 88. Rh8 Rxc6 89. Kg7 Rc1 90. h6 Rg1+ 91. Kh7 Kd7
92. Rg8 Re1 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 e4 5. f3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe2 Bf5 8.
fxe4 Bxe4 9. d3 Bg6 10. Nc3 Bc5 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. e4 Ba3 13. g4 a5 14. g5 Nh5
15. Qe3 O-O 16. Nge2 b5 17. Bxa3 Qxa3+ 18. Kb1 a4 19. Nc1 Rfb8 20. Rhe1 c5 21.
Ka1 axb3 22. cxb3 c4 23. Nb1 Qa6 24. Rd2 f5 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. b4 Qg6 27. Rf1 c6
28. Nc3 Re8 29. Qf3 Bxd3 30. Nxd3 Rf8 31. Qd1 cxd3 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Rxd3 Qxg5
34. Rd6 Qf4 35. Rxc6 Qxb4 36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. Qxb5 Qf4 38. Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Bd6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Ne3 Qe7 12. Nh4 Qe6 13. Nhf5 Bf8 14. f4 Nd7
15. Ng3 f6 16. f5 Qf7 17. Bh4 Bb7 18. Qe2 Rad8 19. Nh1 Nc5 20. Rfd1 Rd6 21. Nf2
Red8 22. Rd2 a5 23. g4 g5 24. Bg3 Ba6 25. Rad1 b4 26. c4 b3 27. a3 R6d7 28. Qe1
Nb7 29. Nh1 Nc5 30. Qe2 Rd4 31. Be1 R8d6 32. Nf2 Qd7 33. Kg2 Qd8 34. h3 Rd7 35.
Nf1 Na4 36. Nh2 Bc5 37. Nf3 R4d6 38. Rc1 Bxf2 39. Qxf2 c5 40. Qe2 Rxd3 41. Rxd3
Rxd3 42. Bxa5 Bb7 43. Kf2 Qd7 44. Re1 Rd6 45. Rc1 Qc6 46. Re1 Rd8 47. h4 h6 48.
hxg5 hxg5 49. Kg3 Rd7 50. Qh2 Rh7 51. Qd2 Rd7 52. Qh2 Rh7 53. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7
9. Nf3 Bxb5 10. Bxb5+ Nc6 11. Bd3 Nge7 12. O-O Bb6 13. Kh1 Qd7 14. Rb1 Nf5 15.
a4 a6 16. a5 Ba7 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Ba3 Rc8 19. b5 axb5 20. Rxb5 Nd8 21. Qb1 Rc3
22. e6 fxe6 23. Ne5 Qc7 24. Qb4 g5 25. Qa4 Rxa3 26. Qxa3 gxf4 27. Re1 Qc3 28.
Qc1 Rg8 29. Nd3 Kd7 30. Qxf4 Kc8 31. a6 bxa6 32. Rb3 Qc7 33. Qxc7+ Kxc7 34. Ra3
Bb6 35. Rxa6 Kb7 36. Ra3 Rg7 37. Rb3 Rc7 38. Reb1 Rc6 39. Ne5 Rd6 40. Rh3 Nc6
41. Rxh7+ Ka6 42. Rd7 Rxd7 43. Nxd7 Ba7 44. h4 e5 45. h5 e4 46. h6 d3 47. cxd3
Bd4 48. dxe4 fxe4 49. h7 Ne7 50. Nc5+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 exd5
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. e6 gxf4 17. exd7 Bxd7 18. Qxe4 fxg3 19. fxg3 b6 20. Nf5 Rae8
21. Qd5 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Qh6 23. Raf1 Qe3+ 24. R1f2 Qe1+ 25. Kg2 Qe4+ 26. Kh3 Qxd5
27. Rxd5 Re7 28. Rg5+ Kh8 29. a4 Re3 30. Rgf5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. d4 c4 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne1 Na5 14. Nc2 Nb3 15.
Ra2 Qa5 16. Bb2 f6 17. Ne3 Be6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qc2 Bg5 20. Ba3 Rfe8 21. Bh5
Red8 22. Bb4 Qc7 23. Re1 Bf7 24. Bf3 Re8 25. a5 Qd7 26. Qd1 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Bg6
28. Rf2 h6 29. Bh5 Qe6 30. e4 Kh7 31. Bxg6+ Qxg6 32. exd5 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Re8
34. Re2 Rxe2 35. Qxe2 Qb1+ 36. Kf2 Nc1 37. Qxc4 Qe4 38. h3 Nd3+ 39. Kg1 Qe3+
40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kg1 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. a4 a6 8. Re1
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Ng3 h6 14. d4 Nd7 15.
Be3 Qe7 16. a5 Kh7 17. Nd2 Rf7 18. Nc4 Raf8 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. Rad1 Qh4 21. Nd2
Qe7 22. Qc4 Rc8 23. Ndf1 Nf4 24. Qb3 b5 25. axb6 Bxb6 26. Nd2 Rcf8 27. Nc4 h5
28. Ne2 Qf6 29. Nxf4 exf4 30. Bc1 e5 31. Qc2 f3 32. Nxb6 cxb6 33. g3 Qe6 34.
Kh2 b5 35. Bg5 Rc8 36. Qd3 Nb6 37. Ra1 Na4 38. Qd2 exd4 39. cxd4 Rfc7 40. e5
Rc2 41. Qe3 dxe5 42. dxe5 Nxb2 43. Qxf3 Qg6 44. Be3 Nc4 45. Bf4 Nd2 46. Bxd2
Rxd2 47. e6 Rcc2 48. Kg2 h4 49. g4 Rd3 50. Qe4 Rg3+ 51. Kf1 Qxe4 52. Rxe4 Rf3
53. e7 Rfxf2+ 54. Ke1 Rh2 55. Kd1 Rhd2+ 56. Ke1 Rh2 57. Kd1 Rhd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 c6 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 Bf5 6. O-O e6 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8. Nxd7
Qxd7 9. d3 Be7 10. Nd2 Bh7 11. e4 O-O 12. Qe2 a5 13. a3 b5 14. Rad1 Rad8 15.
Nf3 Qb7 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Ng4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. Bg2 fxg4 20. Qxe6+ Rf7 21.
Bxc6 Nc5 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Bxb7 Nxb7 24. f3 gxf3 25. Rxf3+ Bf6 26. Bxf6 gxf6
27. b4 Bg6 28. Rf4 Kg7 29. Re1 Kf7 30. Re5 Nd6 31. bxa5 Ra8 32. Rd5 Ra6 33. a4
bxa4 34. Rxa4 Ke6 35. Rc5 Be8 36. Rb4 Ra7 37. Rb6 Ke7 38. a6 Bd7 39. Kf2 Be8
40. Ke3 Bd7 41. Kf4 Be8 42. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nc6 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. e4 e5 13. d5 Bg4 14. dxc6 Bxf3
15. Rd3 b5 16. Qc2 Rxd3 17. Qxd3 Bg4 18. f3 Rd8 19. Qc3 Bc8 20. Bxb5 a6 21. Be2
Rd6 22. O-O Rxc6 23. Qe3 Be6 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Qd8 26. Bxa6 Qd4+ 27. Kf1
c5 28. Be2 c4 29. Qc3 Kf8 30. a4 Qxc3 31. bxc3 Ke7 32. Kf2 Kd6 33. Ke3 g5 34.
g3 Kc5 35. f4 f6 36. Bh5 Bd7 37. a5 Kb5 38. Bf7 Kxa5 39. Bxc4 Kb6 40. Bf7 Kc5
41. f5 Ba4 42. h4 Bc2 43. Bd5 Ba4 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Ba2 Bc2 46. Bd5 Ba4 47. Bf7
Bc2 48. Bd5 Ba4 49. Be6 Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8.
Nxd7 Qxd7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nd2 a5 11. e4 Bh7 12. a3 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. dxe4
Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Rfd8 16. Kf1 Bg6 17. Ke2 f6 18. a4 e5 19. f3 Kf7 20. Bh3 Bc5 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Kxd1 Bg1 24. Ke2 h5 25. Kf1 Bc5 26. Bc8 b6 27. Ke2
Ke7 28. Ba6 Bf7 29. h4 Be6 30. Bc1 c6 31. Bd3 Kd6 32. Bd2 Ke7 33. Be1 Kd6 34.
Kd2 g5 35. Be2 Ke7 36. Kd1 Kf7 37. Kd2 Kg6 38. Kd1 Kf7 39. Ba6 Kg6 40. Be2 Kf7
41. Bd2 Bf2 42. Be1 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Nd2 a6 8.
Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 10. Nf3 Bb6 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. c3 O-O 14. Re1 c5 15.
h3 h6 16. Be3 c4 17. Bxb6 Rxb6 18. Bc2 cxd3 19. Qxd3 Be6 20. Nd2 Qc7 21. Bb3
Bxb3 22. Nxb3 Rc8 23. Nd2 Qb7 24. Ra5 Rd8 25. Qe3 d5 26. exd5 Nxd5 27. Qe4 Nf4
28. Qxb7 Rxb7 29. Nf3 Nd3 30. Rd1 e4 31. Ne5 Rd5 32. Nxd3 exd3 33. c4 Rc5 34.
b3 Rc8 35. Rxb5 Rxb5 36. cxb5 Rc3 37. b6 Rxb3 38. b7 Rxb7 39. Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 c5 6. Ne5 Nfd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8.
d3 Nc6 9. Nd2 d4 10. c3 Be7 11. a3 O-O 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. O-O Rac8 14. h3 Rfd8
15. Rc1 b6 16. Kh2 e5 17. Nc4 f6 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 b5 20. Nd2 a5 21. Nf3
Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 c4 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Qb3 Be6 26. dxc4 a4 27. Qb5
Qxb5 28. cxb5 Rb8 29. Re3 Kf7 30. Bc6 Bc4 31. Bd4 Bd6 32. Rc3 Bxf4+ 33. Kg2
Bxb5 34. Bd5+ Kg6 35. Be4+ f5 36. Bc2 Re8 37. e3 Be5 38. Rc5 Bxd4 39. Bxf5+ Kf6
40. exd4 Re2+ 41. Kf3 Rb2 42. Bxh7 Rb3+ 43. Kf4 Bd3 44. Bg8 Rxa3 45. Re5 g6 46.
Ra5 Ra1 47. Ke3 Bc2 48. Ra6+ Ke7 49. d5 Rd1 50. Be6 Bb3 51. Ra7+ Kd6 52. Bd7
Rxd5 53. Bxa4 Bxa4 54. Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4
d5 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bc2 Be6 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Be6 14. Bb3 Qxd1
15. Rxd1 f6 16. Bxe6+ Rxe6 17. Kf1 Rd6 18. Rxd6 Bxd6 19. Be3 Kf7 20. Ke2 Ke6
21. Nd2 Rb8 22. g4 a5 23. h4 a4 24. Rc1 Na5 25. b4 Nb7 26. c4 Bxb4 27. cxb5 Nd6
28. Rxc7 Bxd2 29. Kxd2 Rxb5 30. Rxg7 Rb2+ 31. Kd3 Rxa2 32. Rxh7 Ra3+ 33. Kc2
Nxe4 34. Ra7 Nxf2 35. Bxf2 Ra2+ 36. Kd3 Rxf2 37. Rxa4 Rh2 38. h5 f5 39. Ra6+
Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.05.27"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kf8 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Kxf7 13. Qxg4 Bxd4 14.
Bd2 Qf5 15. Qxf5+ gxf5 16. Nb5 Bb6 17. O-O-O Nd7 18. Rhe1 a6 19. Nc3 Nf6 20.
Be3 Bxe3+ 21. Rxe3 Rad8 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 e6 24. Rd2 h5 25. Rde2 Rh6 26.
Rc3 Rd7 27. a4 h4 28. b4 Kf6 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Rh8 31. Kb2 Ra8 32. Rh3 Rh7
33. Rhe3 Re8 34. Rd3 Rd8 35. Rde3 Re8 36. Rd3 Rd8 37. Rde3 Re8 38. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. h3 O-O 7. Bf4 c5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Be2 d4 11. exd4 Bxd4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. Qb3
Ne4 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Nd2 Na4 20. Nc4 Qxc3
21. Nd6 Re7 22. Qxa4 Kxh7 23. Rac1 Qf6 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxa7 Nxa7 26. Rxc8
Nxc8 27. Qc2+ Qg6 28. Qxc8 Re2 29. Qxb7 Rxa2 30. Qb1 Qxb1 31. Rxb1 h5 32. h4 g6
33. g3 Ra3 34. Kg2 Ra2 35. Rb7 Kg7 36. Rc7 Kf6 37. Rb7 Kg7 38. Rc7 Kf6 39. Rb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. g4 Rd8 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Qb4+ 14. Ke2 e5
15. Qc2 exd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. h3 c5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. gxf5 b5 20. Qc3 Nxc4 21.
Qxb4 cxb4 22. b3 Nb6 23. e4 Rac8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Kd2 a6 26. Bd3 Kf8 27. f4 f6
28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Kxc1 Ke7 30. Kd2 Kd6 31. Be2 Kc5 32. Kd3 Nc8 33. Bh5 Ne7 34.
Be8 Nc8 35. Bd7 Ne7 36. h4 Kd6 37. Be8 Kc5 38. Ke3 Nc8 39. Bd7 Ne7 40. Kd3 Kd6
41. Be6 g6 42. Ke3 a5 43. Kd4 Nc6+ 44. Kd3 Ne7 45. Kd4 Nc6+ 46. Ke3 Ne7 47. Kd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 {
The Orthodox Defence to the Queens Gambit was more popular in the 1910's than
in the 2010's, but King Magnus can play anything he wants.} 8. Be2 {There's
hardly any difference between the text} ({and the other bishop move} 8. Bd3) ({
while} 8. Rc1 c5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 {is currently considered a
reliable defense, thanks to the pioneering efforts of Vladimir Kramnik.
Although, Nakamura himself beat Fressinet in 2016 by going to the endgame:} 11.
dxc5 Nxc5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. b4 Nd7 14. Bd3) 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 c5 11.
O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 {Hikaru goes safety first.} ({The more principled} 12. exd4 {
is met by the solid defence} Nb6 13. Bb3 Bd7 14. Ne5 Bc6 {It's very hard for
White to break through, while Carlsen would surely be looking to lay siege to
the IQP.}) 12... Nb6 13. Be2 (13. Bb3 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Bc2
Bd7 17. Qd3 g6 {Salem-Karjakin, World Rapid 2017, and Black eventually
prevailed.}) 13... Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qb3 b6 17. Bf3 Bb7 {
There's nothing White can do in terms of playing on, and Hikaru forces total
liquidation.} 18. Nf5 exf5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qf6 21. Qb3 Rad8 22. Rfd1
Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. g3 g6 26. h4 h5 27. Qc4 a5 28. b3 Qd1+
29. Kg2 Qd7 30. Kf1 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qd7 32. Kf1 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 {Lately it seems every time Shakh plays
this move the game ends in a quick draw.} ({Are the glory days of} 4. f3 {
completely gone?}) 4... O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9.
Rd1 {A little twist} ({on the usual} 9. Nf3 Ba6 {but essentially the same
thing.}) 9... Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. e3 ({Morozevich tried
to spice up the otherwise dull position by introducing} 13. g4 {lost to Leko
in 2014 and beat Oparin in 2015. I guess now, as the element of surprise is
gone, there are no takers.}) 13... Bxf1 14. Rxf1 c5 15. dxc5 Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1 g5
{The first independent move, but it was very predictable, being the engine's
#1 choice.} (16... bxc5 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 {Guseva-Kashlinskaya, 2016,
gave White some initiative albeit the game also ended peacefully.}) 17. Bg3
Qxc5 18. Qd8+ Kg7 19. Be5 Qc1+ 20. Ke2 Qc4+ 21. Ke1 Qc1+ 22. Ke2 Qc4+ 23. Ke1
Qc1+ 24. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Kb1 Qa5 10. Nge2 e5 11. f3 Rd8 12. Nd5 Qxd2 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.
Rxd2 Bg5 15. Rd1 Be6 16. Nc3 Nd4 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. Rhf1 Nc6 19. a3 Ne7 20. Ne2
Be3 21. h3 g5 22. a4 f6 23. c4 Ng6 24. Bc1 Bxc1 25. Nxc1 h5 26. Rf2 h4 27. Rfd2
Kf7 28. Ne2 Ke7 29. Kb2 Nf4 30. Nc3 a5 31. Bf1 b6 32. Bd3 Rc5 33. Bc2 Rc7 34.
Re1 Rc5 35. Nd1 Rc6 36. Ne3 Rc7 37. Red1 Rc6 38. Bd3 Rc7 39. Bc2 Rc6 40. Bd3
Rc7 41. Bc2 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Bd3 Bd7 8.
Nf3 Bc6 9. Bc2 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Nc6 12. Rb1 O-O-O 13. d4 g6 14. Ke2
e5 15. Bg5 Rd6 16. c5 Rd7 17. Bf6 Rg8 18. dxe5 Bxc5 19. Be4 Be7 20. Rxb7 Kxb7
21. Rb1+ Kc8 22. Bxc6 Bxf6 23. Bxd7+ Kxd7 24. exf6 Re8+ 25. Kd3 Re6 26. Rb4
Rxf6 27. Ke3 Re6+ 28. Kd3 Rf6 29. Ke3 Re6+ 30. Kd3 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 (4... d5 {Sergey has wide experience
in another main line -} 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 {, but this time he enters
into the sharper one.}) 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 {The most ambitious choice.} ({
Both} 6... d6) ({and} 6... Re8 {also were tested on the highest level.}) 7. Ng5
Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 {This position was first seen in the middle of 60'es, but it
gained popularity mostly after the Kasparov - Karpov match in Seville 1987.} 9.
f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 {The most common. Even though White has the bishop pair,
Black feels free to open up the position. Indeed, at the moment Black's pieces
are better mobilised.} ({The alternative} 10... Qe7 {has also been seen in
Karjakin's White's practice:} 11. e3 Ne5 12. Nh4 ({Amove worth considering is} 
12. Nd4 $5 d6 13. d3 c5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. Rxf5 d5 16. cxd5 c4 17. d4 Nd3 18. Bd2
Ne4 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Qf3 Qxf3 21. Rxf3 Rad8 $132 {Tomashevsky,E - Korotylev,A
Sochi 2017}) 12... d6 13. d3 Ng6 14. Nxg6 {Karjakin,S - Eljanov,P Baku 2015;
in this complex position draw was agreed.}) 11. d4 dxc4 12. Bg5 ({The
relatively recent} 12. Qc2 $5 h6 13. Bf4 {yielded White a memorable victory in
Caruana,F - Anand,V Moscow 2016.}) 12... h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd2 $146 {
Hikaru comes up with a natural novelty.} (14. e4 Bg4 15. Qa4 Qd6 16. Rae1 (16.
Qxc4 Na5 17. Qb5 b6 18. Nd2 Qd7 $132) 16... Rab8 17. Qxc4 b5 18. e5 bxc4 19.
exd6 cxd6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Nd2 Na5 {led to equal endgame in Aronian,L -
Anand,V Saint Louis 2015.}) 14... Qe7 $6 {Too passive. As often happens in
such sharp positions, one mistake might invite serious troubles.} ({A much
better try was} 14... Qg6 $1 {, diminishing White's control of e4. The play
might continue:} 15. e4 ({After} 15. Nxc4 Bf5 16. Qb3 Be4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18.
Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qxc7 Rxe2 {Black has full compensation for the pawn due to
activity of all his pieces.}) 15... b5 16. e5 (16. a4 $6 b4 17. Nxc4 Ba6 18.
Qb3 Rad8 $15 {makes White's pawn centre very fragile.}) 16... Rb8 17. Be4 (17.
Ne4 Ne7 18. Nc5 Bf5 $132) 17... Qe6 ({Another possibility is} 17... f5 $5 18.
exf6 Rxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Qe1 Qxe1 21. Raxe1 gxf6 22. Rxf6 Bb7 23. d5 Na5 24.
Re7 Bxd5 25. Rxc7 Rb6 $11) 18. Qf3 Nd8 19. Rae1 Bb7 20. d5 Qxe5 21. Bh7+ Kxh7
22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Qf4 Rxd5 24. Qe4+ Kg8 {White has nothing better than forcing
a draw by perpetual.}) 15. e4 Na5 $6 {Black's knight's desertion of the centre
makes it easier for Hikaru to extend his initiative.} ({The attempt to protect
the pawn by means of} 15... Qa3 16. Qc2 Qa6 {looks too awkward, so after} 17.
e5 Ne7 18. Rf2 Be6 19. Ne4 $36 {White's initiative is lasting itself.}) ({
In comparison to the above-mentioned note, after} 15... b5 16. e5 {the Nc6 is
hanging, and White manages to develop a powerful initiative:} Bb7 17. Rb1 a6
18. Nxc4 Rad8 19. Ne3 {Despite the material balance, Black's position is
practically lost.}) ({A better attempt was} 15... Rb8 16. Nxc4 Be6 17. Qe2 (17.
Ne3 Na5 $14) 17... Rbd8 18. Rae1 f6 $14 {Black's position is passive, but
rather solid.}) 16. e5 Be6 $2 {Alas, Sergey fails to put up resistance and
loses on the spot.} ({It was necessary to put some pressure on White's pawn
centre:} 16... c5 17. Ne4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nc6 19. Nd6 Rf8 $16) 17. Ne4 Rad8 18.
Qh5 {White's queen is joining the attack with killing effect.} b5 {Desperation.
Obviously, Black has no time for creating any counterplay on the queenside.}
19. Nf6+ ({An even more effective move would be} 19. Rf6 Qf8 20. Raf1 b4 21.
Rg6 bxc3 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Be4 $18) 19... Kh8 (19... gxf6 20. Rxf6
Qf8 21. Rxh6 Qg7 22. Be4 $18) 20. d5 ({The prosaic} 20. Nxe8 Rxe8 21. Rf2 $18 {
would be good enough too.}) 20... Bxd5 (20... Qc5+ 21. Rf2 $18) 21. Bxd5 Rxd5
22. Nxe8 Rxe5 (22... Qxe8 23. Qxf7 Rxe5 24. Qxe8+ Rxe8 {leads to the same}) 23.
Qxf7 Qxe8 24. Qxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rae1 $18 {Despite the approximate material
balance Black's position is absolutely lost - the rooks are very powerful,
whereas the Na5 is poor.} Rxe1 26. Rxe1 c5 27. Kf2 b4 28. Ke3 bxc3 ({Or} 28...
b3 29. Ke4 bxa2 30. Ra1 $18) 29. Rc1 {Obviously, all the c-pawns would fall
soon.} Nc6 30. Rxc3 ({A simpler way was} 30. Ke4 Nb4 31. a3 $18) 30... Nb4 31.
Rxc4 Nxa2 32. Rxc5 Nb4 33. Ke4 Kh7 34. Rc4 a5 35. Rc5 a4 36. Ra5 Nc6 37. Rxa4
Nd8 {Sergey was able to avoid the loss of his knight, but this is a symbolic
achievement.} 38. Ra6 Nf7 39. Kf5 Nh8 40. h4 Nf7 41. g4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Re8 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 {So far,
nothing that interesting has happened. We have covered many of the subtleties
in the annotated games Karjakin-Anand (this page) and Mamedyarov-Anand (Tata
Steel 2018 round 13.) I believe White is slightly better in this position, but
it is of course non-trivial to prove.} Bxd3 $1 (14... e4 $6 {is well met by}
15. Bf1 $1 {giving up a queen for three pieces.} (15. Bc2 {was nevertheless
enough for a slight edge in one of the classics.} Nxc2+ 16. Qxc2 Qa6 17. Bxf6
Qxf6 18. Nb3 $14 {Kortschnoj,V-Karpov,A Baguio City 1978}) 15... Ng4 16. cxd5
$1 Ne5 17. exd4 Nf3+ 18. gxf3 exf3+ 19. Be3 Bxb1 20. Nc4 $1 Qc7 21. dxc5 $16)
15. Qxd3 Ne4 16. Nxd5 (16. Ndxe4 {Maybe not the most precise, but safe enough.}
dxe4 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Bh4 (18. Nxe4 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 f5 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 $13 {
leads to an imbalance and likely quite a good one for Black, who is likely to
recover the c4-pawn quite soon.}) 18... Qa6 19. Qe2 Rac8 20. O-O Bf8 21. Qg4
Qxc4 (21... Rxc4 $11 {equalised more reliably}) 22. Nxe4 Kh8 23. h3 Nc5 24.
Nxc5 Qxg4 25. hxg4 Rxc5 26. Rd7 $14 {Mamedyarov,S-Anand,V Tata Steel Masters
2018. Now White could potentially have a small something again.}) (16. cxd5
Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 Nc2+ 19. Ke2 f6 20. Bh4 Nxa3 21. Ne4 Rac8 $11) (16.
Ncxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Qb6 {could well become another theoretical battleground,
because I believe White is probably a bit better.} 18. O-O (18. Qb1 Ne6 $1 19.
Bh4 Bxe3 {Tarjan,J -Zumsande,M Douglas 2015. is a very dangerous sacrifice and
indeed Black soon triumphed}) (18. Rb1 $5 h6 19. Bh4 g5 20. b4 Bf8 21. Bg3 Rad8
$1 22. exd4 (22. Rd1 f5 23. Qb1 f4 $11) 22... exd4 23. Be5 Bg7 24. O-O Rxe5 25.
Qd3 Qg6 26. Rb3 g4 $132 {Ding, L-Nakamura,H Sharjah 2017, We had a three
result positio though soon the players agreed a draw.}) 18... Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Qxb2
{Black lacks real alternatives. Now the hard move is:} 20. Nb1 $1 Nc3 21. Nxc3
Qxc3 22. Rd7 Bxa3 23. Qd5 Rf8 24. Rxb7 {White has extremely good compensation,
probably more than is needed.}) 16... Nxg5 17. b4 Qd8 18. bxc5 Nde6 19. O-O
Nxc5 20. Qb1 Nge6 (20... Qd6 {might improve slightly, but it is much of a
muchness.}) 21. Nf3 Nf8 {In spite of White's activity, there isn't an
advantage for him here, because of Black's amazing outpost on c5 for one or
other knight.} 22. Rd2 Rc8 23. Rfd1 Qd6 (23... e4 24. Nd4 Ng6 {is ambitious,
but this could just as easily backfire.}) 24. Nc3 Qg6 25. Rd5 Qxb1 26. Rxb1 f6
27. Nb5 Ne4 (27... Red8 $5 28. Nxa7 Rxd5 29. cxd5 Rd8 30. Rd1 Na4 $132 {
is actually ambitious for Black, based on White's bad knights (especially f3)
but I'm not sure how successful he will be.}) 28. Nd2 Nxd2 29. Rxd2 Re7 $11 {
It is already clear that the game will be drawn, now it is just a question of
how!} 30. Nxa7 Rxc4 31. Nb5 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Nxd7 33. Nd6 Rc3 34. Nxb7 Rxa3 35. h3
Ra8 36. Rd1 Nf8 37. Nc5 Rc8 38. Ne4 Rc7 39. Kf1 Ne6 40. Rd6 Kf7 41. Rb6 Nc5 42.
Nxc5 Rxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 6th+"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 ({The main line is, of course,} 4. e5 {
but the game move seems to be enjoying some popularity at the top level lately.
Almost a century ago, this used to be one of Tartakower's favourite weapons.})
4... exd5 5. e5 Ne4 ({As far as I understand, White's move order is mainly
directed against the typical reaction ...d5-d4 against e4-e5. If} 5... d4 6.
exf6 dxc3 {White can make use of the fact that the exchange on d5 has cleared
the f1-a6 diagonal and the e-file with} 7. Bb5+ ({Tartakower's} 7. fxg7 cxd2+
8. Bxd2 Bxg7 {yielded him two wins in Tartakower,S-Frentz,R Paris 1933 EXT
2011 [Exelsior/Primel,D] (1-0, 35) and Tartakower,S-Halberstadt,V Paris 1953
EXT 2015 [Primel,D] (1-0, 20). But objectively, Black's free development and
control over d4 compensates for the kingside weaknesses.}) 7... c6 8. Qe2+ Be6
9. Bc4 cxd2+ ({If} 9... Qxf6 10. dxc3 Be7 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. Qxe6 fxe6 13. Nf3
$14 {Sjugirov,S (2673)-Shevchenko,K (2453) Moscow 2017 (1-0, 80) Black has a
shattered structure with material equality/}) 10. Bxd2 Qxf6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. O-O
Bxc4 13. Qxc4 O-O 14. Rfe1 Bd6 15. Bc3 Qh6 16. Re4 $36 {Wang,H (2701)-Van
Foreest,L (2350) Douglas 2016 (0-1, 32) with good compensation for the pawn.})
6. Nf3 ({Tartakower preferred pawn grabbing, but this is likely to offer Black
excellent compensation:} 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 (7... Bd7 8. Qxe4 Bc6 9. Qg4
Nd7 10. Nf3 Qe7 11. d4 Qb4+ 12. Bd2 Qxb2 13. Rd1 {Tartakower,S-Kottnauer,C
Venice 1949 MCL [Ftacnik,L] (1-0, 59)}) 8. Qxe4 Qd4 9. Qxd4 Nxd4 10. Bd3 Be6 {
Tartakower,S-Horne,D Hastings 1954 EXT 1999 [ChessBase] (1-0, 36)}) 6... Bf5 7.
d3 {More or less forcing Black to strengthen White's centre.} (7. d4 Bb4 8. Bd2
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. Be2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be4 $132 {Giri,A (2793)
-Wojtaszek,R (2741) Baku 2015 CBM 169 [Schulz,André] (1-0, 27)}) 7... Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 ({Black has no reason to refrain from gaining space in the centre, but
} 8... Be7 {is also playable:} 9. d4 O-O 10. Bd3 Qd7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Re1 b6 {
A somewhat mysterious move.} (12... Na5 $5) 13. Bb5 Qe6 14. Ng5 (14. Bg5 $5)
14... Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Qg6 $2 (15... Na5 $5) 16. h4 ({Missing} 16. e6 $1 $16 {
which wins an exchange.}) 16... a6 17. Be2 h6 18. Bf4 Qe6 19. h5 $14 {Kramnik,
V (2787)-Hou,Y (2680) Wijk aan Zee 2018 (½-½, 32)}) 9. d4 Qa5 $5 $146 {
A slightly provicative, but apparently viable move.} ({Black's main line
lately has been} 9... c4 {, aiming for rapid queenside counterplay.} 10. a4 ({
The original} 10. g3 Be7 11. Bg2 Bd3 12. Ng1 {aims at causing Black some
problems with defending d5. The plan is consistent but slow.} Qa5 13. Bd2 Nc6
14. Ne2 Ba3 15. O-O O-O 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Bg5 Bb2 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. Rc1 Bxe2 20.
Qxe2 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Qa3 22. Qe3 b5 23. e6 f6 24. h4 Ne7 $13 {Carlsen,M (2843)
-Aronian,L (2794) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018 (½-½, 52)}) 10... Nc6 11. Be2
Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne1 f6 ({The following blitz game may also deserve
mentioning:} 13... Na5 14. Nc2 Nb3 15. Ra2 Qa5 16. Bb2 f6 17. Ne3 Be6 18. exf6
Bxf6 {with reasonable play, Aronian,L (2764)-Nakamura,H (2769) Stavanger 
(blitz) 2018 (0-1, 41)}) 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Nc2 Be4 16. Ne3 Na5 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18.
Rxa3 Qd6 19. Ra2 Raf8 20. Ng4 Re6 21. Ne5 Nc6 22. f3 Bg6 23. f4 $14 {
Tomashevsky,E (2702)-Aronian,L (2801) Germany 2018 (½-½, 31) White has
neutralised Black's counterplay and has an active cental position.}) ({I
assume that by blocking the centre Black wishes to prevent Bd3, as could
happen after a normal developing move:} 9... Nc6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 {
The bishop on f5 was not only putting pressure on the queenside but also
defending the e6-square. Now Black's position looks a bit less appealing.} Be7
12. dxc5 $5 Bxc5 13. O-O Qd7 14. Re1 Be7 15. Be3 O-O 16. Rad1 $14 {Grischuk,A 
(2767)-Nakamura,H (2787) Moscow (rapid) 2018 (½-½, 96)}) 10. Bd2 {We can
suppose that Ding's novelty was also aimed at preventing Bd3, as Nakamura's
answer is the most natural.} Nc6 ({After the queen's departure from d8,} 10...
c4 $6 {runs into} 11. Nh4 Be6 12. g3 {Preparing f4-f5 and anticipating Black's
next move.} Be7 13. Ng2 {Surely a more harmonious regrouping than Carlsen's in
the game quoted above.} Nc6 14. Nf4 {With obvious white pressure. If} Nxd4 15.
cxd4 c3 16. Rb1 {[%csl Gb4]} O-O 17. Bd3 cxd2+ 18. Qxd2 $16 {with a space
advantage and the better structure.}) 11. Be2 ({Black seems to keep his
stability after} 11. c4 Qd8 {for instance} 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Qxb7 Rc8 14. Rc1 Be7
{and White's delay in development as well as his exposed queen offers Black
good compensation for the pawn.}) 11... Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 Rac8 14. Ra2 {
A typical way of escaping the bishop's domination.} a6 {I am not sure about
the usefulness of this move.} ({Black could have fought against Rb2 with} 14...
Qb6 {for instance} 15. Be3 Rfe8 $5 16. Qd2 {This will allow Rb2, but expose
the queen to Black's knight's attack.} Na5 17. Rb2 Qg6 {with very active play.}
) 15. Rb2 c4 16. Ne1 {Preparing Nc2-e3 and the massive pawn advance on the
kingside.} ({With incomplete coordination, pawn grabbing offers Black the
control over the only open file after} 16. Rxb7 Rb8 17. Rxb8 Rxb8 18. Qa1 Rb3
$132) 16... b5 $6 {Nakamura probably underestimated White's 18th move.} (16...
Rc7 {would have been better.} 17. Nc2 (17. Bg4 {is ineffective now due to} Bg6
{as after the rook lift the bishop is not pinned anymore.}) 17... Bxc2 (17...
Qxa4 {offers White strong positional compensation after} 18. Ne3 Qxd1 19. Rxd1
Be6 20. f4 f5 21. Bf3 Rd7 22. Rdb1 b5 23. Ra2 Nb8 24. Bc1 $14 {followed by Ba3,
with some sort of black paralydis.}) 18. Qxc2 b5 $132) 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bg4 $1
{We already mentioned the virtues of this exchange, even though in the quoted
game it took place differently.} Bxg4 19. Qxg4 {[%cal Gd2h6]} h5 ({This surely
looks risky, but if Black parries the threat with, say,} 19... Kh8 {White can
consolidate with} 20. Nc2 {taking measures against ...b5-b4 and preparing to
set up pressure on d5 with Ne3.}) 20. Qxh5 {It is hard to resist taking such a
pawn, of course.} ({But} 20. Qg3 {was at least as strong.} Rfe8 21. Nc2 b4 22.
cxb4 Qb6 23. Bc3 Na7 24. b5 Nxb5 25. Rfb1 Nxc3 26. Rxb6 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Nxg3+ 28.
hxg3 $16 {[%csl Gd5]}) 20... b4 21. Qg4 $1 {Rightly maintaining the rhythm of
the attack against the weakened black kingside.} (21. cxb4 Qa3 22. Rc2 Bxb4
$132) 21... Rfe8 22. Nf3 {Now and later White has a permanent choice between
tempting continuations.} (22. e6 $5 f5 (22... bxc3 23. Bh6 Bf8 24. exf7+ Kxf7
25. Rb7+ Ne7 26. Nf3 $40) (22... fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Qf5 bxc3 25. Qh3+ $16 {
[%cal Gd2c3]}) 23. Qxf5 Rf8 (23... bxc3 24. Qf7+ Kh8 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Bh6 Bf6
27. Bxg7 Bxg7 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Rb7 $18) 24. Qg4 bxc3 25. Bh6 Bf6 26. Rb7 Rc7
27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Nc2 $14 {The structue is unusual but White is a pawn up and
has stabilised.}) 22... Qa3 (22... bxc3 23. Bh6 Bf8 24. Re2 $36) 23. Rc2 b3 {
This pawn offers Black some hope to distract White from his systematic attack.}
24. Rcc1 {[%cal Gf3g5]} Qa2 25. Qf5 (25. h4 $5 $16 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 25... Ra8
26. Bg5 $6 {This apparently logical move unnecessarily allows the enemy queen
to joini the defence along the second rank!} (26. e6 $5 Nd8 27. Ne5 fxe6 28.
Qg6 Rf8 29. Bh6 Bf6 30. Nd7 $16) 26... Qe2 $1 27. Qd7 (27. Rce1 Qd3 28. Qd7 {
is to a certain extent similar.}) 27... Bxg5 28. Nxg5 Ne7 29. e6 f6 30. Nf7 Ng6
$2 (30... b2 $1 31. Rb1 (31. Rce1 Qxe1 32. Rxe1 Reb8 33. g3 Ra1 $19) 31... Kf8
32. Nd6 Red8 33. Qc7 Qc2 $13) 31. Nh6+ $2 {Forcing a draw in a virtually won
position.} ({Missing} 31. Rce1 $1 Qh5 32. Nd6 {when the well defended e-pawn
causes troubles. For instance, if} Re7 {White has} 33. Nc8 $3 $18 {not the
only move but a beautiful and convincing one.}) 31... gxh6 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33.
Qxf6+ Kh7 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Qf6+ Kh7 36. Qf7+ Kh8 37. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Ne2 Re8 13. c3 Bf6 14. Bf4 Ne7
15. Ng3 g6 16. Qf3 Bg7 17. Be5 Be6 18. Qf4 c6 19. Bd3 Qd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Qe5+ Kg8 22. Qg5 f6 23. Qxf6 Nc8 24. Re5 Qe7 25. Qf4 Qf7 26. Qg5 Nb6 27. Rae1
Nd7 28. R5e3 Nf8 29. Nh5 Nd7 30. Nf4 Nf8 31. h4 Bd7 32. h5 Rxe3 33. Rxe3 Re8
34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Nxg6 Rxe3 36. Ne7+ Kh8 37. fxe3 Qe6 38. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 O-O 7. Be3 Bd6 8.
Nbd2 Nd7 9. Nf1 c5 10. Ng3 Nb8 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nd2
Qg5 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Qd2 f6 17. Nh4 Qe8 18. Nhf5 Be6 19. f4 c4 20. fxe5 fxe5 21.
Rf3 cxd3 22. Raf1 Qg6 23. Qxd3 Qg5 24. Qb5 Rfb8 25. Qc5 Re8 26. b4 a6 27. a4
Qd2 28. b5 axb5 29. axb5 Qb4 30. Qe3 Bxf5 31. Nxf5 Nd4 32. Qg5 Nxf5 33. Qxf5
Qc5+ 34. Kh2 Qe7 35. Qf7+ Qxf7 36. Rxf7 Rf8 37. R7f5 g6 38. R5f3 Rxf3 39. Rxf3
Ra5 40. Rb3 b6 41. Kg3 Ra4 42. Rc3 Rb4 43. Rxc7 Rxb5 44. Kg4 h6 45. Kf3 Rb1 46.
Re7 Rb5 47. Ke3 Kf8 48. Rd7 Rb1 49. Rd6 Kf7 50. Rc6 h5 51. h4 b5 52. g3 b4 53.
Rc5 b3 54. cxb3 Rxb3+ 55. Kf2 Kf6 56. Rc6+ Kf7 57. Rc5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Bc4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Rd1 Nc6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e5 10. c3 Re8 11. d5 Ne7 12. Bd3 Rf8 13. c4 Nd7 14. Nc3 f5 15. Rb1
fxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf5 17. Qe1 e4 18. Nxe4 h6 19. b3 Re8 20. Bb2 Ne5 21. f3 a5 22.
a4 Qe7 23. Bc2 Qf7 24. Qf2 b6 25. Bc3 Re7 26. Re1 Rae8 27. Re2 Nd7 28. Rbe1
Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. fxe4 Bxc3 31. exf5 Bxe1 32. Qxe1 gxf5 33. Qg3+ Kf8 34.
Qf4 Kg7 35. Bxf5 Nc5 36. Qg3+ Kf8 37. Bc2 Qe7 38. Qf4+ Kg7 39. Kf2 Qe8 40. Qg4+
Kf8 41. Qf5+ Qf7 42. Qxf7+ Kxf7 43. Ke3 Nd7 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. g4 Nc5 46. h4 Nd7
47. g5+ Kg7 48. Kf5 Nc5 49. gxh6+ Kxh6 50. Kf6 Kh5 51. Ke7 Kxh4 52. Kd8 Na6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Ngf3 Bxf4 6. exf4 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8.
c3 Qb6 9. Rb1 Qd6 10. g3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 O-O 13. b4 cxb4 14. cxb4 Rac8
15. Qa4 Rc3 16. Rb3 Rxb3 17. Qxb3 Rc8 18. Ne5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4
21. Rxe4 Rc1+ 22. Kg2 Nf6 23. Qb2 Rd1 24. Qc2 Nxe4 25. Qxd1 f6 26. Nf3 h6 27.
Qa4 Kh7 28. Qb3 Qc6 29. b5 Qd5 30. Qc2 f5 31. a4 Nd6 32. Qc6 Ne4 33. Qxd5 exd5
34. Ne5 Nc3 35. Nc6 Nxa4 36. Nxa7 Kg6 37. Kf3 Kf6 38. Ke3 Ke6 39. Kd3 Nb2+ 40.
Kc2 Nc4 41. Kc3 Nd6 42. f3 Nc4 43. Nc6 Na3 44. Kb4 Nc2+ 45. Kb3 Ne3 46. Kc3 g5
47. fxg5 hxg5 48. Kd3 Nc4 49. h4 f4 50. hxg5 fxg3 51. Ke2 Kf5 52. f4 Nd2 53.
Ne7+ Kxf4 54. g6 g2 55. Kf2 Ne4+ 56. Kxg2 Nf6 57. Nc8 Kg5 58. g7 Kg6 59. Nxb6
Kxg7 60. Na4 Kf7 61. b6 Nd7 62. b7 Nb8 63. Kf3 Ke6 64. Kf4 Kd6 65. Nc5 Kc7 66.
Ke5 Kc6 67. Ke6 Kc7 68. Kxd5 Nc6 69. Ke4 Kb6 70. d5 Nb8 71. Kd4 Kc7 72. Kc4 Kd6
73. Kd4 Kc7 74. Ke5 Kb6 75. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Qb3 c5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3
Qxb3 9. axb3 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. O-O e5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nd2 Rfd8 14. Nc4 h6
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. e3 Rab8 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 b5 19. Nxb5 Rxb5 20. Bxc6
Rxb3 21. Bd5 Bg4 22. Rc1 Rd3 23. Nxe5 fxe5 24. Rxc5 Bh3 25. f4 Rd1+ 26. Kf2
Rd2+ 27. Ke1 Rxh2 28. b3 exf4 29. exf4 Be6 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Rc7 Rg2 32. Rxa7
Rxg3 33. Re7 Rxb3 34. Rxe6 Rf3 35. Rxh6 Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Ngf3 Bxf4 6. exf4 Qd6 7. g3 b6 8. c3
O-O 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qe2 Nb8 12. a4 c5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nb3 Rab8 15.
Rfd1 Ne4 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nc1 Qc7 19. b3 Qa5 20. Ne2 Qb6 21. Rab1
c4 22. Ned4 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 cxb3 24. Rxb3 Qc5 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. c4 Rb4 27. cxd5
Rxd4 28. Rb1 g6 29. Rb8+ Kg7 30. Qb2 Qxd5 31. Rb4 e5 32. Rb5 Rd2 33. Qb4 Nc5
0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4
b4 9. Qxc4 Ba6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Be4 h6
15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bd3 c5 17. Nd2 b3 18. Qxb3 Rb8 19. Bxa6 Qxa6 20. Qd3 Qc6 21.
Nc4 Nb4 22. Qf3 Qa6 23. Qe4 Nc6 24. Be3 Nd4 25. Bxd4 Qxc4 26. Qc6 Qd5 27. Qxd5
exd5 28. Be3 d4 29. Bc1 Rfd8 30. f4 c4 31. Kg2 a5 32. Kf3 f5 33. exf6 Bxf6 34.
e4 Rb3+ 35. Kg4 d3 36. e5 Be7 37. Bd2 Bb4 38. Bxb4 axb4 39. e6 Rxb2 40. a5 Re2
41. f5 c3 42. a6 c2 43. Rxd3 Rxd3 44. a7 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 g6 6. b3 Bh6 7. f4 f5 8. Bb2
Nf6 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Nge2 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nb4 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. a3 Nc6
15. O-O-O O-O 16. Kb1 Bg7 17. h3 b5 18. Rhe1 b4 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. Nd4 Nfd5 21.
Na4 e5 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. c3 exd4 24. cxb4 Nxb4 25. Qe2 Nc2 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Rf1
Rfe8 28. Qd7 Rcd8 29. Qb7 Rb8 30. Qd7 Red8 31. Qe7 Ne3 32. Rf7 Nf5 33. Qxa7 Qd5
34. Rxg7 Nxg7 35. Rxd4 Qg8 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Nc5 Re8 38. Qd7 Re1+ 39. Kc2 Qf8
40. Bd4 h5 41. Ne6 Qf5+ 42. Kd2 Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Be2 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 e5 14. O-O Re8
15. a3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Ne4 18. Bf3 Ng5 19. Be2 Ne4 20. h3 c5 21. Nf3
b6 22. b4 Bb7 23. bxc5 Rac8 24. Qd4 Nxc5 25. Qb4 Qf6 26. Nd4 Qg6 27. Bf3 Bxf3
28. Nxf3 Rcd8 29. Qg4 Qxg4 30. hxg4 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Re4 32. g5 Ra4 33. Rd8+ Kh7
34. Ne5 hxg5 35. Nxf7 Rxa3 36. Rd6 Kg8 37. Nxg5 Kf8 38. e4 Ke7 39. Rg6 b5 40.
e5 b4 41. Rxg7+ Ke8 42. Rg8+ Kd7 43. Rb8 b3 44. Kh2 Ra6 45. Nf3 Rh6+ 46. Kg3 a5
47. Nd4 a4 48. Rb5 Nd3 49. e6+ Rxe6 50. Nxb3 Rg6+ 51. Kf3 axb3 52. Rxb3 Ne1+
53. Ke4 Nxg2 54. Rg3 Re6+ 55. Kf5 Nh4+ 56. Kg4 Ng6 57. Rd3+ Kc6 58. f4 Re1 59.
Kf5 Ne7+ 60. Kf6 Nd5+ 61. Kf5 Kd6 62. Ra3 Ne7+ 63. Kg4 Rg1+ 64. Kf3 Ke6 65.
Ra6+ Kf7 66. Ra5 Rb1 67. Kg4 Rb6 68. Rh5 Ng8 69. Ra5 Nf6+ 70. Kf5 Rb7 71. Kg5
Kg7 72. Re5 Rf7 73. Ra5 Ne4+ 74. Kg4 Kg6 75. Ra6+ Nf6+ 76. Kf3 Rb7 77. Ra3 Rb5
78. Re3 Rb1 79. Re2 Rf1+ 80. Rf2 Ra1 81. Rg2+ Kf7 82. Rb2 Ra3+ 83. Kg2 Nd5 84.
f5 Ne3+ 85. Kf2 Nd1+ 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. c3 Re8 8. b4
Qc7 9. c4 a5 10. a3 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Bxa1 Na6 13. Be5 d6 14. cxd6 exd6
15. Bc3 Nh5 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. b5 Qa5+ 18. Nbd2 Nc5 19. Be2 Ne4 20. O-O Nc3 21.
Qe1 Ne6 22. Ne4 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "202"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Re8 11. g3 Nd6 12. Bf4 Ne4 13. Nbd2 Bf5 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. Nd2 Bf5 16. Bg2 Be6 17. Qb3 b6 18. Re2 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rae1 Rf8 21.
Nf3 h6 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Rad8 24. h4 c6 25. Kh2 Bd7 26. Qa4 a5 27. Qb3 b5
28. a4 Rb8 29. axb5 Rxb5 30. Qa2 Rfb8 31. R5e2 Be6 32. Rd2 c5 33. Qa3 Qc7 34.
dxc5 Rb3 35. Qa1 Qxc5 36. Bh3 R3b6 37. Ree2 Bxh3 38. Kxh3 Qc8+ 39. Kg2 Rb5 40.
Qa4 Rc5 41. Re7 Qf5 42. Rde2 Rcb5 43. Re8+ Kh7 44. Rxb8 Rxb8 45. Qxa5 Qd3 46.
Re3 Qd2 47. b4 d4 48. Qf5+ Kg8 49. Re7 Rf8 50. cxd4 Qxb4 51. Rd7 Qb6 52. Qd5
Qf6 53. Ra7 Qd8 54. Qe4 Re8 55. Qc6 Qc8 56. Qf3 Rf8 57. Qd5 Qe6 58. Qb7 Qd6 59.
Qe4 Qe6 60. Qf3 Qd6 61. d5 g6 62. h5 g5 63. Qf5 Kg7 64. Rd7 Qf6 65. Qxf6+ Kxf6
66. Rd6+ Kg7 67. Kf3 Ra8 68. Rc6 Ra2 69. Ke3 Ra3+ 70. Ke4 Ra2 71. f4 gxf4 72.
gxf4 Rh2 73. d6 Kf6 74. d7+ Ke7 75. Rd6 Kd8 76. Rxh6 Kxd7 77. Kf5 Ke7 78. Rh8
Ra2 79. h6 Ra5+ 80. Kg4 Ra1 81. Rb8 Rg1+ 82. Kf5 Rh1 83. Rb6 Kf8 84. Ke5 Kg8
85. f5 Kh7 86. Rb7 Ra1 87. Kf6 Kxh6 88. Kxf7 Kh7 89. f6 Ra8 90. Rd7 Rb8 91. Ra7
Rc8 92. Ke6+ Kg8 93. Ke7 Rb8 94. Rd7 Ra8 95. Rc7 Rb8 96. Ra7 Rc8 97. Ke6 Rc6+
98. Ke7 Rc8 99. Ra1 Rc7+ 100. Ke8 Rc8+ 101. Kd7 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. d3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2
Na5 9. Qe2 Nxc4 10. dxc4 Be6 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Bg5 Ne8 13. b3 h6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Rd3 a6 16. a4 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Rc6 18. Nh2 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nd5 Qe6 21. Rf3
Rc8 22. Nf1 Bg6 23. Nf4 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Bxc2 25. Rc1 Bxb3 26. a5 Ba4 27. Rg4 Nf6
28. Rg3 Bc6 29. Ne3 Rf8 30. Nd1 Qf7 31. Rd3 Nh5 32. g3 Qg6 33. Rd2 Rf3 34. Rd5
Bxd5 35. cxd5 Nxg3 36. fxg3 Qxg3+ 37. Qg2 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qe4 39. Rc4 Qxd5 40. Rg4
g5 41. Nc3 Qf7 42. Rg3 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 Nc6 8. Bg5
Rb8 9. Nd5 Ne8 10. c3 h6 11. Bd2 b5 12. f4 e6 13. Ne3 Ne7 14. g4 d5 15. e5 a5
16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 b4 18. f5 f6 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Nf4 Qb6 21. Qb3 Rd8 22.
Nxe6 Qxe6 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. Rae1 Nxg4 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Nxg4 Qxg4 27. Rxe7
Qxd4+ 28. Be3 Qh4 29. Qxd5+ Kh8 30. Rf7 Qe1+ 31. Rf1 Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 Rxf1+ 33.
Bxf1 Qc1 34. Qc4 Qxb2 35. Bd3 Qf6 36. Qe4 Kh7 37. h4 h5 38. Kg2 Qd6 39. Bc2 Be5
40. Qd3 Qc6+ 41. Qe4 Qf6 42. Qf3 Qe6 43. Qxh5+ Kg7 44. Qg5 Qc6+ 45. Kf1 Qc4+
46. Kg1 Bd4+ 47. Kh1 Qxc2 48. Qe7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 c6 6. d4 Bd6 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2
Re8 9. O-O Be6 10. Nfd2 Bf8 11. c4 Na6 12. Nc3 Nc7 13. a3 a5 14. c5 h5 15. b4
axb4 16. axb4 Bh6 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qb3 Bf5 19. Qb2 Qc8 20. b5 h4 21. Re1 Bd3
22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Nf3 h3 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Qf5 26. Qe2 Rb8 27. Nh4 Qe6 28.
Qc2 Kg7 29. Nf3 Qg4 30. Nd2 Ne6 31. f4 Re8 32. Qd3 Kg8 33. Nd1 Bf8 34. Nf2 Qh5
35. Rc1 Ra8 36. g4 Qh6 37. Nf3 Be7 38. Re1 Bd8 39. Qf1 Ra3 40. Qxh3 Qf8 41. Qg3
Bc7 42. Qg2 Ra2 43. f5 Ng5 44. h4 Ne4 45. Rf1 Bg3 46. Nxe4 Rxg2+ 47. Kxg2 dxe4
48. Nd2 Bxh4 49. Nxe4 Qd8 50. Nd6 Qb8 51. Kf3 Qb2 52. d5 cxd5 53. c6 Qc2 54.
Nc8 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. a4 b4 8. Ne2 c5
9. c3 Bb7 10. O-O Ngf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bd2 bxc3 13. bxc3 cxd4 14. cxd4 O-O 15.
Ng3 a5 16. Kh1 Nb4 17. Be4 d5 18. Bb1 Ba6 19. Re1 e6 20. f5 exf5 21. Nxf5 gxf5
22. Bxf5 h6 23. Ra3 Bc8 24. Ng5 Nb6 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Qh5 f6 27. exf6 Qxf6 28.
Rf3 Bg4 29. Qxg4 Qxd4 30. Nf7+ Kxh7 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Nxh6+ Kh8 33. Nf7+ Kg8 34.
Nh6+ Kh8 35. Nf7+ Kg8 36. Bc3 Qxc3 37. Rxc3 Rxf7 38. Qe6 Bxc3 39. Rf1 Raf8 40.
g4 Nd7 41. g5 Nc5 42. Qg6+ Bg7 43. Rxf7 Rxf7 44. h4 Nbd3 45. h5 Nf4 46. Qc6 Ne4
47. h6 Bf8 48. g6 Rf6 49. h7+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qxc5 8.
Ba3 Qb6 9. Bxe7 Re8 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O a5 13. Nd4 d5 14. Na3 Bd7
15. Rc1 a4 16. Nac2 axb3 17. axb3 Rec8 18. Bf3 Be6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. c4 Ne5 21.
Nd4 dxc4 22. bxc4 Nxf3+ 23. Nxf3 Rc6 24. Rb1 Qc7 25. Qb3 b6 26. h3 Ra5 27. Rfd1
Rac5 28. Nd2 Be7 29. Ra1 Ra5 30. Ra4 Qe5 31. Nf3 Qc5 32. Rd7 Rc7 33. Rxa5 bxa5
34. Qb8+ Rc8 35. Qb7 Re8 36. Rc7 Qd6 37. c5 Qd8 38. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. c4 f5 8. Nc3 Nf6
9. h3 h6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe2 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Rd1 f4 14. Bc1 c5 15. Bc2 Nc6
16. Nd5 g5 17. b3 Ne8 18. b4 cxb4 19. Ba4 Bb7 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Nxb4 Ba4 22.
Rd2 Rc8 23. O-O Bd7 24. Bb2 g4 25. hxg4 Bxg4 26. Qd3 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Kh7 28. Rc1
Qg5 29. Nd5 Nf6 30. Ba3 Rcd8 31. Rcd1 Ng4 32. Nc7 Qh5 33. Qh3 Qg6 34. Rxd6 Rxd6
35. Rxd6 Rf6 36. Rxf6 Nxf6 37. f3 Nxe4 38. fxe4 Qb6+ 39. c5 Qxc7 40. Qf5+ Kh8
41. Kh2 Qc6 42. Bb4 a5 43. Ba3 Kg8 44. Kh1 Kh8 45. Kh2 Kg8 46. Kh1 Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT blitz"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.16"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qxc5 8.
Ba3 Qc7 9. Bxe7 Re8 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd4 Nc6 12. Be2 d5 13. O-O Ne5 14. Qd2
Bd7 15. Na3 Rac8 16. Rac1 a6 17. Rfd1 Qa5 18. Qb2 Rc7 19. c4 Be7 20. Ndc2 Bf6
21. Nd4 Be7 22. Nb1 Rec8 23. cxd5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Qxa2 26. Nc3 Qa5
27. h3 Be8 28. Kh1 Kg7 29. f4 Bb4 30. Nd1 Nd7 31. e4 Bd2 32. Qb2 Nf6 33. g3 Kg8
34. Bf3 Bd7 35. Kg2 Bb4 36. Ne2 Be7 37. d6 Bd8 38. Qc3 Qa2 39. Qb2 Qa5 40. Ne3
Bc6 41. e5 Nd5 42. Nxd5 Bxd5 43. Qc3 Qa2 44. Kf1 Qb1+ 45. Kg2 Qd1 46. Nd4 Bb6
47. Bxd5 Bxd4 48. Qc4 h5 49. h4 Qg1+ 50. Kh3 Bf2 51. Bg2 Qd1 52. Qc8+ Kg7 53.
Qc3 Kg8 54. Qf3 Qd4 55. Qxb7 Qd3 56. Qf3 Qf5+ 57. Kh2 Bc5 58. Qc3 Bf2 59. Qd2
Bb6 60. d7 Bd8 61. Qd6 a5 62. Qc6 Kg7 63. Qc8 Bxh4 64. d8=Q 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nf3 Bxb1 6. Rxb1 Bb4+ 7. Ke2 dxc4 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 a5 10. Nxc6 Qd7 11. Rc1 Nd5 12. Rxc4 Nb6 13. Qc2 Nxc4 14. Nxb4
Nxb2 15. Nd3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 O-O 17. f3 Rfd8 18. Kf2 c5 19. Qb1 cxd4 20. exd4
Qxd4+ 21. Be3 Qd6 22. Be2 a4 23. Rc1 a3 24. g3 b6 25. Rc3 Rdc8 26. Rb3 Qc7 27.
Bd3 h6 28. Bh7+ Kh8 29. Be4 Ra6 30. Bxb6 Qc1 31. Qxc1 Rxc1 32. Be3 Rc8 33. g4
Ra4 34. Bd3 Raa8 35. Be4 Ra4 36. Kg3 g5 37. Bd2 Kg8 38. Bc3 h5 39. Bf6 hxg4 40.
Kxg4 Ra5 41. f4 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nc3 b6 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. d4 Be6 12. Qb1 a5 13. Rd1 Ra7 14. Bc3 a4 15.
bxa4 Rxa4 16. Qb5 Rc4 17. Rac1 Bf6 18. Qxc6 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Rxc6 20. Rxc6 Qa8 21.
Rxb6 Qa4 22. Rd2 Rc8 23. h4 Bd8 24. Rb3 h6 25. Kh2 Bf5 26. Rdb2 Bc7 27. Be5
Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Qe8 29. Nf3 Be4 30. Bh3 Ra8 31. Nd4 Qe5 32. e3 g5 33. h5 Ra6 34.
Rb6 Rxb6 35. Rxb6 Qc7 36. Rxh6 Qa5 37. Bg2 Qxa2 38. Bxe4 dxe4 39. Kg2 Kg7 40.
Rd6 g4 41. Nf5+ Kh7 42. Rf6 Qb3 43. Nh6 Qd5 44. Nxf7 Kg7 45. Rf4 Kh7 46. h6 Kg6
47. Rxg4+ Kxf7 48. h7 Qh5 49. Rh4 Qf3+ 50. Kg1 Qd1+ 51. Kh2 Qe2 52. h8=Q Qxf2+
53. Kh3 Qf5+ 54. Kg2 Qf3+ 55. Kg1 Qxe3+ 56. Kf1 Qf3+ 57. Ke1 Qxg3+ 58. Kd2 Qd3+
59. Kc1 Qc4+ 60. Kb2 Qb4+ 61. Kc2 Qc5+ 62. Kd1 Qg1+ 63. Ke2 Qg2+ 64. Ke3 Qf3+
65. Kd4 Qd3+ 66. Ke5 Qc3+ 67. Kf5 Qc5+ 68. Qe5 Qc8+ 69. Kg5 Qd8+ 70. Kh5 Qd1+
71. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Be3 Re8 9. Ne2 Bb4+ 10. Nd2 Nf8 11. a3 Bd6 12. O-O Ng6 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Nxd6
cxd6 15. f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 d5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. e5 d4 19. Bf4 c5 20. Qd2 Qd5 21.
Rae1 c4 22. Rd1 Red8 23. Bg5 Rdc8 24. dxc4 Rxc4 25. b3 Rc5 26. Be7 Rc7 27. Bd6
Rc3 28. Bb4 Rc6 29. c4 Qxe5 30. Rde1 Qc7 31. Qxd4 Qb6 32. c5 Qd8 33. Qe3 Qd5
34. Rd1 Qxb3 35. Rd3 Qc4 36. Rf4 Qb5 37. Kh2 a5 38. a4 Qxb4 39. Rxb4 axb4 40.
Qd2 Rxc5 41. Rd8+ Rxd8 42. Qxd8+ Kh7 43. Qb6 Rc8 44. Qxb7 b3 45. a5 Rc2 46. a6
Ra2 47. a7 b2 48. a8=Q Rxa8 49. Qxb2 Ra4 50. Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. b4 Bf8 11. a4 b5 12. Na5 Qf6 13. Be3 Nb6 14. axb5 cxb5
15. Qc2 Bg4 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. f3 Bh3 18. Ndb3 Na4 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. bxc5 Rad8 21.
Rf2 Bc8 22. Rd2 f5 23. Re1 f4 24. Bf2 Bh3 25. Bh4 Rd7 26. Kh1 Nxc5 27. d4 Qh5
28. Bf2 Na4 29. Bg1 Rd6 30. d5 Rg6 31. Qd3 Bd7 32. c4 h6 33. Rc1 Kh7 34. Qa3 c5
35. Bxc5 bxc4 36. Nxc4 Nxc5 37. Qxc5 Bh3 38. Qa3 Bd7 39. d6 Qg5 40. Qxa6 h5 41.
Qb7 Rd8 42. Qd5 Re8 43. Qb7 Rd8 44. Qc7 Be8 45. Qc5 Re6 46. Rd5 Rg6 47. Rg1 Re6
48. Nxe5 Qf6 49. d7 Bf7 50. Nxf7 Qxf7 51. Rxh5+ Kg8 52. Rd5 Rh6 53. Rgd1 Ra6
54. h3 Ra2 55. Qc7 Raa8 56. Kh2 Kh7 57. R1d2 g6 58. Re5 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. d3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nd4 11. Nh2 Qd7 12. f4 e4 13. c3 Nf5 14. g4 Nh4 15.
Qe1 b5 16. Ba2 exd3 17. Qxh4 c4 18. Qg3 Nxd5 19. Qg2 Nc7 20. Be3 Rfe8 21. g5
Qf5 22. Ng4 Bf8 23. Rae1 d5 24. Bd4 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Bd6 26. Ne3 Re8 27. Nxf5
Rxe1+ 28. Qf1 d2 29. Ne3 Ne6 30. Kf2 Bxf4 31. Nd1 Bg3+ 32. Kg1 Bh2+ 33. Kf2
Bg3+ 34. Kg1 Bh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. Qd3 c6 11. a5 Qd7 12. f4 Qf5 13. Qc3 Bd7 14. Qb3 Bc5+
15. Be3 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Qxc2 17. Qa3 Bf5 18. Qb4 Qe4 19. Qc5 Qc4 20. Qxc4 dxc4
21. Nd2 Bd3 22. Rfc1 O-O-O 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 a6 25. Rac1 Rd2 26. R1c2 Rhd8
27. Rxd2 Rxd2 28. b3 g6 29. h3 Rd3 30. b4 Kd7 31. Kf2 Rd2+ 32. Kf3 Ke6 33. g4
Rd3+ 34. Ke4 Rxh3 35. f5+ Ke7 36. Rd4 h5 37. Rd6 Rh4 38. f6+ Ke8 39. e6 Rxg4+
40. Ke5 Rg5+ 41. Ke4 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. c3 Bd7 7. Qb3 axb4 8. cxb4
b6 9. Bd6 Ne4 10. Qb2 Nxd6 11. cxd6 Qf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. b5 Bxd6 14. a4 Ke7
15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Ne2 e5 17. f3 f5 18. Ra2 Be6 19. Rc2 Bb4+ 20. Kf1 Rxa4 21. Rxc8
Bxc8 22. Nec3 Bxc3 23. Nxc3 Ra3 24. Nxd5+ Kd6 25. Nxb6 Be6 26. Bb1 Kc5 27. Nc8
Bxc8 28. Kf2 Be6 29. g4 fxg4 30. Bxh7 Nd7 31. Rb1 Ra2+ 32. Kg3 gxf3 33. h4 f5
34. Kxf3 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Qe7 7. Nc3 h6 8.
Be3 Bd6 9. Ne2 Be6 10. a3 Nd7 11. Qd2 c5 12. Qc3 a5 13. O-O O-O 14. g4 h5 15.
Nh2 Qh4 16. Kg2 hxg4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Nxg4 Qxg4+ 19. Ng3 Qe6 20. Rh1 f6 21.
Nf5 Kf7 22. Rh7 Rg8 23. Rg1 Nf8 24. Rh2 Ng6 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Qxc5 Qc6 27. Qxc6
bxc6 28. Kf3 Ne7 29. Nxe7 Kxe7 30. Rh7 Kf7 31. a4 c5 32. Ke3 Rab8 33. b3 Rbe8
34. Kd2 Re7 35. Kc3 Ke6 36. Kc4 Kd6 37. Rg6 Rf7 38. f3 c6 39. Rh2 Rb8 40. Rh7
Rb4+ 41. Kc3 Rbb7 42. Rh8 Kc7 43. Rg8 Kb6 44. Kd2 Rbd7 45. Ke3 Rde7 46. Rg1 g5
47. Rg6 Re8 48. Rh1 Ref8 49. Kd2 c4 50. bxc4 Kc5 51. Rgh6 Rb8 52. Kc3 Rg8 53.
Rb1 Rgf8 54. Kd2 Rd8 55. Ke3 Rdf8 56. Kd2 Rd8 57. Kc3 Rdf8 58. Rd1 Rb8 59. Ra1
Rbf8 60. Rah1 Kb6 61. Rh8 Rxh8 62. Rxh8 Kc5 63. Ra8 Kb6 64. Re8 Kc5 65. Re6 Kb6
66. Kd2 Kc5 67. c3 Rf8 68. Ke3 Rf7 69. d4+ exd4+ 70. cxd4+ Kxc4 71. Rxc6+ Kb4
72. d5 Kxa4 73. Rb6 Ka3 74. d6 1-0

[Event "Leuven GCT rapid"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rxd5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be6
15. Rd2 Be7 16. Bd3 g6 17. O-O Qxa3 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Rac8 20. Qb2 Qxb2 21.
Rxb2 Rc3 22. Be2 b6 23. e4 Bc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Rbd2 b5 27. Kf1
Bb4 28. Rd3 a5 29. d5 a4 30. d6 Bc3 31. d7 b4 32. Rd5 a3 33. Rb5 a2 34. Rb8
Rxb8 35. Bxb8 Rd4 36. Rxd4 a1=Q+ 37. Ke2 Qa6+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. d4 b6 11. Ba3 Ba6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Qxd5 Qxa3
15. Qxc6 Bxe2 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. Qa4 Qxa4 18. bxa4 Bxf3 19. Rxe7 Bxg2 20. Kxg2
a6 21. Rc4 Rc6 22. a5 Rb8 23. Ra7 h5 24. h4 Rb4 25. Rxb4 cxb4 26. Rb7 Rc2 27.
Rb6 Rxa2 28. Rxa6 b3 29. Rb6 g6 30. Rxb3 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Be6 7. Nc3 Qd6 8.
Be3 Bb6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. Ng3 f6 12. Qe2 a5 13. Nd2 Bxe3 14. fxe3 g6
15. Nf3 a4 16. Qf2 c5 17. a3 Ra6 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. c3 Bb3 20. Rc1 Rd6 21. d4 b6
22. h4 Bc4 23. Rfe1 h5 24. Qc2 b5 25. Nf1 Re6 26. N1d2 Nb6 27. b3 axb3 28. Nxb3
Bxb3 29. Qxb3 c6 30. dxe5 fxe5 31. Ng5 c4 32. Qb4 Qxb4 33. axb4 Rd6 34. Red1
Rd3 35. Ne6 Rf6 36. Nc5 Rxe3 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rcd1 Re2 39. Rb8 Rff2 40. Rxb6
Rxg2+ 41. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rxe1 14. Qxe1 f6
15. Bd2 Qe8 16. Qc1 Qf7 17. Bf4 Nce7 18. Ng3 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Nd6 20. Re1 Re8 21.
h3 Ng6 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qc1 Bb5 24. Bc2 a5 25. b3 b6 26. a4 Bc6 27. Bd3 Bb7
28. Nf1 Nf8 29. Ne3 Ne6 30. Qc2 g6 31. g3 c5 32. h4 Ng7 33. Qc1 Qe6 34. Bf1 Qe7
35. Ng2 Ne6 36. Ne3 Ng7 37. Bh3 Nge8 38. Ne1 c4 39. Qa3 cxb3 40. Qxb3 Nc4 41.
N1g2 Ned6 42. Nxc4 Nxc4 43. Qb5 g5 44. Bg4 Kg7 45. Kh2 Qc7 46. Be2 Bc6 47. Qb3
Qd7 48. Qb1 Bxa4 49. hxg5 fxg5 50. Bxc4 dxc4 51. Qxb6 Qf5 52. Qc7+ Bd7 53. Qxc4
Qxf2 54. Qc5 Qf5 55. d5 a4 56. c4 h5 57. Qd4+ Qf6 58. Qa7 Qf5 59. Qe3 Kf7 60.
Kg1 Qb1+ 61. Kh2 Qf5 62. Qa7 Kg6 63. Qb6+ Qf6 64. Qa7 Qd6 65. Kh1 a3 66. Ne3 a2
67. Qxa2 Qxg3 68. Qc2+ Kf6 69. Qe4 Qe5 70. Qf3+ Kg6 71. c5 g4 72. Qf2 Qe4+ 73.
Kg1 h4 74. c6 g3 75. Qc2 Qxc2 76. Nxc2 Bf5 77. Ne3 Bh3 78. Ng2 Kf6 79. d6 Ke6
80. d7 Ke7 81. Nxh4 Bxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "245"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. c4 c6 7. O-O h6 8. d4
Be7 9. Nfd2 O-O 10. Nc3 a5 11. e3 Qb6 12. Qe2 Rfe8 13. Rfc1 Rad8 14. a3 Bf8 15.
Qf1 Bg6 16. h3 Qa7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Qb8 19. b5 e5 20. c5 h5 21. Na4 exd4
22. Bxd4 Bf5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Nb6 Ne5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 26. Nf3 Qc7 27. Nd4 Be4
28. Ra6 Qb7 29. Na4 Ra8 30. Rb6 Qd7 31. Nb2 Rec8 32. Nd3 Qe8 33. Nb4 Ra5 34.
Rxc6 Rxc6 35. Nbxc6 Rxc5 36. Rxc5 Bxc5 37. Qc1 Bd6 38. Nb5 Bf8 39. Ncd4 Qa8 40.
Nc3 Bb4 41. Nxe4 dxe4 42. Qb1 Bc3 43. Nb3 Qd5 44. Qc2 Qe5 45. Nc1 Bb4 46. Ne2
g6 47. Nd4 Kg7 48. Qc4 Bd6 49. h4 Qc5 50. Qxc5 Bxc5 51. Ne2 Bb4 52. Nf4 Kg8 53.
Nh3 Bf8 54. Nf4 Bd6 55. Nh3 Bf8 56. Kf1 Bg7 57. Ke2 Kf8 58. Kd2 Ke7 59. Kc2 Bh6
60. Kc3 Ke6 61. Kd4 Kf5 62. Nf4 Bg7 63. Nh3 Bh6 64. Kc4 Ke5 65. Kc3 Ng4 66. Kd2
f5 67. Bf1 Kf6 68. Bb5 Bf8 69. Ke2 Bd6 70. Kf1 Be5 71. Kg2 Bd6 72. Ng1 Be5 73.
Ne2 Ke7 74. Nc1 Nf6 75. Nb3 Ng4 76. Be2 Nf6 77. Na5 Bd6 78. Nc6+ Kf7 79. Bc4+
Kg7 80. Nd4 Ng4 81. Be2 Ne5 82. Bxh5 Kf6 83. Be2 Bc5 84. Nb5 Bb6 85. Nc3 Bc5
86. g4 Ke6 87. g5 Be7 88. Bd1 Kf7 89. Nd5 Bd6 90. h5 gxh5 91. Bxh5+ Kg7 92. Nf4
Nd3 93. Ne6+ Kh7 94. Be8 Ne5 95. Nd4 Be7 96. Nxf5 Bxg5 97. Ng3 Ng4 98. Nf1 Kg7
99. Bc6 Nf6 100. Ng3 Ng4 101. Bxe4 Kf6 102. Kf3 Ne5+ 103. Ke2 Nf7 104. f4 Bh6
105. Kf3 Nd6 106. Bd3 Nb7 107. e4 Nc5 108. e5+ Kf7 109. Bc4+ Kg6 110. Kg4 Nd7
111. Bb5 Nc5 112. f5+ Kf7 113. Bc4+ Kg7 114. Nh5+ Kf8 115. Nf4 Nd7 116. Ng6+
Kg7 117. Bb5 Nf8 118. Ne7 Bc1 119. f6+ Kf7 120. Kf5 Bb2 121. Bc4+ Ke8 122. Nd5
Nd7 123. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Re2 Qa7 12. Ba4 Rab8 13. Nf1 b5 14. Bb3 a4 15. Bxe6
fxe6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 d5 18. Ng3 b4 19. Re2 bxc3 20. bxc3 a3 21. Rb1 Rxb1
22. Qxb1 Rb8 23. Qc1 Qa6 24. Rd2 Rb5 25. Kh2 Qa5 26. exd5 exd5 27. d4 Ne4 28.
Nxe4 dxe4 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Rxe5 31. Rd4 Re8 32. Qe3 Qe5+ 33. g3 Qe6 34.
c4 Qb6 35. Kg2 Qb2 36. Rd2 Qb4 37. Rc2 Qb1 38. Rd2 Qb4 39. Rd4 Qb2 40. Rd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 Nc6 7. c3 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Rc3
Rfc8 15. h4 Bd8 16. Rd3 Qc7 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nh3 Ne7 19. Bc3 b5 20. Nf4 Nf5 21.
Qg4 Bxh4 22. Nh5 g6 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. exf6 Qd8 25. Qf4 Qxf6 26. g4 Qh4 27. Bd2
Ng7 28. Kg2 f5 29. Rg3 Rc2 30. Rh1 Qg5 31. Rxh6 Qxf4 32. Bxf4 fxg4 33. Rxg4 Nf5
34. Rh3 Rf8 35. Be5 Kf7 36. Rh7+ Kg8 37. Rh3 Kf7 38. Rg5 Ke7 39. Rxg6 Rf7 40.
Rg8 Rf8 41. Rh7+ Rf7 42. Rhh8 Ne3+ 43. Kh3 Rcxf2 44. Re8+ Kd7 45. Rd8+ Kc6 46.
Rd6+ Kb7 47. Rxe6 Rf8 48. Re7+ Ka8 49. Rhh7 R2f3+ 50. Kh2 Rf2+ 51. Kh3 R2f3+
52. Kh2 Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 a6 10. b4 Be7 11. Ke2 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Rhd1
Rfc8 15. Rac1 Nb6 16. Nb1 Nfd5 17. Bd4 Nc4 18. Nfd2 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Rxc1 20. Rxc1
a5 21. Bxb5 axb4 22. axb4 Bxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. c3 Nc6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. c4 f5 13. Qd1 c6 14. Nc3 cxd5 15.
cxd5 Kh8 16. Be3 Ng8 17. Rc1 a6 18. Rc2 Bh6 19. Bxh6 Nxh6 20. Qd2 f4 21. Rfc1
Ng8 22. f3 Ngf6 23. Nd1 a5 24. Nf2 Nc5 25. Bb5 Qb6 26. Rxc5 dxc5 27. a4 c4 28.
Qc3 Qd6 29. Qxc4 Rac8 30. Qxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8+ Kg7 32. Nd3 Nh5 33. Kf1 Qb6 34.
Nc5 Kh6 35. Ke1 Ng3 36. Kd1 Kh5 37. Kc2 Kh4 38. Kb1 Nh5 39. Ka2 Kg3 40. Nd3 Qd4
41. Rc2 Nf6 42. Nc5 Qd1 43. Kb3 g5 44. Nd3 Nd7 45. Kc3 Nb6 46. Nxe5 Qe1+ 47.
Kb3 Qb4+ 48. Ka2 Nxa4 49. Bxa4 Qxa4+ 50. Kb1 Qd4 51. Nc4 a4 52. d6 Qd1+ 53. Rc1
Qd3+ 54. Rc2 b5 55. Nd2 b4 56. Kc1 b3 57. Rc3 Qxd6 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 d5 8.
exd6 Qxd6 9. Bd3 Ne5 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Qxd6 Bxd6 12. c4 Nc6 13. O-O-O Bf4+ 14.
Kb1 f6 15. g3 Bc7 16. Nd2 b6 17. Ne4 Ke7 18. f4 Rad8 19. Nc3 Nd4 20. Bd3 Bc6
21. Rhf1 h5 22. Rde1 Kf7 23. Be4 h4 24. g4 h3 25. Bc1 Rh4 26. Bxc6 Nxc6 27. Rg1
Nd4 28. Ref1 Nc6 29. Be3 Ne7 30. Bf2 Rhh8 31. Bg3 f5 32. gxf5 exf5 33. Rf3 Rd7
34. Bf2 Ng8 35. Nd5 Bd8 36. Be1 Bf6 37. Kc1 Rh6 38. Bd2 Bd4 39. Rgg3 Nf6 40.
Nxf6 Bxf6 41. Rxh3 Rxh3 42. Rxh3 Rd4 43. Kd1 Re4 44. a4 Be7 45. Rf3 a5 46. Be3
Re6 47. Ke2 Rh6 48. h3 Rg6 49. Bf2 Re6+ 50. Re3 Bd6 51. Rxe6 Kxe6 52. Bh4 Kd7
53. Bg5 Be7 54. h4 g6 55. Kf3 Ke6 56. Kg3 Bf6 57. Bh6 Kf7 58. Kh3 Be7 59. Bg5
Bf6 60. Kg3 Ke6 61. Kf3 Be7 62. Kg2 Bf6 63. Kg3 Kf7 64. c3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bd6 12. g3 Rxe1 13. Nxe1 Nce7 14. Bd3 c6
15. Ndf3 g6 16. Ng2 f6 17. Bf4 Ng7 18. Qb3 Bg4 19. Nd2 Rb8 20. Re1 Bf5 21. Bf1
Be6 22. h4 Bf7 23. Qa4 Ra8 24. b4 Nc8 25. Qc2 Qc7 26. a4 Bxf4 27. Nxf4 Nd6 28.
a5 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Ngxe8 30. Qd1 Qe7 31. Bd3 Nc7 32. Kg2 Ncb5 33. Qc2 Na3 34. Qc1
Nac4 35. Qc2 Kg7 36. Ne2 Be6 37. Nf4 Bf7 38. Ne2 Be6 39. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Be7 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8.
Bd3 Qa5+ 9. Nd2 e5 10. O-O Be6 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Bxc4 Ba3 13. Qc1 Bxb2 14. Qxb2
O-O 15. b4 Qc7 16. h3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rd6 18. Rxd6 Qxd6 19. Be2 Qe7 20. Rd1 g6
21. Bc4 Rc8 22. a4 Rc7 23. Bb3 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Qc3 Nf6 26. Qc4 Kg7 27. b5
cxb5 28. axb5 b6 29. Kf1 Ne8 30. Qd5 Nf6 31. Qc4 Ne8 32. Qd5 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. g3 Re8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne2 g5 13. b3 h6 14. h3 Bf6 15. c3
Nd6 16. Bg2 Bg7 17. Be3 Qd7 18. h4 f6 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 $5 {OK, that's
enterprising.} fxg5 21. Nxg5 Bg4 (21... Bh6 $1 {should beat the attack off.})
22. Bxd5+ Kh8 23. Kg2 $1 Bh6 24. Qd3 $2 {Missing a simple reply.} ({Instead,} 
24. Rh1 {would have made quite a game out of it} Nf5 (24... Kg7 25. Rxh6 Kxh6
26. Qd2 Kg7 (26... Rxe2 27. Nf7+ Kg7 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qh8#) 27. Nf4 $40) 25.
Bf3 Bxf3+ 26. Nxf3 Kg7 27. Qc2 $13) 24... Bf5 25. Rh1 Bxd3 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. Be3
Bg7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Bd7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Nde2 Nc4 13. Bc1 Rc8 14. b3 Ne5 15.
Bb2 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nd4 b4 18. Nd5 e6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. Kh2
Bg7 22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. f4 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qd4+ Qxd4 27. Rxd4
Ba8 28. Rf2 Rb8 29. Rfd2 Rb6 30. Rc4 d5 31. Rc7 Rc6 32. Rxc6 Bxc6 33. Rd4 Rb8
34. exd5 exd5 35. g4 Kf6 36. Kg3 Ke6 37. Bf1 Kd6 38. Rd2 Re8 39. h4 Kc5 40. Bg2
Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Re1 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. Bd2 c5 13. Na3 Bb7 14. Nc4 Qa6
15. Na5 Bc8 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. a3 Bb5 18. e4 Nb6 19. b3 Bd3 20. Qc3 Rac8 21. Bf4
Rfd8 22. Red1 c4 23. bxc4 Na4 24. Qe1 Nb2 25. e5 Rc7 26. Qc3 Nxd1 27. Rxd1 Bxc4
28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Qd4 Bd5 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Qxd5 Qc8 32. Nb3 Be7 33. Nd4 Qd7
34. Qxd7 Rxd7 35. Nc6 Bxa3 36. Be3 a6 37. Kg2 Rc7 38. Nd4 Bc5 39. e6 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rc8 14. a4 c6
15. Bb3 d5 16. axb5 axb5 17. exd5 c5 18. h3 Bh5 19. Re1 Bd6 20. Ra6 Qf6 21. Rc6
Rce8 22. g4 Bg6 23. Kg2 h5 24. g5 Qd8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. c3 dxc3 27. bxc3 Bf5
28. Bc2 Qd7 29. Ng1 g6 30. d4 Bxc2 31. Qxc2 Bf8 32. c4 bxc4 33. Qxc4 Rd8 34.
dxc5 Qxd5+ 35. Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qc1 Bf5 14. Bxf6 Nc2+ 15.
Ke2 Nd4+ 16. Ke1 Nc2+ 17. Ke2 Nd4+ 18. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. c4 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2
Qxc5 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. a3 a5 11. Be2 Rd8 12. O-O dxc4 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Qxa3
15. Nxc4 Qb4 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Rc4 Qd6 18. Qa1 Be6 19. Ra4 Ng4 20. Bxg4 Bxd4 21.
Rxd4 Qxb6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Ra4 Rd5 24. Rb1 Rbd8 25. h3 Qc7 26. b4 Qc2 27. Qa2
Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kh2 Qxa2 30. Rxa2 axb4 31. Rb2 Rd5 32. Rxb4 b5 33. Kg3
Kf7 34. Kf3 Ke8 35. Rh4 h5 36. Re4 Kd7 37. Ke2 Kd6 38. g4 hxg4 39. Rxg4 g5 40.
f4 gxf4 41. Rxf4 Kc5 42. Re4 e5 43. Rg4 b4 44. Rg8 b3 45. h4 e4 46. Rc8+ Kb4
47. Rb8+ Kc3 48. Rc8+ Kb2 49. Rh8 Kc2 50. Rc8+ Kb1 51. Kf2 b2 52. Kg3 Rd3 53.
h5 Ka2 54. Ra8+ Ra3 55. Rb8 Rxe3+ 56. Kf4 Rb3 57. Ra8+ Ra3 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. a4
a6 9. a5 Qd8 10. Be2 b5 11. axb6 Qxb6 12. Rb1 Bb5 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Re1 O-O 15.
h3 Rfd8 16. Nd2 Rab8 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Qd2 Ne8 19. Bf1 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qa5 21. Qd3
Nc7 22. Ra1 Qb4 23. Na4 Ne5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. c3 Qb7 26. Rf1 Qc8 27. f4 Bg7 28.
Rae1 Qd7 29. b3 Nb5 30. Ra1 Kh8 31. Ra2 e6 32. dxe6 fxe6 33. f5 exf5 34. exf5
d5 35. f6 Bf8 36. Bxb5 Qxb5 37. Qg3 Bd6 38. Qf2 Bf8 39. f7 Qc6 40. Re2 d4 41.
Qe1 d3 42. Re6 Qd5 43. Nb6 d2 44. Nxd5 dxe1=Q 45. Rfxe1 Rxd5 46. Re8 Rdd8 47.
R1e6 Kg7 48. Rxd8 Rxd8 49. Rxa6 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15.
Qe2 Rfa8 16. b5 cxb5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qxe7 Rc8 19. Rfb1 bxc5 20. Rxb5 Re6 21.
Qg5 h6 22. Qxd5 Rd6 23. Qc4 cxd4 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Rxa5 d3 26. Rd1 Kh7 27. Rb5
Rc2 28. Rb4 Nc5 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. Nxd4 Ra2 31. Nb5 Kg6 32. Kg2 f5 33. Kf3 Ne4
34. Rxd3 Rxf2+ 35. Ke3 Rxh2 36. g4 Rh3+ 37. Kd4 Rxd3+ 38. Kxd3 Nc5+ 39. Kd4
Nb3+ 40. Kc3 Na5 41. gxf5+ Kxf5 42. Nd4+ Kg4 43. Kd3 h5 44. f5 h4 45. Ke2 Nc4
46. a4 Kg3 47. Kf1 h3 48. Kg1 Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. Re1
c6 9. h3 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. a4 a6 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd3 e5 15. Bh6
Nc5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b4 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Re8 19. d4 Bb7 20. d5 Rc8 21. Qe3 Rc4
22. b5 Qc7 23. Rac1 Rc8 24. bxa6 Bxa6 25. Na2 Nxe4 26. Rxc4 Qxc4 27. Nxe5 dxe5
28. Qxe4 Qxa2 29. Qxe5+ Kg8 30. Qd4 Qc4 31. Qxb6 Qxa4 32. d6 Bb5 33. Qb7 Rf8
34. Rc1 Bd7 35. Qd5 Qf4 36. Rc7 Be6 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Bc4 Qc7 10. a5 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qa7
15. Qd2 Rb8 16. b3 Ne5 17. Be2 Be6 18. Kh2 Nd7 19. f4 f6 20. Na4 Kg7 21. Bd3
Bf7 22. Qe2 Ra8 23. Bc4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Qc7 25. Nc3 Qb7 26. Rae1 Rf7 27. Ne2 Qb5
28. Qc3 c5 29. Qa1 Qc6 30. Nc3 Rb8 31. Re3 Rb4 32. Nd5 Rd4 33. Qe1 f5 34. Nc3
e6 35. exf5 exf5 36. Re7 d5 37. Re6 Qb7 38. Qa1 Nf6 39. Na4 Qc7 40. Qe1 Rxf4
41. Rxf4 Qxf4+ 42. Kg1 Ne4 43. Nxc5 Nxc5 44. Qc3+ Kh6 45. Qxc5 Qc1+ 46. Kh2
Qf4+ 47. Kg1 Qc1+ 48. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4
b4 9. Ne5 Qxd4 10. Nxc4 c6 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. Be3 Qh5 13. Nbd2 Ng4 14. Nf1 Nxe3
15. Nfxe3 a5 16. Rd2 Ba6 17. Rad1 Ra7 18. b3 Bf6 19. h4 Qc5 20. Qe4 Qe7 21. Rd6
c5 22. Bf3 Bd4 23. Rb6 Nd7 24. Rd6 Ne5 25. Rb6 Nd7 26. Rd6 Ne5 27. Rb6 Qc7 28.
Rxd4 cxd4 29. Qxe5 Qxe5 30. Nxe5 dxe3 31. Nc6 Raa8 32. fxe3 Rfe8 33. Ne7+ Kf8
34. Bxa8 Rxa8 35. Nc6 Bxe2 36. Kf2 Bd1 37. Nd4 e5 38. Ke1 exd4 39. Kxd1 dxe3
40. Ke2 Rc8 41. Rb5 Rc3 42. Rxa5 Rxb3 43. Rb5 g6 44. a5 Kg7 45. a6 Ra3 46. Rxb4
Rxa6 47. Kxe3 Rf6 48. Rb5 Rf5 49. Rb6 Kh6 50. Rb4 Rf6 51. Rb5 Rf1 52. Ke2 Rf5
53. Rb4 f6 54. g4 Ra5 55. Kf3 Ra3+ 56. Kg2 f5 57. Rf4 Ra5 58. Kg3 Kg7 59. gxf5
gxf5 60. Rb4 Kg6 61. Rb7 Ra3+ 62. Kg2 h6 63. Rb5 Rc3 64. Ra5 Rd3 65. Rb5 f4 66.
Ra5 Rg3+ 67. Kh2 h5 68. Rb5 Rg4 69. Kh3 f3 70. Rb3 Rf4 71. Rb1 Kf5 72. Kg3 f2
73. Rf1 Rg4+ 74. Kxf2 Rf4+ 75. Kg2 Rxf1 76. Kxf1 Kg4 77. Kg2 Kxh4 78. Kh2 Kg4
79. Kg2 h4 80. Kh2 h3 81. Kg1 Kg3 82. Kh1 h2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d4 Nc6 8. e3 b6
9. c4 Ba6 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. Nd2 cxd4 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Bxd4 Rc7 14. Qe2 Bb4 15.
Rfd1 Qe7 16. a3 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 dxc4 18. Be5 Rd7 $4 ({Even I was looking at} 
18... c3 {as the only move.} 19. Qc2 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Nxd7 21. Bxc3 $14) 19. Bxf6
1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. c3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.
Re1 c4 9. Na3 Rc8 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 O-O 12. Nb1 Qb6 13. d4 e5 14. Bb2 d5 15.
exd5 exd4 16. c4 Nc5 17. Bxd4 Qxb3 18. Bxc5 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Rxc5 20. Rxa7 Rxc4
21. Rxb7 Nxd5 22. g3 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxd4 exd5 8.
e3 Nc6 9. Qd1 Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a3 Ba5 12. Be2 Bg4 13. O-O d4 14. exd4 Nxd4
15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Be3 Qxd1 17. Bxd1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 b6 19. Bd4 Bxd1 20. Bxf6 Bb3
21. Bd4 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 f6 23. f3 Kf7 24. Kf2 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8 Kxe8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 d5 5. b3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2
b6 9. a3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rac1 Rac8 12. c4 dxc4 13. bxc4 cxd4 14. exd4 Rfe8
15. Rfe1 Qb8 16. Ne4 Na5 17. Neg5 {Rather a scary spot when you sit across the
board from Shakh.} Qf4 $5 {No fear.} ({No chickening out with} 17... Bxf3 18.
Qxf3 h6 19. Ne4 $16) 18. Nxe6 fxe6 ({Both players missed a fantastic rejoinder
} 18... Qh6 $1 {but this is the stuff of silicon monsters:} 19. Neg5 Bd6 20.
Qc2 Bf4 {etc.}) 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Ne5 {It's over, right?} Bf8 $1 {Not so fast.}
21. Qh3 ({It turns out there's no smotherred mate after} 21. Nf7+ Kg8 22. Nh6+
Kh8 23. Qg8+ Nxg8 24. Nf7+ Qxf7 $1) 21... Kg8 {One would expect Mamedyarov to
finish the job, but he was in bad form in Paris.} 22. Nd7 $2 {Missing with the
shot!} (22. Bf5 Bd6 23. Nd3 Qg5 24. c5 Bf8 25. d5 {is what Shakh normally does
in his attacking games.}) 22... Ne4 $1 {A cobra-like strike.} 23. f3 Ng5 24.
Qh5 Re3 {Who's attacking who now?} 25. Ne5 Rxd3 26. Nxd3 Qf5 27. d5 (27. Qg4
Qxd3 28. Qxg5 Nxc4 {leaves White emply-handed.}) 27... Nxc4 28. Ba1 Bxd5 29.
Kh1 Rc6 30. Nf2 Qg6 31. Qg4 Ne3 32. Rxc6 Nxg4 {Vacuuming white pieces off the
board is a sure way to finish.} (32... Bxc6 {would have done it as well:} 33.
Qg3 Bd6 34. Be5 Bxe5 35. Qxe5 Nxf3 36. Qxe3 Nxe1) 33. Rxg6 Nxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2018.06.24"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "243"]
[EventDate "2018.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 c6 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. exf4 Bg4 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3
Re8 15. g3 Nb6 16. b3 Qd6 17. Qd3 Re7 18. Rfe1 Rae8 19. Re5 Nbd7 20. Rc2 Qb4
21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Kg2 Nf8 23. h4 Ne6 24. Ne2 Nc7 25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 Kf8 27.
h5 Ne4 28. Rc2 Nd6 29. Kf1 Re8 30. a4 a5 31. Nc1 Ne6 32. Ne2 Ra8 33. Bg4 f5 34.
Bf3 Ra6 35. Rc3 Rb6 36. Ke1 Rb4 37. Rd3 b5 38. Rc3 bxa4 39. bxa4 Nc4 40. Rc1
Rxa4 41. Nc3 Ra3 42. Be2 Nd6 43. Bd1 Nxd4 44. Ne2 N6b5 45. Nxd4 Nxd4 46. Rb1
Nb5 47. Be2 Nd6 48. Rb6 Rc3 49. Ra6 Rc5 $6 {No matter how good the position,
in blitz one should never go back.} (49... Ne4 50. Kf1 d4 51. Rxa5 c5 {etc.})
50. f3 Ke7 51. Ra7+ Kf6 52. h6 gxh6 53. Bd3 Rc3 54. Kd2 Ra3 $2 {Black wants to
win with maximum comfort, but this is misleading.} ({A hands-on approach} 54...
d4 55. Rxa5 c5 56. g4 fxg4 57. fxg4 Ke6 58. Ra7 Kd5 59. Bxh7 Ne4+ {was
strongly recommended.}) 55. Ra6 Ra2+ 56. Ke1 Rg2 57. Rxc6 {The key pawn has
been eliminated. Caruana is in a tailspin.} Ke7 58. Rc7+ Ke6 59. Rxh7 Nf7 60.
Bb5 Rxg3 61. Be8 Nd6 62. Kf2 Rh3 63. Bc6 d4 64. Kg2 Rh4 65. Kg3 Rh1 66. Kg2 Ra1
67. Rxh6+ Ke7 68. Rh7+ Kf8 69. Rd7 Nc4 70. Rxd4 Rc1 71. Bb5 Nb6 72. Rd6 Nc4 73.
Ra6 Ke7 74. Kf2 Rc2+ 75. Kg3 Ne3 76. Rxa5 Rg2+ 77. Kh4 Rg1 (77... Rh2+ 78. Kg3
Rg2+ 79. Kh3 Rf2 80. Bc6 Nf1) 78. Ra6 Kf7 79. Ra3 Ng2+ 80. Kg3 Ne1+ 81. Kf2 Rh1
82. Bc4+ Kf6 83. Ra6+ (83. Rc3 Nc2 84. Kg2 {would have completed this
incredible turn-around some 40 moves sooner.}) 83... Kg7 84. Ra7+ Kf6 85. Rf7+
Kg6 86. Rc7 Nc2 87. Rc6+ Kg7 88. Rc7+ Kf6 89. Rc6+ Kg7 90. Rd6 Nb4 91. Be6 Kf6
92. Bc8+ Ke7 93. Rd7+ Kf6 94. Rd4 Rb1 95. Rd6+ Ke7 96. Rh6 Nd3+ 97. Ke3 Nc5 98.
Bxf5 Rb3+ 99. Kf2 Kf7 100. Kg3 Rb2 101. Rc6 Rb5 102. Kg4 Ra5 103. Rb6 Na4 104.
Rb7+ Kf6 105. Rb8 Nc3 106. Rb6+ Ke7 107. Be4 Ra1 108. f5 Rg1+ 109. Kf4 Kf7 110.
Ke5 Ra1 111. Rb7+ Kf8 112. Rc7 Ra5+ 113. Kf6 Ra6+ 114. Kg5 Ne2 115. f6 Ra5+
116. Kg4 Ra6 117. Kf5 Ra5+ 118. Kg4 Ra6 119. Kg5 Ra5+ 120. Kh6 Nf4 121. Bg6 Ra8
122. Rh7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 c5 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. d5 h6 10. Be3 e6 11. c4 Na6 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Bd3 exd5 14. cxd5 Nb4
15. Bb1 b6 16. a3 Na6 17. Ne2 Nc7 18. Bxh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Nxd5 20. h4 Nf6 21. h5
Ng4 22. Qf4 g5 23. Qg3 Qf6 24. f3 Ne5 25. Nc3 Be6 26. O-O Kh8 27. Ba2 c4 28.
Nb5 Rad8 29. Nc7 Re7 30. Nxe6 Qxe6 31. Qxg5 f6 32. Qf4 Nd3 33. Qh6+ Rh7 34.
Bxc4 Qe5 35. Qe3 Nxc1 36. Rxc1 Qxh5 37. Bd5 Qh2+ 38. Kf1 Rg7 39. Qg1 Qh6 40.
Ke2 Rh7 41. g4 Qf4 42. Qe3 Rh2+ 43. Kd3 Qd6 44. Qd4 Qxa3+ 45. Rc3 Qd6 46. g5
Rh3 47. Kc2 Qe5 48. Qxe5 fxe5 49. Rc7 Rg3 50. Rxa7 Rxg5 51. Re7 Rf8 52. Be6
Rxf3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 h4 17. g4 hxg3 18. fxg3 Ne7 19. g4 Nd5 20. Bd2
Nb6 21. Kg2 Rd8 22. Kg3 Nc4 23. Bf4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nxa3 25. Ra1 Nb5 26. h4 Nxc3
27. Bd2 Ne2+ 28. Kf2 Bxg4 29. Rxa7 Rxh4 30. Rxb7 Rh2+ 31. Ke3 Ng3 32. Bb4 Nf1+
33. Kf4 Bd1 34. Rb8+ Kd7 35. Be1 Rg2 36. e6+ fxe6 37. Ne4 Bxc2 38. Bh4 c5 39.
Nxc5+ Kd6 40. Nb7+ Kc6 41. Na5+ Kc5 42. Be7+ Kd4 43. Rd8+ Kc3 44. Rc8 Re2 45.
Rxc7+ Kd2 46. Nc4+ Kc1 47. Ba3+ Kb1 48. Bd6 Bd3 49. Ne5 Rf2+ 50. Kg5 Be4 51.
Rxg7 Rf5+ 52. Kh6 Ne3 53. Rg1+ Kc2 54. Kg7 Rf2 55. Bc5 Rf5 56. Bxe3 Rxe5 57.
Kf6 Rf5+ 58. Kxe6 Rf3 59. Bd4 Bd3 60. Be5 Kb3 61. Rg3 Bc4+ 62. Kd6 Be2 63.
Rxf3+ Bxf3 64. Kc5 Be2 65. Bd4 Bd3 66. Be5 Be2 67. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 c5 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. d5 h6 10. Be3 e6 11. c4 b6 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Bd3 exd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15.
Nf3 Nf6 16. O-O Bg4 17. Ne1 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. h3 Bf5 20. Nf3 Kh7 21. Bf4
Qd7 22. Bg3 Rae8 23. Rfe1 g5 24. d6 Bg6 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Re1 Rxc4 27. Re7 Qd8
28. Be5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Re4 30. Qd5 Rxe5 31. Nxe5 f6 32. Qb7+ Kg8 33. Nxg6 Qxd6
34. Ne7+ Kf8 35. Nf5 Qe5 36. g4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 c5 8.
dxc5 Na6 9. e4 Ndb4 10. a3 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Nc2 12. Ra2 Be6 13. b3 Bxb3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "243"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bb4 10. Ne5 Bxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Qe7 12. Qa3 Qxa3 13. bxa3 Nxe5 14.
Bxe5 Ne4+ 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Be5 Kd7 18. h3 Bh5 19. g4 Bg6 20. a4
Rac8 21. Rhb1 b6 22. a5 Rc6 23. axb6 axb6 24. a4 Ra8 25. Rb4 f5 26. gxf5 Bxf5
27. Rg1 Bg6 28. h4 Rf8 29. Bf4 Rf5 30. Rgb1 Ra5 31. Rxb6 Rxb6 32. Rxb6 Rxa4 33.
Rb2 Bf5 34. Kc3 Kc6 35. Kb3 Ra8 36. Rc2+ Kb6 37. Kb4 Ra1 38. Bc7+ Kb7 39. Be5
Kb6 40. Bc7+ Kb7 41. Bd8 Rb1+ 42. Kc5 Kc8 43. Bg5 Kd7 44. d5 Rd1 45. dxe6+ Kxe6
46. Rb2 Rd5+ 47. Kc4 Bh3 48. Bf4 Bf1+ 49. Kc3 Kf5 50. Rb7 h5 51. Rg7 Kf6 52.
Rh7 Be2 53. Bg5+ Kf5 54. Rf7+ Kg6 55. Rf6+ Kg7 56. Rf4 Bf3 57. Bf6+ Kg6 58. Bd4
Rf5 59. Rxf5 Kxf5 60. Kd2 Kg4 61. Bf6 Kf5 62. Bg5 Kg4 63. Bd8 Kf5 64. Kc3 Kg4
65. Kc4 Kf5 66. Kc5 Kg4 67. Kd4 Bg2 68. Ke5 Bf3 69. Kd4 Kh3 70. Be7 Kg2 71. Bg5
Kxf2 72. Bf4 Kg2 73. Bg5 Kf2 74. Bf6 Kg2 75. Be7 Kf2 76. Bd8 Kg2 77. Bf6 Kf2
78. Bg5 Kg2 79. Bh6 Kf2 80. Bg7 Kg2 81. Ke5 Kg3 82. Bf6 Kg4 83. Bg5 Kh3 84. Kf4
Kg2 85. Bf6 Kf2 86. Be7 Kg2 87. Bd8 Kf2 88. Bg5 Ke2 89. Kf5 Kf1 90. Kf6 Ke2 91.
Ke7 Kf1 92. Kd6 Ke2 93. Kc6 Kf1 94. Kb6 Ke2 95. Ka7 Kf1 96. Kb8 Ke2 97. Bh6 Kf1
98. Bg5 Ke2 99. Kc8 Kf1 100. Kd7 Ke2 101. Kc6 Kf2 102. Kb5 Ke2 103. Ka4 Kf2
104. Kb3 Kg2 105. Ka2 Kf1 106. Kb1 Kg2 107. Kc2 Kf1 108. Kc3 Kg2 109. Kd4 Kf1
110. Ke5 Kg2 111. Kf6 Kf1 112. Kg7 Kg2 113. Kh8 Kf1 114. Kg8 Kg2 115. Kg7 Kf1
116. Kh7 Kg2 117. Kh6 Kf1 118. Kg7 Kg2 119. Kf6 Kf1 120. Kf7 Kg2 121. Kf6 Kf1
122. Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. Nbd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4
c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. N2f3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Ne5 Bd5
15. Qe2 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Rdc1 Rfd8
21. h4 h5 22. Qf3 Rd7 23. g3 Rad8 24. Kg2 b6 25. a4 Rd3 26. Rc7 R8d7 27. Qb7
Rd2 28. Qxa7 Qf6 29. Rf1 R7d6 30. a5 bxa5 31. Qxa5 Rb2 32. Qc3 Qxc3 33. Rxc3
Rb6 34. Rd1 R2xb3 35. Rxb3 Rxb3 36. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. f3 d6 4. e4 e5 5. d5 a5 6. Nc3 Na6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Nge2 O-O
9. g4 Nd7 10. Qd2 Ndc5 11. Ng3 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Kb1 Nb4 15. Be2
c6 16. h4 cxd5 17. cxd5 Rc8 18. Rdg1 Na4 19. Nf5 Qc7 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. Rc1 Nc5
22. Bg5 Ree8 23. Bf6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. dxc5 e6 7. Na4 Bxc5 8.
Nxc5 Qa5+ 9. c3 Qxc5 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e4 Nc5 14. exd5
Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 exd5+ 16. Be3 a5 17. O-O-O O-O 18. Rhe1 Be6 19. Qd4 Rfb8 20. Rd2
a4 21. Bf4 c5 22. Qxd5 Re8 23. Qe4 a3 24. b3 Qf6 25. Be5 Qh6 26. Qf4 Bxb3 27.
Qxh6 gxh6 28. axb3 a2 29. Kb2 Rxe5 30. Ra1 Rb8 31. Rxa2 h5 32. Ra5 h4 33. h3
Kg7 34. b4 Kf6 35. Ka3 cxb4+ 36. cxb4 Re1 37. b5 Ra1+ 38. Ra2 Rb1 39. Rb2 Ra1+
40. Kb4 Rd1 41. Ra6+ Ke5 42. Rc6 Kd5 43. Rc5+ Kd6 44. Rc4 Kd5 45. Rxh4 f5 46.
Rxh7 Rd4+ 47. Ka5 Ra8+ 48. Kb6 Rb8+ 49. Rb7 Rd8 50. Rc2 Rb4 51. Rc5+ Ke6 52.
Rbc7 Rb2 53. R7c6+ Ke7 54. Re5+ Kf7 55. Rxf5+ Kg7 56. Kc7 Re8 57. b6 Kh7 58.
Kb7 Ree2 59. Rf7+ Kg8 60. Rd7 Re8 61. Rf6 Rbe2 62. h4 Rb2 63. h5 Kh8 64. g4 Rb1
65. g5 Rb5 66. f4 Rb4 67. h6 Rb5 68. g6 Kg8 69. h7+ Kh8 70. Rf8+ Rxf8 71. g7+
Kxh7 72. gxf8=Q+ Kg6 73. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 c5 8.
Rc1 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 e5 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Ne2 Re8 14. O-O Bd7
15. f3 Qb6 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bd2 f5 20. Qb3 Kh8 21.
Qxb7 fxe4 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. fxe4 Be5 24. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rb8 26. Rb1 Rxb1+
27. Bxb1 Kg7 28. Bd3 Kf6 29. g3 g5 30. Kf2 h6 31. Ba5 Ke7 32. Ke2 Bg4+ 33. Kd2
Bd6 34. Bc4 Bh3 35. Be2 Bd7 36. Bd1 Bb5 37. a4 Bc4 38. Be2 Bb3 39. Bb5 Ba2 40.
Kd3 Be5 41. Bb4+ Kf6 42. Kd2 Bb3 43. d6 Be6 44. d7 Bc7 45. Bc5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.34"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. a3 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. g3 Bf5 8. Bg2 d4
9. exd4 exd4 10. d3 Re8 11. O-O Qd7 12. Kh2 Ne5 13. Nd2 c5 14. Re1 Re7 15. Nf4
Rae8 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Be6 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. f4 Rg6 20. c3 Qb5 21. cxd4 Nd3
22. Bf1 c4 23. Bxd3 cxd3 24. e5 Bf8 25. Re3 Rc8 26. Rxd3 Rgc6 27. Rc1 Rxc1 28.
Bxc1 Rxc1 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Nge2 e5 7. dxe6 Nxe6 8. Be3
Ne7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 f5 11. O-O c6 12. Qd2 fxe4 13. Nxe4 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qe7 17. Rae1 Bd7 18. N2c3 Nxc3 19. Nxc3 Rae8 20. Rd1 Bc8 21.
Ne4 Qg7 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Nd6 Re7 24. Bh3 Bd7 25. Nxb7 Nd4 26. Bxd7 Rxd7 27.
Nc5 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Re7 29. Rd7 Rxd7 30. Nxd7 Rf5 31. Rd1 h5 32. h4 g5 33. hxg5
Nxg5 34. f4 Ne6 35. Ne5 h4 36. Rd7+ Kg8 37. Rd6 Nc5 38. Nxc6 Kf7 39. Ne5+ Ke7
40. Rd5 Ne4 41. Ng6+ Ke6 42. Rxf5 Kxf5 43. Nxh4+ Kg4 44. f5 Nxg3 45. f6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nd7 7. Bg2 g6 8. Qe2
Ne7 9. d4 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf5 13. Rad1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Nf6
15. c3 a5 16. a4 Qb6 17. Nc5 Rad8 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Nd3 Qc7 20. Rfe1 Nb6 21. Qc2
Nd5 22. h4 h5 23. Qb3 Ne7 24. Nc5 b6 25. Ne4 Nf5 26. Ng5 Bh6 27. Nf3 Bg7 28.
Qc4 Nd6 29. Qe2 c5 30. d5 e5 31. Ng5 Rfe8 32. Qc2 Bh6 33. Re2 c4 34. Rde1 Bxg5
35. hxg5 Nb7 36. f4 Nc5 37. Rxe5 Rxe5 38. Rxe5 Nd3 39. Re4 Qc5+ 40. Kh2 Kg7 41.
Rd4 b5 42. axb5 Qxb5 43. d6 Qxb2 44. Qxb2 Nxb2 45. d7 a4 46. Bc6 a3 47. Re4 Nd1
48. Re8 a2 49. Rxd8 a1=Q 50. Rg8+ Kxg8 51. d8=Q+ Kh7 52. Qe7 Qb2+ 53. Bg2 Qxc3
54. Qxf7+ Qg7 55. Qxc4 Ne3 56. Qe2 Ng4+ 57. Kh3 Qd7 58. Bf3 Ne3+ 59. Kh2 Qe6
60. Qd3 Qb6 61. Qd7+ Kh8 62. Qe8+ Kg7 63. Qe7+ Kg8 64. Kh3 Qd4 65. Be4 Ng4 66.
Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Ne2 Be7 13. Nf4 Bd5 14. Nxd5
cxd5 15. Rad1 c6 16. Rd3 f6 17. Bf4 Kf7 18. a4 Rhe8 19. Re1 Rad8 20. Rb3 b6 21.
Kf1 Bc5 22. Rd3 a5 23. g4 hxg4 24. hxg4 Ne7 25. c3 Ng6 26. Bg3 Re6 27. exf6
Rxe1+ 28. Nxe1 gxf6 29. f4 f5 30. gxf5 Ne7 31. Nf3 Nxf5 32. Ne5+ Ke6 33. Nxc6
Rh8 34. b4 Be3 35. Bf2 Bxf2 36. Kxf2 Rh2+ 37. Ke1 Ra2 38. bxa5 bxa5 39. Nd4+
Nxd4 40. Rxd4 Rc2 41. Rd3 Ra2 42. Rd4 Rc2 43. Rd3 Ra2 44. Rd4 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Ke2 d5 3. d3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qc2 e5 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O
9. Rd1 Bg4 10. h3 Be6 11. Kf1 h6 12. Kg1 a5 13. a4 Qd7 14. Kh2 Rad8 15. Re1
dxe4 16. dxe4 Nh7 17. Na3 f5 18. Nh4 Qf7 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Be3 Ng5 21. f4 exf4
22. Bxf4 Bd5 23. Nb5 Be4 24. Qf2 Rd3 25. Bxc7 Be5 26. Bxe5 Nxe5 27. Nd4 Nc4 28.
Rad1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Bxg2 30. Qxg2 Ne3 31. Qe2 Nxd1 32. Nhxf5 Qd7 33. Nxh6+ Kg7
34. Ng4 Qd5 35. h4 Nf3+ 36. Kh3 Ng1+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Be2 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. exf6 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qxf6 13. h3 Bf5 14. a4 Rae8
15. Nh2 Na5 16. Bh5 Bg6 17. Ng4 Qf5 18. Bxg6 Qxg6 19. Ne5 Qe6 20. Ra2 Nc4 21.
Nxc4 dxc4 22. a5 Rf5 23. axb6 axb6 24. f4 Rf7 25. Raf2 Qd5 26. f5 b5 27. f6 g6
28. Qg4 b6 29. Rf5 Qd7 30. Re5 Rxe5 31. dxe5 Qd5 32. Bh6 Qxe5 33. Qc8+ Qe8 34.
Qxe8+ Rf8 35. Qxf8# 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bd6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Re1 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bd7 14. Qg4
Bf6 15. Re3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Bc6 17. Rg3 g6 18. h4 Qd2 19. h5 Rad8 20. hxg6 fxg6
21. Bxe6+ Kg7 22. Rf1 Qf4 23. Qxf4 Rxf4 24. Re3 a5 25. g3 Rf3 26. Rxf3 Bxf3 27.
Bb3 b5 28. a4 bxa4 29. Bxa4 Rd3 30. Re1 Kf7 31. Rc1 Ke6 32. Bc2 Rd2 33. Bb3+
Bd5 34. c4 Bf3 35. Ra1 Rb2 36. Bd1 Bxd1 37. Rxd1 a4 38. Rd5 Rb4 39. Rc5 a3 40.
Ra5 Rxc4 41. Rxa3 Kxe5 42. Rf3 Ke6 43. Rf8 Rd4 44. Re8+ Kf7 45. Rc8 Rd7 46. Kg2
Ke6 47. Kf3 Kd5 48. Ke3 c5 49. Kd3 Rb7 50. Rd8+ Kc6 51. Rc8+ Kb5 52. Kc3 Ra7
53. Rb8+ Kc6 54. Rc8+ Rc7 55. Rh8 Rf7 56. f4 Kd5 57. Kd3 c4+ 58. Kc3 Ke4 59.
Kxc4 Kf3 60. Kd5 Kxg3 61. Ke6 Rxf4 62. Rxh7 g5 63. Ke5 g4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a5 8. Bb3
h6 9. Re1 Be6 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Ba4 Qb8 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. Re2 b5 15.
Bc2 a4 16. d5 Bg4 17. dxc6 Qb6 18. Ne3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qxc6 20. Bd2 Bc5 21. Bc3
Nh5 22. Ng2 b4 23. Bd4 b3 24. axb3 axb3 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Bxb3 Bxd4 27. Bd5 Qa4
28. b3 Qa1 29. Re1 Ra2 30. Qxa1 Bxa1 31. b4 Ra3 32. Ne3 Nf4 33. Rc1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Ke2 d5 3. d3 Nc6 4. c3 g6 5. Qc2 Bg7 6. g3 Nge7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nf3
e5 9. Rd1 f5 10. Kf1 f4 11. gxf4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. d4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 exd4 15.
cxd4 Qd5 16. Nc3 Qxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd5 18. Ng3 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Rxf4 21.
Bxc6 bxc6 22. Ne2 Rf3 23. Rd2 Rxh3 24. Kg2 Rh6 25. Rc1 g5 26. Rc5 Rg6 27. Rdc2
Re8 28. Kf1 Ree6 29. Ra5 Rd6 30. Rxa7 Bxd4 31. Nxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxc7 Rdd6 33. Re2
Rge6 34. Rxe6 Rxe6 35. a4 Re4 36. a5 Ra4 37. Ra7 h5 38. b3 Ra2 39. b4 g4 40.
Rc7 Ra4 41. Kg2 h4 42. Rb7 Ra2 43. Kg1 Ra1+ 44. Kg2 Ra2 45. Kg1 Ra1+ 46. Kh2
Ra2 47. Rb8+ Kg7 48. Kg1 Ra1+ 49. Kg2 h3+ 50. Kh2 Rf1 51. Rd8 Rxf2+ 52. Kg1 g3
53. Rd1 h2+ 54. Kh1 Ra2 55. Rc1 Kf7 56. a6 Rxa6 57. Kg2 Ra3 58. Rc2 Rb3 59. Rc1
Ke7 60. Rd1 Ke6 61. Rc1 Kd6 62. Rd1+ Kc7 63. Rc1 Kb6 64. Re1 Kb5 65. Rc1 Kb6
66. Rd1 Kb5 67. Rc1 Rxb4 68. Kxg3 Rb2 69. Kh3 c5 70. Kg3 c4 71. Kf3 Kb4 72. Kg3
c3 73. Rf1 Rd2 74. Rf8 Kb3 75. Rb8+ Kc2 76. Rc8 Kb2 77. Rb8+ Kc1 78. Rh8 c2 79.
Rh7 Kd1 80. Rf7 c1=Q 81. Rf1+ Kc2 82. Rf8 Qg1+ 83. Kf4 h1=Q 84. Rc8+ Kd1 85.
Re8 Qf2+ 86. Kg5 Qhg2+ 87. Kh5 Rd5+ 88. Re5 Rxe5+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Be2 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. exf6 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qxf6 13. h3 Bf5 14. a4 Rae8
15. Nh2 Na5 16. Bh5 Bg6 17. Ng4 Qe6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Ba3 Rf5 20. Ne5 c6 21.
Qg4 Rf6 22. f4 Nc4 23. Nxc4 Qxg4 24. hxg4 dxc4 25. Rab1 Re3 26. Bb4 Bc7 27. Rf3
Rxf3 28. gxf3 Rxf4 29. Kf2 Bd8 30. Kg2 b6 31. Re1 Kf7 32. Bd6 Rf6 33. Be5 Re6
34. f4 b5 35. Kf3 a6 36. Ke4 Ba5 37. d5 cxd5+ 38. Kxd5 Re8 39. axb5 axb5 40.
Ra1 Bb6 41. Kc6 Be3 42. Kxb5 g5 43. Kxc4 gxf4 44. Bd4 Kg6 45. Ra5 Bxd4 46. Kxd4
Rf8 47. Ke4 f3 48. Rf5 Re8+ 49. Kxf3 Rc8 50. Kg3 Rxc3+ 51. Rf3 Rc1 52. Rf5 Rg1+
53. Kh3 Rh1+ 54. Kg3 Ra1 55. Kh3 Ra3+ 56. Kh4 Kh6 57. Rh5+ Kg6 58. Rg5+ Kf7 59.
Rf5+ Kg8 60. Kg5 Ra1 61. Re5 Ra6 62. Rf5 Kh7 63. Re5 Ra7 64. Kf4 Kh6 65. Rh5+
Kg6 66. Rg5+ Kf6 67. Rf5+ Kg6 68. Rg5+ Kh7 69. Rh5+ Kg8 70. Rf5 Ra4+ 71. Kg5
Kh7 72. Re5 Ra2 73. Rf5 Ra1 74. Re5 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Ke2 d5 3. d3 Nc6 4. c3 Nge7 5. Qc2 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. e5 O-O 8. d4 f6
9. Nf3 fxe5 10. fxe5 Nf5 11. g3 b6 12. Bg2 Ba6+ 13. Ke1 Na5 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. g4
Ne7 16. Nbd2 c5 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rac8 20. Qd3 Nc4 21. b3 Na3
22. Ke2 Nc6 23. b4 Nc4 24. a3 a5 25. b5 Ne7 26. a4 h6 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Qxg6
Rf4 29. g5 Nxd2 30. Nxd2 Rh4 31. Nf3 Re4+ 32. Kf2 Rc2+ 33. Kg1 Rg4+ 34. Kh1 Rc3
35. Rac1 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Nbd2
cxb3 9. Nxb3 Nbd7 10. Rc1 b6 11. c6 Nc5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bb5 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3
Rxd3 15. Ne5 Bb4+ 16. Ke2 Rd5 17. f3 Ba6+ 18. Kf2 Bd6 19. Nc4 Bc7 20. e4 Rd3
21. Be5 Bxc4 22. Bxc7 b5 23. Be5 Rc8 24. Na5 Rd2+ 25. Kg3 Nh5+ 26. Kh4 f6 27.
Nxc4 bxc4 28. Bc3 Rxg2 29. Kxh5 Rxc6 30. Kh4 Rc5 31. Rcg1 Rxa2 32. Bxf6 g6 33.
Kg3 c3 34. Ra1 Rxa1 35. Rxa1 c2 36. Rc1 a5 37. Kf2 a4 38. Bb2 Rh5 39. Kg3 Rc5
40. Kf4 Kf7 41. Ke3 a3 42. Bd4 Rc6 43. Kd3 a2 44. Rxc2 Rd6 45. Rxa2 e5 46. Ra4
Ke6 47. Ke3 exd4+ 48. Rxd4 Ra6 49. Rd2 g5 50. Kf2 Ra1 51. Rd5 h6 52. h4 Kf6 53.
Rd6+ Kg7 54. hxg5 hxg5 55. Kg3 Rg1+ 56. Kh2 Rf1 57. Kg2 Ra1 58. Rc6 Kf7 59. Kf2
Kg7 60. Ke3 Ra3+ 61. Kf2 Ra1 62. Rd6 Kf7 63. Kg2 Kg7 64. Kh3 Rg1 65. Rd2 Kf6
66. Rg2 Rf1 67. Kg4 Ke5 68. Rg3 Kf6 69. Rg2 Ke5 70. Kg3 Kf6 71. Rf2 Rg1+ 72.
Kh2 Ra1 73. Kh3 Ke5 74. Kg3 Rg1+ 75. Rg2 Ra1 76. Kg4 Kf6 77. Rh2 Rg1+ 78. Kh3
Ke5 79. Rg2 Rxg2 80. Kxg2 Kf4 81. Kf2 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nc4 Ne7 12. h3 c6 13. a4 Bc7 14. Ne3 Ng6 15.
Nf1 d5 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. Qc2 Rf7 18. Be3 a6 19. Rad1 Qe8 20. Bc1 Rf8 21. Re2 b5
22. axb5 axb5 23. Rde1 Qf7 24. Nf1 Ra1 25. Ng3 Raa8 26. Rd1 Nf4 27. Ree1 Nd7
28. Bxf4 exf4 29. Nf1 e5 30. d4 exd4 31. Nxd4 f3 32. Nxf3 dxe4 33. Qxe4 Ra2 34.
Qe6 Nf6 35. Qxc6 Bb8 36. Ne3 Ba7 37. Qxb5 Ne4 38. Ra1 Nxf2 39. Rxa2 Qxa2 40.
Kh2 Bb8+ 41. Kg1 Bg3 42. Qd5+ Qxd5 43. Nxd5 Nxh3+ 44. gxh3 Rxf3 45. Kg2 Rd3 46.
Re3 Rxe3 47. Nxe3 Be1 48. Nd5 Kf7 49. Kf3 Ke6 50. Ke4 g5 51. c4 h5 52. c5 g4
53. hxg4 hxg4 54. b5 g3 55. Nf4+ Kd7 56. Kd5 Bd2 57. Ng2 Kc7 58. Kc4 Bg5 59.
Ne1 Bd2 60. Ng2 Bg5 61. Kd5 Bd2 62. Nh4 Bg5 63. Ng2 Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4+ 12. Ke2 Rd8 13. f4 b6 14. Kf2 Bb7
15. Rc1 Bc5 16. Bb5 Nd7 17. Nc6 Rdc8 18. Rxc5 Nxc5 19. Ne7+ Kf8 20. Nxc8 Rxc8
21. Rc1 Ne4+ 22. Ke1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Nc3 24. Ba3+ Kg8 25. Bd3 Bxg2 26. Kd2 Ne4+
27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28. Bd6 f6 29. a3 Kf7 30. Bb8 a6 31. Bc7 b5 32. Ke2 Kg6 33. Kf2
Kf5 34. Bd6 Bd5 35. b4 Ke4 36. Bf8 g6 37. Bg7 f5 38. Bd4 Kd3 39. Bb6 Kc2 40.
Ba5 Kb3 41. Ke2 Kxa3 42. Kd3 Kb2 43. Kd2 Kb3 44. Kd3 Kb2 45. Kd2 Be4 46. Bb6
Kb3 47. Ba5 Kc4 48. Ke2 Kc3 49. Kf2 Kd3 50. Bb6 Bd5 51. Bc7 h6 52. h4 Kc4 53.
Ba5 Kd3 54. Bb6 Ke4 55. Bd8 e5 56. Bc7 Kd3 57. Ba5 Kc4 58. Kg3 Be6 59. Kf2 Bf7
60. Kf3 Bd5+ 61. Kf2 e4 62. Ke2 Kc3 63. Kf2 Bc4 64. Kg3 Kd2 65. Kf2 Kc3 66. Ke1
Kd3 67. Kf2 Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nc4 Ne7 12. Be3 c6 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. a4 Ng6 15.
g3 Nh7 16. Kg2 Qc7 17. Re3 Rf7 18. Ra2 Raf8 19. Ng1 d5 20. Na3 Nf6 21. f3 Qe7
22. Re1 Nh7 23. Rf2 Rd8 24. Qc2 Qf8 25. Nb1 Rfd7 26. Nd2 Qf7 27. Nf1 Nf6 28.
Ne2 Rf8 29. Ng1 Rfd8 30. Ne2 Qe7 31. Ng1 d4 32. c4 Qxb4 33. Rb1 Qa5 34. Qb3 Rc7
35. c5 Qxc5 36. Rc2 Qe7 37. Qxb6 Ra8 38. Qb3 Nd7 39. Qc4 Ra6 40. Ra1 b5 41. Qb3
Nc5 42. Rxc5 Qxc5 43. Qxe6+ Kh7 44. Nh3 Rxa4 45. Rxa4 bxa4 46. Ng5+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. d4 Bb7 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Rc1 Qd6 14. Qxd6 Bxd6
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Nd2 Nb4 17. a3 Nd5 18. Nc4 Be7 19. Bf3 f6 20. g3 Kf7 21. e4
Nc7 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Ne5+ fxe5 24. Rxc7 Rd3 25. Bh5+ g6 26. Rxb7 gxh5 27. Bxe5
Ke8 28. Rxa7 Rxb3 29. a4 Rb4 30. Ra8+ Kf7 31. Ra7 Ke8 32. f3 b5 33. Ra8+ Kf7
34. axb5 Rxb5 35. Bf4 Bc5+ 36. Kg2 Rb2+ 37. Kh3 Bg1 38. g4 hxg4+ 39. fxg4 Rb3+
40. Kg2 Bd4 41. Rd8 Rb2+ 42. Kh3 Rb3+ 43. Kg2 Rb2+ 44. Kf3 Rb3+ 45. Ke2 Rb2+
46. Kd3 Bg1 47. Rd7+ Kg6 48. Be5 Rb5 49. Rg7+ Kh6 50. Bf6 Rb3+ 51. Kc4 Re3 52.
e5 Re4+ 53. Kd3 Rf4 54. h4 Bd4 55. Rg8 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "327"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e6 11. e4 Nb6 12. e5 N8d7 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Be3 c5 15.
Rc1 Nd5 16. Nxc5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 Qd7 19. Qb3 Rac8 20. Qxb7 Qxb7 21.
Bxb7 Rxc5 22. dxc5 Rd8 23. b4 Bxe5 24. Rc1 Rd3 25. a4 Rxe3 26. b5 Rc3 27. Rxc3
Bxc3 28. Kf1 Bd4 29. c6 Bb6 30. Ke2 Kf8 31. Kd3 Ke7 32. Kc4 Kd6 33. Kb4 Bc5+
34. Kc4 Bb6 35. Kb4 a5+ 36. bxa6 Ba7 37. Kc4 f5 38. Bc8 e5 39. Bd7 e4 40. Kc3
f4 41. Kd2 f3 42. gxf3 exf3 43. Bg4 f2 44. Ke2 Kxc6 45. Kf1 Bc5 46. Be2 Kb6 47.
Kg2 Ka5 48. Bf1 Kxa4 49. Be2 Kb4 50. Bf1 Kc3 51. Be2 Kd2 52. Bf1 Ke1 53. Bb5
Ba7 54. Bc4 g5 55. Bb5 h5 56. Bc4 Kd2 57. Bb5 Ke3 58. Bf1 Kf4 59. Be2 h4 60.
Bg4 Ke3 61. Kf1 Kf4 62. Bh5 Ke3 63. Bg4 Kf4 64. Bh5 Ke4 65. Bg4 Ke5 66. Bh5 Kd6
67. Bg4 Kc5 68. Bh5 Kb4 69. Bg4 Ka5 70. Be2 Kb4 71. Bg4 Kc3 72. Bh5 Kd3 73. Bg4
Ke4 74. Bh5 Ke5 75. Bg4 Kd6 76. Bh5 Ke7 77. Bg4 Kd8 78. Bh5 Kc7 79. Bg4 Kb8 80.
Bh5 Bb6 81. Bg4 Ka7 82. Be2 Be3 83. Bd3 g4 84. hxg4 h3 85. g5 h2 86. Be4 Bxg5
87. Kxf2 Kxa6 88. Kg2 Bf4 89. Kh1 Be5 90. Bf3 Ka7 91. Bg2 Kb8 92. Bf3 Kc7 93.
Bg2 Kd8 94. Bf3 Ke7 95. Bg2 Kf8 96. Be4 Kg7 97. Bf5 Kh8 98. Be6 Kh7 99. Bf7 Kh6
100. Bg6 Kg5 101. Bf5 Kf4 102. Bg4 Ke3 103. Bf3 Kd4 104. Bg2 Kc3 105. Bf3 Kb4
106. Be4 Ka3 107. Bd5 Kb2 108. Bc4 Ka1 109. Bd3 Ka2 110. Be2 Ka3 111. Bd1 Kb4
112. Bb3 Ka5 113. Bc4 Kb6 114. Bb5 Kxb5 115. Kg2 Ka5 116. Kh1 Ka6 117. Kg2 Ka7
118. Kh1 Ka8 119. Kg2 Kb8 120. Kh1 Kc8 121. Kg2 Kd8 122. Kh1 Ke8 123. Kg2 Kf8
124. Kh1 Kg8 125. Kg2 Kh8 126. Kh1 Kh7 127. Kg2 Kg7 128. Kh1 Kg6 129. Kg2 Kf6
130. Kh1 Ke6 131. Kg2 Kd6 132. Kh1 Kd5 133. Kg2 Kc5 134. Kh1 Kb5 135. Kg2 Ka5
136. Kh1 Ka4 137. Kg2 Kb4 138. Kh1 Kc4 139. Kg2 Kd4 140. Kh1 Ke4 141. Kg2 Ke3
142. Kh1 Kd3 143. Kg2 Kc3 144. Kh1 Kb3 145. Kg2 Kb2 146. Kh1 Kc2 147. Kg2 Kd2
148. Kh1 Ke2 149. Kg2 Ke1 150. Kh1 Kd1 151. Kg2 Kc1 152. Kh1 Kc2 153. Kg2 Kb2
154. Kh1 Kb1 155. Kg2 Ka1 156. Kh1 Ka2 157. Kg2 Kb2 158. Kh1 Kb3 159. Kg2 Ka3
160. Kh1 Ka4 161. Kg2 Kb4 162. Kh1 Kc4 163. Kg2 Kc5 164. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 c5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Nxc3 10. dxc3 b6 11. c4 Bb7 12. a3 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Rfd8 14. Rxd8+
Rxd8 15. Rd1 Rxd1+ 16. Bxd1 f6 17. Nd2 Kf7 18. Bc2 f5 19. f4 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Kxf6
21. Kf2 e5 22. g3 e4 23. g4 g6 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Nf1 a5 26. a4 Ne7 27. Ng3 Bc6
28. Bd1 Be8 29. Nf1 Nc6 30. Nd2 Ne7 31. Nb1 Bf7 32. Nc3 Be8 33. Kg3 Kg6 34. Kh4
Kf6 35. Bh5 Bc6 36. Kg3 Kg7 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. Ne2 Kg7 39. Ng3 Kf6 40. Bd1 Kg7 41.
Be2 Kf6 42. Bf1 Kg7 43. Bh3 Kf6 44. Ke2 Kg6 45. Kd2 Kf6 46. Kc3 Kg6 47. Bg2 Kf6
48. h4 Kg6 49. h5+ Kf6 50. Bf1 h6 51. Bh3 Ke6 52. Kd2 Kf6 53. Ke1 Ke6 54. Kf2
Kf6 55. Bf1 Ke6 56. Be2 Kf6 57. Bd1 Ke6 58. Nf1 Kf6 59. Nd2 Ke6 60. Nb1 Kf6 61.
Kg3 Ke6 62. Nc3 Kf6 63. Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 Ke7 3. c4 f6 4. Nc3 Kf7 5. g3 Bb4 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. O-O Rf8 8. Qc2
Kg8 9. e4 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. a3 Bd6 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Nd2 Nb6 15.
Qb3 Nf5 16. Nde4 Nxd4 17. Qd1 Nf5 18. Nxd6 Nxd6 19. Bf4 Bd7 20. Qd4 Nbc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 c5 8.
Rc1 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 e5 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Ne2 Re8 14. O-O Bd7
15. f3 b5 16. Bd3 Qb6 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bd2 b4 19. f4 Bb5 20. Qf3 Rad8 21. Bxb5
Qxb5 22. f5 Rd7 23. h4 h5 24. Rc6 gxf5 25. Qxf5 Rde7 26. Bg5 Rxe4 27. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. Bb5 Qb8 10. Nf1 Qa7 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Ne7 13. a4 h6 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15.
Nxc4 Rad8 16. Qb3 Ng6 17. Qb5 b6 18. Ne3 Qb7 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Nf5 d5 21. exd5
Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. g3 c5 24. Nd2 Nde7 25. Ne3 Nc8 26. Nf3 f6 27. Nc4 Nge7
28. d4 cxd4 29. cxd4 exd4 30. Nxd4 Kf7 31. Nb5 Nf5 32. Kg2 h5 33. h4 g5 34.
hxg5 fxg5 35. Rxe8 Kxe8 36. Nc7+ Ke7 37. Rxd8 Kxd8 38. Ne6+ Kd7 39. Nxg5 Kc6
40. Ne4 b5 41. Nxa5+ Kb6 42. b4 bxa4 43. Nc3 Ncd6 44. Nxa4+ Kb5 45. Nc5 Kxb4
46. Nab7 Nf7 47. Ne6 Ne5 48. f4 Nd3 49. Nbd8 h4 50. Nc6+ Kc3 51. g4 Ne3+ 52.
Kh3 Nxg4 53. Kxg4 h3 54. Kxh3 Nxf4+ 55. Nxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 c5 8.
Rc1 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 e5 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Ne2 Re8 14. O-O Bd7
15. f3 b5 16. Bd3 Qa5 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bd2 Qa3 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. axb3 a5 21.
Rc7 Red8 22. Bg5 f6 23. Bd2 a4 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Bxb5 Rc7 26. bxa4 Rc2 27. Rd1
Bf8 28. Kf1 Rb2 29. Bc6 Rab8 30. a5 d3 31. a6 Rb1 32. Ba4 Rxd1+ 33. Bxd1 Rb1
34. Ke1 Ra1 35. Bc3 Rxa6 36. Kd2 Ra3 37. f4 Kf7 38. e5 fxe5 39. fxe5 Bh6+ 40.
Kxd3 Bf4 41. Kc4 Rxc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. Nc3 Bxd4 14.
Nd5 c6 15. Rd1 Bc5 16. b4 Bf8 17. Ne3 d5 18. c4 Be6 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Bc4 Qf6
21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Be5 Bxc4 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. a4 Bb3 25. Ra1 Rd8 26. h3 b6 27.
Qc3 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Bxd1 29. a5 bxa5 30. bxa5 Ba4 31. Qd4 Bc6 32. Qxa7 Nd5 33. a6
Nb4 34. Qb6 Ba8 35. a7 Nc6 36. Qc7 Nxa7 37. Qxa7 Bd5 38. Qd4 Be6 39. g4 g5 40.
Kg2 Be7 41. Kg3 h6 42. f4 gxf4+ 43. Qxf4 Kg7 44. h4 Bf6 45. g5 hxg5 46. hxg5
Be7 47. Kh4 f6 48. Qd4 Kf7 49. Kh5 fxg5 50. Qe4 Bf6 51. Qh7+ Ke8 52. Kg6 Be7
53. Qh8+ Kd7 54. Qd4+ Ke8 55. Qa4+ Kd8 56. Qc6 Bd7 57. Qb6+ Kc8 58. Kf7 Bd8 59.
Qc5+ Kb7 60. Qd6 Kc8 61. Qa6+ Kc7 62. Qa8 g4 63. Qa5+ Kc8 64. Qa6+ Kc7 65. Qa8
Bc6 66. Qa7+ Kc8 67. Ke6 Bc7 68. Qa6+ Bb7 69. Qa4 Kb8 70. Qe8+ Bc8+ 71. Kd5 g3
72. Kc6 g2 73. Qg8 Bh2 74. Qb3+ Ka8 75. Qa2+ Kb8 76. Qb2+ Ka8 77. Qa2+ Kb8 78.
Qb2+ Ka8 79. Qh8 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 c5 8.
Rc1 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 e5 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Ne2 Re8 14. O-O Bd7
15. f3 b5 16. Bd3 Qb6 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bd2 Rac8 19. f4 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Qd6 21.
Qb2 Bf8 22. Qxd4 Qa3 23. Kh1 Rc8 24. Bb1 Rc4 25. Qf2 Bc5 26. Qh4 Qb2 27. Qd8+
Kg7 28. f5 Qxd2 29. f6+ Kh6 30. Qxd7 Rc1 31. Qh3+ Kg5 32. Qg3+ Kh5 33. Qf3+ Kh6
34. h4 Bd6 35. Bd3 Rxf1+ 36. Bxf1 Be5 37. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. Bb5 Qb8 10. Nf1 Qa7 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Ne7 13. Ba4 Ng6 14. Qc2 h6 15.
d4 c6 16. Nf5 Rad8 17. Bb3 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Qb8 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. c4 Ree8 21. d5
c5 22. Qa4 Ne7 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Qxa5 b5 25. Qc3 b4 26. Qc2 Ra7 27. b3 Qc7 28.
Re2 Rda8 29. Qb1 g6 30. g3 Kg7 31. Kg2 Qd7 32. Ne1 Qc7 33. Nd3 Re8 34. Rf1 Nh5
35. f3 Qd8 36. f4 exf4 37. Nxf4 Nf6 38. Qb2 Kh7 39. Ref2 Qe7 40. Ne6 fxe6 41.
Rxf6 exd5 42. exd5 Qe2+ 43. R1f2 Qe4+ 44. Kh3 g5 45. Qc2 Ra6 46. Qd1 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 c5 8.
Rc1 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 e5 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Ne2 Re8 14. O-O Bd7
15. f3 b5 16. Bd3 Qb6 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bd2 Rac8 19. f4 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Rc8 21.
Qb1 a5 22. e5 b4 23. d6 f6 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. e6 Bc6 26. d7 Rb8 27. Rc1 Bf8 28.
Qc4 Bb7 29. Be1 Be7 30. Bf2 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. b3 Re8 10. Nf1 d5 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Be3 Bxc4 13. dxc4 Qe7 14. Ng3 Rad8
15. Qc2 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Qc5 17. Rae1 h6 18. h3 a4 19. Qf5 Qa3 20. Qc2 Na5 21. b4
Nxc4 22. R3e2 Nd5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Qxc3 26. Qe2 Nf6 27. b5
Rd2 28. Qe1 Qd3 29. Kh2 Rxa2 30. Nf5 Qd2 31. Re8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 c5 8.
Rc1 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 e5 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Ne2 b5 14. Bd3 f5
15. O-O f4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Bxb5 f3 18. gxf3 Bh3 19. Ng3 Bxf1 20. Bxf1 Be5 21.
Rc6 Rc8 22. Re6 Qg5 23. d6 Rcd8 24. Qb3 Kh8 25. Qd5 Bf4 26. Qxd4+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Nd5 O-O 8. c3
a6 9. Re1 Ba7 10. h3 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Ne7 12. Bb3 Ng6 13. d4 Qf6 14. Be3 Be6 15.
Bc2 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. Qf3 Rae8 18. dxe5 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 dxe5 20. Bb3 Qg5 21.
Qxg5 hxg5 22. Rad1 Bxb3 23. axb3 Re7 24. Rd3 f6 25. Red1 Kf7 26. Kh2 Ke6 27.
Kg3 a5 28. Kg4 Rh8 29. g3 g6 30. Rd8 Reh7 31. Rxh8 Rxh8 32. Rd5 b6 33. Rd1 f5+
34. Kxg5 Rxh3 35. Kxg6 fxe4 36. g4 Rh2 37. Rf1 b5 38. g5 Rg2 39. c4 b4 40. Ra1
Rxf2 41. Rxa5 e3 42. Ra6+ Ke7 43. Ra1 e2 44. Re1 Ke6 45. Kg7 Kf5 46. g6 Ke4 47.
Kh6 Rh2+ 48. Kg5 Kd3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 Qd6 8.
Nxc4 Qa6 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. e3 Bd7 11. Ne5 Rad8 12. Nxd7 Rxd7 13. Qb5 Qxb5 14. Nxb5
e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Ke2 c6 17. Nc3 Rfd8 18. Bh3 Rd6 19. Rd1 Ne4 20. Rxd6 Nxc3+
21. bxc3 Bxd6 22. e4 Bc5 23. Bg5 f6 24. Bf4 Nd3 25. Rd1 Nxf4+ 26. gxf4 Rxd1 27.
Kxd1 Bxf2 28. Bc8 b6 29. Bd7 Be3 30. f5 c5 31. Ke2 Bf4 32. h3 g6 33. fxg6 hxg6
34. Kf3 Be5 35. Be6+ Kg7 36. c4 Kh6 37. Kg4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. b3 Re8 10. Nf1 d5 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Bg5 Bxc4 13. dxc4 e4 14. N3d2 h6 15.
Bh4 Qd6 16. Qc2 e3 17. fxe3 Ng4 18. Ne4 Qg6 19. h3 Rxe4 20. hxg4 Rxe3 21. Qxg6
Rxe1+ 22. Kh2 Rxf1 23. Qxc6 Bg1+ 24. Kh3 Rxa1 25. Qxb7 Re8 26. g5 h5 27. Qxc7
Re3+ 28. Bg3 g6 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Qf6 Kg8 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. a4 Ba7 10. Na3 g5 11. Bg3 g4 12. Nh4 Nh5 13. Nc2 Qg5 14. Re1 Be6 15. Ne3
Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Bxc4 17. dxc4 Ne7 18. a5 Rad8 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. Rd1 Rfd8 21. Qc2
Ng7 22. Red3 Ne6 23. b4 h5 24. f3 Ng6 25. Nxg6 fxg6 26. Qd2 Qxd2 27. R1xd2 gxf3
28. gxf3 Rf8 29. c5 dxc5 30. Bxe5 cxb4 31. cxb4 Rbe8 32. Rg2 Kh7 33. Rd7+ Kh6
34. f4 Rxf4 35. Bxf4+ Nxf4 36. Rb2 Rxe4 37. b5 Ra4 38. b6 c5 39. h4 c4 40. Rxb7
c3 41. Rc2 Rxa5 42. Kh2 Nd5 43. Rf2 Rb5 44. Rff7 g5 45. Rbd7 gxh4 46. b7 c2 47.
Rd6+ Kg5 48. Rxd5+ Kg6 49. Rxb5 c1=Q 50. b8=Q Qd2+ 51. Kg1 Qe1+ 52. Rf1 Qg3+
53. Qxg3+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. d5 Bc5 11. Nd2 d6 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. h3 Re8
15. a4 a5 16. c4 Rxe1 17. Qxe1 Bd7 18. Be3 Qe8 19. Bxb6 Qxe1 20. Rxe1 cxb6 21.
Ra1 Ne4 22. Nd4 Nc5 23. b3 Re8 24. f3 f5 25. Kf2 f4 26. Re1 Rxe1 27. Kxe1 Kf7
28. Kd2 Kf6 29. Bd3 h6 30. Kc3 g5 31. Bc2 Ke5 32. Bg6 Kf6 33. Bc2 h5 34. Bd1
Bf5 35. Be2 Ke5 36. Nb5 Bg6 37. Nc7 Bf5 38. Na8 Nd7 39. Nc7 Nc5 40. Na8 Nd7 41.
Nc7 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. a4 Ba7 10. Na3 g5 11. Bg3 g4 12. Nh4 Nh5 13. Nc2 Qg5 14. Re1 Be6 15. Ne3
Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Bxc4 17. dxc4 Ne7 18. a5 Ng7 19. Qb3 Ne6 20. Rd1 h5 21. Ree1 Rab8
22. f3 Ng6 23. Nxg6 Qxg6 24. Kh1 gxf3 25. gxf3 Qf6 26. Re3 Kh7 27. Qc2 Rg8 28.
Qf2 Nf4 29. Bxf4 Qxf4 30. c5 dxc5 31. Rd7 Rbd8 32. Rd2 Rxd2 33. Qxd2 Qg5 34.
Qf2 Rd8 35. b4 cxb4 36. cxb4 h4 37. Re1 Rd2 38. Qg1 Qf4 39. Rf1 c6 40. Rf2 h3
41. Rxd2 Qxd2 42. Qf1 Qh6 43. Kg1 Qh4 44. Qe2 Qg5+ 45. Kf1 Kg6 46. Qc2 Qe3 47.
Qf2 Qc1+ 48. Ke2 Qb2+ 49. Kf1 Qc1+ 50. Qe1 Qxe1+ 51. Kxe1 Kg5 52. Ke2 Kf4 53.
Kf2 f6 54. Ke2 f5 55. exf5 Kxf5 56. Ke3 Kf6 57. Kf2 Ke6 58. Kg3 Kd5 59. Kxh3
Kc4 60. Kg4 Kxb4 61. h4 c5 62. h5 c4 63. h6 c3 64. h7 c2 65. h8=Q c1=Q 66. Qxe5
Qg1+ 67. Kf5 Qh1 68. f4 Qh5+ 69. Ke6 Qe8+ 70. Kf6 Qh8+ 71. Kg6 Qg8+ 72. Qg7
Qe6+ 73. Kg5 Qd5+ 74. Qe5 Qg8+ 75. Kh6 Qf8+ 76. Kg6 Qg8+ 77. Qg7 Qe8+ 78. Kg5
Qe3 79. Qe5 Qg3+ 80. Kf6 Qh4+ 81. Kf7 Qh7+ 82. Ke8 Qg6+ 83. Kd8 b5 84. axb6
Qxb6+ 85. Qc7 Qxc7+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 a5 10. d3 Na6 11. f4 Nc7 12. g4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nb5 14. Nxb5 cxb5 15.
Be3 Qc7 16. Qxb5 a4 17. Bb6 Qd7 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Be3 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 Nf8 21.
Rac1 e5 22. f5 Bc5 23. Kf2 f6 24. Bf1 Kf7 25. Bb5 Ke7 26. a3 g6 27. Rd5 Bxe3+
28. Kxe3 h5 29. c4 h4 30. Rcd1 Rc7 31. Rd6 gxf5 32. exf5 Rac8 33. Rb6 Nh7 34.
Rdd6 Kf7 35. Bxa4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Be2 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. exf6 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qxf6 13. h3 Bf5 14. a4 Rae8
15. Nh2 Ba5 16. Ra3 Ne7 17. Rb3 b6 18. Bh5 Ng6 19. Nf3 c6 20. Ba3 Rf7 21. Ne5
Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Bb4 Bxb4 25. cxb4 d4 26. Rg3 Kg8 27. Qh5
Bc2 28. Qh4 d3 29. Re3 Qb8 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Qxc6 Rc8 32. Rfe1 Rg8 33. Qc3 Qd6
34. Qd2 a5 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. Re4 Rf8 37. Rc4 Qb6 38. Ree4 h6 39. Rf4 Rb8 40.
Kh2 Qe6 41. Rce4 Qd6 42. Rd4 Qe5 43. g3 Kh7 44. Rd7 Rb6 45. Rff7 Rg6 46. h4 Rg4
47. Kg2 Qe2 48. Qc3 Qe4+ 49. f3 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nf4 c6 7. f3 Nf6 8.
Qxe7+ Bxe7 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Nf8 12. Kf2 Ne6 13. Na3 Bd6 14. Nxe6
Bxe6 15. Nc2 Ng8 16. Bg5 Ne7 17. Bh4 Nf5 18. Bxf5 Bxf5 19. Ne3 Be6 20. Bg3 Be7
21. Rhe1 Kd7 22. Be5 f6 23. Bg3 a5 24. a4 Ra6 25. Re2 Rb6 26. Rae1 Bd8 27. h4
h5 28. Bf4 Rb3 29. Nf1 Bf7 30. Bc1 Bg6 31. Nd2 Rb6 32. b3 Re8 33. Rxe8 Bxe8 34.
Ba3 Bg6 35. Bc5 Ra6 36. Bf8 b5 37. Ra1 Rb6 38. axb5 Rxb5 39. b4 Ke8 40. Bc5 Bc2
41. c4 Rxb4 42. Bxb4 axb4 43. cxd5 cxd5 44. Ra2 Bd3 45. Ke3 Bc4 46. Nxc4 dxc4
47. Rc2 c3 48. Kd3 f5 49. Kc4 Bxh4 50. Kxb4 g5 51. Kxc3 g4 52. Kd3 gxf3 53.
gxf3 Bg3 54. Rc5 h4 55. Rxf5 h3 56. Rh5 h2 57. Ke4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Be2 d3 8. exf6
dxe2 9. Qxe2+ Be6 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bg5 Qd6 13. Bf6 Nb8 14. Ne5 Nd7
15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Qf3 c6 17. Nd2 Bd8 18. Bd4 Bg5 19. Nb3 Bh6 20. Nc5+ Kc7 21.
Qg3 Bf4 22. Qh4 Rae8 23. O-O Be5 24. Rae1 f6 25. f4 Bxd4+ 26. cxd4 Bf5 27. Rxe8
Rxe8 28. g4 Bg6 29. f5 Bf7 30. Qxh7 Bg8 31. Qg6 Re2 32. Qh6 b6 33. Ne6+ Kb7 34.
Qf4 Qe7 35. Qh6 Qxb4 36. Qxf6 Qb2 37. Qe7+ Ka6 38. Qh4 Bxe6 39. fxe6 Qxd4+ 40.
Rf2 Re1+ 41. Kg2 Qxg7 42. Rf6 Re4 43. h3 Qe7 44. Qh6 d4 45. Rf7 Qc5 46. Rxa7+
Kb5 47. a4+ Kb4 48. Qd2+ Qc3 49. Qf2 d3 50. Rd7 Re2 51. e7 Rxf2+ 52. Kxf2 Qf6+
0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Be7 7. d4 O-O 8.
Bd3 Nd7 9. O-O Nf6 10. Ne3 d5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Bxf5 Re8 13. Re1 c6 14. Rb1 b5
15. g3 Bd6 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. a4 a6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Kg2 g6 20. Bd3 Qd7 21.
Qf3 h5 22. Bg5 Qg4 23. Qxg4 hxg4 24. Re1 Ng7 25. h3 gxh3+ 26. Kxh3 Ne6 27. Bd2
Kg7 28. Kg2 Nf8 29. Rh1 Nd7 30. Bh6+ Kf6 31. Re1 Rh8 32. Bd2 Nb6 33. f4 Ra8 34.
f5 gxf5 35. Rf1 f4 36. gxf4 Nc4 37. Bxc4 bxc4 38. Rb1 Ra2 39. Kf3 Rxc2 40. Be1
Ke6 41. Rb6 Kd7 42. Rb7+ Bc7 43. f5 Kc8 44. Ra7 Rb2 45. Ra8+ Rb8 46. Ra7 Rb7
47. Ra8+ Kd7 48. Rf8 Ke7 49. Rc8 Kd7 50. Rf8 Ke7 51. Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Be2 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. exf6 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qxf6 13. h3 Bf5 14. a4 Rae8
15. Nh2 Na5 16. Bh5 Bg6 17. Ng4 Qf5 18. Bxg6 Qxg6 19. Ba3 Rf4 20. Ne5 Qe6 21.
Re1 c6 22. Qd2 Re4 23. Rxe4 dxe4 24. Qe2 Bc7 25. Ng4 Nc4 26. Bc1 Ba5 27. Qc2 a6
28. Bf4 h5 29. Ne3 Nxe3 30. Bxe3 Qc4 31. Qd1 g6 32. Rc1 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34.
Qc2 Bc7 35. Ra1 Bd6 36. Qa2 Qxa2 37. Rxa2 Rc8 38. Ra6 Bf8 39. d5 cxd5 40. Rxg6+
Kf7 41. Rg5 Ke6 42. Rg6+ Kf7 43. Rg5 Ke6 44. Rg6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. O-O b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Rac1 Bd6
15. Ba6 Ne5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Nb5 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Be5 20. Bc3
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Kf8 23. Rd4 Ke7 24. Rc4 Kd7 25. Rd4+ Ke7 26. Rc4
Kd7 27. Kf1 a6 28. Rd4+ Ke7 29. a4 Rc8 30. Rb4 Rc6 31. Ke2 Nd7 32. f4 Rc5 33.
Kf3 Rh5 34. Kg2 Rc5 35. Rd4 h6 36. h4 Rh5 37. Kg3 Rc5 38. Rb4 Rc6 39. Ne2 Rc5
40. Nc3 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
a5 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb4 13. Re2 c6 14. Bd3 a4 15. a3
Ba5 16. Qxa4 Bg4 17. Qd1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ng6 19. Ng3 Bb6 20. Be3 c5 21. d5 Nd7
22. f4 Qh4 23. Qd2 Qg4 24. f3 Qxf3 25. Rf1 Qg4 26. Kh1 Rac8 27. Nf5 Nh4 28.
Nxd6 Qh3 29. Ref2 Nf6 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. Qe2 Ng4 32. Rf3 Nxf3 33. Rxf3 Qh4 34.
Bc4 Ba7 35. a4 Nf6 36. e5 Ne4 37. Bg1 f5 38. d6+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4
a5 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. Bb5 Bd6 12. Ne4 Na7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Ng3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 c6 16. Bc4 Nxc4 17. dxc4 Nc8 18. Nf5 Ne7 19. Bg5 f6 20. Rad1 Nxf5 21. Qxf5
Qe7 22. Be3 Rad8 23. Rd2 g6 24. Qc2 Bc5 25. b3 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Rd8
28. Rd3 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Kf7 30. Qe3 Qa3 31. Qb6 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Ke6 33. Qxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. c3 Be6 8. Bxe6
fxe6 9. b4 Bb6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. Nf1 a5 13. b5 a4 14. Ng3 Qd7 15.
Rb1 Ra5 16. Bd2 Rxb5 17. d4 Rxb1 18. Qxb1 exd4 19. cxd4 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21.
Nxe5 dxe5 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 b5 24. Rd3 Qc6 25. Qb2 Re8 26. Rc3 Qd7 27. Qc2
Rc8 28. Rc5 c6 29. Rxe5 Rd8 30. Kh2 Rc8 31. Nf5 Qc7 32. f4 Re8 33. Rxe8+ Nxe8
34. e5 Qd7 35. Qxc6 Qxc6 36. Ne7+ Kf7 37. Nxc6 Nc7 38. Nb4 Ke6 39. g4 Nd5 40.
Nd3 Nc3 41. f5+ Kd5 42. e6 Kd6 43. Nb4 h5 44. Kg3 Ne2+ 45. Kf3 Ng1+ 46. Kg3
Ne2+ 47. Kh4 Nf4 48. gxh5 Ke7 49. Kg4 Ng2 50. Kg5 Ne3 51. Kg6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O h6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
dxe4 9. dxe4 a5 10. a4 b6 11. c3 Ba6 12. Bf1 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Nd7 14. Nc4 Bc5 15.
Kg2 Re8 16. Bd2 Qe7 17. Qe2 Qe6 18. Rab1 Be7 19. Be3 Bc5 20. Red1 Red8 21. Rd5
Bxe3 22. Nxe3 Nf6 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qc2 g6 25. h3 Ne7 26. b3 Qc6 27. Ng4 Nxg4
28. hxg4 f6 29. Re1 Qd7 30. b4 Qxg4 31. Qb3+ Kf8 32. bxa5 bxa5 33. Qb5 g5 34.
Qxa5 Ng6 35. Nh2 Qd7 36. Qc5+ Qd6 37. Qc4 h5 38. a5 h4 39. Ng4 hxg3 40. fxg3
Kg7 41. Ne3 Ne7 42. Rd1 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. b4 Bb6 11. Nc4 Ng4 12. Rf1 Nf6 13. a4 a6 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15.
Re1 Qd7 16. Bd2 b5 17. c4 bxa4 18. Qxa4 Qf7 19. h3 Nh5 20. Be3 Qg6 21. Nh4 Qf6
22. Nf3 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. e5 Qg6 25. Kh2 Nf4 26. Rg1 dxe5 27. Nxe5 Qh5 28.
Ng4 Nxd3 29. Qd7 Nxf2 30. Nxf2 Qe5+ 31. Kh1 Rxf2 32. Rae1 Re2 33. Rxe2 Qxe2 34.
Qxd4 Rf8 35. c5 Rf7 36. Qd6 Kh7 37. c6 bxc6 38. Qxc6 Rf4 39. Ra1 Rxb4 40. Qc3
Rf4 41. Kh2 Rf2 42. Qg3 Rxg2+ 43. Qxg2 Qe5+ 44. Qg3 Qxa1 45. Qd3+ Kg8 46. Qd8+
Kf7 47. Qd7+ Kf6 48. Qd8+ Kf5 49. Qd3+ Ke5 50. Qe3+ Kd5 51. Qf3+ Kd6 52. Qd3+
Ke7 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Be6 9. Bxd5 Qxd5 10. c4 Qd7 11. Ba3 O-O-O 12. Rb1 e4 13. Nf4 Bf5 14. Nd5
Rhe8 15. Qd2 f6 16. Qc3 b6 17. Rfe1 exd3 18. cxd3 Be6 19. Nf4 Bf7 20. Bb2 Rxe1+
21. Rxe1 Ne5 22. Qa3 Kb7 23. h3 g5 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Qxd5 27.
Qe7 h6 28. Qg7 Rd6 29. Rc1 Rc6 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. Qxe5 a5 32. g3 b5 33. f4 gxf4
34. gxf4 Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Qd2+ 36. Kg3 Qxd3+ 37. Kh4 a4 38. f5 b4 39. f6 Qc4+ 40.
Kh5 b3 41. axb3 axb3 42. Kg6 Qg8+ 43. Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
a5 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Ng3 Ng6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb4 13. Re2 d5 14. exd5 Bg4 15.
Qb3 Bd6 16. h3 a4 17. Qc3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qd6 20. g4 c6 21. g5 hxg5
22. Bxg5 Nxd5 23. Rf1 Qb4 24. Qd3 Rae8 25. a3 Qd6 26. Ref2 Qe6 27. Qc2 Qe4 28.
Qxa4 b5 29. Bxd5 Qxd5 30. Qa7 Qxg5 31. Rxf7 Qe3+ 32. Kh2 Re7 33. Rxf8+ Nxf8 34.
Qa8 Rf7 35. Rxf7 Kxf7 36. Qb7+ Kg8 37. Qxc6 Qf4+ 38. Kh1 Qf1+ 39. Kh2 Qf4+ 40.
Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Ba6 11. Qa4 Bb5 12. Qc2 Qxd4 13. Bb2 Qc5 14.
Rfd1 Rfd8 15. a4 Ba6 16. Qc3 h6 17. Ba3 Qf5 18. Bxc6 Rab8 19. f3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1
Rb1 21. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 22. Kg2 Qxa2 23. Bb2 Qb3 24. Qxb3 cxb3 25. e4 Bc8 26. Bb5
Bd7 27. Kf2 Bxb5 28. axb5 Ne8 29. e5 f6 30. f4 Kf7 31. Ke3 fxe5 32. fxe5 Ke7
33. Kd4 Kd7 34. Kc5 g5 35. g4 Ng7 36. h3 Ne8 37. Bd4 Ng7 38. Bb2 Ne8 39. Bd4
Ng7 40. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
a5 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. d4 Bb6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. h3 c6 14. Bc2 Bc7 15. Be3
Qe7 16. Qd2 Qf8 17. Rad1 Be6 18. b3 Rad8 19. c4 d5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Bxg6 fxg6
22. dxe5 dxc4 23. Qc1 Nd5 24. bxc4 Nxe3 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxe3 Qc5 27. Ne4 Qxc4
28. Qxc4 Bxc4 29. Rc3 b5 30. Ned2 Bxe5 31. Nxe5 Rxd2 32. Nxc4 bxc4 33. Rxc4
Rxa2 34. Rc8+ Kf7 35. Rc7+ Kg8 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Ra8 g5 38. g4 a4 39. Kg2 Ra1
40. Ra6 a3 41. Kh2 Kg8 42. Ra7 a2 43. Kg2 Kf8 44. Ra8+ Ke7 45. Ra7+ Kd6 46.
Ra6+ Kc5 47. Ra5+ Kc4 48. Ra8 Kc3 49. Ra7 g6 50. Ra8 h5 51. Ra7 Kd3 52. Ra8 Ke4
53. Ra7 Ke5 54. Ra8 Kd4 55. Ra7 Kc3 56. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 c5 8.
Rc1 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Ne2 Bg4 12. Qd2 Bxe2 13. Bxe2 Nxe2 14. Qxe2
Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qa4 16. O-O O-O 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Rc2 e6 19. Rd1 Rac8 20. d6 Rxc2
21. Qxc2 Rc8 22. Qxc8+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. Bb5 Qb8 10. Nf1 Qa7 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Ne7 13. Ba4 h6 14. Qc2 c6 15.
d4 Ng6 16. Rad1 Bxa2 17. b3 b5 18. Qxa2 bxa4 19. Qxa4 Nxe4 20. Qxc6 Nf6 21.
Qxd6 Rfd8 22. Qa3 Ne4 23. Qb2 a4 24. Qc2 Qb7 25. bxa4 Rdc8 26. c4 exd4 27. Nxd4
Nc5 28. Ndf5 Qb3 29. Qxb3 Nxb3 30. Nd5 Rcb8 31. h4 Rxa4 32. h5 Nf8 33. Nde7+
Kh7 34. Nd6 Nc5 35. Rd5 Nfe6 36. Nc6 Rb2 37. Nxf7 Rxc4 38. Nce5 Rf4 39. f3 Rf6
40. Nd8 Rxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Nf4+ 42. Kg3 Nxd5 43. Ng6 Rxg6+ 44. hxg6+ Kxg6 45. Re5
1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 c5 8.
Rc1 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 e5 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bxd4
Qa5+ 15. Ke2 Re8 16. Kf3 Bg4+ 17. Kxg4 Rxe4+ 18. Kh3 Rxd4 19. Qb3 Qd2 20. Qe3
Qxa2 21. Qf3 g5 22. g4 h5 23. Rg1 Rf4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. c3 g5
9. Ne1 c5 10. Nc2 Nc6 11. Nb3 c4 12. Nd2 Bg6 13. Bh5 Bd3 14. Re1 Bg7 15. b3 b5
16. bxc4 bxc4 17. Ba3 Bf8 18. Qf3 Rh7 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Ne3 Rc8 21. Nxd5 exd5
22. e6 Nf6 23. exf7 Rxf7 24. Bxf7 Kxf7 25. Re3 Qd7 26. Rae1 Kg7 27. h4 Qf5 28.
hxg5 hxg5 29. Qg3 Qf4 30. Qxf4 gxf4 31. Rf3 Nh5 32. Rh3 Bg6 33. Rh4 Re8 34.
Rxe8 Bxe8 35. Nf3 Nf6 36. Nd2 Nh5 37. Nf3 Kf6 38. Kf1 Kf5 39. Ke2 Bg6 40. Rh1
Kf6 41. Rh4 Bd3+ 42. Kd2 Kg6 43. Ne5+ Nxe5 44. dxe5 Kg5 45. Rh1 Ng7 46. Rh8 Kf5
47. Ra8 Kxe5 48. Rxa7 Ne6 49. Re7 Kd6 50. Rf7 Ng5 51. Rxf4 Ne4+ 52. Rxe4 Bxe4
53. f3 Bf5 54. a4 Kc5 55. Ke3 d4+ 56. cxd4+ Kb4 57. Kd2 c3+ 58. Kc1 Kxa4 59. d5
Kb5 60. g4 Bd3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 c5 8.
Rc1 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 e5 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Ne2 Re8 14. O-O Bd7
15. f3 Qb6 16. Rb1 Qc5 17. Bd3 b5 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bd2 a5 20. Qc1 Qb6 21. Bxb5
Bxb5 22. a4 d3+ 23. Kh1 Rec8 24. Qe1 Qd4 25. axb5 a4 26. b6 Rab8 27. Be3 Qc4
28. b7 Rc7 29. Rc1 Bc3 30. Bd2 Bxd2 31. Qxd2 Qxc1 32. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 33. Qxc1 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. Bb5 Qb8 10. Nf1 Qa7 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Ne7 13. Ba4 h6 14. Qc2 Ng4 15.
d4 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Ng6 17. Bb3 Bxb3 18. axb3 Qb6 19. g3 Rfe8 20. h4 Nf8 21. Rd3
exd4 22. Rxd4 Ne6 23. Rd5 Nc5 24. Nd2 Qc6 25. Rd4 b6 26. Re1 Ne6 27. Rd3 Re7
28. Rde3 Rae8 29. Nf3 Qa8 30. Nd4 Nxd4 31. cxd4 c5 32. d5 b5 33. Qd3 Qb7 34.
Ra1 Qb6 35. Qe2 Rc8 36. Qe1 a4 37. bxa4 bxa4 38. Rxa4 Qxb2 39. Ra6 c4 40. Rxd6
c3 41. Rc6 Rxc6 42. dxc6 c2 43. Rc3 Qb1 44. Qf1 Qb2 45. Qe1 Qb1 46. Qf1 Qb2 47.
Qe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 c5 8.
Rc1 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 e5 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Ne2 Re8 14. O-O Bd7
15. f3 b5 16. Bd3 Qb6 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bf2 Rac8 19. f4 Qd6 20. Qd2 Rc3 21. e5
Qxd5 22. Rfd1 Rec8 23. Bf1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Bf8 26. h4 h5 27. Qd2
Bc5 28. Be2 Bf5 29. Bxb5 d3 30. a4 Bxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Qd4+ 32. Qe3 Qb2+ 33. Kg3 d2
34. Be2 Qc1 35. Qf3 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qxh4+ 37. Kg1 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Bg4 39. Qa8+ Kg7
40. Qd8 Qxe2 41. Qf6+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. Bb5 Qb8 10. Nf1 Qa7 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Ne7 13. Ba4 h6 14. Qc2 Ng4 15.
Bb3 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Bxb3 17. axb3 Qb6 18. d4 Ng6 19. g3 Rfe8 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21.
Nd2 Re7 22. Kg2 Rae8 23. h3 Qc5 24. Ra4 Nc6 25. Nf3 b5 26. Ra1 d5 27. Rae1 d4
28. R3e2 dxc3 29. Qxc3 Qxc3 30. bxc3 a4 31. bxa4 bxa4 32. Nd4 Ne5 33. Ra1 c5
34. Nf3 Ra7 35. Rea2 Nxf3 36. Kxf3 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 c5 8.
Rc1 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 e5 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Ne2 Re8 14. O-O Bd7
15. f3 b5 16. Bd3 Qb6 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bd2 b4 19. f4 Bb5 20. Qe2 Rad8 21. Qf3
a5 22. f5 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Rc8 24. Kh1 Be5 25. h4 a4 26. Rb1 Rc3 27. Bxc3 dxc3 28.
fxg6 hxg6 29. d6 Qxd6 30. Qc4 Qe7 31. Rf3 Qxh4+ 32. Kg1 Bh2+ 33. Kf1 Bf4 34.
Rxb4 Rd8 35. Qxc3 Bd2 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Re1 h6
9. h3 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Qe8 13. Ra2 Nh5 14. Nf1 Qf7 15. Be3
Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Ne7 17. g3 a5 18. b5 Nf6 19. N1h2 Rad8 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 e5
22. Rc2 Ng6 23. d5 Rc8 24. Qc1 Qd7 25. Kg2 Rf7 26. Nd2 Rcf8 27. Rf3 Qd8 28. Ng4
Nxg4 29. hxg4 Qg5 30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Qd1 h5 32. Nf1 h4 33. Qe2 hxg3 34. fxg3 Nf8
35. Nh2 b6 36. Qd2 Qg6 37. Qe3 Nh7 38. Re2 Ng5 39. Re1 Nh7 40. Qe2 Nf6 41. Kg1
Nd7 42. Kg2 Nc5 43. Qc2 Kf8 44. Re2 Ke8 45. Qd1 Kd7 46. Qc2 Rf8 47. Qd1 Rf6 48.
Qc2 Kc8 49. Qc4 Qh7 50. Qc2 Rh6 51. Nf3 Qg6 52. g5 Rh8 53. Kf2 Qh5 54. Ke3 Rf8
0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 c5 8.
Rc1 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Be3 e5 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Ne2 Qh4 14. Ng3 f5
15. exf5 gxf5 16. Qh5 Qf6 17. Bg5 Qg6 18. O-O b5 19. Bb3 f4 20. Qxg6 hxg6 21.
Ne4 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Bf5 24. Nd6 Bf6 25. h4 Rad8 26. Rc6 Bxg5 27.
hxg5 e4 28. Kg1 e3 29. Nxf5 Rxf5 30. Rxg6+ Kf7 31. Re6 Rxg5 32. Re4 exf2+ 33.
Kxf2 Rd6 34. a4 a6 35. axb5 axb5 36. Rb4 Rb6 37. Kf3 Ke7 38. Bc4 Rbg6 39. Bf1
Rxd5 40. Rxb5 Rd4 41. Re5+ Kf6 42. Re4 Rxe4 43. Kxe4 Kg5 44. Kf3 Re6 45. Be2
Re3+ 46. Kf2 Ra3 47. Bb5 Rc3 48. Bd7 Kf6 49. Bg4 Ke5 50. Bh5 Kd4 51. Bf7 Ra3
52. Bg6 Ke5 53. Bf7 Kf5 54. Be8 Rc3 55. Bh5 Kg5 56. Be8 Rd3 57. Bb5 Rd5 58. Bc6
Rd2+ 59. Kf3 Rd3+ 60. Ke2 Rd6 61. Bf3 Kh4 62. Kf2 Rd2+ 63. Be2 Kg5 64. Kf3 Rc2
65. Bb5 Rc3+ 66. Kf2 Kf5 67. Be8 Re3 68. Bd7+ Kg5 69. Bc8 Rd3 70. Be6 Rd2+ 71.
Kf3 Rd6 72. Bc8 Rd3+ 73. Kf2 Kf6 74. Bg4 Ke5 75. Bh5 Rd2+ 76. Kf3 Ra2 77. Bf7
Ra3+ 78. Kf2 Ra7 79. Bh5 Kf5 80. Be8 Ra2+ 81. Kf3 Ra3+ 82. Kf2 Rc3 83. Bh5 Rc2+
84. Kf3 Kg5 85. Be8 Rd2 86. Bb5 Rd5 87. Bc4 Re5 88. Ba6 Re3+ 89. Kf2 Rc3 90.
Bb5 Kf5 91. Be8 Kg4 92. Bd7+ Kg5 93. Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. Bb5 Qb8 10. a4 Qa7 11. Re2 Ne7 12. Nf1 Bg4 13. Rc2 c6 14. Bc4 d5 15. Ba2
dxe4 16. dxe4 Nxe4 17. Qe2 Nxf2 18. Be3 Ne4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bd6 9. Ng5 h6 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Ne4 f5 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Qg6+
Kh8 15. Qxh6+ Kg8 16. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15.
Bd3 Nd2 16. Nxd2 Bxd3 17. Rfd1 Bg6 18. Na4 Nf5 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Qc3 f6 21. Bf4
Ra4 22. Nf3 Rc4 23. Qd2 fxe5 24. Bxe5 Nd6 25. Rdc1 Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Ne4 27. Qe3
Bh5 28. Nd2 Nxf2 29. Qg3 Bg6 30. Rf1 Nd3 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. Nf3 Nxb2 33. Bd6
Qe8 34. Ne5 Nc4 35. Nxc4 dxc4 36. Be5 Qf7 37. a3 b5 38. Kh2 h6 39. d5 cxd5 40.
Bd4 Be4 41. Qe5 Qg6 42. g4 Qf7 43. Kg1 Kh7 44. g5 h5 45. h4 Qd7 46. Kf2 Qf7+
47. Ke1 Bd3 48. Kd2 Be4 49. Ke1 Qd7 50. Kd2 Kg6 51. Ke1 Kh7 52. Kd2 Qf7 53. Ke1
Qg6 54. Kd2 Bb1 55. Ke1 Be4 56. Kd2 Bh1 57. Kc1 Bf3 58. Kb2 Bd1 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bd6 9. Ng5 h6 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Ne4 f5 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. Re1 Qf6 14. Bf4 d5
15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Re3 Bd7 17. Rae1 Be8 18. Qh3 Bf7 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. Bg5 Qg6 21.
Be7 Nxe7 22. Rxg6 Nxg6 23. Qe3 Rac8 24. Rc1 Rc7 25. c4 dxc4 26. Rxc4 Rd7 27. h3
Rfd8 28. Ra4 a6 29. Bc2 Ne7 30. Bb3 Rd6 31. Rc4 Nc6 32. d5 exd5 33. Rf4 d4 34.
Qd3 Bxb3 35. axb3 Rd5 36. g4 Ne5 37. Qd2 fxg4 38. hxg4 d3 39. Kg2 Kg8 40. Re4
Ng6 41. Kg3 Re5 42. Rxe5 Nxe5 43. f4 Nc6 44. Kf2 a5 45. Ke1 Re8+ 46. Kd1 Re4
47. g5 hxg5 48. fxg5 Kf7 49. Qg2 Rd4 50. g6+ Kf6 51. Kd2 Rd8 52. Qg3 Rd4 53.
Qg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Na3 g4 12. Bh4 gxf3 13. Qxf3 Kg7 14. Nc2 Be6 15. Ne3
Nb8 16. Kh1 Nbd7 17. Nf5+ Kh7 18. g4 Rg8 19. Nxh6 Bxc4 20. dxc4 Kxh6 21. g5+
Rxg5 22. Bxg5+ Kxg5 23. Rg1+ Kh6 24. Rg3 Nf8 25. Rag1 Ng6 26. Qf5 Kg7 27. Rxg6+
fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Ke8 30. Rg7 Qe7 31. b4 Bxf2 32. Kg2 Be1 33. Rxe7+
Kxe7 34. Qg7+ Ke6 35. Qxc7 Bxc3 36. Qxb7 Rg8+ 37. Kf1 Bd4 38. c5 Rg1+ 39. Ke2
dxc5 40. Qxa6+ Ke7 41. bxc5 Bxc5 42. Qb7+ Nd7 43. a5 Rg2+ 44. Kd3 Rxh2 45. Qd5
Bd4 46. Qg8 Rh3+ 47. Kc4 Rc3+ 48. Kb4 Nf6 49. Qg7+ Ke6 50. a6 Rc1 51. Qf8 Rb1+
52. Ka4 Nd7 53. Qg8+ Kd6 54. Ka3 Nc5 55. Qd8+ Ke6 56. Qg8+ Kd7 57. Qf7+ Kc6 58.
a7 Ra1+ 59. Kb4 Ra4# 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5
15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re5 Qd6 20. Bc4 Bd7
21. Rae1 Rae8 22. Qc3 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Re8 24. Bb3 Rxe5 25. dxe5 Qe7 26. f4 Be6
27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28. Qd4 h6 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. a4 g5 10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Na3 Ne7 12. Nc2 Ng6 13. Kh1 Be6 14. Nd2 Qd7 15. Ne3
c6 16. Qf3 Kg7 17. Rfe1 b5 18. Ba2 Rae8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qd1 Bb6 21. f3 Nf4
22. Qb1 Ra8 23. Ndf1 Ra7 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Bf2 Rxa1 26. Qxa1 Nxd3 27. Re2 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5
15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re5 Qd6 20. Bc4 Bd7
21. Rae1 Rae8 22. Qc3 Rxe5 23. dxe5 Qe7 24. Rd1 Be6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. a3 h6 27.
h3 Qf5 28. Qe3 b6 29. f4 Re8 30. g4 Qc2 31. Rd2 Qc4 32. Qd4 Qxd4+ 33. Rxd4 g5
34. Rd6 gxf4 35. Rxh6 Rxe5 36. Rxc6 Re2 37. Rc7 a5 38. b4 Re3 39. bxa5 bxa5 40.
a4 Re4 41. Kf2 Rxa4 42. h4 Ra3 43. Rc4 f3 44. Rc5 Kg7 45. Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nh5 8.
Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Bd6 10. g3 O-O 11. Nh4 g6 12. Be2 Ng7 13. O-O e5 14. dxe5 fxe5
15. Nb3 Be7 16. Bc5 Bh3 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Ng2 Qb6 19. Bg4 Bxg4 20. Qxg4 e4 21.
Rad1 Ngf5 22. Qe2 a5 23. Nd4 Rf6 24. Nxf5 Rxf5 25. Ne3 Re5 26. Rd4 Rf8 27. Rfd1
Qe6 28. c4 dxc4 29. Nxc4 Rd5 30. a3 Rfd8 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Re1 Rd4 33. Nd2 e3
34. fxe3 Rd8 35. Qc4 Qxc4 36. Nxc4 Nc6 37. Re2 b5 38. Nd2 Ne5 39. Nb3 Rd1+ 40.
Kg2 Nc4 41. Kf3 Rb1 42. Nd4 Nxb2 43. Nxb5 Nc4 44. a4 Rb4 45. Nc3 Ne5+ 46. Kg2
Rc4 47. Nd5 Rxa4 48. Rb2 Kf7 49. Rb7+ Ke6 50. Nf4+ Kf5 51. Rxh7 Ra2+ 52. Kh3 g5
53. g4+ Ke4 54. Ne6 Nf3 55. Kg3 Kxe3 56. Re7 Nxh2 57. Nxg5+ Kd3 58. Rd7+ Ke3
59. Re7+ Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. d5 Bc5 11. Nd2 d6 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. h3 Re8
15. a4 a6 16. a5 Ba7 17. c4 Bf5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Nd4 Bg6 20. Ra3 c6 21. dxc6
bxc6 22. Be3 d5 23. Nf3 Bb8 24. Bb6 Be4 25. Re3 Qd7 26. Nd2 Bg6 27. Nb3 Ne4 28.
cxd5 cxd5 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. Bxc5 Bh2+ 31. Kh1 Bf4 32. Re1 h6 33. b4 d4 34. Bd3
Rd8 35. Bxg6 fxg6 36. Qd3 Qf5 37. Rd1 Qxd3 38. Rxd3 Be5 39. f4 Bf6 40. g4 Kf7
41. f5 gxf5 42. gxf5 Rd5 43. Kg2 Rxf5 44. Rd2 Rd5 45. Kf3 Ke6 46. Re2+ Kd7 47.
Ra2 Kc6 48. Ke4 d3 49. Rd2 Bg5 50. Rxd3 Rxd3 51. Kxd3 Kb5 52. Bf8 g6 53. Ke4 h5
54. Ke5 Bd2 55. Kf6 Bxb4 56. Bh6 Bxa5 57. Kxg6 Bc3 58. Kxh5 a5 59. Kg4 a4 60.
Bc1 Kc4 61. h4 Kb3 62. h5 Kc2 63. Ba3 Kb3 64. Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. Nbd2 Ba7 10. Kh1 g5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Kg7 13. f4 Rh8 14. d4 exd4 15.
e5 Ng4 16. h3 Qg8 17. Ne4 Ne3 18. Qf3 Nxc4 19. Nf6 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Qc8 21. Kh2
Nd2 22. Qg2 Nxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Kf8 24. f5 Nxe5 25. Nd5 Qd7 26. Be7+ Qxe7 27. Nxe7
Kxe7 28. Qxb7 Kd7 29. Qxa6 dxc3 30. Qb5+ Kc8 31. bxc3 Bb6 32. Qe2 Ra4 33. Qg2
Ng4+ 34. Kh1 Ne3 35. Qc6 Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.01"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Qh5 Be6 8.
d3 Qc5 9. Be3 Qxc2 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Qf3 Qxb2 12. Rfc1 Qa3 13. Rab1 Bd6 14. Nc4
Bxc4 15. dxc4 Be5 16. Rxb7 O-O 17. Rb3 Qa5 18. Bf4 Rfe8 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qg3
Qxg3 21. hxg3 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Rd1 Kf8 24. Rbd3 Ke8 25. f3 Rxc4 26. Re1+
Kf8 27. Rd7 Re8 28. Red1 Rc8 29. Re1 Rc5 30. Ree7 Rf5 31. g4 Rf4 32. Rxc7 Rxc7
33. Rxc7 Rc4 34. Ra7 Ra4 35. Rc7 Rxa2 36. Rxc6 g6 37. Rc7 Kg7 38. g5 Ra5 39.
Ra7 Rxg5 40. Rxa6 h5 41. Kh2 Rb5 42. Ra7 Rb2 43. Rc7 Kf6 44. Ra7 Ke6 45. Kh3 f6
46. Ra6+ Kf5 47. Ra5+ Ke6 48. Ra6+ Kf5 49. Ra5+ Kf4 50. Ra6 Kg5 51. Ra5+ f5 52.
Ra6 Rb1 53. g3 h4 54. f4+ Kh6 55. g4 fxg4+ 56. Kxg4 Rb4 57. Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bb5+ Bc6 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. Bxc6 Nxc6 13. Be3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
O-O 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. c4 Ne5 18. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Rxd7 20. c5
Rdc7 21. cxb6 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 axb6 24. a4 Kf8 25. Be3 Bd8 26. Kf1
Ke7 27. Bf4 Kd7 28. Ke2 Kc6 29. Kd3 Kd5 30. Be5 g6 31. h3 h5 32. Kc3 f6 33. Bb8
f5 34. Be5 Bh4 35. Bc7 Kc6 36. Bg3 Bf6 37. Kc4 g5 38. Be5 Bxe5 39. dxe5 h4 40.
Kd4 g4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. h3 Be6
9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. b4 Ba7 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 Ne7 14. Nbd2 Ng6 15.
Nf1 h6 16. Ng3 Rae8 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 e5 19. Rc1 Kh7 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5
Rf7 22. Qb3 Nf4 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Kh2 Qe6 25. Qxe6 Rxe6 26. Rc5 Ng6 27. Rd3 Ne8
28. Nf5 Nf6 29. Ng3 Ne8 30. Nf5 Nf6 31. Ng3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bxc4 Ne4 10. Ke2 Nxc5 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Bd4 a6 13. b4 Na4 14. Bb3 b5 15.
a3 Nab6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxb6 Rd7 18. Bd4 Bf6 19. a4 bxa4 20. Bxa4 Rd8 21. Nd2
Bb7 22. f3 Rdc8 23. h3 g5 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Bxf6 h6 26. Bb3 Nb6 27. e4 Nd7 28.
Bd4 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rc8 30. Rd1 Bc6 31. Ke3 Kf8 32. h4 Ke7 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Rh1
e5 35. Bb2 Bb5 36. Rh7 Bc4 37. Bxc4 Rxc4 38. Kd3 Rxb4 39. Ba3 Nc5+ 40. Kd2 Rc4
41. Rh6 Kd7 42. Rf6 Ke8 43. Rf5 Nd7 44. Rxg5 f6 45. Rg8+ Kf7 46. Ra8 Rd4+ 47.
Kc3 Ra4 48. Kb3 Ra5 49. Kb4 Rb5+ 50. Kc3 Rb6 51. Rc8 Ke6 52. g3 Kf7 53. f4 exf4
54. gxf4 f5 55. Rc7 Ke8 56. e5 Kd8 57. Ra7 Ke8 58. Kc4 Rc6+ 59. Kd5 Rb6 60. e6
Nf6+ 61. Ke5 Ng4+ 62. Kxf5 Ne3+ 63. Ke5 Nc4+ 64. Kf6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 a5 8. Re1 h6
9. Bb3 Be6 10. Ba4 Ba7 11. d4 Bd7 12. Bc2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Nc3 Nxc2 15.
Qxc2 c5 16. Be3 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Qb6 19. Qd2 a4 20. Re3 Rfe8 21.
Rae1 Rac8 22. Kh2 Rc4 23. Rd3 Qc5 24. a3 Bc6 25. f3 Bd7 26. Nc2 Qe5+ 27. f4 Qc5
28. Rxd6 Bc6 29. e5 Nd5 30. Re4 Rxc3 31. bxc3 Nxc3 32. Re3 Ne4 33. Rxc6 Qxc6
34. Qd4 Qxc2 35. Qxe4 Qxe4 36. Rxe4 b5 37. Rd4 Rc8 38. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bxc4 Ne4 10. Ke2 Nxc5 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Nbd2 Na5 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bd4 b6
15. Bc4 Bd7 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. a3 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 a5 19. Nfe5 Bb5 20. a4 Ba6 21.
Nd3 Be7 22. Rc2 b5 23. axb5 Bxb5 24. Raa2 a4 25. bxa4 Bxa4 26. Rd2 Bb5 27. Rac2
Bf6 28. e4 Rd4 29. e5 Bxc4 30. exf6 Rad8 31. Rc3 gxf6 32. Ke3 f5 33. f4 Re4+
34. Kf3 Red4 35. Ke3 Kf8 36. g3 f6 37. Rd1 Rxd3+ 38. Rdxd3 Rxd3+ 39. Rxd3 Bxd3
40. Kxd3 Ke7 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 h6 8. Re1
Re8 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng3 Qd7 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb4
15. Re2 d5 16. a3 Bf8 17. e5 Nh7 18. b3 a4 19. b4 Na7 20. Qd3 Qf7 21. Nh4 Be7
22. Ng6 Nf8 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. f4 Qg6 25. Qf3 Rf7 26. Rf2 Nb5 27. Bb2 Nd7 28.
f5 exf5 29. Qxd5 c6 30. Qa2 Qxg3 31. e6 Re7 32. exd7+ Kh7 33. d5 Rd8 34. dxc6
bxc6 35. Qb1 Nd6 36. Qc2 Rexd7 37. Raf1 Qb3 38. Qxc6 Ne4 39. Rxf5 Qe3+ 40. Kh2
Rd2 41. R5f3 Qe2 42. Rg3 Nxg3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8.
Nc4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 O-O 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14.
Bxf4 Rad8 15. Rfe1 Rd7 16. Bg3 d5 17. f3 f6 18. Re2 Kf7 19. Rae1 g5 20. e5 fxe5
21. Rxe5 h6 22. f4 Ng6 23. Rf5+ Kg7 24. Rxf8 Kxf8 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. Kg2 Rf7 27.
Bd6+ Kg7 28. Kg3 Nh4 29. Kg4 Kg6 30. Re6+ Rf6 31. Rxf6+ Kxf6 32. Bc7 Kg6 33.
Bd8 Ng2 34. Bxg5 Ne1 35. h4 Nxc2 36. h5+ Kh7 37. Bd2 Nd4 38. Kf4 Ne6+ 39. Kf5
Nc5 40. d4 Ne4 41. Bf4 Nf2 42. b3 Ne4 43. Ke6 Nc3 44. a4 a5 45. Kd7 b5 46. b4
bxa4 47. bxa5 a3 48. Bc1 a2 49. Bb2 Na4 50. Ba1 c5 51. a6 cxd4 52. a7 d3 53.
Kc6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 Re8 8. h3
h6 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng3 d5 13. Qc2 a4 14. Be3 Bxe3 15.
Rxe3 d4 16. Ree1 a3 17. b4 dxc3 18. Qxc3 Qd6 19. b5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Qc4
Nd7 22. Rac1 Ne5 23. Qb3 Kh8 24. f4 Ng6 25. e5 Qd7 26. Re4 Ra5 27. Rc5 b6 28.
Rc6 Ne7 29. Qxe6 Qd5 30. Nf5 Rxb5 31. Nxe7 Rxe7 32. Qxe7 Qxc6 33. e6 Kh7 34.
Qf8 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5
15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re5 Qd6 20. Bc4 Bd7
21. Rae1 Rae8 22. Qc3 Rxe5 23. dxe5 Qe7 24. Rd1 Be6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. a3 f6 27.
exf6 Qxf6 28. Qb3+ Kh8 29. f3 b6 30. Rd7 Rd8 31. Qf7 Qxf7 32. Rxd8+ Qg8 33.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Ke3 Ke6 36. Ke4 g6 37. f4 h5 38. g3 a5 39. h3 a4 40.
g4 hxg4 41. hxg4 Kf6 42. Kd4 Ke6 43. Kc4 Kd6 44. Kd4 Ke6 45. Ke4 Kf6 46. f5
gxf5+ 47. gxf5 c5 48. Kd5 Kxf5 49. Kc6 Ke5 50. Kxb6 Kd4 51. Kb5 c4 52. Kxa4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.02"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 a6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nc4 Ba7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Ne7 15.
Nf1 Ng6 16. Ng3 a5 17. Qb3 Qe7 18. b5 Nd7 19. d4 Kh7 20. Re3 Qf7 21. Rd1 exd4
22. cxd4 e5 23. Qc2 Rac8 24. Rc3 Nb6 25. Rc1 Qf6 26. dxe5 Nxe5 27. Nd4 Kh8 28.
Ndf5 g6 29. Ne3 Rf7 30. h3 h5 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. exd5 Qf4 33. Ne4 Re8 34. b6 Nd7
35. bxc7 Nb6 36. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. c4 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Na3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bf6 13. Qd2 Bc6 14. Nc4 Bxb2
15. Qxb2 b5 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. e4 Nb6 20. bxa4 Rad8 21.
a5 Na4 22. Qb3 Nc5 23. Qb4 Qc7 24. Qc3 Na6 25. Qxc7 Nxc7 26. Rdc1 Nb5 27. a6
Ba8 28. f3 Nd4 29. Rc7 f6 30. Nc4 Rf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Kf2 e5 33. Rc1 Bc6 34.
Ne3 Rb8 35. Nc4 Ke7 36. Bf1 Rb4 37. Na5 Kd6 38. Bd3 Rb2+ 39. Ke3 Rxh2 40. Nc4+
Kc7 41. f4 Nb3 42. Rc3 exf4+ 43. Kxf4 Nc5 44. Na5 Nxd3+ 45. Rxd3 Rf2+ 46. Ke3
Ra2 47. Nb3 Ra3 48. Kd4 Bb5 49. Rc3+ Kd6 50. g4 Bxa6 51. g5 Ra4+ 52. Ke3 Bc4
53. Nd2 Be6 54. gxf6 gxf6 55. Kf4 a5 56. Rd3+ Ke7 57. Rc3 h5 58. Rc5 h4 59. Rh5
h3 60. Rh7+ Kf8 61. Nf3 Rb4 62. Ra7 a4 63. Ke3 Bg4 64. Nh2 Bh5 65. Kf4 Bg6 66.
Kg3 Rb3+ 67. Kf4 a3 68. Ng4 Bh5 69. Nh2 Ke8 70. Ra5 Bd1 71. e5 fxe5+ 72. Rxe5+
Kf7 73. Ra5 Rb2 74. Nf1 a2 75. Kg3 Bb3 76. Ra3 Be6 77. Ra7+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. a3 Ba5 7. c5 d5 8. cxd6
Qxd6 9. b4 Bc7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Ng3 e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Be2 a5 14. O-O axb4 15.
axb4 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Qxb4 17. f4 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Qe7 19. e4 Re8 20. Bf3 Na6 21. e5
Nd5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. f5 Nb4 24. f6 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 d4 26. Bxd4 Qc4 27. fxg7 Nc2
28. Qc1 Qxd4 29. Qxc2 Qxe5 30. Qc4 Be6 31. Qh4 Ra8 32. Nh5 h6 33. h3 b5 34. Re1
Qg5 35. Nf6+ Kxg7 36. Qe4 Ra4 37. Ne8+ Kf8 38. Qc6 Rc4 39. Qd6+ Kxe8 40. Ra1
Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Nd7 5. Bg2 Ngf6 6. d3 Bd6 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4
Bg6 9. Nh4 c6 10. e3 a5 11. a3 e5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. O-O Qc7 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. c4
Rfe8 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Rc1 Qd8 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. Nc4 Bc5 20. Qg3 N5b6 21. Nxb6
Bxb6 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. d4 exd4 24. Bxd4 Qxa3 25. Bxb6 Nxb6 26. Qc7 Rxd1+ 27.
Rxd1 Qxb3 28. Rd8 Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. c4 d4 7. O-O Be7 8. e3 e5
9. exd4 exd4 10. Re1 O-O 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 Bd6 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Qc2 Re8 15.
Na3 Qd7 16. d3 a6 17. Qd2 Rab8 18. Nc2 b6 19. b4 h5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Re1
Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Qa4 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Bc1 Nd7 25. f4 Nf6 26. Qc2 Qe8 27. Qd2 h4
28. Bf1 hxg3 29. hxg3 Bd7 30. Qe2 Qc8 31. Bg2 Bg4 32. Nf3 Qb8 33. Qb2 Qe8 34.
Qf2 Bf5 35. Bf1 Ng4 36. Qe1 Ne3 37. Kf2 Ng4+ 38. Kg1 Ne3 39. Kf2 Ng4+ 40. Kg1
Ne3 41. Nh4 Qe6 42. Bxe3 dxe3 43. Nxf5 Qxf5 44. Qxe3 Qe6 45. Qf3 Bf8 46. Bg2
Qf6 47. Qe2 g6 48. Kh2 Qe7 49. Qb2 Bg7 50. Qb6 Bd4 51. Be4 Qf6 52. Qb7 Kg7 53.
Bd5 Qf5 54. Kg2 Qf6 55. Kf3 g5 56. Qd7 gxf4 57. gxf4 Qg6 58. Be4 Qh5+ 59. Kg3
Qe2 60. Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 d4 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. O-O g6 14. Be4
dxe3 15. Bxe3 Nd4 16. Qc4 Bxd2 17. Bxd4 Re8 18. Rad1 Bf4 19. Bd5 Qc7 20. Qxc7
Bxc7 21. Rfe1 Bg4 22. f3 Be6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Bc3 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Kf1
Bc7 27. h3 Kf7 28. Re4 Rd8 29. Rc4 Rd7 30. Ke2 a6 31. a4 e5 32. Re4 Rd5 33. Rc4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d4 Nc6 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. c4 dxc4 10. Qc1 Bd7 11. Qxc4 Be7 12. e4 Rc8 13. Qe2 Qa5 14. Rd1 Rfd8
15. Nbd2 b5 16. a3 Be8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ne4 b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Rd3 Qb5 21. Bf1
Qb6 22. Ba3 Ncb4 23. Rd2 a6 24. Qd1 Bb5 25. Bxb5 Qxb5 26. Bb2 Qb6 27. Qe2 h6
28. Nd4 Ra8 29. Qg4 Kh8 30. Rad1 Rac8 31. Qf3 Kg8 32. Qg4 Kh8 33. h4 Qb7 34.
Nf3 Rc2 35. Nd6 Bxd6 36. Rxc2 Nxc2 37. exd6 Rg8 38. Ne5 Nde3 39. fxe3 Nxe3 40.
Qe2 Nxd1 41. Qxd1 Rd8 42. d7 Kg8 43. Qh5 Rxd7 44. Nxd7 Qxd7 45. Qg4 f5 46. Qd4
Qb7 47. b4 Kh7 48. h5 Qc7 49. Qe5 Qd7 50. Bd4 Kg8 51. Kf2 Kh7 52. Ke3 Kg8 53.
Bc3 Kh7 54. Qd4 Qf7 55. Kd3 Qb7 56. Kc2 Kg8 57. Qe5 Qd7 58. Kb3 Kh7 59. Qd4 Qb7
60. Ka3 Kg8 61. Qd6 Kf7 62. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3
e6 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. g4 Nfd7 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Nb3 N8d7 14. Na5 Rb8 15.
Bd4 Ba8 16. h4 Qc7 17. g5 b4 18. Nb1 e5 19. Bxb6 Rxb6 20. Nc4 Rc6 21. Ne3 Rc5
22. Bxa6 d5 23. exd5 Bd6 24. Qe2 O-O 25. Nd2 Ra5 26. Bc4 Nc5 27. Ne4 b3 28.
Bxb3 Nxb3+ 29. axb3 Ra1+ 30. Kd2 Ra2 31. Nc4 Bc5 32. Qd3 Bxd5 33. Qxd5 Rd8 34.
Qxd8+ Qxd8+ 35. Ke2 Bd4 36. c3 Qb8 37. cxd4 Qxb3 38. Ned2 Qa4 39. dxe5 Qa6 40.
Kf2 h6 41. Rhg1 Qa7+ 42. Kg3 hxg5 43. hxg5 Qc7 44. Ra1 Qa7 45. Rac1 Ra6 46. Ne4
Qe7 47. Rgd1 Ra8 48. Rd6 Rc8 49. b3 Rb8 50. Rc3 Qa7 51. Rd1 Qe7 52. Rcd3 Rc8
53. Rd6 Rb8 54. R1d5 Qa7 55. Rd8+ Rxd8 56. Rxd8+ Kh7 57. Rd1 Qa2 58. Ncd2 Qc2
59. Rh1+ Kg6 60. Nc4 Qxb3 61. Ncd6 Qa3 62. Rb1 Qa5 63. Kf4 Qa2 64. Rh1 Qa5 65.
Nf5 f6 66. gxf6 gxf6 67. exf6 Qc7+ 68. Nfd6 Qa5 69. Rg1+ Kh6 70. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. c4 dxc4 6. bxc4 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O
c5 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Qb3 Re8 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. e3 Rad8 14. a3 Qc8 15.
Rfe1 Qa8 16. Qc2 Rd7 17. e4 Ng4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bh3 h5 20. e5 Red8 21. e6
Rxd3 22. exf7 e5 23. Ng5 Qc8 24. f3 Qf5 25. Nge4 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Nd4 27. Rxd4
Rxd4 28. fxg4 Bxe4 29. f8=Q+ Kxf8 30. Qe2 hxg4 31. Bxg4 Qg5 32. h4 Qe7 33. Qe3
Kg7 34. h5 gxh5 35. Bxh5 Bg6 36. Bf3 Rd3 37. Qe2 e4 38. Qxd3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Nc6 9. c3 e5 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Nd7 12. Rd1 Nb6 13. Bb3 Na5 14. Nc3
Nxb3 15. axb3 c6 16. d5 c5 17. Qg3 Qd7 18. Bf4 Nc8 19. Re1 Re8 20. Re2 b5 21.
Rae1 b4 22. Na4 c4 23. e5 cxb3 24. Qxb3 dxe5 25. Bxe5 Bf8 26. Bd4 Rxe2 27. Rxe2
Nd6 28. Nc5 Qb5 29. Qd3 Rc8 30. Qxb5 Nxb5 31. Nb3 a5 32. Bf6 a4 33. Na5 a3 34.
bxa3 bxa3 35. Nc6 Ra8 36. Ne7+ Bxe7 37. Rxe7 a2 38. Re1 Nc7 39. Rd1 Nxd5 40.
Rxd5 a1=Q+ 41. Bxa1 Rxa1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rg6 17. Kh2 Ne7 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. g4 Nd5 20. Bd2
Nb6 21. f4 Nc4 22. Bc1 hxg4 23. hxg4 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Kg3 f6 26. Rd1+ Ke8
27. exf6 gxf6 28. Kf3 Kf7 29. f5 Rd6 30. Rh1 Kg8 31. g5 Rd5 32. Kg4 Ne5+ 33.
Kf4 fxg5+ 34. Kxg5 Nf7+ 35. Kf6 Kf8 36. Bf4 Rd7 37. Rh3 c5 38. Rd3 Re7 39. c4
b6 40. a4 a5 41. Rd1 Ke8 42. Rg1 Re4 43. Bxc7 Kd7 44. Bxb6 Nd6 45. Bxc5 Nxc4
46. Rd1+ Kc6 47. Rd4 Nd2 48. Ba7 Re2 49. Kf7 Ne4 50. Bb8 Ng5+ 51. Kg6 Rg2 52.
Kf6 Nh7+ 53. Ke5 Ng5 54. Rc4+ Kb7 55. Bd6 Rd2 56. Be7 Nf7+ 57. Ke6 Nh6 58. Bg5
Re2+ 59. Kf6 Ng8+ 60. Kf7 Rg2 61. Be3 Rg3 62. Bf4 Rg4 63. f6 Ka6 64. Ke6 Rg6
65. Be5 Kb6 66. Rc3 Rg4 67. Rg3 Nxf6 68. Kxf6 Rxa4 69. Ke6 Kc5 70. Rc3+ Kb5 71.
Kd5 Rh4 72. Rb3+ Ka4 73. Rb8 Rh1 74. c4 Rd1+ 75. Bd4 Ka3 76. c5 a4 77. c6 Rc1
78. Bc5+ Ka2 79. c7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Rfe1 Bxf4 14. Qxf4
Qb8 15. Qxb8 Raxb8 16. Na4 Nd7 17. b3 c5 18. Rad1 Rfc8 19. f4 g6 20. c4 dxc4
21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Rxd7 Be6 23. Rxa7 c4 24. Ra5 cxb3 25. axb3 Rc2 26. Nc5 Bxb3
27. Nxb3 Rxb3 28. Rg5 h6 29. Rg4 h5 30. Rg5 Kg7 31. f5 Kh6 32. fxg6 fxg6 33. h4
Rb6 34. Re4 Rbc6 35. Rge5 R2c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 d4 12. e4 Na6 13. O-O Nc5 14. Nb3
Be6 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Bd2 Re8 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. b4 Bf8 20. f4 a6 21.
e5 Bd5 22. a3 Qe6 23. Rac1 f5 24. Qf2 Rcd8 25. Rfe1 b5 26. h3 Bc4 27. Qf3 g6
28. Kh2 Be7 29. Rc2 Rc8 30. Rec1 Bd8 31. Qe2 Bxd3 32. Qxd3 Bb6 33. Be1 Rxc2 34.
Rxc2 Rc8 35. Rxc8+ Qxc8 36. Bf2 Qc6 37. Qg3 Qd5 38. Qd3 Kf7 39. a4 Ke6 40. axb5
axb5 41. Qa3 Kd7 42. Qg3 d3 43. e6+ Kxe6 44. Bxb6 d2 45. Qe3+ Kd7 46. Bc5 d1=Q
47. Qe7+ Kc8 48. Qe8+ Kc7 49. Qxb5 Qc6 50. Qa5+ Kd7 51. Qa7+ Qc7 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Re8 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rxe1 14. Qxe1 Qe8
15. Bd2 f6 16. Qc1 g6 17. Bf4 Qf8 18. h3 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qd6 20. Qxd6 Nxd6 21.
Ne3 Ne7 22. Re1 Re8 23. Kf1 c6 24. Nd2 Kf7 25. f3 h5 26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4 g5
28. Kf2 Rh8 29. Ndf1 Ng6 30. Bxg6+ Kxg6 31. Kg2 Re8 32. Kf2 Rh8 33. Kg2 Re8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. Nf5
Bf6 15. Nd6 Ne6 16. d3 Qc7 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. g3 Rfe8 19. Rb1 g6 20. Bg2 a5 21.
a3 h5 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Bd4 24. Be3 Qd6 25. Qd2 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Nd4 27. Rbe1
Re6 28. c5 Qe7 29. Re4 Qf6 30. Rf4 Qg7 31. h4 Rce8 32. Rfe4 Qf6 33. Qd1 Nb5 34.
Bh3 Nc3 35. Rxe6 dxe6 36. Qd2 Rd8 37. Rc1 Nb5 38. Bg2 Kg7 39. Rc4 Ra8 40. Kh2
Ra3 41. Rf4 Qc3 42. Qe2 Ra8 43. Rc4 Qf6 44. Rf4 Qc3 45. d4 Kg8 46. Qe5 Qd2 47.
g4 Qd1 48. Bf3 Qd2 49. gxh5 Ra2 50. Bg2 Qe2 51. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. h3
h6 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Ne7 14. Ba4 Ng6 15.
Bc2 a4 16. d4 Rfe8 17. Nf5 b5 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. b3 axb3 20. axb3 Qb6 21. Ng3 c6
22. Qe3 Ra8 23. b4 Qc7 24. Qd2 Rad8 25. Qe3 Ra8 26. Qd2 Rad8 27. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. Bg5 Rb8 10. Re1 h6 11. Bh4 Bd6 12. Rb1 g5 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3
d6 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. b3 Qe7 17. Nd1 Qe5 18. Ne3 Be6 19. f4 Qd4 20. Rbd1 Ng4 21.
c3 Qb6 22. Kh1 f6 23. Bc2 Re7 24. Re2 Nxe3 25. Rxe3 Bf5 26. Rf1 Rh8 27. e5 Be6
28. exf6+ Kxf6 29. fxg5+ Kg7 30. g6 Rhe8 31. Qf2 Kg8 32. Qf4 Qc5 33. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 dxc4 6. bxc4 c5 7. Nc3 b6 8. g4
Bb7 9. g5 Nfd7 10. h4 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxh1 12. Qa4+ Nd7 13. f3 b5 14. Nxb5 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 O-O 16. Be2 f6 17. O-O-O Bg2 18. Rg1 Bh3 19. Ba1 e5 20. Nc3 Be6 21.
Qc6 Qc8 22. Nd5 Bd8 23. Qxc8 Rxc8 24. gxf6 Bxf6 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Bxe5 Rf7 27.
f4 Rc6 28. Kb2 Rd7 29. Bc3 Bf5 30. h5 Rb6+ 31. Ka1 Kf8 32. Bg4 Bxg4 33. Rxg4 h6
34. a3 Rdb7 35. Rg1 Re6 36. Be5 Rd7 37. Rg2 Rb7 38. Ka2 Rd7 39. Kb3 Rb7+ 40.
Kc2 Ra6 41. Bb2 Rab6 42. Bc1 Rb1 43. Rg6 Ra1 44. d4 Ra2+ 45. Kd3 Rb1 46. Rg1
Rb3+ 47. Ke4 Rc2 48. dxc5 Rb1 49. Kd5 Rbxc1 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.15"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Ngf6 6. O-O a6 7. Be2 g6 8.
c4 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qe3 b6 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. Ng5 Qc7 13. f3 Rac8 14. Bd2 e6 15.
Rac1 Rfe8 16. Qf2 Qb8 17. Bf4 Bf8 18. Nh3 Red8 19. Be3 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21.
exd5 b5 22. a3 Bd6 23. Kh1 Re8 24. Ba7 Qa8 25. Bd4 Nxd5 26. Ne4 Be7 27. Bf1
Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Qd8 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Qd2 N5f6 31. Nhf2 Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Bxe4 33. fxe4
Bf6 34. Bf2 Ne5 35. Qd6 Qxd6 36. Rxd6 Ng4 37. Bg3 Bxb2 38. Rxa6 Rxe4 39. h3 Re3
40. Bh4 Nh6 41. Bg5 Re1 42. Bxh6 Rxf1+ 43. Kh2 Be5+ 44. g3 f6 45. Kg2 Ra1 46.
Ra7 f5 47. Bf4 Ra2+ 48. Kf3 Bd4 49. Ra8+ Kf7 50. Be3 Bxe3 51. Kxe3 b4 52. a4
Ra3+ 53. Kf2 Ke6 54. a5 Kd5 55. a6 Kc4 56. Ke2 Kb3 57. Kd2 Ka2 58. Rb8 b3 59.
Rb6 Kb2 60. h4 Kb1 61. Rb7 b2 62. a7 h6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Na3 c6 9. Ba4 d6 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Bb3 h6 12. Ne3 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. d4 e4 15.
f3 Qd6 16. g3 O-O 17. fxe4 dxe4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 Rae8 20. Be3 h5 21. Bf4
Qd7 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Qxh5 e3 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Qg6+
Kh8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Bc2 f5 30. Bb3+ Rf7 31. Re1 Qe7 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. Qxf7+
Qxf7 34. Bxf7 Kxf7 35. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 h6 12. Bh4 Be6 13. c3 Bd6 14. Bc2 Re8
15. Qd3 g5 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Qd6 18. Qd4 Bg4 19. Rfe1 Be2 20. Nc5 Re7 21.
Nb3 Rae8 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. Nxc5 Nd7 24. Nb3 Nb6 25. Nd4 c5 26. Nf5 Re6 27. b4
cxb4 28. cxb4 Bh5 29. Nxh6+ Kf8 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. g4 Bf7 32. Bd3 Rc8 33. Nxf7
Kxf7 34. a4 Rc3 35. Be2 Nc4 36. b5 Na5 37. g3 e5 38. Kg2 Rc2 39. Bd3 Rd2 40.
Bf1 Rc2 41. Rd1 Ke6 42. Bd3 Rb2 43. Bf5+ Kd6 44. Be4 d4 45. Rc1 Re2 46. Bd3 Ra2
47. Rc8 Rxa4 48. f4 Ra2+ 49. Kf3 Nb3 50. Rc6+ Ke7 51. Ke4 exf4 52. gxf4 gxf4
53. Kxf4 Rf2+ 54. Ke5 Rg2 55. Rc7+ Kd8 56. Rxa7 Rxg4 57. b6 Rg5+ 58. Kd6 Kc8
59. Be4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 d4 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. O-O g6 14. Ne4
Bf5 15. Rad1 Be7 16. Qb3 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. a3 dxe3 19. Bxe3 Rfd8 20. Bb1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. Nxc4
Be6 9. Nce5 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd5 12. Rd1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rd8 14. Bf4
Nd5 15. Ndf3 Na6 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. Ba5 b6 18. Be1 f6 19. Nd3 e5 20. e4 Ndc7 21.
Ng1 Ne6 22. Ne2 Kf7 23. Nc3 Bf8 24. f3 Nb4 25. Nxb4 Bxb4 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Nd5
Bxe1 28. Rxe1 Rc8 29. Ne3 Nd4 30. Rd1 Ke6 31. Kf2 b5 32. a3 a5 33. f4 a4 34. h4
h5 35. Kg2 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. bxc4
b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Qb8 14. d4 cxd4 15.
exd4 Rfe8 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bg5 19. Qxe8+ Rxe8 20. dxc6 Bxc1
21. Be5 Rxe5 22. Nxe5 Ba6 23. Rd7 Bg5 24. c7 Qc8 25. Bd5 Bf6 26. Bxf7+ Kf8 27.
Be6 Ke8 28. Bf7+ Kf8 29. Be6 Ke8 30. Bf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3
e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 h5 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Kb1 b5 14. g3 Be7 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nb6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Bh3 Rc7 19. Rhe1 h4 20. Qg2 a5 21. f4
a4 22. Nc1 O-O 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. gxh4 a3 25. Rg1 Ne8 26. Nd3 Bf6 27. Nf2 e4 28.
Nxe4 Bxb2 29. d6 Rc4 30. d7 Rb4 31. Rd3 Bf6+ 32. Kc1 Rxe4 33. Rgd1 Rxh4 34. Bg4
Nc7 35. d8=Q Bxd8 36. Rxd8 Qe3+ 37. Kb1 Qc3 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Rd8+ Ne8 40.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 41. Qe4+ Kf8 42. Qa8+ Ke7 43. Qe4+ Kd6 44. Qf4+ Qe5 45. Qb4+ Kc6 46.
Qxa3 Rxg4 47. Qa6+ Kd7 48. Qb7+ Kd8 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. c4 g6 8.
Nc3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe3 b6 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. Ng5 Qc7 13. f3 Rac8 14. Bd2 Ne5
15. b3 e6 16. Rac1 h6 17. Nh3 g5 18. Na4 Ned7 19. Bc3 Rfd8 20. Nf2 Nc5 21. Nxc5
bxc5 22. f4 gxf4 23. Qxf4 Qe7 24. Rd3 e5 25. Qh4 Rd7 26. Bf3 Kh7 27. Rf1 Rg8
28. Bd2 Bf8 29. Nh1 Nd5 30. Qxe7 Nxe7 31. Ng3 f5 32. exf5 Rxg3 33. hxg3 e4 34.
Bg4 exd3 35. f6 Rc7 36. fxe7 Bxe7 37. Bf5+ Kg7 38. Bxd3 Rc8 39. Bc3+ Kg8 40.
Bh7+ Kxh7 41. Rf7+ Kg8 42. Rxe7 Bc6 43. Re6 Rd8 44. Rxh6 Kf7 45. Be5 dxe5 46.
Rxc6 Rd2 47. Rxa6 e4 48. a4 e3 49. Kf1 Rf2+ 50. Ke1 Rxg2 51. Rc6 Rxg3 52. Rxc5
Ke6 53. Rb5 Rg2 54. Rd5 Rb2 55. Rd3 e2 56. c5 Ke5 57. c6 Rc2 58. c7 Ke4 59. Rd8
Rxc7 60. Kxe2 Rc2+ 61. Kd1 Rb2 62. Rb8 Kd3 63. Kc1 Rh2 64. Rc8 Rg2 65. Kb1 Rh2
66. Rc5 Rg2 67. Rc4 Rh2 68. a5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 a6 12. g4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. g5 bxc4 15.
gxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Rhg1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Qxc4 Qd5 20. Qxd5 exd5
21. Nc3 Bb7 22. Nd4 Ne6 23. Be5 g6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Ne2 Bh4 26. f4 Bf2 27. Rc1
Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. Nf5 Bg5 14. Qe2
d5 15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. b3 Nf6 18. Bb2 Ne4 19. d3 Bf6 20. c4 Bxb2 21.
Qxb2 Nf6 22. Qa3 a5 23. Re7 Rb8 24. Rae1 Kg8 25. g3 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. cxd5
Qxd5 28. Bg2 Qd8 29. Qc5 Nf6 30. Qa7 g6 31. d4 Qd6 32. Rd1 Qd8 33. h3 Kg7 34.
Re1 Nd7 35. d5 cxd5 36. Bxd5 Nf6 37. Bf3 Qc7 38. Kg2 h5 39. h4 Qd8 40. Re5 Ng4
41. Rd5 Qc7 42. Qxa5 b6 43. Qd2 Nf6 44. Qd4 b5 45. Bxh5 Ra8 46. Bf3 Rxa2 47.
Rd6 Qe7 48. g4 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bb5
Rc8 15. Rc1 h6 16. b4 Re8 17. Bd3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Ne5 19. Qe2 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nxd3
21. Qxd3 d4 22. exd4 Bxd4 23. Qd2 Qf6 24. Bg3 Rd8 25. Qe2 Qg5 26. Rd1 Qxg3 27.
Rxd4 Qc7 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Qc8 13. Ne2 h6 14. Bxf6
Nxf6 15. f3 Qb7 16. Rc1 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Kf2 Rab8 19. Qxc5 Qxb2 20. Qxa7
Ra8 21. Qd4 Qxa3 22. Ra1 Qe7 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Qxa1 Qc5+ 26. Qd4
Qc7 27. h3 Nd7 28. Qc3 Qb6+ 29. Qd4 Qc7 30. Qc3 Qb6+ 31. Qd4 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 d5 {This is the most
ambitious setup. Black doesn't fear exposing the Pe5 and aiming for active
piece play.} 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1 (8. a4 {is another common continuation.}) 8...
Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nb6 {A typical approach - the Bc4 lacks good squares for retreat,
so mostly Black manages to exchange it.} 10. Bb5 Bd6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ne4 Re8 ({
Akso good enough is} 12... f5 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qd7 15. Bd2 (15. a4 a6 16.
Bxc6 bxc6 {Wei,Y - Vidit,S Abu Dhabi 2016 CBM 172 [Vidit,S]  was fine for Black
}) 15... a6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6 bxc6 $11 {Nepomniachtchi,I - Karjakin,S
Saint Louis 2017}) 13. Bg5 ({Black shouldn't face any problems also after} 13.
Ng3 Bg6 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Nh4 a6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. h4 Bf8 19. h5
Nd7 $11 {Eggleston,D - Postny,E Bad Wiessee 2013}) 13... f6 (13... Qd7 14. Ng3
{could have transposed to a position from the above-mentioned note.} Bg6) 14.
Be3 a6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ng3 {This seems too passive, even though it was
earlier played by a World Champion.} (16. g4 Bf7 17. c4 Bf8 18. Kh2 a5 19. Rg1
{led to double-edged play.}) 16... Bf7 $146 {This position has been tested a
few times on the top level. Seemingly, Black's pair of bishops more than
compensates for some structural drawbacks.} 17. c4 {This innovation doesn't
change the unfavourable character of play for White.} (17. d4 {Carlsen,M -
Aronian,L Leuven 2016,} {can be well met by} exd4 $1 18. Nxd4 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Nc4
20. Qc1 Qd5 $15 {and White is under definite pressure.}) 17... Bb4 $1 {
Interrupting the coordination between White's pieces.} 18. Re2 ({Hardly better
is} 18. Rf1 Bf8 19. b3 c5 20. Nh4 Nd7 $15) 18... Bf8 19. b3 c5 {Alexander is
reasonably focussed on neutralising any possible counterplay of his opponent.}
({Another promising way of handling the position was} 19... a5 $5 20. d4 e4 21.
Nd2 Bg6 $15 {Black has excellent attacking prospects on the kingside.}) 20. Qe1
(20. Nh4 a5 21. Ne4 Nd7 $15) 20... a5 {Now White is doomed to passive defence.}
21. Rd1 a4 22. Nd2 $6 {This is too passive.} ({After} 22. Ne4 Nd7 {White's
knight would be chased from the centre soon. However, it was still the better
way.}) 22... Qd7 23. Nb1 axb3 24. axb3 Bg6 25. f3 {Hikaru has managed to avoid
the loss of material, but this isn't the real achievement. Black has both the
pair of bishops and a big space advantage.} Rad8 26. Qf2 (26. Nc3 Qc6 27. Ra2
Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Bxd3 $17 {wouldn't yield Hikaru any compebsation for the pawn.})
26... Qc6 27. Red2 Nd7 {Alexander isn't in a hurry. He is intending to reach
the perfect setup and then push f6-f5.} 28. Nc3 h6 29. Kh1 Kh8 30. Nb5 Bh7 {
The last preparations.} 31. Ra2 f5 {Finally it comes!} 32. Bc1 Nf6 (32... Be7
$5 33. Ne2 Qb6 34. Bd2 Ra8 $17) 33. Nc3 $6 ({More to the point was} 33. f4 $1
e4 34. Qf1 exd3 35. Rad2 Ne4 36. Rxd3 Rxd3 37. Rxd3 $15 {, and White partly
manages to activate his pieces.}) 33... Qb7 34. Rb2 g5 {Black's expassion on
the kingside continues.} 35. Rb1 Qc6 36. Bb2 Kg8 37. Nf1 $2 {Suddenly this
natural move turns out a decisive mistake.} ({Had Hikaru played} 37. Ra1 Qb7
38. Qc2 $17 {his position would be very passive, but Black should still find a
way to breakthrough.}) 37... Nh5 $1 {That's the point! Black's knight enters
White's camp with great effect.} 38. Nd5 {This is temporary activity.} (38. Ne3
f4 39. Ned5 Qb7 40. Ne4 Bxe4 41. dxe4 c6 42. Nc3 Qxb3 $19) 38... Qd6 39. Ng3 c6
$1 40. Nc3 ({After} 40. Nxh5 cxd5 41. cxd5 f4 42. Rbc1 Bg6 43. g4 Bxh5 44. gxh5
Qxd5 45. Rc4 Qf7 $19 {White would have too many weaknesses, but maybe it still
was the most stubborn?}) 40... Nf4 {Now the Pd3 falls.} 41. Qf1 Nxd3 42. Nce2
Qe6 ({A more energetic move was} 42... e4 $1 43. fxe4 fxe4 44. Nf5 Qe6 45. g4
e3 $19) 43. Bc3 Rd6 44. Rd2 Red8 45. Rbd1 Bg6 46. Nc1 {Obviously, White cannot
deal with such a powerful Nd3 for too long.} Nxc1 47. Rxd6 Bxd6 48. Rxc1 Rb8 (
48... e4 {was also good enough:} 49. Qe1 e3 $19) 49. Ra1 {A desperate attempt
to complicate matters.} Rxb3 50. Ra8+ Rb8 51. Ra6 Bf8 52. Qe2 Bg7 {Alexander
prefers to cover the long diagonal.} ({Again, a simpler way was} 52... e4 $1
53. fxe4 f4 54. Nf1 Qxe4 $19) 53. Ra7 Re8 54. h4 gxh4 {Now there are 3 extra
pawns!} 55. Nf1 f4 56. Nd2 Re7 57. Rxe7 Qxe7 58. Ne4 {The perfect location of
White's knight makes Black's task much tougher.} Bf7 59. Kh2 h3 {GM Grischuk
gives up one of his extra pawns in order to leave the opponent's king exposed.}
60. gxh3 Qe6 61. Qg2 Kh7 62. Qc2 Kh8 63. Qb2 Kh7 64. Qc2 Qg6 65. Qe2 Be6 66.
Qf1 Bf5 67. Qe2 Qh5 68. Nf2 {Another blunder.} ({In the event of} 68. Qf1 Bxe4
69. fxe4 Qg6 70. Qd3 h5 71. Be1 Bf8 72. Bf2 {Black's position would still be
winning, but some technique is required.}) 68... Qh4 69. Ne4 ({Or} 69. Be1 Qg3+
70. Kh1 Bxh3 71. Qe4+ Kh8 $19) 69... Qxh3+ 70. Kg1 Qh5 {The rest is just na
agony.} 71. Be1 Bxe4 72. Qxe4+ Qg6+ 73. Kh2 Qxe4 74. fxe4 Kg6 75. Kh3 Kh5 76.
Bh4 f3 77. Bf2 Bf6 78. Be1 Bg5 79. Bf2 Be7 80. Be1 Bd8 81. Bg3 Kg5 82. Bxe5 Bf6
83. Bd6 f2 84. Kg2 Bd4 85. Kf1 Kg4 86. Ke2 h5 87. Kf1 h4 88. Bh2 h3 89. Ke2 Be3
0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 $5 {This move heads towards
Catalan-like positions.} dxc4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8
10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qc7 {In the 2nd round of the
event, Magnus had this position against Karjakin with a pawn on a3.} 14. O-O-O
$5 $146 {According to Caruana, he found this idea a few months ago.} Ng4 15.
Rd2 {It is more important to cover b2 than to attack the weak c4-pawn.} ({
Another possible way to continue is} 15. Rd4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Rb8 17. Rhd1 (17.
Rxc4 $4 Qb7) 17... e5 18. Rxc4 Qb6 $11) 15... Nxe3 16. fxe3 Rb8 17. Rhd1 a5 {
This fresh middlegame position is dynamically balanced, but it seems
practically easier to play White rather than Black. The latter has more weak
pawns to take care of and it is better to have the knight in this type of
structure.} (17... e5 $5 {While the engine suggests this, it's difficult to
decide on it otb. It opens up a diagonal for the bishop but it also gives
White's knight a good square on d5.} 18. Nd5 Qb7 19. Qc6 $1 Be6 20. Qxb7 Rxb7
21. Nc3 {with a roughly equal ending, but I think it might be easier to play
for White when one or both pairs of rooks are traded off.}) 18. Kb1 $1 {
Necessary prophylaxis to improve king safety.} h6 {Black does the same by
creating an airhole for his king.} 19. Ka1 Rb4 20. Qc2 Rb8 {Nakamura couldn't
find a way to coordinate his pieces well with a rook on b4 so decided to
reconnect with the other rook.} (20... Bb7 21. Rd7 Qb6 (21... Qe5 22. Qd2) (
21... Qc5 22. Qd2) 22. Qd2 {and in all cases, White has improved his piece
harmony more than Black did.}) 21. Qe4 Bb7 22. Qd4 Ba8 23. e4 (23. Qd7 {
doesn't lead anywhere after} Qb6 24. Qd4 Qc7 25. Qd6 Qa7 $1 $11) 23... Rfc8 24.
Qf2 (24. e5 $5 {Preparing a kingside expansion is an interesting idea here:}
Qb7 (24... Qe7 25. h4 {[%cal Gd4f2,Gg3g4]}) 25. Qf4 Qb6 26. h4 $40 {[%cal
Gg3g4,Rg4g5,Rh4h5]}) 24... Bc6 25. Qc5 $1 {This must've been annoying for
Nakamura to face as it almost forces an ending which makes life more difficult
for Black due to his weak pawns.} Be8 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. Rd6 (27. Rd8 $5 Rcc8
28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rd6 $14) 27... Kf8 28. Ra6 Rc5 29. Ra7 $14 {The rook on a7
is both annoying and powerful!} Rbc8 30. Kb1 Rh5 31. h4 Re5 32. Kc2 g5 33. Rf1
{I like this more than the engine's suggestion of letting go of the h-pawn.} (
33. Rd6 Bc6 34. Rd4 Be8 35. Kd2 gxh4 36. gxh4 Rh5 $132) 33... Kg7 ({Now} 33...
gxh4 34. gxh4 Rh5 {can be met with} 35. Rf4 {where White keeps his advantage
without allowing counterplay.}) 34. Rb7 $1 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gc2d2,Gd2e3,Gb7b2,
Gb7b8] An important controlled move to make before bringing the king to the
center.} Kg6 35. Kd2 f5 $2 {Nakamura gets impatient, but it's difficult to
blame him as such positions are difficult to play.} ({The best plan is to try
to get rid of the annoying rook on b7.} 35... Rec5 36. Ke3 (36. Rh1 $5 R5c7 37.
Rxc7 Rxc7 38. hxg5 Kxg5 (38... hxg5 39. Rh8 Bc6 40. Ke3 $14) 39. Rh4) 36...
R5c7 37. Rxc7 (37. Rb6 Rc6) 37... Rxc7) 36. hxg5 fxe4 (36... hxg5 37. Rh1 {
[%cal Rb7h7,Rh1h6] looks scary for Black.} fxe4 38. Ke3 Bc6 39. Rbh7 Kf5 40.
Rg1 Kg4 41. Rh6 $1 $16 {[%cal Re3d4,Rc3d1,Rd1f2]}) 37. Ke3 Bc6 38. Re7 $1 {
Tying down the rook to the defence of e6. It's impressive how accurately
Caruana is playing here!} Rxg5 (38... hxg5 39. Kd4 {A nice picture of the king,
with his troops, capturing an enemy rook in the middle of the board.} Rf5 40.
Rxe6+ $18) 39. Rxe6+ Kg7 {Now there's more than one way that leads to Rome as
Black's pawns simply drop off and his pieces are severely lacking coordination.
} 40. Re7+ Kg6 41. Rd1 Kf6 (41... Rxg3+ 42. Kf4 Rg2 43. Rd6+ Kh5 44. Re5+ Rg5
45. Ree6 $18) 42. Ra7 Ke6 43. Rh1 h5 44. g4 $1 {The last small tactic or
tactical blow, whatever you like to call it leads to a nice win for White!} Be8
45. gxh5 Bxh5 46. Nxe4 {The power of centralisation.} Rf5 47. Ra6+ Ke7 48. Nd6
Re5+ 49. Kd4 {Black is suffering too much material loss, so he resigned.  A
nice opening idea and controlled technical play by Caruana. It's an
interesting coincidence that he used an opening and style that Magnus used to
win earlier in the event, almost as if he is saying "Whatever you can do, I
can do!"} 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O {The Tarrasch Defence is a rare guest in grandmasters' games nowadays.} 9.
h3 $5 {I happened to see this move in a game played in one of my numerous
tournaments in Spain, decades ago. My first feeling was that this was a clear
lack of understanding. White wastes a tempo and weakens his kingside at the
same time. Since Nakamura had already played it previously (true, in online
blitz), I will have to take into account that the last move has some meaning,
even though I do not understand it. True, it prevents ...Bg4, but Black can
build up his counterplay in other ways, too.} Ne4 ({My first question would be
what if Black plays the neutral} 9... Re8 {Nakamura's answer in the blitz game
does not look too convincing:} 10. b3 ({This is not an improvement over the 9.
b3 line, which is considered to lead to forced equality anyway. But if} 10. Be3
c4 {the situation remains the same.}) (10. Bg5 {may be stronger, when after
the usual exchange on d4 missing ...Bg4 may be unpleasant for Black. But after}
c4 {Black's ...Re8 looks more useful than h2-h3.}) 10... Ne4 11. Bb2 Bf6 12. e3
(12. Na4 b6) 12... cxd4 13. exd4 Bf5 14. Kh2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Be4 {0-1 (62)
Nakamura,H (2651)-Petrosian,T (2592) ICC INT 2007}) (9... c4 $6 {is premature,
though:} 10. Ne5 Be6 11. f4 {For once, it is good that White has not exposed
his bishop with Bg5.} Qc8 {Meyer,K (2153)-Casagrande,T (1951) Schoeneck 2017 
(1-0, 41)} 12. g4 $1 Nxd4 {Otherwise Black would be simply worse.} 13. f5 Bd6 (
13... Bd7 14. g5 $18) 14. Be3 Bxe5 15. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Bd7 17. g5 Nh5 18.
Nxd5 $14) (9... Be6 10. Be3 c4 (10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qd7 12. Kh2 {is pleasant
for White as the e6-bishop is passive and exposed at the same time.}) 11. Ne5
Qb6 12. Qd2 Rad8 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qc8 15. g4 {Toth,E (2392)-Halkias,S 
(2570) Hungary 2010 (1-0, 64) with some light white pressure.}) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 {
Abstractly it is good to delay the exchange on c3, as this offers White some
additional possibilities at an early stage.} (10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc5 12. Nd4
(12. Rb1 $5) 12... Bxd4 13. cxd4 Bf5 14. g4 (14. Be3 {½-½ Ilic,D (2376)
-Brenjo,S (2522) Kragujevac 2012} Re8) 14... Bg6 15. Bf4 $14) 11. Bf4 $146 {
A logical move, defending g3 and making the threat Nxd5 real.} (11. Nxd5 $6
Nxg3 $1) (11. Qxd5 $4 Nxc3 12. Qxd8 Nxe2+ 13. Kh2 Rxd8 $19) (11. Na4 {Bogdan,D
(2410)-Dupsky,L (2260) Szeged 1998 (½-½, 54)} Be7 12. Be3 Re8 $11) 11... Nxc3
12. bxc3 Bf5 $11 {In this type of structure the mutual pawn weaknesses
compensate for each other, on condition that none of the players has an
advance in development.} 13. Nd2 {Fighting against ...Be4.} (13. Nd4 Be4 $5)
13... Re8 ({The resolute} 13... g5 $5 {causes White some concrete problems at
the cost of weakening the kingside.} 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Be3 (15. Bc1 h6 $11) 15...
Bxe3 16. fxe3 Bg6 17. Qxd5 Qe7 $44) 14. g4 {Preparing the next move.} Bg6 15.
e3 Bb6 16. Qb3 Re7 {Defending the d5-pawn indirectly.} 17. Rfd1 (17. Bxd5 {
offers Black excellent compensation:} Na5 18. Qb5 a6 19. Qb4 Qxd5 20. Qxb6 Nc6
21. Rfd1 (21. Nb3 Qf3 $36 22. Nd2 $8 Qxh3 23. f3 Rae8) 21... Bc2 22. Rdc1 Bg6
$11) 17... Rd7 18. a4 Rc8 19. Rac1 {Black has completed his development
harmoniously and his central pawn is well defended.} h6 (19... h5 {was
slightly more ambitious.}) 20. Qa2 Bc7 (20... Bd3 $5 $11 {deserves mentioning,
with the idea that any knight move could be answered with ...Bc4 or ...Be4.})
21. Nb3 b6 $5 {Restricting White's knight.} (21... Qf6 $5 {[%csl Gf4] also
looks okay for Black.} 22. Bxc7 Rdxc7 23. Bxd5 (23. Rxd5 $2 Nb4 $1) 23... Qh4
24. Bg2 h5 25. Qe2 hxg4 26. Qxg4 Qxg4 27. hxg4 Ne5 $11) 22. Qd2 (22. Nd4 {
leads nowhere after} Na5) 22... f5 {This is not a mistake, but Black was not
really forced to weaken his kingside.} (22... Ne5 $5 {[%cal Ge5d3]} 23. Bxe5 (
23. Qe2 Be4 $15) 23... Bxe5 24. f4 {The only way to justify the previous.} Bd6
25. f5 Bh7 26. Bxd5 {White has won a pawn and sent the black light-squared
bishop to a passive square. But his dark squares are so weak that he cannot
maintain the bishop's isolation.} Qg5 27. Qf2 g6 $36) 23. c4 $5 {The game
becomes interesting now.} Bxf4 24. exf4 d4 25. Bd5+ Bf7 26. Qe2 ({White is not
content with the simple equality after} 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Qxd4 Bxd5 28. cxd5
Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxd5 $11) 26... fxg4 27. hxg4 Qf6 28. Qf3 ({The seemingly active
} 28. f5 {would just expose the kingside.} Rcd8 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7 $17 {[%cal
Gc6e5,Gg7g6,Gh6h5]}) 28... Rdd8 29. Nd2 ({Once again avoiding approximate
equality after a half waiting move such as} 29. Rd3 $5 $11) 29... Rf8 $2 {
This hands over the initiative to White.} ({After White has released the
pressure on d4} 29... Nb4 {made sense:} 30. Ne4 Qe7 31. Bxf7+ Qxf7 32. f5 d3
$13) 30. Ne4 Qe7 31. Ng3 ({Black's compensation for the pawn is not obvious
after} 31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32. Rxd4 {but the game continuation is more principled as
it does not make any concession yet.}) 31... Qf6 32. Ne4 Qe7 33. Ng3 Qf6 34.
Nf5 $14 {[%cal Yf3c6,Rd5c6,Gf5e7] Threatening to win a piece by a double
capture on c6 followed by Ne7+/ and putting some unpleasant kingside pressure
in general.} Kh8 35. Bxf7 Rxf7 36. c5 Rcc7 $6 {Adhiban,B (2655)-Mamedyarov,S 
(2804) Tata Steel-A 80th 2018 (6) 0-1 This only weakens the eighth rank. It
seems that Mamedyarov enjoys the double rook lift to the seventh rank, even
when this is not good objectively. Compare with} ({But even after the more
natural} 36... Rff8 {White retains an edge with} 37. cxb6 axb6 38. Kg2 $14) 37.
cxb6 axb6 38. Re1 Rf8 39. Qe4 $6 {This allows Black to simplify to a draw.} ({
White should have ensured the knight's stability on f5 with} 39. Kg2 $1 {
, threatening Nxd4 at the same time.} Rcc8 (39... g6 40. Rh1 $16 gxf5 41. g5
$18 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Gh1h6]}) 40. Qe4 $16 {maintaining the domination.}) 39...
g6 $1 40. Nxd4 (40. Nxh6 Re7 41. Qf3 Qxf4 $1 $11) 40... Qxd4 41. Qxd4+ Nxd4 42.
Rxc7 Nf3+ {We can now understand that with the king on f3 this would not have
worked.} 43. Kf1 Nxe1 44. Kxe1 Rxf4 45. Rc6 Kg7 46. Rxb6 Rxa4 47. f3 g5 48.
Rb7+ Kg6 49. Rb6+ Kg7 50. Rb7+ Kg6 51. Rb6+ Kg7 52. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 {Thus Nakamura, a noted Dragon
specialist, gets to play it with an extra tempo.} 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7.
O-O O-O 8. Nxd5 {Not necessarily the most normal Dragon move, but known in
this position.} (8. Nxe5 {should always be looked at, but here it gives
nothing.} Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxe5 10. d4 Bd6 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Rb1 c6 13. c4 Qc7 $11)
(8. a3) (8. d3 Re8 9. Bd2 {is true to Dragon precepts, but so is} Nxc3 10. Bxc3
Bb6 $11 {and Black is fine.}) 8... Qxd5 9. d3 (9. Ng5 Qd8 10. Nxh7 Re8 11. Ng5
$1 {(Exclamation mark for visual effect.)} Qxg5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. d4 Qh5 14.
dxc5 $11 {Aronian,L-Caruana,F Saint Louis 2017, so presumably Aronian had some
idea how to handle Black's play.}) 9... Qd8 {Avoiding tricks, but that doesn't
make a move necessarily strong.} (9... Re8 {is natural. Then, I assume White's
idea was:} 10. Ng5 Qd8 11. Ne4 Bf8 12. Bd2 {with some kind of emergent clamp
on the c5-square. Black can however deal with this in typical English style by
playing for ...Bh3.} Be6 $11) 10. Be3 $5 Bxe3 11. fxe3 e4 $5 {Quite
enterprising by Levon, who possibly didn't want this break to be met with Nd4
at all.} (11... Qe7 12. Qb3 e4 {has much the same effect.}) 12. dxe4 (12. Ne1
exd3 13. exd3 Qe7 14. Nc2 Nb4 $11 {White is too poorly developed to make use
of his structural plus.}) 12... Qe7 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Rac1 {Playing against ...
Ne5.} (14. Nd4 Ne5 {and even though White can 'untriple' his pawns, there
won't be any advantage after} 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 c6 $11) 14... Rad8 15. h3
$1 Bc8 $1 {Both sides, of course, understand that ...Bxf3 would be suicidal.}
16. a3 (16. Nd4 {is interesting, in fact so much so that Black is best advised
to leave it exactly where it stands.} Qg5 (16... Ne5 $5 17. Qxc7 Qg5 $44) 17.
Nxc6 bxc6 18. Kh2 Qxe3 19. Rf3 Qb6 20. Qxc6 Rd2 $11) 16... Rde8 17. e5 h6 {
A very grandmasterly move, of a type particularly notable in the play of
Aronian and McShane.} (17... Nxe5 18. Qxc7 Nxf3+ 19. Rxf3 {is obviously
possible, and Black has better compensation here than in the endgame reached
in the game, in my opinion.}) 18. Qc5 Qxc5 (18... Qe6 $5 {was possible, but it
is now not clear what Black wants to play next. For instance, the engine
suggests the rather facetious-looking} 19. Kf2 $5 $14 {and Black needs to
think of something to do before White gets in Rfd1, b4 and a4.}) 19. Rxc5 Ne7
20. Rxc7 $1 (20. Nd4 c6 $11 {looks logical, but there's no way to stop Black
playing ...Ng6.}) 20... Nd5 21. Rc5 Nxe3 22. Rfc1 $14 {Black faces an
unenviable defensive task.} Rd8 23. R1c3 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Bf5 25. Rc7 Be4 26. Kf2
Rfe8 27. R3c4 (27. b4 $16 {may have been preferable, since Black can't yet
liquidate on f3 due to the rook recapture.}) 27... Bxf3 28. Kxf3 Rxe5 29. Rxb7
Rd2 30. e3 {This kind of thing arises almost by force after the queen swap.
Now we shall suspend commentary during the rest of the phase when both sides
have numerous alternatives of approximately equal value.} g5 31. Rd4 Rc2 32.
Rdd7 Rf5+ 33. Ke4 Rf6 34. Rb8+ $2 {Signing away the advantage, though this is
impossible to know.} (34. b4 $1 $16 Rg2 35. g4 {and Black will be too slow in
pawn races; besides, there is the option of defending White's last bulwark
with Rd4.}) 34... Kg7 35. Rxa7 Re6+ 36. Kf3 Rf6+ 37. Ke4 Re6+ 38. Kd3 Rg2 39.
g4 Rg3 40. Rbb7 Rexe3+ 41. Kc2 Ref3 42. a4 Rxh3 43. a5 $2 (43. Rb4 $11) 43...
Rh4 $1 {Now both sides play to win!} 44. a6 Rxg4 45. Ra8 Ra4 (45... Rg2+ 46.
Kb1 Rf1+ 47. Ka2 Rg4 {was critical, doubling by force on the a-file. I suspect
Aronian saw this and rejected it in view of} 48. Rb3 $4 {but now Black can
stop the pawn by the more conventional method of} (48. a7 Ra4+ 49. Kb3 Rfa1 $17
{is great fun for Black}) 48... Ra4+ 49. Ra3 Rxa3+ 50. bxa3 Rf6 $1 $19) 46. a7
g4 $2 {This is an impossible position for humans to play, and the machine
delights in such positions.} (46... Rf6 $1 {is apparently correct, and White
cannot do more than force a draw after} 47. Rc8 Rfa6 48. Rcc7 Rf6 $11) 47. Rc8
g3 48. a8=Q Rxa8 49. Rxa8 h5 50. Rbb8 Kf6 51. Rg8 (51. Rb4 $1 {White succeeds
in halting the pawn by a combination of frontal and sideways tactics. Now Rg7
is the threat.} Kg7 52. Kd2 $1 g2 (52... Rf1 53. Ra3 $18) 53. Rbb8 $3 $18)
51... h4 52. Ra6+ $2 (52. Ra3 Rf2+ 53. Kd3 Rxb2 54. Ke4 {apparently still wins,
but this is hard to play.}) 52... Ke7 53. Rh6 Rf2+ 54. Kd3 Rh2 $1 {There were
no further adventures!} 55. Ke4 g2 56. Ke5 h3 57. Rc6 f6+ 58. Kd5 Kf7 59. Rg3
Rh1 60. Rc7+ Kf8 61. Rc8+ Kf7 62. Rc7+ Kf8 63. Ke6 Re1+ 64. Kxf6 Rf1+ 65. Ke6
Re1+ 66. Kf6 Rf1+ 67. Ke6 Re1+ 68. Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. a4
Bf5 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bxd3 11. Re1 e4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. Rxe4
Rd1+ 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Nxe1 a6 17. Be2 Nd5 18. Nd3 Ba7 19. a5 Re8 20. Kf1 Ne5
21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Ra3 Nf6 23. Bf3 c6 24. Rb3 Re7 25. Rb4 h6 26. h4 Kf8 27. g4
Nd5 28. Ra4 Bb8 29. g5 hxg5 30. Bxg5 f6 31. Bd2 Rd7 32. h5 f5 33. Rh4 Kg8 34.
c4 Nf6 35. Bc3 Kh7 36. Bxf6 gxf6 37. h6 Be5 38. Bg2 Kg6 39. h7 Rxh7 40. Rxh7
Kxh7 41. b4 Bc3 42. b5 axb5 43. cxb5 cxb5 44. Bxb7 Bxa5 45. Ke2 b4 46. Kd3 b3
47. Bd5 b2 48. Kc2 Bc3 49. f3 Be5 50. Kb1 f4 51. Ba8 Kh8 52. Bd5 Kg7 53. Ba8
Kh8 54. Bd5 Kg7 55. Ba8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 (7...
c6 $5 {is the main move, and probably a more accurate move order. It strongly
discourages White from playing Nc3, and thus keeps the option of playing ...
Ne4/...f5 as a serious one. One recent test went} 8. a4 $5 (8. Nc3 dxc4 9. e4 (
9. a4 Na6 $132 {Li,C-Akash,G Manila 2013}) 9... b5 $1) 8... a5 9. Bc3 b6 10.
Nbd2 Na6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. e4 Nb4 $1 $132 {Fedoseev,V-Gelfand,B Moscow 2018.
Somehow, Black won in another 15 moves.}) 8. Nc3 c6 (8... dxc4 {is possible
here too, but after} 9. e4 c5 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. a4 $14 {Nakamura,H-Adams,M Baku
2015; Black is suffering.}) 9. Bf4 dxc4 10. e4 Re8 (10... b5 {is principled,
but now} 11. d5 {is highly forcing and difficult to work out.} Qb6 $1 (11... e5
$5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Ng4 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bd2 b4 16. Na4 Ne5 $13) (11...
cxd5 12. exd5 Qb6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Nd4 $14) 12. dxc6 (12. Be3 Bc5 13. dxc6
Qxc6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nd4 Qa6 $5 16. a4 $2 Nxe3 17. fxe3 b4 $15 {Matlakov,
M-Grandelius,N Doha 2015}) 12... Nc5 $13 {My feeling is Black should be okay,
but homework is more important than the precise evaluation in such positions.
This particular one has been reached a significant number of times, the most
notable example being:} 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bg5 Rd8 $6 (14... Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Nd3 16.
Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Bf5 $11) 15. Qc2 (15. Nxb5 $1 $14 {is a very strange decoy
tactic}) 15... Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Nd3 $15 {Adhiban,B-So,W Mashhad 2011}) 11. a4 b6 (
11... a5 {is also playable; however, one weakness of having played ...Nbd7 is
that the knight can no longer easily reach b4.}) 12. d5 {Fully thematic and
undoubtedly still preparation, as the position was already known to elite
praxis (see next note.)} exd5 13. exd5 (13. e5 $6 {This move is insanely
ambitious.} Ne4 (13... Nc5 $5 14. exf6 Bxf6 $17) 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Qxd5 Bb7 $1
16. Qxb7 Ndc5 17. Qc6 Rc8 18. Qb5 Nd3 $17 {Jakovenko,D-Riazantsev, A France
2010}) 13... Bb7 $1 14. a5 bxa5 (14... a6 $5 {This very unstereotyped move
threatens ...b5, so White had best have a concrete intention in mind.} 15. d6 (
15. Ng5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Nc5 $1 $11) 15... Bf8 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. axb6 Qxb6 18. Nf5
$13 {White's position looks easier to play, but assuming Black can get away
with ...c5, this does not translate into an actual advantage.}) 15. d6 Bf8 16.
Nd2 Nd5 $6 {Safe, but acquiescent.} (16... Nb6 {is most natural,
counter-attacking the d6-pawn. There is however, one move of which it makes
sense to be afraid.} 17. Nde4 Nfd5 {and now there is a reasonably pleasant
choice for White.} 18. Nc5 $5 {This looks like positional suicide, but Black
is too passive to take advantage of it.} (18. Bg5 $5 Qb8 19. Rxa5 Bxd6 20. Nxd5
cxd5 21. Nf6+ {is also plausible, with an attack for White.}) 18... Nxf4 19.
gxf4 Qb8 20. N3e4 Nd5 21. Qg4 $13) (16... Rc8 $1 {This machine-precise move is
the only way, it seems, to equalise reliably.} 17. Nxc4 Ba6 18. b3 Nc5 $11) 17.
Nxd5 cxd5 18. Nxc4 $14 {Now White takes the bishop pair.} dxc4 19. Bxb7 Rb8 20.
Bd5 Ne5 $1 {A practically strong move in a difficult position. Now, to
preserve his objective advantage, White must enter a strange type of position.}
({If Black could take with} 20... Rxb2 {then things might be going better for
him, but after} 21. Bxc4 {there is no} Ne5 $4 {due to} 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Qd4
$18) 21. d7 $6 (21. Bxf7+ $1 Nxf7 22. d7 Re6 23. Bxb8 Qxb8 24. Rxa5 $14 {
Black is in big trouble, but it requires considerable patience and technique
to tease out the practical problems from under the surface.} (24. Qg4 $5 $14
Rd6 25. Rfd1 {is similar.})) 21... Qxd7 22. Rxa5 Rbd8 $1 {An accurate move.
Now White's advantage is gone.} 23. Bxe5 Bb4 24. Ra4 a5 $11 {White now has to
agree to the liquidations, after which there is nothing left to do but play
out the requisite number of moves, or else repeat.} 25. Bc3 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Qxd5
27. Qxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxc4 Ra8 29. Ra1 Kf8 30. Raa4 Ra7 31. Rc8+ Ke7 32. c4 Re5 33.
h4 Kd6 34. Kg2 h5 35. Rd8+ Ke7 36. Rc8 g6 37. Rb8 Kd6 38. Rb6+ Kc5 39. Rb5+ Kd6
40. Rb6+ Kc5 41. Rb5+ Kd6 42. Rb6+ {A fighting draw, even if it might not
superficially seem that way.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 {A surprise.
Nakamura was favouring 6...Nbd7 until the candidates tournament of 2016 when
he introduced 6...c5 into his repertoire and now in this game he gives Black's
3rd alternative a go.} 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Ba6 $5 {A popular move of recent,
which I very much would like to criticise on general grounds. Why try
exchanging pieces and leaving the c6-square weak, when putting the bishop on
the beautiful long diagonal at b7 instead is possible? However the game-move
was actually introduced by Magnus himself! Against Ding in Wijk 2015 leading
to a not too eventful draw.} 9. Qe2 Bxc4 $5 {Magnus played 9...Qc8, but
Nakamura tries a more active approach.} 10. Qxc4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 $5 {An
interesting and principled decision. Instead of accepting to be slightly worse
in a symmetrical position, Black makes the bold statement: Sure I do have an
isolated pawn and give you the c4-square, but my position is so robust that
it's of insignificant value. To an extent the game confirms Nakamura's
statement.} 12. O-O Nc6 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Ne5 Qb6 15. Nxc6 (15. Na4 Qb7 16. Nxc6
Qxc6 17. Bg5 {followed by 18.Bxf6 would lead to a very typical position very
much in the spirit of this line. White will claim a strategic edge, Black that
it is not relevant!}) 15... Rxc6 16. b3 h6 17. Rfd1 Qb7 (17... Qa6 {also was
interesting, as while endgames in principle favour White due to his better
structure, Black in most likelihood will manage to force through ...c4,
equalising.}) 18. h3 Rfc8 19. Na4 Nd7 $6 {Somewhat too cautious.
Overprotecting the c5-pawn really is unneccesary so using the more active
d5-square en route to eventually b6 only has upsides compared to the game.} 20.
Rd2 Nb6 21. Nxb6 Rxb6 22. Rcd1 {Very tempting, attacking as quickly as
possible in the d-file, but as Black seems to have sufficient defensive
resources the more positional 22.Be5!? might have been the better way of
keeping long-term pressure.} Bf6 23. Rd7 Qa6 24. Qe4 {Playing for an attack.} (
{If} 24. Qc2 {then} c4 {and Black starts liquidating his only weakness,
equalising the position.}) 24... e5 $5 {At first looking like a tactical
blunder, but in reality just a well-calculated sequence.} ({So would have been
} 24... Qxa2 $5 25. Be5 Rb4 $1 26. Qf3 Bxe5 27. Qxf7+ Kh7 28. Qxe6 Rf8 $1 29.
Qxe5 Qxf2+ {with a drawish position.}) 25. Bxh6 Re8 $5 (25... gxh6 $2 26. Rxf7
$1 {wins, as} Kxf7 27. Qh7+ {mates on the 7th rank.}) ({Not taking the bishop,
but only a pawn however works, as after} 25... Qxa2 $5 26. Qg4 Qxb3 27. R7d6 {
White does look winning, threatening to take on c8 and f6, but:} Rcb8 $1 {
defends due to} 28. Rxf6 $2 Qxd1+ $1 29. Qxd1 Rb1 $1 $17) 26. Qg4 Qxa2 27. e4
Qxb3 28. Be3 Rb7 $1 {White's initiative is fading, Black is managing well to
neutralise to a draw.} 29. R7d6 Be7 30. R6d5 Bf8 31. Bxc5 Bxc5 32. Rxc5 Qe6 33.
Qe2 Rd7 34. Rxd7 Qxd7 35. Rd5 Qc7 {A good time to agree to a draw, was it not
for the fact that Magnus desperately needed to win in order to catch up with
the leaders, as well as the tournament is played after Corsican rules, meaning
no draw-offers were allowed.} 36. Qd2 Ra8 37. Rd7 Qc4 38. f3 Qc5+ 39. Kh2 Qc6 (
{A computer would happily have pushed} 39... a5 $1 {as after} 40. Qa2 Qf8 41.
Qd5 a4 $1 42. Rxf7 Qxf7 43. Qxa8+ Kh7 44. Qxa4 Qf4+ $1 {Black gives perpetual
check.}) 40. Rd6 Qc5 41. Ra6 Qe7 42. Qe3 Kh7 43. Kg3 Qb7 44. Qa3 f6 45. Kh2 $1
{Walking up the board with the king, or starting to push the pawns is only an
attempt to lose, so magnus shows dicipline and retracts his steps.} Qc7 46. Qa1
Qb7 47. Qa5 Qd7 48. Qa2 Qe7 49. Qf2 Qb7 50. Qa2 Qe7 51. Qd5 $5 {An interesting
idea. At first it looks like it allows black just to activate his passive rook,
but it does have some hidden point.} Rb8 52. Qa5 Rb7 ({Nothing was wrong with} 
52... Ra8 {but Nakamura wants to "punish" White's seeming inaccuracy.}) 53. Qe1
Qd7 54. Qh4+ Kg8 55. Qf2 Qf7 $6 56. Qa2 $5 {An interesting idea only made
possible as the rook is now on b7 and not a8. At first it seems absurd to
offer the trade of queens, but that does however allow White more freedom in
activating his king as well as starting to push his kingside pawns. Having
said that, even without the a7-pawn the ensuing ending would be considered a
trivial draw.} Qxa2 57. Rxa2 {Had Black's rook been on a8, then...a5! would
have been possible.} Kh7 58. Ra6 Kg6 59. h4 Kh5 60. Kh3 Rf7 61. g4+ Kh6 62. Kg3
{White has made some progress and starts "threatening" g5+. What should Black
do about it?} g5 $6 ({The answer is: Absolutely nothing!, after} 62... Kg6 63.
g5 {the threat of 64.Kg4 is easily parried by} Kh5 $1 {when White can make no
progress, meaning a trivial draw.}) 63. h5 Kg7 64. Kf2 Rb7 65. Ra3 Kh6 66. Ke3
{Nakamura starts feeling the pressure, as the draw no longer is as trivial as
expected. Black's idea of a fortress just blocking the d-line, does not work,
as due to the protected passed pawn on h5, a rook-exchange leads to a
trivially won pawn ending for White.} a5 $4 (66... Rd7 $1 67. Rd3 Rb7 $1 {
is still a relatively easy and concrete draw. If} 68. Kd2 a5 {Similarly} 69.
Ra3 (69. Kc3 a4 70. Kc4 Kg7 71. Ra3 {then} Rd7 $1 {is a key point, as} 72. Rxa4
Rd4+ $1 {allows 73...Rd3 next with an instant draw.}) 69... Rb5 70. Kc3 Kh7 71.
Kc4 Rb4+ 72. Kc5 Rd4 $1 73. Rxa5 Rd3 74. Ra7+ Kh6 75. Rf7 Rxf3 76. Kd5 Rf4 $1 {
is just in time to secure the draw.  Still now we are analysing concrete
varations with Black drawing by a tempo. Not what Black was expecting just a
few moves back, and Nakamura has not made the mental shift yet, and still is
under the impression he has an impregnable fortress.}) 67. Rxa5 {The idea of
annotating this game, was to write a detailed analysis of the ensuing ending.
However, all there is to say is that White is winning! Unknown to most of us,
including me, but the plan was demonstrated already in the game Gajewski (who
was present in St. Louis as Anands second) vs MVL (who sat next to this game,
still playing vs. Karjakin!).} Rb3+ 68. Kf2 Rb2+ 69. Kg3 Kg7 {The intended
fortress. But as all pawn endings are won for White, offering continuous
rook-swaps will break down the black fortress.} 70. Ra7+ $6 {In principle
perfectionism. As 70...Kh6 71Rf7! wins immediately, White now forces the black
king to lose a tempo. However, much more relevantly Black gets 1 move closer
to a draw by 50 moves without a pawn-push!} Kg8 71. Ra1 Kg7 72. Rf1 Ra2 73. Rf2
$1 {The principal idea, offering an exchange of rook to gain acces for White's
king.} Ra3 74. Rd2 Ra7 75. Kf2 Kf7 76. Ke2 Rb7 77. Rd3 Ra7 78. Kd2 Ke6 79. Kc3
Ke7 80. Kc4 Rc7+ 81. Kb5 Rc1 82. Rb3 Kf7 83. Kb6 Rc2 84. Kb7 Rc1 85. Kb8 $1 {
The target position. Now Rb7-c7 is the way of bridging the way for White's
king.} Kg8 $5 86. Rb6 $1 {Forcing the king to defend the f-pawn, thus ensuring
Rb7 will be with check.} Kg7 87. Rb7+ Kg8 ({If} 87... Kh6 {then} 88. Rf7 $1 Rc6
89. Kb7 {is a trivial win.}) 88. Rc7 $1 Rb1+ 89. Kc8 Rb3 90. Kd7 $1 {The only
slightly complex moment, in an else very mechanical way to win this endgame.
Black will win a couple of pawns but White's king will take a dominat position
combining mating threats with creating another decisive passed pawn.} Rxf3 91.
Ke6 Rf4 92. h6 Kh8 93. Rb7 Kg8 94. Rg7+ $1 {As 94...Kf8 95.Rg6+! followed by
96.h7 mates instantly, Black now has to allow the white king to access the
g6-square.} Kh8 95. Kf7 Rxe4 96. Kg6 Ra4 97. Rh7+ {97.Re7 also was sufficient,
but this makes sure that an eventual h7 will be with check and thus win a
tempo in the ensuing positions where White has taken the f- and g-pawn with
his king and will start advancing his own pawns. Nakamura had seen enough and
resigned.} 1-0

[Event "PRO League All Stars St1"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.09.08"]
[EventType "team (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Atlantic"]
[BlackTeam "Pacific"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8.
Nxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. O-O-O+ Bd7 11. f3 h5 12. c5 Bh6 13. Bxh6 Rxh6 14.
h4 c6 15. Bc4 Ke7 16. Rd6 Rf8 17. Rhd1 Bc8 18. b4 Nd7 19. b5 Nb8 20. a4 Rhh8
21. a5 a6 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Na4 Rhg8 24. Nb6 g5 25. hxg5 Rxg5 26. R1d2 Rh8 27.
Nxc8+ Rxc8 28. Rh6 Rf8 29. Kc2 Rg6 30. Rxh5 Nd7 31. Kc3 Rf6 32. Rb2 Nxc5 33.
Rxe5+ Kd6 34. Kd4 Na4 35. Rd2 c5+ 36. Ke3+ Kxe5 37. f4+ Rxf4 38. Rd5+ Kf6 39.
Kxf4 Rb8 40. Rf5+ Kg6 41. Bxf7+ Kg7 42. Bd5 Nc3 43. Bc4 Re8 44. Rxc5 Rxe4+ 45.
Kg5 Re7 46. Rc6 Re5+ 47. Kf4 Rxa5 48. Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League All Stars St1"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lenic, Luka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.09.08"]
[EventType "team (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pacific"]
[BlackTeam "Central"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 d5 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bb5 Qb6 7. Ba4 e6 8. d4
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. Bc2 b5 13. Nf1 b4 14. Bg5 Qd8 15.
h4 Ba6 16. Ng3 bxc3 17. bxc3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nb6 19. Nh5 Nb4 20. Bb1 Nc4 21. Bxe7
Qxe7 22. Ng5 h6 23. Nh7 Qxh4 24. g3 Nb2 25. gxh4 Nxd1 26. Nxf8 Kxf8 27. Rxd1
Be2 28. Rd2 Bxh5 29. Rb2 Rb6 30. Bc2 Nc6 31. Rxb6 axb6 32. Rb1 Nxd4 33. Ba4
Ne2+ 34. Kg2 Nc3 35. Rb4 Nxa4 36. Rxa4 Be2 37. Ra8+ Ke7 38. Ra7+ Kf8 39. f4 b5
40. Kf2 Bc4 41. a3 d4 42. h5 d3 43. Ke3 Kg8 44. Ra8+ Kh7 45. Rf8 g5 46. Rxf7+
Kg8 47. Rf6 gxf4+ 48. Rxf4 Kg7 49. Rf6 Kh7 50. Rf4 Kg7 51. a4 1-0

[Event "PRO League All Stars St1"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.09.08"]
[EventType "team (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eastern"]
[BlackTeam "Pacific"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. c3 O-O 8. Bb3
Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nf1 Re8 12. N3h2 Qd7 13. Qf3 Kh7 14. Ng3 d5 15.
Bc2 d4 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 e4 18. dxe4 Ne5 19. Qd1 d3 20. Bb3 d2 21. Qxd2 Nd3
22. Re2 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Ng4 Re1+ 25. Kh2 Qd6+ 26. g3 Rae8 27. Bc2 Qd5
28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Nf6+ gxf6 0-1

[Event "PRO League All Stars St1"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.09.08"]
[EventType "team (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pacific"]
[BlackTeam "Atlantic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
f4 O-O 9. d3 c6 10. Nd2 a5 11. a3 Re8 12. c4 e5 13. fxe5 Bxe5 14. d4 Bc7 15.
Qc2 Nf8 16. Nf3 Ne6 17. c5 Ne4 18. Rad1 N6g5 19. Ne5 f6 20. Nd3 Nf7 21. Rfe1
Qd7 22. f3 Neg5 23. Nf2 f5 24. Nd3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Qd2 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1
Ne6 28. Bc3 g6 29. f4 Qe7 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Qf6 32. b5 Qe7 33. Nb4 Qd7 34.
Qa1 g5 35. Qa8+ Nfd8 36. b6 Bxf4 37. gxf4 Nxf4 38. Bd2 Qe7 39. Bxf4 gxf4 40.
Nd3 Qe3+ 41. Nf2 Qe7 42. Qb8 Qg5 43. Nh3 Qh4 44. Qxf4 Qe1+ 45. Bf1 Ne6 46. Qb8+
Kg7 47. Qxb7+ Kf6 48. Qxc6 Qe3+ 49. Nf2 Kg5 50. Qxd5 Nxd4 51. Qg2+ Kf6 52. b7
Qe5 53. Qg3 f4 54. Ng4+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League All Stars St1"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.09.08"]
[EventType "team (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Central"]
[BlackTeam "Pacific"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4
b4 9. Nfd2 c6 10. Nxc4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. b3 Ba6 13. Nbd2 Nbd7 14. Bb2 Rfd8
15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Bf3 Qg5 17. h4 Qg6 18. Qxg6 hxg6 19. Na5 Nb8 20. Ndc4 Nd5 21.
Be5 Nd7 22. Bb2 g5 23. hxg5 Bxg5 24. e3 Bf6 25. Bxf6 N7xf6 26. e4 Nc3 27. Rxd8+
Rxd8 28. Nxc6 Bxc4 29. Nxd8 Bxb3 30. Nc6 Na2 31. Rb1 Bxa4 32. Nxb4 Nc3 33. Ra1
a5 34. Nd3 Bc2 35. Nc5 Ncxe4 36. Bxe4 Nxe4 37. Rxa5 Nxc5 38. Rxc5 Be4 39. Kf1
g6 40. Ke2 Bd5 41. Ke3 Kg7 42. f4 Kf6 43. Rc7 Ba2 44. g4 e5 45. g5+ Ke6 46.
Rc6+ Kd5 47. Rf6 exf4+ 48. Kxf4 Kd4 49. Rd6+ Bd5 50. Rd7 Kc5 51. Ke5 Kc6 52.
Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League All Stars St1"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.09.08"]
[EventType "team (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pacific"]
[BlackTeam "Eastern"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. d4 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bxe5 Nc6 10. Bc3 Ne4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Bg2 Nb4 13. Na3 Nc3 14. O-O c6
15. e3 a5 16. Nd4 a4 17. Nb1 Ncxa2 18. bxa4 Rxa4 19. Bf3 c5 20. Nb3 b6 21. N1d2
Be6 22. Rfb1 Nc2 23. Bc6 Ra3 24. h4 h5 25. Be4 Nxa1 26. Rxa1 b5 27. cxb5 Rxb3
28. Rxa2 Rb4 29. Rc2 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Rxe4 31. Rc2 Rc4 0-1

[Event "PRO League All Stars St1"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.09.08"]
[EventType "team (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eastern"]
[BlackTeam "Pacific"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bb4 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Nd4 Ba6 14. Nb5
Rc8 15. Bd3 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Nxc3 18. Rc1 Rc5 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Bd6 Rd5
21. Rxc3 Rxd6 22. Be4 Rd8 23. Rc7 Nc5 24. Bc6 g5 25. g3 h6 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. Rh1
a6 28. h4 g4 29. h5 Rd2 30. Rh4 Nd3 31. Rxg4+ Kf6 32. Be4 Rxf2+ 33. Kg1 Rxa2
34. Rc3 Ne5 35. Rf4+ Kg7 36. Rc1 f5 37. Bg2 Rdd2 38. Bh3 Nd3 0-1

[Event "PRO League All Stars St1"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.09.08"]
[EventType "team (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pacific"]
[BlackTeam "Central"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 e5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. c4 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. Be2
Ngxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. h3 Nc5 14. Rad1 Bf5
15. Nd5 Ne4 16. Qc1 Nf6 17. Qa1 Re6 18. c5 Be4 19. Nf4 Re8 20. Bc4 Qe7 21. cxd6
cxd6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rac8 26. Rfd1 Rc6 27. b4
Rec8 28. Qd4 a6 29. a3 h5 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Qxd6 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Ra1
34. Rd3 h4 35. g3 Ra2 36. Kg2 hxg3 37. Kxg3 Kg7 38. e4 b6 39. h4 a5 40. bxa5
bxa5 41. f3 a4 42. Kf4 Kh6 43. Ke5 Rb2 44. Rd7 Kg7 45. Rd3 Kh6 46. f4 Kh5 47.
Kf6 Rf2 48. f5 gxf5 49. exf5 Rf4 50. Rd5 Rf3 51. Kxf7 Rxa3 52. f6+ Kxh4 53.
Rd4+ Kg5 54. Kg7 Rf3 55. f7 a3 56. f8=Q Rxf8 57. Kxf8 1-0

[Event "PRO League All Stars St1"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.09.08"]
[EventType "team (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pacific"]
[BlackTeam "Atlantic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 g6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. Bc2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Re1 d6 8. d3
b5 9. a3 Rb8 10. h3 a5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Nbd2 e6 15. Bd3
b4 16. a4 Bd7 17. b3 Rc8 18. Ba6 Ra8 19. Bb5 Ne7 20. Qe2 Rc8 21. Rac1 Rxc1 22.
Rxc1 Qb8 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Qa6 d5 25. Bg5 Bf6 26. Bxf6 Nxf6 27. e5 Ne4 28. Nxe4
dxe4 29. Ng5 Qd8 30. Nxe4 Qxd4 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Qxa5 Qb2 33. Rd1 Qxb3 34. Rd7
Qc3 35. Rxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League All Stars St1"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.09.08"]
[EventType "team (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Atlantic"]
[BlackTeam "Pacific"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Qe2 Bb7
15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 c5 17. Rfc1 Rfd8 18. h3 e5 19. Qb7 Rdb8 20. Qe4 Re8 21.
Rd1 exd4 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. exd4 Re2 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Nxd2 Rd8 26. Nb3 cxd4 27.
Rd3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League All Stars St1"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2018.09.08"]
[EventType "team (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pacific"]
[BlackTeam "Eastern"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Bxf3 4. exf3 e6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 c6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f4 a5 11. a3 Ne8 12. Nf3 Rc8 13. c4 Nd6 14. Qc2 b5 15. c5
Nf5 16. b4 Ra8 17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. d4 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Qb7 21. Bf1 Ra8
22. Rd1 g6 23. Bd3 Ra4 24. Bc3 Qa8 25. Rb1 Ra2 26. Qc1 Nf6 27. Ra1 Ne4 28. Rxa2
Qxa2 29. Qb2 Nxc3 30. Qxc3 Bf6 31. Bxf5 gxf5 32. h3 h5 33. Kg2 Qe2 34. h4 Qe4
35. Qd2 Kg7 36. Qc3 Kg6 37. Qe3 Kg7 38. Qd2 Kg6 39. Qd1 Kg7 40. Kh2 Kg6 41. Kg1
Kg7 42. Kg2 Kg6 43. Qa1 Kg7 44. Qc3 Kg6 45. Qb2 Kg7 46. Qa1 Kg6 47. Qa8 Bxd4
48. Qxc6 Bc3 49. Qxb5 Bxb4 50. Qb6 Kg7 51. c6 Qc4 52. Qd4+ Qxd4 53. Nxd4 Bd6
54. Nb5 Bb8 55. c7 Bxc7 56. Nxc7 Kf6 57. Kf3 Ke7 58. Ke3 f6 59. Kd3 Kd7 60. Nb5
e5 61. fxe5 fxe5 62. f4 Ke6 63. fxe5 Kxe5 64. Ke3 Ke6 65. Kf4 Kf6 66. Nd4 1-0

[Event "PRO League All Stars St1"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.09.08"]
[EventType "team (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Central"]
[BlackTeam "Pacific"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Re8 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rxe1 14. Qxe1 Qe7
15. Qxe7 Nfxe7 16. Bd2 Bf5 17. Bb5 a6 18. Ba4 Na5 19. Ne3 Be6 20. Re1 h6 21.
Bc2 Nc4 22. Bc1 Nxe3 23. Bxe3 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Nxf5 25. Bd2 Kf8 26. Kf1 Re8 27.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. Ke2 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League All Stars St2"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.08"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.09.08"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Atlantic"]
[BlackTeam "Pacific"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 Bd7 6. Nge2 Qc8 7. h3 e5 8. d4
Nf6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 h5 13. Bc1 Nh7 14. Qc2 c5 15. Bd2
a6 16. a4 Kh8 17. a5 Ng8 18. Na4 Bxa4 19. Rxa4 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. O-O h4 22.
b4 cxb4 23. Rxb4 Ngf6 24. Rb6 Bf8 25. Rfb1 hxg3 26. Nxg3 f4 27. Nf5 e4 28. Nxd6
Bxd6 29. Rxd6 f3 30. Bf1 Rg8+ 31. Kh1 Qf5 32. Rxb7 Qg6 0-1

[Event "PRO League All Stars St2"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.08"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.09.08"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pacific"]
[BlackTeam "Atlantic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 e6 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5
Bd6 9. Nd2 O-O 10. a3 Ne7 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. c4 Ng6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Rc1 Re8 16. Re1 a5 17. Bb5 Re6 18. Nf1 Qb6 19. a4 Rd8 20. Ng3 Bf8 21. Bc3
Bc6 22. Qd2 Ne4 23. Bxa5 Nxd2 24. Bxb6 Rb8 25. Bxc5 Nxb3 26. Ba7 Nxc1 27. Bxb8
Na2 28. Ra1 Bxb5 29. axb5 Nc3 30. h4 Nxb5 31. Ne2 Re8 32. Bg3 Bd6 33. Ra5 Bxg3
34. Nxg3 Nc3 35. Ra1 Rd8 36. Rc1 d4 37. exd4 Nb5 38. d5 Rxd5 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40.
Ne4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League All Stars St2"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.08"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.09.08"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Atlantic"]
[BlackTeam "Pacific"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Bb7 11. Qe3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Rhe1 Rfe8 14. Nc3
Rad8 15. Ne5 c5 16. Nxd7 cxd4 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Ne4 dxe3 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20.
Rxe3 f5 21. Be2 Kf8 22. g3 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Rc8 24. Ra3 a5 25. Rb3 Rc6 26. Kd2
Ba6 27. Bf3 Rd6+ 28. Rd3 Ke7 29. Rxd6 Kxd6 30. Kc3 h6 31. b3 f6 32. a3 e5 33.
Bd5 Bc8 34. f4 Bd7 35. b4 Be8 36. Bf3 axb4+ 37. axb4 Bd7 38. Be2 Be8 39. Bd3
Bd7 40. Bc2 Be6 41. Bd1 Bd7 42. Bh5 Be6 43. Bg6 Bd7 44. Bf7 Bc8 45. Kb3 Bd7 46.
Bg8 Be8 47. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League All Stars St2"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.08"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.09.08"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pacific"]
[BlackTeam "Atlantic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qb6 6. Bxc6+ Qxc6 7. d4 Bg4 8. O-O
Nh6 9. Nbd2 Nf5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 h5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. e6 fxe6 14. Re1 Bg7
15. Ng5 e5 16. Ne6 Qd6 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Nc7+ Kf7 19. Nxd5 Rhd8 20. Ne3 Rac8
21. Nf1 Rc6 22. Nd2 Rd5 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. g4 Nd6 25. Kg2 a5 26. Be3 a4 27. a3 Nc4
28. Re2 Rb5 29. Bc1 Rd5 30. Nd2 b5 31. Nxc4 Rxc4 32. g5 Bg7 33. Be3 Ke6 34.
Rae1 Kf5 35. Bc1 e6 36. Re3 e4 37. f3 Re5 38. Rf1 h4 39. fxe4+ Kxg5 40. Rf7 Kh6
41. Rd3+ g5 42. Rdd7 Rcxe4 43. Rxg7 Re1 44. Rh7+ Kg6 45. Rhg7+ Kh6 46. Bd2
R1e2+ 47. Kf3 Rxd2 48. Rh7+ Kg6 49. Rhg7+ Kh6 50. Rh7+ Kg6 51. Rhg7+ Kh6
1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League All Stars St2"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.09.08"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.09.08"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Atlantic"]
[BlackTeam "Pacific"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 Bd6 12. h3 Qe7 13. Bd2 c5 14. Rc1 Bb7
15. b3 Qe5 16. f4 Qe7 17. Nc3 Rac8 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Bf5 Ra8 20. Bb1 a6 21. Ne2
Ne4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Ng3 Qg6 24. Qg4 Bf8 25. Bc3 a5 26. Rb1 Bc6 27. Qxg6 hxg6
28. Kf2 Red8 29. Red1 Rdb8 30. Be5 Rb6 31. Ne2 f6 32. Ba1 a4 33. Nc3 axb3 34.
axb3 Rd8 35. Rd2 Ra6 36. Rbd1 d4 37. exd4 cxd4 38. Ne2 d3 39. Nc1 Rxa1 40. Nxd3
Rxd1 41. Rxd1 Bb5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nqbbrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBBRKRN w GEge - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Ng3 Ng6 3. c3 O-O 4. Bc2 e5 5. dxe5 Rxe5 6. O-O Nb6 7. f4 Ree8 8.
f5 Ne5 9. f6 Bxf6 10. Rxf6 gxf6 11. Nh5 Ng6 12. Bh6 Re6 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. Nb3
c6 15. Nd4 Re7 16. Qc1 Qe5 17. Qh6+ Ke8 18. e4 Qg5 19. Qxh7 Bg4 20. Bd1 Bxh5
21. Qxh5 Rxe4 22. Rxe4+ dxe4 23. Qe2 f5 24. g4 Nf4 25. Qe1 Nd3 26. Qf1 Qe3+ 27.
Kh1 fxg4 28. Nf5 Qf2 29. Be2 Qxf1+ 30. Bxf1 Nxb2 31. Nd6+ Ke7 32. Nxe4 Nd5 33.
Nc5 b6 34. Ne4 f5 35. Ng3 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nqbbrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBBRKRN w GEge - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 c6 2. O-O d5 3. c3 Ng6 4. f5 Ne5 5. d4 Ng4 6. Bf4 Bc7 7. e3 Bxf4 8. exf4
Nf6 9. Ng3 Nb6 10. Nb3 Nc4 11. Be2 Nd6 12. Bd3 b6 13. Nd2 g6 14. fxg6 hxg6 15.
Nf3 Qc7 16. Ne5 e6 17. Qc1 Rh8 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Bb7 20. Bb3 O-O-O 21. Qe3
Kb8 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. h3 Qe7 24. Rc3 Nd5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. f5 Rxc3 27. bxc3 Rg8
28. fxg6 fxg6 29. Ng4 Nc4 30. Qh6 a5 31. Kh2 Bc8 32. Rf6 g5 33. Qh5 b5 34. Rf7
Qd6 35. Qh7 Rd8 36. Qg7 Re8 37. Qxg5 e5 38. dxe5 Nxe5 39. Nxe5 Rxe5 40. Qf4 Re6
41. Qxd6+ Rxd6 42. Ne2 b4 43. cxb4 d4 44. Nxd4 Rxd4 45. bxa5 Ra4 46. g4 Bxg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbnnqkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBNNQKBR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. f3 f6 3. Nd3 Nd6 4. Bf2 Bf7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 b6 7. e4 dxe4 8. fxe4
e5 9. dxe5 fxe5 10. Bg3 Nc6 11. Bc2 a6 12. Bb3 Ba7 13. Bd5 b5+ 14. Bf2 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Ne7 16. Bxa7 Rxf1+ 17. Qxf1 Rxa7 18. Ne3 Ng6 19. Nc5 Qe7 20. Re1 Ra8 21.
g3 e4 22. Qh3 Nf8 23. Qg4 a5 24. Kg2 Re8 25. Rf1 Qe5 26. Nd7 Nxd7 27. Qxd7 Qe7
28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. Nf5 Re5 30. Ne3 a4 31. b3 axb3 32. axb3 Re8 33. Ra1 Rf8 34.
c4 bxc4 35. bxc4 h5 36. c5 Nf5 37. Nxf5 Rxf5 38. d6 cxd6 39. cxd6 Rd5 40. Re1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbnnqkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBNNQKBR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Qxe4 h6 4. Nd3 Bh7 5. Qe2 c6 6. f3 O-O 7. c3 Ne6 8. Be3
Nb6 9. O-O Bd6 10. N1f2 Qb8 11. g3 Nd5 12. f4 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Nc7 14. Ne4 Nd5 15.
Qf3 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Bc2 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5+ 20. Kg2 Rfd8 21.
Qf3 e6 22. Rfe1 Bf8 23. f5 exf5 24. Qxf5 Rd6 25. Qf3 Rad8 26. Rad1 b5 27. Bb3
a5 28. a3 Nh7 29. h4 Nf6 30. Re3 h5 31. Qe2 Ng4 32. Rf3 Rf6 33. Rxf6 Nxf6 34.
Nf2 Re8 35. Qf3 b4 36. cxb4 axb4 37. a4 Bc5 38. Rc1 Qd6 39. Rd1 Qb8 40. Rd3 Re1
41. a5 Qe5 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Nd3 Rg1+ 44. Kh3 Qc7 45. Bxf7 Qxd8 46. Qf5+ Kh8 47.
Ne5 g6 48. Nxg6+ Kg7 49. Ne5 Qd1 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.13"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. Ng3 Nf6 4. f4 Bd6 5. Bd3 Qe7 6. a3 O-O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. Ba6+
Kb8 9. Qe2 Ng6 10. O-O Ne4 11. d3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 e5 13. d4 f6 14. Qf2 Bb7 15.
Bxb7 Kxb7 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. f5 Nf8 18. e4 d4 19. c3 dxc3 20. Bxc3 Nd7 21. Nd2
Nf6 22. Nc4 g6 23. Qe2 gxf5 24. Rxf5 Rxg3 25. Be1 Rg6 26. Bh4 Rdg8 27. Ne3 Qe6
28. Rxf6 Rxf6 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Nf5 Rd8 31. Rc1 c6 32. Qh5 Qg6 33. Qf3 Bc7 34.
Qc3 b5 35. Qh3 Qg5 36. Rf1 Rd2 37. Kh1 h5 38. Kh2 Re2 39. Qf3 Qf4+ 40. Ng3 Qh4+
0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Ng6 5. Ng3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Qc2 Qc7 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Rbc8 11. Qe2 d5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8
15. Nd4 Nd5 16. Rbc1 Qb8 17. Bb5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Bf6
21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Ne4 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Nge7 24. Bc4 Qc7 25. g3 h6 26. a4 a5 27.
Qd4 Nc6 28. Qd1 Qd8 29. Bb5 Ncb4 30. Qc1 Nf6 31. Nd2 Ng4 32. h3 Ne5 33. Be2 Nd7
34. Ne4 Nf6 35. Nxf6+ gxf6 36. Bc4 Kg7 37. Kg2 Qa8+ 38. Kg1 Qd8 39. Kg2 Qd6 40.
Qc3 Nc6 41. Be2 Ne5 42. Kg1 Qd5 43. h4 Qe4 44. Qc1 Qd5 45. Qc2 Nf3+ 46. Bxf3
Qxf3 47. Qc4 Qd1+ 48. Kg2 Qd6 49. Qb5 Qc7 50. Kg1 Qc1+ 51. Kg2 Qc7 52. Kg1 Qc1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkbnrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKBNRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 b6 2. b3 e6 3. g4 g5 4. f5 exf5 5. Rxf5 Ng6 6. Ng3 Nh4 7. Rf1 Nd6 8. e3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O-O 10. O-O-O f5 11. gxf5 Ndxf5 12. Nxf5 Nxf5 13. Qg4 Nd6 14. Nd3
Ne4 15. Bf3 Ba3+ 16. Bb2 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 h5 18. Qg2 Rde8 19. Bxe4 Qg7+ 20. Kb1
Rxf1 21. Rxf1 Bxe4 22. Qh3 Qg6 23. Ne1 a5 24. d3 Bc6 25. e4 Kb7 26. Qf5 Qg8 27.
h4 gxh4 28. Qxh5 d5 29. exd5 Qxd5 30. Qxh4 a4 31. Qf6 Re2 32. Nf3 Re6 33. Qc3
Qf5 34. Nd2 Qg5 35. Nc4 Bd5 36. bxa4 Qg4 37. Nb2 Qg2 38. Rc1 Rc6 39. Qd4 Qg5
40. Re1 Qd2 41. Rc1 Bxa2+ 42. Kxa2 Qxc1 43. c4 Qh1 44. Kb3 Re6 45. Qd7 Re2 46.
a5 Qh2 47. Na4 Re1 48. Qd5+ Kb8 49. Qd8+ Kb7 50. Qd5+ Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkbnrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKBNRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 b6 2. b3 e6 3. g4 g5 4. f5 exf5 5. Rxf5 Ng6 6. Ng3 Be7 7. Bb2 Nd6 8. Rf1
O-O-O 9. c4 Nf4 10. Bc2 h5 11. gxh5 Rde8 12. h3 f5 13. e3 Nxh3 14. Qh2 g4 15.
O-O-O Qh7 16. Qe2 Bh4 17. Nxf5 Nxf5 18. Rxf5 Rxf5 19. Qxg4 Qxh5 20. Bxf5 Qxg4
21. Bxg4 Nf2 22. Bf3 Nxd1 23. Kxd1 Bxf3+ 24. Nxf3 Be7 25. Bc3 Rg8 26. Kc2 c6
27. Ne5 Kc7 28. Nd3 Rf8 29. Be5+ d6 30. Bf4 Kd7 31. a4 Ke6 32. Nb4 Rc8 33. Nd3
d5 34. cxd5+ cxd5+ 35. Kd1 Kf5 36. Bg3 Ke4 37. Ke2 Rc2 38. Bb8 a6 39. Ba7 Rc6
40. Bb8 b5 41. axb5 Rb6 42. Ba7 Rxb5 43. Nf4 Ke5 44. Bb8+ Kf5 45. Bc7 d4 46.
exd4 Rxb3 47. Nd5 Bg5 48. Nc3 Rb2 49. Kd3 Bxd2 50. Na4 Rb7 51. Bd6 Bf4 52. Nc5
Rb6 53. Be7 Bd6 54. Bxd6 Rxd6 55. Kc4 Rb6 56. Nd7 Rb1 57. d5 a5 58. Nc5 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkbnrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKBNRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 b6 2. b3 f5 3. e3 e6 4. Be2 Bf6 5. Ba6+ Bb7 6. Bxb7+ Kxb7 7. g4 Bxa1 8.
Rxa1 g6 9. Qg2+ c6 10. Nd3 Qg7 11. c3 Nf7 12. e4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 g5 14. Kc2 Ned6
15. Qe2 Qg6 16. Ng3 gxf4 17. Rxf4 e5 18. Rff1 Rbe8 19. Rae1 e4 20. Nf4 Qg5 21.
Nfh5 Qa5 22. Kb1 Ng5 23. Nf6 Re7 24. Nf5 Rxf6 25. Nxe7 Nf3 26. Rc1 Qg5 27. Ka1
Rh6 28. Nf5 Nxf5 29. Qxe4 N5h4 30. Rxf3 Nxf3 31. Qxf3 Rxh2 32. Rd1 Rxd2 33.
Rxd2 Qxd2 34. Kb1 h6 35. a4 a5 36. Qf5 Kc7 37. Qe5+ Qd6 38. Qf5 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkbnrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKBNRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 b6 2. g4 f5 3. gxf5 Rxf5 4. Ng3 Ra5 5. a3 Bd5 6. b3 Rxa3 7. c4 Bb7 8. Nc2
Ra2 9. d4 e6 10. e4 Be7 11. Qe3 Ng6 12. b4 e5 13. Qb3 Rxa1 14. Rxa1 Nxf4 15.
Nf5 Bg5 16. h4 g6 17. hxg5 gxf5 18. dxe5 Qxg5 19. Qe3 Nd3+ 20. Kd2 Qxe3+ 21.
Nxe3 Bxe4 22. Bc2 Nxe5 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Rxa7 Nf3+ 25. Kc3 Nf6 26. Rh1 Kd8 27.
Rh6 Ke7 28. Rxc7 Ra8 29. Kb2 Ne5 30. Rb7 Nd3+ 31. Kb3 Nc1+ 32. Kc2 Ne2 33. Kb2
Nf4 34. Rxb6 d6 35. Nf5+ Ke6 36. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNBKRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. e3 f5 3. c4 e6 4. f4 Nd6 5. d3 g5 6. g3 g4 7. Ne2 Ng6 8. Nf2 h5 9.
Bc2 Qf7 10. e4 c5 11. h3 b5 12. hxg4 hxg4 13. O-O-O bxc4 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. dxc4
Bf3 16. Rfe1 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rc8 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Nc3
Rc6 22. Qe3 d6 23. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNBKRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. f3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Qe3 Ng6 5. exd5 Bxd5 6. c4 Bb7 7. Bc2 Be7 8. Ne2
Nd6 9. Nhg3 O-O-O 10. O-O-O Bf6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. d4 f5 13. Nh5 Qh8 14. g4 Kb8
15. Kb1 Rfe8 16. h3 h6 17. Nc3 Nh4 18. Qf4 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Rxe5 21.
Nd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. cxd5 Nb5 24. Ng7 Na3+ 25. Kb2 Nxc2 26. Kxc2 Rxd5 27.
f4 Ng2 28. Kc3 fxg4 29. hxg4 Ne3 30. Rg1 Rd8 31. Nh5 c5 32. Rg3 Nd5+ 33. Kb2
Kc7 34. g5 hxg5 35. Rxg5 a5 36. Rf5 Kc6 37. Rxf7 Re8 38. a4 Re2+ 39. Kc1 Rh2
40. Ng7 c4 41. bxc4 Ne3 42. f5 Rc2+ 43. Kb1 Rxc4 44. f6 Nd5 45. Rf8 Rf4 46. Ne6
Rxf6 47. Rxf6 Nxf6 48. Kb2 Kd5 49. Nf4+ Kc4 50. Ka3 Ne4 51. Ng6 Nd6 52. Ne5+
Kc3 53. Nc6 Nc4+ 54. Ka2 Nb2 55. Ka3 Nd3 56. Ne7 Nb4 57. Nc8 Nd5 58. Nd6 Ne7
59. Ne4+ Kd4 60. Nf6 Kc3 61. Ne4+ Kc2 62. Nd6 Nd5 63. Nc4 Kc3 64. Ne5 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNBKRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g4 b5 2. b3 c5 3. Ng3 e6 4. f4 Bb6 5. e3 f6 6. h4 Nf7 7. Be2 Nfd6 8. Nd3 c4
9. Nf2 Ne7 10. g5 Nd5 11. Ng4 O-O-O 12. bxc4 bxc4 13. Nh5 Qf7 14. gxf6 Qxh5 15.
fxg7 Qxh4+ 16. Kd1 Rg8 17. Be5 Nf7 18. Bxc4 h5 19. Ba6+ Bb7 20. Bxb7+ Kxb7 21.
Nf2 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Rc8 23. Qh1 Qc4 24. Rb2 Rxg7 25. Ne4 Ka6 26. Nd6 Qg4+ 27. Kc1
Rc5 28. Rb3 Qg2 29. c4 Ne7 30. d4 Ra5 31. a3 Nc6 32. c5 Bxc5 33. Ne8 Rxa3 34.
Qxg2 Rxg2 35. Nc7+ Ka5 36. Rb5+ Ka4 37. dxc5 Nb4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNBKRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. Ng3 e6 3. f4 Bh4 4. Bf3 f5 5. exf5 Bxf3 6. Rxf3 exf5 7. b3 Nd6 8.
Re3+ Be7 9. Nh5 Rf7 10. Bxg7 O-O-O 11. Bxh8 Qxh8 12. Nd3 Nb5 13. c3 Bh4+ 14. g3
Bf6 15. Nxf6 Rxf6 16. O-O-O d5 17. Ne5 d4 18. Rd3 c5 19. Qg2 Qe8 20. c4 Nc7 21.
Re1 Kb8 22. Rf3 a5 23. Kb2 a4 24. Rff1 Re6 25. Qh3 Qf8 26. Qxh7 Kb7 27. Qf7 Rh6
28. Qxf8 Rxf8 29. Nf3 Rf7 30. bxa4 Na6 31. a3 Nb8 32. Re8 Nc6 33. d3 Rfh7 34.
h4 Rg7 35. Ng5 Ne7 36. Re1 Ng8 37. R1e5 Nf6 38. R8e6 Rhg6 39. Rxf5 Nh5 40. Rxg6
Rxg6 41. g4 Ng3 42. h5 Rg8 43. Rf7+ Ka6 44. h6 Re8 45. h7 Re2+ 46. Kc1 Rh2 47.
Rf8 Rh1+ 48. Kd2 Rh2+ 49. Ke1 Re2+ 50. Kd1 Rf2 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nqbbrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBBRKRN w GEge - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Qxb4 O-O 4. Bb2 Nb6 5. e4 d6 6. O-O e5 7. Ng3 Be6 8. d3
Ng6 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 Ne7 11. f4 Nc6 12. Qd2 Bf6 13. Nb3 Qd8 14. Ba3 exf4
15. Qxf4 Be5 16. Qg4 Qf6 17. Bc1 h6 18. Nd2 Qg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Nf3 Bf4 21.
Bxf4 gxf4 22. Bb3 Nd7 23. d4 Nf6 24. c5 dxc5 25. dxc5 Na5 26. Ba4 Rc8 27. Ng5
Rxc5 28. Rxf4 b5 29. Bb3 Nxb3 30. axb3 a5 31. Nf3 Re8 32. Rxe8+ Nxe8 33. Rd4
Rxf5 34. Rd8 Kf8 35. Ra8 a4 36. bxa4 bxa4 37. Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nqbbrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBBRKRN w GEge - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Qxh7 Ng6 3. Qh3 Rh8 4. Qc3 Rxh2 5. Bc2 c6 6. Bxg6 fxg6 7. Qg3 Rh4
8. d3 d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. f3 Ra4 11. Qxg6 Re6 12. Qf5+ Kg8 13. d4 Rxd4 14. Nb3
Rh4 15. Nf2 Nb6 16. Rd1 e4 17. g3 Re5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. gxh4 exf3 20. exf3 Bxh4
21. Ng4 Bxg4 22. Rxg4 Qh2 23. Be3 Nc4 24. Bd4 Bf6 25. Bf2 Ne5 26. Rg2 Qh1+ 27.
Bg1 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbnnqkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBNNQKBR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 f6 3. e4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nc6 5. f3 a6 6. c3 Ba7 7. Bf2 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. b3 Bf7 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Bxf2+ 12. Qxf2 Ng4 13. Qg3 f5 14. h3 Bd5 15.
hxg4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Qxe4 17. Re1 Qc6 18. Ne2 Nd6 19. Nd4 Qd7 20. gxf5 Nxf5 21.
Qg4 Rf7 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 Rxf5 24. Rad1 Rxf4 25. Re7 Rg4 26. Rxc7 b5 27.
c4 bxc4 28. bxc4 h6 29. c5 Re8 30. Rd2 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Rc1 32. Ra7 Rg6 33. Rd6 Rg5
34. Rd2 Rh5+ 35. Kg3 Rg5+ 36. Kh2 Rh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbnnqkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBNNQKBR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f3 f6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd3 c6 4. c3 Bf7 5. e4 O-O 6. Bf2 Bg6 7. O-O dxe4 8. fxe4
e5 9. dxe5 fxe5 10. Bg3 Rxf1+ 11. Kxf1 Nf7 12. Bc2 Ncd6 13. N1f2 a5 14. Kg1 Ba7
15. Kh1 a4 16. b3 a3 17. b4 Qe7 18. Bb3 Kh8 19. Rd1 Bh5 20. Rd2 b5 21. Bxf7
Nxf7 22. Nd1 h6 23. h3 Rd8 24. Bh4 Ng5 25. Ne3 Rd7 26. Nf1 Qf6 27. Nc5 Rxd2 28.
Nxd2 Bxc5 29. bxc5 Bf7 30. Nb1 Bxa2 31. Nxa3 Bb3 32. Nb1 Qf4 33. Nd2 Bc2 34.
Bg3 Qf6 35. h4 Ne6 36. Qe3 Qe7 37. Bf2 Qf8 38. Kg1 Kg8 39. g3 Bd1 40. Kg2 Bg4
41. Nb3 g5 42. Na5 Qa8 43. Nb3 Kg7 44. Nc1 gxh4 45. gxh4 Nf4+ 46. Kg3 Qc8 47.
Nd3 Bh5 48. Nxe5 Ne2+ 49. Kh2 Qe6 50. Bg3 Qa2 51. Bf2 Nxc3 52. Qd4 Nxe4 53.
Ng4+ Kf7 54. Qxe4 Bxg4 55. Kg3 Be6 56. Qxc6 Qb3+ 57. Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.13"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 Ng6 3. b4 e6 4. d4 Qg5+ 5. Qd2 Qxd2+ 6. Kxd2 f6 7. Nd3 fxe5 8.
dxe5 b6 9. g3 c5 10. h4 c4 11. Ne1 h5 12. Bh3 Nc7 13. Nf3 Bc6 14. Nd4 Bd7 15.
f4 Ne7 16. Nf2 Rh8 17. Nd1 g6 18. Nc3 Nf5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Ne2 Rg8 21. Bg2 Ra8
22. Bf3 Rh8 23. Bd4 Rh6 24. Bf2 Kb7 25. c3 b5 26. a3 a5 27. Nd4 Be7 28. Bd1 a4
29. Nf3 Kc6 30. Ng5 Rf8 31. Bf3 Rhh8 32. Rbd1 Rh6 33. Rh1 Rhh8 34. Ke2 Rh6 35.
Bg2 Rhh8 36. Rd2 Rh6 37. Rhd1 Rhh8 38. Kf1 Rh6 39. Nf3 Rhh8 40. Ne1 Rh6 41. Bf3
Rhh8 42. Nc2 Kb7 43. Rb1 Rh6 44. Kg2 Rhh8 45. Kg1 Rh6 46. Kh2 Rhh8 47. Rb2 Rh6
48. Rd1 Rhh8 49. Rdb1 Kc6 50. Bc5 Bxc5 51. bxc5 Kxc5 52. Nd4 Ra8 53. Bd1 Ra6
54. Kg2 Raa8 55. Kf2 Ra6 56. Nf3 Bc6 57. Rd2 Be8 58. Nd4 Bd7 59. Rdb2 Raa8 60.
Nf3 Ra6 61. Ng5 Be8 62. Rd2 Rh6 63. Bf3 Ra8 64. Bg2 Rd8 65. Nf3 Ra8 66. Nd4 Bc6
67. Bf3 Rhh8 68. Rbd1 Rh6 69. Rc1 Rhh8 70. Rb1 Rh6 71. Rdb2 Bd7 72. Bd1 Rhh8
73. Bc2 Rh6 74. Bd1 Rhh8 75. Rb4 Bc6 76. Bc2 Bd7 77. Kg2 Rh6 78. Kf1 Rhh8 79.
Kf2 Rhf8 80. R4b2 Ra6 81. Bd1 Rh8 82. Nf3 Be8 83. Rd2 Ra8 84. Ng5 Rh6 85. Bf3
Rd8 86. Ke3 Rd7 87. Bg2 Rd8 88. Nf3 Ra8 89. Nd4 Bc6 90. Bf3 Rg8 91. Rg2 Rf8 92.
Rgb2 Ra8 93. Be2 Bd7 94. Kf2 Rhh8 95. Bd1 Rh6 96. Bf3 Rhh8 97. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nf2 g6 4. e4 Nf7 5. Qe1 Qe7 6. O-O-O O-O-O 7. b3 b6 8. d4
Nf6 9. Nd2 Bh6 10. g3 g5 11. exf5 gxf4 12. fxe6 Qxe6 13. Qxe6 dxe6 14. gxf4
Bxf4 15. Ba6+ Kd7 16. Rgf1 Ke7 17. Nfe4 Nd5 18. Bc4 Bh6 19. Rde1 Rg2 20. Re2
Rxe2 21. Bxe2 Ne3 22. Rg1 Nf5 23. Bd3 Nxd4 24. Kb1 Ne5 25. Rg3 Nxd3 26. cxd3
Bxd2 27. Nxd2 Nf5 28. Rh3 h6 29. Be5 Bg2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Baules, Jorge"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Ganguly, Surya Sekhar "]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Panama"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 $5 {Mostly we see 4...0-0, 4...d5 or 4.
..c5 in practice, and rather rarely this continuation has been tried as
compared to the three moves mentioned. Vallejo was playing this line a lot at
some point, and then it was also taken up by Ding, Wei Yi, Wojtaszek,
Ponomariov, Morozevich etc. That shows the potential of this line. It is
typically played when looking for more complex and dynamic positions.} 5. e4 {
The most natural response.} (5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Bb7 {is another direction of
course.}) 5... c5 6. e5 (6. d5 {is also a critical test for Black in this
system:} Qe7 7. Nge2 (7. Be2 d6 8. Nf3 (8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. f3 exd5 11.
exd5 Re8 $17 {0-1 (22) Walter,S (2406)-Wojtaszek,R (2746) Germany 2016}) 8...
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. Bg5 Nbd7 $132 {1/2-1/2 (29) Narciso Dublan,M (2482)
-Vallejo Pons,F (2713) Linares 2016}) 7... exd5 8. exd5 O-O 9. Bd2 d6 {was
played by Wei Yi and Tomashevsky recently. This would need further tests from
both sides.}) 6... cxd4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ng8 {A funny position. After 8
moves only one lonely queen is developed for White while all black pieces are
on their initial squares. 32 games have reached this position and even in
correspondence chess Black has decent scores which underlines the solidity of
his position.} 9. cxd4 (9. Qe4 Nc6 10. cxd4 {was tried in Correspondence chess
and here after the nice} d5 {Black managed to get a comfortable game}) 9... Bb7
{At first glance optically, it feels like White should get some concrete
advantage. After all he controls the centre and has the two bishops. However,
on a closer look it turns out White's centre could easily be a target for
Black, while he himself doesn't have any obvious weakness.} 10. Nf3 $6 {
First of all this is a bad move as it creates a bad structure for White thus
giving Black more targets, and Hikaru is also the last person to shy away from
giving up bishops for knights.} (10. Qd1 $5 {[%cal Gg1f3] Funny and weird but
it does have a point! White surely wants to develop his kingside pieces and
the most sensible way would be to put the knight on f3 and bishop on d3. In
order to achieve this, this weird move comes into consideration.} d5 (10... Ne7
11. Nf3 {If Black goes automatic} O-O $6 {, then after} 12. Bd3 {he is already
in trouble, with Bxh7+ in the air.}) 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Nf3 Ne7 {and a normal
position has been reached. Black has no weaknesses and White has the bishop
pair. Somewhat like the Karpov system in the Nimzo.}) (10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Be3 Nge7
12. Ng3 d5 {also gives Black a standard play.}) 10... Bxf3 {Of course!} 11.
gxf3 Nc6 12. Bb2 (12. d5 $1 {is not an easy move to play when you are facing a
guy who is more than 400 points higher than you, but then it’s better to be
active than suffer in a passive position for long time.} Nxe5 (12... Nd4 {
I am pretty sure Hikaru would have played the strongest move here, not
accepting the pawn sac.} 13. Qd1 Nf5 14. Bd3 Nge7 15. f4 {leads to a
dynamically balanced position.}) 13. Bb2 $1 {At least the bishop has got a
long range now :)} Qf6 (13... Nxf3+ $2 14. Ke2 $18 {could lead to some Morphy
like games!}) 14. O-O-O Qf4+ {Or else Black is just worse.} 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16.
Rxd2 f6 $8 17. f4 Ng6 (17... Nf3 18. Re2) 18. dxe6 dxe6 19. f5 $1 exf5 20. c5
$1 {is an amusing computer generated line for which I take no credit. White,
in order to take the advantage out of the two bishops, had to give away every
single central pawn and that was very instructive.}) 12... Nge7 13. Rg1 Rc8 {
Sharp as always! Hikaru goes for the most dynamic solution.} (13... O-O 14. d5
Na5 {It is understandable that Hikaru did not want to put his knight on the
edge inviting a kingside attack for White which can easily turn out to be
dangerous. However, Black has enough resources here to stay solid.} 15. Rd1 Nf5
16. Bd3 g6 $132 {[%csl Rc4]}) 14. Qe4 $6 {Now finally Black takes over as he
gets enough time to consolidate. Soon White's pawn weakness will start to be a
real pain.} (14. Rxg7 {Here both ...Ng6 and ...Nf5 are tempting, and it would
be hard to tell what Hikaru had in mind.} Nf5 {I would say this is most human.}
(14... Ng6 {[%cal Ge8f8] is the cold-blooded computer way.} 15. d5 Nce7 16. Rd1
Nxd5 $1 (16... Nf5 17. dxe6 $18) 17. Rxd5 exd5 18. Qf5 Rf8 19. cxd5 Rc5 {
Apparently Black is slightly better. I personally would have opted for 14...
Nf5 had I seen this line!}) 15. Rg4 h5 {and Black gets good compensation like
in some lines in the French.}) (14. d5 $1 {Deflection. White first makes sure
there will be no ...Nf5 after Rxg7.} exd5 (14... Na5 15. dxe6 fxe6 (15... dxe6
16. Rd1) 16. Rxg7) 15. Rxg7 Ng6 16. e6 d4 $8 {I bet this line would have never
occurred to either of the players :)} 17. exf7+ Kf8 18. Rg8+ Rxg8 {although on
second thoughts Hikaru might have seen it thanks to his recent Fischer Random
tournament :)} 19. fxg8=Q+ Kxg8 20. O-O-O Qf6 {and Black is ok but so is White.
}) 14... Nf5 15. Bh3 Nce7 {The most human reaction.} (15... Na5 {The engine
prefers this.} 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Qxf5 g6 $17 {[%cal Ga5c4]}) 16. d5 b5 $1 {
Hits right on the weakest spot. Now the centre falls apart.} 17. dxe6 Qa5+ $1 {
Pretty much everything wins, but why not be perfect just in case!} 18. Kf1 dxe6
19. Qb7 O-O 20. Rd1 bxc4 21. Bc1 Qxe5 22. Rd7 Rcd8 {Going for a nice artistic
finish.} 23. Rxe7 Rd1+ 24. Kg2 Nh4+ 25. Kh1 Qe1 {A lovely game by Hikaru from
start to finish.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.26"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Be2 O-O 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Nd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b5 14. Na5
Nb6 15. c4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Bb7 18. Bb2 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Bf8 20. Bb3
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Bc3 Bd6 24. Bc4 Bb7 25. a4 Bc7 26. a5 Kf8
27. f4 h5 28. g3 g6 29. e4 h4 30. Kf2 hxg3+ 31. hxg3 Ke7 32. e5 Kd7 33. Be2 Bd8
34. Ke3 Be7 35. Kd4 Kc7 36. g4 Bh4 37. Ke3 Be7 38. Kd4 Bh4 39. Ke3 Be7 40. Bc4
Bc5+ 41. Ke2 Bc8 42. Bd2 Kb7 43. Kf3 Bd7 44. f5 gxf5 45. gxf5 Bd4 46. Kf4 Bb2
47. Bb3 Kc6 48. f6 Kb7 49. Bd1 Be8 50. Bf3+ Kc8 51. Be2 Bb5 52. Bh5 Be8 53. Be1
Kc7 54. Bd1 Kd8 55. Bh5 Kc7 56. Bb4 Kc8 57. Bc5 Bc3 58. Bb6 Bd2+ 59. Ke4 Bc3
60. Kf4 Bd2+ 61. Ke4 Bc3 62. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.27"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Bd7 11. Bxc4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Rfd8 13. Be2 Be8 14. Qa3
Qe7 15. Qb2 b6 16. e4 Na5 17. c4 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 b5 20. Rfe1 bxc4 21.
Qc3 Qc7 22. Rad1 Nb7 23. Bxc4 Qa5 24. Rc1 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 Na5 26. Bd3 c4 27. Be4
Rac8 28. Nd4 Kf8 29. Rf3 Rd6 30. Ra3 Rc5 31. Ne2 Rb6 32. Nc3 a6 33. Bc2 Nb7 34.
Ba4 Rc8 35. Bxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.28"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Qd7 5. Qxc4 c5 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. Rfd1 e5 14. Bg5 Be6
15. Qa4 Qb6 16. Nd2 Qxb2 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nde4 Nd4 19. e3 b5 20. Qa6 b4 21.
Rb1 Qc2 22. exd4 bxc3 23. d5 Bf5 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Qxf6 Bxd3 26. Rbc1 Qb2 27.
Qxe5 Bc2 28. Qg5+ Bg6 29. Qf6 Bc2 30. Qg5+ Bg6 31. Qf6 Bc2 32. Re1 Rce8 33. Bf1
Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Bg6 35. Re3 Qxa2 36. Qxc3 Qxd5 37. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.30"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Marjanovic, Dejan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. Re1 d5 8. c4
e6 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. e3 g5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 g4 15. b4
Qd7 16. b5 Nd8 17. a4 a6 18. Bf1 Nf7 19. bxa6 Bxa6 20. a5 Rfb8 21. axb6 Rxb6
22. Bc3 Rbb8 23. Qa4 Qd8 24. Reb1 Bb7 25. Qc2 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Ng5 27. Rb1 Bc6 28.
Rxb8 Qxb8 29. Qa2 h5 30. Qa6 Qb7 31. Qxb7 Bxb7 32. Ba5 c5 33. Bb6 cxd4 34. Bxd4
Bxd4 35. exd4 Kf7 36. c5 Bd5 37. h4 gxh3 38. Kh2 Kf6 39. Bb5 e5 40. dxe5+ Kxe5
41. Be8 h4 42. gxh4 Ne6 43. Kxh3 f4 44. Bb5 e3 45. fxe3 fxe3 46. Nf1 Bc6 47.
Bc4 e2 48. Bxe2 Nf4+ 49. Kg4 Nxe2 50. h5 Kf6 51. Nd2 Nd4 52. h6 Bd7+ 53. Kf4
Ne6+ 54. Ke3 Bc6 55. Nf3 Nxc5 56. h7 Kg7 57. Ng5 Nd7 58. Kf4 Nf8 59. Ke5 Ng6+
60. Kd6 Ba4 61. Kc5 Bb3 62. Kb4 Ba2 63. Kc3 Nh8 64. Kd4 Kg6 65. Ne4 Kxh7 66.
Ke5 Kg6 67. Nc3 Bb3 68. Kd4 Kf5 69. Nd5 Ng6 70. Ne3+ Ke6 71. Nc4 Ne7 72. Ne3
Nc6+ 73. Kc5 Kd7 74. Nd5 Bxd5 75. Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.01"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bd3 Qa5+ 8.
Bd2 Bb4 9. Bxg6 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 hxg6 12. Ne4 Ke7 13. Ne5 Nd7 14.
Nd6 Nxe5 15. dxe5 b6 16. h3 g5 17. Rad1 Nh6 18. Ke2 f6 19. Rd3 g4 20. hxg4 Nxg4
21. Rxh8 Rxh8 22. exf6+ Nxf6 23. Nc4 Rh4 24. Ne5 Re4+ 25. Re3 Ra4 26. Nxc6+ Kd6
27. b3 Rxa2 28. Nb4 Ra5 29. Rg3 Re5+ 30. Kd1 g5 31. Nd3 Rf5 32. Rh3 g4 33. Rh8
e5 34. Ke2 e4 35. Nb2 Nd5 36. Nc4+ Kc5 37. Rc8+ Kb4 38. Ne3 Nxe3 39. Kxe3 b5
40. Re8 Kc3 41. Rc8+ Kb4 42. Re8 Kc3 43. Rxe4 Kxc2 44. b4 Rg5 45. f4 gxf3 46.
Kxf3 Kc3 47. g4 a5 48. bxa5 b4 49. a6 Ra5 50. Re6 b3 51. Rc6+ Kd2 52. Rb6 Kc2
53. Rc6+ Kd2 54. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.02"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 e3 10. d3 d5 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa4 c6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. f4 Bg4 15.
Nf3 Nc6 16. h3 Bd7 17. Qa3 Nh5 18. Kh2 Qf6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. cxd4 g5 21. fxg5
Qxg5 22. Qd6 Bc6 23. h4 Qg7 24. Bh3 f5 25. Rf3 Rad8 26. Qb4 f4 27. gxf4 Qc7 28.
Ba3 Nxf4 29. Qe1 Nxh3+ 30. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 31. Rxg3+ Kh8 32. Kxh3 Re6 33. Rf1 Rg8
34. h5 h6 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Kh4 Ba4 37. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.03"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bf4 Nc6 9. Qd2 b6 10. Rad1 Bb7 11. Rfe1 e6 12. Bh6 Ne7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ne5
Rc8 15. Qf4 a6 16. Rd3 b5 17. a3 Qd6 18. b4 Rcd8 19. Red1 Nfd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5
21. Qh4 f6 22. c4 g5 23. Rg3 Ne7 24. Qh5 Be4 25. Re3 Bf5 26. c5 Qd5 27. Bf3 Qa2
28. Nc6 Nxc6 29. Bxc6 Qc4 30. Be4 Bxe4 31. Rxe4 e5 32. h4 h6 33. Qf3 Qd5 34. h5
exd4 35. Rdxd4 Qf7 36. g4 Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Qe6 38. Qd3 f5 39. Rd7+ Rf7 40. Qd4+
Kh7 41. Rd8 Rg7 42. Rf8 Qc4 43. Qxc4 bxc4 44. Rxf5 c6 45. Re5 Rd7 46. Re4 Rd1+
47. Kg2 Rc1 48. Kf3 Kg7 49. Ke3 Kf6 50. Kd4 c3 51. Re8 c2 52. Kc3 a5 53. Rc8
axb4+ 54. axb4 Ke5 55. Rxc6 Rb1 56. Kxc2 Rxb4 57. f3 Kd4 58. Rxh6 Rc4+ 59. Kd2
Rxc5 60. Re6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.10.05"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. h4 e6 10. f3 h6 11. e4 Bh7 12. Be3 Nfd7 13. Nd3 Bd6 14. Ne2 O-O 15.
Qb3 Kh8 16. Nef4 Nc8 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Kf2 b6 19. e5 Be7 20. g4 c5 21. Qc3 Qb7
22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 25. Qxc5 Qxb2+ 26. Kg3 Qb4 27. Qxb4
axb4 28. Rd4 Rxa4 29. Bb5 Ra7 30. Rxb4 Rb7 31. Rb3 Na7 32. Ba4 Rxb3 33. Bxb3
Nc6 34. Re1 Ra8 35. Re3 Ra3 36. Rc3 Nd4 37. Rc8+ Bg8 38. Bd1 Ra1 39. Be2 Ra5
40. Bd3 Rxe5 41. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ladron de Guevara Pinto, Paolo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. h3 Bc6 12. Qc2 a5 13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Bg4 Nc5 16. e5 f5 17. exf6+ Rxf6 18. Rfe1 h5 19. Be2 e5 20. Bd3 Qb6 21. Be4
Raf8 22. Rd2 g5 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Qc5 26. b3 h4 27. Rde2 Rf4
28. Rxf4 gxf4 29. Qe4 Rf6 30. Rd2 Kh6 31. Kh2 Qb6 32. Qf3 Rg6 33. Qe4 Rf6 34.
Qf3 Rg6 35. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sundararajan, Kidambi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Be6 5. d3 Qd7 6. Nd5 Nge7 7. Bd2 Nd8 8. e4
c6 9. Nc3 g6 10. h4 h6 11. f4 Bg7 12. Nge2 Bg4 13. Be3 Ne6 14. Qd2 Nd4 15. O-O
Bh3 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nd1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 f5 19. Nf2 O-O 20. h5 Qe6 21. hxg6 Qxg6
22. Rh1 Rae8 23. Rae1 a6 24. g4 d5 25. Ng3 dxe4 26. dxe4 fxe4 27. Rxe4 Nc8 28.
f5 Qg5 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Nge4 Nb6 32. f6 Bf8 33. Nxg5 Re5 34.
Nfe4 Nxc4 35. Rh7 Bb4 36. Rg7+ Kf8 37. Rxb7 Rb5 38. Ne6+ Kg8 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40.
Nf4 Ne5 41. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Be4 6. f3 Bh7 7. c4 e6 8. Nc3 dxc4
9. Bxc4 Nd7 10. f4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Ne7 12. h5 Ned5 13. Nge2 Be7 14. O-O Qd7 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Qf3 f6 18. Bd2 Kh8 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Bc1 Qc7 21. Qg3
b5 22. Kh2 a5 23. a3 a4 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. g5 fxg5 26. fxg5 hxg5 27. Bxg5 Bxg5
28. Qxg5 b4 29. Nb5 Qc2+ 30. Rd2 Qxd2+ 31. Qxd2 Rxf1 32. Nd6 bxa3 33. bxa3 Rdf8
34. Kg2 R1f4 35. Kg3 Rf3+ 36. Kg4 Rxa3 37. h6 Raf3 38. hxg7+ Kxg7 39. Ne8+ Kh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zumsande, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 b6 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Bd4 Bb7 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. Ne2 a5 18. Ng3 f5 19. Nh5 Bc6 20. Qg3 Bd8 21. Be2
Ba4 22. Rc1 Ne4 23. Qe3 Bxc2+ 24. Ka1 Qd7 25. b3 a4 26. Kb2 g6 27. Ng3 a3+ 28.
Kxa3 Be7+ 29. Kb2 Nxg3 30. hxg3 Be4 31. Bxb6 Bxg2 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Rc1 Be4 34.
Bd4 Bf8 35. Rxc8 Qxc8 36. Qc3 Qd7 37. a3 g5 38. b4 gxf4 39. gxf4 Qg7 40. Bf2
Qh6 41. Qg3+ Kf7 42. Qh4 Qxh4 43. Bxh4 Bh6 44. Bg3 Ke7 45. Kc3 Kd7 46. a4 Bf8
47. Bf2 Kc7 48. a5 Be7 49. b5 Kb8 50. a6 Bg2 51. Bd4 Bh3 52. b6 Bg4 53. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3
g5 9. Ne1 Qc7 10. f4 c5 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. dxc5 Qxc5+ 13. Kh1 d4 14. Nd3 Qc7 15.
fxg5 O-O-O 16. Bg4 Bxg4 17. Qxg4 Nf5 18. Rxf5 exf5 19. Qxf5+ Kb8 20. g6 fxg6
21. Qxg6 Be7 22. Bf4 Bg5 23. Bg3 Qxc2 24. h4 Be3 25. e6+ Ka8 26. Qe4 Rhg8 27.
Rf1 Rde8 28. Rf7 Qc6 29. Qxc6 bxc6 30. Bd6 Rxe6 31. Bc5 Re4 32. Be7 Reg4 0-1

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gupta, Abhijeet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6 8. Na4
Bc5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qd2 Bf5 13. b3 Re8 14. f3 a6 15.
Nc3 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qb8 18. Nc3 d5 19. Bb2 Qa7+ 20. Kh1 Qe3 21. Rfd1
Qf2 22. Re1 Nb4 23. Nb5 Nc2 24. Bd4 Ne3 25. Bxe3 Rxe3 26. Rf1 Qxe2 27. Qxe2
Rxe2 28. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd7 8.
Rb1 e6 9. d4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be2 Qc7 12. e4 Rfd8 13. Be3 Na5 14. Bd3 Rac8
15. h4 Be8 16. e5 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nc4 18. Ng5 h6 19. Ne4 Bc6 20. Qe2 b5 21. Rbc1
Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxh4 23. a4 a6 24. Bd3 Qb7 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. Rxc4 Bg5 27. Rfc1
Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Qb3 31. a5 Qb5 32. Qa2 Qd5 33. Ra4 Qe4
34. Qe2 Rc8 35. Rc4 Rb8 36. Qf2 Rb3 37. Rc7 Kh7 38. Rxf7 Rxe3 39. Rxg7+ Kxg7
40. Qf6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. c3 Nge7 6. cxd4 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
O-O Bg7 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Bg5 Qd6 11. Re1+ Be6 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Ne4 Qb4 14. Qc1
Rfe8 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Nc5 Bf5 17. Ne5 Rad8 18. h3 Nf6 19. Nb3 Rd5 20. Nxc6 Rxe1+
21. Bxe1 Bf8 22. Ne5 Be6 23. Nc4 Qb7 24. Ne3 Rh5 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. dxc5 Bxh3 27.
c6 Qc8 28. f3 Bxg2 29. Nxg2 Qh3 30. Bc3 Nd5 31. Bd4 f6 32. Qe1 Kf7 33. Rd1 Rg5
34. Qe2 Kg7 35. Bc5 Re5 36. Qf2 Rg5 37. Rd4 Qe6 38. Re4 Qxc6 39. Qd4 a5 40. a3
h5 41. Kh2 Kh7 42. Qc4 Qb7 43. Re7+ Kh8 44. Bd4 Rf5 45. Rd7 Qb8 46. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. O-O c6 8. Nc3
d5 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Rfd1 Nbd7 11. Rac1 h6 12. Ne1 c5 13. cxd5 cxd4 14. d6 Bxd6
15. Bxb7 Nc5 16. Qc4 Nxb7 17. Qxd4 Qe7 18. Qh4 a6 19. Nf3 Rac8 20. e4 Rc4 21.
b3 Rc5 22. e5 Bxe5 23. Ne4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bd6 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27.
Rc6 Bc5 28. b4 Nd8 29. Rc7 Bd6 30. Rd7 Bb8 31. Bxh6 Re8 32. Be3 Nc6 33. a3 b5
34. Rb7 Rc8 35. Rb6 Ba7 36. Rxa6 Bxe3 37. fxe3 Ne7 38. Nd4 Nd5 39. Kf2 Rc1 40.
Rc6 Rh1 41. e4 Rxh2+ 42. Kf3 Ne7 43. Rc3 Ra2 44. Nxb5 f5 45. Nc7 Kf8 46. b5 Rb2
47. a4 fxe4+ 48. Kf4 Kg7 49. a5 Nd5+ 50. Nxd5 Rxb5 51. Ne3 Rxa5 52. Rc7 Kg6 53.
Nc4 Rf5+ 54. Kxe4 f6 55. Rc6 Rg5 56. Kf3 Kf7 57. Nd6+ Kg6 58. Ne4 Rf5+ 59. Kg4
Re5 60. Nc5 Kf7 61. Rc7+ Kg6 62. Nd3 f5+ 63. Kf3 Re4 64. Rc6 Kf7 65. Rc7+ Kg6
66. Nc5 Re1 67. Ra7 Kf6 68. Ra6 Kf7 69. Kf2 Re5 70. Ra7+ Kg6 71. Rc7 f4 72.
gxf4 Rd5 73. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5
15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re5 Qd6 20. Bc4 Bd7
21. Rae1 Rfe8 22. Qc3 Rxe5 23. dxe5 Qe7 24. Rd1 Be6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. a3 Qf5
27. h3 h5 28. Qc5 Re8 29. Qxa7 Qc2 30. Qd4 Rxe5 31. Qxe5 Qxd1+ 32. Kh2 Qb3 33.
h4 g6 34. f3 b5 35. Kg3 Qd1 36. Qe3 Qd6+ 37. f4 f6 38. Qe4 Kf7 39. Kh2 f5 40.
Qe3 Qf6 41. Qb3+ Ke7 42. Qe3+ Kf8 43. Qf2 Qd6 44. Kg3 Qd3+ 45. Kh2 Qd6 46. Kg3
Qd3+ 47. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Ne4 9. Ne1 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 c6 11. Nd3 f5 12. e3 Nf6 13. b4 a5 14. a3 b6 15.
Rfc1 Bd7 16. Nf3 Bd6 17. c5 bxc5 18. bxc5 Bc7 19. Rab1 Qe7 20. Nfe5 Rfb8 21.
Rxb8+ Rxb8 22. Rb1 Qd8 23. Bf3 Be8 24. Bd1 Ne4 25. Rb2 Ng5 26. Qb1 Nf7 27. Nxf7
Kxf7 28. Ba4 Rxb2 29. Qxb2 Qa8 30. f4 Ke7 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. dxe5 Qa6 33. Qb8 Qe2
34. Qd6+ Kf7 35. Bxc6 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qe2+ 37. Kg1 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 7. e4 a4 8. a3
Nc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Re1 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Nf1 e5 13. h4 Nc5 14. Be3 Ne6 15.
N3h2 Ned4 16. Nd2 Kh8 17. c4 dxc4 18. dxc4 Bf5 19. Ne4 Nb3 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 21.
Rad1 Ncd4 22. g4 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Nc5 24. g5 Be7 25. Bb1 Bd6 26. Kg2 Nce6 27. Ng4
Nf4+ 28. Bxf4 Rxf4 29. Re4 Rdf8 30. Bd3 h5 31. gxh6 gxh6 32. h5 c6 33. Rde1 Nf3
34. R1e2 R4f5 35. R4e3 Rf4 36. Re4 R4f5 37. R4e3 Rf4 38. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Ba6 9. Qe2 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc8 13. Qxc8 Rxc8 14. Rac1
Nbd7 15. Ncb5 e5 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 a6 20. Nc3 Rc8
21. Rd1 b5 22. h3 g6 23. Nd6 Rc6 24. Ne8 g5 25. Bg3 b4 26. Na4 Nxe8 27. Rxd7
Bd6 28. e4 Bc7 29. f3 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Ra1 31. Nc5 Bb6 32. Nd3 Bg1+ 33. Kh1 f6 34.
Ne1 Bd4 35. Kh2 Ng7 36. h4 Rxa2 37. Nc2 Bc5 38. Ne1 Rxb2 39. Nd3 Rc2 40. Rb7 a5
41. Rb5 Bd4 42. Rxa5 b3 43. Rb5 b2 44. Kh3 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
d4 Qf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd3 Bf5 11. Qc2 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Rfe8 13. e4 exd4 14. cxd4
Qg6 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bd2 Kh8 18. Qc2 Bf8 19. d5 Nb4 20. Qb1 Na6 21.
Qxb7 Nc5 22. Qxc7 Nxe4 23. Be3 Bb4 24. Rec1 Rxd5 25. Qb7 Nc3 26. Qxb4 Ne2+ 27.
Kh1 Nxc1 28. Rxc1 Red8 29. Bxa7 Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Ng1 h6 32. f3 Qf7 33.
Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qb2 Qd5 35. a4 Rd2 36. Qb1+ Kh8 37. Bb6 Qg5 38. Qf1 Rb2 39. a5 Qd2
40. f4 Rb4 41. f5 Qc2 42. h3 Rb1 43. Qf2 Qd3 44. Qf3 Qb5 45. Qe4 Rf1 46. Kh2
Rxf5 47. a6 Re5 48. Qb7 Re8 49. a7 Qe5+ 50. Kh1 Qa1 51. Qb8 Rg8 52. Bd8 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. b3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxg4 Rxc1 14. Bxc1
Nc6 15. Bf5 Qa5 16. a4 Rd8 17. Bb1 Bb4 18. Qe2 h6 19. Rd1 Re8 20. Qd3 Ne5 21.
Qc2 Bc3 22. Nf1 Nc6 23. Ng3 g6 24. Ne2 Be5 25. Bd2 Qb6 26. h3 d4 27. Qc4 Kg7
28. Kf1 Rd8 29. exd4 Nxd4 30. a5 Qc6 31. Be3 Qxc4 32. bxc4 Nc6 33. Rxd8 Nxd8
34. Bxa7 Nc6 35. Bb6 Bd6 36. Nd4 Nxd4 37. Bxd4 Bb4 38. Be4 Bxa5 39. Bxb7 Bd8
40. c5 Kf8 41. Ke2 Ke7 42. Kd3 Ne8 43. Bd5 Nc7 44. Bb3 h5 45. Ke4 Nb5 46. Be3
Nc3+ 47. Kd4 Nb5+ 48. Kd5 Nc7+ 49. Kc6 Ne6 50. Bxe6 Kxe6 51. Kb7 Kd5 52. c6 f5
53. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Qd2 Bf6 14. Ne2 Qd7
15. c3 Rfe8 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 f6 19. Qf4 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Re8 21.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 22. h4 Ne7 23. h5 h6 24. Bd3 Bf7 25. a3 Kf8 26. Qf3 Be6 27. Qe3 Bf7
28. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b6 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. d4 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 c5 14. Nbd2 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Nc5 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Nc4 Bb8 18. Qe1 e5 19. Nc2 a5 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. Nxa5
Nxb3 22. Nxb3 Rxc2 23. Rd2 Rfc8 24. Qb1 R2c7 25. Bd3 Bd5 26. Bxh7+ Kf8 27. Bc2
g6 28. Nc1 Qe6 29. Ne2 Ba2 30. Qd1 Kg7 31. Bd3 Bb3 32. Qe1 Bxa4 33. Qa1 Ra7 34.
Qb1 Rd7 35. Ba1 Rb7 36. Ng3 b3 37. Kh1 Rh8 38. Ne4 Nxe4 39. Bxe4 Rb4 40. f4 f6
41. Bd5 Qe7 42. Bc3 Rb6 43. Qe4 Bb5 44. Rb1 Bd7 45. Qf3 exf4 46. exf4 Bf5 47.
Re2 Qd6 48. Rd1 Rh4 49. Bxb3 Rxf4 50. Rxd6 Rxf3 51. Bxf6+ Kh6 52. gxf3 Bxd6 53.
Re8 Rb8 54. Rxb8 Bxb8 55. Kg2 Bf4 56. Bd5 Bd7 57. Be4 Bc8 58. Bh4 g5 59. Be1 g4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2018.11.09"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re2 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. c3 Bg5 13. Na3 Bxc1 14. Qxc1
Qh4 15. Nb5 Nxb5 16. Bxb5 Qg4 17. Bf1 Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Bb7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
Rc1 a6 9. d4 Bd6 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 Qe7 12. O-O Rfe8 13. Nd2 Rad8 14. Qc2 c5
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Rfd1 Nb6 17. Nf3 Bb8 18. Ba3 Rc8 19. Ne2 Ne4 20. Nc3 Qf6 21.
Nxe4 dxe4 22. Nd2 Qe6 23. Bxc5 Nd7 24. b4 Bd5 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Nxc5 27.
Bf5 Ne4 28. Qxc8 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Qxb3 12. axb3 Be7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Kb1
a6 15. Ne2 c5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Rc1 O-O 18. e4 N5f6 19. Rhd1 cxd4 20. Nxd4
Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rd8 22. Ba5 Re8 23. Be2 g5 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Bc3 Nc5 26. Bd2 g4
27. e5 Nfd7 28. f4 g3 29. hxg3 Nb6 30. Bf3 Nd5 31. b4 Nd3 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Nf5
Bf8 34. Bc3 Nxb4 35. Bxb4 Bxb4 36. Rxd5 g6 37. Nh6+ Kg7 38. Ng4 Rc7 39. Nf6 Rc8
40. Rd7 b5 41. Nd5 Bc5 42. e6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O d5 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd3
Nc6 9. Rd1 Be6 10. Bg5 e4 11. Qb5 a6 12. Qxb7 Nb4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bxe4 Rb8
15. Qa7 Rb6 16. c4 Nc6 17. Qxb6 Qxb6 18. cxd5 Ne5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. N1d2 f5 21.
Bf3 O-O 22. Rac1 Rd8 23. Kg2 Qb5 24. Nb1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bb4 26. Rc1 Qb6 27. Nc3
Bxc3 28. Rxc3 a5 29. Rc5 Nxf3 30. exf3 a4 31. Rc8+ Kf7 32. Nc5 Qb5 33. Rc7+ Ke8
34. b3 a3 35. Nxe6 Qe2 36. Nd4 Qxa2 37. Nb5 Qxb3 38. Nxa3 Qxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 d5 10. Na3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Rc1 Nb4 16. Bxc6 Nxc6 17. Qe2 Qd6 18. Nb5 Qf6 19. h3 Rfd8 20. Rfd1
Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Rd8 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Ne5 24. f4 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Nh4+ 26. Kf1
Rd7 27. Rc7 Rxc7 28. Nxc7 Nf3 29. Ke2 Ng1+ 30. Kf1 Nf3 31. Nb5 a5 32. Ke2 Ng1+
33. Kf1 Nf3 34. Nc7 e6 35. Ke2 Ng1+ 36. Kf1 Nf3 37. Na8 b5 38. Ke2 Ng1+ 39. Kf1
Nf3 40. Nc7 b4 41. Ne8+ Kf8 42. Nd6 Nd2+ 43. Ke2 Nb1 44. Nc4 Nc3+ 45. Kd3 Nxa2
46. Nxa5 Ke7 47. Kc4 Kd7 48. Nb7 Nc3 49. Nc5+ Kc6 50. Nd3 Nd1 51. Nxb4+ Kd6 52.
Nd3 f6 53. b4 g5 54. fxg5 fxg5 55. Kb3 h5 56. Kc2 g4 57. Kxd1 gxh3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 c6 7. e3 b5 8. axb5
cxb5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nxb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bb7 12. Ra1 Bb4+ 13. Ke2 O-O 14. Qc2
f5 15. Nd2 Nc6 16. Rd1 Qxd4 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. b3 Bc3 19. Rc1 Bb2 20. bxc4 Nb4 21.
Qb3 Bxc1 22. Qxb4 Ra8 23. Nd4 f4 24. Qxb5 fxe3 25. Qxb7 Ra2+ 26. Kd3 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. d4 a5 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Rc1 Bd6 13. Ne5 Nf6 14. Nc6 Qc8
15. f3 Re8 16. Re1 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qa6 18. Qc2 Re6 19. e4 Bf4 20. Rcd1 Qb7 21.
exd5 Be3+ 22. Kh1 Nxd5 23. Ne5 Rae8 24. Qf5 f6 25. Nc4 Qc6 26. Qb1 Bf4 27. Re4
f5 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 g6 30. Rc1 Qd7 31. Qc2 Kf7 32. Qc4 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rad1 Be7 13. Rfe1 Rd8 14.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. b3 Ke8 16. Rd1 h4 17. Kf1 Rh5 18. Bc1 Bb4 19. Ne2 Bd5 20. Nf4
Bxf3 21. gxf3 Rh8 22. Ng2 Ke7 23. Ne3 Nxe3+ 24. Bxe3 Ke6 25. f4 Rc8 26. Ke2 g6
27. Kf3 Kf5 28. Rd7 Ke6 29. Rd3 a6 30. Ke4 Be7 31. Rd1 Re8 32. c4 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 b6 6. Nc3 a6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
O-O 9. g3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Bg2 f5 13. O-O Nd7 14. f3 Nf6 15.
fxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Qg4 Qe7 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Rf1 Rxf1+
21. Kxf1 Qe8 22. Kg2 h5 23. Qe2 b5 24. Bc3 Qg6 25. Be1 Qf5 26. h3 Kf7 27. g4
hxg4 28. hxg4 Qe6 29. Bg3 Bxg3 30. Kxg3 Qd6+ 31. Kg2 Qf6 32. Qc2 Qf3+ 33. Kh2
Qxe3 34. Qxc7+ Kg6 35. Qd6+ Kh7 36. Qe5 Qf2+ 37. Kh3 e3 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Qe8+
Kh7 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 d4 4. b4 Bg7 5. Bg2 d3 6. Nc3 dxe2 7. Qxe2 Nc6 8. b5
Nb4 9. O-O Bf5 10. Ne5 Nd3 11. g4 Bxe5 12. gxf5 Qd4 13. Ba3 Qf4 14. Rfd1 Qxh2+
15. Kf1 Qxg2+ 16. Kxg2 Nf4+ 17. Kf3 Nxe2 18. Kxe2 Bxc3 19. dxc3 Nf6 20. Rd3 O-O
21. Kf3 Rfe8 22. Re1 e6 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Bc1 e5 25. Kg2 Re6 26. Bg5 Rae8 27.
Rde3 Nd7 28. Rd1 Rd6 29. Red3 Ree6 30. Be3 b6 31. Rd5 Nf6 32. R5d2 Ne4 33. Rxd6
Rxd6 34. Rb1 Rd3 35. Rb4 Rxc3 36. Ra4 Nd6 37. Rxa7 Rxc4 38. a4 Nf5 39. Bd2 e4
40. Bf4 h6 41. Bxc7 Rc2 42. Kf1 e3 43. fxe3 Nxe3+ 44. Ke1 Nd5 45. Be5 Rc4 46.
Kd2 Re4 47. Bb2 Kf8 48. Rd7 Nf4 49. Rd6 Rxa4 50. Rxb6 Ke8 51. Be5 Ra2+ 52. Kd1
Nd3 53. Bd4 Ra4 54. Bc3 Rc4 55. Bg7 g5 56. Bxh6 g4 57. Rg6 Kf7 58. Rg7+ Kf6 59.
b6 Rb4 60. b7 Nc5 61. Rxg4 Rxb7 62. Be3 Ne6 63. Ke2 Ke5 64. Ra4 Rb3 65. Rg4 Ra3
66. Rb4 Kd5 67. Rb5+ Kc4 68. Re5 Ra6 69. Kf3 Rc6 70. Ke4 Nc7 71. Rc5+ Rxc5 72.
Bxc5 Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. a3 Nf6 5. Nf3 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 a6 11. b4 Re8 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Ne2 Qe7 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Rac1 Rac8 16. Qe2 b5 17. Rc2 Nb6 18. Ne5 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Nc4 20. Nf3 Ra8 21. Qe1
a5 22. bxa5 Bxa3 23. Bxa3 Qxa3 24. Qe2 Rxa5 25. Nh2 Bc8 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. g4 c3
28. f4 b4 29. f5 Ba6 30. Qf3 Bxf1 31. Nxf1 Qb3 32. Rf2 Qd5 33. Qf4 Qd6 34. Qh6
gxf5 35. Qh4 f4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. d5 d6 13. Nd2 c6 14. Nc4
cxd5 15. Qxd5 Qe7 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Qf3 Rc8 18. c3 Bg5 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. Bxg5 Qxg5
21. Nd4 Bd5 22. Qf5 Qxf5 23. Nxf5 Kf8 24. Ne3 Be6 25. a4 Nf6 26. Rd1 Ke7 27. f3
Rc5 28. Rd4 a6 29. Kf2 Bd7 30. g4 h5 31. h4 hxg4 32. fxg4 g5 33. h5 d5 34. Bd3
Kf8 35. Rb4 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Kf3 Kg7 38. Bf5 Bc6 39. Rd4 Ne8 40. Bd3 Nc7
41. Nf5+ Kh8 42. Ke3 Ne6 43. Rb4 Bd7 44. Nd6 Nf4 45. Nxf7+ Kg7 46. Nxg5 Nxd3
47. Kxd3 d4 48. Rxd4 Bc8 49. Ne4 Re5 50. Nd6 Bd7 51. Nf5+ Bxf5+ 52. gxf5 Rxf5
53. Rh4 Kh6 54. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Qh5 Be6 8.
d3 Nf6 9. Nf3 Qxf2+ 10. Kxf2 Nxh5 11. h3 Nf6 12. Bf4 O-O-O 13. Nbd2 Nd7 14. Nd4
Bc5 15. Be3 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 f6 17. Bc3 c5 18. g4 b5 19. b3 Nb8 20. Kg3 Nc6 21.
Nf3 Rhe8 22. Rae1 Nb4 23. Bxb4 cxb4 24. g5 Rd6 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. Nh4 Rg8+ 27.
Kh2 Bd7 28. Ng2 a5 29. Ne3 Kb7 30. Rf2 Rg5 31. Ref1 Rh5 32. Rf3 Rc6 33. R1f2
Be6 34. Ng2 a4 35. Nf4 Rh6 36. d4 Bf7 37. Nd3 Bg6 38. Rxf6 Bxe4 39. Rxh6 Rxh6
40. Nc5+ Kc6 41. Nxe4 Kd5 42. Ng3 Re6 43. Rd2 Re1 44. Kg2 Ra1 45. Ne2 Ke4 46.
Ng3+ Kd5 47. bxa4 bxa4 48. Ne2 Kc4 49. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. d5 b6 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Ne4
Be7 15. c3 Nd6 16. Ng3 Bg5 17. c4 Rc8 18. b3 Qf6 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Qd4 Re8 21.
Rd1 Nf5 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Bd3 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Bb7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 a6 8. d4
Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Rc1 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Re8 14. Qc2 Qe7
15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Bh3 Rcd8 17. Ne5 Nf6 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. Qxc6 h5 20. Qc2 Ne4 21.
Qe2 h4 22. Bg2 hxg3 23. hxg3 Qg5 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Kg2 Rde8 26. Rce1 Rxe3 27.
Qxe3 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 f6 29. Rfe1 Qf5 30. Bc3 Qc2 31. R1e2 Qb1 32. Be1 Kf7 33. f3
a5 34. Bf2 b5 35. Rc3 a4 36. bxa4 bxa4 37. Rcc2 g5 38. g4 Kg6 39. Be3 Qb8 40.
Rc1 Qb5 41. Rcc2 Kg7 42. Bf2 Qb1 43. Be3 Qb8 44. Rc1 Qh8 45. Rh1 Qe8 46. Rhe1
Qg6 47. Bf2 Qd3 48. Re3 Qh7 49. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. Ba4 c6 8.
c3 Bb6 9. Na3 d6 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Bb3 a5 12. a4 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Be6 15.
Ne3 g5 16. Bg3 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. d4 f6 20. Qb3 Bb6 21. Rad1 e4
22. f3 exf3 23. gxf3 f5 24. Be5 f4 25. Ng4 Bxg4 26. fxg4 Ra6 27. c4 Qd7 28. c5
Bd8 29. Bd6 Rf7 30. h3 Be7 31. Be5 Bf6 32. Qb5 Re6 33. Rde1 Bxe5 34. Rxe5 Rxe5
35. dxe5 Qe6 36. Re1 Rd7 37. Qxa5 d4 38. Qb6 Kf7 39. b4 d3 40. a5 d2 41. Qxe6+
Kxe6 42. Rd1 Kxe5 43. b5 Rd5 44. b6 Rxc5 45. Rxd2 Rxa5 46. Rd7 Ke4 47. Rxb7 Rb5
48. Ra7 Rxb6 49. Ra3 Rd6 50. Kf2 Rd2+ 51. Kf1 Rd3 52. Ra6 Kf3 53. Ke1 Kg2 54.
Rxh6 f3 55. Rf6 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rd2 Bc6 13. Rad1 b6 14. a4
Ne7 15. a5 Ng6 16. axb6 cxb6 17. Ng3 Ne5 18. b3 g6 19. h3 Be7 20. Nge2 Rd8 21.
Nf4 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Nd7 23. Ncd5 Bd8 24. Ne6 Re8 25. Nxd8 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Kxd8 27.
f3 Re6 28. Bf4 Ke7 29. Kf2 b5 30. Be3 Rc6 31. Ke2 Ke6 32. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O a6 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 e6 11. Qd2 Ne7 12. Bh6 b6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rad1 Bb7
15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. Ne2 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bb3 c5 20. c3 Nc6 21.
Qe3 c4 22. Bc2 Nd5 23. Qg3 Nce7 24. h4 f6 25. Ng4 Nf5 26. Qxd6 Rxd6 27. g3 Ra8
28. Ra1 Rda6 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30. Nc1 Kf7 31. Nh2 b4 32. Bxf5 gxf5 33. Ne2 Ra2 34.
Rb1 Nb6 35. f3 Nd5 36. cxb4 Nxb4 37. Nc3 Ra7 38. b3 cxb3 39. Rxb3 Nd3 40. Nb5
Ra1+ 41. Kg2 Ra2+ 42. Kg1 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 Ne1+ 44. Kf2 Bd5 45. Rc3 Rd1 46. Ke2 Rb1
47. Nc7 Bb7 48. h5 Ke7 49. g4 Kd7 50. gxf5 exf5 51. d5 Ng2 52. Kf2 Nf4 53. Ke3
Ng2+ 54. Kd4 Rd1+ 55. Rd3 Rxd3+ 56. Kxd3 Kxc7 57. Kd4 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2018.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. c4 c5 8. O-O d5
9. Qe2 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Rd1 Bf6 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4
15. Rxd4 Qe7 16. Qb2 Rfd8 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Nc4 Rd5 20. Rad1 Rad8
21. f3 h6 22. e4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Qd7 25. Qd6 Qxd6 26. Nxd6 Nd7 27.
Kf2 Kf8 28. Ke3 a6 29. f4 Ke7 30. e5 f5 31. b4 Kd8 32. a4 Ke7 33. Kd4 g5 34. a5
b5 35. h4 gxf4 36. gxf4 h5 37. Nb7 Kf7 38. Nd8+ Ke7 39. Nb7 Kf7 40. Ke3 Ke7 41.
Kd3 Kf7 42. Kc3 Ke7 43. Kd4 Kf7 44. Nd6+ Ke7 45. Kd3 Kf8 46. Ke3 Ke7 47. Kd4
Kd8 48. Kd3 Ke7 49. Nb7 Kf7 50. Nd8+ Ke7 51. Nc6+ Ke8 52. Ke3 Kf7 53. Kd3 Ke8
54. Nd4 Ke7 55. Ne2 Kf7 56. Kd4 Kg7 57. Kc3 Kf7 58. Kd3 Nf8 59. Kd4 Nd7 60. Ng3
Kg6 61. Kc3 Kh6 62. Kd3 Nf8 63. Ne2 Kg6 64. Nd4 Kf7 65. Nxb5 axb5 66. a6 Nd7
67. a7 Nb6 68. Kd4 Ke7 69. Kc5 Na8 70. Kc6 Kd8 71. Kb7 Kd7 72. Kxa8 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz playoff"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.11.14"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. a4 Ba7 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Bg3 g4 12. Nh4 Nh5 13. Re1 Qg5 14. Nf1 Kg7 15. Ne3
Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Ne7 18. d4 Ng6 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Bd5
Rb8 22. b4 Bd7 23. Ra2 Rf6 24. Rd2 Bc6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Qe2 a5 27. b5 h5 28.
bxc6 Rb1+ 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Re6 31. Qd4 Kf7 32. Kf1 Qc5 33. Qxc5 dxc5 34.
Ke2 c4 35. e5 Rxc6 36. f4 gxf3+ 37. Kxf3 Ke6 38. Ke4 Rc5 39. Kd4 Rd5+ 40. Kxc4
Rd2 41. Kb5 Rxg2 42. Kxa5 Rb2 43. Ka6 g5 44. a5 c5 45. Ka7 Rb3 46. a6 c4 47.
Ka8 Ra3 48. Kb7 Rb3+ 49. Kc6 Ra3 50. Kb5 Ra1 51. Re4 Kd5 52. Rd4+ Kxe5 53. Rxc4
Kd5 54. Rd4+ Ke5 55. Ra4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz playoff"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2018.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2018.11.14"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Bb2 e6 5. c4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 a5 14. Nf3 Ne4
15. Nd4 Qh4 16. f4 Qf6 17. Rc2 c5 18. Nb5 Qe6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Bf3 f6 21. Qc1
a4 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Rxc5 axb3 24. axb3 Qb6 25. Rxd5 Be6 26. Bd4 Qxb3 27. Rc5
Bf7 28. h3 Ree8 29. Rf3 Qe6 30. f5 Qd6 31. Rf4 Bd5 32. Rc7 Re7 33. Rc2 Re4 34.
Rff2 Ree8 35. Rc7 Re7 36. Rc3 Ree8 37. Rc5 Rab8 38. Rf4 Be4 39. Qc4+ Kh8 40.
Kh2 Bb7 41. Qc3 Rbc8 42. Rxc8 Rxc8 43. Qb2 Ba8 44. Kg1 Qc6 45. Kh2 Qc2 46. Rf2
Qxb2 47. Rxb2 Be4 48. Rb5 h5 49. g4 h4 50. Kg1 Rc1+ 51. Kf2 Rc2+ 52. Ke1 Rh2
53. Rb8+ Kh7 54. Re8 Bd3 55. Re7 Kg8 56. g5 Bxf5 57. e4 Bg6 58. gxf6 gxf6 59.
Bxf6 Bf7 60. Rc7 Rxh3 61. Kf2 Rb3 62. e5 h3 63. Rd7 h2 64. Kg2 Rb2+ 65. Kh1 Be6
66. Rd4 Kf7 67. Bg5 Re2 68. Bf4 Re4 69. Rxe4 Bd5 70. e6+ Ke8 71. Kxh2 Bxe4 72.
e7 Kxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nielsen, Hogni Egilstoft"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "3038"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.12.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3
Bd6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Rfd1 f5 13. Ne5 Nxd2 14. Rxd2 f4 15.
cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qc6 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bc5 19. Bd4 fxg3 20. hxg3 Qg5 21.
Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Bxc5 Rfd8 23. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tomczak, Mikolaj"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "3039"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2018.12.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 b6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. O-O Bb7 8. c4
Qd8 9. Nb3 cxd4 10. Nbxd4 Bc5 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. Nxd7
Nxd7 15. Be4 Rc8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Bf4 O-O 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Nb5 Rfd8
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qe4 24. Bd6 Bf6 25. b3 Nd3 26. Bc7 h5 27.
Bxb6 Nf4 28. f3 Qg6 29. g3 h4 30. Bf2 Nd3 31. Qe2 Nc1 32. Qe4 Qxe4 33. fxe4
Nxa2 34. Be1 Nc1 35. Bxa5 Nxb3 36. Bc3 Be7 37. Kg2 Kf8 38. Kf3 h3 39. Kg4 Nc5
40. e5 Na4 41. Bd4 Bc5 42. Kxh3 Bxd4 43. Nxd4 Nb2 44. c5 Nd3 45. c6 Ke8 46. Nf3
Kd8 47. Kg4 Kc7 48. h4 Kxc6 49. h5 Kd5 50. Kg5 Nxe5 51. Nh4 f6+ 52. Kf4 Nf7 53.
Ng6 e5+ 54. Ke3 Nh6 55. Nh4 Ke6 56. Kf3 f5 57. Ng6 Kf6 58. Nf8 Nf7 59. Nh7+ Ke6
60. Nf8+ Kd5 61. Ke3 Nh6 62. Ng6 Ng4+ 63. Kf3 Nf6 64. Ne7+ Ke6 65. Ng6 Nxh5 66.
g4 fxg4+ 67. Kxg4 Nf6+ 68. Kf3 Kf5 69. Ne7+ Kg5 70. Nc6 Kf5 71. Ne7+ Ke6 72.
Ng6 Ne8 73. Ke3 Nd6 74. Nf8+ Kf5 75. Nd7 g5 76. Nb6 e4 77. Nd5 Ke5 78. Ne7 Nf5+
0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "3041"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.12.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Nbd2 Nh5 7. Be5 Nf6 8. Bd3
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. e4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 d4 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Nb3 Nc5
15. Nfxd4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Qb6 17. f4 Rd8 18. Qe3 a5 19. a4 Bd7 20. Kh1 Rac8 21.
Nf5 Qxe3 22. Nxe7+ Kf8 23. Rxe3 Kxe7 24. Nxa5 Bxa4 25. Nxb7 Rd2 26. b3 Bc6 27.
Nd6 Ra8 28. Ree1 g5 29. fxg5 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Rb2 31. h4 Rxb3 32. Ra7+ Bd7 33.
Nxf7 Rg3 34. Nh6 Ke8 35. Kh2 Re3 36. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "3028"]
[PlyCount "205"]
[EventDate "2018.12.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O e5 6. e3 Nf6 7. exd4 exd4 8. Re1+
Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nbd2 Bf5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. a3 Qd7 15.
Qa4 Rfe8 16. Rab1 Bf8 17. Nh4 Bh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Qb5 Ne5 20. f4 a6 21. Qxb7
Nxd3 22. Re2 Nxf4 23. Rf2 Rab8 24. Qc7 Rxe4 25. Qxb8 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 d3 27. Rbf1
d2 28. Rxf7 Nxg3+ 29. Qxg3 Qxg3 30. Rxf8+ Kh7 31. hxg3 Re1 32. Ng2 d1=Q 33.
Rxe1 Qd4 34. Nf4 Qxc4 35. Ree8 Qf1+ 36. Kh2 Qf2+ 37. Kh3 Qf1+ 38. Kh2 Qf2+ 39.
Ng2 Qxb2 40. Kh3 Qa1 41. Nf4 Qf1+ 42. Kg4 Qd1+ 43. Kf5 Qd7+ 44. Ke5 Qc7+ 45.
Kd5 Qd7+ 46. Kxc5 Qc7+ 47. Kd5 Qd7+ 48. Ke4 Qc6+ 49. Kf5 Qd7+ 50. Ke5 Qc7+ 51.
Ke4 Qc6+ 52. Ke3 Qc3+ 53. Kf2 Qc2+ 54. Kf3 Qc6+ 55. Kg4 Qd7+ 56. Ne6 Qd1+ 57.
Kf5 Qd5+ 58. Kf4 Qc4+ 59. Ke5 Qc3+ 60. Kd5 Qb3+ 61. Kc6 Qc3+ 62. Kb7 Qb3+ 63.
Ka7 Qe3+ 64. Kb7 Qb3+ 65. Kc8 Qc3+ 66. Nc7 Qxg3 67. a4 h5 68. Rh8+ Kg6 69. Re6+
Kg5 70. Rxa6 Qg4+ 71. Kb7 Qb4+ 72. Rb6 Qe4+ 73. Kb8 Qxa4 74. Rb5+ Kg4 75. Rhxh5
Qf4 76. Kb7 g5 77. Rh6 Qe4+ 78. Rc6 Kh4 79. Nd5 g4 80. Kb6 Qd4+ 81. Rcc5 Qh8
82. Rb4 Qb8+ 83. Ka5 Qd6 84. Rcb5 Kh3 85. Nf4+ Kg3 86. Rd5 Qc7+ 87. Kb5 Qb8+
88. Ka4 Qe8+ 89. Kb3 Qf7 90. Kc2 Kh2 91. Rd2+ Kg3 92. Rd3+ Kh2 93. Ne2 Qa2+ 94.
Kd1 Qa1+ 95. Kd2 Qa5 96. Rdb3 Qd5+ 97. Ke1 Qa5 98. Kf2 Qc5+ 99. Kf1 Qf5+ 100.
Rf4 Qd5 101. Rf2+ Kh1 102. Rh3+ gxh3 103. Ng3# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "3031"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.12.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 d5 5. e3 c5 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ngf3
g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Be5 Nf6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. dxc5 Bd7 13. Rc1 Qc7 14. b4 a5 15.
a3 axb4 16. axb4 Ra3 17. Nb1 Ra8 18. O-O h5 19. Nd4 g4 20. Nb5 Qe5 21. Nd2 Ra2
22. Bb1 Rb2 23. Nd6+ Ke7 24. N2c4 dxc4 25. Nxc4 Qg5 26. Qd6+ Ke8 27. Nxb2 Be5
28. Qd2 h4 29. Rcd1 Bc8 30. Be4 Bxh2+ 31. Kxh2 g3+ 32. Kg1 h3 33. Bxc6+ bxc6
34. f4 Qf6 35. Qd4 Qh4 36. gxh3 g2 37. Rf3 Rg8 38. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "3034"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.12.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Nc6 9. c3 e5 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Nd7 12. Rd1 Nb6 13. Bf1 f5 14. exf5
Rxf5 15. Qg4 d5 16. Nc3 Qd6 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Bd3 Rf7 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Be2 a6
21. Nc3 Rf8 22. b3 Ne7 23. Bg4 Nf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Rac1 c6 26. Ne2 Nc8 27.
Nf4 Re7 28. Nd3 Nd6 29. Re1 Rf8 30. Bf4 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Nf5 32. g4 Nxd4 33. Re7
b6 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. Be5+ Kf7 36. Bxd4 c5 37. Be3 d4 38. Bd2 Ke6 39. Kg2 Kd5
40. Nf4+ Kd6 41. Ne2 Re8 42. Kf3 a5 43. a4 Kc6 44. Nf4 b5 45. axb5+ Kxb5 46.
Nd3 c4 47. bxc4+ Kxc4 48. Nf4 a4 49. Bc1 d3 50. Ng2 a3 51. Ne3+ Kb3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "3024"]
[BlackElo "2966"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.12.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 c5 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. d5 Nd7 10. c4 Nf6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bd2 e5 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. O-O Nd6 15.
Bc3 Qe7 16. Qd2 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4 e4 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. Bb1 b6 21. a3 Bd7
22. Rc3 Kh7 23. Rd1 Rae8 24. Ba2 Re7 25. Ng3 Ba4 26. Rdc1 Qd4+ 27. Qe3 Rg8 28.
Kh1 Reg7 29. Rg1 Rg6 30. Ne2 Qg7 31. Qf2 Rg4 32. h3 Rg6 33. Kh2 Qf6 34. g3 h5
35. h4 Rg4 36. Rgc1 Nf7 37. Ng1 Nh6 38. Qe1 R4g7 39. Nh3 Ng4+ 40. Kg1 Qd4+ 41.
Kh1 e3 42. Bb1 Nf2+ 43. Nxf2 Rxg3 44. Bxf5+ Kh8 45. Ne4 Qxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Dec"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.12.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vakhidov, Daler"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "3011"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.12.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 f5 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nh6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. c5 e4 11. f3 exf3 12. exf3 e5 13. Re1 Nf7 14. f4 e4 15.
Be3 b6 16. Rc1 Ba6 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Qd7 19. Bd4 Nh6 20. c6 Qe7 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. d6 Qxd6 24. Qxd6 cxd6 25. Rfd1 Nf7 26. Nb5 Rfc8 27. c7
Kf8 28. Nxd6 Nxd6 29. Rxd6 Ke7 30. Rdc6 Kd7 31. b4 Re8 32. b5 Rac8 33. Rd1+ Ke7
34. Rd4 Kf7 35. Ra4 Re6 36. Rc1 Rd6 37. Rxa7 Ke7 38. a4 Kd7 39. Kf2 Rd2+ 40.
Ke3 Rd3+ 41. Ke2 Ra3 42. Rd1+ Ke7 43. a5 bxa5 44. b6 Rb3 45. b7 Rxc7 46. b8=Q
Rxb8 47. Rxc7+ Ke6 48. Rc6+ Ke7 49. Ra6 Rb5 50. Rd2 h5 51. h4 Rb3 52. Rxg6 a4
53. Ra6 a3 54. Ra2 Rxg3 55. R2xa3 Rg2+ 56. Ke3 1-0

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Qc2 {Not the
most popular continuation here. This queen development is considered
appropriate after Black's ...c7-c6. However, White tries to leave main
theoretical roads as soon as possible.} Bb7 8. Rd1 Bd6 (8... Nbd7 {is more
natural but White obtained an edge in the following game:} 9. cxd5 (9. Be2 dxc4
10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O a6 13. Ne5 Qc8 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Be2 Be7 16.
Qb1 Nf6 17. Rc1 Qe8 18. e4 b5 $11 {1-0 (43) Zoler,D (2498)-Griffith,K (2320)
Biel 2015}) 9... exd5 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Rc8 12. dxc5 Rxc5 13. Nd4 {[%csl Rb7,
Gd4,Rd5]} g6 14. Qa4 (14. Qe2 $5) 14... a6 15. Bxa6 Ra5 16. Bxb7 (16. Qxa5 $1
bxa5 17. Bxb7 $16 {[%csl Rd5]}) 16... Rxa4 17. Nc6 Qe8 18. Nxa4 Nc5 19. Nxe7+
Qxe7 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Bg5 $14 {1/2 (68) Zherebukh,Y (2614)-Goldin,A (2553)
Fort Myers 2016}) (8... Na6 9. Be2 $6 (9. a3 $5) 9... Nb4 10. Qb1 dxc4 11. Bxc4
Nbd5 $11 12. Bg5 $6 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rc1 Ng5 16. Be2 Nxf3+
17. Bxf3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 c5 $15 {1/2 (39) Edouard,R (2680)-Fressinet,L (2708)
Nimes 2014}) (8... a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 (10. Bd3 c5 $5) 10... Nbd7 11. Ne5 (
11. O-O Re8 12. h3 {1/2 (33) Goldin,A (2585)-Meijers,V (2418) Geneve 1999} c5
$5) 11... Bd6 12. Qf5 g6 13. Qg5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qg3 $14 {1-0 (34)
Bindrich,F (2605)-Mohota,N (2269) Caleta 2018}) (8... c5 {may be possible but
needs more tests:} 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Qb6 12. Ne5 Rfd8 13. b3
Bd6 $6 (13... Rac8 $5) (13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 $5 15. Bf4 Nf6) 14. Nxd7 Rxd7
15. Na4 Qc7 16. Bxd6 Rxd6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxc5 $16 {1/2 (44) Toolin,C (2220)
-Morrison,W (2281) Philadelphia 2016}) 9. Bg3 (9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11.
Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 a6 13. Bf5 Qe8 14. Qb3 b5 $6 (14... g6 $5 15. Bxd7 (15. Bh3 Ne4
16. Nxd5 $140 $2 g5 17. Bg3 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Ndf6 19. Qf5 Bb4+ 20. Ke2 Qa4 $40)
15... Nxd7 16. Nxd5 Qe6 17. Nc3 Qxb3 18. axb3 f5 $44) 15. O-O Be7 16. Rfe1 Nb6
17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxe4 Qc8 20. Ne5 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 $14 {1/2 (98)
Kveinys,A (2545)-Xu,Y (2518) Reykjavik 2017}) 9... Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. e4
Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxg3 $6 {Risky and at least premature: White can now create an
attack along the h-file.} (12... h6 $5) (12... Rc8 $5) 13. hxg3 e5 $6 {
Preparation of ...c7-c5 was a better plan.} ({And now the prophylactical} 13...
h6 {was the most appropriate. If} 14. g4 {then} Nf6 $5 {[%cal Rf6g4,Rb7e4]})
14. Bb5 c6 15. Be2 Qc7 16. g4 (16. Nh4 $5 $36 {[%cal Yh4f5] was probably a
better plan here.} g6 {is poor due to} 17. Qc1 $1 {[%cal Yc1h6]}) 16... Rfe8
17. g5 Rad8 18. Kf1 b5 (18... exd4 19. cxd4 Nf8 {was possible, with a solid
position.}) 19. Rh4 a6 20. a4 Qa5 21. g6 $5 {White has no other ways to
destroy Black's kingside; however, the position is far from clear.} hxg6 22.
Ng5 Nf8 (22... c5 $1 {was correct. If} 23. Qd3 (23. Rd3 f6 {is even worse}) {
then} 23... f6 24. Qh3 fxg5 25. Rh8+ Kf7 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 $1 (26... Kxe8 $2 27.
Qe6+ Kf8 28. Rd3) 27. Qxd7+ Re7 28. Qd6 cxd4 29. cxd4 Bxe4 {, and Black holds
on.}) 23. Rd3 Bc8 24. Qb3 Qc7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rf3 $6 {White fails to find
the right way:} (26. g4 $1 {[%cal Rd3h3]} Ne6 $8 27. Rdh3 Kf8 28. Nxe6+ Rxe6 (
28... Bxe6 29. d5 $1 cxd5 30. Bxb5 $16) (28... fxe6 29. Rh7 $16) 29. Qa3+ Qd6 (
29... c5 30. Bxb5 $16) 30. Qa7 Qd7 31. Qb6 $16) 26... Be6 27. d5 cxd5 28. exd5
Rxd5 $1 29. Nxe6 fxe6 {Black's pawn structure is destroyed but he is two pawns
up! Giving up his material advantage, Black parries White's attack and
equalizes the game.} 30. Rfh3 e4 31. Rxe4 Ra8 32. g3 (32. Bxb5 $142 Ra1+ 33.
Re1 $11) 32... Qc5 33. Re3 Ra3 34. Qb2 Qd6 (34... g5 $5) 35. Rh4 Ra4 36. Rhe4
Qa3 37. Qxa3 Rxa3 38. Bg4 Rc5 39. Bxe6+ Nxe6 40. Rxe6 Raxc3 41. Rxc3 Rxc3 42.
Rxg6 b4 43. Rb6 b3 44. Kg2 Kf7 45. f4 g5 46. fxg5 Rc2+ 47. Kf3 b2 48. Kg4 Kg7
49. Rb7+ Kg6 50. Rb6+ Kg7 51. Rb7+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. h4 d5 11. Kb1 Re8 12. Bd3 Bc5 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4
Nf6 15. Rde1 Ne4 16. Qf4 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Kc1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Kf8 20. Kd2
h6 21. Ne5 Ng4 22. Nxg4 Bxg4 23. c3 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Kxe8 25. Ke3 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5
27. f3 Be6 28. f4 f6 29. g3 Ke7 30. a3 Bd7 31. Bc2 Be6 32. Bd3 Bd7 33. Bc2 Be6
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nc2 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Nc3
Na6 9. d3 exd3 10. exd3 Be7 11. Re1 Be6 12. dxc4 O-O 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qb6
15. Na4 Qd8 16. b3 Re8 17. Bc3 Nc5 18. Bxf6 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 gxf6 20. Nc3 f5 21.
Ne2 Bf6 22. Ned4 Rad8 23. Bh3 f4 24. Nxe6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nxe6 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27.
Kf1 b5 28. cxb5 cxb5 29. gxf4 Re4 30. f5 Kg7 31. Rd5 a6 32. Rd6 Rh4 33. Ne3 a5
34. Ra6 a4 35. bxa4 bxa4 36. Kg2 Rd4 37. Kf3 h5 38. Ra5 Rh4 39. Kg2 Rf4 40. Kg3
Rb4 41. Nd5 Bh4+ 42. Kg2 Rd4 43. f6+ Kg6 44. Kf3 Bg5 45. h3 h4 46. Rb5 Bxf6 47.
Ke3 Rd1 48. Nf4+ Kg7 49. Ra5 Rh1 50. Kf3 Rh2 51. Nh5+ Kg6 52. Nf4+ Kg7 53. Rxa4
Be5 54. Kg4 Rxf2 55. Nd3 Rg2+ 56. Kf5 Bg3 57. Nf4 Rf2 58. Kg4 Bxf4 59. Rxf4
Rxa2 60. Kxh4 Ra6 61. Rg4+ Kh7 62. Rf4 Kg7 63. Rg4+ Kh7 64. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Bd3 Qa5+ 10. Kf1 Ba6 11. Bxc7 Bxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Na6 13. Bg3 Nb4 14.
Qe2 Rfc8 15. a3 Qa4 16. Kg1 Na2 17. h3 Nc1 18. Qf1 Qc2 19. Kh2 Ne2 20. Be5 Qxb2
21. d5 Nc3 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rd1 Qxa3 24. Rd7 Nd5 25. Nd4 Bf6 26. Bg3 Bxd4 27.
exd4 Qa4 28. Rd6 Rc6 29. Rd7 Rcc8 30. Rd6 Qe8 31. Qa6 Rc6 32. Ra1 Rxd6 33. Bxd6
Qd7 34. Be5 Nb4 35. Qe2 Nc6 36. Bg3 Qd5 37. Qa6 Nxd4 38. Rc1 Nf5 39. Rc8+ Rxc8
40. Qxc8+ Kf7 41. Qc7+ Kf6 42. Bf4 e5 43. Bc1 h6 44. Bb2 Qc5 45. Qb8 a5 46. f4
Kg6 47. Bxe5 Qc6 48. Qa7 h5 49. h4 a4 50. Qa6 Kh7 51. Qd3 Qg6 52. g3 Nh6 53.
Qc4 Ng4+ 54. Kh3 Qb1 0-1

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Be2
b6 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. d4 a5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. O-O Be6 13. Bb5 Qb6 14. Qe2 Nc6 15.
Rac1 Rac8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 h6 19. h3 Bf8 20. Bd3 g6 21. Bf6
Rd7 22. Bb5 Ra7 23. Ba1 Bg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qb2+ Kg8 26. Be2 a4 27. Bf3 Rd8
28. Qf6 axb3 29. axb3 Rad7 30. Qc3 Rc8 31. Ra1 d4 32. exd4 Rxd4 33. Rab1 Rb4
34. Bd5 Bxd5 35. Rxd5 c4 36. Rbd1 Rxb3 37. Qe5 c3 38. Qe7 Rb1 39. Kh2 Rxd1 40.
Rxd1 c2 41. Rd7 Qb8+ 42. g3 Qb3 43. Rd8+ Rxd8 44. Qxd8+ Kg7 45. Qd4+ Kh7 46.
Qf4 Kg8 47. Qd2 Qb2 0-1

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Rc1 Ba6 8. Qa4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. O-O a6 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 b5 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Ne5 c5 15.
dxc5 Rxc5 16. Qb1 Qe8 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Ne4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qa8 20. Bf3 Rc8 21.
Rd1 Nf6 22. Ng5 h6 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Nf3 Qe4 25. Be5 Qxb1 26. Rxb1 Ne4 27. Ne1
f6 28. Bg3 Rd8 29. Nf3 Rc8 30. Ne1 e5 31. f3 Nd2 32. Rd1 Nc4 33. Rd7 Bc5 34. b3
Nxe3 35. Bf2 Nf5 36. g4 Nd4 37. Kf1 Ne6 38. h4 Bxf2 39. Kxf2 Nf4 40. Rd6 a5 41.
Ra6 Rd8 42. Rxa5 Rd2+ 43. Kf1 Nh3 44. Nd3 Rxd3 45. Rxb5 Rxf3+ 46. Ke1 Rf2 47.
a4 Ra2 48. a5 Nf4 49. Kd1 e4 50. Kc1 e3 0-1

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Nc3 h6 7. d4 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Bxg6 fxg6 16. Qxg6 Rf7 17. Ne2 Nf8 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Rad1 Bc5 20. Kg2 Qh4 21. Bd4
Be7 22. f4 Bb4 23. cxd5 exd5 24. f5 h5 25. Rf4 Nh7 26. Ng3 c5 27. gxh5 Qd8 28.
Bb2 d4 29. e6 Rfc7 30. Qc4 b5 31. e7+ bxc4 32. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 33. bxc4 d3 34. h6
gxh6 35. Rg4+ Kf8 36. Ne4 Ng5 37. Nxg5 hxg5 38. Rxg5 d2 39. Kf3 Rh7 40. Rg3
Rdd7 41. Be5 Rh5 42. Kg4 Rdh7 43. Bf6 R5h6 44. Bg5 Ra6 45. e4 Rxa2 46. Rd3 Rc2
47. Bxd2 Rxc4 48. Rd8+ Kf7 49. Bxb4 Rxe4+ 50. Kf3 Re7 51. Bxc5 Rxh3+ 52. Kg4
1-0

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.13"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2832"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6
9. Nge2 Nd7 10. Qd2 Ndc5 11. Ng3 c6 12. Be2 cxd5 13. cxd5 a4 14. h4 Bd7 15. h5
Rc8 16. Kf1 a3 17. b3 Qa5 18. Rc1 f6 19. Kg2 Nb4 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Bh6 Rf7 22.
Rh2 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Rg7 24. Rch1 Rf8 25. Qc1 Nbd3 26. Qd2 Nf4+ 27. Kg1 Kf7 28.
Rh7 Rc8 29. Bc4 b5 30. Nge2 g5 31. Nxf4 gxf4 32. g5 Rcg8 33. Be2 Kf8 34. Kf1
fxg5 35. f3 b4 36. Nd1 Nxb3 37. Qc2 Nd4 38. Qc1 b3 39. axb3 a2 0-1

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qd2 e6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. f3 {
White plays a very passive and harmless system against Black's setup (...b6, ..
.e6).} (14. Bh6 {doesn't promise much either but that is at least more
principled (see CBM 156, game Le Quang Liem - Grischuk).}) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4
Qd6 $1 16. Bh6 {A bit too late. Black successfully creates counterplay now.} (
16. h4 Rfd8 $1 (16... Qb4 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 {0-1 (52) Salem,A (2656)-Grischuk,A 
(2737) Doha 2016 CBM 186 [Papp,Petra]} 18. Kf2 Rfd8 19. g4 $14 {P.Papp}) 17.
Bg5 Rd7 18. d5 Ne5 19. Bb5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc7 $11 {P.Papp}) (16. Bf4 e5 $1 17.
dxe5 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Nxe5 $11) 16... Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Na5 18. Bd3 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Rc8
20. Qd2 (20. Qg5 Nc6 21. Qe3 Qa3 $1 {[%cal Rc6b4]} 22. Qd2 Nb4 23. Bb1 Ba6 $15
{0-1 (50) Gaifullin,A (2405)-Kokarev,D (2620) Sochi 2017}) 20... e5 (20... Nc4
21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. h4 $132) 21. d5 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Qe3 $6 ({Challenging
Black on the c-file was a better option:} 23. Rc1 $5 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 {Chesspro.ru}
) 23... Rc2 24. a3 Ba6 (24... Ra2 $5 25. Rd3 Ba6 26. Nc1 $8 Bxd3 27. Nxa2 Qxa3
28. Nc1 Qa1 29. Qxd3 Qxc1+ 30. Kf2 {- White's protected passed pawn should
save his day.}) 25. Ng3 Qc5 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 $15 {[%mdl 4096]} 27. d6 $6 {This
pawn becomes weak.} (27. Nf1 {was more accurate}) 27... Rc8 28. a4 ({The rook
endgame after} 28. Nf1 Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Kg7 {[%cal Yg7f6,Yf6e6] is very dangerous
for White, of course. However, with minor pieces on the board, it looks gloomy
for him, too.}) 28... Bc4 29. a5 bxa5 30. d7 Rd8 31. Rc1 Be6 32. Ra1 Rxd7 33.
Rxa5 f6 34. Nf1 Rd1 35. Kf2 a6 36. Ne3 $2 {White should have created
counterplay immediately:} (36. g4 {[%cal Yh2h4,Yg4g5]}) 36... Rd2+ 37. Kg1 Rd6
$2 {Black misses his chance at this moment:} (37... Ra2 $1 {, and he should
win after freeing his a-pawn, whether White trades the rooks or not.}) 38. h4
Kf7 39. g4 Bd7 40. g5 Bb5 41. Kf2 Ke6 42. gxf6 Kxf6 43. Nd5+ Kf7 44. Nc7 Rb6
45. Ke3 {Black can't make any progress.} h6 46. Kf2 h5 47. Kg3 Be2 48. Kf2 Bb5
49. Kg3 Be2 50. Kf2 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O ({MVL goes for the Berlin endgame, but
in his practice he also used the Antiberlin line} 4. d3 {After} Bc5 5. c3 {
we have a topical position:} {Aronian in London tried the still quite rare} d5
$5 (5... O-O 6. O-O d5 ({The standard} 6... d6 {remains the most popular
continuation.}) {is similar, but now White can also play} 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8. Nxe4
$5 Nxe4 9. dxe4 Qf6 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 Ne7 14. f4
c6 15. Bc4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ng6 17. Bg3 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1
Rxe4 21. Rd8+ Nf8 22. Bd3 $44 {Radjabov,T (2735)-Carlsen,M (2733) Morelia/
Linares 2008.}) 6. exd5 (6. Nxe5 O-O $32 {/\} 7. Nxc6 $6 bxc6 8. Bxc6 Bxf2+ 9.
Kxf2 Ng4+ $36 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Rd8f6]}) (6. Nbd2 dxe4 {and contrary to the
position with both sides castled from the note above, now taking with the N is
inferior. After} 7. dxe4 O-O 8. O-O {Black has come up with} a5 $5 {and} 9.
Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. Nxc6 Qd7 12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd4 {wins material
only temporarily:} 14. Re1 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Rxe4 16. Be3 Qxd1 17. Rexd1 Be6 18. a3
Rc4 19. Rac1 c6 20. Rxc4 Bxc4 21. Rd7 h5 22. f3 a4 $11 {Karjakin,S (2760)
-Sethuraman,S (2673) Douglas 2018}) 6... Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8. b4 Bb6 9. Nbd2 O-O
10. a4 ({Last year Caruana and Grishchuk tested} 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qc2 Rad8 12.
a4 a5 13. b5 {and Black was under some pressure after} Ne7 14. Qb3 (14. Qa2 Ng6
15. Ba3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. d4 Qd6 18. Rfe1 exd4 19. cxd4 Nf4 20. Rac1 N6d5
21. Qb3 Nb6 $11 {Caruana,F (2799)-Grischuk,A (2782) Saint Louis blitz 2017})
14... Ng6 15. Ba3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. d4 Qd6 (17... exd4 18. cxd4 Qd6 19.
Rfe1 Nf4 20. Re5 Bg6 21. Rae1 Qb4 {Salem,A (2660)-Nakamura,H (2746) St
Petersburg rpd 2018} 22. Rc5 $14) 18. Rfe1 Rde8 19. Bf1 {Caruana,F (2799)
-Grischuk,A (2782) Saint Louis rpd 2017} exd4 20. Nxd4 Ng4 $132) {Probably the
best is} 10... Bf5 $142 $5 (10... a5 11. b5 e4 12. Ba3 (12. dxe4 $142 $1 Ne5
13. Ba3 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. O-O $14) 12... Bc5 13. dxe4 Ne5 14.
Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qe2 $6 (16. O-O $5 Bg4 17. Qc1 Rad8 18. Bb3 Qg5 (
18... Rfe8 {or}) (18... Rd3 $5 $44 {seem stronger}) 19. Nc4 Qxc1 20. Rfxc1 Nxe4
21. Nxa5 $14) 16... Re8 17. f3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. Nb3 Qa3 21.
Rb1 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Rd1 f5 24. Rd4 Qxc3+ 25. Qd2 Qa1+ 26. Qd1 Qc3+ {
½, Caruana,F (2832)-Aronian,L (2765) London 2018}) (10... e4 11. Nxe4 $5 (11.
dxe4 $6 Ne5 12. Qe2 a5 13. O-O Bg4 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Ba3 Bc5 16. Bb4 Bxb4 17.
cxb4 Qxb4 18. Rfb1 Qd6 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 b6 21. Bb5 Raa8 $11 {Caruana,F 
(2807)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2017}) 11... Nxe4 12. dxe4 Qf6 13. Qc2 Bg4
(13... Nxb4 14. cxb4 Qxa1 15. O-O $16 {[%cal Ra4a5,Rc1b2]}) 14. a5 Bxf3 15.
gxf3 {and the engine claims Black will not have enough for the piece.}) 11. Ba3
(11. a5 Bxf2+ 12. Kxf2 Bxd3 $44 {and White will have serious problems with his
exposed K.}) 11... e4 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxd6 cxd6 15. O-O-O Rac8
16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Kb2 Bxf2 $6 (19... f6 $142 $11 {or}
) (19... Rfd8 {holds the balance.}) 20. Rxe5 Bh4 21. Rd1 Bf6 22. Re3 Rc7 23. b5
Rfc8 24. Bb4 h5 25. Kb3 $36 {Caruana,F (2832)-Aronian,L (2765) London rpd 2018}
) 4... Nxe4 5. d4 ({After} 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 {Nakamura lately
preferred} Nf5 (7... Nxe5 {is the more usual option.}) 8. Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10.
g3 (10. c3 Re8 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rxe1 14. Qxe1 Qe7 15. Qxe7
Nfxe7 16. Bd2 Bf5 17. Bb5 a6 18. Ba4 Na5 19. Ne3 Be6 20. Re1 h6 21. Bc2 Nc4 22.
Bc1 Nxe3 23. Bxe3 Bf5 $11 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Nakamura,H (2763) chess.
com blitz 2018}) 10... Re8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne2 g5 $5 13. Bg2 h6 14. c3 Bf8 ({
In 2016 Hikaru in 2 blitz games against MVL played} 14... Bf6 {Although he won
both, he was possibly worried about} 15. g4 $5 Nd6 16. h3 $14 {/\Ng3}) 15. Nd2
Qd7 16. Nf1 Bg7 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Ne7 19. Nc1 Nf5 20. Bd2 b6 21. Nd3 f6 22.
Qb3 c6 23. a4 Nd6 24. Qd1 Bg4 25. f3 Bf5 26. Nf2 Nc4 $11 {Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2781)-Nakamura,H (2746) London blitz 2018}) 5... Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 {This flexible move has become White's main option in the
past few years; even after the once standard} (9. Nc3 Ke8 {, White more often
than not continues} 10. h3 {, transposing back into the game.}) 9... Ke8 {
Nowadays the elite plays mainly the text-move.} ({Currently the second popular
option is} 9... Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 {and now:} {In the London
semifinal we saw} 12. Re1 $5 (12. Be3 h5 13. Rad1+ (13. Ne2 Be7 14. f4 f5 $5
15. exf6 gxf6 16. Rad1+ Ke8 17. f5 Kf7 18. Rd2 a5 19. a4 h4 20. Kh2 Rh5 21. g4
hxg3+ 22. Nxg3 Rh4 23. Rf4 Rxf4 24. Bxf4 b5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Bxc7 a4 27. c3 a3
$132 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Karjakin,S (2760) Batumi olm 2018}) 13... Ke8
14. Ne2 Be7 15. f4 (15. Rfe1 a6 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bh2 Rh6 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Bxc7 Rc8
20. Ba5 c5 21. Nc3 Rc6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rhe6 $11 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2779)
-So,W (2780) Saint Louis 2018}) 15... g6 ({Possibly more solid is Karjakin's} 
15... f5 $5) 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. f5 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Rxf5 h4 20. Kf2 a5 21.
Kf3 a4 22. Rd4 Rh7 23. Rff4 a3 24. b3 Ra5 25. Rg4 Rd5 26. Ke4 Rxd4+ 27. Kxd4
Kd7 28. Rg8 Ke6 $132 {Karjakin,S (2760)-Adams,M (2712) Batumi olm 2018}) 12...
b6 (12... h6 13. b3 Bf5 14. Bb2 Bxc2 15. e6 Ke8 {Liepold,S (2168)-Londyn,R 
(2426) Germany 2017} (15... Ke7 $5 $13) 16. Ne4 $1 $36) (12... Bf5 13. Ne4 $5
$13 {/+/=} (13. g4 Bxc2 14. Re2 Bg6 15. f4 f5 $13)) ({Interesting in the
analoguos} 12... h5 $5) 13. g4 Be7 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Rad1 Kc8 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Nf4
Bf8 18. Bc1 g6 19. Re2 Bg7 20. Rde1 Kb7 21. e6 fxe6 22. Nxe6 Bf6 23. c3 c5 (
23... Bh4 $5) 24. Bf4 Bxe6 25. Rxe6 Rf8 26. R1e4 Rf7 27. g5 Bd8 28. h4 b5 29.
c4 $16 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2781)-Aronian,L (2765) London rpd 2018}) ({The sharp
} 9... Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 h5 {went out of fashion:}
14. Kg2 $5 (14. Kf2 b6 15. f5 Kb7 16. Nc3 (16. c4 $142 $5) 16... hxg4 17. hxg4
Rh2+ 18. Kg3 Rxc2 19. Nh7 c5 20. Nxf8 Bc6 $44 {Caruana,F (2796)-Adams,M (2740)
Dortmund 2013}) 14... c5 15. Nc3 b6 16. Be3 Kb7 17. Rd2 f6 18. Ne6 fxe5 19. f5
hxg4 20. hxg4 Bc6+ 21. Kg3 Ng8 22. Bg5 $44 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2780)-Klein,D 
(2492) chess.com rpd INT 2019}) (9... h6 {has also become rare, although it's
probably playable:} 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. b3 Ng6 $5 (12... Bf5 13. Nd4
Bh7 14. Nce2 Rd8 15. Bb2 a6 16. c4 c5 17. Nf3 Nc6 18. Nf4 Bc2 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8
20. e6 f6 (20... Nxe6 $5 21. Re1 Kd7 22. Ne5+ Ke8 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Nxe6 Bd6
25. Nxg7 Rg8 26. Nh5 Re8 $1 $44 {[%csl Ra2,Rb3,Gc2,Rc4,Gd6] <=>}) 21. Rc1 Bf5
$2 ({Necessary was} 21... Bh7 $1 22. Re1 Nc6 23. Nh5 Rg8 24. Bxf6 (24. Nh4 Bd6
25. f4 Ke7 26. f5 Nd4 27. g4 g6 $132) 24... Bg6 25. e7 Bxh5 26. exf8=Q+ Kxf8
27. Be5 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Kf7 $5 30. Rxc5 c6 {/\Rd8}) 22. Re1 Bd6 23.
Nh4 Bc2 24. Nh5 Rh7 25. f4 Nc6 26. g4 Nd4 27. f5 $16 {Grischuk,A (2750)
-Fressinet,L (2712) Reykjavik 2015}) 13. Ne2 (13. Bb2 Be7 14. Ne4 c5 15. Nc3
Nf4 16. e6 $2 f6 17. Re1 Nxe6 18. Nd5 Kf7 19. Nh4 Rd8 20. Nxe7 Kxe7 $17 {
Grischuk,A (2750)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com blitz INT 2017}) 13... Be7 14. Bb2
h5 15. Rd2 (15. a4 a5 16. c4 h4 17. Bc3 c5 18. Bd2 Bf5 19. Nc3 c6 20. Re1 Rd8
21. Ne4 b6 22. Re3 Be6 23. Bc3 Rh5 24. Nd6+ Kd7 25. Rd1 Kc7 26. Kf1 Rhh8 27.
Rde1 Rh5 $11 {Kamsky,G (2705)-Bruzon Batista,L (2679) Khanty-Mansiysk olm 2010}
) 15... h4 16. Rad1 Rh5 17. Ned4 a6 18. c4 Nf4 19. Bc3 Rh6 20. Ne2 Nxe2+ 21.
Rxe2 Be6 22. Nd4 Rd8 23. Red2 Bc8 24. Ne2 Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Rh5 26. Bc3 Rh6 27. Bd2
Rh5 $11 {Ni,H (2670)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) chess.com rpd INT 2018}) 10. Nc3
h5 {Today the almost universal reaction.} ({A decade ago Black used to play} 
10... Be7 {and this also isn't refuted, although newer examples are mainly
from postal games:} 11. g4 ({Na} 11. Rd1 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Be3 h5 14. Rd2
Bf5 15. Ne2 Rd8 16. Nd4 Bc8 17. Rad1 Be7 18. c3 a6 19. b4 g5 20. Ne2 Rxd2 21.
Rxd2 h4 22. a4 Rh6 23. Nc1 a5 $1 24. bxa5 c5 $132 {½, Brodda,W (2581)-Straka,
Z (2584) email 2016}) ({Interesting is} 11. Bf4 $5 {, but White still didn't
get a tangible edge after} Be6 12. g4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Kg2 Be7 15. Rad1
Rd8 16. b3 h5 17. f3 a5 18. a4 c5 19. Nb5 Rd7 20. c4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Kd8 22. Bd2
b6 23. Na7 f5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Bf4 g5 26. Bg3 Rhh7 $11 {/+/=, Ljubicic,L 
(2592)-Brodda,W (2581) email 2016}) 11... Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Rd1 Be7 14. Kg2
h5 15. f3 Be6 16. Ne2 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ (17. Be3 a6 18. Nf4 g6 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.
Rd1+ Kc8 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. f4 b5 23. b3 Rh7 24. Bf2 hxg4 25. hxg4 Rh8 26. Rh1
Rxh1 27. Kxh1 Kd7 28. Kg2 Bb4 29. Kf3 Ke8 30. Ke4 Ke7 31. Bh4+ Ke8 32. f5 gxf5+
33. gxf5 exf5+ 34. Kxf5 Bc3 35. Bf2 Ke7 36. e6 Ke8 37. Bg3 Ba5 38. Be5 Bb6 39.
c3 c5 40. c4 {Jakovenko,D (2737)-Wang,Y (2736) Elista 2008} {Now Mueller in
CBM 128 pointed out} bxc4 41. bxc4 c6 {war vonnöten:} 42. Bd6 Ba5 43. Bxc5 Be1
{creates a fortress.}) 17... Bxd8 18. Nf4 hxg4 19. hxg4 Bc8 20. Nh5 Kf8 21. Be3
f5 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Bxa7 b6 24. a4 f5 $132 {Versili,M (2362)-Vekelis,G (2349)
email 2015}) ({In 2018 only Anand tried} 10... b6 {against MVL, but he lost
both games.}) 11. Bf4 {Let's check the alternatives:} (11. Ne2 {was tested by
MVL in the rapids, now} b6 $5 (11... Be7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nf4 Bd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5
15. Rad1 c6 16. Rfe1 h4 17. Rd3 b5 $5 $146 18. c3 a5 19. Kh2 Rh5 20. Bxe7 Kxe7
21. g4 hxg3+ 22. fxg3 Rah8 23. h4 R5h6 24. Kh3 Rg6 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 $14 {
Sasikiran,K-Magalhaes,L (2537) email 2014}) {has the best reputation:} 12. Bg5
(12. Rd1 Ba6 13. Nf4 Bb7 14. a4 Be7 15. e6 Bd6 16. exf7+ Kxf7 17. Ng5+ Kf6 18.
Ne4+ Kf7 19. a5 c5 20. Nxd6+ cxd6 21. c4 Bc6 22. Ra3 {Kramnik,V (2811)
-Malakhov,V (2712) Sochi 2017} b5 $5 23. cxb5 Bxb5 $11) 12... c5 13. Nc3 Bb7
14. Rfd1 (14. Rad1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 c6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. f4 Bxg5 18. fxg5 Ke7 19.
Nd6 Ke6 20. f4 Rhd8 21. Rfe1 Nd4 22. Re4 Rd7 23. c3 Nf5 24. Kf2 Rad8 $11 {
Torosyan,N (2365)-Mikaelyan,A (2448) Yerevan 2016}) 14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 c6 16.
Rd3 Be7 17. Ne4 Rd8 18. Rad1 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Ke7 21. Kf1 h4 22. f4
f6 23. Ne4 Ke6 24. Nd6 Ne7 {and White already bailed out with} 25. f5+ Nxf5 26.
Nxf5 Kxf5 27. exf6 gxf6 28. Rd7 $11 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2781)-Nakamura,H (2746)
London rpd 2018}) ({We saw long manoeuvring with} 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rfd1 (12.
Rad1 Be7 13. b3 h4 14. Rfe1 a5 15. Rd3 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Ne2 Bd5 18. Bxe7+
Kxe7 19. Ned4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Be6 21. c4 a4 22. c5 axb3 23. axb3 g6 24. Re4 Bd5
25. Rg4 Rh5 26. f4 Rh8 $11 {/=/+, So,W (2822)-Caruana,F (2817) Saint Louis 2017
}) 12... Be7 13. Rd2 Rd8 14. Rxd8+ Kxd8 (14... Bxd8 $5 15. Rd1 Bxg5 16. Nxg5
Bc8 17. f4 f6 18. Nf3 Ne7 19. Kf2 Ng6 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Ne2 Kf7 22. c4 {
½, Jones,K (2305)-Cvak,R (2322) email 2016} c5 $11) 15. Rd1+ Ke8 16. b3 h4 17.
Bc1 (17. Bf4 Rg8 $1 {leads nowhere}) 17... a5 ({It's difficult to prove any
advantage even if Black just stays put with} 17... Bc8 $5 18. Ne2 b6 19. c4 Bb7
20. Nf4 Bc8 $11 {Hesse-Karpeshov, email 2017.}) 18. Ne2 Bd5 19. Ne1 Be6 20. Nf4
Bc8 21. Nf3 Rh6 22. Nh2 Rh8 23. Ng4 Nh6 24. Ne3 Nf5 25. Nc4 g5 26. Ne2 b6 27.
Nd2 {bring success only die to the passive} Ng7 $6 (27... Rh6 $1 28. Ne4 (28.
Nf3 Rg6 $11) 28... Re6 $132) 28. Ne4 Ne6 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. exf6 Rg8 31. f3 $36
{[%csl Gf6] Aronian,L (2767)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2018}) 11... Be7 12.
Rad1 (12. Rfe1 Be6 13. Ne4 h4 14. c3 Rd8 15. Nfg5 Rh6 16. g4 hxg3 17. fxg3 c5
18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. h4 c4 20. Kg2 Rd3 21. Nf2 Rd5 22. Re2 {Duda,J (2737)
-Karjakin,S (2773) chess.com blitz INT 2018} Kd7 $11 {he is OK.}) 12... Be6 13.
Ng5 {A natural sortie.} ({After the restrained} 13. b3 {Black can play} Rd8 $5
(13... h4 14. Ne4 a5 15. Neg5 Rh6 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. a4 c5 18. Rfe1 Rd8 19.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Re4 Rc6 21. Rc4 b6 22. Bd2 Re6 23. Bc3 Kd7 24. Rf4 g6 25. Kf1
Re8 26. Re4 Ke6 27. Ke2 Be7 28. Bd2 Rd8 29. c3 c6 30. Ng5+ Bxg5 31. Bxg5 Rb8
32. Bxh4 b5 33. Bf6 c4 34. bxc4 bxa4 {Caruana,F (2796)-Navara,D (2734) Skopje
2015} 35. Kd3 $1 $16) 14. Kh2 (14. Ne4 Rxd1 15. Rxd1 Bd5 16. Re1 Kd7 17. c4
Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Ke6 19. g4 hxg4 20. hxg4 c5 21. Bg5 Nd4 22. Nxd4+ cxd4 23. Bxe7
Kxe7 24. Rxd4 Rh3 $11 {[%csl Gh3] Sasvari,T (2547)-Babic,D (2463) email 2016})
(14. Bg5 h4 15. Bf4 c5 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Kc8 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. c4 b6 20.
Bc1 Kb7 21. Nc3 f6 22. Ne4 fxe5 23. Nxe5 Re8 24. Bb2 Bg8 $132 {Hiltunen,R 
(2421)-Romm,M (2473) email 2016}) 14... Bc8 $5 15. Ne4 b6 16. c4 c5 17. Nc3 Nd4
18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Nb5 c5 20. Nxa7 Bb7 (20... Bf5 $5) 21. Nb5 g5 22. Bd2 Kd7 23.
a4 Be4 $44 {Shirov,A (2691)-Andreikin,D (2723) Sochi 2015}) 13... Rh6 14. Rfe1
({Many practical and email games have featured} 14. g3 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4
(16. Bf4 Nh4 17. Kh2 Nf3+ $11) 16... f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Nxh4 19. f3 Rd8
20. Kf2 Rxd1 21. Nxd1 Nf5 22. Rh1 Bxa2 23. Rxh5 Be6 24. g4 (24. Bxc7 Rh6 $11)
24... Nd6 25. Rh7 Nf7 26. Ne3 b6 $5 ({Even more convincing than} 26... Kd8 27.
Nf5 c5 28. Ng3 Ne5 29. Rh8+ Rg8 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. Rh5 Bxg4 $5 32. fxg4 Rxg4 33.
Rxe5 b6 $11 {Carlsen,M (2863)-Anand,V (2792) WCh Sochi 2014}) 27. Ng2 Rg8 28.
Bxc7 Rh8 $11 29. Rxh8+ Nxh8 30. Ne3 Nf7 31. Bg3 Nh6 32. Bf4 Nf7 33. Bg3 Nh6 $11
{½, Anand,V (2803)-Giri,A (2778) London 2015}) 14... Bb4 15. a3 {Kramnik
shifted the attention to the text-move in 2018.} ({Earlier White extensively
tested} 15. g4 {, but found no advantage after} hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. Nxe6 Rxe6
18. Kg2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rh1 Nd5 22. Bg3 Rh6 23. Rb1 (23.
Rxh6 {seems exhausted by} gxh6 24. Kh3 Nxc3 25. Kh4 Nxa2 26. Kh5 Nc3 27. Kxh6
a5 28. f4 a4 29. f5 Ke8 30. g5 a3 31. e6 a2 32. Kg7 fxe6 33. f6 a1=Q 34. f7+
Kd7 35. Be5 Qa5 36. Bf6 Qc5 37. f8=Q Qxf8+ 38. Kxf8 Ne4 39. Kf7 Nxg5+ $11 {
Vachier Lagrave,M (2791)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2017}) 23... b6 24. c4
Nc3 25. Rb3 Ne2 26. c5 g5 27. Ra3 a5 28. Bh2 b5 29. Rxa5 Nd4 30. c3 Ne6 {
½, Tanti,J (2172)-Barkov,K email 2015}) 15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 h4 {Limits
White's P-majority, but Black has tried other moves as well:} (16... Rd8 17.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. g4 hxg4 19. hxg4 Ne7 20. Nxf7+ Bxf7 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. e6 (22. f4
$5 $36 {is indicated by engines as more dangerous.}) 22... Bg6 23. Rd1+ Ke8 24.
Rd7 Bxc2 25. Rxc7 b5 26. f4 Nd5 27. Rc8+ Ke7 28. f5 Bd1 29. Rg8 Nf6 $11 {
Vachier Lagrave,M (2779)-Karjakin,S (2773) Saint Louis 2018}) (16... Rg6 17.
Kh2 Ne7 18. Nxe6 $6 ({Activating the Rh6 is antipositional.} 18. Nf3 $142 $5)
18... Rxe6 19. g4 Nd5 20. Bd2 Nb6 (20... hxg4 $5) 21. f4 (21. gxh5 $5) 21...
Nc4 22. Bc1 hxg4 23. hxg4 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 $13 {[%csl Rc1,Gc4] /=/+,
Karjakin,S (2773)-Nakamura,H (2777) Saint Louis blitz 2018}) (16... Ne7 17. Nf3
Rh8 18. Bg5 (18. Nd4 Nd5 (18... a6 19. Bg5 $14) 19. Bg5 Nxc3 20. Rd3 Na4 21. f4
Nc5 22. Rc3 Na4 23. Rg3 c5 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. f5 Kf7 26. Bh4 Rag8 27. Rb1 Nb6
28. fxe6+ Kxe6 29. Rg6+ Kf7 30. Rg5 Ke6 31. a4 Nxa4 32. Rxb7 Nc3 33. Rxc7 Ne4
34. Rg6+ Kf5 35. Ra6 g5 36. Be1 Re8 $11 {Topalov,V (2749)-Radjabov,T (2748)
Shamkir 2018}) 18... c5 (18... Nd5 19. c4 Nb6 20. c5 Na4 {costs a lot of time,
interesting is the sacrifice} 21. Nh4 $5 Nxc5 22. f4 $44) 19. Nd2 Kf8 20. Nf1
Nf5 21. g3 Ne7 22. Kg2 Nd5 23. c4 Nb6 24. Ne3 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. g4 hxg4
27. hxg4 Bb5 28. Kg3 {Kramnik,V (2800)-Karjakin,S (2763) Berlin candidates 2018
} {Now} Ba4 $1 $132 {according to Postny would have held the balance. See his
notes in CBM 184}) 17. Ne4 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({A novelty, MVL improves upon the
move-order from} 17. g4 $6 hxg3 18. fxg3 Ne7 19. g4 Nd5 20. Bd2 Nb6 21. Kg2 Rd8
22. Kg3 Nc4 $15 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2779)-Nakamura,H (2777) chess.com blitz
INT 2018}) 17... Rg6 18. g4 hxg3 19. fxg3 Bd5 {More or less forces the
follow-up, but doesn't completely solve Black's problems.} ({The alternative is
} 19... Ne7 {, after} 20. h4 Nd5 21. Bg5 {Black must rescue the Rg6 with
tactics:} Bf5 22. h5 Nxc3 $1 (22... Re6 $2 23. Nc5) {The computer line runs}
23. hxg6 (23. Nd6+ cxd6 24. exd6+ Kf8 25. Be7+ Kg8 26. hxg6 Nxd1 27. Rxd1 Bd7
$11 {is drawish.}) (23. g4 Nxe4 24. hxg6 Bxg6 (24... Nxg5 25. gxf7+ Kf8 $1 26.
gxf5 Nf3+ 27. Kf2 Nxe1 28. Kxe1 Kxf7 29. Rd7+ Kg8 {[%cal Ya8e8,Ye8f8] should
also hold}) 25. Bh4 Nc5 $11) 23... Nxd1 24. Kg2 $1 {[%cal Ye4c5,Ye1h1] /\Nc5,
Rh1} fxg6 25. e6 (25. Nc5 $6 Nc3 26. Rh1 Kf7) 25... Kf8 26. Kf3 $1 Bxe4+ 27.
Kxe4 Nb2 28. Kd4 Na4 29. Rf1+ Kg8 30. Rf7 Re8 31. Rxc7 Rxe6 32. Rxb7 Rd6+ 33.
Kc4 Nb6+ 34. Kb3 $11 {/+/=}) 20. g4 Bxe4 (20... Ne7 21. Nc5 $36 {is unpleasant,
by flicking in the exchange Black strives for a blockade.}) 21. Rxe4 Ne7 {
[%cal Yg6e6]} 22. e6 $1 {The only way to fight for an advantage.} f5 (22...
Rxe6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Bxc7 Nd5 25. Be5 $14) 23. Re5 Nd5 ({Hikaru said he
realized only now that} 23... fxg4 $2 24. h4 $18 {/\Bg5}) ({However,} 23... Rd8
$5 {deserved attention, only Black has to calculate further:} 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8
25. Kh2 fxg4 26. Bg5 gxh3 27. Kxh3 c5 28. Kg4 (28. c4 $2 Ke8 29. Kg4 Nc6 $17 {
is too slow}) 28... c4 29. Kh5 Ke8 30. Re3 b5 31. Re5 a5 {and despite the
trapped R he has <=>.}) 24. Rxf5 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Rxe6 26. Rdf1 Kd7 27. Rf7+ Re7
28. h4 (28. Kg2 Rh8 29. Kg3 g5 30. R1f5 Rg8 31. h4 $14 {is pleasant, but why
not prevent the advance of the Pg7?}) 28... Rh8 29. h5 Ke8 30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 31.
Kg2 {[%mdl 4096] Black's K is cut off, while White's heads for g5. The
situation is serious and Nakamura finds the only way to generate counterplay
and save the endgame.} g6 $1 32. hxg6 Rg8 33. Rf7+ {It's hard to resist this
natural move.} ({However, the modest} 33. Rf5 $5 Rxg6 34. Kg3 $14 {retains the
tension and gives White more practical chances.}) 33... Ke6 34. Rxc7 Rxg6 35.
Kg3 Rg5 $1 $132 {The key move, despite being down on material Black's active R
saves the day.} 36. Kh4 {White supports his o^.} (36. Rxb7 Rc5 37. Rxa7 (37.
Rb3 Ke5 38. Kh4 a5 39. a4 Rc4 40. Ra3 Kf6 41. Kh5 Rc5+ $11 {and White gets
nowhere}) 37... Rxc3+ 38. Kf4 Rc4+ ({or} 38... Rxc2 $11 {is a TB draw.})) 36...
Rc5 37. g5 Rxc3 38. g6 Rxc2 39. Kg5 Rg2+ 40. Kh6 Rh2+ 41. Kg7 Ra2 42. Kf8 Rxa3
43. Rxb7 (43. g7 Rg3 (43... Rf3+ $11) 44. g8=Q+ Rxg8+ 45. Kxg8 a5 $11 ({or} 
45... Kd5 $11 {we are in the TB again. This goes also for the final phase of
the game.})) 43... Rf3+ 44. Rf7 Rb3 45. Rc7 (45. Rxa7 c5 $11) 45... Rb8+ {
The simplest, but Black already had a choice.} (45... Rf3+ $11) ({and} 45...
Kd5 $11 {also draw.}) 46. Kg7 Kd5 47. Rxa7 c5 48. Kf7 c4 49. g7 c3 50. Rc7 Kd4
51. Rxc3 Kxc3 52. g8=Q Rxg8 53. Kxg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Ne2 b6 12. Bg5 c5 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Rfd1
Bxf3 15. gxf3 c6 16. Rd3 Be7 17. Ne4 Rd8 18. Rad1 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Bxg5 20. Nxg5
Ke7 21. Kf1 h4 22. f4 f6 23. Ne4 Ke6 24. Nd6 Ne7 25. f5+ Nxf5 26. Nxf5 Kxf5 27.
exf6 gxf6 28. Rd7 Ra8 29. Rc7 Rd8 30. Ke2 Re8+ 31. Kf1 Rd8 32. Ke2 Re8+ 33. Kf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Bc6 11. Ba3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Re8 13. Ne5 Qa5 14. Qb3
Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bc4 Rf8 17. f4 Qe4 18. Rf2 Nd7 19. Rd1 b5 20. Be2 Qa4
21. Qxa4 bxa4 22. Rc1 Bd5 23. Ba6 Rab8 24. Rd2 Be6 25. Bxe7 Rfe8 26. Bd6 Rb6
27. Bf1 Bf5 28. Bc7 Rb7 29. Ba6 Rb4 30. Ba5 Rbb8 31. Bc7 Rb4 32. Ba5 Rbb8 33.
h3 h5 34. Bc7 Rb4 35. Ba5 Rbb8 36. Bc7 Rb4 37. Bd6 Rb6 38. Bc8 Nf6 39. Bxf5
gxf5 40. Be5 Ne4 41. Rd7 a6 42. Bd4 Rbb8 43. Rc6 Re6 44. Rcc7 Rf8 45. Rd5 Ng3
46. Kf2 h4 47. Kf3 a3 48. Rdd7 Ne4 49. Rd5 Ng3 50. Rdd7 Ne4 51. Ke2 Rg6 52. Kf1
Rb8 53. Rb7 Rc8 54. Rdc7 Rc6 55. Rxc6 Rxc6 56. Rb8+ Kh7 57. Rh8+ Kg6 58. Rg8+
Kh6 59. Rh8+ Kg6 60. Rg8+ Kh6 61. Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. b3 Nxc3 10. dxc3 b6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 Bb7 13. g3 Rad8 14. Bf4 Qc8
15. h4 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. e5 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Bd8 19. Bd3 h6 20. Be4 Bc7 21.
Qd3 Ne7 22. h5 Bc6 23. c4 Qa8 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. g4 Qa8 26. Kg2 g5 27. Qd7 Qd8
28. Qxd8+ Bxd8 29. Bd2 Nc6 30. Bc3 Bc7 31. Kf1 f6 32. exf6 Kf7 33. Ke2 e5 34.
Kd3 Kxf6 35. Ke4 Ke6 36. Nd2 Nb8 37. Kd3 Nd7 38. Ne4 Nf6 39. Nxf6 Kxf6 40. Ke4
Ke6 41. b4 Bd6 42. b5 Bc7 43. a4 Bd6 44. a5 Bc7 45. a6 Bd6 46. Bd2 Be7 47. Ba5
Bd8 48. Bc3 Bc7 49. f3 Bd6 50. Be1 Bb8 51. Bd2 Bd6 52. Be3 Be7 53. Bc1 Bd6 54.
Bd2 Be7 55. Ba5 Bd8 56. Be1 Be7 57. Bf2 Bd6 58. Bg3 Bc7 59. Be1 Bd6 60. Bd2 Be7
61. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Bc6 11. Ba3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Re8 13. Ne5 Qa5 14. Nxc6
Qxa3 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 e6 17. Rb1 Nc6 18. Rxb7 Qxa2 19. f4 Red8 20. Qe1
Rab8 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Bf3 Ne7 23. Qc3 Rc8 24. Qd3 Nd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rd1
Rc5 27. Qd4 Qc4 28. Ra1 a5 29. h3 Qxd4 30. exd4 Rc4 31. Rxa5 Rxd4 32. g3 h5 33.
h4 Rd2 34. Ra7 d4 35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. Rd8 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Rd2+ 38. Kf3 Rd3+ 39. Kf2
Rd2+ 40. Kf3 Rd3+ 41. Kf2 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. g3 Re8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne2 g5 13. Bg2 h6 14. c3 Bf8 15.
Nd2 Qd7 16. Nf1 Bg7 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Ne7 19. Nc1 Nf5 20. Bd2 b6 21. Nd3 f6
22. Qb3 c6 23. a4 Nd6 24. Qd1 Bg4 25. f3 Bf5 26. Nf2 Nc4 27. b3 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1
Re8 29. Qc1 Nxd2 30. Qxd2 Qe7 31. Bf1 Qd6 32. Bd3 Bd7 33. Re1 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1
Qe6 35. Qxe6+ Bxe6 36. Nd1 Bf8 37. Kf2 f5 38. f4 Kf7 39. Ne3 Kf6 40. Ng2 Ba3
41. Ke2 Bf7 42. Kd2 Bd6 43. Ke3 Bh5 44. Be2 Bf7 45. Bd3 Bh5 46. Be2 Bf7 47. Bd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 10th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.12.17"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.12.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Bc6 11. Ba3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Re8 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Qb3 Nd7
15. Bb4 Qf5 16. Bd3 Qh5 17. e4 e6 18. h3 Rad8 19. Rfe1 a5 20. Bd2 a4 21. Qb1
Rc8 22. Be2 Bf6 23. Rcd1 Red8 24. Ng5 Qh4 25. g3 Qh6 26. Nxf7 Qxh3 27. Bf1 Qh5
28. Be2 Qh3 29. Bg4 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Teske, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 Be6 6. Qc2 Bg7 7. Nxc4 O-O 8.
O-O c5 9. Nce5 Qb6 10. Ng5 Bd5 11. e4 Nc6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. exd5 Nd4 14. Qc4
Ng4 15. f4 Rad8 16. h3 Nf6 17. d3 Ne8 18. Kh2 Nd6 19. Qa4 Qc7 20. Bd2 b6 21.
Rac1 N6f5 22. Rfe1 Bh6 23. Ne4 Kg7 24. d6 Rxd6 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Re4 a5 27.
Rce1 Kh7 28. a3 Rd8 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 c4 31. Qa2 Nb3 32. Bf1 Nfd4 33. R1e3
e6 34. Bc3 Nf5 35. Re1 Nbd4 36. Qf2 Nb5 37. Be5 Qxb4 38. Rxc4 Qb3 39. g4 Nfd6
40. Rc2 Qb4 41. Rb2 Qa4 42. d4 Nc4 43. Bxc4 Qxc4 44. Qh4 Nxd4 45. Qxd8 Nf3+ 46.
Kh1 Nxe5 47. fxe5 Qc3 48. Qh4 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ragger, Markus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
a5 9. Nf1 Ba7 10. Ng3 Ne7 11. Bb3 Ng6 12. h3 Re8 13. d4 c6 14. Bc2 Be6 15. Be3
Qc7 16. a4 Rad8 17. Qd2 Bb8 18. Rad1 d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Bxg6 Bxf3 21. Bxf7+
Qxf7 22. gxf3 exd4 23. cxd4 Nd5 24. Kg2 Rf8 25. Qe2 Rde8 26. Kh2 Qxf3 27. Qxf3
Rxf3 28. Kg2 Rexe3 29. fxe3 Rxg3+ 30. Kf2 Rxh3 31. e4 Bg3+ 32. Kg2 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Na6 8. a3
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. b5 Nc7 13. a4 Ne6 14. Nh4 g6 15.
Bb2 Qd7 16. Nf3 Rfd8 17. Nbd2 a6 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. Rb1 axb5 20. axb5 c4 21. Qc1
Rac8 22. Bc3 Qb6 23. e3 Nc5 24. Qc2 Qe6 25. Ndf3 Nfe4 26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. Nd4 Qf6
28. Nxc6 Nxc3 29. Nxe7+ Qxe7 30. Qxc3 Nd3 31. Red1 Rb8 32. Qd4 Qd7 33. b6 Qc6
34. h4 Rd6 35. h5 gxh5 36. Bf1 Rxb6 37. Bxd3 cxd3 38. Rbc1 Qd7 39. Rxd3 Rbc6
40. Rcd1 Qg4 41. Rb1 Qxd4 42. Rxd4 Rc4 43. Rbd1 Rxd4 44. Rxd4 Kg7 45. Kg2 Kf6
46. Kf3 Ke5 47. Rh4 Rf6+ 48. Ke2 Rf5 49. f3 Ke6 50. f4 Kf6 51. Kd3 Ke6 52. Kd4
h6 53. Rh1 Ke7 54. Rh2 Ke6 55. Ra2 Ke7 56. Ra7+ Kf6 57. Ra5 Kg6 58. Ra1 Kg7 59.
Ra6 h4 60. gxh4 Rh5 61. Rb6 Rxh4 62. Kxd5 h5 63. Ke5 Rg4 64. Kf5 Rg3 65. e4 h4
66. e5 h3 67. Rb2 Kf8 68. Rb8+ Kg7 69. Rb2 Kf8 70. Rb8+ Kg7 71. Rb2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 c5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bb2 Nxc3 8.
Bxc3 O-O 9. h4 Bf6 10. Qc2 Bxc3 11. dxc3 Nc6 12. Bd3 f5 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. e4 b5
15. exf5 exf5 16. Rhe1 Rb8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Qc7 19. Qe2 a6 20. Bc2 c4 21.
Kb2 Qc6 22. f4 Rb6 23. b4 Qf6 24. g3 Re6 25. Rdd5 Rfe8 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. Qd2
Re8 28. a4 Be6 29. Re5 Rd8 30. Qe3 Bd7 31. a5 g6 32. h5 Qd6 33. hxg6 hxg6 34.
g4 Rf8 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Qg3+ Kf7 37. Qf3 Rh8 38. Rd5 Qe7 39. Qf2 Be6 40. Re5
Qd7 41. Re1 Rh6 42. Rd1 Qb7 43. Rd2 Rh3 44. Qc5 Qf3 45. Qc7+ Kg6 46. Qe5 Qe3
47. Rg2+ Kf7 48. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ng8 10. Nc3 e6 11. Ne2 Nge7 12. Ng3 h6 13. Nh5 Nf5 14. Bf4 O-O-O
15. Rc1 Kb8 16. Qd3 g5 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. g4 Ng7 19. Ng3 Qd7 20. a3 Rc8 21. b4 Ne7
22. Rc5 Ng6 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. b5 Be7 26. Nh5 Nxh5 27. gxh5 Nh4 28.
Nxh4 gxh4 29. a4 Qd8 30. Kh1 Bg5 31. f4 Be7 32. Re1 Qc8 33. Rc1 Qd8 34. a5 Qd7
35. Rg1 Rc8 36. f5 Bg5 37. Bxg5 hxg5 38. f6 Qd8 39. h6 Qf8 40. h7 Qh6 41. h3
Rh8 42. b6 Rc8 43. Rg4 a6 44. Kg2 Qh5 45. Kh2 Qh6 46. Rg2 Rh8 47. Kh1 Rxh7 48.
Qc3 Rh8 49. Rc2 Qf8 50. Qc7+ Ka8 51. Qd7 Qe8 52. Qxe8+ Rxe8 53. Rc7 Rf8 54. Kg2
1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. e4 c5 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Re1 Nc6 10. h4 h6 11. Nf1 Qc7 12. Qe2 g5 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Bxg5
15. Nxg5 Ndxe5 16. f4 Qe7 17. c3 O-O-O 18. Rad1 Ng6 19. d4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Kb8
21. Nh2 Qf6 22. Ng4 Qg7 23. Qe3 Ka8 24. Ne5 Ngxe5 25. dxe5 Ne7 26. Rc1 Nf5 27.
Qd3 Rc8 28. b4 Qf8 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. a3 Qe7 31. Kf2 Bb7 32. Rh1 Rxh1 33. Bxh1
a5 34. Qc3 Kb8 35. Bf3 d4 36. Qc4 Qd7 37. bxa5 b5 38. Qc5 d3 39. a6 Bxa6 40.
Qb6+ Bb7 41. Bxb7 Qxb7 42. Qd8+ Qc8 43. Qxd3 Qc5+ 44. Kg2 Nd4 45. Kh3 Qc4 46.
Qd1 Qc3 47. Nxf7 Kc7 48. Ng5 Kb6 49. Kg4 Ka5 50. Ne4 Qc4 51. Qd2+ Ka4 52. Qb2
Nf5 53. Nc3+ Ka5 54. Qd2 Ka6 55. Na2 Qc8 56. Nb4+ Kb7 57. Kf3 Kb6 58. g4 Nh4+
59. Kg3 Ng6 60. Qd6+ Ka5 61. Nc6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qd1 Be6 11. Nb5 Ne4 12. Nbd4 Bf6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Nd2
Nc5 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 Qb6 17. Qd1 Rad8 18. Bg4 Rfe8 19. Qe2 e5 20. b3 e4
21. Bb2 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 d4 23. exd4 Nxd4 24. Rad1 a5 25. Rfe1 Qf6 26. Rd2 Rd6 27.
Red1 Red8 28. Kh1 Qf4 29. Rxd4 Qxg4 30. f3 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Qc8 32. fxe4 Rxd4 33.
Qxd4 Qc1+ 34. Qg1 Qc2 35. e5 Qxa2 36. Qd1 Kf7 37. h4 Qf2 38. Qd7+ Kg6 39. Qd3+
Kf7 40. Qd5+ Kg6 41. Qe4+ Qf5 42. h5+ Kg5 43. Qe3+ Kxh5 44. e6 Qf1+ 45. Kh2 Qf8
46. e7 Qe8 47. Qe6 Kg5 48. g4 g6 49. Kg3 h5 50. Qe5+ Kh6 51. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "241"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 10. Be3 Qa5 11. O-O h4 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Rfe1 Nf8
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qf4 Qxf4 17. Nxf4 Bd7 18. Kf1 g6 19. a4 Kg7 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21.
Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Kxe1 Nh7 23. d5 cxd5 24. Bc2 h3 25. Nxh3 Bxh3 26. gxh3 Ng5 27.
Bb3 d4 28. h4 Nf3+ 29. Ke2 Nxh4 30. cxd4 Nf5 31. Kd3 Nd6 32. d5 Kf8 33. a5 Ke7
34. Kd4 b6 35. axb6 axb6 36. Bc2 g5 37. Bd1 Kf8 38. Be2 Kg7 39. Bd1 Kg6 40. Bg4
Kh6 41. Bd1 Kg7 42. Bc2 Kf8 43. Bd1 Ke7 44. Bc2 f5 45. Bd1 f4 46. Bc2 f6 47.
Bd1 Kd8 48. Bc2 Kc7 49. Ba4 Kb7 50. Bc2 Ka6 51. Bd3+ Kb7 52. Be2 Kc7 53. Bd1
Kd8 54. Bc2 Ke7 55. Bd1 Kf7 56. Bh5+ Kg7 57. Bg4 Kg6 58. Bd1 Kf5 59. Be2 g4 60.
Bd3+ Kg5 61. Bf1 Kh4 62. Bg2 Kh5 63. Bf1 Kg5 64. Bg2 g3 65. hxg3 fxg3 66. fxg3
Kg4 67. Bf1 Kxg3 68. Ke3 Kg4 69. Bd3 Kg5 70. Bc2 Kh6 71. Kf4 Kg7 72. Ke3 Kf8
73. Kd4 Ke7 74. Bd1 Nb5+ 75. Kc4 Nc7 76. Kd4 Kd6 77. Bf3 Nb5+ 78. Kc4 Nc7 79.
Kd4 Ke7 80. Bh5 Nb5+ 81. Ke4 Nd6+ 82. Kd4 Nf5+ 83. Kc4 Kd6 84. Kb5 Kc7 85. Kc4
Kb7 86. Be2 Kc7 87. Bh5 Nd6+ 88. Kd4 Nc8 89. Bg6 Ne7 90. Bd3 Kd6 91. Be4 Ng8
92. Bf5 Ne7 93. Be4 Kc7 94. Bc2 Nc8 95. Bf5 Nd6 96. Bc2 Kd8 97. Bd1 Ke8 98. Be2
Kf7 99. Ke3 Ke7 100. Bd3 Nb7 101. Be2 Nc5 102. Bd1 Na6 103. Ke4 Nc7 104. Kd4
Kd6 105. Bb3 Nb5+ 106. Kc4 Na7 107. Kd4 Nc8 108. Bc2 Ne7 109. Be4 f5 110. Bd3
f4 111. Be4 Ng8 112. Bf3 Nf6 113. Bg2 Ng4 114. Ke4 Ne3 115. Bf3 Nxd5 116. Bd1
Kc5 117. Be2 b5 118. b4+ Kc6 119. Ke5 Nxb4 120. Bxb5+ Kxb5 121. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bocharov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. O-O e6 8. Re1
Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Rxe4 Nf6 13. Re2 Be7 14. Bf4
O-O 15. Qb3 b5 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. Ne5 Qxd4 18. Qf3 Rac8 19. g3 Qb6 20. Bg5 Rfd8
21. cxb5 Qxb5 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nxc6 Re8 24. b3 Qd5 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. Rxe8+
Rxe8 27. Nb4 d4 28. Nxa6 d3 29. Rd1 Ra8 30. Nb4 d2 31. Kf1 Kf8 32. Ke2 Be7 33.
Nc6 Rxa2 34. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 35. Kxd2 Bc5 36. f3 Ke8 37. Kd3 Kd7 38. Nd4 g6 39. Kc4
Kd6 40. Nb5+ Kc6 41. Nc3 f5 42. Ne2 Bf2 43. b4 Kd6 44. Kd3 h5 45. h3 h4 46. g4
fxg4 47. fxg4 Ke5 48. b5 g5 49. Kc4 Ke4 50. Nc3+ Kf3 51. Kd5 Ba7 52. Ne4 Kf4
53. Nd6 Kg3 54. Ke4 Bc5 55. Nf7 Kxh3 56. Kf3 Kh2 57. Nxg5 Bb6 58. Ne6 Kg1 59.
Nf4 Bd8 60. g5 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
Bc4 Qd6 9. b4 Bb6 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Qc2 Rad8 12. a4 a5 13. b5 Ne7 14. Qb3 Ng6
15. Ba3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Qd6 19. Rfe1 Nf4 20. Re5 Bg6 21.
Rae1 Qb4 22. g3 Ne6 23. Qxb4 axb4 24. Nb3 Nd7 25. R5e3 Nb6 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27.
Ng5 Nd5 28. R3e2 Nc3 29. Re3 Nd5 30. R3e2 Nc3 31. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. c4 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. O-O d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Rb8 12. Rad1 Ne4 13. Na4 Bxb2 14. Nxb2 Qa5
15. Rc1 Nef6 16. Nd3 Qb6 17. Bh3 a5 18. Nd2 Qc6 19. f3 a4 20. e4 axb3 21. axb3
Ra8 22. Nb1 Rfb8 23. Nc3 Qc7 24. Ra1 Bc6 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Rb1 Nf8 27. Nd5 Nxd5
28. exd5 Bd7 29. Bxd7 Qxd7 30. Kg2 Qf5 31. Rb2 e6 32. Nf4 Qxc2+ 33. Rxc2 Kg7
34. Rd2 Ra6 35. dxe6 Nxe6 36. Ne2 Ra3 37. Rb2 h5 38. f4 Kf6 39. Kf3 Ra1 40. Rd2
Ke7 41. Rd3 Rh1 42. Kg2 Rb1 43. Kf3 Rb2 44. h3 Kd7 45. Re3 Nd8 46. f5 Nc6 47.
fxg6 fxg6 48. Kf4 Na5 49. Kg5 Nxb3 50. Nf4 Nd2 51. Nxg6 Nxc4 52. Re7+ Kc6 53.
Kxh5 d5 54. Re8 d4 55. Rc8+ Kd6 56. Rd8+ Kc7 57. Rd5 Rb5 58. Nf4 Ne3 59. Rg5
Kb6 60. Rg6+ Ka5 61. Rd6 Nf5 62. Rd8 Nxg3+ 63. Kg4 Ne4 64. h4 Rb7 65. h5 Kb4
66. h6 Kc3 67. Kf5 Ng3+ 68. Kg4 Ne4 69. Kf5 Ng3+ 70. Ke5 Rh7 71. Rd6 Rh8 72.
Ra6 d3 73. Ra3+ Kc2 74. Rxd3 Ne2 75. Rd6 Nxf4 76. Kxf4 c4 77. Rc6 c3 78. Kg5
Kd2 79. Kg6 c2 80. Kg7 Rxh6 81. Rxc2+ Kxc2 82. Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. f4 d6 7. e4 e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. d5 Ne7 10. c4 c6 11. Ne2 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 cxd5 14. cxd5 O-O
15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Qb3 Rf7 17. Nc3 a6 18. Bg2 e4 19. Nxe4 Qe5 20. Bf4 Qxb2 21.
Qxb2 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Bd4 23. Rd1 Nf5 24. d6 Bd7 25. Ng5 Rf6 26. Bd5+ Kg7 27. Ne4
Re8 28. Kd2 Rff8 29. Rc1 Bb6 30. Bxb7 Ba5+ 31. Kc2 Nd4+ 32. Kd3 Ne6 33. Be5+
Kh6 34. Nf6 Bb5+ 35. Kc2 Nc5 36. Nxe8 Rxe8 37. Rhe1 Bxe1 38. Rxe1 Nxb7 39. Bf4+
Kg7 40. Rxe8 Bxe8 41. Kc3 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. d3 Be7 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 O-O 8. g3
a5 9. a4 Bb4+ 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bg2 Nbd7 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qe2 c6 14. Nd2 Rfe8 15.
e4 dxe4 16. dxe4 Ne5 17. f4 Bc5+ 18. Kh2 Ned7 19. e5 Nd5 20. Rf3 Qf8 21. Ne4
Be7 22. c4 Nb4 23. f5 exf5 24. Rxf5 g6 25. e6 gxf5 26. exd7 Red8 27. Qh5 f6 28.
Qxf5 Qf7 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Nxf6+ Kg7 31. Rf1 Qe7 32. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "240"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
h3 Nc6 9. a3 e6 10. Bf4 b6 11. Nb5 a6 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. Rad1 Nf5 15.
Be5 Qe7 16. Qf4 Rac8 17. Nh4 Nxh4 18. Qxh4 Nd5 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Bd3 Rfd8 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Rd7 24. c3 Rcd8 25. Rde1 Nc6 26. f4 Na5 27. g4
Nc4 28. Re2 Rd5 29. b3 Nd6 30. Nxd6 R8xd6 31. Re5 c5 32. dxc5 Rxc5 33. Rxc5
bxc5 34. Kg2 Kf6 35. b4 c4 36. a4 Ke7 37. Re1 Rd3 38. Re5 Rxc3 39. Rc5 Ra3 40.
Rxc4 Rxa4 41. Rc7+ Kf8 42. Rb7 Ra2+ 43. Kg3 Ra3+ 44. Kg2 h5 45. gxh5 gxh5 46.
h4 Rb3 47. Rb6 Kg7 48. Rxa6 Rxb4 49. Kf3 Rb3+ 50. Kg2 Rb5 51. Ra8 Kf6 52. Rh8
Kg7 53. Ra8 Rd5 54. Kf3 Rd3+ 55. Kg2 Kf6 56. Ra5 Rd5 57. Ra7 Kg6 58. Re7 Rd3
59. Ra7 f6 60. Ra5 Rd5 61. Ra3 Kf5 62. Kf3 Rb5 63. Kg3 Rc5 64. Rb3 Rd5 65. Kf3
Ra5 66. Kg3 Rc5 67. Ra3 Rd5 68. Kf3 Rd4 69. Ra5+ e5 70. fxe5 fxe5 71. Ra8 Rxh4
72. Rf8+ Ke6 73. Re8+ Kf6 74. Rf8+ Ke7 75. Rh8 Rf4+ 76. Ke3 h4 77. Rh6 Kf7 78.
Ra6 Kg7 79. Ra7+ Kg6 80. Ra8 Rf7 81. Rg8+ Rg7 82. Re8 h3 83. Re6+ Kf5 84. Rh6
Rg3+ 85. Kf2 Ra3 86. Rh4 Kg5 87. Rh8 Kg4 88. Rg8+ Kf4 89. Rf8+ Ke4 90. Rg8 Kf5
91. Rf8+ Kg6 92. Rg8+ Kf6 93. Rf8+ Ke7 94. Rh8 Kd6 95. Rd8+ Kc5 96. Rc8+ Kd4
97. Rd8+ Ke4 98. Rh8 Rc3 99. Rh7 Kf4 100. Rh4+ Kg5 101. Rh8 e4 102. Rg8+ Kf5
103. Rf8+ Ke5 104. Re8+ Kd4 105. Rd8+ Kc4 106. Rc8+ Kd3 107. Rd8+ Kc2 108. Ke2
h2 109. Rh8 Kb1 110. Rb8+ Ka2 111. Ra8+ Kb3 112. Rb8+ Kc4 113. Rh8 Ra3 114.
Rc8+ Kd4 115. Rd8+ Kc5 116. Rc8+ Kd6 117. Rd8+ Ke5 118. Rh8 Kf4 119. Rf8+ Kg3
120. Rg8+ Kh3 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Nxe7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. b4 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Nd7 13. O-O b5 14. Bb3 Nf6
15. Ne5 Ra7 16. Nd3 Bb7 17. Nc5 Bd5 18. Nxd5 Nfxd5 19. a3 a5 20. e4 Nc3 21. Rd2
axb4 22. axb4 Rfa8 23. Rc2 Na2 24. Bxa2 Rxa2 25. Rxa2 Rxa2 26. g3 Nc6 27. Rc1
Nxb4 28. Rb1 Rc2 29. Nxe6 Rc4 30. Nc7 Rxc7 31. Rxb4 Rb7 32. Kf1 Kf8 33. Ke2 Ke7
34. e5 Ke6 35. f4 Kd5 36. Kd3 Kc5 37. Re4 b4 38. Kc2 Ra7 39. Kb2 Rd7 40. Re2 g6
41. g4 Ra7 42. f5 Kd5 43. e6 fxe6 44. Rxe6 gxf5 45. gxf5 Rf7 46. Kb3 h5 47.
Kxb4 Rxf5 48. Re3 Kd4 49. Rh3 Re5 50. Kb3 Re3+ 51. Rxe3 Kxe3 52. h4 Kf3 53. Kc2
Kg3 54. Kd2 Kxh4 55. Ke1 Kg3 56. Kf1 h4 57. Kg1 h3 58. Kh1 h2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Frolyanov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Re1 b6 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. Ne5 e6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Be5 Qd7
15. Be2 b5 16. Bf3 b4 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Ne2 Rad8 19. Ng3 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Qe2 Nf6 22. Rad1 Rd5 23. Rd3 Rfd8 24. Red1 Qa6 25. a3 bxa3 26. Rxa3 Qb6 27. Rb3
Qd6 28. Rbd3 Rb5 29. b3 Ra5 30. h3 Ra2 31. R3d2 Qc6 32. Qe5 Rd5 33. Qe2 Rda5
34. Nf1 Nd5 35. Qe5+ Kg8 36. c4 Nc3 37. d5 Nxd1 38. Rxd1 Qb6 39. Qf6 exd5 40.
Qd8+ Kg7 41. Ne3 dxc4 42. Rd7 Qf6 43. Qxf6+ Kxf6 44. Nxc4 Rc5 45. Ne3 Rc1+ 46.
Kh2 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Bg7 6. g3 Nd7 7. Bg2 f5 8. d4
Nf6 9. O-O h5 10. c4 c6 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Rc1 Be6 13. Ne2 g5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Qd3 a6 16. Ne5 h4 17. Nc3 Qd6 18. Rfd1 Rd8 19. Na4 hxg3 20. hxg3 Bxe5 21. dxe5
Qxe5 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Ke7 24. Nb6 Rd6 25. Rc7+ Kf6 26. Rxb7 Rc6 27. Nxd5+
Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rc1+ 29. Bf1 g4 30. Rb6+ Kg5 31. Rb4 Nc3 32. Re5 Kf6 33. Ra5 Kg5
34. e4 Rd8 35. Rxf5+ Kg6 36. Rb6+ Kg7 37. Rb7 Rdd1 38. Rfxf7+ Kg6 39. Rg7+ Kf6
40. Rbf7+ Ke6 41. Re7+ Kf6 42. Ref7+ Ke6 43. Re7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qc7 14.
f3 Nd5 15. Bd4 a5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Kf2 Bd7 18. Qa3 a4 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Rd2
Bc6 21. Qc3 f6 22. a3 Rab8 23. Bc5 Rb3 24. Qd4 Qe5 25. Bb4 Qxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Rxb2
27. Rd2 Rxd2 28. Bxd2 d4 29. Bb4 c3 30. Re1 Bb5 31. e3 c2 32. Bd2 d3 33. e4 Ba6
34. Ke3 Rc8 35. Rc1 Kf7 36. Bb4 h5 37. Kd2 g5 38. Re1 Rc4 39. Bc3 Rc5 40. Bd4
Rb5 41. e5 fxe5 42. Bxe5 Rb1 43. Rc1 Ke6 44. f4 g4 45. Bc3 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 Nd7 10. a3 a5 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Nc4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Qc2 Rc8 15.
Rad1 Qe8 16. Qb1 Nxb3 17. Nxb6 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Rd8 19. Be4 f5 20. Bf3 Bc6 21. Nc4
a4 22. Qa2 Bb5 23. Ne3 Kh8 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Rfe1 Bc4 26. Qb2 Qg6 27. Be5 f4
28. Rd4 Bd6 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Qb4 fxg3 31. hxg3 Rdf6 32. Qxa4 Ra6 33. Qb4 Rfa8
34. Rxc4 dxc4 35. Bxa8 Rxa8 36. Qxc4 h6 37. a4 Qf6 38. Rd1 Qe5 39. e3 Qf6 40.
Rd4 Qf3 41. Rf4 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Rb8 43. Qd4 Qb1 44. Rf7 Qg6 45. Rd7 Rb1 46. Rd8+
Kh7 47. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bg7 6. c4 f5 7. Nc3 d6 8. e3
Nd7 9. Nh3 Nf6 10. Be2 Ne4 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Rb1 Qxc3 14. Qd1 b6
15. Nf4 Bd7 16. Nh5 Bh6 17. Bd3 Rg8 18. Qe2 Kd8 19. Rfe1 Kc7 20. g3 e6 21. Rbc1
Qh8 22. Qf3 Rg5 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Nf4 Rgg8 25. Bf1 Bxf4 26. Bg2 Rab8 27. exf4
Rge8 28. Rcd1 Qf8 29. Qa3 a5 30. Rd2 Bc6 31. Bxc6 Kxc6 32. Rde2 Qf7 33. Qa4+
Kc7 34. Rb1 Qd7 35. Qc2 d5 36. Rd1 d4 37. a4 Qc6 38. Re5 Rbd8 39. Rd3 h5 40. h4
Rg8 41. Qd1 Rg4 42. Kh2 Rdg8 43. Rf3 d3 44. Qxd3 Rd8 45. Qe2 Rd6 46. Rfe3 Kd7
47. Rd3 Rxd3 48. Qxd3+ Kc7 49. Qe2 Kd7 50. Re3 Ke7 51. Qb2 Rg8 52. Rb3 Kf7 53.
Rxb6 Qf3 54. Rb7+ Kg6 55. Re7 Qe4 56. Rc7 Qd4 57. Qe2 Qd6 58. Rb7 Rd8 59. Rb5
Qc6 60. Rb3 Rd4 61. Re3 Rd6 62. Qb2 Rd1 63. f3 Qd6 64. Re2 Rd3 65. Qh8 Rd2 66.
Qg8+ Kf6 67. Qg5+ Kf7 68. Qxh5+ Kg7 69. Qg5+ Kf7 70. Qh5+ Kg7 71. Qg5+ Kf7 72.
Rxd2 Qxd2+ 73. Kh3 Qd1 74. Qh5+ Kg7 75. Qg5+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 f6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. c4 d4 8. e3 Nge7
9. d3 Ng6 10. exd4 cxd4 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Nxa3 O-O 13. Nc2 Qd7 14. Nd2 Bh3 15.
b4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 f5 17. b5 Nd8 18. Qf3 Nf7 19. Nb4 e4 20. dxe4 Nfe5 21. Qb3
fxe4 22. c5+ Kh8 23. Qd5 Qxb5 24. Qxd4 Rad8 25. Qc3 Qe2 26. Nb3 Ng4 27. Qe1
Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4
b4 9. Nfd2 c6 10. Nxc4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. b3 Ba6 13. Nbd2 Nbd7 14. Bb2 Rad8
15. e3 Qh5 16. h3 Nd5 17. Rac1 Bf6 18. g4 Qg6 19. Ne4 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 c5 21. Nd3
Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Rc8 23. Nd6 Rc6 24. Nc4 Qh6 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Qxd5 Nb6 27. Qg2
Qe6 28. a5 Nxc4 29. Rxc4 h5 30. Qd5 Qf6 31. Qxh5 Qb2 32. Rf4 Qxb3 33. Rd7 Rh6
34. Qf5 Rxh3 35. Kg2 Rh6 36. Qxc5 Qb1 37. Kf3 b3 38. Rb7 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bf4 Qc7 8.
Qd2 h6 9. h4 Rb8 10. a4 b6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Qe2 d5 13. b3 Rd8 14. Rd1 g6 15. O-O
Be7 16. Rfe1 Kd7 17. Qe3 Bf8 18. Nh2 Kc8 19. Ng4 Be7 20. Bg3 d4 21. cxd4 Nxd4
22. f3 c4 23. Be4 Bc5 24. Kh2 Nxc2 25. Qc3 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 Bd4 27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28.
bxc4 Bc5 29. h5 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Rd4 31. Rxd4 Bxd4 32. Bf4 gxh5 33. Nf6 Kb7 34.
Ne4 Bc5 35. Kh3 Be7 36. Nd6+ Kc6 37. Ne4 h4 38. Be3 Kd7 39. Kg4 Rg8+ 40. Kh3
Rc8 41. Nd2 Bb4 42. Ne4 Be7 43. Nd2 Bb4 44. Ne4 Rxc4 45. Kxh4 Be7+ 46. Kh5 Rxa4
47. Kxh6 Ra2 48. g4 Rh2+ 49. Kg7 Ke8 50. Bg5 Bf8+ 51. Kg8 Be7 52. f4 a5 53. Bf6
Rg2 54. g5 Rg4 55. Nd6+ Bxd6 56. exd6 a4 57. d7+ Kxd7 58. Kxf7 Rxf4 59. g6 a3
60. g7 Rxf6+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Christiansen, Johan Sebastian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8.
Re1 Nge7 9. d3 O-O 10. h3 h6 11. Rb1 Re8 12. b4 Nf5 13. b5 Ncd4 14. Nd2 a6 15.
a4 axb5 16. axb5 Nd6 17. Nde4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Ra5 19. Nc3 b6 20. Bd2 Bd7 21. Qc1
Kh7 22. Ne4 Rxb5 23. Ra1 Bc6 24. Ra7 f5 25. Nc3 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rc5 27. Qb2 e4
28. dxe4 Nf3 29. Kxf3 Qxd2 30. Nb1 Qxe1 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Paravyan, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. c4 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. bxc4 Rb8 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14.
Ba3 Rd4 15. Bxe7 Rxc4 16. Rac1 Be6 17. Bd6 Rd8 18. Be5 Ng4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. a3
Rd2 21. Rfe1 Rb2 22. h3 Nf6 23. e3 Rb3 24. Ne2 Rxa3 25. Nd4 Bd5 26. Rxc4 Bxc4
27. Rc1 Bd5 28. Nxc6 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Ra2 30. Kf3 a5 31. Ne5 Ne8 32. Rc6 h5 33.
Ra6 a4 34. g4 hxg4+ 35. hxg4 g5 36. Kg3 Nf6 37. Kf3 Ne8 38. Ra5 Nd6 39. Nd3 f6
40. Nc5 a3 41. Ra7+ Kg6 42. Ne6 Nc4 43. Nf8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 c5 6. c4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qf4 Qb8 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Rac1 a6 14. Na4 Qa7
15. Qc7 b5 16. Bxf6 Rac8 17. Qb6 Bxf6 18. Qxa7 Nxa7 19. Nb6 Rc7 20. cxb5 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 Nxb5 22. Ne1 Nc3 23. Rc2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 d5 25. Nd3 Rd6 26. Na4 Nxa4 27.
bxa4 g5 28. a5 Bd8 29. Rc5 Kg7 30. Nb4 Kf6 31. f4 gxf4 32. gxf4 Ke7 33. Kf3 Kd7
34. Nd3 f6 35. e4 dxe4+ 36. Kxe4 Be7 37. Rh5 Bf8 38. f5 e5 39. Nc5+ Ke8 40. Ne6
Rd2 41. Rh3 Rxa2 42. Rb3 Ra4+ 43. Kd5 Rxa5+ 44. Kc6 Be7 45. Rg3 Ra2 46. Rg8+
Kf7 47. Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qd7 6. d4 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Ne5 Nxe5 9. Bxh5 Ng6 10. a3 Nf6 11. Bf3 c6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4
O-O 15. Qe2 Bc7 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Rd1 b5 18. a4 a5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Qf3 Qd5
21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Bd2 Rfc8 23. Kf1 b4 24. c3 bxc3 25. Bxc3 a4 26. Ra2 Bd6 27.
Ke2 a3 28. Kd3 Rab8 29. Kc2 axb2 30. Rxb2 Ra8 31. Rdb1 g5 32. Kd3 Kh7 33. Bd2
f6 34. Rb5 Ra2 35. R1b2 Ra3+ 36. R2b3 Ra2 37. Rb2 Ra3+ 38. R2b3 Ra2 39. Rb2
Ra3+ 40. R2b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5
Nh5 9. Nd2 a5 10. g3 Nc5 11. Be2 Nf6 12. g4 c6 13. h4 cxd5 14. cxd5 Bd7 15. h5
a4 16. f3 b5 17. h6 Bh8 18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Qb6 20. Qe2 Rab8 21. Bc6 Qxb2
22. O-O Qc3 23. Rfc1 Qd3 24. Kf1 Rb2 25. Bxc5 Rxd2 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
h3 Nc6 9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Rad1 e6 12. Bh6 Ne7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ne5 a6
15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Qd6 17. Rfe1 Ned5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Qd3 a5 20. Re2 Rae8
21. Rde1 Re4 22. Nd2 Rxe2 23. Rxe2 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Bb4 7. Qc2 Nf6 8. d3
O-O 9. a3 Ba5 10. Be2 Re8 11. b4 Bc7 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. O-O Nf8 14. Rac1 Ng6 15.
b5 Bf5 16. Qa4 Qd7 17. Rfd1 a6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Na2 a5 20. d4 e4 21. Ne5 dxe5
22. dxe5 Qe6 23. exf6 Nh4 24. Rd2 Bh3 25. g3 Qf5 26. Qd1 Bg2 27. Bg4 Qc5 28.
gxh4 Bf3 29. Bxf3 exf3 30. Qxf3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Rb1 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. Nge2 Qa5 10. O-O b5 11. a3 b4 12. axb4 cxb4 13. Ra1 Qc7 14. Nb5
Qb7 15. c4 Nxe4 16. Bh4 Ndc5 17. f3 Nf6 18. Nbd4 O-O 19. Nc6 e6 20. Nf4 Rfe8
21. Kh1 b3 22. Ra3 exd5 23. cxd5 Nfd7 24. Qd2 Ne5 25. Na5 Qb5 26. Rfa1 Rac8 27.
h3 Bh6 28. Qd4 Bg7 29. Qd2 Nc4 30. Nxc4 Qxc4 31. Bg3 Qc2 32. Rd1 Bxb2 33. Rxa7
Be5 34. Kh2 Qxd2 35. Rxd2 b2 36. Rd1 Ra8 37. Rxa8 Rxa8 38. Ne2 Bxg3+ 39. Kxg3
Ra1 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Qc8 11. O-O c5 12. Nb5 Qb7 13. a3 Ne4 14. Rac1 Rac8
15. Ne5 Nd6 16. Nxd6 Bxd6 17. Qg4 cxd4 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Nxf7 Bxf4 20. Qxe6 Nc5
21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Nh6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. c4 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. O-O d6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. Rab1 a6 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Rd2 Rfe8
15. e4 Rbd8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nf6 18. Rbd1 Bc8 19. Bc3 Ne4 20. Qxe4 Bxc3
21. Re2 Bf5 22. Qf4 e5 23. dxe6 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Bxe6 25. Ng5 Bd4 26. Qh4 h5 27.
Nxe6 fxe6 28. Qg5 Kf7 29. Be4 Rg8 30. Rd3 Qe7 31. Rf3+ Ke8 32. Bxg6+ Kd8 33.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 34. Rf7+ Kd8 35. Bxh5 Rg5 36. Be2 Rf5 37. Rxf5 exf5 38. Kg2 Ke7 39.
f4 a5 40. Bd3 Kf6 41. h3 Be3 42. Kf3 Bc1 43. g4 fxg4+ 44. hxg4 Bd2 45. g5+ Ke6
46. Be4 Bc1 47. Kg4 Bd2 48. Bd5+ Ke7 49. f5 Bc3 50. f6+ Kf8 51. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. d5 Bc5 11. Re1 d6 12. Nc3 f5 13. Na4 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2
Qh4+ 15. Kg1 Qxa4 16. Re7 Qh4 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Rxc7 Nxd5 19. Qc4 Qxc4 20. Bxc4
Be6 21. Rxb7 Rac8 22. b3 Rf7 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. c4 Be4 26. Be3 a6
27. Rd1 Ke6 28. h4 d5 29. c5 f4 30. Bd4 g5 31. hxg5 Rg8 32. Rf1 Rxg5 33. Rxf4
Rxg2+ 34. Kf1 Rxa2 35. Rf6+ Ke7 36. Rb6 Bd3+ 37. Ke1 h5 38. Rh6 Re2+ 39. Kd1
Re6 40. Rh8 Kd7 41. Kd2 Bg6 42. Kc3 Kc7 43. Rh6 Kb7 44. Kb4 Kc6 45. Ka5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ba4 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qd6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. h3 Bb6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Be3 Bf5 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Qf3 Bg6
15. Nc4 Qe6 16. a4 a5 17. b3 f6 18. Rad1 Rab8 19. Ne4 Nf8 20. Nc5 Qd5 21. Ne4
Ne6 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Nc3 Qd7 24. Ne4 Qd5 25. Nc3 Qd7 26. Ne4 Nd4 27. Bxd4 Qxd4
28. Qf3 Qd7 29. Ng3 Bf7 30. Nxb6 cxb6 31. Qe3 Qc7 32. Ne4 Bg6 33. Nd2 Bf7 34.
Nc4 b5 35. Nb2 Rbd8 36. Ra1 h6 37. Qc5 Rd5 38. Qc3 Qb6 39. axb5 Rc5 40. Qxa5
Qxa5 41. Rxa5 Rxc2 42. Nc4 cxb5 43. Nd6 Rf8 44. Rxb5 Rc3 45. Nxf7+ Rxf7 46. d4
exd4 47. Rd5 Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 Nd7 10. a3 c5 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Re1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc3 14. Bxc3 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Rxc3 16. Ne4 Rc8 17. a4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Qd3 Rfd8 21.
Qa6 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Jan"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Barp, Alberto"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "3049"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. bxa6 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bxa6 8. e4
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 d6 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. a4 c4 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Be3 Ng4 15.
Bd4 Rfb8 16. Nb5 Qb7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qxc4 Rc8 19. Qd4+ Ngf6 20. Rhc1 Nc5 21.
Nd2 Kg8 22. b3 Nfxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxb3 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Nbxd6 Qf8 26. Qc3 Nxa1
27. Qxa1 f5 28. Ng5 exd6 29. Ne6 Qe7 30. a5 Qb7 31. Nf4 g5 32. Nh5 Qxd5+ 33.
Kg1 Qf7 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Ne4+ Kg6 36. Nxd6 Qe6 37. Nb5 Qd5 38. Nc7 Rxa5 39. Qe1
Qe5 40. Qc1 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Jan"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Pulpan, Jakub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "3050"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Re1 Re8 14. e4 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qxd8 Rcxd8 20. Rxe8+
Nxe8 21. Kf1 Rd5 22. Rc4 Kf8 23. Ra4 Rd7 24. Ne5 Rc7 25. Ra6 Re7 26. Nd3 Rc7
27. Ra5 c4 28. bxc4 Nd6 29. c5 Ne4 30. f3 Nf6 31. Nb4 Ke8 32. c6 Ke7 33. g4 h6
34. h4 Kd6 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Ng8 37. Kf2 Ne7 38. Ke3 Nxc6 39. Ra6 Kd7 40.
Nxc6 Rxc6 41. Rxa7+ Ke6 42. a4 Rc4 43. a5 Ra4 44. a6 g6 45. f4 f6 46. Ra8 Ra3+
47. Kd2 fxg5 48. a7 gxf4 49. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Jan"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shahinyan, David"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "3052"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Ne8 8. d3
Nc7 9. Rb1 Ne6 10. a3 a5 11. Be3 Ned4 12. h3 d6 13. f4 Rb8 14. Kh2 Bd7 15. a4
Nb4 16. Nb5 e5 17. f5 gxf5 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. exf5 Be5 20. Be4 Kh8 21. Nf4 Qg5
22. h4 Qh6 23. Rf2 Rg8 24. Qf3 Rg7 25. Rg1 Rbg8 26. Rgg2 Nc2 27. Rxc2 Rxg3 28.
Rxg3 Bxf4 29. Rcg2 Qxh4+ 30. Kg1 Rxg3 31. Rxg3 Bxg3 32. Bxb7 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Qh3+
34. Qg2 Qxf5+ 35. Ke2 Qf4 36. Kd1 Qe3 37. Be4 f5 38. Qf3 Kg7 39. Qxe3 dxe3 40.
Bf3 Kg6 41. Ke2 Bf4 42. d4 h5 43. dxc5 dxc5 44. Nc3 Be5 45. Nd5 Bxa4 46. Kxe3
Bxb2 47. Nb6 Bb3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Jan"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gadimbayli, Abdulla Azar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "3055"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O c6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bf4 Nb6 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. a4 a5 14. Rd1 Bg4 15.
h3 Be6 16. Ne5 Qc8 17. Kh2 Rd8 18. b3 Nbd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bd2 Qc7 21. c4 Nb4
22. Bf4 g5 23. Bd2 Rxd4 24. Nf3 Rd7 25. Re1 Bf5 26. Bxb4 axb4 27. Ra2 e5 28.
Rae2 Re8 29. h4 g4 30. Nd2 Bg6 31. Be4 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 f5 33. Nc5 Rd4 34. Qc2 e4
35. Qc1 Qb6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Jan"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "3050"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2019.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. f4 b5 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 c5 8. Be3 Bb7
9. Be4 Qc8 10. Bxb7 Qxb7 11. dxc5 dxe5 12. Qd5 Qxd5 13. Nxd5 Rc8 14. Nb6 Rc7
15. Nxd7 exf4 16. Bxf4 Rxd7 17. c3 e5 18. Bg3 f6 19. a4 Ne7 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Ra5 Rb7 22. O-O O-O 23. Rd1 Kf7 24. b4 Bh6 25. Ra6 Rc8 26. Rdd6 Bg7 27. Nd2 Nf5
28. Ne4 Nxg3 29. hxg3 f5 30. Ng5+ Kg8 31. Ne6 e4 32. Nxg7 Kxg7 33. Kf2 Re7 34.
Ke3 Kh6 35. g4 Kg5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Rd5 h5 38. Ra1 Kg4 39. Rf1 Rf7 40. Rf4+
Kg5 41. Rxe4 Ra8 42. c6 Rf6 43. Rc5 Rc8 44. c7 Rf7 45. Ree5 Kg4 46. Rxb5 Rfxc7
47. Rbc5 f4+ 48. Kf2 Rxc5 49. Rxc5 Rd8 50. Re5 Rd3 51. Re2 Rxc3 52. Rb2 f3 53.
g3 h4 54. gxh4 Kxh4 55. b5 Kg5 56. b6 Rc8 57. Ke3 Rb8 58. b7 Kf5 59. Kd4 Ke6
60. Kc5 f2 61. Re2+ Kd7 62. Rxf2 Rxb7 63. Rf7+ Kc8 64. Rxb7 Kxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Jan"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "3045"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. c4 c6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Ne4+ 13. Ke2 e6 14. Rhc1
f5 15. b4 Nb6 16. c5 Na4 17. Ba3 a5 18. Kf1 axb4 19. Bxb4 Ra7 20. Rab1 Rfa8 21.
Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Ng5 23. Rb3 Nf7 24. f4 Kf8 25. g4 Nh6 26. Ke2 fxg4 27. hxg4
Nxg4 28. Rh1 Kg7 29. e4 h5 30. exd5 cxd5 31. a3 Rc8 32. Rc1 Nh6 33. Bb5 Nf5 34.
Kd3 Kf7 35. Rbb1 Rc7 36. c6 bxc6 37. Bxc6 Rc8 38. Bb5 Rxc1 39. Rxc1 Nb2+ 40.
Kc3 Nc4 41. Bxc4 dxc4 42. Rh1 Rc7 43. a4 Ne3 44. Kd4 Nc2+ 45. Kc3 Nxb4 46. Kxb4
c3 47. a5 c2 48. Rc1 h4 49. Kb5 h3 50. Kb6 Rc3 51. a6 h2 52. a7 Rb3+ 53. Kc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Jan"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "3042"]
[BlackElo "2927"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2019.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 h6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nd2 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bh7 11. Bb2 a5 12. a3 c5 13. c4 a4 14. bxa4 Qa5 15.
Rb1 Rfd8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Rb5 Qc7 19. Qb3 Qe5 20. Bf3 Bg5 21.
Rd1 Rac8 22. h4 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 Bf5 24. d4 cxd4 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27.
Bxd5 d3 28. e4 Bd7 29. Rxd3 Bxa4 30. Bxb7 Rc1+ 31. Kg2 Bb5 32. Re3 g5 33. hxg5
hxg5 34. e5 Kg7 35. g4 Ba4 36. e6 fxe6 37. Rxe6 Rc3 38. Re3 Rc7 39. Bf3 Kf6 40.
Rd3 Bd7 41. Rd6+ Kg7 42. Rd5 Kf6 43. Ra5 Be6 44. Ra6 Ke5 45. Ra5+ Kf4 46. Ra4+
Ke5 47. Re4+ Kf6 48. a4 Rc3 49. Rd4 Ra3 50. Bc6 Ke5 51. Rb4 Ra1 52. Rb5+ Kf6
53. Rb4 Ke5 54. f3 Ra2+ 55. Kg3 Ra1 56. Be4 Rg1+ 57. Kf2 Ra1 58. Ke3 Ra3+ 59.
Bd3 Bd5 60. Rb5 Kd6 61. Rb4 Ke5 62. Rb5 Kd6 63. a5 Bc4 64. Rxg5 Bxd3 65. Kf2
Bc4 66. Rf5 Be6 67. Rh5 Bd5 68. Rf5 Rxa5 69. Kg3 Ra3 70. Rf4 Ke5 71. Rf5+ Ke6
72. Rf4 Ke5 73. Rf5+ Ke6 74. Rf4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Jan"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wieczorek, Oskar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "3043"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a5 8. h3 h6
9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 c6 12. Ng3 d5 13. Bb3 Bd6 14. Nf5 Bc7 15. N3h4
Be6 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Ng3 Qd7 18. Qe2 Kh7 19. Be3 Rad8 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Bc1 d4
22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. c4 Nd7 24. b3 Bd6 25. Rf1 Rf7 26. Qc2 Rdf8 27. Rde1 Bb4 28.
Re2 g5 29. f3 Nc5 30. Ref2 b5 31. axb5 cxb5 32. Nf5 g6 33. Ng3 a4 34. bxa4 bxc4
35. Qxc4 Qxc4 36. dxc4 Ra8 37. Rd1 Rxa4 38. Nf1 Ra1 39. Rc2 d3 40. Rb2 Bc3 41.
Rb5 Bd4+ 42. Kh2 Na4 43. Nd2 Nc3 44. Bb2 Rxd1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Jan"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "3031"]
[BlackElo "2874"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.01.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nbd2
Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Qe7 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. Qc2 Rac8 13. Qb1 f5 14. Bb5 c6 15.
Bd3 Rf6 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Nf1 Re6 18. Ng3 g6 19. Rc2 h5 20. Rec1 h4 21. Nf1 g5
22. N3d2 g4 23. f4 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 Rxe3 25. Bxf5 Nf6 26. g3 hxg3 27. hxg3 Ba6 28.
Bd3 Ne4 29. Rdd1 Nxg3 30. Bxa6 Qh4 31. Qg6+ Kf8 32. Qxd6+ R8e7 33. Nxe3 Qh1+
34. Kf2 Qf3+ 35. Kg1 Qxe3+ 36. Kg2 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Brown, Michael William"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "San Diego Surfers"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d5 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e4 Re8 8. Be2
exd5 9. exd5 a5 10. O-O h6 11. Nb5 Bf8 12. Bf4 d6 13. h3 Nbd7 14. Bd3 Ne5 15.
Re1 Nfd7 16. Nfd4 Nc5 17. Bf1 a4 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Rad1 Re7 20. Bg3 Rae8 21. Nc3
Ba6 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Nc6 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 Bb7 26. Nb4 g6 27. Nd3
Nb3 28. Ne4 Bg7 29. Qb4 Ba6 30. Nc3 Nd2 31. Nxa4 Nxf1 32. Kxf1 Qf5 33. Ne1 Qxd5
34. b3 Qd4 35. Nf3 Qd1+ 36. Ne1 Qc1 37. Ke2 d5 38. Qd2 Bxc4+ 39. bxc4 Qxc4+ 40.
Qd3 Qxa4 41. Qxd5 Bf8 42. Qd8 Qc4+ 43. Nd3 Kg7 44. a4 Qe4+ 45. Kd2 Bd6 46. Qd7
Qxg2 47. Ke3 Qd5 48. Qe8 Qf5 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kiewra, Keaton F"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "San Diego Surfers"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O
e6 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Be7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rac1 Qb6
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. a3 Qa7 17. b4 Be7 18. e4 Qb8 19. e5 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nxe5 21.
Qe2 Nxd3 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Ng4 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. hxg3 Ne5 26. Ne2 Nc4 27.
Rc2 Rd8 28. Bc1 h5 29. f3 Rd3 30. Rc3 Rd1+ 31. Kf2 Bf6 32. Rc2 g5 33. a4 Rd3
34. axb5 axb5 35. Ng1 Be7 36. Ke2 Rd5 37. Nh3 f6 38. Nf2 Bxb4 39. Ra2 Re5+ 40.
Kd3 Re1 41. Bb2 Re3+ 42. Kd4 Re2 43. Nd3 Bf8 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "San Diego Surfers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Bxd2 12. Nxd2 exd5 13. f3 Nd7 14. e4 dxe4
15. fxe4 Nc5 16. Qc3 Ne6 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Kh1 Rfe8 20. a4 Rd7 21.
a5 Qd8 22. h3 h6 23. Rfe1 Qg5 24. Rd3 Red8 25. d5 cxd5 26. Rg3 Rc7 27. Rxg5
Rxc3 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. bxc3 dxe4 30. Rxe4 Rc8 31. Rb4 Rc7 32. Nd4 Kf6 33. Nxe6
fxe6 34. Rh4 Kg5 35. Rg4+ Kf5 36. Rh4 Kg5 37. Rg4+ Kf5 38. Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hilby, Craig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "San Diego Surfers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. Be2 Bb7 7. O-O d6 8. c4
Ne4 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. Rd1 c5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Qc7 13. Qb2 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Rd2 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Nf8 17. Ne1 Rad8 18. Bf3 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 f6
21. Rd5 Rd8 22. Qd2 Ne6 23. Qd3 Kf7 24. g4 Ke7 25. h4 Rxd5 26. cxd5 Qd7 27. Nh2
Nc7 28. e4 b5 29. Bd2 Ne8 30. Be3 Kd6 31. Qc3 Qc7 32. f4 b4 33. Qc4 Qa5 34. Nf3
a6 35. Nd2 Qb5 36. Qc2 exf4 37. Bxf4+ Kd7 38. Nc4 Kd8 39. Qf2 Qd7 40. Qf3 Nc7
41. g5 f5 42. Bxc7+ Qxc7 43. exf5 gxf5 44. d6 Qd7 45. Kf1 Ke8 46. Qd5 f4 47.
Qe4+ Kd8 48. Qa8+ Qc8 49. Qxc8+ Kxc8 50. Ke2 Kd7 51. Kf3 Bf8 52. h5 Ke6 53.
Kxf4 a5 54. h6 a4 55. Ke4 axb3 56. axb3 Kf7 57. Kf5 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Holt, Conrad"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dallas Destiny"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nb4 6. O-O Nxd3 7. Qxd3 d6 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. d5 Ba6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Nb5 c6 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Nfd4 Nxe4
15. Nxd6+ Nxd6 16. Qxc6 Qxc6 17. Nxc6 Nxc4 18. Rd1 f6 19. b3 Nd6 20. Ba3 Nf5
21. Bb2 a5 22. g4 Nh4 23. Nd4 Kf7 24. Nb5 Bc5 25. Rd7+ Kg6 26. Rad1 h5 27. g5
e5 28. Nc7 Rac8 29. Ne6 Rhg8 30. R1d3 e4 31. R3d5 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 fxg5 33. Bxg7
Ba3 34. Ba1 Rc1 35. Rd1 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Rc8 37. h3 Rc2 38. Nd4 Rxa2 39. Nxf3
exf3+ 40. Kxf3 Be7 41. Bd4 Ra3 42. Bxb6 Rxb3+ 43. Be3 a4 44. Rd7 Bf6 45. Ra7 a3
46. Ra6 Kf7 47. Ke4 Be7 48. Bd4 Rxh3 49. Ra7 Rh1 50. Bc5 Re1+ 51. Kf3 a2 52.
Bxe7 g4+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Preotu, Razvan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Dallas Destiny"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c4 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2
Qxc5 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. a3 Qd6 11. b4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Ng4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. O-O Rd8
15. Qb3 Nge5 16. Rfd1 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Qf6 18. b5 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Nb8 20. Nd6 Bd7
21. Nxb7 a6 22. Nc5 Bxb5 23. a4 Bc6 24. Nd4 e5 25. Ndb3 Qe7 26. Na5 Be8 27. Qd5
Ra7 28. Nc4 Rc7 29. Nxe5 Bxa4 30. Qd4 f6 31. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Dallas Destiny"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bd3 Ncxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qxd4 Bf6 14.
Qd3+ g6 15. Nc3 c6 16. Bf4 Bf5 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. Bg5 Bg7 19. Na4 Qb5 20. b3 Rfe8
21. Rad1 d4 22. h4 Qd5 23. Nb2 b5 24. Nd3 c5 25. Nf4 Qc6 26. h5 c4 27. hxg6+
fxg6 28. f3 d3 29. cxd3 Bd4+ 30. Kh2 c3 31. Qc2 Kg7 32. b4 Rh8+ 33. Kg3 Bf6 34.
Bxf6+ Qxf6 35. Kf2 Qd4+ 36. Re3 Rae8 37. Qc1 g5 38. Ne2 Qxe3+ 39. Qxe3 Rxe3 40.
Kxe3 Re8+ 41. Kf2 c2 42. Re1 Bxd3 43. Nc1 Rd8 44. Nxd3 Rxd3 45. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhu, Jiner"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dallas Destiny"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3
Bg4 9. b3 Nc6 10. Be2 d5 11. c5 Nc8 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 e6 14. b4 a6 15. Qd2
N8e7 16. Rfd1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nf5 18. Ne2 Re8 19. g3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qg5 21. Bg2
Rad8 22. Rf1 e5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Bxd5 Nf3+ 25. Rxf3 Rxd5 26. Qa2 Bxa1 27. Qxa1
Rxe3 28. Qf1 Rde5 29. h4 Qe7 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. Kf2 Rxa3 32. Qc1 Ra2 33. Qc4 Rb2
34. Kf3 Qf6+ 35. Nf4 h6 36. Qe4 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Qe8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jirasek, Ladia R"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. cxd5 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8.
d6 exd6 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Bf4 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 O-O 12. Bxd6 Rd8 13. Nf3 Nb6 14. Be5
Be6 15. O-O Nfd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. b3 Be4 19. Rac1 Nd5 20. g3 Nb4
21. Rc7 Rac8 22. Rfc1 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Nd5 24. Rc1 Nb4 25. Rc7 Nd5 26. Rc1 h6 27.
Nd2 Bf5 28. Nf3 Be6 29. Bc4 Kf6 30. Ne5 Ne7 31. Bxe6 Kxe6 32. Nf3 Nc6 33. Rd1
Nb4 34. Rd2 f6 35. Kg2 g5 36. h4 Rc8 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Re2+ Kf7 39. a3 Nd5 40.
Rb2 Rc3 41. Ne1 b5 42. Kf1 Ke6 43. Ke2 Kf5 44. Nc2 Ke4 45. a4 b4 46. Ne1 g4 47.
Ng2 Kxd4 48. Nh4 Ke4 49. Ng6 f5 50. Nf8 f4 51. Ne6 fxg3 52. fxg3 Rxg3 53. Kf2
Rf3+ 54. Kg1 Rc3 55. Kf2 g3+ 56. Kg2 Ne3+ 57. Kh3 g2 58. Kh2 Rc1 59. Ng5+ Kd3
60. Nh3 Rh1+ 61. Kg3 Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hong, Andrew Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. d4 g6 6. dxc5 Bg7 7. a3 O-O 8. b4 a5
9. c3 Ne4 10. Qc1 b6 11. b5 Na7 12. c6 a4 13. c4 Bg4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nbd2 Nc5
16. Be2 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Bf5 18. Qc3+ Kg8 19. Nd4 Qd5 20. O-O Rac8 21. Nc4 Qd8 22.
Rad1 Qc7 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Ne5 Rfd8 25. Bc4 e6 26. Nf3 Qe7 27. Qb4 Rd6 28. Rd4
Rcd8 29. Rfd1 e5 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 32. g3 Kg7 33. Qb2 f6 34. Nh4 Qd1+
35. Kg2 Qg4 36. Qc2 Qe4+ 37. Qxe4 fxe4 38. Nf5+ Kf8 39. g4 Ke8 40. h4 Kd8 41.
h5 Ke8 42. h6 Kf8 43. c7 Nc8 44. Kf1 Ke8 45. Bg8 Kf8 46. Bxh7 Kf7 47. Ng3 Ne6
48. Bf5 Nxc7 49. Bxc8 Nxb5 50. Bd7 Nc3 51. Bf5 b5 52. Nh5 Kg8 53. Nxf6+ Kf7 54.
g5 b4 55. h7 b3 56. h8=Q b2 57. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. h4 Nf6 5. Be2 h5 6. Nh3 Nc6 7. Ng5 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. f3 a6 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. Qd2 b5 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 b4 14. Nd1 d5 15. exd5
Rd8 16. Ne3 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qc5+ 18. Be3 Rxd5 19. Bxc5 Rxd2 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Bf5 22. Bxb4 Bxc2 23. Rc1 Bd3 24. Bd1 Nc4 25. Bc3 Bf8 26. Bb3 Rb8 27. Bxc4
Bxc4 28. Ne4 Be7 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. Bxf6 Rb4 31. Rd1 Rb8 32. Rd7 Rc8 33. b4 Bb3
34. a5 Ba4 35. Rd5 Bb5 36. Kf2 Re8 37. g4 hxg4 38. fxg4 Re6 39. g5 Re2+ 40. Kg3
Rg2+ 41. Kf4 Rf2+ 42. Kg3 Rg2+ 43. Kh3 Re2 44. Rd8+ Re8 45. Rd4 Bc6 46. Rc4
Re3+ 47. Kh2 Re6 48. Kg3 Kf8 49. Kf4 Ke8 50. Be5 Kd7 51. Rc1 Kc8 52. Rd1 Re7
53. Rc1 Re6 54. Rc2 Kd7 55. Rd2+ Kc8 56. Rh2 Bd5 57. Rd2 c6 58. Rh2 Kd7 59. h5
gxh5 60. Rxh5 Re8 61. Rh6 Be6 62. Rh7 Rg8 63. Rh2 Bd5 64. Rh7 Be6 65. Rh6 Bd5
66. Rd6+ Ke7 67. Rh6 Be6 68. Bd4 Kd7 69. Bc5 Bd5 70. b5 axb5 71. a6 b4 72. Bxb4
Ra8 73. g6 fxg6 74. Rh7+ Ke6 75. a7 Kf6 76. Be7+ Ke6 77. Bc5 Kf6 78. Rb7 g5+
79. Kg3 Be6 80. Rb8 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nxe5 d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8.
Bb5+ Nxb5 9. Nxb5 a6 10. Nd4 Bd6 11. Ndf3 d4 12. O-O O-O 13. d3 Re8 14. Nc4 Bc7
15. Bg5 b5 16. Ncd2 Bb7 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. dxe4 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Re1 d3 21.
cxd3 Qxb2 22. Rc1 Rac8 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 Bf4 25. Ra1 Rc3 26. d4 Rxb3 27.
Rxa6 Rb8 28. e5 b4 29. Rea1 Kh7 30. Ra7 Rc3 31. g3 b3 32. Kg2 Rc1 33. Rxc1 Bxc1
34. Ra1 b2 35. Rb1 Ra8 36. d5 Ra1 37. Nd2 Bxd2 38. Rxb2 Bc3 39. Rb7 Bxe5 40.
Rxf7 Rd1 41. Rf5 Rxd5 42. h4 Rc5 43. Rf3 Bf6 44. Rf4 Ra5 45. Rf3 Kg6 46. Rf4
Rf5 47. Re4 Ra5 48. Rf4 Ra2 49. Re4 Rd2 50. Rf4 Kf7 51. Rf3 Ke6 52. Re3+ Be5
53. Kf3 Kf5 54. Kg2 g5 55. hxg5 hxg5 56. Rf3+ Ke4 57. Rf8 Bd4 58. Rf7 Ra2 59.
Rf8 Bc5 60. Rf7 Rc2 61. Rf6 Ke5 62. Rf7 g4 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dallas Destiny"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 a6 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 6. Nc3 Ne5 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nxe5 dxe5 9. d3 e6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Qd7 12. e5 Ng8 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. Bg5
Qd4+ 15. Kh1 Rd7 16. Qa4 Nh6 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Rxf7 Be7 19. Nd6+ Kc7 20. Raf1
Qxb2 21. Qa5+ Kb8 22. Qxc5 Bxd6 23. exd6 Rxf7 24. Rxf7 Qb1+ 25. Qg1 Qxd3 26. c5
Rc8 27. h3 Qd5 28. Qb1 Rxc5 29. d7 Kc7 30. Qxb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "London Lions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. d4 e6 5. Nbd2 Ngf6 6. h3 Bh5 7. e3 Be7 8. c4
c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Re1 Rc8 12. c5 Qc7 13. Qc2 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15.
b4 Rfe8 16. a4 b6 17. a5 bxc5 18. bxc5 Rb8 19. Bc3 Rb5 20. Reb1 Reb8 21. Ne1
Bd8 22. Nd3 Rxb1+ 23. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 24. Qxb1 Qb8 25. Qxb8 Nxb8 26. f3 Ne8 27. Nb2
Nc7 28. Nb3 Nb5 29. Be1 Bc7 30. Nd3 g5 31. g4 f6 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. f4 gxf4 34.
exf4 Na3 35. h4 Nc4 36. h5 Nd7 37. Bc3 g6 38. h6 g5 39. fxg5 fxg5 40. Nd2 Kg6
41. Kf3 Nxd2+ 42. Bxd2 Kxh6 43. Bc3 Kg6 44. Nb4 Bxa5 45. Nxd5 Bxc3 46. Nxc3 e5
47. d5 cxd5 48. c6 Nb6 49. c7 d4 50. Nd5 Nc8 51. Ke4 Kf7 52. Kxe5 d3 53. Nc3
Ke7 54. Ne4 Kd7 55. Kd4 Kxc7 56. Kxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Miami Champions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. Nh4 Ne4 10. cxd5 Bxh4 11. Bxe4 Bf6 12. Nc3 d6 13. Bg2 Re8 14. Bf4 Na6
15. Ne4 Be7 16. g4 Nc7 17. Ng3 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. e4 Bc8 20. h3 Nb5 21. Qc1
Qxc1 22. Raxc1 Nd4 23. f4 f6 24. Kf2 a5 25. Bf1 Bd7 26. Bd3 g6 27. Re3 Re7 28.
Ne2 Nxe2 29. Bxe2 Rae8 30. Bf3 g5 31. Kg3 gxf4+ 32. Kxf4 Re5 33. h4 Kg7 34. b3
Rb8 35. a3 Be8 36. b4 Re7 37. Rb3 cxb4 38. axb4 a4 39. Rbc3 Ra8 40. Ra3 Bb5 41.
Bd1 Rae8 42. Re3 Ra8 43. Rcc3 Raa7 44. Be2 a3 45. Bxb5 a2 46. Re1 Rxe4+ 47.
Kxe4 Re7+ 48. Kf5 Rxe1 49. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Minnesota Blizzard"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bb2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. c4 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. c6
bxc6 9. Be2 Nc5 10. O-O Nce4 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6
15. Rc1 Qb6 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Bd2 Rfd8 18. Be2 a5 19. Rfd1 d4 20. c5 Qa7 21. exd4
Bxd4 22. Bg5 Bxc5 23. Bxd8 Rxd8 24. Bf3 Ba3 25. Rb1 Be7 26. Qxc6 Kg7 27. Qc3+
Bf6 28. Qe3 Qb8 29. a3 Ne5 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Be2 h5 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Qd5
34. b5 Qa2 35. Rd1 Qb2 36. f4 h4 37. fxe5 Bxe5 38. b6 Kh7 39. b7 Bb8 40. Bf3
Qa2 41. Qe4 Qa7+ 42. Qd4 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Montreal Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Be2 d5 8. O-O
Re8 9. c4 e5 10. Nc2 Nc6 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bxc4 Bf5 14. Na3 a6 15.
Be2 b5 16. Nab1 Nb4 17. a3 Nd3 18. Bxd3 Rxd3 19. b4 Rb8 20. a4 bxa4 21. Nxa4
Nd7 22. Bc3 Rc8 23. Ra3 Bf8 24. Nb2 Rd5 25. f3 Bxb1 26. Rxb1 a5 27. Rb3 axb4
28. Bxb4 Bxb4 29. Rxb4 Rc2 30. Nc4 Nc5 31. h4 Kg7 32. Kh2 Nd3 33. Ra4 Nc5 34.
Rab4 Nd3 35. Ra4 Nc5 36. Rab4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
b3 O-O 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a4 Bxc4 11. bxc4 a5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Be3 b6 14. h3 Bd6 15.
g3 Be7 16. h4 Re8 17. h5 h6 18. Kg2 Rf8 19. Nh2 Bc5 20. Ng4 Qe7 21. Bd2 Qe6 22.
Qe2 f5 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. f4 Raf8 25. Rae1 Rxh5 26. fxe5 Rhf5 27. Rxf5 Rxf5 28.
Bc3 h5 29. Ne3 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 c5 31. Qe4 Nf8 32. Qd5 Rf7 33. Bd2 Rd7 34. Qf3 Qg6
35. Qa8 Re7 36. Bf4 Re8 37. Qe4 Qxe4+ 38. Rxe4 Ne6 39. Be3 g5 40. c3 Rd8 41. d4
c6 42. Bf2 Kf7 43. Re1 cxd4 44. cxd4 Nxd4 45. Rb1 Ne6 46. Rxb6 c5 47. Rb5 Rd2
48. Rxa5 Rc2 49. Ra7+ Kg6 50. a5 Rxc4 51. a6 Ra4 52. Ra8 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Qxc3 Nxc5 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qxf6 gxf6 11. Rd1 b6 12. e3 Rd8 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Nf4
Kf8 15. f3 a5 16. e4 a4 17. Kf2 Ke7 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Rc1 Ba6 20. Rc3 Rc7 21.
Nd3 Nb3 22. Nb4 Bb7 23. Bd1 Nc5 24. Bc2 Ra8 25. g4 h5 26. h3 Rh8 27. Kg2 Rcc8
28. Rd1 hxg4 29. hxg4 Rh6 30. Rh1 Rxh1 31. Kxh1 Kd6 32. Kg2 Ke5 33. Kf2 Kf4 34.
Nd3+ Nxd3+ 35. Bxd3 Rh8 36. Bf1 Rc8 37. Be2 Bc6 38. Rc1 Rh8 39. Bf1 Rh2+ 40.
Bg2 f5 41. gxf5 exf5 42. Rf1 Rh8 43. Rd1 fxe4 44. fxe4 f5 45. exf5 Rh2 46. Rg1
Kxf5 47. Kf1 Rxg2 48. Rxg2 Bxg2+ 49. Kxg2 Ke4 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Smirnov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Australia Kangaroos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUS"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Qc2
Re8 9. e4 b5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. e5 Nd7 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qb6 15.
Be3 e6 16. Nd2 b4 17. Rfc1 Rec8 18. Nb3 a5 19. Qf2 Qb7 20. g4 a4 21. Nc5 Nxc5
22. dxc5 f6 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Bd4 Qg7 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Re1 Rf8 27. g5 Qf5 28.
Qd2 Rae8 29. Rf1 b3 30. axb3 axb3 31. Rae1 Bb5 32. Rf2 Bc4 33. Qd4 Re7 34. Rf3
Qg4 35. h3 Qf5 36. Kh2 Qf7 37. h4 Rfe8 38. Re5 Qg7 39. Bh3 h6 40. gxh6 Qxh6 41.
h5 gxh5 42. Rg3+ Rg7 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Rxe6+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cheng Du Pandas"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 h6 2. e4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
g5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bb5 Nd7 11. Re1 Bg7 12. c4 a6 13. Ba4 O-O 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nb3 Re8 17. Nbd4 Nc5 18. Be3 Ne4 19. Nxc6 Qd7 20. Rc1 Bb7 21. Na5
Qb5 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. Bd4 Rac8 24. h3 Bf8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. h4 g4 27. Nh2 h5
28. Nf1 Be7 29. g3 Nc5 30. Ne3 Ne6 31. Nf5 Qd7 32. Qd3 Bf8 33. Rd1 Rc6 34. Bc3
Nc7 35. Ne3 Rc5 36. Bb4 Rb5 37. Bxf8 Kxf8 38. Qh7 Qe6 39. Qxh5 Rxb2 40. Rc1 d4
1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Delhi Dynamite"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bf4 Qc7 8.
Qd2 h6 9. h4 b6 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. Bd3 b5 12. Be4 Na5 13. g3 b4 14. cxb4 cxb4
15. b3 Bb7 16. Rhe1 Bc5 17. Kb1 Nc6 18. Qe2 Ne7 19. Nd2 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21.
Ne4 Qc6 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Be3 Qc6 24. Qg4 Be4 25. Rd2 Rc8 26. Rc1 Rh7 27. f3
Bxf3 28. Qxb4 a6 29. Kb2 f5 30. Rd6 Qe4 31. Qxe4 Bxe4 32. c4 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5
34. Bxg5 Rh2+ 35. Rd2 Rxd2+ 36. Bxd2 Kf7 37. Bf4 Rh8 38. b4 Rh2+ 39. Kb3 Ke8
40. a4 Kd8 41. a5 Kc8 42. b5 Rh1 43. Rc3 Rb1+ 44. Ka4 Kb7 45. Bc1 Kb8 46. Ba3
Kb7 47. Bc5 Ra1+ 48. Ba3 Rd1 49. Kb4 Rd3 50. Rc1 Rxg3 51. Bb2 Rd3 52. Rg1 f4
53. Rg4 Rf3 54. Bc1 Bc2 55. Rg7 Kc7 56. Rf7 Bf5 57. bxa6 Rf1 58. a7 Be4 59.
Bxf4 Rb1+ 60. Kc5 Ra1 61. Bd2 Rd1 62. Bb4 Kb7 63. Bc3 Kxa7 64. Rf2 Ka6 65. Rb2
Rb1 66. Rd2 Bc6 67. Rd6 Rb8 68. Rd2 Rb3 69. Kd4 Rb8 70. Rh2 Rg8 71. Rb2 Rg3 72.
Bb4 Ba4 73. Bc3 Rh3 74. Rb6+ Ka7 75. Bb4 Rh4+ 76. Kc3 Rh3+ 77. Kd4 Rh4+ 78. Kc5
Bb3 79. Kd6 Rd4+ 80. Kc7 Rxc4+ 81. Kxd7 Re4 82. Bd6 Bd5 83. Bc5 Rc4 84. Kd6 Ka8
85. Rb5 Rc2 86. Kc7 Bb7 87. a6 Rxc5+ 88. Rxc5 Bxa6 89. Ra5 Ka7 90. Ra3 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mumbai Movers"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 h6 2. e4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bb4 6. exd5 exd5 7. O-O O-O 8.
Ne2 Bd6 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Rxe5 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. Bxh6
gxh6 15. Qxh6 Nf8 16. h3 Qd6 17. Qg5+ Kh8 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. Qh4+ N6h7 20. Nh5 c5
21. Bxh7 Nxh7 22. f4 Bf5 23. g4 Bg6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Ng3 Bxc2 26. g5 d4 27.
Nh5 Re2 28. f5 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nf4 Nc6 7. Nd5 Nd4 8.
Nxe7 Nxe2 9. Bxe2 Bxe7 10. d3 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf3 c6 14. Nd2 d5
15. Nb3 Bd6 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. Bc3 b6 18. a4 a5 19. Bd4 Rab8 20. Nd2 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Ng4 22. h3 Nh6 23. b3 Nf5 24. Bc3 Bc5 25. Bg4 f6 26. Nf3 Rd8 27. Bxf5 Bxf5
28. Bd4 Kf7 29. Bxc5 bxc5 30. g4 Bd7 31. Kg2 Rb8 32. Nd2 Rb4 33. c4 Be6 34. f4
g6 35. Kg3 Rb8 36. Rc1 Rc8 37. Rc3 Ke7 38. Rc1 Kd6 39. Rd1 Bf7 40. Re1 Rb8 41.
Re3 Rb7 42. Re1 Rb8 43. Kf2 Be6 44. Kg3 Bf7 45. Re3 Rb7 46. Kf2 Rb8 47. Kg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 h6 2. e4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
g5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bc2 Bg7 11. Re1 Nd7 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Nbd4 Ndxe5 14. Nxe5
Bxe5 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. f4 gxf4 17. Qh5 Bd7 18. Rxe5 Qxe5 19. Qxe5 Nxe5 20. Nc7+
Ke7 21. Nxa8 Rxa8 22. Bxf4 f6 23. Bxh6 Rg8 24. Bf4 Bc6 25. Bg3 Nc4 26. b3 Na3
27. Bd1 Nb5 28. Rc1 e5 29. Bf3 d4 30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. cxd4 Nxd4 32. Kf1 Kd6 33.
Bf2 c5 34. Rc4 f5 35. b4 cxb4 36. Rxb4 Nc6 37. Rb3 f4 38. g3 fxg3 39. Rxg3 Rxg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Nc6 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O Bf6 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 Be6 17. Rc7 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Kf8 19. f3 Rxc7 20. Rxc7
Rd8 21. Rxb7 Rxd4 22. Rxa7 e3 23. Kf1 Rd2 24. Ra4 Rb2 25. g4 Rb1+ 26. Kg2 Rb2
27. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Australia Kangaroos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUS"]

1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. h3 h5 4. g5 e5 5. d3 Bd6 6. c4 Ne7 7. Nc3 Bc7 8. Qb3 d4
9. Ne4 Ba5+ 10. Kf1 O-O 11. h4 Qc7 12. Qa3 Na6 13. Qd6 Bf5 14. Qxc7 Bxc7 15.
Ng3 Bg4 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 g6 18. Bd2 Kg7 19. b4 Nb8 20. Kg2 Nd7 21. Rhb1 a6
22. a4 Nf5 23. Ne4 Nd6 24. Nc5 Rfd8 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Nxe5 Re7 27. Nf3 Rxe2 28.
Kf1 Re7 29. Nxd4 Rd8 30. Bc3 Kg8 31. Re1 Red7 32. Nb3 b6 33. Nd4 c5 34. Nc6 Re8
35. b5 Ra8 36. Ne7+ Kf8 37. Nd5 Nf5 38. a5 bxa5 39. Nxc7 Rxc7 40. Rxa5 Nxh4 41.
Rea1 Nf3 42. Bf6 Nd2+ 43. Kg2 Ke8 44. R5a3 Rd7 45. Re1+ Kf8 46. Re2 Nb1 47. Ra1
Rxd3 48. Rxb1 axb5 49. cxb5 Rb8 50. b6 Rd6 51. Be7+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "211"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cheng Du Pandas"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Na6 2. e4 c6 3. Nc3 Nc7 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bd3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ exf6
8. O-O Bd6 9. Re1+ Be6 10. c4 O-O 11. Qc2 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. h3 Bf8 14. Bxf8
Kxf8 15. b4 Kg7 16. a4 b5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. cxb5 Nd5 19. Qd2 Qd6 20. Be4 Rab8
21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Rxa7 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qd5 25. Kg2 Qxb5 26. Ra5 Qd7
27. d5 Qd6 28. Rc5 Re5 29. h4 Rf5 30. Qc3 Rf4 31. Rc4 Rf5 32. Rd4 Rxd5 33. Rxd5
Qxd5 34. Qb2 Qb5 35. Qd4 h5 36. f4 Qc6+ 37. Kg3 Qh1 38. f3 Qe1+ 39. Kh3 Qe2 40.
Kg3 Qf1 41. Qd2 Qb5 42. Qb2 Kg8 43. Kg2 Kg7 44. Kg3 Kg8 45. Kg2 Qb8 46. b5 Qb6
47. Qb4 Kg7 48. Qc4 Qe3 49. Qb4 Qb6 50. Qb2 Kf8 51. Qb4+ Ke8 52. Qe4+ Kf8 53.
Qb4+ Kg8 54. Qc4 Kg7 55. Qc6 Qe3 56. b6 Qd2+ 57. Kf1 Qd1+ 58. Kf2 Qd2+ 59. Kf1
Qd3+ 60. Kf2 Qd4+ 61. Ke2 Qb2+ 62. Ke3 Qa3+ 63. Kd4 Qa6 64. Kc5 Qa3+ 65. Kb5
Qb3+ 66. Ka5 Qa3+ 67. Kb5 Qd3+ 68. Ka5 Qa3+ 69. Kb5 Qd3+ 70. Kb4 Qd2+ 71. Ka4
Qxf4+ 72. Ka5 Qe5+ 73. Qb5 Qa1+ 74. Qa4 Qc3+ 75. Qb4 Qe5+ 76. Ka6 Qa1+ 77. Kb5
Qf1+ 78. Ka5 Qa1+ 79. Qa4 Qc3+ 80. Ka6 Qd3+ 81. Ka7 Qe3 82. Ka6 Qd3+ 83. Qb5
Qa3+ 84. Qa5 Qd3+ 85. Ka7 Qe3 86. Ka8 Qe8+ 87. Ka7 Qe3 88. Qb5 g5 89. hxg5 fxg5
90. Qb2+ Kg8 91. Ka6 Qe6 92. Ka5 Qd5+ 93. Qb5 Qa2+ 94. Qa4 Qd5+ 95. Qb5 Qa2+
96. Qa4 Qd2+ 97. Ka6 Qd6 98. Ka7 Qc5 99. Ka6 Qd6 100. Qa5 f6 101. Ka7 Qd4 102.
Ka6 Qd3+ 103. Ka7 Qd4 104. Ka6 Qd3+ 105. Ka7 Qd4 106. Ka6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dallas Destiny"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b5 3. e4 Nxe4 4. Bxb5 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nf6 7. c4 O-O 8.
Nc3 Bb7 9. h3 d6 10. Bg5 c6 11. Ba4 Nbd7 12. Qd2 c5 13. d5 Nb6 14. b3 Nxa4 15.
Nxa4 Re8 16. Nc3 Qa5 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. Ng5 Bc8 20. Qf4 Qc7 21. Nce4
Bf5 22. Ng3 Bc8 23. Re3 e6 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. N5e4 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Bb7 27. Nf6+
Bxf6 28. Qxf6 e5 29. Rd1 Rd7 30. Red3 Qd8 31. Qxd8 Rexd8 32. Bg5 Rf8 33. Rxd6
Be4 34. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "Minnesota Blizzard"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bb5 g6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Nxc6
Bxc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. bxc4 Bg7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. O-O Qd6 13. Nc3 Rfd8 14. Rad1
Ng4 15. f4 Qd3 16. Qc1 Rab8 17. h3 Nf6 18. Ba3 Qxc4 19. d4 cxd4 20. Bxe7 Nd5
21. Nxd5 Qxc1 22. Rxc1 Rxd5 23. exd4 Bxd4+ 24. Kh2 c5 25. Rc2 f6 26. Rfc1 Rc8
27. Re2 Kf7 28. Rce1 Rd7 29. f5 Re8 30. Bxc5 Rxe2 31. fxg6+ hxg6 32. Rxe2 Bxc5
33. Kg3 Rd3+ 34. Kf4 Rd4+ 35. Kf3 Ra4 36. Rc2 Bb6 37. g3 f5 38. h4 Kg7 39. Rd2
Kh6 40. Kg2 Ra3 41. Rc2 Kh5 42. Rc4 Rd3 43. a4 Bd4 44. Rc7 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Brown, Michael William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "San Diego Surfers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Nh4 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. d3 c5
9. e3 Nc6 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. c4 d4 14. Qe2 O-O-O 15.
O-O-O dxe3 16. fxe3 Nde5 17. Ne4 f5 18. Nc3 a6 19. Kb1 Be7 20. Na4 fxg4 21.
hxg4 Rxh1 22. Bxh1 Rh8 23. Be4 Rh4 24. d4 Nxg4 25. dxc5 Nf6 26. Bxg6 Ne5 27.
Bc2 Bxc5 28. Nxc5 Qxc5 29. Qd2 Nc6 30. Qg2 Rg4 31. Qh2 Qxe3 32. Bc1 Qe5 33.
Qh8+ Kc7 34. Bb2 Qe3 35. Bc1 Qe5 36. Qf8 Ne4 37. Qf7+ Kb8 38. Qf8+ Kc7 39. Qf7+
Kb8 40. Qe8+ Kc7 41. Bb2 Nc3+ 42. Ka1 Qa5 43. Qf7+ Kb8 44. Qf8+ Ka7 45. Qf2+
Kb8 46. Qf8+ Ka7 47. Qf2+ Kb8 48. Qf8+ Ka7 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[BlackTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. e4 c5 8. Re1
Nc6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Nf1 d4 11. e5 Nd7 12. Bf4 h6 13. h4 O-O-O 14. N1d2 Nb4 15.
Nc4 Nd5 16. Bd2 Nb8 17. a4 Ba6 18. c3 dxc3 19. bxc3 Nc6 20. a5 b5 21. Nd6+ Bxd6
22. exd6 Qxd6 23. c4 Nc7 24. cxb5 Nxb5 25. Rac1 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Bxg5 Nbd4
28. Nxd4 Nxd4 29. Qe4 Kd7 30. Bf4 Qd5 31. Qxd5+ exd5 32. Rxc5 Ne6 33. Rxd5+ Ke7
34. Bg5+ f6 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Be3 Bxd3 37. Bxa7 Kf7 38. Bb6 Rd6 39. Rd1 Ke7 40.
Bf1 Be4 41. Rxd6 Kxd6 42. a6 Ng5 43. f4 Nf3+ 44. Kf2 Nh2 45. Be2 f5 46. a7 Ng4+
47. Ke1 Ba8 48. Bd3 Ke6 49. Kd2 Nf6 50. Bf2 Ne4+ 51. Ke3 Kd6 52. Bxe4 Bxe4 53.
g4 Bc6 54. gxf5 Ke7 55. Bh4+ Kd6 56. Kd4 Bf3 57. f6 Ke6 58. Kc5 Bd5 59. f7 Kd7
60. Kxd5 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Seattle Sluggers"]
[BlackTeam "San Jose Hackers"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 Qd7 5. cxd5 Nf6 6. Nc3 cxd5 7. Nxd5 Nc6 8.
d3 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 e5 10. Qxd7+ Kxd7 11. Nf3 Bxf3 12. exf3 Bd6 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Kd2
f5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bd4 Nc6 17. Bc3 Rhe8 18. h4 g6 19. Rag1 Bc5 20. Rh2 Kc7 21.
Bxc6 Kxc6 22. h5 Re6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rh6 Bxf2 25. Rgxg6 Rxg6 26. Rxg6+ Kd5
27. Rf6 Be3+ 28. Ke2 Rg8 29. Rxf5+ Ke6 30. Rf6+ Kd5 31. Rf5+ Ke6 32. Re5+ Kd6
33. Kf3 Bd2 34. Bd4 Be3 35. Bc3 Bd2 36. Ra5 Rg3+ 37. Ke4 Re3+ 38. Kd4 Re2 39.
Bxd2 Rxd2 40. Kc3 Rd1 41. Rf5 Rf1 42. Kd4 Rf2 43. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blesic, Vaso"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 d5 6. h3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. a4 c4 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne5 Rfc8 13. O-O Be8 14. f4 Rab8 15.
Qe2 a5 16. e4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 f6 19. Nf3 Bc6 20. Qe3 Qd7 21. Rfe1
Bd5 22. Nd2 b5 23. Ne4 Qc6 24. Re2 Re8 25. axb5 Rxb5 26. Nc5 e5 27. fxe5 fxe5
28. Rf1 Rbb8 29. Rfe1 Bf7 30. dxe5 Rb5 31. e6 Bh5 32. g4 Rxc5 33. gxh5 Rxh5 34.
e7 Rf5 35. Qe4 Qc5+ 36. Kg2 g6 37. Rf1 Rg5+ 38. Kh1 Kg7 39. Qe6 Qd5+ 40. Qxd5
Rxd5 41. Rf4 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Merario Alarcon, Andres"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. c4 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Na3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bf6 13. Qd2 Bc6 14. Nc4 Ne7
15. Bxf6 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 gxf6 17. Rfc1 Rfd8 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Ne4 Kg7 20. Nc5 Nd4
21. Kf1 b6 22. Na6 Rd7 23. Rc4 f5 24. Rac1 Rad8 25. Nc7 e5 26. R1c3 Ne6 27.
Nxe6+ fxe6 28. f3 Kf6 29. Rh4 Kg6 30. Re3 Rd5 31. g4 Rc8 32. gxf5+ exf5 33. f4
exf4 34. Reh3 Kf6 35. Rxh7 Rc2 36. R3h6+ Kg5 37. Re6 f3 38. Rg7+ Kh5 39. Rxa7
Rdd2 40. Rh7+ Kg5 41. Rg7+ Kh5 42. Rh7+ Kg5 43. Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Seeman, Tarvo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 b6 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bb7 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bf4 h6 12. h4 Nf8 13. h5 Nbd7 14. Nd4 O-O-O
15. g4 Nb8 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. Ne4 Nfd7 18. Kg2 b5 19. a4 Nc5 20. Nxc5+ Bxc5 21.
Nb3 Bb6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Kf3 Nc6 24. c3 Rdf8 25. Bg3 f6 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Re1
e5 28. Nd2 Rhg8 29. Ne4 Ne7 30. Rad1 f5 31. gxf5 Nxf5 32. Kg2 Bxf2 33. Kxf2
Nxg3+ 34. Ke3 Nxe4 35. Kxe4 Rg5 36. Rd7 Rxh5 37. Rh7 Rf2 38. b4 Rf4+ 39. Kd5
Rc4 40. Rxe5 Rxe5+ 41. Kxe5 Rxc3 42. Rxh6 Rc4 43. Kd5 c6+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,115,80,63,21,-7,0,4,4,-6,33,-24,-31,-31,-3,-31,17,23,26,22,31,29,28,
42,58,21,38,44,37,38,43,34,30,11,31,21,30,26,30,29,42,34,48,48,36,30,33,31,33,
35,36,47,70,52,66,58,87,92,95,68,75,106,113,100,85,101,116,123,131,116,137,137,
141,141,141,141,141,132,141,107,131,125,122,85,120,141,148,126,148,126,126,126,
126,126,126,125,167,183,195,167,280,137,387,359,335,470,629,830,992,1002,1002,
1002,1002,1012,1259,1366,1366,1817]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5.
Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 {The most popular move although} (
8... e5 {is possible at once.}) 9. O-O (9. Nb5 a6 10. Nxd6 cxd6 11. O-O b5 12.
Be2 (12. Bxb5 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 axb5 14. Nxb5 $4 Ba6) 12... Bb7 13. Bd2 Rc8 $11 {
1/2 (19) Kuzubov,Y (2660)-Lupulescu,C (2601) Sovata 2018}) (9. Ng5 h6 10. Nge4
e5 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. d5 Ne7 13. e4 Ng6 14. O-O Nh5 15. Qd1 Nf6 16. Kh1 Bd7 17.
a4 Rc8 18. b3 a6 $13 {0-1 (35) Moranda,W (2533)-Moiseenko,A (2632) Polanica
Zdroj 2008}) (9. a3 e5 10. d5 (10. h3 Bd7 11. O-O h6 12. b4 exd4 13. exd4 Qc8
14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bf5 $11 {1/2 (38) Nakamura,H (2787)-So,W (2770) Paris
2016}) 10... Ne7 11. h3 (11. e4 c6 12. Bg5 cxd5 13. Bxf6 dxc4 14. Bxe5 {
1-0 (56) Michalik,P (2576)-Saric,I (2661) Jerusalem 2015} Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Qc7 16.
Nf3 Bg4 $15) (11. O-O Ng6 12. b4 Bd7 13. Ng5 Qe7 14. f3 a5 15. b5 Kh8 16. Nge4
Ne8 17. Nxd6 Nxd6 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. a4 Rac8 21. Ba3 f4 22. e4 Nh4
$132 {1/2 (43) Sandipan,C (2628)-Neelotpal,D (2471) New Delhi 2012}) 11... Ng6
12. O-O h6 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Bd2 c6 16. Ne4 Bf8 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Be4 Rac8 20. Bc3 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qc6 $11 {0-1 (56) Xu,Y (2538)
-Najer,E (2683) Moscow 2018}) 9... e5 (9... a6 10. a3 (10. Rd1 $5) 10... Bd7
11. Rd1 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. h3 Ng6 14. b4 Qe7 15. Bd3 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne4
Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rac8 19. Qb1 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rc6 $11 {0-1 (45) Kovalenko,I (2642)
-Predke,A (2477) Moscow 2014}) 10. h3 (10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. h3 c6
13. a4 a5 14. b3 Re8 15. Bb2 Be6 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Rd3 Rae8 $11 {
1-0 (42) Shirov,A (2696)-Hou,Y (2609) Tromsoe 2013}) (10. d5 Nb4 $1 11. Qb1 e4
12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Re8 14. Qb1 Bg4 15. Nd4 Qh4 16. g3 Qh5 17. e4 Bc5 18.
Be3 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Bf3 $36 {1/2 (27) Barria Zuniga,D (2438)-Sanikidze,T (2531)
Navalmoral 2011}) 10... a6 {Black has a lot of good alternatives leading to
rough equality:} (10... Bd7 $5 11. Rd1 (11. d5 Ne7 12. Rd1 h6 13. b3 a6 14. a4
Ng6 15. Bb2 Kh8 16. Bd3 Ne7 17. Rac1 Qe8 18. Qe2 Rb8 19. Bb1 b5 $132 {0-1 (66)
Bu,X (2710)-Yu,Y (2734) Shenzhen 2015}) 11... Qc8 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5
14. e4 Re8 (14... Bxh3 15. gxh3 Qxh3 16. f3 Qxf3 17. Qg2 Qxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Rfe8
19. Kf3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxe4 21. Bd3 Re6 22. Bf4 Rae8 $13 {1-0 (62) Swiercz,D 
(2614)-Moiseenko,A (2698) Germany 2014}) 15. f3 c6 16. Be3 Be6 17. Bb3 Bc7 18.
Rd3 Bb6 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Rad1 b5 22. a3 Qe7 23. Qd2 b4 24. axb4
Qxb4 25. Kh2 Qe7 26. Re1 Rad8 $11 {1/2 (40) Wang,Y (2730)-Bu,X (2723) Danzhou
2016}) (10... Qe7 11. a3 Bd7 (11... h6 12. b4 e4 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Re1 Rae8 15.
Bb2 Qd7 16. Nb5 Ne7 17. Nf1 Ned5 $11 {1/2 (37) Malek,D (2405)-Cuenca Jimenez,J
(2490) Germany 2018}) 12. d5 Na5 13. Bd3 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Rd1 Rac8 16. Bd2
h6 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Qb1 Be6 $11 {0-1 (41) Najer,E (2681)-Fressinet,L (2658)
Germany 2009}) (10... exd4 11. exd4 Nb4 $5 12. Qb1 (12. Qd1 Bf5 13. a3 Nc6 14.
Re1 h6 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd1 17. Nxd1 Nd7 $11 {1/2 (37) Chiburdanidze,M 
(2506)-Kosintseva,T (2536) Ningbo 2009}) 12... c6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Re1 Nbd5 15.
Qd3 Be6 16. a3 Nc7 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Rad1 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 {
1/2 (34) Fernandez,D (2464)-Yagubi,A (2379) Livny 2017}) 11. a3 (11. dxe5 Nxe5
12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. e4 {1/2 (72) Gajewski,G (2595)-Bluebaum,M (2620)
Germany 2018} Rd8 $11) 11... h6 (11... b5 12. Ba2 (12. Be2 Bb7 13. Rd1 exd4 14.
exd4 Ne7 15. Ne5 {1/2 (15) Prusikin,M (2545)-Parligras,M (2633) Bad Wiessee
2012}) (12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Ne4 h6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Nc5 $14 {
1-0 (28) Chuchelov,V (2375)-Gogichaishvili,G (2310) Khabarovsk 1990}) 12... Bb7
13. Rd1 exd4 14. exd4 b4 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 $14 {1/2 (45) Kanter,E (2368)
-Ly,M (2506) Dubai 2016}) (11... Qe7 12. b4 Bd7 13. Bb2 h6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
Bxd5 exd4 16. exd4 Qf6 17. Rae1 $14 {1-0 (22) Bogner,S (2556)-Vuilleumier,A 
(2362) Flims 2016}) 12. Rd1 exd4 (12... Qe7 $5 13. d5 e4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. dxc6
bxc6 16. b3 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. f4 Qf6 19. Bb2 Bf5 20. Bd3 (20. Bxf6 {
1/2 (20) Hillarp Persson,T (2547)-Grandelius,N (2542) Vasteras 2011}) 20...
Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Qg6 22. Qc3 $14) 13. exd4 Ne7 (13... b5 $5 14. Ba2 (14. Bd3 Bb7)
14... Ne7 15. Ne5 Bf5) 14. Ne5 $14 {[%csl Ge5]} Be6 {[%mdl 32] This move
creates a long-term weakness in Black's position.} (14... b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16.
Bf4 $14) (14... c6 $5 {[%cal Ye7d5]}) 15. Bxe6 fxe6 {[%csl Re6]} 16. Bf4 Qe8
17. Re1 Nfd5 18. Bh2 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Qf7 20. Ne4 (20. Nxd5 $142 Nxd5 (20... exd5
21. Qxc7 Qxf2+ $2 22. Kh2 $18) 21. Re4 $14) 20... Nc6 21. Nc5 b6 $6 (21... Nf4
$5 22. Nxb7 (22. Bxf4 Nxd4 23. Qe4 Qxf4 24. Qxf4 Rxf4 25. Rad1 b6 26. Nxe6 Nxe6
27. Rxe6 Raf8 28. f3 R4f6 $11) 22... Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Qf3+ 25. Kg1
Qxb7 $11) 22. Nd3 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Qf5 24. Rac1 Rad8 25. h4 Nf4 {Black
desperately tries to create counterplay but White keeps an advantage in the
endgame.} 26. Qxf5 exf5 27. Rxc7 Rfe8 (27... Rxd4 28. Rb7 $1 b5 29. g3 Nd5 30.
Ng6 $16) 28. Rc6 Rxd4 29. Rxb6 Rd5 30. g3 Rdxe5 (30... Nh5 31. Nf3) 31. Rxe5
Rxe5 32. gxf4 {[%mdl 4096]} Ra5 {Of course, Black's rook will be passive here
but he had little choice:} (32... Re4 33. Rxa6 Rxf4 34. b4 {, and White's
pawns quickly run forward.}) (32... Re1+ 33. Kg2 a5 34. Rb5 $18) 33. h5 Ra4 34.
Kg2 Kf7 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Rb7+ Kf6 37. Rb6+ Ke7 38. Kg3 Kf7 39. f3 Ke7 40. Rg6
Kf7 41. Kf2 Ra5 (41... Rxf4 42. Rxa6 Rh4 43. b4 Rxh5 44. b5 Rh2+ 45. Kg3 Rb2
46. a4 $18) ({After} 41... Rc4 $5 42. Ke3 a5 43. Rb6 {[%cal Rb6b5]} a4 44. Rb4
{White should win, too.}) 42. Rb6 Ra4 43. Ke3 Ke7 44. Rb7+ Kf6 45. Rc7 $22 Ra5
(45... g5 46. Rc6+ $18) (45... a5 46. Ra7 g5 47. Ra6+) 46. Rc4 Ke6 47. a4 Ke7
48. b3 Kd6 49. Rc8 Rd5 {The pawn endgame is completely lost for Black} ({
as well as} 49... Ke6 50. Rc6+ Kd7 (50... Kf7 51. Kd4) 51. Rg6) 50. Rd8+ Kc6
51. Rxd5 Kxd5 52. Kd3 a5 53. Kc3 g6 (53... Kc5 54. b4+ axb4+ 55. Kb3 $18) 54.
hxg6 Ke6 55. b4 axb4+ 56. Kxb4 h5 57. g7 Kf7 58. a5 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. f3 Qb6 8. Nb3
Bg7 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. g4 Be6 12. O-O-O b5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Na5 16. Kb1 Nxb3 17. cxb3 O-O 18. f4 e6 19. Be4 Rae8 20. Qd3 f5 21. Bf3
Nxf4 22. Bxf4 e5 23. Rde1 exf4 24. Re6 Qc5 25. h4 Qf2 26. Qe2 Qxe2 27. Bxe2 Kf7
28. Re1 Bd4 29. Bf3 Bf2 30. R1e2 Bxh4 31. Rh2 Bxg5 32. Rxh7+ Kg8 33. Rd7 Bf6
34. Rdxd6 Kg7 35. Rxa6 g5 36. Be2 g4 37. Bxb5 Rxe6 38. dxe6 Be7 39. Kc2 f3 40.
Bc6 f2 41. Bg2 f4 42. Ra4 Kh6 43. Bf1 g3 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,57,19,34,28,0,-3,6,27,14,10,6,12,13,-2,6,35,27,30,20,24,22,28,-5,42,0,
5,3,25,9,6,13,41,10,19,10,6,-21,-17,-69,-83,-58,-26,-12,-12,-68,-35,41,33,18,1,
0,0,78,217,238,289,366,387,194]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2
Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Qc8 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bf4 $5 {A relatively new strong move.
White allows Black to double his c-pawns but plans a pawn advance in the
centre.} (9. Bd2) ({and} 9. Qc2 {are usual continuations.}) 9... Nxc3 (9... d6
$5 10. Rc1 Bf6 ({but not} 10... Nxc3 11. Rxc3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14.
Bf4 Bb4 15. c5 $5 {, and White obtains an excellent compensation for the
exchange})) 10. bxc3 Be4 (10... f5 11. d5 {[%cal Ye2e4]}) 11. Bf1 {[%cal Yf3d2,
Ye2e4]} (11. Bh3 $5 {is an interesting alternative.}) 11... Bd6 (11... Bxf3 12.
exf3 {[%cal Ge1e8]} Nc6 13. Bd3 Na5 14. Qc2 g6 15. h4 Bf6 16. h5 Bg7 17. Kg2 {
[%cal Ye1h1]} d6 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qd2 f5 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. Qg5 $18 {->: 1-0 (29)
Feller,S (2622)-Filip,L (2419) Plancoet 2015}) 12. Bc1 c5 (12... Be7 13. Nd2
Bb7 14. e4 d6 $14 {was passive but safer.}) 13. d5 $1 {[%csl Re4]} exd5 14.
cxd5 Re8 15. c4 Qa6 (15... Bxf3 $142 16. exf3 Be5 17. Rb1 d6 $14) 16. Nd2 $1 {
[%mdl 512]} Be5 {Black wins an exchange but White obtains full domination.} (
16... Bg6 17. f4 $16 {[%cal Ye2e4]} Re3 18. Kf2 $1) 17. Nxe4 Bxa1 18. Nd6 Rf8
19. e4 Be5 20. Bf4 Bxd6 21. Bxd6 {[%csl Gd6]} Re8 22. e5 Qxa2 23. Re4 Na6 {
A desperate attempt to develop Black's queenside; it is too late as White
creates a decisive attack against Black's unprotected king.} 24. Rg4 {[%mdl
128]} Qb2 25. Qf3 Nb4 26. Qf6 g6 27. h4 h5 28. Rf4 Rf8 29. g4 $1 (29. g4 hxg4
30. h5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,61,19,31,30,-24,-24,-9,14,13,14,-13,1,-30,-6,-22,-15,-4,4,5,6,20,-11,
-9,-9,19,-3,-6,14,8,15,4,16,3,-16,5,19,-15,-7,-34,-34,-16,-16,-45,29,43,8,8,8,
26,19,21,38,42,69,83,79,65,94,101,106,0,138,282]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6
4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 b6 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Bb7 11.
Qe2 Rc8 12. Rad1 {With this move White keeps both options: to push d2-d4 and
to prepare a kingside attack (Nf3-e1, f2-f4).} (12. Rfd1 {is more popular,
though.}) 12... Qc7 (12... Na5 {[%csl Ra5]} 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rc7 15. d3
Qa8+ 16. Kg1 Rd8 17. f4 a6 18. g4 Qb7 19. a4 Ne8 20. Rf3 Rcd7 21. Rh3 $36 {
1/2 (59) Kharlov,A (2616)-Kosyrev,V (2474) Samara 2000}) 13. Ne1 (13. Nh4 $5
Ne8 $1 14. f4 Bxh4 15. gxh4 Ne7 16. h5 Bxg2 17. Qxg2 Qc6 18. e4 f5 19. d3 Rf7
20. Rf3 Nf6 $13 {1-0 (96) Cordova,E (2609)-Lopez Martinez,J (2548) Catalunya
2014}) 13... Ne8 {A typical manoeuvre in this structure. The knight goes to d6
to control the f5 and e4 squares and support ...b6-b5.} (13... Na5 14. f4 Bxg2
(14... g6 $2 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. Nxa7 Rcd8 {0-1 (52) Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2652)
-Abdusattorov,N (2534) Biel 2018} 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Nb5 $16) 15. Nxg2 Qd7 16.
Nh4 Rfd8 17. d3 a6 18. a4 Ne8 19. f5 $36 {1/2 (32) Dizdar,G (2499)-Dranov,A 
(2465) Germany 2012}) (13... a6 14. f4 Na7 $6 15. a4 (15. g4 $36) (15. f5 $5)
15... Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Qd7 17. g4 Ne8 18. f5 $36 Bf6 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. g5 $1 Bxg5
21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Ne4 $16 {1-0 (36) Shcherbakov,R (2555)-Loginov,V (2520) St
Petersburg 1998}) (13... Rfd8 14. f4 a6 (14... Nb4 15. d3 Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Rd7 17.
a3 Nc6 18. f5 $36 {1-0 (45) Pakleza,Z (2506)-Protaziuk,G (2344) Poland 2016})
15. g4 (15. f5 $5 $36) 15... Na5 (15... b5 $5 $132) 16. Rf2 Ne8 17. Ne4 $6 (17.
d3 $13) 17... b5 $1 18. cxb5 axb5 19. g5 Nc4 20. Ba1 Ncd6 21. Nxd6 Nxd6 22. Nf3
b4 23. d3 c4 $17 {1/2 (28) Fridman,D (2659)-Johannessen,L (2496) Helsingor 2011
}) 14. f4 Nd6 15. Nf3 a6 16. a4 f5 17. d3 Bf6 18. h3 Nb4 19. g4 g6 {Black has
set up a solid defence; White, however, tries to break it through.} 20. e4 fxe4
$6 {A start of a wrong tactical operation.} (20... Bg7 $142) 21. dxe4 Nxe4 $6 (
21... Bxc3 $2 22. Bxc3 Nxe4 {fatally weakens the long diagonal, and White wins
after} 23. Ba1 {[%cal Ye2b2]}) (21... Bd4+ $1 {is correct but White keeps an
edge in complications:} 22. Kh2 $1 (22. Nxd4 $2 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Qc5 {[%cal Rb4c6,
Rc5d4]} 24. Qf2 Rxf4 $17) (22. Kh1 $2 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Nxe4 {[%cal Re4g3]}) 22...
Ne8 $1 (22... Rxf4 $2 23. Nxd4 Rxf1 24. Nxe6 $18) (22... Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Rxf4 24.
Be5 $1 Rxe4 25. Qf2 Rxe5 26. Nxe5 Nxc4 27. Rd7 $1 Qxe5+ 28. Kg1 Qe3 $8 29. Qxe3
Nxe3 30. Bxb7 $16 {_|_}) 23. e5 $1 (23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxf4 $13) 23... Bxf3
24. Rxf3 g5 $1 25. Ne4 gxf4 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Ng5 $36 {Of course, this is
still a mess; besides, finding all this over the board is quite difficult.})
22. Nxe4 Bxb2 23. Neg5 $1 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Rce8 26. Nxe6 Qc6 27. f5
$16 {[%csl Ge6] White has regained a pawn and obtained a clear advantage due
to his strong knight.} Qxa4 $6 (27... Rf7 $142) 28. fxg6 Rxf3 29. gxh7+ Kh8 30.
Bxf3 $2 (30. Qxf3 $1 Rxe6 31. Qf8+ Kxh7 32. Rf1 $18) 30... Nc6 $2 {[%mdl 64]
Both players miss a good tactical chance for Black:} (30... Nd3 $3 31. Qxd3 (
31. Rxd3 $2 Qxc4) 31... Rxe6 {[%cal Ya4e8,Ye6e1] with excellent drawing
chances.}) 31. Nxc5 $1 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 e6 8. Ne2
Qa6 9. c4 c5 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. Qc3 dxc4 12. b4 cxb3 13. axb3 Qb5 14. Ba3 Nge7
15. Nc4 Nd5 16. Qg3 g6 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 O-O-O 19. O-O Kb8 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21.
exd6 Rhe8 22. Bc1 Rd7 23. Be3 e5 24. f4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Nb4 26. Bg3 Rc8 27. Rxf7
1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d4 Bb4 8. Bd2
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O c5 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. f3 Bg6 15.
f4 Be4 16. Bf3 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Rc8 20. Qd2 Qe7 21.
Rd3 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Rfd8 23. Rd1 Qc2 24. g3 Qxd2 25. R1xd2 Kf8 26. Kg2 Ke7 27. f5
g6 28. g4 d4 29. Kf3 gxf5 30. gxf5 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3
e5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Qd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5 Bxd5
15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Bd3 Kc7 17. a3 Be7 18. Rhe1 h6 19. Bf2 Bxb3 20. cxb3 Rd7
21. h4 Rhd8 22. Bc4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 f5 25. b4 Nd4 26. Bd5 Bf6 27.
Kd2 Nc6 28. b3 Kd6 29. Bc4 Nd4 30. h5 Bg5+ 31. Kd1 Kc6 32. Bf7 Kd6 33. a4 Kc6
34. Bg6 Kd5 35. Bf7+ Kc6 36. Be1 Kd6 37. Bc3 Kc6 38. Ke1 Be3 39. Bg6 Kd5 40. g4
Nxf3+ 41. Ke2 Bd4 42. Kxf3 fxg4+ 43. Kxg4 Bxc3 44. Kf3 Bxb4 45. Be4+ Ke6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "214"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
a5 9. a4 Ne7 10. Nf1 Ng6 11. Ng3 c6 12. Bb3 Re8 13. h3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. d4
exd4 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Nxd4 Bd7 19. Be3 Bf8 20. Ndf5 Be6 21. Bd4
f6 22. Qf3 Qf7 23. Re1 Ra6 24. Nh5 Kh7 25. Qd3 Bd7 26. Nh4 f5 27. Nxg6 Rxg6 28.
Nf4 Ra6 29. b3 g5 30. Ne2 Re6 31. Be3 Re8 32. Bb6 Kg8 33. Rd1 Qe6 34. Qxd5 Qxd5
35. Rxd5 Rxe2 36. Rxd7 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Rb1 38. Rd5 Rxb3 39. Bd4 b6 40. Rxf5 Bg7
41. Rd5 Bxd4 42. cxd4 Rb4 43. Rd6 Kg7 44. d5 Rxa4 45. Rxb6 Rd4 46. d6 a4 47.
Ra6 a3 48. Kg3 a2 49. d7 Rxd7 50. Rxa2 Rd4 51. Ra7+ Kg6 52. Ra6+ Kg7 53. Re6
Ra4 54. Kf3 Rf4+ 55. Ke3 Ra4 56. g3 Rb4 57. Kf3 Ra4 58. Re4 Ra2 59. h4 gxh4 60.
Rxh4 Kg6 61. Re4 h5 62. Ke3 Rb2 63. Ra4 Rb6 64. Kf3 Rb2 65. Kg2 Rc2 66. Rf4 Ra2
67. Kh3 Rb2 68. Rf8 Kg7 69. Rf4 Kg6 70. Kg2 Ra2 71. Rb4 Rc2 72. Kf3 Ra2 73. Ke3
Ra6 74. Rb5 Re6+ 75. Kf3 Ra6 76. Re5 Rb6 77. Kf4 Rf6+ 78. Ke3 Ra6 79. f4 Ra3+
80. Kf2 Ra2+ 81. Kf3 Ra3+ 82. Kg2 Ra1 83. Rg5+ Kh6 84. Rg8 Kh7 85. Rb8 Kg6 86.
Rb6+ Kg7 87. Re6 Kh7 88. Kf3 Rf1+ 89. Ke2 Rg1 90. Kf2 Ra1 91. Re1 Ra2+ 92. Kf3
Kg6 93. Re6+ Kg7 94. f5 Ra4 95. Rg6+ Kh7 96. Rg5 Kh6 97. Rg6+ Kh7 98. Re6 Kg7
99. Re4 Ra6 100. Rh4 Ra3+ 101. Kf4 Kh6 102. g4 Ra4+ 103. Ke5 Rxg4 104. Rxg4
hxg4 105. Kf4 g3 106. Kxg3 Kg5 107. f6 Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. dxc6 Qd4+ 12. Kh1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14. Rb1
Bg6 15. Rb3 Qxc6 16. Bb2 Rad8 17. Qa1 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Rfe8 19. Rc1 Qe6 20. Bxf6
Qxf6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. h3 Rd7 23. Rc2 Re5 24. Kg1 Red5 25. Rcc3 Kg7 26. Kf2 c5
27. Ra3 f5 28. Ra4 Rxd3 29. Rxc5 Rd2+ 30. Kg3 f4+ 31. Rxf4 Rxa2 32. Rg4+ Kf8
33. Rc8+ Ke7 34. Rh8 a5 35. Rxh7 Ra7 36. Rf4 Kf8 37. h4 a4 38. h5 Kg8 39. Rh6
a3 40. Rg4+ Kf8 41. Rh8+ Ke7 42. h6 Ra1 43. h7 Rh1 44. Rh4 Rxh4 45. Kxh4 Ra4+
46. g4 a2 47. Re8+ Kxe8 48. h8=Q+ Kd7 49. Qa1 Ra3 50. Qd4+ Ke8 51. Qe5+ Kd7 52.
Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. a4 Ba7 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Bg3 g4 12. Bh4 Kg7 13. Re1 Ne7 14. Bxf6+ Kxf6 15.
Nh4 Kg7 16. Nf1 Ng8 17. g3 Qf6 18. Ne3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Ne7 20. d4 Ng6 21. Ng2 Qg5
22. Qb3 b6 23. Bd5 Rb8 24. Rf1 Ne7 25. Bc4 Bb7 26. Nh4 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Bd3
Bc8 29. dxe5 Qxe5 30. Nf5+ Nxf5 31. exf5 Qf6 32. Qd1 Bxf5 33. Bxf5 Qxf5 34.
Qd4+ Kh7 35. f3 gxf3 36. Rexf3 Qg6 37. Rf6 Qg7 38. R1f4 c5 39. Qd5 Qg5 40.
Rxf7+ Rxf7 41. Rxf7+ Kh8 42. Qxd6 Re8 43. Rf8+ Rxf8 44. Qxf8+ Kh7 45. Qf7+ Kh8
46. Qf8+ Kh7 47. Qf7+ Kh8 48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. Qd7+ Kh8 50. Qxb5 Qe3+ 51. Kg2 Qe4+
52. Kf2 Qf5+ 53. Ke3 Qe5+ 54. Kd2 Qg5+ 55. Kc2 Qf5+ 56. Kb3 Qd5+ 57. Qc4 Qh5
58. h4 Qe5 59. Qf4 Qe6+ 60. c4 Qb6+ 61. Kc2 Qg6+ 62. Kc1 Qc6 63. b3 Kg7 64.
Qe5+ Kh7 65. Qf5+ Kg7 66. Qe5+ Kh7 67. Kd2 Qg2+ 68. Qe2 Qg1 69. Qd3+ Kg7 70.
Qe3 Qg2+ 71. Kc3 Qc6 72. Qe5+ Kh7 73. Qf5+ Kg7 74. h5 Kh8 75. g4 Qd6 76. Qe4
Qf6+ 77. Kc2 Qd6 78. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. Qxe5 O-O 7. Qf4 Ne8 8.
d4 Nc6 9. a3 Nf6 10. d5 Bd6 11. Qa4 Re8+ 12. Nge2 Ne5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. O-O Qg6 16. Ng3 c6 17. Rfe1 b5 18. Qe4 Bb7 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bd5 Qxe4 21.
Ngxe4 Bc7 22. b3 a6 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. h3 Ng6 25. g3 Kf8 26. Kg2 Ne7 27. Bxc6
dxc6 28. Nc5 a5 29. N3e4 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Nd5 31. c4 bxc4 32. bxc4 Nb6 33. Rc1 f5
34. Nd2 Bd6 35. Nd3 Bxa3 36. Ra1 Bb4 37. Nxb4 axb4 38. Ra6 Rb8 39. Nb3 Nxc4 40.
Rxc6 Na3 41. h4 Rb5 42. Rc8+ Kf7 43. Rc7+ Kf6 44. h5 Rd5 45. Rb7 Nc2 46. Kf1
Re5 47. Rc7 Re1+ 48. Kg2 Na1 49. Nc5 b3 50. Rb7 Rb1 51. f4 Rb2+ 52. Kh3 Rb1 53.
Kg2 b2 54. Nd3 Nc2 55. Rxb2 Ne3+ 56. Kf3 Rxb2 57. Nxb2 Ng4 58. Nd3 Ke6 59. Nc5+
Kd6 60. Nb3 Kd5 61. Nd2 Nf6 62. Nf1 Ke6 63. Ne3 Nxh5 64. g4 fxg4+ 65. Kxg4 Nf6+
66. Kf3 Nd5 67. Nc2 Ne7 68. Nd4+ Kd5 69. Ne2 Nf5 70. Nc3+ Kd4 71. Nb5+ Kd3 72.
Nc7 h5 73. Ne8 Kd4 74. Nc7 Kd3 75. Ne8 g6 76. Nf6 Kd4 77. Nd7 Nh4+ 78. Kg3 Nf5+
79. Kf3 Ne7 80. Nf6 Nc6 81. Nxh5 gxh5 82. Kg3 Ke4 83. Kh4 Kxf4 84. Kxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. a4 g5 10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Nbd2 Kg7 12. Re1 Nh7 13. d4 h5 14. h3 g4 15. Bh4 f6
16. hxg4 hxg4 17. Nh2 Ng5 18. Be2 Rh8 19. Bxg5 fxg5 20. Bxg4 exd4 21. Ndf3 dxc3
22. bxc3 Qf6 23. Qd2 Rxh2 24. Nxh2 Ne5 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Rab1 Rh8 27. Rxb7 Rxh2
28. Rxc7+ Kg6 29. Rxa7 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qf3+ 31. Kf1 Qh3+ 32. Ke2 Qf3+ 33. Kf1
Qh3+ 34. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bd6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Qg4 Nf6 12. Qg3 Nh5 13. Qh3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8
15. g4 Ng7 16. Re3 f6 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. Rae1 Qe7 19. Nh4 Qf7 20. f4 b5 21. Bb3 c5
22. f5 c4 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Bc2 f5 25. Nf3 fxg4 26. Qxg4 Nf5 27. Bxf5 Qxf5 28.
Qxf5 gxf5 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Kf7 31. Bg5 a5 32. a3 Reb8 33. d5 Ra6 34. Bf4
b4 35. dxe6+ Bxe6 36. Rc5 Rg8+ 37. Kf2 Rg4 38. Rc7+ Kg6 39. Be5 Bd5 40. Rg7+
Kh5 41. Rxg4 Kxg4 42. Rg1+ Kh5 43. cxb4 axb4 44. axb4 Ra3 45. Rg3 Ra2+ 46. Ke3
Rxh2 47. Rg5+ Kxg5 48. Bxh2 Bc6 49. Bd6 Kg4 50. Bc7 Bb5 51. Be5 Ba4 52. Kd4 Bb5
53. Ke3 Ba6 54. Bd6 Kh5 55. Bf4 Bb5 56. Bd6 Kg5 57. Bf4+ Kg4 58. Be5 Bd7 59.
Kd4 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. a4 g5 10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Nbd2 Kg7 12. Re1 Nh7 13. h3 h5 14. b4 h4 15. Bh2 g4
16. hxg4 Nf6 17. g5 Ng4 18. Re2 f6 19. b5 Ne7 20. gxf6+ Rxf6 21. d4 Ng6 22. Nf1
Nxh2 23. Kxh2 h3 24. dxe5 Rf8 25. Ng3 hxg2 26. Nf5+ Bxf5 27. exf5 Rxf5 28. Kxg2
Rxf3 29. Kxf3 Qh4 30. Bf7 Nxe5+ 31. Rxe5 Qxf2+ 32. Kg4 dxe5 33. Bh5 Rf8 34.
Qd7+ Kh6 35. Kh3 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8.
Nge2 Bg4 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. f3 Bh5 12. a3 Be7 13. Rc1 Bg6 14. Bxg6
hxg6 15. Na4 Rc8 16. b4 Nh5 17. Be3 Bg5 18. f4 Bh4 19. f5 Ne7 20. fxg6 Nxg6 21.
Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Qd3 Re8 23. Nac3 Qe6 24. Bd2 Bd8 25. Qf5 Nf6 26. Bg5 Qxf5 27.
Rxf5 Ne7 28. Rf2 Ne4 29. Bxe7 Bxe7 30. Rf5 Nxc3 31. Nxc3 Bf6 32. Nxd5 Bxd4+ 33.
Kf1 f6 34. Rf3 Rd8 35. Ne3 Kf7 36. Ke2 b5 37. h4 Bb2 38. Nd1 Bd4 39. Rd3 Ke6
40. Nc3 a6 41. a4 bxa4 42. Nxa4 Kd5 43. Nb6+ Kc6 44. Nc4 Kb5 45. Ne3 Kxb4 46.
Nf5 Kc4 47. Ra3 g6 48. Nxd4 Rxd4 49. Rxa6 Kd5 50. Rxf6 Ke5 51. Rxg6 Rxh4 52.
Kf3 Rf4+ 53. Kg3 Ra4 54. Rg4 Ra8 55. Rf4 Rg8+ 56. Rg4 Ra8 57. Rf4 Rg8+ 58. Kf3
Rxg2 59. Re4+ Kd5 60. Kxg2 Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8.
O-O Bb6 9. b3 Bg4 10. Ba3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 O-O-O 12. Qc2 Rhe8 13. Rae1 Nh5 14. Ng5
Nf4 15. Nxf7 Bh5 16. Nxd8 Qg4 17. Bd5 Rxd8 18. Bf3 Qg6 19. Be4 Qg4 20. Nc4 Bg6
21. Nxb6+ axb6 22. f3 Qg5 23. Bc1 Qh5 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. d4 Ne7 26. Qc1 Qg5 27.
Qa3 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Nf5 29. Qa8+ Kd7 30. Qa4+ Kc8 31. Re8 Kb8 32. Qd7 Rxe8 33.
Qxe8+ Ka7 34. Qa4+ Kb8 35. Qe8+ Ka7 36. Qe5 g6 37. a4 Kb8 38. Ra1 Qd8 39. a5 b5
40. Qxb5 Qe7 41. a6 Qe3+ 42. Kh1 Nd6 43. Qe5 Qxc3 44. a7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. dxe5 d5 7. exd6 Nxd6
8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nd5 Bf5 11. Bf4 Bg6 12. c4 b6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bxg6
hxg6 15. Qa4 Bf6 16. Qc6 Bxb2 17. Rad1 Ba3 18. Ne7+ Kf8 19. Bg5 f6 20. Nxg6+
Kg8 21. Be3 Bb4 22. Rf1 Qc8 23. Nf4 Nf7 24. c5 Bxc5 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Nd5 Re5
27. Qxc5 Qg4 28. Qxc7 Ng5 29. Rd3 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Nh3+ 31. Kh1 Nf4 32. Rd8+ Kh7
33. Qc2+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 d4 5. Bg2 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. O-O
Be7 9. d3 Nd7 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nc2 e5 12. Rb1 a5 13. a3 Nc5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4
Na4 16. Bd2 f6 17. Nh4 g5 18. Nf3 Bf5 19. b5 Nb8 20. Nfxd4 exd4 21. Bxb7 Ra7
22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Nxd4 Bh3 24. Qh5 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Qe8 26. Qf3 Nb6 27. Be4 Bc5 28.
Nb3 Ra2 29. Qf5 Qe7 30. Be1 Ba3 31. c5 Na4 32. c6 Nc5 33. Bc3 Nxb3 34. Rxb3 Bc5
35. d4 Bd6 36. b6 Nxc6 37. Bxc6 Qe2+ 38. Kg2 Bf4 39. Bb2 Rxb2 40. Rxb2 Qxb2 41.
Be4 Rf7 42. Qe6 Qxd4 43. gxf4 Qb4 44. b7 Rf8 45. b8=Q Qxb8 46. Qe7 f5 47. Bd5
Qd8 48. Qe5+ Qf6 49. Qxf6+ Rxf6 50. fxg5 Rd6 51. Bf3 h6 52. gxh6 Kh7 53. Kg3
Rd4 54. h4 Kxh6 55. Be2 Kg6 56. f4 Rb4 57. h5+ Kf6 58. Bd1 Rb1 59. Bf3 Rb3 60.
Kf2 Rb8 61. Kg3 Rg8+ 62. Kf2 Ke7 63. Bd1 Rg7 64. Be2 Kf6 65. Bf3 Ra7 66. Bd5
Ra3 67. Bf3 Ke7 68. Kg3 Kd7 69. h6 Ra6 70. Kh4 Rxh6+ 71. Kg5 Rh3 72. Bd5 Rd3
73. Bf7 Rd4 74. Kxf5 Rxf4+ 75. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.22"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. d4
Bb7 9. Bd3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Nc6 12. Be3 Na5 13. Rb1 Be7 14. Ke2 f5
15. c5 g5 16. f4 g4 17. h3 gxh3 18. Rxh3 h5 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxf5 h4 21. Be6 c6
22. Bd4 Rf8 23. f5 Nb7 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Rxb6 Rxa2+ 26. Kf1 Nd8 27. Re3 h3 28.
Rxh3 c5 29. Be3 Nxe6 30. Rxe6 d4 31. Bg5 Rxf5 32. Rxe7+ Kf8 33. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Na3 b6 10. Nc4 Ba6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. a3 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. d3 Rfd8 15.
Qd2 Qe7 16. Qb2 Qf6 17. Nce5 Nde7 18. Rc2 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Qxe5 20. Nf3 Qxb2 21.
Rxb2 Bb7 22. Rc1 Bd5 23. Kf1 f6 24. Bh3 Kf7 25. Nd2 Bb7 26. Rbc2 h5 27. b4 cxb4
28. axb4 b5 29. Nb3 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Bd5 31. Nc5 f5 32. f3 g5 33. e4 Bc6 34. Ra2
g4 35. Bg2 Rd4 36. Rxa7 Rxb4 37. Ra2 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 b4 39. exf5 exf5 40. fxg4
hxg4 41. Ke3 b3 42. Rf2 Bxg2 43. Rxg2 Nc6 44. Kf4 b2 45. Kg5 Nd4 46. Na4 Ne6+
47. Kh5 Ra1 48. Rxb2 Rxa4 49. Rb7+ Kf6 50. Rh7 Ra2 51. Rh6+ Kf7 52. Rh7+ Kf6
53. Rh6+ Ke5 54. Kg6 Nd4 55. Rh8 Ra6+ 56. Kf7 Nf3 57. h4 gxh3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 e5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. O-O exd4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Qxd4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Re8 15. Qd4 Bf5 16. Bg5 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Bc3 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Bd7 20. Rfe1 f6
21. Ne6 Kf7 22. Nd4 Rac8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Be5 26. Bc3 Bxd4
27. Bxd4 a5 28. a3 a4 29. f3 Bb5 30. Kf2 Bc4 31. d6 Ke6 32. Bc5 b6 33. Bb4 Bb5
34. h4 f5 35. Ke3 h5 36. Kf4 g6 37. Kg5 Kf7 38. Bc3 Bc6 39. Bd4 b5 40. Bc5 Bd7
41. Bb4 Bc6 42. Kf4 Ke6 43. Ke3 Kd5 44. Kf4 Ke6 45. Ke3 Kd5 46. Kf4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. f4 c5 8. g3
Bd7 9. Bg2 Bc6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. d4 Rd8 13. f5 exf5 14. Bg5 Qd6 15.
Bf4 Qf6 16. Bc7 Rc8 17. Be5 Qg6 18. d5 Be8 19. Rb1 Nd7 20. Rxb7 Qa6 21. Qb3 Bd8
22. Rb5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxb5 24. cxb5 c4 25. Nxc4 Qf6 26. d6 Rab8 27. Bd5 Rc5 28.
Ne3 Rxc3 29. Bxf7+ Kh8 30. Qd5 Bb6 31. Rxf5 Qh6 32. Kg2 Qxe3 33. d7 Rc5 34. Be8
Rxe8 35. Qf7 Rg8 36. Rf4 Qe2+ 37. Rf2 Qe4+ 38. Rf3 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 e5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. O-O exd4 11. Nxd4 Nb6 12. Nf5 Bf4 13. d6 Bxf5 14. Bxf5
Qxd6 15. g3 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Qc5 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Qb1 Rc6 19. Be3 Qb5 20. Qd3 Qxd3
21. Bxd3 Nbd5 22. Bd2 Rd8 23. Rfd1 Rcd6 24. Bc2 Nb6 25. Bf4 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Nfd5 28. Be5 Nc8 29. Bf3 Nce7 30. Bd6 b6 31. Kf1 f6 32. Be2 Kf7
33. Bc4 Ke8 34. Ke2 Kd7 35. Ba3 Kc6 36. Bd3 g6 37. Kd2 a5 38. Be4 f5 39. Bf3
Kd7 40. Kd3 Nc7 41. b3 Nc6 42. Be2 Nb5 43. Bb2 Nd6 44. a3 Ne4 45. Ke3 Ne7 46.
f3 Nd6 47. Kd4 Nc6+ 48. Kd5 Nd8 49. a4 Ne6 50. Ke5 Nd8 51. Ba3 Nc6+ 52. Kd5
Ne7+ 53. Kd4 Nc6+ 54. Kd5 Ne7+ 55. Kd4 Nc6+ 56. Ke3 Nb4 57. Bxb4 axb4 58. Kd4
Ke6 59. f4 h6 60. Bf3 g5 61. fxg5 hxg5 62. Bd5+ Kf6 63. h4 f4 64. hxg5+ Kxg5
65. Ke5 Nc4+ 66. Bxc4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. d4 c4 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be2 Be7 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 f6 14. Ra2 O-O
15. O-O Qa5 16. Qd2 Rae8 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Bd1 Rfe6 19. Rb2 Qc7 20. Ng5 Rf6 21.
Bh5 Rd8 22. Re1 h6 23. Nf3 g6 24. Qxh6 Rdf8 25. Qg5 Be4 26. Nd2 Bf5 27. Bf3 Qf7
28. Rb5 Rd6 29. g4 Be4 30. Re3 a6 31. Rb6 Qc7 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Nxe4 Qxb6 34.
Nxd6 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Qc2 36. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 f5 7. d4 Nf6 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. e4 c6 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. h3 Ne6 13. Be3 Bd3 14. b3 O-O-O
15. Rd1 Bf8 16. Nc1 Bb4 17. Rxd3 Rxd3 18. Nxd3 Bxc3+ 19. Ke2 Nd4+ 20. Bxd4 Bxd4
21. Rd1 Kc7 22. Ne1 a5 23. Nc2 Bc5 24. a3 Ra8 25. h4 Ng4 26. Bh3 Nxf2 27. Rd7+
Kb6 28. Bg2 Ng4 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Bd4 31. c5+ Ka6 32. Be4 Rf8 33. Bd3+ Ka7
34. Nxd4 exd4 35. b5 cxb5 36. Be4 Re8 37. Rxb7+ Ka6 38. Rb6+ Ka5 39. Kf3 Ne5+
40. Kf4 Nc4 41. Rb7 Rf8+ 42. Kg5 Kb4 43. Rc7 Rd8 44. c6 Ne5 45. Re7 Nxc6 46.
Bxc6 d3 47. Bf3 d2 48. Rxh7 Rd3 49. Be2 Rxg3+ 50. Kf4 Rd3 51. Bd1 Ka3 52. Ke4
Rd6 53. Ke3 b4 54. Rb7 Rd5 55. Ke2 Rd4 56. Bc2 Rxh4 57. Kxd2 Kb2 58. Bxg6 Rh2+
59. Ke3 b3 60. Bf7 Rh3+ 61. Kd4 Kc2 62. Bg6+ Kc1 63. Rf7 Kb2 64. Be4 Ka3 65.
Ra7+ Kb2 66. Bd3 Rh4+ 67. Ke3 Rh2 68. Rf7 Kc3 69. Rc7+ Kb2 70. Bc4 Rc2 71. Kd4
Kc1 72. Rh7 Kb2 73. Rh3 Rd2+ 74. Kc5 Rg2 75. Kb4 Kc1 76. Kc3 Rc2+ 77. Kxb3 Rb2+
78. Kc3 Rc2+ 79. Kd4 Rd2+ 80. Bd3 Kb2 81. Rh8 Rf2 82. Rb8+ Kc1 83. Ke3 Rb2 84.
Rc8+ Kd1 85. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. d4 c4 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne1 Qa5 14. Bd2 f6 15.
exf6 Rxf6 16. Nc2 Be6 17. Ne3 Bd6 18. g3 Ne7 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. Bf3 a6 21. Bg2 Rb8
22. f4 b5 23. f5 Bf7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qc2 h5 26. Kh1 Qd7 27. Rf2 Ra8 28. Rbf1
b4 29. Nxc4 b3 30. Qb1 dxc4 31. Bxa8 Nd5 32. Qe4 Bf8 33. Kg1 Ra6 34. Bxd5 Bxd5
35. Qe2 Bf7 36. f6 g6 37. Qe4 Re6 38. Qf3 Rb6 39. Bc1 Ra6 40. Re2 Ra1 41. Qf4
Qb7 42. Bb2 Ra2 43. Rfe1 Qd5 44. Bc1 Qa5 45. Rxa2 Qxa2 46. Qd2 Qa6 47. Qf2 Qa5
48. Bb2 Bh6 49. h3 Qd5 50. Kh2 Bf8 51. Re5 Qa8 52. Bc1 h4 53. Bf4 Qa1 54. Re1
b2 55. gxh4 b1=Q 56. Rxb1 Qxb1 57. Qg3 Qc2+ 58. Kg1 Kh7 59. Qf3 Qf5 60. Qg3
Qb1+ 61. Kf2 Qc2+ 62. Ke1 Qf5 63. Bg5 Qe6+ 64. Kd2 Bd6 65. Qg4 Qxg4 66. hxg4
Be6 67. Ke3 Bxg4 68. Ke4 Be6 69. d5 Bh3 70. Kd4 Bf1 71. Bc1 Kg8 72. Bh6 Kf7 73.
Bg5 Bd3 74. Ke3 Be5 75. d6 Bxd6 76. Kd4 Bc7 77. Kd5 Bg3 78. Kd4 Ke6 79. Kc5 Be5
0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 e5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. O-O exd4 11. Nxd4 Nb6 12. Nf5 Nbxd5 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Nc4
Qc7 15. h3 Rd8 16. Qf3 b6 17. Bg5 Bb7 18. Be2 h6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Qa3 Re8 21.
Ne3 Qf4 22. Rfe1 Re5 23. Ng4 Re6 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Re8 27.
Bf1 a5 28. Rad1 g5 29. a3 Kg7 30. Rd4 Re5 31. b4 h5 32. Bd3 h4 33. Bc4 Be4 34.
Bf1 Rc6 35. bxa5 bxa5 36. Bc4 Bg6 37. Bd5 Rc3 38. e4 Rxa3 39. Rf1 Rc3 40. Ra1
Rc5 41. Rda4 f5 42. Rxa5 Rxa5 43. Rxa5 fxe4 44. Ra7+ Kf8 45. Bc4 Bh5 46. Rh7
Bg6 47. Rc7 e3 48. Be2 Be4 49. Rc3 Bd5 50. Kf1 Rf5+ 51. Kg1 Re5 52. Kf1 Ke7 53.
Bf3 Bxf3 54. gxf3 e2+ 55. Ke1 Kf6 56. Rc8 Re3 57. Rf8+ Kg7 58. Rf5 Kg6 59. Rf8
Re7 60. f4 g4 61. Rg8+ Rg7 62. Rh8 Rh7 63. Rg8+ Rg7 64. Rh8 gxh3 65. Rxh4 Rf7
66. Rxh3 Rxf4 67. Kxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. d4 c4 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O Na5 13. Nd2 O-O 14. f4 f6 15.
g4 Bd7 16. f5 fxe5 17. dxe5 Bc5+ 18. Kg2 d4 19. Bf3 Bc6 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4
dxc3 22. Bf4 Bd4 23. Qf3 Nb3 24. Rad1 Qa5 25. f6 gxf6 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. Bd5+
Kg7 28. Bxc4 Raf8 29. Qxb7+ Kh8 30. Bxb3 c2 31. Rxd4 Qc3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. a3
Bf8 9. Bd2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. O-O-O Nxf3 13. gxf3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3
Qh4 15. Rg1 Be6 16. f4 Rad8 17. Bd3 Bg4 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Be4 b5
21. f3 Bh3 22. Rg3 Kg8 23. Qf2 Qh6 24. f5 c5 25. f4 b4 26. axb4 cxb4 27. Bd4
Re8 28. Bd3 Rc8+ 29. Kd2 b3 30. Qf3 Bf1 31. Qxf1 Bb4+ 32. Ke2 Qxh2+ 33. Qg2
Qh5+ 34. Qf3 Qh2+ 35. Rg2 Qh4 36. Rxg7+ Kf8 37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. Qb7+ Be7 39.
Qxc8 Qh2+ 40. Kd1 Qg1+ 41. Kd2 Qg2+ 42. Kc3 a5 43. Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. d4 c4 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ba3 Na5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Nd2 f6 16. f4 fxe5 17. fxe5 Qg5 18. Rf3 Be6 19. Rg3 Qf4 20. Rb1 b6 21. Kh1
Rad8 22. Bf3 Bf5 23. Rb5 Be6 24. Qe1 Kh8 25. Nf1 Nc6 26. Ne3 Ne7 27. a5 Rb8 28.
a6 Rbd8 29. h3 Qh4 30. Rb1 Nf5 31. Nxf5 Bxf5 32. Rd1 b5 33. Kh2 Qh6 34. Qe2
Qxa6 35. Rg5 Qh6 36. Qd2 Bxh3 37. Rg3 Qxd2 38. Rxd2 Bc8 39. Ra2 a6 40. e6 Rfe8
41. Bg4 Rd6 42. Re3 g6 43. Re5 h5 44. Bh3 Kg7 45. Rf2 Re7 46. Rfe2 a5 47. Rb2
b4 48. cxb4 c3 49. Rb3 Rc6 50. Re1 axb4 51. Rxb4 Bxe6 52. Rb5 c2 53. Bxe6 Rexe6
54. Rc1 Red6 55. Rc5 Rxc5 56. dxc5 Rc6 57. Rxc2 Kf6 58. Kg3 Ke5 59. Rc1 d4 60.
Kh4 Kd5 61. Kg5 Rxc5 62. Rd1 Rc6 63. g4 hxg4 64. Kxg4 Rf6 65. Kg5 Rf8 66. Kxg6
Kc4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.23"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nf6 3. e4 fxe4 4. dxe4 Nxe4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Ng5 d6 7. Bxh7 Nxh7
8. Qh5+ Kd7 9. Qg4+ Ke8 10. Qh5+ Kd7 11. Nf7 Qe8 12. Qh3+ Kc6 13. Qf3+ Kd7 14.
Nxh8 Nf6 15. Bg5 Nc6 16. Nc3 Ne5 17. Qe2 c6 18. f4 Nf7 19. Ng6 Kc7 20. Nxf8
Qxf8 21. O-O Bg4 22. Qe3 Bf5 23. Rae1 e6 24. Qe2 d5 25. h3 Qc5+ 26. Kh2 Nd6 27.
Qe5 Rf8 28. Ne2 Ng4+ 29. hxg4 Rh8+ 30. Kg3 Kc8 31. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 d4 8. e3 Nc6
9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Ne8 11. Na3 f6 12. d3 e5 13. Nc2 Nc7 14. a3 a5 15. Rb1 Be6
16. Bc1 Qd7 17. Qe2 b5 18. Nd2 a4 19. b4 bxc4 20. Nxc4 Rab8 21. Bb2 Nb5 22. f4
Kh8 23. fxe5 f5 24. Nd6 Nc3 25. Bxc3 dxc3 26. d4 Bb3 27. b5 Na7 28. Nb4 Bxd6
29. Bc6 Qd8 30. exd6 Qxd6 31. Qe5 Qxe5 32. Rxe5 Rfd8 33. Rc1 Bc4 34. Rxc3 Bxb5
35. d5 g6 36. Re7 Nc8 37. Rc7 Nd6 38. Re3 Ne4 39. g4 Rd6 40. Rh3 Ng5 41. Re3
Ne4 42. Bxb5 Rxb5 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Rh3 h6 45. Rh5 Rf6 46. Kg2 Rb8 47. Kf3 Rg8
48. Kf4 Rg4+ 49. Ke5 Rg5 50. Rxg5 hxg5 51. Nc6 Rh6 52. Ne7 Nd6 53. Nxf5 Nxf5
54. Kxf5 Kg8 55. Rc2 Kf7 56. Kxg5 Rh3 57. Rc7+ Ke8 58. d6 Rxa3 59. h4 Rg3+ 60.
Kh6 Rd3 61. Ra7 Rxd6+ 62. Kg5 Rd5+ 63. Kf6 Rd6+ 64. Ke5 Rb6 65. h5 Kf8 66. Rxa4
Kg7 67. Rg4+ Kh6 68. Rg6+ Rxg6 69. hxg6 Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "233"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qe7 11. Nd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bf5 13. Nb1 Ne4 14. Nc3 Nxc3
15. Bxc3 Be5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. Rac1 b6 19. Ba6 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rd8
21. f3 Be6 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 Kf8 24. Rc7 d4 25. exd4 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 27.
Bd3 h6 28. Kf2 g5 29. Ke3 Ke7 30. Bc4 f6 31. b4 Bf5 32. Bd3 Be6 33. a3 Bf7 34.
Bh7 Bd5 35. g3 Kd6 36. Bc2 Bc6 37. Bb3 Bb7 38. h4 Bc6 39. Bc2 Bd5 40. Be4 Be6
41. Kd3 Bf7 42. Kc3 Be6 43. Kd2 Bf7 44. Ke3 Be6 45. Bh7 Bd5 46. Bc2 Bc6 47. f4
Bd5 48. Be4 Bf7 49. Bf3 Bg6 50. Bg4 Bc2 51. Be2 Bg6 52. Bd3 Bf7 53. Be4 Bh5 54.
Kd3 Bf7 55. Bf5 Bd5 56. Be4 Bf7 57. Ke3 Bh5 58. Bc2 Bf7 59. Bd1 Bg6 60. Bf3 Bf7
61. Be4 Bh5 62. fxg5 fxg5 63. Bf5 Bd1 64. Bg6 Kd5 65. Bf7+ Kd6 66. Bc4 Bh5 67.
Kd2 Bg4 68. Kc3 Bf5 69. Be2 Be4 70. Kc4 Bc6 71. Bg4 Be8 72. Bf5 Bc6 73. Kd3 Bf3
74. Ke3 Bd5 75. Be4 Bf7 76. Kd2 Be6 77. Kc3 Bf7 78. Kd3 Be6 79. Bf3 Bf5+ 80.
Kc4 Bd7 81. Bd1 Bc6 82. a4 a5 83. bxa5 bxa5 84. Kd3 Bd5 85. Ke3 Bc6 86. Bb3 Bb7
87. Kd2 Bc6 88. Kd3 Bb7 89. Bc4 Bc6 90. Bb5 Bd5 91. Ke3 Ke7 92. Kd2 Kd6 93. Ke2
Ke7 94. Kd3 Kd6 95. Bc4 Bc6 96. Bb3 Bb7 97. Bd1 Bd5 98. Bc2 Ke7 99. Ke3 Kd6
100. Bd3 Bc6 101. Bb5 Bd5 102. Kd2 Be4 103. Kc3 Bd5 104. Kd3 Ke7 105. Bc4 Bc6
106. Bb3 Kd6 107. Ke3 Bb7 108. hxg5 hxg5 109. d5 Ke5 110. Kf3 Bc8 111. Ke3 Bf5
112. d6 Kxd6 113. Kd4 Bd7 114. Bd1 Be6 115. Bc2 Bd7 116. Bd1 Be6 117. Bc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. b3 c5 8. d4
b6 9. Bb2 a5 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Rc1 Na6 12. e3 Re8 13. Qd3 Nb4 14. Qb1 c4 15. Ne5
cxb3 16. axb3 Ba6 17. Rfd1 Bd6 18. h3 Rc8 19. f4 Bb7 20. g4 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Rxc1
22. Bxc1 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Bxe5 25. fxe5 f6 26. Ba3 Rxe5 27. Qf3 Re7
28. Bxb4 axb4 29. Ra1 Re8 30. Kg2 Qc7 31. Ra8 Qc2+ 32. Kg3 Qc7+ 33. Kg2 Qc2+
34. Kf1 Rxa8 35. Qxa8+ Kf7 36. Qd5+ Kf8 37. Qd6+ Kf7 38. Qxb4 Qc1+ 39. Kf2 Qc2+
40. Kf3 Qd1+ 41. Kf2 Qc2+ 42. Kg3 Qc7+ 43. Kf3 Qh2 44. Qxb6 Qxh3+ 45. Kf2 Qh2+
46. Kf3 Qh3+ 47. Kf2 Qh2+ 48. Ke1 Qg1+ 49. Kd2 Qxg4 50. Qc7+ Kg6 51. b4 h5 52.
b5 Qg2+ 53. Kc3 h4 54. b6 h3 55. b7 h2 56. b8=Q h1=Q 57. Kb4 Qb2+ 58. Kc5 Qa3+
59. Kc4 Qf1+ 60. Kd5 Qf3+ 61. Ke6 Qf5# 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "16.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 c6 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O Be7 8. Ne5
Nfd7 9. Nf3 dxc4 10. Qc2 cxb3 11. axb3 Bb7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Nc3 Na6 14. e4 Nb4
15. Qb1 a5 16. Bf4 Re8 17. h4 h6 18. Nd2 c5 19. Nc4 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Bc5 21. Rd2
Re7 22. Nb5 Qf8 23. Qd1 Nf6 24. Bd6 Nxe4 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Nc3
Bc6 28. Ne5 Qf6 29. Qe1 Rf8 30. Kh2 Ba8 31. f4 Qf5 32. Nd7 Rc8 33. Nxc5 Qxc5
34. Rc1 Qf5 35. Rcd1 Nd5 36. Nxd5 Bxd5 37. Qe3 b5 38. Ra1 b4 39. Rxa5 Qb1 40.
Raxd5 exd5 41. Qd3 Qxd3 42. Rxd3 Rc3 43. Rxd5 Rxb3 44. Rd8+ Kh7 45. h5 Rc3 46.
Rb8 b3 47. Rb7 Rc2+ 48. Kh3 b2 49. Kg4 Rf2 50. Kf5 Re2 51. Kg4 Kg8 52. Rb8+ Kh7
53. Rb7 Rh2 54. Kf3 f5 55. Rb8 Rc2 56. Ke3 Rc3+ 57. Kf2 Rc2+ 58. Ke3 Rh2 59.
Kf3 g5 60. hxg6+ Kxg6 61. Rb6+ Kh5 62. Rb5 Kg6 63. Rb6+ Kf7 64. Ke3 Rg2 65. Kd4
Re2 66. Kd5 Kg7 67. Kd4 h5 68. Kd3 Rg2 69. Kd4 Re2 70. Kd3 Rg2 71. Kd4 Rxg3 72.
Rxb2 h4 73. Ke5 Kg6 74. Rb6+ Kh5 75. Kxf5 Rg8 76. Rb7 Rf8+ 77. Ke4 Kg6 78. Rb6+
Rf6 79. Rxf6+ Kxf6 80. Kf3 Kf5 81. Kg2 h3+ 82. Kxh3 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "17.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. b3 Bd6 8.
Bb2 Re8 9. d3 c5 10. d4 Nc6 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Ne4
15. Kg2 Bd4 16. Rc1 Qa5 17. Qe1 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Qxa2 19. b4 a6 20. Rd1 Rad8 21.
e3 Ng5 22. Qe2 Qxe2 23. Bxe2 d4 24. Bd2 d3 25. Bg4 Ne5 26. Bc3 Nc6 27. Bf5 Ne4
28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Rb1 Rc4 30. Rb3 d2 31. Rd1 Rd3 32. Rxd2 Rdxc3 33. Rxc3 Rxc3
34. Rd7 b5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "18.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exd6 Ba6 13. Re1 Qb8 14. bxc3 Qxd6
15. a4 c5 16. Ba3 Rac8 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. d5 exd5 20. Qxd5 Nf6 21.
Qf5 Rfd8 22. Re3 Rb8 23. Bc2 Rd5 24. Qf3 Bb7 25. Qe2 Rbd8 26. Re1 Qc6 27. Qb5
h6 28. Re7 R5d7 29. f3 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Ba8 31. Qxc6 Bxc6 32. Rc7 Bd7 33. Bxc5 Be6
34. Bd4 a6 35. Rc6 a5 36. Ra6 Nd5 37. Rxa5 Rc8 38. Be4 Nf4 39. Ra8 Rxa8 40.
Bxa8 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "19.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. h3
h6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb4 13. Re2 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15.
Bd3 Nc6 16. a3 Bf8 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 f6 19. Bf4 fxe5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21.
Nxe5 Be6 22. Ne3 c6 23. Qh5 Bd6 24. Re1 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Bf7 26. Qg4 Qf6 27. Nf5
Rad8 28. R1e3 h5 29. Qf4 Kh7 30. Rxe8 Bxe8 31. Re7 Bf7 32. Qe5 Kg6 33. Rxb7
Qxf5 34. Qxf5+ Kxf5 35. Rxf7+ Kg6 36. Ra7 Rxd4 37. Rxa5 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Rd2 39.
Rc5 Rxb2 40. Rxc6+ Kh7 41. f3 Ra2 42. Ra6 h4 43. f4 Rf2 44. Ra4 Kg6 45. Kg1 Ra2
46. Ra5 Kh6 47. Rg5 g6 48. Rg4 Kh5 49. Rg5+ Kh6 50. Ra5 Rc2 51. f5 g5 52. f6
Kg6 53. f7 Rc8 54. Ra7 Kg7 55. Kf2 Rc4 56. a4 Rc2+ 57. Kf3 Rc3+ 58. Kf2 Rc2+
59. Kg1 Rc1+ 60. Kh2 Ra1 61. a5 Kf8 62. a6 Kg7 63. g4 Ra3 64. Kg2 Kf8 65. Kf2
Kg7 66. Ke2 Kf8 67. Kd2 Kg7 68. Kc2 Rxh3 69. Rd7 Rh2+ 70. Rd2 Rh3 71. a7 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "20.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Bb3 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. Ba4+
Bd7 15. Ne5 Bb5 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. Bxb5+ Qxb5 18. b3 O-O 19. Bb2 Be7 20. Rad1 Rfd8
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qd5 24. Qc2 Ne4 25. f3 Nc5 26. Kf1 h6 27.
Bd4 a6 28. Qd2 Qf5 29. Qd1 h5 30. Ke2 Qg5 31. g3 Qf5 32. e4 Qh3 33. Qg1 Nd7 34.
Nb2 e5 35. Nd3 Qe6 36. Bb2 a5 37. Qa7 Qc6 38. Qe3 a4 39. Qc1 Qe6 40. Qc8+ Kh7
41. Nxe5 axb3 42. Qxd7 Qa6+ 43. Nd3 bxa2 44. Qxe7 a1=Q 45. Bxa1 Qxa1 46. Qxb4
Qg1 47. Qe1 Qxh2+ 48. Ke3 g5 49. e5 h4 50. gxh4 gxh4 51. Nf4 Kh6 52. Qd1 Qg3
53. Qd6+ Kh7 54. Qf6 Qg1+ 55. Ke4 Qe1+ 56. Kf5 Qb1+ 57. Kg5 Qg1+ 58. Kh5 h3 59.
Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "21.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 a5 8. h3
Be6 9. Re1 Bxc4 10. Nxc4 h6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Re8 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Rad1 a4
15. Qc2 b5 16. Nh2 b4 17. Nhg4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 a3 19. b3 bxc3 20. Qxc3 Nd4 21.
Nf5 c5 22. Re3 h5 23. gxh5 Nxf5 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Rh3 Rab8 26. Qc1 Rb4 27. Qxa3
Rg4 28. Re1 Rg5 29. Ree3 Rxh5 30. Ref3 Qg6 31. Qa7 Rxh3 32. Rxh3 f5 33. a4 e4
34. dxe4 Rxe4 35. Qa8+ Kf7 36. Qb7+ Re7 37. Qd5+ Qe6 38. Qf3 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qe5+
40. g3 Qe4 41. Qh5+ Kg8 42. Rh4 Qc2 43. Qh7+ Kf7 44. Rf4 Re5 45. a5 Qd3 46.
Qh5+ Kg8 47. Qg6 Qa6 48. b4 c4 49. Rxf5 Rxf5 50. Qxf5 c3 51. Qe6+ Kh8 52. Qe8+
Kh7 53. Qh5+ Kg8 54. Qd5+ Kh8 55. Qh5+ Kg8 56. Qe8+ Kh7 57. Qe3 Qc4 58. a6 c2
59. a7 c1=Q 60. Qxc1 Qxc1 61. a8=Q Qc2 62. Qf3 Qc4 63. Qh5+ Kg8 64. Qe8+ Kh7
65. b5 Qc5 66. Kg1 d5 67. Qc6 Qd4 68. b6 Qd1+ 69. Kg2 Qb1 70. Qe6 d4 71. Qh3+
Kg8 72. Qc8+ Kh7 73. b7 Qe4+ 74. Kh2 Qf3 75. Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "22.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Bb3 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Ba4+ Ke7 14. Ne5
Bb7 15. a3 Qd5 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Nd3 Bd6 18. e4 Nb6 19. e5 Nxa4 20. exd6+ Kxd6
21. axb4 Nb6 22. Be3 f6 23. Bc5+ Kd7 24. Ra5 Nc4 25. Raa1 a6 26. b3 Nd6 27.
Rfd1 Bd5 28. Nf4 Kc6 29. Nxe6 Nb5 30. Nxg7 Rhg8 31. Rac1 Bxg2 32. Be3+ Kb7 33.
Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "23.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 d6 8. e3
Nd7 9. Nf3 e5 10. Nh4 Nf8 11. g3 Ng6 12. Ng2 e4 13. Be2 Qa5 14. O-O Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Ne5 16. a4 Bd7 17. Nf4 O-O-O 18. Nh5 Kb8 19. Qc2 Bc8 20. Rfb1 Qc7 21. a5
Qe7 22. h3 Rhg8 23. Kh2 Rg6 24. Ra2 Rh6 25. Nf4 Rg8 26. Qd1 Ng6 27. Nh5 f4 28.
exf4 Nh4 29. Rab2 e3 30. Rxb7+ Bxb7 31. a6 Ka8 32. Rxb7 Qe4 33. f3 Qe8 34. Qb1
Qc8 35. g4 Rxh5 36. Bd1 e2 37. Bxe2 Rf5 38. Kg3 Rf6 39. Bd1 Nf5+ 40. Kf2 Ne7
41. Ba4 Re8 42. Bxe8 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.24"]
[Round "24.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.02.23"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 c6 6. Bg2 d5 7. Qc2 Be7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Rd1 Rc8 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. e4 b5 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. d5 cxd5
15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Rxd5 Bb7 18. Rdd1 Bf6 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Bxb7
Bxf4 21. Bxc8 Qxc8 22. gxf4 Nc5 23. Qe2 Nd3 24. Qf3 Qf5 25. Rab1 g6 26. Rb7 Rc8
27. Kg2 Nxf4+ 28. Kh1 c3 29. Rb3 c2 30. Rc1 Rc4 31. Re3 Kg7 32. Rc3 Rb4 33. Rb3
Rd4 34. Rc3 Rd2 35. Re3 Nd3 36. Qxf5 gxf5 37. Rxd3 Rxd3 38. Rxc2 Ra3 39. Kg2
Kg6 40. Rc6+ f6 41. Rc2 f4 42. f3 Kg5 43. Rc5+ Kg6 44. Rc2 a5 45. Rb2 a4 46.
Rc2 Kg5 47. Rc5+ f5 48. Rc2 Rd3 49. Rc7 Rd2+ 50. Kh3 h6 51. Rc4 Rxa2 52. Rb4 a3
53. Ra4 Kf6 54. Ra5 Ke6 55. Ra6+ Ke5 56. Ra4 Ke6 57. Ra5 Kf6 58. Ra7 Ke5 59.
Ra4 Kd5 60. Rxf4 Rc2 61. Rxf5+ Kc4 62. Ra5 a2 63. f4 Kb4 64. Ra8 Rc3+ 65. Kg4
Ra3 66. Rb8+ Ka4 67. Ra8+ Kb3 68. Rb8+ Kc2 69. Rc8+ Kd2 70. Rd8+ Ke2 71. Re8+
Kf2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Arman, Deniz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "3142"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8.
O-O e6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Nxe6 Re8 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. Nxc7 Nc6 14. d5 Na5
15. Nxa8 Bxa8 16. d6 Bf8 17. Rxe8 Nxe8 18. Bd5 Nc6 19. Ne4 h6 20. Bg3 Nxd6 21.
Nxd6 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Nd8 23. Bxa8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "3143"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Qc2 d5 8. Ng3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. Ba2 Re8 12. Bd2 Bc7 13. Rad1 exd4 14. exd4 Nb6
15. Bb1 Qd6 16. Bg5 g6 17. Rfe1 Bf5 18. Qc1 Bxb1 19. Qxb1 Nbd5 20. Nce4 Nxe4
21. Rxe4 f5 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Re1 Re6 24. h4 Bb6 25. Qd1 Kf7 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27.
h5 f4 28. Nf1 Qf5 29. hxg6+ hxg6 30. Bh4 Kg7 31. f3 Nc7 32. Bf2 Ne6 33. Qe2
Nxd4 34. Qe7+ Qf7 35. Qxf7+ Kxf7 36. Kh1 Nb3 37. Bxb6 axb6 38. g3 fxg3 39. Nxg3
Nd2 40. Kg2 Nc4 41. Ne4 Ke7 42. Kg3 Nxb2 43. Kg4 Nc4 44. a4 Nd6 45. Nc3 Kf6 46.
f4 b5 47. axb5 Nxb5 48. Ne4+ Kg7 49. Nc5 Nd6 50. Kf3 Kf6 51. Kg4 b5 52. Nd7+
Ke6 53. Ne5 Kd5 54. Nxg6 b4 55. Ne5 b3 56. Nd3 Kd4 57. Nb2 Nc4 58. Na4 b2 59.
Nxb2 Nxb2 60. f5 Nd3 61. f6 Ne5+ 62. Kf5 c5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Potapov, Alexey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "3129"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. e4 e6 11. Qb3 exd5 12. cxd5 Kh8 13. Be3 f4 14. Bc5 Re8 15.
f3 fxg3 16. hxg3 Nh5 17. Kh2 c6 18. Rad1 Qg5 19. Bf2 Qh6 20. Kg1 Qg5 21. Kh2
cxd5 22. Nxd5 Be6 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. Bxe3 Bxd5 25. exd5 b6 26. Rd2 Rad8 27. Rfd1
Rd6 28. Bh3 e4 29. f4 Nf6 30. Be6 h5 31. Kh3 Kh7 32. Rc1 Red8 33. Rc6 Ne8 34.
b4 Bf6 35. b5 Ng7 36. Rc7 Kh8 37. Rdc2 Nxe6 38. dxe6 Rxe6 39. Rxa7 Kg8 40. Rc6
Rde8 41. Rb7 Bd8 42. Kg2 Kf8 43. a4 R6e7 44. Rxe7 Rxe7 45. Bxb6 Bxb6 46. Rxb6
Rd7 47. Kf2 Rd3 48. Rxg6 Ra3 49. Ra6 Ke7 50. a5 Rb3 51. b6 Ke6 52. Ra8 Kf5 53.
Rf8+ Kg4 54. Rg8+ Kh3 55. Rg7 e3+ 56. Ke2 Kg2 57. b7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Willow, Jonah B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "3130"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 e5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
d3 O-O 9. h3 h6 10. c4 Re8 11. Nc3 Bf8 12. Ne2 a5 13. Ng3 a4 14. Nd2 Bd7 15.
Qc2 Qb6 16. Bc3 d5 17. Rab1 axb3 18. axb3 Ra3 19. Qb2 Qa6 20. Ra1 Ra8 21. Bxe5
Be7 22. Rxa3 Qxa3 23. Ra1 Qxa1+ 24. Qxa1 Rxa1+ 25. Bxa1 Ne8 26. Nf3 f6 27. Ne2
Kf7 28. Nc3 Ke6 29. Na4 Nc7 30. Bb2 Na6 31. Ba3 Nb4 32. Bxb4 cxb4 33. Nd4+ Kd6
34. c5+ Kc7 35. Nc2 d4 36. Nxd4 Be8 37. Ne6+ Kd7 38. Nxg7 Bf7 39. Nb6+ Kc7 40.
Nc4 Bxc5 41. Nf5 h5 42. Kf1 Bf8 43. e4 Be6 44. f3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "3125"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2019.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Ne2 Bg5 13. c3 Re8 14. Bxg5 Qxg5
15. Nf4 Bd7 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Bb5 h6 18. h3 Rad8 19. Re3 a6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21.
Rae1 Bd7 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Nd3 a5 24. Nc5 Bd7 25. Re3 Bf5 26. h4 Qg6 27. Qf4
Rc8 28. Re7 Bh3 29. Qg3 Qxg3 30. fxg3 Kf8 31. Re5 Bg4 32. Kf2 f6 33. Re1 h5 34.
Ke3 Kf7 35. Kd2 Rb8 36. b3 Bf5 37. a4 g6 38. Ra1 Bc8 39. Rb1 Bf5 40. Rf1 Ke7
41. Rf2 Kf7 42. Kc1 Rg8 43. Kb2 Be4 44. b4 Ra8 45. Ka3 f5 46. bxa5 Rxa5 47. Kb4
Ra8 48. a5 Kf6 49. a6 g5 50. hxg5+ Kxg5 51. Ne6+ Kg4 52. Nxc7 Ra7 53. Ra2 Kxg3
54. Ne6 Bxg2 55. Kc5 Bf1 56. Ra1 Bc4 57. Rg1+ Kf3 58. Rg5 Ke4 59. Rxh5 Rxa6 60.
Rh4+ Kd3 61. Rh3+ Kc2 62. Nf4 Kb3 63. Rf3 Kc2 64. Ng6 Ra3 65. Ne7 Rxc3 66.
Rxc3+ Kxc3 67. Nxf5 Bb5 68. Ne7 Ba4 69. Nxd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mousavi, Seyed Khalil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "3126"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 e5 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. d4 e4 10. Nd2 d5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxe4 Bb4 14. Qxd5 Bxe1
15. Rxe1 Be6 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Bd4 Bf5 19. Nc5 Bxc2 20. Rc1 Bf5
21. f3 f6 22. Kf2 Kf7 23. Rc4 a5 24. e4 Be6 25. Nxe6 Kxe6 26. Rxc6+ Rd6 27. Rc4
a4 28. b4 a3 29. Ke3 Rb8 30. Kd3 g5 31. Kc3 h5 32. Kb3 Rbd8 33. Bc3 Rd1 34.
Kxa3 Rb1 35. Rc6+ Kd7 36. Ra6 g4 37. Bxf6 Re8 38. e5 gxf3 39. gxf3 Rh1 40. h4
Rh3 41. Kb3 Rxf3+ 42. Kc4 Rc8+ 43. Kd5 Rd3+ 44. Ke4 Rd1 45. Kf5 Rf1+ 46. Kg6
Ke8 47. Ra7 Rg1+ 48. Kxh5 Kf8 49. b5 Kg8 50. b6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rasulov, Vugar Ural Oglu"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "3128"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2019.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc5 Qc8 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bd3 Bg6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Re1 Nh5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. g3 Nhf6 16. Qe2 g5 17. Rad1 O-O-O 18. c4 Rh6 19. Qe3 Rxh2 20. Qxg5
Rdh8 21. Kf1 g6 22. Be4 R8h5 23. Qd2 Ng4 24. Re2 Ndf6 25. Bg2 Rf5 26. Qd3 Qf8
27. f4 g5 28. d5 gxf4 29. Nd4 Qh8 30. Ke1 Re5 31. dxc6 Rxg2 32. cxb7+ Kc7 33.
Nb5+ Rxb5 34. cxb5 Qh1+ 35. Kd2 Rxe2+ 36. Qxe2 Qd5+ 37. Kc1 Qc5+ 38. Kb1 Qf5+
39. Ka1 Ne3 40. Rc1+ Kxb7 41. gxf4 Qxf4 42. a3 Nfd5 43. Qd3 Qf5 44. Qd2 Qe4 45.
Qa5 Nc2+ 46. Ka2 Qc4+ 47. Kb1 Nde3 48. Qa6+ Kb8 49. Qd6+ Qc7 50. Qd3 Kb7 51.
Qe4+ Kb6 52. a4 Qc5 53. Qd3 Ka5 54. b3 Kb4 55. Ka2 Ka5 56. Qd2+ Nb4+ 57. Kb2
Qe5+ 58. Ka3 Nec2+ 59. Rxc2 Qa1+ 60. Ra2 Qxa2+ 61. Qxa2 Nxa2 62. Kxa2 f5 63.
Kb2 Kb4 64. Kc2 f4 65. Kd3 e5 66. Ke4 Kc5 67. Kf3 Kd4 68. b4 Kc4 69. Ke4 Kxb4
0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th March"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2973"]
[BlackElo "3133"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. a4 a5 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
c5 9. Na3 b6 10. e3 Ba6 11. c4 Rc8 12. Rc1 e6 13. Re1 Ne4 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nb5
Bxb5 16. axb5 Re8 17. Re2 Qe7 18. Rec2 Rcd8 19. Ne1 cxd4 20. exd4 Bh6 21. Ra1
Qb4 22. Rc7 Nf8 23. Ba3 Qd2 24. Nd3 Ne6 25. Rb7 Qxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Nc3 27. Ra1 Nxd4
28. Rxb6 Nc2 29. Rc1 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Nxc1 31. Bxc1 Bxc1 32. Rc6 Nb4 33. Nxb4 Re1+
34. Bf1 axb4 35. Kg2 Bb2 36. b6 Re6 37. Bb5 Rxc6 38. Bxc6 Bd4 39. b7 Ba7 0-1

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Re1 Be6 14.
Nc3 Ne4 15. Qc2 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Rab8 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Rb2 20.
Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 h5 22. Rd8+ Kh7 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Bxd2 Kg6 25. Kf2 Bh3 26.
Bf4 c6 27. a4 Kf5 28. a5 a6 29. Ke3 Bf1 30. Kf2 Bh3 31. Ke3 Bf1 32. Kf2 Bh3
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nd2 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Ra7 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15.
N2f3 Rc7 16. Rxc7 Qxc7 17. Qb1 Qb7 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Ne5 Nfd7 20. Ndf3 Nxe5 21.
Nxe5 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Qxd7 24. Qc2 f6 25. g3 e5 26. e4 Kf7 27. Bc1
Bd6 28. Be3 Qc7 29. Qxc7+ Bxc7 30. Kf1 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4
Bg4 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd4 14. O-O Nxf3+
15. Qxf3 Qg5 16. Rae1 Nb8 17. d4 Nc6 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. Rd5 Rxd5
21. cxd5 Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Qd3 c5 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Qxd4 c5 26. Qd6 cxb4
27. axb4 Qb5 28. Rc1 h6 29. Qc6 Qa6 30. b5 Qa5 31. Rd1 Rb8 32. Kh2 Qa2 33. Qc7
Qa8 34. Rd7 Rf8 35. Qxb6 Qxe4 36. Qd6 Qe6 37. Qxe6 fxe6 38. b6 Kh7 39. b7 Kg6
40. Rc7 Rb8 41. Kg3 Kf5 42. Rxg7 Rd8 43. f3 e5 44. Rc7 Rb8 45. Kf2 e4 46. fxe4+
Kxe4 47. Kg3 Kf5 48. Kh4 Kg6 49. Rc6+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15.
Bd3 Nd2 16. Nxd2 Bxd3 17. Rfe1 Bg6 18. Nf3 Nf5 19. Na4 f6 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Qc3
Rae8 22. Bf4 fxe5 23. Bxe5 Qd8 24. Re2 Rf7 25. Rae1 Rfe7 26. Qd2 Nh6 27. Bf4
Nf7 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. Bxe5 Qd7 31. Re3 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Rd1 Bxd5
15. cxd5 Na7 16. g3 Rc8 17. Ne3 O-O 18. h4 Rc5 19. Bd3 Nc8 20. O-O Qc7 21. Qe2
Nb6 22. Bb5 g6 23. a3 Bg7 24. axb4 axb4 25. Bd3 Nd7 26. Nc4 Rc8 27. Nd2 Ra5 28.
Nb3 Raa8 29. Rc1 Qb6 30. Rxc8+ Rxc8 31. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. c3 d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Ne5 Qb6 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8.
Nd3 Qc7 9. Qa4 Bg7 10. Bf4 Qd8 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. Qb3 Bg4 14. Rfe1 Qc8
15. Qb4 Re8 16. a4 Nbd7 17. Ne5 a5 18. Qb5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bd7 20. Qd3 Bc6 21.
Qd4 Qf5 22. Nf1 Rad8 23. b4 Qc8 24. Ne3 b6 25. Red1 Ba8 26. b5 h5 27. Rac1 Bf8
28. Bxf6 exf6 29. Qxb6 Re6 30. Qxa5 Bc5 31. Nxd5 Rde8 32. e3 Kg7 33. Qc7 1-0

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Nxe5 Bxe5 7. e4 Nf6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O e6 10. h3 exd5 11. cxd5 Nh5 12. f4 Bd4+ 13. Kh2 Qh4 14. Qe1 Qxe1 15.
Rxe1 Bf2 16. Rf1 Bg3+ 17. Kg1 f5 18. Rf3 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxf4 21.
Raf1 g5 22. h4 Bg4 23. Rg3 h5 24. hxg5 Rae8 25. Bf3 Re5 26. Bxg4 hxg4 27. Rxg4
Nxd5 28. Nxd5 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Rxd5 30. Ke2 Kg7 31. Rc4 c6 32. Re4 Kg6 33. Re7
Rb5 34. b3 Kxg5 35. Rd7 d5 36. Kd3 Kf6 37. Kc3 a5 38. Rc7 Ke6 39. a3 d4+ 40.
Kc4 d3 41. Kc3 d2 42. Kxd2 Rxb3 43. g4 a4 44. g5 Kd6 45. Rf7 b5 46. g6 Rxa3 47.
g7 Rg3 0-1

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Nd7 13. h3 Nf6 14. Bc4 b6 15.
Qb3 Bb7 16. Bf4 Bd5 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Re5 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qd7 20. Be3 Bd6 21.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Qb5 Bb8 23. Qxd7 Nxd7 24. a5 bxa5 25. Rxa5 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 27.
Ra1 h5 28. Kf1 Rb5 29. Bxa7 Bxa7 30. Rxa7 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 {A critical branching point, where White has to decide, how to
proceed. Robson plays exclusively the text-move, we'll check some significant
alternatives:} (9. O-O-O d5 {and now:} {We will check also Duda's modern} 10.
Qe1 {, this time from White's viewpoint with the help o a newer repertoire
book by John Shaw. After} (10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bh6 $5 {has started appearing
recently, even Nepo tried it a few times.} {Until now Black has had the best
results with} Be6 (11... Rb8 12. Bxg7 (12. h4 Qb6 13. b3 Bh8 $5 14. h5 Rd8 15.
hxg6 fxg6 16. e5 Nd7 17. Be3 Qa5 18. f4 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. g3 Bf5 21. Bd3 e6
22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Kb2 a5 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Bg7 26. Rhd1 Bf8 27. Na4 Be7 28.
c4 dxc4 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. bxc4 Be7 $11 {Van Foreest,J (2618)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2780) La Roche sur Yon blitz 2019}) 12... Kxg7 13. exd5
cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Qc7 16. Qc4 Qb7 17. Qd4+ Kg8 18. Bc4 Bf5 19. g4 Bd7
20. Rhe1 Bc6 21. f4 Bf3 22. Be2 Bd5 {Perunovic,M (2622)-Edouard,R (2636)
Berlin blitz 2015} 23. b3 $18) ({Jones in his Dragon monography recommends} 
11... Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Rb8 (12... Qb6 13. e5 Nd7 14. h4 Rb8 15. Na4 Qb4 16. h5 g5
17. Bd3 f5 18. Qxg5+ Kh8 19. Rh4 d4 20. Bxf5 Qxa4 21. h6 {1-0, Nepomniachtchi,
I (2751)-Mamedov,R (2709) Moscow blitz 2018}) 13. e5 (13. h4 Qa5 $1 $132 {
[%cal Rb8b2]}) 13... Nd7 14. Rd4 Re8 15. e6 Nf6 (15... fxe6 $5) 16. exf7+ Kxf7
{This leads to a complex and not very clear position after} 17. Ra4 {Black has
active pieces and controls the centra, but his pawns can be vulnerable. The
enigines after some hesitation prefer White.}) (11... Qb6 12. Bxg7 (12. h4 dxe4
13. Bxg7 e3 (13... Kxg7 $1 {looks fine for Black}) 14. Qe1 Kxg7 15. Na4 Qc7 16.
Qxe3 h5 17. Bc4 Bf5 18. Rhe1 Qg3 19. Qg5 Qc7 20. Qe3 Qg3 21. Qg5 Qc7 22. Nc5
Rad8 $132 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis blitz 2017})
12... Kxg7 13. exd5 (13. g4 Rb8 $13) 13... Rd8 14. Qg5 (14. Bc4 Be6 $11) 14...
Rb8 (14... cxd5 $1 $36 {/\} 15. Nxd5 Qa5 16. Bc4 Be6 $19) 15. b3 Qa5 16. Kb2
Be6 17. h4 cxd5 18. g4 Rdc8 19. Qe5 Qc7 20. Qd4 Qc5 21. g5 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Nh5
23. Bd3 $14 {Kupfer,M (2133)-Tecklenborg,G (1778) Goch 2009}) 12. Bxg7 ({
Prehodenie ťahov} 12. e5 Nd7 13. h4 $6 {viazne na} Bxe5 $1) 12... Kxg7 {
, but White got promising compensation after} 13. e5 ({Less ambitious is} 13.
exd5 Bxd5 $5 $13 (13... cxd5 14. g4 $14 {|^})) 13... Nd7 14. h4 Nxe5 (14... h5
15. g4 Rh8 16. gxh5 Rxh5 17. f4 $13 {[%cal Yf1e2,Yh4h5] is perhaps critical,
but even here White's attacking chances can't be underestimated.}) 15. h5 Rh8
16. Ne4 (16. Re1 $5 $44) 16... f6 17. Qc3 Qc7 18. Nc5 Bf7 19. h6+ Kf8 20. Rh4
Nd7 21. Rb4 Nxc5 22. Qxc5 $44 {Petrik,T (2481)-Rojas Alarcon,J (2387) Batumi
olm 2018}) ({The main line is still} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 {with}
Bxd4 (12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Bh6+ 14. Be3 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Qxe7 Be6 17. Qa3
Rad8 18. Bd3 Rd5 19. b3 Rfd8 {was once popular, but faded from the scenes due
to} 20. Rde1 $1 $14 {[%cal Yd3c4] /\Bc4}) 13. Qxd4 Qb6 {nowadays the dominant
continuation. After} 14. Na4 Qc7 (14... Qa5 15. b3 Qc7 16. c4 $5 (16. Bc4 Rd8
17. g3 Bf5 18. Qc5 Qe5 19. Qd4 Qc7 $11 {Hracek,Z (2578)-Mamedov,R (2701) EU-ch
Skopje 2019}) 16... Nf4 17. g3 Ne6 18. Qe3 c5 19. Bh3 Nd4 20. Bxc8 Raxc8 21.
Rhe1 e6 22. f4 Rfd8 23. Rd2 {has been successfully tested in email games - the
Nd4 is not as solid as it seems:} Rd7 24. Red1 Rcd8 25. g4 Qc6 26. Nc3 Kf8 27.
g5 Qc7 28. Kb2 a5 29. h4 Ke7 30. Na4 Ke8 31. Rd3 Ke7 32. a3 Qd6 33. Qe5 $1 $16
{Klimakovs,S (2196)-Nemec,Z (2175) email 2012}) 15. Nc5 (15. Bc4 Rd8 ({Last
year in CBM185 in the notes to Duda-Mista, POL-ch 2018, we recommended} 15...
Nb6 $5 {Caruana,F (2803)-Nakamura,H (2799) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}) {and an
attempt to avoid the main line} 16. g3 (16. Nc5 Bf5 {-15.Nc5}) {led nowhere
after} 16... Bh3 17. Qf2 Nb6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.
Kxd1 Qd6+ 22. Kc1 Qe5 23. a4 c5 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. f4 Qf6 $11 {Deac,B (2603)
-Mamedov,R (2703) Caleta 2019}) 15... Rd8 16. Bc4 Bf5 17. Bb3 {Jones prefers}
Nf4 $5 (17... h5 $2 {runs into the strong} 18. g4 $1 e5 19. Qg1 Nf4 20. Re1
hxg4 21. fxg4 Bc8 22. Qg3 a5 23. Qh4 a4 24. Bxf7+ $1 Kg7 25. Ne4 {1-0,
Karjakin,S (2780)-Van Wely,L (2679) Wijk aan Zee 2013 See the notes to this
game by Kr. Szabo in CBM 153.}) ({After} 17... Nb6 {White has also} 18. Qe3 ({
Last year we mentioned only} 18. Qc3) 18... Nd5 19. Qg5 $5 {and he was
successful in postal games after} a5 20. h4 Qa7 21. Na4 Kg7 22. g4 h6 23. Qd2
Be6 24. Rhe1 Nf6 25. Qc3 Bxb3 26. axb3 Qc7 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Nc5 $14 {Steiger,
W (2390)-Liskevich,V (2401) email 2013}) 18. Qf2 (18. Qc4 Be6 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20.
g3 Rd6 $132) 18... Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Re1 h5 21. g3 Nd5 22. a3 Qb6 23. Qd4
e6 24. Rd1 e5 25. Qf2 Nf6 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Bc4 Qa5 $11 {Rimkus,B (2112)
-Hansen,L (2272) email 2016}) 10... e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6
{he prefers the older} 14. Ne4 ({After} 14. Kb1 {Shaw suggests} a5 15. h4 Qc7
$5 {The continuation} 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bxd5 Rac8 18. c3 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Qb7 20.
Qd2 e4 21. Rd7 Qb5 22. Ka1 {leads to a position we had last year, but without
the moves h4 and a5. Their inclusion favours Black (Pa5 is not attacked and
the Ph4 can be vulnerable) and gives him compensation:} exf3 23. gxf3 Rfe8 24.
Qd3 Qc6 25. Bf2 h5 $44) 14... Qc7 15. Bc5 Rfd8 16. Qh4 h6 17. g4 {and now:} {
Interesting is} Qa5 (17... Nf4 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 (18... Rxd1+ $6 19. Rxd1 Nxe6 20.
Be3 Nf4 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Rd7 Ng2 23. Rxc7 Nxh4 24. Rxf7 Nxf3 25. h3 $16 {
/+-, Bocharov,I (2563)-Carlsson,P (2463) St Petersburg rpd 2018}) 19. Be3 ({
White doesn't have to play} 19. Qe7 Qa5 $132) 19... Nf4 20. Rxd8+ $1 Rxd8 21.
Qf2 Nd5 22. Bd2 $5 (22. Bc5 {½, Mroczek,J (2263)-Sodomski,A (2264) email 2017}
) 22... Qb6 23. Re1 $14 {Shaw}) ({After} 17... Rd7 18. g5 h5 {Shaw continues
with the positional} 19. Qf2 $5 (19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. gxf6 Qa5 $132) 19... Rad8
20. h4 $1 Nf4 21. Rxd7 (21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Be3 Rd5 24. c3 Nf4 25.
Bxf4 exf4 26. Qe2 Be5 27. Kc2 Kg7 28. Re1 $14 {Sgherri,M (2352)-Thompson,B 
(2339) email 2016}) 21... Rxd7 (21... Qxd7 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. b3 $1 {/\} Nd4 24.
c3 Nf5 25. Bxa7 $16 {simply wins a pawn, as the Pa2 is protected.}) 22. Bxe6
Nxe6 23. Be3 Nd4 (23... Qb7 24. Qe2 a5 25. Qc4 $14 {is similar}) 24. c3 Qa5 25.
Kb1 Nf5 26. Qe2 Rd5 27. Bf2 $14 {White has a small plus due to his more mobile
pawn majority, moreover it's not easy for Black to show some meaningful
activity.}) 18. Bb3 $5 (18. Rd3 Nf4 19. Ra3 Qc7 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. Be3 Nf4 22.
Qf2 Qb7 23. Qf1 a5 24. Qc4 Qb5 $132 {Roseneck,J (2182)-Arvola,B (2471)
Helsingor 2018}) (18. Qe1 Qxe1 (18... Qc7 $5) 19. Rhxe1 Nf4 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.
Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Be7 Rd4 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Ne8 Rf4 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Rxe5 Rxf3 27.
b4 {Spasov,V (2581)-Vasilev,M (2449) Kocaeli 2002} Rh3 $132) 18... Rab8 ({
Black should maybe have a closer look at} 18... Rd7) ({or} 18... Nf4) 19. Qe1
Qa6 20. Kb1 Nf4 21. h4 Bxb3 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. axb3 Rd7 24. g5 h5 25. b4 Qb5
26. b3 Ne6 27. Qf1 $14 {Werten,T-Grabowski,B (1960) email 2015}) (9. g4 {
was already featured in a game between our opponents, but with colours
reversed. Not much happened in this branch since last year:} Be6 $142 (9...
Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 {allows White to postpone castling with} 11. h4 (11. O-O-O {
- 9...Be6}) (11. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 12. exd5 $14 {Karpov}) 11... Qa5 12. h5 Rac8 (
12... Rfc8 $142 {is possibly better, but White was still on top after} 13. a3
Rab8 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Bd3 Bc4 16. O-O-O b5 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5
Qxd2+ 20. Rxd2 Kg7 21. Rdh2 Rg8 22. Rh7+ Kf8 23. Nxf6 exf6 {Vocaturo,D (2598)
-Grigoryan,K (2584) Barcelona 2017} 24. Rh8 $14) 13. a3 Bc4 (13... Rc6 14.
O-O-O Rfc8 15. Kb1 $36 g5 16. h6 Bh8 17. e5 $5 (17. Nb5 $16) 17... Nd5 18. Ne4
Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Nxg5 Nf4 22. Bb5 Rd6 23. Rxd6 exd6 24. Ne4
a6 25. Bd3 Nxd3 26. cxd3 d5 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Rc1 $1 $18 {Smirin,I (2609)
-Rechlis,G (2521) Maalot Tarshiha 2018}) 14. O-O-O (14. h6 $5 Bh8 15. g5 {
is also promising}) 14... Bxf1 15. Rhxf1 Rc4 16. h6 Bh8 17. Qe3 $5 ({White
also has an advantage after the typical operation} 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Qxd2+
19. Rxd2 (19. Kxd2 $5 $36) 19... Bg5 20. f4 $14) 17... Nd7 $6 (17... Rfc8 $142
$1 18. g5 Nd7 $14) 18. Nd5 Re8 19. Bxh8 Kxh8 20. g5 Nb6 21. Kb1 Qc5 22. Qf4 Kg8
23. Nxe7+ $1 Rxe7 24. Rxd6 Nd7 25. Rfd1 Qc8 26. Qe3 b6 27. b3 Rxc2 28. Rxd7 $16
{Carrettoni,A (2178)-Ralle,P (2161) email 2015}) 10. O-O-O (10. h4 {allows the
central break} d5 $1 {Now the ambitious response} 11. e5 (11. O-O-O Nxd4 12.
Bxd4 dxe4 13. g5 Nh5 $11) 11... Nxe5 12. h5 {is met by} Nxf3+ $1 13. Nxf3 Bxg4
14. h6 Bh8 $13 {The position is very tense, in a practical game it's easier to
play with Black:} 15. Ne5 $6 (15. Be2 $13) 15... Bf5 16. Bd4 (16. Qf2 d4 17.
Bxd4 Ng4 18. Nxg4 Bxd4 19. Ne3 Qb6 $36) 16... Ne4 $1 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Rg1 Qd6
19. Ng4 e5 20. Bc3 Qe6 21. Nf2 Bf5 22. Bg2 d4 23. Bb4 e4 24. Bxf8 e3 $19 {
Azarov,S (2577)-Mista,A (2588) Czech Republic 2016}) ({In the main line} 10.
Nxe6 fxe6 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Be2 Qc8 13. h4 Nfd7 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. e5
Rad8 $1 (16... Nb6 $2 17. h5 dxe5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qh2 Rxf4 $8 20. Bxf4 Qxf4+
21. Kb1 Qxh2 22. Rxh2 Rf8 {Nakamura,H (2775)-Robson,R (2614) Saint Louis 2012}
23. Re2 Rf4 24. g5 $16) {the attempt} 17. h5 dxe5 18. f5 gxf5 19. h6 {may be
even met by the ambitious} Bf6 $5 (19... Bh8 20. Bb6 axb6 21. Qg5+ Kf7 22. Qh5+
Kg8 $11) 20. g5 Bh8 21. g6 hxg6 22. Qg2 Kh7 23. Rhg1 Rg8 24. Qxb7 Bf6 25. Rxd7
Rxd7 26. Qxd7 a6 $44 {with an impressive central pawn-mass - G.Jones.}) 10...
Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. a3 Rab8 13. Kb1 Rfc8 14. h4 b5 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Bxd5
17. exd5 a5 $142 (17... b4 18. axb4 (18. Bxa7 $2 Ra8 19. Bd4 bxa3 20. b3 a2+
21. Ka1 Ne4 $1 $19 {Smirin,I (2609)-Carlsson,P (2463) St Petersburg rpd 2018} {
/\} 22. fxe4 Rxc2 $19) 18... Rxb4 19. c3 Rb3 20. Ka2 Rbb8 21. h5 Nd7 22. hxg6
hxg6 23. g5 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Nf8 25. Bh3 $14 {Nestorovic,N (2436)-Stanojoski,Z 
(2467) Belgrade 2007}) 18. h5 Nd7 19. g5 Ne5 ({Po slabšom} 19... Bxd4 $6 20.
Rxd4 Rc5 21. Bh3 $14 {Cheparinov,I (2683)-Gazik,V (2535) Skopje 2019}) 20. hxg6
(20. Be2 Nc4 $132 {see the notes to the aforementioned game Duda-Mista.}) 20...
fxg6 21. Rf2 Rf8 22. Ba7 Ra8 23. Be3 b4 24. Bh3 Rxf3 25. Rxf3 Nxf3 26. Be6+ Kh8
27. Rf1 Nd4 28. axb4 axb4 29. Rf4 Nxe6 30. dxe6 Rb8 31. Ka2 h5 32. gxh6 Bf6 33.
Kb3 g5 $132 {Abolins Abols,D (1980)-De Blasio,A email 2016}) 9... Bd7 ({After} 
9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 {topical is the positional} 11. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 12. O-O-O
Qa5 13. Kb1 Rac8 14. Ne2 {with a slightly more pleasant endgame:} Qxd2 15. Rxd2
Nd7 16. b3 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Rf6 18. Kb2 a6 19. Rd3 Nc5 20. Re3 e5 21. Ne2 Rff8 22.
Nc3 Kf7 23. a4 Rc6 24. a5 Rfc8 25. Nd5 Nd7 26. c4 $14 {(), Shirov,A (2639)
-Hansen,S (2581) Sweden 2019}) 10. O-O-O Rb8 {Hikaru goes for the Chinese
Dragon, we will see later on that he certainly took into account his
opponent's previous games.} (10... Rc8 11. Bb3 {is too forced and deeply
analysed for the purpose of playing for a win. After} Ne5 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4
b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5 a5 16. a3 Kg8 17. Rhe1 Rc5 18. Re3 b4 $1
$44 {, as mentioned last year, might be objectively better. However, here the
maximum of Black's efforts is a draw.}) 12. Kb1 {we will check} a6 ({The
exchange sacrifice} 12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 b5 15. b3 b4 {has
disappeared from the most recent postal games.}) ({Black's problems after} 
12... Re8 {were mentioned a year ago.}) 13. h4 h5 14. g4 ({Even the more
restrained} 14. Bh6 {seems good for White.}) 14... hxg4 15. h5 Nxh5 16. Rdg1
Rc5 {Postal players have found another alternative} 17. f4 $5 (17. Bh6 Kh7 18.
Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. f5 e5 22. Nde2 $44 ({or} 22. fxe6 $5 {
is no bed of roses})) 17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. f5 e6 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Rxg4
Qf6 22. Nde2 Qf3 23. Rhg1 Be8 24. Bh6 $36 {Copar,A (2516)-Lanc,A (2424) email
2015 Even in this branch the latest mail games are from 2015.}) 11. Bb3 Na5 12.
Bh6 {The most common move, which Robson has already played in the past.} ({
A year ago we have praised} 12. h4 b5 13. Kb1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15. g4 (15. Ka1
{is featured more often, but this allows} h5 {Black was fine after} 16. Rb1 Qa5
17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Rb6 19. g4 hxg4 20. Qe3 Rfb8 21. h5 g5 22. fxg4 Nxg4 23.
Qd2 f6 $15 {Carlsen,M (2775)-Radjabov,T (2744) Bilbao 2008}) 15... Qb6 16. b3 {
, but the position remains complex and the engines indicate Black can survive
the onslaught:} cxb3 ({Similar is} 16... Qa6 $5 17. h5 Rfc8 18. hxg6 fxg6 19.
g5 Nh5 20. Nd5 Kf7 21. Rxh5 gxh5 22. Qh2 cxb3 23. cxb3 Qc4 24. Qxh5+ Kf8 25.
Qh2 Bc6 $5 26. Nxe7 Kxe7 27. Nf5+ Kf8 28. Qxd6+ Kg8 29. Nxg7 Rxb3+ {s večným
šachom, Holroyd - Percze, kor. 2015. Ak chce biely hľadať vylepšenia,
musí to skúsiť niekde tu...} 30. axb3 Qxb3+ {½, Holroyd,K (2533)-Percze,J 
(2522) email 2015 If White hopes for an advantage, he must look for
improvements somewhere in this tactical labyrinth.}) 17. cxb3 Qa6 $142 $1 (
17... Qb7 18. h5 Qb4 19. h6 (19. Bg5 $5 $14) (19. g5 Nxh5 20. Nd5 $14) 19...
Rfc8 20. Nde2 Bh8 21. g5 $2 (21. Bd4 Be6 22. Qb2 $36) 21... Be6 $1 22. gxf6
Bxb3 23. axb3 Qxb3+ 24. Ka1 Bxf6 25. Bd4 Rxc3 $1 $19 26. Rb1 Qa4+ 27. Qa2 Rxb1+
28. Rxb1 Bxd4 29. Nxd4 Qxd4 {0-1, Brkic,A (2590)-Djukic,N (2523) Batumi 2018})
18. h5 Rfc8 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. g5 (20. Bh6 Bh8 $13) 20... Nh5 21. Nd5 Kf7 22. f4
$6 (22. Rxh5 {transposes to prejde Holroyd - Percze above.}) 22... Bg4 23. f5
$2 (23. Qd3 $8 Qc4 $1 $11) 23... gxf5 $1 24. Qf2 (24. exf5 Bxf5+ 25. Nxf5 Rxb3+
26. axb3 Qa1#) 24... e6 25. Rd2 exd5 26. exf5 Be5 27. g6+ Kg8 $19 {Arjun,K 
(2370)-Kovchan,A (2572) Biel 2018}) 12... Bxh6 13. Qxh6 b5 14. Nd5 {White more
often immediately started the pawn-storm, but even here Black holds his own:} (
14. h4 e5 $1 15. Nde2 b4 16. Nd5 Nxb3+ 17. cxb3 (17. axb3 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Be6 19.
h5 Qc7 (19... Rb7 20. Rb5 Qc7 $13) 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Rxd6 Rfc8 $132) 17... Nxd5
18. Rxd5 Be6 19. Rd2 Rb6 20. Kb1 Ra6 21. Nc1 Qe7 22. Nd3 Rb8 23. Rc1 Rab6 24.
g3 f6 $13 {L'Ami,E (2478)-Tiviakov,S (2593) Leeuwarden 2004 See the notes to
this game in CBM 102 by Rogozenco.}) (14. g4 Nxb3+ 15. Nxb3 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17.
exd5 {and now} Rb6 $1 {[%cal Ye7e5] /\e5 was introduced by Carlsen. White has
usually continued} 18. h4 (18. Rhe1 e5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Re3 Rf7 21. Nd2 d5 22.
Nb3 Qc7 23. Kb1 Rb8 $15 {Dominguez Perez,L (2717)-Carlsen,M (2776) Linares
2009 See the notes to this game in CBM 129 by Rogozenco.}) 18... e5 19. Nd2 $5
({Another try was} 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Rd3 Qe7 $11 (20... e5 21. h5 Be8 $13))
19... Ra6 20. Ne4 f5 21. Ng5 (21. h5 fxe4 22. hxg6 Qe7 23. fxe4 Bb5 24. Rh5 Qg7
25. gxh7+ Kh8 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rdh1 Kh8 28. g5 Rb6 29. g6 Rbb8 30. Rf5 Bd7 {
and White has no more than a perpetual after} 31. g7+ Kxg7 32. h8=Q+ Rxh8 33.
Rg1+ Kh6 34. Rh1+ {½, Ertl,L (2312)-Ljubicic,A (2476) email 2009}) 21... Qe7
22. h5 Rf6 23. hxg6 Rxg6 24. Qxh7+ Qxh7 25. Nxh7 (25. Rxh7 Be8 26. Rdh1 Rxg5
27. Rh8+ Kf7 28. R1h7+ Kg6 29. Rh6+ $11) 25... Kf7 (25... b3 26. cxb3 Rxa2 27.
Kb1 Ra6 28. Rd2 fxg4 29. fxg4 Kg7 30. Rf2 Rh6 31. Rxh6 Kxh6 $132 {Toro Solis
de Ovando,G (2525)-Lecroq,M (2606) email 2015}) 26. gxf5 (26. g5 f4 27. Kb1 Bf5
28. Rdg1 Ra5 29. Nf6 Rc5 30. Rh2 a5 $44 {Schmidt,T (2350)-Marez,S (2398) email
2014}) 26... Rg2 27. Rd2 Rg3 28. Rh5 Rxa2 29. Kb1 Ra6 30. Rd1 Bxf5 $1 31. Rxf5+
Kg6 32. Rf6+ Kxh7 33. f4 Rf3 34. fxe5 Rxf6 35. exf6 Kg6 36. Rf1 Kf7 $11 {
Bernal Varela,N (2376)-Gleyzer,L (2312) email 2017}) 14... Nxb3+ 15. Nxb3 e5 ({
Here the analoguous} 15... Nxd5 16. exd5 Rb6 (16... Qc7 17. h4 Rbc8 18. Rd2 f6
19. Re2 a5 20. Qd2 a4 21. Nd4 $36 {Henri,V (2318)-Kurgansky,V (2378) email 2016
}) {is weaker due to} 17. h4 (17. Rd4 $5 $14 {is also good, forcing the Pf7 to
move.}) 17... e5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Kb1 Qe7 20. Rhe1 Rf5 21. Nd2 Rh5 22. Qe3
Rxh4 23. Ne4 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Ge1e7,Gd1d7] Robson,R (2628)-Kiewra,K (2404)
Saint Louis 2013 White profits from the fact that the P has remained on g2,
his pawn-structure is more solid.}) 16. Nxf6+ (16. h4 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Rb6 18. f4
(18. h5 g5 19. Rxd6 f6 20. Rd3 Qe7 21. Rhd1 Be6 22. Kb1 b4 23. g3 f5 24. exf5
Bxf5 25. Rd6 Rc8 26. Na1 Rcb8 27. Rc6 e4 28. fxe4 Bxe4 29. Qd6 Qxd6 30. Rcxd6
Bf3 $11 {/=/+, Nogga,U (2140)-Windhausen,G (2304) GER email 2011 White has
barely saved his Q, but must still tread with care in the _|_.}) 18... Be6 (
18... Qe7 19. h5 Rc8 $2 (19... Be6 {-18...Be6}) (19... Bc6 $5) 20. hxg6 fxg6
21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Rxe5 $1 $16 {Stets,D (2385)-Pulvett Marin,D (2426) Rochefort
2015}) 19. h5 Qe7 20. Rd3 exf4 21. Qxf4 g5 22. Qe3 h6 23. Nd4 Rc8 24. Re1 b4
25. e5 d5 $2 ({Nakamura most probably knew} 25... Qc7 $1 $11 {/=/+ gives Black
an excellent position.}) 26. Rf1 $16 {Robson,R (2491)-Papp,G (2558) Lubbock
2009}) 16... Qxf6 17. h4 (17. Rd5 {swithces to the weakness on d6, but Black
gets counterplay after} Bc6 18. Rd3 b4 $5 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. Rd1 d5 $1 21. exd5
Bb5 22. Re3 Bc4 23. d6 Rb5 24. Re4 Rd5 25. Qxb4 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Bf1 27. f4 exf4
28. Rxf4 Qxd6+ 29. Qxd6 Rxd6+ 30. Ke1 Bxg2 $132 {Ljubicic,L (2537)-Haugen,A 
(2537) email 2009}) 17... Rb6 $1 {[%mdl 32] Again this important move, which
overprotects d6 and prepares the doubling of R on the c-file.} (17... Rfc8 $143
$6 18. Qg5 $1 Qxg5+ 19. hxg5 Rb6 20. Rd2 Be6 21. Rhd1 Bxb3 22. axb3 Rcc6 23. c3
Kg7 24. Rh1 a5 25. Rd5 Rb7 26. Rhd1 Rbb6 27. Kc2 f6 28. gxf6+ Kxf6 29. Ra1 $16
{[%csl Ra5,Rd6] Lovakovic,F (2318)-Bitmanis,V (1851) email 2013}) ({After} 
17... Qe7 {White has the unpleasant} 18. Qg5 $5 (18. h5 Rb6 {-17...Rb6}) 18...
f6 19. Qd2 Rb6 20. h5 g5 21. Nc5 $14 {, activating his Nb3.}) 18. h5 ({Here
the N transfer} 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Nd3 b4 20. h5 (20. Kb1 Qe7 21. Qg5 f6 22. Qe3
Be6 23. b3 Qc7 24. h5 g5 25. h6 a5 26. Nb2 Rd8 27. Rd3 Rc6 $11 {Ottesen,S 
(2391)-Martin Gonzalez,A email 2009}) 20... Qe7 21. Qe3 Be6 22. Kb1 {is only
roughly equal after} g5 $5 $11 (22... Rb5 23. f4 a5 24. Qg3 exf4 25. Nxf4 Re5
26. Rd4 $14 {Efendiyev,E (2416)-Bauer,M (2463) email 2008})) 18... Qe7 {
It's better to retain the Q.} ({After} 18... Qg7 19. hxg6 Qxh6+ 20. Rxh6 hxg6
21. Nc5 Bc8 22. Rdh1 Kg7 23. Nd3 Be6 {Kovarik,M (1885)-Slovak,K (1727) Kouty
nad Desnou 2015} 24. f4 $5 $14 {White has a slight pull}) 19. hxg6 $146 {
Only this is a novelty, but the natural swap doesn't change the evaluation of
the position.} (19. Qe3 Be6 20. Kb1 b4 (20... Rc6 $132 {is similar}) 21. Rd2
Rc6 22. f4 Rc4 23. Rf2 exf4 24. Rxf4 g5 25. Rf2 h6 26. Rhf1 Bg4 27. Nd2 Rc5 28.
Rf6 Bd1 29. Rxh6 Bxc2+ 30. Ka1 f6 31. Qd4 Qe5 32. Qxb4 Rfc8 $132 {and Black's
play comes just in time, White has nothing better than a perpetual with} 33.
Rg6+ Kh8 34. Rh6+ {½, Khairullin,R (2261)-Aleksandrov,V (2382) email 2015})
19... fxg6 20. Qe3 Be6 21. Rhf1 Rc6 22. f4 $6 {Already White's previous move
indicated he intended this advance. We have seen it often in the above notes,
but here it's misguided - it weakens White's position and allows Black's
attack to gain momentum.} ({More solid was} 22. Kb1 $142 $13 {/=}) 22... Qc7
23. Rd2 a5 $1 {Black can ignore the pinned Pf4 and pursue his own attacking
ambitions.} 24. Kb1 a4 25. Nc1 b4 26. Rdf2 $2 {Another mistake and probably
the decisive one already.} ({White should have tried} 26. f5 $1 gxf5 27. exf5 {
, although after} b3 $1 (27... Bxf5 28. Nd3 {and Black already has no time for}
b3 $2 29. Rdf2 $18) (27... Rxf5 28. Rdf2 $132 {is not convincing either.}) 28.
axb3 Bxf5 29. Rff2 ({Here already} 29. Nd3 axb3 30. Rdf2 {fails to} Rxc2 31.
Rxf5 Rxb2+ $1 32. Kxb2 Qc2+ 33. Ka3 Ra8+ 34. Kb4 Rb8+ $19) 29... axb3 30. Qxb3+
Kh8 $15 {[%csl Rb1] White's K is more exposed, than Black's.}) 26... exf4 27.
Rxf4 Rc8 28. Rf6 {Nakamura will beautifully refute this counterattack, but
White had harldy anything better.} (28. Qf3 Qe7 29. Rf2 a3 $40 {/\} 30. b3 Qg7
31. Nd3 (31. Rf6 Bf5 $19) 31... Bxb3 $1 32. cxb3 Rc1+ $1 33. Nxc1 Qa1+ $1 34.
Kxa1 Rxc1#) (28. Nd3 b3 $40 {also gives Black a raging attack.}) 28... Rxc2 $1
29. Rxe6 Qc4 30. Ref6 a3 $1 {[%mdl 640] After the piece sacrifice Black's
major pieces pounce on the defenceless Kb1 - moreover White will soon have to
return the piece with interest.} 31. bxa3 {Forced.} (31. b3 $2 Rb2+ 32. Ka1
Rb1+ $1 33. Kxb1 Qc2+ 34. Ka1 Qb2#) 31... bxa3 32. Qxa3 {White has nothing
better.} (32. Qb3 Rb2+ $19) (32. R6f2 Rc3 33. Qf4 Rxc1+ 34. Qxc1 Rb8+ 35. Ka1
Qd4+ $19) 32... Rxc1+ 33. Rxc1 (33. Qxc1 Qxe4+ 34. Kb2 Qb4+ 35. Ka1 Rxc1+ 36.
Rxc1 Qd4+ $19) 33... Qxe4+ 34. Kb2 Qe5+ 35. Rc3 Rb8+ $1 (35... Qxf6 $143 36.
Qb3+ Kh8 37. a4 $15) 36. Kc2 $6 ({Exposing the K, more resilient was} 36. Ka1
$5 Qxf6 37. Qc1 $17) 36... Qxf6 37. Rf3 Qd4 38. Rb3 Qe4+ 39. Kc1 (39. Kd1 Re8
$1 $19 {-> at the very least wins the Pg2.}) 39... Qe1+ 40. Kc2 Qe2+ 41. Kb1 (
41. Kc1 Rc8+) 41... Qd1+ (41... Qd3+ $142 $1 42. Ka1 Qd1+ 43. Kb2 Rc8 $19 {
mates shortly.}) 42. Qc1 Rxb3+ 43. axb3 Qxb3+ $19 {A pleasant choice.} (43...
Qxc1+ 44. Kxc1 Kf7 $19 {is a won pawn _|_, but the same goes for the Q_|_.})
44. Ka1 Qa4+ 45. Kb2 Qb5+ 46. Ka1 Qc5 47. Qd2 h5 48. Kb1 Kg7 49. Qb2+ Qe5 50.
Qb7+ Kh6 51. Kc1 d5 52. Kd1 Qe4 53. Qb2 Kg5 54. Qd2+ Kg4 55. Qh6 g5 {The Pg2
falls, so White decided to call it quits.} 0-1

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qe3 Nc6 14. O-O
Rc8 15. Bb1 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Na5 17. h4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Qf4 h6
21. Bd3 Qd8 22. h5 Nc6 23. Qc1 Bb7 24. Qc3 Qd6 25. a3 Ne7 26. Ne5 Nc6 27. Nf3
Ne7 28. Ne5 Nc6 29. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 a6 11. Ng5 Rb8 12. Qd3 Qe8 13. Nd1 b5 14. Qd2 Nb7 15. Ne3
Nd8 16. Nh3 Bd7 17. Rad1 b4 18. Qc2 a5 19. Nf4 a4 20. h4 Ra8 21. Qb1 Ra6 22.
Bf3 Qf7 23. Neg2 Ng4 24. Bxg4 fxg4 25. e4 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 Qg7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28.
e5 Bf5 29. exd6 exd6 30. Rfe1 Nf7 31. Re7 Kf6 32. Rb7 axb3 33. axb3 Rfa8 34.
Ne3 Ra1 35. Kf1 Ne5 36. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 37. Ke2 Nf3 38. Nxf5 Kxf5 39. Ke3 Re1+ 40.
Kd3 Ne5+ 41. Kd2 Ra1 42. Ne6 h6 43. Rb6 Ra3 44. Kc2 Ra2+ 45. Kd1 Nd3 46. Rxd6
Nxf2+ 47. Ke1 Nd3+ 48. Kd1 Ke4 49. Nc7 Nf2+ 50. Ke1 Kd3 51. Rxg6 Ne4 52. Kf1
Nxg3+ 53. Kg1 Ne2+ 54. Kh1 Ke3 55. Rf6 Ra1+ 56. Kg2 Rg1+ 57. Kh2 g3+ 58. Kh3
Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "3185"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qxc5 8.
Ba3 Qb6 9. Bxe7 Re8 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Be2 d5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Nd2
Nxd4 15. cxd4 Rac8 16. Nf3 Qa5 17. Bd3 Be7 18. Qe2 Ba3 19. h3 Rc7 20. Rad1 a6
21. Rd2 Rec8 22. Rc2 Rxc2 23. Bxc2 f6 24. Bd3 Rc3 25. Rd1 Kg7 26. Ne1 Bd6 27.
Qd2 Bb4 28. Qe2 Qc7 29. Nc2 Bd6 30. Ne1 a5 31. e4 dxe4 32. Bxe4 a4 33. Bd5 a3
34. Bc4 Bf5 35. Bd3 Bd7 36. Nf3 Bf4 37. Qe7+ Kg8 38. Bc4+ Rxc4 39. bxc4 Bf5 40.
Qxc7 Bxc7 41. d5 Kf7 42. Nd4 Bd7 43. Rb1 b6 44. c5 bxc5 45. Rb7 cxd4 46. Rxc7
Ke7 47. Ra7 Kd6 48. Rxa3 Kxd5 49. Kf1 Kc4 50. Ke1 Kb4 51. Ra7 Be6 52. Rxh7 Kc3
53. a4 d3 54. Rc7+ Bc4 55. h4 f5 56. g3 Kb4 57. Rxc4+ Kxc4 58. f3 Kb4 59. g4
Kc3 60. Kd1 f4 61. a5 Kd4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.04.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gordievsky, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "3187"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. Bc4 Nf4 7. O-O Ng6 8. Re1
e6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Ne4 Nxe5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Nf5 Nxc4 14. bxc4 Bxe4
15. Rxe4 Nc6 16. Bf4 d6 17. Nxd6+ Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Qd7 19. Re3 Ne7 20. Rd3 Ng6 21.
Rb1 Qc6 22. Rdb3 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Rxb5 Rc8 25. Rb8 Ne7 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27.
Rb8 f6 28. c4 Kf7 29. c5 Rd8 30. Qb1 Kg8 31. h3 Re8 32. Qb5 Qxb5 33. Rxb5 Nxd6
34. cxd6 Rd8 35. Rb6 Kf7 36. a4 Ra8 37. Rb7+ Kf8 38. a5 Ra6 39. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gadimbayli, Abdulla Azar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "3189"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd2 e6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. O-O-O Bg4 12. d5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 cxd5 14.
Bxd5 O-O-O 15. Qc4+ Bc5 16. Be4 Kb8 17. Qb5 Bb6 18. Bc3 Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Nc5 20.
Bxg7 Rhg8 21. Bd4 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 f5 23. Rhd1 fxe4 24. fxe4 Qc7 25. b4 a6 26. Qd3
Nxd3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "3175"]
[BlackElo "2855"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. c4 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne1 Qc8 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rc1 Bxg2 13. Nxg2 Qb7 14. Rfd1 a6
15. Nd5 Rfe8 16. Nge3 Rad8 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qd2 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Nf6 20. a4 d5
21. Qd4 e5 22. Qh4 Rd6 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. Ng4 h5 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26. Qg5 Qd7 27. e4
f6 28. Nf5+ Qxf5 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. exd5 Red8 31. Rc7+ Kg6 32. Rb7 Rxd5 33. Rxd5
Rxd5 34. Rxb6 a5 35. Rb5 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Rb1 37. h4 e4 38. Rxa5 Rxb3 39. Ra8 Rb2
40. Kf1 Ra2 41. a5 f4 42. gxf4 Kf5 43. a6 Kxf4 44. Rf8 Rxa6 45. Kg2 f5 46. Rg8
Ra2 47. Kg1 Ra1+ 48. Kg2 Ra2 49. Kf1 e3 50. fxe3+ Kf3 51. Kg1 Kxe3 52. Rg5 f4
53. Rxh5 Ra1+ 54. Kh2 f3 55. Re5+ Kf4 56. Re4+ Kxe4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Garayev, Kanan Farzali Oglu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "3176"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. c4 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qd2
Bb4 9. Qc2 d5 10. a3 d4 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. Qc1 dxc3 13. Bxc3 Qe7 14. e3 O-O 15.
Be2 Ne4 16. O-O Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Rfd8 18. Nd4 a5 19. Rfd1 Qg5 20. Nf3 Qf6 21. Qxf6
gxf6 22. Nd4 Na6 23. Rab1 Nc5 24. b4 Ne4 25. Rdc1 e5 26. Nf5 Rd2 27. Bf3 axb4
28. Rxb4 Nc3 29. Rf1 Bxf3 30. gxf3 e4 31. Kg2 Ra5 32. Ng3 Nd1 33. Rb3 Rb2 34.
Nxe4 Rxb3 35. Rxd1 Rb4 36. Nxf6+ Kg7 37. Nd7 Rxc4 38. Nxb6 Rc2 39. Nd5 Raa2 40.
Rf1 Rab2 41. Kg3 Rc5 42. e4 Rc6 43. Ne7 Rcb6 44. Rc1 Re6 45. Nf5+ Kf6 46. h4
Rb8 47. Kf4 Ra8 48. Rc7 h5 49. Rc5 Kg6 50. Ne3 Rf6+ 51. Kg3 Re6 52. Rg5+ Kh7
53. Rxh5+ Rh6 54. Rf5 Rg8+ 55. Ng4 Ra6 56. Rxf7+ Kh8 57. h5 Ra1 58. Kf4 Rh1 59.
Nf6 Rh4+ 60. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.04.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bryakin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "3177"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nb4 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nc3 Nxd3 8.
Qxd3 d6 9. h3 g6 10. Bf4 Bg7 11. Rad1 h6 12. b4 a5 13. b5 O-O 14. a4 f5 15. e5
g5 16. Bh2 Ng6 17. exd6 cxd6 18. c5 dxc5 19. dxc5 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 bxc5 21. Nd2
Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Ndb1 f4 24. Rd1 Rd4 25. f3 Rc4 26. Rd7 Bd5 27. Nxd5
exd5 28. Nd2 Rc2 29. Nb3 c4 30. b6 cxb3 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. b7 b2 33. b8=Q Rc1+
34. Kf2 b1=Q 35. Qa7+ Kf6 36. Qd4+ Ne5 37. Bxf4 Rf1+ 38. Kg3 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.04.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dreamist, Teymur"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "3162"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
c3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4 d5 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Nxd6 14. Bd3 c6
15. Nd2 Qg5 16. Nf3 Qh6 17. Qd2 Qxd2 18. Nxd2 f6 19. Re7 Rf7 20. Rae1 Kf8 21.
R7e2 g6 22. g3 b6 23. Kg2 a5 24. c4 Ba6 25. b3 Rd8 26. h4 dxc4 27. bxc4 Bc8 28.
Nf3 Bg4 29. Rb2 Bxf3+ 30. Kxf3 Nc8 31. Be4 Rc7 32. Rd1 c5 33. d5 Re7 34. Bd3
Kg7 35. g4 Rb7 36. Re1 Kf7 37. h5 Nd6 38. hxg6+ hxg6 39. a4 Re8 40. Rxe8 Nxe8
41. Re2 Ng7 42. Re1 g5 43. Kg3 Rb8 44. f3 Re8 45. Rb1 Rb8 46. Re1 Rb7 47. Re2
Kf8 48. Re1 Rd7 49. f4 Re7 50. Rxe7 Kxe7 51. Bg6 Kd7 52. Kf3 Ke7 53. fxg5 fxg5
54. Ke4 Kf6 55. Bh5 Ke7 56. Ke5 Kd7 57. Bf7 Ke7 58. Bg6 Ne8 59. Bxe8 Kxe8 60.
Kf5 b5 61. cxb5 Kd7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.04.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Pourramezanali, Amirreza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "3148"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 a6 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. h3 Ne7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Rad1
Ng6 15. Rfe1 b5 16. Bb3 Bb7 17. Nxe6 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 fxe6 19. Rd7 Qc6 20. Qxe6+
Kh8 21. Rxb7 Qxb7 22. Bd5 Qa7 23. Bxa8 Qxf2 24. Kxh2 Rxa8 25. Re2 Qf8 26. Rd2
Re8 27. Qxa6 Qf5 28. Qc6 Qe5+ 29. g3 Rf8 30. h4 Qxb2 31. c4 Qb1 32. Qxb5 Qe1
33. Qb6 Ne5 34. Rd8 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+ 36. Kh3 Qf1+ 37. Kg4 Ne5+ 38. Kh5 Qf3+
39. g4 Qxg4# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.05.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Doluhanova, Evgeniya"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "3205"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2019.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bf4 e6 7. Be2 Bxc5 8. Nbd2
Nge7 9. Bg3 Nf5 10. O-O h5 11. Nh4 Nxh4 12. Bxg4 hxg4 13. Qxg4 Nf5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.05.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hollan, Petr"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "3205"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 c5 13. d5 c4 14. Nf1 Re8 15. Ng3
Nc5 16. Be3 Nfd7 17. Qd2 g6 18. a4 Bf8 19. Nh2 h5 20. f4 h4 21. Ngf1 exf4 22.
Bxf4 Ne5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Ng4 Nd7 26. Kh1 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Nf6 28.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 29. Ne3 Qg5 30. Nf1 Qd8 31. Ne3 Bc8 32. Qe2 Bh6 33. Ng4 Bf4 34. Nh2
Kg7 35. Nf3 Qf6 36. Qf2 Bg3 37. Qe2 Bd7 38. Rf1 Qd6 39. Nh2 Ra8 40. Ng4 Bf4 41.
Ne3 Ra2 42. Bb1 Ra1 43. Bc2 Rxf1+ 44. Nxf1 Qa6 45. b3 cxb3 46. Bxb3 Qa1 47. Qd3
f5 48. Kg1 fxe4 49. Qxe4 Qxc3 50. Bd1 Bf5 51. Qe2 Qd4+ 52. Kh1 Bd3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.05.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hilwerda, Jonas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "3205"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 d6 6. h3 g5 7. Nd5 Bg7 8. c3 O-O
9. Nxg5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. Nf3 Ng6 12. Be3 f5 13. Qc2 Qf6 14. O-O-O Bd7 15.
Kb1 a5 16. a4 Rab8 17. Bb5 c6 18. Bc4 c5 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 Kh7 21. g4 fxg4
22. Nd2 g3 23. fxg3 Qe7 24. Ne4 Rf3 25. Qe2 Rbf8 26. Rhf1 R3f7 27. c4 b6 28.
Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Qh5 Rf8 30. Ng5+ Kg8 31. Ne6 Rf6 32. Bxh6 Bxh6 33. Qxh6 Qf7 34.
Ka2 Nf4 35. Qg5+ Rg6 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. gxf4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bersamina, Paulo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "3206"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. h3 a6 5. a4 b6 6. Be3 e6 7. f4 Bb7 8. Nf3 Nd7
9. Bd3 c5 10. Qe2 Ne7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qf2 Nc6 13. Rad1 Nb4 14. f5 exf5 15. exf5
Bxf3 16. gxf3 d5 17. Kh1 Re8 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Qxc5
Qh4 22. Qf2 Qxh3+ 23. Qh2 Qd7 24. Qh4 Re5 25. Kg2 Nxd3 26. Rxd3 Rh5 27. Qg4 Qc7
28. Rh1 Rxh1 29. Kxh1 d4 30. Qe4 Rd8 31. Qh4 Re8 32. Rxd4 Bxd4 33. Qxd4 Qe5 34.
Qxe5 Rxe5 35. Kg2 Rc5 36. Kf2 g5 37. Ke3 Rc4 38. Kd3 Rf4 39. Ke2 f5 40. Nd5
Rxa4 41. Ne7+ Kf7 42. Nxf5 Ra2 43. b3 Rxc2+ 44. Kd3 Rb2 45. Nd4 Kf6 46. Ke4 Rb1
47. Kd5 Rd1 48. Ke4 Re1+ 49. Kd5 Re3 50. b4 Ra3 51. Kc5 Ke5 52. Kc4 Ra1 53. Ne2
Rf1 54. Kc5 Rxf3 55. Kb6 Rf6+ 56. Ka5 g4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carnicelli, Valerio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "3206"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O c6 8. a4
Re8 9. a5 Qc7 10. Nbd2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nc4 e4 13. Nfd2 Nc5 14. Bd4 Qe7 15.
Qc1 Ne6 16. Be5 Ng5 17. h4 Ne6 18. Ra4 Nc5 19. Bd6 Nxa4 20. Bxe7 Nc3 21. Re1
Rxe7 22. Bf1 Bg4 23. Qa3 Rae8 24. Nd6 Rd8 25. N6xe4 Ncxe4 26. Qxe7 Rd7 27. Qb4
c5 28. Qa4 Nxd2 29. Bd3 Bf5 30. a6 b6 31. Qc6 Bxd3 32. cxd3 Nxb3 33. g4 Na5 34.
Qc8+ Bf8 35. g5 Rxd3 36. gxf6 c4 37. Rc1 Rd6 38. Qc7 Rxf6 39. Qxa7 Ba3 40. Qb8+
Kg7 41. a7 Nc6 42. Rxc4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.05.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Erigaisi, Arjun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "3192"]
[BlackElo "2901"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2019.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. Be2 Bb7 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. c4 d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qc7
15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Rfe1 a5 17. a4 Rab8 18. Nb1 Bc6 19. Bf1 Qb7 20. Nd2 Qb4 21.
Qc2 Rb7 22. h3 Rdb8 23. e4 Nf8 24. Re3 Ne6 25. Qa2 Nd4 26. e5 d5 27. Rc1 Nf5
28. Rd3 d4 29. e6 f6 30. Re1 Kg7 31. g3 Nd6 32. Bg2 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Qb6 34. Qc2
Qc6+ 35. Kg1 Rb6 36. Nf3 Ne4 37. Rxd4 Nxg3 38. Rd3 Nf5 39. Qd1 Qb7 40. Nd2 Nd4
41. Qg4 Rd8 42. Ree3 Rbd6 43. Ne4 Rc6 44. Nxc5 Rxc5 45. Rxd4 Rxd4 46. Qxd4 Rg5+
47. Kf1 Qh1+ 48. Ke2 Rg1 49. Qc3 Rc1 50. Qd2 Ra1 51. c5 Qb1 52. c6 Ra2 53. Rc3
Qe4+ 54. Kd1 Rxd2+ 55. Kxd2 Qxe6 56. c7 Qc8 57. b4 axb4 58. Rc4 b3 59. Kc1 Kf7
60. a5 Ke6 61. a6 b2+ 62. Kxb2 Kd7 63. a7 Qb7+ 64. Kc3 Kc8 65. Ra4 Qa8 66. Kd2
Kxc7 67. h4 Kb6 68. Ke3 Kb5 69. Ra1 e5 70. Rb1+ Kc4 71. Ra1 f5 72. f3 Kc3 73.
Ra5 f4+ 74. Ke2 e4 75. Ra4 exf3+ 76. Kf2 Kb3 77. Ra6 Kc4 78. Ra1 Kb5 79. Rb1+
Kc5 80. Rc1+ Kb6 81. Rb1+ Kc7 82. Rc1+ Kd7 83. Ra1 Ke6 84. Ra5 h6 85. Ra6+ Kf5
86. Kf1 g5 87. hxg5 hxg5 88. Ra5+ Kg4 89. Kf2 Qe4 90. Ra2 Qd4+ 91. Ke1 Qg1+ 92.
Kd2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.05.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Barp, Alberto"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "3192"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qc7 9. Nxc4 Qxc5 10. b3 Rd8 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. e3 Rac8
15. Qe2 Qb8 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Rfd1 b5 18. Ncd2 Be8 19. Qg4 g6 20. Qe2 b4 21. Nc4
f5 22. Ned2 Bf7 23. Nf3 Nc3 24. Bxc3 bxc3 25. Rxc3 e5 26. h4 e4 27. Ng5 Rxd1+
28. Qxd1 Rd8 29. Qe2 Bd5 30. Bf1 h6 31. Nh3 Bf7 32. Rc1 Nb4 33. Rd1 Nd5 34. Qe1
Bf6 35. Nf4 Nc3 36. Rxd8+ Qxd8 37. Ne2 Nxa2 38. Nd4 Bxd4 39. exd4 Qxd4 40. Qa5
Nc3 41. Qc7 Nd1 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Qe5+ Qxe5 44. Nxe5 Bxb3 45. Nc6 Ba4 46. Nxa7
Nc3 47. Nc8 Kf6 48. Nb6 Be8 49. Bc4 Ke5 50. Bb3 Bb5 51. Bc4 Be8 52. Bb3 Kd4 53.
Nc4 Bf7 54. Nd2 Bxb3 55. Nxb3+ Kd3 56. Nc5+ Ke2 57. Ne6 Nd1 58. Nf4+ Kf3 59.
Nxg6 Nxf2 60. Ne5+ Kxg3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.05.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Halvax, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "3192"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. d4 Bb4 7. Bd2 Qa5 8. Qc2
O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qc7 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Rc1 b6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne5 Bb7
15. O-O Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Bf5 Nxe5 19. f4 Nd7 20. Rf3 Kg8 21.
Rg3 f6 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Bxf6 Re7 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Rh3 Re8 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. b4
Qf6 28. Qh5+ Kf8 29. Rg3 Re6 30. Rg5 Ke7 31. Rf5 g6 32. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.05.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2915"]
[BlackElo "3195"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.05.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d5 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Qa5 12. O-O Ne4 13. Bd3 Nxc3 14. Qd2
c4 15. Bc2 Re8 16. Rfc1 b6 17. Bf5 Ne4 18. Qxa5 bxa5 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Rab1 Ba6
21. Bg3 Rc8 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 f6 24. Bd6 Ree8 25. Bc5 Rb8 26. Bxa7 Rb3 27.
a4 Re7 28. Bc5 Reb7 29. Ra1 c3 30. f3 Bd3 31. Kf2 Rb2+ 32. Kg3 c2 33. Ba3 Rb1
34. Ra2 Rxc1 35. Bxc1 Rb1 36. Ba3 g5 37. h4 Kf7 38. hxg5 hxg5 0-1

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 d5 8. exd5
exd5 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Kb1 Qa5 11. Nb5 Qxd2 12. Rxd2 Ne4 13. Re2 O-O-O 14. f3 a6
15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Rd2 Rhe8 19. Ne2 Bf5 20. Kb2 Ne6
21. g4 Bg6 22. h4 h6 23. Bg2 d4 24. Rhd1 d3 25. cxd3 Nd4 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 27. Kc3
Red8 28. h5 Bh7 29. Bf1 Rf4 30. Be2 f5 31. Rg1 Rd7 32. g5 Rh4 33. gxh6 gxh6 34.
d4 Rxh5 35. Bc4 Kc7 36. Rdg2 f4 37. Be6 Re7 38. Rg7 Kd6 39. Rxe7 Kxe7 40. Bc8
Bf5 41. Bxf5 Rxf5 42. Rg7+ Kf6 43. Rxb7 h5 44. Kc4 Kg6 45. d5 h4 46. d6 h3 47.
Re7 Rf8 48. Kd5 Rh8 49. Re1 Kg5 50. d7 Rd8 51. Kc6 Kh4 52. Re8 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "205"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Be3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Bxe3
8. Qxe3 c6 9. Bc4 O-O 10. Bb3 d6 11. Nd2 a5 12. a4 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qe2
Qc7 15. c3 Nd7 16. g3 h6 17. Kg2 Rf7 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. Ra3 Qb6 21.
Qd3 Rd8 22. Rb3 Qc7 23. Qe2 Nb6 24. Ra1 Nd7 25. Rf3 Rdf8 26. Raa3 Qb6 27. exd5
exd5 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Rb3 Qc7 30. Qe8+ Rf8 31. Qe6+ Rf7 32. Nf3 Nf8 33. Qe8
Kh7 34. Ne5 Rf6 35. h4 b6 36. Rf3 Rxf3 37. Kxf3 Qd6 38. Qxc6 Qb4 39. Qe8 Qxd4
40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41. f3 Qe2+ 42. Kh3 d4 43. Qb5 Qxb5 44. axb5 Ne6 45. Kg2 Nc7 46.
Nc4 Nxb5 47. Kf2 a4 48. Ke2 Kg6 49. Kd3 Kf7 50. Nxb6 a3 51. bxa3 Nxa3 52. Kxd4
Nb5+ 53. Ke5 Nc3 54. Nc4 Kg6 55. g4 Kh7 56. Nd2 Kg6 57. Ne4 Ne2 58. f4 Ng1 59.
h5+ Kh7 60. Nd2 Ne2 61. Nf3 Kg8 62. Nd4 Nc3 63. Nc6 Ne2 64. Ne7+ Kf7 65. Nf5
Kg8 66. Nd6 Kh7 67. Ne8 Kg8 68. Nc7 Kf7 69. Nb5 Kg8 70. Ke4 Kf8 71. Ke3 Nc1 72.
Nd4 Na2 73. Kd3 Nb4+ 74. Kc4 Na6 75. Nb5 Ke7 76. Nc3 Kf7 77. Nd5 Nb8 78. Kc5
Nd7+ 79. Kd6 Nf8 80. Nc7 Nh7 81. Nd5 Nf8 82. Ne3 Ne6 83. Ke5 Nf8 84. Nc4 Nd7+
85. Kf5 Nc5 86. Nd6+ Kg8 87. Ne4 Nd7 88. g5 hxg5 89. fxg5 Kh7 90. Ke6 Nb6 91.
Kf7 Nc4 92. Ke6 Ne3 93. Ng3 Nc4 94. Ne2 Kg8 95. Nd4 Ne3 96. Nf5 Ng2 97. Ne7+
Kh7 98. Nd5 Kg8 99. g6 Kf8 100. h6 Nh4 101. Ne7 gxh6 102. Nf5 Nxg6 103. Nxh6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. fxg7 cxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Bxg7
8. Qb3 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O-O a5 12. a3 e5 13. Bc3 f5 14. c5+ Kh8
15. Bb5 Be6 16. Qc2 Qxc5 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nxe5 Qe4 19. Qd2 Ba2 20. Nd3 Qc4 21.
Rhe1 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Qc6 25. Nf3 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Bd5
27. Qd4+ Kg8 28. Nh4 Qe6 29. Kd2 b6 30. f3 Bc4 31. Nxf5 Qe2+ 32. Kc1 Qe1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 e5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. a3 Bd6 8. d4
O-O 9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O exd4 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Be2 Re8 14. Bd2 Bd7
15. Bf3 Ne4 16. Bb4 Be5 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Qb3 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 a5 20. Qxd5 Bb5 21.
Bxe4 Bxf1 22. Bc5 Qa6 23. Qf5 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Rc8 25. h4 b6 26. Rd6 Qb5 27. Bd4
Bd3 28. Qg4 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Bg6 30. Rxb6 Qd5 31. h5 Qxh5+ 32. Qxh5 Bxh5 33. Rb5
Bg6 34. Rxa5 Rc2 35. Kg3 h5 36. Rg5 Kh7 37. f3 Rd2 38. a4 f6 39. Rxg6 Kxg6 40.
a5 Rd1 41. a6 Ra1 42. a7 Kf7 43. b4 Ra2 44. b5 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d6 7. c3 Nf6 8. Re1 O-O
9. d4 e5 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Na3 Ne8 13. Bf1 f6 14. Bc4+ Kf8 15.
Be3 b6 16. Bd5 Bd7 17. Nb5 Rab8 18. a4 a6 19. Na3 Ne7 20. Bb3 Nc6 21. Nd2 Nc7
22. f4 Bh6 23. Kg2 Na5 24. Bc2 Bc6 25. b4 Nb7 26. Ndc4 exf4 27. gxf4 b5 28.
axb5 axb5 29. Nb6 cxb4 30. cxb4 Nd6 31. Kg3 Bxe4 32. Bc5 Bxc2 33. Nxc2 Kg8 34.
Nd4 Nc4 35. Nxc4 bxc4 36. Nc6 Rd3+ 37. Kf2 Rb7 38. f5 c3 39. Re2 Bf8 40. Bxf8
Kxf8 41. fxg6 hxg6 42. Ra5 Rb6 43. Rc5 Ne8 44. Ne7 Kf7 45. Nd5 Rb7 46. b5 Nd6
47. Nxc3 g5 48. Kg2 Kg6 49. Rb2 Nf5 50. Ne4 Ne3+ 51. Kg1 Re7 52. Nf2 Ra3 53.
Rc1 Rb7 54. h3 Ra5 55. Rc5 Nf5 56. Ne4 Nd4 57. Nd6 Rd7 58. Nc4 Ra1+ 59. Kf2 Rh7
60. b6 Ra8 61. b7 Rb8 62. Nd6 Rxh3 63. Rb4 Rh2+ 64. Kf1 Rh1+ 65. Kg2 Rd1 66.
Rc8 Rd2+ 67. Kf1 Nf3 68. Rb3 Rxb7 69. Nxb7 g4 70. Nc5 Rc2 71. Rd3 Kf5 72. Nb7
Rb2 73. Nd6+ Ke6 74. Re8+ Kd7 75. Re2 Rb1+ 76. Kf2 Ne5 77. Rdd2 Kc6 78. Ne4 Rb3
79. Rd6+ Kb5 80. Rxf6 Nd3+ 81. Kg2 Ra3 82. Rf5+ Kc4 83. Nf2 Nb4 84. Re4+ Kc3
85. Re3+ 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nbd2 Nfd7 12. Nd4 Nc5 13. Bd5 Rb8 14. Nc4 Bg4 15.
Qd2 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Bd7 17. b3 Bf6 18. Bb2 c6 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. Ba1 a5 21. Nf3
Bxa1 22. Rxa1 Rbd8 23. Rad1 Be6 24. Bf1 d5 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Qe3 Nd7 27. Nd4
Nf6 28. Qf4 Be4 29. Rxe4 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Rfe8 31. Nxc6 Rxe4 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33.
Nxd8 Re1 34. Nc6 Rc1 35. Nxa5 Rxc2 36. g3 Kf8 37. Bc4 Ke8 38. Nb7 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 dxc4 6. bxc4 c5 7. g3 b6 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Qe2 Qd7 12. Rad1 Rad8 13. d4 cxd4 14. exd4 Na5
15. d5 Qc8 16. Ne5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Bf6 20. f4 Rfe8
21. Qh5 Qb7 22. d6 Re6 23. Rfe1 g6 24. Qh3 Rexd6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Ng4 Be7 27.
Qh6 f6 28. Bxf6 Bf8 29. Re8 Rd1+ 30. Kf2 Rd2+ 31. Ke1 Rd1+ 32. Ke2 Rd2+ 33. Ke1
Rd1+ 34. Kxd1 Qd7+ 35. Bd4 Qxd4+ 36. Ke1 Qc3+ 37. Kf2 Qc2+ 38. Kf1 Qc1+ 39. Kf2
Qc2+ 40. Kf1 Qc1+ 41. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Be3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Bxe3
8. Qxe3 O-O 9. d4 d6 10. Be2 c6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd2 Be6 13. a4 Qb6 14. Qxb6
axb6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. b3 Kf8 17. Rac1 Ke7 18. f3 Ne8 19. Kf2 Nc7 20. Nf1 g6
21. Ne3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Ne8 23. g3 Nd6 24. Bd3 Rf8 25. Re1 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27.
f4 exf4 28. gxf4 Kf6 29. Rg1 Bf7 30. Nf1 Re8 31. Ng3 c5 32. Rd1 h6 33. Be2 Rd8
34. Bf3 Be8 35. Rd5 Bf7 36. Rd1 Be8 37. h4 Bc6 38. Bxc6 bxc6 39. Kf3 Nb7 40.
Rxd8 Nxd8 41. Nf1 Nb7 42. Ne3 Na5 43. h5 Ke6 44. Ke2 b5 45. Kd3 Nb7 46. Kc3 Kf6
47. Kb2 Ke6 48. Ka3 Kf6 49. Ka2 Ke6 50. Kb2 Kf6 51. Kc1 Ke6 52. Kd2 Kf6 53. Nd1
Ke6 54. Nc3 Nd6 55. Kd3 Kd7 56. Ke3 Kc7 57. Kd3 Kd7 58. Ke3 Kc7 59. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT rapid"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nd2 Qc8 13. e3 Nf5 14. a4 Rd8 15. Qc2
c6 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Ba3 Qd7 18. Rfb1 Qxd3 19. Qxd3 Rxd3 20. Rxb6 Rxc3 21. Bxe7
Nxe7 22. Rab1 h6 23. Rb8+ Rxb8 24. Rxb8+ Kh7 25. Ra8 Rc1+ 26. Nf1 Rc5 27. Nd2
Nd5 28. Ra7 Rc1+ 29. Nf1 Nc3 30. Rxa5 e4 31. f4 Bc4 32. g4 Bd3 33. Kf2 Rc2+ 34.
Kg3 c5 35. Ra7 c4 36. Rxf7 Ne2+ 37. Kh3 c3 38. Rc7 Ra2 39. f5 c2 40. f6 c1=Q
0-1

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. c4 Nc6 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Rae8 14.
Bf4 Bd6 15. c4 Qh5 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Qa3 Qa5 18. Qxd6 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Rd8 20.
Re2 Qa4 21. Qc7 Rf8 22. Rd2 Qxc4 23. h3 b5 24. d5 Nd4 25. d6 Qxc7 26. dxc7 Ne6
27. Nd4 Nxc7 28. Rc2 Nd5 29. Rc5 Nb4 30. a3 Nd3 31. Rxb5 g6 32. Ra5 Re8 33. f3
Re7 34. Nc6 Rc7 35. Nxa7 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Rc2 37. Rg5 h6 38. Rg4 h5 39. Re4 f5 40.
Re6 Nf4 41. Rb6 Rxg2+ 42. Kh1 Rg3 43. a4 Rxf3 44. Nb5 h4 45. a5 Rf1+ 46. Kh2
Rf2+ 47. Kh1 Rf1+ 48. Kh2 Rf2+ 49. Kg1 Nxh3+ 50. Kh1 g5 51. a6 g4 52. a7 Rf1+
53. Kh2 Rf2+ 54. Kh1 Rf1+ 55. Kh2 Rf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Re8 8. a4
a5 9. Re1 c6 10. Bf1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Na3 e4 13. Nd2 Nd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Ndc4 Qf6 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. exd4 N7f6 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. Nac4 Re6 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21.
fxe3 h5 22. Bc4 Re7 23. Rf1 Rd8 24. h3 h4 25. c3 Nd5 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. c4 f6
28. Ng4 Bxg4 29. hxg4 Rc7 30. cxd5 Rc3 31. Rac1 Rxe3 32. g5 fxg5 33. Rfe1 Rxe1+
34. Rxe1 Rxd5 35. Rxe4 Kf6 36. Kf2 Kf5 37. Kf3 b6 38. Ke3 g4 39. Re8 h3 40. g3
Kf6 41. Rc8 Rf5 42. Ke4 Rf3 43. d5 Rxg3 44. Kf4 Rg1 45. Rh8 g5+ 46. Ke4 Re1+
47. Kd4 g3 0-1

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 h4 17. Ne4 Rg6 18. g4 hxg3 19. fxg3 Ne7 20. h4
Nd5 21. Bg5 Bf5 22. h5 Nxc3 23. hxg6 Nxd1 24. Kg2 Bxg6 25. Nc5 b6 26. Na6 Rc8
27. Rxd1 Bxc2 28. Nxc7+ Kf8 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Bxd8 Bd3 31. Kf3 Bc4 32. g4 Bf1
33. g5 Bd3 34. Ke3 Bf1 35. g6 Bh3 36. gxf7 Kxf7 37. Bg5 Bc8 38. Kd4 Bd7 39. Ke4
Bc8 40. Kf4 Bd7 41. Na6 Ke6 42. Ke4 Bc8 43. Nb4 c5 44. Na2 Bb7+ 45. Kf4 b5 46.
Nc1 Kd5 47. Be7 a5 48. Nb3 c4 49. Nxa5 Bc8 50. Bb4 g5+ 51. Kxg5 Kxe5 52. Nc6+
Ke4 53. Kf6 Kd3 54. Ne5+ Kd4 55. Nc6+ Kd3 56. Ke5 c3 57. Nd4 c2 58. Nb3 Kc4 59.
Nc1 Bg4 60. Kf4 Bh5 61. Ke3 Bg6 62. Kd2 Bf5 63. Ne2 Bg6 64. Kc1 Bd3 65. Nf4 Bf5
66. Ng2 Bg6 67. Ne3+ Kd4 68. Ng4 Bf5 69. Nf6 Ke5 70. Ne8 Kd5 71. Kb2 Kc6 72.
Ng7 Be4 73. Bd2 Kd6 74. Kc3 Bg6 75. Kd4 Ke7 76. Ke5 Bh7 77. Ne6 Kd7 78. Nd4 Bd3
79. Kd5 Bc4+ 80. Kc5 Bd3 81. Kb4 Kd6 82. Kc3 Bg6 83. Nxb5+ Kc5 84. a4 Kb6 85.
Kb4 Ka6 86. a5 Be4 87. Nc7+ Kb7 88. Ne6 Bf5 89. Nc5+ Kc6 90. Be3 Bh7 91. Nb3
Kb7 92. Bf4 Ka6 93. Nc5+ Ka7 94. Kb5 Bf5 95. a6 Bh3 96. Ka5 Bf1 97. Be3 Be2 98.
Ne6+ Kb8 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 d4 8. Bb5
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. h3 Rb8 12. Na3 dxe3 13. dxe3 Ba6 14. Re1 Nd5
15. Nd2 Nb4 16. Ndc4 Be7 17. Qg4 f6 18. Red1 Qe8 19. Bc3 Bc8 20. Qe4 Nd5 21.
Bb2 Qh5 22. Na5 Rb4 23. N3c4 Bf5 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Qxd5+ Kh8 26. Nc6 Rb7 27.
Nxe7 Rxe7 28. Qxc5 Ree8 29. Nd6 Bg6 30. Qxh5 Bxh5 31. Nxe8 Rxe8 32. Rc1 a6 33.
Bd4 Kg8 34. f3 Bf7 35. g4 a5 36. Rc5 Ra8 37. Rb5 h6 38. a4 Rc8 39. Kf2 Rc1 40.
Rxa5 Bxb3 41. Ra8+ Kh7 42. a5 Rc2+ 43. Kg3 Bd5 44. Ra7 Kg8 45. a6 Ra2 46. Rd7
Bc6 47. Rd8+ Kf7 48. a7 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. a3 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Be2 a5 8. O-O
Bc5 9. Be3 Bb6 10. Nbd2 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Ng4 12. Nc4 b5 13. h3 bxc4 14. hxg4 Bxg4
15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Qxc4 O-O 17. Qc5 Re8 18. Rac1 a4 19. Bd1 Re6 20. Rf2 h6 21. b4
Qe8 22. Nh4 Rd6 23. Qc3 Na7 24. Be2 Nb5 25. Qb2 g6 26. Rc5 Qe7 27. Nf3 f6 28.
d4 exd4 29. Bxb5 Bxb5 30. Rxb5 dxe3 31. Re2 Qxe4 32. Qc1 Qd3 33. Rb7 Qd1+ 34.
Qxd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kh2 Rd3 36. Rxc7 Rxa3 37. b5 Rb8 38. Nd4 Rd3 39. Rc4 a3 40. Ra4
Rd8 41. Ne6 R8d6 42. Nc5 R3d5 43. Ne4 Re6 44. Nc3 Rc5 45. Rxa3 f5 46. Rb3 f4
47. b6 Re8 48. b7 Rb8 49. Ne4 Rc7 50. Nd6 Rc6 51. Rd3 Kf8 52. g3 g5 53. gxf4
gxf4 54. Kg2 Ke7 55. Ne4 Rxb7 56. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Be3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Bxe3
8. Qxe3 O-O 9. d4 d6 10. Be2 c6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd2 Be6 13. a4 Qb6 14. Qxb6
axb6 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Kf8 17. Rac1 Ke7 18. f3 Ne8 19. Kf2 Nd6 20. Nf1 Rd7
21. Ne3 Rad8 22. Re1 f6 23. g3 Ne8 24. h4 Nc7 25. Ra1 Na6 26. Red1 Nc5 27.
Rxd7+ Rxd7 28. Ke1 g6 29. b4 Na6 30. c3 Nc7 31. b5 Bb3 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. Rb1
Bxa4 34. Rxb6 h5 35. Nc4 Ne6 36. Na5 Rc7 37. Bc4 Nc5 38. Be2 Nd7 39. Rb4 Nc5
40. Rb6 Nd7 41. Ra6 Nc5 42. Ra8 Bb5 43. Rh8 Ke6 44. Rb8 Nd7 45. Re8+ Kf7 46.
Ra8 Nc5 47. Bc4+ Bxc4 48. Nxc4 Rd7 49. Ke2 Nb3 50. Rc8 c5 51. Rc6 Kg7 52. Nd6
Rd8 53. Rc7+ Kg8 54. Nc4 Nc1+ 55. Kf2 Rd3 56. Nb6 Rxc3 57. Nd5 Rc2+ 58. Ke1
Nd3+ 59. Kd1 Rf2 60. Nxf6+ Kf8 61. Nh7+ Ke8 62. Nf6+ Kf8 63. Nh7+ Ke8 64. Ng5
c4 65. Ne6 Rxf3 66. Rxc4 Rxg3 67. Rc7 Nf4 68. Ng5 Rg4 69. Rc5 Rxh4 70. Rxe5+
Kd7 71. Ra5 Rg4 72. Nf3 Kc7 73. Kd2 h4 74. Ke3 h3 75. Nh2 Rh4 76. Kf3 Ne6 77.
Kg3 Rxe4 78. Kxh3 Kd6 79. Nf3 Rb4 80. Kg3 Ke7 81. Ng5 Nd4 82. Ra6 Nf5+ 83. Kf2
Rf4+ 84. Ke2 Nd6 85. Ke3 Rf5 86. Nf3 Rf6 87. Ra7+ Kf8 88. Ng5 Rf5 89. Ne6+ Kg8
90. Rg7+ Kh8 91. Rxg6 Kh7 92. Rg7+ Kh6 93. Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 d4 12. e4 Na6 13. O-O Nc5 14. Nb3
Be6 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. a3 a5 18. h3 Qb6 19. Qe2 Be7 20. Be5 Rfe8 21.
Qd2 Bf8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Bg3 Bd7 24. e5 g6 25. f4 Bb5 26. f5 gxf5 27. Rxf5
Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Bg7 29. Rg5 Qxb2 30. Kh2 Re6 31. Qc4 Qc3 32. Qd5 Qxa3 33. Qxd4
Qe7 34. Rf5 Qe8 35. Qa7 b6 36. Rg5 h6 37. Rg4 Kh7 38. Qb7 Qe7 39. Qe4+ Rg6 40.
Rxg6 fxg6 41. Qd5 a4 42. e6 Bf8 43. Qd7 a3 44. Qd5 b5 45. Be5 b4 46. Kh1 Bg7
47. Bd6 Qa7 48. Bc5 a2 49. Bxa7 a1=Q+ 50. Bg1 Qe1 51. Qd7 b3 52. e7 b2 53. e8=Q
Qxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. d4 Nc6 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bf5 14.
Bd3 Be4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qg4 Bf6 17. Qxe4 Qa6+ 18. Kg1 Rfe8 19. Qf4 Bxd4 20.
Qxd4 Rad8 21. Qb2 Rd5 22. h4 Red8 23. Rh3 Rd2 24. Qe5 R2d5 25. Qf4 h5 26. Rf3
Qe6 27. Rc1 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kh2 Rd2 30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. Qxb7 f6 32. Qxa7
Qe5+ 33. Rg3 f5 34. f4 Qa1 35. Qf7 Rd1 36. Qxf5+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ Kh7 38. Qg6+ Kg8
39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qxh5+ Kg8 41. Rf3 Rh1+ 42. Kg3 Qe1+ 43. Kg4 Qe2 44. g3 Rf1 45.
Qd5+ Kh7 46. b4 Rg1 47. b5 Qg2 48. b6 Rh1 49. b7 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2861"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 cxd5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Nd4 Qd7 14.
Qd3 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. c4 Rae8 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20.
Nxb5 a6 21. Nd4 g6 22. f3 Nd6 23. Rf2 Nb5 24. Nc2 h5 25. Rfd2 Kg7 26. Nb4 Re6
27. a4 Na7 28. Nd5 Rc6 29. Kf2 Rb8 30. Re1 Rd6 31. Red1 Rbd8 32. Ke1 Re8+ 33.
Re2 Red8 34. Ne3 Nc6 35. Rxd6 Rxd6 36. Rd2 Re6 37. Kf2 Ne5 38. b3 Rb6 39. f4
Nc6 40. Rd3 Na5 41. Nd5 Rxb3 42. Rxb3 Nxb3 43. Nxc7 Nc5 44. a5 Nb7 45. Nxa6
Nxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nh3 c6 8. O-O
a5 9. Nf4 Na6 10. f3 c5 11. Be3 c4 12. Kh1 Re8 13. Bf2 Bb4 14. g4 h6 15. h4 Nc7
16. a4 Ra6 17. Qc2 Ne6 18. Nh3 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nf8 20. Rae1 Rae6 21. h5 Qc7 22.
e3 Bd7 23. Nf4 Rb6 24. Rb1 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Bc6 26. Kg1 Qd7 27. Qb2 N8h7 28. Qb6
Ra8 29. Nh3 Bxa4 30. Bg3 Bb3 31. Qc5 a4 32. Qa3 Qe6 33. Kf2 Re8 34. Re1 Ng5 35.
Nxg5 hxg5 36. Bd6 Qd7 37. Bc5 Re6 38. Re2 Ne8 39. Re1 Nc7 40. e4 b6 41. Bb4 Na6
42. e5 Nxb4 43. Qxb4 f6 44. exf6 gxf6 45. Rxe6 Qxe6 46. Qb5 Kg7 47. f4 Qxg4 48.
Qe8 gxf4 49. Qe7+ Kh8 50. Qxf6+ Qg7 51. Qd8+ Kh7 52. Bxd5 Qg3+ 53. Ke2 Qd3+ 54.
Kf2 Qg3+ 55. Ke2 Qd3+ 56. Kf2 Qd2+ 57. Kf1 Qc1+ 58. Kf2 Qd2+ 59. Kf1 Qd3+ 60.
Kf2 Qe3+ 61. Kg2 Bc2 62. Qg8+ Kh6 63. Bf3 Qe7 64. Qxc4 a3 65. Qc6+ Kg7 66. Qa8
Bb3 67. h6+ Kxh6 68. Qh8+ Kg6 69. Bh5+ Kf5 70. Bf3 a2 71. Qh5+ Ke6 72. Qe5+ Kd7
73. Bg4+ Ke8 74. Bh5+ Bf7 75. Qb8+ Kd7 76. Qb7+ Ke6 77. Qxb6+ Kf5 78. Qa5+ Ke4
79. Bf3+ Kd3 80. Qa6+ Kd2 81. Kf2 Qe3+ 82. Kg2 Qe1 83. Be4 Qxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bf1 e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Qxd8 Rfxd8 13. Bf4 Nd5 14. Nxd5
Rxd5 15. c3 c5 16. Ng5 Bf5 17. Rad1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 h6 19. Nf3 Be6 20. Be5 Bg4
21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Be2 Re8 23. Kf1 b6 24. h3 Be6 25. b3 Nc6 26. Bb5 Rc8 27. Rd2
Rc7 28. Rd6 Ne7 29. Ne5 Nd5 30. Bc4 Nxc3 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Rxe6 Nxa2 33. Rxg6+
Kh7 34. f4 Nc1 35. Rg3 a5 36. f5 Re7 37. Nc4 Re4 38. Rf3 Nxb3 39. Rxb3 Rxc4 40.
Rxb6 Rf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. g3 Nc6 8. Be3
O-O 9. Bg2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. O-O a6 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd7
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. c3 Re8 17. Qd4+ Kg8 18. Re2 Qb6 19. Qh4 Ne5 20. Kh2 Kg7 21.
Rd1 Rc4 22. Qg5 h6 23. Qd2 Rc7 24. Rde1 Qb5 25. f4 Nc4 26. Qd4+ Kg8 27. b3 Nb6
28. c4 Qa5 29. f5 g5 30. f6 Nd7 31. fxe7 Ne5 32. c5 Ng6 33. cxd6 Rd7 34. Qf6
Qb6 35. Rf1 Nh8 36. Re6 fxe6 37. Qf8+ Rxf8 38. exf8=Q+ Kh7 39. Be4+ Ng6 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4
b4 9. Nfd2 c6 10. Nxc4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. Be3 Qh5 13. Nbd2 Ng4 14. Nf3 Nxe3
15. Nxe3 a5 16. Nc4 Ba6 17. Nfe5 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Ra7 19. Rac1 Qc5 20. Qe4 Rc7 21.
Ne5 Qa7 22. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Be6 7. c5 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7
9. O-O O-O 10. b4 Bc8 11. f4 Ne8 12. Qe1 a5 13. Na4 axb4 14. Nb6 Ra7 15. Qxb4
Na6 16. Qc3 Nf6 17. Nxc8 Qxc8 18. Rb1 Nc7 19. Qc2 Ne4 20. Nf3 Qd7 21. a3 Rfa8
22. Rb3 f5 23. Bb2 Ne6 24. Rb1 Nd8 25. Bc1 Bf6 26. g3 Kg7 27. Qg2 Ra4 28. h3 h5
29. g4 fxg4 30. hxg4 Qxg4 31. Qxg4 hxg4 32. Bxe4 gxf3 33. Bxf3 g5 34. f5 Kf8
35. Kf2 Ke8 36. Ke2 Kd7 37. Kd3 Kc7 38. Bh5 R4a7 39. Bb2 Ra6 40. Kc2 b6 41.
cxb6+ Rxb6 42. Rxb6 Kxb6 43. Bc3+ Kc7 44. Ra1 Nb7 45. a4 Nd6 46. Bg4 Nc4 47.
Kd3 c5 48. Bf3 cxd4 49. Bxd4 Ne5+ 50. Bxe5+ Bxe5 51. Ra2 Kd6 52. a5 Ra7 53. a6
Kc5 54. e4 d4 55. Ra5+ 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. d3 d6
9. Rb1 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Qc2 Bh3 15. Ra1
Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qe6 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Ra1 Rxa1 19. Bxa1 c6 20. e4 Nd7 21. Bb2 f5
22. Ba3 Bf8 23. Ne2 g5 24. exf5 Nxf5 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. h3 Nf6 27. Nc3 Ne7 28.
Qa4 c5 29. Qa6 Kf7 30. Nb5 Ng6 31. Nd2 Qd7 32. Qa8 d5 33. Nb3 dxc4 34. dxc4 Qd3
35. Nxc5 Qxc4 36. Qb7+ Kg8 37. Qc6 Qd5+ 38. Qxd5+ Nxd5 39. Ne4 Bxa3 40. Nxa3
Kf7 41. Kf3 Nge7 42. Nc4 Nc6 43. Nc5 Nf6 44. Ke3 h5 45. Ne4 Nd5+ 46. Kf3 Kg6
47. Ned6 Nf6 48. Ke3 h4 49. gxh4 gxh4 50. Ne4 Nd5+ 51. Kf3 Kh5 52. Nc5 Nf6 53.
Ke3 Kg5 54. Ne4+ Kf5 55. Nxf6 Kxf6 56. Ke4 Ke6 57. Kf3 Kd5 58. Ne3+ Kd4 59. Kg4
Ke4 60. Ng2 Kd3 61. Kxh4 Nd4 62. Ne3 Ke4 63. Kg4 Nf3 64. Nf1 Ne1 65. h4 Nd3 66.
f3+ Kd5 67. Kf5 Kd6 68. h5 Ke7 69. Ne3 Ne1 70. Ke4 Kf6 71. Nf5 Nxf3 72. Kxf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bb3
Nge7 9. O-O d6 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. h3 h6 14. Re1 g5 15. e5
dxe5 16. Nxe5 b4 17. Na4 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Be4 Be6 20. Nxc5 Bxe5 21. Bxd5
Bxd5 22. Rxe5 Rfd8 23. Re1 b3 24. Bd2 Nc4 25. Bc3 bxa2 26. Rxa2 Rac8 27. Rxa6
Rxc5 28. Rxh6 f6 29. Bxf6 Rd7 30. Rh8+ Kf7 31. Rh7+ Kxf6 32. Rxd7 Be6 33. Rb7
Ne5 34. Rb6 Kf5 35. b4 Rd5 36. Rb8 Nd7 37. Rd8 Rb5 38. Re8 Rb6 39. Re7 Ne5 40.
Rb1 Nc6 41. Re8 Rxb4 42. Ra1 Nd4 43. Rf8+ Kg6 44. Re1 Kg7 45. Ra8 Kf6 46. Ra6
Kf5 47. Kh2 Rb2 48. Ra5+ Kf6 49. Re4 Nc6 50. Rc5 Rb6 51. h4 gxh4 52. Rxh4 Ne7
53. Rf4+ Kg7 54. Re4 Kf6 55. Re3 Nf5 56. Re2 Ne7 57. f3 Ng6 58. Rd2 Ne5 59. Kg3
Nf7 60. Ra5 Rc6 61. Rd4 Rb6 62. Kh4 Nh6 63. g4 Nf7 64. Rf4+ Kg7 65. Kg3 Rb1 66.
Re4 Rb6 67. f4 Bb3 68. Re7 Kf8 69. Rc7 Bd1 70. Rf5 Bb3 71. g5 Kg7 72. Ra5 Rd6
73. f5 Rd3+ 74. Kf4 Rd4+ 75. Ke3 Rc4 76. Rb7 Rc3+ 77. Kd4 Rg3 78. g6 Rg4+ 79.
Ke3 Rg1 80. Raa7 Bd5 81. Rxf7+ Bxf7 82. Rxf7+ Kg8 83. Kf4 Rf1+ 84. Kg5 Rg1+ 85.
Kf6 Ra1 86. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O
O-O 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Bf8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd5 Bg6 13. a3 Bd6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6
15. b4 a6 16. Qb3 Qe6 17. Qc3 h6 18. Rad1 Kh8 19. c5 Bf8 20. Bc4 Qe7 21. Bd5 f6
22. Qc4 Bh7 23. e4 Nd8 24. Qe2 c6 25. Bc4 Ne6 26. Qe3 Rad8 27. Nh4 Nd4 28. Nf3
Nxf3+ 29. Qxf3 a5 30. h4 axb4 31. axb4 b6 32. Rc1 bxc5 33. bxc5 Qa7 34. Ba3 Rd4
35. Rfe1 Rb8 36. h5 Qa4 37. Bf7 Bxe4 38. Qg3 Bxg2 39. Rb1 Rxb1 40. Rxb1 Be4 41.
Re1 Bd5 42. Bxd5 Rg4 43. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 44. Bg2 Qc4 45. Bxc6 Bxc5 46. Bxc5 Qxc5 47.
Be4 Qb4 48. Re3 Kg8 49. Bg6 Kf8 50. Re4 Qb5 51. Re1 Ke7 52. Rc1 Qb7 53. Rb1 Qd7
54. Be4 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Abidjan GCT blitz"]
[Site "Abidjan"]
[Date "2019.05.12"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2861"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IVO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Rc1
Rd8 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. a3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5
15. Ne4 Bd7 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. O-O Rac8 18. Qb1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 g6 20. Be4 Bb5
21. Qc2 b6 22. g3 Qe5 23. Bf3 a5 24. h4 h6 25. Qc7 Qxc7 26. Rxc7 Rd6 27. Rb7
Kg7 28. Kg2 Kf6 29. g4 g5 30. hxg5+ hxg5 31. Kg3 a4 32. Bg2 Bc4 33. Be4 b5 34.
f4 e5 35. Rc7 exf4+ 36. exf4 Rd2 37. Rc6+ Kg7 38. fxg5 Rxb2 39. g6 Rb3+ 40. Kf4
Rxa3 41. gxf7 Ra1 42. Rc8 Bxf7 43. Rc7 a3 44. Kg5 Rd1 45. Bc2 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4
b4 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Nxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Be4 12. Qd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. O-O Nd5 11. Ne3 Nc6 12. N3xc4 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bd4 14. Nd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e3 c5 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Rfd1 Qb6 13. Nf3 Rfd8 14. e4 Be8
15. e5 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Rd6 Qa5 18. Rad1 Nf5 19. R6d2 Nf8 20. Bd3 Bc6 21.
Be4 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Rc8 23. h4 a6 24. h5 b5 25. a3 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Qb6 27. Kh2 Qa7
28. Qd3 Rc7 29. Ne4 Rd7 30. Nd6 Qb6 31. g4 Nxd6 32. exd6 f6 33. Nh4 Kf7 34. f4
Ke8 35. f5 e5 36. Qd5 Qe3 37. Ng6 Nxg6 38. hxg6 Qf4+ 39. Kh3 Qf1+ 40. Kh4 Qe1+
41. Kh5 1-0

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 d4 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. O-O dxe3 14.
Bxe3 h6 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Rc8 18. Bf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qa5 20. Qd7
Rc7 21. Qh3 Re8 22. Rad1 Bf8 23. Bf4 Rce7 24. a3 Qb5 25. b4 a5 26. Bd6 Re6 27.
Bxf8 Rxf8 28. bxa5 Qxa5 29. Rd7 Rf6 30. Rxb7 Qxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. O-O d4 11. Na4 O-O 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. e3 d3
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. a3 Be6 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Rc3 Ne5 19. Nd4 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Qc7 21.
Qd2 Bd7 22. Re1 Rc8 23. Rc1 Qc5 24. f4 Nc4 25. Qxd3 Qxa3 26. Rb1 Nd6 27. Ne2
Bf5 28. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4
b4 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Nxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Be4 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Nfe5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
Bxc5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. b3 Nb6 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Nxb6 Bxb6 19. a5 Bd4 20. Ra4
a6 21. Rxb4 Bc3 22. Rc4 Bxa5 23. b4 Bb6 24. Bf4 h6 25. Rc6 Bd4 26. Bc7 Rd5 27.
Rd1 Rc8 28. Rdc1 Bf6 29. Bd6 Rd8 30. Bc7 Rc8 31. Bd6 Rd8 32. Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{EIN KOMPLEXES ENDSPIEL (Kaleidoskop der Transformationen, Grenzbereiche der
praktischen Partie und Analyse)} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5.
cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. d3 Nd4 12.
e3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 c6 14. Rfd1 Qg5 15. h4 Qg4 16. Ne4 Qxf3 17. Bxf3 a5 18. Nc5
a4 19. d4 axb3 20. axb3 Ra2 21. Bc3 Nd5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Nd3 Bg4 24. Rd2 Rxd2
25. Bxd2 exd4 26. exd4 Bf5 27. Nc5 Re2 28. Be3 Rb2 29. Nxb7 Rxb3 30. Nc5 Rb4
31. Ra1 f6 32. Ra8 $6 (32. f3 h5 33. Ra8 $11) 32... Kf7 {[#] In dieser
ausgeglichenen Situation beginnen die Probleme des Anziehenden, indem sein
Turm sich im feindlichen Lager verirrt.} 33. Rd8 $2 ({Zu optimistisch, besser
war das prophylaktische} 33. f3 $142 {- aus Respekt vor dem gegnerischen
Läuferpaar bzw. vor der schwächlichen Peripherie um den eigenen König, z.B.:
} h5 (33... Bxc5 34. dxc5 d4 35. Bf4 Rc4 36. Ra7+ Ke6 37. Rxg7 Rxc5 38. Rc7
Rxc7 39. Bxc7 Kd5 40. Bd8 (40. Kf2 $11) 40... Kc4 41. Bxf6 d3 42. Kf2 Kb3 43.
Ke1 Kc2 44. Bg5 $11 Bc8 45. Bd2 Bb7 46. f4 (46. g4 Bxf3) 46... Bc8) (33... Bd6
34. Ra7+ Kg8 35. g4 Bc8 36. Ra8 Rb8 37. Ra7 $11) 34. Rd8 (34. Ra7+) 34... Be7
35. Rxd5 g6 36. Ne4 Rb3 37. Kf2 Bb4 38. Bf4 Rb2+ 39. Ke3 Rb3+ 40. Kf2 Rb2+ $11)
33... Be7 $1 {[#]} 34. Rxd5 $2 {Dieser Bauernfraß kostet unweigerlich die
Qualität (für Läufer plus Bauer). Folgende abwartende Turmzüge - zum Teil
mit dem Thema Türme und ungleichfarbige Läufer - verdienen indes Beachtung:}
({I} 34. Ra8 $6 Bxc5 35. dxc5 d4 36. Ra7+ (36. Bf4 $2 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Be4 38. Ra7+
Kg6 39. g4 h5 $1 $19 40. g5 (40. f3 Rb2+ 41. Kg1 (41. Kg3 Rb3) 41... Bxf3 42.
gxh5+ Kf5 $1)) 36... Ke6 37. Bf4 (37. Bd2 Rb2 38. Bf4 Rb1+ {ist Zugumstellung})
37... Rb1+ 38. Kg2 (38. Kh2 Be4 39. g4 f5 $1 $17) 38... Be4+ 39. f3 $8 Rb2+ 40.
Kg1 Bb7 $1 $17) ({II} 34. Rh8 $142 {mag das geringste Übel sein, wenngleich
der Turm eine Zeitlang eingesperrt werden kann, z.B.} Bf8 (34... Bg4 35. Kg2
Bxc5 36. dxc5 d4 37. Bf4 Rb3 38. Kh2 Bf3 (38... h5 $143 39. c6) 39. g4 Bxg4 (
39... Rc3 $143 40. Rd8 Bxg4 41. Rxd4 Rxc5 42. Be3 Be6 43. Rd7+ Bxd7 44. Bxc5)
40. c6 Rf3 41. Bg3 Rc3 42. c7 Bd7 43. Rb8 d3 44. Rb4 {/\Rd4=/+}) (34... Bxc5
35. dxc5 d4 36. Bf4 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Be4 38. g4 $15) 35. f3 $15 Rb1+ (35... Bc2 36.
g4 Rb2 (36... Bd1 37. g5 Bxf3 38. gxf6 Bxc5 39. dxc5 d4 40. Bg5 gxf6 41. Bxf6)
37. g5 Bf5 38. h5 Rc2 39. gxf6 gxf6 40. h6 $15) (35... Rb2 36. g4 Bc2 37. g5
Bf5 {ist Zugumstellung zu 45...Bc2/37...Bf5}) 36. Kg2 Rb2+ 37. Bf2 Ra2 $5 38.
g4 Bc2 39. h5 h6 40. Nd7 Bd6 41. Rc8 Bb3 42. Rc6 Bf4 43. Nc5 Bc4 44. Re6 $15 {
und es scheint, dass die Verteidigung standhält.}) 34... Bc8 $1 {[#]
Offenbart das Dilemma des Weißen, der nun unter seiner anfälligen
Königsstellung als auch unter seinem eingeklemmten Turm schwer laboriert:} 35.
Kf1 {[#]} ({I} 35. f3 Rb5 $1 36. g4 g6 37. g5 Be6 38. gxf6 Bxd5 39. fxe7 Kxe7
$17) ({II} 35. g4 Rb5 $1 ({Hier ist} 35... Bxg4 $5 {eine interessante
Alternative zum Qualitätsgewinn:} 36. Nd3 Ra4 $17) 36. f3 g6 37. g5 Be6 38.
gxf6 Bxd5 39. fxe7 Kxe7 $17) ({III} 35. Nd3 $2 Rb1+ 36. Nc1 (36. Kh2 Bb7 $19)
36... Ba3 37. Rc5 Bxc5 38. dxc5 Ba6 $19 {mit für Schwarz technischer
Gewinnstellung}) 35... Rb5 $1 36. Ke2 (36. Ke1 Be6 37. Rh5 Bg4 38. Rd5 (38.
Rxh7 Kg8 $19) 38... g6 39. Kd2 Be6 40. Nxe6 Rxd5 41. Nf4 Ra5 $17) 36... Be6 37.
Nxe6 (37. Rh5 $4 Bg4+) 37... Rxd5 $17 38. Nc5 {[#]} (38. Nf4 Ra5 $17) 38... f5
({Die vereinfachende Abwicklung} 38... Bxc5 $142 39. dxc5 Ke6 {nebst
geduldiger Einschnürung kam m. E. auch in Betracht, z.B.} 40. Kf3 (40. g4 h5)
40... h5 {Dieser bekannte Endspieltyp, in dem Weiß eine Lockerung seiner
Struktur tunlichst vermeiden muss und zur Passivität verurteilt ist, bietet
Schwarz freilich gute Gewinnchancen. Ob die Stellung allerdings bei bester
Behandlung tatsächlich gewonnen ist, scheint nicht klar zu sein. Und dies
dürfte auch der Grund dafür sein, warum sich Nakamura mit mehr Holz auf dem
Brett bessere praktische Chancen ausgerechnet hat und auch im Folgenden den
Läufer-/Springertausch verschmäht. Die anschließenden sehr gehaltvollen, am
Turnierbrett mitunter kaum zu überblickenden Kampfhandlungen, bei denen
etliche knifflige Entscheidungen zu treffen sind und Weiß zu böser Letzt dem
andauernden Druck erliegt, werfen diverse interessante Fragen auf.}) 39. Nd3
Bd6 40. Kf3 Bc7 41. Nf4 Ra5 42. Ne2 Ra3 43. Nf4 Rb3 44. Nd5 Bb8 45. Nf4 Ba7 46.
Ke2 Ra3 47. Nd3 Ke6 48. Nf4+ Kd6 49. Nh5 $6 ({Genauer war} 49. Nh3 $142 {
, um die gegnerischen Bauernstruktur zu lockern, z.B.} Bb6 50. Ng5 h6 51. Nh3
Kd5 52. Nf4+ Kc4 53. Ne6 Ra7 54. h5 {, und hier hat Weiß größere
Überlebenschancen als in der Partie:} Re7 55. Nc5 Kd5 (55... Bxc5 $2 56. dxc5
Kd5 57. Kf3 Re4 58. Bf4 Kxc5 59. g4 Kd5 60. gxf5 $11) 56. Kf3 Kc4 57. Kf4 (57.
Kf4 Rf7 58. Ne6)) 49... g6 50. Nf4 Bb6 51. Kd2 Kc6 (51... Bd8 $142 52. Ke2 Bf6)
52. Ke2 Kd6 53. Kd2 Bd8 54. Ke2 Bf6 {Womit Schwarz sich effizient aufgestellt
hat. Nun soll durch den Einsatz seines Königs via c6-b5-c4 die Verteidigung
in die Zange genommen werden.} 55. Kd2 Kc6 56. Ke2 Kb5 {[#] Die Lage spitzt
sich zu, und guter Rat ist teuer für Weiß.} 57. h5 $2 {ein schlechter Moment
für diesen Hebel} ({I} 57. d5 $2 Kc4 58. d6 Ra6 59. Ne6 Be7 $3 (59... Rxd6 $2
60. Nf8) 60. dxe7 Rxe6 61. Kf3 Rxe7 $19 {mit technischer Gewinnstellung}) ({
II Indes nach} 57. Nd5 $5 {und z.B.} Bg7 58. Nf4 Kc4 59. h5 gxh5 60. Nxh5 Bxd4
61. Kf3 $15 {ist nicht zu erkennen, dass Schwarz (trotz glattem Qualitätsplus)
siegen kann:} ({auch} 61. Nf4 $15) 61... Be5 62. Nf4 Rb3 63. Ne6 Kd5 64. Nf4+
Kd6 65. Nh3 Ke7 66. Nf4 Bd4 67. Nd5+ Ke6 68. Nf4+ Ke5 69. Ne2 Bxe3 70. fxe3 {
und der Angreifer beißt auf Eisen.}) 57... g5 $1 58. Nd5 Bd8 59. Bd2 Ra7 $2 ({
Wahrscheinlich verpasste Schwarz hier mit} 59... Kc6 $142 $1 {und z.B.} 60. Ne3
(60. Nb4+ Kd6 61. Nc2 Rb3 $19) 60... f4 61. gxf4 gxf4 62. Nc2 (62. Nc4 f3+ $19)
62... f3+ $19 {(jeweils) eine technische Gewinnstellung -} 63. Kd1 Ra4 64. Ne1
Rxd4 65. Nxf3 Rd5 $1 66. h6 (66. Ke2 Rxh5) 66... Ba5 67. Ke2 Bxd2 68. Nxd2 Rh5)
60. Kd3 $2 ({Alternativen: I} 60. f4 $2 g4 61. Ne3 Bb6 $1 62. Bc3 (62. Nxf5
$143 Kc4 $1 63. Ne3+ Kxd4 64. Nxg4 Ra2 $1 $19 65. Ne5 Ke4) 62... Ra3 63. Bd2
Kc6 64. Nxf5 Kd5 65. Ne3+ Ke4 66. Nxg4 Ra2 $1 67. Ne3 (67. Nf6+ Kxd4 $19 68.
Nxh7 Ba5) 67... Bxd4 68. Nd1 Kf5 $19) ({II} 60. Ne3 $1 {ist jedoch erstaunlich
resistent:} Ra2 (60... Rf7 61. Kd3 f4 62. Nc4 fxg3 (62... Bc7 63. gxf4 gxf4 (
63... Bxf4 64. Be3) 64. Ne5 (64. Bc1 Rd7 65. h6 Re7 (65... Rd5 66. Ne5 $1 Bxe5
67. Ke4 Rxd4+ 68. Kxe5 $11) 66. Ne5) 64... Bxe5 65. dxe5 Rd7+ 66. Ke2 f3+ 67.
Ke3 Kc4 68. Bc1 Kd5 69. Kxf3 Kxe5 70. Be3 Rd1 71. Kg4 Rg1+ 72. Kf3 Kf5 73. Bd2
Rh1 74. Kg3 Rxh5 75. Be3 $11 {mit Remisstellung}) 63. Nd6+ Ka6 64. fxg3 Rf3+
65. Ke4 Rxg3 66. Nf7 Bf6 67. d5 $11) (60... f4 {verpufft hier nach} 61. gxf4
gxf4 62. Nf5 Ra2 63. Kd3 Kc6 (63... Bc7 64. f3) 64. Bxf4 Rxf2 65. Ke4 $15) 61.
Nxf5 Ba5 62. Nd6+ Kc6 63. Nc4 Bxd2 64. Nxd2 Kd5 65. Ke3 Ra3+ 66. Ke2 g4 67. f3
Ke6 68. h6 Kd5 69. fxg4 Rxg3 70. Nf1 Ra3 71. Nd2 Kxd4 72. Nf3+ Kd5 73. Ng5 Ra7
74. Kf3 Ke5 75. Kg3 Kf6 76. Nf3 Kg6 77. Ne5+ Kxh6 $11 {mit Remisstellung})
60... Rd7 $2 (60... Ra3+ $142 $1 61. Ke2 Kc6 $1 {(-+) ist Zugumstellung zur
obigen Anmerkung mit 59...Kc6!}) 61. Ne3 Rf7 62. Nc4 Rf8 63. Ne5 $5 (63. f4 $5
g4 64. Ne3 Rf7 65. Bc3) 63... Be7 64. f3 Ra8 {[#]} 65. Nf7 $2 ({Nicht der
letzte Fehler in diesem komplexen, schwierigen Endspiel. Allem Anschein nach
hätte sich Weiß nach} 65. Nc4 $142 $1 {und z.B.} Ra4 66. Ne3 Ra3+ 67. Ke2 f4
68. gxf4 gxf4 69. Nf5 Bg5 70. Nd6+ Kc6 71. Ne4 h6 (71... Bh6 72. Nf6 Ra7 73.
Kd3) 72. Nc3 Ra1 (72... Kd7 73. Kd3 Ra1 74. Ne4 Rh1 75. Nxg5 hxg5 76. Ke4 $11)
73. Kd3 {behaupten können.}) 65... Ra3+ 66. Ke2 Kc4 67. Bxg5 Bb4 $2 ({
Übersieht ein geschicktes Springermanöver, während die Abwicklung} 67...
Kxd4 $142 $1 {nach} 68. Bxe7 Re3+ 69. Kf2 Rxe7 70. Nh6 Ke5 71. f4+ Ke6 $1 $19 {
der direkte Weg zu einer technischen Gewinnstellung gewesen wäre.}) 68. Ne5+
$1 Kd5 (68... Kxd4 $4 69. Nc6+ Kc4 70. Nxb4 $18 Kxb4 71. Be7+) 69. Nd3 $2 ({
Der letzte, entscheidende Fauxpas. Nach} 69. g4 $142 $1 {und z.B.} fxg4 70.
Nxg4 Kxd4 71. f4 Ra7 72. Nf6 Rf7 73. Kf3 $15 {hätte Weiß gute
Rettungschancen gehabt und weiterhin hartnäckigen Widerstand leisten können.}
) 69... Ra2+ 70. Kf1 Bd2 71. Bf6 ({Oder z.B.} 71. Nf4+ Kxd4 72. Ne6+ Kd3 73.
Nc5+ (73. h6 Be3) 73... Kc3 74. Bf6+ (74. Ne6 h6 75. Be7 (75. Bxd2+ $143 Kxd2)
75... Be3 $19) 74... Kc4 75. Nd7 Be3 $19) 71... Kc4 72. Ne5+ Kxd4 $19 {[#] Der
Rest ist Agonie.} 73. g4 ({Andere Schlussbeispiele: I} 73. Nf7+ Ke3 74. Ne5 Rc2
75. Bg7 (75. Bg5+ Kd4 76. Bf6 Be3 77. Ng4+ Kd3 78. Ne5+ Kd2 79. h6 Kd1 $19)
75... Ba5 76. Bh6+ Kd4 77. Nf7 Bc7 78. g4 fxg4 79. fxg4 Kd3 $19) ({II} 73. Bg7
Kd5 74. Nd3 Ke6 75. Bd4 Rc2 $1 76. Bf2 (76. Bg7 Be3 $19) (76. Ne1 Bxe1 77. Kxe1
Rh2 $19) 76... Kf6 $19) 73... Bf4 74. Ng6+ Ke3 75. Nh4 fxg4 76. fxg4 h6 77. Kg1
Bh2+ 78. Kf1 Rf2+ 79. Ke1 Rxf6 0-1

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bxc3 6. bxc3 O-O 7. O-O e4 8.
Nd4 Ne5 9. d3 c5 10. Nc2 exd3 11. exd3 d5 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. Be3 Bg4 14. f3 Bf5
15. Bxc5 dxc4 16. Bxf8 Nxf8 17. Rf2 Bxd3 18. Bf1 Ne6 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Ne1 Nc5
21. Rd2 Nd5 22. Nxd3 Nxc3 23. Qe1 Nxd3 24. Qe3 Qf6 25. Qxd3 b5 26. Re1 h5 27.
a3 a5 28. Qd4 Qxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Rb8 30. Re7 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. Rdd7 Rf8 33. Rb7
Nd5 34. Red7 Nf6 35. Rd2 Rc8 36. Rxb4 Rc3 37. Kg2 g6 38. h3 Kg7 39. Rb7 Ra3 40.
h4 Ra4 41. Kf2 Rc4 42. Ra2 Ng8 43. Rba7 Nh6 44. R7a4 Rc3 45. R4a3 Rc4 46. Ra4
Rc3 47. R4a3 Rc4 48. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 cxb6 14. Bd5 Qc7 15.
Qc4 Bb7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Rxa6 Qb7 18. Ra3 b5 19. Qb3 Rac8 20. Qa2 Bb6 21. b4
d5 22. Qc2 Re6 23. Nh4 Nh5 24. Nb3 dxe4 25. dxe4 Nf6 26. Nd2 Rd8 27. Nhf3 Rc8
28. Bb2 Qe7 29. c4 bxc4 30. Qxc4 Nh5 31. Nf1 Nf4 32. Ng3 Qe8 33. Rc1 Rd8 34.
Qc2 Bb5 35. Rd1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4
b4 9. Nfd2 c6 10. Nxc4 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. Be3 Qh5 13. Nbd2 Ng4 14. Nf3 Nxe3
15. Nxe3 a5 16. Nd4 Ba6 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Bf3 Qg6 19. Be4 Qh5 20. Bf3 Qg6 21.
Be4 Qh5 22. Kg2 Ra7 23. h4 g6 24. f4 Qh6 25. Nb3 Kh8 26. Bd3 Bb7 27. Nc4 c5+
28. Be4 Ba6 29. Nbxa5 Qf8 30. Bf3 Rd8 31. h5 Bf6 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Rd1 Rd7 34.
Rxd7 Nxd7 35. h6 Nb6 36. Ne5 Bxe5 37. Nc6 Nc4 38. Nxd8 Ne3+ 39. Kf2 Nxc2 40.
Nxf7+ Kg8 41. Nxe5 c4 42. Bg4 Nd4 43. Ke1 Kf8 44. Kd1 Ke7 45. e3 Nb3 46. Nc6+
Kf6 47. Nxb4 Bb7 48. Be2 Na5 49. Kd2 Nb3+ 50. Kc3 Nc5 51. a5 Ne4+ 52. Kxc4 Nxg3
53. Bd3 g5 54. fxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Potapova, Margarita"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "3205"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 a5 7. Be3 Na6 8. Qd2 e5
9. d5 Nd7 10. g4 Ndc5 11. Rg1 Kh8 12. O-O-O Nb4 13. Kb1 Qe7 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15.
a3 Na6 16. Bd3 Nb8 17. h4 Nd7 18. h5 Kg8 19. Rg2 Nf6 20. Rdg1 Ne8 21. Ne2 Nd6
22. Ng3 Bxg4 23. Nh2 Bh3 24. h6 Bf6 25. Nf5 Nxf5 26. exf5 Bxg2 27. fxg6 e4 28.
Rxg2 fxg6 29. Bc2 Bd4 30. Ng4 Ra6 31. Ne3 Rb6 32. b3 a4 33. b4 Bxe3 34. Qxe3
cxb4 35. c5 Rb5 36. Qd4 bxa3+ 37. Kc1 a2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "3198"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. d4 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O a5
9. a3 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 d6 14. Rfd1 Ra6 15.
Rd2 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Qb2+ Nf6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Bxf3 21.
Bxf3 cxb4 22. Qxb4 Qc7 23. h4 Rb8 24. Qc3 Qc5 25. g4 h6 26. Kg2 Ra3 27. Qd4
Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Rc3 29. Be2 Rb2 30. R4d2 Rcc2 31. Rxc2 Rxc2 32. Kf1 d5 33. g5
hxg5 34. hxg5 Ne4 35. cxd5 exd5 36. Rd4 Nxg5 37. Rxd5 Ne6 38. Rd6 Rc5 39. Bg4
Kf6 40. Ra6 Ke7 41. Ke2 Rc2+ 42. Kf3 Rb2 43. Kg3 Ng5 44. f3 Nh7 45. Ra7+ Kf8
46. Kf4 Nf6 47. Bc8 Rb3 48. Bb7 Nh5+ 49. Ke4 Ng3+ 50. Kf4 Ne2+ 51. Ke4 f5+ 52.
Ke5 Rxe3+ 53. Kf6 Nf4 54. Kg5 Re7 55. Kxf4 Kg7 56. Kg5 Rf7 57. f4 Re7 58. Kh4
Kh6 59. Kg3 Kg7 60. Kf2 Kh6 61. Kg3 Kg7 62. Kh3 Kh6 63. Kh4 Rd7 64. Kh3 Rc7 65.
Kg3 Re7 66. Kf2 Kg7 67. Kf3 Kh6 68. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anisimov, Pavel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "3199"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. d4 b6 2. Bf4 Bb7 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. h3 d6 6. Bh2 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. c3
Bg7 9. a4 O-O 10. a5 Qe7 11. a6 Bc6 12. c4 Rad8 13. Be2 Ne4 14. O-O f5 15. Rc1
Ndf6 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Nd2 Ba8 18. Qb3 c5 19. Rfe1 g5 20. Qd1 Bc6 21. Nb1 e5
22. Nc3 f4 23. d5 Bd7 24. Bd3 f3 25. Qxf3 g4 26. Qg3 Nh5 27. Qxg4 Bxg4 28. hxg4
e4 29. Nxe4 Nf6 30. Ng5 Nxg4 31. Bf4 Bh6 32. Ne6 Bxf4 33. Nxf4 Qh4 34. Rc2 Rxf4
35. exf4 Qh2+ 36. Kf1 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Re8+ 38. Kf3 Nh2+ 39. Kg3 Rxe1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mitrabha, Guha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "3200"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. c4 Ne4 8. Qc2
e6 9. Nfd2 Nd6 10. Bxb7 Nxb7 11. O-O d6 12. e3 Nd7 13. Nc3 c6 14. Rad1 Re8 15.
Nf3 Qf6 16. Kg2 Rac8 17. e4 h6 18. Rfe1 Qd8 19. e5 d5 20. h4 h5 21. Bc1 Nf8 22.
Bg5 Qd7 23. Qd2 Na5 24. Qf4 Nh7 25. c5 bxc5 26. dxc5 Nb7 27. Ne4 Nxg5 28. hxg5
Qc7 29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. b4 Red8 31. Nd4 Ke7 32. Rd3 a5 33. a3 Ra8 34. Rf3 Rf8 35.
Nh7 axb4 36. axb4 Nd8 37. Nxf8 Kxf8 38. g4 hxg4 39. Qxg4 Ke7 40. Qf4 Ra4 41.
Rb3 Qa7 42. Ree3 Ra1 43. b5 cxb5 44. Rxb5 Qa2 45. Rf3 Qa6 46. c6 Qa4 47. c7 Qc4
48. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Drygalov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "3202"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 a6 11. Qc2 b5 12. O-O Rb8 13. Rfc1 Qb6 14. Rab1 Qb7
15. a4 Rfc8 16. axb5 axb5 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Qe2 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 e6 20. Bc3 Bf8
21. Ba5 Bd6 22. b4 Ne4 23. Qc2 Bf8 24. Qb1 Bd6 25. Rc2 Ndf6 26. Ne5 Rc8 27. f3
Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Ng3 29. Kf2 Nf5 30. Qc6 Qb8 31. f4 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Ne4+ 33. Ke2
Nfg3+ 34. Ke1 Qf8 35. Bxb5 Qh6 36. Qc1 Qh4 37. Kd1 Qh5+ 38. Kc2 Qf5 39. Kb3 Qf2
40. Bd3 Nd2+ 41. Ka4 Qxe3 42. Qc2 Nge4 43. Bb6 Qe1 44. Kb5 Qa1 45. Bxe4 Nxe4
46. Kc6 Qa8+ 47. Kc7 Qa6 48. Qc6 Kg7 49. b5 Qa4 50. Bc5 Nc3 51. b6 Nb5+ 52. Kd8
Qa5 53. Ke8 Qa6 54. Bf8+ Kg8 55. Bh6 Nxd4 56. Qc7 Qb5+ 57. Ke7 Nc6+ 58. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2852"]
[BlackElo "3204"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 c5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Nc6 10. e4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Rb1 Qa5 14. Re3 Rfd8
15. d5 Nce5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxb7 Rac8 18. Rb5 Qa6 19. Rb1 e6 20. Qf1 Qxf1+
21. Kxf1 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Bf8 23. Be2 exd5 24. exd5 Rxd5 25. Rb5 Rcc5 26. Rxc5
Rxc5 27. f4 Rc1+ 28. Kg2 Nd7 29. Kf3 Ra1 30. Bc4 Nb6 31. Nc2 Rc1 32. Bb3 Rd1
33. Re8 Kg7 34. Ne3 Rd2 35. Nc4 Nxc4 36. Bxc4 Rxh2 37. Rb8 Rc2 38. Bb3 Rc3+ 39.
Kg2 Rc7 40. Bd5 Rd7 41. Bc4 Bc5 42. a4 Bb6 43. Kf3 h5 44. Re8 Rc7 45. Bd5 Rc5
46. Ke4 Rc3 47. Bxf7 Kxf7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "3205"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 g6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. N2f3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Be2 a6 14. Ne5
Be6 15. Nc6 Qd7 16. Bf3 Rac8 17. Rc1 Nd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nxe7
Rxc1 21. Qd4+ f6 22. Rxc1 Qxe7 23. Qxd5 Rd8 24. Qc6 Rd6 25. Qc8 Qd7 26. Qxd7+
Rxd7 27. g4 Rd2 28. Rc7+ Kh6 29. Rc6 Kg5 30. Rxa6 Kxg4 31. Rxf6 Rxa2 32. Kg2
Ra3 33. Rf4+ Kg5 34. Rb4 Ra5 35. Rd4 Kf5 36. b4 Ra2 37. Rd5+ Kg4 38. Rxb5 Rb2
39. h3+ Kh4 40. Rb8 h5 41. b5 g5 42. b6 Rb5 43. b7 Rb6 44. e4 Rb5 45. e5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.06.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "3007"]
[BlackElo "3210"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Kg7 10. Nbd2 a5 11. h3 Ba7 12. Bb3 Nh7 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Qc2 f5 17. Nf3 Bc5 18. e5 f4 19. Bh2 Bf5 20. Qc3 Bb4 21. Qc4 d5
22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Bxd5 c6 24. Bc4 b5 25. Be2 Rfd8 26. Rfc1 Be4 27. a4 bxa4 28.
Rxa4 Nf8 29. Ne1 Ne6 30. Bf3 Nd4 31. Kf1 Bxf3 32. Nxf3 Nxf3 33. gxf3 c5 34. h4
Rd5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. e6 Kf6 37. Bg1 Kxe6 38. Raa1 Rad8 39. Kg2 Kf5 40. b3 Re8
41. Rab1 Re2 42. Kf1 Red2 43. Kg2 R2d3 44. Bh2 Rc3 45. Rh1 Rdd3 46. Rbe1 Rxb3
47. Re8 c4 48. Bg1 c3 49. Rc8 a4 50. Rh7 a3 51. Rf7+ Ke6 52. Ra7 Rb2 53. Ra6+
Rd6 54. Ra7 a2 55. Re8+ Kd5 56. Rea8 c2 57. Rg8 c1=Q 58. Rxg5+ Kc6 59. Ra6+ Kb7
0-1

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 Re8 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Ne4 16. Nxd5 Nxg5 17. b4 Qd8 18. bxc5 Nde6 19. Qf5 Nxc5 20. h4 Nge6 21.
Nf3 Qa5+ 22. Ke2 f6 23. h5 e4 24. Nd2 Qxa3 25. Rh4 Rad8 26. Nxe4 Qa2+ 27. Ke1
Qa5+ 28. Kf1 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 Qa4 30. Rb1 Ng5 31. Rd4 Nf7 32. Rxb7 Qa6 33. Qb1 Rf8
34. Kg1 Kh8 35. c5 Rc8 36. Nf4 Ne5 37. h6 g6 38. Rd6 Qc4 39. Re6 Rxc5 40. Ree7
1-0

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 O-O 9. Nf3 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. Rb1 Nc6 13. d5 Na5 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 a6 16. Bf4 b5 17. Bc2 Rc8 18. Qe2 Nc4 19. Rbd1 Qb6 20. h4 Rfd8 21. h5
Be5 22. Bc1 Bb2 23. Bf4 Be5 24. Bc1 Bb2 25. Bf4 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Re8 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Ne4 16. Ndxe4 dxe4 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Nxe4 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 f5 20. Nxc5 Nxc5
21. f3 Rac8 22. O-O e4 23. Rd5 Ne6 24. Rxf5 exf3 25. R1xf3 Nxg5 26. Rxg5 Rxc4
27. h3 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Rc2 29. Rb5 b6 30. a4 h6 31. a5 bxa5 32. Rb7 Rf8 33. Kg3 a6
34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Rb6 Kf7 36. Rxa6 Rxb2 37. Rxa5 g5 38. Kf3 Kg6 39. Ra6+ Kg7
40. h4 gxh4 41. Ra4 h3 42. gxh3 Kf6 43. Rf4+ Ke7 44. Rh4 Rb6 45. e4 Kf7 46. Kf4
Rf6+ 47. Ke5 Ra6 48. Rf4+ Ke7 49. Rf5 Ra3 50. h4 Ra1 51. Kf4 Rf1+ 52. Ke3 Re1+
53. Kd3 Rd1+ 54. Ke2 Ra1 55. Rh5 Kf6 56. Kd3 Rd1+ 57. Ke3 Re1+ 58. Kd4 Rd1+ 59.
Kc5 Ke6 60. Kc4 Kf6 61. Rd5 Rh1 62. h5 Ke6 63. Rb5 Rd1 64. Ra5 Rc1+ 65. Kd4
Rd1+ 66. Ke3 Re1+ 67. Kf3 Rf1+ 68. Ke2 Rb1 69. Ra6+ Ke5 70. Rxh6 Kxe4 71. Rh8
Kf5 72. h6 Kg6 73. Kf3 Rb3+ 74. Ke2 Rb2+ 75. Kd3 Rb7 76. h7 Rxh7 77. Rxh7 Kxh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nd2 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Ra7 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Qe2 Bxf3 15.
N2xf3 Rc8 16. Ne5 Qe8 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Rc1 Rc7 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Nd3 Qa5 21.
Ba1 Qc7 22. Qc2 Qxc2 23. Nxc2 Nfd7 24. Kf1 Nc6 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 f5 27. Ke2
Bd6 28. f4 Kf7 29. h3 g6 30. Kd2 Ke7 31. Kc3 Kd8 32. Be5 Be7 33. Kd4 Kc8 34. e4
fxe4 35. Kxe4 Nc5+ 36. Nxc5 Bxc5 37. g4 Kd7 38. f5 gxf5+ 39. gxf5 Ke7 40. a4
bxa4 41. bxa4 Ba3 42. Bd4 Bb4 43. Be5 Ba3 44. Bd4 Bb4 45. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.06.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Na4 Bf5 6. f3 Nb6 7. e4 Nxa4 8.
Qxa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. d5 b6 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Rd2 c6 14. Ne2 e6
15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Qa3 Ne5 17. Nc3 b5 18. Qa6 b4 19. Nd1 Qe7 20. Be2 Rfd8 21.
O-O Bc8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qa4 a5 24. Nf2 Bd7 25. Qd1 Nc6 26. b3 Be8 27. Qxd8
Rxd8 28. Rd1 Bd4 29. Bxd4 Nxd4 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. e5 Bc6 32. Ng4 Ke7 33. Nf6 h5
34. Rc1 Kf8 35. Kf2 a4 36. bxa4 Bxa4 37. Rc7 b3 38. axb3 Bxb3 39. Ke3 Ba4 40.
Bd3 Nc6 41. Nd7+ Ke8 42. Nf6+ Kf8 43. Bc2 Bb5 44. Kf4 Ne7 45. Nh7+ Ke8 46. Nf6+
Kf8 47. Be4 Rc8 48. Ra7 Bc6 49. Kg5 Bxe4 50. Nxe4 Nc6 51. Rb7 Kg7 52. Nd6 Rf8
53. f4 Nd4 54. Rd7 Nf5 55. Nxf5+ gxf5 56. Rd3 Ra8 57. Rg3 f6+ 58. Kxh5+ Kf7 59.
Rg6 fxe5 60. fxe5 Ra5 61. Kh6 Rxe5 62. Rg7+ Kf6 63. Rg6+ Kf7 64. Rg7+ Kf6 65.
Rg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2875"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bd3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 h6 14. Bf4 Bd7 15.
O-O Rac8 16. e4 e5 17. Be3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Rxc4 19. Bxe5 Ba4 20. b3 Nxe4 21. Rd3
Rec8 22. Qb2 Nc5 23. Re3 Bxb3 24. Bxg7 Rg4 25. Bxh6 Bf6 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5
Qb6 28. Qd2 Rg6 29. Be3 Qc6 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. Qxd5 b6 32. g3 Nd7 33. Qxc6 Rgxc6
34. Rd5 Nf8 35. Rfd1 Ne6 36. a4 Rc4 37. a5 Rb4 38. Rd7 bxa5 39. Rxa7 a4 40.
Rdd7 Nd8 41. Rd5 Ne6 42. Rda5 Rcc4 43. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8.
d4 c6 9. dxe5 cxb5 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nf3 d6 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Be3 b4
15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Qd4 Bxf3 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. gxf3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Rfc8 20. Reb1
Rxc3 21. Rxb6 Rxf3 22. Rxb7 f5 23. exf5 Ra4 24. Rb5 Kg7 25. Rd5 Rfa3 26. Rxd6
Rxa2 27. Rxa2 Rxa2 28. Rd3 h5 29. Rb3 Ra5 30. Rc3 Rxf5 31. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Please allow me to start by thanking the Croatian Chess Federation and GM
Zlatko Klaric for a well run and amazingly well attended tournament. Croatians
as it turns out are really educated in chess and make a fantastic audience.
They actually follow the games over the board instead of standing in the hall
following chess engines on their phones. I salute the Croatian chess fans!
Before this game I'd been developing an urge to go for a 5.Re1 Berlin. Not
only because Sergey Karjakin played it against me the day before, but also
because I'd done some research of my own on these lines. Still, I was not sure
which line to hit Hikaru with. He has an ever solid Black repertoire based on
Berlin 1...e5 against 1.e4 and the Nimzo/ QGD 🕓e7 against 1.d4. And he does
not seem to mind regularly repeating his lines as they are well checked by the
computer and by his reliable second Kris Littlejohn. Here in this tournament
his repertoire was put under serious pressure. Twice in a fashionable QGD 4.
Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 he lost to Caruana and Carlsen. Karjakin was also pressing
against him in Round 3. Later he was able to repair the lines and in Round 4
he opted for the QGA which he plays rarely. Therefore even though 1.d4 seems
to be a very attractive option against him, I decided to play 1.e4 this time,
just to try my hand in a Berlin.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {I had also
looked at some lines in the Sicilian Dragon just in case because a few months
earlier he easily beat Robson with it. Nevertheless Nakamura tends to stick to
his main repertoire, as he considers it dangerous to test openings when in bad
form.} 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 (6. a4 {is what Sergey played against me
the day before. There are so many lines against the Berlin these days! I first
saw this line because Dubov played it in a tournament in Israel.} Be7 7. Nc3 a6
8. Bf1 e4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Rxe4 d5 11. Re1 {and I failed to equalize. Perhaps
8...Nf5 is a better try. Anyway in this game Sergey was slightly better for
most of the game, but he let me off the hook when we both blundered.}) 6... Be7
7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nf3 d5 9. d4 O-O 10. Nc3 {As I said I wanted to try Berlin 5.Re1,
even though White usually does not get more than a slight initiative at best.
Hikaru has a lot of experience with 7...Nf, defending it in more than 30 games.
Hence I chose a rare sideline.} Nh4 ({Nh4 is fine and he's played it before
but I like} 10... Bb4 {even more. Black does not even have to take on c3, but
can redeploy the bishop to the h2-b8 diagonal after the preparatory moves Nce7
and c6.} 11. a3 Ba5 ({Although also fine is} 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd6) 12. h3
Nce7 {c6 comes next, coming close to equality.}) 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Bb5 {
Clearly with the idea to double his pawns. Hikaru paused to think here but
then played very well for the next few moves.} Ne7 (12... Bf5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
Bf4 {seems to me quite unpleasant for Black over the board.}) 13. Bd3 {Now
that there is no pressure on d4 the bishop returns to the right diagonal.} Bf6
14. Qh5 {I have to act quickly and attack, otherwise Black consolidates easily
and equalizes.} g6 15. Qf3 Bg7 ({Taking the pawn looks dangerous after} 15...
Bxd4 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh6 Bxc3 (17... Rf7 $2 18. Nxd5 $1) 18. bxc3 Rf7 19. Rad1)
16. Bg5 f6 ({Black should also equalize after} 16... Be6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nxd5
Qd8 19. Nf4 {but it looks more complex.}) 17. Bd2 c6 (17... Bf5 18. Rxe7 Qxe7
19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Nxd5 Qd7 21. Bc3 {looks easier to play for me.}) 18. Ne2 Nf5
19. g3 {Preventing Nh4-f5 and hinting to attack his kingside with h4. Here I
remembered that all Black has to do is exchange the bishops with Bh6 in order
to gradually equalize. So I was waiting to see if Hikaru would find it.} Nh6 {
Putting the wrong piece on h6.} ({I like} 19... Bh6 {The idea is that without
the bishop he gets the g7-square for his king. With the kingside firmly
defended Black can now fight for the e-file.} 20. Bxh6 Nxh6 21. Nf4 Bg4 22. Qe3
Re8 23. Qd2 Nf7) (19... Re8 20. h4 Bh6 {might be even better, with equality.})
({But not} 19... Qb6 20. c4 $36 {which should be good for me due to my lead in
development.}) 20. c4 {Breaking through the center is the only way to take
advantage of my lead in development.} Bg4 21. Qg2 dxc4 ({More accurate is} 
21... Nf7 {to meet cxd5 with Ng5, I could play} 22. f3 Bc8 {I have some weak
squares on the kingside but so does Black.} 23. cxd5 Qxd5 {should be better
for White but I have to play precisely.}) 22. Bxc4+ Kh8 (22... Nf7 23. Bc3 Kh8
24. Nf4 Ng5 25. Re3 $16 {gives White a persistent advantage.}) 23. d5 {Perhaps
a bit hasty. I could also play unconventionally. After the game Hikaru
suggested 23.f3 with a big advantage for White. I probably underestimated my
position. His king is stuck in the corner on h8 which could have been be used
to my advantage.} (23. f3 Bc8 (23... Bf5 {does not do anything due to} 24. g4)
24. Qf2 {with the idea of Nf4. I have very annoying pressure on the
light-squares in return for the isolated pawn.}) (23. Bc3) 23... Nf7 24. Nf4 (
24. h3 $5 {deserves attention, but White has to find Qh1 after} cxd5 25. Bxd5
Bxh3 26. Qh1 $1 {when the pressure on the center and along the h-file gives me
the advantage.} Ne5 27. Nf4 Bf5 28. Bxb7 Rb8 29. Bc3 $16 {but of course its
not simple to assess the position over the board, without computer assistance.}
) 24... Ne5 25. Be2 Bd7 {Black could just trade the bishops, or play Qd7 here
with a slightly worse position.} 26. Rad1 cxd5 27. Bc3 Bc6 28. Nxd5 {Regaining
the pawn and threatening f4.} (28. Ne6 {does not work because of d4 I thought,
but in fact even stronger is} Qc8 $1 {when due to the threat of d4 I have to
retreat.}) 28... f5 29. f4 $6 {All according to plan, but this allows Black to
defend.} (29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Bf3 {was much stronger. I still have some pressure
due to the control on the open files. After} Bxb2 (30... Bg7 31. Nf4 $16) 31.
Nf4 {is very unpleasant. I underestimated my initiative here as I didn't want
to give him the bishop pair but at the same time my piece activity compensates
for it.}) 29... Nd7 $6 ({He could have equalized with} 29... Ng4 $1 30. Bxg7+
Kxg7 31. Bxg4 fxg4 {when major trades are coming along the open files. Black
should hold the draw.}) 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Bf3 (31. Qf2 Nf6 32. Nb4 Qa5 33.
Nxc6 bxc6 {seems to me almost equal.}) 31... Nf6 32. Nxf6 Qxf6 33. Bxc6 bxc6 {
Around here I realized that Black was slowly consolidating, but it does not
matter, for I just want to play on and make some good moves.} 34. Rd7+ Rf7 35.
Qd2 {Threatening to trap his queen with Rd6, just in case.} Rxd7 36. Qxd7+ Kf8
$2 {The losing mistake! We both thought for a long time here, but missed that
36...Kh6 is enough for a draw!} ({We missed that} 36... Kh6 37. Re7 Rh8 38. Rf7
Qxb2 39. Qe7 {seems like mate, but Black defends with} Qb1+ 40. Kg2 Qe4+ $1 {
trading queens, as easy as that! Suffice it to say that Hikaru was not in the
best form in Croatia, and I on the tired side playing my 4th tournament in a
row.}) 37. Re5 {This looks very active and it cuts off the Black queen, but
perhaps the simple 37.Re2 is even stronger.} (37. Re2) 37... Rd8 38. Qxh7 Re8
$2 ({Here we both calculated} 38... Rd1+ 39. Kf2 Rd2+ 40. Ke3 Rxb2 41. Qd7 $1
Rb8 42. Qxa7 Qd6 43. Qc5 Qxc5+ 44. Rxc5 {and since this rook ending arises
almost by force, the most important thing is to be able to assess it. I assume
Hikaru thought this is losing for him, but in fact} Rb2 $1 {might just be
enough for him to draw in a very difficult ending.}) 39. Qh6+ Kf7 40. Qh7+ Kf8
41. Qc7 $1 Rxe5 42. Qxe5 $2 {Too hasty. I thought it wins, and so I happily
made this move. It does win even against best defense, but only if you have an
engine with you! Practically its almost impossible for any player to calculate
it all the way to the end.} ({Therefore} 42. fxe5 {is so much simpler, when I
should win without much problems.} Qe7 (42... Qg5 43. Qb8+ Kg7 44. Qxa7+ Kh6
45. Qd4 $18) (42... Qe6 43. Qd6+) (42... Qf7 43. Qd6+ Kg7 44. e6 Qf6 45. e7
Qxd6 46. e8=N+) 43. Qd6 $1 {is the only thing I need to see. Now White wins as
easy as counting 1, 2, 3.} Qxd6 (43... Kf7 {is met by 44.h4 or 44.Kf2.}) 44.
exd6 Kf7 45. Kf2 Ke6 46. Kf3 Kxd6 47. Kf4 Ke6 48. Kg5 Kf7 49. h4 $18) 42...
Qxe5 43. fxe5 Kf7 44. h4 Ke6 45. Kf2 Kxe5 46. Kf3 $2 {This draws.} ({White
wins here with} 46. Ke3 $1 {but it really is a very hard study! I don't think
even Carlsen would find this over the board. Only the ChessBomb geniuses could
do it!} c5 47. Kf3 ({It is counter intuitive to let his pawn advance one
square further, but} 47. b3 a5 {is only a draw.}) 47... c4 48. Ke3 a5 (48... a6
49. a3 $1 a5 50. a4) 49. a4 $1 Kd5 50. Kf4 Kd4 (50... Kc5 51. Kg5 Kb4 52. Kxg6
Kxa4 53. h5 Kb3 54. h6 c3 55. bxc3 a4 56. h7 a3 57. h8=Q a2 58. c4) 51. Kg5 Kd3
52. Kxg6 Kc2 53. h5 Kxb2 54. h6 c3 55. h7 c2 56. h8=Q+) 46... c5 47. b3 (47.
Ke3 {does not win now because of} c4 48. Kf3 Kd4 $1 {when compared to 46.Ke3,
Black wins a tempo as his king is already on d4 instead of d5.}) 47... Ke6 $2 {
Hikaru still had a lot of time here, but he miscalculated something.} (47... a6
$1 {draws. In fact I saw it does draw, but I was still hoping for some miracle.
The draw is pretty straightforward, I'm sure Hikaru would find it 8 times out
of 10.} 48. Ke3 a5 49. Kf3 ({I was going to try} 49. a3 Kd5 (49... Kd6 {
is also okay.} 50. Kf4 Kd5 $11) 50. Kd3 Kc6 (50... Ke5 51. Kc4 Kd6) 51. Kc4 {
but even here he draws:} Kd6 52. Kb5 Kd5 53. Kxa5 Ke4 $1 54. Kb5 Kf3 $11) 49...
Kd4 50. Kf4 Kc3 51. Kg5 a4 52. Kxg6 axb3 53. axb3 Kxb3 54. h5 c4 55. h6 c3 56.
h7 c2 57. h8=Q c1=Q {as they say, all queen and rook endgames are drawn.}) (
47... a5 $2 {loses to} 48. Ke3 {when Black is in zugzwang. He has to move his
king, and he loses by a tempo as he does not have Kd4.}) 48. Kf4 Kf6 49. a3 a6
(49... a5 50. a4 {Zugzwang.}) 50. b4 c4 (50... cxb4 51. axb4 {is also mutual
zugzwang.}) 51. a4 Ke6 52. Ke3 Kd5 53. Kd2 Kd4 ({Maybe he missed a5 from afar
after} 53... Kc6 54. Kc3 Kd5 55. a5) 54. Kc2 c3 55. b5 {I'm quite pleased to
win against the current USA Champion Hikaru Nakamura. It's not often that I
beat him and in a clear game as well. It's obvious that he was not in the best
of form in this tournament, losing to Caruana and also blundering against
Carlsen when he almost equalized. On my part this was my 4th tournament in a
row. I started in May in Abidjan, had subsequently played Moscow and Norway
and at this point was clearly lacking energy and still had Latvia ahead of me.
I was willing to fight, but I was worried that my form was starting to worsen
from fatigue.} 1-0

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O a6 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. d3
O-O 9. h3 Ne8 10. d4 Nc7 11. Bxd7 cxd4 12. Bxc8 dxc3 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. bxc3 Rxb7
15. Be3 Bxc3 16. Rc1 Bb2 17. Rb1 Ne6 18. e5 Qc7 19. exd6 exd6 20. Qd5 Rbb8 21.
Rfd1 Bf6 22. Rbc1 Rfd8 23. Nd2 Nc5 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Rb2 26. Qf3 Be5 27.
Qd5 Re8 28. c5 dxc5 29. Rxc5 Qb8 30. Qc4 Rb1 31. Rcd5 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rd8 33.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. f4 Qc7 35. Qxa6 Bxf4 36. Bxf4 Qxf4 37. a4 Qd4+ 38. Kh1 Qa1+ 39.
Kh2 Qe5+ 40. Kh1 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. Kh1 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 h4 17. g4 hxg3 18. fxg3 Kf8 19. Kf2 Ne7 20. g4
Nd5 21. Bd2 Nb6 22. Kg3 Nc4 23. Bc1 Bd5 24. Re2 Re8 25. Rde1 Kg8 26. Ne4 Rhe6
27. Nc5 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Nxe5 30. Nxb7 Nc4 31. Nc5 Nd6 32. Bf4 Ne4+
33. Nxe4 Bxe4 34. Bxc7 f6 35. Bd6 Bxc2 36. Bc7 Bd3 37. Bd6 Bc2 38. Bc7 Bd3 39.
Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 Re8 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qa4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 c6 12. Ne2 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. c4
Nd7 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. O-O c5 17. Rfd1 Red8 18. Rac1 b6 19. Qa3 Qb7 20. h3 cxd4
21. Rxd4 Nc5 22. Rg4 Ne6 23. Ng3 Rd5 24. e4 Rg5 25. Rd1 Rxg4 26. hxg4 Qc7 27.
Nf5 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qxa7 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Qxg4 31. Qxb6 Qxe4 32. Ne3 Qe5+
33. g3 h5 34. Qc6 h4 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qxf7 hxg3+ 37. Kg2 gxf2 38. Qf5+ Qxf5 39.
Nxf5 Nc5 40. a4 Nxa4 41. Nxg7 f1=Q+ 42. Kxf1 Kxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.07.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nikolova, Adriana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "3150"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. f5 a6 7. fxe6 dxe6 8. a4
Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 12. Kh1 Nc6 13. Qe1 Ne5 14. Bb3 b6
15. Be3 Qd6 16. Qg3 Qd7 17. a5 c4 18. dxc4 bxa5 19. Na4 Rb8 20. Nc5 Qc6 21.
Rxa5 Rb4 22. Bd4 Nxc4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qc3+ e5 25. Qxb4 Nxa5 26. Qxa5 Bg4 27.
Qc3 Be2 28. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Denishev, Marat"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "3151"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Qb6 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. e3 d6 8. Nc3
Bf5 9. Qd2 Nf6 10. Bc4 Rc8 11. Bb3 O-O 12. O-O Na5 13. Qd1 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 Qxb3
15. axb3 a6 16. Rfc1 Rc6 17. Ne2 Rfc8 18. Rxc6 Rxc6 19. Rc1 Nd5 20. Bg3 Bc2 21.
Nd2 Nb4 22. Nc3 Bf5 23. Nc4 b5 24. Na5 Rc8 25. Rd1 Nd3 26. Rd2 Nxb2 27. Rxb2
Rxc3 28. Kf1 e5 29. dxe5 dxe5 30. Ke2 Bd3+ 31. Kd2 e4 32. b4 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.07.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "3152"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 Be7 4. e3 O-O 5. c4 d5 6. Qc2 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3
Nb4 9. Qb1 N8c6 10. h4 f5 11. a3 Nd5 12. Qc2 Na5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Rb1 Qxb3 15.
Qxb3 Nxb3 16. Bc3 c4 17. Bxc4 Nc5 18. Nd4 f4 19. Bb4 Rf6 20. Nb3 b6 21. d4 a5
22. Nxa5 bxa5 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 fxe3 25. fxe3 Rf5 26. Rb5 Ra7 27. c6 Rxb5
28. Bxb5 Kf8 29. Kd2 Ke7 30. Kc3 Kd6 31. Rd1+ Kc5 32. a4 e5 33. Rc1 Rc7 34.
Kd3+ Kd5 35. Rf1 e4+ 36. Kc3 Bg4 37. Rf8 Ke5 38. Kc4 Kd6 39. Rd8+ Ke7 40. Rd4
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Terry, Renato"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2823"]
[BlackElo "3146"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 a5 6. g3 b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rd1 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Be4 11. b3 d6 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. a3 Nbd7 14. Bh3 h6 15.
Nh4 Kh7 16. f3 g5 17. Ng2 Bb7 18. Ne3 h5 19. d5 g4 20. Bg2 Rae8 21. Qc2 Kg8 22.
dxe6 Qxe6 23. Nxf5 Qxe2 24. Rd2 Qe6 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26. Nf5+ Kg8 27. Nh6+ Kg7 28.
Nf5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "3148"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2019.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb2 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. c4 a5 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. bxc4 Rb8 14. Na4 Qc7
15. Rab1 Nd7 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. Rb3 Be5 18. h3 Rxb3 19. axb3 c5 20. Nc3 Bb7 21.
Rd1 Bc6 22. Na4 Qb7 23. Bf1 Bd6 24. Nc3 Rb8 25. Nb5 Be5 26. Bc1 Nf6 27. Bd2 Be4
28. Qa2 Rd8 29. Rc1 Qd7 30. Bxa5 Ra8 31. Qd2 Qxd2 32. Bxd2 Ra2 33. Bc3 Bxc3 34.
Nxc3 Rb2 35. Na4 Rxb3 36. Nxc5 Rb1 37. Rxb1 Bxb1 38. f3 Ne8 39. Na4 Bc2 40. Nc3
Bf5 41. e4 Bd7 42. c5 e6 43. Bb5 Bxb5 44. Nxb5 Kf8 45. e5 Ng7 46. g4 Ke7 47. c6
Ne8 48. f4 f6 49. Kg2 fxe5 50. fxe5 Kd8 51. Kf3 Nc7 52. Nd4 Ke7 53. Ke4 Nd5 54.
Kd3 Nf4+ 55. Kc4 Nxh3 56. Kc5 Nf4 57. Kb6 h5 58. gxh5 gxh5 59. c7 Nd5+ 60. Kb7
Nxc7 61. Kxc7 h4 62. Nf3 h3 63. Kc6 Kf8 64. Kd6 Kg7 65. Kxe6 Kg6 66. Kd5 Kf5
67. e6 Kf4 68. Nh2 Kg3 69. e7 Kxh2 70. e8=Q Kg1 71. Qe1+ Kg2 72. Qe2+ Kg1 73.
Ke4 h2 74. Kf3 h1=Q+ 75. Kg3 Qg2+ 76. Qxg2# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.07.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Boros, Denes"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2807"]
[BlackElo "3150"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 f5 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. g3 c6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Ne4 9. c4 d5 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Ndf3 Ndf6 12. Nd3 Kh8 13. Nfe5 Be6 14. f3 Nd6 15.
c5 Nf7 16. b4 Nd7 17. Nxf7+ Bxf7 18. a4 b6 19. Rc1 Rb8 20. cxb6 Nxb6 21. Ne5
Nc4 22. Nxc4 dxc4 23. Bc3 a5 24. bxa5 Rb3 25. e3 c5 26. Kh1 f4 27. gxf4 cxd4
28. exd4 Bd5 29. f5 Rxf5 30. f4 Bxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Rd5 32. Qe2 Bxd4 33. Bxd4+ Rxd4
34. Qe5+ Kg8 35. Rxc4 Rb2+ 36. Rf2 Qa8+ 37. Kg3 Rd3+ 38. Kh4 Rxf2 39. Qe6+ Kf8
40. Rc8+ Qxc8 41. Qxc8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.07.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "3155"]
[BlackElo "2990"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. Nh4 Bg6 5. Nxg6 hxg6 6. g3 c6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
d3 e5 9. Nd2 Bc5 10. e3 Qe7 11. a3 a5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. h4 Rfe8 14. g4 Rad8 15.
g5 Nh5 16. Bf3 e4 17. dxe4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Ne5 19. Bg2 a4 20. bxa4 Bb6 21. O-O
Qe6 22. Rad1 Nc4 23. Bc1 Bc7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Ra8 26. Nc5 Nf4 27. Nxe6
Nxe2+ 28. Kf1 Ng3+ 29. fxg3 fxe6 30. Bh3 Ne5 31. Bxe6+ Kf8 32. Bb3 Ke7 33. Ke2
Rf8 34. Bd2 Bd6 35. Rf1 Rxf1 36. Kxf1 Nf3 37. Bb4 c5 38. Bc3 Be5 39. Bxe5 Nxe5
40. Bd5 b6 41. Ke2 Kd6 42. Be4 Ke6 43. Kd2 Kd6 44. Kc3 Kc7 45. Kb3 Kb8 46. g4
Kc7 47. h5 Nf7 48. Bxg6 Nxg5 49. Kc4 Kc6 50. Be8+ Kd6 51. Kb5 Kc7 52. Bg6 Nf3
53. a5 bxa5 54. Kxc5 Ne5 55. g5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.07.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Galaktionov, Artem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "3155"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c6 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. d4 Bg4 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 a5 13. a3 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. O-O-O Rfe8 16. Kc2 Nc5 17. Nb1 Nfe4 18. Rhf1 Red8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bf3 f5
21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. f3 Nc5 23. Bc3 b6 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Na4 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27.
Kxd1 Kf7 28. e4 Ke6 29. Kc2 Nxc3 30. Nxc3 Bf6 31. Kb3 Bd8 32. b5 c5 33. exf5+
gxf5 34. Kc2 h5 35. g4 fxg4 36. fxg4 hxg4 37. hxg4 e4 38. Nxe4 Ke5 39. Kd3 Kf4
40. Nc3 Kf3 41. Nd5 Kxg4 42. Ke4 Kg3 43. Nf4 Bg5 44. Ne6 Bd2 45. Kd5 Kf3 46.
Kc6 Ba5 47. Nd8 Ke4 48. Nb7 Bb4 49. Kxb6 Kd4 50. Nd6 Be1 51. Kc6 Bg3 52. b6
Bxd6 53. Kxd6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.07.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2967"]
[BlackElo "3151"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2019.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 c6 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Bb3 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Be6 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qd6 Rad8 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxb3 19. axb3 Rfe8 20. Rc5 f6
21. Nc4 Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 2nd July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.07.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "3145"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[EventDate "2019.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. c4 Bb7 7. Qc2 d6 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. Rd1 Qe8 10. Be2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Nd5 Rd8 14. Ba3 c5
15. e4 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Qd7 17. O-O a5 18. Bb2 Ne8 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21.
Rxf4 Qd6 22. Rf2 f5 23. Bd3 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxf2 25. Qxf2 Rf8 26. Qg3 Ne8 27. Qc3
Nf6 28. Bf3 Re8 29. h3 Kg7 30. Rf1 Qe5 31. Qxe5 Rxe5 32. d6 Re8 33. g4 h6 34.
h4 Rd8 35. Rd1 Kf7 36. g5 hxg5 37. hxg5 Nh7 38. Bd5+ Kg7 39. Bc6 Nxg5 40. d7
Kf6 41. Rd6+ Kf5 42. Bb5 Nf3+ 43. Kf2 Nd4 44. Bd3+ Ke5 45. Rxb6 Rxd7 46. Bxg6
Ra7 47. Be8 Ra8 48. Ba4 Rf8+ 49. Ke1 Ke4 50. Rh6 Kd3 51. Rh3+ Kc2 52. b4+ Kb2
53. bxc5 Nf3+ 54. Rxf3 Rxf3 55. Bb3 Rc3 56. Kd2 Rxc5 57. Bg8 Rc8 58. Bf7 Rf8
59. Bc4 Rd8+ 60. Ke2 a4 61. Bf7 Rd7 62. Bc4 a3 63. Bg8 Kc1 64. Bb3 Rd2+ 65. Ke3
Rb2 66. Bg8 Rd2 67. Bb3 Rh2 68. Bf7 Rh3+ 69. Ke2 Kc2 70. Bg6+ Kc3 71. Bf7 Rh2+
72. Kd1 Rf2 73. Bg8 Rf8 74. Bb3 Rb8 75. Bf7 Rb1+ 76. Ke2 Rb7 77. Bg8 Rd7 78.
Bb3 Rd8 79. Bf7 Kc2 80. Bb3+ Kc1 81. Bf7 Rh8 82. Bc4 Kb1 83. Bf7 Rf8 84. Bc4
Rc8 85. Bf7 Rc3 86. Kd2 Rf3 87. Bd5 Rf2+ 88. Kc3 Rc2+ 89. Kd3 Kc1 90. Bb3 Rg2
91. Bf7 Kb1 92. Bd5 Rg1 93. Kc3 Rg3+ 94. Kd2 Rg7 95. Bb3 Rc7 96. Bg8 Rc8 97.
Bf7 Rc2+ 98. Kd3 Rf2 99. Bg8 Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. c3 Nc5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Bc2 b4 15.
d4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd7 17. Nf1 Bf6 18. d5 Ncb8 19. h4 Qa1 20. Re3 Nc5 21. c4 Qa6
22. N1d2 Qb6 23. Ra3 Bc8 24. Nb3 Nba6 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. Qe1 Bg4 27. Nh2 Bd7 28.
g3 Rb8 29. Nf3 h6 30. Be3 Qb2 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. Rxc3 Ra8 33. Bxc5 dxc5 34. Rb3
Bg4 35. Kg2 Bxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Be7 37. h5 Bd6 38. Bd1 g6 39. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Ne4 Be7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 Bf5 11. a4 a5 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Be3 Rad8 14. Bxb6 cxb6
15. Bc4 Bg6 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. Re3 h6 18. Rae1 Kh8 19. Bd5 f6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. d4
Bf7 22. Qc2 exd4 23. Nxd4 Rfe8 24. Ng3 Bd6 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. c4 b6 6. Be2 c5 7. a3 Bb7 8. O-O d6
9. d3 Nbd7 10. Nc3 e6 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. d4 Rab8 13. a4 d5 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Ba3
Rfc8 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qd1 Qd8 19. Ba6 Rc7 20. Bb5 cxd4 21. Nxd4
Nb6 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 Rc8 24. Ba6 Rb8 25. Re1 Nd7 26. Bb5 Nc5 27. Ba3 Bf8
28. Qc2 Rc8 29. Rc1 Bb7 30. Qb1 Be4 31. Qa2 Bd5 32. Qc2 Qg5 33. Bf1 Qd8 34. Qd1
h5 35. Nb5 a6 36. Nd4 Bb7 37. Rb1 Be4 38. Rc1 e5 39. Nf3 Qxd1 40. Rxd1 Bxf3 41.
gxf3 Nxa4 42. Bxa6 Ra8 43. Bb7 Rb8 44. Bxf8 Kxf8 45. Bc6 Nb6 46. Ra1 Rc8 47.
Be4 Nd7 48. Ra7 Nf6 49. Ra5 Nxe4 50. fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. O-O
d6 9. Bg3 a6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bf8 13. Re1 Nh5 14. Nf1 Nxg3 15.
hxg3 g6 16. Ne3 Bg7 17. a4 Rb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bb3 Rf8 20. d4 b4 21. Bd5 Bd7
22. Ra6 Ne7 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Bc4 bxc3 25. bxc3 Bc6 26. Qc2 Ra8 27. Rea1 Rxa6
28. Rxa6 Kh7 29. Ra5 f6 30. Nd2 Qd7 31. Nb3 Ra8 32. Nc5 Qd6 33. Rxa8 Bxa8 34.
Ne6 h5 35. Qb1 Qb6 36. Qxb6 cxb6 37. Bd5 Bc6 38. Bxc6 Nxc6 39. Nd5 b5 40. Kf1
f5 41. Ke2 Bh6 42. Nec7 Na7 43. exf5 gxf5 44. Ne7 f4 45. gxf4 exf4 46. Kf3 Nc6
47. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
O-O c4 9. Bc2 Nc6 10. a3 Ba5 11. f3 Re8 12. b3 cxb3 13. Bxb3 Bf5 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Bd2 Rc8 16. Rc1 Bc7 17. g5 Nh5 18. f4 Ne7 19. Ba4 Rf8 20. Ng3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Ba5
22. g4 Bd3 23. Rf2 Qd6 24. Be1 Qa6 25. Bb3 Bxc3 26. Bxc3 Be4 27. Bb4 Rxc1 28.
Qxc1 Rc8 29. Qf1 Qb6 30. Qd1 Qc7 31. Rf1 a5 32. Bd2 Qd6 33. a4 h6 34. g6 Nxg6
35. Bxa5 Qa3 36. Bd2 Nh4 37. g5 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b6 8. Bg5
Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nbd2 b5 11. b3 cxb3 12. Nxb3 a5 13. Ne5 a4 14. Nc5 c6 15.
a3 Ra7 16. Rac1 Rc7 17. Qb2 Nb6 18. Qc3 f6 19. Qa5 Nd5 20. Ned3 Ra7 21. Qd2 Nd7
22. Qa2 Nxc5 23. Rxc5 Bd7 24. Rfc1 Kh8 25. h4 Qf7 26. e3 Rd8 27. Qb2 Be8 28.
Nb4 Nxb4 29. Qxb4 Qe7 30. Qb2 Ra6 31. Bxc6 Bxc6 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Rxc6 e5 34.
dxe5 Qxe5 35. Qxe5 fxe5 36. Rb6 Kg8 37. Rxb5 Rd3 38. Rxe5 Rxa3 39. Re7 Ra1+ 40.
Kg2 a3 41. h5 Rb1 42. Ra7 Rb3 43. g4 h6 44. Kf3 Kf8 45. Kf4 Rb2 46. f3 a2 47.
e4 Rf2 48. e5 Ke8 49. Ke3 Rg2 50. Ke4 Rf2 51. Kf5 Kf8 52. Ke6 Kg8 53. Ke7 Rxf3
54. Rxa2 Rf4 55. e6 g6 56. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. d4 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 Nc6 11. e4 e5 12. Nf1 d6 13. Ne3 Nb4 14. Nd2 a5 15. a3
Nxd3 16. cxd3 a4 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 d5 19. Rxa4 dxe4 20. Ndc4 exd3 21. Bxe5
Qd8 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 23. Bd6 Re8 24. Qxd3 Ne4 25. Rd1 h5 26. f3 Nc3 27. Rd2 Qg5
28. f4 Qh4 29. g3 Qf6 30. Be5 Qc6 31. Qxc3 Qh1+ 32. Kf2 Qxh2+ 33. Ke1 Qxg3+ 34.
Kd1 Be4 35. Kc1 Bxe5 36. fxe5 Qe1+ 37. Kb2 Kh7 38. Rd7 Qf2+ 39. Qd2 Qxd2+ 40.
Rxd2 g5 41. b5 g4 42. b6 g3 43. Kc3 Ba8 44. Ng2 Re7 45. Nh4 Re8 46. Ng2 Re7 47.
Kd4 Kh6 48. Nd6 Kg5 49. Ne4+ Kg4 50. Ne3+ Kf4 51. Nf6 Kf3 52. Nf5 g2 53. Rxg2
Kxg2 54. Nxe7 h4 55. Ned5 Kf3 56. Ne4 h3 57. Ng5+ Kg4 58. Nxh3 Kxh3 59. Nf6 Kg3
60. Ne8 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. h4 h6 8. g3
b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Qd3 Qc7 11. O-O-O Ne7 12. h5 c4 13. Qe2 b5 14. Rh4 Rb8 15.
Bd2 Qa5 16. Kb1 Bd5 17. Ne1 Rb6 18. Bc1 Ra6 19. a3 Bc6 20. Rhd4 Nd5 21. Bxd5
Bxd5 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Qb6 24. Nf3 Qb7 25. Qe4 Rc6 26. Be3 a5 27. Rd6 b4
28. cxb4 axb4 29. axb4 Bxd6 30. exd6+ Kd8 31. Ne5 Kc8 32. Nxc6 Qxc6 33. Qd4 Re8
34. Qxg7 Qh1+ 35. Bc1 Qxh5 36. Qc3 Qd5 37. b3 h5 38. Kb2 Re4 39. Be3 Kb7 40.
Kb1 f5 41. Kc1 Qxd6 42. bxc4 Qc6 43. Bd4 f4 44. Qd3 Re1+ 45. Kd2 Qh1 46. Qf5
Qe4 47. Qxd7+ Kb8 48. Qd8+ Kb7 49. Qd7+ Kb8 50. Kc3 Rc1 51. Qb5+ Kc8 52. Qc5+
Kd7 53. Qb5+ Kc8 54. Qa6+ Kd8 55. Qf6+ Kc8 56. Qf8+ Kd7 57. Qf7+ Kc8 58. Qg8+
Kd7 59. Qg7+ Kc8 60. Qg8+ Kd7 61. Qf7+ Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Be7 10. Nc3 b5 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Qc2 a6 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Ne5 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Re8 16. Bf4 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
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[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
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1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Na4 Bb6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Qc2 c5 14. Bg5
Be6 15. e4 d4 16. e5 h6 17. exf6 hxg5 18. fxg7 Re8 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. f4 Qd5 21.
Qe2 g4 22. Rfe1 d3 23. Qe5 Rd8 24. Rad1 c4 25. Qxd5 Bxd5 26. Rd2 b5 27. a3 Kxg7
28. Kf2 Kg6 29. Re5 f6 30. Re7 Rb8 31. Ke3 b4 32. axb4 Rxb4 33. Kd4 Bg8 34. f5+
Kh6 35. h3 gxh3 36. Rh2 Rb8 37. Ke4 Bd5+ 38. Kxd5 d2 39. Rxh3+ Kg5 40. Rg7+
Kxf5 41. Rh5# 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 h4 17. Ne4 Rg6 18. g4 hxg3 19. fxg3 Kf8 20. Kf2
Ne7 21. h4 Nd5 22. Bg5 Bf5 23. h5 Nxc3 24. hxg6 Nxe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 Qa5 9. Rc1 Nd7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bd3 e5 12. d5 f5 13. Qc2 f4 14. Bd2 b5 15.
c4 b4 16. O-O Qc7 17. a3 a5 18. axb4 axb4 19. Ra1 Ra7 20. Rxa7 Qxa7 21. Bc1 Nb6
22. Bb2 Qe7 23. Ra1 g5 24. Ne1 g4 25. Bf1 Bd7 26. Nd3 Ra8 27. Rxa8+ Nxa8 28.
Qc1 Nb6 29. Qa1 Nxc4 30. Nxb4 cxb4 31. Bxc4 Qc5 32. Bb3 g3 33. Qe1 Bf6 34. hxg3
fxg3 35. Qe2 Bh4 36. Bc4 Qxf2+ 37. Qxf2 gxf2+ 38. Kh2 Ba4 39. g3 Bb3 40. Bf1
Bd8 41. Kg2 Bc2 42. Kf3 Bc7 43. Kxf2 Bxe4 44. Bc4 Kg7 45. Bb3 Kf6 46. Bc1 Bb6+
47. Ke2 Bc5 48. g4 Bb1 49. Bd2 Bg6 50. Bh6 Be8 51. Kf3 Kg6 52. Bd2 Bd6 53. Bc1
Bb5 54. Bc2+ Kg7 55. Ke4 Be8 56. Kf3 Bg6 57. Bb3 Kf6 58. Be3 Bd3 59. Bb6 Kg5
60. Bd8+ Kg6 61. Ke3 Bb1 62. Kf3 e4+ 63. Ke3 Bc5+ 64. Kf4 e3 65. Bh4 e2 66. d6
Bxd6+ 67. Ke3 Be7 68. Be1 Kg5 69. Be6 Bc2 70. Bd2 Bd1 71. Kf2+ Kf6 72. Bc4 b3
73. Bxe2 Bc5+ 74. Ke1 Bxe2 75. Kxe2 Bd4 76. Kd3 b2 77. Kc2 Ke5 78. Bg5 Ke4 79.
Bd8 Kf3 80. g5 Kg4 81. Bf6 Be3 82. Bxb2 Bxg5 83. Kd3 Kf3 84. Bc3 h5 85. Be1 Bf6
86. Kd2 Bg5+ 87. Kd3 Bd8 88. Kd4 Bb6+ 89. Ke5 Bc7+ 90. Kf5 Bg3 91. Bc3 h4 92.
Bd4 h3 93. Bg1 Bf2 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT rapid"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. c4 Bf6 11. Re1 d5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nc3
Qd8 15. d5 Bf5 16. Bd4 Nd6 17. h3 a6 18. a4 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8 20. a5 Bxd4 21.
Qxd4 Qe7 22. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Nd2 Bc7 12. Rc1 Qd6 13. N2f3 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bg4
15. Qc5 Qxc5 16. Rxc5 Bb6 17. Rc2 Rac8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Bd3 Ne4 20. Nd4 Nc5
21. Bf5 Bxf5 22. Nxf5 Rc7 23. Be5 Rd7 24. Bxg7 Ne6 25. Bf6 h5 26. Rd1 Kh7 27.
Bb2 Rc7 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Bc5 30. Bb2 Kg6 31. Nh4+ Kh7 32. Nf3 Kg6 33. Kf1
a6 34. Ne5+ Kf6 35. Ke2 Ke7 36. Nf3 f6 37. g3 Kf7 38. Kd3 Kg6 39. Nh4+ Kf7 40.
Bc3 Ng5 41. Ng2 Ne6 42. Ne1 Ng5 43. Ke2 Ne6 44. Nf3 Kg6 45. h3 Kf7 46. g4 hxg4
47. hxg4 Kg6 48. Kd3 Kf7 49. Nh4 Ng5 50. Nf5 Ne4 51. f3 Ng5 52. Ke2 Ne6 53. f4
Bf8 54. Ng3 Bc5 55. Bd2 Bd6 56. Nf5 Bf8 57. Bc3 Bc5 58. Kd3 Bf8 59. Bd4 Kg6 60.
Ng3 Kf7 61. Nh5 Be7 62. Ng3 Bf8 63. Ne2 Bb4 64. Bb6 Ke7 65. f5 Ng5 66. Nf4 Kd6
67. Bd8 Ne4 68. Ke2 Bc3 69. Bb6 Be5 70. Ba5 Bc3 71. Bd8 Kd7 72. Bb6 Kc6 73. Bd4
Kd6 74. Kd3 Be1 75. Nh5 Bh4 76. Ke2 b5 77. Nf4 Bg3 78. Nd3 a5 79. a4 b4 80. Bb6
Kd7 81. Bxa5 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nb5 Qd8 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3
Bg4 9. Be2 Bg7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 e6 15.
Qc2 Nb6 16. Qd3 Nfd7 17. Rad1 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Qxd3 21.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxd3 Nxc4 23. Ne4 Re7 24. b3 Ne5 25. Rd8+ Kg7 26. Kf1 b6 27. Nd6
Nxf3 28. gxf3 Kf6 29. Nc4 c5 30. a4 Kg5 31. Kg2 f5 32. Kg3 Re1 33. f4+ Kh6 34.
Ne5 Rb1 35. Rg8 Kh5 36. Rg7 Rxb3+ 37. f3 Kh6 38. Rxa7 Rb4 39. Nf7+ Kh5 40. Ng5
h6 41. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 a5 9. Nf3 b5 10. Bb3 a4 11. Bc2 O-O 12. O-O c5 13. Rb1 Nc6 14. Be3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Bg4 16. Rxb5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bxd4 18. Rd5 Bxe3 19. Rxd8 Rfxd8 20. Qe2 Bf4
21. Bxa4 Nd4 22. Qd1 Ra5 23. h4 Rh5 24. Kg2 Ne6 25. Qc2 Be5 26. Rd1 Rb8 27. Bb3
Nf4+ 28. Kg1 Rxh4 29. Qc5 Ne2+ 30. Kf1 Nf4 31. Kg1 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nf4 33. Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 g6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bc4 Bg7 9. e5 Nd7 10. exd6 Ne5 11. Bb3 Ba6 12. Bg5 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 exd6 14. O-O-O
h6 15. Be3 d5 16. Bc5 O-O-O 17. Bxa7 Rhe8 18. Bb6 Rd6 19. Ne4 Nd3+ 20. cxd3
dxe4 21. dxe4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rxe4 23. Rd8+ Kb7 24. Be3 Re7 25. Bc5 Re1+ 26. Rd1
Re2 27. Rd2 Rxd2 28. Kxd2 Bf1 29. g3 f5 30. h4 Bxb2 31. Be3 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5
33. Bxg5 c5 34. Bc2 Bh3 35. Be3 Kb6 36. Bd3 Ba3 37. Kc2 Bb4 38. Kb3 Kc6 39. a3
Ba5 40. Kc4 Bg2 41. Bxf5 Bd5+ 42. Kd3 c4+ 43. Kc2 Kd6 44. g4 Bc6 45. Bd4 Ba4+
46. Kb2 Bd2 47. Bf6 Kd5 48. g5 c3+ 49. Kb1 Bb3 50. g6 Kc5 51. g7 Kb5 52. Bh7
Ka5 53. Be5 Kb5 54. Bd3+ Ka5 55. f4 Bg8 56. Bc2 Kb5 57. f5 Kc6 58. Be4+ Kd7 59.
Kc2 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 e6 11. Rad1 Ne7 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Bh6 b6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Ne5 Bb7 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Qd6 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Qe2 Qb4 20. Rb1 b5 21. Ne4
Ned5 22. Nc5 Qc4 23. Qxc4 bxc4 24. c3 a5 25. Ne5 Nb6 26. b3 cxb3 27. axb3 Nfd5
28. Rec1 Ra8 29. Ra1 Ne7 30. Ra3 Nbd5 31. Nb7 Rfc8 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Nxa5 c5
34. dxc5 Rxc5 35. Nac4 f6 36. Nd3 Rc7 37. f3 g5 38. Kf2 Ng6 39. Rc2 h5 40. Ke1
h4 41. Kd2 Ngf4 42. Nxf4 gxf4 43. Kd3 Rd7 44. Ke2 Rc7 45. Kd3 Rd7 46. Ke2 Rc7
47. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 c4 8. O-O
Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne4 11. Bb2 O-O 12. a4 Re8 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Re1 Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 Na5 16. Bd1 Nb3 17. Bxb3 cxb3 18. a5 Qd7 19. Ba3 Re6 20. f3 Bc2 21. c4
dxc4 22. Qc3 Bd3 23. e4 f5 24. exf5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. g4 h5 27. Bb2 hxg4
28. fxg4 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Qd5 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d5 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 dxe4 9. Bxe4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Qf5 14. Re1
Rd8 15. Re5 Qg6 16. Qe2 Bf6 17. Re4 Bb7 18. Rf4 c5 19. dxc5 Rac8 20. Na4 e5 21.
Rb4 Bc6 22. Nc3 a5 23. Rc4 e4 24. Nxe4 Bb5 25. g3 Re8 26. b3 Rxc5 27. Nxf6+
Qxf6 28. Qxe8+ Bxe8 29. Rxc5 Qxf3 30. Rc8 Qe2 31. R1c3 Kh7 32. Re3 Qd1+ 33. Kg2
Qd5+ 34. Kg1 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 O-O 9. Nf3 c5 10. O-O Qa5 11. Rb1 a6 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. Bd5 cxd4 14. Bxb7 Ra7
15. cxd4 Nd7 16. Be3 Nb6 17. Bd2 Bxf3 18. Bxa5 Bxd1 19. Rfxd1 Nc4 20. Be1 Na3
21. Rb3 Nb5 22. Bd5 Nxd4 23. Rb7 Rxb7 24. Bxb7 Rd8 25. Kf1 Rd6 26. Rc1 Be5 27.
Ba5 Ne6 28. g3 g5 29. Bd5 Rd7 30. Rc6 Nd4 31. Rxa6 e6 32. Bc4 Nf3 33. Be2 Nd2+
34. Kg2 Nxe4 35. Bf3 Nf6 36. a4 g4 37. Bc6 Rd1 38. Bb6 Bd4 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40. Rd8
e5 41. a5 Ra1 42. Bb7 Bxb6 43. axb6 Rb1 44. Rd6 e4 45. Ba6 e3 46. fxe3 Ne4 47.
Rc6 Rb2+ 48. Kf1 Nd2+ 49. Ke1 Nf3+ 50. Kd1 Nxh2 51. Kc1 Rb4 52. b7 Nf1 53. Rc4
Rb6 54. Rxg4+ Kf8 55. Bxf1 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. O-O
c5 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. e3 Qxb2 12. Nd2 exd5 13. Rb1 Qxa2 14. Ra1 Qb2
15. Rb1 Qa3 16. Bxd5 Bxd4 17. Nc4 Qc5 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. exd4 Nc6 20. Nd6 Rd8
21. Bxf7+ Kf8 22. Nxc8 Kxf7 23. Rxb7+ Kf8 24. d5 Na5 25. Rxa7 Rdxc8 26. Rxa8
Rxa8 27. Ra1 Ke7 28. Kg2 Kd6 29. Kf3 Kxd5 30. Kg4 Ke6 31. Kh5 Kf6 32. f4 g6+
33. Kg4 Ra7 34. Rc1 Ra6 35. Ra1 Ra7 36. Rc1 Re7 37. Rc5 h5+ 38. Kh4 Nb3 39. Rd5
Re2 40. h3 Nd2 41. Rd6+ Kf5 42. Rd5+ Ke6 43. Rd3 Ne4 44. Ra3 Rf2 45. Ra5 Kf6
46. Ra6+ Kg7 47. Ra4 Nd6 48. g4 hxg4 49. hxg4 Nf7 50. Rb4 Rf3 51. Ra4 Rb3 52.
Rc4 Rb8 53. Kg3 Rb1 54. Rc7 Rb4 55. Ra7 Rb6 56. Rc7 Kf6 57. Kh4 Nd6 58. Rc3 Ne4
59. Re3 Rb4 60. Ra3 Nc5 61. Ra5 Ne6 62. f5 g5+ 63. Kh5 Rb8 64. fxe6 Rh8# 0-1

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Ne4 9. Bf4 c6 10. Nc3 g5 11. Be3 Nd6 12. b3 Nf5 13. Bd2 g4 14. Ne1 Nxd4 15.
Qd1 Bf6 16. e3 Nf3+ 17. Nxf3 gxf3 18. Qxf3 Bg7 19. Qe2 b6 20. e4 Ba6 21. exd5
cxd5 22. Rac1 Rc8 23. Rfd1 Qf6 24. Qh5 Nc5 25. cxd5 Bd3 26. Bg5 Qe5 27. Qh4 Bg6
28. Bf4 Qh5 29. Nb5 Qxh4 30. gxh4 Nd3 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Be3 Nb2 33. Nxa7 Re8
34. Rc1 exd5 35. Bxd5 Nd3 36. Rc8 Rxc8 37. Nxc8 Nb4 38. Ne7+ Kf8 39. Nxg6+ hxg6
40. Bc4 Nxa2 41. Bxb6 Bf6 42. h5 gxh5 43. Kg2 Be7 44. Kf3 Bd6 45. h3 Ke7 46.
Bd4 f5 47. Ke2 Nb4 48. Kd2 Nc6 49. Bc3 Bc5 50. Ke2 h4 51. Kf3 Bd6 52. Bd5 Ne5+
53. Kf4 Kf6 54. b4 Bc7 55. b5 Bd6 56. b6 Bb8 57. b7 Bd6 58. Bd4 Bb8 59. Ba1 Bd6
60. Bc3 Bc7 61. Ke3 Ke7 62. Bb4+ Kd7 63. Bc5 Bb8 64. Kd4 Ng6 65. Bc4 Nf4 66.
Bf1 Ne6+ 67. Kd5 Nf4+ 68. Kc4 Kc6 69. Be7 Ng6 70. Bg2+ Kd7 71. Bg5 Kd6 72. Kb5
Ba7 73. Ka6 Bb8 74. Kb6 Kd7 75. Bf1 Kd6 76. Bd3 Ke5 77. Kc6 Nf8 78. f4+ Kd4 79.
Bxf5 Ke3 80. Bg4 Ne6 81. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. a5 d6 10. h3 Be6 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. Nc4 Ne7 13. Ng5 Bd7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15.
Nxe3 Ng6 16. Bc4 Bb5 17. Nf3 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Re8 19. Re1 d5 20. Ncd2 c6 21. g3
Rb5 22. Nb3 h6 23. Qe2 Nd7 24. d4 Qf6 25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Nfd2 Rb5 27. Rad1 Re6
28. Ne4 Qe7 29. Nec5 Nxc5 30. dxc5 Kh7 31. Qe4 Rb8 32. Rd3 Rf8 33. Rf3 Kg8 34.
Rd1 Qc7 35. Rfd3 Ne7 36. Rd6 Nd5 37. Rxe6 fxe6 38. Nc1 Qxa5 39. Nd3 Rf5 40. g4
Rf6 41. Qxe5 Qb5 42. b3 Qb7 43. f4 Qf7 44. Rf1 Qg6 45. Kh2 a5 46. Ra1 Qf7 47.
Kg3 Qa7 48. g5 hxg5 49. fxg5 Rf5 50. Qxe6+ Qf7 51. Qxf7+ Kxf7 52. h4 Ne3 53.
Rxa5 Nf1+ 54. Kh3 Ne3 55. Ra7+ Kg6 56. Re7 Rf3+ 57. Kh2 Kh5 58. Ne5 Rf2+ 59.
Kg3 Rxc2 60. Rf7 Rxc5 61. Nd3 Nf5+ 62. Kf4 Rc3 63. Ne5 Nxh4 64. Rxg7 Ng2+ 65.
Kf5 Ne3+ 66. Ke6 Nd5 67. g6 Nf4+ 68. Kf5 Kh6 69. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. h3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Re1 Be6 9. Nbd2 f6 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Ba7 13. d4 Kh8 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. Be3 Bxb3 18. Bxa7 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Bxc2 20. Rd2
Ba4 21. Bc5 Rfe8 22. Rde2 Bc6 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Re8 25. Rf5 Kg8 26. Bd4
Rd8 27. Rf4 Rd5 28. Rg4 g6 29. Bc3 Kf7 30. f3 h5 31. Rc4 Ke6 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. g4
hxg4 34. hxg4 g5 35. Ke3 Rd7 36. Rc5 Rd5 37. Rc4 Rd7 38. f4 Bd5 39. Rb4 c5 40.
Ra4 Re7+ 41. Kf2 Bb3 42. Ra3 Bd1 43. fxg5 Bxg4 44. Ra4 Be6 45. Rh4 Kg6 46. Bd2
Rh7 47. Rxh7 Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bd3 e5 5. c3 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 c5 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Nf3 Be6 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Be3 Rc8
15. Rad1 Qc7 16. b3 h6 17. Rc1 b6 18. h3 Qe7 19. Bf4 Kh7 20. Qe3 Red8 21. Ba6
Ra8 22. Ne5 Nh5 23. Nc6 Qh4 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Bh2 Bd4 26. Qf3 g5 27. Bc4 g4 28.
hxg4 Bxg4 29. Qxf7+ Bg7 30. e5 Rf8 31. Bd3+ Kh8 32. Qg6 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Bf5 34.
Qxh5 Bxd3 35. e6 Bb5 36. e7 Re8 37. Re6 Kg8 38. Rd1 Qf7 39. Qd5 Kh7 40. Rxh6+
Kg8 41. Re6 Ba6 42. Qc6 Rxe7 43. Qa8+ Bf8 44. Rxe7 Qxe7 45. Bd6 Qf7 46. Qxf8+
1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. Rd1 Nb6 12. Bb3 a5 13. Be3 Ba6 14. Qg4 Kh8
15. f4 a4 16. fxe5 Bc8 17. Qf3 axb3 18. cxb3 d5 19. Qf2 Rb8 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21.
Qxb6 Rxb6 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Re6 24. Nxe7 Rxe7 25. Rd5 Be6 26. Rb5 Rd8 27.
a4 g5 28. a5 Rd2 29. a6 Ra7 30. Rb7 Rd7 31. Rb8+ Kg7 32. b4 Bc4 33. b5 Rd2 34.
b3 Be2 35. e6 Rb2 36. Rb7 Ra8 37. Rxf7+ Kg6 38. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. h3 b5 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. a4 b4
9. Ne2 Ngf6 10. Ng3 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Bd2 c4 15. Bxc4
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Re1 Nf6 18. Ng5 d5 19. Bf1 h6 20. c4 Qd8 21. Nxe4 Nxe4
22. Be3 dxc4 23. Bxc4 Nd6 24. Bd3 e6 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. Rc5 Rfd8 27. Qc2 a5 28. d5
exd5 29. Rxd5 Qb7 30. Rc5 Qd7 31. Rc7 Qe6 32. Bd2 Qd5 33. Rc5 Qd4 34. Be3 Qh4
35. Rd1 Ne8 36. Bc4 Rxd1+ 37. Qxd1 Qe7 38. Rd5 Nf6 39. Rb5 Rd8 40. Qb3 Ne4 41.
Rb7 Rd7 42. Rxd7 Qxd7 43. Qd3 Qxd3 44. Bxd3 Nc3 45. Bc2 Nd5 46. Bc5 Bc3 47. Bb3
Bb4 48. Bd4 Nc3 49. Kf1 h5 50. h4 Kf8 51. g3 Ke7 52. Kg2 Ne4 53. Bc2 Nc5 54.
Kf3 Ne6 55. Be3 Bc5 56. Bxc5+ Nxc5 57. Ke3 Kd6 58. Kd4 Ne6+ 59. Kc4 g5 60. hxg5
Nxg5 61. Bd1 Ne4 62. Bxh5 f6 63. Kb5 Nxf2 64. Kxa5 Ne4 65. Kb6 Nxg3 66. Bf3 Nf5
67. a5 Ne3 68. a6 Nc4+ 69. Kb5 Na3+ 70. Kb4 Nc2+ 71. Ka4 Nd4 72. a7 Nxf3 73.
a8=Q Nd4 74. Kb4 Ne6 75. Kc4 Ng5 76. Qe8 Ne6 77. Kd3 Ke5 78. Ke3 Kd6 79. Qf7
Ke5 80. Qh5+ f5 81. Qh8+ Kd5 82. Qf6 f4+ 83. Kf3 Nc5 84. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 e6 6. Nd2 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
g3 Bd7 9. Qe2 Bc6 10. Nc4 Qd5 11. Rg1 Qf3 12. Qxf3 Bxf3 13. Ne5 Bd5 14. Bb5+
Bc6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. Ke2 O-O-O 18. a4 Kb7 19. a5 Ka6 20. Ra4
Be7 21. Be3 Rd5 22. b3 Rhd8 23. Rc4 h5 24. h4 R8d7 25. Ra1 Rb7 26. Raa4 f5 27.
Ra1 g6 28. Re1 e5 29. f3 Rb5 30. Ra4 Rxa5 31. Rxa5+ Kxa5 32. Ra1+ Kb6 33. c4
Rd7 34. b4 f4 35. gxf4 exf4 36. bxc5+ Kb7 37. Rb1+ Ka6 38. Bf2 Bf6 39. Rg1 Rg7
40. Kd3 Kb7 41. c3 Rg8 42. Rh1 a5 43. Bd4 Be7 44. Rb1+ Ka7 45. Bf2 Rd8+ 46. Kc2
Rg8 47. Rd1 Bd8 48. Rd7+ Kb8 49. Kb3 Kc8 50. Rf7 Bc7 51. Bd4 g5 52. hxg5 Rxg5
53. Rh7 Rg3 54. Rxh5 Rxf3 55. Rh8+ Kb7 56. Rh7 Kc8 57. Rh8+ Kb7 58. Rh7 Kc8 59.
Rh6 Kb7 60. Rf6 Rf1 61. Kc2 Re1 62. Kb3 Re2 63. Ka4 Ra2+ 64. Kb3 Re2 65. Ka4
Re1 66. Kb3 Re8 67. Ka4 Re7 68. Kb3 Re4 69. Ka4 Re8 70. Kb3 Ra8 71. Rf7 Re8 72.
Ka4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Bb6 12. Bb5 Qf6 13. b4 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. O-O Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rfc8 18. Rc2 a5 19. Rfc1 axb4 20. axb4 Qe6 21.
Qg4 f5 22. Qe2 h6 23. h4 d4 24. exd4 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Bxd4 26. Rec2 Re8 27. Kf1
Re4 28. g3 Bf6 29. Rc4 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Be7 31. Bd2 Ra4 32. Rf4 g6 33. Ke2 h5 34.
Kd3 Kf7 35. Rc4 Ra6 36. Kc3 Ke6 37. Kb3 Kd5 38. Rc1 c5 39. Rd1 c4+ 40. Kb2 Kc6
41. Re1 Bf6+ 42. Bc3 Bxc3+ 43. Kxc3 Ra2 44. Kxc4 Rc2+ 45. Kd4 Rxf2 46. Re6+ Kb5
47. Ke3 Rf1 48. Rxg6 Kxb4 49. Rg5 f4+ 50. gxf4 Kc4 51. Rxh5 Re1+ 52. Kf3 Kd4
53. Rh8 Rf1+ 54. Kg4 Kd5 55. Re8 Rg1+ 56. Kh5 Kd6 57. Re5 Rg2 58. Re8 Kd7 59.
Re4 Kd6 60. f5 Kd5 61. Re1 Kd6 62. f6 Kd7 63. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Paris GCT blitz"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2019.08.01"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nge2 c4 9. Bc2 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bg3 Nf6 14. f3 Re8
15. e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Bg4 17. d5 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Nd4 19. Qd2 Nxe2 20. Nxe2 Nxe4 21.
Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Nc3 Rd4 23. Qf2 Qd7 24. Be5 Rxd5 25. Qf4 Rd3 26. Ne4 Bd4 27. Rae1
Re8 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Nf6+ gxf6 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Qxd4 Qe2 32. Qxf6 Be6 33. h3
Bd5 34. Rf2 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qe3 36. Rf4 Qe6 37. Rg4+ Kf8 38. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2818"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Re1 b5 8.
Rxe4 d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 bxa4 11. b3 Be6 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Nxa3 O-O 14. Nb1
Qd6 15. Nc3 axb3 16. axb3 c5 17. Ne2 f6 18. Re3 c4 19. Ng3 cxb3 20. cxb3 g6 21.
Qf3 Bf7 22. h3 Rfe8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Qd3 Re6 25. Nf1 Qb6 26. Ne3 Rc6 27. h4
Kg7 28. h5 Qb4 29. Ng4 Be6 30. h6+ Kf7 31. Ne3 a5 32. Qd1 Rc3 33. Ra4 Qxb3 34.
Qxb3 Rxb3 35. Rxa5 g5 36. Ra7+ Kg6 37. Ra6 Kf7 38. g4 Rb4 39. Ra7+ Kg6 40. Ra6
Kf7 41. Ra7+ Kg6 42. Ra6 Kf7 43. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Rg1 a6 12. g4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. g5 Nh5 15.
Bd3 b4 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 bxc3 18. Bxc6 cxb2+ 19. Kb1 Qxa3 20. Qxb2 Qxb2+
21. Kxb2 Ra7 22. Bd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Bb7 24. Ne5 Bxc6 25. Rxc6 Rb8+ 26. Kc2 a5
27. Rb1 Rd8 28. Rbb6 Kh7 29. f4 Rda8 30. Kb3 a4+ 31. Ka3 f6 32. Nf3 Rd7 33. Rd6
Rxd6 34. Rxd6 Rc8 35. gxf6 gxf6 36. Rxe6 Nxf4 37. exf4 Rc3+ 38. Kxa4 Rxf3 39.
Rxf6 Kg7 40. Rb6 Rxf4+ 41. Rb4 Rxb4+ 42. Kxb4 Kg6 43. h3 Kh5 44. h4 Kxh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "208"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a4
a5 9. Qc2 c6 10. Na3 Ne4 11. Bf4 g5 12. Be3 f5 13. Rad1 Qe8 14. Qc1 h6 15. Ne5
Kh7 16. f3 Nef6 17. b3 Bd6 18. f4 g4 19. Nc2 h5 20. Ne1 Rh8 21. N1d3 Kg7 22.
Bf2 Rh6 23. Qe3 Nf8 24. Rb1 Ng6 25. Nxg6 Qxg6 26. c5 Bc7 27. b4 axb4 28. Rxb4
Rh7 29. Ne5 Qe8 30. Ra1 Ba5 31. Rb3 Qd8 32. Qc1 Ra7 33. Be1 Rh8 34. Bxa5 Qxa5
35. Qc3 Qxc3 36. Rxc3 Ra5 37. Rb3 Rh7 38. Rb4 Kf8 39. h4 Ke8 40. e3 Kd8 41. Nd3
Kc7 42. Nc1 Rh8 43. Nb3 Ra7 44. Kf1 Bd7 45. Ke1 Rha8 46. Kd2 Be8 47. Kc3 Bd7
48. a5 Be8 49. Rb6 Bd7 50. Kb4 Be8 51. Rg1 Nd7 52. Bf1 Bf7 53. Bd3 Be8 54. Ra1
Bf7 55. Kc3 Be8 56. Rb4 Nb8 57. Rba4 Bd7 58. Nc1 Be8 59. Bc2 Bd7 60. R4a3 Be8
61. Bd3 Bd7 62. Ne2 Be8 63. Kb4 Na6+ 64. Kb3 Nb8 65. Nc3 Bd7 66. Kb2 Kd8 67.
Nd1 Kc7 68. Nf2 Be8 69. Bc2 Bd7 70. Nd3 Be8 71. Bd1 Kc8 72. Be2 Kc7 73. Nb4 Bd7
74. Kc2 Be8 75. Nd3 Bd7 76. Nc1 Be8 77. Nb3 Bd7 78. Ra4 Be8 79. Rb4 Bf7 80. Rb6
Nd7 81. Bd3 Be8 82. Kc3 Bf7 83. Rb1 Rb8 84. Rb4 Be8 85. Kd2 Bf7 86. Ke1 Be8 87.
Kf1 Bf7 88. Kf2 Be8 89. Kg2 Bf7 90. a6 bxa6 91. Rxb8 Nxb8 92. Na5 Be8 93. Rb6
Bd7 94. Bc2 Be8 95. Ba4 Bd7 96. Kf2 Be8 97. Ke1 Bd7 98. Kd2 Be8 99. Kc3 Bd7
100. Kb4 Be8 101. Bc2 Bd7 102. Ba4 Be8 103. Bc2 Bd7 104. Ba4 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rfe8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Na7 14. d4 exd4 15.
Qxd4 c5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Qd3 Bf6 18. Bd2 Ne5 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21.
c3 Qc6 22. f3 d5 23. Re1 Bc7 24. Bc2 g6 25. Bh6 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qe3
Qxe3+ 28. Bxe3 f5 29. f4 Kf7 30. g3 Ke6 31. Kf2 h5 32. h4 Bc6 33. Ba7 Bd8 34.
Ke3 Bf6 35. Bb6 Kd6 36. Kd2 Bd7 37. Kd3 Bc6 38. Bd1 Bd7 39. Bf3 Bc6 40. Kc2 d4
41. Bxc6 Kxc6 42. Bxd4 Be7 43. Kd3 Kd5 44. Be3 Bd6 45. Bd4 Be7 46. Be3 Bd6 47.
Bd4 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. O-O Be7 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Qc2
Nb4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Qc7 Qxc7 17. Rxc7 Bd8 18. Bd6 Bxc7 19. Bxf8 a5 20. Bb1
Be5 21. b3 Bg4 22. Bc5 Rc8 23. Bb6 Nxa2 24. Bxa2 Rc2 25. Nf3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rxa2
27. Rd1 Ra1 28. Rxa1 Bxa1 29. Bxa5 f5 30. Kf1 Kg8 31. Ke2 Kf7 32. Kd3 Be5 33.
Bc3 Bd6 34. e4 dxe4+ 35. fxe4 Ke6 36. Bxg7 Bxh2 37. Bd4 b5 38. Bb6 Be5 39. Ke3
Bb2 40. Bd4 Bc1+ 41. Kd3 Ba3 42. Bb6 Bb2 43. Bc7 Bf6 44. Ba5 Be5 45. Bb4 Bf6
46. Bc5 Be5 47. Ba7 Bf6 48. Bd4 Be7 49. Ke3 Bg5+ 50. f4 Be7 51. Bb6 Ba3 52. Kd3
Bc1 53. Bc7 Bb2 54. Bb8 Bf6 55. Ke3 Bb2 56. Be5 Bc1+ 57. Kd3 b4 58. Bb8 Kf6 59.
Bd6 Ke6 60. Be5 Ba3 61. Bd4 Bc1 62. Be3 Bb2 63. Bd2 fxe4+ 64. Kxe4 Ba3 65. Kd4
Kf5 66. Kd5 Kf6 67. Kc5 Kf5 68. Kb5 Ke4 69. Bxb4 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2882"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qc7 8.
Be3 b6 9. a3 a5 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. b4 Ng4 12. bxc5 Nxe3 13. fxe3 bxc5 14. Nc4 Be6
15. Nfd2 O-O 16. Rf1 Rab8 17. Qe2 a4 18. Rf2 Rb7 19. Raf1 Qd8 20. Qe1 h5 21.
Qa1 f6 22. h3 Bh6 23. Qd1 Kh7 24. Qe2 Rb8 25. Rd1 Qc7 26. Rff1 Kg7 27. Rb1 Rb5
28. Rbd1 Rbb8 29. Rb1 Rb5 30. Rbd1 Rbb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Bf1 Nc6 10. Nb3 b5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. Bf2
d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. c3 b4 19. Nc5 Qxd1 20. Rexd1 bxc3 21. bxc3
Bf5 22. Bxa6 Bxc3 23. Bb7 Nb4 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. a4 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 f6 27. a5 Bc8
28. h3 Kf7 29. Rb1 Na6 30. Ne4 Rb8 31. Rc1 Bd7 32. Bd4 h5 33. Bb6 Rc8 34. Rxc8
Bxc8 35. Nc5 Nxc5 36. Bxc5 h4 37. Bb4 Ba6 38. Bc5 Bc8 39. Bb4 Ba6 40. Bc5 Bc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Rc1 Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. a3 c5 11. Bc4 Qd8 12. O-O Bf6 13. dxc5 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Qxd1
15. Rfxd1 Bxa3 16. Bd6 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rc8 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Bxa3 Rxa3 20. Rxb6
Rc3 21. Rbd6 Kf8 22. Rd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Ke7 24. Rxb8 Rxc4 25. f4 Rc7 26. Ra8
Rd7 27. Rb8 Rc7 28. Ra8 Rd7 29. Rb8 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 e6 7. Ng3 c5 8. Bd3
Nxg3 9. fxg3 cxd4 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qe2 h6 12. a3 Bd7 13. g4 Be7 14. b4 a6 15.
Rb1 Na7 16. Bb2 Nb5 17. Qf2 Qc7 18. Nxd4 O-O 19. Ne2 f6 20. Qe3 fxe5 21. Bxe5
Bd6 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. g5 Nf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. gxh6 Rae8 26. Qd2 Qb6+ 27. Nd4
Qxh6 28. Qxh6 gxh6 29. Rf3 Re4 30. c3 Kg7 31. h3 h5 32. Rbf1 Kg6 33. g3 Rc8 34.
Kh2 b6 35. h4 f4 36. gxf4 Bg4 37. Rd3 Kf6 38. Rf2 Re7 39. Nf3 Bf5 40. Rxd5 Rxc3
41. Ng5 Rc6 42. a4 Rec7 43. b5 axb5 44. axb5 Rc2 45. Kg2 Rxf2+ 46. Kxf2 Rc2+
47. Ke3 Rc3+ 48. Kd2 Rc2+ 49. Kd1 Rc4 50. Rd6+ Ke7 51. Rxb6 Rxf4 52. Rb7+ Bd7
53. Kd2 Rxh4 54. Ke3 Rb4 55. Ne4 Rxb5 56. Rxb5 Bxb5 57. Ng3 h4 58. Nf5+ Kf6 59.
Nxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rc1 c5 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. Ng4 Nxg4 13. Qxg4 c4 14. Bb1 Ne7 15.
Nb5 f5 16. Qe2 a6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. f3 b5 19. Be1 Ng6 20. Ba5 Ne7 21. Be1 Ng6
22. Ba5 Ne7 23. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Rd2 Rd8 14.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Rd1+ Ke8 16. b3 h4 17. Ne2 Bd5 18. Bf4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 g6 20. Bc1
Ng7 21. Kg2 Ne6 22. Nd4 Kd7 23. Nf5+ Ke8 24. Nd4 Kd7 25. Nf5+ Ke8 26. Nd4 Kd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w DBdb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nb6 2. e4 f6 3. Nb3 e5 4. g3 Ng6 5. Qe3 Bd6 6. f5 Ne7 7. d3 c6 8. a4 Bxb3
9. a5 Bxc2 10. Kxc2 Na8 11. Qxa7 c5 12. Bxc5 Nc6 13. Qxa8 Bxc5 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w DBdb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nb3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. e4 Nb6 4. e5 f6 5. f4 Bf7 6. g3 Bg6 7. Nf2 fxe5 8. Qxe5
Bd6 9. Qe1 Nf7 10. Bh3 Bf5 11. Nc5 Bxh3 12. Nxh3 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Nd7 14. Qa5 Nf6
15. Bd4 Ne4 16. Bxg7 b6 17. Qa6+ Rb7 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Qa8+ Rb8 20. Qa6+ Rb7
21. Qa8+ Rb8 22. Qa6+ Kd7 23. f5 Nfd6 24. fxe6+ Qxe6 25. Nf4 Qf7 26. Be5 Ra8
27. Qe2 c6 28. Bxd6 Nxd6 29. O-O Re8 30. Qg4+ Kc7 31. Nd3 Qe7 32. Rbe1 Ne4 33.
a3 Rf8 34. Rxf8 Rxf8 35. Rf1 Nf6 36. Qg5 c5 37. Qe5+ Qd6 38. Rf5 d4 39. g4 Nd7
40. Qxd6+ Kxd6 41. Rxf8 Nxf8 42. Kf2 c4 43. Nf4 Nd7 44. g5 Ke5 45. g6 hxg6 46.
Nxg6+ Ke4 47. Ne7 b5 48. h4 Ne5 49. Ke2 d3+ 50. cxd3+ cxd3+ 51. Kd1 Nc4 52. b3
Ne3+ 53. Kd2 Nf1+ 54. Kd1 d2 55. h5 Ng3 56. h6 Kd3 57. Nd5 Ne4 58. Nb4+ Kc3 59.
Nd5+ Kd3 60. Nf4+ Ke3 61. Nd5+ Kd3 62. Nb4+ Ke3 63. Nd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. e3 Nd6 3. Ngf3 f6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 e5 6. Bb3 b6 7. Rb2 Qd7 8. Rc2
Nh6 9. Bxe5 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Qf5 11. N1f3 Ng4 12. d4 Bxf3+ 13. gxf3 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Qxf3+ 15. Kd2 Ne4+ 16. Kd3 O-O-O+ 17. Kc4 a6 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b5 2. d3 e6 3. Ngf3 Be7 4. b3 f6 5. c4 bxc4 6. bxc4 Nh6 7. h3 Rb6 8. Bd4
c5 9. Bc3 Nc7 10. Be2 Qb8 11. Rxb6 axb6 12. Nc2 Qa7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bd2 Nf7 15.
a3 Bc6 16. Re1 b5 17. cxb5 Nxb5 18. Be3 Ne5 19. Nd2 Ra8 20. f4 Nf7 21. Qb2 Qa5
22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Nd2 d5 24. Bg4 d4 25. Bf2 e5 26. fxe5 Nxe5 27. Bg3 Bd6 28. Bxe5
Bxe5 29. Nc4 Bg3 30. Ra1 Nc3 31. Qb6 Qxb6 32. Nxb6 Rb8 33. Be6+ Kf8 34. Nd7+
Bxd7 35. Bxd7 Rb2 36. Ne1 Ke7 37. Bg4 Bxe1 38. Rxe1 Rd2 39. Ra1 Kd6 40. a4 Kc7
41. a5 Kb7 42. a6+ Ka7 43. Ra5 Rxd3 44. Rxc5 Kxa6 45. Rc7 g5 46. Rxh7 Re3 47.
Rd7 Rxe4 48. Rd6+ Kb5 49. Rxf6 Re5 50. Bf5 Kc4 51. Rc6+ Kd5 52. Rf6 Ne4 53. Rf8
d3 54. Rd8+ Kc4 55. Bg4 Kc3 56. Bf3 Nd2 57. Bg4 Nc4 58. Kf2 Ne3 59. Bf3 Kd2 60.
Rd7 Rf5 61. Kg3 Rf4 62. Kf2 Nf5 63. Rd5 Nd4 64. Rxg5 Nxf3 65. gxf3 Rf7 66. h4
Rc7 67. Ra5 Kc2 68. Ra2+ Kc3 69. Ra3+ Kc2 70. Ra2+ Kc3 71. Ra3+ Kc2 72. Ra2+
Kb3 73. Ra8 Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrnkqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRNKQRBB w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. d3 c6 4. c4 Nc7 5. Nc2 b5 6. cxb5 Rxb5 7. Bd4 e5 8. Bc3
Bd5 9. Bxd5 Nxd5 10. Ba5+ Nc7 11. Na3 Rd5 12. fxe5 Nb6 13. Bb4 c5 14. Bc3 Bxe5
15. Qd2 Qe7 16. O-O O-O 17. e3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Re5 19. Nc2 Ncd5 20. Nb3 Nxe3 21.
Nxe3 Rxe3 22. Rfe1 Re6 23. d4 cxd4 24. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qf6 26. Nb5 f4 27.
Qxf4 Qxf4 28. gxf4 Rxf4 29. Nd6 Nd5 30. c4 Nb6 31. Re8+ Rf8 32. Re7 Rf6 33. c5
Na4 34. Ne4 Rf7 35. Re8+ Kg7 36. Nd6 Rf6 37. Re7+ Kg8 38. Ne4 Rf7 39. Re8+ Kg7
40. Kg2 h6 41. h4 g5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. Kg3 Rf5 44. Re7+ Kg6 45. Rxd7 Nxc5 46.
Rd6+ Kf7 47. Nxc5 Rxc5 48. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrnkqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRNKQRBB w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Nab3 b6 4. d4 Nd6 5. Nd2 c6 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 Nc7 8. Nb3
Bc4 9. Rf2 Qf7 10. Ng5 Qg8 11. Nf3 Bd5 12. Bg2 a5 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Rxg2 a4 15.
Nc1 g5 16. fxg5 Qd5 17. Re2 Ne6 18. h4 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Qf3+ 20. Ne2 Nc4 21. Rxe6
dxe6 22. O-O-O a3 23. Nf4 Rxf4 24. gxf4 axb2+ 25. Kb1 Ra8 26. Rd3 Qxf4 27. Be3
Qe4 28. Bd2 Qd5 29. Bb4 Nd2+ 30. Kxb2 Rxa2+ 31. Kc1 Ra1+ 32. Kxd2 Rxe1 33. Kxe1
Qe4+ 34. Kd1 Qxh4 35. Bd2 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Qg2+ 37. Ke1 e5 38. dxe5+ Ke8 39. e6
Qg1+ 40. Ke2 Qg4+ 41. Ke1 Qxe6+ 42. Be3 c5 43. Kd2 Qe4 44. Rb3 Qc6 45. Kc1 b5
46. Bd2 b4 47. Rh3 Qa8 48. Be3 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbrqknrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBRQKNRN w GCgc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Nhg3 g6 4. e3 f5 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 Nf7 7. d5 e6 8. Ne3
Be5 9. Bxe5 Nxe5 10. f4 Nf7 11. O-O Qc7 12. b4 g5 13. Nh5 Rg6 14. Qe2 O-O-O 15.
c5 Kb8 16. d6 Qb7 17. Bd3 gxf4 18. Nxf4 Rg8 19. Ned5 Ng6 20. c6 dxc6 21. Nf6
Nxf4 22. Rxf4 c5 23. Nxg8 Rxg8 24. Rf2 Qd5 25. Bc4 Qd4 26. Kh1 Nxd6 27. Rd1
Qxc4 28. Qe5 Bd5 29. Qxd6+ Ka8 30. bxc5 Qxc5 31. Qxc5 bxc5 32. h3 Kb7 33. Kh2
c4 34. Rg1 h5 35. Rf4 Kc6 36. Rh4 c3 37. Rxh5 Rxg2+ 38. Rxg2 Bxg2 39. Rh8 Kd7
40. Rh4 Be4 41. Rf4 c2 42. Rf1 f4 43. Kg1 Bd3 44. Rc1 e5 45. Kf2 e4 46. h4 Ke6
47. h5 Kf5 48. a3 Kg4 49. h6 e3+ 50. Kg2 f3+ 51. Kh2 f2 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbrqknrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBRQKNRN w GCgc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. e3 e6 4. Nfg3 Qe7 5. f4 f5 6. Nf2 g6 7. d4 Nf7 8. Qd2 cxd4
9. Bxd4 h5 10. Bb2 Nh7 11. Ne2 Nf6 12. Bd3 Ng4 13. Nxg4 hxg4 14. O-O-O b5 15.
Kb1 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Nd6 17. Bd3 Ne4 18. Qe1 Bd6 19. Rc1 Kf7 20. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 21.
Ka1 Bb4 22. Qd1 Qd6 23. Nd4 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Qc5 25. Qxc5 Bxc5 26. Rc1 Bb6 27. g3
g5 28. a4 gxf4 29. exf4 a6 30. b4 Rb8 31. Rd1 Rc8 32. a5 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 Ke8 34.
Ka2 Rc2 35. Kb3 Rxh2 36. b5 axb5 37. Rxe4 Kd8 38. Re3 Kc7 39. Be5+ d6 40. Rc3+
Kd7 41. Rd3 Kc6 42. Rxd6+ Kc5 43. a6 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbrqknrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBRQKNRN w GCgc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. e3 e6 4. f4 d5 5. cxd5 Bxd5 6. Nhg3 Qe7 7. Nh5 f6 8. g4
Nhg6 9. g5 f5 10. Qe2 Nh4 11. Rg3 Nd7 12. Rh3 Ng6 13. Nfg3 O-O-O 14. Bd3 Kb7
15. Ba6+ Ka8 16. Bc4 Bb7 17. Ba6 Bd5 18. O-O-O h6 19. Bc4 Bb7 20. gxh6 gxh6 21.
Qf2 a6 22. a4 Rdf8 23. Ne2 Qf7 24. Nhg3 Nf6 25. Qf1 Ng4 26. Rh5 Qe8 27. h3 Nf6
28. Rxh6 Nd5 29. Nc3 Ngxf4 30. exf4 Rxg3 31. Bxa6 Nxf4 32. Bxb7+ Kxb7 33. Qh1+
Rg2 34. Rg1 Rfg8 35. Rh7+ Kc8 36. Rxg2 Rxg2 37. Qf1 b5 38. Qxb5 Rg1+ 39. Kb2
Qxb5 40. axb5 Nd3+ 41. Ka2 Nb4+ 42. Kb2 Be5 43. Re7 f4 44. b6 f3 45. Rf7 f2 46.
b7+ Kb8 47. Rxf2 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbrqknrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBRQKNRN w GCgc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. e3 Nhg6 4. Qh5 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Qxd5 Bxd5 7. d4 Nd7 8.
dxc5 Nxc5 9. Rd1 Bb7 10. Nfg3 Nh4 11. f3 O-O 12. O-O b5 13. Nf2 a5 14. Rc1 Ne6
15. Nf5 Nxf5 16. Bxf5 Ba7 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. exd4 Rfd8 20. Nd3 Rxd4
21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Ne5 Bb7 23. Rc1 h5 24. Rc5 Rd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. h4 g6 27.
Kf2 Kg7 28. Ke3 Kf6 29. Kf4 Bc8 30. g4 a4 31. g5+ Kg7 32. bxa4 bxa4 33. a3 Bf5
34. Ke3 Kf8 35. Kd4 e6 36. Kc5 Ke7 37. f4 Bc2 38. Nc6+ Kd7 39. Ne5+ Kc7 40. Nf3
Kd7 41. Nd4 Bd1 42. Nc6 Bc2 43. Ne5+ Kc7 44. Nf3 Bd1 45. Ne5 Bc2 46. Nc6 Kd7
47. Nd4 Bd1 48. Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbbrkrnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBBRKRNQ w FDfd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "223"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. h3 Bf5 4. Nb3 c6 5. Qh2 O-O 6. Na5 Be4 7. Nxb7 Bxf4 8.
Qxf4 Rb8 9. Na5 Bxg2 10. Nxc6 Rb7 11. O-O-O Bxf1 12. Rxf1 Rc8 13. Ne5 Nb6 14.
b3 g6 15. e3 Qg7 16. Ne2 Nbd7 17. c3 e6 18. Kb2 Qf8 19. e4 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7
21. exd5 exd5 22. Rd1 Nb6 23. Ka1 Qa3 24. Qc1 Qxc1 25. Rxc1 Re7 26. f4 f6 27.
Rg1 fxe5 28. f5 e4 29. fxg6 Rg7 30. gxh7+ Kxh7 31. Rd1 Kh6 32. c4 dxc4 33. Bxe4
Re8 34. Rd6+ Kg5 35. Nc3 Kf4 36. Rf6+ Ke3 37. Rf3+ Kd4 38. Bb1 a6 39. bxc4 Nxc4
40. Na4 Ne3 41. Rf4+ Kd5 42. Nc3+ Kc5 43. Ne4+ Kb6 44. Rf6+ Ka5 45. Rf3 Nc4 46.
Rc3 Rc8 47. Nd2 Rgc7 48. Nxc4+ Rxc4 49. Ra3+ Ra4 50. Rg3 Rb4 51. a3 Rbc4 52.
Ka2 R4c5 53. Bd3 R8c6 54. h4 Rh6 55. Rg5 Kb6 56. Rg6+ Rc6 57. Rxc6+ Rxc6 58. h5
Rc3 59. Bg6 Rh3 60. Be8 Kc5 61. Kb2 a5 62. a4 Kc4 63. Bf7+ Kb4 64. Be8 Re3 65.
Bg6 Re6 66. Kc2 Rd6 67. Be8 Rd8 68. Bg6 Rd6 69. Be8 Re6 70. Bf7 Rf6 71. Be8 Rf8
72. Bg6 Kxa4 73. h6 Rf2+ 74. Kc3 Kb5 75. Be8+ Kc5 76. h7 Rf3+ 77. Kb2 Rh3 78.
Bg6 Kb4 79. Bf5 Rh2+ 80. Kb1 Kc3 81. Bg6 a4 82. Bf5 a3 83. Ka1 Kb4 84. Bg6 a2
85. h8=Q Rxh8 86. Kxa2 Rh2+ 87. Kb1 Rg2 88. Bf7 Rf2 89. Bg8 Kc3 90. Ka1 Rf8 91.
Bd5 Rd8 92. Bf7 Rd6 93. Kb1 Rf6 94. Bg8 Rb6+ 95. Ka1 Rg6 96. Ba2 Rg1+ 97. Bb1
Rg5 98. Bh7 Ra5+ 99. Kb1 Rb5+ 100. Ka1 Kb3 101. Kb1 Rb8 102. Kc1 Kc3 103. Kd1
Rh8 104. Bg6 Rh6 105. Bf5 Rh2 106. Bg6 Rg2 107. Bh7 Kd4 108. Kc1 Rg7 109. Bf5
Rf7 110. Bg6 Rf2 111. Bh7 Rh2 112. Bg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbbrkrnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBBRKRNQ w FDfd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nb6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nh5 5. Bg3 h6 6. Nb3 Nxg3 7. hxg3 c6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Bxe4 Bg4 10. Nc5 O-O-O 11. O-O g5 12. Rde1 e6 13. Nh2 h5 14. f4 gxf4
15. Nxg4 hxg4 16. Qxh8 Rxh8 17. gxf4 g3 18. Rf3 Rdg8 19. f5 e5 20. f6 Bd6 21.
Bf5+ Kc7 22. Ne4 exd4 23. cxd4 Nd5 24. Nc3 Nxf6 25. Bh3 Rh6 26. d5 Bc5+ 27. Kf1
Rxh3 28. Rxf6 Rh1+ 29. Ke2 Re8+ 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbbrkrnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBBRKRNQ w FDfd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. c3 Nh5 4. Be5 f6 5. Bg3 g6 6. Nb3 Nb6 7. Nc5 Qg7 8. e4
O-O 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne2 b6 11. Nb3 Bg4 12. Bd3 e5 13. dxe5 fxe5 14. Bc4 c6 15.
f3 Bc8 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bf2 b5 18. Bxd5+ cxd5 19. g4 Nf4 20. Nxf4 gxf4 21. O-O-O
b4 22. cxb4 d4 23. Kb1 Bd6 24. Nc5 a5 25. Bh4 axb4 26. Ne4 Be7 27. Bxe7 Qxe7
28. Rfe1 Be6 29. b3 Ra8 30. Re2 Ra3 31. Rb2 Rc8 32. Qe1 Bd5 33. g5 Kg7 34. Nf6
Bxf3 35. Rxd4 Ra7 36. Rc4 Rxc4 37. bxc4 Qc5 38. Rxb4 Kg6 39. h4 Qa5 40. Qd2 Rb7
41. Qc2+ Kf7 42. Rxb7+ Bxb7 43. Qxh7+ Kf8 44. Qxb7 Qe1+ 45. Kb2 Qd2+ 46. Ka3
Qc3+ 47. Ka4 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbbrkrnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBBRKRNQ w FDfd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Bxf5 gxf5 6. Nb3 Nb6 7. Na5 O-O-O 8.
c5 Nc4 9. Nxc4 dxc4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 e5 12. e3 Qg7 13. g3 Ne7 14. Qg2 Ng6 15.
Qh3 Qd7 16. O-O-O f4 17. Qxd7+ Rxd7 18. gxf4 e4 19. f5 exf3 20. fxg6 hxg6 21.
Bg3 g5 22. Bxb8 Kxb8 23. Rg1 Rh7 24. Rg3 Rxh2 25. Rxf3 Kc7 26. Rg1 Rhh8 27. Kc2
b5 28. b3 cxb3+ 29. axb3 a6 30. Kd3 Rhg8 31. e4 a5 32. d5 a4 33. bxa4 bxa4 34.
Rh3 Rf7 35. Ra1 Ra8 36. Kd4 Rg7 37. Rha3 cxd5 38. Rxa4 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w DBdb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nb6 2. e4 f5 3. Nb3 fxe4 4. Qxe4 Nf7 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Qe5 Qf7 7. d3 g6 8. g3
Nd5 9. Bg2 Nf5 10. Qe4 Bh6 11. Nf2 g5 12. Ng4 gxf4 13. Nxh6 Nxh6 14. Bxa7 Ra8
15. Bg1 fxg3 16. hxg3 c6 17. a3 Qg7 18. Qe5 Qg6 19. O-O-O d6 20. Qe2 Nf5 21.
Bxd5 Bxd5 22. g4 Ng7 23. Qxe7 Re8 24. Qh4 Bxb3 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. cxb3 Kd7 27.
Bd4 c5 28. Bc3 Nc7 29. Rh1 Kc6 30. Qh3 Rf8 31. Bd2 Nb5 32. b4 Nd4 33. Qg2+ Rf3
34. Bc3 Nb3+ 35. Kc2 Qxd3+ 36. Kxb3 Qd5+ 37. Ka4 Kb6 38. Qd2 Rd3 39. bxc5+ Ka6
40. Qf4 b5+ 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w DBdb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nb3 Nb6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 g6 4. f3 d5 5. g3 f6 6. dxe5 fxe5 7. Nc5 Ra8 8. c3 c6
9. exd5 cxd5 10. Be3 d4 11. cxd4 exd4 12. Bh3+ Kc7 13. Bf4+ Bd6 14. Qd2 Qf8 15.
Re1 Bxf4 16. Qxf4+ Qxf4+ 17. gxf4 Nd5 18. Re4 Re8 19. Nd3 Ne3 20. b3 Rad8 21.
Kd2 Bd5 22. Rxd4 Bxf3 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. Ne5 Bxh1 25. Kxe3 Bc6 26. Kf2 Kc7 27.
Rc1 Rf8 28. Kg3 Nf7 29. Nxc6 bxc6 30. Bg2 Nd8 31. Re1 Rf7 32. h4 Nb7 33. Rc1
Rf6 34. Bf3 h5 35. f5 gxf5 36. Kf4 Nd8 37. Bxh5 Rh6 38. Kg5 Rh8 39. Bg6 f4 40.
h5 f3 41. Kg4 Ne6 42. Kxf3 Rf8+ 43. Kg3 Nf4 44. Rh1 Nxg6 45. hxg6 Kd6 46. Rd1+
Kc5 47. Kh4 Kb4 48. Kg5 Ka3 49. Rd2 a5 50. g7 Rc8 51. Kg6 a4 52. bxa4 c5 53.
Kh7 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. f4 Nd6 3. e3 b6 4. Ngf3 e6 5. Be2 Nh6 6. Nd3 f6 7. Nd4 Nhf5 8. Nxf5
Nxf5 9. g4 Nd6 10. g5 Be7 11. gxf6 gxf6 12. Rg1 Qd7 13. Qa3 Bb7 14. Rg7 Qe8 15.
O-O-O Nf5 16. Rgg1 a5 17. Bc3 axb4 18. Nxb4 Ra8 19. Qb2 Rf8 20. Bg4 Qf7 21.
Bxf5 exf5 22. Rg3 c5 23. Nd3 Qe6 24. Rg7 d4 25. exd4 Rxa2 26. Qb1 Be4 27. Re1
cxd4 28. Bb4 Bxb4 29. Nxb4 Ra4 30. d3 Qd6 31. dxe4 Qxf4+ 32. Kd1 Qf3+ 33. Re2
Qf1+ 34. Re1 Qf3+ 35. Re2 Qf1+ 36. Re1 Qb5 37. Qb3 Rxb4 38. Qd5+ Qxd5 39. exd5
Rb1+ 40. Kd2 Rxe1 41. Kxe1 Re8+ 42. Kd2 Re7 43. Rg8+ Re8 44. Rg7 Re7 45. Rg8+
Kc7 46. Rf8 Kd6 47. Rxf6+ Ke5 48. Rf8 Rd7 49. Re8+ Kxd5 50. Kd3 Ra7 51. Rd8+
Ke5 52. Rxd4 f4 53. Rb4 Kf5 54. Rxb6 Re7 55. c4 Re3+ 56. Kd4 Re2 57. Rb3 Rxh2
58. c5 Rd2+ 59. Kc4 Rc2+ 60. Rc3 Re2 61. c6 Kg4 62. c7 Re8 63. Rd3 f3 64. Rd8
f2 65. c8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Ngf6 2. d3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Nd6 6. b4 Qf5 7. Nef3 f6 8.
Ne2 Nc3+ 9. Bxc3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Qxf3 11. Rf1 Qg2 12. Ke1 e5 13. f4 e4 14. Rf2
Qh1+ 15. Kd2 Qxc1+ 16. Rxc1 Rb6 17. Nd4 Ra6 18. Ra1 Be7 19. Re2 O-O 20. Ne6
Nc4+ 21. dxc4 Rxe6 22. f5 Rd6+ 23. Kc1 bxc4 24. Rxe4 Rd7 25. Rxc4 Rb8 26. a4 a6
27. Rb1 Kf7 28. Rb3 g6 29. g4 Bd6 30. h3 Re7 31. Bd2 gxf5 32. gxf5 Re5 33. Rf3
h5 34. c3 Rd5 35. Rc6 Rb6 36. Rxb6 cxb6 37. Kc2 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Rd3 Rxd3
40. Kxd3 Ke7 41. c4 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrnkqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRNKQRBB w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g5 2. f4 f5 3. fxg5 fxe4 4. Rxf8 Qxf8 5. Qxe4 Nd6 6. Qe2 Be6 7. h3 Qg8 8.
Ncb3 Nb6 9. g4 Qxg5 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. c3 c6 12. Nc2 Bf6 13. Nc5 Bc4 14. Qe3
Qg6 15. b3 Bd5 16. Bh2 Bxh1 17. Rxh1 Nd5 18. Qf3 Rf8 19. Ne3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 b6
21. Bxd6 exd6 22. Nd3 Bg5 23. Qe2 Re8 24. Qf1 d5 25. Rh2 Kc7 26. Qf3 Qe4 27.
Qg3+ Kc8 28. Kc2 c5 29. Qg2 Kc7 30. h4 Qxg2 31. Rxg2 Bxh4 32. g5 Re4 33. g6
hxg6 34. Rxg6 Be7 35. Kd1 a5 36. Ne1 Re6 37. Rg4 b5 38. Ng2 Kc6 39. Ne3 Bf6 40.
Nc2 b4 41. cxb4 axb4 42. a3 bxa3 43. Nxa3 Re4 44. Rg6 Rf4 45. Nc2 d4 46. Ne1
Kb5 47. Nd3 Rf5 48. Rg8 Be5 49. Kc2 Bc7 50. Rg7 Kc6 51. Rg6+ d6 52. Rh6 Kb5 53.
Rh7 Bb6 54. Re7 d5 55. Re5 Rxe5 56. Nxe5 Bc7 57. Nf3 Kb4 58. Ne1 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrnkqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRNKQRBB w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Nab3 d6 4. d3 Nab6 5. Na5 c6 6. Ncb3 Qd7 7. c4 Qc7 8. c5
Nd7 9. Qd2 Bf7 10. cxd6 exd6 11. Bd4 O-O 12. Bxh8 Kxh8 13. Qc3+ Kg8 14. Nd4
Ndb6 15. b4 Bxa2 16. Rc1 Bf7 17. e4 Ne7 18. Bg2 Qd7 19. O-O c5 20. bxc5 Na4 21.
Qa1 Nxc5 22. Rcd1 fxe4 23. f5 Nxf5 24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. dxe4 fxe4 26. Qc1 Qe7 27.
Qe3 Qe5 28. Rf4 Be6 29. Rh4 Rf7 30. Bxe4 Rbf8 31. Re1 Kh8 32. Qh6 Qd4+ 33. Qe3
Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 7. Be3 Qc7 8.
Be2 a6 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rc1 Bf6 12. c5 Rd8 13. Nxc6 dxc6 14. Qc2 Nf4
15. Bc4 e5 16. Na4 Be6 17. Nb6 Rab8 18. g3 Bh3 19. Rfd1 Bg4 20. Re1 Bf3 21. Bf1
Ne6 22. h4 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Re3 Bg4 25. Be2 Be6 26. Rd1 Rbd8 27. a3 g6 28.
b4 h5 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Bc4 Bg4 31. f3 Be6 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Nc4 Qd7 34. Kf2 g5
35. hxg5 Bxg5 36. Re1 h4 37. Rh1 Rxc4 38. Qxc4 Qd2+ 39. Kf1 Be3 40. Qe2 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. e3 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. Qc2 c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. a4 a5 15.
b3 Nb4 16. Ba3 Bg4 17. Rac1 Rfe8 18. h3 Be6 19. Qb1 h6 20. Nb5 Rac8 21. Nd2
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rd8 23. Nc4 Bxc4 24. bxc4 Nxa4 25. Qb3 Nc5 26. Bxb4 axb4 27. Qxb4
e4 28. Bxe4 Qxe4 29. Qxc5 Be5 30. Qe7 Rd2 31. Nd4 Rd3 32. Ra1 b5 33. cxb5 Rxe3
34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Ne6+ Kf6 36. Qd8+ Kxe6 37. Ra6+ Kf5 38. g4+ Kf4 39. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 b5 8. Nf3 b4
9. g4 Qb6 10. Be3 h5 11. gxh5 Rxh5 12. Ng3 Rh8 13. f5 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15.
cxd4 exf5 16. Qa4 f4 17. Ne2 b3 18. Qxb3 Qg6 19. Nc3 Rb8 20. Bb5 Rxb5 21. Nxb5
Rh3 22. Rc1 Nb6 23. Rg1 Bg4 24. Kf2 Be7 25. Nc7+ Kf8 26. Nxd5 Rxf3+ 27. Qxf3
Bh4+ 28. Kf1 Bxf3 29. Rxg6 Nxd5 30. Rc8+ Ke7 31. Rd6 Ne3+ 32. Kg1 Bg4 33. Rc7+
Ke8 34. Rxa7 f3 35. Ra8+ Ke7 36. Ra7+ Ke8 37. Ra8+ Ke7 38. Ra7+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 a6 11. Rb1 b5 12. b3 b4 13. Nce4 Bxe2 14. Re1 Bg4 15.
Nxf6+ exf6 16. h3 Bf5 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Re8 19. Qxe8+ Qxe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8
21. Bf4 Nb7 22. Kf1 f5 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Kxe1 Be5 25. Bc1 a5 26. a4 bxa3 27.
Bxa3 Bc3+ 28. Kd1 Kf8 29. Bf1 Ke7 30. Bc1 Kf6 31. h4 Kg7 32. Bd3 Kf8 33. Ke2
Ke8 34. Bc2 Kd7 35. Kf3 f6 36. h5 Nd8 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Ke2 Nf7 39. f4 Nh6 40.
Kf3 Ng4 41. Bd3 Kc7 42. Ke2 Kb6 43. Bc2 Ka6 44. Kd3 Be1 45. Ke2 Bxg3 46. Bd2
Bf2 47. Kf3 Bd4 48. Ke2 Nh6 49. Kf3 Ng8 50. Ke2 Ne7 51. Kf3 Nc8 52. Ke2 Bb2 53.
Kf3 Nb6 54. Ke2 Nc8 55. Kf3 Ne7 56. Ke2 Ng8 57. Kf3 Nh6 58. Ke2 Ba3 59. Kf3 Bb4
60. Bc1 Bc3 61. Ke2 Nf7 62. Kf3 Kb6 63. Ke2 Kc7 64. Kf3 Kd7 65. Ke2 Ke7 66. Kd3
Bb4 67. Ke2 Kf8 68. Kf3 Bc3 69. Kg3 Kg7 70. Kf3 Nh6 71. Ke2 Nf7 72. Kf3 Kh6 73.
Kg3 Be1+ 74. Kf3 Kh5 75. Ke2 Bc3 76. Kf3 Nh6 77. Kg3 g5 78. Bd1+ Kg6 79. Bc2
Ng4 80. Kf3 Nh6 81. Kg3 Ng8 82. Kf3 Ne7 83. Kg3 Kh6 84. Kf3 Kh5 85. Kg3 Be1+
86. Kf3 Kh4 87. Ke2 Bc3 88. Kf3 Kh5 89. Kg3 Be1+ 90. Kf3 Ng6 91. fxg5 fxg5 92.
Bxf5 Nh4+ 93. Ke2 Nxf5 94. Kxe1 Nd4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bb7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. h3 c5 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15.
Nc4 Be7 16. b3 O-O 17. Bb2 Rfd8 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Nb6 20. Na5 Rac8 21. Rac1
Rd5 22. Nc4 f6 23. f4 Kf7 24. Kg2 Rd7 25. Rfd1 Rdc7 26. dxc5 Rxc5 27. Bd4 R5c7
28. Bxb6 axb6 29. Rb1 b5 30. Nd6+ Bxd6 31. Rxd6 Ra8 32. Rb2 Rca7 33. Rb6 Rxa2
34. Rxa2 Rxa2 35. Rxb5 Rb2 36. Rxb4 f5 37. Rb7+ Kf6 38. b4 h6 39. h4 g5 40.
fxg5+ hxg5 41. h5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. h3 a6 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Kb1
Bd7 15. f4 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Bc6 17. Bd3 Rfe8 18. Rhe1 Rad8 19. Ka1 h6 20. a3 Nd5
21. Bd2 Nb6 22. Bb4 Qe6 23. f5 Qe5 24. Bc3 Qg3 25. Bd4 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Ne2 e5 6. Nbc3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nd5
d6 9. Nec3 Be6 10. O-O Qd7 11. Bd2 f5 12. a3 Rae8 13. b4 b6 14. Qa4 g5 15. Rae1
f4 16. exf4 gxf4 17. f3 Nf5 18. Ne4 Kh8 19. Bc3 Nfe7 20. Nxe7 Rxe7 21. g4 cxb4
22. axb4 d5 23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. b5 Na5 25. d4 exd4 26. Bb4 Ree8 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28.
Nd2 d3 29. Re4 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Bd5 31. Rxf4 Rd8 32. Rf5 Qc3 33. Qf4 Bg8 34. Ne4
Qd4 35. h4 Nc4 36. h5 Ne3 37. h6 Nxf5 38. gxf5 Be5 39. Qg5 Rf8 40. Rd1 Bd5 41.
f6 Rg8 42. Qf5 Bxe4 43. fxe4 Bxf6 44. Rxd3 Qa1+ 45. Qf1 Qxf1+ 46. Bxf1 Rg6 47.
Rd7 Rxh6+ 48. Kg2 Rg6+ 49. Kf3 h5 50. Rxa7 Bd4 51. Bh3 Rg7 52. Ra8+ Rg8 53. Ra7
Rg7 54. Ra6 Rf7+ 55. Bf5 Kg7 56. Ra8 Kf6 57. Re8 Kg5 58. Rg8+ Rg7 59. Rd8 Bc5
60. Rd5 Rf7 61. Kg3 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Rc1 Bb7 8. a3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Ba2 Bd6 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Qe2 h6 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15.
h3 Rac8 16. b4 Nb6 17. e4 Rfd8 18. Bg3 Qe8 19. Bb3 Na4 20. Nxa4 bxa4 21. Bc2 a5
22. bxa5 Bxa3 23. Rb1 Ba8 24. Ra1 Bb2 25. Bxa4 Qf8 26. Qxb2 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Ng4 5. Bb2 d6 6. Bb5 dxe5 7. h3 e4 8. hxg4
exf3 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxf3 Qd5 11. Nc3 Qxf3 12. gxf3 f6 13. Ne4 e5 14. d3 Be6
15. c4 a5 16. Ke2 a4 17. Ba3 f5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 fxg4 20. fxg4 Bxg4+ 21.
Ke3 Bf5 22. b4 Kf7 23. Rad1 Rab8 24. f4 exf4+ 25. Kxf4 Be6 26. Rhe1 Rhe8 27. a3
h6 28. Re5 g5+ 29. Kg3 Kg6 30. Rde1 Bf7 31. Be7 Rb7 32. c5 Rd7 33. Bd6 Rxe5 34.
Rxe5 h5 35. d4 Kf6 36. Re1 h4+ 37. Kf2 Bd5 38. Re5 Bc4 39. Re8 g4 40. Rc8 Bd5
41. Ke3 g3 42. Re8 Rh7 43. b5 cxb5 44. Be5+ Kf5 45. Rd8 Bc6 46. Rd6 Be8 47.
Rf6+ Kg5 48. c6 h3 49. c7 Rxc7 50. Bxc7 Kxf6 51. Bxg3 Ke6 52. Ke4 Bc6+ 53. d5+
Bxd5+ 54. Kd4 Bc6 55. Bb8 Be8 56. Bh2 Kf5 57. Bb8 Kg4 58. Ke3 Bg6 59. Bd6 Kf5
60. Kd4 Ke6 61. Bh2 Be8 62. Bb8 Bf7 63. Bh2 Kf5 64. Bd6 b4 65. axb4 a3 66. Kc3
Ke4 67. b5 Kd5 68. Bh2 Kc5 69. Kc2 Kxb5 70. Kb1 Ka4 71. Ka1 Kb3 72. Bg3 Bd5 73.
Bh2 Kc2 74. Bg3 Kd3 75. Bh2 Ke2 76. Bb8 Kf3 77. Bc7 Kg2 78. Bb8 Kg1 79. Bc7 h2
80. Bxh2+ Kxh2 81. Kb1 Kg2 82. Ka1 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Qe2 Nf7 7. Bxf6 exf6 8.
Nxe4 Be7 9. d6 cxd6 10. O-O-O d5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Nxd5 Re8 13. Re1 Kf8 14. Qh5
Bd6 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Nf3 Nh6 17. Qxe8+ Kxe8 18. Bd3 Kf7 19. Bc4 Kf8 20. Rd1
b6 21. Nc3 Be7 22. Bd5 Rb8 23. h3 b5 24. Nd4 b4 25. Nce2 a5 26. Bf3 Ba6 27. Nf4
Bd6 28. Nh5 Be5 29. Nb3 g6 30. Ng3 Ke7 31. Nxa5 Nf7 32. Ne4 Rc8 33. Kb1 f5 34.
Nd2 Bd4 35. Be2 Ra8 36. Bxa6 Rxa6 37. Nac4 Bxf2 38. Nf3 Re6 39. a3 bxa3 40. b4
Nd6 41. Nxd6 Rxd6 42. Rxd6 Kxd6 43. Ka2 Kd5 44. Kxa3 h6 45. Kb3 g5 46. Kc3 Ke4
47. b5 d5 48. Kd2 Bb6 49. Ke2 g4 50. hxg4 fxg4 51. Nh2 h5 52. Nf1 h4 53. Nd2+
Kd4 54. Nf1 Kc3 55. Ne3 h3 56. gxh3 gxh3 57. Nxd5+ Kd4 58. Kf3 Kxd5 59. Kg3 Kc4
60. Kh2 Kxb5 61. Kxh3 Kc4 62. c3 Kxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nd7 7. d3 Bb4 8. Bd2
d4 9. Nb1 Qb6 10. b3 Ne7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O a5 13. a4 Qc5 14. Qd1 e5 15. f4 b5
16. f5 f6 17. g4 Nb6 18. Bc1 bxa4 19. bxa4 Qd6 20. Nd2 c5 21. Rf3 c4 22. Nxc4
Nxc4 23. dxc4 Rfc8 24. Bf1 Qc6 25. Bd3 Rc7 26. g5 fxg5 27. Bxg5 Rf8 28. Rg3 Kh8
29. Bd2 Ng8 30. Bxb4 axb4 31. Qd2 Nf6 32. Qxb4 Ra8 33. Qb5 Qd6 34. a5 Rca7 35.
c5 Qc7 36. Qb6 Nd7 37. Qxc7 Rxc7 38. c6 Nc5 39. Bb5 Nxe4 40. Rb3 Nd6 41. a6 h5
42. Be2 Kh7 43. Bxh5 Kh6 44. Be2 Rxc6 45. a7 Rc7 46. Rb6 Raxa7 47. Rxd6+ Kg5
48. Rxa7 Rxa7 49. Bd3 Kf4 50. Rg6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 c5 6. c3 Qc8 7. O-O Ba6 8. c4 Ne7
9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Nb5 Bxb5 11. cxb5 Nd7 12. Re1 Ng6 13. Bd2 Qb7 14. Rc1 Be7 15.
b4 O-O 16. Rc6 a6 17. Qc2 Nc5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Rxa6 Rxa6 20. bxa6 Qa7 21. Bb5
c4 22. a4 Rc8 23. Ba5 d3 24. Qd2 Bc5 25. g3 Ne7 26. Kg2 Nc6 27. Bc3 d4 28. Re4
dxc3 29. Qxc3 Ne7 30. Rxc4 Nd5 31. Qxd3 Rd8 32. Qe2 h6 33. h4 Bb6 34. h5 Qe7
35. Rc2 Ba7 36. Rd2 Rc8 37. Rc2 Rc5 38. Qe4 Qc7 39. Rd2 Qb6 40. Bd3 Rc3 41.
Qh7+ Kf8 42. Qh8+ Ke7 43. Be4 Qb4 44. Bxd5 Rxf3 45. Bc6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Nb3 a6 8. a4
b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Qc7 11. O-O h5 12. Nd2 h4 13. Nc4 Nc8 14. Qe2 hxg3 15.
hxg3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Rad1 Nd6 18. Qg4 Nc4 19. Bc1 g6 20. Rd3 Rd8 21. Rfd1
Rxd3 22. cxd3 Na5 23. Be3 Nc6 24. Rc1 Nd4 25. Nb5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
Be7 9. Bg2 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Rc1 c6 12. O-O O-O 13. e3 Rfe8 14. Qb3 Rac8
15. Rfd1 Nxf2 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 7. Be2 Qc7 8.
Be3 a6 9. c4 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rc1 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 d6 13. Na4 Bd7 14. Nb6 Rad8
15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. b3 Rc8 17. Qd2 Qc6 18. f3 Rdd8 19. Rfd1 h6 20. f4 e5 21. f5
Nf4 22. Bf3 Qc7 23. Kf1 Bg5 24. Qe1 Bf6 25. h4 d5 26. cxd5 Qd7 27. Rxc8 Rxc8
28. g3 Qb5+ 29. Kg1 Nd3 30. Qe2 Rc3 31. d6 Bd8 32. Kh2 Nb4 33. Bd2 Rc2 34. a4
Qxe2+ 35. Bxe2 Nc6 36. Kh3 Nd4 37. Bd3 Rb2 38. Bc3 Rxb3 39. Bxd4 exd4 40. e5
Kf8 41. e6 Bf6 42. e7+ Ke8 43. Re1 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. e4 Nxe4 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Nc3 bxc4 8. Bxc4
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O Nb4 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. a3 Na6 14. Re1 Bg7
15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Qd3 Nc7 17. Qg6+ Kf8 18. Rad1 d5 19. Qg3 Qd7 20. Ne4 Qc6 21.
Nxc5 e5 22. Rc1 Qe8 23. Nh4 Rg8 24. Nf5 Bh8 25. Qh3 Rg6 26. Nxh6 Rd8 27. Nf5
Kg8 28. Rc3 Bg7 29. Rg3 Bf8 30. Ree3 Rg5 31. Rxg5+ fxg5 32. Rg3 Qg6 33. Nd3 Re8
34. Qg4 Ne6 35. Nxe5 Ng7 36. Nd3 Nxf5 37. Qxg5 Qxg5 38. Rxg5+ Ng7 39. Rxd5 Re2
40. g4 Rd2 41. Kg2 Ne6 42. Kf3 Bg7 43. Ke3 Rc2 44. h4 Rc4 45. f4 Bd4+ 46. Kf3
Bb6 47. g5 Bc7 48. b3 Nd4+ 49. Ke4 Nxb3+ 50. Kf5 Nd4+ 51. Kf6 Rc6+ 52. Ke7 Bb6
53. Ne5 Nf5+ 54. Kd7 Rc5 55. Rxc5 Bxc5 56. h5 Bxa3 57. Nc6 a6 58. h6 Bc1 59.
Ke6 Nh4 60. Nb4 a5 61. Nd3 Bd2 62. Kd5 a4 63. Kc4 Nf5 64. Nc5 Nd6+ 65. Kd3 Bxf4
66. Nxa4 Bxg5 67. Nc3 Bxh6 68. Ne4 Ne8 69. Nc3 Kf7 70. Ne4 Ke6 71. Nc3 Ke5 72.
Ne2 Nd6 73. Nc3 Bg5 74. Ne2 Nf5 75. Nc3 Nd6 76. Ne2 Be7 77. Nc3 Nb7 78. Ne2
Nc5+ 79. Kc4 Ne4 80. Nc3 Nd6+ 81. Kd3 Bd8 82. Ne2 Ne8 83. Nc3 Nc7 84. Ne2 Ne6
85. Nc3 Nf4+ 86. Kc4 Ba5 87. Nb5 Nd5 88. Kd3 Nb6 89. Nc3 Nd7 90. Ne2 Kd5 91.
Nc3+ Ke5 92. Ne2 Nf6 93. Nc3 Bd8 94. Ne2 Nh5 95. Nc3 Nf4+ 96. Kc4 Bh4 97. Nb5
Bd8 98. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. exd5 Nd4 7. Nxd4 cxd4
8. O-O Qc5 9. c4 a6 10. Ba4 b5 11. cxb5 Bb7 12. bxa6 Bxd5 13. d3 Rxa6 14. Bb3
e6 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Bd2 Rxa2 17. Qc2 Be7 18. Qc8+ Bd8 19. Bb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1
Qc6 21. Qb8 f6 22. h3 Kf7 23. Bd6 Re8 24. Ra8 Qb6 25. Qxb6 Bxb6 26. Ra6 Bd8 27.
Ra7 e5 28. Bc5 Ke6 29. Ra6+ Kd5 30. b4 Be7 31. Bxe7 Rxe7 32. f3 d6 33. Ra5+ Kc6
34. Ra6+ Kd5 35. Ra5+ Ke6 36. Kf2 Rc7 37. Ra2 Rc3 38. Rb2 Rxd3 39. b5 Kd7 40.
b6 Kc8 41. Rc2+ Rc3 42. Ra2 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
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1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 Nb6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. c4 g6 8. Be3
Bg7 9. Nbd2 d5 10. c5 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qb3 Nf6 13. Qa3 a5 14. h3 b6 15. Rac1
Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Ne5 bxc5 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Rxc5 Rxc5 20. Qxc5 e6 21. Rc1
a4 22. Qa7 Qa8 23. Rc7 Qe8 24. Bf4 Qd8 25. Qxa4 Nh5 26. Bh2 e5 27. Qd7 exd4 28.
Qxd8 Rxd8 29. Rb7 d3 30. Rb3 Rc8 31. Rxd3 Bxb2 32. g4 Nf6 33. Rb3 Rc2 34. Nf3
h5 35. g5 Ne4 36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. Bg3 Nxg3 38. fxg3 Ba3 39. Rd8 Bc5+ 40. Kh1 Rxa2
41. Rxd5 Bf2 42. Kg2 Be1+ 43. Kf1 Bxg3 44. Rd2 Ra5 45. Kg2 Bf4 46. Rd7 Kg7 47.
h4 Ra2+ 48. Kh3 Rf2 49. Rd3 Kf8 50. Rb3 Ke7 51. Ra3 Kd6 52. Rd3+ Kc5 53. Ra3
Kd5 54. Rd3+ Ke4 55. Rd4+ Ke3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
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1. e3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Bc2 Bg4 13. N2f3 Nxd5 14. h3 Bh5
15. Nf5 Re8 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Qd4 Ne6 18. Qh4 Bxf3 19. Nxd6 h6 20. Nxe8 Nxg5 21.
Qg3 Rxe8 22. h4 Be4 23. hxg5 Bxc2 24. gxh6 Bg6 25. hxg7 Qb5 26. Rad1 Kxg7 27.
Rd4 Nf6 28. Qc3 Kg8 29. Rfd1 Ne4 30. Qb4 Qe2 31. Rf1 b6 32. Qa4 Nc5 33. Qxa7
Qxb2 34. Rd6 Bd3 35. Rxb6 Qe2 36. Ra1 Qe5 37. Rc1 Qf4 38. Rd1 Bc2 39. Rf1 Bd3
40. Rd1 Bc2 41. Ra1 Qe5 42. Rc1 Qf4 43. Qa3 Nd3 44. Rf1 Nxf2 45. Qc3 Nd1 46.
Rxf4 Nxc3 47. Rc4 Ne2+ 48. Kf2 Bd3 49. Rg4+ Kf8 50. Rd6 Bc4 51. Rxc4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qg4 Nc6 11. Bh6 Bf6 12. Rae1 Kh8 13. Bc1 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Be7 15. Rd1 Qe8 16. Rd3 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Rh3 e5 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Ne2 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. Bf4
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bc2 Nf6 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Kh1 Rfe8 14. Nb3 Nc4
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Re1 Ne3 17. Qd2 Nc4 18. Qc1 Re5 19. Bd3 Rae8 20. Nbd4 Rh5 21.
Qf4 Rhe5 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Red1 Nd5 24. Qg3 Ne3 25. Rd2 Qh6 26. Qf4 Qh5 27. Ng3
Nd5 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 Ke7 3. Nc3 f6 4. Nf3 Kf7 5. Bd3 Bb4 6. O-O d5 7. e5 Nc6 8. exf6
gxf6 9. Ne2 Bd6 10. Ng3 h5 11. Nxh5 Rxh5 12. Ne5+ Rxe5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qh5+
Kf8 15. Be2 Qe8 16. Qh8 Qg6 17. Bf4 Bd7 18. Bg3 Nf7 19. Qh4 e5 20. f4 e4 21. f5
Qg5 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 7. Be2 Qc7 8.
Be3 b6 9. Nb5 Qb8 10. c4 Bb7 11. Qd2 a6 12. Nd4 Bc5 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nb3 d6 15.
f4 Qc7 16. Na4 e5 17. f5 Nf4 18. Bf3 Rad8 19. g3 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Nc3 b4
22. Nd1 g6 23. gxf4 exf4 24. Bf2 Ba6 25. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Ba3 13. Rb1 e5 14. Bd3 Re8
15. O-O exd4 16. cxd4 Qxd2 17. Nxd2 Nb6 18. f3 Be6 19. Bf2 Rad8 20. Nb3 Na4 21.
Rbd1 Nb2 22. Rd2 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Bc4 24. Rfd1 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Bb4 26. Rd1 f5 27.
exf5 Re2 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 d5 11. Bd3 Kf8 12. e5 Nd7 13. f4 g6 14. a5 Rb8 15. b3
Nc5 16. Rd1 Kg7 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Rxa4 c5 20. Bxa6 Bd7 21. Raa1 Ra8
22. Bf2 Rhb8 23. Bd3 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 Qxa5 25. h4 h5 26. f5 gxf5 27. Bxf5 Bb5 28.
Bd3 Bxd3 29. Rxd3 Rh8 30. Rf3 Qb4 31. c4 d4 32. Qe4 Qd2 33. Bg3 Rb8 34. Kh2 Qd1
35. Qf4 Rf8 36. Bf2 f5 37. exf6+ Rxf6 38. Qe5 Kf7 39. Qxh5+ Kg7 40. Rg3+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
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[Date "2019.10.03"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 a6 7. b3 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7
9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Bd2 Rc8 12. Rab1 Qc7 13. Rfc1 Qb8 14. a4 b4 15. Na2
a5 16. Be1 c5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bb5 N7f6 19. Rc2 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Bd6 21. g3 Ne4
22. Rbc1 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Bc4 Nb6 26. Bd3 Nc5 27. Bc2 g6
28. f3 e5 29. Nb5 Bf8 30. e4 Ne6 31. Bf2 Bc5 32. Nc1 Ba6 33. Nd3 Bxb5 34. axb5
Nd4 35. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 36. Kg2 Qc3 37. f4 a4 38. bxa4 b3 39. Bb1 Qa1 40. Qd1 b2 41.
Nxe5 Qxa4 42. Qxa4 Nxa4 43. Nc6 Bc5 44. Kf3 Nc3 45. Bc2 Nxb5 46. Ke2 Na3 47.
Bd3 Kg7 48. e5 b1=Q 49. Bxb1 Nxb1 50. Kd3 Na3 51. h4 Bf2 52. Ke4 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.02"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. Nf3 Bxf3 4. exf3 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. f4 g6 7. Bg2 c6 8.
O-O Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nd2 Ne8 11. d4 Nd6 12. Nf3 a5 13. a3 a4 14. Ne5 Re8 15.
Re1 e6 16. h4 h5 17. Bh3 Nf5 18. b4 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Nb6 20. Bc1 Nc4 21. Bg5 Qb6
22. c3 Kh7 23. Bf6 Rh8 24. Qc1 Qc7 25. Qg5 Qd7 26. Re2 Ng7 27. Kg2 Kg8 28. Ree1
Rh7 29. Kh2 Re8 30. Bf1 b5 31. Bd3 Nf5 32. Kg2 Nh6 33. f3 Kf8 34. Re2 Ng8 35.
g4 Nxf6 36. exf6 Qd6 37. Bxc4 dxc4 38. Re5 Rd8 39. Rae1 Ke8 40. Rxe6+ fxe6 41.
Qxg6+ Rf7 42. g5 Qf8 43. Rxe6+ Kd7 44. Qe4 Kc7 45. Qxc6+ Kb8 46. Qxb5+ Rb7 47.
Rb6 Rdd7 48. Qxd7 Rxb6 49. f7 Rd6 50. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.02"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
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1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 Nb6 4. Nf3 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Be2 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 Bg4 11. b3 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 15. a3
N8e7 16. g4 e5 17. Ne2 f5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bg2 fxg4 20. Nd4 Qa5+ 21. b4 Qa6
22. Rc3 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 gxf3 24. Qb3 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.02"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nd7 7. Bg2 Bc5 8. O-O
Ne7 9. d3 O-O 10. Qe2 a5 11. a3 a4 12. Kh2 b5 13. f4 Re8 14. h4 Qb6 15. Bh3 b4
16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Nb1 Qb6 18. c3 d4 19. Nd2 a3 20. Nc4 axb2 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22.
Nxb6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.02"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Bd6 7. e3 c6 8. Bd3
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. O-O-O O-O-O
15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. Na4 Qa5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Be5 21.
a3 Nh7 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. exf4 Nf8 24. f5 g5 25. Qe2 f6 26. Qe7 Qc7 27. Rce1 Nd7
28. Qxg7 Nxc5 29. Re7 Qb6 30. Bc2 d4 31. Qxf6 d3 32. Bxd3 Rhd8 33. Bc2 Rd2 34.
Qc3 Rxf2 35. Qg3+ Rc7 36. Qxf2 Rxe7 37. f6 Rf7 38. Bg6 Rf8 39. Re1 Qb5 40. f7
Nd3 41. Qg3+ Nf4 42. Re8+ Ka7 43. Rxf8 Qf1+ 44. Ka2 Ne2 45. Qe3+ b6 46. Qe7#
1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.01"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
g4 h6 9. Bg2 Rb8 10. Rb1 Qa5 11. O-O Be7 12. e5 Qxe5 13. Bxa7 Bd7 14. Bxb8 O-O
15. Ba7 d5 16. Bd4 Qc7 17. f4 c5 18. Be5 Qa7 19. g5 hxg5 20. fxg5 Nh7 21. g6
fxg6 22. Qg4 c4+ 23. Kh1 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.01"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 a6 7. b3 b5 8. Bb2 Bb7
9. Be2 Rc8 10. O-O Bd6 11. e4 b4 12. e5 bxc3 13. Bxc3 Be7 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Bb4
c5 16. Ba3 cxd4 17. Rad1 Qa5 18. Bb2 Qxa2 19. Ra1 d3 20. Rxa2 dxc2 21. Ba3 dxc4
22. bxc4 Be7 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. Rxc2 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Nc5 26. Ra1 Rhd8 27. h4 Rd4
28. g3 Rc7 29. Ra3 Nd3 30. Be2 Ne5 31. c5 Rd5 32. c6 Rxc6 33. Rxc6 Nxc6 34.
Rxa6 Nd4 35. Ra7+ Kf6 36. Bc4 Rc5 37. Ra4 h6 38. Kg2 g5 39. Bd3 Nc6 40. hxg5+
hxg5 41. Rc4 Rxc4 42. Bxc4 Ke5 43. Kf3 f5 44. Ke3 g4 45. Bb3 Nd4 46. Ba4 Nf3
47. Bd1 Ng5 48. Ba4 Kf6 49. Bb3 e5 50. Bc2 Nh3 51. Ke2 e4 52. Ke3 Ke5 53. Ba4
Ng5 54. Bd7 Nf3 55. Bc8 Nd4 56. Bd7 Nb3 57. Bc8 Nc5 58. Ke2 Na4 59. Ke3 Nb6 60.
Bb7 Nd5+ 61. Ke2 Kd4 62. Bc8 Ne7 63. Bd7 Ke5 64. Ke3 Nd5+ 65. Ke2 Nb6 66. Bc6
f4 67. gxf4+ Kxf4 68. Bb7 Nc4 69. Ba6 Nd6 70. Kf1 Nf5 71. Ke2 Nd4+ 72. Kf1 Kf3
73. Bc4 Nc6 74. Be2+ Kf4 75. Bb5 Ne7 76. Ba6 Ng6 77. Bb7 Ne5 78. Ke2 Nd3 79.
Ba6 Nc5 80. Bc8 Nb3 81. Kf1 Kf3 82. Ba6 Nc1 83. Bc4 Nd3 84. Ba6 Nxf2 85. Be2+
Kg3 86. Bb5 e3 87. Ke2 Kf4 88. Bc6 g3 89. Bh1 Ng4 90. Bg2 Ne5 91. Bh3 Nf7 92.
Bg2 Ng5 93. Kd3 Nf3 94. Ke2 Nh4 95. Kd3 Nxg2 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.01"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
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1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nd7 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. O-O
Ne7 9. d4 h5 10. e5 Bc7 11. Ne2 Nf5 12. c3 c5 13. h4 Bb6 14. Bh3 g6 15. Rd1 Qc7
16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Bg5 Qc6 18. Nf4 Bd8 19. c4 Bxg5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. hxg5 O-O-O
22. Rac1 Kb8 23. b4 c4 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Nxd5 b5 26. a4 a6 27. axb5 axb5 28.
Nc3 h4 29. Nxb5 hxg3 30. fxg3 Nb6 31. Nd6 Rh3 32. Nxf5 Rg8 33. Kg2 Rh5 34. Ne7
Re8 35. Nc6+ Kb7 36. d5 Rxg5 37. b5 Reg8 38. Rc3 f6 39. d6 Na4 40. Rf3 c3 41.
e6 c2 42. Rc1 Rxb5 43. Rxc2 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.01"]
[Round "1.34"]
[White "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
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1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 Ke7 3. g3 f6 4. Bg2 Kf7 5. O-O Ne7 6. d4 g6 7. Nc3 d6 8. e4 Bg7
9. b3 Rf8 10. Bb2 Kg8 11. Re1 e5 12. Qd2 Nbc6 13. Rad1 Bg4 14. dxe5 fxe5 15.
Qe3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd4 17. Bg2 Nc2 18. Qe2 Nxe1 19. Qxe1 Nc6 20. h4 Nd4 21. Qe3
c6 22. Ne2 c5 23. Kh2 Qf6 24. Rf1 h5 25. Nc3 Kh7 26. Nd5 Qf7 27. Bc1 a5 28. f4
Bh6 29. Qd3 exf4 30. gxf4 Qe6 31. Bh3 Qe8 32. Rg1 a4 33. b4 b5 34. bxc5 dxc5
35. e5 bxc4 36. Qxc4 Nf3+ 37. Kh1 Nxg1 38. Kxg1 Rb8 39. Be3 Rb1+ 40. Kh2 Qb5
41. Qxb5 Rxb5 42. e6 Rb2+ 43. Kg3 Rxa2 44. e7 Rb8 45. Bxc5 Re2 46. Kf3 Rxe7 47.
Bxe7 a3 48. Nf6+ Kg7 49. Nd7 Rb3+ 50. Kg2 a2 51. Bf6+ Kf7 52. Bd4 Rb1 53. Ne5+
Kg8 54. Nxg6 Bg7 55. Ne5 a1=Q 56. Be6+ Kf8 57. Bxa1 Rxa1 58. Bf7 Bxe5 59. Bxh5
Bxf4 60. Kf3 Bd6 61. Bg4 Ra5 62. Ke4 Re5+ 63. Kf3 Ke7 64. h5 Kf6 65. Bd7 Kg5
66. Bc6 Bc5 67. Be4 Kxh5 68. Bc6 Kg5 69. Be4 Re7 70. Bd5 Re3+ 71. Kg2 Kf4 72.
Kf1 Kg3 73. Bc6 Bb4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.01"]
[Round "1.35"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nce2 Nc6 7. c3 b5 8. Nf3 b4
9. g4 Qb6 10. f5 h5 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. gxh5 Ba6 13. Nf4 O-O-O 14. Bxa6+ Qxa6 15.
Ng5 Be7 16. Nfxe6 Rde8 17. Qe2 Qa5 18. cxb4 Nxb4 19. O-O cxd4 20. Bd2 Qb6 21.
Rac1+ Kb8 22. Kh1 d3 23. Qg2 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. e6 Nc2 26. Qxd5 Qb7 27.
Qxb7+ Kxb7 28. Rf3 Rd8 29. Nf7 Rdf8 30. Rxd3 Nb4 31. Bxb4 Bxb4 32. Rb3 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. a3 Be7 8. Nxd5
exd5 9. Rc1 Ba6 10. Qa4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bc3 Ne4 13. Be5 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4
15. Qxc4 Nf6 16. O-O Nbd7 17. Bc3 Nb6 18. Qe2 Qd5 19. Rfd1 Qe6 20. Ba5 Rfd8 21.
Nd2 Rd7 22. Nf3 Rad8 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. h3 h6 25. Qb5 Rd5 26. Qa6 Qd7 27. Qe2
Ne4 28. Ne1 Qa4 29. Bxb6 axb6 30. Rc4 Qd1 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rfe1 Be6 13. Ne4 Rd8 14. c3
h4 15. Nfg5 Rh6 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. g4 hxg3 18. fxg3 c5 19. Re2 Rd3 20. h4 c4 21.
Kh2 Ra6 22. a3 Rb6 23. Rf1 Rd5 24. h5 Rdb5 25. Rff2 Rd5 26. g4 Nh6 27. Bxh6
gxh6 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. exf6+ Re6 30. Rxe6+ fxe6 31. f7+ Kf8 32. Kg3 Rd3+ 33.
Kh4 Rd1 34. Rf6 e5 35. Rxh6 Kxf7 36. Kg5 e4 37. Rh7+ Ke6 38. Kf4 Re1 39. Rxc7
e3 40. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. a4
g6 9. Be2 Bg7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O Bd7 13. Nb3 Na5 14. f3 Rc8 15.
Rfd1 Nxb3 16. cxb3 Be6 17. b4 Bb3 18. Rdc1 d5 19. e5 Nd7 20. f4 e6 21. Bg4 Qe7
22. Ne2 h5 23. Bf3 g5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Nd4 gxf4 26. Bxf4 Bc4 27. Re1 Bf8 28.
Bxh5 Qxb4 29. Qf2 Qe7 30. Re3 Bg7 31. Rg3 Kf8 32. Bg5 Qe8 33. Bxf7 Qxf7 34. Rf3
Nxe5 35. Rxf7+ Nxf7 36. Nxe6+ Kg8 37. Nxg7 Nxg5 38. Nf5 Rf8 39. Qf4 Ne6 40. Qe5
d4 41. h4 d3 42. Ne3 Ba2 43. Qe4 d2 44. Kh2 Rd8 45. h5 Rd7 46. h6 Kf8 47. Qg6
d1=Q 48. Nxd1 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rfe1 Be6 13. Ne4 h4 14. c3
Rd8 15. Nfg5 Rh6 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. g4 hxg3 18. fxg3 c5 19. Re2 Rd3 20. Kh2 g5
21. Nxg5 Nxg3 22. Rg2 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Ne4 24. Bh4 c4 25. Rg8+ Kd7 26. Rf1 Rxe5
27. Rxf7+ Kc6 28. Rc8 Rd2+ 29. Kg1 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Kxd7 31. Rd8+ Kc6 32. Rd4 b5
33. Bf2 Ng5 34. Kg2 Re2 35. Rf4 Rxb2 36. h4 Ne6 37. Rf6 Kd5 38. h5 Ke5 39. Rf7
Nf4+ 40. Kf3 Nxh5 41. Rh7 Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Nf6 43. Rxc7 Ne4+ 44. Ke3 Nxc3 45.
Rxa7 Kd5 46. Kd2 Na4 47. Kc2 Kc5 48. a3 Nb6 49. Rc7+ Kd6 50. Rh7 Kc5 51. Rh8
Nd5 52. Rc8+ Kd4 53. Kd2 Nf6 54. Rd8+ Kc5 55. Ra8 Nd5 56. Rc8+ Kd4 57. Rd8 Kc5
58. Rc8+ Kd4 59. Rd8 Kc5 60. Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bc2 e6 7. d3 Nc6 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 Qb6 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. O-O Qa6 13. e5 Nd7 14. h4 h6 15. a3
O-O-O 16. h5 Bh7 17. Rb1 c4 18. d4 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Nb6 20. Be3 Qa4 21. Qe2 Na5
22. Nh2 Rde8 23. Ng4 Bh4 24. Kh2 Nd7 25. Kh3 Be7 26. f4 f5 27. exf6 Nxf6 28.
Ne5 Rhf8 29. Rbe1 Bd6 30. Nh1 Kb8 31. g4 Ne4 32. Nf2 Nxf2+ 33. Bxf2 Nc6 34. Ng6
Rf7 35. f5 Nd8 36. Bh4 Qd7 37. Bxd8 Qxd8 38. fxe6 Rf6 39. e7 Qb6 40. Rxf6 gxf6
41. Qf2 Bc7 42. Re3 a6 43. Rf3 Qe6 44. Rxf6 Qe4 45. Qf3 Qe1 46. Rf8 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rfe1 Be6 13. Ne4 h4 14. c3
Rd8 15. Nfg5 Rh6 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. g4 hxg3 18. fxg3 Rd3 19. Kh2 c5 20. h4 c4
21. h5 Kf8 22. Nf2 Rd5 23. Rad1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 g5 25. hxg6 Rxg6 26. Ne4 Ra6 27.
a3 Ng7 28. Kh3 Ne6 29. Kg4 Rb6 30. Rd2 Rb5 31. Bh6+ Ke8 32. Kf5 c6 33. g4 Rd5
34. g5 Nc7 35. Rxd5 Nxd5 36. Nf6+ Bxf6 37. exf6 Ne3+ 38. Ke5 Kd7 39. g6 Ng4+
40. Kf4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d3 d6 3. e4 c5 4. c3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. h3 Rb8
9. Re1 e5 10. a3 b5 11. b4 a5 12. bxc5 dxc5 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Nbd2
Ba6 16. Bf1 h6 17. Rad1 Ne8 18. Nb3 Rbc8 19. Bxc5 Qc7 20. Qb2 a4 21. Nc1 Na5
22. Bb4 Nc6 23. Na2 Nxb4 24. Nxb4 Bb7 25. Rc1 Nd6 26. Bg2 Kh7 27. Qe2 Qe7 28.
h4 Rc5 29. h5 Rdc8 30. hxg6+ fxg6 31. Qd2 Rd8 32. Qb2 Qc7 33. Nd2 Rc8 34. Bh3
Rf8 35. Nf1 Nf7 36. Bg2 Ng5 37. Nh2 Qf7 38. Qd2 Qb3 39. Nd5 Qxa3 40. Ra1 Qb3
41. Reb1 Bxd5 42. Rxb3 Bxb3 43. Ng4 Rfc8 44. d4 exd4 45. cxd4 Rc2 46. Qb4 Rc1+
47. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 48. Kh2 Rc4 49. Qe7 Rc8 50. Nf6+ Kh8 51. Ne8 Bxd4 52. Qd7 Rxe8
53. Qxe8+ Kh7 54. Qd7+ Bg7 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be3 Nf5
9. Bf2 e6 10. O-O Nd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 h4 13. Ne2 Bf8 14. b3 Ba3 15. c4 a5
16. Qc2 Qe7 17. Rab1 b5 18. c5 Bb4 19. Nc1 a4 20. Nd3 axb3 21. Rxb3 Ba5 22. a4
bxa4 23. Ra3 O-O 24. Rfa1 Bc7 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 26. Qxa4 Nb8 27. Qa8 Rc8 28. Qb7
Rd8 29. Ra7 Rd7 30. Qc8+ Kg7 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Qxb8 Rb7 33. Qc8 Rb1+ 34. Kh2
Qa7 35. Bg4 Qa1 36. Be1 Rxe1 37. Nxe1 Ne3 38. Nc2 Nf1+ 39. Kg1 Qc1 40. Kf2 Ng3
41. Ne3 Qd2+ 42. Kf3 Qe2# 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
b6 9. e5 Ng4 10. e6 fxe6 11. h3 Nf6 12. c3 Qd6 13. Qe2 Ne8 14. Nb3 Nc7 15. Bf4
Rxf4 16. gxf4 Qxf4 17. Qe3 Qd6 18. d4 c4 19. Nbd2 Bd7 20. Ne5 Rf8 21. Ndf3 Nxe5
22. Nxe5 Bc8 23. Qg3 Ne8 24. Ng4 Nf6 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. b3 Qxg3 27. fxg3 Bh6
28. bxc4 dxc4 29. Re2 Bd7 30. Be4 Kf8 31. Kg2 Ke8 32. h4 Kd8 33. Rh1 Be8 34.
Rhe1 Kc7 35. Bf3 Bd7 36. Be4 b5 37. Bf3 a5 38. a3 Kd6 39. Rb1 Rf8 40. a4 b4 41.
cxb4 Bxa4 42. Ra1 Bb3 43. Rxa5 c3 44. Ra6+ Kd7 45. Bc6+ Kc7 46. Be4 Kd7 47. b5
Bd2 48. b6 Bc4 49. Ra7+ Kd6 50. Rf2 Rb8 51. Rc7 Bd5 52. Bxd5 exd5 53. Rf7 Rxb6
54. Rfxe7 Rb2 55. Red7+ Ke6 56. Re7+ Kd6 57. Kf3 c2 58. Red7+ Ke6 59. Re7+ Kd6
60. Red7+ Ke6 61. Re7+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 g6 8. d3
Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 12. d4 Nc6 13. Rc1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8
15. Re1 Nce5 16. Qe2 Nc5 17. Rcd1 Ned7 18. Qc2 c6 19. Nf3 Qe7 20. Bd4 Ne5 21.
Nxe5 Bxe5 22. b4 Ne6 23. Be3 Rac8 24. Ne2 Bg7 25. c5 dxc5 26. bxc5 Rcd8 27.
Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rb1 Rd7 29. g3 Bf8 30. Rc1 Qf6 31. Kg2 Qd8 32. h4 h5 33. Nf4
Nxf4+ 34. Bxf4 Qe8 35. Qc4 Qd8 36. Be5 Qa5 37. Ba1 Qd2 38. Rb1 Qa5 39. Rc1 Qd2
40. Rb1 Bh6 41. Rb3 Qe1 42. Qc3 Qxe4+ 43. Kh2 f6 44. Qxf6 Bg7 45. Qf3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nd3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. Nf4 Nc6 7. c3 Nf6 8.
d4 Bf5 9. Be3 d5 10. Nd2 O-O-O 11. O-O-O Qa3 12. Qb5 Qxa2 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Na5 15. Kc2 Qa4+ 16. Kb1 Kb8 17. Nf3 Rd6 18. Nd2 Ra6 19. Qc2 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a5 8. Re1
h6 9. Nf1 Re8 10. h3 Be6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Ng3 Bb6 13. Ba4 Ne7 14. Bc2 Ng6 15. d4
c5 16. d5 c4 17. a4 Rc8 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Nf1 Nf4 20. Be3 g5 21. N3d2 Kg7 22.
Nxc4 Qxc4 23. Bxb6 Rg8 24. Bxa5 Kh8 25. Bb4 Qa6 26. Qd2 h5 27. b3 h4 28. f3 g4
29. fxg4 Bxg4 30. hxg4 Rxg4 31. Ne3 Rg3 32. Nf5 Qb6+ 33. Kh1 Rcg8 34. Bxd6 Rxg2
35. Qe3 Ng4 36. Bxe5+ Kh7 37. Qxb6 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Rg2+ 39. Kh1 Rh2+ 40. Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. h3 Na5 6. Nge2 Nxc4 7. dxc4 h6 8.
Qd3 d6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Be6 11. b3 c6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Qg3 O-O 14. Rad1 Rad8
15. Kh1 Qc7 16. f4 Nh5 17. Qe3 Nxf4 18. Nxf4 exf4 19. Rxf4 a6 20. Rf3 b5 21.
cxb5 cxb5 22. Rd2 Rd7 23. Ne2 Qc5 24. Qf4 Rc8 25. Rfd3 Qg5 26. Qxg5 hxg5 27.
Nd4 d5 28. e5 g4 29. h4 Rdc7 30. Kh2 b4 31. Kg3 Rc5 32. Rd1 Ra5 33. Ra1 Rc7 34.
Kf4 Bd7 35. Re3 Rcc5 36. a4 bxa3 37. b4 Ra4 38. bxc5 Rxd4+ 39. Kg3 Rc4 40.
Raxa3 d4 41. Re4 Bf5 42. Rf4 Bxc2 43. Rxa6 Rc3+ 44. Kf2 g3+ 45. Ke1 Rxc5 46.
Kd2 Bb3 47. Kd3 Rxe5 48. Rg4 Bd1 49. Rxg3 Be2+ 50. Kxd4 Bxa6 51. Kxe5 Bc8 52.
Rc3 Be6 53. Rc6 Bd7 54. Rd6 Bg4 55. Kf4 Be6 56. g4 Kh7 57. Rxe6 fxe6 58. Ke5
Kg8 59. Kxe6 Kf8 60. Kf5 Kf7 61. Kg5 Kf8 62. Kg6 Kg8 63. g5 Kh8 64. Kf5 Kh7 65.
Kf4 Kg6 66. Kg4 Kf7 67. Kf5 g6+ 68. Ke4 Ke6 69. Kf4 Kd6 70. Kg4 Ke6 71. h5 Kf7
72. h6 Kf8 73. Kf4 Kf7 74. Ke5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. c3 Bd7 5. d4 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 Nge7 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qb3 Qc6 12. Bg5 Nc8 13. Na3 Nd6 14. f3 O-O
15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. h3 Qb6+ 17. Be3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Bf8 19. Re2 b6 20. Red2 a5 21.
Rd5 Re6 22. Kf1 Kg7 23. Ke2 f6 24. Nc4 Rb8 25. Nxd6 Bxd6 26. g4 Kf7 27. Kd2 Ke7
28. Kc2 Kd7 29. h4 Kc6 30. Bh6 Rg8 31. Be3 Rf8 32. Rg1 Ree8 33. Rd2 Rf7 34. Rh2
f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. h5 fxe4 37. fxe4 Rf3 38. Bd2 Bf8 39. Rg8 Re7 40. Rhg2 Ref7
41. R8g5 Kd6 42. Rg8 Ke6 43. Rh8 Rh3 44. h6 Bxh6 45. Bxh6 Rxh6 46. Re8+ Re7 47.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 48. Rg7+ Kd6 49. b4 a4 50. b5 Rh2+ 51. Kb1 h5 52. Ka2 Re2 53. Rh7
Rxe4 54. Rxh5 Rc4 55. Rh6+ Kd5 56. Ka3 e4 57. Rh5+ Ke6 58. b3 Rxc3 59. Kxa4 e3
60. Kb4 e2 61. Rh1 Re3 62. Re1 Kd5 63. Ka4 Kd4 64. b4 Kc3 65. Rc1+ Kd3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. Nc3 a6 5. O-O e6 6. e5 Ng4 7. Re1 d5 8. exd6
Bxd6 9. Bf1 Qc7 10. g3 Nf6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc5 14. Qf4 Qxf4
15. Bxf4 Bd7 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Rc8 18. Rd1 Bc6 19. Rc4 Bd5 20. Rc3 Ke7 21.
Bg2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rhd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. a4 f6 25. Rd3+ Ke7 26. Rb3 b6 27. Kf3
e5 28. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D57"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. a4 a5 13. Be2 c6 14. O-O Bf5
15. Ne5 Bc8 16. Rab1 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. c4 Qe7 19. c5 Qg5 20. Bf3 Bf5 21.
Rb2 Rd7 22. Qc3 Qg6 23. Ra1 Bd3 24. Ra3 Bc4 25. Be2 Bxe2 26. Rxe2 f5 27. Rb3
Re7 28. Reb2 f4 29. exf4 Rae8 30. h3 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Qf6 32. Qg3 Qxd4 33. Rxb7 Qf6
34. R2b6 Qa1 35. Qg6 Rh1+ 36. Kg3 Re3+ 37. fxe3 Qe1+ 38. Kg4 Qe2+ 39. Kh4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Bc5 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 d6 11. Bxc5 dxc5 12. Re1 Nd7 13. f4 b5 14. e5 Bb7 15.
Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Ne4 O-O 17. Qf3 Qa7 18. Rad1 c4+ 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Nb6 21.
Rd6 Nd5 22. c3 a5 23. f5 b4 24. fxe6 fxe6+ 25. Kg2 Rab8 26. Re2 bxc3 27. bxc3
a4 28. Ra6 Rf5 29. Nd6 Rff8 30. Ne4 Rf5 31. Rxa4 Rxe5 32. Rxc4 h6 33. Rd4 Kh8
34. a4 Nf6 35. Kf3 Rf5+ 36. Kg2 Re5 37. Kf2 Rf5+ 38. Ke3 Nd5+ 39. Kd2 Rf1 40.
Re1 Rf3 41. Rd3 Rb2+ 42. Kc1 Rxd3 43. Kxb2 Nb6 44. Kb3 Rd5 45. Ra1 Ra5 46. Kb4
Re5 47. Nd6 Nd5+ 48. Kb3 Re3 49. Nb5 Re2 50. a5 Rxh2 51. a6 Nb6 52. a7 Rg2 53.
Ra6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 Be7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. g3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Ne5 Qc8 14. Nc6 Bd6
15. c4 Qe8 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Bxc6 18. dxc6 Qxe2 19. Bb2 Be5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5
21. Rfe1 Qd6 22. Rad1 Qc5 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. Rcd1 Qc5 25. Rc1 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Qe2 Nfd7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.
Ng5+ Ke8 9. Ne6 Nxd4 10. Nxg7+ Kf8 11. Qd3 Nxc2+ 12. Qxc2 Kxg7 13. Be3 c6 14.
O-O-O Qa5 15. Bd4+ Nf6 16. f4 e5 17. Be3 Ng4 18. Bg1 exf4 19. Rxd6 Ne3 20. Qd3
Rf8 21. g3 Qb4 22. Rd4 Qe7 23. gxf4 Ng2 24. f5 Qg5+ 25. Qd2 Qxd2+ 26. Rxd2 Nh4
27. Bd4+ Kg8 28. Bc5 Re8 29. Rf2 b6 30. Bd6 gxf5 31. Rg1+ Kf7 32. Bg3 Ng6 33.
exf5 Ne5 34. Kb1 Ba6 35. Ka1 Bd3 36. Bf4 Rad8 37. Rfg2 Bxf5 38. Rg7+ Ke6 39.
Rxa7 Nf3 40. Rf1 Rd3 41. Ra6 Nd4 42. Re1+ Kf7 43. Ra7+ Kf6 44. Rxe8 Nc2+ 45.
Kb1 Nb4 46. Rf8+ Kg6 47. Rxf5 Kxf5 48. a3 Kxf4 49. axb4 Rh3 50. Ra6 Rxh2 51.
Rxb6 h5 52. Rxc6 h4 53. b5 h3 54. Rh6 Rh1+ 55. Ka2 Kg5 56. Rh8 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O a6 5. Ba4 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxe4 11. Re1 Be7 12. Nc3 Bxc2 13. Bf4 O-O 14.
Rac1 Bf5 15. Nc6 Bd8 16. Ne7+ Bxe7 17. Rxe7 Rac8 18. Bxc7 Rfe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8
20. f3 Bd7 21. Bf4 Bc6 22. Kf2 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. a3 Bc6 25. Rd1 f6 26. Rd4
Kf7 27. Be3 Rc8 28. Rh4 Bb5 29. Rd4 Rc2+ 30. Rd2 Rc8 31. h4 h5 32. Kg3 Rc4 33.
Bf4 Bc6 34. Re2 g5 35. Bd6 Rxh4 36. Re7+ Kg6 37. Re6 Rc4 38. Bb4 h4+ 39. Kf2
Kf5 40. Rd6 g4 41. fxg4+ Rxg4 42. Bc3 Rxg2+ 43. Kf1 h3 44. Rxf6+ Ke4 45. Rh6
Rg3 46. Kf2 Rf3+ 47. Kg1 Bd7 48. Rh4+ Ke3 49. Bd4+ Kd3 50. Bc3 Kc2 51. Rd4 Bc6
52. Kh2 Kb3 53. Rb4+ Ka2 54. Rc4 Bd7 55. Rd4 Rf2+ 56. Kg3 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Qe2 Be7 9. Re1 Bxe4 10. Bxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 c6 12. Qg4 O-O 13. c3 Nf6 14. Qg3
Bd6 15. Qh3 Nd5 16. Ng5 h6 17. Ne4 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Qg3 Nh5 20. Qf3 Nf6
21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. a4 Rfd8 24. a5 Rd5 25. b4 Rad8 26. g3 e5 27.
dxe5 fxe5 28. Re3 f6 29. Kg2 Kf7 30. Re4 R8d7 31. Rc4 R7d6 32. Rh4 Kg6 33. Rg4+
Kf7 34. Rh4 f5 35. Re1 e4 36. g4 Rg6 37. Kf1 fxg4 38. Rxe4 h5 39. h3 gxh3 40.
Rxh3 Rf6 41. Rhe3 Rd7 42. Kg2 Kg6 43. Rg3+ Kh6 44. Re8 Rg6 45. Rxg6+ Kxg6 46.
a6 Kf5 47. axb7 Rxb7 48. Rc8 Rb6 49. Rc7 Ra6 50. Rh7 Kg6 51. Rd7 Kf5 52. Rd6 h4
53. b5 Ra5 54. bxc6 Rc5 55. Rd7 Rxc6 56. Rxa7 Rxc3 57. Ra4 h3+ 58. Kh2 Rf3 59.
Ra2 Kg4 60. Rb2 Rf4 61. Rc2 Rf3 62. Rd2 Rf4 63. Ra2 Rf3 64. Ra4+ Rf4 65. Ra2
Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Re1 b5 8. Bb3
h6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nf1 Re8 12. h3 Bf8 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. d5
Nc4 16. b3 Nb6 17. Be3 g6 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Kh2 Bg7 20. Qe2 a5 21. a4 b4 22. c4
Rf8 23. Nf1 Qc7 24. g4 Rae8 25. Ng3 Ng8 26. Rg1 Ne7 27. Rg2 Bc8 28. Rh1 Rg8 29.
Kg1 Rh8 30. Ne1 Kg8 31. Nd3 Kf8 32. Kf1 g5 33. h4 f6 34. Qf3 Kg8 35. Nh5 Rf8
36. Nxg7 Kxg7 37. hxg5 fxg5 38. Qg3 Ng6 39. Rgh2 Nd7 40. Ke1 Nf6 41. f3 Nf4 42.
Kd2 Qe7 43. Nf2 Bd7 44. Nd1 Be8 45. Qg1 Bg6 46. Bf2 Rh7 47. Ne3 Rfh8 48. Be1
Kf8 49. Kc1 Ke8 50. Bd2 Kd8 51. Kb1 Kc8 52. Nd1 Kb7 53. Nf2 Kb8 54. Nd3 Nd7 55.
Bc1 Nxd3 56. Bxd3 Qf6 57. Rh3 Nb6 58. R1h2 Nc8 59. Qh1 Be8 60. Be2 Ne7 61. Bd1
Kc8 62. Be3 Kb8 63. Ka2 Qg7 64. Be2 Qf6 65. Bd1 Qg7 66. Be2 Nc8 67. Qg1 Qe7 68.
Qc1 Bg6 69. Qh1 Qf8 70. Bd1 Kb7 71. Qg1 Nb6 72. Qh1 Na8 73. Qg1 Nc7 74. Qh1 Ne8
75. Qe1 Nf6 76. Qh1 Kb8 77. Bc2 Nd7 78. Bd1 Nb6 79. Be2 Nc8 80. Bxg5 hxg5 81.
Rxh7 Rxh7 82. Rxh7 Bxh7 83. Qxh7 Qf4 84. Kb1 Qd2 85. Qh2 Qe1+ 86. Ka2 Qd2+ 87.
Kb1 Kb7 88. Qf2 Ne7 89. Qf1 Ng6 90. Qd1 Qc3 91. Bd3 Nf4 92. Bc2 Qe3 93. Qh1 Ne2
94. Kb2 Qd2 95. Kb1 Nd4 96. Bd1 Kb6 97. Qg1 Qd3+ 98. Kb2 Qc3+ 99. Ka2 Qc1 100.
Qh2 Qxd1 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Bd3 e6 5. O-O c5 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8.
c3 O-O 9. Re1 d6 10. Ne4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2
h6 15. h3 Qd7 16. Bf4 Rfc8 17. a4 a6 18. Bg3 Bf8 19. Nd2 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 d5 23. Qg4 b4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Be5 b3 26. Re3 Ra1+ 27. Kh2
Rb1 28. Rg3 f6 29. Bxf6 Rxb2 30. Rf3 Bd6+ 31. Be5 Bxe5+ 32. dxe5 Rc2 33. Qg6
Re2 34. Rf4 Rxe5 35. Rb4 Qc7 36. Qg3 Kh7 37. Rxb3 Qc4 38. Qxe5 Qxb3 39. Qxe6
Qxc3 40. Qf5+ Kh8 41. Qxd5 Qc7+ 42. g3 Qa7 43. Qf5 Qb8 44. Qf3 Qd8 45. Kg2 Qe8
46. Qe3 Qb8 47. Qf3 Qc8 48. Qf4 Qa8+ 49. Kh2 Qc8 50. h4 Qd8 51. Qf5 Qa8 52. Qe5
Qf8 53. Qe3 Qa8 54. Qf4 Qc8 55. h5 Qe8 56. g4 Qa8 57. Kg3 Qd8 58. Qe4 Qd6+ 59.
Kg2 Qd8 60. Qf5 Qe7 61. Qc8+ Kh7 62. Qc2+ Kh8 63. Qc6 Qd8 64. Qe6 Qa8+ 65. Kh2
Qf8 66. Qe3 Qb8+ 67. Kg2 Qc8 68. Kg3 Qb8+ 69. f4 Qc8 70. Qd3 Qb8 71. Qd4 Qb3+
72. Kh4 Qb1 73. Qe3 Qh1+ 74. Kg3 Qa8 75. g5 hxg5 76. fxg5 Qb8+ 77. Qf4 Qb3+ 78.
Kg4 Qe6+ 79. Kg3 Qe1+ 80. Kh3 Qe6+ 81. Qg4 Qe3+ 82. Qg3 Qe6+ 83. Qg4 Qe3+ 84.
Kg2 Qd2+ 85. Kg3 Qe3+ 86. Kh2 Qd2+ 87. Kh1 Qe1+ 88. Kg2 Qd2+ 89. Kf1 Qd3+ 90.
Ke1 Qe3+ 91. Kf1 Qd3+ 92. Qe2 Qh3+ 93. Kg1 Qg3+ 94. Qg2 Qe1+ 95. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bb4 7. e3 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 h5 10. Be5 f6 11. d5 fxe5 12. Qxe4 Qf6 13. h4 g4 14. Qxe5 Bxc3+ 15.
bxc3 Qxe5 16. Nxe5 exd5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Ng6 Rh6 19. Nf4 Bf7 20. Bd3 Nc6 21.
O-O O-O-O 22. Rfd1 Ne5 23. Ba6+ Kb8 24. a4 c6 25. Rd4 d5 26. c4 c5 27. Rd2 d4
28. exd4 Nxc4 29. Bxc4 Bxc4 30. d5 Rf6 31. Nxh5 Rf5 32. Ng3 Rfxd5 33. Rc2 Bd3
34. Rc3 c4 35. h5 a6 36. Re1 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Ra3 b4 39. Ra4 Rb5 40. h6 b3
41. Nf1 b2 42. Nd2 c3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nd2 d5 5. e5 Ba6 6. Bxa6 Nxa6 7. c3 Nb8 8. f4
Qd7 9. Ne2 f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Ng3 O-O-O 13. O-O Bd6 14. a4 a5 15.
Ne5 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Ng8 17. b4 axb4 18. a5 bxc3 19. axb6 cxb6 20. Ne2 Kb7 21.
Nxc3 Nge7 22. Nb5 Ra8 23. Nd6+ Kc7 24. Nb5+ Kb7 25. Nd6+ Kc7 26. Ba3 Ra5 27.
Rc1 Rha8 28. Qd3 Nf5 29. Rc3 Nxd6 30. Bxd6+ Kb7 31. Qxh7 Ra1 32. Qd3 Rxf1+ 33.
Qxf1 Ra4 34. Rf3 Nd8 35. Rf4 Rc4 36. h4 Qc6 37. Kh2 Rc1 38. Qf3 Qc2 39. Rf8 Nc6
40. Qf7+ Ka6 41. Ra8+ Kb5 42. Qb7 Nb4 43. Bxb4 Qe4 44. Qa6+ Kxb4 45. Qa3+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. exf3 Nd7 7. Be3 e6 8. Be2
Ne7 9. g4 d5 10. f4 c6 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. c5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Nd6
Nc8 16. Nxb7 Qd5 17. O-O-O Rb8 18. Na5 Ne7 19. Qc3 Qd7 20. Qxc4 Nd5 21. a3 Qc7
22. b4 Nxf4 23. h4 Nd5 24. h5 Rbd8 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Rh3 e5 27. Rdh1 exd4 28.
Bd2 Rxf2 29. Rxh7 Rxd2 30. Kxd2 Qf4+ 31. Kc2 Qf7 32. Kb3 Qf3+ 33. Ka4 Qf7 34.
Kb3 Qf3+ 35. Kc2 d3+ 36. Kb1 Qe2 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Nxc6 Qf3 39. Rh2 d2 40.
Rxd2 Nc3+ 41. Kc2 Rxd2+ 42. Kxd2 Nb1+ 43. Kc1 Nxa3 44. Qd4+ Kh6 45. Ne5 Qf1+
46. Kb2 Nb5 47. Qd2+ Kh7 48. Qd7+ Kh6 49. Qd3 Qf2+ 50. Kb3 a6 51. Qxg6# 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e3 d5 2. Ke2 Nf6 3. d4 e5 4. dxe5 Nfd7 5. Qxd5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. Nc3 Ndxe5
8. Ke1 Be6 9. Qe4 f5 10. Qf4 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 O-O-O 12. a3 g5 13. Qa4 Kb8 14. Be2
f4 15. Ne4 Bg7 16. Bd2 Rd5 17. Bc4 Rhd8 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Bc3 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3
Ne5 21. Rd1 Nxf3+ 22. Ke2 g4 23. Rd3 Bc6 24. Qb4 Qe8 25. Nf6 Rxd3 26. cxd3 Qf7
27. Rb1 a5 28. Nd7+ Qxd7 29. Qxf4 Qe6 30. c4 h5 31. Qf8+ Ka7 32. Qc5+ b6 33.
Qxh5 Kb7 34. Qxa5 Nxh2 35. c5 Qa2+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. g4 h6
9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nb3 Ne5 12. a5 Nc4 13. Bc1 Rc8 14. O-O O-O 15. Qe2
Qc7 16. f4 b5 17. axb6 Qxb6+ 18. Qf2 Rb8 19. Qxb6 Rxb6 20. Rd1 Rc8 21. Bf1 Be8
22. Kh2 Kf8 23. Rd4 Bb5 24. Bxc4 Bxc4 25. Na5 d5 26. Nxc4 dxc4 27. e5 Ne8 28.
Ra4 Rbc6 29. Kg2 f6 30. Ne4 f5 31. Nc3 Kf7 32. Kf3 g6 33. Nd1 fxg4+ 34. hxg4 h5
35. Rd7 hxg4+ 36. Kxg4 Ng7 37. Ne3 Nf5 38. Ra7 c3 39. b3 Rh8 40. Nxf5 gxf5+ 41.
Kf3 Rcc8 42. Ba3 Rce8 43. Rc4 Rh3+ 44. Ke2 Rd8 45. Rxe7+ Kg8 46. Bd6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. g4 h6
9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Qxb6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. f4 O-O 15. O-O
a5 16. Nc1 Rab8 17. Nd3 Nb4 18. Rf2 Bc6 19. g5 hxg5 20. fxg5 Nd7 21. h4 d5 22.
exd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Nf4 Bc5 26. Bxc5 Nxc5 27. Nxd5 Qe5
28. Re2 Qg3+ 29. Rg2 Qe5 30. Rxa5 Rbc8 31. c4 Rfd8 32. b4 Ne4 33. Qd3 Kh8 34.
Re2 Re8 35. Nf6 Qf4 36. Nxe4 Red8 37. Rd5 Rxd5 38. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
Qe2 Re8 9. h4 b5 10. Na5 Qf6 11. h5 Nf8 12. Be3 Bb6 13. Nb3 h6 14. Nh4 Ne6 15.
O-O-O a5 16. Nf5 a4 17. Nd2 a3 18. b3 Nf4 19. Qg4 Bxf5 20. exf5 e4 21. d4 Bxd4
22. Bxf4 Be3 23. Rde1 Qa1# 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 Nf6 5. h3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 b6 8. g4 Bb7
9. Bg2 Qc7 10. g5 Nfd7 11. h4 Nc6 12. f4 Be7 13. h5 h6 14. g6 Nxd4 15. gxf7+
Kxf7 16. Qxd4 Bf6 17. Qd3 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Rac8 19. Bb2 Nf6 20. Qg3 Rhf8 21.
O-O-O Kg8 22. Qg6 Bc6 23. e5 Bxg2 24. Qxg2 dxe5 25. fxe5 Nd5 26. Qg3 Rf5 27.
Rhg1 Rg5 28. Qh3 Qxe5 29. Rge1 Qf5 30. Qxf5 Rxf5 31. Rxe6 Rxh5 32. Rd6 Ne3 33.
Rg1 Nc4 34. Rdg6 Rc7 35. Kb1 Kh7 36. Bc1 Ra5 37. Bf4 Rf7 38. Bd6 Raf5 39. Ka2
R5f6 40. Rxf6 Rxf6 41. Bb8 g5 42. Kb3 b5 43. axb5 axb5 44. Kb4 Rf5 45. Rd1 h5
46. Rd7+ Kg6 47. Rb7 h4 48. Rxb5 Rxb5+ 49. Kxb5 Ne3 50. c4 g4 51. c5 g3 52. c6
Nd5 53. c4 Ne7 54. Bd6 Nc8 55. c5 Kf5 56. Ka6 Kg4 57. Kb7 h3 58. Kxc8 h2 59. c7
h1=Q 60. Kb8 Qb1+ 61. Ka7 Qa2+ 62. Kb7 Qb3+ 63. Ka7 Qa4+ 64. Kb7 Qb5+ 65. Ka7
Qc6 66. Kb8 g2 67. Bh2 Qb5+ 68. Ka8 Qxc5 69. Kb8 Qb6+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Bb5 Be6 11. Nc4 Ba7 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
Nxa5 dxe4 16. Nxc6 Qe8 17. Nfe5 Bb6 18. Bd2 Nd5 19. Bb4 f6 20. Bxf8 fxe5 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nxe5 Nf6 23. Qc2 Qa4 24. Qxa4 Rxa4 25. b3 Rxd4 26. Rad1 e3 27.
fxe3 Re4 28. Nf3 Nd5 29. Kh1 Nxe3 30. Rd3 Nf5 31. Rxe4 Ng3+ 32. Kh2 Nf1+ 33.
Kh1 Ng3+ 34. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. a5
Nc6 9. Nb3 O-O 10. Bd3 e5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nb8 13. O-O Nd7 14. f4 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Ne5 16. c3 Bg5 17. Bh2 Be3+ 18. Kh1 Qg5 19. Bc2 Bd7 20. Nd4 Rae8 21. Nf5
Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Qd8 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. Qd3 f5 25. Qxe3 Qxd5 26. Qe2 Kh8 27. Re1 e4
28. Bg1 Qxa5 29. Bd4 Qc7 30. Rf1 Qg3 31. Qe1 Qg5 32. Qe2 e3 33. Bd3 f4 34. Qf3
Qe7 35. Qh5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Bb5 Be6 11. Nc4 Ba7 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
Nxa5 dxe4 16. Nxc6 Qe8 17. Nfe5 Bb6 18. Bd2 Nd5 19. Bb4 f6 20. Bxf8 fxe5 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nxe5 Nf6 23. Qc2 Bxd4 24. Qxc7+ Kh8 25. Rad1 Rc8 26. Qd6 Bc5 27.
Qd2 Qh5 28. Nd3 e3 29. fxe3 Ne4 30. Qe2 Qxe2 31. Rxe2 Bb6 32. Nf2 Bc4 33. Rc1
Nxf2 34. b3 Nxh3+ 35. Kh1 Nf2+ 36. Rxf2 Bxe3 37. Rxc4 Rxc4 38. bxc4 Bxf2 39. g4
Kg7 40. a4 Bb6 41. Kg2 Kf6 42. c5 Bxc5 43. a5 Kg5 44. a6 Ba7 45. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 b6 8. g3 Bb7
9. Bg2 Qc7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bf4 Be7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Qd3 Rfd8 15.
Rad1 Qb7 16. Qe2 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. b4 h6 19. Rd3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5
Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Qe4 Rad8 24. Be5 Bf8 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. c3 Qc6 27. Bd4
Qc4 28. Ra1 e5 29. Ra8 exd4 30. Qe7 Kh7 31. Qxf8 dxc3 32. Qh8+ Kg6 33. Ra6+ f6
34. Ra7 c2 35. Rxg7+ Kf5 36. Qh7+ Ke5 37. Re7+ Kd4 38. Re4+ Kc3 39. Rxc4+ bxc4
40. Qxh6 Rd1+ 41. Kg2 c1=Q 42. Qxf6+ Kb3 43. b5 Rg1+ 44. Kf3 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Re1 h6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Bd3
Nf5 16. Be3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 Bxc5 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Bb4 21. Qe2
Bxe1 22. Rxe1 f5 23. f4 d4 24. Nc4 a4 25. a3 Ra6 26. Nd6 Rb6 27. Qf2 Rb3 28.
Rd1 Qb6 29. Rd2 Qc5 30. Rc2 Qb6 31. Rd2 Qa5 32. Kh2 b5 33. Bb1 b4 34. Ba2 bxa3
35. bxa3 d3 36. Bxb3 axb3 37. Rxd3 Qxa3 38. Qb6 Qc1 39. Rd4 b2 40. Rb4 b1=Q 41.
Rxb1 Qxf4+ 42. Kh1 Qxe5 43. Qb4 Bd5 44. Nb5 Rb8 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O a6 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 e6 8. c3
Bb7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nf1 c4 12. dxc4 bxc4 13. Bc2 Nc5 14. Ng3 Nfd7
15. Qe2 Nb6 16. e5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 dxe5 18. Rxe5 Nd3 19. Re2 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5
21. Bxd3 cxd3 22. Rd2 Nf4 23. Rd1 Ne2+ 24. Nxe2 dxe2 25. Re1 Rfd8 26. Be3 Rab8
27. Rxe2 e5 28. f3 f6 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. Ke1 h5 31. Rd1 Ke6 32. Rxd8 Bxd8 33. Kd1
g5 34. b4 Bc7 35. Kc2 g4 36. a4 Kf5 37. Kb3 h4 38. fxg4+ Kxg4 39. h3+ Kf5 40.
c4 e4 41. b5 Ke6 42. Kb4 f5 43. c5 axb5 44. axb5 f4 45. Bc1 Kf5 46. Rf2 Kg5 47.
Kc4 e3 48. Ra2 Kf5 49. c6 Ke4 50. Bb2 Rd8 51. Bc3 Rd3 52. Be1 Rd1 53. Bxh4 Rc1+
54. Kb3 Kd3 55. Ra7 Rc3+ 56. Kb4 Rc4+ 57. Kb3 Rc3+ 58. Kb2 Be5 59. Ra3 Kc4 60.
Rxc3+ Bxc3+ 61. Kc2 Ba5 62. Be1 Bd8 63. h4 Kxb5 64. Kd3 Kxc6 65. Ke4 Kc5 66.
Kxf4 Kd4 67. Kf3 Kd3 68. g4 e2 69. g5 Be7 70. g6 Bf8 71. h5 Bg7 72. Kg4 Bh6 73.
Kf5 Bd2 74. Bh4 Bh6 75. Kf6 Ke4 76. g7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Bb5 Be6 11. Nc4 Ba7 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
Nxa5 dxe4 16. Nxc6 Qe8 17. Nfe5 Bb6 18. a4 Nd5 19. a5 f6 20. axb6 Rxa1 21. b7
fxe5 22. b8=Q Qxc6 23. Qbb3 Nf4 24. Qbc2 Qxc2 25. Qxc2 Nd3 26. Rf1 Rxf2 27.
Qxd3 Rxg2+ 28. Kxg2 exd3 29. dxe5 d2 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O e6 6. Re1 a6 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2
c4 9. a4 Bb7 10. d4 cxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc5 12. Qe2 bxa4 13. Be3 Nfd7 14. Bd4 e5 15.
Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Rxa4 Be7 17. Ra2 O-O 18. Nbd2 a5 19. Rea1 Qc7 20. Nb3 Nxb3 21.
Bxb3 Rfb8 22. Bc4 g6 23. Qd3 Kg7 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 a4 26. g3 Ra5 27. Qd3
Rab5 28. Rxa4 Rxb2 29. Ra7 R8b7 30. Rxb7 Qxb7 31. Nd2 Qb6 32. Rf1 Ra2 33. h4 h5
34. Nc4 Qa6 35. Rd1 Ra4 36. Nxd6 Bxd6 37. Qxd6 Qxd6 38. Rxd6 Rxe4 39. Rc6 Re2
40. c4 Rc2 41. c5 e4 42. Kf1 Kf8 43. Rc7 Ke8 44. c6 Kf8 45. Ke1 Kg7 46. Re7
Rxc6 47. Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Bb5 Be6 11. Nc4 Ba7 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
Nxa5 dxe4 16. Nxc6 Qe8 17. Nfe5 Bb6 18. a4 Nd5 19. Qc2 f6 20. Ng4 h5 21. Ne3 f5
22. Bd2 f4 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Nb4 c6 25. a5 Bxd4 26. Bc3 Ba7 27. a6 Qg6 28. Kh1
Rae8 29. Rg1 Rf5 30. Rad1 Qf7 31. Nxd5 Rxd5 32. Qe2 e3 33. f3 Red8 34. Ra1 Rd2
35. Bxd2 Rxd2 36. Qe1 Qd5 37. Rd1 Kf7 38. b4 Qd3 39. Rxd2 exd2 40. Qb1 Qe2 41.
Rd1 Ke7 42. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. Nb3
Nc6 9. a5 O-O 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Be2 b5 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. O-O Bb7 14. f4 Qc7 15.
Qe1 Nb4 16. Qd2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Na5 Qc7 19. f5 Bf6 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Qxg5
f6 22. Qd2 Rfe8 23. fxe6 Rxe6 24. Kh1 Rae8 25. Nxb7 Qxb7 26. Ra4 Kh8 27. Rfa1
h6 28. R1a3 Re5 29. Rb3 a5 30. Qxd6 Qf7 31. Rbxb4 axb4 32. Rxb4 f5 33. Rb8 Rxb8
34. Qxb8+ Re8 35. Qf4 Qb7 36. exf5 Qxb2 37. Ne4 Qxc2 38. Ng3 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Qc5
40. Nf1 Qe7 41. Nd2 Qe5 42. Kg3 Qxf4+ 43. Kxf4 Re2 44. Ne4 Rxg2 45. f6 g6 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Na4 b5 8. Nxd4
bxc4 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 cxd3 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. cxd3 Qd7 13. Qf3 Rd8 14. O-O
O-O 15. Be3 Qb5 16. b3 Rxd3 17. Rac1 e4 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Qg4 Nf6 20. Qf4 Nd5 21.
Qxe4 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Rd2 23. f6 Re8 24. Qg4 g6 25. Qg5 Qc6 26. e4 Rd6 27. e5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. g4 h6
9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Nb3 O-O 11. a5 Rb8 12. Be3 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Qe2
Ne5 16. f4 Nec4 17. Bc1 Qc7 18. Rd1 Bf6 19. Kh1 Nxb2 20. Bxb2 Bxc3 21. Bxc3
Qxc3 22. Rxd6 Qc7 23. Rd3 Bd7 24. Qf2 Bb5 25. Rdd1 Rfd8 26. Nd4 Bc4 27. f5 e5
28. Nf3 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 a5 30. f6 a4 31. fxg7 Kxg7 32. g5 hxg5 33. Nxg5 f6 34.
Nf3 Rh8 35. Rg1 Kf8 36. Nxe5 Qxe5 37. Qxb6 Be6 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Bf3+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Na4 b5 8. Nxd4
bxc4 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 cxd3 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. cxd3 Qd7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. O-O
Rfd8 15. Be3 Qxd3 16. Rac1 Rab8 17. b3 Qa6 18. Bg5 Qxa2 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qg4+
Kh8 21. Qh4 Rd6 22. Rcd1 Qa6 23. Qh5 Kg7 24. Qg4+ Kf8 25. Qh5 Rxb3 26. Qxh7
Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Qd3 28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Qc1 Qc3 30. Qh6 Qc2 31. Rf1 Rb1 32. g3 Rxf1+
33. Kxf1 c4 34. h4 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 c3 36. Qe3 c2 37. Qc5+ Kd7 38. Qb5+ Kd6 39.
Qb4+ Kd7 40. Qb5+ Ke7 41. Qc5+ Ke8 42. Qb5+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d3
g6 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 e5 12. Ng3 d5 13. Qe2 h6 14. h3 Re8 15. Bd2
c4 16. dxc4 dxc4 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Nh2 Nc5 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Rad8 21. Rad1
Bc8 22. f3 Be6 23. Qf2 Bf8 24. Kh2 a5 25. Rh1 f6 26. a3 Nd3 27. Bxd3 cxd3 28.
Bb6 Qc6 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. Qe3 Bc4 31. Nf1 Rd7 32. Qd2 Bb3 33. Re1 a4 34. Ne3
Bc4 35. Kg3 Rh7 36. Rd1 Bc5 37. Nd5 Bxd5 38. exd5 Qd6 39. Kh3 h5 40. g5 Qd7+
41. Kh2 e4 42. fxe4 Bd6+ 43. Kg1 Qa7+ 44. Kf1 fxg5 45. Rh3 g4 46. Re3 Rf7+ 47.
Kg1 Bc5 48. Rde1 Qc7 49. Qxd3 Qg3 50. e5 Qf2+ 51. Kh1 Qh4+ 52. Kg1 g3 53. Qxg6+
Kf8 54. Qh6+ Kg8 55. Qg6+ Rg7 56. Qe6+ Rf7 57. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Re1 h6 7. h3 O-O 8. c3 a5
9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Bb5 Be6 11. Nc4 Ba7 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
Nxa5 dxe4 16. Nxc6 Qe8 17. Nfe5 Bb6 18. a4 Nd5 19. Qc2 f6 20. Ng4 h5 21. Ne3 f5
22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Nb4 c6 24. Bf4 Bxd4 25. Rad1 Be5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Nxc6 Bxc6
28. Qxc6 Qxb2 29. Rd7 Rac8 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Qg6 Rc1 32. Qxh5+ Kg8 33. Red1 Qa1
34. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. d3 e6 8. Nbd2
d5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Nf1 O-O 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ng3 Qc7 13. O-O Rad8 14. Kg2 b5 15. a3
a5 16. Re1 d4 17. cxd4 Rxd4 18. Be3 Rdd8 19. a4 b4 20. Bb3 Nd7 21. Rac1 Bd6 22.
h4 h6 23. h5 Bh7 24. g5 Kh8 25. Rg1 Bxg3 26. fxg3 hxg5 27. Nxg5 Nde5 28. Bxc5
Qd7 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Bc4 Nd4 31. Qe3 f6 32. Nxh7 Kxh7 33. Rgf1 Ng4 34. Qd2 e5
35. Bd5 Rc8 36. Rxc8 Qxc8 37. Rc1 Qe8 38. b3 Nh6 39. Qd1 Qd7 40. Bc4 Ng4 41.
Qd2 Nh6 42. Qd1 Ng4 43. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 c6 7. Nxe5 d5 8. Bb3
O-O 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nf3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4+ 13. Kf1 Qe8 14. Nxd4
Rxd4 15. Qe1 Re4 16. Qd2 b6 17. Re1 Ba6+ 18. c4 Qe6 19. Rxe4 Qxe4 20. h4 Re8
21. Rh3 Bxc4+ 22. Bxc4 Qxc4+ 23. Kg1 Qxa2 24. Be3 Qd5 25. Qc1 Bf8 26. Rf3 Rd8
27. Qc3 Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Bd6+ 29. Bf4 Bxf4+ 30. Rxf4 Qd6 31. g3 c5 32. Qf3 Qd5 33.
Qa3 a5 34. Qe3 Qd6 35. Re4 Rf8 36. Re7 Qf6 37. b3 h5 38. Rb7 g6 39. Kg1 Rd8 40.
Re7 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 Qc6 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Re4 Qd5 44. Qf4 Rd4 45. f3 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. e3 e5 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4
e4 9. d5 exf3 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Re1+ Be7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Bd3 fxg2 14. Qh5 Qb6
15. Nc3 Qc5 16. Qxc5 dxc5 17. Rad1 h5 18. Bc4 Rd8 19. Ne4 Kf8 20. h4 Bf5 21.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Nd6 Bg6 23. Re8+ Kg7 24. Rxh8 Kxh8 25. Bxf7 Bc7 26. Bxg6 Bxd6
27. Bxh5 Kg7 28. Bf3 Kg6 29. Kxg2 c4 30. Bxc6 cxb3 31. axb3 f5 32. Be8+ Kf6 33.
Kf1 Bc5 34. Ke2 Bd4 35. f3 Bc3 36. Kd3 Be1 37. h5 Bh4 38. h6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Bf5 9. Bxf5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxf5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Qb3 Qb5 14. Bf4
Nd7 15. Qc2 a5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 a4 18. a3 Qb3 19. Qd2 f6 20. Bg3 Rad8 21.
Qe2 Kf7 22. Rad1 e6 23. Rd3 b5 24. Rf3 Qd5 25. Be5 Rf8 26. Qe3 Kg8 27. Bc7 Rde8
28. Bh2 Rf7 29. Qe2 Rfe7 30. Re3 Bh6 31. Re4 Bg7 32. Bf4 Kf7 33. h4 h6 34. g3
g5 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Bc1 Rf8 37. Qg6 Qd7 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Qh5 f5 40. R4e2 g4
41. Bg5 Bf6 42. Bh6 Qe8 43. Qh1 Rff7 44. f4 gxf3 45. Qxf3 Rh7 46. Bf4 Qd7 47.
Be5 Bxe5 48. Rxe5 Rh6 49. Qf4 Rg6 50. Kf2 Rh7 51. Rg1 Rh2+ 52. Rg2 Qh7 53. Re1
Qh3 54. Reg1 Rxg2+ 55. Rxg2 Qh6 56. Qb8+ Kh7 57. Qc7+ Rg7 58. Qe5 Qd2+ 59. Kf1
Qc1+ 60. Qe1 Qxe1+ 61. Kxe1 Kg6 62. Re2 Kf6 63. Kf2 Rh7 64. Kg2 Rd7 65. Re5 Rd5
66. Rxd5 cxd5 67. Kf3 Kg5 68. Kf2 Kg4 69. Kg2 Kh5 70. Kf3 Kg5 71. Kg2 Kg4 72.
Kf2 f4 73. gxf4 Kxf4 74. Ke2 Ke4 75. Kd2 Kf3 76. Kd3 Kf4 77. Kd2 Kg3 78. Ke3
Kg4 79. Ke2 Kf4 80. Kf2 Kg5 81. Kg3 Kf5 82. Kf3 e5 83. dxe5 Kxe5 84. Ke3 Ke6
85. Kd3 Kd7 86. Ke2 Kc6 87. Ke3 Kc5 88. Kd3 Kc6 89. Ke2 Kd6 90. Kd2 Ke6 91. Kd3
Ke7 92. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qc7 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8.
Nd2 b6 9. c4 Bb7 10. Be2 c5 11. Bf3 Bd6 12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. Qf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 Ke7
15. f4 Rhd8 16. Ke2 g6 17. h4 h5 18. Nf3 Ng4 19. Ng5 Nh6 20. Ne4 Ng8 21. Rhg1
Ke8 22. Ng3 Be7 23. Nxh5 Bxh4 24. Rh1 Be7 25. Ng7+ Kd7 26. Rad1+ Kc6 27. Rdg1
Rd7 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Rxg6 Rad8 30. Bc3 Rd3 31. Rxe6+ Kb7 32. Bd4 cxd4 33. Kxd3
dxe3+ 34. Kxe3 Bc5+ 35. Kf3 Rf8 36. Rh8 Bd4 37. Rh7+ Ka6 38. b4 Nf6 39. Rhe7
Bc3 40. a3 Ra8 41. Rf7 Ng8 42. Ke4 Bb2 43. Kd3 Bxa3 44. Kc3 Bc1 45. Re1 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bf5 8.
Nxf6+ exf6 9. Qe2+ Be6 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 Re8 12. Qc2 Nd7 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Bh2
Nd5 15. Rfe1 b5 16. a4 a6 17. Nd2 Nb6 18. a5 Nd5 19. Ne4 Bf5 20. Nd6 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Be6 22. b4 Bf8 23. Ne4 Bf5 24. f3 Nxb4 25. cxb4 Qxd4+ 26. Kh1 Bxb4 27. Rd1
Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Qc3 29. Qa2 f5 30. Bc2 c5 31. Rd7 c4 32. Qb1 Re8 33. Bg3 f4 34.
Bf2 Re2 35. Rd8+ Bf8 36. Bc5 Re1+ 37. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 38. Kh2 Qg3+ 39. Kh1 Qe1+ 40.
Kh2 Qxa5 41. Rxf8+ Kg7 42. Rc8 Qd2 43. Be4 f5 44. Bb7 c3 45. Bb4 Qd7 46. Bxa6
Qa7 47. Rc6 c2 48. Bxb5 Qf2 49. Bd3 g5 50. Rxc2 Qe3 51. Bxf5 h5 52. Rc6 Qf2 53.
Bc3+ Kf7 54. Bg6+ Ke7 55. Bxh5 Kd7 56. Rc4 Qe2 57. Re4 Qc2 58. Bg4+ Kc6 59. Bf6
Qc5 60. Re5 Qf2 61. Bxg5 Qg3+ 62. Kg1 Kd6 63. Re6+ Kd5 64. h4 Kd4 65. h5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bd7 13. Qf3 b5 14. a3 Rab8 15.
g4 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Be3 bxa3 18. g5 axb2 19. Rab1 Ne8 20. Qh5 Rxb3 21. cxb3
Qc2 22. Ng3 Qxb3 23. Rfe1 Bb5 24. f6 g6 25. Qf3 Bd8 26. Qg2 Qe6 27. Rxb2 Ba5
28. Rd1 Nc7 29. Rc1 Qg4 30. Rbc2 Ne6 31. h3 Qh4 32. Rc8 Bd7 33. Rxf8+ Nxf8 34.
Rd1 Bc7 35. Kh2 Ne6 36. Ne2 Nf4 37. Bxf4 exf4 38. Nd4 f3 39. Nxf3 d5+ 40. e5
Qe4 41. Re1 Qf4+ 42. Qg3 Qf5 43. Nd4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a5 Nd7 12. Bb4 a6 13. Na3 f5 14. Nc4 Nf6 15.
Nb6 Rb8 16. Ra3 f4 17. Be2 Bf5 18. O-O Qe8 19. c4 Qg6 20. Kh1 Rbd8 21. f3 Nh5
22. Bd3 Ng3+ 23. Kg1 Nxf1 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Qxf1 e4 26. Bc3 exf3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. e5 Nc6 7. Qf4 dxe5 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Qxe5 e6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. O-O-O Qb6 14. Ne4
Nd7 15. Qg3 Bxh4 16. Qxh4 Ne5 17. Qg3 Nxd3+ 18. Rxd3 e5 19. Rd6 Qb4 20. Qh4 Qa5
21. Rxh6 gxh6 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Nh5+ Kh7 24. Qf6 Rg8 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Nf6 Bf5
27. Nxg8 Rd8 28. Kb1 Bxc2+ 29. Ka1 Rxg8 30. Qxb7 Bg6 31. Qc6 Kh7 32. Rd1 Rg7
33. Qd5 Qb6 34. Qxe5 Qxf2 35. g4 Qc2 36. Re1 Rc7 37. a3 Rb7 38. Qf6 Qb3 39.
Re7+ Rxe7 40. Qxe7+ Bf7 41. Qe4+ Kg8 42. Qb1 Qf3 43. Qg1 Bc4 44. Kb1 Qd3+ 45.
Ka1 Qf1+ 46. Qxf1 Bxf1 47. b4 Bh3 48. Kb2 Bxg4 49. a4 Kf7 50. b5 axb5 51. axb5
Ke6 52. Kc3 Kd6 53. Kd4 Bd7 54. b6 Kc6 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bf5 6. Nxf6+ gxf6 7. d3 Nd7
8. g3 e6 9. Bg2 h5 10. Nh4 Bh7 11. O-O Be7 12. Bd2 f5 13. Nf3 Bf6 14. Bc3 h4
15. Nxh4 f4 16. Rae1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qf6 18. c4 O-O-O 19. Qd2 Rhg8 20. Qa5 a6 21.
Rb1 Rg5 22. Qb4 Nc5 23. Qb6 Rdg8 24. Nf3 Rh5 25. d4 Bxc2 26. dxc5 Bxb1 27. Rxb1
Qe7 28. Nd4 Qc7 29. Qa7 fxg3 30. hxg3 Rd8 31. Nxc6 bxc6 32. Qxa6+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. f5 Nge7 7. fxe6 fxe6 8.
O-O O-O 9. d3 a6 10. a4 d5 11. Bb3 h6 12. Qe1 c4 13. dxc4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Rxf3
15. Bxe6+ Bxe6 16. Rxf3 Nd4 17. Rf2 Nec6 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nb4
21. Bd2 Qxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Nxd5 23. c3 Nc6 24. Re6 Kh7 25. Rd6 Nb6 26. Rf7 Rb8 27.
Be3 Nc4 28. Rdd7 Rg8 29. Bd4 N4e5 30. Bxe5 Nxe5 31. Rxb7 Nxf7 32. Rxf7 Rb8 33.
Rf2 g5 34. Rd2 Kg6 35. Kf2 Be5 36. g3 Kf5 37. Ke3 Re8 38. Kd3 Rd8+ 39. Ke2
Rxd2+ 40. Kxd2 Ke4 41. Ke2 g4 42. Kd2 Kf3 43. Kd3 Kg2 44. Ke4 Bb8 45. b4 Kxh2
46. c4 Kxg3 47. b5 axb5 48. axb5 Kh2 49. c5 g3 50. b6 g2 51. c6 g1=Q 52. c7
Bxc7 53. bxc7 Qc5 54. Kd3 Qxc7 55. Ke4 Qf7 56. Ke3 Kg3 57. Kd4 h5 58. Kd3 h4
59. Kd4 h3 60. Ke3 h2 61. Kd4 h1=Q 62. Kc3 Qhd5 63. Kb4 Qfb7+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.05"]
[Round "3.32"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bf5 6. Nxf6+ gxf6 7. d3 e6 8.
g3 Nd7 9. Bg2 Bd6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bd2 O-O-O 12. b4 h5 13. a4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 h4 16. g4 f5 17. gxf5 Rdg8 18. Kh1 Ne5 19. Qe4 exf5 20. Qxf5+ Kb8 21.
b5 cxb5 22. axb5 Nd7 23. Be3 Bc5 24. b6 axb6 25. Bf4 Bd6 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Qf3
Qc7 28. d4 Rg6 29. Ra3 Qc6 30. Qf4+ Qd6 31. Qf3 Qc6 32. d5 Qf6 33. Rfa1 Qxf3
34. Bxf3 Kc7 35. d6+ Rxd6 36. Re1 Nc5 37. Rae3 Re6 38. Bg4 Rxe3 39. Rxe3 Kd6
40. Rf3 Ke7 41. Re3+ Kf6 42. Rf3+ Kg7 43. Rf4 Rh6 44. Kg2 Rf6 45. Rb4 Kg6 46.
Bf3 Kg5 47. Rg4+ Kf5 48. Rxh4 Rd6 49. Rb4 Kg6 50. h4 f6 51. Rg4+ Kh6 52. Rg8
Ne6 53. Kg3 f5 54. Rb8 Nd4 55. c3 Nb5 56. c4 Na3 57. Bd5 b5 58. Rh8+ Kg7 59.
Rg8+ Kh7 60. Ra8 bxc4 61. Bxb7 c3 62. Rxa3 c2 63. Rc3 Rd3+ 64. Rxd3 c1=Q 65.
Bf3 Qc7+ 66. Kg2 Qf4 67. h5 Kh6 68. Re3 Qd6 69. Re2 Kg5 70. Re3 Qa6 71. Re8 Qc4
72. Re7 Kf4 73. Rg7 Qc3 74. Rg3 Qf6 75. Rh3 Qg5+ 76. Rg3 Qh6 77. Rg6 Qh7 78.
Rg3 Qh8 79. Rg6 Qe8 80. Rg3 Qe6 81. Rg6 Qd7 82. Rg3 Ke5 83. h6 Qh7 84. Rh3 Kf6
85. Kh1 Kg5 86. Rh5+ Kf4 87. Rh3 Kg5 88. Rh5+ Kg6 89. Rh3 Kf6 90. Rh5 Ke6 91.
Rh3 Ke5 92. Rh5 Kf4 93. Rh3 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Nb5 Nd5 6. Rb1 Qxa2 7. Ra1 Qb2 8.
Rb1 Qa2 9. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15.
Ng3 Ng6 16. Ngf5 Kh7 17. Qf3 Ng8 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qf3 Ng8 20. h4 c5 21. Nc2 Ne5
22. Qe2 c4 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Ncxe3 g6 25. Nd4 b5 26. a4 bxa4 27. Nxc4 Rab8 28.
Nxa5 Rfc8 29. f4 Ng4 30. Nac6 Rb6 31. Nb4 N8f6 32. Nf3 Rxb4 33. cxb4 Qa7+ 34.
Kh1 Nxe4 35. Qxe4 Nf2+ 36. Kh2 Nxe4 37. Rxe4 Rc2 38. b5 Qf2 39. Rg1 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nbd2 Ke7 10. Be2 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Nd3 Nbd7 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. b3
a5 15. Ba3 Nfd7 16. Nc4 Ba6 17. Nxb6 Bxe2 18. Rfe1 Bb5 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Rac1
Rc8 21. Rc3 f6 22. Rec1 Kd6 23. Rd1+ Ke7 24. e4 Ke8 25. Rdc1 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
Qe2 Nd4 9. Qd2 Nxb3 10. axb3 h6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. e5
Re8 15. f4 d6 16. Bb5 Nd7 17. Qh3 c6 18. Rxd6 cxb5 19. Rxd7 Bxg2 20. Rxd8 Bxh3
21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Nxb5 g5 23. Rg1 Kf8 24. fxg5 Rxe5 25. gxh6 Rh5 26. Nxa7 Bd7
27. Rg2 Rxh6 28. c4 Rh3 29. b4 Ke7 30. b5 Kd6 31. Rd2+ Kc7 32. Rf2 Be6 33. Nc6
Bxc4 34. Ne5 Bxb5 35. Rxf7+ Kd6 36. Nf3 Bc6 37. Rf6+ Kc5 38. Rf5+ Kd6 39. Nd4
Rxh2 40. Rf6+ Ke5 41. Rxc6 Kxd4 42. Rxb6 Kc5 43. Rb8 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. h4 h5 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. Be5 e6 11. Qd4 Rc8 12. Bd3 Ne8 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 14. e4 Bc6
15. O-O-O Re8 16. f4 Qa5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Rxc5 20. Qb3 Re6
21. Qa3 Qxa3 22. bxa3 Nf5 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
Qf3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Re8 12. Bc4 d6 13. h3 Qe7 14. Rhe1
Qe5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Bd5 Rb8 18. Rd3 Be6 19. Kd2 b6 20. a3 Re7
21. Rf3 Kg7 22. Rg3+ Kf8 23. Rf3 Kg7 24. Rg3+ Kf8 25. Rf3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Qd2 Nc5 10. O-O-O Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 Re8 12. h4 Qd7 13. Rde1 Qf5 14.
Qd2 Bd7 15. Nd4 Qd5 16. Kb1 c5 17. Ne2 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Bc6 19. f3 h5 20. c4 a6
21. Nf4 g6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Bf6 24. g3 Be5 25. Reg1 Bd4 26. Rg2 Re5 27. c3
Be3 28. f4 Ree8 29. Kc2 Kg7 30. g4 hxg4 31. Rxg4 Bxd2 32. Kxd2 Re4 33. h5 Rh8
34. Kd3 Rhe8 35. hxg6 c4+ 36. Kc2 Re2+ 37. Kc1 f5 38. Rh7+ Kg8 39. Rg1 b5 40.
Rd7 Rf2 41. g7 Rxf4 42. Rh1 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
a5 9. h3 Bb6 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15.
Ng3 Rae8 16. Qf3 Kh7 17. Be3 Ng6 18. c4 Nh4 19. Qf4 Ng6 20. Qf3 Nh4 21. Qf4 Ng6
22. Qf5 Qxf5 23. Ndxf5 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Nd7 25. b3 Nc5 26. Rd1 Ne7 27. Nd4 Ne6 28.
Nb5 Nc6 29. f4 Re7 30. Nf5 Rd7 31. g3 g6 32. Nfd4 Ncxd4 33. Nxd4 Nxd4 34. Rxd4
Re7 35. Kf2 Rfe8 36. Kf3 f5 37. g4 Kg7 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. e5 Kf7 40. Rd5 b6 41.
Re2 Re6 42. a3 R8e7 43. exd6 Rxe2 44. dxe7 Rb2 45. Rxf5+ Kxe7 46. Re5+ Kf6 47.
Rb5 a4 48. bxa4 Ra2 49. Rb3 Rc2 50. Rb4 Rc3+ 51. Kg4 Rxa3 52. c5 bxc5 53. Rc4
h5+ 54. Kh4 Kf5 55. Rxc5+ Kxf4 56. a5 Ke4 57. Rc4+ Kd5 58. Rxc7 Rxa5 59. Rg7
Ke6 60. Rg5 Rxg5 61. Kxg5 Kf7 62. Kxh5 Kg8 63. Kg6 Kh8 64. h4 Kg8 65. h5 Kh8
66. h6 Kg8 67. h7+ Kh8 68. Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. a3 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. Bd3 b5
9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne5 Be7 11. f4 Qb6 12. Bf2 Rd8 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Qh3 Ne4 15. Nxe4
dxe4 16. Be2 cxd4 17. exd4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Qc6 19. c3 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bg4
Bc8 22. Rad1 a5 23. Be3 b4 24. cxb4 axb4 25. Rc1 Qa6 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bxe6+
Kh8 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Bxh6 Kg8 30. Rxf6 gxf6 31. Qd7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. Nbd2 Bg4 8.
h3 Bh5 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a3 f6 11. b4 Bd6 12. Ne3 Nf8 13. c4 Qd7 14. c5 Be7 15.
Nxe5 Bxd1 16. Nxd7 Be2 17. Re1 Bxd3 18. Nxf8 Rxf8 19. Nf5 Rf7 20. Bf4 Bf8 21.
Rad1 Rd8 22. e5 Bxf5 23. exf6+ Be7 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. fxe7+ Ke8 26. Bxc7 Rxe7
27. Be5 Kf7 28. g4 Be6 29. f4 g6 30. Kf2 Bd5 31. Kg3 Re8 32. Rd1 a6 33. Kh4 h6
34. Kg3 g5 35. Rf1 gxf4+ 36. Rxf4+ Kg8 37. Rf5 Bf7 38. Kf4 Bg6 39. Rf6 Rf8 40.
h4 h5 41. Kg5 Bf7 42. Rh6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Qc2 e6 8. Nc3
c5 9. Rd1 d5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Na4 Nbd7 13. b3 Rc8 14. Bb2 Re8
15. Bb5 d4 16. Nd2 Ng4 17. Nf1 a6 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. f3 Nxe3 20. Nxe3 Rxe3 21.
Nb6 Qe6 22. Nxc8 Re2 23. Qd3 Rxb2 24. Na7 Bh6 25. Re1 Be3+ 26. Kf1 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Kh1 Re8 10. a4 b6 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. d4 exd4 14. Qxd4 f6 15.
Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Qxd6 cxd6 17. Rad1 Re6 18. Nd4 Rxe4 19. f3 Re3 20. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Ne5 22. f4 Ng6 23. Nxc6 Bb7 24. Ne7+ Kf8 25. Nxg6+ hxg6 26. Bd4 Re8 27.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. Bxb6 Be4 29. c3 Bc2 30. Bxa5 Bxb3 31. Bb4 Bxa4 32. Bxd6 Bb3 33.
Kg1 Kf7 34. Kf2 Bd5 35. Bc5 Ke6 36. Bf8 Kf7 37. Ba3 Ke6 38. g3 g5 39. fxg5 fxg5
40. g4 Kf6 41. Bb2 Bc4 42. Bc1 Be6 43. Kg3 Bc4 44. Be3 Bb3 45. Bd4+ Kf7 46. Bb6
Kf6 47. Bd8+ Kg6 48. Kf3 Be6 49. Be7 Bd5+ 50. Ke3 Be6 51. Kf3 Bd5+ 52. Kf2 Be6
53. Kg3 Bd5 54. Bd8 Be6 55. Kf3 Bd5+ 56. Ke3 Be6 57. Kd4 Bxg4 58. c4 Kf7 59.
Kc5 Ke8 60. Bxg5 Kd7 61. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
d4 exd4 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Bxe7 11. Ne5 a6 12. Ba4 Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. cxd4 O-O-O 16. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
h6 9. Re1 Bb6 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. Ng3 Nd7 13. d4 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15.
Nxf5 Rxf5 16. Bd3 Rf8 17. Be3 Bd5 18. Nh2 exd4 19. cxd4 Nf6 20. Ng4 Qd7 21. Bg6
Be6 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Qh5 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Qg4 Kh8 26. d5 Bxe3 27. Rxe3
Qf7 28. Rae1 Qxd5 29. Re7 Rg5 30. Qe4 Qxe4 31. R1xe4 Rc8 32. Rd7 Re5 33. Rf4 b6
34. Rff7 Rg8 35. Rxc7 Re1+ 36. Kh2 Re2 37. b3 Rxa2 38. Rb7 Rb2 39. Rxb6 a4 40.
Rxd6 Rxb3 41. Ra6 Rb4 42. Rfa7 Rf8 43. Rxa4 Rxa4 44. Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxe5 Qh4 14. Kg2
Bxe5 15. Rxe5 f5 16. Qe2 fxg4 17. hxg4 Rf4 18. f3 Raf8 19. d4 Rxf3 20. Qxf3
Rxf3 21. Kxf3 Qh3+ 22. Kf2 Qxc3 23. Ra2 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
b3 O-O 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Ng5 Bxc4 11. bxc4 h6 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. a4 a5
15. Bd2 b6 16. Kh1 Nc5 17. Ra1 Ne6 18. g3 Bf8 19. Nxe5 Nd4 20. f4 Ra8 21. c3
Ne6 22. d4 Qd6 23. Ng4 Nxd4 24. e5 Qd8 25. cxd4 Qxd4 26. Qc2 h5 27. Be3 Qd7 28.
Nf2 f6 29. Ne4 b5 30. Rae1 bxa4 31. exf6 a3 32. f7+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Bf3 Be6 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. Bd5 Nc5 13. Qe2 Bxc3 14. bxc3
Qa5 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. e4 Rfe8 17. Qf3 Qa4 18. Rfe1 f6 19. h4 h5 20. Qe3 Kf7 21.
Qf3 Qc2 22. Bf4 Bxd5 23. exd5 Nd3 24. Re3 Rxc4 25. Rxd3 Rxf4 26. Qxf4 Qxd3 27.
Qh6 Rg8 28. Re1 Qxd5 29. Qh7+ Rg7 30. Qh8 Rg8 31. Qh7+ Rg7 32. Qh8 e5 33. Qc8
Qc6 34. Qb8 g5 35. Qh8 gxh4 36. Qxh5+ Ke7 37. f3 Qc5+ 38. Kh1 Qf2 39. Rg1 Qg3
40. Qf5 h3 41. Qxh3 Qxh3+ 42. gxh3 Rxg1+ 43. Kxg1 Kf7 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. d4 f6 10. Na5 Qc8 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Qh5+ Bf7 14. Qxg5
O-O 15. Rd1 Be6 16. b3 Rf6 17. Bb2 Rg6 18. Qe3 Bf7 19. Rd2 b6 20. Rad1 Nf8 21.
Nc4 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Qe8 23. Qc3 Qf7 24. Qxe5 Re8 25. Qf5 Qxc4 26. f3 Qxa2 27. Be5
Re7 28. h4 Qe6 29. Qxe6+ Rgxe6 30. Bg3 Kf7 31. Rd8 Re8 32. Bxc7 Rxd8 33. Rxd8
Re8 34. Rd6 Rc8 35. Bd8 Ne6 36. Bg5 Nxg5 37. hxg5 Ke7 38. e5 a5 39. f4 a4 40.
f5 a3 41. f6+ Kf8 42. Rd7 Ra8 43. fxg7+ Kg8 44. Rd1 Kxg7 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 e6 7. O-O exd5 8. cxd5
d6 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Nd2 Na6 11. e4 Rb8 12. Re1 Bd7 13. a4 Nb4 14. h3 b6 15. Bf1
a6 16. Nc4 Bf8 17. Bf4 Bc8 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Nxe5 Bb7 21. Nc6 Bxc6
22. dxc6 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Be7 10. Nc3 Nb6 11. h3 f5 12. Qb3+ Kh8 13. Ne5 Qe8 14. Re1 fxe4
15. Nxe4 Nd5 16. Bg5 Bb4 17. Nc3 Be6 18. Qc2 Qh5 19. Bd2 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bd6 21.
Ng6+ Qxg6 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. Rxe6 Kh7 24. Rae1 Rf5 25. c4 c5 26. d5 b5 27. cxb5
Rxd5 28. Bc3 a6 29. a4 Rd3 30. Be5 axb5 31. axb5 Rb8 32. Rb1 Rd5 33. Bxd6 cxd6
34. b6 c4 35. b7 c3 36. Rc1 Rc5 37. Re3 c2 38. Re2 Rxb7 39. Rcxc2 Rxc2 40. Rxc2
Rb1+ 41. Kh2 Rd1 42. Kg3 Rd3+ 43. f3 d5 44. Kf4 Rd4+ 45. Ke3 Ra4 46. Rd2 Ra5
47. Kd4 Rb5 48. Ke5 Ra5 49. h4 d4+ 50. Kxd4 Ra4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 a5 8.
a3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 a4 11. Ba2 dxe4 12. dxe4 Qa5+ 13. c3 O-O 14. O-O
Nbd7 15. Re1 h6 16. Nh4 Nc5 17. Qf3 Rad8 18. Nf5 g6 19. Nxh6+ Kg7 20. Ng4 Nxg4
21. hxg4 Qb5 22. g5 Qxb2 23. Qf6+ Kh7 24. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15.
Ng3 Rae8 16. Qf3 Kh7 17. Be3 Ng6 18. c4 Nh4 19. Qf4 Ng6 20. Qf5 Qd8 21. Nf3
Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Kg8 23. Qxa5 Qd7 24. Qc3 Nf4 25. Rae1 Qa4 26. b3 Qd7 27. Nf5 Qd8
28. N3d4 Kh7 29. Qd2 c5 30. Nb5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qe2 Ra7 15.
g3 Bf6 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Qa8 18. Rab1 axb4 19. axb4 Rb8 20. Qc2 Nf8 21. f4
Ng6 22. f5 exf5 23. Qxf5 bxc5 24. bxc5 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Nf8 26. Rf1 Ne6 27. Ne2
Qb7 28. Rb1 Qa8 29. Rf1 h6 30. h4 Qb8 31. h5 Qb2 32. Rf2 Rb7 33. Kg2 Qb1 34.
Qxb1 Rxb1 35. Rf1 Rb2 36. Kf3 Ng5+ 37. Ke3 Rb3+ 38. Kf4 Ne6+ 39. Kg4 Re3 40.
Nf4 Nxd4 41. Rb1 Rxe5 42. Rb8+ Kh7 43. Rb7 Rg5+ 44. Kh3 Rf5 45. Kg4 Rg5+ 46.
Kh3 Ne6 47. Rxf7 Nxc5 48. Rc7 Ne4 49. Ne6 Rxg3+ 50. Kh4 Rg1 51. Rxc6 Rh1+ 52.
Kg4 Nf6+ 53. Kf3 Rxh5 54. Rc7 Re5 55. Rxg7+ Kh8 56. Re7 Re4 57. Nf4 Rxe7 58.
Ng6+ Kg7 59. Nxe7 Kf7 60. Nf5 Kg6 61. Kf4 h5 62. Nh4+ Kf7 63. Ke5 Kg7 64. Ke6
d4 65. Nf5+ Kg6 66. Nxd4 Kg5 67. Nf3+ Kf4 68. Kxf6 Kxf3 69. Kg5 h4 70. Kxh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
b3 O-O 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. Qh5 h6 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. f4 f5 14. Qh3 Rae8
15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Ba3 c5 18. Rad1 Qd4+ 19. Kh1 fxe4 20. dxe4
Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Rxe4 22. Qf5 Re7 23. h3 b6 24. Bc1 Qe4 25. Qf2 Qg6 26. Bb2 Rf7
27. Qxf7+ Qxf7 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Kg1 Nf6 30. Kf2 Nd5 31. a3 g6 32. c4 Nf4 33.
Bc3 Ke6 34. Kf3 Nd3 35. Ke4 Nf2+ 36. Kf3 Nd3 37. Ke4 Nf2+ 38. Kf3 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 13. g3 Bf6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15.
fxe5 Qc8 16. Rb1 axb4 17. axb4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ra3 19. Rb2 Qb7 20. Qc2 Rfa8 21.
Rfb1 Nf8 22. Ne2 Ra1 23. Qc1 Rxb1 24. Qxb1 Ng6 25. Ra2 bxc5 26. Rxa8+ Qxa8 27.
bxc5 h5 28. h3 Qa6 29. Qd1 Ne7 30. Nf4 g6 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Qc4 33. Ng2 g5
34. Qd2 Ng6 35. Kh2 Kg7 36. f3 f6 37. Kg3 fxe5 38. dxe5 Qxc5 39. Qxg5 Qe7 40.
Qxe7+ Nxe7 41. Nf4 Kf7 42. Nd3 Ng6 43. f4 Nf8 44. Nc5 Ng6 45. Kf3 Ke7 46. Nd3
Nf8 47. f5 Nd7 48. Kf4 c5 49. g5 c4 50. Nb4 d4 51. g6 exf5 52. g7 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. a4 a5 10. b3 Bf8 11. Bb2 f6 12. Kh1 Nc5 13. Rg1 Ne6 14. g4 g5 15. h4
h6 16. Ne3 Nf4 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. gxf5 Re7 19. Bc1 Rg7 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Nh2 Kh8
22. Qh5 Qe8 23. Qxe8 Rxe8 24. Ng4 Rf7 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Kg2 Bg7 27. Rh1+ Kg8
28. Kf3 c5 29. Rh5 Kf8 30. e5 fxe5 31. Rxg5 e4+ 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. d4 e4 6. Nfd2 f5 7. c4 Nf6 8. d5 Ne7
9. Nc3 d6 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Qc2 Qe8 12. h4 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. a3 Be6 15. Nf4
Bf7 16. Be2 Rd8 17. O-O Ne5 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. g3 h6 20. c5 d5 21. Kg2 g5 22. Nh3
Bh5 23. Rde1 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Nh5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Rg1 f4 27. gxf4 gxf4 28. Kf1
f3 29. Re1 Nd3 30. Bxg7 Nxg7 31. Qc3 Nxe1 32. Kxe1 Qf6 33. Qxf6 Rxf6 34. Nf4
Kf7 35. b4 Ne6 36. Nxe6 Rxe6 37. Nb3 Rh8 38. Nd4 Rg6 39. Rf1 Rgh6 40. Nf5 Rh1
0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. a4 a5 10. b3 Nf8 11. Ncxe5 Rxe5 12. Nxe5 Bd4 13. Bf4 Qf6 14. Qd2
Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. f4 Qd4+ 17. Kh1 f5 18. Rae1 Be6 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Re5
Be6 21. Rxa5 Rxa5 22. Qxa5 Bd5 23. Qd2 Ng6 24. Qf2 Qc3 25. h3 Nf8 26. Qe2 h5
27. f5 h4 28. f6 gxf6 29. Qg4+ Kf7 30. Qxh4 Nd7 31. Qh7+ Ke8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33.
Qg7+ Kd6 34. Qg3+ Kc5 35. Qf2+ Kd6 36. Qg3+ Kc5 37. Qf2+ Kb4 38. Qe1 Qxe1 39.
Rxe1 Kc3 40. Re2 Ne5 41. h4 Bf7 42. Kg1 c5 43. Kh2 Bh5 44. Re4 Kxc2 45. Rf4
Kxb3 46. Kg3 Nxd3 47. Rf5 Be8 48. Rxf6 c4 49. Rf3 Bg6 50. Kg4 c3 51. h5 Ne5+
0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nc2 d5 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bf5 11. Qe2 Ne5 12. e4 Bg4 13. f3 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Be6
15. Qe2 Rc8 16. Rd1 Qb6+ 17. Qf2 Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Nd7 19. Nd4 Bxd4+ 20. Rxd4 Ne5
21. Bf4 Nc6 22. Rd3 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. a3 f6 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Nxd1 Bb3 27.
Nc3 Kf7 28. Be3 a6 29. Ne2 e5 30. Nc3 Ke6 31. Bc5 h5 32. Bb6 Nb8 33. Nb1 Nd7
34. Be3 Kd6 35. Nd2 Be6 36. Ke2 Nb8 37. Kd3 Nc6 38. Kc3 b5 39. h4 Na5 40. Bh6
Kd7 41. Bf8 Nc4 42. Nb3 Ke8 43. Bh6 Nb6 44. Na5 Na4+ 45. Kc2 Nb6 46. b3 Kd7 47.
Nb7 Kc6 48. Na5+ Kd7 49. Be3 Nc8 50. Nb7 Kc6 51. Nc5 Bf7 52. Nxa6 Nd6 53. Nb4+
Kd7 54. Nd3 Kc6 55. Kc3 Be6 56. Bd2 Bf7 57. Bh6 Be6 58. Bf8 Ne8 59. a4 bxa4 60.
bxa4 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. a4 Bd6 10. b3 Nf8 11. Bb2 Ng6 12. Kh1 b6 13. Ne3 Bc5 14. Nf5 f6 15.
g4 Nf4 16. Bc1 g6 17. Ne3 Nh3 18. Qe2 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Bxg4 20. Qg2 Qd7 21. Qg3
Rf8 22. Bb2 c5 23. Nxe5 fxe5 24. Qxe5 Nf2+ 25. Kg1 Bf3 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qxh7+
Ke6 28. Qxd7+ Kxd7 29. Rxf2 g5 30. h3 g4 31. hxg4 Bxg4 32. Raf1 Rxf2 33. Rxf2
Be6 34. Kf1 Rg8 35. Ke2 Rg1 36. Kd2 a6 37. Rh2 Rf1 38. Be5 Rf7 39. Rg2 b5 40.
Rg7 Rxg7 41. Bxg7 c4 42. bxc4 bxc4 43. d4 c6 44. Kc3 Bf7 45. a5 Bg6 46. Kxc4
Bxe4 47. c3 Bg2 48. Kc5 Bf3 49. Be5 Bg2 50. Bg3 Bh1 51. c4 Bf3 52. d5 cxd5 53.
cxd5 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Qxe5+ Qe7 6. Qxe7+ Bxe7 7. Bb3
Nf5 8. Nd5 Bd8 9. Ne2 c6 10. Ne3 d5 11. Nxf5 Bxf5 12. d3 O-O 13. Be3 Re8 14.
O-O Bb6 15. Ng3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Be6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxb3 19. axb3 Na6 20.
Nd6 Re7 21. Rae1 Rd7 22. Nf5 g6 23. Ne3 Nb4 24. Ng4 Kg7 25. Re2 f5 26. Nf2 a5
27. Rfe1 Kf7 28. g4 a4 29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. d4 Nd5 32. Nd3 Rd8 33.
c3 Raa8 34. Rf2 Rg8+ 35. Kf1 Rg5 36. Re5 Kf6 37. Nc5 Ra1+ 38. Ke2 Kg6 39. Ne6
Rgg1 40. Nf8+ Kg7 41. Rexf5 Rad1 42. Ne6+ Kg6 43. Re5 Rge1+ 44. Kf3 Rd3+ 45.
Kg4 Ne3+ 46. Kh4 Rdd1 47. Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.32"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. a4 Bd6 10. Kh1 Nf8 11. Rg1 Ng6 12. g4 b5 13. Ne3 Bc5 14. Qe1 Nf4 15.
Nf5 Nh3 16. Rg2 g6 17. Qf1 Kh8 18. Be3 Bd6 19. Rg3 Nf4 20. Nh6 Rf8 21. Bxf4
exf4 22. Rg1 f6 23. g5 Kg7 24. gxf6+ Qxf6 25. Ng4 Qxb2 26. e5 Bxg4 27. Rxg4
Bxe5 28. Rb1 Qc3 29. axb5 cxb5 0-1

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.33"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ke2 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. Nh3 O-O 8. f3 b6
9. Nf2 Ba6 10. Ke1 e5 11. Qa4 Bb7 12. Ke2 Qd7 13. Kf1 Rad8 14. Kg1 h6 15. Nd2
a6 16. Nf1 b5 17. Qc2 c4 18. dxc4 bxc4 19. b3 dxe4 20. fxe4 Ne7 21. Ba3 Rfe8
22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. h3 Nc8 25. Kh2 Nd6 26. Nd2 cxb3 27. axb3 Nb5 28.
Bb2 Nd4 29. Qd1 Nxb3 30. Qxb3 Rxd2 31. Rf1 a5 32. Bc1 Rd8 33. Be3 Bc6 34. Qb6
Qxb6 35. Bxb6 Ra8 36. Nd3 Nxe4 37. Nc5 f5 38. g4 a4 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Rxf5 a3
41. Nxe4 a2 42. Rf1 a1=Q 43. Rxa1 Rxa1 44. Nf6+ Bxf6 45. Bxc6 Ra6 46. Bd5+ Kg7
47. Bf2 Be7 48. c4 Ra5 49. Kg3 Bc5 50. Be1 Ra3+ 51. Kg4 Bd4 52. h4 Kf6 53. h5
Ke7 54. Bb4+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "4.34"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
a5 9. h3 Bb6 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15.
Ng3 Rae8 16. Qf3 Kh7 17. Be3 Ng6 18. c4 Nh4 19. Qf4 Ng6 20. Qf5 Qxf5 21. Ndxf5
Bxe3 22. Rxe3 a4 23. Rae1 Nd7 24. Kf1 Nc5 25. Nd4 Ne5 26. b3 axb3 27. axb3 Ned3
28. Rd1 Nb4 29. Nb5 Rc8 30. Nf5 g6 31. Ne7 Rce8 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. cxd5 Rxe4 34.
Rxe4 Nxe4 35. Rc1 Nd2+ 36. Ke2 Nxb3 37. Rxc7 b6 38. Nxd6 Rd8 39. Nxf7 Rxd5 40.
Ne5+ Kg8 41. Nxg6 Rd6 42. Ne7+ Kf8 43. Nf5 Re6+ 44. Kf3 Nd2+ 45. Kg4 Ne4 46. f4
Nf6+ 47. Kf3 Nd5 48. Rh7 b5 49. Nxh6 b4 50. Nf5 Rb6 51. Rd7 Nc3 52. Nd4 b3 53.
Nxb3 Rxb3 54. Rd3 Nb5 55. Rxb3 Nd4+ 56. Ke4 Nxb3 57. g4 Nd2+ 58. Ke3 Nc4+ 59.
Kd4 Nd2 60. Ke5 Nf3+ 61. Ke4 Nd2+ 62. Kf5 Kf7 63. h4 Nf1 64. g5 Ng3+ 65. Kg4
Ne4 66. h5 Nc3 67. h6 Nd5 68. f5 Ne3+ 69. Kf4 Nc4 70. g6+ Kg8 71. h7+ Kh8 72.
f6 Ne5 73. g7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "3231"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bb2 e6 5. Nh4 Bg6 6. Nxg6 hxg6 7. g3 Nbd7 8.
Bg2 c6 9. d3 Bd6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. a3 Be5 12. c3 Bc7 13. h4 e5 14. g4 Nc5 15. Bf1
e4 16. g5 Nh5 17. d4 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. Qb1 Nf4 20. Kf1 Qe7 21. Qd1 Ne2 22.
Qb1 Nf4 23. a4 Bd6 24. Qd1 Ne2 25. Qb1 Nf4 26. Qd1 Ne2 27. Nf3 Qe4 28. Rh3 Qg4
29. Qxd3 Nf4 30. exf4 Qxh3+ 31. Ke2 Bxf4 32. Rg1 Rae8+ 33. Kd1 Re4 34. Ne5 Qxh4
35. Qf3 Bxe5 36. dxe5 Qh5 37. Qxh5 gxh5 38. c4 dxc4 39. bxc4 Rd8+ 40. Kc2 Rxc4+
41. Kb3 Rf4 42. g6 Rf3+ 43. Kc4 Rxf2 44. gxf7+ Kxf7 45. Bc1 Rc2+ 46. Kb3 Rxc1
47. Rxc1 h4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Repka, Christopher"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "3216"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 Bd7 5. Bg2 Qc8 6. O-O Nc6 7. e4 Bh3 8. Bxh3
Qxh3 9. Ng5 Qd7 10. Be3 h5 11. Nc3 h4 12. d5 Ne5 13. Bd4 Bf6 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15.
Nf3 hxg3 16. fxg3 Qh3 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Rf2 Ng4 20. Rg2 Rh5 21. Nd1
Nf6 22. Nf2 Qd7 23. Nd3 Kf8 24. g4 Rh3 25. Nxe5 Qd6 26. Nd3 Qb6+ 27. c5 Qb5 28.
Rd1 Qc4 29. Nf4 Qxc5+ 30. Qf2 Qxf2+ 31. Rxf2 Kg7 32. Nxh3 Nxg4 33. Rf4 Ne5 34.
Nf2 Rh8 35. Nd3 Nd7 36. e5 Rh3 37. e6 fxe6 38. dxe6 Nf6 39. Nf2 Rh5 40. Rfd4
Re5 41. Rd7 Rxe6 42. Rxc7 Rb6 43. Rxe7+ Kh6 44. b3 Ra6 45. Re2 Ra5 46. Rd4 Rg5+
47. Kf1 Rf5 48. Kg2 Rg5+ 49. Kh3 Nh5 50. Ng4+ Kg7 51. Re7+ Kf8 52. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 3rd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ongut, Tamas Gunes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C20"]
[WhiteElo "3216"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2019.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. Ne2 Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. h3 Na5 8. Nbc3
Nxc4 9. dxc4 Be6 10. b3 h6 11. g4 Nd7 12. Ng3 Qe7 13. h4 c6 14. Be3 O-O-O 15.
Qe2 Kb8 16. f3 Bf6 17. h5 Bh4 18. Bf2 Bxg3 19. Bxg3 g5 20. O-O-O Nc5 21. Bf2
Bc8 22. Qe3 b6 23. Ne2 Ne6 24. Ng3 Nf4 25. Kb2 Be6 26. Qc3 Qb7 27. Rd2 Rd7 28.
c5 bxc5 29. Bxc5 Rhd8 30. Ba3 c5 31. Rhd1 f6 32. Nf1 Qc6 33. Ne3 Ka8 34. Ka1
Qb7 35. Qa5 Qb6 36. Qc3 Qb7 37. Bc1 Qc6 38. Qb2 Qb7 39. Qa3 Qb6 40. Bb2 Qc6 41.
Bc3 Qb6 42. Ba5 Qa6 43. Kb2 Rc8 44. Bc3 Qxa3+ 45. Kxa3 Rc6 46. Kb2 Kb7 47. a4
Ra6 48. Kc1 Kc6 49. Bb2 Rb6 50. Ba3 Rb8 51. Kb2 Rbb7 52. Kc3 Rb8 53. Kb2 a6 54.
Ra1 Rbb7 55. Rad1 Rd8 56. Ka2 Rdd7 57. Bc1 Rb8 58. Rh2 Rbb7 59. Nf1 Rb8 60.
Bxf4 gxf4 61. Ka3 Rb4 62. Rhd2 Rd4 63. c3 Rxd2 64. Nxd2 a5 65. Kb2 Rb7 66. Kc2
Bf7 67. Ra1 Bg8 68. Rb1 Bf7 69. Rb2 Bg8 70. Nb1 d5 71. exd5+ Bxd5 72. Nd2 f5
73. gxf5 Rf7 74. c4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Rb8 8. Qe2
b5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Bd6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rd1 Nb4 13. e4 Be7 14. Nc3 Bb7 15.
Rac1 Qe8 16. e5 Nd7 17. Ne4 Qd8 18. h4 Bd5 19. Rc3 a5 20. Nfg5 h6 21. Nh3 a4
22. bxa4 bxa4 23. Nf4 Bb3 24. Ra1 Nd5 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Nd2 Bb4 27. Rf3 Bc2 28.
Nf1 Be4 29. Rf4 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Re8 31. Rxa4 Nf8 32. Rf3 Ne6 33. Ne3 Qd7 34. Ra1
Bf8 35. Qd2 Red8 36. Bc3 Ra8 37. Rd1 Ra4 38. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O h4 12. h3 Nf8 13. Qd2 Ng6 14. Qc2 Nf8
15. Qd2 Ng6 16. Qc2 Nf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. d5 d6 11. Re1 Bf5 12. c4 Nf6 13. Nc3 Re8 14. h3 h6
15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nd7 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Rac1 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 b6 20. Qd2 a5 21.
b3 Qf6 22. Bd4 Qg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Kf1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Kf8 26. Ke2 f6 27. Kd2
Kf7 28. a3 Nf8 29. Ke2 Ng6 30. Kf1 Ne7 31. a4 Rh8 32. f3 Ng6 33. Bf2 Ne5 34.
Bg3 Nd3 35. Re3 Nc5 36. Bf2 Nd7 37. Re4 Ne5 38. Bd4 Nd3 39. Re3 Nb4 40. Bc3 Na6
41. Bb2 Rh4 42. Ke2 Nc5 43. Kd2 Nd7 44. Kc2 Rh8 45. Bc3 Rc8 46. Bd4 Nf8 47. Kd2
Ng6 48. Ke2 Nh4 49. Kf2 Nf5 50. Re4 Rh8 51. Bc3 Ne7 52. Bd4 Ng6 53. Bc3 Nf4 54.
Bd2 Nd3+ 55. Kf1 Nc5 56. Re3 Re8 57. Rc3 Kg6 58. Be3 Na6 59. Kf2 f5 60. Bc1 f4
61. Ba3 Nb8 62. Rd3 Nd7 63. Rc3 Nf6 64. Bc1 Nh5 65. Rc2 Ng3 66. Rb2 Kh5 67. Rc2
Kh4 68. Rb2 Kh5 69. Rc2 Kh6 70. Rb2 Kg6 71. Rc2 Nf5 72. Rc3 Kf7 73. Rd3 Ng3 74.
Bd2 Re2+ 75. Kg1 Kg6 76. h4 Re8 77. hxg5 Kxg5 78. Kf2 Re2+ 79. Kg1 Kf5 80. Rd4
g5 81. Rd3 Re7 82. Kf2 Rh7 83. Rc3 Re7 84. Rd3 Re2+ 85. Kg1 Kg6 86. Rd4 Nf5 87.
Rd3 Nh4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. e3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Be2 a6 14. Rc1 Re8
15. Nd4 Bb8 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Bf3 Qa5 18. Ne2 Qxa2 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rxc6 bxc6
21. Nd4 c5 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. e4 d4 24. Bh5 Rf8 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Qxe6 Qd2 27. g3
Qh6 28. Be2 Rd8 29. Qxa6 Qf8 30. Bd3 Qd6 31. Ra1 Kg7 32. Qxd6 Bxd6 33. Ra7+ Kg8
34. f4 Bb8 35. Ra8 Bc7 36. Rxd8+ Bxd8 37. Kg2 Bc7 38. Kh3 Kg7 39. Kg4 Bd8 40.
Kf5 Kf7 41. e5 fxe5 42. Kxe5 h6 43. Kf5 Kg7 44. g4 Bh4 45. g5 Be1 46. Kg4 hxg5
47. fxg5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I felt that my best chances in this mini match were in the classical time
control portion.So, I started to prepare in the morning, checking and
rechecking all sorts of lines, the only problem being zhat I was preparing for
the wrong colour. Luckily, at lunch Sergey Movsesian and Rustam Kasimdzhanov
both confirmed that I am playing with white, otherwise I would have a nasty
surprise at the playing hall.Well, what to do in less one hour? Play a line
which limits his possibilities to the maximum.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d5 4.
Nc3 Be7 5. g3 {By choosing this move order, White avoids the lines ...Bb4 and .
..dxc4 followed by ...Nc6 in the Catalan.} O-O (5... dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 (6... Nc6
7. Qa4 {is not good for Black here.}) 7. Nd2 Nb6 8. Nxc4 O-O 9. Ne5 c5 {
is the only serious alternative, but I would have been happy playing this
position.}) 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 Qd6 {This was the only line that I did not
manage to check before the game . Of course I knew something about it, but I
remembered only the main line of my analysis which leads to a equal position
if Black is accurate. The problem was that I was certain that Hikaru would
know all that. Hence, I started to look for alternatives at every move, hoping
to find something new and hopefully playable.} 8. O-O Qa6 9. a4 Nc6 $1 (9...
Rd8 10. Nb5 Ne8 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. Qxc4 Nxd4 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Bc5 $14 {was my own,
painful experience as black against Meier in Dortmund 2018}) (9... c6 10. Bg5
h6 (10... Nbd7 11. Ne4 Re8 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qc2 $16) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nf3 $44
{is quite promising for White.}) 10. Nb5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Rd8 12. exf6 {The most
natural move in the position. I tried very hard to remember my conclusions of
this sacrifice, but after failing miserably I resorted to the good old
fashioned calculation-evaluation tool.} (12. Qc2 Nd5 13. Qxc4 Bd7 14. b3 Nb6 $5
15. Qxc7 Nd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qc3 Bxb5 18. axb5 Qxb5 $11 {was the line I
remembered, but in all honesty, it does not look very challenging to me. If
you remember Nb6-d5, that is all you need to know.}) 12... Rxd1 13. Rxd1 ({
I spent some time on the alternative} 13. fxe7 Rxf1+ 14. Bxf1 (14. Kxf1 $2 Bd7
15. Nxc7 Qd6 16. Bf4 (16. Nxa8 Qd1#) 16... e5 17. Nxa8 exf4 $19) 14... Bd7 15.
Nxc7 Qc6 16. Nxa8 Qc8 {but I could not see how I would have winning chances
here}) 13... Bd6 14. Bf4 e5 $2 {Since this move, like all the others before,
was blitzed out by my opponent, Hikaru must have mixed up something with his
home preparation. Anyway, after this move, objectively Black is just lost.} (
14... Qa5 {was forced and also the main move I focused on. My plan was to play}
15. Nxd6 (15. Bd2 Qa6 16. Bf4 $11 {is a typical engine line,which never
crossed my mind during the game}) 15... cxd6 16. Rxd6 gxf6 17. Bh6 e5 18. Rad1
Be6 19. Bxb7 {and I thought that White may not win, but he runs no risk at all.
The engines seem to confirm that the position is indeed equal.}) 15. Nxd6 (15.
Bxe5 Qa5 (15... Bh3 16. Bxd6 Bxg2 17. Nxc7 Qc6 18. Nxa8 Bh3 19. f3 $18) 16. Bc3
Qb6 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. a5 {was also very good for white}) 15... cxd6 $2 {
The question mark is maybe harsh, but I feel that from a practical point of
view this was the decisive mistake} (15... exf4 16. Ne8 Qa5 (16... Qb6 17. a5
$1 (17. Rd8 gxf6 18. Rad1 Qxb2 {is completely unclear}) 17... Qxb2 18. Nxc7
gxf6 19. Nxa8 $18 {was the line I had seen during the game}) (16... Bg4 17.
Nxc7 Qxf6 18. Nxa8 Bxe2 19. Re1 f3 20. Nc7 $1 $18) 17. Rd8 gxf6 18. Rad1 Rb8 {
would have been a much better practical choice, because it would have forced
me to find the only winning and far from obvious move} 19. Bf3 $3 {after which
Black is curiously helpless, for example} Qxa4 20. Nxc7+ $1 (20. Nxf6+ $2 Kg7
21. Nh5+ Kh6 22. Nxf4 Bf5 $17) 20... Kg7 21. Ne8+ Kg6 22. R1d6 Qa1+ 23. Kg2
Qxb2 (23... Bh3+ 24. Kxh3 Rxd8 25. Rxf6+ Kg5 26. gxf4#) 24. g4 Qe5 25. h4 $18)
16. Bxe5 Qa5 17. Rxd6 Bg4 18. Bc3 {Arround here I felt certain that my
position is winning, but knowing how resourceful Hikaru usually is,I stayed
fully focused till the end.} Qc7 19. Rad1 g6 (19... Bxe2 20. Rd7 Qb8 21. R1d4
$18) 20. Bxb7 $18 Rf8 21. Bf3 {I could not resist to the temptation to form a
'testudo' arround my king.} Bxf3 22. exf3 h5 23. Kg2 {It is allways a good
idea not to rush when you have things under control.The winning plan is very
simple: secure the king to the maximum and then go after the black a-pawn.} Re8
24. h4 Qc8 25. a5 a6 26. Rd7 Qa8 27. R1d6 Rc8 28. Bd4 c3 29. bxc3 Re8 30. Bb6
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 c5 9. O-O-O Be6 10. a3 d5 11. h4 f6 12. h5 Nc6 13. Nh4 Qd7 14. f3 Rad8
15. g4 d4 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Qe1 Qd5 18. b3 c4 19. Rxd4 Qa5 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. bxc4
Bxa3+ 22. Kd1 Bb4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8+ 24. Ke2 Bxc3 25. Qb1 Bd2 26. Bg3 Bg5 27. Be1
Qc5 28. Qb3 Bxh4 29. Bxh4 Nxc4 30. Re1 Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Savanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "3170"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. a3 e5 11. Bd3 Bf6 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Be4 Qd6 14. h4 Rd8
15. Ng5 Kg8 16. O-O-O Be6 17. f4 Rac8 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. f5 c4 20. b4 Bd7 21.
Ne4 Qe7 22. g4 Qf8 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Bxe5 Ra6 25. Qb2 Ba4 26. Rdf1 Rd3 27. Bc3
Bc6 28. Rh2 Rb6 29. h5 a5 30. g5 axb4 31. axb4 Be4 32. h6 gxh6 33. Rg1 h5 34.
Rxh5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kruglyakov, Pavlo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "3171"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 e6 7. Nfg1 f6 8. f3
Ng5 9. Nc3 Nf7 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Nge2 c5 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. dxc5 Bd7
15. O-O-O Bxc5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Nf4 O-O-O 19. Qxd5 Qe3+ 20. Qd2
Qxd2+ 21. Rxd2 Nfe5 22. Nd5 Rhf8 23. Bb5 Be6 24. Rhd1 a6 25. Ba4 Kb8 26. Bb3
Na5 27. Kb1 Nec4 28. Rd4 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Re8 31. a3 Nxb3 32. cxb3
Re1+ 33. Ka2 Ne5 34. Rd8+ Ka7 35. Rh8 Re2 36. Rxh7 Rxg2 37. h4 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "3173"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Na6 6. Na4 Nf6 7. c3 Be7 8. Qe2
Qc8 9. Bc2 c5 10. b3 Nc7 11. O-O Bc6 12. Nb2 Qa6 13. c4 Qb7 14. d3 d6 15. Nd1
b5 16. Nf2 Nd7 17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. d4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 bxc4 21. Qxc4 Nb8
22. Rac1 d5 23. Qc3 Nb5 24. Nxb5 Bxb5 25. Rfe1 Nd7 26. exd5 Rc8 27. Qd2 Rg8 28.
Bxh7 Rg7 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. dxe6 fxe6 31. Bf5 Qc5 32. Bxe6 Kf8 33. Bd5 Nb6 34.
Bf3 Rd7 35. Qe3 Qxe3 36. Rxe3 Rd2 37. a4 Bd7 38. a5 Nc8 39. Rd3 Rxd3 40. Nxd3
Nd6 41. g4 Bb5 42. Nc5 Ke7 43. h4 Be8 44. h5 Nb5 45. h6 Kf7 46. Be4 Nd4 47. Kf2
Kg8 48. g5 fxg5 49. fxg5 Bc6 50. g6 Bxe4 51. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rasulov, Vugar Ural Oglu"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2865"]
[BlackElo "3159"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 Qe8 8. f3
e5 9. d5 Nc5 10. Bh6 a5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Bd3 Nh5 13. Nge2 Nf4 14. Nxf4 exf4
15. Bc2 Qe5 16. O-O-O f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Rhe1 Qf6 19. Qxf4 a4 20. Qd4 a3 21.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 22. b3 Na6 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Re6+ Kg7 25. Nb5 Nb4 26. Kb1 Rf7 27.
Rde1 Rd8 28. Re7 c6 29. dxc6 bxc6 30. Nd4 Rxe7 31. Rxe7+ Kf6 32. Re6+ Kf7 33.
Re2 c5 34. Nc2 d5 35. Nxb4 d4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Suleymenov, Alisher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "3152"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2019.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 Bxc6 9. d4 Be7 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. f5
f6 15. Qf3 Bd6 16. a3 Rfe8 17. Rad1 Qf7 18. Qg4 a6 19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8
21. Re2 Be5 22. Rd2 Bxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Qh5 24. Qf4 Re1+ 25. Kf2 Re5 26. g4 Qh4+ 27.
Qg3 Qg5 28. Rd1 h5 29. h4 Qxg4 30. Qxg4 hxg4 31. Kg3 Rxf5 32. Rd2 Kf7 33. Kxg4
Re5 34. Ne2 Re4+ 35. Kg3 Ke6 36. Nd4+ Ke5 37. Nf3+ Kd6 38. c3 Bd7 39. Rh2 Bg4
40. Nd2 Re2 41. Rxe2 Bxe2 42. Kf4 Bd1 43. Nf1 g6 44. Ne3 Be2 45. Nc2 Kc5 46.
Nd4 Bh5 47. b3 a5 48. Ke3 Bg4 49. Kf4 Bd1 50. a4 Bh5 51. Ke3 Kd6 52. Kf4 b6 53.
Nb5+ Kd7 54. Nd4 Bd1 55. Ke3 Ke7 56. Kd2 Bh5 57. Ke3 Kd7 58. Kf4 Bd1 59. Ke3 g5
60. hxg5 fxg5 61. Kd2 Bh5 62. b4 Be8 63. bxa5 bxa5 64. Nf3 g4 65. Ne5+ Kd6 66.
Nxg4 Bxa4 67. Ne3 Kc5 68. Nxd5 Kxd5 69. Kc1 Kc4 70. Kb2 Bb3 71. Ka1 Kxc3 72.
Kb1 a4 73. Ka1 a3 74. Kb1 a2+ 75. Ka1 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Steel, Henry Robert"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "3153"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3
b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 g6 13. f4 f5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15.
Be3 Bd6 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Bh6 Qxc2 19. Qg5 Rg8 20. Rfe1 Be7 21. Qd2
Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Bb4 23. Nc3 g5 24. h4 gxh4 25. gxh4 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Bxc3 27. Red1
Bxd2 28. Rxd2 Rg4 29. Bg5 Nb6 30. Kh2 Ra4 31. Bf3 Kd7 32. Bxh5 Bxd5 33. Bg6 Ke6
34. h5 Rg4 35. h6 Nc4 36. Rxd5 Rxg5 37. h7 Rxg6 38. h8=Q Kxd5 39. Qa8+ Rc6 40.
Qd8+ Nd6 41. Kg2 f4 42. Qg8+ Kd4 43. Qg7 Rc2+ 44. Kf1 Nc4 45. Qa7+ Kd3 46. Qxa6
Rb2 47. a4 f3 48. axb5 Ne3+ 49. Kg1 f2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Muradli, Mahammad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "3138"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2019.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.10.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Starozhilov, Leonid"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "3123"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Ne1 Bg7 11. Nc2 O-O 12. Ne3 f5 13. Ned5 f4 14. a3 g5 15. b4
Nd4 16. e3 Nf5 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Ne4 b6 19. a4 Be6 20. Qe2 Rc8 21. a5 b5 22. a6
b4 23. Nd2 Ne7 24. e4 Nc6 25. Nb3 g4 26. f3 h5 27. Qd1 Qd6 28. Ra2 Bxd5 29.
cxd5 Nd4 30. Nxd4 cxd4 31. fxg4 h4 32. gxh4 Rc3 33. g5 b3 34. Rb2 Qa3 35. Rff2
Rfc8 36. Qg4 Rc1+ 37. Bf1 R8c2 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. Qe8+
Qf8 42. Qxf8+ Bxf8 43. Rxb3 Rc3 44. Rb7 Rxd3 45. h5 Rdc3 46. h6 d3 47. Rd2 Bc5+
48. Kg2 f3+ 49. Kh3 Rxf1 50. g6 Bd6 51. Rd7 Rc8 52. Rxd6 Rf8 53. Rd7 Rg1 54. g7
Rc8 55. h7+ Kxh7 56. Rf7 Rc2 57. Rxd3 Rgg2 58. g8=Q+ Kxg8 59. Rfxf3 Rxh2+ 60.
Kg4 Rh6 61. Kf5 Rxa6 62. Kxe5 Rc8 63. Rf5 Re8+ 64. Kf4 Ra1 65. Rg3+ Kh7 66.
Rh5# 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrnnbkrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRNNBKRB w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. d3 d6 3. c4 Bc6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. Bc3 e5 6. b4 Ne6 7. f4 f6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nb3 a6 10. e4 Qa7+ 11. Kh1 Bg7 12. fxe5 fxe5 13. Rxf8+ Nxf8 14. c5 Ne7
15. Ne3 Ne6 16. Rf1 Rd8 17. Qd1 Qb8 18. Qg4 Qc8 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Nc4 h5 21.
Qh3 Ng5 22. Qxc8 Rxc8 23. Nxd6 Rd8 24. Nc4 Rxd3 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 Re3 27.
Nd4 Nxe4 28. Ndxc6 Nxc6 29. Nxc6 Re2 30. a4 Nf2+ 31. Kg1 Nh3+ 32. Kh1 Nf2+ 33.
Kg2 Ng4+ 34. Kg1 Rxh2 35. Rb1 Rc2 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 Nf6 38. Ne5 Rc5 39. Nf3
Nd7 40. b6 Kg7 41. b7 Nb8 42. Kf2 g5 43. Ke3 h4 44. g4 h3 45. Kf2 Rc2+ 46. Kg3
Rc3 47. Rb5 Kh6 48. Rb6+ Kg7 49. Rb5 Kh6 50. Rb2 Kg7 51. Kf2 Rc4 52. Ne5 Re4
53. Rb5 Kf6 54. Nf3 Rxg4 55. Rxg5 Rxg5 56. Nxg5 Kxg5 57. Kg3 Kf5 58. Kxh3 Ke5
59. Kg4 Kd5 60. Kh5 Kc6 61. Kg6 Kxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrnnbkrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRNNBKRB w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. d3 d6 3. c4 c5 4. Bc3 Bxc3 5. Nxc3 Bc6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. a3 a6 8. b4
cxb4 9. axb4 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Qxa8 Rxa8 12. Nb3 Kg7 13. Nxb5 Nxb4 14. N3d4
Nd5 15. Kg2 Na7 16. Rgc1 Rgb8 17. Nxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbqrnkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBQRNKRN w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. O-O Nf6 3. b3 b6 4. Nf3 Ng6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bxd4 d5 7. Ng3 dxc4 8.
Bxf6 exf6 9. Qa3+ Ne7 10. Nf5 Re8 11. Nxe7 Rxe7 12. Bf5 Qc5 13. Rd8+ Re8 14.
Qxc5+ bxc5 15. Rxe8+ Kxe8 16. bxc4 g6 17. Bd3 Ke7 18. Rb1 f5 19. Rb5 Rc8 20. g3
Bxf3 21. exf3 Bd6 22. Ra5 Rc7 23. f4 h6 24. h4 h5 25. Be2 Rb7 26. Bf3 Bc7 27.
Rxc5 Bd6 28. Ra5 Rc7 29. Bd5 Bc5 30. Rb5 Bb6 31. a4 Rc5 32. Rb4 Rc7 33. Kg2 Kf6
34. Kf3 Rc5 35. Rb2 Ra5 36. Bc6 Rc5 37. Bb5 Rc8 38. Rc2 Ke7 39. Re2+ Kf6 40.
Re5 a5 41. Kg2 Rc7 42. Re8 Bc5 43. Ra8 Bb4 44. Ra6+ Kg7 45. Bc6 Re7 46. Bd5 Re2
47. Rc6 Rc2 48. Rc7 Be1 49. c5 Bxf2 50. Rxf7+ Kh8 51. c6 Be1+ 52. Kf1 Bb4 53.
Rd7 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbqrnkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBQRNKRN w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 Ng6 4. Ng3 b6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bxd4 O-O 7. Bf5 Qc7 8. e4
d6 9. O-O Ne5 10. Nd2 Nd3 11. Qc3 Nf4 12. Qf3 e5 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Ne2 g6 15.
Nxf4 exf4 16. Qxf4 Rde8 17. Bd4 d5 18. Qh6 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxh2+ 20. Qxh2 Nxe4
21. Rfe1 Qd6 22. Nxe4 Qxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Bxe4 25. Bf6 Bc6 26. g4 h6
27. Kg3 Re8 28. b4 Re6 29. Rd8+ Re8 30. Rd3 Re6 31. Rd8+ Re8 32. Rd3 Re6 33.
Bb2 b5 34. c5 g5 35. Ra3 Re1 36. f3 Rb1 37. Bc3 a5 38. Rxa5 Rf1 39. Ra6 Rxf3+
40. Kh2 Be4 41. Be5 f5 42. c6 Rf2+ 43. Kg1 Rc2 44. c7 fxg4 45. Rxh6 Kf7 46. Rb6
Rg2+ 47. Kf1 Rc2 48. Kg1 Rg2+ 49. Kf1 Rc2 50. Ke1 Ke7 51. Rxb5 Bf5 52. Bg3 Bd7
53. Rb8 Rc3 54. Kf2 Rc2+ 55. Kf1 Rc3 56. Be5 Rc1+ 57. Kf2 Ke6 58. Bg3 Rc2+ 59.
Kf1 Rc3 60. Re8+ Bxe8 0-1

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnbbrkrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNBBRKRQ w GEge - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Qg2 g5 5. d3 h5 6. Nc2 Ba5 7. Bd2 Bd7 8. a3 Ne5
9. b4 Bc6 10. f3 cxb4 11. axb4 Bb6 12. c5 dxc5 13. b5 Bd7 14. Nd5 c4 15. d4 Ng6
16. Bxg5 Bxb5 17. Qh3 Bc6 18. Nxb6 Nxb6 19. e4 Bd7 20. Qg2 h4 21. g4 c3 22. Be3
Nc4 23. Qf2 e5 24. d5 Nxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Nf4 26. O-O Qh6 27. Qxa7 Kg7 28. Qxb7 Qd6
29. Qb4 Qxb4 30. Nxb4 Rb8 31. Nc2 Bb5 32. Ne3 Bxf1 33. Kxf1 Rb2 34. Bc2 h3 35.
Rc1 Ra8 36. Nc4 Rba2 37. Nxe5 Ra1 38. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 39. Kf2 Ra2 40. Ke3 Rxc2 41.
Kxf4 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnbbrkrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNBBRKRQ w GEge - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g4 e5 2. h4 d5 3. e3 Nb6 4. d3 Nc6 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nc3 Be6 7. Bf3 O-O-O 8. Nb3
g6 9. O-O-O f5 10. gxf5 gxf5 11. e4 fxe4 12. dxe4 d4 13. Nd5 Bd6 14. Bg5 Rdf8
15. Bh6 Rxg1 16. Rxg1 Rg8 17. Kb1 Ne7 18. Bg5 Qg7 19. Rg3 Qf7 20. Bxe7 Rxg3 21.
fxg3 Bxe7 22. Nc1 Nc4 23. Nb3 Bd6 24. Be2 Nxb2 25. Kxb2 c6 26. Bc4 b5 27. Bd3
a6 28. a4 bxa4 29. Nb6+ 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.06"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbbqrnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBBQRNN w FAfa - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Qxe4 Nf6 4. Qe1 d6 5. f4 Nd5 6. Ng3 Ng6 7. Nh5 e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. f5 Ngf4 10. Nxf4 exf4 11. Qxe8 Rxe8 12. Bg4 g5 13. g3 Nf6 14. Be2
Bxf5 15. gxf4 g4 16. Bd2 Be7 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. cxd3 O-O-O 19. Kc2 Rd7 20. Rae1
Red8 21. Bc3 Nd5 22. Re4 Bc5 23. d4 Bd6 24. Ne2 h5 25. h3 gxh3 26. Rh1 Rg7 27.
Rxh3 Rg2 28. Bd2 Kd7 29. f5 Rf8 30. Rf3 Nf6 31. Re6 Ng4 32. Nc3 Nh2 33. Rd3
Rxf5 34. Rh6 Nf3 35. Kd1 Rxd2+ 36. Rxd2 Nxd2 37. Rh7+ Ke6 38. Kxd2 Kf6 39. Ne4+
Kg6 40. Rd7 Bf4+ 41. Ke2 h4 42. Nf2 Bd6 43. a4 Rf8 44. b3 Rh8 45. Nh3 Kf6 46.
Kf2 Kf5 47. Ke3 Re8+ 48. Kd3 Rg8 49. Rf7+ Ke6 50. Rf3 Rg3 51. Ke4 Rxf3 52. Kxf3
Kd5 53. Ke3 c6 54. Kd3 b5 55. Ng1 Bb8 56. Nh3 Bc7 57. Ng1 Bd6 58. Nh3 bxa4 59.
bxa4 c5 60. dxc5 Kxc5 0-1

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.06"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbbqrnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBBQRNN w FAfa - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. Ng3 e5 3. fxe5 f4 4. Ne4 Qxe5 5. d3 d5 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4
fxe3 9. Bxe3 Bc7 10. Bd4 Be6 11. Qe3 Ng6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Qg1 h6 14. a4 Nf6 15.
a5 Qf7 16. Nd2 Nf8 17. Nb3 N8d7 18. g4 a6 19. Na4 O-O-O 20. Ka2 g5 21. h3 Qf8
22. Rf1 Bf4 23. Bc3 d4 24. Qxd4 c5 25. Qg1 Nd5 26. Bd2 Qd6 27. Kb1 Ne3 28. Bxe3
Bxe3 29. Qxe3 Bxb3 30. Qd2 Bg8 31. b3 Kb8 32. Nb2 Ne5 33. Ra4 Bd5 34. Rf5 Bc6
35. Nc4 Qc7 36. Ra1 Bb5 37. Qc3 Rd4 38. Nxe5 Rxe5 39. Kb2 Bc6 40. Rf2 Rf4 41.
Re2 Rxe2 42. Bxe2 Qd6 43. Re1 Bg2 44. Bd1 Bxh3 45. Re8+ Ka7 46. Qh8 Qd4+ 47.
Qxd4 cxd4 48. Rh8 Rf6 49. b4 Bg2 50. c4 Bf1 51. Bc2 Be2 52. b5 axb5 53. cxb5
Bxg4 54. Ba4 b6 55. Rh7+ Kb8 56. a6 Bf3 57. Rh8+ Ka7 58. Rh7+ Kb8 59. Rh8+ Ka7
60. Rh7+ Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.06"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brqnkbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQNKBRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 b5 2. Ng3 e6 3. e4 Ng6 4. d4 Bd6 5. Bd3 Nf4 6. Ne3 f6 7. O-O Nf7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. f3 Qa6 10. Bc3 Qb6 11. Kh1 Rfe8 12. Rfe1 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Bf8 14. Nh5 Rbd8
15. Ng4 e5 16. d5 c6 17. Nhxf6+ gxf6 18. Nxf6+ Kh8 19. d4 cxd5 20. dxe5 Rxe5
21. Nxd5 Qh6 22. f4 Kg8 23. fxe5 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 Nxe5 25. Rb3 Rc8 26. Rg3+ Ng6
27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Nxd7 Bd6 29. Rd3 Be7 30. Rc3 Rd8 31. Rc7 Kf7 32. Bc3 Ke6 33.
Rd1 Rg8 34. Nc5+ Bxc5 35. bxc5 Bxe4 36. Rd6+ Kf5 37. Rf7+ Kg4 38. h3+ Kh5 39.
Rxh7+ Kg5 40. Bd2+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. Nd4 Bd5 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Bd2
O-O 15. f3 Rac8 16. Rdc1 a5 17. e4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Rxc4 19. Bxc4 a4 20. Nd4 Bc5
21. Be3 Ne5 22. Be2 a3 23. bxa3 Ra8 24. Bf2 Rxa3 25. Nb5 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Ra8 27.
Rc1 g5 28. a3 Nfd7 29. Rc7 Nc5 30. Ke3 Kg7 31. Na7 h5 32. Bb5 h4 33. a4 Kf6 34.
g3 h3 35. Be2 Nxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bachmann, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Be2 b6 10. Nfd2 Bb7 11. Nb3 Be7 12. f3 Nbd7 13. e4 Nc5 14. Nd4 O-O
15. Be3 Na4 16. b3 Nc5 17. Nd2 Rac8 18. Nc4 b5 19. Nb6 Rcd8 20. Rac1 Rfe8 21.
Nxb5 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Nd3 23. Rc7 Bxe4 24. fxe4 axb5 25. Be2 Bd8 26. Rc8 Bxb6 27.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 28. Bxb6 Nc1 29. Bxb5 Nd6 30. Bc6 Nxa2 31. Bc5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. c4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. a3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bd7 14. Qe2
Rac8 15. Rfd1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Nf3 Qc7 18. Qe1 Qb6 19. Qe2 Qc7 20. Qe1 Qb6
21. Qe2 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 h6 8.
Nc3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Qg3 e5 12. Be3 Qe7 13. a3 Nf8 14. b4 Ne6
15. bxc5 Nxc5 16. a4 Ne6 17. a5 O-O 18. Ne2 Kh7 19. Rab1 Qc7 20. f4 exf4 21.
Nxf4 b5 22. axb6 axb6 23. Qf2 b5 24. Rf1 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Qd7 26. Be3 f5 27. exf5
Rxf5 28. Qd2 Raf8 29. Rxf5 Qxf5 30. Re1 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qc2 Nxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qxd4 9. Nd2 c3 10. bxc3 Qc5 11. Rb1 Bd6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Qh5 14. Bf3
Qg6 15. Be4 Qh5 16. Bf3 Qg6 17. Be4 Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3 Be7
15. Nxf6 Nxf6 16. Qe2 Rhe8 17. Kb1 Nd7 18. Rhe1 Kb8 19. c4 Ka8 20. c5 Qc8 21.
Qc4 Nf6 22. Ne5 Rf8 23. Qa4 Rd5 24. Nc4 Bd8 25. Bf4 Rxh5 26. Re3 a6 27. Nd6 Qc7
28. Nxb7 Qxb7 29. Rb3 Nd5 30. Rxb7 Kxb7 31. Qb3+ Kc8 32. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Nc4 b5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
Qxd8 Bxd8 16. Bxc6 bxc4 17. Bb7 Rb8 18. Bxa6 cxb3 19. Be5 Rb6 20. axb3 Rxb3 21.
Rfb1 Rxb1+ 22. Rxb1 Be7 23. Bd4 Rd8 24. Bb7 Nd7 25. Bc6 Bf6 26. Bxd7 Rxd7 27.
Rb8+ Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. e4 f5 30. exf5 exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. a5 d6 10. c3 Rb8 11. d3 bxc3 12. bxc3 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nbd2 Rb5 15.
d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Nxa5 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. Ra4 Rfb8 19. Ba3 Ne8 20. Qa2 Nb3 21. Rxa6
Nxd2 22. Nxd2 R5b6 23. Ra7 R6b7 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. e5 Ra7 26. Qb3 dxe5 27. Bxe7
Qxe7 28. dxe5 Ra5 29. Nf3 Rd5 30. Ra1 Qd7 31. h4 h6 32. Ra8 Qc6 33. Rb8 Qc1+
34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. g3 Qf7 36. Kg2 Qd7 37. h5 Qc6 38. Kh2 Qd7 39. Qb4 Kf7 40. Qf4+
Kg8 41. Nh4 g5 42. hxg6 Kg7 43. Rd8 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
h3 f5 9. e5 Nf7 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb7 12. Nc3 c5 13. dxc5 e6 14. Be3 g5 15.
Nh2 Bxe5 16. Bd4 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Qc7+ 18. Kg1 e5 19. Be3 f4 20. Bc1 Qxc5 21.
Qxd7 Rab8 22. Qg4 Rfd8 23. h4 Rd3 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rbd8 26. Re1 Qd4 27. a4
Rd1 28. Qe2 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Qd1 30. Kf1 Qc2 31. Bxf4 gxf4 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8. b4
Bb6 9. a4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Ba3 e4 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxd6 cxd6
15. O-O-O Rac8 16. Bb3 Rfd8 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Ng5+ Kg6 19. Nxe4 d5 20. Nc5
Bxc5 21. bxc5 Na5 22. Kc2 Nc4 23. Kb3 Nxa3 24. Kxa3 Rxc5 25. Rd3 b5 26. a5 Rb8
27. Rb1 Rbc8 28. Kb3 Rb8 29. Ka3 Rbc8 30. Kb3 Rb8 31. Ka3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. h3 Nc6 8. Bd3
Nb4 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Ba4 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. c3 Na6 13. Bc2 Nc7 14. Bg5 Ne6 15.
Bh4 Nf4 16. Ne5 Ng6 17. Bg3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 Qd5 21. Re1
Bf5 22. Nb3 Rfe8 23. Qxd5 cxd5 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. f3 Nxe5 27. fxe4
dxe4 28. Rxe4 Nc6 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Bf2 Nxd4 31. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg FIDE GP"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2019.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,132,19,31,18,18,18,-4,40,29,10,-4,11,12,10,12,10,10,24,19,26,13,16,16,
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-294,-245,-251,-190,-247,-257,-257,-215,-232,-244,-244,-208,-289,-191,-193,
-189,-200,-209,-238,-200,-200,-200,-336,-336,-335,-350]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Nd7 7. Bg5 $146 {A new move in this
well-known position. It's idea is certainly to provoke ...f7-f6, which can be
a weakening move if the centre opens up after d3-d4. Besides, Nf3-h4(-f5)
becomes possible.} (7. Be3 {was played by Hikaru Nakamura in an earlier game.
He won it but he didn't achieve any advantage after the opening:} Bd6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. c3 c5 11. a3 $5 a5 12. Re1 Nf8 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Be5 16. N2f3 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 b6 $11 {1-0 (24) Nakamura,H (2764)
-Kasimdzhanov,R (2706) Baku 2014 CBM 163 [Marin,M]}) 7... f6 8. Be3 Bxe3 (8...
Bd6 {deserves attention here, too. If} 9. d4 (9. Nh4 {is not dangerous yet due
to} g6) {then} 9... O-O 10. Nbd2 Qe7 {, and Black looks OK.}) 9. fxe3 Qe7 10.
Nc3 b6 {[%mdl 32] An unusual plan: Black prepares long castling.} ({To} 10...
O-O {White could have played} 11. Nh4 {, then slowly preparing a kingside
attack.}) 11. O-O Bb7 12. Nh4 $6 (12. Rb1 {[%cal Yb2b4,Yb4b5] was more logical
here.}) 12... g6 13. Qe1 {Preventing ...f6-f5 but White's pieces are now
placed awkwardly.} O-O-O 14. a3 Kb8 15. b4 c5 16. Na4 Bc6 17. Nb2 Rhg8 18. Rd1
$6 (18. Nc4 $142 Rdf8 19. Qc3 {putting pressure on Black's e5 pawn in case of}
f5 20. Nf3) 18... Rdf8 19. c4 f5 $1 $17 {This advance marks the failure of
White's strategy.} 20. b5 Bb7 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Rd2 Qg5 {Black has a lot of
good plans here: ...Qg5-h5, ...f5-f4, ...Rg8-g3 or ...Rf8-f6-h6. White must do
something.} 23. e4 ({Examples:} 23. Na4 Rf6 24. Nb2 Rh6 25. Nf3 Qh5 {etc.}) (
23. Qf2 Qh5 24. Nf3 f4 25. e4 Rg3 $19) 23... fxe4 24. Rxf8+ (24. dxe4 Rxf1+ 25.
Kxf1 Nf6 $19) 24... Nxf8 $1 25. dxe4 {[%csl Rc4,Re4]} Ne6 26. Nf3 Qh5 27. Kh2
Nd4 28. Qe3 (28. Nxd4 exd4 $1 ({stronger than} 28... cxd4 {, after which
Black's e5 pawn is vulnerable, too, and White obtains a possibility to play
c4-c5 at some point}) 29. Nd3 Qf7 30. Rc2 Qe6 {, and White can't protect all
his weaknesses}) 28... Bc8 (28... Rg4 $1 {, winning the e4 pawn, was stronger.
If} 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. Qf3 {then} Qe5+) 29. Ne1 Qg6 30. Ned3 Re8 31. Nd1 Qg8 32.
N3b2 {White has organized a kind of defence but his position is still bad, and
he can't hold it in a long term.} Be6 33. Qd3 Rd8 34. Qc3 h5 $1 35. Rf2 h4 36.
a4 Qg6 37. Qe3 Rg8 38. Kh1 Qh5 39. a5 Kc8 $6 {An apparently solid move
preparing ...Rg8-g3 Rf2-f8+ Kc8-d7. However, it allows White to create
counterplay.} (39... Rg3 $1 {was possible at once:} 40. Rf8+ Bc8 41. Qf2 bxa5
$1 {[%cal Yd4e6,Ye6g5]} 42. Ne3 Ne6 43. Rf5 Qh6 44. Rf3 Ng5 $1 $19) 40. Qe1 (
40. Nc3 $1 {was correct, after which Black should go for an endgame by} Qg6 {
[%cal Yg6g3]} ({as} 40... Rg3 41. Rf8+ Kd7 42. Qf2 {[%cal Rf2f6,Yc3d5]
suddenly gives White excellent counterchances.})) 40... Rg3 ({Here, too,} 40...
Qg6 {[%cal Yg6g3] was better.}) 41. Qf1 Kd7 42. Nd3 (42. Na4 {[%cal Ya4c3] was
White's last chance. Black must find} Bxc4 43. Qxc4 Qxd1+ 44. Kh2 Qb3 45. Rf7+
Ke8 46. Qxb3 Rxb3 47. Rxc7 Rxb5 48. Rxa7 Rxa5 49. Rxa5 bxa5 50. Nxc5 Ne2 $1 {
with a winning knight endgame.}) 42... Ke7 43. N1b2 Rg8 {Black converts his
advantage very slowly but he can afford such play as White is completely
passive.} (43... Qg5 $142) 44. a6 Qg5 45. Qg1 c6 $5 {A possible plan: Black
clarifies the situation on the queenside.} 46. bxc6 Nxc6 47. Rf1 Qg3 48. Qf2 {
White can hardly do anything else but the endgame is completely hopeless for
him. The rest of the game is not very interesting.} Qxf2 49. Nxf2 Rd8 50. Nfd1
Rd2 51. Rf2 Rxf2 52. Nxf2 {[%mdl 4096]} Na5 53. Kh2 Nxc4 54. Na4 Kd6 55. Nc3
Kc6 56. g3 hxg3+ 57. Kxg3 b5 58. Nd3 b4 59. Na4 b3 60. h4 Bf7 61. Kg4 Bg6 62.
Nc3 b2 63. Kf3 Kd6 64. Nb5+ Kd7 65. Nxb2 Nxb2 66. Nxa7 Bh5+ (66... Bh5+ 67. Kg3
(67. Kf2 Nd1+ 68. Ke1 Nc3 $19) (67. Ke3 Nc4+ 68. Kd3 Nd6 $19) 67... Be2 68. h5
Bxh5 69. Nb5 Kc6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Hamburg FIDE GP"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. e4
cxd4 9. e5 Ng4 10. Re1 Nc5 11. h3 Nh6 12. Nxd4 Nxb3 13. axb3 Nf5 14. Be3 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 Bd7 16. Nc3 Bc6 17. Re3 Qh4 18. Bb6 Be7 19. Rg3 Bd8 20. Bc5 Bc7 21.
Rg4 Qh5 22. Bd6 Rd8 23. Rxg7 Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Bxd6 25. exd6 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6
15. Be2 Bg6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rae8 18. O-O Qf5 19. Qe2 Qh5 20. Rae1 Na5 21.
Qc2 Nc4 22. Nd2 Qf5 23. Qxf5 Rxf5 24. g4 Nxd2 25. Bxd2 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Rf3 27.
Re3 Rxe3 28. Bxe3 Ba5 29. Bd2 Kf7 30. Kf1 c6 31. Ke2 Bc7 32. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nbd2 b5 8. b3
Rb8 9. Bb2 cxb3 10. Nxb3 Be7 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Ne1 Na7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Nd3 O-O
15. Qc2 Qa8 16. Na5 Rb6 17. Qxc7 Nd5 18. Qc2 Bg5 19. Rcd1 Rc8 20. Nc5 Nc6 21.
Nab3 a5 22. e4 Ndb4 23. Qb1 a4 24. Nc1 Na6 25. Nxa6 Rxa6 26. d5 Na5 27. Ba1 Nc4
28. dxe6 Rxe6 29. Rd5 Be7 30. Ne2 Rd6 31. Nf4 Rxd5 32. Nxd5 Bf8 33. Qxb5 Nd2
34. Rd1 Nxe4 35. Qe2 Nc5 36. Qg4 Rd8 37. Nf6+ Kh8 38. Rxd8 Qxd8 39. Nh5 Ne6 40.
Qxa4 Qd5 41. Qg4 Qxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O e6 6. Re1 a6 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2
c4 9. a4 Bb7 10. d4 cxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc5 12. Qe2 bxa4 13. Be3 Bxe4 14. Bxc5 Bxc2
15. Qxc2 dxc5 16. Qxa4+ Qd7 17. Ne5 Qxa4 18. Rxa4 Bd6 19. Nc4 Bc7 20. Nbd2 Ke7
21. Rea1 a5 22. Nb3 Nd7 23. Nbxa5 Bxa5 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Rxa5 e5 26. Kf1 h5 27.
h4 Rb8 28. Ke2 Rb7 29. Kd3 f6 30. Ke4 Rc7 31. Kd5 f5 32. Ra6 e4 33. Ne3 Nf6+
34. Ke5 Rd7 35. Nxf5+ Kf7 36. Nd6+ Ke7 37. Nxe4 Nxe4 38. Kxe4 Rd2 39. Ke3 Rxb2
40. Rg6 Kf7 41. Rg5 c4 42. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf4 7. Bxf4 exf4 8.
d4 Bd6 9. h3 O-O 10. a3 a6 11. Bc4 Kh8 12. e5 Be7 13. d5 Na5 14. Ba2 b5 15. O-O
f6 16. b4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. e6 Bb7 19. Qd4 c6 20. Qxc4 cxd5 21. Qxf4 Rc8
22. Ne2 Bd6 23. Qe3 a5 24. Ned4 Re8 25. Nf5 Bb8 26. Rac1 Rc4 27. N5d4 axb4 28.
axb4 Ba7 29. b5 Bc5 30. Qd3 Qb6 31. Rxc4 dxc4 32. Qxc4 Bxf3 33. Nxf3 Rxe6 34.
g3 Re8 35. Kg2 Rb8 36. Rc1 Bf8 37. Nd4 h5 38. Ne6 Ba3 39. Rc3 Bb4 40. Qxb4 Qxe6
41. Rc5 Qf7 42. Qf4 Rd8 43. Qf3 g6 44. b6 Rd7 45. Rc8+ Kg7 46. Qc6 Kh6 47. h4
f5 48. Rc7 Qd5+ 49. Qxd5 Rxd5 50. b7 Rb5 51. f4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Be3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Qe7 8.
c3 Bxe3 9. Qxe3 c6 10. Ba4 O-O 11. Nd2 d5 12. Rfe1 d4 13. cxd4 Qb4 14. Bb3 exd4
15. Qe2 Nd7 16. f4 Nc5 17. f5 Nxb3 18. axb3 c5 19. Rf1 f6 20. g4 Bd7 21. Qg2 a5
22. g5 Kh8 23. Rf3 fxg5 24. Qxg5 Qb6 25. Kh1 Qf6 26. Qg2 g6 27. fxg6 Qxg6 28.
Rg3 Qe6 29. Nf3 Rg8 30. Rg1 Rxg3 31. Qxg3 Rg8 32. Ng5 Qe7 33. Qe5+ Rg7 34. Ne6
Bxe6 35. Rxg7 Qxg7 36. Qxe6 Qg5 37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Qxb7+ Kg6 39. Qc6+ Kh5 40.
Qe8+ Kh4 41. Qf7 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Qg5+ 43. Kh1 Qc1+ 44. Kg2 Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 a6 6. Ne5 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nd5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne4 b5 10. b3 cxb3 11. axb3 Bb7 12. Nd3 Be7 13. Nec5 Bc6 14. Bb2 Nf6 15.
e4 Bxc5 16. Nxc5 Nbd7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bc3 Bb7 19. Ba5 Qe7 20. Rc1 Rfc8 21.
Qd2 c5 22. Rfd1 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Nf8 24. h4 e5 25. Qb6 Ne6 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Rd6
h6 28. Bb4 Qc7 29. Kh2 Nd4 30. f4 f6 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. Rg6 Qf7 33. h5 Rc2 34.
Qd8+ Kh7 35. Bf8 Rxg2+ 36. Kh3 Rh2+ 37. Kxh2 Qf2+ 38. Kh3 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Nc3 b4 15.
Nce2 Re8 16. Ng3 g6 17. Re1 Bf8 18. Nf3 Bg7 19. Be3 Bg4 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3
Nd7 22. Rab1 Rc8 23. Qd1 Nc4 24. Bb3 Nxe3 25. Rxe3 Nc5 26. Bd5 Qb6 27. b3 Ne6
28. Ne2 Nc7 29. Rf3 Nxd5 30. Qxd5 Rc7 31. Nf4 Qc6 32. Re1 Bc3 33. Rc1 Rxe4 34.
Qxc6 Rxc6 35. Nd5 Kg7 36. Nxc3 bxc3 37. Rfxc3 Rxc3 38. Rxc3 Rb4 39. Kf1 d5 40.
Rc6 Rxb3 41. Rxa6 Rb2 42. Rd6 Ra2 43. Rxd5 Rxa4 44. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O Bd7 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Rad1 d4 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. c3 dxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Rac8 18. Bxb7 Rxc3 19. Bd5 Bh3 20. Bg2
Be6 21. Bd5 Bg4 22. Rc1 Rfc8 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Be7 26. Nd3
Bd6 27. f3 Bd7 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. f4 exf4 30. gxf4 f6 31. e4 Bb5 32. Ke3 Bc7 33.
h4 Bb6+ 34. Kd2 g6 35. e5 Ba5+ 36. Ke3 Bb6+ 37. Kd2 fxe5 38. Nxe5 Bf2 39. Bc6
Bf1 40. Be4 Kg7 41. Nf3 Bc4 42. a4 Kf6 43. Ne5 Be6 44. h5 gxh5 45. Bxh7 Bd5 46.
Kd3 Be1 47. Be4 Bb3 48. Nd7+ Ke7 49. Ne5 Kf6 50. Nd7+ Kg7 51. f5 Bb4 52. Bc6 h4
53. Ke4 h3 54. Kf3 Bd6 55. a5 Bc4 56. Kf2 Kf7 57. Kf3 Ke7 58. f6+ Ke6 59. Kf2
Ba6 60. Ke3 Bc8 61. Nb6 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India rapid"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O e6 6. Re1 a6 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2
c4 9. a4 Bb7 10. d4 cxd3 11. Qxd3 Nc5 12. Qe2 bxa4 13. Be3 Nfd7 14. Bd4 e5 15.
Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Rxa4 Be7 17. Ra2 O-O 18. Nbd2 a5 19. Nb3 Ba6 20. Qd1 Bc4 21. Nfd2
Be6 22. Ra1 Nd7 23. Nc1 Qb6 24. Bb3 Nc5 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Nc4 Qb5 27. Qe2 a4
28. Na2 Rfc8 29. Na3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O e5 14. Bb3 e4
15. Nd2 Nf6 16. Rc5 Nd7 17. Rc3 Nf6 18. Rc5 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1
Nf6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nf1 b5 11. Bb3 Re8 12. Ng3 Na5 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Bg4
15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd7 17. Qd1 c5 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Rb1 Nc6 20. Be3 Qe7 21.
f4 Rad8 22. Qe2 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 24. Kh2 Qh4 25. Qf3 g5 26. e5 Qxf4 27. Qh5
Qh4 28. Bxh7+ Kh8 29. Bg6+ Qxh5 30. Bxh5 Bxe5 31. Bxf7 Rf8 32. Be6 Bf4 33. Rbd1
Nf6 34. Bg4 Rxd1 35. Bxd1 Re8 36. Rxe8+ Nxe8 37. Bf3 Nd6 38. b3 Nf5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2870"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bd6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 O-O 14. Rad1 Rfe8
15. Bg3 Bxg3 16. fxg3 Rad8 17. c5 bxc5 18. g4 cxd4 19. g5 c5 20. gxh6 gxh6 21.
Nd2 f5 22. Qh5 Nf8 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Rf3 Kh7 25. Ne4 Re7 26. Ng5+ Kg7 27. Rg3
hxg5 28. Qxg5+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ Kf6 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Qh5+ Kf6 32. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. b5 Nd4 11. Rb1 f6 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qc8 14. a4 a5 15.
bxa6 Rxa6 16. d4 Rd8 17. Qc2 Bf5 18. Qb3+ Be6 19. d5 Bf7 20. Rd1 Bd6 21. Ba3
Bxa3 22. Qxa3 Nc4 23. Qc5 Nd6 24. Nb5 Rxa4 25. Qxc7 Qxc7 26. Nxc7 h5 27. Ne6
Rc8 28. Rb6 Ra6 29. Rdb1 Rc1+ 30. Rxc1 Rxb6 31. Rc7 g5 32. h4 gxh4 33. gxh4 e4
34. Be2 Nf5 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Rc7 Kg8 37. Nf4 Nxh4 38. Bxh5 Bxh5 39. Nxh5 Nf5
40. Nf4 Kf8 41. Kg2 Rb2 42. Ne6+ Ke8 43. Ng7+ Nxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 b6 6. g3 Bb7 7. Bg2 Qe7 8. Nd2
g6 9. Ngf3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 d6 12. e5 Nd7 13. exd6 cxd6 14. a4 a6 15.
Nh4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Rab8 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Ng2 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ne3 b4 21. c4
Ne4 22. Nf3 f5 23. Ra5 Kh7 24. Rea1 Ra8 25. Nf1 Rxa5 26. Rxa5 Ra8 27. Rxa8 Qxa8
28. b3 Qa1 29. Qe3 g5 30. h3 Qc3 31. Kg2 Kg6 32. g4 h5 33. gxh5+ Kh6 34. d5
exd5 35. cxd5 Kxh5 36. Ng3+ Kg6 37. Nxe4 Qxe3 38. fxe3 fxe4 39. Nd2 Kf5 40. Nc4
Be5 41. Na5 Bc3 42. Nc4 Be5 43. Kf2 Kf6 44. Na5 Kf5 45. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
a5 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Ng3 Ng6 11. Bb3 c6 12. d4 Bb6 13. h3 Re8 14. Be3 exd4 15.
Bxd4 Bc7 16. Qd2 a4 17. Bc2 Ne5 18. Nh2 c5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qe2 Be6 21. Bd3 a3
22. b3 Ba5 23. Rac1 g6 24. Bc4 Kg7 25. Nf3 Bd7 26. Bb5 Qc7 27. Nf1 Bc6 28. N1d2
Qd7 29. Bxc6 Qxc6 30. b4 Bc7 31. b5 Qe6 32. Qc4 Qxc4 33. Nxc4 Ra4 34. Nfd2 Nd7
35. Kf1 Nb6 36. Ne3 Bd8 37. c4 Bg5 38. Ke2 Bxe3 39. fxe3 Rb4 40. Rc2 Rd8 41.
Rec1 Rb2 42. g4 Na4 43. Nb1 Ra8 44. Kd3 Rb4 45. Ke2 Nb6 46. Nd2 Rb2 47. Kd3
Rd8+ 48. Ke2 Kf6 49. Rxb2 axb2 50. Rb1 Na4 51. Rf1+ Ke6 52. Nb1 Nb6 53. Nd2 Ra8
54. Rb1 Rxa2 55. Kd3 Ra3+ 56. Kc2 Rxe3 57. Rxb2 Rxh3 58. Rb1 Nc8 59. Nb3 b6 60.
Ra1 Rh4 61. Ra6 Kd7 62. Kd3 Rxg4 63. Ra1 Rg3+ 64. Kc2 h5 65. Rf1 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O Nd4 6. Be3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 Bxe3
8. Qxe3 O-O 9. d4 d6 10. Be2 Re8 11. Nc3 c6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Qxb6
axb6 15. a4 Be6 16. b3 Kf8 17. f3 Ke7 18. Kf2 Red8 19. Ke3 Nd7 20. Nb1 Nc5 21.
Rxd8 Kxd8 22. Nd2 Kc7 23. g3 f6 24. f4 Nd7 25. h4 h6 26. h5 Bf7 27. Bg4 Re8 28.
Bxd7 Kxd7 29. g4 exf4+ 30. Kxf4 Ke7 31. Nf3 Rd8 32. Re1 Be6 33. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf5 12. Be2 Bf6 13. O-O Be4 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. Nd4 Ne6 16. Rc1 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. exd4 Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. Qd3 Nbd7 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nxe4 7. Qxe4 h6 8.
Be3 Nf6 9. Qd3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qf5 11. Qb3 Ne4 12. Be3 Qa5+ 13. c3 e6 14. Bd3 Nf6
15. Nf3 Bd6 16. O-O O-O 17. Rae1 Qc7 18. Ne5 c5 19. f4 b6 20. Qc2 Bb7 21. Qe2
Rad8 22. Bc2 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Rf2 Rd6 26. Qc4 Rc8 27. Qxc5
Rxc5 28. h3 b5 29. Bb3 a5 30. a3 Ne4 31. Rfe2 Ng3 32. Re3 Nf5 33. R3e2 Ng3 34.
Re3 Nf5 35. R3e2 Ng3 36. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. g3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. O-O e5
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Be2 Rad8 17. Rcd1 b5 18. Kg2 a6 19. Qc2 c5 20. e4 b4 21. Na4
Nc6 22. Be3 Qe5 23. Nxc5 Nd4 24. Bxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Qxd4 26. Nb3 Qe5 27. Bc4 g5
28. Re1 Rd8 29. Nd2 a5 30. Bb3 Qd4 31. Nc4 Rc8 32. e5 Nd5 33. Re4 Qc5 34. Qe2
Rd8 35. e6 f6 36. Nd2 Nb6 37. Nf1 a4 38. Bc2 Qd5 39. Ne3 Qxa2 40. Nf5 Kf8 41.
Rxb4 Nd5 42. Rb7 a3 43. Bb3 Qxb2 44. Qxb2 axb2 45. Bxd5 Rxd5 46. Nxe7 b1=Q 47.
Rxb1 Kxe7 48. Rb6 Rd6 49. Rb7+ Kxe6 50. Rxg7 Rd2+ 51. Kg1 Rd1+ 52. Kg2 Rd2+ 53.
Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rb5 Bg6 14. Nh4 Qd7
15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. c4 b6 17. Be3 Rfe8 18. Qd3 Rbd8 19. Rd1 Ne7 20. g4 c6 21. Rb3
Qc7 22. Qd2 c5 23. Rd3 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Bh2+ 25. Kh1 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 Be5 27. Qd7
Qxd7 28. Rxd7 Nc8 29. Bd5 Ne7 30. Rxa7 Nxd5 31. cxd5 Rd8 32. Bxb6 Rxd5 33. a4
Bd4 34. Ra8+ Kh7 35. Rd8 Rxd8 36. Bxd8 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2870"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. Re1 d5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Be5 c6 13. c3 Bxe5 14. Rxe5
Nd6 15. Bd3 g6 16. Nd2 f6 17. Re3 Bf5 18. Nb3 b6 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Re2 Qd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 b6 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. e4 Nf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nf3 c5 13. Bd3 h6 14. O-O cxd4
15. Qe2 Ne7 16. Rd1 Qd5 17. Bc4 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Bxe4 19. Nxd4 Nbc6 20. Re1 Nxd4
21. Rxe4 Rfd8 22. Bf4 Rac8 23. Bf1 Nb3 24. Rae1 Nd2 25. R4e2 Nxf1 26. Kxf1 Nf5
27. Rd2 g5 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Bc1 Kg7 30. h3 Kg6 31. f3 h5 32. g4 Nh4 33. Kf2
Rd3 34. Be3 Rd5 35. Bc1 Rc5 36. Be3 Rxe5 37. Rc1 Rb5 38. b4 a5 39. Rc4 hxg4 40.
hxg4 axb4 41. axb4 f5 42. Rc6 f4 43. Bd2 Kf7 44. Bc3 Rd5 45. Ke2 b5 46. Rc7+
Kg6 47. Rg7+ Kh6 48. Re7 Rd6 49. Bg7+ Kg6 50. Be5 Ra6 51. Rg7+ Kh6 52. Re7 Ra2+
53. Kd3 Ra3+ 54. Kc2 Nxf3 55. Rxe6+ Kh7 56. Bf6 Ra2+ 57. Kd3 Rd2+ 58. Kc3 Rd5
59. Re2 Kg6 60. Be7 Ne5 61. Rg2 Rd3+ 62. Kc2 Rg3 63. Rd2 Nxg4 64. Bc5 Ne3+ 65.
Kb1 Nc4 66. Rd8 g4 67. Rg8+ Kf5 68. Rb8 Rb3+ 69. Kc2 Rb2+ 70. Kc3 Re2 71. Rxb5
Ne5 72. Rb8 g3 73. Rg8 g2 74. b5 f3 75. b6 f2 76. Bxf2 Rxf2 77. b7 Nd7 78. Rg7
Rf1 79. Rxg2 Rb1 80. Rb2 Rxb2 81. Kxb2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. h3 h6 8. Re1 a5
9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Nf1 Ng6 11. Ng3 c6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14. Bd2 d5 15. Bxb4
axb4 16. Bb3 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Bf5 19. Re3 Qd6 20. Qe1 Nf4 21. Ne5
Be6 22. Nc4 Qxd4 23. Rd1 Qf6 24. Nb6 Rae8 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Qxb4 Qg5 27. g4
Rxe3 28. fxe3 Nxh3+ 29. Kh2 Nf2 30. Rd4 c5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.
Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. Re1
Bd6 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Bf4 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Rxe5 Rb8 20. Ra5
Bd7 21. Rxa7 Bc6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Ra6 Rfd8 24. Rxc6 g6 25. c5 Rb5 26. a4 Ra5
27. Rb6 Rxc5 28. a5 Rxc3 29. a6 Ra8 30. a7 Rcc8 31. Rb7 Kg7 32. Rd1 h5 33. Rdd7
Rf8 34. h4 Kf6 35. Rdc7 e5 36. Kf1 Ke6 37. Re7+ Kf6 38. Rec7 Ke6 39. Re7+ Kf6
40. Kg2 Rac8 41. Red7 Ke6 42. Rd3 f6 43. Rb6+ Ke7 44. Ra3 Ra8 45. Raa6 Rfd8 46.
Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. a4 Ba7 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Bg3 Kg7 12. Re1 Nh7 13. b4 h5 14. h3 h4 15. Bh2 g4
16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. b5 Ne7 18. d4 Ng6 19. Be2 Qf6 20. bxa6 bxa6 21. Kh1 Nf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 b6 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. e4 Nf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nf3 h6 13. Qe4 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6
15. Qg4 Kh8 16. Qh3 Kg8 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. O-O Qe7 19. Qh3 Kg8 20. Re1 c5 21. Re4
f5 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Be3 Raf8 24. Re1 Nxe3 25. R4xe3 Nc7 26. dxc5 Qxc5 27. Ne5
Qb5 28. R3e2 Nd5 29. g3 Rf5 30. Ng6 R8f6 31. Nh4 Rg5 32. Rxe6 Kh7 33. Rxf6 Nxf6
34. Qf1 Qxb2 35. Qd3+ Kg8 36. Ng6 Kh7 37. Ne5+ Kg8 38. Ng6 Kh7 39. Nf8+ Kg8 40.
Qd8 Rf5 41. Ng6+ Kh7 42. Nf8+ Kg8 43. f4 Qc3 44. Ng6+ Kh7 45. Nf8+ Kg8 46. Nd7+
Kh7 47. Nxf6+ Rxf6 48. Re8 Qc5+ 49. Kg2 Qc6+ 50. Kh3 Rd6 51. Qe7 Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel India blitz"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2019.11.26"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2019.11.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4
c6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O Nhf6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 O-O
15. Rfe1 Qd8 16. Nc5 Nd5 17. a3 a5 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. Ne5 Be6 20. Rad1 Qf6 21.
Bh7+ Kh8 22. Be4 Rfd8 23. Qc5 Kg8 24. g3 a4 25. Bg2 Bf5 26. Rd2 Qd6 27. Nc4 Qc7
28. Ne3 Nxe3 29. Rxe3 Be6 30. Qc3 Ra5 31. h4 Rb5 32. Qc2 Qb6 33. Bf1 Rb3 34.
Rxb3 Qxb3 35. Qc3 Bd5 36. Be2 Re8 37. Qxb3 Bxb3 38. f3 Kf8 39. Kf2 Ke7 40. Rd3
Kf6 41. Rc3 Ke7 42. Bc4 Bxc4 43. Rxc4 Ra8 44. Rb4 Ra7 45. Ke3 Kd6 46. Rc4 Ra5
47. Kd3 Rb5 48. Kc2 Rb3 49. Rc3 Rb5 50. Rc4 g5 51. Rxa4 Rf5 52. hxg5 hxg5 53.
f4 gxf4 54. gxf4 Rxf4 55. Rb4 Kc7 56. Kd3 f5 57. Rc4 Rf2 58. Kc3 Kd6 59. Rc5
Ke6 60. b4 Rf3+ 61. Kb2 Re3 62. b5 cxb5 63. Rxb5 f4 64. Kc2 f3 65. Kd2 f2 66.
Rb1 Rb3 67. Rf1 Kd5 68. Rxf2 Rb2+ 69. Ke3 Rxf2 70. Kxf2 Kxd4 71. Kf3 b5 72. Ke2
Kc3 73. Kd1 Kb2 74. Kd2 Kxa3 75. Kc1 Ka2 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. d3 Nf6 8. Nbd2
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 Nxb3 11. axb3 c5 12. Ng3 h6 13. h3 Be6 14. c3 Qc7 15.
Nh4 Rfe8 16. Nhf5 Bf8 17. c4 Kh8 18. f4 Nh7 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Ne3 b4 21. Rf1
Qd8 22. Nd5 a5 23. Be3 Ra6 24. Qd2 Qd7 25. Nf5 f6 26. Qf2 Rc8 27. Qg3 Bf7 28.
Kh2 Be8 29. Qf2 Bf7 30. g4 Kg8 31. h4 Rcc6 32. Rg1 Qd8 33. Rg3 Be8 34. Rag1 Bf7
35. Qf3 Be8 36. R1g2 Bf7 37. Kg1 Be8 38. Rf2 Bg6 39. Kh2 Re6 40. Rfg2 Be8 41.
Kg1 Rec6 42. g5 fxg5 43. hxg5 Nxg5 44. Rxg5 hxg5 45. Bxg5 Qd7 46. Nfe7+ Bxe7
47. Nxe7+ Kh7 48. Qf8 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. d5 d6 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Bg5 14. Nd2
Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd5 O-O 12. Bd2 Bxd5 13. cxd5 c6 14. dxc6
Nxc6 15. Be3 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Rfd8 17. Bb6 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rc8 19. Kf1 Nb8 20. g4
f6 21. g5 Kf7 22. Ba7 Ke6 23. Bxb8 Rxb8 24. Rc1 Kd6 25. Ke2 Rf8 26. h4 Rf7 27.
Rh1 Rc7 28. Kd3 Ke6 29. h5 Rd7+ 30. Ke2 Rc7 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Rh7 Kf7 33. gxf6
Kxf6 34. Ne1 Rc4 35. Kd3 Rd4+ 36. Ke3 g5 37. Nf3 Rd7 38. Rh5 Rc7 39. Kd3 Rd7+
40. Kc2 Rc7+ 41. Kd1 Rd7+ 42. Ke1 Rc7 43. Rxg5 Rc2 44. Rxe5 Rxb2 45. Ra5 Ke7
46. Kf1 Rb4 47. e5 Bh6 48. Rd5 Bf4 49. Nd4 Rb2 50. e6 Rd2 51. Rd7+ Ke8 52. Ne2
Bh6 53. Rh7 Rd1+ 54. Kg2 Rd2 55. Ng3 Bf8 56. Rxb7 Rxa2 57. Nf5 Rd2 58. e7 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
d4 Bb6 9. O-O Nxe4 10. f3 Nf6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf2 c5 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. dxc5 Ba5
15. b4 c6 16. bxa5 Ba6 17. Re1 Qxa5 18. Nd2 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Qxc3 20. Nb3 Qxe1+
21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Nd4 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 Bb7 24. Bg3 g5 25. Kf2 h5 26. Ke3 Ng8 27.
h4 Kg6 28. hxg5 Kxg5 29. Bc7 Kg6 30. Bd8 Nh6 31. Kf4 Nf7 32. Be7 Nh6 33. a4 Nf7
34. a5 Nh6 35. Bd6 Nf7 36. Bb8 a6 37. Be5 Nd8 38. Bc7 Nf7 39. Nf5 Kf6 40. g4
hxg4 41. fxg4 Kg6 42. Bd6 Nd8 43. Be7 Ne6+ 44. Ke5 Bc8 45. Bh4 Kh7 46. Ne7 Bd7
47. Kd6 Nf8 48. g5 d4 49. g6+ Kg7 50. Bf2 Ne6 51. Kxd7 Nxc5+ 52. Kxc6 Nb3 53.
Be1 Kh6 54. Kb6 d3 55. Kxa6 d2 56. Bxd2+ Nxd2 57. Kb5 Ne4 58. a6 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Khanin, Semen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nge2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. f4 d6 8. d3
Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. f5 gxf5 12. exf5 Re8 13. Nf4 Be5 14. Nh3 Qe7
15. Qh5 Nf6 16. Qh4 Kh8 17. Bg5 Rg8 18. Rae1 Rxg5 19. Nxg5 Qf8 20. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2
a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Rac1 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Rxe7
15. b4 Nhf6 16. a4 Ne4 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Ndf6 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21.
Bc4 Bd5 22. h3 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Nd5 24. Ra1 Ree8 25. Rdc1 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 f6 27. Nc6
Kh7 28. Ra4 f5 29. Nb4 Nxb4 30. Qxb4 Qd7 31. Qc4 Rf8 32. Ra7 Rf7 33. g3 g5 34.
d5 Qd6 35. Qc6 Kg7 36. Rb7 Rd7 37. Qxd6 Rxd6 38. Rxc7+ Kf6 39. g4 fxg4 40. hxg4
Ke5 41. Kg2 Rxd5 42. Re7+ Kf6 43. Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. c3 a5 10. a4 b6 11. exd5 exd5 12. Nb3 Re8 13. Bf4 Ra7 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15.
d4 c4 16. Nbd2 Bf5 17. b3 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Qd8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Ng4 21. Nf3
Be4 22. Re1 Qc7 23. Nd4 Qc5 24. f3 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. fxe4 b5 27. Qxd5 Qxc3
28. Rd1 Qe3+ 29. Kf1 Bc7 30. Qxb5 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14.
Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bb6 10. d3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Re8 13. Rb1 Qd6 14. Rb5 Re6
15. Be3 Rae8 16. Qd5 Qe7 17. a4 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Nd8 19. Rb1 c6 20. Qc4 Kh8 21.
Rbe1 f5 22. d4 e4 23. Qb3 Qd6 24. a5 R6e7 25. Qb4 Qxb4 26. cxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bg5 f6
9. Be3 Nh6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Nf7 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Bd5 Ncd8 14. b4 Be6 15.
Qb3 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qe6 17. Qb3 O-O 18. Rfd1 f5 19. Ne1 f4 20. Bc5 Re8 21. f3 g5
22. Qxe6 Nxe6 23. Bf2 Nd6 24. a4 a5 25. b5 Rac8 26. c4 c5 27. Rac1 b6 28. Kf1
h5 29. Nd3 Kf7 30. Nb1 Red8 31. Nb2 Nd4 32. Rd3 Bf6 33. Nc3 Rg8 34. Nd5 Bd8 35.
Bxd4 cxd4 36. Rd2 Ke6 37. Rdc2 Nb7 38. Nd3 Kd6 39. Ke2 g4 40. Kf1 Nc5 41. Nxc5
Kxc5 42. Ke2 Rb8 43. Kd3 Rb7 44. Rf1 Rbg7 45. Re2 h4 46. fxg4 Rxg4 47. Rff2 h3
48. gxh3 Rg1 49. Nxf4 exf4 50. Rxf4 Rd1+ 51. Kc2 Rgg1 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nde2 b6 7. g3 Ba6 8.
Bg2 Rc8 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nf6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nd4 e5 13. Nb3 Kg7 14. Qd2 Ng8
15. Ba3 Re8 16. Rad1 Nb8 17. f4 f6 18. Bd6 Nh6 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Bxb8 Rxb8 21.
Qxd7+ Qe7 22. Bf1 Bc8 23. Qa4 Rf8 24. Qb4 Qf6 25. Bg2 Qf2+ 26. Kh1 Bg4 27. Rf1
Qxc2 28. Rc1 Qxa2 29. h3 Be2 30. Ra1 Rxf1+ 31. Bxf1 Qxa1 32. Nxa1 Bxf1 33. Qd6
Rf8 34. Qxe5+ Kg8 35. Qe6+ Nf7 36. Nc2 Bb5 37. Nd4 Re8 38. Qd5 Re5 39. Qa8+ Re8
40. Qxa7 Bd3 41. Qxb6 Bxe4+ 42. Kg1 Ra8 43. Qe6 Bb7 44. c4 Ra1+ 45. Kf2 Ra2+
46. Ke1 Ra6 47. Qe7 Nd6 48. Ne6 Ra1+ 49. Kd2 Nxc4+ 50. Kc3 Rc1+ 51. Kb4 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
Be6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. O-O Rc8 11. Bg5 Ne8 12. Be3 Nf6 13. Re1 Qa5 14. Bg5 Rfd8 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. dxc6 Rxc6
21. c3 Qb5 22. a4 Qxb2 23. Rb1 Qxc3 24. Qd5+ Kf8 25. Re3 Qc4 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27.
Rxb7 Rdc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Bc2 Nd7 12. Nc4 Ba7 13. Ne3 Nf6 14. d4 Bd7 15. Nf1
Re8 16. Ng3 b5 17. Be3 Qe7 18. d5 Nb8 19. Bxa7 Rxa7 20. a4 b4 21. cxb4 axb4 22.
Bd3 c6 23. dxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 Be7 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6 12. Qe3 O-O 13. Nd5 Re8 14. f3
Be5 15. Qe2 c6 16. Ne3 b5 17. Rb1 Nb6 18. b3 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rd1 Qc7 21.
Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Bxh2+ 24. Kf1 Qxd8 25. g4 Be5 26. Be3 Qh4 27.
Rd1 h5 28. gxh5 f5 29. Bg1 Qxh5 30. exf5 Bf6 31. Qg2 Qxf5 32. Qg4 Qc2 33. f4
Qe4 34. Bf2 Qh1+ 35. Bg1 Qc6 36. Bf2 Re6 37. Qh3 Re4 38. Qf5 a5 39. Kg1 a4 40.
bxa4 bxa4 41. Re1 Rxe1+ 42. Bxe1 Qc4 43. a3 Be7 44. Bb4 Bxb4 45. axb4 a3 46.
Qe5 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qc7 8.
Be3 b6 9. a3 a5 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. b4 Ng4 12. bxc5 Nxe3 13. fxe3 bxc5 14. Nc4 Be6
15. Nfd2 O-O 16. Rb1 Rfb8 17. Rxb8+ Rxb8 18. Qa1 a4 19. Qc3 Rb5 20. Rf1 f6 21.
h3 h5 22. Qa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bosiocic, Marin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. c4 c6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. d4 Ne4 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 f5 11. Qe2 e6 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Nf3 a5 14. a3 Qe7 15.
Rac1 h5 16. h4 Bf6 17. g3 Qg7 18. Kg2 Rf7 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Kh7 21. Rh1 Rff8
22. b5 Nd6 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Rc6 Qe7 26. Rhc1 Rfc8 27. Ne5 Rxc6
28. Rxc6 Ne8 29. Bb5 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Bg7 31. Bd4 Nc7 32. Bd3 Qd7 33. Qc2 Ne8 34.
Bb5 Qe7 35. Rb6 Ra7 36. Rb8 Rc7 37. Qa4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 f5 8. O-O
fxe4 9. Nxe4 Nh6 10. Re1 O-O 11. c3 Rb8 12. h3 e6 13. Qc2 Nf5 14. Bd2 h6 15.
Kh2 Qc7 16. Re2 Ba6 17. Rae1 c4 18. d4 c5 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Nf2 Bb7 21. Ne5
Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Bd5 23. Ng4 Rb6 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. Qxg6+ Qg7 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27.
R1xe3 Rxb2 28. Rg3+ Kf7 29. Be3 Rg8 30. Bxc5 Rxg2+ 31. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 32. Kh1 Rxa2+
33. Kg1 Rg2+ 34. Kf1 Rg3 35. Bd4 Rxh3 36. Ke2 Rh2+ 37. Ke3 h5 38. f5 h4 39.
fxe6+ Bxe6 40. Ra5 h3 41. Rxa7+ Kg6 42. Rg7+ Kf5 43. Rh7 Rh1 44. Kf2 Kg6 45.
Rh8 Ra1 46. Kg3 Ra2 47. Rh4 Rg2+ 48. Kf4 h2 49. Rh8 Bd5 50. Ke5 Rg5+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 h6 11. Re1 Na5 12. Be3 a6 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Nxb3 15.
cxb3 b5 16. b4 Qb7 17. Nd2 Rac8 18. a3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Qf3 Qc6 21. Nxd5
Bxd5 22. Qg3 f5 23. Qxe5 Bd6 24. Qc3 Bxg2 25. Qxc6 Bxc6 26. Bc5 Rf6 27. Kf1 Bf4
28. Be3 Bh2 29. Rc1 Rg6 30. Ke2 Rd8 31. Nf3 Bb8 32. Rg1 Rxg1 33. Rxg1 Kf7 34.
Nd4 Bd7 35. f4 Re8 36. Kf2 Re4 37. Ne2 Be6 38. Rd1 g5 39. Kf3 gxf4 40. Nxf4
Bxf4 41. Bxf4 h5 42. Rd6 Rc4 43. h4 Rc2 44. Be5 Rc4 45. Rxa6 Rxh4 46. Ra7+ Ke8
47. Bf6 Bd5+ 48. Ke2 Re4+ 49. Kd3 Bc4+ 50. Kc3 f4 51. b3 f3 52. Bg7 f2 53. Ra8+
Kd7 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nge2 a6 6. O-O d6 7. d3 Be6 8. Nd5
Bxd5 9. exd5 Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. c4 Ng6 13. b3 Qd7 14. Bg5 Ng4 15.
h3 h6 16. Bc1 Nf6 17. Bb2 Rae8 18. Kh2 Re5 19. b4 Bxb4 20. Nb3 Rf5 21. a3 Bc5
22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. f4 h5 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Qxh5 Ne7 26. Rae1 Nf5 27. Re5 Nd4 28.
Rfe1 Rh6 29. Qd1 b5 30. cxb5 axb5 31. h4 Ra6 32. Qd3 g6 33. h5 Kg7 34. Bh3 Qd8
35. Qc3 Qf6 36. R1e3 b4 37. axb4 Ra2+ 38. Bg2 Rh8 39. Qc4 Rc2 40. Qd3 Rb2 41.
bxc5 Nf5 42. Re2 Rxh5+ 43. Kg1 Rxe2 44. Qxe2 Nxg3 45. Qe3 Nf5 46. Qc3 Nh4 47.
Qg3 Nxg2 48. Kxg2 Rh4 49. Kf3 Rh1 50. Kg2 Rc1 51. Qe3 Rc4 52. Kg3 Rb4 53. Re4
Rxe4 54. Qxe4 Qc3+ 55. Kg2 Qxc5 56. Qe5+ Kf8 57. Kg3 Qd6 58. Qg5 Ke8 59. Kg2
Kd7 60. Kg3 Kc8 61. Kf3 f5 62. Kg3 Kb7 63. Kh4 Kb6 64. Qg1+ Kb5 65. Kg5 Kc4 66.
Qd1 Kc5 67. Qd3 Qb6 68. Qd2 Kc4 69. Qd1 Kc3 70. Qa4 Kd3 71. Qc6 Qxc6 72. dxc6
Ke4 73. Kxg6 Kxf4 74. Kf6 Ke4 75. Ke6 f4 76. Kd7 f3 77. Kxc7 f2 78. Kb8 f1=Q
79. c7 Qb5+ 80. Ka7 Qc6 81. Kb8 Qb5+ 82. Ka7 Qd7 83. Kb8 Qd6 84. Kb7 Qe7 85.
Kb8 Qd6 86. Kb7 Qd7 87. Kb8 Qxc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1
Nf6 9. Bc2 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. h3 b5 12. Nf1 Na5 13. b3 c5 14. d5 Nh5 15. Ng3
Nf4 16. Ne2 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 f5 18. exf5 e4 19. Ng5 Bxf5 20. g4 e3 21. Bxe3 Bxc2
22. Ne6 Qh4 23. Qxc2 Qxh3 24. Qe4 Bxc3 25. Bg5 Be5 26. Re3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. g3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nf6 7. Bg2 d6 8.
O-O Qc8 9. Re1 O-O 10. Qc2 Be4 11. Qa4 c5 12. Bf1 Nc6 13. Bb2 Na5 14. Nd2 Qc6
15. Qxc6 Bxc6 16. e4 e5 17. f3 Ba4 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. d5 Rb8 21.
Rb1 Ne8 22. Nf1 b5 23. cxb5 Bxb5 24. Bc2 Bc4 25. Bc1 Rxb1 26. Bxb1 Rb8 27. Nd2
Ba6 28. Bc2 Nc7 29. Ba3 Nc4 30. Nxc4 Bxc4 31. Rb1 Nb5 32. Ba4 a6 33. Bc1 Bxa2
34. Rb2 Bc4 35. Bd2 Ra8 36. Kf2 f6 37. Ke3 Na3 38. Rb7 Bb5 39. Bb3 a5 40. Bc1
Nc4+ 41. Bxc4 Bxc4 42. Rb6 Rd8 43. f4 exf4+ 44. Kxf4 Kf7 45. g4 Rd7 46. h4 h6
47. h5 Ke7 48. Rb8 Ra7 49. Ba3 a4 50. Kf5 Kf7 51. Rb6 Rd7 52. Kf4 Bd3 53. Rb8
Re7 54. Rb6 Rxe4+ 55. Kf3 Rc4 56. Rxd6 Rxc3 57. Bb2 Rb3 58. Ba1 a3 59. Rd7+ Kg8
60. Ra7 Bc4+ 61. Ke4 Rb4 62. d6 Be6+ 63. Ke3 Rb1 64. Bc3 Rd1 65. Ra8+ Kh7 66.
Rxa3 Bxg4 67. Ra6 Bxh5 68. Ba5 Bg4 69. Bc7 c4 70. Rc6 Be6 71. Rc5 Rd3+ 72. Ke4
g5 73. Bd8 Kg6 74. Be7 h5 75. Ra5 h4 76. Ra6 Bd5# 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. g4 Nfd7 8. g5
Nc6 9. Bg2 Be7 10. h4 Qc7 11. Be3 Nde5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. b3 d5 14. Na4 O-O 15.
f4 Nd7 16. O-O Bb7 17. c4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 c5 19. Qf3 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rad8 21. Rad1
Nb6 22. Nb2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Kf2 h6 26. Ke2 hxg5 27. hxg5
a5 28. Bd2 Nd7 29. Nd3 g6 30. Bc3 Bf8 31. Ne5 Bg7 32. Qd3 Bxe5 33. Bxe5 Qc8 34.
Bc3 Qc7 35. Qh3 Kf8 36. Qf3 Ke7 37. Kd3 Qd6+ 38. Kc2 Qa6 39. a4 Nb8 40. Bf6+
Ke8 41. Qh1 Nc6 42. Qh8+ Kd7 43. Qf8 Nb4+ 44. Kb2 Qc6 45. Qd8# 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Qf3 Nxc4 6. dxc4 d6 7. h3 Be6 8. b3
Nd7 9. Nge2 Be7 10. Ng3 Bg5 11. Nh5 Rg8 12. Qg3 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 g6 14. f4 f6 15.
Qf3 gxh5 16. Qxh5+ Bf7 17. Qxh7 Rxg2 18. Kf1 Rg8 19. Rg1 Rxg1+ 20. Kxg1 Qe7 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nxf6+ gxf6
8. d3 Nd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 h5 11. Bg2 Qc7 12. Bd2 O-O-O 13. O-O-O e5 14. Nxg6
fxg6 15. Be4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Rg8 17. Rh7 Qd6 18. Kb1 Qe6 19. Be3 f5 20. Bg2 Nf6
21. Rhh1 Kb8 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Bh3 Bd6 24. Qf3 Ng4 25. Bxg4 Rxg4 26. Rh5 Rf8
27. Rdh1 e4 28. Qe2 exd3 29. Bxa7+ Kxa7 30. Qxe6 dxc2+ 31. Kxc2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 a5 8.
e4 Bc5 9. h3 O-O 10. Bb5 Qf6 11. Bg5 Qg6 12. g4 Be6 13. O-O-O f6 14. Be3 Bxe3+
15. fxe3 Qf7 16. Qe2 a4 17. Rhf1 Qe7 18. Kb1 Na5 19. Nd2 Qc5 20. Rfe1 Nb3 21.
Nxb3 axb3 22. h4 c6 23. Bd3 Rad8 24. Kc1 b5 25. Rd2 Rd7 26. Red1 Rfd8 27. g5
fxg5 28. hxg5 g6 29. Qf2 Rf8 30. Qg3 Rdf7 31. Be2 Rf2 32. Bc4 Qxc4 33. Rxf2
Qxe4 34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Qf2+ Bf5 36. Kd2 Ke7 37. Ke1 Qg4 38. Qh2 Ke6 39. Qf2
Qxg5 40. Qf3 Qg1+ 41. Kd2 Qh2+ 42. Ke1 e4 43. Qf4 Qg1+ 44. Kd2 Qg2+ 45. Ke1
Qh1+ 46. Kd2 Qf3 47. Ke1 Qxf4 48. exf4 h5 49. Kf2 h4 50. Rd8 h3 51. Rh8 Kd5 52.
Ke3 Kc4 53. Rh6 Kd5 54. Rh4 Kd6 55. Rh6 Kc5 56. Rh4 Kd5 57. Rh6 Ke6 58. Rh4 Kf6
59. Kf2 Kg7 60. Kg3 Kg8 61. Kf2 Kg7 62. Kg3 c5 63. Kf2 c4 64. Kg3 Bd7 65. Kf2
Be6 66. Ke3 Bf5 67. Kf2 Kg8 68. Kg3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Ba7 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 d6 10. h3 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. dxe5 Bxe3 14. exf6 Bxd2 15.
Qxd2 Qxf6 16. a4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qe7 19. e5 dxe5 20. Rxe5 Qf6 21. axb5
Rxe5 22. fxe5 Qb6+ 23. Qd4 Qxd4+ 24. cxd4 axb5 25. Rxa8+ Bxa8 26. b4 Bd5 27. g3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 b5 12. b3 Rc8 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Qxc4 Bd5
15. Qxa6 c5 16. Qd3 cxd4 17. Qxd4 h6 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Qa7 Bb4 20. Qxa5 Bxa5 21.
h3 Ra8 22. Bd4 Rfd8 23. Nf1 Rdc8 24. Ne3 Be4 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxg2 27.
Kxg2 Ne4 28. Rdc1 f6 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Bb2 Bb6 31. Rc1 Rb8 32. Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Qg4 g6 5. Qf3 Nf6 6. Nge2 d6 7. d3 Bg4 8. Qg3
Be6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Qh4 hxg5 11. Qxh8+ Ke7 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Bxe6 Kxe6 14. Na4
Bb4+ 15. c3 Ba5 16. b4 Bb6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. f3 d5 19. O-O-O b5 20. Rhe1 d4 21.
cxd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4+ Rxd4 23. a3 Nd7 24. Kd2 Nb6 25. Ke2 c6 26. Rh1 Na4 27. Rc1
Nb2 28. Rc3 Na4 29. Rc2 Rd8 30. h4 Rh8 31. g3 Nb6 32. Ke3 gxh4 33. Rxh4 Ra8 34.
Ra2 Nd7 35. f4 Nb6 36. Rh6 Kf6 37. Rh7 Nd7 38. d4 exd4+ 39. Kxd4 Nb6 40. Kc3
Ke6 41. g4 Nc4 42. f5+ Kf6 43. g5+ Kxg5 44. Rxf7 Nd6 45. Rg2+ Kf4 46. fxg6+
Nxf7 47. gxf7 Rf8 48. Kd4 Rd8+ 49. Kc5 Rf8 50. Kd6 Kf3 51. Rg7 Kxe4 52. Ke7
Rxf7+ 53. Rxf7 Kd5 54. Kd8 b6 55. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 d4 6. Bd3 Nh6 7. Be4 Bd7 8. d3 Be7
9. O-O Qc7 10. cxd4 cxd4 11. Na3 Nf5 12. Qe2 h5 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. Rac1 a6 15. Nc4
O-O 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. fxg5 g6 19. Nd6 Rcd8 20. a4 Qb6 21. b4 Be6
22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Rxd6 25. Ba5 Qxa5 26. Qxd6 Qxb5 27. Qxd4 Qa5
28. h4 b5 29. Ra1 Qc7 30. Ra7 Qg3 31. Rf3 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Rc8 33. Rb7 Kh7 34. Rxb5
Rc1 35. Rb8 Bc8 36. Qf2 Qh1+ 37. Kg3 Qd1 38. Qe3 Rc2 39. Kh2 Re2 40. Qd4 Qd2
41. Qg1 Be6 42. Rb5 Bd7 43. Rc5 Be6 44. Kh1 Qb4 45. Rc1 Qxh4+ 46. Qh2 Qxg5 47.
Rg1 Bd5 48. Rg3 Qf4 49. Rh3 Bxg2+ 50. Rxg2 Re1+ 51. Rg1 Qc1 52. Rxh5+ Kg7 53.
Rh7+ Kg8 54. Rh8+ Kg7 55. Qh7+ Kf6 56. Qh4+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. Qe2 a6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Bxc3 15.
Rxc3 Ne4 16. Rc2 b5 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. Rfc1 Nf6 19. e4 Qb6 20. Rc3 a5 21. bxa5
Rxa5 22. Rb3 Qa7 23. Rc2 Ra4 24. Rxb5 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Qd3 Ra4 27. Qb3
Nd5 28. h3 Ra3 29. Qc4 Ra8 30. Rbb2 Qa4 31. Qc5 Qf4 32. Rc4 Qf6 33. Rcc2 Nf4
34. Ne1 R3a5 35. Qb4 Re5 36. Nf3 Nxh3+ 37. Kf1 Rf5 38. Qe4 Rf8 39. Rb3 Ng5 40.
Nxg5 Qxg5 41. g3 Re5 42. Qf3 Rf5 43. Qe4 Qg6 44. Qe3 Rh5 45. Qd3 Qg4 46. Kg1
Qh3 47. Qf3 Rd8 48. Rc1 Qh2+ 49. Kf1 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bc5 8.
Be2 Qe7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Kh1 Rfd8 13. Ne1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 b5
15. Be3 b4 16. cxb4 Nxb4 17. Rc1 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Rd6 19. Rc4 Rc6 20. d4 exd4 21.
exd4 Re6 22. Qd2 Rb8 23. a3 Na6 24. Nf3 Rxe4 25. Ne5 Qxa3 26. Qc2 Qe3 27. Ra4
Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Qxd4 29. Nc6 Qb2 30. Qc4 Qb3 31. Qxa6 Re8 32. Ne7+ Kf8 33. Nf5
Qe6 34. Qxa7 Qe5 35. Qf2 f6 36. Qc2 g6 37. Nh4 Re7 38. Nf3 Qe4 39. Qc5 Qe3 40.
Qc4 Qe2 41. Qc1 Qe3 42. Qa1 Kg7 43. Re1 Qc5 44. Rxe7+ Qxe7 45. Qc3 c5 46. Qc4
Qd6 47. Qe2 h5 48. Nd2 h4 49. Nc4 Qd4 50. Qe7+ Kh6 51. Qe2 Kg5 52. Nd2 Kh6 53.
Nf3 Qf4 54. Qc2 c4 55. Nd2 Qf2 56. Qc3 Qe1+ 57. Kh2 Kg7 58. Qd4 Qg3+ 59. Kg1
Qe1+ 60. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. d3 Re8 12. d4 Bg4 13. dxc5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 e4
15. Bf4 exf3 16. Bf1 Re7 17. Re1 Rd7 18. Red1 Re7 19. Re1 Rd7 20. Bb5 Rc8 21.
Ba4 Rd5 22. Rxb7 Rxc5 23. Bb3 Na5 24. Rxa7 Nxb3 25. cxb3 Rxc3 26. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. g4 Rc8 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Bg2 Qa5 14. Kb1 e5 15.
Be3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Rfe8 17. Rhe1 Nd7 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Ne5 20. b3 h6 21.
Red1 Kh7 22. g5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Bf8 25. h4 Rc3 26. Bf4 Ng4 27. R1d3
Rc6 28. c4 Ne5 29. Rd1 b6 30. Bh3 Rc7 31. Rh1 Rc5 32. h5 Rxd5 33. cxd5 gxh5 34.
Bf5+ Kg8 35. Rxh5 Nd3 36. Bg3 Nc5 37. Rh4 Be7 38. Rg4+ Kh8 39. e5 dxe5 40.
Bxe5+ f6 41. Bc7 Nb7 42. Rh4+ Kg7 43. Rg4+ Kf8 44. Bf4 Bc5 45. Bh6+ Ke7 46.
Rg7+ Kd6 47. Rxb7 Kxd5 48. Rd7+ Ke5 49. Bh7 a5 50. Kc2 Ke6 51. Rb7 Rd8 52. Bd3
f5 53. Bc4+ Kf6 54. Bd2 Rf8 55. Bc3+ Kg6 56. Rg7+ Kh5 57. Be2+ Kh6 58. Rg3 Rf7
59. Bf3 f4 60. Rh3+ Kg5 61. Rh5+ Kg6 62. Rd5 Re7 63. Bd2 Be3 64. Bxe3 Rxe3 65.
Rd3 Re6 66. Kd2 Kg5 67. Rd8 Re3 68. Ba8 Rh3 69. Rg8+ Kf5 70. Bg2 Rh6 71. Kc3
Rd6 72. a4 Ke5 73. Re8+ Kf5 74. Kc4 Kg4 75. Rg8+ Kf5 76. Bd5 Ke5 77. Re8+ Kf6
78. Kd4 Kf5 79. Rf8+ Kg4 80. Ke5 Rg6 81. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O a6 9. a4 b6 10. Bxc4 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nh5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bb4 14. Rfd1 Nf6
15. Na2 Bd6 16. Nc3 Bb4 17. Na2 Bd6 18. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Na4 Bc7 14. Nd4 Re8
15. c4 Ne5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nc3 Nc4 19. Bxe4 Nxb2 20. Qxd5+ Qxd5
21. Bxd5+ Kf8 22. Rab1 Be5 23. Rxb2 Bxc3 24. Rc2 Bd4 25. Bxb7 Rad8 26. Kg2 g5
27. Bf3 Rd6 28. Rd1 Red8 29. a4 Ke7 30. a5 Kf6 31. b5 h6 32. Rc7 Ke5 33. Re1+
Kf6 34. Ree7 Re6 35. Rf7+ Ke5 36. Bg4 Rf6 37. Rxf6 Kxf6 38. b6 axb6 39. axb6
Rd6 40. b7 Rb6 41. Rc6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Nh6 11. Bb3 Qe7 12. h3 Nd8 13. Qe2 Nhf7 14. Nbd2 O-O 15.
Rad1 Kh8 16. Ne1 Ne6 17. Nd3 Rfe8 18. Nb4 f5 19. Nd5 Qf8 20. f3 Rad8 21. Rfe1
Nd6 22. Bf2 Bb5 23. c4 Bc6 24. a4 Bxd5 25. exd5 Nd4 26. Qd3 b6 27. Ba2 Nb7 28.
Nb3 Nxb3 29. Qxb3 a5 30. Qb5 e4 31. fxe4 Nd6 32. Qc6 Nxe4 33. Qxc7 Rc8 34. Qxb6
Rb8 35. Qa7 Rxb2 36. Bd4 Rxa2 37. Bxg7+ Qxg7 38. Qxg7+ Kxg7 39. c5 Rxa4 40. d6
Rc4 41. Rd5 Nxd6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.12.30"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 a6 8. Ba4 b5
9. Bc2 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. b4 Bb6 12. a4 Bd7 13. Nbd2 Ne7 14. Nf1 a5 15. bxa5
Rxa5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Ng6 18. axb5 Rxb5 19. Ba4 Rb8 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Qc2
Nf4 22. Kh2 Qb5 23. Red1 Qb2 24. Ra2 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 Rb3 26. g3 Ne6 27. Nd2 Rb7
28. Ndc4 Ra8 29. Kg2 Ra4 30. f3 Nd7 31. d4 f6 32. h4 h5 33. Kf2 Kf8 34. Rdd2
Rb1 35. d5 Nec5 36. Ra2 Rc1 37. Rdc2 Kf7 38. Ke2 Rxc2+ 39. Rxc2 g6 40. Rb2 f5
41. exf5 gxf5 42. f4 exf4 43. gxf4 Nf6 44. Rb8 Nxd5 45. Nxd6+ cxd6 46. Nxd5 Ke6
47. Nb4 Ne4 48. Kd3 Ra3 49. Rc8 Kd7 50. Rh8 Nxc3 51. Rh7+ Ke6 52. Rh6+ Kf7 53.
Kc4 Ne2 54. Nd5 Nxf4 55. Nxf4 Ra4+ 56. Kd5 Rxf4 57. Rxh5 Kg6 58. Rh8 Re4 59.
h5+ Kg5 60. h6 Rh4 61. h7 Kg6 62. Kxd6 Rxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.12.30"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bxd6 Qxd6 7. dxc5 Qxc5 8.
c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. O-O b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 Nbd7 14. Ba6
Nc5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Ne5 Ncd7 17. Qf3 Qa6 18. Nc6 Kh8 19. Nc4 Qxa2 20. g4 Nc5
21. Nd6 Nb3 22. Rc2 Qa4 23. Rc4 Qa6 24. g5 Nd7 25. Rh4 Nbc5 26. Nxf7+ Rxf7 27.
Qxf7 Qe2 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Qxd7 Rf8 30. Rf4 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
h6 9. Re1 Bb6 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Bc2 Re8 12. Nf1 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Ng3 Qd6 15.
Nd2 Rad8 16. Qf3 Qd7 17. a4 Nh7 18. Nc4 Ba7 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 f6 21. Rae1
Ng5 22. Qe2 Bf7 23. h4 Ne6 24. Qg4 Nf4 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Na3 Red8 27. Rd1 Bg6
28. Ne4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 Nxd3 30. Re2 Nf4 31. Ree1 Kf8 32. g3 Nd3 33. Bxd3 Rxd3
34. Rxd3 Rxd3 35. Nc4 h5 36. Kf1 b6 37. Ke2 Rd7 38. Rb1 Ke7 39. Ne3 Ke6 40. f3
g6 41. Rg1 Ne7 42. Rb1 Rd8 43. Rc1 Nc8 44. Rb1 Nd6 45. Rd1 Nb7 46. Ra1 Nc5 47.
b4 axb4 48. cxb4 Nb3 49. Ra3 Nc1+ 50. Kf2 Nd3+ 51. Ke2 Nxb4 52. a5 Ra8 53. Rc3
bxa5 54. Rxc7 a4 55. Rc4 Rb8 56. Rc5 a3 57. Ra5 a2 58. Nd1 Rc8 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Ng5+ Ke8 10. Qxg4 Qxd4 11. Ne4 Rd8 12. O-O Nxe5 13. Qe2 Nbc4 14.
Nbc3 Qd3 15. Qe1 Qc2 16. Nc5 b6 17. Bf4 Qf5 18. Qe4 Qxe4 19. N5xe4 Nd3 20. Bxc7
Rc8 21. Bg3 Ncxb2 22. Nb5 a6 23. Nc7+ Kd7 24. Nxa6 e5 25. a3 Bc5 26. Nb4 Ke6
27. Nxd3 Nxd3 28. Rfd1 Rhd8 29. Kf1 Nb2 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. a4 Bd4 32. Ng5+ Kd5
33. Nf3 Ra8 34. Rb1 Nxa4 35. Rb5+ Kc4 36. Rb1 Nc3 37. Rc1 Ra5 38. Re1 e4 39.
Nxd4 Kxd4 40. Bc7 Ra6 41. f3 e3 42. Bf4 e2+ 43. Kf2 Kd3 44. g4 b5 45. Be5 Nd1+
46. Kg2 Kd2 47. Bg3 b4 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Nge2 Bc5 6. Ng3 d6 7. h3 h6 8. Qf3
Nxc4 9. dxc4 Be6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Nh7 12. Qd3 Qh4 13. Na4 Bb4+ 14. Bc3 Ba3
15. Bd2 a5 16. O-O Ng5 17. f4 Nh7 18. Rf3 b6 19. Raf1 Rad8 20. Nc3 Bc5+ 21. Kh2
c6 22. f5 Bc8 23. f6 g6 24. Be1 Qg5 25. Bd2 Qh4 26. Be1 Ng5 27. Nf5 Nxf3+ 28.
Rxf3 Qxe1 29. Rf1 Qxf1 30. Ne7+ Kh7 31. Qxf1 Bd7 32. Na4 Be3 33. Qd3 Bg5 34.
Nxb6 Bxf6 35. Nxd7 Rxd7 36. Nxc6 Bg5 37. h4 Bxh4 38. Qh3 Rc7 39. Qxh4 Rxc6 40.
Qe7 Kg7 41. Qa7 Rcc8 42. Qb6 Rcd8 43. a4 f5 44. Qc7+ Kf6 45. Qxa5 fxe4 46. Qe1
d5 47. c5 Kf5 48. c6 d4 49. g4+ Kxg4 50. Qxe4+ Kh5 51. Qxe5+ g5 52. Qe2+ g4 53.
Kg3 Rf3+ 54. Kg2 Re3 55. Qf1 Rde8 56. Qf7+ Kh4 57. Qf6+ Kh5 58. Qf5+ Kh4 59.
Qf2+ Kg5 60. Qd2 Kh5 61. Qxd4 Re2+ 62. Kg1 Re1+ 63. Kf2 R1e2+ 64. Kg1 Rxc2 65.
Qd1 Rc3 66. Qd7 Re5 67. c7 Rc1+ 68. Kf2 Rc2+ 69. Kg3 Re3+ 70. Kf4 Rf3+ 71. Ke5
Re2+ 72. Kd6 Rd3+ 73. Kc6 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. Rb1 Bb6 11. d3 Re8 12. Be3 Ba5 13. Bd2 Bb6 14. a4 Bf5 15.
Be3 e4 16. Nh4 Bh7 17. dxe4 Qxd1 18. Rbxd1 Bxe4 19. Bxb6 Bxg2 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8
21. Bxc7 Be4 22. Re1 Re7 23. Bd6 Re6 24. Bc7 Kf8 25. Re2 g5 26. Ng2 Ke8 27. Rd2
Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Re7 29. Bd6 Re4 30. f4 g4 31. h3 h5 32. Rd5 Re2+ 33. Kf1 Rxc2 34.
Rxh5 gxh3 35. Rxh3 Rxc3 36. Kf2 Rc4 37. Rh8+ Kd7 38. Bf8 Rxa4 39. Rh7 Ke8 40.
Rh8 b5 41. Ke3 Kd7 42. Rh7 Nd8 43. g4 b4 44. Bg7 b3 45. Bf6 a5 46. g5 Ke6 47.
Rh6 Nc6 48. Bb2+ Kd5 49. Rh5 Re4+ 50. Kd2 Kc4 51. f5 Nd4 52. Rh3 Re2+ 53. Kc1
Re1+ 54. Kd2 Re2+ 55. Kc1 Nxf5 56. Rc3+ Kb4 57. Rf3 Ne3 58. Rxf7 Nc4 59. Rb7+
Ka4 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Haydon, David Leslie"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2294"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "UK Lions"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c6 3. b3 Bf5 4. Bb2 e6 5. c4 Nd7 6. Nc3 h6 7. d4 Ngf6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bb4 10. Nd2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Rfd8 14. e4 dxc4
15. bxc4 e5 16. d5 Rac8 17. Bb4 Qe8 18. Rab1 b6 19. a4 cxd5 20. cxd5 Nc5 21.
Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Rb5 Rdc8 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. Nb3 Rc7 25. a5 Qa4 26. axb6 axb6 27.
Nd2 Qc2 28. Qxc2 Rxc2 29. Nf3 Nxe4 30. Nxe5 b5 31. Nc6 Rd2 32. Re1 Nc3 33. h3
Nxd5 34. Rb1 Nc7 35. Na7 Rd5 36. Rc1 Ne6 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Rb8 Nd4 39. Rb7 Kg6
40. Rb6+ f6 41. Nc8 Rc5 42. Nd6 h5 43. Kh2 h4 44. Rb7 Rd5 45. Ne4 Ne2 46. g3
hxg3+ 47. fxg3 Rd4 48. Nc5 Rd2 49. Ne4 Rb2 50. Kh1 b4 51. g4 b3 52. Nc5 Nd4 53.
Nd3 Rd2 54. Nc5 Nf3 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Palliser, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "UK Lions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d6 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 g6 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Nbd7 8.
Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Be6 11. d3 Qc7 12. Nd2 b6 13. Ndf3 Bd5 14. d4
cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rad8 16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. Rad1 Qb7 18. f3 Qc7 19. c4 Bb7 20. Nxf7
Kxf7 21. Ne6 Rxd1 22. Nxc7 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Rc8 24. Qe6+ Kf8 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26.
Qxc8+ 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Roberson, Peter T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "UK Lions"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Bg2 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Nc6 10. O-O Bf6 11. Rc1 Bxc3 12. Rxc3 Qd6 13. Qc2 Nb4 14. Qb1 h6
15. Rfc1 Na6 16. d3 Rb8 17. Rd1 e5 18. Nd2 b6 19. Nc4 Qe7 20. Ne3 Nc7 21. Rdc1
Nb5 22. Rc4 Nd4 23. Qb2 Ba6 24. R4c3 Bb7 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. b4 cxb4 27. Nd5 Qe6
28. Nxb4 Rd8 29. Nc6 Nxc6 30. Rxc6 Qe7 31. f3 Rbd7 32. Kf2 Rd6 33. Rc8 g6 34.
R1c7 Qf6 35. Rxd8+ Qxd8 36. Rxa7 h5 37. Qxe5 Rd5 38. Qe7 Qxe7 39. Rxe7 Ra5 40.
Rb7 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tan, Justin Hy"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "UK Lions"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 Nxd4 8. Nxd4
exd4 9. c3 dxc3 10. Qd5 Be6 11. Qc6+ Bd7 12. Qd5 Be6 13. Qc6+ Bd7 14. Qd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "Chicago Wind"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e4 a5 7. O-O a4 8. a3
dxe4 9. dxe4 Nfd7 10. e5 Nc6 11. Qe2 b6 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Ne4 Qc8 14. Bf4 Rd8 15.
h4 h6 16. g4 Nf8 17. h5 Ra5 18. g5 hxg5 19. Nexg5 Rad5 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Ne4
Nd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. c3 Rd7 24. Qg4 Nh7 25. Bh6 Qf8 26. Re1 Kh8 27. Bf4 Qd8
28. Kh2 Ba8 29. Re3 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 f5 31. exf6 Nxf6 32. Qxe6 Bd6 33. Qf5 Bxf4+
34. Qxf4 Rd2 35. Kg2 Nd5 36. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 37. Kg3 Qxh5 38. Re5 Rd3+ 39. Re3 Rxe3+
40. fxe3 Qg6+ 41. Kf3 Qc6+ 42. e4 Kg8 43. Qf5 Qc4 44. Ke3 Qc5+ 45. Kd3 Qxf5 46.
exf5 Kf7 47. Ke4 Kf6 48. c4 c6 49. Kf4 b5 50. c5 Ke7 51. Ke5 Kd7 52. f6 gxf6+
53. Kxf6 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "Chicago Wind"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 Bf5 4. Bb2 e6 5. Nh4 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxe2 7. Qxe2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. c4 c5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Rd1 d4 12. exd4 cxd4 13. d3 Qb6 14. Nbd2 Rfd8
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 a5 17. Nf3 Bc5 18. Rab1 Nd7 19. Qe4 Nf6 20. Qe5 Nd7 21.
Qe2 Nb8 22. Ng5 h6 23. Ne4 Nc6 24. Bc1 Be7 25. Bd2 Qc7 26. Re1 Qd7 27. f4 Rab8
28. a4 Re8 29. Rf1 f5 30. Ng3 g6 31. Rfe1 Bd6 32. Qf3 Kg7 33. Ne2 Re7 34. Kh1
Rbe8 35. Qf2 Bc5 36. Bxa5 e5 37. fxe5 Nxa5 38. b4 Rxe5 39. bxc5 Qe7 40. Qxd4
Nc6 41. Qc3 Kg8 42. Rb2 Qxc5 43. Rxb7 Qf2 44. Rg1 Qxe2 45. Rb6 R5e6 46. d4 Nd8
47. a5 f4 48. d5 Rxb6 49. axb6 Qf2 50. c5 f3 51. gxf3 Kh7 52. Qf6 g5 53. Qf5+
Kg7 54. Qg4 Re2 55. Qg3 Qxc5 56. Qc7+ Qe7 57. d6 Qf7 58. Rf1 Kg6 59. d7 Ne6 60.
d8=Q Nxd8 61. Qxd8 Qe6 62. Qd3+ Kh5 63. Rb1 Qe5 64. f4 gxf4 65. Qh3+ Kg6 66.
Rg1+ Kh7 67. Qd7+ Qe7 68. Qf5+ Kh8 69. Qc8+ Qe8 70. b7 Kh7 71. Qf5+ Kh8 72.
Qf6+ Kh7 73. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chicago Wind"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. f3
Bh5 9. Nbc3 Qd7 10. Be4 e6 11. O-O Bg6 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. Rc1 Kb8 14. Bf2 Be7
15. a4 Nb4 16. a5 N6d5 17. Qb3 a6 18. Rfd1 Bf5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Nc3 c6 21.
Nxd5 cxd5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Bg3 Qe6 24. Be1 Rc8 25. Bb4 Bxb4 26. Qxb4 f6 27. f4
g5 28. Qd2 fxe5 29. dxe5 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 gxf4 31. Qxf4 Re8 32. g3 Ka8 33. b4 Qxe5
34. Rc8+ Ka7 35. Qf2+ d4 36. Rxe8 Qxe8 37. Qxd4+ Ka8 38. Kf2 Qc6 39. h4 Qc1 40.
Qd8+ Ka7 41. Qb6+ Ka8 42. Qd4 h6 43. Qd6 Qc2+ 44. Ke3 Qe4+ 45. Kd2 h5 46. Kc3
Qe3+ 47. Qd3 Qe5+ 48. Kc4 Qb5+ 49. Kc3 Qe5+ 50. Kb3 f4 51. gxf4 Qxf4 52. Qd8+
Ka7 53. Ka4 Qe3 54. Qd5 Qe8+ 55. Kb3 Qg6 56. Qd4+ Ka8 57. Kc4 Qe6+ 58. Qd5 Qe2+
59. Qd3 Qe6+ 60. Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chicago Wind"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. c3 Qc7 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
Ne5 O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. Qe2 a5 11. O-O Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. f4 a4 14. Rf3 a3 15.
b3 Nc7 16. Rh3 Rac8 17. g4 Nd7 18. g5 g6 19. Qg4 h5 20. gxh6 Nf6 21. h7+ Kh8
22. Qg5 Nce8 23. Kh1 Ne4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Rg1 Ng7 26. Qf6 Qd8 27. Nxf7+ Rxf7
28. Qxf7 cxd4 29. Qxg6 Rc7 30. cxd4 Qc8 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "California Unicorns"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 Nd7 10. Nbd2 c5 11. Nc4 Rc8 12. Rc1 N5f6 13. e3 b5 14. Nce5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Qf3 c4 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Rc2 Rc7 20. Re1 Ne4 21.
Nxc4 Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Qxc4 23. Qxe4 Qxa2 24. Qb7 Ba3 25. Bxa3 Qxa3 26. Rb1 g6 27.
Rb5 Qa2 28. h4 h5 29. Rc5 a6 30. Qc7 Qb1 31. Qc6 Rb8 32. Ra5 Qe1 33. Ra2 Rb1
34. Kh3 a5 35. Qe4 Qf1+ 36. Qg2 Qd1 37. Rxa5 Rb2 38. d5 Qe1 39. Ra8+ Kg7 40.
dxe6 Rxf2 41. exf7 Rxf7 42. Qb2+ Rf6 43. Qb7+ Rf7 44. Qb2+ Rf6 45. Ra7+ Kh6 46.
Ra1 Qf2 47. Qe5 Qf5+ 48. Qxf5 Rxf5 49. Kg2 Rb5 50. Ra7 g5 51. Ra6+ Kg7 52. hxg5
Rxg5 53. Kf2 Rf5+ 54. Kg2 Rg5 55. Ra4 Kg6 56. Kf3 Rf5+ 57. Rf4 Rb5 58. Rf8 Rb1
59. Ra8 Rf1+ 60. Ke2 Rb1 61. Kf3 Rf1+ 62. Ke4 Rg1 63. Ra6+ Kg5 64. Kf3 Rf1+ 65.
Kg2 Rb1 66. Ra5+ Kg4 67. Ra4+ Kg5 68. Re4 Kf5 69. Re8 Kg4 70. Rg8+ Kf5 71. Kf3
Rf1+ 72. Ke2 Ra1 73. Kf2 Rb1 74. Ra8 Kg4 75. Ra4+ Kf5 76. Rf4+ Kg5 77. e4 Rb2+
78. Kf1 Rb3 79. Kf2 Rb2+ 80. Ke3 Rb3+ 81. Kd4 Rxg3 82. Rf8 h4 83. e5 Rg4+ 84.
Kd5 h3 85. Rg8+ Kf4 86. Rh8 Kg3 87. e6 Rg7 88. Kd6 h2 89. e7 Rxe7 90. Kxe7 Kg2
91. Rxh2+ Kxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "214"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "California Unicorns"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. h3 b5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. g4 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. g5 Nd7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qf2 Rc8 13. O-O Be7 14. h4 exf4 15.
Bxf4 O-O 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. Bh3 Qc7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Rcd8 20. h5 Ne5 21.
Rfd1 g6 22. c3 Qc4 23. Bg2 Qxa2 24. Qa7 Rd7 25. Qd4 Qxb2 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Qxe5
Bc5+ 28. Kh2 Re7 29. Qg3 Qf2 30. h6 Qxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Rc7 32. Rd7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7
Be3 34. Kg4 Rc8 35. Rd3 Bc5 36. e5 Kf8 37. Rd7 Be7 38. Bd5 Rxc3 39. Ra7 Rc8 40.
Kf4 Rd8 41. Ke4 b4 42. Bb3 a5 43. e6 fxe6 44. Bxe6 Rb8 45. Bb3 a4 46. Rxa4 Bxg5
47. Ra7 Be7 48. Ra1 Bf6 49. Ra7 Be7 50. Ra1 Ke8 51. Bg8 Bg5 52. Bxh7 Bxh6 53.
Bxg6+ Ke7 54. Ra7+ Kf6 55. Ra6+ Kg5 56. Kd4 b3 57. Bb1 b2 58. Kc4 Kh5 59. Ra5+
Kh4 60. Rb5 Rc8+ 61. Rc5 Re8 62. Kb3 Bg7 63. Rc7 Bf6 64. Rc6 Kg5 65. Rc5+ Kg4
66. Rc6 Bh8 67. Rh6 Rb8+ 68. Kc2 Be5 69. Rc6 Kf4 70. Rc4+ Ke3 71. Rc5 Kd4 72.
Rc6 Kd5 73. Rh6 Rc8+ 74. Kb3 Rc3+ 75. Ka2 Rg3 76. Ra6 Bc3 77. Ra4 Kc5 78. Ra3
Kb4 79. Rb3+ Kc4 80. Rb8 Be5 81. Re8 Bd4 82. Rc8+ Kb4 83. Rb8+ Kc4 84. Rc8+ Kb4
85. Rb8+ Kc4 86. Rd8 Bf6 87. Rc8+ Kb4 88. Rb8+ Kc5 89. Rf8 Bg7 90. Rf7 Be5 91.
Rf5 Kd5 92. Rh5 Kd6 93. Rh6+ Kc5 94. Rh5 Kd6 95. Rh4 Bc3 96. Rc4 Kd5 97. Ra4
Kc5 98. Rh4 Bd4 99. Rh7 Kb4 100. Rb7+ Ka4 101. Bc2+ Ka5 102. Rd7 Bc3 103. Ra7+
Kb5 104. Rb7+ Kc6 105. Be4+ Kc5 106. Bc2 Be5 107. Rb3 Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "California Unicorns"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. d4 d5 14. Bd3 g6
15. Ng4 Ng7 16. Qf3 Kh8 17. Ne5 Be6 18. c3 Bg5 19. Qg3 Bxc1 20. Raxc1 Nh5 21.
Qe3 Qf6 22. g3 Rae8 23. Qh6 Qg7 24. Qxg7+ Nxg7 25. Kg2 f6 26. Nf3 Kg8 27. Re2
Bg4 28. Rce1 Bxf3+ 29. Kxf3 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Kf7 31. h4 Ne6 32. Bc2 b5 33. Re1 Rb8
34. a3 a5 35. Ke3 Ng7 36. Kd2 Ne8 37. Bd3 Nd6 38. h5 Re8 39. Rxe8 Nxe8 40.
hxg6+ hxg6 41. b4 axb4 42. axb4 Nd6 43. Ke3 g5 44. g4 Nc8 45. Bf5 Nb6 46. Bd3
Na4 47. Kd2 Ke7 48. Bc2 Nb6 49. Bd3 Nc8 50. Ke3 Nd6 51. f4 gxf4+ 52. Kxf4 Nc8
53. Ke3 Nb6 54. Bc2 Kf7 55. Bf5 Kg7 56. Kf4 Kf8 57. Ke3 Kf7 58. Ke2 Kg8 59. Kf3
Kg7 60. Ke3 Kf7 61. Kd3 Ke7 62. Ke3 Nc4+ 63. Kf4 Ke8 64. Bg6+ Kd7 65. Bf5+ Ke7
66. Bd3 Nb2 67. Ke3 Na4 68. Kd2 Nb6 69. Ke3 Nc8 70. Bf5 Nd6 71. Kf4 Nc4 72. Bd3
Nb2 73. Ke3 Kf8 74. Bf5 Ke8 75. Bg6+ Kd8 76. Bf5 Nd1+ 77. Kd2 Nf2 78. Ke3 Nh3
79. Kf3 Ng5+ 80. Kf4 Ke7 81. Ke3 Nf7 82. Kf4 Nd6 83. Bd3 Nc8 84. Bf5 Nb6 85.
Ke3 Na8 86. Kf4 Nc7 87. Ke3 Ne8 88. Kf4 Nd6 89. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "California Unicorns"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. d5 d6 11. Re1 Bg5 12. Nc3 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 Bf5 14. Qd4
Nf6 15. h3 h6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. cxd3 a6 18. Re3 Re8 19. Ne4 Nd7 20. Rg3 f6 21.
Re3 a5 22. Ng3 Nc5 23. Nf5 Rxe3 24. fxe3 h5 25. Rf1 Qd7 26. e4 Rf8 27. Qe3 g6
28. Nh4 Qg7 29. d4 Nd7 30. Rf3 g5 31. Nf5 Qh7 32. Qc3 Nb6 33. Qxa5 Re8 34. Nxd6
Ra8 35. Qb5 Qe7 36. e5 fxe5 37. Nf5 Qe8 38. Qe2 Nxd5 39. dxe5 Nf4 40. Qc4+ Kh8
41. Qxc7 Qg6 42. Ne7 Qe6 43. Qd6 Ra6 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. h4 Qb6+ 46. Qxb6 Rxb6 47.
hxg5 Ne2+ 48. Kh2 Re6 49. Nf5+ Kg6 50. Re3 Nf4 51. Nd4 Re7 52. e6 Kxg5 53. a4
Kf6 54. a5 h4 55. b4 Rg7 56. Kh1 Nd5 57. Rf3+ Ke5 58. Nf5 Rg8 59. e7 Re8 60. b5
Nf4 61. Nxh4 Ke4 62. a6 bxa6 63. bxa6 Nd5 64. Ng6 Nxe7 65. Nxe7 Rxe7 66. Ra3
Ra7 67. Kh2 Kf4 68. Ra4+ Ke3 69. g3 Kd3 70. Kg2 Kc3 71. g4 Kb3 72. Ra5 Kb2 73.
Kg3 Kb3 74. g5 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 a6 11. h3 Bd7 12. b3 b5 13. Bb2 Rb8 14. Nd1 Qc8 15. Kh2
e6 16. e4 bxc4 17. bxc4 Rb4 18. Bc3 Rxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Rc1 e5
22. Bd2 Be6 23. Ne3 Na3 24. Qd3 Nb5 25. Nc4 Qc6 26. f4 Nd7 27. f5 Bf7 28. Bg5
Re8 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Na5 Qc8 32. Qd5+ Re6 33. Rf1+ Bf6 34. h4
Nc7 35. Qb3 Kg7 36. Bh3 Qe8 37. Bxe6 Nxe6 38. Bxf6+ Nxf6 39. Qb7+ Qd7 40. Qxd7+
Nxd7 41. Nc4 Nf6 42. Nxd6 g5 43. h5 Nxh5 44. Rf7+ Kg8 45. Ra7 Nf6 46. Rxa6 Ng4+
47. Kg2 Nd4 48. Nc4 Nc2 49. a4 Kf7 50. a5 Ke7 51. Rb6 Nge3+ 52. Nxe3 Nxe3+ 53.
Kf3 Nc4 54. Rb7+ Kd6 55. a6 Kc6 56. Rb8 1-0

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. d3 e6 6. Be2 Nd7 7. Bf4 Bb4 8. O-O
Ne7 9. Ne5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 O-O 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. a4 Ng6 14. Bd2 e5
15. a5 f5 16. f3 Rf7 17. Be3 Qe6 18. exf5 Qxf5 19. Rab1 a6 20. Rb4 Rd8 21. c4
h6 22. Rfb1 Rdd7 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Rb6 Kh7 25. Qe1 Rc7 26. R1b2 e4 27. fxe4
dxe4 28. d4 Rfd7 29. Kh2 Ne7 30. Qh4 Nd5 31. R6b3 Nxe3 32. Rxe3 Rxd4 33. Qg3
Qxa5 34. Qf4 Re7 35. c3 Rc4 36. Rbe2 Qe5 0-1

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nge2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be6 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bxd5 Qxd5 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd2 Rad8 13. Ng3 f5 14. f4 e4
15. c4 Qa5 16. Rfd1 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Na5 18. Rad1 c5 19. dxe4 Rxd2 20. Bxd2 Nxc4
21. exf5 Bc8 22. Bc1 h6 23. Kf2 Kh7 24. h3 a5 25. c3 a4 26. h4 Kg8 27. h5 Rf7
28. Rd8+ Rf8 29. Rd5 Rf7 30. Rd8+ Rf8 31. Rd3 Rf7 32. Kf3 Rd7 33. Rxd7 Bxd7 34.
f6 gxf6 35. Nf1 f5 36. Ne3 Nd6 37. c4 Be6 38. Bb2 Nxc4 39. Nxc4 Bxc4 40. Be5
Bd5+ 41. Kf2 Bf7 42. Bc7 b5 43. Bd6 c4 44. Ke3 Bxh5 45. Kd4 Kf7 46. g3 Bf3 47.
Bb4 Kg6 48. Kc3 Kh5 49. Bf8 Bc6 50. Kb4 Be8 51. Kc3 Kg6 52. Kd4 h5 53. Kc3 Kf7
54. Bb4 Ke6 55. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.01.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "Canada Chessbrahs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. h3 O-O 10. d3 Ne6 11. Ne4 b6 12. a4 a5 13. b3 f5 14. exf6 exf6 15.
Bb2 Ra7 16. Ned2 Re7 17. Nc4 Rfe8 18. Qd2 g5 19. Bc3 h5 20. Re3 Nf4 21. Rxe7
Rxe7 22. Re1 Nd5 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Qe1 Kf8 25. Qxe7+ Kxe7 26. Bd2 Ba6 27. g4
hxg4 28. hxg4 Ke6 29. Kg2 Bf8 30. Ng1 Bd6 31. Nxd6 Kxd6 32. Ne2 Nb4 33. c4 Nxd3
34. Kg3 Nb4 35. f4 gxf4+ 36. Nxf4 b5 37. cxb5 cxb5 38. axb5 Bxb5 39. Bc3 Nd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th Januar"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Musovic, Armin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "3134"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a3 e5 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 e4 4. Bf4 c6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Nge2 h5 7. h4 Bg4 8. Qd2 Ne7
9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Nf4 Ng6 11. Nce2 Ne7 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Be2 b5 14. f3 exf3 15.
gxf3 Bf5 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Bg4 18. e5 Qh6 19. O-O-O Nb6 20. Rdg1 O-O-O 21.
Kb1 Ng6 22. Bxg4+ hxg4 23. Nce2 Nc4 24. Qc1 Nxf4 25. Nxf4 Rxd4 26. Rxg4 Nd2+
27. Ka1 Rxf4 28. Rg5 Qxg5 29. hxg5 Rxh1 30. Qxh1 Rf1+ 31. Qxf1 Nxf1 32. g6 fxg6
0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th Januar"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Roberson, Peter T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "3135"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Qc7 9. c3 b5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Nb3 h6 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Be6 15.
d4 c4 16. Nc5 Rfe8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qh5 Rad8 19. Re3 Bg5 20. f4 g6 21. Qe2 Bf6
22. Re1 Rd6 23. Bh3 Bxh3 24. Rxe8+ Kg7 25. Ra8 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Qe8 Qa5
28. a3 Bxd4+ 29. cxd4 Qd2 30. Qe2 Qxd4+ 31. Qe3 Qxb2 32. Qe5+ Qxe5 33. Rxe5 d4
34. Rd5 d3 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Ke3 Bf5 37. Ne4+ Ke6 38. Re5+ Kd7 39. Nc3 a6 40. Kd4
Kc6 41. Rc5+ Kb6 42. a4 d2 43. axb5 Bg4 44. Rc6+ Kb7 45. Rxa6 d1=Q+ 46. Nxd1
Bxd1 47. Kxc4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th Januar"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bachmann, Axel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "3136"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 Rb8 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. e3 c5 16. Ne4 cxd4 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Rxd4 c5 19. Rd2 Rb4 20. Rad1 a5
21. Qc3 Rxa4 22. Rd6 Rb4 23. Rc6 Rxb2 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Rxc5 a4 26. Ra1 Ra8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th Januar"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "3138"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2020.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. g5
Nd7 9. h4 a6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Bf4 e5 15.
Be3 Qa5 16. Kb1 Qb4 17. b3 a5 18. f4 a4 19. f5 axb3 20. cxb3 Nc5 21. Bxc5 dxc5
22. f6 Bd8 23. fxg7 Kxg7 24. Qb2 Ba5 25. Na4 Qxe4+ 26. Bd3 Qd4 27. Bc4 Bf5+ 28.
Ka1 Qxb2+ 29. Kxb2 Rfd8 30. Nxc5 Bb6 31. Na6 Ra8 32. a4 Bd4+ 33. Ka2 Bg4 34.
Rdf1 Bh5 35. Rh2 e4 36. Nb4 Rd6 37. Be2 Be5 38. Bxh5 Bxh2 39. Rxf7+ Kh8 40. Rf2
Bg3 41. Re2 Bxh4 42. Rxe4 Bxg5 43. Rc4 Rf8 44. a5 c5 45. Rxc5 Rf2+ 46. Ka3 Bd2
47. Nc6 Rxc6 48. Rxc6 Bxa5 49. b4 Bd8 50. Rc8 Rd2 51. b5 Kg7 52. Bg4 Kf6 53.
Rc6+ Kg5 54. Bc8 Rd6 55. Rc5+ Kf6 56. Kb3 Bb6 57. Rh5 Kg7 58. Bf5 h6 59. Rh3
Rd5 60. Bd3 Rg5 61. Be2 Re5 62. Rg3+ Kf6 63. Bd3 Rg5 64. Rf3+ Ke5 65. Rf7 Rg3
66. Kc3 Kd5 67. Rf5+ Kd6 68. Rf6+ Kc7 69. Rc6+ Kb7 70. Rxh6 Kc7 71. Rc6+ Kb7
72. Re6 Kc7 73. Kc4 Rg1 74. Rc6+ Kb7 75. Bc2 Rg4+ 76. Kc3 Rg5 77. Kb4 Rg4+ 78.
Kb3 Rg5 79. Bd3 Rg3 80. Kc3 Ba5+ 81. Kd4 Bb6+ 82. Kc3 Ba5+ 83. Kc4 Rg4+ 84. Kd5
Rg5+ 85. Ke4 Rg4+ 86. Kf5 Rb4 87. Rg6 Bb6 88. Be4+ Ka7 89. Rg7+ Kb8 90. Rb7+
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th Januar"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "3124"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2020.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. O-O
g6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bb5+ Nec6 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Rac1
O-O 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxc6 Qe7 18. Qc2 Qb4 19. Qc3 Qa4 20. a3
Rae8 21. Rc1 Re2 22. Rd6 Qb5 23. b3 Rfe8 24. a4 Qa6 25. Rxd5 Ra2 26. Re5 Rxe5
27. Qc8+ Qxc8 28. Rxc8+ Kg7 29. dxe5 Rb2 30. Rc3 a5 31. f4 f5 32. exf6+ Kxf6
33. g4 Ke7 34. Rd3 Ke6 35. Kg2 Rc2 36. h3 Rb2 37. Rc3 Ke7 38. Kg3 h6 39. f3 Kf7
40. Rc7+ Kf8 41. Rc6 Rxb3 42. Rxg6 h5 43. gxh5 Kf7 44. f5 b5 45. axb5 Rxb5 46.
Kg4 a4 47. Ra6 Rb1 48. h6 Rg1+ 49. Kh5 Rg3 50. h4 Kg8 51. Ra8+ Kh7 52. Ra7+ Kh8
53. Rxa4 Rxf3 54. Kg4 Rf1 55. Ra7 Rg1+ 56. Kh5 Rf1 57. Kg6 Rg1+ 58. Kf6 Rg4 59.
Ke7 Re4+ 60. Kf7 Kh7 61. f6 Rb4 62. Rd7 Kxh6 63. Ke7 Re4+ 64. Kf8 Rxh4 65. f7
Ra4 66. Kg8 Rg4+ 67. Kf8 Ra4 68. Ke8 Ra8+ 69. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th Januar"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Klekowski, Maciej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "3126"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Bxc6 Bxc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 Qa5 11. h4 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd4 Rc8 14. f4 h5
15. g3 O-O 16. Rhe1 Rfd8 17. Kb1 Be8 18. Qf3 b5 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Be7 21. g4
Rc4 22. Nb3 Qc7 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. gxh5 Rxh4 25. Rg1 Bg5 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. Qg3
Rxh5 28. Ne4 Bh4 29. Qf3 Rxe5 30. Qf4 Bc6 31. Qxh4 Bd5 32. Nc3 g5 33. Qh6 Bxb3
34. axb3 Rf5 35. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th Januar"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Perez Ponsa, Federico"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "3122"]
[BlackElo "2920"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Bf5 8. c4
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qc1 e4 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bg4 14. Nc3 Bxe2
15. Nxe2 Qg4 16. Qb2 Nh5 17. h3 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qe6 19. Rad1 Nf6 20. Nf4 Qe5 21.
Qd2 Kg7 22. Nd5 c5 23. Nxf6 cxd4 24. Nd7 Qd6 25. Nxf8 d3 26. Qc3+ Kg8 27. Nxh7
Kxh7 28. Qd4 Qe7 29. f3 f5 30. fxe4 fxe4 31. c5 Rd8 32. Qc4 Kh6 33. b4 Qe5 34.
b5 Rf8 35. c6 bxc6 36. bxc6 Qg3 37. Qd4 Qf2+ 38. Kh2 Qc2 39. Rf1 Rxf1 40. Qh8+
Kg5 41. Qd8+ Kh6 42. Qh8+ Kg5 43. Qd8+ Kf5 44. c7 Rc1 45. Qd5+ Kf6 46. Qd6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th Januar"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mohammad Nubairshah, Shaikh"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2926"]
[BlackElo "3110"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 f5 5. exf5 Bxg2 6. Qh5+ g6 7. fxg6 Bg7 8.
gxh7+ Kf8 9. Ne2 Bxh1 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Qh4 Nc6 12. Nd2 e5 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Rxh1
Qf7 15. Rg1 e4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Re8 18. N2c3 Nxd4 19. Bf6 Nf5 20. Qg4
Bxf6 21. Nxf6 Nh6 22. Qf4 Re6 23. Qxh6+ Ke7 24. Ncd5+ Kd6 25. Qf4+ Kc5 26.
Qxc7+ Rc6 27. Qe5 Kxc4 28. Nc3 Rc5 29. Rg4+ Kd3 30. Qe2# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th Januar"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leiva Rodriguez, Jeammarco Giuseppe"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "3111"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 f5 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 Qc8 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Qb3
Bxc3 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. b3 d6 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Qe3 Re8 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Rac1 Ng4
15. Qd2 Ndf6 16. Rf1 Ne4 17. Qd1 Ngf6 18. Ne1 Ng5 19. f3 Nf7 20. Bh3 Ng5 21.
Bg2 e5 22. d5 Qd7 23. Nd3 Qe7 24. Nb4 a5 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. dxc6 f4 27. Qd2 Ne6
28. e3 Nh5 29. exf4 exf4 30. g4 Nf6 31. h4 Nh7 32. Rfe1 Qxh4 33. Qd5 Qe7 34.
Bf1 Nhg5 35. Bd3 Qf7 36. Bf5 Nc5 37. Bd7 Rxe1+ 38. Rxe1 Qxd5 39. cxd5 Nxf3+ 40.
Kf2 Nxe1 41. Kxe1 Nd3+ 42. Kd2 Nxb2 43. Kc2 Rf8 44. Kxb2 f3 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France Roosters"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bxc4 a6 6. a4 b6 7. d4 Bb7 8. O-O
c5 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Bg3 Nc6 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. Bd3 Nb4 16. Bb1 a5 17. Ne5 g6 18. Ra3 Ba6 19. Qd2 Rc8 20. Bf4 Bf6 21. Rh3
Re8 22. Bg3 Bg7 23. Qf4 Qf6 24. Qxf6 Bxf6 25. Bf4 Bg7 26. Rc3 f6 27. Nf3 Be2
28. Rdc1 Rxc3 29. bxc3 Nd3 30. Bxd3 Bxd3 31. Ne1 Bf5 32. Be3 Bd7 33. Ra1 Rc8
34. Bd2 Rc4 35. Rb1 Rxa4 36. Rxb6 Ra2 37. Be3 a4 38. Rb7 Be8 39. Rb8 Kf7 40.
Rb7+ Ke6 41. Rxg7 Ra1 42. Bd2 Rd1 43. g3 Rxd2 44. Nf3 Rd1+ 45. Kg2 g5 46. Ra7
Bb5 47. h3 h5 48. g4 h4 49. Ra5 Bf1+ 50. Kh2 Rd3 51. Ng1 Rd2 52. Rxa4 Rxf2+ 53.
Kh1 Bg2+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France Roosters"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 c5 11. a4 Rxa5 12. Ra3 Kh8 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Nb5 Ra6 15.
Bb2 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. f4 Ng6 18. Qa1 Rg8 19. fxe5 Ndxe5 20. Kh1 Qe7 21. Qd1
Bd7 22. Ba1 Raa8 23. Nf3 Ng4 24. Bxg7+ Rxg7 25. Qd2 f4 26. Bd3 Ne3 27. Rg1 Ne5
28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. Be2 Nf5 30. d6 Qf6 31. Rh3 Rag8 32. Bf3 Nd4 33. Nxd4 Bxh3 34.
Nb3 e4 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "France Roosters"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Rc8 11. Bg5 Na5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. Qd3 Rc5
15. Nc3 Nc4 16. Rab1 Be7 17. Nd2 b5 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Qe2 Qc6 21.
Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Nxc4 Rc8 24. Ne3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bg5 26. c3 Bxe3 27.
Qxe3 Qa4 28. Rxd6 Qxa2 29. Qc5 Rf8 30. b4 Qe2 31. b5 h5 32. Rd7 Qe1+ 33. Kh2
Qe4 34. Rxa7 Rd8 35. Qe3 Qf5 36. b6 Kh7 37. Qf3 Qxf3 38. gxf3 Rb8 39. Ra6 Kg6
40. c4 Kf5 41. c5 Ke6 42. c6 Kd6 43. c7 Re8 44. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "France Roosters"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1
c4 9. b3 e6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. a4 cxb3 12. Bxb3 Nxe4 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8+ Bxa8
15. Na3 Be7 16. Nxb5 Qb6 17. c4 O-O 18. d3 Nef6 19. Be3 Qa5 20. Bd2 Bxf3 21.
Bxa5 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Ra8 23. Bc3 Nc5 24. Bc2 d5 25. g3 dxc4 26. dxc4 Nfd7 27. Bd4
h6 28. Nc7 Rc8 29. Nd5 Bd6 30. Ne3 Be5 31. Rd2 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Kf8 33. Bd1 Ke7
34. Rd2 Ra8 35. Rb2 Ne5 36. Be2 Nc6 37. Kg2 Nd4 38. Rd2 Ndb3 39. Rb2 Rd8 40.
Bd1 Nd4 41. Ra2 Rd7 42. h4 f5 43. h5 Kf6 44. Rd2 Ne4 45. Rd3 Nc5 46. Rd2 Ne4
1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia Eagles"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. g5
Nh5 9. Bxh5 gxh5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. exf5 Qa5 12. f6 exf6 13. Qxd6 fxg5 14. O-O
Qe5 15. Qb4 Nd7 16. Ne4 a5 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qc6 Rb6 19. Nd6+ Qxd6 20. Re1+ Kd8
21. Qa8+ Kc7 22. Qxa5 Bd4 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Kb7 25. Rd3 Qc6 26. Rad1 Nc5
27. Rd6 Qb5 28. Qxb5 Rxb5 29. R1d5 Rc8 30. b3 Rb4 31. c4 Ne6 32. Rd7+ Rc7 33.
Rxc7+ Kxc7 34. Rf5 Kd6 35. h4 g4 36. Rxf7 Rb8 37. Rf5 Ra8 38. Rxh5 Rxa2 39.
Rxh7 Ke5 40. Kg2 Ra1 41. Kg3 Rg1+ 42. Kh2 Re1 43. Kg3 Rg1+ 44. Kh2 Rb1 45. Kg3
Rxb3+ 46. Kxg4 Rc3 47. Rf7 Rxc4+ 48. f4+ Ke4 49. Re7 Kd5 50. Rd7+ Kc6 51. Rf7
Rc1 52. h5 Rg1+ 53. Kf5 Ng7+ 54. Rxg7 Rxg7 55. h6 Rg2 56. h7 Rh2 57. Kg6 Kd6
58. Kg7 Ke7 59. h8=Q Rg2+ 60. Kh6 Rh2+ 61. Kg7 Rg2+ 62. Kh6 Rh2+ 63. Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia Eagles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Rc1 Be7 8. h3 h6
9. Ngf3 O-O 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. g4 Be4 12. O-O Bh7 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15.
Nd2 Bh7 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nb6 18. e4 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Rd8 21.
Qb3 Rxd4 22. Rfd1 Rxe4 23. Qd3 Rb4 24. b3 a5 25. a4 Qf8 26. Be5 Rd8 27. Qf3 Rd5
28. Rxd5 exd5 29. Bc7 Bd8 30. Bg3 Re4 31. Qf5 Qe8 32. f3 g6 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia Eagles"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Na4 Bb4+ 6. c3 Ba5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bb3
h6 9. h3 Nc6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Bc2 Qd7 12. Qe2 Ne7 13. O-O Ng6 14. Kh2 Qe7 15. d4
Bd7 16. Re1 O-O 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. a3 Rfe8 19. d5 b5 20. c4 bxc4 21. Qxc4 c6 22.
dxc6 Bxc6 23. Bb2 Rac8 24. Qe2 Nf4 25. Qd2 Bd7 26. Rad1 Be6 27. Re3 Red8 28.
Bb1 Nh7 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. Bxc3 Rc8 31. Bb2 Ng5 32. Ng1 Qf6 33. Qe3 Qg6 34. Qg3
Nh5 35. Qe3 Nf4 36. Rxd6 Ngxh3 37. Qg3 Ng5 38. Kh1 Nxe4 39. Qxg6 Nxf2+ 40. Kh2
Nxg6 41. Bxg6 fxg6 42. Rxe6 Rc2 43. Bxe5 Kf7 44. Rb6 Ng4+ 45. Kg3 Nxe5 46.
Rxb7+ Kf6 47. Nf3 Nxf3 48. gxf3 g5 49. a4 h5 50. a5 Ra2 51. Rb8 Ra3 52. Kf2 g4
53. fxg4 h4 54. Rb5 Ra4 55. Kf3 g5 56. Ke4 h3 57. Rb6+ Kg7 58. Kf3 Ra2 59. Rc6
h2 60. Rc1 Rb2 61. Kg3 Kf6 62. Ra1 Ke5 63. a6 Rxb4 64. Kxh2 Rxg4 65. a7 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team-k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia Eagles"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Rc1 Bxc3 12. Rxc3 Nbd7 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bh4 Rc8
15. Re1 Qe8 16. Bb5 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Qc8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd5 20. c4 Nf4 21.
Qg4 Ng6 22. Bg3 Rd8 23. h4 Ne7 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 a6 26. Ba4 Nf5 27. Bc2
Qxc4 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Bxf5+ exf5 30. Qxb6 Bd5 31. Qa5 Qd4 32. a3 g5 33. hxg5
hxg5 34. Qd8 f4 35. Qxg5 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 fxg3+ 37. Kxg3 Qd3+ 38. f3 Be6 39. Kh4
Qd1 40. g4 Qh1+ 41. Kg3 a5 42. Qh4+ Qxh4+ 43. Kxh4 Kg6 44. f4 a4 45. Kg3 Bd7
46. Kf3 Bb5 47. Ke3 Bf1 48. Kf2 Bc4 49. Kf3 Bb3 50. Ke2 Kg7 51. Kf3 Kf8 52. f5
Ke7 53. Kf4 Bd1 54. g5 Bc2 55. g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO Stage payoff"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France Roosters"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Nbd2
Nd7 9. c4 Qa5 10. b4 Qxb4 11. Rb1 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Qa5 13. Rxb7 Nb6 14. Rxe7+ Bxe7
15. Qxc6+ Kf8 16. O-O Qxa2 17. Ne4 Qd5 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Qb1 f6 20. Bf4 Kf7 21.
exf6 gxf6 22. Neg5+ Ke8 23. Qg6+ Kd7 24. Nh7 Qf5 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage payoff"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "France Roosters"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 7. e4 a4 8. a3
Nc6 9. Re1 dxe4 10. dxe4 e5 11. c3 Bc5 12. h3 h6 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. Nh4 Be6 15.
Nc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Rfd8 17. Nf5 Qf8 18. Kh2 b6 19. f4 g6 20. Nh4 Qg7 21. Qb5 Rd6
22. Nf3 Nh5 23. Rf1 Ra5 24. Qe2 Ra8 25. Qb5 Kh8 26. Bd2 Rad8 27. Rae1 exf4 28.
Bxf4 Nxf4 29. gxf4 Qf6 30. e5 Qxf4+ 31. Kh1 Qg3 32. exd6 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage payoff"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.03.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France Roosters"]
[BlackTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bb4 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nfd5 14. Bd2 Nb6
15. Bb3 Bxd2 16. N1xd2 Bf5 17. Rc1 a4 18. Bc2 a3 19. bxa3 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Nbd5
21. Qb3 Qd7 22. e6 fxe6 23. Ne5 Qe8 24. Qxb7 Rxa3 25. Qb1 Qa8 26. Nd7 Rd8 27.
Nc5 Nf4 28. Nde4 Rxa2 29. Rc2 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Nf5 31. Qc4 Qd5 32. Qxd5 exd5 33.
Nd2 Kf7 34. g3 Ng6 35. Ra1 Rd6 36. Ra7 Rc6 37. Ndb3 Nge7 38. Kg2 Nd6 39. Nd7
Rc3 40. Nd4 Nc4 41. Nb5 Rc2 42. Rxc7 Kg8 43. Nf6+ Kf8 44. Nd7+ Ke8 45. Nc5 Kf7
0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tanenbaum, Zachary Chen"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "3264"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 c6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Nf5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bg4 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Nh4 g5
15. Nf3 g4 16. Nh2 f5 17. Bd3 Qf6 18. Ne2 Be6 19. c3 Nd7 20. Nf4 Bxf4 21. gxf4
h5 22. Qd2 h4 23. Re2 Rf7 24. Rae1 Nf8 25. Re5 Bd7 26. Qc2 Kh8 27. Nf1 Ng6 28.
g3 Nxe5 29. dxe5 Qh6 30. Ne3 Raf8 31. c4 hxg3 32. fxg3 Rh7 33. Bf1 d4 34. Bg2
dxe3 35. Rxe3 Be6 36. Qd2 Rd7 37. Rd3 Rxd3 38. Qxd3 Re8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Rodrigue Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "3265"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Nd7 7. Bc4 Nf6
8. Ne5 e6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. b3 Bd6 12. Bb2 Nd5 13. Be4 Qc7 14. Bxd5
cxd5 15. Qxb5+ Ke7 16. O-O Rhc8 17. Rac1 a5 18. Rfe1 a4 19. Qd3 axb3 20. axb3
Ra2 21. Bc3 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qc6 23. Qxh7 Rxc2 24. Qh4+ f6 25. Rxc2 Qxc2 26. Qb4+
Ke8 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Qxb7 Rc6 29. h4 Qc5 30. h5 Rb6 31. Qg7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kukhmazov, Arsen"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "3266"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. Bg5 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 b4 13. Ne4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Ra7
15. Ne5 c5 16. dxc5 Qc7 17. Nxc4 Qxc5 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. e3 Rac7 20. b3 Nd7 21.
h4 Qe7 22. Qb1 Nc5 23. Nd6 Rb8 24. Ne4 Bc3 25. Nxc5 Rxc5 26. Qd3 a5 27. Qd7 Kf8
28. Rd3 g6 29. Rcd1 Rc7 30. Qxe7+ Kxe7 31. Bf1 Be5 32. R3d2 Rbc8 33. Bb5 Rc3
34. Rd7+ Kf6 35. Bc4 Bc7 36. g4 h6 37. Kg2 Rc2 38. R1d2 Rxd2 39. Rxd2 Ke7 40.
Rd3 Be5 41. f4 Bc3 42. Bb5 Rc7 43. Kf3 h5 44. gxh5 gxh5 45. Bc4 Be1 46. f5 Bxh4
47. fxe6 fxe6 48. Rd4 Bf6 49. Re4 Rc6 50. Bb5 Rc5 51. Bc4 Rf5+ 52. Kg3 Be5+ 53.
Kh4 Kd6 54. Kh3 Rf2 55. Rf4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "3268"]
[BlackElo "2904"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2020.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 Nh6 8. O-O c5
9. Be4 Rb8 10. a4 b4 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. Nexd4 Qb6 13. a5 Qc5 14. Kh1 Bb7 15. Bxb7
Rxb7 16. e6 Nf6 17. exf7+ Nxf7 18. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2929"]
[BlackElo "3262"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 a5 8.
e4 Qd6 9. a4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Bb5 Qg6 12. O-O Bg4 13. Kh1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qh5
15. Be2 Qh3 16. Rg1 Qe6 17. Qd3 Rad8 18. Qc4 Rd6 19. Qxe6 Rxe6 20. Rad1 Rd8 21.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. Bc4 Rg6 23. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Siva, Mahadevan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "3263"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O a6 6. c4 Nxe4 7. Re1 Nef6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 g6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Qe2 e5 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Nf3 Nc5 14. Bc2 Bg4
15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Ne6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxb7 Nd4 19. Bb3 Rb8 20. Qd5 Qb6 21.
Ne4 Bg7 22. Nxd6 Ne6 23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. c5 Qxc5 25. Qxe6 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Rbf8 27.
Rf1 Qxb2 28. Rxf7 Qxa1+ 29. Rf1+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "3098"]
[BlackElo "3251"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd7 10. e3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 f5 13. Bg2 f4 14. h4 h5 15. Bh3
Kh7 16. Kh2 Bh6 17. g4 hxg4 18. Qxg4 Nf6 19. Qf3 Bg7 20. Rg1 Rh8 21. Be6 a6 22.
a4 Qe8 23. Bd2 Nc6 24. Rg2 Nd4 25. Qh3 Nh5 26. Rag1 Bf6 27. Rxg6 Qxg6 28. Rxg6
Kxg6 29. Qg4+ Kh7 30. Qxh5+ Kg7 31. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zavgorodniy, Sergiy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "3236"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.04.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 b6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bb7 7. g3 d6 8.
Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. Re1 Be4 12. Bh3 h6 13. Nh4 c5 14. Bc3 Rac8
15. f3 Bb7 16. e4 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Ne5 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Qe2 g5 20. Ng2 g4 21. Bxg4
Nexg4 22. fxg4 Nxe4 23. Be3 Ng5 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Ne3 d5 26. cxd5 Rxc1 27. Rxc1
Bxd5 28. b4 Ba8 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Qb7 31. Kf2 Kg7 32. h4 gxh4 33. Qd4+ Kh7
34. gxh4 Qf3+ 35. Ke1 Qg3+ 36. Ke2 Qxh4 37. Qd7 Qh2+ 38. Ke1 Qg3+ 39. Kd2 Qf2+
40. Kd3 Qf4 41. Qxa7 Be4+ 42. Kc4 Bg6+ 43. Kb5 Qxe3 44. Qxb6 Qxa3 45. Qc5 Qd3+
46. Kb6 Qe4 47. g5 Qd5 48. Qe3 Qd6+ 49. Ka5 Bf5 50. b5 Qc7+ 51. b6 Qc6 52. Qd4
Be4 53. Ka6 Qb7+ 54. Ka5 Qd5+ 55. Ka6 Qxd4 56. b7 Qa4+ 57. Kb6 Qb4+ 58. Kc7
Qxb7+ 59. Kd6 Qc6+ 60. Ke5 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Paszewski, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "3257"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 e4 5. f3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8.
fxe4 Nxe4 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. d3 Bg6 13. e4 Qe7 14. Kh1
Rad8 15. Qe1 Ba3 16. Bxa3 Qxa3 17. Nh4 Rfe8 18. Qc3 c5 19. h3 b6 20. Rf3 Qb4
21. Qxb4 cxb4 22. Kg1 Re6 23. g4 Rc6 24. Rf2 a5 25. Ng2 f6 26. Ne3 Bf7 27. Raf1
h6 28. Kg2 Re8 29. Kg3 Re5 30. h4 Kf8 31. Nf5 Rec5 32. Ne3 Re5 33. Rf5 Rxf5 34.
gxf5 Rd6 35. Kf4 Rd8 36. Ng2 c5 37. Ke3 a4 38. Nf4 axb3 39. axb3 Ra8 40. h5 Ke7
41. Rg1 Kf8 42. Rd1 Ra2 43. Rc1 Ke7 44. d4 Kd6 45. d5 Ke7 46. Kd3 b5 47. Rg1
c4+ 48. bxc4 bxc4+ 49. Kxc4 Rxc2+ 50. Kxb4 Rf2 51. Ne6 Re2 52. Nc5 Bxh5 53.
Rxg7+ Kd6 54. Nb7+ Ke5 55. Re7+ Kd4 56. d6 Bf3 57. d7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Starozhilov, Leonid"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "3241"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxf3 6. gxf3 Nf6 7. f4 c6 8. a3
Be7 9. Rg1 g6 10. d4 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. e4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Be3 Rc8 15.
f5 exf5 16. exf5 Nf6 17. Bc4 Nd5 18. Kf1 b5 19. Bd3 Qd6 20. Kg2 O-O 21. Kh1 Kh8
22. a4 a6 23. Be4 Nxe3 24. fxe3 c5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Raf1 cxd4 27. exd4 b4 28.
fxg6 fxg6 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Rg3 Re8 31. cxb4 Qxd4 32. Bf3 Re1+ 33. Kg2 Bd6 34.
Rg4 Rg1+ 35. Kh3 Rxg4 36. Qc8+ Kg7 37. Qxg4 Qe5 38. Qg3 Qf6 39. Qg4 Qe5 40. Qg3
Qe7 41. Qg4 h5 42. Qd4+ Be5 43. Qe4 Qd6 44. Kg2 Bxh2 45. b5 Qg3+ 46. Kf1 Qg1+
47. Ke2 Bd6 48. Qe3 Qh2+ 49. Kd3 Qg3 50. Qe4 h4 51. b6 h3 52. b7 h2 53. Kc4 Be5
54. Kb5 Qg5 55. Ka6 Qf6+ 56. Qc6 Qd8 57. Bh1 Qd4 58. Kb5 Qb2+ 59. Kc4 Qd4+ 60.
Kb5 Kh6 61. Qd5 Qb2+ 62. Ka6 Bd4 63. Qc6 Qb4 64. Qb5 Qd6+ 65. Ka5 Bc3+ 66. Ka4
Qf4+ 67. Kb3 Be5 68. Qc4 Qe3+ 69. Ka4 Qe1 70. Qe4 Qa1+ 71. Kb5 Qb2+ 72. Kc6 Kg7
73. Kd7 Qc3 74. Ke6 Bc7 75. Qc6 Qe5+ 76. Kd7 Bb8 77. Kc8 Qf4 78. Qd7+ Kh6 79.
Qh3+ Kg5 80. Qg2+ Kh4 81. Qe4 Kg3 82. Qg2+ Kh4 83. Qd5 Qe4 84. Qxe4+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mitrabha, Guha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "3241"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Be6 7. b3 Nd7 8.
Bb2 Nf6 9. Qh4 Bf5 10. O-O-O e6 11. Ne5 Be7 12. f4 a5 13. a4 O-O 14. Qf2 Qc7
15. g4 Be4 16. Rg1 b5 17. g5 Nd5 18. Qd4 f5 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. Bh3 Bf5 21. Bxf5
exf5 22. Rde1 bxa4 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Nf7+ Kg8 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lagunow, Raphael"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "3241"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8.
Nf1 Bd6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. c4 Nf6 12. b3 Bf4 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. Qc2 Bd7
15. Rad1 Be8 16. Rfe1 Bg6 17. Qc1 Qf7 18. g3 Bh6 19. Rf1 Ng4 20. Bc3 Be4 21.
Ne1 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Qe7 23. Bf3 Rf8 24. Bxe4 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 dxe4 26. Qd2 Rf8+ 27.
Kg2 Qf7 28. Qe2 Bxe3 29. d5 exd5 30. cxd5 Ne7 31. d6 cxd6 32. Rxd6 Nf5 33. Rd1
Bb6 34. Qc4 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Secheres, Adrian Simion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "3242"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nd4 Qa5 12. f4 Rac8 13. Kb1 a6 14. f5 e5
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nf3 Rfd8 17. g4 Be7 18. g5 d5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bd6 21.
Nd2 b5 22. Ne4 Rc4 23. g6 fxg6 24. fxg6 h6 25. Rhf1 Rd4 26. Qh3 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1
Qc7 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Salinas Herrera, Pablo Patricio"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "3243"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. a4 a5 11. bxa5 c5 12. Nd2 Rxa5 13. Nb3 Ra6 14. Kh1 f5 15. Bd2
Nf6 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. f4 e4 18. Qc2 Re8 19. Nd1 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Nb2 Bf5
22. Qc1 e3 23. Be1 Ne4 24. Nd3 Nc5 25. Nxc5 dxc5 26. Ra3 Qd7 27. a5 b6 28. axb6
Rxb6 29. Qd1 Rb1 30. Qa4 Qxa4 31. Rxa4 d3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2820"]
[BlackElo "3228"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bd3 Nd7 5. c3 e5 6. O-O Ngf6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Qe8 11. h3 Nh6 12. Nc4 Nf7 13. Ne3 c6 14. Re1 Kh8 15. Bg3
Qe7 16. Bc4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Be6 18. a4 a5 19. Qc2 Rac8 20. Rad1 c5 21. Bxe6 Qxe6
22. d5 Qd7 23. Ra1 c4 24. Nd2 Bh6 25. f3 Bxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Qc7 27. Bf2 Nd7 28. g3
Nh6 29. Rf1 f5 30. f4 exf4 31. gxf4 Nf6 32. Rd1 Qd7 33. e5 Nxd5 34. Nxc4 Nxe3
35. Nxe3 Nf7 36. Qb3 Rfe8 37. Nd5 dxe5 38. Nb6 Qe6 39. Qxe6 Rxe6 40. Nxc8 exf4
41. Rd7 Ng5 42. Bd4+ Kg8 43. Nd6 Nf3+ 44. Kf2 Nxd4 45. cxd4 h5 46. d5 Re3 47.
Nc4 Rxh3 48. d6 Rd3 49. Rxb7 Kf8 50. Rb8+ Kg7 51. Rb7+ Kf6 52. d7 h4 53. Ke2
Rd4 54. Nb6 h3 55. Rb8 h2 56. Rh8 Ke7 57. Rxh2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mieszke, Mieczyslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "3228"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g4 h6 5. Rg1 Be7 6. h4 Nc6 7. g5 hxg5 8. hxg5
Nh5 9. e3 a6 10. c4 e5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Qd8 13. Qc2 g6 14. a3 Bf5 15. Ne4
Qd5 16. d3 O-O-O 17. O-O-O Rhe8 18. Nfd2 Kb8 19. Be2 Ng7 20. Nf6 Bxf6 21. gxf6
Ne6 22. e4 Qd7 23. Nf3 Bh3 24. Rg3 Nf4 25. Kb1 Bg4 26. Bf1 Bxf3 27. Rxf3 Nd4
28. Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Qc4 Qxc4 30. bxc4 Rd6 31. d4 Rxf6 32. d5 b6 33. c5 bxc5 34.
Rc3 Rb6+ 35. Ka2 Rh8 36. Rxc5 Rh2 37. Rc2 f5 38. Re1 Rh1 39. Rec1 Rh7 40. f3
Rf7 41. Bc4 Rh7 42. a4 Rb4 43. Bb3 fxe4 44. fxe4 Rxe4 45. d6 cxd6 46. a5 Nd3
47. Rc8+ Ka7 48. R1c3 Nc5 49. Bd5 Rh2+ 50. Kb1 Rb4+ 51. Kc1 Rh1+ 52. Bxh1 Nb7
53. R3c7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kobo, Ori"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "3229"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. f4 f6 6. fxe5 fxe5 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
Bxe5 Qh4+ 9. g3 Qe4 10. Bxd6 Qxh1 11. Qh5+ Kd7 12. Bf4 Qxg1+ 13. Ke2 Qg2+ 14.
Ke1 Qe4 15. Nc3 Qg6 16. Qe5 Ne7 17. Na4 Qf6 18. Qxc7+ Ke8 19. Be5 Qf5 20. d3
Rf8 21. Kd2 Qd7 22. Qa5 Rf2+ 23. Kc3 d4+ 24. Bxd4 Nd5+ 25. Kb2 Qe7 26. e4 Rxh2
27. exd5 cxd5 28. Re1 Re2 29. Rxe2 Qxe2 30. Qxd5 Rb8 31. Qg8+ Kd7 32. Qxg7+ Qe7
33. Qxe7+ Kxe7 34. Bxa7 Rb7 35. Be3 Bf5 36. Nc5 Rb8 37. a4 Rg8 38. Bf4 h5 39.
a5 Bc8 40. a6 Bxa6 41. Nxa6 Rg4 42. Bb8 Kd7 43. Be5 Kc6 44. d4 Kd5 45. Nc5 Rg8
46. c4+ Kc6 47. b4 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi Super Blitz op 1st"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2020.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. e3 Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. Bd3 a5 8. a3 Bg4
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 a4 12. b4 e6 13. O-O Re8 14. Rc1 dxc4 15.
Bxc4 Nb6 16. Ba2 Nfd7 17. Qe2 Qe7 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Qc2 h6 20. Rd2 Kh7 21. Rcd1
Nf6 22. Ne5 Nfd5 23. Nd3 Ra8 24. Nc5 Nc7 25. Nxb7 Nb5 26. Nc5 Red8 27. Nd3 Rac8
28. Nc5 Ra8 29. Rc1 Ra7 30. Nd3 Rc7 31. Qc5 Qxc5 32. Rxc5 Nd7 33. Rcc2 Nb6 34.
Nc5 Rcc8 35. Kf1 Kg8 36. Ke2 Kf8 37. Rd1 Ke7 38. Rdc1 Na7 39. Nd3 Rd6 40. Bc4
f5 41. Nc5 g5 42. Bd3 Bf6 43. Nb7 Rd7 44. Na5 Rd6 45. b5 cxb5 46. Rxc8 Nbxc8
47. Bc3 Rd7 48. Bb4+ Kd8 49. Nc6+ Ke8 50. Nb8 Rb7 51. Na6 Kd8 52. Ba5+ Ke8 53.
Nc5 Re7 54. Rb1 Kf7 55. Bxb5 Nxb5 56. Rxb5 e5 57. Bd8 Ra7 58. Bxf6 Kxf6 59.
dxe5+ Kxe5 60. Nxa4+ Ke6 61. Nb6 Nxb6 62. Rxb6+ Ke5 63. Rxh6 Rxa3 64. Rg6 Ra2+
65. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi Super Blitz op 1st"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Narayanan, Srinath"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bd2 Nf6 8.
Qe2 Bb4 9. a3 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qc7 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Bd2 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Nd7 15. Bf4 b5 16. Ba2 Nb6 17. c4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 a5 20. b3 a4 21.
b4 c5 22. b5 Rd4 23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Bd3 Qc3 25. Rd1 Qxa3 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. e6
Qe7 28. exf7+ Qxf7 29. Be5 Re8 30. f4 a3 31. Qf1 a2 32. Bxd4 Na4 33. b6 Qb3 34.
b7 Kh8 35. Re1 Re4 36. Rxe4 fxe4 37. f5 Qxb7 38. f6 Qf7 39. fxg7+ Kg8 40. Qa6
Qe8 41. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi Super Blitz op 1st"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Avalyan, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2020.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Bxf3 4. exf3 Nf6 5. g3 e6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O g6 8.
d4 Bg7 9. c4 c6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. f4 Qc7 12. Nd2 Rad8 13. f5 gxf5 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Qxf5 Qd6 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. Nh4 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Nf8 20. Qg4 Ne6
21. Rad1 Qg5 22. Qf3 h6 23. Nf5 Qg6 24. h4 h5 25. Re2 Bf6 26. Rde1 Kh7 27. Re3
a5 28. Bc3 b6 29. a4 Bh8 30. R3e2 c5 31. Rd1 Bf6 32. Bb2 Qg4 33. Qxg4 hxg4 34.
dxc5 Bxb2 35. Rxb2 Nxc5 36. Ne3 d4 37. Nxg4 Kg7 38. Kg2 d3 39. Ne3 Re4 40. Nc4
Nxa4 41. bxa4 Rxc4 42. Rxb6 Rxa4 43. Rd2 Ra3 44. h5 Rd5 45. h6+ Kh7 46. Rf6 Rd7
47. g4 Rc3 48. Ra6 Rd5 49. Kf3 Rc2 50. Ke3 Rc4 51. f4 Rdd4 52. Rf6 Rd7 53. Rxd3
Re7+ 54. Kf3 a4 55. g5 Rb4 56. Kg4 Rb3 57. Rxb3 axb3 58. Rb6 Re3 59. Kf5 Rf3
60. Rb7 Kg8 61. Ke4 Rf1 62. Rxb3 Kh7 63. Kf5 Re1 64. Rb7 Kg8 65. Rb8+ Kh7 66.
Rf8 Re7 67. Kf6 Re4 68. Rxf7+ Kg8 69. f5 Ra4 70. g6 Ra6+ 71. Kg5 Ra1 72. h7+
1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi Super Blitz op 1st"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb2 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Bd7 9. c4 Nc6 10. Bf3 dxc4 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. bxc4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1
Ne4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Rd2 19. Ra3 Rc2 20. Ra4 e6
21. h4 Rb8 22. Rxa7 Rbb2 23. Rf1 Rxc4 24. g3 Rcc2 25. a4 Ra2 26. a5 c5 27. a6
c4 28. Kg2 c3 29. Kf3 Rd2 30. Rc7 c2 31. a7 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi Super Blitz op 1st"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. d4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8.
c3 Bd6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Re1 Nb6 13. Nh4 Bxe2 14. Rxe2 Bc7
15. Qd3 Qd6 16. Nf3 Re6 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. c4 Qd7 19. b3 h5 20. Bd2 Rxe2 21.
Rxe2 Rxe2 22. Qxe2 Nc8 23. a4 Ne7 24. Bb4 Ng6 25. Bd2 Nf8 26. Qe4 Qe6 27. Qd3
Nd7 28. Be3 a6 29. Kf1 g6 30. Bd2 f5 31. Bc3 Qe4 32. Qxe4 fxe4 33. Ng5 f5 34.
f3 exf3 35. Nxf3 Bd8 36. Ke2 g5 37. Bd2 g4 38. Ne1 Bf6 39. Be3 f4 40. Bxf4 gxh3
41. gxh3 Bxd4 42. Nd3 Nc5 43. Nxc5 Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi Super Blitz op 1st"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8.
Nf1 Bd6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bd3 h6 12. Ng4 Qf7 13. h3 Kh8 14. c3 c5 15.
Re1 Nc6 16. Bc2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nf6 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. Qd3 Qf5 20. Qxf5 exf5 21.
Bb3 Bd7 22. Bxd5 Nb4 23. Bb3 Nd3 24. Rd1 Nxc1 25. Raxc1 Bf4 26. Ne5 Bxc1 27.
Ng6+ Kh7 28. Nxf8+ Rxf8 29. Rxc1 Rd8 30. d5 Kg6 31. Rc7 Bc8 32. f4 Kf6 33. Kf2
g5 34. g3 gxf4 35. gxf4 a5 36. Ke3 b5 37. Kd4 a4 38. Bc2 Be6 39. Rc5 Bd7 40.
Bd3 Rb8 41. Rc7 Be8 42. Ra7 Rb6 43. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O Qc8 13. Re1 Ba6 14. Bc2 Re8 15. Rc1 axb4
16. axb4 bxc5 17. bxc5 Bd8 18. Ra1 Bc7 19. Qd2 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5
22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Qd4 Re8 24. e4 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Rd8 27. Qc3 Rd5
28. Rea4 Bb7 29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. Qa5 Bb7 31. Qb6 g6 32. Be4 Rd7 33. Bf3 h5 34.
Re1 Qd8 35. Qxd8+ Rxd8 36. Re7 Ba6 37. Bxc6 Rc8 38. Re8+ Rxe8 39. Bxe8 Kf8 40.
Bc6 h4 41. f4 Ke7 42. Kf2 f6 43. Ke3 Ke6 44. Be4 g5 45. Kd4 gxf4 46. Bd5+ Ke7
47. Ke4 Bc8 48. Kxf4 Bd7 49. g3 hxg3 50. Kxg3 Kf8 51. h4 Kg7 52. Kf4 Kh6 53.
Bf3 Kg7 54. Ke4 Bc6+ 55. Ke3 Bb5 56. Kd4 Kf7 57. Kd5 Ke7 58. Bg4 Bd3 59. c6 f5
60. Bf3 Bb5 61. c7 Kd7 62. Ke5 f4 63. h5 Bc4 64. h6 Bg8 65. Bd5 Bh7 66. Be4 Bg8
67. Kxf4 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,79,19,38,25,16,14,23,25,0,10,12,12,16,22,22,49,4,53,47,47,32,32,39,60,
69,106,67,86,10,15,-16,-3,-12,-2,10,12,20,15,15,-2,-4,32,-7,-1,-15,-10,-13,-16,
-37,-22,-22,-19,54,16,43,28,46,30,60,63,63,63,53,123,107,118,165,194,206,189,
232,851,1000,1181,1203,29995,29996,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4
10. Qxd4 d6 11. f4 Nc6 12. Qc3 Ne7 (12... Bb7 {has been played in a couple of
games, but after} 13. axb5 axb5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Qe3 Ne7 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Bxd2
O-O 18. e6 {Black is in trouble.}) 13. axb5 axb5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Qf3 $5 (15. Qe1
{had been play a little more often.}) 15... Nc5 (15... d5 $2 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17.
Qxc3 O-O 18. Be3 $16 {½-½ (40) Lobanov,S (2372)-Grigorjev,I (2203) St
Petersburg 2014}) 16. Ba2 O-O 17. Be3 Bb7 $146 {A good novelty by the World
Champion - but Hikaru Nakamura knew how to react to it!} (17... Nf5 18. Bf2 Be6
19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Nc3 $14 {½-½ (47) Milman,L (2462)-Mulyar,M (2410) New York
2011}) 18. Qh3 Ne4 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bd5 (20... Nd5 $5 {was also playable
- but it's so much more logical to exchange the light-squared bishops.}) 21. f5
$1 Bxa2 22. Rxa2 dxe5 23. f6 {A very tricky position.} gxf6 (23... Ng6 24. fxg7
(24. Bh6 Qd5 25. Raa1 Rfd8 {can't be an improvement for White}) 24... Re8 25.
Qf5 Nf4 $1 {should be close to a draw.}) 24. Bh6 Re8 ({After} 24... Qd6 $5 25.
Qg4+ Ng6 26. h4 {Black has a choice between two unbalanced slightly worse
endgames:} Rfe8 (26... Qe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Ra7 Rf7 $132) 27. h5
Qe6 28. Qxe6 Rxe6 29. hxg6 hxg6 $132) 25. Ra6 $5 Rb6 (25... c6 $5 {may have
been better:} 26. Rxc6 $1 Rb6 (26... Nxc6 $4 27. Qg4+) 27. Qg4+ Ng6 28. Rfxf6
Rxc6 29. Rxc6 $14) 26. Rxb6 cxb6 27. Qg3+ Ng6 28. h4 f5 29. h5 f4 (29... Qh4
30. Qxh4 Nxh4 31. Bg5 {and the knight is trapped.}) 30. hxg6 $1 hxg6 (30...
fxg3 $2 31. gxf7+ Kh8 32. fxe8=Q+ Qxe8 33. Rf8+ $18) 31. Qg4 Qc8 $2 (31... Qe7
$8 {was necessary, keeping good control of the dark squares.}) 32. Qh4 $1 {
Now Black is lost as Bg5/f6 or Rf3/h3 is coming.} Qc5+ (32... Qd8 33. Bg5 $18)
(32... Qe6 33. Bg5 Kg7 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Rf3 $18) 33. Kh2 Qd6 34. Bg5 $1 f5 35.
Rf3 $1 e4 36. Rh3 f3+ 37. Bf4 Qd7 38. Qh8+ Kf7 39. Rh7+ Ke6 40. Qe5# {And mate!
} 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Qc8 13. Qc2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qb7 15. Qc2
Rfc8 16. Rfb1 axb4 17. axb4 Bd8 18. Qc1 Bc7 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. Ra1
Qb7 22. Ra3 Ne8 23. Ne2 Rxa3 24. Qxa3 Nc7 25. Nf4 Qa6 26. Qxa6 Nxa6 27. Nd3 f6
28. Nd2 Kf7 29. f4 Nc7 30. Kf2 Nb5 31. Kf3 Nc3 32. g4 g5 33. f5 e5 34. Nc1 e4+
35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Nf1 Na4 37. Ke2 Nb2 38. Kd2 Nc4+ 39. Kc3 Nb8 40. Nb3 Na6 41.
cxb6 Nxb6 42. Na5 Kd7 43. Ng3 Kc7 44. Nh5 Nd7 45. Nb3 Kd8 46. Nc5 Nab8 47. b5
cxb5 48. Kb4 Nc6+ 49. Kxb5 Na7+ 50. Ka6 Nxc5+ 51. Kxa7 Nb3 52. Kb6 Kd7 53.
Nxf6+ Kd6 54. Ne8+ Kd7 55. Nc7 Nxd4 56. exd4 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7 7. f4 Nc6 8. Qf3
e5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bc4 Ng4 11. Bd2 exf4 12. Bxf4 O-O 13. O-O Bf6 14. Bb3 Re8
15. Rad1 Ne5 16. Qg3 Ba6 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Bxe8 Qb6+ 20. Qf2 Rxe8
21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Rf7 h6 23. Rc7 c5 24. Rc6 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rxe4 27.
Rxb6 Bc4 28. a4 Re2 29. Rbxd6 Rxc2 30. Ra1 Rxc3 31. a5 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Be2 Nc6 8. f4
O-O 9. Nb3 a6 10. a4 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bf3 Nd7 13. g4 Na5 14. g5 Nc4 15. Bc1
e5 16. Be2 Rc8 17. h4 exf4 18. Rxf4 Nde5 19. Nd5 Ng6 20. Rf2 Bxd5 21. exd5 Nxh4
22. Qd4 Bxg5 23. Bxc4 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 Qg5+ 25. Kf1 Nf5 26. Rxf5 Qxf5+ 27. Kg2
Qg5+ 28. Kf3 Qf5+ 29. Kg2 Qg5+ 30. Kf3 Qf5+ 31. Ke2 Rfe8+ 32. Kd2 Re4 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 d6 7. O-O e6 8. Nc3
exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Na6 12. Rd1 Re8 13. Nc4 Ne4 14. Nxe4
Rxe4 15. a4 Nc7 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Qd3 f5 18. Bc3 Rd8 19. f3 Ree8 20. Be1 Qe7 21.
Bg3 Bf6 22. Rac1 b6 23. Be1 Bg5 24. Bd2 Bf6 25. b4 Qd7 26. b5 Qf7 27. Be1 Qe7
28. Rb1 f4 29. e4 Bd4+ 30. Kh1 Rb8 31. Bc3 Bxc3 32. Qxc3 Qf8 33. a5 bxa5 34.
Qxa5 Rb7 35. e5 dxe5 36. d6 Na8 37. Nxe5 Nb6 38. d7 Rd8 39. Rd2 Qf5 40. Re1 Kg7
41. Qc3 Qxd7 42. Nxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Ne5 Ncd7 12. Be2 Bb4 13. Bf3 Bxc3 14. bxc3
Nd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 Be6 18. Rfd1 Qc8 19. e4 Qc4 20. Qd4
Rac8 21. Rd3 f5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Be5 Qxd4 24. Bxd4 Re8 25. Re3 Bd7 26. Rxe8+
Bxe8 27. Re1 Bc6 28. f3 Kf7 29. Be5 Kg8 30. Kf2 Rf7 31. Bd4 Rf5 32. Re7 Rf7 33.
Re5 Rf8 34. Rg5 g6 35. Kg3 Rf5 36. Rxf5 gxf5 37. Kf4 Bd7 38. Kg5 Kf7 39. c4 Be6
40. a4 Bd7 41. a5 Bc8 42. c5 Bd7 43. Bc3 Bc8 44. Bb2 Bd7 45. h3 Bb5 46. Kxf5
Bf1 47. g4 Bxh3 48. Kg5 Bf1 49. f4 Be2 50. f5 Bd1 51. Bd4 Be2 52. Kf4 Bd1 53.
Be5 Be2 54. Bc7 Bd1 55. Bd8 Be2 56. g5 Bd3 57. Ke5 Bc2 58. Bc7 Bd3 59. Kf4 Bc2
60. Be5 Bd3 61. Bd4 Bc2 62. Bf2 Bd3 63. Bh4 Bc2 64. Ke5 Bb1 65. Bf2 Bc2 66. Be3
Bb1 67. f6 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Bb4 11. Nge2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rac1 h6 14. h3 b5
15. Qb1 Nc4 16. Rfd1 Qa5 17. Be5 Be7 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nf4 Rfc8
21. Nd3 b4 22. Ne2 Rxc1 23. Nexc1 Ba4 24. Nb3 Bxb3 25. axb3 Qb5 26. Rd2 Rc6 27.
Qd1 Be7 28. Rc2 Bd6 29. Qc1 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 g6 31. g4 Kg7 32. Kg2 Qb7 33. f4 a5
34. h4 Qc7 35. Qf2 f5 36. g5 h5 37. Qe2 Kf7 38. Qd2 Ke7 39. Ne1 Qc6 40. Qd1 Kd7
41. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.20"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
a5 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Bb3 Ng6 11. Ng3 Re8 12. h3 Be6 13. Ba4 c6 14. d4 Bb6 15. Bc2
Bc7 16. Bd2 Qe7 17. a4 Rad8 18. Bd3 Qf8 19. Qc2 Nf4 20. Bf1 Ng6 21. c4 c5 22.
d5 Bd7 23. Qc1 Kh8 24. Ra3 Ra8 25. Bd3 Bd8 26. Bc2 Nh7 27. Nf5 Ra6 28. g3 Ne7
29. g4 Ng6 30. Kh2 Bf6 31. Rg1 Nf4 32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Qxf4 Ng5 34. Ra2 g6 35.
Ng3 Qe7 36. b3 Kg7 37. Kg2 h5 38. Rh1 Nxf3 39. Qxf3 hxg4 40. hxg4 Qe5 41. Bd1
Raa8 42. Re2 Rh8 43. Ree1 Qg5 44. Be2 Be5 45. Reg1 Rae8 46. Rxh8 Rxh8 47. Rh1
Rxh1 48. Nxh1 f5 49. exf5 gxf5 50. Ng3 fxg4 51. Qe4 Qg6 52. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Qc8 13. Na4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 b5 15. Nc3 Qb7
16. Nd2 Bd8 17. Nb3 a4 18. Nd2 Bc7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. f4 Kh8 21. Rae1 Rad8 22.
g4 Ng8 23. Nf3 Ne7 24. Re2 f6 25. e4 Ng6 26. exd5 Nxf4 27. d6 Qxd6 28. cxd6
Nxd3 29. Nh4 Rfe8 30. Rd2 g5 31. Ng2 Nf4 32. Nxf4 gxf4 33. Rxf4 e5 34. dxe5
Rxe5 35. Ne4 Kg7 36. Ng3 c5 37. Nf5+ Kh7 38. bxc5 Rxc5 39. Kg2 Ne5 40. Rfd4 Rc3
41. Rd5 Rxa3 42. Rxb5 Rd7 43. Rc2 Rb3 44. Ra5 a3 45. Rc7 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d4 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
e5 9. Nf5 d4 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. b3 Nc6 12. a3 e4 13. Bg5 Bf5 14. Nd2 Rfe8 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. e3 Bg6 17. b4 d3 18. Qc3 f5 19. c5 Ne5 20. f3 exf3 21. Bxf3 Nxf3+
22. Rxf3 Bh5 23. Rf2 Qe5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 25. Nc4 Re4 26. Nd6 Rxe3 27. Nxf5 Re5
28. g4 Bg6 29. Rd1 h5 30. h3 hxg4 31. hxg4 Re4 32. Rxd3 Rxg4+ 33. Kf1 Kf8 34.
Rd7 a5 35. Nh6 Rg3 36. Nxf7 Ke8 37. Rxb7 Bxf7 38. Rbxf7 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Qc8 13. Re1 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qb7 15. Reb1
axb4 16. axb4 Rfc8 17. Nd2 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Ra8 19. Qb1 Bd8 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Qa2
Qb7 22. Qa4 b5 23. Qa3 Ne8 24. e4 dxe4 25. Ncxe4 Ndf6 26. Nd6 Nxd6 27. cxd6 Nd5
28. Bg3 Bb6 29. Nb3 f6 30. Nc5 Bxc5 31. dxc5 e5 32. f3 Kf7 33. Be1 Nf4 34. Qa2+
Ne6 35. Bd2 Qd7 36. h4 h5 37. Be3 Kg8 38. Qc2 Nf8 39. Qe4 Qc8 40. g4 hxg4 41.
fxg4 Qa6 42. g5 Kf7 43. gxf6 gxf6 44. Bf2 Qb7 45. h5 Qd7 46. Kh2 Kg7 47. Be3
Qc8 48. h6+ Kh8 49. Kg3 Qd7 50. Kg2 Qc8 51. Kh2 Qd7 52. Kg3 Qc8 53. Qg4 Qb7 54.
Qf5 Qf7 55. Bf2 Nd7 56. Qe4 f5 57. Qh4 Nf6 58. Kh3 Kh7 59. Bg3 f4 60. Bf2 Qe6+
61. Kg2 Qf5 62. Kh2 Kg6 63. Qh3 Qxh3+ 64. Kxh3 Kxh6 65. Bh4 Nd7 66. Kg4 Kg6 67.
Bg5 f3 68. Bh4 Kf7 69. Kxf3 Ke6 70. Ke4 Nb8 71. Be7 Na6 72. Bg5 Nxb4 73. Be3
Nd5 74. Bd2 Nf6+ 75. Kd3 Kd5 76. Be3 Ke6 77. Bd2 Nd7 78. Be3 Kd5 79. Bf2 b4 80.
Bg1 e4+ 81. Kc2 Kc4 82. Kb2 Ne5 83. Bf2 Nd7 84. Bg1 b3 85. Bf2 Kd3 86. Kxb3 e3
87. Be1 Nxc5+ 88. Kb4 Nd7 89. Ka5 Kc4 90. Bg3 Kb3 91. Ka6 c5 92. Kb5 c4 93. Kc6
Nf8 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. b4 Qxb4 5. Rb1 Qd6 6. d4 Qd8 7. Bc4 Nf6 8.
Nf3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Be6 14. Nxf7 Kxf7
15. Rxe6 Kxe6 16. Nxf6+ Kxf6 17. Qf3+ Ke5 18. Qg3+ Kd4 19. Bb2+ 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Qd3 dxc3 11. Nf3 b6 12. h4 Ba6 13. Qd4 Bxf1 14. Kxf1
Nd7 15. h5 Rc8 16. h6 Qc4+ 17. Qxc4 Rxc4 18. Bg5 Rh8 19. g3 Rh7 20. Kg2 Nc6 21.
Rae1 b5 22. Bf6 Nxf6 23. exf6 Rg4 24. Rh5 Rg6 25. Rxd5 Rxf6 26. Rc5 Ne7 27.
Rxb5 Rfxh6 28. Rb8+ Kd7 29. Ne5+ Kc7 30. Reb1 Nc6 31. R8b7+ Kd6 32. Nxf7+ Rxf7
33. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.24"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bd3 Qc8 13. O-O Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qc2
Qb7 16. Rab1 axb4 17. axb4 Rfa8 18. Rfc1 b5 19. Qb2 Ne4 20. Ra1 Qa7 21. Rxa6
Qxa6 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Nd2 f5 24. Nb3 Nf6 25. Bd6 Bd8 26. Ra1 Qb7 27. Ra3 Ra4
28. Qa2 Qa7 29. Rxa4 Qxa4 30. Qxa4 bxa4 31. Nc1 Nd5 32. Na2 g5 33. g3 Kf7 34.
Kf1 Bc7 35. Bxc7 Nxc7 36. Ke2 Nd5 37. Kd2 h5 38. Nc3 a3 39. Kc2 Nxb4+ 40. Kb3
Nd3 41. Nd1 h4 42. gxh4 gxh4 43. Kxa3 Ke7 44. Kb3 Ne1 45. Nc3 Nd3 46. Nd1 f4
47. exf4 Nxf4 48. Nc3 Nxh3 49. Nxe4 Nf4 50. Kc2 h3 51. Ng3 Kf6 52. Kd2 Kg5 53.
Ke3 Kg4 54. Nf1 Nd5+ 55. Ke4 Nc3+ 56. Ke3 Nd1+ 57. Ke2 Nb2 58. Ke3 Nc4+ 59. Kd3
Kf3 60. Kxc4 Kxf2 61. Nh2 Kg2 62. Ng4 Kg3 63. Ne3 Kf3 64. Nf1 Kf2 65. Nh2 Kg2
66. Ng4 Kg3 67. Ne3 Kf3 68. Nf1 Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O a6 6. c4 e5 7. d3 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 h6 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. Ne1 Nb8 14. Nc2 Nc6 15. bxc5
bxc5 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Ne3 Ra7 18. Ncd5 Nh5 19. Rb6 Qd7 20. Rb8 Rb7 21. Nb6 Qe6
22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nxc8 Qxc8 24. Nd5 Kh7 25. Qa4 Rb2 26. Bc3 Rb8 27. Bd2 Nf6 28.
Nc3 Nd7 29. Qc2 h5 30. Rb1 Bh6 31. Be1 Nf8 32. Nd5 Ne6 33. Bc3 Nf4 34. Nxf4
Bxf4 35. Rxb8 Qxb8 36. Qb2 Qxb2 37. Bxb2 Kg7 38. h3 Kf6 39. Bc3 Bc1 40. a4 Ke6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf6 12. Be2 Bf5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qd4
Qd6 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Qd2 Nb3 17. Qc3 Qb6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4
Rac8 21. g4 Rc1+ 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Be6 24. f4 f5 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Bb3 Kf8
27. O-O d4 28. Rd1 d3 29. Kf2 Rd6 30. Kf3 Rb6 31. Bd5 Rxb2 32. e4 Bd7 33. Rxd3
Rxh2 34. Rd4 Rh3+ 35. Kf2 Rxa3 36. Bxb7 Ra2+ 37. Ke3 Ra3+ 38. Kd2 Ra2+ 39. Kc3
Ke7 40. Bd5 Ra3+ 41. Kd2 Ra4 42. Rd3 Be6 43. Ba8 Ra2+ 44. Ke3 Rb2 45. f5 Bf7
46. Kf4 g6 47. Ra3 gxf5 48. Rxa7+ Kf8 49. exf5 Rb4+ 50. Kg5 Rb6 51. Be4 h6+ 52.
Kg4 Rb4 53. Kf3 h5 54. Ke3 Bb3 55. Rh7 Ba2 56. Rxh5 Bb1 57. Bd5 Kg7 58. Be6 Kf6
59. Bd7 Ke5 60. Bc8 Rb3+ 61. Kf2 Rb8 62. Bd7 Rd8 63. Be6 Bxf5 64. Bxf5 Rf8 65.
Ke3 Rxf5 66. Rxf5+ Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.27"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h4 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qd5 14. Be2 Ba6 15. O-O
Bxe2 16. Qxe2 axb4 17. axb4 bxc5 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. dxc5 Qe5 21.
Rad1 Ra5 22. Rd4 Kh8 23. g3 Rxc5 24. Rb1 Rd5 25. Rc4 c5 26. Qc2 f5 27. Ra4 Rfd8
28. Rb7 R5d7 29. Ra8 Rxb7 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. Kg2 Rc7 32. Qa4 Qf6 33. Qe8 Kh6 34.
Rd6 Kg7 35. Qb8 Rf7 36. Rc6 Rd7 37. Rc8 Kh6 38. Rxc5 Rg7 39. Rc6 Re7 40. Rc8
Rf7 41. Re8 Re7 42. Qd8 Rf7 43. Qd6 Kh5 44. Rxe6 Qg7 45. Qf4 Rf6 46. g4+ Kxh4
47. g5+ 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.27"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Qa6 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Bd6 Rfe8 14. Nfd2 Rad8
15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. e3 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Be4 18. Rfc1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 c5 20. dxc5 Qc6+
21. Kg1 Qxc5 22. Qa3 Rc7 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Nd6 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 g5 26. Rc8 Rxc8
27. Nxc8 a6 28. Nd6 b5 29. Nb7 Kf8 30. Nc5 a5 31. Nb3 a4 32. Nd4 b4 33. Nc6 a3
34. b3 Nd5 35. f3 Nxe3 36. Nxb4 Nd1 37. Kf1 Nc3 38. Ke1 Ke7 39. Kd2 Nb5 40. Kd3
e5 41. Nc2 Ke6 42. Kc4 Nd6+ 43. Kc5 h5 44. Nxa3 g4 45. fxg4 hxg4 46. Nc2 f5 47.
Ne3 Ne4+ 48. Kc6 Nf6 49. a4 f4 50. Nf1 f3 51. a5 Nd5 52. Kc5 e4 53. Kd4 Kd6 54.
Kxe4 Kc5 55. a6 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.27"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h4 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qd5 14. Be2 Ba6 15.
Bxa6 Rxa6 16. O-O Rfa8 17. cxb6 Rxb6 18. Bc7 Rba6 19. Bxa5 Bxh4 20. Rc1 Be7 21.
Rc3 Bd6 22. Qc2 h5 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Qe2 Rca8 25. Rc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Qb3 27. Qxh5
f5 28. g3 Qxa3 29. Kg2 Rf8 30. Qe2 Qd3 31. Qxd3 exd3 32. Rc3 d2 33. Rd3 Kf7 34.
Rxd2 Rh8 35. Rc2 g5 36. g4 Kg6 37. gxf5+ exf5 38. Rc5 Re8 39. Bc7 Rc8 40. Ba5
Re8 41. Bc7 Rc8 42. Ba5 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.27"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Nbd2 Rd8 11. Nc4 Qa6 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. Rfc1 Be4 14. Bb4 c5
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qa3 Qxa3 17. Bxa3 Rac8 18. Ne1 Kf8 19. Bxe4 Nfxe4 20. f3 Nf6
21. Kf2 Nd5 22. Ne3 Nxe3 23. Kxe3 a5 24. f4 Nd7 25. Bxe7+ Kxe7 26. Nd3 Nb6 27.
Kf3 Nc4 28. a4 Rc6 29. b4 axb4 30. Nxb4 Rc7 31. a5 Rdc8 32. Kf2 Nd6 33. Rxc7+
Rxc7 34. a6 bxa6 35. Rxa6 Ne4+ 36. Ke3 Nc5 37. Rc6 Rxc6 38. Nxc6+ Kd6 39. Ne5
f6 40. Nf3 Nd7 41. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.27"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O c4 11. Bc2 b5 12. b3 a5 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Rb1 Bb4
15. h3 Ra6 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. Ne5 Be6 18. f3 Nd7 19. Ng4 Re8 20. Rfd1 Bxg4 21.
hxg4 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Rb7 Nf8 24. Qf2 Rf6 25. Rdb1 Qd6 26. g5 Rfe6 27. e4
Qa3 28. e5 R6e7 29. R7b5 Qc3 30. Rxd5 Ne6 31. Ba4 Rf8 32. f4 g6 33. Rd6 Ng7 34.
Bc2 Ne8 35. Rc6 Rd7 36. Rd1 Nc7 37. Be4 Rfd8 38. Qf3 Qxf3 39. Bxf3 Ne6 40. d5
Nxf4 41. d6 Nd3 42. Bg4 Ra7 43. d7 Kf8 44. Rxc4 Nb4 45. e6 fxe6 46. Bxe6 Ra6
47. Rc8 Ke7 48. Bg4 Ra8 49. Re1+ Kf7 50. Re8 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. a4 a5 10. h4 b6 11. Be3 Bf8 12. g3 f6 13. Bd2 Nc5 14. Ne3 Ne6 15. h5
c5 16. Nh4 Nd4 17. Bc3 Bh3 18. Re1 Be6 19. Kg2 Qd7 20. b3 Rad8 21. Bxd4 cxd4
22. Nef5 Qc6 23. Rh1 Rd7 24. Kh2 Kf7 25. Qe2 Bd6 26. Raf1 Rg8 27. f4 Ke8 28.
fxe5 Bxe5 29. Nf3 Kd8 30. Nxe5 fxe5 31. Rf2 Kc8 32. Rhf1 Kb7 33. Nh4 Qc5 34.
Qd2 Rd6 35. Qg5 h6 36. Qe7 Rc6 37. Ng6 Bg4 38. Qxe5 Bxh5 39. Qxc5 Rxc5 40. Nf4
Bg4 41. Kg2 Rd8 42. Ng6 Rd6 43. Ne7 Re6 44. Nd5 Rec6 45. c4 dxc3 46. d4 Rxd5
47. exd5 Rd6 48. Rc1 Rxd5 49. Rf4 Bf5 50. g4 Bd7 51. Rxc3 g5 52. Re4 Rd6 53.
Kf2 Bc6 54. Re7 Rxd4 55. Re6 Bd5 56. Rxh6 Rxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Re1 Qe7 13. Nc3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxf4
15. Qxf4 c6 16. a5 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bg2 Rfe8 19. Red1 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8
21. Ra4 Qd6 22. h3 h6 23. Kh2 Qc5 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Re8 26. b4 Qd6 27. h4
h5 28. Bh3 g6 29. Rd4 Qe7 30. Qc1 Qf6 31. Rf4 Qd6 32. Qc3 Qd1 33. Qb2 Qe1 34.
Kg2 Kh7 35. Bc8 Qd1 36. Rd4 Qa4 37. Re4 Qb5 38. Qd4 f6 39. f4 c5 40. Qd5 Rxc8
41. fxe5 f5 42. Rc4 Re8 43. e6 Qc6 44. Rxc5 Qxd5+ 45. Rxd5 Rxe6 46. Rd7+ Kh6
47. Rxb7 Rxe2+ 48. Kf3 Re4 49. Rb6 Kg7 50. Rxa6 Rxb4 51. Rb6 Ra4 52. a6 Rg4 53.
a7 Ra4 54. Rb7+ Kf6 55. Ke3 g5 56. hxg5+ Kxg5 57. Kd3 Ra1 58. Kc4 f4 59. gxf4+
Kxf4 60. Rh7 Kg4 61. Kb5 h4 62. Kb6 h3 63. Kb7 Rxa7+ 64. Kxa7 Kg3 65. Rxh3+
Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.29"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. a4 a5 10. Be3 Bb4 11. Nfd2 b5 12. Na3 Ba6 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Bd6
15. Rf2 Qh4 16. h3 Nb6 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Qf3 f6 19. Nab1 a4 20. Nc3 Nd7 21. Qf5
Ne5 22. Nf3 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Qg3 24. Qxg3 Bxg3 25. Rf3 Be5 26. Bf4 Bd4+ 27. Be3
Be5 28. Bf4 Bd4+ 29. Be3 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.29"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Re1 Qe7 13. Nc3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxf4
15. Qxf4 c6 16. a5 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bg2 Rad8 19. Red1 h6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21.
Ra4 Ng6 22. Qb4 Qc7 23. Ra1 Ne7 24. Na4 Ned5 25. Qe1 Qe7 26. Rc1 Nc7 27. Nc5
Ne6 28. Nd3 Nd4 29. e3 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 Rxd3 31. Be2 Rd6 32. Rd1 g6 33. Rxd6 Qxd6
34. Qc3 Ne4 35. Qc4 Nd2 36. Qc3 Ne4 37. Qc4 Nd2 38. Qc3 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.29"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. d3 Be6 10. Be3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 Re8 13. Rac1 a6 14. Rc3 Bf6
15. Rd1 Nd4 16. Rd2 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bxf3 18. exf3 c6 19. Kg2 g6 20. Qe4 Bg7 21.
b4 f5 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. d4 e4 24. d5 exf3+ 25. Kxf3 Qe7 26. Rcc2 cxd5 27. Rxd5
Rad8 28. Kg2 b5 29. Qd3 Qb7 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bf4 Bg4
9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Be2 Qa5 14. Rfe1 Qb4 15.
Ra2 b5 16. f3 Nb6 17. a5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. b3 Qb4 20. Nd1 Qxd2 21. Bxd2 e6
22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Nf2 Nd7 24. c3 c4 25. b4 Rfe8 26. Rd1 d5 27. Rc2 Ne5 28. Be3
Nc6 29. Bb6 d4 30. cxd4 Nxb4 31. Rcc1 Na2 32. Rc2 Nb4 33. Rcc1 Rac8 34. g3 h5
35. f4 Bf6 36. e5 Be7 37. Ne4 Nd5 38. Bc5 Bxc5 39. dxc5 Kg7 40. Kf2 Re7 41. Kf3
Nb4 42. Ke3 Nd3 43. Rxd3 cxd3 44. Kxd3 Rc6 45. Kd4 Kf8 46. h3 Rd7+ 47. Nd6 Rh7
48. Ne4 Ke7 49. Rd1 Rh8 50. Kc3 Rd8 51. Rd6 Rdxd6 52. exd6+ Kd7 53. Nf6+ Kd8
54. Kb4 Rc8 55. h4 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Bxe4 Bxf4 7. exf4 dxe4 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Nb4 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Nxe4 exd5 12. Qxb4 dxe4 13. Ne2 Re8 14. O-O
e3 15. fxe3 Rxe3 16. Rad1 Qe8 17. Ng3 b6 18. Rfe1 Bg4 19. Rc1 Rd8 20. Nf1 Rxe1
21. Rxe1 Qc6 22. Ne3 Bc8 23. Qe7 Re8 24. Nd5 Be6 25. f5 Kh8 26. Nb4 Qa8 27.
Qxc7 Bxf5 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Kf2 h5 30. Nd5 Qe4 31. Ne3 Be6 32. b3 h4 33. Qxa7
Qf4+ 34. Ke2 Bg4+ 35. Nxg4 Qxg4+ 36. Kd3 Qxg2 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. Qf4 Qd5+ 39. Kc3
Qc5+ 40. Kb2 Qe7 41. a4 g5 42. Qd4 f5 43. Qxb6 Qe5+ 44. Ka2 Qxh2 45. Qc5 Qg2
46. Qxf5+ Kg7 47. Qd7+ Kh6 48. Qe6+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ Kh6 50. Qf6+ Kh7 51. Qf7+ Kh6
52. Qf8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d3 Nc6 8. Nbd2
b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. c4 Qd7 11. Qe2 d4 12. exd4 cxd4 13. a3 a5 14. Rae1 Rad8 15.
Nh4 Ne8 16. Nhf3 Qc8 17. Qd1 f6 18. Bh3 f5 19. Bg2 Bf6 20. c5 bxc5 21. Qc2 Be7
22. Nc4 Nc7 23. Bc1 Nb5 24. Bf4 Rde8 25. Nb6 Nxa3 26. Qe2 Qd8 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28.
Nd7 Bc8 29. Qxc6 Bxd7 30. Qd5 Nc2 31. Rxe7 Qxe7 32. Bd6 Qe6 33. Ng5 Qxd5 34.
Bxd5 h6 35. Nf7+ Kh7 36. Bxc5 Rg8 37. Rc1 Ne1 38. Bxd4 Be6 39. Bxe6 Rxe6 40.
Bc3 Nxd3 41. Rd1 Nc5 42. Bxa5 f4 43. b4 Nb3 44. Nd8 Re2 45. gxf4 Nxa5 46. bxa5
Rf8 47. a6 Ra2 48. Ne6 Rf6 49. Rd6 h5 50. Kg2 Ra3 51. h4 Kg6 52. Rd5 Kh6 53. f5
Rxa6 54. Ng5 Ra4 55. f3 Rf4 56. Kg3 R4xf5 57. Rd8 Kg6 58. Ra8 Rb5 59. Rc8 Ra6
60. Rc7 Rb1 61. Rd7 Rg1+ 62. Kf2 Rb1 63. Kg3 Re1 64. Rb7 Ra2 65. Rb6+ Kf5 66.
Rb5+ Re5 67. Rb7 Ree2 68. Rb5+ Kf6 69. Rb6+ Ke5 70. Rb5+ Kd4 71. Ne4 Rg2+ 72.
Kf4 g6 73. Rb6 Ra5 74. Rf6 Kd3 75. Rd6+ Kc2 76. Ng5 Ra4+ 77. Ne4 Rb4 78. Rd5
Rb8 79. Ra5 Kd3 80. Ra3+ Kc4 81. Ra4+ Kb5 82. Nc3+ Kc6 83. Ra6+ Rb6 84. Ra8
Rb4+ 85. Ne4 Rb1 86. Ng3 g5+ 87. hxg5 h4 88. Ne4 h3 89. Rh8 h2 90. Rh6+ Kd7 91.
Rh7+ Kd8 92. Rh8+ Ke7 93. Rh7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Ne2 O-O 6. h4 h5 7. Nf4 d5 8. c4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Kh8 10. Nc3 c6 11. d5 f5 12. dxc6 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 bxc6 14. Rc1 Nd7
15. O-O Ne5 16. Be2 Bf6 17. g3 Bb7 18. Na4 Rad8 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Rc2 Rd6 21.
Rfc1 Rfd8 22. b3 Rd2 23. Kg2 Be7 24. Kf1 Kg7 25. Ke1 Rxe2+ 26. Rxe2 Bxc5 27.
Rxc5 Nf3+ 28. Kf1 Ba6 29. Kg2 Bxe2 30. Nxe2 Ne1+ 31. Kf1 Nf3 32. Ng1 Nxg1 33.
Kxg1 Rd6 34. Ra5 Rd7 35. Kf1 Kf6 36. Ke2 Ke6 37. b4 Kd6 38. a3 Rc7 39. Kd3 Re7
40. Ra6 Kd5 41. Ra4 Rd7 42. Ra5+ Ke6+ 43. Kc2 f6 44. Ra6 Kd5 45. Kd3 Ke5+ 46.
Ke2 Kd5 47. f3 Rc7 48. Kd3 Rd7 49. Ra5+ Kd6 50. Kc3 Re7 51. Kd4 Rd7 52. Kc4 Re7
53. Kd3 Rd7 54. Ke2 Re7 55. Kf2 Rb7 56. e4 fxe4 57. fxe4 Rc7 58. Ra6 Ke5 59.
Ke3 c5 60. Ra5 Kd6 61. bxc5+ Rxc5 62. Rxa7 Rc3+ 63. Kf4 g5+ 64. Kf5 Rf3+ 65.
Kg6 Rxg3 66. Kxf6 gxh4 67. e5+ Kc6 68. a4 Rf3+ 69. Ke6 Ra3 70. Rh7 Rxa4 71.
Rxh5 Re4 72. Ke7 h3 73. e6 Re3 74. Rh6 Kc7 75. Kf7 Kd6 76. e7+ Kd7 77. Rxh3
Rxe7+ 78. Kf6 Re6+ 79. Kf5 Rd6 80. Re3 Rd5+ 81. Re5 Kd6 82. Rxd5+ Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.30"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Nc4 Ba7 12. Ne3 Ne7 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4
Ng6 16. Nf5 Re8 17. Be3 d5 18. dxe5 Nxe4 19. Bxa7 Bxf5 20. Bd4 Nf4 21. Be3 Ne6
22. Bb3 N4c5 23. Qxd5 Nxb3 24. Qxb3 Be4 25. Nd2 Bd5 26. Qd3 Bc6 27. Qxd8 Rexd8
28. Nc4 a4 29. Rad1 Rd5 30. f4 Rad8 31. Nd6 f6 32. Rxd5 Bxd5 33. Bb6 Rd7 34.
Be3 fxe5 35. fxe5 Bxa2 36. Kf2 Rc7 37. Kg3 Rc2 38. Rd1 Rxb2 39. Nf5 Bb1 40.
Rd8+ Kh7 41. Nd6 Nxd8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gajwa, Ankit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "3233"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. c4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 Ne4 10. Rd1 c6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Diaz Villagran, Robert"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "3233"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nf3 f6 8. Bf4
Nh6 9. Qd2 Nf7 10. exf6 exf6 11. Bb5 O-O 12. O-O g5 13. Bg3 Nd6 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nc3 g4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Nh2 Bd7 19. Na4 f5 20. f4 Rae8 21.
Nf3 Re4 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Qe7 24. Nc5 Rg4 25. Rf4 Rg6 26. Raf1 Bc8 27. R1f3
Kh8 28. Rh3 Rfg8 29. Rfh4 R8g7 30. Qf2 Kg8 31. Rh2 Rg4 32. Nd3 Re4 33. Nf4 Qb4
34. R2h3 Qxd4 35. Qxd4 Rxd4 36. Nh5 Rxh4 37. Rxh4 Re7 38. Nf6+ Kh8 39. Kf1 f4
40. Kf2 Bf5 41. Kf3 Bg6 42. Kxf4 d4 43. Rh1 Bc2 44. b4 d3 45. Ke3 Rxe5+ 46. Kd2
Kg7 47. Nxh7 Re2+ 48. Kc3 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gordievsky, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "3226"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nh4 Bg6 6. Nxg6 hxg6 7. g3 c6 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. d3 Bd6 10. Nd2 a5 11. a3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Be5 13. c3 g5 14. h3 Bd6 15. c4
Be5 16. d4 Bd6 17. O-O-O O-O 18. Kb1 c5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. dxc5 Be5 21. Nf3 Bxb2
22. Qxb2 Nxc5 23. Nxg5 Rfd8 24. Rd4 Ra6 25. Rc1 Rc6 26. Ka2 a4 27. bxa4 Nxa4
28. Rxc6 Qxc6 29. Qb3 Nc3+ 30. Kb2 Rc8 31. Bf3 Nce4 32. Rd1 Nxg5 33. Bxd5 Nxd5
34. Qxd5 Qc2+ 35. Ka1 Ne6 36. Qd2 Qa4 37. Kb2 Rd8 38. Qxd8+ Nxd8 39. Rxd8+ Kh7
40. Rd4 Qb5+ 41. Kc3 Qc6+ 42. Kb3 Qg2 43. Rf4 f6 44. h4 Qd5+ 45. Kc3 Qa2 46. a4
Kg6 47. g4 Kf7 48. h5 Ke6 49. Kd3 Qb2 50. Ke4 Qc2+ 51. Kf3 Qd1+ 52. Kg2 Qb3 53.
Re4+ Kf7 54. Rd4 Qc2 55. Rf4 Kg8 56. Kg3 Qc6 57. Kh2 Qd6 58. Kg2 Kh7 59. Rd4
Qc6+ 60. Kg1 Kh6 61. Rf4 Kg5 62. Kh2 Kh4 63. Kg1 Qc1+ 64. Kg2 Qc6+ 65. Kh2 Qc1
66. Kg2 Qd1 67. Rd4 Qb3 68. Rf4 Qd3 69. Rd4 Qa6 70. Rf4 Qc6+ 71. Kh2 Kg5 72.
Kg3 Qd6 73. Kh3 Kh6 74. Kg3 Qc6 75. Kh2 Qd6 76. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dragomirescu, Robin Alexandru"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "3226"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 h6 8.
Nc3 e5 9. Qd3 Nf6 10. O-O Qb8 11. a4 Be7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Nf1 b5 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. cxb5 Qb7 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Bd2 Bf8 20. Ra1 Nd7 21.
Ned5 Nc5 22. Qe3 f5 23. f3 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Qxb5 25. b4 Ne6 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1
Qc4 28. Qc3 Qe2 29. Qd2 Qb5 30. Bb2 fxe4 31. fxe4 Qc4 32. h3 Ng5 33. Nb6 Qc7
34. Qd5+ Kh7 35. Nc4 Qa7+ 36. Kh2 Qf2 37. Qd2 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Makarian, Rudik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "3227"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. h3 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. O-O Nfd7 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bd4 Be6 13. f4 Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4
Re8 15. f5 gxf5 16. exf5 Bxb3 17. axb3 Re5 18. Nd5 c6 19. Ne3 Re4 20. Qc3 Qg5
21. Ng4 Nd7 22. Rf3 Kf8 23. Rg3 Rae8 24. Nf2 Qf6 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. Qxf6 Nxf6
27. Rxa7 Rb4 28. Ra8+ Ke7 29. Re3+ Re4 30. Rxe4+ Nxe4 31. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2834"]
[BlackElo "3229"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. h4 Nc6 5. d5 Na5 6. e4 h5 7. Nf3 c5 8. Ng5 Nh6
9. Be2 Bd7 10. Bd2 a6 11. Qc2 Rb8 12. a4 Qb6 13. Ra3 Ng4 14. O-O Ne5 15. Nd1
Qc7 16. Ne3 b6 17. g3 Qc8 18. f4 Ng4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. f5 Bd4 21. Kg2 Bxe3 22.
Bxe3 gxf5 23. exf5 f6 24. Ne6 Kf7 25. Bd2 Nb7 26. Re3 Nd8 27. Bc3 Rb7 28. Qe4
Qd7 29. b3 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rf4 Rg8 32. Qc2 bxc4 33. bxc4 Ra7 34. Rf1 Qa4
35. Qxa4 Rxa4 36. Rf4 Nxe6 37. fxe6+ Kg6 38. Kf2 Ra2+ 39. Kf1 Rb8 40. Be1 Rb1
41. Rf2 Raa1 42. Rd2 Rc1 43. Re4 f5 44. Re3 Rxc4 45. Kg2 f4 46. gxf4 Bf5 47.
Bg3 Be4+ 48. Kf2 Kf5 49. Rde2 Rac1 50. Rd2 R1c2 51. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 52. Ke1 Bxd5 53.
Ra3 Kxe6 54. Re3+ Kf6 55. f5 Rc4 56. Bf2 Re4 57. Rxe4 Bxe4 58. Be3 Kxf5 59. Bg5
e5 60. Be7 Ke6 61. Bf8 c4 62. Kd2 d5 63. Bc5 Bd3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "3231"]
[BlackElo "2831"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Qe8 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c4
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ba3 c5 11. Nc3 e4 12. Nd2 Qe5 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Bb2 Qe7 15.
Rfd1 a6 16. Nf1 b6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Bb7 19. Rd2 Ne5 20. Ng3 f5 21. Bf1
Rad8 22. Rad1 Ng4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. h3 Nf6 25. Ne2 Bc6 26. Nf4 g5 27. Rxd8 Rxd8
28. Ne6+ Qxe6 29. Rxd8 f4 30. Qd2 Bd7 31. exf4 g4 32. hxg4 Qxg4 33. Qd6 Be8 34.
Qe7+ Bf7 35. Rd6 Qxf4 36. g3 Qf5 37. Bh3 Qg5 38. Be6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "3236"]
[BlackElo "3096"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 O-O 8.
Qe1 Ne7 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. Nc3 c6 11. Nh4 d5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qg3 dxe4 14. Bb3
exd3 15. Qxg6 Qe7 16. cxd3 Be6 17. Qg5 Bxb3 18. axb3 Qe6 19. Ra4 Rfd8 20. Rh4
Rxd3 21. Rh3 Qg4 22. Qxe5 Re8 23. Qc7 Rd7 24. Qa5 b6 25. Qa6 Qe6 26. Qe2 b5 27.
b4 Qg4 28. Qc2 Qg6 29. Qf2 Ng4 30. Qf4 Nh6 31. Rg3 Qe6 32. h3 Rde7 33. Ne2 Kh7
34. Nd4 Qe4 35. Qf2 f6 36. Rc1 Rc8 37. Nxb5 Qxb4 38. Nd4 c5 39. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st April"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2979"]
[BlackElo "3231"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nc3 a5 14. e3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 c6 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. Ne2 Rac8 18. Nf4 Bd6 19. Nd3 Nd7 20. Kg2 Qb6 21.
Qc4 Rfe8 22. Rac1 Qd8 23. h4 Qe7 24. h5 e5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Rd2
Rcd8 28. Rcd1 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Qxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Apr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shuvalov, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "3232"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. g3 e6 5. Nh4 Be4 6. f3 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. e5 Nfd7 11. f4 c5 12. h4 Nc6 13. d3 Rc8 14. Nd2 Nd4 15.
c4 Nb6 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. O-O Qd7 18. Nf3 dxc4 19. bxc4 Na4 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Rab1
Rfd8 22. Kh2 Rb8 23. Rb5 b6 24. Rfb1 Na4 25. R5b3 Nc5 26. R3b2 Na4 27. Rc2 Nc5
28. Qe2 Qa4 29. Rcb2 Qd7 30. Rf1 Na4 31. Rc2 Nc5 32. Nd2 Qa4 33. Ne4 Qa3 34.
Nxc5 bxc5 35. Be4 Rb6 36. h5 g5 37. f5 exf5 38. Rxf5 Rdb8 39. Rf2 Kh8 40. Qf3
Rb2 41. Qxf7 Rxc2 42. Rxc2 Qa6 43. Qxe7 Qh6 44. Bg6 Rg8 45. Qf7 Rb8 46. Rf2 g4
47. Qf8+ Rxf8 48. Rxf8# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Apr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Wiewiora, Eneasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "3232"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. c3 Re8 8. g3
c6 9. Bg2 Bg4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Bxf3 f5 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. c4 Ne4 15.
Qc2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 dxc4 17. bxc4 h5 18. c5 h4 19. Qb4 Rb8 20. Bg2 Bh6 21. Rc3
hxg3 22. hxg3 Kg7 23. Qa4 a6 24. Rb1 Re7 25. Rcb3 Qc7 26. Qa3 Bg5 27. Qb2 Bf6
28. Rb6 f4 29. gxf4 Qd7 30. Qd2 Qg4 31. Qd1 Qh4 32. Qf3 Rh8 33. Rxb7 Rxb7 34.
Rxb7 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Rd8 36. Qe4 Qh5 37. Bf3 Qh3+ 38. Ke2 Qc8 39. Qxc6 Qf5 40. Qe4
Qh3 41. c6 Qh8 42. c7 Re8 43. Qd5 Qh3 44. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Apr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Soltanici, Ruslan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "3232"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8.
Nc3 Qh5 9. Ne4 O-O 10. c3 Nbd7 11. a4 Bd6 12. Ng3 Bxf3 13. Nxh5 Bxe2 14. Nxf6+
Nxf6 15. Bxe2 h6 16. a5 c5 17. Bf3 Rab8 18. axb6 axb6 19. Rd1 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Bc5
21. Rd1 e5 22. b4 Be7 23. Be3 Rfc8 24. Ra3 Rc7 25. Kf1 b5 26. Be2 Ne4 27. Rd3
Rbc8 28. Bg4 Rb8 29. Bf3 Nd6 30. Bc5 Nc4 31. Ra7 Rxa7 32. Bxa7 Rc8 33. Rd7 Kf8
34. Bb7 Re8 35. Bc6 Rc8 36. Bb7 Rd8 37. Bc6 Rxd7 38. Bxd7 Na3 39. Ke2 Bd6 40.
Kd3 Ke7 41. Bc6 f5 42. f3 Kd8 43. Bb6+ Kc8 44. Bd5 Kd7 45. g4 e4+ 46. fxe4 fxg4
47. Bd4 Bxh2 48. Bxg7 h5 49. e5 Nc4 50. e6+ Kd6 51. Bf8+ Kxd5 52. e7 Nd6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Apr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Rithvik, Raja M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "3233"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. O-O e6 8.
Ne5 Qc7 9. d3 Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. f4 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qg4 f6 14. Rf3 d4
15. Rg3 Rf7 16. exd4 cxd4 17. a4 Bb4 18. Nc4 Bd5 19. Rf1 Bxc4 20. dxc4 Bc5 21.
Rd3 e5 22. f5 Qc6 23. Re1 Re8 24. Re4 a6 25. h4 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27. axb5 Qxb5
28. h5 Qa6 29. Qd1 Qa8 30. Qe2 Rc8 31. Kh2 Bf8 32. c3 dxc3 33. Bxc3 Rfc7 34.
Bd2 Rc2 35. h6 Rd8 36. hxg7 Bxg7 37. Rg4 Kh8 38. Bh6 Rc7 39. Rc3 Rcd7 40. Bxg7+
Rxg7 41. Rxg7 Kxg7 42. Qg4+ Kh8 43. Qh4 Rg8 44. Qxf6+ Rg7 45. Rg3 Qg8 46. Qxe5
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Apr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. h3 c5 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. Qa4 Qxc5 10. Qb5 Qe7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Be2 a6 14. Qb3 Nc6
15. O-O d4 16. Rfe1 Be6 17. Qb6 Rfd8 18. Bg5 f6 19. exd4 Qb4 20. Qxb4 Nxb4 21.
Bd1 Bd5 22. Be3 Nxa2 23. Bd2 Bf8 24. Nh2 Nb4 25. Ng4 Kf7 26. Ne3 Be6 27. Bc3
Nd5 28. Bf3 Rac8 29. Rec1 Rd7 30. Ba5 Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 Bh6 32. Bd2 Ne7 33. Bc3
Bd5 34. Be2 Nf5 35. Bd2 Nxd4 36. Bd1 Bb3 37. Kf1 Bxd1 38. Rxd1 Nb3 39. Bc3
Rxd1+ 40. Nxd1 Ke6 41. Ke2 Nc1+ 42. Kf3 f5 43. g4 Nd3 44. Ne3 fxg4+ 45. Nxg4
Bc1 46. b3 Nf4 47. h4 Nd5 48. Bd4 Ba3 49. Ke4 Be7 50. f3 Bxh4 51. Ne5 Nf6+ 52.
Kd3 Nd7 53. Nc4 Bd8 54. Ne3 h5 55. Ng2 g5 56. f4 h4 57. fxg5 Bxg5 58. Ne1 h3
59. Nf3 Bf4 60. Bg1 Ne5+ 61. Ke4 Nxf3 62. Kxf3 h2 63. Bxh2 Bxh2 64. Ke4 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Apr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "3236"]
[BlackElo "2920"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. g3 e6 4. Nh4 Be4 5. f3 Be7 6. fxe4 Bxh4 7. e5 Nd7 8. d4
Bg5 9. e3 c5 10. h4 Be7 11. c4 dxc4 12. bxc4 Nh6 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Qb3 cxd4 15.
Qxb6 Nxb6 16. exd4 Rc8 17. Nd2 Bb4 18. Rb1 Bc3 19. c5 Nd5 20. Rxb7 Bxd4 21.
Bb5+ Kf8 22. Nb3 Bxe5 23. O-O f6 24. Bd7 Rd8 25. Bxe6 Nc7 26. Bc4 Bxg3 27. Bxh6
gxh6 28. Rxf6+ Ke7 29. Rf7+ Ke8 30. Rbxc7 Bxc7 31. Rxc7 Rf8 32. Bb5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 28th Apr"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bersamina, Paulo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2020.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nd7 7. d3 Bd6 8. Re1
Ne7 9. Nd2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 O-O 11. Nf3 Ng6 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bc1 Bb4
15. Bd2 Bd6 16. Bc1 Rad8 17. d4 Bb4 18. Bd2 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Nf6 20. Nd2 c5 21.
dxc5 d4 22. Bb4 d3 23. cxd3 Nf4 24. Qf3 Nxd3 25. Bc3 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 Qxc5 27. Qg3
e5 28. Nf3 Rd3 29. Qg5 Nd7 30. Rc1 f6 31. Qh5 Qe7 32. Bb4 Qf7 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7
34. Rc7 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Ke6 36. Kg3 g6 37. h4 h5 38. Rxb7 Rb8 39. Rxb8 Nxb8 40.
Ne1 Rd4 41. Bc3 Rxe4 42. Nd3 Rc4 43. f3 Nd7 44. Nf2 Nc5 45. Kh3 Na4 46. Ba5
Nxb2 47. Ne4 Nd3 48. Bd8 f5 49. Ng5+ Kd7 50. Bf6 Rc2 51. Kg3 f4+ 52. Kh2 Kd6
53. Bg7 Kd5 54. Nf7 Rc1 55. Ng5 Nf2 56. g3 fxg3+ 57. Kxg3 Nd3 58. Ne4 Rc2 59.
Nf6+ Ke6 60. Ne4 Nf4 61. Nf2 Kf5 62. Bf8 Rxa2 63. Bd6 a6 64. Bc5 a5 65. Bb6 a4
66. Bc5 Rc2 67. Bb4 Ra2 68. Bc5 a3 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv Final 4"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.05.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. d4 Bb6 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. Nc3 Nexd5 14. Qd2 Nxe3 15.
Rxe3 c6 16. Rd1 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bb3 Bf5 19. Ne5 a4 20. Bc2 Bxc2 21. Qxc2
Bc7 22. Rde1 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Qd6 24. a3 Qc6 25. Qd1 Rae8 26. R1e3 Rxe5 27. dxe5
Re8 28. Qd2 Rc8 29. Kh2 Qe6 30. Qd3 Rc4 31. Re2 b5 32. b3 Re4 33. Rxe4 dxe4 34.
Qxb5 Qxb3 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qd7 e3 37. fxe3 Qxe3 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40.
Qf5+ Kg8 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Final 4"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2020.05.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Nf3 Bb4 12. O-O Nh5 13. Be5 f6 14. Bg3 Nxg3
15. hxg3 Nc4 16. a3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nd6 18. a4 g6 19. Nd2 O-O 20. Rfc1 Qe7 21.
Qb3 Rc7 22. Qa3 Rfc8 23. c4 dxc4 24. Rxc4 Bc6 25. Rc5 b6 26. Rc3 Bb7 27. Rxc7
Qxc7 28. Bf1 Qd7 29. a5 Bd5 30. axb6 axb6 31. Qb4 b5 32. Ra6 Rd8 33. Qa5 Rb8
34. Qb4 Rd8 35. Nb3 Bxb3 36. Qxb3 Rc8 37. Qb4 Nc4 38. Be2 Kg7 39. Bg4 f5 40.
Be2 h5 41. Ra1 Nd6 42. Rb1 Qc7 43. Ra1 Qb6 44. Bd3 Kf7 45. Rb1 Rc7 46. Kh2 Rc8
47. Ra1 Kf6 48. f3 Kf7 49. Rb1 Qc7 50. e4 Nc4 51. Qxb5 Na3 52. Qb3 Nxb1 53.
exf5 gxf5 54. Bxf5 Qd6 55. Bxb1 h4 56. f4 Rg8 57. Qb7+ Kf6 58. Qh7 hxg3+ 59.
Kh3 Qf8 60. Qh4+ Kf7 61. Qh5+ Ke7 62. Qc5+ Ke8 63. Qb5+ Kf7 64. Qh5+ Ke7 65.
Qc5+ Kf7 66. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Final 4"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.05.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Bb3 Be6 11. Ba4 Nd7 12. Nf1 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. d4 exd4 15.
cxd4 Nf6 16. Ng3 Bh7 17. Bb3+ Kh8 18. a3 Ne7 19. Be6 c6 20. Bd2 Nfd5 21. a4 Nb4
22. Bxb4 axb4 23. Qb3 Ba5 24. Re3 Ng6 25. Bf5 Bg8 26. Qc2 Nh4 27. Nxh4 Qxh4 28.
Qd3 Bb6 29. Re4 Qf6 30. Rg4 Ra5 31. Bg6 Be6 32. Ne4 Qxd4 33. Qxd4 Bxd4 34. Rd1
Bxb2 35. Rg3 Be5 36. Re3 Bd5 37. g3 Rxa4 38. f4 Ra1 39. Red3 Rxd1+ 40. Rxd1 Bc3
41. Nxd6 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv Final 4"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.05.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bd7 6. e4 e5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Be2 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nd2 c6 12. O-O Ne8 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. b4 Be6 15.
Nb3 f5 16. f3 Nf6 17. Na5 Qd7 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Bf7 21. Bf2 h6
22. b5 c5 23. Bd3 f4 24. Nd5 Nexd5 25. cxd5 g5 26. Nc6 Re8 27. Kh1 g4 28. Bh4
Kh8 29. Be2 Bg6 30. Qe1 Nh7 31. a4 Ng5 32. Qf1 Bf6 33. a5 Nxe4 34. Bd3 Bxh4 35.
Bxe4 Bxe4 36. fxe4 Rf8 37. b6 axb6 38. axb6 Qb7 39. Ra1 Ra8 40. Rxa8 Rxa8 41.
Qb5 f3 42. g3 Bg5 43. Na5 Qf7 44. b7 Rb8 45. Rf1 Kg7 46. Qa6 Qg6 47. Qd3 h5 48.
h4 Bxh4 49. gxh4 Qf6 50. Kg1 Qxh4 51. Qd2 Kg6 52. Nc4 Qf6 53. Na5 Qh4 54. Nc4
Qf6 55. Ne3 Qf4 56. Qf2 Qxe4 57. Re1 Rxb7 58. Ng2 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv Final 4"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.05.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Ng6 15.
Be3 a4 16. Qc2 Qe8 17. a3 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Nd2 Ba5 20. Rec1 c5 21. dxc5 Ngxe5
22. Rf1 Nc6 23. b4 axb3 24. Nxb3 Bc7 25. Nd4 Be5 26. Nge2 Ra5 27. Nxc6 bxc6 28.
Ra2 Qe7 29. Rc1 Rfa8 30. a4 Bf6 31. Ra3 e5 32. Ng3 Qe6 33. Qg6 d4 34. Bd2 Rxa4
35. Rxa4 Rxa4 36. Ne4 Nf8 37. Qg3 Kh7 38. Rb1 Ra7 39. Qd3 Kg8 40. Rb8 Be7 41.
Qf3 Qf7 42. Qg3 Qe6 43. Re8 Kh7 44. Rb8 Nd7 45. Qd3 Qg6 46. Rc8 Nf8 47. Rxc6
Qxc6 48. Ng5+ Kh8 49. Nf7+ Kg8 50. Nxe5 Qd5 51. Bf4 Bxc5 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Inv Final 4"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.01"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2020.05.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O b6 8. c4
Bb7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Nc3 Qe7 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Rac8
15. Bb5 Nb8 16. Bc6 Nxc6 17. dxc6 Ba6 18. Rfd1 Rcd8 19. a4 Rfe8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8
21. Rd1 Rd6 22. Rd2 f6 23. h4 Bh6 24. Rd5 Rxd5 25. exd5 Qd6 26. Qe4 Bc8 27. h5
Bf5 28. Qc4 Bf8 29. Nh4 Qc5 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. Bc1 Qxc4+ 33. bxc4 f4
34. g3 Kh6 35. gxf4 Kxh5 36. Kg2 Kg4 37. fxe5 fxe5 38. f3+ Kf5 39. Bd2 a5 40.
Be3 Bd6 41. Kh3 e4 42. f4 Kg6 43. Kg4 h5+ 44. Kg3 Kf5 45. Kh3 Kf6 46. Kg3 Kg6
47. Kh4 Be7+ 48. Kh3 Bd6 49. Kg3 Kf5 50. Kh3 h4 51. Kxh4 Bxf4 52. Bxf4 Kxf4 53.
d6 e3 54. dxc7 e2 55. c8=Q e1=Q+ 56. Kh5 Qe5+ 57. Kg6 Qe4+ 58. Kg7 Qd4+ 59. Kg6
Qd3+ 60. Kg7 Qc3+ 61. Kg6 Qxc4 62. Qf5+ Ke3 63. Qe5+ Kd2 64. c7 Qc6+ 65. Kf7
Qc4+ 66. Ke7 Qh4+ 67. Kd7 Qg4+ 68. Qe6 Qg7+ 69. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Final 4"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2020.05.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. a3 Re8 13. Qc2 Bf6 14. Nd2 Nd4
15. Bxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 exd4 17. Qxc7 Rxe2 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. Nc4 Rde8 20. Kf3
Bg5 21. Rb1 R2e6 22. a4 h5 23. b4 g6 24. b5 Kg7 25. Rb2 Be7 26. Rc1 g5 27. Kg2
g4 28. Rcc2 Bg5 29. b6 axb6 30. Rb5 Kg6 31. f4 gxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Bd8 33. Rd5 Bf6
34. Rb2 Ra8 35. Rxb6 Rxa4 36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. Rb5 Ra1 38. Rxb7 Rf1+ 39. Ke2 Rh1
40. h4 Rg1 41. Kf2 Rd1 42. Rb3 Ra1 43. Nd6 Be5 44. Ne4 Ra5 45. Kf3 Kf5 46. Nd2
Bf6 47. Nc4 Ra1 48. Nd6+ Kg6 49. Ne4 Re1 50. Kf2 Re3 51. Nd2 Re5 52. Ne4 Rf5+
53. Ke2 Ra5 54. Rb6 Kf5 55. Kf3 Be5 56. Rb3 Ra1 57. Rb5 Re1 58. Nd6+ Kg6 59.
Nc4 Bf6 60. Rb6 Kf5 61. Kf2 Rd1 62. Nd6+ Kg4 63. Ne4 Be5 64. Rxe6 Kf5 65. Ke2
Rg1 66. Rh6 Bxg3 67. Rxh5+ Kf4 68. Rh8 Re1+ 69. Kd2 Re3 70. h5 Be1+ 71. Kc2 Rh3
72. h6 Kf5 73. h7 Kg6 74. Rg8+ Kxh7 75. Nf6+ Kh6 76. Rh8+ Kg6 77. Rxh3 Kxf6 78.
Kb3 Ke5 79. Kc4 Bf2 80. Rf3 Be3 81. Rf8 Ke6 82. Kc5 Bg1 83. Kc6 Be3 84. Re8+
1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Final 4"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.03"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.05.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Qe2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 g6 15.
Rfc1 Qc7 16. g3 axb4 17. axb4 Qb7 18. Rab1 Ra3 19. Qc2 Rfa8 20. Kg2 Bf6 21. Ne2
Ra2 22. Qd1 bxc5 23. bxc5 Qa6 24. Rc2 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Rb8 26. Rxb8+ Nxb8 27. Nc1
Nd7 28. Nd3 Qb5 29. Qc3 h5 30. Qa3 Kg7 31. Nde5 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Qe2 33. Ng5 Qg4
34. h4 Nf8 35. Qd3 Qf5 36. Qxf5 exf5 37. Kf3 f6 38. exf6+ Kxf6 39. Ke3 Nd7 40.
Nf3 Ke6 41. Ne1 Nb8 42. Nd3 Kf6 43. f4 Nd7 44. Ne5 Nf8 45. Nxc6 Ke6 46. Ne5 Ke7
47. Kd3 Kd8 48. Kc3 Kc7 49. Nd3 Nd7 50. Nb4 Nf6 51. Kb3 Kb7 52. Ka4 Ne4 53.
Nxd5 Nxg3 54. Kb5 Ne4 55. c6+ Kc8 56. Kb6 Nd6 57. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Final 4"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.05.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,103,14,30,23,3,-4,6,6,10,13,2,26,-2,50,27,27,12,35,42,48,58,24,-1,-14,
0,-12,-27,15,1,23,0,35,25,37,36,40,36,35,34,42,19,44,45,26,18,43,43,37,42,35,
37,46,57,56,46,63,61,74,81,60,69,68,65,88,50,63,60,50,52,138,133,154,143,199,
153,169,163,152,209,201,197,236,154,213,162,166,166,199,218,268,310,310,619,
653,675,623,699,815,1028,1142,1152,1242,1272,1396,1568]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10.
Bxc4 a6 11. Ng5 $5 b5 $2 ({Later, at the Nations Cup, Nakamura improved on his
play with} 11... h6 12. Nge4 Be7 13. a4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Nf6 {and eventually made
a draw against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Still, even in that game he was
suffering:} 15. Qf3 $1 (15. Nd6 Bd7 $1 $132) 15... Bd7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qxb7
Qc8 18. Qb3 Ra7 (18... Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Qxc4 20. Rfd1 Bxa4 21. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 $2 22.
Rd4 {could have been a fun way for the game to finish}) 19. Qa2 $6 {White had
several good tries instead.} (19. Rac1 $5) (19. Rab1 $5) (19. e4 $5) 19... Bxb2
20. Rab1 Bf6 21. Rfc1 Qa8 22. a5 Rc8 23. Bf1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bb5 $11 {½-½ (31)
Vachier Lagrave,M (2778)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess.com 2020}) 12. Bxe6 $1 fxe6
13. Nxe6 Qe7 (13... Qe8 {isn't satisfactory for Black either:} 14. Nxf8 Bxf8
15. Bd6 Bb7 16. Bxf8 Nxf8 (16... Qxf8 17. Qd4 $16) 17. a4 b4 18. Qb3+ Ne6 19.
Qxb4 Rb8 20. Qc4 (20. Qh4 $5) 20... Rc8 21. Qb3 {(bringing his queen to the
wrong side of the board allowed Black to take the initiative)} Rb8 22. Qc2 Ng5
23. Rae1 Bf3 $3 24. Qf5 Qh5 25. h4 Qxh4 26. Qf4 Nh3+ 27. gxh3 Qxh3 28. Qxb8+
Kf7 29. Qc7+ Kg8 $11 {½-½ (36) Wojtaszek,R (2725)-Andreikin,D (2724)
Jerusalem 2019}) 14. Nxf8 Qxf8 15. Ne4 $1 {White is going to grab the bishop
pair and will have a better position thanks to his fantastic centre,
especially once he manages to push f3 and e4.} Bb7 (15... Nxe4 $2 16. Qd5+ $18)
(15... Be7 16. Nd6 $16) 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Rc1 $1 Qd5 18. f3 $1 {White gives
away one of his pawns to take a huge initiative.} Qxa2 19. e4 Nf8 (19... Qxb2
$2 20. Rc7 $18) 20. Rf2 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Qd8 Qe6 23. Bd6 Qe8 (23... Ne8
24. Bb4 $16) 24. Qxe8 Nxe8 25. Bb4 $1 {The b4-bishop dominates the black
queenside pawns, and White is superior and not worse on the kingside.} Ne6 26.
Rd2 Kf7 27. Kf2 Nf6 28. Ke3 g5 29. Rd6 Nd7 30. g3 {Just a lesson in technique.
Black has two knights, but he can't do much with them.} Ne5 31. b3 h5 32. h4 $1
gxh4 33. gxh4 Ng6 34. Be1 {Calmly.} a5 35. Rd5 $1 {White is not in a hurry to
capture the a5-pawn (at all!).} a4 36. Rxh5 Nef4 (36... axb3 37. Rxb5 $18) 37.
Rg5 $1 (37. Rxb5 Ng2+ 38. Kf2 Nxe1 39. Kxe1 Nxh4 40. Kf2 axb3 41. Rxb3 {
may also win, as Black shouldn't be able to sac one of his pieces for the two
white pawns, but there was no reason for White to enter such an endgame.})
37... axb3 38. h5 Nf8 (38... b2 $2 39. hxg6+ Nxg6 40. Rxb5 $18) 39. Bc3 {
Black has taken another pawn on the queenside, but the result remains the same:
the white bishop blocks them all!} ({Of course not} 39. Kxf4 $4 Ne6+ $19) 39...
b4 40. Bb2 N8e6 (40... N4e6 41. Rb5 $18) 41. Rf5+ Kg8 42. Rxf4 $1 {The right
choice - the opposite coloured bishops endgame is hopeless for Black.} (42. Ra5
$5) 42... Nxf4 43. Kxf4 Ba6 (43... Kh7 44. Ke5 Kh6 45. f4 Kxh5 46. f5 $18) 44.
Kg5 Bd3 45. Kg6 Bb5 46. f4 Be8+ 47. Kg5 Bc6 48. e5 Bd5 49. f5 Kh7 50. e6 Bc4
51. Kf6 Be2 52. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Inv Final 4"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.03"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2020.05.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Be2 Be7 11. a3 O-O 12. b4 Rd8 13. O-O b6 14. Bf3 Ba6
15. Qb3 Rac8 16. Rac1 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 bxc5 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Qb5 Qb8
21. Qxb8 Rxb8 22. bxc5 Rdc8 23. c6 Ne5 24. Rc3 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Kf8 26. Rd1 Ke8
27. Rd7 Bf6 28. Rc5 Rxc6 29. Rxa7 Rxc5 30. Nxc5 Be7 31. Ne4 f5 32. Ng3 g6 33.
a4 Kf7 34. Ne2 Kf6 35. Ra6 Rb2 36. Nf4 Kf7 37. Nd3 Ra2 38. Ra7 Kf6 39. f4 Bd6
40. Ra6 Ke7 41. Ne5 Bxe5 42. fxe5 Kd7 43. Kg2 g5 44. Rd6+ Ke7 45. Ra6 Kd7 46.
a5 h5 47. Rd6+ Ke7 48. a6 h4 49. Rb6 Kd7 50. Rd6+ Ke7 51. h3 Ra5 52. f4 g4 53.
Rb6 Ra2+ 54. Kh1 Ra1+ 55. Kg2 Ra2+ 56. Kf1 Ra1+ 57. Kg2 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf5 12. Rc1 Ne6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Bf6 15. O-O Bxe5 16. Nxe5 d4 17. Rfd1 Re8 18. exd4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4
Rxe5 21. Rd7 Rb5 22. Rc2 a5 23. g3 g6 24. Rcc7 Rf5 25. Rxb7 h5 26. h4 Rc8 27.
Rd2 Kg7 28. Kg2 Rc1 29. a4 Rc4 30. b3 Rc3 31. Re2 Rcf3 32. Ra2 Rc3 33. b4 axb4
34. Rxb4 Ra5 35. Rd2 Ra3 36. Rdd4 Ra7 37. Rf4 Kg8 38. Kf1 Ra2 39. Kg2 Ra3 40.
Kf1 Ra2 41. Kg2 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "276"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bd3 Qc8 13. O-O Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qb2
Qb7 16. Rfb1 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Ra8 19. Qb2 Nh5 20. Bh2 Bd8 21. Ra1
Nhf6 22. g4 Ne8 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Qa2 Qb7 25. Qa4 b5 26. Qa1 Bc7 27. Bxc7 Nxc7
28. Qa5 f6 29. Ne2 Kf7 30. Nc1 g5 31. Nd3 Ke7 32. Nd2 Kd8 33. Nb3 Qa6 34. f4
Qxa5 35. Nxa5 Nb8 36. Kf2 Ne8 37. Kg3 Kc7 38. h4 Nd7 39. Nb3 gxh4+ 40. Kxh4 Ng7
41. Nd2 Nf8 42. Nf3 Ng6+ 43. Kg3 Kd8 44. Nh4 Ne7 45. Kf3 Ke8 46. Nc1 Kf7 47.
Nb3 h5 48. Na5 hxg4+ 49. Kxg4 Ne8 50. f5 Nc7 51. fxe6+ Kxe6 52. Ng2 Ne8 53.
Nf4+ Kd7 54. Nh5 Kc7 55. Nb3 Kd7 56. Nc1 Ke6 57. Nf4+ Kf7 58. Nb3 Ng7 59. Na5
Ngf5 60. Kf3 Nh4+ 61. Kg3 Nhf5+ 62. Kf2 Ng7 63. Nb7 Ke8 64. Kf3 Kd7 65. Na5
Nef5 66. Kf2 Ne7 67. Kf3 Nef5 68. Nb3 Nh4+ 69. Kf2 Nhf5 70. Nd2 Ke7 71. Nf3 Kf7
72. Nh2 Ke7 73. Ng4 Kf7 74. Kf3 Nh4+ 75. Ke2 Nhf5 76. Nf2 Ng3+ 77. Kf3 N3f5 78.
Nd1 Nh4+ 79. Kf2 Nhf5 80. Nc3 Ne8 81. Kf3 Nc7 82. Nce2 Na6 83. Nd3 Nc7 84. Nec1
Ne6 85. Nb3 Ke8 86. Nf2 Kf7 87. Na5 Nd8 88. Ng4 Kg6 89. Nf2 Kf7 90. Nd3 Kg6 91.
Nf4+ Kf7 92. Ng2 Kg6 93. Kf4 Ne6+ 94. Kg4 Nh6+ 95. Kf3 Nd8 96. Nf4+ Kf5 97. Nh5
Kg6 98. Ng3 Nhf7 99. e4 Ng5+ 100. Ke3 dxe4 101. Nxe4 Nge6 102. Nc3 Nc7 103. Kf4
Na6 104. Na2 Nc7 105. Ke4 f5+ 106. Ke5 Nf7+ 107. Kf4 Nd5+ 108. Kf3 Nd8 109. Kg3
Kh5 110. Kf3 Kg5 111. Kg3 f4+ 112. Kf3 Kf5 113. Nc1 Nxb4 114. Ne2 Nd5 115. Nc1
Nc7 116. Nd3 Nce6 117. Nb3 Ng5+ 118. Kf2 Ke4 119. Nb4 Nge6 120. d5 cxd5 121. c6
Ke5 122. Na5 Nc7 123. Kf3 Nde6 124. Nd3+ Kd4 125. Nxf4 Nxf4 126. Kxf4 Kc3 127.
Nb7 b4 128. Nc5 Kc4 129. Na4 Kb5 130. Nb2 Kxc6 131. Ke5 Kc5 132. Na4+ Kc4 133.
Kd6 d4 134. Kxc7 d3 135. Kb6 d2 136. Nb2+ Kb3 137. Nd1 Kc2 138. Ne3+ Kc1 0-1

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "Rest of the World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Be2
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Qc2 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Ra7 15.
Rab1 axb4 16. axb4 Qa8 17. Nc1 Rb8 18. Nd3 Ra2 19. Qd1 bxc5 20. bxc5 Rxb1 21.
Qxb1 Bf6 22. h4 h6 23. h5 Ra4 24. Qb2 Ra2 25. Qb1 Ra4 26. Nde5 Nxe5 27. fxe5
Bd8 28. g3 Ra3 29. Kg2 Bc7 30. Rc1 Qa6 31. Qc2 Ra2 32. Qd1 Qa3 33. Rb1 Qe3 34.
Qf1 Qc3 35. Rb7 Ra1 36. Qe2 Qc4 37. Rb2 Ba5 38. g4 Qxe2 39. Rxe2 Bc3 40. Re3
Rc1 41. Rd3 f6 42. Kg3 Rc2 43. Rd1 Kf7 44. Rb1 Bb2 45. Rd1 Bc3 46. Rb1 Bb2 47.
Rd1 Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Europe"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nge4 Be7 13. a4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4
Nf6 15. Qf3 Bd7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qxb7 Qc8 18. Qb3 Ra7 19. Qa2 Bxb2 20. Rab1
Bf6 21. Rfc1 Qa8 22. a5 Rc8 23. Bf1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bb5 25. Rb1 Bd8 26. Bxb5 axb5
27. Rxb5 Rxa5 28. Qxa5 Qxa5 29. Rxa5 Bxa5 30. g4 Bd8 31. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. Qg4 O-O 14. Bh6 Qxd4
15. Qg3 Bd6 16. Bxg7 Bxg3 17. Bxd4 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Nxd4 19. Bd3 f5 20. Rae1 Rf6
21. Re3 Rh6+ 22. Kg1 Kf7 23. Ne2 Rd8 24. Rc1 Nxe2+ 25. Bxe2 Rd2 26. Bf3 Rxb2
27. Ra3 a6 28. Bxb7 Nc4 29. Ra4 Nd2 30. Ba8 Ne4 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. Rxa6 Rf6 33.
Rf1 h5 34. Ra3 Rf5 35. Re3 Rxa2 36. Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.07"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7 12. Be2 f5 13. Nf3 Nb6 14. O-O
a5 15. Bd3 Bd6 16. g3 Ke7 17. Ne2 Kf6 18. Nf4 a4 19. Rac1 Nd7 20. Rc2 Nf8 21.
Ng2 Ne6 22. Nfh4 f4 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. gxf4 Rag8 25. Kh1 g5 26. fxg5+ Nxg5 27.
f3 Ke6 28. Re2 Kd7 29. e4 Rh5 30. e5 Bc7 31. f4 Ne4 32. f5 Rg4 33. Rf3 Rgxh4
34. Nxh4 Rxh4 35. Rg2 Rh7 36. b3 c5 37. e6+ Ke7 38. dxc5 fxe6 39. fxe6 Kxe6 40.
Rg6+ Ke5 41. c6 bxc6 42. Rxc6 Bd6 43. bxa4 Ra7 44. Rc2 Rxa4 45. h4 Rc4 46. Re2
d4 47. Kg2 Rc7 48. h5 Rh7 49. Rh3 Kd5 50. h6 Nf6 51. a4 Ng4 52. a5 Nxh6 53.
Rh5+ Kc4 54. Rc2+ Kd3 55. Rc6 Bf4 56. Rf6 Be3 57. Kf3 Ra7 58. a6 Nf7 59. Rb5
Ng5+ 60. Kg4 Ne4 61. Rg6 Ra8 62. Ra5 Ke2 63. Ra2+ Nd2 64. a7 d3 65. Re6 Kf2 66.
Rd6 Rxa7 67. Rxa7 Bxa7 68. Rxd3 Be3 69. Rxe3 Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Na4 e5 6. dxe5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qe7 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Nb6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Qf4 O-O 13. e3 Ra5 14. Be2
Nxe5 15. O-O Bg4 16. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 c6 19. Rd4 Rd8 20. Rad1
Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Rb5 22. b4 Rf5 23. Qd1 c5 24. Rd7 Qf6 25. f4 cxb4 26. axb4 Qc3
27. Kf2 Rf6 28. Qe1 Qb2+ 29. Rd2 Qe5 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Qd2 Qa1 32. h4 Rc6 33.
Kg3 Qc3 34. Qd4+ Qxd4 35. Rxd4 h5 36. Kf3 Rc1 37. Rd6 Rc6 38. Rd5 Rc4 39. Rb5
Rc6 40. f5 f6 41. fxg6 Kxg6 42. e4 Re6 43. g3 Rc6 44. Ke3 Rc3+ 45. Kf4 Rc6 46.
g4 hxg4 47. Kxg4 Re6 48. Kf3 Rc6 49. Kf4 Re6 50. h5+ Kh6 51. Rd5 Rc6 52. Kf5
Rc4 53. b5 Rb4 54. Kxf6 Rxe4 55. Re5 Rc4 56. Ke7 Kh7 57. Re6 Rc5 58. Rxb6 Rxh5
59. Rxb7 Kg6 60. Rb8 Kf5 61. Kd6 Ke4 62. b6 Kd4 63. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.08"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rest of the World"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 c6 10. O-O b6 11. b4 a5 12. a3 Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15.
Qe2 Ra7 16. f5 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 bxc5 19. bxc5 e5 20. dxe5 Bxc5 21.
Na4 Re8 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Qe3 Ne4 24. Ra7 Qb8 25. Qa3 h6 26. Kg2 c5 27. Rd7 Rd8
28. e6 fxe6 29. fxe6 Re8 30. Rxd5 Rxe6 31. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "Europe"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Bb4 11. Nf3 Nh5 12. Be5 f6 13. Bg3 f5 14. a3 Be7 15.
O-O Rc8 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Rac1 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bd6 19. Bb5 Nc6 20. Rc2 g5 21. Bxc6
Rxc6 22. Rfc1 g4 23. Ne1 h5 24. Nd3 h4 25. Nf4 Rf7 26. Na2 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Qf6
28. Rd2 Rh7 29. Nc3 a6 30. Rd1 Kf7 31. Qc2 Qh6 32. a4 Rh8 33. Nce2 Qf6 34. b3
Rh6 35. Rc1 Qh8 36. Qd2 Rh7 37. Qc2 Rh6 38. Qd2 Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nations Cup Online Prelim"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.09"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
a5 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bb5 Bb6 11. Ng3 Ne7 12. h3 Nd7 13. d4 f5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nd4 Bc8 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Ngxf5 Bxf5 18. Be3 Bd7 19. f4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxb5 21.
fxe5 Bc6 22. Qg4 dxe5 23. Rxe5 Qd7 24. Qg3 Rae8 25. Rae1 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 a4 27.
Re6 Kh7 28. Qd3+ Kg8 29. Rxh6 Qf5 30. Qg3 Qf1+ 31. Kh2 Qf4 32. Rg6 Qxg3+ 33.
Kxg3 Rf7 34. Rg5 Kh7 35. b4 a3 36. Ra5 Re7 37. Kf2 Rf7+ 38. Kg3 Re7 39. Rxa3
Re2 40. Ra5 Rxg2+ 41. Kf4 Re2 42. Rh5+ Kg8 43. b5 Re4+ 44. Kf5 g6+ 45. Kxg6
Be8+ 46. Kf5 Bxh5 47. Kxe4 Be2 48. a4 Bd1 49. a5 Be2 50. Be5 Bxb5 51. Bxc7 Kf7
52. Kd5 Ke7 53. Kc5 Be2 54. Kb6 Bf3 55. c4 Kd7 56. c5 Kc8 57. h4 Be2 58. Bf4
Bf3 59. a6 bxa6 60. Kxa6 Kd7 61. Kb6 Kc8 62. c6 Bh5 63. Kc5 Bg4 64. Kd6 Kd8 65.
c7+ Ke8 66. h5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Samadov, Read"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "3166"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 b6 5. c4 Bb7 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. Re1 Rfe8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4
15. Rxe4 Nf6 16. Re2 Rad8 17. Qc2 Ba3 18. Rce1 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Qd6 20. g3 c5 21.
dxc5 Qxc5 22. Ne5 Nd7 23. Nf3 Nf6 24. Qc3 b5 25. Qa5 Qf5 26. Nh4 Qh3 27. cxb5
Ng4 28. f3 Nxh2 29. Rxh2 Qxg3+ 30. Kh1 axb5 31. Rg1 Qe5 32. Qe1 Qf6 33. Qe4 Rd4
34. Qxh7+ Kxh7 35. Ng6+ Rh4 36. Rxh4+ Qxh4+ 37. Nxh4 Ra8 38. Rg2 f6 39. f4 e5
40. fxe5 fxe5 41. Nf3 Re8 42. Re2 e4 43. Rxe4 Ra8 44. Re2 Kg6 45. Nd4 b4 46.
Nc6 Rh8+ 47. Rh2 Rh4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aditya, Mittal"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "3167"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 b5 7. e5 Ne8 8. f4 exd5
9. cxd5 d6 10. Nf3 c4 11. Bd2 Nc7 12. a4 Bb7 13. axb5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bxd5 15.
Be3 dxe5 16. b6 axb6 17. Rxa8 Nxa8 18. fxe5 b5 19. Be2 Nc6 20. O-O Re8 21. Bf4
Nb6 22. Qb1 Na4 23. Rc1 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Nxe5 25. Qxb5 Nxf3+ 26. gxf3 Qb6+ 27.
Qxb6 Nxb6 28. Kf2 Nd5 29. Bd2 Ra8 30. Rb1 Rc8 31. Rb5 Ne7 32. Rb7 Ng6 33. Be3
Ne5 34. Bd4 Nd3+ 35. Kg3 h6 36. h4 f6 37. Rd7 Nc1 38. Kg4 Ne2 39. Kf5 Nxd4+ 40.
Rxd4 Kh7 41. h5 Rc5+ 42. Kg4 Kg8 43. Rd7 Rg5+ 44. Kh4 Rf5 45. Kg4 Rg5+ 46. Kh4
Re5 47. Rc7 Re3 48. Rxc4 Rxf3 49. Rc7 Rf4+ 50. Kg3 Rf5 51. Kg4 Rg5+ 52. Kh4 f5
53. c4 Rg4+ 54. Kh3 Rd4 55. Kg3 Rg4+ 56. Kh3 Rg5 57. Kh4 f4 58. c5 f3 59. Rc8+
Kf7 60. c6 f2 61. c7 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vrolijk, Liam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "3168"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. c4 c6 6. d4 O-O 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 e6 11. O-O a5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. a3 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Ne8 15.
Bf1 Nd6 16. Rac1 a4 17. b4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Nb6 20. Qe2 Rd7 21. e4
Rad8 22. e5 Bh6 23. Rb1 Nd5 24. Qc2 Ra8 25. Bc1 Bg7 26. Bg5 Qf8 27. Nd2 h6 28.
Bh4 Nb6 29. Ne4 g5 30. Bg3 Rad8 31. h4 Rxd4 32. hxg5 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 hxg5 34.
Nxg5 Rxd1+ 35. Qxd1 Qe7 36. Ne4 Kf8 37. Qh5 Ke8 38. Bh4 Qf8 39. Qd1 Nd5 40.
Qxa4 Kd7 41. Nc5+ Kc7 42. Qa5+ Nb6 43. Na4 Qa8 44. Qxb6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2831"]
[BlackElo "3154"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. c4 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 e6 9. O-O Bb4 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Bxc3 12. dxe6 Bb4 13. exf7+ Kf8 14. a3
Be7 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne6+ Kxf7 17. Nf4 Nbd7 18. Qb3+ Ke8 19. Ng6 Rf8 20. Nxf8
Kxf8 21. Qxb7 Rb8 22. Qc6 Ne5 23. Qe6 Rb6 24. Qc8+ Kf7 25. Qc2 Qb5 26. Bf4 Nd3
27. Be3 Rc6 28. Qe2 Qf5 29. Bxa7 Re6 30. Qf3 Qxf3 31. gxf3 Nxb2 32. Rfe1 Ra6
33. Bd4 Nc4 34. Rac1 Ra4 35. Bxf6 Kxf6 36. Re4 Nb2 37. Rxa4 Nxa4 38. Rc4 Nb2
39. Rf4+ Ke6 40. a4 Bd8 41. Rb4 Bf6 42. a5 Bc3 43. Rb6+ Kd7 44. a6 Nc4 45. Rb3
Bd4 46. Rd3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Klekowski, Maciej"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "3155"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. a3 Nd7 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. Bd3
Ngf6 9. Bh6 O-O 10. h4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Qg5 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Ng4
15. Qd2 Rad8 16. h5 Nc5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Qe2 Ne6 19. Kb1 Nf4 20. Qf1 c5 21. g3
Nxd3 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Nxf2 24. Nd5 Qg7 25. Qb3 c4 26. Qb4 Bxd5 27. exd5
Nxh1 28. Ng5 Qd7 29. Ne6 Re8 30. Qc5 Nxg3 31. Qe3 Qxd5 32. Nc7 Qd1+ 33. Ka2 Ne2
0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "3141"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bb5 Qb6 6. a4 a6 7. a5 Qc7 8. Bxc6+
Qxc6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nc3 f6 11. O-O e6 12. Ne2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Bd6 14. f4 Ne7 15.
Ng3 h5 16. Qf3 O-O-O 17. c4 h4 18. Ne2 Bc7 19. d4 dxc4 20. Qxc6 Nxc6 21. bxc4
Nxa5 22. Ra4 Nc6 23. Bc3 cxd4 24. exd4 Rh5 25. Rb1 Rf5 26. Kh1 g5 27. Kg2 Bxf4
28. d5 exd5 29. cxd5 Rdxd5 30. Nxf4 Rxf4 31. Rxf4 gxf4 32. Bxf6 f3+ 33. Kf1 Rd6
34. Bg5 Rd5 35. Bf6 b5 36. Rb3 Rd1# 0-1

[Event "Nations Cup Online Final"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.05.10"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
a5 9. Nf1 a4 10. h3 Ra5 11. d4 Bb6 12. b4 axb3 13. Bxb3 Ra8 14. Ng3 Re8 15. Bb2
Bd7 16. Qc2 Nh7 17. Rad1 Ng5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Kh2 Na5 20. Bc1 Qg6 21. dxe5
Nxb3 22. axb3 Rxe5 23. f4 Rea5 24. f5 Qf6 25. Bb2 Ra2 26. Re2 Qe7 27. c4 f6 28.
Nh5 Be8 29. Nf4 c6 30. Qb1 R2a6 31. Rd3 Bf7 32. Rg3 Bc7 33. Ng6 Bxg6 34. Rxg6
d5+ 35. e5 Ra2 36. cxd5 cxd5 37. Re3 Rxb2 38. Qxb2 Bxe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sukovic, Andrej"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "3245"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bg6 8.
Ne2 e6 9. Nf4 Bd6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. h4 O-O-O 14. g3 c5
15. Be3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Kb8 17. a3 Qc6 18. Rh2 Nb6 19. Rc1 Qd5 20. Kf1 Rc8 21.
Rd1 Qb3 22. h5 Nd5 23. Bc1 f5 24. Kg1 f4 25. h6 fxg3 26. Rh4 gxf2+ 27. Kxf2
Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Nf4 29. Rxf4 Bxf4 30. Rc4 Rxh6 31. Qe4 Bd6 32. Rb4 Bxb4 33. Qf4+
Kc8 34. Qxh6 Qxd3 35. Qh8+ Kd7 36. axb4 Qd2+ 37. Kf3 Qxb4 38. Qf6 Qe7 39. Qe5
Qd6 40. Qf6 Qd5+ 41. Ke3 Qf5 42. Qh8 g5 43. Qa8 Qb5 44. Qf8 Qb3+ 45. Ke4 f5+
46. Ke5 Qd5+ 47. Kf6 Qxd4+ 48. Kxg5 Qd6 49. Qa8 Qe7+ 50. Kf4 Qb4+ 51. Kg5 a6
52. Qh8 Qe7+ 53. Kf4 Qd6+ 54. Kg5 Kc6 55. Qc8+ Kb5 56. Kf6 f4 57. Qc3 e5+ 58.
Kf5 Qd4 59. Qb3+ Kc6 60. Qe6+ Kc7 61. Qe7+ Qd7+ 62. Qxd7+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Rathnakaran, Kantholi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. h3
Bh5 9. c4 O-O 10. Qc2 Bg6 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bb8
15. Neg5 Re8 16. Rfe1 Nf8 17. Rad1 h6 18. Ne4 g5 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Qb1 Qc7 21.
d5 e5 22. d6 Qf7 23. c5 Rcd8 24. b4 Re6 25. Nd2 f5 26. Rxe5 b6 27. Rxf5 Qg6 28.
Nf3 Nd7 29. Qd3 bxc5 30. bxc5 a5 31. Qd4 Kh7 32. g4 Ba7 33. Ne5 Bxc5 34. Nxg6
Bxd4 35. Rxd4 Kxg6 36. Rxa5 c5 37. Rd2 c4 38. Kg2 Nb6 39. Ra7 Rd7 40. Rxd7 Nxd7
41. a4 Kf7 42. a5 Re8 43. Bc3 Ra8 44. Re2 Re8 45. Rxe8 Kxe8 46. a6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vishnu, Prasanna V"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "218"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. h4 h5 7. Nge2 hxg4 8. Nf4
Bf5 9. h5 c5 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Ne7 12. O-O-O Nbc6 13. Qa4 a6 14. Qb3 b5 15.
Ncxd5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Qc7 18. Bg2 Be6 19. Rhd1 Be7 20. Qc3 Rc8 21.
Rd6 Nxe5 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Rxa6 O-O 24. Bf4 Rc5 25. b4 Rc4 26. Bxe5 Bg5+ 27.
Kb2 Rxb4+ 28. Ka3 Rc4 29. c3 Rfc8 30. Bd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 f6 32. Bd4 Kh7 33. Ra7
Kh6 34. Rdd7 Rg8 35. Kb3 Rcc8 36. Rab7 Ra8 37. Rxb5 Kxh5 38. a4 Kg6 39. a5 Bh4
40. c4 g3 41. fxg3 Bxg3 42. Ka4 Rgc8 43. c5 Bc7 44. Bc3 Bd8 45. Rbb7 Kf5 46.
Rxg7 Rxc5 47. Rb5 Rxb5 48. Kxb5 Rb8+ 49. Kc4 Rc8+ 50. Kd3 Ra8 51. Rb7 Kg4 52.
Rb4+ Kg5 53. Rb5+ f5 54. Ke3 Bc7 55. Kf3 Rd8 56. Ke2 Re8+ 57. Kd3 Ra8 58. Kc4
Kg4 59. Rb7 Bxa5 60. Rg7+ Kf3 61. Bd4 Bd2 62. Kd3 Bf4 63. Rf7 Ra5 64. Bc3 Rc5
65. Bd4 Rb5 66. Kc4 Ra5 67. Bc3 Ra4+ 68. Kb3 Ra8 69. Rxf5 Ke4 70. Rc5 Be3 71.
Rc4+ Kd3 72. Rb4 Bc5 73. Rb7 Ra3+ 74. Kb2 Ra4 75. Rd7+ Kc4 76. Bd2 Bd4+ 77. Kc1
Kd3 78. Rb7 Ra1+ 79. Rb1 Ra3 80. Kd1 Ra2 81. Rb3+ Kc4 82. Rf3 Bc5 83. Rc3+ Kd4
84. Rb3 Bd6 85. Rf3 Ke4 86. Re3+ Kd4 87. Rb3 Be5 88. Rb4+ Kc5 89. Re4 Kd5 90.
Rg4 Bd4 91. Rg3 Kc4 92. Rf3 Ra8 93. Kc2 Rc8 94. Rh3 Rb8 95. Bc1 Ra8 96. Rh4
Ra2+ 97. Kd1 Kd5 98. Rh5+ Ke4 99. Rh4+ Ke5 100. Rh5+ Ke6 101. Rh6+ Kf5 102.
Rh5+ Kg4 103. Rd5 Bf6 104. Rd3 Ra1 105. Kc2 Be5 106. Bb2 Ra2 107. Rb3 Bf6 108.
Kb1 Rxb2+ 109. Rxb2 Bxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kozhuharov, Spas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. d4 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Nc3 f5 13. Ne2 Nc5 14. Bc2 Ne6
15. a3 c5 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Bb3 Qd7 19. Qb1 f4 20. exf4 Nxf4 21.
Nxf4 Rxf4 22. Bc1 Re4 23. Bc2 Rc4 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Bd3 Rh4 26. Bg5 Qg4 27.
Bxh4 Qxh4 28. Ba6 Bc6 29. Qd3 Bc5 30. Qg3 Qh5 31. Kh1 d4 32. Bd3 Rf8 33. Rxa7
g5 34. f4 g4 35. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "3240"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. d4 c5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. a3 a6 12. c4 Rc8 13. b4 Re8 14. Rc1 Nf8 15.
Bf1 Ng6 16. g3 Qc7 17. Bh3 Rcd8 18. Ng5 Bf8 19. d5 e5 20. a4 Qe7 21. f4 b5 22.
f5 Nh8 23. Nge4 bxc4 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Ne4 Qh6 26. Bf1 f6 27. Rxc4 g5 28. h4
Nf7 29. Bc1 Be7 30. Rc7 Bc8 31. Qf3 Kh8 32. Bd3 Rd7 33. Rc6 Qf8 34. hxg5 Nxg5
35. Bxg5 fxg5 36. f6 Bd8 37. Rf1 Rf7 38. Qh5 Rb7 39. f7 Ree7 40. Nxg5 h6 41.
Qg6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 f6 7. h4 fxe5 8. h5 Bf7
9. dxe5 Nd7 10. f4 Bc5 11. Qd3 Ne7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Qb6 14. Qd2 h6 15.
O-O-O O-O-O 16. Nd4 Kb8 17. Nf3 c5 18. Nb5 Nc8 19. f5 d4 20. Qf4 a6 21. Na3 Qc7
22. Nc4 Ndb6 23. Nxb6 Nxb6 24. Bg2 Nd5 25. Qe4 Ne3 26. Rd2 exf5 27. gxf5 Bd5
28. Qf4 Rhe8 29. Re1 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 Rxe5 31. f6 gxf6 32. Qxf6 Ng4 33. Qf1 Rxe1+
34. Qxe1 Ne3 35. Qh4 Rg8 36. Bf3 Rg1+ 37. Bd1 Ka7 38. c3 dxc3 39. bxc3 Qa5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. e3 e6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. d4 c6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4
Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 Bg6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Qa5 17. a3 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Qf5 19. Rfe1 g5 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 Nh7 22. Rd6 Rxd6 23. exd6 Nf8 24. Qe3 c5 25. Qg3 f6 26. Qe3 Rd8 27. Rd1 b6
28. b4 Nd7 29. g4 Qc2 30. Qxe6+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ Qxf5 32. gxf5 Kg8 33. Re1 Nf8 34.
Rd1 Kf7 35. bxc5 bxc5 36. Bc3 Nd7 37. Kg2 Nb6 38. Ba5 Rd7 39. Bxb6 axb6 40. Kf3
Ke8 41. Ke4 Ra7 42. Kd5 Rxa3 43. Kc6 Kd8 44. Re1 Ra7 45. Kxb6 Ra3 46. Kc6 Ra6+
47. Kxc5 Ra5+ 48. Kc6 Rxf5 49. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Ne2 Ne7 8. Bg5
Qb6 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Qe3 Bg6 12. O-O Re8 13. Qd2 Nf5 14. a3 f6 15.
Na4 Qc7 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Rfe1 Nxh4 19. Nc5 Bf5 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21.
Qb4 Nb6 22. a4 Rhg8 23. Ng3 Rxg3 24. fxg3 Qxg3 25. Re2 Nf3+ 26. Kf1 Nxd4 27.
Bxe6+ Nxe6 28. Rae1 Re7 29. Nxe6 Nd5 30. Qa3 Qxa3 31. bxa3 Bd3 32. Kf2 Bxe2 33.
Rxe2 Nc3 34. Re1 Nxa4 35. g3 b5 36. Nf4 Rxe1 37. Kxe1 Nc5 38. Nxh5 Ne4 39. Ke2
a5 40. Ke3 b4 41. axb4 a4 42. Kd3 f5 43. Kc2 Kb7 44. Kb2 Kb6 45. Ka3 Kb5 46.
Nf4 Nxg3 47. Ne6 Ne2 48. Nc7+ Kc4 49. Kxa4 f4 50. Ne8 f3 51. Nf6 Nc3+ 52. Ka5
Nd5 53. Ng4 Kd4 54. b5 c5 55. b6 Nxb6 56. Kxb6 c4 57. Kb5 c3 58. Nh6 c2 59.
Nf5+ Kd3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O Re8 10. Nb5 Bf8 11. Ne5 Ba6 12. Rc1 c5 13. a4 Bb7 14. f4 a6 15. Nc3
Nc6 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Be1 cxd4 18. exd4 Nb4 19. Bb1 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Qc8 21. Nc3 Ne4
22. Qd1 f6 23. Nxe4 fxe5 24. fxe5 dxe4 25. Bxb4 Bxb4 26. Qb3+ Qe6 27. Qxe6+
Rxe6 28. Ba2 Bc8 29. Rc1 Bd7 30. Rc7 Kf8 31. Rxd7 Re7 32. Rd8+ Re8 33. Rxe8+
Kxe8 34. Kf2 Bd2 35. Ke2 Bc1 36. Bb1 Bxb2 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. Kxe4 b5 39. axb5 axb5
40. d5 Kd7 41. Bd3 b4 42. Bb5+ Kc7 43. Ba4 Bc1 44. d6+ Kb6 45. e6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 12th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 d6 5. h3 b5 6. Bd3 a6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Be3 Nd7
9. Ne2 e5 10. c3 Ngf6 11. Ng3 O-O 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Bh6 Qe7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qg5
Kh8 16. Rae1 c5 17. d5 c4 18. Bc2 Nc5 19. Qd2 Nfd7 20. Nh2 a5 21. a3 Bc8 22.
Ng4 Nb6 23. Nh6 Qf8 24. Qg5 f6 25. Qh4 Nd3 26. Bxd3 cxd3 27. f4 exf4 28. Qxf4
Nc4 29. b3 Ne5 30. Qd2 a4 31. b4 Nc4 32. Qf4 Ra7 33. Rf2 d2 34. Rd1 Rae7 35.
Kh2 Re5 36. Kg1 Kg7 37. Ng4 Bxg4 38. hxg4 Qe7 39. Rdxd2 Nxd2 40. Qxd2 Rg5 41.
Rf4 h5 42. Kf2 hxg4 43. Ne2 Re5 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Bc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4
Bg4 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Bb2 Nd7 11. Be2 h5 12. O-O Qf6 13. Ne1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nd4
15. Bxd4 exd4 16. f4 c5 17. Nf3 Qxf4 18. Nxd4 Qe5 19. Nb5 O-O 20. Rae1 g6 21.
Qf2 Kg7 22. Re3 Ra4 23. Qd2 Qe7 24. d4 Kh7 25. Ref3 Kg8 26. Nc3 Raa8 27. Nd5
Qh4 28. Rf4 Qd8 29. Qf2 f6 30. Qg3 Kh7 31. e5 dxe5 32. dxe5 Nxe5 33. Rxf6 Re8
34. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Ne3 c3 11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. Nd3 Be7 13. a4 Rb8 14. a5 Nc5
15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 Bd7 18. O-O Rfc8 19. Rb1 Bc6 20. Rab3 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 Rc7 22. f3 h6 23. Kf2 g6 24. Rb4 b6 25. axb6 axb6 26. Rxb6 Rxb6 27.
Rxb6 Rxc3 28. g4 Kg7 29. Rb7 Rc5 30. h4 Nd5 31. Nxd5 Rxd5 32. Ra7 h5 33. g5 Rb5
34. Rc7 Ra5 35. Rd7 Rc5 36. Ra7 Rb5 37. Rd7 Rc5 38. Ra7 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2
c5 9. a3 Nc6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. c4 a5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qc2 a4 14. Rad1 axb3 15.
Nxb3 Qb6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Nh4 Ne5 19. Nf5 Rxa3 20. Qe2 Ra4 21.
Qh5 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 g6 8. e3
Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. h4 Nb6 12. Ne5 Qc8 13. O-O-O Qe6 14. Kb1 Ne4
15. Qc2 Bb4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. h5 g5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Rh4 fxg5 20. Rxe4 O-O 21.
Ng6 Qf7 22. Nxf8 Rxf8 23. Re5 h6 24. g4 Bd6 25. Rf5 Qe6 26. e4 Re8 27. f3 Bf4
28. Rd3 Nc4 29. Qc3 Nd6 30. d5 Qe7 31. Rf6 Be5 32. Rg6+ Kh7 33. Qc2 c5 34. Re6
Qc7 35. Rxe8 Nxe8 36. d6 Nxd6 37. Rd5 Nf7 38. Rxc5 Qb6 39. a4 a6 40. a5 Qe6 41.
Rd5 Kg7 42. Qc5 Qf6 43. Rd7 Bxb2 44. Rxb7 Bc3 45. Kc2 Be1 46. Qd5 Qxf3 47. Qe5+
Kg8 48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. Qe5+ Kg8 50. Qe8+ Kg7 51. Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. h3 Bd6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nc3 c6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Re1 Rxe1+ 13. Qxe1 Nf8 14. Ne2 h6
15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Qb6 17. b3 Bd7 18. Qd2 Re8 19. Ne5 Bc8 20. Re1 Qc7 21. c4
dxc4 22. Bxc4 Re7 23. Nfg6 Nxg6 24. Nxg6 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. Qe3 Nd6 27. Qe5
Qd7 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nxc8 Nxc8 30. Qb8 g6 31. Qf4 Kg7 32. Qe5+ f6 33. Qb8 b5
34. Bd3 Ne7 35. Qf4 c5 36. Qe4 cxd4 37. Bxb5 Qd6 38. Qb7 Qb4 39. Qxa7 Qe1+ 40.
Kh2 Qe5+ 41. g3 h5 42. h4 g5 43. hxg5 fxg5 44. Kg1 h4 45. gxh4 gxh4 46. Qd7 Kf6
47. Bd3 Qg5+ 48. Kf1 Qc1+ 49. Ke2 Qb2+ 50. Kf3 Qc3 51. Qd6+ Kf7 52. Qf4+ Ke6
53. Qe4+ Kd6 54. Kg4 Qc8+ 55. Kxh4 Qh8+ 56. Kg3 Nd5 57. a3 Nc3 58. Qg6+ Kc7 59.
Qh7+ Qxh7 60. Bxh7 Kd6 61. Bd3 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. a5 Bd6 14. Rfd1 Qe7
15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 b5 17. Qc6 e5 18. Nde4 exd4 19. Rxd4 Be5 20. Rd3 Qe8 21.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Qf3 c5 23. Rad1 Bxc3 24. bxc3 b4 25. cxb4 cxb4 26. Rd6 Qa4 27.
Qg4 Qxa5 28. Rxh6 Rad8 29. Rb1 Qd5+ 30. e4 Qd7 31. Qxd7 Rxd7 32. Rxa6 Rd4 33.
e5 Rb8 34. Rb3 g5 35. Ra7 Re4 36. Rf3 Rxe5 37. Rfxf7 Reb5 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Rh7+
Kg8 40. Rag7+ Kf8 41. Rc7 Kg8 42. Rcg7+ Kf8 43. Rf7+ Kg8 44. Rfg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
Nf3 b6 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nc6 Qc7 11. e4 Qxc6 12. exd5 exd5 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Bg5
cxd4 15. Bxf6 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Be6 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. O-O Bb4 19. Qe2 Bxc3 20. Rxc3
Qd7 21. Qxa6 Rxc3 22. bxc3 O-O 23. Qxb6 Qa4 24. Qb3 Ra8 25. Rb1 Qxb3 26. axb3
Ra3 27. b4 Rxc3 28. b5 Kf8 29. b6 Rc8 30. b7 Rb8 31. Bf1 Ke7 32. Ba6 d4 33. Kf1
Bd5 34. Ke2 Kd6 35. Kd3 Kc7 36. Rc1+ Kb6 37. Rc8 Ka7 38. Kxd4 Bxb7 39. Bxb7
Kxb7 40. Rc3 Rc8 41. Rf3 Rc7 42. Re3 Kc6 43. Re8 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. h3
Qe7+ 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bd3 b6 12. Re1 Qf8 13. Rxe8 Qxe8 14. c4 Bb7 15.
Nc3 Nbd7 16. d5 Nc5 17. Bc2 Ba6 18. Qf1 Nfe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rb1 c6 21. Ba4
b5 22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Bc2 Bb7 24. Qd3 Nf6 25. Bg5 h6 26. Re1 Qd7 27. Bxf6 Bxf6
28. Nd4 Re8 29. Rd1 a6 30. b4 Bxd5 31. Nxb5 Qc6 32. Nxd6 Qxd6 33. Bb3 Qxb4 34.
Bxd5 Re1+ 35. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 36. Qf1 Qxf1+ 37. Kxf1 a5 38. a4 Bc3 39. Bc4 Kg7 40.
Bb5 f5 41. Bc4 Kf6 42. Bb5 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14.
Rfe1 Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 h4 17. g4 hxg3 18. fxg3 Ne7 19. h4 Nd5 20. Bc1
Nxc3 21. Rd3 Na4 22. Rf3 Bd5 23. Rf4 Nb6 24. Ref1 Bc4 25. Nxf7 Rg6 26. R1f3
Bxf7 27. h5 Rg4 28. Rxf7 Rxg3+ 29. Rxg3 Kxf7 30. e6+ Kxe6 31. Rxg7 Rh8 32. h6
Nd5 33. Kg2 Ne7 34. h7 Nf5 35. Rxc7 Ne7 36. Rxb7 a6 37. Ra7 Rxh7 38. Rxa6 Rh4
39. Bd2 Rc4 40. c3 Nd5 41. Kf3 Nxc3 42. Bxc3 Rxc3+ 43. Ke4 Kd6 44. Kd4 Rc1 45.
Ra8 Kc7 46. Rh8 c5+ 47. Kd3 Kb6 48. Rb8+ Ka5 49. Rb3 c4+ 50. Kd2 Rh1 51. Rb4
Rh3 52. Rxc4 Rxa3 53. Rc3 Rxc3 54. Kxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O a6 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. d3 Rb8 10. Rb1 Qa5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. a3 e6 13. b4 b6 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Qc2
Nb6 16. Bb3 Nfd7 17. Na4 Na8 18. Bc3 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 Nab6 20. Qd2 Bb7 21. Qh6
Rfd8 22. Ng5 Nf8 23. f4 f6 24. Nf3 Bc6 25. Qh4 Qg7 26. Rfe1 Rd7 27. Qf2 Rdb7
28. Ba2 f5 29. d4 fxe4 30. Nxe4 Na4 31. Rxb7 Rxb7 32. d5 Rb2 33. Qh4 exd5 34.
Nf6+ Kh8 35. cxd5 Bb5 36. Bc4 Bxc4 37. Re8 h5 38. Nd7 Bxd5 39. Rxf8+ Bg8 40.
Qd8 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Nc3 Ne4 14.
Qxc4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Be6 16. Bf4 Bxc4 17. Bxe5 Rfe8 18. Bxc7 Rxe2 19. a4 Rc8 20.
Bf4 f6 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bb3 23. a5 Kf7 24. h4 Rxc3 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26.
Bxc1 a6 27. Be3 h5 28. Bb6 g6 29. Be3 f5 30. f4 Bc4 31. Bb6 Bb5 32. Kf2 Ba4 33.
Ke3 Bb5 34. Kf2 Ba4 35. Ke3 Bb5 36. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 f5 11. O-O Nd7 12. b4 Qxb4 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Nd2 b6 15.
f3 exf3 16. Rxf3 Ba6 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Bb7 19. e4 Nf6 20. exd5 cxd5 21.
cxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rfc3 Rf4 24. Rd3 a5 25. Rc7 b5 26. Rc5 a4 27. bxa4
bxa4 28. Nb1 Be4 29. Rd1 Bxb1 30. Rxb1 Rxd4 31. Rc7 Rg4 32. Rbb7 Rd8 33. h3 Rg5
34. Ra7 Rd4 35. g4 h5 36. Kf2 Rd3 37. gxh5 Rxh3 38. Rxa4 Rhxh5 39. Re7 Rf5+ 40.
Kg3 Rhg5+ 41. Kh4 Rg6 42. Re4 Rff6 43. Ra4 Rf1 44. Kh5 Kh7 45. Rg4 Rh1+ 46. Rh4
Rh6+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Valdes Romero, Leonardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Kh1 a5 10. Ne1 Nd7 11. Nd3 f5 12. f4 b6 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Ne4 h6 15. Bg4
exf4 16. Bxf4 Nc5 17. Ndxc5 bxc5 18. Qd2 Qh4 19. h3 Nd4 20. Bg3 Qe7 21. Bxc8
Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Rxc8 23. Re1 Nf5 24. Bf2 Qf7 25. Qxa5 Bxb2 26. Qd2 Bg7 27. a4
Ra8 28. a5 Kh7 29. Kg1 Nd4 30. Bh4 Qf5 31. Qd3 Rxa5 32. Rf1 Qh5 33. Bf6 Bxf6
34. Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Remizov, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 14. Kh1
Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qc5 16. Qd3 O-O 17. Qh3 f5 18. Rf3 d4 19. Nd1 b5 20. Rg3 Bb7 21.
Qh6 Qe7 22. a4 Nc5 23. Bd3 bxa4 24. Nb2 Bd5 25. Nc4 Rab8 26. Ra1 Kh8 27. Qh5
Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Ne4 29. Rf3 Nd2 30. Rh3 g6 31. Qe2 Qb4 32. Ba2 Qb2 33. Rc1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. e3 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 c6 7. Nbd2 Qc7 8. g4
Bg6 9. Nh4 O-O-O 10. a3 e5 11. Bg2 Ngf6 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. O-O-O Nc5 14. Kb1 Rhe8
15. g5 Nfd7 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. h4 Kb8 18. c4 d4 19. b4 Na4 20. c5 Bxc5 21. bxc5
Ndxc5 22. Ne4 Qb6 23. Ka1 Nb3+ 24. Ka2 Rd5 25. Rb1 Rb5 26. Nd6 Rc5 27. Nc4 Qb5
28. Qc2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bf4 Na6 10. Nc3 c5 11. e3 Nc7 12. Rc1 Ne6 13. Ng5 Nxf4 14. exf4 cxd4
15. Qxd4 Bc5 16. Qd1 h6 17. Nf3 Ng4 18. Nd4 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Qf6 20. Re5 Rfe8 21.
Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rad8 23. Rcxc5 bxc5 24. Ne2 c4 25. Qd2 Rxd5 26. Bxd5 Rb8 27.
b3 cxb3 28. Bxb3 Rd8 29. Qe3 Qc6 30. Qxa7 Rd7 31. Qe3 g6 32. Nd4 Qd6 33. Nf3
Re7 34. Qd4 Qc7 35. Ne5 Kh7 36. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. dxc3 a5 8.
e3 Bc5 9. Bd3 h5 10. b3 g6 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. b4 Bd6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rac1 b6 15.
Rcd1 Bb7 16. e4 Nd8 17. Bc4 Ne6 18. Bc1 Kg7 19. Be3 axb4 20. axb4 f6 21. Qb3
Nd8 22. Bd5 c6 23. Bc4 b5 24. Be2 Nf7 25. Nd2 Bc8 26. Ra1 Be6 27. Qb2 h4 28.
Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Ra1 Qe8 30. Ra3 h3 31. g3 Be7 32. c4 Nd6 33. c5 Nf7 34. Qa1 Rd8
35. Ra7 Rd7 36. Qa6 Rxa7 37. Qxa7 Qd7 38. Qxd7 Bxd7 39. f3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vazquez, Guillermo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 a6 4. c4 d6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Ng1 Bd7 8. d5
Nd4 9. Be3 c5 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Nf3 Nf6 12. h3 O-O 13. O-O Be6 14. Qd2 Qa5 15.
Rac1 Rfc8 16. Rfd1 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Ng5 b4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Ne5 21.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. a3 Rb8 23. Nf3 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Qa4 25. axb4 Qxb4 26. Qxb4 Rxb4
27. Rc1 Bf8 28. Rc2 Nd7 29. Bd2 Rb3 30. Bc3 Bg7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Rc7 Ne5 33.
Rxe7 Nxf3+ 34. gxf3 Rxf3 35. Kg2 Rd3 36. b4 Rxd5 37. Rb7 Kf6 38. b5 Rd3 39. b6
Rb3 40. Rb8 Ke7 41. b7 h5 42. Kf1 h4 43. Ke2 g5 44. Kd2 Kf6 45. Kc2 Rb6 46. Kc3
Kg7 47. Kd4 f5 48. Ke3 Rb3+ 49. Ke2 g4 50. Kf1 g3 51. fxg3 hxg3 52. Kg2 f4 53.
h4 d5 54. h5 d4 55. h6+ Kh7 56. Kh3 d3 57. Rd8 Rxb7 58. Rxd3 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. e5 Nd5 8. h3
dxe5 9. dxe5 Nb6 10. Bb3 Na6 11. a3 Nc5 12. Ba2 Be6 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. c4 a5 15.
Be3 Nbd7 16. Nc3 a4 17. Bd4 Nb3 18. Bxb3 axb3 19. Ng5 Rad8 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21.
Na4 Bxe5 22. Qe3 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 e5 24. Rdd1 Nf6 25. Nc5 Kf7 26. Re1 Rd4 27. Nxb3
Rxc4 28. Nd2 Rf4 29. Nf3 Kg8 30. Qxe5 Qxe5 31. Rxe5 Nd5 32. Rc1 Ra8 33. Nd2 Ra6
34. g3 Rf5 35. Re2 Rf6 36. Nc4 Ra8 37. Kg2 Kf7 38. Rce1 Rd8 39. h4 h6 40. Re4
Kg7 41. R1e2 Rf7 42. Na5 Rd7 43. Nb3 Rf6 44. Nc5 Rd8 45. Ne6+ Rxe6 46. Rxe6 Kf7
47. R6e4 Ra8 48. h5 gxh5 49. Re6 Kg7 50. Kh3 Rf8 51. R6e5 Kg6 52. f4 Rf7 53.
Kh4 Rf8 54. Re6+ Kg7 55. Kxh5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 19th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.23"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "241"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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37,40,31,23,1,31,22,29,29,28,32,36,16,33,17,76,42,26,25,33,36,66,56,83,36,36,
29,39,31,43,39,28,28,67,64,67,67,73,67,75,59,72,75,93,109,60,41,49,3,3,3,12,12,
20,9,0,0,40,37,41,-73,14,7,7,7,8,14,6,0,1,1,8,0,41,40,40,41,68,62,66,41,13,16,
16,0,0,0,6,0,31,40,37,38,40,41,43,41,111,41,41,41,112,41,40,41,112,116,114,106,
139,43,94,101,99,91,95,95,100,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,46,41,41,41,41,40,40,40,40,
40,41,40,40,41,40,40,40,40,41,40,43,44,43,44,44,43,41,41,44,43,43,43,42,41,40,
42,43,43,44,41,43,4,41,41,43,43,41,43,45,44,43,43,44,43,43,41,41,44,45,44,43,
45,41,43,40,42,42,44,44,44,44,44,44,44,43,43,527,265,51,51,50,50,817,827,827,
847]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8.
h3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Qc8 13. Na4 Qb7 14. Qc2 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Ne4 16. Rfb1 axb4 17. axb4 b5 18. Nc3 f5 19. Ne2 Bf6 20. Ne5 Ng5 21. Nxd7
Qxd7 22. Nc1 Nf7 23. Qc3 Rfe8 24. Nd3 Qb7 25. Rb3 Ra4 26. Rxa4 bxa4 27. Ra3 Qb5
28. Qc2 Ra8 29. Bc7 Bd8 30. Ba5 Bf6 31. f4 g5 32. g3 h5 33. Qxa4 Qxa4 34. Rxa4
h4 35. gxh4 gxf4 36. Nxf4 e5 37. Ng6 exd4 38. exd4 Bxd4+ 39. Kf1 Bf6 40. Ra2
Kh7 41. h5 Ng5 42. Nf4 Ne4 43. Nd3 Bd4 44. Rg2 f4 45. Nxf4 Rf8 46. Bc7 Rf7 47.
Ke2 Bc3 48. Ne6 Bxb4 49. Bd6 Bc3 50. Ng5+ Nxg5 51. Rxg5 Bb4 52. Rg4 Rb7 53. Kd3
Rb5 54. Kd4 Ba3 55. Rg6 Rb3 56. Ke5 Rxh3 57. Ke6 Rxh5 58. Rg3 Bb4 59. Kd7 d4
60. Kxc6 Rf5 61. Rd3 Bc3 62. Kd7 Bb4 63. Kc6 Bc3 64. Rg3 Bb4 65. Kb5 Be1 66.
Rh3+ Kg6 67. Kc4 Ba5 68. Kxd4 Kf7 69. Rh7+ Kf6 70. Ke4 Rf1 71. Kd5 Rd1+ 72. Kc6
Bb4 73. Rh4 Ba3 74. Rh3 Bb4 75. Rb3 Rd4 76. Kb5 Bxc5 77. Kxc5 Rd1 78. Re3 Rc1+
79. Kd5 Rd1+ 80. Kc6 Kf5 81. Rf3+ Ke4 82. Rf4+ Ke3 83. Rh4 Kf3 84. Kc5 Ke3 85.
Be5 Rd8 86. Bd6 Ra8 87. Kd5 Ra5+ 88. Bc5+ Kf3 89. Rc4 Rb5 90. Ke5 Rb8 91. Rc2
Re8+ 92. Kf5 Rc8 93. Rc3+ Ke2 94. Ke4 Re8+ 95. Kf4 Rd8 96. Rh3 Re8 97. Bd4 Kd2
98. Be5 Kc2 99. Ke4 Rd8 100. Rc3+ Kd2 101. Rb3 Rc8 102. Rh3 Kc2 103. Rh2+ Kb3
104. Rb2+ Ka3 105. Rb7 Re8 106. Kd5 Rc8 107. Bc7 Rh8 108. Bd6+ Ka2 109. Kc4
Rc8+ 110. Bc7 Rf8 111. Be5 Rc8+ 112. Kd3 Rc1 {The pawnless endgame of rook and
bishop against rook is normally drawn. However, if the defending side can set
up neither of the two standard drawing procedures, the Cochrane Defence or the
2nd rank defence, then it is often lost in practice as happened in the present
case: Das bauernlose Endspiel Turm und Läufer gegen Turm ist normalerweise
remis. Wenn der Verteidiger allerdings keine der beiden Standardremisverfahren,
die Cochrane Verteidigung oder die Verteidigung auf der 2.Reihe errichten kann,
dann wird es in der Praxis oft verloren, wie auch im vorliegenden Fall:} 113.
Rb2+ $5 Ka1 (113... Ka3 {still holds things together, e.g. hält den Laden
noch zusammen, z.B.} 114. Rb8 Ka2 115. Kd2 Rh1 116. Kc2 Ka3 117. Bc3 Rh4 $11 {
and Black has reached a version of Szen's drawing position. und Schwraz hat
eine Version von Szens Remisstellung erreicht.}) 114. Rf2+ Kb1 115. Bd4 Rd1+ (
115... Rc8 116. Rb2+ Kc1 117. Ra2 Kd1 {White has reached Philidor's winning
position and now wins in typical fashion: Weiß hat die Philidor
Gewinnstellung erreicht und gewinnt nun in typischer Weise:} 118. Rf2 Re8 119.
Bf6 Re6 120. Bc3 Rd6+ 121. Bd4 Re6 122. Rd2+ Ke1 123. Ra2 Kf1 124. Rf2+ Ke1
125. Rf5 Kd1 126. Be5 Ke1 127. Bc3+ Kd1 128. Rf1+ Re1 129. Rxe1#) 116. Kc3 Re1
$6 117. Kb3 $1 Kc1 (117... Rh1 118. Bb2 Rg1 119. Rf8 Rg3+ 120. Bc3 Rg1 121. Ra8
Kc1 122. Ra1#) 118. Bc3 Rg1 (118... Re8 119. Rf1+ (119. Kc4 $6 {is moreover
mate in 52, but in view of what we saw before would of course only be a draw
under the 50 move rule. setzt übrigens in 52 Zügen matt, wäre aber mit 50
Züge Regel aufgrund der Vorgeschichte natürlich nur remis.}) 119... Re1 120.
Rxe1#) (118... Rd1 119. Ra2 Kb1 120. Ra1#) 119. Ra2 Kd1 120. Ra1+ Ke2 121. Rxg1
$18 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.23"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. h4 d5 11. Bd3 Nc5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Rde1 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3
f5 15. f4 Bd6 16. Nf3 Re8 17. g3 Re4 18. Nd2 Be6 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Qd2 Qa5 21.
Kb1 h5 22. f5 Bxf5 23. Bf4 Bf8 24. Rhf1 Bg4 25. Be5 Bf3 26. Qf4 Qd8 27. Bd4 c5
28. Be5 Qd7 29. Rxf3 exf3 30. Qxf3 Re8 31. Rf1 Qe6 32. Bf4 g6 33. a3 Qe4 34.
Qd1 Bg7 35. Bc1 b6 36. g4 Qxg4 37. Qxd5+ Qe6 38. Qg2 Qe4 39. Qg3 Be5 40. Qg5
Qg4 41. Qd2 Bg7 42. Qd3 Qe4 43. Qd7 Re7 44. Qd6 Kh7 45. Bg5 Qc4 46. Rg1 Rf7 47.
Qd1 Qb5 48. Qd5 Rf1+ 49. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 50. Ka2 Qf5 51. Qb7 Qe6+ 52. Kb1 Qe1+ 53.
Ka2 Qe6+ 54. Kb1 Qe1+ 55. Ka2 Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.23"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Qb1 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qd5 15. Qb2
b5 16. Be2 a4 17. O-O Bd7 18. f3 f5 19. Qd2 Be8 20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Rxf8+ Bxf8
22. Bd1 Bg6 23. Bc2 Be7 24. Bb1 Rf8 25. Ba2 Qd7 26. Qe1 Kh7 27. Qg3 Bd8 28. Rf1
Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Qf7+ 30. Ke1 Qf5 31. Qf4 Qf7 32. Bb1 Kg8 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34. Kf2
Bf5 35. g4 Bh7 36. Kg3 g5 37. Bc2 Bg6 38. Bd1 Kg8 39. Be2 Be8 40. Bf1 Kf8 41.
Bg2 Bg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.23"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. h4 Re8 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. h5 Bg4 13. Rde1 Qd7 14. h6 g6
15. Nd4 a6 16. f3 Be6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Kb1 b5 19. g4 e5 20. c4 Qe6 21. Qe2
Rab8 22. g5 Nd7 23. Ka1 bxc4 24. Bxc4 d5 25. Bb3 Nc5 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Qxa6 Bf2
28. Re2 Bg3 29. c4 d4 30. c5 Rxb3 31. axb3 Qxb3 32. Qxc6 Rb8 33. Kb1 Qf7 34.
Qf6 Qxf6 35. gxf6 Kf7 36. c6 Kxf6 37. c7 Rc8 38. Rc1 Ke7 39. Rc4 Kd7 40. Rec2
g5 41. b4 g4 42. fxg4 Be1 43. Re2 Bg3 44. b5 Rxc7 45. Rxc7+ Kxc7 46. g5 d3 47.
Re4 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.23"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nd5 11. Rfc1 f6 12. Na4 Re8 13. Bc5 Bd6 14. a3 Nb6
15. Qd1 Bd5 16. Be3 Bf8 17. b4 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Nc5 Rb8 20. Nb3 Bxf3 21.
exf3 c6 22. f4 Na4 23. Nd2 Nc3 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. Re1 Qd7 26. Ne4 Nxe4 27. dxe4
c5 28. bxc5 Bxc5 29. Bf1 g6 30. Bb5 Qe6 31. Bc4 Qd6 32. Kg2 Re7 33. Qf3 Rbe8
34. h4 a6 35. a4 Bb4 36. Re2 Qc6 37. Bd5 Qc3 38. Rd1 Qxf3+ 39. Kxf3 Bc3 40. Rb1
Rd8 41. Bc4 d3 42. Re3 d2 43. Bd5 Ba5 44. Ke2 Rc7 45. Rd1 b5 46. axb5 axb5 47.
g4 Bc3 48. Bb3 b4 49. g5 fxg5 50. hxg5 Rf8 51. Rf3 Re7 52. e5 Kg7 53. e6 h6 54.
gxh6+ Kxh6 55. Rg1 Rf6 56. Rfg3 Rexe6+ 57. Bxe6 Rxe6+ 58. Re3 Rf6 59. Re4 Kg7
60. Rc4 Re6+ 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.25"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Bg5 Qa5 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Nh4 Nb6
15. Bb3 Rae8 16. Nxf5 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Qxf5 18. Bd2 Nd5 19. Qe2 Nf6 20. Re1 h6
21. f3 Re8 22. Qd1 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 Nd5 24. g3 b5 25. Qe2 Qd7 26. a4 a6 27. c4
Nc7 28. Kg2 Ne6 29. Bf2 Qe7 30. Qe4 bxa4 31. Bc2 Qg5 32. c5 Bc7 33. Bxa4 h5 34.
h4 Qd2 35. Bb3 Nd8 36. Qe8+ Kh7 37. Bxf7 Nxf7 38. Qxf7 Ba5 39. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.25"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Be2 Qc8 13. O-O Ba6 14. Re1 Qb7 15. Rb1 axb4
16. axb4 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Ra7 18. Rc2 b5 19. Nd2 Rfa8 20. g4 Bd8 21. Bg3 Bc7 22.
f4 Ra3 23. Kg2 R8a7 24. Nb3 Qa8 25. Na5 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Bxa5 27. bxa5 Rxa5 28.
Be1 Ne4 29. Rcb3 Ra2+ 30. R1b2 Ra1 31. Rb1 Ra2+ 32. R1b2 Ra1 33. Rb1 Ra2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.25"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Bg5 Qa5 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Nh4 Rae8
15. Nxf5 Qxf5 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. Qf3 Qg4 19. Qxg4 Nxg4 20. g3 Nxe3 21.
Rxe3 c5 22. Be4 cxd4 23. cxd4 Re7 24. Rae1 g6 25. Bd5 Rd7 26. Bb3 Bb4 27. Rd1
Kg7 28. d5 Bc5 29. Rc3 b6 30. Ba4 Rd6 31. Kg2 Rc8 32. Bc6 Rc7 33. Rc2 Re7 34.
Rdd2 Rd8 35. Re2 Kf8 36. a4 Rc8 37. Rxe7 Kxe7 38. a5 Kd6 39. axb6 Bxb6 40. f4
Rc7 41. Kf3 Re7 42. Re2 Rxe2 43. Kxe2 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.25"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Bg4 9. Nbd2 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nc4 Nxg3 12. fxg3 Qe7 13. c3 O-O-O 14. b4
Kb8 15. a3 h5 16. Ne3 Bc8 17. c4 f5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 e4 20. Re1 e3 21.
Qc1 g4 22. Nh4 Rhe8 23. c5 Be5 24. Qxe3 Qd7 25. Qc1 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1
Bxa1 28. Qxa1 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 {An interesting
line, willing to play an endgam with a slightly better structure.} dxc6 7. Nc3
Be6 8. Be3 Bb4 ({Mostly Black went} 8... Qxf3 9. gxf3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 {and White
has a symbolic advantage, though here Black can play 10...Nf6, 10...Ne7, 10...
0-0-0, which are all playable.}) ({Blac can also try to keep queens, but he
will stand slightly worse:} 8... Qe7 9. O-O-O (9. Bxc5 $5 Qxc5 10. O-O-O Nf6
11. h3 O-O 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bd3 $36 {1-0 (34) Savchenko,B (2583)-Mamedyarov,S 
(2752) Moscow RUS 2007}) 9... Nf6 10. h3 Nd7 11. Qg3 O-O-O 12. Qxg7 Bxe3+ 13.
fxe3 $14 {1-0 (49) Sulskis,S (2503)-Kantans,T (2510) Tallinn 2018}) 9. O-O-O $1
(9. Bd2 O-O-O 10. O-O-O (10. a3 Bc5 11. Bd3 Qxf3 12. gxf3 Bd4 13. f4 f5 14.
exf5 Bd7 15. Be3 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Nh6 17. f6 gxf6 18. Bxa7 Bf5 $44 {½-½ (60)
Jones,G (2667)-Howell,D (2644) London 2016}) 10... Qg6 11. Qg3 f5 12. Bd3 Nf6
$13 {0-1 (73) Yu Yangyi (2738)-Nakamura,H (2785) Gibraltar 2017}) 9... Qxf3
$146 (9... Qe7 10. Bd4 Nf6 11. Be2 Bc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Qg3 O-O 14. f4 $14 {
0-1 (49) Chigaev,M (2616)-Chen,Q (2432) Gibraltar 2020}) (9... Bxc3 10. bxc3
Qxc3 11. Bd4 Qxf3 12. gxf3 f6 13. f4 {would give White very pleasant
compensation.}) 10. gxf3 Ne7 11. h4 Bxc3 {Not sure that's a good choice for
Black, although anyway White is a bit better.} (11... f6 12. h5 Kf7 13. f4 f5
14. f3 $36) 12. bxc3 Rd8 13. Rxd8+ Kxd8 14. h5 f5 15. c4 Rf8 16. Rg1 Rf7 17. a4
a6 18. a5 $6 ({After} 18. c5 {or 18.Kb2 White would be clearly better.}) 18...
g6 (18... c5 $1 19. Bxc5 Nc6 $132) 19. Rg5 Rf6 20. hxg6 (20. Bd4 Rf7 21. Kd2
$16) 20... Rxg6 21. c5 Ke8 22. Bd3 Rxg5 (22... Kf7 $2 23. Rh5 $16) 23. Bxg5 h5
24. Kd2 Kf8 $6 (24... Ng6 $5 25. exf5 Ne5 26. Be4 Bd5 (26... Bxf5 27. Bxf5
Nxf3+ 28. Ke3 Nxg5 29. Bc8 h4 30. Bxb7 h3 31. Bxc6+ {and White should be
winning}) 27. Ke3 Nc4+ 28. Kd4 Nxa5 {with some chances for Black.}) 25. Ke3 Kf7
26. Bxe7 $1 {Excellent assessment by the World Champion!} (26. Bf4 {was good
as well, but would allow some counterplay with} h4 27. Bxc7 Kf6 $132) 26...
Kxe7 27. e5 h4 (27... f4+ $6 {doesn't work:} 28. Kxf4 h4 29. Bf1 Kf7 30. Kg5 $1
h3 31. Kh4 h2 32. Bg2 $18) 28. f4 Kd7 29. f3 b6 (29... Ke7 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Kg2
Kg6 32. Kh3 Kh5 33. c3 $22 Kg6 $1 (33... Bd7 34. Bc4 $18) 34. Kxh4 Kh6 {
and White will bring his king to d4, play Bc4, and should be winning.}) 30.
axb6 cxb6 31. Bxa6 $3 (31. cxb6 h3 32. Kf2 a5 $132) 31... b5 (31... bxc5 {
shouldn't hold a draw, for example:} 32. Be2 Ke7 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Kg2 Kg6 35.
Kh3 Kh5 36. Ba6 c4 37. c3 Bd5 38. Bc8 Kg6 39. Kxh4 Bxf3 40. Be6 Be2 41. Bd7 Bf3
42. Be8+ Kg7 43. Kg5 $18) 32. Kf2 Kc7 33. Kg2 Kb8 34. Kh3 Ka7 35. Kxh4 Kxa6 36.
Kg5 {And it is just an easy win for White.} Kb7 (36... Ka5 37. Kf6 Bc8 38. e6
Kb4 39. Kxf5 Kc3 40. Ke5 Kxc2 41. f5 b4 42. e7 Bd7 43. f6 Be8 44. Ke6 b3 45. f7
Bxf7+ 46. Kxf7 b2 47. e8=Q b1=Q 48. Qe4+ $18) 37. Kf6 Bd5 38. c3 $5 {Not
necessary - but putting the pawn on a dark-square when Black has a
light-square bishop doesn't hurt.} (38. e6 Kc7 39. Kxf5 $18) 38... Kc7 39. Kxf5
Kd7 40. Kf6 Bxf3 41. e6+ Ke8 42. Ke5 Bg4 43. f5 Bh3 44. f6 Bg4 45. Kd6 Bh3 46.
e7 $1 (46. f7+ $4 Kf8 $11) 46... Kf7 47. Kxc6 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8.
a3 Nd7 9. g4 Bg6 10. b4 Bd6 11. Nc4 f6 12. Na5 Qc8 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. Nf5 Ne6 15.
Be3 Kf7 16. c3 Re8 17. h4 Kg8 18. h5 Bf7 19. Qf3 b6 20. Nc4 Bf8 21. O-O a5 22.
Qg3 axb4 23. cxb4 h6 24. Rfd1 b5 25. Nd2 c5 26. bxc5 Bxc5 27. Bxc5 Nxc5 28. Nf3
Qd7 29. Kh2 Be6 30. Rac1 Nb3 31. Rc3 Rxa3 32. d4 b4 33. Rcd3 Nxd4 34. N3xd4
exd4 35. Rxa3 bxa3 36. Rxd4 Qb5 37. Qxc7 Bxf5 38. exf5 Qb2 39. Qc4+ Kh8 40. Kg3
a2 41. Qa4 Qb8+ 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.28"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 e6 5. O-O h6 6. c4 g5 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. h4 g4
9. Ne1 h5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 O-O 12. d5 f5 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. c5 fxe4 15. cxd6
cxd6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Nxe4 Nf5 18. Nd3 Nc6 19. Nf4 Ncd4 20. Bd3 Be5 21. Re1
Qf7 22. Nxd6 Bxd6 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. Nxe6 Rfe8 25. Qb3 g3 26. fxg3 Nxg3 27. Re3
Rac8 28. Rae1 Rc6 29. Rf3 Qg6 30. Nc7+ 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8.
g4 Nxg4 9. hxg4 Bxg4 10. Be3 Be7 11. Kh1 f5 12. Rg1 h5 13. Nc3 f4 14. Bd2 g5
15. Nb1 Bc5 16. Bc3 Bxf2 17. Nbd2 Qe7 18. Qf1 Bxg1 19. Qxg1 Bxf3+ 20. Nxf3 g4
21. Nxe5 Rg8 22. Rf1 Qg5 23. Qd4 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 g3 27.
Nf3 g2 28. Re1 Qxf3 29. Qe5+ Kd8 30. Qf6+ Ke8 31. Bb4 c5 32. Bxc5 Kd7 33. Qf7+
1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
Qe2 Nd4 9. Qd2 Nxb3 10. axb3 Re8 11. O-O-O h6 12. h4 c6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. f3 d5
15. Kb1 Be6 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bb5 Red8 19. g4 Qxf3 20. g5 Qf2 21.
Qb4 Qc5 22. Qa4 h5 23. g6 fxg6 24. Bd3 Rd6 25. Rde1 Qc6 26. Qf4 Rf8 27. Qe5
Rdf6 28. Qg5 Bf2 29. Re5 d4 30. Be4 Qd6 31. Rd5 Qe6 32. Rxd4 Kh8 33. Rc4 Bb6
34. Bd3 Qe3 35. Qg2 Bd4 36. Qxb7 Qe5 37. c3 Bb6 38. Qg2 Qd6 39. Bc2 Qe6 40. Rd1
Bf2 41. Re4 Qf7 42. Qg5 Rf5 43. Qd2 Bb6 44. Re2 Rf4 45. Qd6 Rf6 46. Qg3 Qc7 47.
Qg5 Qf4 48. Qxf4 Rxf4 49. Bxg6 Rxh4 50. Rdd2 Rh1+ 51. Ka2 Rg1 52. Bxh5 g6 53.
Bxg6 Rxg6 54. Rh2+ Kg7 55. Rhg2 Rd8 56. Rxg6+ Kxg6 57. Re2 Rf8 58. b4 Rf2 59.
Rxf2 Bxf2 60. Kb3 Kf5 61. Kc4 Ke6 62. Kb5 Kd7 63. Ka6 Kc7 64. b5 Be3 65. b4 Bd2
66. Kxa7 Bxc3 67. b6+ Kc6 68. b7 Be5 69. b8=Q Bxb8+ 70. Kxb8 Kb5 71. Kb7 Kxb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Nxc6 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 bxc6 13. Bf4 Bf5 14.
Na3 Rd8 15. Bxc7 Rd7 16. Bf4 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Bxa3 18. bxa3 Bxc2 19. Rd4 O-O 20.
Rc4 Re8 21. f3 Bd3 22. Rxc6 f6 23. Rc3 Rd8 24. Rb3 a6 25. Rb8 Rxb8 26. Bxb8 Bc2
27. a5 Bd3 28. Bc7 Bc4 29. Bb6 Bd3 30. Ba7 Bc4 31. Bb6 Bd3 32. Ba7 Bc4 33. Bb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.29"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
a5 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Ng3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15.
Be3 Nf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 a4 19. b4 axb3 20. axb3 c6 21. Be2
Qe7 22. h3 Ra3 23. b4 Rfa8 24. Rxa3 Rxa3 25. Rc1 Rb3 26. b5 Qb4 27. Qd1 Rb1 28.
Rxb1 Qxb1 29. Qxb1 Bxb1 30. bxc6 bxc6 31. Bd1 Bd3 32. f4 f6 33. Kf2 Kf7 34. Ba4
fxe5 35. fxe5 Bb5 36. Bc2 Ba5 37. g4 Bc3 38. Bf5 c5 39. e6+ Kf6 40. dxc5 g6 41.
Bc2 g5 42. Bf5 d4 43. Bc1 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.30"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. dxc6 Qd4+ 12. Kh1 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14.
Bf4 Qxc6 15. h3 Bg6 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Bg3 Nb4 19. Be4 Qc3 20. Rad1
Rde8 21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Bxe4 23. fxe4 Nxa2 24. Re3 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Ra3
Nb4 27. c3 Nc6 28. Ra6 Rd3 29. Rxc6 Rxg3 30. Rxc7 h5 31. Kh2 Re3 32. Rxa7 Rxc3
33. Ra5 g6 34. Ra8+ Kg7 35. h4 Re3 36. Ra4 Kf6 37. g3 Ke5 38. Ra7 Kf6 39. Ra6+
Ke5 40. Ra7 Kf6 41. Ra6+ Ke5 42. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.30"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8
15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nd4 c5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. f3 c4 19. fxe4 cxb3 20. exd5 bxa2 21.
Rxa2 Nc4 22. Qd4 Qb3 23. Nc3 Nxb2 24. Rb1 Qc4 25. Qxc4 Nxc4 26. dxe6 Rf5 27.
Nd5 Rxe5 28. Rxa6 Re8 29. Nc7 Rd8 30. Rc6 Ne3 31. Rd6 Rc8 32. Rd7 h6 33. e7 Kh7
34. Re1 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.30"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O Nb6 9. Qc2 Nfd5 10. Bg3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rfd1 Bd7 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Rac1
Nb4 15. Qe4 N4d5 16. Qf3 Ba4 17. Nxa4 Nxa4 18. e4 Nxb2 19. exd5 Nxd1 20. Rxd1
exd5 21. Bxc4 Qe7 22. Bxd5 Bd6 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Qh5 Bxe5 25. Bg6 h6 26. Bxe5
Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. h4 Rc5 29. Bb2 Rb5 30. Ba3 Rc8 31. h5 Ra5 32. Bb2 Rxa2
33. Rd2 Kg8 34. Bb1 Ra5 35. Rd7 Rb5 36. Ba2+ Kh7 37. Bxg7 g4 38. Be5+ Kh6 39.
Bf4+ Kxh5 40. Bf7+ Kh4 41. Kh2 g3+ 42. fxg3+ Kg4 43. Be6+ Kh5 44. Rh7+ Kg6 45.
Rh6+ Kg7 46. Bxc8 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.30"]
[Round "2.34"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng5 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15.
Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qh5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 f6 18. Bd2 Qe7 19. Ng3 Qf7 20. Qf3 Nf8 21. Nf5
Ne7 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. a4 Rab8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra6 Qd7 26. Rea1 Ne6 27. Be3
Rbd8 28. Qc6 Qxc6 29. Rxc6 Kf7 30. Ra5 Rb8 31. Raa6 Rb7 32. g3 Nd8 33. Rc5 Ne6
34. Rcc6 Nd8 35. Rc5 Ne6 36. Rcc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.30"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O (8. Bxc4 {is less precise, as after} a6 9. a4 c5 10. d5 $2 {Black would
have} Nb6 $132) 8... a6 $5 {Nakamura's favourite move, while other players
prefer 8...c5 or 8...Nb6.} 9. a4 Nd5 (9... c5 10. d5 $1 {is supposed to give
White a slight advantage.}) 10. Bg3 {Almost a novelty!} (10. Bxc4 Nxf4 11. exf4
c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qe2 {was the game Ding Liren (2801)-Aronian,L (2775)
London 2019, 1-0 (35), game which I definitely advise to see if you haven't!})
10... c5 $146 ({The only high level game played in that position continued} 
10... b6 11. Bxc4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Bd6 {and Black was close to
equality: Navara,D (2734)-Ivanchuk,V (2726) Berlin 2015, ½-½ (65).}) 11. Bxc4
cxd4 12. exd4 N7b6 $5 (12... N7f6 {was the alternative.}) 13. Bb3 a5 14. Ne5
Bd7 15. Ne4 Bc6 $6 (15... Rc8 {followed by ...Nb4 seemed quite fine for Black.}
) 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rc1 Nb4 18. Qe2 $1 {Thanks to the bishop pair, White has a
slight advantage. Now he manages to link his rooks.} N6d5 (18... Qxd4 $4 19.
Rfd1 $18) 19. Rfd1 $6 (19. Rfe1 {may have been a better move against possible .
..f5 complications.}) 19... Re8 $6 (19... f5 $1 20. Nd6 $1 Qd7 $1 (20... f4 21.
Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Nf7+ Rxf7 23. Qxf7 fxg3 24. hxg3 $14) 21. Nc4 $8 f4 22. Nb6 $8
Qd6 23. Nxa8 fxg3 24. hxg3 Rxa8 25. Re1 $13 {Awesome line!}) 20. Qf3 (20. h3 $5
{making space for the g3-bishop also made sense.}) 20... Ra7 (20... f5 $5 {
again deserved attention.}) 21. Be5 {Magnus definitely wants Hikaru to move
his f-pawn, to create a weakness on e6.} Bf8 {But Nakamura doesn't want to do
it!} ({However, after} 21... f6 22. Bg3 f5 23. Nc5 Bxc5 (23... Bg5 $5) 24. Rxc5
f4 25. Bxf4 Rf7 {the position looks unclear.}) 22. Qg3 f6 23. Bd6 Bxd6 24. Nxd6
{Now that these bishops are gone, White has a stable plus!} Rf8 25. Ne4 $5 {
Keeping as many pieces as possible.} (25. Re1 $5 Nd3 26. Qxd3 Qxd6 27. Rc5 $14)
(25. Rc5 $5) 25... Qb8 26. Qf3 Re8 27. g3 Kh8 28. Nc5 Rae7 29. Bc4 e5 {A
natural follow-up, although Black was solid if he didn't touch anything.} 30.
dxe5 Qxe5 31. Rd2 Qg5 $6 (31... Nb6 $1 {seemed more urgent than leaving the
e-file. Still, after} 32. Bf1 {White is a bit better.}) 32. Nb3 $1 {Now Black
has problems with his a5-pawn.} Nb6 33. h4 Qe5 34. Re2 Qc7 35. Rxe7 Qxe7 36.
Nxa5 Qe5 {The best practical chance - let's remind that this game was an
Armageddon!} (36... Nxa4 37. b3 Nc5 38. Nxc6 {would be too easy for White.})
37. Nb3 $2 (37. Bf7 $1 Rf8 38. Nxc6 Nxc6 39. Qxc6 {was the most direct win.}) (
37. Nxc6 $5 {worked as well:} Qxb2 38. Rd1 Nxc4 39. Qe4 $3 {collecting the
piece back!}) 37... Nxa4 38. Bf7 Rf8 39. Rc4 Rxf7 40. Rxb4 $4 {What a blunder!}
(40. Re4 {(or 40.Qe4, or even 40.Qg4) was about equal. But Magnus needed to
win since that game, as I've just mentioned, was an Armageddon.}) 40... Qe1+ {
Now it's all over.} 41. Kh2 Qxb4 42. Qxc6 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.01"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
dxc4 9. e3 Na6 10. Bxc4 Nxc5 11. O-O a6 12. Rfd1 Qe8 13. Be2 b6 14. b4 Ncd7 15.
Nd4 Bb7 16. Qb2 Rc8 17. b5 a5 18. Na4 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Bf3 Nc5 21. Nxc5
Rxc5 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. bxc6 Qc7 24. Rac1 Qxc6 25. Rxc5 Qxc5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27.
Rc1 Qd6 28. g3 Rd8 29. Qb5 d4 30. exd4 Qxd4 31. Rc6 Qe4 32. Rc1 Qf3 33. Qb1 g6
34. h4 Rd6 35. Qa1 Kh7 36. Qb1 h5 37. Re1 a4 38. Qb4 Rd1 39. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 40. Kh2
Qc2 41. Qxb6 Qxa2 42. Qf6 Qe6 43. Qc3 Qb3 44. Qf6 a3 45. g4 Qe6 46. Qf3 a2 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.01"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8.
Re1 a5 9. a4 Na6 10. Bf4 Nc5 11. Nb3 Ne6 12. Bg3 g6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxd1
15. Raxd1 Rd8 16. Nd4 Ne8 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ne2 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Rxd1
21. Rxd1 Nxf6 22. f3 Kf7 23. Nf4 e5 24. Nd3 Re8 25. Re1 e4 26. Nc5 b5 27. Nxe4
Nxe4 28. Rxe4 Rd8 29. axb5 cxb5 30. Kf2 Rd2+ 31. Re2 Rd1 32. Ke3 Ke6 33. c3 Rh1
34. g3 Kd5 35. f4 h5 36. Kd3 a4 37. Rf2 Rd1+ 38. Kc2 Rg1 39. f5 gxf5 40. Rxf5+
Kc4 41. Rf4+ Kc5 42. Rh4 Kd5 43. Rxh5+ Kc4 44. Rh4+ Kc5 45. Rd4 Rg2+ 46. Rd2
Rg1 47. h4 Rxg3 48. Rh2 b4 49. cxb4+ Kxb4 50. h5 a3 51. Rh4+ Kc5 52. b4+ Kb5
53. h6 Rg2+ 54. Kb1 Ka4 55. h7 Rg1+ 56. Kc2 Rg2+ 57. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.01"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. b5 Nd4 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Rb8 14. d4 exd4
15. exd4 Qd7 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. a4 Bf7 18. a5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bf4 Rbc8 21.
Bg4 f5 22. Bh5 Red8 23. Bf3 Bf8 24. Be5 b6 25. axb6 cxb6 26. Bxd5+ Qxd5 27. Qa4
Rd7 28. Rbc1 Rcd8 29. Rc6 f4 30. gxf4 Bd6 31. Qc4 Qxc4 32. Rxc4 Bxe5 33. dxe5
Rd4 34. Rec1 h5 35. Kg2 Kh7 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37. Kf3 Rd5 38. e6 Kg6 39. Re1 Rd8
40. e7 Re8 41. Re5 Kf6 42. Ke4 Rxe7 43. Rxe7 Kxe7 44. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.01"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 Be7 8.
d4 O-O 9. e5 Ne8 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Nbd2 Nef6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Nc4 Be7 14. Bg5
cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rac8 16. Ne3 Rfe8 17. Rad1 a6 18. Bh4 b5 19. a3 Qb7 20. Nf3 h6
21. Bg3 Ne4 22. Nf1 Nxg3 23. Nxg3 Nb6 24. Ne5 Red8 25. Nh5 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Nd5
27. Qg4 Bg5 28. h4 Bf6 29. Nd3 Qe7 30. Nb4 Nxb4 31. axb4 g6 32. Nxf6+ Qxf6 33.
g3 Kg7 34. Rd1 Rc4 35. Qe2 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Kg2 g4 38. Qe3 Qf5 39. Rh1 Qe4+
40. Qxe4 Rxe4 41. Ra1 Re2 42. Rxa6 Rxb2 43. Rb6 Rc2 44. Rxb5 Rxc3 45. Rg5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 d5 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Qe2 O-O-O 11. Na3 Qe6 12. Qxe6+ Bxe6 13. b3 Bd5 14. bxc4
Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Bxc4 16. Re1 Bd3 17. Bxd3 Rxd3 18. Re3 Rd7 19. Ba3 e5 20. Bxf8
Rxf8 21. h4 f6 22. h5 Rfd8 23. Kf1 b6 24. g3 Kb7 25. Kg2 Ne7 26. Re4 Rd3 27. a4
Nc6 28. Re2 Na5 29. Ra2 Nc4 30. g4 R8d5 31. Nh4 Rxd2 32. Nf5 Rxa2 33. Rxa2 g6
34. hxg6 hxg6 35. Ne7 Rd7 36. Ng8 f5 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Nh6 Rg7+ 39. Kf3 Rg5 40.
Nf7 Rh5 41. Kg3 Rh7 42. Ng5 Rd7 43. Kh4 Rd3 44. Kh5 Rxc3 45. Kh6 Kc6 46. Kg6 f4
47. Ne4 Ra3 48. Rc2 Rxa4 49. Kf5 b5 50. Rc1 Ra3 51. Rd1 b4 52. Rd8 Nb6 53. Kxe5
b3 54. Rd6+ Kb5 55. Rd1 Kb4 56. Kd4 Ra5 57. Nc3 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. b5 Nd4 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qc8 14. a4 a5 15.
bxa6 Rxa6 16. d4 Rd8 17. Qc2 Bf5 18. Qb3+ Be6 19. Qc2 Bf5 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4
exd4 22. exd4 Bf8 23. Bf4 c6 24. Qc2 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Qb3 Qa8 27. Rfc1
Rxa4 28. Qxb7 Qxb7 29. Rxb7 Raxd4 30. Rxc6 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. h4
h5 34. Ra6 Be7 35. Rc6 Bf8 36. Ra6 Be7 37. Rc6 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Re8 9. h3 d6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. O-O Na5 12. Bh6 Rc8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rad1 Qb6
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qc5 17. Rfe1 Nxb3 18. Nxb3 Qxc2 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. Qxa7
Qxb2 21. Qxb7 Qxa2 22. Ra1 Qc2 23. Qxd7 Qxb3 24. Rxe7 Red8 25. Qb7 Qxb7 26.
Rxb7 Rc5 27. Raa7 Rf8 28. Rd7 Rxd5 29. Ra6 h5 30. Raxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Kg7 32.
h4 Re8 33. g3 Re1+ 34. Kg2 Re8 35. Rd1 Re7 36. Rd8 Re6 37. Rd1 Re8 38. Rd7 Re6
39. Rd8 Re7 40. Rd1 Re6 41. Rf1 Rc6 42. Rg1 Rc4 43. Rf1 Rc6 44. Rg1 Rc4 45. Rf1
Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. Ngf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. c4
e6 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 g5 11. Rc1 g4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 c6 14. f3 Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 h5 16. f4 h4 17. c5 Kf7 18. Bd4 Rh8 19. Kf2 Bd7 20. Rc3 Bf8 21. Rg1 Be7
22. Ke1 Qc7 23. Kd1 b6 24. Qe3 Qb7 25. Rc2 Rab8 26. Ke1 Qa6 27. Kf2 h3 28. Bf1
bxc5 29. Bxc5 Rb5 30. Bxe7 Kxe7 31. Qd2 Qa3 32. e3 Ra5 33. Bd3 c5 34. Rgc1 Rb8
35. Be2 Rb6 36. Bf1 Bc8 37. e4 d4 38. Bd3 Bd7 39. Re1 Qb4 40. Qxb4 cxb4 41.
exf5 exf5 42. Ree2 Be6 43. Red2 Rb7 44. Bc4 Rc7 45. Bxe6 Rxc2 46. Rxc2 Kxe6 47.
Ke2 Kd5 48. Kd3 Ra6 49. Re2 Re6 50. Rc2 Ra6 51. Re2 Ke6 52. Kxd4 Rc6 53. Ke3
Rc3+ 54. Kd2 Rf3 55. Re3 Rf1 56. Re1 Rf2+ 57. Re2 Rg2 58. Kd1 Ke7 59. Kd2 Kd7
60. Kd1 Ke6 61. Kd2 Kd5 62. e6 Rxe2+ 63. Kxe2 Kxe6 64. Kd3 Kd5 65. Ke3 a6 66.
Kd3 Kc5 67. Ke3 Kd5 68. Kd3 a5 69. Ke3 Kc5 70. Kd3 Kd5 71. Ke3 Kc5 72. Kd3 Kd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.03"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. b5 Nd4 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. bxc6 bxc6
15. Bxc6 Rc8 16. Bb7 Rc7 17. Ba6 Bf5 18. Ra1 Qd7 19. Re1 Rd8 20. Qe2 Bg4 21. f3
Be6 22. Bb5 Qc8 23. Ba6 Qd7 24. Bb5 Qc8 25. Ba6 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.03"]
[Round "3.32"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Re8 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. h3 Qc7 11. f4 b5 12. e5 b4 13. Na4 Nd5 14. Qf3 Nxe3
15. Qxe3 a5 16. O-O-O Qa7 17. Qe4 Bf5 18. Qc4 Qe3+ 19. Kb1 Be6 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21.
Rxd4 Rad8 22. Rhd1 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Bc8 24. Nb6 c5 25. Rd2 g5 26. Rd5 gxf4 27.
Rxc5 f3 28. gxf3 Bxh3 29. Rxa5 Rd8 30. a4 bxa3 31. bxa3 e6 32. Ka2 h5 33. Ra4
Bxe5 34. Re4 Bf6 35. Re1 h4 36. Rg1+ Kf8 37. Nc4 Bf5 38. Rh1 Rd4 39. Ne3 Bg6
40. a4 Bh5 41. a5 Bxf3 42. Rf1 Rf4 43. a6 Bd4 44. Re1 Re4 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.03"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Ng5 Bb4 6. d5 Ne5 7. Qb3 Bc5 8. Nh3
Nf6 9. Na4 Be7 10. Bf4 Ng6 11. d6 cxd6 12. Nc3 d5 13. e3 O-O 14. Rd1 d6 15. Be2
h6 16. O-O Be6 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qb6 19. Rc1 Qxb3 20. axb3 Rfc8 21. Rc4
Nd7 22. Rfc1 Nb6 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. g4 fxg4 26. Bxg4 Nb6 27. Bg3
Nh4 28. Nf4 Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Nd2 30. Bf5 Nxb3 31. Bxe4 Nc4 32. Nd3 a5 33. Bf3 b5
34. Bd1 Nbd2 35. b3 Nb6 36. Nf4 a4 37. bxa4 bxa4 38. Nd3 a3 39. Nb4 Nxd5 40.
Na2 Kf8 41. Ba4 Ne4 42. Bb3 Ndc3 43. Nb4 Nd2 44. Be6 d5 45. Nc2 Nc4 46. e4 a2
47. exd5 Bd6 48. Kf3 Ke7 49. Bf5 Nb5 50. Bd3 Nd4+ 51. Nxd4 a1=Q 52. Nf5+ Kf6
53. Bxc4 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.03"]
[Round "3.34"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Re8 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. h3 Qc7 11. f4 Rd8 12. Qf3 c5 13. e5 c4 14. exf6 Bxf6
15. Ba4 Qa5 16. O-O Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxa4 18. Bd4 Qc6 19. Qe3 Bf5 20. Qe5 Qf6 21.
Qxf6 exf6 22. Bxf6 Rd6 23. Be5 Re6 24. Rf2 f6 25. Bd4 h5 26. a4 Rae8 27. Bxa7
Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Bxc2 31. a5 Kf7 32. h4 f5 33. g3 Ke6
34. Kf2 Kd5 35. Ke3 Be4 36. Bb6 Bb1 37. Ba7 Be4 38. Bd4 Bb1 39. Ba7 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lindores Abbey Final 8"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.03"]
[Round "3.35"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.05.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nge2 d6 6. d3 a6 7. O-O Be6 8. h3
h6 9. Kh2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. Nxf4 Ne7 14. Qh5 c6
15. Ncxd5 cxd5 16. Ne6 Qd6 17. Nxg7+ Kd7 18. Rxf7 Raf8 19. Bf4 Rxf7 20. Bxd6
Rf2+ 21. Kh1 Bxd6 22. Re1 Rhf8 23. Qg4+ Kc6 24. Ne6 R8f6 25. Nd4+ Kb6 26. Re2
Rf1+ 27. Kg2 Nc6 28. Nxc6 bxc6 29. c3 R1f5 30. b4 Kb7 31. Qg7+ Rf7 32. Qxh6 Bc7
33. Qe3 Bb6 34. d4 Bc7 35. h4 a5 36. a3 a4 37. Qd3 Rf1 38. b5 R1f6 39. bxc6+
Kxc6 40. Qa6+ Bb6 41. Qxa4+ Kb7 42. Qe8 Rf8 43. Re7+ Bc7 44. Qb5+ Rb6 45. Rxc7+
1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Be2
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15.
Qxa1 f6 16. Re1 bxc5 17. bxc5 e5 18. Bf1 e4 19. Nd2 f5 20. Nb3 Bf6 21. Rb1 Re8
22. Nd1 g5 23. fxg5 Bxg5 24. Qa5 Bd8 25. Qxc7 Bxc7 26. Ra1 Nf8 27. Bh3 f4 28.
Ra8 Bd7 29. Bxd7 Rxa8 30. Bxc6 Rb8 31. Nc3 Kg7 32. Bxd5 e3 33. fxe3 fxe3 34.
Kf1 h5 35. Nd1 Re8 36. Ke2 Ng6 37. Bf3 h4 38. Nxe3 hxg3 39. hxg3 Bxg3 40. Na5
Nf4+ 41. Kd2 Be1+ 42. Kxe1 Rxe3+ 43. Kf2 Rd3 44. c6 Nh3+ 45. Ke2 Nf4+ 46. Kf2
Nh3+ 47. Ke2 Nf4+ 48. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Bg5 Bc6 10. Qxc4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Ne4
15. Qd3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 c6 18. a5 Rad8 19. Qc2 Nf6 20. Red1 Rfe8
21. Qb3 e5 22. d5 e4 23. Bg2 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 e3 26. Qxe3 Qxe3 27.
fxe3 Be5 28. Rb1 Rxd5 29. Bxd5 Rb8 30. Rf1 Bf6 31. e4 b6 32. e5 Bxe5 33. Rxf7
Kh7 34. Be4+ Kg8 35. Bd5 Kh7 36. axb6 Rxb6 37. b3 Kg6 38. Re7 Bf6 39. Rd7 Kf5
40. Bc4 Ke4 41. Kf2 Bd4+ 42. Ke1 Bc3+ 43. Kd1 Bf6 44. Ra7 Ke3 45. Rxa6 Rxa6 46.
Bxa6 Bc3 47. Kc2 Be1 48. Kb2 Bb4 49. Bb5 Kd4 50. Be8 Ke3 51. Bh5 Kd4 52. Kc2
Ke3 53. Bf3 Be1 54. Kb2 Bb4 55. h4 g6 56. g4 Kd4 57. e4 g5 58. hxg5 hxg5 59.
Kc2 Ba3 60. Bh1 Be7 61. Bg2 Bf8 62. Kd2 Bb4+ 63. Ke2 Bd6 64. Kf3 Kc3 65. Ke3
Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. a3 Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nd7 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Nf5 Nf6
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qe2 e5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bg3 Ne4 20. Rfd1 Qe6 21.
Ba6 Rc5 22. f3 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Bc4 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Qf2 Rfc8 26. Rd2 Qb3 27. Re1
Rc2 28. Ree2 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Qa2 30. Rc2 Qb1 31. Rxc8+ Rxc8 32. Re1 Rc2 33. Rxb1
Rxf2 34. e4 Kg7 35. g4 Rc2 36. a4 Kf6 37. Kg3 Ke7 38. b3 Rc3 39. a5 bxa5 40.
Ra1 Rc5 41. Rh1 Rc6 42. Ra1 Rc5 43. Rh1 Rb5 44. Rxh6 Rb6 45. Rh5 Rxb3 46. Rxg5
Rb5 47. Rh5 a4 48. Rh1 a3 49. Ra1 Ra5 50. Kf2 Kd6 51. Ke2 Kc5 52. Kd3 Kb4 53.
Rb1+ Kc5 54. Rc1+ Kb5 55. Rb1+ Kc5 56. Rc1+ Kd6 57. Ra1 Kc5 58. Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Bg5 Bc6 10. e3 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Qe8 13. Rfd1 g6 14. d5 exd5 15.
Nd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nd7 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nc5 19. Bxa8 Nb3 20. Rdd1 Nxa1 21.
Rxa1 Qxa8 22. axb5 a5 23. Qxc4 Rb8 24. h4 h5 25. e4 Re8 26. Qxc7 Qxe4 27. b6
Re7 28. Qc5 Kh7 29. Qxa5 Qc6 30. Qb4 Rd7 31. Qa4 Qb7 32. Qb3 Re7 33. Qb4 Rd7
34. Qc5 Rd2 35. b4 Qe4 36. Qc7 Qf3 37. Rf1 g5 38. b7 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. a3 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Nc6 13. Qc2 a5 14. Rfd1 Qb6
15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 d4 17. Rdc1 dxe3 18. fxe3 Rac8 19. Qc3 h6 20. Bh4 Rfe8
21. Rd1 Ne7 22. Bf3 Nf5 23. Bf2 Nd6 24. Bg3 Nb5 25. Qc2 c4 26. a4 Na7 27. Rd6
Nc6 28. Qc3 Qc5 29. Rad1 Nb4 30. Qd4 Nd3 31. Qxc5 Rxc5 32. Rb6 Bd7 33. Bd6 Rcc8
34. Bd5 Rxe3 35. Rf1 Be6 36. Bf3 Nc5 37. Rb5 Nxa4 38. Ra1 Bd7 39. Rb7 Be8 40.
Bg4 Ra8 41. Kf2 Rd3 42. Be5 Rd2+ 43. Ke3 Rd3+ 44. Kf2 Rd2+ 45. Ke3 Rad8 46. Be2
R2d5 47. Bg3 Bc6 48. Rc7 Re8+ 49. Kf2 Rd2 50. Rxc6 Nxb2 51. Rxa5 Rdxe2+ 52. Kg1
Rc2 53. Rf5 Nd3 54. Rc7 f6 55. Rf1 Ree2 56. Kh1 Rxg2 57. Rb1 Rge2 58. Rg1 Kh8
59. Rc8+ Kh7 60. Rc7 Kh8 61. Rc8+ Kh7 62. Rc7 Rc1 63. Be1 Kh8 64. Rc8+ Kh7 65.
Rc7 Kg8 66. Rcxg7+ Kf8 67. Bb4+ Ke8 68. Rxc1 Nxc1 69. Rc7 Rc2 70. Re7+ Kd8 71.
Rh7 Nd3 72. Be7+ Ke8 73. Bxf6 Nf2+ 74. Kg1 Nh3+ 75. Kh1 Nf2+ 76. Kg1 Ng4 77.
Bh8 c3 78. Rc7 Rc1+ 79. Kg2 c2 80. Kh3 Ne3 81. Bd4 Nd5 82. Rc4 Rd1 83. Bb2 Rd3+
84. Kh4 Ne3 85. Rc5 Ng2+ 86. Kh5 Rh3+ 87. Kg4 Rb3 88. Bc1 Ne3+ 89. Kf4 Ng2+ 90.
Kg4 Ne3+ 91. Kf4 Ng2+ 92. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.26"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 Nxe4 8.
Nxe4 Qe5 9. Bd3 Qxd4 10. Qe2 Qe5 11. f4 Qc7 12. O-O f5 13. Ng5 Be7 14. b4 Bf6
15. Ra2 O-O 16. Be3 d6 17. c5 d5 18. g4 Nc6 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Qf3 h6 21. Qxd5+
Kh8 22. Re2 hxg5 23. fxg5 Qd8 24. Qf3 Qxd3 25. gxf6 Rxf6 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Bg5
Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Be6 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bf4 O-O 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. a3 Nc6 10. Qc2 Qa5 11. O-O-O Be7 12. g4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rd8 14. Rxd8+
Qxd8 15. g5 Nh5 16. Rd1 Bd7 17. gxh6 Nxf4 18. exf4 Qc7 19. Qe4 Na5 20. Ne5 Be8
21. Rd7 Qc5 22. b4 Qxf2 23. Rxe7 Qg1+ 24. Nd1 Qxh2 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d3 d5 8.
Be2 O-O 9. h3 e4 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Qa3 Qxa3 12. bxa3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rd8 14. Bb2
Na5 15. Be2 c5 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Bf3 Nxf2 18. Bc3 Nxh1 19. Bxa5 b6 20. Bc3 Bd5
21. e4 Bb7 22. Ke2 Ng3+ 23. Ke3 f5 0-1

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Re8 11. Bd3 Bd6 12. Nbd2 Rxe1+ 13. Nxe1 g6 14. g3 Ng7
15. Ndf3 Ne7 16. Ng2 c6 17. Bg5 Qf8 18. Qb3 f6 19. Bf4 Nef5 20. h4 Qf7 21. Re1
Bf8 22. Nh2 Nd6 23. Ne3 Nh5 24. Bxd6 Bxd6 25. c4 Be6 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Be2 Ng7
28. Bf3 Rd8 29. Nhg4 Kf8 30. Bxd5 h5 31. Bxe6 Nxe6 32. Nh6 Qd7 33. Neg4 hxg4
34. Rxe6 Kg7 35. Rxd6 Qxd6 36. Nf7 Qxd4 37. Nxd8 Qxd8 38. Qxb7+ Kg8 39. Qxa7
Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qd2 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,41,30,21,30,-9,29,44,51,46,41,46,38,51,51,35,33,39,32,48,30,14,36,13,
100,48,-1,11,85,98,101,58,128,135,159,153,156,164,172,185,185,184,389,398]} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ {This
system is not very popular but may resurrect one day.} c6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 a5
10. Nf3 {Introduced by Viktor Kortschnoj instead of the "logical"} (10. Ne2) {
White develops his knight more actively. However, practice has shown that
Black can launch an attack on White's d4 pawn by means of ...c6-c5, ...Nb8-c6
and ...Bc8-g4.} 10... O-O (10... a4 11. Bc2 c5 {brought Black a good position
in the following game but definite conclusions are still premature:} (11... Nd7
$5 12. O-O O-O 13. Bg5 Nb6 14. Qc1 Be6 15. Bh6 $13 {1-0 (44) Beliavsky,A (2668)
-Borisek,J (2443) Terme Zrece 2003 CBM 097 [Krasenkow,M]}) (11... O-O $5 12.
O-O c5 13. Rb1 Nc6 14. Be3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bg4 16. Rxb5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bxd4 18.
Rd5 Bxe3 19. Rxd8 Rfxd8 $44 {1/2 (33) Nakamura,H (2754)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2775)
Paris 2019}) 12. O-O (12. Rb1 $5) 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. e5 (14. Be3 Bg4)
14... Be6 15. Be3 O-O $15 {0-1 (28) Smirnov,V (2395)-Neverov,V (2515) Minsk
1996}) 11. O-O c5 (11... Na6 $5 12. Be3 (12. a3 $5) 12... a4 13. Bc2 c5 14. Qd2
Bg4 $132 {0-1 (42) Wedda,D (2234)-Vrolijk,L (2478) Dieren 2019}) 12. a4 $2 (12.
Rb1 {, aiming at Black's b5 pawn, is more subtle but Black had no problems in
the following stem game:} Ba6 13. Re1 Nc6 14. d5 $6 (14. e5 $142 $1 {Finkel,A}
Qc7 $5) 14... Ne5 15. Bf4 Qd6 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qd2 $13 {1-0 (58)
Kortschnoj,V (2635)-Finkel,A (2505) Beersheba 1997 CBM 058 [Kortschnoj]}) 12...
b4 $1 {Black seizes the initiative.} 13. cxb4 cxd4 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (13...
axb4 $1 {[%cal Rc8a6,Rb8c6] , and White is in big trouble, e.g.} 14. Bd5 (14.
Bb2 Ba6 15. Re1 c4) (14. Be3 Ba6 15. Re1 c4 16. Bc2 b3 $17) 14... Ra7 {[%cal
Ye7e6]} 15. Bg5 Ba6 16. Re1 c4 $17 {[%csl Rd5]}) 14. b5 $16 {[%csl Gb5]
White's outside b5 pawn is more dangerous than Black's d4 pawn.} Bb7 15. e5 e6
(15... Nd7 16. e6 fxe6 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Ng5 $16) 16. Bg5 $1 Qb6 ({or} 16...
Qd7 17. Rc1 {, and Black's awkwardly placed pieces can't put up serious
resistance} (17. Qxd4 Bxf3 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. gxf3 Nxe5 {is less convincing}))
17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxe5 19. Rad1 Re8 {This loses in a tactical way but
Black can hardly find sensible moves. Maybe} (19... Bc8 {??!}) 20. Rfe1 Bg7 21.
Nxe6 $1 (21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 Re8 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. e4 dxe3 18. fxe3 Rf8 19. Rf3 c6 20. d4 g6 21.
Rcf1 Qd5 22. e4 Qxb3 23. Rxb3 Rfd8 24. Rd3 c5 25. d5 b5 26. b3 Bd6 27. Nf3 f6
28. Re3 Re8 29. Rfe1 Rbd8 30. e5 fxe5 31. Nxe5 Bf8 32. Rd1 Bh6 33. Ree1 Bf8 34.
Kf3 Kg7 35. a4 a6 36. Re4 Bd6 37. Nc6 Rf8+ 38. Kg2 Rd7 39. Re6 Rf5 40. axb5
axb5 41. Rd2 c4 42. bxc4 bxc4 43. Ree2 c3 44. Rd3 Bf8 45. Rxc3 Rfxd5 46. Ne5
Rd2 47. Rc2 Rxe2+ 48. Rxe2 Re7 49. Kf3 Re6 50. Nd3 Rxe2 51. Kxe2 Bd6 52. Kf3
Kf6 53. h3 h5 54. g4 hxg4+ 55. Kxg4 Ba3 56. h4 Bd6 57. h5 gxh5+ 58. Kxh5 Bf4
59. Nxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clutch-ch May"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.05.26"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bd3 c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. f4 c5 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Be1 cxd4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Bxh7+ Nxh7
15. Qxd4 Nf6 16. Bh4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Nb5 Bb8 19. Bf2 Nh5 20. g3 g5 21.
Bxb6 gxf4 22. Nc7 Bxc7 23. Bxc7 fxg3 24. hxg3 Nxg3 25. Rf2 Nf5 26. Kh2 f6 27.
Nd3 Kf7 28. Bf4 Rh8+ 29. Kg1 Rg8+ 30. Rg2 Bd7 31. a3 Rxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Bb5 33. Nb4
Re8 34. Rd1 Re2+ 35. Kf3 Rxb2 36. Rxd5 Rxb4 37. Rxf5 Rb3+ 38. Kf2 Bc6 39. Bc1
Rc3 40. Rxf6+ Kxf6 41. Bb2 Ke6 42. Bxc3 Kd5 43. Bb4 Kc4 44. Kg3 Ba4 45. Kh2 b5
46. Kg3 Kb3 47. Kh2 Kc4 48. Kg3 Kb3 49. Kh2 Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moroni, Luca Jr"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nh4 Nd7 12. g3 Nb6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ng6 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. e5 Bh3 17. Rf2 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd7 19. Bd6 Re8 20. Qf3 Qf6 21. Qxf6
gxf6 22. Re2 Bg4 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Kf2 Ne5 25. Bf1 b6 26. a4 Nf3 27. h3 Nd2
28. Bc7 Ne4+ 29. Kg2 Bd7 30. a5 Nd2 31. axb6 axb6 32. Bxb6 Nxf1 33. Rxf1 Re2+
34. Rf2 Bxh3+ 35. Kf3 Bg4+ 36. Kg2 Bh3+ 37. Kf3 Bg4+ 38. Kg2 Bh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fakhrutdinov, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 e6 5. d4 b6 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. c4 Bb7 8. cxd5
Bxd5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 cxd4 12. exd4 O-O 13. O-O a6 14. Bd3 Bb4
15. Qe2 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nd5 17. Bd2 b5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Qb6 20. Bc4 N7f6 21.
Qd3 Rfd8 22. Rfa1 Nc7 23. Qe2 Rab8 24. Ba5 Qd6 25. Qe5 Nfe8 26. Bc3 Nb5 27. Ba5
Rd7 28. h4 f5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yanchenko, Roman"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 c6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 d5 8. b3
Bb4 9. Qd2 O-O 10. a3 Bd6 11. h4 Nbd7 12. h5 e5 13. cxd5 exd4 14. Bxd4 cxd5 15.
Bd3 Nc5 16. Bc2 Ne6 17. Kf1 Re8 18. Rd1 Rc8 19. Ne2 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxa3 21. Nf5
Bf8 22. Bb1 d4 23. Qg5 Rc7 24. Rxd4 Qc8 25. Nxg7 h6 26. Nxe8+ hxg5 27. Nxf6+
Kg7 28. h6+ Kxf6 29. Kg2 Rc1 30. Rxc1 Qxc1 31. h7 Bg7 32. Be4 Qc3 33. Rd8 Ke7
34. Ra8 a5 35. Ra7+ Ke6 36. g4 Bd4 37. Bf5+ Kd6 38. Rd7+ Kc6 39. Rd8 Qb2 40.
Kh3 Kb5 41. Bd3+ Kb4 42. Be2 Bf6 43. Rd6 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk, Illya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a4
Qc7 9. a5 e5 10. c4 Re8 11. Nc3 Nf8 12. a6 b6 13. d5 c5 14. Nb5 Qe7 15. Nd2 e4
16. b4 h5 17. h3 N8h7 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Re1 Ng5 20. Bf1 h4 21. Ra3 Rb8 22. Qa1
Nh5 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. Rb1 Rb6 25. Nc3 Qd8 26. Rxb6 Qxb6 27. Nb5 Nf5 28. Rb3 Re7
29. Ra3 Nh7 30. Be2 Ng7 31. Nc3 f5 32. Bd1 Ne8 33. Ba4 Nc7 34. Bb5 Rf7 35. Rb3
Nxa6 36. Be8 Nb4 37. Bxf7+ Kxf7 38. Ra3 a6 39. Qb1 Nf6 40. Na2 Nd7 41. Rb3 a5
42. Nc3 Ne5 43. Ra3 Bd7 44. Ne2 g5 45. Nc3 Qa6 46. Qf1 a4 47. Nb5 Nxd5 48. f4
exf3 49. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 50. Qxf3 Nf6 51. Qd1 Bxb5 52. cxb5 Qxb5 53. Rxa4 Qc6 54.
Ra7+ Kg6 55. Qb3 c4 56. Qc3 Qe4 57. Ra6 Qd5 58. Qd4 Qxd4 59. exd4 d5 60. Re6 g4
61. Kf2 Kg5 62. Ke3 f4+ 63. Ke2 f3+ 64. gxf3 gxh3 65. Kf2 Kf5 66. Re5+ Kf4 67.
Re7 h2 68. Kg2 h1=Q+ 69. Kxh1 Kxf3 70. Rf7 c3 71. Rxf6+ Ke3 72. Rc6 Kxd4 73.
Kg2 Kd3 74. Kh3 Kd2 75. Kxh4 d4 76. Kg3 d3 77. Kf3 c2 78. Ke4 Ke2 79. Rc3 d2
80. Rxc2 Ke1 81. Rxd2 Kxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Bd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Qc8 7. h3 Nf6 8. e4
O-O 9. Be3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. c5 Ne8 12. Rc1 f5 13. cxd6 Nxd6 14. Bc5 Qe8 15.
O-O f4 16. gxf4 Rxf4 17. Be3 Rf8 18. Ng5 Rd8 19. Qb3 h6 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. dxe6
c6 22. Rfd1 b6 23. Qa4 Nec8 24. Rd3 Kh7 25. Rcd1 Rf6 26. e7 Nxe7 27. Qxa7 Nec8
28. Qa6 b5 29. a4 b4 30. Na2 b3 31. Nc3 g5 32. Bc5 Bf8 33. a5 Qf7 34. Qxc6 Nb7
35. Qxb7 Qxb7 36. Rxd8 Bg7 37. R1d7 Qc6 38. Be7 Rf7 39. Nd5 Nxe7 40. Nxe7 Qc1+
41. Bf1 Qf4 42. Nf5 Rxf5 43. exf5 g4 44. Rc8 g3 45. fxg3 Qe3+ 46. Kh1 Qe1 47.
Kg2 Qe4+ 48. Kg1 Qe3+ 49. Kg2 Qe4+ 50. Kg1 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Quintiliano Pinto, Renato Rodrigues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nc3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bf5 Bc6 14. Ne2 Rc7
15. Nf4 Nb6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rxc5 d4 18. Nxd4 Bxg2 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Rh5+ Kg8
21. Kxg2 Rd7 22. Qf3 g6 23. Nc6 Qa8 24. Rc5 Rc7 25. Rfc1 Kg7 26. Nd4 Rxc5 27.
Rxc5 Qe8 28. Nf5+ Kg8 29. Ng3 Qe7 30. Rc6 Be5 31. Qe4 Re8 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. Qxd5
Kg7 34. a4 Qh4 35. Rc4 Qf6 36. Re4 Re6 37. b4 Qe7 38. f4 Bc3 39. b5 Rxe4 40.
Nxe4 Bb2 41. a5 Qb4 42. Ng5 Qe7 43. Kf3 Bf6 44. Ne4 Bb2 45. b6 axb6 46. axb6
Qb4 47. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 9th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rasulov, Vugar Ural Oglu"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.06.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. d5 Na5 7. e4 d6 8. h3 O-O
9. Be2 a6 10. O-O b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Bxb5 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Re1 Nd7 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bf4 Rb6 17. Qc2 Qb8 18. Rab1 Rb4 19. Nd2 c4 20. Be3 Rc8 21. Nf3 Qb7
22. a3 Rb3 23. Nd4 Rb6 24. Nc6 Rbxc6 25. dxc6 Nxc6 26. Qd2 h5 27. f4 Rb8 28.
Kh2 Qc8 29. Nd5 e6 30. Nc3 Bf8 31. f5 Nde5 32. Rf1 Nd3 33. Bh6 Be7 34. f6 Bf8
35. b4 Ra8 36. Nb5 d5 37. Bxf8 Qxf8 38. exd5 exd5 39. Nc7 Rxa3 40. b5 Ncb4 41.
b6 c3 42. Qe2 c2 43. Ra1 Rxa1 44. Rxa1 c1=Q 45. Rxc1 Nxc1 46. Qe7 Nc6 47. Qd7
Nb8 48. Qxd5 Ne2 49. Qe5 Nc1 50. Nd5 Nd3 51. Ne7+ Kh7 52. Qd6 Nb2 53. b7 Nc4
54. Qc7 Ne3 55. Qc8 Qh8 56. Qc3 Nf5 57. Nxf5 gxf5 58. Qg3 Nd7 59. Qg5 Qb8+ 60.
Kh1 Nxf6 61. Qxf5+ Kg8 62. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zufic, Miroslav"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. O-O
Qa6 9. Qd1 Ne7 10. b3 Nf5 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Nc3 c5 13. a4 Qc6 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. c4
dxc4 16. bxc4 Nb6 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Qc2 g6 20. Rfe1 Be7 21. Nc3 Nd4
22. Qd3 Nb4 23. Qc4 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Qxf3 25. e6 f6 26. Re3 Qg4+ 27. Qxg4 hxg4
28. Rd1 fxg5 29. Rd7 gxh4 30. Re4 Rh5 31. Rxg4 Re5 32. Rxg6 Rxe6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sorkin, Igor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 Be6 10. Nd5 a4 11. Nec3 Na5 12. d3 Nb3 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Bxb7 Ra7 15.
Bd5 Rb8 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. e4 c6 18. Be3 Raa8 19. Qc2 f5 20. f3 Qf7 21. Kg2 f4
22. Bg1 g5 23. g4 h5 24. h3 Bf6 25. Rbd1 Rb7 26. Ne2 Rab8 27. Rb1 Kg7 28. Nc3
Ra8 29. Ne2 d5 30. cxd5 cxd5 31. exd5 Qxd5 32. Nc3 Qc6 33. Qe2 Rab8 34. Qe4
Qxe4 35. Nxe4 Be7 36. Rfd1 Rc8 37. Nc3 Bxa3 38. Nxa4 Rc2+ 39. Kh1 Bb4 40. Nc3
hxg4 41. fxg4 Kg6 42. Rf1 Rh7 43. Rf3 Nd2 44. Rf2 Rxh3+ 45. Kg2 Rg3+ 46. Kh1
Bc5 47. Rg2 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bachmann, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. g3 Nbd7 5. Bg2 e6 6. d3 a5 7. a3 Bd6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Be5 10. c3 c6 11. Nd2 Qb6 12. d4 Bd6 13. c4 Qd8 14. O-O O-O 15. e3
Qe7 16. Bg2 h6 17. Re1 Rfd8 18. Qc2 e5 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 f5
22. Re2 e4 23. f3 Bxg3 24. fxe4 fxe4 25. Rxe4 Qg5 26. Rg4 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Nf6 28.
Rg6 Bh4 29. d5 cxd5 30. Rf1 d4 31. Bc1 d3 32. Qc3 Qe7 33. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moskalenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 g5 12. Bg3 Nxe4 13. Qh5 Qf6 14. Rae1
d5 15. f3 Nd6 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. h4 Bf5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. f4 Bxd3 20. cxd3 Ng7
21. Qxg5 Qxc3 22. f5 f6 23. Qg6 Re8 24. Kh2 Qxd3 25. Rf3 Qd4 26. Bxc7 Re4 27.
Rb3 Re8 28. Rg3 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Qd4+ 30. Kh2 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Re1+ 32. Kf2 Re7 33. Kg1
Re1+ 34. Kf2 Re7 35. Kg1 Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. a3 Bg4 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Ng5 Be6 14. b4 Bd6 15.
Bb2 h6 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxf6 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Martirosyan, Haik M"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd7 10. O-O c5 11. Ne4 cxd4 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Qb3
Rb8 15. Rfd1 Qa5 16. Bb5 Rbd8 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Nf3 Rc7 19. h3 Rfc8 20. Rxc7
Qxc7 21. Rd3 Ne4 22. Qd1 Qc1 23. Rd8+ Kh7 24. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Kh2 Rc7 26. Kg1 f6
27. Rd1 Rc2 28. Rd7 e5 29. Rxb7 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 Nxf2 31. Nh4 h5 32. Nf5 Kg6 33.
Nh4+ Kh6 34. Nf5+ Kg5 35. Nd6 g6 36. Kg3 Nh1+ 37. Kh2 h4 38. Ne4+ Kf5 39. Rb4
g5 40. Ra4 a5 41. g4+ hxg3+ 42. Nxg3+ Nxg3 43. Kxg3 Rc2 44. b3 Rc5 45. e4+ Kg6
46. Rc4 Rb5 47. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nge2 Bg4 9. f3 Bh5 10. Be3 O-O 11. b3 Bh4+ 12. Bf2 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Qh4+ 14. g3
Qf6 15. Be4 Rae8 16. Nf4 Bg6 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qd3 c5 20. dxc5
Nd7 21. Rae1 Ne5 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Kg2 c6 24. Qd1 dxc5 25. Rhf1 Rd8 26. Qc2 Nxf3
27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Qxd1 Qxc3 29. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 30. Qxf3 Rxf3 31. Kxf3 Kg8 32. Kf4
Kf7 33. Ke5 Ke7 34. g4 g5 35. Kf5 h6 36. Ke5 g6 37. a3 a6 38. b4 cxb4 39. axb4
c5 40. b5 a5 41. Ke4 Kd6 42. Kd3 Kc7 43. Kc3 h5 44. h3 Kb7 45. Kc2 Kc7 46. Kb2
Kb7 47. Kc3 Kc7 48. Kd3 Kb7 49. Ke4 Kc7 50. Kd3 Kb7 51. Kd2 Kc7 52. Kc2 Kb7 53.
Kb3 Kc7 54. Ka3 Kb7 55. Ka4 Kb6 56. Ka3 Kb7 57. Ka4 hxg4 58. hxg4 Kb6 59. Ka3
Kb7 60. Ka2 Kc7 61. Kb2 Kb7 62. Kc2 Kc7 63. Kd3 Kb7 64. Ke4 Kb6 65. Ke3 Kb7 66.
Ke2 Kb6 67. Ke1 Kb7 68. Kd1 Kc7 69. Kc1 Kb6 70. Kb1 Kb7 71. Ka1 Ka7 72. Ka2 Kb7
73. Kb2 Kc7 74. Ka3 Kb7 75. Ka4 Kb6 76. Kb3 Kb7 77. Ka4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Nf6 8.
Qc2 d6 9. g3 Nbd7 10. f3 Ne5 11. h3 Bd7 12. f4 Nf7 13. Bg2 h5 14. h4 Nh6 15.
O-O Nhg4 16. Qd3 O-O-O 17. a4 Kb8 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. a5 Rhe8 20. Rb1 Ka8 21. Ba3
Ne4 22. Nd2 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Qxa5 24. Ra1 Qc7 25. e4 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Bf5 27. Bg2 Kb8
28. Ra2 Rd7 29. Rfa1 b6 30. Bc1 Qd8 31. Ra6 Rb7 32. Qa2 Qd7 33. Bd2 Nf6 34. Re1
Bh3 35. Bf3 Bg4 36. Bg2 Bf5 37. Qa1 Bd3 38. Qa2 e6 39. dxe6 Rxe6 40. Rxe6 Qxe6
41. Bxb7 Bxc4 42. Qa1 Qe2 43. Rxa7 Qxd2 44. Bg2 Bd5 45. Ra8+ Kb7 46. Qa7+ Kc6
47. Qa4+ Kc7 48. Qa7+ Kc6 49. Qa4+ Kc7 50. Ra7+ Kd8 51. Bxd5 Qxd5 52. Ra8+ Ke7
53. Ra7+ Ke6 54. Qc2 Qf3 55. Qg2 Qxc3 56. Qe2+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 16th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Be2 Bd6 6. d3 O-O 7. Nbd2 c5 8. e4
Bc7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Rc8 11. c3 b5 12. Qc2 a6 13. Rad1 Bb6 14. Qb1 Qc7 15. c4
d4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Nh4 Rfd8 18. a3 Ba5 19. Qc2 bxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxd2 21. Rxd2 Qf4
22. Bc1 Qxh4 23. Bf1 Ne5 24. Qxa6 Bf3 25. Rc2 g5 26. Qa5 Nfd7 27. Qd2 h6 28. a4
Qh5 29. a5 Qg6 30. a6 Qf6 31. b4 Bh5 32. b5 Nb6 33. Qa5 Ned7 34. f3 e5 35. Rf2
Qd6 36. g3 f6 37. f4 Bf7 38. h4 c4 39. fxg5 fxg5 40. dxc4 Nxc4 41. hxg5 Nxa5
42. gxh6 Bg6 43. Bd2 Nc4 44. Bg5 Ndb6 45. Rf6 Kh7 46. Rxd6 Rxd6 47. Bh3 d3 48.
Bxc8 Nxc8 49. Ra1 d2 50. Bxd2 Rxd2 51. a7 Nxa7 52. Rxa7+ Kxh6 53. Rc7 Ne3 54.
b6 Rg2+ 55. Kh1 Rb2 56. Rc6 Kg5 57. Kg1 Bxe4 58. Rc8 Rg2+ 59. Kh1 Rf2+ 60. Kg1
Rf1+ 61. Kh2 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters GpA"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6
8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 11. h3 Be5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bd2 d5 14. exd5
cxd5 15. Rfe1 Bd7 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Qb1 Qb6 18. Re2 Bd4 19. Rde1 Re6 20. Bf5
Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Qa6 23. Re7 Rd8 24. a3 Qb6 25. b4 Qd6 26. Re1 Qa6
27. a4 Qc4 28. Nb5 Ne4 29. Nxd4 Qxd4 30. Be3 Qxb4 31. Rc1 Nc3 32. Qf3 d4 33.
Bxd4 Qxd4 34. Rxc3 Qxa4 35. Kh2 Qd7 36. Ra3 a5 37. g3 Qd5 38. Qc3 Ra8 39. h4 a4
40. Qb4 Qc6 41. Qd4 h5 42. Qb4 g6 43. Qd4 Kh7 44. Qf4 Qd7 45. Qb4 Ra6 46. Qf4
Ra5 47. Qb4 Rf5 48. Qb2 Qa7 49. Re3 Qc5 50. Kg1 Qc6 51. Qa2 Kg7 52. Kh2 Kh7 53.
Ra3 Qc5 54. Kg2 Qc6+ 55. Kh2 Qc5 56. Kg2 Rxf2+ 57. Qxf2 Qxa3 58. Qxf7+ Kh6 59.
Qg8 Qb2+ 60. Kh3 Qg7 61. Qe8 Qd4 62. Qe7 Qd5 63. Kh2 Qa2+ 64. Kh3 Qd5 65. Kh2
Qd4 66. Kh3 Qa1 67. Kh2 Qa2+ 68. Kh3 Qc4 69. Kh2 Qc2+ 70. Kh3 Qf5+ 71. Kh2 Qc8
72. Qe3+ Kh7 73. Qa7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters GpA"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. d5 d6 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. Qf3 Bg6 14. Bd3 a6
15. Be3 Qd7 16. Bd4 Rae8 17. h3 Bd8 18. a3 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8
21. Kf1 Bxd3+ 22. Qxd3 Nd7 23. Qe2 Qxe2+ 24. Kxe2 Bf6 25. Ke3 Kf8 26. Ne4 Bxd4+
27. Kxd4 Ke7 28. c4 a5 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 b6 31. g4 h6 32. f4 g6 33. Nc3 Nb8
34. Ne4 Nd7 35. Nc3 Nb8 36. Ne4 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters GpA"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Be2 Bf5 8. Nf3
e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Na4 Nh5 12. Be5 Nf6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Be5 Nf6 15.
Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters GpA"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3
Bd7 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. a3 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. a4 Bc6 13. Nc4 Rad8 14. f4 Nd7 15.
fxe5 Nxe5 16. Bf4 f6 17. Bh3 Bd6 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Qe2 Qe7 21.
Bh3 Bc7 22. b3 g6 23. Rad1 f5 24. Bg2 f4 25. Rf1 fxg3 26. e5 gxh2+ 27. Kh1
Bxg2+ 28. Qxg2 Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Rxd3 30. Qxb7 Rg3 31. Qxa7 Rg1+ 32. Rxg1 hxg1=Q+
33. Kxg1 Qg5+ 34. Kf1 Qf4+ 35. Ke2 Bxe5 36. Qa8+ Kg7 37. a5 Bxc3 38. Qb7+ Kh6
39. Qh1+ Kg7 40. a6 Qg4+ 41. Qf3 Qe6+ 42. Qe3 Qg4+ 43. Kd3 Bf6 44. Qxc5 Qd1+
45. Nd2 Qa1 46. a7 h5 47. Qb6 Qc3+ 48. Ke2 Qe5+ 49. Kf1 Qf4+ 50. Qf2 Qxf2+ 51.
Kxf2 Bd4+ 52. Kf3 Bxa7 53. Ne4 Kf7 54. Ng3 Kf6 55. Nxh5+ gxh5 56. b4 Kg5 57. b5
Kh4 58. b6 Bxb6 59. Kg2 Kg4 60. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters GpA"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Ne3 c3 11. bxc3 Nbd7 12. Nd3 Rb8 13. Nc4 b6 14. Bf4 Bb7
15. Bxb7 Rxb7 16. Rb1 Nd5 17. Na5 Nxf4 18. Nxb7 Nxd3+ 19. exd3 Be7 20. c4 Rb8
21. c5 Rxb7 22. c6 Rc7 23. cxd7 Rxd7 24. Ke2 g6 25. Rhc1 Bc5 26. a4 Kg7 27. Rc4
a5 28. f4 h5 29. d4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Bxd4 31. Rd1 e5 32. fxe5 Bxe5 33. Kd3 Bd6 34.
Ke4 Bc5 35. Ke5 Bf2 36. Rd3 Bc5 37. h3 Bf2 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Bc5 40. Rd7 Bg1
41. Rb7 Bc5 42. Rd7 Bg1 43. Rb7 Bc5 44. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters GpA"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,55,26,25,30,-9,-9,3,3,-13,15,15,31,1,31,22,39,65,61,63,123,119,113,78,
123,99,121,97,135,91,103,86,109,43,170,89,173,187,171,173,173,168,168,195,199,
193,224,89,192,136,232,262,222,273,303,297,721,721]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3
d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 $5 Nbd7 ({The main move here is} 6... b6 {
but Nakamura decided otherwise.}) 7. Nb5 Ne8 {By playing this move, Black
slows down his play, but of course White is also losing time with his
b5-knight.} (7... c6 $2 {loses to} 8. Bc7 Qe8 9. Nd6 $18) 8. e3 dxc4 {Probably
not the best move, but Black has been struggling to equalize with other moves
as well.} (8... a6 9. Nc3 Nef6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 c5 13. Rc1 (
13. O-O $5) (13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. O-O {is possible as well.}) 13... cxd4 $6 (13...
Qa5+ {looked much more natural, but here Blac can try the interesting} 14. b4
$5 cxb4 15. Bc7 b6 16. axb4 Qxb4+ 17. Ke2 {with full compensation.}) (13... c4
14. Bb1 Qa5+ {might be best.}) 14. Nxd4 (14. Bc7 $5) 14... Qa5+ 15. Kf1 Qd8 16.
g4 $5 Nc5 17. Bb1 Ne4 18. Kg2 Bg5 19. f3 Nd6 20. Re1 $14 {½-½ (67)
Mamedyarov,S (2772)-Zvjaginsev,V (2627) Moscow 2019}) (8... Ndf6 9. Rc1 c6 (
9... Nh5 10. Bg3 g6 11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd6 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. O-O a6 15. Nc3
Rc8 16. b4 $14 {1-0 (33) Fressinet,L (2670)-Aleksandrov,A (2601) Rijeka 2010})
10. Nc3 b6 11. Qa4 Bb7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 b5 14. Qc2 $14 {½-½ (36)
Vitiugov,N (2709)-Yu Yangyi (2764) Shenzhen 2018}) (8... c6 {was played the
most often:} 9. Nc3 f5 10. h3 (10. h4 $5) 10... Nd6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Nf6
13. Ne5 {and there were several games, but White is a bit better.}) 9. Bxc4 c5
$6 $146 {This just seems like a poor (and surely decided over-the-board)
novelty. Black had two tries to equalize.} (9... a6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Be2 $5 (11.
Bd3 Bb7 12. b4 $5 a5 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Ra3 16. Kd2 {was
played in the game Sanikidze,T (2527)-Maghalashvili,D (2504) GEO 2015, 0-1 (65)
, but Black after} Bd6 $5 $146 {the position is unclear.}) 11... c5 12. O-O Bb7
13. d5 (13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 {shouldn't promise White
anything.}) 13... exd5 14. Nxd5 Bd6 15. a4 c4 (15... Ndf6 $5) (15... Nb6 $5)
16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh4 Nc5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nc3 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Bxf3 (20... Nb3 $5)
21. gxf3 Qb8 22. Bg3 Bxg3 23. hxg3 $14 {1-0 (32) Mamedyarov,S (2772)-Jakovenko,
D (2698) Jerusalem 2019}) (9... Nd6 10. Qc2 $5 (10. Nxd6 Bxd6 11. Bxd6 cxd6 12.
O-O b6 (12... Nf6 $5) 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. d5 $1 e5 15. Bb5 Nf6 (15... Rc8 $1 16.
Bc6 $6 Ba6 17. Re1 Nc5 $132) 16. Bc6 Qe7 17. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 18. d6 Qe6 19. Bxb7
Rad8 20. Qa4 a5 21. Rfd1 Rxd6 22. Rc6 Rxc6 23. Qxc6 Qb3 24. Rd2 $16 {1-0 (57)
Xiong,J (2707)-Tabatabaei,M (2642) Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2019}) (10. Bd3 $5 Nxb5
11. Bxb5 a6 12. Bd3 c5 13. Qc2 $1 Qa5+ (13... h6 14. O-O cxd4 15. Bc7 Qe8 16.
Nxd4 $14) 14. b4 $1 cxb4 15. O-O $1 bxa3 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bd3 Nf6 18. Rfb1 $36
) (10. Be2 $5 {with the same idea is 10.Bd3.}) 10... a6 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Bd3
h6 13. O-O Nb6 14. e4 Bd7 15. Qe2 $14 {½-½ (50) Wojtaszek,R (2701)-Neverov,V
(2489) Legnica 2013}) 10. dxc5 a6 11. Nbd4 Bxc5 ({After} 11... Nxc5 12. O-O {
Black also have difficulties to organize his pieces as} b5 $2 {loses to} 13.
Nc6 $18) 12. O-O Qe7 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Ba2 $1 {Black's postion is even worse
than it looks. Black could never manage to play ...b5.} Ndf6 (14... Bxf4 15.
exf4 $16) 15. Ne5 Nd7 $2 (15... Nd5 16. Bg3 $16) 16. Ndc6 $1 {A nice tactics!}
Qh4 (16... bxc6 17. Nxc6) 17. Bg3 Qg5 18. h4 Qf6 19. Ng4 Qxb2 20. Bxd6 bxc6 (
20... Nxd6 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Qxd6 Qxa2 23. Nxc8 $18) 21. Rc2 Qb5 22. Bxf8 Nxf8
23. h5 $6 (23. Qd8 {or 23.Qd4 were stronger according to the engine.}) 23... h6
({Black could simply take on h5. After} 23... Qxh5 {White should still be
winning:} 24. Qd8 (24. Qd4 $5) 24... Bb7 25. Qb6 Rb8 26. Qa7 Rd8 27. Qxb7 Qxg4
28. Rxc6 {White is just winning.}) 24. Qf3 Qxh5 {Now it's too late!} 25. Qxc6
Nc7 26. Qf3 Nd5 27. e4 e5 28. Nxh6+ $1 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters GpA"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bd2
a6 9. a3 Bd6 10. h3 h6 11. Rd1 Bd7 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. O-O e4 15. Nh2
b5 16. Ba2 b4 17. Nd5 bxa3 18. bxa3 Be6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. d5 Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2
Bxd5 22. Bc3 Qd6+ 23. Kg1 Ne7 24. Rd2 Qe6 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Ba5 Qf5 27. Qc4 Re5
28. Bc3 Nxc3 29. Qxc3 Rc5 30. Qd4 Re8 31. Rb1 Rc6 32. Qd7 Qxd7 33. Rxd7 g6 34.
Rb7 Re5 35. Rdxc7 Rxc7 36. Rxc7 Ra5 37. Rc3 Kg7 38. Rc4 Rxa3 39. Rxe4 h5 40. h4
a5 41. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters GpA"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Na3 Bf6 12. Qd2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. Rfd1 Ne7
15. Bxf6 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 gxf6 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Rd7 Rab8 19. Nc4 Rfd8 20. Rad1 f5
21. f4 b5 22. Ne5 Rxd7 23. Nxd7 Rb7 24. Nc5 Rb8 25. Rd7 a5 26. Nd3 Rd8 27. Rc7
Rd6 28. Kf2 h5 29. a3 f6 30. Rb7 Nd4 31. b4 axb4 32. Nxb4 Rd8 33. Rb6 Kf7 34.
h3 Ra8 35. e3 Nb3 36. Rxb5 Rxa3 37. Nc2 Ra2 38. Rxb3 Rxc2+ 39. Kf3 Rc6 40. Rb7+
Kg6 41. Re7 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters GpA"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nc6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. exf5 d5 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. cxd4 Bxf5 11. f3 O-O 12. Be2 Qd7 13. a4 Qc6 14. Ra2 Rae8
15. O-O a6 16. Bd2 Re6 17. Rf2 Rfe8 18. Bf1 Nd7 19. a5 h6 20. Qb1 Rb8 21. Qb3
b5 22. Qb4 Rbe8 23. Ra3 Nb8 24. Rc3 Qd7 25. Rc5 Rc6 26. Bf4 Ree6 27. Re2 Rxe2
28. Bxe2 Qe7 29. Rxb5 Qxe2 30. Rxb8+ Kh7 31. Qd2 Qe7 32. c3 Qa3 33. h4 Qxa5 34.
g4 Qa1+ 35. Kf2 Bb1 36. Qc1 Rb6 37. Bxc7 Rxb8 38. Bxb8 Qa2+ 39. Kg3 Bd3 40. Qe3
Qc2 41. h5 Qxc3 42. Be5 a5 43. Bxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters GpA"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,53,27,31,70,70,70,56,124,91,91,108,99,91,137,94,69,43,76,41,32,-52,18,
14,14,-8,-10,-46,43,-75,4,-25,9,-38,68,14,94,94,94,94,188,106,202,165,165,165,
222,222,490,437,646,646,709,709,749,737]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4
cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 Re8 $5 {A new tendency in the
Accelerated Dragon, and already played several times by Dubov. The rook on e6
is particularily useful against the most aggressive move 9.f3, while other
moves - besides 9.f4 - aren't supposed to be too dangerous for Black.} 9. f4 $5
(9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. h3 Qc7 11. f4 {Here Dubov played two different moves in the
same online event!} Rd8 $5 (11... b5 12. e5 b4 13. Na4 Nd5 14. Qf3 Nxe3 15.
Qxe3 $36 {0-1 (44) Nakamura,H (2736)-Dubov,D (2699) chess24.com 2020}) 12. Qf3
c5 13. e5 c4 14. exf6 (14. Ba4 $5) 14... Bxf6 15. Ba4 Qa5 16. O-O Bxc3 17. bxc3
Qxa4 18. Bd4 $44 {½-½ (39) Nakamura,H (2736)-Dubov,D (2699) chess24.com 2020}
) (9. h3 d6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. O-O Na5 12. Bh6 Rc8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rad1 Qb6 $11
{½-½ (45) Nakamura,H (2736)-Dubov,D (2699) chess24.com 2020}) (9. f3 d5 $5 (
9... e6 $5 {is playable as well. Amonsgt the specialists, GM Mamedrov!}) 10.
exd5 (10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. c4 Rc8 13. O-O Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Rxc4 $11 {
½-½ (26) Navara,D (2737)-Dubov,D (2701) Batumi 2018}) 10... Nb4 11. Nde2 e6 {
and this is the start of main theory. Dubov himself has played this position
several times.}) (9. O-O d6 10. h3 Bd7 (10... Na5 $5) 11. f4 Nxd4 $6 {This
looks too slow to me.} 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. e5 $1 dxe5 $6 14. fxe5 Nd5 15. Qf3 $16
{½-½ (94) Nakamura,H (2786)-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com 2018}) 9... d6 10. Qf3
Bd7 11. O-O Ng4 $5 $146 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. f5 $14 {½-½ (43)
Grischuk,A (2777)-Dubov,D (2699) chess24.com 2020}) 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd2 d5 $5
{Surely Dubov's idea! If Black plays a passive move, White will play h3 and
simply enjoy a slightly better positon.} 14. f5 $1 {A major attempt at trying
to refute Black's system.} (14. exd5 cxd5 15. Bxd5 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Rad8 {is just
good for Black.}) 14... Ne5 15. Qf2 e6 (15... Ng4 16. Qg3 $16) 16. f6 Ng4 $2 (
16... Bf8 {was necessary, but obviously White's position is preferable!}) 17.
Qf3 $1 Qxf6 $2 (17... Nxf6 18. e5 $16) 18. Qxg4 Qd4+ 19. Rf2 {The game is
basically over.} f5 20. Qf3 $5 fxe4 21. Qf7+ Kh8 22. Qxd7 Rad8 (22... e3 23.
Bxe3 Qxe3 24. Raf1 $18) 23. Qxc6 Rf8 (23... e3 24. Bxe3 Qxe3 25. Raf1 Rf8 26.
Nd1 $18) 24. Be1 Qe3 25. Qxe6 Bd4 26. Nxd5 Qe2 27. Qe5+ $1 {Cute finish.} 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mirzanurov, Bulat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O b6 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. c4 Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nbd2 Nb4 12. Be2 Bf5 13. Ne1 a5 14. a3 Nc6 15.
Rc1 Qb6 16. Bd3 Bg4 17. Qc2 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. h3 Be6 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5
Ne5 22. a4 Be7 23. Rb5 Bb4 24. Ndf3 Nxd3 25. Nxd3 Rab8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Nxb4
Rxb4 28. Nd4 Rb6 29. Rc1 Kf8 30. Rc5 Ra6 31. Rc6 Ra8 32. Nxe6+ fxe6 33. Rxe6
Rb8 34. Rd6 Rxb3 35. Rxd5 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Rb2 37. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dang, Hoang Son"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qc8 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Nc3 d6 13. Ndb5 e5 14. Bg5 Nbd7
15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Nc5 17. Qc6 Nfe4 18. Nxe4 Qxc6 19. Rxc6 Nxe4 20. Be7
Rfe8 21. Rc7 Rec8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rd1 f6 24. b3 Rc7 25. Rd8+ Kf7 26. Bb4 Ng5
27. Rf8+ Kg6 28. Re8 Kf7 29. Ra8 Ke6 30. h4 Ne4 31. Re8+ Kf7 32. Rd8 Ke6 33. f3
Nc5 34. Bxc5 Rxc5 35. Rh8 h6 36. Rg8 Rc7 37. Kf2 Kd6 38. Ke3 Ke6 39. g4 Rd7 40.
Re8+ Kf7 41. Ra8 Ke6 42. h5 Ke7 43. Rc8 Ke6 44. c5 bxc5 45. Rxc5 Rb7 46. Ra5
Rd7 47. b4 Ke7 48. a4 Ke6 49. Ra6+ Kd5 50. Kd3 e4+ 51. fxe4+ Ke5+ 52. Ke3 Rc7
53. Ra5+ Ke6 54. Kf4 Rc4 55. Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Herrera Reyes, Jose Antonio"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d3 e5 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. h4 h6 7. e4 d4 8. Ne2 c5
9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. Qc1 Be6 11. O-O c4 12. dxc4 Bxc4 13. Re1 Rc8 14. b3 Be6 15. c4
Qd7 16. Kh2 b5 17. c5 g5 18. Kg1 f6 19. a4 b4 20. a5 d3 21. Nf4 gxf4 22. gxf4
Bh3 23. f5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nd4 25. Nxd4 Qxd4 26. Qd1 h5 27. Ra4 Nc6 28. Re3 Rd8
29. Rg3 Qxe4+ 30. Kh2 Bf8 31. Be3 d2 32. a6 Qxh4+ 33. Kg1 Qe4 34. Ra1 h4 35.
Rg2 h3 36. Rh2 Rg8+ 37. Kf1 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dragnev, Valentin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 c6 4. h3 d5 5. Nbd2 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8.
Be2 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rfe1 b5 13. c3 Nb6 14. Bh6 a5
15. a3 a4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bd3 Qd6 18. Re2 Nd5 19. Rae1 Nf4 20. Re3 Red8 21.
Bf1 Rab8 22. Re4 g5 23. h4 Bd5 24. hxg5 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 fxg5 26. Nxg5 Ng6 27. Qe2
h6 28. Nf3 c5 29. Qe3 c4 30. g3 Rb7 31. Ne5 f5 32. Rh4 Nxh4 33. gxh4 Qf6 34.
Bg2 Re7 35. Qg3+ Kh7 36. Qf4 Rde8 37. Bh3 Rxe5 38. dxe5 Rxe5 39. Kf1 Qe6 40.
Qd2 Qd5 41. Qxd5 Rxd5 42. Ke2 Kg6 43. Bg2 Re5+ 44. Kf3 Re1 45. Kf4 Rb1 46. Bh3
Rxb2 47. Bxf5+ Kf6 48. f3 Rb3 49. Bd7 Rxc3 50. Bxb5 Rxa3 51. Bxc4 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. O-O e6 10. Qc2 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Rc8 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. a4 Rfe8
15. h3 Nh5 16. Be2 f5 17. b4 Nhf6 18. Qb3 Nb6 19. Ne5 Red8 20. b5 Qa8 21. Ba3
Re8 22. f3 Nfd7 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. c5 Nxe5 25. cxb6 axb6 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. Bb2
Bxb2 28. Qxb2 Qxa4 29. Qxb6 Qa3 30. Qc5 Qb2 31. Bf1 Qe5 32. Rc3 Rc7 33. f4 Qf6
34. Rb1 Rec8 35. Qd4 Qe7 36. Rc5 Qd6 37. Rbc1 Kf7 38. Qc3 Qd7 39. Bb5 Qd6 40.
Bxc6 Qe7 41. Be8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 a6 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
O-O 9. h3 Bd7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Re1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 Be6 14. Qd2 Rc8 15.
Rad1 Rc6 16. f4 Qc8 17. f5 gxf5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. g4 Bg6 20. Bg5 e4 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. Nxe4 Be5 23. c3 f5 24. gxf5 Rxf5 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Kg7 27. Qg5
Qe6 28. Ng3 Rc8 29. Nf5+ Kh8 30. Ne7 Rb8 31. Nxg6+ Qxg6 32. Qxg6 hxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Drygalov, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2020.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O g6 6. Re1 Bg7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qe2 Be6 12. c4 a6 13. Nc3 Ne8 14. Be3 Qc7 15.
Rad1 Nd6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Nxe4 18. f3 Nf6 19. Rxc5 Qd6 20. Bf2 Nh5 21. g3
e4 22. fxe4 Bd4 23. Rd5 Bxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Qb4 25. Bb3 Nf6 26. Rd3 Ng4 27. Qd2 Qc5+
28. Kg2 Ne5 29. Rd5 Qc7 30. c5 Rfe8 31. Qf4 Re7 32. Red1 Rf8 33. h4 h5 34. Qg5
Kg7 35. Rf1 Ng4 36. Bd1 f6 37. Qd2 Ne5 38. b4 Qc6 39. Bb3 Ng4 40. Rf4 Rfe8 41.
Qd4 Kh6 42. a4 f5 43. Bd1 Nf6 44. Rd6 Rxe4 45. Rxc6 Rxd4 46. Rxd4 bxc6 47. Rd6
Nd5 48. Bb3 Nxb4 49. Bf7 Re2+ 50. Kf3 Rc2 51. Bxg6 Rxc5 52. Bxf5+ Kg7 53. Be4
Rc4 54. Kf4 Nd5+ 55. Ke5 Nc3 56. Rd7+ Kf8 57. Bg6 Nd5 58. Bxh5 Rc3 59. Rf7+ Kg8
60. Rf3 Rxf3 61. Bxf3 Nb6 62. Bxc6 Nc4+ 63. Kf6 Ne3 64. Bd7 Kh7 65. g4 Nd5+ 66.
Kf7 Nb6 67. Bf5+ Kh8 68. g5 Nxa4 69. g6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. a4 d5 11. a5 Bd6 12. Re1 c6 13. c3 Bf5 14. Nd2 Nf6
15. Nf3 Ne4 16. a6 b6 17. g3 Qc7 18. Bg2 Rae8 19. Nh4 Bc8 20. Be3 Re7 21. Qc2
Rfe8 22. c4 h6 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Rec1 Ree7 26. Bf1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1
Rc7 28. Rxc7 Bxc7 29. Ng2 g5 30. Ne1 Kf8 31. Nc2 Bd6 32. f3 Nf6 33. Kf2 Ne8 34.
h4 f6 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. f4 g4 37. Bd2 Kf7 38. Ne3 Nc7 39. Bd3 Bxa6 40. Bxa6
Nxa6 41. Nxg4 Nc7 42. Ne3 a5 43. Kf3 a4 44. g4 b5 45. Nc2 Na6 46. Ne3 Nc7 47.
Ba5 b4 48. Bxc7 Bxc7 49. Nxd5 Ba5 50. Ne3 a3 51. bxa3 bxa3 52. Nc2 a2 53. Ke4
Bc3 54. g5 fxg5 55. fxg5 Kg6 56. d5 Kxg5 57. Kd3 Be5 58. Kc4 Kf6 59. Kb3 a1=Q
60. Nxa1 Bxa1 61. d6 Be5 62. d7 Ke7 63. Kc4 Kd8 64. Kd5 Kxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.26"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nc3 Nb6 8.
b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Ne4 f6 12. d3 a5 13. a3 Be6 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15.
Rxc5 e4 16. Ne1 Qd6 17. Qc2 a4 18. b4 Bb3 19. Qc1 exd3 20. Nxd3 Rxe2 21. Nf4
Re7 22. h4 Rae8 23. h5 h6 24. Ng6 Rd7 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 Qd5 27. Rc5 Qf7
28. Bc3 Nd5 29. Bd2 Red8 30. Bf4 Ne7 31. Rxc7 Nf5 32. Rc8 Nd4 33. Qc7 Qe8 34.
Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Be3 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Ne5 37. Nxe5 fxe5 38. g4 Be6 39. f3 e4 40. fxe4
Bxg4 41. Rf4 Bxh5 42. Kf2 Rc8 43. Qd6 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Kh7 45. Bd4 Rd2 46. Rf2 Rd1+
47. Rf1 Rxf1+ 48. Kxf1 Qxe4 49. Qe5 Qxe5 50. Bxe5 Be8 51. Kf2 g5 52. Ke3 Kg6
53. Bd6 Kf5 54. Bf8 h5 55. Be7 Bc6 56. Bd8 h4 57. Be7 Kg4 58. b5 Bxb5 59. Bd8
Bc6 60. Be7 Kf5 61. Bd8 Bb7 62. Be7 Kg4 63. Bd8 Kh5 64. Bc7 Kg4 65. Bd8 Ba6 66.
Be7 Bb5 67. Bd8 Be8 68. Be7 Kf5 69. Bd8 Bf7 70. Be7 Bg8 71. Bd8 Bh7 72. Be7 Bg6
73. Bd8 Bh5 74. Be7 Bd1 75. Bd8 Kg4 76. Be7 Bc2 77. Bd8 Kf5 78. Be7 Bb1 79. Bd8
Ba2 80. Be7 Bf7 81. Bd8 Be6 82. Be7 Bc8 83. Bd8 Ba6 84. Be7 Bc4 85. Bd8 Bd5 86.
Be7 Bg2 87. Bd8 Ba8 88. Be7 Bb7 89. Bd8 Bc8 90. Be7 Kg6 91. Bd8 Kh5 92. Bc7 Ba6
93. Bd6 Kg4 94. Be7 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.26"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. a4 a5 10. h4 Nb6 11. Ne3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Nd7 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. Nh2 h5
15. Qf3 Qe7 16. Bc3 c5 17. b3 Ng4 18. Be1 Ra6 19. Bg3 Rg6 20. Nxg4 Bxg4 21. Qf2
Rd8 22. Kh2 b6 23. Qd2 f6 24. Qc3 Rd6 25. Rf2 Kh7 26. Raf1 Be6 27. Rf3 Rg4 28.
Qe1 Qe8 29. Kh1 Qg6 30. Qf2 Qe8 31. Ra1 Kg8 32. Bh2 Rg6 33. Qf1 Qd7 34. Rb1 Rg4
35. Rg3 Rxg3 36. Bxg3 Bg4 37. Ra1 Qe6 38. Qf2 Kf7 39. Rf1 Ke8 40. Qe1 Kd7 41.
Qc3 Kc8 42. Kg1 Kb7 43. Rf2 Qe8 44. Rf1 Qg6 45. Kh2 Be6 46. Qe1 Qg4 47. Qc3 Bd7
48. Qe1 Bc6 49. Qf2 Rd8 50. Ra1 Rh8 51. Qf3 Qe6 52. Rf1 Rh6 53. Qe2 Qe8 54. Qd1
Rh8 55. Be1 Bd7 56. Kh1 Qg6 57. Kh2 Rd8 58. Bg3 Qg4 59. Qxg4 Bxg4 60. Kg1 c6
61. Ra1 Ra8 62. Be1 b5 63. Kf1 Kb6 64. Bc3 b4 65. Bb2 Rd8 66. Ke1 Kc7 67. Kd2
Kd6 68. Rf1 Ke6 69. Ke1 Rg8 70. Kf2 g5 71. hxg5 fxg5 72. Kg3 Rd8 73. Rf2 c4 74.
bxc4 c5 75. Rd2 Rc8 76. Ba1 Rf8 77. c3 Rf1 78. Bb2 Bd1 79. d4 h4+ 80. Kh2 g4
0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.26"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Na6 12. Ng5 Bc8 13. e3 Qe7 14. Qc2 h6 15. Nf3
Be6 16. Rad1 Bf7 17. Ne2 Nc5 18. Nf4 Ng4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qb2+ Kh7 21. Nd4 a5
22. h3 Ne5 23. h4 Qf6 24. Qc2 Kg8 25. Nfe2 Rad8 26. Nc3 a4 27. Rd2 axb3 28.
axb3 g5 29. Qxf5 Qxf5 30. Nxf5 Nxb3 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Nxd6 Rd8 33. Nxf7 Kxf7
34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Rb1 Na5 36. c5 g4 37. Ne4 Ke6 38. Bf1 Nf3+ 39. Kg2 Rh8 40.
Bd3 Ke5 41. Kf1 Rh1+ 42. Ke2 Rxb1 43. Bxb1 Nb3 44. Kd3 Nc1+ 45. Kc4 Ne2 46. Kb4
Nc1 47. Ka5 Ne1 48. Kb6 Ned3 49. Nc3 Nxf2 50. Kxb7 Nh1 51. Ne4 Ne2 52. Kxc6
Nexg3 53. Nxg3 Nxg3 54. Kb6 Ne4 55. Bxe4 Kxe4 56. c6 g3 57. c7 g2 58. c8=Q g1=Q
59. Qe6+ Kf3 60. Qf5+ Ke2 61. Qc2+ Kf3 62. Qf5+ Ke2 63. Qc2+ Kf3 64. Qf5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.26"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. a4 f6 10. Be3 Bf8 11. Nfd2 Nc5 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Be6 14. Ne3 Qd7
15. Kh1 Rad8 16. Nf3 Bf7 17. Qe1 Ne6 18. Bg3 c5 19. b3 Nd4 20. Qf2 b6 21. a5 b5
22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Nf5 a6 24. Bf4 c5 25. g4 Be6 26. h4 h5 27. Bd2 hxg4 28. Qg3
g6 29. Nh6+ Kh7 30. h5 g5 31. Nf5 c4 32. bxc4 bxc4 33. Rab1 c3 34. Be1 Qa4 35.
Qf2 Qd7 36. Ng3 Be7 37. Rb6 Rb8 38. Rxa6 Ra8 39. Rxa8 Rxa8 40. Ne2 Rxa5 41.
Qxd4 Ra2 42. Qxd7 Bxd7 43. Nd4 Kh6 44. Bxc3 Kxh5 45. Rb1 Bc5 46. Rb7 Bxd4 47.
Bxd4 Bc6 48. Rh7+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.28"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. a4 a5 10. Be3 Bb4 11. Nfd2 b6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nf8 14. c3 Bd6
15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Nc4 Re6 17. Qh5 Ra7 18. Ne3 Ng6 19. Bg3 d5 20. Nf5 dxe4 21.
dxe4 Rxe4 22. Rad1 Rd7 23. Qf3 Re6 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Rd1 Nf8 26. Nd4 Re8 27.
Nxc6 Qg5 28. Rf1 f6 29. Bf2 Ng6 30. Nd4 Bxa4 31. h4 Nxh4 32. Bxh4 Qxh4 33. b3
Bxb3 34. Nxb3 Qe4 35. Nd4 Qxf3 36. gxf3 Rc8 37. Rc1 g5 38. Kf2 Kf7 39. f4 gxf4
40. Ke2 h5 41. Kd3 h4 42. Rh1 Rh8 43. Nf3 h3 44. Rh2 b5 45. Ra2 b4 46. cxb4
axb4 47. Ke4 b3 48. Rb2 Ke6 49. Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.28"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nb4 8.
Be4 f5 9. a3 N4d5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 e6 13. Nge2 g6 14. Nf4
Bh6 15. Nce2 c6 16. h4 a5 17. Kf2 O-O 18. Qb3 Re8 19. Rac1 Ra6 20. g3 Bf8 21.
Rhd1 Kh8 22. Rc3 Rb6 23. Qc2 Bd7 24. Nd3 Re7 25. Nc5 Be8 26. Nf4 Bf7 27. Rc4
Re8 28. Rd2 Qe7 29. Qc3 Ra8 30. Ra4 Rb5 31. Rc4 Rb6 32. Qc2 Kg8 33. Rd3 h6 34.
Rb3 Rxb3 35. Qxb3 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Nfd3 b5 38. Rc1 a4 39. Qa2 Qe8 40. Nb4
Rc8 41. Ke1 Bxc5 42. Rxc5 Bh5 43. Kd2 Bf3 44. Kc3 Kg7 45. Qb1 Be4 46. Qe1 Qh8
47. b3 Qh2 48. bxa4 bxa4 49. Ra5 Kg6 50. Ra6 c5 51. Rxe6+ Kf7 52. Rf6+ Kg7 53.
dxc5 Rxc5+ 54. Kd4 Rc8 55. Nd5 Qb2+ 56. Nc3 Qb3 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.28"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 Be7 8.
d4 O-O 9. e5 Ne8 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 12. Qe4 Qd7 13. Bg5 Nd5 14. Nbd2 Rc8
15. Nf1 h6 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Ng3 Rc6 18. Qg4 f5 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Nh4 Nc7 21.
Re2 Ned5 22. Nh5 Rf7 23. Rae1 Qe7 24. h3 Nf6 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. d5 Nxd5 27.
Rxe6 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Nf4 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Kh2 Rc5 31. R1e2 Qf1 32. Re1 Qf2 33.
R1e2 Qf1 34. Re1 Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.28"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. h4 Ba6 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rh3 Nc6 13. Bg5 Nd4 14. Nxd4
cxd4 15. Rd1 e5 16. Rf3 Bb7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rg3+ Kh8 19. e3 Qe7 20. exd4
exd4+ 21. Be2 Be4 22. Qd2 d3 23. Bxd3 Bxd3+ 24. Re3 Qb7 25. Qxd3 Qxg2 26. Qd4
Qg1+ 27. Ke2 Qg6 28. Rf3 Rae8+ 29. Kf1 Re6 30. Rg3 Qf5 31. Qg4 Qxg4 32. Rxg4 a5
33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 Rb8 35. Rb1 Re5 36. Kg2 h5 37. Rc4 Kg7 38. Kf3 f5 39. Kf4
Kf6 40. Rd1 Rb6 41. f3 Reb5 42. Rdd4 Rb8 43. Ke3 R5b6 44. Kd3 Ke6 45. Kc3 Ra6
46. Kb3 Rba8 47. b5 Ra1 48. Rc2 R1a3+ 49. Kb4 R3a4+ 50. Kc5 Rc8+ 51. Kb6 Rxd4
52. Rxc8 Rxh4 53. Ka5 Kd7 54. Rc5 Rh1 55. b6 h4 56. b7 Ra1+ 57. Kb6 Rb1+ 58.
Ka7 Ra1+ 59. Kb8 h3 60. Rc2 Rh1 61. Ra2 Rb1 62. Ka7 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.28"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. g3 e6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2
a5 9. a3 Bh7 10. Re1 c6 11. e4 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. Rab1 Rfd8 14. h3 Qa6 15. e5
Ne8 16. Bf1 Nc7 17. Qe3 b5 18. Qf4 c5 19. a4 b4 20. Rbc1 Nb8 21. h4 Nc6 22. Nh2
Qa7 23. Ng4 Bf8 24. Nf3 Rd7 25. h5 Rad8 26. Ne3 c4 27. bxc4 dxc4 28. Qxc4 Ne7
29. d4 Ncd5 30. Qb3 Nxe3 31. fxe3 Bf5 32. Nd2 Rc7 33. Nc4 Bg4 34. Nd6 Qb8 35.
Nb5 Rc6 36. Bg2 Nd5 37. Bxd5 exd5 38. c4 dxc4 39. Qc2 c3 40. Qe4 Bd7 41. Ba1
Rc4 42. Rf1 Bxb5 43. axb5 Qxb5 44. e6 fxe6 45. Qxe6+ Kh8 46. Rf7 Rcc8 47. d5 a4
48. Rcf1 a3 49. g4 Qd3 50. g5 Re8 51. g6 Bc5 52. d6 Bxd6 53. Qd7 Qxe3+ 54. Kh1
Qe4+ 55. Kg1 Bc5+ 56. Kh2 Qh4+ 57. Kg2 Qg5+ 58. Kh3 Qxh5+ 59. Kg3 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.28"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Re8 11. Ng5 Bc8 12. Bb2 Na6 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. Nh3 Be6 15. Nf4
Bf7 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. h3 Nf6 18. e4 fxe4 19. Rfe1 Nc5 20. b4 Nd3 21. Nxd3 exd3
22. Qd2 Qf8 23. Qxd3 Nd7 24. Na4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Ne5 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Nc5 b6
28. Ne4 Qxb4 29. Rc1 Qb2 30. Rd1 Qxa2 31. Qd7 Rf8 32. Nd6 Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Be6+
34. Nf5 Rxf5+ 35. Ke2 Bxd7 36. Rxd7 Rf7 37. Rd8+ Bf8 38. Bxc6 Kg7 39. Bd5 Rc7
40. Re8 a5 41. Rxe5 a4 42. Kd3 a3 43. Re2 Ra7 44. Ra2 Bd6 45. g4 Be5 46. Kc2
Bb2 47. Kb3 Rd7 48. Kb4 Kf6 49. Kb5 Ke5 50. Bc6 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.28"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nc2 Nc6 8.
Be2 e6 9. e4 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. Ne3 a6 13. a4 b6 14. Bf3 Bb7 15.
d6 Nc6 16. O-O Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Nc4 Rc8 19. Qb3 Nxd6 20. Nxb6 Rb8 21. a5
Nd7 22. Ncd5 Nxb6 23. axb6 Nf5 24. Bf4 Nd4 25. Qc4 Rb7 26. Rad1 Rd7 27. Bc7 Qa8
28. Nc3 Rc8 29. Qa4 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.29"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Qb3 c5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8.
dxc5 Qxb3 9. axb3 Nc6 10. Nc3 Bxc5 11. O-O e5 12. Na4 Bb4 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. Nxc8
Rbxc8 15. Be3 e4 16. Nd4 Bc5 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Rxa7 Rb5 20. Ra3
Rd8 21. Rfa1 g6 22. Ra8 Rxa8 23. Rxa8+ Kg7 24. Ra3 Rc5 25. Ra7 Rb5 26. Ra3 Rc5
27. Ra7 Rb5 28. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.29"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. a4 a5 10. Be3 Bb4 11. Nfd2 f6 12. c3 Bf8 13. Qc2 b6 14. d4 exd4 15.
cxd4 Nb8 16. Rac1 Na6 17. Rfd1 Nb4 18. Qb1 Be6 19. b3 Qd7 20. f3 Qf7 21. Bf2
Red8 22. Rc3 b5 23. Nb2 Rab8 24. axb5 Rxb5 25. Nbc4 a4 26. Rdc1 Ra8 27. bxa4
Rxa4 28. Ra3 Na2 29. Rxa4 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Nc3 31. Rba1 Nxa4 32. Rxa4 Qe8 33. Ra6
Qc8 34. Rxc6 Bd7 35. Nb6 Qb7 36. Nxd7 Qxc6 37. Nxf8 Qc1+ 38. Nf1 Kxf8 39. g4 g6
40. Kg2 f5 41. gxf5 gxf5 42. Ng3 fxe4 43. Nxe4 Kf7 44. h4 h6 45. Ng3 Ke6 46.
Ne4 Kd5 47. Ng3 Kc4 48. h5 Qg5 49. Bg1 Kd5 50. Bf2 Ke6 51. Bg1 Qd2+ 52. Bf2 Qd3
53. Nf1 Kf5 54. Ne3+ Kg5 55. Ng4 Kxh5 56. Be3 Qc3 57. Kf2 Kh4 58. Bxh6 Qxd4+
59. Ke2 Kg3 60. Bd2 Qc4+ 61. Ke3 Qb3+ 62. Kd4 c5+ 63. Ke4 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.29"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. a4 f5 11. a5 Nf6 12. Re1 h6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Ra2 g5 15. h3
Qe8 16. Nh2 a6 17. Ng4 Bg6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bd3 Nf5 20. Ne4 Bg7 21. f3 Qf7
22. Rf2 Rad8 23. Bb1 Kh8 24. Bb2 Nh4 25. b5 Bf5 26. b6 Ng6 27. g3 cxb6 28. axb6
Ne7 29. Ba3 Nc8 30. Qb3 Bh7 31. Rd1 Bg8 32. Kg2 Bh7 33. c5 dxc5 34. Nxc5 Bxb1
35. Rxb1 Rfe8 36. Ne6 Rd7 37. Rc1 Ne7 38. Bxe7 Qxe7 39. Rc7 Qd6 40. Rfc2 Bf6
41. Qa4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tanaka, Taira Tyler"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 Bg4 6. Be2 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e6 8. O-O
Nd7 9. Be2 Ne7 10. Be3 c5 11. Nb5 O-O 12. dxc5 Nxe5 13. Nd6 b6 14. c4 Qc7 15.
Nb5 Qb7 16. Nd6 Qb8 17. f4 Nd7 18. Nb5 Nxc5 19. Bf3 Rd8 20. Qe2 a6 21. Nd4 dxc4
22. Qxc4 Nd5 23. Nc6 Nxe3 24. Qe2 Qxf4 25. Nxd8 Nxf1 26. Rxf1 Rxd8 27. b4 Qxb4
28. Qf2 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 a6 4. d4 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. O-O
Rg8 9. Re1 Qb6 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Bf1 O-O-O 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Bf8 14. a4 d4 15.
b5 dxc3 16. Nxc3 Na5 17. Qf4 Bc5 18. Ne4 Kb8 19. bxa6 Bc6 20. Rab1 Qa7 21. Nxc5
Qxc5 22. Rec1 Qa3 23. Nd4 Bd5 24. axb7 Qh3 25. f3 Qh5 26. Rc8+ Rxc8 27. bxc8=Q+
Kxc8 28. Qc1+ Kd7 29. Qc5 Rc8 30. Bb5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Murzin, Volodar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. Nbd2 Qxc5 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Re1 Nc6 9. c3 O-O 10. h3 Qb6 11. a4 Qc7 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Nc4 b6 14. Bf4 Nc5 15.
Ne3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bb7 17. Rad1 Rae8 18. Nd5 Qc8 19. Qd2 Na5 20. Qc1 Bc6 21. Qc2
Qb7 22. Bg3 Kh8 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Bh4 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Bg3 f5 27. f3 fxe4
28. fxe4 Qd7 29. b3 Rc8 30. c4 Qe6 31. Qd3 Bb7 32. Rf1 Kg8 33. Bh4 Rfe8 34. Rf3
Qe5 35. Kh1 Bxd5 36. exd5 e6 37. Bg3 Qh5 38. Bxd6 e5 39. Qe4 Bh6 40. Rdf1 Bf4
41. Ba3 Rcd8 42. Bc1 g5 43. Ba3 Qg6 44. Qxg6+ hxg6 45. Re1 e4 46. Rff1 e3 47.
Re2 Re4 48. g4 Rd4 49. Bb4 Rd3 50. Rb1 a6 51. Kg2 b5 52. Be1 bxc4 53. bxc4 Rc8
0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Bb2 e6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. d3
Bd6 9. Ne5 Rc8 10. Nd2 O-O 11. f4 Nd7 12. Qg4 g6 13. Ndf3 Qe7 14. Ng5 f5 15.
Qg3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. fxe5 d4 18. Rae1 Kg7 19. h4 h6 20. Nh3 Kh7 21. Nf4
Rg8 22. e4 fxe4 23. dxe4 Rcf8 24. Qg4 Bd7 25. Rf3 Qg7 26. Ref1 Qxe5 27. Nd3 Qg7
28. Nxc5 Bc8 29. Qg3 e5 30. Nd3 Rxf3 31. Rxf3 Re8 32. Qf2 Re7 33. Rf8 Be6 34.
Rd8 Rf7 35. Qg3 Qf6 36. Rd6 Qf1+ 37. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O Nb6 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 h6 14. Bh4
Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Ne4 Rfd8 19. Bd3 Bc6 20. Qc5
Qxc5 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Rxc5 Be8 23. Rdc1 c6 24. f4 b6 25. R5c3 c5 26. dxc5
bxc5 27. Kf2 Rb8 28. R1c2 Bb5 29. Bxb5 Rxb5 30. Ke2 Rd5 31. Ra3 Rd7 32. Ra6 c4
33. Rc6 Rdb7 34. R6xc4 Rxb2 35. Kf3 R2b5 36. Rc6 Ra5 37. Rd6 f5 38. Kg3 Kg7 39.
Kh4 Ra3 40. Re2 Rb5 41. Rd7 Rb4 42. g3 Kg6 43. Rc2 Rb8 44. Rcc7 Rxa2 45. h3 Rf8
46. Rxa7 Re2 47. Rd3 Kf6 48. g4 fxg4 49. hxg4 Rg2 50. Kh3 Rg1 51. e4 h5 52.
gxh5 Rh8 53. e5+ Kg7 54. Rg3+ Rxg3+ 55. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nc3 e6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3
Nbd7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O-O e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Kb1
Nxf3 15. Bc1 Rac8 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Rfd8 18. Bg2 Nh4 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5
b6 21. Rd3 Kf8 22. Rhd1 h6 23. f4 Bc5 24. e4 a5 25. f5 Be7 26. Be3 Bc5 27. Bd2
Ke7 28. Rf1 Bd6 29. Rg1 Be5 30. Be3 Rb8 31. Rg4 g5 32. fxg6 Nxg6 33. Bxh6 Rh8
34. Bg5+ Bf6 35. Bxf6+ Kxf6 36. Rf3+ Ke5 37. Rxf7 Nh4 38. Rff4 Ng2 39. Rf5+ Kd4
40. Rxg2 Rxh3 41. Ka2 b5 42. Rd2+ Ke3 43. Rc2 Kd4 44. Rff2 a4 45. bxa4 bxa4 46.
Rc4+ Ke5 47. Rxa4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sankalp, Gupta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. c4 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Bd6 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Bf5 g6 14. Bh3 Rc7 15.
Rfd1 Qe7 16. Rac1 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Nc4 Nd5 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21.
g3 Ba6 22. a3 f5 23. Bg2 h5 24. h4 Ree7 25. b4 g5 26. hxg5 h4 27. a4 hxg3 28.
b5 cxb5 29. Qe2 Rh7 30. axb5 gxf2+ 31. Kxf2 f4 32. exf4 Qxf4+ 33. Ke1 Qh4+ 34.
Qf2 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Bxb5 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Ra8 Qxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Bd3 39. Rxa7+ Kg6
40. Ra8 Kxg5 41. Bc1+ Kf6 42. Rd8 Rf7 43. Kg3 Ne7 44. Rd6+ Kg7 45. Rxb6 Nf5+
46. Kg4 Kh7 47. Bg5 Nxd4 48. Rd6 Be2+ 49. Kh3 Nf5 50. Bxe4 Bh5 51. Rb6 Bg6 52.
Bd5 Rd7 53. Be6 Rd3+ 54. Kg4 Ng7 55. Bb3 Bh5+ 56. Kf4 Rd4+ 57. Ke5 Rg4 58. Bc2+
Kg8 59. Rb8+ Kf7 60. Rb7+ Kg8 61. Bf6 Rg5+ 62. Bxg5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. a4 f5 11. a5 h6 12. Ra3 g5 13. Nd2 f4 14. c5 Nf6 15. h3 Ng6
16. c6 bxc6 17. dxc6 Nh4 18. Nf3 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 a6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8
22. Bd2 Qe8 23. b5 axb5 24. Bg4 Ba6 25. Bb4 Qg6 26. Re1 Rad8 27. Be2 Rb8 28.
Bg4 Rf6 29. Qd1 Bf8 30. Bh5 Qg8 31. Rc3 Be7 32. Bg4 Kg7 33. Qc2 Qf7 34. Qe2 Rh8
35. Bh5 Qf8 36. Rd1 Qa8 37. Rd5 Bc8 38. Bg4 Ba6 39. Bh5 Bf8 40. Qd2 Rh7 41. Qd1
Kg8 42. Be2 Qb8 43. Qf1 h5 44. Bxb5 Bc8 45. Qc4 Kh8 46. a6 g4 47. Ra3 Qa7 48.
Bc5 dxc5 49. Rd8 Be6 50. Qc3 Rhf7 51. Qxe5 Kg7 52. Qxh5 c4 53. e5 Rg6 54. Re8
g3 55. Rf3 Qd4 56. Rxe6 Qd1# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O g6 6. Re1 Bg7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qe2 a6 12. c4 Nh5 13. g3 f5 14. Rd1 Qf6 15.
exf5 Bxf5 16. Nc3 Qe6 17. Bd7 Qf7 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Nd5 f4 20. Bd2 Kh8 21. Bc3
Rae8 22. Kh1 e4 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. g4 f3 25. Qe3 Nf6 26. Qxc5 Nxg4 27. Rg1 Qh5
28. Rxg4+ Qxg4 29. Rg1 h5 30. Ne3 Qxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Kh6 32. Qd6+ Kg5 33. h4+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Bg5 Bc6 10. Qxc4 a5 11. Rd1 Bd5 12. Qd3 Na6 13. Nc3 Bb3 14. Rd2 Nb4 15.
Qb1 Nd7 16. Bf4 Nd5 17. Ne5 N7b6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. e4 c6 20. h4 Bxa4 21. exd5
cxd5 22. Bf1 f6 23. Ng4 Bd7 24. Ne3 g6 25. Bh6 Rf7 26. Bd3 Kh8 27. Bf4 Bc6 28.
Re2 Bd6 29. Ng2 Bf8 30. h5 g5 31. Bd2 Nc4 32. Bc3 Rc8 33. b3 Nd6 34. Bxa5 Qd7
35. Ne3 Ne4 36. Be1 Re8 37. f3 Nd6 38. Bf2 f5 39. Ng2 f4 40. g4 Rfe7 41. Qc2
Bb5 42. Rae1 Bxd3 43. Qxd3 Qb5 44. Qxb5 Nxb5 45. Rxe7 Rxe7 46. Rxe7 Bxe7 47.
Ne1 Na3 48. Nd3 Nc2 49. Ne5 Na1 50. Nd7 Nxb3 51. Nb6 Kg7 52. Nxd5 Bf6 53. Kf1
Bxd4 54. Be1 Kf7 55. Ke2 Ke6 56. Nc7+ Kd6 57. Nb5+ Kc6 58. Na3 Kd5 59. Nb5 Kc6
60. Na3 Bc5 61. Nc4 Kd5 62. Kd3 Nc1+ 63. Kc3 Ne2+ 64. Kd3 Nc1+ 65. Kc3 Bd4+ 66.
Kc2 Kxc4 67. Kxc1 Kd3 68. Kd1 Ke3 69. Kc2 Kxf3 70. Kd3 Bf2 71. Bxf2 Kxf2 72.
Ke4 Kg3 73. Kf5 Kh4 74. h6 f3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. O-O c5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 N7f6
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bb1 Qe7 17. Rcd1 Rfd8 18. h3 g6 19. e4 Nf4 20. Qe3 e5 21.
Nf3 Ba6 22. Rfe1 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karacsonyi, Gellert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O b6 8. Nbd2
Ba6 9. c4 Nc6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. Re1 Qd7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. cxd5 Bxd3 14. dxc6 Qxc6
15. Ne5 Qa6 16. Nxd3 Qxd3 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nc4 Rfd8 19. Qxd3 Rxd3 20. Red1
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rc1 Kf8 23. Kf1 Ke7 24. Ke2 h5 25. Nd2 Rc8 26. Ne4 Bb2
27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Nxc5 Kd6 29. Nd3 Bc3 30. e4 Bd4 31. f3 g6 32. Kd2 Bg1 33. h3
Bd4 34. b4 f5 35. a4 fxe4 36. fxe4 a6 37. Kc2 g5 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Bb6 40.
Nb2 Bc7 41. Nc4+ Kc6 42. Nd2 a5 43. Kb3 axb4 44. Kxb4 Bd6+ 45. Kc4 Bc7 46. Nf3
Bd8 47. Nd4+ Kd6 48. Kb5 Bc7 49. Nc6 Kd7 50. a5 Kc8 51. a6 Bf4 52. Nd4 e5 53.
Kc6 Kb8 54. Ne6 Ka7 55. Kb5 Be3 56. Nd8 Bf4 57. Nc6+ Ka8 58. Kc4 Bg3 59. Kd5
Bf4 60. Ke6 Bg3 61. Kf6 Bf4 62. Nxe5 Ka7 63. Ng6 Kxa6 64. e5 Kb6 65. e6 Bd6 66.
e7 Bxe7+ 67. Kxe7 Kc7 68. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gumularz, Szymon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. c4 O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bd2 Be6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. a3 Qd7 12. Rc1 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Rad8 14. b4 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 exd4 16. Bd2 c6 17. Qa4 a6 18. Qa5 Bh3 19. Rfe1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rfe8 21. Qc5
Re5 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. e4 dxe3 24. Bxe3 Qxd3 25. Qxd3 Rxd3 26. Bf4 Rxe1 27. Rxe1
Bf8 28. Re8 Kg7 29. Rb8 Rd7 30. g4 Kf7 31. Kf3 c5 32. bxc5 Bxc5 33. a4 Ke6 34.
Ke2 Kd5 35. h4 Kc4 36. Rc8 b6 37. a5 bxa5 38. Be3 Rd5 39. Rc7 a4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khoroshev, Nikita"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2
exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. f3 Qa5 12. Ra3 h5 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. a5 Nbd7 15.
Nh3 c4 16. Nf2 Nc5 17. Bxc4 Ncxe4 18. Ncxe4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Qxc4 20. Bxd6 Bf5 21.
Qb4 Qxb4+ 22. Bxb4 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Nge7 7. d4 b5 8. Bb3
exd4 9. cxd4 d6 10. h3 O-O 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. d5 Bd7 14. Re1 Nc4 15.
Rb1 h6 16. Ne2 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Nf4 g5 19. Ne6 Qf6 20. b3 Ne5 21. Nxf8 Rxf8
22. Bb2 Nd4 23. Nxd4 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 cxd4 25. Bxd4 Qg3 26. Re3 Qh4 27. Re4 g4 28.
Qe2 Qg3 29. Re3 Nf3 30. gxf3 Bxd4 31. Rd3 Be5 32. fxg4 Rf2 33. Rxg3 Rxe2 34.
Rg2 Re3 35. Rd1 Rxh3+ 36. Kg1 b4 37. Kf2 Rc3 38. Bf5 Bb5 39. g5 hxg5 40. Rxg5+
Kf7 41. Rh5 Kf6 42. Be4 Rc8 43. Rdh1 Rf8 44. Rf5+ Ke7 45. Rh7+ Ke8 46. Rxf8+
Kxf8 47. Ke3 a5 48. Bd3 Be8 49. Ra7 Bb2 50. Rxa5 Bc1+ 51. Kd4 Bb2+ 52. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 f6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. e3 Be6 8. Be2
Bc5 9. O-O Nge7 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Bb6 12. Nbd2 e4 13. Ne1 a5 14. b5 Ne5 15. c4
Nxc4 16. Nxc4 dxc4 17. Qc2 Qd5 18. Rd1 Qxb5 19. Qxe4 Qc6 20. Qc2 Rac8 21. Nf3
c3 22. Ba1 a4 23. Rc1 Nd5 24. Rb1 Bxe3 25. Bd3 f5 26. Rfe1 Ba7 27. Ne5 Qc7 28.
Qxa4 Bc5 29. Nf3 Bf7 30. Ng5 Kh8 31. Bxf5 Bxf2+ 32. Kh1 Bxe1 33. Rxe1 Rce8 34.
Rxe8 Rxe8 35. Qh4 Bg8 36. Bxc3 Nxc3 37. Bxh7 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 c6 4. g3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 Nbd7 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nh4
e5 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. e3 Nc5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bg2 Ne6 13. a3 a5 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. h4
Nd7 16. g5 f5 17. gxf6 gxf6 18. c4 Nc7 19. Kd1 O-O-O 20. Kc2 f5 21. h5 gxh5 22.
Rxh5 Rxh5 23. Qxh5 e4 24. d4 Qf6 25. Bh3 Rh8 26. Qxf5 Qxf5 27. Bxf5 Rf8 28.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 29. Rf1 b5 30. f3 exf3 31. c5 Bg3 32. Rxf3 Rxf3 33. Nxf3 Ke6 34. Bc3
a4 35. Ba5 axb3+ 36. Kxb3 Ne8 37. Kc2 Nf6 38. Be1 Bc7 39. Kd3 Ne4 40. Nh4 Kf6
41. Ng2 Kf5 42. Bh4 Ke6 43. Ne1 Kf5 44. Nc2 Ba5 45. Be1 Bxe1 46. Nxe1 Nf2+ 47.
Ke2 Ng4 48. Nf3 Ke4 49. Nd2+ Kf5 50. Nf1 Ke4 51. Ng3# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yakubboev, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b4 Bxb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Bd6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Qxc6+ Bd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Rb8 13. Nc3 d4 14. exd4
cxd4 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. d3 Rc8 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qd1 Rfe8 19. Bg4 Rc3 20. Qa4 Rd8
21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Qxa7 Rxd3 23. a4 h5 24. a5 h4 25. Qb7 h3 26. a6 Rd7 27. Qa8+
Kh7 28. a7 Bc5 29. Ra5 hxg2 30. Qxg2 Rxa7 31. Rxc5 Qxc5 32. Qe4+ f5 33. Qxd3
Qe5 34. Rd1 Rc7 35. Bb2 Rc6 36. Bxd4 Rg6+ 37. Kh1 Qf4 38. Rg1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14.
Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g5 3. Nxg5 e5 4. d3 d5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. c3 Rg8 7. g3 e4 8. dxe4
Nxe4 9. Nfd2 Qf6 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Be3 Bh6 12. Qc1 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Bf5 14. Bg2
O-O-O 15. O-O Qd6 16. a4 Ne5 17. Qxa7 Ng4 18. Na3 e3 19. Qxb7+ Kd7 20. Nb5
exf2+ 21. Rxf2 Qc5 22. Qc6+ Qxc6 23. Bxc6+ Ke6 24. Nd4+ Rxd4 25. cxd4 Nxf2 26.
Kxf2 Kd6 27. Bf3 Rb8 28. a5 c6 29. a6 Bd7 30. a7 Ra8 31. b4 Kc7 32. b5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 a6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Qe2 e6 8. c4
bxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd7 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. h4 h6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rad1 Nf6 14. Bb3 Kh8 15.
e5 Nfd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bc1 a5 18. Rfe1 a4 19. Bc2 a3 20. Bb1 axb2 21. Bxb2
Rb8 22. h5 Nf4 23. Qe3 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Qh4 25. d5 Qg4+ 26. Kf1 Ba6+ 27. Bd3 Bxd3+
28. Rxd3 Rxb2 29. exd6 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Rb4 31. Nh2 Qxe3 32. Rexe3 cxd6 33. dxe6
fxe6 34. hxg6 Bd4 35. Rxe6 Rb1+ 36. Kg2 Rxf2+ 37. Kh3 Be5 38. Nf3 Rh1+ 39. Kg4
Rg2+ 40. Kf5 Rh5+ 41. Ke4 Re2+ 42. Re3 Rxa2 43. Nxe5 dxe5 44. Rb3 Ra4+ 45. Kd5
e4+ 46. Kd6 Ra6+ 47. Ke7 Rxe6+ 48. Kxe6 Kg7 49. Re3 Kxg6 50. Rxe4 Ra5 51. Rg4+
Rg5 52. Ra4 Rg1 53. Ra8 Re1+ 54. Kd5 h5 55. Rg8+ Kf5 56. Kd4 h4 57. Rh8 Kg4 58.
Rg8+ Kf3 59. Rf8+ Kg2 60. Rg8+ Kf2 61. Rh8 Ra1 62. Kd3 h3 63. Kd2 Ra3 64. Rf8+
Rf3 65. Rh8 Kf1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qxc5 8.
Ba3 Qc7 9. Bxe7 Re8 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Be2 d5 13. O-O Bf5 14. Na3 a6
15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Nac2 Rac8 17. Rac1 Qa5 18. Rfd1 Rc7 19. Nb4 Rec8 20. Ndxc6 Bxc6
21. Bf3 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Bd7 23. Qa1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 25. Qxc1 Qxb4 26. Bxd5
Qa5 27. Bxb7 Qxa2 28. Bd5 Qa5 29. Bc4 Bb5 30. g3 Qb4 31. Bxb5 Qxb5 32. Qc3 a5
33. Qd4 Qxb3 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Qxa5 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qb7+ 37. Kh3 Qf3 38. Qe5+ Kg8
39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. Qe5+ Kg8 41. Qf4 Qe2 42. Kg2 h5 43. Qb8+ Kg7 44. Qe5+ Kg8 45.
h3 Qd3 46. Qe8+ Kg7 47. Qe5+ Kg8 48. Qd4 Qb5 49. e4 Qb7 50. Qd8+ Kg7 51. Qd4+
Kg8 52. Qd5 Qb2 53. e5 Qe2 54. Qd8+ Kg7 55. Qf6+ Kg8 56. Qf4 Kg7 57. Qe3 Qc4
58. Kh2 Qd5 59. Qf4 Qe6 60. g4 hxg4 61. hxg4 Qe7 62. Kg3 Qe6 63. Kh4 Qe7+ 64.
Qg5 Qe6 65. f4 Qa2 66. Qf6+ Kg8 67. Kg5 Qb3 68. e6 fxe6 69. Kxg6 Qd3+ 70. f5
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 a5 12. Qc1 Ne4 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Rac8
15. Ra2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Qd6 17. Bf5 g6 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Rc1 Qd6 20. Rac2 f6 21.
Ne1 Ba6 22. Rc6 Qd7 23. Nd3 Bb7 24. R6c3 c6 25. b4 axb4 26. Nxb4 c5 27. dxc5
bxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Qxa4 30. Rc1 Qd7 31. Qd4 Qd6 32. h4 Rc8 33. Rxc8+
Bxc8 34. Nxd5 Kg7 35. Qa7+ Qd7 36. Qc5 Bb7 37. Nf4 Qf7 38. Qd6 Ba8 39. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 f6 11. Qb3 Nxc3 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc3 Bg4 14. exf6 Bxf3
15. fxg7 Rf6 16. gxf3 Rxf3 17. Qxc6 Rf6 18. Qc3 Qd7 19. Rg1 Re8 20. Rg3 Ree6
21. Qd3 Ba5+ 22. Kf1 Rg6 23. Rc1 c6 24. Bf4 Re4 25. Be5 Bc7 26. Bxc7 Qxc7 27.
Rxg6 hxg6 28. Qg3 Qe7 29. Qxg6 Re6 30. Qg3 Qf6 31. Rc3 Qxd4 32. Qb8+ Kxg7 33.
Rg3+ Rg6 34. Qc7+ Kh6 35. Rxg6+ Kxg6 36. Qxc6+ Kh7 37. Qc2+ Kg8 38. Qc3 Qe4 39.
Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qb7+ Kg8 41. Qa8+ Kh7 42. Qxa7+ Kg8 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Qc7+ Kg8 45.
Qg3+ Kh7 46. Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Tabatabaei, Mohammad Amin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 e6 4. Be2 Ne7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Nd7 7. a4 O-O 8. a5 a6
9. Nbd2 e5 10. Nc4 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Bh6 Bg7 15.
Bg5 f6 16. Bd2 Re8 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Nf8 19. Bc4+ Be6 20. d5 Bf7 21. Qb3
Qd6 22. Rac1 f5 23. Rfd1 Reb8 24. Bf1 Nd7 25. Bc4 h6 26. Bd4 b5 27. axb6 Nxb6
28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qc3+ Qf6 30. b3 Qxc3 31. Rxc3 Rd8 32. Rcd3 a5 33. Ne5 Kf6 34.
Nc6 Rd6 35. Rd4 a4 36. bxa4 Rxc6 37. dxc6 Bxc4 38. h4 Rxa4 39. Rd8 Be6 40. Rf8+
Ke5 41. Rb8 Rc4 42. Re1+ Kf6 43. Re8 Bf7 44. Rh8 Rxc6 45. h5 Re6 46. Rxe6+ Kxe6
47. Rxh6 Kf6 48. hxg6 Bxg6 49. Rh8 c5 50. Rf8+ Ke5 51. Rb8 Nd5 52. Rc8 Kd4 53.
Kf1 c4 54. Ke1 f4 55. Kd2 Bd3 56. Kc1 c3 57. Rd8 Bc4 58. g4 f3 59. g5 Bd3 60.
Rg8 Nf4 61. Rd8+ Kc4 62. Rc8+ Kd5 63. Rd8+ Ke4 64. Re8+ Kf5 65. Rf8+ Kg4 66.
Rc8 Ne2+ 67. Kd1 c2+ 68. Rxc2 Nc1 69. Rxc1 Kxg5 70. Rc3 Be2+ 71. Kd2 Kf4 72.
Ra3 Ke4 73. Ra4+ Ke5 74. Ra3 Bd3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rodriguez, Santiago"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 d6 8. e3
Nd7 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. Qc2 Nf6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. h3 O-O-O 13. O-O Rhg8 14. a3 Bh8 15.
b4 Rg6 16. bxc5 Qxc5 17. Rab1 Rdg8 18. Nh4 Rh6 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Bxf5 Bxf5 21.
Qxf5+ Kb8 22. Ne4 Qc7 23. Rb4 Qd7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zablotsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 e6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. d4 Bb4+ 6. c3 Ba5 7. a3 O-O 8. Be2
Ng4 9. h3 Nf6 10. O-O Ne7 11. c4 c6 12. Nbd2 Ne4 13. Bd3 f5 14. Rc1 Ng6 15.
cxd5 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 exd5 17. Nf3 f4 18. Re1 fxe3 19. Rxe3 Nf4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21.
Rxe4 Nxh3+ 22. gxh3 Qf6 23. Rc3 Qg6+ 24. Ng5 Bf5 25. Re2 h6 26. Rg3 hxg5 27.
Bc1 Rae8 28. Rxg5 Qf7 29. d5 Bg6 30. Bb2 cxd5 31. Rd2 Re4 32. Rg3 Bh5 33. Qxh5
Re1+ 34. Kh2 d4 35. Qxf7+ Rxf7 36. Bxd4 a6 37. Be3 Ra1 38. a4 b5 39. axb5 axb5
40. Rd8+ Kh7 41. Rd5 Rb7 42. Rh5+ Kg8 43. Rgg5 Rb1 44. Rxb5 Rxb3 45. Rxb7 Rxb7
46. Rg5 Kf7 47. Kg3 Rb1 48. h4 g6 49. h5 gxh5 50. Rxh5 Ra1 51. Kf4 Ra8 52. Bd4
Kg6 53. Rg5+ Kh6 54. Bg7+ Kh7 55. Be5 Ra2 56. f3 Ra7 57. Kf5 Rf7+ 58. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Panarin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Ne4 O-O-O 14. g3
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. Kb1 Kb8 18. c4 c5 19. Bc3 Ka8 20. dxc5 Bxc5
21. Ne5 Rc8 22. b3 a6 23. Bb2 Rhd8 24. f4 Bd6 25. g4 Ne8 26. g5 f6 27. Ng6 Qf7
28. Qg4 Bc5 29. Rhe1 Nc7 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. f5 e5 32. Bc1 b5 33. Qe4+ Kb8 34.
Bxh6 Bd4 35. Be3 bxc4 36. Bxd4 exd4 37. Qe7 Qd5 38. Qb4+ Nb5 39. bxc4 Rxc4 40.
Qb2 Ka7 41. Ka1 Nc3 42. Re7+ Ka8 43. Rde1 Rb4 44. Qc2 Ra4 45. R1e2 Rb8 46. Re8
Rxa2+ 47. Qxa2 Nxa2 48. Rxb8+ Kxb8 49. Rxa2 Qxf5 50. Rb2+ Kc7 51. Rh2 Qf1+ 52.
Kb2 Qg1 53. Rc2+ Kb6 54. Nf4 Qg5 55. Rf2 d3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qc7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. Nh4 g6 10. f3 h5 11. g3 Bh6 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Bb5 O-O 14. Ne2 Rfc8 15.
Nxf5 exf5 16. Kf2 Qe6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rc2 g5 19. Rf1 g4 20. Kg1 gxf3 21. Rxf3
Ne4 22. Nf4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Rab8 24. Qd3 c5 25. dxc5 Rxc5 26. Bc3 Rbc8 27. Rh4
Qg6 28. Re2 Kh7 29. Kg2 Rg8 30. Be5 Rgc8 31. b4 Rc1 32. Qxd5 R8c2 33. Qd3 Qc6
34. b5 Nc5+ 35. bxc6 Nxd3 36. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 37. Kh3 Nf2+ 38. Kg2 Ng4+ 39. Kf1
Nxe3+ 40. Kg1 Rc1+ 41. Kf2 Ng4+ 42. Ke2 Nxe5 43. Rxh5+ Kg6 44. Rh8 Rxc6 45. Re8
f6 46. Ke3 Ra6 47. Rg8+ Kf7 48. Rh8 Rxa2 49. h4 Ra4 50. Kf2 Rg4 51. h5 f4 52.
gxf4 Rxf4+ 53. Kg3 Rg4+ 54. Kh3 Rg5 55. Kh4 Nf3+ 56. Kh3 Kg7 57. Ra8 Ne5 58.
Rxa7+ Kh6 59. Ra6 Rxh5+ 60. Kg3 Rf5 61. Ra8 Rf3+ 62. Kh4 Rf4+ 63. Kg3 Rg4+ 64.
Kh3 Kg5 65. Rg8+ Kf5 66. Ra8 Rg6 67. Ra1 Rg7 68. Rf1+ Ke6 69. Ra1 Rh7+ 70. Kg3
Rg7+ 71. Kf4 Rg4+ 72. Ke3 Nc4+ 73. Kf3 Rd4 74. Ra6+ Nd6 75. Ke3 Rb4 76. Ra8 f5
77. Kf3 Ke5 78. Ra5+ Rb5 79. Ra3 Ne4 80. Ke3 Rc5 81. Ra8 Rc3+ 82. Ke2 Kf4 83.
Rf8 Rc2+ 84. Kd3 Rd2+ 85. Kc4 Kg4 86. Rg8+ Kf3 87. Rf8 f4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piliposyan, Robert"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. h4 Qa5 7. h5 Qxc3+ 8.
Bd2 Qg7 9. Rc1 d6 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Bc3 g5 12. e3 g4 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. g3 Nbd7 15.
Bd3 Ne5 16. Ng2 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Rf8 18. Nf4 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qc3 e5 21. dxe6
Bxe6 22. Qb3 O-O-O 23. O-O Bd7 24. Nd5 Qf7 25. Qa3 Kb8 26. Rb1 Bc6 27. Rfd1
Qxh5 28. Qa6 Qe8 29. Rb3 Rf7 30. Rdb1 Ka8 31. Nb6+ Kb8 32. Nd5 Rc8 33. Ra3 b5
34. Rab3 Rb7 35. a3 h5 36. Nc3 h4 37. cxb5 Be4 38. b6 Ka8 39. bxa7 Rxa7 40. Qb6
Bxb1 41. Rxb1 Qc6 42. Nd5 Qxd5 43. Qb2 h3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harshavardhan, GB."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. c4 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nc3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Ba6 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Qc8 14. Bxb7 Qxb7
15. Bb4 Rfe8 16. a4 a5 17. Ba3 e5 18. Qb5 exd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. exd4 Re4 21.
Rfd1 Rae8 22. Rac1 Nf8 23. h3 g5 24. Bd6 Qd7 25. Qxd5 R4e6 26. Rc6 Rd8 27. Rxb6
Rxd6 28. Rxd6 Qxd6 29. Qxg5+ Ng6 30. Qxa5 Rb8 31. Qc3 Qd5 32. b4 Re8 33. b5 Kh8
34. Qf3 Qc4 35. Rb1 Qa2 36. Rc1 Qxa4 37. Qxf7 Rf8 38. Qc4 Qa3 39. d5 Qb2 40.
Qc3+ Qxc3 41. Rxc3 Rb8 42. d6 Nf8 43. Rc5 Kg7 44. g4 Kf7 45. Re5 Rb6 46. Re7+
Kf6 47. f4 Rxd6 48. Rc7 Rb6 49. Rc5 Ne6 50. Rf5+ Kg7 51. Kf2 Nd4 52. Rd5 Nxb5
53. Kg3 Nc3 54. Rd7+ Kg8 55. g5 Ne4+ 56. Kg4 Nf2+ 57. Kg3 Ne4+ 58. Kf3 Nc5 59.
Ra7 Ne6 60. Ra4 Rb3+ 61. Kg4 Rd3 62. Ra8+ Kg7 63. Ra7+ Kg8 64. Ra6 Nxf4 65.
Ra8+ Kg7 66. Kxf4 Rxh3 67. Kf5 Rf3+ 68. Kg4 Rf7 69. Ra6 Re7 70. Kh5 Rd7 71. Ra5
Rc7 72. Rb5 Rd7 73. Rc5 Rb7 74. Rc2 Ra7 75. Re2 Rb7 76. Ra2 Rc7 77. Ra5 Rd7 78.
Ra6 Re7 79. Rb6 Rd7 80. Rc6 Rb7 81. Rc5 Ra7 82. Rb5 Rc7 83. Rb2 Rd7 84. Rc2 Re7
85. Rd2 Rc7 86. Rg2 Rb7 87. Rd2 Ra7 88. Rc2 Rb7 89. Ra2 Rc7 90. Rd2 Rb7 91. Ra2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
Ng4 9. c4 Ngxe5 10. Nc3 Nc5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Rac1 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Ne4 18. Qc2 Bxb2 19. Bf1 Qf5 20. Qxb2 Re7 21.
Bg2 a5 22. Rd4 Nc5 23. Qd2 h5 24. h3 Qf6 25. Rcc4 Kg7 26. Kh2 Kg8 27. Rc2 Kg7
28. Rc3 Kg8 29. Rcc4 Kg7 30. Qc2 Kg8 31. a3 Rae8 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Na6 34.
Rc3 Qe5 35. h4 Qf6 36. Rf4 Qe5 37. Qd2 Qg7 38. Bf1 Nb8 39. Bb5 Rd8 40. Rfc4 Rc8
41. Qa2 Qf6 42. Rf4 Qxc3 43. Qa7 c6 44. Bf1 cxd5 45. Qb6 Qc7 46. Qd4 Nc6 47.
Qxd5 Ne5 48. Bh3 Rf8 49. Rf6 Qc6 50. Qd1 Ng4+ 51. Bxg4 hxg4 52. h5 gxh5 53. Rh6
Re5 54. Qd3 Qe4 55. Qxd6 Qf5 56. Rf6 Qg5 57. Kg1 Re6 58. Rxe6 fxe6 59. Qxe6+
Rf7 60. Qc4 Qf5 61. Qa2 h4 62. gxh4 Kh7 63. Qe2 Qf3 64. Qd3+ Qf5 65. Qe2 Qe4
66. b5 Qf5 67. b6 Rf6 68. Qd2 Kh6 69. e4+ Qf4 70. Qe2 Rxb6 71. Qd3 Rf6 72. Qc2
Qxf2+ 73. Qxf2 Rxf2 74. Kxf2 b5 75. e5 b4 76. e6 Kg6 77. h5+ Kf6 78. h6 b3 79.
h7 Kg7 80. e7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O d5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. c3 c5 8. Nbd2 d4
9. cxd4 cxd4 10. b4 b5 11. Nb3 Na6 12. Bd2 h6 13. Qc1 Kh7 14. Nc5 Rb8 15. a4
Nc7 16. Qc2 bxa4 17. Rxa4 a6 18. Rc1 Rb6 19. Qa2 Qd6 20. h4 Nb5 21. h5 g5 22.
Nh2 Ng8 23. g4 Nf6 24. Bf3 Be6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Kg2 Rfb8 27. Bd1 Bf8 28. Ra1
Nc3 29. Bxc3 dxc3 30. Rxa6 Qxd3 31. Rxb6 Rxb6 32. Qa7+ Nd7 33. Bf3 c2 34. Rc1
Rxb4 35. Rxc2 Qxc2 36. Qxd7+ Bg7 37. Qxe6 Rb2 38. Qf5+ Kh8 39. Kh3 Qc1 40. Qf7
Qf4 41. Qe8+ Qf8 42. Qg6 Rxf2 43. Kg3 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gadimbayli, Abdulla Azar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 g6 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qe2 e6 12. a4 Nb8 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Bb5 Nfd7
15. e4 a6 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. Bb2 Nb4 18. e5 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Nb8 20. b4 Nc6 21. b5
axb5 22. axb5 Na5 23. Ba3 Qd7 24. Bd6 Rec8 25. Rac1 Nc4 26. Nxc4 Qxb5 27. Nb2
Qxb2 28. Rb1 Qa2 29. Qe3 Ba6 30. Rfe1 Qa5 31. h4 b5 32. h5 Bb7 33. h6 Bh8 34.
Bc5 Bc6 35. g4 Qd8 36. g5 Ra4 37. Rb3 Rca8 38. Reb1 Qa5 39. Kg2 Qc7 40. Nh2 Rc4
41. Bd6 Qd8 42. Rd3 Raa4 43. Ng4 b4 44. Rdb3 Qa5 45. Qf4 Qd8 46. Rxb4 Raxb4 47.
Bxb4 Ba4 48. Bd6 Bc2 49. Rb8 Rc8 50. Rxc8 Qxc8 51. Nf6+ Bxf6 52. Qxf6 Be4+ 53.
Kh2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nc6 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Rb8 8. f4 b5
9. Nf3 b4 10. Nd1 Nf6 11. h3 Bb7 12. O-O Nd7 13. c3 a5 14. Nf2 a4 15. Rab1 Ba6
16. Rfe1 O-O 17. f5 Qa5 18. c4 b3 19. axb3 Rxb3 20. Qc1 Rfb8 21. Bh6 Bxb2 22.
Rxb2 Rxb2 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Ng4 Rb1 25. Qe3 Rxe1+ 26. Nxe1 Rb1 27. Kf1 a3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 e6 11. O-O Re8 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rac1 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Qd8
15. a3 Qa5 16. b4 Qd8 17. a4 a6 18. Qb1 Nb6 19. a5 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Rxc4
Nd5 22. Ne1 Nc7 23. Nd3 Nb5 24. Nc5 Rc7 25. Rc2 Qc8 26. Rcd2 Rd8 27. Rc2 Nd6
28. Rcd2 Nb5 29. Qc2 Nd6 30. Rd3 Nb5 31. Bc1 Nd6 32. e4 Nb5 33. Be3 h6 34. h4
Re7 35. Qc1 Kh7 36. h5 g5 37. e5 Nc7 38. f4 gxf4 39. Bxf4 Nd5 40. Rf3 Rg8 41.
Ne4 Qd8 42. Bg3 Rd7 43. Rdf1 Rf8 44. Qe1 Ne7 45. Nd6 Kg8 46. Nxf7 Rxf7 47. Rxf7
Nf5 48. Rxd7 Qxd7 49. Bf2 Nxd4 50. Qd1 Bxe5 51. Qg4+ Qg7 52. Qxg7+ Kxg7 53. Rd1
Nc2 54. Rd7+ Kf6 55. Rxb7 Bc3 56. Rb6 Nxb4 57. Kf1 Kg5 58. Bc5 Nd3 59. Be3+
Kxh5 60. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. Nc3 Bf6 11. Re1 d5 12. Bf4 c6 13. Qd2 Nc7 14. Be5
Bxe5 15. Rxe5 f6 16. Ree1 Bf5 17. Ne2 Qd7 18. h4 Rae8 19. Ng3 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Re8
21. c3 Rxe1 22. Qxe1 Bg6 23. h5 Qe8 24. Qd1 Bf7 25. Bd3 g6 26. Qf3 Qe7 27. Qf4
Kg7 28. Nf1 g5 29. Qf5 Bg8 30. Ne3 Qd8 31. Ng4 Ne8 32. h6+ Kf8 33. Qf3 Qe7 34.
Kf1 Be6 35. Ne3 Kg8 36. Qg3 Qd6 37. Qf3 Qe7 38. g3 Nd6 39. a4 a5 40. Kg1 Nf7
41. Qh5 Nd6 42. b4 axb4 43. cxb4 Bf7 44. Qd1 Bg6 45. b5 Bxd3 46. Qxd3 cxb5 47.
Nxd5 Qe1+ 48. Kg2 bxa4 49. Nxf6+ Kf7 50. Nxh7 Qe4+ 51. Qxe4 Nxe4 52. f3 a3 53.
fxe4 a2 54. Nxg5+ Kg8 55. e5 a1=Q 56. e6 Qxd4 57. Kf3 Qf6+ 58. Kg4 Qxh6 59. e7
Qg6 60. Kh4 Qe8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 c6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. Bd3 Be6 7. Qf3 g6 8. h4
h5 9. Nge2 Bd6 10. Nf4 Bf7 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Kb1 Qe7 13. Nce2 O-O-O 14. Nc1 Kb8
15. g3 Nb6 16. Qe2 Bc7 17. c3 Nc4 18. Qc2 Nd6 19. Rde1 Rhe8 20. f3 Qd7 21. Nb3
b6 22. Nd2 Re7 23. g4 hxg4 24. fxg4 Ne4 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. h5 Rh8 27. Nxe4 fxe4
28. Be2 Bxf4 29. exf4 Be8 30. c4 Reh7 31. cxd5 cxd5 32. Rc1 Bxh5 33. Ba6 Bg6
34. Rxh7 Bxh7 35. Qh2 Qa4 36. Qxh7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 c6 7. h3 g6 8. Bh6
Bf5 9. Qc1 Ne4 10. g4 Be6 11. Bg2 Nd7 12. O-O f5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ng5 Bd5 15.
f3 exf3 16. Bxf3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Bd6 18. Qe3+ Qe7 19. Qxe7+ Bxe7 20. gxf5 gxf5 21.
Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxf5 Rg8 23. e4 Ne3 24. Re5 Nc4 25. Rf5 Nd6 26. Re5 Nf7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
Nf3 Bb7 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Nd2 Ne7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. e4 Bb7 14. Be2
Rc8 15. O-O c5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Qe3 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Ng6 19. g3 Qd7 20. Rc3 Rd8
21. Rd3 Qc7 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qc3 Kg7 24. f3 Qd6 25. Kf2 Ne5 26. Nc4 Nxc4 27.
Qxc4 a5 28. Qc3 Bc6 29. b4 a4 30. Ke3 Be8 31. Bd3 h5 32. f4 h4 33. e5 fxe5 34.
Qxe5+ Qxe5+ 35. fxe5 Kh6 36. Kf4 hxg3 37. Kxg3 f6 38. exf6 Kg5 39. Bb5 Bg6 40.
Bxa4 Kxf6 41. Bd1 Ke5 42. a4 Kd4 43. a5 bxa5 44. bxa5 Kc5 45. Be2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Potapova, Margarita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. Be2 Bb7 7. O-O d6 8. c4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 Ne4 10. Rd1 a5 11. Na3 e6 12. Nb5 Rc8 13. Na7 Ra8 14. Nb5 Rc8 15.
d5 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 e5 17. a3 f5 18. b4 Rb8 19. Na7 f4 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. dxc6 Ndf6
22. exf4 exf4 23. Nd4 Qe7 24. Bf3 Ng5 25. Re1 Nxf3+ 26. Nxf3 Qf7 27. Qd4 Ng4
28. h3 Nh6 29. Ng5 Qf6 30. Qxf6 Rxf6 31. Re7 Rf5 32. h4 Rc8 33. Rae1 Nf7 34.
Re8+ Rxe8 35. Rxe8+ Kg7 36. Re7 Kf8 37. Rxc7 Nxg5 38. hxg5 Re5 39. Rxh7 Kg8 40.
Rd7 Re8 41. c7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Santiago, Yago de Moura"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Be2 Bg4 7. exd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Be3 Nbc6 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Bg1 Nf5
15. Rd3 Nd6 16. Rh3 b5 17. Nd1 Qc7 18. Qe1 Ne7 19. c3 Ne4 20. Ne3 f6 21. Nd3
Nf5 22. g4 Nfd6 23. Qh4 h6 24. f5 exf5 25. gxf5 g5 26. Qh5 Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7
28. Nxd5 Rfe8 29. Re3 Nc4 30. Re2 Ng3+ 31. hxg3 Rxe2 32. Nc5 Rxb2 33. a3 Nxa3
34. Ne6 Rb1 35. Rf2 Nc4 36. Ra2 a5 37. Ndc7 a4 38. d5 a3 39. g4 Rb2 40. Ra1 a2
41. d6 Nxd6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kazakovskiy, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 d5 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nbd2 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. a3 Rc8 13. Bb5 Re6 14. Ng5 Rd6 15.
O-O a6 16. Bd3 Ne7 17. b4 Qd7 18. Ndf3 Rc6 19. Qe2 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Ne4 21. Bxa6
Bxa6 22. Qxa6 Nxg5 23. Nxg5 Nf5 24. Qb7 h6 25. Nf3 Qe6 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Qxc7
Qe4 28. Ne1 Nxd4 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Qc2 Qe6 31. Nf3 Bf6 32. g3 Kg7 33. Kg2 h5
34. h4 Qg4 35. Qd3 Qe6 36. a4 Qc6 37. a5 bxa5 38. bxa5 Qc5 39. a6 Qa5 40. Nd4
Kh7 41. Qb5 Qa2 42. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kobo, Ori"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb2 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. c4 e5 10. Nf3 e4 11. Nd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 a6 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Nd2 Ne5 15.
Be2 h5 16. h3 Bd7 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Nh7 19. f4 exf3 20. Qxf3 Ng5 21. Bxf7+
Kh7 22. Qxb7 Rxe3 23. Rf2 Rb8 24. Qxa6 Nxh3+ 25. gxh3 Rg3+ 26. Rg2 Rxg2+ 27.
Kxg2 Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Bxh3 29. Rg1 Bg4 30. Rg2 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Qe1+ 32. Qf1 Qxf1+ 33.
Kxf1 Bh3 34. Kg1 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Rd8 36. a5 Bxd4 37. Bxd4 Rxd4 38. a6 Rd2+ 39.
Kh3 Ra2 40. Bc4 Kh6 41. b4 Ra4 42. b5 g5 43. b6 g4+ 44. Kg3 Ra3+ 45. Kf4 Ra4
46. b7 Rxc4+ 47. Kg3 Rc3+ 48. Kf2 g3+ 49. Kg2 h4 50. b8=Q Rc2+ 51. Kh3 Rh2+ 52.
Kg4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Antipov, Mikhail Al"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Ba7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. d5 Nb4 15. Bf1
Bd7 16. a3 Na6 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Nf1 Re8 19. Ng3 c6 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Qd3 Bb5
22. Qb1 Rc8 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 a4 25. Qd1 Qb6 26. Nd4 Rcd8 27. Ndf5 d5 28.
exd5 Nxd5 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Qg4 Qg6 31. Rd1 Qxg4 32. hxg4 Kf8 33. Ne3 Bc6 34.
Ne4 Ke8 35. Nc5 Nxe3 36. Re1 Kf8 37. Rxe3 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Rd2 39. f3 Rxb2 40. Rc3
Bb5 41. Kg3 Bf1 42. Kf4 Bxg2 43. Nxa4 g5+ 44. Kg3 Rd2 45. Nc5 Bf1 46. Ne4 Rg2+
47. Kh3 Kg7 48. a4 Ra2+ 49. Kg3 Rxa4 50. Nd6 Bb5 51. Nf5+ Kg6 52. Rc8 Bd7 53.
Rg8+ Kf6 54. Nxh6 Ra3 55. Rd8 Be6 56. Ra8 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. c4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 Qe8 10. Nc3 a6 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd5 Rc8 14. Rfe1 c6 15.
Ne3 Qe7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Bf1 Ne8 18. a3 a5 19. g3 Nf8 20. c5 b5 21. a4 bxa4
22. bxa4 Ne6 23. Bh3 Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Bxc8 Bxc8 26. Nc4 Qxc5 27. Ba3 Qh5
28. Rd3 Ba6 29. Rb3 Nf6 30. f3 Nd7 31. Kg2 c5 32. f4 Nf6 33. h3 Bc8 34. g4 Nxg4
35. hxg4 Qxg4+ 36. Rg3 Qxf4 37. Rf1 Qc7 38. Bc1 Bb7 39. Bf4 Qc6 40. Kh2 Re8 41.
Nxa5 Qd7 42. Nxb7 Qxb7 43. Qxc5 Qxe4 44. Rg2 d3 45. Bg3 Bd4 46. Qb5 Kg7 47. Rf4
Qe3 48. Qd5 Bf6 49. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Bg5 Ne6 8.
Bh4 h6 9. Bxe6 dxe6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. f4 Ke8 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. fxe5 Ng4 14. Bg3
Ne3 15. Rf2 Bc6 16. b3 Ng4 17. Rf3 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bxc7 Nxe4 20. Re1 Nxc3
21. Rxc3 Rf8 22. Rce3 Kd7 23. Be5 Rf7 24. Rd3+ Ke8 25. Red1 Rc8 26. c4 b5 27.
Rd6 Ke7 28. cxb5 Bxb5 29. a4 Be8 30. Ra6 Kf8 31. Rf1 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Rc1+ 33.
Kf2 Rc2+ 34. Kg3 Bc6 35. Kf4 Bd5 36. b4 Rc4+ 37. Kg3 Rc2 38. Rxa7 g5 39. Kg4
Rxg2+ 40. Kh5 Re2 41. Bd6+ Kg8 42. b5 e5 43. b6 Rxh2+ 44. Kg6 Rb2 45. a5 Be4+
46. Kf6 g4 47. Bxe5 Rf2+ 48. Ke6 h5 49. b7 Bxb7 50. Rxb7 Ra2 51. Rb8+ Kh7 52.
Kf7 Rf2+ 53. Bf6 Rxf6+ 54. Kxf6 g3 55. Kg5 g2 56. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bxc4 a6 6. d4 b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. a4 b4 12. Nb1 Be7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nc4 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Nd5 16. Rc1 Nc5 17. Bf3 Bf6 18. a5 Nc3 19. Bxc3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 bxc3 21.
Rxc3 Bxd4 22. exd4 Qxd4 23. Rd1 Qe4 24. Nd6 Qxf3 25. gxf3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7 14. d4 d5
15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Bd2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Re5 Qd6 20. Bc4 Bd7
21. Rae1 b5 22. Bb3 a5 23. a3 a4 24. Ba2 Rae8 25. Qc3 Rxe5 26. dxe5 Qe7 27. Rd1
c5 28. Rd6 Rc8 29. f4 Bf5 30. Bd5 b4 31. Qc4 h5 32. h3 Rc7 33. axb4 cxb4 34.
Qxb4 Qh4 35. Rc6 Rxc6 36. Bxc6 Qg3 37. Kh1 Be6 38. Qxa4 g5 39. fxg5 Qe1+ 40.
Kh2 Qxe5+ 41. Kh1 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Qe5+ 43. Kh1 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qe5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3
b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Rc1 e6 11. c5 bxc5 12. dxc5 Qe7 13. b4 e5 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf6 17. Bc2 Ba6 18. Nxe5 Bxf1 19. Qxf1 Qb7 20. Bb3 Ng4 21.
Nxg4 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Bd4 23. Qc4 Rad8 24. h3 Bg7 25. a3 Rd4 26. Nh6+ Kh8 27. Nxf7+
Rxf7 28. Qxf7 Qxf7 29. Bxf7 Rd2 30. g3 Bd4 31. Rf1 Rd3 32. Kg2 Rxa3 33. Rd1 Bc3
34. b5 cxb5 35. Rd7 Ba5 36. Rxa7 Bb4 37. Rc7 Rc3 38. c6 Bd6 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40.
Bd5 Kf6 41. Re8 Be5 42. f4 Bd4 43. Re6+ Kg7 44. Re7+ Kf8 45. Rxh7 b4 46. Rb7
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 21st July f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qc7 8. Bd2 h6
9. Rc1 Nbd7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15.
Na4 Nxe5 16. Bc3 Bf6 17. h3 Rfe8 18. Bd4 Qe7 19. Nc3 Rab8 20. Qa4 a6 21. b4 Ng6
22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Rd4 Re5 24. Bf1 Nh4 25. Rf4 g5 26. Rd4 Bxh3 27. Qd1 Be6 28.
Ne2 Nf5 29. Rd2 h5 30. Nd4 Nxd4 31. exd4 Re4 32. Qxh5 Rh4 33. Qe2 Qh6 34. f3
Rh1+ 35. Kf2 Qh2 36. Qe5 Qxe5 37. dxe5 Kg7 38. a4 Rbh8 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5
R8h4 41. bxc6 bxc6 42. Rb1 Rc4 43. Bxc4 Rxb1 44. Bd3 Rb3 45. Ke3 Bf5 46. Kd4
Bxd3 47. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 48. Kxd3 Kg6 49. g4 f6 50. e6 Kg7 51. Ke3 Kf8 52. f4 gxf4+
53. Kxf4 Ke8 54. g5 Ke7 55. g6 Kxe6 56. Kg4 Ke7 57. Kf5 Kf8 58. Kf4 Kg7 59. Kf5
d4 60. Ke4 Kxg6 61. Kxd4 Kf5 62. Kc4 Ke5 63. Kb4 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rodriguez, Santiago"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 e6 8. e3
d6 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 f5 16. Bd3 e5 17. Ng5 e4 18. Be2 Rae8 19. Bh5 Re7 20. Rfd1 Qxb2 21. Qxb2
Bxb2 22. Rab1 Bf6 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. dxe6 Bd4 25. Bf7+ Kg7 26. Kf1 b6 27. Ke2 Kf6
28. f3 e3 29. a4 Rd8 30. Rd3 d5 31. cxd5 Rxd5 32. a5 c4 33. Ra3 b5 34. a6 Bb6
35. Ra2 c3 36. Rc2 Rc7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ovetchkin, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5+ 7. c3 Qxc5 8.
Ba3 Qb6 9. Bxe7 Re8 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Be2 d5 12. O-O Be6 13. Nd4 Nc6 14. Nd2
Rac8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rc1 Qa5 17. c4 Qxa2 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nf3 Nb4 20. Bb5
Red8 21. Nd4 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Bxd4 23. exd4 Qa5 24. Qg5 Rf8 25. Bd7 Qb6 26. Qe7
Rf6 27. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Molina, Roberto Junio Brito"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. Be3 b5 5. f3 Bb7 6. Qd2 d6 7. h4 h5 8. Nh3 e6
9. Ng5 Nd7 10. a4 b4 11. Nd1 c5 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Ngf6 14. Bd3 O-O 15. Nf2
Qa5 16. O-O cxd4 17. cxd4 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Nh7 19. Nxh7 Kxh7 20. Be3 a5 21. Bb5
Nb6 22. Rac1 d5 23. Rc7 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. Rc6 Rfa8 26. e5 Nxa4 27. Rc7 R6a7
28. Rfc1 Nb6 29. Rxa7 Rxa7 30. Nd3 a4 31. Ra1 Nc4 32. Kf2 a3 33. Ra2 Bf8 34.
Bc1 Rb7 35. Ke2 Be7 36. g3 Rb3 37. Ne1 Rb2+ 38. Bxb2 axb2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Bg4 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 Qb6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qxd5 Nc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Qb5 Qc7 9. d4 e6 10. Ne5 a6 11. Qa4 Bf5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. g3 Be7 14. Bg2 O-O
15. Qxc6 Qxc6 16. Bxc6 Rab8 17. O-O Rfc8 18. Bf3 Bb4 19. Bd2 Ba5 20. Rfc1 h5
21. b3 Bb4 22. a3 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Rxb3 24. Bb4 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Be4 26. Bd1 Rb2 27.
Bc3 Rb8 28. f3 Bc6 29. e4 Bb5 30. Kf2 h4 31. Ke3 hxg3 32. hxg3 g5 33. d5 Nd7
34. dxe6 fxe6 35. f4 gxf4+ 36. gxf4 Kf7 37. Bh5+ Ke7 38. Bb4+ Kd8 39. Rg1 Rc8
40. Bf7 Rc6 41. Rg8+ Kc7 42. Rg7 e5 43. fxe5 Nxe5 44. Bd5+ Kb6 45. Bxc6 Bxc6
46. Rg5 Nc4+ 47. Kd4 Nb2 48. Ba5+ Kb7 49. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8.
O-O Bb6 9. b4 e4 10. Ng5 O-O 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Qg6 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. Kh1 Bh3
15. gxh3 Nxc4 16. Qg4 Nxd2 17. Qxg6 fxg6 18. Bxd2 Rf3 19. a4 a5 20. Kg2 Rd3 21.
Ra2 Rad8 22. Be1 Kf7 23. f3 Ke6 24. Rc2 Ra8 25. Ra2 Be3 26. b5 Bf4 27. Bg3 g5
28. Rc2 Kd6 29. Bf2 Rd8 30. h4 gxh4 31. Bxh4 g5 32. Bf2 Be5 33. c4 Ke6 34. c5
Ra3 35. c6 b6 36. Rc4 Ra2 37. Kh3 h5 38. Bg3 Rdd2 39. f4 gxf4 40. Bxf4 Rxh2+
41. Kg3 Rhg2+ 42. Kf3 h4 43. Bxe5 Kxe5 44. Ke3 Rg3+ 45. Rf3 Ra3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 d6 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Ne2 Re8 10. Ng3 Bf8 11. c4 a6 12. d3 Rc8 13. Qc2 b5 14. Rfe1 g6 15.
Rad1 Bg7 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Nc3 Rb8 18. h3 h6 19. Nh2 Kh7 20. e4 Nf8 21. Nd5 Qd8
22. Nf1 Ne6 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Ne3 Bg7 25. Rf1 Rf8 26. Nd5 Nc7 27. Nxc7 Qxc7
28. f4 exf4 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qc3+ f6 31. Rxf4 Qe7 32. Qa5 Ra8 33. d4 bxc4 34.
bxc4 cxd4 35. Rxd4 h5 36. Qd2 Rad8 37. Rf1 Qe5 38. Rd1 Rf7 39. Rd5 Qxe4 40. c5
Rc7 41. Re1 Qc4 42. cxd6 Rcd7 43. Kh1 Qc6 44. Rd1 Qc4 45. a3 Qe4 46. Re1 Qc4
47. Rd1 Qe4 48. Qb2 Qe6 49. Qb6 h4 50. Qxa6 g5 51. Qd3 Rb8 52. a4 Rb2 53. Qc3
Rb1 54. Rxg5+ Kf7 55. Rxb1 fxg5 56. Rf1+ Kg6 57. Qd3+ Kh6 58. Rd1 g4 59. hxg4
Qxg4 60. a5 Rg7 61. Qf3 Qxf3 62. gxf3 Rd7 63. a6 Kg6 64. a7 Rxa7 65. d7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Bxd2+
8. Bxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 Be6 13. Re1 Bf7 14. Ne5
Nce7 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Qb3 c6 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qa6 Rxb2 19. Bg3 Qb6 20. Qxb6
Rxb6 21. Bd6 Rb7 22. Rab1 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 g5 24. Rb7 Nf5 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Bc5 a5
27. a4 Ke6 28. g3 Nd6 29. Bd3 h6 30. Kf1 f5 31. Bc2 Ne4 32. Ba7 g4 33. Ke2 Kd7
34. f3 Nec3+ 35. Kf2 Ke6 36. fxg4 fxg4 37. Bc5 h5 38. Ba7 Kf6 39. Bb3 Kf5 40.
Bc2+ Kf6 41. Bc5 Ke6 42. Bf8 Nb6 43. Bb3+ Kf6 44. Bc5 Ne4+ 45. Ke3 Nxc5 46.
dxc5 Nd7 47. Kd4 Ne5 48. Bd1 Kf5 49. Bc2+ Kf6 50. Be4 Ke6 51. Ke3 Nd7 52. Bxc6
Nxc5 53. Kd4 Kd6 54. Be8 Ne6+ 55. Kc4 Ng5 56. Bxh5 Nf3 57. Kb5 Nxh2 58. Kxa5
Kc7 59. Ka6 Nf1 60. Ka7 Nxg3 61. Bxg4 Ne4 62. a5 Nc5 63. Bf3 Nb3 64. a6 Nd4 65.
Bb7 Nb5+ 66. Ka8 Nd6 67. Ka7 Nb5+ 68. Ka8 Nc3 69. Ka7 Na4 70. Bg2 Nc5 71. Bb7
Nxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Nd2 e6 8.
Ngf3 Bd6 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. dxe5 Nfd7 12. f4 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14.
Nb3 Nc6 15. Be3 Ne7 16. Bb5 Nc6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Ke7 19. Bxd7 Kxd7 20.
Bxf6 Rhg8 21. h3 Bf5 22. g4 Be4 23. Rg1 h5 24. Ke2 Rg6 25. g5 Bf5 26. h4 Rgg8
27. Ke3 Ra4 28. Bd4 b5 29. a3 Raa8 30. Bc5 Kc6 31. Kd4 Rg7 32. Rae1 Rag8 33.
Bb4 Rf7 34. Rgf1 Rg6 35. Re5 Be4 36. Ke3 Kd7 37. Rd1 Bf5 38. Ra1 Rg8 39. Rg1
Bg6 40. Kf3 Rc8 41. Kg3 Rc4 42. Rf1 Bf5 43. Ba5 Kc6 44. Bd8 Rf8 45. Bf6 Kd7 46.
Re3 Ra8 47. Bd4 Rg8 48. Rfe1 Rcc8 49. Kf3 Bg4+ 50. Kf2 Bf5 51. R3e2 Rg6 52. Ke3
Bg4 53. Rf2 Bf5 54. Kd2 Ra8 55. Re5 Rf8 56. Bc5 Rf7 57. Ke3 Rg8 58. b3 Rc8 59.
Kd4 Bg6 60. Bb4 b6 61. Ke3 Bf5 62. Rd2 Bg6 63. Rg2 Rc6 64. Rg1 Rc8 65. Rd1 Bf5
66. Rd2 Bg6 67. a4 bxa4 68. bxa4 Rc4 69. Rf2 Bf5 70. Rd2 Kc6 71. a5 bxa5 72.
Bxa5 Ra7 73. Bb4 Ra1 74. Rg2 Re1+ 75. Kf2 Rxe5 76. fxe5 Rxh4 77. g6 Rf4+ 78.
Kg1 Rg4 79. g7 Bh7 80. Rxg4 hxg4 81. Kg2 Kd7 82. Kg3 Ke8 83. Kxg4 Kf7 84. Bf8
Bd3 85. Kf4 Bc4 86. Ke3 Bb3 87. Kd4 Bc4 88. Kc5 Bd3 89. Kd6 Bf5 90. Kc5 Bg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. c3 e6 7. Nh3 Bd6 8. Nf4
Nf6 9. h4 Bxf4 10. Bxf4 h6 11. h5 Bh7 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qa3 Nbd7 14. Be2 Rc8 15.
O-O Nd5 16. Bd2 c5 17. c4 N5f6 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. b4 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Nxa6 21. Rfc1
O-O 22. a3 Nb8 23. Be3 b6 24. Bf3 Nc6 25. Be2 Ne5 26. c5 Nd5 27. Bd4 Nd3 28.
Bxd3 Bxd3 29. Rd1 Bh7 30. Rac1 f6 31. f3 Rfd8 32. Bf2 b5 33. Kf1 a6 34. Ne4
Bxe4 35. fxe4 Ne7 36. Rxd8+ Rxd8 37. c6 Nc8 38. Ke2 e5 39. Bc5 Kf7 40. Rd1 Rxd1
41. Kxd1 g6 42. g4 gxh5 43. gxh5 Ke6 44. Be3 Nd6 45. Bxh6 Nxe4 46. Be3 f5 47.
h6 Kf7 48. Bc5 Nc3+ 49. Kd2 Nd5 50. Bd6 e4 51. c7 Nb6 52. Bc5 Nc8 53. Ke3 Kg6
54. Kf4 Kxh6 55. Kxf5 Kg7 56. Ke6 Kg6 57. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Meskovs, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 h5 8. h3
Bb6 9. Bg2 Ne5 10. Na3 d6 11. f4 N5c6 12. O-O Qg6 13. Kh2 Bd7 14. Nc4 O-O-O 15.
a4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 h4 17. g4 d5 18. Ne5 Qe6 19. a5 f6 20. axb6 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.09"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. cxd5 g5 10. Bg3 Nxd5 11. e3 Qa5 12. Bd3 Rd8 13. O-O Nxc3 14. Qh5 Bf8
15. Rxc3 e5 16. Bc4 Qc7 17. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.09"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2
e6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 h6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 b4 15.
Ne2 O-O 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxd6 Ra7 18. Ng3 Qe8 19. Nh5 Bxa4 20. Bc4 Qb8 21.
Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Qg3+ Kh7 23. Rd4 e5 24. Rd2 Rc7 25. b3 Bb5 26. Bd5 a4 27. Qh3
Rfc8 28. Kb1 axb3 29. Bxb3 Ra7 30. Qf5+ Kg7 31. Qg4+ Kf8 32. Rhd1 Ke7 33. Qg7
Be8 34. Rd6 Qc7 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.09"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 exd5 8. cxd5
Nbd7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Qa5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxc3 13. e4 Re8 14. Re1 b5 15.
Rc1 Qa3 16. Bb1 Ng4 17. Nd2 Nb6 18. h3 Ne5 19. Qh5 Nbc4 20. Nb3 a5 21. Rc3 Qb4
22. Rec1 Ng6 23. Bf6 a4 24. Rg3 Re5 25. Bxe5 Ncxe5 26. Nxc5 dxc5 27. Rf1 Qd4
28. Kh2 Ra6 29. f4 Rf6 30. f5 Nc4 31. Rd1 Qe5 32. Qf3 Qd6 33. Qc3 Nge5 34. Kh1
b4 35. Qe1 a3 36. Bc2 Nb2 37. Rc1 c4 38. Qe3 Bd7 39. Qd4 Bb5 40. Re3 Qb6 41.
Qxe5 Qxe3 42. Rg1 b3 43. Bb1 Qb6 44. Qg3 bxa2 45. Bxa2 Nd3 46. Rb1 Nf2+ 47. Kh2
Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.09"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd1 Bg4 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. h3 Be6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Kh2 Rc4
15. Qe2 Rfc8 16. c3 b5 17. a3 h5 18. Bg5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qf5 20. h4 Ng4+ 21. Kg1
Bf6 22. Rae1 Bxg5 23. hxg5 Qxg5 24. Qxe7 Qxe7 25. Rxe7 R4c7 26. Re4 Ne5 27. f4
Ng4 28. Rfe1 Nf6 29. Rd4 Rb8 30. Bf1 Kf8 31. Red1 Re7 32. Rb4 Re3 33. Kg2 a6
34. a4 Ne4 35. axb5 axb5 36. Bd3 Nxg3 37. c4 h4 38. cxb5 Nh5 39. Kf2 Rh3 40. b6
Nf6 41. Be2 Rh2+ 42. Kf3 Nd7 43. b7 Nc5 44. Ra1 Rxb7 45. Ra8+ Kg7 46. Rxb7 Nxb7
47. b4 Rh3+ 48. Kg2 Rg3+ 49. Kh2 Rb3 50. Ba6 Rxb4 51. Rb8 Rb6 52. Bxb7 Rb3 53.
Kg2 Kf6 54. Kh2 h3 55. Rd8 Rxb7 56. Kxh3 Kf5 57. Rxd6 Kxf4 58. Rd8 Rb3+ 59. Kg2
Ke5 60. Rd7 f5 61. Rd8 Rb6 62. Kg3 Rd6 63. Rg8 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.09"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 Be4 14. Qc1 Qd5
15. Nbd2 c5 16. Nxe4 Qxe4 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Qb7 19. Qa5 Qa7 20. Ne5 Rd6 21.
dxc5 Qxc5 22. Nd3 Qc7 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. Rac1 Rdd7 25. Bc6 Rd8 26. Bf3 Rdc8 27.
Bb7 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Nxc1 a5 30. Bc6 b4 31. Nb3 Bd8 32. Nc5 Bb6 33. Nd7
Nxd7 34. Bxd7 Bd4 35. b3 Bb6 36. e3 Kf8 37. Ba4 Ke7 38. Kf1 Ba7 39. Ke2 Kd6 40.
Bb5 Bb6 41. Ba4 Ba7 42. Bb5 Bb6 43. Ba4 Ba7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.09"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2
e6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 h6 11. Bd2 Bc6 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Kb1 b5 14. g4 Nd7 15.
h4 Qb6 16. Ne2 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Bb7 18. Nb3 Rb8 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. Be2 f6 21. h5 Kf7
22. Rhe1 Rhd8 23. Bg3 Rbc8 24. Bf2 d5 25. f4 Nc4 26. exd5 Bxd5 27. Bd3 Bf3 28.
Bg6+ Kg8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Nd4 Bxg4 31. Nc6 Rd7 32. Nxe7+ Rxe7 33. b3 Nd2+ 34.
Kc1 Rd7 35. Re3 b4 36. Be1 Nf3 37. Bxb4 Nh4 38. Bd3 Rd4 39. Bc5 Rxf4 40. Bxa6
e5 41. a4 Bxh5 42. Bb7 Nf5 43. Re1 Bf3 44. Bxf3 Rxf3 45. a5 Rc3 46. b4 Nd4 47.
Bxd4 exd4 48. Kb2 Rc4 49. Kb3 Rc3+ 50. Kb2 Rc4 51. Re8+ Kf7 52. Rb8 Ke6 53. a6
Rc7 54. b5 Kd7 55. b6 Rc5 56. a7 Rb5+ 57. Kc1 h5 58. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.10"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4
Nxb4 15. cxb4 Bd7 16. Bxa6 O-O 17. Bc4 Kh8 18. b3 axb3 19. Qxb3 Qe8 20. O-O Bd8
21. b5 f5 22. exf5 Bxb5 23. Rfd1 Bh4 24. Bxb5 Rxb5 25. Qa4 Bd8 26. Nc3 Ra5 27.
Qxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxa5 Bxa5 29. Ne4 Bb4 30. Nxd6 Rf8 31. Nc4 Rxf5 32. Nxe5 h5 33.
Nf3 Bc5 34. h4 Be7 35. Rd3 Bf6 36. g3 Kh7 37. Kg2 Rb5 38. Rd6 Rf5 39. Ra6 Rd5
40. Ra4 Kg6 41. Ng1 Kf5 42. Rf4+ Ke6 43. Nh3 g6 44. Ra4 Rd7 45. Ra6+ Kf7 46.
Nf4 Rb7 47. Ra3 Rd7 48. Rf3 Rd6 49. Rb3 Rd7 50. Ra3 Rb7 51. Nd5 Rd7 52. Rd3 Be5
53. Kf3 Ra7 54. Rb3 Ke6 55. Ne3 Rf7+ 56. Ke4 Bc7 57. f4 Re7 58. Rb5 Kf7+ 59.
Kf3 Kg7 60. Nc4 Rf7 61. Rc5 Re7 62. Rc6 Kf7 63. Kf2 Rd7 64. Kg2 Kg7 65. Kf3 Re7
66. Ne3 Rf7 67. Re6 Bd8 68. Nd5 Ra7 69. Rd6 Be7 70. Rc6 Kf7 71. Ke4 Bd8 72. Rc8
Bf6 73. Rc4 Bd8 74. Ke5 Ra3 75. Rc8 Ba5 76. f5 gxf5 77. Kxf5 Rf3+ 78. Ke5 Rxg3
79. Ra8 Be1 80. Ra7+ Ke8 81. Ke6 Rg6+ 82. Kf5 Rg1 83. Ke6 Rg6+ 84. Kf5 Rg1 85.
Ra1 Kf7 86. Nf4 Bf2 87. Rxg1 Bxg1 88. Nxh5 Bf2 89. Nf4 Bxh4 90. Ng6 Bf6 91. Ne7
Bxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.10"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. b5 Nd4 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qc8 14. a4 a5 15.
bxa6 Rxa6 16. d4 Rd8 17. Be4 f5 18. Bd3 Ra5 19. Qc2 e4 20. Be2 Nd5 21. Nxd5
Bxd5 22. Bd2 Ra7 23. a5 c6 24. Bc4 Qe6 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Rfc1 Ba3 27. Re1 Be7
28. Rb3 Bd8 29. Reb1 Bxa5 30. Bxa5 Rdxa5 31. Rxb7 h6 32. Rxa7 Rxa7 33. Rc1 Ra6
34. Kg2 Kh7 35. h4 Qf7 36. Qe2 Rb6 37. Rc5 h5 38. Qc2 Qg6 39. Kh2 Qg4 40. Ra5
Qf3 41. Ra8 Rb3 42. Ra1 Rb6 43. Kg1 Qg4 44. Rb1 Rxb1+ 45. Qxb1 Qe2 46. Qc1 Qb5
47. Qd1 g6 48. Kg2 Kg7 49. Qc2 Qd5 50. Qa4 Qd7 51. Qb4 Kf7 52. Kf1 Qd5 53. Qa4
Qd7 54. Qc4+ Ke7 55. Ke2 Qb7 56. Qc5+ Kd7 57. Qe5 Qa6+ 58. Ke1 Qa1+ 59. Ke2
Qa6+ 60. Ke1 Qa1+ 61. Ke2 Qa6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.10"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4
Nxb4 15. cxb4 Bd7 16. Bxa6 O-O 17. b3 axb3 18. Qxb3 Kh8 19. O-O Qe8 20. Be2 f5
21. exf5 Bxf5 22. b5 Be6 23. Ra6 Qf7 24. Bc4 Rfd8 25. Rd1 e4 26. b6 Rf8 27. Ra2
Bd8 28. Rb2 Qh5 29. Qc2 Bf5 30. Qd2 Be6 31. Ne3 Bxc4 32. Nxc4 Bf6 33. Rbb1 Rfd8
34. b7 d5 35. Na5 Be5 36. g3 Qg6 37. Qc2 Rd6 38. Rdc1 Bf4 39. Qc8+ Rd8 40.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 41. Rc8 Qe8 42. Rxd8 Qxd8 43. gxf4 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.10"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd3 Bc5 6. Bf4 d6 7. O-O-O Bxf2
8. Nf3 Bb6 9. Be2 h6 10. h3 Be6 11. Rhe1 Qd7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Qb3
a6 15. g4 O-O-O 16. Bc4 Ng6 17. Bd2 Rde8 18. Bd3 Kb8 19. a4 Ka8 20. a5 Bf2 21.
Rf1 Be3 22. Bxg6 Bxd2+ 23. Rxd2 fxg6 24. Nd4 h5 25. g5 Ne4 26. Ne6 Nxd2 27.
Kxd2 Re7 28. Rf3 c6 29. Nf8 Qe8 30. Ne6 cxd5 31. Nd4 Re4 32. Qb6 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Ne4 f6 12. d3 a5 13. Nc5 a4 14. Nxa4 Nxa4 15.
bxa4 Be6 16. Nd2 Bxa2 17. Nb3 Rxa4 18. Ra1 Ra6 19. Na5 Rxa5 20. Rxa2 Rb5 21.
Bc3 Nd4 22. Rb2 Rxb2 23. Bxb2 Kh8 24. Bxb7 Qb8 25. Bxd4 Qxb7 26. Be3 Bd6 27.
Qc2 Rb8 28. Rc1 Qb2 29. Kg2 Qxc2 30. Rxc2 Rb5 31. f4 Kg8 32. Kf3 Kf7 33. f5 g6
34. g4 Rb1 35. Rc1 Rb4 36. Rc4 Rb1 37. Bc1 Ra1 38. h3 Rb1 39. Be3 Rf1+ 40. Kg2
Re1 41. Kf2 Rh1 42. Kg2 Re1 43. Rc2 Ke7 44. Bf2 Ra1 45. Rc4 Kd7 46. fxg6 hxg6
47. h4 Ra8 48. h5 Rh8 49. hxg6 Rg8 50. Kf3 Rxg6 51. Rc1 Rh6 52. Kg2 Rg6 53. Kf3
Rh6 54. Rg1 Rh3+ 55. Kg2 Rh7 56. Rh1 Rxh1 57. Kxh1 e4 58. Kg2 exd3 59. exd3 Ke6
60. Kf3 f5 61. gxf5+ Kxf5 62. Bg3 Bxg3 63. Kxg3 Ke5 64. Kf3 Kd4 65. Ke2 c5 66.
Kd2 c4 67. dxc4 Kxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O e6 9. Kb1 Be7 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qc7 12. h4 b5 13. Qd2 b4 14. Ne2 a5
15. Nd4 Rb8 16. g4 h5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. g5 Be7 19. b3 g6 20. Bc4 e5 21. Ne2 Be6
22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. f4 O-O 24. Rhf1 Qc6 25. Qd3 Rbc8 26. Rd2 d5 27. exd5 exd5 28.
Qxd5+ Qxd5 29. Rxd5 exf4 30. Rxf4 Rfd8 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Kc1 Bc5 33. Re4 Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf5 11. d3 Qd7 12. Qc2 Nd4 13. Qd1 Nc6 14. Ne4 f6 15.
Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Bh3 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. b4 a6 19. a3 Qe6 20. Nd2 Rad8 21. Ne4
Nd5 22. Rc1 b6 23. Qc2 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Qc4 Qe5 26. Rfe1 Kh8 27. Qxa6 Ra8
28. Qc4 Rxa3 29. f4 Qe6 30. Qxd4 h6 31. b5 Rb3 32. Rc6 Qf7 33. Nc3 Nb4 34. Qc4
Qxc4 35. Rxc4 Nxd3 36. Rd1 Nb2 37. Re4 Rxe4 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Nxe4 f5 40. Nd2
Rxb5 41. Rd7 Rc5 42. e4 fxe4 43. Nxe4 Rc6 44. f5 Kg8 45. Kf2 Na4 46. Kf3 Nc5
47. Rd8+ Kf7 48. Nf2 h5 49. g4 Ke7 50. Rg8 Kf7 51. Rc8 hxg4+ 52. Nxg4 Nd7 53.
Rd8 Ke7 54. Rg8 Rc3+ 55. Kf2 Kf7 56. Rd8 Nf6 57. Ne5+ Ke7 58. Ra8 Ne4+ 59. Ke2
Kf6 60. Ng4+ Kxf5 61. Ne3+ Kg6 62. Nd5 Rc5 63. Nf4+ Kf5 64. Nd3 Rc2+ 65. Ke3
Nf6 66. h3 Rc4 67. Rc8 Nd5+ 68. Kd2 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "1.34"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O e6 9. Kb1 Be7 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qc7 12. h4 b5 13. Qd2 b4 14. Ne2 a5
15. c4 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxd6 Qa7 18. e5 Be7 19. Qd4 Qc7 20. Qf4 O-O 21. Nd4
a4 22. Qe4 f5 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Bd3 Rfe8 25. g4 Qc5 26. Be2 Rad8 27. g5 hxg5
28. hxg5 Qxg5 29. f4 Qg3 30. Rd3 Qf2 31. Rf1 Qh2 32. Rh1 Qf2 33. Rf1 Qh2 34.
Rh1 Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.14"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be2 Bh4+ 13. g3 Be7 14. c4 a5 15.
Bd3 Bh3 16. O-O-O Nd7 17. Kb1 a4 18. Nc1 Qa5 19. Qxa5 Rxa5 20. Rhg1 f5 21. Ne2
O-O 22. Nc3 e4 23. fxe4 Ne5 24. Bb6 Ra6 25. Bd4 Nf3 26. c5 dxc5 27. Be3 Raf6
28. Rh1 Bg2 29. exf5 Bxh1 30. Rxh1 a3 31. b3 Nd4 32. Rf1 Nxf5 33. Bg5 Nd6 34.
Bxf6 Rxf6 35. Rxf6 Bxf6 36. Ne4 Nxe4 37. Bxe4 Be5 38. Bg6 h4 39. gxh4 Bxh2 40.
Kc2 Kf8 41. Kd3 b5 42. Kc2 Ke7 43. Bd3 b4 44. h5 Kd6 45. Bg6 Be5 46. Kb1 Bf6
47. Kc2 Be5 48. Kb1 Bf6 49. Kc2 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.14"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. a3
Nc6 9. Be3 Na5 10. Qc2 a6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Be2 Qd7 14. h4 Bc6 15.
Rh3 Rb8 16. Rg3 Ba4 17. Nxa4 Qxa4 18. Rc1 Nb3 19. Rxg7 Nxc1 20. Qxc1 c3 21.
Qxc3 Nd5 22. Qc1 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Kf8 24. Rg4 Qb3 25. Qxc7 Qxb2 26. Kf2 Qb7 27.
Qa5 Rg8 28. Rf4 Qc6 29. Qd2 h6 30. Qd3 Rg7 31. Qxa6 Qxa6 32. Bxa6 Rb2+ 33. Be2
Bxa3 34. g4 Be7 35. Re4 Rg8 36. Rf4 Kg7 37. g5 hxg5 38. Nxg5 Bxg5 39. hxg5 Rh8
40. Kf3 Rh3+ 41. Kg4 Rxe3 42. Bf3 Rd2 43. Kh4 Red3 44. d5 exd5 45. Rf6 Re3 46.
Rf5 Rd4+ 47. Kh5 Rb4 48. e6 fxe6 49. Rf6 Re5 50. Rg6+ Kf7 51. Rf6+ Ke7 52. Kh6
Rb8 53. Rf4 Rf8 54. Rxf8 Kxf8 55. g6 Kg8 56. g7 Re1 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.14"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 h5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be2 Bh4+ 13. g3 Be7 14. Na5 Nd7 15.
a4 O-O 16. Nxb7 Qb8 17. Na5 Qxb2 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19. Nc6 Bf6 20. c4 Qb7 21. O-O
Re8 22. g4 Bg6 23. g5 Bd8 24. a5 Rc8 25. Bd3 Nf8 26. Be4 Qd7 27. Kh1 h4 28. Qd3
Qh3 29. Rb1 Bh5 30. Bb6 Bxg5 31. Bf5 Bg6 32. Bxh3 Bxd3 33. Bxc8 Rxc8 34. Be3
Bf6 35. Rfc1 e4 36. Rb3 Ng6 37. fxe4 Bxe4+ 38. Kg1 Ne5 39. Rb8 Rxb8 40. Nxb8
Nf3+ 41. Kf2 Nxh2 42. Bf4 Ng4+ 43. Ke2 Be5 44. Bxe5 Nxe5 45. Ke3 f5 46. c5 dxc5
47. d6 h3 48. d7 Nf7 49. Nxa6 h2 50. Nxc5 h1=Q 51. Rxh1 Bxh1 52. Ne6 Bd5 53.
d8=Q+ Nxd8 54. Nxd8 Kf8 55. a6 Ke7 56. Nb7 g5 57. Kd4 Ke6 58. Nd8+ Kd6 59. a7
Ba8 60. Nf7+ Kc7 61. Nxg5 Kb6 62. Ke5 Kxa7 63. Kxf5 Be4+ 64. Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.14"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bb5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
d4 Qf6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Re8 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. f3
f5 15. Re1 Rb8 16. Bd2 Be6 17. e4 fxe4 18. Rxe4 Bf5 19. Qb3+ Qd5 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8
21. Bf4 Be6 22. Qa3 a6 23. Re1 Bf7 24. Rxe8+ Bxe8 25. h3 a5 26. Bxc7 Bf7 27.
Qe7 a4 28. a3 Qe6 29. Qd8+ Qe8 30. Qd4 Bb3 31. Kh2 h6 32. Be5 Qe7 33. g4 Bd5
34. Kg3 Qf8 35. f4 Qxa3 36. Bxg7 Qc1 37. Be5 a3 38. c4 Qe1+ 39. Qf2 Qxf2+ 40.
Kxf2 Bxc4 41. f5 a2 42. Kg3 Kh7 43. Kf4 Bb3 44. h4 Bc2 45. Bc3 Bd3 46. Ke5 Kg8
47. Kf6 Be2 48. g5 hxg5 49. hxg5 Bd3 50. g6 Bc2 51. Kg5 Bd3 52. f6 Bc4 53. Kf4
c5 54. Bb2 Bb3 55. Be5 Bd5 56. Ke3 Bc4 57. Kd2 Kf8 58. Kc2 Bd5 59. Kb2 Kg8 60.
Bd6 Be6 61. Bxc5 Bd5 62. Bd6 Be6 63. Be5 Bd5 64. Ka3 Be6 65. Kb4 Kf8 66. Kc5
a1=Q 67. Bxa1 Bf5 68. g7+ Kg8 69. f7+ Kxf7 70. g8=Q+ Kxg8 71. Bh8 Kxh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.15"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. a4
Qd7 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Na5 11. Ng5 h6 12. Ne4 Bb7 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. dxc5 Nd5 15.
Ra3 a6 16. Nd4 Ne7 17. Qd2 Qd5 18. Rg3 Qxc5 19. b4 cxb3 20. Ba3 Qxa3 21. Qxa5
Bd5 22. Rxg7 c5 23. Bh5 cxd4 24. Rxf7 Kd7 25. Bg4 Kc6 26. Bxe6 Bxe6 27. Rf6 Kd7
28. Qb6 Bd5 29. Rd6+ Ke8 30. Rxd5 Nxd5 31. Qc6+ Ke7 32. Qb7+ Ke6 33. Qc6+ Ke7
34. Qb7+ Ke6 35. Qc6+ Kf5 36. Qxd5 Qe7 37. e6+ Kg6 38. Qe4+ Kg7 39. Qxd4+ Kg8
40. Qg4+ Qg7 41. Qc4 b2 42. f4 Rb8 43. Qe4 Rh7 44. Rb1 Qb7 45. Qe2 Rc7 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.15"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14.
Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.15"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. b3 Be6 8.
Qc2 Qd7 9. Rd1 O-O-O 10. Nc3 f6 11. d4 exd4 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. Qc1 d3 14. exd3 Bh3
15. Bh1 Bg4 16. d4 Bb4 17. d5 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Nxd5 19. Qc4 Be6 20. Nd4 Bf7 21.
Nxc6 Qxc6 22. Qg4+ Qe6 23. Qxg7 Rhg8 24. Qh6 Qf5 25. Bg2 Kb8 26. Rd4 Rde8 27.
Qd2 c6 28. b4 Qh5 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Re8 31. Re4 Rxe4 32. Bxe4 Bg6 33. Bg2
Qf5 34. a3 Qd3 35. h4 Kc7 36. Kh2 Qb1 37. Qd2 Be4 38. Bxf6 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 Kb6
40. Bd4+ Kb5 41. Bxa7 Ka4 42. Bc5 b5 43. Qe2 Kxa3 44. Qe6 Qd3 45. Qxc6 Kb3 46.
Qe6 Qc4 47. Qf5 Nxb4 48. Bxb4 Kxb4 49. Qxh7 Qd5+ 50. Kh2 Ka3 51. Qa7+ Kb2 52.
Qg7+ Ka2 53. Qg5 Qd3 54. Qc5 Qe2 55. h5 Qb2 56. h6 b4 57. h7 Qf6 58. Kg2 b3 59.
Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.15"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 d5 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14.
Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.15"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 c5 6. Bxc4 cxd4 7. O-O Be7 8. e5
Nd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 b6 12. Ne4 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Nd6 Qd7
15. Qxd4 Rad8 16. Rad1 Nc7 17. Qe4 h6 18. Nd4 Ncd5 19. f4 Nc8 20. Nxc8 Qxc8 21.
f5 Qc5 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. Rc1 Nf6 24. exf6 Qxd4+ 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. fxg7 Rf6 27.
Rc7 Rd2 28. g3 Rxb2 29. Rxa7 Rf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Rxe6 Kxg7 32. Re7+ Kg6 33.
Ra7 b5 34. Ra6+ Kg7 35. h4 b4 36. Rb6 Rxa2 37. Rxb4 h5 38. Rf4 Kg6 39. Rf2 Ra3
40. Kg2 Ra4 41. Rb2 Ra3 42. Rb6+ Kg7 43. Rb5 Kg6 44. Rg5+ Kh6 45. Re5 Kg6 46.
Re6+ Kg7 47. Kf2 Rb3 48. Re3 Rb5 49. Kf3 Kf6 50. Ra3 Rf5+ 51. Kg2 Rb5 52. Ra6+
Kg7 53. Re6 Rb3 54. Kf2 Ra3 55. Re3 Ra5 56. Kf3 Kf6 57. Re4 Kf5 58. Rf4+ Kg6
59. Rb4 Kf5 60. Rb6 Ra3+ 61. Kg2 Ra5 62. Rh6 Ke4 63. Rf6 Rf5 64. Ra6 Rc5 65.
Re6+ Re5 66. Rxe5+ Kxe5 67. Kf3 Kf5 68. g4+ hxg4+ 69. Kg3 Kg6 70. Kxg4 Kh6 71.
h5 Kh7 72. Kg5 Kh8 73. h6 Kg8 74. Kg6 Kh8 75. h7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.15"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bd6 6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. Ne3 Nf8 10. Nf5 Ne6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Be3 c5 13. c3 Qd7 14. Qc2 O-O-O
15. O-O-O f6 16. Kb1 Kb8 17. d4 cxd4 18. cxd4 exd4 19. N3xd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Bxf5
21. exf5 h5 22. Rhd1 hxg4 23. hxg4 Qe7 24. Qa4 b6 25. Qc6 Be5 26. Rd7 Rxd7 27.
Rxd7 Qb4 28. Bd4 Bd6 29. Qe4 Qa4 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.16"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.
O-O f6 9. a4 a5 10. Be3 b6 11. h4 Qe8 12. g3 Be7 13. Ne1 Nc5 14. Ng2 Be6 15. b3
Qd7 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. f3 Bxc4 18. dxc4 Qh3 19. Kf2 Qe6 20. Kg1 f5 21. exf5 Qxf5
22. Rad1 Qh3 23. Bf2 Bd6 24. Rfe1 Re7 25. Qe3 Ref7 26. f4 exf4 27. gxf4 Qg4 28.
Qe2 Rxf4 29. Qxg4 Rxg4 30. Rd4 Rg6 31. h5 Rh6 32. Rh4 Rf5 33. Be3 Rhxh5 34.
Rxh5 Rxh5 35. Bf4 Bxf4 36. Nxf4 Rf5 37. Ne6 Nxe6 38. Rxe6 c5 39. Re7 h5 40.
Rxc7 Kh7 41. Kg2 Kh6 42. c3 Rf6 43. Rc8 Kg5 44. Rd8 Kg4 45. b4 h4 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.16"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
c3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 d5 11. d4 O-O 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Qf3 Nh4 14. Qg3 Nf5
15. Qf3 Nh4 16. Qg3 Nf5 17. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.16"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Re8 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. h4 a5 10. h5 b5 11. Ne3 Nf8 12. Bd2 Ne6 13. a4 b4 14. b3 Ba6 15. g3
Bxe3 16. Bxe3 f5 17. Rh4 f4 18. Bd2 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Rc1 fxg3 21. fxg3
Qg1+ 22. Qf1 Qxg3+ 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Re6 25. Rg1 Rf8+ 26. Ke1 Bc8 27. h6
g6 28. Bg5 Ree8 29. Rh2 Rf3 30. Rf2 Rxf2 31. Kxf2 Rf8+ 32. Ke3 Kf7 33. Rf1+ Ke8
34. Rxf8+ Kxf8 35. Bd8 c5 36. Bxc7 Ke7 37. Bxe5 Kd7 38. Bf6 Bb7 39. Kf4 Bc6 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.16"]
[Round "2.34"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Rb1 e6 7. a3 Nc6 8. Be2
Nh5 9. Be5 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. exd4 Nf4 13. Bf1 Bd6 14. h4 h5
15. g3 Ng6 16. Bb5 Rc8 17. Kd2 a6 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Nd1 f6 20. Ne3 Ne7 21. c3
Rc6 22. Ne1 Nc8 23. Nd3 Nb6 24. b4 Rb8 25. Nc5+ Ke7 26. a4 Bxc5 27. bxc5 Nxa4
28. Rb3 b5 29. Ra1 Rd8 30. Nc2 e5 31. f4 Kf7 32. Rf1 exf4 33. gxf4 f5 34. Nb4
Rg6 35. Rf2 Ra8 36. Rb1 Rg3 37. Nd3 Re8 38. Ne5+ Kg8 39. Rc1 a5 40. Re2 b4 41.
cxb4 axb4 42. Re3 Rg2+ 43. Re2 Rg3 44. Re3 Rg2+ 45. Re2 Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.16"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Re8 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. Bd2 b5 10. Ne3 Nf8 11. h4 Ne6 12. Nxe5 a5 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qf3 f6 15.
Nxc6 Qd7 16. Qxf6 Qxc6 17. Bc3 Rf8 18. Qh8+ Kf7 19. Qxh7+ Ke8 20. Qxg6+ Kd7 21.
d4 b4 22. dxc5 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.16"]
[Round "2.36"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. b3 Be6 8.
Nc3 Qd7 9. d4 exd4 10. Nb5 d3 11. Bb2 f6 12. Nbd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd5 14. Bxd5
Qxd5 15. Qxd3 c5 16. Qb5+ Qd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. Nf5 Ke6 19. e4 Rc8 20. Rac1 c4
21. Rfd1 g6 22. Nd4+ Kf7 23. Nb5 Be7 24. Nxa7 Ra8 25. Nb5 Rxa2 26. Bd4 Nc8 27.
Rxc4 Rd8 28. Rc7 b6 29. Nc3 Rc2 30. Kg2 Ke8 31. Nd5 Rxc7 32. Nxc7+ Kf7 33. Nd5
f5 34. f3 Bc5 35. Bxc5 bxc5 36. Rc1 fxe4 37. fxe4 Nd6 38. Rxc5 Nxe4 39. Rc7+
Ke6 40. Nf4+ Kf6 41. Kf3 Nd2+ 42. Kg4 Nxb3 43. Rxh7 Nd4 44. Ra7 Rd6 45. Ra8 Nf5
46. Rf8+ Kg7 47. Ra8 Kf6 48. Ra2 Nh6+ 49. Kf3 g5 50. Ng2 Nf5 51. Ne1 Kg6 52.
Kf2 Rf6 53. Ra4 Rb6 54. Nf3 Rb2+ 55. Kg1 Ne3 56. Re4 Rb1+ 57. Kf2 Nd1+ 58. Kg2
Rb2+ 59. Kg1 Rb3 60. Re6+ Kh5 61. Ne5 Ne3 62. h3 Rb2 63. Re8 Kh6 64. g4 Rg2+
65. Kh1 Rg3 66. Rh8+ Kg7 67. Rh5 Kf6 68. Nd3 Nxg4 69. Nc5 Nf2+ 70. Kh2 Rxh3+
71. Rxh3 Nxh3 72. Ne4+ Ke7 73. Nxg5 Nxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.17"]
[Round "2.41"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. b3 Be6 8.
Bb2 f6 9. Nc3 Qd7 10. Qc1 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Ne4 O-O-O 13. a4 d3 14. a5 Nd5
15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 Kb8 17. Bd4 b6 18. axb6 cxb6 19. Qa3 dxe2 20. Rfe1 Rc8
21. Rxe2 Rc7 22. Rae1 Bh3 23. Bxb6 Nxb6 24. Re7 Qxd2 25. Bxh3 Rd8 26. Qa6 Rxe7
27. Rxe7 Qd1+ 28. Bf1 Rd7 29. Re8+ Rd8 30. Re3 h5 31. h4 g5 32. hxg5 fxg5 33.
Re7 Rd7 34. Re5 Rd5 35. Re8+ Rd8 36. Qb5 h4 37. Qe5+ Kc8 38. Re6 hxg3 39. Rc6+
Kb7 40. Qc7+ Ka8 41. Qxg3 Nd5 42. Qxg5 Nf4 43. Qxf4 Rg8+ 44. Kh2 Qxf1 45. Qf3
Kb8 46. Qf4+ Ka8 47. Qf3 Kb8 48. Rh6 Qg1+ 49. Kh3 Qf1+ 50. Kh4 Qg1 51. Qf4+ Ka8
52. Qe4+ Kb8 53. Qe5+ Ka8 54. Qd5+ Kb8 55. Qb5+ Ka8 56. Qc6+ Kb8 57. Qd6+ Ka8
58. Qd5+ Kb8 59. Qe5+ Ka8 60. Qe4+ Kb8 61. Qf4+ Ka8 62. Qf3+ Kb8 63. Qf4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.17"]
[Round "2.42"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5
dxe5 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qxd7+ Nxd7 11. Be3 Bc5 12. Ke2 Bxe3 13. Kxe3 Ke7 14. Rd1
Rhd8 15. Na3 Nc5 16. Nc4 Ke6 17. b3 b6 18. Nb2 a5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1
21. Nxd1 f5 22. f3 f4+ 23. Ke2 g5 24. Nf2 h5 25. Nd3 Kd6 26. Nxc5 Kxc5 27. Kd3
Kb5 28. a3 c6 29. c4+ Kc5 30. Kc3 b5 31. b4+ axb4+ 32. axb4+ Kd6 33. cxb5 cxb5
34. h3 h4 35. Kc2 Ke6 36. Kc3 Kd6 37. Kc2 Ke6 38. Kc3 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.17"]
[Round "2.43"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
a5 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Ng3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15.
Bd3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 a4 17. Bc2 a3 18. bxa3 Bg4 19. a4 Qd7 20. Ba3 Rfe8 21. Bxe7
Qxe7 22. Qd3 g6 23. Nh4 Qb4 24. Nxg6 Qxd4 25. Ne7+ Kf8 26. Nxd5 Qxf2+ 27. Kh2
Rad8 28. Rf1 Rxe5 29. Rxf2 Rdxd5 30. Rxf7+ Ke8 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Bg6 Kd8 33.
Re1 c6 34. Rxb7 Bc7 35. Re8+ Kd7 36. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.17"]
[Round "2.44"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
exd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Qc2 c5 13. dxc5 d5 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Nxf3 dxe4 16. Nh2 Qd3 17. Qa4 a6 18. Rd1 Qb5 19. Qc2 Rad8 20. Be3 Nd5 21.
Bg5 f6 22. a4 Qc6 23. Bd2 f5 24. Rab1 f4 25. Qc4 Kh8 26. Be1 e3 27. b4 exf2+
28. Bxf2 Ne3 29. Bxe3 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 fxe3 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 e2 33. Qxe2
Qxc5+ 34. Qf2 Re1+ 35. Rxe1 Bd4 36. Re8+ Kg7 37. Re7+ Kg8 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. Re7+
Kg8 40. Re8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "2.51"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd6 13. h3 Bf5 14. Bf4 Re8
15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Nh4 Be4 17. f3 Bg6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Bd3 Na5 20. Bxd6 cxd6
21. Qd2 Nc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Re1 Qa4 24. Qc1 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Kf2 Qa4
27. Qb2 b6 28. h4 Kf8 29. Qb4 Qc6 30. g4 Ke7 31. Kg3 Qd5 32. Qb1 Qe6 33. Qc1
Kd7 34. Kf2 Kc6 35. Qg5 Kb7 36. Qd8 f5 37. Qf8 fxg4 38. fxg4 Ka6 39. Kf3 d5 40.
Kf4 g5+ 41. hxg5 Qe4+ 42. Kg3 Qe1+ 43. Qf2 Qxc3+ 44. Kf4 Qxa3 45. Ke5 Qe7+ 46.
Kxd5 Kb5 47. Qf5 a5 48. c3 a4 49. Qb1+ Ka5 50. Kc6 Qe6+ 51. Kc7 Qe7+ 52. Kc6
Qe8+ 53. Kc7 Qe7+ 54. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "2.52"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
a5 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Ng3 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15.
Bd3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bg4 17. Bc2 c5 18. Be3 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Rc8 20. Rc1 Rc4 21. Bxb6
Qxb6 22. b3 Rc7 23. Bb1 Rfc8 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Qd4 Be6 26. Qd3 Bf5 27. Qe3 Qc3
28. Qf4 Bxb1 29. Rxb1 Ng6 30. Qf5 Qc2 31. Nd4 Qxf5 32. Nxf5 Kf8 33. f4 Ne7 34.
Nd6 Rc2 35. a4 d4 36. Rd1 Nc6 37. Nb5 Rb2 38. Rd3 Ke7 39. Kh2 Ke6 40. Nxd4+
Nxd4 41. Rxd4 Rxb3 42. Rd6+ Ke7 43. Rd5 b6 44. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "2.53"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bc1 Nce7 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd6
15. Nd2 Bf5 16. c4 c6 17. a4 Re8 18. c5 Nf7 19. Nb3 Qd7 20. Bf4 Ng6 21. Rxe8+
Rxe8 22. Bg3 h5 23. h4 Bg4 24. f3 Bf5 25. a5 a6 26. Qd2 Nh6 27. Re1 Rxe1 28.
Bxe1 Be6 29. Bd3 Bf5 30. Bf1 Be6 31. Bd3 Bf5 32. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "2.54"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. c4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 Qxd4 8.
exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 e6 11. Ke2 Bb4 12. Rac1 O-O 13. Ne5 Rd8 14. Rhd1
Bd7 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. a3 Be7 17. Be5 Ng4 18. Bg3 Nf6 19. Na4 Nxa4 20. Bxa4 b5
21. Bxb5 Rb7 22. a4 a6 23. Bc6 Rxb2+ 24. Rd2 Rxd2+ 25. Kxd2 Rd8 26. Kd3 Rc8 27.
Rc4 Nh5 28. Be5 f6 29. Bg3 Nxg3 30. hxg3 a5 31. Bd7 Rxc4 32. Bxe6+ Kf8 33. Kxc4
Bb4 34. g4 Ke7 35. Bg8 h6 36. Kd5 Be1 37. f3 Bc3 38. Ke4 Bb2 39. Bc4 Bc3 40. d5
Bb4 41. Kf5 Bc5 42. Kg6 Kf8 43. f4 Bd6 44. g5 hxg5 45. fxg5 fxg5 46. Kxg5 Bb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "2.55"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Bf5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nf3
Bb4 9. Be2 c5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 Na5 14. Nd2 Bg6 15.
Qe1 Na4 16. Nf3 Nb2 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Qh4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nbxc4 20. Qg4 Qd5 21.
Rae1 Rac8 22. h4 h5 23. Qg3 Nxa3 24. Bf6 Nc2 25. Bd3 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 Qd7 27. d5
Rc3 28. Re3 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 exd5 30. e6 Qxe6 31. Bd4 Nc6 32. Rd2 Qg4 33. Qf2 Be4
34. Ne5 Nxe5 35. Bxe5 Rc8 36. Kh2 f6 37. Bd4 b6 38. Ra2 Rc2 39. Rxc2 Bxc2 40.
Bxf6 gxf6 41. Qxc2 Qxh4+ 42. Kg1 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Qe5+ 44. Kh1 Kg7 45. Qc6 d4 46.
Qb7+ Kh6 47. Qxa7 d3 48. Qd7 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 d2 50. Qd8 Qh4+ 51. Kg1 Qf4 52. Qh8+
Kg5 53. Qg8+ Kh4 54. Qd5 Qe3+ 55. Kh2 Qe5+ 56. g3+ Qxg3+ 57. Kh1 Qe1+ 58. Kg2
Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "2.56"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 h5 11. h3 Nh6 12. Bg3 Kh7 13. Qc2 c6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. c5
dxc5 16. d5 Nb6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Rb8 20. b3 Rb4 21. Qxc6 Bb7
22. Qd7 Rf7 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Nd2 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Rxe4 26. Bc4 Rd4 27. f3 Red7
28. Ra1 Nf5 29. Bf2 Bh6 30. Rfe1 Bd2 31. Bxd4 cxd4 32. Red1 Be3+ 33. Kh2 h4 34.
b4 Bf4+ 35. Kg1 Ne3 36. Rdc1 d3 37. Bb5 Rd4 38. Rc7+ Kh6 39. Rd7 Rxb4 40. Bxd3
Rb2 41. Bf1 Nf5 42. a4 Be3+ 43. Kh2 Bd4 44. Rc1 Ne3 45. a5 Rf2 46. Kg1 Ra2 47.
a6 Nxf1+ 48. Kxf1 Rf2+ 49. Ke1 Rxg2 50. f4 Rg1+ 51. Kd2 Be3+ 52. Kxe3 Rxc1 53.
fxe5 Re1+ 54. Kf3 Rxe5 55. Rxa7 Ra5 56. Ra8 Ra3+ 57. Kg4 Ra4+ 58. Kf3 Kg5 59.
a7 Ra1 60. Ke3 Ra3+ 61. Ke4 Ra2 62. Kf3 Ra6 63. Ke4 Ra3 64. Kd5 Kf4 65. Rh8
Rxa7 66. Rxh4+ Kf5 67. Rh8 Rd7+ 68. Kc5 g5 69. Rh6 Ke5 70. h4 gxh4 71. Rxh4
Rc7+ 72. Kb6 Rc2 73. Rh1 f5 74. Re1+ Kf4 75. Rf1+ Ke4 76. Re1+ Kf3 77. Rf1+ Rf2
78. Rd1 f4 79. Kc5 Kg2 80. Kd4 f3 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "2.57"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. O-O Ba6 11. f4 f5 12. exf5 exf5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Be3 d6
15. Ng3 g6 16. Re1 Nf6 17. Bf2 Qd7 18. Nf1 Na5 19. Bh4 Rae8 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21.
Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Qf3 Re6 23. Rb1 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 25. a4 Kg7 26. Qb7+ Qf7 27.
Qa6 Re7 28. Rb8 Kh6 29. h3 Qe6 30. Ra8 Nd2 31. Rd8 Nxf1 32. Qxf1 Qe3+ 33. Kh2
Re4 34. Rxd6 Qxf4+ 35. Qxf4+ Rxf4 36. a5 Rc4 37. Ra6 Rxc3 38. Rxa7 Ra3 39. Kg1
c4 40. Kf2 Ra2+ 41. Ke3 Rxg2 42. Kd4 Rh2 43. a6 Rxh3 44. Kxc4 Rh1 45. Rd7 Ra1
46. Kb5 Kg5 47. Rd4 f4 48. Ra4 Rxa4 49. Kxa4 f3 50. a7 f2 51. a8=Q f1=Q 52.
Qd5+ Qf5 53. Qd2+ Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.19"]
[Round "2.61"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qc7 10. Ba2 b6 11. O-O Ba6 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. c4
cxd4 15. exd4 Qe7 16. d5 exd5 17. Re1 Bxc4 18. Ng3 Qd8 19. Bb1 b5 20. Nf5 d4
21. Qd2 Be6 22. Rc5 a6 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Qh4 Rg8 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27.
Bxd4 Kg7 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Ke8 30. Bxf6 Qa5 31. Qe3 Qb6 32. Rd1 Rd6 33.
Bd4 Qc6 34. Be4 Qc4 35. h3 Kd7 36. Rd2 Re8 37. Kh2 Bd5 38. Bf5+ Be6 39. Bd3 Qa4
40. Be5 Rd5 41. Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.19"]
[Round "2.62"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bc2 d5 13. a4 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15.
h3 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 b4 18. Ba4 Bb7 19. cxb4 Bxb4 20. Be3 Ra8 21. b3
Red8 22. Rac1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bd6 24. Nd2 Nb4 25. Rc1 Nd3 26. Rc2 Nb4 27. Rc4
Ba6 28. Rc1 Bd3 29. Rc3 Rd8 30. Nc4 Bxc4 31. Rxc4 Nd3 32. Rc2 Nf4 33. f3 g6 34.
Nf1 Nd7 35. Nd2 Bc5 36. Nf1 Ne6 37. Bxd7 Bxe3+ 38. Nxe3 Rxd7 39. Ng4 Re7 40.
Nxh6+ Kg7 41. Ng4 Nd4 42. Rc5 f6 43. b4 c6 44. Kh2 Rb7 45. Rc4 g5 46. Ne3 Kg6
47. Kg3 Ra7 48. Nc2 Nxc2 49. Rxc2 Ra4 50. Rb2 Ra3 51. Kf2 Kh5 52. Rc2 Ra6 53.
Ke2 Kh4 54. Kd3 Kg3 55. Kc4 Ra1 56. Kc5 Rb1 57. Re2 Rc1+ 58. Kd6 Rb1 59. Ke6
Rxb4 60. Kxf6 Kf4 61. Rc2 c5 62. Rc3 Rb6+ 63. Ke7 Rb2 64. Ke6 Rxg2 65. Rxc5 Rg3
66. Rxe5 Rxf3 67. Rf5+ Kxe4 68. Rxf3 Kxf3 69. Kf5 Kg3 70. Kxg5 Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.19"]
[Round "2.63"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
c3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 d5 11. d4 O-O 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Qf3 Nh4 14. Qg3 Nf5
15. Qf3 Nh4 16. Qg3 Nf5 17. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.19"]
[Round "2.64"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Nf1 a6 10. Ba4 h6 11. Ng3 d5 12. h3 b5 13. Bc2 Be6 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. a4
Rad8 16. axb5 axb5 17. b4 d4 18. Qc1 dxc3 19. Bxc3 Nh7 20. Qb2 Qd6 21. Ne2 Ng5
22. Nd2 Bc8 23. Ra8 Bf8 24. Rb1 Bd7 25. Ra6 Ra8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. h4 Ne6 28.
Nf3 Bg7 29. Bb3 Ncd4 30. Nfxd4 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 exd4 32. f4 Bg4 33. e5 Qe7 34.
Nxd4 Qxh4 35. Rc1 Rd8 36. Qc3 Qg3 37. Qxc7 Rd7 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Ra1 Rxd4 40. e6
Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.20"]
[Round "2.71"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. h3 Nd7 8.
Nc4 a5 9. Be3 f6 10. O-O b5 11. Ncd2 Bxe3 12. fxe3 a4 13. Nh4 c5 14. Nf5 Nb6
15. Qe2 Be6 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. N3h4 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Kh8 19. d4 cxd4 20. exd4 exd4
21. Rxd4 Qc6 22. Rad1 Qc5 23. Qf2 Rxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxa2 25. b3 Rd8 26. Nhf5 axb3
27. cxb3 Bxb3 28. Nxg7 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Kxg7 30. Qg3+ Kf8 31. Qe3 Nd7 32. Kh1 Ke8
33. Qd2 Be6 34. e5 Qxe5 35. Rh4 Nf8 36. Qb4 Kf7 37. Re4 c5 38. Qb1 Qd5 39. Rf4
b4 40. Qa1 Nd7 41. Qb1 Kg7 42. Qe1 b3 43. Qg3+ Qg5 0-1

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.20"]
[Round "2.72"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Ba4 Na5 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Nfd2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2
Nc4 15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. a4 Qd5 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 e6 19. Rec1 Rfc8 20. Rc3 Rc6
21. b3 Rac8 22. bxc4 Rxc4 23. Rb3 R4c7 24. Rab1 b6 25. a5 bxa5 26. Ra3 f6 27.
Rxa5 g5 28. Kg2 h6 29. h4 Rd7 30. Ra6 Re8 31. Rb5 Kf7 32. h5 Ree7 33. Kg3 fxe5
34. dxe5 Rd5 35. Rxd5 exd5 36. Kg4 Rxe5 37. Rxa7+ Re7 38. Rxe7+ Kxe7 39. Kf5
Kf7 40. f4 gxf4 41. Bxf4 d4 42. Bd2 d3 43. Ke4 Ke6 44. Kxd3 Kf5 45. f3 Bf8 46.
Kc4 Ke5 47. Be3 Bg7 48. Kc5 Ke6 49. Kc6 Kf7 50. Kd5 Bf8 51. Bd4 Ba3 52. Bc5 Bc1
53. Ke4 Bb2 54. Be3 Bg7 55. f4 Ke6 56. f5+ Kf7 57. Bc5 Bb2 58. Bd4 Ba3 59. Ke5
Be7 60. Be3 Bf6+ 61. Kd5 Bg7 62. Bd4 Bf8 63. f6 Ba3 64. Ke5 Bc1 65. Kf5 Bg5 66.
Be5 Bh4 67. Bf4 Bxf6 68. Bxh6 Bg7 69. Bxg7 Kxg7 70. Kg5 Kh7 71. h6 Kh8 72. Kg6
Kg8 73. h7+ Kh8 74. Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.20"]
[Round "2.73"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. h3 Nd7 8.
Nc4 a5 9. g4 Re8 10. Rg1 a4 11. Ne3 Bxe3 12. Bxe3 Nf8 13. h4 Qd6 14. Qd2 c5 15.
h5 b5 16. Nh4 Qc6 17. Nf5 c4 18. Qb4 a3 19. b3 cxd3 20. cxd3 Qc2 21. h6 g6 22.
Rc1 Qxd3 23. Rd1 Qc2 24. Ng7 Bb7 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. f3 Qxa2 27. Rd2 Qb1+ 28. Kf2
a2 29. Qc3 Ra8 30. Rxb1 axb1=Q 31. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.20"]
[Round "2.74"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Rc1 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. a3 Qd7 14. Nd2 Rad8
15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Qc4 a5 17. Rc2 f5 18. Rfc1 Qxc4 19. Rxc4 Rd5 20. R1c2 Bd6 21.
Kg2 f4 22. Bc5 b5 23. R4c3 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Rc6 fxg3 26. hxg3 Rxe2 27. Kf3
Re6 28. Ne4 a4 29. Ra6 Re8 30. Ra7 h5 31. Kg2 Rf8 32. Rb7 Kh7 33. f4 h4 34.
Nxd6 Rxd6 35. Rxb5 hxg3 36. Kxg3 Rdf6 37. Rh2+ Kg8 38. Rbh5 Re6 39. Kg4 Re3 40.
R2h3 Rxh3 41. Rxh3 Re8 42. Rh5 Re3 43. Rc5 Rxd3 44. Rxc7 Rd1 45. Rd7 Rd2 46.
Rb7 d3 47. Kf3 Rh2 48. Ke3 d2 49. Rd7 d1=N+ 50. Rxd1 Rxb2 51. Ke4 Rb3 52. Rd3
Rxd3 53. Kxd3 Kf7 54. Ke4 Kf6 55. f5 g6 56. fxg6 Kxg6 57. Kd5 Kf6 58. Kc6 Ke6
59. Kb5 Kd6 60. Kxa4 Kc7 61. Kb5 Kb8 62. Ka6 Ka8 63. Kb6 Kb8 64. a4 Ka8 65. a5
Kb8 66. a6 Ka8 67. a7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.20"]
[Round "2.75"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Qxd4 Be7 9. e5 c5 10. Qf4 dxe5 11. Nxe5 O-O 12. Nc6 Qd6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Nc3
Bb7 15. Be3 Rfe8 16. Qg5 Qe6 17. h3 Qc6 18. f3 h6 19. Qxc5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5
21. Qxd5 Bxd5 22. Kf2 Be6 23. Bf4 c5 24. Rfd1 a5 25. Rd2 a4 26. a3 Ra6 27. Re1
Rb6 28. Be5 Bf5 29. Bc3 Rxe1 30. Kxe1 f6 31. g4 Bg6 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Kd2 Rb7
34. Rc8 Rd7+ 35. Kc1 Re7 36. Rxc5 Re3 37. b4 axb3 38. cxb3 Rxf3 39. a4 Rxh3 40.
a5 Rh2 41. a6 Ra2 42. Ba5 Be4 43. a7 g5 44. b4 Kg6 45. Rc8 f5 46. Re8 Bf3 47.
gxf5+ Kf7 48. a8=Q Bxa8 49. Rxa8 g4 50. Ra7+ Kf8 51. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.20"]
[Round "2.76"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Ndb4 7. Qb1 f5 8.
a3 Nd5 9. d3 Be6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. b4 a6 14. Bb2 Bd6
15. e4 Be6 16. Bc3 fxe4 17. dxe4 Bg4 18. Qa2+ Kh8 19. Ne1 Bd7 20. Rd1 Qf6 21.
Nd3 Qh4 22. f3 Rae8 23. g3 Qe7 24. Rf2 Be6 25. Qd2 Bb3 26. Rc1 Rd8 27. Qe3 a5
28. Nc5 axb4 29. axb4 Bxc5 30. Qxc5 Qxc5 31. bxc5 Nd4 32. Kg2 Nxe2 33. Rxe2 Rd3
34. Bxe5 Rdxf3 35. Rb2 Ba4 36. Rxb7 R3f7 37. c6 h5 38. Bxc7 Kh7 39. Bd6 Rf2+
40. Kg1 R8f6 41. c7 Bd7 42. Bf4 Bc8 43. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.20"]
[Round "2.77"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. h3 Nd7 8.
Nf1 f6 9. g4 Qe7 10. Ng3 O-O-O 11. Qe2 Kb8 12. a3 Bb6 13. Be3 Nf8 14. O-O-O Ng6
15. Nh5 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 c5 17. Nd2 b6 18. Nb1 Nh4 19. Rhg1 g5 20. Nc3 Ng6 21.
Kb1 Nf4 22. Nxf4 gxf4 23. Qe2 h5 24. f3 hxg4 25. hxg4 Rh3 26. Rg2 Rdh8 27. Rdg1
Rh1 28. b3 c4 29. dxc4 Qxa3 30. g5 fxg5 31. Rxg5 a5 32. Qd3 Kb7 33. Rg7 Rxg1+
34. Rxg1 Rh7 35. Na4 Qd6 36. Qc3 Bd7 37. Nb2 Rh3 38. Rd1 Qe7 39. Nd3 Rxf3 40.
Qxe5 Rxd3 41. Qxe7 Rxd1+ 42. Kb2 Bc6 43. e5 f3 44. Qf6 Rd2 45. e6 f2 46. e7 Re2
47. Qf7 Rxe7 48. Qxf2 Rg7 49. Qf4 Rg2 50. Qe5 Rg6 51. c3 Rg2+ 52. Kc1 Rg4 53.
Qe6 Re4 54. Qf7 Re1+ 55. Kd2 Re4 56. b4 axb4 57. cxb4 b5 58. cxb5 Bxb5 59. Qd5+
Bc6 60. Qc5 Re6 61. Kc3 Rd6 62. b5 Bd7 63. Qe5 Bc8 64. Kc4 Rb6 65. Kc5 Kb8 66.
Qe8 Rd6 67. Qf8 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Narmontas, Tauras"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 Bf5 5. f3 e6 6. g4 Bg6 7. h4 h5 8. g5 Nfd7
9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 c5 11. a4 Nc6 12. Nge2 Rc8 13. Kf2 g6 14. Rhd1 cxd4 15.
exd4 Bg7 16. Bd6 Nb6 17. Bc5 Nc4 18. b3 Nb2 19. Qe3 Nxd1+ 20. Rxd1 b6 21. Ba3
Ne7 22. Qd3 O-O 23. Qxa6 Re8 24. Rd2 Qc7 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Kg2 Qc6 27. Qd3 e5
28. dxe5 d4 29. Ne4 Bxe5 30. Nxd4 Qd7 31. c3 Bg7 32. Qa6 Rb8 33. Nb5 Qe6 34. c4
Rd7 35. Nbd6 Be5 36. c5 bxc5 37. a5 Rbd8 38. Nxc5 Rxd6 39. Nxe6 Rxd2+ 40. Kf1
Rd1+ 41. Ke2 R1d6 42. Qb5 Rxe6 43. Kf2 Rd2+ 44. Kf1 Bg3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Schekachikhin, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. c4
Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne5 Qe7 12. f4 a6 13. Rc1 c5 14. Bf5 Rfe8 15.
Ndf3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 Red8 19. Qc2 f6 20. Nc4 fxe5 21.
fxe5 Bd5 22. Rf4 Qe6 23. Qc3 Nf8 24. Nd6 Ng6 25. Rf2 Rf8 26. Qd2 Rxf2 27. Qxf2
Rf8 28. Qg3 Ne7 29. Rd1 Nf5 30. Qh3 Nxd6 31. Qxe6+ Bxe6 32. Rxd6 Bg4 33. e6 Re8
34. Rd7 Bxe6 35. Rxg7+ Kf8 36. Rxh7 Bf7 37. Rh8+ Ke7 38. Rxe8+ Bxe8 39. g4 a5
40. Kf2 Bf7 41. Be5 b5 42. h4 a4 43. bxa4 b4 44. a5 Bxa2 45. a6 Bd5 46. h5 Kf7
47. g5 c4 48. g6+ Ke6 49. h6 Kf5 50. h7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Qd2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qf4 Nb4 13. Qg4 Kh8 14. Rd1 f5 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16. Be3 Nc2 17. Rac1 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Nd5 19. e4 Ne3 20. Qxe6 Nxd1 21.
Rxd1 Re8 22. Qg4 Rb8 23. e5 Be7 24. Bxc4 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Rxb2 26. Qe4 Rf8 27. Ne2
Bg5 28. h3 Qe7 29. Kh2 g6 30. Rd3 Rb4 31. Bb3 c5 32. Rf3 cxd4 33. Qd5 Rd8 34.
Qa5 Rc8 35. Rf7 Qc5 36. Qxa7 Qxa7 37. Rxa7 d3 38. Ng1 Bf4+ 39. g3 Bxe5 40. Rd7
Rd4 41. Rxd4 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Nbd7 4. e3 g6 5. c4 c6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. b4 a5 11. a3 axb4 12. axb4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 14. Qb3 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Ne5 16. Be2 Qd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. b5 Nd7 19. Bf3 e6 20. Nc4 Ne5 21. Bxd5
Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Bxd5 23. Nxb6 Nc4 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Bc3 Rb8 26. h4 h5 27. Ra6 Kh7
28. Ra7 Kg8 29. Rd7 Na3 30. Rxd5 Bxd4 31. Bxd4 Nxb5 32. Be5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bachmann, Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. e3 Bg4 4. Bb2 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 c5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nh4 Nc6
9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Ndf3 a5 11. a4 e5 12. c4 d4 13. Bg2 Be7 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. O-O
O-O 16. Nd2 Qb6 17. Ne4 Nf6 18. Ng3 Rad8 19. Qe2 dxe3 20. fxe3 Qxb3 21. Ra3 Qb6
22. g5 Nh7 23. h4 Rd7 24. Bd5 Nb4 25. e4 Nxd5 26. exd5 f6 27. Ne4 fxg5 28.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Ra1 gxh4 30. Bxe5 Kg8 31. Qg4 Qd8 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. Rf1 Nf8 34.
Qg4 Kg8 35. Qf4 Qe8 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Qe5+ Kh6 38. Nf6 Qd8 39. Ng4+ Kh7 40.
Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Ne8 10. c3 d5 11. Qf3 c6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Re3 Nf6 14. Bxd6
Qxd6 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. hxg3 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Nxe8 18. Nd2 Nd6 19. Bd3 f6 20. Re1
Kf7 21. f3 h5 22. Kf2 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. Nf1 a5 25. Ne3 Nd6 26. a4 Rb8 27.
Ra1 b5 28. axb5 Rxb5 29. Ra2 g5 30. Ke2 f5 31. Kd3 f4 32. gxf4 gxf4 33. Nc2 Nc4
34. b4 Kf6 35. bxa5 Rxa5 36. Rxa5 Nxa5 37. Nb4 Kg5 38. Ke2 Kf5 39. Kf2 Kg5 40.
Kg1 Kf6 41. Kh2 Kg6 42. Kh3 Kg5 43. Kh2 Kf5 44. Kh3 Kg5 45. Kh2 Kf5 46. Kh3 Kg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bc2 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Bxg3
15. fxg3 c5 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. d5 Rad8 19. h4 g4 20. Nh2 h5 21. Qe5
Ne8 22. Qxh5 f5 23. Nxg4 Ng7 24. Qg6 exd5 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Nxf5 Nxf5 27. Bxf5
Rd6 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Rde1 Qg7 30. Bh7+ Kh8 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. Re8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. e4 Rc8
15. Nc3 d4 16. Rxd4 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. h4 Nb8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8
21. Qd2 Qxd2 22. Bxd2 Nc6 23. f4 Bc5+ 24. Kh2 Nb4 25. a3 Nd3 26. Bf1 Nxe5 27.
Bxa6 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Nxd2 29. e5 Bd4 30. Nb5 Bxb2 31. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 g5 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. e6 gxf4 17. exd7 Bxd7 18. Qxe4 fxg3 19. fxg3 Rae8 20. Qxb7
Bh3 21. Qf3 Qg5 22. Qf4 Qd5 23. Rf2 Re4 24. Qh6 Bc8 25. Raf1 Rg4 26. Nf5 Bxf5
27. Rxf5 Qxa2 28. Rg5+ Rxg5 29. Qxg5+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Rf5 Qb1+ 32. Kg2
Qe4+ 33. Kh3 Qe6 34. Qxe6 fxe6 35. Ra5 Rc8 36. Rxa7 Rxc3 37. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "307"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Bg4 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Ng3 Bd6 11. h3 Be6 12. Ng5 Bxg3 13. fxg3 Re8 14. Bd2 h6 15.
Nf3 Nb6 16. b3 Nc8 17. g4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nh2 Nb6 20. Rf2 Nd5 21. Nf1 a5
22. Ng3 Bd7 23. Qc2 Qe7 24. Raf1 f6 25. Bc1 Nb4 26. Qb1 Nd3 27. Rc2 Qd6 28. Nh5
Be6 29. Bd2 Bf7 30. Nf4 Qd7 31. Be1 a4 32. Rc3 axb3 33. axb3 Nxf4 34. Rxf4 Bd5
35. Qb2 Ra6 36. Rc1 Rea8 37. Bb4 Ra2 38. Qc3 Qe6 39. Rb1 Re2 40. Rf2 Raa2 41.
Rxe2 Rxe2 42. Qc5 Kh7 43. Qc3 f5 44. Re1 Rxe1+ 45. Qxe1 fxg4 46. hxg4 Qxg4 47.
Bd6 Bxb3 48. Qb4 Bd1 49. Qxb7 Qg6 50. Be5 Bf3 51. Qb2 Bg4 52. Qf2 Be6 53. Qf4
Bd5 54. Qf8 Qg4 55. Qe7 h5 56. Kh2 Bc4 57. Qf8 Bd5 58. Qf2 Bc4 59. Bd6 Bd5 60.
Be7 Be6 61. Bd8 Qf5 62. Qh4 Qg4 63. Qf2 Qf5 64. Qg3 Qg4 65. Qe5 Bc4 66. Qg3
Qxg3+ 67. Kxg3 Kg6 68. Kf4 Bd5 69. g4 hxg4 70. Kxg4 Kf7 71. Kf5 g6+ 72. Kg5 Bc4
73. Bb6 Bd5 74. Bc5 Bc4 75. Bb4 Bd5 76. Kf4 Ke6 77. Bc5 Kf7 78. Bd6 Ke6 79. Bc7
Kf7 80. Kg5 Bc4 81. Bg3 Bd5 82. Kf4 Ke6 83. Be1 Kf6 84. Bh4+ Kf7 85. Ke5 Kg7
86. Bd8 Kh6 87. Kf4 Kh5 88. Bg5 Bc4 89. Be7 Bd5 90. Bf6 Kh6 91. Bg5+ Kg7 92.
Ke5 Kf7 93. Kd6 Ke8 94. Bh4 Kf7 95. Kd7 Kg7 96. Bg5 Kf7 97. Kc7 Ke6 98. Bd8 Kf5
99. Kd6 g5 100. Be7 Kg4 101. Ke5 Kh5 102. Kf5 g4 103. Kf4 Kg6 104. Kxg4 Kf7
105. Bc5 Ke6 106. Kf4 Kd7 107. Ke5 Kc8 108. Kd6 Kb7 109. Kd7 Ka6 110. Bd6 Kb5
111. Bf4 Kc4 112. Kd6 Kd3 113. Kc5 Ke2 114. Bh6 Kf3 115. Kb4 Ke2 116. Kc3 Kd1
117. Kb2 Ke2 118. Ka3 Bc4 119. Ka4 Bd5 120. Ka5 Kd3 121. Ka6 Kc4 122. Kb6 Kd3
123. Bg5 Ke2 124. Kc7 Kf3 125. Kd6 Kg4 126. Bf4 Kf3 127. Ke5 Ke2 128. Kf5 Kd3
129. Kf6 Ke2 130. Ke7 Kd3 131. Kd8 Ke2 132. Kc7 Kd3 133. Kb6 Kc2 134. Ka5 Kb3
135. Bh6 Kc4 136. Bg5 Kb3 137. Ka6 Kc4 138. Ka7 Kb4 139. Kb8 Kb5 140. Kc8 Kc4
141. Kd8 Kd3 142. Ke7 Ke2 143. Bh6 Kf3 144. Kd6 Kg4 145. Bf4 Kf3 146. Kc5 Ke2
147. Kd6 Kd3 148. Ke5 Kc4 149. Bg5 Kd3 150. Kf4 Kc4 151. Kg3 Kd3 152. Kf2 Kc4
153. Ke2 Kc3 154. Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Peng, David T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2287"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Rb8 8. Bd3
b5 9. Ne2 Be7 10. O-O b4 11. f5 bxc3 12. bxc3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Kh1 Ba6 15.
Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Bg5 Rb2 17. Ng3 O-O 18. f6 Ba3 19. fxg7 Rfb8 20. Bf6 Be7 21. Ng5
Bxf6 22. exf6 Rxa2 23. Rxa2 Qxa2 24. Qh5 Qc2 25. Qxf7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Re1 Ngf6 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. g3 O-O-O 12. a4 Kb8 13. a5 Bd6 14. a6 b6
15. Bf3 Rhe8 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bg5 b5 18. Ne4 Kc8 19. Nxd6+ Qxd6 20. Bf4 Qb4
21. Bxc6 Nb6 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. b3 Nfd5 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Bxd2 Kd7 26. Ba5 Rc8
27. Re2 Nc3 28. Bxc3 Rxc3 29. Ra5 Kc6 30. Kg2 Nd5 31. Ra1 Kb6 32. h4 Nb4 33.
Rd1 Kxa6 34. Re3 Rxc2 35. Rf3 Rc7 36. Re1 Kb6 37. Re5 a5 38. h5 gxh5 39. Rxh5
Nd5 40. Rh7 f6 41. Rh1 Rd7 42. Re1 Nc7 43. Rf4 f5 44. g4 g5 45. Rf3 fxg4 46.
Rd3 a4 47. bxa4 bxa4 48. Ra1 Ka5 49. Kg3 Nb5 50. Re3 Rxd4 51. Rxe6 Nc3 52. Re5+
Kb4 53. Rxg5 Ne4+ 54. Kxg4 Nxf2+ 55. Kf3 Nd3 56. Ke3 Rd8 57. Rg4+ Kb3 58. Rgxa4
Nb4 59. R1a3+ Kb2 60. Rxb4+ Kxa3 61. Rd4 Rxd4 62. Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Suvrajit, Saha"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nfd7 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. a4 Nc6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. c3 h5 14. b4 a5 15. b5
Nd8 16. Qd5 Nb6 17. Qb3 Ne6 18. Rfd1 Kh7 19. Rd2 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Kxh6 21. Ng3 h4
22. Nf1 Nc5 23. Qc2 Rad8 24. Ne3 Kg7 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. exd5 e4 27. Be2 f5 28. b6
cxb6 29. Bb5 Rd6 30. Re1 Rfd8 31. c4 Qf6 32. Rdd1 Rc8 33. Qd2 Rc7 34. Qf4 Nd3
35. Rxd3 exd3 36. Re8 Re7 37. Rxe7+ Qxe7 38. Qd4+ Rf6 39. Qxd3 Qe1+ 40. Qf1
Qxf1+ 41. Kxf1 Kf7 42. Ke2 Ke7 43. Kd3 Kd6 44. Kd4 g5 45. f3 g4 46. fxg4 fxg4
47. hxg4 Rf4+ 48. Ke3 Rxg4 49. Kf3 Rg3+ 50. Kf2 Ke5 51. Bd7 Rc3 52. Bb5 Rd3 53.
Ke2 Rg3 54. Kf2 Rg6 55. Kf3 Rg7 56. Kf2 Rg3 57. Kf1 Kf4 58. Kf2 Rd3 59. Ke2 Rd4
60. Kf2 Rd2+ 61. Kf1 Kg3 62. Bd7 Rxg2 63. Bc8 h3 64. d6 h2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Krishnan, Varun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Be2 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8.
O-O Bd6 9. g3 Nbd7 10. d3 e5 11. c4 Qe7 12. Kg2 Qe6 13. Rh1 Qh3+ 14. Kg1 O-O-O
15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nc3 a6 17. Bf3 Qe6 18. Bg2 Kb8 19. a3 Bc5 20. b4 Ba7 21. Ne2
Ng4 22. Qd2 Qf5 23. Rf1 Ngf6 24. h3 g5 25. g4 Qe6 26. a4 Nf8 27. b5 Ng6 28.
bxa6 Qxa6 29. Rb1 Rde8 30. Qc2 Nh4 31. Qb3 e4 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. dxe4 dxe4 34.
Ng3 Nxg2 35. Kxg2 Re7 36. Rhd1 Qe6 37. Qxe6 Rxe6 38. Rd7 Bb6 39. Rxf7 Ka8 40.
a5 Bxa5 41. Rbxb7 Rf8 42. Ra7+ Kb8 43. Rfb7+ Kc8 44. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Willow, Jonah B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 g6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. c4 Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O Qd7 12. e4 Rfd8 13. Qe2 Qc8 14. Rfe1 Nd7
15. Rad1 a5 16. Bh3 Qc7 17. Qe3 Nc5 18. Ba3 Na6 19. Rd2 Bc8 20. Bg2 Nb4 21. Na4
Rb8 22. c5 Ba6 23. cxd6 exd6 24. Red1 d5 25. Bxb4 d4 26. Bxa5 Qxa5 27. Qf3 Bb5
28. Nc5 Bh6 29. Rc2 Qb6 30. Bf1 Ra8 31. Bxb5 cxb5 32. Nd3 Bg7 33. Rdc1 Qa5 34.
e5 Ra7 35. h4 Qb6 36. h5 Qe6 37. Kg2 Re7 38. Rc5 Rb8 39. Rc6 Qd7 40. Qf4 Ree8
41. R1c5 b4 42. h6 Bf8 43. Rc4 Qd5+ 44. Kh2 Rbd8 45. Rc7 Qe6 46. R4c6 Qf5 47.
Qxf5 gxf5 48. Rf6 Be7 49. Rxf5 Rc8 50. Rxc8 Rxc8 51. Rf4 Rc2 52. Rxd4 Bg5 53.
Rg4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bd2 Nd7 8.
Qe2 Bb4 9. a3 Ngf6 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qc7 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Rhe1 Nd5 14.
Bd2 Kb8 15. h3 h6 16. Bb3 Nf4 17. Qf1 g5 18. Bc1 Bg6 19. h4 Bh5 20. hxg5 Bxf3
21. gxf3 hxg5 22. Qg1 Rhg8 23. Qg3 Nf6 24. Rh1 Rg6 25. c3 Ne2 26. Qxc7+ Kxc7
27. Be3 Nf4 28. Bc2 Rg7 29. Rh6 N6d5 30. Bd2 b5 31. Rdh1 Rdg8 32. Be4 Kd6 33.
Kc2 Nb6 34. b3 a5 35. Rh7 a4 36. bxa4 Nxa4 37. c4 bxc4 38. Bb4+ Kd7 39. Rxg7
Rxg7 40. Rh8 f5 41. Ra8 fxe4 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. Rxg7 exf3 44. Rxg5 Nd3 45. Rg3
Nb6 46. Kd2 Nxf2 47. Rxf3 Ne4+ 48. Kc2 Nd5 49. Rf8+ Kd7 50. Rf7+ Kc8 51. Rf3
Kb7 52. Rh3 Ka6 53. Rh6 Kb5 54. Rxe6 Ng5 55. Rg6 Nf3 56. Bc3 Ne3+ 57. Kc1 Nd5
58. Kb2 Nh4 59. a4+ Kb6 60. a5+ Kb5 61. Rg8 Nf5 62. Rb8+ Ka6 63. Rc8 Kb7 64.
Rf8 Nfe3 65. Rf7+ Ka6 66. Bd2 c3+ 67. Bxc3 Nd1+ 68. Kb3 N1xc3 69. Kc4 Ne4 70.
Rf8 Kxa5 71. Rb8 Ka6 72. Rb1 Nb6+ 73. Kd3 Nd6 74. Rc1 Kb7 75. Rh1 Nd5 76. Rh7+
Kb6 77. Rh6 Nf5 78. Rh8 Kc7 79. Ke4 Nd6+ 80. Kd3 Nf4+ 81. Ke3 Nd5+ 82. Kd3 Nb5
83. Kc4 Kb6 84. Rb8+ Kc7 85. Rxb5 Ne3+ 86. Kd3 cxb5 87. Kxe3 Kd6 88. Kd3 Kd5
89. Kc3 b4+ 90. Kxb4 Kxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. Bb2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. c4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Qc7 13. Nbd2 Rac8 14. a4 e5
15. Bb2 e4 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Nxa7 Rcd8 20. Rac1 h5 21.
Nb5 Ng4 22. Nf1 Qb8 23. Nd4 Ne5 24. Bb5 Rd6 25. Nd2 Rfd8 26. Nf1 Bd5 27. Qc2
Qa8 28. Qb1 h4 29. h3 Bb7 30. Nd2 Nd3 31. Bxd3 exd3 32. N4f3 R6d7 33. Rc4 Bf6
34. e4 Re8 35. Re1 Qb8 36. Re3 Red8 37. e5 Bg7 38. Rxh4 Rc7 39. Rc4 Rxc4 40.
bxc4 Qc7 41. Rxd3 Rxd3 42. Qxd3 Bxe5 43. Nxe5 Qxe5 44. Qd8+ Kg7 45. Nf1 Qc5 46.
Ne3 Ba6 47. Qd2 Qe5 48. Qc1 Qf6 49. Qb1 Qd4 50. Qb4 Qa1+ 51. Kh2 Qe5+ 52. g3
Qd4 53. a5 bxa5 54. Qxa5 Bb7 55. Qe1 Qe4 56. Qc1 Qf3 57. Qf1 Kg8 58. Qg2 Qxg2+
59. Nxg2 Kf8 60. Ne3 Ke7 61. h4 Kd6 62. g4 Ke5 63. Kg3 Ke4 64. h5 gxh5 65. gxh5
Ke5 66. c5 Be4 67. f4+ Kd4 68. f5 Kxe3 69. h6 Bxf5 70. c6 Be4 71. c7 f5 72.
c8=Q f4+ 73. Kh4 f3 74. Qc5+ Ke2 75. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. a3 Bd6 6. Bg3 Nf6 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Rc1 Ne7 10. Be2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 c6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. g4 Ne7 15.
g5 dxc4 16. gxh6 g6 17. Ne4 b5 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. e4 Rad8 20. Qd2 Kh7 21. Qc3 f6
22. e5 Qd7 23. exf6 Nd5 24. Ng5+ Kh8 25. Qg3 Nxf6 26. Rd1 c5 27. O-O cxd4 28.
Rfe1 Rde8 29. Qe5 d3 30. Re3 Qd5 31. Rde1 Qxe5 32. Rxe5 Ng4 33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34.
Rxe6 Nxh6 35. Rxg6 Nf5 36. Ne4 Re8 37. Rg4 Nd6 38. Nxd6 d2 39. Rd4 Re1+ 40. Kh2
d1=Q 41. Rxd1 Rxd1 42. Nxb5 Rd2 43. Nxa7 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. Nb3 Bb6 8.
Qe2 Nd7 9. Be3 Qe7 10. Nfd2 O-O-O 11. a4 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Kb8 13. a5 g6 14. O-O f5
15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Rhg8 17. a6 b6 18. c4 Rg4 19. Rae1 Rdg8 20. Rf2 Qh4 21.
Nf3 Qh3 22. Ree2 Rxf4 23. Nxe5 Rxf2 24. Nxc6+ Ka8 25. Qxh3 Rxe2 26. Nbd4 Rgxg2+
27. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Nc5 29. b4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Demidov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Ne7 5. Na3 Nec6 6. Nc2 b6 7. f4 a5 8. Nf3 Be7
9. Ne3 g6 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. O-O h5 12. g3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 c4 14. Qc2 b5 15. b3 Nd7
16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Rfc1 Nb6 18. Rab1 Kd7 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Rf1 Rhb8 21. h3 Nc8 22.
g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Rb8 25. f5 gxf5 26. gxf5 Rxb1+ 27. Qxb1 Qb6 28.
Qc2 Nd8 29. f6 Bf8 30. Ng4 Na7 31. Ng5 Nac6 32. Kf1 Qb5 33. Bc1 a4 34. Nh7 Ke8
35. Nxf8 Kxf8 36. Ba3+ Ke8 37. Kf2 Kd7 38. Ke3 Ke8 39. Kd2 Kd7 40. Kc1 Qa5 41.
Qd2 Ke8 42. Nh6 Kd7 43. Kc2 Na7 44. Bb4 Qa6 45. a3 Nac6 46. Qe2 Nxb4+ 47. cxb4
Qb6 48. Qd1 Nc6 49. Nxf7 Nxd4+ 50. Kb1 Nb5 51. Qxa4 Qg1+ 52. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. h4 h5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nf6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Bb4 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qd5 14. f3 Qa2
15. Qc4 Qxc4 16. Nxc4 O-O 17. Bd2 b5 18. Na5 Rac8 19. Nb3 Nd5 20. Rhe1 Rfe8 21.
Bb4 f6 22. Bd6 Kf7 23. c3 N7b6 24. Bc5 Rc7 25. Nd2 Rd8 26. Kc2 Nc4 27. Nxc4
bxc4 28. Rb1 Nf4 29. g3 Nd3 30. Red1 Nxc5 31. dxc5 Rd5 32. Rd4 Rxc5 33. Rbd1
Ke7 34. Rd8 Rf5 35. f4 e5 36. Rh8 exf4 37. gxf4 Rxf4 38. Rxh5 Rb7 39. Rd2 Kf7
40. Rc5 Rxh4 41. Rxc6 Rf4 42. a4 g5 43. a5 g4 44. a6 Re7 45. Rg2 Kg6 46. Rc8
Rg7 47. b4 cxb3+ 48. Kxb3 Kf5 49. c4 g3 50. Rb8 Rf2 51. Rb7 Rg8 52. Rg1 g2 53.
Rb5+ Kf4 54. c5 Rf1 55. Rb4+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
Qe2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 Qb6 12. Na4 Qa7 13. e5 Nd7 14. c4 Bb7 15.
Rac1 Rfc8 16. Rc2 c5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Rd1 Qb7 19. f4 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Bc4
Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Rd8 23. Rcd2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd8 25. Bc3 h5 26. Kf2 Rxd2+ 27. Bxd2
Qd8 28. Bc3 h4 29. Qe4 g6 30. Ke2 Kg7 31. Bd2 Qb6 32. Kd3 Qa6+ 33. Kc2 Qf1 34.
Bxa5 Qf2+ 35. Bd2 c4 36. Kc3 cxb3 37. axb3 Qg1 38. h3 Qa1+ 39. Kc4 Qa6+ 40. Kd4
Qa1+ 41. Bc3 Qd1+ 42. Kc4 Qf1+ 43. Qd3 Qxf4+ 44. Kb5 Qf2 45. b4 Qa7 46. Qe4
Qb8+ 47. Kc4 Qc8+ 48. Kb3 Qd7 49. Qf3 Qb5 50. Qe4 Qd7 51. Qe2 Qd5+ 52. Ka4 Qc6+
53. Kb3 Qd5+ 54. Kb2 Qd7 55. b5 Bc5 56. Qc4 Qa7 57. Kc2 Qb6 58. Be1 Be3 59.
Bxh4 g5 60. Be1 Qb7 61. Qe2 Qe4+ 62. Kb3 Qd5+ 63. Qc4 Qxg2 64. Qd3 Bg1 65. Bd2
Qf2 66. Bxg5 Qc5 67. Bf6+ Kh6 68. Qe4 Bf2 69. Qf4+ Kh7 70. Qe4+ Kh6 71. Qc4
Qe3+ 72. Qc3 Qb6 73. Qd2+ Kh7 74. Qd3+ Kh6 75. Qc4 Qe3+ 76. Kc2 Qf3 77. Qd3 Qf4
78. h4 Qa4+ 79. Qb3 Qe4+ 80. Qd3 Qa4+ 81. Kd2 Qf4+ 82. Ke2 Bb6 83. Bg5+ Qxg5
84. hxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Qb6 6. Qc2 g6 7. Ngf3 Bf5 8. dxc5
Qxc5 9. Qb3 Bc8 10. Be2 Bg7 11. h3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. Rac1 Be6 18. Qa4 Bd7 19. Qb3 Be6 20. Qa4 Bd7 21.
Qh4 e5 22. Nb3 Qe7 23. c4 dxc4 24. Qxc4 Rac8 25. Qd3 Bf5 26. Qb5 Bc2 27. Rd2
Bxb3 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Qxb3 Rc1+ 30. Rd1 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 b6 32. Qc3 Qd6 33. Bf3
a5 34. a3 Qc5 35. Qxc5 bxc5 36. Kf1 Nd7 37. Bc6 Nb6 38. Bb5 Kf6 39. e4 Ke7 40.
Ke2 Nc8 41. Kd3 Nd6 42. Bc4 f6 43. f3 Kd7 44. h4 h6 45. Bd5 g5 46. h5 Kc7 47.
Kc3 Kb6 48. g3 Nb5+ 49. Kd3 Nd6 50. g4 Nc8 51. Bc4 Kc7 52. Kc3 Nb6 53. Bb5 Kd6
54. Bc4 Kc6 55. Bd3 Na4+ 56. Kc2 Nb6 57. Kc3 Nc8 58. Bc4 Nd6 59. Bd5+ Kb6 60.
Bc4 Kc6 61. Bd5+ Kb6 62. Bc4 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. e5 Nd5 8. h3
Nb6 9. Bb3 dxe5 10. dxe5 Na6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. Rfe1 Rad8 14. e6 Nd5
15. exf7+ Rxf7 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Rad1 Bc8 20. Ndb5
Qb8 21. Nxd5 e6 22. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 h6 7. b4 Bb6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. a4 a6 10. h3 Ne7 11. Re1 Ng6 12. a5 Ba7 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Bb3 Be6 15. Ng3
Bxb3 16. Qxb3 d5 17. c4 c6 18. Bb2 d4 19. c5 Qd7 20. Bc1 Qe6 21. Qc2 Rad8 22.
Nd2 Bb8 23. Nc4 Rf8 24. Nf5 Ne8 25. Qe2 Nf4 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Qg4 Kh7 28. e5
Rd5 29. Nfd6 Qxg4 30. hxg4 f6 31. Nxe8 Rxe8 32. exf6 Rf8 33. Re7 Rxf6 34. Rxb7
Rd8 35. Re1 f3 36. Ree7 Rg8 37. g3 Rg6 38. Re4 Rd8 39. Rf7 Kg8 40. Rxf3 Bc7 41.
Rf5 Rb8 42. Nb6 Rd8 43. Re7 Bb8 44. Re4 Bc7 45. Kg2 Bb8 46. f3 Bc7 47. Re7 Bb8
48. Rff7 h5 49. Rf5 hxg4 50. f4 Kh8 51. Rg5 Rxg5 52. fxg5 Kh7 53. Nc4 Rf8 54.
Nd2 Kg6 55. Re6+ Kxg5 56. Rxc6 Be5 57. Re6 Kf5 58. Rxa6 Re8 59. Rc6 Bf4 60. Ne4
Be5 61. a6 Rb8 62. Rb6 Ra8 63. b5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 d6 6. Nbd2 a5 7. Bb3 h6 8. h3
O-O 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Ng3 d5 11. Qe2 a4 12. Bc2 Re8 13. O-O d4 14. Bd2 a3 15. b3
dxc3 16. Bxc3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Rac1 c6 20. Qe3 Rad8 21. Ne2
Qxe3 22. fxe3 Nd7 23. Rfd1 f6 24. Kf2 Bf7 25. Nc3 Nc5 26. Nb1 Ra8 27. g4 Na6
28. Nc3 Nb4 29. Bb1 Rad8 30. Ne2 Bg6 31. Ng3 Rd7 32. Ke2 Bf7 33. Rc3 Red8 34.
Rd2 Kf8 35. Nf5 Be6 36. d4 g6 37. Ng3 exd4 38. exd4 Rxd4 39. Rxd4 Rxd4 40. Rc1
Rd7 41. Ke3 Ke7 42. Ne2 Rd8 43. Nf4 Bf7 44. Ne2 g5 45. Ng3 Be6 46. Nf5+ Bxf5
47. gxf5 Kd6 48. Rd1+ Ke7 49. Rc1 Na6 50. e5 fxe5 51. Rf1 Kf6 52. Rc1 Nb4 53.
Rc4 Nd5+ 54. Kf3 Nf4 55. h4 gxh4 56. Rc1 h3 57. Kg3 Rd2 58. Kh4 h2 59. Rh1 Rb2
60. Kg4 Nd5 61. Kh4 Ne3 62. Be4 Nxf5+ 63. Kg4 Ne3+ 64. Kf3 Rxa2 65. Kxe3 Rb2
0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shuvalov, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bb2 e6 5. Nh4 Bg6 6. Nxg6 hxg6 7. g3 Be7 8.
Bg2 c6 9. d3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 a5 11. a3 O-O 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. e4 e5 14. O-O Re8 15.
exd5 cxd5 16. c4 Nb6 17. Rfc1 Rc8 18. Bc3 a4 19. b4 Bb8 20. Bb2 Qd7 21. Rc2 d4
22. Re1 g5 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 g4 25. Qxb7 Qxb7 26. Bxb7 Rcd8 27. c5 Nd5 28.
Bc6 Re7 29. Bxa4 f5 30. Bb3 Kf8 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. a4 Ba7 33. a5 e4 34. Kf1 Ke8
35. Rc4 exd3 36. Rxe7+ Kxe7 37. Rxd4 Rxd4 38. Bxd4 Ke6 39. b5 Kd5 40. b6 Bb8
41. Be3 Ke4 42. a6 Kf3 43. a7 g6 44. a8=Q# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. d4 O-O-O 6. c4 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qf5
8. Be3 Nf6 9. Nbd2 e6 10. a3 h6 11. O-O g5 12. b4 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 g4 14. Nh4 Qh5
15. b5 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qxh4 17. Qa4 Rxd4 18. Qxa7 e5 19. c5 Kd8 20. Qb8+ Ke7 21.
Qxc7+ Ke6 22. Qc8+ Ke7 23. Qc7+ Ke6 24. Qc8+ Nd7 25. c6 bxc6 26. bxc6 Bg7 27.
cxd7 Rxd7 28. Bc4+ Ke7 29. Qc5+ Kf6 30. Qc6+ Ke7 31. Qc5+ Kf6 32. Qc6+ Ke7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Botez, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. c3 b5
9. g4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Kf2 g6 12. f5 Qb6 13. Be3 h5 14. fxe6 fxe6 15.
gxh5 Rxh5 16. Nf4 Rf5 17. Bh3 Ncxe5 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bc5
21. Qh5+ Ke7 22. Ng6+ Kd7 23. Qh7+ Kc6 24. Rac1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Uribe, Jhonny Alberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Bd3 e6 6. O-O a6 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3
Nd7 9. Qe2 Ngf6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Rac1 Re8 14. Qe3 Qc7 15.
Bf1 Qb8 16. f3 Bf8 17. Qf2 Qa8 18. Re1 g6 19. Rcd1 Rc7 20. Kh1 Rec8 21. Nce2 e5
22. Nc2 b5 23. Ne3 Qa7 24. Nc3 bxc4 25. Bxc4 Nb6 26. Qe2 Nxc4 27. Nxc4 Nh5 28.
Qd2 Nf4 29. Ne2 Ne6 30. Ba3 Rd7 31. Nc3 Nd4 32. Na4 Rcd8 33. Bb2 Nb5 34. Nab6
Rc7 35. Bxe5 Rc6 36. Bf6 Re8 37. Nd5 Rc5 38. a4 Bxd5 39. exd5 Rxe1+ 40. Qxe1
Nc7 41. Bd4 Qb7 42. Bxc5 dxc5 43. d6 Ne6 44. d7 Be7 45. Qe3 Qc7 46. Qe5 Qd8 47.
Qd5 Bf6 48. Ne5 Bxe5 49. Qxe5 a5 50. Qd6 Kg7 51. h3 h5 52. Qc6 Nd4 53. Qxc5 Ne6
54. Qc8 Kf8 55. Qxd8+ Nxd8 56. Re1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 Bc7 8. e4 d6
9. Ng3 e5 10. d5 a5 11. Rb1 axb4 12. axb4 Bb6 13. Be2 Bd4 14. Bd2 g6 15. O-O h5
16. Bf3 cxd5 17. exd5 Nh7 18. Nb5 Bb6 19. Ne4 Bc7 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. c5 dxc5 22.
bxc5 f5 23. Nd6 e4 24. Be2 Nd7 25. Nb5 Qxc5 26. Bb4 Qb6 27. Bxf8 Ndxf8 28. d6
Qc5 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Nxd4 Nf6 31. Rfc1 Ne8 32. Nb5 Rb8 33. h4 Bd7 34. Rd1 Rc8
35. Na7 Rb8 36. Bb5 Kf7 37. Nc6 Bxc6 38. Bxc6 Nf6 39. Rxb7+ Rxb7 40. Bxb7 Ke6
41. Ba6 N6d7 42. Bc4+ Kf6 43. g3 Ke5 44. Kf1 Ne6 45. Bxe6 Kxe6 46. Ke2 Ne5 47.
Ke3 Nd3 48. f3 Nb2 49. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gascon del Nogal, Jose Rafael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. c4 Bd7 10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. exd4 Rc8 12. Bf3 Bc6 13. d5 Bd7 14. Re1 Re8 15.
Qd2 a6 16. h3 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Ne2 Qb6 19. Nd4 e5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Rad1 e5
22. Nc2 Rf8 23. Ne3 e4 24. Bxf6 exf3 25. Nd5 Qc5 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7
28. Nxc8 Bxc8 29. Qxd6 Qg5 30. Qe7+ Qxe7 31. Rxe7+ Kf6 32. Rxh7 fxg2 33. Kxg2
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nagy, Gabor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. c4 O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3
Ne7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 Nbc6 11. a3 a5 12. Rb1 Be6 13. Qc1 Kh7 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Ne4 Bd5 18. Bf4 c6 19. b5 g5 20. Bd6 f5 21. bxc6
Bxc6 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Nd2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Rfc8 25. Qd1 Ra2 26. Rb5 Rcc2 27. Nc4
Rxe2 28. Rxf5 Qd7 29. g4 b5 30. Nb6 Qc6+ 31. Nd5 b4 32. Kg1 Qd6 33. Qb3 Rab2
34. Qc4 Rec2 35. Qb5 Qc6 36. Ne7 Qxb5 37. Rxb5 Bf8 38. Nf5 Bc5 39. Rb7+ Kg6 40.
Re1 Kf6 41. Rh7 Rxf2 42. Rxh6+ Kf7 43. Rh7+ Kg6 44. Rh6+ Kf7 45. Rh7+ Kg8 46.
Rg7+ Kf8 47. Rh7 b3 48. Rh8+ Kf7 49. Rh7+ Kg8 50. Rg7+ Kf8 51. Rh7 Rg2+ 52. Kh1
Rgd2 53. Rf1 Rf2 54. Re1 Rbe2 55. Rb1 b2 56. Rh8+ Kf7 57. Rh7+ Ke8 58. Kg1 Rc2
59. Ng7+ Kd7 60. Nf5+ Kc6 61. Rh6+ Kb5 62. Nd6+ Bxd6 63. Rxd6 Rfd2 64. Rd5+ Kb4
65. Rxd4+ Kb3 66. Rc4 Rxc4 67. dxc4 Kxc4 68. h4 gxh4 69. g5 Kb3 70. g6 Rd6 71.
g7 Rg6+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. d4 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. N2f3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Qe2 Bd5 14. Rfd1
Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Qa5 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. h3 Qd5 18. Qc2 Qe4 19. Qc4 Qd5 20. Qb4 Qd6
21. Qxd6 Rxd6 22. Rc7 Ra6 23. Rxe7 Rxa2 24. Rxb7 Ne4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rd4 Re8
27. Rdd7 Rf8 28. Ne5 Rxf2 29. Rb4 Rf5 30. Rxe4 Re8 31. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. d3 Bb7 8. Nbd2
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. c4 Rfd8 12. a3 Rac8 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
e4 Nf6 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. Nc4 b5 18. Ne3 Nde5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. f4 Nc6 21. f5 Nd4
22. Qg4 Qe5 23. Rf1 g6 24. Kh1 Rf8 25. Rce1 Kh8 26. Qd1 h5 27. b4 Kh7 28. Nc2
a5 29. Nxd4 cxd4 30. bxa5 h4 31. Qg4 hxg3 32. Qxg3 Qxg3 33. hxg3 Rc2 34. Bxd4
exf5 35. a6 Ba8 36. Rb1 Rd8 37. Rf2 Rc6 38. Ba1 Rxa6 39. exf5 Bxg2+ 40. Kxg2
Rxd3 41. Rh1+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 c5 3. c4 Nc6 4. Bb2 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. g3 Qb6 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O d6 10. e3 Bg4 11. Qd2 Rac8 12. Nc3 Rfd8 13. Rac1 Qa6 14. Rfe1 Nxd4
15. exd4 e5 16. a4 Bf5 17. Nb5 d5 18. dxe5 dxc4 19. Qe2 Bd3 20. Qf3 Ne8 21.
Qxb7 Qxb7 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Bf3 Bh6 24. Rcd1 cxb3 25. Nxa7 Bc2 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
Nc6 Rd2 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Ba3 Kg7 30. e6 fxe6 31. Rxe6 Kf7 32. Rb6 Bf8 33. Rb7
Ke6 34. Bg4+ Kf6 35. Ng8+ Kg5 36. Bc1 Kxg4 37. Bxd2 Ba3 38. Bc3 Nd6 39. Nf6+
Kf3 40. Rb8 Nc4 41. a5 Nxa5 42. Nd7 Nc4 43. Ne5+ Nxe5 44. Bxe5 Ke2 45. Kg2 Be4+
46. Kh3 Bd5 47. f4 Kf3 48. g4 Be6 49. Kh4 Be7+ 50. g5 Bc5 51. f5 Bf2+ 52. Bg3
Bxg3+ 53. hxg3 gxf5 54. Rb7 Bd5 55. Rb5 Ke4 56. Kh5 Kd4 57. Kh6 Kc4 58. Rb8 Be4
59. Kg7 Kc3 60. Rc8+ Kd2 61. Rb8 Kc1 62. Rc8+ Bc2 63. Kxh7 f4+ 64. g6 fxg3 65.
Rxc2+ bxc2 66. g7 Kb1 67. g8=Q c1=Q 68. Qxg3 Qc2+ 69. Qg6 Qxg6+ 70. Kxg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e3 Bg7 3. d4 e6 4. c4 d6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. h4 O-O 7. h5 e5 8. hxg6
fxg6 9. c5 exd4 10. exd4 d5 11. Bg5 Nbc6 12. Qd2 Rxf3 13. gxf3 Nxd4 14. Be2 Bf5
15. Rd1 Qd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Kf1 c6 18. Qe3 Qxc5 19. Rh4 Ne6 20. Qxc5 Nxc5 21.
Rc1 Ne6 22. b4 Bf6 23. Rh1 Nf4 24. b5 Re8 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Ba6 Nd3 27. Bxd3
Bxd3+ 28. Kg2 Bc4 29. Ne4 Be5 30. Rhe1 Kf8 31. Nd2 Bb5 32. Nb3 Bf4 33. Rxe8+
Kxe8 34. Rc2 Kd7 35. Nd4 Be5 36. Nxb5 cxb5 37. Rc5 Kd6 38. Rxb5 Bc3 39. Rb7 h5
40. Rxa7 d4 41. Ra6+ Kd5 42. Rxg6 d3 43. Kf1 h4 44. Rh6 Kc4 45. Rxh4+ Bd4 46.
Ke1 Kc3 47. Rxd4 Kxd4 48. Kd2 Kc4 49. f4 Kd4 50. f5 Ke5 51. f6 Kf5 52. Kxd3
Kxf6 53. a4 Ke6 54. a5 Kd6 55. Ke4 Kc6 56. f4 Kb5 57. f5 Kxa5 58. f6 Kb6 59. f7
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bc7 Qe8 13. Nc3 Ba6 14. Qa4 Nb8
15. Qxe8 Rxe8 16. Rac1 Nf6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Ng5 Nbd7 19. Ngxe4 Rac8 20. Bf4 Red8
21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Nf8 23. Be7 Rd7 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. d5 Rcd8 26. dxe6 Rxd1+
27. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28. Nxd1 fxe6 29. f4 Kf7 30. Kf2 Nd7 31. Ke3 f5 32. Nf2 Nf6 33.
Bf3 Ke7 34. Nd3 Bxd3 35. Kxd3 Kd6 36. Kd4 h6 37. h3 Nd7 38. b4 e5+ 39. fxe5+
Nxe5 40. Bg2 Ng6 41. h4 Ne7 42. Bh3 Nc6+ 43. Kc4 Ke5 44. Kb5 Nb8 45. a4 f4 46.
gxf4+ Kxf4 47. a5 bxa5 48. bxa5 Kg3 49. Be6 Kxh4 50. Kc5 Na6+ 51. Kc6 Nb4+ 52.
Kb7 a6 53. Bc4 Kg5 54. Bxa6 Kf5 55. Be2 Ke5 56. Kb6 Kd6 57. Kb5 Nd5 58. Bf3
Nc7+ 59. Kb6 Kd7 60. Kb7 Kd6 61. Kb6 Kd7 62. Bg2 h5 63. Bh3+ Kd6 64. Bg2 h4 65.
Bh3 Nd5+ 66. Kb7 Nb4 67. a6 Nxa6 68. Kxa6 Ke5 69. Bg2 Kf4 70. Bh3 Kg3 71. Bf1
h3 72. Bxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. g3 Be7 11. Bg2 Qxb3 12. axb3 a6 13. h3 O-O-O 14. Ke2 Rhe8
15. Rhc1 Kb8 16. Kf1 dxc4 17. bxc4 e5 18. Ne2 exd4 19. exd4 Nf8 20. Bc3 Ne6 21.
Rd1 Bd6 22. Rd3 Bc7 23. Rad1 Ng5 24. b3 Nge4 25. Bb2 Nd6 26. d5 c5 27. Rf3 Nde4
28. Re3 Nd6 29. Rf3 Nf5 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. h4 Be5 32. Bh3 Nd6 33. Ng1 f5 34.
Rfd3 Bf6 35. Bg2 b6 36. Ne2 Kc7 37. Nf4 Re7 38. Bf3 Rde8 39. R3d2 Kd8 40. Ra2
a5 41. Rc2 Be5 42. Nd3 Rh8 43. Kg2 Bf6 44. Nf4 Be5 45. Nd3 Bf6 46. Nf4 Kc7 47.
Ra2 Ree8 48. Nd3 Bc3 49. Rc2 Bf6 50. Ra2 Bc3 51. Rc2 Bf6 52. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd7 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 Ndxe5 12. Be2 Re8 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. a3 Qe7
15. Rd1 Qe6 16. Bf1 Nce5 17. b3 Nf3+ 18. Kh1 Ng5 19. h4 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Ne4 21.
Qb2 Qf5 22. Kg1 Ne5 23. Bg2 Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 Qxf3 25. Re1 Re5 26. Qe2 Rf5 27. Qxf3
Rxf3 28. Ra2 Re8 29. Rae2 Rf5 30. Kg2 Nc5 31. b4 Nd3 32. Rd1 Nxc1 33. Rxc1 Rfe5
34. Rd2 Re4 35. c5 dxc5 36. Rxc5 c6 37. Rd7 R4e7 38. Rxe7 Rxe7 39. b5 cxb5 40.
Rxb5 Rd7 41. a4 Kf8 42. a5 Ke7 43. h5 Kd6 44. hxg6 hxg6 45. g4 Kc6 46. Re5 Kd6
47. Rb5 Kc6 48. Re5 b5 49. axb6 axb6 50. g5 b5 51. Kf3 b4 52. Ke2 b3 53. Re8 b2
54. Rc8+ Rc7 55. Rb8 Rb7 56. Rc8+ Kb6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. O-O-O a6 12. Kb1 Be7 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. f3 O-O
15. g4 Na5 16. Qd1 Nc4 17. g5 Nh5 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. f4 Qd3+ 20. Qc2 Qxc2+ 21.
Rxc2 f6 22. Rg1 fxg5 23. fxg5 b5 24. h4 Rf3 25. Nxd5 Rxc2 26. Nxe7+ Kf7 27.
Kxc2 Kxe7 28. Kd3 Rh3 29. Bb4+ Kd7 30. Rf1 Rxh4 31. Rf7+ Kc8 32. Re7 Rh3 33.
Bd6 Kd8 34. Rxe6 Kd7 35. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 f6 15.
exf6 Rxf6 16. O-O Qd6 17. Nh2 Na5 18. Qa4 a6 19. Be2 Be8 20. Qc2 Bb5 21. Ng4
Rff8 22. Ne5 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Qe6 24. Rab1 Rae8 25. Rfe1 Ba7 26. Bc1 Nc4 27. Qc2
b5 28. Nf3 Qf7 29. Qd1 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Re8 31. Qd1 Qf5 32. Ra1 c6 33. a4 Bb8 34.
axb5 axb5 35. Ra6 Qc8 36. Ra2 Qe6 37. Bg5 h6 38. Bh4 Bf4 39. Bg3 Bxg3 40. fxg3
Qe3+ 41. Kh2 Qxc3 42. Qb1 Qe3 43. Ra7 Qe4 44. Qb4 Qe6 45. Qc3 Qd6 46. Qc2 Ne3
47. Qf2 Nc4 48. Nh4 Qf6 49. Nf5 Rf8 50. g4 Nd6 51. Qg3 Nxf5 52. gxf5 Qg5 53.
Qd6 Qxf5 54. Qxc6 Qf4+ 55. Kh1 Qf1+ 56. Kh2 Qf4+ 57. Kh1 Qf1+ 58. Kh2 Qf4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnbrkqrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNBRKQRB w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bf4 Na6 5. e4 e5 6. Be3 exd4 7. Bxd4 Bxd4 8.
Rxd4 Qg7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. exd5 Rfe8+ 11. Kd1 Nc5 12. Rd2 Nxb3 13. axb3 cxd5 14.
Bxd5 Nb6 15. Kc1 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Be6 17. Ne3 Rxd2 18. Kxd2 Bxb3 19. Kc1 Ba4 20.
Qc4 Bc6 21. Rd1 Qf6 22. Rd2 h5 23. Qd4 Qf3 24. h4 Qh1+ 25. Rd1 Qf3 26. Rd2 a5
27. b3 Ra8 28. Nc4 Qf5 29. Kb2 Kh7 30. Qe5 Qf3 31. Rd4 Re8 32. Qf4 Re2 33. Qxf3
Bxf3 34. Rd2 Rxd2 35. Nxd2 Be2 36. Kc3 b5 37. Ne4 Kg7 38. Kd4 Bd1 39. Kc3 a4
40. Nd6 Be2 41. bxa4 bxa4 42. Kb4 Kf6 43. Kxa4 Ke6 44. Nb5 Ke5 45. f4+ Kf6 46.
Nd4 Bf1 47. Kb4 Ke7 48. Kc5 f6 49. c4 Kd7 50. Nc2 Bd3 51. Ne3 Be2 52. Kb6 Bf3
53. c5 Be4 54. Nc4 Bg2 55. Na5 g5 56. c6+ Bxc6 57. Nxc6 gxf4 58. gxf4 Ke6 59.
Nd4+ Kd5 60. Ne2 Ke4 61. Kc5 Kf3 62. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnkqbbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKQBBNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Bc3 Nf6 6. Nd2 d5 7. g3 dxe4 8.
Bh3+ e6 9. N4b3 Bb4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nxe4 Qe5 12. Bg2 O-O-O 13. Qe2 g5 14. c3
Be7 15. Re1 Qc7 16. O-O-O Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Ne5 18. Qe3 b6 19. Nd4 Ba4 20. b3 Bd7
21. Kb2 g4 22. Nd2 Rd8 23. Qe4 f5 24. Qe2 Bf6 25. Nb1 b5 26. Nxb5 Bxb5 27.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. Qxb5 a5 29. Kc2 Be7 30. Qe2 Bc5 31. f4 gxf3 32. Bxf3 Ke7 33. a4
Kf6 34. Bh5 Qc6 35. Kb2 Bf8 36. Nd2 Bh6 37. Nf3 Nxf3 38. Bxf3 Qc5 39. g4 Bf4
40. gxf5 exf5 41. h3 Qg1 42. b4 axb4 43. cxb4 Be5+ 44. Kc2 Qa1 45. Qc4 Qxa4+
46. Kd2 Qd7+ 47. Ke2 Qd4 48. Qc6+ Kg5 49. Qd5 Qb2+ 50. Qd2+ Qxd2+ 51. Kxd2 Kh4
52. Ke2 Kxh3 53. b5 Bd4 54. Bc6 Kg3 55. Bd7 f4 56. Bc6 h5 57. Bf3 h4 58. Bc6
Bb6 59. Bd5 Bc5 60. Bc6 Bb6 61. Bd5 Bc5 62. Bc6 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnrkbrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNRKBRNB w FCfc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. d3 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. c4 g6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Bc6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. g3
Nd7 9. O-O b6 10. Qb1 Rfd8 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. b4 Ne5 13. e4 Bxe4 14. dxe4 Nxf3+
15. Bxf3 Rxd2 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Rc2 Rxc2 18. Qxc2 c4 19. Kg2 Qc6 20. Rd1 c3 21.
Rd5 e6 22. Ra5 Rd8 23. Rxa7 Rd2 24. Qb3 Be5 25. Qa3 Bd6 26. Ra8+ Kg7 27. Qc1
Qc5 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbrqnknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBRQNKNR w HChc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 d5 5. Rd1 Ngf6 6. Ngf3 Qc7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
e4 Nf4 9. Qe3 Qc5 10. Qxc5 bxc5 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 Ne6 13. f3 f6 14. Bg3 c4
15. O-O cxb3 16. axb3 Bc6 17. Rf2 Bb5 18. Nc2 N8c7 19. Na3 Kf7 20. Ba2 Rhd8 21.
Rfd2 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Ba6 23. Rc2 Rd8 24. b4 Rd1+ 25. Kf2 Bd3 26. Rb2 Nb5 27. Bb3
Ra1 28. Nxb5 Bxb5 29. Bb8 Bd7 30. Ra2 Rb1 31. Bd5 Rxb4 32. Bxa7 Ke8 33. Rd2 Nf4
34. Bg8 h6 35. g3 Nh3+ 36. Kg2 Ng5 37. h4 Be6 38. hxg5 Bxg8 39. gxh6 gxh6 40.
Be3 h5 41. Rc2 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnrkrqbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNRKRQBB w ECec - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 Nc6 2. g4 e5 3. f4 f6 4. Nb3 Nb6 5. O-O-O O-O-O 6. f5 d5 7. Bc5 Qf7 8.
e3 g6 9. Qb5 Bg7 10. Rf1 Kb8 11. Bxb6 cxb6 12. fxg6 hxg6 13. Kb1 d4 14. Ne4 Qe7
15. Ng3 Qc7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qd3 e4 18. Qa6 c5 19. exd4 cxd4 20. d3 Rc8 21.
Rc1 Bh6 22. Nxe4 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 f5 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Ng3 Bxb3 26. axb3 Re5 27.
Qa4 Qd6 28. b4 Qd5 29. b5 Rd8 30. Qb4 f4 31. Ne4 Qxb5 32. Qd2 Rf5 33. Rf1 f3
34. Qh6 Qe5 35. h4 Rdf8 36. Qc6 Qe7 37. Rf2 Rg8 38. Rf1 Rgf8 39. Rf2 Rh5 40.
Qg6 Qe5 41. Qg4 Rhf5 42. Qg6 R5f7 43. Qc6 Rg7 44. Rf1 f2 45. Ka2 Rc7 46. Qh6
Qa5+ 47. Kb3 Qb5+ 48. Ka3 Rfc8 49. Qd6 Qa5+ 50. Kb3 Qb5+ 51. Ka3 Qc6 52. Qxc6
Rxc6 53. Rxf2 Rxc2 54. Rf7 R2c7 55. Rf4 Rd8 56. Kb3 Rd5 57. Rf8+ Kb7 58. Rh8
Ka6 59. Nd2 Rf5 60. Rd8 Rf4 61. h5 Rh7 62. Rd5 Rh4 63. Ne4 R4xh5 64. Rxd4 Rb5+
65. Ka3 Ra5+ 66. Kb3 Rh2 67. Nd6 Rhh5 68. Ne8 Rh7 69. Rc4 Rd7 70. Kc2 Kb7 71.
Nf6 Rd8 72. Ne4 Rad5 73. Rc3 Rh8 74. b4 Rhd8 75. Rb3 a6 76. Kd2 Rh5 77. Rc3
Rh2+ 78. Ke3 Rb2 79. Rc4 Rb3 80. Nf2 Rh8 81. Rg4 Re8+ 82. Kf3 Kc6 83. Rd4 Kb5
84. Ne4 Rf8+ 85. Ke3 Rxb4 86. Nd6+ Ka4 87. Nc4 b5 88. Nb6+ Kb3 89. Rd6 Rh4 90.
Nd7 Re8+ 91. Kf3 a5 92. Nc5+ Ka3 93. Rb6 Rb4 94. Ne4 a4 95. Nd6 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnkbbrnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKBBRNQ w FAfa - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. g4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qg1 Be7 5. d3 Bd6 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bb4 10. e5 Nd7 11. a3 Be7 12. Be2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 Bg6 15.
Nxf6 gxf6 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Bc4 Qg8 18. Qe3 Bf7 19. Qc3 Nc5 20. Qxf6 Ne4 21.
Qh4 e5 22. Bd3 Bg6 23. Kb1 Nxd2+ 24. Rxd2 e4 25. f5 exd3 26. fxg6 dxc2+ 27.
Rxc2 Qxg6 28. Qe1 Qxg4 29. Rcf2 Rf4 30. Ka1 Re4 31. Qc3 Rde8 32. Rc1 Kb8 33.
Qf6 Rc4 34. Rd1 Rf4 35. Qc3 Ref8 36. Rd3 Qh5 37. Re3 Nd4 38. Re7 Nc6 39. Re3 a5
40. Rd3 a4 41. Re3 Na5 42. Ne5 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbnqkrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBNQKRB w GAga - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Ndc3 Nbc6 3. Nxd5 Qd7 4. g3 Nxd4 5. Qd1 e5 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 N4e6 8.
b3 f5 9. Bb2 g6 10. c4 Nf7 11. Ndc3 e4 12. Na3 Rd8 13. Qc1 Qd2 14. Rd1 Qxc1 15.
Raxc1 Bd7 16. Ba1 Be8 17. Nd5 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Kg7 19. Nc2 c6 20. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bnrknbrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNRKNBRQ w GCgc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. Nf3 f6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc7 5. c4 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. d5 exd5
9. Nh4 f5 10. Nc3 Bxh4 11. gxh4 h5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5+ Bxd5 14. Qxd5+ Kh7
15. Qf3 Rc6 16. Kh1 Qg8 17. Rg1 g6 18. Rg5 Qf7 19. Rcg1 Re6 20. Qf4 Nc6 21. Bc3
Rg8 22. Bd2 Nd4 23. R5g2 Qg7 24. Rg5 Qf7 25. R5g2 Qf8 26. Qc7 Nxe2 27. Re1 Rg7
28. Qxa7 Qd6 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbqrbnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBQRBNN w EAea - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 Bf5 3. Ng3 Bg6 4. h4 h6 5. h5 Bh7 6. d4 e6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
f5 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 Nf7 11. Nh2 O-O-O 12. Ng4 Qh4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne7
15. Bd2 Nc6 16. f4 Bc5 17. Rf1 Qh2 18. a3 Qxg2 19. Ka2 Bf2 20. Nh1 Bb6 21. Rf3
Nd4 22. Rg3 Qe4 23. Nf2 Qxd3 24. Nxd3 Nf5 25. Rg6 c5 26. Nf2 c4 27. Nh1 Rd7 28.
Rf1 Rf7 29. Ng3 Nxg3 30. Rxg3 Kd7 31. Bb4 a5 32. Bd2 d4 33. c3 Kc6 34. cxd4
Bxd4 35. Rc1 b5 36. a4 Rb8 37. axb5+ Rxb5 38. Rxc4+ Kd5 39. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qa5+ 8. Nd2
Qa6 9. c4 Ne7 10. Ngf3 Nf5 11. O-O Nd7 12. b3 Bb4 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. Rac1 O-O 15.
Nf1 c5 16. dxc5 dxc4 17. Qb1 Bxc5 18. b4 Be7 19. Ng3 Nxg3 20. fxg3 Rae8 21.
Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Ng5 g6 23. Qe4 Nd5 24. Kh1 c3 25. Rc2 Rc8 26. Qf3 Qa4 27. Rf2 c2
28. Rc1 Rc3 29. Qe2 Qxb4 30. Kh2 Rxg3 31. Kxg3 Qa3+ 32. Kh2 Qxc1 33. Qc4 Rc7
34. Qb5 Qxg5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8.
Re1 Re8 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bb6 11. Be3 Ba5 12. Bd2 Bb6 13. Rb1 Bf5 14. Be3
Qd7 15. Nd2 Rad8 16. Rb5 Bh3 17. Bh1 f6 18. a4 Be6 19. Qa1 Bxe3 20. fxe3 b6 21.
Rf1 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Ne2 b6 12. Bg5 c5 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Rad1
Bxf3 15. gxf3 c6 16. f4 Be7 17. Ne4 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Rd1 Bxg5 20. fxg5
Ke7 21. Nd6 Nd4 22. c3 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Nxg5 24. f4 Ne6 25. f5 Nf4+ 26. Kg3 Nd5 27.
c4 Ne3 28. Rg1 Nc2 29. Kf4 Kf8 30. Ke4 Rg8 31. Rg2 Nd4 32. b4 g6 33. f6 Ne6 34.
a3 g5 35. Nf5 g4 36. h4 g3 37. Rxg3 Rxg3 38. Nxg3 cxb4 39. axb4 a5 40. c5 axb4
41. cxb6 Ke8 42. Kd3 Nc5+ 43. Kc2 Kd7 44. Nxh5 b3+ 45. Kc3 Ke6 46. Nf4+ Kf5 47.
Nd3 Na4+ 48. Kxb3 Nxb6 49. Kc3 c5 50. h5 c4 51. Nf4 Kxe5 52. h6 Kxf6 53. Kd4 c3
54. Kxc3 Nd5+ 55. Nxd5+ Kg6 56. Kd4 Kxh6 57. Ke5 f6+ 58. Nxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qa6 8. e6
Qxd3 9. exf7+ Kxf7 10. cxd3 Nh6 11. Nf3 Nf5 12. O-O Rg8 13. Re1 Ke8 14. Bg5 Na6
15. a3 g6 16. Nc3 Bg7 17. Ne2 Nc7 18. Ng3 Bf8 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Bf4 Kd7 21.
Bxc7 Kxc7 22. Re5 Rg4 23. Rxf5 Bg7 24. Re1 Bxd4 25. Rxe7+ Kb6 26. Nxd4 Rxd4 27.
Rxh5 Rxd3 28. Rhh7 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Rd2 30. Rxb7+ Kc5 31. Rhf7 d4 32. b3 Rh8 33.
Kh3 Rd1 34. g3 d3 35. Rbd7 Rh5 36. Rf4 Rd5 37. b4+ Kb5 38. Rxd5+ cxd5 39. Rd4
Ka4 40. Kg2 Kb3 41. h5 Kc2 42. Rxd5 Re1 43. g4 d2 44. h6 Re6 45. Rxd2+ Kxd2 46.
g5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. b4 b6
9. Bd3 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. O-O Qc8 12. Rb1 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 axb4 14. axb4 Qb7 15.
Rfc1 Ra3 16. b5 Rc8 17. bxc6 Rxc6 18. Qb5 Qa8 19. cxb6 Rxb6 20. Qf1 Rxb1 21.
Nxb1 Ra1 22. Bg5 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Nb3
g6 9. a5 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Be2 Be6 12. Bb6 Qc8 13. O-O Nd7 14. Na4 Rb8 15. c4
Nxb6 16. Nxb6 Qd8 17. Qd2 Ne5 18. f4 Nd7 19. f5 Bxf5 20. exf5 Nxb6 21. c5 Nc8
22. Rad1 Qe8 23. Qf4 Be5 24. Qe4 Qc6 25. Qe3 Bxb2 26. Bc4 dxc5 27. fxg6 hxg6
28. Qh6 Nd6 29. Nd4 Qe4 30. Rf4 Qxf4 31. Qxf4 Bxd4+ 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Bd3 Rbc8
34. Qxd4 Rfd8 35. Qe5 e6 36. h4 Nf5 37. Bxf5 exf5 38. h5 Re8 39. Qd5 gxh5 40.
Qxb7 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 h4 42. Qd5 Re6 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Qd7 Rf6 45. Qe7 Rcc6 46. Kh3
Kg7 47. Kxh4 Rce6 48. Qc5 Re2 49. Kg3 Rg6+ 50. Kf3 Rexg2 51. Qe5+ Kh7 52. Qxf5
R2g3+ 53. Kf2 Kg8 54. Qd5 R3g5 55. Qd8+ Kg7 56. Qc7 Re6 57. Qc3+ Kh7 58. Qd3+
Kh6 59. Qc3 Rf5+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nxd5 9. Qc2 h6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rd1 Bd6 12. Bh7+ Kh8 13. Be4 Nce7 14. Bd2
Bd7 15. Qc1 Kg8 16. Bxh6 Nxc3 17. Nxc3 gxh6 18. Qxh6 f5 19. d5 fxe4 20. Qg5+
Kh7 21. Nxe4 exd5 22. Nxd6 Ng6 23. Qh5+ Kg7 24. Rxd5 Qf6 25. Ne4 Qe7 26. Ng3
Qf7 27. f3 Be6 28. Rd6 Rad8 29. Rad1 Qc7 30. Ne4 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Qc1+ 32. Kf2
Qxb2+ 33. Rd2 Qb4 34. Qc5 Qxc5+ 35. Nxc5 Bc8 36. Kg3 Ne7 37. Kf2 b6 38. Ne4 Be6
39. h4 Bd5 40. Nc3 Bc6 41. Ne2 Rh8 42. g3 Kf7 43. Nf4 b5 44. h5 a5 45. g4 b4
46. g5 a4 47. Rd4 Rb8 48. Nd3 b3 49. axb3 axb3 50. Nb2 Bd5 51. Rf4+ Kg7 52. Ke3
Rh8 53. h6+ Kg6 54. Rg4 Re8 55. f4 Nf5+ 56. Kd3 Rd8 57. Rg1 Bf7+ 58. Kc3 Rc8+
59. Kb4 Ne3 60. Nd3 Nd5+ 61. Kb5 Be8+ 62. Ka6 b2 63. Rb1 Bb5+ 64. Kxb5 Nc3+ 65.
Kb4 Nxb1 66. Nxb2 Rb8+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 e6 8. Ne2
Qa6 9. c4 Nh6 10. Ng3 c5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. b3 Ng4 13. Bb2 Bxc5 14. O-O Ncxe5 15.
Qe2 Ng6 16. cxd5 Qxe2 17. Nxe2 exd5 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxh4 21.
Rac1 Kd7 22. Rfd1 Nf6 23. g3 Ng6 24. Rc3 Ne5 25. N4f3 Neg4 26. Rdc1 Rac8 27.
Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxc8 Kxc8 29. Ng5 Nh6 30. Kg2 Kd7 31. Kf3 Nfg4 32. Ke2 Kd6 33.
Ndf3 Ne5 34. Nh4 Kc5 35. a3 a5 36. Nh3 Kd4 37. Kd2 a4 38. bxa4 Nc4+ 39. Kc2
Nxa3+ 40. Kb3 Nc4 41. Nf4 Ng4 42. Nf3+ Kc5 43. Nd3+ Kd6 44. Ng5 f6 45. Nh3 f5
46. Nhf4 Nce5 47. Kc3 Nxd3 48. Nxd3 Ne5 49. Nf4 Ng4 50. Nd3 Nf6 51. a5 Ne4+ 52.
Kb4 Kc6 53. Ne5+ Kd6 54. Nd3 Kc6 55. Ne5+ Kd6 56. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Rapid"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nc6 11. Qc3 Re8 12. Rd1 e5 13. d5 Nb8 14. e3 Bg4
15. Be2 Nd7 16. e4 Qd6 17. O-O Nf6 18. Qc4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rec8 20. Qc3 Rab8 21.
Rd2 Rd8 22. Rfd1 Rbc8 23. h3 Qe7 24. Qa5 a6 25. Qc3 c6 26. d6 Qe6 27. d7 Rc7
28. Qa5 Rdxd7 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qh5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Ndb4 7. Qxe5+ Be6
8. Qe4 a6 9. Be2 Be7 10. a3 Nd5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Na5 13. Nd4 Nxc3 14. dxc3
Bd5 15. Qg4 Nb3 16. Nxb3 Bxb3 17. e4 Bc5 18. Bg5 Qd6 19. Bf4 Qe7 20. Qg3 Rad8
21. e5 Qe6 22. h4 Kh8 23. h5 h6 24. Bg4 Qc6 25. Bf3 Bd5 26. Rad1 Bxf3 27. Qxf3
Qxf3 28. gxf3 c6 29. Kg2 Rfe8 30. Bg3 Kg8 31. f4 Be7 32. f5 Bc5 33. Kf3 a5 34.
Ke4 a4 35. f4 Be7 36. Bf2 b5 37. Rg1 Kf8 38. Bb6 Rb8 39. Bc7 Rb7 40. Bd6 c5 41.
Bxe7+ Rbxe7 42. Rxg7 Kxg7 43. f6+ Kf8 44. fxe7+ Kxe7 45. Rd5 Rc8 46. f5 Rc6 47.
f6+ Ke8 48. Rd6 Rc8 49. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 Qe7 11. Nf3 a6 12. Nd2 Ba7 13. Nc4 O-O-O 14. Qe1
Kb8 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 f6 17. f4 exf4 18. Qxf4 Ne5 19. Kh1 Rhe8 20. Na5 c5
21. Qg3 Rd7 22. Nc4 Qe6 23. Rf5 Ka7 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25. Raf1 b6 26. Qf3 Kb7 27.
h4 a5 28. Qg3 Rde7 29. R1f2 Qd7 30. Qe3 Re6 31. Kh2 R6e7 32. R2f3 Re6 33. Qf2
R6e7 34. Rg3 Qe6 35. h5 Qh6 36. Qe3 Qd6 37. Rgf3 Qe6 38. Qg5 Qg8 39. Rf8 Qe6
40. Rxe8 Rxe8 41. Qxg7 Rg8 42. Rf6 Qxb3 43. Qxh7 Qa2 44. Qf7 Qxf7 45. Rxf7 a4
46. Kh3 b5 47. g4 b4 48. Kh4 Kc6 49. h6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d6 7. Qe2 Qe7 8.
Be3 Bb6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h3 Rb8 12. Rhe1 Nd7 13. Na4 Re8 14. f4
Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Nb6 16. Nc3 c5 17. Qf2 f6 18. g4 Be6 19. Rg1 Rf8 20. h4 Bc4 21.
Qf3 c6 22. g5 Rbd8 23. Bxc4+ Nxc4 24. Qd3 Nb6 25. Rg4 d5 26. gxf6 Rxf6 27. Rdg1
Rf7 28. e5 Kh8 29. h5 Rdf8 30. Qg3 Rg8 31. Nd1 d4 32. Nf2 Qe6 33. b3 Qf5 34.
Qd3 Nd5 35. Qxf5 Rxf5 36. Nd3 Rxh5 37. Nxc5 Ne3 38. Rg5 Rh2 39. Ne4 g6 40. Nd2
Rf8 41. e6 Nf5 42. Re1 Re8 43. Nf3 Rf2 44. Ne5 Kg7 45. Reg1 Rxf4 46. Nd3 Rf3
47. Ne5 Rf2 48. Nd3 Rf3 49. Ne5 Rf4 50. Nd3 Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 a6 5. c3 b5 6. Bc2 Bb7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Re1
g6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bg7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nf1 Rc8 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. Bd3 Qb8 15.
Bd2 e5 16. d5 Nc5 17. Bc2 Ba8 18. h3 Kh8 19. b4 Ncd7 20. a4 Nb6 21. axb5 axb5
22. Bd3 Nc4 23. Qe2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Ng8 25. Ra5 Bh6 26. Qb2 Qc7 27. Rxb5 Bc1 28.
Qa1 Bf4 29. Ra5 Qb6 30. Ra6 Qxb4 31. Ne2 Bh6 32. Rb1 Qc5 33. Ra7 Be3 34. fxe3
Qxe3+ 35. Kh1 Qxd3 36. Ng3 Nf6 37. Re1 Kg8 38. Kh2 h5 39. Ra3 Qc2 40. Ra6 Rfd8
41. Nxe5 h4 42. Nf1 Nxe4 43. Ng4 Nc3 44. Ra3 Bxd5 45. Nfe3 Qd2 46. Nf6+ Kf8 47.
Nfxd5 Nxd5 48. Qh8+ Ke7 49. Nxd5+ Kd7 50. Nf6+ Kc6 51. Qxh4 d5 52. Rea1 g5 53.
Ra6+ Kb5 54. Qa4+ Kc5 55. Ra5+ Kd6 56. Rxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Bf6 15. Ne2 Ne7 16. Ng3 Ng6 17. Bd2 c6 18. Bb4 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Re1 Qd7
21. Qf5 Qxf5 22. Nxf5 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. O-O
d6 9. axb5 axb5 10. h3 h6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Ne2 Re8 13. c3 Bb6 14. Ng3 Be6 15.
Re1 d5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 dxe4 18. dxe4 Qxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Ra8 20. Rc1 Ra2 21.
b4 Bc4 22. Be2 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 Rb2 24. Ng3 Na7 25. Ne1 Nc8 26. Nd3 Ra2 27. c4
bxc4 28. Rxc4 Ra7 29. Re1 Nd6 30. Rc6 g6 31. f3 Kg7 32. Rec1 Re7 33. R6c5 Ra3
34. Nxe5 Nd7 35. Rxc7 Rxe5 36. Rxd7 Nb5 37. Ne2 Ra2 38. Nf4 g5 39. Nh5+ Kg6 40.
g4 Re6 41. f4 Rd6 42. f5+ Kh7 43. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Nc3 Bxf4 12. gxf4 a5 13. Kh1 Na6 14. e3 Nb4 15.
Qe2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c6 17. Rg1 Qe7 18. Rg5 Kh8 19. Rag1 g6 20. Qc2 Nxc2 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
d4 Nd7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Bd4+ 12. Kh1 f5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qe2
O-O 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. e5 Be7 17. Be3 c5 18. c4 Qe8 19. Bf2 Rd8 20. b3 Qc6 21. Qe1
Qe4 22. Bh4 Qxe1 23. Rfxe1 Bxh4 24. Nxh4 Rd4 25. g3 Bd7 26. Kg1 Bc6 27. Kf2
Rfd8 28. Re2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. Nf3 f6 4. e3 e5 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Nfd2 f5 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. O-O Be7 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. Ne5 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bd5 17. f4 exf3 18. Nxf3 Bd6 19. Qd2 Rf6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 Rg6 22. Rf2 Qh4 23. Re1 Re8 24. e6 Be4 25. Qd7 Rexe6 26. Qc8+ Kf7 27. Rd1
Re8 28. Rd7+ Re7 29. Rd8 Rge6 30. Rg8 Rg6 31. Rf8# 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
Be3 d6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Rad1 b5 12. f4 e5 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. f5 Rd7
15. Nd5 Bb7 16. c4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Ne7 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Kh1 Kh8 20. Rd3 Bxe4
21. Qxe4 d5 22. Qh4 Ng8 23. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14.
Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. O-O g6 8. Re1
Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Nbd2 b5 12. Nf1 Na5 13. Ng3 c5 14. d5 h6 15. b3
Nb7 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Rf1 a5 19. Nh2 a4 20. b4 Rac8 21. Bd3 cxb4 22.
cxb4 Qc3 23. Rac1 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 h5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Ne8 28.
Ne2 Nc7 29. Nc3 f5 30. Nf3 Bf6 31. Be3 fxe4 32. Bxe4 Bf5 33. Nd2 Kg7 34. f3 h4
35. Ndb1 Na6 36. a3 Nc7 37. Bb6 Na8 38. Ba7 Nc7 39. Bb6 Na8 40. Be3 Nc7 41. Kf2
Kf7 42. Bb6 Na8 43. Ba7 Nc7 44. Bb6 Na8 45. Be3 Nc7 46. Ke2 Ke7 47. Bb6 Na8 48.
Ba7 Nc7 49. Bb6 Na8 50. Be3 Nc7 51. Bd3 Kf7 52. Nd2 e4 53. Ndxe4 Bxe4 54. Nxe4
Bb2 55. Bb6 Nxd5 56. Be3 Nxe3 57. Kxe3 d5 58. Ng5+ Kf6 59. f4 Bxa3 60. Bxb5
Bc1+ 61. Kd3 a3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Qe7 9. Nbd2 Bg4 10. Nc4 O-O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2 g5 13. Bg3 g4 14. hxg4
Bxg4 15. Bh4 Rdg8 16. d4 exd4 17. e5 Rg6 18. Rae1 Rhg8 19. Bg3 Nh5 20. exd6
Qxe2 21. Rxe2 Bxf3 22. gxf3 cxd6 23. Kh2 Nxg3 24. fxg3 b5 25. Na5 Kc7 26. Rg1
Kb6 27. Nb3 c5 28. Re7 Rf6 29. Nd2 h5 30. Kg2 d5 31. Rh1 Rg5 32. Kf2 Rfg6 33.
Nf1 Rf5 34. Re8 Re6 35. Rxe6+ fxe6 36. Rh4 e5 37. Ke2 c4 38. b4 a5 39. a3 axb4
40. axb4 Kc6 41. Nd2 Kd6 42. Rh1 Rf8 43. Rxh5 Ra8 44. Rh6+ Ke7 45. Rh5 Kd6 46.
Rh6+ Ke7 47. Rh5 Ra2 48. Kd1 Ra1+ 49. Ke2 Rc1 50. Rxe5+ Kd6 51. Rh5 Rxc2 52.
Kd1 Ra2 53. Rh6+ Kc7 54. Rh7+ Kd6 55. Rh6+ Ke7 56. Rh7+ Ke6 57. Rh6+ Kf7 58.
Rh7+ Kg6 59. Rd7 d3 60. Ke1 c3 61. Nb3 Rb2 62. Rxd5 Rxb3 63. Rxd3 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bc2 Be7 11. Qd3 g6 12. a3 Bf6 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Bb3 Nce7 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qe4 Nf6 18. Qe5 Bd7 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxd5
Qb6 21. b4 Bb5 22. Rfe1 Rad8 23. Bb3 Bc6 24. Qc3 Rc8 25. h3 Bd5 26. Qd3 Rfd8
27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Qb3 Qd6 29. Rad1 Rd8 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Qb2 Qd6 32. Re2 Qf4
33. Rd2 Rxd2 34. Nxd2 Kg8 35. Qc3 Ne4 36. Nxe4 Qxe4 37. g3 h5 38. h4 a6 39. a4
Qd5 40. a5 Qe4 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qc3+ Kg8 43. Qc8+ Kg7 44. Qc3+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Nb3
g6 9. a5 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Be2 Be6 12. Bb6 Qc8 13. O-O Nd7 14. Na4 Bxb3 15.
cxb3 Qe8 16. Qd2 Nxb6 17. Nxb6 Rd8 18. b4 Nd4 19. Bc4 e6 20. Rfe1 Qe7 21. Rad1
Rfe8 22. Re3 Qg5 23. Rd3 Qxd2 24. R3xd2 Nc6 25. Rxd6 Bxb2 26. Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 d6 9. exd6 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14.
Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Qd5 10. O-O Qxe4 11. Bxe4 a5 12. d4 Nd7 13. c4 Nf6 14. Bf3
Bd6 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Be7 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5
cxd5 21. Rc7 Bf6 22. Rxb7 d4 23. Bd2 a4 24. Kf1 h6 25. h4 h5 26. Bf4 d3 27. a3
Rac8 28. Rb4 Rc2 29. Rxa4 Bxb2 30. Be3 Rc3 31. Rd4 Ra8 32. Rd5 Rcxa3 33. R1xd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.09.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ke2 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. c3 b6 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Ngf3 Qd7 8. b4
O-O-O 9. a3 Kb8 10. Bb2 g6 11. Ke1 Bh6 12. Rd1 Rhe8 13. Be2 Nh5 14. b5 Na5 15.
c4 Nf4 16. Bf1 dxc4 17. dxc4 f5 18. c5 fxe4 19. c6 Nxc6 20. bxc6 Bxc6 21. Nxe5
Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 exd3 23. Qc4 Bxg2 24. Rg1 Bb7 25. Qh4 Qf5 26. Qxh6 Rxe5+ 27. Bxe5
Qxe5+ 28. Qe3 Qxh2 29. Kf1 Qh5 30. f3 Bc6 31. Qg5 Qh3+ 32. Kf2 Qh2+ 33. Rg2 Qd6
34. Re1 Rf8 35. Kg1 Rf5 36. Qe7 Qf4 37. Qd8+ Kb7 38. Qxd3 Rd5 39. Qe3 Qh4 40.
Qf2 Qa4 41. Re3 Qd1+ 42. Qe1 Qa4 43. Rc3 Rh5 44. Rg4 Qa5 45. Qc1 Qe5 46. Nf1
Qe6 47. Rgc4 Bb5 48. Rxc7+ Ka6 49. a4 Be2 50. Re3 Rg5+ 51. Kf2 Qh3 52. Kxe2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hansch, Karsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qa6 8. e6
Qxd3 9. exf7+ Kxf7 10. cxd3 Nh6 11. Nf3 Nf5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nc3 e6
15. Ne2 Bd6 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bh2 e4 18. Ng5+ Kf6 19. dxe4 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 dxe4 21.
Ng3 e3 22. Nxf5 exf2 23. Ne4+ Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Kxf5 25. Re2 Nf6 26. Rxf2+ Ke4 27.
Re2+ Kd5 28. Re7 g6 29. Rxb7 Re8 30. Rxa7 Ng4+ 31. Kh1 Re2 32. a4 Rxb2 33. a5
Ke4 34. Rf7 Nf2+ 35. Kg1 Nd3 36. a6 Nf4 37. Rxf4+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Valdes Romero, Leonardo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. d3 Qc8 6. e4 Nc6 7. c3 Bh3 8. Nbd2
h5 9. Qe2 h4 10. d4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 hxg3 12. fxg3 e5 13. d5 Nce7 14. Nc4 Qg4 15.
Ng1 Qxe2+ 16. Nxe2 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Ne3 Nh6 19. c4 Kd7 20. Nc3 Rag8 21. Kh1
f4 22. gxf4 exf4 23. Ng2 Nhf5 24. Bxf4 Ng6 25. Rae1 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rh3 27. Kg1
Ngh4 28. Re2 Rxc3 29. Kh1 Rxc4 30. Bg3 Nxg3+ 31. hxg3 Ng6 32. Rf7+ Kc8 33. Kh2
Ne5 34. Rh7 Rc3 35. Nf4 Rcxg3 36. Ne6 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Pultinevicius, Paulius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. e3 d5 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O e6 7. d3 a6 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Nd2 Bd6 11. f4 b5 12. Rf3 Bb7 13. Rg3 Rg8 14. c4 O-O-O 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. a4 b4 17. Rc1 g5 18. d4 gxf4 19. exf4 Rxg3 20. hxg3 Ne4 21. Nxe4
dxe4 22. Qh5 f5 23. Nf7 Rg8 24. dxc5 Bxf4 25. Nd6+ Kb8 26. gxf4 Bd5 27. Be5 Ka8
28. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Maly, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be2
Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Rc8 11. Bd2 a6 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Nd5 Nd7 15.
Bc3 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Nde5 17. Ng5 Nd7 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Nf4 Nf8 20. c5 e5 21. Bc4+
Kg7 22. Nd5 dxc5 23. Qxc5 Nd4 24. Qb4 b5 25. Bf1 a5 26. Rxc8 axb4 27. Rxd8 Rxd8
28. Rb1 Ra8 29. Nxb4 Rc8 30. b3 Nfe6 31. a4 bxa4 32. bxa4 Rb8 33. Bb5 h5 34.
Na2 Nc5 35. Nc3 h4 36. f3 e6 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. Ra1 g5 39. Ra2 Rc8 40. Bf1 Nd7 41.
Nd1 Rc1 42. Ne3 Nc5 43. a5 Rb1 44. a6 Nxa6 45. Ng4+ Kg6 46. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c5 8. h4
dxc4 9. h5 Nd5 10. h6 g6 11. Bxc4 Nxf4 12. exf4 a6 13. d5 Nb6 14. b3 Bf6 15.
Ne5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qa5+ 18. Qd2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 b5 20. Be2 Bf5 21.
Rxc5 Rad8+ 22. Ke3 Be7 23. Rc6 f6 24. g4 Bc8 25. Rc7 Rfe8 26. Bf3 fxe5 27. Bc6
exf4+ 28. Kf3 Bf8 29. Bxe8 Rxe8 30. Rhc1 Be6 31. R1c5 Bxc5 32. Rxc5 Rc8 33. Re5
Kf7 34. a4 bxa4 35. bxa4 Rc4 36. Ra5 Bc8 37. g5 Bb7+ 38. Kg4 f3+ 39. Kg3 Ke6
0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3
Nbd7 9. Rb1 Bb4 10. Qb3 a5 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 a4 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O Nb6 15.
c5 Nc4 16. Rd1 Na5 17. Qc2 Nb3 18. Bd2 g5 19. f3 g4 20. f4 Nd7 21. h3 gxh3 22.
Bxh3 f5 23. Bg2 Nf6 24. Bf3 Kf7 25. Kg2 Rh8 26. Rh1 Qe7 27. Bb4 Ne4 28. Rbg1 g5
29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Qf2 gxf4 31. Qxf4 Rag8 32. Bc3 Rxh1 33. Rxh1 Qg5 34. Qc7+ Ke8
35. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 dxc4 6. bxc4 c5 7. Qc2 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bb2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rad1 Nbd7 12. d4 cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8 14. Qb3 Qc7
15. Nd2 Rfd8 16. Rfe1 Nb8 17. Na4 Nbd7 18. Nc3 Nb8 19. Na4 Nbd7 20. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 g5 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. e6 gxf4 17. exd7 Bxd7 18. Qxe4 fxg3 19. fxg3 b6 20. Qe7 Bh3
21. Rf4 Rae8 22. Qh4 Qxh4 23. Rxh4 Bc8 24. Kf2 Re5 25. Re1 Rc5 26. Re3 Ra5 27.
Re2 Rc5 28. Re3 Ra5 29. Re2 Ba6 30. Rd2 Rc8 31. Nb3 Rf5+ 32. Ke3 Rxc3+ 33. Ke4
Rf6 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Rg4+ Rg6 36. Rxg6+ hxg6 37. Rd7 Rc2 38. Rxa7 Rxa2 39. Ke3
Re2+ 40. Kd4 Bc8 41. h4 Rg2 42. Rc7 Rxg3 43. Nd2 Bf5 44. Nc4 Rg4+ 45. Ke5 Re4+
46. Kd5 Rxh4 47. Nd6 Be6+ 48. Ke5 Rh5+ 49. Ke4 b5 50. Ke3 b4 51. Rb7 b3 52.
Ne8+ Kf8 53. Nc7 Rh2 54. Nxe6+ fxe6 55. Kf4 b2 56. Ke5 Rf2 57. Kxe6 g5 58. Ke5
g4 59. Ke4 g3 60. Ke3 Ke8 61. Rb3 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 Ngf6 7. Re1 O-O 8. d4
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. c4 Be6 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Nc3 Rfd8 14. Bc2 a6
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Red1 b5 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. b3 f6 21.
Bd3 Bf8 22. Be3 Qa5 23. Rc2 Rc7 24. Rdc1 Rdc8 25. f4 Bd6 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. Qf2
c4 28. bxc4 Qa3 29. Bf1 bxc4 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 Rb8 32. Bd4 Rb1 33. Bxe5
fxe5 34. h3 Qf8 35. a4 Ra1 36. Qxf8+ Kxf8 37. Kf2 Bxa4 38. Rc8+ Ke7 39. Bxa6
Bd7 40. Ra8 Kd6 41. Bb7 Rxa8 42. Bxa8 Kc7 43. Kf3 h6 44. Ke3 Bb5 45. g3 Bf1 46.
h4 Bb5 47. Kd2 Kb8 48. Bc6 Bxc6 49. dxc6 Kc7 50. Kc3 Kxc6 51. Kb4 Kb6 52. Kc4
Kc6 53. g4 Kd6 54. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14.
Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vastrukhin, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. h3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3
c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 c4 12. Bf1 Qa5 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Ng5 b5 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. f4 b4 17. cxb4 Qxb4 18. c3 Qa3 19. Reb1 Rab8 20. h4 h5 21. g3 Kf7
22. Qc2 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Rb8 24. Rxb8 Nxb8 25. Bc1 Qa5 26. Be2 Nd7 27. Bd1 Qb5 28.
a4 Qb6 29. Kf1 Nb8 30. Qb2 Qxb2 31. Bxb2 a5 32. Ba3 Nc6 33. Bc2 Bh6 34. Bc5 Bg7
35. Bb6 Bh6 36. Bd1 Bg7 37. Bf3 Bh6 38. Ke2 Bg7 39. Bc5 Bh6 40. Ba3 Bg7 41. Bc1
Bh6 42. Be3 Nd8 43. Kf2 Kg7 44. Bc1 Kf7 45. Ba3 Nc6 46. Bc5 Bg7 47. Bb6 Bh6 48.
Bd1 Kg7 49. Kg2 Kf7 50. Bc5 Kg7 51. Ba3 Kf7 52. Bc1 Kg7 53. Kh3 Kf7 54. Bc2 Kg7
55. g4 hxg4+ 56. Kxg4 Kf7 57. h5 gxh5+ 58. Kxh5 Kg7 59. Bg6 Nb8 60. Be8 Na6 61.
Bc6 Nc7 62. Kg4 Kf7 63. Ba3 Ne8 64. Bxe8+ Kxe8 65. Bc5 Kd7 66. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. b4 b6
9. Bd3 a5 10. a3 h6 11. O-O Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. Qe2 Ra7 14. Rfc1 Qa8 15. Rab1
axb4 16. axb4 Qb7 17. h3 Rfa8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Nd7 20. Bg3 b5 21. Kh2 Bd8
22. Qb2 Bc7 23. Ra1 Bxg3+ 24. Kxg3 e5 25. Rxa7 Qxa7 26. Kh2 exd4 27. exd4 Nf8
28. Qd2 Ne6 29. f4 Qb8 30. g3 Ra3 31. f5 Ng5 32. Qe2 Rb3 33. h4 Nh7 34. Qa2
Rxb4 35. Qa6 Qe8 36. Rc2 Nf6 37. Re2 Qd7 38. Qa8+ Kh7 39. Qf8 Qxf5 40. Kg2 Rc4
41. Rf2 Qe6 42. Re2 Qg4 43. Re3 Qxd4 44. Re7 Rxc3 45. Qxf7 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. O-O a6 6. c4 Nxe4 7. Re1 Nef6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 g6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Nc3 e6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Qd8
15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qxd6 Qe7 17. Qc7 Qb4 18. Bxd7+ Bxd7 19. Ne5 Qe7 20. Rad1 Ba4
21. Qxe7+ Kxe7 22. b3 Be8 23. f4 Rc8 24. Kf2 f6 25. Nf3 Bd7 26. g4 b5 27. cxb5
axb5 28. Rd2 Rc5 29. g5 fxg5 30. Nxg5 Rf8 31. Ke3 e5 32. Nf3 Rxf4 33. Red1 Bc6
34. Ng1 Rc3+ 35. Ke2 b4 36. Ke1 Bb5 37. Rd5 Rf1+ 38. Kd2 Rxd1+ 39. Kxd1 Rd3+
40. Rxd3 Bxd3 41. Nf3 Kd6 42. Ng5 h5 43. Kd2 Bf5 44. h4 Kd5 45. Kc1 e4 46. Nf7
e3 47. Kd1 Bb1 48. Ke2 Bxa2 49. Nh8 Bxb3 50. Kxe3 Bc2 51. Kd2 Bf5 52. Nf7 Ke4
53. Nd8 Kf4 54. Nc6 b3 55. Kc3 Bc2 56. Ne7 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Be6 7. Bd3 Bd5
8. Qe2 Nd7 9. Be4 Bxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Re1 e6 14. d3
O-O 15. c3 Qd5 16. d4 Rad8 17. Bg5 Rd7 18. Ne5 Rc7 19. Bf4 Rcc8 20. h3 Nd7 21.
Nf3 c5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Ne5 Rfd8 24. Rad1 Qxa2 25. Ra1 Qb3 26. Rxa7 f6 27. Ng4
Nd3 28. Bh6 Nxe1 29. Qxe1 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grunberg, Mihai Lucian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. e3 Bg7 7. exd4 cxd4 8. O-O
Nf6 9. a3 a5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 Nd7 13. Rb5 Qc7 14. Bf4 e5 15.
Bd2 Nc5 16. b4 Nxd3 17. Qe2 Qxc4 18. a4 Nb2 19. Qxc4 Nxc4 20. bxa5 e4 21. Bb4
Re8 22. Na3 Nxa3 23. Rxa3 f5 24. Bf1 d3 25. Bc3 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Rd8 27. Rc1 Ra7
28. Rd1 Be6 29. f3 Rd4 30. Kf2 Bd7 31. Re5 Bxa4 32. Ra1 d2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kubicka, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. Bb2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. c4
b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Nd5 Bxd5
15. cxd5 Ne4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rd4 Nf6 18. Rc1 Re7 19. Ba6 Qd7 20. Rc4 b5 21.
Rc6 Rb8 22. Qd3 Rb6 23. Bxb5 Rxc6 24. Bxc6 Qg4 25. Rc4 Qh5 26. h3 Re5 27. Rd4
Rg5 28. Kf1 Re5 29. Qd1 Qh6 30. Bb5 Ne4 31. Qc2 Nf6 32. Qxc7 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Nxd5
34. Qxa7 Qh5 35. Qd4+ Nf6 36. Be2 Qa5 37. g4 h6 38. a4 Qa8 39. Kg1 Qc6 40. a5
Qc1+ 41. Bf1 Qa3 42. a6 d5 43. a7 g5 44. Qa4 Qb2 45. a8=Q Ne4 46. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Di Berardino, Diego Rafael"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bd2 Nf6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Bd3 Bg6 13. Kb1 Qd5 14. h4
O-O-O 15. Bc1 Rg8 16. g3 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 h5 18. b3 Rg4 19. Re1 Bb4 20. c3 Be7 21.
c4 Qf5 22. Qc2 Bb4 23. Re2 Nd7 24. Rde3 Qxc2+ 25. Kxc2 f5 26. Rd3 Bd6 27. Bg5
Re8 28. Nh2 Re4 29. Rxe4 fxe4 30. Re3 f5 31. Nf1 e5 32. dxe5 Nxe5 33. Nd2 Kd7
34. Bf4 Ng4 35. Re2 Bxf4 36. gxf4 Nf6 37. Nf1 Rg8 38. Ng3 Ke6 39. Re3 Rg4 40.
Ne2 c5 41. b4 cxb4 42. Nd4+ Kd7 43. Nxf5 Rxf4 44. Ng3 Rxh4 45. Kb3 Rf4 46. Kxb4
h4 47. Ne2 Rxf2 48. Nc3 Rf3 49. Re1 e3 50. Rh1 h3 51. Ne2 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. d4 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. h4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 h5 11. g5 Nd5 12. Bg2 Bb4 13. Bd2 O-O 14. e4 N5b6 15.
Qb3 a5 16. a3 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Be7 18. Ne2 c5 19. Nf4 cxd4 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21. Qxe6+
Kh7 22. O-O Nc5 23. Qc4 Rc8 24. Rad1 Nxe4 25. Qd3 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 Qc7 27. Rfe1
Bc5 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Ba7 30. Qd3 Qf4 31. Re2 Qxh4 32. Be4 Rc3 33. Bxg6+ Kh8
34. Qf5 Rcc8 35. Qe4 Qxg5+ 36. Qg2 Qxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Rc6 38. Bxh5 Rcf6 39. f3 g6
40. Bg4 R8f7 41. Re8+ Kg7 42. Be6 Rc7 43. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. d4 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
O-O 9. b4 Bb6 10. c4 a5 11. c5 Bc7 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bd3 Ng6 14. O-O Qe7 15. b6
Bb8 16. Qc2 e5 17. e4 Nf4 18. Rac1 Bg4 19. exd5 N6xd5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Rfe1 f5
22. c6 bxc6 23. Nxe5 Qh4 24. Qxc6 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Rac8 26. Qxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxc8+
Kxh7 28. b7 Nd3 29. Bg3 Qg5 30. b8=Q Nxe1 31. Rh8+ Kg6 32. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 a5 6. c3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
h6 9. a4 Bb6 10. Nf1 Ne7 11. Ng3 Ng6 12. h3 c6 13. Bb3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nh5
Re8 16. Qd2 Bf5 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. Qxh6+ Kg8 19. Bg5 Qd6 20. Nh4 Qe6 21. c4
Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Ndf4 23. Kg1 Nxd3 24. c5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 Be7 4. e3 O-O 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. Ne5 c5 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. f4 Ne4 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bb5 Bc6
15. Ba6 Bf6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. c4 Rfd8 18. Rd2 cxd4 19. exd4 Rd7 20. a3 Rad8 21.
Rfd1 g6 22. Qe3 Bg7 23. a4 Qd6 24. g4 h6 25. Bb5 Qc7 26. f5 g5 27. fxe6 fxe6
28. Re2 Bxb5 29. axb5 Rf8 30. Qxe4 Rf4 31. Qxe6+ Kh7 32. h3 Bxd4+ 33. Bxd4
Rfxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. Qe7+ Qxe7 36. Rxe7+ Kg8 37. Rxa7 Rd3 38. c5 Rxb3 39.
cxb6 Rxb5 40. b7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. b3 f6 4. d4 Nc6 5. Bb2 Bg4 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bxe2 8.
Qxe2 Nxd4 9. exd4 Qd7 10. O-O e6 11. c4 Kf7 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. dxe6+
Qxe6 15. Qxe6+ Kxe6 16. Bxc3 Ne7 17. Rfe1+ Kf7 18. Rac1 Nd5 19. Bd2 Rhd8 20. f3
Rd7 21. Kf2 Rad8 22. Re4 Ne7 23. Rc4 Nf5 24. Bf4 g5 25. g4 Nxd4 26. Be3 Nc6 27.
Rc5 h6 28. f4 Ne7 29. Rc2 Nd5 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Kf3 a6 32. h3 Ne7 33. Rec4 Nc6
34. Kg2 Kg6 35. Bf2 Rd3 36. R4c3 Rxc3 37. Rxc3 Rd2 38. a3 Ra2 39. b4 Ne5 40.
Kg3 b5 41. Bd4 Nc4 42. Rf3 Rxa3 43. Rxa3 Nxa3 44. Kf3 f5 45. gxf5+ Kxf5 46. Ke2
Nc4 47. Bc5 Ne5 48. Ke3 Nc6 49. Bd6 Ke6 50. Bf8 Ke5 51. Kd3 Kd5 52. Kc3 Ke4 53.
Bh6 Kf5 54. Bf8 Nd8 55. Kd3 Ne6 56. Be7 Nf4+ 57. Kd4 Nxh3 58. Kc5 g4 59. Bh4
Ke4 60. Kb6 Kd5 61. Kxa6 Kc4 62. Ka5 Nf4 63. Kb6 Ne2 64. Kc6 g3 65. Bxg3 Nxg3
0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Ngf6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
a6 9. d4 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Nf1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qc7 14. Bd3 e5 15.
d5 Nc5 16. Bc2 Nh5 17. Be3 Nf4 18. Rc1 Qe7 19. g3 Nh5 20. b4 Nd7 21. Nh4 Nhf6
22. Bd3 Qd8 23. Qe2 Nb6 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Rc1 Bd7 26. f3 Qb8 27. Qf2 Na4 28.
Ng2 Rc8 29. Qd2 Bf8 30. Rxc8 Qxc8 31. Qc2 Be7 32. Qxc8+ Bxc8 33. Nd2 Bd8 34.
Nb3 Nd7 35. Ne1 Nc3 36. a3 Nb6 37. Na5 Nd1 38. Bh6 Bd7 39. Nc6 Bc7 40. Ne7+ Kh8
41. f4 Nb2 42. f5 Bd8 43. f6 Bxe7 44. fxe7 Nc8 45. Be2 Nxe7 46. Bg5 Nc8 47.
Bf6+ Kg8 48. Nc2 Nb6 49. Ne3 Kf8 50. g4 N2a4 51. Kf2 Nc3 52. Bd3 Nca4 53. g5
Nb2 54. Be2 Ke8 55. Ke1 N2c4 56. Nxc4 Nxc4 57. Bxc4 bxc4 58. Kd2 Bh3 59. Kc3
Bf1 60. a4 Kd7 61. h4 Bg2 62. Kxc4 Bxe4 63. Bg7 Bc2 64. b5 axb5+ 65. axb5 Bd1
66. Bf8 Be2+ 67. Kb4 Bf3 68. Kc4 Be2+ 69. Kb4 Kc7 70. b6+ Kxb6 71. Bxd6 e4 72.
Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bg4 8. O-O
Nd7 9. d5 Bxf3 10. exf3 Na5 11. Qd3 e5 12. Be3 b6 13. b4 Nb7 14. a3 f5 15. Rac1
h5 16. f4 Re8 17. Ne2 a5 18. fxe5 axb4 19. axb4 Nxe5 20. Qd2 Ng4 21. Nf4 Nxe3
22. fxe3 Bh6 23. Ne6 Qe7 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Nd8 26. Ra7 Kh7 27. Qd4 Nxe6 28.
dxe6 Qxe6 29. Rxc7+ Re7 30. Rxe7+ Qxe7 31. Kf2 Qa7 32. Qxd6 Qa2+ 33. Kf3 Qxc4
34. Qe7+ Bg7 35. h4 Qc2 36. Bf1 Qc1 37. Kf2 Kh6 38. Qg5+ Kh7 39. Qe7 Qc6 40.
Be2 Qh1 41. Bf3 Qc1 42. Be2 Qc3 43. Bf1 Qc6 44. Be2 Qc8 45. Bf1 Kh8 46. Be2 Bf8
47. Qf6+ Kh7 48. Qf7+ Bg7 49. Qe7 Qb8 50. Bc4 b5 51. Be2 Qa8 52. Bxb5 Qa2+ 53.
Be2 Qb2 54. b5 Qe5 55. Qxe5 Bxe5 56. b6 Kg7 57. Bf3 Kf6 58. Bc6 Bb8 59. Be8 Bd6
60. b7 Bb8 61. Kf3 Bc7 62. Bc6 Bb8 63. e4 fxe4+ 64. Bxe4 g5 65. Bc6 gxh4 66.
gxh4 Kg7 67. Be8 Kh8 68. Ke4 Bc7 69. Bxh5 Bb8 70. Bg4 Bh2 71. h5 Bb8 72. Kf5
Bh2 73. Kg6 Bb8 74. Kg5 Bh2 75. Kf6 Bb8 76. Kf7 Bh2 77. Ke6 Bb8 78. Kd7 Bh2 79.
Kc8 Bg3 80. b8=Q Bxb8 81. Kxb8 Kg7 82. Kc7 Kh8 83. Kd6 Kg7 84. Ke5 Kh8 85. Kf4
Kg7 86. Kg5 Kh8 87. h6 Kh7 88. Bf5+ Kh8 89. Be4 Kg8 90. Kg6 Kh8 91. h7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Skliarov, Viktor"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Qf3 e6 6. Nge2 d5 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. e5
Nfd7 9. h4 c5 10. Nb5 O-O 11. c3 f6 12. h5 fxe5 13. Qh3 e4 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 15.
hxg6 Nf6 16. Qe5 exd3 17. Rxh7+ Kg8 18. Rxg7+ Kxg7 19. Bh6+ Kxh6 20. O-O-O dxe2
21. Rh1+ Kxg6 22. Nd6 Rh8 23. Re1 Nc6 24. Qg3+ Bg4 25. f3 Nh5 26. Qxg4+ Qg5+
0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gabrielian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
Ng4 9. c4 dxe5 10. Nc3 f5 11. e4 Kh8 12. Qd2 c6 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Qd6 Qxd6 15.
Rxd6 Ngf6 16. Ng5 Re8 17. Ne6 Rb8 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Rfd1 Nf8 21.
f4 Ng6 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Bf1 Nf7 24. Nd5 Nxd6 25. Nxf6 Kf7 26. Rxd6 Re6 27. c5
Rxd6 28. cxd6 Be6 29. Be2 Rd8 30. Bh5+ Kg7 31. Be8 Bf7 32. d7 Kg6 33. h4 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. Nbd2 c5 8. c3 d4
9. cxd4 cxd4 10. a3 Nbc6 11. b4 b5 12. Nb3 a5 13. Bd2 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15.
Qxa1 h6 16. Rc1 g5 17. h4 g4 18. Ne1 Kh7 19. Qa8 Qb6 20. Nc5 Rd8 21. Ra1 Bf8
22. Qa2 Kg8 23. Qc2 Ng6 24. Rc1 h5 25. f4 exf4 26. Bxf4 Nxf4 27. gxf4 Nxb4 28.
Qd2 Bxc5 29. f5 Be7 30. e5 Bxf5 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nbd2 Qxc5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. a3 Qc7 8.
c4 O-O 9. O-O a5 10. Rb1 a4 11. Qe2 d6 12. Nd4 Nc6 13. Nb5 Qd8 14. h3 Nd7 15.
Rd1 Nc5 16. Bc2 Be6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Na5 19. Bd5 Qc8 20. Nd4 Bxd5 21. cxd5
Qc5 22. Nf3 Rfc8 23. Bd2 Qxd5 24. Qe1 Nb3 25. Bc3 Bxc3 26. Rxd5 Bxe1 27. Nxe1
Rc5 28. Rxc5 Nxc5 29. Rc1 Ra6 30. Rc2 Rb6 31. Kf1 Rb3 32. Ke2 b5 33. Nf3 b4 34.
axb4 Rxb4 35. Nd4 Kf8 36. Nc6 Rb6 37. Na5 Rb5 38. Nc4 Rb4 39. Kd2 Ke8 40. f3 f6
41. e4 Kd7 42. Ne3 Rb3 43. Nd5 f5 44. exf5 Rd3+ 45. Ke2 Rxd5 46. fxg6 hxg6 47.
Rc4 Kc6 48. h4 Re5+ 49. Kd2 Kb5 50. Rg4 Re6 51. g3 Nd7 52. Rg5+ Nc5 53. g4 Kb4
54. h5 gxh5 55. gxh5 Kb3 56. Rg2 Kxb2 57. Rh2 a3 58. h6 a2 59. h7 a1=Q 60.
h8=Q+ Ka2 61. Qxa1+ Kxa1 62. Kc3 Re3+ 63. Kc4 Rxf3 64. Rh1+ Ka2 65. Rh2+ Ka3
66. Kb5 Rb3+ 67. Kc6 Rb4 68. Rh3+ Ka4 69. Rh1 Rb3 70. Rh4+ Rb4 71. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Nxe5 Bxe5 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 e5 11. c5 h5 12. f3 Kh7 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Rc1 Bh6 15.
Qd2 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Bd7 17. b4 a5 18. b5 Kg7 19. Na4 h4 20. Qb6 Qe7 21. Rc7 Rab8
22. Qf2 Qd8 23. Rfc1 Nh5 24. Nb6 Be8 25. Bf1 Nf4 26. Kh1 Bc6 27. dxc6 Qxc7 28.
Nd7 bxc6 29. bxc6 Rh8 30. Nxb8 Rxb8 31. Qxh4 Ne6 32. Qe1 Nc5 33. Bc4 Qxc6 34.
Qxa5 Nxe4 35. Qd5 Nf2+ 36. Kg1 Qb6 37. Qxf7+ Kh6 38. Kf1 Nh1 39. Ke1 Qe3+ 40.
Kd1 Nf2+ 41. Kc2 Qd4 42. Bb3 Rc8+ 43. Kb1 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. Ngf3 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5 c5
9. Re1 Nbc6 10. Nf1 b5 11. h4 b4 12. h5 Nf5 13. g4 Nfd4 14. N1h2 Qc7 15. h6
Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. c3 Ndc6 18. Bf4 g5 19. Bg3 f6 20. d4 Bb7 21. dxe5 fxe5
22. Nf3 Rf4 23. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe4+ Qe6 12. Qd4 Qd6 13. Qe4+ Qe6 14.
Qd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. Nbd2 dxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8.
O-O Qe7 9. b4 Bd6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Be2 c6 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re1 Nbd7 15.
Nc4 Bc7 16. Ne3 Bg6 17. Bd3 Rad8 18. a4 Rfe8 19. Ba3 Nf8 20. Rad1 Ne6 21. Nh4
Nf4 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Bc4 a5 24. Bf1 Qe6 25. b5 cxb5 26. Bxb5 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rc8
28. Bc4 Qe8 29. Qb3 Nxe4 30. Qxb7 Nxc3 31. Rd2 e4 32. Bb2 Nb1 33. Rd1 Nd3 34.
Bxd3 exd3 35. Rxb1 Bf4 36. Bd4 d2 37. Qb2 Qe4 38. Rd1 Qc6 39. Qxd2 Qxa4 40. Ra1
Qb5 41. g3 Bh6 42. Qxa5 Qd3 43. Qe5 Kh7 44. Ng4 f6 45. Nxf6+ gxf6 46. Qe7+ Bg7
47. Bxf6 Rg8 48. Bxg7 Rxg7 49. Qh4+ Kg8 50. Re1 Qd7 51. Qf6 Kh7 52. Re4 Qd1+
53. Kh2 Qd7 54. Rh4+ Kg8 55. Qc3 Qf7 56. Rf4 Qe6 57. Qf3 Re7 58. Re4 Qxe4 59.
Qf6 Qe6 60. Qg5 Rf7 61. Qd2 Qf5 62. f4 Kg7 63. Qc3+ Qf6 64. Qd2 Rb7 65. Qg2 Rb2
0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Bd3 b6 12. Ng5 Bb7 13. Ne4 Bf4 14. Bxf4
Qxf4 15. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 Qe7 11. Qe1 f6 12. Nf3 Nf8 13. Nd2 Ne6 14. Nc4 a6
15. Kh1 O-O-O 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Kb8 18. Na5 Qd6 19. b4 h5 20. Qc3 h4 21.
Qa3 c5 22. b5 h3 23. g3 Kc8 24. Nc4 Qd7 25. bxa6 b6 26. Qb3 Qc6 27. a7 Kd7 28.
Ra6 Ke7 29. Nxb6 cxb6 30. Rxb6 Qd7 31. Rb7 Nc7 32. Qb6 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 d5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O e6 7. c4 dxc4 8. bxc4
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Ne2 Na5 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. d3 a6 14. Ng3 Bf6 15.
Ne4 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Qc7 17. Rab1 Rb8 18. Rfc1 h6 19. Nfd2 Rfc8 20. Ng3 Nc6 21.
Nde4 Nce5 22. Nh5 f6 23. Nf4 Qc6 24. Qe2 Rd8 25. Ng3 Nf8 26. Rd1 b5 27. cxb5
Rxb5 28. Rbc1 Qb7 29. d4 Rb2 30. dxe5 Rxe2 31. Rxd8 Qb2 32. Nfxe2 Qxe5 33. Rc8
Qb2 34. a4 Qa3 35. R8xc5 Qxa4 36. Rc8 a5 37. Ra8 Qb4 38. h3 Kh7 39. Rc7 e5 40.
Re8 a4 41. Ree7 a3 42. Rxg7+ Kh8 43. Nc3 Ne6 44. Rh7+ Kg8 45. Ra7 Qxc3 46. Nf5
Nc7 47. Rhxc7 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 e5 8.
d4 Ke7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6+ gxf6 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nh4 h5 13. Nf5+ Kd8 14. b4 cxb4
15. cxb4 a5 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Nd2 Na6 18. Nc4 Rc5 19. Qb3 b5 20. Na5 Bh6 21.
Nc6+ Kc7 22. a4 b4 23. Nxb4 Nxb4 24. Qxb4 Rb8 25. Qa3 Bd2 26. Red1 Bb4 27. Qf3
Bc3 28. Rac1 Rb3 29. Qxh5 Bb4 30. h4 Rb2 31. Qf3 Qxa4 32. h5 Kb6 33. h6 Rxc1
34. Rxc1 Bc5 35. Rf1 Qe8 36. h7 Qh8 37. Qh5 Kb5 38. Qxf7 Kc4 39. Qg8 Rb8 40.
Qf7 Kd3 41. Qh5 Rb7 42. Rd1+ Kc3 43. Qf3+ Kc2 44. Qd3+ Kb2 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 d6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Qd2 e6 8. Bd3
exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Qa5 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. O-O Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nbd7 14. f4 Qb4
15. a5 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Rad1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. e5 dxe5
21. d6 Qe6 22. d7 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 Qg4+ 25. Kh1 Qf3+ 26. Kg1 Qg4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. d4 Be7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. b3 Bb7 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Ne2 Nf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Rc1 Ne6 16. Bb5 Rf8 17. Qe2 a6 18. Bd3 Qb6 19. Rb1 Rfd8 20. b4 c4 21. Bc2 Rac8
22. Bc3 Ne4 23. Ba1 c3 24. Rfd1 Bc6 25. Qe1 Bb7 26. Ne2 Bf6 27. Rbc1 a5 28.
bxa5 Qxa5 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Nfd4 Nxd4 31. Nxd4 Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. exd4 Qxa3
34. Rxc3 Rxc3 35. Qxc3 Qxc3 36. Bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Nh4 c5 8. d3 Nc6
9. Nd2 Be7 10. Bg2 Qc7 11. a3 Rd8 12. Qe2 d4 13. O-O O-O 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. e4
Nd7 16. Ng2 Rde8 17. f4 f5 18. Rae1 Bd8 19. Rf2 Ba5 20. e5 Nb6 21. Ref1 Bxd2
22. Qxd2 Nd5 23. Qe2 Re7 24. Bc1 Be8 25. Nh4 Qc8 26. gxf5 exf5 27. Rg2 Nc7 28.
Kh2 Ne6 29. Rfg1 Bc6 30. Rg3 Qe8 31. Bd2 b6 32. a4 a5 33. Ng2 Qf7 34. Nh4 Qe8
35. Nf3 Qh5 36. Nxd4 Qxe2+ 37. Nxe2 g6 38. h4 Ng7 39. Re3 Nh5 40. Rf1 Rd8 41.
Ng3 Ng7 42. h5 Kf7 43. Be1 Ne6 44. Ne2 Ng7 45. h6 Ne6 46. Bh4 Red7 47. Bxd8
Rxd8 48. Ng1 Ke7 49. Nh3 Nd4 50. Rf2 Ne6 51. Kg3 Rd4 52. c3 Rd8 53. Ng5 Nxg5
54. fxg5 Ke6 55. Kf4 Bd5 56. Rb2 Bc6 57. Rb1 Rd7 58. Rh3 Rd8 59. Ke3 Kxe5 60.
Rh4 Kd6 61. Kd2 Bd5 62. c4 Bc6 63. Re1 Rf8 64. Rf4 Bd7 65. d4 Bc6 66. d5 Bd7
67. Re3 Rf7 68. Rff3 Rf8 69. Re1 Rf7 70. Ke3 Re7+ 71. Kf2 Rf7 72. Rfe3 f4 73.
Re4 Rf5 74. Rg1 f3 75. Re3 Rf4 76. Rxf3 Rd4 77. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rad1 Be7 13. b3 Rd8 14.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Rd1+ Ke8 16. Ne2 Bd5 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Ng5 f6 19. Nf4 Rd8 20.
Nxd5+ cxd5 21. exf6+ Kxf6 22. f4 Ne3 23. Rd3 d4 24. c3 dxc3 25. Rxc3 Rd1+ 26.
Kf2 Nd5 27. Rc2 Nxf4 28. Ne4+ Ke5 29. Nc5 b6 30. Na6 c5 31. Kg3 g5 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. d4 a6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. h3 Nc6 11. Ne2 Bd6 12. b3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Rb1 Be6 15.
Bb2 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 Rc8 17. Nd4 Qd6 18. Qb1 Rc7 19. Rc1 Rfc8 20. Rbc2 Bd7 21. Ne2
h6 22. Qb2 Rxc2 23. Bxc2 Rc7 24. Rd1 Qc5 25. Bd3 a5 26. a3 Kf8 27. b4 axb4 28.
Rc1 Qd6 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. Qxb4+ Kg8 31. a4 b6 32. Nd4 Qc5 33. Qb3 Qa5 34. Qc2
Qxa4 35. Qc7 Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qa8 37. Qxb6 Qe8 38. Qd6 Be6 39. Qb6 Qf8 40. Ne2 Qe7
41. Nf4 Qe8 42. Qd6 Qf8 43. Qb6 Qe8 44. Bc2 g5 45. Ne2 Kg7 46. Qd4 Qb8+ 47. Ng3
h5 48. f4 h4 49. Nh5+ Kh6 50. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rad1 Be7 13. b3 Rd8 14.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Rd1+ Ke8 16. Ne2 Bd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Nfd4 a6 19. f3 c5 20. Nf5
Nxf5 21. Rxd5 b6 22. Kf2 h4 23. Rd1 Ke7 24. Nc3 Ke6 25. Ne4 a5 26. c3 a4 27. b4
cxb4 28. cxb4 Rc8 29. f4 f6 30. exf6 gxf6 31. Nc3 a3 32. Nd5 b5 33. Nc3 c5 34.
Re1+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Bd3
Qe7 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. g3 Bg4 13. Be2 Bh3 14. Re1 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Rad8 16. Qe2 Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. Nd5 Qf5 19. e4 Qg6 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21.
Kg2 Be5 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Rad1 Qf6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qe3 b6 27.
b4 Rd4 28. a3 Qd8 29. Rc1 Rd6 30. Rc2 Kg7 31. Qc3 Qf6 32. f4 Rd4 33. fxe5 Qxe5
34. Qxc6 Kh6 35. Re2 Rd3 36. a4 Rc3 37. Qd7 Qf6 38. Rf2 Qg6 39. Qd4 Rc8 40. Rf6
Rc2+ 41. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d3 Bg7 3. f4 c5 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. c3 O-O
9. Be3 d5 10. Bxc5 b6 11. Bf2 Ba6 12. e5 b5 13. b4 Bb7 14. a4 a6 15. Nbd2 Qc7
16. Nb3 Rfd8 17. Nc5 Bf8 18. g4 Nc8 19. a5 Rb8 20. d4 Re8 21. h4 Bxc5 22. dxc5
d4 23. Bxd4 N8e7 24. Qe1 Rbd8 25. Ra2 Nxb4 26. Rd2 Nbc6 27. h5 Nxa5 28. Qh4 Nd5
29. Ng5 Nb3 30. Rdf2 b4 31. Nxh7 bxc3 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Be4 Qxh7 34. Qg5 Nxd4
35. Bxg6 Qg7 36. Rh2 Ne7 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bxb5 Bxe4 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 c6 7. Ba4 Bb4 8. a3
Ba5 9. b4 Bc7 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Bg5 d5 13. Rac1 Bb6 14. Rfd1 h6 15.
Bh4 a5 16. b5 g5 17. Bg3 dxc4 18. bxc6 Na6 19. d5 Nc5 20. c7 Bxc7 21. Bxc7 Qxc7
22. Qxf6 Ra6 23. d6 Rxd6 24. Qxh6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qe5 26. h4 gxh4 27. Bc2 Qg7
28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rd4 Rb8 30. Rg4+ Kf6 31. Rxc4 Nd7 32. Rxh4 Rc8 33. Ne4+ Ke5
34. Ba4 Nb6 35. Bb5 Nd5 36. Ng5 f5 37. Nf3+ Kd6 38. a4 Rc2 39. g3 Nc3 40. Rc4
e5 41. Kg2 Kd5 42. Nh4 f4 43. gxf4 exf4 44. Rxf4 Nxb5 45. Rf5+ Kc6 46. Rxb5 Rc4
47. Rxa5 Rxh4 48. Kg3 Rb4 49. f4 Kd6 50. Ra8 Ke6 51. a5 Rb7 52. a6 Rg7+ 53. Kf3
Kf5 54. Rf8+ Kg6 55. Rb8 Ra7 56. Rb6+ Kf5 57. Rb5+ Kf6 58. Ra5 Ke6 59. f5+ Kf6
60. Kf4 Rh7 61. Ke4 Rh4+ 62. Kd5 Rf4 63. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. e4 c6 7. Qxc4 h6 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Bd3 Qa5+ 10. Nbd2 Bb4 11. Rd1 e5 12. O-O Be6 13. Qc2 Bxd2 14. Rxd2
Nd7 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bc4 O-O 18. Rfd1 Rfe8 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Rd7
Rab8 21. Rc7 Qxa2 22. g3 Rec8 23. Re7 Re8 24. Rc7 Rec8 25. Re7 Re8 26. Rc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Qc7 7. b4 a5 8. a3
Nc6 9. c3 Rd8 10. Nbd2 d6 11. cxd6 Rxd6 12. Qc1 Bf5 13. Be2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. O-O Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ne5 17. Be2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Qc2 a4 20. Rad1 b5 21.
Rxd6 exd6 22. Rd1 d5 23. Qd3 Qb3 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Rc8 26. Rd3 f5 27. Kf1
Kf7 28. Ke2 Ke6 29. Kd2 Be5 30. h3 h5 31. h4 Rc4 32. g3 Bf6 33. Bc1 Rc6 34. Kc2
Rc4 35. Bd2 Rc6 36. Be1 Rc4 37. Kd2 Be5 38. Ke2 Bf6 39. Bd2 Rc6 40. Be1 Rc4 41.
Kf3 Rc6 42. Rd1 Rc4 43. Rc1 Kd5 44. Ke2 Be5 45. Kd3 Rc6 46. f3 Rc4 47. Rc2 Ke6
48. Rg2 Rc6 49. g4 fxg4 50. fxg4 Rd6+ 51. Kc2 Kd5 52. gxh5 gxh5 53. Rg5 Kc4 54.
Rxe5 Rd2+ 55. Kxd2 Kb3 56. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 d6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Qd2 O-O 7. e4 e6 8. Bd3
exd5 9. exd5 Nbd7 10. Nf3 Re8+ 11. Ne2 b5 12. cxb5 Bb7 13. O-O Bxd5 14. Nc3
Bxf3 15. gxf3 d5 16. Kh1 Qc7 17. Rae1 Nb6 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Re1 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1
c4 21. Bf1 d4 22. Ne4 Nfd5 23. a4 h6 24. Bh4 Nxa4 25. Bg3 Qd7 26. Bxc4 Nxb2 27.
Nc5 Qf5 28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Bxd5 Qxd5 30. Qc6 Qf5 31. Kg2 Nc4 32. Ne4 Ne5 33. Bxe5
Bxe5 34. Qd5 Qf4 35. h3 Qh2+ 36. Kf1 Qxh3+ 37. Ke2 Qf5 38. Nc5 h5 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O c5 8. c4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. h3 Rc8 12. Rc1 a6 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15.
Nd5 Qd8 16. Bf1 Ne4 17. Qe1 Nc5 18. Bc3 b6 19. f4 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. e4 Bxd5 23. cxd5 b5 24. e5 Qb6 25. Kh2 Nd7 26. e6 Nf8 27. Bd3 f6 28.
Qg1 Qa5 29. Qf2 Qb4 30. Qe3 h5 31. f5 g5 32. Be2 g4 33. hxg4 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 hxg4
35. Rd1 Nh7 36. Rd4 Qc5 37. Rxg4+ Kf8 38. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nbd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Qe3+ Be6 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rd1 Qc5 14. Qg3
f6 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Re1 Kf7 17. Rxe6 Kxe6 18. Qh3+ f5 19. Ne4 Qd5 20. Nc3 Qd7
21. Rd1 Bd6 22. Rd5 g6 23. Ne4 Kxd5 24. Qb3+ Kc6 25. Qc4+ Kb6 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. d4
Ne4 9. Nbd2 f5 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 O-O 12. Ndf3 g5 13. Nd3 g4 14. Nfe5 Ndf6
15. f3 Ng5 16. fxg4 fxg4 17. Nxg4 Nge4 18. Nc5 Qe7 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. e4 Bxc5
21. dxc5 Nxe4 22. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. Qa4 e6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 Nf6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rb1 a5 12. a3 Qe7 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 Ne6 16. Nb3 Qxb4 17. Nc5 Qa5 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Bd2 Re8 20. h3 Qc7 21. Na4
Ra7 22. Bb4 Bf8 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Rfc1 Ra5 25. Qb3 Re8 26. Nc5 Ra7 27. Ra1 Rxa1
28. Rxa1 Nd7 29. Na4 b5 30. Nb2 Nb6 31. Bc2 Nc4 32. Nd3 Bf5 33. Nc5 Bxc2 34.
Qxc2 Qe7 35. Ra6 Rc8 36. Qa2 Nd6 37. Nd3 Nc4 38. Nc5 Nd6 39. Nd3 Nc4 40. Ra7
Rc7 41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Nc5 Nb6 43. Ra6 Nc4 44. Ra8 h5 45. Ra6 h4 46. Qa1 Nd6 47.
Nd3 Nc4 48. Nc5 Nd6 49. Nd3 Nc4 50. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. e3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
Ne4 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bd7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Be4
Qb6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qc2 Rab8 18. b4 a5 19. bxa5 Qa6 20. Qd3
Qxd3 21. Rxd3 Rb1+ 22. Rd1 Rb3 23. O-O Ra8 24. a4 g6 25. Rb1 Rd3 26. Rfd1 Rd5
27. Rxd5 exd5 28. Rb6 Rxa5 29. Rxc6 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 Nf6
9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Bb3 h6 12. a3 Nh5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nf1 Nf4 15. Ne3
Na5 16. Bc2 Be6 17. Nd2 Nd3 18. Rf1 h5 19. b4 Nc6 20. Nb3 Nxc1 21. Rxc1 Bh6 22.
Qe2 b6 23. Rcd1 Qg5 24. Kh1 Ne7 25. Nd2 Qf6 26. Bb3 Red8 27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28. Ndc4
Bxe3 29. Nxe3 Qb3 30. Qc4 Qxc4 31. Nxc4 f6 32. h4 Kf7 33. f3 Ke6 34. Kg1 Nc6
35. Ne3 Ne7 36. Kf2 b5 37. Ke2 f5 38. Rxd8 Rxd8 39. a4 fxe4 40. fxe4 c5 41.
bxc5 Rc8 42. axb5 axb5 43. Ra1 Rxc5 44. Kd3 Rc6 45. Ra5 Rd6+ 46. Kc2 Rb6 47.
Ra8 b4 48. Re8 Rb7 49. cxb4 Kf7 50. Rh8 Rxb4 51. Rh7+ Kf6 52. Rxe7 Rxe4 53.
Nd5+ Kf5 54. Ra7 Rxh4 55. Ne3+ Ke6 56. Ra6+ Kf7 57. Kd3 Rd4+ 58. Ke2 Re4 59.
Rc6 g5 60. Kf2 Rf4+ 61. Kg1 Re4 62. Nf5 Rf4 63. Ne3 Re4 64. Rc3 Ke6 65. Kf2
Rf4+ 66. Ke2 Re4 67. g3 h4 68. Kf3 Ra4 69. g4 Rf4+ 70. Ke2 e4 71. Rc5 Rf3 72.
Rxg5 Rh3 73. Rh5 Rh2+ 74. Ke1 Rh3 75. Kf2 Rh2+ 76. Kg1 Rh3 77. Ng2 Rg3 78. Rxh4
Kf6 79. Kh2 Ra3 80. Rh5 Ke6 81. Rf5 Kd6 82. Nh4 e3 83. Ng2 e2 84. Rf2 Re3 85.
Ne1 Ke5 86. Kg2 Re4 87. Kg3 Re3+ 88. Kh4 Re4 89. Rf3 Kd4 90. Kg3 Ke5 91. Ra3
Ke6 92. Ra5 Rb4 93. Kf3 Rc4 94. Rb5 Kf6 95. Rf5+ Kg6 96. Re5 Rc3+ 97. Kxe2 Rg3
98. Re4 Kg5 99. Nf3+ Kf6 100. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O Be6 9. a3 a5 10. Bd2 Nb6 11. Na4 Qd7 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13. Bc3 f6 14. d4 exd4
15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 bxc5 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. Rd6
Kf7 21. Rb6 Rc7 22. Kf1 c4 23. Ke1 Rac8 24. Rb5 c3 25. bxc3 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Rxc3
27. Rxa5 Rb3 28. Rb5 Rxa3 29. Rxb7+ Kf8 30. Rb1 Ra2 31. f3 f5 32. Kf1 g6 33.
Rb8+ Kg7 34. Rb7+ Kg8 35. Re7 Bf7 36. Rc7 Be6 37. Kf2 Rb2 38. e4 fxe4 39. fxe4
Bg4 40. Kg3 Bxe2 41. Rc8+ Kg7 42. Rc7+ Kf6 43. Rxh7 Bf1 44. h4 Rxg2+ 45. Kf4
Be2 46. Ke3 Bh5 47. Ra7 Rg4 48. Ra6+ Kg7 49. Ra7+ Kh6 50. e5 Rxh4 51. e6 Rb4
52. e7 Rb8 53. Kf4 Re8 54. Ke5 Kg7 55. Kd6 Kf6 56. Ra5 Bg4 57. Re5 Bf5 58. Re1
g5 59. Re5 g4 60. Re3 Kg5 61. Re5 g3 62. Re2 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 e6 7. Nc4 Nbd7 8. a4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qxd5 exd5 11. Ne3 O-O 12. Be2 Re8 13. O-O Nb6 14. b4 Bxe3
15. Bxe3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Bd4 Nd5 18. Nd2 Bf5 19. Nxc4 Bd3 20. Nd6 Re6 21.
Nxb7 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Re4 23. Rd1 f6 24. g3 Re7 25. Nc5 Rd8 26. Rb1 Rd6 27. b5
axb5 28. axb5 Nb6 29. Na6 Rb7 30. Nc5 Rc7 31. Na6 Rb7 32. Nc5 Rc7 33. Ne4 Re6
34. Nc5 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Qxd4 f5 11. Qd3 d6 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Bb3 a6 14. Qxd6
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Rac8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rxe6 Rxc3 19. Rb1 Rxc2 20.
h4 Rf7 21. Reb6 Rxa2 22. Rxb7 Rxb7 23. Rxb7 a5 24. Ra7 a4 25. h5 a3 26. h6 Ra1+
27. Kh2 a2 28. Kg3 g5 29. f3 Kf8 30. Kf2 Kg8 31. Kg3 Kf8 32. e4 fxe4 33. fxe4
Rh1 34. Rxa2 Rxh6 35. Kg4 Rh4+ 36. Kf5 Rf4+ 37. Ke5 h5 38. Ra7 Rf2 39. Ke6 Rxg2
40. Kf6 Rf2+ 41. Kxg5 h4 42. Kxh4 Rf4+ 43. Kg5 Rxe4 44. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Nd2 d5 8.
Qe2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Nd7 11. Bb2 Nc5 12. Rfd1 a5 13. Nf3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Ba6
15. Qe3 Bf6 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Qg3 Rad8 18. Ng4 Qxg3 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. hxg3 e5
21. Bc3 a4 22. bxa4 dxe4 23. Bb4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Re8 25. Rd6 Re6 26. Rd8+ Kg7
27. g4 c5 28. Bxc5 Rc6 29. Bf8+ Kg6 30. Bb4 Kg7 31. c3 Be2 32. a5 Bxg4 33. Rb8
Be2 34. Rb6 Re6 35. Bd6 Re8 36. Bb8 Re6 37. Bd6 Re8 38. Bb4 Re6 39. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
c5 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Nf6 13. Re1 cxd4 14. Be5 Bc5
15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 O-O-O 18. c3 Rd5 19. Nf3 Kd7 20. c4 Rc5
21. Rad1+ Ke7 22. b3 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Nd4 b4 25. Rc1 Rhc8 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27.
h4 Nd5 28. a3 bxa3 29. Ra1 e5 30. Nf3 Ra5 31. Nxe5 Ra6 32. Nd3 a2 33. Kf1 Ra3
34. Ke2 Rxb3 35. Kd2 Ra3 36. Kc2 Kf6 37. Nc1 Nb4+ 38. Kb2 Ra8 39. Nxa2 Nd3+ 40.
Kb3 Kf5 41. Rd1 Nc5+ 42. Kb2 Ne4 43. f3 Rxa2+ 44. Kb3 Rxg2 45. fxe4+ Kxe4 46.
Rd7 Rf2 47. Kc4 Ke5 48. Kd3 Kf6 49. Ke3 Rf5 50. Ra7 g5 51. Ra6+ Ke5 52. Ra5+
Ke6 53. Ra6+ Kd7 54. Ra7+ Kd6 55. hxg5 g6 56. Ke4 Ke6 57. Ra6+ Ke7 58. Ra7+ Kf8
59. Rb7 Rxg5 60. Kf4 Rf5+ 61. Kg4 Kg7 62. Rc7 Ra5 63. Rb7 Ra4+ 64. Kg5 Ra1 65.
Rc7 Rg1+ 66. Kf4 Kh6 67. Kf3 f5 68. Kf4 Rg4+ 69. Kf3 Kg5 70. Ra7 Rb4 71. Ra3
Kh4 72. Ra6 Rb3+ 73. Kf4 g5+ 74. Kxf5 g4 75. Rh6+ Kg3 76. Ke4 Kg2 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Nd7 8. Nbd2
Ngf6 9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O Be7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Nb3 Ncd7 14. Qxd5
Nxd5 15. Rfe1 Nf4 16. Nfd4 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Nd3 18. Reb1 O-O-O 19. Nbc1 N3e5 20.
Nd4 Nc5 21. Ncb3 Ncd3 22. Nc1 Nf4 23. g3 Nd5 24. Kg2 h5 25. Nce2 h4 26. g4 Nd3
27. Kf3 g5 28. a4 Rh6 29. Kg2 Rf6 30. f3 Ne3+ 31. Kh2 e5 32. Nf5 Nxf5 33. gxf5
Rxf5 34. Rf1 Nxb2 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 a6 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 Qe7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bc4 exd4 8. Nxd4
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be6 10. O-O-O Bxc4 11. Qxc4 O-O-O 12. g4 Qe6 13. Qd4 Nxg4 14. Rd2
Kb8 15. Nd5 Ne5 16. Qc3 c6 17. Qa5 Qd7 18. Nb6 Qc7 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8
21. Rd1 Ba3+ 22. Qxa3 Qxb6 23. Qe7 c5 24. Qxf7 Rc8 25. Qxg7 c4 26. Qxe5+ Ka8
27. Qd4 Qa5 28. Kb1 Qf5 29. e4 Qf3 30. Re1 c3 31. e5 Re8 32. Qe3 Qg2 33. Qxc3
Qxf2 34. e6 Qxh2 35. e7 Qd6 36. Qg7 h5 37. Qf7 Qd7 38. Re5 h4 39. Re4 h3 40.
Rh4 h2 41. Rxh2 Rxe7 42. Qf8+ Ka7 43. Qf2+ b6 44. Kb2 Qe6 45. Qf4 Qe5+ 46. Qxe5
Rxe5 47. Rh7+ Kb8 48. Kc3 Rc5+ 49. Kd3 Rg5 50. a4 Rg3+ 51. Kc4 Rg4+ 52. Kd5 Rg2
53. Kc6 Rxc2+ 54. Kxb6 Rc8 55. Kxa6 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nde2 Bc5 7. Ng3 d6 8.
Be2 Be6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. c4 Rc8 13. b3 b5 14. Bg5 h6
15. Be3 Bxe3 16. fxe3 g6 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bxb5 Qb6 19. Bxd7 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Nxd7
21. Qg4 Rcd8 22. Nf5 Qg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Nxd6 Nb6 25. Ne4 Nxd5 26. Nxg5 Ra8
27. a4 f6 28. Ne4 f5 29. Ng5 e4 30. Rfd1 Ne3 31. Rd6 Kg7 32. Ne6+ Kh6 33. Nxf8
Rxf8 34. a5 f4 35. Re6 Ng4 36. h3 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 e3 38. a6 f3 39. Rxe3 fxg2 40.
a7 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "213"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qa6 8. e6
Qxd3 9. exf7+ Kxf7 10. cxd3 Nd7 11. Nh3 Nh6 12. Nc3 Nf5 13. Ne2 g6 14. Ng5+ Ke8
15. Nf4 Rg8 16. Nfe6 Rc8 17. f3 Bg7 18. Bc3 Nf8 19. g4 Nxe6 20. Nxe6 hxg4 21.
fxg4 Ne3 22. Ke2 Nxg4 23. Rag1 Nf6 24. Rxg6 Kf7 25. Nf4 Nh5 26. Rxg7+ Nxg7 27.
Rf1 Nf5 28. Nxd5 Rg2+ 29. Kf3 Rcg8 30. Ne3 Nxe3 31. Kxe3+ Ke6 32. Rh1 Kf5 33.
d5 cxd5 34. Kd4 Rd8 35. Rf1+ Ke6 36. Re1+ Kf7 37. Rf1+ Kg6 38. Re1 Rd7 39. Ke5
Rd6 40. Bb4 Rb6 41. Bc3 Rg4 42. Kxd5 Kf7 43. d4 Rxh4 44. Kc4 Rc6+ 45. Kb3 Rh3
46. a4 Rd6 47. Kc4 Rc6+ 48. Kb3 e6 49. a5 Rh5 50. Rf1+ Ke8 51. Rg1 Rc7 52. Rg8+
Kd7 53. Rg7+ Kc6 54. Rg6 Kd5 55. Rg8 Rd7 56. Ra8 b6 57. axb6 axb6 58. Kb4 Kc6
59. Rc8+ Kb7 60. Re8 Rh6 61. Kc4 Rc7+ 62. Kb5 Rh5+ 63. Kb4 Rc6 64. Re7+ Ka6 65.
Kb3 Kb5 66. Re8 Rd6 67. Re7 Rh3 68. Re8 Re3 69. Kc2 Kc4 70. Rc8+ Kd5 71. Kb3
Rd3 72. Rh8 Rf3 73. Kb4 Kc6 74. Kc4 Rf5 75. Rc8+ Kb7 76. Re8 Rc6+ 77. Kb4 Rd5
78. Kb3 Kc7 79. Re7+ Kd8 80. Rh7 Ke8 81. Kb4 Kf8 82. Rb7 Rf5 83. Ra7 Ke8 84.
Rb7 Kd8 85. Rh7 Rc7 86. Rh8+ Kd7 87. Rh7+ Kd6 88. Rh6 Rf4 89. Kb5 Rb7 90. Bb4+
Kd5 91. Bc3 Rf5 92. Rh8 Kd6+ 93. Ka6 Rc7 94. Rb8 Rc6 95. Bb4+ Kc7 96. Rb7+ Kc8
97. Rxb6 Kc7 98. Rxc6+ Kxc6 99. Bc5 Rf2 100. Ba3 Rd2 101. Ka5 Rxd4 102. b4 Rd5+
103. Ka4 e5 104. Kb3 Rd3+ 105. Ka4 e4 106. b5+ Kb6 107. Bb2 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. g5
Nfd7 9. Be3 b5 10. h4 Bb7 11. h5 Nc6 12. h6 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 O-O 14. Be2 Rc8 15.
a3 Nb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. f4 e5 19. c3 exf4 20. Qd2 f3 21. Bxf3 Ne5
22. Be2 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Qb6 24. Rg3 Kh8 25. Rd1 Rcd8 26. Qd4 Qc7 27. Rf3 f5 28.
exf5 gxf5 29. Kf2 Qe7 30. Rg1 f4 31. Bd3 Rg8 32. Rxf4 Rxg5 33. Rh1 Rf8 34. Rhh4
Rfg8 35. Be4 Rg3 36. Ke2 Qg5 37. Kd1 Qe7 38. Kc2 Rc8 39. Kb1 Rcg8 40. Bd5 Rd3
41. Qe4 Re8 42. Rhg4 Rd1+ 43. Kc2 Rxd5 44. Rg7 Rd2+ 45. Kb1 Rd1+ 46. Kc2 Rd2+
47. Kxd2 Nc4+ 48. Kd3 Nxb2+ 49. Kd4 Qe5+ 50. Ke3 Qxc3+ 51. Kf2 Nd3+ 52. Kg2
Nxf4+ 53. Qxf4 Re2+ 54. Kf1 Qe1# 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qa6 8. e6
Qxd3 9. exf7+ Kxf7 10. cxd3 Nd7 11. Nc3 Nh6 12. Nf3 Nf5 13. Ne2 g6 14. Ng3 Nxg3
15. fxg3 Bg7 16. O-O Bf6 17. Bf4 Kg7 18. Rae1 Rhf8 19. Re2 c5 20. Rc2 b6 21. b4
cxb4 22. Rc7 Rfd8 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5+ Kg8 25. Bf4 a5 26. Bg5 Rac8 27. Rb7
Rb8 28. Ra7 Ra8 29. Rb7 Rab8 30. Ra7 Ra8 31. Rc7 Rac8 32. Ra7 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 f5 2. exf5 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Ne4 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8.
Qxe4 Qxf5 9. Qxf5 Bxf5 10. d4 Nd7 11. Be3 e6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. O-O b6 14. Rfe1
h6 15. d5 Be7 16. Bf4 Kf7 17. d6 Bf6 18. Nc4 b5 19. Nce5+ Ke8 20. Rad1 g5 21.
Nxd7 Kxd7 22. Be5 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qa6 8. e6
Qxd3 9. exf7+ Kxf7 10. cxd3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Nh6 12. Nc3 Nf5 13. O-O g6 14. Rfe1 Bg7
15. Ne2 Bf6 16. Bg5 Rae8 17. b4 e5 18. g3 Bxg5 19. Nxg5+ Kf6 20. dxe5+ Nxe5 21.
Nf4 Nd4 22. Rec1 Re7 23. Kg2 Rhe8 24. Rab1 Ng4 25. b5 Nxb5 26. Rxb5 cxb5 27.
Nxd5+ Ke5 28. Nxe7 Rxe7 29. Re1+ Kd6 30. Ne4+ Kc7 31. f3 Ne5 32. Nc3 Nc6 33.
Nd5+ Kd6 34. Nxe7 Nxe7 35. g4 Nd5 36. Kg3 b4 37. f4 Nf6 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "249"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. a3 Be7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rad1 h4 14. Rfe1
Rh5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Ne2 Ng6 17. Ned4 Bd5 18. b3 Rd8 19. e6 f6 20. c4 Bxf3 21.
Nxf3 Rd6 22. Rxd6 cxd6 23. Re4 f5 24. Rd4 Ke7 25. c5 d5 26. Ra4 Rh8 27. Rxa7
Rb8 28. Nd4 Kf6 29. Kf1 Ke5 30. Ra4 Ne7 31. Rb4 g5 32. Ke2 g4 33. Kd3 Kf6 34.
a4 Ng6 35. Nxc6 Rc8 36. Nd4 Nf4+ 37. Kd2 Nxg2 38. Rxb7 gxh3 39. Rf7+ Kg6 40.
Nf3 Nf4 41. Ne5+ Kh6 42. e7 h2 43. Rf8 h1=Q 44. Rxc8 Qe4 45. Rh8+ Kg7 46. Rg8+
Kf6 47. e8=Q Qe2+ 48. Kc3 Qe1+ 49. Kb2 Qxf2+ 50. Kb1 Qe1+ 51. Ka2 Qf2+ 52. Kb1
Qe1+ 53. Kc2 Qf2+ 54. Kc3 Qxc5+ 55. Nc4 dxc4 56. Qf8+ Qxf8 57. Rxf8+ Kg6 58.
Rd8 cxb3 59. Rd2 h3 60. a5 Ne6 61. a6 Nc7 62. a7 Nb5+ 63. Kxb3 Nxa7 64. Rh2 Nc6
65. Rxh3 Ne5 66. Kc3 Kg5 67. Kd4 Ng6 68. Rf3 f4 69. Ke4 Kg4 70. Rf1 Kg5 71.
Rg1+ Kf6 72. Rg2 Nh4 73. Rg4 Ng6 74. Rg1 Ne7 75. Kxf4 Ng6+ 76. Ke4 Ne7 77. Rf1+
Ke6 78. Ra1 Kf6 79. Ra6+ Kg5 80. Ra5+ Kf6 81. Rb5 Nc8 82. Rc5 Nd6+ 83. Kf4 Ke6
84. Re5+ Kd7 85. Rc5 Ke6 86. Rc1 Kd5 87. Rd1+ Ke6 88. Rd2 Nf7 89. Re2+ Kd5 90.
Re7 Nd6 91. Re5+ Kd4 92. Rh5 Nc4 93. Rh8 Kd5 94. Rd8+ Nd6 95. Ke3 Ke5 96. Kd3
Kd5 97. Ra8 Ke5 98. Ra5+ Ke6 99. Kd4 Nf5+ 100. Kc5 Ke5 101. Ra8 Nd6 102. Kc6
Nf5 103. Rd8 Nd4+ 104. Kb6 Ne6 105. Rd1 Ke4 106. Kb5 Ke5 107. Kc4 Nf4 108. Re1+
Kd6 109. Kd4 Ne6+ 110. Ke4 Nc5+ 111. Ke3 Kd5 112. Rd1+ Ke5 113. Rf1 Ne6 114.
Rh1 Nf4 115. Kf3 Ne6 116. Rh5+ Kd4 117. Rh6 Kd5 118. Ke3 Nc5 119. Rh5+ Kc4 120.
Re5 Nd7 121. Re7 Nc5 122. Rc7 Kd5 123. Rc8 Kd6 124. Rd8+ Ke5 125. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Be6 7. d4 Bd5 8.
Qe3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nd7 10. c3 Nf6 11. Bd3 e6 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. h4 Qc7 14. h5 Bf4
15. Be3 h6 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. Kb1 Kb8 18. Rdg1 Rhg8 19. Rh4 Bd6 20. f4 Qe7 21.
f5 e5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Re1 Ka8 24. Ra4 c5 25. Bc2 Rge8 26. Qc4 Qd5 27. Qe2 Qc6
28. Rh4 Nd5 29. Ba4 Qb6 30. Bxe8 Nxc3+ 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bg5 f6
9. Be3 Nh6 10. h3 Qe7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. c4 Nd8 13. Nc3 c6 14. c5 Nhf7 15. b4
O-O 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Qc2 f5 18. Rad1 f4 19. Bc1 g5 20. Nd2 a5 21. a3 axb4 22.
axb4 g4 23. hxg4 Bxg4 24. f3 Be6 25. Nc4 Kh8 26. Nb6 Rb8 27. Bxe6 Nxe6 28. Nd7
Nd4 29. Rxd4 exd4 30. Nxf8 dxc3 31. Rd1 Rxf8 32. Bxf4 Rd8 33. Be3 Rxd1+ 34.
Qxd1 Qd8 35. Qxd8+ Nxd8 36. Kf2 Ne6 37. Ke2 Be5 38. Kd3 Nf4+ 39. Bxf4 Bxf4 40.
Kxc3 Kg7 41. b5 Kf6 42. Kb4 Bc7 43. bxc6 bxc6 44. Kc4 Kg5 45. Kd4 Kf4 46. Kd3
h5 47. Ke2 h4 48. Kf2 Bd8 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. b3
Bb7 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 e6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f4 f6
15. e6 Nc5 16. Rxc5 bxc5 17. f5 Qb6 18. Qc2 c4 19. bxc4 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 g5 21.
Nb3 dxc4 22. Bxc4 c5 23. e7+ Rf7 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qc4+ Kxe7 26. Ba3 Qe4 27.
Qxe4+ Bxe4 28. Re1 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bc3 dxc4 10. a4 Nd5 11. Nbd2 b5 12. axb5 cxb5 13. Ba5 N7b6 14. b3 Bb7
15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 Rc8 17. Nfd2 Bb4 18. Qb3 Bxa5 19. Nxa5 Ba6 20. Nc6 Rxc6
21. Rxa6 Rc3 22. Qa2 Nb4 23. Qb2 Qxd4 24. Ra3 Rd3 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Nb3 Rd7 27.
Rb1 Rc8 28. Na5 N4d5 29. h4 Nc3 30. Rb2 Ncd5 31. Bf3 h6 32. Kg2 g6 33. h5 g5
34. Raa2 Kg7 35. Ra1 Nf6 36. g4 Nbd5 37. e3 e5 38. Nb3 e4 39. Be2 Rb8 40. Ra3
Rdb7 41. Kg3 a5 42. Bc4 a4 43. Rxa4 Nb6 44. Nc5 Nxa4 45. Rxb7 Rxb7 46. Nxb7 Nb2
47. Nd6 Nxc4 48. Nxc4 Ne8 49. Nd2 Nd6 50. Nb3 f5 51. gxf5 Nxf5+ 52. Kg4 Nd6 53.
Nc5 Kf6 54. Nd7+ Ke6 55. Nc5+ Kd5 56. Nd7 Ke6 57. Nc5+ Kd5 58. Na4 Ke5 59. Nb6
Ne8 60. Nd7+ Ke6 61. Nc5+ Kd5 62. Nb3 Ke5 63. Nd4 Nf6+ 64. Kg3 Nxh5+ 65. Kg4
Nf6+ 66. Kg3 h5 67. Nc6+ Kd6 68. Nd4 Nd7 69. Nf5+ Ke5 70. Nd4 Nc5 71. Nc6+ Kf6
72. Nd4 Nd3 73. Kg2 g4 74. Kg3 Kg6 75. Ne6 Kf6 76. Nd4 Kf7 77. Nb5 Ke7 78. Nc3
h4+ 79. Kxh4 Nxf2 80. Kg3 Nd3 81. Nxe4 Ne5 82. Kf4 Nc4 83. Ng3 Nxe3 84. Kxe3
Kd8 85. Kf4 Kc8 86. Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bc2 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Qd3 g6 14. Qc3 Rc8
15. Rad1 Qc7 16. d5 Ne8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. c5 Qf6 20. Ne5 Rc7 21.
Nd7 Qxc3 22. bxc3 bxc5 23. Rfe1 Ba6 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 25. Rd8 Re7 26. Rxe7 Kxe7 27.
Ra8 Bc4 28. Rxa7+ Kf6 29. Bb3 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. a4 Ba7 10. Nbd2 g5 11. Bg3 Kg7 12. Re1 Nh7 13. d4 exd4 14. e5 dxc3 15.
bxc3 Bf5 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Ne4 d5 18. Bxd5 Nf6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Nxf6 Kxf6 21.
Bd6 Re8 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 23. c4 Rd8 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. Re1 Be6 26. c5 Bb8 27. Nxg5
hxg5 28. Qxg5+ Kh7 29. Re4 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss KO"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.04"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. Bf2 a4 15.
Rac1 Qa5 16. Be3 Rfc8 17. Bf1 Kf8 18. Qf2 a3 19. b4 Qxb4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5
Bb2 22. Rc2 Ne5 23. Qh4 h5 24. Bh6+ Kg8 25. Qxe7 Nxc4 26. Qe4 b5 27. Kh1 Re8
28. Qf4 Qa4 29. Bd3 Re3 30. Be4 Re8 31. Rf1 Be5 32. Qh4 f5 33. Bxf5 gxf5 34.
Qg5+ Kf7 35. Qxf5+ Kg8 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Bxe3 Re7 38. Qxh5+ Rh7 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40.
Qe7+ Kg6 41. Qe6+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ Kg6 43. Qg5+ Kf7 44. Qf5+ Kg8 45. Bf4 Bxf4 46.
Re2 Rf7 47. Re8+ Kg7 48. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachylya, Andriy"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Be2 Nc7 12. Bf1 a6 13. h4 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
Nxb5 Nb6 16. h5 c4 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. a3 Na6 19. Rb1 Nc5 20. b4 cxb3 21. Nxb3 Nca4
22. Qf3 Nc3 23. Rb2 Rxa3 24. Be3 Nba4 25. Rbb1 Nxb1 26. Rxb1 Nc3 27. Rb2 Nxd5
28. exd5 Bxb2 29. Nd2 Bg7 30. Ne4 Qf5 31. Qxf5 gxf5 32. Ng5 Rxe3 33. fxe3 Bh6
34. Nf3 Bxe3+ 35. Kh2 e5 36. dxe6 fxe6 37. Bb5 Kf7 38. Kg3 Rg8+ 39. Kh3 Kf6 40.
Bc4 Bf4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Matinian, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nd5 8.
O-O Bg4 9. Rd1 c6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 12. Qe4 Nd7 13. f4 b5 14. Bf1 Qb6+
15. Kh1 Nc5 16. Qe1 Rad8 17. c3 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. g3 Rde8 20. Bg2 e5 21. f5
gxf5 22. a4 e4 23. axb5 Nd3 24. Qe2 Nf2+ 25. Kh2 Nxd1 26. Qxd1 Be5 27. Na3 Qf2
28. Kh1 Qxg3 29. Qg1 Kh8 30. Nc4 Bf6 31. bxc6 f4 32. Bd2 f3 33. Bf1 Qxg1+ 34.
Kxg1 e3 35. Bxe3 Nxe3 36. Nd6 f2+ 37. Kh1 Re7 38. Bd3 Rg7 39. Nc4 Nxc4 40. Bxc4
Be5 41. Rf1 Bc7 42. Be6 Rf3 43. Bg4 Rf8 44. b4 Bb6 45. c4 Bd4 46. c5 h5 47. Bd7
Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Fajdetic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2020.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 d6 3. e4 Nf6 4. exf5 Bxf5 5. d4 g6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Ng5 Qd7 10. Qb3+ d5 11. Qxb7 Nc6 12. c3 e5 13. Qb5 exd4 14. cxd4
Nxd4 15. Qxd7 Nxd7 16. Nc3 h6 17. Nh3 c6 18. Nf4 g5 19. Nd3 Rae8 20. Bd2 Ne2+
21. Kh1 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Re2 24. f3 Re3 25. Rad1 Nb6 26. Rfe1 Rfe8
27. Kg1 Nc4 28. Kf2 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Rxe1 30. Kxe1 Kf7 31. f4 Ke6 32. fxg5 hxg5
33. Ke2 Kf5 34. h3 Ke4 35. g3 Nd6 36. Nf2+ Kf5 37. Kd3 c5 38. h4 gxh4 39. gxh4
Nc4 40. Nd1 Kg4 41. Ke2 Kxh4 42. Kf3 Kg5 43. Nf2 Kf5 44. Ke2 Ke5 45. Kd3 Kd6
46. Nh3 Ne5+ 47. Ke3 Nc4+ 48. Kd3 Ne5+ 49. Kc2 d4 50. Nf4 Kc6 51. Kb3 Kb5 52.
a4+ Ka5 53. Ne6 d3 54. Nxc5 d2 55. Kc2 Nc4 56. Kd1 Nb2+ 57. Kxd2 Nxa4 58. Nb3+
Kb6 59. c4 Nc5 60. Nc1 Ne4+ 61. Kd3 Nd6 62. Kd4 Nxc4 63. Kxc4 Kc6 64. Kb4 a5+
65. Ka4 Kc5 66. Nb3+ Kc4 67. Nd2+ Kc3 68. Nf1 Kd4 69. Ng3 Kd3 70. Nh5 Ke4 71.
Ng7 Ke5 72. Nh5 Kf5 73. Ng3+ Ke5 74. Nf1 Kf5 75. Ne3+ Ke5 76. Nd1 Kf5 77. Nf2
Ke5 78. Nh1 Kf5 79. Ng3+ Ke5 80. Nf1 Kf5 81. Nh2 Ke5 82. Ng4+ Kf5 83. Nf2 Ke5
84. Nd1 Kf5 85. Nc3 Ke5 86. Nb5 Kf5 87. Na7 Ke5 88. Nc8 Kf5 89. Ne7+ Ke5 90.
Ng8 Kf4 91. Nh6 Ke5 92. Ng4+ Kf4 93. Nh2 Ke5 94. Nf1 1/2-1/2

