[Event "Marshall Chess Club"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Jay R Bonin"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 Bb5 7.c4 Bxc4
8.Bxc4 dxc4 9.d5 exd5 10.Qxd5 Ne7 11.Qxc4 Qa6 12.Na3 Qxc4
13.Nxc4 Nf5 14.a4 Nc6 15.O-O h6 16.Be3 O-O-O 17.Rad1 Be7 18.g4
Nfd4 19.Bxd4 cxd4 20.Nfd2 h5 21.gxh5 Rxh5 22.f4 f6 23.Nf3 g5
24.exf6 Bxf6 25.fxg5 Bxg5 26.Nxg5 Rxg5+ 27.Kh1 d3 28.b3 Ne5
29.Nb2 Rg4 30.Rfe1 Rd5 31.Re3 d2 32.Re2 Nf3 33.Rf2 Rf4 34.Nc4
Rd3 35.Nxd2 Rfd4 36.Rc1+ 1-0

[Event "Cardoza US op"]
[Site "Kona"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Irina Krush"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

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

[Event "Nassau g/30"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Brian Karen"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2125"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. Bd3 d6
7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Ne2 e5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. d3 Ne7
12. O-O O-O 13. Ng3 f5 14. c4 dxc3 15. bxc3 Rac8 16. fxe5 Bxe5
17. Bh6 Rf7 18. Ne2 Bxc3 19. Rb1 Bh8 20. Qb3 d5 21. Qxb7 Qxb7
22. Rxb7 dxe4 23. dxe4 fxe4 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Bg5 Bf6 26. Bxf6
Kxf6 0-1

[Event "Marshall Chess Club"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Stripunsky"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Be3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Be6 11. N2b3 Qd7
12. Re1 Rfd8 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bg5 e5 15. Bf1 h6 16. Bh4 a6
17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Rad1 b5 19. Qg6 Qe6 20. Rd3 Qf7 21. Qf5 Nh7
22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. Nc5 Ra8 25. h4 Nf6 26. f3 g5
27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Rde3 Re8 29. b4 Kd6 30. Rd1 a5 31. Bxb5 axb4
32. cxb4 Rxa2 33. Rc3 Nd4 34. Nb7+ Ke6 35. Rxd4 exd4 36. Rc6+
Ke5 37. Nc5 Re7 38. Nd3+ Kf5 39. Nc1 Re1+ 40. Kh2 Ra1 41. Ne2
Rh1+ 42. Kg3 Nh5+ 43. Kf2 Raf1# 0-1

[Event "Somerset ACN Action Swiss"]
[Site "New Jersey USA"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arthur Bisguier"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. f4 c5
7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6 9. bxa6 Bxa6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Nf3 Qb6
12. Rb1 c4 13. Qe2 Rfc8 14. Qf2 Nc5 15. O-O Ng4 16. Qe2 Nxe4+
17. Kh1 Ngf2+ 18. Kg1 Nh3+ 19. Kh1 Nef2+ 20. Rxf2 Nxf2+
21. Kg1 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "U.S. Open 99"]
[Site "Reno USA"]
[Date "1999.08.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alejandro Hoffman"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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

[Event "U.S. Open (5)"]
[Site "Reno USA"]
[Date "1999.08.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Gary Gaiffe"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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

[Event "Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.09.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Schneider"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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

[Event "U.S. Open"]
[Site "Reno, NV"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Moody"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 d6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bc4 a6 7.Qe2
b5 8.Bb3 Ra7 9.O-O Nc6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Be3 Rd7 12.Nxb5 axb5
13.Qxb5 Bb7 14.Bb6 Qa8 15.Ba4 Bf6 16.Rac1 Nge7 17.Rfd1 O-O
18.e5 Bxe5 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.f4 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Washington Eastern op"]
[Site "Washington"]
[Date "1999.12.27"]
[EventDate "1999.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Oladapo Oluto Adu"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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

[Event "Manhattan CC-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.09.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Marian Waxman"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2080"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2000.07.02"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Michael Mulyar"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "111"]

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

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2000.06.28"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eugene Levin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "192"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Be2 Be7 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. g4 h6 11. f4 b5 12. a3
Bb7 13. Bf3 Nc5 14. Qg2 Nfd7 15. O-O Nb6 16. Qe2 g5 17. e5 d5
18. f5 Qxe5 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Nb3 Nbd7 21. Na5 O-O-O 22. Nxb7
Nxb7 23. Qd2 Qxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Bc5 25. Qxc5+ Nbxc5 26. b4 Nb7
27. a4 bxa4 28. Rxa4 Nb8 29. Be2 Rd6 30. Rfa1 Rc6 31. R1a3 d4
32. Ne4 Rxc2 33. Bxa6 Nxa6 34. Rxa6 Rd8 35. Rxe6 d3 36. Ra8+
Kd7 37. Rxd8+ Kxd8 38. Rxh6 d2 39. Nf2 Rc1+ 40. Kg2 d1=Q
41. Nxd1 Rxd1 42. Rh5 Rd2+ 43. Kg1 Nd6 44. Rxg5 Ke7 45. h4 Kf6
46. b5 Rb2 47. b6 Rxb6 48. Kg2 Rb3 49. Rh5 Ne4 50. Rf5+ Ke6
51. Rf3 Rb2+ 52. Kh3 Re2 53. g5 Nd6 54. Kg4 Re4+ 55. Rf4 Re1
56. Rf3 Nf5 57. h5 Rg1+ 58. Kf4 Rh1 59. Rf2 Rh4+ 60. Kf3 Nd4+
61. Ke3 Ke5 62. h6 Rh3+ 63. Kd2 Nf3+ 64. Kc2 Nxg5 65. Rf8 Ne6
66. Rh8 Kd4 67. h7 Rh2+ 68. Kb3 Nc5+ 69. Kb4 Nb7 70. Kb5 Nd6+
71. Kc6 Nf7 72. Re8 Rxh7 73. Re1 Ne5+ 74. Kb6 Nc4+ 75. Kc6
Rh6+ 76. Kc7 Kc5 77. Kd7 Nb6+ 78. Ke7 Nd5+ 79. Kf7 Rf6+
80. Kg7 Rf2 81. Kg6 Kd6 82. Kg5 Rg2+ 83. Kf5 Rf2+ 84. Kg4 Nc7
85. Kg3 Rf7 86. Re4 Ne6 87. Rb4 Nc5 88. Rf4 Rb7 89. Rf5 Ne6
90. Rh5 Rb3+ 91. Kf2 Nc5 92. Ke2 Ne4 93. Ra5 Rh3 94. Ra8 Kd5
95. Re8 Nd6 96. Re3 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "World Open Friday Action Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2000.06.30"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Angelo De Palma"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar"]
[Date "2000.10.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Daniel Stellwagen"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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

[Event "New Hampshire op 50th"]
[Site "New Hampshire"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Joshua E Friedel"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]

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

[Event "Elekes mem IM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Csaba Balogh"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "230"]

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

[Event "29th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2001.07.05"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Roger Patterson"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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

[Event "29th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2001.07.07"]
[EventDate "2001.06.30"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leonid Filatov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Framingham USA"]
[Date "2001.08.04"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "John W Loyte"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Framingham USA"]
[Date "2001.08.05"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "James Warren"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "122"]

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

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Framingham USA"]
[Date "2001.08.06"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Walter M Buehl"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Framingham USA"]
[Date "2001.08.12"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Joshua E Friedel"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2221"]
[PlyCount "93"]

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

[Event "Smartchess.com It"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2001.10.08"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Altin Cela"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "49"]

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

[Event "Smartchess.com It"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2001.10.09"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jayson Gonzales"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "130"]

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

[Event "Smartchess.com It"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2001.10.11"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Irina Krush"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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

[Event "WYB14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.21"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Olivier Hamel"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2035"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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

[Event "WYB14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.22"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Stepan Zilka"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2186"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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

[Event "WYB14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.23"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Zhigalko"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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

[Event "WYB14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.26"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Ahmed Adly"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[PlyCount "145"]

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

[Event "WYB14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.28"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Deep Sengupta"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "50"]

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

[Event "WYB14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.10.30"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Bluvshtein"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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

[Event "WYB14"]
[Site "Oropesa del Mar ESP"]
[Date "2001.11.01"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Borki Predojevic"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2001.03.24"]
[EventDate "2001.03.24"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrej Grilc"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2001.03.25"]
[EventDate "2001.03.24"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Giuseppe Laco"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[PlyCount "129"]

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

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2001.03.27"]
[EventDate "2001.03.24"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Pavol Hanko"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[PlyCount "55"]

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

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2001.03.28"]
[EventDate "2001.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Romuald Jovan"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[PlyCount "47"]

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

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2001.03.31"]
[EventDate "2001.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Gombac"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "124"]

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

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Bled SLO"]
[Date "2001.04.01"]
[EventDate "2001.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Igor Sitnik"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "135"]

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

[Event "USA-ch U20"]
[Site "Tulsa"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Steven Winer"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "185"]

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

[Event "USA-ch U20"]
[Site "Tulsa"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Asuka Nakamura"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

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

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2002.01.21"]
[EventDate "2002.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexandre Lesiege"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O b5 11. g4 Nb6
12. g5 Nfd7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Na5 c3
17. Qxc3 Bxg5 18. f4 exf4 19. Nc6 Qc7 20. Bd4 f6 21. Rhg1 Bh6
22. Rge1+ Ne5 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Rxe5+ dxe5 25. d6 Qd7 26. Nxe5
Qb5 27. d7+ Ke7 28. Qa3+ Ke6 29. Qd6+ Kf5 30. Nf3 Kg4 31. Nd4
Qc4 32. Rg1+ Kh3 33. Qe5 g6 34. Qe4 1-0

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2002.01.22"]
[EventDate "2002.01.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Giovanni Portilho Vescovi"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "119"]

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

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2002.01.23"]
[EventDate "2002.01.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bartosz Socko"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d6 3. d4 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nge2 O-O
7. O-O e5 8. h3 b5 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qd6 Bb7
12. a4 a6 13. g4 Re8 14. g5 Nh5 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Rfd1 Nf8
17. Qb4 Qb8 18. Nd5 Ne6 19. Nb6 a5 20. Rxa5 Rxa5 21. Qxa5 Bc6
22. Nd5 Nhf4 23. Nec3 Bxd5 24. exd5 Nd4 25. Kf1 Qc8 26. Ne4
Qxc2 27. Re1 Nxg2 28. Bxd4 Nxe1 29. Qxe1 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2002.01.25"]
[EventDate "2002.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bojan Vuckovic"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6
12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5 15. Qh5 Qe7 16. Nxe6 Bxe6
17. fxe6 g6 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Qh3 Kg7 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Qc3 Ra7
22. Qa3 Qb8 23. h4 Bh6 24. h5 a5 25. Be2 b4 26. Qg3 Rf7
27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Bh5 Qf8 29. Rhg1 Bf4 30. Nxf4 Rxf4 31. Bxg6
Rg4 32. Qxe5+ dxe5 33. Rxg4 Rh2 34. Bf5+ Kh6 35. Rg6+ Kh5
36. Rc6 Qd8 37. Rc1 Qh4 38. Rc7 Kg5 39. a4 Rh1 40. Rxh1 Qxh1+
41. Ka2 Kf4 42. Rc4 Qd1 43. Be6 Ke3 44. Bd5 Kd2 45. Rc8 Kc1
46. Bb3 Qe2 47. Rc4 Kd2 48. Rc5 Qxe4 49. Rxa5 Kc1 50. Rd5 Qe2
51. a5 e4 52. Rd6 e3 53. a6 Qg2 54. Re6 Qg7 55. c3 Qg2 0-1

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2002.01.27"]
[EventDate "2002.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Irina Krush"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6
7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Nd4 11. a4 a6 12. Ncd5
Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. c3 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nc6
17. Qc1 Qxc1 18. Raxc1 g6 19. f4 Kg7 20. f5 f6 21. b4 Ne7
22. bxc5 Nxd5 23. exd5 dxc5 24. Rb1 Rf7 25. c4 gxf5 26. Rxf5
Re8 27. Rf2 f5 28. g4 f4 29. Re2 h5 30. gxh5 Kh6 31. Rb6+ Kxh5
32. Re6 Rg8+ 33. Kf2 Kg4 34. Kf1 Rh8 35. Rg2+ Kf5 36. Re2 f3
37. R2xe5+ Kg4 38. Rg6+ Kh3 39. Rg3+ Kxh2 40. Kf2 Rh3
41. Rxh3+ Kxh3 42. Rg5 Kh4 43. Rg3 b5 44. axb5 axb5 45. Rxf3
Rb7 46. Ke3 Kg5 47. d4 cxd4+ 48. Kxd4 bxc4 49. Kxc4 Kg6
50. Kc5 Rc7+ 51. Kb6 Rc1 52. d6 Rd1 53. Kc7 Rc1+ 54. Kd8 Rd1
55. d7 Kg5 56. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Bermuda BER"]
[Date "2002.02.01"]
[EventDate "2002.02.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Richardson"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "40"]

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

[Event "2nd China-USA Summit"]
[Site "Shanghai CHN"]
[Date "2002.07.14"]
[EventDate "2002.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Zhao Jun"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 h6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bf4 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Be3 Nbc6 10. h3 g5 11. g3 Be6
12. Nd5 Ne7 13. f4 gxf4 14. gxf4 N5c6 15. O-O-O f5 16. Bc4 Bf7
17. exf5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qd7 19. Ne2 Qxf5 20. Bxc6+ bxc6 21. Bd4
Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Qd5 23. Qc3 Qc4 24. Qxc4 Bxc4 25. Nxc6 Kf7
26. Nd4 Kf6 27. b3 Bf7 28. Rhg1 a6 29. Rde1 Rhg8 30. Kd2 c5
31. Ne2 Be6 32. c4 h5 33. Ng3 Bxh3 34. Nxh5+ Kf5 35. Ke3 Rae8+
36. Kf3 Rxe1 37. Rxg8 Rf1+ 38. Ke3 Re1+ 39. Kf3 Rf1+ 40. Ke3
Re1+ 41. Kd2 Ra1 42. a4 Ke4 43. Rg6 d5 44. cxd5 Kxd5 45. Rxa6
c4 46. Nf6+ Kc5 47. Ra5+ Kb6 48. b4 Be6 49. Nd5+ Kc6 50. Nc3
1-0

[Event "Imre Konig mem"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.09.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6
7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 c5 9.dxc5 bxc5 10.f3 Nc6 11.Bd3 h6 12.Bh4 d5
13.Ne2 d4 14.exd4 cxd4 15.Qd2 e5 16.Ng3 Ne4 17.Bxd8 Nxd2
18.Kxd2 Raxd8 19.b4 g6 20.Rae1 Rfe8 21.Ne4 Re7 22.c5 Bc8
23.Nd6 Be6 24.Re2 Kg7 25.Rhe1 f6 26.Bb5 Rc7 27.f4 Bg4 28.Rf2
1-0

[Event "Los Inmortales op 4th"]
[Site "Santo Domingo"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Vladislav Tkachiev"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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

[Event "New York Masters 28th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2002.10.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Ildar Ibragimov"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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

[Event "New York Masters 34th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2002.11.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Justin Sarkar"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

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

[Event "Imre Konig Mem"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "2002.09.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Nick DeFirmian"]
[ECO "A66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7
8.e5 Nfd7 9.Ne4 dxe5 10.Nd6+ Ke7 11.Nxc8+ Qxc8 12.Nf3 Re8
13.fxe5 Kf8 14.e6 fxe6 15.dxe6 Rxe6+ 16.Be2 Qe8 17.O-O Rxe2
18.Nd4+ Kg8 19.Nxe2 Nc6 20.Bd2 Nb6 21.Bc3 Rd8 22.Qe1 Ne5
23.Qh4 Nd5 24.Rad1 Rd7 25.Bxe5 Qxe5 26.Nc3 Nf6 27.Rxd7 Nxd7
28.Qd8+ Nf8 29.Nd5 Qd4+ 30.Kh1 h5 31.Nf6+ Kh8 32.Nd7 Qc4
33.Rxf8+ Kh7 34.h4 Bxf8 35.Nxf8+ Kg8 36.Nd7+ Kh7 37.Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "US Championship2 2003"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John L Watson"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "56"]

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

[Event "US Championships 2003"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maurice Ashley"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Rhe1 h6
12. e5 Bb7 13. Qh3 dxe5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxe6 Rd8 16. Rxd7
Rxd7 17. Bxf6 Rd6 18. Qh5+ Kd8 19. Bxe7+ Kxe7 20. Qxe5 Kd8
21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Qc7 23. f4 Rd7 24. Qf5 Qc5 25. Be6 Qf2
0-1

[Event "US Championships 2003"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Gregory Shahade"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5
7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 Qxc5 10. Qb3 Qh5 11. Nb5 Na6
12. Ng3 Qh4 13. Nd4 Nd7 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. Nge2 e5 16. Bg3 Qf6
17. Nc6 Re8 18. O-O Nb6 19. Rfd1 Bd7 20. Qc3 Rac8 21. Bxe5
Rxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bxe5 25. b3 Kf8
26. f3 Ke7 27. Kf2 Kd6 28. e4 f6 29. Ke3 a5 30. f4 Bb2 31. Rc2
Ba3 32. Kd4 a4 33. e5+ fxe5+ 34. fxe5+ Ke7 35. Nf4 axb3
36. axb3 a5 37. g3 a4 38. bxa4 Bxa4 39. Rc7+ Bd7 40. Rb7 g5
41. Rxb6 gxf4 42. gxf4 Bf5 43. Kd5 Bc1 44. Rb7+ Ke8 45. e6 h5
46. Ke5 Bg4 47. f5 1-0

[Event "X Anibal Open"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2003.02.28"]
[EventDate "2003.02.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Geir Ivar Henriksen"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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

[Event "X Anibal Open"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2003.03.02"]
[EventDate "2003.02.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sam E Collins"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[PlyCount "47"]

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

[Event "X Anibal Open"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2003.03.04"]
[EventDate "2003.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Ernesto Fernandez-Romero"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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

[Event "X Anibal Open"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2003.03.05"]
[EventDate "2003.02.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ibrahim Hasan Labib"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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

[Event "X Anibal Open"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2003.03.07"]
[EventDate "2003.02.28"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Kempinski"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "86"]

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

[Event "12th Chicago Open"]
[Site "Oak Brook USA"]
[Date "2003.05.26"]
[EventDate "2003.05.23"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Mark Geist"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[PlyCount "124"]

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

[Event "World Open: 5-Day"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.07.02"]
[EventDate "2003.07.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georgios Alexopoulos"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bc4 Nb6
7. Bb3 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Nxd4 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 Rd8 13. Qb4 Qc6 14. a4 { A game of great theoretical
importance with a novelty on move 14!! (The 14. .. . Rd5 of
Grandmaster Nakamuradoes not appear in any of my
severalmulti-million game databases!!} 14... Rd5 $3 15. a5 e6
16. Qf4 Bd6 17. axb6 $5 Bxf4 18. bxa7 $1 Ke7 $1 {The only
move.} 19. Bxf4 Ra8 {The only move!} 20. Bb8 $1 Rd8 $1 21. Na3
Raxb8 22. axb8=Q Rxb8 23. Nc2 Rd8 24. Nd4 Qb6 25. b4 Rc8
26. Ra3 { White is in time trouble.} 26... Rc4 27. Rd1 Qc7
28. Ne2 h5 $3 29. Rd4 Qe5 30. Rd2 $138 Re4 31. Raa2 Qxc3
{White loses on time.} 0-1

[Event "Torneo Continental Americano"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2003.08.17"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ricardo Szmetan"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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

[Event "Torneo Continental Americano"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2003.08.18"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Andres Delgado Kuffo"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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

[Event "Torneo Continental Americano"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2003.08.20"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Carlos Garcia Palermo"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. g3 Bg7
7. c3 e6 8. Bg2 Na6 9. Na3 Nc7 10. Nc4 Qa6 11. Qf4 O-O 12. Nh3
d6 13. O-O e5 14. Qh4 f4 15. b3 b5 16. Nd2 f5 17. a4 bxa4
18. Nc4 Nb5 19. Rxa4 Qb7 20. Na5 Qf7 21. Rc1 fxg3 22. Qxg3 f4
23. Qd3 Qh5 24. Nxf4 exf4 25. Qxb5 f3 26. exf3 Bh3 27. Qf1
Rxf3 28. Bxh3 Rxh3 29. Qg2 Kh8 30. Rg4 Be5 31. Nc6 Bxh2+
32. Kf1 Bf4 33. Ne7 Rh1+ 34. Ke2 Rxc1 35. Kd3 Qf7 0-1

[Event "Torneo Continental Americano"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2003.08.22"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bernardo Roselli Mailhe"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[PlyCount "84"]

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

[Event "Torneo Continental Americano"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2003.08.23"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Julio Ernesto Granda Zuniga"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

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

[Event "Torneo Continental Americano"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2003.08.27"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gennadij Sagalchik"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 Bb4 5. Nge2 dxe4 6. a3 Be7
7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nxe4 f5 9. N4c3 c6 10. g3 b6 11. Bg2 Bb7
12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Nd1 Qc7 14. c4 O-O-O 15. Ne3 Kb8 16. Qc2 Bd6
17. f4 h5 18. h4 Nf6 19. O-O-O c5 20. d5 Rhe8 21. Nc3 a6
22. Rhe1 Rg8 23. Nf1 Rxg3 24. Nxg3 Bxf4+ 25. Kb1 Bxg3 26. Re2
Bc8 27. Rd3 Be5 28. Na4 Ka7 29. Rb3 Nd7 30. Bf3 Rg8 31. Bxh5
exd5 32. cxd5 b5 33. Nc3 c4 34. Rxb5 Bxc3 35. d6 Qxd6 36. Rxf5
Rg1+ 37. Ka2 Qxa3+ 0-1

[Event "Torneo Continental Americano"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2003.08.28"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexander Ivanov"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

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

[Event "Pamplona International"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2003.12.23"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 h6
12. Bh4 Be7 13. Be2 b5 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. Bg3 Nd7 16. Rhd1 O-O
17. Kb1 Re8 18. a4 b4 19. Na2 a5 20. Nc1 Nb6 21. b3 Bb7
22. Ne2 Rbc8 23. R4d2 d5 24. e5 Bc5 25. Nd4 Ba6 26. Bf2 Nd7
27. Re1 Rc7 28. Kb2 g6 29. h4 Bf8 30. h5 Nc5 31. hxg6 fxg6
32. g3 h5 33. Be3 Rh7 34. Rh1 Ne4 35. Rg2 Bc5 36. Re1 Bxd4+
37. Bxd4 Rc8 38. Bxe4 dxe4 39. Bb6 Rb7 40. Bxa5 Rbb8 41. Rd2
Rc3 42. Rd6 Ra8 43. Rg1 Bd3 44. cxd3 Rxa5 45. dxe4 Rac5
46. Rg2 Re3 47. Rd4 Rcc3 48. Rxb4 Rxg3 49. Rxg3 Rxg3 50. a5
Kg7 51. Ka3 Rg1 52. Ka4 1-0

[Event "Pamplona International"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "2003.12.28"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Yannick Pelletier"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Nb3
Nf6 7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O d6 9. f4 b5 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. Bd2 Be7
12. Rae1 b4 13. Na4 O-O 14. Be3 Rae8 15. Qh3 e5 16. Nb6 Nb8
17. Nd2 Bd8 18. Nbc4 Nbd7 19. b3 Nc5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Bf2 Bc8
22. Qf3 Be7 23. h3 Ne6 24. Bg3 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Nd7 26. Ne3 Bxe3
27. Qxe3 Ndc5 28. Bc4 f6 29. Bd5 Kh8 30. Nc4 Rd8 31. a3 bxa3
32. b4 Na4 33. Qxa3 Nb6 34. Ne3 Nf4 35. c4 Nfxd5 36. exd5 f5
37. Bh4 Rde8 38. c5 Nd7 39. Nxf5 Nxc5 40. Nxg7 Qxg7 41. bxc5
e4 42. Rxf8+ Qxf8 43. d6 Qh6 44. Qc3+ Kg8 45. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Internet Section 15-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2003.03.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "A J Goldsby"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2003.04.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Kreiman"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

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

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Mulyar"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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

[Event "ch-USA Rapid Playoff"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.12.05"]
[EventDate "2004.12.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Stripunsky"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nh3 Nh6
7. O-O O-O 8. Kh1 Kh8 9. Ng1 f5 10. Bg5 Nf7 11. Be3 Bd7
12. Qd2 Rb8 13. Rae1 b5 14. a3 a5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Nh3 b4
17. Nd1 e6 18. Nf4 Re8 19. Nh5 Bf8 20. c3 bxa3 21. bxa3 Nce5
22. f4 Ng4 23. Bg1 Nf6 24. Nxf6 Qxf6 25. d4 Bb5 26. Rf2 cxd4
27. cxd4 d5 28. Rf3 a4 29. Nf2 Nd6 30. g4 Bg7 31. gxf5 exf5
32. Re5 Nc4 33. Qe1 Nxe5 34. fxe5 Qe7 35. Nh3 Bc4 36. Qa5 Qd7
37. Ng5 Rb3 38. e6 Qe7 39. Rxf5 Rb1 40. Qd2 Qxa3 41. Nf7+ Kg8
42. Nh6+ Kh8 43. Nf7+ Kg8 44. Nh6+ Bxh6 45. Qxh6 Rxg1+
46. Kxg1 Qa1+ 47. Bf1 Qxd4+ 48. Rf2 Kh8 49. Bxc4 Rg8+ 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2004.12.14"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. f3 b5 8. g4 b4 9. Nce2 h6 10. c4 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. Rc1
Nc5 13. Bg2 g6 14. Ng3 e5 15. Nde2 Be6 16. b3 a5 17. h4 a4
18. Rb1 Nfd7 19. O-O Rb8 20. Rfc1 Be7 21. h5 g5 22. Bf2 axb3
23. axb3 O-O 24. Nf1 Ra8 25. Ne3 Rfc8 26. Ng3 Bf8 27. Bf1 Rcb8
28. Rc2 Ra3 29. Rcb2 Qa5 30. Ngf5 Bxf5 31. Nxf5 Ne6 32. Nxd6
Ndc5 33. Nb5 Rd8 34. Qc2 Ra1 35. Qc1 Rxb1 36. Qxb1 Rd7 37. Be3
Qd8 38. Rf2 Nf4 39. Qc2 Rd1 40. Rd2 Rxd2 41. Qxd2 Qxd2
42. Bxd2 Nxb3 43. Be3 Bc5 44. Kf2 Kf8 45. Bxc5+ Nxc5 46. Ke3
Nfe6 47. Be2 Ke7 48. Bd1 Kd7 49. Bc2 Nc7 50. Kd2 Kc6 51. Na7+
Kb7 52. Nb5 Nxb5 53. cxb5 Kb6 54. Bd1 Kxb5 55. Be2+ Ka4
56. Bc4 f6 57. Kc2 Ka3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "Tripoli, Libya"]
[Date "2004.06.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Aleksej Aleksandrov"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "203"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3
Qxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. d4 Bb7 9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nd2 Bd6
12. Qg4 Qg5 13. Qh3 Qe7 14. Ne4 Ba3 15. Qg3 O-O-O 16. c5 Bxc1
17. cxb6 axb6 18. Rfxc1 e5 19. a4 f5 20. Nd2 e4 21. Bb5 g5
22. Qe3 Nf6 23. a5 f4 24. Qe2 e3 25. fxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Qxe3 fxe3
27. Nc4 Nd5 28. a6 Ba8 29. Ne5 Rhf8 30. Be2 c5 31. dxc5 Kc7
32. Nc4 bxc5 33. Ra5 Kc6 34. Re1 Nxc3 35. Bf3+ Rxf3 36. gxf3
e2 37. Kf2 Rd4 38. Ne5+ Kb6 39. Ra3 Nb5 40. Re3 Bd5 41. R3xe2
Kxa6 42. Rb2 Rb4 43. Rd2 Rd4 44. Rc2 c4 45. Ke3 Rh4 46. Rb1 c3
47. Nd3 Ka5 48. Ra1+ Kb6 49. Rf2 Nd4 50. Rb1+ Kc7 51. Nb4 Bxf3
52. Rc1 Ne2 53. Rc2 Bh5 54. Nd5+ Kd6 55. Nxc3 Rh3+ 56. Kd2 Nd4
57. Rb2 Nf3+ 58. Kc1 Ne5 59. Rf6+ Kc5 60. Ne4+ Kd4 61. Nf2
Rc3+ 62. Rc2 Rxc2+ 63. Kxc2 Bg6+ 64. Kd2 h5 65. Ke2 g4 66. Kf1
Bc2 67. Kg2 h4 68. Rh6 h3+ 69. Kg3 Be4 70. Rd6+ Ke3 71. Nd1+
Ke2 72. Kf4 Bf3 73. Nc3+ Kf1 74. Rd2 Ng6+ 75. Kg3 Ne7 76. Nb5
Ke1 77. Ra2 Nc6 78. Rb2 Kf1 79. Rd2 Ke1 80. Rd6 Kf1 81. Re6
Nd8 82. Re3 Nc6 83. Re8 Be2 84. Nd6 Nd4 85. Ne4 Kg1 86. Nc3
Nf5+ 87. Kf4 Bf3 88. Kxf5 Kxh2 89. Kf4 Kg2 90. Ne2 h2 91. Ng3
Kh3 92. Rh8+ Kg2 93. Rb8 Kh3 94. Rb5 Be2 95. Rb3 Bd1 96. Ra3
Bf3 97. Nh1 Kh4 98. Nf2 Be2 99. Re3 Bd1 100. Re1 g3 101. Rxd1
g2 102. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2004.12.13"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. e5 Nc6
7. Bb5 Nd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. e6 Nf6 10. exf7+ Kxf7 11. Nf3 h6
12. Ne5+ Kg7 13. Nxc6 Qc7 14. Nb4 e5 15. Qf2 Qc4 16. a3 a5
17. Nba2 Bf5 18. b3 Qe6 19. O-O d5 20. h3 Bd6 21. Re1 Rhf8
22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxh6+ Kxh6 24. Qe3+ Kg7 25. Qxe5 Qxe5
26. Rxe5 Bxc2 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Bxb3 29. Rd3 Bxa2
30. Rxa2 Rad8 31. Rg3 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Rfd8 33. Rc2 R1d3 34. Rg4
R8d4 35. Rg5 Rd5 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. Rc4 Kf6 38. Ra4 g5 39. Kg3
Kf5 40. Kf3 Rb5 41. Re4 Rb3+ 42. Re3 a4 43. g4+ Kf6 44. Ke4
Rxe3+ 45. Kxe3 Ke5 46. Kf2 Kf6 47. Kg3 Ke6 48. h4 gxh4+
49. Kxh4 Kf6 50. Kh5 Kg7 51. Kg5 Kh7 52. Kf6 Kh6 53. g5+ Kh7
54. Kf7 Kh8 55. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2004.12.10"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bc4
Bf5 7. Ne5 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 Bd6 10. h5 Be4 11. O-O Bd5
12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. Re1 g6 14. Qe2 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Ng8 16. Bd2 Qc7
17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. c4 d4 19. Bb4 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Qf3 Qc7
22. Be4 O-O-O 23. Rad1 gxh5 24. g5 h6 25. Rd3 hxg5 26. Rb3 b6
27. c5 Qxc5 28. Qxf7 Ne7 29. Qxe6+ Kb8 30. a4 Nd5 31. Rb5 Nc7
32. Qf7 Rhf8 33. Rxc5 Rxf7 34. Rc6 Re7 35. Rd6 Red7 36. Rg6 g4
37. f3 d3 38. fxg4 d2 39. Rd1 Rd4 40. Bf3 hxg4 41. Bxg4 Nd5
42. Kf2 Rf8+ 43. Bf3 Rd3 44. Rg3 Ne3 45. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 46. Kxe3
Rxb2 47. Bd5 Re8 48. e6 Kc7 49. Rg7+ Kd6 50. Rd7+ Ke5 51. a5
Rb5 52. Bc4 Rxa5 53. Kd3 Rxe6 54. Bxe6 Kxe6 55. Rh7 Kd6
56. Kc4 Kc6 57. Rh6+ Kb7 58. Rh7+ Ka6 59. Kb4 Rg5 60. Rh4 Rg7
0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2004.12.09"]
[EventDate "2004.12.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6
bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 h6
12. Bh4 Re8 13. c4 Bd6 14. Rc1 Rb8 15. b3 Be6 16. cxd5 Bxd5
17. Bc4 Bf4 18. Rc3 Be5 19. Rc2 Qd6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bxd5
cxd5 22. Nc5 Be5 23. g3 Rbc8 24. Nd3 Bc3 25. Nf4 d4 26. Qd3
Ba5 27. Rc4 Rxc4 28. bxc4 Qe5 29. Rb1 Bc3 30. Rb7 Re7 31. Rb5
Qd6 32. Nd5 Re6 33. Rb7 Re8 34. Qf3 Rf8 35. Rxa7 Bb4 36. Qf5
Bc5 37. Rc7 Ba3 38. c5 Bxc5 39. Rxc5 g6 40. Nf6+ Kg7 41. Ne4
1-0

[Event "Chessmaster US Championships 2005"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.12.02"]
[EventDate "2004.11.06"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gregory Kaidanov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 a6
12. dxc5 Na5 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Rb6 Rfd8 15. Qb1 e6 16. Bg5 Re8
17. Qb4 Nc6 18. Qa3 Ne5 19. Bf4 Bf8 20. Rbb1 Bxc5 21. Qb3 Rab8
22. Kh1 Red8 23. Nd4 Bd6 24. Be2 Rdc8 25. Rbd1 Nc4 26. Bc1 Bf8
27. f4 Nb6 28. Rd3 Na4 29. Ba3 Bxa3 30. Qxa3 Qc5 31. Qb3 Qa5
32. Qb4 Qxb4 33. cxb4 Nc3 34. a3 Nxe4 35. Bf3 Nf6 36. g4 Ba4
37. g5 Ne8 38. Bd1 Bxd1 39. Rfxd1 Rc4 40. Ne2 Re4 41. R1d2 Nc7
42. Nc3 Rxf4 43. Rd7 Nb5 44. Ne2 Rf1+ 45. Kg2 Rf5 46. h4 Nxa3
47. Ng3 Rd5 48. R2xd5 exd5 49. Rxd5 Nc2 50. Rd7 Nxb4 51. Ne4
a5 52. Nd6 a4 53. Nxf7 a3 54. Nh6+ Kf8 55. Rxh7 Nc6 56. h5 a2
57. Rf7+ Ke8 58. Rf1 Ra8 59. Ra1 Nd4 60. Re1+ Kf8 61. Rf1+ Nf5
62. hxg6 a1=Q 63. Rxa1 Nh4+ 64. Kg3 Rxa1 65. Kxh4 Rf1 66. Kg4
b5 67. Nf5 b4 68. Ne3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee B Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Eric Lobron"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6
7. c5 Be7 8. b4 b6 9. Nf4 bxc5 10. bxc5 c6 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Nd3
Ba6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rb1 Bc4 15. Bd2 Rfb8 16. Rxb8+ Rxb8
17. Nb4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Rb7 19. f3 a5 20. Nd3 Rb3 21. Qd1 Qb7
22. Qc2 Bd8 23. a4 Nb8 24. e4 Bc7 25. e5 Nfd7 26. f4 g6
27. Rc1 Qa6 28. Nb5 Rxb5 29. axb5 cxb5 30. c6 Nb6 31. f5 Nc4
32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Bh6 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee B Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Friso Nijboer"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 e5
7. f4 d6 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Bc4 Qd8 11. Rb1 Bd6
12. O-O O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 a6 15. a4 Qa5 16. Be1 Qd8
17. Nh4 Ne8 18. Nf5 Ndf6 19. Ne3 Be7 20. Bg3 Nd6 21. Qd3 Nd7
22. Nf5 Kh7 23. Rf3 g6 24. Nxd6 Bxd6 25. Bf2 Nf6 26. h3 Nh5
27. Be3 Rb8 28. Rbf1 f6 29. Qd2 g5 30. h4 g4 31. R3f2 f5
32. exf5 g3 33. Rf3 Qxh4 34. Re1 Qxc4 35. Bxh6 Bxf5 36. Bxf8
Rxf8 37. Qg5 Bg6 38. Re4 Rf5 39. Qxf5 Bxf5 40. Rxc4 Nf4
41. Ne4 Bf8 42. Nxg3 Bd7 43. Nh5 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee B Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.20"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Lazaro Bruzon Batista"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. c5 c6 8. Bd3 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. O-O Qc8 12. h3 Qb7
13. Qc2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Ra7 15. Nd2 Rfa8 16. Rab1 axb4 17. axb4
Ra3 18. Qc2 Bd8 19. Nb3 Bc7 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. b5 Rc8 22. Rfc1
Raa8 23. Qe2 Qd8 24. bxc6 Rxc6 25. Qb5 Rcc8 26. c6 Nb8 27. Na4
Ra6 28. Nd2 Qc7 29. Nxb6 Rd8 30. Nf3 Ne4 31. Ne5 Nd6 32. Qb3
f6 33. Nd3 Ne4 34. Nf4 Nd2 35. Nxe6 Nxb3 36. Nxc7 Rxb6
37. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee B Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.22"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6
7. Bf1 Ng4 8. g3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Ne5 10. Qe2 e6 11. Bg2 d6
12. b3 Be7 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. Nd1 Nd4 15. Qd3 Bf6 16. c3 Nc6
17. Ne3 O-O 18. Ng4 Be7 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. Red1 a5 21. d4 a4
22. Rab1 axb3 23. axb3 Ra2 24. Ne3 cxd4 25. cxd4 Bf6 26. e5
dxe5 27. dxe5 Be7 28. Nc4 Nb4 29. Nd6 Bc6 30. Qc4 Nd5 31. Bd4
Bxd6 32. exd6 Qd7 33. Bc5 Rc8 34. Qd4 Nf6 35. Bxc6 Rxc6
36. Ra1 Rxa1 37. Rxa1 Rc8 38. Ra7 Qc6 39. Ba3 h5 40. Qb4 b5
41. Qd4 Rd8 42. Rc7 Qf3 43. d7 e5 44. Qxe5 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 Rxd7
46. Rc5 h4 47. Qf5 Rd8 48. Bb2 Ng4 49. Rc8 Rxc8 50. Qxc8+ Kh7
51. Qf5+ Kg8 52. h3 Qxb3 53. Bxg7 Qxg3+ 54. fxg3 Ne3+ 55. Kf3
Nxf5 56. Bc3 hxg3 57. Bb4 Kg7 58. Bc5 Kg6 59. Kg4 g2 60. Kf3
b4 61. Kxg2 b3 62. Ba3 Ne3+ 63. Kf3 Nc4 64. Bc1 Kf5 65. h4 b2
66. Bxb2 Nxb2 67. h5 Kg5 68. Ke4 Kxh5 69. Kf5 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee B Group"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2004.01.25"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5
7. c3 dxc3 8. Nxc3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O-O Ne6 11. Ne4 Qe8
12. h4 d6 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Nxd6 Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Na5 16. Bd3 Qa4
17. Kb1 Nf4 18. Qc2 Qxc2+ 19. Bxc2 Ne6 20. b3 b6 21. Ng5 h6
22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Be4 Rac8 24. f3 Rfe8 25. Bf4 Re7 26. Rc1
Rce8 27. b4 Nb7 28. Rdc6 f5 29. Bd3 Kf7 30. Rc7 a5 31. Bb5 Rd8
32. Rxe7+ Kxe7 33. Rc7+ Kf6 34. Rxb7 Rd4 35. Bc1 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.03.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5
7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. cxd5 h6 10. Be3 a6 11. a4 h5 12. Nge2
Nbd7 13. Nd1 Nh7 14. Nec3 f5 15. Be2 Be5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bf4
Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Qf6 19. Nf2 Ne5 20. O-O Bd7 21. Ra3 Rae8 22. Rb3
Bc8 23. Rb6 Qd8 24. a5 Rf6 25. Rc1 Qc7 26. b4 Nd7 27. bxc5
Nxb6 28. axb6 Qd8 29. c6 Qxb6 30. Rb1 Rxe2 31. Qg3+ Kh8 32. h4
Rb2 33. Re1 f4 34. Re8+ Nf8 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Anna Zatonskih"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qd2 b6
7. Nge2 Bb7 8. a3 Be7 9. g3 Qf3 10. Rg1 Bg5 11. Nf4 Bxf4
12. gxf4 Rg8 13. Rg3 Qh5 14. Rh3 Qg6 15. O-O-O d6 16. d5 Nd7
17. Nb5 Kd8 18. Qc3 Nc5 19. b4 Qxe4 20. bxc5 Qxf4+ 21. Re3
Bxd5 22. cxb6 c6 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. b7 Kd7 25. bxa8=Q Rxa8
26. Bh3+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.03.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jon Gardar Vidarsson"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. f4 a6 6. Bc4 b6
7. Nf3 e6 8. Qe2 Bb7 9. d3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ba2 Bc6 12. d4
d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Kh1 Bd6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Qf3 cxd4 17. Nxd7
Qxd7 18. Nxd5 Bc5 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Qh5 Kh8 21. Bd2 Rg8
22. Rg1 Qc6 23. Qh3 d3 24. Bxf7 Rg7 25. Bb3 Bxg1 26. Rxg1 dxc2
27. Qc3 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "WCC , tiebreak 25/10"]
[Site "Tripoli, Libya"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Volkov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2 Nbc6 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Nf3 h6
12. O-O g5 13. h3 Bg7 14. Re1 O-O-O 15. Be3 Kb8 16. Bd4 Nxd4
17. Nxd4 h5 18. Rac1 g4 19. h4 f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nxe6 Bxe6
22. Qxe6 Bxh4 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 g3 25. f4 Bf6 26. Re6 Rhf8
27. Rce1 h4 28. f5 b5 29. Rc6 d4 30. c4 bxc4 31. Rxc4 Rd6
32. Rb4+ Kc7 33. Rc4+ Kb8 34. Kf1 Bd8 35. a4 a5 36. b4 Rg8
37. Re5 Ka7 38. Rc8 Kb7 39. Rc4 Ka7 40. Be4 Rg4 41. Rc8 Rxe4
42. Rxe4 d3 43. Rc1 Bg5 44. Rd1 Rd5 45. Rg4 Rxf5+ 46. Ke1 Re5+
47. Kf1 Rf5+ 48. Ke1 d2+ 49. Ke2 axb4 50. Rxb4 Rf2+ 51. Kd3
Rxg2 52. Rg4 Bd8 53. Rxd2 Rg1 54. Ke4 Bb6 55. a5 Bc5 56. Rg6
Re1+ 57. Kf3 Re7 58. Rd5 Rf7+ 59. Kg2 Bb4 60. Rg4 Rf2+ 61. Kg1
Rb2 62. Rxh4 Rb1+ 63. Kg2 Rb2+ 64. Kf3 Rb3+ 65. Ke4 Rc3
66. Rh7+ Ka6 67. Rh6+ Ka7 68. Rd7+ Kb8 69. a6 Rc4+ 70. Kd3
Rc3+ 71. Kd4 Rf3 72. Rhh7 Rf4+ 73. Ke5 g2 74. Rd8# 1-0

[Event "WCC , tiebreak 25/10"]
[Site "Tripoli, Libya"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Volkov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5
7. Be3 Na6 8. d5 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 h5 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. h3
Nh6 13. g4 hxg4 14. hxg4 Qe7 15. Nf1 Nf7 16. Ne3 Bh6 17. Bd3
Kg7 18. Qe2 Rh8 19. O-O-O c5 20. a3 Nc7 21. Kb1 a6 22. f3 b5
23. Bf2 Rab8 24. cxb5 axb5 25. b4 Na6 26. Qb2 Rhc8 27. Be2 Rb7
28. Rc1 Bf4 29. Rc2 Qe8 30. Na2 Rbc7 31. Ng2 Bh6 32. Be3 Bxe3
33. Nxe3 Qe7 34. Bd1 Rh8 35. Rch2 Rcc8 36. Rxh8 Rxh8 37. Rxh8
Kxh8 38. Nc3 cxb4 39. axb4 Qd8 40. Qh2+ Kg7 41. Nc2 Qb6
42. Kb2 Ng5 43. Kb3 Nc7 44. Be2 Qa7 45. Qg2 Kf7 46. Qf1 Qb6
47. Qa1 Ke7 48. Qa5 Qb7 49. Na3 f5 50. gxf5 gxf5 51. Nc2 fxe4
52. fxe4 Nxe4 53. Nxe4 Qxd5+ 54. Kb2 Qxe4 55. Bd1 Ne6 56. Qa3
Nd4 57. Qg3 Kd8 58. Ne3 Kc7 59. Qe1 Nc6 60. Bb3 Qd4+ 61. Ka3
Nxb4 62. Qc1+ Bc6 63. Qg1 Nd3 64. Qg7+ Kb6 65. Nd1 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "Tripoli, Libya"]
[Date "2004.06.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexander Lastin"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. dxe6
fxe6 13. Bc2 c4 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. Be3 O-O-O 16. Qe2 e5 17. Nf3
Nd3 18. a4 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 e4 21. Nd2 b3 22. Bxd3
cxd3 23. Qg4+ Qd7 24. Qf4 Bxd5 25. Rfc1+ Kb7 26. Qe5 Be7
27. Nxe4 Rhe8 28. Qd4 Ka8 29. Nd6 Bxd6 30. Qxd5+ Qb7 31. Qxb7+
Kxb7 32. Rc3 Bb4 33. Rxb3 a5 34. Kf1 d2 35. Rd1 Kc6 36. Ke2
Kd5 37. Rd3+ Kc6 38. b3 Rb8 39. Rd4 Re5 40. Kd3 Bc5 41. Rc4
Rxb3+ 42. Kxd2 Rb2+ 43. Kc3 Rb4 44. Rdd4 h5 45. g3 g5 46. h4
g4 47. Rf4 Rxc4+ 48. Rxc4 Kb6 49. Rxc5 Rxc5+ 50. Kd3 Kc6
51. Bxc5 Kxc5 52. Ke3 1-0

[Event "2004 World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[EventDate "2004.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel Fridman"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6
7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. e4
c6 13. Bf4 Bc8 14. Nde2 e5 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. b3 c5 17. Qc1 Qe7
18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Qa3 Nc6 20. Rac1 c4 21. Bd6 Qg5 22. h4 Qa5
23. Qxa5 Nxa5 24. bxc4 Naxc4 25. Bc5 Rc8 26. Bd4 Nb2 27. Rd2
N6c4 28. Rdc2 Nd3 29. Rd1 Nb4 30. Bxg7 Nxc2 31. Bf6 Bg4
32. Rb1 Rc6 33. e5 Rb6 34. Rxb6 Nxb6 35. Bxb7 Nd7 36. Nf4 Nxe5
37. Be4 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Fort Lauderdale USA"]
[Date "2004.08.13"]
[EventDate "2004.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Nelson Castaneda"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 dxc4 6. Nf3 Nb6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Nd2 f5 9. Nxc4 Nd5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O b6
12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Na3 Bb7 14. Nb5 Qd7 15. Rc1 Nc6 16. Nc3 Nd8
17. f4 Ne6 18. a3 a6 19. b4 c6 20. g4 g6 21. gxf5 gxf5 22. Rf3
Kh8 23. Bd3 Rf7 24. Rh3 Rg8+ 25. Kh1 c5 26. Qh5 Nd8 27. Ne2 c4
28. Bb1 Bc8 29. Ng3 Bf8 30. Re1 h6 31. Qf3 Qe6 32. Rh5 Qg6
33. Rg1 Qh7 34. Qf1 Be6 35. Qh3 1-0

[Event "Chessmaster US Championships 2005"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.11.24"]
[EventDate "2004.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Stephen Muhammad"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7
7. c3 Nxe4 8. d4 Na5 9. Bc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 c5 11. Nf5 d5 12. a4
Qd7 13. f3 Nd6 14. Re1+ Kd8 15. Ne3 Ndc4 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bf5
Nxe3 18. Bxd7 Nxd1 19. Bxb5 Bd6 20. Rxd1 Kc7 21. Nd2 Bc6
22. Bd3 Rhe8 23. c4 dxc4 24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Bxc4
f6 27. Be3 Rb8 28. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "2005 US Chessmaster Championship"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Cyrus Lakdawala"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bg7 6. g3 d6
7. Bg2 f5 8. c3 Nd7 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Nh3 h5 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. a4
h4 13. Nf4 hxg3 14. hxg3 Rxh1+ 15. Bxh1 O-O-O 16. Nc4 Qa6
17. Qd3 Rh8 18. Bg2 Kc7 19. Ra3 Ng4 20. b4 cxb4 21. cxb4 Bxa4
22. Nxd6 Qb6 23. Qc4+ Kxd6 24. Qc5+ Qxc5 25. bxc5+ Kxc5
26. Rxa4 Bc3+ 27. Kd1 a5 28. Nd3+ Kd6 29. Rc4 Bg7 30. Bf3 Ne5
31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. Kc2 Rh2 33. Kb3 Rxf2 34. Ka4 Bxg3 35. Kxa5
Rf1 36. Rc8 Rb1 37. Ka4 Ke5 38. Rf8 Kd4 39. Ka3 Kc3 40. Rc8+
Kd2 41. Rf8 Be5 42. Rc8 b5 0-1

[Event "Chessmaster US Championships 2005"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.11.28"]
[EventDate "2004.11.06"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Bd2 e6
7. Qe2 Bb4 8. O-O-O Nf6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qc7 11. d5 cxd5
12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Rxd5 O-O 14. Rd2 Nc6 15. Nf3 Rfd8 16. Rhd1
Bg4 17. h3 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 f6 20. Qe4 Re8 21. f4
Qe7 22. Qc4 Qf7 23. Re2 h6 24. b3 a6 25. a4 e5 26. Qe4 f5
27. Qe3 e4 28. g4 Ne7 29. Be5 Nd5 30. Qg3 Rxe5 31. fxe5 f4
32. Qe1 e3 33. c4 Qc7 34. Qh1 Nc3 35. Re1 Qd7 36. Qh2 Qd4
37. e6 Ne4 38. e7 Qd2+ 39. Kb1 Nc3+ 40. Ka1 Qxh2 0-1

[Event "Chessmaster US Championships 2005"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[EventDate "2004.11.06"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Ildar Ibragimov"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nge7 6.Na3 cxd4 7.cxd4
Nf5 8.Nc2 Qb6 9.Be2 Bb4+ 10.Kf1 Be7 11.g3 Bd7 12.Bd2 O-O 13.h4
f6 14.g4 Nfxd4 15.Ncxd4 fxe5 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Bc3 Bd6 18.Rh3
Rab8 19.Bd3 Qc7 20.Ng5 h6 21.Bh7+ Kh8 22.Qc2 Rf4 23.Qg6 Rf6
24.Nf7+ Rxf7 25.Qxf7 Kxh7 26.g5 Be8 27.g6+ Kh8 28.Qxc7 Bxc7
29.h5 d4 30.Rf3 Kg8 31.Be1 c5 32.Rc1 Bd6 33.Rb3 Rxb3 34.axb3
Bb5+ 35.Kg2 Kf8 36.f3 Bd3 37.Bg3 Ke7 38.b4 cxb4 39.Rc8 e4
40.Rg8 Bxg3 41.Rxg7+ Kf8 42.Rf7+ Kg8 43.Kxg3 e3 44.Rd7 e5
45.f4 exf4+ 46.Kxf4 e2 47.Re7 Kf8 48.Re5 a5 {? an error;
winning outright is 48...Bb5!!} 49.Kf3 a4 50.Kf2 a3 51.bxa3 b3
52.g7+ Kxg7 53.Re7+ Kf6 54.Rb7 Bc4 55.Rb4 Bf7 56.a4 d3 57.a5
Bxh5 58.Ke1 Ke5 59.a6 Bf3 60.a7 h5 61.Rxb3 Kd4 62.Rb8 h4
63.Rd8+ Kc3 64.Rc8+ Kd4 65.Kd2 h3 66.a8=Q 1-0

[Event "ch-USA Rapid Playoff"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.12.05"]
[EventDate "2004.12.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexander Stripunsky"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7
7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 d6 9. Qe2 Nge7 10. Be3 b5 11. Bxa7 Rxa7
12. Qe3 O-O 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 Rd7 15. a5 Bb7 16. Rfc1 Qa8
17. Ra4 e5 18. Nd2 f5 19. Nc4 Qe8 20. Nb6 Rd8 21. f3 Kh8
22. Bc4 Qg6 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Qe8 26. c4 Nd4
27. Rxb4 Bxd5 28. cxd5 Rc8 29. Rc3 Rb8 30. Rxb8 Qxb8 31. Nxd4
exd4 32. Qxd4 Qxb2 33. Rd3 Qb5 34. Qc3 h6 35. Rd4 Qb1+ 36. Kf2
Re8 37. Re4 Rb8 38. Kg3 Qb7 39. Qc6 Qxc6 40. dxc6 Rc8 41. Rb4
Kg8 42. Rb6 Kf7 43. Rxa6 Ke6 44. Rb6 Kd5 45. a6 Kc5 46. Rb1
Rc7 47. Kf4 d5 48. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 13th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2004.09.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jonathan Speelman"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 a5 7.O-O
Nf6 8.Na3 O-O 9.Nb5 Re8 10.e3 Bf5 11.e4 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Bc1
Nd7 14.Na3 Bd6 15.Nc2 Nc5 16.Qd2 Nb4 17.Nfe1 f6 18.f3 Qd7
19.b3 b5 20.cxb5 Nxc2 21.Nxc2 Qxb5 22.Rd1 Bf7 23.Bf1 a4 24.Na3
Qd7 25.b4 Na6 26.b5 Bb4 27.Qf2 Bxa3 28.Bxa3 Qxb5 29.Qd2 c5
30.Rab1 Qc6 31.Rdc1 Reb8 32.f4 Qd6 33.Rxb8+ Rxb8 34.Qa5 exf4
35.gxf4 f5 36.e5 Qg6+ 37.Kh2 Bd5 38.Rc2 Qc6 39.Rb2 Rxb2+
40.Bxb2 Nc7 41.a3 Ne6 42.Bc1 h6 43.h4 Qe8 44.Qe1 Qb5 45.Qd2
Bb7 46.Qf2 Qc6 47.Bd2 c4 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 121st"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.10.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Rohde"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.a3 a5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nxd4 Nxd4 6.exd4 Qxd4
7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Be2 Bf5 9.d3 e5 10.Qb3 Be7 11.Qxb7 O-O 12.O-O Qd7
13.Qf3 Rab8 14.Rd1 Rfd8 15.Qg3 Qe6 16.Re1 Bd6 17.Nb5 Nd7
18.Be3 c6 19.Nxd6 Qxd6 20.Rab1 Nf8 21.Red1 Rb3 22.c5 Qc7
23.Bg5 Rdb8 24.Qf3 Bg6 25.h4 e4 26.Qg4 exd3 27.Bf3 h5 28.Qa4
Ne6 29.Be3 d2 30.Ra1 Rxb2 31.Qxc6 Qxc6 32.Bxc6 Rd8 33.Bf3 Nd4
34.c6 Nb3 35.c7 Rc8 36.Bf4 Bc2 37.Bb7 0-1

[Event "New York State-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.09.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arthur Bisguier"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 b6 7.Ne5
c5 8.O-O Bb7 9.a4 a6 10.a5 cxd4 11.exd4 b5 12.Re1 e6 13.Nd3
Nfd7 14.Bd6 Re8 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Bf8 17.Bf1 Nc6 18.Qf3 Nxe5
19.dxe5 Rc8 20.Qf4 Bg7 21.Bd3 f6 22.exf6 Qxf6 23.Qxf6 Bxf6
24.Nd1 e5 25.c3 e4 26.Bc2 Red8 27.Bb3 Kg7 28.Kf1 b4 29.Re3
bxc3 30.bxc3 d4 31.Rh3 dxc3 32.Rc1 Rd2 33.Nxc3 Bd4 34.Ke1 e3
0-1

[Event "New York Masters 117th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.09.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Asa Hoffmann"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Qe2 g6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.h3 Bg7 7.d3
Nd7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.a4 a5 10.O-O Re8 11.e5 Nf8 12.Ne4 Ne6 13.Re1
b6 14.b3 f5 15.Neg5 Nf8 16.Nd2 h6 17.Ngf3 Be6 18.Bb2 Bd5
19.Rad1 Qc7 20.Nh4 Qc8 21.Nc4 Rb8 22.Bc1 g5 23.Nf3 f4 24.Bb2
Rd8 25.Bc3 Ne6 26.Ba1 Nf8 27.Ncd2 Qf5 28.Nh2 Ng6 29.Qg4 Qxg4
30.hxg4 Be6 31.Nc4 Nf8 32.f3 Nd7 33.Nf1 Kf7 34.Nfd2 Rh8 35.Kf2
Nf8 36.Rh1 Ng6 37.Rde1 Rhd8 38.Bc3 Rd7 39.g3 fxg3+ 40.Kxg3 Nf4
41.Bb2 Kg6 42.Bc1 b5 43.Na3 Rd5 44.axb5 cxb5 45.Bb2 Rdd8
46.Ne4 c4 47.d4 cxb3 48.cxb3 Nd3 49.Nc5 Nxc5 50.dxc5 Rd3
51.Nc2 Bxb3 52.Nd4 Bd5 53.Rhf1 e6 54.c6 Rc8 55.Nxb5 Rxc6
56.Nd6 Rc2 57.Bc1 Rxc1 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 118th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.09.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jay R Bonin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.Ng5 Nf6 6.Nh3 Bb4 7.Bg5
h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.e3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 g5 11.Qh5+ Qf7 12.Qxf7+ Kxf7
13.c5 Na5 14.f3 b6 15.fxe4 fxe4 16.Nf2 Bb7 17.Bb5 d6 18.O-O
Kg7 19.Rad1 Bd5 20.Ng4 Rhf8 21.a3 Bc4 22.Bxc4 Nxc4 23.cxd6
cxd6 24.d5 Rxf1+ 25.Kxf1 Nxa3 26.Rd4 h5 27.Nf2 Nb5 28.Rc4 a5
29.Nxe4 a4 30.Rb4 a3 31.Rb1 a2 32.Ra1 Re8 33.Nxg5 Nxc3 34.Ke1
b5 35.Kd2 b4 36.Ne6+ Kf6 37.Nd4 Ra8 38.Kc2 Nxd5 39.Kb2 Nxe3
40.g3 Ra3 41.Rxa2 Nd1+ 42.Ka1 Rd3 43.Nc6 b3 44.Re2 b2+ 0-1

[Event "Monarch Assurance 13th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2004.09.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roland Berzinsh"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bb7 12.Nc2 Nb8
13.Nce3 Nd7 14.Qg4 h5 15.Qf3 g6 16.a4 bxa4 17.Rxa4 Bg5 18.Bc4
O-O 19.h4 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 Kg7 21.b4 a5 22.Rxa5 Rxa5 23.bxa5 Qxa5
24.O-O Rc8 25.Rb1 Bxd5 26.Bxd5 Rxc3 27.Qd2 Nf6 28.Qa2 Qc5 0-1

[Event "New York Masters 127th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.12.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Robert Lee Hess"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Nge7 7.O-O
Ng6 8.d5 Nb8 9.Bxd7+ Nxd7 10.c4 Be7 11.Nc3 h6 12.Be3 Bg5 13.b4
Bxe3 14.fxe3 O-O 15.Nd2 Nh4 16.Qg4 Qg5 17.Qxg5 hxg5 18.Nb3 g4
19.c5 g6 20.c6 bxc6 21.dxc6 Nb6 22.a4 f5 23.a5 Nc8 24.Nd5 Rf7
25.Nd2 Na7 26.Rac1 Nb5 27.g3 Nf3+ 28.Nxf3 gxf3 29.exf5 gxf5
30.Rxf3 Kg7 31.g4 Raf8 32.gxf5 Rxf5 33.Rxf5 Rxf5 34.Kg2 Rg5+
35.Kf2 Kf7 36.h3 Ke6 37.e4 Rg7 38.Rg1 Rh7 39.Rg8 Rh4 40.Rb8
Rxe4 41.Rxb5 axb5 42.Nxc7+ Ke7 43.a6 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 13th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2004.09.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Ramachandran Ramesh"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Be3 Ng4
7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.Nb3 Be6 11.Qd2 a5 12.a4 Rc8
13.f3 Nge5 14.Nd5 Nb4 15.c3 Nxd5 16.Bb5+ Kf8 17.exd5 Bf5
18.O-O Ng6 19.f4 g4 20.Bf2 h5 21.Bd4 Ra8 22.Rae1 h4 23.Bxg7+
Kxg7 24.Nd4 Rh5 25.Qd1 Bd7 26.f5 Ne5 27.Rxe5 dxe5 28.Qxg4+ Kh6
29.Be2 1-0

[Event "New York Masters 118th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2004.09.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qc2 Nbd7 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 e6 7.a3
Qa5+ 8.Nbd2 Nb6 9.Ne5 Bd7 10.Nxd7 Nfxd7 11.e3 Rc8 12.Qb3 Be7
13.Bd3 O-O 14.Ke2 Qa4 15.Rhc1 Qxb3 16.Nxb3 Na4 17.Rxc8 Rxc8
18.Rb1 Ndb6 19.Na5 Bxa3 20.bxa3 Nc3+ 21.Kd2 Nxb1+ 22.Bxb1 Nc4+
23.Nxc4 Rxc4 24.Bd3 Rc8 25.Bd6 f6 26.Bc5 a6 27.a4 Kf7 28.a5 g6
29.e4 f5 30.f3 Kf6 31.Bc2 Kf7 32.Bb3 fxe4 33.fxe4 dxe4 34.Ke3
Kf6 35.Kxe4 Rd8 36.Bd1 Rd7 37.Bf3 h6 38.h4 Rf7 39.Bd6 Rd7
40.Bf8 Rh7 41.Bd6 Rd7 42.Be5+ Kf7 43.Kd3 Ke8 44.Kc4 Kd8 45.Be4
g5 46.h5 Kc8 47.Kc5 Kd8 48.Kb6 Kc8 49.d5 Re7 50.d6 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 13th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2004.09.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Richard G Pert"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.O-O b6 11.Re1 Nxb3 12.axb3 Bb7
13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Re8 15.Qd2 a6 16.Rad1 Kh7 17.f4 Qc7 18.Qf2 e6
19.Nf3 b5 20.b4 Rac8 21.Rd2 Kg8 22.e5 dxe5 23.fxe5 Nd7 24.Red1
Bc6 25.Rxd7 Bxd7 26.Nh2 h5 27.Ne4 Bxe5 28.Nf3 Bg7 29.Nf6+ Bxf6
30.Bxf6 e5 31.Qe3 Re6 32.Bxe5 Rxe5 33.Qxe5 Qxe5 34.Nxe5 Bf5
35.c3 f6 36.Nf3 Kf7 37.Rd6 Ra8 38.Nd4 a5 39.Nxf5 gxf5 40.bxa5
Rxa5 41.Rb6 f4 42.Kf2 Kg6 43.Kf3 Kf5 44.b4 1-0

[Event "Mallorca Trophy-A"]
[Site "playchess.com"]
[Date "2004.02.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Luke McShane"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 h6 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.e3 f5 7.Bd3
g6 8.Nge2 Bg7 9.h4 h5 10.g3 O-O 11.Qd2 Nd7 12.Nf4 Ne5 13.Kf1
a6 14.a4 Qa5 15.Nb1 Qc7 16.c4 Nxd3 17.Nxd3 Bd7 18.a5 b5
19.axb6 Qxb6 20.Ra3 Rfb8 21.Nc3 a5 22.Kg2 a4 23.Rha1 Qa6 24.b3
Rb4 25.R1a2 Qb7 26.Nxa4 Rxb3 27.Naxc5 Rbxa3 28.Rxa3 dxc5
29.Nxc5 Qc8 30.Rxa8 Qxa8 31.Nxd7 Qa7 32.d6 Qxd7 33.Qd5 Bf8
34.c5 Qe6 35.Qd1 Qd7 36.Kg1 Kg7 37.Qd4+ Kh7 38.Qc4 Kg8 39.c6
Qc8 40.Qd5 Qd8 41.c7 Qd7 42.Qb7 Qxd6 43.c8=Q 1-0

[Event "Canarias en Red prel 2nd"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.05.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Mikhail Golubev"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.Nge2
a6 8.Qd2 Rb8 9.Rc1 Bd7 10.b3 b5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.d5 Ne5 13.Nd4
b4 14.Ncb5 e6 15.dxe6 fxe6 16.Nxc7 Qe7 17.Be2 h6 18.Be3 Rbc8
19.O-O g5 20.Ncb5 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 g4 22.Qxb4 gxf3 23.Nxf3 Nfg4
24.Nxe5 Bxb5 25.Bxg4 Bxe5 26.Qxb5 Qh4 27.Bxe6+ Kh8 28.Bh3 Qxe4
29.Qe2 Bf4 30.Re1 Be5 31.Bxh6 Bd4+ 32.Be3 Be5 33.Qh5+ Kg7
34.Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "HB Global Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Reynaldo F Del Pilar"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5
7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O exf4 11. Bxf4 Qb6+
12. Kh1 Qxb2 13. Qe1 Qb6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Bd4 Re8 16. Qg3 Nh5
17. Qf2 Ndf6 18. Ng5 Rf8 19. Rae1 h6 20. Nh3 Be6 21. Qh4 Rae8
22. e5 dxe5 23. Rxe5 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ESP"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Michael Hennigan"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Na6
7. O-O c6 8. h3 e5 9. d5 Nc5 10. Bc2 a5 11. Be3 cxd5 12. cxd5
Bd7 13. a3 a4 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Bh6 b5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f4 h6
18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Rxf6 Kxf6 20. Qxh6 Qb6 21. d6 Bc6 22. Kh2
Ke6 23. Qg5 Rae8 24. Rd1 Kd7 25. Qg4+ Kd8 26. Nd5 Bxd5
27. Rxd5 Re6 28. Qg5+ Kd7 29. Qh6 Rfe8 30. Qg7 Rxd6 31. Qxf7+
Re7 32. Qxg6 Kc7 33. Qg8 Rxd5 34. Qxd5 Ne6 35. Nc3 Nf4
36. Qxb5 Qf2 37. Nd5+ Nxd5 38. Qc4+ Kd8 39. Qxd5+ Rd7 40. Qg8+
Ke7 41. Bxa4 Qf4+ 42. Qg3 Rd2 43. b4 Ra2 44. Bc6 Rxa3 45. Qxf4
exf4 46. b5 Rb3 47. h4 Kf6 48. h5 Rb2 49. Kg1 Kg5 50. e5 Re2
51. b6 Rxe5 52. b7 Re1+ 53. Kf2 Rb1 54. Bf3 Rb2+ 55. Ke1 Kf5
56. Kd1 Rb6 57. Kc2 Ke5 58. h6 Kf6 59. h7 Kg7 60. Be4 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ESP"]
[Date "2005.01.27"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Viktorija Cmilyte"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qd2 g5
7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. Rd1 a6 10. a4 Bd7 11. O-O Qe7
12. Qe3 Na5 13. Bd3 c5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. e5 Nc6 16. Be4 Nxe5
17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Ne4 O-O 19. Bxa6 Rxb2 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Nxc5
Bc8 22. Bb5 Rxc2 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rd8 25. a5 Bf8 26. Ng3
Rd5 27. Nge4 Be7 28. a6 Bxa6 29. Bxa6 f5 30. Bb7 fxe4 31. Bxd5
exd5 32. Nb3 Kf7 33. Rc7 Kf6 34. Kf1 Bd6 35. Ra7 Nc4 36. Rh7
Bf8 37. Rd7 Bd6 38. Nd4 Ke5 39. Nc6+ Kf6 40. Ke2 h5 41. h3 Kf5
42. Rf7+ Kg6 43. Rb7 Kf5 44. Rb5 Ke6 45. Nd8+ Ke5 46. Nf7+ Kd4
47. Nxg5 Na3 48. Rb7 Kc3 49. Rd7 Nc4 50. Nf7 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ESP"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Salvador Gabriel Del Rio Angelis"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. a3 Nc6 6. Rb1 a5
7. e3 e6 8. Nge2 d5 9. b3 d4 10. Na4 Nd7 11. exd4 cxd4 12. d3
e5 13. O-O O-O 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Ne7 16. b5 Nb6 17. Nxb6
Qxb6 18. Bd2 Bf5 19. Bb4 Rfe8 20. Nc1 Qc7 21. Re1 Nc8 22. Nb3
Nb6 23. Ba5 Bf8 24. c5 Rxa5 25. cxb6 Qxb6 26. Nxa5 Qxa5
27. Bxb7 Bb4 28. Bc6 Re7 29. Re2 Bg4 30. f3 Bc8 31. Qb3 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ESP"]
[Date "2005.01.01"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Christopher Ward"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7
7. Nf4 O-O 8. Bd3 f5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. f3 Nd6 12. e4
Nc6 13. e5 Nf7 14. Qf2 Rc8 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Rac1 Kh8 17. Rfe1
Na5 18. Qe2 Ba6 19. Bf2 Qg5 20. Nh3 Qh5 21. Be3 Qh4 22. Bf2
Qh5 23. Be3 Qh4 24. Red1 Rc7 25. f4 cxd4 26. cxd4 Rfc8 27. c5
Bxd3 28. Qxd3 bxc5 29. Qb5 Nc6 30. Rxc5 Ne7 31. Rxc7 Rxc7
32. d5 Nxd5 33. Ng5 g6 34. Nxf7+ Kg7 35. Nd6 Nxe3 36. Ne8+ Kh6
37. Qb4 d6 38. Nxc7 Nxd1 39. Qd2 dxe5 40. Nxe6 exf4 41. Nxf4
Nb2 42. Nd3+ g5 43. Nxb2 Qe4 44. Nd1 f4 45. h3 f3 46. g4 Qe2
47. Qd6+ Kg7 48. Qd4+ Kg8 49. Nf2 Qxa2 50. Qd8+ Kf7 51. Qd7+
Kf8 52. Qf5+ Ke8 53. Qe4+ Kd8 54. Qxf3 a5 55. Nd3 a4 56. Qf8+
Kc7 57. Qg7+ Kc8 58. Qh8+ Kc7 59. Qxh7+ Kc8 60. Qh8+ Kc7
61. Qe5+ Kc8 62. Qc5+ Kb7 63. Qb4+ Kc7 64. Qc3+ Kd8 65. Nc1
Qe6 66. Kf2 Qb6+ 67. Ke2 Qg1 68. Kd2 Qg2+ 69. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ESP"]
[Date "2005.01.03"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Nicholas Pert"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7
7. Qb3 Rb8 8. Be2 e5 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne1 O-O 11. Nd3 Qc7 12. f3
Re8 13. Bd2 Bd8 14. Qd1 a5 15. b4 e4 16. Ne1 axb4 17. Nb1 exf3
18. gxf3 Nf8 19. Nc2 Nh5 20. Kh1 Ng3+ 21. hxg3 Qxg3 22. Rf2
Bc7 23. Qg1 Qh3+ 24. Rh2 Bxh2 25. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Re6
27. Nxb4 Rh6+ 28. Kg1 Rg6+ 29. Kf2 Bh3 30. Bf1 Bxf1 31. Kxf1
Re8 32. Nc3 Rh6 33. Ke2 f5 34. Kd3 Ree6 35. a4 bxa4 36. Rxa4
Rh3 37. Ra6 Rxf3 38. Rxc6 g5 39. Ncxd5 h5 40. Rc8 f4 41. c6
fxe3 42. Bxe3 g4 43. c7 g3 44. Rd8 g2 45. c8=Q Rexe3+ 46. Nxe3
g1=Q 47. Qe6+ Rf7 48. Nbc2 1-0

[Event "13th Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Copenhagen/Malmoe DEN"]
[Date "2005.04.16"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jonny Hector"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Bd2 e6
7. g4 Bg6 8. Qe2 Bb4 9. f4 Ne7 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. a3 Bxc3
12. Bxc3 Qc7 13. Nh3 Nb6 14. d5 exd5 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Be5 Qd7
17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Rxg4 19. Ng5 Qf5 20. Nxh7 Nd7 21. h4
Qxd3 22. Rxd3 Rg6 23. h5 Rh6 24. Ng5 f6 25. Bc3 Nf5 26. Bb4
Nb6 27. Re1+ Kd7 28. Ne6 Rg8 29. b3 Rxh5 30. a4 Nc8 31. Nf8+
Kc7 32. c4 Rg3 33. Ne6+ Kb8 34. Rxg3 Nxg3 35. Nc5 Rf5 36. Re8
b6 37. Ne6 dxc4 38. bxc4 c5 39. Bd2 Rh5 40. f5 Nxf5 41. Rd8
Kb7 42. a5 Nfe7 43. Bf4 bxa5 44. Rd7+ Kb6 45. Rc7 Rh3 46. Rxc5
a4 47. Bc7+ Ka6 48. Bd8 Re3 49. Rc6+ Kb7 50. Rc7+ Kb8 51. Nc5
a3 52. Kb1 f5 53. Na6+ Ka8 54. c5 Nd5 55. c6 Nd6 56. Rd7 Rb3+
57. Kc2 Rc3+ 58. Kb1 Rxc6 59. Nc7+ Nxc7 60. Bxc7 Nb5 61. Be5
Re6 62. Rd5 a6 63. Rc5 Kb7 64. Bf4 Re1+ 65. Ka2 Re2+ 66. Ka1
Kb6 67. Rc8 Nd4 68. Rc3 Kb5 69. Bd6 Nc2+ 70. Kb1 Re1+ 71. Kxc2
a2 0-1

[Event "13th Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Copenhagen/Malmoe DEN"]
[Date "2005.04.17"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Tiger Hillarp Persson"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[PlyCount "199"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 c4 7. g3
Bd7 8. h4 Na5 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. Bh3 f5 11. exf6 gxf6 12. O-O
h5 13. Re1 Nh6 14. Nh2 Nf5 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. f4 Bd6 17. Kf2
Rde8 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Nhf1 Nb3 20. Nxb3 Qxb3 21. Qxb3 cxb3
22. a4 b5 23. a5 b4 24. Bd2 bxc3 25. Bxc3 a6 26. Rc1 Kb7
27. Ne3 Be6 28. Ke2 Rc8 29. Kd3 Rc6 30. Re1 Bf8 31. Nf1 Bd7
32. Nd2 Re6 33. Rxe6 Bxe6 34. Nxb3 Kc6 35. Kc2 Kb5 36. Nd2 Ka4
37. Nf1 Bd6 38. Ne3 Bc7 39. Nd1 Bxa5 40. Bxa5 Kxa5 41. Kb3 Kb6
42. Nc3 a5 43. Ka4 Bd7+ 44. Ka3 Bc6 45. Na4+ Kb5 46. Kb3 Bb7
47. Nc3+ Kb6 48. Ka3 Bc6 49. b4 Ka6 50. Kb3 Kb6 51. Na4+ Kb5
52. bxa5 Kxa5 53. Nc5 Be8 54. Ne6 Bf7 55. Nd8 Be8 56. Nb7+ Kb6
57. Nd6 Bd7 58. Kb4 Kc6 59. Nb5 Kb6 60. Nc3 Bc6 61. Nb1 Bd7
62. Nd2 Bb5 63. Nb3 Bd7 64. Nc5 Be8 65. Ne6 Bf7 66. Nf8 Kc6
67. Nh7 Kd6 68. Nxf6 Bg6 69. Ng8 Bf7 70. Nf6 Bg6 71. Ng8 Bf7
72. Nh6 Be6 73. Kb5 Bd7+ 74. Ka5 Be6 75. Kb6 Kd7 76. Kc5 Kc7
77. Nxf5 Bxf5 78. Kxd5 Kd7 79. Ke5 Bg4 80. Kf6 Kd6 81. f5 Kd7
82. Kg6 Bf3 83. d5 Bxd5 84. Kxh5 Ke7 85. Kg5 Kf7 86. g4 Bf3
87. h5 Kg7 88. Kh4 Bd1 89. g5 Bc2 90. h6+ Kh7 91. Kg4 Bb1
92. Kf4 Bc2 93. Ke5 Bd3 94. Ke6 Bc4+ 95. Ke7 Bb3 96. f6 Kg6
97. f7 Bxf7 98. h7 Kxh7 99. Kxf7 Kh8 100. Kg6 1-0

[Event "13th Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Copenhagen/Malmoe DEN"]
[Date "2005.04.21"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sune Berg Hansen"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nc5 12. a5
Be6 13. h4 Bg7 14. Ra3 Rd8 15. Qe2 d5 16. f3 d4 17. Nd1 Nh5
18. Qf2 Bf6 19. hxg5 Nxg3 20. Qxg3 Bxg5 21. Qh2 Ke7 22. Nc4 d3
23. cxd3 Bxc4 24. dxc4 Bd2+ 25. Ke2 Ne6 26. g3 Qxc4+ 27. Kf2
Qc5+ 28. Ne3 Bxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Rd2+ 30. Be2 Rxb2 31. Rd1 Rb3
32. Qh4+ f6 33. Rdd3 Rxd3 34. Bxd3 Qxa5 0-1

[Event "13th Sigeman & Co"]
[Site "Copenhagen/Malmoe DEN"]
[Date "2005.04.24"]
[EventDate "2005.04.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Davor Palo"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Bf4 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Nd7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Qb3 Kh8 12. c5
f5 13. Ng5 Nb8 14. f4 fxe4 15. Ncxe4 Nbc6 16. Rad1 Nd5
17. cxd6 cxd6 18. g3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qb6 20. Nf3 Ne7 21. Rd2 Bd7
22. Re1 Rae8 23. Qb3 Qc7 24. Bf1 Nf5 25. Nc3 Bc6 26. d5 exd5
27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Nxd5 Qa5 29. Qc4 Ne3 30. Nxe3 Rxe3 31. Ng5
h6 32. Nf7+ Kh7 33. Rxd6 Qb6 0-1

[Event "HB Global Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Pablo Zarnicki"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3
Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. Be4 Nc6 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Qa4 Bd7
12. Rb1 Bf5 13. Bxf5+ Qxf5 14. Qb5 Bb4 15. Rxb4 Nxb4 16. cxb4
f6 17. d4 a6 18. Qa5 Qc2 19. Qc5 e4 20. Bf4 Rd7 21. Qa7 Re7
22. Ne1 1-0

[Event "HB Global Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor V Glek"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 c6 6. Bd2
Bf5 7. Ne4 Qc7 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. g3 e6 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. O-O
O-O-O 12. Re1 Bd6 13. c4 e5 14. Nh4 Bg6 15. c5 Bf8 16. b4 exd4
17. Qb3 Kb8 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. b5 Bxc5 20. bxc6 b6 21. Rac1 Bd6
22. Red1 d3 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Rc3 Rhe8 25. a4 g5 26. Bxe5 fxe5
27. Rcxd3 e4 28. Rd5 Qxc6 29. Rxg5 Bc7 30. Rgd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5
Qe6 32. a5 0-1

[Event "HB Global Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jaan Ehlvest"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. a3 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7
7. e3 O-O 8. Ne4 Nb8 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Nc3 b6 11. Qc2 Bb7
12. Rd1 Qe7 13. O-O h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Nh5 16. d5 Nxg3
17. hxg3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bf3 Rab8 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nd4
Bxd4 22. exd4 Kg7 23. Rfe1 Rbe8 24. Re3 Qd8 25. Rde1 exd5
26. Bxd5 Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Bc8 28. Bc6 Qf6 29. Qd2 Bg4 30. b3 Rh8
31. Bf3 Bd7 32. Bd5 Rf8 33. b4 c6 34. Bf3 Rc8 35. Be2 b5
36. Rf3 Qe7 37. Re3 Qd8 38. Bd3 Qf6 39. Rf3 Qe7 40. Re3 Qd8
41. Qc3 d5 42. c5 a5 43. bxa5 Ra8 44. Bc2 g4 0-1

[Event "7th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2005.03.23"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Michael Casella"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7
7. Be3 O-O 8. Rc1 Kh8 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O f5 11. Na4 Nxa4
12. Qxa4 Bd7 13. Qc4 Bf6 14. Nd2 Re8 15. Nb3 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4
17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bf3 Be6 19. Qa4 Rb6 20. Qxa7 Bxb3 21. Rxc7
Qb8 22. axb3 Rxb3 23. Qxb8 Rexb8 24. Rb1 g6 25. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nf3 Re8 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Bg4 11. O-O-O Nbd7
12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qa5 14. Kb1 Be7 15. Rhg1 Rad8 16. Rg2 Kh8
17. Rdg1 Rg8 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Nf8 20. Bc4 g5 21. f4 Ng6
22. Be1 Nxf4 23. Nd5 Qxe1+ 24. Rxe1 cxd5 25. exd5 Bb4 26. Rf1
Rge8 27. a3 Bd6 28. Qf5 N6h5 29. Rgg1 Kg7 30. h4 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Stripunsky"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nh3 Nh6
7. f3 Rb8 8. Be3 f6 9. Qd2 Nf7 10. Nf4 b5 11. h4 b4 12. Nd1 f5
13. h5 g5 14. h6 Bxh6 15. Nh5 fxe4 16. f4 gxf4 17. Bxf4 Bxf4
18. Qxf4 Nfe5 19. Bxe4 Qa5 20. Bxc6+ Nxc6 21. O-O Kd8 22. Qh6
Bh3 23. Ne3 Bxf1 24. Nc4 Qc7 25. Rxf1 Qd7 26. Nf4 Qg4 27. Nxd6
exd6 28. Qxd6+ Qd7 29. Qf6+ Kc7 30. Ne6+ Kb6 31. d4 cxd4
32. a4 Qd6 33. Rf5 a6 0-1

[Event "38th Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2005.07.19"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Christian Bauer"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qe2 a5 10. Qb5 O-O 11. O-O-O Qb8
12. Na4 Ra6 13. Kb1 Ne8 14. Nb6 a4 15. Nd2 Bd8 16. Nd5 Ra5
17. Qe2 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rxd5 19. Qc4 Ra5 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Be2 a3
22. b3 Nf6 23. Bb6 Ra6 24. Bf2 Qc7 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Rd5 Ra5
27. Rhd1 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Rc8 29. Bd3 g6 30. Be4 Kg7 31. Be3 Qe7
32. Bc1 Ra8 33. Rb5 Ra6 34. Be3 Qd7 35. Qd3 Qc7 36. c3 Ra8
37. Qc4 Rc8 38. Bc1 Qd7 39. Bxa3 Nd8 40. Qd5 Rxc3 41. Qxd6 Qe8
42. Rb6 Ne6 43. Rxb7 h5 44. Rb8 Rc8 45. Rxc8 Qxc8 46. Bb2 Nd4
47. Qb4 Qa6 48. Qe1 h4 49. Qd1 Qb5 50. f4 Qb6 51. fxe5 Bxe5
52. a4 f6 53. Ka2 Ne6 54. Qd7+ Kh6 55. Bc1+ Bf4 56. Bxf4+ Nxf4
57. Qd2 g5 58. g3 Qe6 59. Bf3 Ng6 60. a5 Ne5 61. Bb7 hxg3
62. hxg3 Qe7 63. Be4 Qc5 64. a6 f5 65. Bxf5 Nc6 66. Qh2+ Kg7
67. Qh7+ Kf6 68. Qg6+ Ke7 69. Qe6+ Kf8 70. Qf6+ Ke8 71. Bg6+
Kd7 72. Qf5+ Qxf5 73. Bxf5+ Kc7 74. Ka3 Kb6 75. Bd3 Ne5
76. Be2 Nc6 77. g4 Nd4 78. Bd3 1-0

[Event "38th Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2005.07.21"]
[EventDate "2005.07.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Yannick Pelletier"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4
7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Be2 Bd7 9. O-O Ne7 10. Rb1 Qc7 11. Re1 Nc8
12. Nf1 Nb6 13. Bf4 Ba4 14. Qc1 Nb3 15. Qe3 h6 16. h4 O-O-O
17. h5 Na5 18. N3d2 Bc2 19. Rbc1 Bh7 20. Bd1 Kb8 21. Bc2 Bxc2
22. Rxc2 Be7 23. Bh2 Ka8 24. Qh3 Qd7 25. f4 g6 26. Ne3 Rdg8
27. Nf3 Nc6 28. Kh1 Bd8 29. g4 Qe8 30. Rg1 Nd7 31. Re2 gxh5
32. Qxh5 Qf8 33. f5 Bg5 34. Rf1 Qg7 35. Ng2 Qh7 36. Ref2 Nd8
37. Ng1 Nb8 38. Ne2 Na6 39. Ng3 Re8 40. Qh3 Re7 41. Nh5 Rc7
42. Bf4 Nb8 43. Bxg5 hxg5 44. Ne3 Nbc6 45. Rh2 Ne7 46. Rf3 Rc6
47. Nf6 Qxh3 48. Rfxh3 Rxh3 49. Rxh3 b5 50. Nh7 exf5 51. gxf5
g4 52. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Ilya Smirin"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 Nfd7
7. h4 c5 8. h5 cxd4 9. hxg6 dxc3 10. gxf7+ Rxf7 11. Bc4 Nf8
12. Ng5 e6 13. Nxf7 cxb2 14. Bxb2 Qa5+ 15. Kf1 Kxf7 16. Qh5+
Kg8 17. Bd3 Qb4 18. Rb1 Bd7 19. c4 Qd2 20. Bxh7+ Nxh7
21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Rh4 1-0

[Event "6th Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2005.09.14"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Bg7
7. e3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. exd4 d6 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd2 b6 12. b4
Nb7 13. Bb2 h5 14. Ne2 h4 15. Qb3 Nh5 16. f4 Bg4 17. Bf3 Qd7
18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Ne4 hxg3 20. hxg3 exf4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Qc3+ f6 23. Nxf4 Re5 24. Bxg4 Qxg4 25. Ne6+ Kf7 26. Nxf6
Qxg3+ 27. Qxg3 Nxg3 28. Ng4+ 1-0

[Event "6th Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2005.09.15"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. d4 g6 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 e6
12. dxc5 Nd7 13. c4 Qa3 14. Be2 Nxc5 15. Qd6 Qa5+ 16. Bd2 Rd8
17. Bxa5 Rxd6 18. e5 Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 Rxd3 20. Bb4 b5 21. Ke2
bxc4 22. Rxc4 Rd5 23. Rd1 a5 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8
26. Bxa5 Ra8 27. Bb6 Rxa2+ 28. Kd3 h6 29. h4 Kf8 30. Ke3 Ke7
31. Bc7 f6 32. exf6+ Bxf6 33. Bb6 Ra3+ 34. Ke2 Ra4 35. g3 Ke6
36. Be3 Bg7 37. Ne1 Ra2+ 38. Kf3 d4 39. Bf4 Kd5 40. Nd3 Kc4
41. Ne5+ Bxe5 42. Bxe5 d3 43. g4 h5 44. gxh5 gxh5 45. Bf6 Ra6
0-1

[Event "6th Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2005.09.16"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bd6 7. d4 Nd7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. Nd2 Ba3 11. Bxa3 Qxa3
12. Nc4 Qe7 13. Qc2 b6 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qe4 Bd7 16. Qxe5 Qxe5
17. dxe5 Rae8 18. f4 f6 19. Rad1 Bc8 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. exf6
Rxe3 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 gxf6 24. Re7 Bf5 25. h3 c6 26. g4
b5 27. Bb3 Bd3 28. Rxa7 c5 29. Be6 f5 30. Rd7 c4 31. g5 Re8
32. Bd5 Be4 33. Bf7 Ra8 34. h4 b4 35. Rc7 bxc3 36. Bxc4 c2
37. Bb3 Rd8 38. Kf2 Rd2+ 39. Ke3 1-0

[Event "6th Lausanne Young Masters"]
[Site "Lausanne SUI"]
[Date "2005.09.17"]
[EventDate "2005.09.14"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bd6 7. d4 Nd7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Nd2 Bc7
12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Ba3 b6 14. Qa4 a6 15. Rab1 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Nf6
17. Qc2 g6 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. e4 Be6 20. Be2 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Qd7
22. Nf3 h6 23. Bxc5 Ra8 24. Be3 Qc6 25. Nd2 Kh7 26. c4 Ng4
27. Bxg4 Bxg4 28. f3 Be6 29. c5 Rd8 30. Rc1 Qb5 31. Nc4 a5
32. h3 a4 33. Qc3 a3 34. Nxa3 Qe2 35. Qe1 Qa6 36. Nb1 Qxa2
37. Nc3 Qb3 38. Rb1 Qc4 39. Nb5 Bb8 40. Qh4 Qd3 41. Re1 h5
42. Nd6 Bc7 43. Qg5 Ba5 44. Ra1 Ra8 45. Kh2 Kg8 46. Nb7 Qc3
47. Rxa5 Rxa5 48. Bd2 1-0

[Event "Karabakh International"]
[Site "Stepanakert ARM"]
[Date "2005.10.05"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. d3 d6
7. Bg2 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Nd2 c6
12. Rc1 Bg7 13. b4 a6 14. a4 a5 15. b5 Be6 16. Nb3 f5 17. e3
Kh8 18. Qe2 Bg8 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Qb6 21. Rfd1 Qc5 22. Qd2
g5 23. Nce2 Rfd8 24. Rb1 Ra7 25. Rdc1 Rc8 26. Qd3 Qe5 27. Qd2
Bf7 28. Nb3 Rca8 29. Ned4 Be8 30. b6 Ra6 31. c5 Rb8 32. Nf3
Qf6 33. cxd6 Nd5 34. d7 Bf7 35. Nc5 Rxb6 36. Rxb6 Nxb6
37. Nxb7 Nxd7 38. Qxd7 Qb2 39. Qxf7 Qxc1+ 40. Bf1 Qd1 41. Qc7
Rxb7 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Qxf5+ Kg8 44. Qc8+ Bf8 45. Qxb7 Qxf3
46. Qb3+ Kh7 47. Bd3+ Kg7 48. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "Karabakh International"]
[Site "Stepanakert ARM"]
[Date "2005.10.10"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxg4
Rg8 13. O-O b4 14. Na4 Nxe4 15. Bxc4 Qa5 16. Rc1 O-O-O 17. Bh2
Bd6 18. Bd3 Bxh2+ 19. Nxh2 Ndf6 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Nc5 Nxc5
22. Rxc5 Qxa2 23. b3 Qb2 24. Nf3 Rg4 25. Rc2 Rgxd4 26. Nxd4
Qxd4 27. Qh5 Qd3 28. Rc4 Qxb3 29. Rfc1 Kb8 30. Qxh6 Qb2
31. Qf4+ e5 32. Rxb4 exf4 33. Rxb2 Kc7 34. Rc4 f3 35. Rf4 Rd1+
36. Kh2 fxg2 37. Rxf7+ Kd6 38. Kxg2 Ba6 39. Rxa7 Bc4 40. f3
Ke5 41. h5 Rd8 42. h6 Bd3 43. h7 Rh8 44. Rbb7 c5 45. Kf2 Kd4
46. Rd7+ Kc4 47. Ke3 Bf5 48. Rf7 Bb1 49. Kf4 Kd5 50. Kg5 c4
51. f4 Be4 52. Rfd7+ Kc5 53. f5 c3 54. Rac7+ 1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Josef I Friedman"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Nf3
Nf6 7. Ne5 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 Qc7 11. h3
O-O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bd6 14. Re3 Bf4 15. Bg3 g5 16. Ne2
Rhg8 17. Ra3 Kb8 18. Nxf4 gxf4 19. Bh4 Rg6 20. Bf1 e5 21. c3
e4 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. c4 Rg6 24. Qh5 Bc8 25. d5 c5 26. Re1 Re8
27. Kh1 Qd8 28. Rc3 Qf6 29. a3 Re5 30. Qe2 Ka8 31. b4 Reg5
32. Qd2 e3 33. fxe3 f3 34. g4 f2 35. Re2 Qf3+ 36. Bg2 f1=Q+
0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Timothy Hamilton"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 e6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Qa4 a6 6. Nf3 Qc7
7. Bg5 Rb8 8. Qc4 b5 9. Qe2 Bb4 10. Bd2 Nge7 11. g3 O-O
12. Bg2 f5 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Bxc3 b4 15. Bd2 fxe4 16. Qxe4 d5
17. Qe2 e5 18. c4 Bg4 19. cxd5 Bxf3 20. Qc4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Kh8
22. Rac1 Qd6 0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "Parsippany USA"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Peter Radomskyj"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2202"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 c4 7. g3
f6 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Bg2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nbd2 Bd7 12. Qe2
Rae8 13. Ne5 Bc8 14. Kh1 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 Nc5 17. Nf3
Nd3 18. Rb1 Nxc1 19. Rbxc1 Bd7 20. Qc2 h6 21. Rce1 Qc7 22. Qd2
Qb6 23. g4 Ne7 24. Nd4 Nc6 25. Re3 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Bb5 27. Rf2
Rf7 28. f5 Ref8 29. Ref3 h5 30. f6 hxg4 31. Rg3 c3 32. bxc3
Bc4 33. h3 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 gxh3 35. Bxh3 Qh7 36. Rfg2 g5
37. Rxg5+ Kh8 38. Rg7 Qh5 39. R2g6 Qxe5+ 40. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Virginia Beach Millennium op"]
[Site "Virginia Beach"]
[Date "2005.02.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bryan G Smith"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 b5 7.Bb3
Bb7 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Re1 Rc8 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 g6 12.Nxb4 Bg7 13.Bd5
Qc7 14.c3 O-O 15.Bg5 e6 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.f3 Ne5 18.a5 Rc5
19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nb3 Rb5 21.Nd4 Qa7 22.Kh1 Rb7 23.Ndc6 Nxc6
24.Nxc6 Qc5 25.Nb4 Ra8 26.f4 Rb5 27.Qf3 Bg7 28.e5 d5 29.Qe3
Qc7 30.Nd3 Rxa5 31.Rxa5 Qxa5 32.b4 Qb5 33.Ra1 Bf8 34.h3 Rc8
35.Ra5 Qc4 36.Nc5 Bxc5 37.bxc5 Rb8 38.Ra1 Rb3 39.f5 exf5
40.Qg5 Qxc5 41.Qd8+ Qf8 42.Qxd5 Rb5 43.Qd4 Qc8 44.Rxa6 0-1

[Event "World op 33rd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.g3 Bxc3 4.bxc3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d6 6.d3 Nge7
7.Nh3 Bd7 8.f3 O-O 9.O-O Ng6 10.e3 Qc8 11.Nf2 Nce7 12.Kh1 f5
13.f4 Bc6 14.Bxc6 Nxc6 15.Qf3 Qd7 16.Rb1 b6 17.h4 Rae8 18.h5
Nge7 19.h6 g6 20.e4 exf4 21.Bxf4 Ne5 22.Qg2 Ng4 23.Nxg4 fxg4
24.Bg5 Nc6 25.d4 Na5 26.c5 dxc5 27.dxc5 Nc4 28.cxb6 cxb6
29.Bf4 Qe6 30.Rbd1 Ne5 31.Bxe5 Qxe5 32.Rxf8+ Rxf8 33.Qe2 Qh5+
34.Kg1 Qxh6 35.e5 Qg5 36.Qc4+ Kh8 37.Qd4 Kg8 38.e6 Qe7 39.Qxg4
Rf5 40.Qc4 b5 41.Rd8+ Rf8 42.Rxf8+ Kxf8 43.Qf4+ Kg7 44.Qe5+
Qf6 45.Qc7+ Kf8 46.Qc5+ Qe7 47.Qe5 Qd8 48.Qh8+ Ke7 49.Qxh7+
Kxe6 50.Qxg6+ Ke5 51.Qh5+ Ke6 52.Qxb5 Qd2 53.Qc4+ Kf5 54.Qf4+
Qxf4 55.gxf4 Kxf4 56.Kf2 Ke4 57.Ke2 Kd5 58.Kd3 Kc5 59.c4 Kc6
60.Kd4 Kd6 61.c5+ Kc7 62.Kd5 Kd7 63.c6+ Kc7 64.Kc5 Kc8 65.Kd6
Kd8 66.c7+ Kc8 67.Kc6 a6 68.Kd6 a5 69.a4 1-0

[Event "World op 33rd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joshua E Friedel"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7
7.Qe2 Ngf6 8.Ng3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 c6 10.O-O Qc7 11.c4 O-O-O 12.Re1
c5 13.d5 Bd6 14.dxe6 Ne5 15.Qf5 fxe6 16.Qxe6+ Kb8 17.Be2 Rhe8
18.Qf5 Nxc4 19.Qc2 Nb6 20.Bd2 h5 21.Bg5 Rh8 22.Bf3 h4 23.Nf5
Bxh2+ 24.Kh1 Rde8 25.Nxg7 Qxg7 26.Qf5 Nh7 27.Bd2 Bc7 28.Bc3
Qg5 29.Qf7 Ref8 30.Qe7 Qxe7 31.Rxe7 Nf6 32.Rae1 Nfd5 0-1

[Event "World op 33rd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nawrose Farh Nur"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 Nc6 6.f4 Nh6 7.Nf3 O-O
8.O-O f5 9.h3 Nf7 10.Be3 Nd4 11.a3 Bd7 12.Qd2 Rc8 13.Rab1 Bc6
14.Nd5 e6 15.Bxd4 cxd4 16.Nb4 Ba4 17.exf5 gxf5 18.Rfe1 a5
19.Na2 Bd7 20.Re2 Kh8 21.Rbe1 e5 22.h4 Rg8 23.Kh2 Bh6 0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas, Nevada"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Nikola Mitkov"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Be3 Bc5 6. c3
Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O Ne5 9. Be2 Qg6 10. Nd2 d6 11. Bh5 Qf6
12. f4 N5c6 13. N2b3 Bb6 14. Qd3 Nxd4 15. cxd4 d5 16. e5 Qh6
17. Be2 Bf5 18. Qd2 Qe6 19. h3 Be4 20. Kh2 f5 21. a4 a5
22. Rfc1 Qc8 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 b6 25. Rcc1 Qd7 26. Bb5 c6
27. Bf1 Rfb8 28. Ra3 h6 29. b4 axb4 30. Qxb4 Kh7 31. Bd2 Rb7
32. Qd6 Qe8 33. Qe6 b5 34. a5 b4 35. a6 Rb6 36. Rb3 Rab8
37. Qd6 Nc8 38. Qc5 Ra8 39. Ra1 Qg6 40. Bxb4 Rab8 41. Rg3 Qf7
42. Qf8 Qxf8 43. Bxf8 g5 44. fxg5 Rb1 45. a7 Ra8 46. Rxb1 Bxb1
47. g6+ Kg8 48. Bc5 f4 49. Rb3 1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Wirig m"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anthony Wirig"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Na6 5.Be3 Qa5 6.Bd4 Nf6 7.e5
Nd5 8.Bxa6 bxa6 9.Qd2 Bb7 10.Nxd5 Qxd2+ 11.Kxd2 Bxd5 12.Nf3
O-O 13.c3 a5 14.b4 Rfb8 15.a3 a6 16.Kd3 Bc6 17.Rhb1 a4 18.c4
Rb7 19.Kc3 Rd8 20.Re1 Rc7 21.Re3 Rdc8 22.Nd2 Bxg2 23.f4 Bb7
24.h3 Rd8 25.Rae1 Bf8 26.Kb2 Rdc8 27.Rc1 Bc6 28.Nb1 Rb7 29.Nc3
d6 30.cxd6 exd6 31.e6 fxe6 32.Rxe6 Bd7 33.Re3 Rxc4 34.Nd5 Rxd4
35.Nf6+ Kf7 36.Nxh7 Bg7 37.Ng5+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.05"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Manuel Leon Hoyos"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 Bg4 6. c4 d4
7. e3 e6 8. a3 a5 9. h3 Bh5 10. exd4 cxd4 11. Qa4 Nd7 12. Qb5
Bg6 13. Qxb7 Qc8 14. Qxc8+ Rxc8 15. Rd1 Nc5 16. Bf1 h6
17. Nbd2 a4 18. Ne1 e5 19. Be2 Bd6 20. Rb1 Na5 21. f3 Be7
22. Ne4 Ncb3 23. g4 O-O 24. Nc2 f5 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Nb4 Bxh3
27. Nd5 Bd8 28. Bd2 Nxd2 29. Rxd2 Nb3 30. Rc2 Rc6 31. Kh2 Bf5
32. Rg1 Nc5 33. Nb4 Bxe4 34. dxe4 Rb6 35. Bd1 Bg5 36. Rcg2 Kh7
37. Be2 Rfb8 38. Rd1 Rxb4 39. axb4 Rxb4 40. Bf1 Rb3 41. Rf2
Bh4 42. Rc2 Rxf3 43. Bh3 Bg5 44. Kg2 Rb3 45. Rf2 Bf4 46. Bc8
g6 47. Kf1 Kg7 48. Rg2 Kf6 49. Bg4 h5 50. Bc8 Rb4 51. Rc2 g5
52. Bf5 g4 53. Ra1 d3 0-1

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.04"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Andrei Volokitin"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5
7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. O-O Ba6 11. f4 f5 12. exf5
exf5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ng3 g6 15. Be3 d6 16. Bxf5 gxf5
17. Qd5+ Rf7 18. Qxc6 Bb7 19. Qa4 Qf6 20. Rab1 Ng7 21. Qd1 Re8
22. Re1 Qg6 23. Bf2 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 h5 25. h4 Rd7 26. Qd1 Kh7
27. Qa4 Qf7 28. Rd1 Ne6 29. Be3 Qg7 30. Kf2 Kg6 31. Rd2 Qe7
32. Qd1 Qxh4 33. Rxd6 Re7 34. Rd7 Qh2 35. Rxe7 Qxg2+ 36. Ke1
Qxg3+ 37. Kd2 Kf6 38. Rh7 Nxf4 39. Qf1 Ng2 40. Bxc5 Be4
41. Bd4+ Ke6 42. c5 Qg5+ 43. Kd1 Qg4+ 44. Kc1 Qg5+ 45. Kd1
Qg4+ 46. Qe2 Nf4 47. Rh6+ Kd7 48. Qxg4 hxg4 49. Rh7+ Kc6
50. Rxa7 g3 51. Rg7 g2 52. Kd2 Ne6 53. Rg8 f4 54. Bf2 f3
55. a4 Nf4 56. Ke3 Bd5 57. Rg4 Ne2 58. c4 Bf7 59. a5 Nc3
60. Rf4 Bh5 61. Kd2 Nd1 62. Rf6+ Kc7 63. Ke1 Nb2 64. Bg3+ Kd7
65. Kf2 Nd1+ 66. Kg1 Nc3 67. Bf2 Ne4 68. c6+ Kd8 69. Re6 Nxf2
70. Kxf2 Bf7 71. a6 Bxe6 72. a7 1-0

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.08"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Ruben Felgaer"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. a3 Bg7 5. Rb1 Nf6 6. b4 d6
7. bxc5 dxc5 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Ne8 11. Nd5 Nd6
12. Bf1 e6 13. Ne3 Nd4 14. d3 Ba4 15. Bb2 Qa5 16. Nd2 Rfd8
17. Qc1 Rac8 18. c3 b5 19. Ba1 Nc6 20. f4 Rd7 21. e5 Nf5
22. Ne4 Qb6 23. Ng4 Kh8 24. Kh1 Rcd8 25. Qb2 Rxd3 26. Bxd3
Rxd3 27. Ngf2 Rd7 28. Qe2 c4 29. Qf3 Bc2 30. Rb2 Bxe4 31. Qxe4
Qc5 32. Qb1 a6 33. Ne4 Qa7 34. a4 h6 35. axb5 axb5 36. Rxb5 g5
37. fxg5 Bxe5 38. Rc5 Qc7 39. Qb5 Nfe7 40. h3 Bg3 41. Rf1 hxg5
42. Rxg5 Be5 43. Qxc4 Ng6 44. Qe2 Bf4 1-0

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca MEX"]
[Date "2006.02.11"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Ivan Cheparinov"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Qa5
12. exf6 Ba6 13. a3 O-O-O 14. Bg2 Nc5 15. O-O Nb3 16. Qf3 Bb7
17. Rad1 b4 18. Ne4 bxa3 19. bxa3 Rd5 20. Be3 Bxa3 21. h4 c3
22. Qe2 Bb2 23. Qc2 Na1 24. Rxa1 Bxa1 25. Nc5 Rxc5 26. dxc5
Bb2 27. Rd1 Rd8 28. Be4 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 c2 30. Bxc2 Bxf6
31. Qh5 Qc7 32. Qh7 Ba6 33. Qg8+ Kb7 34. h5 Bc4 35. h6 Bd5
36. h7 Qe5 37. Qxf7+ Kc8 38. Qe8+ Kb7 39. Qd7+ Qc7 40. Qxc7+
Kxc7 41. g4 Kd7 42. g5 Bh8 43. g6 Ke7 44. Bg5+ 1-0

[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Esther Epstein"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7
7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Nd2 Nc6 12. Nxc6
Qxc6 13. f4 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Qh5 15. Nf3 Bd7 16. Rae1 b5 17. e5
bxc4 18. bxc4 dxe5 19. fxe5 Ng4 20. h3 Nh6 21. Qc2 Nf5 22. Kh2
Nh4 23. Nxh4 Bxh4 24. Re4 Bg5 25. Rg4 Rab8 26. Bc3 g6 27. Qf2
Rf8 28. Qa7 Ra8 29. Qxd7 Rad8 30. Qb7 Rxd3 31. Bb4 Bh6
32. Bxf8 Qxe5+ 33. Kh1 1-0

[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Schneider"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6
7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nfe7 11. Nc3 Na5
12. Nd2 Rc8 13. Qc2 Qxd4 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. bxa5 Qxb5 16. Qxc8+
Nxc8 17. Bxb5 Bxb5 18. Rc1 Ne7 19. Nb3 Bc4 20. Nd2 Ba6 21. f4
Ng6 22. Bd4 Nxf4 23. Rc7 Be7 24. Nb3 Bd8 25. Rc2 h5 26. Kf2
Nd3+ 27. Kg2 hxg4 28. Nc5 Nf4+ 29. Kf2 Rh3 30. Nxa6 Bh4+
31. Kg1 bxa6 32. Bf2 Rxa3 33. Bxh4 Ra1+ 34. Kf2 Rxh1 35. Bg3
Rc1 36. Ra2 g5 37. Ra3 Kf8 38. Ke3 Rc4 39. Rb3 Re4+ 40. Kd2
Rxe5 0-1

[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Rusudan Goletiani"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. f4 d6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Kh1 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nce2
Bb7 13. Qe3 Nbd7 14. Nb3 g6 15. Bd2 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Qf3
d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Be3 Qc7 20. a5 Bc5 21. Rfc1 Bxe3 22. Qxe3
O-O 23. Qd4 Qc5 24. Ra4 Rac8 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxb4 Ba8
27. Ra1 Nf2+ 28. Kg1 Nxd3 29. cxd3 d4 30. Nxd4 g5 31. g3 Rfc8
32. Kf2 Kg7 33. Rb6 gxf4 34. gxf4 Rc1 35. Rxc1 Rxc1 36. Rxa6
Bd5 37. f5 Rh1 38. fxe6 fxe6 39. Nxe6+ Bxe6 40. Rxe6 Rxh2+
41. Kg3 Rxb2 42. a6 Rb3 43. Rd6 Kf7 44. Kg4 Ke7 45. a7 Ra3
46. Rh6 Ra1 47. d4 Ra4 48. Kf5 1-0

[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nick DeFirmian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3
7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 c4
12. Be2 Nd7 13. h4 Qe7 14. a3 b6 15. Kc1 Bb7 16. Nd2 O-O-O
17. f4 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Qh3 h5 20. Qe3 Rhf8 21. g3 Bc6
22. Re1 b5 23. Bf1 Rd6 24. Nf3 Bd7 25. Ne5 Rg8 26. Bg2 Ra6
27. Kb2 Ne8 28. Nf3 Nc7 29. Ng5 Ra4 30. Bh3 Re8 31. Qe5 a5
32. Qe3 Kb7 33. Nf3 Ra8 34. Reb1 Kc8 35. Qe1 Rb8 36. Ne5 Be8
37. Nf3 Rb6 38. Ne5 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Rxa4 Bxa4 41. Kc1 b3
42. cxb3 Qa3+ 43. Kd2 Qa2+ 44. Ke3 Rxb3 45. Rc1 Qh2 46. Bf1
Nb5 47. Nxc4 dxc4 48. Bxc4 Rb2 49. Bxe6+ Kd8 50. f5 gxf5
51. Bxf5 Nd6 52. Bd3 Rg2 53. d5 Rxg3+ 54. Kd4 Qxh4+ 55. Kc5
Qf4 56. Qe6 Nb7+ 0-1

[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Bc4 Qb6 9. Bb5 Qc7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 a6
12. Nxc6 Bxb2 13. Ba4 O-O 14. Rb1 Bc3+ 15. Kf2 bxc6 16. Bb6
Qb8 17. Bxc6 Ra7 18. Qd3 Bf6 19. Qe3 Rb7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. c4
Bf5 22. Rb3 Qd7 23. Bd4 Qa4 24. Bxf6 exf6 25. Rc1 Qxa2+
26. Kg3 h5 27. h4 Kg7 28. Rb6 Rd8 29. Qd4 Qe2 30. c5 Qe7
31. c6 a5 32. Qc3 Re8 33. c7 a4 34. Rb8 Bc8 35. Ra8 Qd7
36. Re1 Re5 37. Rxe5 fxe5 38. Qc4 f5 39. Qxa4 f4+ 40. Kf2 1-0

[Event "VII Dos Hermanas Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[EventDate "2006.03.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rajaram R Laxman"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 a6 6. Bf4 Nc6
7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bg5 h6
12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 h5 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. e4 g4 16. e5 Qb4
17. Be2 Nd7 18. f3 gxf3 19. Bxf3 Qxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Nxd4 21. Rae1
Nc6 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rxe6+ Kd8 25. Nxd5 Rc8
26. Rd6 Nce5 27. Nf4 Rc6 28. Rd5 Kc8 29. h3 Nc4 30. Rf2 Ne3
31. Rd3 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Re8 33. Kg3 Nf5+ 34. Kh2 Ne3 35. Kg3 Nc5
36. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 37. Kh4 Ne4 0-1

[Event "VII Dos Hermanas Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[EventDate "2006.03.24"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rajaram R Laxman"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c5
7. c4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. cxd5 Nd4
12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. h3 Bd7 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Rc4 Bb5 16. Rc1 Rac8
17. d3 Rc5 18. Qd2 Rfc8 19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20. Qg5 Rc7 21. h4 Qc2
22. a4 Ba6 23. Qf4 Qxe2 24. Qxd4+ f6 25. Be4 b6 26. b4 Bc8
27. Qa1 Rc2 28. Qd4 Qd2 29. a5 Qc3 30. Qe3 Qxb4 31. axb6 axb6
32. h5 Rc7 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Kg2 Qc5 35. Qe1 Bb7 36. Rh1 Bxd5
37. Qe2 Bxe4+ 38. dxe4 Qe5 39. Rh4 b5 40. Qa2 Rc8 41. Qb1 Rh8
42. Rxh8 Kxh8 43. Qd3 Kg7 44. f4 Qc5 45. Kh3 Qc4 46. Qe3 b4
47. f5 b3 48. Qa7 Qxe4 49. fxg6 b2 50. Qa2 b1=Q 51. Qf7+ Kh6
52. Qf8+ Kg5 53. Qh6+ Kxh6 54. g7 Qbh1+ 0-1

[Event "VII Dos Hermanas Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[EventDate "2006.03.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Rajaram R Laxman"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Kb1 Rc8
12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Bg5 16. Bf2
O-O 17. h4 e4 18. Qxe4 Bf6 19. Bd4 Ne5 20. g4 Re8 21. g5 Be7
22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. g6 Bf6 24. gxf7+ Kxf7 25. d6 Qd7 26. Qd5+
Kf8 27. Nc5 Qb5 28. d7 Rxc5 29. dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 30. Qg8+ Ke7
31. Rhe1 Qc6 32. f4 e4 33. Re2 Rb5 34. c4 Rc5 35. b3 b5
36. Rd5 Rxd5 37. cxd5 Qc3 38. Rxe4+ Kd7 39. Qe6+ Kc7 40. Qc6+
Qxc6 41. dxc6 Kxc6 42. f5 Kd5 43. Re6 a5 44. Kc2 Bxh4 45. Kd3
Bf6 46. Ke3 Bd4+ 47. Kf4 Bf6 48. Ra6 Bc3 49. Kg5 Ke4 50. Rb6
b4 51. Rb5 Kd3 52. Kxh5 a4 53. bxa4 Kc2 54. a5 Kb2 55. a6 Kxa2
56. a7 Kb3 57. a8=Q Kc4 58. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "VII Dos Hermanas Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[EventDate "2006.03.24"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Surya Shekhar Ganguly"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8. d3 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 Qd7 11. Rc1 Bh3
12. Na4 Rad8 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 f6 15. Qc2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2
Rfe8 17. Be3 Kh8 18. b4 Nd5 19. Rc1 Nce7 20. Bd2 c6 21. Qb3 a6
22. a4 Nc7 23. R5c4 Nf5 24. Nh4 Nd4 25. Qd1 Qd5+ 26. Kg1 e4
27. Be3 Nf5 28. Rc5 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Qd7 30. d4 Nd5 31. Qd2 Qg4
32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 cxb5 34. Rxb5 b6 35. Ng2 Qd7 36. Qb2 Rc8
37. Rxc8 Rxc8 38. Qb3 Rd8 39. Kf2 g5 40. Ke1 Kg7 41. Kd2 Qc6
42. Ne1 h6 43. g4 Qd7 44. Nc2 Qc6 45. Ke1 Qd7 46. h3 Qc6
47. Kd2 Rd6 48. Na3 Rd8 49. Ke1 Rd6 50. Nc4 Re6 51. Kf2 Qb7
52. Na5 Qc7 53. Qxd5 Qh2+ 54. Ke1 Re7 55. Rxb6 Rc7 56. Rc6 Ra7
57. Qc5 Qg1+ 58. Kd2 Rf7 59. Rc7 Qa1 60. Rxf7+ Kxf7 61. Qc3
Qa2+ 62. Kc1 Qxe2 63. Qc4+ Qxc4+ 64. Nxc4 f5 65. Nd6+ Ke6
66. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.24"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bartlomiej Macieja"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 g5 10. Nxg5 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Nd1 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bd3 O-O
17. Rf1 Ra7 18. Nf3 Ng4 19. g3 e5 20. fxe5 Ne3 21. Nxe3 Bxe3
22. Qg2 Raf7 23. g4 Kh8 24. Rd1 d4 25. Nd2 Bf2+ 26. Rxf2 Rxf2
27. Qxf2 Rxf2 28. Kxf2 Qh6 29. Nf1 Qh4+ 30. Ng3 Bxg4 31. Rh1
Qg5 32. Nf1 Qf4+ 33. Ke1 Qxe5+ 34. Kf2 Qf4+ 35. Ke1 Qc1+
36. Kf2 Bd1 37. Ng3 Qd2+ 38. Ne2 Bxc2 39. Bxc2 Qxc2 40. Rc1
Qf5+ 0-1

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.02"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. g4 h6 8. h3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. O-O
Nc5 13. Bd2 e5 14. Nb3 Be7 15. f4 Ne6 16. f5 Nd4 17. Qd3 O-O
18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. Nd5 Bh4 22. Rf1 c4
23. Qd1 Bxd5 24. exd5 Bg5 25. Bf2 c3 26. b3 Bd2 27. Be4 Re8
28. f6 gxf6 29. Bh4 Bg5 30. Bg3 Rc5 31. h4 Be3+ 32. Kh2 Bd2
33. g5 f5 34. Qh5 Qd6 35. Bxf5 Nxf5 36. Rxf5 Qg6 37. Qg4 h5
38. Qe4 Rxd5 39. Raf1 Rd4 40. Qb7 Bf4 41. Rf6 Qxc2+ 42. Kh3
Rf8 43. g6 fxg6 44. Bxf4 exf4 45. Rxf8+ Kxf8 46. Qb8+ Ke7
47. Qe5+ Kf7 48. Qxd4 Qf5+ 49. Kh2 1-0

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emil Sutovsky"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3
7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Be3 Nxc3 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nf3 Bd7
12. Qh3 Qe7 13. Bg5 Qa3 14. O-O Ne4 15. Bc1 Qc3 16. Rb1 O-O-O
17. Rb3 Qa5 18. c3 a6 19. Ra3 Qb6 20. Be3 Qb2 21. Bc1 Qb6
22. Be3 f5 23. exf6 e5 24. dxe5 Qb2 25. Bc1 Qxa3 26. Bxa3 Bxh3
27. gxh3 Kd7 28. c4 Ng5 29. Nxg5 hxg5 30. Re1 Ke6 31. cxd5+
Rxd5 32. Bc4 Rhd8 33. h4 g4 34. h3 gxh3 35. f4 b5 36. Bxd5+
Rxd5 37. Rc1 Nd4 38. Rxc7 Nf3+ 39. Kf2 h2 40. Rc6+ Kf5 41. f7
h1=Q 42. f8=Q Ke4 0-1

[Event "37th Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Leif Erlend Johannessen"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6
7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. a3 Rb8 11. O-O Nd4
12. Ncd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 b5 14. Ba2 Bg5 15. f4 exf4 16. c3 Bxd5
17. Bxd5 Ne6 18. Qg4 Qe7 19. Bd2 a5 20. Rae1 b4 21. axb4 axb4
22. cxb4 cxb4 23. b3 g6 24. Kh1 Kg7 25. Bc1 Rbc8 26. Bc4 Ra8
27. d4 h5 28. Qf3 Nxd4 29. Bb2 Bf6 30. e5 Qxe5 31. Qf2 Qc5
32. Qxf4 Nf5 33. Bxf6+ Kxf6 34. Bd3 Rg8 35. Qh4+ Kg7 36. Bxf5
gxf5 37. Qxh5 Rae8 38. Rc1 Qe3 39. Qxf5 Qe6 40. Qf4 Rh8
41. Rc7 Re7 42. Rxe7 Qxe7 43. Qxb4 Rh4 44. Qd2 Qe5 45. h3 Re4
46. Qf2 Qe6 47. Qg3+ Kf8 48. Qc3 Re3 49. Qh8+ Ke7 50. b4 Kd7
51. Qh4 Re4 52. Rxf7+ Qxf7 53. Qxe4 d5 54. Qf3 1-0

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.06.28"]
[EventDate "2006.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Chikwere Onyekwere"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2075"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. exd6 cxd6 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc6
12. c5 dxc5 13. dxc5 Nd7 14. Be3 Qc8 15. Rc1 Rd8 16. Qb3 Nde5
17. Be4 Qe6 18. Qxb7 Rab8 19. Qa6 Rxb2 20. Nd5 Rxd5 21. Bxd5
Qxd5 22. Qc8+ Bf8 23. Rfd1 Qe6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. Bd4 Nxd4
26. Rxd4 Nc6 27. Rd7 Rxa2 28. Rc7 Ra6 29. Rc8 Kf7 30. Rc3 Bg7
31. Rc4 Bf6 32. g3 e5 33. Rc1 Ke6 34. Rd1 Nd4 35. Rc7 h5
36. h4 e4 37. Kg2 e3 38. fxe3 Ra2+ 39. Kf1 Nf5 40. Rd8 Nxg3+
41. Kg1 Kf5 42. Ra8 Rc2 43. Rcxa7 Ne4 44. Ra2 Rxc5 45. Kg2
Bxh4 46. R8a5 Rxa5 47. Rxa5+ e5 48. Kf3 Bf6 49. Ra4 g5 50. Rb4
g4+ 51. Kg2 h4 52. Kh2 Bg5 53. Rb3 g3+ 54. Kh3 Nf2+ 55. Kg2
Kg4 0-1

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.06.29"]
[EventDate "2006.06.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Justin Sarkar"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Nd6
7. Nd2 c5 8. c3 cxd4 9. exd4 Bf5 10. Qc2 e6 11. O-O-O Nc6
12. Bxf5 Nxf5 13. Re1 Be7 14. g4 Nh4 15. Bg3 h5 16. gxh5 Nf5
17. Ne2 Rc8 18. Nf3 Qa6 19. a3 Rxh5 20. Kb1 Rh8 21. Be5 Kd7
22. Nf4 Qa5 23. Rhg1 Rh7 24. c4 Nxe5 25. Nxe5+ Ke8 26. Nxd5
Rxh2 27. Nxe7 Kxe7 28. Qxf5 exf5 29. Nc6+ Kf6 30. Nxa5 b6
31. Nb7 Rxc4 32. Nd6 1-0

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.06.30"]
[EventDate "2006.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lev Milman"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7
7. Ng5 d5 8. Be3 f6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. exf6 exf6 11. O-O O-O
12. Re1 Re8 13. Nbd2 Na5 14. c3 Nxb3 15. Qxb3 Be6 16. Qc2 Bf5
17. Qc1 c6 18. b3 g5 19. Nf1 Qd7 20. Ng3 Bg6 21. h4 h6
22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Nh2 Bh6 24. Bd2 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Nc8 26. Qe2
Nd6 27. Ng4 Bg7 28. Qf3 Qf7 29. Re1 a5 30. Re3 a4 31. Qe2 axb3
32. axb3 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 Bf8 34. Nh6+ Bxh6 35. Re7 Bd3 36. Rxf7
Bxe2 37. Rxf6 Bf8 38. c4 dxc4 39. Nxe2 Ne4 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8
41. Bb4+ Kf7 42. bxc4 Ra4 0-1

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.07.01"]
[EventDate "2006.06.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6
7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qh4+
12. Bf2 Qh5 13. c5 Qxf3 14. Rg1 Nd5 15. Bg2 Qf4 16. Nxd5 Qxd2+
17. Kxd2 exd5 18. Bxd5 Rd8 19. Bxc6+ bxc6 20. Kc3 f5 21. b4
Kd7 22. a4 Rb8 23. Kc4 a6 24. Rge1 Ke6 25. Rab1 Be7 26. b5
axb5+ 27. axb5 cxb5+ 28. Rxb5 c6 29. Rb6 Rxb6 30. cxb6 Rb8
31. Rb1 g5 32. b7 Kd7 33. d5 cxd5+ 34. Kxd5 Kc7 35. Bb6+ Kxb7
36. Bc5+ Kc7 1-0

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.07.03"]
[EventDate "2006.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Abhijit Kunte"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7
7. Qg4 Nf6 8. Qg3 d6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O Ne5 11. Kh1 O-O
12. Bg5 Ng6 13. Rad1 Nh5 14. Qg4 Nf6 15. Qe2 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6
17. f4 b5 18. a3 Rb8 19. Na5 Bb7 20. f5 Ne5 21. fxe6 Qxe6
22. Nxb7 Rxb7 23. Nd5 Re8 24. Rde1 Qg4 25. Qd2 Qg5 26. Qe2 Qg4
27. b4 Qxe2 28. Rxe2 Rc8 29. h3 Bd4 30. Rb1 Kf8 31. Rd2 Nc4
32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. Re2 Rb8 34. Rb3 Re8 35. g4 Ba7 36. Rc3 Rd4
37. Nc7 Rexe4 38. Rxe4 Rxe4 39. Nxa6 Bd4 40. Rd3 Be5 41. Nc7
Re1+ 42. Kg2 Re2+ 43. Kf3 Rxc2 44. Nxb5 Ke7 45. Ke4 Ke6
46. Rxd6+ Bxd6 47. Nd4+ Kd7 48. Nxc2 g6 49. Nd4 Bg3 50. Kd5 h5
51. gxh5 gxh5 52. a4 Kc7 53. Nb5+ Kd7 54. a5 1-0

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.07.04"]
[EventDate "2006.06.28"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Thomas Roussel-Roozmon"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Rf8 11. Nd5 c6
12. Ne7+ Kh8 13. Be3 Re8 14. Nxc8 Raxc8 15. g4 Nf8 16. Nd2 Ne6
17. g5 Nd7 18. Nb3 Rc7 19. Bg4 Bf8 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21. Rd3 c5
22. Nd2 f5 23. f3 f4 24. Bf2 h6 25. gxh6 g5 26. Nb1 Rxh6
27. Nc3 b6 28. Kd2 Rb7 29. Ke2 Nf6 30. Rd8 Kg7 31. Nd5 Be7
32. Rc8 Rh3 33. Rg1 Nxd5 34. exd5 Rxh2 35. d6 Bf6 36. Rc7+
Rxc7 37. dxc7 Rh8 38. Kd3 Rc8 39. Ke4 Rxc7 40. Be1 Kg6 41. Rh1
Rd7 42. Bc3 g4 43. fxg4 Kg5 44. a4 a5 45. Rh5+ Kxg4 46. Rf5
Bg7 0-1

[Event "North American Open 2006"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2006.12.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Vadim Milov"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.O-O Nbc6
7.Nxc6 Nxc6 8.f4 d6 9.Nd2 g6 10.Nf3 Bg7 11.c3 O-O 12.Qe2 Re8
13.Qf2 Qc7 14.Nh4 b5 15.Be3 Bb7 16.Rad1 Qe7 17.Bb6 Bf6 18.Nf3
e5 19.g3 Bg7 20.Bb1 Nd8 21.f5 Bf8 22.Nh4 Bc6 23.a3 Qb7 24.Ba2
g5 25.Ng6 Bxe4 26.Nxf8 d5 27.Qe3 h6 28.Nd7 1-0

[Event "North American Open 2006"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2006.12.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Melikset Khachiyan"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.h3 Nc6 9.Qe2 Na5 10.Bg5 d5 11.c3 f6 12.Bf4 g5 13.Bg3
Nxb3 14.axb3 Bf5 15.Nh2 c6 16.Nd2 Qe8 17.exf6 exf6 18.Qxe8
Rfxe8 19.f4 Bd3 20.Rf2 h6 21.fxg5 hxg5 22.h4 gxh4 23.Bxh4 Re6
24.Ng4 Nd7 25.Rf3 Be2 26.Rg3 Kf7 27.Nf3 Rh8 28.Bg5 a6 29.Kf2
c5 30.Be3 Bxf3 31.Rxf3 Re4 32.Kg3 Bf8 33.Bf4 cxd4 34.cxd4 Rxd4
35.Ne5 Ke6 36.Nxd7 Kxd7 37.Rc1 Rxf4 38.Rxf4 Bd6 39.Kf3 Bxf4
40.Kxf4 Rc8 41.Rd1 Rc2 42.Rxd5 Kc6 43.Rf5 Rxg2 44.Ke4 Rxb2
45.Rf3 Kc5 0-1

[Event "North American Open 2006"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2006.12.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrew Boekhoff"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.b3 h6
8.Bb2 Qe8 9.Nbd2 g5 10.e3 c6 11.Re1 Nh7 12.e4 f4 13.e5 d5
14.Rc1 Be6 15.Ba3 Na6 16.Bf1 Rf7 17.Bd3 Nf8 18.Kg2 Qd7 19.cxd5
Bxd5 20.Be4 fxg3 21.fxg3 Ne6 22.h3 Raf8 23.Qe2 Nac7 24.Rf1 h5
25.Bb2 h4 26.Nh2 hxg3 27.Kxg3 Nf4 28.Qg4 Qxg4 29.Kxg4 Bxe4
30.Nxe4 Nd3 31.Rxf7 Rxf7 32.Nxg5 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Casual Blitz, US Champ. 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, California"]
[Date "2006.03.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxim Dlugy"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3 dxe4 4.dxe4 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1 Bg4 6.Be2 Nd7
7.Nfd2 Bxe2+ 8.Kxe2 e5 9.c3 Ngf6 10.f3 Bc5 11.Nc4 Ke7 12.Bg5
b5 13.Ne3 h6 14.Nf5+ Kf8 15.Bh4 g6 16.Ne3 Bxe3 17.Kxe3 Ke7
18.Nd2 Ke6 19.Nb3 a5 20.a4 Rhb8 21.axb5 Rxb5 22.Ra3 a4 23.Rha1
Rab8 24.Nd2 Rxb2 25.Rxa4 Rc2 26.Rc4 Rb6 27.Kd3 Rcb2 28.Ra7 g5
29.Bf2 Rb7 30.Rxc6 Ke7 31.Raa6 Nh5 32.g3 Nf8 33.Bc5+ Ke8
34.Rc8+ Kd7 35.Rxf8 1-0

[Event "Casino de Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.25"]
[EventDate "2007.10.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Miguel Illescas Cordoba"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Nbd7
12. Ba5 Ra7 13. Nbd2 Bd5 14. Re1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qf4 Nf6
17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bd6 19. Rac1 Nd5 20. Qd2 Ne7 21. Nc6
Nxc6 22. Rxc6 Bb4 23. Bxb4 Qd5+ 24. f3 Qxc6 25. Rc1 Qd7
26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Rc5 Kg8 28. Qc3 h6 29. b4 Qd6 30. a3 a5
31. bxa5 Qa6 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Qxc7 b4 34. Kf2 bxa3 35. Qb8+
Kh7 36. Qb4 a2 37. Qa4 Qd6 38. a6 1-0

[Event "5th Gibraltar Chess Festival"]
[Site "Gibraltar Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.24"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Srinath Narayanan"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6
7. Be3 Bg7 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Rc1 O-O 10. b3 Bf5 11. Nf3 d5 12. O-O
Bg4 13. c5 Nc8 14. b4 a6 15. Rb1 e6 16. a4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 N8e7
18. b5 Na5 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Qd3 Rfd8 22. bxa6 Rxa6
23. Nb5 Nc6 24. Nd6 Ra7 25. Rb6 Bxd4 26. Rxc6 Rxa4 27. Nb5
bxc6 28. Nxd4 Rc8 29. g3 e5 30. Nb3 Qf6 31. Bg2 Ra3 32. Qc2
Rb8 33. Nd2 e4 34. Qc1 Ra2 35. Bxe4 Qd4 36. Bxd5 Qxd5 37. Nc4
Qxc5 38. Qc3 Rb4 0-1

[Event "5th Gibraltar Chess Festival"]
[Site "Gibraltar Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.25"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[Round "3.28"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Malcolm Robert Tredinnick"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6
7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Qc1 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bc5
12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Kh1 b6 14. a3 a5 15. Bc3 Bb7 16. Qb2 Qh4
17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Be7 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Nf3 Qh5 21. Be2 Qf7
22. Bb5 Nb8 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Nd4 Rc8 25. Rc1 Rc4 26. Qa1 Bc6
27. Bxc4 dxc4 28. Nxc6 Nxc6 29. Qa8+ Nd8 30. Rd1 1-0

[Event "5th Gibraltar Chess Festival"]
[Site "Gibraltar Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.26"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[Round "4.14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jovanka Houska"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6 5. Be2 g6 6. exd6 cxd6
7. O-O Bg7 8. c3 O-O 9. Na3 d5 10. h3 Nc6 11. Nc2 f6 12. a4 a5
13. Be3 Be6 14. Na3 Bf7 15. Qb3 Re8 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Rfe1 h6
18. h4 Qc7 19. Qc2 Nd7 20. Nb5 Qb8 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. Bf4 e5
23. Bg3 Re7 24. h5 g5 25. dxe5 fxe5 26. Nfd4 Nf6 27. Nf5 Rd7
28. Bd3 Kh8 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 30. Bf5 Re7 31. Bxc8 Qxc8 32. Nd6
Qe6 33. Nxf7 Qxf7 34. b4 e4 35. b5 Ne5 36. Bxe5 Rxe5 37. Qd4
Rf5 38. c4 Qxh5 39. cxd5 Kg6 40. d6 Ng4 41. Qxe4 Qh2+ 42. Kf1
Nf6 43. Qxb7 Qh1+ 44. Ke2 Qh4 45. f4 Rxf4 46. Rf1 Qg4+ 47. Kd2
Rd4+ 48. Ke3 Re4+ 49. Kd3 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "5th Gibraltar Chess Festival"]
[Site "Gibraltar Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.27"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[Round "5.8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Ramachandran Ramesh"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3
Qxf6 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Bc2 e5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 Bf5
12. d4 O-O 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Bg5 Bxc2 15. Qxc2 Qd6 16. Rad1
Qc7 17. Rd5 Rae8 18. g3 f6 19. Be3 b6 20. Red1 Qf7 21. Nh4 Ne7
22. Rd7 Qxc4 23. Rxa7 Nd5 24. Bh6 Re7 25. Ra4 Nb4 26. Qb1 Bxc3
27. Nf5 Rc7 28. Bxg7 Rb8 29. Rc1 b5 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. Rxc4
bxc4 32. a3 Nc6 33. Qe4 c3 34. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "5th Gibraltar Chess Festival"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2007.01.30"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Vladimir Epishin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Be3 d5 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Nc3 Qxg2 10. Be4 Qh3 11. Qd4 Nf6
12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Rhg1 g6 14. Rg3 Qh5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bf3 Qxh2
17. Be3 e5 18. Qa4 e4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Qh4 21. Nc5 b5
22. Qd4 Bf6 23. Qd5 Nxc5 24. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "5th Gibraltar Chess Festival"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2007.02.01"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sarunas Sulskis"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Bd3 e5
7. Ne2 e4 8. Bc2 Be6 9. Ng3 Bxc4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 d5
12. Bc2 O-O 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh6 Qf6 15. h4 Qg7 16. Qxg7+ Kxg7
17. Bb3 Bxb3 18. axb3 Nd7 19. c4 f5 20. Ke2 Nf6 21. Kd3 c6
22. f3 Rfe8 23. Bd2 h5 24. Be1 Kf7 25. Bg3 a6 26. Bf4 Rec8
27. Rhc1 Ke6 28. Rc2 Rd8 29. Ra5 Rd7 30. Bg5 Kf7 31. Rc1 Re8
32. Bf4 Rdd8 33. Be5 Rd7 34. Ke2 Red8 35. Rf1 Re7 36. Kf2 Rde8
37. Ke2 Nd7 38. Bf4 Nf6 39. Kd3 Re6 40. Bg5 Rd6 41. cxd5 Rxd5
42. Rxd5 Nxd5 43. e4 Nc7 44. Bf4 Ne6 45. Be3 Ke7 46. Kc4 Kd6
47. Rd1 fxe4 48. fxe4 Rf8 49. Kb4 Kc7 50. Rc1 Re8 51. Kc4 Kd7
52. Rf1 Rf8 53. Rxf8 Nxf8 54. d5 cxd5+ 55. Kxd5 Ne6 56. Ke5
Ke7 57. g3 Nc7 58. Bg5+ Kf7 59. Kd6 Ne6 60. Be3 Kf6 61. b4 Kf7
62. e5 b5 63. Kc6 Ke7 64. Kb6 Kd7 65. Kxa6 Kc6 66. Ka7 Nc7
67. Kb8 Na6+ 68. Kc8 Nxb4 69. e6 Nd5 70. Bf4 b4 71. Kd8 Nf6
72. e7 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Foxwoods"]
[Date "2007.04.05"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Michael Mulyar"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Ne5 Bb4
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nd3 Bd6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Qe7 11. O-O Ne4
12. f3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f5 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. Re1 c5 16. c4 dxc4
17. Qxc4 Rb8 18. a4 a6 19. a5 b5 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Qc2 cxd4
22. exd4 Qf6 23. f4 Bd7 24. Be3 Rbc8 25. Nc5 Bb5 26. Bf2 Nd7
27. Rac1 Bxc5 28. dxc5 Bc6 29. Bxc6 Qxc6 30. Re7 Nf6 31. Qxf5
Rcd8 32. Qe6 Qf3 33. Qe2 Qd5 34. Qxa6 Ng4 35. Qe2 Nxf2
36. Qxf2 Rf6 37. Qe3 h6 38. c6 Kh7 39. c7 Rc8 40. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Foxwoods"]
[Date "2007.04.05"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Salvijus Bercys"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qb3 h6 11. c5 Kh8
12. Rd1 g5 13. Qc4 e4 14. f3 exf3 15. exf3 e5 16. dxe6 Qe7
17. f4 Bxe6 18. Qb4 a5 19. Qb5 c6 20. Qe2 Rad8 21. Rd6 Rxd6
22. cxd6 Qxd6 23. fxg5 Ng4 24. Bf4 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Bc4 26. Qd2
Nf2+ 27. Kg1 Ng4+ 28. Kh1 hxg5 29. Bxg5 f4 30. Ne4 Qb6
31. Bxf4 Rd8 32. Qc2 Bd3 33. Qc5 Qxb2 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. Rf1
Bxf1 36. Bxf1 Qb1 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Foxwoods"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Peter Vavrak"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 6. Bb5+ c6
7. Ba4 Ba6 8. Nce2 Ne7 9. h4 h5 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. c3 Nd7 12. Nf4
g6 13. Nge2 Nf5 14. Bc2 Be7 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. e6 Nf8 17. Nxd5
cxd5 18. Qa4+ Kd8 19. exf7 Ne6 20. Bxe7+ Kxe7 21. Qxa6 Kxf7
22. O-O Rae8 23. Rae1 Re7 24. Nc1 Qf4 25. g3 Qg4 26. Kh2 f4
27. Qe2 g5 28. Nd3 Qf5 29. hxg5 Ree8 30. Qe5 Qxd3 31. Qf6+ Kg8
32. Rxe6 Rf8 33. Qg6+ Qxg6 34. Rxg6+ Kf7 35. Rf6+ Kg7 36. Rxf4
1-0

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.05.15"]
[EventDate "2007.05.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joshua E Friedel"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 a6
7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Qc7 11. Qxd4 a5
12. b5 b6 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Bd4 Nd7 16. Bd3 g6
17. a4 Bb7 18. h4 h5 19. O-O Be7 20. Qe3 Nc5 21. g3 Rc8
22. Nd2 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Bc5 24. Rfc1 Bxd4+ 25. Qxd4 O-O 26. Nf1
Qd8 27. Ne3 Rc5 28. Kf2 Qe7 29. Ke2 Rfc8 30. Kd2 Qc7 31. Rc2
Kf8 32. Ra3 Qd8 33. Kc1 Rc4 34. Nxc4 Rxc4 35. Qe3 Re4 36. Qf2
d4 37. cxd4 Qe7 38. Rac3 Qb4 39. d5 Bxd5 40. Qxb6 Kg7 41. Qd8
Re1+ 42. Kd2 Rg1 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Qb6 Qb1 46. Rc1
Qb2+ 47. R1c2 Rg2+ 48. Kd3 Rxg3+ 49. Kd4 Qb4+ 50. Rc4 Bxc4
51. Rxc4 Qa3 0-1

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.05.17"]
[EventDate "2007.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Stripunsky"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. g4 Rc8 11. Kb1 Ne5
12. h3 b5 13. f4 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4
17. f5 Qa8 18. b3 Rc5 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Rxd5 21. Rhe1 Re5
22. Rf1 Qg2 23. Rf4 Rc8 24. g5 Rxc2 25. Nxc2 Bxf5 26. Rc4 d5
27. Rc7 Re3 28. Ka1 Qh2 0-1

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.05.19"]
[EventDate "2007.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alex Yermolinsky"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 Nc6 6. Bb5
Nxc3 7. dxc3 Qh4+ 8. g3 Qe4+ 9. Qxe4 dxe4 10. Bf4 h6 11. Ne2
g5 12. Be3 Bg7 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. e6 fxe6 15. Nxc6 a6 16. Bc4
Bxc6 17. Bxe6 Rd8 18. O-O Bd5 19. Bf5 O-O 20. a3 b6 21. g4
Rfe8 22. h3 Bc4 23. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Be6 25. Bxe6+ Rxe6
26. a4 Kf7 27. a5 b5 28. Rd8 Be5 29. Ra8 Rc6 30. Kf1 b4
31. cxb4 Rxc2 32. b5 Bf4 33. Bg1 e3 34. bxa6 1-0

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.05.22"]
[EventDate "2007.05.15"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D09"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg2 Ng6
7. Qa4 Bd7 8. O-O Bc5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Qb5 Bb6 11. exf6 gxf6
12. c5 Nce5 13. Qb3 Bxc5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxb7 Rc8 16. Qd5
Bb6 17. e3 Ng4 18. Bf4 dxe3 19. Qh5+ Kf8 20. fxe3 Qe8 21. Bh6+
Ke7 22. Qh4 Qg6 23. Bf4 Be6 24. Nc3 Rcd8 25. Kh1 Rd2 26. e4
Nf2+ 27. Rxf2 Rxf2 28. e5 Kf7 29. Rd1 Ba5 30. Be4 f5 31. Nd5
Re8 32. Be3 fxe4 33. Bxf2 Qf5 34. Qf6+ Qxf6 35. Nxf6 Rb8
36. b3 Rb5 37. Bd4 e3 38. Bxe3 Rxe5 39. Bd4 Re2 40. Nxh7 Bd5+
41. Kg1 Rg2+ 42. Kf1 Rxh2 43. Ng5+ Kg6 44. Be3 c6 45. a3 Bc3
46. b4 Bf6 47. Rxd5 cxd5 48. Nf3 Ra2 49. Bxa7 Rxa3 0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.06.08"]
[EventDate "2007.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Daniel Bryant"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 d5 9. h3 Bf5 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. O-O e6 12. Bg5
Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Nb3 Nc4 16. Qe2 Nb4 17. Bxc4
dxc4 18. Nc5 Nc2 19. Rad1 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Qxc5 21. Rfd1 b5
22. f4 b4 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Rfd8 25. Kf1 Rxd4 26. Qxd4
Qxd4 27. Rxd4 c3 28. bxc3 bxc3 29. Rd1 g5 30. fxg5 Kg7 31. Ke2
Kg6 32. Rc1 Kxg5 33. Kd3 c2 34. Kd2 Kh4 0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.06.08"]
[EventDate "2007.06.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Vladimir Mezentsev"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nh5
7. Be5 f6 8. Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 c6 10. Bd3 g6 11. Qc2 Rf7
12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Ne2 Nf8 14. e4 Bd7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Nf4 Bd6
17. e5 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 b6 20. Nh3 c5 21. f4 Bc6
22. Ng5 Rd7 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. Bb5 Re7 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4
Qc7 27. Rd6 Qb8 28. Rhd1 c4 29. Bxc4 b5 30. Bb3 a5 31. a3 Kg7
32. g4 Rc5 33. Rd8 Qb7 34. Qe3 Qc7 35. f5 1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.06.09"]
[EventDate "2007.06.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bosko Abramovic"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. h4 h6
7. d3 Bg7 8. Be3 N8d7 9. Qd2 Nf6 10. Rc1 c6 11. Nf3 Ng4
12. Bc5 O-O 13. Nh2 Nxh2 14. Rxh2 f5 15. Be3 Kh7 16. f4 h5
17. Bf3 Nd7 18. d4 Nb6 19. b3 Be6 20. Bg1 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5
22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Rc5 Qe6 24. Rf2 Rad8 25. Rf3 Rd6 26. Re3 Qd7
27. Rd3 Rd8 28. Rc4 Qe6 29. Kf1 Qd5 30. Qe3 Re6 31. Qf3 Re4
32. Bf2 b6 33. a4 Rd6 34. Rc2 Qe6 35. Kg2 Qd7 36. Rdc3 Rde6
37. Rc4 Qd5 38. Kf1 Qd7 39. Kg2 Rd6 40. Bg1 a6 41. Bf2 b5
42. Rc5 Bxd4 43. Bxd4 Rdxd4 44. Rxc6 Rd2 45. axb5 axb5
46. R6c5 Qd4 47. Rxd2 Qxd2 48. Re5 Rxe5 49. fxe5 Qd4 50. Qf4
Qd5+ 51. Kf2 Qxb3 52. Qd4 Qc4 53. Qa7 Qb4 54. Qb6 f4 0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.06.10"]
[EventDate "2007.06.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Melikset Khachiyan"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Bd7 10. a4 Bc6 11. Nd5 Nbd7
12. f3 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nh5 14. Qd2 g6 15. Rfc1 Ng7 16. Bd3 a5
17. Qe1 b6 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. c4 Nd7 20. Bc2 Bh4 21. g3 Bg5
22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. b4 axb4 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. Qxb4 Nf5 26. a5 bxa5
27. Qb7 Rfd8 28. Ba4 Rab8 29. Qa7 Kf8 30. Bxd7 Qxd7 31. Qxd7
Rxd7 32. c5 dxc5 33. Rxc5 Nd4 34. Rcxa5 Nxf3+ 35. Kg2 Nd4
36. Nf6 Rdb7 37. Rf1 Kg7 38. Ng4 e4 39. Ra4 Nf3 40. Rxf3 exf3+
41. Kxf3 Rb3+ 42. Ne3 Re8 43. Re4 Kf8 44. h4 h5 45. Kf4 Rxe4+
46. Kxe4 Ke7 47. Kd4 Rb1 48. Ke5 Re1 49. Kf4 Kd6 50. Ke4 f6
51. Kf4 Ra1 52. Ke4 Ra4+ 53. Kd3 Kc5 0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.06.10"]
[EventDate "2007.06.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Renier Gonzalez"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. g3 h6
7. b3 Ngf6 8. Bb2 Ne4 9. a3 Be7 10. Bg2 b5 11. cxd5 Nxc3
12. Bxc3 cxd5 13. O-O O-O 14. Qd2 a5 15. Rfc1 Be4 16. Qe2 Qb6
17. Bb2 Rfc8 18. Bf1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 b4 20. a4 Qb7 21. Bd3 Rxc1+
22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Re1 f5 24. g4 fxg4 25. Qxg4 Qb6 26. Kh1 Bf6
27. Rg1 Nf8 28. f4 Rc7 29. Qh5 Kh8 30. Qe8 Kg8 31. Rf1 Qb7
32. Qh5 Qb6 33. Bc1 Rc3 34. Qd1 Qd6 35. Bb5 Ng6 36. Bd2 Rc8
37. Bd3 Ne7 38. Qh5 Qd7 39. Rg1 Kf8 40. Rf1 Kg8 41. Qh3 Rc7
42. Kg1 Nf5 43. Kf2 g6 44. Rg1 Kh7 45. Qg4 Qf7 46. Ke2 Rc6
47. Kd1 Rc7 48. Qe2 Bd8 49. Bc2 Qf6 50. Qa6 Qe7 51. Kc1 Ra7
52. Qe2 Rc7 53. Kb1 Qf7 54. Bd3 Qf6 55. Bc1 Qf7 56. Bb2 Bf6
57. Ka2 Qd7 58. Bb1 Qc6 59. Qg2 Qe8 60. Bd3 Qf7 61. Qe2 Qd7
62. Rd1 Qg7 63. Bb1 Rd7 64. Qa6 Nxe3 65. Re1 Nf5 66. Rxe6 Bxd4
67. Bxf5 gxf5 68. Bxd4 Qxd4 69. Rxh6+ Kg7 70. Qg6+ Kf8
71. Qxf5+ Ke8 72. Re6+ Kd8 73. Qf8+ Kc7 74. Re2 Kb7 75. Qe8
Qg7 76. Rc2 Ka7 77. Qc8 Qe7 78. f5 Rb7 79. Qc6 Qd8 80. Qc5+
Ka6 81. Re2 Rb6 82. Re7 Qb8 83. Qf2 Rb7 84. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Casino de Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.18"]
[EventDate "2007.10.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Jordi Fluvia Poyatos"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Qb1 Qd5 9. a4 Nc6 10. Nf3 Bh6 11. Be2 g5
12. Bg3 g4 13. Nh4 f5 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Bd1 Qa5 16. Bc2 Rhf8
17. Qb2 Bg5 18. Rab1 b6 19. Rbe1 Bxh4 20. Bxh4 Bd5 21. Bg3 h5
22. f3 gxf3 23. gxf3 f4 24. Bxf4 Nxd4 25. cxd4 Rg8+ 26. Kf2
Qd2+ 27. Re2 Rg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qxe2+ 29. Rf2 Rg8+ 30. Bg3 Bxf3+
31. Kh3 Bg4+ 32. Kh4 Qxe3 33. Qb5 Qxd4 34. Qe5 Qd8 35. Rd2 Bd7
36. Rd4 e6+ 37. Kxh5 Be8+ 38. Kh6 Qe7 39. Rf4 Bf7 40. Qf6 Qf8+
41. Kh7 Kb8 42. Rf2 e5 43. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Casino de Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.19"]
[EventDate "2007.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michal Krasenkow"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "56"]

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

[Event "Casino de Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.21"]
[EventDate "2007.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rafael Vaganian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 c5 11. Rb1 Ne8 12. b4
axb4 13. axb4 b6 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Nb3 f5 16. f3 f4 17. Bd2
Bd7 18. Ra1 g5 19. Nb5 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Nc8 21. g4 fxg3 22. hxg3
Qf6 23. Qc1 Qg6 24. Nc3 h6 25. Na1 Nf6 26. Nc2 g4 27. Qe1 gxf3
28. Bxf3 Nb6 29. Ne3 Bh3 30. Bg2 Bxg2 31. Nf5 Rf7 32. Kxg2
Nxc4 33. Qe2 Nxd2 34. Qxd2 Nxe4 35. Nxe4 Rxf5 36. Rxf5 Qxf5
37. Nxd6 Qg6 38. Nb5 Qe4+ 39. Kh2 Qb4 40. Qe2 c4 41. Nc7 c3
42. Qa6 c2 43. Qc8+ Qf8 44. Ne8 Qxe8 45. d6 0-1

[Event "Casino de Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.23"]
[EventDate "2007.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez Perez"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2
Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Qf6 8. O-O Ne7 9. Nb3 Nbc6 10. Nfxd4 O-O
11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Qc2 a5 13. a4 Qe7 14. f3 Rd8 15. Rfd1 Bd7
16. Bd5 Qb4 17. Qc5 Be8 18. Qxb4 axb4 19. a5 Kf8 20. Rdc1 Ra6
21. Rc4 Rda8 22. Kf2 R8a7 23. Ke3 Nxa5 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Nxa5
c6 26. Nxc6 bxc6 27. Bxc6 Bxc6 28. Rxc6 Ra2 29. Rc2 b3 30. Re2
Ra1 31. Kd2 Ra6 32. Kc3 Rb6 33. Kc4 Ke7 34. Re3 Rh6 35. h3 Rg6
36. Re2 Rb6 37. f4 h5 38. g3 h4 39. g4 Rd6 40. Re3 Rd2
41. Kxb3 Rf2 42. f5 f6 43. e5 fxe5 44. Rxe5+ Kf6 45. Re3 Kg5
46. Kc3 Kf4 47. Rd3 Ke4 48. b4 Rf1 49. Kc4 Rb1 50. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Casino de Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.26"]
[EventDate "2007.10.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Marc Narciso Dublan"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Be4 9. Be2 c5 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. f3 d5
12. Nb3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Nbd7 15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Nd2
Ne8 17. Bd3 Nd6 18. c4 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 f5 20. Qf2 e5 21. d5 Re7
22. Qh4 Rce8 23. Bc2 Nf8 24. Rac1 Ng6 25. Qf2 a6 26. Bd1 Bc8
27. Be2 Bd7 28. Bf1 Bc8 29. Rc3 f4 30. Bd3 Bf5 31. Bxf5 Nxf5
32. exf4 exf4 33. Rxe7 Ngxe7 34. Ne4 Nc8 35. Rc1 Ncd6 36. Ng5
Re3 37. Ne6 Qe7 38. Ba1 h5 39. g3 Ra3 40. Re1 Nxc4 41. Nxf4
Re3 42. Ne6 Rxe1+ 43. Qxe1 Qd7 44. Qe4 Qa4 45. Qe2 Qb5 46. Qd3
Nce3 47. Qxb5 axb5 48. Nf4 Kf7 49. Kf2 g5 50. Nxh5 Nxd5 51. g4
Kg6 52. f4 gxf4 53. Kf3 Kg5 54. Ng7 Nh4+ 55. Kf2 Kxg4 56. Ne8
Nb4 57. Nf6+ Kh3 58. Nd7 Nd3+ 59. Kf1 f3 60. Ne5 Nb4 61. a3
Nc2 62. Bc3 Ne3+ 63. Kg1 f2+ 64. Kxf2 Nd1+ 65. Ke2 Nxc3+
66. Kd3 Na4 67. Ke4 Ng2 68. Kd5 Ne3+ 69. Kc6 Nc4 70. Kxb5 Nxe5
71. Kxa4 c4 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Victor Mikhalevski"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7
7. Nf3 g6 8. e4 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. Nd2 Nxb6 12. a4
Nfd7 13. Kh1 Kh8 14. a5 Na8 15. Nc4 Nc7 16. Na4 Nb5 17. Nab6
Nd4 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Bg5 Nf6 20. Rb1 e6 21. Ne3 h6 22. Bh4 g5
23. Bg3 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 f5 25. Bd3 f4 26. Qh5 Qe8 27. Bg6 Qe7
28. Ng4 fxg3 29. Nxh6 Bxh6 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. dxe6 Nxe6
32. fxg3 Nd4 33. Bd3 d5 34. Rfe1 Qg7 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Nd7 c4
37. Re7+ Kh8 38. Nxb8 cxd3 39. Rxb7 d2 40. Re7 Rc8 41. Rf1 Rc1
42. Re8+ Kg7 43. Re7+ Kg6 44. Rf7 d1=Q 45. Rf6+ Kh5 46. g4+
Kxg4 47. h3+ Kg3 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Victor Mikhalevski"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
Nc6 7. d4 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. e5 Be6 10. exf6 Bxc4 11. fxg7 Kxg7
12. Bxc4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Be2 Qb4 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Rb1
Rd7 17. b3 Kg8 18. Na4 Rad8 19. a3 Qe4 20. Be3 b6 21. Nc3 Qe5
22. Rbc1 Rd2 23. Rfe1 c5 24. Bc4 R2d3 25. Bh6 Qh5 26. Bxd3
Qxh6 27. Bc4 e6 28. a4 Rd2 29. Ne4 Rd4 30. Rc3 Qf4 31. Rf3 Qb8
32. Ng5 f5 33. Nxe6 Rxc4 34. bxc4 Qd6 35. h4 Qd2 36. Rfe3 Qc2
37. Ng5 Qxc4 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. R1e7+ Kf6 40. Nxh7# 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O Bb7 10. e4 e5 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Qc2
Re8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qb6 15. Rad1 c5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5
Rxe5 18. Nc3 c4 19. Be2 Rae8 20. Bf3 a6 21. Bg3 R5e6 22. Nd5
Bxd5 23. exd5 R6e7 24. b3 Rc8 25. d6 Ree8 26. Rfe1 Rxe1+
27. Rxe1 c3 28. b4 a5 29. a3 axb4 30. axb4 Qd4 31. Bb7 Rb8
32. Bc6 Qxb4 33. Re7 Qb2 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 b5 8. e5 g5 9. Bg3 Nd5 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Be2 Bb7 12. a4
Qb6 13. Nde4 a5 14. O-O Rd8 15. Bh5 b4 16. Qg4 Nc7 17. Nd6+
Bxd6 18. exd6 Nf6 19. Qf3 Nxh5 20. dxc7 Rxd4 21. Qxh5 bxc3
22. bxc3 Rd3 23. Rab1 Qa6 24. Be5 Rh7 25. f4 c5 26. fxg5 Rd2
27. Rxb7 Qxb7 28. Qf3 Rd5 29. g6 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Loek van Wely"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. d5 Nc5 11. dxc6 Qxd1+
12. Rxd1 a6 13. Be5 Be7 14. h4 g4 15. Nd4 O-O 16. f3 gxf3
17. gxf3 Ne8 18. Kf2 f6 19. Bg3 e5 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Ng7
22. Rhg1 Kh8 23. Bh2 Nxf5 24. Nd5 Rac8 25. f4 Rxc6 26. Bg4
Nd3+ 27. Kf1 Rd6 28. Nc3 Ne3+ 29. Ke2 Nxd1 30. Rxd1 Nxf4+
31. Bxf4 Rxd1 32. Kxd1 exf4 33. Ke2 f5 34. Bh5 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5
7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Nxh5 Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bb5 d4
12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qf3 Qd7 14. Ne4 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Bxe4 16. Qxe4
Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Kf8 18. Rad1 Rb8 19. Kc1 c5 20. Rh3 Ne7 21. Nf4
Qc6 22. Qe2 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. c4 Qd8 25. Qe4 Rb4 26. b3
Rb8 27. f4 a5 28. Qc6 Rc8 29. Qb7 a4 30. f5 exf5 31. gxf5 Qc7
32. Qxc7 Rxc7 33. h5 axb3 34. axb3 Re7 35. Re1 Rh6 36. Kc2 Ke8
37. Kd3 g6 38. Ke4 d3 39. Rxd3 gxf5+ 40. Kf4 Rxh5 41. Ree3 Rc7
42. Rh3 Rxh3 43. Rxh3 Ke7 44. Kxf5 Rd7 45. Ke4 Rd4+ 46. Kf5
Rd1 47. Rf3 Rd2 48. Ke4 Rd4+ 49. Ke3 Rd8 50. Ke4 Rd4+ 51. Kf5
Rd1 52. Re3 Rd8 53. Rh3 Rd1 54. Rg3 Rd2 55. Rg8 Rf2+ 56. Ke4
Rd2 57. Rc8 Rb2 58. Rb8 Rd2 59. Rb5 Rd4+ 60. Ke3 Rh4 61. Kd3
Rh3+ 62. Kc2 Rh2+ 63. Kc3 Rh3+ 64. Kb2 Kd7 65. Rxc5 Rh5 66. b4
Rh3 67. b5 Rf3 68. b6 Ke8 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 f6
7. h4 Nd7 8. f4 Bf7 9. Be3 h5 10. g5 Ne7 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Ng3
Qc7 13. Qf3 f5 14. O-O-O Bg6 15. Kb1 Nc8 16. Nce2 Nd6 17. Nc1
Ne4 18. c4 O-O-O 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nd3 Bg7 21. Bh3 Rdf8
22. Ka1 Kb8 23. Rhf1 Ka8 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Rf7 26. Bf4
Nxg3 27. Qxg3 Qe7 28. Rfe1 Qe6 29. Rc1 a6 30. Rc3 Rc8 31. Rec1
Bf8 32. Bf1 Rfc7 33. Be3 Bb4 34. R3c2 f4 35. Bxf4 c5 36. Bh3
Bxc2 37. Rxc2 Qg6 38. Rc1 cxd4 39. Bxc8 Rxc1+ 40. Bxc1 Qc2
41. Qg1 Qxc8 42. g6 Bf8 43. e6 d3 44. e7 Bxe7 45. g7 Qg8
46. Qd4 Qf7 47. a3 Bxh4 48. Be3 Kb8 49. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6
7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7
12. b3 Rc8 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Nd2 c5 15. e3 cxd4 16. exd4 Bb4
17. Qb2 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Nd5 19. Rac1 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Bxc4 21. bxc4
Bd6 22. f5 Qh4 23. h3 exf5 24. Qb5 Qf6 25. c5 Bf4 26. Rc4 Bc7
27. c6 Rfe8 28. d5 Rcd8 29. Qa4 a5 30. Qc2 g6 31. Qd2 Qd6
32. Rd4 h5 33. Kf1 b5 34. Qc2 b4 35. Qc4 Bb6 36. R4d2 Bc7
37. Rc2 Re7 38. Qc5 Qe5 39. Qd4 Qd6 40. Bf3 Ree8 41. Qc5 Qf4
42. Bg2 Kh7 43. Qa7 Qd6 44. Qd4 Rb8 45. Qc5 Re7 46. Qxd6 Bxd6
47. Rb1 a4 48. Rc4 a3 49. Bf3 Kg7 50. Rb3 Kf6 51. Rc2 Rc7
52. Ke2 0-1

[Event "Corsica Masters"]
[Site "Bastia"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 c5
12. dxc5 Qa5 13. a3 Qxc5 14. b4 Qe7 15. Bd3 a5 16. Rb1 axb4
17. axb4 Nf6 18. Qe3 O-O 19. O-O Rd8 20. Nf3 Qc7 21. Ne5 b6
22. Rfd1 Bb7 23. Bf1 Be4 24. Nd3 Ra3 25. Ra1 Rc3 26. Qf4 Qxf4
27. Nxf4 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 g5 29. Nh3 g4 30. Nf4 Kg7 31. h3 h5
32. hxg4 hxg4 33. Rd6 e5 34. Ne2 Rxc4 35. Rxb6 Bd3 36. Ng3 Rc1
37. Rd6 e4 38. Nf5+ Kg6 39. Ne3 g3 40. fxg3 Bxf1 41. Kf2 Bd3
42. Nd5 Kg5 0-1

[Event "ICC blitz"]
[Site "ICC"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Crafty (Computer)"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "310"]

1. Nc3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. O-O d6 6. d4 O-O
7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 b6 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. d5 e5 11. Ne1 f5 12. f3 f4
13. Bf2 g5 14. Nd3 h5 15. Rae1 Ng6 16. Re2 Bh6 17. Ne1 g4
18. Qd3 a6 19. a4 Nd7 20. Kh1 Nf6 21. b4 Rf7 22. Rg1 g3
23. hxg3 fxg3 24. Bxg3 h4 25. Bxh4 Nxh4 26. g3 Ng6 27. Rh2 Kg7
28. Kg2 Rf8 29. Nd1 Rh8 30. Rgh1 Bg5 31. Rxh8 Nxh8 32. Nf2 Ng6
33. c3 Qe8 34. b5 a5 35. Nc2 Ne7 36. Nh3 Bxh3+ 37. Rxh3 Qg6
38. Kf2 Rh8 39. Rxh8 Kxh8 40. Ba2 Nd7 41. Ne1 Nc5 42. Qc2 Qh6
43. Ng2 Ng6 44. Bc4 Qh2 45. Bf1 Kg7 46. Qa2 Nf8 47. Bc4 Nh7
48. Kf1 Qh1+ 49. Kf2 Qc1 50. Be2 Nf6 51. Qc4 Bd2 52. g4 Qxc3
53. Qxc3 Bxc3 54. Bd1 Bd2 55. Nh4 Ng8 56. Ke2 Bg5 57. Nf5+ Kf7
58. Bc2 Ne7 59. Ng3 Nd7 60. Kd3 Ng6 61. Nf5 Kf6 62. Kc3 Nh4
63. Nxh4 Bxh4 64. Kd2 Kg5 65. Bd1 Kf4 66. Ke2 Nf6 67. Kf1 Nh7
68. Kg2 Be1 69. Kf1 Bg3 70. Be2 Ng5 71. Kg1 Nxf3+ 72. Kg2 Ne1+
73. Kf1 Nc2 74. Kg2 Ne3+ 75. Kh3 Be1 76. g5 Kxg5 77. Kh2 Kf4
78. Bd3 Ng4+ 79. Kg2 Nf2 80. Bc2 Nxe4 81. Bb3 Nc5 82. Kf1 Nxb3
83. Kxe1 Nc5 84. Ke2 Nxa4 85. Ke1 Nc5 86. Kf2 Ke4 87. Kg2 Kxd5
88. Kg3 Kc4 89. Kg4 Kxb5 90. Kg3 a4 91. Kf3 a3 92. Ke3 a2
93. Kf2 a1=N 94. Ke3 Kc6 95. Kf3 Nab3 96. Kg4 Nd4 97. Kg5
Nde6+ 98. Kf5 Kd7 99. Kg4 b5 100. Kf3 b4 101. Kg3 b3 102. Kf3
b2 103. Kg4 b1=N 104. Kf5 Na3 105. Kg4 Nb7 106. Kf5 Nf8
107. Ke4 Nd8 108. Kd3 Nb5 109. Kc4 Na7 110. Kd3 Nc8 111. Ke4
Ke6 112. Ke3 d5 113. Kd2 c5 114. Kd1 e4 115. Kc2 d4 116. Kb2
Kd5 117. Kc1 c4 118. Kd2 e3+ 119. Ke1 Ke4 120. Kf1 d3 121. Ke1
c3 122. Kd1 c2+ 123. Kc1 e2 124. Kd2 Kd4 125. Ke1 c1=N
126. Kd2 Nb3+ 127. Ke1 Kc3 128. Kf2 Nc5 129. Ke1 Nce6 130. Kf2
Nc7 131. Kf3 e1=N+ 132. Kf2 Nc2 133. Kf1 Ne8 134. Kg2 Nfe6
135. Kf2 Nf6 136. Kf3 Nd6 137. Kg3 Nc6 138. Kg2 N2d4 139. Kh3
N4f5 140. Kg2 Nfe7 141. Kf2 Ng6 142. Ke1 Kc2 143. Kf2 d2
144. Kg2 d1=N 145. Kf1 Nc3 146. Kf2 Ncd5 147. Kg2 Nce5
148. Kg1 Nde4 149. Kg2 Nd4 150. Kg1 Ngf4 151. Kh1 Nfg4
152. Kg1 Nde3 153. Kh1 Ndf5 154. Kg1 Nf3+ 155. Kh1 Nfg3# 0-1

[Event "ICC blitz 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.12.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Rybka (Computer)"]
[ECO "B98"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 O-O
12. g4 Nc5 13. g5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 e5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Rac8
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Kb1 exf4 20. Qxf4 Re8 21. Rhg1
Re5 22. Bc4 Ne4 23. Bb3 a5 24. a4 Bg5 25. Qg4 Nf2 26. Qh5 Rxf5
27. h4 Nxd1 28. hxg5 g6 29. Qh6 Qf8 30. Ne7+ Qxe7 31. Qxg6+
Kf8 32. Qxf5 Rc5 33. Qh7 Ke8 34. Rxd1 Rxg5 35. Qh8+ Kd7
36. Qb8 Re5 37. Qxb7+ Ke8 38. Qc8+ Qd8 39. Bxf7+ Ke7 40. Qxd8+
Kxd8 41. Rxd6+ Kc7 42. Rd5 Re4 43. Rxa5 Rf4 44. Bb3 Rd4
45. Rd5 Rg4 46. Ka2 Rf4 47. c4 Kb7 48. a5 Ka6 49. Ka3 Rf3
50. Kb4 Rf2 51. Rd6+ Ka7 52. Kb5 Rxb2 53. Rd7+ Kb8 54. Kb4 Rh2
55. a6 Rh6 56. Kb5 Rh1 57. Ba4 Rh6 58. c5 Rg6 59. Ka5 Re6
60. Bb3 Rc6 61. Bd5 Rxc5+ 62. Kb6 Kc8 63. Kxc5 Kxd7 64. a7 Ke7
65. a8=Q Kf6 66. Qg8 Kf5 67. Qg3 Kf6 68. Qg4 Ke7 69. Qf5 Kd8
70. Kd6 Ke8 71. Qf7+ Kd8 72. Qd7# 1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Miami USA"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. O-O Nbd7
12. Qg3 Nh5 13. Qh4 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Nhf6 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. Re3
Ne5 17. Rg3 Ng6 18. Nf5 b4 19. Rxd6 Qc7 20. e5 exf5 21. h4
bxc3 22. Rxf6 Qxe5 23. Rxf5 Qe1+ 24. Kh2 cxb2 0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Miami USA"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Renier Gonzalez"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be3 Be7 6. Be2
O-O 7. O-O Qd8 8. c4 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bf3 Qc8 11. Nc3 Nbd7
12. Nc6 Re8 13. b4 Bf8 14. c5 a5 15. a3 bxc5 16. dxc5 e5
17. Nxa5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Ne4 Nxe4
21. Qxe4 Qe6 22. Rac1 Bb6 23. Rc6 Qd7 24. Nc4 Bd4 25. b5 h5
26. h3 Qe7 27. Rb1 Ra7 28. Rb3 Ra4 29. Rg3 Qd7 30. Rh6 f5
31. Qc2 Raa8 32. Rxh5 e4 33. Qd2 f4 34. Qxf4 Bxf2+ 35. Qxf2
Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qxh5 37. Qf6 Qf7 38. Qc6 Rad8 39. Ne3 Rd6 40. Qc5
Rd3 41. a4 Qf4 42. a5 Re6 43. Qc4 Qe5 44. Kh1 Kh7 45. Nf1 Rf6
46. Ne3 Qxg3 47. Qxe4+ Qg6 48. Qh4+ Kg8 49. Qc4+ Rf7 0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Miami USA"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Zugic"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. g4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. h4 Ne5 12. h5
Qa5 13. Kb1 Nxf3 14. Nxf3 Rxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 Bxg4
17. h6 Bh8 18. Bg2 Nxe4 19. Rd3 Nxc3+ 20. Rxc3 Bxc3 21. Rh4
Bd7 22. Rc4 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Ng5 b6 25. Kc1 e6 26. Bd2
Be5 27. Nf3 Bg3 28. Bg5 Bb7 29. Kd1 Bd5 30. a3 f5 31. Ne1 Bxg2
32. Nxg2 d5 33. a4 Kf7 34. Ke2 Bd6 35. Ne1 e5 36. Nf3 e4
37. Nd4 f4 38. c3 Be5 39. Kf2 Bxd4+ 40. cxd4 f3 41. Bd2 a6
42. Kg3 Ke6 43. Be1 b5 44. axb5 axb5 45. Bd2 Kf5 46. Be1 Kg5
47. Bd2+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2008.01.22"]
[EventDate "2008.01.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Edwin van Haastert"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6
7. f3 b5 8. Qd2 h5 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Rhe1 Rc8
12. Kb1 Be7 13. h4 Ne5 14. Bg5 O-O 15. Nce2 d5 16. exd5 Nxd3
17. Qxd3 Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. g3 Rfd8 20. f4 Nf6 21. Nc1 Bd5
22. Qe3 Qc5 23. Re2 b4 24. Ncb3 Qc7 25. Rc1 a5 26. c4 bxc3
27. Rxc3 Qb6 28. Nc2 Qb5 29. Nbd4 Qd7 30. Re1 Be4 31. Rxc8
Rxc8 32. Rc1 Qd5 33. a3 Ng4 34. Qg1 e5 35. fxe5 Nxe5 36. Ka1
Nd3 37. Rd1 Qc4 38. Qe3 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2008.01.23"]
[EventDate "2008.01.22"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Krisztian Szabo"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. Be2 Nd7 12. a4
Qb6 13. O-O a5 14. Nde4 b4 15. Na2 c5 16. Bxc4 cxd4 17. Bb5
Be7 18. Nc1 h5 19. h3 Rd8 20. Nb3 Kf8 21. Rc1 Nf4 22. Re1 d3
23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Qd2 f3 26. g3 Rg8 27. Nbc5
Bxc5 28. Nxc5 Rd8 29. Qe3 Ke7 30. Red1 Ba8 31. Qf4 Rg6
32. Qh4+ Kf8 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. Nxd3 Bb7 35. Nf4 Rg8 36. Rd1
Bd5 37. Nxd5 exd5 38. Rxd5 Rg6 39. Rd3 Qc5 40. Qf4 h4 41. Qxh4
Kg7 42. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2008.01.27"]
[EventDate "2008.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Israel Caspi"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5
Nbd7 7. Nc4 Qc7 8. g3 Nb6 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Bg2 Rd8 11. O-O g6
12. Ne2 Bg7 13. a4 O-O 14. a5 Nc4 15. Nd3 a6 16. Ra4 Nd6
17. Bf4 Qc8 18. Be5 Nc4 19. Nef4 Bg4 20. Qe1 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nd5
22. Nc5 Nxf4 23. Rxf4 Bh6 24. Re4 Bd2 25. Qa1 Bf5 26. Re2 Bxc2
27. e6 Bf5 28. Qa3 Bg5 29. Qb3 Kg7 30. exf7 Bf6 31. Nxb7 Qb8
32. Qb6 Bd3 33. Nxd8 Rxd8 34. Rd2 Qxb6 35. axb6 c5 36. Rc1 Bg5
37. f4 Bf6 38. b7 Bd4+ 39. Kh1 Bb5 40. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2008.01.28"]
[EventDate "2008.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dronavalli Harika"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Bd6
7. g4 h6 8. Bd2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. e4 Be7 12. e5
b4 13. exf6 bxc3 14. fxe7 cxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Qxe7 16. Bf3 Rb8
17. Nb3 O-O 18. O-O-O c5 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. dxc5 Rc7 21. Kb1
Nxc5 22. Rc1 Rfc8 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Qd2 Qf6 25. Rxc5 Rxc5
26. Rg1 Rd5 27. Qe2 Qf4 28. Qe3 Qxh2 29. Rc1 Qg2 30. Qf4 f5
31. Qe3 fxg4 32. Qxe6+ Kh7 33. a3 Qf3 34. Ka2 Qf5 35. Qe3 a5
36. Rg1 Rd3 37. Qe7 Rd2 38. Rc1 Rxf2 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2008.01.29"]
[EventDate "2008.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Mark Hebden"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4
7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nd2 Qh4 11. O-O Bb6
12. N2b3 Qe7 13. Re1 O-O 14. f3 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Nb3 Bb6
17. Qd2 Rae8 18. a4 f6 19. e6 Bxe6 20. a5 Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Qb4
22. Qxa7 Bf5 23. Rec1 Bxc2 24. Nd4 Bd3 25. Nxc6 Qxb2 26. Qd4
Qxd4+ 27. Nxd4 Bc4 28. a6 c5 29. Nc6 Re6 30. a7 Rxc6 31. a8=Q
Rxa8 32. Rxa8+ Kf7 33. Ra7+ Kg6 34. Re1 Bd3 35. Rd7 d4 36. Rc1
Ra6 37. h4 Bf5 38. Rd5 Be6 39. Rdxc5 d3 40. R5c3 Kh5 41. g3
Ra2 42. Rxd3 Bh3 43. Rc7 Kh6 44. g4 Rg2+ 45. Kh1 Rf2 46. Rdd7
Bf1 47. Rxg7 Bd3 48. Rgd7 Rxf3 49. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2008.01.30"]
[EventDate "2008.01.22"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tigran Levonovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. g3 d6 4. exd6 Qxd6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nc3
Nxc3 7. bxc3 e5 8. d3 Be7 9. Ne2 Be6 10. c4 Qd7 11. Rb1 O-O-O
12. O-O Bh3 13. Bh1 Bxf1 14. Qxf1 f5 15. Nc3 Rdf8 16. Nd5 Bc5
17. Rb5 b6 18. c3 Nb8 19. Rb3 f4 20. d4 fxg3 21. hxg3 exd4
22. Bg2 Qf7 23. cxd4 Bxd4 24. Rf3 Qe8 25. Bf4 Rf7 26. Rd3 Bc5
27. Nc3 Re7 28. Rd1 c6 29. Bf3 Rf8 30. Qh3+ Kb7 31. Kg2 g5
32. Bxg5 Qf7 33. Rd3 Rd7 34. Rxd7+ Nxd7 35. Bf4 Ne5 36. Ne4
Nd3 37. Ng5 Nxf4+ 38. gxf4 Qxf4 39. Qh5 Rf5 40. Bxc6+ Ka6
41. Nh3 Qxf2+ 42. Nxf2 Rxh5 43. Ne4 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2008.01.31"]
[EventDate "2008.01.22"]
[Round "10.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Zahar Efimenko"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 Bxc3 5. bxc3 O-O 6. d3 d6
7. e4 Nc6 8. Ne2 Bd7 9. h3 Ne8 10. O-O a6 11. a4 b6 12. f4
exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Nd4 g6 15. Nc2 Ng7 16. Ne3 f6 17. d4 Nf7
18. g4 c6 19. Ra2 Ne6 20. Bg3 Neg5 21. Qd3 Qe7 22. h4 Ne6
23. Rb2 Rab8 24. Rbf2 Nh6 25. c5 bxc5 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Qxd6
Qxd6 28. Bxd6 Nxa4 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. g5 Ng4 31. Nxg4 Bxg4
32. Rxf6 Rc8 33. R1f4 Bd7 34. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom Play-Off"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2008.01.31"]
[EventDate "2008.01.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5
exd5 7. Nc3 Be7 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 Ne4
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 f5 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3
Be6 17. e4 fxe4 18. Rxe4 Rad8 19. Rfe1 Qf6 20. Re5 Ng6 21. Ne4
Qf8 22. Neg5 Bf7 23. Nxf7 Qxf7 24. Ng5 Rxe5 25. Nxf7 Rxe1+
26. Kf2 Rde8 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. Kxe1 Nf3+ 29. Kf2 Nxd4 30. Qa4
Rf8+ 31. Ke3 Nf5+ 32. Ke4 a6 33. Ke5 Ne3 34. Kd6 Nd5 35. Qe4
g6 36. g4 g5 37. Qe6+ Kg7 38. Kc5 h6 39. a3 Rf7 40. b4 Re7
41. Qc8 Rc7 42. Qd8 Rf7 43. Qd6 Re7 44. a4 Rf7 45. Qe5+ Kh7
46. h4 gxh4 47. Qh5 Kg7 48. g5 hxg5 49. Qxg5+ Kf8 50. Qxh4 Ke8
51. Qh8+ Kd7 52. a5 Ke6 53. Qe8+ Re7 54. Qg6+ Nf6 55. Kb6 Rd7
56. Ka7 Re7 57. Kb8 Rd7 58. Kc8 Re7 59. Qh6 Kf7 60. Qf4 Ke6
61. Qe3+ Kf7 62. Qh6 Ke6 63. Qg6 Rf7 64. Qd3 Re7 65. Qh3+ Kf7
66. Kd8 Re8+ 67. Kc7 Re7+ 68. Kd6 Ne4# 0-1

[Event "ICC blitz 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.03.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rybka (Computer)"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "542"]

1. g4 d5 2. h3 h5 3. g5 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nf3 Bf5
7. Nh4 e6 8. Nxf5 exf5 9. Bf4 Ne7 10. e3 O-O 11. Qd2 Nd7
12. O-O-O Re8 13. Bg2 Nf8 14. Be5 Ne6 15. f4 Nc8 16. Kb1 Nd6
17. Bf1 Qd7 18. a4 b6 19. Ba6 Nc7 20. Be2 a6 21. Bd3 b5 22. h4
Ne6 23. Ne2 Re7 24. Ka1 Ree8 25. Qa5 Nb7 26. Qd2 Nd6 27. Rh2
Bf8 28. Rf2 Ng7 29. a5 Nb7 30. Ng1 Qd8 31. b4 Qd7 32. Nf3 Nd6
33. Bxd6 Bxd6 34. Ne5 Qb7 35. Kb2 Rac8 36. c3 Re7 37. Be2 Ree8
38. Bf3 Re7 39. Qc2 Rd8 40. Rfd2 Bb8 41. Be2 Re6 42. Bd3 Re7
43. Rf2 Re6 44. Qd2 Re7 45. Rg1 Re6 46. Rff1 Re7 47. Qd1 Re6
48. Rg2 Re7 49. Qc2 Re6 50. Rfg1 Re7 51. Rf2 Re6 52. Qe2 Re7
53. Qf3 Re6 54. Rd2 Re7 55. Rgd1 Re6 56. Qg3 Re7 57. Kb1 Re6
58. Bc2 Re7 59. Nd3 Re6 60. Nc5 Qc8 61. Nxe6 Qxe6 62. Kb2 Re8
63. Re1 Qd7 64. Qf3 Re7 65. Bd3 Re8 66. Rg2 Re7 67. Kb3 Re8
68. Ra2 Re7 69. Rc1 Re8 70. Rca1 Re7 71. Rg1 Re8 72. Rh2 Re7
73. Qg3 Re8 74. Ka3 Re7 75. Rb1 Re8 76. Rd2 Re7 77. Kb3 Re8
78. Ra1 Re7 79. Kb2 Re8 80. Re2 Re7 81. Ree1 Re6 82. Qf3 Qe7
83. Qf2 Qe8 84. Be2 Qe7 85. Bd1 Qe8 86. Bf3 Qe7 87. Qd2 Qe8
88. Kb3 Qe7 89. Kc2 Qe8 90. Kb2 Qe7 91. Rab1 Kf8 92. Qf2 Ke8
93. Be2 Kd8 94. Bd3 Qe8 95. Qf3 Ke7 96. Kb3 Kf8 97. Ra1 Qe7
98. Bc2 Kg8 99. Kb2 Qe8 100. Qf2 Qe7 101. Qd2 Qe8 102. Bd3 Qe7
103. Be2 Qe8 104. Rad1 Qe7 105. Rc1 Qe8 106. Bf3 Qe7 107. Qf2
Qe8 108. Rcd1 Qe7 109. Be2 Re4 110. Bd3 Qe6 111. Bxe4 fxe4
112. Ra1 Nf5 113. Kb3 Kf8 114. Rh1 Ke8 115. Rh2 Kd7 116. Qe1
Kd8 117. Rd1 Kd7 118. Rc2 Kd8 119. Qf2 Nd6 120. Ka2 Qf5
121. Rh1 Kd7 122. Qg3 Ke6 123. Qh3 Ke7 124. Qxf5 Nxf5 125. Rh3
Ke6 126. Kb3 Bc7 127. Re2 Bb8 128. Re1 Bc7 129. Ra1 Bb8
130. Rd1 Bc7 131. Re1 Bb8 132. Re2 Bc7 133. Rg2 Bb8 134. Rg1
Bc7 135. Rb1 Bb8 136. Rbh1 Bc7 137. Rg1 Bb8 138. Kb2 Bc7
139. Kc2 Bb8 140. Kd2 Bc7 141. Rh2 Bb8 142. Rc1 Bc7 143. Ra1
Bb8 144. Ke2 Bc7 145. Rg1 Bb8 146. Rhh1 Bc7 147. Kd2 Bb8
148. Rc1 Bc7 149. Rh3 Bb8 150. Ra1 Bc7 151. Rhh1 Bb8 152. Rae1
Bc7 153. Rh2 Bb8 154. Rh3 Bc7 155. Ra1 Bb8 156. Kc2 Bc7
157. Rf1 Bb8 158. Kb3 Bc7 159. Rf2 Bb8 160. Kc2 Bc7 161. Rg2
Bb8 162. Kd2 Bc7 163. Rh1 Bb8 164. Rf2 Bc7 165. Rfh2 Bb8
166. Rd1 Bc7 167. Rf1 Bb8 168. Re1 Bc7 169. Ke2 Bb8 170. Rh3
Bc7 171. Kd2 Bb8 172. Kc2 Bc7 173. Rb1 Bb8 174. c4 dxc4
175. Kb2 Bd6 176. Ka3 Ne7 177. Rb2 Nd5 178. Rg3 Kf5 179. Rb1
Be7 180. Rh3 Bd6 181. Kb2 Be7 182. Re1 Bxb4 183. Re2 Bxa5
184. Kc1 Bb6 185. Kc2 a5 186. Rh1 a4 187. Kc1 a3 188. Rc2 Ba5
189. Rh3 Bb4 190. Re2 Bd6 191. Re1 b4 192. Kb1 b3 193. Rh2 c3
194. Rc2 Bb4 195. Ka1 bxc2 196. Ka2 Nxe3 197. Kb3 Kxf4
198. Rc1 c5 199. dxc5 Bxc5 200. Rh1 Kg3 201. Ra1 Kxh4 202. Rc1
Kxg5 203. Rg1+ Kf4 204. Rh1 g5 205. Ra1 h4 206. Rc1 h3
207. Kxc3 g4 208. Kb3 g3 209. Ka4 g2 210. Kb5 Bd4 211. Ka6 Bb2
212. Ka7 Bxc1 213. Kb7 Bb2 214. Kb8 h2 215. Kb7 f5 216. Kb6
Ke5 217. Kc6 f4 218. Kb5 f3 219. Kb6 a2 220. Kb7 f2 221. Kc8
f1=B 222. Kb7 g1=B 223. Kb8 h1=B 224. Kb7 c1=N 225. Kc6 a1=B
226. Kd7 Nd5 227. Ke8 Ne7 228. Kxe7 Nd3 229. Kf7 Nc5 230. Ke7
Nd7 231. Kxd7 e3 232. Kd8 e2 233. Kc7 e1=B 234. Kd8 Ba5+
235. Ke8 Bd8 236. Kf8 Be7+ 237. Kxe7 Bb5 238. Kf8 Bd5 239. Ke7
Bb6 240. Kf8 Bd8 241. Kg7 Ba3 242. Kh6 Bf8+ 243. Kh5 Bf7+
244. Kg4 Bf1 245. Kg3 Bd4 246. Kg4 Bf2 247. Kf3 Be1 248. Kg4
Bg6 249. Kf3 Bh5+ 250. Ke3 Bh3 251. Kd3 Bg6+ 252. Kc4 Bd7
253. Kb3 Bb5 254. Ka2 Bda5 255. Kb2 Bfb4 256. Ka2 Bec3
257. Kb3 Bbd3 258. Ka4 Bc2+ 259. Kb5 Be8+ 260. Ka6 Bc6
261. Ka7 Bd3 262. Kb8 Bdb5 263. Kc8 Kd6 264. Kb8 Bf6 265. Kc8
Kd5 266. Kb8 Bd6+ 267. Kc8 Bd7+ 268. Kb7 Bd4 269. Ka8 Bac7
270. Kb7 Bdb6 271. Ka8 Bbc6# 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Basse"]
[Site "Evry"]
[Date "2008.05.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Nikolai Ninov"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 b5
8.Bg2 Bb7 9.O-O b4 10.Nd5 exd5 11.exd5 Be7 12.g5 Nfd7 13.Nc6
Qc7 14.Nxe7 Kxe7 15.Qd4 Kf8 16.Bf4 a5 17.Rfe1 Nb6 18.Re8+ Kxe8
19.Qxg7 Bxd5 20.Qxh8+ Kd7 21.Re1 Nc6 22.Qxh7 Nd4 23.Be3 Qxc2
24.Qh5 Bxg2 25.Bxd4 Qf5 26.Kxg2 Nd5 27.Qf3 Qxg5+ 28.Kh1 Rg8
29.Qxf7+ Kc6 30.Qf3 Kb7 31.Be3 Qe5 32.Rd1 Kc6 33.Re1 Rh8
34.Bd2 Qh5 35.Qxh5 Rxh5 36.Kg2 Kc5 37.Re4 Rf5 38.h4 a4 39.Kg3
Nf6 40.Bxb4+ Kd5 41.Re2 Ne4+ 42.Kg2 Rf8 43.f3 Rg8+ 44.Kh2 Ng3
45.Rg2 Nf1+ 46.Kg1 Ng3 47.Be1 Ne2+ 48.Kf1 Rxg2 49.Kxg2 Nc1
50.h5 Ke6 51.Bd2 Nd3 52.b4 axb3 53.axb3 d5 54.b4 d4 55.b5 Kd5
56.f4 1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Peter Daechert"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. d3 Nf6 4. Bd2 O-O 5. Qc1 d5 6. Bh6 e5
7. h4 Bg4 8. Nc3 c6 9. e4 d4 10. Nce2 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. f3
Be6 13. Bh6 Qa5+ 14. Kf1 c5 15. b3 Nc6 16. h5 Ne7 17. Qg5 Bh8
18. Bh3 Bxh3+ 19. Nxh3 Rfe8 20. Nf2 Qc7 21. Qh4 Nxh5 22. g4
Ng7 23. f4 f5 24. fxe5 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Ne6 26. Kg1 Nd5 27. Nd6
Bxe5 28. Nxe8 Rxe8 29. Rf1 Nef4 30. Nxf4 Bxf4 31. Rh3 Be3+
32. Kh1 Qc6 33. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 34. Rff3 Qd7 35. Rhg3 Nxc2 36. Qg5
Ne3 37. Kh2 Qc7 38. Kh3 Qg7 39. Rf2 h6 40. Qxc5 Qd7 41. Rf6
Kh7 42. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ralf Christ"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5
7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qa4 Qc8 9. Bd2 Nge7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. b4 a6
12. a3 h6 13. Qb3 Rd8 14. O-O Be6 15. Bc1 Rd6 16. Qc2 Bf5
17. Qb3 Be6 18. Qc2 f5 19. c5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 e4 21. Nd2 Qe8
22. Bc4 Qf7 23. Ne2 Rd8 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Nb3 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1
Ne5 27. Ned4 Qd5 28. Qc2 Nd3 29. Bb2 f4 30. Bc3 fxe3 31. fxe3
Qg5 32. Qe2 Nd5 33. Bd2 Be5 34. Nc2 Nf6 35. Ne1 Qf5 36. Nd4
Bxd4 37. exd4 Nxe1 38. Bxe1 Nd5 39. Bg3 c6 40. Be5 e3 41. h3
Qb1+ 42. Kh2 Qe4 43. Kg1 h5 44. Qf3 Qxf3 45. gxf3 Kf7 46. Kf1
Nc3 47. Bf4 Nb5 48. Bxe3 Nxa3 49. Bd2 Nb5 50. Be3 Ke6 51. Ke2
Kf5 52. Kd3 Nc7 53. Bd2 g5 54. Kc4 Nd5 55. Be1 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexander Postojev"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nde2 d6
7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. h3 h6 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qd2
Qd7 13. Kh2 b5 14. b3 Qb7 15. f4 Rad8 16. f5 Bc8 17. g4 b4
18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Nb8 20. f6 Bxf6 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Bxh6
Rfe8 23. Rf1 Qe7 24. Ng3 a5 25. Nh5 Nd7 26. Nxf6+ Kh8 27. Bg7+
1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "David Arutinian"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. bxc3 Qc7 8. Ra2 Ne7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Ne2 Bf5 11. O-O Bxd3
12. Qxd3 Nbc6 13. Ng3 Rac8 14. f3 f5 15. Re1 Kh8 16. Rae2 b6
17. Nh5 Qd7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. c4 Qe8 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. cxd5
Nb8 22. e4 Qg6 23. exf5 Nxf5 24. Re4 Rce8 25. Qc3+ Kf7
26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Rxe8 Kxe8 28. Qe5+ Kd7 29. Qxb8 Qa6 30. h4
Qd3 31. Bg5 Qxd5 32. Qd8+ Ke6 33. Qg8+ Ke5 34. Qh8+ Ke6
35. Qe8+ Kd6 36. Bf4+ 1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Rainer Polzin"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e6 11. h4 Qc7 12. h5
Nxh5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Ndb5 Qg3 15. Nxd5 Qxe1 16. Rxe1 Ng3
17. Rh4 Nf5 18. Rh2 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Bd7 20. Bc4 Ne5 21. Be2 Bxb5
22. Bxb5 Rfd8 23. Nc3 h5 24. Kb1 a6 25. Be2 Rac8 26. Rh4 Nc6
27. a3 Nd4 28. Bd3 b5 29. g4 hxg4 30. fxg4 a5 31. Be4 Rc5
32. Bd3 b4 33. Na4 Rc6 34. axb4 axb4 35. Rh1 Ra8 36. b3 Rd6
37. Bc4 Nc6 38. Rhe1 Kf8 39. Bb5 Bf6 40. Rf1 Ra5 41. Bxc6 Rxc6
42. Re4 Bc3 43. Rf3 Kg7 44. Kc1 Rb5 45. Nxc3 bxc3 46. Re7 Rf6
47. Rxc3 Rf4 48. Rg3 Kf6 49. Re1 Kg5 50. Reg1 Re5 51. Kb2 Ree4
52. c4 Rxg4 53. Kc3 f5 54. c5 Rxg3+ 55. Rxg3+ Kf6 56. b4 f4
57. Rd3 g5 58. c6 Re8 59. b5 g4 60. c7 g3 61. Rd8 Re3+ 62. Kb4
Re4+ 63. Ka5 Rc4 64. b6 g2 65. Rg8 f3 66. b7 f2 67. c8=Q f1=Q
68. Qd8+ Ke6 69. Rg6+ Kf5 70. Qg5+ Ke4 71. Qxg2+ 1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[EventDate "2008.08.02"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rainer Buhmann"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e4 e5 5. Bg5 f6 6. Be3 Nh6
7. Be2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nfd2 f5 10. f3 c5 11. Nc3 Nf7 12. h4
h5 13. g4 hxg4 14. fxg4 Bf6 15. Bf2 Ng8 16. h5 f4 17. Qc2 gxh5
18. gxh5 Ngh6 19. O-O-O Ng4 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21. Rdg1 Nh6 22. b4
b6 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Qa4+ Kf7 25. Nb3 Bd7 26. Qa6 Qb6 27. Qxb6
axb6 28. Bh4 Ng4 29. Bxf6 Kxf6 30. Kb2 Rh6 31. Nd2 Rah8
32. Nb5 Ke7 33. Rh4 Nf6 34. Rg7+ Kf8 35. Rg5 Nxh5 36. Nxd6 Ng3
37. Rxh6 Rxh6 38. Rxe5 Rxd6 39. Rg5 Rh6 40. Kc3 Rh3 41. Kc2
Rh2 0-1

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2008.08.25"]
[EventDate "2008.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3
c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O-O b5 11. dxc5
Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. g4 Qb4 16. h4
Nd5 17. Qe4 Qxe4 18. Bxe4 Rfd8 19. f4 Rd6 20. Rd4 Rc8 21. Red1
f6 22. Nf3 h5 23. gxh5 Rcd8 24. f5 e5 25. R4d2 Kf7 26. Nh2 Ke7
27. Ng4 Bc6 28. a3 Ne3 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Kxd6 31. Nxf6
Bxe4 32. Nxe4+ Ke7 33. f6+ gxf6 34. h6 Kf7 35. h7 Kg7 36. Nxf6
Nf5 37. h5 Nh6 38. Kd2 Nf7 39. Ng4 Kxh7 40. Kd3 Nd6 41. Nxe5
Kh6 42. Kd4 Kxh5 43. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[EventDate "2008.08.24"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Thomas Roussel-Roozmon"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nf6 3. e4 d6 4. exf5 Bxf5 5. d4 Qd7 6. Nc3 e6
7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Nc6 9. a3 d5 10. Bf4 Bd6 11. Bg3 O-O
12. O-O Nh5 13. Rfe1 Rf6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5
Nf4 17. Qd2 Raf8 18. Re3 Qf7 19. Rf1 h5 20. Kh1 h4 21. Nd1 h3
22. g3 Ng2 23. Rb3 Rf3 24. Qe2 Rxb3 25. cxb3 e5 26. dxe5 Qf3
27. Nc3 Ne3+ 28. Qxf3 Rxf3 29. Re1 Rxf2 30. Nd1 Nxd1 31. Rxd1
Kf7 0-1

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2008.09.01"]
[EventDate "2008.08.24"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anton Kovalyov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 d6 4. d4 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. g3 O-O
7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O Qc7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Re1 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Bf5 15. Re1 Na6 16. Nh4
Rad8 17. Qe2 Bd3 18. Qg4 Nb4 19. Red1 e4 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. Bf1
e3 22. Bxd3 exf2+ 23. Kxf2 Nxd3+ 24. Kg1 Qb2 25. Rf1 Nf2
26. Rxf2 Qxa1+ 27. Kg2 Qe5 28. Kh3 Qe6 29. Nf5 Kh8 30. Nh6
Qxg4+ 31. Nxg4 Kg7 32. Rc2 Re4 33. Nf2 Red4 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sebastien Feller"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nf3 d6
7. c4 c6 8. O-O Qa5 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Qc2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. e4 Na6 13. a3 fxe4 14. b4 Qd8 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bf5
17. Qe3 Qd3 18. Rfe1 Qxe3 19. Rxe3 e4 20. Nd4 Rad8 21. Nxf5
Bxb2 22. Rb1 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 gxf5 24. Bf1 c5 25. bxc5 Nxc5
26. Rxa7 Rd6 27. Ra5 b6 28. Rab5 Ree6 29. R5b2 Kg7 30. Ra2 Kg6
31. Ra8 Rd2 32. Rg8+ Kf7 33. Rh8 Kg7 34. Rb8 Nd7 35. Rb7 Kf6
36. Ra7 h5 37. Ra8 Ne5 38. Rba1 Nf3+ 39. Kg2 e3 40. R8a2 Ne1+
0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.27"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Koneru Humpy"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Ne4 Be7
12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bd3 h6 14. e4 e5 15. d5 c5 16. a4 b6
17. Be3 Be7 18. Nd2 Qb8 19. Nf1 h5 20. Qd2 Nf6 21. Bg5 Ra7
22. Bc2 Rd8 23. h4 g6 24. Ne3 Ne8 25. Nc4 f6 26. Be3 Nd6
27. b3 Bd7 28. f4 Nxc4 29. bxc4 Bd6 30. f5 gxf5 31. exf5 e4
32. Rf1 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Rxa7 Qxa7 35. Qe2 bxc4 36. Qxh5
Be8 37. Qg4+ Qg7 38. Qxe4 Bf7 39. Bf4 Bxf4 40. Rxf4 Bxd5
41. Qe2 Kf8 42. Rg4 Qe7 43. Qd2 Qe5 44. h5 Ra8 45. h6 Ra1+
46. Kf2 c3 47. Qe2 Qh2 48. Be4 Ra2 49. Bxd5 Rxe2+ 50. Kxe2
Qxh6 51. Be4 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 a5 9. Bg2 Na6 10. O-O Re8 11. Nf4 c6 12. f3
Be6 13. e4 c5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Ncxd5 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd4 17. f4
Bc5 18. b4 Ba7 19. Kh1 Nc7 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. Bb2 Rad8 22. Qf3
Nb6 23. Rac1 Nc4 24. bxa5 b5 25. axb6 Qxb6 26. Rxc4 Qxb2
27. Qd3 g6 28. f5 Re7 29. e6 fxe6 30. fxg6 Qb8 31. gxh7+ Rxh7
32. Qg6+ Kh8 33. Be4 Rdd7 34. Qf6+ Rhg7 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Qxe6+
Rgf7 37. Rxf7 Rxf7 38. Rc8+ Qxc8 39. Qxc8+ Kg7 40. Bd3 Re7
41. a4 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Almira Skripchenko"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 a6
7. a4 Nc6 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Nd5 10. O-O Bf5 11. Nh4 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Be6 13. Nf3 Na5 14. Qe1 Bc4 15. Ba3 b5 16. Nd2 Bxe2
17. Qxe2 Qd7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bb4 Nc6 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Qf3
Rf8 22. Bc5 Nd8 23. Ne4 Ne6 24. Kh1 f5 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Qd3
Nxc5 27. Nxc5 Qc6 28. c4 bxc4 29. Qxc4+ Kh8 30. d5 Qd6 31. Ne6
Rc8 32. Qb5 c6 33. Qb7 Rb8 34. Qxc6 Qxc6 35. dxc6 Rc8 36. Rd1
Kg8 37. Rd8+ Rxd8 38. Nxd8 Be5 39. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6
7. d5 Na6 8. Nc3 Qe8 9. Rb1 Nc5 10. Nd4 Qf7 11. b4 e5 12. dxe6
Nxe6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxb7 Rab8 15. Bg2 Bxc4 16. Be3 Rbe8
17. Qd2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. a4 a6 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 Qf5
22. b6 cxb6 23. Rxb6 d5 24. Rb7 Rf7 25. Rfb1 Qf6 26. Rxf7 Qxf7
27. Bf1 Qf6 28. Bg5 Qf5 29. Rb7 Ra8 30. h4 Be5 31. Re7 Rf8
32. Bf4 Bxf4 33. gxf4 Qg4+ 34. Bg2 Qxh4 35. Rc7 Qxf4 36. Qxf4
Rxf4 37. e3 Rf7 38. Rc8+ Kg7 39. Rc5 Re7 40. Rc6 Be2 41. Bh3
Ra7 42. Rd6 Bc4 43. Kg2 h5 44. Kg3 Ra1 45. Kf4 Rh1 46. Be6 Rf1
47. Kg5 Rg1+ 48. Kf4 Rg2 49. Bxd5 Rxf2+ 50. Kxe4 Bxd5+
51. Rxd5 h4 52. Rd7+ Rf7 53. Kd4 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.30"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "10.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 e6 6. e4 exd5
7. e5 Qe7 8. Qe2 Ng8 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Nh3 c4 11. Nf4 Qc5
12. Nfxd5 Bxd5 13. Be3 Qb4 14. a3 Qa5 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Nd5 Qd8
17. Qxc4 Ra7 18. Rc1 axb5 19. Nc7+ Rxc7 20. Qxc7 Nc6 21. Qxd8+
Kxd8 22. Bxb5 Nxe5 23. Ba5+ Ke7 24. Rc8 f5 25. Bb4+ d6
26. Rxf8 Kxf8 27. Bxd6+ Kf7 28. Bxe5 Nf6 29. O-O Rc8 30. a4
Nd5 31. Ra1 Rc2 32. Bd3 Rd2 33. Bc4 Rc2 34. b3 Ne3 35. Bxe6+
Kxe6 36. Bd4 f4 37. Bxe3 fxe3 38. a5 Kd5 39. a6 Rc8 40. a7 Ra8
41. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.30"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "10.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6
7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nb3 Nc8 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 a6 11. c4 Na7 12. Be3
dxc4 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nxc4 Nb5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qc7
17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Rac1 c5 19. Qe4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4
Qb8 22. Be3 Rfe8 23. h4 Nf8 24. h5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rc1
Nd7 27. g3 Bc5 28. Kg2 Bxe3 29. Qxe3 Rc8 30. Rc3 Rc6 31. Qd4
Qc7 32. f4 Rc5 33. b4 Rc6 34. Rc2 b5 35. axb6 Nxb6 36. Qd6
Rxd6 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.11.01"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "14.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O c6 9. Bf4 d5 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Rfc1 c5
12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. cxd5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxd5 16. Qxd4
Bc5 17. Bxf6 Bxd4 18. Bxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Rc2 Rad8
21. Rac1 h6 22. Nf3 Bf6 23. e4 R5d7 24. b3 g5 25. h3 Kg7
26. Kf1 Bd4 27. b4 Bf6 28. Ke2 h5 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Be7
31. a3 a5 32. bxa5 bxa5 33. a4 Bd6 34. Rd1 Be7 35. Rxd7 Rxd7
36. Ne5 Rd4 37. Rc4 Rxc4 38. Nxc4 Bb4 39. Ne5 Bc3 40. Nc6 f5
41. Kd3 Be1 42. f3 Kf6 43. Kc4 fxe4 44. fxe4 Bd2 45. e5+ Kf7
46. Kc5 Ke8 47. Kd6 Kf7 48. Nd8+ Ke8 49. Nxe6 Bb4+ 50. Kd5 Bd2
51. Ke4 Ke7 1-0

[Event "US Chess League"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2008.10.15"]
[EventDate "2008.08.27"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Levon Altounian"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. g3 d5 2. d3 e5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. e4 c6 6. Nh3 Bg4
7. f3 Bxh3 8. Bxh3 Qb6 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Ne3 Rfe8
12. O-O Nc5 13. Kh1 Bf8 14. a4 Rad8 15. Bd2 Ne6 16. Bc3 Nd4
17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Nf5 h6 20. Rae1 c5 21. Bg2 Re6
22. f4 dxe4 23. dxe4 Qb6 24. c4 dxc3 25. Qxc3 g6 26. Nh4 Red6
27. e5 Rd3 28. Qc1 Nd5 29. e6 fxe6 30. Nxg6 Nb4 31. f5 exf5
32. Qc4+ Kg7 33. Ne5 Qf6 34. Nxd3 Nxd3 35. Re3 Nxb2 36. Qb5
Qb6 37. Rb3 Qxb5 38. Rxb5 Nxa4 39. Rxb7+ Kg6 40. Rxa7 Nc3
41. Bh3 Rd5 42. Ra6+ Kg5 43. Bxf5 Bd6 44. h4+ Kh5 45. Kg2 Ne2
46. Be6 Rd2 47. Rf5+ Kg6 48. h5+ 1-0

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.15"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Watu Kobese"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Bg4 6. Bc4 e6
7. Be3 Nc6 8. Be2 Nge7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. Qd2 e5
12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd5 Nc8 14. Bc5 Re8 15. a5 Nd4 16. Bd1 Nd6
17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qc3 c6 19. Nb6 Rad8 20. O-O Qf6 21. Na4 Bf8
22. Nc5 Nb5 23. Qe3 Qf4 24. Nb3 Qxe3 25. fxe3 h5 26. Be2 Bh6
27. Rf3 Nd6 28. Nc5 h4 29. Bd3 f5 30. Ra4 f4 31. exf4 exf4
32. Rb4 Re7 33. Kf1 g5 34. Bc4+ Nxc4 35. Rxc4 Bf8 36. Rd3 Rde8
37. Rd7 Rb8 38. Rxe7 Bxe7 39. Ke2 Kf7 40. Nd3 Kf6 41. Rd4 Ke6
42. Kf3 b6 43. axb6 Rxb6 44. Ra4 c5 45. b3 Rc6 46. Nb2 Bf6
47. Nc4 Bc3 48. Ke2 Bd4 49. Kf3 Bc3 50. Kg4 Kf6 51. Na3 Bb2
52. Nc4 Bc3 53. Kf3 Kg6 54. Ke2 Bd4 55. Kd3 g4 56. c3 Bg7
57. hxg4 Kg5 58. e5 Kxg4 59. Ke4 Kg3 60. Ra2 Re6 61. Kf5 Re7
62. Re2 h3 63. gxh3 f3 64. Re4 f2 65. Nd2 Bh6 66. Rg4+ Kxh3
67. Nf1 Rxe5+ 68. Kxe5 Kxg4 69. Ke4 Bf4 70. c4 a5 0-1

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.17"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hon Ki Tsang"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2121"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Bd7 5. e4 Qc8 6. c3 Nc6
7. Be3 e5 8. Nbd2 Nh6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nc4 f6 11. Bc5 b6
12. Ba3 Be6 13. Qa4 Qb7 14. Ne3 b5 15. Qc2 a5 16. Bc5 Nb8
17. O-O Na6 18. b4 Nxc5 19. bxc5 O-O 20. c4 b4 21. Nd5 c6
22. Nb6 Ra7 23. a3 bxa3 24. Rxa3 Qe7 25. Na4 Rb8 26. Ne1 Rd7
27. Nd3 Rd4 28. Nab2 f5 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. Bxc6 e4 31. Bd5+ Kh8
32. Nf4 e3 33. Nbd3 Ng4 34. f3 Nf2 35. Be4 Nxe4 36. fxe4 Qxe4
37. Qe2 g5 38. Nh5 Bg4 0-1

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Lazaro Bruzon Batista"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e4 Bb4
7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 b5 9. axb5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxb5 11. Ng5 Nc6
12. Qh5 Qe7 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Bg5 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Bh6 Rd8
17. Be2 e5 18. O-O Qf7 19. Qh4 Bf5 20. Ra6 Bxe4 21. Rxc6 Nf4
22. Rxf6 Nxe2+ 23. Kh1 Qb7 24. Qg5+ Bg6 25. Rxg6+ hxg6
26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Bg5 Rf8 28. Bf6+ Rxf6 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Qe6+
Qf7 31. Qg4+ Qg7 32. Qxe2 exd4 33. cxd4 Rd8 34. Rb1 Qxd4
35. Qe6+ Kg7 36. Qe7+ Kh8 37. h3 a6 38. Re1 c3 39. Re5 Qd1+
40. Kh2 Qd6 41. Qh4+ Kg7 42. Qg3+ Kf6 43. f4 c2 44. Qg5+ Kf7
45. Qf5+ Kg7 46. Qxc2 Rf8 47. Rg5+ Kf7 48. Qh7+ Ke8 49. Re5+
Kd8 50. Qb7 1-0

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 g6 4. Bd2 Bg7 5. Qc1 Qd6 6. c4 dxc4
7. Na3 O-O 8. Nxc4 Qe6 9. Nh3 Nc6 10. Nf4 Qd7 11. Bc3 Nd4
12. h4 Re8 13. e3 Ne6 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. O-O-O Nxf4 16. gxf4 b5
17. Na5 Qe6 18. Kb1 b4 19. Bd4 Qa6 20. Qxc7 Bf5 21. Qxa7 Bxd3+
22. Ka1 Qxa7 23. Bxa7 Rb5 24. Rxd3 Rxa5 25. Bb6 Rb5 26. Bd8
Rc5 27. Kb1 e5 28. Bb6 Rb5 29. Bc7 e4 30. Rd8 Rxd8 31. Bxd8
Rd5 32. Be7 Rd2 33. Bxb4 Rxf2 34. Rc1 h5 35. Rc2 Ng4 36. Rxf2
Nxf2 37. a4 Nd1 38. Bc5 Nxb2 39. a5 Na4 40. a6 Nc3+ 41. Kc2
Nb5 42. Bxe4 Bf8 43. Bxf8 Kxf8 44. Kb3 1-0

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.23"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Igor Khenkin"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 a5 6. O-O h6
7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Nb5 Be6 11. c4 a4 12. Rc1
dxc4 13. bxc4 Qd7 14. e3 Bf5 15. d4 exd4 16. exd4 Bg4 17. Re1
Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Re8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bc5 21. Kh1 Bh3
22. f3 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 c6 24. Nc3 Bd4 25. f4 Ng4 26. Nd1 Ne3
27. Nxe3 Bxb2 28. Rd1 Qe7 29. Nf5 Qxa3 30. Qe2 Qb3 31. Rd7 a3
32. Qg4 1-0

[Event "United States Chess League"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.09.29"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Fedorowicz"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. Qg4 Bf6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Bd2 b5 10. O-O d6 11. f4 Nge7
12. Rae1 b4 13. Nd1 e5 14. Qh5 exf4 15. Bxf4 Be6 16. Bc1 Ng6
17. Ne3 O-O 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nce5 20. Bf5 Re8 21. Re3 Qb6
22. Kh1 Qb5 23. Rd1 Nf8 24. Bxh7+ Nxh7 25. Rh3 Kf8 26. Qxh7
Qe2 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qh5 Qxh5 29. Rxh5 Nc4 30. Rf1 Rac8
31. Bg5 Bxg5 32. Rxg5 Kf8 33. h3 Ne3 34. Rc1 Rxc2 35. Rxc2
Nxc2 36. Nd2 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Ne3 38. a3 Re2 39. Ne4 b3 40. Nxd6
f6 41. Rh5 Rxg2+ 42. Kh1 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "United States Chess League"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.09.15"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Nikola Mitkov"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. f4 f6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. O-O Bd6
7. d3 Ne7 8. Qc2 Nd7 9. e4 e5 10. f5 Qb6+ 11. Kh1 g6 12. h3
Bxf5 13. b4 Bxb4 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. exf5 Nxf5 16. Kh2 Bd6
17. Re1 O-O 18. Ba3 Rfc8 19. Qd2 Nc5 20. Nc3 Qa5 21. Bb2 d4
22. Ne4 Qxd2 23. Nfxd2 Nxd3 24. g4 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Ne3 26. Nxd6
Rc2 27. Bc1 Rd8 28. Be4 Rxd6 29. Bxc2 Nxc2 30. Re2 Rc6 31. Ne4
d3 32. Rf2 Kg7 33. Bb2 Rc4 34. Nxf6 Nd4 35. Ne4 Nc6 36. Ng5 h6
37. Nf3 Rc5 38. Ne1 Rd5 39. Rd2 Kf7 40. Rxd3 Ra5 41. a3 Rb5
42. Bc1 Rb1 43. Rc3 Ke6 44. Nf3 h5 45. Kg3 hxg4 46. Kxg4 Rb5
47. Be3 a6 48. Nd2 Ne7 49. Ne4 Rb2 50. Rd3 Nf5 51. Bf2 b6
52. Nd2 b5 53. Kg5 Ne7 54. Ne4 Re2 55. Rd6+ Kf7 56. Rf6+ Ke8
57. Nd6+ Kd7 58. Nb7 e4 59. Nc5+ Ke8 60. Kg4 e3 61. Bg3 Nf5
62. Rxg6 Nd4 63. Ne6 Nb3 64. h4 Rc2 65. h5 e2 66. h6 Kf7
67. h7 Rc8 68. Kf5 Nd4+ 69. Nxd4 Rc5+ 70. Kg4 1-0

[Event "United States Chess League"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.09.10"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Joel Benjamin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Bg4 6. f3 Be6
7. Nh3 Bc5 8. Qe2 dxe4 9. dxe4 Qd4 10. Nd1 Bc4 11. c3 Qd3
12. Bf1 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Be6 14. Nhf2 Nbd7 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4
Nb6 17. b4 Bxf2+ 18. Nxf2 Bc4 19. Rg1 O-O-O 20. Rxg7 Rhe8
21. e5 Nfd5 22. Rxf7 Nxc3 23. Bg4+ Kb8 24. Rxh7 Nbd5 25. a3
Nf6 26. Rh3 Nxg4 27. Rxc3 Nxf2 28. Rxc4 Nd3+ 29. Kf1 Rf8
30. e6 Rde8 31. Re4 Rf6 32. Ke2 Rfxe6 33. Rxe6 Nxc1+ 34. Rxc1
Rxe6+ 35. Kf3 Rh6 36. Rh1 Kc7 37. h4 Kd7 38. Kg4 Ke6 39. h5
Kf6 40. Rd1 Rh8 41. Rd6+ Ke7 42. Rg6 Kf7 43. Kg5 1-0

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp A"]
[Site "Noyon FRA"]
[Date "2008.04.11"]
[EventDate "2008.04.10"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samy Shoker"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. g3 f5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e5
7. d3 O-O 8. Rb1 Re8 9. b4 c6 10. Qb3 h6 11. b5 c5 12. e4 fxe4
13. dxe4 Nbd7 14. Ne1 Nf8 15. Nc2 Ne6 16. Ne3 Nd4 17. Qd1 Be6
18. a4 Qd7 19. Bb2 Rf8 20. Ncd5 Rae8 21. Bc3 b6 22. Rb2 h5
23. h4 Bh6 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Nd5 Rf7 26. a5 Bxd5 27. exd5 e4
28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Re2 Qg4 30. Kh2 d3 31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. f3 Rxf3
33. Rxf3 Re3 34. axb6 axb6 35. c5 dxc5 36. d6 Qd4 37. Qb3+ c4
38. Qa4 d2 39. Qa8+ Kh7 40. Rf7+ Bg7 0-1

[Event "TCh-FRA Top 16 Gp A"]
[Site "Noyon FRA"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[EventDate "2008.04.10"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Christian Bauer"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. a3 Be6 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nd4
12. Rb1 f6 13. e3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Rb8 15. Qc2 Rf7 16. Rd1 Bf8
17. d4 exd4 18. Ne2 d3 19. Rxd3 Rd7 20. Be4 g6 21. Bb2 Rxd3
22. Bxd3 a4 23. Rc1 Bb3 24. Qxc7 Qxd3 25. Qxb6 Qd6 26. Qxd6
Bxd6 27. Nd4 Bd5 28. f3 f5 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. b6 Rd8 31. h3 h5
32. f4 Ke7 33. Nf3 Ra8 34. Nh4 Ra6 35. Nxg6+ Ke6 36. Bd4 Bxa3
37. Rc8 Bd6 38. Ne5 Be4 39. g4 fxg4 40. hxg4 hxg4 41. Re8+ Kd5
42. Nxg4 Bf5 43. Nh6 Bd7 44. Rd8 Kc6 45. Nf7 a3 46. Rh8 Ra4
47. Nd8+ Kd5 48. Nxb7 Bxf4 49. Rh5+ Kc4 50. Nc5 Ra5 51. exf4
a2 52. b7 Rb5 53. Nxd7 Rxb7 54. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Aker Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Gjovik NOR"]
[Date "2009.01.02"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Kjetil A Lie"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. a3 d6 6. b4 cxb4
7. axb4 Nxb4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Rb1 Nf6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nf3 Bd7
12. O-O a6 13. Ba1 Rb8 14. d3 Nd4 15. Qa2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Qc8
17. Rfc1 Bc6 18. e4 Nd7 19. d4 Bxd4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Bc5
22. Kg2 Qd8 23. Qb2 f6 24. Bg4 b5 25. h4 Ne5 26. Be6+ Kg7
27. Qe2 Qb6 28. f4 Nf7 29. h5 Rb7 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Rh1 Bd4
32. f5 Bxa1 33. Qg4 Ng5 34. Qh4 1-0

[Event "Aker Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Gjovik NOR"]
[Date "2009.01.03"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qc1 c6
12. Rd1 f6 13. Bd2 f5 14. h3 Nf6 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bh6 Bxh6
17. Qxh6 e4 18. Nh4 Qe5 19. g4 Be6 20. Qe3 Rae8 21. f4 Qc5
22. Ng2 h5 23. Qxc5 Nxc5 24. Ne3 hxg4 25. hxg4 Nfd7 26. Rf1
Re7 27. Kg2 Nd3 28. Kg3 N7c5 29. b3 a6 30. Rad1 b5 31. Bxd3
exd3 32. b4 Bf7 33. Rf3 Rfe8 34. Kf2 Ne4+ 35. Nxe4 Rxe4
36. Rxd3 bxc4 37. Rd6 R4e6 38. Rd4 Re4 39. Rd6 Rc8 40. Nd1 Bd5
41. Nc3 Rd4 42. Kg3 Kf7 43. Nxd5 Rxd5 44. Rxd5 cxd5 45. Kf2 c3
0-1

[Event "Aker Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Gjovik NOR"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kjetil A Lie"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nd7
7. Be3 Rc8 8. O-O c5 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ngf6 11. a5 O-O
12. Be2 Ne8 13. Qd2 Nc7 14. Rab1 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6 16. b4 cxb4
17. Na2 Nb5 18. Rxb4 Nd7 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Rxb5 Qc7 21. Nb4
Qc4 22. Qd3 Ne5 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. f3 f5 25. Bg5 Re8 26. exf5
gxf5 27. f4 Ng6 28. h4 h6 29. h5 hxg5 30. hxg6 Bd4+ 31. Kh2
gxf4 32. Nd3 Kg7 33. Nxf4 Be5 34. Kg3 Rec8 35. Rb3 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Aker Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Gjovik NOR"]
[Date "2009.01.05"]
[EventDate "2009.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Kjetil A Lie"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6
7. Bc1 g6 8. e4 d6 9. c4 e6 10. Ne2 exd5 11. cxd5 Bg7 12. Nec3
O-O 13. Be2 a6 14. a4 Nbd7 15. Na3 Qd8 16. O-O Rb8 17. Be3 Ne8
18. Qd2 Nc7 19. Rab1 Qe7 20. b4 Re8 21. Bf2 b6 22. Nc4 b5
23. axb5 axb5 24. Na5 Qf6 25. Rfc1 Ra8 26. Nxb5 Nxb5 27. Bxb5
cxb4 28. Qxb4 Rd8 29. Nc6 Rf8 30. Bd4 Qg5 31. Bxg7 Kxg7
32. Qxd6 Ra2 33. Qg3 Qe3+ 34. Kh1 Nf6 35. Re1 Qd2 36. Re2 1-0

[Event "Gibtelcom"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arkadiusz Leniart"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4
O-O 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. Nf3 d6 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Be6 11. Ng5 Ne5
12. f3 Qb6 13. Nce4 Qb4+ 14. Kd1 Ned7 15. h4 d5 16. Nd2 dxc4
17. h5 Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qxa2 19. Rc1 c3 20. Nde4 Bf5 21. hxg6 Bxg6
0-1

[Event "Gibtelcom"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Pontus Carlsson"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. d5 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2
O-O 7. dxe6 d6 8. Nh3 Bxe6 9. e3 Nc6 10. b3 Qe7 11. Nf4 Ne5
12. Be2 Rae8 13. Bb2 Bf7 14. O-O Ne4 15. Qc2 Ng4 16. Bd3 Qh4
17. h3 Ngf6 18. f3 Nc5 19. Bd4 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Nh5 21. Nxh5 Qxh5
22. c5 dxc5 23. Bxc5 Rd8 24. Qc3 Rfe8 25. Bd4 f4 26. exf4 Qd5
27. Bxg7 Qxb3 28. Qxb3 Bxb3 29. Bf6 Rd2 30. Rf2 Rxf2 31. Kxf2
c5 32. g4 b5 33. Re1 Rxe1 34. Kxe1 Kf7 35. Bc3 Ke6 36. f5+ Kd5
37. Kd2 Ba2 38. h4 Bb1 39. h5 Kc6 40. Ke3 Kb6 41. f6 1-0

[Event "Gibtelcom"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Uriel Capo Vidal"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bf5
7. e3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Bd6 9. f3 Qe7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Re1 h5
12. e4 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bg4 14. Bg5 h4 15. gxh4 Ne5 16. Qc1 Nd3
17. Qe3 Nxe1 18. Rxe1 Bc7 19. e5 Rde8 20. Qf2 Rhg8 21. h3 Be6
22. exf6 gxf6 23. Bxf6 Qd7 24. Be5 Bxh3 25. Ng3 Rxe5 26. Rxe5
Bxe5 27. dxe5 Qg4 28. Bxh3 Qxh3 29. Nce4 Qxh4 30. Qf5+ Kb8
31. Kg2 Qe7 32. Nd6 Qh4 33. Nde4 Qe7 34. Qf6 Qe6 35. Qxe6 fxe6
36. Nc5 Kc8 37. Kf3 b6 38. Nxe6 Re8 39. Nd4 Rxe5 40. Nxc6 Rc5
41. Nd4 Rc1 42. Ne4 Ra1 43. Nc3 Re1 44. Kf2 Rh1 45. Ke3 Rh2
46. Nde2 Kb7 47. Kd3 Kc6 48. Kc4 Kb7 49. b4 Rh4+ 50. Kb3 Rh3
51. Nf4 Rf3 52. Ne6 Rh3 53. b5 a6 54. a4 axb5 55. axb5 Rg3
56. Kc4 Rh3 57. Ng5 Rh2 58. Nge4 Rh6 59. Nd5 Ka7 60. Kd4 Kb7
61. Ke5 Rg6 62. Ndf6 Rg1 63. Ke6 Ka7 64. Nd5 Rb1 65. Nc7 Rh1
66. Kd7 Rh7+ 67. Kc6 Rh6+ 68. Nd6 Rg6 69. Nd5 Rh6 70. Nf4 Kb8
71. Nd3 Ka7 72. Ne5 Rf6 73. Kc7 Ka8 74. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Gibtelcom"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Benjamin Bok"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Be7
7. Be3 O-O 8. Rc1 f6 9. a4 a5 10. d4 exd4 11. Bxd4 Bb4 12. Nf3
c5 13. Qb3+ Kh8 14. Be3 Qe7 15. O-O Be6 16. Qc2 Nc4 17. Bf4
Nc6 18. e4 N4e5 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 e4 22. d6
Qxd6 23. Qxe4 Rae8 24. Qc2 Qf6 25. Rcd1 Rd8 26. h4 h6 27. h5
Nd4 28. Nxd4 cxd4 29. Be4 Qe5 30. Bg6 Rf3 31. Rd3 Qf6 32. Qd1
Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Qe6 34. Qf3 Qd5 35. Qg4 Qg5 36. Qe4 Kg8 37. g4
Bd6 38. Re1 Kf8 39. Kf1 Bb4 40. Qf3+ Qf6 41. Qxf6+ gxf6
42. Rc1 Bd6 43. Ke2 Ke7 44. Bf5 Rb8 45. Bd3 Rg8 46. Kf3 Be5
47. Rc5 b6 48. Rc6 Rb8 49. Ke4 Kd7 50. Bb5 Kd8 51. f4 Bc7
52. Re6 1-0

[Event "Gibtelcom"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.02.02"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Miklos Nemeth"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. a3 Nd7
7. Nge2 e5 8. h3 Bg7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Ngf6 11. g4 O-O
12. Ng3 Ne8 13. Qd3 Nd6 14. O-O-O Qh4 15. Kb1 Rfd8 16. g5 Nf8
17. Nd5 Ne6 18. Qc3 Nc4 19. Bc1 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nf4 21. Be4 Rab8
22. Qf3 Qxg5 23. h4 Qf6 24. h5 b4 25. a4 Qb6 26. hxg6 hxg6
27. Qb3 Na5 28. Qe3 b3 29. Qxb6 Rxb6 30. c3 f5 31. Bf3 Rbd6
32. Bxf4 exf4 33. Ne2 g5 34. Bg2 Re8 35. Nc1 g4 36. f3 Nc4
37. Nd3 Re2 38. Rhg1 Rxd5 39. fxg4 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Gibtelecom"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.02.03"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Vitali Golod"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3 Bg7 16. d5 Rc8 17. Be3 c6
18. c4 Nb6 19. Qe2 cxd5 20. cxd5 Nbxd5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Rac1
Nc3 23. Qd2 Nxa2 24. Ra1 Nc3 25. b4 d5 26. Bb3 Qe7 27. Bh6 Bh8
28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. f4 Ne4 30. Rxe4 dxe4 31. fxe5 Qxe5 32. Rf1
Re7 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34. Qd7 Qe8 35. Qxb7 Rc4 36. Bxc4 bxc4
37. Qxa6 Rc7 38. Qd6 Rd7 39. Qc5 c3 40. Qc4+ Rf7 41. Nxe4 Qd8
42. Qxc3 Qb6+ 43. Qc5 Qxc5+ 44. bxc5 Re7 45. Nd6 Re5 46. c6
Rc5 47. Nc8 Kf7 48. Na7 1-0

[Event "Gibtelecom"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.02.04"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bartosz Socko"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7
7. Be2 g6 8. g4 e6 9. Be3 b5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. a3 Bb7 12. O-O
Rg8 13. Qd2 Nb6 14. b3 N8d7 15. Bf3 Rc8 16. Nde2 Bg7 17. Bd4
Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Qc5 19. Rad1 Ke7 20. e5 dxe5 21. Qxc5+ Nxc5
22. fxe5 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Ncd7 24. Re3 Rc5 25. Nd4 Rgc8 26. Ne4
Rxe5 27. Nf3 Rd5 28. Rxd5 Nxd5 29. Re2 Nc5 30. Nf2 Nc3 31. Re3
Nb7 32. Ne5 Nd6 33. Nfd3 Nce4 34. h4 Rxc2 35. Nb4 Rc1+ 36. Kg2
Nc5 37. Nd5+ Kf8 38. Nf6 Nf5 39. Rh3 Rc2+ 40. Kf1 Ke7 41. Ng8+
Kd6 42. Nxf7+ Kd5 43. b4 Rc1+ 44. Kg2 Rc2+ 45. Kf1 Na4
46. Nf6+ Kd4 47. h5 gxh5 48. Nxh7 Nc3 49. g6 Ne4 50. Nhg5 Nxg5
51. Nxg5 Ne3+ 52. Rxe3 Kxe3 53. Nf7 h4 54. g7 h3 0-1

[Event "Aut_chT0809"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "2009.01.25"]
[EventDate "2008.11.7"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Goran Dizdar"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O
Nb6 8.Nc3 Na6 9.Bf4 h6 10.h4 c6 11.Qc1 Kh7 12.Rd1 Bg4 13.Ne5
Be6 14.Qb1 Bf5 15.e4 Bc8 16.Bf1 Nc7 17.a4 a5 18.b4 Ne6 19.Be3
Nd7 20.f4 Qb6 21.Nc4 Qd8 22.e5 axb4 23.Qxb4 Nc7 24.d5 Nxd5
25.Nxd5 cxd5 26.Rxd5 Qe8 27.Rb5 Ra6 28.Bg2 f6 29.exf6 Nxf6
30.Re1 Bd7 31.Bxb7 Rxa4 32.Qxa4 Bxb5 33.Qb4 Qd7 34.Na3 Qxb7
35.Nxb5 Rb8 36.Rb1 Qf3 37.Bf2 Ne4 38.Qe1 Nxf2 39.Qxf2 Qd3 0-1

[Event "Foxwood Open"]
[Site "Ledyards, CT USA"]
[Date "2009.04.08"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Erik F Santarius"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. b3 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5
12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 h6 16. Bxf6
Qxf6 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Rc5 Rxc5 20. Qxc5 b6
21. Qb5 Re7 22. e3 g6 23. Bd5 Kg7 24. Kg2 Rc7 25. Qe2 Bb2
26. b4 Rc1 27. Rxc1 Bxc1 28. Qc2 Ba3 29. Qa4 Qd6 30. Bxf7 Qxb4
31. Qe8 Qg4 32. f3 Qf5 33. Qg8+ Kf6 34. e4 Qb5 35. Bc4 Qd7
36. e5+ 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard, CT"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[EventDate "2009.04.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Enkhbat Tegshsuren"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. a3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Nd7
7. Nge2 Ngf6 8. O-O c5 9. d5 Bg7 10. h3 Qc7 11. Be3 O-O
12. Qd2 Nb6 13. b3 Rad8 14. g4 e6 15. g5 Nh5 16. Rad1 Rfe8
17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 b4 19. axb4 cxb4 20. Na2 exd5 21. Qxb4
a5 22. Qa3 dxe4 23. Rxd6 Nd5 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Qc1 Nxf4
26. Qxf4 Be5 27. Qc1 Qc7 28. h4 e3 29. Bxb7 exf2+ 30. Rxf2 Bd4
0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard, CT"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[EventDate "2009.04.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jacek Stopa"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6
7. Nbd2 e5 8. Re1 exd4 9. cxd4 Nh5 10. Nb3 a5 11. Bg5 Qe8
12. Bb5 a4 13. Nbd2 Bd7 14. Bxa4 Nxd4 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. Nxd4
Bxd4 17. Nc4 Bg7 18. Qc2 Qa4 19. Qxa4 Rxa4 20. b3 Ra6 21. Rac1
Rxa2 22. Ne3 c6 23. Be7 Re8 24. Bxd6 Rxe4 25. Nc4 f5 26. Rxe4
fxe4 27. Rd1 Bd4 28. Ne3 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Nf6 30. Rf1 Nd5
31. Rf8+ Kg7 32. Re8 Re2 33. Bc5 b6 34. Bd4+ Kf7 35. Rxe4 c5
36. Re5 Nb4 37. Bc3 Na2 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard, CT"]
[Date "2009.04.11"]
[EventDate "2009.04.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dean Ippolito"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. g3 Qc8 6. Bg2 Bh3
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Nb5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 h5
12. h4 c6 13. Nd4 cxd5 14. cxd5 Nf6 15. Nf3 Qc4 16. Nxe5 dxe5
17. Bg5 Qxd5+ 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Rac1 f6 20. Bd2 e4 21. Rc5 Rd8
22. f3 exf3+ 23. Rxf3 Kf7 24. Ra3 b6 25. Rc4 Rc8 26. Rd4 Nc7
27. Rdd3 Rhd8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Bf4 Nb5 30. Ra6 Rd7 31. Bb8
Rb7 32. a4 Rxb8 33. axb5 Rb7 34. Kf3 Rc7 35. Ra4 Rc5 36. Rb4
e5 37. e4 Ke6 38. Ke3 Rc2 39. Kf3 g5 40. hxg5 fxg5 41. Ke3 Kf6
42. Rb3 g4 43. Kd3 Rg2 44. Kc4 Rd2 45. Ra3 Rd7 46. b4 Kg5
47. Ra1 h4 48. gxh4+ Kxh4 49. Rh1+ Kg5 50. Rf1 g3 51. Rf8 Rd4+
52. Kb3 Rxe4 53. Rf7 Rg4 0-1

[Event "PWC Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2009.04.17"]
[EventDate "2009.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Haonan Zhou"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. a3 a6 6. Rb1 Rb8
7. b4 cxb4 8. axb4 b5 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. d4 d5
12. Bf4 Rb6 13. Ne5 O-O 14. O-O Bf5 15. Rb3 Ne4 16. e3 Nxe5
17. dxe5 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Be4 19. Bh3 Qa8 20. Qd4 Rc6 21. Rxc6
Qxc6 22. Qd2 h6 23. f3 Qc2 24. Qxc2 Bxc2 25. e6 Bd3 26. Rd1
Bc4 27. Bc7 Ra8 28. Ba5 Kf8 29. f4 f5 30. g4 fxg4 31. Bxg4 Bf6
32. Bf3 Ra6 33. Bxd5 Bxd5 34. Rxd5 Rxe6 35. Kf2 Rd6 36. Rxb5
Rd2+ 37. Kg3 Kf7 38. Bb6 g5 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. Bc7 Ke6 41. Kf3
Rc2 42. Bg3 Rc3 43. h3 Kd7 44. Rb7+ Kc6 45. Rb8 Rb3 46. Ke4 e6
47. Rc8+ Kb5 48. Bd6 Rc3 49. Rb8+ Kc6 50. Be7 Rc4+ 51. Kd3
Rc3+ 52. Kd2 1-0

[Event "PWC Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2009.04.18"]
[EventDate "2009.04.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Victor Plotkin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6
7. Bb3 d5 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 g6 11. Qf3 Be6
12. Qxb7 Bg7 13. O-O Bxd4 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Qf3 Qf6 16. Qxf6
Bxf6 17. Be3 Bc6 18. Rfd1 O-O 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Rab8
21. Rad1 Rfc8 22. f3 a5 23. Rf4 e6 24. Rd2 Kg7 25. a3 Nd7
26. Ba2 Ne5 27. h4 h6 28. Ne4 Rd8 29. Nd6 Bd5 30. Nc4 Nxc4
31. Bxc4 e5 32. Rxd5 exf4 33. Rxa5 Rxb2 34. Ra7 Rb1+ 35. Kh2
Rf8 36. a4 h5 37. a5 Kh6 38. Rxf7 Rxf7 39. Bxf7 Ra1 40. g3 Kg7
41. Bd5 Rxa5 42. Be4 fxg3+ 43. Kxg3 Kf6 44. Bc2 Ra7 45. Be4
Rg7 46. Bc2 Re7 47. Be4 Re6 48. Kf4 Rd6 49. Kg3 Ke5 50. Bc2
Rf6 51. Be4 Kd4 52. Kf2 Rb6 53. Kg3 Ke3 54. Bc2 Rc6 55. Be4
Ra6 56. Bc2 Ra1 57. Be4 Rg1+ 58. Kh2 Kf2 59. Bd5 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "PWC Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2009.04.18"]
[EventDate "2009.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Nikolay Noritsyn"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. a3 Bg7 5. Rb1 a5 6. Bb5 Nf6
7. d3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 f5
12. Ned2 h6 13. Nc4 f4 14. h3 g5 15. Nfd2 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6
17. Re1 Bf5 18. Qh5 Qc7 19. b3 d5 20. a4 e6 21. Ba3 Qa7
22. Rbc1 Rf7 23. Nf3 Bf8 24. Nh2 Kh7 25. Qf3 Kg6 26. Ng4 Be7
27. Nf6 Rxf6 28. exf6 Bxf6 29. c4 Bd4 30. Qe2 Rc8 31. Bb2 f3
32. gxf3 Qg7 33. Bxd4 Qxd4 34. Qe3 Qxe3 35. fxe3 Bxd3 36. Rc3
Bf5 37. e4 Bxh3 38. cxd5 cxd5 39. exd5 exd5 40. Re5 d4
41. Rcxc5 Rb8 42. Kh2 Bf1 43. Rc6+ Kh5 44. Ree6 Rh8 45. Re1
Bd3 46. Kg3 1-0

[Event "PWC Open"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2009.04.19"]
[EventDate "2009.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Michael Barron"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h4 Bg7 5. h5 Nxh5 6. e4 fxe4
7. Rxh5 gxh5 8. Qxh5+ Kf8 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6+ Kg8 11. Qg5+
Kf7 12. Nxe4 Qg8 13. Qf4+ Ke8 14. Qxc7 Nc6 15. O-O-O Qg6
16. Re1 Kf7 17. d5 Nb4 18. Nf3 d6 19. Neg5+ Kg8 20. Qd8+ Kg7
21. Rxe7+ Kh6 22. Nf7+ Kh5 23. Re5+ dxe5 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. a4 O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Be3 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. f5
e5 13. Nb3 Nbd7 14. g4 h6 15. h4 d5 16. exd5 e4 17. Bg2 Qg3
18. Qe1 Qxe1 19. Rfxe1 Nxg4 20. Bxb6 Nxb6 21. Rxe4 Nxd5
22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxe7 Rfd8 24. Bf1 Kf8 25. Ree1 Rdb8 26. Ra3
Nf6 27. Rd1 Ra7 28. Rd2 Be4 29. Rf2 Ng4 30. Rf4 Nf6 31. Nc5
Bxc2 32. Rf2 Bd1 33. Nxa6 Rb6 34. b4 Rbxa6 35. Bxa6 Rxa6
36. a5 Ne4 37. b5 Rd6 38. a6 Nxf2 39. a7 Nh3+ 40. Rxh3 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Robert Lee Hess"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4
7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nc5 9. Qf3 O-O 10. Bg2 d6 11. O-O Bd7
12. Rd1 Ba4 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Nxc5 Bxd1 15. Qxb7 Qxb7 16. Nxb7
Bxe2 17. Nxd6 Nd7 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. f4 Bf3 20. Be3 a6 21. Rb1
Bc6 22. Bd4 Kf8 23. c5 Rb8 24. Rb3 Bd5 25. c4 Bc6 26. Ra3 Ra8
27. g4 h6 28. h4 f6 29. Re3 Ke7 30. Kf2 Rb8 31. Kg3 Rb4
32. Bc3 Ra4 33. Nf5+ Kf7 34. Nd6+ Kg8 35. Nc8 Kf7 36. Bd4 e5
37. Nd6+ Ke6 38. a3 g5 39. fxe5 fxe5 40. h5 Kf6 41. Bb2 Ke6
42. Nf5 Rxc4 43. Rd3 Rxc5 44. Rd6+ Kf7 45. Nxh6+ Ke7 46. Nf5+
Kf7 47. h6 Nf8 48. Rd8 Nh7 49. Rc8 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. h4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc5
12. h5 Qb6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. f5 Qc7 16. Re1 exf5
17. h6 g6 18. Nxd5 Qd8 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Qb4 Ne6 21. Rh3 Bb7
22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Rd6 Be4 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Rad8 26. Rhd3
Qe7 27. Qe3 Kg8 28. Rxa6 Rxd3 29. Bxd3 Qb7 30. Rd6 Qxg2
31. Bxb5 g5 32. Rd1 Qh2 33. a4 Qxh6 34. a5 Qh2 35. Bd7 Nf4
36. b4 Kg7 37. a6 Qg2 38. b5 Rd8 39. Kb2 Qa8 40. Bc6 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael A Brooks"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O
12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Be3 f5 14. f3 b6 15. f4 a6 16. Nc3 exf4
17. Bxf4 Bf6 18. Be3 Bd7 19. Bd4 Rc8 20. Qd3 Qc7 21. Bxf6 Rxf6
22. b3 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 b5 24. Rae1 bxc4 25. Qg3 cxb3 26. Ne4 fxe4
27. Rxf6 Bf5 28. Rxd6 b2 29. Rc6 Rxc6 30. dxc6 Qc1 31. Qb3+
Kh7 32. Qd1 Qxd1 33. Rxd1 e3 34. c7 e2 0-1

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Joshua E Friedel"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+
c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. h3 c5
12. b3 Rb4 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Ba3 Rf4 15. g3 Rd4 16. Nf3 Rxd3
17. cxd3 Qxd3 18. Nxe5 Qf5 19. g4 Qf4 20. d4 Rd8 21. Qe2 Rxd4
22. Bc1 1-0

[Event "FFe Top 16 phase finale"]
[Site "Port-Marly/France"]
[Date "2009.05.28"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Christian Bauer"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Bg4 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. Bb5 Nd5 8. Qd3 Ndb4 9. Qe4 Bxf3 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. gxf3
e6 12. Bd2 Qa6 13. Ne2 Nd5 14. b3 Nf6 15. Qe3 O-O-O 16. c4 Nd7
17. Bc3 c5 18. Rd1 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bc5 20. Qe4 Nb8 21. O-O Qb7
22. b4 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Nc6 24. Bc5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+
Nxd8 27. Qxh7 Qxf3 28. Qxg7 Qe4 29. h3 Qxc4 30. Be7 Nc6
31. Qxf7 Nd4 32. Bc5 Nf5 33. a4 a6 34. Qg8+ Kd7 35. Qg4 Qc1+
36. Kg2 a5 37. Qe4 Qg5+ 38. Kh2 axb4 39. Bxb4 Nd6 40. Bxd6
cxd6 41. Qb7+ Kd8 42. Qb8+ Ke7 43. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "FFe Top 16 phase finale"]
[Site "Port-Marly/France"]
[Date "2009.05.29"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Michal Krasenkov"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 Bb6
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3 Ne7 9. Nf1 Ng6 10. Ng3 c6 11. O-O d5 12. Bg5
h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Bxd5 Nf4 16. Be4 Qd6 17. d4
f5 18. Bc2 e4 19. Ne5 Bc7 20. Nh5 Ng6 21. f4 exf3 22. Nxf3 Be6
23. Re1 Rae8 24. Bb3 Kh7 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Qd3 Qc6 27. d5 Qb6+
28. Kh1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Qxb2 30. d6 Bb6 31. c4 Qxa2 32. Qd5 Qa5
33. Qxb7 Qc3 34. Kh2 Bd4 35. Qd5 Bb6 36. Re6 Qc1 37. Qb7 Qa1
38. Re1 Qb2 39. c5 1-0

[Event "FFe Top 16 phase finale"]
[Site "Port-Marly/France"]
[Date "2009.05.31"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hichem Hamdouchi"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 a6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. a3 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5
Bb7 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. dxc6 Ne5 15. Qxb4 Nxc6 16. Qa3 d5 17. Rb1
Bd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Bd3 Qb6 20. a5 Qa7 21. Qa4+ Kf8 22. O-O
Nxf3+ 23. Kh1 Nd2 24. Rxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qf4+ Kg7 26. Qe5+ Kh6
27. Qf4+ g5 28. Qxd2 e5 29. Re1 Qe7 30. Bf5 Rad8 31. Re3 Kg7
32. Qe2 e4 33. Qxa6 Rd6 34. Qe2 h5 35. g4 hxg4 36. Qxg4 Rh4
37. Qg3 Rf4 38. Bh3 d4 39. Re1 Qf6 40. Qg1 d3 41. cxd3 exd3
42. Rd1 d2 43. Bg2 Ra4 44. b4 Rxb4 45. a6 Rxa6 0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.04"]
[EventDate "2009.07.01"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Najer"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3
Nd7 7. O-O Bxe4 8. Bxe4 c6 9. c4 Ngf6 10. Bc2 Qc7 11. Qe2
O-O-O 12. Rb1 h6 13. b4 g5 14. Rb3 g4 15. Nd2 h5 16. c5 Nd5
17. Ne4 Nb8 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Nd6+ Rxd6 21. cxd6
Qxd6 22. Rd1 a6 23. a4 b5 24. h4 Nd5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Be4 Nf4
27. Qc2 f5 28. Bd3 Kb7 29. Bf1 Na6 30. Qd2 Nd5 31. Re1 f4
32. Re5 Naxb4 33. Qe1 Rh6 34. Rg5 Kb6 35. Qb1 g3 36. fxg3 fxg3
37. Re5 Rf6 38. Rxg3 Rf4 39. Qd1 Nf6 40. Qe1 Ng4 41. Rxg4
Qxd4+ 42. Kh2 hxg4 43. Rxe6 g3+ 44. Kxg3 Rxh4 45. Qe5 Qg4+
46. Kf2 Qf4+ 47. Qxf4 Rxf4+ 48. Ke2 Nc2 49. Rg6 b4 50. g3 Rxf1
51. Kxf1 b3 52. Rg8 Kc5 53. Rb8 Nb4 54. Rd8 b2 55. Rd1 Kc4 0-1

[Event "Donostia Chess Festival"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5
7. dxc5 Na6 8. e3 Nxc5 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. a4 b6
12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 Qe8 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Qf1 h6
17. Bg3 Kh8 18. h3 Bd8 19. b4 Ncd7 20. Rac1 Be7 21. Na2 Ra8
22. f3 Nd5 23. Qe1 Bg5 24. Bf2 Qe7 25. h4 Bf6 26. e4 Nf4
27. Qd2 Bxd4 28. Bxd4 b5 29. Bf1 e5 30. Bf2 Bc8 31. Rc7 Qe6
32. axb5 axb5 33. Nc3 Qg6 34. Be3 Qg3 35. Bxf4 exf4 36. Rxd7
Bxd7 37. Qxd7 Qxh4 38. Qd2 Rad8 39. Nd5 f5 40. e5 Rfe8 41. Qe2
Re6 42. Rd4 Qg3 43. Nc7 Rxd4 44. Nxe6 Rxb4 45. Qc2 Ra4 46. Qd2
Ra1 47. Nxf4 Kh7 48. Nd3 Qh4 49. f4 Qe7 50. Qb4 Qxb4 51. Nxb4
g5 52. Kf2 Kg7 53. Nc6 Ra2+ 54. Ke3 Ra3+ 55. Kf2 Ra4 56. fxg5
Rf4+ 57. Ke1 hxg5 58. Bxb5 Kf7 59. Ke2 Ke6 60. Kd3 Kd5
61. Ne7+ Kc5 62. Bc6 Rd4+ 63. Ke3 Rb4 64. Bd7 Re4+ 65. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Donostia Chess Festival"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4
7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3 e6 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. g4 h6 12. O-O-O
Bb7 13. h4 b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15. b3 Nc5 16. a3 Rc8 17. Qxb4 Qc7
18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Qa4+ Nd7 20. Ne2 Bc6 21. Qc4 Ne5 22. Qc3
Nxf3 23. Bf4 e5 24. Qxf3 exf4 25. Qxf4 c4 26. b4 a5 27. Qxc7
Rxc7 28. c3 Bxe4 29. Rh3 Be7 30. Nd4 axb4 31. axb4 O-O 32. Nb5
Rb7 33. Nd6 Bxd6 34. Rxd6 Rc7 35. Rd4 Bb7 36. Rxc4 Re7 37. Rd4
Re1+ 38. Rd1 Rfe8 39. Bd3 Bc8 40. Rg3 g5 41. hxg5 hxg5
42. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 43. Kd2 Re5 44. Re3 1-0

[Event "Donostia Chess Festival"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5
Nbd7 7. Bf4 Nd5 8. Nxd5 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Qxd5 10. c4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2
Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Bf5 13. Kc3 e6 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. Rad1 f6
16. Bf4 g5 17. Be3 h5 18. h3 Bd6 19. b4 Bc7 20. a4 a6 21. Kb3
Bg6 22. Rhf1 e5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. b5 axb5 25. cxb5 cxb5
26. axb5 Kb8 27. Bc4 Rc8 28. Kb4 Rhe8 29. b6 g4 30. hxg4 hxg4
31. Rfe1 Rc6 32. Bc5 Kc8 33. Re3 Rd8 34. Rxd8+ Kxd8 35. Bd5
Kd7 36. Kb5 Rc8 37. Bxb7 Rh8 38. Bc6+ Ke6 39. b7 1-0

[Event "Donostia Chess Festival"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pablo San Segundo Carrillo"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 e5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6
12. Bh4 Qxa3 13. Bd3 exd4 14. cxd4 Qb4 15. Bg3 O-O 16. O-O a5
17. Ra1 a4 18. Qc2 Qa5 19. Bd6 Rd8 20. Rfb1 N7f6 21. Ba3 Qc3
22. Qxc3 Nxc3 23. Rc1 Nb5 24. Bxb5 cxb5 25. Rab1 Bd7 26. Ne5
Be8 27. f3 Nd5 28. Kf2 f6 29. Nd3 Nb6 30. Rc7 Nd5 31. Rc2 Rac8
32. Rbc1 Rc4 33. Ke2 Nb6 34. Nb2 Rxc2+ 35. Rxc2 Bg6 36. e4 f5
37. Rc5 fxe4 38. Rxb5 Nd5 39. Rxb7 Rc8 40. Bc5 Nf4+ 41. Ke3
Nd5+ 42. Ke2 Ra8 43. Nc4 Nf4+ 44. Kd2 Nxg2 45. fxe4 Bxe4
46. Re7 Bc6 47. Bd6 Nh4 48. Kc3 Nf5 49. Re1 Nxd6 50. Nxd6 a3
51. Nc4 a2 52. Ra1 Bd5 53. Nb6 Ra3+ 54. Kd2 Bf7 0-1

[Event "Donostia Blitz Tiebreak"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6
7. Bg2 Nc6 8. h3 a6 9. Be3 Ne5 10. Qe2 g5 11. f4 gxf4 12. Bxf4
Nfd7 13. O-O-O b5 14. Qf2 Bb7 15. Kb1 Qb6 16. Rhf1 Be7 17. Be3
Qc7 18. Nf3 Rh7 19. Bd4 b4 20. Na4 Nc4 21. Nd2 Rc8 22. Nxc4
Qxc4 23. b3 Qb5 24. Nb2 Ne5 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Nc4 Rxc4
27. bxc4 Qxc4 28. Qb6 Qc6 29. Qa5 f6 30. h4 Rg7 31. Bf3 Rg8
32. g5 hxg5 33. Qxe5 Kf7 34. Qg3 g4 35. Bxg4 Qc5 36. Bxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Donostia Blitz Tiebreak"]
[Site "Donostia ESP"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[EventDate "2009.07.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 Bh5
12. Bf4 c5 13. e5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nd5 15. Bd2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb8
17. h3 Nc6 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bb5 Rc8 20. Rfc1 Nde7 21. Kg2 Nxd4
22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. Bxe3 a6 25. Bf1 Bc2 26. Kg3 Nd5
27. Bd2 Rc7 28. a5 Rd8 29. Ra2 Rdc8 30. Rb2 h6 31. f4 Nc3
32.Kh2 Ne4 33. Be3 Ba4 34.Rxc7 Rxc7 35.Bg2 Rc2 36.Rxb7 Re2
37.Bb6 Bc6 38.Rc7 Bd5 39.Kg1 Re1+ 40.Kh2 Re2 41.Rc8+ Kh7
42.Rc1 Nd2 43.Rg1 Nf3+ 44.Kg3 Nxg1 0-1

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2009.05.03"]
[EventDate "2009.04.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksander Delchev"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Be3 Bg7 4. Nc3 a6 5. f4 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. e5 c5 9. Be4 Qc8 10. Bxb7 Qxb7 11. dxc5 dxe5
12. Qd5 Qxd5 13. Nxd5 Rc8 14. Nb6 Nxb6 15. cxb6 Nf6 16. O-O-O
Ng4 17. b7 Rb8 18. Bb6 f6 19. Rd8+ Kf7 20. Rd7 Bh6 21. g3 exf4
22. Kb1 Ne5 23. Nxe5+ fxe5 24. Ba7 Ke6 25. Rhd1 f3 26. Rc7 e4
27. Rdd7 Rhe8 28. a3 Bg5 29. h4 e3 30. Bxb8 f2 31. Ba7 f1=Q+
32. Ka2 e2 0-1

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[EventDate "2009.08.01"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Timo Schoenhof"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 c6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be6
7. Nge2 Na6 8. O-O Rd8 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 g6 11. Bf4 Qd7
12. Qd2 Bg7 13. c3 O-O 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Bc4 16. Nf4 f5
17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 c5 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Nf3 e6 21. Rad1 cxd4
22. Rxd4 Qe7 23. Rfd1 Nc7 24. h4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 e5 26. Qe3 e4
27. Ng5 Ne8 28. Qd2 Nf6 29. Rd6 h6 30. Ne6 e3 31. Qd4 e2
32. Nxf8 e1=Q+ 33. Kg2 Q7e2 34. Rxf6 Q2f1+ 35. Kh2 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[EventDate "2009.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "David Hoeffer"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nge7 6. d3 O-O
7. O-O d6 8. Rb1 a5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Kh7 12. b5
Nd4 13. Nd2 f5 14. e3 Ne6 15. Bb2 c6 16. Nb3 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5
18. d4 e4 19. Ra1 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 g5 21. Ba3 Rf7 22. f3 exf3
23. Bxf3 b6 24. Qb1 Kh8 25. Bg2 Bb7 26. Bh3 Nf8 27. Bxf5 Nxf5
28. Rxf5 Qd7 29. Rf1 Qe6 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. Bxf8 Qxf8 32. Nd2
Qe8 33. Qd3 Qe6 34. Nf3 Qg4 35. Ne5 Qe6 36. Qg6 Qc8 37. Nf7+
Kg8 38. Nxh6+ Kh8 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[EventDate "2009.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Karsten Schulz"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Bd7 5. c3 Qc8 6. Qb3 Nc6
7. Ng5 Nd8 8. e4 e5 9. Be3 Nh6 10. h3 f6 11. Nf3 Nhf7 12. Nbd2
O-O 13. h4 h5 14. O-O c6 15. a4 Be6 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Rfe1 Kh7
18. Rad1 Bg4 19. Rc1 d5 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Ng5+
Nxg5 23. Bxg5 Qd7 24. Nf1 Nf7 25. Ne3 e4 26. Nxg4 Qxg4 27. Qd1
Nxg5 28. Qxg4 hxg4 29. hxg5 Rac8 30. Bf1 Re5 31. Be2 Rxg5
32. Rcd1 Rf8 33. Rf1 Bf6 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Rh1 Be7 36. Rd2 Bc5
37. Rf1 Rh8 38. Bxg4 e3 39. fxe3 Rxg4 40. Rxd5 Be7 41. Rd7 Re4
42. Rxb7 Rxe3 43. Rxa7 Rd8 44. Rf2 Kh6 45. Rf7 Rd2+ 46. Kh3
Bd6 47. Rh7+ Kg5 48. Ra5+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[EventDate "2009.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Ognjen Cvitan"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5
Nd4 13. Nd2 Bd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bb2 a4 16. Bxd4 exd4
17. Bxd5+ Qxd5 18. Qc1 Bc5 19. b6 cxb6 20. Qc4 Qxc4 21. Nxc4
Rfe8 22. Nxb6 Ra7 23. Rb5 Bxb6 24. Rxb6 Rxe2 25. Rc1 Kf7
26. Rd6 b5 27. Rxd4 Rb2 28. Kg2 Rb3 29. Ra1 Rc7 30. g4 Kg6
31. Rd5 Kf7 32. h4 Ke6 33. Rd4 Rc5 34. Rd8 Ke7 35. Rd4 h5
36. gxh5 Ke6 37. Rd8 Rxh5 38. f4 Rxh4 39. Kg3 Rh6 40. Re1+ Kf5
41. Rd5+ Kg6 42. f5+ Kh7 43. Rd7 Rh5 44. Kg4 Kh6 45. Re8 Rg5+
46. Kf4 Kh7 47. Rdd8 1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[EventDate "2009.08.01"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Andrei Sokolov"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g4 Bxc3 5. bxc3 d6 6. g5
Nfd7 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. d3 e5 9. h4 Nb6 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Nd2 Bd7
12. a4 Na5 13. Nb3 Bc6 14. Nxa5 Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bh3 16. c5 Nd5
17. Nxb7 Nxe3 18. fxe3 dxc5 19. Qb3 O-O 20. Qa3 Rab8 21. Nxc5
f5 22. Nb3 Qf7 23. Nd2 Qh5 24. Rh1 Qxh4+ 25. Kd1 Qg3 26. Qc5
Bg4 27. Kc2 Bxe2 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Qe6 Bxd3+ 30. Kxd3 Rfd8+
31. Kc4 Rxd2 32. Qxf5 Rh2 33. Raf1 Qh4+ 34. Kc5 Rg8 35. Rxh2
Qxh2 36. Rb1 e4 37. Qxe4 Qd6+ 38. Kc4 Qa6+ 39. Kb3 Qb6+
40. Ka2 Qc5 41. Rh1 g6 42. Qd4+ Qxd4 43. cxd4 1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[EventDate "2009.08.01"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zoltan Gyimesi"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. d5 Nb8
7. f3 c6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nge2 a6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Ne5 12. b4
Bd7 13. a4 b6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd4 Bb7 16. Nb3 Nc6 17. b5 Nb4
18. Nd5 Nfxd5 19. cxd5 Na2 20. Rc4 axb5 21. axb5 Nc3 22. Qc1
Nxb5 23. Rb4 Rc8 24. Qd1 Nc3 25. Qe1 b5 26. Rf2 Ba6 27. Rc2
Na4 28. Nd4 Rxc2 29. Bxc2 Nc5 30. Nc6 Qd7 31. Qf2 Bb7 32. Bxc5
dxc5 33. Qxc5 Bxc6 34. Qxc6 Qa7+ 35. Kf1 Qe3 36. e5 Bxe5
37. Re4 Qc1+ 38. Re1 Qb2 39. g3 b4 40. Qc4 Bd6 41. Re2 Qc1+
42. Kg2 Rb8 43. h4 Qa1 44. h5 Qf6 45. hxg6 hxg6 46. f4 Kg7
47. Re1 Rb7 48. Bd1 b3 49. Re3 b2 0-1

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[EventDate "2009.08.01"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5
Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. Qe3+ Kf8 10. Qf4 Bf6 11. h4 h6
12. Nxd5 Bxg5 13. Qe5 Rh7 14. hxg5 Nc6 15. Qe4 Bf5 16. Qf3
Nxd4 17. Qa3+ Kg7 18. Ne3 Qxg5 19. Qc5 Rd8 20. Rd1 Be6
21. Qxc7 Rhh8 22. Qc3 Qf6 23. g3 Rd6 24. Qc5 Rhd8 25. Bg2 b6
26. Qc1 h5 27. b3 Rc8 28. Nc4 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Re6 30. e3 Nf3+
31. Bxf3 Qxf3 32. Rh4 Rf6 33. Qc2 Re8 34. Qe2 Rxe3 35. Qxe3
Re6 36. Qxe6 fxe6 37. Rd7+ Kh6 38. Kf1 e5 39. c5 bxc5 40. Kg1
Qe2 41. Kg2 Qxa2 42. Re4 Qe6 1-0

[Event "Ordix Open"]
[Site "Mainz GER"]
[Date "2009.08.02"]
[EventDate "2009.08.01"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Nge2
e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Nce4 Bxg3 10. Nxg3 Ne7 11. c3 Nd7
12. h4 h6 13. h5 Bh7 14. Qg4 Rg8 15. Qf3 Nf6 16. b4 Qc7
17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Bxh6 Nf5 19. Bg5 Nxg3 20. fxg3 Ne4 21. Bf4 g5
22. hxg6 Bxg6 23. g4 O-O-O 24. Bh2 Rh8 25. Qf4 Rxh2 26. Kxh2
Nxc3 27. Rac1 Ne4 28. Rfd1 Qe7 29. Bd3 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 Ng3
31. Bc4 Rh8 32. Ba6 Qh2+ 33. Kf2 Ne4+ 34. Ke3 Qxf4+ 35. Kxf4
bxa6 36. Rxc6+ Kb7 37. Rdc1 Rd8 38. Rc7+ Kb8 39. g5 Nf2
40. R1c3 Nd3+ 41. Ke3 Nxb4 0-1

[Event "Rising Stars - Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2009.08.22"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 Ne8 10. b4 f5 11. c5 Nf6 12. f3 f4
13. Nc4 g5 14. a4 Ng6 15. Ba3 Rf7 16. a5 h5 17. b5 dxc5 18. b6
g4 19. bxc7 Rxc7 20. Nb5 g3 21. Nxc7 Nxe4 22. Ne6 Bxe6
23. dxe6 gxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 Ng3 26. Bxc5 e4 27. Ra4
Rc8 28. Bxa7 b5 29. Rb4 bxc4 30. Bxc4 Qh1+ 31. Kf2 e3+
32. Bxe3 fxe3+ 33. Kxe3 Nxf1+ 34. Bxf1 Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Erik Jelling"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6
7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2 Nh5 9. d5 f4 10. b3 cxd5 11. cxd5 Bg4 12. Bb2
Nd7 13. Ne4 Rc8 14. Qd2 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Qb6 16. Rac1 Bf5 17. Nd4
Ne5 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. Qd2 h6 20. Nf3 Ng4 21. Qd4 Bf5 22. h3
Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Ne5 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. d6 Qxd6 26. g4 f3 27. Bxf3
Nf4 28. Kh2 Kg7 29. Rc1 Ne6 30. Kg1 Ng5 31. Qe3 Nxh3+ 32. Kh2
Nxf2 33. Qxf2 e4+ 34. Kg2 exf3+ 35. exf3 Rd8 36. Re1 b6
37. Re2 Qf6 38. Qe3 Rd7 39. Qe4 Kf7 40. Qc4+ e6 41. Qc6 Qe7
42. Qe4 Qf6 43. Qc6 Ke7 44. Qe4 h5 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Rc2 Qg5+
47. Kh3 Kf6 48. Rc4 Rd5 49. Qh4 Qxh4+ 50. Kxh4 Kf5 51. Kg3 Ke5
52. Rc7 Ra5 53. a4 Kd4 54. Rc4+ Kd3 55. Rc7 e5 56. Kh4 e4
57. fxe4 Kxe4 58. Rc4+ Ke3 59. Rc3+ Kd2 60. Rc7 Kd3 61. Kh3
Kd4 62. Kh4 Kd5 63. Rf7 Kc6 64. Kh3 Kd6 65. Kh4 Kd5 66. Rc7 a6
67. Rc4 Rc5 68. Rf4 Rc3 69. a5 bxa5 70. Rf5+ Kc6 71. Rxa5 Kb6
72. Rxh5 Rxb3 73. Kg4 a5 74. Kf4 a4 75. Ke4 a3 76. Rh8 Rb5
77. Rh1 Rb3 78. Kd4 a2 79. Ra1 Ra3 80. Kc4 Ka5 81. Kc5 Ra4 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Jan-Willem de Jong"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4
7. f3 Bg6 8. g3 Be7 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. f4 Ne4
12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. b4 f5 14. Qb3 Kf7 15. Bd2 b6 16. Bc3 c5
17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Be2 g5 19. d5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qa4 Rac8
22. Qc6 Kg6 23. h4 Nf8 24. Qa4 g4 25. dxe6 Nxe6 26. Rd5 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Andrey Zhigalko"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g4 e6 4. d3 d5 5. Bg2 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bd7
7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Nd2 Bc6 11. Bxc6+ Qxc6
12. Rg1 Nd7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O h5 15. g5 f5 16. g6 fxg6
17. Rxg6 Ne5 18. Rgg1 Nf7 19. Kb1 e5 20. Nc4 Rh7 21. Bd2 Bg7
22. Bc3 Re8 23. Rde1 Bh8 24. Qe3 Kb8 25. Qh3 Qc8 26. Rg6 f4
27. Qg2 Ka7 28. Qe4 Rh6 29. Rxh6 Nxh6 30. Nd6 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Ohrid MKD"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Milos Pavlovic"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. Qe2 Nc6
7. Be3 Qb6 8. O-O-O Qa5 9. Nd2 Nd4 10. Qf2 Nf6 11. h3 Rc8
12. g4 d5 13. g5 b4 14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Nb5 axb5
17. gxf6 gxf6 18. Kb1 Bh6 19. Bg2 Qxf4 20. Qxd4 Rg8 21. Rhf1
Qe5 22. Bh1 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 dxe4 24. dxe4 Rg5 25. Rxf6 Bg7
26. Rff1 Rc4 27. e5 Bxh1 28. Rxh1 Rxe5 29. Nf3 Re3 30. Rd3 Re2
31. Rc1 Ke7 32. Rb3 Bh6 33. Rd1 Rexc2 34. a3 bxa3 35. bxa3
R2c3 0-1

[Event "ICC 75 30 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.09.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rogelio Barcenilla"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6
7. b3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Qc1 Nc7 11. Nb5 e5
12. Nxc7+ Qxc7 13. Bc3 O-O 14. d3 Rfe8 15. Rb1 Rac8 16. Qb2 b5
17. Qd2 Rcd8 18. Qc1 Qb6 19. Qc2 Nd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Qd2 Rc8
22. Rbc1 Rc3 23. e3 e4 24. Nxd4 Rxd3 25. Qb4 Bxd4 26. exd4
Rxd4 27. Qc5 Qxc5 28. Rxc5 Rc8 29. Re5 a6 30. Re7 Bd5 31. Rd7
Rd3 32. Rd6 a5 33. Rb6 Rc5 34. Re1 f5 35. g4 Kf7 36. gxf5 gxf5
37. Bf1 Rd2 38. Bxb5 e3 39. fxe3 Rcc2 40. Bf1 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "ICC 60 30 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.09.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Giorgi Kacheishvili"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. c3 Bd6
7. d4 O-O 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. a3 f5 10. c4 Nc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4
Be7 13. c5 Bf6 14. Rc1 d4 15. Bc4 dxe3 16. fxe3 Re8 17. O-O
Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Qc2 Qc7 21. Nf3 Bg7
22. Rfe1 Rae8 23. Qa4 Qe7 24. Kh1 Rxe3 25. h3 Bc3 26. Rxe3
Qxe3 27. Rxc3 1-0

[Event "USCL 2009"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.10.21"]
[EventDate "2009.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ronald Burnett"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2368"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 Nf6 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. d3 d5 8. d4 Nbd7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Ne5 Nfe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4
12. Ng4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 f5 14. Ne3 Kf7 15. Rb1 Rhd8 16. b3 Rxd1+
17. Nxd1 Rd8 18. Be3 Na6 19. a3 Nc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. b4 Rd2
22. bxc5 Bc6 23. Ne3 Bd4 24. Nd5 Bxc5 25. Nb4 Ba4 26. Na6 Bxa3
27. f3 Bc2 28. Rb7 Rxe2 29. fxe4 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[EventDate "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alberto David"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "151"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7
7. f4 d6 8. Be3 Nf6 9. N1d2 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nb4 11. O-O O-O
12. Bd4 Nxd3 13. cxd3 b5 14. Rfc1 a5 15. Bf2 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5
17. Nf3 Bg4 18. d4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 a4 20. dxe5 Nd7 21. Nd4 Nxe5
22. Qg3 Bf6 23. Nxb5 Rb8 24. Rd1 Rxb5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rf1 h5
27. Be1 Rd3 28. Qf2 Nf3+ 29. Kh1 Rxb2 30. Qc5 Nd2 31. Bxd2
Rdxd2 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qh3 Kg8 34. Qf3 Rb5 35. a3 h4 36. h3
Rb3 37. Qf5 Rg3 38. Rc1 Rgd3 39. Rc7 Rd8 40. Rc1 Rd1+ 41. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 42. Kh2 Bd4 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. g4 Rd2+ 45. Kh1 Rd3 46. Qd7
Rxh3+ 47. Kg2 Rg3+ 48. Kh2 Bg1+ 49. Kh1 f6 50. Qxa4 Rxg4
51. Qd1 Rg3 52. Qxg1 Rxa3 53. Qb1 Rh3+ 54. Kg2 Rg3+ 55. Kf2
Kh8 56. e5 fxe5 57. Qf5 Kg8 58. Qxe5 Kh8 59. Qf5 Kg8 60. Qe4
Rg5 61. Kf3 h3 62. Kf4 Rg1 63. Qe6+ Kf8 64. Qc8+ Kf7 65. Qc4+
Kg6 66. Qd3+ Kf7 67. Qd5+ Kg6 68. Qf5+ Kh6 69. Qxh3+ Kg6
70. Qf5+ Kh6 71. Qh3+ Kg6 72. Qd3+ Kh6 73. Kf5 Kh7 74. Ke6+
Kg8 75. Qc4 Rg2 76. Ke7+ 1-0

[Event "TOP 16 GpA"]
[Site "Mulhouse FRA"]
[Date "2009.05.02"]
[EventDate "2009.04.30"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sebastien Maze"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Qb3 Bc8 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Nc3 e6 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Nc6 10. Nge2 Bc5 11. O-O O-O
12. Na4 Be7 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qa6 15. Nac3 e5 16. Bf1 Qb6
17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Bg5 Bg4 19. h3 Bxe2 20. Bxe2 Nd4 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. Bg4 g6 23. h4 Be7 24. Nd5 Bd8 25. Rd3 f5 26. exf5
gxf5 27. Bh3 Bf6 28. Bg2 Rac8 29. Rad1 Bg7 30. f4 exf4
31. Rxd4 Bxd4+ 32. Rxd4 fxg3 33. Bf3 f4 34. Kg2 Kh8 35. Rb4
Rf5 36. Nxf4 Kg8 37. Ne2 Kf8 38. Rb3 b5 39. Nd4 Rfc5 40. Kxg3
Kg8 41. Kh3 1-0

[Event "TOP 16 Poule Haute"]
[Site "Le Port Marly FRA"]
[Date "2009.05.30"]
[EventDate "2009.05.28"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Fontaine"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "178"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. a4 Nh5
12. Re1 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. e5 Be6 15. Bf1 Qg5 16. Nd2 Rfd8
17. Nf3 Rxd1 18. Nxg5 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Bb3 20. a5 b6 21. a6 Rd8
22. Nf3 c5 23. Bb5 h6 24. h3 Kf8 25. Kf1 Ke7 26. Ke2 Ke6
27. Nd2 Bd5 28. f3 Bxe5 29. Nc4 Bc7 30. Rd1 Ke7 31. Na3 Be6
32. Rxd8 Kxd8 33. Kd3 Bd6 34. Nc4 Ke7 35. Nd2 g5 36. Ne4 f6
37. Ke2 Be5 38. Nd2 Bd7 39. Bxd7 Kxd7 40. Kd3 b5 41. c4 b4
42. Kc2 Kc6 43. h4 f5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Nb3 Kb6 46. Nc1 Bd4
47. Nd3 Kxa6 48. Kb3 Ka5 49. Ne1 Be5 50. Nd3 Bd6 51. Nf2 Kb6
52. Ka4 Be5 53. Nd3 Bc7 54. Kb3 Kc6 55. Ka4 a6 56. Kb3 Kd6
57. Kc2 Bb6 58. Kb3 Ke6 59. Kc2 Kf6 60. Nc1 Kg6 61. Kd2 a5
62. b3 Kf6 63. Nd3 Ke6 64. Nb2 Bd8 65. Na4 Kd6 66. Kd3 Bf6
67. Nb6 Kc6 68. Na4 Be7 69. Ke2 Kd6 70. Nb6 Ke6 71. Na4 Kf7
72. Kf1 Kg6 73. Nb2 Bf6 74. Nd3 Bd4 75. Nc1 Be3 76. Nd3 Kh5
77. Ne5 Bd4 78. Nd3 Kh4 79. Nc1 Be3 80. Nd3 Kg3 81. Ne1 g4
82. fxg4 fxg4 83. Ke2 Bf2 84. Nd3 Bd4 85. Ne1 Be3 86. Kf1 Kh2
87. Nd3 f3 88. gxf3 g3 89. Ne1 a4 0-1

[Event "BNbank Blitz"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. Nh3 b6 9. f3 Nf6 10. e3 Bb7 11. Be2 d6
12. O-O Qe7 13. b4 a5 14. Bb2 Nbd7 15. Nf2 axb4 16. axb4 c5
17. dxc5 dxc5 18. b5 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 Ne8 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. e4
fxe4 22. Nxe4 Ndf6 23. Nf2 Rd8 24. Re1 Qf7 25. Bf1 Nd6 26. Nd3
Nf5 27. Ne5 Qc7 28. Qe2 Nd4 29. Bxd4 Rxd4 30. Ra1 Rd8 31. Nc6
Bxc6 32. Qxe6+ Kf8 33. bxc6 Re8 34. Qf5 Qxc6 35. Qf4 Qd7
36. Rb1 Qe6 37. h3 Kg8 38. Bd3 Rd8 39. Bf5 Qd6 40. Qe3 Re8
41. Qf2 g6 42. Bc2 Nh5 43. Rd1 Qe5 44. Be4 Ng3 45. Bd5+ Kg7
46. Qd2 Ne2+ 47. Kh1 Ng3+ 48. Kg1 Ne2+ 49. Kf1 Qh2 50. Kf2
Qg3+ 51. Kf1 Qh2 52. Be6 Nd4 53. Bd7 Re2 54. Qxe2 Nxe2
55. Kxe2 Qxg2+ 56. Ke3 Qc2 57. Rd6 Qc3+ 58. Ke4 Qxc4+ 59. Ke5
Qc3+ 60. Kd5 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "BNbank Blitz"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. d5 Bxc3
12. Bc4 Bg7 13. e5 Ba6 14. Qd3 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Nd7 16. Re1 a6
17. Qh4 e6 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. d6 Qc6 20. Bh6 f6 21. exf6 Rxf6
22. Ng5 Nf8 23. d7 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Qxd7 25. Ne4 Rf7 26. Rxb6 c4
27. Qe3 Qd3 28. Qc1 Rd8 29. Rxa6 Qd4 30. Rc6 Qa7 31. Qxc4 Rd4
32. Qc2 Ra4 33. Re2 Qd4 34. h3 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qe5+ 36. Ng3 Qf4
37. Rc8 Kg7 38. Qc3+ Kh6 39. f3 g5 40. Rxf8 1-0

[Event "BNbank Blitz"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. Nf3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 h6 11. Bh4 c5
12. e4 Rc8 13. Bd3 Re8 14. O-O Rc7 15. Rad1 Qc8 16. d5 e5
17. Rfe1 Nh5 18. Nf1 Nf8 19. Ne3 Ng6 20. Bf2 Qd8 21. Bf1 Bc8
22. b4 Bd7 23. bxc5 Rxc5 24. Nf5 Rc7 25. Nxd6 Rf8 26. c5 bxc5
27. Rc1 Nhf4 28. Qa5 c4 29. Rxc4 Qg5 30. Kh1 Rxc4 31. Nxc4 f5
32. exf5 Bxf5 33. d6 Bd3 34. Bg3 Bxf1 35. Rxf1 Ne2 36. Bxe5
Ngf4 37. Bxf4 Qxf4 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. d7 Qh4 40. Qd6 Rd8 41. Rd1
Nc3 42. Ne5 Kg8 43. Qe6+ Kh7 44. Qg6+ Kg8 45. Qe8+ Kh7
46. Qxd8 Qxd8 47. Nc6 Qb6 48. d8=Q Nxd1 49. Qxb6 axb6 50. Kg1
Nc3 51. Nd4 Kg6 52. Kf2 Kf6 53. Ke3 Ke5 54. Kd3 Nd5 55. Ne2
Kd6 56. Kd4 Nc7 57. Nc3 Ne6+ 58. Ke4 g6 59. Nb5+ Kc5 60. Ke5
Kxb5 61. Kxe6 Ka4 62. Kf6 Kxa3 63. Kxg6 b5 64. f4 b4 65. f5 b3
66. f6 b2 67. f7 b1=Q+ 68. Kxh6 Qf5 69. Kg7 Qg5+ 70. Kh7 Qf6
71. Kg8 Qg6+ 72. Kf8 Kb4 73. h4 Kc5 74. h5 Qxh5 75. g4 Qxg4
76. Ke7 Qg7 0-1

[Event "BNbank Blitz"]
[Site "Oslo NOR"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[EventDate "2009.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Peter Flermoen"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 Nc6 10. e3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 Qd7 13. Bg2 Rad8 14. Qe2 e6 15. Ba3 cxd4 16. cxd4
Rfe8 17. Rfc1 Rc8 18. Rab1 b6 19. Qb5 Nb8 20. Qxd7 Nxd7
21. Bc6 Rcd8 22. Bb5 a6 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Rxb6 Ra8 25. Rcc6
Rda7 26. Bc5 Bf8 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 28. a4 a5 29. Rb5 Ke7 30. Rcc5
Ra6 31. Kf1 R8a7 32. g4 Kd7 33. Ke2 Rc6 34. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "BNbank Blitz"]
[Site "Oslo NOR"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[EventDate "2009.11.28"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leif Erlend Johannessen"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. Bd3 Nc6 8. a3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Be7
12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Nbd2 Rd8 14. e4 O-O 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. Nc4 Bc8
17. Nb6 Nd7 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. e5 Nb6 21. h4 g6
22. h5 Bf8 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Ng5 Bh6 25. Qg4 Nxe5 26. Rxc8
Nxg4 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Ne4 Bg7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Nc5 Nf6
31. Be2 Nbd5 32. Bf3 g5 33. g3 Kf8 34. Bxd5 exd5 35. Re1 g4
36. Re5 d4 37. Rf5 b6 38. Rxf6 bxc5 39. bxc5 Ke7 40. Rd6 Rd8
41. Rb6 d3 42. Rb1 Ke6 43. Rd1 Rd4 44. Kf1 Kd5 45. Rc1 d2
46. Rd1 Kxc5 47. Ke2 Ra4 48. Rxd2 Rxa3 49. Rd7 Rf3 50. Rc7+
Kb6 51. Rc4 f5 52. Rb4+ Kc5 53. Rb8 a5 54. Rc8+ Kb4 55. Rb8+
Ka3 0-1

[Event "BNbank Blitz"]
[Site "Oslo NOR"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[EventDate "2009.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kjetil Stokke"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e4 e5 4. f4 g6 5. Nf3 d6 6. fxe5 Bg7
7. Bc4 dxe5 8. O-O h6 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Nxe5+ Ke8 11. Nxc6 Qc7
12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. Nc3 Bd4+ 14. Kh1 Be6 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. Nxd4
cxd4 17. c3 d3 18. Qf3 0-1

[Event "BNbank Blitz"]
[Site "Oslo NOR"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[EventDate "2009.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Flermoen"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O e5
7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Re8 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bc2 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Nxe4
12. Nbd2 Nd6 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. Bf4 Nc4 15. Rab1 Rac8 16. Bd3
N4e5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Be4 c6 19. Re1 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bf5
21. Rbd1 h5 22. g3 Bh3 23. Nd4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rd8 25. Nb3 Be6
26. Nc5 Bc8 27. Rd1 Re8 28. Ne4 Be6 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. Ne4 Be5
31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. Rxd6 Bh3 33. Rd1 Kg7 34. Bg2 Bxg2 35. Kxg2
Re2 36. Rb1 Rc2 37. h4 Kf6 38. Kf3 c5 39. Ke3 Ke5 40. a3 a5
41. f3 Rg2 42. f4+ Kf6 43. Kf3 Rd2 44. b4 axb4 45. axb4 c4
46. Rc1 Rd3+ 47. Kf2 b5 48. Rc2 Kf5 49. Re2 f6 50. Rc2 Kg4
51. Re2 Rf3+ 52. Kg1 Rxg3+ 53. Kh2 Rh3+ 54. Kg2 Rxc3 55. Re6
Rc2+ 56. Kg1 c3 57. Rxf6 Rd2 58. Rxg6+ Kxf4 59. Rf6+ Ke4
60. Re6+ Kd5 61. Re1 c2 0-1

[Event "BNbank Blitz"]
[Site "Oslo NOR"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[EventDate "2009.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Leif Erlend Johannessen"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Qc7 6. Ne5 Bd7
7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d3 e6 9. Nd2 Bd6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Qe2 O-O
12. e4 Be7 13. O-O Rad8 14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15. Nf3 d4 16. a4 Bf8
17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Nc4 e5 19. Bc1 h6 20. g3 g6 21. f4 exf4
22. Bxf4 Qc6 23. Rf1 Nh5 24. Bd2 f5 25. g4 fxg4 26. Qxg4 Qe6
27. Qg2 Bg7 28. b4 cxb4 29. Bxb4 Kh7 30. a5 Rd7 31. Rab1 Rc8
32. Bd2 Rcc7 33. Rb5 Rf7 34. Rbb1 Rxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Rf7 36. Rxf7
Qxf7 37. e5 Nf4 38. Qf3 g5 39. Bxf4 gxf4 40. Qe4+ Qg6+ 41. Kf2
Qxe4 42. dxe4 Kg6 43. Kf3 Kg5 44. h4+ Kxh4 45. Kxf4 h5 46. e6
Bf6 47. Ne5 Kh3 48. Kf3 h4 49. Ng6 Kh2 50. e5 Bg5 51. e7 1-0

[Event "BNbank Blitz"]
[Site "Oslo NOR"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[EventDate "2009.11.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Kjetil A Lie"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 d6
7. e4 g6 8. Nd2 Bg7 9. Nc4 Qd8 10. a4 O-O 11. Ne2 b6 12. Ng3
Ba6 13. h4 h5 14. Qd2 Nbd7 15. Bh6 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Ne5 17. Be2
e6 18. c4 exd5 19. cxd5 Re8 20. Bg5 a6 21. O-O Qd7 22. Bh6 b5
23. Nh1 bxa4 24. Nf2 Rab8 25. Ra2 Rb4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Bxa6
Reb8 28. Be2 Qb7 29. Nd1 Nc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Ne3 Rb4
32. Nf5+ gxf5 33. Qg5+ Kf8 34. Qxf6 Rxb2 35. Rxa4 Rb1 36. Rxb1
Qxb1+ 37. Kh2 Qb2 38. Qxd6+ Kg7 39. exf5 Re8 40. Qg3+ Kf8
41. d6 Qd2 42. f6 1-0

[Event "BNbank Blitz"]
[Site "Oslo NOR"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[EventDate "2009.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kjetil A Lie"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. b3 a5
7. Bb2 a4 8. d3 Qb6 9. Qc2 Bb4 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. e4 a3 12. Bd4
c5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nc4 Qf6
17. d4 Bf5 18. Qd1 Nc3 19. Qd2 cxd4 20. Rfe1 b5 21. Nce5 Rad8
22. Nxd4 Bc5 23. Nec6 Bxd4 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Rac1 b4 26. Qf4
Be6 27. Qc7 Bxf2+ 0-1

[Event "BNbank Blitz"]
[Site "Oslo NOR"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[EventDate "2009.11.28"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Bd2 Bd7
12. Rac1 Ba7 13. Na4 Ke7 14. Be1 Rhd8 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5
Be8 17. Rdc1 Ne4 18. R5c2 f6 19. Nd2 Nd6 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. Rxc4
e5 22. Rc5 Bf7 23. Bxf7 Kxf7 24. b4 Rd7 25. a4 Rad8 26. b5
axb5 27. axb5 Ne7 28. e4 Ng6 29. g3 Nf8 30. Ba5 Ra8 31. Bb4
Ne6 32. Rd5 Rad8 33. Rxd7+ Rxd7 34. Be1 Nd4 35. b6 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "BNbank Blitz"]
[Site "Oslo NOR"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[EventDate "2009.11.28"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Ne2 Bg4 8. Be3 e6 9. Nbc3 Be7 10. Be4 Bf5 11. Bf3 Nb4
12. O-O N4d5 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. Qa4+ c6
17. Qxa7 Bd3 18. Rfd1 Ba6 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas Internet f 10th"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[EventDate "2009.03.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. b3 Nc6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. e4 d6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d4 O-O
7. Ne2 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. O-O Nd7 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7
12. Nxf4 c6 13. dxc6 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Nxc6 15. Qxd6 Nd4 16. Qxb6
axb6 17. Rf2 Nc5 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Rd1 Nc6 20. a4 Rad8 21. Ncd5
Bxd5 22. exd5 Ne5 23. d6 Ng4 24. Re2 Rd7 25. Bh3 h5 26. Bxg4
hxg4 27. Re7 Rfd8 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Kg2 Kf6 30. Nd5+ Ke6
31. Nc7+ Kf5 32. a5 Ne4 33. Rd5+ Kf6 34. axb6 Rxd6 35. Ne8+
Ke6 36. Nxd6 Kxd5 37. Nxb7 Kc6 38. Nd8+ Kxb6 39. Nxf7 Kc5
40. Ne5 Kd4 41. Nxg6 Kc3 42. Ne5 Nf6 43. Kf2 Kxc2 44. b4 Kc3
45. Ke3 Kxb4 46. Kf4 Kc5 47. Nxg4 Nd5+ 48. Ke5 Nc3 49. Nf6 Ne2
50. g4 Ng1 51. g5 Nf3+ 52. Kf4 Nh4 53. Kg4 Ng6 54. h4 Kd6
55. h5 Ne7 56. g6 Ke6 57. Kg5 Nf5 58. h6 Nxh6 59. Kxh6 Kxf6
60. g7 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde (Knockout)"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[EventDate "2010.10.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. e5 dxe5
7. Nxe5 Be7 8. Nxd7 Bxd7 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O Rc8 11. Qf3 Bc6
12. Qg3 Nh5 13. Qe3 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nc3 a6 16. Bxc6 Rxc6
17. d3 Qd4 18. Ne2 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Nd5 20. Rf3 f5 21. Nf4 Nc3
22. Re1 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ne2 Nd5 25. e4 fxe4 26. dxe4 Nf6
27. Nc3 b4 28. e5 Nd7 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Na4 g5 31. Kf2 Ke7
32. Re4 h5 33. Ke2 Kf7 34. h3 h4 35. Nb2 Nb6 36. Nd3 Kg6
37. Kd2 Rc8 38. Rg4 Rd8 39. Ke2 Nd7 40. Rc4 Rc8 41. Nxb4 Nb6
0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde (Knockout)"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2010.10.28"]
[EventDate "2010.10.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3
Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nc4 Bf6 10. h3 Re8 11. Nh2 Bg5
12. Bxg5 Qxg5 13. Qg4 Qxg4 14. Nxg4 f6 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4
Nc5 17. Nge3 a5 18. a4 Be6 19. b3 b6 20. Rf2 Rad8 21. Nb2 h6
22. Rf3 Kh7 23. Nf5 Bc8 24. Raf1 Ba6 25. Ra1 Bb7 26. Rf2 Rd7
27. h4 Rdd8 28. h5 Bc8 29. Rf3 Be6 30. Raf1 Rd7 31. Rg3 Rg8
32. Ne3 Bf7 33. Rh3 Rd4 34. Nbc4 Ra8 35. Ra1 Ra6 36. Nf5 Rd7
37. g4 b5 38. Nb2 Ra8 39. Rf3 Rdd8 40. Kg2 Be6 41. Kg3 Bxf5
42. Rxf5 Ne6 43. axb5 Nd4 44. bxc6 Nxf5+ 45. gxf5 Rd6 46. Nc4
Rxc6 47. Ra4 Rca6 48. Kf4 c5 49. Nb2 Rc6 50. Rc4 Rac8 51. Ra4
Ra8 52. Rc4 Kg8 53. d4 Rac8 54. d5 Rb6 55. Ra4 Rb5 56. Nc4 Ra8
57. d6 Kf8 58. e5 fxe5+ 59. Kxe5 Kf7 60. Kd5 Kf6 61. Kc6 Rbb8
62. d7 Ke7 63. Nxa5 Ra7 64. Re4+ Kf7 65. Nb7 Raxb7 66. d8=N+
Rxd8 67. Kxb7 Rd5 68. Rf4 Rd2 69. Rc4 Rh2 70. Rxc5 Rxh5 71. b4
Rh1 72. b5 Rb1 73. b6 h5 74. Kc7 h4 75. Rc3 Kf6 76. b7 Rxb7+
77. Kxb7 Kxf5 78. Rh3 Kg4 79. Rh1 g5 80. c4 Kf3 81. c5 Kg2
82. Rc1 h3 83. c6 h2 84. c7 1-0

[Event "World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.05"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kivanc Haznedaroglu"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Bb5 Qb6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. g4 a6 10. Be2 b5 11. a3 h6 12. f3 Bb7
13. Qd2 Na5 14. Kf2 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qc3 Qd8
18. Kg2 Rc8 19. Qd2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Rhe1 Bc5 22. Qf2 O-O
23. Rad1 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 f5 25. Qg3 fxg4 26. Qxg4 Qf6 27. Rf1
Rc7 28. c3 Rb7 29. Rf2 Rxb2 30. Bd2 Qe5 31. Kg1 h5 32. Qg6 Rf6
33. Qe8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.06"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 e6
7. Nh3 Nge7 8. Be3 b6 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 Qd7 11. Bg1 Bb7
12. Qd2 Rae8 13. Rae1 f5 14. Ng5 Nd4 15. Nf3 Nec6 16. Nxd4
cxd4 17. Ne2 e5 18. c3 exf4 19. gxf4 dxc3 20. bxc3 Rc8 21. Ng3
Ne7 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. cxd4 Qa4 24. Qe3 Rc2 25. Rc1 Rfc8 26. d5
fxe4 27. dxe4 Ba6 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. Rg1 Qxa2 30. Qd4 Qb2
31. Qa4 Bb5 32. Qxa7 Nc8 33. Qb7 Qg7 34. Qa8 Qc3 35. Qa1 Bd3
36. Qd1 Ne7 37. f5 Rd2 38. Qa4 b5 39. Qa7 Kf8 40. Qe3 b4
41. Qf4 Ke8 42. f6 Nc8 43. Bh3 Ba6 44. Bxc8 Bxc8 45. f7+ Kf8
46. Rf1 1-0

[Event "World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.09"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 Ne8 10. b4 f5 11. c5 Nf6 12. f3 f4
13. Nc4 g5 14. a4 Ng6 15. Ba3 Rf7 16. b5 dxc5 17. Bxc5 h5
18. a5 g4 19. b6 g3 20. Kh1 Bf8 21. d6 axb6 22. Bg1 Nh4
23. Re1 Nxg2 24. dxc7 Nxe1 25. Qxe1 g2+ 26. Kxg2 Rg7+ 27. Kh1
Bh3 28. Bf1 Qd3 29. Nxe5 Bxf1 30. Qxf1 Qxc3 31. Rc1 Qxe5
32. c8=Q Rxc8 33. Rxc8 Qe6 0-1

[Event "World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.10"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Rafael Duailibe Leitao"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. a3 Nbd7 9. g3 Be7 10. c5 e5 11. Bg2 e4 12. b4
Nf8 13. b5 Ne6 14. Rb1 Qd7 15. a4 Bd8 16. Bd2 g5 17. a5 Bxa5
18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bxa5 g4 21. Qb3 O-O 22. h4
gxh3 23. Bxh3 Nh7 24. Bf1 Nhg5 25. Bc4 Nf3+ 26. Kf1 Neg5
27. Qb7 Qf5 28. Rb2 Rac8 29. Kg2 Nxd4 30. exd4 Qf3+ 31. Kh2
Qh5+ 32. Kg1 Qd1+ 33. Bf1 Qxd4 34. Qb4 Qe5 35. Qc3 Qf5 36. Be2
Rfe8 37. Qe3 Re5 38. Qf4 Qxf4 39. gxf4 Rxc5 40. Bd2 Ne6
41. Be3 Ra5 42. Kg2 c5 43. Bc4 Ra4 44. Bxe6 fxe6 45. Rb7 1-0

[Event "World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.11"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasilios Kotronias"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nd6
7. Bf4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 c6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. c3 Nd7
12. Qc2 h6 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. Re2 Bg4 16. Rxe8 Nxe8
17. Ne5 Be6 18. Re1 Nef6 19. Ng6 Qb6 20. Nxf8 Nxf8 21. h3 Re8
22. Re5 N8d7 23. Re2 Nf8 24. Re5 N8d7 25. Re3 Qa5 26. a3 Nf8
27. Be5 Qd8 28. f4 Bd7 29. Qf2 N6h7 30. Nh5 g6 31. Qg3 f5
32. c4 Kf7 33. cxd5 cxd5 34. Be2 Ne6 35. Qf3 Bc6 36. Kh2 Qb6
37. Ng3 Nxd4 38. Qf2 Nc2 39. Nxf5 Nxe3 40. Nxh6+ Kf8 41. Qg3
Bd7 42. Bc3 Nf5 43. Nxf5 Bxf5 44. Bf3 d4 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.g4 b5 11.g5 Nd7 12.O-O-O Nc5
13.a3 Rb8 14.b4 Nd7 15.Nd5 exd5 16.exd5 Be7 17.Re1 Ne5 18.fxe5
Bxg5+ 19.Kb1 dxe5 20.Nc6 Bf6 21.Bd3 h5 22.Rxe5+ Bxe5 23.Re1
Bg4 24.Qf4 O-O 25.Rxe5 g6 26.Qf6 Rbe8 27.Ne7+ Rxe7 28.Rxe7
Qxh2 29.Bxg6 Qh1+ 30.Kb2 Qxd5 31.Bxf7+ Qxf7 32.Rxf7 Rxf7
33.Qxa6 Kg7 34.Qxb5 Kg6 35.Qc4 Rd7 36.b5 Kg5 37.b6 Bf3 38.Qb5+
Rd5 39.Qb3 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O Be6 9. b3 a6 10. Re1 Rc8 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Bf1
O-O 13. Nd5 Bg4 14. c4 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nb8 16. h3 Bh5 17. Be2
Nd7 18. Rc1 Bg6 19. b4 e4 20. Nd2 Qb6 21. a3 Bh4 22. c5 dxc5
23. Nc4 Qd8 24. Bh5 cxb4 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Rxe4 Bxf2+ 27. Kh1
b5 28. Ne5 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Bg3 31. Re3 Bf4 32. Rd3
Bd6 33. axb4 Qf6 34. Be3 Qf1+ 35. Bg1 Rf4 36. g4 Qxd1 37. Rxd1
Rxb4 38. Re1 Rf4 39. Ra1 Ra4 40. Re1 b4 41. Re6 b3 42. Rxd6
Rb4 43. Rd8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Na3 f5 10.Nc4 Nd4 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Ne3
Bg6 13.Ncd5 Bh6 14.c3 Ne6 15.Bd3 Bxe3 16.Nxe3 Qb6 17.O-O Nf4
18.Be2 Rg8 19.Bf3 Nh3+ 20.Kh1 Nxf2+ 21.Rxf2 Qxe3 22.Bxb7 Rb8
23.Re2 Qb6 24.Bd5 Rg7 25.Qd2 f5 26.Rf1 Kd7 27.b4 f4 28.a4 a5
29.b5 Rd8 30.g3 fxg3 31.hxg3 Kc8 32.c4 Kb8 33.Rf6 Re7 34.Kh2
e4 35.Qc3 Rc8 36.Re3 Ka7 37.Bc6 Rd8 38.c5 dxc5 39.Bxe4 Rd6
40.Rxd6 Qxd6 41.Qxa5+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3
Qe6+ 7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Nd4 9. Bd1 e5 10. O-O O-O-O 11. d3
g6 12. Re1 Bg7 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. c3 Ne6 15. Nf3 Nc6 16. Bc2 Rd6
17. Ng5 Ncd8 18. Nf3 Nc6 19. Nd2 Rd7 20. Ne4 f5 21. Ng5 Nc5
22. Rd1 h6 23. Be3 hxg5 24. Bxc5 b6 25. Be3 Bf6 26. a4 Kb7
27. Kf1 Re8 28. Re1 Red8 29. b4 a5 30. bxa5 Nxa5 31. Rab1 Ka6
32. Red1 Rd6 33. Ke2 Rc6 34. Bd2 Ka7 35. g4 Nb7 36. Bb3 Rcd6
37. Bf7 Be7 38. Bc1 Nc5 39. Bc4 Nb7 40. Ba3 c5 41. Kf1 Na5
42. Bb5 Bf6 43. Kg2 Kb7 44. Re1 Kc7 45. Rbd1 e4 46. d4 Rd5
47. Rb1 cxd4 48. cxd4 Rxd4 49. Ba6 Rb8 50. Rec1+ Kd7 51. Bc5
Rd5 52. Bxb6 Nc6 53. Bc4 Rd2 54. Rd1 Bc3 55. Be3 Rxb1 56. Rxb1
Rc2 57. Bb3 Re2 58. Kf1 Rb2 59. Rxb2 Bxb2 60. gxf5 gxf5
61. Bxg5 Nd4 62. Bd1 Bc3 63. h4 Ke6 64. h5 Kf7 65. Be3 Nc6
66. Bb3+ Kf6 67. Bd5 Ne5 68. Bb6 Kg5 69. a5 Nd7 70. Bc7 Nc5
71. Bf7 Na6 72. Bd8+ Kh6 73. Bg6 Nc5 74. Bb6 Bb4 75. Bxf5 Kxh5
76. Bxe4 Nxe4 77. a6 Nd2+ 78. Kg2 Nc4 79. Bd4 1-0

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.14"]
[EventDate "2010.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Stripunsky"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Nge7 6. Na3 Nf5
7. Nc2 d4 8. Bd3 Qb6 9. Qe2 Nfe7 10. Be4 Nd5 11. g3 Bd7 12. c4
Ndb4 13. d3 Nxc2+ 14. Qxc2 f5 15. exf6 gxf6 16. Nh4 f5 17. Bg2
O-O-O 18. Nf3 Bd6 19. Bd2 Rdg8 20. O-O-O h6 21. Rde1 Kb8
22. Re2 Rg6 23. Rhe1 Rc8 24. Kb1 a5 25. Ka1 Kc7 26. Nh4 Rf6
27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. Bxa5+ b6 29. Bd2 Qa8 30. Rf2 Bc6 31. Qd1 b5
32. b3 bxc4 33. bxc4 Rb8 34. Bc1 Ba4 35. Qd2 Kc8 36. Ree2 Bc7
37. Qe1 Ba5 38. Bd2 Bc2 39. Bxa5 Qxa5 40. Rf1 Rb1+ 41. Qxb1
Bxb1 42. Rxb1 Qc3+ 43. Reb2 Rf7 44. Nf3 Rb7 45. Ne5 h5 0-1

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.15"]
[EventDate "2010.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Robert Lee Hess"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3
O-O 7. b4 d6 8. Bb2 b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nbd7 11. O-O Rc8
12. d3 Rc7 13. e4 Qa8 14. Qd2 Rfc8 15. Nh4 b5 16. cxb5 c4
17. dxc4 Bxe4 18. f3 Bb7 19. Rfc1 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 Rxc4 21. Bf1
Rc8 22. Qxd6 h6 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 g5 25. Ng2 Bxf3 26. Be3
Nb6 27. Bd4 Qd5 28. Qxd5 Nfxd5 29. Ne1 Bd1 30. Nd3 f6 31. Nb2
Bb3 32. Bg2 Kf7 33. Kf2 e5 34. Bxd5+ Bxd5 35. Bxb6 axb6
36. Na4 f5 37. Nxb6 Ke6 38. a4 f4 39. a5 Bh1 40. Kg1 Bf3
41. a6 1-0

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.19"]
[EventDate "2010.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Jesse Kraai"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 a6 6. Ne5 Bb4+
7. Nc3 Nd5 8. Bd2 Nb6 9. e3 N8d7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Ne4 Qb5
12. O-O O-O 13. a4 Qa5 14. Qe1 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Qxd2 16. Nxd2 Bd7
17. a5 Nd5 18. Rfc1 Bb5 19. Bf1 c5 20. dxc5 Rfc8 21. Nxc4 Rxc5
22. Nb6 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nxb6 24. axb6 Bc6 25. Bg2 Kf8 26. Bxc6
bxc6 27. Rxc6 Rb8 28. f4 Ke7 29. e4 Kd7 30. Rc7+ Kd8 31. Rxf7
Rxb6 32. Rxg7 Rxb2 33. Rxh7 a5 34. Ra7 Ra2 35. h4 Ke8 36. h5
Kf8 37. h6 1-0

[Event "Rising Stars - Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2010.08.12"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nb3
Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Qc8 11. Be3 Rd8
12. Rf2 d5 13. exd5 e6 14. d6 Nb4 15. Rd2 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nbd5
17. Nxd5 exd5 18. c3 Rxd6 19. a4 Qc4 20. Nd4 Re8 21. Kh1 Rd7
22. Rdd1 Rde7 23. Bg1 a6 24. Qd3 Qc8 25. Nf3 Re4 26. Bxb6 Rxf4
27. Bg1 Rfe4 28. a5 Bh6 29. Rf1 Qb7 30. b4 Ng4 31. b5 Qxb5
32. Qxb5 axb5 33. Rfb1 Be3 34. Bxe3 Nxe3 35. a6 Kg7 36. Nd4 b4
37. a7 bxc3 38. Rb8 R8e7 39. a8=Q Ng4 40. Nf3 c2 41. h3 1-0

[Event "Rising Stars - Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2010.08.14"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Peter Heine Nielsen"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O
Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Bc2 Bc4 16. Qd2 Ra7 17. Ne5
axb4 18. axb4 bxc5 19. bxc5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Be7 21. Rab1 Rfa8
22. Rb4 Bd8 23. Ne4 Qe7 24. Nc3 Ra3 25. Reb1 g6 26. Ne4 dxe4
27. Rxc4 e3 28. fxe3 Qg5 29. Bd3 h5 30. Rcb4 h4 31. Kg2 Kg7
32. Rb7 Ra2 33. R1b2 Ba5 34. Qf2 Rxb2 35. Rxb2 Ra7 36. Qf4 Bd8
37. Be4 h3+ 38. Kxh3 Qh5+ 39. Kg2 Qd1 40. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Rising Stars - Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2010.08.18"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5
Bxc5 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. Qd4 Qb6 16. Bc4 Rac8
17. Bg5+ Ke8 18. O-O Ne7 19. Rfd1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 h6 21. Be3 Nf5
22. Qd2 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Nd7 24. Qxb6 Nxb6 25. Ba6 Rd8 26. Rac1
Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Ke7 28. Rd4 Nd5 29. Bb7 a5 30. Bxd5 Rd8 31. Rc4
Rxd5 32. Rc7+ Ke8 33. f4 g5 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. a3 bxa3 36. bxa3
Rxe5 37. Kg2 Rd5 38. h3 Kf8 39. Rc4 Ke7 40. h4 gxh4 41. Rxh4
Kd6 42. Kf1 Kc5 43. Ke2 Rd4 44. Rh7 Re4+ 45. Kd3 Rf4 46. Ke3
e5 47. Rh8 Kb5 48. Rc8 f6 49. Rc3 Rc4 50. Rb3+ Kc5 51. Kd2
Rd4+ 52. Ke2 f5 53. Rb8 Ra4 54. Rc8+ Kd5 55. Rc3 Re4+ 56. Kd2
Rc4 57. Rh3 Rf4 58. Ke2 Kc4 59. Rg3 a4 60. f3 Kb3 61. Rg8 Kxa3
62. Ke3 Rb4 63. Re8 e4 0-1

[Event "Rising Stars - Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2010.08.19"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. e5
dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Nd5 Qc5 14. Nb3 Qc6 15. Na5 Qc5 16. Nxb7
Qc6 17. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.21"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Helgi Dam Ziska"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5
7. O-O c6 8. a4 a5 9. h3 Qc7 10. Be3 Na6 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rad1
Nb4 13. f4 b6 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. d5 Ba6 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Rf2
Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nh5 19. Qf3 f6 20. Be3 Rf8 21. dxc6 Qxc6
22. Rfd2 Rab8 23. Qf2 Qc8 24. Nb5 f5 25. Nd6 Qe6 26. Bf1 Kh8
27. Bc4 Qf6 28. g4 Nf4 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. exf5 gxf5 31. Nxf5
Qxb2 32. Nxg7 Qxg7 33. Rd7 Qe5 34. Re1 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bayarsaikhan Gundavaa"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. e4 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5
7. Be3 Ngf6 8. h3 O-O 9. c5 Qe7 10. b4 a5 11. a3 Rd8 12. Qb1
b6 13. c6 Nf8 14. b5 Ne6 15. Bc4 Nd4 16. Ng5 Rf8 17. Qa2 h6
18. Nf3 Be6 19. Bxe6 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 fxe6 21. O-O-O Rf7 22. Rd3
Ne8 23. Rd7 Qf6 24. Rhd1 Bf8 25. Rxf7 Qxf7 26. Rd7 Qf6 27. f4
Bc5 28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. f5 gxf5 30. exf5 Qxf5 31. Qc2 Qg5+
32. Kb2 e4 33. Qxe4 Qf6 34. f4 a4 35. Qe5 Qg6 36. Qe4 Qf6
37. Qe5 Qg6 38. f5 exf5 39. Rd3 f4 40. Rd2 f3 41. Qd5+ Qf7
42. Rf2 Qxd5 43. Nxd5 Rd8 44. Nc3 Rd3 45. Nxa4 c4 46. Nc3 Nd6
47. a4 Kf7 48. Rh2 Ke6 49. Kc2 Ke5 50. b6 cxb6 51. c7 Nc8
52. h4 Rd7 53. Rf2 Kf4 54. Rf1 h5 55. Rg1 Ne7 56. Nb5 f2
57. Rf1 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Diego Flores"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d5
7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Ne5 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e4 dxe4
12. Bxe4 Nb6 13. Bxc6 Bh3 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Bf3 Bxd4 16. Nb5 Bf6
17. Nxa7 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Rc2 19. Nc6 Na4 20. Bh6 Nxb2 21. Rdc1
Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Re8 23. g4 e5 24. Be2 e4 25. Rb1 Nd3 26. a4 Bh4
27. Be3 f5 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Bd4 f4 30. a5 e3 31. fxe3 Bf2+
32. Kh1 Ne1 33. Rxe1 Bxe1 34. a6 Be6 35. Bf3 fxe3 36. Bxe3 Bc8
37. a7 Bb7 38. Ne7+ Rxe7 39. Bxb7 Re8 40. a8=R Rxa8 41. Bxa8
Bc3 42. Kg2 Bb2 43. Kf3 Bc3 44. Ke4 Bb2 45. Kf5 Bc3 46. Ke6
Bb2 47. Kf5 Bc3 48. Kg5 Bb2 49. Kh5 Bc3 50. h4 Bb2 51. Kh6 Bc3
52. Be4 Kh8 53. Kg5 Bb2 54. h5 Kg8 55. Bd5+ Kh8 56. Kf5 Bc3
57. h6 Bb2 58. Ke6 Kg8 59. Ke7+ Kh8 60. Kf7 Bc3 61. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. Nh4 Ne4 10. cxd5 Bxh4 11. Bxe4 Bf6
12. Nc3 d6 13. Bg2 Nd7 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Qc2 h6 16. Rad1 a6
17. a4 Rab8 18. Ne4 Be5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. f4 Nd7 21. Nf2 b5
22. e4 c4 23. Qc3 Rfe8 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Qc5 26. axb5 axb5
27. e6 Nf6 28. Qe5 fxe6 29. dxe6 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Bxg2 31. Kxg2
Rb6 32. Rde1 Kf8 33. h4 Rc8 34. Nh3 b4 35. Nf4 c3 36. bxc3
bxc3 37. Rc1 c2 38. Re2 Rbc6 39. e7+ Ke8 40. Ne6 Nh5 41. Nd4
Rg6 42. Re3 Rd6 43. Nf3 Rd1 44. Re1 Rxc1 45. Rxc1 Nf6 46. Nd4
Nd5 47. Nf5 Rc3 48. Nxg7+ Kxe7 49. Nf5+ Kf6 50. Nd4 Nb4
51. Kh3 Ke5 52. Nxc2 Nxc2 53. Rb1 Ne3 54. Rb5+ Ke4 55. Rb4+
Kf3 56. Rf4+ Ke2 57. h5 Rc1 58. Kh2 Rc4 59. Rf8 Rc5 60. g4
Nxg4+ 61. Kg3 Ne3 62. Kh4 Rg5 63. Rf6 Nf5+ 64. Kh3 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2010.10.23"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Romain Edouard"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4
Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. Qd2 Be7 11. f3 O-O
12. g4 Qc7 13. O-O-O Rfd8 14. g5 Nh5 15. Be3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4
17. Ne2 a5 18. Kb1 a4 19. Nbc1 Be8 20. Ng3 f6 21. Rhg1 d5
22. gxf6 Bxf6 23. e5 Bxe5 24. Nxh5 Bxh5 25. Rg5 Bxf3 26. Rxe5
Bxd1 27. Qxd1 d4 28. Bd2 d3 29. cxd3 Qc7 30. Bc3 a3 31. Qg4
axb2 32. Qxe6+ Qf7 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34. Kxb2 Ra4 35. Rb5 Rd7
36. d4 Ra6 37. Nd3 Re7 38. Ne5+ Ke8 39. Rc5 Ree6 40. Rc8+ Ke7
41. Rc7+ Kd8 42. Rxg7 Reb6+ 43. Ka1 Rf6 44. Rg2 Rab6 45. Rg1
Ke7 46. Re1 Rb5 47. d5 Ra6 48. Ng4+ Kd6 49. Nf6 Kc5 50. Rc1
Kc4 51. d6 Ra8 52. d7 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2010.10.24"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d6 7. g3 e5 8. Bg2 Qe7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. b4 a5 11. Bb2 Re8
12. b5 Nbd7 13. Nf3 Nb6 14. Qxe5 Be6 15. Nd2 Nxc4 16. Nxc4
Bxc4 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. e3 Ne4 19. Rc1 Bxb5 20. Bxe4 Rxe4
21. Rxc7 Bc6 22. O-O Rd8 23. Bd4 h5 24. h4 Rd5 25. Rb1 Rf5
26. Kf1 Re8 27. Ke2 f6 28. Rc1 Rd5 29. Kd3 Rb5 30. a4 Rb3+
31. Rc3 Be4+ 32. Ke2 Rb2+ 33. Ke1 Ra2 34. R3c4 Bf3 35. R7c5
Ra8 36. Rf5 Bg4 37. Rfc5 Be6 38. Rc1 Rxa4 39. Rxh5 Rb4
40. Rhc5 a4 41. h5 a3 42. h6 a2 43. Rc7 Rxd4 44. Rxg7+ Kh8
45. exd4 a1=Q 46. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 47. Kd2 b5 48. Rg6 Ra2+ 49. Ke3
Ra3+ 50. Ke4 Ra6 51. d5 Bg8 52. Rg7 Rd6 53. Kf5 Bh7+ 54. Kf4
Rxd5 55. g4 Rd4+ 56. Kg3 Rd3+ 57. Kf4 Bg8 58. g5 fxg5+
59. Kxg5 Rd5+ 60. Kg6 Rd6+ 61. Kg5 Rb6 62. f4 b4 63. f5 b3
64. f6 b2 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2010.10.24"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Ngoc Truongson Nguyen"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e5 f6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Nf3 Qe7
7. O-O O-O-O 8. Re1 Qf7 9. a3 Nge7 10. b4 Ng6 11. Bd3 fxe5
12. dxe5 Be7 13. b5 Na5 14. Bd2 b6 15. Ne2 Bc5 16. Bb4 Nh4
17. Ned4 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Qe7 19. c3 Rdf8 20. Nd4 Rf4 21. Ra2
Rhf8 22. Qa4 Kd8 23. g3 R4f7 24. Bxh7 g5 25. Bd3 g4 26. Bxc5
Qxc5 27. Qb4 c6 28. a4 Qe7 29. bxc6 Bxc6 30. Qxa5 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2010.10.25"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "226"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 a5 10. d4 a4 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. Nbd2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 h6 15. Bd2 Qc8 16. Bd3 Qb7 17. Qc2 g6
18. b4 Bg7 19. a3 Rac8 20. Rac1 Kh7 21. Be3 Ng8 22. Qe2 Rb8
23. h4 Kh8 24. dxe5 Bg4 25. exd6 cxd6 26. Qd1 Qe7 27. h5 gxh5
28. Nf5 Qf6 29. Nxg7 Qxg7 30. Be2 Ne5 31. Nxe5 dxe5 32. Bxg4
hxg4 33. c4 bxc4 34. Rxc4 g3 35. Qh5 gxf2+ 36. Bxf2 Nf6
37. Qf3 Re6 38. Rec1 Qg6 39. Qf5 Kg7 40. Rd1 Ng4 41. Rd7 Nxf2
42. Qxg6+ Rxg6 43. Kxf2 Rbb6 44. Rc3 Rbd6 45. Rxd6 Rxd6 46. b5
Rd2+ 47. Kg1 Rb2 48. Rc4 Rxb5 49. Rxa4 Rb2 50. Kf1 Kg6 51. Rb4
Ra2 52. Rb3 Kg5 53. Rf3 f6 54. Rf5+ Kg6 55. Rf3 h5 56. Rg3+
Kh6 57. Rf3 Kg5 58. Rf5+ Kg6 59. Rf3 Rc2 60. Rg3+ Kf7 61. Rh3
Kg6 62. Rg3+ Kh6 63. Rf3 Kg5 64. Rg3+ Kh6 65. Rf3 Kg7 66. Rg3+
Kf7 67. Rh3 Rc4 68. Re3 h4 69. Kf2 Kg6 70. Kf3 Kg5 71. Rb3 Rc1
72. Rb8 Rc3+ 73. Kf2 Rxa3 74. Rh8 Kg4 75. Rh6 Ra2+ 76. Kg1 Kg5
77. Rh8 Ra4 78. Rg8+ Kf4 79. Rh8 Rxe4 80. Rxh4+ Kf5 81. Rh8
Rf4 82. Ra8 Rb4 83. Ra6 Rb2 84. Kh2 Kg5 85. Re6 Rb5 86. Kg3 f5
87. Re8 Rb3+ 88. Kf2 Kf4 89. Ra8 Rb4 90. Ra2 e4 91. Ra3 Rb2+
92. Kf1 e3 93. Ra8 Rf2+ 94. Kg1 Rd2 95. Kf1 Ke4 96. Ra4+ Rd4
97. Ra2 f4 98. Ke2 Rb4 99. Rc2 Rb1 100. Rc4+ Kf5 101. Rc8 Rb2+
102. Kf1 Rf2+ 103. Kg1 Ke4 104. Ra8 Rb2 105. Kf1 Kd3 106. Rd8+
Kc3 107. Rd7 Rf2+ 108. Kg1 Rd2 109. Re7 Rd1+ 110. Kh2 Kd2
111. Rd7+ Ke1 112. Rf7 e2 113. Rxf4 Kd2 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2010.10.25"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sophie Milliet"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. fxe5 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Qh4+ 7. Ke2 Bg4+ 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Qe1 Qh5 10. Kd1 Bxf3+ 11. gxf3
O-O-O 12. Qe4 Qxe5 13. d4 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. a4 Qb2 16. Bh3+
Kb8 17. Ke2 Bd6 18. Rhb1 Qxa1 19. Rxa1 Rhe8 20. Be3 Rxe4
21. fxe4 f6 22. Rg1 Bf8 23. Be6 Re8 24. Bd5 Ne7 25. Bf7 Rd8
26. c4 Nc8 27. c5 Rd7 28. Bg8 h6 29. Rb1 Ne7 30. Be6 Rd8
31. a5 Nc6 32. a6 Nxd4+ 33. Bxd4 Rxd4 34. Rxb7+ Ka8 35. Bd5
1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2010.10.26"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Nadezhda Kosintseva"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Qe2
d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O-O Be6 10. f3 Nd7 11. g4 Nde5
12. Rg1 Bc4 13. Qf2 Bxf1 14. Rgxf1 Nc4 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. Kb1
N4a5 17. f4 Nxb3 18. cxb3 f6 19. h4 Qe7 20. Qg2 Rae8 21. Nd5
Qxe4+ 22. Qxe4 Rxe4 23. Nxc7 Nd4 24. Nd5 Ne2 25. a3 b5 26. b4
h5 27. gxh5 Ng3 28. Rfe1 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Nxh5 30. Re6 Rc8
31. Rxd6 Rc4 32. f5 Rxh4 33. Rb6 Ng3 34. Ne7+ Kh7 35. Rxb5
Rh1+ 36. Kc2 Rf1 37. Rxb7 Nxf5 38. Nxf5 Rxf5 39. b5 Kh6 40. a4
Rf2+ 41. Kb3 Rf3+ 42. Ka2 Rf4 43. Ka3 Rf1 44. b6 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde (Knockout)"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[EventDate "2010.10.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. cxd5
cxd5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Ne5 Qxb3 9. Nxb3 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f3
Bh5 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. e6 fxe6 14. Bc3 e5 15. Bb5 e6 16. Na5 a6
17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Nxb7 Rb8 19. Na5 Bd6 20. Nb3 Rhc8 21. Kd2
Ke7 22. Rhf1 Be8 23. f4 d4 24. exd4 exf4 25. Rf2 g5 26. Nc1
Bc6 27. Nd3 Bd5 28. a3 Be4 29. Re1 Bf5 30. h4 h6 31. Rh1 Kf7
32. Rff1 Kg6 33. b4 a5 34. Nc5 axb4 35. axb4 e5 36. hxg5 hxg5
37. Ra1 exd4 38. Ra6 Rd8 39. Bxd4 Rxb4 40. Kc3 Bc8 41. Rc6 Bb7
42. Nxb7 Rxb7 43. Bb6 Rxb6 44. Rxb6 Kf5 45. Rb5+ Be5+ 46. Kc2
Rd4 47. Rh8 Rc4+ 48. Kd2 Rd4+ 49. Ke2 Re4+ 50. Kf1 Re3 51. Re8
Re4 52. Kf2 g4 53. Rf8+ Kg6 54. Kf1 Bc3 55. Rg8+ Kf6 56. Rxg4
Ra4 57. Rh4 Kg6 58. Rg4+ Kf6 59. Rg8 Bb4 60. Rc8 Bd6 61. Rc6
Rd4 62. Ke2 Ke6 63. Ra6 Re4+ 64. Kf2 Rd4 65. Rb3 Kd5 66. Kf3
Ke6 67. Rbb6 Ke5 68. Rxd6 Rxd6 69. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde (Knockout)"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[EventDate "2010.10.30"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. d3 d5 3. Bg2 e5 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. c3 a5 6. e4 Bc5
7. Ngf3 dxe4 8. dxe4 O-O 9. O-O h6 10. Qc2 Be6 11. a4 Qd7
12. Re1 Rfd8 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Be3 Qd3 15. Qxd3 Rxd3 16. Bxb6
cxb6 17. Nbd2 Rad8 18. Nf1 Nd7 19. Ne3 Nc5 20. Bf1 R3d7
21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Kf8 23. Bb5 f6 24. Kg2 Rd6 25. Rab1 Na7
26. b4 axb4 27. cxb4 Ne6 28. Bc4 Nd4 29. Nh4 g5 30. Ng6+ Ke8
31. h4 g4 32. h5 Nac6 33. Rec1 Ra8 34. a5 bxa5 35. bxa5 Nxa5
36. Bd5 Rd7 37. Rb6 Ndc6 38. Nh4 Ne7 39. Rxf6 Nxd5 40. exd5
Ra6 41. Rc8+ Ke7 42. Rxa6 bxa6 43. Nf5+ Kf6 44. Ne3 Kg5
45. Rg8+ Kxh5 46. Nxg4 Rf7 47. Kh3 Nc4 48. Nf6+ Rxf6 49. g4+
1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde (Knockout)"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde FRA"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[EventDate "2010.10.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O
Qc7 13. Ne5 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Rxa6 16. Qd3 Raa8
17. g3 Rfb8 18. Na4 axb4 19. cxb6 Qd8 20. axb4 Bxb4 21. Rfb1
Be7 22. Qc2 Qc8 23. Rc1 Bd8 24. Rab1 Ra5 25. Rb4 Be7 26. Rbb1
Bd8 27. Kg2 h5 28. h4 g6 29. Rb4 Be7 30. Nc5 Rb5 31. Rxb5 cxb5
32. Qb1 Rxb6 33. Nd3 Rc6 34. Nc5 Qb8 35. Qb4 Qb6 36. Rc3 Rc7
37. Kh3 Bxc5 38. dxc5 Qc6 39. Qd4 Ra7 40. Rf3 Ra4 41. Qe3 Rg4
42. Qa3 Ra4 43. Qe3 Rg4 44. Kh2 d4 45. Qa3 b4 46. Qd3 Qxc5
47. Qa6 Qe7 48. Qb6 Re4 49. Qb8+ Kg7 50. Rd3 Qc5 51. Rf3 Rxe5
52. Qd8 Rf5 53. Rxf5 exf5 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.06"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bg2
O-O 7. Ngf3 Nc6 8. O-O d5 9. e3 Qe7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nb3 Bb6
12. a4 a6 13. Nbd4 Bg4 14. Qb3 Ba7 15. Bd2 Ne4 16. Bc3 Nxc3
17. bxc3 Rfd8 18. Nd2 Na5 19. Qa2 Qd7 20. N2f3 Qe7 21. Ne2 Bf5
22. Nf4 Be4 23. Rfd1 Qc5 24. Ng5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 h6 26. Rxd5
Rxd5 27. Ne4 Qc4 28. Qxc4 Nxc4 29. Nxd5 Re8 30. Nef6+ gxf6
31. Nxf6+ Kf8 32. Nxe8 Kxe8 33. Rb1 Nd6 34. e4 b6 35. e5 Nb7
36. Rb4 Nc5 37. Rh4 Kf8 38. Rxh6 Kg7 39. Rc6 Nxa4 40. e6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "4.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 b6
7. c3 Bb7 8. Nbd2 c5 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. e4 d4 11. Re1 Rc8 12. c4
e5 13. Bh3 Rc7 14. f5 Bc8 15. g4 Ne8 16. Nf1 Nd6 17. Ng3 b5
18. b3 a5 19. Bf1 a4 20. h4 Bd7 21. h5 Ra7 22. Bd2 Nb4 23. Qb2
Qa8 24. a3 Nc6 25. bxa4 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "8.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Bxe4
dxe4 7. d5 Nb4 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. a3 Na6 10. Nge2 g6 11. Be5 f6
12. Bg3 Qb6 13. O-O Rd8 14. h3 e6 15. Bh2 Bg7 16. g4 Bxg4
17. hxg4 exd5 18. Nxd5 Qe6 19. Nef4 Qf7 20. c4 f5 21. f3 O-O
22. gxf5 gxf5 23. fxe4 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Be5 25. exf5 Kh8 26. Ng6+
1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "11.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. a3 Nd7 6. Bd3 e6
7. Nge2 h6 8. Bf4 Ngf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Na4 Qd8 11. b3 b5
12. Nb2 a6 13. c4 O-O 14. a4 b4 15. a5 c5 16. cxd5 Nxd5
17. Nc4 Bb7 18. Bg3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5 20. Ne5 Rc8 21. Bc4 Bf6
22. Qe2 Kh7 23. Rfc1 Nc3 24. Qe1 Bd5 25. Rc2 Bxe5 26. Bxe5
Bxc4 27. bxc4 Nd3 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "12.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergei Movsesian"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "191"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Ne2 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5
7. O-O exd4 8. Re1 Be7 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nbc3 Qd8 11. a3 Bg4
12. Qc2 Re8 13. Be3 Bd6 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bg5 Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6
17. Qb3 Na5 18. Qa4 c6 19. Rad1 b5 20. Qc2 a6 21. Nc1 Nc4
22. d5 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 cxd5 24. Nxd5 Bh2+ 25. Kxh2 Qxd5 26. Bh4
g5 27. Bg3 Rd8 28. Re2 Qd1 29. Na2 Qxc2 30. Rxc2 Ne4 31. Nb4
a5 32. Nc6 Rd2 33. Rxd2 Nexd2 34. Nd4 Nxb2 35. Nxb5 Nbc4
36. Bc7 f5 37. Bd8 g4 38. hxg4 fxg4 39. Kg3 Ne4+ 40. Kxg4
Nxf2+ 41. Kf3 Nd3 42. Ke4 Ndb2 43. Kd4 Kf7 44. Kc3 Ke6
45. Bxa5 Kd5 46. Bb4 Nd1+ 47. Kd3 Ndb2+ 48. Ke2 Na4 49. Kf3
Ne5+ 50. Ke2 Nb6 51. Bc3 g6 52. Nc7+ Ke4 53. Ne6 Nec4 54. Bb4
Nd5 55. Bf8 Nc3+ 56. Ke1 Nb2 57. Bg7 Nd3+ 58. Kf1 Na4 59. Bf8
Ne5 60.Nc5+ Nxc5 61.Bxc5 Nd3 62.Bf8 Nb2 63.Ke2 Na4 64.Bb4 Nb6
65.Bc5 Na4 66.Bd6 Nc3+ 67.Kd2 Na4 68.Kc2 Kd5 69.Kb3 Nb6 70.Bf8
Nd7 71.Bb4 g5 72.a4 g4 73.Kc3 Nf6 74.Kd3 Ne4 75.a5 Ng3 76.a6
Kc6 77.Be1 Nf5 78.Ke4 Nd6+ 79.Ke5 Nc4+ 80.Kf4 Kb6 81.Bf2+ Kxa6
82.Kxg4 Kb5 83.Kf5 Kc6 84.Ke6 Nd2 85.g4 Nf3 86.Be3 Kc7 87.Bc1
Kc6 88.Bf4 Nd4+ 89.Kf6 Nf3 90.Ke6 Nd4+ 91.Ke5 Nf3+ 92.Ke4 Nh4
93.Bg5 Ng6 94.Kf5 Nf8 95.Be7 Nd7 96.g5 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "13.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6
7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. Ne5 Rc8
12. Nc3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. e4 d4 16. Rxd4 Bc5
17. Rd2 Bb7 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. h4 Qe7 20. a3 a5 21. Na4 h6
22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Be3 Bb5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Qb3 Rxe5 26. Rd6
Qc7 27. a4 Bc6 28. R6d4 Rc5 29. Rc4 Rb8 30. Rdc1 Qd8 31. Rxc5
bxc5 32. Qc2 Rb4 33. Qxc5 Bxa4 34. Rc4 Rxb2 35. Rd4 Qe8
36. Qxa5 Bd7 37. Qc7 Qa8 38. Rxd7 Qa1+ 39. Bf1 Qe1 40. Qc5 Rb1
41. Qc4 Rb2 42. Qd4 Rb1 43. Qd3 Rb2 44. Qf3 f6 45. Qe3 Qa1
46. Kg2 Rb1 47. Qd3 Rb2 48. Qc4 Kh7 49. Qxe6 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "14.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 h6 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nd7
7. Nf3 Ngf6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. h3 Ne4 10. c5 Qxb3 11. axb3 a6
12. b4 Rc8 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Nd2 Be7 15. Nb3 Bd8 16. Na5 Bxa5
17. bxa5 e5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 O-O 20. Kd2 Rce8 21. f3 Bg6
22. f4 f6 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Ra3 Rfe6 25. g3 Kf8 26. Rh2 d4
27. exd4 Re4 28. Ra4 Rd8 29. f5 Bf7 30. Kd3 Re5 31. Kc3 Re3+
32. Bd3 Rxg3 33. Rb4 Rd7 34. Kd2 h5 35. f6 gxf6 36. Rf2 Kg7
37. Bf5 Re7 38. Bc8 h4 39. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "18.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Boris Savchenko"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 Na5 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Bd7 11. Nb3 Rc8
12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Bf3 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Rc4 16. c3
Rfc8 17. Re1 b5 18. a3 Qc7 19. Qe2 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Qxb5
Rb8 22. Qd3 f5 23. Re2 Rb3 24. Rae1 Qb7 25. Bc1 Qb6+ 26. Kf1
Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Bf6 28. h3 Kf7 29. g4 Qb5 30. Qf3 fxg4 31. hxg4
Qc4 32. g5 Bxc3 33. bxc3 Rxc3 34. Be3 Rxa3 35. Kf2 Rd3 36. Qh3
Qxd5 37. Qxh7+ Ke8 38. Qxg6+ Kd7 39. Qh5 Rd1 40. Qg4+ Kd8
41. Rc2 Qb7 42. Qxd1 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "20.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. a3 g5 10. fxg5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Ncxe5
12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Bg7 14. Nce2 Ng4 15. Kh1 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qe7
17. Ng3 Be5 18. c3 Rg8 19. h4 h6 20. Ngf5 exf5 21. Nxf5 Qc5
22. Qxc5 Nxc5 23. Nxh6 Rh8 24. Bc2 f6 25. Rae1 Rxh6 26. gxh6
Ne4 27. Kg1 Ke7 28. Rf5 Rh8 29. Rh5 Kf7 30. g4 Bf4 31. Bb3 Nd2
32. Bd1 Rxh6 33. Rxh6 Bxh6 34. Bc2 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "21.10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O
7. Re1 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. Nh4 Ne4 10. cxd5 Bxh4 11. Bxe4 Bf6
12. Qc2 h6 13. Bf4 d6 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Bg2 Nd7 16. a4 Rfe8
17. Nc4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Qb3 Ba6 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. e3 c4
22. Qc3 Rac8 23. e4 Qxc3 24. bxc3 Rc5 25. f4 Bb7 26. Rad1 Ra5
27. e5 Rxa4 28. exd6 Rd8 29. Re7 Bc8 30. Rc7 Bf5 31. Re1 Rxd6
32. h3 h5 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Bxg4 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Rxf7 Bh5
37. Be4+ Bg6 38. Bxg6+ Kxg6 39. Ree7 Rxd5 40. Rxg7+ Kf5
41. Rg5+ Kf6 42. Rxd5 Kxe7 43. Rd4 b5 44. Kf2 Ra3 45. Re4+ Kf6
46. Re3 a5 47. Re5 Rb3 48. Ke2 a4 49. Kd2 a3 50. Kc2 a2
51. Re1 Rb1 52. Rxb1 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "27.7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. h4 d6 5. h5 Nxh5 6. e4 c6
7. exf5 Bg7 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. fxg6 hxg6 10. Rxh8+ Bxh8 11. Nge2
Bf5 12. f3 Nbd7 13. g4 Be6 14. Nf4 Bf7 15. g5 Nh7 16. Qd3 Nhf8
17. Be3 e5 18. Nfe2 d5 19. O-O-O Qe7 20. Bh3 Ne6 21. f4 e4
22. Qd2 Ng7 23. Rh1 O-O-O 24. Na4 Kb8 25. Ng3 Be6 26. Bxe6
Nxe6 27. f5 gxf5 28. Nxf5 Qf8 29. Rf1 Ka8 30. a3 b5 31. Nc3
Nb6 32. Ng3 Qg8 33. b3 Bg7 34. Nf5 Bf8 35. Kb2 Rb8 36. Na2 Qh8
37. c3 c5 38. g6 c4 39. Nb4 cxb3 40. Kxb3 a5 41. Na6 Rc8
42. Qe2 Nc4 43. Bc1 Kb7 44. g7 Bxg7 45. Nc5+ Rxc5 46. dxc5
Nxc5+ 47. Kc2 Bxc3 48. Qg4 b4 49. axb4 axb4 50. Ne7 b3+
51. Kb1 Qa8 52. Qe2 Qa1# 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "28.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Pavel Eljanov"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. Qc1 d4
7. Nd1 h5 8. h4 c5 9. e4 Nc6 10. f4 e5 11. Nf3 Ng4 12. Nf2
Nxf2 13. Kxf2 Bg4 14. Rf1 Qd7 15. Kg1 O-O-O 16. a3 f5 17. Ng5
Bf6 18. b4 Bxg5 19. fxg5 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Bf5 21. Qe1 c4 22. dxc4
Rhf8 23. b5 Nb8 24. Bb4 Rf7 25. Bd5 Re8 26. Qe2 Rg7 27. a4 Qd8
28. a5 Nd7 29. Qg2 e4 30. Rad1 Ne5 31. Rxd4 Nf3+ 32. Rxf3 exf3
33. Qxf3 Qc7 34. a6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "30"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. Ngf3 Bg7
7. O-O Nge7 8. Re1 b6 9. e5 Qc7 10. Qe2 h6 11. h4 g5 12. hxg5
hxg5 13. Nxg5 Qxe5 14. Qxe5 Nxe5 15. Ngf3 N5c6 16. c3 Ba6
17. Bf1 Ng6 18. a4 Kd7 19. Rd1 Bf6 20. Rb1 Rh5 21. b4 cxb4
22. cxb4 Bb7 23. b5 Nce5 24. d4 Nc4 25. Bg2 Rc8 26. Nf1 Ne7
27. N1h2 Bg7 28. Ng4 f6 29. Nh4 Nf5 30. Nxf5 Rxf5 31. Rb3 Rh5
32. Nh2 Nd6 33. Nf1 Bh6 34. Bf3 Bxc1 35. Bxh5 Bh6 36. Bg4 Rc4
37. Ra3 f5 38. Be2 Rc2 39. Bd3 Rc8 40. Nh2 Nc4 41. Ra2 Kd6
42. Nf3 Rc7 43. Re1 Bc8 44. Kg2 Bg7 45. Rh1 Bf6 46. Rh6 Rf7
47. Re2 Bd7 48. Kg1 Rf8 49. Rh7 Rc8 50. Rh6 Rf8 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "31"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "11"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Bd2
0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "35"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Grachev"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 f5 2. h3 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bf4 Bb7 6. e3 e6
7. a4 Nc6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. c4 Nb4 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. a5
Bf6 13. Nb5 d6 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 e5 16. Bh2 a6 17. dxe5
dxe5 18. Nd6 bxa5 19. Rfd1 Bc8 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. e4 f4 22. Bg4
Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Rcd8 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. Bd5 Nc6 26. f3 Nd4 27. Rd3
Rb8 28. Ra2 Ne2+ 29. Kf1 Nc1 30. Rda3 Nxa2 31. Rxa2 a4 32. Bg1
Be7 33. Bf2 Rb4 34. Be1 Rb6 35. Bc3 Bd6 36. Rxa4 Rfb8 37. Ke1
g5 38. Kd1 Kg7 39. Kc2 Kf6 40. Ra1 h5 41. Rh1 Bc7 42. Ra1 Rd6
43. Rh1 a5 44. Ra1 Ra6 45. Ra3 g4 46. hxg4 hxg4 47. Kd3 Kg5
48. Ra1 Rh8 49. fxg4 Rh2 50. Ke2 Rxg2+ 51. Kf3 Rg3+ 52. Kf2
Rh6 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "36"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "C37"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3
Bh6 7. d4 Qh4 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Nd5 Kd8 10. c3 d6 11. Nxf4 Nge7
12. g3 Qg4 13. Qg2 Bd7 14. h3 Qg8 15. Nh5 Bxc1 16. Raxc1 Qg5
17. g4 Ng6 18. Rce1 Rf8 19. Qg3 Qh4 20. Qxh4+ Nxh4 21. Nf6 Ng6
22. Nxh7 Rh8 23. Ng5 Be8 24. Bxf7 Ke7 25. Kg2 Rf8 26. Bb3 Bd7
27. Kg3 Na5 28. Bf7 Nh8 29. e5 Nxf7 30. exd6+ Kxd6 31. Rf6+
Kd5 32. Nxf7 Nc6 33. b3 Rae8 34. Rc1 Ke4 35. d5 Ne5 36. Re1+
Kxd5 37. Rd1+ Ke4 38. Rf4+ Ke3 39. Re1+ Kd2 40. Rxe5 Bc6
41. Rxe8 Rxe8 42. g5 Re3+ 43. Kh4 Bd7 44. Rd4+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[Round "37"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Savchenko"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6
7. Qe2 Nf6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. O-O Bb4 10. Nxd7 Kxd7 11. Bd2 Rad8
12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Qc7 14. a4 Kc8 15. h3 h5 16. a5 Rh6
17. Ra3 Rg6 18. Kh1 Rh8 19. Bd2 Ng4 20. f4 Nf6 21. Be1 h4
22. Bd3 Qd6 23. Qe5 Qd5 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxf5 exf5 26. c4 Nf6
27. Bf2 Ne4 28. d5 c5 29. Kh2 Re8 30. Bxh4 Nd2 31. Rc1 Re2
32. Rg3 Rxg3 33. Kxg3 Ne4+ 34. Kf3 Rxb2 35. g4 g6 36. gxf5
gxf5 37. Be1 Nf6 38. Ke3 Rh2 39. h4 Rh3+ 40. Ke2 Nh5 41. Rc3
Nxf4+ 42. Kd1 Rh1 43. Kd2 Ng6 44. Re3 Kd7 45. Rb3 Kc8 46. Bf2
Ne5 47. Bxc5 Nxc4+ 48. Ke2 Nxa5 49. Re3 b6 50. Be7 Kd7 51. Bf6
Nc4 52. Re7+ Kd6 53. Rxa7 Kxd5 54. Rxf7 b5 55. Rf8 Ke6 56. Bg7
Nd6 57. Rh8 b4 58. Rb8 Rxh4 59. Bf8 Re4+ 60. Kf3 Kd5 61. Rb6
Nc4 62. Rb5+ Ke6 63. Rxb4 Ne5+ 64. Kg2 Re2+ 65. Kf1 Ra2
66. Rb6+ Kd5 67. Rb5+ Ke4 68. Rb4+ Kf3 69. Rb3+ Kg4 70. Bd6
Nc4 71. Rb4 Rc2 72. Bc7 Kf3 73. Rb3+ Ne3+ 74. Ke1 Re2# 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2010.12.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d4
Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.dxc5 dxc5 10.Ne5 Qc7 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Qd2 g5
13.Bxg5 Qxe5 14.Rad1 f6 15.Bh6 Ng7 16.Bf4 Qh5 17.Bd6 Re8
18.Qf4 Nd7 19.g4 Qf7 20.Rd3 e5 21.Qh6 Qg6 22.Qxg6 hxg6 23.Be4
Kf7 24.f4 exf4 25.Bd5+ Ne6 26.Bxf4 Nb6 27.Be5 Nxd5 28.cxd5 Nf8
29.Rxf6+ Kg8 30.Bd6 Kg7 31.Rf4 g5 32.Rf2 b6 33.Rdf3 Ng6
34.Rf7+ Kh6 35.h3 Ba6 36.R2f6 Bxe2 37.Be7 Bc4 38.Rd6 Bxd5
39.Bxg5+ Kxg5 40.Rxd5+ Kh4 41.Rf3 Re5 42.Rxe5 Nxe5 43.Rf5 Nd3
44.Kh2 Rh8 45.a4 Rh6 46.Kg2 a5 47.Kf3 Nb2 48.Kf4 Nxa4 49.c4
Nc3 50.Ke3 a4 51.Kd3 Nd1 52.Rf8 Kxh3 53.g5 Rd6+ 54.Ke4 Kg4 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[EventDate "2010.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 e4 10. dxc6 exf3 11. g3 Re8 12. d4
Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd2 Qd6 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qc2
Bg5 18. Ne4 Qxc6 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. Qf5 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Re8
22. Re5 Rxe5 23. dxe5 Bg6 24. Qxg5 Qe4 25. Qd8+ Kh7 26. Qh4+
Qxh4 27. gxh4 f6 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Bd5 a5 30. b4 axb4 31. cxb4
Bd3 32. Kh2 Bc4 33. Be4+ Kh6 34. a3 1-0

[Event "BNBank Gp1"]
[Site "Oslo NOR"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Kateryna Lahno"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. f4 Nf6 2. d3 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. O-O O-O 8. Na3 Rb8 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. e4 dxe4
12. dxe4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bg4 14. Re1 Rfd8 15. f5 gxf5 16. h3 Bd1
17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Raxd1 fxg5 20. exf5 Rxd1 21. Rxd1
Rd8 22. Rd5 b6 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 24. Bd5+ Kf8 25. Kf2 e4 26. Ke3
Be5 27. g4 Bf4+ 28. Kxe4 Bc1 29. Nc4 b5 30. Nd6 Bxb2 31. Nxb5
a6 32. Nc7 Bxc3 33. Nxa6 Bd4 34. a4 Ke7 35. Nc7 Bc3 36. Nb5
Bb4 37. Ke5 Nf7+ 38. Bxf7 Kxf7 39. Nd6+ Ke7 40. Nc4 Bc3+
41. Kd5 Bd4 42. a5 Kd7 43. a6 Kc7 44. Ke6 Kc6 45. f6 Bc3
46. Nd6 Kb6 47. a7 1-0

[Event "BNBank Gp1"]
[Site "Oslo NOR"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vadims Daskevics"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Bd7 5. O-O Qc8 6. e4 Bh3
7. Nc3 h5 8. Bxh3 Qxh3 9. Ng5 Qd7 10. h4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nh6
12. d5 Nd8 13. Kg2 Ng4 14. Bd4 f6 15. Nh3 c5 16. dxc6 bxc6
17. f3 Ne5 18. Qe2 Rb8 19. Rab1 O-O 20. Nf4 Qe8 21. Bxa7 Ra8
22. Bg1 e6 23. Nd3 Nd7 24. f4 f5 25. Rbe1 Rxa2 26. exf5 gxf5
27. Nb4 Ra8 28. Qf3 Rc8 29. Ra1 c5 30. Nd3 Nf6 0-1

[Event "BNBank Gp1"]
[Site "Oslo NOR"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Abdulla Mohsen"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qxd5 Qxd5
7. cxd5 Nxe5 8. Bf4 Ng6 9. Bg3 Nf6 10. Nc3 a6 11. h4 h5
12. Bd3 b5 13. Nf3 b4 14. Na4 Nxd5 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. O-O-O Be6
17. Rhe1 Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "BNBank Gp1"]
[Site "Oslo NOR"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jon Kristian Royset"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. e4 fxe4
7. f3 Qa5 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. Rb1 d6 10. Rb5 Qc7 11. fxe4 O-O 12. e5
dxe5 13. Qe3 b6 14. Nf3 e4 15. Ng5 Qe5 16. Rb3 h6 17. Ne6 Bxe6
18. dxe6 Ng4 19. Qg3 Qxg3+ 20. hxg3 h5 21. Be2 Nc6 22. Bxg4
hxg4 23. Bf4 Rf6 24. Rh4 Rxe6 25. Rxg4 Na5 26. Rb1 Nxc4
27. Rd1 Nb2 28. Rd7 Nd3+ 29. Ke2 b5 30. Be3 a5 31. Rd5 b4
32. Bxc5 bxc3 33. Rxe4 c2 34. Rxe6 c1=Q 35. Rxd3 Qxc5
36. Rxg6+ Kf7 37. Rg4 0-1

[Event "BNBank Gp1"]
[Site "Oslo NOR"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joshua Paul Schmidt"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "26"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 e4 3. b5 d5 4. e3 Nf6 5. g3 h5 6. Bg2 h4
7. Ne2 h3 8. Bf1 Bg4 9. Qc1 Bf3 10. Rg1 Ng4 11. Nd4 Nxh2
12. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 13. Ke2 Nxg1+ 0-1

[Event "BNBank Gp1"]
[Site "Oslo NOR"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kateryna Lahno"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 c6 5. d3 Bf5 6. h3 e6
7. Qe2 Nf6 8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Bg6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nf4 Bd6
12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. O-O-O b5 14. Bb3 a5 15. a3 Nc5 16. Ba2 b4
17. d4 Nce4 18. a4 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Bf4 20. g3 Bxd2+ 21. Rxd2 Qd6
22. h4 Nd5 23. Bc4 Kd7 24. Qf3 Qe7 25. Re1 0-1

[Event "BNBank Gp1"]
[Site "Oslo NOR"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Vadims Daskevics"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 d6
7. e4 g6 8. Nd2 Bg7 9. Nc4 Qd8 10. a4 O-O 11. Ne2 Na6 12. g4
Nc7 13. Ng3 b6 14. Qd2 Ba6 15. h4 Nd7 16. h5 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Ne5
18. Be2 e6 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Be3 c4 21. f4 Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 cxd3
23. Qxd3 Qc7 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. f5 Nc5 26. Qd5 Be5 27. Kf2 Qb7
28. Qxb7 Nxb7 29. Kf3 Rfe8 30. Rh6 Bg7 31. Rh2 Rac8 32. g5 Be5
33. f6 Re6 34. Bd4 1-0

[Event "BNBank Gp1"]
[Site "Oslo NOR"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Jon Kristian Royset"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2180"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qe2 d5 6. exd5+
Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. Bxf4 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. c3
Re8 12. Be3 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qe7 14. Kf2 Bd6 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Rae1
Nc6 17. h3 Bh5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Qc2 Qf6 20. Bg5 Bxd3 21. Qxd3
Qg6 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. Nh4 f6 24. Bd2 Kf7 25. Ng2 g5 26. Kf3
Rxe1 27. Nxe1 Re8 28. Nc2 Ne7 29. h4 gxh4 30. Rxh4 Ng6 31. Rh5
Ne7 32. Ne3 Ke6 33. b3 b6 34. c4 dxc4 35. bxc4 Kf7 36. a4 Ng6
37. Nf5 Bf8 38. Rh1 Rc8 39. Rc1 Ba3 40. Rc3 Bb4 41. Rc2 Bxd2
42. Nd6+ Ke6 43. Nxc8 Ba5 44. Nxa7 Kd7 45. c5 bxc5 46. dxc5
Ne5+ 47. Ke4 g6 48. c6+ Kc7 49. g5 1-0

[Event "BNBank Final KO"]
[Site "Oslo NOR"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Leif Erlend Johannessen"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. g4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5
7. g5 Nfd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nxd5 Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Nxe7+
Qxe7 12. Nxd4 Nde5 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. Bc5 Qxg5 15. Bxf8 Kxf8
16. Qd2 Qf6 17. Bg2 Bf5 18. O-O Rd8 19. Qc3 Nd4 20. Rfe1 Qg6
21. Qg3 Qa6 22. Kh1 Re8 23. e4 Nc2 24. Rec1 Nxa1 25. exf5 Qxa2
26. f6 gxf6 1-0

[Event "BNBank Final KO"]
[Site "Oslo NOR"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leif Erlend Johannessen"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O
7. O-O c6 8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 fxe4
12. Nd4 Bf7 13. Rb1 d5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Ba3 Re8 16. e3 Nd7
17. Qe2 Rc8 18. Rfc1 Qa5 19. Bb2 Ne5 20. Qb5 Qxa2 21. Ba1 Nd3
22. Rf1 Re7 23. f3 Rc5 24. Qa4 Qd2 25. fxe4 Ra5 0-1

[Event "BNBank Final KO"]
[Site "Oslo NOR"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Leif Erlend Johannessen"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O b5
7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. Nb3 Nbd7 9. Na5 Qc8 10. Nd4 a6 11. Ndc6 Re8
12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 e5 14. Bh3 exf4 15. Rxf4 Bxc6 16. Nxc6
Qb7 17. Bxd7 Qb6+ 18. Kg2 Rxe4 19. Rxe4 Nxe4 20. Qf3 1-0

[Event "BNBank Final KO"]
[Site "Oslo NOR"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Simen Agdestein"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Ne4 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qc8
7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Ne2 Nc6
12. Qd1 e5 13. O-O Na5 14. Bd3 e4 15. Bc2 Re8 16. Bb3 Bg4
17. Qc2 Nxb3 18. axb3 a6 19. c4 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qd7 21. Ra5 c6
22. f4 f5 23. Rd1 Bc7 24. Raa1 Qf7 25. Be1 h6 26. Bc3 g5
27. g3 gxf4 28. gxf4 Kh7 29. d5 cxd5 30. Rxd5 Rad8 31. Rad1
Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Rd8 33. Qd2 Rxd5 34. cxd5 Qg6+ 35. Kf1 Bb6
36. Bd4 Bxd4 37. Qxd4 Qd6 38. Ke2 Kg6 39. Kd2 a5 40. Kc3 b5
41. h4 Qa3 42. Qb6+ Kh5 43. Qxb5 a4 44. Kd4 Qc1 45. Ke5 Qd2
46. d6 Qc3+ 47. Kxf5 Qd4 48. Qe2+ 1-0

[Event "BNBank Final KO"]
[Site "Oslo NOR"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Simen Agdestein"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 Bg7 5. b4 Nc6 6. Bb2 Nxb4
7. Nh3 Nh5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 e6 10. e4 Nc6 11. e5 d6 12. f4
dxe5 13. dxe5 Na5 14. Qa4 Qd4+ 15. Nf2 Nxc4 16. Nb5 Qxb2
17. Qxc4 Bd7 18. Nxc7 Rac8 19. Rab1 Qa3 20. Bxb7 Nxg3 21. hxg3
Qxg3+ 22. Bg2 Rf7 23. Rb3 Qh4 24. Bb7 Bxe5 25. Bxc8 Bxf4
26. Nh3 Bh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qxc4 28. Bxd7 Qxc7+ 29. Nf4 Rxd7 0-1

[Event "BNBank Final KO"]
[Site "Oslo NOR"]
[Date "2010.11.27"]
[EventDate "2010.11.27"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Simen Agdestein"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 f5 2. h4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 Ne4
7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Bb5 Nd8
12. a3 Nf7 13. Nf4 b6 14. Ba4 Ba6 15. Bc2 Rad8 16. Bd3 Bc8
17. Qc2 Nf6 18. a4 a5 19. b3 Bb7 20. h5 Rc8 21. O-O cxd4
22. exd4 Ne4 23. c4 Qd6 24. Qc1 1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Ponomariov Match"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.05.19"]
[EventDate "2011.05.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Na6 8.Re1 c6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 Qe8 12.c5 dxc5 13.dxe5
Nxe5 14.Nxe5 fxe5 15.Bxa6 bxa6 16.Qd6 c4 17.Rad1 Be6 18.Bg3
Rf7 19.Bxe5 Bg4 20.Bxg7 Bxd1 21.Bf6 Bg4 22.e5 Qd7 23.Ne4 Bf5
24.Qb4 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 Re8 26.f3 Rxf6 27.exf6 Rxe4 28.fxe4 Qd4+
29.Kf1 Qxe4 30.Qb7 Qf5+ 31.Ke2 Qxf6 32.Qb8+ Kf7 33.Qxa7+ Ke6
34.Qb7 Qe5+ 35.Kf3 Qf5+ 36.Ke3 Qc5+ 37.Kf3 c3 38.Qc8+ Kd5
39.bxc3 Qxc3+ 40.Kg4 Qd4+ 41.Kh3 Qe3+ 42.Kh4 Qe7+ 43.Kg3 Qg5+
0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.06"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. c5 f5 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. a4 g5
13. Nc4 h6 14. f3 f4 15. Ba3 Ng6 16. b5 dxc5 17. Bxc5 Rf7
18. a5 h5 19. b6 g4 20. Nb5 cxb6 21. axb6 g3 22. Kh1 Bf8
23. d6 a6 24. Nc7 Rb8 25. Na5 Kh8 26. Bc4 Rg7 27. Ne6 Bxe6
28. Bxe6 gxh2 29. Nc4 Qe8 30. Bd5 h4 31. Rf2 h3 32. gxh3 Rc8
33. Ra5 Nh4 34. Kxh2 Nd7 35. Bb4 Rg3 36. Qf1 Qh5 37. Ra3 a5
38. Be1 Rxc4 39. Bxc4 Bxd6 40. Rxa5 Bc5 41. Be2 Bxb6 42. Rb5
Bd4 43. Bd1 Bxf2 44. Bxf2 Nxf3+ 45. Bxf3 Qxf3 46. Rb1 Rg6
47. Rxb7 Nf6 48. Rb8+ Kh7 49. Rb7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.08"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "David Howell"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. Bg2
O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. d3 e4 9. Nd4 exd3 10. exd3 Nxd4 11. cxd4 d5
12. Be3 h6 13. h3 b6 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Bf4 Bb7 16. Be5 Nh7
17. c5 Rac8 18. h4 Nf8 19. Kh2 bxc5 20. Bh3 Ne6 21. Rxc5 f6
22. Bf4 Qd8 23. Ra5 c5 24. Rxa7 Qb6 25. Ra4 Nxd4 26. Qh5 Qc6
27. Rb1 Ra8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Bg2 Ne6 30. Rxb7 Qxb7 31. Bxd5
Qc8 32. Bxh6 Ra6 33. Be3 Rd6 34. Bxc5 Rxd5 35. Qxd5 Kf7
36. Be3 Qa6 37. Qc4 Qa8 38. d4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.15"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7
7.e3 c5 8.dxc5 Qa5 9.Rc1 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Nd4 Qxc5 12.Bd3
Ne4 13.Bf4 Nb6 14.Qc2 h6 15.f3 Nf6 16.g4 Re8 17.Kf2 Nc4 18.h4
Bxg4 19.Bxc4 dxc4 20.fxg4 Nxg4+ 21.Kf3 Ne5+ 22.Bxe5 Rxe5
23.Kf2 Rae8 24.Rh3 b5 25.Rg1 Re4 26.Qd1 b4 27.Qf3 Rxe3
28.Rxg7+ Kxg7 29.Qg4+ Kf8 30.Rxe3 Rxe3 31.Kxe3 bxc3 32.Ke2
Qe5+ 33.Kd1 Qh2 34.Ne2 Qd6+ 35.Qd4 Qxd4+ 36.Nxd4 Kg7 37.Nc6 a6
38.Nb8 a5 39.a4 Kf6 40.Nc6 Ke6 41.Nxa5 Kd5 42.Kc2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.17"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "185"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3
d6 8.a4 Rb8 9.d4 Bb6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Na3 O-O 12.Nxb5 Bg4 13.d5
Ne7 14.Bc2 Qd7 15.Na3 Nexd5 16.h3 Bh5 17.exd5 e4 18.Bg5 Bxf3
19.Qd2 e3 20.Bxe3 Bxe3 21.fxe3 Be4 22.Rxf6 Bxc2 23.Rf4 Bg6
24.Nc4 Ra8 25.Na5 Rfe8 26.Ra3 Be4 27.c4 g5 28.Rf1 g4 29.h4 Qe7
30.Qf2 Bg6 31.b4 h5 32.Rc3 Qe5 33.Rb3 Qe4 34.Rc3 Qe5 35.Rfc1
Be4 36.Qf4 g3 37.Qxe5 Rxe5 38.Ra3 Kg7 39.Rf1 Ree8 40.Rfa1 Re5
41.Nb3 Rxa3 42.Rxa3 Bxd5 43.Nd2 Be6 44.e4 Bg4 45.Rxg3 f5
46.Re3 Re8 47.Kf2 Ra8 48.exf5 Ra2 49.Rd3 Bxf5 50.Rd5 Be6
51.Rg5+ Kh6 52.Ke3 Ra3+ 53.Kd4 Ra1 54.g3 Rd1 55.Kc3 Rg1 56.b5
Rc1+ 57.Kd3 Bf7 58.Nb3 Rd1+ 59.Ke2 Rb1 60.Nd4 Bxc4+ 61.Kd2 d5
62.Nf5+ Kh7 63.Rxh5+ Kg6 64.Rg5+ Kf6 65.Ne3 Rb2+ 66.Kd1 Be2+
67.Kc1 Rxb5 68.Kd2 Rb2+ 69.Kc3 Rb5 70.Nxd5+ Kf7 71.Re5 Bg4
72.Re7+ Kf8 73.Re4 Bf5 74.Nxc7 Rc5+ 75.Rc4 Re5 76.Rf4 Ke7
77.Kd4 Ra5 78.Nd5+ Ke6 79.Nc3 Ra8 80.g4 Bh7 81.Ke3 Rc8 82.Ne2
Ke5 83.Ra4 Rb8 84.Nd4 Rb1 85.Ra5+ Kf6 86.Kf4 Rf1+ 87.Nf3 Bc2
88.Kg3 Rb1 89.Ra6+ Kg7 90.Nd4 Bd3 91.Rd6 Kf7 92.Kf4 Ra1 93.h5
1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.20"]
[EventDate "2011.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Erwin L'Ami"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b5
7.cxb5 c6 8.Bg5 cxb5 9.e3 Bb7 10.Nf3 h6 11.Bh4 a6 12.Bd3 d6
13.O-O Nbd7 14.Rfc1 Qb6 15.Qc7 Rfc8 16.Qxb6 Nxb6 17.Bg3 Rxc1+
18.Rxc1 Rc8 19.Rxc8+ Nxc8 20.h3 Ne4 21.Bh2 Kf8 22.Ne1 Nd2
23.f3 f5 24.Nc2 Ke7 25.Kf2 Nb6 26.Ke2 Nb3 27.Nb4 Na5 28.Bc2
Nac4 29.Nd3 a5 30.Bg3 Nd5 31.Bf2 g5 32.g4 a4 33.e4 fxe4
34.fxe4 Ndb6 35.e5 Be4 36.exd6+ Kxd6 37.Bg3+ Ke7 38.Kd1 Bxd3
39.Bxd3 Nxb2+ 40.Ke2 Nd5 41.Be4 Nc3+ 42.Kf3 b4 43.Be1 Nbd1 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.22"]
[EventDate "2011.01.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Jan Smeets"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Qb6 13.exf6
c5 14.d5 O-O-O 15.O-O b4 16.Na4 Qb5 17.a3 exd5 18.axb4 cxb4
19.Bf4 Bh6 20.Qd2 Bxf4 21.Qxf4 Bc6 22.Qd4 Kb8 23.Rfe1 Rhe8
24.Re7 Qa5 25.Rxf7 Bxa4 26.Bxd5 Qc5 27.Qf4+ Ne5 28.Be4 Rd7
29.Rg7 Bb5 30.Rxd7 Bxd7 31.Bg6 Rf8 32.Re1 Qd6 33.Qxe5 Rxf6
34.Qxd6+ Rxd6 35.Bf7 Rd2 36.Bxc4 Rxb2 37.h4 Bg4 38.Kg2 a5
39.Re5 Rc2 40.Rb5+ Kc7 41.Bd5 Rd2 42.Bf7 Bd7 43.Rxa5 Bc6+
44.Kf1 Bf3 45.Ra1 Kd6 46.Bb3 Rd3 47.Rb1 Kc5 48.Ke1 Kb5 49.Bd1
Bxd1 50.Rxd1 Rc3 51.h5 b3 52.Kd2 Rc8 53.Rc1 Rf8 54.f4 Kb4
55.Rh1 Ka3 56.Ke3 b2 57.g4 Rc8 58.Rb1 Ka2 59.Rxb2+ Kxb2 60.h6
Kc3 61.g5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.26"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6
12. Qd2 e5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Bh6 Bb7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. d5 f5
17. f3 Rf7 18. exf5 c4 19. Bc2 gxf5 20. Rad1 f4 21. g3 Qd6
22. gxf4 exf4 23. Kh1 Re8 24. Rg1+ Kf8 25. Be4 Bc8 26. Nd4 Qf6
27. Ne6+ Bxe6 28. dxe6 Qxe6 29. Bd5 Qh3 30. Bxf7 Qxf3+ 31. Rg2
Kxf7 32. Qd7+ Kf6 33. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.28"]
[EventDate "2011.01.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.Nge2 Bg4
8.f3 Bf5 9.Ng3 Bg6 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.Qd2 Nd7 12.a3 f6 13.Be3 Qb3
14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Qxd5 16.Rc1 Nb6 17.Ne2 fxe5 18.dxe5 Qxe5
19.Bd4 Qc7 20.Qg5 Bf5 21.g4 hxg4 22.fxg4 Be4 23.Rh3 Be7
24.Qxg7 Rh7 25.Qe5 Qxe5 26.Bxe5 Bxh4+ 27.Ng3 Nd7 28.Bd4 Bf3
29.g5 Bg4 30.g6 Rh6 31.Rxh4 Rxh4 32.Rc3 Bf3 33.Rxf3 Rxd4
34.Bh3 Ne5 35.Rf6 Nd3+ 36.Ke2 Nf4+ 37.Ke3 e5 38.Rf7 Rd3+
39.Ke4 Rxg3 40.Bd7+ Kd8 41.Bf5 Nxg6 42.Rg7 Rb8 43.b4 b5
44.Bxg6 Rg5 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5
7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bg5 dxe4 9. dxe4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5
12. Nbd2 Qf6 13. Nc4 Nf4 14. b4 Bb6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Nd2 Be6
17. f3 h5 18. a4 Red8 19. Rae1 Ne7 20. Bf2 h4 21. Be3 h3
22. g3 Ng2 23. Re2 c6 24. Bd3 b5 25. a5 Rd7 26. Bb6 Nc8
27. Bc5 Qd8 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.15"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vugar Gashimov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "152"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4
7. Qg4 g6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxc3 10. Bd3 b6 11. h4 Ba6
12. h5 g5 13. f4 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Kd7 15. Bd2 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4
17. Qxe4 Kc8 18. Nf3 Bb7 19. Qf4 Rh7 20. O-O-O Qd5 21. Qg4 Kd7
22. Qg8 Qa2 23. Bc3 Be4 24. Bb2 Qc4 25. Rd2 Na6 26. Qg4 Bd5
27. Rd3 Qc6 28. Nd2 Rf8 29. Rc3 Qb7 30. Re3 b5 31. Ne4 Bxe4
32. Rxe4 c6 33. Bc3 Qc8 34. Rf1 Rg8 35. Qh3 Nc7 36. Ref4 Rgg7
37. Bb4 Nd5 38. R4f2 Qg8 39. Bc5 a5 40. Qd3 a4 41. g4 Qd8
42. c4 Qg5+ 43. Rd2 bxc4 44. Qxc4 Qe3 45. Qa6 Nc7 46. Qxa4
Rxg4 47. Qc2 Rg2 48. d5 Qxd2+ 49. Qxd2 Rxd2 50. Kxd2 exd5
51. Be3 Ne6 52. Rf6 Rg7 53. Bxh6 Rg2+ 54. Ke1 Ke7 55. Rf2 Rg1+
56. Rf1 Rg3 57. Rh1 Rxa3 58. Bc1 Ra1 59. Kf2 Ra2+ 60. Kg3 Kf8
61. h6 Kg8 62. Rf1 Ra7 63. Rd1 Rd7 64. Kg4 c5 65. Kf5 Kh7
66. Be3 d4 67. Bf2 c4 68. Ke4 c3 69. Kd3 Nc5+ 70. Kc4 c2
71. Rc1 d3 72. Be3 Ne4 73. Kb3 d2 74. Bxd2 Rxd2 75. Rxc2 Rxc2
76. Kxc2 Kxh6 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5
7. d5 Nh5 8. Nh2 Na6 9. Ng4 Qe8 10. Ne3 Kh8 11. a3 f5 12. b4
Nf6 13. Bd3 c5 14. Rb1 f4 15. Nf1 Bd7 16. Nh2 Qe7 17. Bd2 g5
18. Ng4 Ng8 19. h4 gxh4 20. Nh2 Bf6 21. Nb5 Rf7 22. Be2 Nh6
23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. Bxg4 Rg7 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Qf3 cxb4 27. axb4
Nc7 28. Na3 Rag8 29. Rh2 b6 30. Kf1 Ne8 31. Ra1 Qc8 32. Rc1
Qd7 33. Nc2 Be7 34. Ne1 Nf6 35. Bc3 Rc8 36. Qe2 Qe8 37. Nf3
Qg6 38. Re1 Ng4 39. Rh3 a5 40. bxa5 b5 41. a6 Bd8 42. Ra1 Bb6
43. Nxh4 Qg5 44. Be1 Rxc4 45. Nf5 Rg8 46. Nxd6 Rc7 47. Qf3 Bd4
48. Rc1 Ra7 49. Rc6 b4 50. Nb5 Rf7 51. a7 b3 52. Nxd4 exd4
53. Qd3 Ne5 54. Qxd4 Qxg2+ 55. Ke2 Qg4+ 56. f3 Qg7 57. Bc3 Re7
58. Rh5 Nxc6 59. dxc6 b2 60. Qxg7+ Rexg7 61. Bxb2 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6
7. Ne2 c5 8. d5 O-O 9. O-O e6 10. Nec3 Na6 11. a4 exd5
12. exd5 Nc4 13. Na3 Ne5 14. h3 Nb4 15. Be3 b6 16. Qe2 Bf5
17. Rfd1 Qd7 18. Kh2 Rae8 19. Qd2 h5 20. Bh6 h4 21. g4 Bxg4
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. hxg4 h3 24. Be4 Nxg4+ 25. Kh1 f5 26. Bf3 Qd6
27. Bxg4 fxg4 28. Rg1 Qf6 29. Rg3 Qxf2 30. Qxf2 Rxf2 31. Rd1
Rf4 32. Nab5 Re7 33. d6 Rd7 34. Re3 Nc6 35. Nd5 Rf2 36. Rg3
Ne5 37. Ne3 Rf4 38. Rd5 Kf6 39. b3 a6 40. Nc7 Re4 41. a5 bxa5
42. Nxa6 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Kh8 11. Rb1 Nd7 12. b4
f5 13. f3 f4 14. Nb5 b6 15. Qc2 a4 16. Rd1 g5 17. g4 h5 18. h3
Rf6 19. Bb2 Rh6 20. Kg2 Ng6 21. Rh1 Bf8 22. Kf2 Nf6 23. c5
dxc5 24. Nc4 Bd6 25. Bc3 Kg7 26. Qb2 cxb4 27. axb4 Qe7
28. Rbg1 Bd7 29. Nbxd6 cxd6 30. h4 hxg4 31. hxg5 Nxe4+
32. fxe4 Rxh1 33. Rxh1 f3 34. Nxb6 g3+ 35. Kxf3 Rf8+ 36. Ke3
Qxg5+ 37. Kd3 Bb5+ 38. Kc2 Rf2 39. Bd2 Rxe2 40. Qc3 g2 41. Rg1
a3 42. Kc1 Rxd2 43. Qxd2 a2 44. Kc2 Qxd2+ 45. Kxd2 Bf1 0-1

[Event "Nakamura-Ponomariov Match (Rapid)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.05.24"]
[EventDate "2011.05.24"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3
O-O 7. Nd2 Re8 8. e4 Nd7 9. Ne2 Nf8 10. O-O Ne6 11. Kh1 c5
12. Nc4 f6 13. Ne3 a5 14. a4 Nd4 15. Ng3 Be6 16. Nef5 Bf8
17. f4 Bxf5 18. exf5 exf4 19. Ne4 Nxf5 20. Rxf4 Nd4 21. Bxd4
cxd4 22. Rf5 Ra6 23. Qf3 Rc6 24. Qf2 Bd6 25. Rxa5 Be5 26. Rc5
Rxc5 27. Nxc5 Qd5 28. Ne4 Re6 29. Re1 g6 30. g4 Kg7 31. Qf3 c6
32. Re2 Re7 33. Nd2 Qc5 34. Ne4 Qd5 35. h3 b5 36. a5 b4 37. g5
f5 38. Nd2 Qxa5 39. Qxc6 Bd6 40. Rxe7+ Bxe7 41. Nf3 Qa1+
42. Kg2 Qc3 43. Qc4 Kf8 44. h4 Bc5 45. Kf1 Ke7 46. Ke2 Kd6
47. Qf7 Qxc2+ 48. Nd2 Ke5 49. Qc7+ Kd5 50. Qxh7 Ke5 51. Qc7+
Ke6 52. Qc6+ Ke5 53. Qxg6 Kf4 54. Qc6 Qc1 55. Qf3+ Ke5
56. Nc4+ 1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Ponomariov Match"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.05.22"]
[EventDate "2011.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 Bd6
7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.e3 Qg6 9.Qxg6 hxg6 10.b4 a6 11.f3 Nd7 12.Bd3 Ne7
13.Nge2 g5 14.Kf2 Nf6 15.g4 Kd8 16.Kg3 Bd7 17.a4 Nc8 18.h3 Re8
19.Kf2 Nd6 20.a5 Re7 21.Rac1 Nfe8 22.Ng3 g6 23.h4 gxh4 24.Rxh4
f5 25.gxf5 Nxf5 26.Nxf5 gxf5 27.Rh8 Rb8 28.Na4 Kc7 29.Nb6 Be6
30.Rf8 Rf7 31.Rxf7+ Bxf7 32.Bxf5 Nd6 33.Bd3 Rh8 34.Rg1 Kd8
35.Na4 Nc4 36.Nc5 Rh2+ 37.Rg2 Rxg2+ 38.Kxg2 Kc7 39.Bxc4 dxc4
40.Na4 Be8 41.Nc3 b6 42.e4 Kb7 43.Kf2 c5 44.bxc5 1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Ponomariov Match (Rapid)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.05.25"]
[EventDate "2011.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5
7. Qc2 Bb7 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 a6 10. a4 Bb4 11. Bd3 c5
12. axb5 axb5 13. O-O c4 14. Be2 Rc8 15. d5 Qb6 16. dxe6 fxe6
17. e5 Nd5 18. Bg3 O-O 19. Ng5 Rf5 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Bg4 Ne3
22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Nf3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nc5 25. Rfd1 h5 26. Ra7 h4
27. Bf4 Qg6+ 0-1

[Event "ICC blitz tourney 1247 (3 0)"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Hovhannisyan"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. O-O Nf6
7. c4 Qd8 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Ne5 Nxe5
12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qh5 h6 15. Re3 Qg5 16. Qxg5
hxg5 17. b4 a5 18. b5 Rad8 19. Rae1 Nc5 20. Bc2 Rd4 21. Rh3 g6
22. Bb3 Rfd8 23. Rhe3 Rg4 24. Rg3 Rxg3 25. hxg3 Rd3 26. Re3
Rxe3 27. fxe3 Nd3 28. Na4 Kf8 29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Ke2 Nxe5 31. c5
bxc5 32. Nxc5 Bxg2 33. Bc2 Bd5 34. a4 Kd6 0-1

[Event "ICC blitz tourney 1247 (3 0)"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Robert Hovhannisyan"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. d3 Be6 8. e4 Qe7 9. O-O Nd7 10. Ng3 g6 11. Nd2 Ba3
12. Qc1 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 a5 14. a4 f6 15. Qc3 Qc5 16. Qxc5 Nxc5
17. f4 exf4 18. Rxf4 Kg7 19. d4 Nd7 20. Ngf1 c5 21. d5 Bf7
22. Ne3 Ne5 23. Nec4 Nxc4 24. Nxc4 b6 25. g4 Rae8 26. Nd2 g5
27. Rf3 Bg6 28. Re1 Re7 29. Rfe3 Rfe8 30. h3 h5 31. Kg2 hxg4
32. hxg4 Rh8 33. Rh1 Rxh1 34. Kxh1 f5 35. gxf5 Bxf5 36. Kg2
Bg6 37. Kg3 Kf6 38. c4 Bh5 39. Re1 Ke5 40. Rh1 Rh7 41. Nf3+
Kf6 42. e5+ Kf5 43. e6 Kf6 44. Rf1 Bxf3 45. Rxf3+ Ke5 46. Rf7
Rh1 47. Rxc7 Re1 48. Rc6 Re3+ 49. Kg4 Kf6 50. Rxb6 Re4+
51. Kf3 Kf5 52. Rb8 g4+ 53. Kf2 Kf4 54. Rf8+ Kg5 55. d6 Rxe6
56. d7 Rd6 57. d8=Q+ Rxd8 58. Rxd8 Kf4 59. Rd5 g3+ 60. Kg2 Ke4
61. Rxc5 Kd4 62. Rxa5 Ke4 63. Rb5 Kd4 64. a5 Kc3 65. a6 Kd4
66. a7 Kc3 67. a8=Q Kd4 68. Qd5+ Kc3 69. c5 Kc2 70. c6 Kc3
71. c7 Kb2 72. Rc5 Ka3 73. c8=Q Kb2 74. b4 Ka3 75. b5 Kb4
76. b6 Ka4 77. b7 Kb4 78. b8=Q+ Ka4 79. Qxg3 1-0

[Event "ICC blitz tourney 1247 (3 0)"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Hovhannisyan"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 c5 6. c3 Ne7
7. O-O Nec6 8. a3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. b4 Nc7 11. Be3 c4
12. a4 Be7 13. Nbd2 Qd7 14. Bg5 O-O-O 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nb1 a6
17. Qd2 Rdf8 18. Qg5 Ne8 19. Nbd2 f5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Qh5 Ng6
22. g3 Ng7 23. Qh3 e5 24. Qxd7+ Kxd7 25. dxe5 fxe5 26. Rfe1
Re8 27. Rad1 Kc6 28. h4 h5 29. Ng5 Rhf8 30. Nf1 Nf5 31. Ne3
Nxe3 32. Rxe3 b5 33. axb5+ axb5 34. Ra1 Ra8 35. Rxa8 Rxa8
36. Rf3 d4 37. Rf6+ Kd5 38. f3 dxc3 39. Ne4 Kd4 40. Rxg6 c2
41. Kf2 Rd8 42. Rg8 Rxg8 0-1

[Event "ICC blitz tourney 1247 (3 0)"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hrair Simonian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Qe2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. c3 a5 9. Re1 Ba6 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Nf1 c5 12. Ng3
Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Nh5 Rc8 15. a3 a4 16. Qe3 cxd4 17. cxd4
Na5 18. Nxg7 Rxc1 19. Raxc1 Kxg7 20. Qf4 Nc4 21. Rc3 Kh8
22. Qh6 Rg8 23. Qh5 Rg6 24. Re2 b5 25. Nd2 Qg8 26. Rg3 Nxb2
27. Ree3 Nc4 28. Nxc4 dxc4 29. Qf3 Nb6 30. Rxg6 Qxg6 31. h4
Nd5 32. Re1 Bxh4 33. g3 Be7 34. Kg2 c3 35. Rh1 Bxa3 36. Rh4
Be7 37. Rg4 Qf5 38. Qe2 c2 0-1

[Event "ICC blitz tourney 1247 (3 0)"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Hrair Simonian"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. d3 c5 8. e4 d5 9. Nbd2 d4 10. Ne1 Nc6 11. f4 Qc7 12. h3 b5
13. Nef3 e5 14. f5 Na5 15. c4 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Nc6 17. Qe2 Rad8
18. Rfd1 Ba6 19. Bb2 Nh5 20. Kh2 g6 21. Qe3 Nd4 22. Rac1 Rfe8
23. b4 Bd6 24. bxc5 Bxc5 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Qg5 h6 27. Qg4 Nf6
28. Qh4 Nd7 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Qxh6 Qb6 31. Ng5 Nf8 32. Rf1 1-0

[Event "ICC blitz tourney 1247 (3 0)"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.06.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hrair Simonian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. b3 c6 11. Bb2 Bf6
12. Re1 d5 13. Qf3 Nc7 14. Re2 Ne6 15. Rae1 Nd4 16. Qh5 g6
17. Qh6 Nxe2+ 18. Rxe2 Bg5 19. Nxd5 Bxh6 20. Ne7+ Qxe7
21. Rxe7 Bg5 22. Re2 0-1

[Event "Bazna King's Tournament"]
[Site "Medias ROU"]
[Date "2011.06.12"]
[EventDate "2011.06.10"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.d5 Nb6 13.Nbd2 g6
14.b4 Nb7 15.Nf1 a5 16.Bh6 Re8 17.a3 Bd7 18.Ng3 Qc7 19.Bd3
axb4 20.axb4 Rxa1 21.Qxa1 Ra8 22.Qb1 c4 23.Bc2 f6 24.Be3 Nd8
25.Nd2 Nf7 26.f4 exf4 27.Bxf4 Ne5 28.Be3 Ra3 29.Ne2 Na4 30.Bd4
Bf8 31.Rf1 Qd8 32.Qc1 Ra2 33.Nf3 Bg7 34.Nxe5 fxe5 35.Be3 Nb6
36.Kh2 Be8 37.Ng1 h6 38.Bb1 Ra1 39.Qb2 Ra8 40.Bc2 Nd7 41.Ra1
Rxa1 42.Qxa1 Nf6 43.Qa6 Bf8 44.Nf3 Bd7 45.Nd2 Nh5 46.Nf3 Nf6
47.Kg1 Qc8 48.Qa1 Qb8 49.Kf1 Nh5 50.g4 Nf4 51.Bxf4 exf4 52.e5
dxe5 53.Qa6 Qd6 54.Qxd6 Bxd6 55.Bxg6 Kg7 56.Be4 h5 57.Nh2 Kh6
58.Kg2 hxg4 59.hxg4 Kg5 60.Kh3 f3 61.Kg3 f2 62.Nf3+ Kh6 63.g5+
Kh5 64.Kxf2 Be8 65.Ke3 Bf7 66.g6 Bxg6 67.Bxg6+ Kxg6 68.Ke4 Kf6
69.Nd2 Bf8 70.Nb1 Bh6 71.Na3 Bc1 72.Nxb5 Bd2 73.Nd6 Bxc3 74.b5
Ke7 75.Nxc4 Be1 76.Kxe5 Bg3+ 77.Kd4 Bf2+ 78.Kc3 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2011.07.30"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Georg Meier"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Bd6 6. Bg5 Be6
7. Nfd2 Be7 8. c4 dxc4 9. dxc4 Qd7 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. O-O h6
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Qa4 O-O 16. e3 f5
17. Nec3 Bd6 18. Rad1 Qf7 19. Qb5 e4 20. c5 Be5 21. Qxb7 Bxc3
22. Nxc3 Ne5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nb5 Bc4 25. Ra1 Bxb5 26. Qxb5
Rd2 27. b4 Nd3 28. Rf1 h5 29. c6 g6 30. h4 Kh7 31. Qb8 a6
32. a4 Ra2 33. b5 Rxa4 34. b6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund GER"]
[Date "2011.07.31"]
[EventDate "2011.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.c5 Nf4 11.a4 f5 12.Bc4 fxe4 13.Nxe4
h6 14.Re1 Bg4 15.Ra3 g5 16.h3 Bh5 17.Bxf4 Rxf4 18.g3 Rf8 19.a5
Kh8 20.Kg2 Rb8 21.Qd2 b6 22.axb6 axb6 23.Nfxg5 hxg5 24.Qxg5
Bg6 25.cxd6 cxd6 26.Ra7 Rc8 27.Rxe7 Rxc4 28.f3 Rc2+ 29.Kg1 Rc8
30.Ra1 Rf7 31.Qxg6 Qxe7 32.Ng5 Kg8 33.Qh7+ Kf8 34.Ne6+ Ke8
35.Qh5 Bf6 36.g4 Qb7 37.Rd1 Qa6 38.Qg6 Ke7 39.g5 Bh8 40.Re1
Qa3 41.Nd4 Qxb4 42.Nf5+ Kf8 43.Rd1 Rc2 44.Nd4 exd4 45.Qxc2 Qc3
46.Qe4 Qe3+ 47.Qxe3 dxe3 48.Kg2 Bc3 49.Kf1 Rxf3+ 50.Ke2 Rxh3
0-1

[Event "112th US Open"]
[Site "Orlando USA"]
[Date "2011.08.04"]
[EventDate "2011.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Kyle A Perkovich"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7
7. d4 h6 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Rc1 Na5 11. c5 b6 12. b4 Nb7
13. Ba6 Qb8 14. Ne5 bxc5 15. Nc6 Qc8 16. dxc5 Ne4 17. Nxe4
Bxe4 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. c6 1-0

[Event "112th US Open"]
[Site "Orlando USA"]
[Date "2011.08.04"]
[EventDate "2011.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nicholas Rosenthal"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7
7. Re1 d5 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h4 e5 10. Nh2 h6 11. exd5 Nxd5
12. Ne4 b6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qd6 15. Ng4 h5 16. Ne3 Bd7
17. Rb1 Rae8 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. Qf3 Kh7 20. a4 Nd8 21. Ra1 Bc6
22. Qd1 f5 23. f4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qc6+ 25. Kh2 exf4 26. gxf4
Bxc3 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Bb2 Bxb2 29. Nxb2 Qf6 30. Nc4 Qxh4+
31. Kg2 Ne6 32. Qf3 Nxf4+ 33. Kf1 Qg4 34. Qb7+ Kh6 35. Nd6
Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "112th US Open"]
[Site "Orlando USA"]
[Date "2011.08.06"]
[EventDate "2011.07.30"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kidambi Sundararajan"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "138"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6
7. Bb2 c6 8. c4 Qc7 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Qc2 Na6 11. a3 e5 12. c5
e4 13. cxd6 Qxd6 14. Ne5 Be6 15. b4 Bd5 16. Ndc4 Qe6 17. Bc1
Ng4 18. Nxg4 Bxc4 19. Ne5 Bb3 20. Qc3 Ba4 21. g4 fxg4 22. Bxe4
Nc7 23. f4 gxf3 24. Qxf3 Nb5 25. Bb2 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Bxe5
27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Bd3 Re7 30. Qf6+ Qxf6 31. Rxf6
Rd8 32. Raf1 Kg7 33. Bc4 Rdd7 34. Be6 Rd1 35. Bc4 Rxf1+
36. Rxf1 a6 37. Rf4 Bc2 38. Kf2 Be4 39. Ke3 Bd5+ 40. Kd3 g5
41. Rd4 Bxc4+ 42. Rxc4 Rd7+ 43. Ke3 h5 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. h3 Rd5
46. Rc3 Ke6 47. Re3+ Kd6 48. Re8 Rf5+ 49. Ke4 Rf4+ 50. Kd3 Rh4
51. Re3 a5 52. Kc3 axb4+ 53. axb4 b5 54. Rg3 Rc4+ 55. Kd2 Rxb4
56. Rxg5 Rh4 57. Rg3 Kc5 58. Kd3 Rd4+ 59. Kc3 b4+ 60. Kb3 Kb5
61. Rg5+ c5 62. Rxh5 Re4 63. h4 Re3+ 64. Kc2 Rxe2+ 65. Kd3 Rh2
66. Rh8 c4+ 67. Kd4 c3 68. h5 c2 69. Rc8 b3 0-1

[Event "Kings vs Queens"]
[Site "Saint Louis Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.09.10"]
[EventDate "2011.09.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Martha Lorena Fierro Baquero"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "202"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Rb1 Bd7 6. Nf3 Qc8
7. Nd5 Nd8 8. O-O c6 9. Nc3 Bh3 10. d3 h5 11. Bxh3 Qxh3
12. Ng5 Qd7 13. h4 f6 14. Nf3 Qh3 15. e4 Nh6 16. Qe2 e5
17. Rd1 Ne6 18. Qf1 Qxf1+ 19. Kxf1 f5 20. Ng5 Nxg5 21. Bxg5
Kd7 22. Kg2 Rhf8 23. Ne2 Rae8 24. b4 Rf7 25. b5 c5 26. Rb3 Kc8
27. a4 Ref8 28. Rf1 Rd7 29. Nc3 Nf7 30. Nd5 Nxg5 31. hxg5 f4
32. gxf4 exf4 33. Kf3 Be5 34. a5 Rdf7 35. b6 a6 36. Rbb1 Kd7
37. Rg1 Re8 38. Rg2 Bg7 39. Rh1 Ref8 40. Rd1 Ke6 41. Rb1 Ke5
42. Rb3 Rh8 43. Rh2 Ke6 44. Rh4 Be5 45. Rh1 Kd7 46. Rh4 Re8
47. Rh1 Bd4 48. Rbb1 Rc8 49. Rh4 Be5 50. Rhh1 Rh7 51. Rh4 Rf8
52. Rg1 Ke6 53. Rb1 Rhf7 54. Rg1 Bg7 55. Rb1 Ke5 56. Rb3 Rd8
57. Rb1 Rdf8 58. Rb3 Kd4 59. Ra3 Rh8 60. Rb3 Rh7 61. Ra3 Rh8
62. Rb3 Rd8 63. Ra3 Re8 64. Rb3 Rff8 65. Rh1 Re5 66. Rg1 Rh8
67. Rg2 Ree8 68. Rh2 Re5 69. Rg2 Ree8 70. Rh2 Rhf8 71. Rh1 Rf7
72. Rh4 Bh8 73. Ra3 Rd8 74. Rb3 Bg7 75. Ra3 Rdd7 76. Rb3 Ke5
77. Rb1 Rf8 78. Rb3 Kd4 79. Ra3 Rdf7 80. Rb3 Re8 81. Ra3 Re5
82. Rxf4 Rd7 83. Nf6 Bxf6 84. gxf6 Rf7 85. Ke2 g5 86. Rf3 g4
87. Rf4 Rg5 88. Ra1 Ke5 89. Ke3 Rxf6 90. Rxf6 Kxf6 91. d4
cxd4+ 92. Kxd4 h4 93. Rh1 g3 94. fxg3 hxg3 95. Rg1 g2 96. Ke3
Ke5 97. Kf3 Rg7 98. Ke3 Rg3+ 99. Kf2 Rg7 100. Ke3 Rg8 101. Kf3
Kd4 0-1

[Event "Kings vs Queens"]
[Site "Saint Louis Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.09.12"]
[EventDate "2011.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. c4
Qe7+ 7. Qe2 a6 8. Bxd7+ Bxd7 9. Ne5 O-O-O 10. d4 Re8 11. Bxf4
Ng4 12. h3 Nh6 13. Nc3 f6 14. O-O-O fxe5 15. dxe5 g5 16. Bh2
Bg7 17. Rhe1 Qb4 18. a3 Qb3 19. Qe3 Bf5 20. Rd2 Nf7 21. e6 Nd6
22. Qa7 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qxc3+
26. Kd1 Qb3+ 27. Ke1 Kd7 28. Rdxd6+ cxd6 29. Rxd6+ Ke7 30. Qc5
Re8 31. Qe5+ Kf7 32. Rf6+ Kg7 33. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Kings vs Queens"]
[Site "Saint Louis Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.09.14"]
[EventDate "2011.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kateryna Lahno"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. Be3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nce2 Nf6
7. Ng3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bc4 Bg7 11. Qd2 Qe7
12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Bb7 14. Ng5 Rf8 15. Nxh7 Nxh7 16. Qxh7
Qf6 17. Qh6 Qf4 18. Qxf4 exf4 19. Ne2 f3 20. gxf3 Ne5 21. Bd5
Nxf3+ 22. Kf1 c6 23. Bb3 Nd2+ 24. Kg2 O-O-O 25. Rad1 Nxe4
26. Nf4 Nd2 27. Kg3 c5 28. Bd5 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "Kings vs Queens"]
[Site "Saint Louis Chess Club"]
[Date "2011.09.15"]
[EventDate "2011.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Irina Krush"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Nd7 4. Bc4 e6 5. Qe2 Ngf6 6. Ng5
Nb6 7. Bb3 h6 8. N5f3 a5 9. a4 Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Ngf3 Nfd5
12. O-O Bd7 13. d4 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Rd1 Nf6 16. g4 Qe7
17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Rfd8 19. Kh1 Bc6 20. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1
bxc6 22. Ne5 Qc7 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Nxf7 Nd5 25. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "4th Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao BRA/ESP"]
[Date "2011.10.01"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 a6 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.b3
Ba7 8.Bb2 Rb8 9.d3 Bf5 10.Qd2 Qd7 11.h3 O-O 12.f4 Be6 13.d4
Nf5 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.O-O-O exd4 16.exd4 Ne7 17.g4 f5 18.g5 Bf7
19.Ng3 a5 20.h4 a4 21.Nxa4 Bxc4 22.bxc4 c5 23.Nc3 Rb4 24.Qd3
cxd4 25.Nb5 d5 26.Nxa7 c5 27.cxd5 Qxa7 28.a3 Rb6 29.Qc4 Nc8
30.d6+ Kh8 31.d7 Qxd7 32.Rh2 Qb7 33.Rc2 Rb5 34.Nxf5 Rxf5
35.Rxd4 Rf8 36.Rdd2 Ne7 37.h5 Nf5 38.h6 Rxb2 39.hxg7+ Kxg7
40.Qc3+ Nd4 41.Rxb2 Qd5 42.Qh3 Re8 43.Rb6 Kg8 44.Kb2 Qf7
45.Qh6 Qxf4 46.Rh2 Re7 47.g6 Qxh6 48.Rxh6 Re2+ 49.Kc3 hxg6
50.Rhxg6+ Kf7 51.Rbf6+ Ke7 52.Ra6 Ne6 53.a4 Kd7 54.a5 Nc7
55.Ra7 Re7 56.a6 Ke8 57.Rb7 Kf7 58.Rc6 Nd5+ 59.Kc4 1-0

[Event "4th Bilbao Masters"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao BRA/ESP"]
[Date "2011.10.08"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "157"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5
7. g4 Be6 8. h4 Nd7 9. h5 Nh6 10. Be2 Nb6 11. Nh3 g5 12. hxg6
hxg6 13. Bg3 Qd7 14. Nf4 O-O-O 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Rg1 Bd6
17. Qc2 Bxg3 18. Rxg3 f5 19. O-O-O Nxg4 20. Bxg4 fxg4 21. Rdg1
Rh4 22. Qe2 Rf8 23. Nd1 Rf4 24. Kd2 Nc4+ 25. Ke1 Rf3 26. Rxf3
gxf3 27. Qxf3 Qf5 28. Qg3 Rh6 29. b3 Nb6 30. Qg4 Nd7 31. Qxf5
gxf5 32. Nc3 Nf6 33. Ne2 Ng4 34. Nf4 Rh2 35. Nd3 Kd8 36. b4
Ke7 37. a4 b6 38. Ke2 Kd6 39. Kf3 a5 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Kg3 Kc7
42. Rc1 Rh7 43. Kf4 Re7 44. Rc2 Re4+ 45. Kg5 Re8 46. Rb2 Rf8
47. Nc5 Kc8 48. Kf4 Rh8 49. f3 Nh2 50. Rf2 Rh3 51. Nb3 Kc7
52. Nxa5 Kb6 53. Nb3 Ka6 54. Nc1 Ka5 55. Ne2 Kxa4 56. Ng1 Rh6
57. Kg3 Ng4 58. fxg4 fxg4 59. Rf5 Rh1 60. Kg2 Rh4 61. Ne2 Kb5
62. Nf4 Rh8 63. Kg3 Rg8 64. Re5 Kc4 65. Re6 Kb5 66. Re7 Kb4
67. Nd3+ Kc3 68. Ne5 c5 69. dxc5 d4 70. exd4 Kxd4 71. Nd7 Rd8
72. c6 Rc8 73. Re6 Rc7 74. Rd6+ Kc4 75. Kxg4 Kb5 76. Ne5 Rh7
77. Rd7 Rh8 78. Kf5 Kb6 79. Ke6 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.04"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5
7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Be2 Nb6 10. Be5 Nf6 11. h4 h6 12. h5
Bh7 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qc2+ Kh8 16. Nf5 Nc4 17. b3
Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ng4 19. f4 Qd7 20. O-O-O f6 21. e4 fxe5 22. Qe2
Nf6 23. Nh4 exf4 24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Nxf8 Bxf8 26. exd5 cxd5
27. Qd3 Rd8 28. Kb1 Bc5 29. Rhf1 Be3 30. g3 d4 31. gxf4 Qe7
32. Rde1 Rd7 33. Nd1 Nd5 34. Nxe3 dxe3 35. Rc1 Rd8 36. Qf5 Qe8
37. Rfe1 b6 38. a3 Kh8 39. Kb2 a5 40. Rc4 Nf6 41. Qe5 Qf8
42. Qxe3 b5 43. Rd4 b4 44. a4 Rxd4 45. Qxd4 Nxh5 46. Re5 Nxf4
47. Rxa5 Ne6 48. Qd2 g5 49. Ra6 Qf6+ 50. Ka2 Qe5 51. Qb2 Qxb2+
52. Kxb2 Nf4 53. Rxh6+ Kg7 54. Rd6 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.12"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nxd5 6. O-O
Be6 7. Bb3 c5 8. Kh1 Nc6 9. d4 c4 10. Ba4 Bd6 11. b3 c3
12. Qd3 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nxc3 Re8 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. c4
Be4 17. Qc3 a5 18. a3 f6 19. Bb2 Ra7 20. Rad1 Rae7 21. b4 axb4
22. axb4 Kh8 23. Qb3 Rb7 24. Bc3 Qb8 25. b5 cxb5 26. c5 b4
27. Bd2 Bf8 28. Rde1 g5 29. Qc4 g4 30. Nh4 f3 31. d5 fxg2+
32. Nxg2 Bf3 33. Kg1 Rc8 34. c6 Rb5 35. Nf4 Bc5+ 36. Be3 Bxe3+
37. Rxe3 Qb6 38. Rfe1 b3 39. Qc3 Rf8 40. Ne6 b2 41. c7 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2011.12.27"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Be2 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. O-O c4 11. b3 Nb6
12. bxc4 dxc4 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Rab1 Rc8 15. a4 a5 16. Ng5 Bxg5
17. Bxg5 f6 18. Bh4 c3 19. Bd3 h6 20. Bb5 Nd5 21. Qe4 Qd6
22. Bg3 Qe7 23. Rbc1 Nb4 24. d5 Nxd5 25. Rfd1 Rfd8 26. Rd4 f5
27. Qe5 Qf6 28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. h3 Kf7 30. Bc4 Ke7 31. e4 Nf4
32. Rxd8 Rxc4 33. Bxf4 Kxd8 34. exf5 Bxf5 35. Be3 c2 36. g4
Be4 37. Bb6+ Kd7 38. Bxa5 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2011.12.30"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. f3 f5 11. Be3 f4 12. Bf2
g5 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. Nb5 b6 15. b4 a6 16. Nc3 Rf7 17. Nd3 h5
18. c5 Bf8 19. cxb6 cxb6 20. b5 a5 21. Na4 Nc5 22. Ndxc5 dxc5
23. d6 Be6 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Nxc5 Bxa2 26. Qa4 Bxd6 27. Qxa2
Bxc5+ 28. Kh1 Bd4 29. Bc4 Raa7 30. Bxf7+ Rxf7 31. Qd5 Qxd5
32. exd5 Ne7 33. d6 Nf5 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Rc6 a4 36. Rfc1 a3
37. Ra6 a2 38. Rxa2 Nxd6 39. b6 Bxb6 40. Rc6 Rc7 41. Rxc7+
Bxc7 42. Ra7 Ne8 43. g3 Kg6 44. Kg2 Bd6 45. Ra6 Kf5 46. Rc6 g4
47. gxf4 exf4 48. fxg4+ hxg4 49. h3 g3 50. Kf3 Be5 51. Rh6 Ng7
52. h4 Ne6 53. Rh5+ Kf6 54. Kg2 Nd4 55. Kh3 f3 56. Rh8 g2
57. Rg8 Ne2 58. Rg6+ Kxg6 59. h5+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2011.12.31"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3 5. bxc3 d6 6. Bg2
O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Ne1 c6 9. d3 h6 10. Rb1 d5 11. Qb3 b6
12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nc2 Nc6 14. h3 Bb7 15. Nb4 Na5 16. Qb2 d4
17. c4 Rc8 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. e4 dxe3 20. Bxe3 Qd7 21. Kh2 Nd6
22. Rbc1 Nf5 23. Rfd1 h5 24. Qe2 h4 25. Nc2 b5 26. Qf3 bxc4
27. dxc4 hxg3+ 28. fxg3 Qe6 29. c5 Red8 30. Bf2 e4 31. Qb3 Qe5
32. Ne3 Rxd1 33. Qxd1 Rxc5 34. Nc4 Qc7 35. Bxc5 Qxg3+ 36. Kh1
Qxh3+ 37. Kg1 Qg3+ 38. Kf1 Ng4 39. Qd8+ Kh7 40. Qd5 Qf3+
41. Ke1 Ng3 42. Rc2 f5 43. Kd2 Nf6 44. Qd8 Ne2 45. Ke1 f4
46. Rxe2 Qc3+ 47. Kd1 Qxc4 48. Qd4 Qb5 49. Rh2+ Kg6 50. Kc2 a5
51. Be7 Qc6+ 52. Qc5 Qa4+ 53. Kc1 f3 54. Bxf6 Kxf6 55. Rd2 g6
56. Rd6+ Kg7 57. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6
7. O-O c6 8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Na6 12. Ng5
Qe7 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. e3 Nce4
17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Rd2 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Qc5 b6 21. Qb5 Nh5
22. Ba3 Bf8 23. Bb2 Bg7 24. Ba3 Be5 25. Rc1 Nf6 26. Rdc2 d4
27. Rc6 Qf5 28. exd4 Bxd4 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. Bh3 e3 31. Bxf5
exf2+ 32. Kf1 Be3 33. Rb1 Ne4 34. Bxe4 Rxe4 35. Rc2 Red4 0-1

[Event "16th Unive Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2012.10.27"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 a6 7.Nxc6
bxc6 8.c4 Bg7 9.Bg2 Ne7 10.O-O d6 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Qd2
Rb8 14.Rfd1 Rd8 15.Rac1 c5 16.b3 Bb7 17.h4 h5 18.Qd3 Bc6
19.Qe2 Be8 20.Rd3 Rdc8 21.Qd2 Rb6 22.Bf4 Be5 23.Rd1 Kh7 24.Kh1
Ng8 25.Be3 Bg7 26.Ne2 Rd8 27.Bf4 e5 28.Bg5 f6 29.Be3 Ne7
30.Nc3 Qc8 31.Kh2 Rc6 32.f4 Qb7 33.fxe5 fxe5 34.Bg5 Rd7 35.Bh3
Rdc7 36.Rf1 Bd7 37.Bg2 Bg4 38.Rxd6 Rxd6 39.Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Italian Team Championships"]
[Site "Arvier ITA"]
[Date "2012.04.28"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alberto David"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6
7. Qb3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Bb7 9. b3 d6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Bb2 Nbd7
12. Rad1 Rae8 13. d5 e5 14. Nh4 g6 15. Nf3 Nh5 16. e3 h6
17. Nh4 Kh7 18. f4 e4 19. b4 Ra8 20. Rc1 a5 21. a3 Ndf6
22. Rfd1 axb4 23. axb4 b5 24. Bf1 bxc4 25. Bxc4 Qf7 26. Qd4
Ng7 27. Bb3 Nge8 28. Rc2 Nd7 29. h3 Ndf6 30. Rg2 Bc8 31. Rc2
g5 32. Ng2 Rg8 33. Rdc1 Nh5 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. g4 fxg4
36. Qxe4+ Bf5 37. Rf2 Ng3 38. Qxf5+ Qxf5 39. Rxf5 Nxf5 40. Bc2
gxh3 41. Bxf5+ Kh6 42. Ne1 g4 43. Rc4 Ra2 44. Nd3 Rg5 45. Rf4
Ng7 46. Be4 Rxb2 47. Nxb2 Nh5 48. Rf7 Re5 49. Bf5 Rxe3 50. Nd3
Kg5 51. Rf8 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mika Karttunen"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 b6
7. Bxc4 Bb7 8. O-O Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6
12. Bc3 Nd7 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Qe2 c5 15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. exd4 Qd6
17. Qe3 Rac8 18. Bb3 Rfd8 19. Nd2 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ne4
Bxe4 22. Qxe4 b4 23. Be1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bxd4 25. Qh4 Nf6
26. Rd1 h6 27. Qh3 Qb6 28. Kf1 Nd7 29. Bc4 Ne5 30. Be2 Nc6
31. Qb3 Rb8 32. Bd3 Bf6 33. Bb1 Qb5+ 34. Bd3 Qe5 35. Qc4 Ne7
36. Bxb4 Nd5 37. Ba3 Qxh2 38. Qe4 g6 39. g3 Be7 40. Rd2 Bxa3
41. bxa3 Rb3 42. a4 Rb4 43. Qe5 Rxa4 44. Rc2 Qh1+ 45. Ke2 Qh5+
46. Qxh5 gxh5 47. Bc4 Ne7 48. Rc1 Kg7 49. Kf1 Ng6 50. Kg2 h4
51. Rc3 hxg3 52. fxg3 Ne5 53. Bb3 Ra3 54. Kh3 Nc6 0-1

[Event "54th Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia ITA"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[EventDate "2011.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 b6
12. Bb5 Bb7 13. h4 Na5 14. Bd4 Rac8 15. Ng5 Nc4 16. Qe2 h6
17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. Nge4 Bb4 20. Nd6 Rcd8 21. Rh3
Bxd6 22. Nb5 Qc6 23. Nxd6 Qxg2 24. Qe3 Be4 25. Rc1 f5 26. Rg3
Qh2 27. Qg1 Qxg1 28. Rcxg1 Rd7 29. Rg6 Re7 30. Rxh6 c3
31. bxc3 Bf3 32. Rhg6 Bg4 33. Rg5 Kh7 34. h5 Kh6 35. Rh1 Rd8
36. c4 Bf3 37. Rh2 Bg4 38. Kb2 Rb8 39. Kc3 Rd8 40. Kd4 Rb8
41. Ke3 Kh7 42. Kf2 Rh8 43. Kg3 Kg8 44. h6 Rh7 45. Rg6 Bd1
46. c3 Bg4 47. Kf2 Kf8 48. Ke3 gxh6 49. Rhxh6 Rxh6 50. Rxh6
Kg7 51. Rh2 Rd7 52. Kd4 Bf3 53. Rh3 Bg4 54. Rh1 Bf3 55. Rg1+
Bg4 56. c5 bxc5+ 57. Kxc5 Rc7+ 58. Kb4 Rc6 59. Nb5 Kf8 60. a4
a5+ 61. Kxa5 Rc4 62. Nd4 Rxc3 63. Rb1 Rc8 64. Rb6 Kf7 65. Nxe6
Rc4 66. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.19"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. e3 c5
7. Nge2 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 exf4 10. Nxf4 O-O 11. b3 Bf5
12. Bb2 Qd7 13. Ne4 Rad8 14. Rf2 Nb4 15. Qf1 Bxe4 16. Bxe4
N6d5 17. Nh5 g6 18. a3 Na6 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Bf6 Qd6 21. Bxe7
Qxe7 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Qc4 Qe5 24. Raf1 h5 25. Nxh5+ Qxh5
26. Rxf7+ Rxf7 27. Rxf7+ Kh6 28. Qf4+ g5 29. Qf6+ Qg6 30. Qf1
Qh5 31. Rxb7 c4 32. Qf6+ Qg6 33. Qxd8 Qb1+ 34. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5
d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4
12. Nc2 Rb8 13. b3 Bg5 14. g3 O-O 15. Bg2 a5 16. O-O Ne7
17. h4 Bh6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qd5 Qc7 20. Rad1 Rd8 21. Kh2 Bg4
22. Rde1 Bd7 23. Qd3 Qc5 24. Rd1 Bc6 25. Qe2 Ra8 26. Ne1 Qb6
27. Nd3 Qb7 28. Rfe1 g6 29. f3 Bg7 30. Nf2 h5 31. Rd3 Bh6
32. Red1 Qe7 33. Nh3 Rd7 34. Qf2 Rb8 35. Ng5 Bxg5 36. hxg5
Qxg5 37. Bh3 Rc7 38. Rxd6 Kg7 39. f4 exf4 40. gxf4 Qe7 41. e5
a4 42. e6 axb3 43. axb3 Be8 44. f5 g5 45. Qd4+ f6 46. Bg2 h4
47. c5 Rbc8 48. c6 Rxc6 49. Bxc6 Rxc6 50. Rxc6 Bxc6 51. Qb6
Be8 52. Rc1 Kh6 53. Rc7 Qf8 54. Qd4 g4 55. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.08"]
[EventDate "2012.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Robert Lee Hess"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bd6 6.d4 Qe7 7.O-O
Nf6 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Re1 Ba3 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Ne8 12.f4 Bxc1
13.Rxc1 d6 14.exd6 cxd6 15.Nf3 Bg4 16.h3 Rc8 17.Bb3 Bxf3
18.Qxf3 Rc5 19.Re3 Nc7 20.e5 dxe5 21.Qxb7 a5 22.Qe4 Ne6
23.fxe5 Re8 24.Rd1 Qc7 25.Rdd3 h6 26.Bd5 Qb6 27.c4 Qb1+ 28.Kh2
Qxa2 29.Bxe6 fxe6 30.Rd7 Kh8 31.Rxg7 Kxg7 32.Rg3+ Kf8 33.Qh7
1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.10"]
[EventDate "2012.05.07"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Ray Robson"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.g4 Be6 10.Nxe6 fxe6 11.O-O-O Ne5 12.Be2 Qc8
13.h4 Nfd7 14.f4 Nc4 15.Bxc4 Qxc4 16.e5 Nb6 17.h5 dxe5 18.hxg6
hxg6 19.Qh2 Rxf4 20.Bxf4 Qxf4+ 21.Kb1 Qxh2 22.Rxh2 Rf8 23.Ne4
Rf4 24.Ng5 Rxg4 25.Nxe6 Bf6 26.b3 Nc8 27.c4 Nd6 28.c5 Nb5
29.Rd7 Kf7 30.Rxb7 Rg1+ 31.Kc2 Na3+ 32.Kb2 Nb1 33.Nd8+ Ke8
34.Nc6 e4+ 35.Kc2 Na3+ 36.Kd2 Nb1+ 37.Ke3 Re1+ 38.Kf2 Rc1
39.Rh7 Rc2+ 40.Kg3 Rc3+ 41.Kg4 e3 42.Nxe7 e2 43.Nd5 Rg3+
44.Kf4 Bg5+ 45.Ke5 e1=Q+ 46.Kd6 Bf4+ 47.Nxf4 Rd3+ 48.Nxd3 Qg3+
49.Ne5 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Gregory Kaidanov"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Na3
cxd4 8.Nxc4 Bc5 9.Qc2 O-O 10.Nce5 Bb6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Rd1 Bb7
13.Nxd4 Bxd4 14.e3 Qb6 15.exd4 Rfd8 16.Rd3 Rd7 17.Be3 Nd5
18.Rb3 Qa5 19.Bd2 Qd8 20.Qc5 h6 21.Rc1 Nb6 22.Be3 Nd5 23.a4 a5
24.Bd2 Ne7 25.Bc3 Nd5 26.h3 Ne7 27.Kh2 Nd5 28.Be1 Ne7 29.Qe5
Nf5 30.Bc3 Qg5 31.Rc2 Ne7 32.Qe1 Ra7 33.Re2 Nf5 34.Rd2 Ne7
35.Qe5 Qxe5 36.dxe5 Nd5 37.Bd4 Ra8 38.Bc5 Ba6 39.Rc2 Rb7
40.Rxb7 Bxb7 41.Bd4 Kf8 42.f4 Ke8 43.Rc5 Kd7 44.Kg1 Kc7 45.Bf2
Bc8 46.Bf1 h5 47.h4 g6 48.b3 Bb7 49.Bd3 Bc8 50.Kg2 Bd7 51.Kf3
Bc8 52.g4 hxg4+ 53.Kxg4 Bd7 54.Kg5 Kb7 55.Be4 Rh8 56.Bf3 Ra8
57.Rc4 Kc7 58.Bc5 Rh8 59.Rc1 Bc8 60.Bf2 Bd7 61.f5 Rg8 62.f6
Rh8 63.Rc5 Ra8 64.Kh6 Nf4 65.Be3 Nh5 66.Bxh5 gxh5 67.Kg7 Be8
68.Kf8 Kb7 69.Ke7 Kc7 70.Bd2 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.16"]
[EventDate "2012.05.07"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Stripunsky"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Nb3 a5 7.a4
Be7 8.Bb5 Na7 9.Bd3 b6 10.Bd2 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Nxc5 bxc5
13.b3 O-O 14.Qe2 Nc6 15.Bb5 Qb6 16.O-O Ba6 17.c4 Bb7 18.Rad1
Nb4 19.Ng5 h6 20.Nh3 d4 21.Nf4 Kh7 22.Rfe1 Rg8 23.Nd3 Raf8
24.Nxb4 axb4 25.Qd3+ g6 26.Bf4 Kg7 27.Qh3 g5 28.Bg3 Kh7 29.Qg4
Rg6 30.h3 Kg7 31.Qh5 Rg8 32.Rd3 Qa7 33.f3 Bd8 34.Kf2 Kf8
35.Ke2 Bc7 36.Kd1 Qa8 37.Kc1 f5 38.Bh2 Ke7 39.Rd2 f4 40.Bg1
Qf8 41.Bxd4 cxd4 42.Rxd4 Bc8 43.c5 Qg7 44.Rd6 Bxd6 45.cxd6+
Kd8 46.Bd3 Bb7 47.Qxg6 Qxg6 48.Bxg6 Rxg6 49.Rd1 Bd5 50.Rd4 Kd7
51.Rxb4 Rg8 52.Kd2 Rf8 53.a5 h5 54.Rb6 Ra8 55.b4 g4 56.hxg4
hxg4 57.fxg4 Bxg2 58.a6 Bd5 59.Rb5 f3 60.Ke3 Rf8 61.Kf2 Rh8
62.Rxd5 exd5 63.b5 Rb8 64.g5 Rxb5 65.g6 Rb8 66.a7 Ra8 67.g7
Ke6 68.Kxf3 Kxe5 69.d7 Kd6 70.Kf4 Kxd7 71.Ke5 Kc6 0-1

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.18"]
[EventDate "2012.05.07"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 e5 7.Nf3
Be7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.O-O Be6 10.Bb3 Nc6 11.Bg5 Na5 12.Bxf6 Bxf6
13.Bd5 Rc8 14.Nd2 Qc7 15.Re1 Bg5 16.Nf1 Qb6 17.Rb1 Nc4 18.Qe2
Bh6 19.h4 Qb4 20.g3 Rc7 21.Kg2 Nb6 22.Bb3 Bxb3 23.cxb3 Qxb3
24.a5 Na4 25.Nh2 g6 26.Ng4 Bg7 27.Nd5 Rc2 28.Qe3 Nc5 29.h5
Qxe3 30.Ngxe3 Rd2 31.Nc4 Rd4 32.Nxd6 Rd8 33.b4 Nd3 34.Nxb7
Nxe1+ 35.Rxe1 Ra8 36.f3 Bf8 37.Rc1 Bxb4 38.Rc7 gxh5 39.Kh3 Kg7
40.Kh4 Ra7 41.Kxh5 Rxd5 42.exd5 Bxa5 43.Re7 Bb6 44.d6 a5
45.Kg5 a4 46.Kf5 a3 47.Nd8 a2 48.Ne6+ Kh6 49.Ng5 a1=Q 50.Nxf7+
Kg7 0-1

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.19"]
[EventDate "2012.05.07"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Yasser Seirawan"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e6 2.f4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c3 Nge7 6.Na3 Nf5 7.Nc2 h5
8.Bd3 g6 9.O-O Be7 10.Bxf5 gxf5 11.d4 h4 12.dxc5 Bxc5+ 13.Be3
Be7 14.h3 b6 15.Qe2 Nb8 16.Rfd1 Ba6 17.Qe1 Nd7 18.b4 Nf8 19.a4
Bc4 20.Ncd4 Qd7 21.b5 Ng6 22.Nc6 Kf8 23.Nd2 Bd3 24.c4 Kg7
25.cxd5 exd5 26.Nb1 Bc4 27.Qc3 Qe6 28.Nd2 Rhc8 29.Nd4 Qd7
30.e6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e4 d5 6. e5 g5
7. Bg3 Nfd7 8. h4 g4 9. dxc5 h5 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Nf4 Ndxe5
12. Nb3 Bd7 13. c3 Qf6 14. Bb5 a6 15. Ba4 Bh6 16. Nd3 Nxd3+
17. Qxd3 O-O 18. O-O Bf4 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Qe2 Ne5 21. Bxd7
Rxd7 22. Nd4 Ng6 23. c6 bxc6 24. Nxc6 e5 25. Nb4 Rfd8 26. Qxa6
Rd6 27. Qb5 d4 28. cxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Nd5 Qd6 31. Nc3
Kg7 32. a4 e4 33. Bxf4 Nxf4 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Nb5 Ne2+ 36. Kh1
1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e4 h6 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. c3 d6
7. f4 e5 8. Ngf3 Nc6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. fxe5 Bh4+ 13. g3 Bg5 14. Nb3 Qe7 15. Qd4 Bg4 16. Nxg5 Qxg5
17. O-O Rfe8 18. Rf4 Bh3 19. Na5 Rad8 20. Qf2 Re6 21. Nb3 Qxe5
22. Nd4 Red6 23. Re1 Be6 24. b4 Bc4 25. Rf5 Qe8 26. a3 a6
27. Rc5 Rf6 28. Rf5 Rxf5 29. exf5 Qd7 30. Qe3 Qd5 31. Qe5 Rd6
32. Qxd5 cxd5 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Re7 Rf6 35. Rxc7 Bd3 36. g4 g6
37. Rc6 Rxc6 38. Nxc6 gxf5 39. gxf5 Bxf5 40. a4 Bc2 41. a5 Ba4
42. Nd4 Bd7 43. Kf2 Kg6 44. Kg3 f6 45. Kf4 Kf7 46. h4 h5
47. b5 Bc8 48. b6 Ke7 49. Nf5+ Kd7 50. Ng7 Kc6 51. Nxh5 Kb5
52. Nxf6 Kxa5 53. h5 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Luke McShane"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O
7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Rd1 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e6 11. Qb3 Nh5
12. d5 Ne5 13. Be2 Qf6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Kd2 Nf4 16. Kc2 Nxe2
17. Nxe2 Nxf3 18. Rd7 Rad8 19. Rhd1 Rxd7 20. Rxd7 Ne5 21. Bd4
c5 22. Bc3 Qf3 23. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.14"]
[EventDate "2012.06.07"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2
Bg4 8.f3 Be6 9.Nbc3 Qd7 10.Ne4 Bd5 11.Nc5 Qc8 12.a3 e6 13.Qc2
Bxc5 14.dxc5 Nd7 15.f4 Bxg2 16.Rg1 Bf3 17.Be3 g6 18.O-O-O Ne7
19.Be4 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 b6 21.Nc3 O-O 22.c6 Nb8 23.f5 Nxf5 24.Bg5
Qe8 25.Qf4 f6 26.Bxf6 Qxc6 27.Kb1 Nd7 28.Ne4 Nc5 29.Nxc5 bxc5
30.h4 Rf7 31.h5 Rd7 32.hxg6 h6 33.Rxd7 Qxd7 34.Qf3 Rb8 35.Rd1
Qe8 36.Rd2 c4 37.Ka2 a5 38.Qd1 c3 39.bxc3 Ne3 40.Qe2 Nd5
41.Qd3 a4 42.Rb2 Rxb2+ 43.Kxb2 Qb8+ 44.Kc1 Qb3 45.Qa6 Qxc3+
46.Kd1 Ne3+ 47.Ke2 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "Biel Blitz"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[EventDate "2012.07.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7
7. e5 Ng4 8. e6 fxe6 9. Ng5 Bxb5 10. Nxe6 Bxd4 11. Nxb5 Qa5+
12. Qd2 Bf2+ 13. Kd1 Ne3+ 14. Ke2 Qxb5+ 15. Kxf2 Ng4+ 16. Kg3
Qd7 17. Re1 Nc6 18. b3 Nh6 19. Bb2 Nf5+ 20. Kf2 Ncd4 21. g4
Nh6 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. h3 Rc8 24. Rac1 Qc6 25. Qxd4 Qb6
26. Qxb6 axb6 27. c4 Kd7 28. Re2 b5 29. c5 b6 30. b4 bxc5
31. bxc5 Nf7 32. Rb1 dxc5 33. Rxb5 Nd6 34. Rxc5 Ra8 35. Rc7+
Ke8 36. Nd4 Nc8 37. Nc6 Rf8 1-0

[Event "Biel Blitz"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[EventDate "2012.07.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bd3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Re8 9. Nc3 b6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Rc1
Qe7 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nd2 f5 15. Nf3 Rf8 16. Rfe1 Rf6 17. Qf1
Rh6 18. Ne2 g5 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bxe5
22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. b4 Rf8 24. Ng3 Rhf6 25. Rc2 c5 26. bxc5 bxc5
27. Rb1 Qc7 28. Qc1 c4 29. Qb2 Bc8 30. Qd4 Rd6 31. Qe5 h6
32. Rd1 Rfd8 33. Rcd2 Rc6 34. Qc3 Rcd6 35. Qe5 Rc6 36. Qc3
Rcd6 37. Rb1 Qg7 38. Rd4 Rf8 39. Qd2 Rdf6 40. Nh5 Qf7
41. Nxf6+ Qxf6 42. Rxd5 c3 43. Qc2 Be6 44. Rc5 g4 45. hxg4
Bxg4 46. Rb7 Bf3 47. Rcc7 Bh5 48. Rxc3 Bg6 49. Rc6 Qg5
50. Qc4+ Bf7 51. Rxf7 Rxf7 52. Rc7 Qh5 53. Qxf7+ Qxf7 54. Rxf7
Kxf7 55. f4 h5 56. Kh2 Kf6 57. Kh3 Kf5 58. Kh4 Kg6 59. g4 hxg4
60. Kxg4 Kf6 61. f5 1-0

[Event "Biel Blitz"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[EventDate "2012.07.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 f6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bc1 Bg4
7. dxc5 Qxc5 8. b4 Qd6 9. b5 Nd8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. exf3 e5
12. Bd3 Qd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Qc2 g6 15. Rd1 Bd6 16. Nd2 Ne7
17. f4 Ne6 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. c4 O-O 20. Nb3 Nf4 21. Bf1 b6
22. a4 Kg7 23. Bb2 Rf5 24. Rd2 Rg5 25. Kh1 Qb7 26. Re1 Kf8
27. Qd1 Nxh3 28. cxd5 Nf4 29. g3 Nh5 30. Bg2 Rc4 31. Rc2 Qc7
32. Ree2 Nf6 33. Kg1 Rxc2 34. Rxc2 Qd7 35. Rc6 Ne8 36. Nd2 e4
37. Nxe4 Rxd5 38. Qf3+ Rf5 39. Qc3 Be5 40. Qc2 Nxc6 41. bxc6
Qe7 42. Bc1 Kg7 43. Be3 h5 44. Bh3 Rf8 45. Bd7 Nc7 46. Qd2 Rh8
47. Bg5 Qf7 48. Qe3 Nd5 49. Qe1 h4 50. g4 h3 51. Ng3 h2+
52. Kg2 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "Biel Blitz"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.22"]
[EventDate "2012.07.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qb6
7. Nb3 a5 8. d3 a4 9. Nd2 exd3 10. Bg2 Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc4
Qd8 13. dxc6 dxe2 14. Qxe2 Nxc6 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Qxe7 Bxe7
17. Nb6 Ra6 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. a3 Kf8 20. Be3 Rb8 21. Bf1 Raa8
22. Bb5 Na5 23. Bxa4 Nc4 24. Bc1 Rc8 25. Bb3 Nxa3 26. Bd2 Rd8
27. bxa3 1-0

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.26"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6
7. Be3 Bf5 8. Ne2 e6 9. Nbc3 Qd7 10. a3 O-O-O 11. Rc1 Kb8
12. O-O Qe8 13. Ba4 Nxa4 14. Qxa4 Bd3 15. d5 exd5 16. Rfd1
Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Be7 18. Rxc6 Qxc6 19. Qxa7+ Kc8 20. Nd4 Qa6
21. Qxa6 bxa6 22. Nc6 Rd7 23. b4 Kb7 24. Rc1 d4 25. Bxd4 f6
26. f4 fxe5 27. fxe5 Bg5 28. Rc4 Re8 29. Kf2 Rf7+ 30. Ke2 Re6
31. Na5+ Kc8 32. g3 Rh6 33. h4 Bd8 34. Be3 Re6 35. Bf4 Bf6
36. Re4 Rfe7 37. Nc4 g6 38. Re3 Bg7 39. Kf3 Rc6 40. Na5 Rce6
41. Nc4 h6 42. g4 Rd7 43. Ke4 Bf8 44. Rf3 Rf7 45. Rc3 Rd7
46. Be3 Kd8 47. Rb3 Ke8 48. h5 gxh5 49. gxh5 Rc6 50. Nb2 Rc2
51. Bf4 Rf7 52. a4 Re2+ 53. Be3 Rf1 54. Nd3 Be7 55. Nf4 Ra2
56. Nd5 Bd8 57. a5 c6 58. Nf4 Rh2 59. Ne6 Rh4+ 60. Kd3 Rd1+
61. Kc2 Re1 62. Rd3 Bg5 63. Nc7+ Ke7 64. Bc5+ Kf7 65. Nxa6
Rh2+ 66. Kb3 Rb1+ 67. Kc4 Rh4+ 68. Kc3 Ra1 69. Kb2 Rhh1
70. Nb8 Rhb1+ 71. Kc3 Rc1+ 72. Kd4 Ke6 73. Nxc6 Rc2 74. Ke4
Re1+ 75. Kf3 Rf1+ 76. Kg4 Rg2+ 77. Kh3 Ra2 78. a6 Kf5 79. Nd4+
Ke4 80. Rf3 Rh1+ 81. Kg3 Bh4+ 0-1

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.07.27"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. O-O h5 12. a3
Bd7 13. b3 Nh7 14. f3 f5 15. Rb1 g5 16. Bf2 f4 17. b4 axb4
18. axb4 Qg6 19. c5 g4 20. c6 bxc6 21. dxc6 Be6 22. b5 Nb8
23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 g3 25. Be1 Ng5 26. Rb4 h4 27. Ne4 h3
28. hxg3 fxg3 29. Qd2 Rf4 30. Nxg5 Qxg5 31. gxh3 Qf5 32. Bxg3
Qxh3 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.08.01"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5
12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bd4 14. e5 Nd5 15. Ne4 Nb4 16. Qb3 Nxd3+
17. Qxd3 O-O 18. Nd6 Bc5 19. Be3 Bxd6 20. exd6 Qh4+ 21. g3 Qh5
22. Rc1 c5 23. Rxc5 Qh3 24. Rg1 Qxh2 25. Rc2 Qh3 26. Rc7 Bf3
27. Kd2 Qe6 28. Bc5 Bg4 29. b3 Bf5 30. Re1 Qxe1+ 0-1

[Event "Biel Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2012.08.02"]
[EventDate "2012.07.23"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6
7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7
12. a4 Qb6 13. Qe2 Rfb8 14. Bd2 Ne8 15. Rhb1 Nc7 16. Nd1 Qa6
17. Qxa6 Rxa6 18. a5 f5 19. exf5 Nxd5 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Ra4
Nb4 22. Ne3 Rb5 23. b3 e6 24. Bxb4 Rxb4 25. Rxb4 cxb4 26. Rc1
Nc5 27. Rc4 Bc3 28. Nd1 Nxb3 29. Nxc3 bxc3 30. Rxc3 Nc5
31. Ra3 e5 32. Nd2 d5 33. Nf3 Nd7 34. Ne1 Nb8 35. Rb3 Nc6
36. Rb6 Rxb6 37. axb6 Kf7 38. b7 Ke6 39. h4 Kd6 40. g4 e4
41. h5 gxh5 42. gxh5 Kc7 43. h6 Ne5 44. h7 Nf7 45. Kg3 Kxb7
46. Nc2 Kc6 47. Kf4 Kd6 48. Kf5 Ke7 49. Kg6 Kf8 50. Kf6 Nh8
51. Nd4 Ke8 52. Kg7 Ke7 53. Kxh8 Kf8 54. Ne2 Kf7 55. Nc3 d4
56. Nxe4 d3 57. Nd2 Kf8 58. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Vidmantas Malisauskas"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[PlyCount "213"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Bb5 Na6
12. Kb1 Nc7 13. Bb6 Nd7 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. a4 Nb6 16. g4 Rfd8
17. Qe2 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Nd2 Rac8 21. Ne4
Be6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. h4 Qb6 24. c3 Bd7 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Kc2
Qc6 27. b3 h6 28. h5 Qe6 29. Nd2 Bg5 30. Nc4 f5 31. gxf5 Qxf5+
32. Qe4 Qf7 33. Kb2 Rd5 34. Rh2 Bf4 35. Rg2 b5 36. Nxa5 bxa4
37. Qxa4 Qxh5 38. Nc4 Kh7 39. Qc6 Qf7 40. Nd6 Qe6 41. Qb7 Bg5
42. Ne4 Be7 43. c4 Rd7 44. Qb5 Qh3 45. Rf2 Bh4 46. Rc2 Rd3
47. Nf2 Bxf2 48. Rxf2 Qh4 49. Qb6 Qf4 50. Rg2 g5 51. Qb7+ Kg6
52. Qc6+ Kg7 53. Qb7+ Kg6 54. Qb6+ Kg7 55. Re2 Rxf3 56. Qc7+
Kg6 57. Qc6+ Kh5 58. c5 Qd4+ 59. Ka2 Rf2 60. Rxf2 Qxf2+
61. Ka3 g4 62. Qe8+ Kh4 63. Qe7+ Kh3 64. c6 Qb6 65. Qd7 Qb5
66. Qd6 Qa6+ 67. Kb2 h5 68. Qd5 Qb6 69. Qd3+ g3 70. Qf5+ Kh4
71. Qe4+ Kh3 72. b4 g2 73. Qf3+ Kh2 74. Qxh5+ Kg1 75. Qd1+ Kf2
76. Qc2+ Kf1 77. Qc4+ Ke1 78. c7 g1=Q 79. Qc3+ Kd1 80. Qc1+
Ke2 81. Qc4+ Kf3 82. c8=Q Qgd4+ 83. Qc3+ Qxc3+ 84. Qxc3+ Kf4
85. Qd2+ Kf3 86. Qd3+ Kf4 87. Qf1+ Kg3 88. Qd3+ Kf4 89. Qd2+
Kf3 90. Qd5+ e4 91. b5 Kf4 92. Kc1 e3 93. Kd1 Qa5 94. Ke2 Qc3
95. Qf7+ Ke4 96. Qe6+ Kf4 97. Qd6+ Qe5 98. Qb4+ Kf5 99. b6
Qh2+ 100. Kxe3 Qg1+ 101. Kd3 Qf1+ 102. Kd4 Qg1+ 103. Kc4 Ke6
104. b7 Qf1+ 105. Kc5 Qf8+ 106. Kb5 Qf1+ 107. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5
Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. O-O-O g5
12. Bg3 h5 13. h4 g4 14. Kb1 Bg7 15. Qe3 Rde8 16. Re1 c5
17. a4 d6 18. a5 Nd7 19. Nb5 Nxe5 20. Qb3 Ba8 21. f4 gxf3
22. gxf3 Qf6 23. Nxa7+ Kd8 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Qb8+ Kd7 26. Bh3+
Re6 27. Qb5+ Ke7 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Rhg1 Rd8 30. Nc6+ Bxc6
31. Rxg7+ Qxg7 32. Qxc6 Qd4 33. a6 Qd3+ 34. Ka1 Qd2 35. Qe4
Kd7 36. a7 Ra8 37. Kb1 Rxa7 38. Qxe6+ Kc6 39. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.04"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "7.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Dragan Solak"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. Nh4 Bg6
7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 e5 11. Qe2 Bc5
12. Nf3 Qc7 13. h4 O-O 14. Bh3 Rfe8 15. Kg2 Nf8 16. Ng5 Rad8
17. a3 Qe7 18. Bd2 N8h7 19. Rae1 Nxg5 20. Bxg5 Qc7 21. h5 gxh5
22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Bf5 Kf8 24. Rh1 Ke7 25. Rxh5 Rh8 26. g4 Rdg8
27. Kf3 Rd8 28. Reh1 Rhf8 29. Rh7 Qa5 30. Qc4 Qb5 31. Qe6# 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qb3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 e6 11. e4 Nc6
12. O-O Na5 13. Qd1 Qc7 14. Qf3 b6 15. Ba3 Rd8 16. e5 Ba6
17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Bb4 Bh6 19. Qd1 Nc6 20. Ba3 Na5 21. Bb4 Nc6
22. Ba3 Na5 23. Nb1 b5 24. h4 Nc6 25. Bc5 Qb8 26. Qe2 Na5
27. Nd2 Rxc5 28. dxc5 Qc8 29. Nf3 Qxc5 30. Nh2 Bg7 31. h5 g5
32. h6 Bxh6 33. Qh5 Bg7 34. Qxg5 Nc6 35. Ng4 Qe7 36. Qxe7 Nxe7
37. a4 d4 38. axb5 Bxb5 39. Rxa7 d3 40. Rxe7 d2 41. Rd1 Be2
42. Ne3 Bxe5 43. c4 h5 44. Ra7 h4 45. Ra2 Bxd1 46. Nxd1 hxg3
47. fxg3 Bxg3 48. c5 f5 49. Ra7 e5 50. c6 e4 51. Bh3 Rc8
52. Ra6 Rf8 53. Ra5 f4 54. Kf1 e3 55. Ke2 Rf6 56. Ra8+ Kg7
57. Ra7+ Rf7 58. Rb7 Kf6 59. Kf3 Re7 60. Rxe7 Kxe7 61. c7 e2
62. c8=N+ Kf6 63. Kxe2 Ke5 64. Nb6 Kd4 65. Bg2 Be1 66. Nd5 Ke5
67. Nb4 Bh4 68. Nd3+ Kf5 69. Kxd2 Kg4 70. Ke2 Bf6 71. N1f2+
Kg3 72. Bf3 Bd8 73. Ne4+ Kh4 74. Ne5 Bc7 75. Ng6+ Kh3 76. Ne7
Bd8 77. Nf5 Bb6 78. Kf1 Kh2 79. Bg4 f3 80. Nh4 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.09.22"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Rc1 Ng6
14.Nb5 b6 15.b4 a6 16.Nc3 Rf7 17.Nd3 h5 18.c5 bxc5 19.bxc5 Bf8
20.cxd6 Bxd6 21.Na4 Nf6 22.Ndc5 Rg7 23.Ne6 Bxe6 24.dxe6 Qe7
25.Nc5 Kh8 26.Nb7 Ba3 27.Rc3 Bb4 28.Rd3 Qxe6 29.Qb3 Qxb3
30.Rxb3 a5 31.Rc1 g4 32.Kf1 g3 33.hxg3 fxg3 34.Bxg3 h4 35.Bf2
Nh5 36.f4 Nhxf4 37.Bg4 Rf8 38.a3 Bd6 39.Nxa5 Ne7 40.Bf3 h3
41.gxh3 Nxh3 42.Ke2 Ng5 43.Nc4 Ng6 44.Rh1+ Kg8 45.Nd2 Nf4+
46.Kd1 Ra8 47.Nc4 Ra4 48.Nxd6 cxd6 49.Rh6 Rf7 50.Rxd6 Nfh3
51.Ke2 Rc4 52.Bb6 Rc2+ 53.Kd1 Rh2 54.Be2 Nxe4 55.Rd8+ Kg7
56.Re3 Nhg5 57.a4 Rf6 58.Rd7+ Kg6 59.a5 Rc6 60.Bd3 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.10.02"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6
7.Nc3 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.h3 h6 11.Re1 Rd8 12.Nd4
Bf8 13.Bf3 c6 14.b4 Nbd7 15.g3 Nb6 16.Bg2 a5 17.bxa5 Rxa5
18.a4 Nbd7 19.Nb3 Ra6 20.a5 Nc5 21.Nxc5 dxc5 22.Ra4 Nd5
23.Nxd5 cxd5 24.Bf4 Bd7 25.Raa1 Bc6 26.Bc7 Rc8 27.Bb6 Bd6
28.h4 Raa8 29.Bh3 Rcb8 30.c3 Kf8 31.h5 Re8 32.Bg2 Rxe1+
33.Rxe1 Rc8 34.Rd1 Be7 35.f4 f6 36.Kf2 d4 37.Bh3 Ra8 38.c4 Bd6
39.Re1 Re8 40.Be6 Re7 41.g4 Re8 42.f5 Re7 43.Re2 Re8 44.Rb2
Ra8 45.Rb1 Ke8 46.Re1 Be5 47.g5 hxg5 48.h6 gxh6 49.Rxe5 fxe5
50.f6 Bd7 51.f7+ Ke7 52.Bxd7 Kxd7 53.Bxc5 h5 54.f8=Q Rxf8+
55.Bxf8 h4 56.Bh6 g4 57.Bg5 h3 58.Bh4 Kd6 59.Bg3 Ke6 60.Ke2
Kd6 61.Kd2 Kc5 62.Bxe5 Kb4 63.Kc2 Kxa5 64.Kb3 Kb6 65.Bxd4+ 1-0

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "4.17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bjarte Leer-Salvesen"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. O-O dxc4 6. a4 Qd5
7. Qc2 e5 8. Ng5 Qc5 9. Na3 h6 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Be6
12. Nb5 Na6 13. b4 Qd5 14. Qe3 Qd7 15. Na3 Bxb4 16. Qxe5 O-O
17. Bb2 f6 18. Qe4 Nc5 19. Qh4 Qxd2 20. Nxc4 Qxe2 21. Ne3 a5
22. Bd4 Nb3 23. Rad1 Nd2 24. Rfe1 Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.15"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Andreas Moen"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 c6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. h3 Bh5
7. g4 Bg6 8. Nh4 Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. g5 Ne8 12. h4
Nd7 13. Qg4 Nc7 14. Nf3 Qe8 15. Bd2 Bd6 16. O-O-O e5 17. h5
Qe6 18. Qh4 gxh5 19. Qxh5 Qg6 20. Qh3 Rf7 21. e4 Nf8 22. Nh4
Qe6 23. Nf5 Bc5 24. g6 Qxg6 25. Bf3 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Qe6 27. Kb1
Kh8 28. f4 exf4 29. Qh5 Nd5 30. Nh4 Kg8 31. Nf3 g6 32. Qh6 Be7
33. Rdg1 Bf6 34. c4 Bg7 35. Qh2 Qf6 36. Be1 Ne3 37. Ng5 Re7
38. Bb4 Rae8 39. Nxh7 Qd4 40. Nxf8 Rxe4 41. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "28th European Club Cup"]
[Site "Eilat ISR"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Simon Kim Williams"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O Ne7
7. c4 O-O 8. h3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd7 10. Nc3 Nb6 11. Bb3 h6
12. Re1 Bf5 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. Rxe5 Qd7 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Qe4 Nbd5
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bc2 f5 19. Qe2 Rf6 20. Bd2 Nb6 21. Re1 Bc4
22. Qe3 Qf7 23. b3 Bd5 24. Re7 Qg6 25. f3 Rf7 26. Rxf7 Qxf7
27. Qe5 a5 28. Qxf5 Qxf5 29. Bxf5 Kf7 30. h4 a4 31. h5 axb3
32. axb3 Kf6 33. Bd3 Bxb3 34. Bf4 Bc4 35. Bg6 Nd7 36. Bg3 Kg5
37. Re4 1-0

[Event "16th Unive Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2012.10.21"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7
7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O 9.d4 Bf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.c3 Rxe1 12.Qxe1
Nf5 13.Bf4 c6 14.a4 a5 15.Bc7 Qf8 16.Bd3 d5 17.Bb6 Nd6 18.Nd2
Be6 19.Qb1 g6 20.b4 axb4 21.Qxb4 Bf5 22.Bc5 Bxd3 23.Bxd6 Qe8
24.Nf3 Ba6 25.Be5 Be7 26.Bd6 Bf6 27.Re1 Qd7 28.Be7 Bg7 29.Ne5
Qf5 30.Qd6 Re8 31.h3 Qe6 32.Qxe6 fxe6 33.Bc5 g5 34.Bb4 h6
35.Nd7 Kf7 36.Re3 Kg6 37.Bd6 h5 38.Nc5 Bf6 39.g4 hxg4 40.hxg4
Kf7 41.Kg2 Ra8 42.a5 Re8 43.Re1 Bd8 44.Ra1 Rh8 45.Be5 Rh7
46.Bd6 Rh8 47.f3 Rh6 48.Be5 Rh7 49.Kg3 Rh6 50.Rb1 Bxa5 51.Nxb7
Bxb7 52.Rxb7+ Ke8 53.Rg7 Bd8 54.Kg2 Be7 55.Rg8+ Kd7 56.Ra8 c5
57.Rg8 cxd4 58.cxd4 Rh7 59.f4 gxf4 60.g5 Bd6 61.Bf6 Be7 62.g6
f3+ 63.Kxf3 Rh5 64.Be5 1-0

[Event "16th Unive Tournament"]
[Site "Hoogeveen NED"]
[Date "2012.10.23"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Yifan Hou"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.Rg1
e5 8.Bb5+ Nbd7 9.Nf5 a6 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.g5 Nxe4 12.Nxg7+ Bxg7
13.Nxe4 Qc6 14.Qd3 Ke7 15.gxh6 Bxh6 16.Bxh6 Rxh6 17.Qe3 Rh5
18.Rd1 Bf5 19.Ng3 Bxc2 20.Nxh5 Bxd1 21.Kxd1 Qd5+ 22.Ke2 Qxa2
23.Qg5+ Kd7 24.Qf5+ Ke7 25.Qc2 Qa5 26.Ng3 Qb5+ 27.Kf3 Qc6+
28.Qe4 Rh8 29.Nf5+ Kd7 30.h4 Qb5 31.Rd1 Qxb2 32.Nxd6 Kc7
33.Nc4 Qb5 34.Nxe5 f6 35.Rc1+ Kb8 36.Rb1 f5 37.Qxf5 Qd5+
38.Qe4 Rf8+ 39.Ke3 Qc5+ 40.Qd4 Qxd4+ 41.Kxd4 Rf4+ 42.Ke3 Rxh4
43.f4 Kc7 44.f5 Kd6 45.Ng6 Rh7 46.Rd1+ Kc7 47.Kf4 b5 48.f6 Rf7
49.Ke5 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.01"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 e5 6. Nb5
Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a6 8. N5c3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 Be6 11. O-O Nb6
12. Be3 Nc4 13. Qc1 O-O 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. a3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Ba5
17. Nd2 Bb6 18. Qf3 Rad8 19. Na4 Ba7 20. Qc3 Rd4 21. Qc2 f5
22. e3 Rdd8 23. b4 e4 24. Nb3 Qf7 25. Nbc5 Bd5 26. Rd2 b6
27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Nxa6 Ne5 29. Rd1 Rfd8 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Nb2
Qd2 32. Qc7 Ng4 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.06"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d6
12. f4 Nc6 13. Qc3 Ne7 14. Nd2 O-O 15. e5 Nfd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5
17. Qd4 Bb7 18. Ne4 f5 19. Ng5 Qd7 20. Nf3 Ra8 21. Bd2 c5
22. Qd3 c4 23. Qd4 dxe5 24. Nxe5 Qc7 25. Rfd1 h6 26. Be1 Rfe8
27. Bd2 Red8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. h3 Ra2 30. Rb1 Nf6 31. Bb4 Be4
32. Re1 Bxc2 33. g4 Qa7 34. Qxa7 Rxa7 35. Nc6 Ra6 36. Ne7+ Kf7
37. g5 hxg5 38. fxg5 Ne4 39. Nxf5 Nxg5 40. Re7+ Kg6 41. Nd4
Bd3 42. Rb7 Nxh3+ 43. Kh2 Ng5 44. Nxb5 Rf6 45. Bc5 Rf4 46. Nc3
Rg4 47. Nd1 Bf1 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.10"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[Round "9.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Luke McShane"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Nbd7 6. g3 g6
7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Rd1 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5
12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. e4 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Na4 a5
17. Nb6 Ra6 18. Qf2 Be6 19. Bf1 Rxb6 20. cxb6 Qe7 21. Be3 Nd7
22. Bd4 dxe4 23. fxe4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Nxb6 25. b3 Nd7 26. Rad1
Ne5 27. h3 h5 28. Bg2 Kh7 29. Qf4 Bd7 30. Kh2 c5 31. Rd6 a4
32. R1d5 Kg7 33. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Be3 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nb4 10. Be4 Bf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5
12. e6 fxe6 13. Ng5 Qd6 14. Nb5 Qc6 15. Nxc7+ Qxc7 16. Nxe6
Qc4 17. Qh5+ Kd7 18. Nc5+ Kd8 19. Qxf5 Qd5 20. Ne6+ Kd7
21. Nxg7+ Qxf5 22. Nxf5 Nc2+ 23. Ke2 Nxa1 24. Rxa1 Rac8
25. Kd3 Nd5 26. Bd2 Rhf8 27. Ne3 Nf4+ 28. Ke4 Nxg2 29. Ng4 Rc2
30. Bh6 Rg8 31. h3 Nh4 32. b4 Ng6 33. Kd3 Rgc8 34. Bd2 h5
35. Ne5+ Nxe5+ 36. dxe5 Ke6 37. Rg1 Rxa2 38. Be3 Kd5 39. e6
Ra3+ 40. Ke2 Kxe6 41. Rg5 Rh8 42. Kf3 a6 43. Ke4 Ra4 44. Bc5
Kf7 45. Rf5+ Ke8 46. Re5 Rh7 47. Kf5 b6 48. Bxb6 Rxb4 49. Bc5
Rb5 50. Kg6 Rf7 51. Rxh5 Rf6+ 52. Kg7 a5 53. Rh8+ Kd7 54. Be3
Ra6 55. Rh4 a4 56. Rd4+ Ke8 57. h4 a3 58. Rd1 a2 59. Ra1 Rb1
60. Bd4 Ra4 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nf6
7. d3 Be7 8. Bf4 O-O 9. Nd2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 a5 11. e5 Nfd7
12. Qg4 Kh8 13. a3 b5 14. Nf3 Na6 15. Ne2 Nac5 16. Ned4 Qc8
17. Rfe1 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. b3 Ra3 20. Rad1 Ra2 21. Qh5 Nb7
22. Bg5 Bc5 23. Bd2 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 c5 25. Nf3 Qe8 26. Rc1 f5
27. Qh4 d4 28. Ra1 Rxc2 29. Ra7 Nd8 30. Ra8 Kg8 31. Bg5 h6
32. Rxd8 Qf7 33. Be7 Rxd8 34. Bxd8 Rc3 35. Ra1 Rxd3 36. Ra7
Rxb3 37. Qe7 Qxe7 38. Bxe7 Rb1+ 39. Kh2 b3 40. Nd2 Rb2
41. Nxb3 Nxe5 42. Nxc5 d3 43. Ra8+ Kf7 44. Bd6 d2 45. Ra7+ Kg8
46. Bxe5 d1=Q 47. Rxg7+ Kf8 48. Nd7+ Ke8 49. Bxb2 Qd2 50. Be5
Qxf2 51. Nf6+ Kd8 52. Bd6 Kc8 53. Rc7+ Kd8 54. Rb7 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.14"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc8
7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. h3 e6 9. e3 Be7 10. Nh4 Be4 11. Be2 h6 12. Nf3
Bh7 13. O-O O-O 14. Na4 Bd8 15. Ne5 Bc7 16. Rac1 Rb8 17. Nb6
Qd8 18. Bxa6 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ne4 20. Bd3 Nxc5 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7
22. Qc2+ Kg8 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxc5 Qxa2 25. b4 Qd5 26. Qxd5
exd5 27. b5 Rfe8 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Rxc6 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5
31. Rd6 Kf8 32. Rd1 Rb5 33. Rd7 Ke8 34. Ra7 Rb8 35. Ra5 Rd8
36. Rd4 Ke7 37. Kf1 Rd7 38. Ke2 g5 39. Kd3 Rf5 40. Ke2 h5
41. g3 Rb7 42. Raxd5 Rb2+ 43. Rd2 Rxd5 44. Rxb2 Kf6 45. f3 Kg6
46. Rb4 Ra5 47. h4 Ra2+ 48. Kf1 gxh4 49. Rxh4 Ra3 50. Re4 f5
51. Re5 Ra2 52. Re6+ Kg7 53. e4 fxe4 54. Rxe4 Kf6 55. Re2 Ra3
56. Kg2 Ra4 57. Rb2 Ra3 58. Rb6+ Kg7 59. Re6 Ra1 60. Kf2 Ra3
61. Re1 Kg6 62. Kg2 Kg5 63. Rb1 Kg6 64. f4 Ra2+ 65. Kh3 Rf2
66. Rb6+ Kg7 67. Kh4 Rh2+ 68. Kg5 Rh3 69. Rb3 Rh1 70. f5 Rf1
1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.6"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 g6
7. Nd2 Nf4 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bxe6 Nxe6 10. Qf3 f6 11. Qb3 Qxd4
12. Ndf3 Qe4+ 13. Be3 fxe5 14. Qxe6 Nd7 15. O-O-O Qf5 16. Qb3
Nb6 17. Ng5 Nd5 18. Rxd5 cxd5 19. Qxd5 Rc8 20. c3 Bh6 21. Ne6
Bxe3+ 22. fxe3 Qf6 23. Rd1 h5 24. Qb5+ Kf7 25. Rf1 Qxf1+
26. Qxf1+ Kxe6 27. Qd3 Kf6 28. Qd7 Rb8 29. Kc2 Rhc8 30. a4 Rc6
31. a5 a6 32. h4 Rc5 33. g3 Rc6 34. Kb1 Rc5 35. Kc2 Rc4
36. Kb3 Rc6 37. g4 hxg4 38. Qxg4 Rc5 39. Qd7 b6 40. Qa7 bxa5+
41. Qxb8 Rb5+ 42. Qxb5 axb5 43. c4 bxc4+ 44. Kxc4 Kf5 45. Kb5
Ke4 46. Kxa5 Kxe3 47. b4 e4 48. b5 Kf3 49. b6 e3 50. b7 e2
51. b8=Q e1=Q+ 52. Ka6 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Rapid)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[EventDate "2012.12.6"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nbd2 Be7
7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nh4 Nbd7 10. e3 Bd6 11. f4 Ng8 12. Qe1
Ne7 13. e4 dxe4 14. f5 exf5 15. gxf5 Bh5 16. Nxe4 Nf6
17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Qg3 O-O-O 20. Be5 Ne8 21. Qf2
f6 22. Bg3 Qd4 23. Rae1 Qxf2+ 24. Bxf2 Rd7 25. Bxa7 Nd6
26. Bc5 Kc7 27. Rf4 Ndc8 28. a4 b6 29. Bf2 Re8 30. Rfe4 Kd8
31. Rc4 Rc7 32. b4 Bf7 33. Rd4+ Rd7 34. Rxd7+ Kxd7 35. c4 b5
36. cxb5 cxb5 37. axb5 Bd5 38. b6 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 Nd6 40. Bc5
Rb8 41. Ra1 Nec8 42. Ra6 Rb7 43. Nf3 Nxf5 44. Nd2 Nfe7 45. Ra7
Nxa7 46. bxa7 Rxa7 47. Bxa7 Nd5 48. Bc5 Nf4+ 49. Kf3 Nxd3
50. Ke4 Ne5 51. b5 Nf7 52. Kd5 Ng5 53. b6 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e3 b6 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Ne2 c5 11. Rd1 h6
12. Bh4 Qc7 13. Nc3 a6 14. Be2 cxd4 15. Rxd4 d5 16. Bg3 e5
17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Qd1 N5f6 19. O-O b5 20. Rd2 Nc5 21. Qc2 Rac8
22. Rc1 Qe7 23. f3 Na4 24. Qb3 e4 25. Bd6 Qd8 26. Rcd1 Nxc3
27. bxc3 Re8 28. f4 Qb6 29. Kf2 Nd7 30. c4 Bc6 31. cxb5 axb5
32. Bb4 Nc5 33. Bxc5 Qxc5 34. Qb4 Qa7 35. Rd6 Rc7 36. R1d2 Ra8
37. f5 Be8 38. Rd8 Rcc8 39. Rxc8 Rxc8 40. f6 gxf6 41. Qd6 Kg7
42. Qg3+ Kf8 43. Qf4 Kg7 44. Rd6 Qe7 45. Qg4+ Kf8 46. Qxc8
Qxd6 47. Bxb5 Qd2+ 48. Be2 Qa5 49. Qc1 Qf5+ 50. Kg1 Qa5
51. Qa1 Qd2 52. Kf2 Qd6 53. h3 Ba4 54. Qc3 Kg7 55. Qb4 Qc6
56. Qc4 Qa8 57. Qc7 Bb3 58. Qg3+ Kf8 59. Qd6+ Kg7 60. Qb4 Ba4
61. Bc4 Qa7 62. Qd6 Bc2 63. Bb5 Qa5 64. Bc4 Qf5+ 65. Ke1 Bd3
66. Qg3+ Kf8 67. Qd6+ Kg7 68. Qg3+ Kf8 69. Bxd3 exd3 70. Qd6+
Kg7 71. Qg3+ Kh7 72. Qf4 Qa5+ 73. Kd1 Qc3 74. Qa4 f5 75. g4
Qb2 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+
Nc6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. h4 f6 11. Nxg6 hxg6
12. Qd3 Kf7 13. Be3 Bb4 14. h5 gxh5 15. gxh5 Nge7 16. a3 Bxc3+
17. Qxc3 Qa5 18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. Bd3 Nf5 20. b3 Nc6 21. Bxf5
exf5 22. O-O-O Rhe8 23. Rd3 Re4 24. f3 Re6 25. Kd2 Rce8
26. Rh4 Rh8 27. c4 Ne7 28. Bf4 Ke8 29. Rh2 Kd7 30. Rg2 Rh7
31. a4 a5 32. Rc3 Rc6 33. Kd3 Ke6 34. Rc1 Kf7 35. Rcg1 Rb6
36. Kc3 Rc6 37. c5 Re6 38. b4 axb4+ 39. Kxb4 Nc6+ 40. Kc3 Re7
41. Kd3 Nb4+ 42. Kc3 Nc6 43. Rh2 Ke8 44. Rb1 Kd8 45. a5 Kc8
46. Ra2 Rxh5 47. a6 Rh3 48. axb7+ Rxb7 49. Ra8+ Nb8 50. Rxb8+
Rxb8 51. Rxb8+ Kd7 52. Rb7+ Ke6 53. Bd6 Rxf3+ 54. Kb4 f4
55. Rxg7 Rd3 56. Re7+ Kf5 57. c6 f3 58. Re1 Rxd4+ 59. Kb5 Rc4
60. Bc5 Rg4 61. Re8 Rg7 62. Kb6 Kf4 63. c7 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "5.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bd3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 f6
12. exf6 Bxf6 13. O-O-O Nb4 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Bd4 Nxa2+ 16. Nxa2
Qxa2 17. Qc3 O-O 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Qc7 Qa1+
21. Kd2 Qxb2 22. Ke2 Bb5+ 23. Kf2 Rac8 24. Qd6 e5 25. Qxd5+
Kh8 26. Nxb5 Rxc2+ 27. Kg1 Rg8 28. g3 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "6.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c5
7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 a5 12. h5 Ba6
13. h6 g6 14. N1h2 a4 15. a3 bxa3 16. bxa3 Rb8 17. Ng4 Nd4
18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. Qf3 Rfc8 21. Qf4 Qd8 22. Qxd4
Rxc2 23. Bb4 Bxb4 24. axb4 Bb5 25. Bf3 Rbc8 26. Qf4 Bxd3
27. Rxa4 R2c4 28. Qd2 Bf5 29. Ne3 Nxe5 30. Bg2 Be4 31. Nxc4
Nxc4 32. Qa2 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Qf8 34. Rh1 Nd6 35. Qb2 Nf5 36. b5
Nxh6 37. b6 Nf5 38. b7 Rb8 39. Rha1 Nd6 40. Ra8 Nxb7 41. Rxb8
Qxb8 42. Rb1 Qd8 43. Qxb7 Qg5 44. Qb8+ Kg7 45. Qb2+ e5 46. f4
1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.16"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c6 4. Nd2 Bg4 5. f3 Bf5 6. c4 Nbd7
7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Rc1 e6
12. e4 Bg6 13. exd5 Qxb3 14. Nxb3 exd5 15. Rc7 Rb8 16. Bf4 Nb6
17. Kf2 Be7 18. Nh3 Bf5 19. Re1 Be6 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Na8
22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Ng5+ Ke7 24. Rxe6+ Kd7 25. Bxb8 Rxb8
26. Rd6+ Ke7 27. Rxd5 Nc7 28. Re5+ Kf6 29. f4 h6 30. Ne4+ Kg6
31. g4 a5 32. Re7 Nd5 33. f5+ Kh7 34. Rd7 Re8 35. Kf3 Rxe4
36. Rxd5 Rb4 37. b3 a4 38. Rd3 Rb5 39. Rc3 axb3 40. axb3 Kg8
41. Ke4 Rb4+ 42. Kd5 Rxg4 43. Rc4 Rg5 44. Ke6 Rg2 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "9.8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 Bf5 6. Nc3 dxe5
7. fxe5 e6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. Be4 Nc6 11. c5 Nd5
12. O-O Qd7 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bc2 b6 15. cxb6 axb6 16. a3 Bh5
17. Kh1 Nd8 18. Be3 Bg6 19. Rc1 Ne6 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qc2 c5
22. Qf2 c4 23. Ng1 f6 24. Qg3 g5 25. Nf3 b5 26. Rce1 O-O-O
27. Bd2 Rde8 28. Bb4 Bxb4 29. axb4 Nf4 30. Ra1 Kb7 31. Ra5 Ra8
32. Rfa1 Rxa5 33. Rxa5 Nd3 34. h3 g4 35. Ng1 Qf5 36. Rxb5+ Kc6
37. Rc5+ Nxc5 38. bxc5 fxe5 39. dxe5 gxh3 40. Nxh3 Re8 41. Qa3
Qxe5 42. Qa6+ Kxc5 43. Qa7+ Kd6 44. Qb6+ Ke7 45. Qc5+ Kf7
46. Qb5 Kg8 47. Ng5 Rf8 48. Nf3 Qe4 49. Kg1 Qe3+ 50. Kh2 Rf5
51. Kg3 Kh7 52. Qd7 Qf4+ 53. Kf2 d4 54. Kg1 d3 55. Qd8 Qe3+
56. Kh2 Qf4+ 57. Kg1 Qh6 58. Qd4 Qc1+ 59. Kf2 Qd2+ 60. Kg3 Qh6
61. Qxc4 Qd6+ 62. Kg4 Qg6+ 63. Kh3 Rh5+ 64. Nh4 Qf5+ 65. g4
Qf3+ 66. Kh2 Rxh4+ 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "13.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nd7 5. O-O e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6
7. e4 Ne7 8. h3 Bh5 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 a5 11. a4 Qb6 12. Re1
Rad8 13. Qc2 c5 14. exd5 exd5 15. Nb3 Nc6 16. Be3 c4 17. Nbd2
Qc7 18. b3 cxb3 19. Qxb3 Nf6 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Rab1 Rb8 22. Nh4
Qd7 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Bxd5 Rfc8 26. Nf5 Bg6
27. Be4 Rc7 28. Nd6 Na7 29. Rb3 Be7 30. Nf5 Bf8 31. Ne3 b5
32. Bxg6 hxg6 33. Reb1 b4 34. c4 Nc6 35. Nf3 Rd8 36. Rd1 Re7
37. Rbd3 Re4 38. c5 Nb8 39. Ng5 Re7 40. d5 Re5 41. Nf3 Rxe3
42. fxe3 Bxc5 43. Ne5 Re8 44. Nc4 Nd7 45. Nxa5 Ra8 46. Nb3
Rxa4 47. Nxc5 Nxc5 48. Rd4 Kf8 49. Rc4 Nd7 50. d6 f6 51. Rc7
Ke8 52. Rd4 Ra1+ 53. Kf2 b3 54. Rb7 Ra2+ 55. Ke1 b2 56. Kd1
Ne5 57. Kc2 Nc6 58. Rh4 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "14.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 a6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Be2 b5 11. a3 Bb7
12. Rd1 Qc7 13. O-O O-O 14. Nd4 Rad8 15. Qe1 f6 16. b4 Nxd4
17. Bxd4 Ne4 18. Bd3 fxe5 19. Bxe5 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Nxc3 21. Qxc3
d4 22. Qe1 Bf6 23. Kg1 Qc6 24. Rd2 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Rf6 26. Re2
Qb6 27. Qh5 h6 28. Qg4 Rdf8 29. Ref2 Bd5 30. h4 Bc4 31. Rf3
Qc7 32. f5 Bd5 33. R3f2 e5 34. Re1 R6f7 35. Rfe2 e4 36. Bxe4
Bxe4 37. Rxe4 Qxc2 38. Rxd4 Rxf5 39. Rd7 Qf2+ 40. Kh2 R5f7
41. Ree7 Rxe7 42. Rxe7 Qf4+ 43. Qxf4 Rxf4 44. Re6 a5 45. g3
Rf2+ 46. Kh3 axb4 47. axb4 Rb2 48. Rb6 Rxb4 49. h5 Kf7 50. g4
Rb1 51. Kg3 b4 52. Rb7+ Kf6 53. Rb6+ Ke5 54. Rb7 b3 55. Kg2
Kd4 56. Rxg7 Re1 57. Rb7 Kc3 58. Kf3 b2 59. Kf4 Rf1+ 60. Ke5
b1=Q 61. Rxb1 Rxb1 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blitz)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.16"]
[Round "15.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5 Na6 10. Bg5 Rd6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Rc1 Bd8 13. c5 Re6 14. a3 Nb8 15. O-O Re8 16. b4 Bg4
17. Nd4 exd4 18. Bxg4 c6 19. Bc8 a5 20. Bxb7 Ra7 21. Bxc6 Nxc6
22. b5 Ne5 23. c6 a4 24. b6 Bxb6 25. Nxb6 Rc7 26. Nd5 Rxc6
27. Rxc6 Nxc6 28. Nf6+ Kf8 29. Nxe8 Kxe8 30. Rc1 Kd7 31. Kf1
1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Viktor Bologan"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. c5 Nbd7
7. b4 g6 8. f4 Bg7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nf3 b6 11. Rb1 a5 12. a3
axb4 13. axb4 bxc5 14. bxc5 Ba6 15. O-O Qc7 16. Ne5 Rfb8
17. Rxb8+ Nxb8 18. Bd2 Nfd7 19. e4 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nf6 21. exd5
Nxd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. f5 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. f6 Bf8 26. h3
h5 27. Re1 Re8 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. g4 Qe6 30. Qf3 Qc8 31. gxh5
Qb7 32. Qd3 Kh7 33. h4 Qd7 34. Kf2 Qg4 35. hxg6+ fxg6 36. Bg5
Bh6 37. Qe3 Bf8 38. Ke1 Kg8 39. Qf4 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Baadur Jobava"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. f4 Qh4+ 6. g3 Qe7
7. Nf3 f6 8. Nc3 d4 9. Nd5 Qf7 10. fxe5 fxe5 11. O-O Qxd5
12. Bc4 Qa5 13. Ng5 Nh6 14. Qh5+ Kd8 15. Rf7 Qxd2 16. Raf1
Qxe3+ 17. Kg2 Bg4 18. Qh4 Kc8 19. Rxg7 Rf8 20. Bc1 Qc3 21. Nf7
Qxc2+ 22. Kg1 Nxf7 23. Qxg4+ Kb8 24. Rgxf7 Re8 25. Qe6 Rd8
26. Bg5 a6 27. R7f2 Qc3 28. Bxd8 Nxd8 29. Qd7 Nc6 30. Qxh7 Ka7
31. Kg2 Nb4 32. a3 Nc6 33. Qe4 Bxa3 34. h4 Rh8 35. Rf3 Qa5
36. Kh3 Bd6 37. Rf7 Qd2 38. R1f6 Qb4 39. Rd7 Na5 40. Bd5 Qb5
41. Rdf7 Rd8 42. Rf3 Bb4 43. Bc4 Nxc4 44. bxc4 Qxc4 45. g4 Qd5
46. Qxd5 Rxd5 47. g5 d3 48. Rf1 e4 49. g6 e3 50. g7 Rd8
51. Rxc7 e2 52. Rff7 Kb6 53. Rxb7+ Ka5 54. Rbd7 e1=Q 55. Rxd8
Qe6+ 56. Kg3 Bd6+ 57. Kg2 Qg6+ 58. Kh3 0-1

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Kh1 Ne8 10. Ne1 f5 11. exf5 Nxf5
12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Nc2 Bd7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bd2 Qe7 16. Qe2 Rae8
17. Rae1 Qd8 18. Qd1 Nh4 19. f3 Nf5 20. g4 Nh4 21. g5 Nh5
22. gxh6 Bf6 23. Rg1 Kh7 24. Ne4 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Qe2
Kxh6 27. Qf2 Rh8 28. Re2 b6 29. Nd4 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Re5 31. Nf2
Qf6 32. Be4 Nf5 33. Ng4+ Kg7 34. Qc3 1-0

[Event "SportAccord World Mind Games (Men's Blindfold)"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.19"]
[EventDate "2012.12.18"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Qc2 g6 6. h4 h6
7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8. O-O-O c6 9. Nh3 Qa5 10. e3 e5 11. Be2 Be6
12. Kb1 Rc8 13. h5 g5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. g4 fxg4 16. Nxg5 hxg5
17. Qg6+ Ke7 18. Qg7+ Bxg7 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic (Group C)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.11"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Judit Polgar"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 g6 6. d4 exd4
7. cxd4 b5 8. Bb3 Bg7 9. Nc3 d6 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 h6 12. a5
O-O 13. O-O Bg4 14. Be3 Rb8 15. Bc4 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qd7 17. Bc4
Qc8 18. Be2 Ne7 19. h3 Bd7 20. Qd2 Kh7 21. Rfc1 f5 22. e5 Nd5
23. Bc4 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Qb7 25. Qb3 dxe5 26. Nxe5 Be8 27. Bd5
Qa7 28. Rd1 c5 29. Rac1 Rd8 30. Qf3 cxd4 31. Nc6 Bxc6 32. Rxc6
Rf6 33. Rxf6 Bxf6 34. Bc4 Qc7 35. Bxa6 Qxa5 36. Qb7+ Bg7
37. Re1 d3 38. Re7 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 Qxb2 40. Qc7 Rf8 41. Bxd3 Qc3
42. Qd7 b3 43. Bb1 b2 44. Ba2 h5 45. Qb7 Kh6 46. Re6 Be5+
47. g3 f4 48. gxf4 Rxf4 49. Kg2 Qd4 50. f3 Qd2+ 51. Kf1 Qd1+
52. Kf2 Qd2+ 53. Kf1 Qe3 54. Rxg6+ Kxg6 55. Bb1+ Kf6 56. Qc6+
Kg5 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.17"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 a6 9. f3 d6 10. Qd2 Na5 11. Bh6 Bxh6
12. Qxh6 e5 13. Nde2 b5 14. Qd2 b4 15. Na4 Nxb3 16. axb3 a5
17. O-O-O Ra6 18. h4 Be6 19. h5 Qe7 20. g4 Nd7 21. f4 Bxg4
22. f5 gxf5 23. exf5 Kh8 24. Qd3 Rc6 25. Rd2 Nf6 26. Ng3 e4
27. Qe3 Qe5 28. Rf1 Bf3 29. Ne2 Ng4 30. Qd4 Rfc8 31. c4 Bxe2
32. Qxe5+ Nxe5 33. Rxe2 d5 34. Kb1 dxc4 35. Rxe4 f6 36. bxc4
Rxc4 37. Re2 Rh4 38. Nb6 Rd8 39. Rc2 b3 40. Rc3 Rb4 41. Rc8
Rxc8 42. Nxc8 Kg7 43. Rg1+ Rg4 44. Re1 Rg2 45. Nd6 Kh6 46. Rd1
a4 47. Kc1 Rc2+ 48. Kb1 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.19"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 b5
7. Qc2 Bb7 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Qb6 10. a4 a6 11. axb5 cxb5
12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Qb1 h6 14. Be3 Ng4 15. O-O Nxe3 16. fxe3 e5
17. Nb3 Bb4 18. Qa2 O-O 19. Na5 Ba8 20. Kh1 Bxa5 21. Qxa5 Qxa5
22. Rxa5 f5 23. Rxa6 fxe4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bxe4 Rad8 26. Ra1
exd4 27. exd4 Nb6 28. Ra5 Rxd4 29. Bc2 Rb4 30. Bd3 Ra8
31. Rxb5 Ra1+ 32. Ng1 Rxb5 33. Bxb5 Rb1 34. h3 Rxb2 35. Bc6
Kf7 36. Nf3 Kf6 37. Kh2 Nc4 38. Kg3 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.23"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 O-O
7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Bc2 Ne8 9. O-O Nc7 10. a4 Na6 11. f4 Nb4
12. Be3 e6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Qd2 Nf6 15. Rad1 Ng4 16. Bb1 Nc6
17. Kh1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Nd4 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1
Bd7 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Bc6 24. Qg4 Qe7 25. b3 Bxe5 26. Ne2
Rd8 27. Be4 Be8 28. Qf3 b6 29. Nf4 Bf7 30. Nd3 Bd6 31. Qe3 Qh4
32. h3 Qg3 33. Qxg3 Bxg3 34. Rf3 Bc7 35. Kg1 Rd4 36. Re3 g5
37. Kf2 h5 38. Re2 a5 39. Ke3 Rd8 40. Bf3 Kg7 41. Rb2 Bd6
42. Rb1 Kf6 43. Rf1 Ke7 44. Be4 Rg8 45. Rh1 h4 46. Bf3 Rf8
47. Rd1 Rd8 48. Rf1 Bg6 49. Be4 Bh5 50. Bf3 Rf8 51. Nf2 Bg6
52. Ne4 Bc5+ 53. Kd3 Rd8+ 54. Kc2 g4 55. hxg4 h3 56. Rd1 Rf8
57. Kd3 h2 58. Rh1 Bg1 59. Ke2 Bxe4 60. Bxe4 Kf6 61. Bf3 Rd8
0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 a6 6. Be2 exd4
7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qe3 g6 10. Qg5 h6 11. Qg3 Be6
12. O-O Ne7 13. Be3 Bg7 14. Rad1 Qd7 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4
O-O-O 17. b4 Qc6 18. Rfd1 g5 19. a4 Ng6 20. Bf1 Ne5 21. Qe3
Qb6 22. a5 Qa7 23. Nd5 Kb8 24. Qc3 Rc8 25. Ne7 Rce8 26. Rxd6
cxd6 27. Rxd6 Ng4 28. Rb6 Ka8 29. Bxa6 Rxe7 30. Qxh8+ Qb8
31. Qxb8+ Kxb8 32. Be2 Nf6 33. a6 Nxe4 34. Bf3 Bd5 35. h4 f5
36. Rxh6 g4 37. Be2 Nd2 38. Bd3 f4 39. Kh2 Re1 40. Rh8+ Ka7
41. axb7 Kxb7 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.28"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c5
7. d5 e6 8. O-O Re8 9. Nd2 Na6 10. Re1 Nc7 11. Rb1 exd5
12. cxd5 a6 13. a4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. b4 Ng4 16. Bxg4 Bxg4
17. Qxg4 Bxc3 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Qf3 b4 20. Rd1 Nb5 21. Nc4 Bd4
22. Bd2 Nc3 23. Bxc3 bxc3 24. Rbc1 Ra4 25. Ne3 Ra6 26. Nc2 Bg7
27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Qb6 29. g3 Qb2 30. Qd1 Bh6 31. f4 Rxe4
32. Ra8+ Kg7 33. d6 Rd4 34. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Zug"]
[Site "Zug SUI"]
[Date "2013.04.29"]
[EventDate "2013.04.18"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nce2 Nf6
7. Nf3 Ba6 8. Ng3 c5 9. Bd2 e6 10. Rc1 Qd5 11. Ne5 cxd4
12. Nxc4 Nbd7 13. Be2 Rc8 14. Bf3 Qc5 15. b3 Be7 16. Ne2 d3
17. Nf4 O-O 18. Nxd3 Qf5 19. e4 Nxe4 20. g4 Qd5 21. Qe2 f5
22. O-O Rxc4 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 e5 2. a3 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. d3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qc2 Bd7 10. Nd2 exd3 11. Bxd3 Bd6
12. O-O O-O 13. b4 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Bb2 h6 16. Nb3 Ra8
17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Bd4 Re8 19. Qc3 Ng4 20. h3 Nh2 21. Bxg7 Nxf1
22. Bf6 Qb6 23. Bd4 Qa5 24. Qc2 Nd2 25. Rd1 Ne4 26. Bxe4 dxe4
27. Nxe4 Rxe4 28. Qxe4 Bf5 29. Qxc6 Rd8 30. Bb6 Qa6 31. Rxd6
Rxd6 32. Qxd6 Qc4 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Bd4 Be6 35. Qh8+ Kg6
36. Qg7+ Kh5 37. g4+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Ba6 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. b4 Bb7 12. O-O
O-O 13. Bb2 d6 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Qa4 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Nde4
Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Nb8 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Bd4 f5 21. Nd2 Bxg2
22. Kxg2 Rb7 23. e4 g6 24. exf5 gxf5 25. f4 Nd7 26. Re1 Kf7
27. Rc3 b5 28. Rce3 Nf8 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Nf3 Rc2+ 31. R1e2
Rxe2+ 32. Rxe2 Ng6 33. Rc2 Bf6 34. Be3 Ne7 35. h3 h5 36. Bd4
Bxd4 37. Nxd4 e5 38. fxe5 dxe5 39. Nf3 e4 40. Nd4 Kf6 41. h4
Ke5 42. Ne2 Ra7 43. Rc5+ Kd6 44. Nd4 Rd7 45. Rxb5 Rc7
46. Nxf5+ Nxf5 47. Rxf5 Rc2+ 48. Rf2 Rc3 49. Ra2 Rb3 50. a4
Rxb4 51. a5 Kc7 52. a6 Kb8 53. Ra5 Rb2+ 54. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "6.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. c4 c6 2. e3 d6 3. b3 e5 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 e4
7. Nfd2 d5 8. f3 exf3 9. Qxf3 Nb6 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Qf2 Bh5
12. c5 Nbd7 13. O-O Be7 14. b4 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. h3 Nf8
17. Nc3 Ne6 18. Nf3 O-O 19. a4 Qb8 20. b5 Bd8 21. Ba3 Bc7
22. Rab1 Bg3 23. Qc2 Qd8 24. Ne2 Bc7 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Rb7 Ne4
27. Nc3 Ng3 28. Rfb1 Re8 29. Qf2 Re7 30. a5 Nf5 31. a6 Bg3
32. Qd2 Qa5 33. Rxe7 Nxe7 34. Nxd5 Qd8 35. Nxe7+ Qxe7 36. e4
Nc7 37. Qd3 Rd8 38. Rb7 Qe6 39. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. c4 e5 2. a3 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5
7. d3 Bc5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be2 exd3 10. Qxd3 Nc6 11. O-O Nxd4
12. exd4 Be7 13. Bf4 a6 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Bf3 Bc6 16. Rfe1 Re8
17. Be5 Qd7 18. Re2 Ng4 19. Bf4 Bf8 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bh4 g5
22. Bg3 Bg7 23. h3 Rxe2 24. Nxe2 Nf6 25. Be5 Ne4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7
27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Qc3 Bd5 29. g4 h5 30. Qc7 Qxc7 31. Rxc7 hxg4
32. hxg4 Be6 33. Ng3 Rd8 34. Nxe4 Rxd4 35. f3 Bxg4 36. Nxg5
Kf6 37. Ne4+ Ke5 38. Kf2 Be6 39. Ke3 Rd5 40. Rxb7 Kf5 41. Rb6
a5 42. f4 a4 43. Nc3 Rc5 44. Nxa4 Rc4 45. Rb5+ Kg4 46. Rg5+
Kh4 47. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament (Blitz)"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[Round "9.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6
7. b3 Nfd7 8. Bb2 f5 9. e4 f4 10. e5 Nb6 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Ne4
d5 13. Neg5 h6 14. Nh3 Qe8 15. Ba3 g5 16. Bxf8 Bxf8 17. c3 Be7
18. g3 Qh5 19. Bf1 Bd7 20. Nd2 Qxd1 21. Raxd1 Rf8 22. f3 fxg3
23. hxg3 Be8 24. Nf2 Nb8 25. Nd3 Bg6 26. f4 N8d7 27. Re3 g4
28. Nf2 h5 29. Bd3 Kg7 30. Bxg6 Kxg6 31. Nf1 Nc8 32. Re2 Bd8
33. Ne3 Ne7 34. Rf1 c5 35. dxc5 Nxc5 36. Kg2 Bb6 37. Rd1 Nd7
38. c4 Bxe3 39. Rxe3 Nb6 40. Nd3 Nf5 41. Re2 dxc4 42. Nc5 Rc8
43. Nxe6 cxb3 44. Nd4 Nxd4 45. Rxd4 Rc2 46. f5+ Kxf5 47. Rf4+
Ke6 48. Rf6+ Kd5 49. Rd6+ Kc5 50. Rdd2 Rxd2 51. Rxd2 Nc4
52. Re2 b2 53. Re1 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.08"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3
Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Nd4 Nc6 11. Nf5 Bf6
12. h4 Re8 13. Bg5 Ne5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Bb5 Re4 16. Ng3 Re6
17. Rde1 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 h6 19. Qe2 Qc8 20. Bd3 Qe6 21. Qxe6
fxe6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Rxe6 Bxg2 24. Re7 Nd5 25. Bc4 Kf8
26. Bxd5 Kxe7 27. Bxg2 Rf8 28. f5 Kf6 29. Kd2 d5 30. Ke3 Ke5
31. Bh3 Rd8 32. Ne2 c5 33. Kf3 Rd7 34. Nf4 Kf6 35. h5 a6
36. b3 Rd8 37. Ne6 Rd7 38. Kf4 a5 39. Bf1 c4 40. a4 Rd6
41. Bg2 Rd7 42. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.12"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Re1 Na5 12. Bc2
c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qe2 Ng4 15. Nf1 Be6 16. Ng5 Nxe3 17. Nxe6
fxe6 18. Nxe3 c4 19. Qh5 Qc7 20. Ng4 Rf8 21. Re2 Rad8 22. Rd1
Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Rd8 24. Bc2 b4 25. cxb4 Nc6 26. Ba4 Nxb4
27. Qxe5 Qe7 28. Qh5 Nxa2 29. g3 Nc1 30. Rc2 Nd3 31. e5 Rf8
32. Rxc4 Bxf2+ 33. Kg2 Bc5 34. Bc6 Rf5 35. Qh4 Ne1+ 36. Kh3
Qf7 37. Rxc5 Rh5 38. Bg2 Rxh4+ 39. gxh4 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.17"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6
7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. c4 b4 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nc2 Be7
12. g3 h5 13. h3 Qg6 14. Bg2 h4 15. g4 O-O 16. O-O Be6 17. Ne3
Rac8 18. b3 Rfd8 19. a3 bxa3 20. Nf5 Bg5 21. Rxa3 a5 22. Bb2
Rd7 23. Bc3 Bd8 24. Kh1 Qh7 25. f4 Bb6 26. Ra2 Bc5 27. Rd2 f6
28. Nxd6 Rb8 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Nf5 g6 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Rf6
Rxd2 33. Bxd2 Qd7 34. Qe1 Kg7 35. Rf1 Rxb3 36. Bg5 Qd3 37. Nf7
Qg3 38. Qd2 Bxc4 39. Bf6+ Kf8 40. Nxe5 Qxh3+ 41. Bxh3 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Sandnes NOR"]
[Date "2013.05.18"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Bb4
7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4
12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. f4 a4
17. Rb1 Rfd8 18. Qe2 b3 19. Ba1 Qd6 20. e4 Nc5 21. e5 Qc6
22. exf6 Nxd3 23. Qg4 g6 24. Rf3 b2 25. Qg5 bxa1=Q 26. Rxa1
Qb6 27. Rxd3 Rxd4 28. Rb1 Qd8 29. Rxb7 Rxd3 30. Nf3 a3
31. Rxf7 Qb6+ 32. c5 Qb1+ 33. Kf2 Rxf3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Thessaloniki"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.05.29"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "147"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5
12. exd5 Nc5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. c4 g6 16. Rae1 h5
17. Bg5 Ne8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qe3 Nd6 20. b3 Rfc8 21. Qxe5
Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rc1 a5 25. Kf1 Kg7 26. h4
b6 27. g3 Kf6 28. Be2 Re7 29. Rc3 Re8 30. Ke1 Ra8 31. Bd1 Re8+
32. Kf1 Ke5 33. Bc2 Kf6 34. f3 Re7 35. Kf2 Re8 36. Re3 Rxe3
37. Kxe3 Kg7 38. Kf4 f6 39. g4 a4 40. Bd3 axb3 41. axb3 Kh6
42. g5+ Kg7 43. gxf6+ Kxf6 44. Ke3 g5 45. hxg5+ Kxg5 46. f4+
Kh6 47. Kf3 Kg7 48. Kg3 Kh6 49. Kh4 Ne8 50. f5 Nd6 51. f6 Nf7
52. Be2 Nd6 53. Bxh5 b5 54. cxb5 Nxb5 55. Be2 Nd4 56. Bh5 Nxb3
57. d6 Nd4 58. d7 Ne6 59. Bg4 Nd8 60. Bf5 c4 61. Kg4 c3
62. Kf4 Nf7 63. Bd3 Nd8 64. Bc2 Kh5 65. Kf5 Kh6 66. Bb3 Kh7
67. Kg5 Nc6 68. Ba4 Nd8 69. Bc2+ Kg8 70. Kg6 Kf8 71. Bb3 Nc6
72. Kf5 Nd8 73. Ke5 Nb7 74. Kd4 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Thessaloniki"]
[Site "Thessaloniki GRE"]
[Date "2013.06.03"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qxd4 Bb4+
7. Nbd2 Ng5 8. a3 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Nc6 10. Qe3 Bf8 11. b4 Bg7
12. Bb2 O-O 13. f4 d6 14. O-O-O dxe5 15. fxe5 Qh4 16. b5 Ne7
17. Qg3 Qh5 18. f4 a6 19. a4 axb5 20. axb5 Bg4 21. Re1 Rfd8
22. Rg1 Be6 23. Be2 Qf5 24. Bg4 Qxg4 25. Qxg4 Bxg4 26. Rxg4
Nf5 27. Rg2 Rd3 28. Ne4 Ra4 29. Rc2 Re3 30. Kd1 Rd3+ 31. Kc1
Ne3 32. Nc5 Nxc2 33. Kxc2 Rxc4+ 34. Kxd3 Rxc5 35. Ra1 Rxb5
36. Ra8+ Bf8 37. Bd4 h6 38. Rc8 c6 39. Bc3 Rd5+ 40. Ke4 Rc5
41. Kd3 Rb5 42. h4 h5 43. Bd2 Rd5+ 44. Kc2 Rc5+ 45. Kd3 Rd5+
46. Kc2 g5 47. f5 gxh4 48. Bc3 Kg7 49. e6+ f6 50. Rc7+ Kg8
51. Rc8 Kg7 52. Rc7+ Kg8 53. Bxf6 Rxf5 54. Rc8 Rf2+ 55. Kd3
Rf3+ 56. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. d3 Bg7 4. e4 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O O-O
7. c3 d5 8. e5 Nd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb6 11. h3 Bf5 12. Nc3
Rc8 13. Nh4 Be6 14. f4 f5 15. Nf3 Bd7 16. Qe2 e6 17. g4 a6
18. gxf5 exf5 19. h4 h6 20. Be3 Be6 21. h5 gxh5 22. Bf2 Nc4
23. Kh1 Qb6 24. b3 Na3 25. Na4 Qb5 26. Qd1 b6 27. Rg1 Ne7
28. Bf1 Qc6 29. Bxa6 Rc7 30. Bd3 Rf7 31. Nh4 Nc4 32. Kh2 Kh7
33. Rc1 Ra7 34. Be2 b5 35. Nc3 Qd7 36. bxc4 b4 37. cxd5 Nxd5
38. Nxd5 Bxd5 39. Rc2 Bf8 40. Bd3 Be7 41. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3
Bxd3 7. Qxd3 g6 8. Nge2 f5 9. h3 h5 10. f3 Nd7 11. e4 fxe4
12. fxe4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Qa5+ 14. c3 Be7 15. O-O f5 16. Nf4 fxe4
17. Qxe4 Qf5 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Nd3 Qg5 20. Qe6+ Kh8 21. Rfe1
Rae8 22. Qxd7 Qg3 23. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 c6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4
Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Qc2 Bc7 10. Bd3 h6 11. h4 Nb6
12. h5 Nd5 13. a3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Re8 15. Rb1 Qd6 16. a4 b6
17. Nh4 c5 18. Nf5 Qc6 19. O-O Qe6 20. c4 cxd4 21. exd4 Bb7
22. d5 Qd7 23. Qd1 Re5 24. Qg4 Rxf5 25. Bxf5 Qd6 26. g3 Ba6
27. Rfe1 Rd8 28. Re2 Qc5 29. Rbe1 Be5 30. Bd3 Bc8 31. Qe4 Kf8
32. Kg2 Qd4 33. Qh7 Bg4 34. Rxe5 fxe5 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qxg7
Bf3+ 37. Kxf3 Qxd3+ 38. Kg2 Qxc4 39. Rxe5+ Kd6 40. Qf6+ Kc7
41. Qxf7+ Rd7 42. d6+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd3 h6 5. Bh4 e6 6. e4 dxe4
7. Nxe4 Be7 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Qe3 c5
12. O-O-O cxd4 13. Rxd4 Nb6 14. c4 Bd7 15. Ne5 Rad8 16. Be2
Ba4 17. Rf4 Qe7 18. Rg4 Kh8 19. h4 Nd7 20. Rh3 Nxe5 21. Qxe5
f6 22. Qa5 Bc6 23. Rhg3 Rf7 24. Qxa7 e5 25. Rd3 Rxd3 26. Bxd3
f5 27. Rg6 e4 28. Bc2 Qc7 29. Qd4 Kh7 30. Rd6 Qa5 31. a3 Qe1+
32. Bd1 f4 33. h5 Re7 34. Qd2 Qxd2+ 35. Kxd2 Re5 36. Bc2 Kg8
37. b4 e3+ 38. fxe3 fxe3+ 39. Ke2 Bxg2 40. Bg6 Kf8 41. Rd8+
Ke7 42. Re8+ Kf6 43. Rxe5 Kxe5 44. Kxe3 b6 45. a4 Bc6 46. a5
bxa5 47. bxa5 Bb7 48. c5 Bc8 49. Be4 Ba6 50. Bd3 Bc8 51. a6
Kd5 52. a7 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial (Blitz)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.12"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd3
Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Qa6 8. Qxa6 Nxa6 9. Bd2 e6 10. Ne4 Nb4 11. Bxb4
Bxb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. a4 a5 14. Ne5 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Nd3
f5 17. O-O-O Bd6 18. Kc2 Ke7 19. g3 h5 20. h4 Rhg8 21. Rde1
Kf6 22. Re3 Rad8 23. Rhe1 Rg4 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rd5
26. Kd3 f4 27. R5e4 Rf5 28. R1e2 fxg3 29. Rxg4 gxf2 30. Rxf2
hxg4 31. Rg2 Rf4 32. Ke3 Kf5 33. h5 Rf3+ 34. Ke2 Kg5 35. h6
Rh3 36. Rf2 f5 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.14"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O
e5 8.b3 Re8 9.e4 c6 10.Be3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nc5 12.f3 Qe7 13.Re1
a5 14.Qc2 Be6 15.Rad1 a4 16.b4 Ncd7 17.Nxe6 Qxe6 18.Nxa4 Ne5
19.c5 Qc4 20.Qb3 dxc5 21.Nb6 Qxb3 22.axb3 Rad8 23.bxc5 Nfd7
24.Na4 Nf8 25.Rd6 Ne6 26.Red1 Ra8 27.h3 Nc4 28.bxc4 Rxa4
29.Rd7 Rb4 30.f4 Bf8 31.Kh2 Bxc5 32.Bc1 Ra8 33.f5 Nf8 34.R7d3
Rxc4 35.Bh6 Be7 36.R1d2 b5 37.Rf3 b4 38.e5 gxf5 39.Rxf5 Ng6
40.Rdf2 Bf8 41.Bg5 b3 42.Rxf7 Rb8 43.Bf1 Rc3 44.e6 b2 45.Bf6
b1=Q 46.Bxc3 Qb3 47.R7f3 Bc5 48.Rb2 Qxb2+ 49.Bxb2 Rxb2+ 50.Bg2
Be7 51.h4 Re2 52.Rc3 c5 53.Kh3 Kg7 54.Bd5 Ne5 55.g4 Ng6 56.Rf3
Bd6 57.Rf7+ Kh8 58.g5 Rh2+ 59.Kg4 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.15"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4
Nxc3 7. Bxc3 c5 8. d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nf3 e6 11. Be2
exd5 12. exd5 Bg4 13. O-O Nd7 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Be2
Qd6 17. Rb1 b6 18. Re1 Rfd8 19. Ba6 Rab8 20. c4 Nd7 21. Bb5
Nf6 22. Qe2 Rb7 23. Rb3 Nh5 24. Re3 Ng7 25. g4 Kf8 26. a4 f5
27. Re5 fxg4 28. hxg4 Rf7 29. Qe3 Qf6 30. Re2 Qf4 31. Qxf4
Rxf4 32. R5e4 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 h5 34. f3 Kf7 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. Re1
g5 37. Kg3 Rh8 38. Bc6 Kf7 39. d6 h4+ 40. Kh2 Kf6 41. d7 Ne6
42. Bd5 Nc7 43. Be4 Ne6 44. Bd5 Nc7 45. f4 gxf4 46. g5+ Kg6
47. Re5 Rd8 48. Be4+ Kf7 49. Bf5 Rh8 50. Kg2 a5 51. Kf2 f3
52. Re1 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.17"]
[EventDate "2013.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.Be3 h5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Bf5 12.Be2 Rc8
13.Rc1 Qh4+ 14.g3 Qf6 15.O-O Be7 16.Na5 Rc7 17.Bd3 O-O 18.c4
Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Re8 20.b4 Bf8 21.Rce1 g6 22.Qd2 Qf5 23.a4 Nf6
24.Bb6 Rcc8 25.f4 e4 26.Bd4 Rc7 27.h3 Bg7 28.Qg2 b5 29.axb5
axb5 30.Bxf6 Bxf6 31.g4 hxg4 32.hxg4 Bd4+ 33.Kh2 Qf6 34.Nc6
Bb6 35.g5 Qf5 36.c5 dxc5 37.Ne5 cxb4 38.d6 Rc3 39.Rxe4 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.19"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6
7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Ne7 9. h3 O-O 10. Nc3 h6 11. Qb3 g5 12. Rd1
b6 13. a4 a5 14. Be3 Ng6 15. d5 c5 16. Nb5 g4 17. hxg4 Bxg4
18. Bd2 Qd7 19. Rac1 c6 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. Bc3 Bxf3 22. gxf3
Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Qd5 Qxd5
27. exd5 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Ne5 29. Nd6 Kf8 30. Kh2 Ke7 31. Nc8+
Kd7 32. Nxb6+ Kc7 33. f4 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Nd2 35. Na8+ Kb7 36. d6
Kc6 37. Nc7 Kxd6 38. Nb5+ Kd5 39. Kg3 Kc4 40. Nd6+ Kxc3
41. Nxf7 c4 42. f5 Kd4 43. Nd6 Ke5 44. Nb5 Kxf5 45. f3 h5 0-1

[Event "Geneva Chess Masters"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.26"]
[EventDate "2013.06.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Romain Edouard"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 c6 6. a3 Bd6
7. Nge2 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. Bxf5 Nbd7
12. Qf3 Qc7 13. g3 Nf8 14. Bg5 N6d7 15. Rad1 Ne6 16. Bc1 Qb6
17. h4 Ndf8 18. Ne2 Qd8 19. c3 Qf6 20. Qd3 g6 21. Bh3 Qg7
22. Kg2 Nd7 23. Ng1 Nf6 24. Nf3 Ne4 25. c4 Re7 26. cxd5 cxd5
27. Qb3 Nf6 28. Rfe1 Rae8 29. Re3 b6 30. Rde1 Nc7 31. Rxe7
Rxe7 32. Rxe7 Bxe7 33. Qa4 1-0

[Event "Geneva Chess Masters"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.26"]
[EventDate "2013.06.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Romain Edouard"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 c6
7. Nc3 O-O 8. b3 Qa5 9. Qd2 e5 10. Rd1 Re8 11. a4 Qc7 12. dxe5
dxe5 13. Ba3 e4 14. Bd6 Qd8 15. Ne5 Nbd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. c5
e3 18. fxe3 a5 19. Rab1 Qe6 20. Bf4 Bf8 21. Bd6 Bh6 22. Bf4
Bf8 23. Qd4 Bg7 24. Qc4 Qxc4 25. bxc4 Bf8 26. Bd6 Rxe3 27. Rd3
Re8 28. Bf3 Nd7 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Kf2 Nxc5 31. Rdd1 Be6
32. Ke3 Rad8 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Kf4 Bxc4 35. e4 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Geneva Chess Masters"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.27"]
[EventDate "2013.06.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4
7. Qxe4 Nd7 8. g3 g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O Ne7 11. Ne2 O-O
12. Rd1 Nb6 13. c3 a5 14. Qc2 a4 15. Nf4 Nc4 16. Nd3 Qc8
17. Nc5 Nb6 18. Bg5 Ned5 19. c4 Nf6 20. Be3 Rd8 21. Rd3 Ne8
22. Ne4 Qc7 23. Rad1 h6 24. h4 Nd7 25. Bf4 Qa5 26. Bd2 Qc7
27. Nc3 Nb6 28. c5 Nc8 29. Nxa4 e5 30. d5 cxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5
32. Bxd5 Ne7 33. Bg2 Nc6 34. b3 Nd4 35. Qc4 Rd8 36. Bc3 Qc8
37. Bxd4 exd4 38. Nb2 Nc7 39. Nd3 Re8 40. b4 Qg4 41. Rf1 Bf6
42. b5 Kg7 43. b6 Ne6 44. Re1 g5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. c6 bxc6
47. b7 Rb8 48. Qxc6 Qf5 49. Qc8 Rxb7 50. Qxb7 Qxd3 51. Rxe6
Qd1+ 52. Bf1 d3 53. Rxf6 Kxf6 54. Qa6+ 1-0

[Event "Geneva Chess Masters"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.27"]
[EventDate "2013.06.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4
12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf1 Rd8 14. h3 Bh5 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Nd4 Nxd4
17. cxd4 Ne6 18. Nf5 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Qf3 O-O 21. Qg3 f6
22. Bd2 fxe5 23. Qxe5 Rde8 24. Ne3 Bxe3 25. Bxg6 Bxf2+ 26. Kh1
hxg6 0-1

[Event "Geneva Chess Masters"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.28"]
[EventDate "2013.06.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 Be7
7. Nb5 Na6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nfxd4 e5
12. Nc2 Be6 13. b3 Rfc8 14. c4 Nc5 15. Bb2 a6 16. Nc3 a5
17. Ba3 Kf8 18. Bf3 Rab8 19. Rfe1 Nd3 20. Bxe7+ Kxe7 21. Re3
Nb4 22. Na3 Nd7 23. Rae1 f6 24. Be4 f5 25. Bb1 Nc6 26. Nab5
Nf6 27. f3 g6 28. Na4 Rd8 29. Nc5 Rd2 30. Rxe5 Nxe5 31. Rxe5
Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Rxb1 33. Rxe6+ Kf7 34. Nd6+ Kg7 35. Re7+ Kh8
36. Ne6 Rb2+ 37. Ke3 Rxg2 38. h4 Nh5 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Nh6+ Kh8
41. a4 f4+ 42. Kd3 Nf6 43. Nf7+ Kg8 44. Nh6+ Kh8 45. Nf7+ Kg8
46. Ne5 Nh5 47. Ng4 Kh8 48. Ng5 Rd8+ 49. Kc3 Rd1 50. Rxh7+ Kg8
51. Rf7 Rxg4 52. fxg4 Ng3 53. Rxf4 Ne2+ 54. Kc2 Nxf4 55. Kxd1
Ng2 56. Ke2 Nxh4 57. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Geneva Chess Masters"]
[Site "Geneva SUI"]
[Date "2013.06.28"]
[EventDate "2013.06.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5
7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qc5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Nb3 Qb6
12. Bd3 Bc6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. N5d4 Ba4
17. Qe2 O-O 18. f4 e5 19. Nf5 Bxb3 20. axb3 Bc5 21. Rac1 Bxe3+
22. Qxe3 exf4 23. Rxf4 Qe5 24. Rcf1 b5 25. Rh4 g6 26. Qh6 gxf5
27. Rxf5 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Kh8 29. h3 Rg8 30. Rxf6 Nxf6 31. e5 Qxd3
32. Qxf6+ Rg7 33. Rg4 Rg8 34. e6 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Deysi Estela Cori Tello"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6
7. O-O Bb7 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qc2 Nf6
12. Ne4 Bxd2 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Be4 Rc8 16. Qd3
Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nc6 18. Nxd2 Qxd4 19. Rfd1 Qxb2 20. Nc4 Qb4
21. Rab1 Qa4 22. Qe2 Rd8 23. Nd6 Kg8 24. Rbc1 Ne7 25. Qf3 Nf5
26. Rc7 Rab8 27. Rc4 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.12"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "2.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Deysi Estela Cori Tello"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "175"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Rc1 e5 10. Nf3 c6 11. Be2 exd4
12. cxd4 Nf6 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Bd3 Ng4 15. O-O Be6 16. Nf3 Nxe3
17. fxe3 a5 18. Qc2 Kh8 19. h4 f6 20. Qf2 Bg4 21. Qg3 Qd7
22. a4 f5 23. Ng5 h6 24. Nf7+ Qxf7 25. Qxg4 Qb3 26. Qe2 Qxa4
27. e5 Rad8 28. Bc4 Rf8 29. h5 g5 30. Bd3 Qa3 31. Rcd1 Qe7
32. Rxf5 Rxf5 33. Bxf5 c5 34. Bc2 a4 35. Qf3 cxd4 36. exd4 b5
37. Qe4 Bf8 38. d5 b4 39. d6 Qa7+ 40. Kh1 b3 41. Bd3 a3
42. Qf5 Qg7 43. Bc4 a2 44. Bxb3 Bxd6 45. Bxa2 Rf8 46. Qe6 Bxe5
47. Bb1 Qf6 48. Qxf6+ Rxf6 49. g4 Rd6 50. Re1 Kg7 51. Kg2 Kf6
52. Rc1 Rb6 53. Bd3 Bf4 54. Rc5 Rd6 55. Bf5 Be3 56. Rc7 Bb6
57. Rb7 Ke5 58. Kf3 Kd4 59. Re7 Rc6 60. Ke2 Bc5 61. Re4+ Kd5
62. Re8 Ra6 63. Rd8+ Ke5 64. Rc8 Kd4 65. Re8 Ra2+ 66. Kd1 Ra6
67. Bg6 Kc3 68. Ke2 Ra2+ 69. Kf3 Ra4 70. Be4 Ra3 71. Bf5 Kd4+
72. Ke2 Ra6 73. Rh8 Ke5 74. Kd3 Kf4 75. Kc4 Ba3 76. Re8 Kf3
77. Kd5 Bb2 78. Re6 Rxe6 79. Kxe6 Kf4 80. Kf7 Ke5 81. Kg7 Ba3
82. Kxh6 Kf6 83. Bg6 Bb2 84. Kh7 Ba3 85. Kg8 Bb4 86. Bf5 Bc3
87. h6 Ke7 88. h7 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.14"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Eltaj Safarli"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7
7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. Bg3 c6 9. e4 dxe4 10. fxe4 Bb4 11. Bd3 e5
12. a3 Ba5 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 Nc5 15. b4 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Bb6
17. Nf3 O-O 18. Nxe5 a5 19. b5 a4 20. Nc4 Bc5 21. O-O-O Bg4
22. Rd2 Qe7 23. d6 Qe6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Rac8 26. Kb1 Qxd5
27. Rxd5 Be6 28. Rhd1 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Bxd6 30. Nxd6 Rc3 31. Kb2
Rb3+ 32. Ka2 Rd8 33. Rd4 h5 34. Bh4 Rd7 35. Bf6 Kh7 36. e5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Baskaran Adhiban"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4
exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. Be3 O-O-O 10. O-O-O Ne7
11. Nb3 b6 12. f4 Ng6 13. a3 c5 14. Rhf1 Bd6 15. Nd2 Rhe8
16. Nc4 Bf8 17. f5 Nh8 18. a4 Nf7 19. Bf4 b5 20. axb5 axb5
21. Nd2 Bc6 22. Rde1 Nd6 23. Bxd6 Bxd6 24. g3 Be5 25. Nd1 Kb7
26. Nf3 Bd6 27. Nf2 Ra8 28. Kd2 Ra2 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Bxe4
31. Nxe4 Rxe4 32. Kd3 Rb4 33. Kc3 Kc6 34. Rd1 g5 35. fxg6 hxg6
36. b3 g5 37. Rf1 g4 38. Nd2 Rd4 39. Nb1 Be5 40. Rf5 Rd8+
41. Rxe5 b4+ 42. Kb2 fxe5 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2013.08.18"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[Round "3.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Baskaran Adhiban"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 c6 11. Bc4 b5
12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Bg5 Rd7 14. Rc1 a5 15. Ke2 h6 16. Be3 a4
17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Bd5 Nd4+ 19. Bxd4 Bxd5 20. exd5 exd4 21. Rc5
Rb8 22. Kd3 Rdd8 23. Rhc1 Bf8 24. Ne5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Rd6
26. Kxd4 Kf8 27. f4 Ke8 28. h4 Kf8 29. g4 Ke8 30. g5 h5
31. Ke4 f6 32. Rc6 f5+ 33. Kd4 Rbd8 34. Rxd6 Rxd6 35. Kc5 Ke7
36. a3 Ra6 37. Nc6+ Ke8 38. Kd6 Kf7 39. Kc7 Ra8 40. d6 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.09.09"]
[EventDate "2013.09.09"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nbd2 Nfd7
12. Nd4 c5 13. Nf5 Nf6 14. Ne3 Bb7 15. f3 Ng6 16. Ndc4 d5
17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nf5 Qc7 19. Nxe7+ Ngxe7 20. Bg5 Nf5 21. c3
bxc3 22. bxc3 h6 23. Qd3 g6 24. Bd2 Rad8 25. Qe2 Nf4 26. Bxf4
Qxf4 27. Rad1 Bd5 28. Nd2 Bxb3 29. Nxb3 Qxa4 30. Nxc5 Qb5
31. Qxb5 axb5 32. Nd7 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Ra8 34. Kf2 Ra6 35. g4 Nh4
36. f4 Rc6 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Ree7 Rf6 39. Kg3 g5 40. f5 h5
41. Re6 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.09.10"]
[EventDate "2013.09.09"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7
7. O-O Nc6 8. Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Re1 Qb8 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Bd6
12. Qh5 Ne7 13. Nxe7 Bxe7 14. b3 a5 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6
17. e5 Rg8 18. g3 Rg5 19. Qh6 Rxe5 20. Qxf6 Rh5 21. Be4 Qd8
22. Qf3 Rc5 23. Qe3 Qe7 24. Bxh7 f5 25. Bg6+ Kd8 26. Rac1 Kc7
27. Bh5 e5 28. f4 Qd6 29. Rf1 exf4 30. Qxf4 Be4 31. Qf2 Rc3
32. Be2 Kb7 33. Rcd1 Qe6 34. Bc4 d5 35. Qc5 Rd8 36. Qxa5 Rxc2
37. Rf2 Rxf2 38. Qxd8 Rg2+ 39. Kf1 Rb2 40. Bxd5+ Bxd5
41. Qxd5+ Qxd5 42. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.24"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5
7. g4 Be6 8. h4 Nd7 9. Bg3 Ngf6 10. f3 Nb6 11. Bd3 Nc4 12. Qe2
c5 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. d5 Nxd5 15. O-O-O Qa5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5
17. Rxd5 Qxa2 18. Qc2 c3 19. b3 Qa1+ 20. Qb1 Qa6 21. Rh2 O-O
22. Ra2 Qb5 23. Ne2 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Be1 c4 26. Nxc3
Qb6 27. Qe4 cxb3 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Bf8 30. Qd5 Qb4 31. Qb5
Qa3+ 32. Kb1 a6 33. Qxb7 Qd6 34. Qd5 Qh2 35. h5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.29"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3
O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O Qd6 10.h4 Rd8 11.Nb5 Qd7 12.h5 a6 13.Nc3
Nxd4 14.hxg6 hxg6 15.Bxd4 Qxd4 16.Qe1 Qxd1+ 17.Nxd1 Na4 18.b3
Nc5 19.e5 Bf5 20.f4 a5 21.Nf3 a4 22.b4 Nb3+ 23.axb3 a3 24.Qc3
e6 25.Ne3 a2 26.Qa1 Bf8 27.Nxf5 gxf5 28.b5 c6 29.bxc6 Rdc8
30.Bc4 Rxc6 31.Nd4 Rcc8 32.Kc2 Bb4 33.g4 fxg4 34.f5 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Paris"]
[Site "Elancourt FRA"]
[Date "2013.09.30"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 g6 7.O-O Bg7
8.Re1 O-O 9.h3 b5 10.Bc2 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.a4 Nb8 13.b4 c5
14.bxc5 dxc5 15.Rb1 Bc6 16.Bb2 Nh5 17.g3 Bd7 18.h4 Nc6 19.Bb3
h6 20.Bd5 Rb8 21.Nb3 Qb6 22.axb5 axb5 23.Ba3 b4 24.Bb2 Bg4
25.Nbd2 Ne7 26.Bc4 Nc6 27.Ra1 Qc7 28.Qc2 Nf6 29.Rec1 bxc3
30.Bxc3 Nd4 31.Nxd4 cxd4 32.Ba5 Qe7 33.Rcb1 Be6 34.Qa2 Bxc4
35.Nxc4 Ra8 36.Rb5 Nd7 37.Rab1 Reb8 38.Rd5 Rxb1+ 39.Qxb1 Rb8
40.Qa2 Qe6 41.Kg2 Qc6 42.Bd2 Ra8 43.Qb1 h5 44.Rd6 Qa4 45.Qb7
Ra7 46.Qd5 Kh7 47.Qxf7 Nf6 48.Nb6 Qa3 49.Bc1 Rxf7 50.Bxa3 Ng4
51.f4 exf4 52.gxf4 Rxf4 53.Rd7 Rf2+ 54.Kg3 Kg8 55.Nc4 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.24"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Svidler"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6
7. f4 Nh5 8. Nge2 c5 9. d5 b5 10. cxb5 Nc7 11. a4 Rb8 12. g4
Nf6 13. Ng3 h6 14. Bh4 Nh7 15. Qd2 a6 16. Bc4 axb5 17. axb5
Bd7 18. e5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Nxb5 20. Qa5 Qe8 21. O-O g5 22. Nf5
gxh4 23. Rae1 dxe5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. fxe5 e6 26. Nxh6+ Kg7
27. Qd2 Qd8 28. Rf6 Nd4 29. Nxf7 Nxf6 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Rhodes GRE"]
[Date "2013.10.26"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[Round "7.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Berge Ostenstad"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 e5
7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6 9. Be2 Qe8 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. a3 f6 12. Bh4
Nb6 13. b3 Bh6 14. Rb1 Nc5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Nca4 17. Nb5
Qd7 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. Nf3 f5 20. O-O fxe4 21. Nh2 Bf4 22. Bg4
Qg7 23. Bxc8 Rfxc8 24. Rfe1 g5 25. Bg3 Qg6 26. Rbd1 Nd7
27. Nf1 Nab6 28. Nc3 Nf6 29. c5 Nbd7 30. Qc4 Rd8 31. Nxe4 Nxe4
32. Rxe4 b5 33. cxb6 Nxb6 34. Qd3 Ra2 35. f3 Rda8 36. Bf2 Rb2
37. Bxb6 cxb6 38. Rb1 Rba2 39. Qc4 h5 40. g3 Qf5 41. g4 hxg4
42. fxg4 Bh2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.27"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc3 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6
12. g3 Bb7 13. Bg2 Na6 14. O-O c5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Ne5 cxd4
17. Qxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nc5 19. b4 Nb3 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Qd7
Rf8 22. f4 Qf5 23. Rf3 Qc2 24. Qd3 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 Nc1 26. Rd2
Rc8 27. h4 h5 28. b5 Rc7 29. Nc6 Kh7 30. Rb2 a5 31. Kf2 Rd7
32. Ne5 Rc7 33. Rd2 f6 34. Nd7 Nb3 35. Nf8+ Kg8 36. Rd7 Rxd7
37. Nxd7 Nd4 38. a4 Nxb5 39. axb5 a4 40. Nc5 a3 41. Nb3 a2
42. Ke3 Kf7 43. Kd4 Ke7 44. e4 e5+ 45. fxe5 Ke6 46. Na1 fxe5+
47. Kc3 g5 48. Kb2 gxh4 49. gxh4 Kd6 50. Nb3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.30"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Li Chao"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4
Bg7 7. e4 Bg4 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Ng5 e6 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Bxd4
12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bd2 Qc5 14. Rc1 Qe7 15. a4 N8d7 16. a5 Nc8
17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qxc6 O-O 19. Nf3 Rd8 20. O-O e5 21. Rfd1 f6
22. Bh6 Kf7 23. Qc4+ Qe6 24. Qc7 Ke8 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Qxb8
Nb6 27. Nxe5 Rxb8 28. Nxd7 Nxd7 29. h4 Rb5 30. Rc8+ Ke7
31. Rh8 Rxb2 32. Rxh7+ Ke6 33. Be3 a6 34. Rg7 Ne5 35. Bc5 f5
36. Bd4 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Rb5 38. Bxe5 Kxe5 39. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.12.03"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Georg Meier"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "173"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qc2 h6
7. Bh4 c6 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. a3 b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bd3 Bb7
12. O-O a6 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Qe2 Qb8 15. Na2 Rc8 16. Rxc8+ Qxc8
17. Rc1 Qf8 18. Bg3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Rc8 20. Rf1 a5 21. Bb5 Qd6
22. Nc3 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Nd2 Bd5 25. Nb1 Nf6 26. Nc3 Qc7
27. Rc1 Bc4 28. Bxc4 Qxc4 29. Qxc4 Rxc4 30. Rd1 Kf8 31. Kf1
Ke7 32. Ke2 Kd7 33. Kd2 h5 34. Rh1 g6 35. Rh4 g5 36. Rh1 Rc8
37. f3 exf3 38. gxf3 Rh8 39. e4 h4 40. Ke3 Kc6 41. a4 Kd7
42. Ne2 Ke7 43. Rh3 Rb8 44. gxh4 gxh4 45. Nc3 Rh8 46. Kd3 Ne8
47. f4 f6 48. d5 e5 49. fxe5 fxe5 50. Nd1 Nf6 51. Ne3 Nd7
52. Nf5+ Kf6 53. Nxh4 Nc5+ 54. Ke3 Nxa4 55. Rh2 Nc5 56. Rf2+
Kg7 57. Rg2+ Kf6 58. Nf3 Rh3 59. Rg8 Nb3 60. Kf2 Nc5 61. Ke3
a4 62. Rb8 Nd7 63. Rb7 Ke7 64. Kf2 Ke8 65. Kg2 Rh6 66. Ra7 b5
67. Ra5 Nc5 68. Rxb5 Rg6+ 69. Kf2 Nxe4+ 70. Ke3 Nd6 71. Rb8+
Ke7 72. Nxe5 Rg2 73. Rb4 Rg3+ 74. Kf4 Rg2 75. Nd3 Rh2 76. Ke3
Rh3+ 77. Kd2 Rh2+ 78. Kc3 Rh3 79. Rxa4 Nb5+ 80. Kb4 Rxd3
81. Kxb5 Kd6 82. Ra6+ Kxd5 83. b4 Rb3 84. Rh6 Rb1 85. Ka5 Kc4
86. Rc6+ Kd5 87. b5 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic (Group C)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[Round "4.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Gawain Jones"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 e4 6. Ne2 Be5
7. Qc1 Qe7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Bxb2 10. Qxb2 Be6 11. Ng3 O-O-O
12. Qa3 Qxa3 13. Nxa3 Rd6 14. f3 Rhd8 15. O-O-O exf3 16. gxf3
Nd5 17. Nc4 R6d7 18. Ne5 Re7 19. Nd3 a5 20. Nh5 g6 21. Nhf4 b6
22. c4 Nxf4 23. Nxf4 c5 24. h4 Kb7 25. a4 Bd7 26. Kc2 Bc6
27. Rh3 Red7 28. Rg3 Rd6 29. d3 Rf6 30. Kd2 Rf5 31. Ke2 Re8
32. Kf2 Rfe5 33. e4 Rd8 34. Rdg1 Re7 35. h5 Re5 36. Ke3 Kc8
37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Nh3 Re7 39. f4 Red7 40. Nf2 Rd4 41. Rh3 Bd7
42. Rh7 Be6 43. Kd2 Kb7 44. Kc3 Kc8 45. Rg5 R4d7 46. Rg7 Rd6
47. Rh7 R6d7 48. Rg3 Rd4 49. Rf3 Rf8 50. Rg3 Bd7 51. Rh4 Rd8
52. Kc2 Be6 53. Nd1 Bd7 54. Nc3 Bc6 55. Ne2 R4d7 56. Re3 Kb7
57. Kc3 Kc8 58. Rh6 Kb7 59. Ng1 Rd6 60. Nf3 Rf6 61. f5 Re8
62. Nh4 Re5 63. Rg3 Be8 64. Nf3 Re7 65. Rg5 Rd6 66. e5 Rd8
67. f6 Red7 68. Ne1 Rd4 69. Rh7 Rf4 70. Rg3 Rf5 71. Re3 g5
72. Rg7 Bc6 73. Rxf7 Re8 74. e6 g4 75. e7 Kc8 76. Rf8 Kd7
77. d4 cxd4+ 78. Kxd4 Rf4+ 79. Ke5 Rf1 80. Rd3+ Kc8 81. Rxe8+
Bxe8 82. Rd8+ Kb7 83. Rxe8 Rxe1+ 84. Kd4 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic (Knockout)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nge2 Rb8
7. a3 b5 8. O-O e6 9. Be3 b4 10. axb4 cxb4 11. Na4 Nge7
12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 a5 15. b3 Kh8 16. Ra2 e5
17. Qe3 Qc7 18. Nb2 Bg4 19. f3 Be6 20. Nc4 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5
22. Qc5 Rfc8 23. Re1 Qd8 24. Qf2 Nc3 25. Nxc3 Bxc4 26. bxc4
bxc3 27. Ra3 Rb2 28. Rxc3 Qd4 29. Qxd4 Nxd4 30. Rxe5 a4 31. f4
Nb5 32. Rxb5 Rxb5 33. Ra3 Rb2 34. Rxa4 Rxc2 35. Bd5 Rb8
36. Ra8 Rxa8 37. Bxa8 Rd2 38. Be4 f5 39. Bg2 Rxd3 40. c5 Rc3
41. c6 Rc1+ 42. Kf2 Rc2+ 43. Kg1 Kg7 44. Bf3 Kf6 45. h4 Ke6
46. Kf1 Kd6 47. Ke1 Kc5 48. Kf1 Kd4 49. Kg1 Ke3 50. Bd5 Rc5
51. c7 Rxc7 52. Ba8 h6 53. Kg2 Rg7 54. Bd5 g5 55. hxg5 hxg5
56. fxg5 Rxg5 57. Bf3 f4 58. g4 Rc5 59. Bb7 Rc2+ 60. Kh3 f3
0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic (Knockout)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
c5 7. a3 g6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. h4 Nc6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Qd2 cxd4
12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 O-O 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Rhd1 Rfd8 16. Ke1
Nb4 17. Bxd7 Nc2+ 18. Kd2 Nxa1 19. Ba4 b5 20. Bxb5 Nb3+
21. Ke2 Rac8 22. d5 exd5 23. exd5 Nc5 24. Rc1 Ne4 25. Rxc8
Rxc8 26. Bc6 Rb8 27. Bxa7 Rb2+ 28. Kf1 Ra2 29. a4 Ra1+ 30. Ke2
Nc3+ 31. Kd3 Nxa4 32. Bxa4 Ra3+ 33. Ke2 Rxa4 34. Bb6 Kf8
35. g3 Ke8 36. Be3 Ra5 37. d6 Rd5 38. Bf4 f6 39. Nd2 Kd7
40. Ne4 Ke6 41. Bd2 h6 42. d7 Kf7 43. Nc5 Bf8 44. Ba5 Be7
45. Bb6 Rd6 46. Ba5 Rd5 47. Bb6 h5 48. Kf3 f5 49. Kg2 Rd2
50. Ba5 Rd5 51. Bb6 f4 52. Kf3 fxg3 53. fxg3 Rd6 54. Ba5 Rd4
55. Bb6 Rd1 56. Ba5 Rd5 57. Bb6 Rd1 58. Ba5 g5 59. hxg5 Kg6
60. Bb6 Bxg5 61. Ne6 Rd3+ 62. Ke4 Rd6 63. Nxg5 Rxd7 64. Nf3
Re7+ 65. Ne5+ Kf6 66. Bd8 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic (Knockout)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2013.12.15"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Ng5 Nc6 11. Nxf7 Rxf7
12. e6 Nxd4 13. exf7+ Kf8 14. Qd1 Nc5 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Rc1 Qd6
17. b4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. f3 Bf5 20. Qd2 Rd8 21. Kf2 Kxf7
22. Be2 Qf6 23. Rxc7 Ne6 24. Rd7 Rc8 25. Bd3 Rc3 26. Bxf5 gxf5
27. f4 Rc4 28. Rc1 Re4 29. g3 h5 30. h4 Qg6 31. Bc5 Bf6
32. Re1 Qg4 33. Rxe4 fxe4 34. Qd1 Qf5 35. Rd5 Qh3 36. Qf1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.25"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d6 3. e3 e5 4. Bb5+ Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 e4
7. d5 a6 8. Bf1 Ne7 9. Nd2 Bf5 10. Bb2 b5 11. h3 h5 12. a3 Nc8
13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 Nxd5 15. Ng3 Nxe3 16. Qe2 Nxc2+ 17. Kd1 Bg6
18. Ndxe4 Qe7 19. Qf3 Nxa1 20. Bc4 Nb6 21. Nf6+ gxf6 22. Bxf6
Qc7 23. Re1+ Kd7 24. Bxa1 Qc6 25. Qxc6+ Kxc6 26. Bxh8 h4
27. Nf1 Nxc4 28. bxc4 Bd3 29. Nd2 d5 30. cxd5+ Kxd5 31. Re5+
Kc6 32. Rh5 Bg6 0-1

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Blitz)"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bh4 Bb4
7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Ne2 cxd4
12. O-O dxe3 13. fxe3 O-O 14. Nd4 Ne4 15. Be7 Re8 16. Bb4 Qd8
17. a4 a5 18. Ba3 Ndf6 19. c4 Be6 20. c5 Bd7 21. h3 Qc7
22. Rf3 Nxc5 23. Rc1 b6 24. Bf5 Nfe4 25. Bb2 Rad8 26. Rf4 f6
27. Bg6 Re7 28. Nf5 Bxf5 29. Bxf5 Nd6 30. Qxd5+ Kh8 31. Bb1
Rxe3 32. Rxf6 Nde4 33. Rxh6# 1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Blitz)"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.01.29"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 c5 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 Bg4
7. h3 Bh5 8. c3 Rc8 9. g4 Bg6 10. d4 h5 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nh2
hxg4 13. hxg4 e6 14. Bf4 Nf6 15. Bg2 c4 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Bg3
Nd3 18. Re2 e5 19. Nd2 b5 20. b3 Bf7 21. bxc4 bxc4 22. Ndf1 g6
23. Rb1 Qd7 24. Ne3 Bh6 25. Rb6 Be6 26. a4 Ra8 27. a5 O-O
28. f3 Qc7 29. Bf2 Nd7 30. Rb1 Nxf2 31. Kxf2 Nc5 32. Kg1 Nd3
33. Nhf1 Qxa5 34. Qc2 Rab8 35. Nd1 Qc5+ 36. Nfe3 a5 37. Ra1
Rb3 38. Kh1 Kg7 39. Qa2 Ra8 40. Qa4 Nb2 41. Nxb2 Bxe3 42. Bh3
Rxc3 43. Nd1 Rd3 44. Nxe3 Rxe3 45. Rb2 Rxf3 46. Rb7+ Bf7
47. Kh2 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.01.31"]
[EventDate "2014.01.29"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.h3 Be6
7.Nc3 Qd6 8.O-O O-O-O 9.a3 Nh5 10.Na4 Bb6 11.Nxb6+ axb6 12.a4
f6 13.Be3 Nf4 14.a5 b5 15.d4 Nxh3+ 16.gxh3 Bxh3 17.dxe5 Qe6
18.Nd2 Bxf1 19.Qxf1 Qxe5 20.c3 Kb8 21.a6 b6 22.Qg2 Rd6 23.Nf1
f5 24.exf5 Qxf5 25.Ng3 Qd7 26.Qe4 Ka7 27.Kg2 h5 28.Qf5 Qe8
29.Qe4 Qf7 30.Kh1 h4 31.Ne2 Re8 32.Qg4 Rg6 33.Qh3 Qd5+ 34.Kh2
Rxe3 35.fxe3 Qd2 36.Qf1 Rf6 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2014.01.11"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3
b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. f3 h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. Bd3 c5
12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Qb3 d5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Qd1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc4
17. O-O Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ne5 19. Qe2 Ng6 20. Bf2 e5 21. Nb5 Qe7
22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23. Be1 Nd5 24. Nc3 Nxc3 25. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1
Rd8 27. Rd2 Rd7 28. Qd1 Nf8 29. Bb4 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Qd7 31. Bd6
Ng6 32. Kf2 f6 33. Qd5+ Kh7 34. Qd3 f5 35. h3 a5 36. a4 Nh4
37. b3 Qe6 38. Qd1 Qg6 39. g3 Nxf3 40. Kxf3 Qh5+ 41. g4 Qxh3+
42. Ke2 Qxg4+ 43. Kd2 Qe4 44. Qc2 Qg2+ 45. Kc1 Qg1+ 46. Kb2 e4
47. Qc8 Qg6 48. Be5 h5 49. Qd8 Qg2+ 50. Ka3 Qg1 51. Qxb6 f4
52. Qb7 fxe3 53. Qxe4+ Kh8 54. Bd4 Qc1+ 55. Bb2 Qc5+ 56. Ka2
Qg5 57. Bc1 h4 58. Bxe3 Qh5 59. Bf4 Qg4 60. Qe3 h3 61. Qg3
Qe2+ 62. Ka3 Qe7+ 63. Bd6 Qd7 64. Be5 Kg8 65. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Rapid)"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[EventDate "2014.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd2 Be7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O-O a6 9. f3 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Nce2 a5 12. Ng3
Ne8 13. Qd5 Bb7 14. Bb5 Ne5 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qd5 Nf6 17. Qxe5
dxe5 18. Rxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bd3 Bc5 20. Bxe5 Bxe3+ 21. Kb1 Nd5
22. Nf5 Bd2 23. Bxg7 Nf4 24. Ne2 Nxd3 25. cxd3 Rxd3 26. Kc2
1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Rapid)"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[EventDate "2014.02.04"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. b3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. h3 h6 5. Nf3 e6 6. c4 Be7
7. g4 Bh7 8. Rg1 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. h4 Ne4 11. g5 hxg5
12. hxg5 O-O 13. d3 Bb4+ 14. Nbd2 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 c5 16. a3
Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Re8 18. f4 Qb6 19. Kf2 Qxb3 20. g6 Bxg6 21. f5
d4 22. e4 Bxf5 23. exf5 Re3 24. Rb1 Qd5 25. Rxg7+ Kf8 26. Rg2
Ne5 27. Qd1 Re8 28. Bc1 b6 29. Qh5 Qf3+ 30. Qxf3 Rxf3+ 31. Kg1
Rxf5 32. Rf2 Rh5 33. Bf4 Re6 34. Be2 Rh3 35. Rd1 Ke7 36. Kg2
Rh8 37. Bh2 Rg6+ 38. Kf1 f6 39. Ke1 Ng4 40. Bxg4 Rxg4 41. Kd2
Rg6 42. a4 Rhg8 43. Re1+ Kd7 44. Ree2 Kc6 45. Kc2 f5 46. Kb3
Rf8 47. Re7 f4 48. Rxa7 Re6 49. Kc4 Re1 50. Bxf4 Rc1+ 51. Bxc1
Rxf2 52. Kb3 Rf3 53. Kc2 c4 54. dxc4 Rc3+ 55. Kb2 Rxc4 56. Bd2
d3 57. Kb3 Rc2 58. Bf4 Rf2 59. Rc7+ Kd5 60. Rd7+ Kc6 61. Rc7+
Kd5 62. Be3 Rf1 63. Rd7+ Ke4 64. Bxb6 Rb1+ 65. Kc4 Rxb6
66. Rxd3 Ra6 67. Ra3 Ra5 68. Kb4 Ra8 69. Kc5 Rc8+ 70. Kb6 Kd5
71. a5 Kd6 72. Rd3+ Ke7 73. a6 Rb8+ 74. Kc7 Rb1 75. Re3+ Kf7
76. Ra3 Rc1+ 77. Kb6 Rb1+ 78. Ka5 1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Rapid)"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2014.02.04"]
[EventDate "2014.02.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bd3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nc6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. c4 Nb4 11. Nc3 Nxd3
12. Qxd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Qe7 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Ne5 b5 16. Qb3
Rfc8 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Rfd1 Qf7 19. a4 b4 20. Ne2 a5 21. h3 h6
22. Be5 Nd7 23. Bg3 Bf8 24. Nd4 e5 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rxc8
Rxc8 27. Nxf5 Ke6 28. e4 Rc2 29. Rd5 Rc5 30. Ne3 Nb6 31. Rd8
Be7 32. Re8 Kf7 33. Rb8 Nxa4 34. Nd5 Bf6 35. Rb7+ Kg6 36. f4
exf4 37. Nxf4+ Kh7 38. Ne6 Rc6 39. e5 Bg5 40. Nxg7 Nc5 41. Ra7
Kg6 42. Ne8 a4 43. h4 Be3+ 44. Kh2 a3 45. bxa3 b3 46. h5+ Kxh5
47. e6 Nxe6 48. Rb7 Rb6 49. Rxb6 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.22"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6
7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. Nb5 Kf8 11. Nbd4 Nge7
12. O-O Be4 13. Re1 Qb4 14. a3 Qxb2 15. Rb1 Qxa3 16. Rxb7 Bxf3
17. Nxf3 h6 18. Qd2 g5 19. h4 g4 20. Nd4 Qa5 21. c3 Nxd4
22. Qxd4 Nf5 23. Qd2 d4 24. Bxg4 Qxc3 25. Qe2 Nxh4 26. Bh5 Rh7
27. Qe4 Rc8 28. Qxh7 Qxe1+ 29. Kh2 Qxe5+ 30. g3 Rc7 31. Rb8+
Ke7 32. Qxf7+ Kd6 33. Qf8+ Kd5 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "Shamkir AZE"]
[Date "2014.04.28"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4
7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. c5 Qc7 11. e4 Be7
12. Bf4 Qc8 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. O-O-O Nc6 16. Kb1
g5 17. Be3 f5 18. g4 f4 19. Bf2 Kf7 20. Re1 b6 21. Qa4 bxc5
22. Ba6 Qc7 23. Bb5 Rab8 24. Rxe6 Kxe6 25. Bxc6 Rhd8 26. dxc5
Bf6 27. Bd4 Kf7 28. Rd1 Kf8 29. a3 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Qe5 31. Rd2
Qe1+ 32. Rd1 Qe2 33. b4 Qxf3 34. Kb2 Qxg4 35. Qc2 Qe6 36. Ba4
Kg8 37. Bb3 Kh8 38. c6 Rd6 39. Rc1 f3 40. Qc5 Qf6+ 41. Ka2 f2
42. c7 Rc8 43. Rf1 d4 44. h4 Qf3 45. Bc4 Rc6 46. Qxd4 R6xc7
47. Rxf2 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "Italian Team Championship"]
[Site "Condino ITA"]
[Date "2014.05.03"]
[EventDate "2014.04.30"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Guido Caprio"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "242"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5
7. O-O Bg4 8. d5 Na6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nc7 11. Bg5 e5
12. Be2 h6 13. Be3 Kh7 14. Bd3 Ng8 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. g3 Rae8
17. Rae1 h5 18. f4 h4 19. gxh4 Qxh4 20. f5 Bh6 21. Qg4 Qd8
22. Bxh6 Nxh6 23. Qf3 Rg8 24. Kh1 Qh4 25. Rg1 Ref8 26. fxg6+
fxg6 27. Qg3 Qe7 28. Ref1 Rxf1 29. Rxf1 Ne8 30. Be2 Rg7
31. Nd1 Nf6 32. Bf3 Qf8 33. Ne3 Rf7 34. Rg1 Qg7 35. Rf1 Nhg8
36. Qh4+ Nh6 37. Qg3 Rf8 38. Rg1 Nfg8 39. Bh5 Rf6 40. Bf3 Qf8
41. Rf1 Ne7 42. Kg2 Rf4 43. Qg5 Neg8 44. Be2 Qf6 45. Qg3 Kg7
46. Kg1 Qh4 47. Rf3 Qxg3+ 48. Rxg3 Kh7 49. Bd3 Rf7 50. Be2 Nf6
51. Bf3 Rf8 52. b3 a6 53. Kg2 Nf7 54. h4 b5 55. Rh3 b4 56. Rh1
a5 57. Ra1 Ra8 58. Rf1 Kg7 59. a4 bxa3 60. Ra1 Rh8 61. Kg3 Rb8
62. Rxa3 Rb6 63. Nf1 g5 64. Nd2 Ra6 65. hxg5 Nxg5 66. Kf2 Ra8
67. Ke3 Kf7 68. Ra1 Ke7 69. Rg1 Nf7 70. Ra1 Kd7 71. Rg1 Rh8
72. Rh1 Ra8 73. Rg1 Ke7 74. Ra1 Ng5 75. Rg1 Nh3 76. Ra1 Nf4
77. Kf2 Nh7 78. Ke3 Ng5 79. Rg1 Kf6 80. Ra1 Kf7 81. Bg4 Nh7
82. Bf3 Nf6 83. Kf2 Nd3+ 84. Ke2 Nb4 85. Kd1 Nd7 86. Bg4 Nb6
87. Ke2 Nc2 88. Be6+ Ke7 89. Rh1 Nd4+ 90. Kd3 a4 91. bxa4 Rxa4
92. Kc3 Ra2 93. Rh7+ Kf6 94. Bd7 Ra3+ 95. Kb2 Ra7 96. Bf5 Rxh7
97. Bxh7 Kg5 98. Kc3 Kf4 99. Kd3 Na4 100. Nb1 Kg5 101. Na3 Kf6
102. Ke3 Nb2 103. Kd2 Ke7 104. Bg6 Kd8 105. Bh5 Kc7 106. Kc3
Na4+ 107. Kd2 Kb6 108. Be8 Ka5 109. Bxa4 Kxa4 110. Nb1 Kb4
111. Kd3 Nb3 112. Nc3 Nc1+ 113. Kc2 Kxc4 114. Na4 Ne2
115. Nb6+ Kd4 116. Nc8 Kxe4 117. Nxd6+ Kxd5 118. Ne8 Nd4+
119. Kc3 Nb5+ 120. Kd2 e4 121. Ke3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Italian Team Championship"]
[Site "Condino ITA"]
[Date "2014.05.04"]
[EventDate "2014.04.30"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Marco Codenotti"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6
7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. b3 Qb6 12. Qd2
Qa5 13. Bb2 a6 14. Rfd1 Rab8 15. a3 Nde5 16. b4 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3
Qb6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. exd5 Ne5 21. Be2 Rbc8
22. Rac1 Kg8 23. Rc2 Qa7 24. Rdc1 b6 25. Qe3 Rfe8 26. f4 Nd7
27. Bg4 Rb8 28. Kh2 Nf6 29. Bf3 a5 30. Qd4 Nd7 31. Re1 axb4
32. axb4 Qa4 33. Qc3 Nf6 34. g4 Ra8 35. g5 Nd7 36. Kg3 Qa3
37. Qd2 Qb3 38. Re3 Qb1 39. Rc1 Qa2 40. Qc3 Qa7 41. h4 Rac8
42. Qd4 Nf8 43. Bg4 Rcd8 44. Rce1 Qc7 45. h5 gxh5 46. Bxh5 e5
47. fxe5 dxe5 48. Rxe5 Rxe5 49. Qxe5 Qxc4 50. Qe7 Qxd5
51. Bxf7+ Qxf7 52. Qxd8 Qb3+ 53. Kf2 Qc2+ 54. Re2 Qc4 55. Qd6
Qh4+ 56. Ke3 Qxg5+ 57. Kd3 Qb5+ 58. Kd2 Qg5+ 59. Kc2 Qf5+
60. Kb2 Qf3 61. Rc2 Qe4 62. Qxb6 Qe5+ 63. Rc3 Qe2+ 64. Ka3 Qe1
65. Qd4 Qa1+ 66. Kb3 Qb1+ 67. Ka4 Qa2+ 68. Kb5 Qe2+ 69. Qc4+
1-0

[Event "Cez Trophy Navara - Nakamura Match"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2014.06.07"]
[EventDate "2014.06.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Navara"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5
7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6 9. Nd2 Qe8 10. Be2 Nd7 11. a3 Nb6 12. Be3
Bd7 13. b3 f5 14. Nb5 Qd8 15. Bxb6 cxb6 16. Nxd6 Nc5 17. O-O
Bh6 18. b4 Ba4 19. Qb1 Qxd6 20. bxc5 Qxc5 21. Nf3 fxe4
22. Qxe4 Rae8 23. Qh4 Kg7 24. Ng5 Rf4 25. Qg3 Bxg5 26. Qxg5
Bb3 27. a4 Re4 28. Rfe1 Qd4 29. Bf1 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Bxa4 31. h4
Bd7 32. h5 Qf4 33. Qxf4 exf4 34. Rb1 b5 35. cxb5 b6 36. Rc1
Rc8 37. Re1 Re8 38. Rc1 Rc8 39. Re1 Kf6 40. hxg6 hxg6 41. d6
Rc5 42. Re4 Rc1 43. Rxf4+ Ke6 44. Re4+ Kxd6 45. Rd4+ Ke6
46. Rc4 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Cez Trophy Navara - Nakamura Match"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2014.06.08"]
[EventDate "2014.06.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4
7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8
12. Rd1 c5 13. Bxb5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 cxd4 15. Rxd4 Be5 16. Rd1
Rc5 17. Qe2 Qb8 18. f4 Bxc3 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Rxd7 Bf6 21. b4
Bxa1 22. bxc5 Qc8 23. Qb5 a6 24. Qd3 Qxc5 25. Bd2 a5 26. h3 g6
27. Rb7 Bf6 28. Rb5 Qc6 29. Bxa5 Qf3 30. Qf1 Rc8 31. Rb1 Kg7
32. Bb4 Rc2 33. Qg2 Qe2 34. Qf1 Qh5 35. Qd3 Rc8 36. Kg2 Rd8
37. Qe4 Qe2 38. Rc1 h6 39. a4 Qd3 40. Qxd3 Rxd3 41. a5 Rb3
42. Rc4 Rb2 43. Ba3 Ra2 44. Ra4 Be7 45. a6 Bxa3 46. a7 1-0

[Event "Cez Trophy Navara - Nakamura Match"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2014.06.10"]
[EventDate "2014.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6
7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. a3 a6 13. b4 Ba7 14. Be2 b5 15. a4 bxa4 16. Qxa4 Bb7
17. Ba3 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Nb6 19. Qb3 Qe8 20. Ne5 Nbd5 21. Na4 Bb8
22. Nc4 Bc7 23. Na5 Rcb8 24. Qc2 h6 25. Nxb7 Rxb7 26. Nc5 Rb6
27. e4 Nxb4 28. Bxb4 Rxb4 29. Nxa6 Rxa6 30. Bxa6 Bb6 31. Qe2
Nxe4 32. Rc8 Qxc8 33. Bxc8 Nxf2 34. Rf1 Nh3+ 35. Kh1 Nf2+
36. Rxf2 Bxf2 37. Qc2 Bd4 38. g3 g6 39. Qc7 e5 40. h4 h5
41. Bb7 Rb2 42. Bd5 Rf2 43. Bg2 Kg7 44. Qe7 Re2 45. Kh2 Rf2
46. Kh3 Rf6 47. Be4 Re6 48. Qb7 Rb6 49. Qd7 Rf6 50. Bd5 Rf5
51. Qb7 Rf2 52. Bf3 Rb2 53. Qe7 Rb6 54. Qd8 Rb3 55. Qa8 Rb2
56. Qe4 Rb6 57. g4 hxg4+ 58. Qxg4 Be3 59. h5 Bf4 60. Qg1 Rb2
61. hxg6 f5 62. Qa7+ Kxg6 63. Be2 Rb3+ 64. Kg2 Rg3+ 65. Kf1
Be3 66. Qa6+ Kg5 67. Bb5 Bd4 68. Be8 Rf3+ 69. Ke2 Rh3 70. Qg6+
Kf4 71. Bd7 Rh2+ 72. Kd1 Rh1+ 73. Kc2 Rh2+ 74. Kb3 Rb2+
75. Kc4 Rc2+ 76. Kd3 Rc3+ 77. Kd2 Rg3 78. Qxf5# 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "6.13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Vladimir Onischuk"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. g4 O-O 6. Bg2 e5
7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Be3 h5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Qd2 hxg4 11. Bh6 g3
12. Nxg3 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. O-O-O d5 16. exd5
cxd5 17. Qg5 Qc7 18. Bxd5 Rb8 19. Bb3 Rh8 20. Rhe1 Rxh3
21. Rxe5 Neg8 22. Nb5 Qb6 23. Nd4 Rb7 24. Ndf5+ Bxf5 25. Nxf5+
Kh7 26. Ne3 Qc7 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. Rexd5 Kg7 29. Rd6 Rf3 30. Qd2
Nf6 31. Qd4 Rb6 32. Rd8 Qf4+ 33. Rd2 Rb7 34. c4 Re7 35. Qxf4
Rxf4 36. R8d4 Ne4 37. Bc2 f5 38. Bxe4 Rexe4 39. Rxe4 Rxe4
40. b3 Kf6 41. Kc2 g5 42. Kc3 g4 43. c5 Ke7 44. b4 Re6 45. b5
f4 46. c6 Re5 47. Kc4 Re1 48. a4 g3 49. fxg3 fxg3 50. Kd5 Kd8
51. a5 Kc7 52. Rc2 Re8 53. Rb2 Rg8 54. b6+ axb6 55. axb6+ Kb8
56. Rg2 Rg5+ 57. Kc4 Kc8 58. Ra2 Rg4+ 59. Kd5 Rg5+ 60. Ke4 Kb8
61. b7 Kc7 62. Ra8 Rb5 63. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "7.7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Loek van Wely"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6
7. f3 Bb4 8. Qd2 d5 9. Nde2 dxe4 10. a3 Ba5 11. O-O-O Nbd7
12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Ng3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Kb2 Nc5
17. Bxf6 Qb6+ 18. Ka1 Qxf6 19. Bc4 Be6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Qd5
Qb6 22. Nxe4 Rac8 23. Rb1 Qa5 24. Ka2 b6 25. Nd6 Rcd8 26. Qxe5
g6 27. Rhd1 Qa4 28. Rd2 Qc6 29. Rb4 Rd7 30. Rbd4 Qc7 31. Nc4
Qxe5 32. Nxe5 Rc7 33. Rd6 Re8 34. Rc6 Rb7 35. f4 Kg7 36. g4 g5
37. Nc4 Ne4 38. Rd3 gxf4 39. Rf3 b5 40. Nb2 Rd7 41. Nd3 Re6
42. Rxe6 fxe6 43. Nxf4 Kf6 44. h4 a5 45. Re3 Nc5 46. Nd3 Na4
47. g5+ Kf5 48. Kb3 Rc7 49. Re5+ Kg4 50. Rxb5 Nxc3 51. Rxa5
Nd5 52. c4 Ne3 53. Re5 Kf3 54. Rxe6 Nxc4 55. Ne5+ Nxe5
56. Rxe5 Rb7+ 57. Kc4 Rb1 58. Re7 Rc1+ 59. Kb5 Rb1+ 60. Ka5 h5
61. gxh6 Rh1 62. h7 Rxh4 63. a4 Kf4 64. Kb6 Kf5 65. a5 Kf6
66. Rc7 Rb4+ 67. Ka7 Rh4 68. Kb8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "8.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bc4 Nb6
7. Bb5 Bg7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O c4 10. Re1 O-O 11. d3 cxd3
12. Qxd3 d6 13. c4 dxe5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Nxe5 Bf5 16. f4 Nd7
17. Na3 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bf8 19. h3 h5 20. Nb1 f6 21. Bb2 Kf7
22. Nc3 e6 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Re2 a5 25. Nc3 Rd3 26. Na4 Bb4
27. Rc1 Bd2 28. Rf1 Rad8 29. Bc1 Bb4 30. Be3 Rd1 31. Nb2 Rxf1+
32. Kxf1 Bb1 33. Na4 Bd3 34. Nb2 Bxe2+ 35. Kxe2 e5 36. fxe5
fxe5 37. Nd3 Ke6 38. Bc1 Bc3 39. Nc5+ Kf5 40. Kf3 e4+ 41. Ke2
Bd4 42. Nb7 Ra8 43. Bd2 Bb6 44. Be3 Bxe3 45. Kxe3 Ke5 46. Nc5
Rd8 47. Nxe4 Rd1 48. Nd2 c5 49. Nf3+ Kf5 50. Nh4+ Kf6 51. Nf3
Ra1 52. a4 Rb1 53. Nd2 Re1+ 54. Kf2 Re8 55. Kf3 Ke5 56. Ke3
Kf5+ 57. Kf3 Rd8 58. Ke3 g5 59. Nf1 Rd1 60. Ke2 Rb1 61. Nd2
Rg1 62. Kf3 g4+ 63. hxg4+ hxg4+ 64. Kf2 Rc1 65. Ke2 Rc3
66. Kd1 Ke5 67. Ke2 Kd4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[Round "13.11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Yuriy Kryvoruchko"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2841"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. f4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O Nge7
7. e4 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. e5 d4 10. c4 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Nbd2
b6 13. Ne4 Bg7 14. Qe2 Nf5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Rb8 17. Bg5
Qc7 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Rae1 Bb7 20. g4 Ne7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Rf3
Ng8 23. Ref1 h6 24. Rh3 Rf7 25. Qd2 Nxf6 26. exf6 Kg8 27. Bf4
e5 28. Bxe5 Re8 29. Qf4 Qd7 30. Qe4 Qe6 31. Re1 Bxf6 32. Rxh6
Bg7 33. Rxg6 Qd7 34. Rg5 Rfe7 35. Qg6 Rf7 36. Re4 Re6
37. Qxg7+ Rxg7 38. Rxg7+ Qxg7 39. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexander Goloshchapov"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 d6
7. O-O Nge7 8. c3 O-O 9. Be3 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Bf2 Qd7
12. Nbd2 f5 13. Rfe1 Rae8 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 fxe4 16. Nxe4
Nf5 17. Rad1 d5 18. Nc3 Kh8 19. Qd2 Bf6 20. h4 h5 21. Bh3 a6
22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Bd8 24. Ne2 a5 25. Nd4 Ba6 26. Rc1 Be7
27. a3 Rc8 28. Nxf5 gxf5 29. Bxb6 Qb5 30. Bd4 Bc5 31. Bf1 Qb6
32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5
7. d5 a5 8. Be3 Na6 9. g4 Nd7 10. h4 Ndc5 11. Nd2 Nb4 12. Bxc5
dxc5 13. a3 Na6 14. Bd3 Qf6 15. g5 Qe7 16. Qf3 f6 17. Qg3 c6
18. Nf3 Nc7 19. O-O-O Ne8 20. Be2 Nd6 21. Kb1 Bd7 22. h5 fxg5
23. Nxg5 h6 24. Nf3 g5 25. Nh2 Rf4 26. Bg4 Bxg4 27. Nxg4 Nxc4
28. Ne3 Nd6 29. f3 Raf8 30. Rhf1 c4 31. Qh3 R4f6 32. Ng4 R6f7
33. Ne3 c5 34. a4 Qd7 35. Qxd7 Rxd7 36. Nb5 Nxb5 37. axb5 Rf4
38. Nxc4 g4 39. fxg4 Rxe4 40. Nb6 Rd8 41. d6 Rd4 42. d7 e4
43. Rde1 Rb4 44. Ka2 Rxb2+ 45. Ka3 Rxb5 46. Nc4 Rxd7 47. Rxe4
Rd3+ 48. Ka2 Rb4 49. Re8+ Kh7 50. Rf4 Rc3 51. Re7 Ra4+ 52. Kb1
Rcxc4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Boris Savchenko"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "173"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 d5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nbd2 f5
7. exf6 Nxf6 8. g3 Bd6 9. c3 O-O 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. f4 Ndxe5
12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Be3 Ne7 15. Bh3 Nf5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5
17. O-O-O Qe7 18. Kb1 Bd7 19. Rhe1 Rf7 20. c4 Bxe3 21. Qxe3
dxc4 22. Nd2 b5 23. Nf3 Bc6 24. Nd4 Qe8 25. g4 Bd5 26. Ne2 b4
27. f5 c3 28. b3 a5 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. e6 Rf6 31. Qc5 a4
32. Nd4 axb3 33. axb3 h6 34. h4 Qf8 35. e7 Qf7 36. Qb5 Re8
37. Qd7 Kh7 38. g5 hxg5 39. hxg5 Rd6 40. g6+ Rxg6 41. fxg6+
Qxg6+ 42. Qf5 Qxf5+ 43. Nxf5 Kg6 44. Nd4 Kf6 45. Nc6 g5
46. Nxb4 d4 47. Kc2 Kf7 48. Nc6 g4 49. Kd3 g3 50. Kxd4 g2
51. Kxc3 Rg8 52. Rg1 Ke8 53. b4 Rg5 54. Kc4 Rg4+ 55. Kd5 Rg5+
56. Kc4 Rg4+ 57. Kb5 Rg6 58. Kc5 Rg5+ 59. Kd4 Rg4+ 60. Ke5 Rg6
61. b5 Rg5+ 62. Ke6 Rg6+ 63. Kf5 Rg3 64. Rd1 Kf7 65. Rd8 Rg5+
66. Kf4 Rg4+ 67. Kf3 Rg3+ 68. Kf4 Rg4+ 69. Ke5 Rg5+ 70. Ke4
Rg4+ 71. Kd3 Rg3+ 72. Kd2 Re3 73. Rf8+ Kg7 74. Kxe3 g1=Q+
75. Rf2 Qg3+ 76. Rf3 Qe1+ 77. Kf4 Qh4+ 78. Ke5 Qg5+ 79. Ke4
Qg4+ 80. Ke3 Qe6+ 81. Kd4 Qd6+ 82. Kc4 Qe6+ 83. Kb4 Qe4+
84. Ka5 Qxf3 85. e8=N+ Kf8 86. Nxc7 Qa3+ 87. Kb6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "5.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Lu Shanglei"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Ne5 Bf5 4. Bb2 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. g3 e6
7. Bg2 h6 8. d3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Bh7 11. Re1 e5 12. e4
dxe4 13. dxe4 Qe7 14. a3 Rad8 15. Qe2 a6 16. Nh4 Bc5 17. Nf5
Qe6 18. Bh3 Qc6 19. b4 Bxf5 20. exf5 Bb6 21. c4 Bd4 22. Bg2
Qb6 23. c5 Qa7 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Qc4 b6 26. Nb3 bxc5 27. bxc5
Rfe8 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Qxd4 Rb8 30. Qc3 Re8 31. Rd1 Qb8
32. c6 Nb6 33. Nc5 Qc8 34. Qd3 a5 35. h3 Re5 36. Nd7 Nbxd7
37. cxd7 Qd8 38. Bc6 Rc5 39. Qa6 Kh7 40. Qa8 Qxa8 41. Bxa8
Nxd7 42. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Bxe4
dxe4 7. d5 Nb4 8. Nc3 e6 9. d6 g5 10. Be5 f6 11. Qh5+ Kd7
12. Qf7+ Kc6 13. Bxf6 Nxc2+ 14. Kd2 Qxd6+ 15. Kxc2 Qd3+
16. Kc1 Qf1+ 17. Nd1 Qc4+ 18. Bc3 Bd6 19. b3 Qf1 20. Bxh8 Bd7
21. Nf3 Qxg2 22. Rg1 Qxf3 23. Qxf3 exf3 24. Bc3 Rg8 25. Nb2 h5
26. h3 b5 27. Nd3 Kd5 28. Rd1 Ke4 29. Nxc5+ Bxc5 30. Rxd7 g4
31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Bd4 Ba3+ 33. Kd2 Bb4+ 34. Bc3 Bc5 35. b4 Bb6
36. Rh1 Rg5 37. Rh6 e5 38. Rf7 Kd5 39. Kd3 e4+ 40. Kc2 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "8.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. Be3 Rb8 8. Qd2 a6 9. Be2 b5 10. Nd1 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6
12. Nf2 c4 13. O-O Bd6 14. Ne5 Ne7 15. g4 O-O 16. c3 b4
17. Bd1 a5 18. Bc2 Qe8 19. Rae1 a4 20. h3 Ba6 21. Qd1 a3
22. bxa3 bxc3 23. g5 Nh5 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. g6+ Kg8 26. Qxh5
Rf5 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Nfg4 Ng8 29. Bf2 c2 30. Ne3 c3 31. Nxf5
exf5 32. Nc4 Qd7 33. Nxd6 Bxf1 34. Kxf1 Rb1 35. Be3 Qxd6
36. a4 Rxe1+ 37. Kxe1 Qe6 38. Kf2 Qxe3+ 39. Kxe3 c1=Q+ 40. Kf3
Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "11.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bf4 a5
7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. O-O Nxf4 10. exf4 Na6 11. b3 Nb4
12. Re1 O-O 13. Rc1 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 f6 15. g3 Bd6 16. Re3 Qd7
17. f5 exf5 18. cxd5 f4 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Ree1 Ba6 21. Qc2
fxg3 22. hxg3 Bb4 23. Re3 c5 24. d5 c4 25. Rd1 cxb3 26. Qxb3
Rac8 27. d6+ Bc4 28. Qb2 Rfe8 29. Ne4 Qxa4 30. Rd4 Be6 31. Qe2
Qd7 32. Nh4 Bf7 33. Qf3 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Be6 35. Nxf6+ gxf6
36. Qxf6 Qb7 37. Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "13.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Riazantsev"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. h3 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qc1 O-O
7. c3 cxd4 8. exd4 d6 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Re8 11. Nbd2 Qc7
12. Bh2 Bh6 13. Qd1 Nd5 14. Re1 Bf5 15. a4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Bxf4
17. d5 Nb8 18. Nb3 a6 19. Bd3 Bc8 20. Re4 Bh6 21. Qe2 Bf8
22. Rh4 Nd7 23. Nbd2 Nf6 24. c4 Bg7 25. Re1 e5 26. dxe6 Bxe6
27. Qd1 h6 28. b3 Rad8 29. Ne4 d5 30. Nxf6+ Bxf6 31. Rxh6 dxc4
32. bxc4 Kg7 33. Rh4 Bxh4 34. Nxh4 Bxc4 35. Qa1+ Kg8 36. Rxe8+
Rxe8 37. Qc3 b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Nf3 Qf4 40. Bxc4 Qxc4
41. Qf6 b4 42. h4 Qc3 43. Qf4 b3 44. Ng5 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Qe5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "17.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 d5 5. Ne2 c6 6. Nf4 Bd6
7. g3 h5 8. h4 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nd7 11. Nd2 Nb6
12. Nd3 Qe7 13. c3 O-O 14. g4 hxg4 15. Qxg4 f5 16. Qf3 Nd7
17. O-O-O Nf6 18. Rde1 Kg7 19. h5 Rh8 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Qg2
Ng4 22. Reg1 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 Rh8 24. Rxh8 Kxh8 25. f3 Nxe3
26. Qxg6 Bc7 27. f4 Nc4 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. Qh5+ Qh7 30. Qxh7+
Kxh7 31. fxe5 Nxd2 32. Kxd2 f4 33. Ke2 Kg6 34. Kf3 Kg5 35. e6
Kf6 36. Kxf4 Kxe6 37. Kg5 a5 38. a4 b5 39. axb5 cxb5 40. Kg6
a4 41. Kg5 Kd6 42. Kf6 Kc6 43. Ke6 b4 44. cxb4 Kb5 45. Kxd5
Kxb4 46. Kc6 Kb3 47. Kb5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "18.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2879"]
[BlackElo "2827"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 g6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 exd4
7. exd4 Bg7 8. d5 Ne7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be2 c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6
12. O-O d5 13. Na3 Re8 14. Re1 Be6 15. c5 Ne4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. Rc1 a6 18. Nc2 Qa5 19. Ncd4 Qxa2 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Qd4+
Kg8 22. Ne5 Qxb3 23. Nxc6 a5 24. f3 Ng3 25. Bd3 Bf5 26. Kh2
Qxd3 27. Qxd3 Bxd3 28. Kxg3 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Kf8 30. Ne5 Bf5
31. c6 a4 32. Nd7+ Kg7 33. Ra1 a3 34. Nb6 Ra6 35. Nxd5 Rxc6
36. Rxa3 Be6 37. Nf4 g5 38. Nd3 h6 39. h4 Rc4 40. hxg5 hxg5
41. Ra5 Kg6 42. Ne5+ Kf6 43. Nxc4 Bxc4 44. Kg4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "19.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. h4 d6 5. h5 Bg7 6. hxg6 hxg6
7. Rxh8+ Bxh8 8. Qf3 c6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Nh3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Qa5
12. a3 O-O-O 13. Ng5 Bg8 14. e4 fxe4 15. Ngxe4 Qh5 16. Be2
Qxf3 17. Bxf3 Bg7 18. Nxf6 Nxf6 19. Ne4 Rf8 20. Nxf6 Bxf6
21. Bh6 Rd8 22. Be3 Kc7 23. Rh1 Be6 24. Be4 Rg8 25. Kd2 a6
26. c3 Kd7 27. f3 b5 28. g4 g5 29. Rh7 a5 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4
Ra8 32. Bf5 Bxf5 33. gxf5 Ra2+ 34. Kd3 Rg2 35. Rh1 g4 36. fxg4
Rxg4 37. Ra1 Rg3 38. Ke2 Rg2+ 39. Kd3 Rg3 40. Ke2 Rh3 41. Ra7+
Kc8 42. d5 cxd5 43. Bd4 Rh5 44. Bxf6 exf6 45. Ra5 d4 46. Rxb5
dxc3 47. Rd5 Kc7 48. b5 Rh2+ 49. Kd1 Rd2+ 50. Rxd2 cxd2
51. Kxd2 Kb6 52. Kc3 Kxb5 53. Kd4 Kc6 54. Ke4 Kc5 55. Kf4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "20.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anton Korobov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Qd5
7. Ng3 e5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. f4 Nc5 10. Nf3 h5 11. h4 Nh6 12. Qxd5
cxd5 13. Nd4 g6 14. a5 Nf5 15. Ngxf5 Bxf5 16. Nxf5 gxf5
17. Be2 Nb3 18. Rb1 Kd7 19. Bf3 Ke6 20. Ke2 Bc5 21. Rd1 Rad8
22. Kf1 Nxc1 23. Rbxc1 Bxe3 24. Rc2 Bxf4 25. Re2 d4 26. Rc2 c3
27. bxc3 dxc3 28. Rb1 Rd4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[Round "21.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Nd2 O-O
7. Ngf3 a5 8. a3 Bf5 9. c4 Ne4 10. Be2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Qb6
12. Qc3 Be4 13. O-O Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 15. Rab1 Nd7 16. Qc2 Rfc8
17. Rfd1 Qd8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Qe7 20. Bf3 Nf6 21. Re1 Qc7
22. Rbd1 Rd8 23. Bc3 Rd7 24. Qb2 Ne8 25. Rd3 Rad8 26. Qd2 b6
27. Rd1 Nd6 28. c5 Nb5 29. cxb6 Qb7 30. Bxa5 Nxd4 31. Kh1 e5
32. Bc3 Ra8 33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Rc1 Rd6 35. Qb4 Bf8 36. a4 Rdd8
37. Qd2 Qxb6 38. Rxc6 Qa7 39. Be2 Rab8 40. Rf3 Bb4 41. Qc2 Rd7
42. Bc4 Re8 43. Rcf6 Re1+ 44. Kh2 Qc7+ 45. g3 Ree7 46. Rxg6+
hxg6 47. Qxg6+ Kf8 48. Qh6+ Kg8 49. Rf5 Bd2 50. Qxd2 Qd6
51. Qg5+ Kf8 52. Qh4 Qg6 53. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "4.19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kenneth T Solomon"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4
Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Bd3 Nf6 16. Bb1
Re8 17. Qf4 Qc7 18. Ne5 Red8 19. g4 Rf8 20. Rc1 Qd6 21. Rxc8
Bxc8 22. Qe3 Rd8 23. Rc1 Bb7 24. g5 Ne8 25. Nf3 Qe7 26. h3 Qb4
27. Qc3 Qa4 28. Bc2 Qd7 29. Qd3 Nd6 30. Qe2 Rc8 31. Rd1 Qc6
32. d5 exd5 33. Rxd5 Re8 34. Qd3 Nxe4 35. Rd8 Kf8 36. Ne5 Qc7
37. Rxe8+ Kxe8 38. Qb5+ Kd8 39. Bxe4 Bxe4 40. Qb2 Kc8 41. f3
f6 42. gxf6 gxf6 43. fxe4 Qxe5 44. Qb3 Qxe4 45. Qg8+ Kd7
46. Qf7+ Qe7 47. Qd5+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "7.10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. c3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5
12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3
16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Be3 c5 19. e5 Qe6 20. exd6 c4
21. b3 c3 22. d5 Qxd6 23. Ra6 Nf4 24. Ra4 Ng6 25. Qd3 Bc7
26. f4 Rfd8 27. Rd1 Qf6 28. Rc4 Bd6 29. Qxc3 Qxc3 30. Rxc3
Nxf4 31. Rc6 Be5 32. d6 Ne6 33. Bf5 Rxb3 34. Bb6 Rxb6 35. Rxb6
Nd4 36. f4 Bf6 37. Bh3 Ne2 38. Rb4 g6 39. d7 Kf8 40. Rc4 Nc3
41. Rd3 Ke7 42. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Tromso NOR"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[Round "10.6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Fernando Peralta"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. h3 Bh5 4. d3 c5 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 f6
7. c4 d4 8. g3 e5 9. Bg2 Nh6 10. a3 a5 11. Bc1 f5 12. Nh2 Be7
13. Ndf1 Nf7 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ng3 Nd6 16. gxf5 Nxf5 17. Bd5 Nxg3
18. fxg3 Rf8 19. Nf3 e4 20. dxe4 Qc7 21. Bf4 Bd6 22. e3 O-O-O
23. Ng5 Qe7 24. O-O dxe3 25. Qg4+ Kb8 26. Ne6 Ne5 27. Qe2 Bxe4
28. Qxe3 Bxd5 29. cxd5 Rxf4 30. Rxf4 Re8 31. Raf1 Qd7 32. Re4
1-0

[Event "European Clup Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxim Rodshtein"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 e5
7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. a3 Nac5 11. Rg1 a4 12. Nd2
c6 13. Qf3 b6 14. O-O-O Ba6 15. h4 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Ne6 17. Kb1
h6 18. g5 h5 19. Bh3 b5 20. Rc1 bxc4 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. Rxc4
Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Qd3 Rab8 26. Rb4 Rbe8
27. Rxd4 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Re6 29. f4 Qb7 30. Qxa4 Ra8 31. Qd4
Rxa3 32. f5 Re5 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. Ne8+ Kg8 35. Nxd6 Qa7
36. Qxa7 Rxa7 37. Rc1 gxf5 38. exf5 Rd7 39. Rc6 Rd8 40. Kc2
Rd5 41. Ne4 Rxf5 42. Nf6+ Kf8 43. Nxh5 Rd4 44. Nf6 Rxh4
45. Rc8+ Ke7 46. Rc7+ Ke6 47. Rc6+ Ke5 48. Nd7+ Kd4 49. g6
Rh2+ 50. Kb1 fxg6 51. Rxg6 Rb5 52. Rd6+ Ke3 53. Kc1 Rbxb2
54. Ne5 Rhc2+ 55. Kd1 Ra2 56. Ng4+ Kf3 57. Ne5+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2014.09.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Martijn Dambacher"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Na4 Bb6 6. Nxb6
axb6 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. Nc3 Na5 9. Bg5 Nxc4 10. dxc4 Be6 11. b3 h6
12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 h5 14. h4 g4 15. Qd2 Qe7 16. a4 Rg8
17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Kb2 Bd7 19. Ra1 Bc6 20. Rhe1 Kd7 21. Re2
Ra8 22. Qe1 Qe6 23. Rd1 Kc8 24. Re3 Nd7 25. f3 Nc5 26. f4 exf4
27. Bxf4 f6 28. Rd5 Rh8 29. Bh2 Nd7 30. Rf5 Kb8 31. Ne2 Qe8
32. Nd4 Qg6 33. Qb4 Re8 34. Bxd6 Bxe4 35. Rf2 f5 36. Bg3 Ra5
37. Nb5 Ne5 38. Rxe4 fxe4 39. Bxe5 Rxe5 40. Rf8+ Re8 41. Qe7
1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Baku"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.03"]
[EventDate "2014.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c3 d6 7.Qb3+
e6 8.Bg5 Qe8 9.Nbd2 Nh5 10.Ne1 h6 11.Be3 g5 12.f4 gxf4 13.Bxf4
Kh8 14.Be3 Nc6 15.Nd3 b6 16.g4 Nf6 17.gxf5 exf5 18.Bf2 Be6
19.Qc2 Bd5 20.Nf3 Be4 21.Qd2 Ne7 22.Bh4 Ng6 23.Bxf6 Rxf6
24.Rf2 c5 25.Raf1 Qe6 26.a3 Rg8 27.Kh1 Kh7 28.Qe3 Re8 29.Qd2
Rg8 30.Qe3 c4 31.Nf4 Nxf4 32.Qxf4 Rg6 33.h3 Bf6 34.Kh2 Be7
35.Bh1 R8g7 36.Rg2 Bg5 37.Qg3 Bc1 38.Rxc1 Rxg3 39.Rxg3 Bxf3
40.Rxg7+ Kxg7 41.Bxf3 Qe3 42.Rg1+ Kf6 43.Bh5 Qd2 44.Rg6+ Ke7
45.Rg7+ Kd8 46.Rg8+ Kc7 47.Rg7+ Kb8 48.Rg8+ Kb7 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Baku"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.12"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3
Nd7 7. Be3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. c3 c5 11. a3 a5
12. Re1 Nf8 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Be5 16. N2f3
Bxd4 17. Bxd4 b6 18. Be5 Qxd1 19. Rexd1 Ra7 20. Rac1 c5
21. Rd6 Rb7 22. Bg3 Rxe4 23. Rd8 Bd7 24. Re1 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.21"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Baadur Jobava"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. a3 Be7 5. Ngf3 O-O 6. e4 d6
7. Bd3 e5 8. O-O exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb3 Re8
12. Na5 Bd7 13. Bf4 Bf8 14. Re1 h6 15. h3 Nh7 16. e5 Ng5
17. b4 dxe5 18. Bxe5 c5 19. h4 cxb4 20. hxg5 Qxg5 21. Be4 Bg4
22. Qb1 Rxe5 23. Bxa8 bxa3 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Nb3 Bf5 26. Qc1
Qb2 27. Nd2 Bb4 28. Ne4 Qxc1+ 29. Rxc1 a5 30. Kf1 Bd7 31. Ke2
Ba4 32. Kd3 Bb3 33. Nc3 a2 34. Ra1 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2014.10.26"]
[EventDate "2014.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "193"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5
dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qc8 8. Qf3 e6 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Nc4 O-O
12. Nc3 Qc7 13. a4 Rad8 14. Rfe1 a6 15. a5 Nb8 16. Na4 Nc6
17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Nd5 19. c3 Rc8 20. Ba3 Na7 21. Ne3 Nxe3
22. dxe3 Rc7 23. Red1 Nb5 24. Bb2 c4 25. bxc4 Nd6 26. Nb6 Ne4
27. Ba3 Nxc3 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Rd3 Ne4 30. Nd7 Rc8 31. f3 Nf6
32. Nb6 Rc5 33. Rd8+ Re8 34. Rxe8+ Nxe8 35. Rd1 Rxa5 36. Rd8
Kf8 37. Rb8 Ra2 38. c5 Rc2 39. e4 f6 40. Rxb7 Kg8 41. Re7 Kf8
42. Rxe6 Nc7 43. Rc6 Nb5 44. Nd5 Nd4 45. Rxa6 Rxc5 46. Ra8+
Kf7 47. Ra7+ Kf8 48. Nf4 Rc6 49. Ra8+ Kf7 50. Rh8 h6 51. Rb8
Rc7 52. Rb6 Ra7 53. Rd6 Nb5 54. Rd5 Rb7 55. Kh2 Na7 56. Rd6
Nc8 57. Rc6 Ne7 58. Ra6 Ng6 59. Nh5 Ne7 60. Nf4 Ng6 61. Nd5
Ne7 62. Ne3 Rc7 63. g4 Rc3 64. Nf1 Rc7 65. Ra3 Rb7 66. Ne3 Rd7
67. Kg3 Rc7 68. Ra5 Rc3 69. Kf2 Rc7 70. Rb5 Ng6 71. Nd5 Ra7
72. Rc5 Ra2+ 73. Kg3 Kg8 74. Rc7 Ra3 75. Rb7 Ra2 76. Rc7 Ra3
77. Rd7 Ra2 78. Ne3 Ne5 79. Rb7 Ra3 80. Nf5 Nf7 81. Kh2 Ra2
82. Re7 Ra8 83. f4 Kf8 84. Rc7 g6 85. Nh4 g5 86. Nf5 gxf4
87. Rc6 Ng5 88. Rxf6+ Kg8 89. e5 Ra2 90. e6 Nf3+ 91. Kh3 Ng1+
92. Kh4 Rxg2 93. Kh5 Nf3 94. Nxh6+ Kh7 95. Rf7+ Kh8 96. e7 Re2
97. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Aronian Match"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.11.21"]
[EventDate "2014.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 Re8
7. a3 Bf8 8. Rc1 Nbd7 9. Be2 a6 10. c5 c6 11. Na4 Ne4 12. O-O
Nxd2 13. Nxd2 e5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Qh4 16. f3 exd4 17. Bc4
Nf6 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nxc8 Rbxc8 20. Qxd4 Nxe4 21. fxe4 Rc7
22. Rce1 Rd8 23. Qe3 Qh6 24. b4 Qxe3+ 25. Rxe3 Rd4 26. Bb3 g6
27. Ref3 Rdd7 28. e5 Re7 29. e6 h5 30. Rf6 Kg7 31. h4 a5
32. R1f3 axb4 33. axb4 Kh7 34. Bc2 Kg7 35. exf7 Rxf7 36. Rxg6+
Kh8 37. Rfg3 Bg7 38. R3g5 Rf4 39. Rxh5+ Kg8 40. Bf5 Kf8
41. Be6 Ke8 42. g3 Rxb4 43. Kg2 Rb2+ 44. Kh3 Kd8 45. Rhg5 Bc3
46. Rg8+ Ke7 47. Bc4 Rf2 48. Rh5 1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Aronian Match (Blitz)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[EventDate "2014.11.25"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 Nc6 6. d5 Ne5
7. Bh6 Bxh6 8. Qxh6 c6 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. h3 Qb6 11. Rb1 Rb8
12. Qd2 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. b3 Rb4 15. f3 Qb6 16. a3 Rd4
17. Qe3 Rxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 O-O 20. Nge2 f5 21. Rf1
fxe4 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Nxe4 d5 24. N4c3 d4 25. Na4 Qa5+
26. Kf1 Qd2 27. Nc5 Qxc2 28. Rc1 Qb2 29. Ne6+ Kg8 30. N6xd4
Qxa3 31. Rc3 a5 32. Kf2 Qd6 33. Re3 c5 34. Nb5 Qf6+ 35. Ke1
Nc6 36. Nbc3 Nd4 37. Nd5 Qh4+ 38. g3 Qxh3 39. Nxe7+ Kf7
40. Nf4 Qh2 41. Kf1 g5 42. Nfd5 g4 43. Nf4 Qh1+ 44. Kf2 Qh2+
45. Ng2 Qh6 46. Nd5 Qc6 47. Re7+ Kf8 48. Ngf4 c4 49. Rc7 Qb5
50. Rxc4 Nxb3 51. Rc8+ Kf7 52. Rc7+ Ke8 53. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Aronian Match (Blitz)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[EventDate "2014.11.25"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bh4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 dxc4 8. e3 b5 9. a4 c6 10. Qb1 a6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O
Nb6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Nxa4 15. Bf3 Nxc3 16. Qb4 Nd5
17. Qc5 Bb7 18. Rfd1 O-O 19. e4 Qb6 20. Rxd5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5
Rfe8 22. e6 Rad8 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. e5 Rd4 25. Bg5 Red8
26. e6+ Ke8 27. h4 R8d6 28. Re5 c3 29. Rc5 b4 30. h5 Rxe6
31. Be3 Rdd6 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Rc4 a5 34. Rxa5 c5 35. Bxb7 b3
36. Rxc3 b2 37. Rb3 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 b1=Q 39. Ra8+ Kd7 40. Rxb1
1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Aronian Match (Blitz)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[EventDate "2014.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Bg2 g6 5. Qc2 Bg7 6. Qxc4 Nf6
7. O-O O-O 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Qd3 Nfd5 11. Rd1 Bg4
12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qc7 14. e4 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 e5 16. d5 Rac8
17. b3 cxd5 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. exd5 Rd8 20. Bg5 f6 21. Be3 Bf8
22. Rac1 Rcd7 23. a4 Nc8 24. d6 Nxd6 25. Bxa7 Nf5 26. Rxd7
Rxd7 27. Bf1 Nd4 28. Bxd4 exd4 29. Bd3 Bb4 30. Rc4 Bc3 31. b4
Kf7 32. b5 Ke6 33. Rc8 Kd6 34. Ra8 b6 35. Kg2 Re7 36. Rc8 Rc7
37. Rf8 Ke7 38. Rb8 Ba5 39. Kf3 Kd6 40. g4 Re7 41. Rc8 Rc7
42. Rf8 Ke5 43. Re8+ Kd5 44. h4 Rc3 45. Ke2 Ra3 46. h5 Ra2+
47. Kf3 Ra3 48. Ke2 Ra2+ 49. Kf1 gxh5 50. gxh5 h6 51. Rh8 Bd2
52. Rc8 Ra3 53. Ke2 Bf4 54. Rc6 Rxa4 55. Rxf6 Ra2+ 56. Kf1 Bg5
57. Rxb6 Rd2 58. Bg6 Bh4 59. f3 Rf2+ 60. Kg1 Rxf3 61. Rb8 d3
62. Kg2 d2 63. Bc2 Rg3+ 64. Kh2 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Nakamura-Aronian Match (Blitz)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[EventDate "2014.11.25"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6
12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. g3 Bb7 14. Bg2 Na6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. O-O O-O-O
17. a4 f5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Rxa6 Bxa6 20. Nc5 Qxc5 21. dxc5
Rxd1 22. Rxd1 b4 23. Ra1 Rd8 24. Bf1 Bb5 25. b3 c3 26. Bxb5 c2
27. Be2 a5 28. Rc1 Rd2 29. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Aronian Match (Blitz)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[EventDate "2014.11.25"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. e5 h6 6. Bh4 g5
7. Bg3 Nd5 8. h4 gxh4 9. Rxh4 Nc6 10. Ngf3 d6 11. Bb5 Rg8
12. Rxd4 Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne4 Ne3 15. Qd3 Bxe4 16. Qxe3
d5 17. Qb3 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. c3 Bc5 20. Rd2 Bxf3 21. gxf3
d4 22. Ke2 dxc3 23. bxc3 Ra4 24. Rh1 Rg6 25. f4 Be7 26. Rb1
Bd8 27. Rbd1 Be7 28. Rd7 Rxa2+ 29. Kf1 f5 30. Rxb7 Rg7 31. Bh4
Bxh4 32. Rxg7 Rxf2+ 33. Kg1 Rxf4 34. Rh7 Bf2+ 35. Kg2 Bc5
36. Ra1 Rg4+ 37. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Nakamura-Aronian Match (Blitz)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.11.25"]
[EventDate "2014.11.25"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Ngf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Be7
7. c3 h6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 d6 11. Re1 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. f4 b5 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Kh1 a5
17. a3 Qb6 18. Qe2 Qb8 19. Nf3 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. c4 b3
22. Rcd1 g6 23. h4 Qb4 24. g4 Bg7 25. g5 h5 26. Kh2 Rfe8
27. Kg3 e5 28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Qd2 Qb8 30. Rf1 Bd7 31. Qc3 Bf8
32. Nd2 Bg4 33. Nf3 Bb4 34. Qc1 Bc5 35. Be2 Bd4 36. Kg2 Qb7
37. Qb1 Bxf3+ 38. Rxf3 Re7 39. Rdf1 Ra8 40. Bd1 Ra2 41. Rxb3
Qxb3 42. Bxb3 Rxb2+ 43. Qxb2 Bxb2 44. c5 Rc7 45. c6 Rxc6
46. Rxf7 Kh8 47. Rb7 Bd4 48. Bf7 Rc2+ 49. Kf1 Rc6 50. Ke2 Rd6
51. Bd5 Rb6 52. Rf7 Ra6 53. Kd3 Ra3+ 54. Kc4 Rh3 55. Rf6 Rxh4
56. Rxg6 Rg4 57. Be6 Rg3 58. Bf5 h4 59. Rh6+ Kg8 60. g6 h3
61. Rh7 Kf8 62. Kd5 Be3 63. Ke6 Bc5 64. Kf6 Ke8 65. g7 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic (Rapid Open)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Theodore Slade"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "1869"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. dxe5 Nxe5
7. Nxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bc4 Nh6 10. Nc3 c6 11. O-O-O+
Kc7 12. Ne4 Bf5 13. Ng5 f6 14. Ne6+ Bxe6 15. Bxe6 Rad8
16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Kd6 19. Bc4 Ng4 20. Ke2
f5 21. Ba3+ Kd7 22. f3 Nf6 23. Bf7 e4 24. c4 Kc7 25. h3 exf3+
26. gxf3 Nd7 27. Be6 Bf6 28. Bg8 Bg7 29. Bxh7 Nf8 30. Bg8 b6
31. Be7 Kd7 32. Bh4 Ne6 33. Bf7 Nf8 34. f4 c5 35. Kd3 Bh8
36. Bg5 Bg7 37. h4 Kd6 38. e4 fxe4+ 39. Kxe4 a6 40. f5 gxf5+
41. Kxf5 Nh7 42. Bf4+ Ke7 43. Bd5 Bf6 44. h5 Bd4 45. h6 b5
46. Bg8 Nf6 47. Bg5 Kf8 48. Bxf6 Kxg8 49. cxb5 axb5 50. Bxd4
cxd4 51. Ke4 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic (Rapid Open)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Donny Muter"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 f5 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 Nh6 6. Bg2 Nf7
7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Nc6 11. Nc4 f4
12. a4 Be6 13. Qe2 g5 14. h3 g4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. gxf4 exf4
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd2 Bxf3 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Bxf3 Ng5 21. Bg4
Nd4 22. Na3 f3 23. Kh2 Ne2 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic (Rapid Open)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Aaron Summerscale"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6
12. O-O Be6 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Be3 Nc5 15. b4 Nb3 16. Rb1 Rd8
17. Qc2 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Ne4 Be7 20. b5 c5 21. b6 axb6
22. Qb2 O-O 23. Qxb6 Qxb6 24. Rxb6 Bd5 25. Nd2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2
Rd7 27. Nc4 Ra8 28. a5 Ra7 29. Rfb1 Rc7 30. h4 g6 31. h5 gxh5
32. f4 Kg7 33. Kf3 Bd8 34. Rd6 Be7 35. Re6 Kf7 36. Rh6 Kg7
37. Rxh5 Ra6 38. Rd5 Rh6 39. e4 dxe3 40. Nxe3 Ra6 41. Nc4 Rh6
42. Rd2 Ra6 43. Rdb2 Ra7 44. g4 Rd7 45. g5 Kf8 46. Rh1 Kg8
47. Rbh2 Bf8 48. f5 Ra6 49. f6 Re6 50. Kf4 Re8 51. Rd2 Rxd2
52. Nxd2 Rd8 53. Ne4 c4 54. Ke5 Rc8 55. Kf5 c3 56. g6 hxg6+
57. Kxg6 Rc6 58. Nxc3 Bg7 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic (Rapid Open)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "James R Adair"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6
7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 Nd7 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. h5 Bxc2 11. Qxc2 Ngf6
12. g5 Nd5 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Qe4 O-O-O 15. f4 Rhe8 16. O-O-O h6
17. gxh6 gxh6 18. Ne5 f5 19. Nxd5 cxd5+ 20. Qc2 Nf6 21. Ba5
Qxc2+ 22. Kxc2 b6 23. Be1 Kb7 24. Ng6 Bd6 25. Kd3 Rc8 26. Be2
Ne4 27. Bf3 Rc7 28. Rh2 Rec8 29. Bxe4 dxe4+ 30. Ke3 Rc1
31. Rxc1 Rxc1 32. Bh4 Rf1 33. Be7 Rf3+ 34. Ke2 Kc7 35. Bg5
hxg5 36. h6 gxf4 37. h7 Rd3 38. Nxf4 Bxf4 39. Rh4 Rd2+ 40. Ke1
e3 41. Rh3 Bg3+ 42. Rxg3 Rh2 43. d5 f4 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic (Rapid Open)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Jonathan Hawkins"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Bxe4
Qxb2 7. Bxd5 Qxa1 8. Nf3 e6 9. Bb3 Nd7 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4
Bb4 12. Qd3 Qb2 13. c3 Be7 14. Bc1 Qa1 15. Qc2 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic (Rapid Open)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[Round "7.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 e6 6. h3 Bh5
7. Nbd2 Be7 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nh4 a5 10. e3 Na6 11. a3 Nd7 12. Nxg6
fxg6 13. d4 O-O 14. c4 Nc7 15. b3 Bf6 16. Bb2 Kh8 17. Qc2 Rc8
18. b4 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. bxa5 Na6 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. cxd5
cxd5 23. Qb2 Nd3 24. Qxb7 Nac5 25. Qxd5 Qxa5 26. Nb3 Qc3
27. Nxc5 Rxc5 28. Qd6 Rcc8 29. a4 Qc2 30. Be4 Rxf2 31. Bxd3
1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic (Rapid Open)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "165"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Nf3 Bg4
7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nc6 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. Be3 O-O
12. O-O Ne7 13. g3 Nf5 14. Bc1 Rc8 15. c3 b5 16. Qd3 Qc7
17. Bg5 Qc4 18. Rfd1 Be7 19. Nf4 Nd7 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Qd2 a5
22. Be2 Qc6 23. Bd3 Qb6 24. a4 bxa4 25. Rxa4 Rb8 26. Bc2 Qc7
27. Rda1 g6 28. Nd3 Nc6 29. R4a2 Nb6 30. h4 Rfe8 31. Qf4 Qxf4
32. Nxf4 Rec8 33. Bd1 Nc4 34. Nd3 Rb6 35. Ba4 Kg7 36. Kg2 Rc7
37. Re1 Nd8 38. Bd1 Nc6 39. Re2 h6 40. Nc5 Re7 41. Ba4 Ra7
42. Bb3 Nd6 43. Bc2 Re7 44. Bd3 Rb8 45. Re1 Rb6 46. Bc2 Ra7
47. Rea1 Rc7 48. Re1 Ra7 49. g4 Nb5 50. Ba4 Nd6 51. Rea1 Nd8
52. Bc2 Rc7 53. Ba4 N6b7 54. Nd7 Rd6 55. Ne5 Rb6 56. Re1 Nd6
57. Nd7 Rbb7 58. Nc5 Rb6 59. Bc2 N6b7 60. Na4 Rbc6 61. Ra3 Nd6
62. Bd3 N8b7 63. Rb3 Nc4 64. Bxc4 Rxc4 65. Ra1 R4c6 66. Rb5
Kf6 67. Kf3 Ke7 68. Ke2 Kf6 69. Kd3 g5 70. hxg5+ Kxg5 71. f3
f5 72. gxf5 Kxf5 73. Rh1 Rh7 74. b3 h5 75. c4 Kf4 76. cxd5
exd5 77. Rxd5 h4 78. Rh3 Rg6 79. Nc3 Rg3 80. Ne2+ Kxf3
81. Nxg3 Kg4 82. Ne4 Kxh3 83. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic (Rapid Open)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[EventDate "2014.12.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2839"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4
Ng6 7. Be2 Bc5 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. c4 d6 10. Nc3 a6 11. Kh1 e5
12. Nd5 Ba7 13. Bg4 O-O 14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3
Nge7 17. Rc1 a5 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nxc5 Nd4 20. Qd3 Qd6 21. Nb3
a4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Qb1 Qd2 24. Rcd1 Qb4 25. Rd7 Nc6 26. a3
Qb3 27. Rd3 Qb6 28. Nd5 Qb5 29. Rc1 Rcd8 30. b4 Nd4 31. Rc5
Qe8 32. Qd1 f5 33. exf5 Rxf5 34. f3 Rf8 35. Nc3 b6 36. Rc7 b5
37. Rc5 Rc8 38. Ne4 Rxc5 39. Nxc5 Qf7 40. h3 Qf5 41. Re3 h6
42. Qd2 Rd8 43. Re4 Kh7 44. Qf2 Rd5 45. Kh2 Nb3 46. Nxb3 axb3
47. Qe3 b2 48. Qe1 Rd4 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic (Rapid Open)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[Round "10.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 dxc4 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bxc4 Bd7 11. Ke2 Be7
12. Nbd2 Bc6 13. Rhc1 Nbd7 14. Kf1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bd4
Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Ke2 Kf8 20. Bd3 Rac8
21. Be4 b6 22. Bb7 Rb8 23. Bc6 Rd6 24. b4 Rbd8 25. Rc2 Ng8
26. Rac1 Ne7 27. Bb5 Rd5 28. a4 Rh5 29. Rc7 Rxh2 30. Rxa7 Nd5
31. a5 bxa5 32. bxa5 Rh5 33. Rb7 Nb4 34. a6 Nxa6 35. Bxa6 Rf5
36. Bd3 Rf6 37. Rh1 h6 38. f4 Ra8 39. Bb1 Rc8 40. Rh5 Ra8
41. Kf1 Rc8 42. Ke2 Rd8 43. Rhb5 Ra8 44. Rb8+ Rxb8 45. Rxb8+
Ke7 46. Rg8 g6 47. Rh8 h5 48. Ra8 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic (Blitz)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2829"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nge7
7. Ne1 d6 8. Nc2 Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. Ned5 Rb8 11. d3 a6 12. Bg5
f6 13. Bd2 b5 14. Rb1 b4 15. Na4 Bf7 16. a3 a5 17. axb4 axb4
18. b3 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Nd4 20. Nb2 Ra8 21. Nc4 Qc7 22. e3 Nb5
23. Ra1 f5 24. Qc2 Qb7 25. Na5 Qd7 26. Ra4 Na3 27. Qd1 Rfe8
28. Bc1 Nb5 29. Bb2 e4 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. dxe4 Nc3 32. Qa1 fxe4
33. Rc1 Kg8 34. Rxc3 bxc3 35. Qxc3 Bxd5 36. h4 Qg7 37. Qc2 Qf7
38. Ra1 Ra7 39. Qd2 Rea8 40. b4 cxb4 41. Qxb4 Qc7 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic (Blitz)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2829"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. b3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be3 c5 6. Qd2 Nf6
7. f3 cxd4 8. Bxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 d5 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 dxe4
12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. fxe4 a6 15. Nc3 Qe5 16. Nge2 Nb4
17. Rd2 Nxe4 18. Qe3 Rc8 19. a3 f6 20. axb4 Nxc3 21. Qxb6 Be4
22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic (Blitz)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6
7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rfd1 b5
12. Bd3 Bd6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 c5 15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Ra7
17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bc2 Rd7 19. b4 Nb7 20. a4 g5 21. Nxg5 hxg5
22. Bxg5 Be7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qf3 Nd6 25. Qh3 Nde4 26. Bh6
1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic (Blitz)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 Ne7 6. Bb2
Ng6 7. h4 h5 8. d3 f6 9. e5 d5 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Nfd2 e5
12. Nc4 Be7 13. Nc3 Be6 14. g3 Bd5 15. Rg1 Nf8 16. Qe2 Ne6
17. Ne4 Nd4 18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. O-O-O a5 20. a4 Qc7 21. Kb1 Be6
22. Rdf1 Bh3 23. Re1 Bb4 24. Rd1 O-O-O 25. f3 Be6 26. Rdf1
Rhe8 27. g4 hxg4 28. fxg4 Rh8 29. h5 Kb8 30. Rg3 Ka8 31. Rh1
Bd5 32. Rhh3 Qe7 33. Qf3 Bc3 34. Ka2 Rb8 35. Qe2 Rb4 36. Nxc3
dxc3 37. Qe1 Rxa4+ 38. bxa4 Qb4 39. Qc1 Rb8 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic (Blitz)"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2014.12.08"]
[EventDate "2014.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5
7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7
12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Rb1 Qa6
17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Qd5 Bxe7 20. fxe7 Rdg8 21. Ne4
Bd3 22. Nd6+ Kc7 23. Bf4 Kb6 24. Re1 Qxa2 25. Nxf7 Qa4 26. b3
Qxb3 27. Qxd7 Qc3 28. Bc7+ Kb7 29. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[EventDate "2014.12.10"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Qc2 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6
7. e3 c5 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. dxe6 Qa5+ 11. Nbd2 Qxb5
12. exd7+ Nxd7 13. Qe4+ Kf8 14. Nxd4 Qxb2 15. Rb1 Qxa2
16. Qxb7 Rd8 17. Qb4+ Kg8 18. O-O a5 19. Qc3 Qd5 20. Qc7 Nf8
21. Rb5 Qd7 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. N2f3 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Ne6 25. Nxe6
fxe6 26. Rxa5 Kf7 27. g4 Rc8 28. Rb1 Rc2 29. Ra8 Rc4 30. h3 h5
31. gxh5 Rh4 32. Rh8 Kf6 33. Kh2 Rd5 34. Rf8+ Ke7 35. Rf3 Rf5
36. Rxf5 exf5 37. Rg1 Kf6 38. Rg6+ Kf7 39. Rg5 Kf6 40. f4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "1.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5
7. e3 Nc6 8. d4 b6 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. c4 Bb7 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nh4 Ne5 15. Nb5 Bf8 16. Nxa7 Ra8
17. Nb5 Qb6 18. a4 c4 19. Bd4 Bc5 20. b4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4
22. Nxd4 Nd3 23. Reb1 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Nhf5 Bd5 26. Nb5
g6 27. Nfd4 Reb8 28. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2015.01.27"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jovana Vojinovic"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nd2 Qxb2 5. Rb1 Qc3 6. g4 Qa5
7. gxf5 Qxf5 8. h4 Qa5 9. Nh3 g6 10. Bd3 d6 11. Qf3 Nd7 12. h5
Ndf6 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Bxg6+ Kd8 15. Bf4 Kc7 16. Ng5 Rxh1+
17. Qxh1 Bh6 18. Qh4 Bd7 19. Bd3 Nd5 20. Ne6+ Bxe6 21. Bxh6
Nc3 22. Ra1 Qb4 23. Kf1 Nxa2 24. Rd1 Nc3 25. Re1 Nxh6 26. Qxh6
Bd7 27. f3 a5 28. Kf2 a4 29. Qg5 Rh8 30. Qg3 Nd5 31. Rd1 c5
32. Bc4 Nc3 33. Re1 b5 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2015.01.27"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Dronavalli Harika"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. d4 b6
7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. a3 Re8
12. Re1 Bf8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qc2 h6 16. Qb1 Nd7
17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Bf5 Rb8 19. Qa1 Qe7 20. b4 cxb4 21. axb4 a6
22. Nb3 Nde5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Nc5 Nf3+ 25. gxf3 Qg5+ 26. Bg4
h5 27. Nxb7 Rxb7 28. Qxa6 hxg4 29. f4 Qe7 30. b5 Qd7 31. b6
Bb4 32. Red1 Re6 33. Bd4 Rh6 34. Qa8+ Kh7 35. Rc8 Kg6 36. Rg8
Rh7 37. Qc8 Qe7 38. Qxg4+ 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2015.01.29"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tamir Nabaty"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be3 cxd4
7. cxd4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Qd8 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Nb4
12. Bb1 b6 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Re1 Nfd5 16. Qh5 f5
17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. a3 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Qd5 21. Qf3
Qxf3 22. gxf3 Rf6 23. Bd3 Rc7 24. d5 Rg6+ 25. Kf1 Rd7 26. Be5
Rxd5 27. Rc7 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Bd6 29. Rxb7 Bxe5 30. h3 Rh6
31. Kg2 Bxb2 32. Rxa7 Kf8 33. a4 Rh4 34. a5 bxa5 35. Rxa5 Rd4
36. Be2 Kf7 37. Ra2 Rb4 38. Ra7+ Kf6 39. Rc7 Rb6 40. Rc2 Kg5
41. Rc4 Rd6 42. Ra4 Rd2 43. f4+ Kf6 44. Bc4 Rd4 45. Bb5 Rd5
46. Bc4 Rc5 47. Kf3 g6 48. Ke2 Bc1 49. Bd3 Rd5 50. Rc4 Ba3
51. Rc6 Bd6 52. Rc4 Ra5 53. Ke3 Ra3 54. Ke2 Ke7 55. Ke3 Kf6
56. Ke2 Bb8 57. f3 Ra1 58. Kf2 Ba7+ 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2015.01.30"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Nils Grandelius"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. a3 a6 6. e3 Ba7
7. Nge2 d6 8. b4 O-O 9. d3 Ne7 10. O-O c6 11. h3 Be6 12. Bb2
Qd7 13. Kh2 Ng6 14. Qd2 d5 15. c5 Rae8 16. Na4 Qe7 17. Rae1 e4
18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. dxe4 dxe4 20. Nac3 Bf5 21. Nd4 Bb8 22. Qc2
Nh4 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Nxe4 Qg6 25. Nxf5 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Nxe1+
27. Rxe1 Qxf5 28. Rd1 h5 29. Qc4 Qe5 30. h4 Qe7 31. Ng5 Re8
32. Rd4 g6 33. Qd3 Qf8 34. Rd7 Re7 35. f4 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2015.01.27"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "5.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Baskaran Adhiban"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. a4 c6 5. Nc3 a6 6. axb5 cxb5
7. Nxb5 axb5 8. Rxa8 Bb7 9. Ra1 e6 10. Ne2 Bxe4 11. b3 Nc6
12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Bd2 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 b4 15. d5 bxc3 16. dxc6
Qxd1+ 17. Kxd1 cxb3 18. c7 Kd7 19. Ra3 b2 20. c8=Q+ Kxc8
21. Rxc3+ Kd7 22. Bd3 b1=Q+ 23. Bxb1 Bxb1 24. Rb3 Be4 25. Rb8
g5 26. Ke2 Ke7 27. h4 gxh4 28. Rxh4 Bc6 29. Rc4 Be8 30. Rc7+
Kd6 31. Ra7 Ne7 32. Rd8+ Ke5 33. Rb7 Kf6 34. Rdb8 Ng6 35. Rb6
h5 36. f3 Ba4 37. Rxh8 Nxh8 38. Ke3 Ng6 39. Ra6 Bb3 40. Ra5
Bd5 41. Ra7 e5 42. Ra5 Be6 43. Rb5 h4 44. Rb1 Kg5 45. Rb5 f6
46. Rb7 Nf4 47. Kf2 Nh5 48. Rb6 Bf5 49. Rb8 Bg6 50. Rb4 Nf4
51. Ra4 Bf7 52. Ra7 Kg6 53. Ra1 Bd5 54. Rd1 Kg5 55. Rd2 f5 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2015.01.27"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. d4 cxd4
7. Qxd4 a6 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Bg5 Be7
12. Nd2 h6 13. Bh4 Ne5 14. Nf1 Rd8 15. Bg3 O-O 16. Ne3 Rc8
17. Kh1 Rfd8 18. f3 Nh5 19. Bf2 Nf4 20. Bf1 Nfg6 21. Qd2 Bg5
22. Qe1 Nf4 23. Bg3 Nh5 24. Bf2 Qe7 25. Ra3 Nf4 26. Rb3 Rc6
27. Ne2 Nxe2 28. Bxe2 Rdc8 29. c3 Nd7 30. Nc2 d5 31. Nb4 Rc5
32. exd5 Ra5 33. Nc6 Bxc6 34. dxc6 Rxc6 35. Rb4 Bf6 36. Qf1
Rd6 37. Rxd6 Qxd6 38. Bxa6 Nc5 39. Bb5 Qd2 40. Bg1 Ra8 41. Bc6
Rc8 42. Rxb6 Bd8 43. Rb5 Rxc6 44. Bxc5 Bc7 45. a5 Qc2 46. f4
f6 47. h3 Kh7 48. f5 exf5 49. Bg1 Be5 50. a6 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2015.02.03"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Na3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4
Qd8 7. O-O a6 8. Nc2 Bg4 9. d4 e6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Rc8
12. Rd1 cxd4 13. Bb3 Qc7 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bd6 16. Bg5
Ke7 17. Re1 h6 18. Bxf6+ gxf6 19. Re3 h5 20. Rae1 Qd7 21. Qe4
Kf8 22. d5 e5 23. Rf3 Kg7 24. Bc2 h4 25. Rf5 Rh6 26. Bd3 Qc7
27. Qg4+ Kf8 28. Rf3 Qc5 29. Bxa6 Rg6 30. Qf5 Kg7 31. Bd3 Qb4
32. Rfe3 Rc5 33. Qd7 Rc7 34. Qd8 Rg5 35. Re4 Qd2 36. Bf1 Qxd5
37. Rxh4 Kg6 38. g4 f5 39. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.13"]
[EventDate "2015.02.13"]
[Round "5.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. b3 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. Bb2
e6 7. d3 Bd6 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 e5 10. e4 d4 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. Ng3
Nf4 13. O-O g6 14. Bc1 Ne6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qd2 f6 17. Kh1 a5
18. h3 Qe7 19. Qd1 Nd8 20. Bd2 Nf7 21. Nh2 f5 22. exf5 gxf5
23. f4 exf4 24. Nh5 Ra7 25. Re1 Ne5 26. Bxf4 Qh4 27. Bg3 Qg5
28. Bf4 Qh4 29. g3 Qd8 30. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.14"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5
7. Nde2 h5 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. a4 Nc5 11. Bg2 Be6 12. a5
b5 13. axb6 Qxb6 14. b3 O-O 15. O-O a5 16. Qd2 Rfc8 17. Rfd1
a4 18. bxa4 Bc4 19. a5 Qd8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qxd6 Qxd6
22. Rxd6 Nb7 23. Rd2 Rxa5 24. Rb1 Nc5 25. Nd5 Bd8 26. h4 Ra3
27. Nec3 Rca8 28. Rdd1 Ba5 29. Nb5 Ra2 30. Bf3 g6 31. Ne7+ Kg7
32. Nc6 Na4 33. Nd6 Be6 34. Rb7 Rxc2 35. Nxe5 Nc5 36. Re7 Kf8
37. Nc6 Nb3 38. e5 Bb6 39. Rb7 Bxf2+ 40. Kg2 Bc5+ 41. Kh1 Raa2
0-1

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.16"]
[EventDate "2015.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6
7. Ndb5 Ne5 8. Bf4 Nfg4 9. Qa4 g5 10. Bxe5 Qxf2+ 11. Kd1 Nxe5
12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Qd4+ 14. Kc2 Nxc4 15. e4 Ne3+ 16. Kb3
Qd2 17. a3 Qc2+ 18. Ka2 Qxa4 19. Nxa4 Nxf1 20. Rhxf1 b5
21. N4b6 axb6 22. Nxb6 Bb7 23. Rxf7 Bc6 24. Rd1 Be7 25. Rf3
Kc7 26. Nxd7 Rd8 27. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Rapid)"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. a3 e6
7. Nf3 Nge7 8. Rb1 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qd2 a5 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2
d5 13. Ne1 Nd4 14. Qd1 Rb8 15. Na4 e5 16. Nc2 Bc6 17. Ne3 Ne6
18. Nc3 d4 19. Ncd5 dxe3 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bxc6 Nd4 22. Bd5
Bh6 23. f3 Bg5 24. Bc3 h5 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 h4 27. g4 Bf4
28. Kh1 h3 29. b5 Rbd8 30. Rg1 Kg7 31. Be4 Ra8 32. Bxa8 Rxa8
33. Ra1 Rxa1 34. Bxa1 Qh4 35. Rf1 Qh8 36. Bc3 Qa8 37. Re1 Qb7
38. Rg1 Qa8 39. Bxd4 exd4 40. Qa1 Qb8 41. g5 Bxh2 42. Rg4 Bd6
43. Rh4 h2 44. Qf1 Qa8 45. Kg2 Qb7 46. Qe1 Qa8 47. Re4 Qh8
48. Qh4 Qxh4 49. Rxh4 f6 50. gxf6+ Kxf6 51. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge (Rapid)"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2015.02.19"]
[EventDate "2015.02.19"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. O-O b5 6. a4 Bb7
7. b3 b4 8. bxc4 c5 9. d3 e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. Nb3 a5 12. Bb2
Nbd7 13. e3 O-O 14. d4 Qc7 15. Qe2 Ne4 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Ne1
Nd6 18. e4 cxd4 19. c5 Ne8 20. Bxd4 Ne5 21. f4 Nc6 22. Bb2 Nf6
23. e5 Nd5 24. Nf3 Rab8 25. Nfd2 Nc3 26. Qe3 Nd8 27. Bxc3 bxc3
28. Rxc3 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Rb4 30. c6 Rb6 31. Nd4 Bb4 32. Nb5 Rxc6
33. Nxc7 Rxc3 34. Qe4 R3xc7 35. Nf3 Nb7 36. Rd1 Nc5 37. Qc2
Nd7 38. Qd3 h6 39. h4 Nc5 40. Qc2 Nd7 41. Qd3 Nc5 42. Qc4 Nd7
43. Qb5 Nf8 44. h5 Rc5 45. Qb7 R5c7 46. Qe4 Nd7 47. Kh3 Nb6
48. f5 exf5 49. Qxf5 Nxa4 50. Rd7 Rxd7 51. Qxd7 Nb6 52. Qb7
Bc5 53. e6 fxe6 54. Ne5 Rf8 55. Qc6 Bd4 56. Qxe6+ Kh7 57. Qd6
1-0

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.04.01"]
[EventDate "2015.03.31"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Conrad Holt"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5
7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 Na6 9. Nd2 Qe8 10. Be2 Nf6 11. h4 Nd7 12. h5
f5 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. exf5 Nf6 15. fxg6 Qxg6 16. Nf3 Nb4
17. Nh4 Qh7 18. Kf1 Bf5 19. Kg1 Bc2 20. Qd2 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Qxe4
22. Bf1 Bd3 23. Bh3 Nc2 24. Be6+ Rf7 25. Nf5 Ne1 26. Ne7+ Kf8
27. Ng6+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.04.02"]
[EventDate "2015.03.31"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. dxc5 b6
12. cxb6 axb6 13. Kb1 Bb7 14. Nd4 Ra5 15. Nb5 Qc6 16. Bd2 Raa8
17. f3 Ba6 18. c4 Rfd8 19. Bc3 Qc5 20. Bd4 Qc8 21. Bxb6 Rd7
22. Bf2 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Be4 Rb8 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Rc1
Nf6 27. Bd3 g6 28. Rd1 Bxb5 29. cxb5 Nd5 30. Rc1 Qd4 31. g3
Rd8 32. Bc4 Ne3 33. Bb3 Rb8 34. a4 Nf5 35. Qe4 Qd2 36. Rc2
Qd1+ 37. Ka2 Qd8 38. g4 Ne7 39. f4 Qd7 40. Qe5 Rb7 41. h4 Qd3
42. h5 1-0

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.04.05"]
[EventDate "2015.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel Naroditsky"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Bb3 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Qd2 Qa5
12. O-O-O Rfc8 13. Kb1 Ne5 14. Bg5 Rxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3
a5 17. a3 Rc8 18. Kb2 Kf8 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. Nd4 Ba6 21. Rhe1
Nfd7 22. f4 Nc4+ 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. f5 Nc5 25. Re3 Ke8 26. Bf4
Na4+ 27. Kc1 Ba6 28. e5 dxe5 29. Rxe5 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Nxc3
31. Re1 gxf5 32. Bf6 Ne4 33. Nxf5 Bd3 34. c3 Rc5 35. Nxe7 Rb5
0-1

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.04.09"]
[EventDate "2015.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kayden W Troff"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.g3
Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Re1 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.e4 Ng4 13.Nd2
Nge5 14.Bf1 g5 15.h3 Qf6 16.Qh5 Bh6 17.Nd1 g4 18.Ne3 Bxe3
19.Rxe3 Qg7 20.hxg4 Nxg4 21.Rc3 Ndf6 22.Qh1 Re5 23.Qf3 Bd7
24.Qd3 Qh6 25.Bg2 Qh2+ 26.Kf1 Nxf2 27.Kxf2 Bh3 28.Qf1 Rxe4
29.Nxe4 Nxe4+ 30.Ke3 Bxg2 31.Qf4 Nxc3 32.Qg5+ Kf8 33.bxc3 Re8+
34.Kf2 Bh1+ 0-1

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.04.12"]
[EventDate "2015.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4
Bc5 8.Be3 O-O 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxc5 Nxc5 11.Bxc6 Rb8 12.O-O Rxb2
13.Qxd5 Qxd5 14.Bxd5 Rxc2 15.Na3 Re2 16.Rac1 Nd3 17.Rxc7 Be6
18.Bb3 a5 19.Ra7 Bxb3 20.axb3 Rxe5 21.Nc4 Rb5 22.Rb1 Nc5
23.Nxa5 Re8 24.g3 g6 25.b4 Nd3 26.Nc6 Re2 27.Rd7 Nxf2 28.Nd4
Nh3+ 29.Kh1 Nf2+ 30.Kg2 Nd1+ 31.Nxe2 1-0

[Event "Italian Teams"]
[Site "Civitanova Marche ITA"]
[Date "2015.05.01"]
[EventDate "2015.04.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Christian Cacco"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7
7. Nf3 Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. a4 c6 11. axb5 cxb5
12. O-O Nc6 13. c3 O-O 14. Bc2 e6 15. Ng5 Ne7 16. Ne4 Nf5
17. Bf2 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bd3 Qd7 20. Qe2 Ne7 21. Ra2 Qc6
22. Rfa1 Rfb8 23. g4 f5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. h4 Rb6 26. Kh2 Kf7
27. Rf1 a5 28. f5 exf5 29. gxf5 a4 30. Bg3 Re8 31. fxg6+ Nxg6
32. Qf3 Kg7 33. h5 Nf8 34. Rf2 Kh8 35. Ra1 Bg7 36. Qg4 Qe6
37. Bf5 Qe7 38. Rg1 h6 39. Bh4 Qc7+ 40. Kh1 Nh7 41. Bd7 Rg8
42. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Italian Teams"]
[Site "Civitanova Marche ITA"]
[Date "2015.05.03"]
[EventDate "2015.04.29"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bartosz Socko"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Bf2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5
12. O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rc1 Bh6 15. Rb1 Bf5 16. Bd3 d4
17. Bxf5 dxc3 18. Bd3 cxb2 19. Rxb2 Be3 20. Bxe3 Rxe3 21. Be2
Qe7 22. Rf2 Re8 23. g3 h5 24. Qd4 Rd8 25. Qf4 Kg7 26. Kg2 h4
27. Qxh4 Qe5 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. gxf4 Nh5 30. Bf1 Nxf4+ 31. Kg3
Nh5+ 32. Kg2 Rd1 33. Rb3 Ree1 34. f4 f5 35. Bd3 Kh6 36. Kf3 c5
37. Ra3 a6 38. Rb2 Re6 39. Rb8 Rde1 40. Rh8+ Kg7 41. Rd8 R1e3+
42. Kf2 Nxf4 43. Rb3 Rh3 44. Bf1 Rxh2+ 45. Kg3 Rh1 46. Rd1
Nh5+ 47. Kg2 Rh4 48. Rd7+ Kh6 49. Rc7 Rg4+ 50. Kf2 Nf6 51. Bd3
Rf4+ 52. Kg3 Kg5 53. Rxc5 Re3+ 54. Kg2 Ng4 0-1

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.21"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 d5 6. e3 Bd6
7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qa4+ Kf8 11. g3 c6
12. Bg2 g6 13. Nge2 Kg7 14. O-O Qd8 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Re8
17. Rad1 Na6 18. N2c3 Nc7 19. Nc5 bxc5 20. dxc5 Nd5 21. cxd6
Qxd6 22. Ne4 Qe5 23. Rc1 Nb6 24. Qb4 Rad8 25. Nc5 Rd4 26. Qc3
Bc8 27. Rce1 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2015.05.22"]
[EventDate "2015.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Baadur Jobava"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. f3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. h4 h5
7. g5 Nfd7 8. e3 a6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. cxd3 Nc6 11. g6 fxg6
12. Bg5 Be7 13. f4 Nf6 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Nf3 Ng4 16. Ke2 Bf6
17. Rac1 b6 18. Rc2 Ne7 19. Rhc1 O-O 20. Qa4 Qd8 21. Nd1 Ra7
22. Nf2 Nh6 23. Rg1 Nf7 24. Qa3 Kh7 25. Nh3 Nd6 26. Ne5 Ndf5
27. b4 Qd6 28. Qc3 c6 29. Nf3 a5 30. bxa5 Rxa5 31. Qd2 Ra3
32. Rgc1 Rfa8 33. Nf2 c5 34. dxc5 bxc5 35. Rxc5 Rxa2 36. R5c2
Rxc2 37. Qxc2 Ng3+ 38. Ke1 Qb4+ 39. Qd2 Qxd2+ 40. Nxd2 Nef5
41. e4 Bxg5 42. hxg5 Nd4 43. Nh3 Ra3 44. f5 exf5 45. exd5 Nge2
46. Rc8 Rxd3 47. Nc4 Rxh3 48. Ne5 Nf3+ 49. Nxf3 Nf4 50. Kf2
Nxd5 51. Ne5 Rc3 52. Rd8 Ne7 53. Rd7 Rc2+ 54. Kg3 f4+ 55. Kxf4
Nf5 56. Rd8 Rf2+ 57. Ke4 Ng3+ 58. Kd3 h4 59. Rd4 Nf5 60. Rd8
Ng3 61. Rd4 Rf5 62. Rxh4+ Nh5 63. Ke4 Rxg5 64. Kd5 Rg1 65. Ke6
Rf1 66. Rh2 Rf6+ 67. Ke7 Kg8 68. Nxg6 Rxg6 69. Rxh5 Ra6
70. Rf5 g6 71. Rf6 Ra7+ 72. Ke6 Kg7 73. Rf3 Ra5 74. Rf7+ Kh6
75. Rf1 g5 76. Kf6 Ra4 77. Rh1+ Rh4 78. Rg1 Rf4+ 79. Ke5 Kg6
80. Rh1 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "3.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6
6. Re1 e6 7. c4 a6 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2
Re8 12. Nc3 Bf8 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Nf3 Qb8 16. h3 b5
17. cxb5 axb5 18. Qd3 b4 19. Na4 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Ng5 N7f6
22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qc7 24. g3 Red8 25. h4 h6 26. Rc1 Qd7
27. Red1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rc4 Rd8 30. Bd4 Qb5 31. Nc5
Bxc5 32. Rxc5 Qa6 33. Qg4 f6 34. Rc2 e5 35. Ba1 Ne7 36. Rc7
Qd6 37. Rb7 Qd1+ 38. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 39. Kg2 Nd5 40. Rb5 Kf7
41. Bb2 Ke6 42. Rc5 Rd2 43. Bc1 Rxa2 44. Rc6+ Kd7 45. Rc5 Kd6
46. Rc8 h5 47. Kf3 f5 48. Bg5 Ra3 49. Rd8+ Kc6 50. Rc8+ Kb6
51. Bd8+ Kb7 52. Rc5 Rxb3+ 53. Kg2 Rd3 54. Ba5 b3 55. Kf1 b2
56. Rb5+ Ka6 57. Rxb2 Kxa5 58. Rb7 Rd1+ 59. Ke2 Nc3+ 60. Ke3
g6 61. Rg7 Rd6 62. f3 Kb5 63. g4 Nd5+ 64. Kf2 hxg4 65. fxg4
fxg4 66. Kg3 Nf6 67. Re7 Rd3+ 68. Kg2 Kc4 69. Rxe5 Rd5 70. Re6
Rf5 71. Rd6 Kc5 72. Rd2 Ne4 73. Rd8 Rf2+ 74. Kg1 g3 75. Rg8
Rf6 76. Rd8 Rd6 77. Re8 Kd4 78. Kg2 Ke3 79. Rf8 Rd2+ 80. Kg1
Rh2 81. Rg8 Nd2 82. Re8+ 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "5.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be3 c6 6. a4 a5
7. h3 Na6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nb4 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Bf4 Nh5
12. Bh2 e5 13. Bc4 Qe7 14. Ne2 d5 15. Bb3 dxe4 16. Nxe5 Be6
17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. g4 Nf6 19. Nf4 Qc8 20. f3 exf3 21. c3 f2+
22. Kxf2 Nbd5 23. Nfd3 Nd7 24. Qb3 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 f5 26. g5 f4
27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Kg2 Qf5 29. Qxb7+ Kh8 30. Ne5 f3+ 31. Kf2
Rab8 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "6.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Be3 Rc8 12. f4
d6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Nd2 Bf6 15. Nf3 Na5 16. b3 Nc5 17. Nd2 Nd7
18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. cxb5 d5 20. e5 Be7 21. b4 Nb7 22. Nb3 Rxc1
23. Qxc1 Qa8 24. Qc7 Rd8 25. Nd4 Qb8 26. Qxb8 Nxb8 27. Nc6 Re8
28. Nxa7 Nd7 29. Rc1 Ra8 30. Rc7 Rxa7 31. Rxd7 Kf8 32. Bxb6
1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.15"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "8.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "167"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6
7. Nc3 Qh5 8. h3 Na6 9. Bg2 Qg6 10. b3 Bc5 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Na4
Be7 13. Ne3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. O-O Be6 16. Nc3 Bf6 17. Rc1
Rac8 18. Ba3 Rfd8 19. Nb5 Be5 20. d4 Bb8 21. Qd2 Bd7 22. Nc3
Bc6 23. Qe3 Re8 24. h4 Rcd8 25. Qg5 Qe6 26. Nd1 Nc7 27. Ne3 h6
28. Qf5 Nb5 29. Bb2 Nd6 30. Qxe6 Rxe6 31. Bh3 Ree8 32. a4 g6
33. Ng4 Kg7 34. Ne5 e3 35. f3 Nf5 36. Bxf5 gxf5 37. Nxc6 bxc6
38. f4 Re6 39. Kg2 Bc7 40. Rfd1 Rb8 41. Rd3 Ba5 42. Bc3 Bxc3
43. Rcxc3 Rb4 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. Rc5 Ke7 46. Ra5 Rb7 47. b4 Rxb4
48. Rxa7+ Kf6 49. Rd1 Re4 50. Ra6 Rc4 51. a5 Ke6 52. Ra8 Rexd4
53. Rxd4 Rxd4 54. Rh8 Ra4 55. Rxh6+ Kd7 56. Rf6 Rxa5 57. Rxf7+
Ke6 58. Rc7 Kd6 59. Rc8 d4 60. Rd8+ Kc5 61. h5 Ra1 62. h6 Rh1
63. Rf8 Rxh6 64. Rxf5+ Kc4 65. Ra5 Rh2 66. f5 c5 67. Ra2 Kb3
68. Ra5 Kb4 69. Ra2 c4 70. Ke4 d3 71. Kxe3 Kb3 72. Rd2 Kc3
73. f6 Rg2 74. f7 Rxg3+ 75. Kf2 Kxd2 76. f8=Q Rg6 77. Qf4+ Kc3
78. Qc1+ Kd4 79. Qb2+ Ke4 80. exd3+ cxd3 81. Qb4+ Kd5 82. Ke3
Rg3+ 83. Kf4 Rg7 84. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.16"]
[EventDate "2015.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Jon Ludvig Hammer"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O
Nb6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 f6 9. d4 e4 10. Ne1 f5 11. f3 exf3
12. Nxf3 Nd5 13. Qd3 O-O 14. e3 Be6 15. a3 Qd7 16. Nbd2 Rad8
17. Rac1 Nb6 18. b4 a6 19. Nb3 Na4 20. Ba1 Bd5 21. Nbd2 Qe6
22. Rfe1 Nb6 23. e4 fxe4 24. Nxe4 Qg6 25. Qe2 Rfe8 26. Ne5
Nxe5 27. dxe5 c6 28. Bd4 Nd7 29. Bf3 Rf8 30. Bh5 Qh6 31. Be3
Qe6 32. Bf4 a5 33. Ng5 Qf5 34. Bg4 Qg6 35. Bh5 Qf5 36. e6 Nf6
37. Bf7+ Kh8 38. Rf1 Ne4 39. Nxe4 Qxe4 40. Qxe4 Bxe4 41. Be3
axb4 42. Bc5 Rd2 43. Rfe1 Bxc5+ 44. Rxc5 Rg2+ 45. Kf1 b3
46. Rxe4 b2 47. Re1 Rxh2 48. Rce5 Rh1+ 49. Kg2 b1=Q 50. Rxb1
Rxb1 51. e7 Ra8 52. e8=R+ Rxe8 53. Rxe8# 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.18"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6
7. O-O Bg7 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nd4 Qd6
12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Rc1 Qa6 15. Qb3 b6 16. Rc4
Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Rd7 18. a3 Rad8 19. Rf4 Bf6 20. h4 Qb7 21. Rc2
Qb8 22. Rf3 Rd5 23. Bg5 Qd6 24. Bxf6 exf6 25. Qa4 a5 26. Qf4
f5 27. Qxd6 R8xd6 28. Rf4 Rd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Kg2 Kg7
31. Rc3 Kf6 32. e3 Rd6 33. Kf3 Ke5 34. a4 Kd5 35. Ke2 Rd7
36. Kd2 h6 37. Rc1 Kc6 38. Kc3 b5 39. axb5+ Kxb5 40. b3 g5
41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Rh1 Ra7 43. Rh7 f4 44. gxf4 gxf4 45. e4 a4
46. bxa4+ Rxa4 47. Rxf7 Ra3+ 48. Kd2 Ra2+ 49. Ke1 Ra3 50. Ke2
Ra2+ 51. Kf3 Rd2 52. Rd7 Kc6 53. Rd5 Kb6 54. e5 Kc6 55. Rd8
Kc7 56. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess"]
[Site "1:00:33-1:07:33"]
[Date "2015.06.25"]
[EventDate "2015.06.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 d6 5.e3 a6 6.Nge2 Ba7 7.a3 h5
8.d4 h4 9.b4 Nge7 10.c5 Bf5 11.Bb2 Qd7 12.Qb3 h3 13.Bf3 exd4
14.Nxd4 Bg4 15.Bxg4 Qxg4 16.Nxc6 Nxc6 17.Qd1 Qg6 18.cxd6 O-O-O
19.Rc1 Rxd6 20.Qc2 Qh5 21.Qe2 Ne5 22.Qxh5 Nd3+ 23.Ke2 Nxc1+
24.Rxc1 Rxh5 25.g4 Re5 26.Rg1 Re8 27.Rg3 Bd4 28.Na4 Bxb2
29.Nxb2 Red8 30.Nc4 Rc6 31.Ne5 Rc2+ 32.Ke1 f6 33.Nf3 Rh8 34.g5
Ra2 35.Nd4 Rxa3 36.Ne6 Ra1+ 37.Ke2 Rh1 38.gxf6 gxf6 39.Nf4 b6
40.Nxh3 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.08.23"]
[EventDate "2015.08.21"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4
7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4
12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Nbd2 Bc6 16. Nb3
Be7 17. Na5 h6 18. Be3 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Bf4 Nd5 21. Ne5 g5
22. Bd2 Bf6 23. Nd3 b6 24. Nc4 b5 25. Bxd5 bxc4 26. Bxc4 Bxb2
27. Ra2 Bg7 28. Rc1 Be8 29. Nc5 Bf8 30. Bd3 Nc6 31. Be4 Rdc8
32. Kf1 Ra7 33. Nb3 Rac7 34. Rac2 Bd6 35. f4 f5 36. Bd3 Nb8
37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. Rxc7 Bxc7 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. Nc5 Bd6 41. Nxe6
Bxa4 42. Nxg5 Bd7 43. Bc3 1-0

