[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 "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 "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 "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 "Torneo Continental Americano"]
[Site "Buenos Aires, ARG"]
[Date "2003.08.27"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gennadi 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 "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 "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"]
[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 "FIDE World Championship"]
[Site "Tripoli, Libya"]
[Date "2004.06.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexey 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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "E70"]
[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 "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "2006.02.11"]
[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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "Casino de Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2007.10.19"]
[EventDate "2007.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail 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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "Cap d'Agde"]
[Site "Cap Agde FRA"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoli 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 "2008.11.01"]
[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 "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 "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Robert 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 "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 "Rising Stars vs 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 "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 "Corus"]
[Site "0:32:33-0:06:33"]
[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 "1:03:33-0:04:33"]
[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

