[Event "Croatia GCT"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "2019.07.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 Re8 8. Bd3 ({RR} 8. Nf3 c6 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rab1 a5 13. a3 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 b5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Rfc1 Bd7 20. Nb3 Qxb4 21. Nc5 Qa5 22. N3xe4 Nxe4 {Beliavsky,A (2626)-Koneru,H (2537) Wijk aan Zee 2006 ½-½ (60)}) 8... h6 9. Bxf6 ({RR} 9. Bh4 c5 10. dxc5 d4 11. O-O-O Bg4 12. f3 Rxe3 13. fxg4 g5 14. Bg3 Qa5 15. Ne4 Nbd7 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Kb1 Bxc5 18. Nf3 Nd5 19. Be1 Qb6 20. Rc1 Ba3 21. Bf5 d3 22. Qb3 d2 23. Qxb6 dxc1=Q+ {Doeserich,J (2010)-Bopp,S (1830) Bamberg GER 2024 ½-½ (42)}) 9... Qxf6 10. Qa4 $146 ({RR} 10. Nge2 c5 11. O-O c4 12. Nxd5 Qg5 13. Bxc4 Bd6 14. Bd3 Qxd5 15. Rac1 Nc6 16. e4 Qg5 17. e5 Bb8 18. f4 Qd8 19. Rfd1 Nb4 20. Qc3 Nxa2 21. Qd2 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 a6 23. f5 Ba7 24. f6 Bxd4+ {Adury,A (1862)-Roque Sola,G (2057) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 10. Nge2 c5 11. O-O c4 12. Nxd5 Qg5 13. Bxc4 Bd6 14. Bd3 Qxd5 15. Rac1 Nc6 16. e4 Qg5 17. e5 Bb8 18. f4 Qd8 19. Rfd1 Nb4 20. Qc3 Nxa2 21. Qd2 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 a6 23. f5 Ba7 24. f6 Bxd4+ {Adury,A (1862)-Roque Sola,G (2057) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (32)}) 10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 c6 12. Ne2 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. c4 Nd7 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. O-O c5 17. Rfd1 Red8 18. Rac1 b6 19. Qa3 Qb7 20. h3 cxd4 21. Rxd4 Nc5 22. Rg4 Ne6 23. Ng3 Rd5 24. e4 Rg5 25. Rd1 Rxg4 26. hxg4 Qc7 27. Nf5 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qxa7 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Qxg4 31. Qxb6 Qxe4 32. Ne3 Qe5+ 33. g3 h5 34. Qc6 h4 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qxf7 hxg3+ 37. Kg2 gxf2 38. Qf5+ Qxf5 39. Nxf5 Nc5 40. a4 Nxa4 41. Nxg7 f1=Q+ 42. Kxf1 Kxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Marin,Mihail} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 ({RR} 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 Bb7 ({RR} 10... Qd7) 11. f3 Nbd7) ({RR} 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6) 7... b6 8. cxd5 ({RR} 8. Nf3 Ba6 ({RR} 8... Bb7) 9. b4) 8... exd5 ({RR} 8... Qxd5 9. f3 ({RR} 9. Be2 c5 10. Bf3 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Ne2 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. Be3 Ba6) 9... Ba6 ({RR} 9... Rd8) 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. e4 Qb7 12. Bg5 Nd7 13. Ne2) ({RR} 8... Nxd5 9. Qc2 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. e4 Ne7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qc6 e5 15. Qb5 exd4 16. Qxa6 Qxe4+ 17. Kf1 Rfe8) 9. Bd3 ({RR} 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Bf5) 9... Ba6 ({RR} 9... Ne4 10. Qc2 Bf5 11. Ne2) 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qd3 ({RR} 11. Nf3 c5) 11... Qc8 12. Ne2 ({RR} 12. b4 c5) 12... c5 13. b3 cxd4 ({RR} 13... Qb7 14. O-O Rac8 15. Bb2) 14. exd4 ({RR} 14. Qxd4 Nc5 15. Qd1 ({RR} 15. Rb1 Qf5) 15... Qa6 16. Nf4 ({RR} 16. O-O Nxb3) 16... d4 ({RR} 16... g5 17. Bb2) ({RR} 16... Rad8 17. b4 ({RR} 17. Bb2 d4 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Qxd4 Nxb3 20. Qb2 Nxa1 21. Qxa1 Qa5+ 22. Ke2 Qb5+) 17... g5 18. bxc5 ({RR} 18. Bb2 d4) 18... gxf4) 17. b4 ({RR} 17. exd4 Rfe8+ 18. Be3 g5 19. Ne2 Nd3+ 20. Kf1 Nd5) 17... dxe3 ({RR} 17... Nd5 18. Nxd5 ({RR} 18. bxc5 Nxf4 19. exf4 Rfe8+ 20. Kd2 bxc5) 18... Nd3+ 19. Kd2 Nxf2 20. Qf1 Ne4+ 21. Ke1 d3) 18. bxc5 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Rad8 20. Qc2 Qb5+ 21. Ke1 ({RR} 21. Kg1 Qxc5) 21... Qa5+ 22. Kf1 Qb5+ 23. Ke1 Qa5+ {½-½ (23) Carlsen,M (2835)-Kramnik,V (2801) Moscow 2012 CBM 149 [Marin,Mihail]}) ({RR} 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Qb5 ({RR} 15. Qe2 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 Qc3+) ({RR} 15. Qb1 Qa6) ({RR} 15. Qc2 Qa6) 15... a6 16. Qxb6 Rb8 17. Qc6 Nxb3 18. Qxc8 Rfxc8) 14... Nc7 15. O-O Ne6 $146 ({RR} 15... Re8 16. f3 Ne6 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. a4 g6 20. Nc3 h5 21. Re5 Kg7 22. Rae1 Qd6 23. Nb5 Qd7 24. h4 a6 25. Nc3 Qd6 26. Bg5 Nd7 27. R5e2 Nxg5 28. Rxe8 Nh3+ 29. Kf1 Qh2 30. gxh3 {Nakamura,H (2736)-Van Foreest,J (2688) chess24.com INT 2021 ½-½ (34)}) ({RR} 15... Re8 16. f3 Ne6 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. a4 g6 20. Nc3 h5 21. Re5 Kg7 22. Rae1 Qd6 23. Nb5 Qd7 24. h4 a6 25. Nc3 Qd6 26. Bg5 Nd7 27. R5e2 Nxg5 28. Rxe8 Nh3+ 29. Kf1 Qh2 30. gxh3 {Nakamura,H (2736)-Van Foreest,J (2688) chess24.com INT 2021 ½-½ (34)}) 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. f3 Rac8 18. a4 Rc6 19. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Ra1 Ne8 22. Nc3 Rc6 23. a5 N8c7 24. f4 g6 25. axb6 axb6 26. Ra7 Ng7 27. Na2 Nge8 28. f5 Qxf5 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. Nb4 Re6 31. Bf4 Nb5 32. Ra8 Nxd4 33. Nxd5 Kg7 34. Bd2 Rd6 35. Rxe8 Rxd5 36. Bc3 f6 37. Kf1 Nxb3 38. Re7+ Kg6 39. Re6 Nd2+ 40. Bxd2 Rxd2 41. Rxb6 Ra2 42. Rb4 Rd2 43. Ra4 Rb2 44. Rc4 Rd2 45. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis m"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,Milos"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.11.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 $5 {A rare idea. White wants to transpose to the Nimzo-Indian which he does, but the d2 line itself is not considered dangerous for Black. But we have a game, which sometimes is for some players more important.} O-O {An attempt to get a pawn which seems to be highly risky for Black:} (5... dxc4 6. e3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 b5 (7... Qd5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O b5 10. b3 cxb3 11. Qxb3 $5 a6 12. Qb2 O-O 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Bf3 Ne4 15. Nd3 f5 16. Rfd1 Rab8 17. Nf4 Qd7 18. d5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Nd6 20. Rc5 Nd8 21. Bd1 $36) 8. a4 c6 9. axb5 cxb5 10. b3 O-O 11. bxc4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Qc7 13. Qb3 Bb7 14. Ba5 Qc8 15. O-O Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nc6 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Qa4 Rb2 19. Rfd1 Nd5 20. Bf1 Qb7 21. e4 Nb6 22. Qa3 Nd7 23. Be3 $14 {1-0 (46) Reis,C (2366)-Pizzo,R corr. 2006}) 6. e3 {I have extracted some new games played in this line; obviously clear pathways have not yet been established.} Re8 (6... c5 7. a3 (7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 (8. Rc1 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 d4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. O-O Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 Re8 14. Qc4 b6 15. Bg5 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Qc8 $1 $132) 8... exd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O d4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bf3 Be6 14. Qc2 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 {½-½ (16) Ophoff,R (2062)-Abolina,A (1870) Hockenheim 2007}) 7... Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. Bd3 b6 14. Ke2 Bb7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Nd4 a6 17. f3 Rfd8 18. g3 h6 19. Rhd1 Kf8 $11 {½-½ (58) Zvjaginsev,V (2642)-Lysyj,I (2670) Vladivostok 2014}) (6... b6 7. Rc1 dxc4 (7... Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne5 c5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Na4 c4 14. Bb1 b5 15. Nc3 b4 16. Na4 a5 17. Be1 Ne8 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh6 f5 20. g4 Ng7 21. Nf3 Be7 22. h4 fxg4 23. h5 Nxh5 24. f5 Rxf5 25. Bxf5 gxf3 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Qxg6+ Ng7 28. Rxf3 Qe8 29. Qg2 Nd8 $1 $17 (29... Nxd4 30. exd4 Qxa4 31. Bg3 $16 {1-0 (44) Sandipan,C (2597)-Agdestein,S (2637) Warsaw 2014}) 30. Bg3 (30. Rg3 $6 Nde6 $19) 30... Nf7 31. Rcf1 Ng5 32. Be5 Ra6 33. Rg3 Rg6 $17) 8. Bxc4 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Rfd1 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Qe7 15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Qc4 Rad8 19. Rcc1 Qh4 20. Qc2 Qe4 21. Qxe4 Nxe4 22. Nc6 $14 {1-0 (54) Sandipan,C (2603)-Efimenko,Z (2649) Muelheim 2014}) 7. a3 (7. Be2 c6 8. O-O Nbd7 $13) (7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O c5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 cxd4 11. exd4 b6 {with obvious similarities to regular 4.e3 lines in the Nimzo, or even some Bogo-Indian types of position.}) ({RR} 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bf8 10. g3 c5 11. Bg2 Ba6 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. O-O Qb6 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Qc2 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 d4 18. Ree1 d3 19. Qa4 Ne4 20. Red1 a6 21. Ng5 Nxg5 {Shankland,S (2720)-Aronian,L (2775) Saint Louis 2022 ½-½ (54)}) 7... Bf8 8. Rc1 Nbd7 ({RR} 8... a6 9. Qb3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Ne4 Bb7 13. Nc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Be4 15. Be2 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. O-O Bxf3 18. gxf3 c6 19. Bc3 Nd7 20. b4 g6 21. f4 Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rfd1 {Daulet,A (2013)-Barria Zuniga,D (2341) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (50)}) 9. Be2 $146 ({RR} 9. Bd3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 Bb7 12. O-O a6 13. Qb3 Bd6 14. b5 a5 15. a4 Qe7 16. Ra1 Rac8 17. Bc1 Nf8 18. Ba3 Ng6 19. Rfc1 Ne4 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Ne2 f5 22. g3 h6 23. Rc2 Kh7 {Robson,R (2699)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,E (2615) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (65)}) ({RR} 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c6 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Nh4 g6 14. g3 Ne4 15. Ng2 Ndf6 16. f3 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 c5 18. Nb5 cxd4 19. exd4 a6 20. Rfe1 Qd8 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Nf4 Ng7 {Galaviz Medina,S (2454)-Perez Leiva,J (2355) Merida MEX 2023 ½-½ (69)}) 9... a6 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. e4 $5 (11. a4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qe2 c5 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. dxc5 Bxc5 $13) 11... b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Ng5 Bd5 16. Bd3 g6 17. h4 $40) 10. c5 c6 11. Na4 Ne4 (11... e5 12. O-O e4 13. Ne1 $13) 12. O-O Nxd2 13. Nxd2 (13. Qxd2 e5 14. b4 e4 15. Ne1 Rb8 16. Nc2 Qh4 17. Nc3 Nf6 18. a4 Ng4 19. h3 Nh6 $13) 13... e5 14. e4 $5 dxe4 {Another possibility for Black gives easier play somehow:} (14... exd4 $5 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Nf3 b5 17. cxb6 Nxb6 18. Nxd4 (18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Qxd4 Rb8 $132) 18... Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Bd7 20. Qb3 Qf6 21. Rfd1 Rab8 $132) 15. Nxe4 Qh4 16. f3 exd4 17. Bc4 (17. Qxd4 {This was perhaps a more precise move order: Black can't solve his problems in the event of:} Nf6 (17... f5 18. g3 Qh6 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Nd2 Bxc5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Qxc5 Qxd2 23. Rfd1 Qg5 24. Bf7 $16) 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nxc8 Rbxc8 20. Bc4 {can transpose to the game.}) 17... Nf6 {It seems that Black has missed a better move...} (17... Ne5 $1 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nxc8 (19. Qxd4 Bf5 20. b4 Bxe4 21. Rcd1 $5 Rbd8 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. fxe4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Be7 $11) 19... Rbxc8 20. Qxd4 Rcd8 21. Qc3 Kh8 $13) 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nxc8 Rbxc8 20. Qxd4 Nxe4 (20... Rcd8 21. Bxf7+ $1 Kh8 22. Qe3 $16) 21. fxe4 {We have entered an opposite-coloured bishop type of position, and it is easy to go astray when evaluating such positions. Pressure on f7 is simply stronger then Black's ability to block the e4-pawn from advancing further.} Rc7 {The alternative was interesting:} (21... Kh8 $5 22. Bxf7 Rxe4 23. Qd7 Rb8 24. b4 $13 {[%cal Gf7a2,Gd7f7]}) 22. Rce1 Rd8 {I am not sure about this move. The alternative looks safer:} (22... g6 23. g3 Qd8 (23... Qg5 24. e5 Bg7 25. Qf4 $1 Qxf4 26. gxf4 Bf8 27. b4 Rd8 28. Re4 $14) 24. Qf2 Ree7 25. e5 Bg7 26. Rd1 Qe8 27. e6 fxe6 28. Rd6 Kh8 29. Qe2 e5 30. Rfd1 Rc8 31. Qe4 $44 {Despite beeing a pawn down White has control of the position but it's not sure if he has more than that.}) 23. Qe3 Qh6 24. b4 $1 Qxe3+ 25. Rxe3 Rd4 26. Bb3 g6 27. Ref3 Rdd7 28. e5 $1 {That's it! The e4-pawn is alive and Black is now in a very difficult position, where good advice is not easy to give.} Re7 29. e6 $16 h5 30. Rf6 Kg7 31. h4 a5 32. R1f3 axb4 33. axb4 Kh7 34. Bc2 Kg7 35. exf7 $18 Rxf7 36. Rxg6+ Kh8 37. Rfg3 Bg7 38. R3g5 Rf4 39. Rxh5+ Kg8 {Black has lost all his pawns on the kingside.} 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 "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2003.10.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 c5 11. Nc3 h6 12. Bh4 Qe7 13. Rd1 Rad8 ({RR} 13... Rfd8 14. Be2 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Rd4 Nb3 19. Rh4 Kg7 20. Kd1 d5 21. Kc2 Na5 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Rd1 Rc8+ 25. Kb1 Rcd8 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Kc2 Rc5+ 28. Kd3 {Bareev,E (2729)-Leko,P (2736) Monte Carlo 2003 ½-½ (79)}) 14. d5 Ne5 15. Qd2 $146 ({RR} 15. Qc2 Ng6 16. Bg3 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 f5 19. Be2 Qf6 20. f4 Rde8 21. Bf2 Ne7 22. Bf3 Qf7 23. Qd3 Kh8 24. O-O Ng8 25. e4 Bc8 26. e5 dxe5 27. fxe5 Rxe5 28. Bg3 f4 29. Be4 Bf5 {Jankovic,A (2446)-Cebalo,M (2512) Vukovar 2005 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 15. Qc2 Ng6 16. Bg3 exd5 17. cxd5 Nh5 18. Be2 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bc8 20. O-O Bd7 21. Rde1 Qg5 22. Kh2 Ne5 23. f4 Ng4+ 24. Bxg4 Qxg4 25. f5 Qh5+ 26. Kg1 Rfe8 27. Rf4 Re5 28. e4 Rde8 29. Qf2 f6 {Lipok,C (2193)-Schmittdiel,E (2440) Augsburg 2014 0-1 (49)}) 15... g5 16. Bg3 exd5 17. cxd5 Nh5 18. Be2 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Kg7 20. O-O f5 21. f4 Ng6 22. Bd3 Bc8 23. e4 gxf4 24. gxf4 Qh4 25. Rde1 fxe4 26. Nxe4 Rxf4 27. Qc3+ Ne5 28. Nxd6 Rxf1+ 29. Bxf1 Rxd6 30. Qxe5+ Qf6 31. Qg3+ Qg6 32. Qc3+ Qf6 33. Re7+ Kf8 34. Rxa7 Bf5 35. Qg3 Rxd5 36. Bc4 Rd7 37. Ra8+ Ke7 38. Qe3+ Kd6 39. Bb5 Re7 40. Qf4+ Qe5 41. Qxh6+ Be6 42. Rf8 Kc7 43. Qf4 Qxf4 44. Rxf4 Kd6 45. Rf2 Rg7 46. Be2 c4 47. Bf3 c3 48. bxc3 Ra7 49. Rd2+ Kc5 50. Re2 Bc4 51. Re8 b5 52. Rc8+ Kb6 53. Ra8 Rxa8 54. Bxa8 Ka5 55. Kf2 Ka4 56. Ke3 Kxa3 57. Kd4 Bf1 58. g4 Bh3 59. g5 Bf5 60. Be4 Bd7 61. g6 1-0

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

1. d4 {Gelfand,Boris} 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 ({RR} 10... h6 11. Bh4 Nc6) 11. Bd3 ({Has a better prospect for white following continuation:} 11. O-O-O $1 {Gelfand,B-Epishin,V/Belgrade,1999 (1-0)(Gelfand,B)(34)} {RR} Ne4 ({RR} 11... Rc8 12. Nh3 ({RR} 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Kb1 d5 14. cxd5 Ne7 15. e4 exd5 16. Qxf6 Rc6 17. Qg5+ Rg6 18. Qh4 Qd7 19. Ne2 Rb6 20. Qg4+ Qxg4 21. fxg4 d4) 12... d5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh4 Qe7 15. Nf2 Ne5 16. Bg3 Nfd7 17. e4 f5 18. exf5 exf5 19. Nh3 d4 20. Nf4 Qf7 21. h4 a5 22. a4 Rc6 23. b3 Rb6 24. Bd3) 12. fxe4 Qxg5 13. Rxd7 Rab8 14. Nf3 Qg4 15. Bd3 e5 16. Rd5 Qxg2 17. Rf1 Rbd8 18. Rxc5 f5 19. exf5 e4 20. Ne1 Qxh2 21. Bc2) (11. Nh3 $143 {See comments to Gulko,B-Aleksandrov,A/ Groningen,1997/CBM 63 (½-½)(Psakhis,L)(27)}) ({RR} 11. O-O-O Rb8 12. Nh3 Na5 13. Bxf6 ({RR} 13. Nf4 Nb3+ 14. Qxb3 ({RR} 14. Kb1 Ne4) ({RR} 14. Kc2 Ne4) 14... Bxf3 15. Qxb8 ({RR} 15. Qc2 Bxd1 16. Qxd1 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6) 15... Qxb8 16. gxf3 Qe5 17. Nh3 Rb8 18. Rd2 Rb3 19. Bd3 d5) ({RR} 13. Nf2 Bc6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6) 13... gxf6 14. Nf4 e5 ({RR} 14... f5 15. Rg1) ({RR} 14... Bc6 15. Nh5 e5 16. Rd6 ({RR} 16. Qe1 Kh8 17. Qh4)) ({RR} 14... d5 15. Nh5 d4 16. Qe1 Kh8 17. Qh4 Rg8 18. Nxf6 Rg7 19. Bd3) 15. Nh5 Qb6 ({RR} 15... d6 16. Qe1) 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qxa5 d6 ({RR} 17... e4 18. Qxc5 exf3 19. Qd4) ({RR} 17... Rfc8) 18. Qc3 Qh6 19. Rd2 Bc8 ({RR} 19... Bc6 20. Bd3 Ba4 21. Bc2) 20. Bd3 f5 21. Bc2 Rb6 22. b4 ({RR} 22. Rhd1 Qxh2 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Qxg2 25. Qxe5) ({RR} 22. g3 Bb7 23. Rf1) 22... cxb4 23. axb4 Be6 24. Rhd1 ({RR} 24. c5) 24... Qxh2 25. Rxd6 Qxg2 {Gelfand,B (2675)-Epishin,V (2585) Belgrade 1999 EXT 2020 [Gelfand,Boris] 1-0 (34)}) 11... h6 $5 ({White in first place had to count with:} 11... Ne4 12. Bxd8 (12. Qxg7+ $2 Kxg7 13. Bxd8 Raxd8 14. Bxe4 d5 $36 {Hass,R-Shereshevski,M/Primorsko,1989(0-1)(31)}) 12... Nxc3 13. Bc7 Rfc8 14. Bd6 Na4 15. b3 Nb6 16. Ne2 $14 {Horvath,C-Gyorkos,L/Zalakaros,1997(1-0(30)}) ({RR} 11... d6 12. Ne2 Qa5 13. Kf2 Qxc3 14. Nxc3 Nd7 15. Rhd1 Nde5 16. Be2 Na5 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Naxc4 19. f4 f6 20. Bh4 Ng6 21. Bxc4 Nxh4 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. g3 Ng6 24. Rxd6 a6 25. Na4 Rab8 26. Nc5 {Luch,M (2368)-Niedbala,B (2385) Bydgoszcz 2022 1-0 (95)}) 12. Bh4 d5 $146 ({Was checked in the previous games:} 12... Re8 {;12...a5;12...e4 and 12...c8.}) ({RR} 12... Re8 13. Ne2 Ne4 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Raxd8 16. O-O-O Ba6 17. Ne4 d6 18. Be2 d5 19. Nxc5 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rd5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Kc2 Kf8 25. Kc3 Ke7 26. b3 cxb3 27. Nxb3 {Sharma,A (2285)-Koepcke,R (2285) Chicago 1994 ½-½ (42)}) ({RR} 12... Qa5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2 Rab8 15. O-O-O Qxc3+ 16. Nxc3 Ne5 17. Be2 Rfd8 18. f4 Ng6 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Kf8 21. Rd6 Nh4 22. Ra6 Rb7 23. Nb5 Ra8 24. Rf1 Ke7 25. Kc2 d5 26. b3 dxc4 27. bxc4 {Jelen,I (2389)-Drei,A (2349) Kastav 1999 1-0 (45)}) 13. Ne2 ({It is clear,that:} 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 {it could be good only for black.}) 13... d4 ({It looks pretty well:} 13... Ne4 $5 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Bc7 Nxe2 16. Bxe2 Rac8 17. Bd6 Rfd8 18. Bxc5 dxc4 $11) 14. exd4 cxd4 {This move is much better,than:} (14... Nxd4 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 15. Nxd4 cxd4 (15... Qxd4 $143 16. Qxd4 cxd4 17. Kd2 $16 {[%cal Gh1e1]}) 16. Qd2 $14) 15. Qd2 e5 $6 ({I recommended:} 15... a5 $5 {a4}) ({Now it is not that good how it was before:} 15... Ne4 16. Bxd8 Nxd2 17. Kxd2 (17. Bc7 $6 Nb3) 17... Rfxd8 18. b4 $14) 16. Ng3 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gg3h5]} Ne4 $2 {How was figured out there was no reason to defence from threat h5:} (16... Re8 $5 17. Nh5 $140 $6 Ne4 18. Bxd8 Nxd2 $13) ({Immediately losing the game:} 16... g5 $4 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Qxg5+ Kh8 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Nh5 $18 Nxh5 $140 21. Qh7#) 17. Bxd8 Nxd2 18. Kxd2 Raxd8 ({It does not make a big changes:} 18... Rfxd8 19. b4 {with obvious advantage of white.}) 19. b4 $16 {At white,already,there is pair of  . For black it is hard to create  in center.} g6 20. Rae1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gb4b5]} ({In my opinion it looks more logically:} 20. Rhe1) 20... Rfe8 21. Ne4 Re7 ({It does not make a big changes:} 21... Kg7 22. c5 {d6}) 22. c5 Bc8 ({More stubborn resistance after:} 22... Kf8 23. Nd6 Rb8 24. b5 (24. Re2 $142 {he1 and b5.}) 24... Na5 25. c6 Bc8 $16) 23. Nd6 Be6 24. Re2 $1 {[%cal Gh1e1] White brings up their last reserves.} (24. b5 $2 Na5 25. Rxe5 $140 Nb3+ 26. Kc2 Nxc5 27. Rxc5 Rxd6 $14) 24... Kg7 25. Rhe1 $18 {Black can not protect their weak center.} f6 (25... Red7 $144 26. Bb5 Rxd6 27. cxd6 Rxd6 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Rxe5 Rc3 30. Ra5 $18) 26. Bb5 Rc7 27. f4 Bg4 28. Rf2 {[%csl Yc6,Re5][%cal Gb5c6] Further resistance is impossible.} 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2016.10.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 c5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nbd7 10. g3 ({RR} 10. g4 Qxg4 11. dxc5 Nd5 12. Qc2 Qf5 13. Qc4 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bg2 Bd7 16. Bxd5 {½-½ (17) Eljanov,P (2692)-Anand,V (2799) Wijk aan Zee 2008}) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc5 $146 ({RR} 11... Qd5 12. Nf3 b6 13. Bg2 Ba6 14. O-O Rc8 15. Qe3 Qh5 16. h3 Nd5 17. Qd4 O-O 18. Re1 Nc5 19. Qd1 Rfd8 20. Bd2 e5 21. Rc1 e4 22. b4 Ne6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. g4 Qg6 25. Ne5 Qf6 26. Qa1 {Chernin,A (2600)-Spraggett,K (2520) Bern 1995 ½-½ (38)}) ({RR} 11... Qd5 12. Nf3 O-O {½-½ (13) Mohr,S (2400)-Horvath,J (2525) Austria 1997}) 12. Qxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Na4 14. Bg2 O-O 15. Bg5 Nd5 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Nd6 f6 18. Bd2 Rab8 19. Rc1 Rfd8 20. b5 Be8 21. Nxe8 Rxe8 22. e4 Ndb6 23. Bb4 Rbc8 24. Ke2 Kf7 25. f4 Red8 26. Rhd1 Rxd1 27. Rxc8 Nxc8 28. Kxd1 Ncb6 29. Kc2 Nd7 30. e5 Nac5 31. exf6 Kxf6 32. Kc3 b6 33. Kc4 h5 34. Bc6 Kf5 35. Bf3 h4 36. Bd1 hxg3 37. hxg3 g5 38. fxg5 Kxg5 39. Kd4 Kf6 40. a4 Kf5 41. g4+ Kf6 42. Be1 Kf7 43. Bg3 Kf6 44. Bh4+ Kf7 45. Be1 Kf6 46. a5 Nb7 47. a6 Nbc5 48. Bh4+ Kf7 49. Bd8 e5+ 50. Kd5 Ne6 51. Kd6 Ke8 52. Bxb6 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2014.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2014.01.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. d5 Bc5 9. Bg5 (9. Nf3 {is more common.}) 9... O-O (9... h6 {is usually played here. An old example:} 10. Bh4 Bd4 11. Nf3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qd6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. O-O O-O 15. Kh1 Nc5 16. Qe2 Bg4 17. Qe3 Nfd7 18. Bg3 Bxf3 {1/2 (18) Moskalenko,V (2500)-Chekhov,V (2480) Leningrad 1989}) 10. Nf3 Bg4 {Black has a different concept. Anticipating White's long castling, he doesn't want to weaken his queenside by means of ...h7-h6. However, the present game shows that it is not easy to equalise in any case.} (10... h6 11. Bh4 Bg4 12. Bd3 (12. h3 $5) 12... Nbd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6 15. O-O-O Bd4 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. e5 cxd5 20. exf6 dxc4 21. fxg7 Rfc8 22. Bf5 c3 23. Qf2 cxb2+ 24. Kb1 Rc3 25. Rd3 $18 {1-0 (47) Yakimenko,A (2178)-Stojcevski,Z (2352) Sunny Beach 2011}) (10... a5 $5 11. Qd2 Qd6 12. Be3 $6 (12. O-O-O) 12... Na6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. O-O Qb6 15. Rae1 Ng4 $36 {0-1 (57) Kantorik,M (2289)-Solodovnichenko,Y (2430) Zvolen 2000}) 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nbd7 (12... Bd4 13. Ne2 $1 Bxb2 $140 $6 14. Ra2 Bd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. e5 $16) 13. O-O-O Bd4 14. Ne2 $1 {[%mdl 4]} c5 (14... Nc5 $4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. e5 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. exf6 {1-0 (18) Petrosian,K (2340)-Suess,M Budapest 1990}) ({But perhaps it was better to refrain from the text move keeping a possibility to play ...c7-c6 later on:} 14... Re8 {Black even sacrifices a pawn but obtains the e5-square if White takes on d4:} 15. Nxd4 (15. Kb1 c6 $1) 15... exd4 16. Rxd4 Qe7 17. Bd3 $140 Ne5 18. Qe3 c5 19. dxc6 bxc6) 15. g4 a5 $146 (15... a6 $1 {[%cal Yb7b5,Ya8b8] was now a must.}) ({RR} 15... a6 16. Ng3 b5 17. Nf5 Qb6 18. Rh2 h6 19. Bh4 Nh7 20. Bd3 Rab8 21. Rdd2 Rfe8 22. Ne7+ Rxe7 23. Bxe7 Ndf8 24. Rdf2 f6 25. h4 Ng6 26. d6 Nxe7 27. dxe7 Qe6 28. Rc2 b4 29. axb4 Rxb4 30. Qf5 {Piesik,P (2403)-Mikrut,D (2382) Slovakia 2020 ½-½ (43)}) ({RR} 15... a6 16. Ng3 b5 17. Nf5 Qb6 18. Rh2 h6 19. Bh4 Nh7 20. Bd3 Rab8 21. Rdd2 Rfe8 22. Ne7+ Rxe7 23. Bxe7 Ndf8 24. Rdf2 f6 25. h4 Ng6 26. d6 Nxe7 27. dxe7 Qe6 28. Rc2 b4 29. axb4 Rxb4 30. Qf5 {Piesik,P (2403)-Mikrut,D (2382) Slovakia 2020 ½-½ (43)}) 16. Kb1 Ra6 17. Ng3 {[%mdl 128] Suddenly it turns out that Black can hardly develop his attack since he can't push ...b7-b5. Meanwhile, White's assault goes slowly but smoothly.} g6 $6 {This weakening move makes White's attack unstoppable. It was better to refrain from it, even allowing White's knight will a powerful position on f5:} (17... Rb6 {is useless, e.g.} 18. Rh2 a4 19. h4 Rb3 20. Rd3) (17... a4 $142 18. Nf5 Qa5 19. Rh2 Rb6 {[%cal Rb6b3]} 20. Bc1 $140 Ne8 $1 {[%cal Ye8d6]}) 18. h4 a4 19. Rh2 (19. Bh6 Ne8 (19... Re8 $2 20. g5 Nh5 21. Nxh5 gxh5 22. Bh3) 20. Bxf8 Rf6 21. Qd3 Kxf8 {wins an exchange but White wants more.}) 19... Qa5 20. Bd2 Qc7 21. g5 Ne8 22. h5 Rb6 23. Bc1 Rb3 24. Qg4 Nb6 25. Be2 Nd6 26. Rdh1 Bxb2 {Desperation.} (26... Nbxc4 27. Bxc4 Nxc4 28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Qe6+ Qf7 30. Rxh7 $1 Qxe6 31. dxe6 $18) 27. Bxb2 Nbxc4 28. Bxc4 Nxc4 29. hxg6 Qb6 $1 {[%mdl 256] Magnus Carlsen finds the most stubborn defence. It is not easy for White to find the decisive blow over the board.} 30. g7 (30. gxf7+ $142 $1 Rxf7 31. Nh5 $1 Rxb2+ 32. Ka1 Rxh2 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. Rxh2 $18 {(K.Landa)}) 30... Rd8 31. Qh4 Rxb2+ 32. Ka1 Rxh2 33. Rxh2 Qg6 34. Nf5 Re8 35. Qg4 {[%mdl 64] White fails to find the winning idea:} (35. Qf2 b6 (35... Nd6 36. Rh6) 36. Rxh7 $1 Qxh7 37. Nh6+ $18) 35... Qb6 36. Qh3 (36. g6 $1 Qxg6 (36... fxg6 37. Nh6+ Kxg7 38. Qd7+) 37. Qh3 $18 {[%cal Rh2g2]}) 36... Qg6 37. d6 $2 {Wrong!} (37. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Rh2h7] was still good enough.}) 37... Nxd6 $8 38. Nxd6 Rd8 $1 39. Nc4 $2 (39. Nc8 $3 Kxg7 40. Ne7 Rd1+ 41. Ka2 Qe6+ (41... Qb6 42. Qxh7+ Kf8 43. Qh6+) (41... Qxg5 42. Nf5+ Kf8 43. Ne3) 42. Qxe6 fxe6 43. Rh6 {still gave White some winning chances but Hikaru Nakamura had no chances to find such niceties that day.}) 39... Qxe4 40. Qh5 $4 (40. Ne3 $13) 40... Rd3 $1 {Black starts a decisive counter-attack.} 41. Rh4 Qf5 42. Qe2 b5 43. Nd2 Qxg5 (43... Rxa3+ 44. Kb2 Rg3 {was even stronger but the World Champion correctly judges that his pawn avalanche will be much stronger than White's knight anyway.}) 44. Qxd3 Qxh4 45. Ne4 Kxg7 46. Qf3 (46. Qd5 Qf4 47. Nxc5 Qd4+ $19 {}) 46... Qf4 47. Qg2+ Kf8 48. Kb2 h5 49. Nd2 h4 50. Kc2 b4 51. axb4 cxb4 52. Qa8+ Kg7 53. Qxa4 h3 54. Qb3 h2 55. Qd5 e4 56. Qh5 e3 57. Nf3 e2 58. Kb3 f6 59. Ne1 Qg3+ 60. Ka4 Qg1 61. Qxe2 Qa7+ 0-1

[Event "12th Norway Chess 2024"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2024.06.03"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2024.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 ({RR} 10. Qb3 O-O 11. a4 Nec6 12. Bb5 e5 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Nd7 16. Be3 Rac8 17. O-O Qc7 18. Rfd1 Na5 19. Qb5 Nxc5 20. Rd5 b6 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rad1 g6 23. h4 h5 24. Rd7 Qb6 {Erigaisi,A (2727)-Aronian,L (2723) Samarkand UZB 2023 0-1 (51)}) 10... O-O 11. Qd2 ({RR} 11. h4 Rd8 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. h5 h6 14. Bb5 Nd7 15. Bxd7 Bxd7 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. Nf4 Na5 18. Qb4 Nc6 19. Qb3 Na5 20. Qb4 Nc6 21. Qb3 {½-½ (21) Keymer,V (2721)-Martirosyan,H (2661) Biel SUI 2024}) 11... Rd8 12. Qb2 Na6 $146 ({RR} 12... e5 13. Bc4 Na6 14. Ne2 Nxc5 15. Qb4 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 Qxb4 17. axb4 Rxd3 18. Rxa7 Rxa7 19. Bxa7 Be6 20. Kf2 Bc4 21. Be3 f5 22. Bg5 Kf7 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. exf5 Rd2 25. Re1 Kf6 26. g4 Rc2 27. h4 {Grover,S (2485)-Prince,B (2227) Al Ain 2013 ½-½ (40)}) 13. Nh3 e5 14. Nf2 Be6 15. Nd3 Qc7 16. Qb5 Bd7 17. Qb2 Be6 18. Qb5 Bd7 19. Qb2 Be6 20. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Norway Chess 2024"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2024.06.03"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2024.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 ({RR} 10. Qb3 O-O 11. a4 Nec6 12. Bb5 e5 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Nd7 16. Be3 Rac8 17. O-O Qc7 18. Rfd1 Na5 19. Qb5 Nxc5 20. Rd5 b6 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rad1 g6 23. h4 h5 24. Rd7 Qb6 {Erigaisi,A (2727)-Aronian,L (2723) Samarkand UZB 2023 0-1 (51)}) 10... O-O 11. Qd2 ({RR} 11. h4 Rd8 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. h5 h6 14. Bb5 Nd7 15. Bxd7 Bxd7 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. Nf4 Na5 18. Qb4 Nc6 19. Qb3 Na5 20. Qb4 Nc6 21. Qb3 {½-½ (21) Keymer,V (2721)-Martirosyan,H (2661) Biel SUI 2024}) 11... Rd8 12. Qb2 Na6 $146 ({RR} 12... e5 13. Bc4 Na6 14. Ne2 Nxc5 15. Qb4 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 Qxb4 17. axb4 Rxd3 18. Rxa7 Rxa7 19. Bxa7 Be6 20. Kf2 Bc4 21. Be3 f5 22. Bg5 Kf7 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. exf5 Rd2 25. Re1 Kf6 26. g4 Rc2 27. h4 {Grover,S (2485)-Prince,B (2227) Al Ain 2013 ½-½ (40)}) 13. Nh3 e5 14. Nf2 Be6 15. Nd3 Qc7 16. Qb5 Bd7 17. Qb2 Be6 18. Qb5 Bd7 19. Qb2 Be6 20. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Norway Chess 2024"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2024.06.03"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2024.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 10. Be3 ({RR} 10. Qb3 O-O 11. a4 Nec6 12. Bb5 e5 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Nd7 16. Be3 Rac8 17. O-O Qc7 18. Rfd1 Na5 19. Qb5 Nxc5 20. Rd5 b6 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rad1 g6 23. h4 h5 24. Rd7 Qb6 {Erigaisi,A (2727)-Aronian,L (2723) Samarkand UZB 2023 0-1 (51)}) 10... O-O 11. Qd2 ({RR} 11. h4 Rd8 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. h5 h6 14. Bb5 Nd7 15. Bxd7 Bxd7 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. Nf4 Na5 18. Qb4 Nc6 19. Qb3 Na5 20. Qb4 Nc6 21. Qb3 {½-½ (21) Keymer,V (2721)-Martirosyan,H (2661) Biel SUI 2024}) 11... Rd8 12. Qb2 Na6 $146 ({RR} 12... e5 13. Bc4 Na6 14. Ne2 Nxc5 15. Qb4 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 Qxb4 17. axb4 Rxd3 18. Rxa7 Rxa7 19. Bxa7 Be6 20. Kf2 Bc4 21. Be3 f5 22. Bg5 Kf7 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. exf5 Rd2 25. Re1 Kf6 26. g4 Rc2 27. h4 {Grover,S (2485)-Prince,B (2227) Al Ain 2013 ½-½ (40)}) 13. Nh3 e5 14. Nf2 Be6 15. Nd3 Qc7 16. Qb5 Bd7 17. Qb2 Be6 18. Qb5 Bd7 19. Qb2 Be6 20. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2024"]
[Site "Stavanger, Norway"]
[Date "2024.06.03"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 16.1 - Chessbase"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. d4 {[%eval 17,0]} Nf6 {[%eval 17,0]} 2. c4 {[%eval 21,0]} e6 {[%eval 21,0]} 3. Nc3 {[%eval 18,0]} Bb4 {[%eval 17,0]} 4. f3 {[%eval 6,0]} d5 {[%eval 1,0]} 5. a3 {[%eval 8,0]} Bxc3+ {[%eval 12,0]} 6. bxc3 {[%eval 1,0]} c5 {[%eval 8,0]} 7. cxd5 {[%eval 1,0]} Nxd5 {[%eval 19,0]} 8. dxc5 {[%eval 21,0]} Qa5 {[%eval 12,0]} 9. e4 {[%eval 18,0]} Ne7 {[%eval 15,0]} 10. Be3 {[%eval 15,0]} ({RR} 10. Qb3 O-O 11. a4 Nec6 12. Bb5 e5 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Nd7 16. Be3 Rac8 17. O-O Qc7 18. Rfd1 Na5 19. Qb5 Nxc5 20. Rd5 b6 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rad1 g6 23. h4 h5 24. Rd7 Qb6 {0-1 Erigaisi,A (2727)-Aronian,L (2723) World Blitz 2023 Samarkand UZB (20.5)}) ({RR} 10. Qb3 O-O 11. a4 Nec6 12. Bb5 e5 13. Ne2 Be6 14. Bc4 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Nd7 16. Be3 Rac8 17. O-O Qc7 18. Rfd1 Na5 19. Qb5 Nxc5 20. Rd5 b6 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rad1 g6 23. h4 h5 24. Rd7 Qb6 {Erigaisi,A (2727)-Aronian,L (2723) Samarkand UZB 2023 0-1 (51)}) 10... O-O $146 {[%eval 14,0]} ({RR} 10... Nd7 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Bb5 Nc6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qb4 Qc7 15. Ne2 Ba6 16. c4 Ne5 17. Qc3 Nxc4 18. Bf4 e5 19. Bg3 Qe7 20. Kf2 Qxc5+ 21. Ke1 Rfd8 22. Rc1 Rab8 23. Bf2 Qe7 24. Ng3 Nb2 25. Nf5 {0-1 Parra Gomez,A (2208)-Masruri,R (2281) Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early chess.com INT 2024 (2)}) 11. Qd2 {[%eval 13,0]} ({RR} 11. h4 Rd8 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. h5 h6 14. Bb5 Nd7 15. Bxd7 Bxd7 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. Nf4 Na5 18. Qb4 Nc6 19. Qb3 Na5 20. Qb4 Nc6 21. Qb3 {½-½ (21) Keymer,V (2721)-Martirosyan,H (2661) Biel SUI 2024}) 11... Rd8 {[%eval 26,0]} 12. Qb2 {[%eval 26,0]} Na6 $146 {[%eval 19,0]} ({RR} 12... e5 13. Bc4 Na6 14. Ne2 Nxc5 15. Qb4 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 Qxb4 17. axb4 Rxd3 18. Rxa7 Rxa7 19. Bxa7 Be6 20. Kf2 Bc4 21. Be3 f5 22. Bg5 Kf7 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 24. exf5 Rd2 25. Re1 Kf6 26. g4 Rc2 27. h4 {Grover,S (2485)-Prince,B (2227) Al Ain 2013 ½-½ (40)}) 13. Nh3 {[%eval 0,0]} e5 {[%eval 0,0]} 14. Nf2 {[%eval 3,0]} Be6 {[%eval 1,0]} 15. Nd3 {[%eval 0,0]} Qc7 {[%eval 0,0]} 16. Qb5 {[%eval 0,0]} Bd7 {[%eval 0,0]} 17. Qb2 {[%eval 0,0]} Be6 {[%eval 0,0]} 18. Qb5 {[%eval 0,0]} Bd7 {[%eval 0,0]} 19. Qb2 {[%eval 0,0]} Be6 {[%eval 2,0]} 20. Qb5 {[%eval 0,0]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial-A 1st"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2014.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "Stohl,Igor"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2014.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 {This time Carlsen leaves the main lines even earlier than in his previous games.} (4... d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ (5... Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. d5 Bc5 9. Bg5 (9. Nf3 {is the more usual move order:} Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 12. Bg5 h6 (12... Bd4 13. Ne2 $1 Bxb2 14. Ra2 Bd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. e5 $1 O-O $2 17. exf6 Re8+ 18. Kf2 Ne5 19. Qf5 h6 20. Bc1 $18 {Ganguly,S (2654)-Filippov,A (2607)/Khanty-Mansiysk WCup/2009/ For more details see the notes to this game by Krasenkow in CBM 134.}) (12... O-O 13. O-O-O Bd4 14. Ne2 {transposes back to Nakamura-Carlsen}) 13. Bh4 Bd4 14. Ne2 O-O 15. Nxd4 (15. O-O-O $142 $1 $14) 15... exd4 16. O-O-O Re8 17. Rxd4 Qe7 18. Kc2 a5 19. Bd3 Ne5 20. Qf5 Qc5 21. Rd1 Qxd4 22. Bf2 Qxd3+ 23. Rxd3 Nxd3 24. Kxd3 Nxe4 $11 {Almarza Mato,C (1995)-Belanoff,S (2066)/email/2011/}) 9... O-O (9... Bd4 $5 {was suggested by PH Nielsen. White's best reaction is probably} 10. Qd2 (10. Nf3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qd6 12. Bd3 Na6 13. O-O Nc5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Kh1 Qe7 17. Nd2 Bd7 18. Qb1 b6 19. Nb3 Nb7 20. Bc2 O-O $15 {Formanek,E (2330)-McCambridge,V (2465)/Chicago/1985/}) 10... O-O (10... Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qe7 {[%cal Rf6e4,Rf6d5]} 12. Qf3 $14 (12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nf3 $32)) (10... Bg4 $5 11. Be2 (11. Nb5 Nxe4 12. Bxd8 Nxd2 13. Bxc7 Nb3 $5 (13... Nxf1 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Kxf1 $14) 14. Rb1 Bxg1 15. Rxg1 Kd7 16. Kf2 a6 17. Bxb8 Raxb8 18. Nc3 Bf5 19. Re1 Kd6 $13) 11... h6 12. Bxf6 (12. Bxg4 $2 hxg5 13. Qxg5 Nxg4 14. Qxg4 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qh4+ 16. Qxh4 Rxh4 $15) 12... Qxf6 13. Bxg4 Qh4+ 14. g3 Qxg4 15. Nge2 c5 $14 {/}) 11. Nf3 c5 12. Nb5 Nbd7 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. a4 a5 15. O-O-O h6 16. Bh4 Re8 17. Rhf1 Nh5 18. Kb1 Nf4 19. Rc1 f6 20. h3 Ra6 21. Bc2 Ng6 22. Be1 Qd8 23. g4 Nh8 24. Bg3 Nf7 25. Bd3 Nf8 26. Nfxd4 exd4 27. Nc7 $16 {Dolya,A-Orekhov,V/email/2010/}) 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nbd7 13. O-O-O Bd4 14. Ne2 c5 15. g4 a5 16. Kb1 Ra6 17. Ng3 g6 18. h4 a4 19. Rh2 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qc7 21. g5 Ne8 22. h5 Rb6 23. Bc1 $40 {Nakamura,H (2789)-Carlsen,M (2872)/Zuerich/2014/ In the end in a heavy tactical struggle Black turned the tables - for more details about this game see the notes by Krasenkow in CBM 159.}) 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 ({The double-edged} 7... exd5 8. e3 c4 $5 {was played in the 9th game of the World Championship match Anand-Carlsen in 2013. Lev Gutman annotated the game in detail and devoted a whole article to this line in CBM 158.}) 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 {is the standard continuation, even more recently Black seems to be doing OK after} Nf6 {This was the topic of another theoretical article by Gutman in CBM 159. After} 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Nfd7 12. a4 (12. Bb5 Qc7 13. Ne2 (13. Qb4 Nc6 14. Bxc6 (14. Qa4 Nce5 $11 (14... Na5 15. Rd1 $1 Nxc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxa5 a6 18. c4 Rb8 19. Ne2 axb5 20. cxb5 e5 21. Rd5 Qe7 22. Qb4 $14 {Ulibin,M (2506)-Nyback,T (2575)/Stockholm/2007/})) 14... bxc6 15. Nh3 Ba6 16. Qa4 Bb5 17. Qc2 Qa5 18. Kf2 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Ba4 20. Qd2 Qxc5+ 21. Qd4 Qa5 22. Rhb1 {Pacher,M (2446)-Haba,P (2503)/CZE-chT2/2014/} Bc2 23. Rb7 Rad8 $36) 13... Nxc5 14. Qc4 b6 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. O-O a6 17. Ba4 Nd7 18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. a4 e5 20. Ng3 Be6 21. Qe2 g6 22. a5 Rfd8 $15 {Richter,M (2473)-Michalik,P (2584)/Bundesliga/2014/}) (12. Qb4 Qc7 13. Rd1 Nc6 14. Qa4 Nce5 15. Qd4 Nc6 16. Qa4 (16. Qd2 Nce5 17. Qd6 Qa5 $132) 16... Nce5 17. Qd4 Nc6 {½, Timman,J (2630)-Karpov,A (2730)/Tilburg/1991/}) 12... Qc7 13. Qa3 b6 14. a5 bxc5 15. a6 c4 16. Qa5 Qxa5 17. Rxa5 Nc6 18. Ra2 Nde5 19. f4 Ng4 20. Bc1 Rb8 21. Nh3 Rb1 22. Kd2 Rb6 23. Bxc4 Nb8 24. Be2 Nf6 25. Nf2 Bxa6 $11 {Wang,H (2743)-Radjabov,T (2745)/Stavanger/2013/}) ({Another new direction in which the 4.f3 system is developing is} 4... O-O $5 5. e4 (5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nh5 $5 7. Nh3 f5 8. e3 d6 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. g4 fxg4 12. fxg4 Nf6 13. Nf2 h6 14. e4 e5 15. d5 Ne7 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Qe8 18. Qd3 Qg6 19. Qg3 Bd7 20. Kh1 Rf7 21. Qh4 Raf8 $15 {Karjakin,S (2772)-Carlsen,M (2881)/Shamkir/2014/}) 5... d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 f6 10. exf6 Qe8+ (10... Qxf6 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. Ra2 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. Nh3 N8d7 15. O-O Rae8 16. Nf4 c6 17. Re1 Nf6 18. g4 Qd7 19. Nd3 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Nc4 21. Re2 Re8 $11 {Millstone,M (2473)-Hertel,P (2641)/email/2009/}) 11. Qe2 Qf7 $5 $146 (11... Nxf6 12. Qxe8 Nxe8 13. Ne2 Nd6 14. Bf4 Rd8 15. Ng3 Nc6 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Kf2 Bf7 18. Nf5 Bg6 {½, Shmeliov,D (2270)-Kraai,J (2505)/Las Vegas/2007/} 19. Nxd6 $14) 12. fxg7 Re8 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Qd2 Na5 15. Rb1 $1 Nb6 16. Rb4 Nac4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 $6 (17... Nxc4 $142 18. Rxc4 dxc4 19. Ne2 Bf5 20. Kf2 $44) 18. Rb5 Bf5 19. Kf2 (19. Re5 $5) 19... Nd5 20. Rxd5 Qxd5 21. Ne2 a5 22. h4 b5 23. h5 b4 24. cxb4 axb4 25. axb4 {Mamedyarov,S (2757)-Aronian,L (2830)/Khanty-Mansiysk Candidates/2014/ Now Giri's suggestion} Bd3 $1 {would have still given Black chances to save the game.}) 5. d5 O-O {[%mdl 32] A restrained approach, this Nakamura-Carlsen encounter will be more strategic than their tussle in Zuerich.} (5... b5 6. e4 O-O 7. e5 Ne8 8. f4 exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Nf3 c4 11. a4 Nd7 ({Black started to avoid the rather unpleasant} 11... Bg4 12. axb5 Nd7 13. e6 $14 {Shirov,A (2749)-Kramnik,V (2780)/Shanghai/2010/ See the notes to this game in CBM 138.}) 12. Be2 Qb6 13. axb5 (13. Bd2 Nc7 14. Nxb5 Bxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Nxd5 16. Nxc4 Qc5 17. Qd2 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 {½, Nenciulescu,S (2179)-Antonov,V (2283)/email/2011/} Ne3 20. Nd3 Nc2+ 21. Kd1 Ne3+ $11) 13... Nc7 $5 $146 (13... dxe5 14. fxe5 Bb7 15. Qd4 Nc7 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. d6 Nxb5 18. Bd2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rae8 20. Nxb5 Rxe5+ 21. Kd1 Bxd2 22. Nxa7 Bf4 23. Ra6 {Ding,L (2714)-Bacrot,E (2714)/Biel/2013/} Nd7 $132) 14. Qd4 (14. Ra4 $5 Qc5 $132) 14... Bb7 15. Bd2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 dxe5 17. fxe5 Bxd5 18. Be3 Qxb5 19. O-O Ne6 20. Qh4 Ndc5 (20... a5 $5 $15) 21. Rab1 Nb3 22. Bd1 Qa5 23. Bc2 g6 24. Ng5 Nxg5 25. Bxg5 Qxc3 26. Rf2 (26. Rbd1 $1 $44) 26... Nd4 27. Bh6 (27. Bf6 Qe3 28. Bg5 $11) 27... Nc6 $1 28. Rd1 Qxe5 $15 {Mamedyarov,S (2757)-Karjakin,S (2766)/Khanty-Mansiysk Candidates/2014/}) 6. e4 d6 7. Bd2 (7. Nge2 {gives Black's counterplay a faster start with} b5 8. Nf4 (8. Ng3 bxc4 (8... exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O c4 12. Be3 Re8 13. Kh1 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. b4 cxb3 16. axb3 b4 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Qd2 a5 20. Bc4 h6 21. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Nf5 $16 {Milov,V (2570)-De Firmian,N (2605)/Biel/1995/}) 9. Bxc4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 $132 {[%cal Yc8a6]}) 8... a6 $5 (8... e5 9. Nfe2 Nh5 $5 (9... bxc4 10. Ng3 Ba6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Bc8 13. Bxc4 Nbd7 14. O-O Nb6 15. Be2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bd7 17. a4 Rb8 18. a5 Na8 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. f4 $36 {Shirov,A (2610)-Savon,V (2460)/Moscow/1991/}) 10. g4 Qh4+ 11. Kd2 Nf4 12. Nxf4 exf4 13. Kc2 Bxc3 (13... bxc4 14. Bxc4 (14. Bxf4 $142 Qf6 15. Qd2) 14... Ba6 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Bxf4 c4 17. Qd4 Rfc8 18. a3 Bc5 19. Qd2 Qe7 20. h4 Rab8 21. g5 Rb3 $40 {Cheng,B (2440)-Papin,V (2514)/Melbourne/2013/}) 14. bxc3 b4 15. Bxf4 Bd7 16. Qd2 $5 (16. Qd3 $6 Ba4+ 17. Kd2 Nd7 18. Be2 f5 $1 19. exf5 Rae8 20. Rae1 Ne5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. f4 Rfe8 $1 $19 {Berkes,F (2702)-Yemelin,V (2574)/Skopje/2013/ } 23. fxe5 Qg5+ 24. Qe3 bxc3+ 25. Kd3 Bc2+) 16... Ba4+ (16... Qe7 $5) 17. Kd3 bxc3 18. Qxc3 (18. Qe3 Qe7 19. Ke2 c2 20. Kf2 Nd7 $13 {Miton,K (2638)-Charbonneau,P (2501)/Montreal/2006/}) 18... f5 19. exf5 Qf2 (19... Na6 20. Bg3 $16) 20. Be3 Qxf3 21. Be2 Qh3 22. Qe1 $1 {[%cal Re1g3]} Bc2+ 23. Kd2 Be4 24. Rg1 Qxh2 25. Qg3 $16) 9. Be2 (9. Bd2 exd5 10. cxd5 Ba5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Ne5 13. Kh1 c4 $132 {is similar to our game, Black was on top after} 14. b3 $6 b4 15. Na4 c3 16. Be3 Bc7 17. a3 a5 18. Bb5 Rb8 19. Qe2 h6 20. Rfd1 Qe7 21. axb4 axb4 $15 {Timofeev,A (2631)-Topalov,V (2751)/EU Cup Eilat/2012/}) 9... exd5 (9... e5 10. Nd3 Nbd7 11. Nxb4 cxb4 12. Nb1 Qb6 13. g4 bxc4 14. Nd2 c3 15. bxc3 a5 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. cxb4 axb4 18. Be3 Ba6 19. Rc1 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Nc5 21. Qd2 Rfb8 22. O-O b3 $11 {Tritt,M (1896)-Kolanek,R (2098)/email/2008/}) 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Kh1 Bd7 13. Nd3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 h6 15. g4 Nh7 16. Nd1 Re8 17. Ne3 c4 18. Qd1 Bc5 19. Qe1 Qb6 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. gxf5 Be3 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Bxe3 Qxe3 24. Rg1 Rg8 $13 {/, Richter,M (2470)-Babula,V (2583)/Pardubice/2013/}) 7... Nbd7 ({Nakamura himself preferred} 7... Re8 8. Nge2 a6 (8... Na6 9. Ng3 Nc7 10. Be2 a6 11. a4 Bd7 12. O-O Qe7 13. Re1 exd5 14. cxd5 b5 15. Kh1 bxa4 16. Nxa4 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Reb8 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. d6 Qe5 20. f4 Qxb2 21. Qxb2 Rxb2 22. dxc7 Rc8 $11 {Volkov,S (2620)-Cekro,E (2441)/EU Cup Rethymnon/2003/}) 9. a4 (9. Ng3 b5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. cxb5 d5 12. bxa6 c4 (12... Nxa6 $5) 13. exd5 Bh3+ $2 (13... Nxd5 14. Be2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Qb6 $44 {[%csl Re1]}) 14. Nce4 Nxd5 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16. gxh3 Qa5 17. Kf2 $18 {Steadman,M (2217)-Hansen,S (2603)/Sydney/2011/}) 9... exd5 10. cxd5 Nh5 11. g3 f5 12. Bg2 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf6 14. Bxb4 cxb4 15. Qd2 Nxe4 16. fxe4 a5 17. Nd4 Na6 18. O-O Nc5 19. Qf4 Nd3 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Qf4 Nd3 22. Qd2 Nc5 {½, Le Quang,L (2715)-Nakamura,H (2770)/Dortmund/2011/}) ({Carlsen once again simply continues his development and spurns more direct attempts, such as} 7... exd5 8. cxd5 Nh5 $5 (8... a6 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. Ng3 b5 11. Be2 (11. a4 $1 $14) 11... c4 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 cxb3 15. axb3 b4 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Nd4 a5 18. Ngf5 Re8 $15 19. g4 $2 {Khenkin,I (2600)-Dgebuadze,A (2505)/El Sauzal rpd/2007/} Nfxe4 20. fxe4 Nxe4 $40) 9. g3 ({I doubt Nakamura would have repeated Aronian's aggressive reaction} 9. g4 Qh4+ 10. Ke2 Ng3+ 11. hxg3 Qxh1 12. Kf2 Nd7 (12... c4 $5 $17) 13. Bg2 Qh2 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Qh6 16. f4 Qg6 17. Bf3 Re8 18. Kg2 f6 19. Qc2 b5 20. Nh3 Nb6 21. f5 Qf7 22. b3 Nd7 23. Nf4 Ne5 24. Rh1 h6 25. Ne6 $44 {1-0 Aronian,L (2693)-Efimenko,Z (2620)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108 (49)}) (9. Nge2 f5 10. Qc2 b5 11. O-O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 fxe4 13. fxe4 $6 (13. Ng3 $132) 13... Bg4 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Ne5 17. Bxb5 c4 $40 {0-1 Gomez Esteban,J (2425)-Supatashvili,K (2450)/Debrecen 1992/EU-chT (26)}) 9... f5 10. Bg2 $142 (10. f4 $6 Qe8 11. Be2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Qxe4 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Kf1 b6 15. Rg1 Qxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Ba6 17. Qxa6 Nxa6 18. Kf2 Nc7 $17 {Bilobrk,F (2390)-Zelcic,R (2519)/Zadar/2013/}) 10... Bxc3 (10... Nf6 $142 $1 {seems promising for Black}) 11. Bxc3 fxe4 12. fxe4 Qe8 13. Ne2 Bg4 14. Rf1 Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 Nd7 16. Qc2 Ne5 17. Kg1 Nf3+ 18. Kh1 Qg6 19. Rf1 Nxh2 20. Kxh2 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Nxg3 22. Qe3 Nxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Re8 24. Bg2 $13 {Van Osmael,A-Huybrecht,F/corr/2002/}) 8. Nge2 Ne5 $146 (8... exd5 9. Nxd5 $6 ({Nakamura would have almost certainly played} 9. cxd5 $142 a6 10. Ng3) 9... Nxd5 10. cxd5 f5 11. Bxb4 cxb4 12. Nd4 Nc5 13. Be2 fxe4 14. O-O Qg5 15. Qc1 Qe5 16. Qe3 exf3 17. Qxe5 dxe5 18. Nxf3 e4 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Bc4 $132 {Akshat,K (2354)-L'Ami,E (2640)/Dieren/2013/}) (8... Re8 9. Ng3 a6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 b5 (11... Qc7 12. O-O Ne5 13. Bg5 Nfd7 14. f4 Ng6 15. f5 $1 Nge5 16. f6 h6 17. Bxh6 Nxf6 18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. Nh5 Qd8 20. Qd2 Ng6 21. Bg7 {1-0, Bobykin,K (2000)-Pilipchuk,A (2172)/email/2008/}) 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 (13. Qxa4 $142 Rb8 14. O-O $13 {/}) 13... Rb8 14. O-O Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Rb4 16. Ra2 Ne5 17. Rfa1 h5 18. Qg5 Ng6 19. Nc3 h4 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Re5 22. Qh3 Rh5 $1 {[%cal Rg6f4]} 23. g4 hxg3 24. Qxg3 Re5 25. Kh1 Nh5 $36 {Landgren,A (2220)-Bjork,C (2473)/SWE-chT/2004/}) (8... Nh5 9. Be3 $2 (9. Nf4 $142) 9... Ne5 10. b3 Qh4+ 11. Bf2 Qf6 12. Qc2 b5 $1 $32 13. cxb5 exd5 14. O-O-O Nxf3 $5 15. Rxd5 Ne5 16. Be3 Bb7 17. Rd1 Ng4 18. Bg1 Rfe8 $17 {Skula,E-Krcmar,J/corr/1997/}) 9. Ng3 exd5 10. cxd5 {[%mdl 16] The pawn-structure originates from the Benoni, but the dark-squared bishop is on the queenside instead of the long diagonal. In the Snake Benoni Black plays d6-c7-a5; here it's similar, but he didn't allow White to get in the d5-d6 advance (the main problem of most Snake Benoni versions). All in all the position seems very unclear to me.} Bd7 {Carlsen wants to get in a quick b5, but without allowing White to reach a positon such as the one seen in Milov-De Firmian above. However, d7 is an important square also for Black's knights and a few moves later he will feel the bishop should retreat.} (10... a6 11. Be2 b5 12. a4 $5 $14) (10... c4 $5 11. Be3 (11. f4 Nd3+ (11... Ng6 12. Bxc4 Re8 13. Bb5 Bd7 $44 {[%csl Re1]}) 12. Bxd3 cxd3 13. Qf3 Re8 14. O-O (14. Qxd3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 $11) 14... Bd7 $13 15. Qxd3 $2 Ng4 $17) 11... Qc7 12. Be2 Bc5 $132) 11. a3 $146 {Nakamura first of all wants to slow down the advancing pawns.} ({Perhaps he didn't like} 11. Be2 {due to} c4 $5 (11... b5 12. Nxb5 Bxb5 13. Bxb5 Qa5 14. Be2 Rab8 15. b3 $14) 12. Be3 Qa5 13. O-O Bc5 14. Qd2 $13) ({RR} 11. Be2 c4 12. Be3 Re8 13. O-O b5 14. Kh1 Ba5 15. a4 a6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bd4 b4 18. Nb1 Qc7 19. Nd2 c3 20. Rc1 Rec8 21. f4 c2 22. Qe1 Ng6 23. b3 Bb6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Nc4 Ra2 {Gutman,G (2473)-Grigorian,S (2340) Pardubice 2016 1-0}) 11... Ba5 12. Be2 b5 13. O-O (13. Nxb5 Bxb5 14. Bxb5 c4 {[%csl Rb5]} (14... Rb8 15. b4 Rxb5 16. bxa5 Nd3+ 17. Ke2 c4 $13) 15. b4 cxb3 16. Rb1 Rb8 17. Rxb3 Qc7 $44 {[%csl Re1]}) (13. b4 cxb4 (13... Bb6 $5 14. Nxb5 Bxb5 15. Bxb5 c4 $44) 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Nxb5 Bc5 16. Ba5 Qe7 17. Nd4 Ng6 $132) 13... c4 14. Be3 Bb6 15. Qd2 Rb8 (15... a5 16. a4 $5 {and the c4-pawn will be vulnerable:} b4 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. axb5 g6 19. Rfc1 Rc8 20. Kh1 Bxe3 (20... Re8 21. Bg5 $36) 21. Qxe3 Rc5 22. f4 $14) 16. Nd1 Bc8 $6 {Preparing the knight transfer is rather slow.} (16... h5 $5) (16... Re8 $13) 17. Kh1 ({White gradually improves his position,} 17. a4 a6 $13 {achieves nothing tangible.}) 17... Nfd7 {[%cal Yd7c5,Yc5b3,Yc5d3]} 18. f4 $1 {At the right moment - now Black won't control d3 with both knights.} Ng6 19. Bxb6 (19. a4 a6 20. Nc3 {Zagrebelny} Bc5 $5 {doesn't look too impressive.}) 19... Rxb6 20. Ne3 Nc5 21. Bd1 Nd3 (21... Re8 22. f5 Nf8 23. f6 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. Bc2 $44) 22. f5 $1 ({Houdini prefers} 22. a4 a6 23. b3 $14 {, but Nakamura decides to act.}) 22... Ngf4 $8 {More or less forced.} (22... Nge5 $2 23. f6 $40 g6 $2 24. Nxc4 {[%cal Rd2h6]}) 23. a4 (23. Bc2 Qh4 24. f6 $5 g6 25. a4 $36) 23... a6 24. Ng4 {[%cal Rf1f4]} (24. Bc2 $5 {deserves attention even here.}) 24... h5 (24... Qg5 $2 25. Nh5 $1 $18) 25. Nf2 $5 ({This is at least as good as the more energetic} 25. Rxf4 Nxf4 (25... hxg4 $5 26. Rxg4 Ne5 {is a safer choice, although White is better after} 27. a5 (27. Rf4 Qg5 $14)) 26. Nh6+ gxh6 (26... Kh8 27. Qxf4 Qf6 28. Nxf7+ Rxf7 29. Bxh5 Rf8 (29... Qxb2 30. Rd1 $18) 30. Bg6 Qxg6 (30... Kg8 31. Qg4 {[%cal Rg4h5]} Rd8 32. e5 $1 dxe5 33. Qh5 $18 {[%cal Rg3e4]}) 31. Qe3 Qf6 32. Qxb6 Qxb2 33. Rf1 $16) 27. Qxf4 Qg5 28. Qf2 $16 {[%cal Rf2b6,Rg3h5] }) 25... Qf6 (25... Nxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Nd3 27. Qe3 {[%cal Rf5f6]} f6 (27... h4 28. f6 $1) 28. a5 Rb7 29. Bxh5 $18 {[%cal Rh5g6,Re3f3,Rf3h5]}) (25... bxa4 26. Nxd3 Nxd3 27. f6 $18) 26. Nxd3 $2 (26. Nxh5 $142 $1 Nxh5 (26... Nxf2+ 27. Qxf2 Nxh5 28. Qxb6 $18) 27. Nxd3 cxd3 28. a5 Rb8 29. Bxh5 $16 {[%cal Yb2b4,Ya1a3,Ya3d3]}) 26... Nxd3 27. Qe3 (27. Nxh5 Qxb2 $13) 27... Rb7 28. Nxh5 ({This looks like a good moment to flick in} 28. axb5 axb5 29. Nxh5 Qh6 30. Qd4 $5 $36) 28... Qh6 $1 (28... Qxb2 $2 29. f6 Qxa1 30. Qg5 (30. fxg7 {[%cal Re3h6]} f5 31. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 32. Be2 $18) 30... Nf2+ 31. Kg1 Nh3+ 32. gxh3 Qd4+ 33. Rf2 $1 g6 34. Ng3 $1 Qxd1+ 35. Kg2 $18) 29. Qxh6 {Nakamura simplifies the position.} ({After} 29. Qd4 {White has to reckon also with} bxa4 $5 $132) 29... gxh6 $44 {/} 30. axb5 axb5 {[%csl Gb5,Gc4] Black has survived the onslaught, without queens his dangerous pawns give him reasonable compensation. In the following phase Nakamura's time trouble plays a crucial role.} (30... Rxb5 $2 31. b3 $16 {} cxb3 32. Be2) 31. Bc2 (31. Rb1 $142 $5 Nc5 (31... Ra7 32. Bc2 Nb4 33. Rf2) 32. Re1 $14) 31... Ne5 $6 {Objectively this isn't ideal, but Carlsen is already ambitious.} (31... Nxb2 $142 $5 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Nh5+ Kh8 34. Ra6 Rd8 35. Rfa1 b4 36. Rc6 b3 37. Bxb3 cxb3 38. Ra8 Nd3 39. Rcxc8 Rxc8 40. Rxc8+ Kh7 41. Nf6+ Kg7 42. Nh5+ $11 {is an unforced, but plausible sample line.}) 32. Ra6 (32. Ra8 b4 33. Rb1 $14) (32. b4 $5 cxb3 33. Bxb3 $14 {/}) 32... Rd8 33. Ng3 $6 $138 (33. Rb1 b4 34. Ra8 $14) 33... Rb8 34. Ra7 b4 35. Ne2 (35. Rb1 $13 {was still playable, the knight transfer doesn't improve White's coordination.}) 35... Bd7 36. Rfa1 $6 (36. Nd4 Ra8 $44 37. Rfa1 (37. Rb7 $142 $5) 37... Rxa7 38. Rxa7 b3 39. Bb1 Rc8 40. Ne2 Be8 41. Nc3 (41. Ra1 Nd3 42. Bxd3 cxd3 43. Nc3 Rxc3 44. bxc3 b2 45. Rb1 d2 $19 {[%cal Re8a4]}) 41... Nd3 $15) 36... Bb5 37. h3 (37. Nd4 b3 38. Bd1 (38. Bb1 c3 39. Nxb5 c2 40. Bxc2 bxc2 $19) 38... c3 39. bxc3 (39. Nxb5 Rxb5 40. bxc3 b2 41. Rb1 Rc8 $19) 39... b2 40. Rb1 Bd3 41. Bc2 Bxc2 42. Nxc2 Rdc8 43. Ra2 Nd3 $5 $19 (43... Rxc3 44. Raxb2 Rxb2 45. Rxb2 Nd3 46. Ra2 Nb4 $17)) 37... Rdc8 $1 $36 {All is ready for the pawn break.} 38. Kh2 $2 (38. Rb1 c3 39. Nd4 b3 40. Nxb3 Bd3 41. Bxd3 Nxd3 42. bxc3 Rxc3 $17) 38... c3 $19 39. Nd4 cxb2 40. Rb1 Rc4 $1 41. Nxb5 Rxc2 42. Nd4 (42. Nxd6 Rd8 43. Re7 (43. Nxf7 Nxf7 44. Rb7 Kh8 $1 {[%cal Rd8g8]} (44... Nd6 45. Rxb4 Nc4 46. Kg3 $17) 45. Kg3 (45. Rxf7 Rg8 $19) 45... Ne5 46. Rxb4 Rg8+ 47. Kh4 Rgxg2 $19) 43... Rxd6 44. Rxe5 Ra6 45. d6 Rxd6 46. Rd5 Rxd5 47. exd5 Kf8 48. f6 Ke8 $19) 42... Rd2 $6 (42... b3 $1 {[%cal Re5c4]} 43. Ra3 (43. Nc6 Nf3+ 44. Kg3 Nd2 45. Rxb2 Rxb2 46. Nxb8 Ra2 $19) 43... Nc4 44. Rxb3 Rxb3 45. Nxb3 Na3 46. Nd4 Rd2 $19) 43. Nc6 Re8 44. Ra4 (44. Rb7 Nd3 45. e5 Nxe5 46. Nxe5 Rxe5 47. Rxb4 Ree2 $17 {/-+}) ({A more resilient try, but hardly sufficient, was} 44. Nxe5 Rxe5 45. Ra2 Rxe4 46. Raxb2 Rxb2 47. Rxb2 Kg7 48. g4 Kf6 $17 {/-+}) 44... Nd3 45. Nxb4 Nf2 $1 $19 {[%cal Re8e4,Rf2d1,Rd1c3]} (45... Rxe4 $2 46. Ra8+ Kg7 47. Nxd3 $11) 46. Ra2 Nd1 47. Rxd1 Rxd1 48. Rxb2 Rxe4 {The rest is a matter of technique, White's pieces are uncoordinated and his pawns are vulnerable.} 49. Nc6 (49. f6 Rf4 $19) 49... Kg7 50. f6+ Kxf6 51. Rf2+ Kg6 52. Nd8 Re8 (52... Re8 53. Nxf7 Rxd5 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Rg6g7,Re8f8] traps the knight.}) 0-1

[Event "12th Norway Armageddon"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2024.06.02"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Caruana, F.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2024.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d5 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Rxf1 Qxd5 10. f3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Na5 12. e4 Qc4 13. Qxc4 Nxc4 14. Bg5 $146 ({RR} 14. Ke2 O-O 15. a4 a6 16. Rb1 c6 17. Rd1 b5 18. Ra1 Nd7 19. a5 f5 20. h3 Rf7 21. Ra2 Nf6 22. Bg5 fxe4 23. fxe4 Raf8 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Rf1 Rxf1 26. Nxf1 Rf4 27. e5 c5 28. Nd2 cxd4 {Moksh,A (2391)-Pap,M (2401) Budapest HUN 2024 0-1 (37)}) ({RR} 14. Ke2 c5 15. Kd3 Na5 16. Rd1 O-O-O 17. Nf1 Nc6 18. Ke3 Rd7 19. Bb2 Rhd8 20. Rac1 Kb7 21. Rd2 Ne8 22. dxc5 Ne5 23. Rd4 bxc5 24. Ra4 Rd1 25. Ke2 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Nd6 27. Bf4 Ndc4 28. Bxe5 Nxe5 {Raczek,K (2449)-Vantika,A (2377) Przeworsk POL 2025 ½-½ (44)}) 14... Nd7 15. Ke2 O-O 16. Rab1 a6 17. Rfd1 b5 18. d5 Ndb6 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Ke1 h6 21. Bc1 Rad8 22. f4 Na4 23. Ne2 Nc5 24. Ng3 Na4 25. Ne2 Nc5 26. e5 Nd3+ 27. Kf1 c5 28. Kg1 Rd5 29. Rf1 Nxc1 30. Rbxc1 Rd2 31. Ng3 Rxa2 32. Ne4 Ne3 33. Rf2 Rxf2 34. Kxf2 Nc4 35. Kg3 Rc8 36. Rb1 Ne3 37. Kf3 Nd5 38. Ra1 Rc6 39. g4 c4 40. f5 b4 41. cxb4 c3 42. b5 axb5 43. Ra8+ Kh7 44. Nd6 Nb6 45. Re8 c2 46. Nf7 Rc8 0-1

[Event "12th Norway Armageddon"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2024.06.02"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Caruana, F.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2024.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d5 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Rxf1 Qxd5 10. f3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Na5 12. e4 Qc4 13. Qxc4 Nxc4 14. Bg5 $146 ({RR} 14. Ke2 O-O 15. a4 a6 16. Rb1 c6 17. Rd1 b5 18. Ra1 Nd7 19. a5 f5 20. h3 Rf7 21. Ra2 Nf6 22. Bg5 fxe4 23. fxe4 Raf8 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Rf1 Rxf1 26. Nxf1 Rf4 27. e5 c5 28. Nd2 cxd4 {Moksh,A (2391)-Pap,M (2401) Budapest HUN 2024 0-1 (37)}) ({RR} 14. Ke2 c5 15. Kd3 Na5 16. Rd1 O-O-O 17. Nf1 Nc6 18. Ke3 Rd7 19. Bb2 Rhd8 20. Rac1 Kb7 21. Rd2 Ne8 22. dxc5 Ne5 23. Rd4 bxc5 24. Ra4 Rd1 25. Ke2 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Nd6 27. Bf4 Ndc4 28. Bxe5 Nxe5 {Raczek,K (2449)-Vantika,A (2377) Przeworsk POL 2025 ½-½ (44)}) 14... Nd7 15. Ke2 O-O 16. Rab1 a6 17. Rfd1 b5 18. d5 Ndb6 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Ke1 h6 21. Bc1 Rad8 22. f4 Na4 23. Ne2 Nc5 24. Ng3 Na4 25. Ne2 Nc5 26. e5 Nd3+ 27. Kf1 c5 28. Kg1 Rd5 29. Rf1 Nxc1 30. Rbxc1 Rd2 31. Ng3 Rxa2 32. Ne4 Ne3 33. Rf2 Rxf2 34. Kxf2 Nc4 35. Kg3 Rc8 36. Rb1 Ne3 37. Kf3 Nd5 38. Ra1 Rc6 39. g4 c4 40. f5 b4 41. cxb4 c3 42. b5 axb5 43. Ra8+ Kh7 44. Nd6 Nb6 45. Re8 c2 46. Nf7 Rc8 0-1

[Event "12th Norway Chess 2024"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2024.06.02"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Caruana, F.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d5 8. Qf3 ({RR} 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Rxf1 Qxd5 10. f3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Na5 12. e4 Qc4 13. Qxc4 Nxc4 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. Ke2 O-O 16. Rab1 a6 17. Rfd1 b5 18. d5 Ndb6 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Ke1 h6 21. Bc1 Rad8 22. f4 Na4 {Nakamura,H (2794)-Caruana,F (2805) Stavanger NOR 2024 0-1 (46)}) 8... O-O ({RR} 8... c6 9. e4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. h4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nbd7 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Rh3 Re8 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. O-O-O Rad8 18. Re3 Kg7 19. a4 f5 20. Kc2 Kf6 21. a5 Rb8 22. Ra1 b5 23. c5 {Erdos,V (2545)-Dasgupta,A (2125) London ENG 2025 1-0 (81)}) 9. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. cxd5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 exd5 13. Qb5 Qc8 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Rac1 Na5 16. Qa4 Nc4 17. Rfd1 h5 18. Nf1 h4 19. h3 Re6 20. Rc2 Ne4 21. Bc1 Rg6 22. f3 Ng5 23. Kh1 Qe6 {Levitt,J (2455)-Wells,P (2400) Swansea 1987 0-1 (37)}) 9... Bxf1 10. Kxf1 exd5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nd7 14. Qf3 c5 15. Be3 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Re8 17. g3 Nf8 18. Kg2 Ne6 19. Rhe1 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qxd4 21. Re7 Qf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Rb7 Re2 24. a4 Re4 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rxa5 a6 27. f4 Kg7 28. Kf3 Ree8 29. Kg4 Reb8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2024"]
[Site "Stavanger, Norway"]
[Date "2024.06.02"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 16.1 - Chessbase"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. d4 {[%eval 14,0] Stockfish 16.1 - Chessbase https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/UOvVqc6a} Nf6 {[%eval 17,0]} 2. c4 {[%eval 21,0]} e6 {[%eval 21,0]} 3. Nc3 {[%eval 18,0]} Bb4 {[%eval 17,0]} 4. e3 {[%eval 6,0]} b6 {[%eval 37,0]} 5. Nge2 {[%eval 24,0]} Ba6 {[%eval 34,0]} 6. Ng3 {[%eval 19,0]} Bxc3+ {[%eval 28,0]} 7. bxc3 {[%eval 18,0]} d5 {[%eval 25,0]} 8. Qf3 $146 {[%eval 2,0]} ({RR} 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Nxf1 Qxd5 10. f3 Nc6 11. Qa4 b5 12. Qc2 Qc4 13. Ba3 Nd5 14. Rc1 b4 15. cxb4 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 Ncxb4 17. Rc4 a5 18. e4 Nb6 19. Rxc7 O-O 20. Ne3 Rfc8 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Kf2 Nd3+ {1-0 Gaal,Z (2356)-Sandu,M (2253) Round 7: Gaal, Zsoka - Sandu, Mihaela lichess.org 2024}) ({RR} 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Nxf1 Qxd5 10. f3 O-O 11. Qe2 c5 12. e4 Qd7 13. Bb2 Qa4 14. Ne3 Nc6 15. Qc4 Qxc4 16. Nxc4 Rfd8 17. Rd1 Rac8 18. Ne3 Rc7 19. Kf2 Rcd7 20. Nc2 Na5 21. Rd3 Nc4 22. Bc1 Ne8 {1-0 Agibileg,U (2445)-Sutormin,D (2325) GM/IM Fantastico mix 8 Senta SRB 2024 (7.4)}) ({RR} 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Rxf1 Qxd5 10. f3 Nc6 11. Qe2 O-O-O ({RR} 11... O-O-O 12. e4 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qa4 14. Kf2 h5 15. h4 Na5 16. Rfb1 Ne8 17. Rb4 Qc6 18. e5 f6 19. Rc1 fxe5 20. Qxe5 Nf6 21. c4 Nd7 22. Qe2 e5 23. c5 bxc5 24. dxc5 Nf6 25. Rcb1 Qxc5+ 26. Be3) 12. e4 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qa4 14. Kf2 h5 15. h4 Na5 16. Rfb1 Ne8 17. Rb4 Qc6 18. e5 f6 19. Rc1 fxe5 20. Qxe5 Nf6 21. c4 Nd7 22. Qe2 e5 {1-0 Caruana,F (2804)-Kazakouski,V (2608) Titled Tue 19th Mar Late chess.com INT 2024 (5)}) ({RR} 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Rxf1 Qxd5 10. f3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Na5 12. e4 Qc4 13. Qxc4 Nxc4 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. Ke2 O-O 16. Rab1 a6 17. Rfd1 b5 18. d5 Ndb6 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Ke1 ({RR} 20. Nf1 Na4 21. Rdc1 h6 22. Bh4 g5 23. Be1 c5 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. Kxe3 c4) 20... h6 21. Bc1 Rad8 22. f4 ({RR} 22. e5 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Nd5 24. Ne4 Rf5 25. Ke2 Rxe5 26. Kd3 Rh5 27. h3 c6) 22... Na4 {Nakamura,H (2794)-Caruana,F (2805) Stavanger NOR 2024 0-1 (46)}) ({RR} 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Rxf1 Qxd5 10. f3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Na5 12. e4 Qc4 13. Qxc4 Nxc4 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. Ke2 O-O 16. Rab1 a6 17. Rfd1 b5 18. d5 Ndb6 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Ke1 h6 21. Bc1 Rad8 22. f4 Na4 {Nakamura,H (2794)-Caruana,F (2805) Stavanger, Norway 2024 [Stockfish 16.1 - Chessbase] 0-1 (46)}) 8... O-O {[%eval 22,0]} ({RR} 8... c6 9. e4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. h4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nbd7 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Rh3 Re8 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. O-O-O Rad8 18. Re3 Kg7 19. a4 f5 20. Kc2 Kf6 21. a5 Rb8 22. Ra1 b5 23. c5 {Erdos,V (2545)-Dasgupta,A (2125) London ENG 2025 1-0 (81)}) 9. cxd5 $146 {[%eval 26,0]} ({RR} 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. cxd5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 exd5 13. Qb5 Qc8 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Rac1 Na5 16. Qa4 Nc4 17. Rfd1 h5 18. Nf1 h4 19. h3 Re6 20. Rc2 Ne4 21. Bc1 Rg6 22. f3 Ng5 23. Kh1 Qe6 {Levitt,J (2455)-Wells,P (2400) Swansea 1987 0-1 (37)}) 9... Bxf1 {[%eval 68,0]} 10. Kxf1 $6 {[%eval 0,0] Inaccuracy. dxe6 was best.} (10. dxe6) 10... exd5 {[%eval 0,0]} 11. e4 {[%eval 18,0]} dxe4 {[%eval 21,0]} 12. Nxe4 {[%eval 2,0]} Nxe4 {[%eval 18,0]} 13. Qxe4 {[%eval 21,0]} Nd7 {[%eval 31,0]} 14. Qf3 {[%eval 37,0]} c5 {[%eval 1,0]} 15. Be3 {[%eval 12,0]} cxd4 {[%eval 11,0]} 16. Bxd4 {[%eval 19,0]} Re8 {[%eval 19,0]} 17. g3 {[%eval 17,0]} Nf8 {[%eval 1,0]} 18. Kg2 {[%eval 0,0]} Ne6 {[%eval 8,0]} 19. Rhe1 {[%eval 15,0]} Nxd4 {[%eval 0,0]} 20. cxd4 {[%eval 0,0]} Qxd4 {[%eval 0,0]} 21. Re7 {[%eval 0,0]} Qf6 {[%eval 0,0]} 22. Qxf6 {[%eval 0,0]} gxf6 {[%eval 0,0]} 23. Rb7 {[%eval 0,0]} Re2 {[%eval 0,0]} 24. a4 {[%eval 0,0]} Re4 {[%eval 0,0]} 25. a5 {[%eval 0,0]} bxa5 {[%eval 0,0]} 26. Rxa5 {[%eval 0,0]} a6 {[%eval 0,0]} 27. f4 {[%eval 0,0]} Kg7 {[%eval 0,0]} 28. Kf3 {[%eval 0,0]} Ree8 {[%eval 0,0]} 29. Kg4 {[%eval 0,0]} Reb8 {[%eval 0,0]} 30. Rxb8 {[%eval 0,0]} Rxb8 {[%eval 0,0]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Norway Chess 2024"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2024.06.02"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Caruana, F.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d5 8. Qf3 ({RR} 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Rxf1 Qxd5 10. f3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Na5 12. e4 Qc4 13. Qxc4 Nxc4 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. Ke2 O-O 16. Rab1 a6 17. Rfd1 b5 18. d5 Ndb6 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Ke1 h6 21. Bc1 Rad8 22. f4 Na4 {Nakamura,H (2794)-Caruana,F (2805) Stavanger NOR 2024 0-1 (46)}) 8... O-O ({RR} 8... c6 9. e4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. h4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nbd7 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Rh3 Re8 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. O-O-O Rad8 18. Re3 Kg7 19. a4 f5 20. Kc2 Kf6 21. a5 Rb8 22. Ra1 b5 23. c5 {Erdos,V (2545)-Dasgupta,A (2125) London ENG 2025 1-0 (81)}) 9. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. cxd5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 exd5 13. Qb5 Qc8 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Rac1 Na5 16. Qa4 Nc4 17. Rfd1 h5 18. Nf1 h4 19. h3 Re6 20. Rc2 Ne4 21. Bc1 Rg6 22. f3 Ng5 23. Kh1 Qe6 {Levitt,J (2455)-Wells,P (2400) Swansea 1987 0-1 (37)}) 9... Bxf1 10. Kxf1 exd5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nd7 14. Qf3 c5 15. Be3 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Re8 17. g3 Nf8 18. Kg2 Ne6 19. Rhe1 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qxd4 21. Re7 Qf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Rb7 Re2 24. a4 Re4 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rxa5 a6 27. f4 Kg7 28. Kf3 Ree8 29. Kg4 Reb8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Norway Armageddon"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2024.06.02"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Caruana, F.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2024.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d5 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Rxf1 Qxd5 10. f3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Na5 12. e4 Qc4 13. Qxc4 Nxc4 14. Bg5 $146 ({RR} 14. Ke2 O-O 15. a4 a6 16. Rb1 c6 17. Rd1 b5 18. Ra1 Nd7 19. a5 f5 20. h3 Rf7 21. Ra2 Nf6 22. Bg5 fxe4 23. fxe4 Raf8 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Rf1 Rxf1 26. Nxf1 Rf4 27. e5 c5 28. Nd2 cxd4 {Moksh,A (2391)-Pap,M (2401) Budapest HUN 2024 0-1 (37)}) ({RR} 14. Ke2 c5 15. Kd3 Na5 16. Rd1 O-O-O 17. Nf1 Nc6 18. Ke3 Rd7 19. Bb2 Rhd8 20. Rac1 Kb7 21. Rd2 Ne8 22. dxc5 Ne5 23. Rd4 bxc5 24. Ra4 Rd1 25. Ke2 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Nd6 27. Bf4 Ndc4 28. Bxe5 Nxe5 {Raczek,K (2449)-Vantika,A (2377) Przeworsk POL 2025 ½-½ (44)}) 14... Nd7 15. Ke2 O-O 16. Rab1 a6 17. Rfd1 b5 18. d5 Ndb6 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Ke1 h6 21. Bc1 Rad8 22. f4 Na4 23. Ne2 Nc5 24. Ng3 Na4 25. Ne2 Nc5 26. e5 Nd3+ 27. Kf1 c5 28. Kg1 Rd5 29. Rf1 Nxc1 30. Rbxc1 Rd2 31. Ng3 Rxa2 32. Ne4 Ne3 33. Rf2 Rxf2 34. Kxf2 Nc4 35. Kg3 Rc8 36. Rb1 Ne3 37. Kf3 Nd5 38. Ra1 Rc6 39. g4 c4 40. f5 b4 41. cxb4 c3 42. b5 axb5 43. Ra8+ Kh7 44. Nd6 Nb6 45. Re8 c2 46. Nf7 Rc8 0-1

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8. Bg2 Nce4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc7 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bd6 17. Rfe1 Rb8 18. Rad1 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 b6 21. c5 Ba6 22. c6 Rbc8 23. Rd7 ({RR} 23. Bf3 Rc7 24. Rd4 Re8 25. a4 Kf8 26. Re1 Bc8 27. a5 bxa5 28. Re5 Ke7 29. Rxa5 Rd8 30. Rb4 a6 31. Kg2 Ra7 32. c4 Kd6 33. Rb7 Bxb7 34. cxb7 Kc7 35. c5 Rxb7 36. Rxa6 {½-½ (36) Xiong,J (2712)-Caruana,F (2822) Wijk aan Zee 2020}) 23... Rfd8 24. Re4 Rxd7 $146 ({RR} 24... Bb5 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. c7 Rd1+ 27. Bf1 Bd7 28. Kg2 Bc8 29. Ra4 a5 30. Rc4 Kf8 31. Rc6 Ke7 32. Rxb6 Kd7 33. Rb5 Rd5 34. Rxd5+ exd5 35. Bd3 Kxc7 36. Bxh7 g6 37. Kf3 Kd6 38. g4 Ke5 39. g5 {Moore,E (1586)-Crowther,M Lichess.org INT 2022 1-0 (52)}) ({RR} 24... Bb5 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. c7 Rd1+ 27. Bf1 Bd7 28. Kg2 Bc8 29. Ra4 a5 30. Rc4 Kf8 31. Rc6 Ke7 32. Rxb6 Kd7 33. Rb5 Rd5 34. Rxd5+ exd5 35. Bd3 Kxc7 36. Bxh7 g6 37. Kf3 Kd6 38. g4 Ke5 39. g5 {Moore,E (1586)-Crowther,M Lichess.org INT 2022 1-0 (52)}) 25. cxd7 Rd8 26. Ra4 Bb5 27. Rxa7 Kf8 28. Bf1 Bxd7 29. Rb7 e5 30. Bc4 b5 31. Bxb5 Be6 32. c4 Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Rc1 34. a4 Bxc4 35. Bxc4 Rxc4 36. a5 Ra4 37. Ra7 e4 38. Ra8+ Ke7 39. a6 Kf6 40. g4 e3 41. fxe3 Rxg4+ 42. Kf3 Ra4 43. a7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2844"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nce4 10. e3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 b6 12. Be2 Ba6 13. Qb3 Rc8 {With pressure on c4 and finished development it doesn't seem as if Black could be worse here. Actually, if anything, White is the one that has to be careful.} 14. Qa4 Bb7 15. O-O Qc7 16. Nd4 $146 ({RR} 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rd4 h6 18. Qb4 d6 19. b3 Ne4 20. Rdd1 d5 21. Qe1 dxc4 22. Bxc4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. h3 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Nd6 26. Be2 Bd5 27. Nd4 Qc3 28. Bf3 Bxf3 29. Nxf3 Ne4 30. Nd4 Qb2 {Finegold,B (2505)-Akobian,V (2616) Saint Louis 2013 ½-½ (79)}) 16... a6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qb4 Be4 19. Rac1 e5 20. Nb3 d6 21. Qe1 Qb7 22. Qf1 Bc6 23. Nd2 Qe7 24. Rc3 a5 25. Rdc1 a4 {Isolating the c4 pawn.} 26. Qd1 Ra8 27. Bf3 e4 28. Be2 Nd7 29. Qe1 Nc5 {Caruana keeps improving his position while Nakamura is without a plan. He lashes out, but this costs him a pawn.} 30. b4 axb3 31. Nxb3 Rxa3 32. Nd4 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 {White's activity has greatly improved and he has ripped apart the bind on the queenside, he also gains a chance to attack the b6 pawn. Practically speaking this seems like a good position, but he is after all down a pawn now.} Bd7 34. Ra1 Rb8 35. Ra7 Qd8 36. Qa1 Rc8 37. h3 g6 38. Nb5 {an unusual decision to trade the nice knight on d4, but White does gain the spot for the queen. It will be very difficult for Caruauna to try to make progress from this position.} Bxb5 39. cxb5 h5 40. f4 exf3 41. Bxf3 Qg5 42. Qc3 Rd8 43. Qd4 d5 44. h4 Qf5 45. Ra1 Qd7 46. Qf6 Qe8 47. Kh1 Ne4 $2 (47... Ne6 {kept the extra pawn and starts to actually consolidate Black's position.} 48. Ra7 $15) 48. Bxe4 dxe4 49. Qxb6 Qe7 50. Kg1 $1 Rd2 (50... Qxh4 51. Qc7 {starts to actually be bad for Black as the b-pawn is a real concern.}) 51. Qc6 Qxh4 {In this scenario Black's attack is very fast, but White has a good resource to neutralize it.} 52. Ra8+ Kh7 53. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 54. Qc3+ Kh7 55. Qxd2 Qg5 {White's passed pawn on the b-file is worth more than anything else in the position. Black has the material advantage but w ould be happy with a draw.} 56. b6 h4 57. Qf2 Kg7 58. Qf4 Qb5 59. Qc7 h3 60. gxh3 Qb1+ 61. Kg2 Qb2+ 62. Kg3 Qf6 63. b7 Qf3+ 64. Kh2 Qf2+ 65. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Norway Chess 2024"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2024.06.02"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Caruana, F.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2024.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d5 8. Qf3 ({RR} 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Rxf1 Qxd5 10. f3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Na5 12. e4 Qc4 13. Qxc4 Nxc4 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. Ke2 O-O 16. Rab1 a6 17. Rfd1 b5 18. d5 Ndb6 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Ke1 h6 21. Bc1 Rad8 22. f4 Na4 {Nakamura,H (2794)-Caruana,F (2805) Stavanger NOR 2024 0-1 (46)}) 8... O-O ({RR} 8... c6 9. e4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. h4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nbd7 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Rh3 Re8 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. O-O-O Rad8 18. Re3 Kg7 19. a4 f5 20. Kc2 Kf6 21. a5 Rb8 22. Ra1 b5 23. c5 {Erdos,V (2545)-Dasgupta,A (2125) London ENG 2025 1-0 (81)}) 9. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. cxd5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 exd5 13. Qb5 Qc8 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Rac1 Na5 16. Qa4 Nc4 17. Rfd1 h5 18. Nf1 h4 19. h3 Re6 20. Rc2 Ne4 21. Bc1 Rg6 22. f3 Ng5 23. Kh1 Qe6 {Levitt,J (2455)-Wells,P (2400) Swansea 1987 0-1 (37)}) 9... Bxf1 10. Kxf1 exd5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nd7 14. Qf3 c5 15. Be3 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Re8 17. g3 Nf8 18. Kg2 Ne6 19. Rhe1 Nxd4 20. cxd4 Qxd4 21. Re7 Qf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Rb7 Re2 24. a4 Re4 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rxa5 a6 27. f4 Kg7 28. Kf3 Ree8 29. Kg4 Reb8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2024"]
[Site "Stavanger, Norway"]
[Date "2024.06.02"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 16.1 - Chessbase"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. d4 {[%eval 14,0]} Nf6 {[%eval 17,0]} 2. c4 {[%eval 21,0]} e6 {[%eval 21,0]} 3. Nc3 {[%eval 18,0]} Bb4 {[%eval 17,0]} 4. e3 {[%eval 6,0]} b6 {[%eval 37,0]} 5. Nge2 {[%eval 24,0]} Ba6 {[%eval 34,0]} 6. Ng3 {[%eval 19,0]} Bxc3+ {[%eval 28,0]} 7. bxc3 {[%eval 18,0]} d5 {[%eval 25,0]} 8. cxd5 {[%eval 17,0]} Bxf1 {[%eval 19,0]} 9. Rxf1 {[%eval 22,0]} Qxd5 {[%eval 18,0]} 10. f3 {[%eval 15,0]} Nc6 {[%eval 17,0]} 11. Qe2 {[%eval 2,0]} Na5 $146 {[%eval 0,0]} ({RR} 11... O-O-O 12. e4 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qa4 14. Kf2 h5 15. h4 Na5 16. Rfb1 Ne8 17. Rb4 Qc6 18. e5 f6 19. Rc1 fxe5 20. Qxe5 Nf6 21. c4 Nd7 22. Qe2 e5 23. c5 bxc5 24. dxc5 Nf6 25. Rcb1 Qxc5+ 26. Be3 {1-0 Caruana,F (2804)-Kazakouski,V (2608) Titled Tue 19th Mar Late chess.com INT 2024 (5)}) 12. e4 {[%eval 8,0]} Qc4 {[%eval 16,0]} 13. Qxc4 {[%eval 21,0]} Nxc4 {[%eval 13,0]} 14. Bg5 $146 {[%eval 0,0]} ({RR} 14. Ke2 O-O 15. a4 a6 16. Rb1 c6 17. Rd1 b5 18. Ra1 Nd7 19. a5 f5 20. h3 Rf7 21. Ra2 Nf6 22. Bg5 fxe4 23. fxe4 Raf8 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Rf1 Rxf1 26. Nxf1 Rf4 27. e5 c5 28. Nd2 cxd4 {Moksh,A (2391)-Pap,M (2401) Budapest HUN 2024 0-1 (37)}) ({RR} 14. Ke2 c5 15. Kd3 Na5 16. Rd1 O-O-O 17. Nf1 Nc6 18. Ke3 Rd7 19. Bb2 Rhd8 20. Rac1 Kb7 21. Rd2 Ne8 22. dxc5 Ne5 23. Rd4 bxc5 24. Ra4 Rd1 25. Ke2 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Nd6 27. Bf4 Ndc4 28. Bxe5 Nxe5 {Raczek,K (2449)-Vantika,A (2377) Przeworsk POL 2025 ½-½ (44)}) 14... Nd7 {[%eval 0,0]} 15. Ke2 {[%eval 0,0]} O-O {[%eval 0,0]} 16. Rab1 {[%eval 16,0]} a6 {[%eval 9,0]} 17. Rfd1 {[%eval 14,0]} b5 {[%eval 18,0]} 18. d5 {[%eval 17,0]} Ndb6 {[%eval 17,0]} 19. dxe6 {[%eval 26,0]} fxe6 {[%eval 28,0]} 20. Ke1 $4 {[%eval -195,0] Blunder. Nf1 was best.} (20. Nf1 Na4 21. Rdc1 h6 22. Bh4 g5 23. Be1 c5 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. Kxe3 c4) 20... h6 {[%eval -36,0]} 21. Bc1 {[%eval -195,0]} Rad8 {[%eval -197,0]} 22. f4 $6 {[%eval -272,0] Inaccuracy. e5 was best.} (22. e5 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Nd5 24. Ne4 Rf5 25. Ke2 Rxe5 26. Kd3 Rh5 27. h3 c6) 22... Na4 {[%eval -279,0]} 23. Ne2 {[%eval -282,0]} Nc5 {[%eval -115,0]} 24. Ng3 {[%eval -265,0]} Na4 {[%eval -299,0]} 25. Ne2 {[%eval -277,0]} Nc5 {[%eval -123,0]} 26. e5 {[%eval -103,0]} Nd3+ {[%eval -191,0]} 27. Kf1 {[%eval -114,0]} c5 {[%eval -165,0]} 28. Kg1 {[%eval -182,0]} Rd5 {[%eval -184,0]} 29. Rf1 {[%eval -131,0]} Nxc1 {[%eval -298,0]} 30. Rbxc1 {[%eval -108,0]} Rd2 {[%eval -116,0]} 31. Ng3 {[%eval -127,0]} Rxa2 {[%eval -178,0]} 32. Ne4 {[%eval -168,0]} Ne3 {[%eval -181,0]} 33. Rf2 {[%eval -192,0]} Rxf2 $6 {[%eval -96,0] Inaccuracy. Ra3 was best.} (33... Ra3 34. Nxc5 Rc8 35. Nxe6 b4 36. Rd2 Raxc3 37. Rb1 b3 38. Kf2 a5 39. Rd7) 34. Kxf2 {[%eval 97,0]} Nc4 {[%eval 97,0]} 35. Kg3 {[%eval -89,0]} Rc8 {[%eval -98,0]} 36. Rb1 {[%eval -92,0]} Ne3 {[%eval -94,0]} 37. Kf3 {[%eval -88,0]} Nd5 {[%eval -87,0]} 38. Ra1 {[%eval -53,0]} Rc6 {[%eval -46,0]} 39. g4 $6 {[%eval -154,0] Inaccuracy. Rc1 was best.} (39. Rc1 c4) 39... c4 {[%eval -147,0]} 40. f5 {[%eval -146,0]} b4 {[%eval -156,0]} 41. cxb4 $6 {[%eval -272,0] Inaccuracy. fxe6 was best.} (41. fxe6 Rxe6 42. cxb4 c3 43. Rc1 Rxe5 44. h4 Kf7 45. Nc5 Ke7 46. Nxa6 Kd6) 41... c3 {[%eval -299,0]} 42. b5 $6 {[%eval -381,0] Inaccuracy. Ng3 was best.} (42. Ng3 c2 43. Ne2 Nxb4 44. Ke3 Rc5 45. Kd4 Rd5+ 46. Kc3 Rxe5 47. Nc1 a5) 42... axb5 {[%eval -383,0]} 43. Ra8+ {[%eval -359,0]} Kh7 {[%eval -372,0]} 44. Nd6 $6 {[%eval -458,0] Inaccuracy. Ra1 was best.} (44. Ra1 exf5 45. gxf5 b4 46. Nf2 Rc4 47. Nd3 b3 48. f6 gxf6 49. exf6 b2) 44... Nb6 {[%eval -344,0]} 45. Re8 $6 {[%eval -698,0] Inaccuracy. Ra1 was best.} (45. Ra1 b4 46. Ne4 c2 47. Nf2 exf5 48. gxf5 c1=R 49. Rxc1 Rxc1 50. Nd3 Rc3) 45... c2 {[%eval -592,0]} 46. Nf7 {[%eval -515,0]} Rc8 {[%eval -562,0]} 0-1

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

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Qd3 g6 12. Rd1 Bf8 13. Qf3 b6 $146 ({RR} 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bg7 15. Ng3 f5 16. Ne2 Bd7 17. Qg3 Qf6 18. Rb1 b6 19. h4 h6 20. Nf4 Kh7 21. c4 Rac8 22. Ba4 Red8 23. Bb2 Na5 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Re1 Re7 26. c5 Nc4 27. cxb6 axb6 28. Ba1 {Gurevich,M (2540)-Razuvaev,Y (2510) Moscow 1987 1-0 (31)}) ({RR} 13... Bd7 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Be3 Bg7 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Nf4 Qf6 18. Qg3 Rad8 19. Rac1 Ne7 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Ba4 Nf5 22. Qc7 Rc8 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qc7 Rec8 25. Qd7 Qxd7 26. Bxd7 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 {Erigaisi,A (2701)-Carlsen,M (2852) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (49)}) ({RR} 13... Ncb4 14. Bb3 Bd7 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Nf4 Bc6 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 {½-½ (17) Giulian,P (2280)-Thomson,C (2340) Scotland 1988}) 14. Be4 Nce7 15. Bg5 Bb7 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Nc3 Qd7 18. Bxe7 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe7 20. d5 exd5 21. Rxd5 Qe6 22. h3 Rad8 23. Nc3 Bf6 24. Rad1 h5 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Nd5 Kg7 27. a4 Qe5 28. b3 h4 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. Nxc3 Bf6 31. Nb5 Re7 32. Kf1 a6 33. Nd6 Bc3 34. Nc4 b5 1/2-1/2

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

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Nf4 ({RR} 7. h4 O-O 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 d5 11. b3 Nd7 12. Bb2 f5 13. f3 Qe7 14. O-O-O c5 15. h5 h6 16. Kb1 Rac8 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Qd4 e5 19. Qh4 Nf6 20. Qg3 dxc4 21. Bxc4+ Bd5 {Peralta,F (2558)-Caruana,F (2798) Budapest HUN 2024 0-1}) ({RR} 7. h4 f5 8. f3 Nxc3 9. Nxc3 O-O 10. Bd2 Be7 11. O-O-O Bxh4 12. e4 Nc6 13. d5 Nd4 14. Qd3 c5 15. Ne2 Bf6 16. Be3 exd5 17. exd5 Nxe2+ 18. Bxe2 d6 19. g4 b5 20. cxb5 a6 21. Kb1 Bc8 {Khademalsharieh,S (2458)-Kosteniuk,A (2484) Monaco MNC 2025 1-0 (36)}) 7... Nxc3 ({RR} 7... 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 {Nakamura,H (2613)-Ward,C (2485) Caleta 2005 1-0 (69)}) 8. bxc3 Be7 $146 ({RR} 8... Bd6 9. e4 e5 10. Nd5 Nc6 11. Be3 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Qb3 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Qe7 15. Bd3 c6 16. dxc6 Bb4+ 17. Kf1 dxc6 18. h4 O-O 19. Rd1 a5 20. Bg5 Qd6 21. e5 Qe6 22. Qc2 Ba6 23. Bxa6 {Castaneda,G (2400)-Yuferov,S (2465) Moscow 1995 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 8... Bd6 9. Bd3 Bxf4 10. exf4 Bxg2 11. Rg1 Bf3 12. Rxg7 Qh4 13. Rg3 Bb7 14. f5 Qxh2 15. Be4 d5 16. Bf3 Nd7 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Bg5 Rg8 19. Qe2 Nf8 20. Qe5 Rg6 21. cxd5 Nd7 22. Qxc7 Rxg5 23. dxe6 {Hawkins,J (2512)-Osborne,M (2286) London 2013 1-0}) 9. f3 d6 10. Bd3 g6 11. O-O Nd7 12. e4 Bg5 13. Ne2 Bxc1 14. Qxc1 Qe7 15. Qe3 e5 16. Bc2 Ba6 17. Qd3 O-O 18. Ba4 Qe6 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. cxb5 d5 21. exd5 Qxd5 22. c4 Qd6 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. dxe5 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 Nxe5 26. Rc3 Rd2 27. Nf4 Rd4 28. Nd5 Kg7 29. Re1 Nxc4 30. Nxc7 Nd6 31. Ra3 Rc8 32. Rxa7 Kf8 33. Ra8 Rxa8 34. Nxa8 Nc4 35. a4 h5 36. Rb1 h4 37. Nc7 Rd2 38. Re1 Ra2 39. Re4 Ra1+ 40. Kf2 Ra2+ 41. Ke1 Rxa4 42. Rxh4 Ra1+ 43. Ke2 Ra2+ 44. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Norway Chess 2024"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2024.06.06"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2024.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Nb5 Be7 10. O-O c5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Rc1 ({RR} 12. f4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Nc3 Re8 15. Kh1 Bf8 16. Qc2 a6 17. Rae1 Qc7 18. Qb1 c4 19. Bc2 b5 20. b4 a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 Ra6 23. e4 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 {Cori Quispe,K (2464)-Bok,B (2592) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (33)}) 12... Re8 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Ne2 $146 ({RR} 14. Bb5 Qd6 15. Ne2 Rec8 16. Bc3 Ne4 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Qc2 Nxc3 21. Nxc3 Qe5 22. Rfe1 Rd8 23. Rcd1 Rcd6 24. e4 dxe4 25. Rxd6 Bxd6 26. Qxe4 Qxh2+ 27. Kf1 Bf8 28. Rd1 Rb8 {Unuk,L (2340)-Ganguly,S (2608) Biel 2022 0-1 (60)}) 14... Rc8 15. Bc3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ne4 17. Be1 c4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Bc3 b5 20. Bd4 a5 21. Nf4 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Qxd1 23. Rfxd1 Rxc5 24. h4 Rcxe5 25. a4 Bc6 26. Rd6 Rc8 27. axb5 Bxb5 28. Ne2 Kf8 29. Ra1 a4 30. Nc3 Be8 31. Rb6 h5 32. Rb4 g6 33. Ra2 Kg7 34. Nxa4 Bxa4 35. Raxa4 c3 36. bxc3 Rxc3 37. Rxe4 Rxe4 38. Rxe4 Rc2 39. Rf4 Ra2 40. Kh2 Rb2 41. Kg3 Ra2 42. Rd4 Re2 43. Kf3 Ra2 44. e4 Ra3+ 45. Kf4 Ra2 46. Ke3 Ra3+ 47. Rd3 Ra4 48. g3 Ra1 49. Rd7 Re1+ 50. Kf4 Re2 51. f3 Re1 52. Ra7 Re2 53. e5 Re1 54. Ra4 Re2 55. Ra3 Re1 56. Re3 Ra1 57. Ke4 Ra4+ 58. Kd5 Ra5+ 59. Kc6 Ra6+ 60. Kb5 Ra1 61. Rd3 Re1 62. f4 Ra1 63. Kc6 Kf8 64. Kd5 Ra5+ 65. Ke4 Ra4+ 66. Kf3 Kg7 67. g4 hxg4+ 68. Kxg4 Ra1 69. f5 gxf5+ 70. Kxf5 Rf1+ 71. Ke4 Kg6 72. Rg3+ Kh5 73. Rg5+ Kxh4 74. Rf5 Rxf5 75. Kxf5 Kg3 76. Kg5 Kf3 77. Kf5 Ke3 78. Kf6 Ke4 79. e6 fxe6 80. Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "12th Norway Chess 2024"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2024.06.06"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2024.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Nb5 Be7 10. O-O c5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Rc1 ({RR} 12. f4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Nc3 Re8 15. Kh1 Bf8 16. Qc2 a6 17. Rae1 Qc7 18. Qb1 c4 19. Bc2 b5 20. b4 a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 Ra6 23. e4 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 {Cori Quispe,K (2464)-Bok,B (2592) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (33)}) 12... Re8 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Ne2 $146 ({RR} 14. Bb5 Qd6 15. Ne2 Rec8 16. Bc3 Ne4 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Qc2 Nxc3 21. Nxc3 Qe5 22. Rfe1 Rd8 23. Rcd1 Rcd6 24. e4 dxe4 25. Rxd6 Bxd6 26. Qxe4 Qxh2+ 27. Kf1 Bf8 28. Rd1 Rb8 {Unuk,L (2340)-Ganguly,S (2608) Biel 2022 0-1 (60)}) 14... Rc8 15. Bc3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ne4 17. Be1 c4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Bc3 b5 20. Bd4 a5 21. Nf4 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Qxd1 23. Rfxd1 Rxc5 24. h4 Rcxe5 25. a4 Bc6 26. Rd6 Rc8 27. axb5 Bxb5 28. Ne2 Kf8 29. Ra1 a4 30. Nc3 Be8 31. Rb6 h5 32. Rb4 g6 33. Ra2 Kg7 34. Nxa4 Bxa4 35. Raxa4 c3 36. bxc3 Rxc3 37. Rxe4 Rxe4 38. Rxe4 Rc2 39. Rf4 Ra2 40. Kh2 Rb2 41. Kg3 Ra2 42. Rd4 Re2 43. Kf3 Ra2 44. e4 Ra3+ 45. Kf4 Ra2 46. Ke3 Ra3+ 47. Rd3 Ra4 48. g3 Ra1 49. Rd7 Re1+ 50. Kf4 Re2 51. f3 Re1 52. Ra7 Re2 53. e5 Re1 54. Ra4 Re2 55. Ra3 Re1 56. Re3 Ra1 57. Ke4 Ra4+ 58. Kd5 Ra5+ 59. Kc6 Ra6+ 60. Kb5 Ra1 61. Rd3 Re1 62. f4 Ra1 63. Kc6 Kf8 64. Kd5 Ra5+ 65. Ke4 Ra4+ 66. Kf3 Kg7 67. g4 hxg4+ 68. Kxg4 Ra1 69. f5 gxf5+ 70. Kxf5 Rf1+ 71. Ke4 Kg6 72. Rg3+ Kh5 73. Rg5+ Kxh4 74. Rf5 Rxf5 75. Kxf5 Kg3 76. Kg5 Kf3 77. Kf5 Ke3 78. Kf6 Ke4 79. e6 fxe6 80. Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2024"]
[Site "Stavanger, Norway"]
[Date "2024.06.06"]
[Round "17.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 16.1 - Chessbase"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

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[Event "Titled Tue 11th Jun Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Eljanov, P.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2024.06.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Bd3 Qe7 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne2 Bd6 14. Ng3 Qg5 $146 ({RR} 14... Qe7 15. Bc3 Ng4 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Qh4 19. Qh5+ Qxh5 20. Nxh5 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Be5 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Rad1 Rfd8 24. Nf4 Rac8 25. Rd2 Ng4 26. Kg1 Nf6 27. Rfd1 Rd7 28. f3 Re7 29. Kf2 {Sakaev,K (2535)-Kharlov,A (2555) Moscow 1995 ½-½ (48)}) 15. f4 Qh4 16. Rf3 g6 17. Bc3 Bg4 18. Rff1 Bd7 19. Rf3 Rac8 20. Qd2 Bg4 21. Rff1 Bd7 22. Nh1 Ng4 23. h3 Nh6 24. Rf3 Rfe8 25. Ng3 Bc6 26. Bd4 Bd7 27. b4 a6 28. Raf1 f5 29. Ba1 Bf8 30. Bc2 Be6 31. Bb3 Rcd8 32. Ne2 Bg7 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Nd4 Bf7 35. Rc1 Rc8 36. Rff1 Qf6 37. Nf3 Ng8 38. Ne5 Qd6 39. Nxf7 Kxf7 40. Qxd5+ Qxd5 41. Bxd5+ Kf8 42. Bxb7 Rb8 43. Bxa6 Rxb4 44. Rc3 Nf6 45. Rfc1 Nd5 46. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Berlin FIDE GP 3 Pool-A"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2022.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Re8 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne5 Bf8 11. f4 c5 12. Be1 cxd4 ({RR} 12... Nc6 13. Bb5 Re6 14. Bh4 cxd4 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. exd4 Bb7 17. f5 Re8 18. Qf3 Be7 19. Qh3 Ne4 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. f6 Nxf6 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Ng4 Re6 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. Rf1 Qd7 26. Nf5+ Kh8 27. Rf4 {Shankland,S (2709)-Caruana,F (2806) Saint Louis 2021 0-1 (42)}) ({RR} 12... Nc6 13. Bb5 Qd6 14. Bh4 a6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Bd6 20. Nc4 Rad8 21. Qb7 Be7 22. Rad1 Qe6 23. b3 f5 24. h3 Bf6 25. Kh2 h5 26. Qc7 Rc8 27. Qd7 {Noe,C (2508)-Martins,B (2352) Karlsruhe GER 2025 1-0 (40)}) 13. exd4 Nc6 14. Bf2 a6 $146 ({RR} 14... Rc8 15. Qf3 g6 16. Rad1 Bg7 17. Bb1 a6 18. a3 Na5 19. f5 g5 20. h4 h6 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Be3 Nc4 23. Bxg5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. Qg3 Re8 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Bxf6 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 {Akshat,K (2403)-Pacher,M (2446) Budapest 2018 ½-½ (33)}) 15. a3 b5 16. Rc1 Qd6 17. Qf3 Rac8 18. Rfe1 Na5 19. b4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Na4 Ne4 22. Nc5 Ba8 23. Qe2 a5 24. Qa2 axb4 25. axb4 Rb8 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Nxc4 Qe6 28. Qe2 Rxb4 29. Be3 Bd5 30. Nd2 Rb2 31. Rb1 Reb8 32. Rxb2 Rxb2 33. Rb1 Qb6 34. Qf1 Qb4 35. Rxb2 Qxb2 36. Qb1 Qa3 37. Kf2 h6 38. Qb5 Qa8 39. f5 Be7 40. g3 Bf6 41. h4 Qa2 42. Qb8+ Kh7 43. Qb1 Qa8 44. Qb5 Kg8 45. Kg1 Kh8 46. Kg2 Qa2 47. Qc5 Kh7 48. Kf2 Bd8 49. Qf8 Bf6 50. Qc5 h5 51. Kg1 Bd8 52. Qf8 Bf6 53. Qc5 Qa8 54. Qb5 Kg8 55. Kf2 Bc6 56. Qc5 Bd5 57. Bg5 Qa2 58. Qc3 Qa4 59. Bxf6 gxf6 60. Qe3 Qc2 61. Qe2 Qc3 62. Qe3 Qc2 63. Qe2 Qc3 64. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin FIDE GP 3 Pool-A"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2022.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Re8 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne5 Bf8 11. f4 c5 12. Be1 cxd4 ({RR} 12... Nc6 13. Bb5 Re6 14. Bh4 cxd4 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. exd4 Bb7 17. f5 Re8 18. Qf3 Be7 19. Qh3 Ne4 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. f6 Nxf6 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Ng4 Re6 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. Rf1 Qd7 26. Nf5+ Kh8 27. Rf4 {Shankland,S (2709)-Caruana,F (2806) Saint Louis 2021 0-1 (42)}) ({RR} 12... Nc6 13. Bb5 Qd6 14. Bh4 a6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Bd6 20. Nc4 Rad8 21. Qb7 Be7 22. Rad1 Qe6 23. b3 f5 24. h3 Bf6 25. Kh2 h5 26. Qc7 Rc8 27. Qd7 {Noe,C (2508)-Martins,B (2352) Karlsruhe GER 2025 1-0 (40)}) 13. exd4 Nc6 14. Bf2 a6 $146 ({RR} 14... Rc8 15. Qf3 g6 16. Rad1 Bg7 17. Bb1 a6 18. a3 Na5 19. f5 g5 20. h4 h6 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Be3 Nc4 23. Bxg5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Rxe5 25. Qg3 Re8 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Bxf6 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 {Akshat,K (2403)-Pacher,M (2446) Budapest 2018 ½-½ (33)}) 15. a3 b5 16. Rc1 Qd6 17. Qf3 Rac8 18. Rfe1 Na5 19. b4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Na4 Ne4 22. Nc5 Ba8 23. Qe2 a5 24. Qa2 axb4 25. axb4 Rb8 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Nxc4 Qe6 28. Qe2 Rxb4 29. Be3 Bd5 30. Nd2 Rb2 31. Rb1 Reb8 32. Rxb2 Rxb2 33. Rb1 Qb6 34. Qf1 Qb4 35. Rxb2 Qxb2 36. Qb1 Qa3 37. Kf2 h6 38. Qb5 Qa8 39. f5 Be7 40. g3 Bf6 41. h4 Qa2 42. Qb8+ Kh7 43. Qb1 Qa8 44. Qb5 Kg8 45. Kg1 Kh8 46. Kg2 Qa2 47. Qc5 Kh7 48. Kf2 Bd8 49. Qf8 Bf6 50. Qc5 h5 51. Kg1 Bd8 52. Qf8 Bf6 53. Qc5 Qa8 54. Qb5 Kg8 55. Kf2 Bc6 56. Qc5 Bd5 57. Bg5 Qa2 58. Qc3 Qa4 59. Bxf6 gxf6 60. Qe3 Qc2 61. Qe2 Qc3 62. Qe3 Qc2 63. Qe2 Qc3 64. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SpeedChess Final 2024"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2024.09.06"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.09.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. b4 a5 $146 ({RR} 12... f5 13. Bd6 Nxd6 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. e3 d4 16. Rd1 Qe5 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 e5 20. Rd1 f4 21. Qc3 Bg4 22. f3 Bh5 23. Be2 g4 24. exf4 Qh4+ 25. g3 Qe7 26. fxg4 exf4 27. gxh5 {Chylewski,P (2285)-Belenkaya,D (2180) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (39)}) 13. b5 Qf6 14. Rd1 Nd4 15. Qd3 Nf5 16. Nf3 Nfxg3 17. hxg3 g4 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Re8 20. Rh4 Qc3+ 21. Nd2 Nxf2 22. Rb1 Qxg3 23. Qh5 Ne4+ 24. Kd1 Rd8 25. Rb2 Qe3 26. Qxh6 Nf2+ 27. Kc1 Qc3+ 28. Kb1 Bf5+ 29. e4 Bg6 30. Bc4 Rd6 31. cxd6 1-0

[Event "Bullet Chess Winners 2024"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.13"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2024.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 c6 ({RR} 7... Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Rb1 c6 10. b4 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Qb3 Ne4 13. Ne2 b5 14. a5 Nf8 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Rxe5 17. Bb2 Rg5 18. f4 Rg6 19. f5 Rg5 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rbd1 Qc7 22. Ng3 {Cori,J (2652)-Tabatabaei,M (2638) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (45)}) 8. O-O ({RR} 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. O-O Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. f4 d4 12. exd4 Qxd4+ 13. Kh1 Nf2+ 14. Rxf2 Qxf2 15. Ne4 Qh4 16. Be3 Bg4 17. Qf1 Rad8 18. Bxa7 Rd7 19. Nc5 Rd5 20. Nxb7 Rd7 21. Bf2 Qe7 22. Nd6 Bxd6 {Ernst,R (2340)-Grigoriants,S (2542) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 8... Bd6 $146 ({RR} 8... Bg4 9. Be2 Bd6 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nfd7 13. f4 Qb6 14. Kh1 Nc5 15. Ng3 Nbd7 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Bb2 Ne4 18. Nf5 g6 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. Ng4 h5 21. e6+ f6 22. exd7 hxg4 23. Qxg4 {Manukyan,S (2216)-Rustamov,R (2283) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (53)}) 9. Ne2 Re8 10. Ng3 Ne4 11. Nd2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nd7 13. b3 Nf6 14. Re1 g6 15. Bb2 Bf8 16. Qc2 h5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bg7 20. Rad1 Be6 21. d5 cxd5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Bf3 Rc8 24. Qd2 Qf6 25. Re3 b6 26. Rd3 Red8 27. Rd4 Rc5 28. b4 Rc7 29. a3 Rdc8 30. Bxd5 Rc2 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. Rxf4 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 R8c7 34. Rd3 R2c3 35. Rfd4 Rc1+ 36. Rd1 Rxd1+ 37. Rxd1 Rc3 38. a4 Rc4 39. Rb1 a5 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Ra1 g5 42. f3 g4 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Kg6 45. Rb1 Ra2 46. Rb6+ f6 47. Rb5 Rxa4 48. Kf2 Ra2+ 49. Kg1 a4 50. Ra5 gxf3 51. gxf3 a3 52. Kf1 Kf7 53. Ra6 Ke7 54. f4 Kd7 55. f5 Kc7 56. Rxf6 Rb2 57. Ra6 a2 58. f6 Rb1+ 59. Kg2 a1=Q 60. Rxa1 Rxa1 0-1

[Event "SpeedChess Final 2024"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2024.09.06"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2024.09.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 d5 ({RR} 8... d6 9. d5 e5 10. Nh5 Nxh5 11. Qxh5 Nd7 12. Bd3 g6 13. Qe2 c6 14. b4 f5 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. e4 f4 17. f3 Nf6 18. O-O Bd7 19. Be1 g5 20. Nd5 Kh8 21. Kh1 g4 22. Bc3 g3 23. c5 {Abdusattorov,N (2727)-Caruana,F (2794) Toronto CAN 2023 0-1 (46)}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nfxd5 $146 ({RR} 10. Qf3 c6 11. Ncxd5 cxd5 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. Bc2 Nd7 14. Qh3 Nf6 15. g4 Rc8 16. Rc1 g6 17. Qg2 Ne4 18. h4 e5 19. dxe5 Nxd2 20. Kxd2 d4 21. Be4 dxe3+ 22. Kxe3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxh4 24. Nd5 Bb7 {Hurme,H (2212)-Tuovinen,J (2116) Helsinki 2001 1-0 (41)}) 10... exd5 11. Bd3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qa4 Qc8 15. Rfc1 Qb7 16. Ne2 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qd1 Rac8 19. Rc2 Ne4 20. Rac1 Bf6 21. Bb4 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Re8 23. b3 a5 24. Be1 h6 25. Qc6 Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Re6 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Nf4 Rd6 29. f3 Nc5 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Ne6 32. Nd3 Rd7 33. Rc6 Ra7 34. Kf1 Ra3 35. Nf2 Rxe3 36. Ng4 Rb3 37. Nxf6+ gxf6 38. Rxb6 d4 39. Rd6 Kg6 40. Bd2 h5 41. h4 f5 42. Ke2 Kf6 43. Rd5 Rxb4 44. Rxf5+ Kxf5 45. Bxb4 Nf4+ 46. Kf1 Ng6 47. g3 Ke6 48. Ke2 f5 49. Kf2 Kd5 50. g4 fxg4 51. fxg4 hxg4 52. h5 Ne5 53. Kg3 Ke4 54. h6 Nf7 55. h7 Kf5 56. Bc5 Kg6 57. Bxd4 Kxh7 58. Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SpeedChess Final 2024"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2024.09.06"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2024.09.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. Nge2 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 d5 ({RR} 8... d6 9. d5 e5 10. Nh5 Nxh5 11. Qxh5 Nd7 12. Bd3 g6 13. Qe2 c6 14. b4 f5 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. e4 f4 17. f3 Nf6 18. O-O Bd7 19. Be1 g5 20. Nd5 Kh8 21. Kh1 g4 22. Bc3 g3 23. c5 {Abdusattorov,N (2727)-Caruana,F (2794) Toronto CAN 2023 0-1 (46)}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nfxd5 $146 ({RR} 10. Qf3 c6 11. Ncxd5 cxd5 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. Bc2 Nd7 14. Qh3 Nf6 15. g4 Rc8 16. Rc1 g6 17. Qg2 Ne4 18. h4 e5 19. dxe5 Nxd2 20. Kxd2 d4 21. Be4 dxe3+ 22. Kxe3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxh4 24. Nd5 Bb7 {Hurme,H (2212)-Tuovinen,J (2116) Helsinki 2001 1-0 (41)}) 10... exd5 11. Bd3 c6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qa4 Qc8 15. Rfc1 Qb7 16. Ne2 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qd1 Rac8 19. Rc2 Ne4 20. Rac1 Bf6 21. Bb4 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Re8 23. b3 a5 24. Be1 h6 25. Qc6 Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Re6 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Nf4 Rd6 29. f3 Nc5 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Ne6 32. Nd3 Rd7 33. Rc6 Ra7 34. Kf1 Ra3 35. Nf2 Rxe3 36. Ng4 Rb3 37. Nxf6+ gxf6 38. Rxb6 d4 39. Rd6 Kg6 40. Bd2 h5 41. h4 f5 42. Ke2 Kf6 43. Rd5 Rxb4 44. Rxf5+ Kxf5 45. Bxb4 Nf4+ 46. Kf1 Ng6 47. g3 Ke6 48. Ke2 f5 49. Kf2 Kd5 50. g4 fxg4 51. fxg4 hxg4 52. h5 Ne5 53. Kg3 Ke4 54. h6 Nf7 55. h7 Kf5 56. Bc5 Kg6 57. Bxd4 Kxh7 58. Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bullet Chess Winners 2024"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.13"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2024.06.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 c6 ({RR} 7... Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Rb1 c6 10. b4 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Qb3 Ne4 13. Ne2 b5 14. a5 Nf8 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Rxe5 17. Bb2 Rg5 18. f4 Rg6 19. f5 Rg5 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rbd1 Qc7 22. Ng3 {Cori,J (2652)-Tabatabaei,M (2638) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (45)}) 8. O-O ({RR} 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. O-O Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. f4 d4 12. exd4 Qxd4+ 13. Kh1 Nf2+ 14. Rxf2 Qxf2 15. Ne4 Qh4 16. Be3 Bg4 17. Qf1 Rad8 18. Bxa7 Rd7 19. Nc5 Rd5 20. Nxb7 Rd7 21. Bf2 Qe7 22. Nd6 Bxd6 {Ernst,R (2340)-Grigoriants,S (2542) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 8... Bd6 $146 ({RR} 8... Bg4 9. Be2 Bd6 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nfd7 13. f4 Qb6 14. Kh1 Nc5 15. Ng3 Nbd7 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Bb2 Ne4 18. Nf5 g6 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. Ng4 h5 21. e6+ f6 22. exd7 hxg4 23. Qxg4 {Manukyan,S (2216)-Rustamov,R (2283) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (53)}) 9. Ne2 Re8 10. Ng3 Ne4 11. Nd2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nd7 13. b3 Nf6 14. Re1 g6 15. Bb2 Bf8 16. Qc2 h5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bg7 20. Rad1 Be6 21. d5 cxd5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Bf3 Rc8 24. Qd2 Qf6 25. Re3 b6 26. Rd3 Red8 27. Rd4 Rc5 28. b4 Rc7 29. a3 Rdc8 30. Bxd5 Rc2 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. Rxf4 Bxd5 33. Rxd5 R8c7 34. Rd3 R2c3 35. Rfd4 Rc1+ 36. Rd1 Rxd1+ 37. Rxd1 Rc3 38. a4 Rc4 39. Rb1 a5 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Ra1 g5 42. f3 g4 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Kg6 45. Rb1 Ra2 46. Rb6+ f6 47. Rb5 Rxa4 48. Kf2 Ra2+ 49. Kg1 a4 50. Ra5 gxf3 51. gxf3 a3 52. Kf1 Kf7 53. Ra6 Ke7 54. f4 Kd7 55. f5 Kc7 56. Rxf6 Rb2 57. Ra6 a2 58. f6 Rb1+ 59. Kg2 a1=Q 60. Rxa1 Rxa1 0-1

[Event "SpeedChess Final 2024"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2024.09.06"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2024.09.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. b4 a5 $146 ({RR} 12... f5 13. Bd6 Nxd6 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. e3 d4 16. Rd1 Qe5 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 e5 20. Rd1 f4 21. Qc3 Bg4 22. f3 Bh5 23. Be2 g4 24. exf4 Qh4+ 25. g3 Qe7 26. fxg4 exf4 27. gxh5 {Chylewski,P (2285)-Belenkaya,D (2180) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (39)}) 13. b5 Qf6 14. Rd1 Nd4 15. Qd3 Nf5 16. Nf3 Nfxg3 17. hxg3 g4 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Re8 20. Rh4 Qc3+ 21. Nd2 Nxf2 22. Rb1 Qxg3 23. Qh5 Ne4+ 24. Kd1 Rd8 25. Rb2 Qe3 26. Qxh6 Nf2+ 27. Kc1 Qc3+ 28. Kb1 Bf5+ 29. e4 Bg6 30. Bc4 Rd6 31. cxd6 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gavrilescu, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,115,80,63,21,-7,0,4,4,-6,33,-24,-31,-31,-3,-31,17,23,26,22,31,29,28,42,58,21,38,44,37,38,43,34,30,11,31,21,30,26,30,29,42,34,48,48,36,30,33,31,33,35,36,47,70,52,66,58,87,92,95,68,75,106,113,100,85,101,116,123,131,116,137,137,141,141,141,141,141,132,141,107,131,125,122,85,120,141,148,126,148,126,126,126,126,126,126,125,167,183,195,167,280,137,387,359,335,470,629,830,992,1002,1002,1002,1002,1012,1259,1366,1366,1817]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 {The most popular move although} (8... e5 {is possible at once.}) 9. O-O (9. Nb5 a6 10. Nxd6 cxd6 11. O-O b5 12. Be2 (12. Bxb5 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 axb5 14. Nxb5 $4 Ba6) 12... Bb7 13. Bd2 Rc8 $11 {1/2 (19) Kuzubov,Y (2660)-Lupulescu,C (2601) Sovata 2018}) (9. Ng5 h6 10. Nge4 e5 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. d5 Ne7 13. e4 Ng6 14. O-O Nh5 15. Qd1 Nf6 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. a4 Rc8 18. b3 a6 $13 {0-1 (35) Moranda,W (2533)-Moiseenko,A (2632) Polanica Zdroj 2008}) (9. a3 e5 10. d5 (10. h3 Bd7 11. O-O h6 12. b4 exd4 13. exd4 Qc8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bf5 $11 {1/2 (38) Nakamura,H (2787)-So,W (2770) Paris 2016}) 10... Ne7 11. h3 (11. e4 c6 12. Bg5 cxd5 13. Bxf6 dxc4 14. Bxe5 {1-0 (56) Michalik,P (2576)-Saric,I (2661) Jerusalem 2015} Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Qc7 16. Nf3 Bg4 $15) (11. O-O Ng6 12. b4 Bd7 13. Ng5 Qe7 14. f3 a5 15. b5 Kh8 16. Nge4 Ne8 17. Nxd6 Nxd6 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. a4 Rac8 21. Ba3 f4 22. e4 Nh4 $132 {1/2 (43) Sandipan,C (2628)-Neelotpal,D (2471) New Delhi 2012}) 11... Ng6 12. O-O h6 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Bd2 c6 16. Ne4 Bf8 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Be4 Rac8 20. Bc3 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qc6 $11 {0-1 (56) Xu,Y (2538)-Najer,E (2683) Moscow 2018}) 9... e5 (9... a6 10. a3 (10. Rd1 $5) 10... Bd7 11. Rd1 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. h3 Ng6 14. b4 Qe7 15. Bd3 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Rac8 19. Qb1 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rc6 $11 {0-1 (45) Kovalenko,I (2642)-Predke,A (2477) Moscow 2014}) 10. h3 (10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. h3 c6 13. a4 a5 14. b3 Re8 15. Bb2 Be6 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Rd3 Rae8 $11 {1-0 (42) Shirov,A (2696)-Hou,Y (2609) Tromsoe 2013}) (10. d5 Nb4 $1 11. Qb1 e4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Re8 14. Qb1 Bg4 15. Nd4 Qh4 16. g3 Qh5 17. e4 Bc5 18. Be3 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Bf3 $36 {1/2 (27) Barria Zuniga,D (2438)-Sanikidze,T (2531) Navalmoral 2011}) 10... a6 {Black has a lot of good alternatives leading to rough equality:} (10... Bd7 $5 11. Rd1 (11. d5 Ne7 12. Rd1 h6 13. b3 a6 14. a4 Ng6 15. Bb2 Kh8 16. Bd3 Ne7 17. Rac1 Qe8 18. Qe2 Rb8 19. Bb1 b5 $132 {0-1 (66) Bu,X (2710)-Yu,Y (2734) Shenzhen 2015}) 11... Qc8 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. e4 Re8 (14... Bxh3 15. gxh3 Qxh3 16. f3 Qxf3 17. Qg2 Qxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Rfe8 19. Kf3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxe4 21. Bd3 Re6 22. Bf4 Rae8 $13 {1-0 (62) Swiercz,D (2614)-Moiseenko,A (2698) Germany 2014}) 15. f3 c6 16. Be3 Be6 17. Bb3 Bc7 18. Rd3 Bb6 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Rad1 b5 22. a3 Qe7 23. Qd2 b4 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. Kh2 Qe7 26. Re1 Rad8 $11 {1/2 (40) Wang,Y (2730)-Bu,X (2723) Danzhou 2016}) (10... Qe7 11. a3 Bd7 (11... h6 12. b4 e4 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Re1 Rae8 15. Bb2 Qd7 16. Nb5 Ne7 17. Nf1 Ned5 $11 {1/2 (37) Malek,D (2405)-Cuenca Jimenez,J (2490) Germany 2018}) 12. d5 Na5 13. Bd3 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Rd1 Rac8 16. Bd2 h6 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. Qb1 Be6 $11 {0-1 (41) Najer,E (2681)-Fressinet,L (2658) Germany 2009}) (10... exd4 11. exd4 Nb4 $5 12. Qb1 (12. Qd1 Bf5 13. a3 Nc6 14. Re1 h6 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd1 17. Nxd1 Nd7 $11 {1/2 (37) Chiburdanidze,M (2506)-Kosintseva,T (2536) Ningbo 2009}) 12... c6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Re1 Nbd5 15. Qd3 Be6 16. a3 Nc7 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Rad1 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 {1/2 (34) Fernandez,D (2464)-Yagubi,A (2379) Livny 2017}) 11. a3 (11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. e4 {1/2 (72) Gajewski,G (2595)-Bluebaum,M (2620) Germany 2018} Rd8 $11) 11... h6 (11... b5 12. Ba2 (12. Be2 Bb7 13. Rd1 exd4 14. exd4 Ne7 15. Ne5 {1/2 (15) Prusikin,M (2545)-Parligras,M (2633) Bad Wiessee 2012}) (12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Ne4 h6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Nc5 $14 {1-0 (28) Chuchelov,V (2375)-Gogichaishvili,G (2310) Khabarovsk 1990}) 12... Bb7 13. Rd1 exd4 14. exd4 b4 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 $14 {1/2 (45) Kanter,E (2368)-Ly,M (2506) Dubai 2016}) (11... Qe7 12. b4 Bd7 13. Bb2 h6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 exd4 16. exd4 Qf6 17. Rae1 $14 {1-0 (22) Bogner,S (2556)-Vuilleumier,A (2362) Flims 2016}) ({RR} 11... Bd7 12. Bd2 exd4 13. exd4 Qc8 14. Ne4 Bxh3 15. Nxd6 Qg4 16. Ne1 Nxd4 17. Qd1 cxd6 18. Bc3 Nc6 19. Be2 Qg5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rc1 Kh8 22. Rc3 Be6 23. Qxd6 Rfd8 24. Qh2 Qe5 25. Rg3 Rg8 26. Bd3 {Le,Q (2709)-Mamedyarov,S (2771) Oslo 2022 0-1 (84)}) ({RR} 11... exd4 12. exd4 Ne7 13. Bg5 Bf5 14. Qe2 Ng6 15. Ne5 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Qh5 Qd7 19. g4 Bd3 20. Bxd3 Nf4 21. Qf5 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 f5 23. Kh1 fxg4 24. hxg4 h5 25. Rae1 Raf8 26. d5 {Falkevall,A (2401)-Matyakubov,M (2132) Petrovac MNE 2025 ½-½ (51)}) 12. Rd1 exd4 (12... Qe7 $5 13. d5 e4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. b3 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. f4 Qf6 19. Bb2 Bf5 20. Bd3 (20. Bxf6 {1/2 (20) Hillarp Persson,T (2547)-Grandelius,N (2542) Vasteras 2011}) 20... Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Qg6 22. Qc3 $14) ({RR} 12... Bd7 13. b4 exd4 14. exd4 Ne7 15. Ne5 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qd7 20. Qg3 Nf5 21. Qg4 a5 22. bxa5 Rxa5 23. Bf4 Rfa8 24. Qf3 Rd5 25. Be5 Ra4 26. Rab1 c6 27. Qb3 {Horak,M (2244)-Gavrilescu,D (2475) Teplice 2019 0-1 (39)}) 13. exd4 Ne7 $146 (13... b5 $5 14. Ba2 (14. Bd3 Bb7) 14... Ne7 15. Ne5 Bf5) ({RR} 13... b5 14. Ba2 Bb7 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qg6+ Kh8 17. Qxh6+ Nh7 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Nf6 {1-0 (19) Zhai,M (2365)-Qiu,M (2219) Hangzhou 2019}) ({RR} 13... Bd7 14. Re1 Qc8 15. Bxh6 Bf5 16. Qd2 gxh6 17. Qxh6 Nh7 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Ng3 Kh8 20. d5 Na5 21. Ba2 Bf6 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Bb1 Bg7 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Bxf5 Nf6 26. b4 Nc4 27. Rac1 Nd6 28. Bb1 {Drygalov,S (2473)-Riazantsev,A (2639) Moscow 2019 ½-½ (124)}) 14. Ne5 $14 {[%csl Ge5]} Be6 {[%mdl 32] This move creates a long-term weakness in Black's position.} (14... b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Bf4 $14) (14... c6 $5 {[%cal Ye7d5]}) 15. Bxe6 fxe6 {[%csl Re6]} 16. Bf4 Qe8 17. Re1 Nfd5 18. Bh2 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Qf7 20. Ne4 (20. Nxd5 $142 Nxd5 (20... exd5 21. Qxc7 Qxf2+ $2 22. Kh2 $18) 21. Re4 $14) 20... Nc6 21. Nc5 b6 $6 (21... Nf4 $5 22. Nxb7 (22. Bxf4 Nxd4 23. Qe4 Qxf4 24. Qxf4 Rxf4 25. Rad1 b6 26. Nxe6 Nxe6 27. Rxe6 Raf8 28. f3 R4f6 $11) 22... Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 Qxb7 $11) 22. Nd3 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Qf5 24. Rac1 Rad8 25. h4 Nf4 {Black desperately tries to create counterplay but White keeps an advantage in the endgame.} 26. Qxf5 exf5 27. Rxc7 Rfe8 (27... Rxd4 28. Rb7 $1 b5 29. g3 Nd5 30. Ng6 $16) 28. Rc6 Rxd4 29. Rxb6 Rd5 30. g3 Rdxe5 (30... Nh5 31. Nf3) 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. gxf4 {[%mdl 4096]} Ra5 {Of course, Black's rook will be passive here but he had little choice:} (32... Re4 33. Rxa6 Rxf4 34. b4 {, and White's pawns quickly run forward.}) (32... Re1+ 33. Kg2 a5 34. Rb5 $18) 33. h5 Ra4 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Rb7+ Kf6 37. Rb6+ Ke7 38. Kg3 Kf7 39. f3 Ke7 40. Rg6 Kf7 41. Kf2 Ra5 (41... Rxf4 42. Rxa6 Rh4 43. b4 Rxh5 44. b5 Rh2+ 45. Kg3 Rb2 46. a4 $18) ({After} 41... Rc4 $5 42. Ke3 a5 43. Rb6 {[%cal Rb6b5]} a4 44. Rb4 {White should win, too.}) 42. Rb6 Ra4 43. Ke3 Ke7 44. Rb7+ Kf6 45. Rc7 $22 Ra5 (45... g5 46. Rc6+ $18) (45... a5 46. Ra7 g5 47. Ra6+) 46. Rc4 Ke6 47. a4 Ke7 48. b3 Kd6 49. Rc8 Rd5 {The pawn endgame is completely lost for Black} ({as well as} 49... Ke6 50. Rc6+ Kd7 (50... Kf7 51. Kd4) 51. Rg6) 50. Rd8+ Kc6 51. Rxd5 Kxd5 52. Kd3 a5 53. Kc3 g6 (53... Kc5 54. b4+ axb4+ 55. Kb3 $18) 54. hxg6 Ke6 55. b4 axb4+ 56. Kxb4 h5 57. g7 Kf7 58. a5 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 7th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.08.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rc1 c5 ({RR} 10... a6 11. Ne5 c5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Be1 cxd4 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Bh4 Ne6 16. Qf3 Nc5 17. Bb1 Be7 18. Rcd1 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxd5 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Qg5 22. b4 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Ne6 24. Rd7 Qxe5 25. Rxf7 {Li,C (2720)-Zhigalko,S (2671) Doha 2016 ½-½ (72)}) 11. Ne5 Nc6 12. Ng4 Nxg4 $146 ({RR} 12... Nb4 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Be2 cxd4 15. exd4 Qxd4 16. Nb5 Qe5 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qa4 Nc6 19. Rfd1 h6 20. Bf4 Qe6 21. Bf3 Ne5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Qd7 Rab8 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxb2 26. g3 Qf6 27. Rc7 {Peptan,C (2385)-Ju,W (2560) Chess.com INT 2021 0-1 (83)}) ({RR} 12... cxd4 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Nxd5 Qe5 15. Nf4 dxe3 16. Bxe3 Rad8 17. Qg4 Bb8 18. Rfd1 Rd6 19. Nh5 Rg6 20. Qh3 f5 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. Bd5 Qe7 23. Bf4 Ne5 24. Qc3 Re8 25. Ng3 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Rc6 27. Qe3 {Kalogridis,A (2426)-Giannoulakis,L (2318) Loutraki GRE 2025 1-0 (78)}) ({RR} 12... Ne8 13. f4 cxd4 14. Nxd5 f5 15. Nf2 dxe3 16. Bxe3 Na5 17. Be2 Nf6 18. Bf3 Kh8 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21. Bd4 Qf7 22. Qf3 Nc5 23. b3 Rad8 24. Rfd1 Ne6 25. Be3 Ba3 26. Rc4 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 {Aravindh,C (2608)-Holm,K (2463) Benasque 2022 ½-½ (31)}) 13. Qxg4 c4 14. Bb1 Ne7 15. Nb5 f5 16. Qe2 a6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. f3 b5 19. Be1 Ng6 20. Ba5 Ne7 21. Be1 Ng6 22. Ba5 Ne7 23. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Bg5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. c4 h6 15. Bd2 Ng4 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Ngf6 18. Qe2 Qc6 $146 ({RR} 18... Rac8 19. Rac1 Qb7 20. Rfe1 {½-½ (20) Liberzon,V-Averkin,O Moscow 1969}) ({RR} 18... Rac8 19. Rfc1 Rfe8 20. h3 Qc6 21. a4 Qe4 22. Qf1 Rc7 23. Ra3 Rec8 24. a5 Ne8 25. Bb4 Qf4 26. a6 Qf6 27. Qe2 Rc6 28. Rcc3 Qf5 29. Rab3 Qf6 30. Qe4 Qd8 31. Nd2 Nef6 32. Qf3 Nb8 33. Rd3 {Cruz de la Osa,R (2223)-Vilela de Acuna,J (2326) Havana 2013 1-0 (52)}) 19. a4 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Qe4 21. Be3 Rc7 22. a5 Rfc8 23. Nd2 Qf5 24. axb6 axb6 25. f3 e5 26. Rcb1 exd4 27. Bxd4 Qf4 28. Qf2 Rc6 29. Re1 Rd6 30. Be3 Qf5 31. Bxh6 Rdc6 32. Be3 Ne5 33. Red1 Nfd7 34. Ra7 Qc2 35. Rda1 Nf8 36. h3 Nxc4 37. Nxc4 Rxc4 38. Qxc2 Rxc2 39. Bxb6 Rb2 40. Bc7 Ne6 41. Ra8 Rxa8 42. Rxa8+ Kh7 43. Be5 Re2 44. Ra5 g5 45. Rb5 Kg6 46. Kf1 Rc2 47. Rb2 Rxb2 48. Bxb2 f5 49. g3 g4 50. fxg4 fxg4 51. h4 Nc5 52. Ke2 Ne4 53. Be5 Kf5 54. Bc7 Nf6 55. Kd3 Ne4 56. Bb8 Nf6 57. Kd4 Ne4 58. Bf4 Nf6 59. Be5 Ne4 60. Kd5 Nd2 61. Bf4 Nf1 62. h5 Nxg3 63. h6 Nh5 64. Bc7 Kg6 65. Ke4 Kxh6 66. Kf5 g3 67. Bb6 g2 68. Bg1 Ng3+ 69. Kf4 Ne2+ 70. Kf3 Nxg1+ 71. Kf2 Nf3 72. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Marin,Mihail} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 b6 8. Nf3 Ba6 ({RR} 8... Bb7) 9. b4 Bxc4 ({RR} 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Ne4 11. Qc2 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Qd5 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. O-O Rfc8 15. Bb2 Nd6 16. Rac1 a5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ne8 19. Rfd1 Qb5 20. Qc6) ({RR} 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bxc4 {½-½ (14) Levin,F (2482)-Winants,L (2535) Netherlands 2010}) 10. Bxc4 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Qd5 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 ({RR} 12... exd5 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Ba3 Rfc8 15. Ke2 c6 16. Rhc1 b5 ({RR} 16... a5) 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Bb2 Nb6 20. axb5 cxb5 ({RR} 20... Nc4 21. Bd4 cxb5 22. Ra6 Rc7 23. f4) 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Bd4 Na4 23. Bxa7 Rc4 24. Bc5) 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Ke2 c5 15. dxc5 $146 ({RR} 15. Rhc1 Rfc8 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. Rab1 N5b6 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd4 Ne4 20. Nc6 Nxd2 21. Kxd2 Kf8 {½-½ (21) Grachev,B (2652)-Bartel,M (2618) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 CBM 134 [Marin,Mihail]}) 15... bxc5 16. Rhc1 Rfc8 17. Rc2 N5b6 18. Rac1 cxb4 19. axb4 e5 20. e4 f6 21. Be3 Kf7 22. Nd2 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rc8 24. Ra2 Rc7 25. Nb3 Ke8 26. Kd3 Nc8 27. f3 Rb7 28. Kc3 Rc7+ 29. Nc5 Ndb6 30. Kb3 Rc6 31. Nd3 Rd6 32. Kc3 Rd7 33. Bc5 Kd8 34. h4 Kc7 35. b5 Kb8 36. Nb4 Kb7 37. Ra1 Nd6 38. Bxd6 Rxd6 39. Nc6 Nc8 40. Na5+ Kb8 41. Nc6+ Kb7 42. Kc2 Rd7 43. Ra6 Rc7 44. Kd3 Rd7+ 45. Ke2 Ka8 46. g4 Rb7 47. Ra5 Nd6 48. b6 Nc8 49. bxa7 Rb6 50. Rc5 Nxa7 51. Nxa7 Kxa7 52. g5 Kb7 53. Kf2 h5 54. gxh6 gxh6 55. f4 Re6 56. Kf3 h5 57. Rd5 Kc7 58. Ke3 Re8 59. Kd3 Kc6 60. fxe5 fxe5 61. Kc4 Rg8 62. Rxe5 Rg4 63. Re6+ Kd7 64. Kd5 Rxh4 65. Rh6 Rg4 66. e5 Ra4 67. Rh7+ Ke8 68. Ke6 Ra6+ 69. Kf5 Rb6 70. Rxh5 Ra6 71. Rg5 Rb6 72. Rg6 Rxg6 73. Kxg6 Ke7 74. Kf5 Kf7 75. e6+ Ke7 76. Ke5 Ke8 77. Kd6 Kd8 78. e7+ Ke8 79. Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto, Canada"]
[Date "2024.04.21"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 16,1"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Be7 6. Nc3 c5 7. a3 O-O 8. O-O a6 (8... Nc6 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Be6 12. Qxd8 Rfxd8 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Bd2 Bf6 15. Bc3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rd3 17. c4 Rad8 18. Rfc1 a6 19. h3 Na5 20. Rab1 R8d7 21. Ne5 Re7 22. Nxd3 e5 23. Nxc5 {Thobie,P (1216)-Gilles,F (1637) Europe-Echecs INT 2021 1-0}) 9. Qe2 ({RR} 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Bb2 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. e4 Rfd8 16. Rd3 Qc7 17. Re1 Nb6 18. e5 Nfd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Rc1 Qb7 22. Qe4 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 {Hertog,A (1909)-Shepherd,T (1945) England ENG 2025 1-0 (38)}) 9... b5 10. Ba2 $146 (10. Bd3 c4 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. b3 cxb3 13. Bxb3 Na5 14. Ba2 Bb7 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rxc4 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Qd5 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Rxc4 dxc4 23. d5 Rc8 24. Rc1 a5 {Lopes Pereira,E (1837)-Reis,A (2032) Fortaleza 2014 0-1 (33)}) ({RR} 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. b3 cxb3 13. Bxb3 Na5 14. Ba2 Bb7 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rxc4 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Qd5 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Rxc4 dxc4 23. d5 Rc8 24. Rc1 a5 {Lopes Pereira,E (1837)-Reis,A (2032) Fortaleza 2014 0-1 (33)}) 10... cxd4 {[#] Hoping for ...b4.} 11. exd4 b4 12. Ne4 bxa3 13. bxa3 Bb7 14. Nc3 Nd5 15. Bd2 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Nd7 17. Bb1 Rc8 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. Bd3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxd4 21. Rfd1 Qa4 22. Qb7 Bc5 {Threatens to win with ...Ng4.} (22... Bxa3 $2 23. Qf3 $18) 23. Be1 a5 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Bxb5 Bb6 26. Rac1 Nd5 27. Kf1 Rfd8 28. a4 Kf8 29. g3 Ke7 30. Ke2 f5 31. Rc4 Rxc4 32. Bxc4 Nb4 33. Rb1 Bc5 34. Rc1 Nc6 35. Bc3 g5 36. Bb5 {The position is equal.} Ba3 37. Rc2 Nd4+ 38. Bxd4 $1 Rxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 39. Rc7+ Kf6 40. Rxh7 Bb4 41. Bd3 e5 42. f3 e4 43. fxe4 fxe4 44. Bb5 Be7 45. h4 gxh4 46. gxh4 Rb4 47. Rh5 Kg7 48. Bd7 Rd4 49. Be8 Bd8 50. Rf5 Bxh4 51. Rxa5 Kf6 52. Ra8 Bg5 53. Bh5 Rd2+ 54. Kf1 Ra2 55. a5 Ra1+ 56. Kg2 Ra2+ 57. Kf1 Ra1+ 58. Ke2 Ra2+ 59. Kd1 Rd2+ 60. Ke1 Rd5 61. Ke2 Bd2 62. a6 Rxh5 {KRB-KR} 63. a7 {[#] Threatening mate with Rf8+.} Ra5 64. Rf8+ Ke5 65. a8=Q Rxa8 66. Rxa8 {KR-KB} e3 67. Ra4 Kd5 68. Kd3 Kc5 69. Re4 Kd5 70. Rxe3 Bxe3 71. Kxe3 {Precisão Chessbase: Brancas 92% Pretas 94%. Precisão Lichess.org: Brancas 98% Pretas 98%. Precisão Chess.com: Brancas 98.2% Pretas 98.3%.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.04.21"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2024.04.04"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Be7 6. Nc3 c5 7. a3 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Qe2 ({RR} 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Bb2 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. e4 Rfd8 16. Rd3 Qc7 17. Re1 Nb6 18. e5 Nfd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Rc1 Qb7 22. Qe4 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 {Hertog,A (1909)-Shepherd,T (1945) England ENG 2025 1-0 (38)}) 9... b5 10. Ba2 $146 ({RR} 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. b3 cxb3 13. Bxb3 Na5 14. Ba2 Bb7 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rxc4 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Qd5 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Rxc4 dxc4 23. d5 Rc8 24. Rc1 a5 {Lopes Pereira,E (1837)-Reis,A (2032) Fortaleza 2014 0-1 (33)}) 10... cxd4 11. exd4 b4 12. Ne4 bxa3 13. bxa3 Bb7 14. Nc3 Nd5 15. Bd2 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Nd7 17. Bb1 Rc8 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. Bd3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxd4 21. Rfd1 Qa4 22. Qb7 Bc5 23. Be1 a5 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Bxb5 Bb6 26. Rac1 Nd5 27. Kf1 Rfd8 28. a4 Kf8 29. g3 Ke7 30. Ke2 f5 31. Rc4 Rxc4 32. Bxc4 Nb4 33. Rb1 Bc5 34. Rc1 Nc6 35. Bc3 g5 36. Bb5 Ba3 37. Rc2 Nd4+ 38. Bxd4 Rxd4 39. Rc7+ Kf6 40. Rxh7 Bb4 41. Bd3 e5 42. f3 e4 43. fxe4 fxe4 44. Bb5 Be7 45. h4 gxh4 46. gxh4 Rb4 47. Rh5 Kg7 48. Bd7 Rd4 49. Be8 Bd8 50. Rf5 Bxh4 51. Rxa5 Kf6 52. Ra8 Bg5 53. Bh5 Rd2+ 54. Kf1 Ra2 55. a5 Ra1+ 56. Kg2 Ra2+ 57. Kf1 Ra1+ 58. Ke2 Ra2+ 59. Kd1 Rd2+ 60. Ke1 Rd5 61. Ke2 Bd2 62. a6 Rxh5 63. a7 Ra5 64. Rf8+ Ke5 65. a8=Q Rxa8 66. Rxa8 e3 67. Ra4 Kd5 68. Kd3 Kc5 69. Re4 Kd5 70. Rxe3 Bxe3 71. Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2024"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2024.04.21"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Gukesh, D.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2024.04.04"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Be7 6. Nc3 c5 7. a3 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Qe2 ({RR} 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Be7 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Bb2 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. e4 Rfd8 16. Rd3 Qc7 17. Re1 Nb6 18. e5 Nfd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Rc1 Qb7 22. Qe4 a5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 {Hertog,A (1909)-Shepherd,T (1945) England ENG 2025 1-0 (38)}) 9... b5 10. Ba2 $146 ({RR} 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. b3 cxb3 13. Bxb3 Na5 14. Ba2 Bb7 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rxc4 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Qd5 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. Rxc4 dxc4 23. d5 Rc8 24. Rc1 a5 {Lopes Pereira,E (1837)-Reis,A (2032) Fortaleza 2014 0-1 (33)}) 10... cxd4 11. exd4 b4 12. Ne4 bxa3 13. bxa3 Bb7 14. Nc3 Nd5 15. Bd2 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Nd7 17. Bb1 Rc8 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. Bd3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxd4 21. Rfd1 Qa4 22. Qb7 Bc5 23. Be1 a5 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Bxb5 Bb6 26. Rac1 Nd5 27. Kf1 Rfd8 28. a4 Kf8 29. g3 Ke7 30. Ke2 f5 31. Rc4 Rxc4 32. Bxc4 Nb4 33. Rb1 Bc5 34. Rc1 Nc6 35. Bc3 g5 36. Bb5 Ba3 37. Rc2 Nd4+ 38. Bxd4 Rxd4 39. Rc7+ Kf6 40. Rxh7 Bb4 41. Bd3 e5 42. f3 e4 43. fxe4 fxe4 44. Bb5 Be7 45. h4 gxh4 46. gxh4 Rb4 47. Rh5 Kg7 48. Bd7 Rd4 49. Be8 Bd8 50. Rf5 Bxh4 51. Rxa5 Kf6 52. Ra8 Bg5 53. Bh5 Rd2+ 54. Kf1 Ra2 55. a5 Ra1+ 56. Kg2 Ra2+ 57. Kf1 Ra1+ 58. Ke2 Ra2+ 59. Kd1 Rd2+ 60. Ke1 Rd5 61. Ke2 Bd2 62. a6 Rxh5 63. a7 Ra5 64. Rf8+ Ke5 65. a8=Q Rxa8 66. Rxa8 e3 67. Ra4 Kd5 68. Kd3 Kc5 69. Re4 Kd5 70. Rxe3 Bxe3 71. Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 ({RR} 11... Nbd7 12. e3 a6 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. f4 Nf6 17. e4 e5 18. Nf5 Re8 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Bg5 Ncd7 21. Rd6 Re6 22. Rad1 h6 23. Bh4 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. R6d3 b4 26. Qd2 {Limontas,M (2274)-Mierins,E (2174) Riga LAT 2023 1-0 (39)}) 12. Rd1 ({RR} 12. Qe3 Ba4 13. Ba3 Nbd7 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15. cxb5 Qa5 16. c4 a6 17. Bb2 axb5 18. Qd4 {½-½ (18) Kacheishvili,G (2590)-Hess,R (2483) Lubbock 2009}) 12... Ba4 13. Nb3 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 13... Nxb3 14. axb3 Bxb3 15. Qxb7 Bxd1 16. Qxa8 Bxe2 17. Qe4 Bh5 18. Rxa7 Nd7 19. Ba3 Nc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. h3 h6 22. Qe5 Qd1+ 23. Kh2 Be2 24. Qxc5 Qd3 25. Rc7 Qxc3 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. fxe3 Rb8 28. c5 {Purtseladze,M (2267)-Dzagnidze,N (2429) Stockholm 2008 ½-½ (92)}) 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 "Bazna Kings 5th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2011.06.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,Dorian"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 {As usual Ivanchuk finds unexpected ways to surprise his opponents. Although the move 4...c6 has been played many time before, it is much less popular than the main continuations. Black's intention is to follow up quickly with e6-e5.} 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 (8. O-O O-O 9. e4 Nb6 {is just a transposition to the same position as in the game, but Nakamura's move order makes more sense, not allowing Black to play 8...exd4.}) 8... Nb6 (8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bd6 10. O-O {is also slightly better for White.}) 9. d5 Ne7 10. O-O ({RR} 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 a6 12. Qc2 g5 13. Bg3 Ng6 14. a3 Bd6 15. Nd1 h5 16. h3 Nf4 17. Ne3 Bd7 18. Nc3 Qf6 19. O-O-O O-O-O 20. Rhe1 g4 21. h4 Kb8 22. Kb1 Bc5 23. Rc1 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Nxd3 {Bareev,E (2650)-Rashkovsky,N (2560) Kazan 1995 ½-½ (42)}) ({RR} 10. a3 Bd6 11. Nb5 O-O 12. Be3 f5 13. f3 fxe4 14. fxe4 Ng6 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Ng3 Bd7 17. Nf5 Nh4 18. O-O Nxf5 19. exf5 Rc8 20. Qh5 Qf6 21. Bg5 Qf7 22. Qh4 Qxd5 23. Rad1 Bc6 24. Rd2 e4 {Estremera Panos,S (2375)-Shengelia,D (2574) Aschach 2016 0-1}) 10... O-O 11. Bg5 Kh8 $146 {A mysterious king move. As Ivanchuk explained later, he wanted to play ...f7-f6 and removed the king from the dangerous diagonal.} ({The logical} 11... a6 {in order to keep the dark-squared bishop alive has been played before, although even here White keeps a more pleasant position. For example:} 12. Ng3 h6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Rc1 {Sherbakov,R (2510)-Kogan,A (2470)/Budapest 1994}) (11... c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 {leads to a stable plus for White thanks to his superior pawn formation.}) ({RR} 11... a6 12. Ng3 h6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Rc1 Nf6 15. Qb3 Bd6 16. f3 Ng6 17. Rfd1 Nf4 18. Bf1 Nh7 19. Kh1 Qf6 20. Qc2 h5 21. Nf5 h4 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Na4 h3 24. Nb6 hxg2+ 25. Bxg2 Rb8 26. Qf2 {Shcherbakov,R (2510)-Kogan,A (2470) Budapest 1994 1-0 (41)}) 12. a3 (12. Qb3 {looks more convincing:} Bd6 ({or} 12... Bc5 13. Nb5 $1 a6 14. Rac1 Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 axb5 16. Bxb5) 13. Nb5 h6 (13... c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Rfd1 {is clearly better for White.}) 14. Be3 {and unlike in the game Black cannot continue 14...c6 in view of 15.xa7!. Also} f5 15. f3 f4 16. Bf2 g5 17. a4 $5 {seems to be objectively better for White} ({or} 17. Rac1)) 12... Bd6 13. Nb5 h6 ({After the immediate} 13... f6 14. Be3 c6 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Qb3 {Ivanchuk didn't like that he cannot play} Be6) 14. Be3 c6 15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. Nxd6 ({With the pawn on f7 the move} 16. Qb3 {obviously is met with} Be6) 16... Qxd6 17. Qc2 Rd8 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Bb5 Qe7 20. Qc3 f6 {Ivanchuk gives up a pawn and enters a four-rooks endgame, which the Ukrainian was pretty sure was a draw.} (20... Rdc8 21. Bc5 Qg5 {was a perfectly playable alternative.} 22. b4 a6 23. Be3 Qf6 {and Black is okay.}) 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Qxc6 Rdc8 24. Qd6 (24. Qxb6 Rab8 25. Qd6 (25. Qa5 Rxb2 26. Ng3 Ra2 $11) 25... Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Rxb2 27. Rxe6 Rxe2 {allows Black immediately to return the pawn.}) 24... Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Bc4 26. Rd2 b5 27. f3 b4 28. axb4 Bxe2 29. Rxe2 Rab8 30. b3 Rxb4 31. Rb1 h5 32. Kf2 h4 33. Rbb2 Kh7 34. Re3 Kg6 35. Rd3 Kg5 36. Ke3 g6 37. Ra2 Rcb8 38. Ra3 f5 39. exf5 gxf5 40. Kd2 Kf4 41. Kc3 R4b7 42. Ra4+ e4 43. fxe4 Rxb3+ 44. Kc4 Rxd3 45. Kxd3 Rd8+ 46. Ke2 fxe4 47. g3+ hxg3 48. hxg3+ Kxg3 49. Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental 02nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 ({RR} 12. Nd4 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Be3 Rfe8 15. f3 Ne5 16. Na4 Rab8 17. Qd2 Ng6 18. Kh1 Nd7 19. b4 Bf8 20. Rfd1 Rbd8 21. Nb3 Ba8 22. Qe1 Bc6 23. b5 Ba8 24. bxa6 Qa7 25. Nc3 Qxa6 26. Nb5 Rc8 {Kasparov,G (2838)-Kramnik,V (2802) Moscow 2001 1-0 (50)}) 12... b6 13. b4 $146 ({RR} 13. Rd2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Ne1 Ne5 16. b3 Rac8 17. Bf4 Ng6 18. Bg3 b5 19. Qb1 bxc4 20. bxc4 Rb8 21. Qc2 Qa5 22. a4 Ne5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Nf3 Bb6 27. Bd3 Ng4 {Hufelschulte,N (2074)-Bolczek,M (1999) Ruhrgebiet 2001 0-1 (66)}) 13... 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 "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03] Everyone's focus was clearly on this game. Jakovenko needed to win to guarantee his spot on the Candidates, while a draw required a series of highly unlikely and borderline miraculous results for him to qualify. Nakamura came into the game with a very sound and clear strategy: play solid, trade everything, draw. This is basically what happened in the game as Jakovenko simply could not create enough complications.} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d6 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:54]} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 8. e3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} b6 {[%emt 0:04:46]} 9. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Ba6 {[%emt 0:05:16]} ({RR} 9... Bb7 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. O-O Rac8 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 b5 18. Bf5 Rce8 19. Rd2 Re5 20. e4 g6 21. f4 Ree8 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Qxe5 24. Bxg6 {Korchynskyi,M (2263)-Zhigalko,S (2572) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (31)}) ({RR} 9... Bb7 10. Qd3 Be4 11. Qd2 Bg6 12. Nc3 e5 13. Be2 Re8 14. O-O h6 15. Bh4 Ne4 16. Bxd8 Nxd2 17. Bxc7 exd4 18. exd4 Rxe2 19. Nxe2 Nxf1 20. Kxf1 Rc8 21. Bxd6 Rxc4 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 f6 24. Na2 {Nakamura,H (2601)-Benjamin,J (2566) New York 2004 ½-½ (71)}) 10. Rd1 {[%emt 0:04:32]} ({RR} 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. Nc3 cxd4 15. Rxd4 Nc5 16. Qd1 Qe7 17. b4 Ncd7 18. Nb5 d5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Nxa7 Ra8 21. Nb5 Ne5 22. e4 Bc6 23. Bg3 Nfd7 24. Be2 f5 {Gelfand,B (2736)-Kramnik,V (2785) Moscow 2007 ½-½ (38)}) 10... h6 $146 {[%emt 0:06:45]} (10... Rc8 11. Qc2 c5 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Nc3 a6 14. Be2 Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bc6 16. Qc2 Kh8 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Bb7 19. Bg4 Rc7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ne4 Qf5 23. Qc3 Rg8 24. Rxg8+ Kxg8 25. Nxf6+ Kf8 26. e4 Qf4 27. Rd3 Ke7 28. Rf3 Qxh2 29. Ke2 Qh4 30. e5 Rc8 31. Rf5 Re8 32. exd6+ Kd8+ 33. Nxe8 Qe4+ 34. Qe3 Qc2+ 35. Kf1 Qd1+ 36. Qe1 Qxe1+ 37. Kxe1 Kxe8 38. d7+ Kd8 39. Rxf7 Bxd5 40. Rf6 {Jojua,D (2579)-Sanal,V (2460) Jerusalem 2015 1-0}) ({RR} 10... Qe7 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bh4 Bb7 13. Nc3 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. f3 e5 16. Bf2 f5 17. Be2 Ng7 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Nd5 c6 20. f4 Qe4 21. Qxe4 fxe4 22. Nc3 gxf4 23. exf4 Nf6 24. g4 d5 25. cxd5 {Grigore,G (2476)-Grecescu,G (2396) Mamaia 2012 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 10... Rc8 11. Qc2 c5 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Nc3 a6 14. Be2 Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bc6 16. Qc2 Kh8 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Bb7 19. Bg4 Rc7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ne4 Qf5 23. Qc3 Rg8 24. Rxg8+ Kxg8 25. Nxf6+ {Jojua,D (2579)-Sanal,V (2460) Jerusalem 2015 1-0 (41)}) 11. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:06:06]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:03:10]} 12. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} c5 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 13. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:03:52]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:00:55]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 15. Rc1 {[%emt 0:13:35]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:08:17]} 16. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rfd8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 17. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 18. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:01:24]} d5 {[%emt 0:05:19]} 19. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:02:18]} 20. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:11:06]} 21. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. Qxe2 {[%emt 0:03:53]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:04:42]} 23. h3 {[%emt 0:04:15]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:05:35]} 24. Nh5 {[%emt 0:05:17]} Nxh5 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 25. Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 26. Qe5 {[%emt 0:03:46]} Rxf2 {[%emt 0:16:08]} 27. Kxf2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qd2+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 28. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29. Qb8+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 30. Qxa7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qf1+ {[%emt 0:08:14]} 31. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qe1+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} 32. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Qxe3 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 33. Qxf7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 34. Qd7 {[%emt 0:03:50]} Qf4+ {[%emt 0:02:06]} 35. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qc1+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 36. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qf4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 37. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 38. Qd1 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 O-O 11. Nf3 Rd8 12. Be2 Qe4 13. Rc1 Qxc2 14. Rxc2 Ne4 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Ba5 ({RR} 17. Bb4 f5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Kf2 Kf7 20. Rhc1 g5 21. Bc5 g4 22. Bd4 gxf3 23. Bxf3 Ne4+ 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Kg1 Rd5 26. Rf2+ Rf5 27. Rcf1 Kg6 28. Rf4 h5 29. g4 Rxf4 30. Rxf4 Bd5 31. a3 a6 {Nakamura,H (2736)-Le,Q (2709) chess24.com INT 2021 ½-½ (59)}) 17... Rdc8 $146 ({RR} 17... Rd5 18. Bc7 Rc8 19. Bg3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Rcd8 21. Bf3 R5d7 22. O-O Bxf3 23. gxf3 Kf8 24. Rfc1 Ke7 25. f4 Kf6 26. Kg2 h6 27. Kf3 Rd3 28. Rc7 R8d7 29. R1c2 g6 30. b3 Ke7 31. Ke4 R3d5 {½-½ (31) Raja,R (2357)-Samant,A (2296) Tiruchengode 2019}) 18. f3 Nf6 19. Kf2 Bd5 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. b3 Rc2 22. Ra1 e5 23. e4 Be6 24. Rd1 Nd7 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Bxd2 f6 27. Bb4 Nb8 28. Bd6 Nc6 29. Ke3 Kf7 30. h4 Ke8 31. g3 Kd7 32. Bf8 g6 33. g4 h5 34. gxh5 gxh5 35. f4 Bf7 36. Bb5 a6 37. Bf1 Ke8 38. Bc5 Kd7 39. f5 Ne7 40. Be2 Nc8 41. Bf8 Nd6 42. Kd3 a5 43. Bd1 b6 44. a3 Be8 45. b4 axb4 46. axb4 Bf7 47. Bxd6 Kxd6 48. Kc3 b5 49. Bb3 Bxb3 50. Kxb3 Kc6 51. Kc3 Kd6 52. Kb3 Kc6 53. Kc3 Kd6 54. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 O-O (10... Bf5 {is usually played at once. Other options:}) (10... Qa5+) (10... Qf6) ({RR} 10... Qf6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 h5 15. O-O Rfe8 16. Qf4 Qxf4 17. exf4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nd4 19. Rd1 Nxf3+ 20. Kh1 Re2 21. Kg2 Nh4+ 22. Kf1 Rae8 23. Rb1 Rc2 24. Be3 Nf5 25. Bd2 {Aakash,G (2117)-Sai Agni Jeevitesh,J (2309) Pollachi IND 2024 1-0 (67)}) 11. Nf3 Bf5 (11... Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qxc5 13. Qxc5 Nxc5 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 Rfc8 18. f3 Nd6 19. Kf2 Nc4 20. Bc3 Bd7 21. Ne2 f6 22. Rhd1 Bc6 23. Nf4 $14 {0-1 (36) Al Sayed,M (2511)-Durarbeyli,V (2584) St Petersburg 2012}) (11... Qf6 $5 12. Bd3 b6 $5 13. O-O (13. cxb6 axb6 {[%cal Rc6b4]} 14. Bd2 $5) 13... bxc5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2 c4 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 $13 {0-1 (37) Petrik,T (2487)-Babula,V (2608) Slovakia 2009}) 12. Bd3 Qa5+ 13. Ke2 $146 {White avoids exchanges and keeps his c5-pawn but his king remains in the centre (at least temporarily). A risky strategy!} (13. b4 $6 Nxb4 14. axb4 Qxa1 15. O-O Qf6 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. Bd4 a6 18. Qb2 f6 19. Ra1 Be6 $15 {1/2 (48) Gurevich,M (2618)-Halkias,S (2564) Chalkida 2009}) (13. Nd2 Nxd2 (13... Nb4 14. axb4 Qxa1 15. Nf3 $5 $44 {[%csl Ra1]}) 14. Bxd2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qxc5 16. Rc1 (16. Bc3 d4 $1 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Qb5 19. O-O-O Qf5 20. e4 Qg5+ 21. Kb1 Rad8 22. f4 Rxd4 23. fxg5 Rxe4 24. Rd7 Rg4 25. g3 Rxg5 26. Rxb7 a5 $11 {1/2 (50) Morozevich,A (2771)-Adams,M (2712) Wijk aan Zee 2009}) 16... Qb6 17. O-O Rad8 {[%cal Rc6e5,Re5c4,Rd5d4]} 18. f4 Rfe8 19. b4 h6 20. h3 a6 21. Rc5 a5 22. Rfc1 axb4 23. axb4 Re4 24. Kh2 Rc4 $11 {1/2 (41) Morozevich,A (2771)-Carlsen,M (2776) Wijk aan Zee 2009}) ({RR} 13. b4 Nxb4 14. axb4 Qxa1 15. O-O Qf6 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. Bd4 a6 18. Qb2 f6 19. Ra1 Be6 20. Qc2 Qf7 21. Bb2 a5 22. Nd4 axb4 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. f3 Nc3 25. Bxh7+ Kf8 26. Qb3 Bc8 27. Qxb4 Na4 {Gurevich,M (2618)-Halkias,S (2564) Chalkida 2009 ½-½ (48)}) ({RR} 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qxc5 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. Bc3 Rad8 18. Bd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. exd4 Rfe8+ 21. Kd2 Re7 22. Rc2 f6 23. Rhc1 Kf7 24. Rc7 Rde8 25. a4 Ke6 26. Re1+ Kd6 27. Rexe7 Rxe7 {Ivanisevic,I (2643)-Lenic,L (2624) Bled 2016 ½-½}) 13... Rfe8 $1 {Black concentrates his forces agains White's king declining the offer to win an exchange.} (13... Nb4 14. axb4 Qxa1 15. Nd4 Bg6 16. Rd1 Rfc8 (16... Qa2 $5) 17. Qb3 a5 18. Nc2 (18. Bd2 $5 Nxd2 19. Kxd2 a4 20. Rxa1 axb3 21. Rd1 $44 {[%cal Yd2c3]}) 18... Qb1 19. Nd4 Qa1 20. Nc2 Qb1 21. Nd4 {1/2 (21) Jensen,R-Welling,G (2345) Lyngby 1989}) (13... b6 $5 {(K.Landa)} 14. cxb6 $140 Rac8 $1) 14. Rd1 Bg4 15. b4 Qc7 (15... Nxb4 $4 16. axb4 Qxa1 17. Bb2 Qa2 18. Ra1) 16. h3 Bxf3+ 17. gxf3 Ng5 18. Bb2 (18. Bb5 $4 Qf4 $1 $19 {0-1 (25) Benitah,Y (2428)-Monsieux,C (2297) France 2009}) 18... d4 $1 {[%mdl 128]} (18... Qf4 {is poor now due to} 19. Be4 $1 Qh4 20. Rxd5) (18... Qh2 {is parried by} 19. Rh1 $1 Qg2 (19... Qf4 20. Be4 Qh4 21. Bxd5) 20. Rag1 Rxe3+ (20... Qxf3+ 21. Kf1 {[%cal Yd3e2]}) 21. Kd1 $1 Qxf3+ 22. Be2 {winning an exchange.}) 19. h4 $6 (19. Rg1 $142 Qh2 (19... h6 20. h4 Qh2 21. hxg5 Rxe3+ 22. Kf1 Qh3+ 23. Rg2 Qh1+ $11) 20. Rxg5 Rxe3+ 21. Kf1 Qh1+ 22. Rg1 Qxh3+ 23. Rg2 $11 {(recommended by GM Konstantin Landa)}) 19... Rxe3+ $1 (19... Qh2 20. hxg5 Rxe3+ 21. Kd2 Rxf3 22. Kc1 Rxf2 23. Qb3 {is rather good for White, whose bishop pair will become powerful}) (19... Nh3 $5 {leads to big complications, e.g.} 20. Bxh7+ $5 (20. b5 Rxe3+ $1 21. fxe3 Qh2+ 22. Ke1 Qg1+ 23. Bf1 Re8 $17 {}) (20. Rh1 Nf4+ 21. Kf1 dxe3 22. fxe3 Rxe3 23. Bxh7+ Kf8 $17) 20... Kh8 21. b5 Qh2 (21... Nf4+ $6 22. Kf1 dxe3 23. fxe3 Rxe3 24. Be4) (21... Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Qh2+ 23. Kf1 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 $11) 22. bxc6 Qxf2+ 23. Kd3 Qxe3+ 24. Kc4 Qe6+ 25. Kxd4 $13) 20. fxe3 Qh2+ 21. Kf1 Qh1+ 22. Kf2 Qh2+ {Black decides to force a draw.} (22... Qxf3+ $6 23. Kg1 Nh3+ (23... Qg3+ 24. Kf1 Nf3 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Qf2 Qh3+ 27. Ke2 $16) 24. Kh2 Nf2 (24... Ne5 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Rxd4 Nf2 27. Bf5) 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Bf5 Ne7 27. Be4 $1 Nxe4 28. Qg2 $16) (22... Qxh4+ {was, however, a good chance to play on. Apparently White can survive with a series of only moves:} 23. Kg1 $1 (23. Ke2 $143 Qh2+ (23... Re8 $6 24. Kd2) 24. Kf1 Qh1+ 25. Kf2 Qxf3+ 26. Kg1 Re8 $40) 23... Nxf3+ (23... Re8 $5 24. Qg2 Rxe3 25. Be4 Nxe4 26. Bxd4 $1 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 29. Kh2 Qh4+ $11) 24. Kf1 $1 {(just find such a defence!)} (24. Kg2 $2 Qg4+ 25. Kf2 dxe3+ 26. Kxe3 Qg3 $1 $19) 24... Qh1+ 25. Kf2 Qh2+ 26. Kxf3 Ne5+ 27. Ke4 Qh4+ 28. Kxe5 Qf6+ 29. Ke4 Re8+ 30. Kd5 Rd8+ 31. Ke4 $11) 23. Kf1 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Qh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 {Quite a rare move, compared to the usual} (7... Qa5 {and}) (7... Bxc3+) 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O (10. Nb5 $5 Nc6 11. Bf4 (11. O-O $6 a6 12. Nd6 Ne5 13. Qd4 Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Nxc4 15. Qd4 Qc7 $17 {0-1 Colls Gelaberto,E (2203)-Vehi Bach,V (2411)/La Massana 2008/CBM 125 Extra (41)}) 11... e5 12. Bc1 (12. Be3 d6 13. O-O a6 14. Na3 Be6 15. Bd5 Qa5 16. Nc2 Rfc8 17. Rfb1 $14 {1/2 Sulypa,A (2478)-Can,E (2411)/Olomouc 2007/CBM 119 ext (28)}) 12... Qa5 (12... d6 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. Bxd6 Rd8 15. Bc7 Rxd3 16. Bxa5 $14) 13. O-O d6 14. a4 Be6 15. Ba3 Rfd8 16. Rfb1 Rac8 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 b6 19. Rd1 Qa6 20. c5 Bc4 21. Qf5 Bxe2 22. Rd2 Bc4 23. Be4 $14 {1/2 Rogozenco,D (2440)-Itkis,B (2410)/Bucharest 1995/CBM 048 (30)}) 10... d6 (10... Nc6 11. Rd1 $5 (11. Bf4 g5 12. Be3 Ne5 13. Qe4 d6 14. Nf3 f5 15. Qd4 Nf7 16. Rfd1 Bf6 17. Qd3 Bd7 $132 {0-1 Shchekachev,A (2530)-Fedorchuk,S (2655)/Coubertin 2009/CBM 131 Extra (29)}) 11... Qa5 (11... Ne5 $5 12. Qe4 Qa5) 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. c5 b6 14. Bf4 e5 15. Be3 Rb8 16. Be4 h6 17. Bd5 $14 {0-1 Jianu,V (2531)-Fedorchuk,S (2671)/Plovdiv 2008/CBM 124 (60)}) (10... Na6 $6 11. Rd1 (11. Nb5 Nc5 12. Qd4 d6 13. Rd1 e5 14. Qe3 (14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Ba3 Be6 16. Bb4 Qb6 17. Qe3 Rac8 $15 {0-1 Parker,J (2325)-Topalov,V (2495)/Singapore 1990/EXT 1997 (46)}) 14... Re8 15. Qd2 Qa5 16. Nxd6 Rd8 17. Nxc8 $5 Raxc8 18. Bd5 Na4 19. Qd3 Nb6 20. Qf5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Qxc3 22. Be3 Qc2 {1/2 Abbasov,F (2444)-Tahirov,F (2545)/Tula 2007/EXT 2008}) (11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Bf4 d6 13. Rfd1 Rd8 {0-1 Stuart,P-Ker,A (2305)/New Zeeland 1991/EXT 1999 (59)} 14. Rab1 $5) 11... Nc5 12. Qc2 $1 (12. Qe3 d6 (12... Qa5 $5 13. Bd2 Na4 14. Rab1 Qc7 15. Qd3 a6 16. Bf4 d6 {0-1 Kuthan,A (2220)-Schlosser,P (2556)/Austria 2009/EXT 2010 (33)} 17. Qc2 Nc5 18. Nb3 $14) 13. Ba3 Bd7 14. Rab1 Rb8 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nd6 Qc7 $13 {1/2 Nielsen,P (2651)-Hracek,Z (2598)/Germany 2007/CBM 123 (41)}) 12... a6 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Bf4 d6 15. Rab1 Rb8 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd3 e5 18. Be3 Qa3 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Bb6 g6 21. Bd5 $16 {1/2 Kravtsov,S (2438)-Ogloblin,N (2380)/Novokuznetsk 1999/EXT 2001 (54)}) (10... a6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bf4 d6 13. c5 e5 (13... Qxc5 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Bxd6 Rd8 16. Bc5 $1 $14) 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. Nf5 Qf6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Be3 $14 {1-0 Zhumabaev,R (2550)-Babujian,L (2515)/Martuni 2009/CBM 132 (73)}) 11. Rd1 (11. Ba3 a6 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. Nc2 Rd8 14. Ne3 Nc6 15. f4 g6 16. g4 Rb8 17. g5 Qa5 18. Bc1 Qc5 19. Kh1 b6 20. a4 Na5 21. Ba3 Qc7 22. Rab1 Bb7 {0-1 Furman,B (2263)-Tahirov,F (2545)/Hastings 2006/CBM 116 ext (34)}) 11... a6 (11... Nd7 $5) 12. Nb3 (12. f4 Nd7 13. Ba3 Qc7 14. Nc2 Nc5 15. Qe3 Rb8 16. Rd2 g6 17. Rad1 b6 18. g4 Bb7 $15 {0-1 Quinn,M (2429)-Alekseev,E (2593)/Hoogeveen 2002/CBM 090 ext (40)}) (12. Be3 Nd7 13. f4 Qc7 14. Kh1 Nb6 15. Rab1 Nxc4 16. Bg1 Rb8 17. e4 Bd7 18. Bf1 Rfc8 19. Rdc1 Qa5 20. Nb3 Qxa2 {0-1 Fogel,P (2193)-Akopian,V (2700)/Gibraltar 2007/CBM 116 ext}) (12. Nf3 Nd7 13. Ba3 Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Ne5 Rb8 17. Rab1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Kf8 19. Nd7+ Bxd7 20. Rxd7 b6 21. a4 Bf6 $11 {1/2 Agrest,E (2574)-Iordachescu,V (2572)/Dresden 2008/CBM 128 (42)}) 12... Qc7 13. Bf4 e5 14. Be3 {A typical position. Which is more important: the pressure of White's bishop and the weakness of the d5 square in Black's camp or White's doubled c3- and c4-pawns and the c5-square? A lot depends on the position of the pieces. Here chances are approximately equal.} Nd7 15. Nd2 $146 ({RR} 15. Rab1 Rb8 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. Be3 Kh8 18. g4 a5 19. Nd2 Ra6 20. Ne4 Nc5 21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. Qe4 Rg6 23. Rd5 Bd6 24. g5 f5 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. Kh1 Rfg8 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Qd5 Qc7 29. Be4 f5 {Maurizzi,M (2493)-Deac,B (2679) Terme Catez 2022 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 15. Rab1 f5 16. Rb2 Kh8 17. Qb1 e4 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. c5 dxc5 20. Rd5 Bf6 21. Nxc5 Qc6 22. Rbd2 Nc4 23. Rd1 Nb6 24. Rd6 Qxc5 25. Rxb6 Qxc3 26. g4 fxg4 27. Qxe4 a5 28. Rb3 Qc6 29. Qxc6 bxc6 {Batsiashvili,N (2434)-Yilmaz,M (2537) Baku 2012 ½-½ (40)}) 15... f5 16. Rab1 Rb8 17. Ba7 (17. Rb2 {V.Yemelin} e4 $5) 17... Ra8 18. Be3 Rb8 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Bd5+ $6 {White decides to play for a win. A poor idea. Black obtains the bishop pair, and all White's attempts to create a blockade prove vain.} Kh8 21. Qe3 Nf6 22. Bb6 Qd7 (22... Nxd5 $142 23. cxd5 Qd7) 23. f4 (23. Bg2 $142) 23... Qe8 {Black prepares kingside counterplay but his queenside is still "frozen".} 24. Nf3 Qh5 25. Kh1 Re8 26. Qg1 (26. fxe5 $5 Ng4 27. Qg1 dxe5 28. Bc7) 26... Nxd5 27. cxd5 Bf6 28. Qf2 Bd7 (28... exf4 29. gxf4 Bxc3 $6 30. Bc7) 29. c4 Rac8 30. Rdc1 h6 31. e3 Re7 $15 {The clue to the position is that Black has possibilities to improve it (e.g. preparing ...g7-g5), and White has none. For instance, any retreat of the b6 bishop allows ...b7-b5. Therefore White takes the opportunity to break through immediately (objectively it was better to wait).} 32. c5 $6 {The black bishop now obtains the important b5-square.} (32. fxe5 dxe5 {[%cal Yf5f4] is hardly good, too: Black's kingside attack will be more dangerous than White's passed pawns.}) 32... exf4 33. gxf4 dxc5 34. Bxc5 Re4 $6 (34... Ree8 $142 $1 35. Rxb7 (35. Bd6 Bb5 {[%cal Yb5d3,Yd3e4]}) (35. Bd4 Rxc1+ 36. Rxc1 Bxd4 37. Nxd4 Qf7 38. Qf3 Re4 $17 {[%csl Rd5,Re3]}) 35... Bb5 {[%cal Rb5d3,Rd3e4]} 36. Ne5 $5 Re7 $1 37. Rxe7 Bxe7 38. e4 fxe4 $17) 35. Rxb7 $2 (35. Bd6 $142 $1 {[%cal Yd6e5]} Rxc1+ 36. Rxc1 Qf7 37. Qd2 Qh5 38. Qf2 $11) 35... Bb5 36. Qg2 (36. Nd2 Bc4 $1 (36... Re7 $5) 37. Nxc4 Rxc4 $1 38. Rxc4 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qxd5+ 40. Qf3 Qxc4 $19) 36... Rc4 $1 37. Rg1 Rc2 $1 $19 (37... R4xc5 $143 38. Rxg7 Qxf3 39. Qxf3 Bxg7 $17) 38. Qg3 (38. Qxc2 Qxf3+ 39. Qg2 (39. Rg2 Qxd5 $19) 39... Qxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Rxc5 $19) 38... Be2 $1 39. Ne1 R2xc5 40. e4 {Desperation. The rest is clear.} (40. Rxg7 Bg4 $19) 40... fxe4 41. Rxg7 Bf3+ 42. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 43. Qxf3 exf3 44. R7g6 Bg7 $1 45. Rxa6 (45. Rxg7 f2 $19) 45... Rc1 46. Rc6 Rxg1+ 47. Kxg1 Bd4+ 48. Kh1 Rb8 (48... Rb8 49. Rc1 f2 {[%cal Rb8g8,Rg8g1]}) 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 9th Jul Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.07.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Klekowski, M.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2024.07.09"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 Qe7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nf6 8. g3 d6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 c5 ({RR} 11... e5 12. Bb2 Rfe8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. b4 a5 15. Rfd1 Ne4 16. Qc2 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Bxa1 Nef6 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxb7 Qxb4 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Rd8+ Re8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Qe4 Kf8 25. Bd5 Nf6 26. Qe5 {Dreev,A (2668)-Ponomariov,R (2743) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013 0-1 (61)}) ({RR} 11... Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. Ne1 Rae8 14. Nd3 Ba8 15. a4 Ndf6 16. f3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nh5 18. Kf2 e5 19. Rh1 Nf6 20. d5 Ne4+ 21. fxe4 fxe4+ 22. Ke1 exd3 23. Qxd3 g6 24. Bh3 Bb7 25. Be6+ Kh8 26. Qxg6 {Kim,S (2295)-Rian,K (2089) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (33)}) 12. Bb2 Rfe8 $146 ({RR} 12... Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Rad1 Ndf6 15. Rd3 Rfd8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nd2 Rd7 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. f3 Ng5 20. Nf1 Nf7 21. Ne3 Rb8 22. b4 cxb4 23. axb4 Rc7 24. Qa4 Ba8 25. b5 Nd7 26. Rd4 Nc5 27. Qa3 {Santos,J (2350)-Silva,P (1929) Lisbon 1984 1-0 (47)}) 13. Rad1 a5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Qd3 Ra6 16. a4 Rb6 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Reb8 19. Bc3 Ra6 20. e4 h6 21. f4 e5 22. f5 Rb7 23. h3 Nb8 24. g4 Nc6 25. Qg3 Nd4 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. h4 Nd7 28. g5 h5 29. f6 Qe6 30. fxg7 Rab6 31. Rf3 Kxg7 32. Rdf1 Nf8 33. Rf6 Qe8 34. Qf3 Ng6 35. Qxh5 Qh8 36. Qxh8+ Kxh8 37. h5 Nf4+ 38. R1xf4 exf4 39. Kf3 Rxb3+ 40. Nxb3 Rxb3+ 41. Kxf4 Rb4 42. Rxf7 Rxc4 43. g6 d3 44. h6 Rc8 45. Rh7+ Kg8 46. Rd7 d2 47. Rxd6 d1=Q 48. Rxd1 Kh8 49. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,Vladimir"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 {As expected. Since Hikaru has started working with Kasparov this has become his favourite weapon against the Nimzo Indian.} cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. Qb3 {A rather forgotten line nowadays, but it was played by Kasparov several times in the eighties.} (8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 {is the most fashionable nowadays.}) 8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. cxd5 Na5 11. Qc2 Nxd5 12. O-O (12. Qd3 {was Garry's choice in this position, but after} Qc7 {was found, the whole line went out of fashion} 13. Nb5 Qc6) 12... Qc7 (12... Bd7 {is a serious alternative here.}) 13. Re1 {This makes sense, but it's hard to believe that White can seriously pretend to be better with such a slow move.} (13. e4 Nxc3 {I guess that it is what Hikaru did not like} (13... Nb6 {is always an option, of course}) 14. Bb2 (14. Bd2 Ne2+ 15. Kh1 Qxc2 16. Nxc2 Nc6) 14... Nb5 15. Qxc7 Nxc7 {and although White definitely has enough play for the pawn, it seems very drawish.}) 13... Bd7 {Logical.} (13... Rd8 14. e4) 14. e4 Nb6 (14... Nxc3 {is already not working here:} 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. Rac1) 15. e5 {So far White had not spent any time on his moves, so I started to search for a decent move which would make him think.} Ba4 $146 {Right choice! Nakamura started to think here finally!} (15... Rfc8 {is perfectly playable, of course, but too logical to be a surprise :)}) ({RR} 15... Rac8 16. Bd2 Nac4 17. Bf4 Na4 18. Rac1 b5 19. Qe2 Qc5 20. Qg4 {Deak,S (2240)-Palkovi,J (2425) Hungary 1989}) 16. Qd3 Qc4 {That is the point, I start to bother his pieces immediatly, not allowing White to gather his forces around my king.} (16... Rac8 17. Be4 $36) 17. Qf3 (17. Qxc4 {might be the best choice actually, but somehow I was sure Hikaru would not do it :)} Nbxc4 18. Rb1 Rab8 19. f4 {might be little better for White, but nothing to worry about really, I thought.}) 17... Nc6 {The move which I had to see in advance, otherwise Black's operation would not make sense at all.} 18. Re4 {Probably the best move, played after ve-e-e-ery long reflection, approximately one hour! Usually experience shows, that after such a long thought a player comes up with a bad move, but this time it is an exception to the rule.} (18. Qg4 {was possible, but gives me a wide choise of interesting options:} Bc2 (18... Kh8 {might be the simplest}) (18... h5 19. Qh4 $13 Qxc3 (19... Nd5)) 19. Ba3 (19. Bh6 Bg6) 19... Rfc8) 18... Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Bc6 {Again a very important move which I had to have foreseen in advance, solving all problems, if there were any at all.} 20. Rxc4 {There is no other sensible way for White to play for advantage.} Bxf3 21. Rc7 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rab8 23. Rb1 Rfc8 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rb3 {Already strange, since White obviously can't win anymore.} (25. Be3 {was a forced draw:} Rxc3 26. Bxb6 axb6 27. Rxb6 Rc7) 25... h5 26. Be3 Nd5 27. Bd4 $2 {Probably the voice of the blood. Hikaru, like a true samurai, is making hara-kiri :)} (27. Bxa7 {leads to a draw in all lines:} Rxc3 28. Rxc3 (28. Rxb7 Ra3) 28... Nxc3 29. a3) 27... b6 {Obviously Black is just much better here. Plus Nakamura was already getting into time trouble.} 28. f4 {I would prefer to leave this pawn on f2.} (28. Kf3 $142) 28... Rc4 {Very important. Now my rook gets to a4 and White's position starts to collapse slowly but surely.} 29. Kf1 (29. Ra3 $142 a5 {a4} 30. Rb3 a4 (30... Kh7 31. Kf3 a4) 31. Rb2 Nxc3 32. Bxb6 Nd5 33. Bf2 {with some drawing chances} Kh7) 29... Ra4 30. Rb2 (30. a3 Ne7 $1 { c6, a5} 31. Be3 Nc6 $17 32. Bc1 Re4) 30... Kh7 {No need to hurry, Black gets his king into play with decisive effect.} 31. Kf2 Kg6 32. Rc2 Ra3 33. h3 b5 34. Rb2 a6 35. Rc2 Kf5 (35... h4 {is not bad either, but I decided that it is time to force matters already.}) 36. Kf3 b4 37. g4+ hxg4+ 38. hxg4+ Kg6 39. Ke4 bxc3 40. Rh2 (40. f5+ Kg5 41. fxe6 fxe6 42. Kf3 Ra4 $19) 40... Ra4 41. Rf2 a5 {Strangely enough White is in some kind of zugzwang here, therefore I decided to ask him to move.} 42. Kd3 (42. Rc2 Nxf4) (42. f5+ Kg5) 42... c2 {This is the end of the story.} 43. f5+ Kg5 44. Bb2 Nb4+ 45. Kc3 Rxa2 46. Rf1 Kxg4 47. fxe6 fxe6 {I am very strong in such positions, so Hikaru resigned here.} 0-1

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

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 {A rare continuation in this popular line.} (10. Qa4 {and}) (10. Qc2 {are usually played. In the latter case after} Nbd7 11. Ne5 {doesn't promise anything due to} c5 $1 {, e.g.} 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. dxc5 Rac8 15. Rd1 Qb5 16. e3 Qa5+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Rxc5 $11 {1/2 (64) Rotstein,A (2519)-Tischbierek,R (2507) Austria 2004}) ({RR} 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. e4 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 g5 14. Bg3 cxd4 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Qe2 Qa6 17. Bxb8 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Raxb8 19. Rxd4 Rbc8 20. Rfd1 Rc2+ 21. R1d2 Rfc8 22. Ne5 Rc1 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kg7 {Morozevich,A (2771)-Topalov,V (2796) Nice 2009 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 h6 12. h4 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qd2 Bb5 16. Qxh6 Qa5+ 17. b4 cxb4 18. Rh3 bxa3+ 19. Nd2 Ne5 20. Rg3+ Ng6 21. h5 Be8 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Ra1 Rd8 24. Raxa3 Qxa3 {Martins,B (2337)-Yevchenko,A (2276) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (31)}) ({RR} 10. Qa4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rd2 Nc6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Qh4 Kg7 17. Qg4+ Kh8 18. Qh4 Kg7 19. Qg4+ {½-½ (19) Carlsen,M (2772)-Kramnik,V (2759) Dortmund 2009}) 10... h6 (10... Nbd7 {is quite logical; White can play} 11. Ne5 (11. Qc6 Rc8 12. Rd1 Nb8 13. Qa4 Qd5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. h4 Bc4 16. Qb4 Bb3 17. Rd3 Bc2 18. Rd2 c5 $132 {1/2 (40) Shen,Y (2453)-Xu Yuhua (2485) JinZhou 2009}) {but it is hardly dangerous in view of} 11... Nxe5 ({the idea of 10.c3 is seen in the line} 11... c5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. dxc5 {[%cal Rc3f6]}) 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 {, e.g.} 14. Bxc7 (14. Bh4 Nd5) 14... Rfc8 15. Bd6 Ne4 {[%cal Rc8c2]} 16. f3 Nxd6 17. exd6 Rc2 18. e4 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Rxg2 20. Rc1 Rd8 21. Rf2 Rg1+ 22. Rf1 Rg2 23. Rf2 Rg1+ 24. Rf1 Rg2 {1/2 (24) Shen,Y (2435)-Xu Yuhua (2488) Ulaanbaatar 2010}) 11. Bxf6 $1 (11. Bh4 $143 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Qc2 Qd5 14. Nd2 (14. Ne5 $5 $13) 14... Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Nc6 16. e3 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Na5 $15 {1/2 (41) Maiorov,N (2538)-Lekic,D (2430) Anogia GRE 2013}) 11... Qxf6 12. g3 $5 (12. e3 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 c5 $1 $11) (12. Rc1 Bb7 (12... Rc8 13. e3 Bxf1 14. Kxf1) 13. e3 Nd7 14. Bb5 c6 15. Be2 c5 $11) 12... Bb7 $146 {A small inaccuracy. The bishop was putting pressure on the e2-square; there was no need to remove it.} (12... c5 {was quite possible and simple:} 13. dxc5 (13. Bg2 Nd7 14. Ne5 Rad8) 13... Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 Rc8 $1 15. Bg2 Bb7 16. cxb6 axb6 {, and Black's counterplay is enough for a draw}) ({RR} 12... c5 13. dxc5 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3 bxc5 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. f3 Nc6 17. Nd7 Rfc8 18. Rb1 Nd8 19. Ne5 f6 20. Nd3 c4 21. Nb4 Rab8 22. Bg2 a5 23. Nc2 Bc6 24. Kd2 Ba4 25. f4 Nc6 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Ne3 {Cossin,S (2514)-Palac,M (2577) Drancy 2016 0-1 (56)}) ({RR} 12... Nd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qe7 15. Bg2 Rab8 16. Bc6 Qc5 17. Rc1 Rfd8 18. b4 Qd4 19. f4 Kf8 20. h4 Bb7 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. Kf2 h5 23. Ke3 Rdd8 24. Rc3 Bxc6 25. Rxc6 Rb7 26. Rhc1 Rd7 27. Kf3 {Le,Q (2710)-Aronian,L (2805) Tromsoe 2014 ½-½ (59)}) 13. Bg2 Na6 $6 {[%mdl 32] To the edge of the board?} (13... c5 14. O-O Nd7 {was still quite good.}) 14. O-O c5 15. Rac1 Rac8 (15... cxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 (16... Qe7 17. b4) 17. Nxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 {leads to a typical endgame, where White's knight, aiming at the c6 square, is stronger than Black's.}) 16. Ne5 cxd4 (16... Qe7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Qe3 $14 cxd4 $140 19. Rxc8 $1 Rxc8 20. Rxd4) 17. Qxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 $14 {Here, too, White keeps the better prospects due to his stronger knight.} Nc5 19. b4 (19. Qe3 $5 Qe7 20. Rfd1 {[%cal Rb2b4] deserved attention. It was not easy for Black to release pressure. The text move leads to a more forced play, in which White keeps an edge, too.}) 19... Nb3 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 ({Also after} 20... Nxd4 21. Rxf8+ Kh7 22. Nxf7 Qf5 $1 {White keeps an edge with accurate play:} 23. f3 $1 (23. h4 Qe4+ 24. f3 Qxe2+ 25. Rf2 Qe1 $132) 23... Nxe2 (23... Qb5 $143 24. Rd8 Qxe2+ 25. Rf2 Qe3 26. h4 $16) 24. Re1 $1 Qc2 (24... Nd4 $2 25. Rh8+ Kg6 26. Ne5+) 25. Rh8+ Kg6 26. Ne5+ Kh5 (26... Kf6 27. Kf1 $1) 27. Kf1 $1 (27. Kh3 Qd2 $1 28. Rf1 Qe3 $13) 27... Nc1 28. Re4 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Qc2+ 30. Kh3 $16 {[%csl Rh5]}) 21. Qd7 {[%csl Rb3]} Rf8 (21... Rd8 22. Qc7 {[%cal Re5f7]} Rd2 (22... Nd4 23. Rd1) 23. Nd7 $16) 22. f4 $16 {Black's main trouble is his ill-fated knight.} Qf5 23. Rf3 Qc2 24. Qd3 $1 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 {[%mdl 4096]} Nc1 26. Rd2 (26. Rd7 $5 Nxe2 27. Rxa7 $16 {was more energetic - White has more active pieces and a potential passed a-pawn.}) 26... Rc8 (26... Nb3 27. Rd7 a5 28. Rb7) 27. h4 h5 28. b5 Rc7 29. Nc6 Kh7 (29... Nb3 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Ra8 {. With the text move Black parries this threat but now his knight doesn't come out.}) 30. Rb2 $1 a5 {After this move the b6 pawn becomes weak but passive defence was hardly more stubborn:} (30... f6 31. Kf2 Rd7 32. Ke3 Kg6 33. Rb4 {[%cal Yb4a4,Ya4a7]}) (30... a6 $2 {loses due to} 31. Rc2 {[%cal Rc2c1,Rb5a6]}) 31. Kf2 Rd7 32. Ne5 Rc7 33. Rd2 (33. Ke3 $5) 33... f6 34. Nd7 {[%cal Rd7b6,Rd7f8]} Nb3 35. Nf8+ (35. Rd1 $6 Nc5 36. Nxb6 Rb7) ({The rook ending after} 35. Rd6 Nc5 36. Nxc5 Rxc5 37. Rxb6 Rc3 {gives Black good drawing chances}) 35... Kg8 36. Rd7 Rxd7 $2 {The knight endgame with an extra pawn is completely winning for White.} (36... Rc3 $1 {was a must, and Black should apparently survive:} 37. Nxe6 Nc5 38. Rxg7+ (38. Nxc5 Rxc5 39. a4 Rc4 40. Rb7 Rxa4 41. Rxb6 Rb4) 38... Kh8 39. Re7 Ne4+ 40. Kf1 Nxg3+ 41. Ke1 Rxa3 {etc.}) 37. Nxd7 Nd4 (37... a4 38. Ke3 $18) 38. a4 $1 Nxb5 {Desperation. Black's a-pawn will be stopped.} 39. axb5 a4 40. Nc5 $1 a3 41. Nb3 a2 42. Ke3 Kf7 43. Kd4 Ke7 44. e4 {[%cal Yd4c3,Yc3b2]} e5+ 45. fxe5 Ke6 46. Na1 fxe5+ 47. Kc3 g5 (47... Kd6 48. Nb3) 48. Kb2 gxh4 49. gxh4 Kd6 50. Nb3 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 ({RR} 9... c6 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Be2 Qc7 12. O-O bxc5 13. bxc5 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qd4 Ned7 16. Na4 Re8 17. Rac1 Bf8 18. f3 Rb8 19. Bc3 Rb3 20. Ra1 Qb8 21. Rfc1 Ne4 22. Bb4 Ng5 23. Rc3 Rxc3 24. Bxc3 {Gelfand,B (2733)-Kramnik,V (2785) Monte Carlo 2011 0-1 (44)}) 10. bxc5 c6 11. Be2 Qc7 ({RR} 11... e5 12. dxe5 Nfd7 13. e6 Nxc5 14. exf7+ Rxf7 15. O-O Nbd7 16. Na4 Rb8 17. Bd2 a5 18. Rc1 Bd6 19. g3 Kh8 20. Be1 Nxa4 21. Qxa4 Nb6 22. Bxa5 Nxa4 23. Bxd8 Bxf4 24. gxf4 Bh3 25. Bh4 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 {Richardson,J (2213)-Eggleston,D (2406) Telford 2018 1-0 (43)}) 12. Nd3 $146 ({RR} 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nd3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bb2 Rb8 17. Qc1 Bg4 18. f4 Qe6 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Nd1 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Nc3 Qe7 23. Ne2 Ne4 24. Nd4 Rfc8 25. Qc2 Nxc5 26. Nf5 Qf8 {Luz,A (1885)-Feliciano Ebert,V (2252) Praia da Pipa 2014 0-1 (46)}) 12... 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 "Titled Tue 12th Mar Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. e4 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nc6 8. Nf3 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. g3 ({RR} 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Ne8 12. Ne1 Ng6 13. f4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Rxf4 Qe7 16. Bd3 Nf6 17. Nf3 Ng4 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Re1 g6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Qxg6 Bf5 24. Qh5+ Nh6 {Neumeier,L (2357)-Tomczak,J (2595) Germany 2015 0-1 (37)}) 10... O-O 11. Bg2 h6 12. O-O Nh7 $146 ({RR} 12... Nh5 13. Ne1 Ng6 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Nd3 Re8 16. Bd2 b6 17. Rae1 Ba6 18. Nb2 Kh7 19. Qd3 Rb8 20. a4 Kg8 21. f4 Qd7 22. f5 Nh8 23. Qf3 Nh7 24. h4 f6 25. g4 Nf7 26. Bh3 Kf8 27. Kh2 {Kovacic,P-Potocnik,P (2225) Ljubljana 1993 ½-½ (34)}) 13. Nh4 Ng6 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 g5 17. e5 Bf5 18. Qe2 gxf4 19. e6 Qf6 20. Bxf4 Qxc3 21. Bxd6 Bd3 22. Qe3 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Qxc4 24. Rc1 Qd4 25. Qxd4 cxd4 26. Be5 Bf5 27. Bxd4 Nf6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 12th Mar Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. e4 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nc6 8. Nf3 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. g3 ({RR} 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Ne8 12. Ne1 Ng6 13. f4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Rxf4 Qe7 16. Bd3 Nf6 17. Nf3 Ng4 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Re1 g6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Qxg6 Bf5 24. Qh5+ Nh6 {Neumeier,L (2357)-Tomczak,J (2595) Germany 2015 0-1 (37)}) 10... O-O 11. Bg2 h6 12. O-O Nh7 $146 ({RR} 12... Nh5 13. Ne1 Ng6 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Nd3 Re8 16. Bd2 b6 17. Rae1 Ba6 18. Nb2 Kh7 19. Qd3 Rb8 20. a4 Kg8 21. f4 Qd7 22. f5 Nh8 23. Qf3 Nh7 24. h4 f6 25. g4 Nf7 26. Bh3 Kf8 27. Kh2 {Kovacic,P-Potocnik,P (2225) Ljubljana 1993 ½-½ (34)}) 13. Nh4 Ng6 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 g5 17. e5 Bf5 18. Qe2 gxf4 19. e6 Qf6 20. Bxf4 Qxc3 21. Bxd6 Bd3 22. Qe3 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Qxc4 24. Rc1 Qd4 25. Qxd4 cxd4 26. Be5 Bf5 27. Bxd4 Nf6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 12th Mar Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.03.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. e4 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nc6 8. Nf3 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. g3 ({RR} 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Ne8 12. Ne1 Ng6 13. f4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Rxf4 Qe7 16. Bd3 Nf6 17. Nf3 Ng4 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Re1 g6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Qxg6 Bf5 24. Qh5+ Nh6 {Neumeier,L (2357)-Tomczak,J (2595) Germany 2015 0-1 (37)}) 10... O-O 11. Bg2 h6 12. O-O Nh7 $146 ({RR} 12... Nh5 13. Ne1 Ng6 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Nd3 Re8 16. Bd2 b6 17. Rae1 Ba6 18. Nb2 Kh7 19. Qd3 Rb8 20. a4 Kg8 21. f4 Qd7 22. f5 Nh8 23. Qf3 Nh7 24. h4 f6 25. g4 Nf7 26. Bh3 Kf8 27. Kh2 {Kovacic,P-Potocnik,P (2225) Ljubljana 1993 ½-½ (34)}) 13. Nh4 Ng6 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 g5 17. e5 Bf5 18. Qe2 gxf4 19. e6 Qf6 20. Bxf4 Qxc3 21. Bxd6 Bd3 22. Qe3 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Qxc4 24. Rc1 Qd4 25. Qxd4 cxd4 26. Be5 Bf5 27. Bxd4 Nf6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Santo Domingo op"]
[Site "Santo Domingo"]
[Date "2003.11.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Milov,Vadim"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.11.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Ne2 {this strange looking move has become popular now and it occurred (with a slightly move order) in the 2 recent Kasparov`s games.} ({Both} 9. Bd3) ({and} 9. Nf3 {look normal and natural and lead to the well-knoown positions.}) 9... Bb7 ({RR} 9... Ba6 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. Nc3 cxd4 15. Rxd4 Nc5 16. Qd1 Qe7 17. b4 Ncd7 18. Nb5 d5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Nxa7 Ra8 21. Nb5 Ne5 22. e4 Bc6 23. Bg3 Nfd7 24. Be2 {Gelfand,B (2736)-Kramnik,V (2785) Moscow 2007 ½-½ (38)}) 10. Qd3 ({After} 10. Qc2 c5 {the white queen could become vulnerable on the "c"-file.}) ({RR} 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. O-O Rac8 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 b5 18. Bf5 Rce8 19. Rd2 Re5 20. e4 g6 21. f4 Ree8 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Qxe5 24. Bxg6 b4 {Korchynskyi,M (2263)-Zhigalko,S (2572) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (31)}) 10... a5 $5 $146 {As far as I know, the new idea in this position. Instead of playing in the centre by e6-e5 or c7-c5, Black intends to put his pawn on a4 first and activate the rook on a8.} (10... h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. Be2 cxd4 14. Qxd4 (14. exd4 $5) 14... e5 15. Qd1 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bc6 {with the unclear position in Bareev,E-Karpov,A/Cap d'Agde 2002}) (10... Ba6 11. b4 (11. Nc3 d5 12. Qc2 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qa4 h6 15. Bh4 c5 {led to equality in Ivanchuk,V-Kasparov,G Rethymnon 2003}) 11... c5 12. b5 Bb7 13. Nc3 a6 14. f3 h6 15. Bh4 Qe7 16. Be2 {with a slight advantage for White , Kasparov,G-Grischuk,A Rethymnon 2003}) ({RR} 10... Be4 11. Qd2 Bg6 12. Nc3 e5 13. Be2 Re8 14. O-O h6 15. Bh4 Ne4 16. Bxd8 Nxd2 17. Bxc7 exd4 18. exd4 Rxe2 19. Nxe2 Nxf1 20. Kxf1 Rc8 21. Bxd6 Rxc4 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Nxc1 f6 24. Na2 Kf7 25. Nc3 {Nakamura,H (2601)-Benjamin,J (2566) New York 2004 ½-½ (71)}) 11. Nc3 (11. b3 $5 {was worth consideration although it meant that White couldn`t castle long anymore which is important as a part of the White`s plan. It could follow, for example:} h6 12. Bh4 c5 13. Nc3 Qe7 {with the idea 14...cd and 15...e5.}) 11... a4 {Now the rook a8 is ready to come into play.} 12. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 12. Be2 Ra5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. O-O Qg5 15. f3 c5 16. Bd1 cxd4 17. exd4 Rfa8 18. Bc2 Nf6 19. Qe2 d5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Rfd1 Qd6 23. Rac1 Rh5 24. h3 g6 25. Be4 Bd5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 {Sutter,O (2402)-Pelletier,Y (2621) Switzerland 2005 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 12. Be2 Ra5 13. Bh4 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Qa8 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. d5 exd5 17. Qd4 dxc4 18. f3 Bxf3 19. Qxf6 Bg2 20. Qf2 Be4 21. Qg3 g6 22. O-O-O Re5 23. Rd4 Bc6 24. Rh4 Qe8 25. Qf4 f5 26. Qh6 Qf7 {Witek,T (2125)-Winski,L (2045) Warsaw 2008 1-0 (36)}) 12... Ra5 {with a tempo!} 13. Bxf6 {Giving up the bishop and the hopes for the opening advantage.} ({But also in case of} 13. Bh4 Qa8 $1 {The queen escapes to a good square. The pawn on a4 is protected and Black, having a very flexible position, can start to play in the centre by choosing between e6-e5, d6-d5 and c7-c5.} 14. f3 d5 $5 {with a good position for Black.}) 13... Nxf6 14. Nxa4 $6 ({Safer was not to give the g2-pawn:} 14. f3 Qd7 15. Bd3 d5 16. O-O {with approximately equal chances.}) 14... Be4 {...first chasing the queen to a less good square.} 15. Qd1 Qa8 {...and now taking a pawn back.} 16. Nc3 ({or} 16. f3 Rxa4 17. fxe4 Qa5+ $1 (17... Nxe4 18. Bd3 f5 19. O-O Nf6 {is also possible but 17...Qa5 is stronger}) 18. b4 (18. Qd2 Qg5 19. Bd3 Nxe4 $17) 18... Qg5 19. Qf3 (19. Qxa4 Qxe3+ $19) 19... Rfa8 {White has too many weaknesses} 20. h4 Qg6 21. Bd3 Rxa3 22. Rd1 e5 {with a big advantage}) 16... Bxg2 17. Rg1 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Rf5 $15 {due to uncertain position of the white king Black has a small advantage.} 19. Rg2 g6 (19... c5 $5) 20. Kg1 {this wasn`t necessary} ({may be it was better to take more control in the centre by playing} 20. Qd3) 20... Ne4 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Rc1 c5 {Finally starting a counterplay in the centre. White`s problem is that the rook g2 has to protect the king and can`t fully participate in the upcoming developments on the other parts of the board.} 23. Rg4 Qc6 24. b4 (24. e4 {looks active but after} Rh5 25. Rg3 Rh4 26. d5 Qd7 {Black is ready to start an active play on the kingside whereas the white pawns on the queenside are passive.}) 24... Ra8 25. b5 Qb7 (25... Qc7 26. a4 (26. Rc3 cxd4 27. Qxd4 (27. exd4 $2 Rxb5) 27... Rc5)) 26. a4 {allows Black to activate his pieces.} (26. e4 Rh5 27. dxc5 (27. Rc3 cxd4 $1 28. Qxd4 Qc7 {and the white pawns are weak}) 27... dxc5 28. Rc3 {White keeps control over all his pawns and the important "d"-file and has good chances to hold the balance, for example:} Re5 29. f3 Qe7 30. Rd3 Rg5 (30... f5 $5) 31. Rg3 $11) 26... h5 27. Rg3 Qe4 $17 28. Rc3 $2 {A blunder but the position was already very difficult anyway.} (28. dxc5 Rxc5 29. Qxd6 Rxa4 30. Qxb6 Rcxc4 31. Rd1 Rab4 $17) 28... cxd4 29. f3 ({or} 29. exd4 Rxa4 $1 30. Qxa4 (30. Rce3 Qa8) 30... Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Rxf2+ 32. Kh3 Qf1+ 33. Kh4 Rf4+ 34. Kg5 Kg7 {with mate}) 29... Rxf3 {and Hikaru resigned as he loses too many pawns.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[Annotator "Sumets,Andrey"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 {The main line and probably the strongest one. The disadvantage of the line is that Black has too many interesting options, that promise him an equal game.} Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 (6... d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc3 {a very rare line} h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. g3 Bb7 13. Bg2 Na6 (13... c5 $5 14. O-O Nd7) 14. O-O c5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Ne5 cxd4 $6 17. Qxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nc5 19. b4 Nb3 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Qd7 $16 {1-0 (50) Nakamura,H (2786)-Kramnik,V (2793) Antalya TUR 2013}) (6... b5 {This gambit line was often played by Naiditsch} 7. cxb5 c6 8. Bg5 cxb5 9. e3 Bb7 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 (11... 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 $11 {L'Ami,E (2628)-Nakamura,H (2751) Wijk aan Zee 2011 0-1 (43).}) 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Qd3 (13. Qc2 Na6 14. b4 Rc8 15. Qb2 Nc7 (15... h5 $5 16. h4 g4 17. Ne5 d6 18. Nd3 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Nc7 $15) 16. Bd3 f5 17. O-O d6 18. Nd2 h5 $6 (18... Nxg3 19. hxg3 Qe7 $11) 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. h3 h4 21. Bh2 Qd7 22. Rac1 $14 Na8 $6 23. Qb1 d5 24. f3 $16 {Drozdovskij,Y (2603)-Naiditsch,A (2700) Odessa 2009 1/2 (64)}) 13... a6 14. Nd2 f5 15. Rc1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Kg7 17. Qc3 Qc8 18. Qxc8 Rxc8 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Bd3 Ra7 {Dreev,A (2654)-Naiditsch,A (2708) Warsaw 2012 1-0 (51)} 21. f4 $5 Rc7 22. Kf2 $14) 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. f3 {or} (9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 h6 (10... c5 11. Nc3) 11. Bh4 c5 12. Rd1 (12. dxc5 {see the game Morozevich,A-Moiseenko,A EU-ChT 2011 1-0 (58) annotated by Marin}) 12... cxd4 13. Rxd4 Qc7 14. Nc3 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Rc4 Qb8 17. Be2 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Bd5 19. Bg3 e5 20. Rc7 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. O-O Qxc3 23. bxc3 Rc8 {1/2 (23) Inarkiev,E (2693)-Jakovenko,D (2724) Poikovsky 2013}) 9... h6 (9... Nbd7 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. Rc1 c5 12. Ne2 h6 13. Bh4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 d5 15. cxd5 Rxc1+ 16. Nxc1 Qc8 17. O-O Nxd5 18. e4 $6 (18. Nb3 $5 e5 (18... Ba6 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. Be4 $14) 19. Qa4 Nxe3 $6 20. Rc1 Nc5 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Be7 $16) 18... e5 19. Qf2 Nf4 20. Rd1 Nc5 21. Bf1 Ba6 $11 {Danielian,E (2470)-Koneru,H (2607) Tashkent 2013 0-1 (58)}) 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. Bd3 {Other moves were also at the centre of discussion.} ({A very rare line.} 11. O-O-O {See the game Gelfand,B (2700)-Anand,V (2635) Munich 1991 1-0 (59) commented by Gelfand}) ({Up to the moment Black is OK after} 11. Nh3 Re8 12. Be2 e5 13. O-O Qe7 14. Bf2 Nf8 15. Kh1 Ng6 16. b4 a5 17. e4 Nh5 18. dxe5 Nhf4 19. Nxf4 Nxf4 20. Bd1 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 dxe5 23. c5 Qg5 $6 (23... Nd3 $11) 24. Bg3 Ra8 25. Qc3 Ba6 26. Rg1 $14 {1-0 (77) Eljanov,P (2761)-Polgar,J (2682) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 11... c5 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. Qb3 d5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 ({According to Houdini} 14... cxd4 $5 {is not worse than 14...xd5. The only game, that I managed to find in the database continued} 15. exd4 $8 (15. Nxd4 $6 Nc5 16. Qd1 Qxd5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 $15) 15... Bxd5 16. Qa4 Bc6 17. Qd1 b5 18. O-O Qb6 $132 {Brittner,S (2182)-Uribe,M (2364) Bled 2002 0-1 (37)}) 15. Qd1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc4 17. O-O Bxd3 {The most reliable way.} (17... a6 18. Rc1 b5 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rxc4 bxc4 21. Qa4 $14 Qb6 22. Qxc4 Qxb2 23. Qxa6 Nd5 24. Bf2 Nc5 25. Qd6 Nd3 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Qxd5 Nxf2 29. Qc5 $6 (29. Qe6 $3 {I believe that human players can't find such kind moves.} Nd3 30. Qd6 Ra8 31. Qxd3 Rxa3 32. Qd8+ Kh7 33. Re1 Ra2 34. Qd3+ Kh8 35. Qf1 $16) 29... Nh3+ 30. Kh1 (30. gxh3 Rf6 31. Qh5 Qe2 $44) 30... Nf2+ 31. Kg1 Nh3+ 32. Kh1 {1/2 (32) Sokolov,I (2625)-Georgiev,K (2610) Elenite 1992}) 18. Qxd3 {White keeps some pressure in this line. Nevertheless, the most likely outcome of the game is a draw.} Ne5 $146 ({RR} 18... Nc5 19. Qe2 Qe7 20. Rfd1 g6 21. Nb5 a6 22. Nd6 Rc6 23. b4 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Bxf6 Nd7 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. Bb2 b5 28. Rc1 Qd6 29. Qc2 e5 30. Rd1 Qe6 31. Qc7 Qb3 32. Qc1 Nb6 33. Bxe5 {VampireBat (2324)-ChessCentaur,R (2363) Playchess.com INT 2007 ½-½ (81)}) 19. Qe2 Ng6 20. Bf2 $146 {A novelty that can't change the long established verdict that the line is very drawish.} (20. Bg3 Nd5 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Qd2 Rfd8 23. e4 (23. Rc1 $5 Qb7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rd1 a6 26. e4 {White has a tiny edge.}) 23... Nf6 24. Bf2 Qd7 25. Be3 Qa4 {1/2 (25) Khalifman,A (2667) -Lutz,C (2595) New Delhi/Teheran 2000}) 20... e5 21. Nb5 Qe7 22. Rfd1 {Due to his bishop, White is slightly better. Black should avoid the queen exchange.} Rfd8 23. Be1 (23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rc1 a6 25. Rc7 (25. Nc3 e4 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 exf3 28. gxf3 Ne5 $11 {Black's position is at least not worse}) 25... Qe6 26. Nc3 b5 27. e4 Nf4 28. Qc2 Qd6 29. Ra7 Qd2 $15) 23... Nd5 24. Nc3 ({Of course not} 24. e4 $4 {due to} Ngf4 25. Qf2 Ne3 $3 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qxe3 Qg5 $19) 24... Nxc3 25. Bxc3 Rxd1+ {A premature rook exchange.} ({I think Black should have changed the pawn structure in the centre:} 25... e4 $5 26. f4 (26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rd1 $11) 26... Qe6 27. Kf2 Ne7 $11) 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rd2 Rd7 (27... Rxd2 28. Qxd2 Qg5 (28... e4 $2 29. Qd4 f6 30. Qd5+ Kh7 31. f4 $16) 29. a4 Qf5 30. Kf2 f6 {White's advantage is insignificant.}) 28. Qd1 Nf8 29. Bb4 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Qd7 31. Bd6 Ng6 {A bit passive.} (31... Ne6 $5 {He could find a little tactical trick} 32. Qd5 Qc8 $1 {and White has to accept the draw:} 33. Bxe5 (33. Qxe5 Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qd2+ 35. Kg3 $2 (35. Kf1 $11) 35... Qe1+ 36. Kh3 Qf2 $17) 33... Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qc2+ 35. Kf1 Nc5 36. h3 Qb1+ 37. Kf2 Nd3+ 38. Kg3 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qxe3 40. Bg3 $11) 32. Kf2 f6 33. Qd5+ Kh7 34. Qd3 f5 35. h3 a5 $6 {A strange move. Black's b-pawn has clearly been exposed as a weakling.} 36. a4 Nh4 37. b3 Qe6 38. Qd1 Qg6 $2 {It is unclear what Arkadij overlooked, but after the obvious reply he is a piece down.} 39. g3 $1 Nxf3 $8 40. Kxf3 Qh5+ 41. g4 $8 Qxh3+ {Despite the extra bishop, It is still not easy to win the game.} 42. Ke2 (42. Kf2 $1 Qh2+ 43. Ke1 Qh1+ 44. Kd2 Qd5+ 45. Kc1 Qc6+ 46. Kb1 $16) 42... Qxg4+ 43. Kd2 {Usually three pawns are sufficient compensation for the bishop. However, in this case, the bishop is much stronger.} Qe4 44. Qc2 Qg2+ 45. Kc1 Qg1+ ({Nor does} 45... Qf3 {bring any relief:} 46. Kb2 e4 47. Qc8 h5 48. Bf4 Qe2+ 49. Ka3 Qg4 50. Qe6 Qg6 51. Qe7 $16) 46. Kb2 e4 47. Qc8 Qg6 (47... Qg5 48. Bf4 Qf6+ 49. Qc3 $1 Qg6 (49... Qxc3+ 50. Kxc3 g5 51. Bc7 h5 52. Kd2 $18) 50. Qc7 h5 51. Qe7 $16) 48. Be5 h5 49. Qd8 $16 Qg2+ 50. Ka3 Qg1 $6 (50... Qg6 {allows him to continue the resistance} 51. Bd4 Qh6 52. Qf8 Qg6 53. Qe7 $16) 51. Qxb6 f4 52. Qb7 $1 $18 (52. Bxf4 $4 Qa1#) 52... fxe3 53. Qxe4+ Kh8 54. Bd4 Qc1+ 55. Bb2 Qc5+ 56. Ka2 Qg5 57. Bc1 h4 58. Bxe3 Qh5 59. Bf4 Qg4 (59... h3 60. Qe6 h2 61. Qc8+ Kh7 62. Qc2+ $18) 60. Qe3 h3 61. Qg3 Qe2+ 62. Ka3 Qe7+ 63. Bd6 Qd7 64. Be5 Kg8 65. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Stockfish 16.1} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. e3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 ({RR} 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 ({RR} 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Rb1 a5 10. f3 c5 11. Bb5 Qb6 12. Nf4 cxd4 13. exd4 Bd6 14. a4 Bb8 15. g3 Qd6 16. Qb3 Ba7 17. Rd1 Rd8 18. Kg2 Nb8) 7... O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Rb1 a5 10. f3 c5 11. Bb5 Qb6 12. Nf4 cxd4 13. exd4 Bd6 14. a4 Bb8 15. g3 Qd6 16. Qb3 Ba7 17. Rd1 Rd8 18. Kg2 Nb8 {½-½ (18) Sjugirov,S (2712)-Abasov,N (2634) Sharjah UAE 2023}) ({RR} 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 c5 8. O-O a6 9. Re1 O-O 10. e4 ({RR} 10. a4 Re8 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Ne5 Rc7 15. Rac1 cxd4 16. exd4) 10... c4 ({RR} 10... dxe4 11. Bxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc5) 11. Bc2 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nb6 ({RR} 12... Nxe4 13. Bxe4 ({RR} 13. Rxe4 Nf6) {RR} 13... Nf6) 13. Bg5 ({RR} 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Ng5 Bd5 15. Re3) 13... Nfd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 ({RR} 14... Qxe7 15. Neg5 Qd8 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Be4) 15. Qe2 Be6 ({RR} 15... Bf5) 16. Nc5 Nbd5 ({RR} 16... Bf5 {RR} 17. Nxb7 ({RR} 17. Qxe7 Qxe7 18. Rxe7 Bxc2) 17... Qc7) 17. Qxc4 ({RR} 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Ng5 ({RR} 18. Qe4 Ng6) 18... Qb6 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qh5 Nf6 21. Qh4 Neg8 22. Bg6+ Nh6) 17... Nf4 ({RR} 17... Bc8 18. Ne5 ({RR} 18. Re5 Nf4) ({RR} 18. Qd3 Bf5) 18... b6 19. Ne4 g6 20. Bb3 Bb7 21. Qd3 a5 22. Qb5 Kg7 23. Rad1 ({RR} 23. Nc5 bxc5 24. Qxb7)) 18. Nxe6 ({RR} 18. Nxb7 Bxc4 19. Nxd8 Ra7) 18... Nxe6 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. Qb3 ({RR} 20. Qd3 g6 21. Bb3 Nf4) 20... Ng6 {Joao Guilherme Alves Sabadin (1059)-Mauro,A (1511) RUA CONDE DE BONFIN, 451 2024 [Stockfish 16.1] ½-½ (51)}) 6... O-O 7. Bg2 Re8 $146 ({RR} 7... Bg4 8. Nge2 Bb4 9. f3 Bf5 10. O-O Re8 11. Qb3 c5 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 c4 14. Re1 Nc6 15. Bd2 Qd7 16. b3 Bd3 17. Bf1 Ne7 18. Nf4 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Rac8 20. Rac1 g5 21. Ng2 Qh3 22. Kg1 {Hoesker,L (1500)-Goloubkov,A Germany 2003 ½-½ (42)}) ({RR} 7... c6 8. Nge2 Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bg2 Be6 14. Nf4 Bc4 15. Re1 Bb4 16. Bd2 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Nd5 19. b3 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Bd5 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 {Lorente,R-Fernando Gros,J San Jose 1997 ½-½ (46)}) 8. Nge2 Bf8 9. O-O c6 10. h3 h6 11. g4 h5 12. g5 Ne4 13. h4 Nd6 14. Ng3 g6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Ncxe4 Bg7 17. Bf4 Bg4 18. Qb3 Be6 19. Qb4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Be5 Rd8 23. a3 Nd7 24. f4 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Bf8 26. Rfd1 Bb3 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Kf2 Be7 29. Ke3 Kf8 30. Rc1 Be6 31. Bf3 Bf5 32. Rd1 Rxd1 33. Bxd1 Bxe4 34. Kxe4 Bc5 35. a4 Bf2 36. Be2 Bxh4 37. Bf1 Be1 38. Bh3 b5 39. axb5 cxb5 40. Bf1 b4 41. b3 Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2008.04.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2008.03.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Bc2 Qh4 ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Qd3 g6 13. Ne4 Bf8 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bh4 Bg7 16. Rac1 Nce7 17. Bg3 Nf5 18. N4c3 Bd7 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bb3 Bc6 {½-½ (20) Prusikin,M (2541)-Pelletier,Y (2585) Switzerland 2012}) ({RR} 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. Qd3 g6 14. Ng3 exd4 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rac1 Be6 17. cxd4 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Rcd1 Bd5 20. Qb5 Qa5 21. Qxb7 Qxa3 22. Qd7 Rad8 23. Qg4 Bc4 24. Qh4 Bxf1 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Rxf1 {Avinash,R (2336)-Pap,M (2442) Zadar CRO 2025 0-1 (43)}) 12. f4 Bc7 $146 ({RR} 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ne7 14. Rb1 b6 15. c4 Bb7 16. Rb3 Nf5 17. d5 {½-½ (17) Ivanov,I (2495)-Browne,W (2560) Jacksonville 1990}) 13. Rf3 f5 14. Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin FIDE GP 3 Pool-A"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Stohl,Igor"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2022.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
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{[%mdl 2][%evp 0,113,28,15,20,20,20,20,23,9,-3,6,0,8,4,4,4,18,18,-3,-9,-9,24,16,45,45,45,-35,-35,-28,-28,-16,-16,-45,-22,-4,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-25,14,3,0,0,27,27,25,25,7,-94,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,6,16,16,16,18,18,18,24,18,68,70,70,74,74,70,70,80,71,74,65,24,71,51,47,36,36,55,76,74,69,76,76,82,82,82,109,143,165,169,196,70,229,229,220,234,259,256,258,250,425,425,692,692,1252,787] Nakamura qualified for the Candidates from the last leg of the Grand Prix in Berlin by showing great mental strength. He started the round-robin phase by losing to Aronian, but in the second half of the tournament he won all three games and advanced directly to the semifinals! Critical for his overall success was the following game - at this point Oparin was leading the group on +1, Hikaru and Levon were trailing by half a point. This led to a complex encounter with the almost inevitable mutual mistakes, in the end Nakamura handled the tension better and scored a very valuable victory.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 ({The text-move and the} 4... O-O {line sometimes tranpose into one another:} 5. a3 (5. Nf3 d5 (5... c5 6. dxc5 Na6 {is another big line, where the theory goes on for many more moves...}) {and now} 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 {again leads to our game.}) ({An independent line, requiring accurate theoretical knowledge, is} 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 {and now:} Qh4 {has become the main move:} ({The older} 10... Ndc5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b6 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. c4 Qa5 17. f3 Nc5 18. Qe3 {might also be playable due to} Rfd8 $1 (18... Ba6 $2 19. Bh6 $1 gxh6 20. Nc6 Qa4 21. Qxh6 Qxc6 22. Rd4 $18) 19. Nb3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qxa2 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Qxc5 h6 $11 {½, Salzmann,S (2310)-Siebarth,M (2131) email 2017}) 11. g3 Qh5 (11... Qh3 $143 12. O-O-O $1 $36) 12. O-O (12. h4 Nxe5 (12... f6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. exf6 Rxf6 $132 (14... Ndxf6 $5 15. f3 $13)) (12... g5 $2 13. g4 $1 Qxg4 14. Be3 $40 {[%csl Rg4,Rg8]}) 13. Be2 Ng4 14. Bxg4 Qxg4 15. f3 Qh5 16. g4 Qg6 17. fxe4 e5 $1 18. O-O-O (18. Nf5 $2 Qxg4 $40 {[%csl Re1]}) (18. Bxe5 Re8 $5 19. O-O-O Bxc3 20. Bxg7 (20. exd5 Bxg4 $15) 20... Bxg4 21. Qxc3 Rxe4 22. Rhg1 Qxg7 $15) 18... Bxc3 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. gxf5 Qa6 $1 21. Qxc3 d4 22. Qd3 (22. Qb3 exf4 23. Rxd4 Rad8 24. Qd3 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Rc8 $15 {Xiong,J (2709)-Esipenko,A (2682) Chess.com INT 2020}) 22... exf4 23. Kb1 Rad8 24. h5 Rfe8 25. Rh4 h6 26. Rxf4 f6 $11 {Starodubtsev,V (2337)-Tocklin,T (2316) email 2018}) 12... g5 13. cxd5 Bxc3 (13... gxf4 14. dxe6 Nxc3 15. exd7 {Black can limit White's choice with} fxg3 $5 (15... Bxd7 16. bxc3 fxg3 (16... Rac8 $6 17. Qd1 $1 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Bxc3 19. Bf5 Rcd8 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Nf5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 fxg3 {Giri,A (2768)-Caruana,F (2822) Wijk aan Zee 2020} 23. f4 $1 gxh2+ 24. Kxh2 $44 {Ponomariov}) {gives White the option} 17. Bxh7+ $5 Qxh7 18. Qxh7+ Kxh7 19. cxb4 gxf2+ 20. Rxf2 a5 $44 {/ Here Black is a pawn down and fighting for a draw.}) 16. hxg3 Bxd7 17. bxc3 Rac8 18. Qd1 (18. Bxh7+ Kg7 19. e6 fxe6 $11) (18. Bf5 Bxc3 19. Bxd7 Bxa1 20. Bxc8 Bxd4 21. Bxb7 Qxe5 22. Kg2 Rb8 23. Rb1 Kg7 24. Qd3 Qf6 $11 {Leko,P (2732)-Dominguez Perez,L (2726) Tashkent 2012}) 18... Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Bxc3 20. Bf5 Rc4 21. Bxd7 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Re1 $5 Rd8 24. Ba4 Rd5 (24... Kf8 $5 25. e6 Bf6 26. exf7 Kxf7 $11 {or}) (24... b5 $5 {} 25. Bxb5 Rd5 26. e6 fxe6 27. Bc4 Re5 {seem easier to defend.}) 25. e6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 Re5 27. Rd6 Bc5 28. Rd2 Kg7 29. Kg2 $11 {/, Vachier Lagrave,M (2778)-Giri,A (2764) chess24.com rpd 2020/ In the end with some help from the opponent White converted his small edge.}) 14. bxc3 exd5 {is possibly safer:} 15. Be3 (15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. e6 gxf4 17. exd7 Bxd7 18. Qxe4 fxg3 19. fxg3 b6 20. Nf5 Rae8 21. Qd5 (21. Ne7+ Kg7 22. Qd4+ f6 23. Qxd7 Qc5+ $11) 21... Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Qe2 23. Raf1 Qe3+ 24. R1f2 Qe1+ 25. Rf1 Qe3+ 26. R1f2 Qe1+ 27. Rf1 Qe3+ {½, So,W (2770)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com rpd 2021}) (15. e6 fxe6 (15... gxf4 16. exd7 Bxd7 17. Bxe4 {transposes to 15.e4}) 16. Bc7 Rf7 $5 17. f3 Nec5 18. Be2 $44) 15... Nxe5 16. f3 Nc5 $5 (16... Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nd6 $5 (17... Nc5 18. Qd2 h6 19. g4 Qg6 {Sarana,A (2654)-Sevian,S (2660) Chess.com blitz 2020} 20. h4 $1 $14) 18. g4 Qg6 19. Qxg6+ hxg6 20. Bxg5 f6 21. Bf4 Nc4 22. Nb5 Bd7 23. Nc7 Rac8 24. Nxd5 Rc5 25. Rad1 Be6 26. Nb4 g5 27. Rfe1 Bxg4 28. fxg4 gxf4 29. Nd3 Ra5 30. Nxf4 Rxa2 $132 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2778)-So,W (2770) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 17. Bf5 Ne6 18. Rae1 (18. g4 Qh6 19. Rae1 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Nc6 21. Bc5 Rd8 22. Be7 Nxe7 23. Rxe7 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Qg6 25. Qxg6+ hxg6 26. f4 d4 27. fxg5 dxc3 28. Rfxf7 c2 $11 {So,W (2770)-Ding,L (2791) chess24.com INT 2020}) 18... Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Nc6 20. f4 (20. Bc5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Rfe8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Qd7 Re2 24. Qc8+ Kg7 25. Qf8+ Kg6 26. Qg8+ Kf6 27. Qh8+ Kg6 28. Qg8+ Kf6 29. Qh8+ Kg6 30. Qg8+ {½, Mamedyarov,S (2767)-Navara,D (2717) Batumi 2019}) 20... Nxd4 21. cxd4 gxf4 22. Rxf4 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Qh6 24. Qc7 Rac8 25. Qe5 f6 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27. Rf2 $5 (27. Qxb7 Rc2 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 30. Qg2 Qh5 {½, So,W (2778)-Nakamura,H (2750) Berlin 2022}) 27... Rc1 28. Qe6 Rd8 29. d5 Rxd5 30. Kg2 Rxe1 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qxb7+ Kg6 33. Qxd5 Re7 34. Rf4 Qg5 35. Qg8+ Rg7 {Xiong,J (2700)-So,W (2778) Saint Louis 2021/ Black should be able to hold the slightly worse endgame, e.g.,} 36. Qc4 h5 37. Qd3+ f5 $132) 5... Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 {and here Fedoseev for the GP series prepared the older} b6 (6... d5 {again leads back to our game.}) 7. Bg5 Bb7 {However, he was not in great form and didn't do too well:} 8. e3 (8. f3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 Re8 11. Bb5 c6 12. Ba4 Nbd7 13. Ne2 h6 14. Bh4 Ba6 15. Bd1 Qe7 (15... c5 $5 $132) 16. Bf2 c5 17. Qd2 Rac8 $6 (17... cxd4 18. exd4 Bxe2 19. Bxe2 b5 $13 {[%cal Yd7b6]}) 18. O-O Nb8 19. Re1 Nc6 20. Nc3 Na5 21. b3 Qd8 22. Rc1 Re6 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Na4 Rec6 25. Bh4 Nb7 26. Bc2 $36 {[%csl Gc2,Rc5,Rd5,Gh4]} Qa5 27. Qxa5 Nxa5 28. Rcd1 g5 29. Bg3 Re6 30. Bf5 Nxb3 31. h4 Rcc6 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Kf2 c4 35. Be5 $18 {Vidit,S (2727)-Fedoseev,V (2704) Belgrade 2022}) (8. Nh3 h6 9. Bh4 {also requires an energetic reaction. Too passive was} d6 $6 (9... d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 c5 $1 12. dxc5 g5 13. Bg3 d4 $1 $44 {is a promising older method}) 10. f3 Nbd7 11. e4 c5 12. Nf2 Re8 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. b4 Nb3 17. Rd1 a5 18. Rxd6 (18. Rd3 $142 $5 axb4 19. Rxb3 bxa3 20. Rb1 $16) 18... axb4 19. axb4 Ra1+ 20. Rd1 Rea8 21. Be2 Nc1 22. Ng4 R8a2 23. Nxf6+ Kf8 24. Kf2 $1 Rxe2+ 25. Kg3 Rc2 26. Kh4 $1 Kg7 (26... Rxc4 27. Kh5 Rc2 $11) 27. Nh5+ Kg6 $2 (27... Kf8 $11) 28. Rd8 Ra8 29. Rhd1 Rxc4 30. Rxa8 Bxa8 31. Rd8 Bxe4 32. g4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg6] Rapport,R (2763)-Fedoseev,V (2704) Berlin 2022}) 8... h6 ({More common and stronger is} 8... d6 $142 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5) 9. Bh4 Re8 $6 10. Ne2 d6 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Qc2 g5 13. Bg3 Be4 14. Qc1 e5 15. h4 $5 g4 16. h5 Qe7 17. Nc3 Qf8 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bh4 Ned7 20. Be2 Qg7 21. Kf1 Re5 22. Bg3 Rf5 23. Kg1 Re8 24. Rd4 Nc5 25. Qd1 Nxh5 26. Bh4 Bf3 27. Rxg4 Qxg4 28. Bxf3 Rxf3 29. Qxf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3 c6 31. Kg2 Re6 {Rapport,R (2763)-Fedoseev,V (2704) Belgrade 2022} 32. b4 $5 Nd3 33. b5 $36) 5. a3 ({Nakamura alternates the text-move with the second and somewhat more popular main move} 5. cxd5 {, here Black is at at a crossroads:} Qxd5 (5... exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 (8... g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 $13 {is more principled and still fully playable}) 9. e3 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Bd3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bxc5 $6 ({Black shouldn't have refrained from} 12... d4 13. exd4 Qxd4 {, after} 14. Nge2 Qxc5 15. O-O-O Be6 16. Be4 {Stockfish suggests 3 still untested moves:} Kf8 $5 ({or} 16... Rc8 {, possibly}) (16... Rd8 {- Black has reasonable chances for full equality.})) 13. Nf3 g4 14. Nh4 d4 15. exd4 $2 ({Missing the strong} 15. O-O-O $1 $16 {[%csl Re8] , suddenly Black has big problems with his  in the .}) 15... Nxd4 16. Qd2 Qe7+ 17. Kf1 Be6 18. Ne4 Bb6 19. Rc1 {Nakamura,H (2736)-Fedoseev,V (2704) Warsaw rpd 2021} Nc6 $5 $132 (19... Kf8 $13)) 6. e3 ({After Anand's} 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. h3 {Roiz recommends the sharp} a5 10. g4 Qg6 11. a3 a4 12. Qc4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 e5 $5 14. d5 (14. dxe5 Be6 15. Qd3 Qxd3 16. exd3 Nd5 $44) 14... e4 15. Nh4 Qg5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. dxc6 Qxh4 18. Qxe4 bxc6 19. Bg2 Rb8 20. Qxa4 Rxb2 21. O-O h5 $1 $132) 6... c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 ({Riskless, but symmetrical is} 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 O-O 11. Nf3 Rd8 12. Be2 Qe4 13. Rc1 Qxc2 14. Rxc2 Ne4 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bb4 (17. Ba5 Rdc8 18. f3 Nf6 19. Kf2 Bd5 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. b3 Rc2 22. Ra1 e5 23. e4 Be6 24. Rd1 Nd7 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Bxd2 f6 27. Bb4 Nb8 28. Bd6 Nc6 29. Ke3 Kf7 30. h4 Ke8 31. g3 Kd7 $11 {/, Nakamura,H (2785)-Karjakin,S (2781) Stavanger 2017}) 17... f5 (17... a5 $5 18. Be7 Rd7 19. Ba3 Nf6 20. O-O h6 21. Rfc1 Nd5 $132 {[%cal Yd5b4]}) 18. f3 Nf6 19. Kf2 Kf7 20. Rhc1 g5 21. Bc5 g4 22. Bd4 gxf3 23. Bxf3 $1 Ne4+ 24. Bxe4 fxe4 {Nakamura,H (2736)-Le,Q (2709) chess24.com rpd 2021} 25. Rc5 $5 $36 {[%csl Rc6,Gd4]}) 8... O-O 9. Nf3 b6 10. c4 Qc6 (10... Qh5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rfe1 Rfd8 14. a4 Rac8 15. a5 cxd4 16. exd4 Qg6 17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Ng5 Nb8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Reb1 Nc6 21. Nf3 Ne7 22. Ne5 Nf5 23. Rxb6 Nxd4 24. Bf1 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Bc3 e5 27. Ra7 Rcc7 28. f4 $16 {[%csl Gc3,Gf1] Nakamura,H (2736)-Le,Q (2709) chess24.com rpd 2021}) 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Bc3 $5 (12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Qd6 $1 14. Be2 Nc6 $132 {with play against the hanging pawns}) 12... Nbd7 (12... cxd4 13. exd4 Qd6 $5 {might again be more accurate}) 13. O-O Rac8 14. d5 $5 exd5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Rad1 Qh5 17. Bf5 Rcd8 $6 {So,W (2772)-Le,Q (2709) chess24.com rpd 2021} ({The central pawn-sacrifice was interesting, but double-edged and Black would be fine after} 17... Bxf3 $1 18. gxf3 Rc7 $13 {/}) 18. e4 $1 $36) 5... Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O {Nowadays the most common move.} (6... Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 {is currently played less often. White's attempts to get an edge are still connected mainly with} 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 ({In the line} 9. e3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 dxc4 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Rc1 b5 14. cxb6 Bb7 15. bxa7 Ke7 16. Ne2 Rxa7 17. Nc3 Rb8 18. Na2 Bd5 19. Nb4 Nc6 20. Nxc6+ Bxc6 21. Rxc4 Ba4 $1 22. Rb4 Rxb4 23. axb4 Bb5 $1 24. f3 Ra1+ 25. Kf2 Rb1 $11 {Black liquidates the tension practically by force.}) ({Equally boring was} 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. b4 Qe7 15. Qb2 b6 16. O-O Bb7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Bf3 Nb8 20. Rac1 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Nd7 23. h3 h6 24. Rc1 Qd8 $11 {Nguyen,T (2594)-Thybo,J (2604) Terme Catez 2021}) 9... exd5 10. e3 $5 Qf6 (10... Qa5+ 11. b4 Nxb4 12. axb4 Qxa1 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Ne2 $44) 11. f3 Qh4+ 12. g3 Nxg3 13. Qf2 Nf5 14. Qxh4 Nxh4 15. b4 $13 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2733)-Polgar,J (2707) Corus A Wijk aan Zee 2008 (6) / was played in a game I annotated not so long ago in CBM 200.}) 7. Nf3 ({We'll check also} 7. Bg5 {, here Black has a wide choice: A solid choice is} dxc4 (7... h6 8. Bxf6 (8. Bh4 c5 $5 9. dxc5 d4 10. Qc2 (10. Qf3 $143 $6 Nbd7 {and Black has g5 at a suitable moment.}) 10... e5 (10... Nc6 11. Nf3 e5 12. Nd2 $6 (12. e3 g5 13. Bg3 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 a5 16. O-O-O dxe3 17. fxe3 Bg4 18. Nf3 a4 19. h3 Bh5 20. Be1 $13) 12... Re8 $32 13. e4 (13. e3 g5 14. Bg3 dxe3 15. fxe3 Ng4 16. Qc3 Qd4 $1 $36) 13... dxe3 $6 (13... a5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rc5]}) 14. fxe3 Nd4 15. Qc3 Bg4 16. Bd3 g5 17. O-O gxh4 18. exd4 exd4 19. Qc2 $14 {Stohl,I (2503)-Haring,F (2258) Slovakia 2019}) 11. e3 (11. e4 $6 a5 12. O-O-O Nc6 (12... Qc7 $1 $36) 13. f4 $1 exf4 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. e5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nxe5 17. Qf5 Re8 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rxd4 {Hess,R (2581)-Piorun,K (2643) Douglas 2019} Rac8 21. Rxf4 Rxc5 $132) 11... Qe7 12. Be2 Re8 13. Rd1 a5 14. exd4 (14. Nf3 Nc6 (14... d3 $1 $15) 15. O-O d3 16. Rxd3 e4 17. Rd6 exf3 18. Bxf6 fxe2 19. Bxe7 exf1=Q+ 20. Kxf1 Rxe7 21. b3 Be6 $13 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2730)-Karjakin,S (2763) Moscow 2011}) 14... exd4 15. Rxd4 g5 16. Bg3 Qxc5 17. Nf3 Nc6 18. Rd6 Bf5 19. Qc1 Rad8 20. Rxd8 (20. Rxf6 $2 Qe7) 20... Nxd8 21. Qd1 Nc6 22. O-O Qb6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Ne4 25. Re1 Nxg3 26. hxg3 Qxb4 27. Qa1 Qa5 $11 {Johansen,A (2386)-Fremmegaard,J (2372) email 2021}) 8... Qxf6 9. Nf3 dxc4 $142 $1 (9... c6 10. g3 b6 11. Bg2 Ba6 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rfc1 Nd7 15. cxd5 $6 (15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. b3 $14 {}) 15... cxd5 16. Nc6 $2 Qd6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf6 19. Qf3 {So,W (2772)-Nihal,S (2650) Chess.com blitz 2021} Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bb7 21. d5 Rc7 $19) 10. Qxc4 Nc6 (10... c6 11. g3 Nd7 12. Bh3 $5 c5 13. dxc5 b6 $1 14. c6 Qxb2 (14... Nc5 15. Rb1 (15. O-O Qxb2 {- 14...b2}) 15... Ba6 16. Qf4 Qxf4 17. gxf4 Nb3 $1 {[%csl Rc6] } 18. f5 exf5 19. Bxf5 Rfe8 20. e3 Bc8 $1 21. Bd3 Be6 $11) 15. O-O Nc5 16. Nd4 Rd8 $6 (16... e5 $1 17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. Nf5 Kh7 $132 {a plausible follow-up is} 19. Qd5 Rc7 20. Rab1 Qxe2 21. Rbe1 Qb2 22. Rb1 $11) 17. e3 Ba6 18. Qb4 Nd3 19. Qxb2 Nxb2 20. Rfb1 Na4 {Rapport,R (2760)-Karjakin,S (2758) Stavanger 2021} 21. c7 $1 Rd7 (21... Rd6 22. Bf1 $1 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Rc8 24. Nb5 Rd5 25. e4 {} Rc5 26. Rd1 Kh7 27. Rac1 Rxb5 28. Rd8 $18) 22. Bg2 Rc8 23. Bc6 Rxd4 24. exd4 Nc3 25. Rb4 Rxc7 26. Bf3 $16) 11. Qc3 Re8 12. Rd1 ({Sterile is} 12. e3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 Rxe5 16. Rc1 c6 17. Bc4 Kf8 18. Ke2 Be6 19. Rhd1 Ke7 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 $11 {Bok,B (2624)-Sevian,S (2647) Krasnaya Polyana 2021}) 12... e5 13. d5 Nb8 14. e3 (14. e4 c6 15. Bc4 Bg4 (15... cxd5 16. Bxd5 Nd7 17. O-O Nb6 18. Rfe1 Bg4 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Bd5 Na4 21. Qc6 Nxb2 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Rd2 Red8 24. Rc1 Na4 25. Bb3 Nb6 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Ne1 Be6 $11 {Balcazar Novoa,L (2148)-Loisel,D (2214) email 2018}) 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Nc6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Ke2 Reb8 22. Rd2 Rb3 23. Rc1 Rab8 24. Rxc6 Rxb2 25. Ra6 Rxd2+ 26. Kxd2 Rb1 27. Rxa7 Rh1 $11 {Ivanchuk,V (2732)-Wei,Y (2740) Hoogeveen 2017}) 14... Bg4 15. Be2 Nd7 16. O-O (16. e4 Qd6 17. O-O Nf6 18. Qc4 {Xiong,J (2709)-Nakamura,H (2736) Lichess.org rpd 2020} Bd7 $11 {[%cal Yc7c6]}) 16... Bxf3 (16... e4 17. Nd4 $14) 17. Bxf3 (17. gxf3 Qd6 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Qa5 a6 20. Rfd1 Nf6 21. Bf1 Re7 22. Rc4 Rd8 23. Qc5 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 Red7 25. Bh3 Rxd5 26. Rcxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Nxd5 28. Bc8 a5 29. Bxb7 Nb6 $11 {/, Abdusattorov,N (2648)-Gelfand,B (2680) Yasnaya Polyana 2021}) 17... e4 18. Qxc7 exf3 19. Qxd7 fxg2 20. Rfe1 Qxb2 21. Rb1 Qxa3 22. Rxb7 Rf8 23. e4 a5 24. Re3 Qc1+ 25. Kxg2 a4 26. Ra7 Rab8 27. Qc6 Qxc6 28. dxc6 Ra8 $11 {Shankland,S (2709)-Nakamura,H (2736) Saint Louis 2021}) (7... c5 8. dxc5 d4 9. Qf3 (9. Qg3 Nbd7 10. Nf3 e5 $1 11. Rd1 (11. e3 Re8 12. O-O-O Nxc5 13. Nxe5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. f4 dxe3 16. Qxe3 a5 17. Qxc5 Qxf4+ 18. Kb1 Rxe5 19. Rd8+ Kh7 20. Bd3+ Bf5 21. Qd4 Re4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 23. Ka1 Qxg2 $15 {Wittal,W (1882)-Knittel,M (2048) email 2020}) 11... Re8 12. b4 a5 13. Nd2 axb4 14. axb4 {Rapport,R (2763)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2612) Wijk aan Zee 2022} e4 $5 $32) 9... Nbd7 10. e3 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. O-O-O (12. Ne2 $146 d3 13. Nc3 e5 14. h3 Be6 15. Rd1 (15. O-O-O Bxc4 16. Bxd3 Bxd3 17. e4 Nxe4 $5 18. Nxe4 (18. Rxd3 $2 Qg5+) 18... Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qf6 $11) 15... Bxc4 16. Bxd3 Bxd3 17. e4 Qa5 18. Rxd3 Qxc5 19. O-O Rad8 20. Rfd1 Rxd3 21. Rxd3 Qb6 22. Qe2 Rd8 23. Nd5 Qe6 $11 {Shankland,S (2704)-So,W (2778) Berlin 2022}) 12... e5 13. Ne2 d3 (13... Bg4 14. Qg3 d3 (14... Ne4 $6 15. Qxg4 Nxf2 16. Qf3 Nxd1 17. exd4 Nxb2 18. Kxb2 Rc8 19. d5 Rxc5 20. Nc3 b5 21. Be2 bxc4 22. Ka2 f5 23. Rb1 $14 {Carlsen,M (2847)-Aronian,L (2781) chess24.com rpd 2021}) 15. f3 Be6 16. Nc3 Qc7 17. Bxd3 Qxc5 18. Kb1 Rfe8 19. Qf2 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. e4 Rec8 22. Rd6 b5 23. Rc1 a5 {Riazantsev,A (2654)-Inarkiev,E (2707) Geneva 2017} 24. Rdd1 Qb3 25. Qe3 b4 26. Nd5 $14) 14. Nc3 Bg4 15. Rxd3 Qa5 16. Qg3 (16. Qxb7 Rab8 17. Qe7 Rbe8 $11 {with repetition}) 16... Qxc5 17. Rd2 ({White barely equalized after} 17. e4 Be6 18. Rd2 Rfc8 19. Kb1 b5 $1 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Nxb5 Nxe4 24. Rd5 a6 25. Nd6 $11 {Wang,H (2763)-Grischuk,A (2777) Chess.com rpd 2020}) 17... Rac8 (17... Be6 18. b4 $5 Qc8 19. Qxe5 Bxc4 20. Kb2 a5 21. b5 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qc4 23. Rc1 a4 {Vidit,S (2727)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2612) Wijk aan Zee 2022} 24. Qe7 Qb3+ 25. Ka1 $16 {[%cal Yd2b2,Ye7b4]}) 18. Bd3 Be6 19. Rhd1 Qa5 20. Kb1 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Qf3 b5 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Re8 25. g3 a6 26. Qd7 {½, Woelfelschneider,P (2277)-Silva,R (2352) email 2017} Rcc8 $11) (7... b6 $6 {is more of an idea for a blitz game, after} 8. cxd5 (8. e3 $5) 8... exd5 9. e3 Bf5 10. Ne2 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nf4 Qd6 13. Be2 Nd7 14. O-O (14. b4 $5) 14... c5 {the premature} 15. dxc5 $6 (15. Bf3 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Rd5]}) 15... bxc5 16. Bf3 d4 17. Qa5 Rab8 18. Qxa7 Ne5 $36 {Sarana,A (2685)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2773) Chess.com blitz 2022 /already gave Black the initiative.}) 8. Qxc4 b6 {and now:} 9. Nf3 {and now:} (9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 (11... Qd7 12. Qc2 Qc6 13. Qxc6 Nxc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. e3 Bxf1 (15... Bb7 $5 {[%cal Yc6e7,Yf8d8,Ya8c8,Yc7c5]}) 16. Kxf1 Na5 17. Nf3 Nc4 (17... Rac8 18. Ke2 c5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Rd7 Nc4 21. Rc1 Nxb2 22. Rc2 Na4 23. Rxa7 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Nd2 Nb6 26. Rb2 Ra6 27. Ne4 Nd5 $11 {Wang,H (2763)-Radjabov,T (2765) Chess.com rpd 2020}) 18. Rb1 c5 19. Ke2 Rfc8 20. Rhc1 Nd6 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Rc2 Kf8 (22... Rab8 $142 $1 23. Nd2 c4 24. Rbc1 Kg7 $1 25. Kf3 c3 $5 26. bxc3 Nc4 27. Nxc4 Rxc4 $44 {} 28. Rd1 Rb3 29. Rd7 Rxa3 30. Rb2 Rc8 $1 31. Rbb7 Rf8 $11) 23. Nd2 c4 24. Rbc1 Rab8 25. Kf3 c3 $6 (25... Rc5 $1 26. b4 Rc6 $132 {} 27. Nxc4 $2 Rbc8) 26. bxc3 Rc5 (26... Nc4 27. Nxc4 Rxc4 28. Rd1 $1 $36) 27. c4 $16 {Carlsen,M (2863)-Caruana,F (2828) Stavanger 2020}) 12. Nf3 Rd8 $5 13. e3 (13. Ne5 c5 14. f3 b5 15. Qa5 Rxd4 16. Rxd4 cxd4 17. Ng4 Bb7 18. Qxb5 Bd5 19. e4 dxe3 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nxe3 Nc6 22. Be2 Rb8 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Qxc6 Rxb2 25. Qc8+ Kg7 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Qc8+ Kg7 $11 {Wang,H (2763)-Ding,L (2791) Chess.com INT 2020}) 13... Bxf1 14. Rxf1 c5 15. dxc5 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 $5 $146 (16. Qxd1 g5 17. Bg3 (17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Nbd7 19. Qf3 Rc8 20. c6 Qc5 21. Bxf6 Qc1+ 22. Ke2 Qc2+ 23. Ke1 Qc1+ 24. Ke2 Qc2+ 25. Ke1 Qc1+ {½, Wang,H (2763)-Wei,Y (2732) Chess.com INT 2020}) 17... Qxc5 18. Qd8+ Kg7 19. Be5 Qc1+ 20. Ke2 Qc4+ {and the only way to avoid a perpetual is an equal endgame after} 21. Qd3 Qxd3+ 22. Kxd3 Nbd7 $11) 16... g5 17. Bg3 Qxc5 18. Kd2 Nbd7 ({Interesting is} 18... Nc6 19. Rc1 Rd8+ 20. Nd4 Ne4+ 21. Kd1 Nxd4 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 23. Qc4 Ndb3+ 24. Kc2 Rd2+ 25. Kc3 Rd5 $44 {[%cal Rb6b5]}) 19. Rc1 Rd8 $1 (19... Qd5+ 20. Ke2 Nc5 21. Qc4 $14 {Carlsen,M (2847)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com rpd 2021}) 20. Qd4 Ne4+ 21. Kd1 Qe7 $5 22. Bc7 Rc8 23. Qxe4 Nc5 $11) (9. Rc1 $5 {is an attempt to play for a minimal edge: However, White must also reckon with the more aggressive} c5 $5 (9... Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qxd7 Nbxd7 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. e3 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 c5 (14... Rfc8 15. Rc6 Nd5 16. Nf3 Ne7 17. Rc2 f6 18. Ke2 Kf7 19. Rhc1 c6 20. Ne1 Ke8 21. Nd3 $36 {Eljanov,P (2734)-Lenderman,A (2565) Tbilisi 2017}) 15. dxc5 Rfc8 16. Nf3 Rxc5 17. Rxc5 bxc5 18. Ne5 Rb8 19. Nc4 Nd5 20. Ke2 Kf8 21. Rc1 Ke8 22. Rc2 $14 {Zorko,J (2465)-Drnovsek,G (2421) Slovenia 2017}) 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. f3 Nbd7 12. e4 a5 13. Nh3 Ba6 14. Qc3 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 h6 16. Be3 Rb8 17. Rf2 a4 $132 {Ivanchuk,V (2684)-Tomashevsky,E (2702) Konya 2019}) {However, the most recent twist is the direct} 9... c5 $5 (9... Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 (10... h6 $5 11. Bh4 Qd7 12. Qc2 c5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. dxc5 Rc8 15. Qe4 Qb5 16. b4 bxc5 17. e3 Qb7 18. Qg4+ Kf8 19. Bxa6 Nxa6 20. Qf4 Kg7 21. h4 Qc7 22. Qxc7 Nxc7 23. bxc5 Na6 24. Ke2 Nxc5 25. Rhc1 Rab8 $11 {Indjic,A (2618)-Nihal,S (2620) Chess.com blitz 2020}) 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rd1 Qb5 (14... Qe7 $11) 15. h4 $5 Qxc5 16. Qxc5 Rxc5 $5 (16... bxc5 17. Nd2 Kf8 18. Rh3 Nd7 19. Rc3 Rab8 20. b3 {/, Duda,J (2738)-Sevian,S (2647) Krasnaya Polyana 2021 /White has a slight plus and won after a long fight.}) 17. Rd8+ Kg7 18. Rh3 f5 19. Nh2 Rc1+ 20. Kd2 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Rg3+ Kf8 23. Rc3 Nd7 24. g4 Ba6 25. gxf5 Nc5 26. Ke1 exf5 27. Nf3 Ne6 $11 {Willmann,B (2280)-Egorov,V (2021) email 2018}) 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Nd2 (11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. e4 h6 13. Bf4 e5 $1 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Re8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Be2 Qxb2 18. O-O Be6 19. Qa6 Qb6 20. Rb1 Qxa6 21. Bxa6 $11 {Howell,D (2646)-Grandelius,N (2672) London 2022/ White just barely finished his development to equalize...}) ({The greedy} 11. Qxc5 $5 Nbd7 12. Qd4 $13 {deserves attention, but more as an attempt to bail out into a draw by quickly returning the extra pawn.}) 11... Ba6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bh4 Nbd7 14. e3 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 c4 16. Ke2 Qb8 17. Bg3 Qb7 18. f3 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Nc5 ({Simpler is} 19... Nb6 20. Kf2 Rd8 $11 {/ and Black is completely OK.}) 20. Qxc4 Nce4 21. Qb3 Qa6+ 22. Nc4 Rc6 $2 (22... Nxg3+ 23. hxg3 Rc6 $44) 23. fxe4 Rac8 24. Qd3 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Qxc4 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. Kd3 Rc8 28. Rd1 Rd8+ 29. Ke2 $16 {Shankland,S (2708)-Grischuk,A (2764) Belgrade 2022/ The tide has turned completely, in the endgame White is already on top due to his more active .}) 7... dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. h4 $5 {Kasparov's idea, with which he shocked the chess world in Saint Louis 2017. Nakamura himself then felt the power of this original thrust on his own skin. However, what are the alternatives?} (9. g3 Ba6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Bg2 c5 12. O-O Rc8 $132) ({Similar is} 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. Qc2 (10. Qxc7 Qd5 11. Qd6 Qb5 12. Qb4 Qf5 $44 {and White has problems finishing his development}) 10... Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. g3 c5 13. Bg2 Bb7 14. O-O Be4 15. Qd2 Rd8 ({or} 15... c4 $5 $13 {In both cases Black's pieces are active and the impact of the  is not so great - the position is roughly equal.})) ({We checked} 9. Bg5 {in tha above note via a slightly different move-order.}) 9... Ba6 {Developing with tempo. As I predicted already in 2017, Black's subsequent efforts concentrated on this natural move.} (9... c5 $6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. h5 h6 12. g4 $1 {and even a transition to the endgame} Qd5 (12... Ba6 13. Qa4 $16) {couldn't solve Black's problems after} 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Bd2 Nc6 $6 (16... Nd7 17. e4 $36) 17. Rc1 Nd4 18. Rxc5 Nxf3+ 19. exf3 Bd7 20. Rh4 Rfb8 21. b4 a6 22. Rd4 Bb5 23. Bg2 Re8 24. f4 $18 {Kasparov,G (2812)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis blitz 2017}) (9... Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 (10... Qd5 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Qxd5 Bxd5 13. Ne5 c5 $6 (13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. f3 Nxe5 16. e4 f6 $14 {/}) 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. f3 $1 Rab8 17. e4 Ba2 18. Rc2 Bb1 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Bb5 Nh5 22. g4 Nf4 {Kasparov,G (2812)-Aronian,L (2799) Saint Louis blitz 2017} 23. Rh2 $1 $16) ({Perhaps} 10... h6 $5 {also deserves attention.}) 11. Ne5 h6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rh3 $1 f5 15. Rd1 Kh7 16. Qc1 Bd5 $6 ({Too passive.} 16... Rac8 $142 17. Rc3 Qd6 $132) 17. Rc3 c6 18. g3 a5 19. e3 (19. Qf4 $142 $1 $14 {[%cal Yg3g4,Yf2f3,Ye2e4]}) 19... Rac8 20. Be2 Qe7 21. Rd2 Rc7 22. Bc4 Rfc8 23. Rdc2 Be4 24. Bd3 Bf3 25. Be2 Be4 26. Bd3 Bf3 27. Be2 $11 {½, Kasparov,G (2812)-Anand,V (2783) Saint Louis blitz 2017}) 10. Qc2 (10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qxd7 ({After} 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. Be3 bxc5 14. Bg5 {Khismatullin,D (2619)-Askerov,M (2315) Sochi 2019 /Black could have continued} Ng4 $5 $13 {- here h4 shows also it's negative aspects...}) 11... Nbxd7 12. h5 h6 13. Rh4 c5 14. g4 Bb7 15. g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Bxf3 17. exf3 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Rac8 19. Rad1 Nd5 20. Bd3 N7f6 21. Rh4 Rc5 $11 {[%csl Gd5,Gf6] Ivanisevic,I (2593)-Deac,B (2560) Heraklio 2017 With his nicely centralized  Black holds the balance against the .}) 10... c5 {The classical approach - meeting a flank thrust with a central counter. However, we'll shorlty check the alternatives as well:} ({After} 10... Nbd7 11. e4 $5 (11. h5 h6 12. g4 $6 Nxg4 13. Rg1 f5 14. Qc6 Qe8 15. Bh3 {Urh,Z (2072)-Salimova,N (2416) Pardubice 2019} e5 $1 $17) 11... Bxf1 12. Kxf1 h6 (12... c5 $2 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ng5 g6 15. h5 $40) {Black must reckon with the tactical} 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 15. Ng5 hxg5 16. hxg5 f5 17. gxf6 Rxf6 18. exf6 Nf8 19. Re1 $13 {/ Although the position is not quite clear, White with his less exposed  holds the initiative here.}) (10... Qd5 $6 {also isn't ideal and after} 11. h5 Rc8 (11... Qf5 {or}) (11... c5 $6 {seem to be stronger.}) 12. h6 g6 13. b4 (13. Rh4 $5) 13... Ne4 14. Rh4 f5 $2 15. Ng5 Nd6 16. Bf4 Bc4 17. f3 Nd7 18. e4 Qxd4 19. Rd1 Qg1 20. Rd3 $1 $18 (20. Qxc4 Nxc4 21. Rxd7 Ne3 22. Rg7+ Kf8 23. Nxh7+ Ke8 24. Nf6+ Kf8 25. Nd7+ Ke8 26. Nf6+ Kf8 27. Nd7+ Ke8 28. Nf6+ {½, Akobian,V (2662)-Lenderman,A (2565) Douglas 2017}) 20... Bxd3 21. Qxd3 $18 {[%csl Rg1,Rg8][%cal Rf4e3] and Black has no good defence against e3.}) ({Matters are less clear after} 10... Bb7 11. h5 (11. Bf4 $5) 11... h6 12. Rh4 Nbd7 13. e4 c5 14. e5 {The  should have defended his  with his own body:} Nh7 $142 $1 (14... Nd5 $2 15. Bxh6 Ne7 (15... gxh6 16. Rg4+ Kh8 17. Qd2 $18) 16. Rg4 Nf5 17. Bxg7 {1-0, Akobian,V (2647)-Lalith,B (2542) Chess.com rpd 2018}) 15. Rg4 f5 ({or} 15... Kh8 $5 $15 {[%csl Rd4,Re5] is fine for Black, as White's  is falling apart.})) 11. dxc5 Nbd7 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novelty, but quite a natural one - this developing move is suggested also by Stockfish. Oparin may well have prepared it at home, moreover it was also recommended in the very recent Nimzo-Indian repertoire book by Lysyj.} ({Until now Black played} 11... bxc5 {here, which is equally logical. One of the few relevant games even featured Nakamura, but on the other side of the board:} 12. Rh3 (12. h5 h6 $1 (12... Nc6 $143 $6 13. h6 g6 14. Bg5 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. e3 $16 {Ulrich,S (1974)-Wu,R (2138) Saint Louis 2021 Here Black's dark-square weaknesses are serious and chronic.}) 13. g4 Nxg4 14. Rg1 f5 15. Bh3 Nc6 $142 $5 (15... Qe8 $6 16. Bxg4 fxg4 17. Bxh6 $1 Qxh5 (17... gxh6 18. Rxg4+ Kh8 19. Qc3+ e5 20. Nxe5 Rf6 21. O-O-O $5 $18) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qe4 Kh8 20. O-O-O Qf5 21. Qxg4 Qf4+ 22. Qxf4 Rxf4 23. Rg3 $18 {Sarkar,J (2366)-Park,E (2207) Charlotte 2021}) 16. Bxg4 fxg4 17. Rxg4 (17. Bxh6 Rxf3 $1 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 18. Rxg4 Rf7 $19) 17... Rxf3 $1 {and White has at best a perpetual after} 18. Rxg7+ (18. exf3 Ne5 $36) 18... Kxg7 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Qxh6+ $11) (12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. e4 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Qb6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ng5 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Re1 Rab8 20. Re2 Rfd8 21. Nxe6 Rd5 $44 {[%csl Re6,Rf1] Cardoso Cardoso,J (2313)-Turgut,A (2281) Mumbai 2019} 22. Nf4 Rd4 23. Ne6 $11 {would be quite a logical repetition here.}) 12... Nc6 13. Bg5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Rd1 e5 16. Rf3 Bb7 (16... Rc8 $1 17. Qf5 Rc6 {} 18. Qxe5 d3 $1 $36 {is very dangerous here. White can parry the threats on the e with} 19. Rfxd3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 {, but how to finish his development after} Qc8 21. f3 Re8 $15 {[%csl Re1,Rf1] }) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rg3+ Kh8 19. e3 Qe7 20. exd4 exd4+ 21. Be2 Be4 22. Qd2 d3 $6 ({Possibly an oversight -} 22... Rad8 23. Kf1 $11 {is still roughly equal.}) 23. Bxd3 $1 Bxd3+ 24. Re3 Qb7 (24... Be4 25. Qd4 $16) 25. Qxd3 Qxg2 26. Qd4 Qg1+ 27. Ke2 Qg6 28. Rf3 Rae8+ 29. Kf1 Re6 30. Rg3 Qf5 31. Qg4 $14 {Ding,L (2791)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020/ White forces a queen swap, the  is better for him.}) 12. c6 $8 {Practically forced.} ({White can't consider opening the position, after} 12. cxb6 $2 Rc8 13. Qd2 Qxb6 $32 {Black's lead in development is as good as decisive.}) 12... Rc8 13. Bg5 (13. Rh3 Nb8 14. Ne5 Qd5 15. Bf4 Nxc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6 Rxc6 $11 {Lysyj}) 13... Bb7 14. Nd4 Ne5 {The simplest.} (14... e5 15. Nf5 (15. Qf5 Bxc6 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. g3 $13) 15... Rxc6 16. Qd2 $13 {[%csl Gf5] unnecessarily allows the f5 into the vicinity of Black's .}) 15. Rd1 Qe7 {This position is evaluated in Lysyj's book as equal.} 16. Rh3 $1 {White must activate his h1 as fast as possible - the f1 will have to wait for more than 20 moves!} Nxc6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 (17... Bxc6 $5 18. Rc3 Bb7 19. e3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Rc8 21. Qd4 h6 $11 {is also roughly equal. Did Oparin at this moment have higher ambitions, than a draw? In any case his move leads to more complex play.}) 18. Qa4 h6 $146 {A consistent sacrifice.} ({Black didn't take on c6 with the  to continue} 18... a6 19. Rf3 $13 {[%cal Rg5f6] /}) ({RR} 18... Rfc8 19. Rg3 e5 20. h5 h6 21. Bxh6 Nxh5 22. Bg5 Qe6 23. Rh3 g6 24. Qxa7 R8c7 25. Qb8+ Bc8 26. Rhd3 Kg7 27. g3 e4 28. Rd6 Rxd6 29. Qxc7 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Qb3+ 31. Qc2 Qd5+ 32. Bd2 Ba6 33. Ke1 {Oye Stromberg,A (2288)-Melaa,S (2178) Stavanger 2022 1-0 (65)}) 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxa7 Ba8 21. Rb3 Rd8 $1 22. Rbd3 {White also wants to play on and spurns a draw for the time being.} (22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Rd3 Rc1+ 24. Kd2 Qc8 25. Rc3 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Qd8+ 27. Ke1 Qc8 {either repeats moves, or Black regains the  after} 28. c4 (28. Kd2 Qd8+ $11) 28... Bd5 $1 $11) 22... Rdc8 23. Rd4 (23. Rf3 Qxb2 24. Qxf7+ Kh7 25. Rfd3 Rc1 26. Qxe6 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Qc3+ 28. Rd2 Qa1+ $11 {is another immediate draw.} (28... Qc1+ $11) (28... Rd8 29. Qf5+ Kh8 30. Qc2 Qa1+ 31. Qd1 Qc3 $11)) 23... e5 24. R4d2 Qxh4 25. g3 Qh1 $6 {The first demonstrable error.} (25... Qe4 $142 $1 {is the right way to go and also keeps the f1 grounded. After} 26. Qe7 Kh7 {the position remains about equal:} 27. Qd7 $142 (27. Qxf7 $2 Rf6 28. Qe7 (28. Qh5 Rxf2 $19 29. Kxf2 Rf8+ 30. Kg1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qg2+ 32. Ke1 Qg1#) 28... Qf5 29. e3 Bf3 30. Rd7 (30. Be2 Bxe2 31. Rxe2 Qf3 32. Qd7 Rcc6 $19 {[%csl Re1][%cal Rf6f5,Rf5h5]}) 30... Rg6 31. Ra1 e4 $40 {[%csl Re1]}) (27. Qh4 $11) 27... R8c7 28. Qd3 $11) 26. Qe7 $2 {White returns the favour, moreover the text-move could have gotten him into trouble.} (26. Rd8+ $142 $1 Rxd8 (26... Kh7 27. Qxf7 Rxd8 28. Qf5+ Rg6 29. Rxd8 Bg2 {and now the most convincing is} 30. Qc8 $1 Qxf1+ 31. Kd2 Rg5 32. f4 $1 $18 { The extra piece is of little importance, while the combined attack of White's major pieces is decisive:} Rxg3 33. Rh8+ Kg6 34. Qe8+ Kf5 35. Qxe5+ Kg6 36. Qe8+ Kf5 37. Qf7+ Ke4 38. Re8+) 27. Rxd8+ Kh7 28. Qd7 $1 Rc1+ 29. Kd2 {[%cal Rd7f5] forces Black to parry the f5+ threat and} Be4 30. Kxc1 Qxf1+ 31. Kd2 Qxf2 32. Qa4 $5 Bf3 33. Qc2+ e4 34. Kc1 $16 {gives White good winning chances.}) 26... Rf6 $6 ({Far more unpleasant was the quiet prophylactic} 26... Kh7 $1 27. Qh4 (27. Qxf7 $2 Rf6 {[%cal Ra8g2]}) (27. Rd8 Rxd8 28. Qxd8 (28. Rxd8 Qxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Rc1+ 30. Rd1 Rxd1#) 28... Rg6 29. Kd2 Bg2 30. Bxg2 Qxg2 {[%csl Rf2]} 31. Ke3 Rf6 $19) 27... Qg1 $36 {What should White do here? It seems his best bet is the nasty endgame after} 28. g4 Rc4 29. Qg3 $5 $17 (29. f3 e4 30. Qf2 Qh1 $40)) 27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28. Qxd8+ Kh7 29. f3 Be4 ({More circumspect was} 29... Bc6 $142 $1 {, after} 30. Rd6 Qg1 31. Rxf6 Qxg3+ 32. Kd1 gxf6 33. Qxf6 Qg6 34. Qxe5 $5 Qb1+ 35. Kd2 Qxf1 36. Qf6 Be8 37. Qe7 Qb1 38. Qxe8 Qxb2+ $11 {the game is heading for a draw.}) 30. Rd6 Rxd6 31. Qxd6 Qg1 32. Qxe5 ({White already wants more than repetition after} 32. fxe4 Qxg3+ 33. Kd2 (33. Kd1 Qg1 $11) 33... Qf4+ $11) 32... Bg6 ({The engine suggests} 32... Bb1 $1 33. g4 Ba2 $44 {= as sufficient for equality, as White can't untangle without concessions. However, to find and correctly evaluate such a manoeuvre in time-trouble is really inhuman.}) 33. g4 f6 34. Qf4 Qc5 35. Qd2 f5 36. gxf5 Bxf5 37. e3 Qe5 38. f4 Qe7 39. Bg2 $14 {[%csl Gg2][%mdl 4096] / The position has become more stable and normal-looking. White has consolidated his set-up and even managed to activate the f1 (You won't find many games, in which it finally moves only on move 39!). This gives him reasonable winning chances, but the fight goes on...} h5 40. Qd4 Qh4+ 41. Kf1 Qg4 42. Qd2 h4 43. Qe2 g5 $6 {Oparin allows simplification, but one rather feels Black should try to retain the queens on the board.} ({After} 43... Qg6 $1 {a sample line is} 44. Qf2 Qf6 45. e4 Bg4 ({A plausible alternative is} 45... h3 46. exf5 hxg2+ 47. Kxg2 Qxf5 48. Qd4 b5 $14 {- it's not easy to to compare these lines and fully appreciate, where Black's drawing chances are more realistic. Even the engine evaluation can be misguiding from a practical viewpoint, as   are notoriously difficult to play over the board.}) 46. e5 Qf5 47. Qxh4+ (47. Qe3 $5) 47... Kg6 48. Qg3 Qb1+ 49. Qe1 Qxb2 50. Be4+ Kf7 51. Qe3 Bd7 $14 {The extra  is very difficult to convert due to the exposed f1, Black can put up stiff resistance.}) 44. Qxg4 Bxg4 45. Bc6 ({The engine claims the way to win is} 45. a4 $142 $1 Bd7 46. b3 {A possible follow-up is} Kg6 ({A human player would be reluctant to allow} 46... g4 {, but after} 47. Be4+ Kg7 48. Kg2 {[%cal Ye4c2,Ye3e4,Yb3b4] Black's  are under control and White can gradually get his own moving (c2, e4, a4). The main line shows us an example of this.}) 47. Be4+ Kf6 48. Kg2 Be8 49. Bc2 Bc6+ 50. Kh3 Bd7+ 51. Kh2 Bg4 52. b4 Be2 53. a5 bxa5 54. bxa5 g4 55. e4 Ke6 56. e5 Ba6 57. Be4 $22 {with an illustrative zugzwang: Black must either allows the connected passed pawns forward, or unblock the a5} Bc8 (57... Bc4 58. Bb7 $18) 58. Bd3 g3+ 59. Kh3 Kd5+ 60. Kg2 $18 {[%cal Ra5a8]}) 45... Kg6 46. b4 gxf4 47. exf4 Kf6 $2 {Only this is the decisive mistake.} (47... Kf5 $2 {also fails to} 48. Bd7+ Kxf4 49. Bxg4 Kxg4 50. a4 $18) ({Po However, Black's  should have supported his won passed pawn with} 47... Bc8 $142 48. Kg2 Kh5 $1 $14 {} (48... Kf5 $2 49. Kf3 $18 {[%cal Ya3a4,Yc6e4] is hopeless.}) {Here the game still goes on and I haven't managed to find a convincing win for White, e.g.,} 49. Kf3 Bg4+ 50. Ke3 h3 51. Kf2 Kh4 52. a4 Bf5 53. a5 bxa5 54. bxa5 Bc8 {is only a draw.}) 48. a4 Ke7 49. Be4 Kd6 50. f5 $18 {Black has brought his  over to help, but has lost any chances for effective counterplay in the process and White's passed pawns are unstoppable anyway.} Bd1 (50... Ke5 51. a5 $1 bxa5 52. bxa5 Kxe4 53. f6 Be6 54. a6 $18) 51. a5 bxa5 52. bxa5 Kc5 53. f6 Bb3 54. Bd3 Kd6 55. a6 Bd5 56. a7 Kc7 (56... Ke6 57. Kf2 Kxf6 58. Bf1 $18 {[%cal Rf1g2] g2}) 57. a8=R {A final joke.} ({Naturally, also} 57. a8=Q $18) ({and} 57. f7 $18 {win easily.}) 1-0

[Event "Berlin FIDE GP 3 Pool-A"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Stohl,Igor"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2022.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2][%evp 0,113,28,15,20,20,20,20,23,9,-3,6,0,8,4,4,4,18,18,-3,-9,-9,24,16,45,45,45,-35,-35,-28,-28,-16,-16,-45,-22,-4,-4,-4,0,0,0,0,0,-25,14,3,0,0,27,27,25,25,7,-94,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,6,16,16,16,18,18,18,24,18,68,70,70,74,74,70,70,80,71,74,65,24,71,51,47,36,36,55,76,74,69,76,76,82,82,82,109,143,165,169,196,70,229,229,220,234,259,256,258,250,425,425,692,692,1252,787] Nakamura qualified for the Candidates from the last leg of the Grand Prix in Berlin by showing great mental strength. He started the round-robin phase by losing to Aronian, but in the second half of the tournament he won all three games and advanced directly to the semifinals! Critical for his overall success was the following game - at this point Oparin was leading the group on +1, Hikaru and Levon were trailing by half a point. This led to a complex encounter with the almost inevitable mutual mistakes, in the end Nakamura handled the tension better and scored a very valuable victory.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 ({The text-move and the} 4... O-O {line sometimes tranpose into one another:} 5. a3 (5. Nf3 d5 (5... c5 6. dxc5 Na6 {is another big line, where the theory goes on for many more moves...}) {and now} 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 {again leads to our game.}) ({An independent line, requiring accurate theoretical knowledge, is} 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 {and now:} Qh4 {has become the main move:} ({The older} 10... Ndc5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 b6 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. c4 Qa5 17. f3 Nc5 18. Qe3 {might also be playable due to} Rfd8 $1 (18... Ba6 $2 19. Bh6 $1 gxh6 20. Nc6 Qa4 21. Qxh6 Qxc6 22. Rd4 $18) 19. Nb3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qxa2 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Qxc5 h6 $11 {½, Salzmann,S (2310)-Siebarth,M (2131) email 2017}) 11. g3 Qh5 (11... Qh3 $143 12. O-O-O $1 $36) 12. O-O (12. h4 Nxe5 (12... f6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. exf6 Rxf6 $132 (14... Ndxf6 $5 15. f3 $13)) (12... g5 $2 13. g4 $1 Qxg4 14. Be3 $40 {[%csl Rg4,Rg8]}) 13. Be2 Ng4 14. Bxg4 Qxg4 15. f3 Qh5 16. g4 Qg6 17. fxe4 e5 $1 18. O-O-O (18. Nf5 $2 Qxg4 $40 {[%csl Re1]}) (18. Bxe5 Re8 $5 19. O-O-O Bxc3 20. Bxg7 (20. exd5 Bxg4 $15) 20... Bxg4 21. Qxc3 Rxe4 22. Rhg1 Qxg7 $15) 18... Bxc3 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. gxf5 Qa6 $1 21. Qxc3 d4 22. Qd3 (22. Qb3 exf4 23. Rxd4 Rad8 24. Qd3 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Rc8 $15 {Xiong,J (2709)-Esipenko,A (2682) Chess.com INT 2020}) 22... exf4 23. Kb1 Rad8 24. h5 Rfe8 25. Rh4 h6 26. Rxf4 f6 $11 {Starodubtsev,V (2337)-Tocklin,T (2316) email 2018}) 12... g5 13. cxd5 Bxc3 (13... gxf4 14. dxe6 Nxc3 15. exd7 {Black can limit White's choice with} fxg3 $5 (15... Bxd7 16. bxc3 fxg3 (16... Rac8 $6 17. Qd1 $1 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Bxc3 19. Bf5 Rcd8 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Nf5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 fxg3 {Giri,A (2768)-Caruana,F (2822) Wijk aan Zee 2020} 23. f4 $1 gxh2+ 24. Kxh2 $44 {Ponomariov}) {gives White the option} 17. Bxh7+ $5 Qxh7 18. Qxh7+ Kxh7 19. cxb4 gxf2+ 20. Rxf2 a5 $44 {/ Here Black is a pawn down and fighting for a draw.}) 16. hxg3 Bxd7 17. bxc3 Rac8 18. Qd1 (18. Bxh7+ Kg7 19. e6 fxe6 $11) (18. Bf5 Bxc3 19. Bxd7 Bxa1 20. Bxc8 Bxd4 21. Bxb7 Qxe5 22. Kg2 Rb8 23. Rb1 Kg7 24. Qd3 Qf6 $11 {Leko,P (2732)-Dominguez Perez,L (2726) Tashkent 2012}) 18... Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Bxc3 20. Bf5 Rc4 21. Bxd7 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. Re1 $5 Rd8 24. Ba4 Rd5 (24... Kf8 $5 25. e6 Bf6 26. exf7 Kxf7 $11 {or}) (24... b5 $5 {} 25. Bxb5 Rd5 26. e6 fxe6 27. Bc4 Re5 {seem easier to defend.}) 25. e6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 Re5 27. Rd6 Bc5 28. Rd2 Kg7 29. Kg2 $11 {/, Vachier Lagrave,M (2778)-Giri,A (2764) chess24.com rpd 2020/ In the end with some help from the opponent White converted his small edge.}) 14. bxc3 exd5 {is possibly safer:} 15. Be3 (15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. e6 gxf4 17. exd7 Bxd7 18. Qxe4 fxg3 19. fxg3 b6 20. Nf5 Rae8 21. Qd5 (21. Ne7+ Kg7 22. Qd4+ f6 23. Qxd7 Qc5+ $11) 21... Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Qe2 23. Raf1 Qe3+ 24. R1f2 Qe1+ 25. Rf1 Qe3+ 26. R1f2 Qe1+ 27. Rf1 Qe3+ {½, So,W (2770)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com rpd 2021}) (15. e6 fxe6 (15... gxf4 16. exd7 Bxd7 17. Bxe4 {transposes to 15.e4}) 16. Bc7 Rf7 $5 17. f3 Nec5 18. Be2 $44) 15... Nxe5 16. f3 Nc5 $5 (16... Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nd6 $5 (17... Nc5 18. Qd2 h6 19. g4 Qg6 {Sarana,A (2654)-Sevian,S (2660) Chess.com blitz 2020} 20. h4 $1 $14) 18. g4 Qg6 19. Qxg6+ hxg6 20. Bxg5 f6 21. Bf4 Nc4 22. Nb5 Bd7 23. Nc7 Rac8 24. Nxd5 Rc5 25. Rad1 Be6 26. Nb4 g5 27. Rfe1 Bxg4 28. fxg4 gxf4 29. Nd3 Ra5 30. Nxf4 Rxa2 $132 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2778)-So,W (2770) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 17. Bf5 Ne6 18. Rae1 (18. g4 Qh6 19. Rae1 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Nc6 21. Bc5 Rd8 22. Be7 Nxe7 23. Rxe7 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Qg6 25. Qxg6+ hxg6 26. f4 d4 27. fxg5 dxc3 28. Rfxf7 c2 $11 {So,W (2770)-Ding,L (2791) chess24.com INT 2020}) 18... Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Nc6 20. f4 (20. Bc5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Rfe8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Qd7 Re2 24. Qc8+ Kg7 25. Qf8+ Kg6 26. Qg8+ Kf6 27. Qh8+ Kg6 28. Qg8+ Kf6 29. Qh8+ Kg6 30. Qg8+ {½, Mamedyarov,S (2767)-Navara,D (2717) Batumi 2019}) 20... Nxd4 21. cxd4 gxf4 22. Rxf4 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Qh6 24. Qc7 Rac8 25. Qe5 f6 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27. Rf2 $5 (27. Qxb7 Rc2 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 30. Qg2 Qh5 {½, So,W (2778)-Nakamura,H (2750) Berlin 2022}) 27... Rc1 28. Qe6 Rd8 29. d5 Rxd5 30. Kg2 Rxe1 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qxb7+ Kg6 33. Qxd5 Re7 34. Rf4 Qg5 35. Qg8+ Rg7 {Xiong,J (2700)-So,W (2778) Saint Louis 2021/ Black should be able to hold the slightly worse endgame, e.g.,} 36. Qc4 h5 37. Qd3+ f5 $132) 5... Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 {and here Fedoseev for the GP series prepared the older} b6 (6... d5 {again leads back to our game.}) 7. Bg5 Bb7 {However, he was not in great form and didn't do too well:} 8. e3 (8. f3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 Re8 11. Bb5 c6 12. Ba4 Nbd7 13. Ne2 h6 14. Bh4 Ba6 15. Bd1 Qe7 (15... c5 $5 $132) 16. Bf2 c5 17. Qd2 Rac8 $6 (17... cxd4 18. exd4 Bxe2 19. Bxe2 b5 $13 {[%cal Yd7b6]}) 18. O-O Nb8 19. Re1 Nc6 20. Nc3 Na5 21. b3 Qd8 22. Rc1 Re6 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Na4 Rec6 25. Bh4 Nb7 26. Bc2 $36 {[%csl Gc2,Rc5,Rd5,Gh4]} Qa5 27. Qxa5 Nxa5 28. Rcd1 g5 29. Bg3 Re6 30. Bf5 Nxb3 31. h4 Rcc6 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Kf2 c4 35. Be5 $18 {Vidit,S (2727)-Fedoseev,V (2704) Belgrade 2022}) (8. Nh3 h6 9. Bh4 {also requires an energetic reaction. Too passive was} d6 $6 (9... d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 c5 $1 12. dxc5 g5 13. Bg3 d4 $1 $44 {is a promising older method}) 10. f3 Nbd7 11. e4 c5 12. Nf2 Re8 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. b4 Nb3 17. Rd1 a5 18. Rxd6 (18. Rd3 $142 $5 axb4 19. Rxb3 bxa3 20. Rb1 $16) 18... axb4 19. axb4 Ra1+ 20. Rd1 Rea8 21. Be2 Nc1 22. Ng4 R8a2 23. Nxf6+ Kf8 24. Kf2 $1 Rxe2+ 25. Kg3 Rc2 26. Kh4 $1 Kg7 (26... Rxc4 27. Kh5 Rc2 $11) 27. Nh5+ Kg6 $2 (27... Kf8 $11) 28. Rd8 Ra8 29. Rhd1 Rxc4 30. Rxa8 Bxa8 31. Rd8 Bxe4 32. g4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg6] Rapport,R (2763)-Fedoseev,V (2704) Berlin 2022}) 8... h6 ({More common and stronger is} 8... d6 $142 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5) 9. Bh4 Re8 $6 10. Ne2 d6 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. Qc2 g5 13. Bg3 Be4 14. Qc1 e5 15. h4 $5 g4 16. h5 Qe7 17. Nc3 Qf8 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bh4 Ned7 20. Be2 Qg7 21. Kf1 Re5 22. Bg3 Rf5 23. Kg1 Re8 24. Rd4 Nc5 25. Qd1 Nxh5 26. Bh4 Bf3 27. Rxg4 Qxg4 28. Bxf3 Rxf3 29. Qxf3 Qxf3 30. gxf3 c6 31. Kg2 Re6 {Rapport,R (2763)-Fedoseev,V (2704) Belgrade 2022} 32. b4 $5 Nd3 33. b5 $36) 5. a3 ({Nakamura alternates the text-move with the second and somewhat more popular main move} 5. cxd5 {, here Black is at at a crossroads:} Qxd5 (5... exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 (8... g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 $13 {is more principled and still fully playable}) 9. e3 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Bd3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bxc5 $6 ({Black shouldn't have refrained from} 12... d4 13. exd4 Qxd4 {, after} 14. Nge2 Qxc5 15. O-O-O Be6 16. Be4 {Stockfish suggests 3 still untested moves:} Kf8 $5 ({or} 16... Rc8 {, possibly}) (16... Rd8 {- Black has reasonable chances for full equality.})) 13. Nf3 g4 14. Nh4 d4 15. exd4 $2 ({Missing the strong} 15. O-O-O $1 $16 {[%csl Re8] , suddenly Black has big problems with his  in the .}) 15... Nxd4 16. Qd2 Qe7+ 17. Kf1 Be6 18. Ne4 Bb6 19. Rc1 {Nakamura,H (2736)-Fedoseev,V (2704) Warsaw rpd 2021} Nc6 $5 $132 (19... Kf8 $13)) 6. e3 ({After Anand's} 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. h3 {Roiz recommends the sharp} a5 10. g4 Qg6 11. a3 a4 12. Qc4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 e5 $5 14. d5 (14. dxe5 Be6 15. Qd3 Qxd3 16. exd3 Nd5 $44) 14... e4 15. Nh4 Qg5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. dxc6 Qxh4 18. Qxe4 bxc6 19. Bg2 Rb8 20. Qxa4 Rxb2 21. O-O h5 $1 $132) 6... c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 ({Riskless, but symmetrical is} 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3 O-O 11. Nf3 Rd8 12. Be2 Qe4 13. Rc1 Qxc2 14. Rxc2 Ne4 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bb4 (17. Ba5 Rdc8 18. f3 Nf6 19. Kf2 Bd5 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. b3 Rc2 22. Ra1 e5 23. e4 Be6 24. Rd1 Nd7 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Bxd2 f6 27. Bb4 Nb8 28. Bd6 Nc6 29. Ke3 Kf7 30. h4 Ke8 31. g3 Kd7 $11 {/, Nakamura,H (2785)-Karjakin,S (2781) Stavanger 2017}) 17... f5 (17... a5 $5 18. Be7 Rd7 19. Ba3 Nf6 20. O-O h6 21. Rfc1 Nd5 $132 {[%cal Yd5b4]}) 18. f3 Nf6 19. Kf2 Kf7 20. Rhc1 g5 21. Bc5 g4 22. Bd4 gxf3 23. Bxf3 $1 Ne4+ 24. Bxe4 fxe4 {Nakamura,H (2736)-Le,Q (2709) chess24.com rpd 2021} 25. Rc5 $5 $36 {[%csl Rc6,Gd4]}) 8... O-O 9. Nf3 b6 10. c4 Qc6 (10... Qh5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rfe1 Rfd8 14. a4 Rac8 15. a5 cxd4 16. exd4 Qg6 17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Ng5 Nb8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Reb1 Nc6 21. Nf3 Ne7 22. Ne5 Nf5 23. Rxb6 Nxd4 24. Bf1 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Bc3 e5 27. Ra7 Rcc7 28. f4 $16 {[%csl Gc3,Gf1] Nakamura,H (2736)-Le,Q (2709) chess24.com rpd 2021}) 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Bc3 $5 (12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Qd6 $1 14. Be2 Nc6 $132 {with play against the hanging pawns}) 12... Nbd7 (12... cxd4 13. exd4 Qd6 $5 {might again be more accurate}) 13. O-O Rac8 14. d5 $5 exd5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Rad1 Qh5 17. Bf5 Rcd8 $6 {So,W (2772)-Le,Q (2709) chess24.com rpd 2021} ({The central pawn-sacrifice was interesting, but double-edged and Black would be fine after} 17... Bxf3 $1 18. gxf3 Rc7 $13 {/}) 18. e4 $1 $36) 5... Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O {Nowadays the most common move.} (6... Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 {is currently played less often. White's attempts to get an edge are still connected mainly with} 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 ({In the line} 9. e3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 dxc4 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Rc1 b5 14. cxb6 Bb7 15. bxa7 Ke7 16. Ne2 Rxa7 17. Nc3 Rb8 18. Na2 Bd5 19. Nb4 Nc6 20. Nxc6+ Bxc6 21. Rxc4 Ba4 $1 22. Rb4 Rxb4 23. axb4 Bb5 $1 24. f3 Ra1+ 25. Kf2 Rb1 $11 {Black liquidates the tension practically by force.}) ({Equally boring was} 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxc5 11. e3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. b4 Qe7 15. Qb2 b6 16. O-O Bb7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Be2 Rac8 19. Bf3 Nb8 20. Rac1 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Nd7 23. h3 h6 24. Rc1 Qd8 $11 {Nguyen,T (2594)-Thybo,J (2604) Terme Catez 2021}) 9... exd5 10. e3 $5 Qf6 (10... Qa5+ 11. b4 Nxb4 12. axb4 Qxa1 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Ne2 $44) 11. f3 Qh4+ 12. g3 Nxg3 13. Qf2 Nf5 14. Qxh4 Nxh4 15. b4 $13 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2733)-Polgar,J (2707) Corus A Wijk aan Zee 2008 (6) / was played in a game I annotated not so long ago in CBM 200.}) 7. Nf3 ({We'll check also} 7. Bg5 {, here Black has a wide choice: A solid choice is} dxc4 (7... h6 8. Bxf6 (8. Bh4 c5 $5 9. dxc5 d4 10. Qc2 (10. Qf3 $143 $6 Nbd7 {and Black has g5 at a suitable moment.}) 10... e5 (10... Nc6 11. Nf3 e5 12. Nd2 $6 (12. e3 g5 13. Bg3 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 a5 16. O-O-O dxe3 17. fxe3 Bg4 18. Nf3 a4 19. h3 Bh5 20. Be1 $13) 12... Re8 $32 13. e4 (13. e3 g5 14. Bg3 dxe3 15. fxe3 Ng4 16. Qc3 Qd4 $1 $36) 13... dxe3 $6 (13... a5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rc5]}) 14. fxe3 Nd4 15. Qc3 Bg4 16. Bd3 g5 17. O-O gxh4 18. exd4 exd4 19. Qc2 $14 {Stohl,I (2503)-Haring,F (2258) Slovakia 2019}) 11. e3 (11. e4 $6 a5 12. O-O-O Nc6 (12... Qc7 $1 $36) 13. f4 $1 exf4 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. e5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nxe5 17. Qf5 Re8 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rxd4 {Hess,R (2581)-Piorun,K (2643) Douglas 2019} Rac8 21. Rxf4 Rxc5 $132) 11... Qe7 12. Be2 Re8 13. Rd1 a5 14. exd4 (14. Nf3 Nc6 (14... d3 $1 $15) 15. O-O d3 16. Rxd3 e4 17. Rd6 exf3 18. Bxf6 fxe2 19. Bxe7 exf1=Q+ 20. Kxf1 Rxe7 21. b3 Be6 $13 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2730)-Karjakin,S (2763) Moscow 2011}) 14... exd4 15. Rxd4 g5 16. Bg3 Qxc5 17. Nf3 Nc6 18. Rd6 Bf5 19. Qc1 Rad8 20. Rxd8 (20. Rxf6 $2 Qe7) 20... Nxd8 21. Qd1 Nc6 22. O-O Qb6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Ne4 25. Re1 Nxg3 26. hxg3 Qxb4 27. Qa1 Qa5 $11 {Johansen,A (2386)-Fremmegaard,J (2372) email 2021}) 8... Qxf6 9. Nf3 dxc4 $142 $1 (9... c6 10. g3 b6 11. Bg2 Ba6 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rfc1 Nd7 15. cxd5 $6 (15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. b3 $14 {}) 15... cxd5 16. Nc6 $2 Qd6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf6 19. Qf3 {So,W (2772)-Nihal,S (2650) Chess.com blitz 2021} Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bb7 21. d5 Rc7 $19) 10. Qxc4 Nc6 (10... c6 11. g3 Nd7 12. Bh3 $5 c5 13. dxc5 b6 $1 14. c6 Qxb2 (14... Nc5 15. Rb1 (15. O-O Qxb2 {- 14...b2}) 15... Ba6 16. Qf4 Qxf4 17. gxf4 Nb3 $1 {[%csl Rc6] } 18. f5 exf5 19. Bxf5 Rfe8 20. e3 Bc8 $1 21. Bd3 Be6 $11) 15. O-O Nc5 16. Nd4 Rd8 $6 (16... e5 $1 17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. Nf5 Kh7 $132 {a plausible follow-up is} 19. Qd5 Rc7 20. Rab1 Qxe2 21. Rbe1 Qb2 22. Rb1 $11) 17. e3 Ba6 18. Qb4 Nd3 19. Qxb2 Nxb2 20. Rfb1 Na4 {Rapport,R (2760)-Karjakin,S (2758) Stavanger 2021} 21. c7 $1 Rd7 (21... Rd6 22. Bf1 $1 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Rc8 24. Nb5 Rd5 25. e4 {} Rc5 26. Rd1 Kh7 27. Rac1 Rxb5 28. Rd8 $18) 22. Bg2 Rc8 23. Bc6 Rxd4 24. exd4 Nc3 25. Rb4 Rxc7 26. Bf3 $16) 11. Qc3 Re8 12. Rd1 ({Sterile is} 12. e3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 Rxe5 16. Rc1 c6 17. Bc4 Kf8 18. Ke2 Be6 19. Rhd1 Ke7 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 $11 {Bok,B (2624)-Sevian,S (2647) Krasnaya Polyana 2021}) 12... e5 13. d5 Nb8 14. e3 (14. e4 c6 15. Bc4 Bg4 (15... cxd5 16. Bxd5 Nd7 17. O-O Nb6 18. Rfe1 Bg4 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Bd5 Na4 21. Qc6 Nxb2 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Rd2 Red8 24. Rc1 Na4 25. Bb3 Nb6 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Ne1 Be6 $11 {Balcazar Novoa,L (2148)-Loisel,D (2214) email 2018}) 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Nc6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Ke2 Reb8 22. Rd2 Rb3 23. Rc1 Rab8 24. Rxc6 Rxb2 25. Ra6 Rxd2+ 26. Kxd2 Rb1 27. Rxa7 Rh1 $11 {Ivanchuk,V (2732)-Wei,Y (2740) Hoogeveen 2017}) 14... Bg4 15. Be2 Nd7 16. O-O (16. e4 Qd6 17. O-O Nf6 18. Qc4 {Xiong,J (2709)-Nakamura,H (2736) Lichess.org rpd 2020} Bd7 $11 {[%cal Yc7c6]}) 16... Bxf3 (16... e4 17. Nd4 $14) 17. Bxf3 (17. gxf3 Qd6 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Qa5 a6 20. Rfd1 Nf6 21. Bf1 Re7 22. Rc4 Rd8 23. Qc5 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 Red7 25. Bh3 Rxd5 26. Rcxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Nxd5 28. Bc8 a5 29. Bxb7 Nb6 $11 {/, Abdusattorov,N (2648)-Gelfand,B (2680) Yasnaya Polyana 2021}) 17... e4 18. Qxc7 exf3 19. Qxd7 fxg2 20. Rfe1 Qxb2 21. Rb1 Qxa3 22. Rxb7 Rf8 23. e4 a5 24. Re3 Qc1+ 25. Kxg2 a4 26. Ra7 Rab8 27. Qc6 Qxc6 28. dxc6 Ra8 $11 {Shankland,S (2709)-Nakamura,H (2736) Saint Louis 2021}) (7... c5 8. dxc5 d4 9. Qf3 (9. Qg3 Nbd7 10. Nf3 e5 $1 11. Rd1 (11. e3 Re8 12. O-O-O Nxc5 13. Nxe5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. f4 dxe3 16. Qxe3 a5 17. Qxc5 Qxf4+ 18. Kb1 Rxe5 19. Rd8+ Kh7 20. Bd3+ Bf5 21. Qd4 Re4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 23. Ka1 Qxg2 $15 {Wittal,W (1882)-Knittel,M (2048) email 2020}) 11... Re8 12. b4 a5 13. Nd2 axb4 14. axb4 {Rapport,R (2763)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2612) Wijk aan Zee 2022} e4 $5 $32) 9... Nbd7 10. e3 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. O-O-O (12. Ne2 $146 d3 13. Nc3 e5 14. h3 Be6 15. Rd1 (15. O-O-O Bxc4 16. Bxd3 Bxd3 17. e4 Nxe4 $5 18. Nxe4 (18. Rxd3 $2 Qg5+) 18... Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qf6 $11) 15... Bxc4 16. Bxd3 Bxd3 17. e4 Qa5 18. Rxd3 Qxc5 19. O-O Rad8 20. Rfd1 Rxd3 21. Rxd3 Qb6 22. Qe2 Rd8 23. Nd5 Qe6 $11 {Shankland,S (2704)-So,W (2778) Berlin 2022}) 12... e5 13. Ne2 d3 (13... Bg4 14. Qg3 d3 (14... Ne4 $6 15. Qxg4 Nxf2 16. Qf3 Nxd1 17. exd4 Nxb2 18. Kxb2 Rc8 19. d5 Rxc5 20. Nc3 b5 21. Be2 bxc4 22. Ka2 f5 23. Rb1 $14 {Carlsen,M (2847)-Aronian,L (2781) chess24.com rpd 2021}) 15. f3 Be6 16. Nc3 Qc7 17. Bxd3 Qxc5 18. Kb1 Rfe8 19. Qf2 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. e4 Rec8 22. Rd6 b5 23. Rc1 a5 {Riazantsev,A (2654)-Inarkiev,E (2707) Geneva 2017} 24. Rdd1 Qb3 25. Qe3 b4 26. Nd5 $14) 14. Nc3 Bg4 15. Rxd3 Qa5 16. Qg3 (16. Qxb7 Rab8 17. Qe7 Rbe8 $11 {with repetition}) 16... Qxc5 17. Rd2 ({White barely equalized after} 17. e4 Be6 18. Rd2 Rfc8 19. Kb1 b5 $1 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Nxb5 Nxe4 24. Rd5 a6 25. Nd6 $11 {Wang,H (2763)-Grischuk,A (2777) Chess.com rpd 2020}) 17... Rac8 (17... Be6 18. b4 $5 Qc8 19. Qxe5 Bxc4 20. Kb2 a5 21. b5 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qc4 23. Rc1 a4 {Vidit,S (2727)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2612) Wijk aan Zee 2022} 24. Qe7 Qb3+ 25. Ka1 $16 {[%cal Yd2b2,Ye7b4]}) 18. Bd3 Be6 19. Rhd1 Qa5 20. Kb1 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Qf3 b5 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Re8 25. g3 a6 26. Qd7 {½, Woelfelschneider,P (2277)-Silva,R (2352) email 2017} Rcc8 $11) (7... b6 $6 {is more of an idea for a blitz game, after} 8. cxd5 (8. e3 $5) 8... exd5 9. e3 Bf5 10. Ne2 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nf4 Qd6 13. Be2 Nd7 14. O-O (14. b4 $5) 14... c5 {the premature} 15. dxc5 $6 (15. Bf3 $14 {[%csl Rc5,Rd5]}) 15... bxc5 16. Bf3 d4 17. Qa5 Rab8 18. Qxa7 Ne5 $36 {Sarana,A (2685)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2773) Chess.com blitz 2022 /already gave Black the initiative.}) 8. Qxc4 b6 {and now:} 9. Nf3 {and now:} (9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 (11... Qd7 12. Qc2 Qc6 13. Qxc6 Nxc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. e3 Bxf1 (15... Bb7 $5 {[%cal Yc6e7,Yf8d8,Ya8c8,Yc7c5]}) 16. Kxf1 Na5 17. Nf3 Nc4 (17... Rac8 18. Ke2 c5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Rd7 Nc4 21. Rc1 Nxb2 22. Rc2 Na4 23. Rxa7 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Nd2 Nb6 26. Rb2 Ra6 27. Ne4 Nd5 $11 {Wang,H (2763)-Radjabov,T (2765) Chess.com rpd 2020}) 18. Rb1 c5 19. Ke2 Rfc8 20. Rhc1 Nd6 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Rc2 Kf8 (22... Rab8 $142 $1 23. Nd2 c4 24. Rbc1 Kg7 $1 25. Kf3 c3 $5 26. bxc3 Nc4 27. Nxc4 Rxc4 $44 {} 28. Rd1 Rb3 29. Rd7 Rxa3 30. Rb2 Rc8 $1 31. Rbb7 Rf8 $11) 23. Nd2 c4 24. Rbc1 Rab8 25. Kf3 c3 $6 (25... Rc5 $1 26. b4 Rc6 $132 {} 27. Nxc4 $2 Rbc8) 26. bxc3 Rc5 (26... Nc4 27. Nxc4 Rxc4 28. Rd1 $1 $36) 27. c4 $16 {Carlsen,M (2863)-Caruana,F (2828) Stavanger 2020}) 12. Nf3 Rd8 $5 13. e3 (13. Ne5 c5 14. f3 b5 15. Qa5 Rxd4 16. Rxd4 cxd4 17. Ng4 Bb7 18. Qxb5 Bd5 19. e4 dxe3 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nxe3 Nc6 22. Be2 Rb8 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Qxc6 Rxb2 25. Qc8+ Kg7 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Qc8+ Kg7 $11 {Wang,H (2763)-Ding,L (2791) Chess.com INT 2020}) 13... Bxf1 14. Rxf1 c5 15. dxc5 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 $5 $146 (16. Qxd1 g5 17. Bg3 (17. Nxg5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Nbd7 19. Qf3 Rc8 20. c6 Qc5 21. Bxf6 Qc1+ 22. Ke2 Qc2+ 23. Ke1 Qc1+ 24. Ke2 Qc2+ 25. Ke1 Qc1+ {½, Wang,H (2763)-Wei,Y (2732) Chess.com INT 2020}) 17... Qxc5 18. Qd8+ Kg7 19. Be5 Qc1+ 20. Ke2 Qc4+ {and the only way to avoid a perpetual is an equal endgame after} 21. Qd3 Qxd3+ 22. Kxd3 Nbd7 $11) 16... g5 17. Bg3 Qxc5 18. Kd2 Nbd7 ({Interesting is} 18... Nc6 19. Rc1 Rd8+ 20. Nd4 Ne4+ 21. Kd1 Nxd4 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 23. Qc4 Ndb3+ 24. Kc2 Rd2+ 25. Kc3 Rd5 $44 {[%cal Rb6b5]}) 19. Rc1 Rd8 $1 (19... Qd5+ 20. Ke2 Nc5 21. Qc4 $14 {Carlsen,M (2847)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com rpd 2021}) 20. Qd4 Ne4+ 21. Kd1 Qe7 $5 22. Bc7 Rc8 23. Qxe4 Nc5 $11) (9. Rc1 $5 {is an attempt to play for a minimal edge: However, White must also reckon with the more aggressive} c5 $5 (9... Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qxd7 Nbxd7 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. e3 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 c5 (14... Rfc8 15. Rc6 Nd5 16. Nf3 Ne7 17. Rc2 f6 18. Ke2 Kf7 19. Rhc1 c6 20. Ne1 Ke8 21. Nd3 $36 {Eljanov,P (2734)-Lenderman,A (2565) Tbilisi 2017}) 15. dxc5 Rfc8 16. Nf3 Rxc5 17. Rxc5 bxc5 18. Ne5 Rb8 19. Nc4 Nd5 20. Ke2 Kf8 21. Rc1 Ke8 22. Rc2 $14 {Zorko,J (2465)-Drnovsek,G (2421) Slovenia 2017}) 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. f3 Nbd7 12. e4 a5 13. Nh3 Ba6 14. Qc3 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 h6 16. Be3 Rb8 17. Rf2 a4 $132 {Ivanchuk,V (2684)-Tomashevsky,E (2702) Konya 2019}) {However, the most recent twist is the direct} 9... c5 $5 (9... Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 (10... h6 $5 11. Bh4 Qd7 12. Qc2 c5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. dxc5 Rc8 15. Qe4 Qb5 16. b4 bxc5 17. e3 Qb7 18. Qg4+ Kf8 19. Bxa6 Nxa6 20. Qf4 Kg7 21. h4 Qc7 22. Qxc7 Nxc7 23. bxc5 Na6 24. Ke2 Nxc5 25. Rhc1 Rab8 $11 {Indjic,A (2618)-Nihal,S (2620) Chess.com blitz 2020}) 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rd1 Qb5 (14... Qe7 $11) 15. h4 $5 Qxc5 16. Qxc5 Rxc5 $5 (16... bxc5 17. Nd2 Kf8 18. Rh3 Nd7 19. Rc3 Rab8 20. b3 {/, Duda,J (2738)-Sevian,S (2647) Krasnaya Polyana 2021 /White has a slight plus and won after a long fight.}) 17. Rd8+ Kg7 18. Rh3 f5 19. Nh2 Rc1+ 20. Kd2 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Rg3+ Kf8 23. Rc3 Nd7 24. g4 Ba6 25. gxf5 Nc5 26. Ke1 exf5 27. Nf3 Ne6 $11 {Willmann,B (2280)-Egorov,V (2021) email 2018}) 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Nd2 (11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. e4 h6 13. Bf4 e5 $1 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Re8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Be2 Qxb2 18. O-O Be6 19. Qa6 Qb6 20. Rb1 Qxa6 21. Bxa6 $11 {Howell,D (2646)-Grandelius,N (2672) London 2022/ White just barely finished his development to equalize...}) ({The greedy} 11. Qxc5 $5 Nbd7 12. Qd4 $13 {deserves attention, but more as an attempt to bail out into a draw by quickly returning the extra pawn.}) 11... Ba6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bh4 Nbd7 14. e3 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 c4 16. Ke2 Qb8 17. Bg3 Qb7 18. f3 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Nc5 ({Simpler is} 19... Nb6 20. Kf2 Rd8 $11 {/ and Black is completely OK.}) 20. Qxc4 Nce4 21. Qb3 Qa6+ 22. Nc4 Rc6 $2 (22... Nxg3+ 23. hxg3 Rc6 $44) 23. fxe4 Rac8 24. Qd3 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Qxc4 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. Kd3 Rc8 28. Rd1 Rd8+ 29. Ke2 $16 {Shankland,S (2708)-Grischuk,A (2764) Belgrade 2022/ The tide has turned completely, in the endgame White is already on top due to his more active .}) 7... dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. h4 $5 {Kasparov's idea, with which he shocked the chess world in Saint Louis 2017. Nakamura himself then felt the power of this original thrust on his own skin. However, what are the alternatives?} (9. g3 Ba6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Bg2 c5 12. O-O Rc8 $132) ({Similar is} 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. Qc2 (10. Qxc7 Qd5 11. Qd6 Qb5 12. Qb4 Qf5 $44 {and White has problems finishing his development}) 10... Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. g3 c5 13. Bg2 Bb7 14. O-O Be4 15. Qd2 Rd8 ({or} 15... c4 $5 $13 {In both cases Black's pieces are active and the impact of the  is not so great - the position is roughly equal.})) ({We checked} 9. Bg5 {in tha above note via a slightly different move-order.}) 9... Ba6 {Developing with tempo. As I predicted already in 2017, Black's subsequent efforts concentrated on this natural move.} (9... c5 $6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. h5 h6 12. g4 $1 {and even a transition to the endgame} Qd5 (12... Ba6 13. Qa4 $16) {couldn't solve Black's problems after} 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Bd2 Nc6 $6 (16... Nd7 17. e4 $36) 17. Rc1 Nd4 18. Rxc5 Nxf3+ 19. exf3 Bd7 20. Rh4 Rfb8 21. b4 a6 22. Rd4 Bb5 23. Bg2 Re8 24. f4 $18 {Kasparov,G (2812)-Nakamura,H (2792) Saint Louis blitz 2017}) (9... Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 (10... Qd5 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Qxd5 Bxd5 13. Ne5 c5 $6 (13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. f3 Nxe5 16. e4 f6 $14 {/}) 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. f3 $1 Rab8 17. e4 Ba2 18. Rc2 Bb1 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Bb5 Nh5 22. g4 Nf4 {Kasparov,G (2812)-Aronian,L (2799) Saint Louis blitz 2017} 23. Rh2 $1 $16) ({Perhaps} 10... h6 $5 {also deserves attention.}) 11. Ne5 h6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rh3 $1 f5 15. Rd1 Kh7 16. Qc1 Bd5 $6 ({Too passive.} 16... Rac8 $142 17. Rc3 Qd6 $132) 17. Rc3 c6 18. g3 a5 19. e3 (19. Qf4 $142 $1 $14 {[%cal Yg3g4,Yf2f3,Ye2e4]}) 19... Rac8 20. Be2 Qe7 21. Rd2 Rc7 22. Bc4 Rfc8 23. Rdc2 Be4 24. Bd3 Bf3 25. Be2 Be4 26. Bd3 Bf3 27. Be2 $11 {½, Kasparov,G (2812)-Anand,V (2783) Saint Louis blitz 2017}) 10. Qc2 (10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qxd7 ({After} 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. Be3 bxc5 14. Bg5 {Khismatullin,D (2619)-Askerov,M (2315) Sochi 2019 /Black could have continued} Ng4 $5 $13 {- here h4 shows also it's negative aspects...}) 11... Nbxd7 12. h5 h6 13. Rh4 c5 14. g4 Bb7 15. g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Bxf3 17. exf3 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Rac8 19. Rad1 Nd5 20. Bd3 N7f6 21. Rh4 Rc5 $11 {[%csl Gd5,Gf6] Ivanisevic,I (2593)-Deac,B (2560) Heraklio 2017 With his nicely centralized  Black holds the balance against the .}) 10... c5 {The classical approach - meeting a flank thrust with a central counter. However, we'll shorlty check the alternatives as well:} ({After} 10... Nbd7 11. e4 $5 (11. h5 h6 12. g4 $6 Nxg4 13. Rg1 f5 14. Qc6 Qe8 15. Bh3 {Urh,Z (2072)-Salimova,N (2416) Pardubice 2019} e5 $1 $17) 11... Bxf1 12. Kxf1 h6 (12... c5 $2 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ng5 g6 15. h5 $40) {Black must reckon with the tactical} 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 15. Ng5 hxg5 16. hxg5 f5 17. gxf6 Rxf6 18. exf6 Nf8 19. Re1 $13 {/ Although the position is not quite clear, White with his less exposed  holds the initiative here.}) (10... Qd5 $6 {also isn't ideal and after} 11. h5 Rc8 (11... Qf5 {or}) (11... c5 $6 {seem to be stronger.}) 12. h6 g6 13. b4 (13. Rh4 $5) 13... Ne4 14. Rh4 f5 $2 15. Ng5 Nd6 16. Bf4 Bc4 17. f3 Nd7 18. e4 Qxd4 19. Rd1 Qg1 20. Rd3 $1 $18 (20. Qxc4 Nxc4 21. Rxd7 Ne3 22. Rg7+ Kf8 23. Nxh7+ Ke8 24. Nf6+ Kf8 25. Nd7+ Ke8 26. Nf6+ Kf8 27. Nd7+ Ke8 28. Nf6+ {½, Akobian,V (2662)-Lenderman,A (2565) Douglas 2017}) 20... Bxd3 21. Qxd3 $18 {[%csl Rg1,Rg8][%cal Rf4e3] and Black has no good defence against e3.}) ({Matters are less clear after} 10... Bb7 11. h5 (11. Bf4 $5) 11... h6 12. Rh4 Nbd7 13. e4 c5 14. e5 {The  should have defended his  with his own body:} Nh7 $142 $1 (14... Nd5 $2 15. Bxh6 Ne7 (15... gxh6 16. Rg4+ Kh8 17. Qd2 $18) 16. Rg4 Nf5 17. Bxg7 {1-0, Akobian,V (2647)-Lalith,B (2542) Chess.com rpd 2018}) 15. Rg4 f5 ({or} 15... Kh8 $5 $15 {[%csl Rd4,Re5] is fine for Black, as White's  is falling apart.})) 11. dxc5 Nbd7 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novelty, but quite a natural one - this developing move is suggested also by Stockfish. Oparin may well have prepared it at home, moreover it was also recommended in the very recent Nimzo-Indian repertoire book by Lysyj.} ({Until now Black played} 11... bxc5 {here, which is equally logical. One of the few relevant games even featured Nakamura, but on the other side of the board:} 12. Rh3 (12. h5 h6 $1 (12... Nc6 $143 $6 13. h6 g6 14. Bg5 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. e3 $16 {Ulrich,S (1974)-Wu,R (2138) Saint Louis 2021 Here Black's dark-square weaknesses are serious and chronic.}) 13. g4 Nxg4 14. Rg1 f5 15. Bh3 Nc6 $142 $5 (15... Qe8 $6 16. Bxg4 fxg4 17. Bxh6 $1 Qxh5 (17... gxh6 18. Rxg4+ Kh8 19. Qc3+ e5 20. Nxe5 Rf6 21. O-O-O $5 $18) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qe4 Kh8 20. O-O-O Qf5 21. Qxg4 Qf4+ 22. Qxf4 Rxf4 23. Rg3 $18 {Sarkar,J (2366)-Park,E (2207) Charlotte 2021}) 16. Bxg4 fxg4 17. Rxg4 (17. Bxh6 Rxf3 $1 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 18. Rxg4 Rf7 $19) 17... Rxf3 $1 {and White has at best a perpetual after} 18. Rxg7+ (18. exf3 Ne5 $36) 18... Kxg7 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Qxh6+ $11) (12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. e4 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Qb6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ng5 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Re1 Rab8 20. Re2 Rfd8 21. Nxe6 Rd5 $44 {[%csl Re6,Rf1] Cardoso Cardoso,J (2313)-Turgut,A (2281) Mumbai 2019} 22. Nf4 Rd4 23. Ne6 $11 {would be quite a logical repetition here.}) 12... Nc6 13. Bg5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Rd1 e5 16. Rf3 Bb7 (16... Rc8 $1 17. Qf5 Rc6 {} 18. Qxe5 d3 $1 $36 {is very dangerous here. White can parry the threats on the e with} 19. Rfxd3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 {, but how to finish his development after} Qc8 21. f3 Re8 $15 {[%csl Re1,Rf1] }) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rg3+ Kh8 19. e3 Qe7 20. exd4 exd4+ 21. Be2 Be4 22. Qd2 d3 $6 ({Possibly an oversight -} 22... Rad8 23. Kf1 $11 {is still roughly equal.}) 23. Bxd3 $1 Bxd3+ 24. Re3 Qb7 (24... Be4 25. Qd4 $16) 25. Qxd3 Qxg2 26. Qd4 Qg1+ 27. Ke2 Qg6 28. Rf3 Rae8+ 29. Kf1 Re6 30. Rg3 Qf5 31. Qg4 $14 {Ding,L (2791)-Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2020/ White forces a queen swap, the  is better for him.}) 12. c6 $8 {Practically forced.} ({White can't consider opening the position, after} 12. cxb6 $2 Rc8 13. Qd2 Qxb6 $32 {Black's lead in development is as good as decisive.}) 12... Rc8 13. Bg5 (13. Rh3 Nb8 14. Ne5 Qd5 15. Bf4 Nxc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Qxc6 Rxc6 $11 {Lysyj}) 13... Bb7 14. Nd4 Ne5 {The simplest.} (14... e5 15. Nf5 (15. Qf5 Bxc6 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. g3 $13) 15... Rxc6 16. Qd2 $13 {[%csl Gf5] unnecessarily allows the f5 into the vicinity of Black's .}) 15. Rd1 Qe7 {This position is evaluated in Lysyj's book as equal.} 16. Rh3 $1 {White must activate his h1 as fast as possible - the f1 will have to wait for more than 20 moves!} Nxc6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 (17... Bxc6 $5 18. Rc3 Bb7 19. e3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Rc8 21. Qd4 h6 $11 {is also roughly equal. Did Oparin at this moment have higher ambitions, than a draw? In any case his move leads to more complex play.}) 18. Qa4 h6 $146 {A consistent sacrifice.} ({Black didn't take on c6 with the  to continue} 18... a6 19. Rf3 $13 {[%cal Rg5f6] /}) ({RR} 18... Rfc8 19. Rg3 e5 20. h5 h6 21. Bxh6 Nxh5 22. Bg5 Qe6 23. Rh3 g6 24. Qxa7 R8c7 25. Qb8+ Bc8 26. Rhd3 Kg7 27. g3 e4 28. Rd6 Rxd6 29. Qxc7 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Qb3+ 31. Qc2 Qd5+ 32. Bd2 Ba6 33. Ke1 {Oye Stromberg,A (2288)-Melaa,S (2178) Stavanger 2022 1-0 (65)}) 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxa7 Ba8 21. Rb3 Rd8 $1 22. Rbd3 {White also wants to play on and spurns a draw for the time being.} (22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Rd3 Rc1+ 24. Kd2 Qc8 25. Rc3 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Qd8+ 27. Ke1 Qc8 {either repeats moves, or Black regains the  after} 28. c4 (28. Kd2 Qd8+ $11) 28... Bd5 $1 $11) 22... Rdc8 23. Rd4 (23. Rf3 Qxb2 24. Qxf7+ Kh7 25. Rfd3 Rc1 26. Qxe6 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Qc3+ 28. Rd2 Qa1+ $11 {is another immediate draw.} (28... Qc1+ $11) (28... Rd8 29. Qf5+ Kh8 30. Qc2 Qa1+ 31. Qd1 Qc3 $11)) 23... e5 24. R4d2 Qxh4 25. g3 Qh1 $6 {The first demonstrable error.} (25... Qe4 $142 $1 {is the right way to go and also keeps the f1 grounded. After} 26. Qe7 Kh7 {the position remains about equal:} 27. Qd7 $142 (27. Qxf7 $2 Rf6 28. Qe7 (28. Qh5 Rxf2 $19 29. Kxf2 Rf8+ 30. Kg1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qg2+ 32. Ke1 Qg1#) 28... Qf5 29. e3 Bf3 30. Rd7 (30. Be2 Bxe2 31. Rxe2 Qf3 32. Qd7 Rcc6 $19 {[%csl Re1][%cal Rf6f5,Rf5h5]}) 30... Rg6 31. Ra1 e4 $40 {[%csl Re1]}) (27. Qh4 $11) 27... R8c7 28. Qd3 $11) 26. Qe7 $2 {White returns the favour, moreover the text-move could have gotten him into trouble.} (26. Rd8+ $142 $1 Rxd8 (26... Kh7 27. Qxf7 Rxd8 28. Qf5+ Rg6 29. Rxd8 Bg2 {and now the most convincing is} 30. Qc8 $1 Qxf1+ 31. Kd2 Rg5 32. f4 $1 $18 { The extra piece is of little importance, while the combined attack of White's major pieces is decisive:} Rxg3 33. Rh8+ Kg6 34. Qe8+ Kf5 35. Qxe5+ Kg6 36. Qe8+ Kf5 37. Qf7+ Ke4 38. Re8+) 27. Rxd8+ Kh7 28. Qd7 $1 Rc1+ 29. Kd2 {[%cal Rd7f5] forces Black to parry the f5+ threat and} Be4 30. Kxc1 Qxf1+ 31. Kd2 Qxf2 32. Qa4 $5 Bf3 33. Qc2+ e4 34. Kc1 $16 {gives White good winning chances.}) 26... Rf6 $6 ({Far more unpleasant was the quiet prophylactic} 26... Kh7 $1 27. Qh4 (27. Qxf7 $2 Rf6 {[%cal Ra8g2]}) (27. Rd8 Rxd8 28. Qxd8 (28. Rxd8 Qxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Rc1+ 30. Rd1 Rxd1#) 28... Rg6 29. Kd2 Bg2 30. Bxg2 Qxg2 {[%csl Rf2]} 31. Ke3 Rf6 $19) 27... Qg1 $36 {What should White do here? It seems his best bet is the nasty endgame after} 28. g4 Rc4 29. Qg3 $5 $17 (29. f3 e4 30. Qf2 Qh1 $40)) 27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28. Qxd8+ Kh7 29. f3 Be4 ({More circumspect was} 29... Bc6 $142 $1 {, after} 30. Rd6 Qg1 31. Rxf6 Qxg3+ 32. Kd1 gxf6 33. Qxf6 Qg6 34. Qxe5 $5 Qb1+ 35. Kd2 Qxf1 36. Qf6 Be8 37. Qe7 Qb1 38. Qxe8 Qxb2+ $11 {the game is heading for a draw.}) 30. Rd6 Rxd6 31. Qxd6 Qg1 32. Qxe5 ({White already wants more than repetition after} 32. fxe4 Qxg3+ 33. Kd2 (33. Kd1 Qg1 $11) 33... Qf4+ $11) 32... Bg6 ({The engine suggests} 32... Bb1 $1 33. g4 Ba2 $44 {= as sufficient for equality, as White can't untangle without concessions. However, to find and correctly evaluate such a manoeuvre in time-trouble is really inhuman.}) 33. g4 f6 34. Qf4 Qc5 35. Qd2 f5 36. gxf5 Bxf5 37. e3 Qe5 38. f4 Qe7 39. Bg2 $14 {[%csl Gg2][%mdl 4096] / The position has become more stable and normal-looking. White has consolidated his set-up and even managed to activate the f1 (You won't find many games, in which it finally moves only on move 39!). This gives him reasonable winning chances, but the fight goes on...} h5 40. Qd4 Qh4+ 41. Kf1 Qg4 42. Qd2 h4 43. Qe2 g5 $6 {Oparin allows simplification, but one rather feels Black should try to retain the queens on the board.} ({After} 43... Qg6 $1 {a sample line is} 44. Qf2 Qf6 45. e4 Bg4 ({A plausible alternative is} 45... h3 46. exf5 hxg2+ 47. Kxg2 Qxf5 48. Qd4 b5 $14 {- it's not easy to to compare these lines and fully appreciate, where Black's drawing chances are more realistic. Even the engine evaluation can be misguiding from a practical viewpoint, as   are notoriously difficult to play over the board.}) 46. e5 Qf5 47. Qxh4+ (47. Qe3 $5) 47... Kg6 48. Qg3 Qb1+ 49. Qe1 Qxb2 50. Be4+ Kf7 51. Qe3 Bd7 $14 {The extra  is very difficult to convert due to the exposed f1, Black can put up stiff resistance.}) 44. Qxg4 Bxg4 45. Bc6 ({The engine claims the way to win is} 45. a4 $142 $1 Bd7 46. b3 {A possible follow-up is} Kg6 ({A human player would be reluctant to allow} 46... g4 {, but after} 47. Be4+ Kg7 48. Kg2 {[%cal Ye4c2,Ye3e4,Yb3b4] Black's  are under control and White can gradually get his own moving (c2, e4, a4). The main line shows us an example of this.}) 47. Be4+ Kf6 48. Kg2 Be8 49. Bc2 Bc6+ 50. Kh3 Bd7+ 51. Kh2 Bg4 52. b4 Be2 53. a5 bxa5 54. bxa5 g4 55. e4 Ke6 56. e5 Ba6 57. Be4 $22 {with an illustrative zugzwang: Black must either allows the connected passed pawns forward, or unblock the a5} Bc8 (57... Bc4 58. Bb7 $18) 58. Bd3 g3+ 59. Kh3 Kd5+ 60. Kg2 $18 {[%cal Ra5a8]}) 45... Kg6 46. b4 gxf4 47. exf4 Kf6 $2 {Only this is the decisive mistake.} (47... Kf5 $2 {also fails to} 48. Bd7+ Kxf4 49. Bxg4 Kxg4 50. a4 $18) ({Po However, Black's  should have supported his won passed pawn with} 47... Bc8 $142 48. Kg2 Kh5 $1 $14 {} (48... Kf5 $2 49. Kf3 $18 {[%cal Ya3a4,Yc6e4] is hopeless.}) {Here the game still goes on and I haven't managed to find a convincing win for White, e.g.,} 49. Kf3 Bg4+ 50. Ke3 h3 51. Kf2 Kh4 52. a4 Bf5 53. a5 bxa5 54. bxa5 Bc8 {is only a draw.}) 48. a4 Ke7 49. Be4 Kd6 50. f5 $18 {Black has brought his  over to help, but has lost any chances for effective counterplay in the process and White's passed pawns are unstoppable anyway.} Bd1 (50... Ke5 51. a5 $1 bxa5 52. bxa5 Kxe4 53. f6 Be6 54. a6 $18) 51. a5 bxa5 52. bxa5 Kc5 53. f6 Bb3 54. Bd3 Kd6 55. a6 Bd5 56. a7 Kc7 (56... Ke6 57. Kf2 Kxf6 58. Bf1 $18 {[%cal Rf1g2] g2}) 57. a8=R {A final joke.} ({Naturally, also} 57. a8=Q $18) ({and} 57. f7 $18 {win easily.}) 1-0

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

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 ({RR} 8. e3 d6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 a5 11. Be2 a4 12. O-O e5 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. c5 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Rd2 Na5 18. Rad1 Nb3 19. Rd7 Rac8 20. Bc4 e4 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. g4 Nxc5 {Mamedyarov,S (2741)-Sadhwani,R (2628) chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (42)}) 8... Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 d6 10. Rd1 $146 ({RR} 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. f3 Rad8 16. Ne4 Qd7 17. O-O f5 18. Ng3 g6 19. Rfe1 a5 20. Qb3 b6 21. c5+ Qe6 22. Qxe6+ Rxe6 23. cxb6 cxb6 24. Red1 Red6 {Lezcano Montalvo,P (2250)-Epishin,V (2590) Corte Ingles 1998 ½-½ (45)}) 10... e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. g3 Qg6 13. Bg2 f5 14. O-O f4 15. c5 Bg4 16. Qb4 Nf5 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Qe4 Rf6 19. Rfe1 Raf8 20. Rd3 fxg3 21. hxg3 Bh5 22. Rc3 R6f7 23. Nh2 Ne7 24. Qxg6 Bxg6 25. Rec1 e4 26. Rd1 Rxf2 27. Rc7 R2f7 28. Rxb7 Nxd5 29. Rb3 Nf6 30. Rxd6 Rc7 31. Rd1 Rc2 32. Re1 Rd8 33. Nf1 Bh5 34. Rb7 a5 35. Ne3 Rxe2 36. Rxe2 Bxe2 37. Nf5 e3 38. Nxe3 Bh5 39. Bh3 Bf7 40. Nf5 Rd2 41. Nxg7 Rd1+ 42. Kf2 Kxg7 43. Be6 Ne4+ 44. Ke2 Rd6 45. Bxf7 Nxg3+ 46. Kf3 Rf6+ 47. Kxg3 Rxf7 48. Rb5 a4 49. Rb4 Ra7 50. Kf4 Ra5 51. Ke3 Kg6 52. Kd3 Kg5 53. Ke3 h5 54. Kf3 h4 55. Ke3 Re5+ 56. Kf3 Rf5+ 57. Kg2 Rf4 58. Rb8 Kg4 59. b3 h3+ 60. Kg1 axb3 1/2-1/2

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

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 e5 11. Ne1 Ne8 12. g4 ({RR} 12. g3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Nxf5 15. Ng2 Qd7 16. Rb1 b6 17. a4 g6 18. Rb5 Rf7 19. f4 exf4 20. Nxf4 Nc7 21. Rb2 Re8 22. Rbf2 Re4 23. Qd3 Re5 24. Nh3 Rfe7 25. Ng5 h6 26. Nh3 Kg7 {Roubalik,J (2315)-Jedlicka,A (2094) Czech Republic CZE 2025 ½-½ (45)}) 12... Ng6 13. Ng2 h6 14. Qf3 $146 ({RR} 14. h3 Nf6 15. Qf3 Nh7 16. Qg3 f6 17. h4 Nh8 18. Ne3 g5 19. Nf5 Ng6 20. Nxh6+ Kg7 21. Nf5+ Bxf5 22. exf5 Nf4 23. Qf3 Re8 24. Re1 Qa5 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Re6 Qxc3 27. Rb1 b6 28. Qe4 Kf7 {Granda Zuniga,J (2650)-El Debs,F (2544) Buenos Aires 2018 1-0 (41)}) 14... Nh4 15. Qg3 Nxg2 16. Kxg2 g5 17. Rh1 Ng7 18. h4 f6 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Qf3 Kf7 21. Bxg5 Bxg4 22. Qxg4 fxg5 23. Rh6 Qe7 24. Rah1 Ke8 25. f3 Kd8 26. Rg6 Ne8 27. Qxg5 Qxg5+ 28. Rxg5 Rc8 29. Kf2 Rc7 30. Bf1 Rcf7 31. Rg3 Nf6 32. Ke3 Nd7 33. Bg2 Nb6 34. Kd3 Na4 35. Kc2 Nb6 36. Kd3 Na4 37. Rb1 Kc7 38. Rb3 a6 39. Ke3 Nb6 40. Bf1 Rh8 41. Rb2 Na4 42. Rc2 Rh1 43. Kf2 Rh2+ 44. Rg2 Rh3 45. Be2 Rh1 46. Ke3 Rb1 47. Rf2 Re1 48. Rf1 Rxf1 49. Bxf1 Rh7 50. Kd3 Rh1 51. Rf2 Rg1 52. Kc2 Nb6 53. f4 exf4 54. Rxf4 Rg7 55. e5 dxe5 56. Rf6 Nc8 57. Re6 Rg5 58. Bh3 Rh5 59. Bg4 Rg5 60. Bh3 Rh5 61. Bg4 Rg5 62. Be2 Nd6 63. Re7+ Kd8 64. Rh7 Rg2 65. Kd1 Rg1+ 66. Kc2 Rg2 67. Kd1 Rg1+ 68. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Bb2 Re8 {A rare continuation instead of the main} (10... dxc4) 11. h3 (11. a4 Na5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 Rxe5 $5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. e4 Bg4 16. f3 dxe4 17. Qe2 Be6 $13 {1-0 Wang Hao (2718)-Harikrishna,P (2669)/Ningbo CHN 2011/The Week in Chess 872 (59)}) (11. Qc2 Na5 12. Ne5 Nxc4 13. Nxc4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qe2 e5 17. f3 b5 18. Ba2 c4 19. e4 Nh5 20. g3 f5 $132 {1/2 Peralta,F (2603)-Marin,M (2555)/Barcelona ESP 2011/The Week in Chess 854 (45)}) (11. Rc1 dxc4 (11... Na5 $5) 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Ng5 Bg4 14. f3 $6 (14. Qc2 Bh5 15. Bd3 Bg6 $11) 14... Bh5 15. g4 $6 h6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. fxe4 Bg6 $15 {1/2 Rabar,B-Janosevic,D/Sarajevo 1951/EXT 2002 (41)}) (11. Qe2 dxc4 (11... Na5 $5) 12. Bxc4 e5 13. h3 Bf5 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Bb5 e4 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Ne5 Rb8 18. a4 Nd5 $11 {1-0 Swiercz,D (2488)-Arutinian,D (2576)/Rijeka 2010/CBM 136 (31)}) 11... Na5 (11... b6 $5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. dxc5 Na5 14. Qa4 bxc5 15. c4 Bd7 16. Qc2 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Ne4 $11 {1/2 Zhukova,N (2499)-Kosintseva,N (2533)/Moscow 2010/CBM 138 Extra (42)}) (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rac1 Ne7 15. Rfd1 Ng6 16. Ba2 Qc6 17. c4 cxd4 18. Rxd4 e5 19. Rdd1 Ne4 $11 {1-0 Kasimdzhanov,R (2652)-Groszpeter,A (2508)/Deizisau 2004/CBM 099 ext (50)}) 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nd2 (13. Ne5 c4 14. Bc2 Ne4 (14... Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. a4 {1/2 Jakab,A (2417)-Lukacs,P (2423)/Hungary 2009/EXT 2010}) 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 Bf5 (16... Nd6 17. Qf4 Qe7 18. Rae1 Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. f3 Rb8 21. Bc1 Rb3 22. e4 $36 {1-0 Stocek,J (2578)-Votava,J (2546)/Czechia 2008/EXT 2009 (42)}) 17. f3 Ng3 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Qf4 Rac8 {[%csl Gc7]} 20. e4 f6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. exf5 gxf5 24. Rae1 Rce7 $11 {1/2 Jakovenko,D (2725)-Leko,P (2735)/Astrakhan 2010/CBM 137/[Marin,M] (42)}) 13... Be6 14. Rc1 $146 {An inaccuracy allowing a strong reply.} (14. Qe2 Rac8 15. a4 a6 16. Ba3 c4 17. Bc2 Qd7 18. Qf3 Nb3 19. Nxb3 cxb3 20. Bxb3 Rxc3 21. Rfb1 Bf5 22. Bb4 Rc6 23. Rb2 Qc7 24. Bd2 Be4 25. Qe2 Rb8 {1/2 Pappier,C (2400)-Schulze,M (2436)/IECG 2002/Telechess CBM 95}) ({RR} 14. a4 Rad8 15. Ba3 b6 16. Rc1 c4 17. Bc2 Bd7 18. Qe1 Bc6 19. f3 Qd7 20. e4 Bxa4 21. Bb1 Nh5 22. Qh4 g6 23. e5 f5 24. exf6 Re2 25. Be7 Re8 26. Qg5 Kf7 27. Rce1 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Nc6 {Byklum,B (2296)-Hammer,J (2633) Norway 2012 ½-½ (50)}) 14... b5 $1 {Preventing c3-c4 and seizing the c4-square completely.} 15. dxc5 (15. Bxb5 $4 Reb8) 15... Nc4 $15 {[%csl Rb2,Gc4][%mdl 32]} 16. Rb1 (16. Nxc4 $142 dxc4 (16... bxc4 $5 17. Bc2 Rab8 $15) 17. Bc2 Rad8 18. Qe2 Nd7 $15 {[%cal Yd7c5,Yc5d3]}) 16... Qxc5 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Bc1 a6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Bc2 Rac8 21. Ne2 Qe5 22. Ng3 {An incorrect pawn sacrifice but what to do?} (22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 $17 {[%csl Ra3,Rc3,Rd3]}) 22... Qxc3 23. Rb3 Qe5 24. Bb1 a5 25. Rd3 Qe7 26. Re1 b4 27. axb4 Qxb4 28. Bd2 Nxd2 29. Qxd2 g6 30. Ba2 Bb5 31. Rb1 Qxd2 32. Rxd2 Rc5 33. Rb3 a4 34. Ra3 Ra8 35. f3 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 $2 {[%csl Rf2]} (36. Kh2 $142 $17) 36... Rac8 37. e4 R8c2 38. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 39. Ke3 Rxg2 40. Kf4 Kg7 41. h4 h6 {[%cal Rg6g5]} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Marin,Mihail} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 ({RR} 7. Qd3 Qa5) 7... Nxd2 ({RR} 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 Na5 ({RR} 8... O-O 9. O-O Na5) 9. Bf4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxc3 11. Qc1 ({RR} 11. Qd3 Nxd5 12. dxc5 Nxf4 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. gxf4 Bd7 15. Rb1 Rc8 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Bxb7 Rxc5 18. Ba6 f6 19. Nd3 Rc6 20. Nb4 Rb6) 11... cxd4 ({RR} 11... Nxd5 12. dxc5 Nxf4 13. Qxf4) 12. d6 Bd7 13. Nxd4 Rc8 14. Qd2 b5) 8. Qxd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 ({RR} 9... Ne5) 10. Nc2 ({RR} 10. e3 Ne5 11. b3 Qa5) 10... Be7 11. O-O ({RR} 11. Rd1 d6 12. O-O O-O 13. b3 Rd8 14. e3 Bd7 15. Nd4 Rac8 16. f4 Nxd4 17. exd4 ({RR} 17. Qxd4 Qc7) 17... d5 18. Rb1 ({RR} 18. c5 Bxc5) ({RR} 18. cxd5 Bb4 19. Rc1 exd5) 18... dxc4 19. bxc4 Qa5) 11... O-O 12. Rab1 ({RR} 12. Rfd1 Rd8 13. Rab1 d6 14. e3 Bd7 15. Nd4 a6 16. b4 Be8 17. Rdc1 Rac8 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Ne2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qc6+ 21. Kg1 Qe4 22. Qd4 Qf5 23. Kg2 Bf6 24. e4 Qg6 25. Qe3 h5 26. Nf4 Qh6 {Moroni,L (2546)-Hera,I (2610) Tornelo INT 2021 ½-½ (72)}) ({RR} 12. Rac1 Rd8 13. b3 d6 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. Qe3 Qxe3 16. Nxe3 Be8 17. Rd2 a6 18. Na4 ({RR} 18. Rcd1 f5) 18... Rab8 19. Nb6 Kf8 20. Rcd1 Ne5 21. a4 Nd7 22. a5 Nxb6 23. axb6 Rdc8 24. b4 Bc6) 12... d6 13. b4 $146 ({RR} 13. Rfd1 Rd8 ({RR} 13... Rd8 14. Ne3 a6 15. b4 Qa7 16. a4 Bd7 17. a5 Ne5) 14. Ne3 a6 15. b4 Qa7 16. a4 Bd7 17. a5 Ne5 18. b5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qxa5 20. Qxa5 Rxa5 21. Nxd6 Ba4 22. Nxb7 Bxd1 23. Nxd8 {½-½ (23) Sasikiran,K (2669)-Macieja,B (2612) Warsaw 2009}) ({RR} 13. Rfd1 Ne5 14. Qd4 Qc7 ({RR} 14... Qxd4 15. Rxd4 a6 16. Rbd1) 15. Ne3 Bd7 16. Rbc1 a6 ({RR} 16... Rfd8 17. Ncd5) ({RR} 16... Rfc8 17. b3 Be8 18. Bh3 Bf8 ({RR} 18... Rd8 19. Ned5 Qd7 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. c5) 19. Ne4 Rd8) 17. b3 ({RR} 17. Ne4 Rfd8 18. Nxd6 Ba4) 17... f5 ({RR} 17... Rfe8 18. Ne4) 18. Qd2 Nf7 19. c5 Bc6 ({RR} 19... d5 20. Ncxd5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Qd8 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Qxd7) ({RR} 19... Qxc5 20. Ncd5) 20. cxd6 Bxd6 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Ncd5 Qb5 23. a4 ({RR} 23. Nc7 Bxc7 24. Rxc7 Rfd8 25. Qc2 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Rd8 27. Qc2) 23... Qxb3 24. Rb1 ({RR} 24. Ra1 exd5 25. Rdb1 Bb4 26. Qxb4 ({RR} 26. Qd4 Bc3) 26... Qxb4 27. Rxb4) 24... Qa3 ({RR} 24... Qxa4 25. Nb6 Qc6 26. Nxa8 Rxa8 27. Rbc1) 25. Nc4 Qc5 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 27. Nf6+ gxf6 {Feller,S (2657)-Romanishin,O (2530) Aix les Bains 2011 CBM 142 Extra [Marin,Mihail] ½-½ (61)}) 13... Rd8 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. Ne3 Bf8 16. b5 Na5 17. f4 Qc7 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Ne4 b6 20. Rc2 h6 21. Rf1 f5 22. Nf2 g6 23. Nd3 Bg7 24. Rfc1 Be8 25. Nd1 Qe7 26. Qb4 Rc7 27. e4 fxe4 28. Bxe4 Qf6 29. Bf3 Bf7 30. N1f2 Qd4 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Qxe5 33. Ng4 Qg7 34. Rd1 h5 35. Nf2 Qe5 36. Re1 Qd4 37. Rd1 Qe5 38. Re1 Qf5 39. Be4 Qc5 40. Qb2 Qg5 41. Bd3 e5 42. Ne4 Qe7 43. Rf1 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.10.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 4. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 5. a3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:28]} 6. Qxc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 7. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 8. dxc5 {[%emt 0:02:15]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 9. e3 {[%emt 0:04:04]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:00:56]} 10. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 11. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 12. Qxa5 {[%emt 0:07:36]} Nxa5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 13. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 14. cxb6 {[%emt 0:01:41]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:06:04]} 15. Nf3 {[%emt 0:17:59]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:11:40]} 16. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:49] The players followed a long theoretical variation in the Nimzo-Indian. Nakamura played the new moves 16.Nd2 but it is unclear exactly how good this move is} (16. bxa7 Bxf3 17. gxf3 {½-½ Parligras,M (2625)-Adams,M (2733) Bundesliga 1112 2011 (5.1)}) ({RR} 16. bxa7 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rxa7 18. Rc2 {½-½ (18) Nyzhnyk,I (2576)-Griffith,K (2407) New York USA 2024}) 16... axb6 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 17. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:13:53]} Rhd8 $146 {[%emt 0:30:10]} (17... Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Be4 20. Nxb6 Rab8 21. Na4 Rhc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nc3 h6 24. Ke2 Bg6 25. Rc1 Bh5+ 26. f3 Rc4 27. Kf2 Rh4 28. Kg3 g5 29. Ne2 Ra4 30. Rc8 Bg6 31. Nc3 Ra6 32. Rc7+ Kd8 33. Rc4 Rd6 34. b4 Rd3 35. b5 Bf5 36. b6 Rd7 37. e4 Bg6 38. a4 f5 39. a5 {1-0 (39) Grigoryan,A (2216)-Kim,V (2047) Nevinomyssk 2009}) (17... Rac8 {Black had the choice of playing as he did in the game or immediately pinning the knight on c4 with 17...ac8, definitely the most logical way of continuing and maybe White would have had to solve a few issues. The continuation in the game gave Ponomariov enough compensation for the pawn and allowed him to simplify into an easily drawn rook endgame.}) ({RR} 17... Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Be4 20. Nxb6 Rab8 21. Na4 Rhc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nc3 h6 24. Ke2 Bg6 25. Rc1 Bh5+ 26. f3 Rc4 27. Kf2 Rh4 28. Kg3 g5 29. Ne2 Ra4 30. Rc8 Bg6 31. Nc3 Ra6 32. Rc7+ {Grigoryan,A (2216)-Kim,V (2047) Nevinnomyssk 2009 1-0 (39)}) 18. Bb5 {[%emt 0:06:30]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:02:34]} 19. Rc3 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Rxc3 {[%emt 0:05:27]} 20. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 21. c4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 22. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 23. Rg4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} h5 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 24. Rh4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:05:35]} 25. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 26. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 27. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 28. Rxb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 29. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Rxh2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 30. a4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rh4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} 31. a5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 32. a6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:03:09]} 33. Kf3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 34. Rb7+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 35. a7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 36. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 37. f3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} g4 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 38. fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rxe3+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 39. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Re4+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 40. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 42. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 43. Re7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 44. Re8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rxa7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 45. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 46. Rxe7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kxe7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 47. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2024"]
[Site "Stavanger, Norway"]
[Date "2024.05.30"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Stockfish 16.1 - Chessbase"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]

1. d4 {[%eval 14,0]} Nf6 {[%eval 17,0]} 2. c4 {[%eval 21,0]} e6 {[%eval 21,0]} 3. Nc3 {[%eval 18,0]} Bb4 {[%eval 17,0]} 4. e3 {[%eval 6,0]} O-O {[%eval 11,0]} 5. Bd2 {[%eval 1,0]} c5 {[%eval 7,0]} 6. a3 {[%eval 17,0]} Bxc3 {[%eval 21,0]} 7. Bxc3 {[%eval 12,0]} Ne4 {[%eval 16,0]} 8. Ne2 {[%eval 12,0]} b6 {[%eval 8,0]} 9. d5 {[%eval 8,0]} Ba6 {[%eval 14,0]} 10. b3 {[%eval 8,0]} b5 {[%eval 8,0]} 11. Qc2 {[%eval 15,0]} exd5 {[%eval 6,0]} 12. cxd5 {[%eval 9,0]} Nxc3 {[%eval 5,0]} 13. Qxc3 $146 {[%eval 0,0]} ({RR} 13. Nxc3 b4 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Qd2 d6 17. O-O Qb6 18. Ra4 Rfb8 19. Rfa1 a5 20. h3 h6 21. R1a3 Ra7 22. Qe2 Qb7 23. e4 Rba8 24. f4 Ra6 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. Kg1 Kg8 27. Kh1 Kh8 {½-½ Sevcikova,L (2009)-Butenandt,S (2197) Fredericia WIM 2024 Fredericia DEN (9.4)}) 13... d6 {[%eval 0,0]} 14. Ng3 {[%eval 5,0]} Nd7 {[%eval 6,0]} 15. Be2 {[%eval 4,0]} Nf6 {[%eval 2,0]} 16. Qd2 {[%eval 9,0]} Re8 $146 {[%eval 8,0]} ({RR} 16... g6 17. e4 Re8 18. f3 c4 19. b4 Qb6 20. h4 h5 21. Nf5 Re5 22. Qh6 gxf5 23. Qxf6 fxe4 24. fxe4 Qe3 25. Rf1 Qc3+ 26. Kf2 Rf8 27. Bf3 Qd4+ 28. Kg3 Rxd5 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Rad1 {½-½ (30) Malek,J (2482)-Talibov,S (2395) Prague CZE 2024}) 17. f3 {[%eval 7,0]} Qb6 {[%eval 26,0]} 18. e4 {[%eval 28,0]} Bc8 {[%eval 23,0]} 19. a4 {[%eval 2,0]} Bd7 $6 {[%eval 104,0] Inaccuracy. bxa4 was best.} (19... bxa4 20. bxa4) 20. axb5 {[%eval 109,0]} Bxb5 {[%eval 98,0]} 21. Bxb5 {[%eval 103,0]} Qxb5 {[%eval 102,0]} 22. Nf5 {[%eval 106,0]} Nxe4 $6 {[%eval 196,0] Inaccuracy. Qb6 was best.} (22... Qb6 23. O-O Nd7 24. Qa5 Reb8 25. Qa6 g6 26. Nxd6 Qxb3 27. Qc6 Ne5 28. Qxc5) 23. fxe4 {[%eval 201,0]} Rxe4+ {[%eval 207,0]} 24. Kf2 {[%eval 205,0]} Re5 {[%eval 216,0]} 25. Nxd6 {[%eval 200,0]} Qb6 {[%eval 217,0]} 26. Nc4 {[%eval 223,0]} Qf6+ {[%eval 213,0]} 27. Kg1 {[%eval 222,0]} Re2 {[%eval 228,0]} 28. Rf1 {[%eval 223,0]} Rxd2 {[%eval 203,0]} 29. Rxf6 {[%eval 209,0]} Rxd5 {[%eval 225,0]} 30. Rf3 {[%eval 226,0]} Rd1+ {[%eval 232,0]} 31. Rf1 {[%eval 204,0]} Rd3 {[%eval 214,0]} 32. Na5 {[%eval 227,0]} Rd2 {[%eval 235,0]} 33. h4 {[%eval 225,0]} Ra2 {[%eval 224,0]} 34. Nc4 {[%eval 231,0]} a5 {[%eval 275,0]} 35. Rh3 {[%eval 236,0]} a4 {[%eval 283,0]} 36. Nb6 {[%eval 287,0]} Rb8 {[%eval 297,0]} 37. Nxa4 {[%eval 275,0]} Rc2 {[%eval 282,0]} 38. Rf4 {[%eval 252,0]} h5 {[%eval 312,0]} 39. Rd3 {[%eval 316,0]} f6 {[%eval 314,0]} 40. Re4 {[%eval 276,0]} Rb7 {[%eval 304,0]} 41. Kh2 {[%eval 298,0]} Kf7 {[%eval 327,0]} 42. Kh3 {[%eval 261,0]} Kg6 {[%eval 303,0]} 43. Kg3 {[%eval 265,0]} Kh6 {[%eval 255,0]} 44. Kf3 {[%eval 241,0]} Kg6 {[%eval 287,0]} 45. Kg3 {[%eval 287,0]} Kh6 {[%eval 281,0]} 46. Kh2 {[%eval 205,0]} Kg6 {[%eval 206,0]} 47. Rg3+ {[%eval 274,0]} Kf7 {[%eval 291,0]} 48. Rf4 {[%eval 283,0]} Rb8 {[%eval 278,0]} 49. Rgf3 {[%eval 289,0]} Kg6 {[%eval 272,0]} 50. Kh3 {[%eval 252,0]} Kf7 $6 {[%eval 344,0] Inaccuracy. Kh6 was best.} (50... Kh6 51. Rg3 Rc1 52. Kh2 Rb7 53. Re4 Kh7 54. Rge3 Rc2 55. Rf3 Kg6 56. Rd3) 51. g3 {[%eval 304,0]} Kg6 {[%eval 322,0]} 52. Re4 {[%eval 276,0]} Kh6 {[%eval 283,0]} 53. Rfe3 {[%eval 279,0]} Rb5 {[%eval 277,0]} 54. Rd3 $6 {[%eval 201,0] Inaccuracy. Re8 was best.} (54. Re8 c4 55. bxc4 Rb1 56. Re1 Rxe1 57. Rxe1 Rxc4 58. Nb6 Rd4 59. Re6 Rd1) 54... Rb8 $6 {[%eval 308,0] Inaccuracy. Ra5 was best.} (54... Ra5 55. Nc3 Ra3 56. Re2 Rc1 57. Nb5 c4 58. Nxa3 cxd3 59. Rb2 Rc3 60. Kg2) 55. Rc4 {[%eval 298,0]} Rxc4 {[%eval 319,0]} 56. bxc4 {[%eval 309,0]} Rb4 {[%eval 329,0]} 57. Nxc5 {[%eval 324,0]} Rxc4 {[%eval 302,0]} 58. Ne6 {[%eval 311,0]} g5 {[%eval 296,0]} 59. Rd5 {[%eval 315,0]} gxh4 {[%eval 312,0]} 60. gxh4 {[%eval 291,0]} Kg6 {[%eval 296,0]} 61. Nd4 {[%eval 288,0]} Rc3+ {[%eval 315,0]} 62. Kg2 {[%eval 293,0]} Rd3 {[%eval 316,0]} 63. Nf5 {[%eval 305,0]} Ra3 {[%eval 300,0]} 64. Ng3 {[%eval 314,0]} Ra2+ {[%eval 309,0]} 65. Kf3 {[%eval 209,0]} Ra3+ {[%eval 303,0]} 66. Kf4 {[%eval 298,0]} Ra4+ {[%eval 313,0]} 67. Ne4 {[%eval 316,0]} Ra1 {[%eval 315,0]} 68. Rd6 {[%eval 308,0]} Rf1+ {[%eval 303,0]} 69. Ke3 {[%eval 324,0]} Rf5 {[%eval 315,0]} 70. Rc6 {[%eval 315,0]} Rf1 {[%eval 312,0]} 71. Ra6 {[%eval 296,0]} Rf5 {[%eval 316,0]} 72. Ra1 {[%eval 313,0]} Re5 {[%eval 304,0]} 73. Kd4 {[%eval 299,0]} Re6 {[%eval 305,0]} 74. Rf1 {[%eval 312,0]} Ra6 {[%eval 323,0]} 75. Nc3 {[%eval 307,0]} Ra3 {[%eval 319,0]} 76. Rf4 {[%eval 316,0]} Ra6 {[%eval 344,0]} 77. Nd5 {[%eval 331,0]} Re6 {[%eval 329,0]} 78. Re4 {[%eval 321,0]} Rd6 {[%eval 319,0]} 79. Rf4 {[%eval 338,0]} Re6 {[%eval 337,0]} 80. Kd3 {[%eval 315,0]} Kf7 {[%eval 334,0]} 81. Ra4 {[%eval 324,0]} Rd6 $6 {[%eval 402,0] Inaccuracy. Re1 was best.} (81... Re1 82. Nf4 Rd1+ 83. Ke3 Rh1 84. Nxh5 Kg6 85. Ng3 Rb1 86. Kf4 Rb2 87. Kg4) 82. Ke4 {[%eval 415,0]} Re6+ {[%eval 412,0]} 83. Kf3 {[%eval 401,0]} Re5 {[%eval 401,0]} 84. Ra7+ {[%eval 428,0]} Kg6 {[%eval 428,0]} 85. Nf4+ {[%eval 308,0]} Kf5 $4 {[%eval 32744,0] Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh6 was best.} (85... Kh6 86. Ra6 Kg7 87. Rd6 Ra5 88. Rd5 Ra1 89. Nxh5+ Kh6 90. Nf4 Rh1 91. Kg4) 86. Rh7 {[%eval 32746,0]} 1-0

[Event "12th Norway Chess 2024"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2024.05.30"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2024.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2 b6 9. d5 Ba6 10. b3 b5 11. Qc2 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 d6 14. Ng3 Nd7 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Qd2 Re8 $146 ({RR} 16... g6 17. e4 Re8 18. f3 c4 19. b4 Qb6 20. h4 h5 21. Nf5 Re5 22. Qh6 gxf5 23. Qxf6 fxe4 24. fxe4 Qe3 25. Rf1 Qc3+ 26. Kf2 Rf8 27. Bf3 Qd4+ 28. Kg3 Rxd5 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Rad1 {½-½ (30) Malek,J (2482)-Talibov,S (2395) Prague CZE 2024}) 17. f3 Qb6 18. e4 Bc8 19. a4 Bd7 20. axb5 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22. Nf5 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Rxe4+ 24. Kf2 Re5 25. Nxd6 Qb6 26. Nc4 Qf6+ 27. Kg1 Re2 28. Rf1 Rxd2 29. Rxf6 Rxd5 30. Rf3 Rd1+ 31. Rf1 Rd3 32. Na5 Rd2 33. h4 Ra2 34. Nc4 a5 35. Rh3 a4 36. Nb6 Rb8 37. Nxa4 Rc2 38. Rf4 h5 39. Rd3 f6 40. Re4 Rb7 41. Kh2 Kf7 42. Kh3 Kg6 43. Kg3 Kh6 44. Kf3 Kg6 45. Kg3 Kh6 46. Kh2 Kg6 47. Rg3+ Kf7 48. Rf4 Rb8 49. Rgf3 Kg6 50. Kh3 Kf7 51. g3 Kg6 52. Re4 Kh6 53. Rfe3 Rb5 54. Rd3 Rb8 55. Rc4 Rxc4 56. bxc4 Rb4 57. Nxc5 Rxc4 58. Ne6 g5 59. Rd5 gxh4 60. gxh4 Kg6 61. Nd4 Rc3+ 62. Kg2 Rd3 63. Nf5 Ra3 64. Ng3 Ra2+ 65. Kf3 Ra3+ 66. Kf4 Ra4+ 67. Ne4 Ra1 68. Rd6 Rf1+ 69. Ke3 Rf5 70. Rc6 Rf1 71. Ra6 Rf5 72. Ra1 Re5 73. Kd4 Re6 74. Rf1 Ra6 75. Nc3 Ra3 76. Rf4 Ra6 77. Nd5 Re6 78. Re4 Rd6 79. Rf4 Re6 80. Kd3 Kf7 81. Ra4 Rd6 82. Ke4 Re6+ 83. Kf3 Re5 84. Ra7+ Kg6 85. Nf4+ Kf5 86. Rh7 1-0

[Event "12th Norway Chess 2024"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2024.05.30"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2024.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2 b6 9. d5 Ba6 10. b3 b5 11. Qc2 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 d6 14. Ng3 Nd7 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Qd2 Re8 $146 ({RR} 16... g6 17. e4 Re8 18. f3 c4 19. b4 Qb6 20. h4 h5 21. Nf5 Re5 22. Qh6 gxf5 23. Qxf6 fxe4 24. fxe4 Qe3 25. Rf1 Qc3+ 26. Kf2 Rf8 27. Bf3 Qd4+ 28. Kg3 Rxd5 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Rad1 {½-½ (30) Malek,J (2482)-Talibov,S (2395) Prague CZE 2024}) 17. f3 Qb6 18. e4 Bc8 19. a4 Bd7 20. axb5 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22. Nf5 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Rxe4+ 24. Kf2 Re5 25. Nxd6 Qb6 26. Nc4 Qf6+ 27. Kg1 Re2 28. Rf1 Rxd2 29. Rxf6 Rxd5 30. Rf3 Rd1+ 31. Rf1 Rd3 32. Na5 Rd2 33. h4 Ra2 34. Nc4 a5 35. Rh3 a4 36. Nb6 Rb8 37. Nxa4 Rc2 38. Rf4 h5 39. Rd3 f6 40. Re4 Rb7 41. Kh2 Kf7 42. Kh3 Kg6 43. Kg3 Kh6 44. Kf3 Kg6 45. Kg3 Kh6 46. Kh2 Kg6 47. Rg3+ Kf7 48. Rf4 Rb8 49. Rgf3 Kg6 50. Kh3 Kf7 51. g3 Kg6 52. Re4 Kh6 53. Rfe3 Rb5 54. Rd3 Rb8 55. Rc4 Rxc4 56. bxc4 Rb4 57. Nxc5 Rxc4 58. Ne6 g5 59. Rd5 gxh4 60. gxh4 Kg6 61. Nd4 Rc3+ 62. Kg2 Rd3 63. Nf5 Ra3 64. Ng3 Ra2+ 65. Kf3 Ra3+ 66. Kf4 Ra4+ 67. Ne4 Ra1 68. Rd6 Rf1+ 69. Ke3 Rf5 70. Rc6 Rf1 71. Ra6 Rf5 72. Ra1 Re5 73. Kd4 Re6 74. Rf1 Ra6 75. Nc3 Ra3 76. Rf4 Ra6 77. Nd5 Re6 78. Re4 Rd6 79. Rf4 Re6 80. Kd3 Kf7 81. Ra4 Rd6 82. Ke4 Re6+ 83. Kf3 Re5 84. Ra7+ Kg6 85. Nf4+ Kf5 86. Rh7 1-0

[Event "12th Norway Chess 2024"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2024.05.30"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, R.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2024.05.27"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2 b6 9. d5 Ba6 10. b3 b5 11. Qc2 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 d6 14. Ng3 Nd7 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Qd2 Re8 $146 ({RR} 16... g6 17. e4 Re8 18. f3 c4 19. b4 Qb6 20. h4 h5 21. Nf5 Re5 22. Qh6 gxf5 23. Qxf6 fxe4 24. fxe4 Qe3 25. Rf1 Qc3+ 26. Kf2 Rf8 27. Bf3 Qd4+ 28. Kg3 Rxd5 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Rad1 {½-½ (30) Malek,J (2482)-Talibov,S (2395) Prague CZE 2024}) 17. f3 Qb6 18. e4 Bc8 19. a4 Bd7 20. axb5 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22. Nf5 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Rxe4+ 24. Kf2 Re5 25. Nxd6 Qb6 26. Nc4 Qf6+ 27. Kg1 Re2 28. Rf1 Rxd2 29. Rxf6 Rxd5 30. Rf3 Rd1+ 31. Rf1 Rd3 32. Na5 Rd2 33. h4 Ra2 34. Nc4 a5 35. Rh3 a4 36. Nb6 Rb8 37. Nxa4 Rc2 38. Rf4 h5 39. Rd3 f6 40. Re4 Rb7 41. Kh2 Kf7 42. Kh3 Kg6 43. Kg3 Kh6 44. Kf3 Kg6 45. Kg3 Kh6 46. Kh2 Kg6 47. Rg3+ Kf7 48. Rf4 Rb8 49. Rgf3 Kg6 50. Kh3 Kf7 51. g3 Kg6 52. Re4 Kh6 53. Rfe3 Rb5 54. Rd3 Rb8 55. Rc4 Rxc4 56. bxc4 Rb4 57. Nxc5 Rxc4 58. Ne6 g5 59. Rd5 gxh4 60. gxh4 Kg6 61. Nd4 Rc3+ 62. Kg2 Rd3 63. Nf5 Ra3 64. Ng3 Ra2+ 65. Kf3 Ra3+ 66. Kf4 Ra4+ 67. Ne4 Ra1 68. Rd6 Rf1+ 69. Ke3 Rf5 70. Rc6 Rf1 71. Ra6 Rf5 72. Ra1 Re5 73. Kd4 Re6 74. Rf1 Ra6 75. Nc3 Ra3 76. Rf4 Ra6 77. Nd5 Re6 78. Re4 Rd6 79. Rf4 Re6 80. Kd3 Kf7 81. Ra4 Rd6 82. Ke4 Re6+ 83. Kf3 Re5 84. Ra7+ Kg6 85. Nf4+ Kf5 86. Rh7 1-0

[Event "London Classic"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2009.12.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Nc6 $5 $146 {[%cal Ye6e5][%mdl 8] An original but hardly a good move, instead of the normal} (7... O-O {or}) (7... Bb7) ({RR} 7... d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Be7 10. g3 c6 11. Bg2 Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. b4 a6 14. Nf4 Nf6 15. Nd3 Bf5 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Rac1 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Na4 Rb8 20. Qd1 Qe6 21. Rc3 Qg6 22. Qe2 {Kharlov,A (2656)-Kortschnoj,V (2617) Kazan 2001 ½-½ (66)}) ({RR} 7... O-O 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Nxc3 Bb7 10. d5 d6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O a5 13. b4 Qe7 14. Rac1 axb4 15. axb4 Nf6 16. Bf3 e5 17. e4 Bc8 18. g3 Bd7 19. Ra1 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Qf8 21. Rab1 h6 22. Qe2 {Soriano Quispe,I (2361)-Delgado Ramirez,N (2489) Caioba BRA 2025 ½-½ (67)}) 8. a3 (8. Nf4 $5 Bd6 (8... e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nfd5) 9. g3 $14) 8... Be7 9. Nf4 Bg5 $146 ({RR} 9... Bb7 10. Bd3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Nfd5 Bf8 15. f4 Ng6 16. e4 d6 17. Rae1 a6 18. Bd3 c6 19. Ne3 b5 20. Nf5 Ne7 21. Nxe7+ Bxe7 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Bb1 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 {Gardner,R (2213)-Short,N (2682) Edmonton 2013 0-1 (39)}) 10. b4 {A double-edged move. White should now reckon with ...a7-a5.} (10. Be2 $14) (10. d5 $5 Ne5 11. Nh5 $1 $14 {[%cal Yf1e2,Yf2f4]}) 10... Bb7 11. d5 (11. Be2 a5 12. b5 Ne7 $132) 11... Ne5 12. Rc1 {It was not necessary to give up the a-file but White apparently doesn't spoil anything.} (12. Nh5 $5 {was still possible but after} Bh6 13. Be2 Qh4 {Black now obtained good counterplay.}) (12. Be2 $5 a5 13. O-O O-O 14. Nh5 $14 {was probably the simplest way to consolidate his position and keep a small plus.}) 12... O-O 13. Be2 a5 14. O-O axb4 15. axb4 Bxf4 (15... Be7 16. Qb2 Bf6 17. Rfd1 $14) (15... Ng6 16. Nh5 $14) 16. exf4 Ng6 17. Rfe1 (17. g3 $5 c6 $140 18. Rfd1) 17... c6 (17... Qe7 18. Nb5) 18. g3 cxd5 19. cxd5 Ne7 20. Bf3 Ra3 21. Be4 $6 {Too slow.} (21. d6 $5 Nc6 (21... Bxf3 22. dxe7 Qxe7 23. Re3 {[%cal Rc3d5,Re3f3]}) 22. f5 $1 $16) 21... Qa8 22. Rcd1 h6 23. Qd4 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Qxd5 exd5 27. Rxd5 $14 {[%mdl 4096] The endgame is more pleasant for White but Black eventually holds on.} Ra7 28. Rd6 Rb7 29. f5 f6 30. Red1 Rc8 31. Kg2 Rc4 32. R1d4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Rc7 34. Kf3 Rc2 35. h4 h5 36. Rd5 Rc4 37. Rb5 Rc6 38. Rd5 Rc4 39. b5 Rb4 40. Ke3 Kf8 41. Rxd7 Rxb5 42. Rb7 Rxf5 43. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.26"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "So, W.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O Re8 10. a3 $146 ({RR} 10. Qb1 Nbd7 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Qc2 c4 14. Bf5 Nb6 15. Rab1 Ne4 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. Ne2 Qd7 18. Ba5 Rc6 19. Nc3 Bc7 20. Rfd1 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Rh6 22. Ne5 Qe6 23. Rb5 f6 24. Nf3 g5 {Kretchetov,A (2144)-Gedajlovic,M (2343) Saint Louis 2022 0-1 (35)}) ({RR} 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Qc2 a6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Rxe4 Rxe4 16. Qxe4 Nd7 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Qb7 b5 19. Re1 Qc8 20. Qe4 h6 21. Bh4 Nb6 22. Bg3 Qd7 23. Qb7 Qc8 24. Qc6 Qd7 {Caruana,F (2764)-So,W (2760) Stavanger NOR 2023 ½-½ (48)}) ({RR} 10. Nb5 Bf8 11. Ne5 c5 12. f4 Bb7 13. Be1 Ne4 14. Nc3 cxd4 15. exd4 Nc6 16. Nxe4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 dxe4 18. Bc4 Rc8 19. Qb3 Qd4+ 20. Bf2 Qxc4 21. Qd1 Bc5 22. Qg4 e3 23. Bh4 e2+ 24. Kh1 exf1=Q+ {Venkatesh,N (2175)-Bok,B (2583) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 10... c5 11. Rc1 c4 12. Bb1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qa4 Nbd7 15. Nh4 a6 16. Qc2 Ne4 17. Nf5 Bf3 18. Ng3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Bh5 20. Nxd5 Be2 21. Rf4 Ndc5 22. dxc5 Bd3 23. Qd1 Qxd5 24. Be1 Qxc5 25. Bxd3 Qxe3+ 26. Kh2 Qxd3 27. Qg4 Rad8 28. Bc3 Nxc3 29. Rxc3 Qg6 30. Qh4 b5 31. Rcf3 Rd7 32. Rg4 Qd6 33. Rf6 Re6 34. Qg5 g6 35. Rgf4 Rxf6 36. Rxf6 Qe7 37. Qf4 Rd2 38. Rxg6+ hxg6 39. Qxd2 Qe5 40. h4 Kg7 41. Kh3 a5 42. g4 Qf6 43. h5 Qe5 44. h6+ Kh7 45. g5 b4 46. axb4 axb4 47. Qxb4 Qe3+ 48. g3 Qe6+ 49. Kh4 Qe4+ 50. g4 Qg2 51. Qb8 Qf2+ 52. Kh3 Qe3+ 53. Kh4 Qf2+ 54. Qg3 Qxb2 55. Qf4 Kg8 56. h7+ Kh8 57. Kg3 Qc3+ 58. Kg2 Qb2+ 59. Kf3 Qb3+ 60. Ke4 c3 61. Qd6 c2 62. Qc5 Kxh7 0-1

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.26"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "So, W.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O Re8 10. a3 $146 ({RR} 10. Qb1 Nbd7 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Qc2 c4 14. Bf5 Nb6 15. Rab1 Ne4 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. Ne2 Qd7 18. Ba5 Rc6 19. Nc3 Bc7 20. Rfd1 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Rh6 22. Ne5 Qe6 23. Rb5 f6 24. Nf3 g5 {Kretchetov,A (2144)-Gedajlovic,M (2343) Saint Louis 2022 0-1 (35)}) ({RR} 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Qc2 a6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Rxe4 Rxe4 16. Qxe4 Nd7 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Qb7 b5 19. Re1 Qc8 20. Qe4 h6 21. Bh4 Nb6 22. Bg3 Qd7 23. Qb7 Qc8 24. Qc6 Qd7 {Caruana,F (2764)-So,W (2760) Stavanger NOR 2023 ½-½ (48)}) ({RR} 10. Nb5 Bf8 11. Ne5 c5 12. f4 Bb7 13. Be1 Ne4 14. Nc3 cxd4 15. exd4 Nc6 16. Nxe4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 dxe4 18. Bc4 Rc8 19. Qb3 Qd4+ 20. Bf2 Qxc4 21. Qd1 Bc5 22. Qg4 e3 23. Bh4 e2+ 24. Kh1 exf1=Q+ {Venkatesh,N (2175)-Bok,B (2583) chess.com INT 2025 0-1}) 10... c5 11. Rc1 c4 12. Bb1 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Qa4 Nbd7 15. Nh4 a6 16. Qc2 Ne4 17. Nf5 Bf3 18. Ng3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Bh5 20. Nxd5 Be2 21. Rf4 Ndc5 22. dxc5 Bd3 23. Qd1 Qxd5 24. Be1 Qxc5 25. Bxd3 Qxe3+ 26. Kh2 Qxd3 27. Qg4 Rad8 28. Bc3 Nxc3 29. Rxc3 Qg6 30. Qh4 b5 31. Rcf3 Rd7 32. Rg4 Qd6 33. Rf6 Re6 34. Qg5 g6 35. Rgf4 Rxf6 36. Rxf6 Qe7 37. Qf4 Rd2 38. Rxg6+ hxg6 39. Qxd2 Qe5 40. h4 Kg7 41. Kh3 a5 42. g4 Qf6 43. h5 Qe5 44. h6+ Kh7 45. g5 b4 46. axb4 axb4 47. Qxb4 Qe3+ 48. g3 Qe6+ 49. Kh4 Qe4+ 50. g4 Qg2 51. Qb8 Qf2+ 52. Kh3 Qe3+ 53. Kh4 Qf2+ 54. Qg3 Qxb2 55. Qf4 Kg8 56. h7+ Kh8 57. Kg3 Qc3+ 58. Kg2 Qb2+ 59. Kf3 Qb3+ 60. Ke4 c3 61. Qd6 c2 62. Qc5 Kxh7 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.02.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 $146 ({RR} 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. O-O Qd6 15. Rb1 b6 16. c4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Nd7 18. e4 c5 19. Ba3 Rfe8 20. f3 Qxd4+ 21. Qxd4 cxd4 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. Rxd4 Ne5 24. Rbd1 f6 25. Bd6 Rc2 26. a4 h5 {Kulaots,K (2556)-Sulskis,S (2557) Tallinn 2015 ½-½ (38)}) 12... 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 "Titled Tue 4th Jun Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Svane, R.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.06.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 ({RR} 6... Nxd5 7. e4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qa5+ 13. Kf2 b5 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Rhb1 a6 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rb7 Rfd8 20. Bc2 Bc8 21. Rc7 {Nogueiras Santiago,J (2545)-Sax,G (2565) Sarajevo 1985 1-0 (36)}) 7. Bf4 ({RR} 7. e4 dxe4 8. fxe4 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. Be3 Qb6 15. Qa2 Nbd7 16. Nc4 Qc6 17. Nd2 Ng4 18. Bg1 Bg5 19. Nf3 Be3 20. Bxe3 Nxe3 21. Kf2 Ng4+ {Wang,T (2355)-Blanco Amaro,G (2076) Chicago USA 2025 0-1 (34)}) 7... c5 $146 ({RR} 7... O-O 8. Bg3 c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Nge2 Re8 11. Bf2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. O-O Qe7 15. Rc1 Rad8 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. Bd3 Bb8 18. Re1 Ne5 19. Bf5 a6 20. Bg3 Ba7 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Qb3 {Parra Gomez,A (2208)-Komov,R (2247) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (59)}) 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nge2 Be6 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Bf2 cxd4 13. exd4 Bd6 14. Qd2 Qf6 15. Be3 h6 16. O-O Qh4 17. g3 Qe7 18. Bxh6 f5 19. Bg5 Qf7 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. Bb1 Na5 22. Nb5 Nc4 23. Nxd6 Nxd6 24. b3 Bd7 25. Nf4 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Nc8 27. Rc1 Bc6 28. Bd3 Re6 29. Be5 Ne7 30. f4 Nc8 31. g4 fxg4 32. f5 Rf6 33. Rf4 Nd6 34. Bxf6 Qxf6 35. Rxg4 Nxf5 36. Rf1 Bd7 37. Qg2 Qh6 38. Qxd5+ Be6 39. Qxe6+ Qxe6 40. Bc4 Qxc4 41. bxc4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 4th Jun Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Svane, R.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2024.06.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 ({RR} 6... Nxd5 7. e4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qa5+ 13. Kf2 b5 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Rhb1 a6 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rb7 Rfd8 20. Bc2 Bc8 21. Rc7 {Nogueiras Santiago,J (2545)-Sax,G (2565) Sarajevo 1985 1-0 (36)}) 7. Bf4 ({RR} 7. e4 dxe4 8. fxe4 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. Bc4 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. Be3 Qb6 15. Qa2 Nbd7 16. Nc4 Qc6 17. Nd2 Ng4 18. Bg1 Bg5 19. Nf3 Be3 20. Bxe3 Nxe3 21. Kf2 Ng4+ {Wang,T (2355)-Blanco Amaro,G (2076) Chicago USA 2025 0-1 (34)}) 7... c5 $146 ({RR} 7... O-O 8. Bg3 c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Nge2 Re8 11. Bf2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. O-O Qe7 15. Rc1 Rad8 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. Bd3 Bb8 18. Re1 Ne5 19. Bf5 a6 20. Bg3 Ba7 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Qb3 {Parra Gomez,A (2208)-Komov,R (2247) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (59)}) 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nge2 Be6 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Bf2 cxd4 13. exd4 Bd6 14. Qd2 Qf6 15. Be3 h6 16. O-O Qh4 17. g3 Qe7 18. Bxh6 f5 19. Bg5 Qf7 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. Bb1 Na5 22. Nb5 Nc4 23. Nxd6 Nxd6 24. b3 Bd7 25. Nf4 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Nc8 27. Rc1 Bc6 28. Bd3 Re6 29. Be5 Ne7 30. f4 Nc8 31. g4 fxg4 32. f5 Rf6 33. Rf4 Nd6 34. Bxf6 Qxf6 35. Rxg4 Nxf5 36. Rf1 Bd7 37. Qg2 Qh6 38. Qxd5+ Be6 39. Qxe6+ Qxe6 40. Bc4 Qxc4 41. bxc4 1-0

[Event "Lloydminster BATB op 4th"]
[Site "Lloydminster"]
[Date "2010.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Teplitsky, Yan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8. b4 Nce4 9. Qb2 d5 10. c5 d4 11. e3 e5 12. Nf3 ({RR} 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Nf3 O-O-O 15. Nxe5 Qd5 16. exd4 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Rxd4 18. Be3 Rd5 19. Nxf7 Rf8 20. Nd6+ Nxd6 21. cxd6 Ng4 22. O-O Nxe3 23. fxe3 Re8 24. Rac1+ Kd8 25. Rf7 Rxe3 26. Rxg7 b5 {Holt,C (2549)-Andreikin,D (2724) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0 (38)}) 12... Nc3 ({RR} 12... O-O 13. Nxe5 Re8 14. Qxd4 Qc7 15. Bb2 Bf5 16. Bc4 Rad8 17. Bxf7+ Kf8 18. Bxe8 Rxd4 19. Bxd4 Kxe8 20. f3 Ng5 21. e4 Ne6 22. Bb2 Bg6 23. O-O Nf4 24. Rad1 b6 25. c6 b5 26. Rf2 Bf7 27. Rfd2 {Shishkov,A (2340)-Matinian,N (2415) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (53)}) 13. Bc4 $146 ({RR} 13. Nxe5 O-O 14. Bc4 Nfe4 15. O-O Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. f3 d3 18. Qb3 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 N4g3+ 20. hxg3 Nxg3+ 21. Kh2 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Ne2# {0-1 (22) Eliseev,S (1970)-Loftgaard,M (2258) Stavanger NOR 2023}) ({RR} 13. Nxe5 O-O 14. Bc4 Nfe4 15. O-O Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. f3 d3 18. Qb3 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 N4g3+ 20. hxg3 Nxg3+ 21. Kh2 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Ne2# {0-1 (22) Eliseev,S (1970)-Loftgaard,M (2258) Stavanger NOR 2023}) 13... b5 14. cxb6 Bb7 15. Nxe5 Bxg2 16. Rg1 Bd5 17. exd4 Nfe4 18. Be3 f6 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. f3 fxe5 21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. Rxg7 axb6 23. Qc2 exd4 24. O-O-O Qe6 25. Rxd4 Rc8 26. Rc7 Rxc7 27. Qxc7 O-O 28. Qc4 Re8 29. Qxe6+ Rxe6 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. Rd7+ Kg6 32. Rb7 b5 33. Rxb5 Nc3 34. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Terry, R.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2024.01.23"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Qa5 6. Bd2 Nf6 7. f3 d6 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Nh3 ({RR} 9. Bd3 Ne5 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Nh3 Ba4 12. Qc1 a6 13. Nf4 exd5 14. cxd5 c4 15. O-O O-O 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Be3 b5 18. Bd4 Rab8 19. a3 Qc7 20. Qe1 a5 21. Qh4 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Ra7 Rb7 {Chiappero,J (2238)-Buchenau,F (2190) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (36)}) 9... Nb6 10. Nf2 Qa4 11. Qb3 Nfd7 $146 ({RR} 11... Bd7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Rfc8 14. Nd1 Qa6 15. Qb1 Ba4 16. Ne3 Nbd7 17. f4 Re8 18. g4 exd5 19. exd5 Rxe3 20. Bxe3 Nxg4 21. Bd2 Nf8 22. Qe1 Nf6 23. Qg3 b5 24. Rae1 bxc4 25. Bb1 Kh8 26. Re7 {Shabalov,A (2535)-Ivanov,A (2555) Philadelphia 1992 1-0}) 12. Nd1 Ne5 13. Nb2 Qd7 14. f4 Ng6 15. Bd3 e5 16. f5 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. O-O Qe7 19. Rxf4 Nd7 20. Raf1 Ne5 21. Qd1 Qg5 22. Bc2 Bd7 23. Bb3 O-O-O 24. Nd3 Rhe8 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Bc2 Kc7 27. a4 Qf6 28. a5 Ra8 29. Qd2 Ree8 30. Ra1 h6 31. Rff1 Qe5 32. Bd3 Reb8 33. Rfb1 Rg8 34. Rf1 Rgb8 35. Ra3 Rg8 36. g3 Rge8 37. Qf4 Rab8 38. Kf2 Ra8 39. Ke2 Rab8 40. Kd2 Ra8 41. Qh4 Rh8 42. Rb3 Rab8 43. Rfb1 Rhe8 44. Qf4 Ba4 45. Ra3 Bd7 46. Bc2 f6 47. Rf1 Re7 48. g4 Qxf4+ 49. Rxf4 Rg8 50. Rf2 Re5 51. h3 Rh8 52. Rg2 Ree8 53. Ra1 Ra8 54. h4 b6 55. Rgg1 Rhb8 56. g5 hxg5 57. hxg5 Rh8 58. gxf6 gxf6 59. Rg7 Rh2+ 60. Kc1 Rah8 61. axb6+ axb6 62. Ra7+ Kb8 63. Rgxd7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 23rd Jan Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.01.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Terry, R.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2024.01.23"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Qa5 6. Bd2 Nf6 7. f3 d6 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Nh3 ({RR} 9. Bd3 Ne5 10. Be2 Bd7 11. Nh3 Ba4 12. Qc1 a6 13. Nf4 exd5 14. cxd5 c4 15. O-O O-O 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. Be3 b5 18. Bd4 Rab8 19. a3 Qc7 20. Qe1 a5 21. Qh4 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Ra7 Rb7 {Chiappero,J (2238)-Buchenau,F (2190) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (36)}) 9... Nb6 10. Nf2 Qa4 11. Qb3 Nfd7 $146 ({RR} 11... Bd7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Rfc8 14. Nd1 Qa6 15. Qb1 Ba4 16. Ne3 Nbd7 17. f4 Re8 18. g4 exd5 19. exd5 Rxe3 20. Bxe3 Nxg4 21. Bd2 Nf8 22. Qe1 Nf6 23. Qg3 b5 24. Rae1 bxc4 25. Bb1 Kh8 26. Re7 {Shabalov,A (2535)-Ivanov,A (2555) Philadelphia 1992 1-0}) 12. Nd1 Ne5 13. Nb2 Qd7 14. f4 Ng6 15. Bd3 e5 16. f5 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. O-O Qe7 19. Rxf4 Nd7 20. Raf1 Ne5 21. Qd1 Qg5 22. Bc2 Bd7 23. Bb3 O-O-O 24. Nd3 Rhe8 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Bc2 Kc7 27. a4 Qf6 28. a5 Ra8 29. Qd2 Ree8 30. Ra1 h6 31. Rff1 Qe5 32. Bd3 Reb8 33. Rfb1 Rg8 34. Rf1 Rgb8 35. Ra3 Rg8 36. g3 Rge8 37. Qf4 Rab8 38. Kf2 Ra8 39. Ke2 Rab8 40. Kd2 Ra8 41. Qh4 Rh8 42. Rb3 Rab8 43. Rfb1 Rhe8 44. Qf4 Ba4 45. Ra3 Bd7 46. Bc2 f6 47. Rf1 Re7 48. g4 Qxf4+ 49. Rxf4 Rg8 50. Rf2 Re5 51. h3 Rh8 52. Rg2 Ree8 53. Ra1 Ra8 54. h4 b6 55. Rgg1 Rhb8 56. g5 hxg5 57. hxg5 Rh8 58. gxf6 gxf6 59. Rg7 Rh2+ 60. Kc1 Rah8 61. axb6+ axb6 62. Ra7+ Kb8 63. Rgxd7 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO 2023"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "220"]
[EventDate "2023.05.11"]
[WhiteTeam "Gotham Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. b3 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. dxc5 dxc4 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. cxb6 cxb3 13. Rb1 axb6 14. Rxb3 Nbd7 15. Bxa6 $146 ({RR} 15. Bb2 Rdc8 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Ke2 Ra5 18. Rd1 h6 19. h3 Ne5 20. Rc1 Nfd7 21. Ne4 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 f5 23. Nc3 Ra6 24. Nb5 Nc5 25. Rb1 Ned3 26. Bd2 e5 27. Bc3 Ra8 28. f3 Kh7 29. Rd1 e4 {Sivuk,V (2541)-Droin,A (2476) Ceyreste FRA 2024 ½-½ (50)}) 15... Rxa6 16. Ke2 Nc5 17. Rb1 Nfe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rb3 Rc8 20. Bb2 f6 21. f3 Nd6 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 b5 24. Bd2 Kf7 25. Bb4 Nc4 26. e4 f5 27. Kd3 f4 28. Kd4 Rc6 29. Bc5 Ne3 30. Rxb5 Nxg2 31. Rb7+ Kg8 32. Bb4 g5 33. Ke5 Nh4 34. Bd6 h6 35. Kxe6 Nxf3 36. e5 Ra6 37. Kf6 Nh4 38. Rb2 f3 39. Rd2 g4 40. e6 f2 41. Rxf2 Rxd6 42. Rf4 h5 43. a4 Ra6 44. Rc4 Nf3 45. a5 Nxh2 46. Rc5 g3 47. Rg5+ Kf8 48. Rxg3 Ng4+ 49. Kg6 Rxe6+ 50. Kxh5 Nf6+ 51. Kh4 Ra6 52. Ra3 Kf7 53. Kg3 Ke6 54. Kf3 Ke5 55. Ke2 Kd4 56. Rd3+ Kc4 57. Ra3 Nd5 58. Ra4+ Kb3 59. Ra1 Kb2 60. Rh1 Rxa5 61. Kd3 Nb4+ 62. Ke4 Nc2 63. Rh8 Ra7 64. Rb8+ Kc1 65. Rd8 Re7+ 66. Kf4 Nb4 67. Kf5 Kc2 68. Rc8+ Kd3 69. Rc1 Kd4 70. Rd1+ Nd3 71. Ra1 Rf7+ 72. Ke6 Rf2 73. Ra4+ Ke3 74. Ke7 Rh2 75. Kf6 Rh5 76. Ra1 Rb5 77. Ra4 Nf2 78. Ke7 Rb6 79. Kd7 Ne4 80. Kc7 Rh6 81. Rb4 Nc5 82. Rc4 Ne4 83. Ra4 Kf4 84. Ra5 Rg6 85. Ra1 Nc3 86. Re1 Nd5+ 87. Kb7 Rh6 88. Re2 Rb6+ 89. Ka7 Rb3 90. Re8 Nc7 91. Re4+ Kf5 92. Re5+ Kf6 93. Rc5 Ne6 94. Rc6 Ke7 95. Rb6 Ra3+ 96. Ra6 Rc3 97. Kb6 Kd7 98. Ra1 Rb3+ 99. Ka5 Kc6 100. Rh1 Nd4 101. Rh6+ Kc5 102. Rh5+ Kc4 103. Ka6 Ne6 104. Ka5 Rb8 105. Rh4+ Kc5 106. Rh5+ Kc6 107. Rh6 Kd5 108. Rh5+ Kc4 109. Rh4+ Nd4 110. Rh5 Nb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO 2023"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "220"]
[EventDate "2023.05.11"]
[WhiteTeam "Gotham Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. b3 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. dxc5 dxc4 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. cxb6 cxb3 13. Rb1 axb6 14. Rxb3 Nbd7 15. Bxa6 $146 ({RR} 15. Bb2 Rdc8 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Ke2 Ra5 18. Rd1 h6 19. h3 Ne5 20. Rc1 Nfd7 21. Ne4 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 f5 23. Nc3 Ra6 24. Nb5 Nc5 25. Rb1 Ned3 26. Bd2 e5 27. Bc3 Ra8 28. f3 Kh7 29. Rd1 e4 {Sivuk,V (2541)-Droin,A (2476) Ceyreste FRA 2024 ½-½ (50)}) 15... Rxa6 16. Ke2 Nc5 17. Rb1 Nfe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Rb3 Rc8 20. Bb2 f6 21. f3 Nd6 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 b5 24. Bd2 Kf7 25. Bb4 Nc4 26. e4 f5 27. Kd3 f4 28. Kd4 Rc6 29. Bc5 Ne3 30. Rxb5 Nxg2 31. Rb7+ Kg8 32. Bb4 g5 33. Ke5 Nh4 34. Bd6 h6 35. Kxe6 Nxf3 36. e5 Ra6 37. Kf6 Nh4 38. Rb2 f3 39. Rd2 g4 40. e6 f2 41. Rxf2 Rxd6 42. Rf4 h5 43. a4 Ra6 44. Rc4 Nf3 45. a5 Nxh2 46. Rc5 g3 47. Rg5+ Kf8 48. Rxg3 Ng4+ 49. Kg6 Rxe6+ 50. Kxh5 Nf6+ 51. Kh4 Ra6 52. Ra3 Kf7 53. Kg3 Ke6 54. Kf3 Ke5 55. Ke2 Kd4 56. Rd3+ Kc4 57. Ra3 Nd5 58. Ra4+ Kb3 59. Ra1 Kb2 60. Rh1 Rxa5 61. Kd3 Nb4+ 62. Ke4 Nc2 63. Rh8 Ra7 64. Rb8+ Kc1 65. Rd8 Re7+ 66. Kf4 Nb4 67. Kf5 Kc2 68. Rc8+ Kd3 69. Rc1 Kd4 70. Rd1+ Nd3 71. Ra1 Rf7+ 72. Ke6 Rf2 73. Ra4+ Ke3 74. Ke7 Rh2 75. Kf6 Rh5 76. Ra1 Rb5 77. Ra4 Nf2 78. Ke7 Rb6 79. Kd7 Ne4 80. Kc7 Rh6 81. Rb4 Nc5 82. Rc4 Ne4 83. Ra4 Kf4 84. Ra5 Rg6 85. Ra1 Nc3 86. Re1 Nd5+ 87. Kb7 Rh6 88. Re2 Rb6+ 89. Ka7 Rb3 90. Re8 Nc7 91. Re4+ Kf5 92. Re5+ Kf6 93. Rc5 Ne6 94. Rc6 Ke7 95. Rb6 Ra3+ 96. Ra6 Rc3 97. Kb6 Kd7 98. Ra1 Rb3+ 99. Ka5 Kc6 100. Rh1 Nd4 101. Rh6+ Kc5 102. Rh5+ Kc4 103. Ka6 Ne6 104. Ka5 Rb8 105. Rh4+ Kc5 106. Rh5+ Kc6 107. Rh6 Kd5 108. Rh5+ Kc4 109. Rh4+ Nd4 110. Rh5 Nb3+ 1/2-1/2

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

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 $146 ({RR} 14... e4 15. Nd4 Qg6 16. Kf1 c6 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. h4 Rfd8 20. Qc2 Ng4 21. Bb2 Qf5 22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. Rh3 Qe6 24. Rg3 f6 25. Rc1 Rac8 26. Qe2 Qf5 27. Bd4 Bd5 28. Kg1 Be6 29. Rc3 {Kaspi,A (2427)-Huzman,A (2539) Israel 2022 ½-½ (70)}) ({RR} 14... e4 15. Nd4 Qg6 16. Kf1 c6 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. h4 Rfd8 20. Qc2 Ng4 21. Bb2 Qf5 22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. Rh3 Qe6 24. Rg3 f6 25. Rc1 Rac8 26. Qe2 Qf5 27. Bd4 Bd5 28. Kg1 Be6 29. Rc3 {Kaspi,A (2427)-Huzman,A (2539) Israel 2022 ½-½ (70)}) 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 "Saint Louis Showdown 60m"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2016.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik,Lubomir} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 ({RR} 8. O-O-O Bxc3 9. Qxc3 g5 10. Bg3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qa4 Bf5 13. e3 Rc8) 8... g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Bf5 ({RR} 10... Qa5 11. Be5 O-O 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Bxe4 Nxe5 14. Bxd5 ({RR} 14. Bh7+ Kg7 15. Bd3 d4 16. exd4 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Re8+ 18. Nge2 b6) 14... Bg4 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 ({RR} 16. gxf3 Rac8) 16... Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Rac8 18. O-O {½-½ (18) Kasparov,G (2805)-Short,N (2655) London 1993 CBM 036 [Ftacnik,Lubomir]} {RR} Rxc5 19. Qe4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 b6 21. f4 Qxc3) ({RR} 10... Nc6 11. Nf3 Qa5 ({RR} 11... Qf6 12. Bb5 Nxc3 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. a3) 12. Nd2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rb1 Qxc5 15. Rb5 Qa3 16. Rb3 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Qa5) ({RR} 10... Qf6 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Nge2 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 O-O 15. Rd1 Qe6 16. h4 g4) ({RR} 10... Qa5 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Bd3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 d4 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Qd2 Bxc5 16. Nge2 Nc6 17. a3 Bb6 18. Bb5 Be6 19. Ra1 a6 20. b4 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qb6+ 22. Qd4 Qxd4+ 23. Nxd4 axb5 24. Ncxb5 {½-½ (24) Sargsyan,S (2628)-Pashikian,A (2606) Yerevan 2022}) ({RR} 10... Qa5 11. Nge2 Bf5 12. Be5 O-O 13. Nd4 Re8 14. Bxb8 Bg6 15. Bc7 Qxc7 16. Bd3 Bxc5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. O-O-O Rac8 19. Kb1 Red8 20. Nb3 Be7 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. h3 Bf6 23. Ne2 Qb6 24. Rd1 Rd3 25. Nec1 {Bareev,E (2714)-Topalov,V (2735) Monte Carlo 2004 ½-½ (67)}) 11. Bxb8 Nxc3 $146 ({RR} 11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Rxb8 13. Bd3 Bh7 14. Qa4+ Kf8 15. Qd4 f6 16. f3 Qe7 17. fxe4 dxe4 18. Bc4 Kg7 19. Ne2 Rhd8 20. Bd5 Bg8 21. c4 Rbc8 22. O-O Bxd5 23. cxd5 Rxc5 24. Nc3 b6 25. Rf5 Rdc8 26. d6 {Tang,A (2538)-Karjakin,S (2752) Lichess.org INT 2020 1-0 (47)}) 12. Qxf5 Ne4+ 13. Ke2 Qxb8 14. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 $146 ({RR} 21. Rf2 Re8 22. Bd2 Qg6 23. Qd1 h5 24. Re2 Rfe7 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Qf1 h4 27. Nh1 Nh5 28. Rb2 h3 29. g3 Bg2 30. Qd1 Kg7 31. Bc1 Qe6 32. Bd2 Qg6 33. Bc1 Qe8 34. Bd2 Bxh1 35. Kxh1 Qc6+ {Mohammadi,S (1807)-Rojas Daza,E Chess.com INT 2021 0-1 (35)}) ({RR} 21. Rf2 Re8 22. Bd2 Qg6 23. Qd1 h5 24. Re2 Rfe7 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Qf1 h4 27. Nh1 Nh5 28. Rb2 h3 29. g3 Bg2 30. Qd1 Kg7 31. Bc1 Qe6 32. Bd2 Qg6 33. Bc1 Qe8 34. Bd2 Bxh1 35. Kxh1 Qc6+ {Mohammadi,S (1807)-Rojas Daza,E Chess.com INT 2021 0-1 (35)}) 21... 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 "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2005.02.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ward, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2005.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 $146 ({RR} 10... Qe7 11. a4 d6 12. f3 Ng5 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. a5 Rab8 15. Bd2 g6 16. Ng3 e5 17. f4 e4 18. Be2 Nf7 19. axb6 axb6 20. Ra7 Nd8 21. Qa4 Nf6 22. Nh1 Qd7 23. Qb5 Bc6 24. Qb2 Bb7 25. Bd1 {Gustafsson,J (2355)-Starke,R (2135) Pinneberg 1997 1-0 (60)}) ({RR} 10... Nd6 11. f3 Nc6 12. Ba3 Ba6 13. Qa4 Na5 14. c5 Bxd3 15. Nxd3 Ndc4 16. cxb6 Nxa3 17. b7 Nxb7 18. Qxa3 c5 19. Rab1 Qc7 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. dxc5 Rab8 23. Rb4 a5 24. Rb6 Rbc8 25. Rd1 {Norri,J (2396)-Maki Uuro,M (2363) Finland 1999 ½-½ (67)}) 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 "Chessable Masters Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Nc6 ({RR} 8... Re8 9. f3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e3 a5 12. Ne2 a4 13. g4 Na6 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Rg1 Nc5 16. h3 Ra6 17. Bf2 e4 18. Bg2 exf3 19. Bxf3 Nfe4 20. Qc1 Nb3 21. Qc2 Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Qxe3+ 23. Kg2 {Sarana,A (2685)-Caruana,F (2764) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (51)}) 9. Nf3 ({RR} 9. e3 a5 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Ne2 e5 12. d5 Nb8 13. e4 a4 14. f4 Nbd7 15. f5 Nc5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. O-O Qg5 18. Rf3 Bd7 19. Raf1 Nb3 20. Bc2 b5 21. Bxb3 axb3 22. c5 Ra4 23. c6 Rxe4 {Nemtsas,H (2025)-Makrylakis,I (1957) Athens GRE 2025 1-0 (39)}) 9... g5 $146 ({RR} 9... Re8 10. e3 e5 11. Be2 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Re6 14. O-O Qe8 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Bf3 c6 17. b4 Bf5 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. b5 c5 20. Qc3 Be4 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Rd5 Re8 23. Rad1 Rg6 24. g3 {Pesotskiy,M (2211)-Tereladze,S (2141) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (47)}) 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. e3 Qf6 13. Bd3 Nxg3 14. fxg3 e5 15. d5 e4 16. dxc6 exd3 17. Qxd3 bxc6 18. O-O c5 19. b4 Bb7 20. Nd2 Rae8 21. Rab1 Bc6 22. b5 Bb7 23. a4 Re5 24. a5 Qe6 25. Rb3 Re8 26. Re1 d5 27. b6 cxb6 28. axb6 a6 29. Rc1 d4 30. Qe2 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 dxe3 32. Nf1 Qxb6 33. h4 Qc6 34. Rc3 Qxg2+ 35. Qxg2 Bxg2 36. Nxe3 Be4 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Ra3 Re6 39. Ra5 Rc6 40. Nd1 Kf7 41. Nc3 Ke6 42. Na4 Kd6 43. Kf2 Bc2 44. Nb2 Rb6 45. Ra2 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Nc6 ({RR} 8... Re8 9. f3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e3 a5 12. Ne2 a4 13. g4 Na6 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Rg1 Nc5 16. h3 Ra6 17. Bf2 e4 18. Bg2 exf3 19. Bxf3 Nfe4 20. Qc1 Nb3 21. Qc2 Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Qxe3+ 23. Kg2 {Sarana,A (2685)-Caruana,F (2764) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (51)}) 9. Nf3 ({RR} 9. e3 a5 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Ne2 e5 12. d5 Nb8 13. e4 a4 14. f4 Nbd7 15. f5 Nc5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. O-O Qg5 18. Rf3 Bd7 19. Raf1 Nb3 20. Bc2 b5 21. Bxb3 axb3 22. c5 Ra4 23. c6 Rxe4 {Nemtsas,H (2025)-Makrylakis,I (1957) Athens GRE 2025 1-0 (39)}) 9... g5 $146 ({RR} 9... Re8 10. e3 e5 11. Be2 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Re6 14. O-O Qe8 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Bf3 c6 17. b4 Bf5 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. b5 c5 20. Qc3 Be4 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Rd5 Re8 23. Rad1 Rg6 24. g3 {Pesotskiy,M (2211)-Tereladze,S (2141) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (47)}) 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. e3 Qf6 13. Bd3 Nxg3 14. fxg3 e5 15. d5 e4 16. dxc6 exd3 17. Qxd3 bxc6 18. O-O c5 19. b4 Bb7 20. Nd2 Rae8 21. Rab1 Bc6 22. b5 Bb7 23. a4 Re5 24. a5 Qe6 25. Rb3 Re8 26. Re1 d5 27. b6 cxb6 28. axb6 a6 29. Rc1 d4 30. Qe2 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 dxe3 32. Nf1 Qxb6 33. h4 Qc6 34. Rc3 Qxg2+ 35. Qxg2 Bxg2 36. Nxe3 Be4 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Ra3 Re6 39. Ra5 Rc6 40. Nd1 Kf7 41. Nc3 Ke6 42. Na4 Kd6 43. Kf2 Bc2 44. Nb2 Rb6 45. Ra2 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters Div 2 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.02.02"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2024.02.02"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Nc6 ({RR} 8... Re8 9. f3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. e3 a5 12. Ne2 a4 13. g4 Na6 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Rg1 Nc5 16. h3 Ra6 17. Bf2 e4 18. Bg2 exf3 19. Bxf3 Nfe4 20. Qc1 Nb3 21. Qc2 Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Qxe3+ 23. Kg2 {Sarana,A (2685)-Caruana,F (2764) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (51)}) 9. Nf3 ({RR} 9. e3 a5 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Ne2 e5 12. d5 Nb8 13. e4 a4 14. f4 Nbd7 15. f5 Nc5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. O-O Qg5 18. Rf3 Bd7 19. Raf1 Nb3 20. Bc2 b5 21. Bxb3 axb3 22. c5 Ra4 23. c6 Rxe4 {Nemtsas,H (2025)-Makrylakis,I (1957) Athens GRE 2025 1-0 (39)}) 9... g5 $146 ({RR} 9... Re8 10. e3 e5 11. Be2 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Re6 14. O-O Qe8 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Bf3 c6 17. b4 Bf5 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. b5 c5 20. Qc3 Be4 21. Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Rd5 Re8 23. Rad1 Rg6 24. g3 {Pesotskiy,M (2211)-Tereladze,S (2141) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (47)}) 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. e3 Qf6 13. Bd3 Nxg3 14. fxg3 e5 15. d5 e4 16. dxc6 exd3 17. Qxd3 bxc6 18. O-O c5 19. b4 Bb7 20. Nd2 Rae8 21. Rab1 Bc6 22. b5 Bb7 23. a4 Re5 24. a5 Qe6 25. Rb3 Re8 26. Re1 d5 27. b6 cxb6 28. axb6 a6 29. Rc1 d4 30. Qe2 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 dxe3 32. Nf1 Qxb6 33. h4 Qc6 34. Rc3 Qxg2+ 35. Qxg2 Bxg2 36. Nxe3 Be4 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Ra3 Re6 39. Ra5 Rc6 40. Nd1 Kf7 41. Nc3 Ke6 42. Na4 Kd6 43. Kf2 Bc2 44. Nb2 Rb6 45. Ra2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 7th Mar Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bluebaum, M.."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 Re8 9. Ne5 ({RR} 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O Bf8 12. Ne2 Qc8 13. Qa4 c5 14. Ng3 Qb7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qb5 Rac8 17. Rfd1 a6 18. Qf1 Nfe4 19. Be1 g6 20. Ne2 Na4 21. Rb1 Bg7 22. Nfd4 Nac5 23. Nf3 Ne6 {Aronian,L (2767)-Carlsen,M (2863) Stavanger 2020 ½-½}) 9... c5 10. a3 $146 ({RR} 10. Bb5 Re6 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Be1 f6 14. Nd3 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. f3 Ng5 17. dxc5 Rxe3 18. Bf2 Re8 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Nf4 Nc5 21. b4 Nce6 22. Nxd5 Rxa2 23. Bxb6 Qa8 24. Qb3 Nf7 {Mayrhuber,N (2117)-Neumeier,K (2267) Austria AUT 2022 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nxd7 Nbxd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qa4 a6 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Qxa6 c4 16. a4 Ra8 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. axb5 Ra5 19. Ra1 Rea8 20. Rxa5 Rxa5 21. f3 h5 22. Rb1 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Rxb5 24. Ra1 Rb3 {Bluebaum,M (2663)-Nakamura,H (2804) London ENG 2025 ½-½ (33)}) 10... cxd4 11. exd4 Bd6 12. Bb5 Re7 13. O-O h6 14. Bf4 a6 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Rfe1 Ra7 18. h3 Bf8 19. Bb1 b5 20. Qd3 g6 21. Qd2 g5 22. Be3 Nh5 23. Qd1 Nf4 24. Bxf4 gxf4 25. Qd3 Bg7 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Bf5 Qf6 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Nxd5 exd5 30. Ng6+ Kf7 31. Rxe8 Kxe8 32. Qg8+ Bf8 33. Rc8+ Kd7 34. Rxf8 Qxd4 35. Rxb8 Kc6 36. Qe6+ Kc7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 11th Apr Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bluebaum, M.."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2023.04.11"]

1. d4 {Stockfish 16.1 - Chessbase} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2 b6 9. d5 Ba6 10. Qd3 ({RR} 10. b3 b5 11. Qc2 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 ({RR} 13. Nxc3 b4 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Qd2 d6 17. O-O Qb6 18. Ra4 Rfb8 19. Rfa1 a5 20. h3 h6 21. R1a3 Ra7 22. Qe2 Qb7 23. e4 Rba8 24. f4 Ra6 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. Kg1 Kg8 27. Kh1 Kh8) 13... d6 14. Ng3 Nd7 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Qd2 Re8 17. f3 Qb6 18. e4 Bc8 19. a4 Bd7 ({RR} 19... bxa4 20. bxa4) 20. axb5 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22. Nf5 Nxe4 ({RR} 22... Qb6 23. O-O Nd7 24. Qa5 Reb8 25. Qa6 g6 26. Nxd6 Qxb3 27. Qc6 Ne5 28. Qxc5) 23. fxe4 Rxe4+ 24. Kf2 Re5 {Nakamura,H (2794)-Praggnanandhaa R (2747) Stavanger, Norway 2024 [Stockfish 16.1 - Chessbase] 1-0 (86)}) ({RR} 10. b3 b5 11. Qc2 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 d6 14. Ng3 Nd7 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Qd2 Re8 17. f3 Qb6 18. e4 Bc8 19. a4 Bd7 20. axb5 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22. Nf5 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Rxe4+ 24. Kf2 Re5 {Nakamura,H (2794)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2747) Stavanger NOR 2024 1-0 (86)}) 10... f5 11. g3 $146 ({RR} 11. f3 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 e5 13. O-O-O d6 14. g4 e4 15. fxe4 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Re8 17. Qf5 Re5 18. Qf4 Qe7 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Rde1 Rf8 21. Qg3 Re8 22. Kd2 Bb7 23. Qh3 g6 24. Qg3 a6 25. a4 Nf6 {Terbe,Z (2194)-Trippold,D (2131) Corte 2022 1-0 (45)}) ({RR} 11. f3 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Qf6 13. Be2 e5 14. d6 Nc6 15. O-O Rae8 16. b4 Bc8 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Qd5+ Kh8 19. Qxc5 e4 20. Nd5 Qb2 21. Rae1 exf3 22. Bxf3 Ne5 23. Be2 Ng6 24. Bh5 Re6 25. Bxg6 Rxg6 {Bluebaum,M (2643)-Pichot,A (2613) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (31)}) 11... Nxc3 12. Nxc3 e5 13. d6 Bb7 14. Nd5 Kh8 15. Bg2 e4 16. Qd1 Nc6 17. O-O Ne5 18. b3 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qf6 20. b4 Rac8 21. b5 g5 22. a4 Rce8 23. a5 Re6 24. axb6 axb6 25. Rfd1 h5 26. Ra8 Kg7 27. Rxf8 Qxf8 28. h3 h4 29. gxh4 gxh4 30. Kh1 Kh6 31. Qb7 Rxd6 32. Rxd6+ Qxd6 33. Qc8 Kg7 34. Qd8 Qf6 35. Qe8 d6 36. Bf1 Nd3 37. Qd7+ Kh6 38. Be2 Nxf2+ 39. Kg2 Nd3 40. Qc8 f4 41. exf4 Nxf4+ 42. Kf2 Nxh3+ 43. Ke1 Nf4 44. Qg4 e3 45. Bf3 Qc3+ 46. Kf1 Qc1+ 47. Bd1 e2+ 48. Kf2 exd1=N+ 49. Kf3 Qe3# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 7th Mar Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.03.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bluebaum, M.."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2023.03.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 Re8 9. Ne5 ({RR} 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O Bf8 12. Ne2 Qc8 13. Qa4 c5 14. Ng3 Qb7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qb5 Rac8 17. Rfd1 a6 18. Qf1 Nfe4 19. Be1 g6 20. Ne2 Na4 21. Rb1 Bg7 22. Nfd4 Nac5 23. Nf3 Ne6 {Aronian,L (2767)-Carlsen,M (2863) Stavanger 2020 ½-½}) 9... c5 10. a3 $146 ({RR} 10. Bb5 Re6 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Be1 f6 14. Nd3 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. f3 Ng5 17. dxc5 Rxe3 18. Bf2 Re8 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Nf4 Nc5 21. b4 Nce6 22. Nxd5 Rxa2 23. Bxb6 Qa8 24. Qb3 Nf7 {Mayrhuber,N (2117)-Neumeier,K (2267) Austria AUT 2022 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nxd7 Nbxd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qa4 a6 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Qxa6 c4 16. a4 Ra8 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. axb5 Ra5 19. Ra1 Rea8 20. Rxa5 Rxa5 21. f3 h5 22. Rb1 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Rxb5 24. Ra1 Rb3 {Bluebaum,M (2663)-Nakamura,H (2804) London ENG 2025 ½-½ (33)}) 10... cxd4 11. exd4 Bd6 12. Bb5 Re7 13. O-O h6 14. Bf4 a6 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Rfe1 Ra7 18. h3 Bf8 19. Bb1 b5 20. Qd3 g6 21. Qd2 g5 22. Be3 Nh5 23. Qd1 Nf4 24. Bxf4 gxf4 25. Qd3 Bg7 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Bf5 Qf6 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Nxd5 exd5 30. Ng6+ Kf7 31. Rxe8 Kxe8 32. Qg8+ Bf8 33. Rc8+ Kd7 34. Rxf8 Qxd4 35. Rxb8 Kc6 36. Qe6+ Kc7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 11th Apr Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bluebaum, M.."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2023.04.11"]

1. d4 {Stockfish 16.1 - Chessbase} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2 b6 9. d5 Ba6 10. Qd3 ({RR} 10. b3 b5 11. Qc2 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 ({RR} 13. Nxc3 b4 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Qd2 d6 17. O-O Qb6 18. Ra4 Rfb8 19. Rfa1 a5 20. h3 h6 21. R1a3 Ra7 22. Qe2 Qb7 23. e4 Rba8 24. f4 Ra6 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. Kg1 Kg8 27. Kh1 Kh8) 13... d6 14. Ng3 Nd7 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Qd2 Re8 17. f3 Qb6 18. e4 Bc8 19. a4 Bd7 ({RR} 19... bxa4 20. bxa4) 20. axb5 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22. Nf5 Nxe4 ({RR} 22... Qb6 23. O-O Nd7 24. Qa5 Reb8 25. Qa6 g6 26. Nxd6 Qxb3 27. Qc6 Ne5 28. Qxc5) 23. fxe4 Rxe4+ 24. Kf2 Re5 {Nakamura,H (2794)-Praggnanandhaa R (2747) Stavanger, Norway 2024 [Stockfish 16.1 - Chessbase] 1-0 (86)}) ({RR} 10. b3 b5 11. Qc2 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 d6 14. Ng3 Nd7 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Qd2 Re8 17. f3 Qb6 18. e4 Bc8 19. a4 Bd7 20. axb5 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22. Nf5 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Rxe4+ 24. Kf2 Re5 {Nakamura,H (2794)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2747) Stavanger NOR 2024 1-0 (86)}) 10... f5 11. g3 $146 ({RR} 11. f3 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 e5 13. O-O-O d6 14. g4 e4 15. fxe4 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Re8 17. Qf5 Re5 18. Qf4 Qe7 19. Bd3 Nd7 20. Rde1 Rf8 21. Qg3 Re8 22. Kd2 Bb7 23. Qh3 g6 24. Qg3 a6 25. a4 Nf6 {Terbe,Z (2194)-Trippold,D (2131) Corte 2022 1-0 (45)}) ({RR} 11. f3 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Qf6 13. Be2 e5 14. d6 Nc6 15. O-O Rae8 16. b4 Bc8 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Qd5+ Kh8 19. Qxc5 e4 20. Nd5 Qb2 21. Rae1 exf3 22. Bxf3 Ne5 23. Be2 Ng6 24. Bh5 Re6 25. Bxg6 Rxg6 {Bluebaum,M (2643)-Pichot,A (2613) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (31)}) 11... Nxc3 12. Nxc3 e5 13. d6 Bb7 14. Nd5 Kh8 15. Bg2 e4 16. Qd1 Nc6 17. O-O Ne5 18. b3 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qf6 20. b4 Rac8 21. b5 g5 22. a4 Rce8 23. a5 Re6 24. axb6 axb6 25. Rfd1 h5 26. Ra8 Kg7 27. Rxf8 Qxf8 28. h3 h4 29. gxh4 gxh4 30. Kh1 Kh6 31. Qb7 Rxd6 32. Rxd6+ Qxd6 33. Qc8 Kg7 34. Qd8 Qf6 35. Qe8 d6 36. Bf1 Nd3 37. Qd7+ Kh6 38. Be2 Nxf2+ 39. Kg2 Nd3 40. Qc8 f4 41. exf4 Nxf4+ 42. Kf2 Nxh3+ 43. Ke1 Nf4 44. Qg4 e3 45. Bf3 Qc3+ 46. Kf1 Qc1+ 47. Bd1 e2+ 48. Kf2 exd1=N+ 49. Kf3 Qe3# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 5th Nov Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.11.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bok, B.."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2024.11.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Nf3 h6 ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. e4 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Qf8 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. g3 Nd7 17. Kg2 c5 18. d5 Rd8 19. Rd2 exd5 20. exd5 Re8 21. Nh4 Qh6 22. Nf5 Qg6 23. f4 Kh8 24. h3 Rad8 25. g4 Nf8 26. Rhd1 Rd7 27. Kf3 {Brunner,N (2417)-Fischer,D (2353) Switzerland SUI 2025 ½-½ (43)}) 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. g3 Bb7 $146 ({RR} 14... c5 15. Bg2 Bb7 16. O-O Nd7 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Nxd7 Qe7 19. Kxg2 Qxd7 20. dxc5 Qc6+ 21. Kg1 Rac8 22. b4 bxc5 23. bxc5 Qxc5 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. Rd7 Ra5 26. Ra1 Rc8 27. Rb1 Rxa3 28. Rbb7 Rf8 29. Rxa7 {Collins,M (2174)-Ceres,D (2244) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (60)}) ({RR} 14... c5 15. Bg2 Bb7 16. O-O Nd7 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Nxd7 Qe7 19. Kxg2 Qxd7 20. dxc5 Qc6+ 21. Kg1 Rac8 22. b4 bxc5 23. bxc5 Qxc5 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. Rd7 Ra5 26. Ra1 Rc8 27. Rb1 Rxa3 28. Rbb7 Rf8 29. Rxa7 {Collins,M (2174)-Ceres,D (2244) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (60)}) 15. Bg2 g6 16. Qxc7 Bd5 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. gxf4 Nc6 19. O-O Rac8 20. e3 Na5 21. Ne5 Rc2 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Nd3 Nb3 24. Nb4 Rxb2 25. Rb1 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Nd2 27. Rc1 Rd8 28. Rc7 a5 29. Nc6 Rd6 30. Ne5 f5 31. a4 g5 32. fxg5 hxg5 33. f3 g4 34. fxg4 fxg4 35. Nxg4 Nc4 36. Kf2 Nb2 37. Kf3 Nxa4 38. Kf4 Nb2 39. Ke5 Nc4+ 40. Rxc4 dxc4 41. Kxd6 c3 42. Nf2 a4 43. Nd3 a3 44. Nb4 b5 45. d5 Kf7 46. Ke5 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO 2023"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bok, B.."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2023.05.11"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Gotham Knights"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nf3 c5 14. dxc5 Qe7 15. e3 $146 ({RR} 15. Qe4 Qxc5 16. e3 Nc6 17. Bxa6 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 Qxa6+ 19. Kg1 Ne7 20. h3 Qe2 21. Rd2 Qc4 22. Rd8+ Kg7 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. Rxa8 a5 25. Rb8 Nd5 26. Nd4 f5 27. g3 Kf6 28. Kg2 e5 29. Rd8 Nxe3+ {Al Saidi,M (1742)-Al Masheki,A (1705) Muscat 2019 1-0 (37)}) 15... Rxc5 16. Qa4 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League KO 2023"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bok, B.."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2023.05.11"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Gotham Knights"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nf3 c5 14. dxc5 Qe7 15. e3 $146 ({RR} 15. Qe4 Qxc5 16. e3 Nc6 17. Bxa6 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 Qxa6+ 19. Kg1 Ne7 20. h3 Qe2 21. Rd2 Qc4 22. Rd8+ Kg7 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. Rxa8 a5 25. Rb8 Nd5 26. Nd4 f5 27. g3 Kf6 28. Kg2 e5 29. Rd8 Nxe3+ {Al Saidi,M (1742)-Al Masheki,A (1705) Muscat 2019 1-0 (37)}) 15... Rxc5 16. Qa4 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ITA-chT 47th"]
[Site "Civitanova Marche"]
[Date "2015.04.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2015.04.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Modena"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O Nbd7 ({RR} 8... b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. a4 bxa4 11. Nxa4 Nbd7 12. Bd2 a5 13. Bxb4 axb4 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Qc2 Rfc8 16. Nb3 Be4 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 e5 19. Nac5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 h6 21. Qc4 exd4 22. Qxd4 Rab8 23. h3 {Ju,W (2560)-Van Foreest,J (2714) chess24.com INT 2022 ½-½ (132)}) ({RR} 8... b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. a3 Bd6 16. b4 Nd5 17. e4 Nb6 18. Rd1 c6 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bh4 Qe8 21. e5 Be7 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Rd3 {Calvo Gonzalez,J (2198)-Ishvi,A (1954) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (52)}) 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 b6 $146 ({RR} 10... b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. a4 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Qe2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nd5 16. Bd2 b4 17. cxb4 Nxb4 18. Bxb4 Rxb4 19. f4 Nf6 20. Rfc1 g6 21. Rc5 Nd7 22. Rc2 Qb8 23. Re1 Rb7 24. Be4 Ra7 25. Rb2 {Portisch,F (2385)-Hardicsay,P (2360) Hungary 1994 ½-½ (65)}) ({RR} 10... b5 11. Be2 Nb6 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Ne5 Be4 14. Bd3 Qd5 15. f3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rad8 17. e4 Qxe5 18. dxe5 Rxd3 19. exf6 Rxc3 20. Bb2 Rd3 21. Be5 c5 22. fxg7 Nc4 23. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 24. Bg3 Nxa3 25. Bf2 {Von Muenchhausen,K (1511)-Berg,G (1679) Berlin 2009 1-0}) 11. a4 Bb7 12. Ba3 c5 13. Be2 Qc7 14. h3 Rfd8 15. Qb3 Ne4 16. c4 a5 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Qc2 Nd6 20. Ng5 Nf8 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Bb2 Bb7 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 f6 25. Rd3 Nd7 26. Bc3 Nb8 27. Nd2 Nc6 28. Nb3 Nb7 29. Rcd1 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Ncxd8 32. Qd3 Nc6 33. f4 f5 34. g4 g6 35. Kf2 Kf8 36. Kg3 Ke8 37. e4 Qb6 38. Nd2 fxg4 39. hxg4 Nb4 40. Qe2 Qc6 41. Qh2 Qd7 42. Nf3 Nd6 43. Ng5 Nxe4+ 44. Nxe4 Qd3+ 45. Kh4 Qxe4 46. Kg5 Qb7 47. Bf6 Nc6 48. Qg1 Qa7 49. Qe3 Kf7 50. Qh3 Kg8 51. Qh1 Qc7 52. Qe4 Qd6 53. Qh1 Qd7 54. Qe4 Qe8 55. f5 gxf5 56. gxf5 Nd8 57. Kf4 Kf8 58. Bxd8 Qxd8 59. Qxe6 Qh4+ 60. Kf3 Qh1+ 61. Kf2 Qh4+ 62. Kf3 Qh1+ 63. Kf2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Div 1 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.06"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2 b6 9. d5 Re8 ({RR} 9... d6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. f3 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Bb7 13. h4 Qe7 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. O-O-O Rad8 16. Bd3 h6 17. Kb1 Ne5 18. Be2 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. f4 d4 21. exd4 cxd4 22. fxe5 dxc3 23. Qxc3 Bxg2 24. Rhg1 {Caruana,F (2776)-Aronian,L (2775) Saint Louis 2022 ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 9... Ba6 10. b3 b5 11. Qc2 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 d6 14. Ng3 Nd7 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Qd2 Re8 17. f3 Qb6 18. e4 Bc8 19. a4 Bd7 20. axb5 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22. Nf5 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Rxe4+ 24. Kf2 {Nakamura,H (2794)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2747) Stavanger NOR 2024 1-0 (86)}) 10. h4 $146 ({RR} 10. Qd3 exd5 11. Qxd5 Nc6 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Qxd7 Nd4 14. Rxd4 cxd4 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Bxd4 Nc5 17. Kd2 Ne4+ 18. Ke1 Re7 19. b4 Ba6 20. f3 Nd6 21. c5 Nf5 22. Kf2 Bxe2 23. Bxe2 Nxd4 24. exd4 Rxd4 {Pipiras,F (2210)-Boyer,M (2454) Ceyreste FRA 2024 0-1 (58)}) ({RR} 10. g3 Bb7 11. Bg2 exd5 12. cxd5 d6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bxe4 Rxe4 15. Nf4 Qe8 16. Qd2 a5 17. Rfe1 f5 18. f3 Re7 19. Ne6 Rxe6 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. e4 fxe4 22. fxe4 b5 23. Rad1 Ra6 24. Qg5 Nf6 {Bluebaum,M (2660)-Svane,F (2671) Munich GER 2025 1-0 (33)}) 10... exd5 11. Qxd5 Nc6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. h5 h6 14. Qd3 Bb7 15. Qxd7 Nd4 16. Rxd4 cxd4 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. Bxd4 Rc8 19. Nf4 Nd6 20. f3 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Kf2 Rc2+ 23. Kg3 Rd7 24. a4 Rdc7 25. Ra1 Rd7 26. a5 bxa5 27. Rxa5 a6 28. Ra3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Div 1 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.06"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2 b6 9. d5 Re8 ({RR} 9... d6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. f3 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Bb7 13. h4 Qe7 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. O-O-O Rad8 16. Bd3 h6 17. Kb1 Ne5 18. Be2 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. f4 d4 21. exd4 cxd4 22. fxe5 dxc3 23. Qxc3 Bxg2 24. Rhg1 {Caruana,F (2776)-Aronian,L (2775) Saint Louis 2022 ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 9... Ba6 10. b3 b5 11. Qc2 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 d6 14. Ng3 Nd7 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Qd2 Re8 17. f3 Qb6 18. e4 Bc8 19. a4 Bd7 20. axb5 Bxb5 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22. Nf5 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Rxe4+ 24. Kf2 {Nakamura,H (2794)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2747) Stavanger NOR 2024 1-0 (86)}) 10. h4 $146 ({RR} 10. Qd3 exd5 11. Qxd5 Nc6 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Qxd7 Nd4 14. Rxd4 cxd4 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Bxd4 Nc5 17. Kd2 Ne4+ 18. Ke1 Re7 19. b4 Ba6 20. f3 Nd6 21. c5 Nf5 22. Kf2 Bxe2 23. Bxe2 Nxd4 24. exd4 Rxd4 {Pipiras,F (2210)-Boyer,M (2454) Ceyreste FRA 2024 0-1 (58)}) ({RR} 10. g3 Bb7 11. Bg2 exd5 12. cxd5 d6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bxe4 Rxe4 15. Nf4 Qe8 16. Qd2 a5 17. Rfe1 f5 18. f3 Re7 19. Ne6 Rxe6 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. e4 fxe4 22. fxe4 b5 23. Rad1 Ra6 24. Qg5 Nf6 {Bluebaum,M (2660)-Svane,F (2671) Munich GER 2025 1-0 (33)}) 10... exd5 11. Qxd5 Nc6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. h5 h6 14. Qd3 Bb7 15. Qxd7 Nd4 16. Rxd4 cxd4 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. Bxd4 Rc8 19. Nf4 Nd6 20. f3 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Kf2 Rc2+ 23. Kg3 Rd7 24. a4 Rdc7 25. Ra1 Rd7 26. a5 bxa5 27. Rxa5 a6 28. Ra3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Masters Div 1 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.07"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Caruana, F.."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2023.04.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Ne4 8. Qc2 exd5 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. e3 Re8 11. Nf3 g5 12. Bg3 g4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bf5 15. Bd3 Bg6 16. Bf4 c5 $146 ({RR} 16... Qe7 17. O-O Nc5 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Rac1 Ne6 20. Qd1 Nxf4 21. exf4 Qd7 22. Rc3 Rf8 23. g3 Rae8 24. Qd4 a6 25. b4 c6 26. f3 gxf3 27. Rcxf3 Qf5 28. Kg2 h5 29. h3 Re6 30. R1f2 Rd8 31. Qd3 {Maiti,M (2316)-Shmeliov,D (2436) New York 2022 ½-½ (35)}) 17. O-O c4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. Rfd1 Bd3 21. Qd2 Re6 22. Rac1 Rg6 23. Qc3 Qf5 24. b3 Qe4 25. Rd2 h5 26. Bg3 Re8 27. Rb2 Rh6 28. bxc4 dxc4 29. Bf4 Rg6 30. e6 Rgxe6 31. Rb5 f5 32. Rc5 Rc6 33. Rxc6 Qxc6 34. Qd4 h4 35. h3 gxh3 36. gxh3 Kf7 37. Kh2 Rg8 38. f3 Be2 39. Qe5 Qd7 40. Rc2 Bxf3 41. e4 Bxe4 42. Rd2 Bd3 43. Rf2 Re8 44. Qb2 Be4 45. Rd2 Bd3 46. Rg2 Rg8 47. Rxg8 Kxg8 48. Qf6 Qg7 49. Qd8+ Kf7 50. Qd5+ Kg6 51. Qe6+ Kh7 52. Qe8 Qb2+ 53. Kg1 Qd4+ 54. Be3 Qg7+ 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters Div 1 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.07"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Caruana, F.."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2023.04.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Ne4 8. Qc2 exd5 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. e3 Re8 11. Nf3 g5 12. Bg3 g4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bf5 15. Bd3 Bg6 16. Bf4 c5 $146 ({RR} 16... Qe7 17. O-O Nc5 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Rac1 Ne6 20. Qd1 Nxf4 21. exf4 Qd7 22. Rc3 Rf8 23. g3 Rae8 24. Qd4 a6 25. b4 c6 26. f3 gxf3 27. Rcxf3 Qf5 28. Kg2 h5 29. h3 Re6 30. R1f2 Rd8 31. Qd3 {Maiti,M (2316)-Shmeliov,D (2436) New York 2022 ½-½ (35)}) 17. O-O c4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. Rfd1 Bd3 21. Qd2 Re6 22. Rac1 Rg6 23. Qc3 Qf5 24. b3 Qe4 25. Rd2 h5 26. Bg3 Re8 27. Rb2 Rh6 28. bxc4 dxc4 29. Bf4 Rg6 30. e6 Rgxe6 31. Rb5 f5 32. Rc5 Rc6 33. Rxc6 Qxc6 34. Qd4 h4 35. h3 gxh3 36. gxh3 Kf7 37. Kh2 Rg8 38. f3 Be2 39. Qe5 Qd7 40. Rc2 Bxf3 41. e4 Bxe4 42. Rd2 Bd3 43. Rf2 Re8 44. Qb2 Be4 45. Rd2 Bd3 46. Rg2 Rg8 47. Rxg8 Kxg8 48. Qf6 Qg7 49. Qd8+ Kf7 50. Qd5+ Kg6 51. Qe6+ Kh7 52. Qe8 Qb2+ 53. Kg1 Qd4+ 54. Be3 Qg7+ 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters Div 1 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana, F.."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2023.04.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Ne4 8. Qc2 exd5 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. e3 Bf5 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Nf3 Qf6 13. O-O Nd6 $146 ({RR} 13... Rad8 14. Rac1 h6 15. Qb3 Nd6 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 18. Qxb7 Qd7 19. Qb3 Rg6 20. g3 Re4 21. Kg2 h5 22. Rc5 Rd6 23. h4 Qf5 24. Qc2 Qf6 25. Ng5 {1-0 (25) Enchev,I (2443)-Grimm,J (1939) Hofheim 2014}) 14. Rac1 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nc4 16. Bxc7 Rac8 17. Bf4 Qg6 18. Qc3 Qe6 19. b3 Nd6 20. Qd3 Ne4 21. Rc2 Ne7 22. Rfc1 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rc8 24. Nd2 g5 25. Bg3 Rc6 26. Nf1 Qf5 27. Rxc6 Nxc6 28. Qd1 Nc3 29. Qd2 Ne4 30. Qb2 h5 31. h4 g4 32. Bf4 Ne7 33. Ng3 Nxg3 34. Bxg3 Qc8 35. Kh2 f5 36. Qe2 Qc6 37. a4 a6 38. Qd3 Kf7 39. Be5 Ke6 40. Bg3 Ng8 41. Qd2 Nf6 42. Qb4 Kf7 43. Qa5 Ke7 44. Bf4 Ne4 45. Bg5+ Ke6 46. Qd8 Qd6+ 47. Qxd6+ Kxd6 48. f3 gxf3 49. gxf3 Nd2 50. Kg3 Nxb3 51. Kf4 Ke6 52. Bd8 b5 53. axb5 axb5 54. Kg5 b4 55. Kxh5 Nxd4 56. Ba5 b3 57. Bc3 Nxf3 58. Bb2 f4 59. Kg4 Ne5+ 60. Kxf4 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters Div 1 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana, F.."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2023.04.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Ne4 8. Qc2 exd5 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. e3 Bf5 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Nf3 Qf6 13. O-O Nd6 $146 ({RR} 13... Rad8 14. Rac1 h6 15. Qb3 Nd6 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 18. Qxb7 Qd7 19. Qb3 Rg6 20. g3 Re4 21. Kg2 h5 22. Rc5 Rd6 23. h4 Qf5 24. Qc2 Qf6 25. Ng5 {1-0 (25) Enchev,I (2443)-Grimm,J (1939) Hofheim 2014}) 14. Rac1 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nc4 16. Bxc7 Rac8 17. Bf4 Qg6 18. Qc3 Qe6 19. b3 Nd6 20. Qd3 Ne4 21. Rc2 Ne7 22. Rfc1 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rc8 24. Nd2 g5 25. Bg3 Rc6 26. Nf1 Qf5 27. Rxc6 Nxc6 28. Qd1 Nc3 29. Qd2 Ne4 30. Qb2 h5 31. h4 g4 32. Bf4 Ne7 33. Ng3 Nxg3 34. Bxg3 Qc8 35. Kh2 f5 36. Qe2 Qc6 37. a4 a6 38. Qd3 Kf7 39. Be5 Ke6 40. Bg3 Ng8 41. Qd2 Nf6 42. Qb4 Kf7 43. Qa5 Ke7 44. Bf4 Ne4 45. Bg5+ Ke6 46. Qd8 Qd6+ 47. Qxd6+ Kxd6 48. f3 gxf3 49. gxf3 Nd2 50. Kg3 Nxb3 51. Kf4 Ke6 52. Bd8 b5 53. axb5 axb5 54. Kg5 b4 55. Kxh5 Nxd4 56. Ba5 b3 57. Bc3 Nxf3 58. Bb2 f4 59. Kg4 Ne5+ 60. Kxf4 Nd3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Cori Tello, Deysi Estella"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 ({RR} 11. Ne5 Be7 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Qh5 f5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bb5 Qd6 16. Bc4 Bf6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Bb3 a6 19. Bc1 Rfe8 20. h3 b5 21. Qe2 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Bd5 23. c4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 Qd5 {Sarana,A (2712)-Caruana,F (2805) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (57)}) ({RR} 11. Re1 Nd7 12. a3 Bd6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Bc2 Nf6 16. Qd3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxd4 18. Rad1 Qg4 19. Qxg4 Nxg4 20. Rd7 Ng6 21. Be4 Rac8 22. Rxa7 N4e5 23. Rb7 Nc4 24. Nd1 Rfd8 25. a4 Nd6 {Awoki,D (2152)-Kiseleva,A (1901) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (43)}) 11... Nf6 12. Ne4 $146 ({RR} 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qxd4 15. Bg3 Nbd7 16. Rad1 Qc5 17. a3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rfc8 19. Be4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Nf6 21. Qb7 Qxc3 22. Rd6 Qxa3 23. Rfd1 Nd5 24. Rd7 Qxf3 25. Rd4 Rc1+ {0-1 (25) Estremera Panos,S (2269)-Papayan,O (2253) chess.com INT 2023}) ({RR} 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qxd4 15. Bg3 Nbd7 16. Rad1 Qc5 17. a3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rfc8 19. Be4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Nf6 21. Qb7 Qxc3 22. Rd6 Qxa3 23. Rfd1 Nd5 24. Rd7 Qxf3 25. Rd4 Rc1+ {0-1 (25) Estremera Panos,S (2269)-Papayan,O (2253) chess.com INT 2023}) 12... 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 "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2022.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Re1 Nce7 ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Bc2 Qh4 13. g3 Qh5 14. Ne4 Bf8 15. N2c3 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Nc3 Be6 21. f3 Rac8 22. Rac1 g6 23. Kf2 Kg7 24. Bb3 h5 25. h4 Rc6 26. Ne2 {Caruana,F (2806)-Nakamura,H (2736) Saint Louis 2021 ½-½ (71)}) ({RR} 11... Qh4 12. g3 Qh5 13. Be4 ({RR} 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bf4 Be7 ({RR} 14... Rd8 15. Qd2 Bf8 16. Bc7 Rd7 17. Ba5 Nxa5 18. Qxa5 Qg5 19. Nf4 Qd8 20. Qb5 g6 21. Bf1 a6 22. Qa4 Bh6 23. Nd3 Kf8 24. Bg2 Rd6 25. h4 Bf5 26. Nc5 Qb6 27. b4 Qc7) 15. h4 ({RR} 15. Nc3 Bg4 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Rfd8 19. Rd1 Rac8 20. h4 f6 21. h5 Kf7 22. Kg2 Na5 23. Rd3 Nc4 24. g4 Rc6 25. Nd1 Bd6 26. Bxd6 Rdxd6 27. a4 Rb6) ({RR} 15. Qb3 a6 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. Bc7 Rd7 18. Bb6 Bf8 19. Nf4 Qh6 20. Nxd5 Rd6 21. Bc4 Be6 22. Nf4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 g5 24. Nd3 Bg7 25. d5 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Rxb6 27. Nxf7 Qh5) 15... Bg4 16. Qd2 h6 17. Be3 g5 18. Bc2 f5 19. Nc3 Rad8 20. hxg5 Bf3) 13... Nce7 14. Qd3 Bd7 15. Bf3 Qg6 16. Qxg6 hxg6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Nxf4 Bc6 21. h4 Rfe8 22. f3 Kf8 23. Kf2 Rac8 24. Rac1 Rxe1 25. Kxe1 Re8+ 26. Kd2 {Perdomo,L (2364)-Lima,K (2085) Golden Tower - R Dep. Lacerda 2025 ½-½ (79)}) ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Bc2 Qh4 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Re4 Qd8 15. Qd3 f5 16. Re1 Qf6 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Be3 g6 19. f4 Na5 20. b3 Re7 21. Bd2 Rxe1+ 22. Bxe1 Nc6 23. Ne2 Re8 24. Bc3 Qe7 25. Kf1 Bxa3 26. Ng1 {Sarana,A (2685)-Nakamura,H (2750) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1}) 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. Qd3 $146 ({RR} 13. Ne4 Bc7 14. Qd3 Ng6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bd2 Bc6 17. Nc5 Qd6 18. Qh3 f5 19. Bb3 Rae8 20. Nd3 a5 21. g3 Qd8 22. Rad1 Qf6 23. Nc5 b6 24. Ba4 Bxa4 25. Nxa4 f4 26. Nac3 Nxc3 27. Bxc3 fxg3 {Panjwani,R (2469)-Dionisi,T (2401) Leca da Palmeira POR 2023 1-0 (40)}) 13... f5 14. Bb3 Qb6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Bf4 Rae8 18. g3 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Re4 20. Red1 Bc6 21. h4 Rfe8 22. Qc3 g6 23. b4 Ba4 24. Rd2 Qc6 25. Qc5 Re1+ 26. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 27. Kg2 Qxc5 28. bxc5 Bc6 29. Re2 Rd1 30. Ne6 Bd7 31. Nd8 Rxd4 32. Re7 Bc6 33. Nxc6 bxc6 34. Rc7 Ra4 35. Rxc6 Rxa3 36. Rd6 Rc3 37. Rxd5 a5 38. c6 a4 39. Ra5 a3 40. c7 Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2022.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Re1 Nce7 ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Bc2 Qh4 13. g3 Qh5 14. Ne4 Bf8 15. N2c3 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Nc3 Be6 21. f3 Rac8 22. Rac1 g6 23. Kf2 Kg7 24. Bb3 h5 25. h4 Rc6 26. Ne2 {Caruana,F (2806)-Nakamura,H (2736) Saint Louis 2021 ½-½ (71)}) ({RR} 11... Qh4 12. g3 Qh5 13. Be4 ({RR} 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bf4 Be7 ({RR} 14... Rd8 15. Qd2 Bf8 16. Bc7 Rd7 17. Ba5 Nxa5 18. Qxa5 Qg5 19. Nf4 Qd8 20. Qb5 g6 21. Bf1 a6 22. Qa4 Bh6 23. Nd3 Kf8 24. Bg2 Rd6 25. h4 Bf5 26. Nc5 Qb6 27. b4 Qc7) 15. h4 ({RR} 15. Nc3 Bg4 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Rfd8 19. Rd1 Rac8 20. h4 f6 21. h5 Kf7 22. Kg2 Na5 23. Rd3 Nc4 24. g4 Rc6 25. Nd1 Bd6 26. Bxd6 Rdxd6 27. a4 Rb6) ({RR} 15. Qb3 a6 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. Bc7 Rd7 18. Bb6 Bf8 19. Nf4 Qh6 20. Nxd5 Rd6 21. Bc4 Be6 22. Nf4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 g5 24. Nd3 Bg7 25. d5 Ne5 26. Nxe5 Rxb6 27. Nxf7 Qh5) 15... Bg4 16. Qd2 h6 17. Be3 g5 18. Bc2 f5 19. Nc3 Rad8 20. hxg5 Bf3) 13... Nce7 14. Qd3 Bd7 15. Bf3 Qg6 16. Qxg6 hxg6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Nxf4 Bc6 21. h4 Rfe8 22. f3 Kf8 23. Kf2 Rac8 24. Rac1 Rxe1 25. Kxe1 Re8+ 26. Kd2 {Perdomo,L (2364)-Lima,K (2085) Golden Tower - R Dep. Lacerda 2025 ½-½ (79)}) ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Bc2 Qh4 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Re4 Qd8 15. Qd3 f5 16. Re1 Qf6 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Be3 g6 19. f4 Na5 20. b3 Re7 21. Bd2 Rxe1+ 22. Bxe1 Nc6 23. Ne2 Re8 24. Bc3 Qe7 25. Kf1 Bxa3 26. Ng1 {Sarana,A (2685)-Nakamura,H (2750) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1}) 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. Qd3 $146 ({RR} 13. Ne4 Bc7 14. Qd3 Ng6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bd2 Bc6 17. Nc5 Qd6 18. Qh3 f5 19. Bb3 Rae8 20. Nd3 a5 21. g3 Qd8 22. Rad1 Qf6 23. Nc5 b6 24. Ba4 Bxa4 25. Nxa4 f4 26. Nac3 Nxc3 27. Bxc3 fxg3 {Panjwani,R (2469)-Dionisi,T (2401) Leca da Palmeira POR 2023 1-0 (40)}) 13... f5 14. Bb3 Qb6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Bf4 Rae8 18. g3 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Re4 20. Red1 Bc6 21. h4 Rfe8 22. Qc3 g6 23. b4 Ba4 24. Rd2 Qc6 25. Qc5 Re1+ 26. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 27. Kg2 Qxc5 28. bxc5 Bc6 29. Re2 Rd1 30. Ne6 Bd7 31. Nd8 Rxd4 32. Re7 Bc6 33. Nxc6 bxc6 34. Rc7 Ra4 35. Rxc6 Rxa3 36. Rd6 Rc3 37. Rxd5 a5 38. c6 a4 39. Ra5 a3 40. c7 Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Navara,David"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Before the last round, David Anton Guijarro was leading by half a point. Romain Edouard and Hikaru Nakamura were amongst the 8 players who were half a point behind.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. Rc1 (6. d5 {might lead to a Benoni-like type of pawn structure with mutual chances and no connection to the true Benoni.}) 6... h6 7. Bh4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. e3 (9. cxd5 g5 $1 10. Bg3 Qxd5 11. e3 Qxa2 {Cavajda - Peuraniemi, 2012, corr. The game eventually finished in a draw.}) 9... e5 $5 {This idea was (first?) played by GM Alexey Kuzmin back in 1987. Hikaru Nakamura was born in that year, while Romain Edouard is even several years younger.} 10. Nf3 d4 {This idea must have surprised White, who started spending a lot of time. For good reason, as the position is very tricky and any mistake might have serious consequences.} 11. exd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 $146 {This might be inaccurate.} (12. Qxd4 {was probably better.} Qe7+ (12... g5 13. Bg3 Re8+ 14. Be2 Qe7 15. O-O Nc6 16. Qe3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxe3 18. fxe3 Ne4 {Lednev - Peuraniemi, 2011, corr. That game also finished peacefully.}) 13. Be2 (13. Qe3 Qxe3+ 14. fxe3 Ne4 $44) 13... Re8 14. O-O (14. Qd2 $1 g5 15. Nxg5 Rd8 16. Qf4 Bd6 17. Qf3 $1 Bg4 18. Qe3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Bxe2 20. Nf3 $1 Bxc4 21. Bxf6 {is clearly better for White.}) 14... Nc6 15. Qf4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 (16. Rxc3 $1 Qxe2 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qxh6 $44) 16... Qxe2 17. Rce1 Re4 $1 18. Qc1 (18. Qc7 $1 Qxf3 $1 19. gxf3 Rxh4 $17) 18... Qxf3 19. gxf3 Rxh4 20. Re3 Rxc4 21. Rd1 Rc5 22. f4 Bf5 23. Qa3 b6 24. Qa4 Rc8 25. Rd6 Nd5 26. Re1 Nxc3 27. Qa6 Nb5 28. Rd2 {0-1 (28) Barsov,A-Kuzmin,A (2440) Tashkent 1987}) ({RR} 12. Qxd4 Re8+ 13. Be2 Qe7 14. O-O Nc6 15. Qe3 Qf8 16. Qd3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne4 18. Rfe1 Bg4 19. h3 Bh5 20. Bf1 Bg6 21. Qd1 Nc5 22. Qd2 Be4 23. Nd4 Ne5 24. Bg3 Qd6 25. Re3 f6 26. Rce1 Bc6 {Sethuraman,S (2645)-Sattarov,B (2433) Delhi IND 2022 1-0 (75)}) ({RR} 12. Qxd4 Re8+ 13. Be2 Qe7 14. O-O Nc6 15. Qe3 Qf8 16. Qd3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Ne4 18. Rfe1 Bg4 19. h3 Bh5 20. Bf1 Bg6 21. Qd1 Nc5 22. Qd2 Be4 23. Nd4 Ne5 24. Bg3 Qd6 25. Re3 f6 26. Rce1 Bc6 {Sethuraman,S (2645)-Sattarov,B (2433) Delhi IND 2022 1-0 (75)}) 12... Qb6 {White is already facing some problems.} 13. Nf3 $6 (13. a3 $1 {was stronger, e.g.} Rd8 14. Bxf6 $1 Qxf6 15. axb4 Rxd4 16. Qe2 ({or} 16. Qf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 {. Still, it is White who has to fight for equality, as his kingside is seriously underdeveloped. True, so is Black's queenside, but he can activate his pieces with tempi (...c6, ...e6).})) 13... Rd8 (13... g5 14. Bg3 Rd8 {is a mere transposition.}) 14. Qc2 g5 $1 {Black can afford to play such a move due to his (prospective) lead in development. White is short of time to attack Black's king.} 15. Bg3 Nc6 16. Bd3 {White is lacking one tempo to complete his development. Black needs to act energetically. Hikaru played very quickly until this moment, but here he spent over half an hour.} g4 $1 17. Nh4 (17. Nd2 Ba5 $5 {creates the threats 18...b4, 18...d4 and 18...d4. Still, White might hold after} 18. a3 Qd4 19. Bh4 {, but he needs to see some tricks like} Ne5 $6 (19... Qxd3 $1 20. Qxd3 Rxd3 21. Bxf6 Bf5 22. Nf1 $1 Rd6 23. b4 $1 Rxf6 24. bxa5 Ne5 $1 {is still slightly preferable for Black.}) 20. O-O $1 Nxd3 21. Nb3 {, regaining the material. Not an easy task!}) 17... Bf8 (17... Ba5 $5 18. a3 Nd4 19. Qb1 Re8+ 20. Kf1 Nb3 21. Rd1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nc5 {might have been slightly better for Black, but this is very difficult to assess unless you are analysing the game with a strong engine like me.}) 18. Qb1 $1 {This modest retreat is the best way to parry the threat 18...b4.} Re8+ 19. Kf1 {The position is approximately balanced, but Hikaru was in his element. He plays such positions superbly, as I can confirm (too) many times.} Be6 20. h3 (20. Nf5 $1 {is Komodo's choice and perhaps rightly so, but it looks more logical to bring the king into safety.}) 20... Nh5 $1 21. Ne4 {This is not the best move, but White's task was rather hard.} ({Being equipped with Komodo, I tried to discover what happens after} 21. Nf5 {. You are not obliged to read it, of course. I would not if I were just a reader.} Rad8 $1 ({A spectacular line} 21... Nb4 22. hxg4 Nxg3+ 23. Nxg3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Qxb2 25. Rb1 Rad8 $1 26. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 $1 27. cxd5 Rxd5 $1 28. Qb3 $1 {might lead to approximate equality.}) 22. Nd5 (22. hxg4 $2 Bxf5 23. gxf5 Nxg3+ 24. fxg3 Nb4 {and the black rooks join the attack with decisive effect.}) 22... Bxd5 23. cxd5 Rxd5 24. hxg4 (24. Bc4 Nxg3+ (24... Rd2 $6 25. Nxh6+ $1 Kg7 26. Nf5+ Kg8 (26... Kh8 $2 27. hxg4 {and there is no check on g3.}) 27. Nh6+ $11) 25. Nxg3 Rd6 26. hxg4 (26. Nf5 g3 $3 (26... Rd2 $2 27. Nxh6+ $1) 27. Nxg3 (27. fxg3 $2 Rf6 28. g4 Qe3 {and White is helpless against numerous threats.}) 27... Rf6 28. Nf5 Bc5 {with a strong attack. White badly misses his kingside rook.}) 26... Ne5 27. Be2 Rd2 {with Black's initiative.}) 24... Nxg3+ 25. Nxg3 Ne5 26. Be2 Rd2 $36) 21... Nxg3+ ({Computers like} 21... gxh3 22. gxh3 {and now for example} Rad8 {, but it does not look very logical to open the g-file.} (22... Kh8 $5)) ({Even} 21... f5 {might be good, but the exhaustive analysis would also be fairly exhausting.}) 22. Nxg3 Rad8 23. hxg4 Ne5 $1 24. Be2 Bxg4 ({Komodo rightly prefers} 24... Bxc4 $1 {, but the organizers rightly prefer human chess to impersonal computer competitions. And we are thankful to them! White's back rank problems would tell, as the following lines show:} 25. Rxc4 (25. Bxc4 $2 Nxc4 26. Rxc4 Rd2 $1 27. Kg1 (27. Rf4 Qxb2 28. Qxb2 Rd1#) 27... Qxf2+ 28. Kh2 Re3 $1 29. Ngf5 Bd6+ 30. Nxd6 Qxh4+ 31. Kg1 Qf2+ 32. Kh2 Qxg2#) 25... Nxc4 26. Bxc4 {gives Black a pleasant choice. , while} Rd2 $1 (26... Qxb2 $6 {allows} 27. Bxf7+ $1 (27. Qg6+ $2 Kh8 $1) 27... Kxf7 28. Qg6+ Ke7 29. Kg1 {with some counterplay.}) 27. Kg1 Qxf2+ 28. Kh2 Re3 $1 29. Bxf7+ Qxf7 {is rather bad for White.}) 25. Bxg4 $2 {This move loses. White probably missed Black's 26th move. He did not have much time left.} ({Both} 25. f3) (25. Nf3 {were better. Black would maintain his initiative, but not more.}) 25... Nxg4 26. Qc2 Bb4 $1 {Black intends 27...d2 and there is no sensible way to parry the threat.} 27. c5 (27. Nf3 Rd2 $1 28. Nxd2 Qxf2#) 27... Qa6+ (27... Qb5+ 28. Kg1 Bxc5 $5 {was even quicker, as} 29. Qxc5 {fails to} Qxc5 30. Rxc5 Rd1+ 31. Nf1 Ree1 {with decisive mate(rial gains). But the text is good enough.}) 28. Kg1 Be1 29. Rh3 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Bxe1 32. Nf3 Nf2+ 33. Kh2 Nxh3 34. Nxe1 Ng5 35. Qc3 Qg6 {White survived the attack, but his position was left in ruins. Being an exchange down with a weak king and no compensation, he respectfully resigned. It is not easy to defeat a solid GM with the black pieces, but Hikaru displayed very powerful play in a must-win situation.} 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 4th Jun Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2024.06.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eugene, Floryan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2024.06.04"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 Bb7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O a6 ({RR} 8... Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 a6 12. Ne5 Re8 13. Ne2 Bd6 14. Nc6 Qc8 15. Nf4 g6 16. Rac1 Nb8 17. Ne5 Nbd7 18. Bc3 Qd8 19. Qb3 Nf8 20. Bb4 c5 21. Bxc5 Bxc5 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. dxc5 {Dubov,D (2666)-Vavulin,M (2507) Kolomna 2016 0-1 (54)}) ({RR} 8... Re8 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Bxd2 11. dxe6 Rxe6 12. Nxd2 c5 13. Nf3 Rd6 14. e4 cxd4 15. e5 Re6 16. Bf5 Re8 17. Re1 g6 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Nc6 20. Qd2 Qd5 21. Rae1 f5 22. R4e2 Re7 23. h4 {Lev,R (2351)-Globus,O (2428) Israel ISR 2025 ½-½}) 9. Ne5 Nbd7 $146 ({RR} 9... Bd6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qc2 c5 12. b3 Re8 13. f4 Nc6 14. a3 Rc8 15. Bf5 Rc7 16. Nf3 b5 17. Qd1 Rce7 18. Qc2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. exd4 Qb6 21. Qd3 Bb8 22. Nd1 Ba7 23. Be3 g6 24. Bh3 {Zweschper,E (2143)-Feldtmann,T (2257) Frankfurt 2012 0-1 (34)}) 10. f4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bd3 c5 13. a3 Ba5 14. Ne2 Bb6 15. Bc3 Nd5 16. Qd2 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qg5 18. Nf4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. exd4 Nxf4 21. Rxf4 Bxg2 22. Kf2 Bd5 23. Rg1 Qh6 24. h4 f6 25. Ke1 Rac8 26. Rfg4 Rc1+ 27. Ke2 Qxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Rxg1 29. Rxg1 fxe5 30. dxe5 Rf4 31. h5 Rh4 32. Rc1 Bc4 33. b3 Rh2+ 34. Kc3 Bd5 35. Kd4 Rh4+ 36. Ke3 Rxh5 37. Rc8+ Kf7 38. Rc7+ Kf8 39. Rc8+ Ke7 40. Rc7+ Kd8 41. Rxg7 h6 42. Kd4 Bxb3 43. Bg6 Rg5 44. Kc5 Rxe5+ 45. Kc6 Rd5 46. Rh7 a5 47. Rxh6 Ke7 48. Be4 Rd4 49. Bf3 Bd5+ 50. Bxd5 Rxd5 51. Rh7+ Kf6 52. Ra7 b4 53. axb4 axb4 54. Rb7 Rd4 55. Kc5 e5 56. Rb8 Kf5 57. Rd8 Ke4 58. Rxd4+ exd4 59. Kxb4 d3 60. Kb3 Ke3 61. Kb2 Ke2 62. Kc1 d2+ 63. Kc2 d1=Q+ 64. Kc3 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2022.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2022.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. Qc2 c5 14. e4 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 g5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Nc6 18. Qc1 Rxd4 $146 ({RR} 18... e5 19. Bh4 Rd6 20. Qg5+ Kh7 21. Qf5+ Kg8 22. Qg5+ Kh7 23. Qf5+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ {½-½ (24) Vrolijk,L (2516)-Schoppen,C (2498) Netherlands NED 2023}) 19. Rxd4 Nxd4 20. Qf4 Nc2+ 21. Kd1 Qd7+ 22. Kxc2 Qa4+ 23. Kb1 Qxe4+ 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Bf4 Nf6 26. h4 Nd5 27. Bd2 f5 28. g3 Kf7 29. f3 Rh8 30. Bg5 c4 31. g4 b5 32. Rd1 fxg4 33. fxg4 a5 34. h5 Rg8 35. Rf1+ Ke8 36. h6 Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Bd8 a4 39. g5 Kf7 40. h7 Kg7 41. g6 c3 42. bxc3 Nxc3+ 43. Kc2 Nd5 44. Bg5 e5 45. Kd2 Kh8 46. Ke1 b4 47. axb4 a3 48. Bc1 Nxb4 49. Kd2 Nd5 50. Bxa3 Nf4 51. Bb2 Nxg6 52. Bxe5+ Nxe5 53. Kc3 Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "2022.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2022.06.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. Qc2 c5 14. e4 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 g5 16. Nxg5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Nc6 18. Qc1 Rxd4 $146 ({RR} 18... e5 19. Bh4 Rd6 20. Qg5+ Kh7 21. Qf5+ Kg8 22. Qg5+ Kh7 23. Qf5+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ {½-½ (24) Vrolijk,L (2516)-Schoppen,C (2498) Netherlands NED 2023}) 19. Rxd4 Nxd4 20. Qf4 Nc2+ 21. Kd1 Qd7+ 22. Kxc2 Qa4+ 23. Kb1 Qxe4+ 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Bf4 Nf6 26. h4 Nd5 27. Bd2 f5 28. g3 Kf7 29. f3 Rh8 30. Bg5 c4 31. g4 b5 32. Rd1 fxg4 33. fxg4 a5 34. h5 Rg8 35. Rf1+ Ke8 36. h6 Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Bd8 a4 39. g5 Kf7 40. h7 Kg7 41. g6 c3 42. bxc3 Nxc3+ 43. Kc2 Nd5 44. Bg5 e5 45. Kd2 Kh8 46. Ke1 b4 47. axb4 a3 48. Bc1 Nxb4 49. Kd2 Nd5 50. Bxa3 Nf4 51. Bb2 Nxg6 52. Bxe5+ Nxe5 53. Kc3 Kxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.01.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fodor, Tamas Jr"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nxc5 9. b4 $6 Nce4 10. Qd4 d6 11. Bg5 $6 {The whole line is good for Black but after this voluntary exchange of White's bishop Black is clearly better as he has a huge development advantage without any compensation for White.} (11. Nd2 e5 12. Qe3 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Be6 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qd3 {1-0 (35) Bargan,S (2267)-Soltanici,R (2400) Chisinau MDA 2016} Rc7 $17 {[%cal Yd8e7,Yf8c8]}) (11. Ng5 $142 e5 12. Qb2 (12. Qd3 Bf5) 12... a5 13. f3 (13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. e3 Qh4 $36) 13... Nxg5 14. Bxg5 axb4 15. Qxb4 (15. axb4 Rxa1+ 16. Qxa1 Be6 17. e4 Qc7 {[%csl Rc4]}) 15... h6 {0-1 (60) Peng,Z (2402)-Chuchelov,V (2534) Netherlands 2005} 16. Bh4 $15) ({RR} 11. Ng5 e5 12. Qb2 Qc7 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. f3 Nf6 15. e4 Be6 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. Rc1 a5 18. Be2 axb4 19. axb4 Qb6 20. Qd2 Ra3 21. c5 dxc5 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Be3 Rc8 24. O-O Rd8 25. Rb1 Rxd2 {Mamedyarov,S (2734)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2771) Amsterdam NED 2023 0-1}) ({RR} 11. Bb2 a5 12. e3 e5 13. Qd3 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1+ 15. Bxa1 Qb6 16. Qb3 Be6 17. Be2 Nc5 18. Qb1 Na6 19. b5 Nc5 20. O-O Nfe4 21. Rd1 Rc8 22. Qb4 f5 23. h3 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 Ne4+ 25. Ke1 Qxe3 {Looi,X (2043)-Garv,G (2388) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) ({RR} 11. Bb2 e5 12. Qe3 b6 13. g3 Bb7 14. Bh3 h5 15. O-O Ng4 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Bg2 Qe6 19. Nh4 Ngf6 20. Qe3 Qxc4 21. f3 Nc3 22. Bxc3 Qxc3 23. Rd3 Qc7 24. Bh3 Nd5 25. Qd2 Rcd8 {Fodor,T (2476)-Neumeier,K (2293) Austria 2012 1-0 (60)}) 11... Nxg5 12. Nxg5 a5 $146 (12... e5 $5 13. Qb2 (13. Qh4 a5 14. b5 d5 15. e3 e4 16. Rd1 h6 17. Nh3 Bg4 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Kxe2 Qc7 $19 {0-1 (27) Freeman,M-Pritchett,C (2425) Glasgow 1977}) (13. Qd3 a5 14. b5 {1/2 (30) Gonda,L (2522)-Predojevic,B (2652) Zupanja 2009} e4 $1 15. Qd4 Qe7 $17 {[%cal Rh7h6,Yd6d5]}) 13... h6 (13... e4 $5) 14. Nf3 e4 15. Nd4 e3 16. f3 Nd7 (16... Bd7 $5) (16... a5 $5) 17. g3 Qf6 18. Qc3 Nb6 19. Rc1 Be6 20. Qxe3 Bxc4 $36 {0-1 (28) Paulsen,D (2330)-Lobron,E (2470) Germany 1982}) ({RR} 12... e5 13. Qb2 h6 14. Nf3 e4 15. Nd4 e3 16. f3 Nd7 17. g3 Qf6 18. Qc3 Nb6 19. Rc1 Be6 20. Qxe3 Bxc4 21. Bg2 Rfe8 22. Qd2 a5 23. b5 Re7 24. Kf2 Rae8 25. Rhe1 d5 26. Rc3 Na4 27. Rcc1 {Paulsen,D (2315)-Lobron,E (2440) Germany 1982 0-1}) ({RR} 12... e5 13. Qh4 a5 14. b5 d5 15. e3 e4 16. Rd1 h6 17. Nh3 Bg4 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Kxe2 Qc7 20. Rd4 dxc4 21. Rc1 c3 22. Qf4 Qc5 23. a4 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. f3 Rd2+ 26. Ke1 Qc4 27. Ng1 {Freeman,M-Pritchett,C (2425) Glasgow 1977 0-1}) 13. b5 (13. e3 e5 14. Qb2 e4 {[%cal Rh7h6]}) 13... h6 ({Here, too,} 13... e5 14. Qb2 e4 {was quite strong but Nakamura prefers to follow Lobron's footsteps in an improved version.}) 14. Nf3 e5 15. Qb2 e4 16. Nd4 (16. Nd2 {was not much better, e.g.} e3 17. fxe3 Re8 18. Qd4 b6 {[%cal Yc8b7]}) 16... e3 $1 {[%mdl 544]} 17. f3 Bd7 18. g3 Rc8 19. Rc1 Qb6 {[%cal Rd6d5]} 20. Qc3 Rfe8 21. Bg2 Qc5 22. O-O d5 {White has managed to complete his development but now he suffers material losses.} 23. Nb3 (23. Rfd1 {was more stubborn.}) 23... Qxa3 24. Nxa5 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 b6 26. Nb7 Rxc4 27. Rxc4 dxc4 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Nd6 Rc5 {[%cal Rc4c3]} 30. Rc3 Rd5 $1 31. Nxc4 Rc5 {White has recovered the pawn but now he loses his knight.} 32. Rc2 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 28th Mar Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gholami Orimi, Mahdi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2023.03.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxd4 10. exd4 d5 11. b3 a5 12. a4 Nc6 ({RR} 12... Nbd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. Re1 Rfd8 16. Rc1 dxc4 17. bxc4 Qf4 18. Rb1 h6 19. Bc1 Qc7 20. h3 Nb8 21. Bb2 Nbd7 22. Nd2 Qf4 23. Nf1 Qg5 24. Ng3 Ba6 25. Qe2 Qf4 26. Nf1 Nb8 27. Ne3 {Nakamura,H (2768)-Maghsoodloo,P (2720) Kolkata IND 2022 1-0 (69)}) 13. O-O Qe7 14. Re1 $146 ({RR} 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Qe2 Nb4 16. Ne5 Rc7 17. Bb1 Rfc8 18. Rfd1 Ba6 19. Bb2 Qe8 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 dxc4 22. bxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. Qh3 Qxa4 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Re1 Nd5 27. Bc1 Qb4 28. Rf1 Rxd4 {Fodor,B (2225)-Steindl,J (2334) Krakow POL 2024 ½-½ (38)}) ({RR} 14. Rc1 dxc4 15. bxc4 Rfd8 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Qe2 Qf4 18. Qe3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Nb4 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Ra1 Bxf3 22. gxf3 e5 23. d5 Nd7 24. Reb1 Nc5 25. Bc2 Na6 26. a5 Rab8 27. Ba4 bxa5 28. Bc6 Nc5 {Bobadilla Viera,J (2363)-Diaz Perez,M (2483) Santa Clara CUB 2025 0-1 (80)}) 14... Rfd8 15. Rc1 Nb4 16. Bb1 Rac8 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Bb2 dxc4 19. bxc4 Qg5 20. d5 exd5 21. Rc3 Nxe5 22. Rg3 dxc4 23. Qe2 Rd2 24. Rxg5 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 f6 26. Rg3 Nbd3 27. Bc3 Nf4 28. Re1 Rd8 29. h4 Nxg2 30. Rxg2 Nf3+ 31. Kf1 Nxe1 32. Rg4 Nf3 33. Ke2 Re8+ 34. Kd1 Ne5 35. Rd4 Bc6 36. Bc2 h5 37. f4 Ng4 38. Rxc4 Ne3+ 39. Kc1 Nxc4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 28th Mar Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gholami Orimi, Mahdi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2023.03.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxd4 10. exd4 d5 11. b3 a5 12. a4 Nc6 ({RR} 12... Nbd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. Re1 Rfd8 16. Rc1 dxc4 17. bxc4 Qf4 18. Rb1 h6 19. Bc1 Qc7 20. h3 Nb8 21. Bb2 Nbd7 22. Nd2 Qf4 23. Nf1 Qg5 24. Ng3 Ba6 25. Qe2 Qf4 26. Nf1 Nb8 27. Ne3 {Nakamura,H (2768)-Maghsoodloo,P (2720) Kolkata IND 2022 1-0 (69)}) 13. O-O Qe7 14. Re1 $146 ({RR} 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Qe2 Nb4 16. Ne5 Rc7 17. Bb1 Rfc8 18. Rfd1 Ba6 19. Bb2 Qe8 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 dxc4 22. bxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. Qh3 Qxa4 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Re1 Nd5 27. Bc1 Qb4 28. Rf1 Rxd4 {Fodor,B (2225)-Steindl,J (2334) Krakow POL 2024 ½-½ (38)}) ({RR} 14. Rc1 dxc4 15. bxc4 Rfd8 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Qe2 Qf4 18. Qe3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Nb4 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Ra1 Bxf3 22. gxf3 e5 23. d5 Nd7 24. Reb1 Nc5 25. Bc2 Na6 26. a5 Rab8 27. Ba4 bxa5 28. Bc6 Nc5 {Bobadilla Viera,J (2363)-Diaz Perez,M (2483) Santa Clara CUB 2025 0-1 (80)}) 14... Rfd8 15. Rc1 Nb4 16. Bb1 Rac8 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Bb2 dxc4 19. bxc4 Qg5 20. d5 exd5 21. Rc3 Nxe5 22. Rg3 dxc4 23. Qe2 Rd2 24. Rxg5 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 f6 26. Rg3 Nbd3 27. Bc3 Nf4 28. Re1 Rd8 29. h4 Nxg2 30. Rxg2 Nf3+ 31. Kf1 Nxe1 32. Rg4 Nf3 33. Ke2 Re8+ 34. Kd1 Ne5 35. Rd4 Bc6 36. Bc2 h5 37. f4 Ng4 38. Rxc4 Ne3+ 39. Kc1 Nxc4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bc1 O-O 12. Bg2 d6 $146 ({RR} 12... b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rd1 Na5 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. Qxd7 Nc5 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Be3 Rdc8 19. a4 Bf8 20. Rd5 Ne6 21. Rxe5 Rxc4 22. a5 bxa5 23. Rxa5 a6 24. Kg2 h6 25. h4 Rcc8 26. Nd4 Nc5 27. Ra2 {Aronian,L (2783)-Karjakin,S (2760) Moscow 2010 ½-½ (56)}) ({RR} 12... Na5 13. O-O d6 14. Ba3 Be6 15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Re8 17. c5 Nc4 18. Qxd8 Rexd8 19. Bc1 Rac8 20. Bxb7 Rxc5 21. Re1 h6 22. Ba6 Rd6 23. Bxc4 {½-½ (23) Anand,V (2817)-Karjakin,S (2776) Monte Carlo 2011}) 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. O-O Rd8 15. Bb4 Qb6 16. a4 Na5 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Bxa5 Qxa5 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Bd5 Rbc8 21. Qf3 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Qa6 23. Qe4 Rc6 24. c5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. Qxe5 Qb7 27. Rb1 Bf6 28. Qf5 Qc6 29. Nxa7 Qxa4 30. Qxc5 Qa2 31. Re1 Qd2 32. Kf1 Bxc3 33. Rb1 Bd4 34. Qe7 Bxa7 35. Qxa7 Qd5 36. Kg1 Qa8 37. Qxa8 Rxa8 38. Rb5 f6 39. h4 Re8 40. Kf1 g6 41. g4 Re4 42. f3 Ra4 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Rb7+ Kg8 45. Kf2 Ra5 46. Kg3 h6 47. Rd7 h5 48. gxh5 Rxh5 49. e4 g5 50. hxg5 Rxg5+ 51. Kf4 Ra5 52. Rc7 Kf8 53. Rd7 Kg8 54. Rd5 Ra3 55. Kg4 Re3 56. Rd7 Kf8 57. Ra7 Kg8 58. f4 Rxe4 59. Kf5 Re8 60. Kg6 f5 61. Rg7+ Kh8 62. Rh7+ Kg8 63. Rg7+ Kh8 64. Rf7 Kg8 65. Rxf5 Re7 66. Rg5 Rf7 67. Kh6+ Kf8 68. f5 Rf6+ 69. Kh5 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Nc3 Rac8 $6 {This system was examined in CBM 118, annotations to Eljanov-Najditsch. Here are some recent examples:} (12... h6 13. Bh4 cxd4 (13... a6 14. dxc5 (14. f3 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bf2 c4 17. Be2 b5 18. O-O Bc6 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Bf1 Nb6 $13 {0-1 Arun Prasad,S (2423)-Adhiban,B (2401)/Chennai 2008/CBM 122 Extra (61)}) 14... bxc5 15. f3 Rfd8 16. Be2 Nf8 17. O-O Ng6 18. Bf2 d5 19. Rd2 Rac8 20. Rfd1 Ne5 21. Bg3 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. e4 Nh5 24. Ne2 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Qg5 27. Kf2 Bc6 28. Rd6 Qe5 29. Qd2 Kh7 30. Nc3 $14 {1-0 Baburin,A (2526)-Short,P (2300)/Dublin IRL 2008/The Week in Chess 714 (54)}) 14. Rxd4 Ne5 (14... Rfc8 15. f3 Ne5 16. Be2 Nc6 17. Rd2 Na5 18. Qa4 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Bf2 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Qb5 Rc5 23. Qa4 Rc4 24. Qb5 Rc5 25. Qa4 Rc4 {1/2 Zhou Jianchao (2604)-Meier,G (2556)/Martuni 2008/CBM 125}) (14... Rfd8 15. f3 {-see below 12...cxd4} (15. Be2 g5 (15... Nc5 16. O-O e5 17. Rdd1 Qe6 18. f3 g5 19. Bg3 d5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Qc3 f6 23. b4 $16 {1-0 Drozdovskij,Y (2587)-Kravtsiv,M (2549)/Beijing CHN 2008/The Week in Chess 728 (36)}) 16. Bg3 e5 17. Rd2 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Bh3 19. f4 exf4 20. exf4 Qe3 21. Bf2 Qxf4 22. Rd4 Bf5 23. Rxf4 Bxc2 24. Bd4 Nh7 $15 {1/2 Golod,V (2586)-Firman,N (2526)/Germany 2007/CBM 123 (57)}) (15. Qd1 Ne5 16. Bg3 Rd7 17. Nb5 Rad8 18. Nxa7 Ne4 19. Nb5 Nxg3 20. hxg3 d5 $44 {1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R (2690)-Leko,P (2755)/Moscow 2007/EXT 2008 (42)})) 15. Be2 (15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rxd6 Rfd8 17. Nb5 Rxd6 18. Nxd6 Bc6 19. Nb5 Ng4 20. Nd4 Be4 21. Qe2 Ne5 22. f3 Nd3+ 23. Kd1 Bg6 $40 {0-1 Gladyszev,O (2497)-Naumkin,I (2494)/Cutro ITA 2008/The Week in Chess 704 (37)}) (15. Qd1 Rfd8 16. f3 Ng6 17. Bg3 e5 18. Rd2 e4 19. f4 h5 20. h3 h4 21. Bh2 d5 $36 {1-0 Romanchuk,V (2295)-Oleksienko,M (2592)/Alushta UKR 2008/The Week in Chess 708 (61)}) 15... Ng6 (15... Bxg2 $5 16. Rg1 Bc6 17. Rf4 Ned7 {should be checked}) 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rac8 $2 19. Rxd6 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Nh4 21. e4 Ng6 22. Qa4 Nf4 23. Bf1 $16 {1-0 Leitao,R (2601)-Tsuboi,E (2334)/Americana BRA 2007/The Week in Chess 683 (34)}) (12... cxd4 13. Rxd4 Rfd8 (13... e5 14. Rd1 Qe6 15. Nb5 Ne8 16. e4 h6 17. Be3 Nc5 18. f3 Qg6 19. b4 Ne6 20. Qf2 f5 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Be2 Nf4 23. O-O Rf6 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Bd3 $14 {1-0 Shishkin,V (2543)-Socko,M (2479)/Polanica Zdroj 2007/CBM 120 ext (54)}) (13... Rac8 $5 14. Nb5 Rc5 15. Bh4 Rh5 16. Qd1 e5 17. Qxh5 exd4 18. Nxd4 Rc8 19. Bd3 Be4 20. Qd1 d5 21. O-O Bxd3 22. Qxd3 dxc4 $11 {1/2 Lysyj,I (2593)-Le Quang,L (2540)/Moscow 2008/CBM 123 (63)}) 14. f3 (14. Qd1 Ne5 15. f3 h6 16. Bh4 Ng6 17. Bf2 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21. Be2 Rd8 22. Qa4 Qf6 $132 {1/2 Drozdovskij,Y (2581)-Karpov,A (2655)/Odessa UKR 2008/The Week in Chess 708 (27)}) 14... h6 (14... Nf8 15. Be2 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. O-O Qe7 18. Rfd1 Rd7 19. Nb5 Rad8 20. Qd2 d5 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. Qb4 Qg5 23. Kf2 a5 24. Qc3 Qe7 25. e4 $14 {1/2 Karpov,A (2670)-Leko,P (2755)/Moscow 2007/EXT 2008 (59)}) (14... Ne5 $5 15. Be2 Ng6 16. O-O h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 {1/2 Roussel Roozmon,T (2489)-Polak,T (2553)/Brno 2008/CBM 125 Extra}) 15. Bh4 Ne5 16. Be2 Ng6 17. Bf2 e5 $146 (17... d5 {-Eljanov-Naiditsch}) 18. Rd1 d5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. O-O Qe6 22. Qa4 Bb3 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qxa7 Rd2 25. Qa6 Rxb2 26. Rc1 e4 $1 $11 {0-1 Zakhartsov,V (2537)-Kravtsiv,M (2549)/Lviv UKR 2008/The Week in Chess 730 (47)}) 13. d5 $1 {That's why 12...ac8 is inaccurate.} h6 14. Bh4 exd5 (14... e5 15. Bd3 Rfe8 16. f3 a6 17. a4 Nf8 18. g4 g5 19. Bg3 Kg7 20. h4 Ng6 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Bf5 Rb8 23. Rd2 Rh8 24. Rdh2 Rxh2 25. Qxh2 Rh8 26. Qg2 $14 {1-0 Turova,I (2385)-Porat,I (2328)/Budapest 2005/CBM 109 ext (39)}) 15. cxd5 (15. Nxd5 $143 Bxd5 16. cxd5 c4 17. Be2 b5 18. O-O Qe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. f3 Nec5 21. e4 Rfe8 22. g4 Ne5 $13 {1-0 Gladyszev,O (2485)-Berend,F (2343)/Nancy 2008/CBM 122 Extra (64)}) 15... a6 16. a4 c4 $146 {This novelty (an attempt to "justify" 12...ac8) doesn't change the evaluation of the position.} (16... Ne5 17. Be2 Ng6 18. Bg3 Rfe8 19. O-O Rb8 20. Rfe1 Bc8 21. e4 Qc7 22. b3 Nf8 23. f4 $36 Bg4 24. Bxg4 Nxg4 25. e5 $16 {1-0 Bu Xiangzhi (2671)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2581)/Doha 2006/CBM 115 ext (45)}) 17. Rd4 $146 ({RR} 17. Be2 Rc5 18. O-O Rfc8 19. e4 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. f3 b4 22. Na4 Ra5 23. Ra1 b3 24. Qd2 Rca8 25. Qb4 Bxd5 26. exd5 Rxa4 27. Rxa4 Rxa4 28. Qxa4 Qxe2 29. Bg3 Nb6 30. Qc6 Nbxd5 31. Re1 Qc2 {Gharibyan,M (2131)-Guseynov,A (2320) Poti 2016 0-1 (42)}) 17... Ne5 18. Qd1 (18. Be2 $142 $14) 18... Rc5 (18... b5 $5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Ba6 21. Nc3 Rb8 $44) 19. Be2 g5 20. Bg3 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. O-O b4 23. Na4 Ra5 (23... Rxd5 $142 24. Nb6 Rxd4 25. exd4 Ng6 26. Nxc4 Ne4 27. Re1 $14) 24. Nb6 c3 (24... Qc7 25. Nxc4 Rxd5 26. f3 $16) 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. d6 Qe8 (26... Qd8 27. Rxb4 $16) 27. d7 Qd8 28. Rxb4 cxb2 29. Rxb2 $16 {[%csl Gd7] White has gained a pawn but surprisingly, it is still difficult for him to win this position.} Qc7 30. Qb3 Be4 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. Bc4 $6 {Not the best square for the bishop.} (32. Qb4 Rc5 33. f3 Bf5 34. Rbd2 $16) 32... Bg6 33. Rbd2 Kg7 34. h3 Rc5 35. Qb4 Ne4 36. Rb2 Rc6 37. Nd5 $6 Qd6 $2 {Missing a miraculous rescue;} (37... Qxd7 $1 38. Bb5 Rb8 $1 39. Qa4 (39. Qa3 Qd6 40. Bxc6 Qxa3 41. Rxb8 Qa2 42. Rf1 Nd2 43. Re1 Ne4 $11) (39. f3 Nf6 40. Qd2 Qb7 $1) 39... Qb7 {-White can't win material!}) 38. Bb5 Rxd7 $2 (38... Qxb4 $142 39. Nxb4 Rc7 (39... Rd6 $2 40. Rxd6 Nxd6 41. Rd2 $1 Nxb5 42. Nc6 $18) 40. Nd5 (40. Bc6 $5 Nc5 41. Rd6 $16) 40... Rb7 41. Rb4 Bf5 42. Bc6 Rxb4 43. Nxb4 Nc5 (43... Nf6 44. Na6 $1 Bxd7 45. Rd6 $18) 44. f4 $1 $16) 39. Bxc6 Qxc6 40. Qb5 $18 {White converts his extra exchange without major problems.} Qxb5 41. Rxb5 h5 42. f3 Ng3 43. e4 Ne2+ 44. Kf2 Nf4 45. Ne3 Rxd1 46. Nxd1 g4 47. hxg4 hxg4 48. Ne3 gxf3 49. gxf3 f6 50. Nd5 Nh5 51. Ke3 Bf7 52. Rb1 Be6 53. Kd3 f5 54. Rb7+ Kf8 55. Ke3 Ng3 56. Nf6 fxe4 57. fxe4 Nf1+ 58. Ke2 Bc4+ 59. Ke1 Ne3 60. Kd2 Nf1+ 61. Ke1 Ne3 62. Nd7+ Ke8 63. Nxe5 Ba6 64. Ra7 Bc8 65. Kf2 Nd1+ 66. Kf3 Be6 67. Nc6 Kf8 68. Nd4 Bf7 69. Nf5 Bb3 70. Kf4 Nf2 71. Nd4 Bf7 72. e5 Nd3+ 73. Kf5 Nb4 74. Ne6+ Ke8 75. Nc7+ Kd8 76. Na6 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters Div 1 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gukesh, D.."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2023.02.06"]

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. h4 e5 ({RR} 10... Ba6 11. h5 Na5 12. h6 g6 13. Ng3 Bxc4 14. e5 d5 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Nf4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nb3 18. Rb1 Nxd4 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxd4 Qe7 21. Be3 Nc7 22. f3 Qxa3 23. Kf2 Qe7 24. Nh3 Nb5 25. Qg4 {Herman,M (2383)-Vasquez Schroeder,R (2446) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (55)}) 11. h5 $146 ({RR} 11. d5 Na5 12. f4 Nd6 13. f5 Ba6 14. g4 Bxc4 15. Bxc4 Naxc4 16. Ng3 b5 17. Qf3 b4 18. cxb4 cxb4 19. g5 b3 20. Qxb3 Qa5+ 21. Qb4 Qxb4+ 22. axb4 Rfb8 23. Ra4 Nb6 24. Ra6 Nbc4 25. Ra4 Nb6 {Wei Yi (2722)-Lu Shanglei (2597) Shaoxing CHN 2023 ½-½}) 11... d6 12. h6 g6 13. Be3 Na5 14. Ng3 Ba6 15. Qe2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb3 17. Rb1 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qb2 Rc8 20. Qxd4 Qf6 21. Ne2 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Nf6 23. Kd2 Bxc4 24. f3 d5 25. e5 Bxd3 26. Kxd3 Nd7 27. f4 Rc4 28. Rhc1 Rfc8 29. Ne2 f6 30. exf6 Kf7 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Ke3 Nc5 33. Rd1 Ra4 34. Rxd5 Rxa3+ 35. Kd4 Rd3+ 36. Kc4 Rxd5 37. Kxd5 Kxf6 38. g4 a5 39. Nd4 a4 40. g5+ Kf7 41. Nb5 Ne6 42. Ke5 Nc7 43. Nc3 a3 44. f5 gxf5 45. Kxf5 b5 46. Na2 Na6 47. Nc1 b4 48. Ke5 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Airthings Masters Div 1 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Gukesh, D.."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2023.02.06"]

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. h4 e5 ({RR} 10... Ba6 11. h5 Na5 12. h6 g6 13. Ng3 Bxc4 14. e5 d5 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Nf4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nb3 18. Rb1 Nxd4 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxd4 Qe7 21. Be3 Nc7 22. f3 Qxa3 23. Kf2 Qe7 24. Nh3 Nb5 25. Qg4 {Herman,M (2383)-Vasquez Schroeder,R (2446) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (55)}) 11. h5 $146 ({RR} 11. d5 Na5 12. f4 Nd6 13. f5 Ba6 14. g4 Bxc4 15. Bxc4 Naxc4 16. Ng3 b5 17. Qf3 b4 18. cxb4 cxb4 19. g5 b3 20. Qxb3 Qa5+ 21. Qb4 Qxb4+ 22. axb4 Rfb8 23. Ra4 Nb6 24. Ra6 Nbc4 25. Ra4 Nb6 {Wei Yi (2722)-Lu Shanglei (2597) Shaoxing CHN 2023 ½-½}) 11... d6 12. h6 g6 13. Be3 Na5 14. Ng3 Ba6 15. Qe2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb3 17. Rb1 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qb2 Rc8 20. Qxd4 Qf6 21. Ne2 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 Nf6 23. Kd2 Bxc4 24. f3 d5 25. e5 Bxd3 26. Kxd3 Nd7 27. f4 Rc4 28. Rhc1 Rfc8 29. Ne2 f6 30. exf6 Kf7 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Ke3 Nc5 33. Rd1 Ra4 34. Rxd5 Rxa3+ 35. Kd4 Rd3+ 36. Kc4 Rxd5 37. Kxd5 Kxf6 38. g4 a5 39. Nd4 a4 40. g5+ Kf7 41. Nb5 Ne6 42. Ke5 Nc7 43. Nc3 a3 44. f5 gxf5 45. Kxf5 b5 46. Na2 Na6 47. Nc1 b4 48. Ke5 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 25th Apr Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2023.04.25"]

1. d4 {https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/xt6dyz8G} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Ne2 ({RR} 7. Bd3 e5 8. f3 e4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Ne2 Qh4+ ({RR} 10... f5 11. O-O d6 12. Qc2 Na5 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 g6 15. Bd2 Be6 16. d5 Bd7 17. c5 Qe8 18. a4 dxc5 19. c4 b6 20. e4 fxe4 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Rf1 Qg7 23. Bxe4 Qd4+ 24. Kh2 Bxa4 25. Qc3) 11. g3 Qe7 12. O-O f5 13. Nf4 d6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Ra2 Bd7 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 18. Qc2 Kg8 19. Qxe4 Rc8 20. Rf2 Qe8 21. Qf3 Na5 {Antipov,M (2591)-Aronian,L (2757) New York, United States 2024 [https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/xt6dyz8G] ½-½ (32)}) 7... e5 ({RR} 7... d6 8. Ng3 Nd7 9. e4 f5 10. exf5 exf5 11. Bd3 Qe7+ 12. Ne2 Nb6 13. O-O Qf7 14. c5 dxc5 15. dxc5 Nd5 16. c4 Nf6 17. Nf4 Rd8 18. Bb2 Ne4 19. Nd5 Nxc5 20. Be2 Be6 21. Qc2 Rd7 22. Rad1 {Omonov,A (2387)-Narayanan,S (2598) Al Ain UAE 2025 0-1 (57)}) ({RR} 7... b6 8. Ng3 Ba6 9. e4 Ne8 10. Bd3 Na5 11. Qe2 c5 12. d5 f6 13. O-O Nd6 14. Nh5 Bxc4 15. Bf4 e5 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 c4 18. Qc2 Nb3 19. Rae1 Qe8 20. Ng3 g5 21. Qd1 Qg6 22. Qg4 {Hakobyan,A (2619)-Sanchez L,S (2400) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (47)}) 8. Ng3 Re8 9. Be2 e4 $146 ({RR} 9... d6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Qc2 Ng6 12. f4 e4 13. f5 Nf8 14. Bd2 b6 15. Rf4 Qe7 16. Be1 a5 17. Nh5 Nxh5 18. Bxh5 Ba6 19. f6 gxf6 20. Bh4 Ng6 21. Bxf6 Qd7 22. Qf2 Bxc4 23. Qg3 Qb5 24. Bg4 {Szabo,L-Plachetka,J Luhacovice 1971 1-0}) 10. O-O Na5 11. f3 exf3 12. gxf3 d6 13. e4 c5 14. Ra2 Bh3 15. Re1 Rc8 16. d5 Nd7 17. f4 Qh4 18. Bd3 Re7 19. Qa4 b6 20. Rf2 Nf6 21. Qc2 g6 22. e5 Ng4 23. Rfe2 Nxh2 24. Re3 Ng4 25. Ne4 dxe5 26. d6 exf4 27. dxe7 fxe3 28. Rxe3 Nxe3 29. Bxe3 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Qxe3 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. e8=Q Rxe8 33. Nxe8+ Qxe8 34. Kxh3 Qe3+ 35. Kh2 Nc6 36. Be4 Ne5 37. Bd5 h5 38. Kg2 h4 39. Qe4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 25th Apr Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hakobyan, Aram"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2023.04.25"]

1. d4 {https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/xt6dyz8G} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Ne2 ({RR} 7. Bd3 e5 8. f3 e4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Ne2 Qh4+ ({RR} 10... f5 11. O-O d6 12. Qc2 Na5 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 g6 15. Bd2 Be6 16. d5 Bd7 17. c5 Qe8 18. a4 dxc5 19. c4 b6 20. e4 fxe4 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Rf1 Qg7 23. Bxe4 Qd4+ 24. Kh2 Bxa4 25. Qc3) 11. g3 Qe7 12. O-O f5 13. Nf4 d6 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Ra2 Bd7 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 18. Qc2 Kg8 19. Qxe4 Rc8 20. Rf2 Qe8 21. Qf3 Na5 {Antipov,M (2591)-Aronian,L (2757) New York, United States 2024 [https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/xt6dyz8G] ½-½ (32)}) 7... e5 ({RR} 7... d6 8. Ng3 Nd7 9. e4 f5 10. exf5 exf5 11. Bd3 Qe7+ 12. Ne2 Nb6 13. O-O Qf7 14. c5 dxc5 15. dxc5 Nd5 16. c4 Nf6 17. Nf4 Rd8 18. Bb2 Ne4 19. Nd5 Nxc5 20. Be2 Be6 21. Qc2 Rd7 22. Rad1 {Omonov,A (2387)-Narayanan,S (2598) Al Ain UAE 2025 0-1 (57)}) ({RR} 7... b6 8. Ng3 Ba6 9. e4 Ne8 10. Bd3 Na5 11. Qe2 c5 12. d5 f6 13. O-O Nd6 14. Nh5 Bxc4 15. Bf4 e5 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 c4 18. Qc2 Nb3 19. Rae1 Qe8 20. Ng3 g5 21. Qd1 Qg6 22. Qg4 {Hakobyan,A (2619)-Sanchez L,S (2400) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (47)}) 8. Ng3 Re8 9. Be2 e4 $146 ({RR} 9... d6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Qc2 Ng6 12. f4 e4 13. f5 Nf8 14. Bd2 b6 15. Rf4 Qe7 16. Be1 a5 17. Nh5 Nxh5 18. Bxh5 Ba6 19. f6 gxf6 20. Bh4 Ng6 21. Bxf6 Qd7 22. Qf2 Bxc4 23. Qg3 Qb5 24. Bg4 {Szabo,L-Plachetka,J Luhacovice 1971 1-0}) 10. O-O Na5 11. f3 exf3 12. gxf3 d6 13. e4 c5 14. Ra2 Bh3 15. Re1 Rc8 16. d5 Nd7 17. f4 Qh4 18. Bd3 Re7 19. Qa4 b6 20. Rf2 Nf6 21. Qc2 g6 22. e5 Ng4 23. Rfe2 Nxh2 24. Re3 Ng4 25. Ne4 dxe5 26. d6 exf4 27. dxe7 fxe3 28. Rxe3 Nxe3 29. Bxe3 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Qxe3 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. e8=Q Rxe8 33. Nxe8+ Qxe8 34. Kxh3 Qe3+ 35. Kh2 Nc6 36. Be4 Ne5 37. Bd5 h5 38. Kg2 h4 39. Qe4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 8th Nov Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Indjic, A.."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.11.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nc6 11. e3 e5 12. d5 e4 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. Rb1 $146 ({RR} 14. Nxe4 Qxb2 15. Qc3 Qxc3+ 16. Nxc3 c6 17. Bc4 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rd8 20. e4 Be6 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Ba6 Rb6 23. Be2 Rb2 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Ra2 26. a4 Bd7 27. O-O Bxa4 {½-½ (27) Indjic,A (2636)-Grischuk,A (2745) chess.com INT 2023}) 14... Bf5 15. g4 Bxg4 16. Nxe4 Qb6 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Kxe2 Rad8 19. Rhd1 Rfe8 20. b4 Qg6 21. Rbc1 Qh5+ 22. Ke1 Nxd5 23. Ng3 Qf3 24. Rd3 Nf4 25. Rxd8 Ng2+ 26. Kd2 Qxf2+ 27. Qe2 Rxd8+ 28. Kc3 Qxe2 29. Nxe2 Nxe3 30. Nd4 c6 31. Re1 Rxd4 32. Rxe3 Rd7 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Kc4 g5 35. Kc5 f5 36. Rf8 f4 37. a4 a6 38. Kb6 Kg7 39. Rf5 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 8th Nov Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.11.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Indjic, A.."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.11.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nc6 11. e3 e5 12. d5 e4 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. Rb1 $146 ({RR} 14. Nxe4 Qxb2 15. Qc3 Qxc3+ 16. Nxc3 c6 17. Bc4 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rd8 20. e4 Be6 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Ba6 Rb6 23. Be2 Rb2 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Ra2 26. a4 Bd7 27. O-O Bxa4 {½-½ (27) Indjic,A (2636)-Grischuk,A (2745) chess.com INT 2023}) 14... Bf5 15. g4 Bxg4 16. Nxe4 Qb6 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Kxe2 Rad8 19. Rhd1 Rfe8 20. b4 Qg6 21. Rbc1 Qh5+ 22. Ke1 Nxd5 23. Ng3 Qf3 24. Rd3 Nf4 25. Rxd8 Ng2+ 26. Kd2 Qxf2+ 27. Qe2 Rxd8+ 28. Kc3 Qxe2 29. Nxe2 Nxe3 30. Nd4 c6 31. Re1 Rxd4 32. Rxe3 Rd7 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Kc4 g5 35. Kc5 f5 36. Rf8 f4 37. a4 a6 38. Kb6 Kg7 39. Rf5 Rf7 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO 2023"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.14"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2023.05.11"]
[WhiteTeam "Shanghai Tigers"]
[BlackTeam "Gotham Knights"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. Bd2 Nxc5 10. Be2 Ne6 11. a3 Bc5 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. exd4 Qb6 $146 ({RR} 15... Ne4 16. O-O Qb6 17. Bb4 Re8 18. f3 Nd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qd2 Bf5 21. Rfe1 Rac8 22. Rac1 h6 23. g3 Kf8 24. Kf2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qc2 Bd7 28. Qc5 Ke7 29. Ke3 Bc6 30. Bf1 {Arizmendi Martinez,J (2529)-Trepat Herranz,J (2351) La Massana 2015 ½-½ (65)}) 16. Bb4 Re8 17. O-O Bd7 18. Re1 Ne4 19. f3 a5 20. fxe4 axb4 21. exd5 Re4 22. Qd2 Rae8 23. Bf3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 bxa3 26. bxa3 Qxd4+ 27. Kh1 Qc5 28. Qa1 Qe3 29. h3 Bxh3 30. Qb2 b6 31. Qb4 Bf5 32. d6 Bd7 33. Qh4 g5 34. Qh6 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qe5+ 36. Kh1 f6 37. Qh2 Qe1+ 38. Qg1 Qxg1+ 39. Kxg1 f5 40. Kf2 Kf7 41. Ke3 Ke6 42. Kd4 Kxd6 43. Be2 Be8 44. Bd3 Bg6 45. Be2 h5 46. Bb5 h4 47. Bf1 Be8 48. Bd3 Bd7 49. Be2 g4 50. Bf1 Bc6 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Kf2 f4 53. Bc4 Kd4 54. Be6 g3+ 55. Kg1 Kc3 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO 2023"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.14"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2023.05.11"]
[WhiteTeam "Shanghai Tigers"]
[BlackTeam "Gotham Knights"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. Bd2 Nxc5 10. Be2 Ne6 11. a3 Bc5 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. exd4 Qb6 $146 ({RR} 15... Ne4 16. O-O Qb6 17. Bb4 Re8 18. f3 Nd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qd2 Bf5 21. Rfe1 Rac8 22. Rac1 h6 23. g3 Kf8 24. Kf2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qc2 Bd7 28. Qc5 Ke7 29. Ke3 Bc6 30. Bf1 {Arizmendi Martinez,J (2529)-Trepat Herranz,J (2351) La Massana 2015 ½-½ (65)}) 16. Bb4 Re8 17. O-O Bd7 18. Re1 Ne4 19. f3 a5 20. fxe4 axb4 21. exd5 Re4 22. Qd2 Rae8 23. Bf3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 bxa3 26. bxa3 Qxd4+ 27. Kh1 Qc5 28. Qa1 Qe3 29. h3 Bxh3 30. Qb2 b6 31. Qb4 Bf5 32. d6 Bd7 33. Qh4 g5 34. Qh6 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qe5+ 36. Kh1 f6 37. Qh2 Qe1+ 38. Qg1 Qxg1+ 39. Kxg1 f5 40. Kf2 Kf7 41. Ke3 Ke6 42. Kd4 Kxd6 43. Be2 Be8 44. Bd3 Bg6 45. Be2 h5 46. Bb5 h4 47. Bf1 Be8 48. Bd3 Bd7 49. Be2 g4 50. Bf1 Bc6 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Kf2 f4 53. Bc4 Kd4 54. Be6 g3+ 55. Kg1 Kc3 0-1

[Event "World op 33rd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2005.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "230"]
[EventDate "2005.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 a5 8. b3 h6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Re8 11. O-O e5 12. dxe5 $146 ({RR} 12. d5 Ne7 13. Bb2 Ne4 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. b4 Bf5 16. Qd1 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Bxa1 Na6 19. Nh4 Bd7 20. Qd2 Nf5 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Rc1 Qe7 23. Qc3 b6 24. Bb2 Bc8 25. Ra1 Bb7 26. e4 Ra8 {Roselli Mailhe,B (2430)-Espinoza Palomino,W (2265) Mar del Plata 2012 1-0 (36)}) 12... dxe5 13. Bb2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Qe3 Qe7 16. Rad1 Nd7 17. Nh4 Rad8 18. Nf5 Qf8 19. g4 Bg6 20. Ng3 Nd4 21. Bxb7 Nc5 22. Bd5 c6 23. Bg2 Bc2 24. Rc1 Bxb3 25. Bc3 Nc2 26. Qf3 e4 27. Qf5 Nd4 28. Qf4 Nce6 29. Qxe4 Qxa3 30. Ra1 Ba2 31. Qb1 Qxc3 32. Qxa2 Nf4 33. e3 Nxg2 34. Kxg2 Nc2 35. Qxa5 Qd2 36. Qxd2 Rxd2 37. Kf3 Nxa1 38. Rxa1 Rc2 39. Ra4 Re6 40. Ne4 c5 41. Ra5 Rxc4 42. Nxc5 Rf6+ 43. Kg3 Rd6 44. Kf3 Rd5 45. Nb3 Rxa5 46. Nxa5 Rc3 47. Nb7 Kf8 48. Nd6 Ke7 49. Nf5+ Kf6 50. Ng3 Rc2 51. h4 g6 52. g5+ hxg5 53. Ne4+ Kf5 54. Nxg5 Rc7 55. Kg3 Ra7 56. Kf3 Kf6 57. Ne4+ Kg7 58. Ng5 Kh6 59. Kg3 Kg7 60. Kh3 Ra4 61. Kg3 Ra7 62. Kg4 Rb7 63. Kf4 Kg8 64. Kg4 Kf8 65. Kf4 Ke7 66. Kg4 Rb4+ 67. Kg3 Kf6 68. Kh3 Rb7 69. Kg4 Ke5 70. Kf3 Kd5 71. Kg4 Ke5 72. Kf3 Ra7 73. Kg3 Kd5 74. Kg4 f5+ 75. Kg3 Ra4 76. f3 Ke5 77. Nh3 Ra3 78. Nf4 Kf6 79. Kf2 Kg7 80. Nd5 Kh6 81. Nf4 Ra6 82. Kg3 Ra2 83. Kh3 Ra3 84. Ng2 Kg7 85. Kg3 Kf6 86. Kf4 Rb3 87. Kg3 Kg7 88. Kh3 Kf7 89. Kg3 Ra3 90. Kf4 Ra2 91. Kg3 Re2 92. Kh3 Ke8 93. Kg3 Kd7 94. Kh3 Kd6 95. Kg3 Ke5 96. Kh3 Kf6 97. Kg3 Kf7 98. Kh3 Rf2 99. Kg3 Rf1 100. Nf4 Rh1 101. Ng2 Ke7 102. Nf4 Kf7 103. Ng2 Ra1 104. Nf4 Ra6 105. Ng2 Ke6 106. Kf4 Ra1 107. Kg3 Kd5 108. Nf4+ Kc4 109. Nxg6 Rg1+ 110. Kf4 Rxg6 111. h5 Rh6 112. Kg5 Rh8 113. h6 Kd3 114. Kxf5 Rxh6 115. f4 Ra6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 13th Dec Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kozak, Adam"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "2022.12.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 h6 ({RR} 9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Bd3 b6 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. f3 Nbd7 15. Qd2 Re8 16. c4 Rc8 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Kh1 h6 19. Bh4 Qd6 20. Bg3 Qa3 21. Rfe1 e5 22. d5 e4 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 {Sjugirov,S (2663)-Martinez Alcantara,J (2620) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0 (31)}) ({RR} 9... b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Ng3 Be7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Rc1 Nd5 15. Bb1 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Nge4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Na5 19. Re1 Nc4 20. Qe2 Qd5 21. f3 Nd6 22. Bf4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Qa5 24. Qe3 {Goncharov,V (2077)-Chan,K (2350) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (35)}) 10. a3 Be7 11. Bf4 $146 ({RR} 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Nf4 Nb6 13. Ba2 Bd7 14. Qd3 Bc6 15. Rad1 Re8 16. Bb1 Kf8 17. Qe2 Nbd5 18. Nfxd5 exd5 19. Qd2 Ng4 20. Bf4 Bg5 21. Bf5 Qf6 22. Bxg5 Qxf5 23. Bf4 Re6 24. f3 Nf6 25. Be5 Nd7 {Stavrianakis,I (2035)-Saastamoinen,A (2170) Rethymno 2003 ½-½ (32)}) 11... Nbd7 12. Bb3 Nb6 13. Qd3 Bd6 14. Bc2 Re8 15. Be5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd3 17. Bxd3 Nfd7 18. f4 Nc5 19. Bc2 Bd7 20. b4 Nca4 21. Nxa4 Bxa4 22. Be4 Bb5 23. Rfe1 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Re7 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. Rec2 g5 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. Rc7 Rdd7 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Kf2 Kg7 31. g3 Rd2+ 32. Kf3 Nd7 33. Kg4 Rd4 34. Kf3 Nxe5+ 35. Ke3 Rd7 36. Rc5 Kf6 37. a4 b6 38. Rc2 Ng4+ 39. Kf3 Rd4 40. a5 Ne5+ 41. Ke3 Rxb4 42. a6 Ng4+ 43. Kd3 Ne5+ 44. Ke3 Nd7 45. Rc7 Nc5 46. Bc6 Rb3+ 47. Kd4 Ra3 48. Be8 Rd3+ 49. Kc4 Rd8 50. Rxf7+ Ke5 51. Bb5 Rd4+ 52. Kc3 Ne4+ 53. Kb3 Nd6 54. Rxa7 Nxb5 55. Rb7 Rd6 56. Kb4 Nd4 57. a7 Nc6+ 58. Kb5 Nxa7+ 59. Rxa7 Rd2 60. h4 gxh4 61. gxh4 Rb2+ 62. Kc4 Ke4 63. Ra3 Rc2+ 64. Kb5 Rb2+ 65. Kc4 b5+ 66. Kc5 b4 67. Rh3 b3 68. h5 Rb1 69. Kb4 b2 70. Kb3 Rf1 71. Kxb2 Rf7 72. Kc3 Rd7 73. h6 Rh7 74. Kc4 e5 75. Kc3 Kf4 76. Kd2 Ke4 77. Ke2 Kf4 78. Rh4+ Kg5 79. Rh1 Rxh6 80. Rxh6 Kxh6 81. Kf3 Kg5 82. Ke4 Kf6 83. Ke3 Ke6 84. Kf3 Kf5 85. Ke3 e4 86. Ke2 Kf4 87. Kf2 Ke5 88. Ke3 Kd5 89. Ke2 Kd4 90. Kd2 e3+ 91. Ke2 Ke4 92. Ke1 Kf5 93. Ke2 Kf4 94. Ke1 Ke4 95. Ke2 Kd4 96. Ke1 Kd3 97. Kd1 e2+ 98. Ke1 Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 20th Jun Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.06.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kozak, Adam"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2023.06.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Nxc3 e5 10. dxe5 ({RR} 10. d5 Ne7 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bd2 Ne8 13. f4 exf4 14. exf4 f5 15. Nd1 Nf6 16. Ne3 Nh5 17. Bc3 Bd7 18. Rae1 Rb8 19. g3 a6 20. Ng2 Nf6 21. Nh4 b5 22. b3 bxc4 23. bxc4 Nh7 24. Ba5 Qxa5 {Pavlovic,M (2402)-Khassenov,M (2015) Bad Woerishofen GER 2025 1-0}) 10... dxe5 11. Qc2 Ne7 $146 ({RR} 11... h6 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. Nd5 Ne8 14. b4 b6 15. Bb2 f6 16. Rd2 Nc7 17. Be4 Rc8 18. Rad1 Nb8 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Nc3 Qe7 21. Nd5 Qe8 22. Bg6 Qe6 23. Bf5 Qf7 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Bxd7 Rcd8 26. Ba4 {Sebestyen,B-Arlamowski,E Sopot 1951 1-0 (35)}) 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bd5+ Nxd5 16. cxd5 Qd6 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Bd7 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. bxc5 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 13th Dec Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2022.12.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kozak, Adam"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "2022.12.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 h6 ({RR} 9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Bd3 b6 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. f3 Nbd7 15. Qd2 Re8 16. c4 Rc8 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Kh1 h6 19. Bh4 Qd6 20. Bg3 Qa3 21. Rfe1 e5 22. d5 e4 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 {Sjugirov,S (2663)-Martinez Alcantara,J (2620) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0 (31)}) ({RR} 9... b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Ng3 Be7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Rc1 Nd5 15. Bb1 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Nge4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Na5 19. Re1 Nc4 20. Qe2 Qd5 21. f3 Nd6 22. Bf4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Qa5 24. Qe3 {Goncharov,V (2077)-Chan,K (2350) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (35)}) 10. a3 Be7 11. Bf4 $146 ({RR} 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Nf4 Nb6 13. Ba2 Bd7 14. Qd3 Bc6 15. Rad1 Re8 16. Bb1 Kf8 17. Qe2 Nbd5 18. Nfxd5 exd5 19. Qd2 Ng4 20. Bf4 Bg5 21. Bf5 Qf6 22. Bxg5 Qxf5 23. Bf4 Re6 24. f3 Nf6 25. Be5 Nd7 {Stavrianakis,I (2035)-Saastamoinen,A (2170) Rethymno 2003 ½-½ (32)}) 11... Nbd7 12. Bb3 Nb6 13. Qd3 Bd6 14. Bc2 Re8 15. Be5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd3 17. Bxd3 Nfd7 18. f4 Nc5 19. Bc2 Bd7 20. b4 Nca4 21. Nxa4 Bxa4 22. Be4 Bb5 23. Rfe1 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Re7 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. Rec2 g5 27. fxg5 hxg5 28. Rc7 Rdd7 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Kf2 Kg7 31. g3 Rd2+ 32. Kf3 Nd7 33. Kg4 Rd4 34. Kf3 Nxe5+ 35. Ke3 Rd7 36. Rc5 Kf6 37. a4 b6 38. Rc2 Ng4+ 39. Kf3 Rd4 40. a5 Ne5+ 41. Ke3 Rxb4 42. a6 Ng4+ 43. Kd3 Ne5+ 44. Ke3 Nd7 45. Rc7 Nc5 46. Bc6 Rb3+ 47. Kd4 Ra3 48. Be8 Rd3+ 49. Kc4 Rd8 50. Rxf7+ Ke5 51. Bb5 Rd4+ 52. Kc3 Ne4+ 53. Kb3 Nd6 54. Rxa7 Nxb5 55. Rb7 Rd6 56. Kb4 Nd4 57. a7 Nc6+ 58. Kb5 Nxa7+ 59. Rxa7 Rd2 60. h4 gxh4 61. gxh4 Rb2+ 62. Kc4 Ke4 63. Ra3 Rc2+ 64. Kb5 Rb2+ 65. Kc4 b5+ 66. Kc5 b4 67. Rh3 b3 68. h5 Rb1 69. Kb4 b2 70. Kb3 Rf1 71. Kxb2 Rf7 72. Kc3 Rd7 73. h6 Rh7 74. Kc4 e5 75. Kc3 Kf4 76. Kd2 Ke4 77. Ke2 Kf4 78. Rh4+ Kg5 79. Rh1 Rxh6 80. Rxh6 Kxh6 81. Kf3 Kg5 82. Ke4 Kf6 83. Ke3 Ke6 84. Kf3 Kf5 85. Ke3 e4 86. Ke2 Kf4 87. Kf2 Ke5 88. Ke3 Kd5 89. Ke2 Kd4 90. Kd2 e3+ 91. Ke2 Ke4 92. Ke1 Kf5 93. Ke2 Kf4 94. Ke1 Ke4 95. Ke2 Kd4 96. Ke1 Kd3 97. Kd1 e2+ 98. Ke1 Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 20th Jun Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.06.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kozak, Adam"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2023.06.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Nxc3 e5 10. dxe5 ({RR} 10. d5 Ne7 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bd2 Ne8 13. f4 exf4 14. exf4 f5 15. Nd1 Nf6 16. Ne3 Nh5 17. Bc3 Bd7 18. Rae1 Rb8 19. g3 a6 20. Ng2 Nf6 21. Nh4 b5 22. b3 bxc4 23. bxc4 Nh7 24. Ba5 Qxa5 {Pavlovic,M (2402)-Khassenov,M (2015) Bad Woerishofen GER 2025 1-0}) 10... dxe5 11. Qc2 Ne7 $146 ({RR} 11... h6 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. Nd5 Ne8 14. b4 b6 15. Bb2 f6 16. Rd2 Nc7 17. Be4 Rc8 18. Rad1 Nb8 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Nc3 Qe7 21. Nd5 Qe8 22. Bg6 Qe6 23. Bf5 Qf7 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Bxd7 Rcd8 26. Ba4 {Sebestyen,B-Arlamowski,E Sopot 1951 1-0 (35)}) 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Bd5+ Nxd5 16. cxd5 Qd6 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Bd7 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. bxc5 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 2nd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2010.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,Michal"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2010.12.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d4 {White plays d2-d4 now, instead of move 1, but it is still a well-known Nimzo-Indian position which arises.} Bxc3 {Alternatives:} (7... Nc6 8. d5 $1) (7... Nbd7) 8. bxc3 Qe7 {Here, too,} (8... Nc6 {is quite common.}) ({RR} 8... Nc6 9. Ba3 b6 10. Ne5 dxe5 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. dxe5 Qc7 13. Qd6 Ne8 14. Qxc7 Nxc7 15. Bc1 Rd8 16. Bg5 f6 17. exf6 Rd6 18. Bg2 h6 19. Bf4 Rd7 20. fxg7 Rxg7 21. Rad1 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Rd8+ {Sala,G (2121)-Nikolic,R (2219) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (58)}) 9. dxc5 {White often does without this exchange:} (9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Rfd1 Bd7 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Ne5 Ba4 15. Qd6 Rfe8 16. Rd2 Rac8 17. Rb1 b6 18. Rbb2 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Red8 20. Rd3 Kf8 21. Rbd2 {1/2 Georgiev,K (2677)-Anand,V (2803)/Turin 2006/CBM 113}) (9. Qd3 Nc6 10. Rd1 h6 11. Ba3 Bd7 12. Nd2 Rac8 13. f4 b6 14. Nf1 e5 $6 (14... Na5 $5) 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Ne3 $14 {1/2 Gupta,A (2495)-Kunte,A (2550)/Ooty 2008/CBM 123 Extra (29)}) (9. Nh4 $5 e5 10. d5 e4 11. f4 Re8 12. a4 Na6 13. h3 Nh5 14. Kh2 f5 15. e3 Nf6 16. Rf2 Kh8 17. Bf1 Rg8 18. Be2 $14 {1-0 Milov,V (2595)-Djuric,S (2488)/Genova 2003/CBM 095 ext (61)}) (9. Bf4 $5 Rd8 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Rfd1 cxd4 (11... d5 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. cxd5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxb7 $16 {1/2 Stocek,J (2480)-Balashov,Y (2505)/Passau 1995/EXT 1999 (44)}) 12. cxd4 Bd7 13. Qb2 $14 {1/2 Moehring,G (2405)-Augustin,J (2445)/Stary Smokovec 1977/MCD (30)}) (9. Nd2 $5 e5 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. e4 cxd4 $6 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Ba3 Ne5 14. Qb3 Nfd7 15. f4 Nc6 16. e5 Nc5 17. Qf3 $14 {0-1 Kindermann,S (2455)-Kuzmin,G (2545)/Dortmund 1981/MCD (32)}) ({RR} 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Rfd1 Bd7 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Ne5 Ba4 15. Qd6 Rfe8 16. Rd2 Rac8 17. Rb1 b6 18. Rbb2 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Red8 20. Rd3 Kf8 21. Rbd2 {½-½ (21) Georgiev,K (2677)-Anand,V (2803) Turin 2006}) 9... dxc5 10. Ne5 $6 {This knight route is hardly the best.} (10. Bf4 $5 Rd8 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 13. Rxd1 e5 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Nd2 Bf5 (15... Rd8 $5) 16. Nf1 $1 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Qa4 $16 {1/2 Dvirnyy,D (2457)-Leniart,A (2423)/Chotowa 2010/CBM 137 Extra (56)}) 10... Qc7 $146 (10... Nbd7 $5 11. Nd3 (11. Nxd7 Nxd7 {[%cal Ya8b8,Yb7b6]}) 11... e5 {[%csl Rd3]} 12. Qb3 Rb8 {[%cal Yb7b6]}) ({RR} 10... Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Rd1 b6 14. Qa4 Nf6 15. Bg5 e5 16. Rd2 Bf5 17. Rad1 h6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bc6 Rfd8 20. Bd7 Be6 21. Bxe6 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Qxe6 23. Qxa7 Rf8 24. Rd5 Kg7 25. e3 {Ramanna,H-Leenders,R Netherlands 1994 1-0 (40)}) 11. Bf4 (11. Nd3 Nbd7 {[%cal Ya8b8,Yb7b6]} 12. Qa4 a6) 11... Nh5 {White now loses his bishop pair, and his destroyed pawn structure will be quite painful. Therefore he goes in for a risky piece sacrifice.} 12. Qd2 $6 {[%mdl 512]} (12. e3 {was a quiet alternative:} Nxf4 13. exf4 Nd7 14. Nd3 {The activity of White's pieces should be enough for equality.}) 12... g5 13. Bxg5 Qxe5 14. Rad1 $6 (14. g4 $142 Ng7 15. Rad1 (15. Bd8 {[%cal Rf2f4]} Nc6 $1 {liquidates into a favorable ending for Black:} 16. f4 Rxd8 17. Qxd8+ Nxd8 18. fxe5 Bd7 $17) 15... Nd7 16. e4 $44 {Theoretically Black should consolidate his position but it is not an easy task in practice!}) 14... f6 15. Bh6 Ng7 16. Bf4 Qh5 {White's pieces are very active but he has no real target. Black gradually completes his development keeping - at least partly - his material advantage.} 17. Bd6 Re8 18. Qf4 Nd7 19. g4 Qf7 20. Rd3 e5 21. Qh6 Qg6 22. Qxg6 hxg6 $19 {After the queen exchange the rest looks relatively easy; still, Black has to overcome some technical problems.} 23. Be4 Kf7 (23... Nb6 $142 $1 $19 24. Bxg6 $140 Bxg4 25. Bxe8 Bxe2 26. Bg6 Bxd3 27. Bxd3 Rd8 {K.Sakaev}) 24. f4 exf4 25. Bd5+ Ne6 26. Bxf4 Nb6 $6 {This move gives White an unpleasant attack.} (26... Kg7 $1 27. Re3 Nb6 $19 {K.Sakaev}) 27. Be5 Nxd5 (27... Nd7 28. Bxf6 $1 Nxf6 29. g5) 28. cxd5 Nf8 (28... Nf4 $5 29. Bxf4 Bxg4 {, then winning the e2 pawn, was safe and simple but opposite-coloured bishops gave White some drawing chances.}) 29. Rxf6+ Kg8 30. Bd6 Kg7 31. Rf4 g5 32. Rf2 b6 (32... Ng6 $144 33. h3 (33. Rdf3 Bxg4 34. Rf7+ Kh6 35. Rxb7 Bxe2 36. Rff7 Rh8 {, and Black should win.}) 33... b6 34. Rdf3 Ba6 35. Rf7+ Kh6) 33. Rdf3 Ng6 34. Rf7+ Kh6 35. h3 (35. R2f6 $5 Bxg4 36. e4 Rxe4 37. Bf8+ Rxf8 38. Rxf8 Bh3 $1 39. Rh8+ (39. Kf2 Kh5 $1) 39... Kg7 40. Rxg6+ Kxg6 41. Rxh3 {The rook ending is better for Black but still far from winning.}) 35... Ba6 36. R2f6 Bxe2 37. Be7 $1 (37. Kf2 Bc4 38. h4 $1 Re2+ 39. Kf3 Bxd5+ 40. Kxe2 Bxf7 41. Rxf7 gxh4 $17 {K.Sakaev}) 37... Bc4 38. Rd6 Bxd5 $6 {Nothing was really threatened, so Black could have started moving his pawns:} (38... b5 $17 {e.g.} 39. Kf2 a5 40. Kg3 {now threatening 41.xg5+! xg5 42.h4+!} Bd3 $1 {[%cal Yb5b4]}) 39. Bxg5+ Kxg5 40. Rxd5+ Kh4 41. Rf3 $2 {White collapses when salvation is not far away.} (41. Kg2 $1 Re2+ $1 (41... Re5 42. Rxe5 Nxe5 43. Rf5 Nxg4 44. Rf4 $1 {- the simplest -} Rg8 45. hxg4 Rxg4+ 46. Kf3 Rxf4+ 47. Kxf4 $11) (41... Rh8 $4 42. Rff5) 42. Kf3 Re5 43. Rh7+ Kg5 44. h4+ $1 Kf6 (44... Nxh4+ $2 45. Rxh4 Rxd5 46. Rh5+) 45. Rd6+ Re6 46. g5+ Ke5 47. Rxe6+ Kxe6 48. h5 {(indicated by GM K.Sakaev)} Ne7 49. Kg4 {with excellent drawing chances due to his strong passed pawns. A possible line:} Rf8 50. h6 Ng6 51. Rg7 Ne5+ 52. Kg3 $1 Kf5 53. h7 Ng6 (53... Rh8 54. Kh4) 54. Rg8 Rf7 $8 55. Rxg6 Rxh7 56. Rg8 {, and White should not lose.}) 41... Re5 $1 42. Rxe5 (42. Rd6 Rf8 $1) 42... Nxe5 43. Rf5 Nd3 44. Kh2 Rh8 $19 {Black's rook is tied up but he has enough pieces and pawns to decide the game on the queenside.} 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 "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 ({RR} 11... g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Qd3 a6 14. Nd2 f5 15. Rc1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Kg7 17. Qc3 Qc8 18. Qxc8 Rxc8 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. Bd3 Ra7 21. e4 Rc7 22. O-O fxe4 23. Nxe4 Bb7 24. Nd6 Kf8 25. f4 Ke7 26. Nxb7 {Dreev,A (2654)-Naiditsch,A (2708) Warsaw 2012 1-0 (51)}) ({RR} 11... Nc6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Bxb5 Ne7 14. Be2 Be4 15. Qc7 Rfc8 16. Qe5 Qg6 17. Nh4 Qh7 18. O-O Rc2 19. Bf3 d5 20. Bxe4 Qxe4 21. Nf3 Rxb2 22. Rfc1 Ng6 23. Qxe4 dxe4 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Rd8 26. Rd1 {Papasimakopoulos,A (2409)-Chigaev,M (2616) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (42)}) 12. Bd3 d6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rfc1 $146 ({RR} 14. Bg3 Rc8 15. Qb4 Nd5 16. Qd2 N7b6 17. e4 Nf6 18. Bh4 e5 19. Rfe1 Nc4 {½-½ (19) Lang,M (2320)-Berezovsky,I (2375) Wuerttemberg 1999}) ({RR} 14. Qb4 Qb6 15. Bg3 Be4 16. Be2 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Rc6 18. Rxc6 Qxc6 19. Ne1 e5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Rd1 Rc8 22. Qd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Rc1 24. f3 Bc6 25. Kf2 e4 26. Rd2 Nc5 27. Rc2 Nb3 28. Bf1 Nd7 {Antonsen,M (2467)-Bekker Jensen,S (2445) Skorping 2014 1-0 (68)}) 14... Qb6 15. Qc7 (15. Bg3 Nh5 16. Qc7 Nxg3 17. Qxd7 Nh5 18. Qc7 Qxc7 19. Rxc7 Rab8 20. Rac1 Nf6 21. Nd2 Rfc8 22. Nb3 Kf8 23. Na5 Ne8 24. R7c3 Ke7 25. f3 Kd7 26. Kf2 Rc7 27. e4 Ba8 28. Ke3 Rbc8 29. Rxc7+ Nxc7 {1/2-1/2 Wang Yue (2689)-Mamedyarov, S (2752)/Baku 2008/CBM 124 (48)}) 15... Rfc8 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Bg3 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Nxc8 20. h3 Ne4 21. Bh2 Kf8 22. Ne1 {#This imprecision may seem almost innocuous, but it allows Hikaru to his opponent far more trouble than you'd think. The problem stems simply from two immediate factors, the white squares on the queenside and Black's numerical advantage. With the white king temporarily restrained and the bishop locked away on h2, it is a 3-2 fight.} Nd2 $1 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 $1 {Inch by inch Nakamura has been weeding his way in and gaining space on both sides of the board. By fixing the panws on a3-b2, he not only robs the biship of a square, but not forces L'Ami to constantly check tactics there as the sacrificial motifs abound.} 33. e4 fxe4 34. fxe4 Ndb6 {#There is only one way to avoid losing, can you find it? It is not easy frankly, and no doubt the Dutch GM was also short of time.} 35. e5 $2 {Alas this doesn't do it, and Kf3 fails to Nd2+.} ({The move is} 35. d5 $1 {The idea is that after} exd5 {White has the resource} 36. e5 $3 dxe5 37. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 38. Bxb6 {and White's bishop pair combined with Black's bad bishop compensates the extra pawn. After the bishop goes to d4 there will be no chance of winning as Bg7 will always be threatened.}) 35... Be4 36. exd6+ Kxd6 37. Bg3+ Ke7 38. Kd1 Bxd3 39. Bxd3 Nxb2+ 40. Ke2 Nd5 41. Be4 (41. Bxb5 Nc3+) 41... Nc3+ 42. Kf3 b4 43. Be1 Nbd1 0-1

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bf4 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qd2 Bg6 16. Bb3 f6 17. Rac1 Bf7 18. Ba4 Ne7 19. Nc3 $146 ({RR} 19. Rc5 Nc8 20. Bb3 Nb6 21. Qf4 Qe7 22. Ng3 g5 23. Qd2 Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Re1 Qd7 26. Ne4 Bg6 27. Rxc4 Rad8 28. Nc3 Bf7 29. d5 b5 30. Rd4 a6 31. d6 Rde8 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Ne4 Kg7 {Stinka,J (2345)-Dubinski,M (2211) Pardubice CZE 2024 1-0 (37)}) 19... a6 20. Rfe1 Nc8 21. Bc2 Nb6 22. b3 Rfe8 23. Ne2 Nd7 24. Ng3 g6 25. Nf1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Ne3 Bf7 29. Qc3 Kg7 30. a4 Nb8 31. Bd3 Nc6 32. Nc2 Be8 33. g3 Bd7 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. a5 Ke7 36. b4 Nd8 37. Qd2 Kf7 38. h4 Kg7 39. Qc3 Ba4 40. Ne3 Nc6 41. Bc2 Bb5 42. Bb1 Qxb4 43. Qxb4 Nxb4 44. Nc2 Nc6 45. Ba2 Bc4 46. Bxc4 dxc4 47. Ke3 Nxa5 48. d5 Nb3 49. Ke4 Kf7 50. f4 b5 51. f5 gxf5+ 52. Kxf5 a5 53. d6 c3 54. Ke4 Ke6 55. Kd3 b4 56. Kc4 Nd2+ 57. Kb5 Kxd6 0-1

[Event "CCT Final Playoff 2023"]
[Site "Toronto CAN"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2023.12.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bf4 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Qd2 Bg6 16. Bb3 f6 17. Rac1 Bf7 18. Ba4 Ne7 19. Nc3 $146 ({RR} 19. Rc5 Nc8 20. Bb3 Nb6 21. Qf4 Qe7 22. Ng3 g5 23. Qd2 Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Re1 Qd7 26. Ne4 Bg6 27. Rxc4 Rad8 28. Nc3 Bf7 29. d5 b5 30. Rd4 a6 31. d6 Rde8 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Ne4 Kg7 {Stinka,J (2345)-Dubinski,M (2211) Pardubice CZE 2024 1-0 (37)}) 19... a6 20. Rfe1 Nc8 21. Bc2 Nb6 22. b3 Rfe8 23. Ne2 Nd7 24. Ng3 g6 25. Nf1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 28. Ne3 Bf7 29. Qc3 Kg7 30. a4 Nb8 31. Bd3 Nc6 32. Nc2 Be8 33. g3 Bd7 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. a5 Ke7 36. b4 Nd8 37. Qd2 Kf7 38. h4 Kg7 39. Qc3 Ba4 40. Ne3 Nc6 41. Bc2 Bb5 42. Bb1 Qxb4 43. Qxb4 Nxb4 44. Nc2 Nc6 45. Ba2 Bc4 46. Bxc4 dxc4 47. Ke3 Nxa5 48. d5 Nb3 49. Ke4 Kf7 50. f4 b5 51. f5 gxf5+ 52. Kxf5 a5 53. d6 c3 54. Ke4 Ke6 55. Kd3 b4 56. Kc4 Nd2+ 57. Kb5 Kxd6 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,Michal} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. Bd2 Re8 ({RR} 7... Nbd7) ({RR} 7... Nh5 8. g3 f5 9. exf5 exf5 10. Nh3 Nd7 11. Be2 f4 12. g4 Ne5) 8. Nge2 a6 9. a4 ({RR} 9. Nf4 e5 10. Nfe2 Nh5 11. g3 f5 12. Bg2 Nf6 13. Qc2 fxe4 14. fxe4 Rf8 15. O-O Bg4 16. Rf2 Nbd7 17. Raf1 Qe7 18. Nd1 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 b5 21. Ne3 g6 22. Ref2 Qg7 23. Qa5 Qh6 {Shivamshika G (1803)-Chitlange,S (2211) Ahmedabad IND 2025 ½-½ (41)}) 9... exd5 10. cxd5 Nh5 $146 ({RR} 10... Nbd7 11. Ng3 Ne5 ({RR} 11... c4 12. Bxc4 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nxc4 ({RR} 13... Bc5) 14. Qxc4 Bc5 15. b4 b5 16. Qd3 Bxb4 17. axb5 Bc5 18. Be3) ({RR} 11... Rb8 12. Be2 Ne5 13. O-O c4 14. Kh1 ({RR} 14. Be3) 14... b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Be3 Ned7 18. Nf5 Bc5 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Qd2 Bd7 21. Rfe1 Qb6 22. Nc2 Bxe3 23. Nxe3) 12. Be2 c4 13. Be3 ({RR} 13. O-O Nfd7 14. Kh1 Nc5 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. f4 Nd3 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Qxd3 Rac8 21. Rac1 Qc4 22. Qf3 Qb3) 13... Bd7 14. O-O Rc8 ({RR} 14... h5 15. Qd2 h4 16. Nh1 Qa5 17. Nf2 Bc5 18. Bg5) 15. Kh1 Ba5 16. Bd4 h6 ({RR} 16... Bb6 17. Qd2 ({RR} 17. f4 Nd3)) 17. f4 Ng6 18. Qc2 Bb6 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Nh5 Nxh5 ({RR} 20... Ng4 21. Bxg4 Bxg4 22. Ng3) 21. Bxh5 Qd8 22. a5 Rc5 23. e5 dxe5 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Qxg6 {Le,Q (2723)-Predojevic,B (2642) Baku 2016 CBM 175 [Krasenkow,Michal] 1-0 (52)}) 11. g3 f5 ({RR} 11... Nd7 12. Bg2 Ne5) 12. Bg2 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf6 14. Bxb4 cxb4 15. Qd2 Nxe4 16. fxe4 a5 17. Nd4 Na6 18. O-O Nc5 19. Qf4 Nd3 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Qf4 Nd3 22. Qd2 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Prelim 2023"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.03.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Lou Yiping"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2023.02.14"]
[WhiteTeam "Shanghai Tigers"]
[BlackTeam "Gotham Knights"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 Qc7 8. Bd3 b6 ({RR} 8... a6 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 d6 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Nd4 O-O 15. Ne4 Rac8 16. Nb3 Qb8 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Bd3 d5 21. c5 e5 22. Qe2 e4 23. Bxa6 {Zhu,P (2033)-Lim,M (1844) Kenilworth ENG 2024 1-0}) 9. O-O ({RR} 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Ne4 d6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd4 Nc6 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. Be4 a6 {½-½ (16) Baburin,A (2586)-Tiviakov,S (2627) Bunratty 1999}) 9... Bb7 10. Ne4 Nc6 $146 ({RR} 10... Be7 11. b3 d6 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. e4 O-O 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 h6 18. Qe2 Ba8 19. f4 Rcd8 20. f5 exf5 21. Rxf5 Rfe8 22. Rcf1 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Be4 24. Qg3 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 {Kim,S (2295)-Shkapenko,P (2424) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0 (72)}) 11. a3 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. e4 Ne7 15. Re1 O-O 16. b4 Ng6 17. exf5 exf5 18. Bxf5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Be5 21. Rb1 d6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Kg2 Qf7 24. Qe4 Rac8 25. Qd5 Rxc4 26. Qxf7+ Rxf7 27. Be3 b5 28. Rb3 a6 29. Rd3 Rf5 30. Bd2 Kf7 31. Re4 Ke6 32. Rg4 g5 33. a4 Bf4 34. axb5 axb5 35. Bc3 g6 36. Kf1 Be5 37. Bxe5 Rxe5 38. Rgd4 d5 39. Kg2 Rf5 40. Kg3 Rxd4 41. Rxd4 Ke5 42. Rd1 Rf4 43. Re1+ Kd6 44. Ra1 d4 45. Ra8 Rf7 46. Kg4 d3 47. Ra3 Rf4+ 48. Kxg5 Rxf3 49. Ra2 Kd5 50. Kxg6 Kc4 51. Kg5 Kb3 52. Rd2 Kc3 0-1

[Event "PRO League Prelim 2023"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.03.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Lou Yiping"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2023.02.14"]
[WhiteTeam "Shanghai Tigers"]
[BlackTeam "Gotham Knights"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 Qc7 8. Bd3 b6 ({RR} 8... a6 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 d6 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Nd4 O-O 15. Ne4 Rac8 16. Nb3 Qb8 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Bd3 d5 21. c5 e5 22. Qe2 e4 23. Bxa6 {Zhu,P (2033)-Lim,M (1844) Kenilworth ENG 2024 1-0}) 9. O-O ({RR} 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Ne4 d6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd4 Nc6 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. Be4 a6 {½-½ (16) Baburin,A (2586)-Tiviakov,S (2627) Bunratty 1999}) 9... Bb7 10. Ne4 Nc6 $146 ({RR} 10... Be7 11. b3 d6 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. e4 O-O 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 h6 18. Qe2 Ba8 19. f4 Rcd8 20. f5 exf5 21. Rxf5 Rfe8 22. Rcf1 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Be4 24. Qg3 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 {Kim,S (2295)-Shkapenko,P (2424) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0 (72)}) 11. a3 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 13. Bd3 Bd6 14. e4 Ne7 15. Re1 O-O 16. b4 Ng6 17. exf5 exf5 18. Bxf5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Be5 21. Rb1 d6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Kg2 Qf7 24. Qe4 Rac8 25. Qd5 Rxc4 26. Qxf7+ Rxf7 27. Be3 b5 28. Rb3 a6 29. Rd3 Rf5 30. Bd2 Kf7 31. Re4 Ke6 32. Rg4 g5 33. a4 Bf4 34. axb5 axb5 35. Bc3 g6 36. Kf1 Be5 37. Bxe5 Rxe5 38. Rgd4 d5 39. Kg2 Rf5 40. Kg3 Rxd4 41. Rxd4 Ke5 42. Rd1 Rf4 43. Re1+ Kd6 44. Ra1 d4 45. Ra8 Rf7 46. Kg4 d3 47. Ra3 Rf4+ 48. Kxg5 Rxf3 49. Ra2 Kd5 50. Kxg6 Kc4 51. Kg5 Kb3 52. Rd2 Kc3 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,Alex "]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 {Lately it seems every time Shakh plays this move the game ends in a quick draw.} ({Are the glory days of} 4. f3 {completely gone?}) 4... O-O ({RR} 4... d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 {½-½ (23) Vitiugov,N (2709)-Giri,A (2780) Shenzhen 2018}) 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 {A little twist} ({on the usual} 9. Nf3 Ba6 {but essentially the same thing.}) 9... Ba6 10. Qa4 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. e3 ({Morozevich tried to spice up the otherwise dull position by introducing} 13. g4 {lost to Leko in 2014 and beat Oparin in 2015. I guess now, as the element of surprise is gone, there are no takers.}) 13... Bxf1 14. Rxf1 c5 15. dxc5 Rxd1+ 16. Qxd1 g5 {The first independent move, but it was very predictable, being the engine's #1 choice.} (16... bxc5 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 {Guseva-Kashlinskaya, 2016, gave White some initiative albeit the game also ended peacefully.}) 17. Bg3 Qxc5 18. Qd8+ Kg7 19. Be5 Qc1+ 20. Ke2 Qc4+ 21. Ke1 Qc1+ 22. Ke2 Qc4+ 23. Ke1 Qc1+ 24. Ke2 $146 1/2-1/2

[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2007.10.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Narciso Dublan, Marc"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2007.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {ChessBase} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 ({RR} 7... c5 8. Na4) 8. bxc3 Be4 ({RR} 8... Ne4 9. Ne1 ({RR} 9. Qc2 f5 10. Nd2 Qh4 11. g3 Ng5 12. gxh4 ({RR} 12. e4 fxe4 13. gxh4 Nh3+ 14. Kg2 exd3+ 15. Kxh3 dxc2) 12... Nh3#) 9... Qh4 10. f3) 9. Be2 ({RR} 9. Bxe4 Nxe4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Ne5 Qe8 12. f3 Nf6 13. Ba3 d6 14. Nd3 c5) ({RR} 9. Ng5 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 h6 11. Nh3 d6 12. e4 Nbd7 13. f4) 9... c5 10. Nd2 Bb7 ({RR} 10... Bg6 11. Nb3 d6 12. f3 Nbd7 13. e4 Ne8 14. Be3 f5 15. exf5) 11. f3 ({RR} 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. f3) 11... d5 12. Nb3 ({RR} 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Qb3) 12... dxc4 $146 ({RR} 12... Qc7 13. dxc5 bxc5 ({RR} 13... dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nbd7 15. Ba3 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17. e4) 14. cxd5 exd5 ({RR} 14... Nxd5 15. Qc2 f5) 15. c4 Re8 16. Qc2 Nbd7 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. e4 Nb4 ({RR} 18... Nf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Bb5) 19. Qc3 Nd5 20. Qa5 N5b6 ({RR} 20... Qxa5 21. Nxa5) 21. Be3 c4 22. Rac1 Re5 23. Bxc4 ({RR} 23. Qa3 f5 24. Bf4 fxe4 25. Bxe5 Qxe5) 23... Qd6 ({RR} 23... Rxa5 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rxc7 Rxa2 26. Bxb6) ({RR} 23... Qxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxa5 25. Nxa5 Nxc4 26. Nxc4 Ba6 27. Rc1 Rc8 28. Nd6) 24. Rfd1 Rxa5 ({RR} 24... Nxc4 25. Rxd6 Nxa5 26. Rxd7 Nxb3 27. axb3) 25. Rxd6 Rxa2 26. Bxb6 Nxb6 27. Bxf7+ {Portisch,L-Larsen,B Halle/Saale 1963 MCL [ChessBase] 1-0 (31)}) 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 "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,Michal} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. a4 Re8 ({RR} 12... Qe7 13. Rb1 ({RR} 13. Ba3 Rfd8 ({RR} 13... Rfb8 14. Rfb1 c5 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. Ne2 a5 19. Ned4 g6 20. Rc1) ({RR} 13... c6 14. Rfc1 Rab8 15. b5 axb5 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. axb5 c5 18. Bf5 Ra8 19. Qb2 g6) 14. b5 ({RR} 14. Rfe1 Nf8 15. b5 Bxa3 16. bxa6 Bxa6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rxa3 c5 19. Ra2 Ne4) 14... Bxa3 15. bxa6 Bxa6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Rxa3 c6 18. Ra2 Rda8 19. Rc1 h6 20. Rac2 Qd6) ({RR} 13. b5 axb5 14. Nxb5 c5 15. Ba3 ({RR} 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Bf5 c4 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. Bb2 Bc8) 15... Ba6 16. Rfd1 ({RR} 16. Bf5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 g6 18. Bc2 ({RR} 18. Bh3 Rfd8) 18... Rfc8 19. Qe2 Ne4 20. Bb2 c4 21. Rab1 Bb4 22. Ba1 Ndf6) ({RR} 16. Rfb1 g6 17. Qd1 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 c4 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Nd2 Rfc8 21. Rc1 Kg7 22. Nb1 Nf8) 16... Bxb5 17. Bxb5 c4 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qa3 Qe6 20. Qb4 Ra5 21. h3 h6 22. Rab1 Rfa8 23. Rdc1 Ne4) 13... c6 ({RR} 13... Ne4 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Nc3 16. Qb3 Nxb1 17. Qxb1 h6 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Rfd8 20. e4 Nf8 21. e5 Ba3 22. Be3 Qb4 23. Qc2) ({RR} 13... Rfe8 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Ne4 ({RR} 15... Qe6 16. Ng5 Qe7 17. f4 Ba3 18. Bd2 h6 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Qe6 23. Be1 Bc1 24. Bf2 Qxb3 25. Rxb3 Ra3 26. Rxa3 Bxa3 27. Rb1 Ra8) 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Nc3 18. Qb3 Nxb1 19. Qxb1 ({RR} 19. Bxb1 Nf6 20. e4 Nxe4 21. Re1 Qe6 22. Qxe6 Rxe6 23. Bxe4 Ra1 24. Ng5 Re7 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Rf1) 19... Nf6 20. e4 Nxe4 21. Re1 f5 22. Ng5 Kh8 ({RR} 22... h6 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Qf6 25. Bb2 Rad8) 23. Bxe4 Qf6 24. Qb3 ({RR} 24. h4 fxe4 25. Rxe4 Qg6) 24... h6 25. Nf7+ Kh7 26. Ng5+ Kh8) 14. a5 ({RR} 14. Re1 Ne4 15. b5 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 cxb5 17. axb5 a5 18. Qb3 Nf6 19. Ra1 Ne4) ({RR} 14. Bf5 g6 15. Bh3 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ng5 Nb6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Re1 Qc7 20. Ncxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Nd5 22. Bd2 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Bd6) ({RR} 14. Nd2 a5 15. bxa5 c5 ({RR} 15... Rxa5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Ndxe4 c5 18. d5 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Ba6 20. Rd1 f5 21. Bc2 c4 22. Qb2 Be5) 16. a6 c4 17. axb7 cxb3 18. bxa8=Q Rxa8 19. Rxb3 Bb4 20. Ndb1 g6 21. Ba3 Bxa3 22. Nxa3 Nf8 23. Nc2 Rc8 24. Rfb1 Ne6) 14... Rfb8 ({RR} 14... b5 15. Nd2 h6 16. Re1 ({RR} 16. e4 dxe4 17. Ndxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf6 19. Re1 Bc8 20. Bd2 Be6 21. Qc2 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Rac8)) ({RR} 14... bxa5 15. bxa5 Rab8 16. Qa2 c5 17. Ba3 ({RR} 17. Rxb7 Rxb7 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Nf6 20. Qa2) 17... c4 ({RR} 17... cxd4 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. exd4 Ne4 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Nd1) 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Bc2 g6 20. Rb2 Ba8 21. Rfb1 Rxb2 22. Rxb2 h6 23. h3 Rb8) 15. axb6 Bc8 ({RR} 15... Nxb6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Re1 Nd5 19. Bxe4 Qc7 20. Bd2) ({RR} 15... a5 16. Na4 Bxb4 17. Bd2) 16. Qc2 Nxb6 ({RR} 16... Bxb4 17. Na4 Nxb6 18. Ne5 Nxa4 19. Nxc6 Qe8 20. Rxb4 Rxb4 21. Nxb4) ({RR} 16... Rxb6 17. Bd2 Rxb4 18. e4) 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 h6 20. Re1 Qc7 21. Bh7+ ({RR} 21. Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Bb7) 21... Kf8 22. Ne5 Nd5 ({RR} 22... Be6 23. Ng6+) 23. Nxf7 Qxf7 24. Bg6 Bf5 ({RR} 24... Qd7 25. Re8+ Qxe8 26. Bxe8 Kxe8 27. Qxc6+) 25. Bxf5 Nxb4 26. Qe4 Nd5 ({RR} 26... Re8 27. Be6 Qf6 28. Rb3) 27. Be6 {Mamedyarov,S (2772)-Adams,M (2747) Moscow 2017 CBM 179 [Krasenkow,Michal] 1-0} {RR} Re8) 13. Bb2 ({RR} 13. Ba3 Qe7 14. b5 a5 15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. Bf5 g6 17. Bh3 Bxa3 18. Qxa3 Qxa3 19. Rxa3 c5 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxe5 22. Bxc8 Bxc8 23. Ne2 Bb7 24. f3 Ne8 25. Rd3 Kf8 26. Kf2 Nc7 27. Rcd1 f5 {Handke,F (2310)-Onischuk,A (2630) Fuerth 1998 ½-½ (72)}) 13... Qe7 $146 ({RR} 13... c6 14. b5 c5 15. Bf5 c4 16. Qc2 Nf8 17. bxa6 Rxa6 18. Nb5 Ng6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Rfd1 Bc6 22. e4 Bxb5 23. axb5 Rxa1 24. Bxa1 g6 25. exd5 gxf5 26. Qxf5 Nfd7 27. f4 Ng6 28. Bc3 {Safin,S (2523)-Harikrishna,P (2563) Mumbai 2003 0-1 (35)}) ({RR} 13... c6 14. Rfe1 Ne4 15. b5 Ndf6 16. bxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nc5 19. Qc2 Rxe5 20. Ne2 Rh5 21. Nf4 Rg5 22. Bf1 Bb7 23. h4 Rg4 24. g3 Nfe4 25. Bg2 Ne6 26. Qe2 h5 27. Nxh5 Rg6 28. Rad1 {Chatalbashev,B (2483)-Narva,M (2416) Kuressaare EST 2024 1-0 (40)}) 14. b5 axb5 15. axb5 Nf8 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 N6d7 19. Nxd5 Qe6 20. e4 Nc5 21. Qc2 Bxd5 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Bc4 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Bd5 Ra4 26. f4 g6 27. Ra1 Rb4 28. Ba3 Ra4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Be7 Kg7 31. Bf6+ Kh6 32. Bg5+ Kg7 33. Bf6+ Kh6 34. Bg5+ Kg7 35. Ra3 f5 36. exf6+ Kf7 37. Rd3 Rc4 38. g4 Rc5 39. Bh6 Ne6 40. g5 Ke8 41. Re3 Kf7 42. Rd3 Ke8 43. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik,Lubomir} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. a3 Be7 13. Qd3 h6 ({RR} 13... Nd5 14. Bxd5 exd5 ({RR} 14... Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Be4 f5 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Ne2) 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Rfe1 Rc8 17. h4 ({RR} 17. Re3 Qd6 18. Rce1) 17... h6 18. h5 Rc7 19. Nb5 ({RR} 19. Re3 Qc8 20. Rce1 Qf5 21. Qd2) 19... Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Ba6 21. a4 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 Nf5 23. g3 Ne7 24. Ne5 Qd6 25. Qa6 Nf5 26. Qd3 Ne7 27. Qf3 a5 28. Kg2 {Ivanchuk,V (2695)-Karpov,A (2725) Linares 1991 CBM 022 [Ftacnik,Lubomir] 1-0 (35)} ({RR} 28. b3) {RR} 28... g5) ({RR} 13... Rc8 14. Ba2 Rc7 15. Bb1 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Rfe1 Rd7 18. Rcd1) 14. Be3 $146 ({RR} 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rfd1 Ne7 16. Ba6 Qc8 {½-½ (16) Morovic Fernandez,I (2580)-Alekseev,E (2691) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) ({RR} 14. Bh4 Rc8) ({RR} 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Be5 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Na5 17. Ba2 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Nd5 19. Bb1 f5 20. Qg3 Nc6 21. Ng6 Nxd4 22. Nxf8 Rxc3 23. Qe5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qg5 25. f4 Nxf4 {0-1 (24) Rahman,S (2113)-Zia,T (2327) Colombo SRI 2025}) ({RR} 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Rfe1 Bd6 16. Bd2 Bb8 17. Rcd1 Ne7 18. Ne5 Ned5 19. Ba2 Qe7 20. Qh3 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Bd5 22. Bb1 Rfd8 23. f4 Qb7 24. f5 Re8 25. Re3 exf5 26. Qxf5 Be6 27. Qc2 a5 28. Rf3 Kf8 {Zeller,F (2443)-Grill,B (2229) Wuerttemberg 2011 1-0 (44)}) 14... Bd6 15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Ne7 17. Rc2 Qc8 18. Qxc8 Raxc8 19. Rfc1 Bb8 20. h3 Rfd8 21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Ke2 Nfd5 23. Nxd5 Rxc2+ 24. Rxc2 Nxd5 25. Ne5 f6 26. Nc6 Rc8 27. Nb4 Rxc2+ 28. Nxc2 Ke7 29. Kd3 Kd7 30. Bd2 Bd6 31. Ne3 Nf4+ 32. Ke4 f5+ 33. Kf3 g5 34. Nc4 Ng6 35. g4 Kc6 36. d5+ exd5 37. Nxd6 fxg4+ 38. Kxg4 Kxd6 39. Kf5 Ne7+ 40. Kf6 d4 41. Bb4+ Kd7 42. Bd2 d3 43. Ke5 Ng6+ 44. Kf5 Nf4 45. h4 Nh3 46. hxg5 Nxg5 47. Kf4 Ne6+ 48. Ke3 Nc5 49. Be1 Kd6 50. b4 Ne6 51. Kxd3 Kd5 52. Bc3 h5 53. Bf6 b5 54. Ke3 a6 55. f4 Nf8 56. f5 Nd7 57. Ba1 h4 58. Kf3 h3 59. Kg3 Ke4 60. f6 Kf5 61. Kxh3 Nxf6 62. Kg3 Ne4+ 63. Kf3 Nd2+ 64. Ke2 Nc4 65. a4 bxa4 66. Kd3 Na3 67. Bg7 Nb5 68. Kc2 Ke4 69. Kb2 Kd3 70. Bf8 Kc4 71. Be7 Nd4 72. Ka3 Kb5 73. Bf8 Nc6 74. Bd6 Nd4 75. Bf8 Nf3 76. Be7 Nd2 77. Bf8 Nc4+ 78. Ka2 Ne3 79. Ka3 Nc2+ 80. Kb2 Nxb4 81. Bxb4 Kxb4 82. Ka2 a5 83. Kb2 a3+ 84. Ka2 a4 85. Ka1 Kb3 86. Kb1 a2+ 87. Ka1 a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 10th Jan Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.01.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Samadov, Read"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2023.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 O-O 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 c6 11. Nge2 ({RR} 11. Nf3 Re8 12. h3 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. O-O Nf8 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. f4 Rad8 18. Ne2 Qh4 19. Qd1 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Qxh3 21. Rf2 Qxe3 22. Nf1 Qd3 23. Qe1 Ng6 24. Rd1 Qc4 25. Rg2 Qb3 {Morozevich,A (2750)-Mamedyarov,S (2719) Moscow 2009 0-1 (55)}) 11... Re8 12. O-O Nh5 $146 ({RR} 12... Nf8 13. f3 c5 14. Kh1 Be6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. dxc5 Rc8 17. b4 b6 18. Ba6 Rc7 19. Nb5 Rce7 20. Nbd4 bxc5 21. bxc5 Qa5 22. Bd3 Rc7 23. Rac1 Rec8 24. c6 a6 25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 g5 27. Bxa6 {Shipov,S (2541)-Kislov,O (2249) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (31)}) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. b4 a6 15. Rab1 b5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bb7 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Nb6 20. Rfe1 Qc7 21. a4 Nc4 22. Rbd1 Rad8 23. Bf3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 g6 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. d5 Nd6 28. Qd2 Qc7 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 h5 31. Rd4 Qd6 32. Qc2 Re8 33. Re4 Rd8 34. Rd4 Qe5 35. Qd2 Rd6 36. Rd3 Kg7 37. Rd4 Kf8 38. Qh6+ Ke7 39. Qd2 Kd8 40. Rd3 g5 41. Rd4 Ke7 42. Rd3 Kf8 43. Rd4 Kg7 44. Rd3 Kg6 45. Rd4 Qf5 46. Qc3 Qe5 47. Qd3+ Kg7 48. Qd2 Kf8 49. Rd3 Kg8 50. Rd4 Kg7 51. Rd3 Kf8 52. Rd4 Ke7 53. Rd3 Kd7 54. Rd4 Kc7 55. Qc3+ Kb7 56. Qd2 f6 57. Rd3 h4 58. gxh4 gxh4 59. Rd4 f5 60. Rxh4 Rxd5 61. Rh7+ Kb8 62. Rh8+ Kb7 63. Rh7+ Kb6 64. Rh6+ Ka7 65. Rh7+ Kb8 66. Rh8+ Kb7 67. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 10th Jan Early"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.01.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Samadov, Read"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2023.01.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 O-O 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 c6 11. Nge2 ({RR} 11. Nf3 Re8 12. h3 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. O-O Nf8 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. f4 Rad8 18. Ne2 Qh4 19. Qd1 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Qxh3 21. Rf2 Qxe3 22. Nf1 Qd3 23. Qe1 Ng6 24. Rd1 Qc4 25. Rg2 Qb3 {Morozevich,A (2750)-Mamedyarov,S (2719) Moscow 2009 0-1 (55)}) 11... Re8 12. O-O Nh5 $146 ({RR} 12... Nf8 13. f3 c5 14. Kh1 Be6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. dxc5 Rc8 17. b4 b6 18. Ba6 Rc7 19. Nb5 Rce7 20. Nbd4 bxc5 21. bxc5 Qa5 22. Bd3 Rc7 23. Rac1 Rec8 24. c6 a6 25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. Rxc3 g5 27. Bxa6 {Shipov,S (2541)-Kislov,O (2249) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (31)}) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. b4 a6 15. Rab1 b5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bb7 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Nb6 20. Rfe1 Qc7 21. a4 Nc4 22. Rbd1 Rad8 23. Bf3 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 g6 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. d5 Nd6 28. Qd2 Qc7 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 h5 31. Rd4 Qd6 32. Qc2 Re8 33. Re4 Rd8 34. Rd4 Qe5 35. Qd2 Rd6 36. Rd3 Kg7 37. Rd4 Kf8 38. Qh6+ Ke7 39. Qd2 Kd8 40. Rd3 g5 41. Rd4 Ke7 42. Rd3 Kf8 43. Rd4 Kg7 44. Rd3 Kg6 45. Rd4 Qf5 46. Qc3 Qe5 47. Qd3+ Kg7 48. Qd2 Kf8 49. Rd3 Kg8 50. Rd4 Kg7 51. Rd3 Kf8 52. Rd4 Ke7 53. Rd3 Kd7 54. Rd4 Kc7 55. Qc3+ Kb7 56. Qd2 f6 57. Rd3 h4 58. gxh4 gxh4 59. Rd4 f5 60. Rxh4 Rxd5 61. Rh7+ Kb8 62. Rh8+ Kb7 63. Rh7+ Kb6 64. Rh6+ Ka7 65. Rh7+ Kb8 66. Rh8+ Kb7 67. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin FIDE GP 3 KO"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2022.03.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 exd5 15. Be3 Nxe5 16. f3 Nc5 17. Bf5 Ne6 18. Rae1 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Nc6 20. f4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 gxf4 22. Rxf4 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Qh6 24. Qc7 Rac8 25. Qe5 f6 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27. Qxb7 $146 ({RR} 27. Rf2 Rc1 28. Qe6 Rd8 29. d5 Rxd5 30. Kg2 Rxe1 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qxb7+ Kg6 33. Qxd5 Re7 34. Rf4 Qg5 35. Qg8+ Rg7 36. Qe8+ Rf7 37. h4 Qd5+ 38. Kh2 Qd2+ 39. Kh3 Qd7+ 40. Rg4+ Kh5 41. Qxd7 Rxd7 {Xiong,J (2700)-So,W (2778) Saint Louis 2021 ½-½ (48)}) 27... Rc2 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 30. Qg2 Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin FIDE GP 3 KO"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2022.03.30"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 207"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 exd5 15. Be3 Nxe5 16. f3 Nc5 17. Bf5 Ne6 18. Rae1 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Nc6 20. f4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 gxf4 22. Rxf4 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Qh6 24. Qc7 Rac8 25. Qe5 f6 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27. Qxb7 $146 ({RR} 27. Rf2 Rc1 28. Qe6 Rd8 29. d5 Rxd5 30. Kg2 Rxe1 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Qxb7+ Kg6 33. Qxd5 Re7 34. Rf4 Qg5 35. Qg8+ Rg7 36. Qe8+ Rf7 37. h4 Qd5+ 38. Kh2 Qd2+ 39. Kh3 Qd7+ 40. Rg4+ Kh5 41. Qxd7 Rxd7 {Xiong,J (2700)-So,W (2778) Saint Louis 2021 ½-½ (48)}) 27... Rc2 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 30. Qg2 Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.25"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "So, W.."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nc6 11. Qc3 Re8 12. Rd1 e5 13. d5 Nb8 14. e3 Bg4 15. Be2 Nd7 16. O-O Rac8 17. Qb4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Bg4 Rcd8 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. e4 Rd6 23. Rd3 $146 ({RR} 23. Rc1 c6 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Rfd1 Red8 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Kf1 c5 28. Ke2 Rd4 29. f3 Kf8 30. Rc3 Ke7 31. Rb3 Rd6 32. Rd3 Rd4 33. Rb3 Rd6 34. Rd3 Rd4 {½-½ (34) Cheparinov,I (2663)-Duda,J (2732) Baku AZE 2023}) 23... b5 24. Rc1 c6 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. Ke2 Ke7 27. dxc6 bxc6 28. Rcd1 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Ra8 30. b4 h5 31. h4 g6 32. f3 f6 33. Ke3 Ke6 34. Rc3 Kd6 35. Rd3+ Ke6 36. Rc3 Kd6 37. Rd3+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.04.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 exd5 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. e6 gxf4 17. exd7 Bxd7 18. Qxe4 fxg3 19. fxg3 b6 20. Nf5 Rae8 21. Qd5 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Qh6 23. Raf1 Qe3+ 24. R1f2 Qe1+ 25. Kg2 ({RR} 25. Rf1) ({RR} 25. Rf1) ({RR} 25. Rf1) 25... Qe4+ 26. Kh3 $146 ({RR} 26. Qxe4 Rxe4 27. Rg5+ Kh8 28. Rgf5 Kg8 29. Rg5+ Kh8 30. Rgf5 Kg8 {½-½ (30) So,W (2770)-Nakamura,H (2736) Lichess.org INT 2020}) ({RR} 26. Qxe4 Rxe4 27. Rg5+ {½-½ (27) Arvola,B (2385)-Nihal,S (2424) Fagernes 2017}) 26... Qxd5 27. Rxd5 Re7 28. Rg5+ Kh8 29. a4 Re3 30. Rgf5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 6th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Qc8 ({RR} 12... h6 13. Bh4 Qc8 14. Nf3 Qb7 15. Nd2 c5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. e5 Nd7 18. Nf3 Rac8 19. Qe2 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Rc5 21. f4 Rd5 22. Kf2 Rd8 23. Rd2 Nf8 24. Rhd1 Ng6 25. g3 b5 26. Nf3 Ne7 27. Rxd5 {Machlik,M (2107)-Ouellet,M (2386) New York USA 2024 0-1 (52)}) 13. Ne2 h6 14. Bxf6 $146 ({RR} 14. Bh4 c5 15. f3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxc2 17. Nxc2 Rac8 18. Ne3 Rfd8 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ke2 Kf8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rc1 Ke7 23. Rc7+ Rd7 24. Rc8 Rd8 25. Rc7+ Rd7 26. Rc8 Rd8 27. Rc7+ {½-½ (27) Castillo Dalmau,A (2302)-Martinez Pla,X (2322) Torredembarra 2022}) ({RR} 14. Bh4 c5 15. f3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxc2 17. Nxc2 Rac8 18. Ne3 Rfd8 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ke2 Kf8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rc1 Ke7 23. Rc7+ Rd7 24. Rc8 Rd8 25. Rc7+ Rd7 26. Rc8 Rd8 27. Rc7+ {½-½ (27) Castillo Dalmau,A (2302)-Martinez Pla,X (2322) Torredembarra 2022}) 14... Nxf6 15. f3 Qb7 16. Rc1 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Kf2 Rab8 19. Qxc5 Qxb2 20. Qxa7 Ra8 21. Qd4 Qxa3 22. Ra1 Qe7 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Ra1 Rxa1 25. Qxa1 Qc5+ 26. Qd4 Qc7 27. h3 Nd7 28. Qc3 Qb6+ 29. Qd4 Qc7 30. Qc3 Qb6+ 31. Qd4 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.25"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "So, W.."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nc6 11. Qc3 Re8 12. Rd1 e5 13. d5 Nb8 14. e3 Bg4 15. Be2 Nd7 16. O-O Rac8 17. Qb4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Bg4 Rcd8 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. e4 Rd6 23. Rd3 $146 ({RR} 23. Rc1 c6 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Rfd1 Red8 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Kf1 c5 28. Ke2 Rd4 29. f3 Kf8 30. Rc3 Ke7 31. Rb3 Rd6 32. Rd3 Rd4 33. Rb3 Rd6 34. Rd3 Rd4 {½-½ (34) Cheparinov,I (2663)-Duda,J (2732) Baku AZE 2023}) 23... b5 24. Rc1 c6 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. Ke2 Ke7 27. dxc6 bxc6 28. Rcd1 Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Ra8 30. b4 h5 31. h4 g6 32. f3 f6 33. Ke3 Ke6 34. Rc3 Kd6 35. Rd3+ Ke6 36. Rc3 Kd6 37. Rd3+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "So, W.."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 gxf4 14. dxe6 Nxc3 15. exd7 Bxd7 ({RR} 15... fxg3 16. hxg3 Bxd7 17. bxc3 Rac8 18. Bf5 Bxc3 19. Bxd7 Bxa1 20. Bxc8 Bxd4 21. Kg2 Qxe5 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Rh1 h5 24. Rh4 Kg7 25. Re4 Qf5 26. Qd2 Qxf2+ 27. Qxf2 Bxf2 28. Kxf2 Rxb7 29. Ra4 Kg6 30. Kf3 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2778)-Ding,L (2791) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (40)}) 16. bxc3 Rac8 17. Qd1 $146 ({RR} 17. Bf5 fxg3 18. hxg3 Bxc3 19. Bxd7 Bxa1 20. Bxc8 Bxd4 21. Bxb7 Qxe5 {½-½ (21) Stocek,J (2557)-Vitiugov,N (2724) Czech Republic 2016}) 17... Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Bxc3 19. Bf5 Rcd8 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Nf5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bxe5 23. Rd7 b5 24. Rxa7 fxg3 25. hxg3 b4 26. Kg2 h5 27. Kh3 Kh7 28. Ra6 Rd8 29. f4 Bc3 30. Kh4 Rd5 31. Rh6+ Kg8 32. Kg5 Bg7 33. Rxh5 Rd2 34. Kg4 Bc3 35. Rh6 Rxa2 36. Rb6 Ra7 37. Kg5 Kh7 38. Rh6+ Kg8 39. Rb6 Kh7 40. Rh6+ Kg8 41. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bilbao Masters 9th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2016.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. Qa4 Qd7 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Qe4 Qxc5 16. e3 Bxf1 $146 ({RR} 16... Nc6 17. Bxa6 Qa5+ 18. b4 Qxa6 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 a5 21. bxa5 Nxa5 22. Ke2 Rc2+ 23. Rd2 Rc3 24. Rd3 Rc2+ 25. Rd2 Rc3 26. Rd3 Rc2+ {½-½ (26) Balinski,D (2193)-Gierulski,K (2270) Sypniewo 2021}) ({RR} 16... Nc6 17. Bxa6 Qa5+ 18. b4 Qxa6 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 a5 21. bxa5 Nxa5 22. Ke2 Rc2+ 23. Rd2 Rc3 24. Rd3 Rc2+ 25. Rd2 Rc3 26. Rd3 Rc2+ {½-½ (26) Balinski,D (2193)-Gierulski,K (2270) Sypniewo 2021}) 17. Kxf1 Nc6 18. g3 Ne5 19. Kg2 Qc6 20. Qxc6 Rxc6 21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Rd2 Rac8 23. Rhd1 Rc2 24. Kf3 Kg7 25. e4 a5 26. Ke3 R2c5 27. Rb1 a4 28. b3 axb3 29. Rxb3 Ra5 30. Rdd3 b5 31. Kd2 Rc4 32. f3 Rca4 33. Rdc3 Rd4+ 34. Ke3 Rxa3 35. Rxa3 b4 36. f4 bxa3 37. Rxa3 Rb4 38. fxe5 Rb5 39. Kf4 Rb2 40. h4 h6 41. g4 Rh2 42. h5 Rh1 43. Rf3 Rg1 44. Rf2 Rh1 45. Rf3 Rg1 46. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Cup Champ"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.03.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "So, W.."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2023.03.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 gxf4 14. dxe6 Nxc3 15. exd7 Bxd7 ({RR} 15... fxg3 16. hxg3 Bxd7 17. bxc3 Rac8 18. Bf5 Bxc3 19. Bxd7 Bxa1 20. Bxc8 Bxd4 21. Kg2 Qxe5 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Rh1 h5 24. Rh4 Kg7 25. Re4 Qf5 26. Qd2 Qxf2+ 27. Qxf2 Bxf2 28. Kxf2 Rxb7 29. Ra4 Kg6 30. Kf3 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2778)-Ding,L (2791) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (40)}) 16. bxc3 Rac8 17. Qd1 $146 ({RR} 17. Bf5 fxg3 18. hxg3 Bxc3 19. Bxd7 Bxa1 20. Bxc8 Bxd4 21. Bxb7 Qxe5 {½-½ (21) Stocek,J (2557)-Vitiugov,N (2724) Czech Republic 2016}) 17... Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Bxc3 19. Bf5 Rcd8 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Nf5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bxe5 23. Rd7 b5 24. Rxa7 fxg3 25. hxg3 b4 26. Kg2 h5 27. Kh3 Kh7 28. Ra6 Rd8 29. f4 Bc3 30. Kh4 Rd5 31. Rh6+ Kg8 32. Kg5 Bg7 33. Rxh5 Rd2 34. Kg4 Bc3 35. Rh6 Rxa2 36. Rb6 Ra7 37. Kg5 Kh7 38. Rh6+ Kg8 39. Rb6 Kh7 40. Rh6+ Kg8 41. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 13th May Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2025.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2025.05.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 d6 6. Bd2 e5 7. d5 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne7 9. e4 ({RR} 9. Nd2 O-O 10. e3 a5 11. Bd3 Ng6 12. O-O Nd7 13. b3 Nc5 14. Be2 Qg5 15. Kh1 Bf5 16. e4 Nf4 17. Bf3 Bg4 18. g3 Ne2 19. Bxg4 Qxg4 20. Rae1 f5 21. Bb2 fxe4 22. Qd1 Nxg3+ 23. fxg3 Qxd1 {Shankland,S (2672)-Duda,J (2740) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (38)}) 9... O-O ({RR} 9... Ng6 10. g3 O-O 11. O-O-O Ne8 12. h4 Bg4 13. Be2 h6 14. h5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne7 16. Be2 c6 17. f4 f6 18. Kb1 Qc8 19. Rh4 cxd5 20. exd5 Qf5 21. Bd3 Qd7 22. Qe2 Nc7 23. c5 Ncxd5 24. Bc4 {Flom,G (2454)-Barbaras,M (2277) Belfort FRA 2025 ½-½ (77)}) 10. g3 Nd7 $146 ({RR} 10... Nh5 11. Be2 g6 12. Qd2 f6 13. O-O-O Qe8 14. h4 Bd7 15. Rdg1 Kh8 16. g4 Nf4 17. g5 Ng8 18. h5 gxh5 19. Rh4 Bg4 20. Bd1 Qg6 21. gxf6 Qxf6 22. Rh2 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Nh6 24. Bxh5 Rg8 25. Rxg8+ {Hedin,N (1922)-Lofgren,C (2102) Helsingor 2015 0-1 (56)}) ({RR} 10... a5 11. Nh4 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nc5 13. Bg2 f5 14. f4 exf4 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 f3 17. Bxf3 Ra6 18. Rhe1 Ng6 19. Nxg6 Rxg6 20. Qd2 f4 21. Bxf4 Bf5 22. Qd4 b6 23. Re3 Qd7 24. b3 Rgf6 25. Bh5 {Brontz,A (2245)-Fors,T (2086) Sweden 2000 1-0 (58)}) 11. Bg2 f5 12. exf5 Nc5 13. Ng5 Bxf5 14. Ne4 b5 15. b3 bxc4 16. bxc4 Nc8 17. O-O Nb6 18. Bd2 Qe8 19. Be3 Nbd7 20. f3 Qg6 21. Rae1 Rab8 22. Bf2 Rb7 23. Qc3 Bxe4 24. fxe4 Rfb8 25. Qf3 Rf8 26. Qc3 Rbb8 27. Qc2 h5 28. Bh3 Rf6 29. Bf5 Qf7 30. Be3 g6 31. Bh3 Rf8 32. Bh6 Re8 33. Bg5 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1 Qg7 35. Qe2 Rf8 36. Rb1 Nb6 37. Be6+ Kh7 38. Bh3 Qf7 39. Rf1 Qe8 40. Bf6 Nbd7 41. Bg5 Rxf1+ 42. Bxf1 Nb6 43. Qc2 Qa4 44. Qxa4 Nbxa4 45. Be3 Nc3 46. Kf2 Nxa2 47. Ke1 Nc3 48. Bg2 a5 49. Kd2 N3xe4+ 50. Kc2 Nf6 51. h3 Nfd7 52. Bf3 Kg7 53. g4 hxg4 54. hxg4 Nb6 55. Kc3 Kf6 56. g5+ Kf5 57. Be2 Ne4+ 58. Kc2 Nxg5 59. Bd3+ e4 60. Bf1 Nf3 61. Bh3+ Kf6 62. Kc3 Ne5 63. Bf1 g5 64. Kd4 Kf5 65. c5 Na4 66. cxd6 cxd6 67. Bd2 Nf3+ 68. Ke3 Nxd2 69. Kxd2 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nbd7 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Bb3 Rxc3 15. Rac1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 h6 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. exf6 Qf4 21. Rd7 Ba8 22. h3 a5 $146 ({RR} 22... Qxf6 23. Rxa7 Kh8 24. Ra4 Rg8 {½-½ (24) Baenziger,F (2429)-Dragnev,V (2548) Corte 2022}) ({RR} 22... Qxf6 23. Rxa7 Kh8 24. Ra4 Rg8 {½-½ (24) Baenziger,F (2429)-Dragnev,V (2548) Corte 2022}) 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qe7 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Basse"]
[Site "Evry"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2008.05.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Bb7 8. a3 Bxc3 ({RR} 8... Be7 9. d5 O-O 10. g3 d6 11. Bg2 Nd7 12. O-O e5 13. f4 a5 14. Qc2 g6 15. f5 Bg5 16. Rf3 Nf6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 gxf5 19. Rxf5 Bc8 20. Raf1 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Kh8 22. Nc3 f6 23. Qf3 {Drozdovskij,Y (2552)-Moiseenko,A (2575) Evpatoria 2003 0-1 (46)}) 9. Nxc3 O-O 10. d5 d6 $146 ({RR} 10... a5 11. Be2 Na6 12. O-O Nc5 13. Qc2 a4 14. Rad1 d6 15. e4 e5 16. Bg4 Qg5 17. Bh3 Bc8 18. Bxc8 Rfxc8 19. Nb5 Qe7 20. g3 Rf8 21. Rde1 Rac8 22. f4 Rfe8 23. f5 Qg5 24. Kg2 h5 25. h4 {Lobanov,S (2508)-Skliarov,V (2340) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (35)}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ChessKid Cup Div 1 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.22"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2023.05.22"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Bd7 12. Ne2 f6 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Be3 Bc6 16. Ng3 $146 ({RR} 16. h4 Nd7 17. Rh3 Rc8 18. Kg1 Qf5 19. Rg3 h6 20. Qb3 b5 21. Rc1 Nb6 22. cxb5 Qxb5 23. Qd1 Qh5 24. Rc5 Bd5 25. Qc2 Rcf8 26. Rc7 R8f7 27. Nf4 Qxh4 28. Ng6 Qh5 29. Ne5 Rxc7 30. Qxc7 Qd1+ {Shariyazdanov,A (2562)-Pikula,D (2472) Biel 2002 ½-½ (42)}) 16... Nd7 17. Kg1 Rg6 18. h4 Rg4 19. h5 h6 20. Rh3 Nf6 21. Nf1 Rd8 22. Nh2 Rg5 23. d5 Ba4 24. Qe2 Re5 25. Bd4 Qc7 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Re1 exd5 28. cxd5 Rxd5 29. Nf1 Be8 30. Ng3 Bd7 31. Rh4 Qg5 32. Rh1 Bc6 33. Nf1 Nxh5 34. Ne3 Nf4 35. Qg4 Qxg4 36. Nxg4 Ra5 37. Rh4 Nd3 38. Ra1 Rf5 39. Rxh6 Rf4 40. Rg6 Bd7 41. Ne3 Rxf2 42. Rc1 Bc6 43. Rf1 Rxf1+ 44. Kxf1 Kf7 45. Rd6 Nf4 46. Kf2 Ne6 47. Nc4 Ke7 48. Rd1 Nf4 49. Ne5 e3+ 50. Kxe3 Nxg2+ 51. Kd4 Kd6 52. Rf1 Be8 53. Rf8 Ba4 54. Rf7 Bc6 55. Nc4+ Ke6 56. Rxg7 Nh4 57. Kc5 Bf3 58. Ne3 Bc6 59. Nc2 Nf5 60. Rh7 a6 61. Nb4 Be4 62. Kb6 Nd6 63. Rh6+ Ke5 64. Kc5 Nf5 65. Rh5 Bf3 66. Rg5 Kf6 67. Rg8 Ke6 68. Re8+ Ne7 69. Nd3 Be4 70. Nb2 Bc6 71. Rh8 Nf5 72. Nc4 Bf3 73. Na5 Bg2 74. Rh7 b5 75. Ra7 Bf1 76. Rxa6+ Kd7 77. Nc6 Ng3 78. Ra7+ Ke6 79. Nd4+ Ke5 80. Nxb5 Ne4+ 81. Kb4 Kd5 82. a4 Nc5 83. Rh7 Nd3+ 84. Ka5 Nb2 85. Rh2 Nd3 86. Kb6 Ne5 87. Rh5 Ke6 88. Kc7 Kf6 89. Nd4 Bd3 90. a5 1-0

[Event "ChessKid Cup Div 1 W"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.05.22"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2023.05.22"]
[EventType "k.o."]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Bd7 12. Ne2 f6 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Be3 Bc6 16. Ng3 $146 ({RR} 16. h4 Nd7 17. Rh3 Rc8 18. Kg1 Qf5 19. Rg3 h6 20. Qb3 b5 21. Rc1 Nb6 22. cxb5 Qxb5 23. Qd1 Qh5 24. Rc5 Bd5 25. Qc2 Rcf8 26. Rc7 R8f7 27. Nf4 Qxh4 28. Ng6 Qh5 29. Ne5 Rxc7 30. Qxc7 Qd1+ {Shariyazdanov,A (2562)-Pikula,D (2472) Biel 2002 ½-½ (42)}) 16... Nd7 17. Kg1 Rg6 18. h4 Rg4 19. h5 h6 20. Rh3 Nf6 21. Nf1 Rd8 22. Nh2 Rg5 23. d5 Ba4 24. Qe2 Re5 25. Bd4 Qc7 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Re1 exd5 28. cxd5 Rxd5 29. Nf1 Be8 30. Ng3 Bd7 31. Rh4 Qg5 32. Rh1 Bc6 33. Nf1 Nxh5 34. Ne3 Nf4 35. Qg4 Qxg4 36. Nxg4 Ra5 37. Rh4 Nd3 38. Ra1 Rf5 39. Rxh6 Rf4 40. Rg6 Bd7 41. Ne3 Rxf2 42. Rc1 Bc6 43. Rf1 Rxf1+ 44. Kxf1 Kf7 45. Rd6 Nf4 46. Kf2 Ne6 47. Nc4 Ke7 48. Rd1 Nf4 49. Ne5 e3+ 50. Kxe3 Nxg2+ 51. Kd4 Kd6 52. Rf1 Be8 53. Rf8 Ba4 54. Rf7 Bc6 55. Nc4+ Ke6 56. Rxg7 Nh4 57. Kc5 Bf3 58. Ne3 Bc6 59. Nc2 Nf5 60. Rh7 a6 61. Nb4 Be4 62. Kb6 Nd6 63. Rh6+ Ke5 64. Kc5 Nf5 65. Rh5 Bf3 66. Rg5 Kf6 67. Rg8 Ke6 68. Re8+ Ne7 69. Nd3 Be4 70. Nb2 Bc6 71. Rh8 Nf5 72. Nc4 Bf3 73. Na5 Bg2 74. Rh7 b5 75. Ra7 Bf1 76. Rxa6+ Kd7 77. Nc6 Ng3 78. Ra7+ Ke6 79. Nd4+ Ke5 80. Nxb5 Ne4+ 81. Kb4 Kd5 82. a4 Nc5 83. Rh7 Nd3+ 84. Ka5 Nb2 85. Rh2 Nd3 86. Kb6 Ne5 87. Rh5 Ke6 88. Kc7 Kf6 89. Nd4 Bd3 90. a5 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. e3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. b4 Ne4 ({RR} 11... a5 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. b5 Rd8 16. Rd3 Be4 17. Rd2 Ne8 18. Rad1 f6 19. h3 Nf8 20. Nh2 Nd6 21. Nf1 Bb7 22. Ng3 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Bg4 Kf7 25. h4 Ke8 26. Bh5+ {Carlsen,M (2714)-Almasi,Z (2691) Kemer 2007 1-0 (82)}) 12. Qc2 {The queen retreat to c2 seems good enough, but it suffers from potential opposition along the c- file. White players have been putting more trust in the move 12.b3.} (12. Qb3 Qc7 (12... Rb8 13. Bb2 d5 (13... Qe7 14. Rfd1 d5 15. Nd2 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Nd6 17. Qd3 cxd4 18. Qxd4 e5 19. Qd3 Rfd8 20. e4 Nf8 21. Qe3 f6 22. f3 {1-0 Smyslov,V (2560)-Arnason,J (2550)/Haninge 1989 (57)}) 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Qa4 cxb4 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. axb4 Rfc8 18. b5 Rb7 19. Rc1 Rbc7 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Ra1 h6 22. Bf1 Qd8 23. Qd1 Qc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 Qxc1 26. Bxc1 $14 {1-0 Korotylev,A (2615)-Hou,Y (2509)/Moscow 2007/ (43)}) (12... Rc8 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bb2 Rfd8 15. bxc5 dxc5 16. a4 Ng5 17. Ne1 cxd4 18. exd4 a5 19. Qe3 Ne4 20. Ba3 Qe8 21. Nf3 Nef6 22. Bb2 $16 {1-0 Belov,V (2596)-Zhigalko,S (2485)/Hengelo 2005 (39)}) 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 d5 15. Rac1 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Rfc8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Bc3 Nb6 19. Qg4 f5 20. Qg5 cxb4 21. Bd4 Qd7 22. axb4 Nd5 23. b5 $16 {1-0 Sokolov,I (2695)-Hjartarson,J (2640)/Germany 2004 (35)}) 12... cxd4 ({RR} 12... f5 13. Rd1 Qf6 14. Bb2 Qh6 15. Bd3 Ndf6 16. h3 g5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd4 g4 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Nxf5 Qg5 22. Nxd6 gxh3 23. f4 Qxg2+ 24. Qxg2+ Bxg2 25. Nf5 Ng4 26. Ne7+ Kf7 27. Nf5 {Merriman,J (2215)-Paulsen,D (2317) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (32)}) 13. exd4 Rc8 14. Rd1 $146 (14. Nd2 f5 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Qd2 h6 18. a4 d5 19. c5 (19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Rfc1 Bb7 21. a5 Nf6 $14) 19... bxc5 20. bxc5 e5 21. Rfb1 Ba8 22. Ra3 $14 {0-1 Lukov,V (2380)-Spassov,L (2430)/Albacete 1994 (59)}) ({RR} 14. Nd2 f5 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Qd2 h6 18. a4 d5 19. c5 bxc5 20. bxc5 e5 21. Rfb1 Ba8 22. Ra3 Rf7 23. Bh5 Rf6 24. Bg4 Rcf8 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. dxe5 Rg6 27. Bd4 Rf3 28. Re3 Qh3 {Lukov,V (2380)-Spassov,L (2430) Albacete 1994 0-1 (59)}) 14... f5 15. Qb3 Ndf6 16. Ng5 $1 {A perfect spanner in the works as Black mounts a kingside attack. The exchange of the pair of knights will enhance the power of White's bishops.} Qe8 (16... Nxg5 17. Bxg5 h6 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. f3 $14) 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 (17... fxe4 18. Qg3 d5 19. c5 $16) 18. f3 Nf6 19. a4 {In the old days players would have trusted the natural centralisation of the bishop 19.e3!?} (19. Be3 $5 Rf7 20. Rac1 $14) 19... Rf7 (19... e5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 (20... dxe5 21. c5+ Kh8 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Be3 $16) 21. Ra2 Rfe8 22. Rc2 $16) 20. Ba3 e5 $6 {The opening of the centre might be desirable for Black's pieces, but it actually helps the enemy bishops even more.} (20... Re7 21. Bf1 $14) 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Bf1 d5 23. Bb2 Qe6 (23... Qd6 24. Rac1 Re7 25. c5 $16) 24. Rac1 Rfc7 25. c5 $1 {[%mdl 2048] This fine move avoids full symmetry on the board and keeps both bishops very powerful.} bxc5 26. Rxc5 (26. bxc5 Nd7 27. Bd4 Qf7 28. Rb1 $16) 26... Rxc5 27. bxc5 Bc6 28. Ba6 Re8 29. Bb5 $1 Rb8 (29... Bxb5 30. axb5 $16) 30. Qd3 a6 {Nakamura can be devilishly dangerous in tactics, but in defence even the lion seems to be much lesser animal.} (30... Kf7 31. Bc3 a6 32. Bxc6 Qxc6 33. Bxf6 Kxf6 34. Qxd5 $16) 31. Bxc6 Rxb2 32. Bxd5 Nxd5 33. Qxd5 Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Rb4 $6 {The choice of the critical moment was extremely difficult, but this move loses quite positively.} (34... Rc2 35. Rxf5 Ra2 36. Kf1 Rxa4 37. Ke2 $16) 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Rd7+ Kf6 37. Rd6+ Ke5 38. Rxa6 Rc4 39. Ra7 Kf6 40. Ra5 h5 41. Ra6+ (41. Kf2 Rc2+ 42. Kg3 g5 43. Rb5 h4+ 44. Kh3 Rc3 45. a5 g4+ 46. Kxh4 gxf3 47. gxf3 Rxf3 48. c6 Rf4+ 49. Kh3 Rc4 50. Rb8 Kg5 (50... Rxc6 51. Rb6 $18) 51. a6 $18) 41... Ke5 42. Rg6 (42. c6 g5 43. Kf1 Kd6 44. h3 h4 $16) 42... Rxc5 43. Rxg7 Rc4 44. a5 Ra4 45. h4 $2 {Van Wely must have been very unhappy about this reckless move in a completely winning position.} (45. Rh7 Kf4 46. h3 Kg5 47. Ra7 $18) (45. h3 Kf4 46. Kh2 h4 (46... Rxa5 47. h4 $18) 47. Ra7 $18) 45... Rxh4 $1 46. a6 Ra4 47. a7 Kf4 48. Kh2 Ra2 49. Rb7 Ra6 50. Kh3 h4 $6 {The h4 square is somehow cursed in this endgame for both players. Much better was to lock white king in on the h-file with 50..a1!} (50... Ra1 $1 51. Rb4+ (51. Kh2) 51... Ke3 52. Kh4 Rxa7 53. Kxh5 f4 $14) 51. Rh7 Kg5 52. g3 $6 {The poor Dutchman must have been pretty depressed by the spoiled position. He could still have put lot of problems on Nakamura's plate with the 52.f4!? idea, even though it is probably not winning.} (52. f4+ $5 Kxf4 53. Kxh4 Ra2 (53... Ra4 54. Rb7 Ke5+ 55. Kg5 Rg4+ 56. Kh6 Ra4 57. Kg6 $18) 54. g3+ Kf3 55. Rf7 Ke4 56. Kg5 Ra5 57. Kg6 Ra6+ 58. Kg7 Ra5 $16) 52... hxg3 53. Kxg3 Ra2 54. Rg7+ Kf6 55. Rb7 Kg5 56. f4+ (56. Rf7 Kg6 57. Rb7 Kg5 $11) 56... Kh5 57. Rg7 Kh6 58. Rf7 Kg6 59. Re7 Kh5 $1 {Black will always be ready to lash out with counterplay against the f4-pawn.} 60. Rh7+ Kg6 61. Rc7 Kh5 62. Kf3 (62. Rb7 Ra3+ 63. Kf2 Kg4 $11) 62... Ra3+ 63. Ke2 Kg4 $11 64. Kd2 Kxf4 {Many rook endgames are drawn, but rarely with one party playing two pawns down!} 65. Kc2 Ke5 66. Kb2 Ra6 67. Kc3 Kd6 68. Rf7 Kc5 69. Rxf5+ Kb6 70. Rf6+ Kxa7 71. Rxa6+ Kxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tue 21st Nov Late"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2023.11.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Rc1 Be7 ({RR} 8... Nc6 9. a3 Be7 10. c5 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Be2 Rd8 13. O-O e5 14. Re1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Be6 16. dxe5 Qxc5 17. Bd3 g6 18. Ng5 Re8 19. Qd2 Qxa3 20. h4 a5 21. h5 Qf8 22. Rb1 a4 23. Rxb7 {Batsiashvili,N (2476)-Pipiras,F (2166) Germany GER 2025 1-0}) ({RR} 8... Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. O-O Bxc3 13. Rxc3 Qa5 14. Ra3 Qb6 15. Rb3 Qa5 16. Bb5 Re4 17. Qc2 Nh5 18. Rc1 Ndf6 19. Bd3 Re8 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Ne5 Be6 22. Rxb7 Rec8 23. Nc6 {Xiong,J (2636)-Tanriverdi,E (2382) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 9. Be2 ({RR} 9. a3 b6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bb5 a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bb3 Re8+ 15. Ne2 Bg4 16. O-O Bxf3 17. gxf3 Ra7 18. Rc5 Rd7 19. Nc3 Rd6 20. Rxd5 Nc6 21. Rxd6 Qxd6 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qd8 {Carlsen,M (2855)-Nakamura,H (2787) Paris 2016 ½-½ (35)}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 $146 ({RR} 10. O-O b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bxc4 Nbd7 13. Re1 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Bxe6 Nf8 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qb3+ Kg6 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Rc8 21. Rxc8 Qxc8 22. h4 h5 23. Qd3 Kf7 24. Qb3+ Kg6 {Batsiashvili,N (2475)-Song,Y (2404) Durres ALB 2023 ½-½ (50)}) 10... Nc6 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 Nh5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Bxd5 Nf6 18. Bb3 Be6 1/2-1/2

