[Event "ch-USA 2012"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru (UsA)"]
[Black "Hess, Robert (USA)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bd6 6. d4 Qe7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Ba3 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. f4 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 d6 14. exd6
cxd6 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. h3 Rc8 17. Bb3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rc5 19. Re3 Nc7 20. e5 dxe5
21. Qxb7 a5 22. Qe4 Ne6 23. fxe5 Re8 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. Rdd3 h6 26. Bd5 Qb6 27. c4
Qb1+ 28. Kh2 Qxa2 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Rd7 Kh8 31. Rxg7 Kxg7 32. Rg3+ Kf8 33. Qh7
1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2012"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ramirez, Alejandro (USA)"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru (USA)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 Re8 11. Kh2 Qc8 12. Re1 e5 13. d5 Na5 14. e4 c6 15. b3
cxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Nc6 18. Ng5 Nd8 19. Rd1 Bc6 20. Qc4 h6 21. Nf3 b5
22. Qe2 Qb7 23. Re1 Ne6 24. Bb2 Nd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Rad1 Rad8 27. Rd2 f5 28.
Qd1 Re7 29. Bxd4 Red7 30. Be3 Bc3 31. Rxd7 Rxd7 32. Qc1 Bxe1 33. Qxe1 Bxe4 34.
Bxe4 Qxe4 35. Qc1 Kf7 36. Bxh6 Qf3 37. Qc5 Ke6 38. Be3 a6 39. Qc8 Qd5 40. Qg8+
Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2012"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru (USA)"]
[Black "Robson, Ray (USA)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. g4 Be6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Be2 Qc8 13. h4 Nfd7 14. f4 Nc4
15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. e5 Nb6 17. h5 dxe5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qh2 Rxf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4+
21. Kb1 Qxh2 22. Rxh2 Rf8 23. Ne4 Rf4 24. Ng5 Rxg4 25. Nxe6 Bf6 26. b3 Nc8 27.
c4 Nd6 28. c5 Nb5 29. Rd7 Kf7 30. Rxb7 Rg1+ 31. Kc2 Na3+ 32. Kb2 Nb1 33. Nd8+
Ke8 34. Nc6 e4+ 35. Kc2 Na3+ 36. Kd2 Nb1+ 37. Ke3 Re1+ 38. Kf2 Rc1 39. Rh7 Rc2+
40. Kg3 Rc3+ 41. Kg4 e3 42. Nxe7 e2 43. Nd5 Rg3+ 44. Kf4 Bg5+ 45. Ke5 e1=Q+ 46.
Kd6 Bf4+ 47. Nxf4 Rd3+ 48. Nxd3 Qg3+ 49. Ne5 1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2012"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander (USA)"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru (USA)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. f3 Ne7 6. Bd3 f5 7. Nge2 fxe4 8. fxe4
O-O 9. Be3 e5 10. d5 Na6 11. Qd2 Nc5 12. Bc2 Nc8 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nd6 15.
Ng3 a5 16. O-O-O a4 17. Nf5 Ncxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxf5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. g4 Rf3 21.
Qxe5 Qe8 22. Bd4 Qxe5 23. Bxe5 d6 24. Bc3 Ba6 25. Rd4 Re8 26. c5 bxc5 27. Rxa4
Bb5 28. Ra7 Rf7 29. Re1 Rc8 30. Re4 Kf8 31. Kd2 Bf1 32. Rea4 Ke7 33. Ra8 Kd7
34. Rxc8 Kxc8 35. Ra8+ Kb7 36. Rh8 g6 37. g5 Rf5 38. h4 Rf7 39. Bf6 Bg2 40. Re8
Bxd5 41. Re7 Rxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2012"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru (USA)"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory (USA) "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Na3 cxd4 8.
Nxc4 Bc5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nce5 Bb6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. e3
Qb6 15. exd4 Rfd8 16. Rd3 Rd7 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Rb3 Qa5 19. Bd2 Qd8 20. Qc5 h6
21. Rc1 Nb6 22. Be3 Nd5 23. a4 a5 24. Bd2 Ne7 25. Bc3 Nd5 26. h3 Ne7 27. Kh2
Nd5 28. Be1 Ne7 29. Qe5 Nf5 30. Bc3 Qg5 31. Rc2 Ne7 32. Qe1 Ra7 33. Re2 Nf5 34.
Rd2 Ne7 35. Qe5 Qxe5 36. dxe5 Nd5 37. Bd4 Ra8 38. Bc5 Ba6 39. Rc2 Rb7 40. Rxb7
Bxb7 41. Bd4 Kf8 42. f4 Ke8 43. Rc5 Kd7 44. Kg1 Kc7 45. Bf2 Bc8 46. Bf1 h5 47.
h4 g6 48. b3 Bb7 49. Bd3 Bc8 50. Kg2 Bd7 51. Kf3 Bc8 52. g4 hxg4+ 53. Kxg4 Bd7
54. Kg5 Kb7 55. Be4 Rh8 56. Bf3 Ra8 57. Rc4 Kc7 58. Bc5 Rh8 59. Rc1 Bc8 60. Bf2
Bd7 61. f5 Rg8 62. f6 Rh8 63. Rc5 Ra8 64. Kh6 Nf4 65. Be3 Nh5 66. Bxh5 gxh5 67.
Kg7 Be8 68. Kf8 Kb7 69. Ke7 Kc7 70. Bd2 1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2012"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan (USA)"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru (USA)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 c6 6. d5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qe7 8.
dxe6 Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Bg2 Qxe6 12. Qxe6 fxe6 13. O-O-O d5 14. f4
Nbd7 15. Rhe1 Rac8 16. Kb1 Bc5 17. f5 exf5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxf2 20. Rf1
Bc5 21. Rxf5 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Bc3 Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. Kc2 Re2+ 26. Rd2
Rxd2+ 27. Kxd2 Kf7 28. Ke3 Bd6 29. Bd4 g6 30. Ke4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2012"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru (USA)"]
[Black "Shulman, Yury (USA)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+
8. Be2 Na6 9. Ba5 Bd7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. O-O Qf5 12. Bc3 Ne4 13. Bxg7 Rg8 14. Bh6
O-O-O 15. Qc1 c5 16. Qe3 Bc6 17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Nb4 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. Bxf4
f6 21. Ne1 Ba4 22. Ra1 e5 23. Be3 b6 24. a3 Nc6 25. Bd3 f5 26. b4 Nd4 27. f4
exf4 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Nf3 a5 30. Nh4 Bd7 31. Rf1 axb4 32. axb4 Kc7 33. Rxf4
Ra8 34. Bxe4 fxe4 35. Rxe4 Ra4 36. Rxd4 Rxb4 37. Nf3 b5 38. cxb5 Rxb5 39. Kf2
Kd8 40. Re4 Bf5 41. Re2 Rb4 42. Re5 Bg6 43. h4 Re4 44. Ra5 Rb4 45. g3 Ke7 46.
Ke3 Re4+ 47. Kf2 Rb4 48. Ra2 Kf6 49. Nd2 Bb1 50. Ra6+ Kg7 51. Rd6 Bf5 52. Nf3
Re4 53. Ng5 Re7 54. Rd4 h5 55. Kf3 Bg4+ 56. Kf4 Re1 57. Rd3 Rf1+ 58. Ke5 Re1+
59. Ne4 Kg6 60. Rb3 Kg7 61. Ra3 Kg6 62. Rc3 Kg7 63. Kd4 Rd1+ 64. Kc5 Bf5 65.
Nd6 Kg6 66. Rf3 Be6 67. Re3 Bf5 68. Re5 Rc1+ 69. Kb4 Rf1 70. Re3 Kf6 71. Kc3
Rd1 72. Nb5 Bg4 73. Nd4 Rc1+ 74. Kd3 Rd1+ 75. Ke4 Ra1 76. Rb3 Re1+ 77. Kd5 Be6+
78. Nxe6 Re5+ 79. Kd4 Rxe6 80. Rb5 Kg6 81. Re5 Ra6 82. Ke4 Ra4+ 83. Kf3 Ra3+
84. Kf4 Ra4+ 85. Re4 Ra6 86. Re8 Ra4+ 87. Ke5 Ra5+ 88. Kd4 Ra4+ 89. Kc5 Ra3 90.
Rg8+ Kh7 91. Rg5 Ra5+ 92. Kd4 Rxg5 93. hxg5 Kg6 94. Ke4 Kxg5 95. Ke3 Kg4 96.
Kf2 h4 97. Kg2 hxg3 98. Kg1 Kf3 99. Kf1 g2+ 100. Kg1 Ke2 101. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2012"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stripunsky, Alexander (USA)"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru (USA)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 a5 7. a4 Be7 8. Bb5
Na7 9. Bd3 b6 10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxc5 bxc5 13. b3 O-O 14. Qe2 Nc6 15.
Bb5 Qb6 16. O-O Ba6 17. c4 Bb7 18. Rad1 Nb4 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nh3 d4 21. Nf4 Kh7
22. Rfe1 Rg8 23. Nd3 Raf8 24. Nxb4 axb4 25. Qd3+ g6 26. Bf4 Kg7 27. Qh3 g5 28.
Bg3 Kh7 29. Qg4 Rg6 30. h3 Kg7 31. Qh5 Rg8 32. Rd3 Qa7 33. f3 Bd8 34. Kf2 Kf8
35. Ke2 Bc7 36. Kd1 Qa8 37. Kc1 f5 38. Bh2 Ke7 39. Rd2 f4 40. Bg1 Qf8 41. Bxd4
cxd4 42. Rxd4 Bc8 43. c5 Qg7 44. Rd6 Bxd6 45. cxd6+ Kd8 46. Bd3 Bb7 47. Qxg6
Qxg6 48. Bxg6 Rxg6 49. Rd1 Bd5 50. Rd4 Kd7 51. Rxb4 Rg8 52. Kd2 Rf8 53. a5 h5
54. Rb6 Ra8 55. b4 g4 56. hxg4 hxg4 57. fxg4 Bxg2 58. a6 Bd5 59. Rb5 f3 60. Ke3
Rf8 61. Kf2 Rh8 62. Rxd5 exd5 63. b5 Rb8 64. g5 Rxb5 65. g6 Rb8 66. a7 Ra8 67.
g7 Ke6 68. Kxf3 Kxe5 69. d7 Kd6 70. Kf4 Kxd7 71. Ke5 Kc6 0-1

[Event "ch-USA 2012"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru (USA)"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr (USA)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "242"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8.
Nd2 c6 9. e3 Nf8 10. Bd3 Ng6 11. Bg3 Bd6 12. Qc2 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Ne7 14. O-O-O
Be6 15. f3 Qc7 16. g4 O-O-O 17. Nb3 Kb8 18. Kb1 Rhe8 19. Rc1 Nd7 20. Qf2 Ka8
21. Ka1 f6 22. Ne2 Nc8 23. Nc5 Bf7 24. Bf5 Ncb6 25. b3 Re7 26. Rc3 Rde8 27.
Rhc1 Nf8 28. Ng3 Ne6 29. Bb1 Bg8 30. Nf5 Rf7 31. Nd3 Bh7 32. a4 Nc8 33. Nb4 Qa5
34. Na2 Nf8 35. Rc5 Qd8 36. Nb4 Bxf5 37. gxf5 Nd6 38. R5c3 Rfe7 39. g4 Qa5 40.
Na2 Nd7 41. Re1 Nb8 42. Bd3 Na6 43. Qd2 Qb6 44. Nc1 Nf7 45. Bc2 Ng5 46. Bd1 Qc7
47. Qf2 Nb4 48. Rh1 Qd6 49. Ne2 b6 50. Nf4 Kb7 51. Qd2 a5 52. Kb1 Ka7 53. Be2
Kb7 54. Re1 Ka7 55. Rec1 Kb8 56. Bd1 Ka7 57. Qf2 Kb8 58. Qg1 Ka7 59. Qf2 Kb8
60. Be2 Ka7 61. Bf1 Ka8 62. Bg2 Ka7 63. Nh5 Qc7 64. Ng3 Kb7 65. Re1 Ka7 66. Re2
Kb8 67. Kc1 Qd6 68. Rd2 Ka7 69. Kd1 Kb8 70. Ke1 Ka7 71. Kf1 Kb8 72. Kg1 Ka7 73.
Nh5 Qc7 74. Rd1 Kb8 75. Re1 Kb7 76. Re2 Qd6 77. Qg3 Qd7 78. Qf4 Qd8 79. Rd2 Rd7
80. Ng3 Ka7 81. Rc1 Ree7 82. Rcd1 Qg8 83. Ne2 Re8 84. Nc3 Rde7 85. Na2 Na6 86.
Rd3 Kb7 87. Re1 Rd7 88. Rc3 Qf8 89. Rec1 Qa3 90. R1c2 Rc8 91. Bf1 Nb4 92. Nxb4
Qxb4 93. Kg2 Nf7 94. Qg3 Nd6 95. Bd3 Rdc7 96. Qh2 Ka7 97. Kh3 Kb7 98. Bf1 Ka7
99. Qe2 c5 100. dxc5 Rxc5 101. Rxc5 Rxc5 102. Rxc5 Qxc5 103. Qd3 Nf7 104. f4 h5
105. gxh5 Nh6 106. Bg2 d4 107. Be4 Qc3 108. Qxd4 Qxd4 109. exd4 Kb8 110. Kg3
Kc7 111. Kf3 Nf7 112. Ke3 Nd6 113. d5 Kd8 114. Bd3 Kc7 115. Kd4 Kd8 116. Kc3
Kc7 117. Kc2 Kd8 118. Kd1 Kc7 119. Bb1 Kd8 120. Kc1 Kc7 121. b4 axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2012"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata (USA)"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru (USA)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Bg5 Na5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Bd5 Rc8 14. Nd2 Qc7
15. Re1 Bg5 16. Nf1 Qb6 17. Rb1 Nc4 18. Qe2 Bh6 19. h4 Qb4 20. g3 Rc7 21. Kg2
Nb6 22. Bb3 Bxb3 23. cxb3 Qxb3 24. a5 Na4 25. Nh2 g6 26. Ng4 Bg7 27. Nd5 Rc2
28. Qe3 Nc5 29. h5 Qxe3 30. Ngxe3 Rd2 31. Nc4 Rd4 32. Nxd6 Rd8 33. b4 Nd3 34.
Nxb7 Nxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Ra8 36. f3 Bf8 37. Rc1 Bxb4 38. Rc7 gxh5 39. Kh3 Kg7 40.
Kh4 Ra7 41. Kxh5 Rxd5 42. exd5 Bxa5 43. Re7 Bb6 44. d6 a5 45. Kg5 a4 46. Kf5 a3
47. Nd8 a2 48. Ne6+ Kh6 49. Ng5 a1=Q 50. Nxf7+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "ch-USA 2012"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru (USA)"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser (USA)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Nge7 6. Na3 Nf5 7. Nc2 h5 8. Bd3 g6
9. O-O Be7 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. d4 h4 12. dxc5 Bxc5+ 13. Be3 Be7 14. h3 b6 15. Qe2
Nb8 16. Rfd1 Ba6 17. Qe1 Nd7 18. b4 Nf8 19. a4 Bc4 20. Ncd4 Qd7 21. b5 Ng6 22.
Nc6 Kf8 23. Nd2 Bd3 24. c4 Kg7 25. cxd5 exd5 26. Nb1 Bc4 27. Qc3 Qe6 28. Nd2
Rhc8 29. Nd4 Qd7 30. e6 1-0

