(White) Hikaru Nakamura vs (Black) Artemii Khanbutaev I 2025; 1-0

Iowa Open Championship
Iowa City, IA USA

2025.09.07

1-0

(White) Hikaru Nakamura vs

(Black) Artemii Khanbutaev

Hikaru Nakamura wins after 37 moves.

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.

Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Re8 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. a3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Na4 Qe7

15. c5 Rd8 16. Qe2 d5 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. Rc3 Bg4 19. Qe3 Qd4 20. Qxd4 Rxd4 21.

Nc5 Nd7 22. Na6 Nb6 23. Nc5 Nd7 24. Nb3 Rd6 25. f3 Be6 26. Na5 Nb6 27. Bc2 Rc8

28. b4 Kf8 29. Rc1 Ke7 30. Kf1 Bd7 31. Ke2 Be8 32. Ke3 Rc7 33. Bd3 f5 34. Rc5

f4+ 35. Ke2 Kf6 36. Bb5 Ke6 37. Bxc6 1-0
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