Nakamura strikes first in Prague

[Event "CEZ Chess Trophy 2014"] [Site "Prague"] [Date "2014.06.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Navara, David"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E92"] [WhiteElo "2724"] [BlackElo "2775"] [Annotator "Robot 3"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [EventCountry "CZE"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O {Nakamura uses his trusty King's Indian, Navara employs a line that is becoming more and more popular.} 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6 9. Nd2 Qe8 10. Be2 Nd7 11. a3 Nb6 12. Be3 Bd7 13. b3 f5 14. Nb5 {Only this move is new.} (14. O-O Qe7 15. Rb1 Nc5 16. Nb5 $14 { Zhigalko-Berg, 2010}) 14... Qd8 15. Bxb6 $6 {White grabs the pawn on d6, but I believe that the compensation Black receives on the dark squares is too much. White could still try to play more solidly.} (15. O-O Nxc4 $5 (15... f4 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. Nxd6 $14 {is completely different as now the f4 pawn is not well placed.}) 16. bxc4 f4 17. Ba7 {and the game is very messy.} b6 $1 $13) 15... cxb6 16. Nxd6 Nc5 17. O-O Bh6 $1 {A very strong move, highlighting how badly coordinated White's pieces are. It is already difficult for White to keep his extra pawn.} 18. b4 $1 {Probably the only way to avoid being immediately much worse.} Ba4 19. Qb1 Qxd6 20. bxc5 Qxc5 21. Nf3 $6 {But this gives Black too much activity.} fxe4 22. Qxe4 Rae8 23. Qh4 Kg7 {even more precision. Bg7 was tempting, threatening e4 in some cases, but this is more precise as it keeps control over more squares.} 24. Ng5 Rf4 25. Qg3 Bxg5 26. Qxg5 Bb3 {The pressure is mounting on White's pawns, and his rooks are still rather useless.} 27. a4 Re4 (27... Bxc4 $17 {seemed to win a pawn, Nakamura plays more patiently.}) 28. Rfe1 Qd4 29. Bf1 (29. Bf3 $1 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Bxc4 31. Rd1 $15 { Gave White some interesting counterplay.}) 29... Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Bxa4 31. h4 Bd7 32. h5 Qf4 $1 {With this move The deal is sealed. Black's extra pawn and better piece placement; specifically the king being much closer to the action, will be the death of White.} 33. Qxf4 (33. h6+ Kf7 {only helps Black.}) 33... exf4 34. Rb1 b5 $1 $19 {A very nice and important resource. Black gives up his pawn to shatter his opponent's structure.} 35. cxb5 b6 36. Rc1 Rc8 {The bishop endgame is hopeless. Navara cannot afford to trade on c8.} 37. Re1 Re8 38. Rc1 Rc8 39. Re1 Kf6 40. hxg6 hxg6 41. d6 Rc5 {b5 is oomed, and with that the game is over.} 42. Re4 $2 {A blunder in a lost position.} Rc1 43. Rxf4+ Ke6 44. Re4+ Kxd6 45. Rd4+ Ke6 46. Rc4 Rxf1+ {An extremely clean game by Nakamura who proved to be the superior player this time around.} 0-1