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Here are some checkmates from the games of Hikaru Nakamura.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.

a)
White mates in 4.
Hikaru Nakamura vs Lewis Zemanian, New York, 1998
6R1/2p4p/6pk/pp6/5PP1/P4K1P/1Pr5/8 w - - 1 0
[ g5+ Kh5 Rh8 ]

b)
White mates in 2.
Hikaru Nakamura vs Evgeny Romanov, Oropesa, 1999
2kr2nr/pppb1ppp/2p3q1/8/3QP3/2N1P3/PPP3PP/2KR1B1R w - - 1 0
[ Qxa7 ]

c)
White mates in 5.
Hikaru Nakamura vs Romuald Jovan, Bled, 2001
rn3rk1/p4pp1/2pN3p/3bN3/3P2nq/3B4/PPQ2PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Bh7+ Kh8 Nxf7+ Bxf7 Nxf7+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Hikaru Nakamura vs Emanuel Berg, Bermuda, 2003
R1n2Q2/1pkb4/4p3/4Pp2/3p1K2/2p4r/5P2/8 w - - 1 0
[ Rxc8+ if Kb6 Qc5+ or if Bxc8 Qd6# ]

e)
White mates in 4.
Hikaru Nakamura vs Sergio Arias Torio, Internet, 3/14/2003
1kb1rn2/1B3r1p/P1p1p1pq/2QpP3/NP1P1PP1/8/2P5/2K5 w - - 1 0
[ a7+ if Kxb7 Qb6+ or if Kc7 Qd6+ Kxb7 Qb8+ ]

Hikaru Nakamura Mates, Part II.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 4.
Hikaru Nakamura vs Anna Zatonskih, Reykjavik, 3/8/2004
r7/p2k1pp1/2pp3p/1N1p4/5q2/P1Q1R3/2P2P1P/2K2B2 w - - 1 0
[ Bh3+ if f5 Qxg7+ or if Kd8 Qa5# ]

b)
White mates in 3.
Hikaru Nakamura vs Anton Filippov, Internet, 4/30/2005
r1b5/1r2R3/2pR1pk1/p5p1/2B2pP1/7P/1PP5/1K6 w - - 1 0
[ Bd3+ ]

c)
White mates in 4.
Hikaru Nakamura vs Victor Mikhalevski, Bastia, 10/29/2007
6k1/p6p/1p4p1/2p2pN1/P1q4P/4R3/5PP1/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re8+ Kg7 R1e7+ ]

d)
White mates in 3.
Hikaru Nakamura vs Alexander Postojev, Mainz, 8/2/2008
2brr2k/3nqp2/3p1N1B/p2Pp3/1p4P1/1P5P/P1PQ2BK/5R2 w - - 1 0
[ Bg7+ ]

e)
White mates in 2.
Hikaru Nakamura vs Garun Nureev, Internet, 3/20/2009
6k1/p1q2rp1/1p6/3Q4/2Pp4/3P2b1/PR6/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re8+ ]

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Hikaru Nakamura Mates, Part III.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
White mates in 3.
Hikaru Nakamura vs Michael Barron, Toronto, 4/19/2009
r1bQ3r/pp2RN1p/3p2q1/3P3k/1nP5/5N2/PP3PP1/2K2B2 w - - 1 0
[ Re5+ if Qf5 Rxf5+ or if dxe5 Qh4# ]

b)
White mates in 5.
Hikaru Nakamura vs Ruslan Ponomariov, San Sebastian, 7/16/2009
6r1/1b2bk2/p3pp2/2q5/1p2P1BP/6Q1/P1P5/1K1R1R2 w - - 1 0
[ Bxe6+ Kxe6 Qxg8+ Ke5 Rf5+ ]

c)
White mates in 5.
Hikaru Nakamura vs Federico Perez Ponsa, Internet, 3/20/2010
2R5/1pp3kp/6p1/p3P1n1/5P1P/bnB3P1/7K/8 w - - 1 0
[ e6+ if Kh6 hxg5+ Kh5 Kh3 ]

d)
White mates in 4.
Hikaru Nakamura vs Andreas Moen, Eilat, 10/15/2012
4rNk1/pp4b1/2p3p1/8/1BPqrp2/3Pn3/PP5Q/1K4RR w - - 1 0
[ Qh7+ Kf7 Qxg6+ Kg8 Rh8+ ]

e)
White mates in 2.
Hikaru Nakamura vs Anish Giri, London, 12/8/2014
6rr/p2QPN2/1k6/2p5/1pp2B2/2qb2P1/5P1P/4R1K1 w - - 1 0
[ Re6+ ]

Hikaru Nakamura Mates, Part IV.
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
a)
Black mates in 4.
Alejandro Hoffman vs Hikaru Nakamura, Reno, 1999
r4r2/5kBp/p2pN2b/Pp1P4/4Pp1q/R2B4/5P2/1Q3RK1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qg4+ Kh2 f3 ]

b)
Black mates in 2.
Michael Oratovsky vs Hikaru Nakamura, Santo-Domingo, 2002
2r5/2k2pBp/1pP1p3/pB1r4/P3nP2/4b3/2R3PP/5R1K b - - 0 1
[ ...Ng3+ ]

c)
Black mates in 2.
Gennadij Sagalchik vs Hikaru Nakamura, Buenos Aires, 2003
2b5/k2n1p2/p2q4/5R1B/2p4P/P1b5/KPQ1R3/6r1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxa3+ ]

d)
Black mates in 5.
Josef Friedman vs Hikaru Nakamura, Parsippany, 3/20/2005
k1b5/pp3p2/6rp/2pP2r1/1PP3P1/P1R1Pq1P/3QRpB1/7K b - - 0 1
[ ...f1/Q+ Kh2 Rxg4 if e4 Qf4+ ]

e)
Black mates in 2.
Glenn Bady vs Hikaru Nakamura, Chicago, 5/24/2008
r7/pp4pR/4pkP1/1Q1p1p2/3Pn3/8/PPPqr3/1KR5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qxc1+ ]

f)
Black mates in 3.
Nicholas Rosenthal vs Hikaru Nakamura, Orlando, 8/4/2011
4r3/pQ6/1p1N2pk/2p2p1p/P4n2/3P3q/2P5/R5K1 b - - 0 1
[ ...Ne2+ ]

g)
Black mates in 5.
Michael Adams vs Hikaru Nakamura, London, 12/8/2014
k6r/6p1/2p2p2/p2bp2P/PqN3P1/2pP2RR/K1P5/2Q5 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rb8 Rh2 Qxa4+ Qa3 Bxc4+ dxc4 Rb2+ ]


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