[Event "US Championship"] [Site "Saint Louis,MO"] [Date "2009.05.08"] [Round "1"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Shabalov, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B84"] [WhiteElo "2757"] [BlackElo "2620"] [Annotator ",Pylant"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4 O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Be3 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. f5 e5 13. Nb3 Nbd7 14. g4 h6 15. h4 d5 16. exd5 e4 17. Bg2 Qg3 18. Qe1 Qxe1 19. Rfxe1 Nxg4 20. Bxb6 Nxb6 21. Rxe4 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxe7 Rfd8 24. Bf1 Kf8 25. Ree1 Rdb8 26. Ra3 Nf6 27. Rd1 Ra7 28. Rd2 Be4 29. Rf2 Ng4 30. Rf4 Nf6 31. Nc5 Bxc2 32. Rf2 Bd1 33. Nxa6 Rb6 34. b4 Rbxa6 35. Bxa6 Rxa6 36. a5 Ne4 37. b5 Rd6 38. a6 Nxf2 39. a7 Nh3+ 40. Rxh3 { White wins} 1-0