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Hikaru Nakamura is an American chess grandmaster, five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the reigning World Fischer Random Chess Champion. Nakamura has been nicknamed "The H Bomb" because of his explosive style of playing. The Dutch Defense is an aggressive and unbalancing opening, resulting in the lowest percentage of draws among the most common replies to 1.d4.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:11 Ponomariov
05:04 Agdestein
10:55 Gelfand
17:02 Johannessen

Game 1:
Ruslan Ponomariov (2744) vs Hikaru Nakamura (2741), World Blitz Championship 2010
1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. a3 Nd7 6. Bd3 e6 7. Nge2 h6 8. Bf4 Ngf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Na4 Qd8 11. b3 b5 12. Nb2 a6 13. c4 O-O 14. a4 b4 15. a5 c5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nc4 Bb7 18. Bg3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nc5 20. Ne5 Rc8 21. Bc4 Bf6 22. Qe2 Kh7 23. Rfc1 Nc3 24. Qe1 Bd5 25. Rc2 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxc4 27. bxc4 Nd3 0-1

Game 2:
Simen Agdestein (2570) vs Hikaru Nakamura (2741), BNBank Final 2010
1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 Bg7 5. b4 Nc6 6. Bb2 Nxb4 7. Nh3 Nh5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 e6 10. e4 Nc6 11. e5 d6 12. f4 dxe5 13. dxe5 Na5 14. Qa4 Qd4+ 15. Nf2 Nxc4 16. Nb5 Qxb2 17. Qxc4 Bd7 18. Nxc7 Rac8 19. Rab1 Qa3 20. Bxb7 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Qxg3+ 22. Bg2 Rf7 23. Rb3 Qh4 24. Bb7 Bxe5 25. Bxc8 Bxf4 26. Nh3 Bh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qxc4 28. Bxd7 Qxc7+ 29. Nf4 Rxd7 0-1

Game 3:
Boris Gelfand (2739) vs Hikaru Nakamura (2759), Tata Steel 2012
1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O c6 8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2 Na6 12. Ng5 Qe7 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. e3 Nce4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Rd2 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Qc5 b6 21. Qb5 Nh5 22. Ba3 Bf8 23. Bb2 Bg7 24. Ba3 Be5 25. Rc1 Nf6 26. Rdc2 d4 27. Rc6 Qf5 28. exd4 Bxd4 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. Bh3 e3 31. Bxf5 exf2+ 32. Kf1 Be3 33. Rb1 Ne4 34. Bxe4 Rxe4 35. Rc2 Red4 0-1

Game 4:
Leif Erlend Johannessen (2514) vs Hikaru Nakamura (2741), BNBank Final 2010
1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Nd4 Bf7 13. Rb1 d5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Ba3 Re8 16. e3 Nd7 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. Rfc1 Qa5 19. Bb2 Ne5 20. Qb5 Qxa2 21. Ba1 Nd3 22. Rf1 Re7 23. f3 Rc5 24. Qa4 Qd2 25. fxe4 Ra5 0-1

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