Hikaru Nakamura i Awonder Liang susreli su se u trening meču visokog nivoa u okviru priprema Hikaru-a za FIDE turnir kandidata. Meč se sastojao od 2 klasične partije (obe su završile remijem), 4 brze partije u kojima je Awonder postigao impresivnih 3/4, i 4 blic partije, u kojima su sve partije bile odlučene, ali je taj dio meča završen rezultatom 2:2.
Ukupno Awonder Liang je pobjedio 6:4!
Nakamura,Hikaru (2810) – Liang,Awonder (2714) [C20]
Hikaru-Awonder https://lichess.org/broadcast/ (3.1), 13.03.2026
1.e4 e5 2.d3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Be6 7.Nf3 Qd7 8.Ng5 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bg4 10.f3 Bh5 11.Be3 h6 12.Ne4 f5 13.Nc5 Bxc5 14.Bxc5 Qd5 15.Bf2 0–0 16.0–0 f4 17.g4 Bf7 18.Re1 Rfe8 19.Qb1 Rab8 20.c4 Qd6 21.Qb2 a6 22.a4 b6 23.Rad1 Na5 24.c5 bxc5 25.Qc3 Nc6 26.Qxc5 Qxc5 27.Bxc5 Rb2 28.c3 Reb8 29.d4 exd4 30.Bxd4 Bb3 31.Ra1 Nxd4 32.cxd4 Bd5 33.a5 c6 34.Ra3 Rb1 35.Ra1 R1b2 36.Ra3 Rd2 37.Bf1 Rbb2 38.h4 Kf7 39.Rc1 Ke7 40.Rd3 Rf2 41.Rcc3 Kd6 42.g5 hxg5 43.hxg5 Rh2 44.Rd1
44…Rh5 0–1
Liang,Awonder (2714) – Nakamura,Hikaru (2810) [B68]
Hikaru-Awonder https://lichess.org/broadcast/ (4.1), 13.03.2026
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0–0–0 Bd7 9.f4 Be7 10.Kb1 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bc6 12.Bd3 h6 13.Bh4 Qc7 14.f5 e5 15.Qe3 b5 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.g4 b4 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Bh4 20.f6 g6 21.Rdf1 Qa7 22.Qh3 Bg5 23.Be4 Qe3 24.Qxe3 Bxe3 25.h4 a5 26.Rh3 Bc5 27.Rfh1 Kd7 28.Rd1 Rhb8 29.Rdd3 a4 30.h5 g5 31.Rh2 Kc7 32.Kc1 Ra5 33.Re2 Kd8 34.Rg2 Rc8 35.Kb1 Rc7 36.Re2 Bd4 37.Red2 Rc4 38.Re2 Rb5 39.Re1 Rb7 40.Re2 Rbc7 41.Rf3 Bb6 42.Rd3 Ke8 43.Rd1 Kf8 44.Rd3 Rb7 45.Rf3 Ke8 46.Rd3 Kd8 47.Rf3 Kc7 48.Rd3 Kb8 49.Rf3 Bd4 50.Rd3 Ka7 51.Rf3 Kb6 52.Bd3 Rc5 53.Be4 Ka5 54.Rd3 Rc4 55.Rf3 Bb6 56.Rd3 Bd8 57.Rf3 Rd4 58.Kc1 Rc7 59.b3 Rc3 60.Rxc3 bxc3 61.a3 Bxf6 62.Re3 Bd8 63.Bf3 f5 64.Rxc3 fxg4 65.Be2 Kb6 66.Rc6+ Kb7 67.Rc4 Rxc4 68.Bxc4 Kb6 69.Bf1 Kc5 70.Bg2 Kd4 71.Kd2 e4 72.bxa4 Ba5+ 73.Ke2 Kxd5 74.Kf2 Ke5 75.c4 Kf4 76.Ke2 g3 77.Bh1 Bb6 78.Bg2 g4 79.Bh1 Kg5 80.Bxe4 Kxh5 81.Kf1 Kh4 82.Kg2 h5 83.Bd5
83…Bf2 0–1
Nakamura,Hikaru (2810) – Liang,Awonder (2714) [C20]
Hikaru-Awonder https://lichess.org/broadcast/ (5.1), 13.03.2026
1.e4 e5 2.d3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g4 Ng8 5.Be3 Bb4 6.a3 Ba5 7.Bg2 Nge7 8.b4 Bb6 9.h4 d6 10.g5 Be6 11.Qf3 Qd7 12.Nge2 0–0–0 13.Nd5 Kb8 14.c4 Bg4 15.Nxb6 axb6 16.Qg3 f5 17.gxf6 gxf6 18.b5 Na5 19.Rb1 Rhg8 20.Qh2 f5 21.f3 fxe4 22.fxe4 Rdf8 23.Nc3 Bf3 24.Rg1 Qg4 25.Bg5 Ng6 26.Bh3 Qh5 27.Be6
27…h6 28.Bxg8 hxg5 29.Bd5 Nxh4 30.Kd2 Bg2 31.Kc1 Qf3 32.Rb2 Qxd3 33.Nd1 Nb3+ 34.Rxb3 Qxb3 35.Rxg2 Rf1 36.Rd2 Nf3 0–1
Liang,Awonder (2714) – Nakamura,Hikaru (2810) [B68]
Hikaru-Awonder https://lichess.org/broadcast/ (6.1), 13.03.2026
1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0–0–0 Bd7 9.f4 Be7 10.Kb1 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Be7 15.Bd3 Bc6 16.Qg4 0–0 17.Bh7+ Kxh7 18.Rxd8 Raxd8 19.Qe2 Rd4 20.Rd1 Rfd8 21.Rxd4 Rxd4 22.g3 Kg8 23.a3 Bd8 24.Qe3 Rd7 25.Ne4 Bc7 26.Nc5 Rd1+ 27.Ka2 Bb6 28.Qe2 Rd5 29.Nd3 Bb5 30.Qd2 Bxd3 31.cxd3 Rxe5 32.a4 a5 33.Qc3 Re2 34.d4 g6 35.h4 h5 36.Kb3 Rf2 37.Kc4 Bc7 38.d5 exd5+ 39.Kb5 Bd6 40.Kxa5 d4 41.Qxd4 Bc7+ 42.Kb5 Rf5+ 43.Kc4 Bxg3 44.Qd7 Bxh4 45.Qxb7 Be1 46.Qb8+ Kg7 47.b4 h4 48.a5 Bg3 49.Qb7 h3 50.a6 Bf2 51.a7 Bxa7 52.Qxa7 h2 53.Qa1+ f6 54.Qh1 Rf2
55.Kb3 Kf8 56.b5 Ke7 57.b6 Kd6 58.Qc1 Kd5 1–0