Viswanathan Anand vs Magnus Carlsen

WCh 2014 · Queen's Gambit Declined · 1-0 in 34 moves

The Game

White Viswanathan Anand
Black Magnus Carlsen
Result 1-0
Event WCh 2014
Site Sochi RUS
Round 3
Date 2014.11.11
Opening Queen's Gambit Declined (D37)
Moves 34
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

2r2k2/2b1qp1p/2R1P3/6p1/2Q5/p3P3/6PP/2R3K1 b - - 2 34

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 Nf6
  2. 2.c4 e6
  3. 3.Nf3 d5
  4. 4.Nc3 Be7
  5. 5.Bf4 O-O
  6. 6.e3 Nbd7
  7. 7.c5 c6
  8. 8.Bd3 b6
  9. 9.b4 a5
  10. 10.a3 Ba6
  11. 11.Bxa6 Rxa6
  12. 12.b5 cxb5
  13. 13.c6 Qc8
  14. 14.c7 b4
  15. 15.Nb5 a4
  16. 16.Rc1 Ne4
  17. 17.Ng5 Ndf6
  18. 18.Nxe4 Nxe4
  19. 19.f3 Ra5
  20. 20.fxe4 Rxb5
  21. 21.Qxa4 Ra5
  22. 22.Qc6 bxa3
  23. 23.exd5 Rxd5
  24. 24.Qxb6 Qd7
  25. 25.O-O Rc8
  26. 26.Rc6 g5
  27. 27.Bg3 Bb4
  28. 28.Ra1 Ba5
  29. 29.Qa6 Bxc7
  30. 30.Qc4 e5
  31. 31.Bxe5 Rxe5
  32. 32.dxe5 Qe7
  33. 33.e6 Kf8
  34. 34.Rc1

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