Viswanathan Anand vs Hikaru Nakamura

Saint Louis Rapid 2017 · Italian Game · 0-1 in 46 moves

The Game

White Viswanathan Anand
Black Hikaru Nakamura
Result 0-1
Event Saint Louis Rapid 2017
Site Saint Louis USA
Round 1.2
Date 2017.08.14
Opening Italian Game (C50)
Moves 46
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 0-1

8/R4pk1/5npp/4N3/5K2/1p2p2P/5PP1/1r6 w - - 0 47

All The Moves

  1. 1.e4 e5
  2. 2.Nf3 Nc6
  3. 3.Bc4 Bc5
  4. 4.O-O Nf6
  5. 5.d3 d6
  6. 6.c3 a6
  7. 7.a4 O-O
  8. 8.h3 Ba7
  9. 9.Re1 b5
  10. 10.Bb3 h6
  11. 11.Nbd2 b4
  12. 12.a5 Rb8
  13. 13.Nf1 Be6
  14. 14.Bc2 b3
  15. 15.Bb1 d5
  16. 16.exd5 Qxd5
  17. 17.Be3 Bxe3
  18. 18.Nxe3 Qd6
  19. 19.Ra4 Rb5
  20. 20.Nc4 Bxc4
  21. 21.Rxc4 Nxa5
  22. 22.Ra4 Re8
  23. 23.d4 e4
  24. 24.Ne5 Nb7
  25. 25.c4 Ra5
  26. 26.c5 Qd5
  27. 27.Rb4 Nxc5
  28. 28.Nc4 Ra4
  29. 29.Ne3 Qe6
  30. 30.Qd2 Rxb4
  31. 31.Qxb4 Ncd7
  32. 32.Rc1 Rb8
  33. 33.Qa5 Qd6
  34. 34.Rc4 g6
  35. 35.Qxc7 Qxc7
  36. 36.Rxc7 Nb6
  37. 37.Kf1 Na4
  38. 38.Ke2 Nxb2
  39. 39.Rc6 Kg7
  40. 40.Rxa6 Nd3
  41. 41.Nc4 Nf4+
  42. 42.Kd2 Rb4
  43. 43.Ne5 Rxd4+
  44. 44.Ke3 Rd1
  45. 45.Kxf4 Rxb1
  46. 46.Ra7 e3

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