Viswanathan Anand vs Hikaru Nakamura

GCT Blitz YourNextMove · 2018 · Modern Defense · 0-1 in 49 moves

The Game

White Viswanathan Anand
Black Hikaru Nakamura
Result 0-1
Event GCT Blitz YourNextMove
Site Leuven BEL
Round 15.1
Date 2018.06.16
Opening Modern Defense (B06)
Moves 49
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 0-1

5b1k/7P/2Q2rP1/p2p4/P3nn2/8/8/7K w - - 1 50

All The Moves

  1. 1.e4 d6
  2. 2.d4 g6
  3. 3.Nc3 Bg7
  4. 4.f4 a6
  5. 5.Nf3 b5
  6. 6.Bd3 Nd7
  7. 7.a4 b4
  8. 8.Ne2 c5
  9. 9.c3 Bb7
  10. 10.O-O Ngf6
  11. 11.e5 Nd5
  12. 12.Bd2 bxc3
  13. 13.bxc3 cxd4
  14. 14.cxd4 O-O
  15. 15.Ng3 a5
  16. 16.Kh1 Nb4
  17. 17.Be4 d5
  18. 18.Bb1 Ba6
  19. 19.Re1 e6
  20. 20.f5 exf5
  21. 21.Nxf5 gxf5
  22. 22.Bxf5 h6
  23. 23.Ra3 Bc8
  24. 24.Ng5 Nb6
  25. 25.Bh7+ Kh8
  26. 26.Qh5 f6
  27. 27.exf6 Qxf6
  28. 28.Rf3 Bg4
  29. 29.Qxg4 Qxd4
  30. 30.Nf7+ Kxh7
  31. 31.Qf5+ Kg8
  32. 32.Nxh6+ Kh8
  33. 33.Nf7+ Kg8
  34. 34.Nh6+ Kh8
  35. 35.Nf7+ Kg8
  36. 36.Bc3 Qxc3
  37. 37.Rxc3 Rxf7
  38. 38.Qe6 Bxc3
  39. 39.Rf1 Rf8
  40. 40.g4 Nd7
  41. 41.g5 Nc5
  42. 42.Qg6+ Bg7
  43. 43.Rxf7 Rxf7
  44. 44.h4 Nbd3
  45. 45.h5 Nf4
  46. 46.Qc6 Ne4
  47. 47.h6 Bf8
  48. 48.g6 Rf6
  49. 49.h7+ Kh8

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