Levon Aronian vs Sergey Karjakin

5th Final Masters · 2012 · Queen's Indian Defense · 1-0 in 30 moves

The Game

White Levon Aronian
Black Sergey Karjakin
Result 1-0
Event 5th Final Masters
Site Bilbao ESP
Round 1
Date 2012.09.24
Opening Queen's Indian Defense (E15)
Moves 30
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

3R1Q2/p4ppk/1p2p1bp/4P1B1/2P5/q4PP1/P6P/6K1 b - - 0 30

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 Nf6
  2. 2.c4 e6
  3. 3.Nf3 b6
  4. 4.g3 Ba6
  5. 5.b3 Bb4+
  6. 6.Bd2 Be7
  7. 7.Nc3 O-O
  8. 8.Bg2 c6
  9. 9.e4 d5
  10. 10.exd5 cxd5
  11. 11.Ne5 Nfd7
  12. 12.O-O Nxe5
  13. 13.dxe5 Nd7
  14. 14.Re1 dxc4
  15. 15.Bxa8 Qxa8
  16. 16.Bh6 Rd8
  17. 17.Qg4 Bf8
  18. 18.Rad1 Nc5
  19. 19.bxc4 Bb7
  20. 20.Rxd8 Qxd8
  21. 21.Rd1 Qc7
  22. 22.Bf4 Qc6
  23. 23.f3 Nd7
  24. 24.Ne4 Qa4
  25. 25.Rxd7 Bxe4
  26. 26.Rd8 Bg6
  27. 27.Bg5 Qa3
  28. 28.Qd4 h6
  29. 29.Qd6 Kh7
  30. 30.Qxf8

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