Levon Aronian vs Hikaru Nakamura

The Game

White	Levon Aronian
Black	Hikaru Nakamura
Result	1-0
Event	Airthings Masters KO 2020
Site	chess24.com INT
Round	1.12
Date	2020.12.29
Opening	Queen's Pawn Game (D02)
Moves	38

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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

1r4r1/4Q3/p3p1k1/P1p1Bp1p/2b1pP1P/4P3/6PK/8 w - - 2 39

All The Moves

1. 1.d4 Nf6
2. 2.Nf3 d5
3. 3.Bf4 e6
4. 4.e3 Bd6
5. 5.Bb5+ Nbd7
6. 6.c3 O-O
7. 7.Nbd2 Qe7
8. 8.Ne5 Ne4
9. 9.Nxe4 dxe4
10. 10.Qc2 f5
11. 11.Bxd7 Bxd7
12. 12.h4 Bb5
13. 13.a4 Bxe5
14. 14.Bxe5 Bd3
15. 15.Qb3 b6
16. 16.f4 h5
17. 17.Kf2 Kh7
18. 18.Rh3 g6
19. 19.Rg3 c5
20. 20.Rg5 Kh6
21. 21.dxc5 bxc5
22. 22.c4 Rf7
23. 23.Qc3 Qb7
24. 24.a5 Rc8
25. 25.b3 Qc6
26. 26.Rh1 Rb7
27. 27.Rh3 Rg8
28. 28.Rhg3 Kh7
29. 29.Qc1 Qe8
30. 30.Qd1 Rd7
31. 31.Rxg6 Qxg6
32. 32.Rxg6 Kxg6
33. 33.Kg1 a6
34. 34.Kh2 Rb7
35. 35.Qa1 Rxb3
36. 36.Qa4 Rb1
37. 37.Qd7 Bxc4
38. 38.Qe7 Rbb8

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