Levon Aronian vs Hikaru Nakamura

Airthings Masters KO 2020 · Queen's Pawn Game · 1-0 in 35 moves

The Game

White Levon Aronian
Black Hikaru Nakamura
Result 1-0
Event Airthings Masters KO 2020
Site chess24.com INT
Round 1.21
Date 2020.12.30
Opening Queen's Pawn Game (D02)
Moves 35
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

r7/2P3pp/R2Pkp2/1p1p4/P1b1p1P1/8/7P/2K1R3 b - - 0 35

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 Nf6
  2. 2.Nf3 d5
  3. 3.Bf4 e6
  4. 4.e3 Bd6
  5. 5.Nbd2 c5
  6. 6.Bb5+ Nc6
  7. 7.Bxc6+ bxc6
  8. 8.Bxd6 Qxd6
  9. 9.Nb3 cxd4
  10. 10.exd4 Nd7
  11. 11.Qd2 O-O
  12. 12.Qc3 f6
  13. 13.O-O-O Ba6
  14. 14.Rhe1 Rfe8
  15. 15.Re3 Rac8
  16. 16.Rde1 Kf7
  17. 17.Nc5 Nxc5
  18. 18.Qxc5 Qxc5
  19. 19.dxc5 Ra8
  20. 20.Nd4 e5
  21. 21.Nf5 Red8
  22. 22.f4 Bc8
  23. 23.Nd6+ Rxd6
  24. 24.cxd6 e4
  25. 25.c4 Ke6
  26. 26.c5 Ba6
  27. 27.Ra3 Bb5
  28. 28.b4 Kf5
  29. 29.Ra5 Bc4
  30. 30.a4 a6
  31. 31.g4+ Kxf4
  32. 32.b5 cxb5
  33. 33.c6 Ke5
  34. 34.c7 Ke6
  35. 35.Rxa6

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