Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura

chess.com SpeedChess 2022 · Catalan Opening · 0-1 in 21 moves

The Game

White Magnus Carlsen
Black Hikaru Nakamura
Result 0-1
Event chess.com SpeedChess 2022
Site chess.com INT
Round 4.25
Date 2022.12.18
Opening Catalan Opening (E06)
Moves 21
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 0-1

3r1rk1/1pn2ppp/2p1p3/p6n/PbNPP2P/2N2PP1/1P4K1/3R1R2 w - - 0 22

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 Nf6
  2. 2.c4 e6
  3. 3.Nf3 d5
  4. 4.g3 Be7
  5. 5.Bg2 O-O
  6. 6.O-O dxc4
  7. 7.Qc2 a6
  8. 8.a4 Bd7
  9. 9.Qxc4 Bc6
  10. 10.Bf4 a5
  11. 11.Nc3 Na6
  12. 12.Ne5 Bxg2
  13. 13.Kxg2 c6
  14. 14.e4 Nb4
  15. 15.Rad1 Qb6
  16. 16.Qe2 Rad8
  17. 17.h4 Qa6
  18. 18.Qxa6 Nxa6
  19. 19.Nc4 Bb4
  20. 20.f3 Nh5
  21. 21.Bc7 Nxc7

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