Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Meltwater Tour Final 2021 · Sicilian, Closed · 1-0 in 26 moves

The Game

White Magnus Carlsen
Black Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Result 1-0
Event Meltwater Tour Final 2021
Site chess24.com INT
Round 3.1
Date 2021.09.27
Opening Sicilian, Closed (B23)
Moves 26
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

k3r3/1pR1b1p1/p1q2p2/4BQ1p/P6P/1P3P2/2P3P1/1K6 b - - 2 26

All The Moves

  1. 1.e4 c5
  2. 2.Nc3 d6
  3. 3.Bb5+ Bd7
  4. 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7
  5. 5.Nf3 Nc6
  6. 6.d4 cxd4
  7. 7.Nxd4 e6
  8. 8.b3 Be7
  9. 9.Bb2 Nf6
  10. 10.Qd2 O-O-O
  11. 11.O-O-O d5
  12. 12.Qe2 Bc5
  13. 13.Nxc6 Qxc6
  14. 14.exd5 Nxd5
  15. 15.Nxd5 Rxd5
  16. 16.f3 f6
  17. 17.Rxd5 Qxd5
  18. 18.Rd1 Qc6
  19. 19.a4 Kb8
  20. 20.Kb1 e5
  21. 21.Qd3 Be7
  22. 22.Qf5 a6
  23. 23.h4 h5
  24. 24.Rd7 Re8
  25. 25.Bxe5+ Ka8
  26. 26.Rc7

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