Fabiano Caruana vs Alireza Firouzja

The Game

White	Fabiano Caruana
Black	Alireza Firouzja
Result	1-0
Event	Chessable Masters Winners
Site	chess.com INT
Round	2.1
Date	2025.02.18
Opening	Four Knights Game (C46)
Moves	38

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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

1r4nQ/5p1k/1bq1n1pp/1p6/2p1P3/7P/1B2NPP1/R2R2K1 b - - 3 38

All The Moves

1. 1.e4 e5
2. 2.Nf3 Nc6
3. 3.Nc3 Nf6
4. 4.h3 Bb4
5. 5.Bd3 O-O
6. 6.O-O d6
7. 7.Ne2 Re8
8. 8.c4 Bc5
9. 9.Bc2 a5
10. 10.a3 h6
11. 11.d3 Bd7
12. 12.Be3 b6
13. 13.Ng3 Nh7
14. 14.Ba4 Ne7
15. 15.d4 exd4
16. 16.Nxd4 Nf8
17. 17.Bxd7 Qxd7
18. 18.b3 Nc6
19. 19.Ndf5 Re6
20. 20.Bd2 Kh7
21. 21.Bc3 g6
22. 22.Nh4 Qe7
23. 23.Nf3 Rb8
24. 24.Qd5 Qe8
25. 25.Rfb1 b5
26. 26.b4 axb4
27. 27.axb4 Bb6
28. 28.c5 dxc5
29. 29.bxc5 Ba7
30. 30.Nd4 Ne7
31. 31.Qb3 Bxc5
32. 32.Nxe6 Nxe6
33. 33.Rd1 Bb6
34. 34.Bf6 Ng8
35. 35.Bb2 c5
36. 36.Ne2 c4
37. 37.Qc3 Qc6
38. 38.Qh8#

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