Fabiano Caruana vs Sergey Karjakin

Saint Louis Blitz 2018 · English Opening · 1-0 in 25 moves

The Game

White Fabiano Caruana
Black Sergey Karjakin
Result 1-0
Event Saint Louis Blitz 2018
Site Saint Louis USA
Round 8.1
Date 2018.08.14
Opening English Opening (A28)
Moves 25
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

4r1k1/6pp/1pnRr3/5p2/2B1p3/P3P3/5PPP/4K2R b K - 1 25

All The Moves

  1. 1.c4 Nf6
  2. 2.Nc3 e5
  3. 3.Nf3 Nc6
  4. 4.a3 d5
  5. 5.cxd5 Nxd5
  6. 6.e3 Nxc3
  7. 7.bxc3 e4
  8. 8.Nd4 Ne5
  9. 9.Qc2 f5
  10. 10.c4 c5
  11. 11.Nb5 Be7
  12. 12.Bb2 Bf6
  13. 13.Rd1 O-O
  14. 14.d4 cxd4
  15. 15.Bxd4 Qe7
  16. 16.c5 Be6
  17. 17.Qc3 Nc6
  18. 18.Bxf6 Qxf6
  19. 19.Qxf6 Rxf6
  20. 20.Nc7 Raf8
  21. 21.Nxe6 Rxe6
  22. 22.Bc4 Re8
  23. 23.Rd7 b5
  24. 24.cxb6 axb6
  25. 25.Rd6

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