Fabiano Caruana vs Hikaru Nakamura

Croatia GCT 2019 · Queen's Gambit Declined · 1-0 in 40 moves

The Game

White Fabiano Caruana
Black Hikaru Nakamura
Result 1-0
Event Croatia GCT 2019
Site Zagreb CRO
Round 1.2
Date 2019.06.26
Opening Queen's Gambit Declined (D37)
Moves 40
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

5r1k/pR2R2p/5ppP/2r1n3/2q2N2/4P3/5PP1/1Q4K1 b - - 1 40

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 Nf6
  2. 2.c4 e6
  3. 3.Nf3 d5
  4. 4.Nc3 Be7
  5. 5.Bf4 O-O
  6. 6.e3 c5
  7. 7.dxc5 Bxc5
  8. 8.a3 Nc6
  9. 9.Qc2 Qa5
  10. 10.Rd1 Re8
  11. 11.Nd2 e5
  12. 12.Bg5 Nd4
  13. 13.Qb1 Bf5
  14. 14.Bd3 Bxd3
  15. 15.Qxd3 Ne4
  16. 16.Nxd5 Nxg5
  17. 17.b4 Qd8
  18. 18.bxc5 Nde6
  19. 19.Qf5 Nxc5
  20. 20.h4 Nge6
  21. 21.Nf3 Qa5+
  22. 22.Ke2 f6
  23. 23.h5 e4
  24. 24.Nd2 Qxa3
  25. 25.Rh4 Rad8
  26. 26.Nxe4 Qa2+
  27. 27.Ke1 Qa5+
  28. 28.Kf1 Nxe4
  29. 29.Rxe4 Qa4
  30. 30.Rb1 Ng5
  31. 31.Rd4 Nf7
  32. 32.Rxb7 Qa6
  33. 33.Qb1 Rf8
  34. 34.Kg1 Kh8
  35. 35.c5 Rc8
  36. 36.Nf4 Ne5
  37. 37.h6 g6
  38. 38.Rd6 Qc4
  39. 39.Re6 Rxc5
  40. 40.Ree7

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