Fabiano Caruana vs Hikaru Nakamura

Titled Tue 27th Sep Early · 2022 · Irregular Opening · 0-1 in 45 moves

The Game

White Fabiano Caruana
Black Hikaru Nakamura
Result 0-1
Event Titled Tue 27th Sep Early
Site chess.com INT
Round 10
Date 2022.09.27
Opening Irregular Opening (A00)
Moves 45
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 0-1

q6k/8/bp2Q3/8/p1Rn3P/6P1/P2NKP2/8 w - - 2 46

All The Moves

  1. 1.e3 e6
  2. 2.d4 d5
  3. 3.Nf3 c5
  4. 4.Bd3 Nc6
  5. 5.b3 cxd4
  6. 6.exd4 Bb4+
  7. 7.c3 Bd6
  8. 8.O-O Nge7
  9. 9.Bb2 O-O
  10. 10.c4 dxc4
  11. 11.bxc4 Ng6
  12. 12.Re1 b6
  13. 13.Nbd2 Bb7
  14. 14.g3 Bb4
  15. 15.Rc1 Rc8
  16. 16.Re3 Be7
  17. 17.h4 Bf6
  18. 18.Nb3 a5
  19. 19.Be4 Rc7
  20. 20.Ba3 Be7
  21. 21.Bxe7 Ngxe7
  22. 22.d5 exd5
  23. 23.cxd5 Rd7
  24. 24.Bxh7+ Kh8
  25. 25.Ng5 g6
  26. 26.Bxg6 fxg6
  27. 27.Ne6 Qb8
  28. 28.Qe1 Rxd5
  29. 29.Qc3+ Re5
  30. 30.Nxf8 Nd5
  31. 31.Nxg6+ Kg8
  32. 32.Qd2 Nxe3
  33. 33.Nxe5 Nxe5
  34. 34.Qxe3 Nf3+
  35. 35.Kf1 Qa8
  36. 36.Qe6+ Kh8
  37. 37.Qf6+ Kg8
  38. 38.Qg6+ Kh8
  39. 39.Qf6+ Kg8
  40. 40.Qe6+ Kh8
  41. 41.Rc4 Ba6
  42. 42.Qf6+ Kg8
  43. 43.Qe6+ Kh8
  44. 44.Ke2 a4
  45. 45.Nd2 Nd4+

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