Fabiano Caruana vs Hikaru Nakamura

chess.com SpeedChess 2023 · French Defense · 1-0 in 25 moves

The Game

White Fabiano Caruana
Black Hikaru Nakamura
Result 1-0
Event chess.com SpeedChess 2023
Site chess.com INT
Round 2.16
Date 2023.09.14
Opening French Defense (C00)
Moves 25
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

2qr2kr/3nR1pp/p2P2n1/1p1Q4/2p5/6B1/PPP2PPP/4R1K1 b - - 6 25

All The Moves

  1. 1.e4 a6
  2. 2.d4 e6
  3. 3.Nc3 b5
  4. 4.Nf3 Bb7
  5. 5.Bd3 c5
  6. 6.d5 c4
  7. 7.Be2 Bc5
  8. 8.e5 Qb6
  9. 9.O-O Ne7
  10. 10.dxe6 dxe6
  11. 11.Ng5 Nd7
  12. 12.Bf3 Rd8
  13. 13.Bxb7 Qxb7
  14. 14.Nce4 Qb8
  15. 15.Qh5 Ng6
  16. 16.Bf4 Be7
  17. 17.Bg3 Nb6
  18. 18.Nd6+ Bxd6
  19. 19.exd6 Nd7
  20. 20.Rfe1 Qb7
  21. 21.Nxe6 fxe6
  22. 22.Rxe6+ Kf7
  23. 23.Re7+ Kg8
  24. 24.Rae1 Qc8
  25. 25.Qd5+

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