Arjun Erigaisi vs Viswanathan Anand

Jerusalem Masters KO 2025 · Queen's Gambit Declined · 1-0 in 45 moves

The Game

White Arjun Erigaisi
Black Viswanathan Anand
Result 1-0
Event Jerusalem Masters KO 2025
Site Jerusalem ISR
Round 2.3
Date 2025.12.03
Opening Queen's Gambit Declined (D37)
Moves 45
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

7k/pp1B4/3n2PK/8/2pp4/5P2/PP6/8 b - - 1 45

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 d5
  2. 2.c4 e6
  3. 3.Nc3 Nf6
  4. 4.Nf3 Be7
  5. 5.cxd5 exd5
  6. 6.Bf4 c6
  7. 7.e3 Bf5
  8. 8.Nh4 Bg6
  9. 9.Nxg6 hxg6
  10. 10.h3 Nbd7
  11. 11.Bd3 Nb6
  12. 12.Qc2 Bd6
  13. 13.O-O-O Bxf4
  14. 14.exf4 Qd6
  15. 15.Rde1+ Kf8
  16. 16.g3 Re8
  17. 17.Re5 Nfd7
  18. 18.Rxe8+ Kxe8
  19. 19.h4 Kd8
  20. 20.Qd2 Nf8
  21. 21.f5 gxf5
  22. 22.Qg5+ Qf6
  23. 23.Qxf6+ gxf6
  24. 24.Bxf5 Nc4
  25. 25.Ne2 Nd6
  26. 26.Bd3 f5
  27. 27.Kd2 Ne6
  28. 28.f3 Ke7
  29. 29.Ke3 Kf6
  30. 30.Nf4 Re8
  31. 31.Nxe6 fxe6
  32. 32.g4 e5
  33. 33.g5+ Kg6
  34. 34.dxe5 Rxe5+
  35. 35.Kf4 Re8
  36. 36.h5+ Kg7
  37. 37.h6+ Kg6
  38. 38.h7 Kg7
  39. 39.g6 c5
  40. 40.Kg5 c4
  41. 41.Bxf5 d4
  42. 42.Bd7 Rd8
  43. 43.h8=Q+ Rxh8
  44. 44.Rxh8 Kxh8
  45. 45.Kh6

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