Boris Gelfand vs Hikaru Nakamura

Zurich Chess Challenge Extra Rapid 2014 · Queen's Pawn Game · 1-0 in 55 moves

The Game

White Boris Gelfand
Black Hikaru Nakamura
Result 1-0
Event Zurich Chess Challenge Extra Rapid 2014
Site Zurich SUI
Round 5
Date 2014.02.03
Opening Queen's Pawn Game (A46)
Moves 55
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

5k2/8/2pp1b2/PQpPp1p1/K1P3P1/1Bq5/P7/8 w - - 0 56

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 Nf6
  2. 2.Nf3 h6
  3. 3.c4 g5
  4. 4.Nc3 d6
  5. 5.g3 Bg7
  6. 6.Bg2 O-O
  7. 7.O-O Nc6
  8. 8.d5 Na5
  9. 9.b3 e5
  10. 10.e4 Bg4
  11. 11.Qd3 b6
  12. 12.h4 Nh7
  13. 13.hxg5 hxg5
  14. 14.Nh2 Bd7
  15. 15.Qe2 f5
  16. 16.exf5 Bxf5
  17. 17.Ne4 Nb7
  18. 18.Be3 Nc5
  19. 19.Bxc5 bxc5
  20. 20.Bf3 Nf6
  21. 21.Ng4 Qd7
  22. 22.Nexf6+ Bxf6
  23. 23.Nh6+ Kg7
  24. 24.Nxf5+ Qxf5
  25. 25.Kg2 Rh8
  26. 26.Rh1 Qg6
  27. 27.Be4 Qf7
  28. 28.Qg4 Be7
  29. 29.f3 Raf8
  30. 30.Rxh8 Rxh8
  31. 31.Rh1 Rxh1
  32. 32.Kxh1 Qf8
  33. 33.Kg2 Qd8
  34. 34.Qh5 Bf6
  35. 35.Qh7+ Kf8
  36. 36.Qf5 a5
  37. 37.Kf1 Kg7
  38. 38.Ke2 Qe7
  39. 39.Kd3 Qd8
  40. 40.Kc2 Kf8
  41. 41.Kb2 Kf7
  42. 42.Qh7+ Kf8
  43. 43.Qh6+ Ke7
  44. 44.Qh3 Kf8
  45. 45.Qe6 Kg7
  46. 46.g4 a4
  47. 47.bxa4 Qb8+
  48. 48.Kc2 Qb4
  49. 49.Qd7+ Kf8
  50. 50.Qb5 Qe1
  51. 51.a5 Qa1
  52. 52.Kb3 Qd1+
  53. 53.Bc2 Qxf3+
  54. 54.Ka4 Qc3
  55. 55.Bb3 c6

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