Anish Giri vs Ian Nepomniachtchi

chess.com SpeedChess 2025 · Catalan Opening · 1-0 in 55 moves

The Game

White Anish Giri
Black Ian Nepomniachtchi
Result 1-0
Event chess.com SpeedChess 2025
Site chess.com INT
Round 1.26
Date 2025.10.29
Opening Catalan Opening (E04)
Moves 55
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

8/R7/2kPp3/4P1P1/3N4/1r5p/5K2/8 b - - 3 55

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 d5
  2. 2.c4 e6
  3. 3.Nf3 Nf6
  4. 4.g3 dxc4
  5. 5.Bg2 c5
  6. 6.O-O Nc6
  7. 7.dxc5 Qxd1
  8. 8.Rxd1 Bxc5
  9. 9.Nbd2 c3
  10. 10.bxc3 O-O
  11. 11.Bb2 Bd7
  12. 12.Nb3 Be7
  13. 13.c4 Rfd8
  14. 14.Nfd4 Rac8
  15. 15.Nb5 Be8
  16. 16.c5 Nd5
  17. 17.Rd2 a6
  18. 18.Nd6 Bxd6
  19. 19.cxd6 Nb6
  20. 20.Rc1 Na4
  21. 21.Ba1 Bd7
  22. 22.f4 b5
  23. 23.e4 Nb4
  24. 24.e5 Rxc1+
  25. 25.Nxc1 Rc8
  26. 26.Nb3 Kf8
  27. 27.Bd4 Ke8
  28. 28.Kf2 Bc6
  29. 29.Bc5 Kd7
  30. 30.Bxb4 Bxg2
  31. 31.Kxg2 Rc4
  32. 32.a3 f6
  33. 33.Nd4 Nb6
  34. 34.Nf3 Nd5
  35. 35.Kf2 h6
  36. 36.h4 h5
  37. 37.Rb2 Rc1
  38. 38.Bd2 Rc4
  39. 39.Ke2 Re4+
  40. 40.Kd3 Rc4
  41. 41.Rc2 Ra4
  42. 42.Bc1 fxe5
  43. 43.fxe5 Rg4
  44. 44.Bf4 b4
  45. 45.Rc4 bxa3
  46. 46.Ra4 a2
  47. 47.Ra3 Nxf4+
  48. 48.gxf4 Rxf4
  49. 49.Ke3 g5
  50. 50.hxg5 Rb4
  51. 51.Rxa2 h4
  52. 52.Rxa6 Rb3+
  53. 53.Kf2 h3
  54. 54.Ra7+ Kc6
  55. 55.Nd4+

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