Anish Giri vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Tbilisi FIDE GP 2015 · Grünfeld Defense · 1/2-1/2 in 41 moves

The Game

White Anish Giri
Black Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Result 1/2-1/2
Event Tbilisi FIDE GP 2015
Site Tbilisi GEO
Round 2.3
Date 2015.02.16
Opening Grünfeld Defense (D73)
Moves 41
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1/2-1/2

R7/8/4p1K1/8/1k3P2/p7/1b5P/8 w - - 7 42

All The Moves

  1. 1.Nf3 Nf6
  2. 2.c4 g6
  3. 3.g3 Bg7
  4. 4.Bg2 d5
  5. 5.d4 c6
  6. 6.Qb3 O-O
  7. 7.O-O dxc4
  8. 8.Qxc4 Bf5
  9. 9.Nc3 Nbd7
  10. 10.Qb3 Qb6
  11. 11.Re1 Qxb3
  12. 12.axb3 Be6
  13. 13.b4 Nd5
  14. 14.b5 Nb4
  15. 15.bxc6 bxc6
  16. 16.Ra5 c5
  17. 17.Ng5 cxd4
  18. 18.Nxe6 fxe6
  19. 19.Bxa8 dxc3
  20. 20.bxc3 Bxc3
  21. 21.Rd1 Rxa8
  22. 22.Rxd7 Nd3
  23. 23.Ra2 Nxc1
  24. 24.Rc2 Nxe2+
  25. 25.Rxe2 a5
  26. 26.Rxe6 Bf6
  27. 27.Rb6 a4
  28. 28.Rbb7 a3
  29. 29.Ra7 Rxa7
  30. 30.Rxa7 Bb2
  31. 31.Ra6 Kf7
  32. 32.g4 h5
  33. 33.gxh5 gxh5
  34. 34.Kg2 e6
  35. 35.f4 Ke7
  36. 36.Kg3 Kd7
  37. 37.Kh4 Kc7
  38. 38.Kxh5 Kb7
  39. 39.Ra4 Kc6
  40. 40.Kg6 Kb5
  41. 41.Ra8 Kb4

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