Sergey Karjakin vs Hikaru Nakamura

9th Masters Final 2016 · Queen's Gambit Declined · 1/2-1/2 in 18 moves

The Game

White Sergey Karjakin
Black Hikaru Nakamura
Result 1/2-1/2
Event 9th Masters Final 2016
Site Bilbao ESP
Round 5.1
Date 2016.07.17
Opening Queen's Gambit Declined (D37)
Moves 18
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Final Position

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

r1b1r1k1/pp3ppp/5n2/2bpp1B1/N1P5/P3P3/1PnN1PPP/3RKB1R w - - 9 19

All The Moves

  1. 1.c4 Nf6
  2. 2.Nc3 e6
  3. 3.Nf3 d5
  4. 4.d4 Be7
  5. 5.Bf4 O-O
  6. 6.e3 c5
  7. 7.dxc5 Bxc5
  8. 8.Qc2 Nc6
  9. 9.a3 Qa5
  10. 10.Rd1 Re8
  11. 11.Nd2 e5
  12. 12.Bg5 Nd4
  13. 13.Qa4 Qxa4
  14. 14.Nxa4 Nc2+
  15. 15.Ke2 Nd4+
  16. 16.Ke1 Nc2+
  17. 17.Ke2 Nd4+
  18. 18.Ke1 Nc2+

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