Hikaru Nakamura vs Viswanathan Anand

FIDE Candidates 2016 · English Opening · 1-0 in 26 moves

The Game

White Hikaru Nakamura
Black Viswanathan Anand
Result 1-0
Event FIDE Candidates 2016
Site Moscow RUS
Round 12.2
Date 2016.03.25
Opening English Opening (A29)
Moves 26
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

r5k1/ppp2p2/1b1q2r1/4R2p/1P2BQb1/P3P1P1/1B3P2/5RK1 b - - 11 26

All The Moves

  1. 1.c4 e5
  2. 2.Nc3 Nf6
  3. 3.Nf3 Nc6
  4. 4.g3 Bb4
  5. 5.Nd5 e4
  6. 6.Nh4 O-O
  7. 7.Bg2 d6
  8. 8.a3 Bc5
  9. 9.O-O Re8
  10. 10.e3 g5
  11. 11.b4 Bb6
  12. 12.Bb2 Nxd5
  13. 13.cxd5 Nd4
  14. 14.d3 gxh4
  15. 15.dxe4 Ne6
  16. 16.dxe6 Rxe6
  17. 17.e5 hxg3
  18. 18.hxg3 Qg5
  19. 19.exd6 Rxd6
  20. 20.Qb3 h5
  21. 21.Rad1 Rh6
  22. 22.Rd5 Qe7
  23. 23.Qc4 Bg4
  24. 24.Qf4 Rg6
  25. 25.Re5 Qd6
  26. 26.Be4

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