Hikaru Nakamura vs Magnus Carlsen

chess.com SpeedChess 2022 · French, Tarrasch · 1-0 in 29 moves

The Game

White Hikaru Nakamura
Black Magnus Carlsen
Result 1-0
Event chess.com SpeedChess 2022
Site chess.com INT
Round 4.38
Date 2022.12.18
Opening French, Tarrasch (C07)
Moves 29
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

q2r2k1/5ppp/P1N1pn2/2p5/2P5/1P3Q2/R1B2PKb/8 b - - 3 29

All The Moves

  1. 1.e4 e6
  2. 2.d4 d5
  3. 3.Nd2 c5
  4. 4.exd5 Qxd5
  5. 5.dxc5 Qxc5
  6. 6.Ngf3 Nf6
  7. 7.Bd3 Nbd7
  8. 8.Qe2 b6
  9. 9.a4 Bb7
  10. 10.a5 Be7
  11. 11.a6 Bd5
  12. 12.c4 Bxf3
  13. 13.Nxf3 O-O
  14. 14.O-O Rac8
  15. 15.Rd1 Rfd8
  16. 16.b3 Qc7
  17. 17.Bc2 Nc5
  18. 18.Nd4 Bd6
  19. 19.g3 Be5
  20. 20.Nb5 Qb8
  21. 21.Ra2 Rxd1+
  22. 22.Bxd1 Rd8
  23. 23.Bc2 Ncd7
  24. 24.Ba3 Nc5
  25. 25.Bxc5 bxc5
  26. 26.Nxa7 Bxg3
  27. 27.Nc6 Bxh2+
  28. 28.Kg2 Qa8
  29. 29.Qf3

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