Hikaru Nakamura vs Fabiano Caruana

Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014 · Queen's Gambit Declined · 1/2-1/2 in 50 moves

The Game

White Hikaru Nakamura
Black Fabiano Caruana
Result 1/2-1/2
Event Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014
Site Baku AZE
Round 3.3
Date 2014.10.04
Opening Queen's Gambit Declined (D31)
Moves 50
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Final Position

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

3Q4/5pk1/2p2Np1/4P1Pp/3n3P/8/5q1K/8 w - - 14 51

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 d5
  2. 2.c4 e6
  3. 3.Nc3 Be7
  4. 4.cxd5 exd5
  5. 5.Bf4 c6
  6. 6.e3 Bf5
  7. 7.g4 Be6
  8. 8.h4 Nd7
  9. 9.Bg3 Nb6
  10. 10.f3 Bd6
  11. 11.Bxd6 Qxd6
  12. 12.Qc2 h5
  13. 13.g5 Ne7
  14. 14.Bd3 O-O
  15. 15.Nge2 Rac8
  16. 16.Rd1 g6
  17. 17.Kf2 a6
  18. 18.b4 Bf5
  19. 19.Bxf5 Nxf5
  20. 20.e4 Ng7
  21. 21.Qb3 Nc4
  22. 22.e5 Qe6
  23. 23.Nf4 Qe7
  24. 24.Ne4 dxe4
  25. 25.Qxc4 Ne6
  26. 26.Ne2 exf3
  27. 27.Ng3 a5
  28. 28.a3 axb4
  29. 29.axb4 Ra8
  30. 30.Ne4 Ra3
  31. 31.Rd2 Nf4
  32. 32.Rb1 Kg7
  33. 33.Rb3 Rfa8
  34. 34.Nf6 Ra2
  35. 35.Rxa2 Rxa2+
  36. 36.Kxf3 Ng2
  37. 37.Kg3 Ne1
  38. 38.Re3 Nc2
  39. 39.Qxa2 Nxe3
  40. 40.Qa8 Qf8
  41. 41.Qxb7 Nf5+
  42. 42.Kh3 Nxd4
  43. 43.Qd7 Qxb4
  44. 44.Qd8 Qc3+
  45. 45.Kg2 Qd2+
  46. 46.Kh3 Qd3+
  47. 47.Kg2 Qf3+
  48. 48.Kh2 Qf2+
  49. 49.Kh3 Qf1+
  50. 50.Kh2 Qf2+

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