Hikaru Nakamura vs Fabiano Caruana

The Game

White	Hikaru Nakamura
Black	Fabiano Caruana
Result	1-0
Event	Champions Showdown Rapid
Site	Saint Louis USA
Round	5.1
Date	2016.11.13
Opening	Queen's Gambit Declined (D37)
Moves	49

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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

1R2k3/7p/3P4/4K3/5P2/8/8/6r1 b - - 2 49

All The Moves

1. 1.d4 Nf6
2. 2.c4 e6
3. 3.Nf3 d5
4. 4.Nc3 dxc4
5. 5.e4 Bb4
6. 6.Bxc4 Nxe4
7. 7.O-O Nxc3
8. 8.bxc3 Bd6
9. 9.Bg5 Be7
10. 10.Bxe7 Qxe7
11. 11.Re1 O-O
12. 12.Ne5 Nd7
13. 13.Nxf7 Nb6
14. 14.Ne5 Nxc4
15. 15.Nxc4 b6
16. 16.Qg4 Bb7
17. 17.Ne5 Rf6
18. 18.Qe2 Raf8
19. 19.f3 c5
20. 20.Rad1 Rf4
21. 21.Nd3 Ba6
22. 22.Qxe6+ Qxe6
23. 23.Rxe6 Bxd3
24. 24.Rxd3 cxd4
25. 25.cxd4 Rd8
26. 26.Re4 Rf5
27. 27.Re7 Rf7
28. 28.Re5 Rc7
29. 29.d5 Kf7
30. 30.Kf2 Rc2+
31. 31.Re2 Rc5
32. 32.d6 Rd7
33. 33.Rd4 Rf5
34. 34.Rde4 a5
35. 35.g4 Rf6
36. 36.Re7+ Rxe7
37. 37.Rxe7+ Kf8
38. 38.Rd7 b5
39. 39.Ke3 b4
40. 40.Ke4 a4
41. 41.f4 Rh6
42. 42.h4 b3
43. 43.axb3 axb3
44. 44.Ke5 Rxh4
45. 45.Rb7 Ke8
46. 46.Rxg7 b2
47. 47.Rb7 Rxg4
48. 48.Rxb2 Rg1
49. 49.Rb8+

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