Hikaru Nakamura vs Fabiano Caruana

chess.com SpeedChess 2023 · Irregular Opening · 1-0 in 59 moves

The Game

White Hikaru Nakamura
Black Fabiano Caruana
Result 1-0
Event chess.com SpeedChess 2023
Site chess.com INT
Round 2.9
Date 2023.09.14
Opening Irregular Opening (A00)
Moves 59
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

8/p1R5/1p3kpr/4Np2/4R3/6K1/8/8 b - - 0 59

All The Moves

  1. 1.Nh3 e5
  2. 2.g3 d5
  3. 3.Bg2 Nc6
  4. 4.d3 h5
  5. 5.f3 h4
  6. 6.g4 Bc5
  7. 7.e3 d4
  8. 8.e4 Nge7
  9. 9.f4 exf4
  10. 10.Nxf4 h3
  11. 11.Nxh3 Ng6
  12. 12.Nf2 Nh4
  13. 13.O-O Nxg2
  14. 14.Kxg2 Bd6
  15. 15.Rh1 Ne5
  16. 16.Nd2 Qf6
  17. 17.h3 Bd7
  18. 18.Nf3 Ng6
  19. 19.Bg5 Nf4+
  20. 20.Kf1 Qg6
  21. 21.e5 Bxe5
  22. 22.Qe1 O-O
  23. 23.Nxe5 Qxg5
  24. 24.Nxd7 Rfe8
  25. 25.Ne4 Qg6
  26. 26.Qg3 Nd5
  27. 27.Ne5 Qb6
  28. 28.Nc4 Qc6
  29. 29.Kg1 b5
  30. 30.Ncd2 Qxc2
  31. 31.Rh2 Qxb2
  32. 32.Re1 Qxa2
  33. 33.g5 Re6
  34. 34.Nf3 Qa5
  35. 35.Nxd4 Qb6
  36. 36.Qf2 Re5
  37. 37.Nf3 Rf5
  38. 38.Qxb6 cxb6
  39. 39.Nd4 Re5
  40. 40.Nxb5 Nf4
  41. 41.Nbd6 Nxd3
  42. 42.Rf1 Rf8
  43. 43.Rc2 Nc5
  44. 44.Nxc5 Rxg5+
  45. 45.Kh2 Rxc5
  46. 46.Rcf2 Rc7
  47. 47.h4 Rd7
  48. 48.Nf5 g6
  49. 49.Rg2 Kh7
  50. 50.Ne3 Rd4
  51. 51.Ng4 Kg7
  52. 52.h5 Rh8
  53. 53.h6+ Kf8
  54. 54.Kg3 f5
  55. 55.Ne5 Rxh6
  56. 56.Rc2 Kg7
  57. 57.Rc7+ Kf6
  58. 58.Re1 Re4
  59. 59.Rxe4

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