Hikaru Nakamura vs Fabiano Caruana

The Game

White	Hikaru Nakamura
Black	Fabiano Caruana
Result	0-1
Event	chess.com SpeedChess 2023
Site	chess.com INT
Round	2.1
Date	2023.09.14
Opening	Irregular Opening (A00)
Moves	36

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Final Position

The position after the last move · 0-1

2N4k/2p3pp/1p2Pp2/8/8/4Pq2/4bPKP/2Q5 w - - 0 37

All The Moves

1. 1.c3 d5
2. 2.d4 Nf6
3. 3.Nf3 Bf5
4. 4.Qb3 Qc8
5. 5.c4 dxc4
6. 6.Qxc4 e6
7. 7.Nc3 a6
8. 8.Bf4 Nc6
9. 9.Rc1 Bd6
10. 10.g3 Bxf4
11. 11.gxf4 O-O
12. 12.Bg2 Ne7
13. 13.Ne5 Ng6
14. 14.e3 Nh4
15. 15.Rg1 Nxg2+
16. 16.Rxg2 Nd7
17. 17.Rg3 Nxe5
18. 18.dxe5 Bg6
19. 19.Ne2 Qd7
20. 20.b4 Rac8
21. 21.Nd4 Rfd8
22. 22.Kf1 a5
23. 23.a3 Qa4
24. 24.Qc3 axb4
25. 25.axb4 b6
26. 26.b5 Rd5
27. 27.Qb2 Bd3+
28. 28.Kg1 Bxb5
29. 29.f5 exf5
30. 30.Nxf5 Rd1+
31. 31.Kg2 Rxc1
32. 32.e6 Qe4+
33. 33.Rf3 f6
34. 34.Qxc1 Be2
35. 35.Ne7+ Kh8
36. 36.Nxc8 Qxf3+

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