Hikaru Nakamura vs Fabiano Caruana

chess.com SpeedChess 2023 · Irregular Opening · 1-0 in 47 moves

The Game

White Hikaru Nakamura
Black Fabiano Caruana
Result 1-0
Event chess.com SpeedChess 2023
Site chess.com INT
Round 2.3
Date 2023.09.14
Opening Irregular Opening (A00)
Moves 47
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

8/3k1p2/6p1/6P1/3R4/P3P3/3r1P1K/8 b - - 2 47

All The Moves

  1. 1.h3 e5
  2. 2.c4 Nf6
  3. 3.Nc3 Bb4
  4. 4.g4 O-O
  5. 5.Bg2 c6
  6. 6.Qb3 Na6
  7. 7.a3 Bxc3
  8. 8.Qxc3 Re8
  9. 9.Nf3 d5
  10. 10.Nxe5 Ne4
  11. 11.Bxe4 dxe4
  12. 12.c5 Qd5
  13. 13.Nc4 Nxc5
  14. 14.Ne3 Qd6
  15. 15.b4 Na4
  16. 16.Qc2 b5
  17. 17.Bb2 a5
  18. 18.bxa5 Rxa5
  19. 19.Rg1 c5
  20. 20.Rg3 c4
  21. 21.Bc3 Ra7
  22. 22.Rb1 Bd7
  23. 23.Nf5 Bxf5
  24. 24.gxf5 Nxc3
  25. 25.Qxc3 g6
  26. 26.Rxb5 Rea8
  27. 27.fxg6 hxg6
  28. 28.Rh5 Kf8
  29. 29.Rh8+ Ke7
  30. 30.Rxa8 Rxa8
  31. 31.Qxc4 Qe5
  32. 32.Kf1 Rd8
  33. 33.Rg4 Rd4
  34. 34.Qc2 Qd5
  35. 35.e3 Rc4
  36. 36.Qb1 Kf8
  37. 37.Kg2 Qf5
  38. 38.Rf4 Qg5+
  39. 39.Kh2 Qd5
  40. 40.Qb2 Ke8
  41. 41.Qh8+ Ke7
  42. 42.h4 Rc2
  43. 43.Qf6+ Ke8
  44. 44.Qg5 Qxg5
  45. 45.hxg5 Rxd2
  46. 46.Rxe4+ Kd7
  47. 47.Rd4+

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