Hikaru Nakamura vs Fabiano Caruana

chess.com SpeedChess 2023 · Irregular Opening · 1-0 in 54 moves

The Game

White Hikaru Nakamura
Black Fabiano Caruana
Result 1-0
Event chess.com SpeedChess 2023
Site chess.com INT
Round 2.5
Date 2023.09.14
Opening Irregular Opening (A00)
Moves 54
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

8/R7/7P/8/p2kP3/2b2K2/8/8 b - - 1 54

All The Moves

  1. 1.Nh3 d5
  2. 2.g3 e5
  3. 3.Bg2 c5
  4. 4.d3 Nc6
  5. 5.Nd2 Nf6
  6. 6.e4 Be7
  7. 7.O-O O-O
  8. 8.c3 Bg4
  9. 9.f3 Be6
  10. 10.f4 Bg4
  11. 11.Qc2 Be2
  12. 12.Re1 dxe4
  13. 13.dxe4 Bd3
  14. 14.Qd1 c4
  15. 15.Bf1 Bc5+
  16. 16.Kg2 b5
  17. 17.Bxd3 Qxd3
  18. 18.Qe2 Qxe2+
  19. 19.Rxe2 Rfd8
  20. 20.a4 a6
  21. 21.Nf3 Ng4
  22. 22.Nhg1 Na5
  23. 23.h3 Nb3
  24. 24.Rb1 Nxc1
  25. 25.Rxc1 Ne3+
  26. 26.Kh2 exf4
  27. 27.gxf4 bxa4
  28. 28.Nd4 Rxd4
  29. 29.cxd4 Bxd4
  30. 30.Nf3 Bb6
  31. 31.Ne5 g5
  32. 32.Nxc4 Nxc4
  33. 33.Rxc4 gxf4
  34. 34.Rec2 Kg7
  35. 35.Kg2 Rd8
  36. 36.Kf3 a3
  37. 37.Rg2+ Kf8
  38. 38.bxa3 Rd3+
  39. 39.Kxf4 Rxa3
  40. 40.Rc6 Bd4
  41. 41.Rd6 Ba1
  42. 42.h4 Ke7
  43. 43.Rb6 Ra5
  44. 44.Rb7+ Kf6
  45. 45.Rg5 Be5+
  46. 46.Kg4 Rb5
  47. 47.Rf5+ Ke6
  48. 48.Rfxf7 Rxb7
  49. 49.Rxb7 a5
  50. 50.Rxh7 Bc3
  51. 51.h5 Ke5
  52. 52.Kf3 Kd4
  53. 53.h6 a4
  54. 54.Ra7

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