Hikaru Nakamura vs Anish Giri

GCT Rapid YourNextMove · 2018 · Queen's Pawn Game · 1-0 in 41 moves

The Game

White Hikaru Nakamura
Black Anish Giri
Result 1-0
Event GCT Rapid YourNextMove
Site Leuven BEL
Round 1.4
Date 2018.06.12
Opening Queen's Pawn Game (D00)
Moves 41
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

2r3k1/5p2/4pB2/r5p1/4BPK1/pR6/P6P/8 b - - 0 41

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 d5
  2. 2.Bf4 Nf6
  3. 3.e3 Bf5
  4. 4.c4 e6
  5. 5.Nf3 Bxb1
  6. 6.Rxb1 Bb4+
  7. 7.Ke2 dxc4
  8. 8.Qa4+ Nc6
  9. 9.Ne5 a5
  10. 10.Nxc6 Qd7
  11. 11.Rc1 Nd5
  12. 12.Rxc4 Nb6
  13. 13.Qc2 Nxc4
  14. 14.Nxb4 Nxb2
  15. 15.Nd3 Nxd3
  16. 16.Qxd3 O-O
  17. 17.f3 Rfd8
  18. 18.Kf2 c5
  19. 19.Qb1 cxd4
  20. 20.exd4 Qxd4+
  21. 21.Be3 Qd6
  22. 22.Be2 a4
  23. 23.Rc1 a3
  24. 24.g3 b6
  25. 25.Rc3 Rdc8
  26. 26.Rb3 Qc7
  27. 27.Bd3 h6
  28. 28.Bh7+ Kh8
  29. 29.Be4 Ra6
  30. 30.Bxb6 Qc1
  31. 31.Qxc1 Rxc1
  32. 32.Be3 Rc8
  33. 33.g4 Ra4
  34. 34.Bd3 Raa8
  35. 35.Be4 Ra4
  36. 36.Kg3 g5
  37. 37.Bd2 Kg8
  38. 38.Bc3 h5
  39. 39.Bf6 hxg4
  40. 40.Kxg4 Ra5
  41. 41.f4

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