Hikaru Nakamura vs Anish Giri

chess.com Speed 2021 · Grünfeld Defense · 1-0 in 36 moves

The Game

White Hikaru Nakamura
Black Anish Giri
Result 1-0
Event chess.com Speed 2021
Site chess.com INT
Round 2.31
Date 2021.12.06
Opening Grünfeld Defense (D78)
Moves 36
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

7r/4qnk1/2R1p2r/4P1pP/p2PQpP1/8/P3BPK1/7R b - - 1 36

All The Moves

  1. 1.Nf3 d5
  2. 2.g3 g6
  3. 3.d4 Bg7
  4. 4.Bg2 Nf6
  5. 5.O-O O-O
  6. 6.c4 c6
  7. 7.Qb3 a5
  8. 8.cxd5 a4
  9. 9.Qa3 Nxd5
  10. 10.Nc3 Nxc3
  11. 11.bxc3 Nd7
  12. 12.Bg5 Re8
  13. 13.Rab1 h6
  14. 14.Bf4 Nb6
  15. 15.Rfd1 Be6
  16. 16.e4 Nc4
  17. 17.Qc1 b5
  18. 18.Bxh6 Bg4
  19. 19.Bxg7 Kxg7
  20. 20.h3 Bxf3
  21. 21.Bxf3 Rh8
  22. 22.h4 e6
  23. 23.Be2 Nd6
  24. 24.Qe3 Qe7
  25. 25.Kg2 Rh7
  26. 26.Rh1 Rah8
  27. 27.Rbc1 Qd7
  28. 28.c4 bxc4
  29. 29.Bxc4 Qe7
  30. 30.Bd3 Rh5
  31. 31.Rxc6 g5
  32. 32.Be2 R5h6
  33. 33.h5 f5
  34. 34.e5 Nf7
  35. 35.g4 f4
  36. 36.Qe4

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