Hikaru Nakamura vs Vassily Ivanchuk

74th Tata Steel GMA · 2012 · Queen's Gambit Declined · 1/2-1/2 in 21 moves

The Game

White Hikaru Nakamura
Black Vassily Ivanchuk
Result 1/2-1/2
Event 74th Tata Steel GMA
Site Wijk aan Zee NED
Round 1
Date 2012.01.14
Opening Queen's Gambit Declined (D31)
Moves 21
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1/2-1/2

r1q2b1r/Bb3k2/2p1pp2/p6p/Pp6/1PpQ1BP1/4PP1P/R2R2K1 w - - 7 22

All The Moves

  1. 1.c4 c6
  2. 2.d4 d5
  3. 3.Nf3 e6
  4. 4.Nc3 dxc4
  5. 5.g3 b5
  6. 6.Bg2 Bb7
  7. 7.Ne5 Qc8
  8. 8.O-O Nd7
  9. 9.b3 b4
  10. 10.Ne4 Nxe5
  11. 11.dxe5 c3
  12. 12.Qd3 a5
  13. 13.Be3 f5
  14. 14.exf6 Nxf6
  15. 15.Nxf6+ gxf6
  16. 16.Bf3 Kf7
  17. 17.Rfd1 h5
  18. 18.a4 Rb8
  19. 19.Ba7 Ra8
  20. 20.Be3 Rb8
  21. 21.Ba7 Ra8

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