Hikaru Nakamura vs Wesley So

chess.com Speed 2021 · Sicilian, Moscow Variation · 1-0 in 31 moves

The Game

White Hikaru Nakamura
Black Wesley So
Result 1-0
Event chess.com Speed 2021
Site chess.com INT
Round 4.28
Date 2021.12.19
Opening Sicilian, Moscow Variation (B51)
Moves 31
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

2rq1bk1/3n2p1/r3pNQp/2n1Pp2/p4B2/Pp3P1P/1P3P2/1B1RR1K1 b - - 7 31

All The Moves

  1. 1.e4 c5
  2. 2.Nf3 d6
  3. 3.Bb5+ Nd7
  4. 4.O-O a6
  5. 5.Bd3 Ngf6
  6. 6.c3 b5
  7. 7.Bc2 Bb7
  8. 8.Re1 e6
  9. 9.d4 Be7
  10. 10.Nbd2 Qc7
  11. 11.Bd3 O-O
  12. 12.Nf1 a5
  13. 13.Ng3 b4
  14. 14.Bf4 Rfc8
  15. 15.Qe2 h6
  16. 16.h3 Bf8
  17. 17.Rad1 a4
  18. 18.cxb4 cxb4
  19. 19.Bd2 Qb6
  20. 20.e5 Nd5
  21. 21.Qe4 N5f6
  22. 22.Qf4 dxe5
  23. 23.dxe5 Nc5
  24. 24.Bb1 Nfd7
  25. 25.Qg4 Bxf3
  26. 26.gxf3 b3
  27. 27.a3 f5
  28. 28.Qg6 Qc7
  29. 29.Bf4 Ra6
  30. 30.Nh5 Qd8
  31. 31.Nf6+

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