Hikaru Nakamura vs Wesley So

chess.com Speed 2021 · Sicilian, Moscow Variation · 1/2-1/2 in 25 moves

The Game

White Hikaru Nakamura
Black Wesley So
Result 1/2-1/2
Event chess.com Speed 2021
Site chess.com INT
Round 4.11
Date 2021.12.19
Opening Sicilian, Moscow Variation (B52)
Moves 25
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Final Position

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

5r1k/p4pp1/4p2p/1p2P3/P5R1/3r4/1P3PPP/R5K1 b - a3 0 25

All The Moves

  1. 1.Nf3 c5
  2. 2.e4 d6
  3. 3.Bb5+ Bd7
  4. 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7
  5. 5.O-O Nf6
  6. 6.Re1 Nc6
  7. 7.c3 e6
  8. 8.d3 Be7
  9. 9.Nbd2 Rc8
  10. 10.Nf1 O-O
  11. 11.Ng3 b5
  12. 12.d4 cxd4
  13. 13.cxd4 d5
  14. 14.e5 Ne4
  15. 15.Nxe4 dxe4
  16. 16.Rxe4 Qd5
  17. 17.Rg4 Kh8
  18. 18.Bg5 Bxg5
  19. 19.Nxg5 h6
  20. 20.Nh3 Rcd8
  21. 21.Nf4 Qd7
  22. 22.Qd3 Nxe5
  23. 23.dxe5 Qxd3
  24. 24.Nxd3 Rxd3
  25. 25.a4

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