Hikaru Nakamura vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

chess.com SF Blitz 5m+2spm 2016 · Grünfeld, Exchange · 1/2-1/2 in 59 moves

The Game

White Hikaru Nakamura
Black Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Result 1/2-1/2
Event chess.com SF Blitz 5m+2spm 2016
Site chess.com INT
Round 4
Date 2016.08.24
Opening Grünfeld, Exchange (D85)
Moves 59
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Final Position

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

8/8/8/8/4k3/3n2K1/8/8 w - - 0 60

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 Nf6
  2. 2.c4 g6
  3. 3.Nc3 d5
  4. 4.cxd5 Nxd5
  5. 5.e4 Nxc3
  6. 6.bxc3 Bg7
  7. 7.Qa4+ Nd7
  8. 8.Nf3 O-O
  9. 9.Qa3 b6
  10. 10.Bd3 Bb7
  11. 11.Bc2 e5
  12. 12.O-O Re8
  13. 13.d5 Qe7
  14. 14.Qxe7 Rxe7
  15. 15.Ba3 Ree8
  16. 16.Ba4 Rad8
  17. 17.Rfd1 Bf8
  18. 18.Bxf8 Kxf8
  19. 19.c4 Re7
  20. 20.d6 cxd6
  21. 21.Rxd6 Bxe4
  22. 22.Rad1 Bf5
  23. 23.h3 f6
  24. 24.g4 Be6
  25. 25.g5 fxg5
  26. 26.Nxg5 Bf5
  27. 27.f3 h6
  28. 28.Ne4 Bxh3
  29. 29.Nf6 Nxf6
  30. 30.Rxd8+ Kg7
  31. 31.Bc6 Bf5
  32. 32.Rb8 h5
  33. 33.a4 Kh6
  34. 34.Rb7 Rxb7
  35. 35.Bxb7 Kg5
  36. 36.Rd8 Kf4
  37. 37.Ra8 Kg3
  38. 38.Rxa7 h4
  39. 39.Ra6 Nd7
  40. 40.Bc8 Nc5
  41. 41.Rxb6 Bxc8
  42. 42.Rc6 h3
  43. 43.Rxg6+ Kxf3
  44. 44.Rc6 Bb7
  45. 45.Rc7 Be4
  46. 46.a5 Nd3
  47. 47.Kh2 Nf4
  48. 48.a6 Ke3
  49. 49.a7 Ne6
  50. 50.Rc8 Kd4
  51. 51.a8=Q Bxa8
  52. 52.Rxa8 Kxc4
  53. 53.Ra5 Nc5
  54. 54.Kxh3 e4
  55. 55.Kg3 Kd4
  56. 56.Ra8 Nd3
  57. 57.Rd8+ Ke3
  58. 58.Re8 Kd4
  59. 59.Rxe4+ Kxe4

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