Hikaru Nakamura vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

chess.com SF Blitz 3m+2spm 2016 · Grünfeld, Exchange · 1-0 in 43 moves

The Game

White Hikaru Nakamura
Black Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Result 1-0
Event chess.com SF Blitz 3m+2spm 2016
Site chess.com INT
Round 12
Date 2016.08.24
Opening Grünfeld, Exchange (D85)
Moves 43
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

6k1/2p4r/1p1b1P2/p1nP3P/6R1/3bpN2/P7/4Q1K1 b - - 0 43

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 Bf8
  14. 14.Qb2 Bd6
  15. 15.c4 Qe7
  16. 16.Bg5 f6
  17. 17.Be3 Rf8
  18. 18.Rae1 Nc5
  19. 19.Nd2 a5
  20. 20.f3 Ba6
  21. 21.Bf2 Rae8
  22. 22.Re2 Qd7
  23. 23.Rfe1 Re7
  24. 24.Qc3 Na4
  25. 25.Qb3 Nc5
  26. 26.Qc3 Na4
  27. 27.Qb3 Nc5
  28. 28.Qb1 Rg7
  29. 29.Be3 Re8
  30. 30.g4 g5
  31. 31.Rg2 h5
  32. 32.gxh5 Qh3
  33. 33.Bd1 Rh7
  34. 34.f4 exf4
  35. 35.Bg4 Qxe3+
  36. 36.Rxe3 fxe3
  37. 37.e5 Rxe5
  38. 38.Nf3 Ree7
  39. 39.h4 Bxc4
  40. 40.hxg5 Bd3
  41. 41.gxf6 Reg7
  42. 42.Qe1 Rxg4
  43. 43.Rxg4+

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