Hikaru Nakamura vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

chess.com SF Blitz 3m+2spm 2016 · Grünfeld, Exchange · 1-0 in 37 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 16
Date 2016.08.24
Opening Grünfeld, Exchange (D85)
Moves 37
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

1B6/1b3Q2/p3Pp1p/1p1q1kp1/8/5P1P/P5PK/8 b - - 2 37

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.Bg5 c5
  11. 11.Bd3 h6
  12. 12.Bh4 g5
  13. 13.Bg3 cxd4
  14. 14.cxd4 Nc5
  15. 15.O-O Nxd3
  16. 16.Qxd3 Bb7
  17. 17.Rad1 Rc8
  18. 18.Rfe1 Qd7
  19. 19.Qa3 a6
  20. 20.d5 Rc2
  21. 21.Nd4 Bxd4
  22. 22.Rxd4 Rfc8
  23. 23.h3 b5
  24. 24.Red1 R8c3
  25. 25.Qa5 f6
  26. 26.Qb6 Kg7
  27. 27.e5 Rc1
  28. 28.e6 Qc8
  29. 29.d6 Rxd1+
  30. 30.Rxd1 exd6
  31. 31.Qxd6 Rc1
  32. 32.Qe7+ Kg6
  33. 33.Qf7+ Kf5
  34. 34.Rxc1 Qxc1+
  35. 35.Kh2 Qc6
  36. 36.f3 Qd5
  37. 37.Bb8

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