Hikaru Nakamura vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

chess.com SF Blitz 3m+2spm 2016 · Grünfeld, Exchange · 1-0 in 36 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 14
Date 2016.08.24
Opening Grünfeld, Exchange (D85)
Moves 36
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

8/p2R2k1/1p4p1/1Pp2p1p/2P2R1P/6P1/4qP1K/8 b - - 5 36

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+ Qd7
  8. 8.Qb3 O-O
  9. 9.Nf3 c5
  10. 10.d5 e6
  11. 11.Be3 exd5
  12. 12.exd5 b6
  13. 13.Bb5 Qd6
  14. 14.O-O Bd7
  15. 15.a4 Bxb5
  16. 16.axb5 Nd7
  17. 17.Ra4 Ne5
  18. 18.Nxe5 Bxe5
  19. 19.g3 Rfd8
  20. 20.Rd1 Rd7
  21. 21.Bf4 Bxf4
  22. 22.Rxf4 Re8
  23. 23.c4 Re2
  24. 24.Qc3 Rde7
  25. 25.Rf6 Qd7
  26. 26.d6 R7e4
  27. 27.Qf3 Qh3
  28. 28.Qxe4 Rxe4
  29. 29.d7 Re1+
  30. 30.Rxe1 Qxd7
  31. 31.h4 h5
  32. 32.Rf4 Kg7
  33. 33.Re5 f5
  34. 34.Rd5 Qe6
  35. 35.Kh2 Qe2
  36. 36.Rd7+

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