Hikaru Nakamura vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018 · Modern Defense · 1-0 in 45 moves

The Game

White Hikaru Nakamura
Black Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Result 1-0
Event chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018
Site chess.com INT
Round 2.35
Date 2018.10.11
Opening Modern Defense (A42)
Moves 45
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

8/p7/5P2/8/6kN/6n1/PP4K1/8 b - - 0 45

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 g6
  2. 2.c4 Bg7
  3. 3.Nc3 d6
  4. 4.e4 Nc6
  5. 5.d5 Nd4
  6. 6.Nge2 e5
  7. 7.dxe6 Nxe6
  8. 8.Be3 Ne7
  9. 9.g3 O-O
  10. 10.Bg2 f5
  11. 11.O-O c6
  12. 12.Qd2 fxe4
  13. 13.Nxe4 d5
  14. 14.cxd5 Nxd5
  15. 15.Bh6 Bxh6
  16. 16.Qxh6 Qe7
  17. 17.Rae1 Bd7
  18. 18.N2c3 Nxc3
  19. 19.Nxc3 Rae8
  20. 20.Rd1 Bc8
  21. 21.Ne4 Qg7
  22. 22.Qxg7+ Kxg7
  23. 23.Nd6 Re7
  24. 24.Bh3 Bd7
  25. 25.Nxb7 Nd4
  26. 26.Bxd7 Rxd7
  27. 27.Nc5 Nf3+
  28. 28.Kg2 Re7
  29. 29.Rd7 Rxd7
  30. 30.Nxd7 Rf5
  31. 31.Rd1 h5
  32. 32.h4 g5
  33. 33.hxg5 Nxg5
  34. 34.f4 Ne6
  35. 35.Ne5 h4
  36. 36.Rd7+ Kg8
  37. 37.Rd6 Nc5
  38. 38.Nxc6 Kf7
  39. 39.Ne5+ Ke7
  40. 40.Rd5 Ne4
  41. 41.Ng6+ Ke6
  42. 42.Rxf5 Kxf5
  43. 43.Nxh4+ Kg4
  44. 44.f5 Nxg3
  45. 45.f6

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