Hikaru Nakamura vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018 · Grünfeld, Exchange · 0-1 in 41 moves

The Game

White Hikaru Nakamura
Black Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Result 0-1
Event chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018
Site chess.com INT
Round 2.7
Date 2018.10.11
Opening Grünfeld, Exchange (D85)
Moves 41
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 0-1

6k1/p4p2/5Qp1/4P2p/P4Pb1/8/3pq1PK/8 w - - 2 42

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.Bg5 c5
  8. 8.Rc1 cxd4
  9. 9.cxd4 Nc6
  10. 10.d5 Nd4
  11. 11.Be3 e5
  12. 12.Bc4 O-O
  13. 13.Ne2 Re8
  14. 14.O-O Bd7
  15. 15.f3 b5
  16. 16.Bd3 Qb6
  17. 17.Nxd4 exd4
  18. 18.Bf2 Rac8
  19. 19.f4 Qd6
  20. 20.Qd2 Rc3
  21. 21.e5 Qxd5
  22. 22.Rfd1 Rec8
  23. 23.Bf1 Rxc1
  24. 24.Rxc1 Rxc1
  25. 25.Qxc1 Bf8
  26. 26.h4 h5
  27. 27.Qd2 Bc5
  28. 28.Be2 Bf5
  29. 29.Bxb5 d3
  30. 30.a4 Bxf2+
  31. 31.Kxf2 Qd4+
  32. 32.Qe3 Qb2+
  33. 33.Kg3 d2
  34. 34.Be2 Qc1
  35. 35.Qf3 Qe1+
  36. 36.Kh2 Qxh4+
  37. 37.Kg1 Qe1+
  38. 38.Kh2 Bg4
  39. 39.Qa8+ Kg7
  40. 40.Qd8 Qxe2
  41. 41.Qf6+ Kg8

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