Hikaru Nakamura vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018 · Grünfeld, Exchange · 1/2-1/2 in 41 moves

The Game

White Hikaru Nakamura
Black Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Result 1/2-1/2
Event chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2018
Site chess.com INT
Round 2.15
Date 2018.10.11
Opening Grünfeld, Exchange (D85)
Moves 41
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1/2-1/2

8/5k1p/6p1/3PP3/2K2b2/2r5/6PP/3B4 w - - 0 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 Qa5
  17. 17.Nxd4 exd4
  18. 18.Bd2 Qa3
  19. 19.Qb3 Qxb3
  20. 20.axb3 a5
  21. 21.Rc7 Red8
  22. 22.Bg5 f6
  23. 23.Bd2 a4
  24. 24.Rxd7 Rxd7
  25. 25.Bxb5 Rc7
  26. 26.bxa4 Rc2
  27. 27.Rd1 Bf8
  28. 28.Kf1 Rb2
  29. 29.Bc6 Rab8
  30. 30.a5 d3
  31. 31.a6 Rb1
  32. 32.Ba4 Rxd1+
  33. 33.Bxd1 Rb1
  34. 34.Ke1 Ra1
  35. 35.Bc3 Rxa6
  36. 36.Kd2 Ra3
  37. 37.f4 Kf7
  38. 38.e5 fxe5
  39. 39.fxe5 Bh6+
  40. 40.Kxd3 Bf4
  41. 41.Kc4 Rxc3+

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