Hikaru Nakamura vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Skilling Open KO 2020 · Sicilian, Najdorf · 1-0 in 27 moves

The Game

White Hikaru Nakamura
Black Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Result 1-0
Event Skilling Open KO 2020
Site chess24.com INT
Round 1.21
Date 2020.11.26
Opening Sicilian, Najdorf (B90)
Moves 27
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

k2r4/1p3p2/p1n1bN2/4p1QP/8/1PqB4/2Pr1PP1/2R1R1K1 b - - 2 27

All The Moves

  1. 1.e4 c5
  2. 2.Nf3 d6
  3. 3.d4 cxd4
  4. 4.Nxd4 Nf6
  5. 5.Nc3 a6
  6. 6.Bd3 e5
  7. 7.Nde2 Nc6
  8. 8.O-O Be6
  9. 9.Ng3 d5
  10. 10.Bg5 dxe4
  11. 11.Ncxe4 Be7
  12. 12.Bxf6 gxf6
  13. 13.Qh5 Qc7
  14. 14.Qh6 O-O-O
  15. 15.Nxf6 Nd4
  16. 16.Rad1 Bxa2
  17. 17.Nf5 Be6
  18. 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7
  19. 19.Rfe1 Nc6
  20. 20.Bxh7 Qb4
  21. 21.b3 Kb8
  22. 22.Qg5 Rd4
  23. 23.Be4 Rhd8
  24. 24.Rc1 Qc3
  25. 25.h4 Ka8
  26. 26.h5 Rd2
  27. 27.Bd3

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