Hikaru Nakamura vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

chess.com Speed 2020 · Sicilian Defense · 1-0 in 19 moves

The Game

White Hikaru Nakamura
Black Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Result 1-0
Event chess.com Speed 2020
Site chess.com INT
Round 4.23
Date 2020.12.13
Opening Sicilian Defense (B50)
Moves 19
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

r4r1k/1b2bppB/p3pq2/1ppn2NQ/P7/2P5/1P3PPP/R1B1R1K1 b - - 2 19

All The Moves

  1. 1.e4 c5
  2. 2.Nf3 d6
  3. 3.Bc4 Nf6
  4. 4.d3 a6
  5. 5.a4 e6
  6. 6.Bb3 b6
  7. 7.O-O Bb7
  8. 8.Nbd2 Be7
  9. 9.Re1 O-O
  10. 10.c3 Nbd7
  11. 11.d4 b5
  12. 12.Bc2 Qc7
  13. 13.e5 Nd5
  14. 14.Ne4 dxe5
  15. 15.dxe5 Nxe5
  16. 16.Nxe5 Qxe5
  17. 17.Ng5 Qf6
  18. 18.Bxh7+ Kh8
  19. 19.Qh5

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