Hikaru Nakamura vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Meltwater Tour Final 2021 · King's Indian Defense · 1/2-1/2 in 57 moves

The Game

White Hikaru Nakamura
Black Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Result 1/2-1/2
Event Meltwater Tour Final 2021
Site chess24.com INT
Round 7.2
Date 2021.10.02
Opening King's Indian Defense (E60)
Moves 57
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Final Position

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

8/5pk1/1N4p1/P2b4/3P3p/4K1r1/8/R7 w - - 10 58

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 Nf6
  2. 2.c4 g6
  3. 3.Nf3 Bg7
  4. 4.e3 O-O
  5. 5.Be2 b6
  6. 6.O-O Bb7
  7. 7.Nc3 e6
  8. 8.b4 d6
  9. 9.Qc2 Nbd7
  10. 10.Rd1 c5
  11. 11.Ba3 Qe7
  12. 12.Rab1 Rfd8
  13. 13.bxc5 dxc5
  14. 14.Nd2 Rac8
  15. 15.Nb3 Ba8
  16. 16.Nb5 a6
  17. 17.Nc3 Ne8
  18. 18.d5 Nd6
  19. 19.Bb2 b5
  20. 20.cxb5 axb5
  21. 21.Nxb5 Nxb5
  22. 22.Bxb5 exd5
  23. 23.Bxg7 Kxg7
  24. 24.Rbc1 d4
  25. 25.Bxd7 Qxd7
  26. 26.Nxc5 Qd5
  27. 27.f3 Qg5
  28. 28.f4 Qg4
  29. 29.h3 Qg3
  30. 30.exd4 Qxf4
  31. 31.Qf2 Qg5
  32. 32.a4 Bd5
  33. 33.Re1 Rc6
  34. 34.Rc3 Rf6
  35. 35.Qg3 Qd2
  36. 36.Rd3 Qb2
  37. 37.Red1 Rf5
  38. 38.R3d2 Qb4
  39. 39.Rf2 Rxf2
  40. 40.Qxf2 Re8
  41. 41.Qd2 Qc4
  42. 42.Qd3 Qa2
  43. 43.Qd2 Re2
  44. 44.Qxa2 Rxa2
  45. 45.g4 Rg2+
  46. 46.Kf1 Rg3
  47. 47.Ra1 Rxh3
  48. 48.Kf2 Rf3+
  49. 49.Ke2 Rf4
  50. 50.Ke3 Rxg4
  51. 51.a5 h5
  52. 52.Nd7 h4
  53. 53.Nb6 Rg3+
  54. 54.Kf2 Rg2+
  55. 55.Ke3 Rg3+
  56. 56.Kf2 Rg2+
  57. 57.Ke3 Rg3+

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