Hikaru Nakamura vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Meltwater Tour Final 2021 · King's Indian Defense · 1-0 in 33 moves

The Game

White Hikaru Nakamura
Black Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Result 1-0
Event Meltwater Tour Final 2021
Site chess24.com INT
Round 7.7
Date 2021.10.02
Opening King's Indian Defense (E60)
Moves 33
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

3Q4/p4pk1/6p1/4b3/P3N2p/1P2P2P/2q2PP1/3R2K1 b - - 0 33

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.Qc2 d5
  9. 9.b3 Nbd7
  10. 10.Ba3 c5
  11. 11.Rfd1 Qe7
  12. 12.Na4 Rac8
  13. 13.dxc5 bxc5
  14. 14.Rac1 Rfd8
  15. 15.Qb1 Nb6
  16. 16.Nxc5 Rxc5
  17. 17.Bxc5 Qxc5
  18. 18.cxd5 Qe7
  19. 19.dxe6 Rxd1+
  20. 20.Rxd1 Qxe6
  21. 21.Nd4 Qe7
  22. 22.Bf3 Ne4
  23. 23.Qc2 h5
  24. 24.Nb5 Be5
  25. 25.Nd4 Kg7
  26. 26.h3 h4
  27. 27.a4 Nc8
  28. 28.Bxe4 Bxe4
  29. 29.Qxc8 Bd6
  30. 30.Nb5 Be5
  31. 31.Qd8 Qc5
  32. 32.Nd6 Qc2
  33. 33.Nxe4

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