Hikaru Nakamura vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Meltwater Tour Final 2021 · Slav Defense · 1-0 in 28 moves

The Game

White Hikaru Nakamura
Black Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Result 1-0
Event Meltwater Tour Final 2021
Site chess24.com INT
Round 7.6
Date 2021.10.02
Opening Slav Defense (D12)
Moves 28
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

1B1n4/p2qbppk/Q1p2np1/2Pp4/3P4/5P1P/P3N1P1/5RK1 b - - 0 28

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 d5
  2. 2.Nf3 Nf6
  3. 3.e3 Bf5
  4. 4.c4 c6
  5. 5.Nc3 e6
  6. 6.Nh4 Bg6
  7. 7.Nxg6 hxg6
  8. 8.Rb1 Nbd7
  9. 9.c5 e5
  10. 10.b4 Be7
  11. 11.b5 Qc7
  12. 12.h3 exd4
  13. 13.exd4 Nf8
  14. 14.Qa4 Ne6
  15. 15.bxc6 bxc6
  16. 16.Ba6 Nd8
  17. 17.Ne2 O-O
  18. 18.Bf4 Qd7
  19. 19.O-O Ne8
  20. 20.Qa5 Ne6
  21. 21.Bb7 Nf6
  22. 22.Bxa8 Rxa8
  23. 23.Be5 Ne4
  24. 24.Rb2 Kh7
  25. 25.f3 Nf6
  26. 26.Qa6 Nd8
  27. 27.Rb8 Rxb8
  28. 28.Bxb8

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