Hikaru Nakamura vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

chess.com SpeedChess 2023 · Caro-Kann Defense · 1-0 in 29 moves

The Game

White Hikaru Nakamura
Black Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Result 1-0
Event chess.com SpeedChess 2023
Site chess.com INT
Round 3.50
Date 2023.09.20
Opening Caro-Kann Defense (B10)
Moves 29
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

3Q1k2/5pp1/3bp3/3n4/3P4/5N1P/q1r2PP1/2B2RK1 b - - 3 29

All The Moves

  1. 1.e4 c6
  2. 2.Nc3 d5
  3. 3.Nf3 dxe4
  4. 4.Nxe4 Nf6
  5. 5.Ng3 h5
  6. 6.Bc4 h4
  7. 7.Nf1 e6
  8. 8.Ne3 b5
  9. 9.Be2 Bb7
  10. 10.h3 a6
  11. 11.d4 c5
  12. 12.c3 Nbd7
  13. 13.a4 c4
  14. 14.O-O Bd6
  15. 15.axb5 axb5
  16. 16.Rxa8 Qxa8
  17. 17.b3 cxb3
  18. 18.Qxb3 Ke7
  19. 19.c4 bxc4
  20. 20.Nxc4 Bd5
  21. 21.Qe3 Bxc4
  22. 22.Bxc4 Rc8
  23. 23.Be2 Qa2
  24. 24.Nxh4 Nd5
  25. 25.Qg5+ Kf8
  26. 26.Bf3 N7f6
  27. 27.Bxd5 Nxd5
  28. 28.Nf3 Rc2
  29. 29.Qd8#

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