Hikaru Nakamura vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Titled Tue 25th Jul Late · 2023 · Irregular Opening · 1-0 in 32 moves

The Game

White Hikaru Nakamura
Black Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Result 1-0
Event Titled Tue 25th Jul Late
Site chess.com INT
Round 11
Date 2023.07.25
Opening Irregular Opening (A00)
Moves 32
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

3r2k1/5pb1/6p1/p3P2p/P3Qp2/1P1B1q2/2P2P1P/1R2R1K1 b - - 1 32

All The Moves

  1. 1.a3 g6
  2. 2.e4 Bg7
  3. 3.d4 d6
  4. 4.Nf3 Nf6
  5. 5.Nbd2 O-O
  6. 6.Bd3 Nc6
  7. 7.d5 Nb8
  8. 8.O-O Nbd7
  9. 9.Re1 Nc5
  10. 10.Bf1 a5
  11. 11.Rb1 c6
  12. 12.dxc6 bxc6
  13. 13.b3 e5
  14. 14.a4 Qc7
  15. 15.Ba3 Rd8
  16. 16.Bxc5 dxc5
  17. 17.Qe2 Nd7
  18. 18.Qe3 Nf8
  19. 19.Qxc5 Ne6
  20. 20.Qc3 c5
  21. 21.Bc4 Nf4
  22. 22.g3 Bb7
  23. 23.Ng5 Rd7
  24. 24.gxf4 exf4
  25. 25.e5 h6
  26. 26.Nge4 Rd4
  27. 27.Nxc5 Rad8
  28. 28.Nxb7 Qxb7
  29. 29.Nf3 Rd3
  30. 30.Bxd3 Qxf3
  31. 31.Qc4 h5
  32. 32.Qe4

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