Veselin Topalov vs Viswanathan Anand

Grand Slam Final · 2008 · Queen's Indian Defense · 1-0 in 25 moves

The Game

White Veselin Topalov
Black Viswanathan Anand
Result 1-0
Event Grand Slam Final
Site Bilbao ESP
Round 4
Date 2008.09.05
Opening Queen's Indian Defense (E15)
Moves 25
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

3rqrk1/p3Rp1p/1p4p1/2n5/2p4Q/P1P2NP1/4PP1P/5RK1 b - - 5 25

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 Nf6
  2. 2.c4 e6
  3. 3.Nf3 b6
  4. 4.g3 Ba6
  5. 5.Qc2 Bb7
  6. 6.Bg2 c5
  7. 7.d5 exd5
  8. 8.cxd5 Nxd5
  9. 9.O-O Be7
  10. 10.Rd1 Qc8
  11. 11.a3 Nf6
  12. 12.Bg5 d5
  13. 13.Bxf6 Bxf6
  14. 14.Nc3 Bxc3
  15. 15.bxc3 Na6
  16. 16.Nh4 g6
  17. 17.Bxd5 Bxd5
  18. 18.Rxd5 O-O
  19. 19.Rad1 Nc7
  20. 20.Rd7 Ne6
  21. 21.Qe4 Qe8
  22. 22.Nf3 c4
  23. 23.Qh4 Nc5
  24. 24.Re7 Rd8
  25. 25.Rf1

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