Veselin Topalov vs Hikaru Nakamura

39th Olympiad Men · 2010 · Queen's Gambit Declined · 1/2-1/2 in 53 moves

The Game

White Veselin Topalov
Black Hikaru Nakamura
Result 1/2-1/2
Event 39th Olympiad Men
Site Khanty-Mansiysk RUS
Round 9
Date 2010.09.30
Opening Queen's Gambit Declined (D56)
Moves 53
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1/2-1/2

5Q2/8/2n1pk2/p1p2p2/P1N3p1/1P2PqP1/5P1K/8 b - - 23 53

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 d5
  2. 2.c4 e6
  3. 3.Nf3 Nf6
  4. 4.Nc3 Be7
  5. 5.Bg5 O-O
  6. 6.e3 h6
  7. 7.Bh4 Ne4
  8. 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
  9. 9.Rc1 c6
  10. 10.Be2 Nd7
  11. 11.O-O Nxc3
  12. 12.Rxc3 dxc4
  13. 13.Bxc4 b6
  14. 14.Bd3 c5
  15. 15.Qc2 Bb7
  16. 16.Bh7+ Kh8
  17. 17.Be4 Bxe4
  18. 18.Qxe4 Nf6
  19. 19.Qc2 Rfc8
  20. 20.Rc1 Qb7
  21. 21.Rc4 a5
  22. 22.Ne5 Kg8
  23. 23.dxc5 Rxc5
  24. 24.Rxc5 bxc5
  25. 25.b3 Rc8
  26. 26.Nc4 Qc7
  27. 27.Rd1 Ra8
  28. 28.g3 Nd5
  29. 29.h4 Nb4
  30. 30.Qe4 Rd8
  31. 31.Rxd8+ Qxd8
  32. 32.Qb1 g5
  33. 33.hxg5 hxg5
  34. 34.a3 Nc6
  35. 35.Qc2 Qd5
  36. 36.Nb6 Qd6
  37. 37.Nc4 Qd5
  38. 38.Qc3 g4
  39. 39.a4 Nb4
  40. 40.Qf6 Nc6
  41. 41.Qf4 f5
  42. 42.Qc7 Qd1+
  43. 43.Kh2 Qf3
  44. 44.Qc8+ Kg7
  45. 45.Qd7+ Kf6
  46. 46.Kg1 Qd5
  47. 47.Qc8 Qd1+
  48. 48.Kh2 Qf3
  49. 49.Qf8+ Kg6
  50. 50.Qg8+ Kf6
  51. 51.Qh8+ Kg6
  52. 52.Qg8+ Kf6
  53. 53.Qf8+

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