Veselin Topalov vs Hikaru Nakamura

Champions Showdown G5 · 2017 · King's Indian, Classical · 0-1 in 41 moves

The Game

White Veselin Topalov
Black Hikaru Nakamura
Result 0-1
Event Champions Showdown G5
Site Saint Louis USA
Round 9.1
Date 2017.11.12
Opening King's Indian, Classical (E97)
Moves 41
Replay this game move by move →

Final Position

The position after the last move · 0-1

8/1p6/1p6/3P1Nk1/3bP3/5qp1/6B1/2R3K1 w - - 2 42

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 Nf6
  2. 2.c4 g6
  3. 3.Nc3 Bg7
  4. 4.e4 d6
  5. 5.Nf3 O-O
  6. 6.Be2 e5
  7. 7.O-O Nc6
  8. 8.d5 Ne7
  9. 9.b4 Ne8
  10. 10.a4 h6
  11. 11.c5 f5
  12. 12.a5 Nf6
  13. 13.Nd2 f4
  14. 14.Ba3 g5
  15. 15.b5 g4
  16. 16.b6 axb6
  17. 17.axb6 cxb6
  18. 18.cxd6 Rxa3
  19. 19.Rxa3 Ng6
  20. 20.g3 f3
  21. 21.Bd3 h5
  22. 22.Ra8 h4
  23. 23.Nb5 Kh7
  24. 24.Qc2 Nh5
  25. 25.d7 Qxd7
  26. 26.Rc1 hxg3
  27. 27.hxg3 Ngf4
  28. 28.gxf4 Nxf4
  29. 29.Qc7 Qe8
  30. 30.Rxc8 Qh5
  31. 31.Rxf8 Qh3
  32. 32.Rh8+ Kxh8
  33. 33.Qc8+ Kh7
  34. 34.Qf5+ Kh6
  35. 35.Qxf4+ exf4
  36. 36.Bf1 Qh5
  37. 37.Nd6 g3
  38. 38.Nf5+ Kg5
  39. 39.fxg3 fxg3
  40. 40.Nxf3+ Qxf3
  41. 41.Bg2 Bd4+

More Veselin Topalov Games

Go Deeper

Step through this game on the interactive board, where you can also branch off and play your own ideas from any position. See every game between Veselin Topalov and Hikaru Nakamura, or browse all Veselin Topalov games in the collection. To find out what the engine thinks of it, paste the moves into Analyze Game and Stockfish will mark every turning point.