Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Viswanathan Anand

4th Sinquefield Cup 2016 · Caro-Kann Defense · 0-1 in 46 moves

The Game

White Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Black Viswanathan Anand
Result 0-1
Event 4th Sinquefield Cup 2016
Site Saint Louis USA
Round 2.3
Date 2016.08.06
Opening Caro-Kann Defense (B10)
Moves 46
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 0-1

8/2kb4/7R/1p3p1P/2r2P2/6P1/5K2/8 w - b6 0 47

All The Moves

  1. 1.e4 c6
  2. 2.Nf3 d5
  3. 3.Nc3 Nf6
  4. 4.e5 Ne4
  5. 5.Ne2 Qb6
  6. 6.d4 e6
  7. 7.Nfg1 f6
  8. 8.f3 Ng5
  9. 9.exf6 gxf6
  10. 10.f4 Ne4
  11. 11.Ng3 Bd7
  12. 12.Nxe4 dxe4
  13. 13.c3 Na6
  14. 14.Qh5+ Kd8
  15. 15.Bc4 Kc7
  16. 16.a4 c5
  17. 17.Ne2 Rd8
  18. 18.Be3 f5
  19. 19.O-O Kb8
  20. 20.Qf7 Nc7
  21. 21.a5 Qc6
  22. 22.Qf6 Bd6
  23. 23.dxc5 Bxc5
  24. 24.Nd4 Qd6
  25. 25.b4 Qe7
  26. 26.Qh6 Bd6
  27. 27.Rad1 Rhf8
  28. 28.Bf2 Rf6
  29. 29.Qh4 Nd5
  30. 30.Nxe6 Bxe6
  31. 31.Bxd5 e3
  32. 32.Bxe3 Bxd5
  33. 33.Bxa7+ Kxa7
  34. 34.Qf2+ Bc5
  35. 35.Qxc5+ Qxc5+
  36. 36.bxc5 Rd7
  37. 37.Rfe1 h6
  38. 38.Kf2 Kb8
  39. 39.c4 Bc6
  40. 40.Rxd7 Bxd7
  41. 41.Rb1 Ra6
  42. 42.Rb6 Rxa5
  43. 43.Rxh6 Rxc5
  44. 44.h4 Rxc4
  45. 45.g3 Kc7
  46. 46.h5 b5

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