Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Fabiano Caruana

chess.com Speed 2021 · French, Advance · 0-1 in 52 moves

The Game

White Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Black Fabiano Caruana
Result 0-1
Event chess.com Speed 2021
Site chess.com INT
Round 1.36
Date 2021.11.29
Opening French, Advance (C02)
Moves 52
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 0-1

4R3/6p1/5k2/1P3p1p/4p2P/6K1/r7/8 w - - 0 53

All The Moves

  1. 1.e4 e6
  2. 2.d4 d5
  3. 3.e5 c5
  4. 4.c3 Nc6
  5. 5.Nf3 Bd7
  6. 6.Be2 Nge7
  7. 7.O-O Ng6
  8. 8.Re1 Be7
  9. 9.Be3 O-O
  10. 10.Nbd2 Rc8
  11. 11.Nf1 cxd4
  12. 12.cxd4 Nb4
  13. 13.Bd3 Nxd3
  14. 14.Qxd3 Qb6
  15. 15.b3 Bb5
  16. 16.Qd1 Bb4
  17. 17.Bd2 Ba3
  18. 18.Bc1 Bxc1
  19. 19.Rxc1 Nf4
  20. 20.Rxc8 Rxc8
  21. 21.Qd2 Ng6
  22. 22.Ne3 Qc7
  23. 23.Qb4 Bd3
  24. 24.g3 a5
  25. 25.Qd2 Be4
  26. 26.Ng5 Ne7
  27. 27.Nxe4 dxe4
  28. 28.Nc4 Rd8
  29. 29.Nd6 Nf5
  30. 30.Nxf5 exf5
  31. 31.Rc1 Qe7
  32. 32.Qxa5 h5
  33. 33.Rc7 Qg5
  34. 34.h4 Qg4
  35. 35.e6 fxe6
  36. 36.Qe5 Qg6
  37. 37.Rxb7 Kh7
  38. 38.Re7 Qg4
  39. 39.Rxe6 Rc8
  40. 40.Re7 Rc1+
  41. 41.Kh2 Rf1
  42. 42.Qf4 Qxf4
  43. 43.gxf4 Rxf2+
  44. 44.Kg3 Rf3+
  45. 45.Kg2 Rxf4
  46. 46.d5 Rf3
  47. 47.d6 Rd3
  48. 48.d7 Kg6
  49. 49.b4 Kf6
  50. 50.Re8 Rxd7
  51. 51.b5 Rd2+
  52. 52.Kg3 Rxa2

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