Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Hikaru Nakamura

chess.com Speed 2020 · Ruy Lopez · 0-1 in 31 moves

The Game

White Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Black Hikaru Nakamura
Result 0-1
Event chess.com Speed 2020
Site chess.com INT
Round 4.34
Date 2020.12.13
Opening Ruy Lopez (C70)
Moves 31
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 0-1

8/Qr4kp/3R1pp1/4n3/4P3/8/bqN2PPP/1q2R1K1 w - - 3 32

All The Moves

  1. 1.e4 e5
  2. 2.Nf3 Nc6
  3. 3.Bb5 a6
  4. 4.Ba4 g6
  5. 5.O-O Bg7
  6. 6.c3 b5
  7. 7.Bc2 d6
  8. 8.a4 Rb8
  9. 9.axb5 axb5
  10. 10.d4 exd4
  11. 11.cxd4 Nge7
  12. 12.d5 Nb4
  13. 13.Bb3 O-O
  14. 14.Nc3 Na6
  15. 15.Be3 Nc5
  16. 16.Bc2 b4
  17. 17.Bxc5 bxc3
  18. 18.Bd4 cxb2
  19. 19.Bxg7 Kxg7
  20. 20.Qd4+ f6
  21. 21.Rab1 c5
  22. 22.dxc6 Nxc6
  23. 23.Qc3 Qb6
  24. 24.Rfd1 Ne5
  25. 25.Rd2 Be6
  26. 26.Nd4 Ba2
  27. 27.Re1 Rfc8
  28. 28.Qa3 Rxc2
  29. 29.Nxc2 b1=Q
  30. 30.Rxd6 Q6b2
  31. 31.Qa7+ Rb7

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