Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa

FIDE World Cup 2021 · Sicilian, Kan · 1-0 in 33 moves

The Game

White Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Black Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
Result 1-0
Event FIDE World Cup 2021
Site Krasnaya Polyana RUS
Round 4.2
Date 2021.07.23
Opening Sicilian, Kan (B40)
Moves 33
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1-0

r1RQ4/p5pk/7p/4p3/2B5/1P2q3/PK4bP/3R4 b - - 0 33

All The Moves

  1. 1.e4 c5
  2. 2.Nf3 e6
  3. 3.d4 cxd4
  4. 4.Nxd4 Nf6
  5. 5.Nc3 Nc6
  6. 6.Nxc6 bxc6
  7. 7.e5 Nd5
  8. 8.Ne4 Qc7
  9. 9.f4 Qb6
  10. 10.c4 Bb4+
  11. 11.Ke2 f5
  12. 12.exf6 Nxf6
  13. 13.Be3 Qd8
  14. 14.Nd6+ Bxd6
  15. 15.Qxd6 Bb7
  16. 16.Kd1 c5
  17. 17.Qxc5 Be4
  18. 18.Be2 d6
  19. 19.Qd4 O-O
  20. 20.Kc1 Qc7
  21. 21.b3 e5
  22. 22.fxe5 dxe5
  23. 23.Qc5 Qb7
  24. 24.Kb2 Nd5
  25. 25.cxd5 Rfc8
  26. 26.Rac1 Rxc5
  27. 27.Rxc5 h6
  28. 28.d6 Bxg2
  29. 29.Rd1 Qe4
  30. 30.Bc4+ Kh8
  31. 31.d7 Qxe3
  32. 32.Rc8+ Kh7
  33. 33.d8=Q

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