
36. … Qg6 in Hikaru Nakamura – Magnus Carlsen 0-1
Zurich Chess Challenge 2014 Round 3: In a totally crazy game that went from White winning all the way to White losing any which way he can, GM Hikaru Nakamura committed harakiri against World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen. So exciting was the Nakamura-Carlsen game that hardly anyone noticed when the other two games were drawn. Here are all the games of Round 3. You can read a full report on
Chess Blog.
[…] 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.♗g2 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.♘f3 ♗g7 7.♘e5 ♘e4 8.♘d2 ♘xd2 9.♗xd2 O-O 10.O-O ♘d7 11.♗c3 ♘f6 12.♕b3 ♘e4 13.♗xe4 dxe4 14.♖fd1 ♕b6 15.♕xb6 axb6 16.♘c4 ♗e6 17.d5 ♗g4 18.♗xg7 ♔xg7 19.♔f1 b5 20.♘e3 ♗d7 21.a3 ♖fc8 22.♖ac1 ♔f6 23.♖xc8 ♖xc8 24.d6 e6 25.♘g4+ ♔f5 26.♘e3+ ♔f6 27.♘g4+ ♔f5
[…] 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 e6 3.♘c3 ♗b4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 ♗e7 6.e4 dxe4 7.fxe4 e5 8.d5 ♗c5 9.♗g5 O-O 10.♘f3 ♗g4 11.h3 ♗xf3 12.♕xf3 ♘bd7 13.O-O-O ♗d4 14.♘e2 c5 15.g4 a5 16.♔b1 ♖a6 17.♘g3 g6 18.h4 a4 19.♖h2 ♕a5 20.♗d2 ♕c7 21.g5 ♘e8 22.h5 ♖b6 23.♗c1 ♖b3 24.♕g4 ♘b6 25.♗e2 ♘d6 26.♖dh1 ♗xb2 27.♗xb2 ♘bxc4 28.♗xc4 ♘xc4 29.hxg6 ♕b6 30.g7 ♖d8 31.♕h4 ♖xb2+ 32.♔a1 ♖xh2 33.♖xh2 ♕g6 34.♘f5 ♖e8 35.♕g4 ♕b6 36.♕h3 ♕g6 37.d6 ♘xd6 38.♘xd6 ♖d8 39.♘c4 ♕xe4 40.♕h5 ♖d3 41.♖h4 ♕f5 42.♕e2 b5 43.♘d2 ♕xg5 44.♕xd3 ♕xh4 45.♘e4 ♔xg7 46.♕f3 ♕f4 47.♕g2+ ♔f8 48.♔b2 h5 49.♘d2 h4 50.♔c2 b4 51.axb4 cxb4 52.♕a8+ ♔g7 53.♕xa4 h3 54.♕b3 h2 55.♕d5 e4 56.♕h5 e3 57.♘f3 e2 58.♔b3 f6 59.♘e1 ♕g3+ 60.♔a4 ♕g1 61.♕xe2 ♕a7+
[…] 1.♘f3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 ♘f6 4.e3 ♗g4 5.♘c3 e6 6.h3 ♗h5 7.g4 ♗g6 8.cxd5 ♘xd5 9.♘e5 ♗b4 10.♗d2 ♘d7 11.♘xg6 hxg6 12.a3 ♗a5 13.♗g2 g5 14.♕c2 ♖c8 15.♖d1 ♗c7 16.♘e2 ♘f8 17.♕b3 ♖b8 18.e4 ♘f4 19.♗xf4 ♗xf4 20.h4 e5 21.d5 ♘g6 22.dxc6 ♕a5+ 23.♘c3 O-O 24.cxb7 ♕c7 25.♘d5 ♕xb7 26.♕xb7 ♖xb7 27.b4 gxh4 28.♗f1 ♗g5 29.♖h3 ♖d8 30.♗c4 ♖bb8 31.♖hd3 ♖dc8 32.♗b3 ♖b7 33.a4 a6 34.♖b1 ♘f8 35.♘c3 ♘g6 36.♘d5 ♘f8 37.♘c3 ♘g6 38.♘d5 ♘f8 39.♘c3 ♘g6 40.♘d5 ♘f8
