This is a chess game from the 2019-world-blitz-championship where Hikaru Nakamura defeats Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. The openings that are played are e4 (the king’s opening) and c5 (Sicilian defense in response to the king’s opening)

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Date: Mon Dec 30 2019
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Tournament: 2019-world-blitz-championship
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Opening: B50 Sicilian
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Published on: May 15, 2020
Categories: Hikaru Nakamura

[Event "2019-world-blitz-championship"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [WhiteFideId "2016192"] [BlackFideId "623539"] [Result "1-0"] [Round "18"] [Date "Mon Dec 30 2019"] [WhiteClock "0:00:22"] [BlackClock "0:00:01"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. g4 Rc8 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Bg2 Qa5 14. Kb1 e5 15. Be3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Rfe8 17. Rhe1 Nd7 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 Ne5 20. b3 h6 21. Red1 Kh7 22. g5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Bf8 25. h4 Rc3 26. Bf4 Ng4 27. R1d3 Rc6 28. c4 Ne5 29. Rd1 b6 30. Bh3 Rc7 31. Rh1 Rc5 32. h5 Rxd5 33. cxd5 gxh5 34. Bf5+ Kg8 35. Rxh5 Nd3 36. Bg3 Nc5 37. Rh4 Be7 38. Rg4+ Kh8 39. e5 dxe5 40. Bxe5+ f6 41. Bc7 Nb7 42. Rh4+ Kg7 43. Rg4+ Kf8 44. Bf4 Bc5 45. Bh6+ Ke7 46. Rg7+ Kd6 47. Rxb7 Kxd5 48. Rd7+ Ke5 49. Bh7 a5 50. Kc2 Ke6 51. Rb7 Rd8 52. Bd3 f5 53. Bc4+ Kf6 54. Bd2 Rf8 55. Bc3+ Kg6 56. Rg7+ Kh5 57. Be2+ Kh6 58. Rg3 Rf7 59. Bf3 f4 60. Rh3+ Kg5 61. Rh5+ Kg6 62. Rd5 Re7 63. Bd2 Be3 64. Bxe3 Rxe3 65. Rd3 Re6 66. Kd2 Kg5 67. Rd8 Re3 68. Ba8 Rh3 69. Rg8+ Kf5 70. Bg2 Rh6 71. Kc3 Rd6 72. a4 Ke5 73. Re8+ Kf5 74. Kc4 Kg4 75. Rg8+ Kf5 76. Bd5 Ke5 77. Re8+ Kf6 78. Kd4 Kf5 79. Rf8+ Kg4 80. Ke5 Rg6 81. Rg8 1-0