Featured is an excellent chess game between Jorden Van Foreest and Nordirbek Abdusattorov from Round 5 of the 2025 Tata Steel Masters Chess Tournament. The opening is a Caro-Kann, Advance where Van Foreest strikes with c4, and Abdusattorov deploys his good bishop on the vulnerable b4 square. Playing in this was is extremely risky since one is basically saying that they’re okay giving white a significant space advantage on the queenside. After 32. Qe2, I throw a BIG pop quiz your way. If you’re to solve it, you must be prepared to calculate a good 20 ply ahead! Abdusattorov was up to the task.
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Ne2 Ne7 7. a3 Ba5 8. b4 Bc7 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. h4 h6 11. h5 Bh7 12. Qg4 Rg8 13. Be2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Nd7 15. O-O Nf5 16. Be3 Qe7 17. b5 c5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Qf3 O-O-O 20. Nd5 exd5 21. Bxd5 Kb8 22. Qxf5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Rxd5 24. f4 Rgd8 25. Qe4 f6 26. a4 fxe5 27. a5 Qe8 28. b6 axb6 29. axb6 Bxb6 30. fxe5 Bc7 31. Bf4 Rd4 32. Qe2 Rxf4 33. Rxf4 Qxe5 34. Qa2 Qe3+ 35. Rf2 Bg3 36. Qa8+ Kc7 37. Qa5+ b6 38. Qa7+ Kc6 39. Qa4+ b5 40. Qa6+ Kd5 41. Qb7+ Kc4 42. Qf7+ Rd5 43. Ra2 Bxf2+ 44. Rxf2 Qd4 45. Kh2 Qe5+ 46. Kg1 Kb4 47. Rf1 Rd2