Featured is an excellent attacking game between Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and Alexey Sarana from round 12 of the 2025 Tata Steel Masters held in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands. Out of a Queen’s Gambit Declined, Exchange varation we observe an opposite sides castles game that is also quite one-sided. Praggnanandhaa attacks with all of his pieces on the queenside towards Sarana’s king, and finishes the game in brilliant fashion. The tactical shot Praggnanandhaa plays is certainly one for a future tactics book!
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Be2 Bd6 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 Qe7 13. Nf3 g4 14. Nh4 Nb6 15. O-O O-O-O 16. a4 Kb8 17. a5 Nc4 18. Na4 Nd6 19. Nc5 a6 20. Rfc1 Bc8 21. Qb3 Nb5 22. Nxa6+ bxa6 23. Rxc6 Rd7 24. Nf5 Qd8 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. a6 Ra7 27. Qxb5+ Ka8 28. Nd6 Bd7 29. Qb7+