Featured is an excellent Freestyle Chess game between Vincent Keymer and Magnus Carlsen. This is classical game 1 of 2 from the Semi-finals of the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour Knockout, held in Weissenhaus, Germany. Time controls are 90+30. From start position #360, we observe exploitable b-pawns, potential for an early smothered mate, cornered knights, and the ability to castle from move 1! This start position is one of the more complex ones from the entire event. Keymer keeps up the pressure on Carlsen throughout, eventually causing him to crack.
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Image of Magnus Carlsen by Lennart Ootes
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1. g4 Ng6 2. Nb3 e5 3. Ng3 f6 4. c4 O-O-O 5. d4 Nb6 6. d5 d6 7. Bf5+ Bd7 8. f3 a6 9. e4 Nf4 10. Bxd7+ Rxd7 11. Kc2 Ba7 12. Bd2 Kb8 13. Be3 Nh3 14. Qg2 Nf4 15. Qf2 h5 16. Rfd1 hxg4 17. fxg4 Nc8 18. c5 dxc5 19. Bxc5 g6 20. Bxa7+ Nxa7 21. Kb1 Qh7 22. Nc5 Rd6 23. Ne2 Nxe2 24. Qxe2 Nb5 25. Qc4 Rc8 26. a4 Nd4 27. g5 Rcd8 28. gxf6 Rxf6 29. Rf1 Rb6 30. Rf2 g5 31. Ka2 Ka7 32. Rcf1 g4 33. Qc3 Nf3 34. Rg2 Rg8 35. Rff2 Rd6 36. Qe3 Ka8 37. Ne6 c6 38. Qa3 Rxe6 39. dxe6 Rc8