Featured is an instructive chess game between Sam Shankland and Wei Yi from Round 5 of the 2025 Prague International Chess Festival. Out of a Nimzo-Indian Defense, Romanishin variation we observe a minor piece imbalance as well as structural imbalances by move 9. A critical middlegame moment arrives once Shankland pins Wei’s f6 knight. When a pin occurs by an unopposed bishop in particular, it can be especially difficult to address. Wei Yi handles the pin excellently with key pawn advances, and then strikes forcefully on the queenside to punish a move 14 blunder by Shankland.
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Image of Wei Yi by Lennart Ootes
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Na5 10. Bg5 c5 11. e4 h6 12. Bh4 e5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qa4 Nb3 15. Nxe5 Be6 16. Rad1 cxd4 17. Nxc4 b5 18. Qxb5 Rab8 19. Qa4 dxc3 20. e5 Qe7 21. Nd6 c2 22. Rde1 Rfc8 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 Qd8 26. Qb5 Qd1+ 27. Qf1 Rd8