Featured is the round 2 game between Arjun Erigaisi and Magnus Carlsen from the round robin portion of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025, Paris. With start position #591 we can observe no vulnerable pawns, and bishops that are both unprotected and developed with key pawn moves alone. This game goes to show just how difficult this variant can be when you have Magnus Carlsen already in a losing position after only 10 moves! Time controls are rapid at 10 minutes with a 5-second increment.
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Image of Magnus Carlsen by Lennart Ootes
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1. f4 b6 2. e4 f5 3. exf5 Nd6 4. Ne3 g6 5. fxg6 Nxg6 6. Nd3 e5 7. f5 e4 8. g3 Ne5 9. Nxe5 Rxe5 10. b3 O-O-O 11. Ng4 Rxf5 12. Qxh8 Bxb3 13. Qc3 Bxa2 14. Ra1 Be6 15. Nf6 Nb5 16. Qb2 d5 17. g4 Rxf6 18. Qxf6 Qc6 19. Kc1 Rd7 20. h3 Kb7 21. Bg2 Qd6 22. Rf1 a5 23. Qf4 Qb4 24. Qe5 Rd6 25. Rf6 Na3 26. Qb2 Nxc2 27. Kxc2 Rc6+ 28. Kb1 Qc4 29. Bf1