Featured is the Freestyle Chess game between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana from the Semi-finals of Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025, Paris. The start position is #4, which has weak e-pawns that aren’t really exploitable. After only a few moves in the position has a bit of a Sicilian vibe with the exchange Carlsen’s d-pawn and Caruana’s c-pawn. Time controls are classical at 90 minutes with a 30-second increment.
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Image of Magnus Carlsen by Lennart Ootes
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1. c4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Ne6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. Ne3 Re8 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. f3 Bf4 9. g3 Bh6 10. N1g2 g6 11. h4 Qb8 12. g4 Bg7 13. h5 Bh6 14. O-O-O Bg5 15. Bc2 Nf4 16. Nxf4 Qxf4 17. Nf1 Qxd2+ 18. Nxd2 e5 19. Kb1 Re6 20. h6 O-O 21. e4 d6 22. b4 Nd7 23. Ka1 Rc8 24. Bb3 Rf6 25. c5 Ba6 26. Bc4 Nb8 27. b5 Rxc5 28. bxa6 Bxd2 29. Rxd2 Rxc4 30. Bxe5 Re6 31. Bxd6 Nxa6 32. Bb8 Re8 33. Bxa7 b5 34. Bd4 Nc7 35. Bf6 Ne6 36. Rhd1 Ra4 37. Rd3 g5 38. R1d2 b4 39. Kb1 Rea8 40. Be7 Re8 41. Bf6 Rea8 42. Rb2 R4a6 43. Rdb3 Nf8 44. Bxg5