Featured is a rapid (10+0) chess game between Magnus Carlsen and Jan-Krzysztof Duda from the 2025 Champions Chess Tour Chess.com Classic Playoffs, Round of 16. Out of a Catalan Opening, Carlsen plants an AlphaZero-style pawn on e5. This invasive central post, combined with an instructive knight transfer to h3, paved the way for Carlsen’s 20-move victory.
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Image of Magnus Carlsen by Lennart Ootes
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Be7 9. e4 a6 10. h4 b5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 Na5 14. Qg4 Kh8 15. Qh5 Kg8 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qxh6 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Nf4