Featured is an interesting chess game between Awonder Liang and Nikolas Theodorou from round 10 of the 2025 FIDE Grand Swiss, played on September 14th. Out of a Petrov’s Defense, play follows a deep line of theory until Theodorou’s 22…f6 turns out to be a slight error. Liang plants an unassailable knight on g5, working together with his h6 pawn to keep the Black king stuck on the back rank. Liang then calmly brings his king up the board and finishes the game with an extremely rare and highly aesthetic checkmate.
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Image of Awonder Liang by Lennart Ootes
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. Qf5 Nb6 15. Ng5 g6 16. Qh3 h5 17. g4 Qd7 18. gxh5 Qxh3 19. Nxh3 Rfe8 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 g5 22. Nh3 f6 23. f4 Na4 24. fxg5 fxg5 25. Nxg5 Nxc3 26. h6 a5 27. h4 b5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rf1 Ne2+ 30. Kg2 Nxd4 31. Rf6 Kh8 32. Kg3 b4 33. Kg4 a4 34. Rf7 Ne6 35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. Rb7 Nxg5 37. hxg5 b3 38. axb3 axb3 39. g6 b2 40. h7+ Kh8 41. Kg5 Re2 42. Rb8+ Kg7 43. h8=B