Featured is a sharp chess game between Grigoriy Oparin and Hans Niemann from Round 2 of the 2025 U.S. Chess Championship. Niemann employs the Nimzo-Indian Defense and when provoked, creates an imbalance by exchanging on c3 and striking soon thereafter with the energetic 7…c5. The game reaches a critical middlegame moment after Oparin’s 12. O-O-O, when Niemann’s reaction proves to be a blunder. Yet in the ensuing complications, Oparin misses the decisive continuation. Can you find the winning path?
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Image of Hans Niemann by Lennart Ootes
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d5 7. Nf3 c5 8. e3 Nc6 9. dxc5 e5 10. a4 Bg4 11. Ba3 Re8 12. O-O-O e4 13. h3 Be6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. c4 Qf6 16. Bb2 Ndb4 17. Bxf6 Nxc2 18. Kxc2 gxf6 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Kc3 Rac8 21. Nb3 Nd7 22. Rd4 Nxc5 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxe4 Ra5 25. Kb4 Rxa4+ 26. Kxa4 Bd7+ 27. Kb4 Rxe4 28. Bd3 Re5 29. Ra1 Bc6 30. Rxa7 Bxg2 31. Ra1 Bxh3 32. Rh1 Bd7 33. Bxh7+ Kf8 34. Bd3 Ke7 35. Rh4 b6 36. Rh8 Kd6 37. Rh6 Ke7 38. Rh8 Kd6 39. Rh6 Ke7 40. Rh8 Kd6