Featured is a sharp chess game between Irina Krush and Carissa Yip from Round 6 of the 2025 U.S. Women’s Chess Championship. Out of a King’s Indian Defense, Petrosian Variation, dynamic play begins after Yip frees her f-pawn with 10…Nd7. Later, Yip sacrifices her e-pawn with 19…e4, a move that leaves the engine preferring White, yet the position is far easier for Black to handle in practice. Just three moves after the sacrifice, Krush blunders, and Yip takes full control, forcing resignation after 33 moves.
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Image of Carissa Yip by Lennart Ootes
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1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. h3 Na6 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. g4 Ndc5 12. Rg1 Kh8 13. Nf1 f5 14. Qd2 Nb4 15. Be3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Ng3 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 exd3 19. Qxd3 e4 20. Nxe4 Qe5 21. Rb1 Bd7 22. Ke2 Rae8 23. f3 Qh2+ 24. Nf2 Bh6 25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. g5 Bg7 27. Qh4 Bf5 28. Rbd1 Qe5 29. Ne4 Bxe4 30. fxe4 Qxb2+ 31. Rd2 Qc3 32. e5 Qxe5 33. Rg3 Rf4