Featured is an instructive rapid chess game between Faustino Oro and Ante Brkic from Round 1 of the 2025 FIDE World Cup. Out of the Colle System, play quickly sharpens after c5. By move 11, we reach what is essentially a reversed Semi-Slav, Noteboom variation, where White has two connected passed pawns and Black has one. A critical moment arises after Oro’s 14. Nfd2, as Black’s reaction allows Oro to establish a superb knight outpost on c4, a piece that goes on to dominate the game.
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. b4 a5 6. c3 axb4 7. cxb4 b6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. a4 bxc5 11. b5 Bd6 12. Bb2 g5 13. e4 g4 14. Nfd2 d4 15. Nc4 Bc7 16. Nbd2 h5 17. Qe2 Kf8 18. Ra3 Qb8 19. g3 h4 20. O-O Ke7 21. Rb1 hxg3 22. fxg3 Rh5 23. Bc1 Qh8 24. b6 Bb8 25. a5 Ra6 26. Rb5 Qh7 27. Rab3 Ne5 28. Ba3 Nxc4 29. Rxc5 Bd6 30. Rxh5 Qxh5 31. Bxd6+ Nxd6 32. Qxa6 Qc5 33. Qd3 Nd7 34. b7 Qxa5 35. b8=Q Nxb8 36. Rxb8