Featured is a sharp chess game between Wei Yi and Kacper Piorun from Round 2 of the 2025 FIDE World Cup. The game opens with the Italian Game, Giuoco Piano, and quickly intensifies after 8…Nxe4 as Black aims to challenge White’s ideal pawn center. After Black’s 15th move, the position soon collapses under a brilliant tactical strike from Wei Yi. Can you spot the decisive move that Piorun missed in his calculations?
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Image of Wei Yi by Lennart Ootes
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be3 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Bb3 dxe4 11. Ng5 Be6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. O-O Bxd4 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Qg4 Qf6 16. Bxe6 Ne5 17. Qxe4 Bxe3 18. Bf7+ Kxf7 19. fxe3 Rhe8 20. Qxb7 Qxf1+ 21. Rxf1+ Kg8 22. Qxc7 a5 23. a4 Rad8 24. Qxa5 Nc4 25. Qc3 Nd2 26. Rd1