Featured is a sharp chess game between Daniil Dubov and Georg Meier from Round 3 of the 2025 FIDE World Cup. Out of the Vienna Game, Frankenstein-Dracula variation, play take on a tactical nature as Dubov targets the sensitive f7-square from three angles. After the complications somewhat subside around move 18, Meier emerges a pawn up but with an exposed king. A few moves later, Dubov sacrifices a piece to open lines against the Black king, and Meier, unable to find the only defensive resource, is forced to resign after just 24 moves.
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Image of Daniil Dubov by Lennart Ootes
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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 Nf5 8. Qd5 Nh6 9. d4 d6 10. Bxh6 Be6 11. Qf3 Bxb3 12. Bxf8 Bc4 13. Bg7 Bxb5 14. dxe5 Rg8 15. Bf6 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qe7 17. O-O-O Bc6 18. Qc3 dxe5 19. Nf3 f6 20. Rhe1 Kf8 21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Rxe5 Qf6 23. Re8+ Kf7 24. Qc4+