Featured is an instructive chess game between Sam Shankland and Daniil Dubov from Round 5 of the 2025 FIDE World Cup. Out of a London System setup, Shankland plays an excellent multi-purpose move with 9. h4. This idea not only aims for kingside space but also prepares to lift the king rook into action through h3. The evaluation stays roughly equal for a while, yet Shankland keeps pressing Dubov both in the position and on the clock. After Dubov’s 25…Nf8 we reach a position where Shankland’s pieces and pawns clearly outshine their counterparts, and Dubov blunders on move 33. Shankland’s final aesthetic sequence forces resignation after 46 moves.
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Qc2 Ba6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. h4 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 Nxf4 11. exf4 Nd7 12. Rd1 c6 13. f5 exf5 14. Qxf5 Nf6 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. h5 Bb4 17. Rh3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 h6 19. c4 Re8 20. g4 Rc7 21. Re3 Qc8 22. Qxc8 Rcxc8 23. a4 Red8 24. Ke2 Nd7 25. f4 Nf8 26. d5 cxd5 27. cxd5 Rc2+ 28. Kf3 Rd6 29. Rd4 Nh7 30. Nc4 Rd8 31. d6 Nf8 32. Re7 Ne6 33. Re4 a6 34. d7 Rc3+ 35. Ke2 Kf8 36. Re8+ Rxe8 37. dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 38. f5 b5 39. axb5 Rxc4 40. Rxc4 axb5 41. Rc8+ Nd8 42. Rc7 Kf8 43. g5 hxg5 44. Rc8 Ke7 45. Rxd8 Kxd8 46. f6