Featured is a tactical chess game between Samuel Sevian and 15-year-old Andy Woodward from Round 5 of the 2025 U.S. Chess Championship. Out of a Reverse Sicilian Dragon, a tense battle emerges over the d4-square. The game sharpens right after Sevian’s central pawn break with d4. A critical moment arises when Woodward places his queen on what appears to be a vulnerable square, e5. This tempts Sevian into playing f4, a blunder that Woodward exploits brilliantly with precise tactical play.
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Image of Andy Woodward by Lennart Ootes
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1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 f6 9. Na3 Be6 10. Nc2 Qd7 11. e4 Bc5 12. d4 exd4 13. Ncxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bg4 15. Nf3 O-O 16. Qc2 Bd6 17. a4 a5 18. Rfe1 Bb4 19. Red1 Qe7 20. h3 Bh5 21. g4 Bf7 22. Nd4 Rad8 23. Qe2 Qe8 24. Qe3 Qe5 25. f4 Nd5 26. Qf2 Nxf4 27. Nc6 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Qxe4 29. Nxb4 Nxg2 30. Rd4 Qb1+ 31. Kxg2 axb4 32. Qd2 c6 33. Rd7 Re8 34. g5 Bd5+ 35. Rxd5 Qe4+ 36. Kf2 Qxd5