Featured is a brief chess game between Nodirbek Yakubboev and Andrey Esipenko from the Third Place Match of the 2025 FIDE World Cup. Out of an English Opening, Yakubboev commits a critical mistake as early as move 11. In a must win situation, he appears to miscalculate something by entering a line that trades his light-squared bishop for a knight. This decision leaves Esipenko with an unopposed light squared bishop that becomes a dominant force along the main diagonal. The light-square pressure makes Yakubboev’s kingside collapse, and he is forced into resignation after only 26 moves.
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Image of Andrey Esipenko by Lennart Ootes
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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d3 c5 7. Ne5 a6 8. Qb3 Bd6 9. f4 Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 b5 13. Nf3 Bb7 14. Qf5 Nd7 15. e4 c4 16. Be3 Nc5 17. e5 Be7 18. dxc4 bxc4 19. Nbd2 Nd3 20. h4 Rad8 21. Rab1 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kh2 Qe3 24. g4 Nc1 25. Rbxc1 Rxd2+ 26. Kg3 Qe2