Featured is an excellent positional game from the 13th and final round of the 2023 Tata Steel Masters Chess Tournament between Anish Giri and Richard Rapport. The opening is a Sicilian Defense, Richter-Rauzer with Rapport opting for the Dragon Variation. This decision by Rapport to play g6 allows Giri to create several weaknesses in black’s camp. In exchange for these weaknesses Rapport obtains the bishop pair. There is a big fight over the d5 square throughout with Giri’s queen knight walking away as the MVP. This win by Giri propelled him past Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the tournament standings to become the 2023 Tata Steel Masters Champion.
Image of Anish Giri in thumbnail courtesy of Lennart Ootes from the 2023 Tata Steel Masters Chess Tournament
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PGN
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 g6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bc4 Bg7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd3 Rc8 13. Nd5 Re8 14. c3 Bd7 15. Bb5 Bc6 16. Bc4 Bd7 17. Rfe1 f5 18. Bb3 fxe4 19. Rxe4 Bf5 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Qd2 Be6 22. Rd1 Qd7 23. h3 b5 24. Qf4 Rc5 25. Ne3 Be5 26. Qe4 Kg7 27. f4 Bf6 28. g4 h6 29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. Nxd5 Rc4 31. Qf3 Qe6 32. f5 gxf5 33. Nf4 Qe5 34. Nh5+ Kg6 35. Rxd6 Kg5 36. Rd5 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Be7 38. Rxf5+ Kh4 39. Qg3+
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