Featured is the Rapid chess game between World Chess Champion Ding Liren and Aslan Aitbayev from Round 1 of the 2024 World Rapid & Blitz Team Championships. Out of a French Defense, Advance, Aitbayev deploys his king knight to g6. This knight post provokes Ding into quickly launching his h-pawn. The problems Aitbayev faces are a cornered black knight, a thorny white pawn on h6, and a vulnerable black king position. Ding’s idea is to simply blast open the game, with c4 no less.
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. g3 Be7 9. h4 O-O 10. h5 Nh8 11. h6 g6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. c4 f6 14. cxd5 Nxe5 15. Nc3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 e5 17. d6 Nf7 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bd5 Bh3 20. Re1 Bd4 21. Be3 Rb4 22. a3 Bxe3 23. axb4 Bd4 24. Nb5 Bb6 25. Nxa7 Qd7 26. Nc6 Kh8 27. Ra6 Qb7 28. Rxb6 Qxb6 29. Bxf7 Rxf7 30. Qd5 Qb7 31. Ra1 Rf8 32. Ra7 Qb6 33. Qf7