Featured is an excellent chess game between Magnus Carlsen and Arjun Erigaisi from round 4 of Norway Chess 2025. Out of a Symmetrical English, Carlsen targets Erigaisi’s c5-pawn, forcing Black’s d-pawn into a defensive role on d6. Only then does Carlsen castle. With added pressure from d4, Erigaisi immediately gives up the c5-pawn, triggering a series of exchanges. A sharp continuation leads to a major piece endgame where Erigaisi falters while trying to drive Carlsen’s queen from its invasive post on f6. In the queen-only endgame, Erigaisi’s last hope is a perpetual check, but Carlsen’s king walks a tightrope along the e-file and slips away.
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1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Rb1 Nf6 6. a3 a5 7. d3 e6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be3 Qe7 10. Na4 d6 11. O-O Rb8 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b5 15. cxb5 Rxb5 16. Nc3 Rb8 17. Qa4 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qxa5 e5 20. Be3 d5 21. Bg5 d4 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nd5 Bg5 24. Nb4 Bd2 25. Qxe5 Bxb4 26. axb4 Qxb4 27. Rfd1 Rfe8 28. Qf4 Rxe2 29. Rxd4 Qb7 30. Qf6 Re6 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Kg7 33. Qd4+ Kg8 34. b4 h5 35. b5 Rb6 36. Re1 Qb8 37. Re8+ Qxe8 38. Qxb6 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+ 40. Kf1 Qd3+ 41. Ke1 Qc3+ 42. Ke2 Qc2+ 43. Ke3 Qc3+ 44. Ke4 Qc4+ 45. Ke5 Kg7 46. h4 Qd3 47. Qc5 Qf5+ 48. Kd6