Featured is an instructive rapid (15+10) game between Eline Roebers and Hou Yifan from Round 9 of the 2025 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Team Championship, held on June 13th. The game follows a Sicilian Kalashnikov, with both players testing ideas that differ from the Sveshnikov, largely due to the delayed knight development.
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Image of Hou Yifan by Lennart Ootes
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Be3 Bg5 10. Nc2 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Nf6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Nd4 14. Nc2 Nxc2 15. Qxc2 Rc8 16. Qa4 Qb6 17. Rab1 Qc5 18. Rbc1 Bxc4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Rxc4 Nb6 21. Rxc5 Nxa4 22. Rd5 Rfd8 23. f4 exf4 24. Rfd1 Nxb2 25. R1d2 Nc4 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. e5 Kf8 28. exd6 Rd7 29. Kf2 f6 30. Kf3 Kf7 31. h4 h6 32. h5 Ke6 33. R5d3 Rc5 34. Kg4 Rg5+ 35. Kh4 b5 36. Rd4 a5 37. a3 a4 38. R4d3 Rg3 39. Re2+ Re3 40. Rexe3+ fxe3 41. Rxe3+ Kxd6 42. Kg4 Kc5