Featured is an instructive game between rising star Faustino Oro and elite Grandmaster Richard Rapport from Round 1 of the 2025 FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Team Championship, held on June 11th. The game enters a line of the Sicilian Dragon featuring 7…h5, leading to an early trade of dark-squared bishops and setting the stage for a positional battle.
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Image of Richard Rapport by Lennart Ootes
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Nc6 7. Be3 h5 8. Qd2 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bh6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Be6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. a3 a6 14. Qd4 Rc8 15. Be2 Qc5 16. f4 O-O 17. Bf3 Ng4 18. Rd2 b5 19. h3 Ne3 20. Qxc5 Rxc5 21. Rd3 Nc4 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Rfc8 24. Re1 Kf8 25. Rd4 Na5 26. Kb1 Rxc2 27. Rdd1 Nb3 28. Ka2 Nd2 29. Be2 Nc4 30. Rb1 Rc5 31. f5 Rxd5 32. fxg6 fxg6 33. g4 h4 34. Bxc4 bxc4 35. Re6 c3 36. Rf1+ Ke8 37. Kb3 Rxb2+ 38. Kxc3 Rh2 39. Rf3 Rc5+ 40. Kb3 Rb5+ 41. Kc4 Rc2+ 42. Kd4 Rbc5 43. Rxg6 R5c4+ 44. Kd5 Ra4 45. Rh6 Rc5+