Featured is an instructive chess game between Vaishali R and Olga Badelka from round 3 of the Women’s FIDE Grand Swiss 2025. The opening is a Pirc Defense, where both players launch early kingside pawn advances, leaving Black with a protected passed pawn on e4 after 15 moves. The turning point comes with Vaishali’s well-timed g4 pawn break. In mutual time pressure before the move 40 control, Vaishali set a clever tactical trap around her d5-pawn. Badelka’s captured of the pawn was a blunder, and led to a sharp and swift finish.
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Image of Vaishali R by Lennart Ootes
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 a6 6. a4 Nc6 7. Be2 O-O 8. Nf3 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. h3 Nh5 11. O-O Qe8 12. Nh4 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Qd1 Nf6 15. f4 e4 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Kh2 Qf7 18. Rad1 b6 19. Rg1 Bb7 20. Bc4 Qh5 21. Qf2 Rae8 22. Bd4 Rg8 23. Be3 Bc8 24. Be2 Qf7 25. g4 fxg4 26. hxg4 Nfxd5 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Bxb2 29. Rh5 Rg7 30. g5 d5 31. g6 Qf6 32. Rxh7+ Rxh7 33. gxh7 d4 34. Ng6+ Kxh7 35. Rg5 dxe3 36. Qh4+ Kg7 37. Ne5+ Kf8 38. Rg8+