Featured is an instructive positional chess game between Rudik Makarian and Alireza Firouzja from Round 11 of the October 7th, 2025 Titled Tuesday event. Out of a Queen’s Indian Defense, Firouzja employs a double fianchetto setup and challenges Makarian’s central pawn trio with 12…e5. Makarian’s response in this critical middlegame moment proves faulty, and from there Firouzja executes one positional idea after another which dominate the dark squares. This game illustrates how primarily positional play can turn a 50-move battle into a completely one-sided affair.
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qc2 Bg7 7. e4 d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 a5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 e5 13. d5 a4 14. Bf1 Nc5 15. h3 Bc8 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Nd2 Nh5 18. b4 axb3 19. Nxb3 Na4 20. Nd2 f5 21. f3 f4 22. Bf2 Bf6 23. Nxa4 Bxa4 24. Qb2 Bh4 25. Nb1 Bxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Ng3 27. Nc3 h5 28. Ne2 Qh4 29. Nxg3 fxg3 30. Qe3 Kg7 31. Reb1 Ra5 32. Rb4 Rfa8 33. Rb2 Qf4 34. Qc3 Bd7 35. Rba2 g5 36. Be2 Rf8 37. Rf1 Qh4 38. Qe3 Rf4 39. Bd3 Ra8 40. Raa1 Raf8 41. c5 bxc5 42. a4 g4 43. fxg4 hxg4 44. Rxf4 Rxf4 45. a5 gxh3 46. Ra2 Bg4 47. a6 hxg2 48. Rxg2 Bf3 49. Qd2 Bxg2 50. Qxg2 Rf2