Featured is a dynamic chess game between Fabiano Caruana and Grigoriy Oparin from Round 1 of the 2025 U.S. Chess Championship. Facing Oparin’s Nimzo-Indian Defense, Caruana chooses the Classical Variation and encourages an early capture on c3. Instead of the usual queen recapture, Caruana takes back with the pawn. Oparin’s 10th move soon proves to practically be a serious inaccuracy, as Caruana responds with the energetic g4, seizing the initiative. The position becomes razor-sharp, and the open g-file allows Caruana to mount a decisive attack against Oparin’s king.
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Image of Fabiano Caruana by Lennart Ootes
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. e3 O-O 11. g4 Qe8 12. g5 hxg5 13. Nxg5 e5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Bb5 e4 16. Rg1 Bb7 17. Nh3 Nh7 18. Qe2 Qc8 19. Kd2 Nc5 20. dxc5 Qxh3 21. Qh5 g6 22. c6 Bc8 23. Rxg6+ fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Rg1 Bg4 26. Rxg4 Rf7 27. Bg3