Published 12/7/25Hello everyone! Today we will be taking a look at a game played between GMs Shankland and Abdusattorov in the recent 2025 London Chess Classic. As you might have seen, Abdusattorov had an absolutely insane performance finishing with 7.5/9 and comfortably winning the tournament. This was, in my opinion,...
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Chaos in the World Cup: Sindarov vs Yakubboev
Published 11/23/2025 Hello guys! Today we will be taking a look at a game between Yakubboev and Sindarov in the 2025 World Cup. For context, this was a match played in the rapid stage of the semifinals of the tournament. Sindarov had won the first rapid game, so Yakubboev had to...
Rook Sacrifice on Move 5 in World Cup?
Published 11/9/2025Hello guys! Today we will be looking at a very recent game played in Game 2 of Round 3 of the 2025 World Cup between GMs Wojtaszek and Fedoseev. In Game 1, GM Wojtaszek took lead with a nice endgame win. This meant that GM Fedoseev needed a win...
Queen Sacrifice Motif in the World Cup!
Published 11/2/2025Hello everyone! Today we will be taking a look at a game between GMs Garcia and Venkataraman in Round 1 of the World Cup. Although the game started out in a seemingly dry Moscow variation, Garcia came up with an interesting knight sacrifice right after the opening stage. His...