Featured is an instructive chess game between Max Warmerdam and Nodirbek Abdusattorov from Round 3 of the 2025 Tata Steel Masters Chess Tournament held in Wijk ann Zee, Netherlands. Out of the Ruy Lopez, Morphy Defense we observe an excellent positional and tactical fight. There is a middlegame battle between the d4 and e5 pawns. It's Warmerdam who blinks first and the players quickly maneuver within the slightly different structure. Along the way, Warmerdam leaves himself tactically vulnerable and Abdusattorov is quick to pounce, snatching a pawn in the process. At this level however, no player goes down without strong resistance. Warmerdam comes up with a clever plan to evacuate his king, which creates dynamic possibilities in a kings on opposite wings environment.
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Image of Nodirbek Abdusattorov by Lennart Ootes
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Ba7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. Be3 Re8 13. Nbd2 a5 14. a4 Bc6 15. Qb1 Qe7 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bxa7 Rxa7 18. Bd3 Nf8 19. Nc4 N8d7 20. Qc2 g6 21. b3 b6 22. Rad1 Raa8 23. Qb2 Nh5 24. Ne3 Rad8 25. Bc2 Nhf6 26. Nc4 Kg7 27. b4 Ra8 28. Ra1 h6 29. Re3 Nh7 30. Nfd2 Ra7 31. Ree1 Ng5 32. Ne3 Nf6 33. b5 Bb7 34. c4 Nd7 35. Nd5 Nxh3+ 36. Kf1 Bxd5 37. cxd5 Ng5 38. Ra3 f6 39. Ke2 Nc5 40. Kd1 Raa8 41. Kc1 Rad8 42. g3 Nf7 43. f4 exf4 44. gxf4 Rxd5 45. Nf3 Rh5 46. e5 fxe5 47. Rae3 Nd7 48. fxe5 Nfxe5 49. Rd1 Nf6 50. Rde1 Nfd7 51. Rd1 Kh7 52. Qc3 Nf6 53. Rg1 Nd5 54. Bxg6+ Kh8 55. Qd4 Nxe3 56. Bxh5 Qa3+ 57. Kd2 Nf5