Description
Featured is a sharp chess game between Javokhir Sindarov and Praggnanandhaa from the 2026 Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown. Arising from the Caro-Kann Defense, Fantasy variation, Sindarov establishes an AlphaZero pawn with 7. e5. By move 9, the dark-squared bishops have been exchanged. Given the central pawn structure that soon emerges, both positional and tactical ideas follow, most commonly seen in the French Defense.
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Image of Javokhir Sindarov by Lennart Ootes
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PGN
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Nd7 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. e5 c5 8. Nb5 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. c3 Qb6 11. a4 Nc6 12. Ne2 a6 13. Nd6 cxd4 14. cxd4 f6 15. a5 Qa7 16. f4 fxe5 17. fxe5 Ndxe5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Be2 Nc6 21. Nf3 Qb8 22. Nc4 dxc4 23. Qxd7 Qa7 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Qxc4 Rae8 26. Rf1 Rf6 27. Ng5 Nd4 28. Nf7+ Rxf7 29. Qxf7 Rxe2+ 30. Kd1 h6 31. Ra4 Qc5 32. Qf8+