Oh, Boy!

Atilla Kuru – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)

3rd FIDE World Rapid Team Championship; time control: 15 minutes plus 10 seconds per move; London, June 11, 2025

Sicilian Defence B24

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Nge2 Nf6 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Ndb5 Qb8 9. Bf4 Ne5 10. a4 a6 11. Nd4 Qc7 12. 0-0 Be7 13. a5? White gives up a Pawn without any apparent reason.
13. ... Nc4 14. Bc1 Nxa5 15. g4 h6 16. h4? Nc6 17. g5? The opening of the h-file is suicidal for White.
17. ... hxg5 18. hxg5 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 d5! Threatening mate in one.
20. Re1 Bc5 21. Bf4 Qxf4 22. Qxc5 Rc8 23. Qb6 Nxe4. White could well resign here. The rest is a massacre.
24. Rxe4 dxe4 25. Qxb7 e3 26. f3

26. ... Rxc3! 27. Qb8+ (27. bxc3 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Bb5+−+)
28. ... Qxb8 0–1.