VACHIER vs MAKHNEV II 2023 FIDE World Rapid Championship R1

The 2023 FIDE World Rapid Championship is a 13-round Swiss tournament, crowning the World Rapid Champion 2023. It is held from the 26th to the 28th of December in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
Time control is 15 minutes for the entire game with a 10-second increment beginning from move one.

[@enriquemarcelobarbano1033]

Tremendo combate

[@petersiegfriedkrug]

Very interesting. White had so strong play on the white squares f5 and e4. The bishop manouvre Bf5-d7 -c6 and so on was bad by White. But certainly it is easy to say.... because short engine analyses I´ve seen.

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just take the knight…