Wei Yi breaks Abdusattorov with the Bishop's Opening

Featured is an excellent rapid chess game between Wei Yi and Nodirbek Abdusattorov from the 2024 Superbet Poland Rapid & Blitz. After only 5 moves, Wei Yi finds himself with doubled pawns and concedes the bishop pair to Abdusattorov. The middlegame unfolds with a focus on key pawn breaks, as Wei Yi mechanically prevents Abdusattorov's f5 advance with a knight, igniting a sharp struggle. The game's instructive final position is a reminder of Wei Yi's middlegame provocation with Be3. If in the final position Abdusattorov's a-pawn was home instead of on a6, the evaluation would be equal rather than lost for black.
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Image of Wei Yi by Lennart Ootes
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