Chess with Sam Collins

Parham Maghsoodloo vs Kaido Kulaots

Aeroflot Open, Moscow, 2019

Estonian GM Kaido Kulaots celebrated his 43rd birthday with a remarkable underdog win in one of the world’s strongest opens. He announced his aggressive intentions in the first round with this victory against the World Junior Champion, the strongest of several young Iranian Super-GMs.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nb3

This apparently passive retreat has recently become popular against ...