Chess with Sam Collins

Praggnanandhaa vs Daniele Vocaturo

Xtracon Chess Open 2019, Helsingor

The 13–year-old Indian prodigy Praggnanandhaa won the extraordinarily strong Xtracon Open in Denmark ahead of dozens of GMs. His sister Vaishali earned a GM norm.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Be3 0–0 10.Qd2 a5 11.f3 a4 12.Kf2 Qa5 13.Rac1 Be6 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.Qxa5 Rxa5 16.cxd5 Nd7

This endgame is typical of the Maroczy ...