Velimir Ivić meets Erwin L’Ami in round six of the 2026 Tata Steel Challengers. The Serbian grandmaster has White against his Dutch colleague in an event that forms part of the traditional chess gathering in Wijk aan Zee.
Velimir Ivić meets Erwin L’Ami in round six of the 2026 Tata Steel Challengers. Black castles queenside, while Ivić keeps his king in the centre and directs his queen, bishops and rook towards the opposing king. Eventually the rook lands on c7, where that king can capture it.
L’Ami accepts the sacrifice and Qxa7+ sends his king into the centre. The white queen and bishops drive it back, and then Ivić plays 32.O-O. After all those checks, castling looks almost modest. It gives the remaining rook a route to c1, where it would join the attack with check. That is where the game ends.