Facing the mighty Baden-Baden in the Bundesliga, Jon Speelman was paired up against Etienne Bacrot (pictured) with black. The English grandmaster thus describes the start of what turned out to be a miniature win for Bacrot: “I then made the mistake of fairly quickly sleepwalking along the moves which you play against the supposed main line 5.g3, and he hit me hard on move 8 with g4!. [...] A move or so later, when I finally awoke from my slumber, I was already lost.” | Photo: Anastasiia Korolkova / FIDE World Cup 2021