Arjun Erigaisi's beginner-like play crushes Serbian Grandmaster

Featured is an instructive chess game between Aleksandar Indjic and Arjun Erigaisi from the 45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 2024. Against Indjic's kingside fianchetto setup, Erigaisi deploys his queen knight to c6 and quickly strikes c2 with his minor pieces much like beginners frequently do. This plan of attack creates an inconvenience to Indjic's queen knight, and its this queen knight that stumbles throughout the whole game. Erigaisi's play in this round 4 game had a 99% accuracy, and it's a masterclass in positional chess.
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Image of Arjun Erigaisi by Lennart Ootes
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PGN
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Qb3 Rb8 8. Nh4 Be4 9. f3 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. e4 Nf6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. exd5 exd5 15. Nc2 Na5 16. Qb5+ c6 17. Qe2 Nc4 18. b3 Nd6 19. O-O Kf8 20. Ne1 Qa5 21. Rc1 Nf5 22. b4 Qc7 23. f4 a5 24. a3 Re8 25. Qd2 Nd6 26. Nc2 f5 27. Rfe1 Kg7 28. Re2 Ra8 29. Ree1 Bf6 30. Re2 axb4 31. axb4 Ra2 32. Ree1 Rha8 33. Ra1 Qb6 34. Reb1 R8a4 35. Qc1 Qa7 36. Rxa2 Rxa2 37. Rb2 Nb5 38. Rb3 Nxc3 39. Rxc3 Bxd4+ 40. Nxd4 Ra1