Inspired by a CGI transforming chess piece designed by [Polyfjord], [Works By Design] wanted to make a pawn that could transform itself exist in the real world. What started as a chonky setup with ...

Caruana defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the evocatively named Poisoned Pawn Sicilian after catching the Frenchman in some deep prep, where at one stage Caruana was a bishop and three pawns down.