How to WIN with the Ragozin Defense -D38 QGD, Ragozin Defense, Exchange Variation (5. cxd5 by white)
31Hello chess friends and welcome back to our "Queen's Gambit Declined" series. In this series I will show you the most important strategical ideas and tactical motifs od the Queen's gambit declined opening and we are continuing the series with a new variation, the very sharp and tactical Ragozin Defense.
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PGN FILES IN THE VIDEO:
[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/GavEaNRG"]
[Date "2020.04.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 { D38 Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense } 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Ne4 7. Rc1 Nc6 8. Nd2 g5 9. Be3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Ba3 11. Rb1 f5 12. g3 Bd6 13. Rg1 O-O?! { (0.04 → 0.73) Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best. } (13... Qe7 14. Nf3 h6 15. h4 f4 16. gxf4 gxf4 17. Bc1 b6 18. Qa4 Bd7 19. Bh3 Na5 20. Bxd7+) 14. h4 f4 15. gxf4 g4 16. Rb5?! { (0.87 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } (16. Nf3 Bxf4) 16... Ne7 17. f5 h5 18. Bg5 c6 19. Rb2 Rxf5 20. e4 Rxg5 21. hxg5 Ng6 22. e5 Bf8 23. Bd3 Nf4 24. Nf1 Qxg5 25. f3?? { (-0.59 → -5.60) Blunder. Bb1 was best. } (25. Bb1) 25... Nxd3+ 26. Qxd3 Qc1+ 27. Kf2 Qxb2+ 28. Nd2 Bf5 29. Qxf5 Qxd2+ 30. Kg3 Qxc3 31. Kh4 Qxd4 32. Rg3 Bg7 33. f4 Rf8 { White resigns. } 0-1
[Event "80th Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/LmWeVEh1"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4?! { (0.00 → 0.64) Inaccuracy. dxc4 was best. } { D38 Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense } (4... dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Bd6 9. Qe2) 5. cxd5?! { (0.64 → 0.13) Inaccuracy. Qa4+ was best. } (5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 a5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne7) 5... exd5 6. Bf4 Ne4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Rc1 O-O 9. g3?! { (0.09 → -0.92) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } (9. h4 Bf5 10. e3 a5 11. a3 h6 12. Be2 Qd7 13. axb4 axb4 14. Qb3 bxc3 15. bxc3 Ra5) 9... g5 10. Be3 f5 11. Bg2?! { (-1.10 → -1.77) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } (11. h4 f4 12. gxf4 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 gxf4 14. Bd2 Kh8 15. Rg1 Qd6 16. c4 Be6 17. c5 Qe7) 11... f4 12. gxf4 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 gxf4 14. Bd2 Kh8 15. Qb3? { (-1.71 → -3.36) Mistake. Rb1 was best. } (15. Rb1 Rb8) 15... Na5 16. Qc2?! { (-3.41 → -4.33) Inaccuracy. Qd1 was best. } (16. Qd1) 16... Nc4 17. Rd1 Rg8?! { (-4.56 → -3.43) Inaccuracy. Nexd2 was best. } (17... Nexd2 18. Rxd2 Bf5 19. Qc1 Rg8 20. Kf1 Qe7 21. Rg1 Rae8 22. Rb2 c6 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5) 18. Ne5? { (-3.43 → -5.69) Mistake. Bf1 was best. } (18. Bf1 Ncxd2 19. Rxd2 Bg4 20. h4 Bxf3 21. exf3 Nxd2 22. Kxd2 c5 23. Qf5 cxd4 24. Qe5+ Rg7) 18... Nxe5 19. Bxe4 Qg5 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Bxd5?! { (-5.38 → -7.67) Inaccuracy. dxe5 was best. } (21. dxe5 dxe4) 21... Bf5 { White resigns. } 0-1
[Event "2nd Norway Chess 2014"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/roqHwifQ"]
[Date "2014.6.7"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 { D38 Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense } 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. e3 Qa5 10. Nd2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc5 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Be2 Qa3 14. O-O Qxa2 15. c4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Be7 Re8 18. Bd6 Nf6 19. Ra1 Qb2 20. c5 a5 21. Rb1 Qa2 22. Bb5 Rd8 23. Qc1 Qe6 24. Bc7 Rf8 25. Bd6 Rd8 26. Bc7 Rf8 27. Bd6 Rd8 28. Bc7 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2