The WORST Thing in Chess is an EQUAL Position! - Queen's Gambit, Semi-Tarrasch Defense, e3 lines
We Are continuing our d4 theory with some Queen’s gambit studies. Today’s lesson will be how to play the Semi-Tarrasch Defense of the Queen’s gambit declined with some beautiful tactical and strategical elements.
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PGN OF THE GAMES IN THE VIDEO:
[Event "World Blitz 2018"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/LSq90Gis"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "19.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, S. (2817)"]
[Black "Carlsen, M. (2835)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 { D30 Queen's Gambit Declined } 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O Nbd7 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Qc2?! { (0.11 → -0.43) Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } (12. a4 b4) 12... Rc8 13. Qb1 Qb6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. h3 h6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rd1 b4 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Na4 Nxa4 21. bxa4 Qd5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qb3 a5 24. Qc2 Qc6?! { (-1.14 → -0.36) Inaccuracy. f5 was best. } (24... f5 25. Ne1) 25. Qxc6 Bxc6 26. Bd1 f5 27. Nd4 Bd5 28. Bb3 Bb7 29. Bc4 Bc5 30. Kf1 Bxd4 31. exd4 Bc6 32. Bb3 f4 33. g3 fxg3 34. fxg3 Kf8 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. g4?? { (-0.63 → -2.55) Blunder. Ke3 was best. } (36. Ke3 Kd6 37. h4 Bg2 38. Kd2 f6 39. Ke3 Bc6 40. Bd1 e5 41. dxe5+ Kxe5 42. Bb3 Be4) 36... f6 37. Ke3 Kd6 38. Kf4 Bd5 39. h4 Bxb3 40. axb3 Kd5 41. Ke3 e5 42. dxe5 Kxe5 43. Kf3 Kd4 44. Kf4 Kc3 45. Kf5 Kxb3 46. Kxf6 Kxa4 47. g5 hxg5 48. hxg5 b3 49. g6 b2 50. g7 b1=Q 51. g8=Q Qb2+ 52. Kf5 Qd4 53. Qa2+ Kb4 54. Qb1+ Kc5 55. Qc2+ Kd6 56. Qe4 Kc5 57. Qc2+ Qc4 58. Qf2+ Kc6 59. Ke5?? { (-2.71 → Mate in 16) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kg6 was best. } (59. Kg6 a4) 59... Qc5+ { White resigns. } 0-1
[Event "Amber-rapid 20th"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/F00cpWeX"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan (2817)"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir (2785)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 { D02 Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation } 3. c4 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Nc5 Be8 16. Be2 Rd5 17. Nb3 Rad8 18. Be1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rxd1 20. Bxd1 Nb4 21. Na5 Nd3 22. Bc3 Ne4 23. Nxb7?! { (-0.22 → -1.17) Inaccuracy. Bc2 was best. } (23. Bc2 Nxc3 24. Bxd3 b6 25. bxc3 bxa5 26. Bc2 Kf8 27. Kf1 Bf6 28. Nd4 Ke7 29. Ke2 Bd7) 23... Ndxf2 24. Be2 Bxa4 25. Bd4 Bb5 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. Kf1 Nd3 28. Ke2 Nb4 29. Bb6 Bf6 30. Bd4 Be7 31. Bb6 Nd5 32. Ba5 Bf6 33. b3 Bb2 34. Nd2 Nxd2 35. Bxd2 Be5 36. h3 f5?! { (-1.06 → -0.08) Inaccuracy. Kf8 was best. } (36... Kf8 37. Kf3 Ke8 38. Nc5 Bd6 39. Ne4 Ke7 40. g4 Be5 41. Nf2 Nf6 42. Nd3 Nd7 43. Ke4) 37. Nd8 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2