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 “Import”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/1c7Tzz9f“]
[Date “2020.07.04”]
[White “Magnus Carlsen?”]
[Black “Anish Giri”]
[Result “*”]
[UTCDate “2020.07.04”]
[UTCTime “15:52:33”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D41”]
[Opening “Queen’s Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Exchange Variation”]
[Termination “Unterminated”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 { D41 Queen’s Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Exchange Variation } Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. Re3?! { (0.65 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (16. d5) 16… Nf6 17. d5 exd5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Qe1 Qc7 20. Nd4 a6 21. h4?! { (0.51 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. f3 was best. } (21. f3) 21… Rcd8?! { (0.00 → 0.65) Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } (21… b5 22. Rxe4 dxe4 23. e6 fxe6 24. Nxe6 Qe7 25. Nd8+ Rc4 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27. Rd4 Qe7 28. Bxc4+) 22. f3 Nc5 23. h5 Ne6?! { (0.46 → 1.09) Inaccuracy. Qe7 was best. } (23… Qe7) 24. Nf5 d4 25. Red3 Nc5?! { (1.16 → 1.89) Inaccuracy. Bd5 was best. } (25… Bd5 26. Nd6) 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Nxb3 28. Qg3 g6 29. axb3 Rd8?? { (1.91 → 11.23) Blunder. Bxf3 was best. } (29… Bxf3 30. Rc4) 30. e6 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Rxd4 32. e7 Qc8 33. Qe5 Rh4+?! { (13.53 → Mate in 9) Checkmate is now unavoidable. gxf5 was best. } (33… gxf5 34. e8=R+) 34. Kg3?! { (Mate in 9 → 15.48) Lost forced checkmate sequence. Nxh4 was best. } (34. Nxh4 f6 35. e8=Q+ Qxe8 36. Qxe8+ Kg7 37. Nf5+ gxf5 38. Qe7+ Kh6 39. Qxf6+ Kxh5 40. Qxf5+ Kh6) *
[Event “FIDE Candidates 2018”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/THOKF7vn“]
[Date “2018.03.15”]
[Round “5.3”]
[White “So, W. (2799)”]
[Black “Kramnik, V. (2800)”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D41”]
[Opening “Queen’s Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Exchange Variation”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 { D41 Queen’s Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Exchange Variation } Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qe5 Nf6 19. Qf4 Nh5 20. Qh2 h6 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 Rxe1+ 23. Nxe1 Qf6 24. Nd3 Ba6 25. Qe5 Bxd3 26. Qxh5 Bc2 27. Rc1 Bf5 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. d6 g5 30. Qd1 Bd7 31. Qd5 Kg7 32. Qb7 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Qe5+ 34. Kg1 Qxd6 35. Qxa7 h5 36. Qb7 h4 37. Qf3 Qe7 38. Qc3+ f6 39. Qc4 Qe8 40. Qb4 b5 41. a3 Qe5 42. Bd1 Bc6 43. Bf3 Be8 44. Kf1 Bf7 45. Be2 Be8 46. Bf3 f5 47. Kg1 Bf7 48. Qd2 Kg6 49. Qc1 Be6 50. Qc6 Kf6 51. Qe8 Qa1+ 52. Kh2 Qxa3 53. Qd8+ Qe7 54. Qh8+ Qg7 55. Qd8+ Kg6 56. Qe8+ Qf7 57. Qxb5 Qc7+ { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2
[Event “Russia-China Match Women”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/MyGhYYUa“]
[Date “2019.11.26”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Potapova, Margarita”]
[Black “Ning, Kaiyu”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2307”]
[BlackElo “2330”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D41”]
[Opening “Queen’s Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Exchange Variation”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 { D41 Queen’s Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Exchange Variation } Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qh2 h6 19. d5 exd5 20. e5 g6 21. Nd4 Qd7 22. g4 Ng7 23. Qg3 Ne6 24. f4 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Qc7 26. Kh2 Qc3 27. Qxc3 Rxc3 28. f5 gxf5 29. gxf5 Rf3 30. f6 Rxf6 31. Rg1+ Rg6 32. Rxg6+ fxg6 33. Bxd5+ Bxd5 34. Rxd5 Kf7 35. Kg3 Ke6 36. Rd6+ Kxe5 37. Rxg6 Re6 38. Rg7 a5 39. Kf3 Kd4 40. a4 Kc5 41. h4 b5 42. axb5 Kxb5 43. h5 a4 44. Rg6 Ra6 45. Rg1 a3 46. Ke4 a2 47. Ra1 Kb4 { White resigns. } 0-1
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