We Are continuing our d4 theory with some Queen’s gambit studies. Today’s lesson will be how to beat the very annoying Chigorin 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 “PCA/Intel-GP”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/D5p9YxXE“]
[Date “1995.06.23”]
[Round “3.1”]
[White “Ivanchuk, Vassily (2700)”]
[Black “Morozevich, Alexander (2605)”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D07”]
[Opening “Queen’s Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 { D07 Queen’s Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense } 4. d5 Ne5 5. f4 Nd7 6. e4 Nb6 7. a4 a5 8. Be3 e6 9. Bxb6 cxb6 10. Bxc4 Bb4 11. Nf3 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxe6 fxe6?! { (-0.11 → 0.58) Inaccuracy. Qxd1 was best. } (14… Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 fxe6 16. g3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nxe4 18. Rdb1 Rac8 19. Rxb6 Rxc3 20. Nd4 Nc5 21. Nxe6) 15. Qb3 Kh8 16. Ng5 Ng4 17. Nxe6?! { (0.52 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Ne2 was best. } (17. Ne2 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 Rxf4 19. Nxf4 Qxg5 20. Qxe6 Nf2+ 21. Rxf2 Bxf2 22. Qf7 Bc5 23. Ne6 Qg6) 17… Qh4?? { (0.00 → 1.65) Blunder. Bc5+ was best. } (17… Bc5+ 18. Nxc5 Qd4+ 19. Kh1 bxc5 20. h3 Nf2+ 21. Kh2 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Qg3 Rae8 24. b3) 18. h3 Rae8 19. Ne2 Rxe6 20. Qxe6 Bc5+ 21. Kh1 h5 22. Rad1 Rd8?? { (1.81 → 4.04) Blunder. Nf2+ was best. } (22… Nf2+ 23. Rxf2 Qxf2 24. Qc4 Be3 25. f5 Bg5 26. b3 Qc5 27. Qxc5 bxc5 28. Rd5 Rc8 29. g3) 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qd5 Qh4 25. Qg5 Nf2+ 26. Rxf2 Qxg5 27. fxg5 Bxf2 28. g6 Kg8 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Kf8?? { (2.12 → 5.98) Blunder. Bc5 was best. } (30… Bc5) 31. Kg2 Bc5 32. e5 Ke7?! { (5.08 → 6.74) Inaccuracy. Bb4 was best. } (32… Bb4 33. Kf3) 33. Kf3 Kd7 34. Ke4 Kc6?! { (6.35 → 10.99) Inaccuracy. Bf2 was best. } (34… Bf2 35. Nd4) 35. Nd4+ Bxd4 36. Kxd4 Kd7 37. Kd5 Ke7 38. e6 Ke8?! { (13.34 → Mate in 10) Checkmate is now unavoidable. b5 was best. } (38… b5 39. axb5) 39. Kd6 Kd8 40. b3 Ke8 41. e7 { Black resigns. } 1-0
[Event “POL-ch”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/63JFMj7F“]
[Date “2012.02.26”]
[Round “9”]
[White “Moranda, Wojciech (2568)”]
[Black “Mista, Aleksander (2587)”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D07”]
[Opening “Queen’s Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 { D07 Queen’s Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense } 4. d5 Ne5 5. f4 Ng6 6. e4 e6 7. dxe6 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 fxe6 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bb3 c5 12. Ke2 c4 13. Bc2 Nf6 14. e5 b4 15. Ba4+ Nd7 16. Ne4 Bb7 17. Neg5 Ke7 18. Bxd7 Kxd7 19. Rd1+ Ke7 20. Rd6 Bd5 21. Rxd5 exd5 22. f5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Re8 24. Be3 Kf6 25. Nd7+ Kxf5 26. Rf1+ Kg6 27. Nf7 Rg8 28. Nde5+ Kh5 29. Rf3 { Black resigns. } 1-0
[Event “EU-ch 11th playoffs”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/XiSEAJvs“]
[Date “2010.03.18”]
[Round “2.2”]
[White “Tregubov, Pavel V (2628)”]
[Black “Vorobiov, Evgeny E (2621)”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D07”]
[Opening “Queen’s Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 { D07 Queen’s Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense } 4. d5 Ne5 5. f4 Ng4 6. e4 e5 7. f5 h5 8. Nf3 Bc5 9. Bxc4 Qe7? { (0.70 → 1.84) Mistake. Nf2 was best. } (9… Nf2 10. Qb3 Nf6 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rf1 Ng4 14. Nd1 Bd7 15. h3 Nh6 16. Nc3) 10. Qb3?! { (1.84 → 0.79) Inaccuracy. Qe2 was best. } (10. Qe2) 10… N8f6 11. Bg5 Bf2+?? { (0.71 → 3.75) Blunder. Ne3 was best. } (11… Ne3 12. g3) 12. Ke2 Bb6?! { (3.47 → 4.59) Inaccuracy. Bc5 was best. } (12… Bc5 13. d6) 13. h3? { (4.59 → 2.69) Mistake. d6 was best. } (13. d6 cxd6 14. h3 Nh6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Rhd1 Kf8 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Rxd6 Bxf5) 13… Nh6 14. Rad1?! { (3.44 → 2.23) Inaccuracy. d6 was best. } (14. d6) 14… Bd7?? { (2.23 → 7.29) Blunder. Qc5 was best. } (14… Qc5 15. Kd2 Qd6 16. Kc1 a6 17. Bd3 Bc5 18. Kb1 b5 19. a3 Nd7 20. Be2 Rb8 21. Qc2) 15. d6 cxd6 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Nh4?? { (6.74 → 1.68) Blunder. Nxf6+ was best. } (17. Nxf6+) 17… Bc6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Bxh6 Rxh6 20. Bxf7+ Kd7 21. Bd5 Kc7 22. Rd3 Qe8?! { (1.06 → 1.81) Inaccuracy. Qd7 was best. } (22… Qd7 23. Rc1 Rhh8 24. Ng6 Rhd8 25. Rc4 a5 26. Kf1 Qe8 27. Qd1 Bc5 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Qxh5) 23. Rhd1?! { (1.81 → 1.03) Inaccuracy. Rc1 was best. } (23. Rc1 Bc5) 23… Rd8?! { (1.03 → 1.75) Inaccuracy. Bc5 was best. } (23… Bc5 24. Bxc6) 24. Qc4 Bd4?! { (1.39 → 2.42) Inaccuracy. a5 was best. } (24… a5 25. a3) 25. Nf3 Bxb2?? { (2.41 → 6.73) Blunder. Kb8 was best. } (25… Kb8 26. Bxc6) 26. Rb1 Bd4?! { (6.26 → 12.76) Inaccuracy. Kb8 was best. } (26… Kb8 27. Bxc6) 27. Nxd4 exd4 28. Rdb3 Rb8 29. Bxc6 Qxc6 30. Qf7+ Kd8 31. Qf8+ Kd7 32. Qg7+ { White wins. } 1-0
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