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Don’t get surprised by this Attack! – Tarrasch Defense Theory – The Marshall Gambit

We Are continuing our d4 theory with some Queen’s gambit studies. Today’s lesson will be how to play the Marshall Gambit of the Queen’s gambit declined, Tarrasch Defense with some beautiful tactical and strategical elements.

PGN OF THE GAMES IN THE VIDEO:

[Event “Mainz Ordix op 14th”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/dbr9OtEB“]
[Date “2007.08.18”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar”]
[Black “Ginsburg, Gennadij”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “2757”]
[BlackElo “2514”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D32”]
[Opening “Tarrasch Defense: Marshall Gambit”]
[Termination “Normal”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e4 dxe4 6. Bc4 cxd4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nxe4 Nc6 9. Bd2 a5 10. a4 Bb4 11. Bxb4 axb4 12. Bxf7+ Kf8 13. Bxg8 Rxg8 14. Ne2 Qe6 15. Qd3 b6 16. Rc1 Ba6 17. Qf3+ Ke8 18. Rxc6 Qxc6 19. Nf6+ Qxf6 20. Qxa8+ Kf7 21. Qxa6 Rh8 1-0

[Event “Pardubice Synthesia rap op 19th”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/hJtK3c2l“]
[Date “2008.07.16”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar”]
[Black “Genba, Vladimir”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2742”]
[BlackElo “2429”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D32”]
[Opening “Tarrasch Defense: Marshall Gambit”]
[Termination “Normal”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e4 dxe4 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qb3 cxd4 8. Bxf7+ Ke7 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Bd2 a6 11. Na3 a5 12. Rc1 Ne5 13. Bc4 Nxc4 14. Rxc4 Be6 15. Qxb7+ Ke8 16. Rxd4 Qxd4 17. Qxa8+ Kf7 18. Qb7+ Qd7 19. Qxd7+ Nxd7 20. Ne2 Bxa3 21. bxa3 Rb8 22. f3 exf3 23. O-O Rb2 24. Rxf3+ Nf6 25. Rd3 Bc4 0-1

[Event “Meltwater Tour Final 2021”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/KT3vBEeQ“]
[Date “2021.09.29”]
[Round “5.1”]
[White “Mamedyarov, S.”]
[Black “Artemiev, V.”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2762”]
[BlackElo “2699”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D32”]
[Opening “Tarrasch Defense: Marshall Gambit”]
[Termination “Normal”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e4 dxe4 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Nge2 Bxb5 8. Nxb5 a6 9. Nbc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nf6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Nf5 O-O 14. Qb3 Nbd7 15. Rd1 Qe8 16. O-O Bc5 17. Na4 Qe5 18. Qh3 Rfd8 19. Nc3 Bf8 20. Bg3 Qe6 21. Bc7 Re8 22. a3 Ne5 23. Rfe1 Rac8 24. Bd6 Rcd8 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Nd4 Qxh3 0-1

[Event “Kirovakan”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/bQwKG6L2“]
[Date “1978.??.??”]
[Round “12”]
[White “Bronstein, David I”]
[Black “Marjanovic, Slavoljub”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2570”]
[BlackElo “2450”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D32”]
[Opening “Tarrasch Defense: Marshall Gambit”]
[Termination “Normal”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e4 dxe4 6. d5 f5 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Bb5+ Kf7 9. Nh3 Nf6 10. Bc4 a6 11. a4 h6 12. f3 exf3 13. Qxf3 Re8+ 14. Be2 b6 15. O-O Ra7 16. Qg3 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Nbd7 18. Bd3 Ne5 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Kg8 21. Nf4 Rf7 22. Qh3 Qd6 23. Rae1 c4 24. Qg3 Rfe7 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Rf8 28. h3 Nd3 29. Qf3 Ref7 30. Qg4 Qd6 31. g3 Qxd5 32. Qe6 Qxe6 33. Rxe6 g5 0-1

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