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How to beat the Chigorin Defense

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 attack of the Queen’s gambit declined with some beautiful tactical and strategical elements.

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[Event “PCA/Intel-GP”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/FjlP3BQ6“]
[Date “1995.06.23”]
[Round “4.2”]
[White “Kasparov, Garry (2805)”]
[Black “Ivanchuk, Vassily (2700)”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D07”]
[Opening “Queen’s Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Exchange Variation”]
[Termination “Unknown”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 { D07 Queen’s Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Exchange Variation } 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Qd6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. f3 O-O 10. Ne2 Be6 11. O-O Rad8 12. Qc1 Nd7 13. Be1 Qe7 14. Qb1 Nb6 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bd3 Na5?! { (1.15 → 1.79) Inaccuracy. Nc4 was best. } (16… Nc4 17. Qc1 Nd6 18. e4 Bc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Bf2 b6 21. Ng3 Nd6 22. Rb1 Kg8 23. Re1 f6 24. Qb2) 17. e4 Nac4 18. f4 f6 19. f5 Bf7 20. Rf3 Kg8 21. Rh3 exd4? { (1.50 → 3.07) Mistake. Na3 was best. } (21… Na3 22. Qc1 Bc4 23. Qd1 Rfe8 24. Nc1 exd4 25. cxd4 Rxd4 26. Bf2 Rdd8 27. Bxc4+ Naxc4 28. Qh5 Kf8 29. Nd3) 22. cxd4 c5 23. d5?! { (3.34 → 2.18) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (23. e5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Bc3 Qe7 26. Nf4 Nd5 27. Nxd5 Rxd5 28. Be4 Rdd8 29. Qe1 Rfe8 30. Qh4 Kf8) 23… Ne5?! { (2.18 → 2.84) Inaccuracy. Rfe8 was best. } (23… Rfe8 24. Nc3 Nd6 25. Bg3 c4 26. Bc2 Nd7 27. Qb4 Ne5 28. Rb1 b6 29. Ba4 Nd3 30. Bxd6 Rxd6 31. Qxc4) 24. Bc2 Nbc4?! { (2.62 → 3.38) Inaccuracy. Ng4 was best. } (24… Ng4 25. Rg3 Nc4 26. Rxg4 Bh5 27. Qb3 Ne5 28. h3 Nxg4 29. hxg4 Bxg4 30. Nc3 Qe5 31. Bf2 Rd7 32. Rb1) 25. Nf4 b5? { (2.69 → 4.47) Mistake. Ng4 was best. } (25… Ng4 26. Qc1 Qc7 27. Bg3 Nge5 28. Rb1 a6 29. a4 Rb8 30. Nd3 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Bb3 Qe7 33. Bxc4) 26. Qb3 Ng4 27. Qg3 Nce5? { (3.45 → 6.48) Mistake. Nce3 was best. } (27… Nce3 28. Rb1 Rfe8 29. Ba5 c4 30. Bb4 Qe5 31. Bc5 Nxc2 32. Qxg4 Qc7 33. Rxb5 Rxe4 34. Qh4 Bxd5 35. Qh7+) 28. Bd1 { White wins. } 1-0

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(4/4) On another note I could do with some tips on how to get a good sleep. It seems like I am a fully fledged insomniac. 😵‍💫
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(3/4) I missed one very likely obvious winning move.
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In the end I lost 😔 after Johann played excellently.

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