Hello chess friends and welcome back to our “Queen’s Gambit Declined” series. In this series I will show you the most important strategical ideas and tactical motifs od the Queen’s gambit declined opening and we are continuing the series with a new variation, the very sharp and tactical Ragozin Defense.
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PGN FILES IN THE VIDEO:
[Event “FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/pHApZhkn“]
[Date “2019.10.18”]
[Round “8.2”]
[White “Wang Hao”]
[Black “Carlsen, M.”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteElo “2726”]
[BlackElo “2876”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D38”]
[Opening “Queen’s Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4?! { (0.00 → 0.64) Inaccuracy. dxc4 was best. } { D38 Queen’s Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense } (4… dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O) 5. Qb3?! { (0.64 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Qa4+ was best. } (5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 a5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne7) 5… a5 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5?! { (0.47 → -0.12) Inaccuracy. a3 was best. } (7. a3 cxd4 8. axb4 dxc3 9. bxc3 a4 10. Rxa4 dxc4 11. Qa3 Rxa4) 7… Na6 8. a3 Nxc5 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Nce4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxf6 Nxf6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. e4 Nf6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Ne5 Ke7 17. Rc1 Rhc8 18. Kd2 Be8 19. f4 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Kxc1 e5 24. fxe5 Ke6 25. Kd2 Kxe5 26. Ke3 Bc6 27. g3 f6 28. Bc2 b6 29. Bd3 h6 30. Bc2 Bb7 31. Bd3 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2
[Event “Xtracon Chess Open 2019”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/5FXKgQ41“]
[Date “2019.07.21”]
[Round “3.6”]
[White “Tryggestad, Andreas Garberg”]
[Black “Tari, A.”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2336”]
[BlackElo “2620”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D38”]
[Opening “Queen’s Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 { D38 Queen’s Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense } 5. Qb3 a5 6. a3 a4 7. Qc2 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 c5 10. e3 cxd4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Bd3 Re8 14. O-O Bd7 15. Bd2 Na6 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Bc3 Nc5 18. Rad1 Qg5 19. Bb4 Nd3 20. Bd6 Rac8 21. Qd2 Qg6 22. Bg3 Be6 23. Rb1 Ba2 24. Ra1 Bc4 25. Rab1 h5 26. b3 axb3 27. Nxb3 Nc5 28. Nxc5 Bxf1 29. Nxb7 Bd3 30. Re1 Re6 31. Qb4 Rb6 32. Qe7 Qe6 33. Qxe6 fxe6 34. Nd6 Rcc6 { White resigns. } 0-1
[Event “PRO League KO Stage 2018”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/93fbkSsL“]
[Date “2018.04.08”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Sebenik, M.”]
[Black “Swiercz, D.”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2562”]
[BlackElo “2654”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D38”]
[Opening “Queen’s Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 { D38 Queen’s Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense } 5. Qb3 a5 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. O-O-O?? { (0.04 → -2.15) Blunder. cxd5 was best. } (8. cxd5 Nxc5 9. Qc2 Qxd5 10. Rd1 Qf5 11. Qxf5 exf5 12. Bxf6 gxf6) 8… Nxc5 9. Qc2 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Nce4 11. Bxf6?! { (-2.26 → -2.91) Inaccuracy. Qd4 was best. } (11. Qd4 Nxg5 12. Nxg5 Qc7 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Ne5 b5 15. c5 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Rd2 Rac8) 11… Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. Rg1 Nxf2 14. Rd4 dxc4 15. Rxc4 e5 16. e3 Be6 17. Rc2 Ng4 18. Bb5+ Ke7 19. Kd2 Rac8 20. Rgc1 Rxc2+ 21. Rxc2 Rc8? { (-2.56 → -1.25) Mistake. Bxa2 was best. } (21… Bxa2 22. Rc7+) 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. h3?! { (-1.16 → -2.15) Inaccuracy. Bd3 was best. } (23. Bd3) 23… Nh6?! { (-2.15 → -1.40) Inaccuracy. Nf2 was best. } (23… Nf2 24. Ke1 Ne4 25. Bd3 Nd6 26. Bxh7 Nc4 27. e4 Nxb2 28. Bf5 Bxf5 29. exf5 b5 30. h4) 24. g4 Ng8?! { (-1.56 → -0.53) Inaccuracy. Be6 was best. } (24… Be6 25. Kc3) 25. Bd3 h5 26. Bf5?? { (-0.63 → -3.85) Blunder. gxh5 was best. } (26. gxh5 Bxh3) 26… Bxf5 27. gxf5 e4 28. Nh4 Kd6 29. Kc3?! { (-3.24 → -4.88) Inaccuracy. Ng2 was best. } (29. Ng2 Ne7) 29… Kc5 30. Ng2 Ne7 31. Nf4?! { (-5.15 → -7.06) Inaccuracy. Kc2 was best. } (31. Kc2 Nxf5) 31… Nd5+ 32. Nxd5 Kxd5 33. a4 Ke5 34. Kc4 Kxf5 35. Kd5 Kg5 36. Kxe4 Kh4 37. Kf5 Kxh3 38. Kxf6 Kg4 39. e4 Kf4 { White resigns. } 0-1