Magnus Carlsen’s Secret Weapon Against d4! – ’s Gambit Declined: Janowski Variation

Hello Chessfriends and welcome back to our Queen’s gambit declined studies. In this series we have covered very important defences and opening lines after the first moves d4 d5 and c4 and today we are continuing our queen’s gambit declined lessons with the Janowski Variation of the Queen’s Gambit Declined and a beautiful game played by Magnus Carlsen with the black pieces against Hikaru Nakamura.

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PGN OF THE GAME IN THE VIDEO:

[Event “NIC Classic KO 2021”]
[Site “chess24.com INT”]
[Date “2021.05.02”]
[Round “3.23”]
[White “Nakamura, Hi”]
[Black “Carlsen, M..”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2736”]
[BlackElo “2847”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D31”]
[Opening “Queen’s Gambit Declined: Janowski Variation”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 { D31 Queen’s Gambit Declined: Janowski Variation } 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nge2 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 O-O 13. Rc1 Nd8 14. Qa3 Qd7 15. O-O g6 16. Nf4 Re8 17. Bc2 c6 18. Nd3 Ne6 19. f4 Ng7 20. f5 g5 21. Ne5 Qc7 22. h4 g4 23. Qc3 Ngh5 24. Qe1? { (-0.79 → -2.34) Mistake. e4 was best. } (24. e4 dxe4 25. Bb3 Re7 26. Qe3 Rxe5 27. dxe5 Qxe5 28. Rc5 Qe7 29. Rc3 Rd8 30. Qg5+ Kh8) 24… Rxe5 25. dxe5 Qxe5 26. Qc3 Qg3 27. Qe1 Qd6 28. Qf2 Re8 29. Rcd1?! { (-2.94 → -3.74) Inaccuracy. Rce1 was best. } (29. Rce1 h6) 29… Qe5?! { (-3.74 → -2.55) Inaccuracy. g3 was best. } (29… g3 30. Qe2 Qb4 31. e4 Qxb2 32. Qd2 Nxe4 33. Bxe4 Qxd2 34. Rxd2 Rxe4 35. f6 Nf4 36. Rb1) 30. Rd4?! { (-2.55 → -3.34) Inaccuracy. Rfe1 was best. } (30. Rfe1) 30… c5 31. Rd2?! { (-3.22 → -4.47) Inaccuracy. Rdd1 was best. } (31. Rdd1 b5) 31… Ng3 32. Rfd1 Kf8 33. Rd3 Nfe4? { (-5.39 → -2.92) Mistake. Nge4 was best. } (33… Nge4) 34. Qe1?? { (-2.92 → -9.22) Blunder. Rxd5 was best. } (34. Rxd5 Qxb2 35. Bxe4 Qxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 37. Kf1 Nc3 38. f6 c4 39. R1d2 Nxd5 40. Rxd5 Rxe3) 34… Qf6 35. Rxd5 Qxh4 36. Bxe4 Qh1+ 37. Kf2 Nxe4+ 38. Ke2 Qxg2+ 39. Kd3 { White resigns. } 0-1