We Are continuing our d4 theory with some Queen’s gambit studies. Today’s lesson will be how to play the Tarrasch Defense of the Queen’s gambit declined with some beautiful tactical and strategical elements.
PGN OF THE GAMEs IN THE VIDEO:
[Event “5th IIFL Wealth Mumbai Op”]
[Date “2019.12.30”]
[Round “1.8”]
[White “Raahul, V S.”]
[Black “Tukhaev, A.”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteElo “2252”]
[BlackElo “2552”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “A33”]
[Opening “English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Anti-Benoni Variation, Spielmann Defense”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 { A33 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Anti-Benoni Variation, Spielmann Defense } 6. g3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bg2 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Nxd5 Be6 11. e4 Bg4 12. Qd3 Nxd5 13. exd5 O-O 14. O-O Ne5 15. Qc3 Re8 16. Be3 Rc8 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Qd4 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 Bxf3 20. Rac1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Qd7 22. Nd2 Bxd5 23. Nf1 Qe6 24. Rc3 Bc6 25. Re3 Qxa2 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Qxb6 Qd5 28. Ne3 Qe4 29. Qd8 h6 30. Nd5 Kh7 31. Ne7 Qe1+ 32. Kg2 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Qe1+ 34. Kg2 Bc6+ 35. Nxc6 Qe4+ 36. Kf1 bxc6 37. Qd6 f6 38. h4 Kg6 39. Qd7 h5 40. b4 Qb1+ { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2
[Event “World Blitz 2019”]
[Date “2019.12.30”]
[Round “16.1”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Dubov, Daniil”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “2872”]
[BlackElo “2690”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D33”]
[Opening “Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 { D33 Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation } 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. O-O d4 11. Na4 O-O 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Re1 h6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxd4 Qd8 18. Qc3 c5 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Nc1 h5 21. a3 h4 22. Nd3 Ra4 23. Nf4 Bb7 24. Rd3 Re4?! { (0.21 → 0.77) Inaccuracy. hxg3 was best. } (24… hxg3 25. hxg3 Rxf4 26. gxf4 Qe4 27. Rf3 Re6 28. Rd1 Rg6+ 29. Kf1 Rh6 30. Ke1 Rh1+ 31. Kd2) 25. f3 hxg3?? { (0.45 → 5.07) Blunder. Rd4 was best. } (25… Rd4) 26. fxe4 gxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qh4+ 28. Nh3 Rxe4 29. Rg3 f6?! { (5.25 → 9.05) Inaccuracy. g6 was best. } (29… g6 30. e3) 30. Qb3+ Kh7 31. Qf7 Rg4 32. Rxg4 Qxg4 33. Qxb7 { Black resigns. } 1-0
[Event “Riga FIDE Grand Prix 2019”]
[Date “2019.07.12”]
[Round “1.1”]
[White “Mamedyarov, S.”]
[Black “Dubov, Daniil”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteElo “2765”]
[BlackElo “2700”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D33”]
[Opening “Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 { D33 Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation } 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Na4 O-O 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Be3 h5 13. O-O h4 14. Bg5 h3 15. Bh1 Re8 16. Re1 Bg4 17. a3 Qd6 18. Qd2 Qe5 19. f3 Be6?! { (-0.09 → 0.47) Inaccuracy. Bf5 was best. } (19… Bf5 20. g4 Bg6 21. f4 Qd6 22. f5 Ra4 23. e4 Nxe4 24. Bf4 Qd7 25. Bxe4 Rexe4 26. Rxe4) 20. Rad1 d4 21. f4 Qb5 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Bb3 24. Rd3 Bc4 25. Rc3?! { (0.97 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Rd2 was best. } (25. Rd2 Bxe2) 25… Bxe2 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qxf6 Bf3 28. Re5 Rxe5 29. fxe5 Bxh1 30. e6 Qd5 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Kh8 34. Qf6+ Kg8 35. Qf7+ { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2
[Event “Netanya Masters 2019”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/uyr41wR5“]
[Date “2019.06.27”]
[Round “5.1”]
[White “Rodshtein, M.”]
[Black “Dubov, Daniil”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2685”]
[BlackElo “2700”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D33”]
[Opening “Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 { D33 Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation } 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O Bb6 12. Na4 Bd7 13. b3 Re8 14. Bb2 h5 15. e3 h4 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Qc3 Rc8 18. Rad1 hxg3?! { (-0.25 → 0.28) Inaccuracy. h3 was best. } (18… h3 19. Bh1) 19. fxg3 Re6 20. e4 Qf8 21. Rf4 Rce8 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Rdf1 f6 25. Qd3 Qf7 26. Bd4 b5 27. g4 Re4 28. h3 Qe6 29. R4f2 b4 30. Rd1 Qd6 31. Kg2 Bc8 32. Qg3 Qe6 33. Kh2 Re2 34. Rg1 Qe4?! { (-0.82 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Re4 was best. } (34… Re4 35. Rd1 Bd7 36. Rg2 Kf7 37. Qd3 Bb5 38. Qg3 Rh8 39. Kg1 Be2 40. Re1 Rc8 41. Kh2) 35. Rxe2 Qxe2+ 36. Qg2?! { (0.00 → -1.00) Inaccuracy. Rg2 was best. } (36. Rg2 Qe4 37. Rd2 Kf7 38. Qc7+ Kg8) 36… Qd3 37. Qxd5+? { (-0.67 → -1.99) Mistake. Bf2 was best. } (37. Bf2 Re2 38. Re1 Rc2 39. Kg1 Kf7 40. Qg3 Qxg3+ 41. Bxg3 Rxa2 42. Bd6 Rb2 43. Re3 Ba6) 37… Be6 38. Qc6?? { (-1.38 → -5.49) Blunder. Qd6 was best. } (38. Qd6) 38… Bf7 39. Bf2 Re2 40. Qc5?! { (-3.76 → -5.37) Inaccuracy. Rf1 was best. } (40. Rf1 Rc2) 40… Rc2 41. Qb6?! { (-5.13 → -7.22) Inaccuracy. Qf5 was best. } (41. Qf5 Qxf5 42. gxf5 Rxf2+ 43. Rg2 Rxf5 44. Rg4 Rf2+ 45. Kg1 Rxa2 46. Rxb4 Bd5 47. h4 Kh7) 41… Qf3 42. Rf1?! { (-5.63 → -75.29) Inaccuracy. Rg2 was best. } (42. Rg2 Bd5) 42… Kh7 { White resigns. } 0-1
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