Open Fire in the Catalan Opening | Piket vs Polugaevsky | Catalan Opening, Botvinnik Variation

In this video I will show you the most important strategic ideas of the Botvinnik variation of the Catalan Opening in a beautiful game played by Jeroen Piket vs Lev Polugaevsky.

[Event “Aruba m”]
[Site “Aruba”]
[Date “1994.??.??”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Piket, Jeroen”]
[Black “Polugaevsky, Lev”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2605”]
[BlackElo “2595”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “E07”]
[Opening “Catalan Opening: Closed, Botvinnik Variation”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qd3 { E07 Catalan Opening: Closed, Botvinnik Variation } b6 9. e4 Ba6 10. b3 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. Rd1 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Qc2 Qe8 15. Bf4 Nfd7 16. Bh3 Bf6 17. Nxc6 Nf3+ 18. Kg2 Nc5 19. Rd6? { (0.28 → -0.85) Mistake. Nb4 was best. } (19. Nb4 Bxc4) 19… Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Bb7 21. Qxf3 Bxc6 22. Kg1 Nxe4 23. Rd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 f5 25. Re1?? { (-0.63 → -3.37) Blunder. Qb3 was best. } (25. Qb3 Rd8) 25… Ng5 26. Bxg5 Qxe1+ 27. Kg2 Qe4 28. Qxe4 fxe4 29. Be6+ Kh8 30. Kf1 Rae8 { White resigns. } 0-1

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