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Queen’s Gambit Declined Theory – Chigorin Defense -Early e5 lines

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

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[Event “Bonneweg ET14”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/LDHG6hKd“]
[Date “1986.??.??”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Karsa, Laszlo (2425)”]
[Black “Monaville, Guy (2255)”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D07”]
[Opening “Queen’s Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Tartakower Gambit”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 { D07 Queen’s Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Tartakower Gambit } 4. cxd5 exd4 5. dxc6 dxc3 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. bxc3 bxc6 8. Nf3 f6?! { (0.30 → 1.00) Inaccuracy. Bd6 was best. } (8… Bd6 9. e4 Nf6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6+ gxf6 13. O-O c5 14. Nd2 Rb8 15. f4) 9. e4 Bd6 10. Bc4 Ne7 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. O-O Ng6 13. Rb1 Re8 14. f3 Re5 15. Nb3 a5 16. Be3 a4 17. Nd2 Be6 18. Rfd1 Bc8 19. Be2 Ke8 20. g3 Be7 21. h4 Rea5 22. f4 Nh8 23. Nf3 Nf7 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Bf3 R5a6 26. Bf2 Rd8 27. Rb7 c5?! { (1.11 → 1.77) Inaccuracy. Bd6 was best. } (27… Bd6 28. Nf5 Bxf5 29. exf5 Nh6 30. Rd4 c5 31. Re4+ Kf7 32. g4 g6 33. Rc4 Rb6 34. fxg6+) 28. Nb5 Bxb5 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. Rxb5 c6 31. Rb1 Ra5 32. Be2 Ra7 33. Bc4? { (1.84 → 0.72) Mistake. Kg2 was best. } (33. Kg2 Rb7 34. Rxb7 Nxb7 35. Kf3 Bd8 36. Ba6 Nd6 37. Bxc5 Nb5 38. c4 Nc3 39. Bb7 Kd7) 33… Rb7 34. Rxb7 Nxb7 35. e5 fxe5 36. fxe5 Kd7? { (0.52 → 2.04) Mistake. Nd8 was best. } (36… Nd8) 37. Kg2 Nd8 38. Kf3? { (2.32 → 1.04) Mistake. Bg8 was best. } (38. Bg8) 38… Ne6 39. Ke4 Nc7?! { (0.99 → 1.87) Inaccuracy. Bd8 was best. } (39… Bd8 40. g4 g6 41. Be2 Ba5 42. Be1 Nc7 43. Bc4 Ne6 44. Bd2 Bc7 45. Be2 Bd8 46. g5) 40. Bg8 h6?! { (2.05 → 2.80) Inaccuracy. Nb5 was best. } (40… Nb5) 41. Be3?! { (2.80 → 2.16) Inaccuracy. c4 was best. } (41. c4) 41… Ke8 42. Bc4 Nb5 43. Bd2 Na3? { (1.54 → 2.80) Mistake. Bd8 was best. } (43… Bd8 44. Be2 Ba5 45. Bxb5 cxb5 46. a3 c4 47. Kd5 Ke7 48. Kc6 Ke6 49. Kxb5 Bc7 50. Kxa4) 44. Be2 Nb5 45. c4 Nc7?! { (2.76 → 3.94) Inaccuracy. Nd4 was best. } (45… Nd4 46. Bd1 a3 47. Bc1 Bd8 48. Bxa3 Bb6 49. h5 Kf7 50. Bg4 Ke7 51. Kd3 Ke8 52. Bb2) 46. Bd1 a3 47. Bc1 Na6 48. Bxa3 Nb4 49. Bb3 g6?! { (4.10 → 5.28) Inaccuracy. h5 was best. } (49… h5 50. Kf5) 50. Bc1 h5 51. a3 Na6 52. Ba4 Kd7 53. Bc2 { Black resigns. } 1-0

[Event “BEL-chT 0708”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/zZgbl069“]
[Date “2008.01.20”]
[Round “7.4”]
[White “Geirnaert, Steven”]
[Black “Wantiez, Fabrice”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “2349”]
[BlackElo “2343”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D07”]
[Opening “Queen’s Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Tartakower Gambit”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 { D07 Queen’s Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Tartakower Gambit } 4. cxd5 Nxd4 5. e3 Nf5 6. e4 Nd6 7. f4 f6 8. Nf3 Nf7 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qb3 b6 11. fxe5 fxe5 12. d6 Bxb5 13. Qe6+ Be7 14. dxe7 Qd7 15. Qxf7+ Kxf7 16. Nxe5+ Ke8 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Nd5 Rc8 19. Bg5 Bb5 20. Rd1 h6 21. Nxb6 cxb6 22. Rd8+ Kf7 23. e8=Q+ Bxe8 24. O-O+ Nf6 25. Rxc8 hxg5 26. e5 Rh4 27. exf6 gxf6 28. Rc7+ Kg6 29. Rxa7 Rd4 30. h3 g4 31. hxg4 Rxg4 32. Re7 Bc6 33. Rf2 Bd5 34. a3 b5 35. Rd7 Be6 36. Rd6 Re4 37. Rb6 Re5 38. Rd2 Bc8 39. Rf2 Be6 40. Rf3 Kg5 41. Kf2 Bc4 42. Rfxf6 Re2+ 43. Kg3 Bd5 44. Rf2 { Black resigns. } 1-0

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(3/4) I missed one very likely obvious winning move.
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