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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[White “RubiChess 2021 64-bit”]
[Black “Stockfish 060122 64-bit”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[UTCDate “2022.03.31”]
[UTCTime “17:23:08”]
[WhiteElo “3371”]
[BlackElo “3525”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D38”]
[Opening “Queen’s Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. d4 d5 { D38 Queen’s Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense } 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qb3 Qd6 11. Bd3 Ba5 12. O-O Ne7 13. Ne5 c6 14. Qc2 Qf6 15. f4 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. g4 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 f6 19. Nd3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 b5 21. a4 bxa4 22. Ra1 h5 23. h3 a5 24. Rca2 Rfb8 25. Nc5 Rb5 26. Kf2 Nc8 27. Nxa4 h4 28. Nc5 Nd6 29. Kf3 Nc4 30. e4 g5 31. Re2 Kf7 32. Rae1 Ra7 33. fxg5 fxg5 34. Ra1 Ra8 35. Rf1?! { (0.00 → -0.52) Inaccuracy. Kg2 was best. } (35. Kg2 Rb2 36. Rxb2 Nxb2 37. e5 Nc4 38. Kf2 Rb8 39. Kg1 Ke7 40. Rf1 Ne3 41. Rf6 Rb1+) 35… Kg6 36. Kg2?! { (-0.23 → -1.00) Inaccuracy. exd5 was best. } (36. exd5 Rf8+ 37. Kg2 Rxf1 38. Kxf1 cxd5 39. Re6+ Kf7 40. Ra6 Rb1+ 41. Ke2 Rb2+ 42. Ke1 Rh2) 36… Rb2 37. Rxb2 Nxb2 38. e5 a4 39. Rf6+ Kg7 40. Ne6+ Kg8 41. Rg6+ Kh7 42. Rxg5 a3 43. Rh5+ Kg6 44. Nf4+ Kg7 45. Rg5+ Kh8 46. Rh5+ Kg7 47. Rg5+ Kh7 48. e6 a2 49. Rh5+ Kg7 50. Rg5+ Kf8 51. Rf5+ Kg8 52. Rg5+ Kh7 53. Rh5+ Kg8 54. Rg5+ Kf8 55. Ng6+ Kg7 56. Nf4+ Kh6 57. Rh5+ Kg7 58. Rg5+ { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2
[White “Korobov, A.”]
[Black “Harikrishna, P.”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2652”]
[BlackElo “2744”]
[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?! 5. Bg5?! { (0.55 → -0.13) Inaccuracy. Qa4+ was best. } (5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 a5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 b6) 5… h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Ne7 12. Ne5 c6 13. Be2 Ng6 14. Nd3 Qg5 15. g3 Bh3 16. Nf4?! { (0.20 → -0.48) Inaccuracy. Rg1 was best. } (16. Rg1) 16… Nxf4 17. gxf4 Qh4 18. Bf3?! { (-0.43 → -0.97) Inaccuracy. Rg1 was best. } (18. Rg1 Bf5 19. Rg2 Rfe8 20. Kd2 Qf6 21. Rg1 Be4 22. Bf3 Bh7 23. Be2 Qh4 24. Rg2 Bf5) 18… Rae8 19. Qe2 Re6 20. Rb3 Re7?! { (-1.38 → -0.69) Inaccuracy. b6 was best. } (20… b6) 21. Kd2 Rfe8 22. Rc3 Re6 23. Rg1?! { (-1.13 → -1.93) Inaccuracy. Kc1 was best. } (23. Kc1 Rf6) 23… Rf6 24. Rb3?? { (-1.78 → -4.00) Blunder. Qe1 was best. } (24. Qe1 Rxf4 25. Be2 Rxf2 26. Rg3 Rxe2+ 27. Qxe2 Bf5 28. Rf3 Qe4 29. Rf1 g6 30. Qf3 Qe7) 24… b6? { (-4.00 → -2.00) Mistake. Rxf4 was best. } (24… Rxf4) 25. Rc3?! { (-2.00 → -2.97) Inaccuracy. Rg3 was best. } (25. Rg3 Rxf4) 25… c5 26. dxc5 { White resigns. } 0-1
[White “Radjabov, T..”]
[Black “Aronian, L..”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteElo “2765”]
[BlackElo “2781”]
[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 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. Qb3 a5 10. a3 a4 11. Qc2 Ba5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Be2 Bf5 14. Qd1 Ne7 15. O-O Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Qb6 17. b4 axb3 18. Rxb3 Qa7 19. Qd2?! { (0.19 → -0.41) Inaccuracy. Bd3 was best. } (19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 b6 21. Rfb1 Rfc8 22. g3 Qa4 23. Ne5 f6 24. Ng6 Nxg6 25. Qxg6 Qc6) 19… b6 20. Rc1 c5 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Rbc3?! { (-0.30 → -0.83) Inaccuracy. Qb2 was best. } (22. Qb2) 22… c4 23. Nd4 Bg6 24. h3 Rfb8 25. Bf3 Qa5 26. Ne2 Rb3 27. Nf4 Rd8 28. Nxg6 Nxg6 29. Rd3 Qxd2 30. Rxd2 Ne5 31. Rcd1 c3 32. Rc2 Rxa3 33. Bxd5 Kf8 34. e4 Nc6 35. Rcc1 Rc8 36. Bxc6 Rxc6 37. Rd3 g5 38. Rc2 Ke7 39. g4 Ke6 40. f3 Rb3 41. Kf1 Rc5 42. Ke2 Rb2 43. Rxb2 cxb2 44. Rb3 Rc2+ 45. Kd3 Rh2 46. Kd4 Kd6 47. Rb6+ Kc7 48. Rb3 Kc6 49. Rb8 Rxh3 50. Rxb2 Rxf3 51. Rh2 Rf6 52. Ke5 Re6+ 53. Kf5 Kd6 54. Rd2+ Ke7 55. e5 Ra6 56. Rh2 Kf8 57. Rh1 Kg7 58. Rf1 Rb6 59. Rf2 Rb1 60. Rf3 Rb4 61. Rf1 Rb5 62. Ra1 Rb4 63. Rf1 Kf8 64. Rf2 Ke7 65. Rf1 Rb5 66. Ra1 Rb2 67. Rf1 Ra2 68. Rf3 Ra1 69. Rf2 Re1 70. Rf3 Kf8 71. Rf2 Kg7 72. Rf3 Ra1 73. Rf2 Ra5 74. Rb2 Rc5 75. Ra2 Rc4 76. Rf2 Kf8 77. Rf3 Ke7 78. Rf2 Rd4 79. Rf1 Ra4 80. Rf2 f6 81. exf6+ Kf7 82. Rb2 Rf4+ 83. Ke5 Rxf6 84. Rb4 Kg6 85. Ra4 Rf7 86. Ra6+ Kg7 87. Ra8 Kh7 88. Rb8 Kg7 89. Ra8 Re7+ 90. Kf5 Rb7 91. Ke4 Rf7 92. Ke5 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2
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