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Structural Changes in the Chigorin Defense – L. Ljubojević vs A. Morozevich – QGD/Chigorin Defense

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

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[Event “Amber-blindfold 12th”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/3jWkIflp“]
[Date “2003.03.18”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Ljubojevic, Ljubomir (2570)”]
[Black “Morozevich, Alexander (2678)”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D07”]
[Opening “Queen’s Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Exchange Variation”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6?! { (0.00 → 0.57) Inaccuracy. e6 was best. } (2… e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Bd3) 3. cxd5 Qxd5 { D07 Queen’s Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense, Exchange Variation } 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. c4 Qd6 9. d5 Ne7 10. Qb1 O-O 11. e4?! { (0.46 → -0.15) Inaccuracy. Nf3 was best. } (11. Nf3 Re8 12. Be2 Bf5 13. Qb2 Ng6 14. O-O a5 15. Rfd1 b6 16. Be1 Nd7 17. Nd2 Nc5) 11… Nd7 12. Bb4 Nc5 13. Nf3 b6 14. Qb2 f5 15. Qxe5?! { (-0.24 → -1.02) Inaccuracy. Nd2 was best. } (15. Nd2 a5) 15… Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 Qxb4+ 17. Nd2 Ng6 18. Qd4 c5 19. dxc6 Nf4 20. e5? { (-1.81 → -3.17) Mistake. Bc2 was best. } (20. Bc2 fxe4) 20… Qb2 21. Qxf4 Qxa1+ 22. Bb1 Re8 23. O-O Qxe5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 25. Nf3 Rc5 26. Re1 Ba6 27. Ne5 g6 28. Bc2?! { (-3.41 → -4.79) Inaccuracy. g4 was best. } (28. g4 Re8) 28… Re8 29. f4 Bxc4 30. Ra1 Rexe5 31. fxe5 Rxc6 32. Ba4 b5 33. Bb3 Kf7 34. Rd1 Ke6 35. Rd8 a5 36. Re8+ Kd5 37. Rb8 Kxe5 38. Kf2 Kd4 39. Rb7 h6 40. Bd1 b4 41. Ra7 Rc5 42. Rd7+ Kc3 43. Rd6 Rd5 { White resigns. } 0-1

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