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The BEST LINE of the Harrwitz Attack! – Queen’s Gambit Declined – Harrwitz Attack – Be7 Continuation

We Are continuing our d4 theory with some Queen’s gambit studies. Today’s lesson will be the very popular Harrwitz attack of the Queen’s gambit declined with some beautiful tactical and strategical elements.

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[Event “Dos Hermanas 10th”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/797rrIT4“]
[Date “1999.04.13”]
[Round “6”]
[White “Gelfand, Boris (2691)”]
[Black “Kramnik, Vladimir (2751)”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D37”]
[Opening “Queen’s Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 { D37 Queen’s Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack } Be7 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 d4 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Bd3 g6 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. O-O Bg7 20. Rde1 Be6 21. Nf4 Bd7 22. Be4 Rb8 23. Nd3 Qc7 24. b3 Rfe8 25. Qd2 a5 26. Qf4 Qxf4 27. Nxf4 Bf8 28. a4 Bb4 29. Re2 Kg7 30. Rd1 Bc5 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2

[Event “ISR-Kasparov handicap”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/t5mxe460“]
[Date “1998.05.21”]
[Round “2.1”]
[White “Alterman, Boris (2615)”]
[Black “Kasparov, Garry (2825)”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D37”]
[Opening “Queen’s Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 { D37 Queen’s Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack } Be7 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 d4 13. Nb3 Qd8 14. Be2 a5 15. Na4 g6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. c5 Be6 18. e4 Qe8 19. Nb6 a4 20. Nd2 Ra5 21. Bd3?! { (-1.28 → -1.87) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (21. O-O Nb8) 21… Be7 22. Nxa4 Nb8 23. b3 Bxb3 24. Nxb3 Rxa4 25. Ra1 Qc6 26. O-O Nd7 27. Qe2 Nxc5 28. Rfc1 Ra7?! { (-1.57 → -1.00) Inaccuracy. Qb6 was best. } (28… Qb6 29. Nxc5) 29. Nxc5 Bxc5 30. a4 Qd6 31. Qa2?! { (-1.02 → -1.58) Inaccuracy. Qc2 was best. } (31. Qc2 Rc8 32. g3 h5 33. h4 b6 34. Kg2 Rcc7 35. Qb3 Kg7 36. Rcb1 Ra5 37. Rc1 Qc6) 31… b6 32. Qb3 Kg7 33. Ra2 Ra5?! { (-1.69 → -1.10) Inaccuracy. f5 was best. } (33… f5 34. h3 f4 35. Raa1 Ra5 36. Kh1 h5 37. f3 Kh6 38. Kh2 Raa8 39. Rab1 Qe7 40. Kh1) 34. Rd1?! { (-1.10 → -1.90) Inaccuracy. g3 was best. } (34. g3) 34… h5 35. Re2 h4 36. Bb5 Ra7 37. Qd3 Qe6 38. Bc4 Qg4 39. Bb5 Bb4 40. h3 Qg5 41. Rc2 Bc3 42. Qf3 Rc8 43. Rb1 Rc5 44. Kh2 Rac7 45. Bd3?! { (-1.83 → -2.97) Inaccuracy. Rbc1 was best. } (45. Rbc1) 45… Ba5 46. Rxc5 Rxc5 47. Rb5 Rc1 48. Rd5?? { (-3.25 → -7.01) Blunder. Rb1 was best. } (48. Rb1 Rc3) 48… Bd2 49. g3 hxg3+ 50. fxg3 Be1 { White resigns. } 0-1

[Event “URS-ch55”]
[Site “https://lichess.org/h3smau6Q“]
[Date “1988.07.??”]
[Round “14”]
[White “Ivanchuk, Vassily”]
[Black “Beliavsky, Alexander G”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “2625”]
[BlackElo “2655”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “D37”]
[Opening “Queen’s Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 { D37 Queen’s Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack } Be7 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 d4 13. Nb3 Qd8 14. Be2 a5 15. Na4 Bd7 16. Nbc5 b6 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Bf3 Rfc8?! { (0.18 → 1.04) Inaccuracy. Rac8 was best. } (19… Rac8 20. O-O Qd6 21. Be4 g6 22. Nc3 Qc5 23. b3 Rfd8 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. exd4 exd4 26. Ne4) 20. O-O Rab8 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. exd4 b5 23. Nc3 Rxc4 24. Qe2?! { (1.50 → 0.96) Inaccuracy. Rfe1 was best. } (24. Rfe1 b4) 24… Qe6 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxb5 h6 27. b3 Rf4?? { (0.56 → 2.38) Blunder. Rc5 was best. } (27… Rc5 28. Nd4) 28. Nc7 Qf5 29. Rfe1 Ng6 30. Nd5 Rh4 31. g3 Rh5?? { (2.13 → 4.37) Blunder. Qg5 was best. } (31… Qg5 32. Rd3) 32. h4 Qe5 33. Ne7+ Qxe7 34. Qxh5 Qxa3 35. Qd5 a4 36. bxa4 Qxa4 37. Qd7?! { (4.67 → 3.17) Inaccuracy. Rb1 was best. } (37. Rb1) 37… Qa8 38. Ra1 Qb7 39. Qxb7 Rxb7 40. Re8+ Kh7 41. Rae1?! { (3.68 → 2.42) Inaccuracy. Rea8 was best. } (41. Rea8 Ne5) 41… h5 42. Kg2 f6 43. f4 Ra7 44. Kf3 Rb7 45. R1e3 Ra7 46. Ke2 Rb7 47. Kd3 Nh8 48. R8e7 Rb8 49. Rc7 Ng6 50. Kc4 Rb1 51. Rc5 Kh6 52. Re8 { Black resigns. } 1-0

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