We are continuing are studies of the Catalan opening. In this video I will show you the most important ideas of the Open Catalan with the most common Bb4+ check continuation by black.
The instructive game of this line is a beautiful games played by top GMs Jon Ludvig Hammer against Magnus Carlsen.
PGN OF THE GAME:
[Event “Norway Chess”]
[Site “Stavanger”]
[Date “2013.05.15”]
[Round “7”]
[White “Hammer, Jon Ludvig”]
[Black “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2608”]
[BlackElo “2868”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “E04”]
[Opening “Catalan Opening: Open Defense”]
[Termination “Normal”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 { E04 Catalan Opening: Open Defense } Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. Qc2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 c6 9. a4 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nd6 11. Nbd2 Na6 12. Nxc4 Nb4 13. Nxd6+ Qxd6 14. Qd2 O-O 15. O-O Rd8 16. Rfd1 b6 17. Qc3 Ba6 18. Rd2 Rac8 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. h4 c5 21. dxc5 Rd5 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Qe5 Qxc5 24. Bh3 Re8 25. Nd4 Kf8 26. Bf1 Rc8 27. Nb5?! { (0.14 → -0.81) Inaccuracy. Nf5 was best. } (27. Nf5 Nf6) 27… Bxb5 28. axb5 Nf6 29. Qd6+ Ke8 30. Qd3 Qd5 31. Qxd5 exd5 32. e4?! { (-0.88 → -1.45) Inaccuracy. Rd2 was best. } (32. Rd2 Rc4) 32… Rc2?! { (-1.45 → -0.35) Inaccuracy. dxe4 was best. } (32… dxe4) 33. e5?! { (-0.35 → -1.47) Inaccuracy. exd5 was best. } (33. exd5 Rxb2) 33… Ne4 34. Rxd5 Rxb2 35. Rd4 Rb4 36. Rd1 a4 37. Bg2 Nc3 38. Bc6+ Ke7 39. Rd7+ Ke6 40. Ra7 Kxe5 { White resigns. } 0-1
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