Wrong Plan!! – Magnus Carlsen vs Vladimir Kramnik – Catalan Opening, Open Defense, Bb4+ Check Line

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.

PGN OF THE GAME:

[Event “Corus”]
[Site “Wijk aan Zee”]
[Date “2010.01.26”]
[Round “9”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Kramnik, Vladimir”]
[Result “*”]
[WhiteElo “2810”]
[BlackElo “2788”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “E04”]
[Opening “Catalan Opening: Open Defense”]
[Termination “Unterminated”]
[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. Nc3 O-O 8. a3 Be7 9. Qa4 c6 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qb3 Ba6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qc2 b4 15. Na4 Rc8 16. O-O c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Bh3 Bb5 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rfd1 d4 21. Bf5 Ne5 22. Bxh7+ Kg7 23. Nxe5 fxe5 24. Bf5 Rc6 25. Qe4 Rh8 26. Qxe5+ Bf6 27. Qe4 Re8 28. Qg4+ Kf8 29. Be4 c4 30. Bxc6 Bxc6 31. Qh5 Re5 32. Qh6+ Ke7 33. e4 d3 34. Qe3 Bxe4 35. Nb6 Bb7 36. Qf4 Qxb6 37. Qxc4 Re2 38. Rf1 *

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