Queen's Gambit Declined
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.e3 Nc6
The old-fashioned Normal Position of the Queen's Gambit Declined.
6.cxd5 exd5
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| White to make an interesting seventh move |
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7.Bb5!?
7.Be2 is more popular, but the text has been played by Carlsen, Kasparov and Kramnik.
7...a6
The text and 7...Bd6 are Black's two most-popular replies.
8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.Ne5 Bd7 10.0-0 Bd6 11.f4
White's position would be very strong if he had a light-square bishop.
11...0-0 12.h3 Qc7N 13.Qf3 Rab8 14.g4 Ne8 15.Rd1 a5 16.b3 Bc8!?
Planning to relocate the bishop on the a6-f1 diagonal.
17.Ba3 cxd4 18.Bxd6 Nxd6 19.exd4 Re8?
Black has a slight edge, according to Stockfish10 and Komodo10, after the natural 19...f6 20.Nd3 Qa7. I mistakenly thought I could develop the king's rook before evicting the e5 knight
20.Rac1
Threatens 21.Nxd5.
20...Qb7 21.Na4 f6? 1-0
The engines give 21...Ne4 22.Nc5!? Nxc5 23.Rxc5 Bd7 24.Rdc1 with the better game for White. After the text, Black's position is hopeless.
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