QGD Exchange
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Bd6!?
A change of pace from standard moves such as 6...Be7, 6...Nbd7, 6...Na6 and 6...h6.
7.e3
Black can meet 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Nxd5!? with 8...Qxd4.
7...0-0 8.Bd3 h6 9.Bh4 Re8 10.Nge2 a5
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11.Bg3
There are 20 games in ChessBase's 2023 Mega database with 11.0-0?, including two in which White was rated over 2600 and two more in which White was over 2400. The problem with castling is it allows a Greek Gift sacrifice, ie 11...Bxh2+!, eg 12.Kxh2 Ng4+ 13.Kg3 g5, when White's best try, according to Stockfish15.1 and Komodo14.1, is 14.Bf5 gxh4+ 15.Kh3, although they give Black the upper hand.
11...Na6 12.a3 Nh5!?
This may be a novelty. Known moves are 12...Nc7, 12...Bg4 and 12...Bxg3.
13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.0-0 Bd7 15.Rae1 Nc7 16.Qd2 Qe7 17.Ng3 Nxg3 18.hxg3
The engines reckon 18.fxg3!? gives White a slight edge.
18...Qg5 19.Ne2 Bf5
As a general rule in the Exchange Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined, Black's problems are over if light-square bishops come off the board.
20.Bxf5 Qxf5 21.Nf4 Ne6 22.Nd3 Qg5 23.Ne5 f6 24.Nf3
Black is slightly better after 24.Nd7 h5, according to the engines.
24...Qg6 25.Rc1 Ng5 26.Nh4 Ne4?!
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27.Qd1
White wins a pawn with 27.Qxa5, although the engines reckon White is only slightly better.
27...Qf7 28.Nf5 Qg6 29.Nh4 Qf7 30.Nf5 Qg6 ½–½
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