[blind-chess] Skype Coaching Game - 22 February 2015, Queen's Gambit Declined from Semi-Slav, D43
- From: "Paul Benson" <paul.benson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Blind Chess" <blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 03:01:03 -0000
Skype coaching session, 22 February 2015.
The following game was examined, 40 moves.
Paul Benson.
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White: N. Dzagnidze, 2550.
Black: E. Danielian, 2454.
Event: 6th Womens FIDE Grand Prix 2011.
Result: 0-1 in 40 moves.
Opening: Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange Variation, from Semi-Slav, D43.
| Brief summary.
Early opening: Black chooses to protect the d5 pawn with, pawn c6, keeping
options of developing the c8 bishop outside a light square pawn chain.
Mid - late opening: On move 6 white chooses to take the game into the Exchange
Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined. Play then follows standard lines
until move 11, when white castles queenside. This is double-edged, clearly
white is playing for a win instead of being content with having a small
advantage as the middlegame begins, as usually occurs when white castles
kingside.
Early middlegame: White takes a safety move with, 12 Kb1, which as the game
proceeds seems unnecessary. Black must start the queenside pawn push precisely
as shown. The b5 square must be controlled before the c-pawn is pushed, and
once it lands on the c4 square, only then do the outer pawns join the attack.
White would have had more kingside attacking options with, 14. Rdg1, keeping a
rook on the h-file.
Mid middlegame: The white pawns make contact first but the kingside can be
blocked by black. The white g6 pawn restricts the black king, potential back
rank mates, however distant, are now a potential threat. Black, with a 3
against 2 pawn majority, will always be able to open up the white king. The
tactics start on move 27 and continue to the end of the game. Take time from
move 27 onwards, black must contain the white activity while pushing for the
win, not obvious and definitely not easy. Black's move 30 is important, showing
that fighting on both sides of the board, even in an opposite wing attack
middlegame, must be kept in mind at all times.
Late middlegame: The black rooks invade up the a-file, the white king without
any pawn protection is without a defence, a clever tactic on move 38 leaves
white helpless and brings the game to a quick end. ||
1. d4 d5
2. Nf3 Nf6
3. c4 c6
4. Nc3 e6
5. Bg5 Nbd7
6. cxd5 exd5
7. e3 Be7
8. Qc2 O-O
9. Bd3 Re8
10. h3 Nf8
11. O-O-O b6
12. Kb1 Bb7
13. g4 a6
14. Rhg1 N6d7
15. h4 c5
16. Bf5 c4
17. Bxe7 Qxe7
18. g5 b5
19. h5 b4
20. Ne2 a5
21. g6 fxg6
22. hxg6 h6
23. Nf4 a4
24. e4 b3
25. Qc3 a3
26. Rd2 Nb6
27. axb3 axb2
28. Rxb2 Ra3
29. Nxd5 Bxd5
30. exd5 Qf6
31. Bg4 Rea8
32. Kc2 cxb3+
33. Rxb3 Ra2+
34. Kd1 Ra1+
35. Ke2 R8a2+
36. Nd2 Rxg1
37. Be6+ Nxe6
38. Rxb6 Rxd2+
39. Qxd2 Nf4+
40. Kf3 Qxb6
White resigns, 0-1
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