LIVE Blitz Chess Commentary #328: QGD, Tartakower w/o h6

November 2, 2015 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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This is a blitz chess game I played as black with time control 3|2. The opening was the Queen’s Gambit Declined, Tartakower without h6 inserted. Black acquires the bishop pair in this one and seeks play on the kingside whereas white plays on the queenside against black’s somewhat vulnerable queenside structure.

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PGN:
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qb3 Bb7 9. Rd1 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Be2 c6 12. O-O Re8 13. Rd2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Be7 15. Ne1 Bd6 16. Bf3 Nf6 17. Rc2 Qe7 18. Rdc1 h5 19. Nd3 h4 20. a3 g6 21. Nb4 Qd7 22. Ne2 Rac8 23. Qa4 Bxb4 24. Qxb4 Qf5 25. h3 g5 26. Qd2 Kg7 27. Rc3 Rh8 28. Qc2 Qxc2 29. R3xc2 Rcd8 30. b4 Rd6 31. Rd1 Rhd8 32. Nc1 Ne4 33. Nd3 f6 34. Rdc1 Kf7 35. a4 Ba6 36. b5 cxb5 37. Nb4 Bb7 38. axb5

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