I played a standard chess game as black with time controls set at 15 minutes with a 2 second increment. The opening played was the Gruenfeld Defense: Three Knights, Burille variation. What begins as a Benoni soon transposes into a Gruenfeld defense where black looks to apply piece pressure on the white pawn center. How should black react when white acquires a spacial advantage with the c5 push. There are 2 strikes, but which of the two to choose and for what reasons? Moreover, would you prefer to have the two bishops and a more weakened structure, or the bishop and knight with a not so weakened structure?
PGN:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Nc3 Nc6 { D94 Grunfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation, Reversed Tarrasch } 9. c5 Ne4 10. Bf4 Bg4 11. Be3 b6 12. cxb6 axb6 13. h3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Na5 16. Qc1 Rc8 17. Rb1 e6 18. Be2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Qb2 Rc6 21. Rfc1 Qc7 22. Qb5 Rc8 23. a4 h5 24. Rb3 Bf8 25. g3 Bd6 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. f4 h4 28. Kf3 hxg3 29. Rc2 Rh8 30. Kxg3 Rh5 31. Qe2 Rc4 32. h4 Be7 33. Kg2 Rxh4 34. Bc1 Rxa4 35. Qe5+ Qxe5 36. fxe5 Bd8 37. Rf2 Ra1 38. Bf4 Rh8 39. Kf3 Ra8 40. Rh2 Rxh2 41. Bxh2 Kf8 42. Bf4 Ke8 43. Rb2 Ra3 44. Bd2 Kd7 45. Ke3 Bc7 46. Kd3 Ra8 47. Rb1 Rh8 48. Rf1 Ke8 49. Be3 Rh3 50. Rc1 Kd7 51. c4 Bd8 52. cxd5 Rxe3+ 53. Kc4 exd5+ 54. Kxd5 Ra3 55. Rf1 Ke7 56. Rc1 Ra7 57. Rc8 Rd7+ 58. Ke4 f6 59. exf6+ Kxf6 60. Rc6+ Kf7 61. d5 Re7+ 62. Kf4 Rd7 63. Ke4 Kg7 64. Kf4 Kf7 65. Ke4
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