My Best Lichess Chess Games ➡️ #38 (D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation)

♗ My Best (online) Chess Games ➡️ #38



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Hey, everybody! I'm sharing with you another of my Best Games played online on Lichess.org. This game has been selected using a series of criteria to consider it among the best games, to which I add my own subjective appreciation and comments. I hope you like it!

Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation


In this classical line of the Queen's Gambit Declined, the Exchange Variation, black went awry when he played that early ...c5. Yeah, It looks like a Tarrash Defense, but the resulting position is more favorable for white in my opinion. The play against the isolate pawn comes handy although that was unnecessary as we can see. After some dubious play by my opponent, I emerged victorious thanks to some nice tactics.


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PGN:

[Event "Rated Blitz game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/fYw7ZovB"]
[Date "2021.04.14"]
[White "josephchess90"]
[Black "kapa2020"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2021.04.14"]
[UTCTime "07:20:27"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+5"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-4"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "180+2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]

  1. d4 e6
  2. c4 d5
  3. Nc3 Nf6
  4. cxd5 exd5
  5. Bg5 Be7
  6. e3 O-O
  7. Bd3 c5
  8. Nge2 Nc6
  9. dxc5 Bxc5
  10. O-O Be7
  11. Rc1 Bg4
  12. Bb1 Rc8
  13. Qd3 Ne5
  14. Qd4 Nc6
  15. Qf4 Bd6
  16. Bxf6 Qd7
  17. Qg5