This second-round tournament game featured a Slav Defense that could be considered dubious from multiple angles. The first one is White's 4. Bg5, which is almost never played for a reason. It gives Black immediate equality by making the bishop a target, weakening the dark squares on the queenside (particularly the e1-h6 diagonal and b2) and if as occurs in the game the bishop is exchanged off, then Black sits quite well with the bishop pair and the doubled f-pawn which covers e5 and g5.
The second dubious feature is the middlegame struggle, which gets a lot of "?!" and some "?" annotations. This might be somewhat unfair, given the relative complexity of the positions and how understandable it is that in several cases the obvious moves are made rather than the best ones. However, it is also a wake-up call for us Class players that just because a move is obvious does not mean it should be played automatically.
The attack and defense dynamics are, despite the flaws, interesting to see, starting with White's 16th move. The game becomes quite tactical and the evaluation of the winning side swings back and forth several times. Some key ideas for future use are highlighted in the analysis, in particular how Black could have improved with 16...Nf8, using solid defense, and then with 18...c5! in order to answer White's flank attack with a break in the center. In the end, White is too materialistic, being unwilling to sacrifice material in order to break through on the kingside, so Black is able to turn the tables on his attacker.
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxc4 4...Ne4 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.e4 6.e3 6...Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Be6 8.a3 Ba5 9.Be2 b5 10.0-0 0-0 11.Qc2 Bxc3 11...Na6 12.Rfd1 Qb6 13.d5 cxd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Rad8 12.bxc3 Nd7 13.a4 a6 14.a5?! Qc7 15.Nh4 Rfe8 16.f4 f5= 16...Nf8 17.Qd2 17.e5?! 17.d5 fxe4 17...cxd5 18.exf5 d4 19.fxe6 d3 20.exf7+ Kxf7 21.Bxd3 cxd3 22.Qxd3= 18.dxe6 Rxe6= 17...g6 18.Rf3?! 18.g4 fxg4 19.f5 gxf5 20.Nxf5 18...Qd8 18...c5! 19.Rd1 cxd4 20.cxd4 b4 18...Bd5 19.Rg3 Be4 20.Qd1 Rad8 19.Rh3 Nf8 20.Nf3 20.Bf3!? Rc8 20...Bd5 21.Ng5 21.Rg3 Ne6 22.Qxf5 b4-+ 21...Kg7 21...f6 22.exf6 Qxf6-+ 22.Bd1?! 22.Rg3 22...h6-+ 23.Nf3 Ne6 24.Qd2 Rb8 24...c5!? 25.Bc2?! 25.Ne1-+ 25...Re7? 25...b4!? 26.cxb4 Bxf3 27.Rxf3 Qxd4+ 28.Qxd4 Nxd4 29.Rf2 Rxb4-+ 26.Rg3? 26.Nh4 b4 27.Bxf5 bxc3 28.Qe3 26...Be4?? 26...Bxf3 27.Rxf3 Rd7-+ 27.Bxe4± fxe4 28.Nh4?! 28.f5! Reb7± 28...exf3 29.f6+ Kh7 30.fxe7 Qxe7 31.Rxf3± 28...Kh7? 28...Rd7 29.Nxg6 fxg6 30.f5 Nf8= 29.f5± Ng5 29...g5 30.f6 30.fxe6 gxh4 31.Rg4 Rxe6 32.Qf4 30...gxh4 31.fxe7 Qxe7 32.Rg4 30.fxg6+ 30.Rxg5!? hxg5 31.Qxg5+- Qe8 32.Rf1 e3 33.f6 30...fxg6± 31.Qf4? 31.Nxg6 Kxg6 32.Rf1± 31...Rf7-+ 32.Qg4? 32.Qd2 b4 33.cxb4 Rf4 34.Qxf4 Qxd4+ 32...Qc8 32...b4 33.Rd1 Qxa5 34.cxb4 Qxb4 35.Qe2-+ 33.Re1? 33.Qxc8 Rxc8 34.Nxg6 Kxg6 35.h4 c5 36.hxg5 hxg5 33...Qxg4 34.Rxg4 Rbf8 35.Rg3? Rf4 36.Nxg6 Kxg6 37.Rge3 h5 38.h3 h4 39.Kh1 Rf1+ 40.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 41.Kh2 Rf2 42.Kg1 Ra2 43.Re1 43.e6 Rxa5 44.e7 Kf7-+ 43...Rxa5 44.Kf2 Ra2+ 45.Re2 Rxe2+ 46.Kxe2 a5 47.Kd2 a4 48.Kc2 a3 49.Kb1 e3 50.e6 Nxe6 51.d5 cxd5 52.g4 e2 53.Ka2 e1Q 54.g5 Qd2+ 55.Ka1 Qxc3+ 56.Ka2 Qb2# 0–1
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