[White
"QGEx Player"]
[Black
"Black"]
[ECO
"D35"]
1.
d4
...
Nf6;
2.
c4
...
e6;
3.
Nc3
...
d5; {People often use this move order to play the QGD as Black - gives more
flexibility, and often scares white into playing 3. Nf3 (to avoid Nimzo)}
4.
cxd5 {Bg5 is often played first.}
...
exd5; {In this position we are playing ourselves ! This is because we play both
sides of the Exchange Variation.}
( A. 5 Bf4 {is a more
modern choice, played by Korchnoi, Karpov and Kasparov in W. Champ games}
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A1.(
Be7 6 e3 O-O 7 Bd3 c5 {This turns black's position into a Tarrasch defence
hybrid which is another way of playing QGEx for black.} 8 Nf3 Nc6 9 O-O Bg4 10
dxc5 Bxc5 11 h3 Bxf3 12 Qxf3 d4 13 Ne4
(
Be7 14 Rad1 {+= Kasparov - Karpov London WChamp (8) 1986} )
(
Nxe4 14 Bxe4 dxe3 15 Qh5 f5 16 Bxf5 exf2+ 17 Kh1 g6 18 Bxg6 hxg6 19 Qxg6+ Kh8
20 Rad1 {wins (Kasparov)} ) )
A2.
( c6 {our move}
( 6
e3 Bf5 7 Bd3 Bxd3 8 Qxd3 Be7 9 Nge2 Nbd7 {black has no difficulties} )
( 6
Qc2 Be7 7 O-O-O g6 8 f3 Na6 9 e4 Nb4 10 Qb3 Be6 11 e5 Nd7 12 a3 a5 13 axb4 axb4
14 Nb1 c5 {Black won Korchnoi - Spasski 1968} )
( 6
Nf3 Be7
( 7 e3 Bf5 8 Be2 O-O 9 Ne5 Nbd7 10 O-O
Nxe5 11 Bxe5 Bd6 {equal Botvinnik - Padevski 1956} )
( 7 Qc2 g6 {Fischer came up with this
against Keres.} 8 e3 Bf5 9 Bd3 Bxd3 10 Qxd3 Nbd7 11 O-O O-O 12 h3 ( Nh5 13 Bh6
Re8 {Keres - Fischer 1962} ) ( Re8 13 Rab1 a5 14 Qc2 Bf8 15 a3 Nb6 16 Ne5 Nfd7
17 Nd3 Nc4 {equal Smyslov - Geller 1955} ) ) ) ) )
(B. 5 Bg5 {is best by test, actually threatening to
shatter black's pawns by Bxf6.}
c6
(
B1. 6 Qc2 {grabbing hold of b1 to h7 diagonal can be considered the main line.}
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(B1a. Bd6 7 e3 Nbd7 8 Bd3 Nf8 9 Nge2 Ng6 10 Ng3 O-O 11 O-O h6 12
Bxf6 Qxf6 13 f4 {+= NCO} )
( B1b.Be7 {our move} 7 e3 Nbd7 8 Bd3
( Nf8 9 Nge2 Ne6 10
Bh4 g6 11 f3 O-O 12 Rd1 Re8 13 O-O Nh5 14 Bf2 {+= NCO} )
( Nh5 {This is the
best move, and is the one we play as Black!} 9 Bxe7 Qxe7
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10 Nf3 ? Nf4 {Excellent use of the pin ! Black stands well.} )
(
10 O-O-O Nb6 11 h3 g6 12 Kb1 Be6 13 g4 Ng7 14 Nf3 O-O-O 15 Na4 Nxa4 16 Qxa4 Kb8
17 Rc1 Bd7 18 Rc5 Be8 19 Rhc1 Ne6 {equal NCO} )
(
10 Nge2 !
( Nf8 11 O-O-O Be6 12 Kb1 O-O-O
{equal} )
( g6 11 O-O-O
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( f5 {equal Taimanov} )
( Nb6
(
12 h3 Be6 13 Kb1 O-O-O {equal} )
(
12 Ng3 Ng7 13 Kb1 Bd7 14 Rc1 O-O-O 15 Na4 Nxa4 16 Qxa4 Kb8 17 Rc3 b6 18 Ba6 Ne6
19 Rhc1 {White has the advantage NCO} ) ) ) ) ) ) )
(B2. 6 e3
(
B2a. Bf5 ?! 7 Qf3 {excellent pressure on f5,f6}
( Be6 8 Bxf6 Qxf6 9 Qxf6 gxf6 10 Nf3 Nd7 11
Bd3 Nb6 12 O-O-O O-O-O 13 Ne2 {+= NCO} )
(
Bg6 8 Bxf6
( gxf6 9 Qd1 Qb6 10 Qd2 {White has an
excellent position NCO} )
( Qxf6 9 Qxf6 gxf6 10 Kd2 Nd7 11 h4
Nb6 12 h5 Bf5 13 Bd3 {+= NCO} ) ) )
(B2b. Nbd7 ! 7 Bd3 Be7
( 8
Nf3 {is weak as it allows Ne4} Ne4 {an excellent equalizing move.} )
( 8
Nge2 Nh5 {the key equalizing move} 9 Bxe7 Qxe7
( 10 Qc2 Nf8 11 O-O-O Be6 12 Kb1 O-O-O
{equal} )
( 10 Ng3 {is now the immortal, famous
(!!) game Metcalf - Peake (Dewsbury v Holme V. 26/11/98)}
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Nf4
! {nice ! Note other Metcalf - Peake game
was Cambridge Springs in Examiner -
look it up !} 11 O-O Nxd3 12 Qxd3 O-O 13 e4 {dubious} dxe4 14 Qxe4 Qb4 15 Rab1
Nf6 16 Qe5 Be6 17 Qc5 a5 {of course !} 18 b3 Nd7 {and White is already
groveling ! Metcalf - Peake.} ) )
( 8
Qc2 ( Nh5 {is our move transposes to lines already covered} )
( O-O
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{This
is White's ideal set-up. He can now choose between minority attack (b4
to b5, normally with Nf3) or Nge2 and attack K-side or f3 e4 and attack in
centre, or O-O-O K-side attack
{Alekhine}}
( 9 Nf3 Re8 10 O-O Nf8
( 11 Rae1 Ne4 12 Bxe7 Qxe7 13
Bxe4 dxe4 14 Nd2 {is better for white - Botvinnik - Robatsch 1966} )
( 11 Rab1 {This is the
Classical way of playing the QG Exchange} Ne4 12 Bxe7 Qxe7 13 b4 a6 14 a4 Bf5
15 Ne5 Rad8 16 Rfc1 {White often has an enduring endgame initiative - Karpov
here goes for an endgame.} Ng6 17 Bxe4 Bxe4 18 Nxe4 dxe4 19 Nxg6 hxg6 20 b5
{All the best players' games seem so simple !} cxb5 21 axb5 Rd6 22 bxa6 bxa6 23
Qa4 Qd7 24 Qxd7 Rxd7 25 Rc5 Ra7 26 Ra5 Kf8 27 Rb6 Rea8 28 h4 Ke7 29 Kh2 Kd7 30
Kg3 Kc7 31 Rb2 Rb7 32 Rc5+ Kb8 33 Ra2 Re7 34 Kf4 Kb7 35 Rb2+ Ka7 36 Rc6 Rh8 37
Ra2 a5 38 Rxa5+ Kb7 39 Rca6 Rxh4+ 40 Kg3 Rh5 41 Ra7+ Kb6 42 R5a6+ Kb5 43 Rxe7
Rg5+ 44 Kh2 Kxa6 45 Rxf7 {1-0 Karpov - Ljubojevic 1989} ) )
( 9
Nge2 {Hodgson - Murugan 1993 is an example of minority attack} Re8 {Black must
strive to attack on the K-side}
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(
10 h3 {White can also go for the K-side as Salov does here} Nf8 11 g4 a5 {to
counter any minority attack before it starts.} 12 Ng3 h6 13 Bxf6 Bxf6 14 Nce2
g6 15 Kf1 Qd6 16 Rc1 Bd7 17 Kg2 b6 18 h4 c5 19 dxc5 bxc5 20 Qxc5 Qxc5 21 Rxc5
Bxg4 22 h5 {+= Salov -V an der Sterren 1993} )
( 10 O-O Nf8 11 Rab1 Ng4 12
Bf4 Bd6 13 b4 Bxf4 14 Nxf4 g5 15 Nh5 Qd6 16 Ng3 Qh6 17 h3 Nf6 18 Nf5 Bxf5 19
Bxf5 a6 20 a4 Ng6 21 b5 {This is the minority attack. No matter how black plays
he will get a weak pawn on the Q-side} axb5 22 axb5 Ne7 23 Rfc1 Nxf5 24 Qxf5
Qg6 25 Qc2 Re6 26 Ne2 Ne4 27 bxc6 bxc6 28 Rb6 Rc8 29 Qa2 Kg7 30 Qa6 Rc7 31 Qa8
Qf5 32 Rf1 Nf6 33 g4 Qf3 34 Ng3 Re8 35 Rb8 Rce7 36 Nf5+ Kg6 37 Nxe7+ Rxe7 38
Qxc6 Re6 39 Qc2+ Kg7 40 Qf5 {1-0} Hodgson - Murugan 1993 ) ) ) ) ) ) )
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