Unnecessary counter attack | Gelfand - Zvjaginsev | World Rapid

Grandmaster Zvjaginsev is known for unconditional style of playing the opening chooses very rare line against Catalan opening attempt trying to create crisis in the centre. Boris Gelfand find way to continue his play in positional style which he is famous for.


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Gelfand, Boris (2684)
Zvjaginsev, Vadim (2627)
Event: World Rapid 2019
Site: Moscow RUS Date: 12/27/2019
Round: 9.21 Score: 1-0
ECO: A41 Queen's Pawn
1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.g3 Ne4 6.Nb1 Nf6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Nd5 c6 11.Ne3 Be6 12.b3 d5 13.Bb2 Nd7 14.Ne5 Ndf6 15.Nd3 Bh6 16.f4 Nd6 17.Nc5 Bc8 18.Rc1 b6 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Bxd5 Bh3 22.Rf2 Rc8 23.Nb7 Qd7 24.Nxd6 Qxd6 25.Bf3 Rxc1 26.Qxc1 Rc8 27.Qd2 e5 28.e3 exf4 29.gxf4 Bg7 30.e4 Qc7 31.e5 Bf8 32.Bg2 Qd7 33.Qe3 Bxg2 34.Kxg2 Qf5 35.Qh3 Qe4+ 36.Qf3 Qb1 37.Bc3 b5 38.f5 Qxf5 39.Qxf5 gxf5 40.Ba5 Rc1 41.d5 Rd1 42.Rd2 Rxd2+ 43.Bxd2 Bg7 44.Bc3 Kf8 45.Kf3 Bh6 46.Bd4 a6 47.Be3 Bg7 48.Bc5+ 1-0


In contrast with the King’s Pawn Opening, the Queen’s Pawn is already defended (by the queen) upon its arrival in the center of the board, so any threat to this pawn doesn’t necessarily have to be immediately addressed.

This tends to afford each player a higher degree of flexibility than can be seen in a King’s Pawn opening. Many opening systems under the umbrella of Queen’s Pawn Openings are defined more by their ideas than by specific move orders – though that’s not to say that sharp, precise variations don’t exist!

Many distinct opening systems can arise from the Queen’s Pawn Opening. I’m going to break them down into two broad categories:

Black places their own Queen’s Pawn in the center with 1…d5, equalizing control of the center.
Black does not play the move 1…d5 and seeks to contest the center by other means.




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