Judit Polgar fights for c5 in the Caro-Kann Advance

Featured is an instructive chess game between Judit Polgar and Peter Prohaszka from 39th Greek Teams held in 2011. Polgar's approach in this Caro-Kann Advance variation is to quickly post her queen knight on b3 to fight against black's thematic c5 pawn break. Polgar's 12th move, cxd3, is the most instructional moment of the game. By taking on doubled d-pawns, Polgar is prepared to meet the c5 break in an excellent way. c5 was indeed played, but there's a big question in "What if it wasn't played?" In such a case, what progress could each side make if c5 wasn't played. A very deep and interesting strategic game would have been ahead without the c5 break. Shortly after Prohaszka's c5, Polgar obtains a decisive advantage and she converted the full point in a flashy fashion.
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Image of Judit Polgar by Lennart Ootes
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PGN
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7
7. Be2 Nc8 8. O-O Be7 9. Ne1 Ncb6 10. Bg4 Bg6 11. Nd3 Bxd3
12. cxd3 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. b3 Ncd7 16. d4 O-O
17. Ba3 Re8 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Qd2 Nb8 20. Be2 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Qd7
22. Rc3 Nc6 23. Bb5 Rc8 24. Rg3 a6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rxg7+
Kxg7 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. Be7