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Beating the Queen's Gambit 2: using 5. Bf4 line
GM Magnus Carlsen : How to tame the Queen's Gambit?
23/1/2022 – GM Magnus Carlsen demonstrated that he can play any white opening. This game, he showed how to pressure black’s center pawn and the game.
Fantastic game by GM Sergei Zhigalko by showing how to create a backward pawn in black’s central position. This is a very instructive game, so let’s enjoy it but coffee first.
CHESS BLOG No. 56 : Date: 13th January 2022
Black's game plan: disrupt the center
1st Game : Check diagram below (GAME VIEWER 1)
White controlled the game in the middlegame but black tried to complicate the position on move 17...Nd4. But it was a miscalculation, let's find out...
2nd Game: Check diagram below (GAME VIEWER 2)
Black's Game Plan: develop the bishop (c8) to b7
After black's 11...c5 move, white created weakness on black's center pawn then continuously pressured it by maneuvering other pieces to control the game.
GAME VIEWER 1
GAME VIEWER 2
ENDGAME CORNER - SOLVE THE PROBLEM BELOW
