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ANNOTATED GAMES FROM GALWAY CONGRESS 2010
Rogozenco , D - Baburin , A [ D36 ] [ Notes by Dorlan Rogozenco ] This game from the penultimate round of Galway Chess Congress 2010 was practically decisive for the final standings . I was on 4.5 out of 5 , Alex was half a point behind me . 1 . d4 d5 2 . c4 e6 3 . Nc3 Nf6 4 . Bg5 Nbd7 5 . e3 c6
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6 . cxd5 On Sunday morning I didn ' t really feel like going for a theoretical battle in the sharp Cambridge-Springs Variation arising after 6 . Nf3 Qa5 . 6 ... exd5 7 . Bd3 Be7 8 . Qc2 0-0 9 . Nf3 Re8 10.0-0 Nf8 11 . h3 One of the most ambitious plans in the Exchange Variation of the Queen ' s Gambit Declined . 11 ... Nh5 In case of the standard 11 ... g6 12 . Bh6 Ne6 13 . Ne5 Ng7 with the idea to exchange the light-squared bishops on f5 , White shows the idea behind his eleventh move : 14 . g4 ! with advantage . 12 . Bxe7 Qxe7 13 . Rae1 g6 ! Weaker is 13 ... Be6 14 . g4 Nf6 15 . Ne5 N6d7 16 . f4 f6 17 . Nf3 and again White is better . 14 . e4
I was trying to exploit my slight lead in development by opening up the position . 14 ... dxe4 15 . Rxe4 Be6 16 . Rfe1 Rad8 The chances are close to equal : White has an isolated pawn , but his pieces are more active and Black ' s kingside is slightly weakened by the move g6 . 17 . Qc1 Nf6 18 . Re5 N8d7 19 . R5e2 Qf8 Probably better is 19 ... Nb6 with the idea Nbd5 . 20 . Qf4 After the activation of white queen Black must play very precisely in order to prevent White from developing the initiative . During the game I thought the position is equal , but now after analysing it with the help of the computer I believe that
White ' s chances are slightly preferable . 20 ... Bd5 21 . Ne5 Nxe5 21 ... Nh5 22 . Qh4 Nxe5 23 . Rxe5 Rxe5 24 . dxe5 ! leads to the variation 23 . dxe5 , see below . ( 24 . Rxe5 is probably about equal .) 22 . Rxe5 22 . dxe5 Nh5 23 . Qh4 Bxg2 ] 22 ... Rxe5
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