♜ My Best (online) Chess Games ➡️ #42

Hey, everybody! I'm sharing with you another of my Best Games played online on Lichess.org. This game has been selected using a series of criteria to consider it among the best games, to which I add my own subjective appreciation and comments. I hope you like it!

Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense

I think this game shows some of the problems you can get when you misplay the Tarrash Defense, at least from a tactical point of view. White play was rather simple after creating the awful double pawns on f6, preventing the black king from having shelter for the rest of the game. Even though white play wasn't perfect, it was easy. Black's the one who must watch out for every tactical detail, and actually they fell right after one: ...Rg4?? Allowing Nxd5 which was not surprisingly easy to find and pin down.

PGN:

[Event "Rated Blitz game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/Sm9lwhr4"]
[Date "2021.08.14"]
[White "josephchess90"]
[Black "Yolanka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[UTCDate "2021.08.14"]
[UTCTime "01:48:33"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2282"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+7"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-3"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense"]
[Termination "Normal"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nc6 8. Bb5 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Qa4 Qb6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qf4 Be7 15. Rac1 Qxb2 16. Nd4 c5 17. Nc6 Rc8 18. Nxe7 Kxe7 19. Rfd1 Rhg8 20. e4 Rg4 21. Nxd5+ Bxd5 22. Qxg4 Be6 23. Qf4 Qxa2 24. Qd6+ Ke8 25. Rxc5