kylemeister wrote on 02/14/15 at 23:13:08:
Speaking of QGD at the super-level, today you had Anand-Kramnik, with VK playing in an old-school way which I thought was supposed to be borderline-unplayable even for 2000 players or the like
Cool! Thanks just started looking at it. .... Nh5 lines where either Nf3 or Nge2 are played are fine for Black. It's for that very conception (i.e. the belief that these lines are somehow weak lines... that I play QGD.
V Anand (2797) - V Kramnik (2783) [D36]
Zurich Chess Challenge Zurich SUI (1), 14.02.2015
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Nf3
Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.0-0-0 Nb6 11.Ne5 Nf6 12.Bd3 Ng4 13.Nf3 Be6 14.Kb1 0-0-0 15.h3 Nf6 16.Nd2 Kb8 17.Nb3 Ne8 18.Nc5 Nd6 19.f3 f5 20.g4 Bc8 21.Rde1 Rhf8 22.Qh2 Qc7 23.Rhf1 Rde8 24.b3 g6 25.Bc2 Re7 26.Rf2 Rfe8 27.Rfe2 Nd7 28.Nd3 Nf7 29.Qxc7+ Kxc7 30.gxf5 gxf5 31.Nf4 Nf6 32.h4 Nh8 33.Kc1 Ng6 34.Ng2 Nh5 35.Rg1 a5 36.Kd2 Rg7 37.Ne1 h6 38.Reg2 Reg8 39.Ne2 Kd6 40.a3 b6 41.b4 axb4 42.axb4 Ne7 43.Rxg7 Rxg7 44.Rxg7 Nxg7 45.Nf4 c5 46.bxc5+ bxc5 47.dxc5+ ½-½
In fact here is probably where Kramnik got the idea to play the exchange this tournament! He got beat late last year by a... Nh5 line in the modern QGD exchange ( I think it was a blitz but i could be wrong...) By Giri Anish.
See game below
Kramnik Vladimir,2769 (2769) - Giri Anish, 2797
London Classic Pro Biz Cup 6th 09.12.2014
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.Nge2 Re8 10.0-0 Nf8 11.f3
Nh5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.e4 Be6 14.e5 g6 15.f4 Ng7 16.Ng3 f5 17.exf6 Qxf6 18.Qf2 Nf5 19.Nxf5 Bxf5 20.Bxf5 Qxf5 21.Rae1 Nd7 22.h3 h5 23.Kh1 Kf7 24.Qf3 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Re8 26.Rxe8 Kxe8 27.Qe3+ Kf7 28.Kh2 h4 29.Qf2 g5 30.Ne2 Nf6 31.Qe3 g4 32.Nc3 g3+ 33.Kg1 Qc2 34.b3 Ne4 0-1 0-1
Black has got some nice resources in both Nf3 and Nge2 lines Especially in Nge2 Kasparov line. Public opinion seems opposite on this
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