D60 Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: Unusual White 7th moves (1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 a6 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bb3)

The game below was played on the first round of the 2015 October Grand Split Three Seven I 1800+ tournament. I played in group 1 and I gathered 46 points. 2advent gathered 20 points. I was on shared 6th place and 2advent was on 13th place in the final standings of the group that consisted of 15 players.

I was a bit worried around move 20 that 2advent was going to win a pawn by force. The reason for me worrying was that I did not think that I could get any compensation for the lost material. However, after my opponent had won the pawn, 2advent's queen is left a bit out of play, which gives me some iniative and therefore compensates my material loss. The losing move came when my opponent played 28...Bf5, after I saw that move, I knew I had the advantage in the game. The game did not last long after this, when we reached the position after 30...Kh8, I thought first to play Rxh6, but before I did that move, I noticed that Rxf8 forced mate.

[Event "Grand Split Three Seven"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2015.12.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "2advent"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "1888"] [BlackElo "1631"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bb3 {D60 Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: Unusual White 7th moves} Bb7 11. Re1 (11. Qe2 c5 12. Rfd1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qe8 14. Bc2 Nc5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qxc5 Rc8 18. Qb6 Qe7 19. Be4 {1-0 (19) Hoyas Cebrian, L (1908)-Rodriguez Redondo,A (1776) Tenerife 2016}) 11... c5 12. Bc2 cxd4 $146 {Black is slightly better.} (12... Qa5 13. Bf4 Rfd8 14. Qe2 b4 15. Nb1 Nh5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nf6 18. Nbd2 Qc7 19. Rad1 cxd4 20. Rc1 d3 21. Bxd3 Qb8 22. Red1 Qa7 23. Ne5 Rac8 24. Nb3 a5 25. Nd4 Bd6 26. Nec6 Bxc6 27. Nxc6 { Schoenberger,D (1453)-Kollen,Z (1697) Rijswijk 2006 1-0}) (12... Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. e4 Bb7 16. Qd3 c4 17. Qe3 Qd6 18. Nh4 Rae8 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Qg5 h6 21. Qh5 Nf6 22. Qe2 c3 23. b3 b4 24. Qd3 Nd7 25. Re3 Qf4 26. g3 Qc7 27. f4 {Raczeck,H-Eltsov,V Bochum 1990 1/2-1/2 (45)}) 13. Nxd4 Rc8 14. Rc1 h6 15. Bh4 Re8 16. Bg3 Nc5 17. f3 Qa5 18. Nb3 {-0.68/26} ({White should try} 18. a3 $11 {-0.16/27}) 18... Nxb3 $15 19. Bxb3 Bb4 20. Be5 {-0.82/24} (20. Qe2 $15 {-0.34/28 is superior.}) 20... Nd5 {-0.12/27} (20... Red8 $17 {-0.82/24} 21. Qe2 Nd7) 21. Bxd5 $11 exd5 22. Bd4 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Qxa2 24. Qd4 {[#]} f6 25. Qg4 $40 {Bxf6 is the strong threat. White is up to no good.} Rf8 26. Rcd1 {-0.43/27 } (26. Qe6+ $11 {0.22/31} Kh8 27. Qe7) 26... Rce8 {0.22/31} (26... Qc4 $15 { -0.43/27}) 27. Rd4 Bc8 28. Qg3 Bf5 {1.19/27} (28... a5 $11 {0.00/32 keeps the balance.}) 29. Rf4 $1 $16 Bh7 {2.32/27} (29... d4 $16 {1.20/28} 30. Rxd4 a5) 30. Rxf6 $18 Kh8 $2 {#2/29 [#]} (30... d4 $18 {2.23/29} 31. Rxf8+ (31. Bxd4 Rxf6 32. Bxf6 Qf7 $18) 31... Rxf8) 31. Rxf8+ {Precision: White = 39%, Black = 28%.} 1-0

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[Event "Asturias-chT Preferente 0001"] [Site "Asturias"] [Date "2000.12.16"] [Round "7"] [White "Juan Roldan, Jose Luis"] [Black "Acebal Muniz, Antonio"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "2269"] [BlackElo "2253"] [PlyCount "178"] [EventDate "2000.10.28"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Bb3 c5 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Qb6 13. Ne5 Rfe8 14. Rac1 cxd4 15. exd4 Nf8 16. Rd3 Rac8 17. Rcd1 Nd5 18. Bc1 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Ng6 20. Rh3 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Bf6 22. Qh5 Be4 23. Ba3 Red8 24. Bc5 Qb7 25. Rg3 g6 26. Qh6 Bd5 27. Rh3 Rxc5 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. dxc5 Bxg2 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. Qh6+ Ke8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Rd3 Bc7 34. Qh4+ Ke8 35. Qf6 Qe4 36. Rd4 Qf3 37. Qxf3 Bxf3 38. a4 Be5 39. Rd3 Bc6 40. axb5 axb5 41. h3 Ke7 42. Kf1 Bb8 43. c4 Ba7 44. Rc3 Bxc5 45. cxb5 Bxb5+ 46. Bc4 Bd4 47. Rc2 Bd7 48. Ra2 Bc6 49. Rd2 Be5 50. Rd3 g5 51. Ra3 Bd4 52. Be2 Kf6 53. Ra6 Bd5 54. Ra4 Ke5 55. Bd3 Bc6 56. Rc4 Bd5 57. Rc7 f6 58. Rc8 Kf4 59. Bc4 Bxc4+ 60. Rxc4 e5 61. Kg2 f5 62. Ra4 Ke4 63. Kg3 Kd5 64. f3 Be3 65. Ra6 Bf4+ 66. Kf2 e4 67. Ra5+ Ke6 68. fxe4 fxe4 69. Ke2 Kf6 70. Kd1 Kg6 71. Ra8 Be5 72. Ke2 Bf4 73. Kf2 Kf5 74. Re8 Bc1 75. Rf8+ Ke5 76. Kg3 Bf4+ 77. Kg4 Bc1 78. Rc8 Bd2 79. Rd8 Bc1 80. Rd7 Ke6 81. Rd1 Be3 82. Re1 Bd2 83. Rxe4+ Kf6 84. Rd4 Bc1 85. Rc4 Bd2 86. Rc6+ Kf7 87. Kf5 Kg7 88. Rg6+ Kh7 89. Rd6 Bc1 1-0 [Event "POL-chT"] [Site "Glogow"] [Date "2001.09.14"] [Round "7"] [White "Wojcieszyn, Jacenty"] [Black "Barglowski, Filip"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "2298"] [BlackElo "2206"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2001.09.08"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. Bb3 b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rc1 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bc2 Qa5 14. a3 b4 15. axb4 Qxb4 16. Qd4 a5 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Bxa4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qxd4 20. exd4 h6 21. Bh4 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Rab8 23. b3 Rb4 24. Rc4 Nd5 25. Bg3 Rxc4 26. bxc4 Nc3 27. Ra1 Rxd4 28. Bb5 Bb4 29. Be5 Nxb5 30. cxb5 Rd5 31. f4 Rxb5 32. Rc1 Rc5 33. Rd1 Rd5 34. Rc1 f6 35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Bc3 Rd1+ 0-1 [Event "Boeblingen op 19th"] [Site "Böblingen"] [Date "2002.12.29"] [Round "7"] [White "Hesse, Peter"] [Black "Wohlfahrt, Rainer"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "2304"] [BlackElo "2126"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2002.12.26"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2004"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2003.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bb3 c5 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rad1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 b4 14. Na4 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. e4 N5f6 17. f3 Rfd8 18. Rc1 Rac8 19. Qe3 g6 20. Rfd1 e5 21. Ne2 Bc6 22. Nc5 Bb5 23. Nb7 Rxc1 24. Nxc1 Rf8 25. Nd6 Qd8 26. Nxb5 axb5 27. Nd3 Qe7 28. Qd2 Qd6 29. Qxb4 Qb6+ 30. Kh1 Rc8 31. Qe7 Qd4 32. Qxf7+ Kh8 33. h3 g5 34. Qe7 g4 35. hxg4 Qe3 36. Nxe5 Rc1 37. Nf7+ Kg7 38. Nd6+ Kh8 39. Qd8+ 1-0 [Event "Champions Challenge 94th"] [Site "playchess.com INT"] [Date "2005.05.14"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Bykhovsky, Anatoly"] [Black "Rombaldoni, Denis"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "2364"] [BlackElo "2251"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2005.05.14"] [EventType "k.o. (blitz)"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2008"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Qe2 c5 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Bc2 Rfd8 14. Bb1 Rac8 15. Ne5 Nf8 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Nd3 Qc6 19. f3 Bxf4 20. Nxf4 Ng6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. e4 Qc5+ 23. Qf2 Qb4 24. a3 Qb3 25. Ba2 Qxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1 Rc1 28. Qd2 Ra1 29. Bb3 Kh7 30. Kf2 Bxe4 31. Nc3 Bf5 32. Bc2 Bxc2 33. Qxc2 Rh1 34. h3 Kh6 35. Ne4 Nh5 36. Qd2+ Kh7 37. Ng5+ 1-0 [Event "Izhevsk Corporation Cup-A 3rd"] [Site "Izhevsk"] [Date "2011.07.18"] [Round "4"] [White "Fursov, Dmitriy"] [Black "Ziatdinov, Raset"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "2138"] [BlackElo "2413"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2011.07.15"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2011.08.29"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Qe2 c5 12. Rfd1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bc2 Rac8 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Rd4 Nc5 19. Rad1 e5 20. Rd5 f6 21. e4 Rc7 22. Nh4 g6 23. Rd6 Rfc8 24. g3 Rc6 25. Qg4 Rxd6 26. Qxc8+ Kg7 27. Rc1 Ne6 28. Nf3 Kf7 29. Kg2 a5 30. h4 Qd7 31. Qb8 Rc6 32. Rxc6 Qxc6 33. Qxe5 Qc5 34. Qxc5 Nxc5 35. Nd4 b4 36. Nc6 b3 37. axb3 Nxb3 38. Kf3 Nd2+ 39. Ke3 Nc4+ 40. Kd4 Nxb2 41. Nxa5 h5 42. Nc4 Nd1 43. f3 Nf2 44. Ne3 Ke6 45. g4 hxg4 46. fxg4 Nh3 47. Ng2 f5 48. exf5+ gxf5 49. g5 f4 50. Ke4 f3 51. Ne3 f2 52. Nf1 1-0 [Event "Oberliga NRW 1314"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2014.02.02"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Straeter, Timo"] [Black "Kern, Guido"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "2320"] [BlackElo "2253"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2013.09.15"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "Mega2014 Update 21"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2014.05.24"] [WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid II"] [BlackTeam "Dinslaken"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Qe2 c5 12. Rad1 Ne4 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Bc2 Ndf6 15. Be5 Rfd8 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Nd4 Bf8 19. Qg4 Nc5 20. Nf3 h6 21. Bd4 Qc6 22. Rc1 Qe8 23. Bb1 Rdc8 24. Qg3 Nd7 25. Rc7 Bd5 26. Rfc1 Qd8 27. h3 Bc4 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. b3 Bd5 30. Rd1 Qc7 31. Qg4 Bb7 32. Bb2 Rd8 33. Qd4 Qc6 34. Qd3 f5 35. Rc1 Qd6 36. Qxd6 Bxd6 37. Nd4 Kf7 38. f3 g6 39. Kf2 Nc5 40. Ba3 Rc8 41. Bb2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Plunge op 36th"] [Site "Plateliai"] [Date "2016.07.24"] [Round "9"] [White "Rimeikis, Andrius"] [Black "Kalvaitis, Sigitas"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "2132"] [BlackElo "2285"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2016.07.18"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "LTU"] [SourceTitle "Mega2017 Update 24"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.04.07"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. O-O b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Qe2 c5 12. Rfd1 Qb6 13. Rac1 Rfd8 14. h3 Rac8 15. Bc2 cxd4 16. exd4 Nf8 17. d5 b4 18. Na4 a5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. dxe6 Nxe6 21. b3 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qe2 Nd4 24. Qe3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Bg5 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. Qd3+ Nf5 28. Rc5 Qxc5 29. Nxc5 Rxd3 30. Nxd3 Be7 31. Ne5 f6 32. Nc6 Bc5 33. Nb8 Nd4 34. Na6 Bd6 35. Kf1 Nxf3 36. Ke2 Ng1+ 37. Kd3 Nxh3 38. Kc4 Nxf2 39. Nxb4 g5 40. Nd5 f5 41. a4 g4 0-1