[Event "Dorset Rapidplay 2021"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2021.03.14"] [Round "?"] [White "Westrap, Christian"] [Black "Belinger, John"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "186"] [BlackElo "132"] [Annotator "peter"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "600+5"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 ( 8. Qxc4 {Is another major branch}) 8... Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qd3 c5 12. Nc3 Bc6 {We are still in well known Catalan theory} 13. e4 (13. Rfd1 { is more commonly played}) 13... cxd4 14. Qxd4 Nbd7 15. e5 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. a5 $11 {Objectively equal but in these Catalan structures (which Christian is very good at!) it always seems that bit easier to play the White side and all the tactical tricks seem to fall White's way so Black has to be constantly vigilant.} Qb4 $2 {It is not a bad idea to swap queens off but there is a tactical flaw with this idea} (18... Qc5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 $11) 19. Nxd5 $1 Qxd4 20. Ne7+ {an intermezzo that wins a piece} Kh8 21. Nxd4 Rc7 22. Nexc6 bxc6 23. f4 c5 24. Ne2 Rb8 25. Rc2 Rb5 26. Ra1 c4 27. Nc3 Rb3 28. Rd1 g6 29. Ne4 Kg7 30. Kf2 Rb5 31. Rdc1 Rxa5 32. Rxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Ra2 34. Rb4 Ra5 35. Rb7 Nc5 36. Nxc5 Rxc5 37. Be4 Rc4 38. Kf3 Rd4 39. Rc7 Rb4 40. Rc2 Rb3+ 41. Ke2 a5 42. Bc6 Rb6 43. Ba4 Rb4 44. b3 Rd4 45. Rc5 1-0