[Event "Xinghua "] [White "Lu,Shanglei"] [Black "Li,Di"] [Site ""] [Round ""] [Annotator "Havanur, Nagesh"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2022.??.??"] [WhiteElo "2605"] [BlackElo "2539"] [PlyCount "61"] 1. d4 Nf6 {Black preserves his options and keeps the oponent guessing.} (1... d5 2. c4 e6 {is the direct move order of the Queen's Gambit Declined.} )2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 {Transposing to the Queen's Gambit Declined.} 4. cxd5 exd5 { The Exchange Variation that prepares minority attack.} 5. Bg5 ({The other important line is} 5. Bf4 )c6 {Ordinarily Black fortifies d5 so that he can develop the bishop on c8. But in this game it is about queenside expansion with...b7-b5.} (5... Bf5 $2 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qb3 $16 {wins a pawn as "every schoolboy knows".} )6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 {The Carlsbad structure planning f3 and e4 that Botvinnik used with great success.} Ne8 $5 { At first sight this retreat looks like loss of tempo. However, the knight bounces back via d6.} ({Here} 9... Re8 {is standard.} )10. Bg3 (10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Ng3 Nd6 13. O-O Nf6 14. Rae1 h5 $1 {was seen in Spielmann-Reti, Berlin 1928 ((1/2 -1/2, 27 moves).} )Nd6 11. O-O Re8 12. Qc2 Bf8 13. Rae1 a5 14. Nf4 Na6 15. a3 Bd7 $1 16. f3 b5 $132 17. Qf2 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Bb1 a4 20. e4 a3 21. bxa3 Rxa3 22. Rc1 Nc4 23. Rfe1 Rb3 24. exd5 Rb2 25. Rxe8 Bxe8 26. Qe1 cxd5 27. Ncxd5 Nxd5 28. Rxc4 Nxf4 29. Bxf4 Bb5 30. Rc1 Qxd4+ 31. Qe3 1/2-1/2