[Event "Washington Open - Adult Section"] [White "LeBlanc, Paul"] [Black "Harwood"] [Site "Redmond"] [Round "3"] [Annotator "Harwood,Paul"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2024.12.01"] [ECO "D21"] [WhiteElo "1862"] [BlackElo "1872"] [PlyCount "46"] [GameId "2118144842559525"] [EventDate "2024.09.22"] [EventType "game"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,46,19,32,17,11,18,22,33,5,-91,1,43,44,49,-8,48,46,49,39,58,43,54,34,82,87,146,125,74,102,116,36,111,68,42,42,23,36,14,11,-1,-16,6,-24,-9,-1,14,37,-31]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 {The first time I have played the Queen's Gambit Accepted in tournament play. It's an opening I have started to learn and what better way to test it but here.} 3. Nf3 a6 4. a4 Nc6 5. e3 ({Relevant:} 5. e4 Bg4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. h3 Bh5 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bxd5 Qxd5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nd2 h5 16. f3 hxg4 17. hxg4 O-O-O 18. Kg2 f5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Qe2 f5 21. Kg3 e5 22. f4 fxg4 23. Qxg4+ Kb8 24. fxe5 Rdg8 25. Bg5 Bh5 26. Qh4 Be2 27. Qf4 Bxf1 28. Rxf1 Rxg5+ 29. Qxg5 Rg8 30. Ne4 Rxg5+ 31. Nxg5 Nc4 32. Kh4 Qg2 33. Rf8+ Ka7 34. e6 Qh2+ {0-1 Hess,R (2591)-Andreikin,D (2729) Titled Tuesday intern op 23rd Jan Late Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (3)}) 5... Na5 $6 (5... e5 {is thematic in the QGA and should be played here.} 6. Bxc4 e4 7. Qb3 Nh6 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qg5 10. Bd2 Qxg2 11. Rf1 Bc5 12. Nc3 O-O $11) 6. Nbd2 Nf6 $6 {Positions like this require c5 or e5 to contest the center.} ({I actually considered the strange} 6... Be6 {which Stockfish likes.} 7. Qc2 Nf6 8. Be2 g6 9. O-O b5 10. axb5 axb5 11. b3 Bf5 12. Qb2 Bg7 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Qb4 c5 15. Qxc5 O-O $11) 7. Nxc4 Nxc4 8. Bxc4 e6 (8... Bg4 $2 9. Ne5 $1 $18) 9. O-O Be7 (9... b6 {preparing to get the c8 bishop on the long diagonal makes sense.} 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Bd2 Ne4 12. Be1 c5 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. exd4 Be7 15. d5 Bxd5 16. Rd1 Nf6 17. Bxa6 O-O 18. Nc6 Qe8 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $11) 10. Qc2 O-O {[#]} 11. e4 $16 ({Predecessor:} 11. Rd1 c6 12. a5 Ne8 13. Bd2 Nd6 14. Ba2 Nb5 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. f4 Bd7 17. Nc4 Bc7 18. Bb4 Re8 19. Bb1 g6 20. Bc5 Qh4 21. Rf1 Kg7 22. Rf3 Qe1+ 23. Rf1 Qh4 24. Qe2 Rad8 25. Rf3 e5 26. fxe5 Bg4 27. Qf2 Qxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Be6 29. Ba2 Rd7 30. Nb6 Rdd8 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Raf1 Kg8 33. g3 Bxb6 34. axb6 Rd7 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Bf8+ Kg8 37. Bh6 Rdd8 38. Rf7 Rb8 39. Rg7+ Kh8 {1-0 Zobiegala,C (1852)-Kleinert,J (1935) NRW Class2 1415 Germany 2014 (6.8)}) 11... c5 $2 ({The earlier idea of} 11... b6 {is better.} 12. Bd3 h6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Qe2 Nb4 15. Qe4 Nxd3 16. Qxa8 a5 17. Rd1 Nb4 18. Be3 Nd5 $16) 12. dxc5 Bxc5 (12... Qc7 13. b4 b6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Bg5 bxc5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qxc5 Re8 19. Rfd1 $16) 13. Bg5 (13. e5 {is crushing here.} Nd7 14. Rd1 Be7 15. Bd3 h6 16. Qe2 $18) 13... Be7 14. Rfd1 Qe8 $2 (14... Qc7 15. e5 Nd5 16. Rac1 Qd8 17. h4 h6 18. Bd2 Bd7 19. Qe4 Rc8 $16) 15. b3 Bd7 $2 16. Ne5 $2 {This sends the game into a draw.} (16. e5 $1 {creates a lot of problems for me. White wins another pawn is probably the game with exact play.} Nd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qc7 Qd8 20. Qxb7 Bg4 21. Qxd5 Qe7 22. Rac1 Rad8 23. Qe4 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rde8 25. f4 $16) 16... Bc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Rac1 Rfd8 21. Qe2 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Nd5 23. Bxd5 exd5 {My opponent offered a draw and I accepted.} 1/2-1/2