[Event "Main Line 3.Sf3; 7.Lb3"] [Site "?"] [Date "2026.03.15"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "Queen's Gambit, Accepted"] [Result "*"] [ECO "D27"] [Annotator "Andersen,Rune Egede"] [PlyCount "28"] [SourceVersionDate "2007.09.10"] {[%evp 0,50,21,21,27,-20,33,24,13,45,32,38,41,44,45,13,17,23,17,17,27,19,10,4, 11,16,-11,-59,-7,12,20,42,39,39,31,46,27,29,11,23,23,6,-4,13,-21,-26,-24,-17, -53,-31,-46,-81,-39]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 {7.Lb3, 7.Le2 and 7.Ld3 all prepares to meet b5 with the attacking move a4. Againt Lb3 white can play b5, but against the other to pointing at b5, black should better choose the flexible Sbd7.} b5 8. a4 Bb7 $1 {Popular and good enough today.} 9. axb5 (9. Qe2 c4 10. Bc2 Nbd7 11. e4 Be7 12. Nc3 b4 13. e5 bxc3 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. bxc3 Qd5 $11) 9... axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. dxc5 Nbd7 12. c6 Bxc6 13. Nd4 Qa8 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 $11 *