[Event "Main var. - 3.Nf3; 7.e4"] [Site "?"] [Date "2026.03.15"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "Queen's Gambit, Accepted"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D27"] [Annotator "Andersen,Rune Egede"] [PlyCount "66"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 {Main variation} Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. e4 {Popular continuation in 2025, but not main line stuff. It is possible to snatch the pawn, but b5 first is our continuation.} b5 8. Be2 (8. Bd3 $5 Bb7 $11 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 (10... Nd7 $13 {Much more complicated and dangerous, but equal.}) 11. bxc3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. a4 b4 $11) 8... Nxe4 9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Be3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc6 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qd5 $1 17. Qe3 Be7 18. Bxg7 $6 Rg8 $15 19. Rfd1 $4 Qb7 $19 { [%CAl Re7f8] (-3.30)} 20. Qh6 Bf8 21. Qxh7 $6 Rxg7 22. Qh3 Qe4 23. g3 Rh7 24. Qf1 Bc5 25. Rac1 Rc8 $5 26. Rd2 Rh5 27. b3 Ke7 28. Rc4 Qb7 29. Qc1 Rd5 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Qf4 Bd6 32. Qh4+ Kd7 33. Rxc8 Kxc8 {0-1 (33) Giri,A (2768)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2741) chess.com INT 2023} 0-1