In this match Esipenko has been a ranking favorite and played young talant Lazavik from Belarus. At this point Lazavik played Queens gambit with Bg5. Very standard choice for White. Black didn't have reason to worry about, however not so common
plan by white to play a4-a5 and attack on the a-file showed that Black still has to show clear way to equality. At some point white was much better, but played a bit too quickly exchanging weak a6 pawn to c3.
Lazavik, Denis - Esipenko, Andrey
European Rapid Championship 2019 round 09
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rfd1 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. a4 Ndf6 15. a5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 bxa5 18. Rxa5 Qc7 19. Qa2 Ng4 20. g3 a6 21. Bxa6 Nf6 22. Ra1 Rxa6 23. Rxa6 Bxa6 24. Qxa6 Qxc3 25. Qa3 Qc8 26. Kg2 Qg4 27. Qd3 Rc8 28. Qf5 Qxf5 29. Nxf5 Rc2 30. Nd4 Rb2 31. Rc1 g6 ½-½
European Rapid Championship
Tallinn, 2019
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The Queen's Gambit is a chess opening that starts with the moves:
1. d4 d5
2. c4
The Queen's Gambit is one of the oldest known chess openings. It was mentioned in the Göttingen manuscript of 1490 and was later analysed by masters such as Gioachino Greco in the 17th century. In the 18th century, it was recommended by Phillip Stamma and is sometimes known as the Aleppo Gambit in his honour.[1] During the early period of modern chess, queen pawn openings were not in fashion and the Queen's Gambit did not become common until the 1873 tournament in Vienna.
As Wilhelm Steinitz and Siegbert Tarrasch developed chess theory and increased the appreciation of positional play, the Queen's Gambit grew more popular, reaching its zenith in the 1920s and 1930s, and was played in all but two of 34 games in the 1927 World Championship match between José Raúl Capablanca and Alexander Alekhine.
After the resumption of international chess activity following World War II, it was less frequently seen, as many Black players moved away from symmetrical openings, tending to use Indian Defences to combat queen pawn openings.
The Queen's Gambit is still frequently played and it remains an important part of many grandmasters' opening repertoires
With 2.c4, White threatens to exchange a wing pawn (the c-pawn) for a centre pawn (Black's d-pawn) and dominate the centre with e2-e4. This is not a true gambit, as Black cannot hold the pawn, for example: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 b5? (Black tries to guard his pawn but should pursue development with 3...e5!) 4.a4 c6? 5.axb5 cxb5?? 6.Qf3! winning a piece.
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