Standard Chess #273: Game 2 vs. Tom (Queen’s Gambit Declined)



I take on my former student, Tom (USCF: 1902), in a pair of 15+10 games. Here an Exchange Queen’s Gambit Declined leads to a customary minority attack for White, but I struggle to counter Tom’s response 15…b5, intending …Nb6-c4. The play shifts to the center and kingside, and with mutual time pressure looming all three results are possible.

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