1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 Black played the Queen's Gambit Accepted. White quickly wins back his pawn and keeps developing his pieces. 5...Bd6 Black gets better chances striking at white's center with 5..c5. 6.Nc3 0-0 7.0-0 Playing e4 threatening the pawn fork e5 would stop black from freeing his center with ..e5. 7...Nbd7 8.e4 .

e5 White was threatening to win a piece with the double attack 9 e4-e5. 9.Bg5 Re8 10.d5 White relieves pawn pressure in center and avoids a pawn exchange to gain a space advantage. 10 Qb3 was the way to pile on the pressure on Black's position. 10...Nb6 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Bxd7 Nbxd7 13.Nb5 As it turns out, these exchanges are leaving Black with a very compact position favorable for his knights. The quiet 13 Qe2 was more reliable. a6 14.Nxd6 cxd6 15.Qb3 White ventures out with his Queen. White should protect his center first with Re1. 15...Qa5 16.Rad1 Now that the f6 knight is no longer pinned, White needs to guard the e-pawn. 16...Nxe4 17.Qxb7 A rthur is a little too adventurous with his Queen here. He figures he needs to win a pawn back. With experience, players learn that grabbing a pawn deep in enemy territory with your queen always has the risk of it becoming trapped. 17...Ndc5 18.Qc6 Probably White needs to play 18.b4 right away, though after 18 . Nxb7 19 bxa5 Nxa5 Black would be very nicely placed. 18...Rec8 White's queen is trapped .

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