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Lane,G (IM) - Iain Taggart

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4

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An unusual line which GL hadn't known about, despite penning a book on this 2.c3 variation! Black insists on a slice of the centre and free development. The question is whether all this can be safely attempted at once.

8. Qd2!? Bxc3 9. bxc3 e4

  With hindsight ...exd4 may have been better.

10. Qe3 Nge7 11. Nd2 Bf5 12. Bc4 Qa5 13. Rb1 O-O 14. O-O Nd5 15. Qg5

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Fishing... White has some advantages (pawn centre, better Bishop, good Rook on b1, loose Black pieces) but Black has definite chances against the pawns. Perhaps Black should have paused somewhere to stop the incursion of the Rook.

15... Nxc3 16. Rxb7 Bg6 17. d5 Nd4 18. Nb3 Nde2+ 19. Kh1 Qxa2 20. d6

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Black looks a little scattered now. Both sides have been looking loose, but it is a Black piece that falls...

20... Nxc1 21. Qxc1 Ne2 22. Qe3 Rab8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. d7 Qa4 25. Qxe2 Qxd7 ... 1-0

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