Ding Liren's beautiful Carlsbad victory vs Inarkiev

Featured is the beautiful chess game between Ding Liren and Ernesto Inarkiev from the 2015 World Cup. In response to Inarkiev declining the Queen's Gambit, Ding exchanges on d5 and continues with the Positional variation, Bg5. After 6 moves the popular Carlsbad structure surfaces. Ding chooses the central expansion plan with f3/e4 and soon obtains an ideal pawn center that Inarkiev pressures. Inarkiev's position begins to slip after a queen retreat, allowing Ding to assume a strong queen post on c3 where she facilitates a bishop reposition. Ding's winning tactical sequence with his minor pieces, as his majors form a battery on the h-file, is really a thing of beauty. #DingLiren #QueensGambit #QueensGambitDeclined #CarlsbadStructure Image of Ding Liren by Lennart Ootes lennartootes.com ★ LICHESS.ORG https://lichess.org/@/Chess-Network ★ CHESS.COM https://www.chess.com/member/chessnet... (affiliate link) ★ TWITCH   / chessnetwork   ★ TWITTER   / chessnetwork   ★ FACEBOOK   / chessnetwork   ★ PATREON   / chessnetwork   ★ DONATE https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... PGN 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qd2 Nb6 11. f3 g6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rae1 Be6 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Rad8 16. b3 Bg4 17. Qe3 f6 18. a4 Qb4 19. Bc2 Bxe2 20. Nxe2 Ng7 21. Rd1 Qe7 22. Qc3 a6 23. Nf4 Kh8 24. Qh3 Qf7 25. Rd3 Nc8 26. b4 g5 27. Bb3 Qe8 28. Qh6 Qxe4 29. Rh3 Ne7 30. Bc2 Qxc2 31. Nd3 Kg8 32. Qxh7+ Kf7 33. Ne5+ Ke6 34. Qxc2 fxe5 35. Rh6+ Kd7 36. Rxf8 Rxf8 37. dxe5 Ne6 38. Rf6 Re8 39. Qh7