RODSHTEIN vs PREDOJEVIC – EUROPEAN CLUB CUP 2018 ROUND 7

Borki Predojevic

This game is from round 7 of the 2018 European Club Cup. It is between Maxim Rodshtein with White against Borki Predojevic with Black.

This game features a Catalan Opening. To learn more about the Catalan Opening, here is the best instruction book I could find on Amazon.

Rodshtein,Maxim (2674) - Predojevic,Borki (2616)

34th European Club Cup 2018 Halkidiki (7), 18.10.2018

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Nc3 c6 7.0–0 Nbd7 8.b3 b6 9.Bb2 Ba6 10.Nd2 b5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.a3 Rc8 E07: Closed Catalan: Main Line (5 Nf3 0–0 6 0–0 Nbd7)

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13.Re1 [13.b4 Nb6 14.Nb3 Nc4 15.Bc1 Nd7 16.Ra2 Bb7 17.Nxb5 a6 18.Nc3 Nxa3 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Bxa3 Nb6 21.Bxd5 Qxd5 22.Qd3 Nc4 23.Bc1 Bxb4 24.Rxa6 Rfd8 25.Ra4 Be7 26.Nd2 Nxd2 27.Bxd2 Qc6 Kortschnoj,V (2625)-Lputian,S (2610)/Sarajevo 1998/CBM 066/1–0 (63)] 

13...Bb7N [13...Qc7 14.Rc1 Qb6 15.b4 Rfd8 16.Nb3 Bb7 17.Nc5 Bc6 18.Qb3 a5 19.Rcd1 Qa7 20.h3 Nxc5 21.dxc5 d4 22.Rxd4 Rxd4 23.Bxc6 Rdd8 24.Bxb5 Qb7 25.Qc4 Qc7 26.Ba6 Ra8 27.Na4 Nd7 28.Rc1 Sutkovic,D (2251)-Sudar,B (2167)/Djakovo 2005/CBM 106 ext/1–0 (36)] 

14.e3 a6 Secures b5 

15.Qe2 b4 16.axb4 Bxb4 17.Rec1 Qb6 18.Na4 Rxc1+ 19.Rxc1 Qd6 20.Nf3 Rc8 21.Rxc8+ Bxc8 

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22.Qc2 White threatens to win material: Qc2xc8 

22...Qb8 23.Bc3 Qc7 24.Ne1 

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24...Ne4?? [¹24...Bxc3 was a good chance to save the game 25.Qxc3 Qxc3 26.Nxc3 a5=] 

25.Bxb4+- [25.Bxb4 Qb7 26.Ba3+-]  1–0