Description
Featured is an instructive chess game between Daniil Dubov and Alua Nurman from Round 6 of the 2026 KazChess Masters Almaty. Arising from the Queen's Gambit Declined, by move 11, we observe a ram structure with pawns on d4 and d5, along with open c and d files. A key middlegame moment occurs after 14...Rfd8. How would you respond?
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PGN
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 O-O 7. h3 c5 8. e3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Qb6 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 h6 12. Rc1 Be6 13. Ne5 Na5 14. Re1 Rfd8 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Qe2 Nc4 17. b3 a6 18. Na4 Qxb5 19. Qxe6+ Kg6 20. Qxe7 Re8 21. Qc5 b6 22. Qxb5 axb5 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Nc3 Nb2 25. Be3 Ra8 26. Ra1 b4 27. Ne2 Nd3 28. Kf1 Ne4 29. f3 Nc3 30. a4 Re8 31. Nf4+ Nxf4 32. Bxf4 Re2 33. Bd6 Rb2 34. Bxb4 Ne2 35. Bd6 Nxd4 36. Be5 Rd2 37. Bxd4 Rxd4 38. Ke2 Kf6 39. Rd1 Rxd1 40. Kxd1 Ke5 41. Kd2 Kd4 42. b4