Saric - Esipenko | White goes for quick queenside attack in Catalan

In this game White tries to quickly attack black's queenside, using long diagonal and black's somewhat loose pieces. Saric puts pressure, however tactically miscalculates. Esipenko gets big advantage, however white still has a lot of ideas being down material and queen being target by minor pieces.
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Saric, Ante - Esipenko, Andrey
European Rapid Championship 2019 round 07
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Ne5 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nxc4 Ra7 11. Be3 b5 12. Bxc5 bxa4 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Bxa7 a3 15. O-O-O axb2+ 16. Kxb2 Qc7 17. Nxc8 Qxc8 18. Rc1 Qc7 19. Nb5 Qe5+ 20. Nd4 g5 21. f4 Qa5 22. Nb3 Qf5 23. Nd4 Qa5 24. Nb3 Qb5 25. fxg5 Qxe2+ 26. Rc2 Qe5+ 27. Bd4 Qxg5 28. h4 Qg4 29. Bh3 Qe4 30. Rf1 e5 31. Bc3 Kg7 32. Rcf2 Rf8 33. Bf5 Qc4 34. g4 Nd5 35. Bd2 N7b6 36. Be6 f6 37. g5 f5 38. Rxf5 Rxf5 39. Rxf5 Qe2 40. Rf7+ Kg6 41. Ra7 Nc4+ 42. Kc2 Qe4+ 43. Kc1 Nxd2 44. Nxd2 Qe1+ 45. Kc2 Nb4+ 46. Kc3 Qc1+ 47. Kxb4 Qxd2+ 0-1

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Blitz chess (also known as speed or fast chess) is a type of chess in which each player is given less time to consider their moves than normal tournament time controls allow. Openings, tactics and strategy are same.

The Catalan is a chess opening where White adopts a combination of the Queen's Gambit and Réti Opening: White plays d4 and c4 and fianchettoes the white bishop on g2. A common opening sequence is 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3, although the opening can arise from various move orders (see transposition). Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) codes E01–E09 are for lines with 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2, and others are part of E00.

Black has two main approaches to choose between: in the Open Catalan he plays ...dxc4 and can either try to hold on to the pawn with ...b5 or give it back for extra time to free his game. In the Closed Catalan, Black does not capture on c4; his game can be somewhat cramped for a while, but is quite solid.

The Catalan is generally seen as a safe way for White to get a small advantage.

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