Golden Gukesh D destroys Fedoseev's London System

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Featured is an excellent chess game between Vladimir Fedoseev and Gukesh D from the 45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 2024. This is a model game against the London System. In response to Fedoseev's London System, Gukesh deploys his light-squared bishop outside the pawn chain much like you'd see with the Caro-Kann. Moreover, with Gukesh's c-pawn arriving on c5 in one move we have a sort of accelerated version of the Caro-Kann with tension remaining on d4. Fedoseev's early attempt to pressure Gukesh's queen knight with a pin are addressed in an efficient way that soon results in a queenless endgame. Although the computer evaluation reads equal after 11 moves, it is Gukesh who can try to pursue an advantage since he has the bishop pair. Pay special attention to Gukesh's instructive pawn play and how they significantly diminish the quality of Fedoseev's minor pieces. Gukesh's win in this 11th and final round of the Olympiad was an additional exclamation mark to a fantastic performance. Gukesh scored 9/10 without a loss, earned 30 FIDE points, won team gold for India, won individual gold for board 1, and had a remarkable performance rating of 3056!! Gukesh D is completely on fire and almost certainly the favorite in his upcoming World Chess Championship match against Ding Liren. #GukeshD #LondonSystem Image of Gukesh D by Lennart Ootes lennartootes.com I'm a self-taught National Master in chess out of Pennsylvania, USA who was introduced to the game by my father in 1988 at the age of 8. The purpose of this channel is to share my knowledge of chess to help others improve their game. I enjoy continuing to improve my understanding of this great game, albeit slowly. Consider subscribing here on YouTube for frequent content, and/or connecting via any or all the below social medias. Your support is greatly appreciated. Take care, bye. :) ★ LICHESS.ORG https://lichess.org/@/Chess-Network ★ CHESS.COM https://www.chess.com/member/chessnetwork?ref_id=1552369 (affiliate link) ★ TWITCH http://twitch.tv/ChessNetwork ★ TWITTER http://twitter.com/ChessNetwork ★ FACEBOOK http://facebook.com/ChessNetwork ★ PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ChessNetwork ★ DONATE https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=QLV226E6FUUWG PGN 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Qa4 Nd7 8. Bb5 Qc8 9. Rc1 a6 10. Bxc6 Qxc6 11. Qxc6 bxc6 12. c4 f6 13. Nb3 a5 14. h3 Bf5 15. Ke2 a4 16. Nbd2 h5 17. Bg3 Be7 18. Rc3 Kf7 19. Rhc1 Rhc8 20. dxc5 e5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. c6 Nb6 23. a3 Ra5 24. Ne1 Rb5 25. Nd3 d4 26. exd4 exd4 27. R3c2 Re8 28. Nf3 Rb3 29. Nfe1 Bb4+ 30. Kf1 Bxe1 31. Nxe1 Bxc2 32. Nxc2 d3 33. Ne3 Rxb2 34. c7 Nc8 35. h4 Ra2 36. Bf4 Rxa3 37. g3 Rb3 38. Nc4 Re6 39. Nd2 Rb2 40. Rc3 Ra6 41. Ra3 Rc2 42. Ne4 Kg6 43. Kg2 Ne7 44. Kf3 Nd5 45. Nc3 Nxc7 46. Bxc7 d2 47. Ke2 Re6+ 48. Kd1 Rb2