So Close to 2700!!!!! Bogdan Daniel DEAC

Hello everyone im back with another article, now 3 DAYS in a row. Happy International Chess DAY!!! It's my personal record. Remember to join my community, go to my profile and  all social links are there. Lets go with the content. Today I'm writing to you about a romanian GM who at the age of 20 can  achieve 2700 fide classical rating!!. Not so young as Gukesh D but still 2700 is the rating everyone in the chessworld would love to have. Today I will show you a game he played in a tournament that is ongoing in Dortmund, Germany. They play in the masters section a big shock is the appearance of the World Champion Viswanathan Anand, in a few days there is a big chance i will meet him in Ustroń, Poland.  I really can't wait . Let's go in to the game: 

GAME___Deac (2692) vs Navara (2688)

This game shows how stable Bogdan is in such type of4positional games, and he is able to outplay the best in the world(he is ranked #42 in the world!!). The game started with 1.d4 which i didn't expect because in The SuperBet Chess classical's he played tons of 1.e4. But for sure his opponent wasn't shocked because Bogdan isn't very aggresive, he is a type of defensive positional player. They went in to a Grunfeld Defense and i was pretty SUS about Bogdan playing it, because of the sharp lines they can get in the game.

I found this game on ChessBase and i was scared for Bogdan. Misratdin Just blew him off the board. But Bogdan played a pretty slow line, but David wanted more. 9....e5 is a move that has been played only twice so it is very rare. After that Bogdan played very accurately taking over the e-file and making sure Navara's knights are passive. First big mistake was made by Navara when instead of putting the knight on e6 or taking over the a1-h8 diagonal with 23....Qf6 he plays 23....Rd7  trying to take over the d-file completely. But then this great 24. Nd4 comes in and he is starting to get in to big trouble. First he backups his bishop, and then again puts the queen on the wrong square 26....Qh6 on e7 the queen still holds the position somehow. Now they both play under second, and after the dust settles Bogdan plays the brilliant 33. Bg3 that if he takes the bishop the rook is hanging with check. After some shuffling he gets and endgame Queen versus rook and a bishop with a passed pawn which is completely winning and the rook is just super bad.

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