Rudolf Spielmann

I see now that Gelfand and other strong GM:s have played 14.Qe3 (a move before) in the same variation, so you are definitely on the right track in your analysis! Typically me to listen too much to the silicon beasts...

My Fritz also gives 15.Qd3 a green light, even prefers over Qc2. Qd3 is also quite normal in these catalan lines.

62. Ra6+ Kf7 63. Ra7+ Ke6 64. Ra6+ Kf7 65. Ra7+ Kg8 66. Kf5 a2 67. Ra6 Kh7 68. Ra7 Rb5+ 69. Kg4 Rb4 70. Kf5 Rb5+ 71. Kg4 Rb2 72. h6 Re1 73. Rxg7+ Kh8 74. Ra7 Rbe2 75. Bg5 Rf2 76. Ra8+ Kh7 77. Ra7+ Kg8 78. Ra8+ Kh7 79. Ra7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

46. Rf5+ Ke6 47. Rg5 Rb5 48. Rg6+ Kf5 49. Rg5+ Ke6 50. Rg6+ Kf5 51. Rg5+ Kf6 52. Bd8+ Kf7 53. Rg4 Ra1 54. Rf4+ Ke8 55. Bg5 a5 56. Re4+ Kf7 57. Re7+ Kg6 58. Kg4 Rb4+ 59. Bf4 a4 60. h5+ Kf6 61. Ra7 a3

26. Qxe4 Nxe4 27. Bxc4 Ng5 28. Kg2 Rf6 29. h4 Nf7 30. Re1 Nd8 31. d5 exd5 32. Bxd5+ Kf8 33. Rad1 Nc6 34. Bxc6 Rxc6 35. Rd7 Bf6 36. b5 Rc2+ 37. Kh3 Bc3 38. b6 Rb7 39. bxc7 Bxe1 40. Bxe1 Rbxc7 41. Rd8+ Ke7 42. Rh8 Rxa2 43. Rxh7 Kf7 44. Rh5 Rc1 45. Ba5 Rb2

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qb3 Nbd7 13. Ba5 Qb8 14. Nbd2 Bd5 15. Qc2 Qa8 16. b4 Ne4 17. Nb3 Nb6 18. Ne5 Nc4 19. f3 Ned6 20. e4 Bb7 21. Bf1 f5 22. Nxc4 bxc4 23. Nc5 fxe4 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. fxe4 Qxe4

Agree, Qc2 seems normal for the Catalan. Position has actually been reached before on relatively high junior level:

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[White "Gundavaa, Bayarsaihan"]
[Black "Shamsi, Mohammadhossein"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2120"]

Cheat.

Solid! And nice "fork trap".

What ever have I done to you? ;-)