Is there a defense against this piece sacrifice? | Road to GM, Game 126

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This game was really hard to cope with psychologically. Not because I lost, but because I didn’t have the courage to follow my instinct and play what I believed was the best move. I couldn’t calculate the piece sacrifice perfectly. So what?! I should have taken the risk. Next time I will.

2019 Zadar Open, Rd. 4, 12/17/2019, Bo. 15,
S. Tomić (1911) vs A. Luetić (2014), Pirc Defense

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 d5 4. e5 Nfd7
5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Qb3 Qxb3
9. axb3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Kd2 Nxd3 12. Kxd3 Nb6
13. Nc3 Bf5+ 14. Kd2 a6 15. g4 Bd7 16. Nge2 O-O-O
17. h3 Kb8 18. Kd3 e6 19. Bd2 Rc8 20. Rhc1 Be7
21. f4 f6 22. Na4 Bb5+ 23. Ke3 Bxa4 24. Ba5 Bxb3
25. Bxb6 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 h5 27. Bc7+ Ka7 28. exf6 gxf6
29. g5 fxg5 30. fxg5 Bxg5+ 31. Bf4 Bh4 32. Rg1 Bc2
33. Bg5 Bxg5+ 34. Rxg5 a5 35. Nf4 Bf5 36. Rg7 Rc8
37. Rg5 Rc2 38. Rxh5 Rxb2

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