French Defense, Winawer variation – Standard chess #34

I played a standard chess game as black with time controls set at 15 minutes with a 2 second increment. The opening played was the French Defense: Winawer Variation, Alekhine-Maroczy Gambit. The most popular reply to the Winawer variation of the French is to grab some space with e5. However the game is quick to take a U-turn as white offers up a pawn with 4. Ne2. The gambit however was not accepted, and instead a more modest approach resembling a French Rubinstein took shape.

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PGN:
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 { C15 French Defense: Winawer Variation, Alekhine-Maroczy Gambit } dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. N2g3 Nbd7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. c4 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rb1 a5 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. Bc3 Bc6 18. Rfd1 Qb7 19. Bf1 a4 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 Qa8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qd3 Qa8 24. Be5 h5 25. f3 h4 26. Ne2 h3 27. Ng3 Qb7 28. Bc3 hxg2 29. Bxg2 Qb3 30. Bf1 Qb8 31. Qe3 Qd8 32. Be2 Qd6 33. Be5 Qd8 34. Qc3 Ne8 35. Nh5 g6 36. Ng3 Bf6 37. Bxf6 Nxf6 38. Qe3 Qd6 39. Kf2 Kf8 40. Qc3 Ke7 41. Qd3 Qe5 42. Qd2 g5 43. h3 Nd7 44. Bd3 f6 45. Qe3 Qxb2+ 46. Be2 Qd4 47. Ne4 Qxe3+ 48. Kxe3 Bxe4 49. fxe4 Kd6 50. Bg4 Ke5 51. Bh5 Nb6 52. Be2 f5 53. exf5 exf5 54. Bd3 Nc8 55. Kf3 Nd6 56. Ke3 f4+ 57. Kf3 Kd4 58. Be2 Nxc4 59. Bxc4 Kxc4 60. Kf2 Kd3 61. Kf3 c4 62. Kf2 c3 63. h4 gxh4

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