Playing against the Dutch seems easy Β· Road to GM, Game 216

You get a position in which you think you can win. What should you do?

That is what happened to me in this game. I was lazy. Or better to say, too weak to assess it correctly and go for the strongest continuation. There is a lot to be learned from this game

Tomic S. (1970) – Dugandzic B. (2222)
London vs Dutch
III A Liga, Round 10

1. d4 e6 2. Bf4 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. h3 Nbd7 9. O-O b6 10. Ng5 Re8 11. Bf3 Rb8 12. Bc6 h6 13. Nf3 Bb7 14. Qa4 Qc8 15. Rad1 a6 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qc2 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. b4 Ra8 20. Qb3 Nd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Ra1 Nb6 23. Rfc1 Nc4 24. a4 bxa4 25. Rxa4 Reb8 26. Rca1 Rxa4 27. Rxa4 Ra8 28. Qa2 Rxa4 29. Qxa4 c6 30. Bg3 Kf7 31. h4 Ke6 32. Bf4 Kd7 33. Ne1 Ke6 34. Nd3 Bf8 35. Kh2 Kf6 36. Bg3 g5 37. Qa2 Be7 38. Qe2 Kg6 39. Qa2 Kg7 40. Qe2 Bf6 41. Qh5 Qf7 42. Qxf7+ Kxf7 43. Kh3 Kg6 44. Bh2 Be7 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. g4 Nd2 47. Kg3 Nf1+ 48. Kg2 Nxh2 49. gxf5+ Kxf5 50. Kxh2 Ke4 51. Ne1 c5 52. bxc5 dxc5 53. dxc5 Bxc5 54. Kg3 Bxe3 55. fxe3 Kxe3 56. Nf3 Ke2 57. Nd4+ Ke3 58. Nf3

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