A weird gambit (or blunder?) by my opponent early on in the QGD exchange led to an interesting position in which I was not only a pawn up but had a safer king and all the pawn breaks.
I slowly started ruining my position with passive play and allowed my opponent to more than equalize. This wasn’t a good game. Not to mention that I’d missed a mate in 2 and a free rook.
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 { D35 Queen’s Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation } Be7 6. Qc2 a6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 b5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Bxh7+ Kh8 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. O-O Nb4 14. Qd1 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Be6 16. b4 Qd6 17. a3 g6 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qe7 20. Nxf6 Qxf6 21. Rfe1 Bd5 22. Ne5 Rad8 23. Rad1 Kg7 24. Re3 Rh8 25. Rde1 Rh4 26. Rg3 Bc4 27. Qf3 Rf4 28. Qe3 Rdxd4 29. h3 Bd5 30. Nd7 Qd6 31. Nc5 Bc4 32. Qc3 Qf6 33. Qe3 Rd5 34. Rf3 Rxf3 35. Qxf3 Qxf3 36. gxf3 Rd6 { Black offers draw } 37. Re7 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Ra1 39. Nxa6 c6 40. Nb8 Bd5 41. Re3 Kf6 42. Nd7+ Kg7 43. Nc5 Ra2 44. Ne4 Rc2 45. Nc3 Be6 46. Ne2 Rc1 47. Nf4 Bc4 48. h4 Kf6 49. Nh3 Kf5 50. Ng5 f6 51. Ne4 Rd1 52. Rc3 Kf4 53. Re3 g5 54. hxg5 fxg5 55. Nc5 Bd5 56. Ne6+ Kf5 57. Nc5 g4 58. Ne4 Bxe4 59. fxe4+ Kf4 60. e5 Rd8 61. e6 Re8 62. e7 Kf5 63. Kg3 Kf6 64. Kxg4 Rxe7 65. Rxe7 Kxe7 66. Kf4 { Black resigns. } 1-0
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