“I was winning and then…” Fill out the rest yourselves. You’ve heard it a hundred times, and probably said it yourself many times too. In chess there is no such thing as I should have won. You either win or you don’t. Excuses are worthless and at the end of the day you and you alone are to blame for not winning!
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 { D12 Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Schallopp Defense } 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O Ne4 11. Rd1 f5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nf1 Rf6 14. f3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qf8 16. Rb1 b6 17. e4 fxe4 18. fxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 c5 20. Bg5 Rg6 21. Bh4 Re8 22. Rb2 Nf6 23. Qe2 cxd4 24. cxd4 e5 25. c5 bxc5 26. Qc4+ Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rb7+ Re7 29. Rxe7+ Kxe7 30. dxe5 Bxe5 31. Bf2 Ne4 32. Re1 Nxf2 33. Rxe5+ Kd6 34. Re2 Nh3+ 35. Kh1 Nf4 36. Re4 Nxg2 37. Ra4 Ne1 38. Rxa7 Ke5 39. Ng3 Nf3 40. Kg2 Nd4 41. Kf2 Kd5 42. Ke3 Re6+ 43. Kd2 Rg6 44. a4 Nf3+ 45. Kc3 Nxh2 46. Ne2 Ng4 47. Nf4+ Ke5 48. Nxg6+ hxg6 49. Rxg7 Kf6 50. Rb7 Ne5 51. a5 Kf5 52. a6 Nc6 53. Rc7 { Black resigns. } 1-0
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