I faced the defense I use to attack the London System. My opponent played a perfect, 90% accuracy game too. That’s tought to beat. It was a tense middlegame, typical for this anti-London system, and he broke through at the perfect moment, leaving me with a tough decision to make. And I made a mistake.
. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 { D00 Queen’s Pawn Game: Accelerated London System, Steinitz Countergambit } 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 Bf5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Qb3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Be2 Nf6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Ne4 13. Rfe1 Na5 14. Qd1 Rac8 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Bf1 Qb6 18. b4 Nc6 19. a5 Qd8 20. Nb3 Qc7 21. Nc5 Nb8 22. Qf3 Nd7 23. Re2 Rfe8 24. h3 h6 25. g3 Be4 26. Qe3 f5 27. Kh2 e5 28. f3 f4 29. Qf2 Nxc5 30. bxc5 Bd3 31. Ree1?! { (-0.35 → -1.13) Inaccuracy. Rea2 was best. } (31. Rea2 Bxf1) 31… Bxf1 32. Rxf1? { (-1.20 → -2.91) Mistake. Qxf1 was best. } (32. Qxf1 fxg3+ 33. Kg2 exd4 34. cxd4 Qf4 35. Qd3 h5 36. Qc3 Re4 37. Ra2 Rxd4 38. Re7 Rf8) 32… exd4 33. Qxd4 fxg3+ 34. Kg1 Qxc5 35. Kg2?? { (-2.30 → -4.84) Blunder. Rfe1 was best. } (35. Rfe1 Rf8 36. Qxc5 Rxc5 37. Re3 h5 38. Ra4 Rfc8 39. Re5 Rxc3 40. Rxh5 Rxf3 41. Rxd5 Rf2) 35… Re2+ { White resigns. } 0-1
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