Sacrifice as defence
Sometimes a small detail can make all the difference. For example in the diagram, with a pawn on h3 instead of h2 White's game continuation would win easily.
The way things are, however...
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1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bd3 0-0 6.0-0 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.Nb5 Nc6 10.Bc7 Qd7 11.Ne5 Qe7 12.a3 Ne8 13.axb4 Nxc7 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Nxc7 Qxc7 16.Ra5 e5 17.Qd2 Be6 18.Qc3 Qe7 19.Qxe5 Qxb4 20.Rfa1 Rab8 21.b3 c5 22.R5a4 Qd2 - Start an analysis engine:
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Gholami,A | 2483 | Svane,R | 2587 | 0–1 | 2017 | D02 | WJCC U20 Juniors 2017 | 10.7 |
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