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Drawn, but with several interesting moments. |
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5
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The Budapest, my choice for testing. |

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3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4
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The "intelligent" answer. First time I face it. |

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4... Nxe5 5. f4 Ng6
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I wasn't afraid of this, but probably it would have been better not to take the pawn. But I don't know enough to feel safe after f4 if I didn't take e5. |
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6. Be3 Bb4+
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Typical. |

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7. Nd2
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Good, now the white queen cannot go to d5. |

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7... Qe7 8. Bd3
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Nice "hole" in white's position. How to exploit it? d5 and white cannot retake with the e pawn... but unfortunately, he has another on c4. I think b5, to deflect this pawn, must be considered. It opens the big diag for my lsb. I overlooked it during the game. |

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8... O-O 9. Ngf3 d6
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I didn't want to lose my dsb, but I "had" to open the way for my other minor pieces. b6 would have been fine. |

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10. O-O Bg4
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My opponent didn't harass my dsb... good, but it will came later. Now, I want him to move his pawns. |

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11. Qc2
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Neither of my pins is working, now. Welll... |

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11... Nd7
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I cannot find a way to penetrate, but he has not launched the e5 attack, still. |

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12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3
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Unavoidable, because I put my knight in d2. But this had a purpose. |

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13... Bc5
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To preserve my pawn chains, depriving him of his bishop's pair, that can be a very powerful weapon. |

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14. Rae1
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White overlooked the obvious |

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14... Bxe3+ 15. Rxe3 Nxf4
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losing a very important pawn. Now I will exchange his other bishop, and white's attacking chances will almost vanish. |

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16. Nd4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Ne5
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And this extra tempo, even better. I didn't play Nc5 because it can be easily kicked there with b4. |

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18. Qe2 g6
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To prevent Nf5, or Qh5. It looks weird but, hey, he has not a dsb. |

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19. b3
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Solidifying. I have a pawn, but it looks difficult to get a victory. |

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19... a6
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Planning the only expansion I can possibly have: b5. |

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20. Nc2 b5
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It was a mistake. I should have prepared it properly, with Qd7 or something. The basic idea is if cxb, winning the exchange, Rxa2 compensates. But it was too quick a calculation. |

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21. Nb4 c6
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To avoid Nd5. Tension is quickly increasing again! |

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