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Topic: Attack and countrattack

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razoman

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Bf5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. Ne5 Nf6 7. Qf3 Be6 8. Nxc6 Nxc6 9. Qxc6+ Bd7 10. Qf3 e6 11. a3 a6 12. Bd2 Be7 13. g3 Rb8 14. Bg2 O-O 15. O-O Rb6 16. Rab1 Bc6 17. Qe2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qh5 Rh6 21. Qf3 Bg5 22. Bb4 Re8 23. Qf5 Rf6 24. Qg4 Rfe6 25. Rbe1 Rg6 26. Qf3 Qd7 27. Bc3 Re4 28. Qe2 Rh6 29. h4 Bxh4 30. gxh4 Rg4+ 0-1

whyBish

White plays very passively from move 11.
Interestingly white misses a whole bunch of more aggressive pawn moves such as
11 a4
12 g4
13 g4 ?!
15 e4
16 e4
17 e4
19 e4
And then misses a winning piece continuation
20 Ba5!

If only it was this clear during a game :p

razoman

I call that the emotional side of the game. Yes even on online chess, emotions run high. :-D