The game below is a 5 minute game I played at Chess.com on July 15th, 2016. The move order in the game is not the same as you might see for this variation in theory. The theoretical move order is 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Bf5 4.f3. Funnily enough, the first move that is not in theory, 4...e6, could have been already the losing move. I obviously was not alert enough at the start of this game to see the obvious problem with 4...e6, which is that after 5.e4 dxe4 6.fxe4 I will lose a piece for a pawn. Luckily for me, Kojjootti did not play 5.e4, but instead 5.h4. That gave me the opportunity to hang on in the game, but unfortunately I made a second awful move in a row. After the move 5...Be7 I was clearly worse, close to losing. I was not going to give up the fight though. When Kojjootti played 10.Kf2, I was quite happy as I thought that I can maybe get some counterplay because of it. We both kept making bad moves, but because of the move 13.Ned2, I was able to finally get enough compensation for the material lost in order to be in a position that was evenly fought. In order for me to keep the position even, I would have needed to keep making accurate moves.
Because this was a blitz game, it was very hard to do. Therefore it might not have been that surprising for me to play less than ideal move 15...Bh5. Because I was down on material, I did not want to trade the bishops. It seems as though that it was my best chance to stay in the game. With my 15th move my position started to go down the drain once again and I should have reached a losing position after my 17th move Qf6. The evaluation of the position can change a lot during a blitz game and due to some inaccurate moves, especially 20.Ned2, the position only slightly favored my opponent anymore. It only took one more blunder from my friend to change the outcome of the game and that was the move 22.b3. It was unfortunate for my opponent that being clearly better or even winning for the most of the game, this one move basically lost the game. I have added one mate in two, two mate in three and two mate in four puzzles today.
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