D03 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bg5 Ne4 4.Bh4 c5 5.e3 Qb6 6.Qc1 Nc6 7.c3 Bf5)

This game was played in a club tournament in 2011. Both players did some small mistakes during the first 23 moves, but when we reached the position below we started to make bigger mistakes. The move my opponent made in this position was 24.Qc5, which was a horrible decision, but because I played 24...Qe5 in response, the tables turned clearly in favor of my opponent.

That did not last for very long though. Already after 25...fxe5 my opponent took a wrong path and played 26.f4, allowing me to get back in to the game. The game was then played rather evenly until we came to the next position you can see below. It is taken after my opponent played 32.gxf4.

I played 32...Ne5+, which became the losing move of the game. I only managed to make things worse for me later on, for example with the move 34...Ra8, which was too passive defense and doomed to fail.

[Event "Kerhopeli"] [Site "?"] [Date "2011.03.30"] [Round "5"] [White "Tocklin, Tomi"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D03"] [WhiteElo "1926"] [BlackElo "1865"] [Annotator "Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2011.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 Ne4 {Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Gossip Variation} (3... e6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 Qb6 {Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Breyer Variation}) (3... g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O {Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack, Gruenfeld Variation, Main Line}) 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Nc6 7. c3 Bf5 {D03 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} 8. Nbd2 e6 9. Nxe4 (9. Be2 Rc8 10. O-O h6 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Nd2 Bg6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. b4 Bd6 15. Qb2 O-O 16. a3 Ne5 17. Bg3 Nd3 18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19. Rfd1 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Rc7 21. Nb3 Bg6 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Qd2 Qd6 {Sjugirov,S (2665)-Ehlvest,J (2524) Almaty 2016 1/2-1/2 (66)}) 9... Bxe4 10. Be2 Bd6 11. Bg3 (11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 c4 13. Ng5 Bg6 14. f4 Qc7 15. Bg3 b5 16. Nf3 b4 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Qc1 Qb6 19. b3 cxb3 20. axb3 Rfc8 21. Qb2 Na5 22. Rfc1 Qb7 23. Ne5 Be4 24. Nd3 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Bd6 {Mwango,L (1935)-Richards,D (2023) Baku 2016 0-1 (46)}) 11... Bxg3 $146 (11... Be7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Qa6 20. a3 Rc4 21. Qd2 Qc6 22. Qe2 g6 23. Rfd1 b5 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. exd4 a5 26. g3 {Banchev,B (2240)-Kiss, P (2300) Cannes 1990 1-0 (38)}) 12. hxg3 O-O 13. Qd2 f6 {Prevents intrusion on e5+g5} 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 g6 17. Ke2 {White loses the right to castle} (17. O-O-O Rad8 $11) 17... Rf7 18. Nd4 {White threatens to win material: Nd4xe6} e5 {Black threatens to win material: e5xd4} (18... Qb6 19. Rhb1 $15 (19. Nxe6 $4 {that pawn is deadly bait and will cause White grave problems} Ne5 20. Qd4 Qxe6 $19)) 19. Nb3 $11 Qd6 20. Rad1 Rd7 (20... Rd8 21. Kf1 $15) 21. e4 $11 d4 22. cxd4 exd4 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Qc5 (24. f4 $142 $11) 24... Qe5 $4 {a transit from better to worse} (24... Qe6 $142 25. f3 Rad8 $17) 25. Qxe5 $16 fxe5 26. f4 (26. Nc5 $142 $5 Re7 27. Rc1 $16) 26... Re8 $11 27. Kf3 Kg7 28. a3 {Consolidates b4} b6 {Secures a5+c5} 29. Rc1 {White threatens to win material: Rc1xc6} Rd6 30. Nd2 Rf6 31. b4 exf4 32. gxf4 {White has a new passed pawn: e4} Ne5+ $2 (32... g5 $142 {is the best option Black has} 33. f5 h6 $11) 33. Kg3 $18 Nf7 34. Rc7 Ra8 $4 {Black crumbles in face of a dire situation} (34... g5 $142 35. fxg5 Rfe6 36. Rxa7 Kg6 $18) 35. e5 $18 Re6 (35... Rf5 {is no salvation} 36. Nf3 Kg8 37. Nxd4 $18) 36. Ne4 (36. Nf3 $142 {secures the win} h6 37. Nxd4 $18) 36... Kg8 (36... h6 {hoping against hope} 37. Nd6 Rf8 38. Rxa7 Kg8 39. Nxf7 Rxf7 40. Rxf7 Kxf7 41. Rxh6 Kg7 $18) 37. Rxf7 $1 { Deflection: e6} (37. Rxf7 Kxf7 38. Ng5+ Kg8 39. Nxe6 $18) 1-0