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1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bc4 b5 5.Bb3 a5 6.a3 Bg4 7.f3 White signals that he wants to keep the pawn 7... Bc8 8.Nc3 Ba6 9.Nge2 c6 10.dxc6 Nxc6 11.d3 e6 12.Be3 Bd6 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.dxe4 O-O 15.Nd4 Ne5 16.f4 Nc4 17.Bxc4 bxc4 18.c3 Qc7 19.Qg4 Rfe8 20.Rd1 Bf8 21.O-O Qb7 22.Bc1 Qxe4 23.Rde1 Qg6 24.Qf3 Rab8 25.Re5 Bb7 26.Qe2 Bd5 27.Rg5 Qf6 28.Qd1 Bc5 Here my new acquired endgame knowledge starts to pay off. Everybody thinks that an endgame with bishops of opposite color is drawish. But that is not the case when there are other pieces around. The initiative is all important. Since the bishops live in a different universe, the attacker is effectively a piece up during his attack. 29.Kh1 Bxd4 30.cxd4 Rb3 31.f5 Rd3 32.Qe1 Rxd4 33.Qc3 e5 34.Rg3? Qxf5 35.Kg1 Qh5 36.Rg5 Qe2 37.Qg3 g6 38.h3 Rd1 39.Rgf5 Rxf1+ 40.Rxf1 Qd3 41.Qf2 Rb8 42.Kh2 Rb3 43.Bh6 f5 44.Re1 Qd4 45.Be3 Qxb2 46.Re2 Qxa3 47.Bc5 Qa1 48.Bd6 Qd4 49.Qe1 Rb2 50.Bxe5 Rxe2 51.Qxe2 Qe4 52.Qb2 Bb7 53.Bh8 Qxg2+ Here white resigned 0-1