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My favourite response against the Queen’s Gambit is the Slav defence – solid and often resulting in fun games. After an early mistake, I was able to equalise and the opponent makes a blunder with an unwise pawn push, weakening the defence of their king.

The game on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/live/30764392661

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.11.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "hotice0523"]
[Black "vitualis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "1227"]
[BlackElo "1212"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
[EndTime "17:53:28 PST"]
[Termination "vitualis won by resignation"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. c5 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. h3 Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. f3 Bxc5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Kh1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. b3 Rd3 17. e4 Be6 18. Ne2 Bd6 19. Bf4 Rd8 20. Bxd6 R3xd6 21. Nf4 c3 22. Rab1 c2 23. Rbc1 Rd1 24. Kh2 Rxf1 25. Rxc2 Rfd1 26. Nh5 R1d2 27. Rc5 h6 28. Nf4 Rxa2 29. Re5 Bxb3 30. Re7 b5 31. e5 Kf8 32. Rc7 Bd5 33. Kg3 b4 34. Nd3 b3 35. Nb4 b2 36. Nxa2 b1=Q 37. Nc3 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qxc3 0-1