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The popular, yet dubious 4. ... Bf5 in the Reti Slav
The following game was played at the regional championship of my district with 21 participants. In order to stay on top I had to win in this encounter against an Ukrainian player. Lucky me, eventually everything went well both in that particular game as well as later on in the tournament, I won by a tiny margin. A memorable and distinctive piece of work.Discuss this blog post in the forum![](https://image.lichess1.org/display?h=250&op=thumbnail&path=sarg0n:ublog:INKnD5vV:rRAsvulT.jpg&w=400&sig=aacfc07247d6814ddc74c9eee7c6275b7b438804)
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