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Tough stuff, but there was a critical move.

Opening
A game from your classical life that almost got out of the opening unscathed.

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What's the next move here?

I tried c5, threatening white's queen, but, alas, there is a better move here.

Anytime white intends to advance that white pawn and make trouble for black's queen coming out too soon, simply moving black's queen to e7 was the appropriate response.

The rest of the game could continue intuitively from there.