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1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.dxc5 Anthony played ; this same line and lost against William Li at the NZ Championships in January; ;suffice to say that I spent some time studying that game and hoped Anthony ;would repeat!  6...Qxd1+! This is the principled move if black were to ever enter this line, as recapturing on c5 misplaces the queen and gives white a very easy game.  7.Kxd1 e5 8.b4 a5 9.Bb5 Ne7 10.Nd2 axb4 11.cxb4 O-O-O 12.a3 (12.Bxc6 was played in aforementioned Ker-Li game ) 12...Nd4 13.Be2 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 f5 I'd like to claim over-the-board brilliance, but I was actually still in my home preparationhere!  15.Ra2 e4 16.Be2 Nd5 17.Bb2 Nxe2 18.Kxe2 Nf4+ 19.Kd1 Nxg2

I was pretty pleased with the forcing sequence, but I did not expect Anthony's next move.  20.Bxg7! just for sheer shock value  20...Bxg7 21.Rg1 Bh6?! (21...Rd3 immediately might have been better  22.Rxg2 Be5 and white might be in a bit of a pickle down the d-file ) 22.Rxg2 Rd3 23.Ke1 Rhd8 24.Nc4 Bf4 25.Ke2 Kb8 Just to get away from a potential check, but I'm not sure if this was necessary. The white knight was probably more required to defend than attack  26.Ne3 Rf8 27.Rg7 h6 28.b5 It was at this point that I started to have some serious doubts about my position, as the queenside pawn storm looked really scary.  28...Bxh2 29.c6 f4 (29...bxc6 would probably have been a good alternative if my king was on c8, but in this position, white can activate his queen's rook with tempo: Ra2-b2+ ) 30.Rxb7+ yup, the king should have stayed on c8  30...Kc8 31.Nc4?? Fritz flagged this as a losing move for white, but over the board I thought it was actually black that was in trouble. (31.Rd2 is apparently the only saving attempt, sacrificing the knight  31...fxe3 32.Rxd3 exd3+ 33.Kxe3 ) 31...f3+ 32.Ke1

32...Bc7?? (32...Rg8 as pointed by virtually everybody else in the post mortem was winning for black  33.Nb6+ Kd8 34.Rd7+ Rxd7 35.cxd7 e3 this is the move that I didn't see  36.fxe3 Rg1+ 37.Kf2 Rg2+ 38.Kxf3 Rxa2 ) 33.b6?? Anthony returns the favour (33.Rd2 was winning for white  33...Rxd2 34.Kxd2 Bf4+ 35.Kc3 and black will be mated or will lose material ) 33...Rg8 34.Rxc7+ Kb8 35.Rb7+ Kc8 36.Rc7+ Quite a few inaccuracies from both players towards the end, so the result is probably a fair outcome. 1/2-1/2

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O Nge7 7.Re1 This is so far a standard King's Indian Attack position. The KIA is more of a system opening rather than rote memorisation, and is thus ideal for time-poor patzers like me.  7...d6 David was moving quite fast up to this point, which indicated to me that he's quite familiar with this line. (7...d5 is a major alternative, and one that I more commonly play against ) 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.c3 e5 So David goes for a Botvinnik setup. I use this same setup as black against the KIA, so was feeling uncomfortabe playing against my own opening  10.a3 threatening to play b4, and therefore provoking  10...a5 11.a4!? By provoking a7-a5, we have created a nice outpost on b5, perhaps for a white knight  11...h6 12.Nc4 Rb8 13.Na3 f5 14.Nb5 Thematic rerouting of the white knight. If black does nothing, the other knight can also move from f3-d2-c4  14...Be6 15.exf5?! ( In hindsight, I think this was the wrong plan. 15.Nd2 continuing with my planned knight sortie would have been better ) 15...gxf5 16.Nh4 d5 17.f4 e4 Now black's marching pawns are cramping white's position. Black is already better.  18.Bh3 Qd7 19.dxe4 fxe4 20.Bxe6+ Qxe6 21.Qb3! I was lucky I had this move, taking advantage of the pin on d5 and giving me time to centralise mypieces  21...Kh7 22.Be3 b6 23.Rad1 Qd7?! (  This slight inaccuracy allowed me to get back into the game. 23...Rbd8 is suggested by Fritz, but it looks like black will lose his b6 pawn in many variations, so it's understandable why David did not go for thisline ) 24.Bf2 Qb7 25.Nd6 Qa6??

(25...Qc7 and I would have happily repeated positions, as I was not sure I would have enough compensation for the exchange.  ) (25...Qa8 would probably have forced me to go for the exchange sacrifice, and just hope that I'd be able to convert. ) 26.Rxd5 This exchange sacrifice works very easily now because of the misplaced position of black's queen.  26...Nxd5 (26...Rbd8 27.Rdd1 +- was perhaps a better try to hold, although white is just a pawn up. ) 27.Qxd5 Qa8 (27...Qd3 is suggested by Fritz as black's last attempt to hold  28.Qxc6 Rf6 29.Qxe4+ Qxe4 30.Nxe4 Rf7 +- ) 28.Qxe4+ Kg8 29.Qe6+ Kh7 30.Qg6+ Kg8 31.Nhf5 David resigns, as he will need to give up too much material to avoid getting mated. An unexpected win for me, giving me a share of second place. 1-0

1.c4 This was a key game, hoped Bob would be a bit tired having played Paul in the morning round, but I had White and needed to get on with it. A draw would be good for him, only a win would set the tournament up for me.  1...e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 Bob forgoes his Kings Indian, I thought we might try that line again, but the last time did not go well at Congress. I have never found this alternative approach very threatening and White can just do his thing.  4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 I had looked at this kind of stuff myself and from what I could see taking and doubling the pawns was the only plan that made sense to me, Bob plays it differently though.  5...O-O (5...Bxc3 6.bxc3 O-O 7.Ne2 d6 8.O-O Be6 9.d3 Qd7 ) 6.Nge2 Re8 7.O-O Bxc3!? I just couldn't follow this move, if you were going to do it, to me it should have at least doubled the pawns. I think White in the long run will make Black pay for no dark squared Bishop.  8.Nxc3 d6 9.d3 Bg4 10.Qb3 Qc8 11.Nd5 Nd7 12.Qc3 a5 13.f4 I think with simple moves, White is just better, I will get space easily and the dark squared Bishop is just waiting to be good. Like the French, when the queens Bishop starts getting good, we are on our way to winning.  13...f6 14.h3 Be6 15.f5 Bf7 16.g4 Ne7 17.e4 Nxd5 18.exd5 c6 19.dxc6 bxc6 20.Bd2 d5 I though Bob would do this and I believed it was bad. From here there can only be 2 results and I didn't think Bob would hold this endgame.  21.cxd5 cxd5 22.Qxc8 Rexc8 23.Rfc1 a4 24.b4

This is what Bob evaluated badly, White has the outside passed pawn and the 2 Bishops, a nasty one to defend.  24...axb3 25.axb3 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 d4 27.b4 Nb6 28.Ra6 Rb8 A weird computer line, too much for us mortals was Black's best chance: (28...Bd5 29.Rxb6 Bxg2 30.Kxg2 Rc2 31.Kf3 Rxd2 32.Ke4 Re2+ 33.Kd5 Rd2 34.h4 h6 35.g5 hxg5 36.hxg5 fxg5 37.Kxe5 Rxd3 38.Rd6 This will trail out to a draw, now it it over. ) 29.b5 Be8 30.Ba5 Bxb5 31.Rxb6 Rxb6 32.Bxb6 Bxd3 33.Bd5+ Kh8 34.Kf2 g5 35.fxg6 hxg6 36.g5 Kg7 37.h4 Bc2 38.Bd8 fxg5 39.hxg5 d3 40.Bf6+ Kf8 41.Ke3 e4 42.Bxe4 Kf7 43.Bxd3 Bb3 44.Kd4 Time to resign, White just marches the King up to f8 and plays Bg8 mate. 1-0

1.d4 This was the key game now, win this game and the cup was mine. The good thing about my games with Paul, we both always just go for it, so I was confident one of us would win the tournament here today.  1...e6 2.c4 Bb4+ This is a regular with Paul, the Bogo Indian stuff was a favourite of Paul Keres, so can't be too bad.  3.Nd2 Nf6 4.a3 Bxd2+ Not sure about this, unless Black can nail a Knight on e4, this seems to give the dark squared Bishop up and I hoped he would regret this later.  5.Bxd2 d6 6.Qc2 e5 7.e3 I just think White is slightly better here. His game is easy to play and just some unwinding and we should be off.  7...O-O 8.Ne2 Re8 9.O-O-O The need to win guided this move. Seemed like an all in move, but when I have played Paul in the past he hasn't like to be attacked and this is now a foot race and I thought White would get in first.  9...Qe7 10.f3 c5!? I just think this is too slow, Black has to start things like a6 and b5 to open up, otherwise White will just roll him over.  11.dxe5 dxe5 12.g4 e4 13.g5 Nfd7 14.f4 I had evaluated this as good for me when Black played c5, hard for Black to put anything on f5, so I went for this, I was right, White is better.  14...Nb6 15.Ng3!? Maybe I should have stopped the Bishop getting active. (15.h3 Nc6 16.Ng3 Be6 17.Bc3 Nxc4 18.Bxc4 Bxc4 19.Nf5 ) 15...Bg4 16.Re1 Nc8 17.h3 Bd7!? He had to get in, even though this loses control of f5, on d7 his position is lost. (17...Bf3 18.Rh2 Qe6 19.Bc3 Nc6 20.b3 Nd6 21.Qb2 Qg6 22.h4 Who would not want to be White here ) 18.Bc3 Nd6 19.Nh5 Nf5 20.h4 Nc6

21.Bh3 This is what Paul must have missed on Bd7, g7 falls or he sacs a piece as he did in the game.  21...Nfd4 22.exd4 cxd4 23.Bd2 Bxh3 24.Rxh3 Qe6 25.Rb3 Rad8 26.Kb1 (26.f5 Qxf5 27.Ng3 Qc8 28.Rxe4 Rxe4 29.Qxe4 This was the easy path, but I saw a way to give back the piece and get active again. ) 26...Qg4 27.Rxe4 Qxh5 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.Rxb7 This is it, I am a pawn up (not for long), but his Knight is undermined and I will get a very active Queen. I was confident I was winning here.  29...Qf3 30.Rb3 Qh5 This was actually Qh1+, but transposes.  31.Ka2 Qxh4 32.Qf5 Qh1 33.Qd5

The point to note is that all endgames are winning and Black's weak back rank means his Rook is useless.  33...Qe4 34.Rb7 Qe6 35.Rc7 Nd8 36.Qxd4 a6 37.Bc3 And here it is, the bishop so freely given up on move 4 comes home to finish Black off.  37...Qg6 38.Rc8 h5 39.gxh6 Qxh6 40.Rxd8 Game over, rooks and Queens come off the board. A key victory, I was now a point clear and both Bob and Paul needed to still play Gorden. 1-0

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Ne4 Qe7 11.Nxc5 Qxc5 12.b4 Qh5 13.e3 d5 14.b5 Ne5 15.Nxe5 Qxe5 16.Rd1 b6 17.c5 bxc5 18.Qxc5 Bb7 19.Bd3 Rfc8 20.Qb4 Qc3+ 21.Ke2 Qf6 22.Rc1 e5 23.f3 d4 24.e4

24...Qg5! 0-1

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Nd7 5.Qxc4 a6 6.Qc2 Rb8 7.Nf3 Ngf6 8.O-O Be7 9.d4 b5 10.a4 Bb7 11.axb5 axb5 12.Rd1

12...Be4 13.Qb3 Bd5 14.Qc2 Be4 15.Qb3 Bd5 16.Qc2 Be4 Three-fold repetition 1/2-1/2

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Nf6 4.d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6.Be2 Bf5 7.Nc3 Be7 8.g4 Bg6 9.g5 Nfd7 10.h4 Nb6 11.Bf4 Rf8 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.d5 Nb4 14.a3 Nxc4 15.Bxc4

15...e3! 16.fxe3 Nxc2+ 17.Kf2 Nxa1 18.Bb5+ Kf7 19.Rxa1 Kg8 20.Be2 Qd7 21.Kg3 c5 22.h5 Bf7 23.Rh1 h6 24.gxh6 Bf6 25.hxg7 Kxg7 26.h6+ Kh8 27.Ne4 Rg8+ 28.Kf2 Be5 29.Nxc5 Qf5 30.Nd3 Bxd5 31.Rh2 Be4

32.Rh5? Rg2+ 33.Kf1 Qxh5 34.Bxh5 Rxd2 35.Nxe5 dxe5 36.Bxe5+ 0-1

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.g4 Nc5 9.Bf3 a5 10.h4 Ne8 11.h5 f5 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.gxf5 gxf5 14.Qe2 Nf6 15.Bg5 Qd7 16.Rh4 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Ncxe4 18.Bxe4 Nxe4 19.Rxe4 Qf5 20.Qe3 Bd7 21.Ne2 Qf3 22.Ng3 Bg4 23.Rc1 b6 24.Qd2 Bd7 25.Rc3 Qg2 26.Qe3 Rf7 27.Rh4 Raf8 28.Ne4

28...Qg1+! 29.Ke2 Bg4+ 30.Rxg4 Qxg4+ 31.Kd2 Rf3 32.Qe2 Rxf2 33.Nxf2 Qxg5+ 34.Kc2 Qg2 0-1

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Qb6 7.Qc2 h6 8.Bh4 Nc6 9.Nbd2 cxd4 10.exd4 Bd7 11.O-O Rc8 12.Qb1 Qd8 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Ng8 15.Bxe7 Nxe7 16.Nf3 Qb6 17.Re1 Nc6 18.Qc1 g5 19.h3 Rg8 20.Qd2 Qd8 21.Qe2 h5 22.Nh2 Rh8 23.Rad1 Qe7 24.Qe3 b6 25.b4 d4 26.cxd4 Nxb4 27.Be4 Bc6 28.Rc1 Kd7 29.Bxc6+ Rxc6 30.Rxc6 Kxc6 31.Nf3 Rg8 32.Nd2 Nd5 33.Qe2 Qb4 34.Rc1+ Kb7 35.Nc4 Kb8 36.Nd6

36...Qa4 Best, since otherwise Qc2 wins immediately, but White now wins material.  37.Qxh5 Qd7 38.Qxf7 Qxf7 39.Nxf7 Nf4 40.Kf1 g4 41.hxg4 Rf8 42.Ng5 Rg8 43.Nh3 Rxg4 44.Nxf4 Rxf4 45.Rc6 Rxd4 46.Rxe6 Rd2 47.g4 Rxa2 48.g5 Ra4 49.f3 Rc4 50.g6 Rc7 51.Rf6 b5 52.Rf7 1-0

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.exd5 exd5 5.h3 Bf5 6.Nf3 Nb4 7.Bd3 Nxd3+ 8.cxd3 Nf6 9.Ne5 c6 10.Qf3 Be6 11.O-O Be7 12.Ne2 Nd7 13.Qg3 Bf6 14.f4 g6 15.Qe3 Qe7 16.Ng3 Bxe5 17.fxe5 h5 18.Qg5 Qxg5 19.Bxg5 h4 20.Ne2 Rh5 21.Bf6 Bf5 22.Nf4 Rh7 23.Bg5 Nf8 24.Rad1 Rc8 25.Bf6 Ne6 26.Nxe6 fxe6

27.Rf4 c5 28.Bxh4 cxd4 29.Rd2 Rhc7 30.g4 Rc1+ 31.Kg2 R8c2 32.Rff2 Rxd2 33.Rxd2 g5 34.Bxg5 Bh7 35.Bh4 1-0

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 3.f4 b5 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 e6 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.Nf3 Rc8 8.d3 Be7 9.O-O Nf6 10.h3 Nd4 11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Nd1 Qc7 13.Bd2 h5 14.c3 dxc3 15.bxc3 d5 16.e5 Nd7 17.a4 bxa4 18.Rxa4 Nc5 19.Ra2 g6 20.Rc2 a5 21.Nf2 Ba6 22.Rb1 O-O 23.g4 hxg4 24.hxg4 Bh4 25.c4 dxc4 26.dxc4 Rb8 27.Rf1 Kg7 28.f5 Rh8 29.f6+ Kg8 30.g5 Bxf2+ 31.Rxf2 Bb7 32.Bxb7 Qxb7

33.Rh2! forcing a draw  33...Rxh2 34.Qxh2 Qf3 35.Qh6 Qg4+ 36.Kf1 Qf3+ 37.Kg1 Rb1+ 38.Rc1 Rxc1+ 39.Bxc1 Qg4+ 40.Kf1 Qxc4+ 41.Kg2 Qc2+ 42.Kh3 Qd3+ 43.Kg2 Qe2+ 44.Kg1 Qg4+ 45.Kf1 Qc4+ 46.Kg2 Qc2+ 47.Kh3 Qd3+ 48.Kg2 Qe2+ 49.Kg1 1/2-1/2

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 f6 7.O-O Qc7 8.Bf4 Nge7 9.Bg3 Nf5 10.exf6 Nxg3 11.f7+ Kd8 12.fxg3 Be7 13.c4 cxd4 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Kh1 Bf6 16.Na3 Rf8 17.Qd2 Qb6 18.Rad1 h6 19.Nb5 Rxf7 20.Nbxd4 Re7 21.Nb5 d4 22.h3 Ke8 23.Nfxd4 Nxd4 24.Bh5+ Kf8 25.Nxd4 Kg8 26.b3 Qc5 27.Bf3 Be8 28.Ne2 Bb5 29.a4 Ba6

30.b4! Winning the Ba6  30...Bg5 31.bxc5 Bxd2 32.Rxd2 Rae8 33.Re1 Re3 34.Kg1 Ra3 35.Rd4 Kh8 36.Kf2 Ra2 37.h4 Rc2 38.Re4 Rc8 39.Rc1 Ra2 40.g4 Rf8 41.Kg3 Bd3 42.Re3 Ba6 43.Nf4 Rd8 44.Ng6+ Kg8 45.Re4 Bd3 46.Rb4 Bxg6 47.Rxb7 Rxa4 48.c6 Bf7 49.c7 Rc8 50.Rb8 Be6 51.Bd5 Rxg4+ 52.Kh2 Bxd5 53.Rxc8+ Kh7 54.Rh8+ Kg6 55.c8=Q 1-0

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 a6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.g3 d5 6.e5 Nh6 7.Bg2 Nf5 8.d3 b5 9.O-O h5 10.Ne2 Qb6 11.c3 Bb7 12.Qe1 Rd8 13.h3 Be7 14.Kh2 d4 15.cxd4 Ncxd4 16.Nexd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Rxd4 19.Qe2 Qd8 20.f5 Qd5+ 21.Kh2 Rxd3 22.fxe6 fxe6 23.a4 b4 24.Bf4 O-O 25.Qxh5

25...Rxf4! 26.gxf4 Rd2+ 0-1

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 a6 4.Bg2 b5 5.cxb5 axb5 6.Nd4 c6 7.Nxb5 cxb5 8.Bxa8 d5

This interesting position has occurred before - Black has scored heavily, because although it takes a while to round up the stranded bishop - it inevitably drops off eventually.  9.Qc2 Bd7 10.Bb7 Qb6 11.Bc8 Bc6 12.a4 bxa4 13.Nc3 Bd6 14.Nxa4 Qc7 15.b4 Qxc8 16.b5 Bb7 17.Qxc8+ Bxc8 18.Ba3 Ke7 19.O-O Bd7 20.Rfb1 Rc8 21.Nb6 Rc7 22.d3 Rb7 23.Nxd7 Nbxd7 24.Bxd6+ Kxd6 25.Ra6+ Ke7 26.Rc6 Ne8 27.f3 Nc7 28.Kf2 Rxb5 29.Ra1 Rb7 30.d4 Nb5 31.Rd1 Nd6 32.Rc2 Rb4 33.g4 Nc4 34.Rd3 Rb2 35.Rxb2 Nxb2 36.Rb3 Nc4 37.e3 f6 38.Ke2 e5 39.Kd3 Ke6 40.e4 Ncb6 41.Rb5 dxe4+ 42.Kxe4 Nc8 43.dxe5 Nxe5 44.Kf4 Nd6 45.Rb8 g5+ 46.Kg3 Ng6 47.Ra8 h6 48.Ra7 f5 49.Ra1 f4+ 50.Kf2 Ne5 51.Rh1 Ndc4 52.Ra1 Nd2 53.Ra6+ Kd5 54.Rxh6 Ndxf3 55.h3 Ke4 56.Re6 Nd4 57.Re8 f3 58.Rg8 Nd3+ 59.Kf1 Nc2 60.Rf8 Ne3+

An unusual pair of all-conquering octupi  61.Kg1 f2+ 62.Kh2 Nf4 0-1

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 e5 5.d3 d6 6.g3 g6 7.Nd5 Bg7 8.Bg2 Nge7 9.O-O O-O 10.a3 a5 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bd2 b6 13.b4 Nxd5 14.cxd5 Nd4 15.Nxd4 exd4 16.bxa5 bxa5 17.Qc2 Bd7 18.Rab1 Qc7 19.Rb2 Rfb8 20.Rfb1 a4 21.Bf3 Qa7 22.Bf4 Bf8 23.h4 Rb3 24.Rxb3 axb3 25.Qxb3 Qxa3 26.Qxa3 Rxa3 27.Rb7 Be8 28.Bg4 Ra8 29.Be6+ Kh8 30.g4 Rd8 31.g5 f5

32.e5! Bg7 33.exd6 Ba4 34.Rc7 1-0

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.h3 Nf6 4.g4!? fxg4 5.hxg4 Nxg4 6.Qd3 Nh6?! 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxh6 gxh6 9.Rxh6 Bf8 10.Rxh7 Rxh7 11.Qxh7

11...Qe7 12.Qh5+ Qf7 13.Qxf7+ Kxf7 14.Nc3 d6 15.e3 Bd7 16.O-O-O Na6 17.Bd3 Be7 18.Rg1 Rg8 19.Rxg8 Kxg8 20.Bxa6 bxa6 21.Kd2 Be8 22.Ne1 Kg7 23.Nd3 Kf6 24.d5 a5 25.Nf4 e5 26.Ne6 c5 27.Nc7 Bd7 28.N7b5 a6 29.Ne4+ 1-0

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 I was thinking he would play the Kings Indian, I don't see a lot of Grunfelds nowadays.  4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 The main book line for this variation is (7.Bg5! c5 8.Rc1 O-O 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.d5 I have studied this, but I prefer the alternative, which is 7.Be3. ) 7...c5 8.Rc1 Qa5 9.Qd2 This defends both a2 and d4.  9...cxd4 10.cxd4 Qxd2+ 11.Bxd2 I have never ever played Bxd2, I decided to try this because when ever I try 11.Kxd2, he castles with 11...0-0 12.Nf3 After that, I still must develop and black usually moves his rook to d8 and his Knight to c6 and he can easily attack me, I always struggle by doing it that way.  11...O-O 12.Be3 Nf3 looked too 'ugly' and I wasn't keen on the fact that Bg4 can slip in at that point.  12...Nc6 13.d5! I was waiting for him to move Nc6 just so I can push his knight to a square he wouldn't like. If he had played 13...Ne5 My plan was to advance my f pawn so later on i would be able to play e5 with some control of the center.But he played  13...Na5? I first asked myself-What does that do? After people play this they would play b6 then Nb7. Here I couldn't decide if I should play Bc5 or Bd2. I ended up playing  14.Bc5 Bd7 15.Bb4

15...b6? I thinked he rushed a bit, I only spotted that Rac8 would be good for black during his turn. I thought if (15...Rac8 16.Rxc8 Rxc8 17.Bxa5 Rc1+! 18.Ke2 then  18...Bb5+!! I got a bit lucky that he missed it. ) 16.Rc7 I was trying to stop him from bringing his rooks out now, so I started this with a threat.  16...Ba4 17.Ba6!

The c file is mine!  17...Rfe8 18.Ne2 e6 I guess he didn't want to lose the pawn.  19.d6 Red8 I'm pretty sure his plan was to play Be5 or Bf8 grabbing my advanced pawn so I tried to avoid losing it with  20.f4 e5! 21.g3 Bd7 I couldn't quite understand that.  22.Kf2 I am not a fan of castling after the queens have been swapped off in the middle game.  22...Be6 23.a3 f5 24.Rd1 ( I'm pretty sure that 24.Bc3 was better allowing  24...fxe4 25.Bxe5 ) 24...fxe4 25.d7 Kf7 26.Nc3 exf4 27.Nxe4 fxg3+ 28.hxg3 Bg4 I was absolutely stuck here.  29.Rd2 so I just defended.  29...Be5! His bishops are coming alive  30.Rc8? This was a bit risky, going into the endgame, his bishops could make me suffer.   30...Rdxc8 31.dxc8=Q Rxc8 ( If he played 31...Bxc8 I would go  32.Rd8 Bxa6 33.Rxa8 Nc6 ) 32.Bxc8 Bxc8 33.Ng5+ Kf6 34.Nxh7+ Kf5 35.Rd8 White has a better ending but now Black lost on time 1-0