1.d4
Nf6
2.c4
e6
3.Nf3
Bb4+
4.Nbd2
d5
5.e3
0-0
6.a3
Be7
7.b4
a5
8.b5
c6
9.bxc6
Nxc6
More usual here would hhave been bc6 but I wanted a more unbalanced type of game. Black is able to achieve easy equality anyway.
10.Bd3
a4!?
[10...dxc4
11.Bxc4
(11.Nxc4
b5
12.Nce5
Bb7
And Black is very comfortable 13.Bxb5
Nxe5
14.Nxe5
(14.dxe5
Qxd1+
15.Kxd1
Ne4
16.Ke1
Rfc8
And Black has more than enough compensation.) 14...Bxg2
15.Rg1
Bd5
) 11...Na7
Would have been interesting]
11.0-0
Bd7
12.Bb2
Na5
The point of the a4 plan. Seize space and create an annoying outpost on b3 for White to worry about.
13.Ne5
dxc4
14.Nexc4
Nxc4
[14...Bb5!?
]
15.Nxc4
b5
[15...Bc6
Was probably best now with a more or less equal position. I was however ina far more impatient and ambitious mood.]
16.Ne5
b4
Really the only consistent follow up to b5. Otherwise Black could easily end up saddled with a weak pawn on b5.
17.axb4
Bxb4
18.Ba3
Qe7??
This again a case of my positional mind getting the better of my tactical awareness, even though I had felt a certain unease in my bones about possible tactical flaws at this particular moment. I wanted to secure the iniiiative on the Qside so much that I moved way too fast and in my haste overlooked a simple but lethal combination. Instead Ba3 was still better for White but not by that much. [18...Bxa3
19.Rxa3
Qe7
20.Qa1
Rfb8
21.Nxd7
Qxd7
22.Bc2
Rb4
]
19.Nxd7
Nxd7
20.Bxh7+
And thats it! Game over! I was of course disgusted with myself for losing so cheaply but on the other hand I was glad just to be done with chess for the day. I had sleep to catch up on!
20...Kh8
21.Be4
Ra5
22.d5
And a after a few more meaningless moves I resigned.
22...Nf6
23.d6
Bxa3
24.dxe7
Bxe7
25.Rxa4
1-0