1.d4
Nf6
2.c4
e6
3.Nf3
d5
4.Bg5
c6
5.e3
Nbd7
6.Bd3
Qa5+!?
I had prepared this before the game yet when the position came up over the board I though about playing this move for a good deal of time. Why? Well because itis the sort of move that needs to work or otherwise it ends up just being a waste of time and Black could end up with a very passive position indeed.
7.Nbd2
dxc4
8.Bxc4
Ne4
9.h4?!
Bb4
10.Bd3
Now I had a big think and again true to my form although I seen the correct way to play instead went to win a pawn while overlooking Whites best response.
10...Bxd2+?
11.Nxd2
Nxg5
And of course I just assumed that White must take back on g5 only to have a sinking feeling of doom while Karl was thinking about his reply. In truth I thought that I had just won a pawn, but when I realised I had not I was thinking in terms of trying to get an equal game. Thankfully for me I got a break and Karl played the natural but weak move.
12.hxg5
[12.Kf1
Is better for White; 12.Qg4
Ne4!
13.Qxe4
c5
14.a3
cxd4
15.exd4
Nf6
Black is fighting]
12...Qxg5
13.Kf1
Although a pawn is a pawn White does still have compensation.
13...h6
14.e4?
Ne4 had to be played
14...e5
15.Nc4
Qe7
16.Qg4
Kf8!
17.d5
Nb6
18.Qg3
Nxc4
19.Bxc4
b5
20.Bb3
c5
21.d6?
Too ambitious
21...Qxd6
22.Rd1
Qe7
23.Bd5
Rb8
24.f4?
Now Black goes on the offensive
24...exf4
25.Qe1
b4
Keeps the Queen out
26.Rh5
g6
27.Rh2
Kg7
28.e5
Bg4
29.Rd2
Rhe8
30.e6
Qf6
31.Qf2
Bxe6
32.Rh4
g5
And White packed it in, now that he is three pawns down and on the defensive 0-1