1.d4Nf62.Nf3e63.e3d54.Bd3Bd65.Nbd2...I play the Colle with White as well, so I was familiar with White's
ideas. I didn't really have a line prepared, but I knew as long as I
played sensibly I wouldn't get run over in the opening.5....O-O6.e4dxe47.Nxe4Nxe48.Bxe4h68...Nd7for some reason I worried about Bxh7+. It doesn't seem
dangerous though here.9.Bxh7+?Kxh710.Ng5+Kg811.Qh5Nf6Black's knight gets back in time.9.O-ONd710.c3Nf611.Bd3b612.Ne5Bb713.Qe2c514.dxc5?...Here my opponent makes a mistake but I didn't note it. How would I
have to look at this position to catch this? I need to consider all
CCT's as candidates and then note that after Bxe5 the natural Qxe5
leaves d3 hanging.14....bxc5??=A pity I didn't see the opportunity here. This spoils an otherwise
fine game. However, we can learn from it.14...Bxe515.Qxe5Qxd316.cxb6axb617.Qc7Qd518.f3Qc5+15.f4Qc716.Nc4...Should I allow White to trade on d6? Why did I decide not to trade?
Part of me thought that the bishop was too valuable to trade and that
giving the two bishops to White was not good in this position.16....Be716...Rfd817.Nxd6Qxd618.Rd1During the game I thought it was
important to keep the dark square bishop. I saw this position in my
calculations but didn't realize it was good for Black.Ba6!17.Ne5...17.f5I did consider this pawn push although I didn't reallize
think about how I would deal with it. Maybe I just considered that I
would be able to take it and defend my bishop on e7.exf5=18.Rxf5Rad819.Bf4Qd720.Bc2=17....a5?!I had an idea of a minority attack here although it may have been a
little impulsive.18.Be3Nd5This gave me the tempo I was looking for to get my knight to d5. This
may not have been ideal, but it gave me some activity.19.Rad1?...Here White made a mistake. He may have noted the danger on the a7-g1
diagonal and noted that Bf2 was bad. He would have to give concession
and waste a move bringing the bishop back, but it would have avoided
the trouble he got into.19.Bf2?Nxf4-+19.Bd2Bf620.Qe4(20.Ng4Rad821.Nxf6+Nxf6=)g6⩱My position is solid and my pieces are active.19....Nxe320.Qxe3c4!Initiating a combination to win the exchange.21.Bxc4Bc522.Rd4Bxd4I felt this was simplest.22...Rad8was considered as well. However, I don't think it's
signficantly better or worse than what I played.23.Rfd1Bxd424.Rxd4Rxd425.cxd4-+23.Qxd4Rfd824.Qe3Ba6Simply trading down with a material advantage. Without this bishop,
my opponent's queenside pawns become more vulnerable to attack.25.Bxa6Rxa626.Nf3Rad6Although a visually pleasing maneuver, it is not necessary and I
could have done better with my move.26...a4makes a lot of sense, locking down the b2 pawn so I can
attack it. In a way doubling on the file is not necessary yet as White
cannot contest it. To find this, I should have thought of my general
plan which was to attack White's queenside pawns and that allowing the
b-pawn to advance would not so great.27.Nd4...In particular, my rooks like a little silly now with the knight
blocking the position. Of course, I have a firm edge in any case, but
since we're after improving, I need to note this.27....Qb628.Qf2...28.b3would have protected the pawn a little more.28....a4!Finally working to lock down the b-pawn.29.Re1a329...Rb8Maybe makes more sense to me, but I figured that the game
move was winning as well and that I could just shift my target to the
c-pawn.30.b3Rc831.Qe3Qc532.Qe5...32.b4Qc4I had something like this in mind here.(32...Qxc3?33.Qxc3Rxc334.Nb5Rcd335.Nxd6Rxd6and although
Black should have a slight edge White is still kicking.)33.Qf2Qd3!32....Rd533.Qe3Qxc334.Qxc3Rxc335.Nf3Rc236.Ra1Rdc5Here my opponent resigned.0-1