1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. d3 O-O 7. Rb1 e5 8. O-O Na6 I didn't want to allow myself to become too reactive to White's queenside plans. But with benefit of hindsight, it might have been better to play something like ...a5 instead. 9. Qc2 c6 10. b4 Nc7 11. a4 Rb8 12. b5 Bd7 Maybe 12... cxb5 would have been better. 13. b6 axb6 14. Rxb6 Ne6 15. a5 Qc7 16. Qb1 White's c3 knight becomes loose, and I began keeping an eye out for an exploit based on my g7 bishop. 16... Nc5 17. Ba3 e4 I was trying to counteract White's queenside expansion by playing in the center. 18. Ne1 exd3 19. exd3 Be6 20. Nf3 Nfd7 Trying to capitalize on the loose knight. It ends up netting a pawn. 21. d4 Na6 22. d5 Bf7 23. Rb3 Nac5 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. Ra3 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Qxa5 27. Rc2 cxd5? First step on the road to losing control of d5. Now 27... Qd8 looks better to me. My queen is out of play on a5. 28. Ng5 dxc4? Second step, giving up my own light-squared bishop. 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Bd5+ Ke7 31. Bxc4 Kd8 32. Rd1 Qc7 33. Bb5 b6 34. Qc1 Kc8 35. Ba6+ Kd8 36. Bb5 Kc8 37. Re1 Kb7 38. Qg5 Qf7?? A time-pressure blunder. I had so little time left, maybe 5 seconds or so, that I just had to make a move without really having a chance to look. 39. Re7+ Qxe7 40. Qxe7+ Ka8 41. Ra2+ 1-0