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[White "HFD677"] [Black "jdutton"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd3 Nf6 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Qxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb5 a6 {I left the knight as an appealing exchange because I felt 2 bishops, 1 Knight would be much stronger than 1 Bishop and 2 Knights.} 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nf3 f6 11. O-O e5 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. Ne4 {Probably not the best location for his knights. Most of the action is likely to happen on the queenside in this scenario, and his knights do little to refute any attacks in their currently occupied squares.} a5 14. a4 O-O 15. c4 Nb4 16. c5 {a little too ambitious} Nc2 17. Ra2 Be6 18. b3 Bxb3 {computer analysis says Nb4 is better. The Nb4 line leads to a similar outcome, except it is more forcing and unable to be easily refuted. My opponent couldn't figure out how to capitalize on my weakened position, so I got lucky.} 19. Rb2 Bxa4 {Blunder that compounds my mistake on the previous move. I got greedy grabbing up free material in these two moves and got lucky when I didn't have to pay for it at all.} 20. Ne1? {results in +3.91 in favor of black according to analysis. A strong move for white here is Nc3 which results in a score of +0.24. Nc3 would have made 20. Nc3 Bb5 21. Nxb5 cxb5 22. Rxc2 the best line for both sides, with white taking a Bishop and a Knight while losing A knight and 2 pawns. I lost my paired bishops, but due to my pawns being reunited the situation is almost dead even according to analysis, +0.24 in favor of black. Could still lead to a victory by either player.} Nb4 21. Nf3 Bb5 22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. Nd6 Nd3 24. Rc2 {stacking the rooks with Rd2 is a better option} Nxc5 25. Ba3 {why not Rxc5? Game is slipping out of control for white as his pieces lose coordination} Bxd6 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Rcd2 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 a4 29. Rc2 a3 30. Nd2 {Mate in 9 after Nd2. This move was made after a quick move count where white realizes Rc2 was suboptimal, because taking the bishop on c5 is losing move. the better response is Ra2, but it still leads to a likely defeat with pc analysis evaluating blacks postion as +23.66 better.} a2 31. Nb3 a1=Q+ 32. Rc1 Qb2 33. h3 Qxf2+ 34. Kh2 Ra2 35. Rc2 Rxc2 36. Nd2 Rxd2 37. h4 Qxg2#