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1.e4 Nc6 {I was a bit surprised by this, I prefer the Ruy Lopez, but we're both rated too low for it to matter.} 2.Nf3 e5 {Ah, back to my favorite line.} 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 {I like the strong, technically bad bishop, but I still prefer my queen bishop right now, as you will see later.} Qe7? {I wasn't sure about this, it seems weird, trapping his bishop. It shouldn't have major repercussions, but he'll have to waste a move or two untangling his pieces.} 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5 {Here I wanted 7... f6? 8. Be3 effectively entombing his dark-squared bishop.} Nf6 8.Nc3 Be6 9.Bxe6 {I jump at the chance to rid my potentially trapped light squared bishop for his strong, active one.} Qxe6 10.h3? {In hindsight, this move was probably questionable, wasting a tempo for nothing, but I was worried at the time about the knight getting to g4. I'm not very good at defending, so I wanted to stop the attack before it started.} Be7 11.Be3 {Avoiding the exchange.} Nd4? {I don't know what he intended with this move, but it permanently loses a pawn.} 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Bxd4 O-O 14.O-O c6 15.Ne2 {Here I just wanted to play c3 or c4, then move my knight back to an active post. I didn't want him to gain a tempo and and attack by marching his pawns, so again I sealed up my defense and continued.} Qc8 16.b3 c5 17.Bb2 b4 18.c4 bxc3 19.Bxc3 a5 20.Ng3 {Here I just wanted to defend my e4 pawn and planned d4, letting all hell break loose on my opponent.} g6? {This seemed pointless, it only weakens his dark squares. He can't fianchetto the bishop, so it just weakens his king. I try to capitalize.} 21.d4 cxd4 22.Bxd4 Nh5?? {That was nasty. Losing another pawn and leaving every single one of his pawns isolated and weak.} 23.Nxh5 gxh5 24.Qxh5 {Threatening the attack. I don't know how this would play out if it worked, but it did end up giving me even more of an advantage than I already have.} f6? {Basically giving his bishop the middle finger, he goes ahead and buries it alive.} 25.Rac1 Qe8 {I could have probably traded queens here, but I wanted to see if he would slip up.} 26.Qg4+ Qg6 {Alas, it would not be. I didn't want to just fix his structure for him, though, so I throw in another move before trading.} 27.Qe6+ Qf7 28.Qxf7+ Kxf7 29.f3 Kg6 30.f4 Kg7 31.f5 {Ensuring his bishop stays where it is, that was the whole point of those moves.} Kg8 32.g4 h6 {Ooh la la! If I can trap that pawn, the headstone can be placed for his bishop!} 33.Rc7 {Trying to win another pawn or two} Kf7? {That just pins his bishop and gives me even more time to trap it.} 34.Rfc1 Rfe8 35.Ra7 Rxa7 36.Bxa7 {Yes! Simplification can only be good at this point.} Rd8 37.Rc7 {Preventing ... d5 because 38. Bc5 either wins a piece or traps his rook, as well.} Ke8 38.Kf2!? {I didn't know what else to do. 38... d5 would probably work here, but for some reason he was unwilling. All the better for me.} Rd7 39.Rxd7 Kxd7 {More traded pieces can only be better for me.} 40.Ke3 Kc6 41.Kd3 Kb7 42.Be3 {I just run away, the bishop wasn't doing anything on a7 anyway. This also puts his bishop on the defense of h6, though he probably should have sacrificed a pawn if just to activate his bishop at this point.} Kc6 43.Kc4 {Ah, lovely opposition.} Bf8 44.h4 {Trying to stop his h-pawn once and for all. 44... h5 loses to 45. g5 fxg5 hxg5 and I can stop his pawn, but he can't stop mine.} Bg7 {It was at this point that I realized he didn't know what to do. I could take my time.} 45.h5 Bf8 46.a4 Bg7 47.Bd4 {Keeping his bishop on g7 and h8.} Bh8 48.Bc3 Kb6 49.b4 axb4 50.Kxb4 {Rather than Bxb4? which would get me a much tougher, albeit still winning game, allowing him time to evacuate his bishop.} Kc6 51.Bd4 Bg7 52.a5 Bh8 53.a6 Kc7 54.Kb5 Bg7 55.a7 Kb7 {There's no way I can queen this pawn, but I surely can trap his king on the defense of a8.} 56.Ka5? {This was a mistake, I didn't know what to do either. Eventually, though, I realized that I could march my king over to his bishop.} Bh8 57.Kb5 Bg7 58.Kc4 Bh8 59.Kd5 Bg7 60.Ke6! {Rather than Kxd6?, I can keep moving my king faster than he can escape.} 1-0

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