e4 d5 { This is my first ever Scandinavian. } 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bg4 { I don't know why he did this. I was happy to play f3 with tempo. } 4. f3 Bf5 5. b3 Nxd5 6. Bb2 Nb6 7. Ne2 e6 8. Ng3 { This is a mistake. It does nothing. d3 or Nc3 is better. } Qh4 { pinning my knight and threatening Nxc4, Qxc4 which wins a pawn and destroys my king's safety. } 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Qf2 Bxg3 { Black starts a mass reduction in force. I think he's better if he keeps the pressure on. The Nxc4 line is still good here } 11. Qxg3 Qxg3 12. hxg3 Nxc4 13. bxc4 Bxc2 14. Bxg7 Rg8 { I have a doubled pawn, but my King safety issues are gone } 15. Be5 Na6 16. Na3 { guarding the pawn and threating Nb5, Nc7 } Bd3 17. g4 c6 18. Rc1 Ke7 19. Rh6 { Working on his kingside weakness, especially f6 and h6. } Bg6 20. Nb1 { A faulty plan to bring the knight to the kingside. c5 is needed to take advantage of black's weak d6 square } Rad8 21. g5 Rd7 22. Nc3 { based on the faulty plan of getting the knight to f6 } Nc5 { Blockade's my c4 pawn and threatens Nd3+. A beautiful move } 23. Bf6 Ke8 24. Ra1 Nd3 25. Kf1 Nb2 26. Ne4 Nxc4 27. Rb1 { I can't hold back a pawn storm on the queenside. Sacrificing the exchange here gets rid of the Bishop locking up the Kingside. } Nxd2 28. Nxd2 Bxb1 29. Nxb1 Rd1 30. Kf2 Rxb1 31. Rxh7 Rd1 32. f4 Rd2 33. Kf3 Rxa2 34. g3 c5 35. g4 b5 36. f5 b4 37. g6 fxg6 { I'm just playing for complications. Without a computer I can't figure out the right move for him no matter how long I look at it. } 38. fxe6 { draw } 1/2-1/2 [/pgn]

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