1.e4
c5
2.c3
Nf6
3.e5
Nd5
4.d4
cxd4
5.Nf3
Nc6
6.cxd4
e6
Up to here it's book of course and d6 immediately is more common.
7.Bd3
I'm more used to 7. Bd4 and didn't know what to reply so I pursued the same plan e6, e:d. N-b6-d7 rounding up the pawn. If this sounds slow and just lets Jon get a massive lead in development with a dangerous position that's exactly what happens.
7...Nb6
My TN :-) - diverging, for instance, from a rapid game between Adams and Anand http://www.365chess.com/view_game.php?g=1990209
8.Nc3
d6
9.0-0
dxe5
10.dxe5
Be7
This was a quite important move in a correspondence game I'm in the middle
of. One of the consequences of not playing it was after capturing on e5 there was a pin with a rook on e1. Luckily in that game my opponent didn't find it and I've wriggled free.
11.Qe2
a6
Jon was still in book on most tables and getting back round quickly so I had to move before I was ready. I had vague non-specific idea that Nb5 and Bf4 might land something on d6. I wasn't worried about weakening b6 partly
because I was going to play Nd7 next anyway.
12.Rd1
Qc7
13.Be3
Nd7
14.Rac1
Look at that development: rooks, bishops, knights, castling, everything!
14...Ndxe5
15.Nxe5
[15.Bf4
Nxf3+
16.Qxf3
Was worth a look. TBH I can't see me surviving that position.]
15...Qxe5
16.Bb1
0-0
17.f4
Qa5
18.f5
Bf6
19.Ne4
Qe5
20.Rxc6
I had seen this and was sort of looking forward to being spectacularly crushed in 25 moves.
20...bxc6
21.Bd4
Jon was slowing down by now and I had chance to check that I could simply capture on d4. This is *very* fortunate as everything else loses horribly.
21...Qxd4+
[21...Qf4
22.Nxf6+
gxf6
23.Bxf6
exf5
24.Rd3
Qc1+
25.Kf2
Qf4+
26.Rf3
And the rook comes to g3.]
22.Rxd4
Bxd4+
23.Kh1
I was surprised as this gives a chance of back rank threats with tempo. Objectively after e:f Black has a very good position but I offered a draw, which I'd have taken at the start of the evening, and took the chance to watch the other games. 1/2-1/2