1.e4
e5
2.Nc3
Nf6
3.Bc4
Nc6
4.Nf3
d6
5.h3
Preventing Bg4
5...Be7
6.0-0
0-0
7.d4
Bd7
8.Bd5
Nxd5
9.exd5
Nxd4
10.Nxd4
exd4
11.Qxd4
Bf6
12.Qd3
c5
13.Qg3
Aiming for the d6 pawn. Be7 allows Bh6, losing the rook. Qc7 allows Ne4. Qe7 allows Bh6 and Rae1.
13...Bh4
14.Qxd6
b6
15.Re1
Bf5
16.Qxd8
swapped queens off to simplify
16...Raxd8
17.Re2
Defends c2, but main aim was to double rooks on e file
17...Rfe8
18.Rxe8+
Rxe8
19.Bf4
Bxc2
20.d6
g5
21.Be3
Intending to trap the bishop with g3
21...f5
22.g3
f4
23.gxf4
Bxf4 gains a pawn, but leaves me with doubled h pawns. gxh4 loses a pawnand also doubles the h pawns
23...h6
24.Rc1
Forcing bishop away
24...Bf5
25.Kh2
g4
26.hxg4
Bxg4
27.Nb5
Overlooked the pin Rg1. 27 ... h5 is forced, but then 28 d7 wins material. Black's next move is either 28 ... R d8 29 f3 and I gain bishop for pawn, or 28 ... Rxe3 29 fxe3 and I win rook for bishop.
27...a6
28.Nc7
Rd8
29.Nxa6
Rxd6
30.Rc4
A blunder. I was planning f5, gaining one of thebishops, but this move loses material
30...b5
31.Rxc5
Rxa6
32.Rxb5
Rxa2
33.Rb4
Sticking with the earlier plan, since Black didn't seem to have noticed my aim.
33...Kf7
34.f5
h5
35.f3
Be7
Attacks my rook but allows me to pin his bishop. following by Bg5. However, I don't see any move that could have saved both bishops/
36.Rb7
Bxf5
37.Bg5
Bd7
Loses the bishop. Computer analysis suggests Rxb2, losing a rook for a bishop The resulting endgame would be R+P v B+B+P. a probable draw
38.Rxd7
Ke6
39.Rxe7+
Kf5
40.Bh4
Rxb2+
41.Kg3
Rb3
42.Re8
Rb5
43.Rg8
Ke6
44.Rg6+
I did this rather than Rg6 to push the king away so that when I swapped rooks off I'd be able to pick up the h5 pawn immediately
44...Kf7
45.Rg5
Rxg5+
46.Bxg5
Kg6
47.Kh4
Kf5
48.Kxh5
Plain sailing from here
48...Ke5
49.f4+
Ke6
50.Kg6
Kd6
51.f5
Kd7
52.f6
Ke8
53.f7+
Kf8
54.Bh6+
1-0