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17. Qg3
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I didn't want a queen exchange yet. But I think d2 would have been much better move, useful to play f4 and still allow Ne2. Maybe a4 would be the best option here but at the risk of allowing the queen exchange. |
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17... a4
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That's why a4 would have been better. |
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18. Nxa4 Rxa4 19. c3 Qa7 20. Bxa4 Qxa4
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After those changes I thought that keeping the two rooks was a good idea. Mainly because of the bad black LSB position. |
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21. Qxe5 Qc2
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A really didn't see that simple move! But, of course, I shouldn't think that an expert player will let me take a pawn for nothing. |
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22. f3
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Trying to protect the e4 pawn just in case Qd3. What I didn't see is that it would be better to protect the b2 pawn for the pawn structure than let the a2 pawn isolated. |
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22... Qxb2 23. Qd4
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I was looking for a better position of the queen, avoiding the obvious Re8. |
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23... Re8 24. a4
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I thought the best way to use that isolated pawn was to advance it, thinking in a possible exchange to open the column. But I still didn't realise about a huge problem that I didn't see when I exchanged my pieces for the rook ... |
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24... h6 25. Rfb1
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Trying to get the queen out of there. |
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25... Qd2 26. c4 Nh7
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Preparing f5 to open the e column for its rook. |
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27. Rb2 Qf4 28. Qf2 Nf8
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Tha was the beginning of a set of maniouvers for the knight. |
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29. Qd2
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Now, it was me whoe were looking for the queen exchange. |
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29... Qc7 30. d4
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Black was trying to play d6 o d5 to release its bishop. So, I thought that creating a pawn line would be a good idea. |
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30... d6 31. d5
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Bad move! I didn't see the holes at c5 and e5 for the knight, which will be a real nightmare for the rest of the game! |
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31... Nd7 32. a5
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Here I saw the problem with Nc5 but it was to late to avoid it. So, I thought the pawn would be better on a5 disallowing a possible move for the b pawn. The black LSB can't go anywhere for the moment and I wanted to be this way as long as possible. |
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32... cxd5 33. cxd5 Nc5 34. Qc2
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Trying to keep the knight quiet. As I could see later it wasn't in its mind to move from there ... |
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34... Re5
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Preparing f5. |
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35. Rb4 f5 36. h3
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To protect the g4 square from the bishop in case of fxe4, fxe4. |
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36... fxe4 37. fxe4 Bd7 38. Ra3
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At that point I knew to things: I couldn't use the a5 pawn the way I thought, and my e4 pawn was in danger. My problem, I'm not very keen managing the rooks ... |
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38... Be8 39. Qb1
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At that point white has not much to do but trying to resist the they can. No way to get advantage of they to rooks (too busy protecting pawns) and a very week e4-d5 pawns. |
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39... Bg6 40. a6
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Thinking in breaking a hole even losing a pawn. |
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